Fantasy Football 2018 - Browns Browns Browns! Free Agency + Big News

will probably be at a place where I don't want to spend for him. All right. The bucks have tindered Adam Humphreys. Oh, how do you pronounce it? Pronounce it? This was the second one I was talking about. Second year, or I'm sorry, a second round level. Yes. So he is, he'll get his contract almost $3 million. Well, assuming everything goes through. But we were hoping for Chris Godwin to just take over that role and have Adam Humphreys, not in the mix. So this definitely throws.

some water on that because with Mike Evans, Deshawn Jackson and Humphreys and Chris Godwin. And O.J. Howard and Cameron Bray. What this says is next year, my quarterback of choice is going to be James Winston. He's going to, I'm just saying, it's what it was last year, though. But I think injury got in the way of last year's James Winston. We've talked to, we're all on the same page. We love the value of James Winston in the upcoming 2018 draft.

I've not been on the Godwin bandwagon with you guys. I'm not going to gloat over at Adam Humphrey's signing. To me, Godwin's time will come when Deshawn's is over there, and that'll be the opportunity. I don't think it's over there for Deshaun. I think they're going to work with him. He'll have a better year this year. I love Deshaun Jackson as a sleeper, so I don't think Godwin's opportunity will match his talent this year. Agreed. But let's move on, and let's talk about the 49ers. A couple big moves for them. First of all, shout out, congratulations to Markey's.

Great win. Yeah. Markey's Goodwin signs a three-year, $20 million contract extension through 2021. He was their best receiver last year. Yeah, he was good. Garson went down and he played really well. I feel like this is a really good signing for the Niners. This is not a lot of money for what Goodwin was doing on the field. So good for you, Goodwin, great win. Great for you. Great win. So.

We'll have to see if the 40, here's the thing, though, if the 49ers make a splash in free agency at the wide receiver position, which I expect them to do. As does Mike. And then they bring Pierre Garcin, you know, Garza. Oh, he's coming back. Yeah, I mean, him and Carl Sanahaner went out for drinks last night, no doubt. Pierre Garcin is under contract until he's 41. And his contract. He's making Buku bucks, what, 12 to 15 million a year. And he counts heavily against the cap. I think for the next two to three years. So he's going to be around.

Yeah, so I think Goodwin will fill the role that he was meant to fill, which is to stretch the field on each and every play. I mean, he's a speedster. He's an Olympian. That's what he does. He'll be better for Garapolo than for himself in fantasy. If Garsohn's back. That's fair point. And somebody else is back. Richard Sherman, cut by the Seahawks, signed by the 49ers almost immediately, three-year deal, negotiated it himself.

And he even said it was a vengeful pick. He wants to play Seattle twice. Yeah, I read through an article that kind of they took a look at the contract and they said Richard Sherman probably should have had some representation. It's really a health-based type of contract. We're talking about he needs to play every single game and over 90% of the snaps to really make.

the actual money from this contract. Yeah, he gets a bunch of money rolled over if he plays well and he makes the Pro Bowl and all of that. Yep. But it seems like it matches the bravado of Richard Sherman to bet on yourself to make money and have the incentive there. So interesting trade. We bring it up in the context of the fact that now Marcus Peters and Akit Talib are on the Rams. The NFC West, Russell Wilson, whomever the Cardinals brings in, Jared Goff and company.

Look, it's going to be a competitive division. Well, Jared Goff luckily doesn't have to play against Tilever Peters. But he'll take on Sherman. Patrick Peterson is in the division. It's going to be a very interesting one for pass for passers. Yeah. I mean, you could sum it up by just saying it's a terrible time to be a Cardinals fan. Yes, very much so. Just everything. Very much. All the teams of your division. To be fair, there's whispers in the bushes.

These are strong. I mean, these are confirmed verified. Oh, man. Whispers because. No, that's for you, Mike. Oh, breaking news. We hear, this is from the mouth of Ian Rappaport. We do hear the Arizona Cardinals have a chance. They have a shot. Because allegedly, Kurt Cousin's sister lives around town. Lives in Phoenix. So. Done deal. I, look, family.

I also have it on good. That's great. Kirk Cousins, family man, show the world what you are made of. I have it on good authority. He once traveled through Phoenix on a family vacation and especially love the vending machines we had in the local area. He hit up Rahide and Old Tucson, all the hits. The Grand Canyon? All the hits. We bring all the hits here in Arizona. All right. This just in. Kirk Cousins.

brother-in-law also lives in Phoenix. Oh, if he has a brother-in-law. You're making a lot of assumptions right now. I'm just saying if the sister's married. I'm excited about this. I hope they live in the same state. I assume they do. Yeah, I mean, come on. All right. All right. What do we even say here? We've got this now circling video of O'Dell Beckham Jr. It was leaked on Friday.

