Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast - Free Agency Winners & Losers + Tush Push Debate - Fantasy Football Podcast for 3/25
Episode Date: March 25, 2025Fantasy Football show for Mar 25, 2025. Most impacted players from free agency signings and trades! Plus, Cooper Kupp to Seattle, Bengals contract extensions, and a tush push debate. Find out which of...fseason moves are the most exciting and most worrisome for fantasy football players! Manage your redraft, keeper, and dynasty fantasy football teams with the #1 fantasy football podcast.Get the lowest price on the 2025 UDK at UltimateDraftKit.com - Instant access to the Dynasty Pass with the UDK+(00:00) Introduction(04:20) NFL News(32:20) Free Agency Winners(32:45) JJ McCarthy & Caleb Williams(38:30) Baker Mayfield(39:55) Davante Adams(46:05) Free Agency Losers(46:10) Isiah Pacheco(50:15) Jalen McMillan & George Pickens(54:05) CJ StroudConnect with the show:Subscribe on YouTubeVisit us on the WebSupport the ShowFollow on XFollow on InstagramJoin our Discord
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Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.
Oh, welcome in. Tuesday, March 25th, Jason Moore, Mike Wright, Andy Holloway, excited to be back with each and every one of you.
It feels like it's been a minute.
As for us.
Because last week we had two new shows,
but we recorded those a little bit early.
And so we had some time off.
Took our families on vacations or staycations,
and now there's a lot of news.
Yeah, we got some catching up to catch up on.
And I told you I realized we'll be recording 100 plus player profile videos
before June when the UDK releases.
And that means all of the UDK needs to be done by June.
Honestly, we shouldn't even be doing the show.
There's so much work to be done.
Well, that's why we took the vacation.
It was like, now it's time to take a big breath
and get grinding.
We still have 17 game seasons, though, right?
We haven't gone to 18?
Currently.
I believe we are one season away from 18.
I'm not sure it'll happen.
It will happen in 2026.
You think it's that soon?
I believe 2026 will be 18 game season.
I am calling my shot now and I will be correct.
I thought I saw some news from the NFLPA and from the NFL that they weren't pushing it.
I'm sure that's what they'll say.
But then what happens is-
Raj wants it.
So the thing is, is if you play another game, you make more money.
But they have enough.
So no.
They have enough money.
I don't think they think that way.
I don't think the NFL thinks they have enough. So, no. They have enough money. I don't think they think that way. I don't think the NFL thinks they have enough money.
If you have a Scrooge McDuck, one of those like big vaults, and it's to the top, you
don't, what are you going to build another vault?
That's exactly what they're going to do.
You're insinuating that Scrooge McDuck hit a point where he's like, I have enough money?
The guy who's always going on treasure hunts for more money?
He's hitting me with the, hitting me with the Wikipedia.
That dude is. He is so
old and he's like, no I
still gotta get out there, there's more money to get.
If I recall, his
giant bank vault was
only half full that he could swim in it.
So clearly he did have
room to make more money.
I'm just saying, if you get it to a certain
point, the cost of the vault
I mean you need some head space.
You don't want it to feel cramped in your gold vault pool.
Wasn't that the pinnacle of wealth as a kid was screwed?
The giant vault, yeah.
Like to swim in.
Jumping into a pool of coins of gold?
Yeah, yeah, it seemed all right.
Except for the Beagle Boys, that's a problem.
OK.
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We'll jump right into the news.
News and notes from around the league.
So we do have a little catch up to do on the news.
Uh, we did not get a chance on the show to talk about Cooper Cup three year deal with the Seattle Seahawks going home, played high school and college
ball in Washington three years, 45 million.
He's 31.8 years, 45 million.
He's 31.8 years old, entering year nine.
Seemed like he took a step back.
The team decided, you know, he had been a loyal Ram, a Super Bowl champion, a normal part of that offense
for so long and the team didn't want
him back.
He wanted to begin and end his career there.
He set as much on his own post and the team clearly will get to other news about Devontae
Adams that they thought they could do better than Cooper Cup.
And obviously that matters to some degree.
We do caution making that everything.
They are also the ones that thought that Alan Robinson was not washed, gave him a giant
bag of money.
They got that wrong, the Rams.
What?
Idiots.
You know what?
I don't know how to feel about the whole Cooper Cup is washed thing.
The last three games plus the playoffs, he disappeared. But that's like, that is literally
a month. And the whole season up to that point, other than obviously he was injured for a
chunk of it, I think maybe the Rams are just saying they can't rely on his availability.
Whereas Devontae Adams, you know, he's always out there playing 17 games it seems like.
But I don't think that Cooper Cubs watch, Obviously the NFL teams don't. He had a lot of suitors who were trying to give him money.
I mean, granted, it was a great market for a wide receiver
because bad draft class, bad free agent class.
Yeah, Cowboys, Saints, other teams are very interested.
And so I do not believe he is done.
I know, Mike, you've brought up in the office
just wondering, like, you got JSN and Cooper Cup,
both who project to be slot guys.
It's not project.
That's what they have been.
You had JSN last year.
Over 80% of his snaps were in the slot.
Cooper Cup, 65% of his snaps.
Factor in new offensive coordinator, Kubiak,
is a, he was the Saints, or 31st
in three wide receiver sets last year, aka there's no slot for a slot wide receiver to
go into. You have two perimeter guys.
What if they get rid of the X position? What if they just run slot formation?
So it is very confusing what they are doing.
It seems weird to me because we've had conversations
this off season about the, you know,
Mike, you've been excited about Ken Walker
and maybe they run the football more.
And then you lose Geno Smith and you lose DK Metcalf.
And J.S.San had the breakout season,
but now you're bringing in kind of an older Cooper Cup.
I don't think any of us would feel like
this is a better situation than Los Angeles.
No.
Right, you don't have- It's definitely not.
It's not the system you know, the offense you know.
You don't have Matt Stafford.
The play caller, Sean McVeigh, and Matthew Stafford.
So you've got Sam Darnold arriving
with an offense we're not familiar with,
at least in this form in Seattle.
So to me, it's weird.
It's gonna be weird from a fantasy perspective
on how to look at and project that
Because I could see him being fairly involved in the offense
But what does that translate to none of us are gonna take them over JSN?
No, no JSN is is the star on this team
But I think both players will be on the field, you know near a hundred percent of snaps where there's two wide receivers
This is their wide receiver one wide receiver two. They're both talented wide
receivers. I do not believe for one second that neither guy can play on the outside.
Like they have both gone there, they've both worked down the field. These guys can play
outside and inside. They just have on their current, you know, experience been more inside.
