The Herd with Colin Cowherd - The Richard Sherman Podcast - 49ers nearing Aiyuk trade, Cowboys offseason disaster, NFL Top 100

Episode Date: August 7, 2024

Richard Sherman is BACK! In his first return episode, Richard reacts to the news that the San Francisco 49ers reportedly have the framework in place to trade star wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, with both the New England Patriots and Cleveland Browns vying for the All-Pro wideout. Also, Sherm breaks down the Seattle Seahawks' first offseason under new head coach Mike Macdonald after the exodus of Pete Carroll, the Dallas Cowboys failing to sign Dak Prescott, Micah Parsons, and CeeDee Lamb to extensions in their dormant offseason, and NFL players ranking Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill No. 1 in their Top 100 list, ahead of Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes. Richard and Mitch wrap up the show with an early fantasy football preview. 3:30 - 49ers trading Aiyuk? 12:40 - Seahawks offseason 22:30 - NFL Top 100 26:30 - Cowboys fumble offseason 32:40 - Top 10 fantasy QBs 42:25 - Top 10 fantasy RBs 47:25 - Top 10 fantasy WRs 57:10 - Top 10 fantasy TEs (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.) #volume #herdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome back to the Richard Sherman podcast. Back for another year. I'm sorry for the hiatus, but we're ready for an incredible 2024, 2025 season. Mitchell, how have you been? Richard, we are back. I could not be better. I'm not more excited.

The Lions are in training camp. Everyone's fired up in Detroit. I know everyone's fired up in Seattle. I know everyone's fired up in Seattle, but I want to talk to you about the news out of San Francisco. Out west by you, Richard. There's a little bit of turmoil brewing in camp right now without Brandon Ayuk there. We just call it word that the Niners have allowed him to seek a potential trade partner.

Richard, what do you seek humming of this Brandon Ayuk's situation in San Francisco? Now I've got to put my Niners thinking cap on, Mitchell, because it's such a weird situation. because for all intents of purposes, both sides have done everything you want in this relationship. They've had team success. Brandon Iuk has had individual success. They drafted him in the first round. He's done everything you expect a first round receiver to do.

Been very productive, coming off his most productive year with multiple quarterbacks, been relatively healthy throughout most of his career. You can't be mad at him if you're the 49ers. and if you're him, you really can't be mad at the 49ers. They gave you a legitimate chance on a championship contending team for your entire career. It's been a magnificent career so far. But it just doesn't seem like it's going to have that happy ending. It's going to have one of those endings that just leaves a bad taste in everybody's mouth.

And it's nobody's fault. Brandon did everything he's supposed to do. He played well. He's a great teammate, great person, great individual. great everything. San Francisco has done right by him, been a good organization, put good teammates around him, kept great structure, not a lot of volatility in terms of the coaching staff or, you know, the front office. It's been pretty consistent from both sides. But at the end of the day, we knew this point would come for the San Francisco 49ers.

You can't pay everyone. And you've already paid Nicholas John Bolsa. You've played, you've paid Debo, You paid Christian McCaffrey again. You paid George Kittal. You paid Trent, who's back at the table for a little bit more off of it. You paid Charverius Ward, who you got from the Kansas City Chief. You paid all pro Fred Warner. You paid Drake Greenlaw. They have done everything they can to keep this incredible team together, Mitchell.

But I just don't see it working out in a way that Brandon is happy. And the 49ers are happy either way. If he leaves, they're both going to be unhappy. be if he stays, I think they're both happier than if he leaves. But if he leaves, he likely gets the most money he could possibly get. He likely gets his $30 million that he's seeking. He gets treated like a true number one receiver. He gets targeted that way, gets game plan that way.

He gets all the claim that comes with being a number one receiver. But it's likely a more, a less competitive team. It's a less competitive quarterback situation. it's a less competitive offensive structure and stability in terms of just having a championship culture that you're used to. So I think at the end, he'll get that. I mean, last I heard, last news that was breaking was it was between New England and Cleveland. Those were the offers that the San Francisco 49ers felt were viable for them to trade Brandon Iupe,

and they're leaving a ball in his court to make a decision based on those teams. But Mitchell, I don't know if I'm taking either one of those. options. And for the San Francisco 49ers, I don't think either one of those options give you what you give you help right now, you know, unless you're getting Matthew Judon and, you know, I'm hearing Kendrick Bourne coming back to San Francisco, which would be fine. If you said Matthew Judon, Kendrick born in the second round pick, I think San Francisco would take it, you know. But if you're not saying something like that, I don't really see it working out. And that really doesn't feel the void that Brandon I, you could create. You know, you'd have to

field that by committee. Obviously, the rookie, Pearsall is going to have to do his part. Debo is going to have to do a lot more. Kittles is going to have to be relied upon. There's only one ball to go around for all these playmakers. So, you know, it's kind of addition by subtraction because you just put weight on all the rest of these shoulders. But for Brandon, how well do you fit in New England? You know, obviously it's a new coaching staff. This isn't the Belichick regime. This is a new, new regime, a new culture, a new everything, but it's still a young quarterback. A lot of unknowns there, a new offense.

unknowns their instability at offensive line for New England. I don't know. But then you go to Cleveland situation, and I'm hearing that it could be Amari Cooper and some picks, which I just, again, he fits in some ways to Shanahan's offense, but in other ways he doesn't. You know, I mean, Shanahan, Brandon Ayup blocks his butt off every single play. I mean, you've seen viral clips of him blocking 60, 70 yards down the field against the Pittsburgh Steelers. in numerous other games. And that's just the culture in San Francisco.

