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2:18Off to the races! And he stays at his feet!
2:21He's just gonna go the distance! Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath.
2:26And it's a big day here in the FFT world.
2:30Welcome to the show. It is Monday, August 24th.
2:32Adam Azer and Heath Cummings. Jamie Eisenberg joining us shortly.
2:36FFT Open underway. Heath Cummings had the first pick in the Heath Cummings division and he took?
2:41Jameer Gibbs. Jameer Gibbs. Very good. I have the eighth pick.
2:45I'm hoping to make two picks today. Slow drafts for the 36 divisions.
2:49Now, not all of them have started because we still have 10 spots.
2:53I believe we only have 10 spots left, Heath.
2:5610 spots. That is fantastic. Fantastic. I think we're gonna do it.
2:59I think we're gonna sell it out and raise $99,000 for St.
3:03Jude Children's Hospital. So some of the leagues will start Thursday if we haven't sold them because Wednesday night is our draft-a-thon show.
3:11I'll tell you more about that later. But also, why am I in a good mood?
3:16Because it looks like, don't know yet, looks like Ashton Gentry avoided a worst-case scenario.
3:20Calling it an ankle sprain. But we haven't heard from the team yet.
3:25But yesterday, there was definitely concern that this was a very long-term injury for Ashton Gentry.
3:30The Browns named a starting quarterback. We already put the over-under on two and a half games of him being the starting quarterback.
3:37But we'll get to that. And today, risers and fallers, not only in the rankings, but looking at CBS ADP.
3:43We'll take a look at David Montgomery up five spots.
3:46DJ Moore up four spots in ADP. Jonathan Brooks up nine spots.
3:50And he's actually going 68th on NFC average draft position over the last six days.
3:55We'll tell you which players are falling as well.
3:58Heath, give me your reaction to the Ashton Gentry news.
4:01He goes down in practice yesterday. Dave Richard was at the practice.
4:05And I think there's a general sense of surprise that it wasn't worse than what's being called a sprained ankle right now.
4:12And we don't know how bad the sprain is.
4:15So I think we've hopefully dodged the season-ending bullet.
4:18We don't know if we've dodged the missing the start of the year.
4:22I, late last night, had moved it to Ashton Gentry at the 3-4 turn.
4:26Mike Washington I drafted in round eight of a draft that was going on last night.
4:31This morning, I have really struggled with Gentry against basically everyone in round three.
4:36So definitely not. I moved him behind Derrick Henry, behind Saquon Barkley, behind all those running backs that might go in round two.
4:43Right now, I have him at the 2-3 turn.
4:46Mike Washington at the 9-10 turn. This is still a fluid situation.
4:50And either one of those guys could still be moved during the show.
4:54Yeah, listen, if you're in the FFT Open and your spot comes up and you're thinking about taking Gentry, I would wait three hours.
5:01I would take the clock the entire time. If we get to the 2-3 turn in my league after I just took
5:08Jameer Gibbs first and Ashton Gentry is available, I will use every second of the clock.
5:13That's six hours you have there. I guess technically, no, I think it would probably just auto-pick me after a three.
5:20Well, you could take two hours, 59 minutes, make a pick, and then we'll take another three.
5:26I hope that doesn't happen. Jamie, where are you at on the Raiders running backs right now?
5:31Almost the same spot Heath is. I think the 2-3 turn makes sense.
5:35He's in round three for me, but that's the spot after all the other running backs we had in the top 12.
5:42I do think that, like Heath said, we just don't have all the information yet.
5:47We don't know if it's a high ankle sprain.
5:50We don't know if he fractured anything in his ankle.
5:53We just don't have all the details. It sucks that Dave's not going to be there again.
5:58He was at the practice yesterday when he got hurt, Dave Richard.
6:02Hopefully, we get some more information and fantasy managers can react.
6:06The drafts last night, like Heath, I'm sure, alluded to were wild.
6:09I had somebody text me that he still went 13th overall.
6:13I saw some drafts where they were back-to-back, Washington and Gente.
6:16It's just one of those things where timing of drafts matter and why we try to have you wait as long as possible.
6:24We'll see. We'll see. I hope it's great news.
6:26We got good news. I hope it's great news that it's a mild ankle sprain or not a significant high ankle sprain
6:33that he's not going to miss a lot of time in the regular season.
6:38Yeah. So, we have a question. If you knew Josh Jacobs were not getting suspended, would you take Jacobs or Gente?
6:45Jacobs. I mean, again, not knowing the Gente length of injury right now, it's close.
6:49So, I guess just to be smart, you'd lean or be safe.
6:53I guess you lean Jacobs. Yeah. And then you just mentioned this comes from Autumn Voyage.
6:58Ankle sprain did a number on Jonathan Taylor. I'm worried about a four to six week.
7:03And him and Gentry not being as explosive for a while, even after that.
7:08But Jamie just said that that was a high ankle sprain for Jonathan Taylor.
7:12And he missed three games. And I've kind of gone over.
7:16Yeah. I don't remember all the details. I feel like he wasn't as good, but also his yards per carry was like
7:234.7 yards per carry after the high ankle sprain.
7:26And I think it was 4.8 before. CeeDee Lamb had a high ankle sprain in week three last year.
7:32He came back and he was great. So, but this is not, from what we've heard, not a high ankle.
7:38Well, I wouldn't say that. Just we haven't heard that it is a high ankle sprain.
7:43We have no information right now. I think the things you got to factor in with Gente, which you were clearly factoring
7:50in before, and now you're throwing an injury on top of it.
7:54Their projected win total is five and a half.
7:57They have among the worst schedules in the NFL.
8:00They still don't have their quarterback situation settled, which isn't necessarily a bad thing because they seem to be comfortable and confident
8:07with where both guys are in terms of Kirk Cousins and Mendoza.
8:10But we know it's still a limited offensive skill, limited offensive weaponry on this roster.
8:15So there were things that were working against him to begin with, and now you're just throwing in the biggest thing, which is this injury.
8:23So when, again, when you're comparing him to Josh Jacobs at this point or Kyron Williams, those guys that are going in
8:30early to mid-round three, Javante Williams, you can certainly pass on Gente and take those other guys.
8:35I think it's just easy at this point to all the other top 12 running backs to just say, okay, I'm taking
8:42all those guys, Derrick Henry, Saquon Barkley, Ken Walker, just keep working your way up.
8:47They're just in a much better spot right now just under the circumstances.
8:51Okay, two more questions. Go ahead. No, I think the way that Washington has popped in the preseason, and I kind of
8:58thought he was a little underrated before this all happened.
9:01Like, I don't think we are getting a Ken Walker, Zach Charbonnet.
9:05People like to use that reference because of Kubiak.
9:08I don't think we're getting that type of split because I don't think Washington's going to take those high-value touches that Charbonnet took.
9:15But I do think it's likely that we see a bigger split than people were expecting between these two running backs.
9:22So last question. Someone asked who the backup is behind Mike Washington, and this is a bad running back room at this point.
9:29That's one of the great appeals of Mike Washington as a backup is Dylan Laube.
9:34Dylan Laube. I think the one thing to even factor in if Jente does miss time, Darugumawale is going to probably play on third downs.
9:42And so that's the one sort of wrinkle to all this is that I think Washington benefits the most without question.
9:49But is there another guy? For me, I would anticipate it being Ogumawale.
9:53But I also think that if this is significant and we may not have dodged a bullet, then you're going to hear
10:00James Conner, Trey Benson, somebody that's on the bottom of somebody's roster.