I think it'll work out, but what that means for fantasy. Well, you haven't had a thousand yard season for a Cooper Cup since the MVP year, right? 2021,
hasn't played 17 games since 2021, played 9, 12, and 12. How much volume can he get
to get where we need him to go? There's a team that wants to run the ball more,
and they don't have the wide receivers, and they have Sam Darnold. So I think this is going to be a relevant
fantasy option in the draft. In the draft, I'm probably bypassing Cooper Cup for other
higher ceiling upside options. But through the season, when you're making start-sit decisions,
when you're grabbing a guy maybe off of waivers. Is he entering the Jacoby Myers category?
Yeah, absolutely. The Jacoby Myers. I mean, we talked about Adam Thielen when he went to
Carolina. Granted, Adam Thielen was like it. His target volume was all of it, and JSN will be the
primary receiver. I don't think he's washed. I think he will be relevant. He's obviously not
going to be a fantasy sensation or someone you're excited to draft
If you've got him in dynasty, I think you're happy just not happy compared to him staying a ram
But we already knew he was not gonna be a ram. They were gonna trade him or cut him now
he's got a job where you know, JSN is gonna be projecting to be the
Primary, you know number one, but there's not, this is not a volume issue for him.
I mean, they can support two wide receivers on this team.
Mike, do you, how do you feel about it in a few words?
Very concerned.
I'm very concerned for-
Are you concerned for JSN?
Yeah, I'm very concerned for both of those guys.
Okay.
Because it's, for market, like, the excitement JSN is going to be through the roof.
Like it already is.
And in fantasy football, like I've
been doing a research project, we
tend to overdraft guys who break out in year two.
Because you're like, oh, it was year two.
They broke out.
Yeah, they're set.
This is locked in.
And more often than not, they don't meet their ADP in a points per
game.
It's shocking stuff to me going through all of this information and then you combine he's
been a slot.
And Jason was a slot player in college too.
It's not that guys can't make a transition.
It's just that's what he has done.
And done well.
Yeah, he's done well in college and then his two years as a transition. It's just that's what he has done. And done well. Yeah, he's done well
in college and then his two years as a pro. This wasn't Justin Jefferson at LSU where
he was a full-time snot. Snot? Oh man. Yes! Full-time. He was a slot wide receiver. So
we were all like, well I don't know. and then he immediately got to the outside so I
just I'm hanky and right right now Jason on underdog is wide receiver 14 so
Garrett Wilson behind him terrible are in behind him people are very excited for
JS Marvin Harrison behind him Jason finished as the wide receiver 10 last
year and he had DK McCaffett Tyler lock it now. Now he's got a 31.8 year old.
Lockett was nothing. Lockett was removed.
Sure, but DK Metcalf you would say right now today is better than Cooper Cup, right?
Yes.
Yes, but that's what's so hard. New quarterback, new offensive coordinator. So it will be something
where, look, we're going to go through very soon and begin the process after the draft
of breaking down the target share, the market share,
the total numbers, that's part of the UDK,
we're gonna be getting into there,
and maybe I'll be surprised by the distribution
that I allowed to Cooper Cup,
but what do they do in the draft?
If they added one of the top wide receivers
in the first three rounds,
do you become more concerned with that
because Cooper Cup is more ancillary?
I don't know, but I do know something
and I don't, I know something special that we have to talk about, but I don't know if both these
buttons will work at the same time. Okay. But I'm going to try to use them both. And that's what
Al Borland loves to hear. We're partying. Oh.
No, that's not how you mash up song that's not good now
I don't know if I do it. Can I stop this? Yeah, okay, please I
Was trying to get a party for Jamar chasing yeah Higgins with the money drop it didn't work
That's money, but they did it Joe burrow had his way with the bank accounts of the Cincinnati Bengals.
I believe we just posted something on social media
about the fact that Burrow, Chase, and Higgins,
who are now under contract,
those three players comprise 33% of the cap.
Woo, what could go wrong?
33% of the cap.
You know what's great though is for us-
Don't care!
For us, thank you.
That's the right answer.
Oh, this is so good! Because if we sit here and
bemoan Jason, which you've done to the Bengals, bad organization, they don't
spend the money, they don't do the things they need to do, then they go spend the
money and we're like they take up so much of the cap. I mean that is not, that's
just sports media as a whole, right? You don't sign them, you're doomed. You do
sign them, you're doomed. Okay, four-yearyear hundred six what are they gonna do what's their option I might
might they have let Higgins go the way that they structure contracts in
Cincinnati is absurd for winning it's great for ownership making money which
is why I say they're a bad organization maybe they're a fantastic organization
if your goal is profit for the owner like I don't know they're a bad organization. Maybe they're a fantastic organization if your goal is profit for the owner.
Like I don't know their perspective.
This is not a normal move for them.
It is not a normal move, but it's done in the normal way.
$162 million, 112 guaranteed to Jamar Chase.
Oh my.
Four year deal.
Higgins, four years, $115 million.
Up to, yeah, it'll be up to 115.
Up to 115, and Burroughs under contract for the next four years as well.
So from a fantasy perspective, it's a gold mine.
It's sensational.
Now, Cincinnati, I know y'all probably are clamoring,
where's the Hendrickson extension?
We need to get that in.
Now, me with Joe Burrow and Jamar Chase on my Dino team,
I'm like, you should probably trade him away.
Or offense. Just go him away. More offense.
Just go full send on the offense.
But this is fantastic news for all parties involved.
This is T Higgins maybe could have gone somewhere
where he gets to be the true number one.
But there was no where I would have been happy.
There was maybe two spots.
T Higgins, when he's on the field,
which has been the hardest part, but when he's on the field,
he dominates.
With Joe Burrow.
Well, so to speak to the contract, there's good and bad.
My favorite part from a fantasy perspective, $2 million
game day bonus, basically.
I mean, this is he you better play ball to get the
money. Yeah, for tea and that's fan free. Fantastic. Because I mean tea is like an early
my guy candidate. This is perfection for a landing spot. Everyone wants Jamar chase tea
Higgins. There's a little bit of exhaustion with the injury, but you know that that's
something you can't project. He is dominant when he plays in the game,
and the Bengals defense is going to be terrible. So this is great. But on the bad side, and
to speak to when I'm himmin' and haulin', and it's not just whatever you had called
it, like TV rhetoric or whatever. The way that they structure their contracts, I saw
this from I believe Goodberry on Twitter. Unlike all the other teams in the NFL trying
to win, they use these massive extensions. They give unlike all the other teams in the NFL trying to win, they
use these massive extensions. They give them most of the money up front. It's a very team
friendly deal in the long term. I believe after this season, T Higgins is only guaranteed
another $10 million. That's it. But Jamar Chase, year one cap hit this year on this massive extension, 23.6 million on the cap year one. For comparison,
Justin Jefferson, 8.6. CD Lamb, 8.8. They pushed the buck. Most all teams in the NFL,
they have these big extensions and then Amon Ra gets paid a massive amount. He hits 4.9
million on the cap. Whereas Jamar Chase is 23.6 million on the cap this year.