You know, that's something Amari Cooper would have to adjust to. I don't, you know, no offense to him. I don't remember ever seeing a clip of Amari Cooper blocking 60 yards down the field, Mitchell. And again, how much does that help you right now in San Francisco with the adjustment, you know, some of the injury history with Amari, some of the other concerns that teams have had over the years? I just, you know, it's just one of those situations where I don't think anybody feels great about it right now. You know, I think he should be in San Francisco.

I think both sides feel better if he was in San Francisco. It just doesn't seem like it's going to work out that way. Well, Richard, San Francisco has been knocking on the door of the Super Bowl for the last five years, you know, and let's not sugarcoat things. Without Brandon Ayup, this offense is different. And as you said, you know, it's a good problem to have, I guess. You have a surplus of elite level talent. I mean, most top 100 players. in the league. I believe they got nine on the on their the roster right now, which is unbelievable.

And ultimately, cap space is going to eventually become an issue. Brandon Ayuk is a part of this puzzle that makes the offense go round. You know, you saw this team without Debo Samuel last year. Imagine that without their deep threat. They're going to be leaning heavily on the rookie. And then Richard, around the corner, what we see next year, this lotto ticket they got in Brock Purdy, they're going to have to pay it. We just saw Brandon or Jordan Love get $220 million. Tua, $212.4.

Trevor Lawrence, 5 for 275. And Jerry Gough, 4 for 212. I mean, Richard, we're going to be looking in the 50-a-year market for a guy named Brock Purdy. What's next for this team? Is this the beginning of the end of this championship window for the San Francisco 49ers? It was already there, Mitchell. The writing was already on the wall last year. They made another Super Bowl run.

And I think they'll have a chance to make it. You know, I think they'll need a little bit more luck this year. The ball is to balance their way to make it again. But they still have an incredibly talented team, as you can see, by the nine players on the top 100 list. But you have to make a decision somewhere. There has to be some give and take somewhere. And it looks like they're going to, they're going to, the, the, the, the, the, the, the fat that they shave is going to be Brandon Iyuk,

and they're going to try to make it up in other ways. But again, like you just said, Brock Purdy is going to need 50, Mitchell. It's going to be closer to $60 million. If you're paying Trevor Lawrence, $55 million, without a lot of playoff success, Mitchell, all you're basing that off of his projections because he has not won in this league.

And so if you're playing guys like that, then a guy like Brock Purdy, just like Brandon Ayup, when he saw guys get paid $30 million, he saw your guy, Amman Ross, St. Brown, get 32. he saw Justin Jefferson get paid 30. His number was only like 27, Mitchell, 27, 28. You know, they're flirting with that. But once those numbers came down, his number increased.

He's saying, hey, I'm one of those guys. I can be as productive as those men are in that situation. Sometimes you're handicapped by the situation you're in. In some games, Mitchell, he's the fourth option. Some games, he's the first option, you know, depending on how the game shakes out. It may be Christian McCaffrey's Day, maybe George Kittles Day, Maybe Depot Samuel's day.

Mitchell R. It might be Brandon Ayuk's day. You never know. I mean, in the Super Bowl, it was not any of their days. It looked like Joanne Jennings Day, you know, and in an offense that spreads the ball that much, it's really tough to justify paying somebody 30 plus million. And I know that's what San Francisco 49ers are up against, but that's not Brandon Ayuk's problem.

That's not his problem. He's saying, hey, I'm productive. I'm one of the best out there. you're going to pay me like one of the best out there whether you use me that way or not that's what my talent says that's what my production says and i respect that mitchell again i'm not mad at either side i just don't feel like either side's going to end up happy with the way this goes i feel like this is a bit of a lose lose situation for both sides and what has been an incredible relationship between san francisco 49ers and brandon iu i'll just well richard let's stay in the nfc west and let's go to your home, Seattle. The Seattle Seahawks got a new head coach. We've talked about that, you know, in our offseason episodes. Mike McDonald, what have you heard?

I mean, what has changed culturally? Has anything changed in Seattle? Like, what are your expectations going into the preseason games here with Seattle? Well, again, Metro, let me change my thinking cap and put my Seattle thinking cap on. It's a lot of excitement in Seattle right now. Mitchell, I don't know if the fans are hearing it. I don't know if they're seeing it in training camp, but everything I'm hearing from the players, the staff, everybody in the building is this defense that Mike McDonald has come

up with is an issue. And he's putting guys in positions. Guys are thriving in this system. There is a lot of chaos being created. You know, offensively, they're still figuring it out. But, I mean, Gino Smith looks really good. D.K. looks good. I think JSCN looks really good. Tyler looks good. K-9, your boy, looks ready, rare it up to go for another incredible season.

That offensive line looks healthy as ever. So there's a lot of excitement. So there's going to be some fantasy football rankings that change defensively based on some insider information. But we're going to get to that later on. But I think there's going to be some heads turned, you know, the first few games, Seattle plays, especially defensively. I think people are still on the fence about Gino, but Gino's a guy. He's a guy. He's a guy.

