In short
Fantasy Footballers episode breaks down the NFC East (Eagles, Cowboys, Commanders, Giants) for 7/23, plus general drafting strategy and “news and notes.” Hosts Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright discuss how to use strength of schedule mainly as a tiebreaker, and focus on early-season matchups for defenses/streaming QBs. They cite ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler (Sam LaPorta cleared), Seahawks placing Zach Charbonnet on PUP, Dolphins placing Chris Bell on active NFI, and reports on Baker Mayfield negotiations and Jacoby Brissett contract talks.
Eagles
concerns about offense after losing A.J. Brown; new OC Sean Mannion; health luck.
Key claims
Jalen Hurts’ rushing/goal-line “tush push” volume dropped (8 attempts last year vs 13–15 prior), increasing Hurts risk despite QB7 finish.
Notable examples
Devonta Smith ADP rising; Dallas Goeddert as late-round TE shot (11 TDs last year, 90%+ snaps discussed).
Cowboys
tough schedule may be good for fantasy shootouts.
Key claims
Dak value (QB11-ish ADP) despite big fantasy drop in losses.
Notable examples
CeeDee Lamb tier above George Pickens; Javante Williams projected as boring starter/goal-line back.
Commanders
after injury disaster (9 starters missed 7+ games), win total down to ~7.5.
Key claims
Jaden Daniels rebound with rushing floor; limited reliable pass catchers.
Notable examples
Antonio Williams as WR2 dart; Chig Okonkwo sleeper TE1 opportunity.
Guests
no guest hosts are named; only the three regular hosts are present.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOHosts and Initial Banter
0:29 to 1:09
Meet the hosts and light-hearted banter about candy.
“Some won't wash their lucky mustard-stained jersey until the season's over.”
NFC East Breakdown Introduction
1:09 to 3:03
Introduction to the NFC East breakdown episode and upcoming topics.
“Just click those Mike and Ikes around real quick.”
Strength of Schedule Discussion
3:03 to 6:00
Discussion about the impact of strength of schedule on drafting strategies.
“Hey, Ballers, how much do you guys focus on strength of schedule when drafting Tom in Ohio wants to know?”
NFL News Updates
6:00 to 7:10
Latest news and injury updates from around the NFL.
“You're not missing out on Josh Allen the last few months I'll tell you that.”
NFC East Team Analysis: Eagles
7:10 to 10:40
Analyzing the Philadelphia Eagles' performance and key metrics.
“with the herniated disc fully cleared for training camp, so the Laporta train keeps going.”
NFC East Team Dynamics and Future Outlook
10:40 to 14:00
Discussion on team dynamics and future outlook for the NFC East.
“yeah well not with that speech dude harbaugh i see the new york giants it's the new york Giants.”
Analyzing Philadelphia's Offense Changes
14:00 to 14:50
Explore the shifts in Philadelphia's offensive strategy and personnel.
“and you replace him with Hollywood Brown and Dontavian Wicks.”
Jalen Hurts: Performance Metrics and Risks
14:50 to 16:40
Discussing Jalen Hurts' last season metrics and the risks moving forward.
“But I do think that the shift of the offense is massively important, is a huge upgrade because what we saw from the system last year was so bland, vanilla, boring.”
Rushing and Passing Touchdowns Breakdown
16:40 to 19:10
Examining the decline in Jalen Hurts' rushing touchdowns and its impact.
“They just found themselves on the goal line, and that's been his secret sauce for fantasy.”
Debating Jalen Hurts' Draft Value
19:10 to 21:20
Evaluating whether Jalen Hurts remains a top draft choice amidst concerns.
“Oh, but they're less successful at it now.”
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Saquon Barkley: Fantasy Outlook
21:20 to 23:00
Analyzing Saquon Barkley's potential performance for the upcoming season.
“42nd in yards after contact per attempt.”
Wide Receiver Dynamics: Devontae Smith & Makai Lemon
23:00 to 25:40
Exploring the roles of Devontae Smith and Makai Lemon in the Eagles' offense.
“So redraft right now, he's kind of been in your mocks and things of like this.”
Dallas Goedert: A Tight End to Watch
25:40 to 27:40
Discussing Dallas Goedert's potential as a top fantasy tight end this season.
“And here's Goddard getting 90 plus percent of snaps in an offense all year long.”
Analyzing Tight Ends: Goddard vs Kelsey
28:01 to 29:50
Comparing the fantasy value of tight ends Goddard, Kelsey, and Andrews.
“Yeah, you seem to be pretty Kelsey kind.”
Dallas Cowboys: 2026 Season Outlook
30:51 to 42:05
Discussing the Cowboys' record, schedule, and key players for the season.
“If you're an NFL fan, ESPN is where you need to be this season.”
Washington Commanders' Lost Season
42:05 to 43:08
Explore the challenging season of the Washington Commanders and their struggles with injuries.
“It was a lost season, 5-12 after having a great year with the Jaden Daniels rookie campaign.”
Analyzing Jaden Daniels and Offense Changes
43:08 to 45:24
Delve into Jaden Daniels' potential and the changes in the Commanders' offensive lineup.
“Like, Jaden and McLaurin didn't even get to play together.”
Assessing Commanders' Fantasy Football Value
45:24 to 47:59
Discuss the fantasy potential of the Commanders' key players and their performance prospects.
“So I think it comes down to is Jaden going to be great?”
Assessing Commanders' Fantasy Football Value
48:00 to 54:03
Discuss the fantasy potential of the Commanders' key players and their performance prospects.
“I think they're very close in terms of who I would prefer to have on my team.”
Assessing Commanders' Fantasy Football Value
54:09 to 54:23
Discuss the fantasy potential of the Commanders' key players and their performance prospects.
“Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.”
Giants' Disappointing Season Overview
54:23 to 56:00
Review the Giants' performance from last season and the coaching changes made.
“your streaming home for the NFL on CBS all season long.”
Discussing the Giants' Coaching Changes
56:00 to 1:02:14
The hosts analyze the impact of coaching changes on the New York Giants.
“He ran 11 routes with Jackson Dart before he suffered a season-ending ACL that has turned into a difficult recovery.”
Evaluating Jackson Dart's Performance
1:02:14 to 1:04:22
A deep dive into Jackson Dart's potential and performance metrics.
“Their middle-of-the-pack offensive line needs to protect him.”
Malik Nabors' Fantasy Potential
1:04:22 to 1:06:49
Insights on Malik Nabors' impact on fantasy football and drafting strategy.
“It's going to be a tough, interesting start, I should say.”
Picking the NFC East Standings
1:06:49 to 1:07:41
Hosts share their predictions for the NFC East standings.
“I've got my first and last, but I don't have me in the other two.”
Transcript
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1:09Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright.