And what's crazy, T. Higgins is even more on the cap, 24 million on the cap this year.
That's just not how any other team does business. And it will take their ability to spend it
elsewhere away, obviously.
For this year.
Yes, yes, yes. For this year. Which is all I care about right now.
But this wasn't the expectation necessarily
that the team would go out and spend the money necessary
to keep the offensive core together.
We thought Higgins was probably heading out the door
when we got franchise tag last year.
So at least in that regard, we get to enjoy the fantasy
bounty, which we'll talk more about.
And Joe Burrow.
Joe Burrow is locked in easy as a top five guy
with offside.
It'll be interesting to see how that evolves
over the offseason because you're 100% right,
he has every ability to be there.
He could be the number one or two quarterback.
It's possible, 50 plus touchdowns.
But I will be curious what happens to him in drafts
because it's so positive.
Because the mood, the way he performed last year,
MVP year without making the playoffs so he didn't get an MVP, all of that stuff combined with these signings,
I'm just a little bit curious if he becomes the Mahomes level of commitment for fantasy
players in drafts where you're like, look, this guy has to smash, which look, he might.
Yeah, I would imagine he'll be the fourth quarter. I would imagine he'll be the fourth quarter.
I don't know his ADP right now.
So he's fired, because it's Alan, Lamar, Jaden,
and Jalen Hurts are the top four.
Maybe someone says, no, I'm going to go
Borough over Jalen Hurts, or you're
prioritizing because you want a stack.
I get that but it's there I don't think Borough can make it past four we had a
trade that we didn't get her talk about the Vikings picking up Jordan Mason dude
who this one is fascinating you know that the Vikings I love them I just right
now I just am in love with the Vikings they're the defensive side of the
football is going to be so outstanding
they have all the pieces on offense their offensive line is good they bring back Aaron Jones veteran presence for the running back room and
Then they go and they don't rest on Aaron Jones who has missed time before who is older and they go pick up Jordan Mason
from San Francisco
They give them a two-year deal
There's a there's definitely a chance in my mind
that Jordan Mason's the better player
for this offensive running back this year
with just the career trajectory of both of those players.
You just put J.J. McCarthy in the most cozy position
possible to succeed.
Head coach we trust, which Mike brought up
on the 10 Things to Remember show.
Like, I just love what the Vikings are doing. But speaking to Jordan Mason,
this is such a great move for them. And then, you know, on the other side of it, you now have a
running back room in, you know, Elijah Mitchell's gone, Jordan Mason's gone from San Francisco. So
it's, you know, it's, it's, I will say it. It's McCaffrey and it's Gurindo and it's a draft pick, probably.
It's probably Gurindo, but San Francisco has been wild with these third round running backs
lately where they just seem to take one every single year.
Yeah, in a deep running back draft class, we wouldn't be shocked.
But as of now, like I thought about today, you know, we're talking about the winners
and losers.
I was very close to making the CMC-Guerrindo combination huge winners.
With these two guys leaving, it's really solidified.
You know CMC is going to get all of the work, and then Guerrindo is now the backup as it
stands today.
But I didn't do that primarily for the same reason you're bringing it up, Mike.
I thought they might not be done here.
Yeah, yeah.
So it'll be very exciting to see this team on the field next year.
The whole division's pretty fun. 49ers get a six-round pick out of it.
Giants signed Jamis Winston to a two-year deal. It's a backup deal. Eight million
dollars. Could be up to 16 with incentives if he plays more. I've seen a
lot of people that I feel like have
reacted like this means he's going to be their starting quarterback. I don't think that's
going to be the case.
I think what you're seeing is the excitement for if he starts what happens to Malik neighbors,
which let me tell you what happens to Malik neighbors. He's the best wide receiver in
the history of the National Football League. Jerry Judy was a top five wide receiver with
Jameis Winston. I mean, Cedric Tillman was like a top 10 wide receiver. Jameis Winston's
going to air it out like crazy. He has the ability. It's identical to the Bengals where
it's like a great offense, terrible defense is what you want. Or you could do it by yourself,
throw a bunch of yards and touchdowns and interceptions. Because if you do both, you
got to keep throwing the ball, and that's Jamus' specialty. But the contract is backup
money. They're still going after-
Barely backup money.
They're still going after Aaron Rodgers hard. That probably isn't going to happen. There's
rumors that Russ is there. They're definitely looking at the top of the draft
at a quarterback.
I think if they draft a quarterback,
Jamis will start the season.
He had the six games last year in Cleveland
where he was on pace for 733 pass attempts.
But then he got...
That's an absurd number.
You almost got a spit take out of me.
He got benched in Cleveland.
Yeah, but for... You didn want to win at that point.
But this is kind of like the trouble, right?
It's like, it's too much of a good thing for us
and not a good enough thing for...
I think he got benched because they thought
he could accidentally win a game.
Well, no, he lost, lost, lost, lost, lost, win.
But what I'm saying, Jameis could accidentally win. The other guys that they tried out there, like there lost, lost, win. But I'm saying, Jamis could accidentally win.
The other guys that they tried out there,
there's no chance we win.
Yeah, yeah.
And it's hard because I think we would all
love to know that Malik Neighbors has
some sort of consistent passer.
Now, I think Russell Wilson might end up in New York.
Could.
And might compete with Winston or be the starter
with Winston the backup.
You talked about a rookie.
It does mean that there's a path for neighbors to be exceptional.
It is a really, it's a hysterical signing
for an incoming rookie.
Because you know a lot of times you wanna get that vet,
train him under, train him under this guy who's gonna,
you know, the tutelage of Jamis Winston.
Like Jamis, don't talk to the poor.
Don't talk to the rookie.
You're not allowed to talk inside the facility.
Just come and play football.
You cannot mentor him.
You are not his mentor.
You can't be his friend.
I just see him writing up the play.
Forget the play, man.
Forget the play.
Just throw it deep.
Just look for a guy deep and just throw it, man.
Just believe in your heart.
Just chuck it, man.
You just got to believe in your heart
that that guy's going to be open. You just throw it. And you know what? heart Chuck it man. Just gotta believe in your heart that that guy's gonna be open you just throw it and he's you know
What he's gonna be open. That's Jamis. That's the play. It doesn't matter
What do you believe?
cream hunt back to the Chiefs
Chiefs look we talked about the many times this offseason how annoying they are. This is more annoying
Cream hunt Elijah Mitchell Isaiah Pacheco. That's your backfield right now.
