Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Free Agent Frenzy, DeMarco Murray, Jimmy Graham, Sam Bradford and more...

He got hurt, as he always gets hurt. But he had played seven games, I believe. And we're forgetting this in 2013 that Bradford was on a spectacular pace. He was actually, we were talking about him for fantasy as a streamer. So you move him. Why I'm bringing up these numbers is really the nine interceptions. The Philadelphia Eagles.

were interception machines with Sanchez and Foles last year. Clearly, Kelly had had enough. I mean, he brought Sanchez back to be the backup, but he wants a quarterback who is accurate, who's not going to turn the ball over, which is... To do what Foles did two years ago. Which is why he probably got to stay in the lineup is because Foles wasn't throwing picks two years ago, right? Right. And I talk about that frequently where I say how fluky that was, if you go back and watch the film, of how many dropped interceptions Foles had.

Now, Bradford coming out of college was a highly accurate quarterback. He drops it right in the box for the receiver. He just, he has an injury problem, and he keeps tearing his ACL. And now Bradford is, I'm not going to say he's not going to run like Marriota, but he's going to be more elusive and built for Chip Kelly's offense.

than foals. I would be as well. Foles not known for mobility. Jason Moore, not known for mobility. No, that is factually accurate.

No, I really am intrigued with Bradford here this year. You've got the starting quarterback, presumably, on a high-powered offense. You see two years ago a player who didn't know the offensive system yet that was put in as a starter blew up, and he doesn't have as much talent as Sam Bradford. You also see the Eagles believing in Sam Bradford. Apparently, they put in a ton of study in film and in their own sports science. They believe they have a superstar in Sam Bradford.

We know they're going to put up points. We know that for sure. And we know that every single play, the quarterback's going to get the ball. So I really like Sam Bradford from a fantasy perspective. I don't know where I rank him yet, but he's high for me. I would take him over most other quarterbacks in the league. So I think he, you know. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. What are you talking fantasy? Yes. Matthew Stafford or Sam Bradford. And how are we going to have to turn your mic off? Yes, Sam Bradford.

Tony Romo or San Bradford. This is a bombshell that has to revolve in a bet right now. I think that at that point I would have to take Tony Romo from a history perspective. I don't even know what to say. That's where I've got them. I really do believe that. Eli Manning or San Bradford. Well, I think Eli's on for a big year. So I don't see Eli like last year, especially with Vereen going there. I love you. So you're talking Bradford in the 9 to 12 range?

You know, let me, let me pull it up. I'm going to write it down. I'm going to look at my number. I'm going to make you where I think he is. Man, I mean. My face is melted right now. Right. I mean, you can't expect injury, obviously. And ACLs are an unfortunate, fluky type of thing. I've never seen a quarterback with more unknown after five years of being in the NFL than Sam Bradford. He is a stand-up guy. Him and Murray were...

You knew this, right, that they were college roommates. Very interesting if they combine in this offense for Chip Kelly. Yeah, I'd put them at nine. You have them at nine. Nine's where I have him. Which means he should be drafted, and I would take him over a lot of guys that I still like. I would imagine Nick Foles would be at nine. I mean, if the situation was on the same team, I wonder if Foles would be much different. Maybe a couple spots different.

Yeah. They lost Macklin. We don't know what they're drafting at wide receiver. Here's some guys that I would have taken over Nick Foles that I won't take over Sam Bradford. Yeah, Joe Flacco, Carson Palmer, Philip Rivers, Ryan Tannahill. I would take all those guys over Nick Foles. I would take Sam Bradford over all those guys. I can see that. Really? You heard it here. Yeah, I like it. You're going to take. I guess. I like the strong take. The Cardinals are switching, but you would take.