1:26Welcome in. Huh? Huh? What? You didn't like the start of it? No, what's going on? You got candy in your mouth? I had some candy in my mouth. Oh, you know what? Just click those Mike and Ikes around real quick. It's taken me 42 years, but I'm ready to admit the truth. Candy is delicious. Is there sugar in there? I think so. Yeah. They haven't really nailed the taking sugar out of candy and making it still taste good thing. They've got some versions of candy out there. They give you some pretty hardcore farts. Oh, you're talking about the Malitol farts. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Malitol cocktail. Jason knew, right?
2:15Sugar-free chocolate is a problem and should not be consumed. Sugar-free chocolate is the only way they can do it is Malitol, and you're going to ruin everybody else's leak. It's not meant for human consumption. Gives you leaky butt. I found the Sours. There's a company that does them, and they're okay. The texture is different. Like you kind of know. Yes. You know they're trying to pull one over on you. But sometimes it works. It's necessary. Welcome in to the Fantasy Footballers. Mike Wright, Jason Moore, Andy Holloway back with you. We've got a full production crew today. Inducers Alley, Al Borland, Papa Josh, and the Falcon in the building.
2:56For now. We'll keep an eye on him. You say he may fly the roost. You never know. You never know. uh we have an nfc east breakdown episode eagles cowboys commanders giants on today's episode and i believe one more divisional breakdown show after this one correct should be going over to the west yeah the west only has three teams this year did you know that i did know that yeah as a cardinals fan i am well aware so that'll be the saturday episode and then we'll be through all the divisions if you missed any of them we're kind of breaking down the changes for the teams uh addition subtractions head coaching offenses expectations players that are kind of you know not not the obvious draft picks but the more debatable upside downside situations so we'll get into the nfc east today you can pick up the ultimate draft kit at ultimate draft kit.com or better yet you can and you should go to join the foot.com become an ultimate foot clan supporter of the podcast and you will get everything the udk the in-season tools the lineup optimizer in the season everything we have to offer but what if we make new stuff you'll get that too okay yeah we're upgrading a lot of stuff with the mock draft tool we know it's still beta but we're working on dynasty getting that added in and some other cool stuff we've gotten all your suggestions and we appreciate them and we're going to keep working on it a quick question of the day I don't think we're going to do one today.
4:26Oh, no, we do have one. Hey, Ballers, how much do you guys focus on strength of schedule when drafting Tom in Ohio wants to know? So, I mean, in these divisional breakdowns, if you're paying attention, we always talk about the opening schedule for that team because that can matter. You know, there's players that you don't – you know, I don't give a crap what the schedule is. I don't care how hard you say it is. Every format can say this is the worst schedule imaginable, and there's still fantasy players that you will draft regardless. But there's some where – You're not moving off of Josh Allen because, oh, no, it's a tough defense.
5:01But it's – there's guys where it can be a tiebreaker. Sometimes you need – you have a roster construction where you know in this round, like, oh, I got to get a player that I know I'd be able to play for a month. Maybe this isn't a season-long player, but throughout time, like the waivers, I'll be able to do it. it's fun to look at the playoff schedule and dream at and hope at this time of year but it's still too early to be doing that yeah there's so much turnover on the defensive side what i was going to say is i really pay attention to extreme matchups to start the year if i because i know houston's defense is going to be really good sure but the but something middle of the pack or something that it rated gets rated as a a kind of a bad matchup based off of last year's numbers and stats and players.
5:46I'm not overemphasizing that. Like, I'm looking for extremely easy matchups. Like, I still know that Cincinnati and Dallas are not going to be top 10 defenses. So those are going to be juicy to start the year. But I'm not overemphasizing it myself. Yeah, and then the only thing I would say that I specifically look at, I mean, if I'm in my draft and I figure I'm going to end up streaming my quarterback, so I missed out on the top studs and now I'm getting towards the double digit round. You're not missing out on Josh Allen the last few months I'll tell you that. No I'm not but should that happen then I look at the schedule for those later round quarterbacks that I don't think I'm necessarily just playing for 17 games I'm going to say well who's he playing week one, week two and then certainly every single draft the thing I probably care about the most when it comes to the defenses that I'm picking is what are they getting off to?
6:40You know, if it's like, oh, do you want to play against the Lions in week one? Right. No. But like the Packers, the Packers start Minnesota, the Jets, the Falcons. They're a good defense. Like that's – I'm fine with that. Packers is tough because I need Micah to be back, and I don't think he'll be there to open the season. All right, let's talk news. News and notes from around the league. ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports Lions tight end Sam Laporta with the herniated disc fully cleared for training camp, so the Laporta train keeps going. Keeps going. Hey, incredible. Citing your source work over there, Andy.
7:23Oh, yeah, yeah. It was ESPN's Jeremy Fowler that did that. The Seahawks officially placed running back Zach Charbonnet on the pup. To be expected, he should start the season on the pup as well. The Dolphins placed Chris Bell, their rookie wide receiver, on the active NFI list recovering from an ACL. Not completely unexpected at this point. Slightly disappointing. You know, you hope with the whole... We don't have any wide-out situation they have? That, as well as just the year of the peptide advanced healing ahead of schedule. You know, you want him out there, but he tore his ACL pretty late. So, you know, whether he's there week one is TBD.
8:05Albert Breer reporting the Buccaneers are prepared to dive in on negotiations with Baker Mayfield this week that's good is there a team now unprepared to have negotiations with their quarterback well I I just want to know the difference between current status and diving in like is this we've been in a big room we're getting into a smaller room yeah wait are we pool legitimately yeah I mean are we are we feet in are we waist in like and then diving in you're That you have nothing in? No, not yet. You're about to dive in. Maybe you can help me with this. The NFL Network's Ian Rappaport says the Cardinals are in agreement that Jacoby Brissett, quote, deserves more money.
8:45This is a great news section today. I love this report. We all agree he deserves more money. No, we're not going to pay him more. But, like, dude deserves it. He deserves the world. Jacoby Brissett is his own agent, which I find to be all the more humorous in my cartoonish mind. Jacoby's agent also agrees. Yes, yes. He deserves more money. Yeah, all of them agree. Jacoby, his agent, the Cardinals. We just can't quite get there on what that represents. I've never seen the self-agent thing work for the benefit of the player. I feel like we've heard about it working. I mean, if you're LeBron or something like.
9:25LeBron has been negotiating some stuff. Well, that's like if you are the most elite where you're basically going to get everything you ask for. Okay. but if you're not you need an agent I feel like it's but the counterpoint would be if you're not I don't need an agent coming in putting hands in the pockets you want to give the 10 % away because that agent is going to get you more well both those teams ready to dive in just really haven't dove in yet but they're getting there there's a chance any day now let's get it going
10:02let's get divisional
10:06the nfc east last year philadelphia won the division at 11 and 6 it was the first time we've had back-to-back division champs in the nfc east since 0304 that is wild the other thing i've noticed when i look at all the recent winners uh if i count it back from this past year eagles eagles cowboys eagles cowboys commanders eagles and so on is that the giants haven't appeared in that list since 2011 every other team has won the division at least three times since the last time the giants won it 15 years ago which is wild because um they're not winning it this year yeah well not with that speech dude harbaugh i see the new york giants it's the new york Giants.