Get roosts.
But let's put an exclamation point on it.
Let's just bring Juju back to be part of that.
Yeah.
That wide receiver room that's messy.
They don't feel good, but they were in the Super Bowl.
Mark Andrews, the Ravens picked up
his roster bonus for 2025.
What's all this, we're getting rid of Mark Andrews.
They are both, well he he could still get traded,
but right now Andrews and Isaiah likely
are free agents in 2026, both guys.
So decisions to be made and maybe that's part
of why those rumors existed is because you knew
Mark Andrews time there might be ending anyways.
He'll be going into year 31, I think.
That's a lot of football.
Age 31.
Age 31.
Year 31 would set all sorts of records.
He's in his 50s.
Only LeBron could do that.
All right, well, we'll take a quick break.
Come back with us.
He's broke every record.
All right, we'll be back. The Falcons are officially keeping Kirk Cousins
on the roster, triggering a $10 million guarantee.
Still, I still think he could be moved.
I think Kirk Cousins being the starting quarterback
of the Cleveland Browns is what I think will happen.
That's my prediction.
All right.
Brandon Cooks, two year deal going back to the Saints.
I don't think Brandon Cooks has unpacked his bags
in 10 years, he just lives out of a suitcase.
Yeah, it's smart for him.
But all right, the Saints pick up a player
that is capable of running routes. I mean,
that's something. Yeah, they need guys. Tyler Conklin to the Chargers. Conk, Conk. Thank
you. This deal, it's a one year deal worth three million dollars. It's not a big deal.
This says to me that they want a tight end, so they went and got one, and this does not
preclude them from grabbing a very high draft picket tight end to me.
Nor does it preclude, preclude, what?
Got that.
Proclude.
Percolude.
Percolate.
Or, perclusion.
It doesn't stop them from making Tyler Conklin
their starting tight end either.
No, no, no.
Because he is. Right now he is.
He is, you know, we had what, Will Disley there?
I would say Tyler Conklin is better than Big Montana
in just the passing game.
Them's fighting words on this show.
I know, I know, but I'm still hopeful that like,
this'll be a Tyler Warren winning spot.
What about now?
Oh, Big Montana's so much better! He's big!
He's fast! He's Montana strong!
Will Disley!
I'm sorry Will, I should never have
said Tyler Conklin better than you.
Does he have a new home yet? We need to...
I said Tyler Conklin was better than him.
We need a Disley watch.
Conklin is a...
He's a capable player.
Yeah, Disley's still in player. He's a capable player. Yeah, Dizzle's still in LA.
Big news for Al Borland.
D Packers picked up McColl Hardman on a one-year deal.
Oh, we got that speech.
Is Josh Jacobs super happy?
Is Josh Jacobs out there like, we needed that wide receiver one.
I love our guys, but we need a wide receiver one.
We got him.
McColl Hardman.
I believe the last four MVPs. I could be wrong. I think the last four MVPs have Michael Hardman on the team
Really? Yeah, like he's played for the last four MVPs. That's a
I hope you made that up. No, I played for played for Rogers in Green Bay played for Mahomes
played for Josh Allen
I'm fairly certain that is true.
Michael Hardman?
Did you say Rogers in Green Bay?
I am an idiot.
Michael Hardman?
I was just gonna, I was having a Google app.
I was thinking of Marquez Valdez Scantley.
Oh, there we go.
Oh, yeah, that's a different dude.
A player I think of with the same fantasy relevance
as Michael Hardman.
Say, uh, Michael Hardman is, uh,
Yeah.
He's played for a total of one quarterback.
Little rusty boys, little, preclude.
Proclude, they say.
I believe Nicole Hardman.
You're calling Jordan Love MVP, OK.
Just played in a Super Bowl, maybe?
No.
Marquez Valdez Scantling, who did he just,
he signed with Seattle.
Yes.
No, Hardman's been a chief.
Sam Donald MVP is what I've been trying to say this whole time Michael Gallup
coming out of retirement to play for the commanders okay
Rondale more doesn't matter Rondale more to the Vikings and the Packers are the
team that officially proposed the ban of the tushbush. Cowards. Cowards. You guys are like fully in on the tushbush.
I'm still totally in on it.
It's so soft to say.
The tushbush?
Yeah, no, to say banning it.
It's soft.
We can't stop it, so will you stop it for us?
Do it yourself.
I mean, this is how rules are made, you know?
Like somebody figures out some exploit
and then they just stop it.
I just don't think that the play's an exploit.
Because you don't see other teams succeeding to the level that you
were. Correct. And I mean you guys debated this at lunch last week, the Deucers. You guys
all talked about this. Yeah. Al, did you support your team, the Packers? I did not.
Okay. Okay. That's good. What are those politicians called? The ones that are
just hired to sway people's opinions? Lobbius. Lobbius. This feels like, this
feels, who likes Lobbius? Proclude.ist proclue do you like that's what green Bay that's what
they're like you got us you got to stop them you got it we can't do it we can't
stop Jalen hurts it's gross you do it you guys all think it's gross huh yeah I
think the place I think the place stupid I'm fine with like keeping it it's fine
if you want to keep it I just think it's kind of dumb I don't enjoy it. I love it. It's not fun. You love it for one reason
I love it for at least two reasons. You love it for Jalen Hurd's fantasy football on the goal line
That is one of my at least two. You don't you don't like it in the sense of ooh, here's a big fourth down
Oh wait, we know we can't stop it. Do you not like it because people are pushing him? Like what is the that?
He doesn't like it because it are pushing him? Like what is the, that's what I'm talking about. He doesn't like it because it succeeds at 92%.
I wanna know what, right?
It's the people who don't like it.
Yeah, it's the same reason that they stopped
letting you like launch off people for the field goal kick.
It's just.
Well that was safety.
Well yeah.
Because people are getting hurt.
Well this is gonna hurt a lot of feelings, Mike.
But I'm saying like.
They're gonna, it's gonna cause a lot of emotional pain.
I'm not, I don't care that much much it's just kind of a dumb play because
you know it can't be stopped that's why it's dumb well I don't get to be excited
on fourth down that maybe they stuff them they're not gonna. Yeah do more squats!
Yeah what they brought an AJ Dillon to help Saquon push Jaemin Hurts they
could run it every play. Those two better be on the field for the tush push. So do you think they'll ban it?
I think there's a better shot this time.
That's what I'm asking. What are they banning? Are they banning the pushing of people?
It would be multiple guys pushing one player from behind.
