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0:18It's the Trade Block Fitz. How are you doing here almost halfway through the 2026 season?
0:23Doing great Worm and yeah, the Dynasty rankings were, it's amazing how things change.
0:27In season when we don't get to tackle these like every single week, like we do weekly rankings.
0:33But man, it just shows. I was thinking about like the fragility of the running back position based on like some of
0:39the wild swings in the rankings and we've got those at other positions too.
0:44But running back in particular, man, a month in the NFL, it's like, you know, it's like dog years.
0:50It is crazy, the big swings that you can see.
0:53I think the dog years is a good comparison there.
0:56Before we get to the running backs, we're going to start with the quarterbacks here.
1:00We're going to run through the updated Dynasty Trade Value Chart.
1:04We always do this. This gets dropped early in the month, every single month, all year long.
1:09So we'll spend about the first half hour or so of this stages going through some changes there, reacting to different names and where they're currently ranked.
1:17And then the second half of the show, we will answer some questions live, either up on stages, in the chat, a little bit of both.
1:25So be sure to get those questions in, raise your hands if you've got some questions you want to come up and
1:32ask or drop those in the chat. We'll get to those in the second half of the hour here.
1:38Let's start with the quarterbacks, like I said. I think we unfortunately have to start with my guy, Lamar Jackson.
1:44Very, I don't know, very likely after the year, but like certainly seeming like that's really very much on the table.
1:51Definitely out for several weeks with a thumb injury.
1:54A real shame coming back with one play on the field from scrimmage for Lamar before getting hurt again.
2:00He drops, the first time I ever remember doing this show with you with him, not ranked in that top three or four.
2:07He's now eighth in the rankings. We're really tied to seventh with Jayden Daniels in the latest trade, dynasty trade value chart.
2:13Obviously, some of that is missing time. Some of that is he's going to be 30 next year.
2:19Where's your head at on Lamar? How much of this ranking was you dropping him?
2:24How much was it some of the other guys and you were pushing against that?
2:28You know, looking at some of the other names around him, guys like Jayden Daniels, Patrick Mahomes, Brock Purdy, Jordan Love.
2:35These are the names kind of sandwiching Lamar right now.
2:38Does that feel right to you? Yeah, so I've got him ninth.
2:42So I'm even below where they are. I'd rather have Jordan Love for dynasty.
2:46So that's the difference. We've got him ahead of Love in the trade value chart.
2:51But yeah, it's not like he is. It was not like it was a career ending injury.
2:56That's the good thing. But the contract is up with the Ravens, right?
3:00That's it. Well, it's one more year, but like quarterbacks don't play on the last year without a deal.
3:06So it's like if he could be done in Baltimore is on the table.
3:10And he famously negotiates his own contracts, right? So this could be complicated.
3:14And it's such a shame. I wanted to see what that looked like in the Declan Doyle offense.
3:20Obviously, the Colts in week one were not the greatest test for him, but things look so good.
3:25It was just I don't know. I feel like we got cheated.
3:29So, yeah, unfortunately, if you're holding Lamar in dynasty, maybe he's not quite the cornerstone.
3:34We thought we had not long ago. We did get cheated.
3:37I mean, we got cheated from Lamar in a full year in Declan Doyle's offense.
3:42We got cheated from Zay Flowers with Lamar in Declan Doyle's offense and what this season could have been based on those
3:49efficiency numbers when they both been on the field.
3:51We got cheated of the last year of Lamar in his 20s, right?
3:55Like a guy who's this mobile who knows how it's going to age and just to miss out on, you know, most of a year with that.
4:04It feels more so than any other injury Lamar has suffered over the last few years.
4:09It feels like this one could represent the end of an era.
4:12And obviously, that's a huge bummer for me on a personal note as a Ravens fan, but it's also a huge bummer for dynasty managers.
4:20I mean, I traded for Lamar in a win now super flex dynasty league this summer.
4:25And not that I regret the process that went into making that decision to make the trade, but it is kind of
4:32a bummer to to now look at that deal.
4:35Now, just a few months later with hindsight, the names that are ahead of him just to read them all because I was reading some of them.
4:43Josh Allen, Drake May, Caleb Williams, Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence, Brock Purdy, Jaden Daniels is tied with Lamar.
4:49The Daniels one, I know you and I have always disagreed a little bit.
4:53You've had Daniels higher than me. I mean, he's had obviously his own injury history so far.
4:58I'm worried every time he's tackled if he's going to reach out the arm and get hurt again.
5:04So I think even with the age gap, I'd probably prefer to have Lamar than Jaden, but I wouldn't argue that strongly.
5:11I think it's fair to have them very close to each other.
5:14And then again, those first few names afterwards, Mahomes, Love and Stroud.
5:18And you get to a guy like Mendoza. If you're not a win-now team because of this injury fits and you're like,
5:25okay, my team is taking maybe some other injuries elsewhere.
5:28I don't feel like a contender anymore in Dynasty.
5:31Would you be looking to trade Lamar for something like Fernando Mendoza and just make a youth movement?
5:36I mean, Mendoza's QB12 in these rankings. Or is that too far of a drop even if you are thinking very much in the future?
5:44Wait, if you're not a win-now? The only thing is no one's— I guess Mendoza is not a win-now.
5:50They're kind of in the same boat of maybe not helping so much this year.
5:55Right, right. Yeah, that's fair. That's the problematic thing that you just can't—the veteran guy you would maybe want to get rid of, but he's not actually playing.
6:03Yeah, that's a good point. Yeah. So that's a really tough one.
6:07Some of the other movers. CJ Stroud jumps up inside the top 12 in the latest update.
6:12Big jump for him. He's now QB11. He's been really good this year despite, you know, Nico has missed a game.
6:19Higgins out for the year. Jaylen Noll now on IR.
6:22The offensive line, not good. The running game, not good.
6:25And Stroud just looks like a better quarterback than he did last year, just kind of across the board, honestly.
6:31Where's he ranked for you? Because I think it's not the top 12 is really interesting for a guy that— I felt
6:38like Dynasty managers were somewhat fading coming into the year, and he's really proven them wrong.
6:43Also 12 for me. Oh, no, he's 11 in the chart.
6:46I've got him 12. So I've got Mendoza a little higher just for overall value.
6:51They're basically tied in the chart, to be clear.
6:54Yeah, yeah. So it's close. And I think we have a clear top 10 and kind of a top 10 with a lot of big names.
7:02You know, all the guys you mentioned, Lamar was at 8, Patrick Mahomes at 9, Jordan Love at 10.
7:08Then it's kind of a fall off. And I feel like that's second tier.
7:12A lot of guys who've dropped out, like Jalen Hurts.
7:15He obviously has the blood clot issues and that takes him out for this year and kind of clouds his future.
7:22Tyler Shuck, who hasn't been quite as good as we'd hoped this year.
7:26Jackson Darts, who's on IR. Justin Herbert has really fallen off the map.
7:30Bo Nix, like you have to go down to the older guys who are having rock solid season.
7:35Guys like Jared Goff, Dak Prescott. You know, but they're discounted because of their age.
7:40So after number 10, I mean, CJ Stroud is the first guy you get to who is a young quarterback who you feel pretty good about.
7:48And we didn't feel that good about him a month and a half ago, but he's played really well lately.
