Fantasy Football Today - 03/06 Fantasy Football Podcast: Barkley Hype, Teammate Combos & More
Episode Date: March 6, 2018Saquon Barkley was a combine beast! Now we want to know when you would draft Barkley if he ends up with CLE (4:10) and which NFL destination you'd prefer for this talented RB (8:20) ... Teammate combo...s are back! We've got PHI vs. LAC (15:53), SF vs. KC (17:55) and GB vs. MIN (22:48) ... All the latest news including what happens next with Sammy Watkins and Allen Robinson (34:00). We also give our intriguing offseason players for the NFC South (40:00) ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath.
Talking fantasy football, reacting to the NFL Combine, and the franchise tags.
Welcome, everybody. It is Tuesday, March 6th. I'm Adam Azer. He the franchise tags. Welcome, everybody.
It is Tuesday, March 6th.
I'm Adam Azer.
He's Dave Richard.
Hey, Dave.
That's me.
That's what my mommy named me.
Yeah.
Did you go by Dave or David growing up?
Depends on who was talking to me.
My parents still call me David.
So that's what your mommy named you. And my wife when she's really mad at me.
David?
David?
Oh, yeah.
David Richard Richard.
Richard.
Did you know Dave's middle name is also Richard?
All right.
Anyway, we're going to talk about Saquon Barkley, the talk of the combine and where our fantasy listeners want Barkley to go of any of the first four picks.
The Browns, Giants, Colts and Broncos.
And when they would take Saquon Barkley, we'll react to that.
I think teammate combos are just super neat,
so I have some teammate combos that I'm going to throw at Dave.
And we've got a lot of news and notes about Kirk Cousins, Deion Lewis,
Chris Ivory as a bill, franchise tag stuff.
Now, I will say, I don't know when you're going to hear this,
but we're recording this at about 1.30 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday.
So there's going to be some news probably before the deadline of 4 o'clock, right, to sign the franchise tender?
Yeah, there should be all sorts of information that football fans would like to know.
But I think we know the most important stuff, like the Allen Robinson, the Sammy Watkins stuff.
So, yeah, and then we'll do some off-season intriguing players if we have time for the AFC West.
But let's start with the NFL draft talk, and it's really about Penn State running back Saquon Barkley,
who is just a great player.
I mean, he can run, he can catch, and I guess he's the best running back prospect in a long time.
I don't know.
Ezekiel Elliott, Todd Gurley, Saquon Barkley. I don't know how people would rank it,
but I think he's going to go earlier than they went and Fournette went.
It's crazy.
I think he is too.
And he didn't necessarily need the combine to earn these accolades.
If you watched him play, and you can still go even on YouTube and find clips of him,
you will be impressed with him.
Not only can he run and he can catch at him, he can block.
He seems to be a fairly intelligent guy, seems to have good football intelligence, has good
size, and then he goes out in the combine, runs a 40 and 4-4, 29 reps on the bench, 41
inch vertical. I did a video on CBS Sports HQ this morning with host Tommy Tran,
and he compared some of his measurables to guys that are already in the league.
And by the time he was done, he looked at Saquon Barkley and he goes,
this guy is one of the Avengers because he's just not human. And I think that's a hell of a nickname
for Saquon Barkley is to call him the Avenger
because he just really seems to have qualities of the fastest wide receivers,
the bigger linebackers.
He's as big as them.
He's an amazing package as a running back.
And now it's got Cleveland thinking about taking him at number one overall
because he seems to be, I'll use this term that's floating around, generational.
Yeah.
The once-in-a-lifetime type of player.
And the Browns can afford to do that because they have the fourth pick as well.
So if they are feeling a quarterback, they could potentially wait until four.
But we'll see.
It's very intriguing at the top, and it's fun with skill position players
and offensive players.
A lot of them are going to go early.
A lot of quarterbacks, for sure.
But the quarterbacks, Barkley, Bradley Chubb,
these are guys that are definitely.
That's the group.
And Quentin Nelson, I think, has a chance too, the guard at Notre Dame,
to go within the first four or five picks.
Well, I asked our listeners on Twitter, I said,
two questions.
First, if Cleveland drafts Saquon Barkley,
which round would you draft him in in the 12-team league?
And then I asked, which of these teams would be the best spot for Saquon Barkley's fantasy value?
Giants, Browns, Colts, Broncos.
So first, if Cleveland drafts Saquon Barkley,
which round would you draft him in? I think the correct grammar is, in which round would
you draft him? But I didn't do that. 12-team league, round one, round two, round three,
or round four or later. So what do you think? I would put him as a top 15 player. Might
put him right at 15th overall. So that would be early round two. And that was the winner. Round one had 25%.
Round two had 44%.
Round three had 22%.
And round four or later had just 9%.
People were thinking round three or round four?
That means that you're not interested in getting Saquon Barkley on your team.
Well.
Which is fine.
Very few people said round four or later.
Only 9%.
But yeah, 22% said round four or later, only 9%. But, yeah, 22% said round three or later.
And I got to tell you, it's a pretty bad team if he goes to the Browns.
It's a pretty bad team.
Like, how much better is he than Joe Mixon or Christian McCaffrey?
He's better, but is he so much better?
Those guys didn't warrant second-round picks.
Those guys didn't even warrant fourth-round picks.
I mean, they did at the time.
I'm just saying when you look at what they actually did in their rookie seasons,
is he really going to be better than that?
He could be.
He should be.
I think he will.
I think he can get more touchdowns than those guys had last year.
I'm making the case for the people who are hesitant on Barkley,
and it's probably more about being hesitant on the Browns.
That's exactly what it is because last year at this time we thought,
oh, Isaiah Cruella has a chance to be something good.
And we ramped that up and we thought he'd have a good year.
And no, Isaiah Cruella is not as talented as Saquon Barkley.
They are not even in the same ballpark.
But the fact that he disappointed after a year where he was pretty good
will make people say, oh, it's the Browns, they're always going to be bad.
Maybe there's some other factors that you have to think about,
such as we still think this is a good offensive line.
We know they're going to be a better quarterback than they were last year.
It's probably going to be with a rookie because I don't think they're going to get
Kirk Cousins or make a play for Case Keenum or any of these other quarterbacks
that are out there.