The way that the rule was proposed by Green Bay was upon the immediate snap of a ball
to have players pushing and aiding the ball carrier
upon the snap. I saw it talked about how technically the Eagles don't do that immediately on the
snap so maybe it's still legal, whatever. This is still a play I want them to, I don't
think it's perfect yet, but I want them to get to perfection. I want them to be able
to guarantee three yards per play and run it every single play and never not score
Here's here's Sean McDermott one of the so 24 of 32 teams have to vote it out
That's the rule Sean McDermott bills not the Packers the bills head coach came out and said the play is an injury safety risk
He says player safety and the health and safety of our players has to be at the top of our game
The way the techniques are being used with that play to me, you have the potential,
you have, uh, have been potentially contrary to the health and safety of the players.
This is the guy who's running it all the time for the bills. I mean,
they basically have the touch push with Josh Allen. They see,
they run a broken touch. Yes, they do.
Which is why it got stopped in the playoffs so many times they man hiding behind.
I don't know. I guess, I it's dead. I guess the nonsense the cool thing is to like that place No, that's what I'm supposed to know. I don't even I don't care one way about the player the other
I just it it works. You can't do it and the only way you're this is how I stop it is I'm going
Legislation that's fair get at do it on the football field. That going legislation. That's fair get at dude on the football field. That's powered
That's fair. Now. I'm saying do more squat now if every team did it and it never failed
Would you want to ban if every team did it never fail perspective? Yeah from a fan perspective
Then then you've got if there was a play design that was perfect
That should get a season and then be outlawed or whatever. But this is physical ability.
Then you're more entertained by the fact one team can do it
and others can't.
Yeah, I am.
Then you are the play itself.
Yes.
Yes.
OK, makes sense.
We figured it out.
Solved.
Moving on.
We're going to win.
We're going to win.
We're gonna win. We're gonna win!
We're looking at free agency winners and losers.
The dust has settled. Free agency is all but over, other than some old quarterbacks and old wide receivers that will trickle onto rosters maybe after camp for all we know.
But let's talk about the winners side of free agency and we'll start with Jason
Who do you have as the free agency biggest winners?
I've got a combo pack of second year wide receivers who I think are the biggest winners
Or thank you
Proclude
Quarterbacks McCall Hardman
JJ McCarthy and Caleb Williams are massive winners.
Going into this offseason, there was talk of, will they franchise Darnold?
Will they sign him to a team-friendly deal?
Will they bring in someone else in Aaron Rodgers?
It has become JJ McCarthy's team.
The team has even come out and said that. So the way that it
has operated around him, they have improved his offensive line drastically.
Yes, that's the big one.
They have gotten rid of the starting quarterback ahead of him and they have invested into,
we just talked about Jordan Mason being added to the team. This is a player I really, really
believe in. For fantasy purposes, it's
yet to be seen how glorious it will be for who projects to be mostly a pocket passer.
He'll scramble a little bit. He's 22 years old. He was the 10th pick in last year's draft
if you don't remember J.J. McCarthy. They traded up for him. Here's an interesting thing.
Teams that have traded up in the first round
for quarterbacks over the last decade who have the same head coach in year two. So these
are guys the team believed in, they invested in, and they have continuity going into year
two. There's only a handful that have played the second season in its entirety. Carson
Wentz was one. They won the Super Bowl. Deshaun Watson was one,
10 wins and was outstanding. Patrick Mahomes was one, he was the MVP. Josh Allen was one
of those players, 10 wins. Lamar Jackson was one of those players, the MVP. That's basically
the whole list. So he's in a situation. Trey Lance. Well, Trey Lance didn't play.
No I know. All those guys played as rookie though other than Mahomes, right?
Yeah, Mahomes played one game as a rookie.
So yeah, I mean, obviously that's just a neat stat nugget, but this is a talented player
on a team.
Put it this way, forget what other people have done.
What have the Vikings done?
Mike, you brought this up on the things to remember.
Head coach Kevin O'Connell, he's been working wonders
with whoever his signal caller is, it doesn't matter.
Kirk Cousins was unbelievably great for years.
Joshua Dobbs was a top five quarterback.
Nick Mowens was a top 12 quarterback.
Three of four starts.
Sam Darnold last year, who has always been
just the butt of jokes,
the sacrificial baby, was all of a sudden a top ten quarterback.
He is beautifully set up by this organization. And we did a couple things wrong last year.
We didn't account for the possibility of Sam Darnold being good for fantasy. right? We said, oh, maybe he could supply value elsewhere,
but he himself, we underestimated his potential
to be valuable for fantasy, right?
So that's something we can't do again
with J.J. McCarthy, in my opinion.
And the second thing is just,
when you're drafted that highly,
you should be able to, us as fans,
expect a player like that to be a great player. I don't feel like that that highly, you should be able to, us as fans, expect a player like that to be a great
player.
I don't feel like that that is, it's all like, can he do what Darnold did?
Like, what if he did more?
Yeah, he should.
What if you, what if you being a top 10 pick in that organization, now with a forced red
shirt season, which is sometimes very good for quarterbacks,
maybe you're gonna be a better than the previous quarterback.
Like at least, let's open the possibility
that he's a good fantasy player
and that he's a good NFL player.
Yeah, I think this is a team with the quote on,
he's not a rookie, but he's a rookie.
He's gonna play his first football this year in the NFL.
This is a Super Bowl contending team. The way that they've built the roster, what they've
done to their defense, it's awesome. The other second year quarterback that I think massive
winner in free agency is Caleb Williams. Caleb Williams had 68 sacks taken. That was most
in the NFL, tied for the third most of all time. 31% pressure to sack rate. I mean, only Will Levis was worse than that.
And Will Levis is... Which one is... I believe he is far sighted? He can see far? He cannot
see up close. If the line in front of him, the deep fitness...
It's fuzzy.
He can't see him. Caleb Williams had massive problems with the behind the line and the line coming
through and what did the Lions go out? First of all, they got Ben Johnson, the bell of
the ball, as head coach. Yeah, the Bears. You said Lions. Yeah, I did. Go on. Go on.
That's where he used to coach, which makes this guy. What you said is perfectly, ordinarily the right thing.
Exactly, thank you.
But they outbid multiple teams for a new center,
Drew Dalman, massive three or $42 million contract.
They traded for Joe Tooney, who's maybe the best
left tackle in the league last year,
even though he's a guard.
And then Jonah Jackson.
The interior of this line goes from horrific to awesome
It's very very exciting with the talent Caleb Williams has having the he's a massive winner from free agency
Just from head coach and offensive line
It will be exciting to see what other weird part of the Bears season goes wrong because I think the line will be in pretty good
Shape so it's always a suspenseful thing to figure out.