7:54So I think I understand the claim he has to be a top 12 guy, 25 years old and playing some really good football right now.
8:02It does feel like the position is less deep is maybe not the right way to phrase it, but there's less certain
8:09depth than there has been in a while. I feel like the last couple of years we've been like, you know, there's just a lot of quarterbacks.
8:17And like, I'm pretty comfortable in a super flex league with guys that are ranked QB 18, QB 19.
8:23And that just doesn't feel the case like the case right now.
8:27Like you said, outside of that top 10, it's really feels like a lot of dealer's choice.
8:32And there's upside and there's intrigue, but it's not a lot of certainty.
8:36Herbert is a guy I was going to ask you about what is the right level of dropping him, right?
8:42Because it's just been like whatever you thought the worst case scenario was for the season, this is worse than that.
8:49The fit has not worked in Mike McDaniels offense.
8:52Jim Harbaugh could get fired this year and maybe is likely to get fired this year.
8:57Herbert himself looks quite bad. Like this isn't just the people around him not supporting him.
9:02He is making really bad decisions with the ball and turning the ball over a ton.
9:07The offensive line injuries continue to rear their ugly head.
9:10The pass catchers are not great. It's just really tough for a guy that in a vacuum you look at and say
9:16this guy looks like he was built in a lab to be an elite dynasty quarterback.
9:21And every single bit of that foundation is crumbling, really.
9:25He's at QB 16. It almost feels like we don't know what to do, so let's put him right in the middle type of a ranking.
9:33He's actually in a three-way tie with Shuck and Dart for 14, 15, 16.
9:37I'd rather have Herbert than Dart just because I was a little low on Dart anyway, and obviously he's missing the entire year.
9:44I think Herbert for Shuck is really interesting. Some of these other names around him, Bo Nix, Jared Goff, obviously that one's a little age dependent.
9:52But yeah, I feel like I'm just throwing up my hands.
9:55And I have Herbert in a lot of places.
9:58I was really heavily invested this year, both redraft and dynasty.
10:02But I feel like I'm throwing my hands up here and saying I don't know what to do, Fitz.
10:08Yeah, I've got Prescott and Goff ahead of him.
10:10I'd just rather go with the old guys who are playing good ball and are presumably going to be playing good ball next year too.
10:18Because really, is Herbert still an NFL starter two or three years from now?
10:22We have to revise what the ceiling is for Herbert.
10:26Like, he's very toolsy still, but we have not really seen him maximize those tools since, what, the third year of his career?
10:33First three years of his career, thought he was going to be an absolute star and things have just stalled out.
10:39And now they seem to be going the wrong way for him.
10:43And problem is, like, the supporting cast is bad.
10:46Even Joe Alt isn't playing well anymore. And Lad McConkie doesn't look like the ace receiver he looked like in his first year.
10:53And the running back talent hasn't really panned out.
10:56But you can't blame it all on them because Herbert's playing badly too.
11:00And now he's 28. So we're running out of time for him to start maximizing those tools with better teammates, better coaching.
11:06You know, we're hoping he lands in the right situation, but maybe it just won't be the right situation largely because of him.
11:14One more quarterback that I want to hit on quickly, J.J.
11:17McCarthy. He's QB 28. Big jump, obviously, getting another starting opportunity in New York.
11:21This feels like a ranking where when we sit here a month from now, Fitz, he will not be QB 28.
11:28I think he'll either be higher if he plays really well in the next month or he'll be outside of the top
11:3532 again because it'll be clear this is just not a long-term thing.
11:39And he's kind of on his last legs, getting his last opportunity.
11:42I tend to believe that he will be ranked higher than this a month from now.
11:47I'm not saying it with my chest. I've not pounded the table for it, but that is kind of the direction I would think he would go.
11:56He's still really young. And he has a starting opportunity, right, for a division-leading team.
12:00And he has played pretty well in the last couple of weeks.
12:04So for you at QB 28, is this a buying opportunity?
12:07Or if you've been holding on to J.J. McCarthy after drafting him in the first round of the rookie draft a couple
12:14years ago, is this a selling opportunity for you to say, hey, four months ago we thought you were never going to get anything for him again.
12:23Now you can get more in the ham sandwich and you should go out and do that.
12:28Are you more buying or selling right now in Superflex Dynasty Leagues?
12:32Let me turn this around on you and let's do this with a concrete, like what the price is, because he was
12:38just exchanged in one of my leagues. This is a Superflex League.
12:42Would you rather have J.J. McCarthy or a late-ish second-round pick?
12:45It's probably going to be around $208 in 2027.
12:48I feel like I would rather have McCarthy. I feel like if we're as good as the class is in 2027, even
12:55in classes that I have really liked, it's very easy to completely miss on a pick in the second half of the second round.
13:03We want the opportunity to make that choice and to take swings on guys we like in that range.
13:08But I feel like you get to about that 20th pick in a lot of rookie drafts.
13:14And you go back and look through the history of those drafts, rookie drafts I mean, and it is a lot of,
13:20well, you could have picked the right guy, but I oftentimes didn't.
13:24And so while I do like that pick and value it generally, the upside of a starting quarterback in a Dynasty League
13:31who's only 23 years old, to me is even if you think there's only a 10% chance that he is a long-term
13:38starter, and I'm not saying that's the percentage you're ascribing to it, but if that was, I still think that's worth it
13:45because the upside is just too immense in that type of format.
13:48You answered it very well, and that's a good way.
13:51Pretty fair trade though, right? Yeah, what does the chart say for that?
13:55The chart says that McCarthy's value in Superflex is 32.
13:59Okay, so this is a mid-second rounder's 39 and a late second's 35.
14:03So this has the pick as just slightly more valuable, but very close to each other.
14:08Yeah, I thought the guy getting McCarthy, I thought it was a perfectly fair deal.
14:12And a friend of mine who is also in that league, we were arguing about it while we were golfing last week
14:19and argued about it for like three holes. He would much rather have the pick and thinks McCarthy is still buns.
14:25I think that's fair. Again, to me, it's just the process of taking a swing on the upside of a starting quarterback
14:32in the NFL and a quarterback with youth and some level of physical talent.
14:37Like even if he has been buns and even if you think that there's an 80% chance he gets back there.
14:43Again, I'm kind of messing with the percentages here, but even if it's a small chance, I just think taking that swing
14:50is more likely to win you your Dynasty League one day than an insert random 208 pick here.
14:56He's very toolsy and sometimes it takes young quarterbacks a little while to figure things out.
15:00And I know it's really only been five quarters for the Giants, but they've been five pretty good quarters.
15:06He looks kind of like a real quarterback now.
15:09I'm sure there are going to be some bad moments in the weeks to come, but hopefully there's some good moments too
15:16because, yeah, it would be now that maybe the class of 2027 is not going to be the quarterback bonanza we thought
15:23it was, we could use a young quarterback like McCarthy sort of redeeming himself and showing us that he can be a solid NFL starter.
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16:14Let's go to the running backs here. Fitz, big riser is Bashal Tootin.
16:18He's now at the top eight at the position.
16:21He is RB8. We'll tie it with Bucky Irving at 8-9.
16:24They both made jumps here in this latest update.
16:27To your point, it's a bit of a snow globe position.
16:30You can kind of shake it up every month and outside of that top five or six, the guys kind of land in a different order.
