Fantasy Football Daily - 10 Free Agent Moves We Want For Fantasy Football | Two-Point Stance Podcast

Episode Date: March 9, 2023

NFL Free Agency moves and trades are what keep fantasy football players excited all year round.  Fantasy Points Analysts Joe Dolan and Brian Drake give their 10 dream NFL Free Agency signings and tra...des that the fantasy football universe would love.  From Aaron Rodgers signing with the Jets to Lamar Jackson being traded to a surprise NFC South team.  Plus, what if Mike Evans was on the move to Buffalo?  Miles Sanders signs with a team that doesn't have a running back on their roster.  It's lots of fun to speculate on NFL moves and we want you along for the ride. Use code "FANTASYPTS" when signing up at Underdog Fantasy and we'll match your first-time deposit up to $100.  That's not all, we're going to give you a $5 standard subscription to FantasyPoints.com as well.  Use code "FANTASYPTS" today. Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrakeFantasy https://twitter.com/FG_Dolan https://twitter.com/FantasyPts Subscribe to the Fantasy Points YouTube: https://youtu.be/oTQK2jL5GBA FantasyPoints.com is your home for the best in fantasy football news and betting analysis. #NFL #NFLcombine #nflnews #nflfreeagency #nfltrades #aaronrodgers #fantasyfootball --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fantasy-points-podcast/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:07 It's time to the Fantasy Points podcast brought to you by FantasyPoint.com. Top-level fantasy football and NFL betting analysis from every perspective and angle, from numbers to the film room, with a single goal to help you score more fantasy points. All across the fantasy universe, welcome one and all to the two-point stance, powered by FantasyPoint.com. I'm your host, Brian Drake. Check me out on Twitter at Drake Fantasy. joined as always by my main man, Joe Dolan, managing editor at FantasyPoints.com. He's on Twitter at FG underscore Dolan.
Starting point is 00:00:44 Joe, I hear you're out on the golf course this week. I'm so jealous. I'm sitting here in the snow in Syracuse, New York, you know, writing the obituary for the Jim Beheim era. You're out here, you know, striping him down the fairway. Not to say I'm jealous, but I'm pretty damn jealous. How are you? Striping them down the fairway would be a huge exaggeration based on how I told the other day. Now, I'm doing okay, Drake.
Starting point is 00:01:06 It's beautiful here in South Carolina. spring has a ride. It's going to rain this weekend, if that upsets you. But I was outside grilling yesterday. And when I was grilling, uh, grilling up some barbecue chicken, I was thinking about the show today, the podcast today, what we were going to be talking about. Everybody loves hypotheticals, right? We love these short shelf life podcasts. This, this whole thing could be blown up by the time it's published. I don't even care. Um, but, uh, at the very least by Monday, Tuesday, you'll see if Drake and Dolan are right. Drake weird. What do we want to see happen in free agency, man. It's, uh, it, I can't believe it's here, but the NFL is, I know it's a cliche,
Starting point is 00:01:44 but it is a 12 month sport. And they spread everything out just perfectly. Free agency and trades, then the draft, then, uh, they, they really get their hooks into you. They really do. They do. And I wrote an article about this with the 10 most desirable moves I'd want to see for fantasy football. And I was one for one. I hit the Derek card of the Saints. Who! Hooray me. Uh, we'll get into that and this Lamar saga as we go along as shows go through the offseason. But so what we're going to do, folks today, 10 moves that we'd most like to see for fantasy football. I've got five.
Starting point is 00:02:19 Joe's got five. If you've got some, put them in the YouTube chat. We'd love to see a comment on the show over at YouTube.com slash fantasy points. I put it maybe in your iTunes review of the show. Let us know. We'll read it. We'll comment on it. We'd love to see you guys interact.
Starting point is 00:02:34 All right. Let me kick things off, Joe, with. maybe my most controversial take, but I think it's the one that, well, really could happen and would have the biggest impact on fantasy football. And it's Mike Evans being traded to the Buffalo Bills. And my thought on this is Tampa Bay could be in a full-on rebuild, right? Evans is in the final year of his contract. He counts for 10% of the buck's cap in 2023.
