Fantasy Football - Free Agent Frenzy! + Big Trades - Podcast for 3/10

But I didn't realize Jason had switched it up with Dobbins. So Kyle's words not mine, what a loser. Yes. Speaking of Jason Moore. And the word out of the word out of Denver is the Broncos will also draft someone. That means that the word out of Denver, ipso facto, we screwed up with RJ Harvey. They drafted him too high. And Harvey is a. As a good athlete. Seems like a good pass catcher. He's a good pass catching running back. But at least through one year, they're saying, no, you cannot be the guy. Like, depending on where they draft a running back, I don't imagine it'll be anything crazy. Like probably just a day three, get some depth in there. I will be drafting Dobbins ahead of RJ Harvey. Just touchdowns? Dobbins was awesome. Yeah. Last year. Yeah, he was. Like, until the, Dobbins will probably have another injury because.

I mean, if you want to label anyone injury prone in the NFL, J.K. Dobbins is... He earned it. Yeah. Like, his body does not like the game of football, but he is a... He's a very, very good football player. Game well got more guaranteed than Algiers or Dobbins. Dobbins and Alger both got $8 million guaranteed. The deal's worth more for Dobbins long term. Had the foot injury, two months on IR. I think he was pretty close to getting back, wasn't he? If they had moved on, I think there were some rumors about him getting back out on the field. But, yeah, so J.K. Dobbins, look, that's another situation that I think is going to be really murky because they'll use a committee. They're searching for jokers everywhere. Joker, Joker, Joker, Joker, Joker, Joker, Joker, Joker. Keep searching. Between Harvey and Dobbins, the much better runner, like, between tackles, just, you know.

The pure running back stuff, that's Dobbins. And I imagine he will still be, people will be in on Harvey and they're going to hope that the second round pick can really take the leap. I will be probably on the other side. Well, there was a 15 minute period of time in which it seemed like the departure of Kenneth Gainwell may open up the door for Caleb Johnson. Yeah. Nope. Doors closed. The Steelers have signed Rico Dowdell. Yes. Two-year deal worth up to 12.25 million. Yes. So now, what is it, Warren, Dowdle, Caleb on the bench. Caleb Johnson, go hang out with Tray Benson. Go get some Froyo. Yeah. What could have been? They won't notice you gone. Rico Dowdell is back with Mike McCarthy, which.

The first time Mike McCarthy was pretty frustrating at the beginning of the year, refusing to turn it over to Rico Dowdle as they just watched Zeke be a mere shell of himself. It's the same situation. Only to have Rico Dowdell then take the job over the second half and become a thousand yard rusher. Why did he go there then? He must be okay with what happened. The Steelers situation is going to be, this one's difficult because Jalen Warren was great to start last year. He misses some time and they figure out how to use Kenneth Gainwell better in the offense. Is Rico better than Warren? On the ground, yes. And Rico Dotto is actually. What about in the sky? Rico's not bad through the air. This is a really tough situation to figure out who's going to truly have the value. Feels like some cold water for the Jail and Warren managers. Oh, yeah. Yeah. If I have Warren on my dynasty team, I'm upset about this sign. Yeah.

Yeah, so. And I, and if you have Rico, just the complete opposite, this is a, this is a situation where he can come in and take the job. Which we weren't sure he would get that chance. Right. He must look at it like I can do that. Yeah. Over and over again. He has to look at those situations. Dallas, he had to work on it. Yep. Carolina had to work on it. All right. The 49ers, this is a big one. They signed Mike Evans to a three-year deal. 16.3 guarantee. That's not a ton. The deal can be worth up to $42.4 million. Yeah, but structurally, if you're telling me, it's a three-year deal worth $42, but it includes $16 million. That's a one-year deal. Yes. Yeah, this was the word for his camp was that he loved it in Tampa Bay, was ready for a new challenge to close his career. That was Mike Evans saying Tampa Bay is not a contender next year.

In his opinion. That's what you think? Yeah. I don't think so. I take him at his, I actually believe the statement, and it wasn't just that. There was a second part of the statement that talked about how much confidence he has in the other dudes in that room. He talked about Abuka McMillan Godwin. The offense. Yeah. I just mean like, I think he looks at that situation and he wants to see those other guys succeed. I really do. And with him on the field, they have a clogged up, like this is great for Abuka. Yes. Like super great. Godwin is, Godwin's good. Godwin may be the wide receiver that you prefer to Abuka. We'll have that debate for six months. But at least Godwin is on the way out and Abuka's on the way up and McMillan's a very talented player. And don't forget, Tess Johnson's involved in that offense. So there are moves in the offseason that just work for everybody. Now, this doesn't work for Ricky Pearsall because I think Ricky Pearsall is never going to materialize into a dominator, but maybe. We'll see. Evans is old.