And I'm going to go with that. You can judge him off his first 10 years and, you know, how up and down that went or you can judge him off the last couple. I'm going to judge him off the last couple because he's been a guy. When healthy, he's playing at a really high level. He looks great in training camp. He's dialed in as he's ever been. D.K. looks great, ready for a breakout season. They have all the pieces in place to make an incredible.

run. And if that defense plays like they've been practicing, well, there's going to be some some changings, changing of the guards in some areas of this national football league. But I think there's a lot to be excited about. Obviously, you know, it's first time coordinators in the national football league. That's always tough. That's always, you know, a mystery, how that's going to go, how you deal with the trials and tribulations. These aren't college kids. These aren't kids. You could just say, hey, go over here and jump up through this hoop. You know, these are grown men. You got to talk to them differently.

You got to coach them differently. And it's an adjustment dealing with that in the chaos of a real game. And I think that's going to be a bit of adjustment for all this entire staff. Mike McNeillard has never been ahead, coach. But in terms of everything I've heard and everything they could put on tape and could do to inspire a fan base and inspired team, Mitchell, they have done it. They have done it. They are rearing to go.

You know, obviously, you know, they did the whole picture take-down thing of the hallway walking towards the team meetings. And then they did the whole change back and forth and stand in front of the tip picture during the draft. You know, obviously John Snyder and Mike have a sense of humor. But it's been really positive over there. And I'm heading to a training camp practice later on this week to check them out live again. But Seattle fans got a lot to be excited about right now. Hopefully it pans out how it looks. and how it sounds right now, Mitchell, but really positive.

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They might be able to knock out San Francisco and take over the NFC West. be a challenge. Richard, let's go down to Texas. Well, one more second, Mitchell, because there's been so much, so many pieces that they got on the defense that you really don't appreciate. It's just like in Baltimore, you know, there were guys that had career years that weren't expected to have career years. Now you got really proven players. Jaron Reed is really revved up to have an incredible year. I think he's going to do a great job. Tarik Woolen has been having a

an incredible camp. I think this team has all the playmakers that they need defensively, the defensive line. It's really, really incredible. Let me go down the list because I thought it was an embarrassment of riches when they got some of these guys. And then they drafted a guy in the first round. I was like, oh, well, that just seems a bit much.

Because you got Leonard Williams, you got Jaron Reed, you got Draymont Jones, who they paid a ton of money for. You got Chinna Nuwsu, who's back after coming off the injury. You got Byron Murphy, who he took in the first round. That's a lot of money. That's a lot they got invested on the D-Lines.

So I don't want to hear anything about they're not investing in the D-Line or how they're going to stop the run. They got D-Ly-Lyman. They have a ton of D-Lyman that better show up and better play big this year. Devin Witherspoon is probably the best player on this defense right now

with how he played last season, and very pissed off that he didn't make the top 100, which is just odd. I just didn't get that. I mean, I thought he would make it, but sometimes when you're young, he was top five pick, though. So usually you get top five respect. But I think this team has got everything, but they need their big time players to play big. And so they need these guys to play big.

I don't know what's going on with Byron Murphy. I have not heard a ton about him outside of some off-the-field stuff, some nonsense. but I haven't heard a lot of big splash from his training camp. So hopefully he does something in the preseason to get these fans excited. But right now he's not even a starter on the depth chart, which isn't anything to be upset about because you got big time players in Jared Reed who's played football for a long time and played some great football. And Leonard Williams, those guys, those guys are foundational pieces to this organization.

But you kind of left scratch in your head, where does he fit in there? you know that's that's one of the things that the questions that are going to have to get answered over the next couple weeks of why did you draft this kid when you just paid all this money for draymont jones daren reed linner williams and then you draft kid that is going to back these guys up i don't know well depth in the trenches richard if you can build that d line like you said with witherspoon and rick woolen i mean that defense looks like they have the potential to be a very good defense in this nfl richard you talked about the NFL top 100. I'm just curious here. Tyree Kilgo's number one. Patrick Mahomes, number four. How in the world is Patrick Mahomes? And then I see that Aaron Rogers makes the list after playing what, five snaps. Your thoughts on the NFL's top 100. I know you appeared high up in that list several times. What do you make of this year's list? I don't know, Mitchell. I don't know what you're doing. I don't know what they're doing with this one. For Tyreek to go one, you know, at times during the season, you could, you could say that. You would say, man,

he looked unbelievable, maybe at two or three, you know, and you can make a case for Lamar Jackson being two or three, you know, MVP at a league. But when a guy, or a third season, cruises his team through, then gets into the playoffs, tears apart three of the best teams in a national football league. It wasn't like he didn't have murderers' row. He had murderers' row. He had to go through a gauntlet to get there. And everybody said, he gets through this one. You got to give him credit. Because at Baltimore defense and Mike McDonald, they were tearing everybody apart. You know, it was a big, huge headline when they had that

game against San Francisco 49ers with the five turnovers. The touchdowns, they just disrupted that team, went to San Francisco, beat the breaks off of them, came back and put the league on notice. And here come, Patrick Mahones in the playoffs. Well, that defense is cool. But Kansas City's defense showed up. Their offense scored 17, just enough to win it. But in the playoffs, in the Super Bowl, he did more than enough to beat the San

Francisco 49ers, kept them in that game, made some fantastic plays down the stretch, won the game in overtime. I just don't see how you can put him anywhere but first. And make it a legit, a legit case. I mean, you're losing credibility. here. You're losing credibility if this guy is four. You're losing credibility because in the playoffs, when it mattered most, that's pretty much where a lot of these things are judged. Like, because that's the last football you see. So if you're judging things off the regular season,

I guess I could see it being ranked the way it is. But if you're ranking it with the full breadth, the full scope of everything you got to offer and everything we saw last season from preseason football to the end of the Super Bowl. You can't put him four, Mitchell. You can't. You can't. That's disgusting. That's a discredit to the list. That's discrediting your list and what you guys have done because Rik wasn't won.