And the thing that gets me is that Saquon Barkley would be in the hands of Hugh Jackson
and Todd Haley, and those guys do have good track records with running backs.
So I would not hesitate early round two on Barkley.
And the worry that I would have isn't that he's going to be bad in the preseason and
he falls into being a late round two pick.
It would be that he flashes during the preseason and there's too much hype around him and now you've got to pay a first
round price tag to get him which if you're picking if you're picking him at 15th overall that means
you're just using a pick six picks sooner to get him and you'll still be able to get a very good
wide receiver or a pretty good running back in round two maybe it it's not so bad. Maybe some people will start doing that if he doesn't totally suck in July and August. So Dave, Calvin Ridley, wide receiver from Alabama,
has a chance to be a top 10 pick as well. A couple of our mock drafts that I'm looking at right now
have him going eighth to the Bears. Calvin, we know wide receivers, probably like a little safer,
long-term, longer shelf life than a running back.
But is there any question that Saquon Barkley should be the number one pick
in every dynasty draft?
Oh, yeah.
He's absolutely that.
I'm not even sure if Calvin Ridley's the number one receiver.
Who do you like?
In dynasty drafts.
I haven't looked at them all yet.
But I've started digging in,
and I like what I've seen from Cortland Sutton from SMU.
Okay.
And I've watched Ridley too,
and Ridley does a lot of really good things,
and he does a lot of things that make me a little nervous.
Is he a slot receiver?
Is he a really, really good slot receiver?
I'm not sure, I'll be honest with you.
I don't think he is a really, really good number one outside receiver.
He's listed as 6'1".
So I don't think he's limited to the slot by any means.
But Ridley is a playmaker.
Do you know what his 40 time was?
I'll tell you what it is right now.
Yeah, go ahead.
Our next question on Saquon Barkley was,
which of these teams would be the best spot for Saquon Barkley's fantasy value I don't understand how how the Colts didn't have a hundred percent of the vote it's so
clearly the Colts it is the Colts but they only have 33 percent Giants it's the Colts assuming
Andrew Luck is back yes of course but Giants 24 percent Brown 17 percent Colts 33%. Broncos 26%.
So the Giants and Broncos
are right around 25%. The Colts
were 33%. And the
Browns were last 17%.
Which is interesting. That's the last
destination of the top four teams
that our fantasy owners want to see
Saquon Barkley end up on.
Yeah. It's just the
cognitive bias of being with the Browns. If Andrew Luck's healthy and Saquon Barkley's just the the cognitive bias of being in with the browns like if andrew
luck's healthy and saquon barkley's on the colts i mean i swear to he's he might be like a top five
pick i don't think i don't think he'll go ahead i don't know about top five i don't think he'll go
ahead of the top six which are four running backs and those two receivers but he's in play at seven
you would absolutely feel more comfortable taking him in round one and then
hanging the U-turn and getting a
best available player in round two
versus taking the best available
player in round one and
then hoping Barkley makes it
back to you in round two.
If he goes to Indianapolis, he'd be a first round pick.
Off the top of my head, just thinking right now,
Kareem Hunt would be very
much in play at number seven for me.
I'm the low guy on
David Johnson, but I assume he's going to be a top
four pick. Yeah, they'll both go
before Barkley. Yeah, should they? Would you take
Kareem Hunt or Barkley?
Hunt. Yeah.
What was interesting, something that
Pat Shermer said was
he really
wants a running back that catches the ball.
I don't think he wants a Latavius Murray.
He wants running backs who are involved in the passing game.
So if he ends up with the Giants who have the number two pick,
I 100% guarantee they are going to spend money on offensive line.
And they'll probably draft one in the second round if they take Barkley in the first round.
It's an interesting situation.
It's a potentially good passing game.
I think I would rather Barkley go to the Giants than the Broncos.
Definitely behind the Colts.
But I think number two on that list for me would be the Giants.
I think so, too.
And then the Broncos would be a close third.
But I can't see John Elway taking a running back before a quarterback.
Yeah.
Don't see it happening.
What do you got on Calvin Ridley's 40?
443.
That's good.
For NFL.com.
That's pretty good for a wide receiver.
Oh, listen, there's no denying his speed.
He's just not quite as big as you'd like your prototypical number one outside receiver to be.
Yeah, that's true.
And I don't think he's that great of a blocker, but he is very fast, very quick, very elusive,
and a very good route runner.
I would imagine he'll end up being a top 15 pick in the NFL draft.
But as far as fantasy goes,
I don't see him being somebody that people are going to go for round five, round six, round seven, maybe not even round eight.
I think he's going to be a round nine type guy.
Now, have we had two straight years of bad fantasy production from our first round NFL draft wide receivers?
Last year was Really disappointing
Well one guy went in the first round who
Arguably well I guess John Ross
Was going to go in the first round no matter what
But I didn't think he'd go as high as he went
Right 10th or 9th
Wherever the Bengals picked
It was pretty ridiculous
Yeah so last year you know Corey Davis didn't really do it for us
But in 2016
Who were the first-round wide receivers?
Corey Coleman, Will Fuller, Josh Doxson, Laquan Treadwell.
It's two years in a row.
Four years ago, we had the greatest wide receiver draft ever.
We had Beckham.
We had Mike Evans.
But it's two years in a row now of pretty bad production from the first round receivers. 2015 receivers were
Amari Cooper, Kevin White, Devontae Parker, Nelson Aguilar, Rashad Perryman, Philip Dorsett.
Dave, it's really three years in a row of fantasy busts, first round wide receivers.
Sure. And so this year might not be any different,
and it's certainly a cautionary tale for everybody who goes into their fantasy
drafts thinking, ooh, ah, Calvin Ridley.
You can't do it.
I don't think you should spend a valuable pick on him unless a team comes out of
nowhere to trade up for him that's got the court.
Look at the patriots do something
wild you know they take that pick that they got for garoppolo and they pair it with their first
round pick and they move up enough to get ridley not that they would do that but if they did that
or if green bay did that or you know insert team with stud quarter seattle yeah you know they can
be a lot of fun to watch in Seattle yeah for sure yeah so that's
that's the type of situation I mean just if he ends up in Chicago okay he's got Mitchell Trubisky
but he's also going to be the number one guy they don't really have unless they go and you know
splurge on Allen Robinson as a free agent as well and if that happens and we're taking targets away
from Calvin Ridley so I don't see him making a huge impact right away
unless it's just really the perfect fit.
