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Free Agent Predictions + Dak's New Contract, ARob & Godwin Tagged - Fantasy Football Podcast for 3/11

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That will be what he's going to be the highest paid wide receiver, obviously, in this class. I have him going to the Baltimore Ravens. That's the name that is associated with Gallaudet the most. Yeah, I mean, they're a team that obviously they spin up on Hollywood Brown, and they know, they recognize they need to get better at passing the ball. Now, I think this is more of a quarterback issue than a weapons issue.

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But obviously, if you have Kenny Goladay and Hollywood Brown and Mark Andrews, it's going to be easier to pass the ball. Well, he's the kind of target that works well with Lamar Jackson. I mean, Mark Andrews is a contested catch, go-to receiver. Goladay's top five in those type of catches goes up and gets the ball. Great red zone wide receiver. I get it. I saw some metrics on tendencies of quarterbacks and teams.

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where they throw the ball. And the NFL doesn't really throw across the middle between the numbers that often. The majority of passes are to the outside. The Ravens are like the opposite. They're so different than the rest of the NFL. They throw in the middle of the field and you get that big body of Mark Andrews or Kenny Galladay for those.

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Contested catchers, it would work for them. He led the NFL in 20-plus yard catches and in-zone targets in 2019. So even though he was injured last year, let's not forget how great Kenny Galladay is. That being said, I'm going splashy with my prediction. I would hate it for fantasy. I am going with the New England Patriots. Jason is struggling. That would be so gross. They have the most cap space in football, pretty much tied with Jacksonville.

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They also are absolutely skill devoid. They just don't have skill players. Let's name their skill position players. Okay. Are you ready? Begin. I'm, hold on. I'm thinking. I think you can say Nikiel Harry because of his draft capital. You could say his name. You're allowed. By rule. Okay, by rule. And then you've got. James Light's a free agent. So if you were tempted. Hold on.

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Just wait, just give me a minute. Any minute now. See where I'm going? They don't have anybody. I don't think that Bill Belichick wants the offense to happen this year the way it did last year. So I think that making the splash here on a player that is a bona fide superstar is going to happen. So I'm going to predict New England with the very splashy free agent signing, the unexpected free agent signing of Kenny G.

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That would be a lot of fun if James Winston is throwing up the ball there. Well, they're going to have another quarterback. And Mike has him going to the Bengals. Yes. So you've got T. Higgins there, but obviously A.J. Green, I don't expect him to be resigned. And Kenny Galladay would be like, oh, you remember A.J. Green when he was great? Let's just sign modern day. A new version. Kenny G. 2.0. J. Juju Smith Schuster.

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Unrestricted 24-year-old free agent wide receiver likely leaving Pittsburgh. Spotrack has a projection of five years, $80 million. Juju fits the bill of cashing in and not returning to Pittsburgh. I wanted so desperately for the sake of him, for the team, and for our producer, Al Borland, who is a Packers fan, to put him on the Packers. I think it would be phenomenal.

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But as I went along through the rest of the free agents, I just don't believe it would happen because the Packers don't usually spend up in free agency at that position. He's going to... He wants to get paid. Get paid. So... You know who pays? Yeah, I do. The New York Jets. That's where I've got him going as well. Oh, do you? Yeah, we both have them going to the Jets. You know who else pays? Las Vegas.

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Sure, I could see the Raiders. It was a close contention for me there. Mike has the Dolphins making a splash with Juju. I could see that. They've got a lot of money. Makes a lot of sense. It makes a lot of sense. I think he's going to take the big Apple. You know, Juju's into sponsorships. Oh, yeah. And, you know, his Twitch feed and his YouTube and all those things. I think the big Apple will be appealing to him to go to New York. Yeah, or he'll take the tax benefits of Miami. Either one. All right, Will Fuller.

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What a year for Will Fuller, 27 years old in a month. It's a real juiced up year for him. Yeah. Worth it, though, because Spotrack has him projected for five years, $85 million, which is a little bit more than Juju. And that's also a lot more than he would have been projected for prior to this juiced up season. Right, which, I mean, the stats were juiced. He was great. And I got Jacksonville on the list for Will Fuller.

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Getting Trevor Lawrence a new weapon. Yeah, he needs another. They need another skill player on the outside. I'll tell you what. Mike actually has Jacksonville as well. I mean, that would be a fun offense. You get you get Loviska Chanel. Oh, yeah. DJ Chark, and Will Fuller.

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And you can do so, yeah, that's not a bad offense when it comes to the skill position players. I have him going to the Washington football team. They are in desperate need of another pass catcher there. It's Terry McLaurin and nobody. Yeah. You know, they've got all these promising young guys. They're like, oh, there's some talent, but they need to actually go out and spend money on a capable player. I think Will Fuller, if you look at the team, they've been going after speed.

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Right, like the speed guys, that's what Terry McLaurin was. That's what Antonio Gibson is. I think they're going to target a speed guy in Will Fuller. Fifth most consistent wide receiver last year, Will Fuller, 14.7 points per game. Such an impressive year, juiced or not. Curtis Samuel. I see that you guys agree with my Washington football team need here. Yep, this was the wide receiver I chose to go to Washington.

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I've kind of had him pegged for the Washington football team. Ron Rivera brings Curtis Samuel and versatile. Can use him. Speed. Yeah, speed. Can use them all over the field different ways. Four-year, $48 million contract. That's the Spochek projection. And Jason, you have him going to the Raiders. The Raiders. Yeah, I mean, when you, there are certain teams that really, really, really target speed.