He wasn't won. He got bullied by Legerius Sneed in the playoffs. He got bullied in a big way in the biggest game. He came back to Kansas City. He could have had a huge impact on that game. They singled him up. They doubled him. But at the end of the day, you saw him getting,

pressed to the ground a few times in the playoffs you can't be one you can't be one Mitchell I'm sorry you're like you can be two or three but you can't be one after that and and if you put those things if you put all of that into your calculation then I don't know how you do that Trent Williams I understand he probably could have been a little lower that's left tackle in football about to get paid again that's why he's not practicing him playing right now because you know hey I'm 36 but there's more money to be gotten. And if I'm going to get it at the end, I'm going to get it at the end. But there's not many people arguing that he doesn't deserve it.

And if you look at the rankings with where they put Brandon I, you got that was incredibly though at 66. I said, wow, sheesh, I know they don't have that. They got a higher bit of respect for what VA put on tape. But, yeah, that I didn't like. Well, the fact that Patrick Mahomes appears at four, and Aaron Rogers even appears on this list, discredits this list beyond measure. In my opinion, Richard.

I mean, there's so many other players that deserve to be on the top 100. If you're out for the season, one series into the game, I'm sorry, but you probably shouldn't be on the list, you know. But we can save that for another day. Richard, I want to talk a little bit about Dallas. They have seemingly lost this offseason. If there is a loser of the off season, you got to give it to the Dallas Cowboys. We've seen it, and I don't want to brag about my hometown Detroit Lions,

but I want to use them at least as an example here. The lions are stacked with young talent. They've had guys on their roster. They said they wanted to take care of, and they took care of them early. They paid Penae Soule when he's got two years left on his rookie deal. And then you see Tristan Worf's get paid more than them a month later. They paid Amman Ra top dollar. Then we see A.J. Brown, Justin Jefferson.

Jamar Chase inevitably. You know, Brandon, I, you get ahead of the curve. You see Jared Goff get paid $2.12. Then we see Trevor Lawrence get paid more. Two will get paid more. Jordan Love get paid more. When you're ahead of the curve like the Lions were, you don't have to deal with what C.D. Lamb wants now at $35 million.

If they would have paid him last year, he probably would have made away with $28, $30 million. They've done this year after year after year. And now DAC wants his payment. You know, then they're going to have to pay Michael Parsons and Dexter Lawrence and all these guys, Richard. How much did they fumble this offseason in your opinion? I mean, as big of a fumble as there has ever been, Mitchell, this is a disastrous level of front office management, of player management, roster management, whatever you want to put it.

Because, and some of it is the front office, some of it is Jerry's expectations and the things that he said. If he didn't say anything, you don't expect anything. I guess you still expect something, but you don't expect him to go all in. When you say we're all in this off season and you don't pay any of your high profile guys, you don't pay any of the best players on your team. And it's like all in, I mean, are you saying that if we don't win this season, we're blowing the whole thing up and you're getting rid of your best players? Because I've never seen that work in this league.

I have never, ever seen that work where you go into a season, instead of paying your best guys, you let them all walk and you start all over, starting from the quarterback. because you have foundational players at foundational spots that have to get paid. You have C.D. Lamb, who's, like you just said, is $35 million likely. You have Micah Parsons, who's likely again, $33, $34 million a year. And it's because you waited. Because you did this, because of patience or, hey, you think you know better,

or you're waiting for him to get injured or you took a gamble and you lost. They're winning this game. Players are winning this game. gamble right now. Dak Prescott is winning this game. And for everybody and anybody who's saying Dak Prescott doesn't deserve $60 million and how can they pay Dick Prescott, please, please take a little bit of time out your day. Go to the playoff standings for every single quarterback that you think deserves more money than him and see what they are. See how many games they've won in these good playoffs. That everybody puts that on the pet, they,

They killed Dak about it. Hey, Jack doesn't win in the playoffs. None of them do. Patrick's the only one is winning as of late. Last couple of Super Bowl winners are what? Patrick, Tom 1-1, Stafford, I think. Those are the last, for the last four or five years. Those are the quarterbacks that have won them.

Or any of your favorite quarterbacks on that list, they're not. So they didn't win it. So they're not winning. So every quarterback that you put on these lists like, man, he's better than Dak. He deserves more than Dak. He probably doesn't. Dak was second team all pro last year. Honestly, had an MVP caliber season,

and I thought it should have deserved more consideration, but that's the story for a different day. But it's almost like more people are saying they need to get rid of Dak Prescott. More. Like more people are saying, like that's the best season of his career. And now y'all saying get rid of him because they got put out of the playoffs.

Like that defense didn't let Jordan Love. have a field day. Like, oh, man, it was all Dak Prescott. He don't play offense and defense, ladies and gentlemen. He does not. And obviously, you guys, no, I'm not the biggest Cowboys fan in the world at all, but I'm not going to let nobody sit here and play me like a fool. And clearly, if you believed in your guys, you would pay them.

If you're a good organization, like you said, Mitchell, Detroit is creating a good organization, a great culture. Hey, you earn your money. We pay you your money. We keep homegrown. CD, Micah, are homegrown. DAC is homegrown. And you're not paying them.