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Hey, Dave, come on.
It's not a Madison Square Garden.
Where is it?
Barclays.
Oh, it's at Barclays Center?
Come on, yeah.
I'm getting there.
ACC's not big enough for the garden, I guess.
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Oh, that's what you meant.
That is what I meant.
How else would you – you asked the question, how am I getting there?
I know.
You didn't ask, how am I getting in?
I know.
I know.
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Let's do some teammate combos, Dave.
Combo me, baby.
Here we go.
Keenan Allen and Hunter Henry.
I find myself using the Eagles a lot, by the way.
Keenan Allen or Hunter Henry?
Those guys are chargers.
Or Alshon Jeffrey and Zach Ertz.
Allen and Henry or and Zach Ertz. Oh, okay. There you go. Uh,
Alan and Henry or,
or Jeffrey and Ertz.
And it was pretty close.
If you just look at last year's fantasy points,
pretty close.
Uh,
I,
yeah,
yeah,
pretty close.
What would you do?
I'd take the Eagles guys.
I think there's more value there on draft day.
I think Jeffrey is around three round four player.
And I think Ertz is around three player.
Keenan Allen could end up being a first round pick, late first
in PPR. And he'll be a second
round pick in standard leagues.
But Hunter Henry's going to fall
a little bit in drafts. So I think just the better
value is with the
two Eagles guys.
Another strong finish for Hunter Henry.
76 yards and a touchdown
at Dallas in week 12. 81 yards
the next week. 50 yards and a touchdown the Dallas in week 12, 81 yards the next week,
50 yards and a touchdown the following week.
Then he didn't do much against the Chiefs, and he missed the final two games.
We know the potential.
It's great that he can do that, that he can score and he can get yardage,
which, I mean, it's the simplest thing in the world to say.
That's what people who catch passes are supposed to do,
but a lot of tight ends can only really catch touchdowns.
They're not good for a lot of yardage.
Hunter Henry can do that, but so can Zach Ertz.
Oh, of course. Ertz can get you double digits and fancy points on yardage alone.
Henry, it's going to be harder for him to do that.
So Ertz has the edge there, and it more than makes up for the difference between Keenan
Allen and Alshon.
Okay.
Let me see what the people on Twitter said.
I thought this was pretty tough.
I was kind of leaning. I'll tell you what, I would probably definitely in standard scoring
take the Eagles guys, Jeffrey and Ertz. But there was almost a 50 catch difference between
Allen and Alshon this past year. 45 more catches for Keenan Allen. I don't think that happens
again, but it might be 25 to 30 catches.
So maybe in PPR, I don't know.
Let's see what the people said.
They said 53% to 47% they want the Eagles combo.
All right, all right, pretty close, pretty close.
All right, next one, Dave.
Niners combo and a Chiefs combo.
Jimmy Garoppolo and Carlos Hyde, assuming he's on the Niners.
Or even if he's not. No, it's like it's a teammate combo. Jimmy Garoppolo and Carlos Hyde, assuming he's on the Niners. Or even if he's not.
No, it's like it's a teammate combo.
But what if Carlos Hyde ends up going somewhere in free agency?
Then you can't have them.
They're not teammates anymore.
Your combo is busted.
Then I've got to go and get whoever the running back is for San Francisco?
Yes.
But let's just say it's Hyde.
Garoppolo and Hyde or Mahomes and Hunt. Garoppolo and Hyde or Mahomes and Hunt.
Garoppolo and Hyde or Mahomes and Hunt.
This one even closer than the Eagles-Chargers one.
I'll take the Chiefs combo just for Hunt,
just to get that stud number one running back.
I can always find a decent quarterback,
and Mahomes could be that quarterback.
I'm not ready to rule him out.
He's going to get picked in every single draft with a late-round choice,
and it makes perfect sense because he's got gobs of potential,
great pass catchers to throw to.
Garoppolo doesn't quite have the pass catchers yet,
but he does certainly look like a great quarterback.
But he wasn't amazing for fantasy purposes,
and Hyde, I feel like it's going to be hard for him to have another good year like he had.
Did he have a good year last year?
Not really.
I guess we can say that he kind of did.
He was a top 12 back, but he was 3.9 yards per carry.
I think that there's more there for Hyde.
I think he could actually be better.
He actually had six more catches than Kareem Hunt,
but Hunt scored 69 more fantasy points in standard, 63 more in PPR.
Hunt averaged 4.9 yards per carry.
Hyde averaged 3.9 yards per carry.
But I would just like to see Hyde and Garoppolo.
Hyde on a better offense, put it that way.
Their offensive line is an issue.
Do you think Hyde's going to go somewhere where he'll be a featured back like he's been?
You know, he was more or less a featured back with Garoppolo.
I think that's the only spot for him.
I'm looking at the five games he played with Garoppolo.
You know, he probably averaged about 17 carries a game.
Here were his fantasy point totals in standard.
6, 13, 3, 12, and 19.
But he didn't really tear it up.
He just scored five touchdowns and didn't have that much involvement in the passing game.
Caught about two balls per game.
So it's interesting.
I mean, it's a tough one.
The people said they'd rather have Mahomes and Hunt 52% over Garoppolo and
Hyde, 52% to 48%.
Right.
It's basically 50-50.
So it seems like it was a tough call for some people.
See, that's a guy, Carlos Hyde, that better offensive line, I think he could
be sort of, I think the talent of Carlos Hyde could be unleashed.
What do you think? I think the talent of Carlos Hyde could be unleashed. What do you think?
I think it's possible, sure, with a better offensive line.
But you said it yourself, 3.9 yards per carry.
Some of that's got to fall on him.
And is he really going to land somewhere where he's going to catch not 60 passes, 59 passes?
That's what he had last season.
Can he do that again?
I'd love to see him stay in
san francisco if he does he's still going to share carries with somebody else and then if you move if
he moves on let's say that he's the consolation prize yeah let's just say indianapolis knows they
have no chance of getting saquon barkley and he ends up in indy maybe you like that a little bit
better but there's still a chance that he,
like you draft Saquon Barkley and you put them on your team,
you can basically knock off every other running back on your roster.