16:38But Tootin is kind of the biggest riser inside of that top 10 that I wanted to highlight.
16:44Where is he ranked for you? And how much conviction do you have in him?
16:49Not just this season, which I think we all would agree we're pretty interested in him the rest of the way, but
16:55long term, given the lack of draft capital investment that Jacksonville has in him.
17:00Do you worry about them maybe making a higher pick on a different running back or signing somebody in the years to come?
17:07And maybe he loses some of this value. I could see them adding a complimentary piece other than Chris Rodriguez, but Chris
17:14Rodriguez is sort of a good compliment because he has a different skill set.
17:18Wouldn't be surprising if they just added another body.
17:21But I think the job is kind of his.
17:24He's looked fantastic. Every time I watch him play, I'm like, man, this guy is really good.
17:29And as far as where I have him, so the chart has Tootin 8, Irving 9.
17:34I have Irving 8, Tootin 9. And I do think it's very close between those two.
17:39I mean, would you rather have either of those guys than Ashton Gentry?
17:43It's a good question. I think the answer for me is no, but that might be like my own fallacy of just
17:50like I can't give up on the evaluation from Gentry's, you know, like entering his rookie season just a year ago.
17:56And he's only 22 years old still. And I'm also just such a believer in Klit Kubiak and the Raiders offense that
18:03I'm inclined to say, well, hey, like his ankle hasn't been right all season and there's still like a ton of upside here.
18:10So I don't think I could get there, but I'm very willing to admit that I could be wrong about that.
18:16Yeah. I mean, it's so we've got a five point gap between Gentry and Irving and Tootin.
18:22And that's kind of it. Like if I, if someone wanted to give me Gentry for either Tootin or Irving, I might
18:29do that deal, but I'm not throwing in much of anything.
18:32I think the guy that's in between Gentry and Tootin is Jonathan Taylor.
18:36That's one where I'm more interested in because Taylor's a little bit older.
18:40I don't know that he's going to be on the Colts long term.
18:44Like, like there's just a lot of uncertainty there that feels like it's, it's a riskier spot to be.
18:50So if I could swap Taylor, I mean, depending again, if you're like a contender or not, but like if I could
18:57swap Taylor for Tootin, that's one that I'm interested in doing, even though we have a gap between them in the trade value chart.
19:04Yeah. I think that makes sense. But like you, I'm hoping that it's mainly ankle related for Gentry and we see more
19:11explosion next year, later this year at some point.
19:14But yeah, it's frustrating if you had Gentry because obviously you spent a one-on-one pick on him and have not gotten the payoff yet.
19:21Jeremiah Love and Asha Gentry have both dropped value in this, in this trade value chart.
19:26The last two one-on-ones consensus in dynasty rookie drafts.
19:29So yeah. Ankles are important. Yeah. Who knew? Um, another player who dropped is a Marion Hampton.
19:34Again, I would kind of talked about Herbert already, but sort of the same question.
19:39Like we really were imagining big things with the upside here.
19:42I think still think there's talent in him as a running back, but the situation has been a true nightmare.
19:48He's down at RB 20. Um, he's dropped something in the range of like 12 spots here, about 14 points of value in the chart.
19:56Um, does that feel right to you in terms of exactly how far he moves down?
20:01Yes. We'll put it this way. His value is 45 right now.
20:05If you were just sort of regardless of position in a vacuum, who would you rather have for dynasty?
20:11Oh, Marion Hampton or AJ Brown? And I know that is about as apples and kiwi fruit as it gets, but I,
20:18I think I'd take Hampton and just like, if all else is equal, take the youth, but like, man, it's pretty close.
20:24Yeah. Yeah. Hampton has one more point of value in our chart.
20:28That's crazy. But I, and I noticed that today and I was thinking about that and I'm like, boy, that is just yeah.
20:35Two, two complicated packages with those two players. Yeah.
20:38Jalen Warren, a big riser. I think we both agree with that Braylon Allen, a riser, obviously looking really good with the opportunity he's had.
20:46Scadaboo, a follower agree with that. Oh, another running back.
20:49I just want to quickly highlight. I think Jadarian prices is a bit high here and you were on this early that
20:56he was being overvalued in dynasty leagues. Um, the, the reason I liked him was the idea that he could take advantage
21:02of this early run out with the full opportunity for the defending champs.
21:06Obviously didn't get it because of a being ineffective and be the injury he's ranked higher than Blake Corum.
21:12I just simply do not agree with that assessment.
21:15Even though Corum shares a backfield with Kyron Williams price shares a backfield with Zach Charbonnet, right?
21:20Like I, I, I just would so much rather have Corum on my dynasty roster.
21:25And then even a couple of the guys behind him, Shavion Henderson, Jonah Coleman, Braylon Allen, Kyle Monunga.
21:31Those are the four names, Corum, Henderson, Coleman, Allen, but now guys, sorry, five names after price.
21:36I think I'd rather have the upside of all five of those guys over Jadarian price right now in dynasty.
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22:43Yeah. Um, all right, let's go to the receivers here.
22:47JSN just continues to see his value go up.
22:49Um, we, I don't think we've ever, at least that I can recall seeing had a player other than a quarterback in
22:56super flex whose trade value was in triple figures.
22:59JSN is not a triple digits yet. He's at 94, but man, every time we do one of these, I'm like, should
23:06we just keep bumping him up even further? 24 years old, just like shattering records, just, just an unbelievable player.
23:12And, uh, the gap continues to widen between him and everybody else right now, the gap between him and Jamar Chase, who's
23:19wide receiver two in our dynasty trade value chart is the same as the gap between Jamar Chase.
23:24And it's only Aminra St. Brown at four, but like, we're talking about 10, 11 spots of value just to go down one spot here.
23:32It's there's a real separation at the top, the way we see it.
23:36Yeah, man. It's going to be a shame when he drops to number two, when Jeremiah Smith comes into the league.
23:43I was going to bring this up. Is JSN doing enough to keep you off of your Jeremiah Smith is wide receiver one take?
23:50No, no, I'm going to stir the pot. It's going to be Jeremiah Smith for me when he comes in and, uh,
23:57people are going to call me an idiot as they have already on multiple occasions.
24:01But, uh, that's, that's my stance. Like I'm going with the alien and Smith, Smith and Jigba is awesome.
24:07There's no question about it. I like I was fortunate enough to get, I, I don't have him in any dynasty league
24:14and I hate it, but I was fortunate enough to get him in multiple redraft leagues this year and boy, am I enjoying it?
24:22Yeah, I had him in a few redrafts last year.
24:25No, no dynasty either. And I really liked him his year.
24:28He came out dynasty or just one of those years where in none of my leagues was I picking in the range
24:35where it was, you know, really doable to get him.
24:38And, uh, and yeah, it's, it's, it's a bummer to not have him in more places, particularly long-term, uh, Jamar chase to
24:45Pukunuku a three, Aminrase Brown four, CD lamb five, uh, and Malik neighbor six.
24:49Every one of those saw their value change either a little up or a little down, but they're all still roughly in
24:56the same ranges that they were no, no major movement there.
24:59Um, really the biggest riser inside the top 15 or so is Matthew golden.
25:04He jumps up to wide receiver 14 and dynasty, uh, just 23 years old.
