The One Thing You Need To Know

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio.
Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio,
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Football Weekly, our final preseason show. In fact, it's so
final that at the end of the show we are
going to give you our style of fantasy football preview
for the Thursday game Kansas City against Houston. Doesn't even
seem real. Charge it doesn't seem real. We're down to
a matter of days and hours before the season starts.

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That is the voice of Matt Harrison, longest offseason slash
ever ever exactly. That is the voice of Brian Johnson,
my co host today. Welcome to the show. The tons
of great stuff to get to as we near the
beginning of the season. We're going to highlight the training
camp battle resolutions that we highlight at the beginning of

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the year. We went through all the NFL teams and said,
here's the training camp battles we're watching. Now we're gonna
tell you who one of them all. We'll do that.
We will go through three cuffed tough questions as we
always do. We'll tell you the one thing you need
to know about every team based on the entire preseason.
If there was one thing that you needed to know

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from all thirty two teams, here's the one thing you
needed to take away from the preseason. Perfect for those
of you that haven't been following closely and now you
want a quick catch up on what's happened with each
of the teams, we'll do that as well. Identify guys
that we think you should trade for in October, not now,
guys that were worried about now, but we think by
the time October rolls around some players you'll want to

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identify put on your radar now. Will will break down
the Thursday night game and release our final sleepers of
the year. In other words, guys don't want to draft
this weekend ye and trade for them. It's very actionable
in that way. Do not not gonna want to draft
these guys based on their ADP correct. As we start
every show, we go through and highlight some of the

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keen news items from the past week that fantasy players
care about and has established last week. We lead every
show with any available good news about Zach Moss Okay
and that's how I want to start. The Buffalo is
not even my team. I don't care. The most important
thing is uh, fumbling could cost Devin Singletary the I

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think that role has already been costed. But uh, and
yeah already. Zack moss expect expected to be heavily involved
in the in the past game. He's a five tool back,
runs through you, around you, around the tree like there

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is legit bell cow potential out of the gates, Zach Mossy.
It's just a matter of when, Aby Zac Moss Let's
let's go to some of the other teams from around
the league, including the Panthers. Matt pretty quiet in Carolina,
although Ian Thomas is day to day with a toe injury,
and that could be an issue if you planned on
starting him Week one against the Raiders. But I don't

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think a lot of people are planning on starting Ian
Thomas and he's going to be your bye week filling guy.
I think, Brian, let's go to the Raiders. Uh. Tyrell
Williams placed on injured reserve with a torn labor and
he's done for the year. But they still have about
seven or eight wide receivers on roster. We'll talk about
them the Raiders more later. Ye off the Packers. Green
Bay media expects Robert Tonyan to open the season as

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the team's starting tight end. He's a former wide receiver
with lots of room to grow, but I think he's
way off the fantasy radar until he proves himself to
be a meaningful part of this offense. It's been a
long time since we've had a Green Bay Packer tight
end as a material fantasy producer, not Aaron Rodgers career, right,
like we gotta go, like to bark Chimurra, it's been

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It's been along the Brett fire vera for sure, I think.
So let's go to the Washington football team at Uh.
They happened to release this running back this morning. His
name was Adrian Peterson. Uh. We'll dig into that positional
battle in a few minutes. Though it sounds good, Uh,
Brian the Cleveland Browns for Shard Higgins looks locked into
the number three role at wide receiver for Cleveland. Cleveland

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now has a cornerback, Greedy Williams, nursing a shoulder injury.
They already lost second round pick Grant Delpit, who's a
safety for the season, but they acquired, excuse me, from Jacksonville.
I don't know how Jacksonville has players left to trade,
uh safety Ronnie Harrison, but that that secondary is a
little dinged up for Cleveland makes that's interesting from a
fantasy perspective. There it's gonna be some Cleveland shootouts come.

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We're gonna talk more about the Browns as well, and
funny things. I'm gonna highlight a few players on Jacksonville
who are still going to be traded. I think later
in the show they might go Dolphins on this season.
They are for sure. The Texans are next. Houston media
gushing over tight and Jordan Aikin's calling him quote the
most improved veteran. He'll need to overcome Darren Fells, who

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the team liked enough to resign in the off season.
Aikin's believed to be the better receiver, but Fells had
seven touchdowns last year, all from the red zone. Let's
go to Tampa Bay, Matt Well. There are also a
few running back moves this week, but Brian's going to
talk about that next segment. Also, we have a kicker winner,
we do. Ryan suck Up won the kicking job in

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Tampa and should likely be treated as a top five
kicker for all of you in kicker leagues, yes, of
which there's dwindling numbers and kicker leagues, but the Tampa
Bay kicker is a primo spot to be about how
many times you swing the leg, not how good a
kicker you actually are. Let's go to Brian and the
New York Jets UH Jets second round UH pick. Wide

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receiver Denzel Mims, with a hamstring injury, finally returned to
practice on Wednesday. It was the first time he had
practiced in training. Camp started. But he's really not going
to be too relevant in redraft leagues, No, not for
a while anyo. It's an unfortunate start to his career
for the coal It's one of my favorite sleepers. Paris
Campbell returned to practice from his concussion. He'll be in
the starting lineup Week one against the Jaguars, and I

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will tell you right now he is going to be
my premature speculation player in next week's show. Okay, Paris Campbell,
as he is going to be facing off against the
Jaguars defense. Let's go to the Detroit Lions. Mann DeAndre
Swift still limited and practiced with a leg injury, has

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not practiced in full for over a week. That has
to put his Week one status in a little bit
of doubt. It does, unfortunately, Um and many of us
optimistic that he's going to quickly become the starter there,
but probably not in Week one. Don't know what it
is about Detroit running backs and injuries. Holy cow, Broncos
Brian another rookie wide receiver with intriguing long term potential.

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kJ Hamler could potentially start the year on injured reserve
as well for Denver So a slight bump for Jerry
Judy in Courtland Sutton. You know, guys, I was gonna
mention this later in the show, and we haven't really
talked about injured reserve this year, but the NFL changed
all the rules on injured reserve. You only have to
be on I R for three weeks and they have
unlimited spots coming back this year. So I are way

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different than than years past, and you can treat it
as such, especially if you have I OUR designations in
your league. It's a great point. In many leagues there there,
the rule is once a player goes on I R,
he doesn't come off I ARE because the player doesn't
come off I are, but they we need to be
able to account for that in every fantasy league. Great
point Vikings starting left tackle Riley Reef took a pay
cut and we'll stay with the team. This is fantasy

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relevant because at one point we thought it was gonna leave,
and it would have shuffled the deck on that offensive
line in a variety of horrifying ways. And so I
think this can have a variety of horrifying Well, yeah,
you're starting right tackle was really good? Was gonna have
to go to left tackle? We had never played before,
and potentially a guy who's never played right tackle and
had to start there, it would have been bad. So

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I think this helps salvage some normalcy for Dalvin Cook
and the rest of that offense. Let's go to the
Seattle Seahawks. Matt Josh Gordon signed with Seattle again. Now
he has not been cleared to play by the NFL.
Are we sure he makes the team? By the way,
Metcalfine Lockett are clearly ahead of him on the depth chart,
but also David Moore, Philip Dorset, and the recently signed

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Paul Richardson, who's an old Seattle favorite, are all there.
And Gordon scored one touchdown through eleven games last year.
Don't take Josh Gordon, Guys, don't take him. The people
still I keep thinking the people that are reliving are
now so old that they're dying, and it wouldn't be
drafting him anymore, and remembering the good old days of

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that one good year that he had. Man give it
up on that guy Bryant. Let's go to the Dolphins.
Let's have a pity party for Miami really quick. They
managed to trade klin Blage to the Jets for more
than a sandwich, and he fails the physical and is
reverted back to Miami. I'm pretty sure his key card
didn't work upon his return. But about how the Dolphins

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Right now. For the Saints, Alvin Cameric continues to practice
as the team works on a new deal for him.
It sounds like something will probably get done here. Uh
and Camara says he's not planning to hold out anyway.
But more importantly, guys, and nobody's talking about this, Why
did Alvin Camara have to get a cortisone shot a
few days ago? Well, what's happened in this long offseason? Right?

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So you miss it? You know last year you play
through all of these injuries and not love him for
playing through the injuries. Has this has a very disappointing season.
He rolls in Now it's eight months later, coming off
of training camp with no contact, and he's already getting
cortizone shots. Why sounds Todd Gurley. I don't like this.

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I'm telling Camara concerned. I'm more concerned about that than
I am about the contract. Yeah, something something that bears monitoring.
Let's go to the Philadelphia Eagles. Matt Briefly, Miles Sanders
supposedly on track for week one. That's a good thing.
Let's hope it holds that one. Brian Patriots. Big news.
Damien Harris, who was looking to take the lead rollback

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for New England UH could miss the first couple of
weeks with with a hand injury, had surgery on his
pinky fingers. So again that backfield is now we're looking
at Sony Michelle, Rex burkhead my boy, Lamar Miller. But
that's that's big news for Damien Harris. He's not gonna
play the first week, probably not the second week either.
Somehow you are under the delusion Lamar Miller is not
gonna be cut. That's the that's the impressive part of that.

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I think, well, he's no Adrian Peterson Steelers. I've got
three nuggets from local reporters. First, Benny Snell locked in
is the number two running back. We'll talk more about
him later in the show. Number two. After a moribun
training camp, Juju Smith Schuster finally popped in practice this
week on Monday. It was the first time he looked
anywhere near his his form from and number three. Eric

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Ebron has been impressing. He's been out running linebackers and
safety is getting open, and it looks like Eric Ebron
is going to be a factor in this offense. Ibronic Tron,
I'm so surprised that you're talking about Eric Ebron in
positive ways. Let's go to the Cowboys. Mattmark Cooper has
been either a limited or non participant in practice for

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four straight days. Mysterious that is. We'll watch if that
gives Ceedee Lamb some extra reps. Are all for it.
I don't wish energy, I don't want I don't want
wish injury on anybody, but a Mark Cooper is not
on any of your teams. Cede Lamb is that's exactly right, Brian.
Let's go to the Tennessee Titans. Really nothing for Tennessee.
But I failed to mention that Patriots did cut Mohammed sannws.

