Fantasy Football Today - Rodgers to Giants? Darnold to Titans? Best Landing Spots! Final Free Agent Preview! (Fantasy Football Podcast 03/06)

Starting point is 00:00:00 I've got this condition where I don't feel pain. You're a superhero. This is how intense Nova Kane sounds. Imagine how it looks. Yeah, big time. Novocaine. Forming theaters, March 14th. You know, I'm starting to get pretty excited about free agency next week and I'm not apologizing

Starting point is 00:00:20 for it. I'll tell you why right now on FFT Express. All right. Welcome everybody to FFT Express. I'm Adam Azer with Jamie Eisenberg. And we've been saying it all along, especially if T Higgins who got franchise tag does not end up getting traded. It's just not a great free agent class. It's not even a free agent, right? You got the franchise tag. So Chris Godwin coming off a major injury might be the best wide receiver, but Jamie, I'm getting excited because I do think there are some teams that can have some quarterback upgrades. And people don't love the quarterback free agent class, but look, great quarterbacks don't make it to free

Starting point is 00:00:54 agency, right? So, you know, Darnold could be an upgrade somewhere. Maybe Russell Wilson's an upgrade somewhere. Maybe Gardner Minch is an upgrade somewhere. But it's very similar to last year's names other than Cousins. Kind of an interesting quarterback class. I don't know that they are fantasy relevant, but they could help wide receivers. They absolutely can. And look, two QB leagues, super flex leagues, a lot of people play in those formats, so they're going to be relevant. Donald right now is considered the prize. It seems as if Fields is heading back to Pittsburgh. Aaron Rogers is going to be a headline grabbing player for sure wherever he ends up. Could be the Giants,

Starting point is 00:01:31 could be the Titans, could be the Raiders, you know. So most of these guys though, aside from probably Darnold, but we know what his career has been like, are going to be bridge quarterbacks, whether it's to a rookie this year or to a rookie next year These are not necessarily long-term answers at the position Maybe Justin Fields could be because he's still young enough Did have an interesting season with the Steelers last year got them off to a four and two start was actually starting to look like A good fantasy quarterback mostly with his rushing had five rushing touchdowns So he's he's the one that could be somewhat, you know, franchise altering. And then we'll see probably one or two of these guys you mentioned

Starting point is 00:02:09 mentioned you I wouldn't be surprised Daniel Jones in two spots. One if Donald leaves, does Minnesota lock him up to have sort of a veteran in place, knowing that McCarthy didn't play as a rookie coming off a knee injury. And so if McCarthy's injured, look what Kevin O'Connell just did with Darnold, who was considered to be a bust as an NFL quarterback, right? He made him into a pretty good quarterback. And then Indianapolis is another spot that I could see Daniel Jones going because he's a similar type of quarterback to Anthony Richardson, right?

Starting point is 00:02:37 Guy's mobile, can run, can probably keep the offense, not necessarily changing things. And if Richardson struggles, does Jones sort of resurrect himself there? So those are two kinds of destinations I see for Daniel Jones. But yes, it's a very, very not sexy free agent group. But certainly the quarterbacks, you know, Donald being the headliner isn't exactly the guy that you say, Oh my God, I can't wait to see where Sam Donald goes. Yeah, field is actually so interesting because he's the one that probably makes your your wide receivers worse for fantasy. But he could be the best quarterback to start for fantasy, you know,

Starting point is 00:03:13 because obviously we know why he runs so much. And again, you know, I agree with you. But look what he did for DJ Moore, DJ Moore's best season. Yeah. But just look what he did for George Pickens. I know DJ Moore is like the only example. I don't again, I don't disagree with you. But I also think it was like, we're going to handcuff Justin Fields. Especially when they're winning. Yeah. Yeah. Now they were extremely conservative, extremely conservative. Pickens definitely took off a little bit when Russell Wilson, those first six games. He was great. He was fantastic. Okay. when Russell Wilson those first six games he was great he was fantastic Okay, and Russell Wilson himself obviously you know is in this mix as a free agent quarterback And he might might be good for some pass catchers

Starting point is 00:03:53 Yeah, what else are you kind of looking forward to in free agency so the receivers are old you know that's one thing I'm in first off if you want to you know kind of a fun look at free agency I Were breaking down each position this week so quarterbacks and running backs are on the site receivers will be up by the end of the day and I put destinations just for fun, you know, so I put the Arnold with the Titans For example, I put Rogers with the Giants just to torture you But you know some some guys that you know could have some some fun landing spots one quarterback could be great for fantasy is James Winston. You know, I mean, wherever he ends up,

Starting point is 00:04:27 we know that he's a good fantasy quarterback by himself and he's done great things for his receiving core. The running backs and the receivers are just kind of a who's who group of guys. You know, when you're talking about maybe Najee Harris has the best running back who's available, Aaron Jones has one of the best running backs who's available and he may not leave Minnesota. It's going to be surprising to see if any

Starting point is 00:04:49 of these guys end up as featured rushers. So, Naji I think is the one that could potentially still get a starting job somewhere because 27 years old, I think 26, 27 years old, coming off 4,000 yard seasons, he doesn't fumble. He's got three fumbles in his career. He doesn't miss games. He showed that as a rookie, he could be a pass catcher. So the two, my two favorite spots for him would be Denver and the Raiders.

Starting point is 00:05:16 I think the Raiders make a lot of sense just because of what Pete Carroll likes. But Denver obviously is a good landing spot as well. And then for the receivers, again, I don't think Chris Godwin leaves, even though he didn't get the franchise tag. He wants to stay in Tampa Bay. They want to keep him. They probably get him a little bit cheaper just because of the injury.