10:04Dylan McLaughlin, for example, if the Broncos want to trade in division.
10:08Somebody. Isaac Garendo. You could get some name that we know may not be better than Washington.
10:13May be better than Washington. Going into Las Vegas and ruining that potential handcuff option right now.
10:18So there's still a lot of moving parts to this just to keep in mind.
10:23Okay. Just last question. The Raiders makes a ton of sense.
10:27Exactly. Last question. Let's just say, just to get your idea of how good he could be, if this were a season-ending
10:34injury, or Ashton Gentry won the lottery and retired, where would you rank Mike Washington?
10:38Or draft him? Right around Basial Toot and Jadarian Price.
10:41So like 26, 27. That's exactly what I was going to say.
10:45Okay. All right. Moving on. We've got Mike Evans leaving with a quad injury, but it was called precautionary, of course.
10:52Great stuff. But the better news is that Christian McCaffrey's back.
10:55And not only is Christian McCaffrey back, so is Jordan James.
10:59But Christian McCaffrey said that this was the plan all along, was to sit him during training camp and to ramp him
11:06up as he got closer to this season. So when we get into risers and followers, which will be soon, the guys
11:13will tell you why Christian McCaffrey is a riser.
11:16Dijon Stribling is a riser. Dijon Stribling is day-to-day with a shoulder injury.
11:20He practiced in a non-contact jersey. So I don't think that's a problem there.
11:24Mike Miyako, who covers the 49ers for NBC Sports Bay Area, he thinks that they could keep George Kittle out for week
11:31one, but he expects Mike Evans week one. But I think he may have said that before.
11:37Yeah, he did say that before this little precautionary quad injury for Mike Evans.
11:41Which one? Yeah. ESPN's Jordan Renan said that Najee Harris was signed under the premise that he's going to be a significant contributor.
11:48Which, not to take a shot at the right or anything, but it's like a little vague.
11:54I don't know exactly what that means. I do think it's good that Cam Scadaboo did not play against the Dolphins, and
12:01Tyrone Tracy and Devin Singletary did, and Tyrone Tracy fumbled.
12:04You know what Scadaboo's ADP is? No. 34.8. Oh, my goodness.
12:08That's incredibly atrocious. Yeah, that's very high. Let me see where it is on NFC over the last week.
12:14Scadaboo. Oh, I have it toggled to wide receivers.
12:16Sorry. Yeah, over the last week on these higher stake leagues, Cam Scadaboo is going as RB19.
12:22He's going 50th, but these are very wide receiver heavy leagues, so the running backs fall.
12:27But RB19, how does that sound to you guys for Scadaboo?
12:30It's a little too soon, but still the range for him, though.
12:34I just think when you see him on our site, he's ahead of Jamonte Williams.
12:39He's ahead of Travis A. Chan. He's ahead of Swift.
12:42Like, no way I could do that. Right. Okay.
12:45A few more news items here. We've got some quarterback news.
12:49Also, Rashad Bateman, turns out, was arrested in June on family violence charges.
12:53So that's been under wraps for a while, but we'll see if he's going to face a suspension.
12:58Rashad Bateman. A report, Heath, from Jonathan M. Alexander in the Houston Chronicle.
13:02It says, David Montgomery and Woody Marks could have close to a 50-50 split.
13:07Your thoughts? Yeah, I don't think it will be like the 50-50.
13:11I don't think it will be a 50-50 split, first off.
13:14I've been higher on Marks, lower on Montgomery for most of the summer.
13:18I don't think this is like a Kyron Corum or Swift Mononghi thing where they're necessarily sharing dry or splitting drives.
13:25I think Montgomery is still going to get all the goal line work, and you're still hoping for him to pay off at ADP by scoring double-digit touchdowns.
13:34I think Woody Marks is probably going to play more on passing downs than Montgomery.
13:39I think Montgomery's ADP is too high. I think Woody Marks' ADP is too low, and they'll hopefully come together a little bit.
13:46But as I looked at the notes, I noticed that David Montgomery's ADP is getting higher, not lower.
13:52Yeah, he's up to 51st on CBS. He's also 51st on NFC in that time frame the last six weeks.
13:58CBS, you know, we have... The one thing I don't love about ADP data is that, you know, I can't really set a date range on most websites.
14:07So it's got ADP from all over the place.
14:10That's why on NFC, you know, you can look at a certain date range.
14:14But Dave Montgomery ahead of Quinshawn Judkins on both websites, CBS and NFC ADP over the last six days.
14:20Is that Jamie? Heath, Jamie first. Montgomery or Judkins?
14:23Right now, Judkins, but they're back-to-back for me. You know, again, I think when you talk about the profile for both guys,
14:30you're expecting, you're hoping for touchdowns to probably be the saving grace here because you probably aren't going to get a ton of receptions.
14:38I think Judkins probably has a better chance to do that.
14:41But that said, the win total, the opportunities, if they were closer in age, I think it would be easier.
14:48Montgomery's probably in a better spot. So that's a move that I've been kicking back and forth.
14:53And Scadaboo, to be honest with you, too, because of this whole mess of how many players are there.
14:59So my rankings right now are Scadaboo, Judkins, Montgomery in that order.
15:03And I feel like Montgomery's in a better spot than both those guys.
15:07Heath? Heath's third for me. Judkins, Scadaboo, Montgomery for me.
15:10All right. Get to the quarterback notes here. And Cleveland named Deshaun Watson, their starting quarterback.
15:15I don't think they were watching preseason week two.
15:18He was so bad. The amount of self-control it took for me to not boo when you said that.
15:24No, it's awful. But I think the speculation I've seen on Twitter is just that it's a lot easier to bench Watson
15:31and go to Sanders than it is the other way around.
15:35I've set two and a half starts as the over-under for Deshaun Watson.
15:39It's also easier to lose with Deshaun Watson and set yourself up for what you're trying to do, which is 2027.
15:45Patrick Mahomes expects to be ready for week one.
15:48And Michael Penix Jr. has been cleared to practice in full.
15:52Do you guys think Michael Penix Jr. will eventually become the starting quarterback for the Falcons?
15:57Yes. I don't know, but it's one of the reasons that I've not been concerned about Drake London and Tua's performance.
16:04It's because if Tua is as bad as he was in the preseason game, then he's got Penix and he's already been awesome with Penix.
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20:59All right, Jamie, send in a list of risers.
21:02I think Heath agrees with a lot of them, but let's find out.
21:06All right, you got Brock Purdy and Christian McCaffrey.
21:09Let's start with those 49ers. Purdy and McCaffrey as risers, Jamie.
21:13Yeah, I think I might have left off Kittle, but Kittle also a riser now that he's been cleared to play or cleared to practice.
21:21I think, you know, for me, I was kind of in this conundrum of Purdy, Stafford, Goff, and Dart.
21:27Prior to all the 49ers news, I had Purdy last of that quartet and Dart first, and I basically just flipped them.
21:34So I left Stafford and Goff in the middle and put Purdy ahead of it.
21:39I just think that Kittle being cleared, hopefully Evans will be okay, what's dribbling has shown, and now McCaffrey's back.
21:45Like, that gives Purdy just an amazing group of weapons, and hopefully he'll still be as successful as he was last year.
21:52I know you like to bring up this a lot, which is fair that, you know, he feasted on some of the
21:59worst defenses last year, but he's also been pretty solid throughout the course of his career and very steady.
22:05So they're all in the same tier for me.
