Undrafted Gems + Slow Starts, Commish Problems

Wow. Shockingly. That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me. Do you want to say something about me? Yes, I do. You are clearly brilliant for your opinions you just shared. Stop. Stop. You're the pop culture icon of this show. Oh, stop. Speaking of, oh my gosh, he just reached out and took his hand. Speaking of undrafted gems and guys who are on the waiver wire right now, that can be a producer for your team. Jim's and Johns.

The Philadelphia Eagles have a wide receiver named Mike Wallace, who I think can slot right into your starting lineup immediately. You can do what? slot right in. Yeah. slot right in? Yeah. You got a slot? Brooks, can I get a ruling? What? Judge. Sure. It's my official ruling. It passes by confusion. Makes sense. I'm not winning a lot today. Go on. You've never slotted something in?

I think that's a thing. Go forward. All right. Alshon Jeffrey, their high-priced wide receiver coming off with the shoulder surgery will not be ready reportedly for at least, what was it? Two games, three games? Week to week. And we know he's going to miss week one at least. And...

We know that Mike Wallace is still a pretty good wide receiver. You can look back at his game speed. He hasn't lost his athletic ability. He's two years removed from being a thousand yard wide receiver. The way that this team runs their offense, I think that Mike Wallace is a pretty solid option for week one against the Falcons. Look, he's going to get those screen passes regardless. He'll get two or three opportunities. And he'll get deep passes as well.

Right now, Alshan Jeffrey is going to miss a couple weeks. Right now, Matt Collins can't practice. I mean, he's banged up. He's had groin problems all offseason. Yeah. McGroin. So, no, I actually don't mind this one, Mike. You've said something that I can agree with today. Here's my hardship with it. And it's a pretty obvious one. So Nick Fools? It's Nick Fools. It's the fact that, yes, Alshan Jeffrey is gone. That opens up a great opportunity. But also.

Carson Wince is gone, and that takes that opportunity down a few notches. So I think this might be the first time we might agree to disagree a little bit here, Mike. Fair. But at the same time, I'm not just talking about week one. We do not know how long Alishan Jeffrey is going to be out. We do not know how long Carson Wence is going to be out. If you get into week two and Carson Wence is named the starter and Alshan is still out, I mean, you're going to be excited that Mike Wallace is on your bench.

Yeah, I think that that's fair. But I will say this. I expect, call him a shot now. I expect Carson Wins will miss close to a month. Oh, all right. That's significant. I just think it would be, it's so stupid to not. Rush him back? Yes, there's no reason. You have a great defense. Nick Foles is serviceable. You want a Super Bowl with Nick Foles. Your offensive line is great. Why risk the next 10 years of your franchise? So the Eagles begin.

against the Falcons. Then they follow that up with what looks to be the Buccaneers. Oh, very interested. I can get on that, Mike Wallace. They then follow that up with the Colts. Oh, Mike Wallace looking better and better. They follow that up with the Titans. Oh, I'm at Mike Wallace right now. Like there's a decent chance that they're 3 and 1 or 2 and 2 without Carson wins through those games. Right.

Agreed. They did win a Super Bowl without him. And Mike Wallace is... Pick him up. Pick him up. And do you bring Carson Wentz back against the Vikings? Probably, if he's healthy. Yeah. We'll see. Okay, I guess I get to bring up another undrafted gym. You can plug your ears if you're not interested. Eric Ebron, tied in for the... What? Indianapolis Colts. I was plugging my ears. Sorry. And this one is... This one's pretty...

Simple. My case for Eric Ebron is that every year you have a number of tight-ins that emerges streaming candidates, undrafted guys that you can move into your lineup. This year, I put Ebron in the same exact category as I would put Jared Cook, as I would put Ricky Seals Jones. Look, last year, Jack Doyle had 80 catches in Indianapolis. Armed strength is still a question for Andrew Luck right now.

We don't know whether he can drive the ball down the field and the athleticism, the ability to box guys out. The stuff that Ebron has been part of his repertoire, he's a fast guy, he's an athletic guy. And despite him being regularly trashed by the general public, the last two years, I mean, he had 570 yards and 711 yards. And I just think that there's a ceiling here for the former first round pick.

That is pretty much what you saw in that last preseason opportunity, where he had five receptions on five targets, 54 yards, a touchdown. He can be that intermediate route guy that Andrew Luck can lean on outside of T.Y. Hilton, a red zone talent. Look, you're pretty much going to get, I think you're guaranteed to get five for 50 every week for Merrick Ebrun. Wow. Whether or not you get... That's like a thousand yards season, my man. Five for 45. Okay.

I mean, it's not 50, but it's just over that. I think you're going to get four or five receptions a week, and then you're going to be, you know, crossing your fingers for a touchdown. So I think Eric Ebron is an undrafted gym. I would not feel, I take them ahead of Doyle.

And I don't feel a lot of hesitation about him being a streaming candidate. Yeah, I don't mind that. There's a whole huge Jack Doyle versus Eric Ebron debate. Usually where I land on it is they're going to eat into each other. And so I'm off. But if I had to pick one, a lot of people, man, they love their Jack Doyle. They look at the metrics of last year and they think, yeah, 80 receptions. And he's still on the roster. But it's like...