The, I mean, you still, we haven't heard yet on Joanne Jennings. We haven't heard yet on Romeo Dobbs, which there's been a lot of Romeo Dobbs to San Francisco smoke. I mean, not saying with Mike Evans there that if they sign Romeo Dobbs, Dobbs is going to come be the superstar. But if they bring those two guys in, if you're talking about Ricky Pearsall, it's a, I mean, it's a condemnation. For sure, if you're like, we got to go with two free agents because Ricky Pearsall, we don't think you can be reliably our number one guy. John Jennings is still a free agent and Kendrick Bourne ended up signing with the Arizona Cardinals. Enjoy your money. Gosh, that's 26% of their targets vacated. But yeah, I mean, overall, this is what I wanted to see happen. I wanted to see him leave Tampa Bay because I want to see what can happen with those other wide receivers in Tampa Bay.

And he missed extended time last year. He didn't play a lot of football, had the hamstring issue. The jokes about the substations have already begun. His hamstring versus the substation. I think it might be his hamstring versus father time because that is going to stack up. McCaffrey needs more blood. To siphon? Yes. Fresh meat. He hasn't tapped in to Mike Evans yet. Yeah, yeah. Colts. Big move. One of the first ones of the day. Alec Pierce. Four year deal, $116 million to stay in Indianapolis. Imagine this deal two years ago. Oh, mama. Like if we just said this is what's going to happen in two years. You know what I see in two years? Alec Pierce getting 84 million. Alex Pierce being the bell of the ball of the off season. Yeah. Which, by the way, like New England apparently offered him more money.

And he ends up being the highest paid free agent in history. The cap is through the roof now. It's $300 million, $308 million. Alec Pierce was objectively impressive on almost every step he took last year. He earned the money. But the Colts immediately sent Michael Pittman out the door. And Alec Pierce is truly their number one receiver. I mean, that is a big transformation. Pittman goes to Pitman goes to Pity City. Michael Pittman is now Michael Pittman because he's a Pittsburgh Steeler. So we'll talk about that and the implications. But let's talk about Alec Pierce first. They're going to try to bring Daniel Jones back. He's on the transition tag. Alec Pearson, Daniel Jones had a great rapport. He's a big play receiver, which you love to see it. I mean, where does that put Pearson? Like, does that change his entire structure in your mind in terms of the kind of player he is? He's a number one now for Indianapolis.

I don't see Alec Pierce making a huge jump. So last year, he did miss two games, ends up as the wide receiver 23. And of course, over, you know, those later weeks of the season, that was no Daniel Jones, even though, you know, Alec Pierce, week 16, was able to put up 22 points, and week 18 against Houston to put up 27. It's the, on the season as a whole, an 18% target share. That's going to change. It has to. It's going to change fundamentally. It has to. The money plus the departure of Pittman, I think is unquestionably going to be, like I would put him at, I'll probably project him on 110, 115 target. Okay. It's the, the utilization of him. You know, he has, in his career, 41 receptions, 32.

37, 47. Yeah, I just... Those are not the numbers that you need to be a really reliable, high-end, top 12 type of a fantasy starter. Show me the numbers on the contract again. Those are the numbers that are going to persuade me that this was a decision by the team to say, out with the old, in with the new, we're going to keep the young stud that we believe can be a true number one. No, I... He's never going to, he's going to profile more like the Mike Evans type of career numbers to me. Like Evans was not a perennial 100 catch guy in Tampa Bay because the yards per catch. I mean, Evans in Tampa Bay, Premier years, finishing as a top 12 fantasy receiver, 67, 70, 74, 86, 71. He had 196 catch season. Mostly he's in the 70s. His average per year, Evans, Hall of Fame career, 72.2 catches per year.

You get Pearson to the 70s and it's... Yeah, I think... That's far better. Yeah, I'm not expecting him to transform into Jefferson. It's... He's got a type. They have Tyler Warren for intermediate receptions. They have Josh Downs. So, yeah, I mean, it's a big move. And he didn't leave. They didn't let him go. And then Michael Pittman goes to the Steelers for almost nothing. I think losing the contract... Well, they signed him to a new contract. Three years, $59 million. Oh, really? I had missed that one. You didn't see that they renegotiated? How good. Good for good. Because Pittman is good. Michael Pittman is a good wide receiver. I was hoping this wasn't just like casting them to the aisle of misfit toys. No, I think that Pittman is a good wide receiver. I would call him solid in terms of like they needed another guy. Yes. I mean, DK could not carry the load at all.