22:08I just have Purdy at the top. Yeah, and where's McCaffrey now?
22:12So McCaffrey just moved to a cold spot, just the fact that he was cleared.
22:16He was 12th, or I think he was 11th, but now he's 10th, so maybe one spot.
22:22But just being healthy and then just moving some running backs around, you know, with the genti news, you know, dropping him down.
22:29So shuffled those guys in the second tier for me.
22:32Taylor's still at the top. Cook is now fourth.
22:35Chase Brown fifth. McCaffrey sixth. All right. We've got Woody Marks.
22:39Kittle's now tight end nine. Okay. Kittle's tight end nine.
22:42So that puts him ahead of who? Ahead of Fannin and Kelsey.
22:46He was behind those two. Heath, where are you on Kittle?
22:49I need to move him up, but I don't think he's going to get into my top 10, or top 10.
22:56Not in my top 12. Just right around 13 is most likely where he lands.
23:00I will have a tight end riser that you disagree with just a little bit later in the show.
23:07Oh, okay. I'm very excited. Mike Washington Jr. Ariser.
23:09That's obvious. And we talked about him earlier. Kalon Black.
23:13Clear handcuff for you, Jamie, to McCaffrey? No, not the clear handcuff because Jordan James also returned yesterday.
23:18So we'll see how this unfolds. James was the projected backup before he suffered the rib injury.
23:24And then Kalon Black dealt with the knee injury.
23:27Black came back first. He, by all accounts, has looked good.
23:30We'll see how this sort of plays itself out.
23:33My guess is that they'll use both guys if there is an injury to McCaffrey.
23:38And then whoever is the better of the two, they'll stick with kind of like what they've done in the past.
23:44You know, Raheem Mostert wasn't expected to be the backup a few years ago when he took over for Elijah Mitchell.
23:51Garendo eventually outplayed or eventually took over for Jordan Mason when he got injured.
23:55So they'll use multiple guys, I think, until they figure out which one's better.
24:00But right now, give a slight edge to Kalon Black.
24:03So the fact that he's back healthy and practicing sooner than James gives him a slight advantage.
24:08Talk about Jamison Williams, why he's a riser for you.
24:12The Laporta injury? The Laporta injury, yeah. I mean, you know, again, you saw what happened last year.
24:17We don't know the extent of how long Laporta's going to be out.
24:21They're downplaying it, which is encouraging. But still, you know, for a guy that, if you recall at the time, the back injury was expected to be minor.
24:30And then they shut him down for the rest of the season.
24:34So I think it was just kind of like, again, sort of reshuffling.
24:38So I originally had Evans ahead of Jamison. I moved Evans behind Jamison and just moved Jamison.
24:44Right now, prior to yesterday or prior to this news, he was behind Romo Dunze and Christian Watson.
24:49I just moved ahead of those guys again. All in a very similar draft range prior to this.
24:55Just bumping him up with the potential of, oh, God, if Laporta misses any time, Jamison's numbers were significantly better without Laporta last year.
25:03Significantly more targets, just a bigger piece. And by all accounts, he's having a great training camp.
25:08So, you know, hopefully Jamison, you know, the best thing about this is I think they all could be special.
25:14And that's the fun thing about the Lions offense.
25:17I think I had Jamison pretty close to where Jamie's moved him.
25:21So I agree with where he's got him ranked.
25:24I just, can we please have a little bit more information?
25:28I saw somebody in the chat said, what Laporta injury?
25:31It's like, it does sound like he got hit in the hip, which could still be really painful and could be really
25:38bad if it was like the exact wrong place to get hit.
25:41But I feel a little better about that than he tweaked something in his hip and he has some ligament or muscular issue there.
25:49It does sound like it may just be like a bruise.
25:53So I haven't moved Laporta yet. I'm hopeful that we get some more clarification this week, though, because I think I've now
26:00drafted him in every one of my drafts that count so far.
26:03And to be fair, I have not moved Laporta at all either.
26:07I think it's more the what could Jamison be if there is no Laporta?
26:12Like that would be probably 10 spots higher than where he is right now.
26:16Well, where is Laporta for you guys? Because on CBS, he's one of the biggest fallers.
26:21Obviously, most of the fallers are injured players. He's down seven spots to 78th overall.
26:26Same ADP as Tucker Craft for Sam Laporta. And 99th on NFC for Sam Laporta over the last six days.
26:32That's tight end eight. So, I mean, 99th, yeah, we'd be doing cartwheels if we can get Sam Laporta 99th.
26:39We don't even know if he's going to miss a game.
26:42But how about 78th? Heath, is that still good for you?
26:46So I took him in round seven of my draft last night right about there.
26:50I still have him ranked about a round and a half above there.
26:55But I just don't have to worry about it because I can wait for Sam Laporta to be drafted.
27:01And last night, Kyle Pitts and – or I mean, sorry.
27:04I can wait for Tyler Warren to be drafted.
27:07Last night, Kyle Pitts and Tucker Craft went ahead of him as well.
27:11I think he's a 5'6 turn guy for me.
27:14Most places you will see, most rank lists you will see, most draft rooms you will see, will have Pitts ahead of Laporta for sure at this point.
27:23And almost certainly have Craft in the same range if not higher as well.
27:27So people are concerned about Laporta. I mean, look, you got burned by him last year.
27:32And now he's dealing with an injury as well.
27:35So it's understandable like when you're stacking him up to those guys.
27:39If I see him behind Fanon, like that's where I'm doing cartwheels.
27:43Because I would much rather have Laporta and still at this point rather have Laporta over Kittle.
27:48Some people will disagree with us on that as well.
27:51There's still plenty of upside for what Laporta is.
27:54Like Keith said, it's not anything that's a significant injury.
27:57And that's why Jameson was moved up more of a contingency.
28:01Laporta hasn't moved from either. And I think if we want to raise more money for St.
28:06Jude, I think a cartwheel contest amongst the FFT staff would have been pretty appealing.
28:11Tell Claire to put it on the list for next year.
28:15Do you think you'd be more competitive than you were at Tennis?
28:18You know, that's not fair. Do I get to finish the cartwheel competition?
28:22See my strategy throw? I'm so glad you said that.
28:26I guess I'm giving you credit. I 100% put in your position would have not acknowledged that I lost.
28:32Your entire game plan was lose set one, don't expend too much energy, win set two, win the tiebreaker because Dan's puking up pizza.
28:39And you had to quit after three games in set two.
28:43You didn't lose. This is a travesty. Oh, it's postponed.
28:46You guys should finish the match up in New Jersey, go to his home court, whatever.
28:51But you didn't lose. The match got postponed. The match got postponed.
28:55Oh, that's true. He wouldn't win because Dan wouldn't be tired.
28:58Right. But this is like a rain out in the fourth inning.
29:02And we're calling the game and giving the team that was ahead the win.
29:07It's complete nonsense. And I would not have accepted it.
29:10Can I ask you a question? No, I did.
29:13No, you didn't. You bitched and moaned the entire post-game rant.
29:16No, I said I probably would have lost, but I would have liked to have seen my strategy play out.
29:23You were more gracious than I would have been.
29:25And to be fair, I said you were going to win.
29:29You know, watching that, you had just broken his serve.
29:32I thought you were going to, to what he said, I thought you were going to execute your plan because he was a sweaty, burping mess.
29:40Yeah, man. Throwing his racket. And the best thing that happened Friday was he tried to be gracious.
29:46And then when I said that, that you were going to win, he freaked out again.