25:08Uh, obviously the, the jump is even larger. If you go back to September's chart, I don't have that number in front
25:15of me, but clearly he jumped up, um, from there to now even more than just the, uh, the number of spots
25:22he's gotten up here, which is roughly 12 or 13 or so, um, inside the top 15.
25:27And man, if not for the drops, this could look even higher, honestly fits.
25:31Yeah. Sorry. I was distracted by something in the chat.
25:34Who are we talking about? Worm Matthew golden. You're good.
25:37Oh, golden. Yeah. Um, what, what do you think?
25:40Would you rather have golden for dynasty than Watson?
25:43There's obviously an age difference, but like, I, I've kind of struggled with this one and I guess I have to go
25:50with it because golden's four years younger and Watson is the injury history, but I do think Watson is the better player right now.
25:57No question. And probably will be for another couple of years, but golden's coming on fast.
26:02No, I agree. I think because I think Christian Watson is the better player now and it's not like Watson is old, right?
26:09He's just not as youthful as golden. I would rather have Christian Watson on my dynasty roster right now.
26:15I wouldn't fight you too hard if you wanted to make the case for golden though.
26:20Like I think it's totally fair. Golden's out targeted him.
26:23I don't know if he still has, but as of a couple of weeks ago, he was out targeting Christian Watson, obviously
26:30not the same level of injury history that Watson has.
26:33Um, I think it's totally valid to prefer golden.
26:36I just personally really have always liked Christian Watson and have he's, he's been a wide receiver one basically since he, anytime
26:43he's been healthy on the field with Jordan love.
26:46So yeah, for me, it's still Watson, but I think it's a reasonable question for sure.
26:51Golden is just so good at getting open. And I don't think the drop thing is going to be like some chronic issue.
26:58I think he's just, it's a focus thing and I think he'll fix it.
27:02Um, do you prefer golden to Luther burden? I was just looking in that at that one.
27:07Um, I think I prefer burden burden is younger.
27:10Uh, he has is, I'm not surprised he had a slow start this season with the groin injury over the summer.
27:17Also Caleb Williams, early season injury. Now that they're both kind of on the field and healthy, he's been a top 16
27:23receiver three straight weeks and half PPR scoring. Um, I think the sky's the limit for burden in a way that I can't quite get there with golden.
27:32Um, so I would prefer burden, but again, I'm totally fine with those being really close.
27:37Yeah. I, I have them one spot apart and I've got burden higher.
27:41Yeah. Um, actually since we're in this range of receivers, let me just quickly ask you if this is the end of
27:48Lamar Jackson in Baltimore, where should Zay flowers be in dynasty rankings?
27:52We've seen what he can look like in this Declan Doyle offense.
27:55We've seen him basically play at like a JSN level in terms of efficiency per route run, uh, when he's been on
28:02the field with Lamar Jackson, but there's a non-zero chance that Lamar is traded this off season or for whatever reason is
28:09not starting for the Ravens next year. If that happens, there's not an obvious path to who that replacement is.
28:15Maybe the Ravens draft a guy in the first round, which would be such a surprise and, and, uh, such a pivot
28:22from where we expected them to be just a couple of months ago.
28:26Maybe they try to get somebody else somehow. I don't really know who, if it's not Lamar, who the quarterback is for the Ravens next year.
28:34I still tend to think it will be Lamar to be clear, but is there any part of you that says maybe
28:41it's a good hours, even knowing that his value is not gonna be the same in the second half of the season
28:48now, until we know for sure that what the quarterback situation looks like going forward right now, he's wide receiver 11.
28:54I have him wide receiver 10. I understand the concern about the QB position.
28:58Jackson Smith and Jigba is just putting up this freaky season on a 2000 yard pace with Sam Darnold as his quarterback.
29:05And I would argue that Sam Darnold is not playing great football this year, but that's all Zay Flowers needs.
29:11He just needs a Sam Darnold. Anybody else you want to highlight further down in the rankings before we move on to tight ends?
29:19I mean, big drop for Devante Smith, big drop for Lad McConkie, big drop for Jalen Waddell, big rise for Omar Cooper Jr.
29:26He's inside the top 30 now. I think him versus a guy like Jalen Coker in Dynasty is an interesting question there.
29:33They're back to back in the trade value chart here.
29:36Antonio Williams and Jeremy Bernard, two other guys that had big rise.
29:40There's a lot of rookies, obviously this time of year tend to be in that risers category.
29:45Anybody standing out to you that you want to highlight before we move off the position?
29:50Just collectively, some of the rookies that hopefully Jordan Tyson is a guy who takes a big jump the next time we
29:57do this show worm, because he's about to make his debut, if not in week nine, I think soon after.
30:03And we've seen big bumps from, uh, for Antonio Williams, Jeremy Bernard, Caleb Douglas, uh, Jacoby Lane, I think would have gotten
30:10one if not for the Lamar Jackson injury. So it's encouraging that we've gotten some, I don't know, maybe it's turned out to be a better rookie class.
30:18I think then we thought it was going to be a receiver.
30:22Yeah. I wonder if that's a lesson learned. Like it feels like there are no bad rookie receiver classes anymore, just with the modern passing game and everything.
30:31I'm not the first person to make that observation.
30:33And, um, even if we look at a group where we're thinking, Hey, maybe there's not star power, but we think there's
30:40like some pretty good depth that that depth can kind of elevate and maybe not become mega stars, but can become really quality contributors, I think pretty quickly.
30:49So, uh, I'm going to try and keep that in mind for, for future classes for sure.
30:54Let's take a quick look at the tight ends.
30:57Um, before we get to some of the questions from the chat, I'd say a likely big, uh, rise here.
31:03Well, Brock Bowers rises again. I just love seeing this when he's already number one with a bullet and then continues to
31:10go up even further, separating himself from the pack as good as Trey McBride is, uh, just seeing Bowers go up is,
31:17uh, is fun and, uh, always feels deserved quite frankly.
31:20Um, but besides that, you know, Isaiah likely at tight end seven, he takes a big leap here, um, moving up about
31:27five or six spots into, uh, into that top seven range.
31:30I feel like likely versus a guy like Tucker craft.
31:33They're the same age is really interesting. They're actually technically tied here for six and seven in the rankings right now.
31:40That feels appropriate to me. Just a hair ahead of them is Sam Laporta and just a hair behind them as Harold fan and jr.
31:47That foursome that feels really appropriate to me as tight ends five, six, seven, and eight.
31:52It does. And I've actually got fan in highest of any of them.
31:56I think fan it's just amazing. And oh my goodness, did we see that this past week?
32:02Um, so I like him. I've, the reason I slightly prefer craft to likely and have him ranked one spot higher is
32:09just, he has Jordan love as his quarterback and, you know, we'll see on JJ McCarthy, but likely has a more unsettled QB situation.
32:16Uh, Eli Raritan taking a big leap. This is a guy I targeted in a lot of, uh, rookie drafts this year.
32:23So I'm really enjoying seeing that, uh, Bretton strange, another big leap.
32:27He's at a tight end 13 Raritan's a tight end 15 Raritan.
32:30Now the higher ranked of the rookie tight ends named Eli.
32:34He's the head of Eli Stowers who hasn't done anything for Philly, of course.
32:38And I think it's pretty deserved. Raritan's looked really good.
