Hopkins Bombshell + Free Agent Madness - Fantasy Football Podcast

not mean anything. When you get in the red zone now, does it all have to be Kenyon Drake or can you throw it up to a 50-50 ball with, you know, one of the top two wide receivers in the NFL? So I very much buy he's going to be top five. It's kind of sad, though, because that means he will be drafted as such. Oh, this is happening. That means I will not own Kyler. Right. Because he will now be in those top five or six rounds where I don't draft quarterbacks. He won't return on that value.

even if he finishes as a top five. I want a guy like Dak Prescott this last year who finished number two who you got in the double digit rounds. And that's another thing. If you're talking about is he top five? You look at, well, who are the competition? Obviously, you talked about the two that's in. But then look at last year's guys. From there, it was Dak Prescott. Russell Wilson could do it, but limited work. James Winston, he doesn't even have a team. Deshaun Watson lost Hopkins. So, you know, right now it seems like

Really the question is, is Kyler Murray the third guy? And that one is much more difficult to answer because he still hasn't done it. And you're going to get shades and worries of the Baker Mayfield jump. Baker Mayfield showed great things his rookie season. He gets Odell Beckham. And all of a sudden, he was the number five quarterback in the fantasy season. I was not buying it. But that was, you know, he was listed as one of our bus candidates in the ultimate draft kit. But he was.

hyped. And so you've got to be careful because obviously it didn't work out there. It might not work out here. But I do believe it will because the running game. Sure. And I will say this. There is a very big difference in the Baker situation and the Kyler situation. The Cleveland Browns acquired Odell Beckham by trading away a very good lineman. And you saw what happened to Cleveland. Like their offensive line play really suffered because of it.

The Arizona Cardinals bring in DeAndre Hopkins. They traded away a running back that didn't fit the system. And now they have a top 10 pick that they don't have to feel pressured into drafting Jerry Judy or C.D. Lamb. A lot of people are assuming that this means they will take an offensive lineman. And I think if Isaiah Simmons isn't there, they're going to bolster the O line. That's what I would assume. So I mean, this is a move that improved the Cardinals in more than one dimension. It wasn't just.

We lost a piece, but hey, we have a superstar wide receiver now. The entire team can get better. With a mobile quarterback in Kyler and Kenyon Drake, which we saw the very end of the season, how electric he was in this system. Larry Fitzgerald's still there, Christian Kirk still there, and Hopkins, this is going to be a very high scoring offense, or at least it should be. How do you feel about the dynasty outlook for last year's second round pick, Andy Isabella?

It's not great, it's not great, Bob. No, I mean, what he has to overcome. I was a big Isabella believer. I was both in pre-draft and post-draft. Hakeem Butler, more so pre-draft. These two guys, they showed a lot. They were drafted in perfect systems, but now why? I mean, you don't need them. If you're the Cardinals, you have your key pieces. You're going after victories. You're not just trying to give, you know, throw...

the dog's a bone here. You're wanting to win and not just develop young players. Andy Isabella and Akeem Butler will have to do a lot to, you know, break their way into relevance on this offense. So you are, we're putting you down. You are a buy for Carly Murray top five. Yes. Did you know that Arizona traded for DeAndre Hopkins?

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The Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill has secured the bag for your $118 million, $62 million is guaranteed. Both his 2020 and 2021 salaries are fully guaranteed. Congratulations, Tennessee. You have your quarterback of the future. Let's hope that.

He is, in fact, the guy that we saw during the second half of the season. I mean, we've seen shades of it before. Like, where Ryan Tannenhill looked like he was an up-and-coming quarterback with Miami. He got Adam Gaste, and we've seen what happens to many people getting away from Adam Gage. They just keep making money. Kenyon Drake's doing well. Parker. Yeah, everybody's doing well when they get away. Go, Robbie. Go!

Free yourself. Freedom. But the bigger news of this, this allowed the Titans to place the franchise tag on running back. Derek Henry, he will not be going anywhere at least for a year. He'll make a ton of money. And how do you feel about it? Do you think that the Titans should have, that they still can't, right? I mean, a franchise tag doesn't stop you from negotiating a longer term deal. Do you think the Titans?

should open the vault up for Derek Henry as well, or let him go another year on the franchise contract and then handle it at the end of the season. No, I think franchise tag is absolutely brilliant. Look, I don't have a problem paying a ton of money to a running back that is the heart and soul and centerpiece of your offense. You want to pay Todd Gurley.

When the Rams are going to the Super Bowl and... It's not working out that well right now. No, but that's a thing, because they paid a long-term deal. The wheels fall off on running backs. I don't like that. But you want to pay a guy a ton of money for this year. Go ahead, do it. I mean, that's my opinion. I know everyone's don't pay running backs, but there are a few running backs that are special that are different. Derek Henry clearly, one of them. And the franchise tag isn't actually that much.

$12 million or so, I believe that's around what he's going to get paid for a single year. Then, you know, if he gets injured or looks different or whatever, you move from there. I would be fine franchising him again one more year and then move on.

I don't want the where teams are crippled is when they're paying the David Johnson money when they're not getting David Johnson in return. Right. When you're paying the Todd Gurley money when all of a sudden Todd Gurley isn't that same guy because that's what happens to running backs. A one-year deal is phenomenal for the team. It does suck for Derek Henry. And the follow-up move as well as for the Titans they have released, Delaney Walker and running back Dionne Lewis. Delaney Walker.

Superstar fantasy tight-in for a while. A really, really late breakout, but we wish him the best. Yeah, you got Jono Smith now.

John Hussmith should be a fantasy relevant option coming in. And to get back to Ryan Tannahill real quick, I think he's going to be a guy that is disparaged a lot this offseason by the fact that their numbers, the Tennessee offense was extraordinarily efficient. Their red zone efficiency was off the charts. It really was. I'm not denying that it's unreplicatable. They're not going to be that efficient again. They're not.

he is still going to be a great value in the draft. So when you talk about Kyler Murray, the big news that he gets from Free Agency and Ryan Tanahill knowing where his team is, in fantasy drafts, I will happily be taking Ryan Tanahill in the 10th, 11th, 12th round because I don't think he's going to be a highly drafted guy over Kyler Murray in the fifth, even though Kyler might score a few more fantasy points than Tanahill. Ryan Tanahill had a touchdown percent of seven points.

7, which is unsustainable. That's really, really good for Aaron Rogers. Right. That's phenomenal for Ryan Tanner. I do not expect him to repeat that efficiency, but he does run the ball. His baseline is high, and he's got weapons here on offense that can, you know, A.J. Brown could take a 10-yard slant and just say, nobody could tackle me and run 40 yards for a touchdown. But along with that, his yards per attempt, 9.6,

Up till this point of his career, the high was 7.7. So, I mean, there is regression coming for Ryan Tannenhill. We'll see if he turns into a draft a value or not. I don't have that. I don't feel like I have a beat on the pulse of where will Ryan Tannenhill actually go? Will he be drafted as a top eight fantasy quarterback? No way. I'm telling you, people, hate the name.

They hate the history. They're not excited about a run first team. And come draft day, I feel like I have my finger on the pulse. He will not be a top 10 drafted quarterback. And that's great. Then I get him cheaper. On to the Cowboys. They were forced to place an exclusive franchise tag. On to quarterback, Dak, Prescott. Whoops! They have, uh, ah.