What message are you sending to the rest of the team? Hey, if you play like a superstar for our team, we're going to make you play your whole contract out and we still might not pay you. Is that the message that you want? That's a winning culture? It's not. It's not a winning culture. And I don't understand it.

I don't even understand what you're thinking, what the logic is. I can't even find a, silver lining to be like, well, maybe they're thinking about this. It's like, hey, we want the price on all these guys to be as high as possible, and then we're going to pay it. Or then you're not going to pay it and somebody else is going to pay it, and you're going to lose them all for free and get, what, a third rounder? It's not worth it.

It's colossal mismanagement this offseason, Richard. I'm very interested to see what happens to them going into next season and the season thereafter and how this roster shakes out. Richard, I want to start talking a little bit more about something we really haven't talked a whole lot about, and that's fantasy football. Shout out to our partner, fantasy pros. You know, they gave us a little fantasy cheat sheet that we got. You can check them out for all your fantasy sports needs. I know it's fantasy draft season for all you guys.

Richard, I got to get your take on this year's landscape. Let's go through the top 10 at each spot. You know, top 10 QB, wide receiver, tight end. you know, give me some of your sleepers along the way. Richard, let's start with the QBs. Who do you like going into this year's fantasy football season? Well, I think with the quarterbacks, you got to start with Josh Allen. I mean, his production is undeniable.

Obviously, the turnovers or something that leaves you catch your head. But in terms of fantasy, he's got to be number one on the list, Mitchell. I think he had, what do you have, 42, 43 touchdowns last year? He dominated. He dominated. Jalen Hurts got to be next on my list. list. I think he's going to be incredibly productive. He's looking healthy faster than

ever. It looks like that knee injury that was nagging him last season has gotten healed up. He looks as good as he's ever looked and he has two big time receivers in all day. Always open. A.J. Brown, of course. I mean, that receiving core is going to

be as good as it gets. I think, I mean, they're both over 20 million. What are they getting? AJ's getting 30 plus. 30. Right. AJ's getting 30 plus and, we'll see. I think he's getting 20. DeVante's getting 25. So you got $57 million a year investing in the receiving core. I think they better be productive in Mitchell.

And I think they're going to be, obviously Patrick Mahones has got to be on this list with his new weapons. but he's losing Jerich McKinn. But I think he's going to be as productive. As long as Travis Kelsey's there, his production isn't going to dip. He got his deep threat. He got his new deep threat. He got a couple deep threats. Right, right, right, right, right.

Nothing but speedsters on that lineup now. Nothing but speed. Rishie Rice should be, hopefully, you know, he gets over his legal issues and he'll be really good. That offensive line is going to be even better this year. even healthier. Xavier Worthy looks, I mean, every time you look up and see a highlight of him, he's freaking running down the field by himself.

And of course, Patrick can get it there. I think fourth, you got Lamar Jackson coming off MVP season is going to be production. I think he's going to have to, he's not going to need to be as productive because they got Derek Henry now and he can just turn the ball, handed off to Derek Henry 15 to 20 times the game, maybe more in certain situation. and take some of the load off of his back and put it on somebody else. I think C.J. Stroud is the next one on my list that, I mean, he's a guy. He's a guy. He's a guy. And he's going to be more productive with Diggs.

Nico Collins, Hank Dale coming back healthy. I mean, these guys, it's going to be a fun team to watch. I'm excited to watch that. You know, they got Anthony Richardson in there. I just don't know. There's too many unknowns for me right now. Any time a kid is spending his days, dipping his shoulder in the National Football League, and he plays quarterback. I don't expect his career to go great.

Unless he changes that this year, and that'll change his fantasy outlook because he had rushing touchdowns this year. He's going to have to throw the football a lot more and stop putting his body in harm's way. And I think that lowers his fantasy value. So I'm going to take him out of my top 10. Put CJ Stroud up.

I'll accept Piler being at 10. not going to accept him being at seven because I just, I don't think they have enough offensive weapons. I don't think the offensive line is there. I think they are going to run the ball well. They did it last year and that's when they had the most success as a team is when they ran the football. I think Joe Burrell has to be there because he, Jamar Chase. I mean, they lose Joe Mixing, but they're still going to be a team to be wrecking with. Dak Prescott, of course, needs to be there in Brock Purdy, regardless of how all this shakes out. he's going to spread the ball around as he has in training camp.

He's going to have an abundance of playmakers to get the ball to, and they're going to make him look good, whether he's throwing five-yard passes or 50-yard passes. So I think you've got to put him in there. And honorable mention, at 11, you've got to put Jordan Love because I think he's making those receivers look really good, and they were really great when they were young, and they're going to be even better this year.

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waxing all about crack in the 80s. To be clear, 84 is big to me, not just because, of crack. I'm down to talk about crack on day, but just so y'all know. I mean, at this point, Mark, this is the second episode where we've discussed crack. So I'm starting to see that there's a through line. We also have AIDS on the table right now. Then you're finishing that sentence.

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to pick unless you want a guy like a Josh Allen or Jalen Hertz. We've seen it in years past, you know, not too often, but looking back to Cam Newton's rookie year, he took over the fantasy football world, probably one undrafted in most drafts, went late rounds. Do you think there's a quarterback in this rookie prop that could have a similar season? I mean, we got Jaden Daniels as I got wheels, you know. Caleb Williams, you know, here's this highly touted guy out of USC with a ton of options for the Bears. Do you like either of those quarterbacks, do you think that they could make a C.J.