32:41Terrence Ferguson, our, our beloved Terrence Ferguson fits you and I are as high as anybody on him.
32:47Um, moves up a little. It's a shame. I feel like he could be, he can, I think he could have taken
32:53an Isaiah likely type leap if he hadn't been hurt and had had this opportunity with Devante Adams out.
32:59So kind of a bummer with that ankle injury.
33:02We hope to see him back soon. Uh, any of those names guys, you want to talk about a bit?
33:08There's a chance Terrence Ferguson gets activated from IR this week, which would be nice because they need a number two behind
33:15Puka Nikua with no Devante Adams and don't give up on Eli Stowers just yet.
33:20He's now been active for two games. Didn't really do anything the first game, but I think he had three catches this past game.
33:27And obviously with the Devante Smith and, uh, Dontavian Wicks injuries, there is opportunity for him.
33:32Unfortunately, the targets are going to be coming from Tanner McKee.
33:36Yeah. Nobody really else at tight end that I feel like is worth highlighting.
33:40Chigakonkwo, I think maybe could rise this month with Terry McLaurin out and see what kind of opportunity he ends up having.
33:47But yeah, there's not really anybody else that I think is a particularly relevant to hit on.
33:52So I think we'll go ahead and get to some questions from the audience.
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34:18That's fantasy pros.com slash markets. All right, Fitz, let's take a look here and see what kind of questions we have.
34:25I got to pull back up the discord. Um, let's, uh, let's look through some quick, uh, chat questions here.
34:31We'll start getting to some of these questions with these hands raised.
34:35Our guy bunting big trade today. His rebuilding squad, super flex, non-tight and premium 10 team league start through receivers, two flex
34:42already has four 27 first getting Lamar Jackson, Zay flowers, Caleb Douglas, an early second next year should be the two Oh
34:48one or the two Oh two giving Patrick Mahomes, CD lamb and a 28 fourth.
34:53This leaves him with a receiver room, uh, flowers, golden Parker, Washington, Concepcion, Douglas, a book up fields and Tyson.
34:59What do you think about this trade fits? I like it a lot actually.
35:04And I understand CD lamb having a great season.
35:06I think bunting is doing a good job of cashing in on that because longterm I like lamb more than flowers, but
35:13like not that much more than flowers. Um, I think what I like here is that he's getting Caleb Douglas in this
35:20deal and that early, the, uh, a top 15, Oh, it's a 10 team or so it's really a top 12 pick in 2027.
35:27Yeah. And Caleb Douglas for yeah. Downgrade from lamb to Zay flowers.
35:31And I don't know, maybe a downgrade to I was going to say, I don't know what you're, you're saying lamb to flowers.
35:38Like you'd rather, you'd rather have lamb, which I, which I agree with.
35:42I don't know how, I don't know how wide that gap is.
35:46Like I think that flowers could easily have usurped lamb in the rankings.
35:50If he and Lamar had both been healthy this year, the way he looked agreed.
35:55And my homes, Lamar Jackson, future dynasty value fairly close, but obviously bunting gives up the guy who is playing and providing
36:01value this year and gets the guy who's probably done for the year.
36:05So I like it a lot. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I, I understand what he's, I understand why the other person did
36:12it big boost for them short term. Cause they flowers probably not going to provide a lot of value the rest of
36:19the way with Joe Fagnano and whatever else the Ravens might be able to cobble together a quarterback.
36:25Um, so big lift for the other person, but I really do like this longterm for bunting.
36:30And I think, man, Caleb Douglas, I do think he is the best wide receiver.
36:35The dolphins have on the roster right now. It's also, and we talk about this a lot.
36:40If you're going to make a move like this, it helps you with your pick this year.
36:45This it's going to help bunting in the Jeremiah Smith race, right?
36:49Like he's already rebuilding team. Now he has a receiver who probably his value is going to be nuked this year.
36:55A quarterback who's definitely his values nuked this year.
36:58That's going to give you more losses to help your first look better.
37:02So I like it a lot. Yeah. And before we, uh, before we call people up, should we get to CFC fans
37:09trade real quick since he's in the audience, the, the one right above buntings.
37:13Let's see. Oh, I didn't see that one. Yes.
37:16Thank you. Sorry. I was looking, uh, after, uh, it said I was a speaker, so I didn't go out.
37:22Thank you for highlighting that one. Yes. Let's go to this one.
37:26Thoughts on trading way, a Buka, a Chan and a 27 first and a 29 first for Amin Ra and Jonathan Taylor.
37:33If the owner doesn't go for it, would you add anything more?
37:36I'm in fifth place and pretty much a lock for the playoffs.
37:40Now, bottom four teams clearly in tank mode, but there are two to three super teams in the league separately.
37:46Should I drop Jalen Wright to pick up Gardner Minshew quarterbacks on his roster?
37:51Drake may Justin Herbert, Gino Smith. Um, just quickly on that Jalen Wright for Gardner Minshew one with that quarterback room.
37:57Is that something you're interested in doing or no?
38:00No, I don't think Gardner Minshew is going to be in there long.
38:04They have to do it. Carson back. Carson back gets an audition and Minshew's like next three games.
38:10I want to say it's like Seattle, Kansas city, and, uh, someone else really tough.
38:14Like it's a really a murderous row of opponents for him.
38:18So he is not going to crack the starting lineup.
38:21I'd rather just hold right, to be honest. And yeah, just to make it clear that trading away a Buka, you said HN just to it's Travis ETN.
38:29Uh, so in case anyone thought maybe it was Devon HN.
38:33Sorry. Yeah. Yes. Travis HN pronounced that way, but yes, the saints running back, not yet.
38:38Yes. I'm sorry. That's a good point. Thanks for correcting that.
38:41Yeah. Do you, so do you think this, I mean, I, to get Amin Ron, Jonathan Taylor, kind of a go for it move.
38:49Um, is it too, too little or too much to give away a Buka 2027 first 2020?
38:54I think it's right on. And CFC fan asked like if, if the other person didn't go for it, would you be willing to throw more in?
39:02I don't think I would. I definitely agree. I would not add more.
39:06Yeah. And I, I think you're coming to this person with a very fair offer and, um, you know, if they don't
39:13take it, I think I'd just kind of leave it be like, I would not be willing to throw in more.
39:20I think ultimately I would do this philosophically. I don't love saying like there are two to three super teams in this
39:26league and I'm not one of them and I'm going to go give away a lot of value, but I mean, HN2 Taylor is obviously a big upgrade.
39:35I think both now and even in the longterm.
39:38Um, obviously a Buka, as much as we like him to Amin Ra is a significant upgrade.
39:43Amin Ra is as consistent a dynasty wide receiver as you can have.
39:47Um, and, and to just give up a couple of firsts to do that with one of those so far away, like
39:54at 29 first, you'll care about it three years from now, two years from now, but that is, that is pretty far into the future.
40:02So even though you're giving up a lot, you're getting a lot back again, Amin Ra being a part of this is
40:09much more important for me than the Jonathan Taylor part.
40:12So I would do this, but, but like you, I wouldn't add more to it.
40:16I think this is a reasonable deal. And if they say no, then they say no.
40:21Agree. Uh, question here from Grimm, 12 team PPR one QB traded Pollard for golf and strange QB is redraft.