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So if you're in the league where you get mega
bonus points for wide receivers throwing touchdown passes, that's very,
very wide receiver touchdown pass. All right. Moving on the
forty nine tons of injuries to update Deebo. Samuel it's
got a chance of playing in Week one with his
foot injury. It appears he's trending positively, although you always

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have to be careful with foot injuries for wide receivers.
It's never safe. And Brandon Iok, recovering from a hamstring injury,
also trending towards availability for Week one, but both could
be on a pitch count here. We don't know for
sure what the status of either of those guys is
quite yet. Yeah, those are your two starters if healthy,
Samuel and ayuk Um. Of note, though Jordan Reed and

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his eight concussions now in San Francisco and lots of
talk that he would play a role if Samuel or
Ayu couldn't go, they would stand him up in the
slot and they would actually stand him up. He's lying
down a lever and police system. The Giants. Matt Golden

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day to day with a hamstring strain. It's notable that
he usually plays through minor injuries, but keep an eye
on his Week one status. All right, Brian Bengals A J.
Green limited in practice this week. It's already started. You
know the people that I hope, the people that took
a chance on A J. Green get rewarded. It's not

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me in any league, but it's me. I hope it's
you guys. Yeah, I hope it ends up working out
for the Ravens. Head coach John Harbaugh confirmed what Beat
writers have been saying for weeks. Rookie running back j K.
Dobbins will play a major role in the offense. His
skill set has been eye popping in training camp and
to get some confirmation from John Harbaugh like we did
this week, very promising, Matt. Let's go to the Falcons.

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Brian Hill has solidified the backup role to Todd Gurley.
He's probably one of the top handcuffs to own this season.
There's not a lot, but I think Brian Hill and
Todd Gurley are one of them, Thank you, Right, Brian,
the Jaguars, um they released Leonard four Nette. I'm not
sure if you heard about that or not. Thanks, and
we'll talk more about the remaining backfield in Jacksonville a

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little later. Let's go to the Cardinals. Matt Cardinals, sounds
like they are being cautious with both Kenyan Drake and
DeAndre Hopkins. Both are very near a return to full practice,
and I expect both the suit up in week one, alright,
And Brian, the Chargers, Mike Williams should be ready to
play in Week one with his shoulder injury, according to

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UM offensive coordinator Shane Staken, and the Chargers also placed
safety Derwin James, one of the best safeties in football,
on I R this time ending. Yeah, this is he's
done done so, which is a boon for the offense
though there do you mean give it up more points
in l a uh, this is not technically news from

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Green Bay, but let me mention this. I think I've
got a new brilliant nickname for A J. Dillon. You
guys remember the Nigerian Nightmare. Christian A J. Dillon built
like Christian Nikoya, the Siberian Nightmare. He's gotta breakback Green Bay.

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It's perfect Russian, the Siberian. I love it. You know,
the padded neck roll. Yeah, he has got to break Oh,
I got to bring that would be beautiful. That would
be beautiful. He's gotta wear number thirty five as well,
obviously now would help. Um, you know what else will
be beautiful and we'll be beautiful. Training camp Battle Resolutions
will tell you who won every meaningful training camp battle

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across the NFL when we return to Fantasy Football Weekly,

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bom B Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchy and
Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson with you. The training camp
battles that we highlighted in the very first preseason show
back in early August. Now they've all come to fruition.
We will tell you who has won each of the
key battles that we talked about back then. Here we

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are five six weeks later. We begin with the Buffalo
Bills running back situation. Would we begin with that? Why
of all of them? Why that would you ask? Maybe
it's alphabetical, it might be um so it's Devin Singletary,
and it's Zack Moss and the question marks that surround
Singletary are ball security, which Brian mentioned he fumbled twice

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in contact scrimmages had some fumbling issues in the past.
Um Also, his ability to pick up the blitz has
been called into question, plus his size and durability. None
of those. None of those seemed to be in question
with Zach Moss right now, who seems to have the
goal line job back locked up in between the twenties,

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I think Singletary is still the guy for the most
part right now, so this isn't over. I think from
what I've read from the Buffalo Bills beat reporters, Singletary
still won the first shot at the starting gig. But
in fantasy, I'm taking Zack Moss because he's gonna get
the goal line work, and I'm taking him above Devin
Singletary right now. So from a fantasy perspective, I think

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Moss won it, and I think he will continue to
win it as the season goes on. Throw in the
damn towel, it's over. I think he's gonna be a
big part of that offense. Now, he'll be a part
of the offense, but I believe by mid October your
your primary lead back will be Zack Moss Singletary will
be a change of pace. Guy. I really hope that's

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the case, but it just feels like it's going to
be a sixty forty split all year, and we're gonna
be we're gonna be uncomfortable with the way and and
you're gonna be saying in mid October, why aren't you
get exact boss the ball more? It could be, but
if he's getting the goal line carries and I won't
need to say that. All right, let's go to the
Tampa Bay running back situation, Brian, which we were watching
for different guys back when we first started talking about

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this in August. Yeah, this is just as we left
it in early August. But it was Ronald Jones, Russ
Keyshawn Vaughan and and then Shady McCoy was just signed
out of nowhere back in those days. But now obviously
Leonard four Nett is in to and uh but Bruce
Arians going to bat for Ronald Jones. It's his job
somehow acquiring Oh, I know, Andre Ellington was the guy,

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and there's been so many guys, but Bruce Ellen or
Bruce Arians is the classic Rick Roll coach. He's all
Now we're gonna give you up over and over on
his running backs. But dare Ogunbowally cut on Friday? By
the way, New Orleans Saints signed him right now for

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various reasons. I would say it would be a great
place for og. But right now we're looking at up
now Leonard Purnette, Ronald Jones, and Keyshawn Vaughn and Lashawn McCoy,
who was supposedly give me the past catching back in
the mix now that Ogunbawally is gone, But right now
it's Ronald Jones. But this is we gotta see what
have how his place out. That's all. Like I I
wish I had more answers. Don't you just want to

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see Jones start. Will will be the Week one starter.
He will have the first chance to cement the job.
Whether he's actually better than Leonard four Nette is up
for debate, and you know, I think both guys are
just fair. Once that resonates with me with Keyshawn Vaughan,
who we you know he was going in the first
round of rookie drafts. But I remember seeing uh Vanderbilt

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is where he played college football. The worst run blocking
line according to Football Profitable Provoball Focus and UH he
had over a thousand yards and under two hundred carries,
which is almost unfathomable behind an awful line. So I
can't wait to see who Tom Brady thinks is the
starting running back. That's what I want to know, whoever
doesn't get him killed, because both for Net and Ronald

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Jones are terrible in past protection. So you know that
might be an X factor here to watch as well.
And we'll talk a little bit more about that situation
a little later in the show. Cincinnati, Let's go to
the wide receiver jobs there because it is a deep
deep bench. Yeah, Audent Tee Higgins, John Ross kind of
all up for the wide receiver three job there, and

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Brian mentioned A J. Green is already injured and dealing
with stuff, so this could be the wide receiver to position.
So T Higgins also dealing with a hamstring injury for
a few weeks. John Ross is not in camp due
to some personal stuff and according to Bengals beat reporter
J Morrison, Mike Thomas, Yes that Mike Thomas, other Toms,
the one from the Los Angeles Rams for the last

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four years. He's the guy leading the depth chart over
Audentate what so I don't know. You want to know
why where did head coach Zach Taylor come from? He
came from Los Angeles and the Rams. So Mike Thomas
right now leading the depth chart there. But you know
what after Tyler Boyden, AJ Green, I'm avoiding it all.

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I think you're right about that. Let's go to the
what remains of the Washington running back situation? Brian Oh,
the same situation as in early August. Right, Darius guys? Right,
how do you get all of these various guys? We
will never mention him ever again after this on the show.
He's clearly removed himself from consideration for this job. Adrian

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Peterson no longer on the team, although he could come back.
This is a could be like a savvy. It would
be rare that Washington team does something savvy out of
their front office. But they can somehow save money by
cutting Peter. How they they've cut Peterson and they can
still bring him back. But we'll see what happens. But
it's looking like Antonio Gibson is the guy. I think no,

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I think he is the guy. If you don't know
about Antonio Gibson out in Memphis, he is basically a
hybrid player. He was. He used primarily at wide receiver.
I had thirty eight receptions for seven thirty five yards
and eight touchdowns. Then mid season they moved him to
running back. Had thirty three carries for three sixty nine
yards and four touchdowns. He's also a hell of a
kick returner, average twenty yards. He's a little tall for

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running back, you know, six ft six um here's and
this is a key difference between him and other of
these sort of jack knife do it all guys like
Cordelle Patterson is an example. This guy's big, he's physical,
He's six ft who twenty. That's a key difference and
why I think he could make the transition to running back.
It's I think he's going to have the stamina and

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durability to do it and do it's electric and Tonio
Gibson is bonkers in space. He's gonna be taking hits
like he's never taken before. Though in the NFL, that's
every that's every rookie that is it is. But he's
just not built like your stereotypical running back. But we'll
see how he does. Of course, Barber is built like
a running back, and that's why I like him. By

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by week two of the NFL season, he'll have more
carries in the NFL than he will in his entire
college career. That's a bit of a concern that ever,
he's never been asked to be a work horse. I
have to mention sorry, Bryce Love really quick also in
consideration for some carries. Fourth round rookie of Stanford last
year and Peyton Barber still hanging around. It sounds Peyton
Barber is running with the ones when Gibson's not based

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on eight like ad pe If I'm drafting right now,
Peyton Barber's I'm just gonna take in the last round.
He could be the goal. Very boring, very boring, but
probably the most reliable hight. Let's go to the Denver
Broncos in the running back situation. Yeah, Melvin Gordon, Philip Lindsay.
It's considering that most thought that this would be like
a seventy thirty split in Gordon's direction as soon as

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they signed him. Now it seems like head coach Vic
Fangio is backing off of that, talking about no starting
running back and a complete time share. So I guess
that means the winner is Philip Lindsay but all of
us are really losers in this situation. Uh Worth, noting
that Royce Freeman took most of Gordon's snaps in camp
as Gordon was dealing with an injury to his ribs.