Look, we're not going to speculate too much other than to say, it's not a good look. Look, where there's smoke, sometimes there's fire. There's fire. There's sometimes suspensions. There's smoke. Smoke of many kinds. So there were some substances in the video. Yeah. These substances. They weren't fantasy points. They looked illegal, but you don't know? No. Not a good look. Not a good look. So we'll just follow that news and we'll.

be forced to report on it. Lev Bell says he won't sit out the 2018 season if he doesn't have a long-term contract. Quote, it's just a rerun of last year, which is basically to say, you know, if he doesn't get the long-term contract, he's not going to be playing in training camp, but he'll be there for the full season. Trade for him after week one. Here's what people need to recognize about the situation. It's a tough one for both sides. Apparently he's passed on a multi-year deal that would pay him over $12 million a year.

The highest paid per year deal in the league is Devante Freeman at $8 million a year. Now he makes the case he's much more than the average running back so the running back market doesn't dictate Lev Bell's price. I agree with that. But $12 million on a multi-year deal turning that down, this is what was rumored and talked about. He said, you know, hard to turn down, but he did. So now you wonder if you're heading towards Mike, you mentioned this on another podcast last week.

Are you heading towards a Kirk Cousin situation where you just franchise the guy too many times, the bad blood builds up, and is he somewhere else next year? At 20, what, 27 years old by then? The best move, in my opinion, business-wise, for the Steelers is to franchise him this year and then let him walk. There are numbers and that...

If you look at what the Steelers offense does with Levi-on-Bell and without him, I mean, they're scoring almost the exact same amount of points per game. The running back is a, it is a devalued position. You're giving the Steelers representation some nice sound bites for their next meeting. Look, but at the same time, I love Levi-on-Bell, and I think that he is the best running back in football. You just, you're playing the wrong position.

It will be interesting to see how the draft unfolds for Pittsburgh. Yeah. Based on that and their future and what they want to do, it'll be interesting if they invest something in the third, fourth round. They did last year. Yeah, they took a third round. It was a third round pick last year. Yeah. He has not panned out yet. Uh, no, he was recently. Well, he's not going to pass. Let me on Bell. Injured as well. All right. We're going to talk about the Tory Smith news momentarily. Before we do that, I want to thank pristine auction once more.

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I just checked a marking Ingram jersey. Guess what it just sold for? 55! Oh! Yeah. Yeah, 55 bucks. I should have seen it coming. You should have seen it come. And it was great. All right. Big news. Panthers have acquired wide receiver Tori Smith from the Eagles in exchange for cornerback Darrell Worley. This is interesting. And it really is interesting because Tori Smith is still just 29. Still a burner. I can't believe the Eagles got something for him.

Yeah. And here he arrives in Carolina, the one place where, you know, Cam Newton off his back foot dropping dimes to Ted Ginn for years. Is there going to be enough opportunity here for us to even glance in Tori Smith's direction in fantasy football? Well, in fantasy, yes. I love right now, Tori Smith is a very, very, very late best ball pick.

because, you know, he's been Tori Smith. But this is a great location for those deep balls from Cam, have the speed, fill that Ted Ginn Jr. role. In redraft leagues, I probably won't touch him. I mean, maybe, depending on how the preseason goes. But I really do like him in best ball. Even when Ted Ginn was in his heyday in Carolina, it was sketchy. You never really wanted to play him despite the end of the season. In weekly, in home leagues.

This also opens things up for Mack Hollins from the Philadelphia Eagles. He is likely to be their wide receiver three. Just someone to keep an eye on. And for Aguilar to step up. They're saying he's our true number two. All right. Dolphins released in Dama King, Sue. So don't draft him as any of your offensive positions.

um the bears this was this is what are you doing mich doesn't like this the bears nobody likes have tindered cameron meredith at the original round level of 1.9 million brief reminder how this works you can tender a free agent a restricted free agent at three levels first second round or original round if you tender them at original round you guarantee them 1.9 million dollars that's not guaranteed

Right. You give them $1.9 million non-guaranteed contract, but because it was the original round, that means another team can come in and sign him and they get no compensation. They'll have the opportunity to match, but they will get no compensation if he accepts a deal elsewhere. For 2.9, they could have tendered him in a second round level and guaranteed having them on the roster. Now, what this says to me,

Before you, I'll let you guys jump in. What it says to me is that there will be a major wide receiver splash in Chicago, maybe two. I would expect two big names to go there and they're looking at Meredith like a three or four and saying, hey, we're going to penny pinch. Yeah, no, I agree. What it guarantees is that there will be another team to come in and sign Cam Meredith for more than the 1.9. You think so? Oh, absolutely. I think it's inevitable. And the question of whether or not Chicago will match.