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And, you know, the chiefs have no money. Washington has money. The Raiders have enough money to make it work. Wide receiver 10 from week seven on. That's what Curtis Samuel ended up as last year. Tyree Kale, Percy Harvin, Curtis Samuel, the only wide receivers with 2,000 plus receiving yards and 450 plus rushing yards in the first four years of their career. It does not seem, his career has not seemed worthy of what you just said. Yeah, I know.

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It's crazy. Corey Davis, unrestricted free agent, 26 years old, came to life last year. I've got the Raiders as that destination for Corey Davis. They love paying players that have shown some spice for about a year. I don't think Cory Davis is going to get paid well. I think he's going to end up, which is why I've got him going to the New England Patriots, because the Patriots, they don't pay a premium. They get.

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They want to make good financial decisions, get everybody at a value. And I think they'll grab Corey Davis at a value. And again, if we can illustrate the skill position players. Yeah, let's go through that list again. Okay. Give this a moment of silence. This is just pouring one out. This is all this is. Yeah. I still don't think I agree with you on the.

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No, McKeel Harry's awful. He's, he's. And I was a truth that are coming in. In rumors, he's being traded, right? Or he's on the trading block. Yeah, that makes sense. No takers? I don't know. I mean, I feel like when you're that young and that highly touted, there have to be teams and general managers. Believe they can fix you. That believed so much in the talent that they're saying, if I can get them, you know, for pennies on the dollar, I should make that transaction. Some players aren't fits for New England, too.

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Mike has Arizona as the destination for Corey Davis. Okay. Could happen. Marvin Jones is the last three-agent wide receiver we'll talk about. And this is why Juju Smith-Schuster did not end up on the Packers for me because there is not a better player in the NFL to fill in as a number two option for a touchdown throwing machine. Marvin Jones is perfect. I don't think he's going to cost too much.

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I think he would be a great addition to the offense, and I think he would thrive there with his big body red zone work. Big body red zone work. I got the – thank you for repeating. I got the Texans. I have Houston. They will have an absence at the wide receiver position. They already lost Hopkins, and they're going to lose Fuller. And I think Marvin Jones will come in on a brief two-year deal. Mike has him going to the Giants.

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The Giants really... That's interesting. A lot of people saying golladay to the Giants. The Giants want to make a splash at wide receiver. They just let go of Golden Tate. I don't know that Marvin Jones is a splash. Is a splash, though. Okay. Some other names that will end up being signed, C.Y. Hilton will likely find a new team. Antonio Brown. A.J. Green is a free agent. Yeah.

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John Brown, like we talked about earlier, Nelson Aguilar, who was honestly, like, that's your steal. Nelson Aguilar to the Patriots, that's your steal to me. Yeah, I'm going to take John Ross to the Chiefs because they won't speed, they'll grab him, and he'll be great. I, yeah, I think Nelson Aguilar, like I'd rather have him than Corey Davis. Interesting. Is it just throwing it out there? All right, tight ends. Let's talk about some tight end predictions here on the show, Robert Tunyon.

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is a restricted free agent in Green Bay. There are some cut candidates, Zach Ertz. We don't know where he'll end up. Jimmy Graham, O.J. Howard, Jack Doyle. Let's talk about the unrestricted free agent predictions here. Hunter Henry, 26 years old, going to the free agent market. Looks like Mike and I have him going to the same place. I think he will be the highest paid free agent tight end. And I think it will be Buffalo adding that more reliable.

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Like Dawson Hooper to Cleveland edition last year. Yeah, I mean, Buffalo is ready to go. Buffalo has talked about needing to upgrade the position. I think we hoped for years it would be Dawson Knox and he showed that the door is locked. It don't matter if you knocks. It ain't.

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See, I was looking for more of a Dawson's Creek joke there. But you went with like Knox. Yeah, knocks on the door. So I am the one who knocks. I get that. And Hunter Henry is not a terrible blocker. So I think it would fit Buffalo and what they do and would be wise of them to go out and get them. I've got them going to the Colts. The Colts have a trio of.

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busted tight ends. And I think that with that system, with Carson Wins and Frank Reich, they could utilize a really good one and he would make sense. All right. We do have breaking news. The Ravens have given Gus Edwards a second round Tinder. That makes sense. I think he's going to be staying put. Yeah, you go second round level and teams are not going to sign Gus Edwards and send a second rounder to the Ravens.

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All right, another free agent prediction here. Jonu Smith, Johnny Smith. I always say Jono. I don't know why. It's old habit. It's old habit. Yeah. Johnny Smith, 25 years old. 40-year, $32 million projection. The saints are my predicted destination for Johnny Smith. How do they figure it out? I don't know. But it just feels right. I wish Mike was here. Yeah, I want him to hurt, too. Your Gibson, your Troutman.

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hatred is seething right now. I've got the Seahawks. I think that the, you know, this is a team that obviously over the last couple years, they've looked at tight end, they've tried to fix it. They went and signed an older Greg Olson, Will Disley, Big Montana is, you know, he's dealt with the injuries. And John, who's, you know, he's a great athlete. Going to that team, I think he would do very, very well.

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All right. Mike has the Colts for Johnny, and that makes sense as well. Here's the last four years for Johnny Smith. Tied in 46, tied in 33, tied in 19, tight in 10. Oh, if these trids continue. Gerald Everett's a free agent, Rob Grankowski, Jared Cook, back on the market. Is there anybody that's really interesting beyond those two big names? From a fantasy impact perspective? From a fantasy impact perspective, no. Not unless.

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