Think about what happened last year to get him his 80 receptions. He was the first and only read from a backup quarterback. And if you just take Jack Doyle and Eric Ebron, there's no question who the better, more talented football player is to me. It is Eric Ebron for sure. My point is if they eat into each other, whatever, they're both worthless. If one of these guys emerges and becomes a regular go-to guy that is fantasy relevant on a week-in, week-out basis,

I would put my chips on Eric Ebron. But I've been an Eric Ebroider for a long time. Their new head coach, they brought Ebron in for a purpose to build out this new offensive system. Yes, he's a rookie head coach, but he's got a track record. And Frank Wright can use the tight end efficiently. And I don't think Jack Doyle fits the athletic profile for the type of tight end he wants to use in a pass catching situation. So.

Is he reliable? Yeah, Jack Doyle is reliable. I'm not saying he's not too tight-in sets. They're both going to be on there catching the ball. But the one that can make the biggest splash for fantasy is Eric Ebron. And that's why he was a former first-round pick. Top ten, even. Yep. I like it. All right. I guess we're my second undrafted, Jim. This is a guy that I... What? No, I'm just... I'm just trolling you now because I can push buttons and you can't. A little inside information here.

I didn't even know who it was. I just pushed the button anyway. I did not want to bring this name up. I genuinely selfishly was like, man, I don't want to bring this. I have been trying to snake this guy. Like my roster was, of course, too good. Of course. Too loaded in the listener league. And so I actually dropped this guy a few days ago. And he's still on the waivers. People haven't picked him up. And I'm like thinking, I need to get him back. I'm trying to make two for one trade so I can sign him.

Danny Amidola is on almost every waiver wire out there. Danny Amandola will be on very few waiver wires after week one. That's my honest belief. I think he will, in the games that he plays over the course of the season, he will be the target leader for the Miami Dolphins. There is a gargantuan.

slot roll that has opened up. And no, Danny Mandela is not Jarvis Landry. You can't just replace one with the other. But the targets that went to Landry still need to go to the Miami Dolphins that are currently on the roster. And Amandola has both looked good in camping in preseason and is firmly slotted into the slot roll for the dolphins. The opportunity. You said he's slotted in.

Yes, I did. And the judge, the judge says, sure. Yeah, I mean, look, Amadola has always been a good player. His issue has been health. And will he play 16? Probably not. Probably not. But he's got an opportunity. He's done it twice in eight years. Yeah. And if he, if he plays 16, he's going to be a very serviceable week in week out starter. Really? Not in standard leagues. Not in standard.

Because I don't see him as, you know, this huge touchdown guy. I don't see the Dolphins as, you know, a high-scoring team. But he's going to be a guy that surprises in the target counts, in the reception counts through the course of every game that he is playing. I love Danny Amendoza. I want him on my team. My plan in the listener league was to start Danny Amandola over Carri-on-Johnson as well. I don't think I'm in on Danny Amandola. I think we've seen.

enough of him for long enough on multiple teams to where, you know, we did, Mike and I just did that stash or trash episode. And I think he's a bench-clogger. I don't want him on my team because he's, you know, he's never had a year over 700 yards. He's never had more than four touchdowns. Because he doesn't play 16 games. But in the games. But I mean, you got one, two, three, four, five, nine seasons? Nine seasons, he's never done it. Season 10 in Miami's going to do it. That's my definition of a guy that,

has got a track record that I don't want to put on my bench. Fair. Let me ask you guys this question here. If Levion Bell is still not at practice today, where are the red flags? Are we at half masks? Have we gone to full? He's not at practice? He's still not at practice. I believe he's also Instagramming beach pictures.

Uh, he's not going to be playing week one. Uh, it's, it's looking really, really unlikely. I think you can, I think you can lock James Connor in as a RB2. So we talked about him a lot yesterday, which is why I think none of us chose him for this undrafted gem, but James Connor should be on your roster. If, if he's on the waiver wire, you need to pay him up right now. But how do people decide what to spend on a guy like James Connor?

You don't want to blow a huge portion of your fab to start the season on a guy if you're only going to get one game. One game or one game with a shared workload. If you listen to Pouncey, their sinner talk about Love Bell. You know, they're trying to put him, you know, they're trying to separate that locker room and all the reporters are saying, well, are you concerned? No, no, we're not. He did this last year. It's fine. Well, what if he, wouldn't it be nice if he's in here? Well, we don't care. We're fine.

He'll come in here. He was the best running back in the league. He did this last year. Well, does he need to be practicing? Eh, doesn't need to be. I mean, their opinion is whatever. And I completely agree with that. And he's still listed as the starter right now. Right. But as far as picking up Connor, if your running back two is very weak, James Connor, if Levian Bell, my comment comes out and says, yeah, I'm tired of this, Lev. You're not playing week one. And it's James Connor.

against the Cleveland Browns. He is a running back one. I don't agree. Not on the road, not in Cleveland against that defensive front. I don't think so. He will be ranked as a running back one for me if he is the starter. If Levy on Bell is out. Right. And I think there's a good chance of that. I posted this on Twitter yesterday and I still believe this. If I was in a league where I don't have Levy on Bell, I'm trying to trade for Levy on Bell because even trade for him.

knowing that I don't get him week one, because there are going to be certain leagues where the owner is tilting hard. They're worried that Lev Bell's going to hold out half the season. And they will trade him, you know, really on the cheap. And if you can steal Levion Bell, I would do it, 100%. And as I said on Twitter, if he then shows up at practice.

tomorrow or the next day or this coming Monday after missing week one, all of a sudden discounts over. You've got one of the best running backs in the league. Yeah. So my number two choice is actually James Connor. But the guy who I was going to talk about it, he should be sitting there on your waiver wire. It's James White, New England running, or New England Patriot. Wow. New England Patriots running back.