They're going to be there for depth and maybe 10 snaps a game with hide.
You're not going to do that with hide.
You're still going to give,
for example,
Indianapolis,
you know,
you're going to see some of Marlon Mack,
you know,
it goes to New York. You know, you're going to see some of Marlon Mack. You know it.
If he goes to New York, you know you're going to see some of Wayne Gallman,
whoever else is there.
Right, but you could still get 15 carries a game, and that's enough to be a really good fantasy player,
especially if you catch some balls.
All right, well, all right, so we're done.
Chiefs win.
He's got a chance.
He finishes the number 11 running back in standard leagues last
year. I think he has a chance to get back there
this year, but he's
not going to be somebody that people are excited to
draft. I also think it's a different question
if I take Garoppolo and Hyde versus
Mahomes and Hunt and I say, you can't pick
up another quarterback rest of season.
You didn't ask that. I know,
I didn't, but what if I did? Would that change your answer?
Because part of it is like, well, it's a quarterback.
If Mahomes sucks, I'll just pick someone else up.
Because then I'm losing out on having Hunt.
No, no, no.
You can keep Hunt.
But I can't pick up another running back, right?
Definitely not.
If you're going to tell me I can't pick up another quarterback,
but I can go willy-nilly on running backs?
I think I explained it wrong. Yeah, I think you did, too.y-nilly on running backs? I think I explained it wrong.
Yeah, I think you did too.
Willy-nilly.
All right, Devontae Adams and Jordy Nelson, the Packers wide receivers,
or the Vikings wide receivers, Thielen and Diggs?
Adams and Nelson or Thielen and Diggs?
Are we assuming that Thielen and Diggs will catch passes from Kirk Cousins?
Are we getting to that point?
Did you see the report earlier Tuesday that
Minnesota is going to
offer him a three-year, $91 million
guaranteed contract? If he doesn't go to
Minnesota, I'll eat three Bean Boozles.
Which means you'll
just put them in your mouth, you'll chew them
for two seconds, and then you'll be like my
kids and you'll spit it out
on the floor and wait for somebody else to
clean it up. Pretty much, but he's going to the Vikings, I think.
So Thielen and Diggs or Adams and Nelson?
This was not that close.
Two-thirds of the vote to the Vikings, guys.
And again, I think that a lot of bias from 2017 is baked in there
because they saw Jordy Nelson stink, but he stunk without Aaron Rodgers,
and we know Aaron Rodgers will be back. I think Devonta Adams has turned the corner and has become
not only a good NFL wide receiver and a very good fantasy receiver, but the best wide receiver
in Green Bay. However, when it comes to fantasy football, you want wide receivers that you know
you can count on week
after week not to say that stefan digs is the king of consistency or feeling for that matter but
between the two of them at least one of them should get you good numbers each week and with
kirk cousins there i think there's a chance both of them can get you good numbers each week
so you're taking the vikings i'm taking the vikings but it's it but it's – what was the disparity in percentage?
67% to 33%.
That's too deep, too wide a gap.
Because Adams is the best one.
I agree.
Yeah.
But I'd rather have the two Vikings than Adams and Jordy as of now.
I think I would too.
Would you be really shocked if Jordy Nelson ended up turning back the clock
and having a 800-yard, seven-touchdown season?
That's what I was saying.
I don't think he turns back the clock and has 1,200 yards,
but the touchdowns, yeah, he could have a lot of touchdowns.
That's where his value is going to have to be.
I also think Kirk Cousins is a little overrated.
He's been good in fantasy, but correct me if I'm wrong,
has he ever produced a great fantasy wide receiver?
No.
He's produced a great fantasy tight end.
He has.
And he produces great wide receivers in spurts.
You know, Deshaun Jackson had a really strong ending to his 2016 season,
I believe.
Pierre Garçon was the man at one point.
James Crowder had a good stretch.
But Terrell Pryor has stunk.
Over a season, they've never had –
Kirk Cousins has never had an elite receiver or really even close to it.
No, but I think these are going to be the two best receivers he's ever worked with.
I don't know about that.
I mean, Deshaun Jackson is pretty good.
Deshaun and Garçon are a better duo than this duo.
Why don't you put that combo up on the Twitter machine?
All right, I will.
I don't know that they're better, but that's Deshaun Jackson two years ago.
And I believe Cousins led Deshaun and Garcon to over 1,000 yards each a couple of years ago.
Oh, that's probably true.
So maybe not necessarily dominant for fantasy.
That is true.
But I believe they had over 1,000 yards each.
They had seven touchdowns.
They lacked in the touchdown department.
Combined seven touchdowns.
But you're right.
They did have over 1,000 yards each.
So I think Cousins can make up a lot of those touchdowns.
That's kind of an interesting comparison here.
Like Kyle Rudolph,
Kyle Rudolph digs and feelin'.
Jordan Reed,
Deshaun, Garcon.
But then there's also Jamison Crowder
who had 847 yards
and led the team with 7 touchdowns in 2016.
I think what I'm
trying to say is that he spread the ball
around. Look at these targets
in 2016.
Garcon, 116.
Deshaun Jackson, 120.
Crowder, 97.
Jordan Reed, 87.
How many games did Reed play?
I was in the process.
He played 12.
So he would have been over 100 if he had played 16.
So are we stumbling on something here that that current cousins is not a lock in on one receiver pepper him with targets kind of guy?
No, he's not.
That's interesting.
But Case Keenum wasn't either last year.
He went through and those guys with those two wide receivers and Kyle Rudolph.
Exactly.
Ebs and flows. I don't want Ebs and flows. I want wide receivers and Kyle Rudolph. Exactly. Ebs and flows.
I don't want ebs and flows.
I want stud.
I want a stud.
So then you're gravitating toward the Packers now,
if we're going back to the original combo question.
I think with the case of Jordy.
Okay, like in the context of a full roster where I have a bench
and I can play matchups, I probably would go with the Packers guys
because Adams will be in my lineup every day, and Jordy I can play matchups, start him when it's a good matchup, I probably would go with the Packers guys because Adams will be in my lineup every day
and Jordy, I can play matchups, start him when it's a good matchup.
But if those are just my only two wide receivers,
I had to start them every week, I think the Vikings guys
will combine for more fantasy points than the Packers guys.