Starting point is 00:03:01 Buffalo is desperate for somebody else to play alongside Stefan Diggs. I think they could get this done. Third, fourth round pick. I had people scoff at me, Joe, when I said that. They're like, what are you talking about? Mike Evans has got to go for more than that. I look back and I did a little research here. Randy Moss, in his same age season, age 29,
Starting point is 00:03:21 coming off his ninth year in the NFL, was traded from the Raiders to the Patriots for a fourth round pick back in 2027. It's basically the same age, same time frame. I mean, all I'm saying is look at what Gabe Davis didn't do in Buffalo and look what Mike Evans could do in Buffalo. All you got to do is just go run deep. Take that safety. Keep him high. Let Josh Allen run his little, you know, QB scrambles, let's define digs, eat up underneath. I think it's the perfect marriage and exactly what
Starting point is 00:03:53 Buffalo needs to get over the top. I completely agree with that. You know, Gabe Davis, I think the injury, by the way, did not help Gabe Davis, but he'll be much better suited as a three than a two. I love this move. I really do. Now, I, I, will say the price, the Randy Moss price. There is a bit of Randy, I think being a malcontent involved in that price. Like, oh, is his career over? I do think Evans is going to go for more than that. I think this is the right move for the Buffalo Bills to make. I think Buffalo is going to be calling around on the free agent market. I'm going to have a DeAndre Hopkins take here later. But DeAndre Hopkins, I think Brandon Cooks, Mike Evans, I would be surprised if one of
Starting point is 00:04:31 these veteran receivers does not end up with the Buffalo Bills. I think they need one. If they don't get one, I think they're going to draft one. Not necessarily the draft class that has an alpha dog in it. I don't think Buffalo needs an alpha dog, by the way. But if they can go get one and it's somebody who can be affordable like Mike Evans in terms of draft compensation, makes a ton of sense for me. From a fantasy perspective, I would be so excited to draft Mike Evans in Buffalo. And I'm not really sure where the markets would have him. I would think most would be in my corner. I think most would say I'm really excited to draft Mike Evans and he's going to go in the top 40 picks for fantasy. But I think that would be the perfect kind of guy to just say, look,
Starting point is 00:05:17 you're going to, you're in the twilight of your career. You've had a Hall of Fame career. Let's go try to win you with second Super Bowl and let's try to win Buffalo. It's first Super Bowl. I think that's an easy sell for Mike Evans as well. You've got a pick here that if you've ever had a television in your home, you have a phone in your pocket or radio in your car, you might have heard of this possible move. And it's not earth shattering, but it's likely to happen. And for fantasy, it's pretty kick-ass, Joe, and it's Aaron Rogers or the Jets. Oh, yeah. And look, the reason everybody's talking about this is because it makes sense. It's not, is it great for the talking heads because Aaron Rogers is a complete whack-a-doodle? Yes, of course it is. It's a,
Starting point is 00:05:56 Aaron Rogers going to New York is a perfect marriage. He's going to pull Francesa out of retirement, if he does this. But, oh, the Diet Coke's are on order. Let's go. D.C.'s, baby. Yeah. Hey, the hand wave? I just hand waved you.
Starting point is 00:06:10 When he cuts the collar off. The princess is the best. I remember one time Matt Camp and Justin Fensterman, who used to produce our game-based show at Sirius X and Fantasy. We were in a hotel room. As a matter of fact, it was in Canton. Now, this was before, this was for the King's Classic, but before the Expo.
Starting point is 00:06:28 And they went on like a 20-minute, just improv, Mike and the Mad Dog. It was really fantastic. They should probably just do that as a podcast. But I love Francesa, and he would love Aaron Rogers with the New York Jets. And it makes sense.
Starting point is 00:06:43 Look, you got Garrett Wilson, you have Elijah Moore. You have a lot of talent on that team. Breece Hall coming back from injury. Seems like it was a pretty clean ACL tear, somebody that are Dr. Edwin Porras at fantasy points is relatively optimistic about it at some point this season. Aaron Rogers dynamic weapons in the big apple.