10:51No, hold on. It's the New York Giants. If you haven't seen Harbaugh's incredible motivational speech, yeah, it was. It was on John Gannon levels. He did not have a script. Let's put it that way. Yeah, I wouldn't put it all the way to Gannon, but it was disappointing. It was lame. It didn't work for me. It didn't do much. Hopefully there's been some better conversations. And I don't know Harbaugh. I don't know his tendencies. At that point, you just got to start cursing. You have no material, man. Oh, that's where you got to go? Just unleash it. What about pew, pew, pew, pew, pew? Got a fire in your belly?
11:34I like what the Falcon's saying. You know, Liam Cohen was cringed till the winds started flowing. Yeah. Well, but, I mean, we know who Harbaugh is. Yeah. Yeah, he's kind of cringed. Let's start with Philly. Last year, projected win total, 11.5, 8-4-1 score games. They have whatever the opposite. Just short. What do you mean? Well, the projection was. Oh, 11. Yeah. They have the opposite of the 49ers situation going on the last two years. They have been one of the healthiest teams in all of football. We'll see if that continues. San Francisco should hire away some of those guys. There is certainly a huge amount of luck built into health, but there has to be better staffs.
12:25And when you have a crap medical staff, as in you look and your team is always getting wrecked by injuries, you've got to start looking around at what other people are doing. Yeah, the training. I don't even know if it's the medical staff versus the training staff and whatever you're doing. I mean, they're doing something wrong in San Francisco. There's just no way that you are always that injured. But, yeah, it's nice that the Eagles were healthy. Obviously, that helps them get to the Super Bowl. And, honestly, last year, despite their health, one of their big problems that we saw was whenever they were missing Lane Johnson, they looked like a different offense.
13:01Well, this year they are projected for 10.5 wins. They have a new offensive coordinator, Sean Mannion. Again. Again, another new one. One of the interesting things about their offense, since it's always a part of the debate, back in 2024, they had 48 tush pushes. They converted 81 % of those. Last year, 33 tush pushes. Pushes. Pushes. Yeah, whoa, whoa. They converted 64 % of them. I almost made the joke. Just don't say it three times fast. Don't do it. Sixth in points per game in terms of their defense, giving up you know they were an elite defense we know that about them but on the offensive side it wasn't great 24th in yards per game 19th in points per game that's how you end up with a new offensive coordinator the the problem that i have is that generally speaking your offense doesn't take a step forward when you're already older running back gets older and your best wide receiver leaves and you replace him with Hollywood Brown and Dontavian Wicks.
14:10Mekhi Lemon. Mekhi Lemon is certainly not A.J. Brown today. Maybe he can get there tomorrow. But I do have my concerns about the trajectory of the offense and whether we're going to see. We've gotten the whole experience with Philadelphia. We've gotten offensive coordinator comes in, they stink. We have offensive coordinator comes in, Kellen Moore, they're awesome. We now have another one coming in. It's just a team that's quick to turn on somebody. it's really well it's not always turning on somebody sometimes it's success and sometimes it's failure it's been pretty much every other year they went to the super bowl shane steichen was uh great ended up um going to brian johnson he sucked they were like ah that didn't work so then they've got to replace him they bring in kellen moore that was great he did so well that he gets a head coaching job then kevin patulo comes in he sucked and he was terrible one of the worst offenses imaginable to watch and you can blame Jalen Hurts and say some people did some people said well Petulo's got to like dumb down the offense because Jalen Hurts can't read defenses blah blah blah we're not inside the building I have no idea if that's true or not but I know that we've seen Jalen Hurts run a good offense we've seen him you know go out there and rush for 600 and throw for 3 ,800 so he can do it now you're making another change you're going to Deshaun Mannion.
15:27And so, yeah, running back older. No A.J. Brown. No A.J. Brown. Those are negatives. But I do think that the shift of the offense is massively important, is a huge upgrade because what we saw from the system last year was so bland, vanilla, boring. Well, let me say a couple things. One thing we did learn was that they couldn't fix it even when they tried last year. It wasn't like they didn't know something was wrong in week two, three, four, five, six, seven. They couldn't get it right. The other thing I want to bring up, and this is a fair question, we've seen this many, many times. Some players have very special seasons.
16:05You go back to 2022, Jalen Hurts, in our consistency metrics, 53 % great games, 80 % good, 7 % bust. last year the worst in all three metrics for him 13 great games that's a humongous difference on what you're getting week to week and just 44 good games he busted 31 of the time i know we can point to lots of different things um but at least like the range of outcomes is there for jalen hurts you could have a resurgent year devante smith makai lemon dallas goddard saquon can run the ball the offensive line stays healthy but you can also get this and so um I think it is one of those things where fantasy managers are having a hard time knowing whether they should reward the past in their draft spot for Jalen Hurts now I think they should obviously I've been a Jalen Hurts apologist for many years sometimes it's been great it's never really been bad it's not like he crushed you last year but it was very disappointing and the change though to me obviously lose AJ Brown that's not you know that's not helpful to the offense however I think when they spread the ball around and not having to to force it one direction is good but also on the goal line I mean the tush push has been magical for them over the last several years it's not in the news anymore meaning it's it's not coming up it's not being voted on this year it will be back if you look at just tush pushes over the last couple of years there were opportunities that They just didn't come this last year, and that's, you know, you had 13 attempts two years ago, 15 attempts the season prior, and then this last year only eight attempts at the goal.
17:50They just found themselves on the goal line, and that's been his secret sauce for fantasy. He hasn't, since his sophomore year, he's been double-digit touchdowns every year, 15 touchdowns, 14 rushing touchdowns. Last year it was eight. is just many fewer attempts at the tush push on the goal line. Those are things that I don't think are. I mean, he only had 421 rushing yards, which is outside of the touchdown argument. You're talking about a pretty big downgrade for him. He's gone from 84-760, 605-630, 421. You're going to have to have the rushing touchdowns go up. He is not, you know, he's going to be 28.
18:29I think that the years of having 700-plus rushing yards, those are gone. Did you mean passing touchdowns going up, or were you saying rushing touchdowns? Rushing touchdowns. Because rushing touchdowns the last couple years, he's been at 14, 15, and then this last year drops to eight. That's a massive amount of fantasy points when you're talking about losing seven rushing touchdowns. I wasn't sure if you were saying he needs to become more prolific as a touchdown thrower because his rushing yardage is diminishing. No, I mean, I think those are different things. The rushing yardage will be going down, but I don't think the rushing touchdown totals will necessarily be going down because of the tush push.