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So Royce uh put down the piano. Freeman dropped the
drop the piano Freeman to him. He's still in play
too in that running back committee. Um, there is a
There is a a media note hit on Friday suggesting
that the team is actively trying to find a suitor
for Royce Freeman before they cut him. That is a
that is a very very real possible they could trade

(23:58):
him for a piano like that. There were definitely some
piano's worth more. Yeah, you gont find a Steinway. He's
got like a nice grand piano and the and the
lobby at Mile High. Let's go to the Detroit running
back situation. It's gonna be carry On Johnson as your starter.
In week one. DeAndre Swift suffer day leg injury leg

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injury last week. He's been getting eased back into practice
this week. He will use carry On at some point,
but we're looking at his seventy thirty split in the
first couple of weeks. I think between carry On and DeAndre,
But well, who's on the seventy side? Carry On because
too much time? But h well, we think that will
probably flip flop round week three or four. All right,

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let's go to Indianapolis. Both the running backs and the
wide receivers had position battles. So I have an actual
source on this. I talked to Colts beat reporter Jim
Iello from the Indie Start earlier this week. He was
a long time part time writer of mine. Yeah, leak
safe post and stuff. Um, he's in my fantasy baseball league,
so that's that's a that's a good in there. The

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Colts coaching staff still loves Marlon Mack, according to Jim,
and he's going to get a lot more work than
people think. So in this case, I think there's only
losers in this situation. While I do think Taylor shines
and eventually grows into a lead dog role for the
beginning of the year, it sounds like Marlon Mack will
probably be on the heavy side of the sixty split,

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and that's not what anybody wants to hear. And then
on the wide receiver side, uh, it sounds like Paris
Campbell has really been a huge bright spot in camp
for the Colts, while Michael Pittman has really struggled with
drops uh, and it feels like second year Campbell has
completely beat out Pittman UH for the second wide receiver
on the field. I'm precocking Paris Campbell. Now. Remember the

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Colts love to play a lot of twelve personnel, one
running back and two tight ends, so they're not gonna
have three wide receivers on the field very often. So
it's Hilton and Campbell. I think for most of the year,
Campbell will play the slot and outside as well. Let's
go to the Rams and the running back situation. Any
clarity there, Brian. It's quite the opposite of the Detroit

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situation where the second year guy and Darryl Henderson has
been missing time with the hamstring injury. So cam Akers
looks like he'll be the lead back going into week one.
But Malcolm Butler is just gonna Brown. I'm sorry, Malcolm
Brown canna be there to vulture touchdowns from both of
these guys big time. But cam Akers looks like a
lead back as a rookie going into week one. Although

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they said they're gonna use hot hand and that I
think could be very frustrating. We'll see Malcolm Brown is
going to be everybody's least favorite player in the year.
You might be right about that. Jacksonville, let's go to
the wide receiver situation other than DJ CHARKI yeah, the
Jags have been super impressed with their two rookies, uh
Leavisca Chennault and fifth rounder Colin Johnson who's six ft six.

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So this means the trade happy Jacksonville Jaguars are in
the market to move Keelan Cole and d D. Westbrook.
In all likelihood, it's possible that they'll cut one or
both of them to keep things thrifty in Jacksonville. I
think Laviska Senalt is the wide receiver too on this
team this year, and I bet they move on from

(27:11):
Keelan Cole or d. D. Westbrook to any team that
needs any kind of wide receiver at all. Brian, back
to the Rams, what are you talking about with the
Rams five receivers Josh Reynolds and Van. It was gonna
be Josh Reynolds all preseason or all off season before
the draft. At Van Jefferson has looked great in camp
and he's the guy you want to own if you're looking,

(27:33):
if you are wanting to own the third wide receiver
for the Rams, it's Van Jefferson right now. And hey,
look they've they've they've been able to pay three wide receivers.
I mean fantasy money, that's true. We've got we've gotten
production on three receivers in the past. We'll talk a
little bit more about Van Jefferson later in the show. Actually,
and let's go to the Chargers and the quarterback situation there.
This doesn't take long. Tyrod Taylor has been the starter

(27:55):
for months. According to the athletics Daniel Popper, just Herbert
has been the primary quarterback working with the second team.
But they're also saying that Easton Stick has a outside
shot at number two QB. And you have to say
his name very slowly, and I said it way too
fast there. Um, I it's hard to read too much

(28:16):
into hard knocks. I from the little stuff that I've
seen of Herbert, and Herbert's had a lot of camera time.
I don't like what I saw, but I'm you're only seeing,
you know, a tiny, tiny fraction of all of his
throws and everything else. Uh, And it's still super early
and I'm not trying to glean too much into that, Brian.
The last one for you San Francisco's running back situation,
it's for most, it's been a roller coaster ride for him.

(28:37):
He was the guy, and then he wanted out, then
they paid him and he's the guy again. But it's
really because they're so dinged at wide receiver in San Francisco.
They got Tevin Coleman and Jerick McKinnon running like wide
receiver routes right now. But but most of it looked great.
Uh over the last six games last year, I'm sorry,
he finished top twenty and all of them, and four
of those six games were inside the top tenant running back.

(28:58):
So he will be the guy. But Hannah Hannigan's man,
you never can rule those out. But we just gotta
see how this plays out in sand Fan. But it
should be Bastard getting most. I think so. I think
so too. I just I worry about Coleman, especially near
the stripe, which bugs me and I shouldn't have to
worry about that, But I think Coleman is going to
get paid near the stripe. Let's go to Miami, where
there's a lot of moving parts. Who's one of the

(29:19):
various battles there, so to uh is healthy enough that
the Dolphins have been shopping their other backup, Josh Rosen.
But stew Beard will start the season. Yeah, we need
a stew Beard sounder or something like that. What is
it this time? It's a beard sound It sounds like
a peacock, That's what it sounds like. Well, that's a
pretod stupid. That is a pretty good stupid, isn't it?
Right there? Um? They said, the offense looks clearly smoother

(29:46):
under Fitzpatrick, but look for two around week nine, when
the Dolphins face Arizona, then the Jets, then a By,
then the Jets again, and then Cincinnati in a five
week span might be the way to get them up
and running. For the running X situation between Matt Brita
and Jordan Howard, it looks like a completely split backfield
between these two, But the camp standout has been Miles Gaskin,

(30:09):
who the staff is very excited about their both his
running ability and has improved pass blocking skills. So if
either Howard or Brita gets hurt, I don't think that
they take over a lead dog role. I think Miles
Gaskin slides into that spot and then chart. Finally, I'll
go into my Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver battle here, and

(30:29):
it was for wide receiver to between Deonte Johnson, James Washington,
and Chase Claypool. Um. The knock on Deonte Johnson is
he was injured for almost all of camp despite being
a second year player. He's got the same experience with
Ben Roethlisberger as Chase Claypool, and he's getting drafted the
highest of all the three, but he's not the one
I want. James Washington has had the camp that's been

(30:51):
the most solid according to the athletic UH Mike Cabboli
over there said that he added a full route tree
to his arsenal, which is very impressive. And Claypool has
been kind of up and down throughout the camp. Great
one day, dropped a few passes the next. So James Washington,
I believe is the wide receiver too. You want there.
She might be the wide receiver. But here's where we're

(31:14):
going to agree. I think maybe not, because nobody's out
on a bigger limb on this than me. I think
Jujuice Smith Schuster is the odd man out very quickly.
It wasn't in battle a few weeks ago. But Jacksonville
running back. Now, who do you want charge? Rye hill Armstead,
Chris Thompson divine a Zigbo or James Robinson is Zigbo?
That's our that's our guy. Guy is the official of

(31:35):
Zigbo of this show. It's been declared of the Zigbo's.
That's the bankruptcy. Yes, um, find out about ju Ju
Smith Schuster. We'll also find out the answer to three
tough questions. When we come back. You'll have an opportunity
to play along with my co hosts as they try
to answer correctly three of the toughest questions perplexing fantasy owners.