Starting point is 00:07:04 Hopefully that offensive line is a little bit better. I don't know if Aaron Rogers is MVP level player anymore. I don't think he played to that level this year behind a better offensive line. But the Jets do have better weapons. This move makes a ton of sense. I think it's exactly what the NFL wants to happen, by the way. The NFL wants Aaron Rogers in New York. It seems like the discussions are centering around that Green Bay is ready to move.
Starting point is 00:07:29 move on and I don't blame him. You drafted Jordan Love in the first round a couple of years ago. You got to see what he's got. Yep. I'm ready for this move. I'm excited to see Jordan Love. I know Jets fans would be over the moon with Aaron Rogers in New York. I think it's good for fantasy. I think it's good for reality. I think this move just is a no-brainer. That's why everybody's talking about it. We don't have to get in Aaron Rogers and his LSD trips or whatever how it is he does. But this, from a football standpoint, this move makes a ton of sense. And the dead money the Packers would incur here, it goes like this. If the trade culminates before June 1st, which folks, it won't. It'll be announced, but it won't is 40.3 million. They're going
Starting point is 00:08:12 to make this trade a post-June 1 trade. 15.8 million would go against the Packers this year, 24.5 next year makes it much more palatable for the Packers to take on. That said, Joe, we're do you rank Aaron Rogers in this quarterback tiering if now he is in New York jet? Let me bring up my best ball rankings right now because I've kind of built that into the fact with Aaron Rogers. I've kind of built into, I have him currently at 102 overall. I have him right behind Daniel Jones and I have them about two rounds ahead of Kirk Cousins. So that's where that's where I have him right now, Aaron Rogers. 102 overall, I draft him in the ninth round.
Starting point is 00:08:59 All right. Now, once this move is made official, I reserve the right to go back into my best ball rankings. And really, because I think when you're speculating, vis-a-vis making something official, I think it clears your head a little bit. Well, if you want to read Joe's best ball rankings, just go over to FantasyPoints.com.
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Starting point is 00:10:18 Brett's a rising star in the industry, by the way. And he's also doing our prospect guide this year. So, and the work is incredible. I've been editing it every day. Drake, I got one more thing to you because, again, I always say, I don't want to Ron Popeil this. This is not an infomercial. If you are a current fancy point subscribing, you're like, wait a minute, why didn't I get this deal?
Starting point is 00:10:38 We'll give you a credit for next year. Oh! There you got it. I'm going to write that down. I've got to send that into customer support myself. We're talking quarterbacks. You're telling me that you were. want to see Aaron Rogers go to the New York Jets.
Starting point is 00:10:51 While I was talking Tampa Bay Bucks, I want to see Jimmy Garapolo go down to Tampa Bay. He's already probably got a real nice tan. I could see him going around the clubs, hanging out, that great hair. Jimmy Garapolo to Tampa Bay makes a ton of sense if they're trying to keep this thing together. Now, Tampa owns the 19th pick, which is pretty much no man's land for a quarterback this year. And Jimmy G's coming off another injury plate season.
Starting point is 00:11:17 You can get him at a discount. because it's not like he's the youngest guy out there. I like this. And Tampa's going to have to restructure. They have to get rid of a ton of guys like they just did with Leonard Fournette. They're still at the time of this show, $57 million over the cap for 2023. But someone's got to play quarterback here, Joe. And you're telling me Kyle Trask is going to be throwing the ball to, you know, Evans and Godwin out there.
Starting point is 00:11:39 You're fooling yourself. I love Jimmy G here. So wait a minute. Is this move contingent on Evans being moved to Buffalo or is this or are you kind of doing separately? So obviously I'd like Jimmy G. Now I have Jimmy G's my third quarterback on a two on a super flex dynasty team at the FFPC. So I want Jimmy G to go somewhere to start this year.