Some people are like, well, I'm going to take Pittman ahead of DK now. That's not me. I'd be taking DK ahead of Pittman still. I think I will take neither. Neither is an option. It might be Kurt Couss. It might be Kirk Cousins. Oh, did you not see this this morning? Oh, no. Mike just threw up in his mouth. They're going to go from Rogers to Cousins? That's the talk. The talk is to move from one veteran. If Rogers doesn't come back, move on to Cousins. One year deal with Cousins. No. No. Oh, Pittsburgh. I'm sorry. I didn't like Mike sitting in it and relaxing. Oh, man. You'll never draft DK again. No, no. All right. We'll take a break. You're telling me it's Kurt Cousins. Yeah. I mean, it's just a rumor, Mike. I would go Will Howard. I would go Will Howard. If I'm the Steelers, I would go Will Howard too. Just, I mean, what they, third round? Was that what Will Howard was? I believe he was a third round pick.

I mean, to take a quarterback in the third and then be like, no, we're going to turn it over to old beat up cousins. Just let Will Howard go. Mike McCarthy. Let it. Oh, Howard was a six-rounder? Okay. We're way off. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Never mind. Bring in cousins. All right. All right. We got more to talk about. Really? He was the sixth. We'll be right back. Oh, sorry, Will. Today's show is brought to you by our friends over at prize picks. Shoot your shot on prize picks and get $50 instantly in lineups when you play your first $5. That's right. Prize picks is now giving you $50 in lineups when you sign up and play your first $5. Prize picks is simple to play. Just pick more or less on two to six player stat projections. If you get your picks right, you could cash in. And we're talking all your favorite sports, basketball, baseball, hockey, UFC, soccer, college basketball, tennis, golf, e-sports, and more.

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This move works for the Bears. This move works for DJ Moore. This move works for Buffalo. DJ Moore is maybe not as good anymore as we think he might be. I don't know why he was the screen merchant and that's it and the backfield guy. But you wanted O'Donzee to have runway. You want Luther Burden to have runway. Oh, yeah. I'm saying for the bills. I think this might have broke while we were on the footcast. That might have been what I was thinking about. But the bills traded a... a second they did a two five swap yeah that's a big trade that's a big trade the pittsburgh steelers did a 7-6 swap to get michael pitman that would have been better for them that's if you just put in the second let's say they drafted one of the best available of a good wide receiver class yeah the best available wide receiver in the second round and pitman yeah i'd rather have those two players in dj more um he played with joe brady and carolina there was familiarity there

Loveland, Burden, Adunze. That's what I'm most excited about. I'm also most excited just to have more weapons of any kind. They released for Josh Allen. They released Curtis Samuel, I think. Yeah. I don't know. It kind of works for everybody. The price was a lot. It was very expensive. Sometimes you got overpay. It happens. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, and the, yeah, the bears, they got a trifect of youngsters. Oh, man. The bears, that offense is so fun. That's exciting. They're so fun. Please stay good-ish, Caleb. Okay? We need, no. Please improve. Please get regularly good. Yes. Please improve. That accuracy, that won't, that won't cut it. Let's go up. Jay Gris wants to see it. We got this one right. It wasn't hard to do, but the Titans signed Wondell Robinson to a four-year deal. My favorite comment about the Titans was that Dable is now acquiring the players that got him fired in New York. Yeah.

But Wondell's a great player. They didn't really have a receiver in Tennessee. That's the essence of what I think, you know, people don't realize it. I'm in on Cam Ward. I do believe in Cam Ward. I always kind of have. The end of the year was 10 touchdowns. It was needed. One interception over the last 10 games. And that was, again, you didn't have weapons for him. Calvin Ridley wasn't around. Those other youngsters, you know, Chimray D.K., good player. Versatile, gadget, special teams. I-O-Manor, good player, solid player, probably not meant to be your one by any stretch. So Juan Dale comes in, he just gets it done. He's a productive receiver. Yeah, 92 for over 1,000, only four touchdowns last year. And he should, with his 38 million guaranteed, he should walk right in to be, you know, a 20, 25 plus percent of the targets.