19:08When they get to the one-yard line, that's not like upping his rushing yardage. Oh, but they're less successful at it now. They're slightly, but it's still the most successful play in football. So it's like, did they fail like once or twice more percentage-wise than they had the year prior, yeah, but they're absolutely still going to call that play. Points per game, Hurts was still the QB7. He finishes at 10, but he didn't play the last week. I think there's a lot more risk to Jalen Hurts now than there ever has been before. Oh, see, I feel like the risk earlier. A.J. Brown gave him a guaranteed passing game ceiling that I don't think he can necessarily meet.
19:47I mean, last year, those numbers you talked about, Mike, that was his career high in passing touchdowns. If that hadn't been there, you're talking about an even more disappointing year consistency-wise. ADP-wise, he's the last of the, like, you feel cozy. They feel like a warm blanket of job. So you both feel that way. Well, I'm just saying the price is a point where right now it's hurt, or I'm sorry, Josh Allen, Lamar, Drake, Joe Burrow, Jaden, and then Hurts is what I'm seeing for current redraft ADP. so at that point it's like what's the you know in your head Andy what's the how large is the gap between Hurts and Jaden or Hurts and Burrow like do you as a fantasy football player you feel like oh I'm so confident yeah so then why just wait for Hurts it would be the thesis so I think he's a fine pick I think it's fair to put him at the end of the list of the known commodities for fantasy quarterbacks.
20:52I think you can say both things, and both things can be true, where he's probably not going to be a top three quarterback anymore because the rushing yardage isn't going to be up at 750-plus. He's not going to be a bad quarterback for fantasy because of the rushing touchdowns. And so this year the risk is it's the lowest ADP we've seen from him in several years. You're getting him in the sixth round. Yeah, I think people have doubts about the offense without A.J. Brown and doubts about the next player we're going to talk about, which is Saquon Barkley, who had the prolific Super Bowl winning incredible 2024 season, 17 20 plus yard runs, 740 plus yard runs, was just truly unbelievable.
21:36last year I mean we did not see the explosiveness from him and so people want to know for fantasy where does he slot in among the big names is a resurgent year in the cards or you know I've seen some people talk about Saquon in the context of he's never been great at like getting what wasn't like not having that offensive line that's setting things up for him he always wants a home run like it going back to the time as a giant you know he there's plays where you're like come on Saquon just take take the four take the four take the five here so that's just that's part of the Saquon Barkley experience I mean he was so there were 55 qualified running backs that had 80 or more attempts last year he was ranked 48 in stuffed at the line of scrimmage and and honestly that tells me he wants to hit the home run and it worked really well when all the lanes were wide open, but 48th in rush success rate as well.
22:2942nd in yards after contact per attempt. People were getting bodies on him, and the team could not pass the ball well to start the year, so I think more teams were stuck in the box against him, and it was working. Yeah, could Saquon have a resurgent year? Yes, Lane Johnson being healthy, opening the lanes up. That could happen. I am more skeptical. When I watched Tank Bigsby behind the same offensive line last year he looked great yeah um and and you know obviously saquon is a very very very good you know an all-time back but he's 29 years old did how many games did lane even miss i feel like he missed almost nothing uh we do talk he was banged up but i feel like he barely missed i think he missed i think he missed like within a game where he he technically started i'll i'll look that up but i remember it being a big 10 games for lane okay yeah so he missed a good amount big storyline often of how much that hurt their offense 13 carries inside the five for sake one one rushing touchdown yikes so to see the push tush tush push there you go i'm really weary around that phrase now um to see those numbers go down and the saquon rushing touchdowns go down is interesting devante smith you know i i think that his adp he's a player that his ADP is going to continue to rise into August.
23:54That's my only concern about him. It's going way up. So redraft right now, he's kind of been in your mocks and things of like this. Oh yeah, I got Devontae Smith in the wide receiver choice. He's not. In best ball, he's a top 12 guy. Yeah, I was going to say he's being drafted. I think that Devontae Smith without AJ Brown is essentially a wide receiver one for fantasy. He's already finished there before. We've seen it whenever A.J. Brown has missed time that Devontae Smith steps up. But you're not getting a discount on him. It's not surprising people. He's being drafted right now in best ball drafts like a wide receiver one.
24:32And when push comes to shove later, I think he's a fine pick, but the upside is kind of built in. I think that the guy on this offense whose upside is not baked into ADP, I don't know why it just doesn't feel exciting at all, but Makai Lemon is, one, great. I mean, I think he is a fantastic wide receiver. He was a first-round pick at wide receiver. There was a big three this year. He was one of those big three great wide receivers coming in. And he's coming in to a team that lost A.J. Brown. So it's like, oh, okay, there's ways and avenues. You go, like, this is a good offense. There's an opportunity.
25:13and the talent is there, should he be like a breakout surprising year one player, you're drafting him at a place where that's going to be very impactful and helpful for fantasy football. Yeah, with training camp on the way, it will be interesting to hear what the utilization of Lemon and Wicks, what they're doing. Because Makai Lemon could really start moving up in ADP right now where he is. like that's mid-seventh late seventh round for a first round wide receiver in a team that has a bunch of opportunity is those are players you should draft yeah the wide receiver room is going to be an interesting one to watch in Philly I mean Devontae Smith the cost is still high but he's not like I think most people are putting like George Pickens up ahead of him right now in rankings and that's a player where you're like okay Devontae Smith should be their bona fide number one but the volume differential special uh makai lemon is a discussion wicks will watch training camp but dallas goddard dallas goddard is the most sneaky hidden possible tight end gym that exists in my opinion it is like we're sitting here discussing the gargantuan absence of aj brown makai lemon eli stowers is making no headlines makai lemon has made few he's been hurt he's been banged up the the hamstring but a rookie to come in and become a superstar for fantasy versus a tight end being able to be a number two target if he's the number two target for the eagles there were lots of games last year he was super viable due to other players missing games due to touchdowns he had 11 touchdowns but i i'm just saying like this seems like the dallas goddard solo project year where you could have a bridge here between Lemon growing into the role and Stowers growing into the role.
