Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Draft Show w/Team Overviews, News, Mailbag

burn it and let Brock Osweilers kind of cover up some of his inconsistencies, you know, and let Coleman track it down. That's interesting to me. You pair him with Hopkins. I think there'd be some nice fantasy opportunity for him. And early in the draft, we don't see Jacksonville doing anything with the offensive side of the ball, detackle, maybe outside linebacker. So I skipped the NFC East on accident.

So let's circle back there to the Cowboys, the Redskins, the Eagles, and the Giants. Let me start with Philly because, you know, my favorite player in the world is on that team. You know who that is? Oh, it's Nelson Aguilar. Aguilar. Now, the reason I'm bringing that up is because if, much like Houston, if you don't believe you really got the guy you hoped, if Jalen Strong isn't the guy you hoped, when you drafted that early, if Aguilar isn't the guy you hope, he is, which I don't know if that's a Chip Kelly effect, he just didn't fit, or...

if he really isn't, they could go wide receiver early as well. Well, they've filled that need in free agency, Andy. Oh, great. Ruben Randall is there. He's the next Miles Austin on Philadelphia. That's what that is. He's at least O'Reilly Cooper. Yeah. Well, here's what we know. The Eagles, the conversation should be around Carson Wins. And how does Carson Wins impact? Because they're going to take him at number two.

unless it's golf, in which case you better like the fact you got golf if you're Philly. I don't know. I don't know. Ryan Matthews, no longer it looks like he's going to compete with Ezekiel Elliott at least. I love Ryan Matthews. You're pounding your fist. I have been a Ryan Matthews apologists for years. You have been. And I really hope he gets the shot in this Doug Peterson.

running back focus system to show what he could. Ryan Matthews is a great pass catcher. Yeah. He looks spectacular when he's getting in space. He can do, I just think he's a very talented running back, and I really hope he gets the opportunity because he will be great for their team, and he will be great for fantasy. I have to bring up Zach Ertz, because Zach Ertz clearly was building a rapport with Bradford at the end of the season, and that played a part in how we projected Earth. Now, he's going to have to come down for me.

I just don't have the same confidence level if Wince. If Wince gets to start, if Bradford is out the door, Zach Ertz is going to drop in my room. So we didn't, I guess, didn't get there. Do you think Bradford starts the year as the quarterback? I don't. Really? You think they're all going Wins or whoever. I don't think that they necessarily want to. I think they'd like to start with Bradford. I think they'd like to give him, it could be a Wins Chase Daniel competition.

But my point is this, at least as of right now, Bradford seems to be digging in. And there are, why wouldn't you go after him? I mean, I know a four and a player might seem high, but if you need a quarterback? Yeah. But is Bradford that guy? I mean. Well, he might not find a taker this offseason. That might be the problem. So I'm going to say that 50-50.

that he starts this season. But that doesn't make me feel great about drafting Zach Ertz as high as I haven't projected right now. That's the point. So he's going to come down a little bit. I like Ertz. I like the talent, but there's a new head coach and maybe a new quarterback. And that's a variable. I'd rather be drafting, obviously, like a Jordan Reed. Well, that's a big disparity. But probably a Kelsey with the consistency of that offense and where they ended last year, Kelsey, if his touchdown numbers come up, it's a great player.

I'm just putting the Ertz shade out there because of the changeover. Yeah, that's fair. That's fair. What do you think of the defending champions of the division? I actually... How dare you laugh. I'm laughing because I actually had to think about who it was. That would be the Washington... Yeah, now I remember... It's all coming back to me. Yeah. I mean, as far as drafting, I don't think... You're going to see...

There was all these off-season rumors of Garsohn will be out, these weird ones of cutting Deshaun Jackson. I think they're pretty much set there, you know, with a Crowder. Oh, Crowder. Does Washington draft a quarterback late, later, mid-rounds because of the franchise situation with Cousins? I would say no. You don't think Gruden wants to get his own hand-picked guy in the background there?

Yeah, I mean, talking to fourth, fifth round, a guy who's just going to be a backup or bust out the league. I mean, they have Colt McCoy there who's shown he's a more than capable backup when they need him to come in. I just don't think they'll waste the pick there. And are you convinced they're done running back? Or is this all? That one is interesting. Because they could be another surprise team that takes a high running back. Because it's, you know, the Matt Jones show as of now, but is it really? I mean.

Is that the same story as J. Jai? Showing outward confidence in a guy that had his problems last year. Matt Jones was very inconsistent and he had fumbling issues and he doesn't offer you everything that. Ajai is, I don't think he had enough of an opportunity. Right. When you're talking about Matt Jones who lost four fumbles in 144 attempts. I mean, you know me. I'm the guy who I don't.

like to punish a running back if they have a fumble here and there. But he was reckless, reckless at the least with the ball. Okay, and let's make the presumption now when we talk about the Giants that Ezekiel Elliott does go to that offense. What is the impact on Eli, ODB, the framework of how that team runs? I mean, I'm a big fan of Jennings this year just because of value. Opportunity. Yeah, exactly. You can get him late. He'll be a starting running back.

But if Elliot went there, that would just be tremendous for me. The Giants are one of the highest-scoring teams in the league. Eli has found his groove with McA-Doo in there, and McA-Doo is now the head coach. So I think that it's a fully pumping offense that would see a nice uptick if you get a guy like Elliot in there who can do it all.

you know, and crush it. You don't have to have these, I know they spent money on Shane Vareen, but you don't have to have these situations where you bring in Vareen and you know they're going to throw the ball. If you have this three-down guy in Elliot who can do everything that opens things up and your offense becomes even better. So I would love it. I would love the fantasy value of him up there as well. I think the Giants win the division. Okay. I won't put that out there right now. I think I would think that even more if Tom Coughlin was still there. I was a big Coughlin fan.

