Free Agency Preview & Predictions, Big Name Busts

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Yeah. I believe he's enjoying it very much. He's asking, he's polling. He's saying, where should I go? Mm-hmm. He's going to clearly land in the diving room full of money. He's going to, that is where he lands. Whoever is going to pay him the most money wins Levi-on Bell. It will be impossible for NFL general managers to, as the season, as morphine agencies.

takes place. The more free agents are signed. If he's sitting there, it just becomes more and more interesting to those GMs. Right. How do we make this work? How do we bring in a game-changing type of player that can put us over the hump? He will get signed. He will be paid. Whether it's everything he wants. Right. I still think it probably is more of that direction than a surprise. The game that Bell will have to play here where.

You hold on, unless he's already getting off, like his agent is already getting some numbers. Not till the 11th, Mike. Just say like, because there's always, there's the first wave where the huge money goes out. If his contract is not in that first wave because he holds out thinking he can get more money, that it's going to be a really interesting. That doesn't sound like Lev Bell. Really interesting game of chicken. Now I have a note here. He scored as many fantasy points last season as.

Brooks did. So there is the year removed. I drafted Brooks. Disappointing. In the first round? No. Like Lev? He, yeah, it'll be interesting to see what happens. I, you guys have the same destination and I understand it. From a cap room perspective, the Jets have the second most room.

in the NFL. So you guys both have New York being at home. I think New York needs, I mean, you know, how much would that help Sam Donald to have that good of a past catching running back? They've got the money to do it. Then from Levi-on-Bel's perspective, he's going to a major market. More money. He could start his rap career, start. I mean, I'm sorry, Levi-on-Bel. Continue this awesome hip-hop career. And then they sign Biesley. And then they co-lab.

Everything makes sense to me for the Jets. You guys both have the Jets. I would imagine they're the favorite to land his services. I'm expecting them to go in a different direction at the running back position, still make a splash and free agency. So I have I have Lev Bell landing in Houston. Yeah, I like that one. I think Houston six most cap space, a need for playmaking ability.

27-year-old Lev Bell joins up with Deshaun Watson, DeAndre Hopkins, and they make their run at the AFC title game. You've got to take advantage of your years with Clowny and J.G. O'Watt on the defensive side of the ball. I have Houston as this. I'm going to pivot. I think Clownie is an unrestricted free agent, I believe. Yeah, Clownie is going to get some money, too. I'm going to pivot because Jason and already threw out the jets. And I'm going to go with the man who's got the power. He still has money.

And Levy on Bell fits that old school football mentality. I think Gruden makes a play. It's one of those two teams to me. And the Oakland Raiders go and they get Levy on Bell. Oh, did you pivot? Yeah, I'm going to pivot here. Okay. All right. I don't think that here's the confusing to me. If Oakland does any splashy move, I know they have the money and they have the history of doing it as an organization. But what we saw last year says that this is like a 10-year plan.

So why in year two, with as bad as you were, do you make any monetary splash? Because I think to ruin, I mean, your team's not going to win with him. I think Gruden believes his team would win with Levi-on-Bel. Interesting. But not with Marshawn Lynch? No. Not with Doug Martin? No. Not with Mari Cooper? No. Khalil Mack? No, he's old school, man. He just needs a young running back.

Well, it will be interesting to see what happens. Kevin Coleman is the running back. Kevin Coleman. All right, 25 years old. Interesting player because last year, we expected a whole lot more from him in a season in which Devante Freeman was injured. He was only 167 for 804. He had 56% of his games were good. 25% busts. But he did.

He could break the long play. And I think teams will see potential with Kevin Coleman. And he also has more film than last year. The timing of that year was pretty unfortunate for Coleman because he's had some great years where he looks like the guy who just needed an opportunity. But Devante Freeman was in front of him. I have him in New York. I just want to throw that in because he's the other side of the coin with...

If you think Lev's going to New York, I think it's Kevin Coleman in New York. I think he can compliment what they have on Elijah McGuire and, you know, build around him at a far cheaper price than Levitt. So a question for the clairvoyance, Mr. Dunn over there. Yeah. Where's Isaac Crowell? Where is he on the Dunn scale? No, he's not done. He's not done. He's average. He's average. He's average.

Scott got not one. No, not done. But isn't he a cut candidate? Yeah, I expect. If they signed Levi-on-Bel or Tevin Coleman, then I would expect Crowell. Now, if you would ask me as Belal-Powl done, I would have said yes. Yeah. For what you were. I thought they cut Crowell. Was I wrong? Did I just read that they might cut him? Yeah. And so I have Tevin Coleman landing in New York. What do you guys think? Yeah, I'm fine with that. I mean, I think the Jets and the Raiders are two spots that they have money available.

They could use a running back. So that's where I've got Lev Bell going to the Jets. And I've got Taven Coleman going to the Raiders. And this is where things get a little bit interesting for me because it requires a little bit more of a chain. I think that LaShawn McCoy is a strong cut candidate, even though Buffalo has, they have a ton of cap. They can easily afford him. LaShawn McCoy's contract is not too steep. But you think Lechon McCoy makes a return to Philadelphia?