Starting point is 00:12:00 So this move makes sense to me. I think by the way, if they don't move Mike Evans and they bring in Jimmy G, that team's a contender in that division. Absolutely. Now, I think we also have, I have a move for this division as well, because I think it's a perfect division for teams to kind of go be competitive. That's why the Saints brought in Derek Carr. But yeah, this makes sense to me. I don't think it would be all that exciting for fantasy, but I think he'd be able to get the ball,
Starting point is 00:12:25 especially to Chris Godwin, but also to Mike Evans. Well, you're talking about the NFC South, and this week, every team in the NFC South for some reason came out and said, we don't want anything to do with Lamar Jackson, but you say, not so fast, my friend. Lamar Jackson to the Carolina Panthers. I think Atlanta is one of the teams that everybody kind of has him going to. now I'm not really sure what to make of this like pseudo collusion maybe maybe just flat out
Starting point is 00:12:55 there's no pseudo about overt collusion by the NFL owners who are pissed off at Jimmy Haslam for giving Deshawn Watson a completely guaranteed contract when Deshawn Watson was facing down a lengthy suspension for being a sexual deviant um and I understand why the owners are mad at about that contract. But I also understand why Lamar Jackson is sitting here like, what did I do wrong? I'm an MVP. Like, so you mean to tell me I should get paid less than this guy
Starting point is 00:13:30 or get less guaranteed money than this guy? And the reason I have the Carolina Panthers here, just because to mix it up from the Atlanta Falcons a little bit, is Carolina, I think David Teper's gone in there. He fired Matt Rule with a massive, massive amount. amount of money that he still owes him. I think we saw this team under Steve Wilkes last year, who you argued should have gotten the full-time job.
Starting point is 00:13:55 I don't necessarily disagree with that. We saw this team compete down the stretch. There's talent on this team. They've got DJ Moore on offense. They have a ton of draft capital, which they picked up in the Christian McCaffrey trade, that they can use to acquire Lamar Jackson and then also build around Lamar Jackson.
Starting point is 00:14:13 Frank Reich has got to be sick and tired of going to the fast food drive-through window for his quarterbacks. This is somebody who they can bring in who has a track record, so not somebody like a Will Levis or an Anthony Richardson, who Frank Reich know he can build his offense around for a number of years. David Tepper, Frank Reich, that kind of, I think the impatience that those guys probably have with the quarterback position makes Lamar Jackson an excellent fit in Carolina.
Starting point is 00:14:40 And quite frankly, you know, they had Ike Iquanoo last year. I think that offensive line can improve. but with DJ Moore, DJ Moore would be the best wide receiver. Lamar Jackson's ever played with by leaps and bounds. I think it's probably a good fit for both parties for both parties. I dig it. Carolina has the ninth overall pick. And as you guys know with this non-exclusive transition tag,
Starting point is 00:15:02 it would be two first round picks going to the Baltimore Ravens. I'm sure Baltimore wouldn't scoff at getting a top 10 pick, you know, as they would look to start rebuilding their franchise. All right, let's actually talk about someone who is a free agent. We're talking about some a lot of trades we'd like to see and whatnot. How about Jacoby Myers, the bell of the ball, B-E-E-L-L-E, correct, Joe, as you and I talked about earlier this week, which I still haven't fixed, by the way, in the article. Jacobi Myers are the Kansas City Chiefs. So Jacobi Myers is coming off back-to-back 800-yard seasons.
Starting point is 00:15:36 The draft class for wide receivers not great. The free agent class, sure as hell, is not good. So Jacobi Myers right now is kind of the, you know, the prettiest girl at the bar at two in the morning. So here's why I like him to Kansas City, though. You look at everybody that got on the team. You got MVS. You got juju. These guys are back to free agency, right?
Starting point is 00:15:58 You put juju in there. He can play inside. He can play outside. It would be a nice accompaniment to Travis Kelsey. You're not going to break the bank on him. And he just fits in. He seems like that kind of guy that'll do the dirty work job. He'll block.
Starting point is 00:16:12 he's not a diva and he's just going to be one of those guys out there that you know i don't know for fantasy if he's going to go over the moon but i just like it in more of a real world fit for kansas city so um i think it's really interesting the way you brought up jacobi meyer's entrance into this free agency uh my favorite band is a band called the hold steady um you might see that i have a couple of posters back there uh to to as a matter of fact i also have one of their vinyl records back there um they have they have a song drake called sequestered in Memphis. And in, in, in the song, not quite walking in Memphis, we're sequestered in Memphis. For the 2020s, it's, that's a better, uh, better term. Unfortunately. Um, but there's a line in that line.