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(33:02):
drafted Dan Arnold by now share the Well, come on,
let's begin with tough question number one. Will New Tampa
running back Leonard four Nett have over or under nine
and a half touchdowns? Brian, So his total touchdowns uh,
starting as a rookie, have gone from ten to six

(33:25):
to three, and that's rushing and receiving. Only two of
those nineteen total touchdowns were receiving, and of course neither
of them came last year when he had seventy six catches.
Oddly enough, yes, and of course he's also a Tampa
Bay buccaneer. Now he's not on the Jacksonville Jaguars. An
interesting tidbit, four Net is the highest drafted running back

(33:45):
fourth overall that Brady will have ever played with. Uh
Fred Taylor the previously highest drafting back ninth overall. I
didn't remember the two year two years stint the Patriots
the latter end of his career, of course, but nine
and half touchdowns is a lot for a guy that
has scored nineteen total touchdowns, even though it will be
in a prolific offense. But he's going into the year

(34:06):
as the backup, presumably, So I'm going under nine and
a half touchdowns, Okay, I'm also going under. The Bucks
Backs totaled fifteen touchdowns last year, fourteen of those which
were on the ground. That was actually seventh most in
the league. Of that, Ronald Jones had six rushing scores,
Peyton Barber had six rushing scores. In the single receiving
score Daly had the other two. Barbara and Bally are

(34:30):
both obviously gone, so is pass happy Jamis Winston. But
Ronald Jones was four for four on his carries inside
the five on scoring, So I would say that if
you were gonna bet the over, you would have to
bet that Leonard four net takes over for Ronald Jones
inside the five. I don't think that that's going to
happen since he was very successful there last year. So

(34:51):
I'm gonna go with the under nine and a half.
And Matt, you took most of my talking points here,
although let's note this and there's so there is reason
to think that there's going to be a lot of
touch downs to be had here. Tom Brady's Patriot teams
lad the NFL and rushes inside the five. The past
five years, no team had more than Tom Brady's offense
in New England. And so don't think that Brady automatically

(35:12):
means there's a bunch of passing from inside five. He
spent more time handing off than he did passing. He
was four for twenty last year on passing from which
is crazy crazy. So I do think they're going to
give the ball plenty of times the running backs and
enough times where Leonard Fournett's going to be close to
that nine and a half, But does he actually go
over it? The things working against him is I don't

(35:34):
think he's a materially better back than Ronald Jones. He's
about the same. He's not a better pass blocker, unfortunately,
so I can't say he's gonna be on the field
for pass blocking reasons. And then there's the history of
soft tissue injuries that just always scares me to Leonard
four net. So you put all that together, I don't
think he's quite going to get to the nine and

(35:55):
a half, but he clearly If Ronald Jones bobs out
of this competition early, he'll make easily tough Question number two.
Last year, Ravens tight end Mark Andrews led the team
in every meaningful receiving category targets, receptions, yards, and touchdowns.
Will he have a clean sweep again this year? Matt, No,

(36:19):
he won't have a clean sweep, but he'll get most
of them. Uh, Andrews only managed eight hundred fifty two
receiving yards, and I say only, but that's still pretty
good for a tight end in most seasons. The problem
is is I don't see him increasing on that market.
Ton and I really like Hollywood Brown to take a
major step forward after spending most of last year nursing
some nagging injuries. And here's a couple of stats on Brown.

(36:41):
He sat out weeks sixth through eight, came back in
week nine. From week nine through weeks seventeen, he only
averaged three and a half targets, two point seven catches,
and twenty eight yards per game. But in weeks one
through five he averaged seven point eight targets, four receptions
in sixty five yards per game, and of course he
rested and then had hundred and twenty six yards in

(37:01):
the playoff game. So even if Brown only averages sixty
five yards per game, he's well over a thousand yards
at that point. And I think that's enough to beat
Mark Andrews in one of those categories. Yeah, Matt mentioned
Brown was hurt a lot last year. Only played in
fourteen regular season games. He saw four or fewer targets,
and half of those fourteen games seventy one total targets

(37:22):
for Brown had forty six catches Andrews had sixty four targets,
so basically equal targets. Brown is having more catches. And
if Brown is healthy and he is right now, he's
gonna see a hundred and undred and thirty targets this year,
so it would. But if he's healthy and ready to
go in his second year, I think it could happen.
So no, Andrews will not clean sweep the receiving category.

(37:42):
I hold my guy, Myles Boykin and outdoing Mark Andrews,
so I can. I always feel like we we cling
onto guys in the preseason that our wide receiver two's
and they never pant I feel like they never pan out.
I don't speak for yourself. I think I would like
to believe plenty of mine, plenty of mine. I can't

(38:03):
go on right now. However, and who didn't pan out either, Uh,
you're right that Brown does is very likely to catch
up somewhere. He he was only eighteen receptions behind last year,
he was only two hundred sixty eight yards behind last year,
and he did have all the injuries last year. Um.
I think Andrews still wins the touchdown battle absolutely, you know.
I think that's the one you feel most safe about.

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Here's where your X factor comes in for Mark Andrews.
You know, with hayden Hurst leaving, he leaves behind forty
targets three hundred fifty yards if they don't go to
Nick Boyle and those all go to Andrews, Andrew's going
to do it again. But I don't think it's gonna happen.
I think Nick Boyle is gonna end up getting most
of those hayden Hurst yards and they gotta they gotta
spread that around those those vacated targets to wide receivers

(38:48):
to and J K. Dobbins. Yeah, well that's yeah, he's
a very good pass catching back as well, and Devin
de Verne has looked good the rookie wide receiver too.
He's gonna get a little bit of run here to
tough question number three. Much of Josh Allen's fantasy production
has come through his running. Through two years, he's averaging
roughly five hundred fifty rushing yards and eight and a

(39:09):
half rushing touchdowns This year, will he be over or
under his career averages? Brian so In twenty eighteen, Josh
Allen had six hundred thirty one yards on eighty nine carries.
Lead back Shady McCoy had five fourteen on a hundred
and sixty one attempts, nearly twice as many as Josh Allen.
Za Jones was the leading wide receiver for Buffalo last year,

(39:32):
Kelvin Benjamin was catching passes from Buffalo. Just an awful,
awful state for the Bills in twenty eighteen. Josh Allen
had to do virtually everything for them to try and
win games and got a little better. Not really so
much in the backfield with Frank Or and Devin Singletary,
who combined for four rushing touchdowns. That's it. Josh Allen
had even more carries in hundred and nine carries for

(39:54):
less yards five and ten. But they really relied on
him in the red zone. Ah, he had nine rushing
touch town nine times, voice as many as Frank Gore,
Devon Singletary, John Cole I'm sorry, John Brown and Cole
Beasley were huge upgrades in the passing game. So this
year it's Zach Moss time. That's it. He's going to

(40:15):
pick up a lot of slack that Josh Allen. Uh.
I won't say he's leaving it in the red zone,
but he doesn't need to be relied on as much
in the red zone. And Stefon Diggs is now in
town too to add add him to John Brown and
Cole Beasley, and they're just not gonna need Josh Allen,
who run as much as he has has in the past.
So I'm going under the career averages for Josh Matt
Brian literally read all my every single one of them,

(40:38):
all right, So you're also on under. The correct answer
is under. The scrambling is gonna drop this year. The
yardage is gonna drop. Second year. It's the second year
for Buffalo's massive offensive line transformation that started last year.
I think those guys, that whole group as a unit
gets better, better receivers which you mentioned, more confidence in

(40:58):
the pocket. I'm reminded a little bit of a young
Donovan McNabb. Now you guys are too young to remember
Donovan McNabb, like the same age I used to pick
up with Donovan McNabb at lifetime. I swear Donovan mcna
first came into the league was a rushing quarterback who
had a nice arm, and he throws some make some

(41:19):
big plays, and he was running around a lot. Then
he suffering the injury, and he turned into a very
very good Hall of Fame caliber uh pocket passer, and
I think till he got to Minnesota at that point
he was completely cooked. Josh Allen, I think is going
to transform into a much more of a pocket passer
who will only have to run when he needs to

(41:39):
and hopefully not so often. He got five rushing touchdowns
from inside the five last year. Who's going to take
those five rushing touchdowns from inside the five this year?
Devin Singleton, Yeah, that's exactly right. That is the It's
Zach Boss for the love, it is Zack Moss just
the vulture. Now, yes, he well, he's more than the vulture.

(42:00):
He's a vulture plus a pea cock all in one.
You're pretty cocking again, had a little, we starve a
lot of burden. You remember where McNabb went to college
off the top of your head, Syracuse. Okay, you know
he played on the basketball team. I did not remember
that on the basketball at least the last two Bryan
just wants to talk about playing basketball for the rest

(42:22):
of the segment. That's right. Totally dunked on McNabb. It
was great. No, he dunked on He wasn't duncan though.
At that point we have time for an unscripted bonus question,
question number four. What we have a sounder for this? Yes,
we do, in case we ever have bonus time, which
we got right now. Last year, Aaron Rodgers finished outside
the top seventeen among quarterbacks in eleven of sixteen weeks.

(42:48):
Got that. So he was outside of the top seventeen
quarterbacks in eleven of sixteen weeks last year. Does Aaron
Rodgers finish better or worse than that this year? I'll
say better. And here's why he's upset that they drafted
Jordan's Love and he's going to start changing those plays

(43:10):
at the line all the time. They're gonna be like, all, right,
hand the ball off to Aaron Jones or a J.
Dillon inside the five, and he's gonna be like, Nope,
you're changing that play. He's gonna throw way more touchdowns
than last year. I think. I think it's the demise
of Aaron Rodgers has been greatly exaggerated. And Davanta Adams

(43:31):
missed about six or seven games last year and it
was kind of dinged up for the majority of the season.
If he's fully healthy, Rodgers, will I finish much better
than that. I'm not as confident that as you guys are.
Here's a J. Dillon built for goal line use. I
think that inside the five, those easy touchdowns are are
going to come on the ground again. Through the backs.
They've got more than through the arm. I don't think
Aaron Rodgers cares about that. I think he's mad. I

(43:53):
think they pissed him off. No, he's he's mad. That
might not matter. I'm not so sure. Only one good capable,
But if a bench him, you know what, if Jordy
love It had a better preseason, you can talk about that.
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(44:59):
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The segment one thing that you should know about every
team based on the whole preseason. If there's one critical

(45:20):
thing to know about every single team, what are those things?
And we begin with Matt Harrison and the Carolina papist
Christian McCaffrey average twenty five point two touches per game
last season, and when asked about that, both head coach
Matt Rule and offensive coordinator Joe Brady have said that
that's an appropriate number of touches for him to expect

(45:42):
this season. So over the last three years, by the way,
he trails only Michael Thomas and DeAndre Hopkins in total receptions.
That's crazy, crazy, he's gonna That's why he's won one. Brian,
Let's go to the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders are
gonna have two rookie wide receivers started on the boundaries
this year and Brian Edwards and Henry Ruggs, with Hunter