27:04And here's Goddard getting 90 plus percent of snaps in an offense all year long. I don't mind taking a shot. He's one of the names we've brought up many times. When you're in the last round of your draft and you've done the thing where you didn't get one of the stud tight ends so you're just punting the position to the end. He's in that list of absolutely take a shot at him. 11 touchdowns last year. Now that was an outlier for him. He's a guy who's usually been like four touchdowns a year but with A.J. Brown gone and the proof that he can be uh utilized around the end zone that's the you know why not why not take a shot at him he's always been ridiculously hurt which has jacked up his fantasy finishes as well if you look at points per game last year it was his best because of the touchdowns 10.3 but he's had years of 9.5 before 9.1 so but he always misses time I mean he played 10 games the year before 14 12 15 11 that's been his kind of uh problem but i just think that if you're getting really really late and you want to take somebody that you might just be able to leave in that spot you're taking them as a streamer but you might be able to leave them there all year long i think goddard is in that category yeah so they open with washington on the road against tennessee on the road against chicago then rams and jacksonville after that but so those first three weeks i mean it's interesting i'm curious andy so there's three old tight ends they are going back to back to back and they're tight in 13 14 15 so they're basically the undrafted the first undrafted tight ends or you know near the end of your draft okay kelsey's one of them andrews and goddard yeah i mean i have goddard leaps and bounds ahead of those guys i mean goddard is my number 10 really my number 10 overall tight end i've got kelsey at 17 i got andrews at 21 i'll I'll just take Kelsey of that group.
28:52Yeah, you seem to be pretty Kelsey kind. I'm just okay with the – I think Goddard's going to get – I mean, he still had 60 catches. Sure. Travis Kelsey still had 76 to 850 yards. Yeah, I understand. But he is clearly on his last – Yes. This is the end for Travis, but as of right now – You're taking the PPR. It's like, yeah, Kelsey's probably still the number two target. we may have to bet that later on Kelsey will probably have more work and then if you talk touchdowns obviously you can have 11 from Goddard last year but around the goal line they'll still look for Kelsey yeah I mean that's the one thing Makai Lem is not a big dude so AJ Brown has been that dude for a while and I don't know I just have a good feeling about Goddard I don't like it I don't want it it's just there it seems like the obvious pick on that roster that where we want to find somebody else to me.
29:49We'll take a break. We'll talk Cowboys.
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31:23The Dallas Cowboys. I wonder if you could have remembered their record last year. Do you know it? Have you looked in the doc? No, I didn't look at their record. Okay. Yeah, try to remember. because they they're just a weird team man yes gosh last year because we are we are covered in the the the pickings and lamb and yeah the offense the offensive numbers but what was their record jay man i feel like it was near 500 seven and nine yeah was it seven nine that's not even a complete record seven oh yeah because eight and eight is is 16 now i was i was doing old school No, I really didn't. Their projected win total last year is 7.5.
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32:05It's 8.5 this year. Warren Sharp has them with the fourth toughest schedule for 2026. Ooh, we don't like that. They were number two in yards per game and five in points per game. They were a terrible defense. And here we go. Brian Schottenheimer, season number two.
32:25Hot stat from Kyle. He coached all 17 games. Kyle? Kyle's coaching now? No, Brian Schottenheimer coached all 17 games with a visor on. Well, Kyle's not here, so I wondered if he was coaching. He has the visor stats for Brian Schottenheimer. Dude loves a visor. Clayton Adams number. Not just a visor, but you can see him frequently with a backwards visor. Backwards visor, which is not normal, but it is cool, man. That was normal for me as a sophomore with my bleached hair. Did you go backwards visor? Bro, you weren't cool unless you were backwards visor. Sideways visor? No, I wasn't that cool. Okay.
33:06You know, you talked about Mike Booth, the tough schedule coming up for the Cowboys. But that is a potentially good thing for them. They do have the Houston Texans in their fourth game. But this isn't necessarily the most difficult schedules for offenses to play against. This is good teams. and I'm looking at the totality and they've got a lot of games that could be absolute shootouts and barn burners. The 49ers are going to represent a very tough schedule, but when you're like the Cowboys and you don't have a good defense and you've got a great offense, you're going to be able to score on almost all of these teams.
33:47And so, I don't know, maybe a tough schedule from a wins and losses perspective is good for fantasy football. So let's talk through the pieces here. Dak, we've heard you sing his praises throughout the offseason. CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens, I think there's been the fun debate amongst pundits about who's the better player as an actual wide receiver today. I still have CeeDee Lamb higher. I think he's going to get the first look on a lot of plays. But George Pickens had a special year, and we know how he was much better with Lamb off the field. Lamb struggled with the drops. Both of these guys are certifiably studs for this year.
34:29Yes, they are both number ones. I think they are both worth the price of admission, with both of them staying healthy. And then you also have the nitro upside. If the cowboy you don't have misses time, then yours is going to be even more valuable. So just them with Dak and the two of them working together, It's an extremely exciting offense, and the fact that Javante is not a nothing burger really, really helps as well. I'm very excited. I'm fine with CeeDee Lamb at wide receiver 5, and I'm very okay with George at wide receiver 11. CeeDee Lamb is fantastic. He's 27 years old. He is in his absolute peak prime.
35:22He was an A in consistency over his last 17 games. That includes a game where he played almost 0 % of the snaps, and he wasn't scoring touchdowns last year. He was still great for fantasy. He's obviously got the upside of scoring the touchdowns. We saw 12 touchdowns a couple years ago. CeeDee Lamb is their alpha, and I think he's got a lot to prove coming off of an injured year. so I I have I still put CeeDee Lamb in you know basically in in a tier a tier one you know JSN CeeDee Lamb to me they're they're you're cheering him above George what's that so you have oh he is definitely a tier above George to me without a doubt I mean I mean I think you I mean he is for me too Mike and I like George I just yeah that's not an anti-George take he was a my guy last year but when they were both on the field it it really was you know it was it was CeeDee Lamb getting it done um just the the comps with both of them on the field together that's the sample of them both on the field is very difficult because it was like the first two games okay so that's what did george do in those first two let me pull up those stats so week one was not great week two was solid for for george pickens but i'm saying like that's his first two games as a cowboy So, of course, Dak is going to go to CeeDee Lamb to the tune of 13 and 11 targets.
36:47Then George goes absolutely nuclear in the time that CeeDee Lamb is off the field. And then when they were both back on, it was really both of them just being very good until the end of the season there was kind of a slump. Let me bring up something that I don't think is very fun about the experience with Dallas that presented itself last year. Dak was the quarterback five. We know the counting stats are going to be there. He passed for over 4 ,500 yards last year despite missing CD at 30 touchdowns. The weird thing about Dak last year was that, look, this team's projected, what, seven and a half wins?
37:24When they won the ball game last year, he averaged 24 fantasy points. When they lost, he averaged 12. So half the fantasy points in his losses. It's the largest gap between any of the top 15 quarterbacks. this was a like when it's good it's great and when they're losing he was not a dependable enough fantasy quarterback does that i would trend concern you or is it something that you see it doesn't oh like it doesn't destroy me because number one you don't have to pay up for dak he dak remains one of the best values at the quarterback position one of those games that is really dragging down the the average he played half of week 18 against the giants where he scored 0.7 fantasy point uh so that's involved a another horrific game on the road against denver so it's so it's like that stuff makes sense and you know when you have when you're when you're playing a fantasy quarterback like dak and it's week eight on the road against the denver broncos you go hmm maybe i don't maybe i don't play dak this week.