29:51Yeah. Yeah. My tennis, the tennis pro, Brad, remember he had him on last year?
29:56He called me and he's like, how are you feeling?
29:59I said, motivated. And he said, good. We're going to get him next year.
30:03No. No, and I think it's a mark on Dan's character that he accepted the victory.
30:09He deserved. I mean, look, he probably was going to win still.
30:12I wasn't playing well enough and, you know, but yeah, obviously I want to see it play out.
30:18But he's, you know, he's got a lot of excuses.
30:21He's got a lot of excuses. He's already playing the indigestion card in the first set.
30:26So, yeah, it's always going to be an excuse with him.
30:30He said that we sabotaged him on purpose, that we took him to the pizza place that he liked initially and then
30:37didn't like after he started vomiting his mouth. All right.
30:40Other risers and fallers here. Josh, you hear the burping while you're watching it?
30:44No. Oh, wait. I know what I was going to ask.
30:48What did you set the line at for games for you to win?
30:52Yeah. I think it was nine and a half.
30:55Nine and a half. Wow. You thought I was going to win.
30:59I expected you to win. I thought you were going to win the second set.
31:04And I still think you I still maintain you would have.
31:07I love it. I love the confidence. All right.
31:10Josh Downs, Jamie, a riser for you. Yeah, I think you heard me say after the Keenan Allen signing that I was
31:17just going to avoid all of it. And really, the Alec Pierce injury just continues to linger and linger and linger.
31:24So I can't get away from Josh Downs being the best Colts receiver.
31:28So all I did was basically put Downs where I had Pierce, which is in the late 30s, high 40s.
31:34It's still a situation I would prefer to avoid because I think Keenan Allen is the destroyer of all good things for fantasy the last few years.
31:43But if you're going to draft a Colts receiver first, it's got to be Downs.
31:47Do you feel that way about Tyler Warren as well, that Keenan Allen is going to destroy him?
31:53Not to the same level, no. Okay. Would you draft Sam Laporta or Josh Downs right now?
31:58I would draft Sam Laporta. Sam Laporta. And I do think it's interesting that like that whole group of tight ends, like
32:05we hit Sam Laporta's falling because he's got the hip, maybe hip point or hip bruise, something like that.
32:11We've got Tucker Craft and George Kittle coming off of the major injuries.
32:16And then it's kind of gone under the radar because the Colts are downplaying it.
32:20But Tyler Warren's got a groin injury, right? Yeah.
32:23It's supposed to be back this week, hopefully. But yes, he does.
32:27The tight end news that we got last week was that Warren and Laporta's injuries were minor, which is, you know, again, I haven't moved either one.
32:36I remember a month ago when Alec Pierce was a week away.
32:39Yeah. I remember in March when they signed up to the big deal.
32:44George Kittle's a riser and Dijon Stribling. I mean, he's making me nervous about my Mike Evans love.
32:49And so is Mike Evans. But I mean, he looks so good.
32:53I think the all 22 is insanely good just from the very few routes that he ran in preseason week two.
33:00He got open on almost all of them. And he's killing guys out there.
33:04Stribling, I mean, should he be a top 100 pick at this point?
33:08On the cusp, if not, if he's not there ready.
33:11I mean, he's getting overdrafted, which is, you know, something that happens with these preseason guys that have a lot of buzz
33:18plus good performance plus injuries around them. But again, you know, he hasn't been doing this with Evans and Kittle and Debo and Christian McCaffrey on the field.
33:27And that's something to take into account. That said, if you're betting on somebody being an injury replacement at this point, this
33:34is as good a bet as you can make because Evans continues to get banged up.
33:39But Christian Kirk may not make the final roster.
33:42Kittle, as Heath just alluded to, coming off a very significant injury, as we know.
33:47And McCaffrey's 30 coming off two huge seasons. So this could be the guy for Brock Purdy.
33:52I'm curious to see when the final ADP will be in a couple of weeks of the rookies.
33:58Because I still think Cardinal Tate will be the first rookie receiver drafted.
34:02But the competition for number two right now, I think, is between Stribling and Casey Concepcion, where I think everybody thought it
34:09was going to be Jordan Tyson and Makai Lemon.
34:12And so, like, in this redraft, obviously. But, like, which of the two, you know, guys, Concepcion being a first-round pick, so it kind of makes some sense.
34:21But, like, Stribling's been such a significant riser, it's hard to overlook what he could be.
34:26You know, again, you don't want to overvalue it because it is preseason and it is, you know, without all those other guys.
34:33But just the opportunities are fantastic. And, like, I don't think it probably means anything.
34:38And I know I'm going to say this name and everybody's probably going to laugh at me.
34:44But I do think that we've also had a couple of reports that at practice, Demarcus Robinson's still practicing ahead of Stribling with the once.
34:52Well, I'm pretty sure that... Was that Grant Cohn?
34:54No. Wait. Was Stribling off the field in three receiver sets?
34:58He may have been. I think in the preseason Week 2 game, I think Debo Samuel and Demarcus Robinson were the outside receivers.
35:05And three receiver sets Stribling was playing. However, I mean, I just feel like Stribling will overtake Demarcus Robinson.
35:11And I think even Matt Mayako in that interview with Rich Eisen said the starters are going to be Mike Evans and Dejan Stribling and Debo Samuel.
35:20I think he said that. But, man, I wish I was more certain than that.
35:25There's also a report yesterday. I mean, it's so hard to gauge these guys because, like, there was a report that said
35:32Jacob Cowling was playing over Debo Samuel. You know, so, like, I don't know what they're...
35:37how they'll line up. It just feels as if, like, they're doing everything possible to get Stribling prepared to play all three spots.
35:44And if there's an injury that occurs, he's going to be the one that benefits the most while also playing alongside those guys.
35:51You know, so I think just when you're talking about it, like, when I see him in round six and round seven,
35:58okay, that's a little bit of a reach because there are other great players going around.
36:03I'm like, there's no way I'm taking Stribling over Chris Godwin, for example.
36:07But I think, like, that's the range that he's starting to creep into, which is ridiculous.
36:12I still would take Cardinal Tate over him despite the fact that Tate's quarterback looks awful right now.
36:18And Purdy is clearly in a better spot. That being said, it's just a very crowded receiving core for the 49ers.
36:25And if everybody's healthy, he's going to be probably left out or at least left out to a degree where you're drafting him in a spot that's unrealistic.
36:34And I'm going to update my rookie rankings for those people that have their rookie drafts the last couple weekends.
36:40But I would still definitely 100% take Mikhail Lemon ahead of him.
36:44But you wouldn't take Omar Cooper ahead of him.
36:47No, I think I'll have Stribling ahead of Cooper.
36:50He's got to be a first-round pick at this point.
36:53Yeah. I mean, he was. Go ahead. Denzel Boston.
36:56I'll probably still have Boston ahead of him. So that's a great one, though.
37:00Well, here's his average draft position. Here's Stribling and some other wide receivers, their average draft position on NFC.
37:06We have PPR leagues over the last six days.
37:09So you got Josh Downs at 39. Pittman at 40.
37:12Wondell Robinson's wide receiver 41. Jaden Reed is 42.
37:15Dijon Stribling is 43. These are all top 100 picks.
37:18Casey Concepcion is 44. Alec Pierce is 45. Yeah.
37:21So, you know, what do you think about Downs, Pittman, Wondell, Jaden Reed, Stribling, Concepcion, Alec Pierce, Stefan Diggs, Matthew Gold, and Jordan Addison?
