The Leftovers

I'm going for cal Ripkens record. It's very gets Ripkin like for sure. Do you have you heard the uh it's not maybe an urban legend, but how he kept that streak alive, like the whole story of No, I don't think so. Well, it's twofold. Well, this definitely happened.

The Orioles canceled the game, said they're like the whites didn't work at Candy and when he would have missed a game when they canceled the game rather than break his because he was he was hurt or sick, so they Okay, one day there's a random power outage, so they funny, Okay. Some people believe that Ripken got hurt beating up Kevin Costner for sleeping with his wife. What. Yes, Wow, And I want to believe it's true because so he hurt his hand on Costner's face pretty much. That's or

give Costner a beating because he watched under Underworld. What was that movie? Water World? Water World? Because I wanted to give him a beating after I watched that, had he been available, like if Costner had been standing outside the theater when everybody got out of water World, he never would have survived it. Yeah, if you if you're playing any game like biggest movie flop ever, water World is like the one it's in that comes it's in

the conversation that comes to mind. Yeah, for sure, because anything involved, anything involves in water is super expensive. Yeah, the movie was awful. Who Dennis Hopper was the bad guy? Right? I think? I don't. I don't, I don't remember. I did watch. I patch jet Skis and yeah it was bad. It was super bad, you know. And here's the other thing about Costing always plays the same guy. He's the same guy in every movie. Who I believe is Kevin Costner.

I just think he's playing himself. I think he's virtually no range. Now Yellowstone I haven't seen, and everybody says it's great. So I haven't seen a Bile Accounts. It's really really good. Yeah, that's like that is a Costner vehicle. Um, I believe. And unless I'm I and this is sort of stuff, usually I get right. Uh And yeah, like I said, Bill Accounts, that's better. But I don't know.

That's favorite Kevin Costner movie. Certainly not that Men Men in Tights, because that was really well he wasn't really like The Robins serious and who Yeah, that's right. Everyone since fueled the dreams for me. I like Tin Cup. You ever seen Tin Cup? You know? I I've normally I've seen all these I see all these not golf but sports movies, but I've never seen that. You'd love it.

It's a good movie. Really. Yeah, I'm gonna give you the best, I think the best Costner movie he did very early in his career, and it's it's a great um CIA spy thriller called No Way Out. I've seen that. Have you really been a long time? Yeah, it has been a long time. No Way Out. As I'm pulling

it up right now. Nineteen eighty seven, Sean Young was at the height of her powers at the time as a love interest in this and um, it involves Costner trying to chase down Uh he's a naval intelligence officer trying to chase a Russian mole. Yeah, and it's been a long time. Yeah, that's like one I would rent, you know, if you're in Minnesota from video update. Yeah, that's that's right. Um, the Untouchables too. Yeah, the last the last blockbuster just closed in the last in the

last few weeks, by the way. Yeah, so I think we're now at zero blockbusters, which is kind of sad end of an end of an era. All right, that was a great episode. Yeah, we're all edward on here. What are we talking about? Now? That's fine, it's it's it's the off season. We get to we get to talk about this stuff. And last week's Fantasy Football Weekly had a lot of big name free agent signings. This week is also free agent signings, but the names are not as big. It's it's the Leftovers. It is a

little bit of the Leftovers edition. I like the way you framed that up. Also, let me mention this, well, we're talking to the episode right there. Yeah, you did the Leftovers. Welcome. Um, Now I have to try to remember that between now and when we posted. Speaking of episodes, we're doing an experiment. Next week. We're going to drop four Fantasy Football Weekly micro editions. What is Fantasy Football Weekly micro you might be asking. These are five to

ten minutes long. We just drill down on one player. We're using Guilloteing Leagues writer Tyler Knable. He's doing at least the first batch. Brian, I know you want to do some um and this is just a way to get a little Fantasy Football weekly in your life Monday through Friday. Yeah, and like we did to do a deep dive on interesting players in which there's uh, there's some you know, there's some storylines, some some some things

to talk about. I've read Tyler's work. I've edited Tyler, Yes you have, and it didn't require too much editing. Got some chops so he does. Yeah, maybe maybe I'll come by and to supply some pressure, give him the evil. I like that up and com let's see what he's got, see if he backs down from the challenge. So it's an experiment and we welcome your feedback. You know how to reach Brian and i I'm at Paul Charging on Twitter.