38:35And that's I think a benefit to him. If you take him as a... What quarterback is he going as right now? He is going... You guys have him ranked much higher than I do. But he's going as like QB 11. Ninth round. As a quarterback not being drafted as a top 10 who will... If he plays 16 games, Dak Prescott will finish as a top 10 quarterback. How many times has he done it in his career almost basically every single time that he has played a full season he's been the quarterback six ten two seven three and five so he's done it six times as long as he has played 13 or more games he has been a quarterback one i want to play a game it's uh javante williams centered game oh man do you want boring javante okay it's gonna this game is called boring or exciting okay okay do Do you want boring Javante or do you want exciting Cam Scatterboot?
39:33Jason, I'll let you go first. I want Cam Scatterboot. I want... Oh. I think I want boring Javante. Do you want boring Javante or exciting Jeremiah Love? Jeremiah Love. Do you want boring Javante Williams or do you want exciting Travion Henderson? trevo i don't want to answer this mike mike has to answer that one because i know he's going to be on the javante it's javante last question for you do you want boring javante williams let me pick a good one here or exciting quenchon judkins i'll be on javante there okay give me the offense we found i feel like you've you're always answering judkins yeah javante that's uh yeah i line is you look at the just the difference in touchdown opportunities between the cowboys and and the browns and make the most exciting thing about javante is that this is not there is no debate in this backfield of any kind it is the most plain and simple we paid him again and he's our running back and this is the running back for the cowboys like that i have zero fear of anybody else in that back yeah you can say jayden blue or phil mopper or malik you can say irrelevant none of them matter it's going to be javante the team got a lot out of him last year it's the same coaching staff with an offensive line former offensive line head coach right wasn't that what um clayton adams yeah the cardinals oh line guy and he's like yeah let's just bring them back so i mean there is something to be said about being able to start that guy every week you never think about it even in the bashal tootin chris rodriguez stuff we have to have in the back of our head oh is he going to come off on a third down like sure you know Javante's not good on it he can't catch the ball but he's going to be their starter yeah I mean you can't ask for much more than is he the goal line back absolutely 100 % when they're on the goal line he's going to get the touchdown opportunities in the rushing game is he passed to yeah over 50 targets from back last year he's had over 70 you know recently and when he was in Denver yeah you won't do anything with him but he's going to get the ball is he on a good offense yeah i mean the the real issue here is do they win games that's you know it's they're they're they might be a sub 500 team this will be a fun one to predict yeah we have the giants i'll just in real quick in washington starting their season jake ferguson in the in it this is fantasy football is wild jake ferguson last year eight top 10 fantasy finishes second only to Trey McBride on the season and I won't draft him no because how many of those games were CeeDee Liam out for that's the whole thing I mean it's nice sign him immediately if one of those guys goes down yeah he is he apparently like as much as Prescott loves throwing to the tight end position there's I guess there's only enough to go around for for two and if one of those two is Jake Ferguson he's going to be great but otherwise I would avoid him.
42:36All right. The Washington Commanders. It was a lost season, 5-12 after having a great year with the Jaden Daniels rookie campaign. Their projected win total going into last year was 9.5. Oh, just missed. Yeah, yeah. If they doubled, they would have covered. The Eagles were the healthiest team or one of the most healthy teams. This was one of the most injured teams. Nine starters. missed at least seven games. Third most adjusted games lost due to injury. It's exactly what it felt like. You never even got... Like, Jaden and McLaurin didn't even get to play together. I think they had three games out of 17 together.
43:18And so it was a disaster. I mean, this year, the win total has been nerfed down a little from that 9.5. It's at 7.5. I'll be honest. I mean, there are some teams I have a really good vibe, feel, understanding of what it's going to look like. this team with the departure of cliff Kingsbury with the Jaden Daniels trying to get back to health situation with, you know, question marks in the wide receiver room and a vampire calling the offense. Blah. David Blah. Yes. Um, I don't think I know what they're going to be is my point. I, I feel like we're so far removed from Vegas. Vegas doesn't either. Vegas says, uh, we'll go seven and a half.
44:00Yeah. I mean, I don't, Most of these reviews were like looking at what they did last year. This one, I feel like it's kind of, not only is it unhelpful because you have a change in offensive coordinator, but it's unhelpful because you just didn't have players in place last year to do anything that are going to be in those spots to start this year. I mean, Jaden has got an offseason to get healthy. Terry McLaurin is going to be back out there. They have made some changes to the offensive side of the ball. They brought in Chigakonkwo. They brought in Rashad White. They drafted Antonio Williams in the third round, a player I think we all kind of like to film.
44:37We said goodbye to the old dudes, Debo, Ertz, Eckler. That was kind of like stopgap guys that none of those – well, Ertz was, but the other two weren't a part of the previous season, right, where they had the success and went to the playoffs. So I don't even know if Ertz was now that I'm thinking about it. He was there. Yeah, Ertz was a part of that. I couldn't remember when he left Arizona. no he's he's been in washington for two years okay he got yeah but last he played 24 he played the full year like eckler and debo were parts of the conversation in the draft area of the year last year yes they're gone um what are they going to be what is this team going to be on offense because you got to tell me that there's some reliable pass catchers for me to believe in jayden yeah i mean so obviously there is a reliable pass catcher in tara mcloran so you've got one Antonio Williams high draft capital wide receiver that I think fits the the mold for a wide receiver too pretty good he's a last round dart throw in a lot of I mean we've been taking him in mock drafts as one of those later rookies who has opportunity and talent and a good quarterback here in Jaden the I was for Antonio Williams he did play 93 percent of his routes from the slot last year and yes I know that things can be over made about that where a college player plays in the slot and then they're like no I can I can do everything but this isn't a first round wide receiver he's a third round guy does that give you any concern that it should they follow the trends and only have two wide receivers out there that he won't be the second guy yeah I mean obviously if he's just being a slot wide receiver for the commanders then he's not gonna be great for fantasy i you know you look at how the team lines up and i would imagine you know you've got luke mcaffrey kind of no bro you got former first round pick trailing burks oh they've got trail on burks remember that touchdown oh man touchdown was sick yeah i i agree with you andy they don't have a lot of weapons but jayden daniels is is a weapon in his own right that can make up for a lot of that i mean will he could ignore all of the weapons and just say look anybody with the rushing floor of jayden daniels ilk i mean this is going to be a guaranteed fantasy predict producing season it's funny because you know you try to hope that he can comp to lamar and develop into you know that level of a player if he does and you you go okay well who do they have they You've got Zay Flowers and an old Mark Andrews and some rookies coming in, and you don't really worry about it there.