(46:02):
Renfro in the slot and Henry Ruggs the first wide
receiver taking overall in the draft. But Brian Edwards is
the guy you want really from an outside receiver perspective.
But I would go Hunter Renfro if I'm wanting a
Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver based on ADP, I don't
know he's You get Brian Edwards way late and he's

(46:24):
the best out of this growth is I'm worried about
these rookies. And then but uh Nelson Aguilar is getting
a Jones looks good too. They're saying, I think I'm
gonna pass on the Raiders wide receivers. We're gonna talk
more about the Rotors gifts in game later on we'll
go to the Packers. The one thing you need to
know about the Packers Alan Lazard has won the the
wide receiver two job uncontested, currently going off the board

(46:47):
as wide receiver sixty two pick one. The Packers, No,
they have to diversify their passing offense, and I think
they're gonna have to force the ball to Lizard some
if only to establish there's some kind of throat on
the field other than Davante Adams. What's the one thing
people need to know about the Washington football team? At
guys has gone, Adrian is gone. Antonio Gibson is your

(47:10):
likely starter in Washington, and Ron Rivera seems to absolutely
love the guy and has compared him to c MC
as a threat in the passing game. Also, Washington is
going to pass a lot. Scott Turners four games as
Carolina's offensive coordinator last year, he passed sixty six point
three percent of the time. That is a lot. What
is the one thing we need to know in Buffalobrien Well,

(47:31):
for years it was hard to find a thing to
know about Buffalo when it came to fantasy football coming
out of training camp. But not this year. It's watch
out for the Bills. This offense is loaded, primarily Zack
moss Man. He's he's he's been the biggest mover this offseason,
especially when it comes to rookies. When we started talking
about Zack Moss which goes from our podcast before we

(47:53):
were over the air back in June two. Now he's
moved from the round to the fifth round. It's been
you know, it's been a remarkable change. Yeah, late second,
early third and rookie drafts Now he's mid until late first.
But I'm excited to watch the Buffalo Bills for the
first time in a long time, and a lot of
people should be too. The one thing you need to
know about the Houston Texans. Many reports from both reporters

(48:15):
and coaching saying that Will Fuller looks great, uh in
the best shape of his career, ready to pick up
the load from DeAndre Hopkins. Hopkins leaves behind one fifty
targets and Fuller appears to be the primary beneficiary of that.
We will talk about their Thursday match up with Kansas
City in detail a little later in this show. Matt,
what's the one thing we need to know about the

(48:35):
Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I think it's that they're all in
Brady Gronk for Net Evans, Godwin, Vaughan, McCoy, Rojoe, O j. Bread,
all our names. That I only needed a name, one name,
and you know who they are. Um So, in that case,
when the offense is so deeply, when the offense is

(48:56):
so deep, take the quarterback because you're gonna get points
at free time that that offense scores and you can
you can avoid some of the pitfalls of not getting
the right guy on the right date. So Tom Brady
is the guy that I want the most out of
the Bucks offense. All right, Brian, let's uh, what's the
one thing we need to know about the Cleveland Browns.
It's time for redemption tour. That's pretty much it. Remember

(49:17):
the lofty expectations last year for the offense. Everybody wanted Brown's.
Tampa Bay is the this year's Browns, Right, those expectations
are still reasonable. They weren't last year, but they're coming
at a great discount this year across the board outside
of Nick Chubb really, which is is justified based on
Cream Hunt being there. But you can get your Browns
way cheaper than last year, and they could, uh, they

(49:38):
could put up some massive We're talking point Orgies weekend
weak out. We're talking and we'll talk more about the
Browns and some specific players later in this show. The
one thing you need to know about the Indianapolis Colts
Paris Campbell, Michael Pittman. We've already talked about them some,
but I think the biggest stories here where was Paris
Campbell's bounced back into prominence and a guy that will

(49:59):
be a starter were the slot work outside brings size
and speed to the position. What's the one thing people
need to know about the Detroit Lions. Matt Kenny Golladay
is in a contract year, The Lions defense is below average,
and Matthew Stafford is back and healthy, and the running
backs are already injured. So Golladay has a great chance
to be a top five wide receiver at the end
of the year. Remember, he averaged eighty yards in almost

(50:21):
a touchdown per game last year in games with Matthew
Stafford Brian, what's the one thing to know from the
Jets this preseason? Now I'm paraphrasing here, but Adam Gaye
says Levon Bell looks like But I don't think that's exactly. Basically,
there are two Jets you want to draft in fantasy

(50:43):
leagues or acquire via auction. It's Jameson Crowder and Chris Herndon.
That's it. Disregard the rest. That's what you need to
know about. I don't even want them that much. For
the Kansas City Chiefs, the one thing you need to
know from their preseason, and I think the biggest story
is Clyde Edwards Hlaire becoming the start and Darryl Williams
as the probable change of pace back. And that's that's

(51:05):
been the biggest story. I have Clyde Edwards layer as
my number three charge. What about Peterson? Adrian Peterson to
the Chiefs? How does that sound to you? I don't
think it's happening. No, you you mentioned, I think you
mentioned on Twitter which team has the best shot of
going sixteen? And oh and did the Chiefs just run away?
Which Chiefs ran away with it? But I think the
right answer Baltimore. But the Chiefs ran away with it,

(51:27):
and I can understand why they will. They will score them.
They will score the most points in the league. Probably
they didn't last year. You know who did, Baltimore. Let's
go to the Seattle Seahawks. What's the one thing that
everybody needs to know from the preseason for Seattle? Um
Seattle's defense is really good and we haven't talked about that.
They added Quandre Digs, Jamal Adams, and Quentin Dunbar. So

(51:49):
I think I'm looking at Chris Carson to absolutely crush
this year as the Seahawks will play tough defense and
run the ball. Before his injury, Carson had twenty or
more carries in eight of his last ten games. It's
a good sign. I don't know why nobody likes Chris Carson. Don't.
It's like, well, I guess, I guess I gotta take
Chris Carson. I think he's gonna absolutely dominate. I think

(52:12):
he's gonna put up RB one numbers and you can
get him in the third round and all like I
got Chris Carson, so like last year, so many places, Brian,
what's the one thing people need to know about the
Denver Broncos preseason basically the most split backfield in football
right now. Matt kind of broke it down earlier, but
the one thing to know going into this draft weekend
is if you're going to draft a Denver running back,
just take Philip Lindsay many rounds later than Milton. That's

(52:35):
pretty much all I can come up with for Denver.
All right. For the Rams, we've already touched on this.
The most important thing that has materialized rookie Van Jefferson
blowing everybody away over the past two weeks and could
easily end up as the team's starting slot receivers quickly
as week one. Now what you may not know about
Van Jefferson, He's the son of longtime receiver Sean Jefferson,
and the dad's tutoring made him mentally ready for the NFL.

(52:58):
The one thing you need to know about the phil
Adelphia Eagles, Matt. No one can stay healthy. Miles Sanders,
Jalen reagor, Carson Wentzer all on the injury report for
week one, Alshon Jefferies on the pup on the offensive line.
Tackle Andre Dillard is on i R for the year,
so is Brandon Brooks, who plays guard Lane Johnson, has
been hurt for a few weeks and questionable for Week one.

(53:20):
It's the deal with the devil they made to win
super Bowl fifty two. It's all coming to a head
right now. This has been the most injured team for
like three straight years now, yeah, since Super Bowl fifty two.
All right, um, what's the one thing people need to
know about the Miami Dolphins? Bryant A lot of buzzy
players coming out of Dolphins camp. DeVante Parker, Preston Williams

(53:41):
might get sicky, but be warned. A brutal, brutal start
from Miami. Out of the gates. They get New England
and Buffalo in the first two weeks. That means Stephon
Gilmour and Tredavious what will be shadowing DeVante Parker the
Jaguars in week three. That's a that's a soft one.
But then Seahawks and then the forty Niners in the
following weeks. That is just an awful, awful start for
worst team in the NFL. How did this happen to them?

(54:03):
But is that the vision they're in? Poor Miami. I
don't think they're the worst team in the NFL, No,
not anymore, but they're there. The Jaguars are are motoring
toward that motor. The Vikings. The one thing you need
to know about Minnesota Vikings. The starting wide receiver opposite
Adam Feeling is expected to be b C. Johnson, not

(54:25):
Justin Jefferson. Not that Justin Jefferson has done anything wrong,
and he's looked very good, but b C. Johnson. Kirk
Cousins described when as having maybe the most improved camp
event of any player. Um BC's knowledge of the system
gets him a head start going into the season and
it's his job to lose as we go into Week one.
What's the one thing that people need to know about
the Cowboys? Matt Despite the coaching change, Kellen Moore is

(54:47):
still the play caller in Dallas, so there is consistency
with Doc and his offensive coordinator, and outside of the
Rams in Week one, Dallas has a very favorable pass
schedule to start the year. So loading up on Cowboys
in your draft is not a bad idea at all,
because Prescott has a pretty good chance of leading the NFC,
but maybe even the NFL in passing yards this year.