Stroud-like effect in the fantasy football world? No, no, no. It's unfair to compare anything to a kid like CJ. It was so rare. You know, even the great quarterbacks don't have rookie years like that. I mean, we can go down the list. But I think Caleb has a chance to be really productive just because of what they put around them offensively.

They put a lot of veteran, well, he has two veteran receivers, and he, I mean, you can't really beat that. Kenan Allen gets open in the phone booth, and he's been really good for a long time, so you expect him to be productive. Rome, Adunze, they drafted. I think he'll be really productive. I think he's going to be a big-time receiver, and I thought he would go higher than what he did in this draft.

And then they got DJ Moore. I mean, and then they got DJ more. I could not think of a DJ more for my life. Yeah, DJ Moore was really productive last year, turned a lot into, I mean, a little bit into a lot, with less than adequate quarterback play. So I think, you know, I think he could, he's set up for success,

but the expectations may be too much. He was kind of volatile at USC, especially against higher caliber talent, you know, go look at the Utah games, the Oregon games, Washington games. He just didn't, he didn't look like the same guy he did against the other teams.

So we'll see, though. I don't want to bring weather into this, but generally fantasy football playoffs are later in the season. When you got a guy playing outside in the windy city, those unpredictability of the weather can play a huge role down the stretch. Richard, let's bring it over to the running backs. I know you love the guy on top of this list, Christian McCaffrey, but, you know, who Who slots in behind him?

Everyone loves Breece Hall now that Aaron Rogers is there. But then you look at last year's rookies, Bejan Robinson and Jemir Gibbs, my guy, like where do you stack up this top 10 at the running back position? You know what? I'm with everything you're saying right there. I think Breece Hall should be second on this list. He's just so explosive, Mitchell.

He's so explosive. And if you put any kind of pass game around and where the defense has to take eight out of the box, he's having a field day. I mean, he was averaging 10 yards. to carry at points last year. So I, again, I believe in what everybody else believes. If he's healthy and Aaron's healthy and that past game is what it's supposed to be, it's going to be a fun year for New York Chets.

I think Jemir Gibbs is higher on that list. I just don't know Jonathan Taylor is going to be great, but it's still so many unknowns. He did well at times last year, but he was splitting duties. Like, how much does he split duties this year? that's a big question mark. So I'll have him at five. I'll put your boy, Jamir Gibbs at four. I'll put Derek Henry above Sequin just because I think they're going to depend on him

and lean on him more than Philly's going to lean on Sequin. I think they're going to lean on their quarterback a lot more. I think they're going to lean on Jaylon Hertz. And they're going to pass the ball, get in their playmaker's hands. They're going to run the RPO game, but they're not going to. to just sit there and lean and play in and play out on what Sequin has to give. I like Kyron Williams at 8. I think he had a really good breakout season for the Rams last year.

He's going to be even better this year, better scheme, better team, more consistent carries. I think Travis Eton is fantastic, but I think Isaiah Pacheco gets more carries this year because Jet McKinnon's out. I mean, Jared McKinnon out of the lineup. He took a lot of his carries, especially in the red zone. I think with him out, he gets a lot more of those red zone carries, those two, three-yard touchdowns, those screenplays, those flat routes. You know, that'll be four or five extra touchdown for Isaiah Pachco,

and I think that moves him up the list this year. Richard, I like it. You know, over the last couple years, I don't want to give myself too big of a pat on the back here, but I've made some preseason calls. And I got some sleepers for you that I want your opinion on. Two years ago, it was Tony Pollard. This past year, it was Sam Leporta. And this year in the running back position,

and anyone that plays in the fantasy football league with me, just please do not select these guys. These are my late round flyers. Right now, Chase Brown for Cincinnati, second year runner out of Illinois, to the Rock a tonne at Illinois, you know, led that team to, top 25 showing, which is unheard of with the Illinois football team.

But Richard, Joe Mixon is gone. And I know they brought Zach Moss in in Cincinnati. But this is a guy that catches a lot of balls out of the backfield. I think he can be very productive. And I think once he gets hot, you know, he can be in every down back. I like Chase Brown is a later round flyer. Right now they got him ranked 34th on their list at Fantasy Pros. And the second one I like.

And the only reason I like this is because the team that he's on really did not do much to address the running back room is Rico Daudal with the Dallas Cowboys. I mean, I know Zeke Elliott's back there. I know, you know, they're going to bring him back as their number one acquisition. But let's be real. I mean, Ezekiel, it's not the same runner he was three, four years ago. I think Rico takes advantage of this opportunity and becomes kind of this year's Tony Pollard. where he's stealing touches, stealing third-down carries, and he's going to become someone worthwhile in the fantasy football ranks.

Richard, your thoughts on those two because I got to be right on one of them. Mitchell, I can't lie. I thought about the Rico Dow situation a little bit, and I just don't think that's a good situation for anybody. I don't think he's as good of a receiver out of the backfield as they're going to need him to be. I don't think he's an every down back. And so I, you know, I'm not as high, but, you know, Mitchell, you have been two for two. So it's very hard to doubt you right now.

And so I'm going to give you these, these picks. I don't have any real late round sleepers or sleeper picks right now. You got to go with you know. And, you know, I'm a proven commodity kind of guy, Mitchell. So we'll get back to your sleeper picks and we'll check that at a later day. I appreciate it. We're going to keep tabs. There's no question about it.