Brian is at bt XJ on Twitter, and we welcome your feedback on that new potential format that will unfurl next week Fantasy Football Weekly Micro. Let's talk about the notable additions from the last week of free agency. Getting with Gardner Minshew the current starter for the Colts, and depending on who they draft, they may lean on Garner Minshew to start some series of games for much of the season if the guy they draft is ultimately not ready for the start of the season. Pretty much took

my talking point. That was it right there. Okay, this is really just for super flexi leagues. Ye, Gardner Minshew. The Colts highly likely to take a quarterback of the third overall pick, but yes, either way you expect Minshew to start the season. But yeah, if they end up with one of the more polished prospects who are CJ. Stroud and Bryce Young, basically you'd think Minshew would get

the first three to four games at least. But if they go with a Will Levis or Anthony richardson that time, yeah, and who knows if India gets off to a hot start with Minshew, who's had some success in the NFL. Granted he couldn't win games with the Eagles last year her filling in her. He's putting up numbers, but he's got experience. Though, if you're you know, in a super FLEXI league, he might be startable once we have have

the schedule. But that's really it for the quarterbacks. I guess real quick, we can mention Jacoby Brissette to Washington. He'll put Sam Howell and Camp Brissetts. There's a good chance person he'll probably start the season. He proven game manager. Washington season starts off, so he's he he might be viable in Super flexus start the season. But that's about it for the quarterbacks. I mean, we're still waiting on Aaron Rodgers and Lamar Jackson. Yeah, to be finalized. Cam

Newton might be coming back to No. In his mind he has all The league has no interest in Cam Newton. We'll wait, We'll wait for further news on that one. It's funny because you did something that I have done as well. We forget Arizona is picking three because they're not in the quarterback you know, so you go, Okay, the Colt We think of the Colts as having the third pick because they're going to have the third quarterbacks. Yes,

and I've done the same thing. You're not the only one that's done that, and would someone could jump up in that three spot too. You never know who needs a quarterbacks to the running back position. Brian, I want to talk about Damien Harris to Buffalo, which I think

is a fascinating move. I'm a big fan of Damien Harris, and I like, I don't want to brag, but one of the best calls I've ever made in the history of Fantasy Football Weekly was putting Damien Harris on the fifteen touchdowns two pre seasons ago, season before last, and now he goes to Buffalo. He played injured all of last year and he still finished his running back twenty eight, which Pro Football focuses running back twenty eight, which is

not terrible. In the previous season, healthy Damien Harris was Pro Football focuses running back five five, and in his four healthy games to start the season, Harris scored in three of the four games, and he averaged sixty five

yards per game while yielding to Ramandri Stevenson. Now, over the past two years, Belichick trusted Harris to handle the ball twenty times inside the five yard line, and he converted those twenty carries into twelve touchdowns, which is the kind of ratio you're looking for from a power back. So the question is now with Damian Harrison Buffalo, Devin Singletary's gone, James Cook doesn't look like he's built for goal line use. His quarterback is, though, So who's going

to get it's inside the five? Who do you think is going to get the ball? Not James Cook, Not James Cook, It's either Harris or or Allen. Yep, I think it's gonna be I think they I think they might want to keep some of that. The may want to keep some of the mileage off of Josh Allen and go with Damien Harris for those short touchdowns. You gotta love in the two baked in revenge games now

against the Patriots as well. For Damian Harris's good point, who in some ways the Patriots for considering how the money they gave James Robinson, they kind they kind of picked James Robinson over Damian Harris, which I do not understand at all. Why would you do that? But the Patriots makes so many dumb signings that you just you can't They're inexplicable. We can't get through a show without ragging on Bill Belichick as a GM. Correct, even if you know, we know he's the real GM there. I'm