(55:09):
Great weapons for sure. Brian what's the one thing people
don't need to know about the Patriots offseason? Of all preseason?
Who knows what you need to know? In New England?
Who is the lead backing to be now that Damien
Harris is hurt? Is Cam Newton going to be good again?
There's nothing definitive coming out of Patriots camp. And I
can tell you right now, yeah, Like, all right, we'll

(55:29):
go to the Saints. I look, what can I tell you? Like,
I don't know what I'm doing? Is the starting quarterback?
You need to know? That's pretty much it. Yeah, and
we'll see what happens. The thing you need to know
about the New Orleans Saints has mentioned earlier in the show,
Alvin Kamari's contract situation and the courtisone shot. I think
those are the biggest storylines there and what has otherwise
been a quiet offseason for them. Matt, what's the one

(55:52):
thing people need to know about the Giants? I hope
I'm not stepping on Brian Johnson's touchdown call from a
later segment here, but trade for the Giants players a
week five? People will be freaking out about se Quan
and Danny Dimes after they're starting. Uh, schedule of Pittsburgh, Chicago,
San fran the Rams, and Dallas in the first five weeks.
But their offense is going to get going. I'm a

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believer in their offense and it'll get going in weeks
six and beyond. What's the one thing to know from
the Tennessee Titans, Ryan Tannehill said, Derrick Henry is catching
the ball more confidently in training campus year. And if
he Derrick Henry that is, can see some adequate target
totals for once in his career target totals of fifteen, seventeen, eighteen,

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and twenty four that is nothing. Just give us fifty
Mike Vrabel and he's pushing Christian McCaffrey for RB one.
If he can get more involved in the passing game,
that's just over one more target per game. It's not
a lot. It's not the one thing you need to
know from Steelers preseason. Ben Roethlisberger looks like his old self,
well not his old self, and that he's thirty eight

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years old, not that old self. He just looks like
his old self before the elbow injury, which is a
good sign. Strength and velocity seems to be there. Um
the impressive camp of Chase Claypool suggests a big bend
will have four capable wide receivers to throw to this year.
What's the one thing people need to know about the
Falcons preseason? My belief is they will be the same
offense as they were last year. Julio and Calvin Ridley

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will continue to put up big numbers. Hayden Hurst seems
prime to replicate Austin Hooper, and Todd Gurley seems just
as injury prone and questionable as Davante Freeman was last year.
And defensively, they're still mediocre and they should be playing
catch up for most of the year. Brian, what's the
one thing people need to know? Based on the preseason
for the Bengals? We already mentioned Joe Mixing was extended.

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A J. Green already dinged up in training camp. The
one thing you need to know is it's Joe Burrow time. Baby.
He's bringing very much excitement to that offense despite the A. J.
Green injury, and uh, there's there's hope in Cincinnati for
the first time in a long time. Brian, aren't you
excited about? I Am your Cincinnati Bengals. The one thing
to know about the forty nine ers, massive number of
injuries to receivers. Jalen Hurd on, I are Tavon, Tavon

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in Austin on, I r J J. Nelson on, I
are Deebo Samuel the foot injury that may or may
not be ready by Week one. Brandon Ayuk with a
hamstring injury that has cost him a couple of weeks
of practice for a rookie that really needed it. And
Kendrick Borne is the only fully healthy Quas Eyes. He
wasn't even a starter, you know, just somebody that's a
veteran on the team. He was a good red zone

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target last year. It's about all he wants. But he
may be your starter week one. And and uh, that
might be a sneaky Week one play for although I can't.
I really hope nobody needs a sneaky Week one play
in Week one. Maybe DFS, Maybe maybe DFS. Let's go
to the Cardinals, Matt, what's the one thing you need
to know based on the preseason in Arizona? Kyler Murray
is the player you want from the Cardinals on your roster.

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DeAndre Hopkins is a great addition, but he's been injured
for a lot of camp and has very little acclamation
time in this offense, but he joins Christian Kirk, Larry Fitzgerald,
Andy Isabella, Dan Arnold and uh and some solid pass
catching backs. I probably won't get any Cardinals at their
current a DP, except I might reach for Kyler Murray.
Let's go to the Jacksonville Jaguars. What's the one thing

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we need to know there? They released Leonard four Nette.
Of course, that backfield up in the air with divine
zigbo right Hill Armstead. Chris Thompson will be the past
catching back. But it's really it's just gonna be ride
or die with Gardner Minshew. Baby jackson is gonna be
throwing the ball of the time. Can I take a
die on on that? He's just gonna chuck the ball

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so much it is, there's gonna be a lot of
volume there. So I would say ignore the running game
in Jacksonville and focus on Gardner Minshew J. Chark. That's
about it. What over under would you put on Gardner
Minshew pass attempts this year? Well, he clear six fifty,
because that's a really really high number. He might average
thirty five a game. I mean, it's it's gonna be

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a big it's gonna be a big number, no doubt.
They'll be behind constantly. The one thing you need to
know from Ravens camp a big step forward from both
of last year's rookies, Markus Brown and Miles boy Can
in camp Um. We talked about them a little bit
last segments. I'm not gonna spend a lot of time
on them, but both have improved and look like they
are both draftable, although nobody's drafting Miles boy Can. Accept me.
Let's go to the Chicago Bears, Matt your final team.

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What is the most notable thing to come out of
this preseason? Allen Robinson is going to catch about a
million passes this year because the rest of that offense
looks like a complete disaster. The quarterback situation is still
not settled. They haven't settled in their Week one starter yet.
David Montgomery is injured and he wasn't really the best
player in the league when he was healthy. Anthony Miller
is kind of a nice piece and emerging a little bit.

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But this is all about Allen Robinson setting personal bests
in every mark as he enters a contract here. That
was a that was a lot of things, not just
one thing. But know the two quarterbacks. It's not like
they've both been so good that Chicago can't figure out
who they could possibly bench. It's been the opposite. Unfortunately,

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neither quarterback has stepped up. I can't imagine why they
didn't get in the Cam Newton bandwagon. There our final
I'm maybe they're playing for draft picks. I don't know
they're going maybe the secretly going for Trevor Lawrence. Our
five team is the Los Angeles Chargers. Brian, what's the
one thing to know from their preseason? Austin Ekeler is
going to eat right matt yum rb one potential still

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going too late in most drafts, in the late or
early second lad first, But it's all about Austin Ekela
in that offense going into this season. If you would
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back guys to trade for and or pick up in October,
which also means there are guys you don't want to
have right now, We'll tell you why and who you
settle a calendar reminder for October? Is this super premature
premature speculation? That's that's right, the most premature possible speculations.
When we come back to Fantasy Football Week, Welcome back

(01:02:11):
Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Bultiarchie and my co host
are Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson and Guillotine Leads dot
com and Chuck Fantasy dot Com. The segment is devoted
to guys that were not as interested in right now,
but we think that there's a real trade for and

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or pick up opportunity in October. So we're planning ahead
a little bit. I literally used my calendar program on
my computer with reminders. I did this last year with
with Jets, where their schedule was brutal out of the gate,
and so I had a reminder from November, Hey, take
another look at Jets. They had the really, really tough

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schedule early on. There we've identified, Brian, I have identified
a player at every position that we think are going
to be trade or pick up candidates in October. Brian,
let's start at the quarterback position. Matt did mow my
lawn a little bit. But that's okay. I can expand
on this, and it's Daniel Jones who is going off
the board as a top twelve quarterback right now. People

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are are entrusting him to be a starter going into
Week one, but starting in Week one, Daniel Jones is
not startable. And it starts with Pittsburgh, who allowed six
passing touchdowns across the first two games of last season.
Then they acquired Minka Fitzpatrick and they allowed seventeen passing
touchdowns over the next fifteen weeks. I'm sorry, fourteen weeks.
That's not a lot, just over one per game. Brutal

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match up there. Then at Chicago seventeen touchdown passes allowed
all season, towards the bottom of the list of touchdown
passes allowed. San Francisco Week three allowed twenty three touchdown passes,
not a lot. No other quarterback through more than two
touchdown passes other than Drew Brees he had five touchdowns
once against the forty nine. Is only four quarterbacks top
two forty passing yards against San Francisco, So we're over

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three on Daniel Jones out of the gate. And then
the Rams in Week four allowed twenty three passing touchdowns
last year, but after Jalen Ramsey was acquired UH and
started playing for them in Week seven, they allowed zero
or one passing touchdowns and seven of the remaining ten games.
And then, as Mass said, Dallas in Week five only
allowed two forty passing yards at one point two passing

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touchdowns per game last year. That's five bad matchups out
of the game for Daniel Jones. I think the Dallas
secondary takes a big step back this year, but it's
still it's very tough. Daniel Jones is in October target
and we'll like him a lot more then, but can
the good parts of October. Week six, they get Washington
team allowed the third most passing touchdowns last season. Giants

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also get Washington team in week nine, so weeks six
and nine they get Washington and then in between Philly
in Week seven and Tampa Bay in Week eight allowed
the third most yards and thirty passing touchdowns to quarterbacks
last year, and Danny Dimes had his coming out party
against the Bucks last year. Two passing touchdowns to rushing touchdowns.

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So brutal start, But the schedule gets softer and that
team will jail as time goes on despite their awful GM.
Dave Gettlman, Okay, I'm Johnder. That's fine. Uh. The quarterback
that I believe you'll want to trade for in October
and you don't want now is a Derek Carr. You
actually wanted to trade for him. You'll just pick him
up because they'll be dropped now. The Raiders have got
a tough Releaseason schedule, but Week one is very favorable.