For sure.
We know it'll happen.
What else destroys their season.
I went with Baker Mayfield.
Yeah.
One of the things I loved about Baker's situation last year
was the team chose to value consistency
on the offensive side of the football.
And it paid off in huge ways for fantasy players.
Just running it back with, you know,
you added Bucky Irving through the draft,
but you had the core group of players.
They chose to do it again.
I mean, bringing back Chris Godwin,
three-year deal for Godwin instantly,
you know, 44 million guaranteed.
He's looking healthy.
Mike Evans is there.
They are vacating zero targets from the wide receiver and tight end group.
That's wild. That's insane. I mean, and how good were they last year?
So if you want a known commodity in fantasy, fourth in points per game, third in yards per game, and
Buccaneer's coming into year two. Like this is a great
situation for fantasy players because I feel like you're going to think you're getting something and you're going to get it.
That's what I think the Buccaneers offense represents is like, we are often,
you know, trying to predict the future in fantasy.
Let's accept a few situations where we know pretty much what you're going to get.
Baker has done it now for two years under different coordinators.
I feel very confident in their offense.
And he's a winner because they didn't go and break up
what they know works.
Laser.
I'll jump in.
Joe Burrow is one of the big winners.
But we kind of already went over that.
So I'm going to bring up Devante Adams,
because I think that he is in an incredible position
for fantasy for this year.
He's old, he's 32.
Devontae Adams is one of the outlier guys
that can just keep doing it.
Last year, he was getting it done.
Once he fully acclimated onto the New York Jets,
back with Rogers.
He was fantastic for fantasy football over his final six games.
11.3 targets on average, 7 for 96 in a score.
That is what he was averaging.
That would have been wide receiver three over that time, just over Mike Evans,
just over Justin Jefferson.
He's going right now as the wide receiver 21
in the best ball format.
And it's like, yeah, okay, I will make the bet
that Devontae Adams with Matthew Stafford,
Stafford and Sean McVeigh's offense
can sustain two wide receivers.
That's not a concern for me at all.
He's going as the wide receiver 21.
I will bet that Devontae Adams is gonna be a top 20 wide receiver and then hey the guy who missed
how many weeks? I was gonna bring it up. I was gonna bring it up and played 11 games
last year. When you have these guys where things are already
gonna be great for them and then you have upside contingency built in should Puka miss time.
If Puka misses time, Devontae Adams, you'll be looking at him as a top five option
on a weekly basis. So I think that he got himself in such a great position. And for the
Alan Robinson, I get it. That was a catastrophe and felt so, so bad.
Over that whole off season, before the Rams,
with their monies and things,
and the way they were talking about Robinson
in training camp, changed opinions.
On this show, we had just watched him
on the Chicago Bears, that final season
of Robinson on the Bears, and it was atrocious. Alan Robinson on the field Bears. That final season of Robinson on the Bears and it was atrocious.
Allen Robinson on the field was washed. He was toast. The Rams just, they wanted, they
chose to believe that what he did on film last year wasn't the truth. It was. And Devonte
Adams last year on film, still great.
Devonte Adams last year was better points per game than C.D. Lamb, Brian Thomas Jr., A.J. Brown, Drake London.
Better points per game than McLaurin or Rashi Rice or Devontae Smith.
He was a top ten in points per game in a season where he got traded halfway through the year,
which is very, I mean his points per game went up two points. Well, yeah, it should.
Do you want to know why? Because after the bye week when he was on his new team with his bestie Aaron Rodgers,
take a guess how many targets he was on pace for during that second half this season six thousand
192 targets which he will not be getting that that's why we're drafting him as the wide receiver 21
We're not projecting him just to be clear the Jets offense was horrendous
Sure, the targets were up. Yeah, maybe we can get some touchdowns in Los Angeles. Yes, and things with Stafford, I think it's going to be so much better for Adams.
Look, as a man who rosters old players in dynasty, I can't help but be really encouraged
by Mike's thoughts on Devontae Adams as a winner.
It was, I mean, it's as close to a best case scenario for a 32 year old player as you could possibly get.
Yeah, I'm not sure that there would have been
a better scenario for Adams.
Because there are teams that he could have gone to
that we would have been like, ooh, that's exciting.
I mean, Buffalo or something.
Right.
But like from a
He's in a West Coast Dome team.
Yeah, I was gonna say from,
and a clear who's the starters, right?
Like if you went to Kansas City, Adams could be great,
but we also saw Hopkins go there
and get shoved to the sideline,
and then Rashi Rice is coming back,
and you have a rookie, like clarity is very valuable,
and at least in Los Angeles.
Look, Adams is gonna fall off a cliff at some point,
so that's gonna be a risk,
but the ADP being outside of the top 20, it is interesting.
And he wasn't there yet.
Obviously, he didn't fall off last year.
Sean McVey knows how to use his players
if his players have anything to give.
And he's got something to give.
So I agree.
And we talk about the fall off of Cooper Cup.
But the first, when Cooper Cup was playing,
even with Pukka Nakua, he was on a massive target pace
for the majority of that season.
So this is not, I wanted to first,
myself, I was like, I wanted to first myself,
so it's like, I'm not sure it's a great landing spot.
It's not as good as it was with the Jets last year,
I don't think, but when you look at where
he could have landed, it doesn't get much better.
Maybe Buffalo, but Buffalo, I don't know
that they want a number one.
Well, and we know they love to run the football now.
So real quick though, let's make it fun.
Devante Adams,. He just talked about
Or JSN. Oh
My goodness, that's an easy JSN for me
Just from
Philosophical principle taking the young up-and-coming versus the older, you know going to sunset soon
I I think that that's a question that most people will scoff at,
but I think it is a fair debate.
I'm going to read off some other winners that we had listed.
We didn't pick them out as our favorites,
but Jaden Daniels was picking up Debo, getting Ertz back,
Jalen Warren, the clarity.
The Warren one.
That was almost the one I went with was Warren.
That one can still get blowed up by the draft.
But if they go in with any sort of depth start like that,
Jalen Warren's going to be awesome.
More than 10 points, a lot.
Debo's departure for Ricky Pearsall is a good thing.
Brock Bowers gets Geno Smith, a consistent quarterback.
So some other winners there, including maybe even
Cole Comet with Ben Johnson knowing
how to use a competent tight end,
having an offensive line that maybe he
doesn't have to block as much, and Gerald Everett being cut.
So we'll take a break, and we'll get into our free agency
losers.
All right. I guess we'll hand the baton back to Jason. Free agency losers.
Well, from my guy to biggest loser. Oh no.