I think I'm gonna be buying Harris. I think I'm gonna have Harris on way more teams than most people are going to. I'll be fascinated to see where his ADP shakes out in the coming days, as as as the best ball community starts reacting to Damien Harrison is his new landing spot in Buffalo. It's certainly bummed up a little bit, but yeah, he stays healthy, he could pay off big time, right. I mean, he's in arguably

one of the one of what are the five? For sure, it's not even an argument five best offenses in the NFL. He's a touchdown score. I'm interested in Damian Harris. We mentioned Devin Singletary leaves Buffalo, he goes to Houston. What are your thoughts on Singletary's new home. Yeah, to the Texans, just on a one year deal. Turns twenty six in September. Still sort of young for a running back. Twenty six,

You're fine, But is he any good? I don't just three one hundred yard rushing games in four seasons with the bills has missed slash uh missed. Broken tackle rate has dropped every year since he was a rookie. Now, speaking of missed tackles and broken tackles, Damien Pierce proved yes, it's still Pierce is still the guy. And we've said it before. The bell cow is extinct. Someone Pierce wasn't gonna get all the touches. No running back is gonna

get all the touchedar touches. Kind of did last year, but that was a that was a different that was a different coaching staff, and Pierce will probably get rested more. So, I'm seeing like a shift where Pierce is dropping a little bit in single Tary is bumped up. I'm viewing it completely the opposite. I'm buying the small dip on Pierce and I'm just still I'm out on single Tary like he's not a special not a special player. Some people are saying he's a better pass catcher, but no,

Pierce Pierce is a Pierce catch. Yeah, they didn't use him enough that way. I will say a single Tarry, he will make his way onto the field. He is good in pass pro He was ranked like top five by Pro Football Focus the last three or four years so, and not that Pierce. He's good in pass protection too, But yeah, single Tarry will eat into Pierce's word. But Pierce is still the starter. So I'm not too worried about your Damien Pierce Shares. Don't panic too much. Last

running back. I just want to touch on it. Not for a long time. Donte Foreman is in Chicago where he muddies the waters a little bit. Because Foreman's a big back straight ahead, he can plow some. He actually broke off some long runs for Carolina last year and had games where he looked pretty good. I'm a little disappointed because I'd like Khalil Herbert to get a lot of use. But I and I think Foreman. I still think it's gonna be like two thirds Herbert, one third Foreman.

But I'm worried about the goal line. Let me throw one more end quick too, Okay. Dernest Johnson to Jacksonville. Now, I don't care about that. I care about Jerome Ford. He's now left over in Cleveland. It's going to be really in Johnson gone, Cream Hunt gone. He's back up Nick Chubb. Ford was a good looking rookie last year

coming out of Cincinnati. A guy I was scooping up before the drafty like than give Paul, at the time, we thought Kareem Hunt was gonna get traded, remember that too, but like a guy like man if he goes to the Texans, like that was the spot you know you might before that draft, before the act. Now it's it's Chubb and it's Ford, and there's the rumors have kind of died down on the trading Nick Chubb that those

were kind of swirling a little bit. But but anyway, Jerome Ford essentially free and best ball start up dynasty leagues, keep him on your radar. I certainly am. Let's take a break and then we'll talk about some of the wide receiver and tight end free agency moves when we come back. Fantasy Football Weekly, Segment number two, Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul Charchie and Brian Johnson with you. Let's talk about the wide receiver free agent moves, beginning with Adam Theelan

who goes to Carolina. This is first of two Carolina moves we'll talk about. So they're a contender then because theland wanted to you want to go to a team that can win the Super Bowl. Super so yeah, okay, well sure, all right, um, you know what we all know, Adam Feeland's production dropped off massively last year. Not massively, that's not fair. It dropped off notably. Let's go with that. He underachieved too. He did not meet expectations last year.