40:27It's redraft. Oh, this is redraft. Oh, this is the dynasty show here.
40:31Yeah. Uh, you're reading ahead. Um, tight end was a waiver pick of every week.
40:36Let's do the, uh, the herbs and cheese question.
40:39Cause he's in the audience. And what do I do with Lamar?
40:43Yeah. Contender in a 10 team league. Yeah. I have two 27 firsts.
40:47Are the QBs are Daniels and Kyler rather trade away Lamar or one of the picks for quarterback help this year.
40:53Yeah. The only thing I feel like you're trading a lot, you're going to be trading Lamar.
40:58It's such a loss. If you deal him, you know what I mean?
41:02Like you, you don't have him, but yet he's one of those top 10 quarterbacks.
41:07And I feel like there's a big tear break between we talked about CJ Stroud moving up.
41:12Well, that's cause he was leapfrogging. Like it's easy to move up in that class beyond the top 10, because there are
41:19not a lot of their old guys who are good and young guys who are not good, or at least not consistent.
41:26And, um, to have Lamar next year, who is going to play and presumably play pretty well for someone.
41:32I just, I don't want to give him away for pennies on the dollar, even if I'm a contending team, you know what I mean?
41:40I know what you mean. It's always hard though, to be like, I'm going to sacrifice a contending year.
41:45If there's just one position that is now broken that I feel like I can fix.
41:50And you do have the two picks. So I totally get the sentiment, but yeah, like you would need to really get
41:57something back for Lamar for me to want to move him as opposed to like, I wouldn't sell for the sake of
42:04selling to say like, let me save my contending status, but I will be open to it.
42:09If, if I felt like, I really could get worthy value back.
42:13Yeah. Which I know is kind of a top out answer, but certainly a big drop off and super flex from Lamar to Kyler Murray.
42:21I would herbs go out and find a way to acquire Carson Wentz just to be sure.
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43:01Um, let's take a break from the chat. We'll get back to that later, but I want to answer some of these
43:07guys who have their hands up here. Let's get McTunda up here.
43:11Hey guys. Hey, how's it going? Good. Uh, so I just made a trade myself there.
43:16I gave up Brock Purdy for a super flex league there for a 27th first, the 28th first and Matthew Stafford to
43:23get back to at least have somebody playable for this year.
43:26What do you guys think? Fitz seems pretty reasonable to me.
43:30I mean, that's a lot of some quality draft capital, presumably this person is a contender though, and they're later picks.
43:36Uh, they're actually trying to get into the playoffs right now.
43:40So they're making a big move. So it'll be early.
43:43So kind of, kind of mid first. Yeah. I, I think that's a fair return.
43:47What do you think? Worm? Yeah, I think, I think in terms of pure value, I do like this a lot as
43:54much as we like Purdy right now. Um, I, I did, my only real question would be like, if you are a
44:01contending team who needed Purdy, then you're kind of sacrificing the ability to contend this year, depending on what the rest of your room looks like.
44:09I know you're getting back staffed for a year.
44:12Okay. Yeah. I accidentally won three games this year.
44:15I've, I, I've been there at the same spot in one of my leagues where I keep accidentally winning these games.
44:21Um, yeah, no, in that case, then I really like it.
44:25Cause I do think on value getting both of these back, especially if this guy is not a surefire contender and therefore
44:31these picks might end up being in the middle of the first this year.
44:36Um, and then in that case, I actually liked this quite a bit.
44:40Just out of curiosity, McTunda, what else do you have now at quarterback Stafford and Kyler Stafford and Kyler.
44:46So yeah, I mean, that's the one tough thing that you're sort of trading away, trading away in anchor at quarterback for the future.
44:53I guess that's the part of it. I don't like you've got Stafford and Kyler who can, well, Stafford will start for sure next year.
45:01Kyler, or maybe that's the thing. I mean, you're probably going to have to use your pick plus that one and get
45:08a quarterback from a quarterback class that could be a little, a little iffy.
45:12Like, I mean, they're, they're going to be quarterbacks coming in this rookie class, but all of them, there's some question about
45:19like every quarterback coming out this year. And I think they're going to be some interesting ones, but they all have like
45:26at least one wart, but it's, it's yeah, it's interesting.
45:29I, I don't hate it though. You set yourself up pretty well with some nice draft capital for the future.
45:35I think it's a fair trade. Don't love it.
45:38Don't hate it. Also in that league there, I have Tony Pollard there who of course gave me these last two wins
45:44that I didn't want, but, uh, people are now offering for Tony Pollard, the contenders there.
45:49What would you want to give up for capital for Tony Pollard this year with the way he's running?
45:55Yeah. Um, like as far as if you're going for draft picks, let's see, just looking at the chart, um, we've got Pollard being worth approximately.
46:03About an early third according to the chart. So from a contender, a late second, maybe.
46:08Yeah. I'd ask for a second. I think that's perfectly a fair.
46:12And I would do it for a second. Yeah.
46:15Like I, it's, if I got that, I would say, yep, sure.
46:19Whoever the first one is to offer any second.
46:21I would, I would take that. I, I, a third feels like not enough to me.
46:26If there's a lot of players where I constantly feel like they're kind of in that in between where like this round's
46:33too high, but the round lowers too low. And I kind of feel that about Pollard where if somebody offered me a
46:40late third, I'm saying, you know, forget it. But if somebody offers me a late second, I'm happy to accept that.
46:46Dynasty show. And there were some people I was very excited to draft late in the second round.
46:52So to get one of those guys for Tony Pollard, good deal.
46:56Last question I had there real quick there. Somebody offered me one of the cornerstone pieces.
47:01Technically I have right now is Ted McMillan. I don't feel as confident there in regards to like him being like a cornerstone.
47:08This is kind of going to be year one of the rebuild.
47:12Would you trade him for like Denzel Boston and like an early second?
47:16Hmm. As much as I like Boston, I Yeah, I like Ted Rowe and McMillan enough that I wouldn't want to do that.
47:23Fitz, I was actually curious what you were going to say because you are the biggest Boston fan.
47:28Yeah, it's close. Um, man, I like, it's really fair.
47:31Um, I think actually, I don't know. I might be willing to take Boston in the early second.
47:37I would prefer for preferred Ted. Um, so we might, we might be torn on this one.
47:42Yeah, really close, but that's, that's a fair offer for sure.
47:46And if you don't feel totally sold on Ted Rowe and McMillan like that would not be bad to take that deal.
47:52McTonda. That's everything I had. Thanks guys. Awesome. Thank you so much for the questions.
47:57All right, let's bring up doc innocent. Hey guys, how's it going?
48:01Good. How are you? Good. Good. Had a couple of questions.
48:04I dropped my team in the chat a couple minutes ago.
48:08Alan may Purdy. Um, I had a couple offers on the table right now.
48:12I had Drake may for a 29 first and Brian Thomas jr.
48:16It's a one quarterback league. Wanted to see temperature temperature check on that for a 29 first you said?
48:21Yeah. And Brian Thomas jr. I think, I think I'm going to try to make it a 28 first, you know, if
48:28I can throw a third, I've got five 27 thirds I can throw at, you know, even in one QB.
48:34And I understand the market is deflated for quarterbacks and one QB, not enough for me.
48:39Not enough. Okay. Uh, had another trade, uh, flowers for a 28 first and Tyson.
