Fantasy Football 2018 - Free Agency Winners & Losers, Commish Tips

when it defines it as a ball, the ball is secure two feet, and then the ability to make a football move, that to me says they're looking at security. If you have ball security, they're no longer going to be looking about all the other aspects. So I'm really excited about it. Does that mean that this does not overturn the Austin Saffarian Jenkins one? What this means is Austin Saffirian Jenkins is now the number one fantasy football tight-ins. Because that's a completely different rule. Yeah, that's he lost possession and it turned into a fumble. That was the worst.

I think that the rule should move in the right direction because it should lead to more receptions and catches. That's what we all want. I just, while Andy said, it's room for common sense. Not everyone has the same common sense as you, what you hold as our brilliant minds. Of course. It opens things up to a lot more interpretation where, in my opinion, the old catch rule, even if you didn't like it.

It was very clear to me when things were and were not a reception. I don't think it was very clear to the Jesse James fans. No, and that's fine. But, I mean, we watched that together. And immediately I went, that's not a catch. Yeah, because we've been retrained. We knew. Sure. But it's, it's, I felt like it was pretty black and white. You know the initial. This is not. This is everything is gray now. Okay. I guess we see. That's, that's how it plays out. The original.

thought process for the new rule was they were just going to text Mike and he was just going to give a thumbs up, thumbs down. It would have been so much quicker. It would have been done. Replay would have been, you know, boom, bam. Yeah. Immediately. The Rams have signed Nadama Kong Sue. Uh, rut row, Jerich McKinnon. Rutrow, David Johnson. Yeah. That's a middle of the line that you just, off limits with Aaron Donald. It's, that's a situation. Ben Watson, as he tweeted, hashtag two dat.

He is back with the Saints for a second stint. Oh, one-year deal. I love it. Nicely done, Ben Watson. That's a, that's a grandpa joke. That's not even a dad joke. I mean, you have surpassed. Well, you know grandpas and dads. They're very wise. And look, Yahoo Sports is Jordan Schultz stated matter of faculty that he anticipates the Cowboys are going to release Des Bryant after the draft. We shall see. 12.5 million dollar cap hit.

Do you buy this as inside information or opinion? This is the money situation is if they designate him as a post-June 1st, they would clear 12 and a half for this year to use a seller cap. He's actually a 16.4 hit this year. Yes. But if you cut him, his dead money this year is, I believe, right around over $8 million. So either way, you have to pay him a lot or you're.

taking a huge dead cap hit. To answer Jason's question, do you take it as insider information? I'd take it as another marble in the bucket on the side of maybe he's cut. And we really don't know the situation. If I were Dallas, my belief in what Des Bryant is and isn't and what he is and isn't for the locker room and that team and the financial, to me, I'd cut him. I know you're on the other end, Mike, and I understand it. Des Bryant will find a job.

immediately. Yes, he will. And so what you're saying is Andy maybe take one of those dynasty cheap trade offers to try to get Alan Hearns in case something like that happens. He becomes a big beneficiary. You can go after Terrence Williams. Well, if you want, I'm assuming if they're planning to cut Des Bryant, they are also planning to take a wide receiver in the very early rounds. That would be the one hesitation there. What else is going on?

We still have the rumors about Odell Beckham Jr. conflicting reports about him being on the block, not on the block. Now you hear what, Jenny's on the block. Is that right? What, Jenny? From the block? Yeah. From the block. Yeah. She's not all. No, she's from. Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got. I should always understand the fact that if I mess a reference up, like if Mike doesn't get a reference is because I messed it up. Mike, she used to have a little.

And now she's got a lot. Right. Right. Well, on the block or not. I don't think O'Dell Beckham's going to. They're talking about two first rounders. He's probably going to stay put up. I believe that the Giants right now are a good organization, which means I think they're going to use the number two pick for a quarterback, keep O'Dell Beckham and build a good, solid team for the future. So if they don't take a quarterback, will you reverse your opinion? Depends on what they do there. I mean, if they trade back, accumulate other stuff. They draft Sequin Barclay at two.

I will probably reverse my opinion. Okay. Interesting. Just taking a heat check here. Yeah, I think, yeah, I don't think he's going. I don't think Barkley's going to go to New York at two. We'll see. Doug Peterson believes they're going to keep Nick Foles. So no more trades there. Matt and Aggie, this is bigger news. Confirm that tied in Trey Burton will play the Travis Kelsey role in the Bears offense. Oh.

Do you got the hype train rolling? Oh, absolutely. He's already in my top 10. Trey Burton was an absolute beast when filling in for Zach Kurtz. And the fact that his coach is already saying we're going to play him in the slot as a receiver. That's what you want for fantasy. That's what you want for fantasy football. Yeah, I play in all my league, zero points per block. So I want my tight ends in the slot. I love that. It'll be interesting.