Now what's a little bit unclear is how much of it was a drop off an ability for an aging wide receiver versus just like the introduction of t. J. Hockinson, who got a ton of got a ton of looks, and the absurd talent of Justin Jefferson, which mandates a certain number of looks in every game. You gotta get the ball to Justin Jefferson. He's a special player Hall of Fame pace. So I think that parts a little bit unclear about what went down last year. Obviously, the Panthers,

you know, they paid decent money for Theeeland. They think he's got a little something left. Theeeland was middle of the pack in next gen stats cushion and separation stats, but that's about where he was the previous year, and he had been very good the previous year. This is what was really interesting about Feeling. Get this, he was dead last in yak yards after the catch at two

point two yards after catch last year. Not good, No, something, he's thrived at his prime correct, correct, And he was negative point nine yards over expectation, which was tied for last among wide receivers with at least sixty receptions last year. So those are some statistical angles that suggest that feeling, even taking out to Jefferson factor and the Hockinson factor, feeling wasn't at the same level last season. You're not paying as much as you were for feeling as you

were last year. But for me, I gotta see it. I gotta see the production before I buy in undrafted, even if he's going in the tenth eleventh round, I don't know. I think there's someone more enticing there, well, not on roster. Yeah, we shouldn't laugh at the Panthers being contenders in that division though, Well, no, that division is bad enough that. Yeah, they're not Super Bowl contenders, but they are potential South. They're in the tournament in

the NFC. You should have been last year. Yeah, that division was for the taking. You know. That's gonna put rubbing Salton. But will tell that story another time, Caroline. It's got the first pick in the draft. They will take a quarterback. We don't know who will be throwing the ball yet to Adam Feeling, but you know most rookie quarterbacks, you know you're looking at a twenty two,

twenty five touchdown season. You know, modest production. But the good news is Adam Theeland is wide receiver one at least for the moment. And it might be it's probably gonna be Andy Dalton to start. No, I don't know. I don't know. When you've got the first pick overall, usually that kid, that kid starts right off the bat. But if it is Dalton, that's a good quarterback for Theeling because Theeeland is not a deep threatned Dalton does not have a deep ball. Well, that is true. Are you?

Are you more of a young or stroud guy. I'm the Will Webvis guy just because I got money on it. I love, I love, I love the long odds. I don't know, I'd be shocked if they went that way. You had a good pro day on Friday. At least he threw the ball far. But you know, we knew, we knew he could do that. He looks like he and Richardson are like the the more enticing long term prospects to me, but between sure, but I don't think they're gonna go that way. Probably not Stroud. I don't know.

The size of Bryce Young is just starting to worry me a little bit. But I don't want to read into that. Not much. But I still think I like Stroud a little more. Damn Okay, I like Bryce Young a little Mark. It's funny Ohio State quarterbacks c J. Strout Ohio and Alabama quarterbacks where Bryce Young went have sucked historic So one of them or both hopefully can break the mold for their alma maters. But I think historically they don't pan out. All right, Let's let's keep

moving through the list of free agent wide receivers. Next up, why don't we just stay with Carolina for a minute, and mentioned the DJ Chark move to Carolina Panthers needed some speed at theition Becaustellan's not going to bring you speed at the position. Teras Marshall's no good um. DJ Chark last season third in average targeted air yards at fifteen and a half dark air yards. Wow. The part that worries you was he had the fifth worst separation

according to next Gen Stats. Yeah, he doesn't beat you on the ground with his speed, but he can go up and get it six four, big body receiver. He'll be certainly be a threat in the red zone. So much for the Arris Marshall hype. That was fun for staff, right exactly. That's dead now, I think. But let China just hasn't you know, as it felt like when he was a rookie, I was pretty excited about what he could do in the NFL. It's look, it's it's just not gonna work out. Yeah, Chark was broke out in

his second year with Jacksonville in twenty nineteen. But over the last two years is fifteen games. Uh, combine with the Lions and the Jaguars. Big cat guy, I guess big cat teams. Oh yeah, Jacks, Yeah, Ryan's and now this yeah, Panthers. I believe he went to LSU two. Did he really? Tigers? Okay? So super cool. He probably has like ten dogs though. Funny Brandon Cooks is now in Dallas where he is a I would assume a presume starter for the Cowboys. I mean, I'm assuming that's