My biggest loser of this offseason is Isaiah Pacheco. Last year going into the season,
loved Pacheco primarily and almost solely
because of the opportunity he had in front of him.
He was going to be the guy.
He was going to get all the carries, all the opportunities.
And we saw that start the year.
18 opportunities, game one.
24 opportunities, game two.
Was averaging 14 and a half fantasy points.
Was on pace for like, you know, 1700 all purpose yards,
plenty of touchdowns, 60 receptions.
He broke his leg.
The horn with the, he broke his leg.
I knew he was going to transition to the sad part of it and so I timed it up with the sad.
I didn't know he was going to go into the injury though.
I can't have children
Look it does kind of feel like a death of a potential genuinely
No joke, it makes me sad for the man because his career I said
Isaiah Pacheco's careers done
That's how it feels. He's he's on the final year of his contract, but he's 26 years old.
He was drafted as a little bit older of a rookie.
What they did is they went and brought in Elijah Mitchell and they re-signed Kareem
Hunt who they were using ahead of him anyways.
I know for sure.
And they said they're going to use him the same way.
Exactly.
Even if Isaiah Pacheco is the 1A, he is not a bell cow. He's not going to receive
the volume of 18 and 24 opportunities a game the way it was before the leg got broken.
And honestly, he wasn't good after the leg got broken. So I don't blame the Chiefs for
doing this. Among 51 running backs with 80 carries last year. Pacheco was 49th at explosive rush rate, 50th in yards after contact, tied for 51st and
forced miss tackle rate.
Just not the same guy.
He was hurt.
He should not have come back that early.
He did.
Kudos to him.
But the problem is he is now a committee back and for fantasy purposes is pretty irrelevant
going forward.
Around the goal line, I think they're gonna use Huntmore.
In the past, again, they might use Huntmore.
They might still draft one.
They are not invested in Pacheco,
and this is the continued and forever warning
to all great emerging running backs
who do not have draft capital.
If they weren't a first round pick, a second round pick,
when they have great opportunity, if
they grab it and hold on to it, they can have it as long as they hold on to it. But if they
miss it, the team is not invested to just say, hey, we got to give this guy another
chance. No, they just move on. This was the seventh round pick. And they're like, okay,
well, he wasn't that good, so what else do we do? We're not paying him a lot. We didn't
invest in him a lot. The running back position needs to be upgraded.
We're not committed there.
Let's just look at the whole world at our disposal.
They went out.
They found a couple other guys.
And they might not be done.
So Isaiah Pacheco, sorry, it's a massive loss.
I don't think he'll ever be very fantasy relevant again, literally until the day I die.
I know, it's sad.
It's such a bummer., he was a seventh round pick,
so he's made some money, of course.
Not much.
But he's gonna be 27, going into free agency.
I mean, there is, I would leave,
I leave a 10% chance that,
look, Elijah Mitchell's never been healthy.
It's not even a guarantee that he has a functional role in this offense if he doesn't prove
himself in camp and Kareem Hunt is getting older he's a year older and was
already losing a step yes he could be a goal lineback there is still a cracked
window here where if Pacheco has a great camp is a hundred percent healthy comes
out running like he used to ferociously and those other two guys just kind of
fade away that's not impossible.
But right now, you would have liked to have seen
a bigger commitment to him that instills confidence,
you didn't see it.
For me, I'm gonna put Jalen McMillan
at the tippy top of the list as a fantasy loser,
and then George Pickens as well.
McMillan, it's pretty clear.
This is the gamble of fantasy football
in dynasty leagues, keeper leagues.
Like Jaylen McMillan, in the absence of,
you know, Chris Godwin had his opportunities
and took advantage of them.
He was very famously a touchdown guarantee on the show.
He had a big fantasy week in my matchup against Al Borland,
not big enough to beat Al Borland, but he had a big week.
He was showing flashes at the end of the year.
No, his career is not over in any way, shape, and form,
but you were sitting there going into free agency saying,
the outcome here could be you're the number two receiver
for Baker Mayfield, who is a top tier offense.
So you get the promotion.
And so everybody's holding him hoping for the promotion.
And it goes from that to a big money deal for Chris Godwin.
He never stepped in and took the Chris Godwin role on.
He never came in and was able to fill
that slot role in the offense at all.
In fact, they brought Sterling Shepherd back again,
this off season who filled in for Chris
Godwin and Ryan Miller did it as well.
McMillan just seems like he has now settled into a bit part player right now unless something
happens with Mike Evans.
Maybe we're a year or two away and he's that good, but it's hard now looking at this offense
and saying, you know, Kate Otten gets targets in this offense.
You've got the two backs. You've got the two backs.
You've got the two premier wide receivers.
How in the world does Jaylen McMillan become
a weekly reliable fantasy option?
I just don't see it.
Yeah, he goes back to being a flex play.
And this was a player who finished five consecutive weeks
in the top 24 to finish the season
without Godwin on the field.
So, you know, it was an amazing run,
but now you're going to slip back
into maybe some mediocrity.
The other guy Pickens, I mean, it's just a weird one.
DK Metcalf was handed all the money in the world.
You're probably gonna have an Aaron Rodgers
signing in Pittsburgh.
And George Pickens, while he is 24 and incredibly talented,
he's got a skillset overlap with Metcalf.
He's a deep threat guy.
I was going to make DK Metcalf my loser, but I figured we'd just wrap it into here because
both of them, this is not a good situation.
Who's the quarterback?
At best, Aaron Rodgers?
And that's not great.
Yeah, and if it is Aaron Rodgers, I think that he's going to be looking to DK Metcalf
more and, you know, George Pickens goes from kind of a de facto
number one even if he isn't really one he was one there with the volume in big plays. Big plays are
going to go to DK Metcalf as well. Pickens is a good player but from an offseason perspective this
is not build around you category. This is you're going into the final year of your deal and we just traded For DK Metcalf to be our guy for the future
It's a one-year kind of lame duck situation for George Pickens if he's not traded. I think there's a chance he's traded
I do too. I think that there's a chance they just kind of
reset that room they were gonna run if you're not gonna resign him and
I mean I get yeah look you want to win I get it but you can you
could probably get a decent amount of draft capital for for George Pickens and
to recover what you spent to get DK. And to Jason's point you know if you want to
say Metcalf is a fantasy loser as well you're going to an Arthur Smith offense
that last year you know his fantasy point ranks Arthur Smith 30 32 and 29
that's a pretty good run of being bad. For multiple teams. For multiple teams his fantasy point ranks Arthur Smith 30, 32, and 29.
That's a pretty good run of being bad.
For multiple teams.
For multiple teams.
Pass rate over expectations.