Starting point is 00:05:32 And then it's just a lot of old guys. Devante Adams is going to be 33 in December, 32 years old. Uh, Keenan Allen is already 33. Um, you have every, every top receiver I did a 10 guys by the time the season starts, they'll be 28 years old or older, you know, so Marquis Brown turns 28 in the summer Darius Leighton's already 28 Christian Kirk is gonna be 29, you know, so they're they're not young guys There is slain I don't think whoever you know get the targets But that's been a guy where like Malik neighbors misses weeks five and six, right? He gets 11 targets in both games.

Starting point is 00:06:08 I'll tell you who Darius Slayton is this year for me. He's Darnal Mooney. Get him on the right team, get him in the right quarterback, get him in the right system. Could be a good number two guy. Like I put him in Seattle as the replacement for those guys that are leaving because he's cheap. They'll be cheap and then draft a guy. I can see something like that. Yeah. And he scored 17.2 or more PPR fantasy points in each of his last three games in 2023. But this is what we're talking about. We're talking about Darius Slayton, right? This just tells you a lot about the free agent class. All right. We'll be right back. We'll take a quick break here and wrap things up with free agency on FFT Express.

Starting point is 00:06:46 When the frustration grows and the doubts start to creep in, we all need someone who has our back to tell us we'll be okay, to remind us of our ability to believe because their belief in us transfers to self belief and reminds us of all that we're capable of. We all need someone to make us believe. Hashtag, you got this. You know, I did some research on Devonte Adams yesterday and if he ends up with Aaron Rodgers, just consider that he joins a team that already had Garrett Wilson and he earned 10 targets per game with Aaron Rodgers. If the two of them are on the same team, he might get 10 targets a game again.

Starting point is 00:07:32 I don't care how old or how bad he is. If he gets 10 targets a game, he's probably going to be a must-start player in half PPR. I put the Patriots as a landing spot for him. And there was a stat that really shocked me. I don't think Devonte Adams is gonna be a deep, like a few years ago with Derek Carr, he caught a lot of long touchdowns. I don't think that's him anymore. He's gonna be an intermediate area or even short area guy.

Starting point is 00:07:57 Drake May led the NFL in completion percentage on past attempts of six to 12 air yards completed 74.2% and I think he was second in yards per attempt on those throws so maybe he'd be a good fit with Devante Adams. I think you picked the one team he will 1,000% not go to. Green Bay? No. The Patriots? Yeah. Why will he 1000% not go there? Who's the Robbins coordinator? I don't even know who it is. Josh McDaniels. Oh, yeah, it is just McDaniels. It's right. Yeah, the time heals all wounds. Oh, money will heal all wounds if they have the most cap space. But I don't think he's I think he wants

Starting point is 00:08:42 from from all indications he wants West Coast and I don't think Rogers is going to the Patriots. So I don't think he's, I think he wants from, from all indications, he wants West coast. And I don't think Rogers is going to the Patriots. So I don't think he's going to go play with Josh McDaniels again. And well, I was going to put chargers, but I knew you were going to do that. So I didn't, uh, cause that's a good call. Obviously. Uh, yeah. I mean, look, the Rams could certainly have some interest, you know, if they want to get a veteran guy in there to replace Cooper cup, um, wouldn't be surprising if San Francisco, if they move on from Brandon Iyuk and they get a trade partner

Starting point is 00:09:08 and now they have to replace not just Iyuk and replace Iyuk and Samuel. So that's a team I believe is from that area. But yeah, I don't think he's going to play for Josh McDaniels. And we're hoping that DK Metcalf gets traded. I mean, I'm kind of hoping he gets traded because I just think it'd be interesting. I sort of know DK Metcalf on Seattle. It's whatever. I would like

Starting point is 00:09:29 to shake things up for him and for JSN's sake, because that could catapult JSN. I don't even know. Trey Lockerbie Jensen would be a top 10 wide receiver. I mean, you brought up the stats. The targets were there for him and he had a pretty solid season. You look at the way that he finished, I know week 17 wasn't great, but weeks 14, 15, and 16, fantasy playoffs for a lot of people, like superstar, 18 plus points or more in those three games. That's the next domino to fall from a trade standpoint and could help Metcalf, like you said.

Starting point is 00:10:03 It ends up, but like him to new England makes a lot of sense, you know, a guy that can sort of be the alpha there. I don't think he is a true number one NFL wide receiver, but he could be for that team for what they're looking for and what they need, especially if they're just going to go the draft route, have a lot of money to spend, have a, you know, young quarterback that could use a veteran presence. So I like that fit. I think JSN might get overdrafted if you're calling him top 10 because this is their team. Team that yeah, I mean, they fired their offensive coordinator because they were throwing too much.

Starting point is 00:10:41 And I mean, look, if he's the only guy, they don't really add anyone of significance, then it'd be hard not third round. Third round. Let's sit on third round. Third round. Be great for JSM. All right. I think he's right now is going as a third round pick. Yeah. I just don't know that I take him in the second, but you know, my thing with slot rate, 77% slot rate is insanely high. Fifth highest in the NFL, minimum 50 targets. Um, you just can't find wide receivers that have huge years with that kind of slot rate, but I would hope they play more on the outside. They did two years ago when Metcalf missed the game. They did not last year when Metcalf missed two. I don't think they have a choice if you're bringing in a whole new receiving form to only play them in the slot.

Starting point is 00:11:17 Yeah, I would hope so. All right, that's it for our free agency preview. We can't wait to break down all the moves next week on FFT Express. See you later. Paramount Podcasts.

Fantasy Football Today - Rodgers to Giants? Darnold to Titans? Best Landing Spots! Final Free Agent Preview! (Fantasy Football Podcast 03/06)

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