the case here. Man. Did the Cowboys screw up by giving Zeke all that money at the expense of Amari Cooper. I mean, Cooper had so much left in the tank, and he was very good for Cleveland last year. And what a blunder Jerry Jones in that front office made by giving Zeke the big money and not Cooper. And now here we are just two years later. Zeke's off the team, Cooper's on a different team, and they've had

to turn to the aging veteran Brandon Cooks. Yeah he should start, though Ceedee Lamb thrives in the slot, so they're really going to try to keep him in the slot for the most part, I think. So it'll be Cooks and Gallop on the outside. And even though Cooks turns thirty in September, he's still got a little more speed than Michael Gallup does, who's much younger. Cooks a little smaller guy. But Brandon Cooks now has been traded four times unreal ties Eric Dickerson for the most times

traded all time. I did not know that. Yes, I don't know. Dickerson got traded that much, and a lot of that was the end of his career. It had to be passed around. But Cooks has goad. The weird thing on Cooks is usually if you get traded this many times, you're not very good and you're not being very productive. Although Dickerson obviously was great in his prime. But the thing is, he's been pretty productive at all of his stops. Brandon Cooks has, Yeah, he's recorded one

thousand yard receiving seasons with four different teams. Has six wild a thousand yard receiving seasons since twenty fifteen. That's more than Stefan Diggs and DeAndre Hopkins both have had five during that span, more than Davante Adams, more than Keenan Allen both have had four. So yeah, this is you know, it was a nice spot for him in New Orleans in his rookie year back when Drew Brees still sort of had an arm. But it's a good

spot for Cooks and it certainly is a help. It's gonna help Ceedee Lamb, you know, shed some double coverage. It's gonna help Dak Prescott, It's gonna help that whole offense for sure. So Cooks, I've seen his adp rise at least a couple of rounds since. Yes trade Kole Hardman goes to the Jets, and the fact that the Chiefs a team with no depth at receiver right now, and arguably right now, the worst receiving cor in the

NFL is in Kansas City, the thinnest receiving corps. They just let me Coole Hardman walk and that says plenty. And if Hardman couldn't be a regular, reliable fantasy starter in Kansas City with Patrick Mahomes at the quarterback position and a dearth of other wide receiver talent, especially especially last season, the odds of Kole Hardman materializing anything in

New York to me are very low. Quarterback presumably eventually will be Aaron Rodgers, but the fact that we're not there yet is making this a little bit hazier as every day goes by. And I don't like that Hardman has to compete against Alan Lazard and Garrett Wilson especially, So I think there's I don't think there's a lot to see here on the Hardman sign now doesn't excite me at all. Elijah Moore goes from the Jets to Cleveland. Michael Horton was drafted before d came at cav Deonte Johnson,

Terry mcclaurin. I think I've talked about that second round fifty six, total bust. For as many good decisions as that front office is made in Kansas City, that one in the Clyde Edwards Hilaire Oof, it was hurt. Elijah Moore, speaking of draft capital, drafted thirty fourth overall by the Jets in twenty twenty one, So just going into his third year last season was a wash. But remember his rookie year. He went on a seven game tear. Oh yeah, he was great Week eight seen. Yeah, top five wide

receiver during that span. Suffered a quad injury in the Week thirteen game, was placed on ir for the rest of the season, but he was popping off then, Yes, and that was with Joe Flacco Mike White as his quarterback. Things weren't much better last year. But he really didn't get a shot last year, but he'll get a shot in Cleveland. He'll probably start in the slot with Cooper and Donovan People's Jones on the outside. I'd still project him as the third receiving option amongst those guys. I'm

a big DPJ guy and Cooper the clear alpha. But yeah, more, this is a second chance, so hopefully he makes the most of it. He's you know, he was left for dead essentially towards the end of last year. But this should hopefully revitalize his career. So interested interested to see how he does. Let's go to the quarter tight end position.