Starting point is 00:16:54 In bar light, she looked all right. In daylight, she looked desperate. That's all right. I was desperate too. And I think that's going to be the Jacoby Myers free agent, free agency saga. Um, he looks good within the context. A desperate team is going to pay him and he's a good football player. I think that makes a lot of sense. My question here, and I'm going to skip ahead on you a little bit, Drake, because we can counter, we can counteract this. My question here is, does Kansas City rest on its laurels and say, well, you know, we made a Super Bowl run with a crappy wide receiver group?
Starting point is 00:17:29 Let's just do it again. Or does Kansas City say, let's go try to get some more firepower? Because my move is D'Andre Hopkins to the Kansas City Chiefs. Oh, look at you. DeAndre Hopkins, 30 years old, he'll be 31. this coming season still has two years left on his contract. Right now, DeAndre Hopkins, folks, believe it or not, his 2023 cap hit is number two among all wide receivers.
Starting point is 00:17:54 His base is 19.4 next year, the following year, 14.9. So, I mean, that's top of the market money, but you're just trying to win Super Bowls right now if you're the Kansas City Chiefs, and you're not really thinking long term of the guy like DeAndre Hopkins. If DeAndre Hopkins goes there, I mean, can he stay healthy? First of all, at that age, how high do you think people go crazy drafting him? Do I? Do you think people?
Starting point is 00:18:20 I think he might end up as like a second, third round pick. I'd be more excited about Mike Evans and Buffalo, by the way, because we are coming off a year where we were Patrick Mahomes has proven that he can mix the ball around without really favoring one wide receiver. If DeAndre Hopkins gets traded to Kansas City, I just become more excited to draft Cadarious Tony. That's my take. So I want this to happen to push that Tony down the board.
Starting point is 00:18:46 You know, that's why I want this to happen. And our guy John Hanson, his Skymore love is never ending. So you can get Skymore for nothing in drafts if they add a guy like DeAndre Hopkins. And that's a great call because in your home leagues and I, you know, have pinned myself the hero of the home league. I know people love names and they love old names because they might not be paying attention like the people who are listening to the two-point stance, right? They see DeAndre Hopkins. Like you said, they're like, damn, we've been Patrick Mahomes, second, third round.
Starting point is 00:19:19 And could that be a massive overpay for a guy that, let's face it, could have trouble staying on the field. I think it is. But by the way, I mean, I'm not trying to say this is going to be a Julio Jones to the Titans kind of situation. I think it'll be better than that. And I think it's possible that in the range of outcomes is DeAndre Hopkins. just blowing up and being a league winner because of the quarterback situation.
Starting point is 00:19:39 But I would be more excited to go down the board and have a guy like Cadarius Tony who's younger, not necessarily healthier, of course, but a guy who's younger and potentially more explosive at this point and it creates a buying opportunity for me. But I think Hopkins to the Chiefs makes a lot of sense. I mean, I think it's a move along the same lines as your Evans to Buffalo move. I just think Buffalo is probably more desperate. Like I think Buffalo has more incentive to go make a move like that than Kansas City does. but I think Kansas City going out and getting a big time wide receiver is in the cards this off season.
Starting point is 00:20:12 Yeah, hey, they got to get somebody you'd think to fill in for the MVS's and the Hardmins and those guys. Not that they were exactly setting the world on fire. Another name that's out there who I could easily see fit into Kansas City, but I'm going to pen him to the Philadelphia Eagles is DJ Chark, who spent his time with the Jacksonville Jaguars and most recently the Detroit. Royce Lions, DJ Chark would come in to Philadelphia and in my mind take over that Kwez Watkins role who basically did nothing. And they were at points running out Zach Pascal to be a de facto, you know, third tackle on
Starting point is 00:20:53 running plays. But DJ Chark is a big guy. You could put him as a big slot out there, 6-4-198. He can really run and stretch the field. You get him running deep, opening things up underneath. for AJ Brown on those slots. You know, DeVante Smith doing all the great work that he does. Now you can get Smith more into the slot, maybe pay Charks, some on the outside.