That's interesting. If he's cut? That is definitely, if he would fit perfectly. I think that could happen. He would fit in perfectly. And I think that, I think McCoy's still okay with Philadelphia. It was more of a disliking of Chip Kelly. But so I've got the tea. I'm reading the tea leaves. I'm reading the whispers from the bushes of LaShawn McCoy being out. And I got Tevin Coleman going up there to compliment Mr. Josh Allen, the wild stallion, Josh Allen.

If you are in a dynasty league, and I'll throw a couple other names out there. We'll talk about Mark Ingram here as well, 29 years old, free agent. Are you looking at Lev Bell and Tevin Coleman as buys or sells in Dynasty? Tevin Coleman. Are you going out making offers for them, trying to grab them and hope they land someplace that you like? No, I am not personally. Those two guys are guys I'm fine holding on to. I'm not trying to.

You're not pursuing them. I'm not pursuing them personally. And if a great offer came, I would be willing to let go. But I don't, you know, look, they're older. Lev Bell, yeah, I know. Lev Bell is, here's the problem with Lev Bell. He's going to a bad team. Yeah, he's going to a bad team. He's 27 years old right now. The hype and the news, the splash that he'll make will be big. He'll be a first rounder. So I feel like, I feel like buying him in a dynasty is probably going to be a mistake. He'll be expensive. And Levy on Bell's.

It's what another fascinating thing for what I'm interested in Levy on Bell is his running style is so unique that it's some guys have tried to duplicate it, but not very many of the being very, very patient waiting for things to pan out. He's always run behind an incredible offensive line in Pittsburgh. What is that, what does his running style look like if his old line just stinks? Well,

Look, it's a question that you can throw out there because we've never seen it. But I don't necessarily think that it's a problem. I think great players are just great players. So, you know, you've seen Marshawn Lynch have success on three different teams with three different offensive lines. I think he's in that category more than he is the, you know, beholden to that offensive line. But you're right. But I say, like, we've seen guys like Shady be great and be real meh.

if his offensive line is not making things happen for Todd Gurley. Yeah, him too. All right, Mark Ingram. We've debated Mark Ingram's destination. I think that there are enough teams that need to make a mark on their running game that he's not returning on a discount deal to play second fiddle to Alvin Camara next year. I think he believes he's a much better pass catcher than the amount he's utilized in New Orleans and I think he moves on. Baltimore is the destination that I have.

most likely for Mark Ingram to make a mark. I mean, he can come in there, solidify that running game. That's my home for Mark Ingram. And they have the 10th most caps space. They could do it. That makes sense. I'm going to stick to my guns. I believe it slightly less than I did when I earlier said, you know, Mark Ingham is definitely coming back. Well, you would hope it would happen already. Right. So I, you know.

I'm going to have signed an extension already, right? I'm going to have him staying with the Saints. I have him staying too. What is our D-Day for open season? What is the free agents? I believe the tampering window starts on the 11th. That's when they all get the wink-wink deals done. Yeah. That's when Frank Gore signs with the Colts? No, it was the Eagles. He duped the Eagles. Oh, that's right.

Yeah, and so then you get two days of tampering. So the 13th or so, I think, is for the agency opening, something like that. All right. Other interesting running next. Let me ask you this question, both 28 years old. C.G. Anderson, we saw what he did with the Rams at the end of the season. Carlos Hyde is 28 years old. Would you rather add Carlos Hyde? Or C.J. Anderson to your roster if you're an NFL team, Carlos Hyde. I think there will be teams that would rather add C.J. Anderson based on what you saw him do.

at the end of this season. He's, look, he came from a thousand-yard season, right? Right. And then was behind Christian McCaffrey, not getting play. And the next time you saw him, he was winning games, setting records for the Rams being a great back on the field. I mean, he, he beat Todd Gurley, his record for the first three games as a RAM starting rushing. So, I mean, C.J. Anderson was fantastic. I think C.J. Anderson,

is a good Mark Ingram replacement should Mark Ingram leave. He's a guy that can be a bruiser like Ingram, could catch the ball like Ingram. But I've got him going to San Francisco. I don't think a team is going to sign him as the starter. They're going to sign him as a depth piece. But you have a team in San Francisco that had a lot of injuries that has the Shanahan rushing zone system similar to Kubiaks that he will succeed with. You have a couple of connections there as well.

Welcome to Buffalo, CJ. Adam Peters. Adam Peters is the vice president of player personnel. He was the one that brought CJ Anderson into Denver. He's in San Francisco. I think that would be a really good landing spot. Mike? I think CJ's back with the Rams. Would you rather have Jay Jai than either of those two guys? No. Yes. Is Jaya a dark horse in the free agent landscape? 25 years old.

He certainly is. I wanted to throw out the names of J. J. J. J. J. Yelden. I think of, man, when you're talking about just actual price that you can get these guys, and weighing price and weighing skill and ability, I like T.J. Yeldon a lot in this landscape because I don't think he can command the type of money that Tevin Coleman or Levium Bell can go after, even though he's the exact same age as Coleman.

Yelden could end up on a better team. Yes. Yelden can end up being a change of pace back for somebody. Yeah, I think Yelden makes a lot of sense for the New Orleans if they move on for Mark Ingram. Other, I'm going to mention some other free agent running backs, not necessarily for us to make predictions on, but to, just to kind of give you the landscape because their departures mean things for other players on the team, okay? So one of those players is.