Let's move on to the wide receiver position. There's a lot of talent. These guys typically go very high in drafts with the PPR models. Richard, who's number one at your list? Because it could be C.D. Lamb, Tyree Kill, Jemar Chase. I mean, even Amon Rae St. Brown, Justin Jefferson. Who do you prioritize number one at receiver this year? I mean, I think you have to, but, you know, it just depends on how this situation pans out

for CD Lamb, because that's going to tell a lot of the story. If CD Lam's situation pans out where he gets paid and he feels comfortable, obviously he's going to have to play this year. But I think he's number one overall right now. They don't have another established two. I think it's cooks right now. Holbert, you hear good things about coming out of training camp. But CD Lamb is going to get at least 10 to 12 targets the game.

He's going to be there go to a third down, red zone situation. he's going to get the ball a lot. I think Tyreek is the same way, but he's going to get a lot more attention. And certain teams have found answers for him, a lot more guys are going to attempt to press him. Now they've seen what Legerius Sneed was able to do in the playoffs, not that everybody is Legerius Sneed and can get that done. But there are some young, hungry, underrated little scrappy nickels out there that will get up there and stand toe to toe with anybody.

And I think there are going to be more watching that tape with LaGerius Sneed was able to do and finding answers to things they didn't have answers to before. Obviously, Jamar Chase in Cincinnati, he and T. Higgins are going to do a great job, but a lot of that depends on how healthy Joe Burrow is throughout this year, what they can do offensively losing a little bit of that coaching firepower, I guess, losing Joe Mixing. So we'll see, Justin Jefferson, you know, without Kirk Cousins, her cousin's going to Atlanta.

So whoever starts there, whether it's J.J. McCarthy or your boy, Mitchell, if he starts, I mean, Kyle Shanahan is going to get, I mean, he might, they're never going to give him coached a year in a situation like this, but to develop a guy to go start somewhere else. And I've heard nothing but fantastic things coming out of, the Vikings training camp about Sam Darnold or Nick Mullins? Of course, Nick Mullins, Mitchell. Sam Darnold.

No, but Sam has been throwing dimes. Sam Darnels has been throwing dimes. He's been really efficient. Obviously, JJ, I didn't know how tall J.J. McCarthy was. I didn't realize he was as tall as he is. But there's been positive raving reviews. Obviously, you get in the game time and maybe totally different. But Kevin O'Connell in that offense is something that has been productive regardless of who's been at quarterback.

They've been able to draw it up for Justin Jefferson. So I think he's going to have another great year. Your boy, Amun Rae St. Brown, still is under Ben Johnson's tutelage for another season. Another season with Jared Gough, who's played in really good football. They have such a great rapport. Sam Leporta is going to have another great season that may take some of the attention off of Amon Ra. You know, usually get paid like that. You're getting double team.

You're getting bracketed. Hover 2, things like that. But you're not going to be able to do that with a good tight end moving. And Jemir Gibbs out the backfield and creating other matchup issues. I think Gary Wilson moves up the list a lot. Baren plays the whole season. You know, I think he has a 13, 1,400-yard season, maybe 16 touchdowns. Because if he can develop the kind of rapport or even a, I mean, 50% of the,

report that A Rod had with Devante Adams. It's going to be a fun year for him. Obviously, Pookin the Kua. I think he comes back to Earth a little bit this season. Mike Evans is going to have a thousand yards. That's just what happens. You know, water's wet, the sky's blue. Mike Evans, thousand yards. I think Tyshaun, Debo Samuel is going to have a really good season, really productive, especially with the Brandon Ayuk news. They're going to give him the ball more. throw him the ball more, finding more on third downs. So I think that's the list. I feel comfortable with it.

Well, you left off the rookies. I mean, Marvin Harrison, Jr. That situation with Kyler's finally got a number one option for him to throw the ball to. We'll see what happens there. But I'm going to throw a couple other dark horse sleepers your way, Richard. This situation in Buffalo is a weird one because you want to talk about a team that's lost a ton of talent. Josh Allen, here he is, the number one fantasy ranked. quarterback in the league.

But everyone's questioning where he's going to throw the football. He's obviously got the tight end, Dalton Kincaid, who I really like. I think he could be a true candidate for TE1 overall. But I think Khalil Shakir is going to have a big year, Richard. I'm calling it right now. This guy is a dark horse sleeper, Puka Nukuwa type version of the Buffalo Bills. He made a handful of big plays down the stretch when he was Paul DePon when Stefan Diggs kind of looked checked out out there.

Richard, what do you think about the Buffalo Bills receiving situation? Who do you like? Do you like Kiann Coleman? They got Curtis Samuel. Who's the guy that's going to be getting the ball in Buffalo? I mean, I think you've got to go with Khalil Shakur initially. But the way Kian Coleman, I mean, he's made a lot of headlines outside of the football field. so hopefully his game speaks as well as he has.

But, I mean, it's question marks. It's all question marks. I can say whatever I want, but it's nothing proven. Mitchell, it's no proven 1,000-yard receiver, no proven thousand-yard tied-in, no proven. And that's the way defense is going to treat them. Nobody's going to give them respect in that way. They're going to press them.