Well, we agree that it's like 807 touchdowns for Jordy.
That's the hope, yeah.
That's the hope.
What are we hoping for Devontae Adams?
Over 1,000 yards?
1,200.
1,200?
I don't know if he's getting 1,200.
Why not?
Why not have a breakout?
I think he'll be in between 1,000 and 1,200.
All right, 1,100.
Why not 10 touchdowns?
Well, if Jordy's taking seven.
We're talking about the best quarterback in football. He's going to throw 35 touchdowns? Well, if Jordy's taking seven. We're talking about the best quarterback in football.
He's going to throw 35 touchdowns.
You want to give him 10 touchdowns?
Yeah.
Okay.
So do you think that the Vikings combo can combine for 17 touchdowns with Kirk Cousins?
Actually, no.
Neither do I.
I'm starting to turn your way.
All right.
But it's funny because it comes down to Jordy.
Yeah, it does.
Because I think if we tell anybody that Devonta Adams' projection is 1,100 yards and 10 touchdowns,
I think we're at the point where most people say, okay, I guess I can buy into that.
That sounds about right.
But then you say Jordy Nelson, 800 yards and 7 touchdowns, and they'll go, oh, are you sure?
Yeah, I don't think they'll buy that.
You think that'll be the case?
Yeah.
Yeah, I don't think they'll buy that. There's also'll be the case? Yeah. Yeah, I don't think they'll buy that.
There's also a chance Jordy isn't there, that they could cut him.
I don't want them to because I just want to see what he has left.
But, Dave, let's move on.
If they cut him, then he doesn't have anything left.
Let's go to the news and notes.
Let's go to the news and notes.
There's a lot of news and notes.
Yeah, I cut it short.
I didn't go – first of all, I don't know when people are going to hear this,
so some of it could be outdated.
But there are four teams that are reportedly interested in Deion Lewis.
The Jets, the Raiders, the Texans, and the Colts.
Jets, Raiders, Texans, Colts interested in Deion Lewis.
What kind of a running back do you think he is outside of New England?
I think if any of those teams are smart to use him in a similar way
to what he was in New England, they'll be fine.
12-13 carries a game, four to six catches per game.
He's kind of in that Carlos Hyde bin where you want to have another running
back to pair with him, but he can still be your featured guy.
You absolutely have to have another running back who you feel good about
using in a bigger role behind Lewis
because he's got some injury history to him.
I'd like to see him with the Jets or the Colts.
I think those would be really good fits.
I think Oakland would be a good fit if Marchand's not there.
Houston, does that mean that Lamar Miller's out the door?
It would, I would assume.
Yeah.
All right.
Well, let's move on to the Steelers.
Le'Veon Bell says that the Steelers will franchise tag him for a second straight season.
Whatever.
Buffalo and Chris Ivory, they'll have time to work out a deal we'll talk about, I'm sure.
Buffalo and Chris Ivory agree to a two-year $5.5 million deal.
What's up with the Bills?
They keep getting these big physical running backs
mike tolbert last year and now they're they've got chris ivory locked up i don't know i guess i guess
they just they like that that type of player that's just what they're looking for might be
what their coach is looking for would you would you handcuff late season banger would you i think
he'll end up being the handcuff for LaShawn McCoy.
Yeah, would you draft Ivory, though?
Is it even worth it if you own McCoy?
I think you have to at this point because McCoy has so much tread taken off his tire.
Well over 2,000 career carries.
He is unfortunately ripe for a breakdown.
And so if you're going to spend that second-round pick on Shady,
Ivory should be on
your late round wish list but i can't imagine a lot of people will consider taking ivory if they
don't have mccoy oh definitely not right uh so so he should be a pretty easy handcuff to to nab
trey burton eagles tight end is uh gonna be a starter, is expected to leave the Eagles.
That's according to Ian Rappaport.
Yeah, because Philly's not going to pay him what he'll be able to fetch on the open market.
It's just a matter of where he goes and what type of role he lands.
Yeah.
So who would you be more excited about, Trey Burton or Adam Shaheen, who I know you like.
Where if Burton goes to Chicago,
I think the Bears would make it clear that Burton's going to be the main tight end if you're talking about which one of those.
Give me a destination for him.
New Orleans.
Okay.
Oh, yeah, you'd have to go Burton there.
Oh, my gosh, if he goes to New Orleans.
It's going to be very dependent on the team and what team ends up taking him.
What if he goes to New Orleans. It's going to be very dependent on the team. What team ends up taking him? What if he goes to Green Bay?
Green Bay is in a whole new world now where they might start spending on free agency now that Ted Thompson isn't in charge.
I'm not really feeling Adam Shaheen.
I feel like his upside is like the number 10 tight end that just puts up enough time.
Yeah, touchdown dependent.
Right, yeah.
Like your three upside when Mitchell Trbisky could really break out,
maybe it's different.
But next year, I don't know that I want to draft Shaheen.
But if Burton goes to the Saints, I feel like he could be a top five tight end.
Yeah, I think that would be a good landing spot for him.
And way behind the big three.
Houston could be interested in a new tight end.
They can go and use Burton, and I'm sure they'd appreciate his versatility.
Miami has been on the hunt for a tight end for a couple of years now.
No thanks.
No, no thanks.
How about Cincinnati?
They've got to replace Tyler Eifert,
and I don't know if Tyler Croft is going to be back in the mix.
That would be interesting.
That would be interesting.
I could see Cincinnati adding another pass catcher for Dalton,
whether it's a tight end or receiver.
In two games without Zach Ertz,
Trey Burton had two catches, 41 yards, and a touchdown against Denver,
and five catches, 71 yards, and two touchdowns at the Rams.
So a combined seven.
Good defenses, too.
Yeah, seven for one, 12, and 3 on 10 targets.
That's pretty damn good.
Next note, sir.
The Eagles are listening to offers for Nick Foles.
And then two big ones.
The Rams are unlikely to franchise Sammy Watkins,
and the Jaguars are unlikely to franchise Allen Robinson.
And by the time you listen to this, you'll already know if it happened.
But we're assuming no franchise tag for Sammy Watkins,
no franchise tag for Allen Robinson.
That doesn't mean they won't be back.
But what is your take on that, Dave?
It means that they are probably going to get overpaid on new teams
and not their current teams.