You take Bradford over Palmer. Is that regardless of the DeMarco Murray situation or is that figuring into your decision here? That's figuring into my decision. A good, strong running game. They played together in college. They know each other. I think there's going to be a good rapport. Wow. Okay. Let's go to, let's hit a couple smaller moves that have taken place. Shane Vereen signed with the Giants. He has Rashad Jennings, Rashad Jennings and Andre Williams to compete with in the backfield. Is Shane Vreen an R.B.?

Three, four? What is he? Yeah. Is he worse? It's the same old, same old with Shane Vereen. PPR. He's ranked higher. Standard he's lower. In PPR, I would put him at like a high-end three. Maybe you roll with him as your two if the rest of your team is built for it. But he's a backup. Okay. Jennings, Verrine, and Williams are all...

playing every game. And I just hate that. Don't forget, Onego Boingo. Oh, yeah. You're back. Chris Ongo Boingo. That's just too busy for me. I don't like the backfield at all, but I do think it... Oh, yeah. Ongo boingo. You've been distracted. I have been entertained.

No, I... Does Shane Breen help Eli Manning? Yes. Oh, yeah. Big time. So that might be the greatest fantasy contribution he makes to your team. Boreen has ruined the running backs and has helped Eli Manning. Let's say, I've noticed there is some buzz building about my man, Eli Manning. I just wanted on note on the record, which it is on record because I posted an article about it a month ago, that I was all over that, Eli Manning. You heard it here in the time machine first.

There you go. I love Elon Manning. So I got a take on this next one. Andre Johnson signed with the Indianapolis Colts. It's great. We were talking about him a little before. I loved him there. I went back and did a little research because I wanted to see what. I remembered Wayne in his year 34 season when luck was a rookie. And luck came in when Wayne was 34. Here were Wayne's numbers, okay? 106 receptions, 1,355 yards and six touchdowns. I see that as...

a strong possibility for Andre Johnson next year in Indianapolis. I would not. And I put him at least 90 receptions, 1100 yards and six touchdowns. That's more reasonable to me. Oh, he drops the pen. And I'll be drafting him higher than you. That's possible. Those numbers are inflated because, one, T.Y. Hilton had not come into his own. Andrew Luck was new. No, T.Y. Hilton had not become movies like that. I'm agreeing with that, but what you said next was the point, too.

What did Pep Hamilton and them do in that first year? Run. Luck did not throw the ball, and he put up 106. I think those things even out a little bit. I think luck had done the rookie thing of targeting onto the veteran. With that said, I still love Andre Johnson as... I really like him in those two Texans games, too. Oh, yeah. I would put him in the wide receiver two, probably around...

This 18 to 20 range is where I would have him, just spitballing. Okay. Yeah, I'm going to go out on a limb here, and I'm going to put him in back after the wide receiver one category, which is extremely bold, I realize. So 10 to 12, you're saying. Yeah, probably 1112. Okay, so let me give you some players around that range, and I'll see. Okay, see if I'm right, see if I'm telling the truth. Yeah, so let's say that, well, I mean, clearly first, T. Y. Hilton or Andre. Andre Johnson. Really?

So you see him as the number one there over T.W. Fantasy production wise, yes. Okay, all right. Emmanuel Sanders or Andre Johnson? Emmanuel Sanders. Kelvin Benjamin. That one's easy for me because I dislike Cam Newton. Yeah, I'll go Andre Johnson. Okay, here's one that's very appropriate. DeAndre Hopkins, becoming the number one. I like Hopkins. Yeah.

I think I'm actually on Andre Johnson. I'd go Johnson. Okay. I'm not positive that DeAndre. Yeah, I mean, these are great names. Those are all really close. Who's throwing the ball to knock? Is a mallet or is it Hoyer? Hoyer got the bigger contract. I'm not worried about it. Yeah, I am. I think, yeah, I think those two are close. I mean, that's probably, those are all the guys that are giving me in the same range. And once we get our rankings all figured out, maybe I'll figure those out. Maybe he's more in the 13, 14 range. But he has.

