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To your point, he's being drafted as the wide receiver 29, only played 13 games last year, finished as the wide receiver 26. In the 13 games. Exactly. In the 13 games. He would have easily passed 1,000 yards last year. If you want a signed Alvin Camara jersey, we want to give you one. Fantastic. We would love to give you a signed Alvin Camara jersey.

You can do that at footclan giveaway.com. There are a couple of free ways to enter. He's a very good player. You can get on the loop 101. You can get on the loop 202. The I-10. What are you talking about? There's a couple free ways to enter this draft. Oh. That was a Mike Wright special. Oh, Brooks is grim. We need the sound effect, Andy, for that. No.

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You would have had to jump in immediately. You let the timing lapse. You also could have gone with some more like, you know, you use very local freeways. You could have gone Route 66. You could have gone something that would have been tangible and noticeable for others. Route 66 would have stuck the landing. But the loops are, they're local to a lot of different places. Not the same loop. Yeah. No. There's a lot of loop. Yeah, there's a lot of loop one and ones out there. Jump on I-45.

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If I didn't say it before, we're going to be talking about some good vibes, bad vibes as we had into the season teams that we're excited about or now feeling uncomfortable with. Let's jump into the news first. The Patriots have activated Josh Gordon from the NFI list. They released Maurice Harris. This offseason, right now it's Josh Gordon, who is practicing, who is activated.

and should be on the field in week one, and it is Julian Edelman. Rob Grancowski is retired. There was some news this morning. Interview with Rob Grankowski, him saying he needs that kind of fire in his life, what he's missing with football. Didn't say he was ready to come back. Didn't say he wasn't coming back. So if you've got a deep bench on a dynasty league, on a dynasty league, you can put him on there.

I wouldn't. Would you hold him in a dynasty? I am holding him in a dynasty. I have him in our dynasty league. You still haven't dropped him. Yes, because every time I've stared down what I can pick up in lieu of Rob Gronkowski's hypothetical return, it hasn't been worthwhile to me. Who would you rather have? Jacobi Myers on the same team. Well, see, I already have him, Jason. Well, okay, for people that don't have this, you know. Jacobi Myers. I would rather have Jacobi Myers.

When you look at, do I want Teddy Bridgewater on my dynasty team or Gromkowski? I'd rather just wait this year out. I don't see the upside of somebody. So it's dependent on your league and who's available, obviously. Is he going to come back this year? Probably not. Could he? For a playoff run, absolutely, if they needed him. I think that is possible. Whether you play him or not in fantasy, who knows. But Josh Gordon, let's talk about him. If he's starting the season, talk about a guy getting drafted at his floor right now.

Nobody wanted to make the hit. He's all over the place where I've seen him go very early. I've seen him slip in drafts. I talked about him just last week that if you haven't done your draft yet, I mean, these online systems, you've got to take advantage of that because Josh Gordon might be way lower on the list than he actually should be. And you have to either highlight that player, make a mental note, write something down. So you remember that once it hits that sixth round,

You need to scoop Josh Gordon up because he's a steal in the sixth round. How do you feel like he would affect Julian Edelman in any way? To me, he helps Julian Edelman because I want the offense better. I think Josh Gordon will help sustain drives. He doesn't take target volume away from jewels. All right, the athletics. Jay Morrison believes AJ Green returning for week three would be the quote, best case scenario for AJ Green.

It is not the best case scenario for fantasy owners, and we don't know what his health will be like when he returns if it's week, three, week four. But he has, much like your Sammy Watkins argument, Jason, whenever he's healthy, whenever he's on the field, he's an elite wide receiver. The difference being he's currently injured, he's 31 years old, and has been injured the last two years. I am more of the mindset that we're seeing the beginning of the end for Alshan Jeffrey.

or for A.J. Green here. And, you know, I hope he comes back and dominates. He was injured last year, but dominated when he was on the field. I mean, it's just a matter of, you know, your roster construction, whether you want to take the gamble that when he comes back, he's not going to reaggravate something. I'm staying clear of A.J. Green this season, you don't have to. Jason Garrett said Amari Cooper is on schedule to play week one.

We also heard Sterling Shepard, good to go for week one. Jay Gruden expects Jordan Reed to be ready for week one. That's interesting. So the concussion concern for Reed, but expected to be on the field week one. Any thoughts on those guys? I mean, Reed has been one of my favorite late round tight ends if you punt the position completely because, you know, if Reed is on the field, he's heavily involved in this passing game. They don't.

really have a choice in Washington. So if he is actually ready, going to be ready for week one, then I'm more apt to draft him. Case Keenham was named the starter for the Redskins. So it will be Case Keenum to Jordan Reed. No longer willing to draft Jordan Reed. Dante Pettis is battling a minor groin injury on top of all of the... I thought he was battling a roster injury. He probably got that in the fourth quarter of the...

preseason game. He has a strained ego right now. It's like when they made Antonio Calloway play the Cleveland Browns forced Calloway to play that entire preseason game. And run nine rounds? Weird. He got hurt afterwards. So this Dante Pettis motivational tactic. Mike is not a fan. No.

Kiki QT returned to practice on Monday. That's excellent news. Excellent news for the Houston Texans. Kenyon Drake, back of practice. Albert Wilson, running at full speed. Albert Wilson's such a dynamic player. Still hard for me to believe, like after that much time off in that major of an injury, he's going to be the same guy, but hey. Are you willing to take him with the last round pick? No. Okay. So you're not drafting him at all? I'll click. If you're on a platform that has a little eyeball button next to your players on the waiver wire, I can, I'll keep my eyeball on him.

Yeah, I think he's a decent best ball. Just one of my eyeballs, though. Not both. Don't get me wrong. It's really scary when you do use one of your eyes. Just one? To always watch Albert Wilson. Yeah, in a basketball league, I like taking him as a flyer at the end of the draft. Anthony Miller back at practice, and it's a sad day, guys. I mean, I... Oh, no. The Raiders. So sad. Don't we have a jingle bell somewhere?

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All right, we're going to go through some good vibes, bad vibes. It's been a long offseason, training camp, preseason games. So we'll start with the good. Let's start with the good. My good vibes right now, it's the Kansas City Chiefs offense. Because in an offseason where regression has been the narrative for Patrick Mahomes, I think the chiefs might just be the same.

or better in 2019. Last year, first in yards, third in passing yards, number one in points per game by a wide margin. They were 35 and some decimal points per game. And I look, they've looked wonderful in the preseason.

It seems like they're going to be the same, if not better. Damien Williams looks great. Darwin Thompson looks like another weapon for the offense. Sammy Watkins, the Lizard King, is healthy right now. That's great news. McCall Hardman, the rookie, the second round draft pick. Very fast. There were plays, you know, this last game. You know, who took the top off the defense on those plays? It wasn't just Tyreek Hill. It was McColl Hardman.

running from the slot, taking the defense upfield, while Tyreek Hill turns on his jets and runs a 30-yard deep out and is just wide open. It's really not fair. You said that when we watched the game. How do you stop this? Here's what I saw, right? They were taking the top off going long, right? Then the next couple plays that come out, and they basically have four of the fastest humans in the world.