37:29Big group there. But Stribling's ADP amongst this group.
37:32So I would take all those guys over Stribling.
37:34They're fair comps in several of these, but I think if you're taking Stribling this high, you know, this is NFC?
37:41Yeah. So it's not taking into account like any potential keeper leagues.
37:45I think you're banking on the guys that are on the roster with him, not just Evans, but the guys on the roster with him missing time.
37:53And if they do, then he could significantly benefit.
37:56So if the substation works its evil magic, you know, Stribling could be a potential starter in 3-0-0 leagues.
38:02Okay. That brings us to the Fallers here. Oh, actually, no.
38:06Heath's Risers. Travis Achan, Dalton Schultz, Jalen Coker, and Dalton Kincaid.
38:09So let's talk about Achan. Yeah, I kind of focused because Jamie sent in a good list.
38:15I kind of focused on the guys that had moved since last week's preseason game.
38:20So some of these were in the period of time when there weren't any games on Tuesday and Wednesday.
38:26I think I talked a little bit about Achan last week.
38:29He is either RB13 or RB14, somewhere between 12 and 14 for me, actually, depending on Josh Jacobs and Ashton Gentey.
38:36He was a guy I was pretty worried about with the Kamara situation.
38:40And I am just even more skeptical that Alvin Kamara will be good enough to have any kind of role at all in this offense.
38:48So he's a round three pick for me now.
38:51I think I said that last week, maybe. But if you're wanting to take a running back in round three, I would
38:58take it's either going to be Gentey, Jacobs, or Achan.
39:01And it's probably going to depend on your risk tolerance.
39:04I think Achan has a higher floor than both of those guys right now.
39:08Dalton Schultz. Do you? Oh, well, hold on. Do you not have Jeremiah Love in round three at this point?
39:15I do not. Okay. Same. All right. And what's they traded for a running back?
39:20The Saints? Yeah. Big trade. You can see. No.
39:22I can't wait for this name. They traded for Zemir White.
39:26Oh, okay. No, I didn't see that. Wasn't he just signed like two weeks ago?
39:31Yes. Great move. But whoever pulled that out. Was that the 49ers?
39:3449ers, yeah. For Deion Jones. That's some elite fantasy football.
39:38That's like Acer trading to the extreme. All right.
39:41It's all the Chultz. I think we talked about this maybe at the very end of last week, but he was the
39:47biggest mover for me with the Jaden Higgins injury.
39:50He had, I think, 107 targets last year on a team that threw the ball 150 times to Christian Kirk and Jaden Higgins.
39:58And I wish it was Tank Dell, but something has really set him back and he hasn't practiced for like a week.
40:05And the beat writers have pretty much already started talking like there's no way he plays week one.
40:10Jalen Noel has hasn't Noel hasn't gotten to the point to where he's ready to be a full participant yet.
40:17There's a chance that Dalton Schultz is just this clear.
40:20I mean, he was the number two target last year, but he could have 110, 115 targets in this offense just because
40:27there's nobody besides Nico to throw to. I did move Nico up a couple of spots in my top 200.
40:33He's a clear round two pick now, but Schultz is up into that round 10 range for me.
40:39Okay. Jalen Coker and Dalton Kincaid. One more thing I wanted to say about Schultz is I think he is the absolutely
40:46perfect guy to pair with one of these injury questionable tight ends.
40:50If you're worried, your guy might not be a hundred percent for week one or might have some sort of setback.
40:56Schultz is the floor tight end that I'm targeting in that scenario.
41:00Um, Jalen Coker. I I'm encouraged by the fact that they're not just trying to play Ted Rowe McMillan more in the slot.
41:08They're also playing Jalen Coker more in the slot.
41:10I think like he's the guy who had the spectacular finish to last year that everyone's kind of ignored still, uh, like
41:17Parker Washington's now a borderline top 24 wide receiver and Michael Wilson.
41:21People are more excited about, it seems like than Jalen Coker, but I moved Jalen Coker up into round nine.
41:28I think he's a really good fourth wide receiver for you.
41:31Uh, Stribling or Coker. I would take Coker. Jamie Stribling or Coker.
41:35Um, I think that's kind of where I have it.
41:38I think I have Coker and then Stribling, but they're very close.
41:42Okay. Uh, man, it's a, it's a lot of really good and exciting wide receivers.
41:47Uh, maybe that's not the right word. Um, enticing wide receivers, you know, when you get to that point, all the names
41:54we said, Josh Downs and Jalen Coker and John Stribling and Jordan Addison and both Packers guys, not name watching.
42:00Exactly. And that deciding who to take, maybe it depends on your roster.
42:04I don't think Jocoby Myers in that range. Now I don't think Coker has the upside of some of those guys, right?
42:11I mean, well, you say that, but the last five games of the season last year, he outscored Ted Rowe and McMillan
42:18by five PPR points per game, including the playoffs.
42:21And this feels like while not a great passing offense, you're going to get concentrated targets, you know?
42:27So McMillan and Coker should dominate targets for this team, you know, with we get being the third option and the running
42:34backs, we'll see if they're significantly involved in the passing game.
42:37So the pass volume, not great, but opportunities, significant.
42:40And so, you know, Coker was kind of a darling for fantasy analysts last year, kind of the same thing again this year.
42:47Last year, he missed the first six games of the season and then that ramp up period and then it looked like
42:54the guy I think everybody was hoping to see.
42:57So I don't know if I would say there's not enough upside, but you can make a case, sir, that the other
43:04guys, you know, because of the teams that they're on are better.
43:08Yeah. Okay. Um, oh, I don't get, I don't get it with Kincaid.
43:12I mean, look at where he's going in NFC, uh, over the last six days.
43:17He's tight end 10. He's going ahead of Isaiah likely Travis Kelsey and Dallas Goddard.
43:22He is my tight end 11. So he's one.
43:24Well, um, and it's just like, it's really easy to understand why, especially.
43:29When you're talking about these, these leagues where they really are emphasizing upside and trying to beat maybe 2,500 teams instead of trying to beat 11.
43:37Dalton Kincaid was the most efficient tight end pass catcher in the NFL last year, led, led all tight ends in yards per route run.
43:45He has the pedigree from the past. The problem's always been that he can't stay healthy and he can't stay on the field.
43:52And there have been, has been a steady drum beat from Bill's beat writers that he looks better as a blocker.
43:59He's stayed healthy. I'm not sure he's missed a practice.
44:02I'm not sure if that's ever happened in his career, um, in training camp.
44:06And I just think that the, the upside, if Dalton Kincaid all of a sudden turns into a 75, 80% snap share
44:13guy in this with Josh Allen, that the upside is worth taking him in that round or at tight end 10 through 12 range.
44:21Right. But now he has DJ more. So who, who is he?
44:25Who is he ahead of for you? Is he ahead of Kelsey?
44:29Um, he is ahead of Goddard. Goddard. Okay. But not ahead of likely.
44:33Uh, not right now. I'm it's gonna, it's gonna be really funny if Dalton Kincaid has a higher snap share than Isaiah
44:40likely, because if you told me that, if he told me that was going to happen, I pro I would have him ahead of likely.
44:48Cause he has a better quarterback. He's in a better offense.
44:51Um, yeah, I don't think it's outrageous to take him ahead of likely.
44:55Yeah. Well, neighbors hasn't played yet, obviously, but just, you know, not disagreeing with Heath, but neighbors hasn't played yet.