So if you do believe in Cam Ward, Wondale will be a very interesting target. Yeah, Wondale had four top 12 finishes last year, which was more than Sutton, more than T. Higgins. So I don't know if you can get the kind of targets you'd help for with Cam, Cam Ward in Tennessee, but maybe. I mean, he's coming off of 30%. Is there a world where Wondale is undervalued in fantasy? Yes. Okay. Because the Titans, the Titans have that stank on them. The Seahawks re-signed Rashid Shaheed. I mentioned it earlier in the show, three-year deal worth up to $51 million. He is one of those players that I don't know if it's ever going to translate into fantasy as well as it does in real life. I feel like he is such a dynamic, great player. But I don't know if fantasy consistency is what you're going to see for Rashid Jihad at any point in Seattle. You're going to get Tori Horton back. You've already got JASN who's going to, JASN seeing that contract that Alec Pierce got.

put a down payment on a Scrooge Vault. You can pre-buy the Scrooge McDuck vaults, and he bought two of them. Yeah, he's going to break it open. So will Puka, by the way. So Rashid Shahid gets traded to Seattle. And I'm seeing one, two, three, four, five, five, six, six games of eight or fewer yards. I mean, it was weird that it never got going. Maybe we'll have it with the entire offseason and having the established roles that it'll be better for Shahid. Okay, the Raiders have signed Jalen Naylor to a three-year deal worth $35 million. $23 million guaranteed for Jalen Naylor. There was a report last week that...

Jalen Naylor was going to be a hot commodity on the free agent's market. Yes, that people were going after. By the way, from the Minnesota Vikings, Jalen Naylor. Yeah, if you don't know who he has, he plays wide receiver. I don't blame you. I mean, Jalen Naylor is a dynasty only name of name recognition. But they say he was going to have a hot market, 23 guaranteed, 27 years old. I mean, it's, okay. Okay, this is a, what does the NFL know that we don't, and that the Minnesota Vikings didn't know. They don't know anything. The Raiders paid the loser tax to get a solid wide receiver, not a special one. Every team has one guy like Jalen Naylor. The Cardinals is Greg Dorch. It's like a guy who's kind of productive for you and you respect their ability, but they don't go and, you know, dominate somewhere else. I can't, I can't count how many.

Raiders wide receiver signings have been in this category, whether it's Adam Thielen to the Raiders, if you remember that deal. Naylor's fine, but he's a 27-year-old wide receiver who didn't, you know, he just wasn't a game changer. They have Deontay Thornton. They have Trey Tucker. They have Jack Bess. They don't have wide receivers. They're going to draft some, too. So Thornton last, or I'm sorry, not Thornton, Naylor, the past two years. 28, and this is appearing in all 17 games, 28 for 414, followed that up last year with 29 for 44 yards. Was it him and McCarthy that had the connection? Or was it wins? I just, I feel like there was a nice little run for Jalen Naylor. I would have to cross-reference him. He had two games, week 10 against Baltimore and week 15 against Dallas. Yeah, 5 for 124 and 3 for 47, and that made him $20-something million.

Okay. Good for you, man. Chiefs re-signed Travis Kelsey, one-year deal worth $12 million. He's back. Do you care? Yeah, consider it. Wasn't he the, like, the tight-in two or three last year? Don't take tight-in two away from Kyle Pitts. I'm so sorry. Please. Yeah, I mean. Second half was real rough. It's. Week 12 on, he would have been on page four, 63 for 500. It's, it's the amount of money. That is, I think, interesting. If you're Travis Kelsey, the money says that the chiefs wanted you back. And he was weighing his decisions of the offseason, decides he wants to play at least one more year of football. And it just seemed an unnecessary move that he would get paid that much. So you will. You have to pay. That's like the Cardinals with fits on one-year deals. You end up having to pay these legends.

legend money regardless of what they're really worth anymore. You're not going to get them back on anything else. And he'll probably end up a top five tied in. He'll probably catch 50-something passes for 600 yards and three or four touchdowns. Yeah, there is a scenario where it matters. But as a reminder, and for Walker as well, that Mahomes is coming off a devastating knee injury and may not be ready week one. Oh, I bet he is. I bet he is. Isaiah likely three-year deal with the New York Giants. Harbaugh, likely reunited. Yeah. Theo Johnson gets a little kick in the... Yeah. Kick in the sensitive spot. Theo Johnson was someone I was pretty interested in, but a three-year, $40 million for... Likely is a legit weapon. So this is exciting for Jackson Dart. I was thinking the same. It's good for Jackson Dart. More weapons on the field. It's not like Theo can't catch touchdown passes. Yeah.