And my hunch is that Jacksonville is probably going to make a play
to keep Marquise Lee, who at this time last year
we were calling more efficient than Allen Robinson.
And we can't really compare them last year because Allen Robinson got hurt.
He's coming off the ACL, and Jacksonville probably doesn't believe,
A, that he's worth $15.9 million.
That's what the franchise tag is.
And B, that he won't get that much on a per-year basis out there in free agency.
Maybe they have a deal with Robinson where he can go look around
and then you know Jacksonville will match any offer he gets and they just don't want to use
the tag to lock into that Watkins is the exact same thing there's no way the Rams are going to
sink 16 mil into him for one year I think they'd love to have him back it's just got to be at the
right price and the Rams they have to be cognizant of what their cap situation looks like
for the next several years because they eventually are going to have to owe money
to Goff and Gurley, and they can't have a lot of money tied up
in a hobbling Sammy Watkins three years from now.
Who are you more interested in as a free agent, Robinson or Watkins?
Oh, I want to see where Allen Robinson goes.
Yeah, but forget that.
Forget that.
I mean, which receiver do you like better?
Robinson.
Robinson?
Okay.
Yeah, but it's not by a lot,
because I don't think Robinson is as good as the numbers suggested he was
three seasons ago.
And not only Watkins is as good as the numbers suggested this year
or a couple years back in Buffalo when he had that amazing second half.
I wouldn't say this year.
He didn't really have good numbers this year.
No, but he had some good weeks.
It's just a matter of knowing when to start him, which is kind of the pain in the butt with him.
Remember a couple weeks ago I called him my favorite breakout, Sammy Watkins.
And that was based on him being on the Rams.
But I said, I don't care.
Just put him somewhere.
But give him a training camp.
Give him OTAs.
You can't trade a guy.
That was one of the reasons not to take him last year
was because he got traded in the middle of training camp.
Right, you can't do that.
To a tougher division.
Teams that could take a look at him, Chicago we mentioned.
I think Baltimore is looking to redo their entire receiving core.
Arizona, on the outside, they've got very little.
On the inside, you know they've got Larry Fitz.
The Colts have T.Y. Hilton, Chester Rogers, and that's it.
Now imagine an offense with T.Y. Hilton and Sammy Watkins
and Andrew Luck on their center.
Yeah, that's pretty sweet.
That would be very vertical.
Seems like a luxury pick, though.
Like when they took Philip Dorsett, I was like, dude, you have so many more needs.
Why would you do that?
That's true, but this time around it's free agency,
and I believe they've got the third most cap space of anybody in the NFL right now.
All right, so.
That is correct.
They have $72 million to spend.
Give it all to Watkins.
What do you think about.
What do you think about.
I want to see one of those guys end up in San Francisco.
Yeah.
I think I'd be very excited if either one went to the 49ers.
How about Robert Woods and Cooper Cup?
Do either of them benefit more from this?
And by the way, you know, I didn't really agree with Jamie calling Cooper Cup a breakout,
but this changes things.
This definitely does.
They still need a receiver who can take the top off.
They just figure that they don't have to pay one of them as much as what Sammy's going to get.
Or unless they do.
Maybe Sammy ends up agreeing to a deal
where he's making $11 million a year with the Rams.
In which case, good for them.
He'll be back there and you know what to expect.
But if he's not there,
I'd like to know who that third receiver would be.
Because I don't think the roles will change for Kup or Woods.
I don't think this takes Cooper Kup out of the slot.
I think he's just perfect there,
and they should stick with him there.
Okay.
That's your news and notes.
Now, if you want more news and notes,
you better be watching CBS Sports HQ.
Dave mentioned it earlier.
Dave was on CBS Sports HQ.
You can see him on your TV,
so it's pretty awesome.
You download CBS Sports HQ on... I have it on my Roku. You can do it on your TV. So it's pretty awesome. You download CBS Sports HQ on, I have it on my
Roku. You can do it on Apple TV, your phone, any other connected device. You know how it works,
people. And this is your brand new 24-7 streaming sports information channel. It's always on. It is
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It's not a talk show.
It's real sports coverage.
It's awesome.
Great combine coverage and analysis.
Love the highlights I've been seeing on there and learning a lot about college basketball, about hockey, things like that.
You'll get some fantasy stuff on there.
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I had absolutely nothing to do with HQ,
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on any connected device, and you will
really love it, and it's free. And just in
case, this is just going back to the news, and they're talking
about this right now, this is where I'm seeing it is on cbs sports hq because we have
it on in the office of course the rams place the franchise tag on lamarcus joiner it will not go
to sammy walk-in sammy walk-ins will be a free agent next week okay so dave i don't think we did off-season intrigue for the NFC South.
I think we stopped on the AMC South.
You are not so sure.
You think we did the NFC South.
I thought we did, yeah.
I mean, we may have.
So here's what we're going to do.
We're going to do the four NFC South teams, off-season intriguing players,
and we're going to do them all in 30 seconds or less.
Okay, cool.
Let's see how fast we can run the train into the wall on this one.
Okay.
Choo-choo, here come the Atlanta Falcons.
Give me your intriguing player on the Falcons.
They're going 28.3 miles an hour.
Matt Ryan's going to be real interesting.
We did a fantasy draft where he wasn't even taken.
Obviously, he's throwing to Julio Jones.
If they add somebody else to that mix, he's got potential.
We've seen him play great before, and he's almost one of those players where when you expect big things, he lets you down.
When you expect nothing, he over-delivers.
I don't know if this is going to be an over-deliver type year for him, especially when you can find so many other quarterbacks.
You're out of time.
That you'll like better.
I agree. Matt Ryan is the most intriguing player on the Falcons. He could be really great.
20 touchdowns was way too low. 38 touchdowns the year before
was way too high. Should be right in the middle. Could be
top 12 quarterback. Alright, how about
the Saints? Offseason intrigue.
I'm
not sure. I guess Mark Ingram would be that guy.
Yes, Mark Ingram's my guy too. Good job.
Go ahead. You want me to go? Yeah, sure. Tell I guess Mark Ingram would be that guy. Yes, Mark Ingram's my guy, too. Good job. Go ahead.
You want me to go?
Yeah, sure.
Tell me why Mark Ingram is your guy.