There's going to be a lot of hype around that organization in general heading into next year. A lot of pressure, too, because I was saying this to Mike, if Trubisky doesn't get it done this year. Pressure on Trubisky. Pressure on Trubisky. Everything has fallen his way. If he doesn't get it done, then he stinks. Okay. We're going to talk more about it, believe it or not. Ron Rivera said Greg Olson does not need a second surgery. This is one of Jason's big concerns. He could need one later, but he doesn't need one now.

I think it's about a 20% is the statistic for this injury to require that second surgery. So it's still a minority, but that is a huge, that's a huge number. Blaine Gabbard signs with the Titans. Oh, blonde bombshell. Backing up, Marcus, Mario, a huge news. Huge news. Not as big as this. Cody Castle. Oh, my goodness. Cody Castle traded. Someone traded for him.

Is it a first? A conditional seventh. No, see, for next year. That's how you do it. That's how you go get a backup quarterback. You trade a, no, I'm fine with this move. I'm fine, but you got to give credit on the other side. You've got something for Cody Kessler, and then you just signed a better backup in Drew Stanton. The Browns have a better backup in Drew Stanton, and they got a conditional seven. I think that the margin of, I won't argue that Cody Kessler is better than Drew Stanton.

Wait, you mean that Drew Stanton is better than Cody Kessler? Yeah, either way. I'm agreeing with you. Drew Stanton, I'd rather have Drew Stanton as my backup quarterback. Not either way, Jason. It inverts the entire meaning of what I'm saying. Really? Yes. Yes. He said Kessler is better than Stan. No, I'm saying I won't. I won't argue that. I won't argue that. So if he's not going to argue that, then he wouldn't argue the opposite. Yeah. So there you go. But.

The margin that I would say, well, Drew Stanton is this percentage better than Cody Kessler. It is so minute that it doesn't matter. Would you say it's a conditional seventh round difference? Exactly. And paying him a lot less money. Sure. Either way, you know if Drew Stanton's going in. You know if Cody Kessler's going in. Your team's done. Where? Where.

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I don't know. I will say I searched in my mind. I have no idea why that relates, but I love it. Yeah, I like the drop. I just don't know how it relates to being. It doesn't even need to relate. No. We're moving in the right direction. Mike's just putting it. Welcome to Jurassic Park. I love this drop. Just movie quotes. Free agent winners. I don't get it. All right. Hey, we're each handpicking a free agent winner.

and a free agent loser and making our case as to why I'm going to let Mike kick it off. Because, you know, every once in a while you've got to give the bear something. And Joe Gris has to like your pick. Going with the aforementioned Mitch Trubisky. Nobody beats Mitch. And I will say this. I need to start this argument for him being the big winner with.

I don't know if Mitch Trubisky can actually be a good fantasy quarterback or a good real-life quarterback. However, for an off-season to go a certain way, step one, John Fox fired. You no longer have gloom and doom the new Jeff Fisher hanging over your organization trying to call. Does he bring a rain cloud with him? Oh, like a cartoon where it's just one rain cloud. Yes. That's John Fox.

for the Chicago Bears. He's gone. Matt Nagy is in from the Andy Reed coaching tree. Things worked out pretty well for the Philadelphia Eagles. Things worked out pretty well for Matt Nagy. When he was calling plays for the Kansas City Chiefs, they brought in Alan Robinson. Not very many wide receivers have hit the 1,400 yards and 14 touchdowns in a single season. Alan Robinson did that in his second year.

He is a great wide receiver. You bring in Trey Burton, who when he was playing. Trey Boo Boo. When you're playing, when he played in place of Zach Erds, he averaged over a touchdown and a half a game. A game when Zachertz was out. You bring in the speedster, Taylor Gabriel, and just the, you already have Jordan Howard and Tari Cohen around him, but the weapons are there. The offensive, the offensive-minded football plays or play callers are there.

Success is hanging on the low branch. All Mitch has to do is reach out and grab it. If he's just competent, he will succeed for fantasy football. All right. So I think the obvious follow-up question there is, do you believe that Mitch Trubisky is competent? I do believe he is competent. Yes, I will put my checkmark in that side. Yeah, I'm TBD.

I was not a huge fan of him coming into the NFL, but you can't judge anything he did last year. They didn't let him throw the ball. It's just like trying to judge Jared Goff off of his rookie season with Jeff Fisher. When your offense is as bland, boring, predictable, and run games, you know, first, how do you judge a rookie quarterback coming? I will say that the...

Rhetoric around Jared Goff was much worse than the rhetoric around Mr. Trisky in the offseason last year. So he has that going for him. Similar situations. We'll be talking about that for a while. I'm going to say Jerich McKinnon. Jerich McKinnon is my offseason, my free agent, big winner so far. Certainly. It was difficult for me to see a situation that was going to come along that would make me actually excited about Jerich McKinnan, the free agent.