48:44For 28 first and Tyson has an interesting one.
48:47I think I'm probably holding onto flowers and just hoping that, Hey, Lamar's back healthy next year.
48:52And he's going to look like the lead record that he did at the beginning of the season.
48:58And in, in, if, and if that happens, like Tyson, we need to be really good for me to be feeling okay about giving that up.
49:06So I think I probably hold onto flowers. What do you think fits?
49:10What's your, what's your record right now, doc? Uh, six and two, six and two, man.
49:15I would, I think I'd rather hold it together with flowers and hope that maybe they trade for Jacoby Bursette or bring
49:22in someone else who can kind of float flowers value for this year.
49:26Like it's a fair, interesting offer. I think I'd rather just keep the bird in the hand with the guy we know is a really good player.
49:34Um, given the, you know, sort of medical ambiguity with Jordan Tyson, I think I'd rather just hang onto flowers.
49:40It's a perfectly fair offer though. And I understand why someone might be tempted by it.
49:45Yeah. Uh, and I just wanted to get a quick temperature check on the whole wide receiver room.
49:51I have, I've got Nico, Garrett, Wilson, Tet flowers, McConkie and Rome.
49:54Didn't know if there was, you know, someone there you would think I could kind of upgrade that position at with the
50:01thing is I think, yeah, go ahead. Worm. Well, I was just going to say it's hard for me because there's a
50:08couple of players and that you listed and I'm looking at the team here that are like, man, I really liked the player.
50:15I just don't know what the situation is going to be long-term.
50:19Like the chargers are such a mess. What does that look like in 2028 Rome?
50:23What, what usage is he going to be getting in Chicago in 2028 and beyond?
50:28Those are two players I really like Garrett Wilson, even to like who is the quarterback in New York next year?
50:35What does the room look like shaking out between him and 80 Mitchell and now Omar Cooper jr.
50:40So it's a lot of players that are, it's sick.
50:43You have six receivers that in a vacuum, I love all of these guys as players.
50:48The situation makes it a little tougher. Um, I think for me, I would just kind of tend to lean towards the
50:55talent that I really believe in and trust that the situation will work itself out next year.
51:00Fitz, I wonder if you feel differently. Yeah, no, it's, um, it's a bunch of guys.
51:05There's some guys we thought might be wide receiver ones, but this is like wide receiver to city and your, your wide receiver room.
51:13Um, and I feel like just looking at this group, I see a bunch of guys who I think are better than
51:20what their current value is right now. Like Nico is not having as good a season or at least last few games
51:26have not been sort of up to his normal standards.
51:29Garrett Wilson now is a little more target competition, but I think he's still going to be at least playable every week.
51:36Uh, Ted Arone McMillan really good, but kind of victimized a little bit by, uh, just vultured by his own guy, Jalen Coker early in the season.
51:45McConkie. Okay. I know I was way above consensus on where to rank McConkie last week and you know, he turned out to have a pretty good game.
51:53So I just, that's a guy would never want to sell just because he's, um, better than he has shown this year
52:00and Rome, um, who it seemed like a lot of people were dumping on and then had a pretty good game in
52:07a tough matchup against the Seahawks last night. I would hold him too, just because Caleb looked fabulous in that game and
52:14he and Rome do seem to have a connection.
52:17Gotcha. Yeah. Appreciate that. Yeah. One of the players definitely that's hot right now is Nico.
52:21I've gotten some trade requests for him. Uh, one that I was particularly interested in and was centered around Parker Washington.
52:28Didn't know which one, which side you would kind of prefer on that.
52:32Oh, just straight up Nico for Parker Washington. That's kind of what we settled on.
52:37Yeah. I, I do a, I do a Parker Washington ranked higher.
52:40He, he's ranked higher in the dynasty trade value chart as well.
52:44That was the same team that wanted to trade the first and BTJ for may.
52:49Yeah. Yeah. I mean, Washington's a little younger. I think I'd be willing to do that one.
52:54Honestly. Yeah. I'm kind of scared to see how they include Marv, especially after the buy week and everything.
53:00But, um, yeah, a little bit of a checkered injury history with Nico.
53:04So yeah. Yeah. Awesome. Thank you so much for the questions, doc.
53:08Yeah. I appreciate your help. Have a great night.
53:10You too. You too. All right. Let's bring up Bobby trees here.
53:14Hey, gents. How we doing? Doing well. How about you doing?
53:18Doing all right. Doing all right. Doing a little bit of discombobulating with my team and kind of doing a little panic
53:24and, um, you know, end of the day, I, I'm in a league here for dynasty.
53:29I just traded away and bit my tongue on it.
53:32I traded away a Garrett Wilson for Trevor Lawrence.
53:35And I had a Lamar Jackson, um, on my team.
53:38So ended up getting rid of a Wilson there.
53:41I still have T Higgins. I got St. Brown, um, Zay flowers, unfortunately now, you know, with the situation.
53:47And then I have a Lave. So I still have four like top 10 guys.
53:52Um, you know, so I thought it was okay to kind of pull that trigger.
53:56I'm four and four now I'm going for my third finals appearance, uh, in a row.
54:01And I lost last year because of Lamar, um, you know, kind of being in there, but, um, just traded for, for Trevor Lawrence.
54:09So I got my QB room figured out. I have someone that's been begging me for Bejal Tootin.
54:14Um, my running backs are, I, I've, I've a heavy running back room.
54:18Uh, right now I've made some traits throughout the last couple of years, but running back room is Bucky Irving, Chase Brown, Warren.
54:25Um, I got Josh Jacobs on the bench. And then I also have, uh, James Cook.
54:30So my, my weaknesses are at tight end. And then, um, you know, I'm kind of stacked in both positions outside of,
54:37you know, now giving away Wilson there, but, um, I'm getting an offer for golden for Tootin where I would kind of
54:44retain golden there and bring back my, my wide receiver room up to five strong guys.
54:49But, you know, at the end of the day, I don't know if I should be getting rid of a, another young
54:56running back like that, but, you know, with the ankle now and him potentially being out this week and, uh, you know,
55:02golden, I just think he's going to be a stud eventually, obviously once Christian Watson gets away, but, uh, I'm really getting,
55:09um, you know, flustered between this, uh, golden for Tootin thing.
55:13Let me, let me ask you, Bobby, what is the lineup configuration you guys have every week?
55:18Like how many running backs, how many wide outs, how many flex?
55:22So we beefed this out. Um, we're at two running back, three wide receiver, and then we got two flex, uh, that
55:29you could pick between running back, wide receiver, tight end.
55:32Gotcha. Gotcha. Yeah. So I got all my running backs in right now, obviously.
55:36Um, but yeah, that's, we, we got two extra flex on top of a three wide receiver to two running back room.
55:43Then I think I'm on board with it. Um, we have a slightly higher grade on Tootin in our trade value chart.
55:50He's a 62 or sorry, higher on golden slightly higher on golden.
55:53Yeah. 62 tootin is 57. I agree with that.
55:56And you know, I came on the show talking about how volatile the running back position can be.
56:02And that's kind of how it is. Like there's just more stability with the wide receivers.
56:07Um, running back can be volatile, but even if you give away Tootin, you're what five deep with Bucky, Chase Brown, Jacobs, uh, James Cook, Tyler Warren.