Starting point is 00:21:14 DJ Chark is a guy who, you know, another guy has trouble staying healthy, but can find the end zone and can stretch the field. And that's what Philadelphia could use. I think it, it's really trending to the Eagles really retooling on defense this offseason, right? Like, it doesn't seem like there's a whole lot of optimism that they're going to resign anything. these big free agents. And I think Howie Roseman is probably sitting here like, I'm not going to make the same mistake I made the last time. Now, of course, the Carson Wentz situation had a lot to do with with the Eagles kind of quick downfall after the last time they made the Super Bowl. But I think Howie Roseman is going to be like, I'm going to do something different. I am going
Starting point is 00:21:52 going to get a lot of comp picks. Yep. And we're going to rebuild this defense the right way. And we're going to count on getting to the playoffs because our offense is going to outscore teams. Now, DJ Chark is a luxury signing for the Eagles because of AJ Brown and Devante Smith, but you saw Quez Watkins drop a big ball in the Super Bowl. You know, he can run, and there is utility in that. There's utility in Quez Watkins being able to run, but they needed somebody a little bit more reliable as that third receiver. I think this move makes sense.
Starting point is 00:22:25 This is somebody I would be drafting in the 15th round of my best ball drafts knowing, hey, Jaylon Hertz is there. You know, all I need him to do is have three solid games, and it's going to pay off my ADP. I think DJ Chark makes sense in that regard. But the one thing I will say is like it all depends on the cost here for DJ Chark because I don't think Howie Roseman is going to let like a Javon Hargrave or a James Bradbury walk in free agency and then just go pay somebody a similar contract
Starting point is 00:22:52 because I think that's going to go against what his plan is of getting compensational picks for these free agents leaving and having all kinds of draft capital next year. So I think this makes sense as a budget kind of oriented move, as Philadelphia is probably going to have to go out and look to outscore teams next year. DJ Chark is going to have a market, folks. In 2019, you remember, he was over 1,000 yards as a receiver, at eight touchdowns. DJ Chark makes a lot of sense for the Bears,
Starting point is 00:23:20 makes a ton of sense for the Giants. We just mentioned Kansas City. So there's going to be a market for guys like DJ Chark. Let's talk about another wide receiver here, and we talk about dream scenarios. that's the theme of this podcast here. And you're swinging for defenses with the Chicago Bears. And who do you want them to go and trade for Joe?
Starting point is 00:23:41 This would be incredible. Now, don't skip over my, my boringest move that I, we're holding that to the end. We'll put it to the end. I have the Bears going out for T. Higgins. And do I expect this move to happen? I do not.
Starting point is 00:23:55 I don't, I kind of believe the Bengals when they say, no way, we want to go to the Super Bowl. we want T. Higgins and Jamar Chase in Cincinnati. But I'm just thinking of Chicago, which seems with the most likely scenario right now, trading back from number one, maybe they trade to number two with the Texans, the number four, the Colts, whatever. I think Chicago's in a position where not only can they trade back from like one to four, they can trade back from like, I don't, I'm not picking out any team.
Starting point is 00:24:25 Don't say, oh, you know, my team would never trade up to number four. But let's just say number four to number 10, all right, which is the Eagles pick. Eagles aren't going to do that. But just let's just say that. With each incremental move down, the Chicago Bears are going to recoup additional draft capital and get a ton of draft capital. They can then parlay that draft capital into doing something they didn't do last offseason in helping Justin Fields and helping him in a big way.
Starting point is 00:24:50 I think because of their status is having the number one pick and it seems like they're going to trade that pick, I think they can move back, get a ton of. a draft capital still trade for T. Higgins, and it doesn't look like they blew up the war chest at all to do so. And this is the kind of guy Chicago should be going after. Chicago should not be going after DeAndre Hopkins. Chicago should not be going after Mike Evans. Chicago should not be going after Brandon Cooks, guys who are on the back nine who were approaching the 18th fairway. These guys, the Chicago Bears should go for a young player, much in the same way Philadelphia went after A.J. Brown last year. That is what Chicago should be in the business of doing. and this is the move that makes sense.