They're going to, they're going to blitz them. They're going to put a lot of pressure on Josh Allen to beat them. They're not going to give these receivers cover two, cloud, cover three, any of these coverages. They're going to be man pressured a lot more than they've ever been pressured or zone pressured because these guys just haven't shown that they can, that their NFL receivers. Obviously, Keon hasn't had a chance to, but you got Marquez, Valdez, Scantling, who had certain plays throughout the season where he looked really good in Kansas

City, and then you had plays where he dropped bombs. And so it's going to be, it's a lot of unknown. Obviously, the one known commodity is Josh Allen, and this is his chance to have a Patrick Mahones-esque-s season when Patrick Mahones lost Tyreek heel. And everybody said, hey, he's done. He's done. Tyreek's gone. He's lost his big weapon. He's not going to have the same kind of season.

And he did. He had an incredible season and MVP caliber. What? Did he win MVP that year? I want to say he won MVP that year. We'd have to check, but it sounds about right. But I'm pretty sure he did. But this is kind of a, not a make it or break it for Josh Allen,

but the way they speak about him is going to change if he's not able to have the same success that he had with Diggs without him. Because Patrick Mahomes continues to have success, continues to elevate his team, continues to have Super Bowl success without Tyree Kiel. Can Josh Allen have that same success without, Stefan Diggs? to be seen. The second one I like my sleeper candidate

is a former first round pick playing for my Detroit Lions. Jameson Williams Richard has been blowing up training camp. They're saying he looks faster, stronger. He's finally healthy. The first time going into camp, he's actually healthy. He dealt with the suspension last year coming into

the season. They lost their number two and Josh Reynolds and they really didn't add anyone else to the receiving court. They're banking heavily on Jameson, Williams. I think if you're going to take a flyer in the eighth round in that territory, Jameson Williams is a guy that could bring a lot of firepower late, Richard. Your thoughts on Jamo, you think that he's going to add an extra dimension to this lion's offense? No question. No question about it. I mean, at times last year, you could see it. You could see

him adding a different dimension, just as such a how easily and how effortlessly he makes it look as fast as he's going. I think he's going to be fantastic. condition, especially if he has a full season, full training camp, full all season under his belt. He's going to be fun to watch. I think Drake London and Kyle Pitts out in Atlanta are going to be sleepers. If you believe in Kirk Cousins, then you got to believe in those two guys, because Kirk Cousins is going to be productive, and those two guys will be a lot of the reason he

is productive. Obviously, but John Robinson is going to be another part of it, but those are, at Drake London, I think, is going to sneak into the top 10 in some point or another. I like it, man. I mean, Atlanta players have been tainted so much because a bad quarterback play over the last three, four years. And this group that you just talked about, Pitts and London, have all the talent in the world.

They just have never had anyone to throw them to football. I like both of them. Richard, let's move the tight end. Our friends at fantasy pros have Sam Leporta is the number one tight end in the league. your thoughts on this is it Leporta is it Kelsey is it your guy George Kittle Mark Andrews who do you like on this top end tight end line here Rich that's tough because there's so many quality tight ends in this league Mitchell is there there are so many it depends on who you're asking and and who you're dealing

with because you know Pat Farrermouth out in Pittsburgh is a guy that was productive at times, really productive. Dalton Shultz in Houston, if he didn't have all those freaking receivers around him as a guy, I would put a lot of stock in. In Las Vegas, you don't know what they have. Devante Adams is going to get doubled a lot. So does Brock Bowers have a good year? I don't know, maybe.

But I think Sam Laporta is in a good spot at one. Obviously, you've got to have Travis up there. He and Patrick. Patrick's going to find him. He's going to figure it out. I don't care how long he plays when he stops. He has a skill set that stands the test of time, and we're not going to disrespect him because he continues to show.

He can be productive and will be productive. Mark Andrews in Baltimore, we'll see how they do with, you know, with now Derek Henry bringing the defense up and causing, you know, eight-man boxes and things like that. I think George is going to, again, with the Brandon IU trade potentially happening, that puts more passes in George Kittles' hands, allowing him to be more productive. Kyle Pitts in Atlanta with, again, Kirk Cousins, he's going to be more productive, get more passes, get more passes in the areas he's comfortable with.

Dalton Kincaid without Stefan Diggs, he should be the number one option out in Buffalo. and that should lead to production. Jake Ferguson had a really good year in Dallas. I think he only gets better as they focus more on CD Lamb and trying to stop him. And if Tolbert or Cooks can really start to put pressure on the defense, he can find his niche to have an 11, 1,200-yard season. Evan Ingram and Jacksonville, I think Jacksonville comes down to earth.

I just can't believe in the kid like that. Trevor Lawrence hasn't shown me enough. And I always say this, but he just hasn't. You know, we'll talk about that when we talk about how everybody got paid this offseason because that was a head scratcher for me. But I think he's going to continue to be productive. David and Joe Cool was productive regardless of who was that quarterback for Cleveland last year. So I think that continues.

Well, Richard, this concludes it. I mean, I love talking fantasy football with you. Like I said, our partners at Fantasy Pro, you guys go check them out. If you want your fantasy draft cheat sheets, they got a ton of dad. for you, whether you're going standard scoring, PPR, half point, auctions style drafts, whatever you want, they got it. Make sure to check them out. Richard, it's good to be back, my man.

I will let you sign us out off as we conclude our first podcast of this NFL season. Well, Mitchell was great. I enjoyed it. I appreciate you. Thank you. Appreciate you guys joining us for the first episode of this season's Richard Sherman podcast. We'll see you next week for maybe a special guest,

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