47:20So I think it comes down to is Jaden going to be great? Last year he went into the season in the third round. People were assuming, okay, this is that next superstar. Now he's a sixth-round pick. He's dropped a lot. Some of that, I'm sure, is the weapon. Some of that is probably the durability, the fact that we saw him get injured as an undersized mobile quarterback last year. but I'm fine taking a shot on a guy with the you know the total potential to go out there and rush for you know 800 yards he was basically on pace to break all scrambling records yeah he was he was not doing anything different running wise last year in the games he was active he just got hurt and through the air was the price was not as good well yes you can you can explain it away with all the personnel but statistically completion percentage dropped eight percent yards per attempt went down by 0.7 touchdown percent was down almost a full point we've seen this a couple times in a row where you know I've talked about it a little bit with the Patriots last year in their schedule the the schedule for rookie Jaden Daniels and the commanders was a cakewalk schedule and so last year it got harder they only won five games with the injuries I think their defense is not very good which is good for fantasy but i don't expect them to win a ton of games this year at the running back position yeah who are you taking a shot on so i mean first you gotta i didn't think we'd be doing this whole dance again this year we to be honest with you yeah i thought they would do more than add rashad white we thought jeremiah love might be going there so bill uh jacori krosky merit i it does start with him i you know i they're they're very close in ADP.
49:03I think they're very close in terms of who I would prefer to have on my team. This is very much a training camp. We need more news on how they're handling things. Like Rashad White can come in and he can already do everything. Maybe it's not he does everything great, but he does everything perfectly acceptable for an NFL team where Bill is the one who has the juice and everything they've kind of said about him in this offseason so far is the when he doesn't have the ball, he has to be better. You know, like in pass protection, in the actual receiving game. If it sounds like the coaching staff is going to become more confident in him in those things, I think there's a chance that Bill becomes just a true, like he's on the field all the time.
49:55But this is, like I said, you need the news because it could be a nothing burger and ends up completely being Rashad White. There are Chigakonkwo believers out there. I've been one before. Three-year,$17 million deal arrives to be the tight end one. I'm sorry, Mike, but the tight end one on an offense that like financially. Zacherts was a big part, way too big a part for you to handle of the Washington offense when he was catching passes here. We just talked about the absence of pass catchers in the wide receiver room. There's room. Let me just put it that way. There is room for Chigakonkwo to make his mark in this offense.
50:33I am Senate. Oh, gosh. You can acknowledge everything I said and still like Ben Senate, just so you know. Yes. Look, Ben Senate year one, five receptions. Year two, 11. Year three, 24. I'm just saying, at this rate, we're growing exponentially. Jason, I need somebody to talk about you guys. Because that might matter. Look, Chig is a very athletic tight end that we've seen have some breakaway plays. They need him desperately. They paid him. He will have the opportunities. They pass the ball. The trick is that they paid him desperately as well, which maybe is the case. They pass the ball a lot to Zach Ertz.
51:21I think that the opportunity will be there for him. Absolutely a sleeper. he's basically an undrafted tight end that is you know it's like if you wanted if you told me that one of him or Goddard was going to have a breakout it's more likely that Chig breaks out because he could be a high volume passing attack number two target in the offense there's really very little competition for that second target And so, yeah, I would say Chig has the opportunity to break out. I'm not betting on it like the biggest loser is. That's his guy. But, yeah, I mean, to me, I feel like the piece of this offense I want is Jaden Daniels.
52:07And I'm not very excited about most all the other pass catchers. We haven't even mentioned Terry McLaurin, but, you know, he's older. He was thriving on touchdowns a couple years ago. His ceiling is wide receiver what? Ceiling? The ceiling's still solid. wide receiver seven i don't think that high i i do you know i think it's the ceiling is easily a top 10 player i'm realizing as we're doing these all these teams from this entire division that all their tight ends might be the same player from a fantasy perspective like i can make an argument that ferguson did it for a bunch of games goddard did it for a bunch of games chig has had big games in fact the last two years he's ended with like top six performances like multiple times in the last handful of weeks.
52:50He loves the end of the season. And then now we're going to talk about Isaiah Likely. So we're just in the same boat of there's a lot of these guys. I want my, I mean, they're starters. Yeah. The difference between like tight end four and tight end 24 is not that much. Not enough for you. All right. We'll take a break. We got one more team. You guys just got the inside scoop this weekend.
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55:07well the giants went four and 13 last year that was under the five and a half win total projective or then there were one in seven did anyone hit their their projections they all like go over yeah they all hit their under yeah that's kind of how it felt there was a little bit of like like all the teams other the air let out of them yeah but one in seven and one score games cost brian dable his job there were games honestly it was like could you figure out how to lose this game and if you gave me that opportunity to try i would have still won that's but he lost those games there were some crazy games yeah i forgot about all those he lost nine straight games after week six and in week six they had beaten philly on thursday night oh that was the game right yeah that was the that was the dart scat game yeah remembering that right where they took over the tv at the end and it was like you you came into work on friday like holy crap guys it and And we didn't get a long enough run.
56:06No. Neighbors, we didn't get to see him. He ran 11 routes with Jackson Dart before he suffered a season-ending ACL that has turned into a difficult recovery. The recovery of Cam Scadaboo seems to have gone well. Yeah, he's doing flips. Because when he went down, that was a tough one to see, a tough one to watch. It's one of those visually you know immediately what has happened to that player and it's disturbing and it was such an emotional gut punch for the fantasy football world. John Harbaugh takes over, replaces Brian Dable. The New York Giants. Mike Kafka is gone, replaced by Matt Nagy. Oh, boy.
56:53Do you think Matt Nagy might have sucked the energy out of that room? Is that what happened? The budget magician had already performed and there was just not enough energy left in that press conference or that team meeting? It's very possible. I don't understand how these coaches keep getting jobs. You want him to be an assistant or something? I still wouldn't, but at least okay. You really look at his body of work and you're like, yeah, that's our OC. It's funny because in the offseason, Cliff Kingsbury was the Giants OC for about a minute. It was like, oh, it seemed like that was a done deal.
57:33Mike you were so excited about it because you were a big believer in Jackson Dark absolutely and then it went from Cliff Kingsbury's high speed offense high passing volume offense to Matt Nagy this is a weird situation because they're projected to win 7.5 which puts that would put Harbaugh in the if he beats that by a game or two that's like coach of the year candidate for a team that's in a tough division but they lose their target leader Wondell Robinson's gone they won't have a healthy Malik neighbors at full force for a while their wide receiver room is a comedic I'll tell you Darius Slayton gets no respect sorry Jason I was speaking about Darnell Mooney Juju Smith-Schuster Odell Beckham Jr.