Starting point is 00:25:28 I don't know if Cincinnati's going to trade them. I don't think Cincinnati's going to trade him. But if they are open to listening, Chicago should be the first team in the ears of the Cincinnati Bengals. This is the final year of T. Higgins contract because you remember there's no fifth year option here. He was a second round pick in 2020. So he's going to make just shy of $3 million this year.
Starting point is 00:25:50 So coming down the pike for the, you know, let's be honest, cheap Bengals, they're going to have to pay. pay Joe Burrow. You're going to have to pay Jamar Chase, and now you've got to pay T. Higgins. You know, that's a lot of dough along with some of the offensive line signings and defenders. You want to talk about the blueprint here for your bears quickly while I have tankathon up. The bears, this is how it's going to go, folks. Mark it down, put it in stone. Bears trade with the Colts one to four, right? Colts go up to the first pick. Now the bears are setting it four. Well, who needs to come back up into that spot and get a quarterback, the Carolina Panthers, from number nine.
Starting point is 00:26:26 So the Bears then drop down from one to four to nine picking up a boatload of picks. Those two teams get their quarterback. All is right with the world. And we have content to talk about on the podcast. Chicago has a lot of maneuverability here, a ton of maneuverability. And by the way, I'm someone who's argued if they're not sold on Justin Fields and they are sold on Bryce Young, they should just take Bryce Young. But either way, Chicago's coming away from this offseason with a boatload of draft picks because Justin Fields would cost a boatload of draft picks. So it's a really, really good scenario for Chicago.
Starting point is 00:26:58 The question is, is any team out there like the Bengals willing to trade a big time young wide receiver? Yeah, I heard their owner of their GM at the combine was talking about it. And he's like, you know, teams can go draft their own superstars. We're not in the business of giving them away. But, you know, money talks. So we'll see. Money's going to talk with this last pick. And it's Miles Sanders.
Starting point is 00:27:20 And Miles Sanders, been a solid football player for the Philadelphia Eagles. had a great year this season coming off a thousand yard campaign. Here's the problem. He wants to make some money. Philadelphia is not in the business of paying running backs, especially with this class coming in in the draft and the amount of running backs are going to be available in free agency. Well, there's a team in the NFL folks.
Starting point is 00:27:42 I don't know if you know this, who doesn't have a single running back under contract for 2023. And that's the Miami Dolphins, right? So the Miami Dolphins were 31st in rushing attempts in 20, And that's not how Mike McDaniel wants to run this off. Because, you know, this is that 49er scheme, little power run. They need a running game. We got to take the load off at Tua.
Starting point is 00:28:04 Let's get Miles Sanders down there. He can run the rock. He can catch a little bit. They can draft somebody to become the heir apparent after Sanders dies in two years. I love Miles Sanders to the Miami Dolphins. And for fantasy, I still think he holds his value next year with that move. Yeah, he's currently like going in the sea. exact range he went last year, like that seventh, eighth round range in pre-free agency
Starting point is 00:28:28 best ball drives because people don't really know what's going to happen. I've argued that maybe the Eagles decide, hey, look, the market's not there for you. Just come back and we'll try to make another run at it. But I think this move makes a ton of sense. I don't see, I don't know if Miami's going to be the type of team to break the bank. Now, Sequin Barclay and Josh Jacobs were both franchised, so it was Tony Pollard. I don't think those guys are going anywhere at this point. I don't think they're going to be the type of team to break a bank for like Derek
Starting point is 00:28:54 Henry in a trade. I know we've heard his name out there a little bit. I think this is the kind of move that really fits the Miami Dolphins. The question now becomes did Miles Sanders price go up because all those big time running backs, the Barclays, the Pollards, the Jacobs all got franchised. And Miami does not have a first round pick. I know we hear all these people talking Bijon Robinson and all that. By the way, folks, Bejohn Robinson will never go 10th overall to the Philadelphia Eagles. And if he does, Joe, what will you do?