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They've got Carolina. I think he could get something done
against Carolina, but then it gives brutal is. Maybe it's
the worst schedule of of any team over the next
few weeks. Saints, Patriots, Bills, Chiefs bye week, so we're
just gonna skip those first five games altogether. Then after
that is after not quite better. Well after that, I
think he gets if he's even on a roster. I

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think he gets dropped on the bye week, and then
Derek Carr comes back and schedule gets much easier for
the rest of the way. I think, maybe you disagree,
but then I think cars starting receivers who are both rookies,
Henry Ruggs, Bryan Edwards, they'll have six weeks of the
NFL under their belt. So those guys start, you know,
acclimating to the NFL Derek Cark back schedule gets easier.
I'm a lot more interested in them. I take car

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in November, when the schedule actually gets really, really easy.
We go to the running back position. Brian, who is
your running back? Your targeting in October? But not September.
We're staying in Las Vegas? Why not? And Josh Jacobs
is the answer here. Now this starts very meaty for
Josh Jacobs against Carolina and Week one, who allowed twenty

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seven rushing touchdowns two running backs last year. It's a
great Week one matchup, eighteen was the next highest rushing
touchdown total allowed to running backs. But after that it
is an absolutely brutal stretch for Josh Jacobs starting in
Week two with New Orleans only allowed seven rushing touchdowns
running backs last year. New England in Week three one

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rushing touchdown allowed to running backs last year, then Buffalo
the following week only nine rushing touchdowns allowed. At Kansas
City in Week five, only ten rushing touchdowns allowed to
running backs by the Chiefs. And that's gonna be a
flipped game script for Linda. They're gonna be passing the
ball heavily, and then Tampa Bay in Week six only
allowed eight rushing touchdowns are running backs. The only team

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to allow fewer than a thousand rushing yards to running
backs all year were the Buccaneers. So outside of that
Week one matchup for Jacobs against Carolina is five brutal games,
and by then the owner of Joss Jacobs is gonna
be fed up and looking to deal, just in time
to face the Cleveland Browns, who allowed more than rushing
games hundred sorry hundred ten rushing yards per game to

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running backs last year and fourteen rushing touchdowns that was
fourth most. Then they get the Chargers allowed also allowed
fourteen rushing touchdowns running backs last year, just lost Derwin
James for the year as well, the l A Chargers
and then the Broncos, who weren't as generous to running
backs last year, but Josh Jacob scored twice against them
in Week one, so the schedule softens up big time
for Josh Jacobs, so don't draft him, but trade for

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him in October. The running back I want to trade
four in October but don't want in September is Philip Lindsay. Hey,
I love Philip Lindsay anyway. I mean, you know, I'm
looking for excuses, but here's a pretty good one. The
brutal early season schedule. Titans, Steelers, Bucks, Jets, Patriots. It's
a disaster through five weeks. Now you're the Broncos. You

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just signed shiny new free agent Melvin Gordon. I think
they'll try to use him copiously in those five weeks,
and I don't think he's gonna fare very welc those
are great defenses. And also, I'm not even sure Melvin
Gordon's all that good. He was Pro Football Focuses forty
one ranked running back last year, well below Philip Lindsay.
Vic Fangio may come to a realization by October that

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Lindsay's just better and start ramping up usage. And as
we discussed earlier in the show, we think the usage
isn't gonna be out far off anyway, Lindsay is an
excellent goal line back. People think that Melvin Gordon is
the for sure goal line back. You're wrong. Philip Lindsay
over his career eight for eight on carries inside the
five converted to touchdowns. So I think you're all that together.
The easier schedule and everything else. And I like Philip

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Lindsay as my October target to go to the wide
receiver position. Brian who is a guy that you don't
like in September but you do like in October. I'm
gonna lump them together if that's okay. And that's Julio
Jones and Calvin Ridley of the Atlanta Falcons. The the
past catcher you want a draft now is Hayden Hurst
the tight end. Atlanta gets Seattle and Dallas out of

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the gate. They are two of the three teams that
allowed a thousand plus yards to tight ends last year. Now,
Seattle and Dallas have been an awful matchup for wide
receivers in recent years. And keep in mind Seattle acquired
Jamal Adams from the New York Jets might be the
best free safety and all the football. So Seattle only
allowed twelve wide receiver touchdowns all year last year, not

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a lot. Dallas allowed thirteen. They get them in Week two,
Then in Week three they get Chicago, who allowed only
nine wide receiver touchdowns, and then the Packers in Week
four only allowed eleven wide receiver touchdowns. This is the
bottom of the barrel in terms of touchdowns allowed to
wide receivers in the first four weeks for Julio Jones
and Calvin Ridley. But then starting in week five, they
get Carolina, who allowed the fifth most yards two wide

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receivers last year, the Vikings. Then in week six, Okay,
but we're talking about hating hursts the tight end. No, No,
Calvin Ridley and Julio Jones. I'm saying the guy you
wanted to draft now is hating the receivers first, is
the guy you want to start Ridley and Julie. So
starting in week five, it gets better for Julio and

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Calvin Ridley with Carolina and then Minnesota eighteen wide receiver
touchdowns allowed last year, lost all their cornerbacks. Essentially week seven,
they get the Lions twenty wide receiver touchdowns allowed last
year by Detroit who also lost Darius Slay. And then
they get Carolina again, who I just mentioned. So four
veryous soft games starting in Week five for the Atlanta Whiteouts.

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Don't draft them trade for him. I also have a
pair of Whiteouts Brown's wide receivers, Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham.
We've talked earlier how we think the Browns are the
Browns of this year are going to be the Browns
everybody thought they were getting last year. They have a
tricky early season schedule and then it becomes one of
the easiest the rest of the year. From October four ward.
Is only one game that will give you pause with
Landry and Beckham, and that is a trip to Pittsburgh.

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The other Steelers matchup is week seventeen, so we don't
have to worry about that one at all. Can I
give you a bonus one? Please? Will Fuller Houston starts
with Kansas City, Baltimore. Pittsburgh, Minnesota is a little bit
easier in Jacksonville is a little bit easier, but those
first three weeks and they will be the first three
weeks of September. By the way, October one, go get

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Will Fuller because I think he's about to go off
in a major way at that time. All right, and Brian,
let's go to the tight end position. I got Miami's
Mike Gisicki, who has moved into the top twelve tight
ends drafted. He starts at New England, who allowed four catches,
forty three yards and zero point three eight touchdowns per
game to tight ends last year. Only one tight end
top seventy yards against New England that was zach Ertz.

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Travis Kelsey couldn't even do it. He had the second
most yards against the Patriots was sixty six. Then he
gets Buffalo in week two. He totaled eight catches for
fifty nine yards in the two games against Buffalo last year,
Mike Giski. That is, Buffalo allowed less catches, yards and
touchdowns per game to tight ends than the Patriots did.
And then Jacksonville in Week three, tight end was the

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one position they could defend. Last year they allowed the
fifth few as catches the tight ends, so on paper,
not a great matchup for Gisicki UH in Week three
either against Jacksonville. But then starting in week four, he
gets Seattle, who I mentioned earlier one of the three
teams will allow one thousand plus yards at tight ends. UH.
San Francisco in Week five. I don't like that as much,
but maybe George Kittle will give him some good advice
after the game, so that's a that's a plus. But

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then back to the good stuff in week six with Denver,
who allowed the fourth fourth most yards to tight ends. UH.
Then the Charges, which is a neutral matchup than the Rams,
who allowed the ninth most yards tight ends. And then
wait for it, we cap it off with the Arizona
Cardinals from Mike Gasicki. So you definitely want to trade
for him in October. Don't draft him in September though,

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all right, the guys that I want to trade for
in October and don't on September the Cardinals tight end.
Cardinals have the fifth toughest Timber schedule for tight ends.
Who's that? But then relaxes to the second easiest schedule
for tight ends in October and it's middle to pack
in November. But who even is the Cardinals tight end

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at Max Williams? I think? Is that? Who you want?
Is that the guy Dan Arnold? Buy, go, go, Just
tell everybody about Dan Arnold again one more time. Dan
Arnold is the second coming of Darren Waller basically, and
this is the last time you're gonna hear it. Converted
wide receiver out of Wisconsin Platteville, drafted, I'm sorry, undrafted,

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signed by the Saints, but he was on the Arizona
Cardinals last year. Didn't get any real run until the
last uh three or four games of this season. But
you extrapolate his numbers and they are I popping, you know.
And chart went against Dan Arnold here, Brian, you easily
could have gone against John Hu Smith, who starts the
season with four top twelve tight end defenses in the

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first five weeks in Denver, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo in
the first five weeks. John Nu Smith is a guy
that you might not want to draft stop that, but
you might want to go get him. He's gonna have
some inconsistent games in that stretch and everybody on Twitter
is gonna be all on me at Paul, how do

(01:14:15):
you like Johnny Smith? Now? You loser? You know? And
then watch he is gonna he is going to take
off after that? Do they call you a loser? Worse
than that? It's Twitter absolutely. When we come back the
Thursday night game, we are just days away from the season,
we're gonna break it down fantasy style with letter grades

(01:14:36):
and every player just like we normally do, and our
final set of sleepers for this preseason find out who
they are as well. Many of us still drafting. It's
an opportunity to get some of these final sleeper players
onto your roster. Will tell you who they are. When
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We've got a game on Thursday, guys, hit charts. I
wanted to mention we have a trade offer between you
and I in one of our Empire leagues right now,
and I was about to accept this, and I wanted
to see what Brian said before I hit accept. I

(01:16:06):
don't remember what it is anymore. He gives me t
Y Hilton. You want me to be the meddler. You'd
be the meddler because you're in the league too. I'm
gonna give him johnnu Smith in a second round pick.
After all of a sudden, I get Hilton, he gets
John in a second what do you think. Yeah, I
don't John Suit. I have Travis Kelsey. This is just

(01:16:26):
because I love John Smith, that's all. So Only no
normal person would even offer this trade. Only the the
head cheerleader of the John Smith fan club would offer
this trade. He's convincing me to make this trade. Well,
just stupid trade for me. I'm not even start John Smith.
I've got Travis Kelsey. Alright, I'm hitting Smith might be

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your best wide receiver on that. You know, there's something
trade accepted. Thursday night, we've got a We've got a
actual and NFL football game. Ye are all fans in
Kansas City to some order capacity if I would say
something something, Uh, this is gonna be Houston's third trip

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to Kansas City in the past twelve games there twice
last year and now here they are going back to
Kansas City again. And they held up well both times.
Uh well for a while. In that playoff game, they
were up twenty four nothing and then it all disintegrated fast.
But they won the other one, didn't They um the
regular season? Believe they did that. You can take You're

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not positive about that, you know. And it's funny because
I looked at that game blog a plenty of times.
We did research on this, but it's fantasy. Do I
care who won the game? No, I cared about all
the players did. Let's start with the Houston side of
the ball. Deshaun Watson. In the prior to games from
last year, we threw a whopping forty two and fifty
two times, which helped him average three hundred thirty passing yards.