Excuse me, Dalton Schultz goes to Houston. Now, what I found kind of interesting about this is reportedly Shechltz's agent turned down a three year, thirty six million dollar contract at some point middle of this past season. And this past season was was really a tale of two seasons

for for Dalton Shechltz. He was hurt early in the year and really struggled through the first half or so of the season, then got hell year and became a bigger and bigger part of the offense for Dallas, and really from week nine forward week eight forward, Schultz was pretty much an every week starter in the tight end landscape. And you know, it wasn't all great games, but they were all much better games for him after a very

rough start to the season. And Schultz goes to Houston. Now, well, he's like the best receiver on the team right now. I mean, I'm sure things will change in the draft, but you know, given the lack of other talent for anybody at any position to catch a pass. Dawn Schultz could be sitting on hundred and ten targets. We could be sitting on a very big season here. Yeah, and the Texans, really, their tight ends as a whole have put up good numbers. It's just been so hard to pay.

It's like Jordan Aikins, Brevin Jordan, another guy, Pararell, Barrel Cooper. And granted Dallas was always Dallas is a very tight end friendly offense, feels like it has been for the last like twenty years. But I think Houston is an ideal land spot for him fantasy wise. So all right, yeah, he's he's bumped up because people were expecting him to

leave Dallas, but it's a good spot for him. Um, he's competing with Robert Woods who's now in Houston, and Nico Collins, who got you know, I'm still optimistic that Collins can end up being a pretty good player. Now. M John Michi is going to come back from his leukemia and presumably be a factor this season, and so he'll be there as well. That um that I guess to get some balls from. But Dalin Schultz brings some

veteran reliability to to that group and I I'm optimistic. Sadly, in that same vein h Foster Moree was diagnosed with a I can't remember the exact form of cancer in foma fomas. Yeah, should make a full recovery hopefully. But he was on the market. But uh, we'll not be playing this year yaftly but best wishes too false? Yeah, for sure, absolutely, um Oj Howard and Austin Hooper go to Las Vegas. Yeah, I was a little intrigued when Las Vegas Howard later, so I'm out on that entire situation.

Where's where's dan Arnold Gond We're waiting Dan Arnold, IRV Smith those like the last two. We've been making calls for Dan Arnold right, trying to have work trades. I've i trade. I think Green Bay has to become the ideal landing spot that would be a great land born in Milwaukee. He's a oh, you don't say Wisconsin native. You know they need a tight end. It's just Duguara

there now. Yeah, they do need a tight end. But I feel like everyone left on the table at all positions, like we like in the running backs, we got Leonard Fornette, Cream Hunt and some of the wide receivers. I think we're getting close enough to the draft where it's very deep at running back end yep, so it's almost like, let's see who you can get in the draft. So I think these guys might just be hanging out in

free agency until after the draft. Sadly that might include ob j which is interesting that you know, there was talk of him signing in December January of last year, right like playoff run OBJ, that kind of thing that never materialized. Now his agent seems to be stirring up that there's some interest in OBJ. Yeah, the Jets supposedly, Yeah, the Jets supposedly apparently friends with Aaron Rodger is not a Todd Yeah, okay, have a relationship. I guess, Okay,

they're both kind of weird. I guess that's why. Maybe that's it. I don't know, but I I wonder if Obj's can be signed before the draft, and if not, what happens with him? Could we actually be at the end of his career right now and we don't know it. I feel like there was a player in recent past, a notable player like a OBJ, where like seemed like he's going to come back, come back, and then he from injury and then has never did and he just retired not remember. Maybe I don't know. Maybe I just

foresaw the future of OBJ. That could be the case. Yeah, that the end came quick for him. Man reminder Fantasy Football Weekly Micro an experiment. We want to know what you think about it. Stay tuned for that. You're gonna get one on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, a deep dive on one player lasting five to ten minutes. That's the micro part. Have you picked the player? Yes, they've already recorded them. Oh wow, Yeah, how about that requarter

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