Free Agent Frenzy! + Buy or Sell, A.J. Green Reaction - Fantasy Football Podcast for 3/18

Replacement. Well, and it's great because Gabriel Davis hype existed for six days. I was offered Gabe Davis and literally told the guy I said, I'm interested in Gabe Davis, but they could just add a veteran. And a day later, they add Emmanuel Sanders and it feels very, very similar to John Brown. Yeah, and I don't necessarily care about Emmanuel Sanders, but I actually really like this for Josh Allen. I think that this is, you know, a solid veteran wide receiver that's just going to help out.

But John Brown, he signed a deal too. Oh, good for Smoke. With the Raiders. They love fast guys. They also re-signed Zay Jones. Yeah, man. It's a one-year deal for John Brown. And John Brown is now the best wide receiver on the Raiders. Yes, 100%.

He could end up being Nelson. How crazy is that? He could end up being Nelson Agalore from last year, who was very relevant for fantasy, caught a ton of deep balls and had big weeks. I think that's going to be what John Brown is. Sneaky. The opportunity here for Brian Edwards and Henry Ruggs, I mean, like, come on, guys. I don't think it happens. I would still put my chips on a Henry Ruggs trying to break out than I would probably John Brown.

in the veteran situation. And I would put all of my chips into Darren Waller's pockets and say, oh my God. Take all my targets. Seriously. And here's the next one for the road. Yeah, you're right. Darren Waller rides again. Yes. Anthony Furkser re-signed to a one-year deal. He is the tight end to roster right now in Tennessee. Yeah. He's... I'm telling you, Ryan Tenholl really, really likes throwing him the football. He really does.

He out-targeted him the second half of the year. Week five on, he out-targeted him. Out-targeted Johnny Smith, that is. For those out there. Johnny Smith's going to get the bag, one-year deal for Anthony Furkser, more targets, receptions, and yards than Johnny Smith. From week five. People are excited for Furkser. He is not going to be in my sleeper list.

He is not in my sleeper list. I can't take it. Is it because he's not on your dynasty roster? Because Adam Troutman has done nothing. And Furkser has done something. How is he not on your list? He deserves a spot on your list. What has Ferxer done? Ferxer has had lots of fantasy relevant games before. You need to go and look what Anthony Ferxer actually did. Yeah, he was the number one. Eight for one, 13. Five for 51. All right, that's it. Four for 45. Yes. Read me Adam Troutman's career.

Oh, well, because Adam Trego was a rookie. Fight, fight, fight, fight. Yes, I apologize that the rookie tight end who was the backup has done nothing yet. I will make you a water bet today between Anthony Furkser and Troutman. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Water bet. I know I'm going to win that one. Joke is on you because who likes water? The trout. Thank you. Oh, thank you, Jason. Does that mean that you're getting watered for?

Nope. Yes, it does. The trailman is getting watered. I cannot wait for them to sign another tight end any day now. They have no money. That doesn't matter. All right, the Giants you talked about, they signed John Ross. They signed Devante Booker. They aren't needing to sign somebody more exciting. I'm sorry. That's not going to get it done. No, but for real NFL, Devante Booker, as your backup to take one. That's a solid move. Honestly, if these guys are involved in special teams, these could be.

good real NFL moves for the Giants. The Chiefs re-signed Darrell Williams and released Damian Williams. You're right, Andy. Yeah, so Darrell is the backup. Yep, and I honestly believe this was for Fantasy for Clyde Edwards-Alaher. This was the best case scenario. We knew one of them was coming back. Well, both of them coming back would have been brutal because you have a huge amount of variables. But...

Darrell Williams, he's a fine player. He's a fine role player. They like it. And they like it. But he doesn't have, Darryl Williams does not have the pass-catching chops of Clyde Edwards-A-Layer or of Damien. So the fact that Clyde won't have to compete for that, that is exciting. And they just signed, his name is escaping me, but they paid all the money for the guard. So things don't bail yet on Clyde Edwards-A-Layer. I agree. I wouldn't bail on him.

But I am curious what they do around the goal line. Because I know you guys talked about that with Damian Williams, but Darrell's still bigger than Clyde is. And they just, they trust him. And they trusted him in the playoffs. They had the injuries with Clyde. It could be a little bit one, too punchy there. And we'll see. They still have Darwin under contract, right? Darwin? I'm just bringing him up because he should still be there. Well, because if Lev Bell's leaving and you know Damien's gone, somebody else is going to be. They always have like three guys there.

Tyrod Taylor was signed to a one-year deal. Jacoby Brissette one-year deal. Tyrod with the Texans. Jacoby with the Dolphins. Okay. I want to say Tyrods was $12 million. It's up to. Okay. Up to 12. Because I was like, it's team choice. Right. The thing about a lot of these contracts when you see them, you're seeing the up to number, not the actual guarantee. NFL contracts, the guarantee is what matters.

Robert Tunyon was tendered at a second round level. He should stay on the Packers. He will. That's great news. You've got the Colts throwing out a second round tender on Moali Cox. Yeah. So that's, I mean, he flashed. He flashed last year at several junctures. And putting a second round tender on a guy that they're ensuring that no one's going to take Moly Cox away. Trey Burton is gone.

Jack Doyle is Baby Hands Jack Doyle. Still on the roster. If they need to, they can cut Jack Doyle to save a good amount of cap space. But I would imagine at this point, though, I think they'll keep him. Yeah, they would only cut him to sign Zacherts after he's released. Something like that. Some offensive line moves. They really, really matter in the offseason. Trent Williams, dominant left tackle, now the highest paid in history by $10,000.