45:02But every single time I read a giants report, it's they keep throwing to Isaiah likely, likely, likely, likely, you know, I
45:09think he's clearly going to, well, I think he'll be the number two target on the giants with, with Nate when neighbors comes back.
45:16And if neighbors is out anytime, he'll be the number one guy.
45:20I think you don't think that Kincaid could be number two on the bills.
45:24Not, I mean, I think it'll be shit. Yeah.
45:27I don't suppose. I don't think that DJ Moore is going to demand the same target share as Malik neighbors either.
45:34Uh, yeah, like a healthy neighbors. No, I don't know what to expect from neighbors.
45:39I don't know. I don't think he's going to be like a 10 target guy.
45:43If he were, he's going too late in round three.
45:47All right. So the thing that that's in his favor right now is you got both secure and Keon Coleman dealing with injuries.
45:54And so that could help. Plus they're trying to improve his work as a blocker, keep him on the field.
46:00Yeah. All right. Let's get, uh, let's get to some fallers, but we'll, first we'll take a break.
46:06When we come back, we'll tell you why Ty.
46:09Well, I think you probably know why Tyrone Tracy is falling, but Jackson Dart is also falling in the rankings.
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48:16Okay. Tyrone Tracy and Kyle Monongai are two followers for Heath, perhaps for different reasons.
48:21What do we got? Yeah, it's funny. I had Tyrone Tracy as a follower and had dropped him out of the first 10 rounds.
48:29And then as I'm looking at my rankings this morning, I'm like, there's this huge group.
48:34And there's different levels to this. But the Marshawn Lloyds, the Tyler Algiers, the Jonah Colmans, the Braylon Allens, like all these handcuffed running backs.
48:42I don't want to take Tyrone Tracy ahead of any of those guys.
48:46I'm no longer sure that he has a higher floor than those guys, which I thought he would definitely have.
48:52And I don't think he has anywhere close to the same upside as those guys.
48:57It's possible he doesn't even have a role if Najee Harris is what we thought he was going to be.
49:03I'm not sure you need to draft Tyrone Tracy, but if you do, I wouldn't do it before round 14.
49:10Yeah, totally feel that. And what about Kyle Monongai?
49:12I just moved him a little bit for now, but I do think like he's behind Blake Corum.
49:18Now I had him ahead of Blake Corum. I'd already moved Jonathan Brooks ahead of both of them.
49:24I've got Bill. I've got RJ Harvey ahead of him.
49:27I think like when you're talking about a backup running back who may not be healthy for week one and may not
49:34be as effective early in the season, we just can't draft that guy to have too high.
49:39So he's, he's like around nine, 10 pick for me now.
49:43And if we look at, did you move DeAndre Swift up?
49:46I'm already quite a bit ahead of consensus on DeAndre Swift.
49:50He's around three, four pick for me, like four, but very, very early in round four.
49:55So I, I haven't, I moved him up for about two hours last night.
49:59Um, Oh, it's Jenti. Jenti was behind him. So let me, all right, just real quick.
50:05Give me a, give me a round for Swift.
50:07Four. Four. He just said. Yeah. I thought so too, but I, I thought that's what he said.
50:13Jamie, give me a round for, for, uh, Swift.
50:16Exactly where Heath is. I would consider him in round three, but round four.
50:20Okay. So that I saw this comment distracted me.
50:23Sorry. Uh, Moonzo man says, I am out on the giants backfield right now.
50:28Is that an overreaction? I mean, I'm out on it.
50:31If I have to take Scadaboo in round three, because I don't really want to target any of the backup guys.
50:38Like I have Scadaboo in early round five, you know, so like I, I'm, I'm probably not going to get much of Scadaboo.
50:45Uh, Tracy was the one that I was drafting the most of because of where his ADP was, or at least his
50:52draft value was, you know, the, the last few weeks, uh, prior to the missed block, you know, poor play call, whatever,
50:59you know, you, however you want to define it where he got dart where dark, I hurt.
51:04I don't think it's all on Tracy and then the fumble, but also look, they, they signed Najee Harris for a reason,
51:11you know, whether that's to be the third guy or the second guy or maybe even the starter, you know?
51:18So he's, he's in a bad spot. I think he's nailed it.
51:21You know, you're just, you're looking at him as a very late round.
51:26Maybe he could still be the guy. Look, this could be a gente out for X amount of games.
51:32Somebody out for X amount of games. They trade him.
51:35Who? The giants trade Tracy. Oh, Tracy. Oh, I was like, I thought Scadaboo.
51:39No, I think at cost, we are out on the giants backfield.
51:43Yeah. But if he gets to round five, I've been kind of out on Scadaboo all along.
51:48Cause you know, I just afraid of these guys coming off these horrible injuries and he's not a big play guy.
51:55He just scored a lot of touchdowns. And he had a ton of catches on pace for 60 catches in the, in his normal snap share games.
52:04He had two games where he barely played, but normal snap share.
52:07He was on pace for 60 catches based on what we've seen in the preseason.
52:12They are not using him in that role. They are not using him as their third down back right now.
52:19It has been Tyrone Tracy. So I don't think the catches are going to be there.
52:24Plus neighbors wasn't playing last year when he had those 60 catches, although Wondale was, um, but start to get to round five.
52:31Like I said, on, on, um, our pace for 60 catches on pace.
52:35Yeah. If I said on CBS sports network, if the giants look at cam Scadaboo, Tyrone Tracy, Devin Singletary and Najee Harris,
52:42and they don't go, we have got to give the ball to cam Scadaboo a lot.
52:47Then they're idiots. These other guys are not starting NFL running backs.
52:51They're not at least Scadaboo has a chance to be that.
52:54And let's not forget. He was amazing last year.
52:57Now, again, I have been the low guy on him, but I think it might get to the point where people are so down on him.
53:06Like this guy saying I'm out on the giants backfield.
53:09He was so good last year. And Jamie, that transitions to your fallers here because Jackson dart, like I'm in a 14
53:16team, you know, quote unquote experts league, the flex best ball draft.
53:20And it's a four point per passing touchdown league.
53:22And I took dart as my second quarterback. Uh, I think I took Dak Prescott as my first, but nobody seemed to want to take Jackson dart.
53:31Nobody likes him right now. He's a faller for you and I get it, but we have to balance it with the fact that he was so good.
53:40He's not going to be aesthetically pleasing, but he was so good last year.
53:44And he, um, I don't know, is he going to fall too much?
53:48Where do you have Jackson dart? 14, but I was relatively the high guy on him.
53:53I think I had him at 10 or 11.
53:56Um, I think it was 11 prior to this.
53:59So as I said, you know, I just kind of flipped the, the, the two guys around in terms of purdy and, and dart.
54:07And really it's just a matter of like, where's the upside play.
54:11So I think dart still has plenty of upside.
54:14It's just a matter of how many rushing touchdowns will he score?
54:17How much will his rushing production, you know, be limited because the giants want to make sure he's healthy.
54:23Plus, as we've talked about a lot, you know what they seemingly want to be, which I think adding a guy like
54:30Najee Harris speaks to that is ball control, not necessarily have to play in these frenetic comeback situations.
54:36Like we saw last year. I just don't know if dart gets back to that level of play.
54:42So like when we talk about, and I don't want to put this on him, but like, you know, CJ Stroud's regression
54:49from his great rookie season to what he's become, you know, just really the step back as a, as a sophomore.
54:55I think we can see a little bit of that from dart.