So how many opportunities are you gonna get?
29, 32, 31.
Is that gonna change?
Yeah, I don't know.
It's hard to see that being fixed by Aaron Rodgers.
So I think both of those guys are in that boat.
All right, and I'm going with, unfortunately, CJ Stroud.
No, the beat continues.
This one is a bit up in the air, because it is just
at face value right now.
I would say, what is Houston doing
on their offensive line?
Which, to be fair to the team,
the offensive line was hot, hot, stinky garbage last year.
And 52 sacks taken in 17 games for CJ Stroud.
He had 235 quarterback pressures.
And you saw it.
The Texans offense was not not the same. Yes wide receiver
variables as well, but
It's it's really hard when you're a pocket passer and your offensive line is is pure garbage
And I'm the biggest one they made the move they trade Laramie Tunzel
Which I mean they got stuff
They got some stuff back for him, but it's like this is a premier left tackle
who is one of the bright spots
who actually on your offensive line.
And to come in here and be almost replacing
the whole entire thing, it's really, really risky business.
It was definitely, the moves this off season with Houston
have made me say in my head, like, you got a plan, right?
Yeah, oh, man.
That's kind of the way I feel about it.
I hope they're outsmarting everybody.
And we get a great, they figured it out,
and all these new guys coming in.
We're getting a congealed offensive line for Stroud.
But where we are right now in March, it feels bad.
It feels like so bad that you can't even mix.
This is a team that went all in last year, right?
They went out and they trade for Joe mix and they they the science font digs. They've got a rookie
Contract so they're they're willing to pay money, you know, they're willing to
Invest to make this team great and now one year later after a little bit of disappointment
But still success is why I think they have to be smarter than us.
Because otherwise, they're way dumber than us.
You know what I mean?
Yeah, I know what you're saying.
It happens sometimes.
It's one or the other.
You couldn't have come out of last season and said,
the real problem was our offensive line was too good.
But there's no way.
Do you think there's a way that their offensive line
is better losing one of the best tackles in the league?
I mean, it's certainly possible that as a unit,
they could put together through the draft
and the remaining pieces.
We were relying on his talent too much.
You guys all sucked because you thought
he could do it all.
I mean, I guess the counterpoint to it would be like,
C.J. Stroud was was he struggled because of his line last
year like it didn't whatever they had wasn't working right I get that but yeah
no I mean I'd face value you're kind of saying you got a plan right yeah oh like
you look at Chicago and at least their moves it's super evident what their plan
is for protecting this young quarterback and giving him every opportunity and you
know you lose offensive coordinator,
you lose offensive line.
Right now you're like, huh?
The bounce for fantasy football is,
I mean, there's a full whiplash.
Heading into last year,
CJ Shroud had rocketed up to being people's like QB2, QB3,
in dynasty.
And then I think he was, Kyle, you can correct me,
he was a top five or top six fantasy redraft quarterback.
And right now, on underdog, he is the QB 17.
That is so insane to me of-
He didn't get that Christian Kirk bump?
Of just, of snapping back, you're like,
right ahead of him, Dak, Drake, May.
So five to 17?
Yeah, so I think 17 is probably too far
of an overcorrection.
Okay, so Dak, Drake, May, and CJ Stroud.
I'll take, Dak is fine.
Dak is just forever undervalued.
I'll take Dak over Stroud.
I think I'd go Stroud over Drake, May, though.
I'd probably give that a shot with Nico Collins, yeah.
I mean, you talked about the Tampa Bay offense
hasn't changed any of their,
they haven't vacated any targets.
Right. You know who else hasn't?
Embarrassingly, New England.
Well, they haven't vacated their targets
because they had very few.
No, but I mean, you should not be bringing back.
They're running it back.
That's my point.
Well, but the boys are back in town.
You shouldn't be bringing back what you
had on offense for New England.
They failed at every acquisition of a wide receiver.
At least CJ Stroud has one of the top five guys in the league
in eco-collins.
Yeah.
That's my only point there.
I mean, you could lean on Drake May's legs and say, that makes him a better fantasy player. It was more like
I don't, I don't know if I know exactly where my feelings are for Stroud for 2025, but just
a guy who was the QB five was setting the world on fire was untouchable in dynasty to
barely a quarterback to. It's wild.
Yeah.
The vacated targets thing, all their receivers
are on rookie contracts.
So it's not like they're just going
to cut K'shaun Boutte and Jalen Polk and all these guys.
I don't think it's indicative of they're happy with it.
And I expect them to do something in the draft.
You talk about fantasy losers or tree agency losers.
The Patriots right now on the offensive side have not been able to fix the problems that
they have at the wide receiver.
So I mean before bringing up Kaishan Booty as a key cog in the offense we've got a problem
for Drake May.
Other losers, potentially?
Anthony Richardson?
Oh, for sure.
I mean, you bring in a quarterback to compete with.
We're concerned.
A top three NFL draft pick.
That is massively concerning.
You have a gauge on who you think's going to win
that job to start the year?
I think it'll be Anthony Richardson to start the year.
And do I think Anthony Richardson plays the full season? Absolutely not
I hope he does that would be awesome
That means that the Colts are good that Anthony Richardson is good because if he's mediocre if he's a 500 quarterback
They're just gonna pull the rug at some point. Do you think Sam Darnold?
I mean leaving that cushy situation great offensive line great
Explosive wide receivers in Minnesota going into Seattle
with a new system.
Fantasy wise it's worse this year than it was last year for Sam Darnold, but this was
about the next best thing because I could have seen Darnold ending up not really getting
a starting job.
Would you like him more in Seattle with Cup and JSN or more in Pittsburgh
with DK Metcalf and George Pickens? I think Seattle. I think because of Arthur
Smith, I agree. Yeah the defense, the team makeup of like how the Steelers play
ball. I'm more excited about the Seahawks. Fantasy wise. Okay okay okay and then I
think that'll be it for right now.
We got Regressor and Press coming on Thursday.
Second half standouts edition. We're doing great.
Yeah, it's been a tough one.
We're doing real great.
We should have stretched first, guys.
We didn't stretch at all.
Randy Moss never stretched.
Oh, I thought you were doing one of those vocal acts.
Randy Moss never stretched.
The Human Torch was denied a bank loan.
And do you realize next week rookie preview shows to get us ready for the NFL draft which is in Green Bay this year.
Al are you flying out there to
protest the tush push in person?
With your blessing I'd be happy to go. Yeah man, hit the road.
Go fight. Go fight.
Go fight.
Let's stop that stupid play.
Me and you, Al.
Forever and always.
Always united.
Yeah.
Goodbye, everybody.
Goodbye.
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