Okay, because in his first four games after the Adrian Peterson trade,
Mark Ingram averaged 20 carries per game.
In his last seven games after the Adrian Peterson trade,
he averaged only 12 carries per game.
In the postseason, Alvin Kamara had two more carries than Mark Ingram.
I think they are phasing him out.
Mark Ingram is very interesting. I think he could be a bust. Could they trade him and just make Alvin Kamara
and another running back somewhere along the line their new one-two combo?
Maybe. That would be pretty intriguing.
I don't think a team would give up much in trade for Mark Ingram,
but I do think teams that are looking for running backs
and can't get Saquon Barkley would prefer Ingram over Carlos Hyde.
All right.
How about the next team here?
It would be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Who's your offseason intriguing player?
I am intrigued by Chris Godwin, who I think is going to end up getting a bigger role this year opposite Mike Evans as that number two receiver for them.
I think they like him.
I think they're going to give him a chance to replace Deshaun Jackson.
I think, honestly, every single player,
every skill position player on this offense is so interesting,
and they're all connected to Jameis Winston.
He needs to be better.
And I mentioned in our last podcast I love O.J. Howard.
Yeah, I know you like him.
I think this is a team that looks at Darius Geis in the second round of the draft.
Okay.
How about Carolina?
Who's the intriguing offseason player for Carolina?
I think Devin Funchess could be that guy.
Really interested to see what that receiving core looks like with Norv Turner there.
Norv says he's not going to change much with the offense, but I have a hard time believing
that.
Old habits die hard, and he's been dying hard in the NFL for a long time.
He needs a downfield receiver.
I don't think Funchess is it, so what happens to him then?
Does he become a possession receiver and a red zone monster for Cam Newton?
And if that's the case, what are his numbers realistically going to be?
Can he even touch what he did last year?
Do you really think this is 30 seconds?
Is this what 30 seconds feels like to you?
I'm just talking until you interrupt me.
All right.
Well, I'm interrupting you now.
Go ahead.
My guy was Cam Newton, playing with the injured shoulder,
didn't have a healthy training camp.
I think it affected him, and I think he's better than what we saw.
And the fact that he's had six or more rushing touchdowns every single year,
five or more every single year, It's a baseline for Cam Newton.
It just helps him so much.
And he set a career high in rushing yards last year, too.
All right, Dave.
Let's read some emails to finish the show.
A little light today.
I do apologize.
I have a personal thing this afternoon.
Are you getting a mole removed?
I am not getting a mole removed.
Fantasy football. I'm just trying to figure out, do you have to go to the dentist?
No, I'm not. Accountant?. Fantasy football. I'm just trying to figure out, do you have to go to the dentist? No, I'm not.
Accountant?
No.
You should stop asking because when I tell you, you're going to feel bad.
Fantasy football.
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm okay.
Fantasyfootball at cbsi.com.
Well, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
If there's something going on.
We had a death in the family, Dave.
Yesterday we had the funeral.
Today we have a memorial service.
I'm sorry.
That's okay.
I didn't know.
That's all right. Your big mouth. Should we not talk about it. I'm sorry. I didn't know. That's alright.
Should we not talk about it on the air?
You know what? It's fine.
Do you want to say something about this person?
Everybody should have an uncle like
my Uncle Sam. I know.
Not that Uncle Sam, but he was
an amazing guy. We'll call him Sammy.
And
I miss him. He was an awesome guy.
Gone too soon. I'm really sorry, bud. Thanks, Dave. I'd love to hear about him sometime. I miss him. He was an awesome guy. So gone too soon.
I'm really sorry, bud.
Thanks, Dave.
I'd love to hear about him sometime.
I really would.
Funny, funny, one of the funniest guys.
I know where I get my funniness from.
He's my dad's brother.
Awesome guy.
All right, so send us your emails at fantasyfootball at cbsi.com.
And here we go.
Tony, where's he from?
Boston, Massachusetts.
Tony says, Dear Quincy, Chad, and Drew, I need some help with a dynasty trade.
I'm trying to acquire Pat Mahomes by only giving up draft picks.
Our rookie drafts are four rounds of 12 picks each.
The best I've offered is 2018 second rounder, 22nd overall,
and a 2019 third rounder for Mahomes.
I'm definitely a Mahomey. I want this guy on my team. Do you think I've offered? 22nd overall, and a 2019 third rounder for Mahomes.
I'm definitely a Mahomey.
I want this guy on my team.
Do you think I've offered as much as I reasonably can?
No, you haven't offered enough.
For Mahomes?
No, you're trying to buy high on a guy who is among the most potential late in quarterbacks in the NFL right now.
And whoever has Mahomes, this would be, like, I wish he was here.
Like, can I go get Heath and pop this on him?
And pop this offer on him to see what he'd say?
He's doing an option.
I don't care.
I will drag his bearded.
I could IM him.
You want me to IM him?
Yes.
He would laugh at this.
It's not enough.
It's not even close.
It's got to involve a first-round pick.
And I know that sounds crazy.
Dynasty draft.
Right.
The person that took Mahomes obviously took him last year.
I don't think he took Mahomes thinking,
oh, well, I'll just put him on my team and see what he does.
People who took Mahomes in Dynasty Leagues last year were excited about him.
You're offering him a second and a third, and one of the picks isn't for a year?
Yeah, like a third-round pick in a Dynasty draft picks isn't for a year Yeah like a third round pick in a dynasty draft
I'm sure it's often a pretty bad pick
You know it's not
It's not a very valued pick
I am teeth but he's not
At his computer so I'm not sure we're going to get him
I will find him
And I will ask him about this offer
And he will probably just laugh
This is from Graham in Newport, Rhode Island.
I'm having this moment, Dave.
I was going to say this on the air.
I'm very concerned that I already read these emails on our last show.
I don't think you did.
I would call you out on it.
All right.
If I did, please understand I've had a very long, very upsetting week.
So now you all know.
I'm a little out of sorts
So if I read them I apologize but we'll read them again
Dear Lloyd, Ace, Fletcher, Stanley
And Truman
Those are all Jim Carrey characters
Yeah I feel like I would have remembered that greeting
I need to make a move for a
Number two wide receiver
In my 12 team half PPR dynasty league
I have Hopkins
As number one But Dez, Crowder, Deedee, Sterling Shepard,
Rashard Matthews as number two.