Starting point is 00:29:24 I will get drunk and jump off my roof if Bejohn Robinson goes to the Eagles with a top 10 draft pick. Now, again, I don't, now I'm holding myself to top 10. I'm not getting drunk and jumping off the roof if they draft them at 31, okay? Right, that's fine. But I would still be surprised if they draft them in the first round at all because, like I said, I think the Eagles are going to be retooling their defense this off season. No question about it. We're down to our final dream move for fantasy in this 20, 23 off season.
Starting point is 00:29:53 And you and I both agree on this move, Joe. And it's one that might fly under the radar to a lot of, you know, fantasy and NFL fans out there. But if it goes down, who I think fantasy folks are going to be all over this move as their new favorite sleeper tight end. Dalton Schultz to the Chargers. Kellyn Moore went there. It looks like Dallas is going to move on. They franchise Tony Pollard. They're paying like $30 million to the running back position.
Starting point is 00:30:19 Kellan Moore is there with the Chargers, which obviously makes a ton of sense. Now the Chargers restructured Keenan Allen's contract. So they're going to keep him in LA. This move when I came up with this, and I think when you came up with this, you were acknowledging that maybe Keenan Allen wasn't going to be a charger. So Justin Herbert needs a new kind of chain mover. But I think this gives them a nice move at that position.
Starting point is 00:30:42 They've been kind of going through the tight end du jour. They've been going through that the drive-through window that Frank Reich's going through for quarterbacks ever since Antonio Gates retired and Hunter Henry moved on. So I think this move makes sense for the Chargers, get them another weapon for Justin Herbert. And then once again, he'll be going as like the 6th, 7th,
Starting point is 00:31:00 tight end off the board for fantasy. And I think it makes sense. He's a boring player. I think he's like, I mean, quite frankly, he's the new Jason Witton. If you need five yards, he'll get you six. If you need eight yards, he'll get you six kind of player. That's what I think Dalton Schultz is.
Starting point is 00:31:15 But I think there's utility to that with Justin Herbert in the Chargers. No question. We're only a year removed from a top five fantasy finish for Dalton Schultz, where he caught 78 balls and eight touchdowns. And little thing I dug up on Gerald Everett, the Chargers Titan. He's still on the roster, folks. He actually has one more year. They can get rid of him, I guess, if they signed Dalton Schultz.
Starting point is 00:31:35 But he finished inside the top 12 at the position six occasions. Great. You know, that's good for your best ball team. What wasn't was another six weeks when he finished outside the top 20. So we need to get a little more consistent. at the tight end position. Hopefully right now, Dalton Shultz could do that if he goes there.
Starting point is 00:31:54 He's going off the board an underdog as tight end 10. And again, if you want to play an underdog, go over to underdog fantasy. Use our code fantasy PTS. We're going to match your first time deposit up to $100. And we're going to throw you a fantasy points.com standard subscription for $5. There's no better deal in the industry, folks.
Starting point is 00:32:15 It's amazing. Trust us because, you know, we came up with it. So just go over there and figure it out and enjoy yourself, Joe. So this was fun. I like doing these kind of speculative shows. And I can't wait to see what our fans comment on YouTube and in our iTunes notes. This is going to be interesting to see what moves that they're throwing around because people get drunk and they come up with crazy scenarios.
Starting point is 00:32:38 Oh, they do. I think it's going to be a blast to see. I think the Aaron Rogers thing could happen back by the time this show is published, Drake. I saw Diana Rusini of ESPN this morning was like the jets are optimistic it's going to happen. You know, maybe Aaron Rogers goes off into another hole and decides he's going to retire. So anything can happen at this point.
Starting point is 00:32:58 But we should get this out there as soon as possible just so we can make sure we're not behind the eight ball with that, Drake. How about that? With that said, we're going to go edit the podcast, get it up to the feed. Make sure you're subscribed to the YouTube channel and resubscribe if you haven't. to our iTunes feed. We had a little glitch with that. There was disturbance in the force.
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