A lot of upside, and he's not as old as we think. And that possession receiver role, I mean, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's going to be the Kobe Fleener, Dwayne Allen, not enough underneath targets for Johnson. But I think he, in that offense, is going to put up six to eight touchdowns at least. No, I think you're right. I think he's going to get a ton of balls. He's going to put up six to eight touchdowns. I really, really do like him. And the thing that I like the best about him is that he's angry. He was upset that he was...

told that he's only going to get 40 targets. He's not leaving to another team because remember who was it? San Diego. San Diego offered him a monster contract. You know that? Yes. I mean, and that's a good quarterback, a decent offense, and he took less money because he wants to go with luck. He wants to play Houston twice a year. Play with Gore. He's got a chip on his shoulder and he's got big broad shoulders. I like that. You want chips all over them. And Andre Johnson has built a Hall of Fame career.

with garbage at the quarterback position. Are you insulting that shop? Yes. Okay. Good. Thank you. And it is very exciting to see what he can do, even though I wish he would have had it earlier in his career, but at least now, better late than never. Let's see what he can do with a great quarterback. All right, let's move on and talk about the number one wide receiver out of the beautiful golden state, San Francisco.

Do we get the toilet soon? You got that ready? Oh, goodness. No, I don't. How about this? That works. That works just fine. It's a nice tugboat out in the... Yeah, a little foghorn out in the San Francisco Bay. Yeah. My heart breaks right now for Niners fans. I mean, it's not fair. It's not fair. You have been a powerhouse team. You have been a team that was built the right way, set up to succeed. If I was a fan, I mean, you start to...

trust your franchise. Rough. And now it's just like, oh, I just feel so, so bad. I don't want to talk about it because the Niners fans don't deserve this. Well, that's true. We are Cardinals fans. But keep listening if you're in San Francisco. How insufferable is Jim Harbaugh?

Like that's what the question. How could he be? How insufferable could he be to let this? Well, they kicked him out. And now the... Three straight NFC title game. And now everything is eroding. Yeah. He's doing cartwheels every morning. He wakes up and just does cartwheels out of his bed. He's so excited of their implosion. To be in, yeah, to be in Michigan. Yeah, I mean, it's crazy. Do we even say Tori Smith? Did we say the name? No, we didn't. Tori Smith.

Too busy with the fog. The honest truth is, it's, I'm not a big Tory Smith fan. I think they overpaid for him, and he'll probably put up okay numbers there. Next. We're talking, go look up Anquine Bolden in the past, you know, or not Bolden, you know, yeah, in that ballpark, probably 75 catches for Tori Smith. Bolden, I believe, is still there. Seven or eight touchdowns, yeah, he is. I just mean, in terms of kind of a cap that I see from the wide receiver position on that team, I don't know. Smith is not.

not going to excite me there any more than he did in Baltimore. I think the numbers will be similar for him. I think he's a good tool to stretch the field, but I don't like him from a fantasy. I don't want him on my roster. Well, he's one of those poisonous guys that tempts you with the Monday night football game where he catches three touchdowns or does something that looks pretty, and then he just doesn't put it up consistently. Yeah. But, yeah, I don't want to just crap all over choice because I do like him. I think he's a good player. What we're...

I think the bigger thing we're saying is that they gave him $40 million. Yeah, they gave him a lot of money to come into a system that's changing with a running back that they've lost. And the quarterback who they have stated is going to run. Yeah. So it's just, and their defense, you know, doesn't look good. Their people are retiring. And that's just a lot of discomfort around that team. Where you got, like, Patrick Willis, I mean, is, is his injury that bad? Or is he saying,

I don't want to play for the San Francisco 49ers anymore. No, his injury's that bad. He's not coming back to another team. He seems to me to say, because everything that I've read seems he's very genuine in his retirement. He's done. He's moved on and he's fine and happy with it. Third first ballot Hall of Famer, assuredly, that will ever not take a snap after his 30th birthday. Well, I don't think he's first ballot Hall of Fame at all. I think he's a Hall of Fameer.