We gotta stay in the NFC East. As Chris Pavona just played, We're gonna do a little motown Philly. I'm gonna tell you right now, guys, I'm high on this team. This is my surprise pick in the entire NFC. I think the Philadelphia Eagles are going to take a step forward. And here's the thing. Carson Wentz as their quarterback is fine. I expect him to take a step in year two.
I don't think he's gonna be great, but if you tell me he could be a reasonable proximity of a guy like Andy Dalton, I would definitely agree with you. This is a guy who looked good at the beginning of last year, then had his All Pro right tackle gets suspended for ten games. That can do something to your confidence and to the time that you have under center. I think then the Eagles went out and got him a ton of weapons. You get Lane Johnson coming back
at right tackle. That's in essence like signing one of the best offensive linemen on the free agent market. Okay, so I think they're good on offensive line. This is this is a team that I think made big time splashes in free agency as well, and we start in their running back room. I don't know if you know this, but they signed la Garrett Blunt in the off season. La Garrett Blunt was the ninth highest rated running back in all of Fantasy last year. He's coming off a
season where he had eighteen touchdowns. There is no There's only one other back that finished in the top twenty five last year that switched teams. That's Latavius Murray going from Oakland to Minnesota. This is a big move for the Philadelphia Eagles, and what a perfect back to pair in the backfield with a guy like Darren Sprawls. Okay, you got your thunder, you got your lightning. Listen, Darren Sprowls.
It's his last year. He's announced his retirement, but he's still had fifty two catches, four seven yards and two touchdowns in the air last year. Both of these guys are gonna be able to do it now. I don't know, you know, I can understand how Legarrett Blunt might be frustrating on a week to week basis. And even if he I mean, he's not gonna score eighteen touch downs again, even if he regresses, I still think he is an RB two. I have him listed as my twenty second
running back overall. My man Corey Parson, the Fantasy Executive, does not disagree, has him right on the fringe of a low RB two or a high flex play as his rated running back. I also listen if you're in deep leagues, or in a dynasty league, or in a statue. I told you it's Darren Sprowls his last year. They drafted his air apparent this year and it is Donnelle Pumphrey out of San Diego State. This is one of those freakish pass patching backs. Okay. I love Dannelle Pumfrey
in PPR dynasty kind of leagues. He is going to take the Darren Sprowls roll over. And I like Legarrett Blunt not only for what it does for the touchdown ability of fantasy owners, but what it does for the Philadelphia Eagles. The best help to a young rising quarterback is not only their offensive line, but the ability to turn around and hand the ball to a thud, you know, chain moving back like Legarrett Blunt. I think that's amazing. But they weren't done. They went out and made a
splash at the wide receiver position as well. They signed Tory Smith and all Sean Jeffrey in the off season to pair with a guy like Jordan Matthews, who they still see as a good slot wide receiver. Okay, I gotta tell you the truth. Though I'm very very high on the Eagles this year, but I have historically been fading all Sean Jeffrey. All Sean Jeffrey is the kind of injury prone that I do not like. It's always
these soft tissue injuries. Okay, ligaments, tendons. It's not like the freak accident of a broken you know, a broken hand or a broken leg like we saw with some other players. Okay, these soft tissue injuries are the ones that are hard to come back from, the ones that linger. I think when he's out there, al Shan is very, very impressive. The only problem is I don't want my wide receive either one or even my wide receiver two on my fantasy team to be frustrating week to week.
He played in only twelve games last year, still put up eight hundred and twenty one yards. You past that out, you get an hundred yard receiver. Okay, I understand. Okay, this is a guy who has talent, but I drop him down every year, because I do not believe in the injury and the health in the in that kind
of reliability with a guy like al Sean Jeffrey. I'm gonna tell you also, if you listen to Fantasy Freestyle and you're trying to get into fantasy, if you're not an expert, let me tell you about a guy Tory Smith on the Philadelphia Eagles and why he is a decent guy in a format called best ball. He's the kind of guy the quote is like, the term is that he takes the top off the defense. He's like
a deep threat. And if you're in a best ball format, this is These are formats where you're not making moves every week, you're not making trade. You just draft and then they get your best players at each position. And Tori Smith is good for that because he's gonna have one or two games where he pops off and gets you know, three catches, four hundred thirty yards and two touchdowns.
That's gonna happen at some point. And he's good for the actual Philadelphia Eagles because he can stretch the defense then have Al Shan underneath, guys like Darren Sprawls the tight end who will get to in a second underneath. Okay, but I think that he's gonna be good for this actual team, not so much your fantasy team unless you're playing in the best ball format. I also wonder could this be Jordan Matthews here. Jordan Matthews was a highly
touted kind of rookie. But let me tell you something. Mike clay Well, I respect, has interesting projections for a guy like Jordan Matthews. Thinks Jordan Matthews is possible to get seventy five catches eight hundred fifty yards. I'm gonna tell you something. I don't think he's gonna do that. But like I said, Alshon, Jeffrey is injury prone, and if al Shan misses any time, which he does usually, Jordan Matthews will go right into that role. As you
can see. I like the fact that the offensive line has been you know, maintained for Carson Wentz. I like the solid running back he can hand too. I like the wide receiver, the dynamic weapons that Carson Wentz now has. I also like, you know, the Philadelphia Eagles last year were top five defense in d v O A. They were a top five defense. They used their first round pick on Barnett at A Tennessee to increase that their pass rushing, Brandon Graham out there, Fletcher Cox on the
interior as well. This is a defense. This is a defense that is one of the best in the league. This is an offensive line that is one of the best in the league. They have a bruising running back combo with Legarrett Blunt, an incredible pass catcher, and Darren Sprawls. This is a team that signed al Sean Jeffrey and Tory Smith still has Matthews. It really all comes down to Carson Wentz.