But you do have McAdoo just coming into that role from the offensive coordinator position. I think they're going to win the division. So I'm throwing it out there. All right. Let's move on to the NFC South, the Saints, Buccaneers, Panthers, and Falcons. All right, what are we, what's the highlight here from this division? What are you expecting to see? Is this a division where one of those big wide receivers, a Will Fuller? I don't know. Are they landing here? I don't.

I don't really see any of these teams adding that big, sexy fantasy piece. I mean, you have the Saints, they got to fix that defense. I know it was better down the stretch once they got rid of the Silver Fox. I think they've made a lot of off-season improvements. They're another team I like with what they've done this off-season along with the Giants. That's fair. And the Bucs, the Buccaneers, maybe if they're...

if they're going to look for a guy to replace Vincent Jackson in the long term. You're not saying a first, second round guy, maybe a third round type of a guy, which you can still get fantasy production. I mean, John Brown was drafted in the third round. You can find capable receivers in that area. What about the Panthers with their hodgepodge of very effective wide receivers last year? You also had Cameron Artist Payne who never really developed into that secret.

possible weapon didn't really step up. Well, I mean, they got a, they have a pretty glaring hole now that they decided that Josh Norman needed to hit the bricks. I mean, they were, they're not a super deep team at defensive back. So I imagine that's where they're going to go, go early in the draft. But as far as running back, you know, Cameronor's pain, I think they saw enough of artist's pain to know what he is. I don't think he,

can turn into the era parent for Jay Stu. So maybe they look for that guy. The Saints draft at the 12th pick. The Buccaneers have the ninth pick. Carolina's back at number 30, obviously. And then who am I forgetting here? Atlanta has the 17th pick in the draft. I think the Falcons focus early on defense. And so I don't think you're going to see, you know, they added Mahamas Sunnu.

In the offseason? Yeah, they did. They have Julio Jones, they have Freeman, and they have Coleman. I don't expect one of those big guys to go there. Let's move on to the AFC North, and let's talk about the, what, who did I forget? No, no, you didn't forget anyone. You just said, the Bengals. That's my, that's my Doxon landing spot. So let's start there. Let's talk about Cincinnati. They got the 24th pick. I assume they'd have to use that on Doxon.

Yeah, and there's reports that the wide receivers are going to slip. I'm trying to recall the analyst who said that Daniel Jeremiah, I believe he was from NFL, the network. He talked about some, he has some sources telling him that a receiver will not go in the top 20. Now, I think that would be shocking if that happened. The Bengals would be.

very excited if that happened and that where they get to kind of choose their guy and not take the the left over but treadwell when you look at what's there like the picks because you you know that treadwell's not going i don't think he's going in that top 10 right if the giants don't take him right yeah and so then you look at 11 through 20 which is that prediction you were just saying i don't i don't know whether the landing spot would be

Unless Tennessee uses the 15th. There's no way. There's no way. No one's going to Oakland that early. So I think that's a fair prediction. Then you start talking about Houston. You get a run here. You actually, you get a run. Minnesota at 23. Yeah. Sensi at 24. Those guys are going to fight for that top wide receiver potentially. I imagine we'll see one of those teams make a small move up.

like the Vikings or the Bengals, you know, just try and jump up to 19 or 20 to grab the wide receiver. But, I mean, a guy like Doxon Treadwell, I mean, those guys are very interesting to me if you put them on the Bengals. Now, that's... What you like about that is you had a very good offense in a system in place that... Very efficient offense, yes. Right, and Hugh Jackson left, but Dalton was very efficient before he got hurt.

You have stability with Eifford and A.J. Green. And so that's the best case scenario for a new wide receiver to come in and make a big impact is you have to make AJ Green your priority one. Yes. You're not coming in like Aguilar did last year. I mean, he basically came in as the number one outside receiver. And you had to adjust to the NFL game in that circumstance. And that's not ideal.

We thought it would be because it's Chip Kelly, but the wheels fell off. So I think that's a good perspective. Where do you see Dalton? I mean, Jason and I are quite divided on Dalton. And I'm much closer to Jason's. Yeah. He was great. I mean, he was the number one quarterback for a while. You have him just outside your top 12 right now. He, green is there. Eifford is there. I mean, what did he lose? You know, Marvin Jones and Mohammed Sunu?

Okay, that's fine. You can replace that in the draft. I just think you have the pieces are there. Gio Bernard still there, great pass catching back. I think Jeremy Hill improves. I was just looking at rushing numbers. And for guys who had the most attempts in the league, Jeremy Hill was so bad. I mean, not that you need to be reminded because we all remember visually how bad it was, but not just visually the numbers were rough.

Him and an interesting comparison that I saw just real quick, him and Alfred Morris were essentially the same exact guy. Morris, I think, slightly better. However, Jeremy Hill had, you know, the double-digit touchdowns, and Morris, I think, had won. But if all you did was flip the touchdowns, they're the same guy. That's incredible. Which just, I think that speaks very negatively to Jeremy Hill. Yeah, oh, it was a horrific year. So.

One other thing I want to mention is Baltimore could be a team where I see, you know, they drafted number six. So I don't think they're going offense there in terms of like a fantasy impact player. But they could be a team that if the wide receiver start to drop could move up and grab one due to their, you know, the tumult at the position. We have your guy. Yeah, my boy. I still like him.