54:59I don't think he's going to, you know, fail as much, but, um, when you start to get into those number two
55:06quarterbacks, depending on what rank list you look like, but I think really just more like, you know, staring at ADP, you
55:13know, so my homes is QB 13. So I think with him is where it kind of comes into the conversation.
55:20So my homes, uh, golf, Knicks, Kyler, uh, I think Shuck is, is high for Heath.
55:25Um, you know, some of those guys that have Jordan love, you know, you want to throw them in that conversation, you
55:32know, some of those guys that like, where's the upside play.
55:35I think dart is kind of closer to that group than he is to like Trevor Lawrence, Caleb Williams, you know, those
55:42guys that can really take a step forward in, in 2026.
55:46Okay. And other fallers for Jamie, and we have to also get to the people who are falling in CBS ADP, but
55:53we've got Ashton Gentty, obviously Mike Evans, Alec Pierce, who's injured in Jalen Naylor, not having a good start to his, uh, radar tenure undraftable Jalen Naylor.
56:01Wow. Um, Mike Evans though, what is, what are we doing with him?
56:06So, you know, I, a lot of, you know, some of what I said is just core corresponding moves, but, um, that
56:13group of receivers for me, which was kind of late round five, which was, um, which is Mike Evans, Parker Washington, Jameson Williams, Romo Dunze, Christian Watson.
56:21I just put Evans at the back end of that group.
56:25Just, I mean, how many injuries is he going to fight through, deal with, get frustrated over, um, in this offense right now.
56:32And now you're seeing another player emerging in shriveling and the return of Kittle.
56:36And so I still think there's a ton of upside.
56:40I agree with you. You know, we did the, your, your guys, you're all in guys.
56:45I think that was a fair point you made about what he could be.
56:49It would not shock me if he has the seventh season in his career of a thousand yards receiving and 10 touchdowns
56:56that's on the table for him, but it may not be the totality of his numbers.
57:01It may be, he's projected to do this because of all the games he might miss.
57:06So still could lead the 49ers in target. Still could be the guy for Brock party.
57:11Still could be the Juwan Jennings where he scores nine touchdowns as Jenny's did last year.
57:16Yeah. But it's just getting frustrating to watch all of these things add up for him and knowing that each of the
57:23last two years, he's missed significant time. I think he's going to end up in round six at this point, or at
57:30least if we were drafting today, because you look at NFC ADP, if you're seeing it on the screen here over the
57:37last six days, Mike Evans is 56th overall. That's round five.
57:41He's wide receiver 30, but he's the last wide receiver in round five.
57:45And he just got this hamstring injury and I've seen his ADP on other sites be in round six.
57:51I don't want to take him in round five right now, but round six, I think worth the risk.
57:57That's the thing. Like you got to look at upside here.
58:01Is it worth the risk? So let me ask you, would you take any of the guys after Mike Evans in this list that we're looking at?
58:09Would you take them ahead of Mike Evans? Carnell Tate?
58:12No, no. Marvin Harrison Jr. Yes. That's the back-to-back guys for me.
58:16I would still take Evans. Brian Thomas Jr. No.
58:19Yes. Chris Godwin. No. All right. We'll stop there.
58:22And that's it. Alec Pierce, top 100 pick? No.
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59:00You just go to our CBS ADP and you can see the arrows pointing up or down.
59:06David Montgomery is up five spots to 51st overall.
59:09We talked about him. DJ Moore is up four spots, but he's still only 58th overall on CBS, DJ Moore.
59:15And he's 41st on NFC since August 18th. Again, wide receivers go very early, but he's just after Ted Arold McMillan.
59:22So that means DJ Moore on NFC. He's right after that group of Garrett Wilson and Zay Flowers and Ladd McConkie and Ted Arold McMillan, etc.
59:30I feel like Jamie's there with him, with DJ Moore.
59:33Heath, how about you? I am not where NFC is.
59:36I am ahead of where CBS is. So I think I have him 52nd.
59:41So happy to draft him in round five, not drafting him in round four.
59:45Okay. I said he's up four spots right now.
59:48I'm seeing he's up seven spots. Oh, no, I'm sorry.
59:51I'm looking at non-PPR. Pardon me. So yeah, that was right.
59:55He's up DJ Moore up four spots in ADP.
59:57And that let's go to Jadarian Price, Jamie. He is now kind of where Mike Evans is right at the 5-6 turn.
60:0459th overall. Jadarian Price is up four spots. Do you think, would you take him or Bejal Tootin?
60:10Struggle with those two. Right now I have Tootin ranked ahead.
60:14I think the fact that he's gotten some passing downs work in practice, significant passing down work in practice with LaQuint Allen out is positive.
60:22Look, Price is a gamble really on Zach Charbonnet because if Charbonnet is going to return early in the season, then that's
60:29going to be a problem for Jadarian Price. I think if there's the expectation that we had of Charbonnet missing the first
60:36half of the year, then Price could be awesome and well worth those costs and probably undervalued.
60:41So you know what the Seahawks, I think, still want to be, which is control the clock and lean on their ground game.
60:48And Price is a first-round talent. And hopefully that all matters.
60:52But he's still a guy that shared in college and didn't have a hefty workload, already has been a little bit banged up in camp.
61:00And I know that anytime you hear the name George Helani, it's not about Helani being better than Price.
61:06That's never the issue. It's about another player just being used in the backfield that they might want to give touch to.
61:13And that could easily be Emmanuel Wilson. You know, it doesn't necessarily have to be George Helani.
61:18It just seems like he's the guy that's ahead.
61:21But I just think that Price is, no pun intended, Price right.
61:25You know, he's a good late round five, early round six selection, low-end number two running back.
61:30If you like him, I think the range of running backs that he should be grouped with is like even as high
61:37as like, not an 80 people, like Scadaboo, Judkins, Montgomery, Irving, that group, he belongs in it.
61:43I, yeah, I think I do have Jadarian Price and Mike Evans back to back, but I'm about a round or round
61:50and a half behind on both of them. And I think they're, the similarity they have is that for as long as
61:57Mike Evans is healthy, you're going to have to deal with people victory lapping the fact that you were too low on Mike Evans.
62:04And until Zach Charbonnet comes back, going to have to deal with people victory lapping that I was too low on Jadarian Price.
62:11I just don't like, maybe I'll feel differently and more information will come out about Charbonnet, but the, the talk about him
62:18coming back early in the season has made me more concerned that he's going to be himself in the middle of the season.
62:26And I don't like drafting Price where he's going with the idea that, yeah, he's going to get me off to a
62:33great start, but then the most important part of the fantasy football season, he's going to, at the very least, going to
62:40be losing what Ken Walker lost to Charbonnet last year.
62:43Okay. Fair enough. Because I think that's, people were thinking like, all right, Charbonnet might be back, but what does that mean?
62:50He's coming off a torn ACL in, in January, but you're, I'd like the way you frame that there, that he's making progress.
62:57I just took him in a draft last week when we were together, the draft I was doing Adam.
63:03So yeah, so I took him as my third running back behind James Cook and David Montgomery.
63:09So I, and I think I went Montgomery and Price back to backgrounds.
63:13I also took Jadari and Price last week in a, in a 14 team league.
63:18I took him as my number two running back 65th overall, one spot ahead of Jonathan Brooks.
63:23So Brooks was the next pick and he is also one of our risers.
63:27He's up nine spots to 88th overall, but that's the thing.
63:31Like Jonathan Brooks is not going to go 88th overall.
63:34He's going to go earlier than that now. And over the last six days on NFC, he's 68th overall in the draft.