So he needs a number two wide receiver.
Which of his running backs would you try to trade?
Derrick Henry, Carlos Hyde, Kenyon Drake, Marlon Mack, Aaron Jones,
Jarek McKinnon, or DeMarco Murray?
Also, I have an extra second-round pick in the upcoming rookie draft that I could use,
and the third pick of the rookie draft is my first pick.
So he's not going to get Barkley, but he could get the number two running back.
He could definitely get a wide receiver there.
Yeah, right.
He needs a receiver.
And it'll probably end up being Ridley or a running back at that spot.
So which running back do you think would have the trade value that would make sense for him?
Derrick Henry?
I don't know.
You want to give him up.
Not unless you're getting a really good wide receiver, but then if you give away Derrick Henry,
then your running back depth is going to be not so good.
Carlos Hyde, Kenyon Drake, Marlon Mack, Aaron Jones, Jarek McKinnon, DeMarco Murray.
You're not going to get bupkis from Murray right now.
I doubt you'll get much from McKinnon, Jones, or Mack at this point.
And I don't think you're going to get what you would think is fair value for Carlos Hyde.
I think we're at the same guy.
Unless you trade for a wide receiver that doesn't have a lot of excitement
and maybe is a free agent.
What if you offered Carlos Hyde for Alan Robinson?
Doable.
But I thought you were going to go to the guy that I thought that Graham
should consider trading.
And that's who you're going to say Kenyon Drake.
I think Kenyon Drake's value is as high now as it ever will be.
I think it could still go higher.
If the Dolphins go the next two months without adding another running back.
I don't think they're going to.
Well, it depends on when they take the next running back.
Yeah.
If they sign Doug Martin in free agency, I'm not too worried about that.
I'd be really excited about Drake.
If they draft, give me, I don't know.
Just pick a round.
It doesn't matter.
The kid from Iowa, if they get him in the fifth round of the draft,
that's not going to scare me.
Fifth round is nothing.
It would have to be a top three round pick for me.
Sure.
So if they go and get Sonny Michel to pair with Kenyon Drake,
you're probably looking at what they envision as a timeshare situation
where they just mix and match him regardless of situation on the field.
That would hurt.
That would hurt Drake's value.
So we don't know what's going to happen,
but maybe the best thing is to try to buy low on a wide receiver,
like Dave said, maybe Allen Robinson.
The only other option I can think of is you try and pile
Hyde, the first
round pick, and
probably Dez
because I don't think you're going to get anything for any of the other guys.
Maybe throw in Didi too
just so that you're trading somebody in the
Dynasty League, something that they can have
a glimmer of hope long
term with, all for one
nice wide receiver.
I would start with Alan Robinson for Carlos Hyde.
Anthony writes us with the subject line of S-C-H-O-E-N-C-H-E-N,
which we tried to pronounce on the air.
Shinshin.
Yeah, he said,
Your pronunciation of my town has been some of the worst I've ever heard.
Thanks for the laughs.
We pronounce it Shinshin of the worst I've ever heard. Thanks for the laughs. We pronounce it Shin-Shin.
Yeah, I've learned.
I've also heard Sho-En-Shin, but these people are wrong.
The town came to be because they didn't like the church and how it was run,
so they said, fine, we'll leave and build a better church.
They moved about five miles away, and Shin-Shin was born.
All right, there's your geography for the day.
That's good to know.
Are you ever going to visit Shin-Shin, Wisconsin? your geography for the day. That's good to know. Are you ever going to visit Shinshin, Wisconsin?
I don't think so.
I've never been to Wisconsin.
I've been to like 27 or so of the 50 states.
I've never been to Wisconsin.
Wisconsin's a cool place.
Really nice people.
Down-to-earth state.
Cheese curds.
Here's Craig Walker.
See, this one I think Craig Walker. Not Greg Walker.
This one I think I read.
I think I read this one.
Pick a tight end for your dynasty team, Tyler Eifert, George Kittle,
or Austin Safarian Jenkins.
I'd go young with Kittle.
Yeah, I think I read that one.
This is from Mark, and I did not read this one.
Ten-team, two quarterbacks, six-point-per-passing touchdown league, PPR.
Start two quarterbacks, two running backs, three receivers, tight end, and a flex.
So it's two-quarterback league.
It's ten teams.
It's three receivers.
It's PPR.
A lot here.
And six-point-per-passing touchdown.
So quarterbacks are pretty valuable.
Who do I keep from this list?
We can keep a starting lineup.
So two quarterbacks, Dave. Roethlisberger, Watson, Derek Carr. Who do I keep from this list? We can keep a starting lineup.
So two quarterbacks, Dave.
Roethlisberger, Watson, Derek Carr.
Well, Watson for sure.
And with the hope of getting lucky long term, I'd keep Carr over Roethlisberger.
Two running backs.
Gurley, Melvin Gordon, Joe Mixon.
Gurley and Melvin. Man, Mixon. Gurley and Melvin.
Man, this league's draft is going to suck.
Three receivers.
Michael Thomas, A.J. Green, Jarvis Landry, or Amari Cooper.
I'm throwing back Cooper.
I expect Landry to land with his squad that
keeps him in a similar role to what he's
been doing. So then your flex is either going to be
Cooper or Mixon. PPR.
Cooper. I'm throwing or Mixon PPR. Cooper.
I'm throwing Joe Mixon back.
Maybe the draft won't suck so bad.
I don't know.
I think I'd go Mixon.
And you'd throw Amari Cooper back?
Yeah.
In a full point PPR where you can start four wide receivers,
I'm keeping Cooper.
Yeah.
All right. All right, Dave.
That's fair.
Thank you for your emails, everybody.
FantasyFootball at CBSi.com.
If I repeated the AFC South segment in any emails, I do apologize.
I've been a mess.
Rushed to get this show ready.
And Dave carried the weight.
So thank you, Dave.
You're welcome, Adam.
I hope you feel better.
I hope smiles come your way soon.
May your uncle's memory be for a blessing.
Thank you, my friend.
We appreciate it, everybody.
We will talk to you later in the week with episode number two.
Have a good one.
It's all right.
I've got Le'Veon.
It's all right.
Not George Le'Veon.
It's all right.
I've got Le'Veon Bell.