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He also ran in three touchdowns. The Chiefs have struggled
against rushing quarterbacks for a while. They allowed the second most,
second most, and fifth most quarterback rushing touchdowns over the
past three years. But even if he doesn't rush for
a touchdown, Um, you know, the arm could beat an
improved Chief secondary. But I don't think it necessarily in
a big way that this was a good secondary last year.

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Of the last nine games of last year, including the playoffs,
the Chiefs aw just one passing touchdown per game. Really
hope he gets the rushing touchdown. Yeah, they did win.
In a week six, Houston went into Kansas City and one,
thank you very much, Mahomes was hurt. I believe in
that a B grade. No Mahomes played that game, great hurt.

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The next game be great for Deshaun Watson, be great
for his receivers, Will Fuller and Brandon Cooks. Uh, the
Chiefs are gonna be without marijuana enthusiast. By the way,
that's what he calls himself. We all got to be
enthused about something. The suspended cornerback leaves Kansas City very

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thin at left corner, so thin that defensive coordinators Eavespagnola
says that he might need to use a hot hand
approach at cornerback. When it was the last time you
heard that, I never heard that. Um starter Chip Various
Ward is very good, but he plays the right side
of the field exclusively, so it'll be pretty easy to
avoid him whenever they want to. Fuller and Cooks are

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going to see plenty of work with DeAndre Hopkins leaving
a hundred fifty targets behind. Fuller scored in just one
game last year. I had forgotten that just one game
with a touchdown last year for Fuller. Cooks is currently
non concussed, so you can start him while you can.
Both players have an opportunity just because of the lack
of depth at the cornerback position. A B grade for

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both of those guys, staying um with the passing game.
Randall Cobb is on the bench because running out of
the slot, he draws Tyronne Matthew, so he is dead
to us. Matthews awesome in coverage. Let's go to the
running backs. David Johnson gets a B grade. Last year,
Kansas City ranked twenty five and rushing yards per game,
two in rushing touchdowns allowed, and that front seven is

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basically unchanged. This team is really built to pressure quarterbacks,
not stop the run. Last year, Bill O'Brien stubbornly gave
Carlos Hyde sixteen touches per game despite his woeful results
in Johnson should get sixteen in this game, which should
be enough to get him near one hundred yards in
a possible touchdown. If there's a goal line opportunity, David
Johnson should get it. I just can't wait to see.

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Are we gonna get fat, lazy David Johnson? The trim
smelt David Johnson. He was the top five running back
for the first five weeks last season. We'll find out
B grade Duke Johnson startable grade C grade. Jeeves allowed
the most running back receiving yards last year and the
fourth most receptions. That's a lot of why I like him.

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Duke touched the ball just six and seven times in
the two meetings last year with Kansas City, but he
did score in one of those. So you're not gonna
get necessarily a lot of output, but hopefully the the
work that he gets will end up with something substantial.
Let's go to the Kansas City side easy eg aids
for Patrick Mahomes, Tyree Kill, Travis Kelsey. I'm not going
to spend a lot of time on those guys. They

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will probably rank it number one or close to number
one on my Week one rankings at their respective positions
in the two meetings last year, Mahomes through eight touchdowns,
Kelsey hammer Houston in the playoff game for ten catches
hundred thirty or four yards and three touchdowns, and Houston
secondary last year was brutal, ranking twenty nine and yards
allowed twenty nine and touchdowns allowed. And Bill O'Brien g M.

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Bill O'Brien brought back the entire the entire secondary, baffling
that he did not address that secondary in the off
Are you saying Bill O'Brien makes a few baffling moves
as the GM here and they're breaking news Fantasy Football
Weekly learned opener restaurant called the baffle House. I'm so
sorry you said, let's go all right, let's go to

(01:21:51):
Clyde Edwards at even a Dad and that was legendary. Remember,
Andy Reid gave this is what I want you to
go back in the time machine to twenty seventeen Week one.
We have a time machine, sounder, You're right, we do.
Let's go just like that. Welcome to two thousand seventeen

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Week one. So much better. But little did we know
how great was? It's Week one. The Chiefs are traveling
to the Patriots. They are big underdogs. Andy Reid unleash
is rookie running back Kareem Hunt in his first ever game,

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golden sombrero twenty one touches for Kareem Hunt in that game.
Week one, Andy Reid, it will not hesitate to use
his rookie running back right off the bat like Hunt. Cream. Sorry,
Clyde Edwards. Hilaire is in every down back and I
expect a healthy workload here. Houston was a bad rush
defense last year, ranking twenty yards per cary, and they

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could be worse this year. Houston is without last year's
run stuffing nose tackle DJ Reader, and they tried to
sign another run stuffing tackle, Timmy Journe again, but he
couldn't pass the physical. Now they have to start rookie
Russ Blacklock at defensive tackle, making his first start. What's more,
last year, Houston allowed the second most running back receptions,

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the second most receiving yards, and the most running back
receiving touchdowns in the league. It's all coming up perfectly
for Clyde's Edwards, a layer, a terrific pass catcher. And
by the way, again in the time Machine two thousand seventeen,
three months, first game, five receptions for receiving yards. Give me,

(01:23:41):
give me a projected stat line for Clyde just just
in this game, one thousand total yard? How many touchdowns?
Two azing? He's an A grade, Clyde Edwards a lawyer.
I think I'll use him in DFS. You might want
to Let's go to the Let's go to the receivers.
We haven't talked about me Cole Hardman and Sammy Watkins.

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Who gets C grades here is really just kind of
a dart throw. Neither did anything in last year's two matchups.
But the secondary for the taxes is so bad that
I think either one of them viable dart throw, especially
maybe in DFS uh Watkins works the slot a lot
where we'll see a very vern burnable Vernon Hargreaves. I
called him vernable. How about burning Hargreaves. That's even better,

(01:24:25):
Vernon hard Graves, that's fantastic vern degree. No. Hard Greaves
allowed forty eight yards and half a touchdown in his
coverage with Houston last year. We all expect Hardman to
have an expanded role in twenty and it could start
right here in the opener. I think we all think
Nicole Hardman will get more activity than he did last year.

(01:24:46):
If Sammy Watkins somehow has a big Week one game,
oh no, especially after Tyreek Hill gets hurt straight immediately. Yes,
we all got burned on that last year. UM. In
our final moments of the show, here, let's go to
our final set of Sleepers. We've given out five shows
of Sleepers, fifteen different players. Our final set begins here
with Matt h I have Trey Burton, and Trey Burton

(01:25:10):
is injured right now and the Colts are likely to
put him on I R. But why am I advocating
for him as I are you advocating for Guy because weeks.
As I mentioned before, I R is different this year.
You only need to spend three weeks on I R,
and teams can bring back unlimited players from I R
if your league allows I our spots. And this is

(01:25:32):
specifically for leagues that do allow I our spots. Don't
pick up Trey Burton if you're just in a normal league.
Pick him up if they allow I our spots. Because
Philip rivers favorite target in camp when healthy was Trey Burton,
and it wasn't that close. According to a handful of
cold speat reporters, Philip Rivers has made a ton of
viable Fantasy tight end one options Antonio Gates and Hunter

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Henry just in the last few years, and Frank Reich's
offense uses two tight ends more than most. Plus Burton
was a big part of his Super Bowl winning offense
in Philly a few years ago. Jack Doyle is also
dinged up. He's missed a ton of time over the
last few years, and the coaching staff us Burton is
more of the Eric Ebron of this offense. And remember
we're only a year removed from Eric Ebron having thirteen

(01:26:17):
touchdowns for the Cold's offense. So I think if Trey
Burton's in that role and he comes back healthy, he
could be a sneaky guy that you could slot in
as they take a chance on me kind of tight
end And he definitely will be a premature speculation in
about week three. All right, Brian, who is your final
sleeper for the preseason? Now? If you get sniped on

(01:26:38):
Dan Arnold? Is your tight end to you? Don't you
don't want to pivot to Trey Burton? What you want
to pivot to? C Juma? Yeah, he's doing always been
in Tyler Ibert's Crippled Shadow, Shadow of the Body and
the Cane. But Ipert's gone. C j Uzoma is the

(01:26:58):
guy now at tight end for since the Daddie. And
if you haven't noticed, they have a new quarterback, I
mean and no one more number one overall picked Joe
Burrow going to massively improve that offense. The Bengals had
the second easiest schedule for tight ends when it comes
to strength of schedule for fantasy football, and as Matt
talked about earlier in the show, outside of Tyler Boyd,
there's a lot of question marks at wide receiver. A J.

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Green is hurt. They're not even sure who's starting between
other Mike Thomas always hurt. C j Uzoma could be
the red zone target for the Bengals going into this season.
These are deep, deep plays right here at the tight
end position. I'm going with Benny Snell. He's the running
back for the Pittsburgh Steelers and arguably the wobbili is

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starting running back in the NFL's James Conner. His injuries
are well documented and common knowledge. You know about that.
He's repeatedly proven that he can't be a workhorse back
without breaking down. Last year, Pittsburgh only gave him more
than fourteen carries two times, and in both of those
games he got hurt. When he finally came back at
the end of the season, Connor was only getting five,
eight and six carries in the final three games of

(01:28:05):
the season. That's it. Benny Snell locked in. Is the
number two running back for a good offense, and he
started two games last year. Benny Snell did eight yards
and ninety one yards for Benny Snell. I think he
is going far, far too late, and he could end
up emerging as the starting running back either due to

(01:28:25):
injury to James Connor, or because Benny Snell just better
than James Conner. That could be the case. Thanks for listening, everybody.
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