He probably won't be as good for fantasy, but he's still good for Dart. Yeah, they're interesting. You get neighbors back. I mean, they did lose Wondale. So they could be in the contention for Tyson or Lemon or tape. That's going to say where they're picking, love. How do you not add another weapon? They should. You've got to give your quarterback a shot. Kate Otten, three-year extension with the Buccaneers, 20 million guaranteed, just a machine. All right, good for you, man. Kate Otten is back. And maybe slightly more relevant if, I mean, tight-ins aren't relevant, but maybe more irrelevant with no Evans permanently. We had the Max Crosby trade. That was a big trade. Ravens. Did you hear Jamar Chase? I was going to say Jamar Chase. Not pleased. Upset. He was live on like Call of Duty or something. Upset. Which, yeah, I would be upset about it too. Burrow now has to face T.J. Watt? Yeah.

Miles Garrett, Max Crosby in six games. Uh-oh. Yeah. Better fix that offensive line. Raiders also picked up Lindenbaum. I don't know if we mentioned that. That's a huge move for Gentie. Huge move. Yeah, it's gigantic. It's gigantic. Fixing the offensive line was the most important thing I wanted to see from the Raiders. I am going to blitz the rest of this news, Mike, because I just want you to basically interrupt. me if something is interesting. Gotcha. Turbisky to the Titans, picket to the Panthers, Kendrick Bourne, two-year deal to the Cardinals. Falcons signed John Dodson and Austin Hooper. The Dotson signing does seem chuckle worthy, but Darnel Mooney is out the door. Dotson will slide right into being their wide receiver too. Probably won't have anything of note, but. They brought Zakias back too, right? What? Yeah, you didn't know that? Alameda?

Yeah, buddy. Reunited. Okay. It's not going to matter. Cleef Raymond to the Bears, that's kind of cool for the Bears special teams. Noah Fant to the Saints. Does that bother you with Joanne? Noah Fant? All right. Charlie Kohler to the charges. How many years of Noah Fant do we need before you're like, he's fine? Not fantastic. No. Dalton Schultz, one year extension. I didn't see that one with the Texans coming back to the Texans. Bill's three-year extension with Dawson Knox doing the dirty work. Tyquan Thornton coming back to the Chiefs to run nine routes when people are hurt. Traylen Berks came signed a one-year deal. I had one catch last year. Signed a one-year deal with the commanders. Yeah, but that catch ruled. It was great. Vikings restructured Hawkinson's contract keeping him in Minnesota.

And Devin Singletary is back with the Giants, which means they have Tracy Singletarian Scatterboo. Maybe it. Don't do it, Giants. Maybe it'll be smoke. The Giants are so much better off bringing in Jordan Tyson. That's all I'm going to say than spinning that early pick on. We got a breaker. All right. Breaking news. This is fabulous news for Jumeir Gibbs. Go on. The Detroit Lions have found their RB2, former starting running back from the Kansas City Chiefs, Isaiah Pacheco. Okay. Does that bother you at all with Gibbs? Because it doesn't bother me one little bit. The only thing that would have bothered me for Gibbs would be a hammer. And this is not a hammer. No. No, this is, uh, this is, uh, if you are inside the five, why would you put project over Gibbs? No, you wouldn't. This is amazing news. That is excellent news. Celebrate Gibbs manager. I, I, I thought was going to the line. It was a legit possibility. And if Alger had gone.

you would have had to say, oh, man, that's, that's five to seven rushing touchdowns that Gibbs won't get. But Pacheco, Gibbs stays in the 101 contention. Before we close the show out, and we'll get into more free agent frenzy on Thursday, Mike and I. Before we close it out, though, I'm going to throw one name into the hat or in, you know, for the Seattle backfield. You ready? Sean Tucker. Yeah. Would that be interesting to you at all? Sean Tucker released, not tendered by the Buccaneers? No, because he... Are you out? You don't believe? I believe he has talent, but it's hard to have seen him have that long of a career with Tampa Bay, have success, and then the team really never doing anything with it. It's very surprising. Maybe it could have been horrifically bad coaching decisions. Those do happen.

But if he went to, if Tucker goes to Seattle, I'd be more confident in Charts. All right. Well, that'll do it for today's episode of the show, Ultimate DraftKit.com. If you want to jump into the Dynasty Pass right now, the Dynasty show will release. Is that tomorrow? A release tomorrow? Yes. And more of the dynasty implications for all of these moves if you want to tune into that. Communities join thefoot.com and we will say goodbye. Shout out to the Deucers. They did their jobs once again over there. Amazing. Keep deusin. Let me see. Not loser, loser, loser. That was what it was. All right. Take care, everybody. Goodbye. For listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast, join our fantasy football community on join thefoot.com. And follow us on Twitter at the FF ballers.