58:22Calvin Austin and Braxton Berrios a bunch of we've been on a bunch of teams we've been there done that we hope I mean are they hoping they combine to catch 22 passes? Yeah, I mean, that's embarrassing. I'm hoping that it is more Darius Slayton and Malachi Fields kind of out with the old and in with the new. And Isaiah Likely. And Isaiah Likely, and then quickly, hopefully, Malik Neighbors. The weapons will be there eventually, but it is tough sledding. Without Neighbors, it really seems like they don't have the passing weapons to make it easy on themselves. Now, they can rely on Cam Scadaboo. They've got a really good backfield.
59:05You know, having Tyrone Tracy as a backup behind Cam Scadaboo is – Singletary back behind them. Yeah, exactly. It's a deep core. This team has a great defense. Their defense, I think, can really surprise. You bring in a coach like Harbaugh, and I think you're going to have a team that starts the season winning ballgames by running, running with Jackson Dart, running with Cam Scadaboo, and figuring that out offensively enough while they stay close in games. For fantasy, I don't think we're going to love this offense until the neighbors show up. I just think there's a lot of risk. I know you guys are big Jackson Dart fans, and I know the numbers of the running totals in his limited starts are very, very good.
59:49I'm more concerned. But I'm concerned that we can't have two things here. I'm concerned you can't have the reckless abandon that leads to fantasy points combined with durability that leads to being on the field. For both guys, in a way. For him and Scat. For Dart, some of his numbers, especially if you're talking his success as a no-huddle quarterback, he's a top five. like putting up top five numbers in those plays out of a huddle very very bad and he was dart was afforded a lot of no huddle last year and you bring in matt naggy matt naggy does not do no huddle so it's like will will they allow him to use that superpower and it's like well why does that work because dart is a he's an athletic playmaker you know he he can obviously he can get better he was a first-round quarterback he can improve but it's like he's the superpower last year was the play is broken down not just sitting in the pocket and picking people apart we're gonna go streetball on people and it was working I mean aside from the the injuries and the uh I do want to mention about Isaiah likely uh Jason and I boots on the ground There was an interview with Jackson Dart recently at the Fanatics Fest brought to you by the fantasy footballers.
1:01:17I thought Schefter did that. So did he. And we asked Dart, you know, we're fishing for the information. You're trying to get him to start naming some players with intentionally not listing any players' names, like who's first. The first and only player listed was Isaiah Likely. however the way it was said was you know we got isaiah likely it was like he there was a big pause in between the two names like he didn't fully know his name yet so i don't know i think he was just trying to be clear i saw that clip oh you felt like it was a i thought he was just trying to he realized he didn't know who is he realized he needed to be clear for the audience perhaps i think Perhaps that is what happened.
1:02:02I think he had Isaiah in mind right away, but there's still question marks. Jackson Dart was the 32nd-ranked quarterback when under pressure in completion percentage. That's something they're going to need to do better. Their middle-of-the-pack offensive line needs to protect him. We know we're going to see a lot of two tight end sets, Bellinger and likely probably on the field together. He did have a great rapport with Bellinger. Theo Johnson. Theo Johnson. Theo Johnson. Oh, Theo. I'm so sorry. Yes, Theo Johnson. I think Billinger's still on the team too. But yes, Theo last year, I liked that connection between them.
1:02:37Yeah, I did too. I think Likely is the more explosive, fun player and will probably produce more fantasy points. But both are weapons for Dart. Like if you want to make the case that he's got enough to start the year before Neighbors, to me it's Likely and Theo complimenting those guys and them being smart enough to have both those. I mean, two tight end sets when Malik is hurt makes all the more sense than anything else. Run the ball with Cam. and see if you can survive with that defense. But I'm just not sure what the ride's going to be like with Jackson Dart, and I feel bad because I feel like he's the fun, exciting, sexy player to like, and I just have doubts.
1:03:12100 % is. He was, purely fantasy speaking, he was awesome. Once he took over as the starter, if you were like, I'm going to ride this out. Whenever he plays, I'll play him. he really had like two I mean the dud in week 16 he had a game where he scored exactly zero Minnesota will get you and he played 100 % of snaps but I mean 20 points 25, 22, 26 27, 28 those aren't just good weeks that's my quarterback was better than yours so he's extremely exciting the ADP I think makes total sense what I'm seeing right now for redraft quarterback nine because he is a player he could to me like Jackson Dart if Malik gets back sooner than we're expecting Dart can finish as a top five quarterback for fantasy football he has all of his stuff back home and he's got Juju and he's no I'm just he has but he like him the player he has the stuff that we need for fantasy football If we can get him some weapons, then things will go well.
1:04:23It's going to be a tough, interesting start, I should say. Dallas in week one, but at home. Then the Rams in Los Angeles in week two. If I'm Malik, I might sit that one out. But then Tennessee, Arizona, Washington, and New Orleans. So let me ask you this real quick, Jason, because I've seen it asked, like the mock draft, all this stuff. How do you approach Malik neighbors today? That's the last question I'm going to ask on the Giants. Let's say you're drafting in two weeks. I'll say 12 team. How are you going to approach him? Yeah, I am approaching Malik Nabors with two truths. One is that I think he starts the year on the pup, and so I won't have him for the first four or maybe even five weeks of the season.
1:05:08I also think that he's going to be a star fantasy option at the end of this year. if he gets to 85%, 90 % of what he is capable of doing. You saw Wandale Robinson at 185 pounds get just murdered by Jackson Dart because he kept throwing 14 targets. It was like that was the guy that he was throwing to, and it was really good. I think that was 140 targets to Wandale Robinson. When Dart has neighbors on that field, he is going to give him every opportunity to succeed. I think he'll be a monster at the end of the year. Do you think fantasy playoffs, Malik neighbors will talk about him? I think fantasy playoffs neighbors should be.
1:05:56So what round are we talking? Is that a fifth round pick? Is that a fourth round pick? In the fourth round is when I have started really looking at him. When he's there in the fourth round. I think that's when the entire league is going to start getting a little sweaty. What about no IR spot? At that point, yeah, I mean, that's with no IR spot. At that point, I'm looking at my team and saying, okay, can I survive basically not having a wide receiver here? Do I have, you know, if I feel like I've got a real stud running back, a hero running back approach, and I started with two other good wide receivers, I feel like I could take that shot at neighbors in the fourth.
1:06:39Well, I think we need to pick this division, and I've got my names written down. It's not an easy one. What do you guys think? Writing it down. You want me to read mine? I've got mine. I've got my first and last, but I don't have me in the other two. look I'm going to do something that I'm taking we're probably the same it's Dallas Dallas is winning and then I'm going Philly and then I'm going the Giants and then I'm going Washington I went Washington New York but I got Dallas winning I've got Philly Dallas New York and then the Commanders okay well that'll do it for today's episode Saturday show don't forget three times a week right now about to be five a week in August episodes coming at you the NFC West on Saturday Mock Draft Show on Tuesday.
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