56:15Like even if Jacobs were to get suspended, you'd still be four deep and you only have to start two, but then
56:22you could fill those flex spots with wide receivers.
56:25Cause now you've got a Lave Higgins flowers, St.
56:27Brown and golden. So yeah, I'm, I'm on board with this one.
56:31What about you? I am too. Yeah. I was going to say it's close.
56:35I think it's totally reasonable offer and I like it.
56:38I'm totally, if it's close, I'm happy to skew towards the receiver, just in a vacuum.
56:43You have running back depth, which not not everybody does.
56:47So you can afford to kind of go from the running back to the receiver here.
56:51I, I I'm totally on board with that. Great.
56:54Awesome. Yeah. No, I, at the end of the day, I was, I know it's a good trade and, and definitely like
57:01just a slight leverage the golden and, you know, like you said, Pat, the, the running back room can get, um, a
57:08little out of control, um, you know, within the same year.
57:11So, uh, yeah, no, I think I'm going to go for, and I think at the end of the day, it's, it's, it's a win.
57:19So no, appreciate the reassurance and, um, appreciate, um, appreciate the show and everything.
57:23Always listen to you guys. So thank you. Awesome.
57:26Thanks so much for the support. Appreciate the question.
57:29You have a good one, man. He's got a really good team.
57:33Yeah, no, sorry. I was already in the middle of, I was already in the middle of clicking, move to audience.
57:39As soon as he started talking, that was an accident, Bobby.
57:43Sorry. He's got a really good team though. I mean, I know he said tight end was a weak spot, but man,
57:49Trevor Lawrence, and then like that group at, at running back and wide receiver, like that's a championship caliber.
57:55Yeah. That's, that's a good team. I like that for sure.
57:59Um, all right, one more, uh, hand race for the stages.
58:02Let's bring up Nick. Hey guys. Hope you're doing well.
58:05Um, I threw my team in the chat, uh, few, like 20 minutes ago.
58:10I can pop it back up, but I'm, I'm eight.
58:13No, um, obviously contending. Um, curious if you guys have any thoughts.
58:16I don't have any trades lined up, but I mean, you know, some of the receivers have been underperforming.
58:22Uh, I don't have like a ton of RB depth, but you know, eight, no, obviously competing, uh, looking to win the chip.
58:29So I'm curious if you guys have any like ideas in terms of like people to go after or sort of positions
58:36to upgrade or anything, uh, just given the roster.
58:39Yeah. Eight. No is really nice. And, um, um, it's interesting, man.
58:43I mean, like how many teams in this league?
58:45So 12 teams, 12 teamer. Okay. Uh, and it's a one QB start a two receiver, two flex 12 teams.
58:52Um, yeah, I mean, assuming you're kind of all in like the, the receivers are good, but the only ones who have
58:58been like awesome for you this year are sort of like London and burden.
59:03I mean, I would be willing, Oh, and T obviously T is having a monster year.
59:08I'd be willing to entertain offers for like Omar Cooper and or a Mecca Ibuka to maybe try to find either like
59:15another, I don't know if you need another high quality receiver since you only have to start two, but like not having
59:21anything behind B John or JT that you can really sink your teeth into makes me a little nervous with this team.
59:28I was thinking maybe somebody, maybe trading a receiver for somebody like Kyle menung guy, who like, I don't expect to do
59:35anything for you, obviously until after the bi-week in week 10, but the bears schedule from weeks 11 through 17 is fantastic.
59:42I talked about this with Erickson on our redraft trade show earlier this morning.
59:46And I think, you know, obviously he's, you know, got some youth on his side and I just, I'm such a believer in the bears running game.
59:54And I think he's somebody that could be like something close to a league winner, uh, with what the bear schedule looks
60:01like and what I think he could do even in a shared backfield with, uh, you know, with Swift and B, but
60:08because of the shared backfield, he's, he feels attainable to me.
60:12And also the fact that you're probably not getting anything for two more weeks out of him.
60:17So I wonder if one of these sort of tier two or three receivers on your roster is somebody you could move
60:24to try to get a guy like menung guy, or even like a Laporta, maybe get menung guy plus something else back.
60:30Um, since you have McBride, uh, that that's something that I would look at just to get a little bit of running back depth.
60:38Cause I agree with Fitz. That's the first place my mind went was I'd love a third running back that I feel better about.
60:45Menunga is trade value in our chart worm is 40 and Omar Cooper is 47.
60:50Would you consider that trade straight up? I think, I think yes, in a vacuum, I do agree with Cooper being valued
60:57more highly, but I think I would consider that if I, you know, obviously I'm eight.
61:02No, I'm a contender. I'm trying to win this year.
61:05I have other receivers available and Cooper is probably going to be up and down given that there's other amounts to feed in that offense.
61:13And menunga, we've seen that he can produce even with Swift on the field.
61:17Obviously there's contingent upside. That's even greater if Swift or whatever go down.
61:21And the fact that because you're eight and no, you don't need to care that much about the next couple of weeks.
61:28You're playing for the end of the season when the schedule is really, really favorable.
61:32So I think I would strictly because Nick is a contender.
61:36Yeah. And I think the two to, I think we both agree that third running back is maybe the biggest need.
61:42And I think your best bits of ammunition are probably Omar Cooper and Sam Laporta.
61:47And then just make sure you get at least a warm body back at tight end in any deal.
61:53Sure. That makes, that makes sense. Thank you. I'm looking at like some of the bottom barrel teams.
61:58Uh, and there's guys like Jalen Warren who obviously doesn't help if you're not contending, but I am.
62:04So that could help or like chase Brown, people like that.
62:07Uh, would you try and trade like a little higher up to get those guys?
62:12Or, um, am I just better off trying to get a non guy or, or someone who's like maybe a little undervalued
62:19who might be able to do well? Well, Warren in like, uh, uh, let's see.
62:23So what's, what do we have Warren valued at?
62:26We have his value because he is Jalen Warren is 28 and he doesn't completely have that backfield to himself.
62:32Um, so right now our, our trade value chart gives Jalen Warren a value of 48 and Omar Cooper is a value of 47.
62:40I mean, if that team's in the tank say, Hey, I mean, unfortunately, Omar Cooper is coming off a donut game after
62:47a pair of hundred yard games, maybe wait to make this offer and see what Omar Cooper does this weekend.
62:53But like, that's a pretty fair offer, I think because Jalen Warren, immediate short-term value for sure.
62:58Omar Cooper looks like he's going to be a real nice asset.
63:02Maybe you throw in like a third rounder or something if you have to, but that might be a worthwhile deal.
63:08Okay. That makes sense. Thank you guys. Really appreciate it.
63:11And thank you for helping you get me here.
63:14You bet. Thank you for the question. Yeah. Awesome.
63:17All right. We are at top of the hour, so we are going to have to get out of here.
63:23Fitz, um, there's some questions in the chat that we didn't have time to get through today.
63:28Apologies for that. If you didn't get them answered, please hit up, uh, Fitz and his, uh, AMA channel here on discord, hit me up on social media.
63:37If you have questions that you want me to answer anywhere like that, please feel free to ask those questions elsewhere.
63:44Apologies for not getting to them today. Uh, but really appreciate all the questions we did get to and everybody for tuning in for Fitz.
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