Do you know that? Yeah, that's so funny. Boxierry came out and said petty a. F. Because he outpaced him by $10,000. It's exactly what I would do. Oh, it's certainly what you would do. Yeah. And then. So Trent Williams is going back to San Francisco on a huge deal. Yeah. And in addition to that, the 49ers agreed to terms with center Alex Mack. He is not what he once was, which is.

one of if not the best center in the league but he's he's a good solid veteran center so the offensive line he also knows karl shanahan's system he has played several times with shanahan three different cities now right he played with him i think in cleveland atlanta and now san francisco that is correct rodney hudson traded to arizona yeah i wasn't planning on push you want the buttons i do oh

Nobody's ever been as hyped for a center as Jason for a 31-year-old center. Jason's like all in to Rodney Hudson. I am. I'm going to change things. Having a great center is important. 49ers added Alex Mack. Yep. We've, it's been a probably a few years since we really highlighted, but we have gone through some of the statistical differences for a running game.

Based upon the center position, it is massive. Yes. So all the runs, Cliff Kingsbury kept calling straight up the middle that never worked with a terrible center actually could be successful this year for whoever the running back is for the Arizona Cardinals. And the chargers have really improved their offensive line. They signed the best center on the market, Corey Lindley, formerly of the Packers. And then Matt Filer coming over from the Steelers as well added, whose guard tackle.

This was the worst offensive line in football last year, and they needed to do some things to protect their young quarterback. And Austin Echler should be able to do some massive work behind that line. Matt Ryan's contract has been restructure. Yet again. This is very interesting to me because they cleared cap space for this year, which they were in need of, and that makes sense. But prior to this restructure, pretty much every draft mocked.

draft I had seen or at least half of them had the Falcons getting a quarterback of the future. It's not often you have a top five pick and they have it. They've got the number four pick and to be able to, you know, grab a good young quarterback is great. But now this move means that Matt Ryan's contract not only is massive this year and they paid him. He's not going anywhere. But next year, next year his cap hit would be 48.

point six million like that's not okay you don't cut you don't cut him next year and have that dead cap so that means to me that if i were managing the falcons i'm looking at man i'm saying okay we've got a window to win with this team you know i i did not believe this was the route they were going to go i thought they were going to get a quarterback and kind of implode and rebuild um kind of important for calvin ridley yeah very important to know what to expect you talk about

buying years of guaranteed production from a player with Fitzpatrick for McLaren for a year. They could just go the Packers route, though. And have the quarterback wait for multiple years. Yeah. Okay. I like it. I did not like the move, thinking of the move for the Falcons for them to move on from Matt Ryan. I think Matt Ryan has several years left, and I think that Matt Ryan is a top tier.

quarterback in the NFL. Trey Lance, if he went there. I know you don't like Trey Lance, but my point is he's exceptionally raw. You know what I mean? Like he's not, if you need a quarterback to sit for two years behind a Matt Ryan, that's the type that you would grab. Yeah, no teams, zero want to rebuild in terms of head coaching staff, what they put on the field week to week. You even see the moves that Detroit's making, like them, hate them, whatever. You look at these as long-term projects.

But this league, this game, the ball bounces your way in three games. And all of a sudden, you're Washington making the playoffs when no one expects you to make the playoffs. Right. But that's the, it speaks to like the insanity of Seattle actually trading Russell Wilson. How crazy it will be. I don't know if the Texans are going to trade Watson or not. I mean, that's its own situation. But just thinking of the actual team.

trading away a franchise quarterback. It's so I, and not that Deshaun Matt Ryan is Deshawn Watson, especially for long term, but quarterbacks, franchise quarterbacks are insanely difficult to find. We have 32 teams in the NFL. How many franchise quarterbacks actually exist? Well, it's what makes Ryan Fitzpatrick's journey so hilarious in some ways. Right. Because you have.

teams that have struggled to find quarterbacks for years. Go back and look at the Bears quarterback since Rex Grossman got them to the Super Bowl. And by Rex Grossman, of course, I mean Brian Arlocker. And Hester. Yeah. But if you go look at that laundry list of just mediocrity and then play, even this year when Bears fans see Ryan Fitzpatrick signed for the same money as Andy Dalton, like it just makes it.

I know he hasn't made the playoffs, but it just makes it kind of crazy. Like Houston, for years, struggled with mediocrity. Yeah. Let Ryan Fitzpatrick go. Cleveland before Baker. Baker looks like he could be a franchise guy. Before that, though, I mean, how many, you always see the photo of the Browns fan with the jersey and just every single quarterback's name. So it's just, you have Matt Ryan. Why would you get rid of it? It's hard to play quarterback. Yes. That's what I think it is. So.

Oh, did you see this? I'm going to talk about this, Jason, because we're about to close the show out. Oh, brother. The NFL execs have been in active discussions with potential partners to develop a digital collectible and NFT strategy. So for those of you out there in the NBA Top Shot, NFT universe. Let's go. The NFL is going to figure it out. Of course they are. Well, you see, Mike, it'll make them money. Yes, that's why, of course they are. Well, that's exciting. And it will be fun.

You know. You want to hook us up? I'm in. I'm in. That'd be fun. Yeah, NFL if you need a partner. Yeah. The only thing that would bring me joy about this situation, like if they roll out a nice NFD product for the NFL licensed moments type of thing is the thought of Mike spending his money on Adam Troutman moments. I mean, those are going to be very, very special. All right, that'll do it for the show. More free agent updates coming next week.

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