63:41I just mentioned, he went 66th overall. So Heath, you like Jonathan Brooks, Jalen Warren or Amandre Stevenson.
63:47That's kind of where he's going right now. What do you think?
63:51I hate how this has transpired because I loved, loved, loved Jonathan Brooks all summer.
63:55And I'm afraid that the steam has gone a little bit too far.
63:59Um, so I, I've got him ahead of where his 80 piece currently is, but I would not take him in the sixties.
64:07Um, so I'm, I'm still a little bit lower.
64:10Like Chuba's injury is giving Brooks an opportunity, but I still think we're kind of looking at the same thing at the
64:17start of the season that we probably were. So we had this, you know, weird situation unfold last night with Ashton Gentry
64:24with not knowing any information and people doing drafts.
64:26And it's going to continue to happen over the next couple of weeks of, oh, look, I got Jonathan Brooks in round six.
64:34Oh no. Chuba Hubbard back at practice the next day.
64:37Oh, look, I got Darian Price in round six.
64:40Oh no. Zach Charbonnet is going to play in week four.
64:43Or I got Luther Burden in round whatever, or I got Roland Duns in round whatever.
64:48Luther Burden's back already. You know, like these injuries are going to change a lot of the scenarios and a lot of
64:55the landscapes of some of these teams and some of these players positively or negatively.
65:00Like you're going to get some good values. You know, I think Jeremiah Love could fall to a spot where it's like, I can't pass him up.
65:09And then, oh yeah, look, he's playing week one.
65:12So I may not have to start him week one, but by week four, he's, he's great.
65:17Like, you know, so you just have to understand, like when you're taking some of these guys that are, are in undefined
65:24scenarios still because of injured teammates, it could really alter what the season long look like season long outlook looks like.
65:31Okay. And you, you got like such a Simpsons quote in there, like kind of with your, oh no, but I can't remember what it is.
65:39Like, I can't say it. Damn it. It was when Homer fakes his death.
65:43Um, anyway, uh, that's Jonathan Brooks. Okay. So Jonathan Brooks, you see him here behind the Broncos guys.
65:49I think it's easy to take him ahead of them.
65:52Yep. But yeah. Who else? Uh, Rico Dowdle or Jonathan Brooks?
65:56Brooks. It's Dowdle for me. Travion Henderson or Brooks?
65:59Brooks for me. Henderson for me. One of the things about Brooks is like, he hasn't really played that much in the
66:05preseason, but no, the Panthers first team offense hasn't looked that great.
66:09So I still don't know what kind of rusher he is coming off these injuries.
66:14Uh, fallers and CBS rankings, a Mecca Buka is down five spots.
66:18He's now 43rd overall, still ahead of Lamar Jackson and Tedderall McMillan, but 43rd overall for, for a Mecca Buka.
66:24I think he's trending in the right direction for week one with the toe injury.
66:29Uh, Heath, when would you take a Mecca Buka?
66:32I've got him at 37. So early round four is right where I would take him.
66:37If you had him, like if you thought a Mecca Buka was going to be this year's breakout wide receiver and ahead
66:44of everybody, you know, Zay Flowers and McMillan and Wilson, blah, blah, blah.
66:48That range I keep talking about. Do we, are we comfortable enough putting him back there with, in terms of the injury
66:55or we still have to be cautious with a Buka?
66:58Yeah. I don't know why you'd put Zay Flowers and Garrett Wilson in the same group, but that's where they are.
67:05That's why. In ADP. I think, I think you're probably going to get a little discount just because of the, the, the
67:12red cross or the white cross with the red outline.
67:15So late round three. A Buka 100% healthy would be a mid round three pick and I would take him ahead of Flowers and Garrett Wilson.
67:23Right. But that's the thing. Like, do we know if he's a hundred percent right now?
67:28He should go after those guys. Okay. Uh, Tyler Warren down eight spots to 59th overall.
67:33Again, this is where you can start taking advantage of the little red, you know, plus or cross, whatever it is that
67:40the injured sign, because I don't think Tyler Warren should be going 59th overall.
67:45He's 57th. He could have fallen. He could have fallen a little bit due to the Keenan Allen signing.
67:51Maybe. Um, because Allen does work in the same area of the field as Warren and whether we like it or not,
67:58he's continued to earn targets at a pretty high rate the last two years.
68:02Do, does anybody on the team not work in that same area?
68:06The guy who's hurt. Right. Exactly. Um, what else we got?
68:10Uh, Sam Laporta down to 78th. We talked about him earlier and RJ Harvey is down 10 spots to 87th overall.
68:16You know, RJ Harvey has basically worked exclusively with the first team in the two preseason games.
68:22Like he's plays pretty much every snap and then they bring in Jonah Coleman.
68:26I don't, I don't think I want to draft JK Dobbins.
68:30I don't think it's going to be the same as last year.
68:33I kind of feel like they're going to mix in Harvey more than they did.
68:38JK Dobbins might, might be Jadarian price. In what regard?
68:41He could be as good as him. Yeah. He gets you off to a very good start.
68:47He's a clear lead back and then price loses it because Charbonnet comes back and Dobbins.
68:52I don't want to say it. I still don't mind Dobbins.
68:55I think he's in that range of running backs where it's, it's still fine.
69:00But should he go ahead of RJ Harvey? Should Dobbins go ahead of RJ Harvey?
69:05Yeah. I have Dobbins just ahead of Harvey, but I have Harvey ahead of his ADP.
69:10Okay. And he's falling in ADP right now to 87th.
69:13And Makai Lemon is down 12 spots to 130th overall.
69:16Again, he's injured, but that's pretty good value. If you can get Makai Lemon at 120th, he is going 109th on NFC.
69:23Should, should we take Makai Lemon 109th? No, I've got him 114th.
69:27Okay. I have more news and notes and preseason thoughts.
69:30I'm going to save it for tomorrow. Also get a lot of good questions here.
69:35Just in case anything's relevant to. I did all the big news earlier, but sure.
69:40Parker Washington returned to practice. Jacoby Myers is still.
69:42So yeah, but it, but nobody was like changing anything.
69:46Can I just, I know you're trying to get out of here, but I will say I last night in my draft
69:53for the first time this off season, I drafted cars, Parker Washington.
69:56Um, and I did it just before Christian Watson and Marvin Harrison Jr.
70:00And I felt stupid for the next hour. And so I just really hope you guys are right.
70:06Not you guys, but like the world and the Parker Washington hype.
70:10Cause I, I'm still not there, but I didn't want to have zero Parker.
70:14Washington teams. Nick Chubb retired Cleveland defensive end. Alex, right.
70:18Is out for the season with a torn Achilles.
70:21That's not good. Chargers running back. Keaton Mitchell seems to be the number two running back on the team.
70:27He missed practice. Torrey Horton with the Seahawks. He's out indefinitely with an undisclosed injury.
70:31Very vague there. Jake Bobo is more of a special teams guy.
70:35He's out for the season. Houston signs a Jones, John Mishota of the athletics thinks that of the athletic thinks that Malik
70:42Davis will start the season as Dallas is number two running back.
70:46And the Rams are seemingly looking to get Terrence Ferguson, their second year tight end more involved.
70:51That is good to see. We have to talk about Cam Ward and how bad this Titans offense has looked.
70:58I mean, this is the team that is going starters against backups and sucking in the preseason.
71:03It's bad. We'll talk about that tomorrow. Plus more on fantasy football today.
71:07Thanks for watching and listening. Everybody. We'll talk to you tomorrow.
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