Fantasy Football 2017 - Preseason Week 3 Findings + Compliment Sandwiches

offense that Kansas City can be. He doesn't have the head coach that Andy Reid has been that shows he always gets value out of the running back position. Those reasons are why I think at the end of the day in a redraft league, whether it's standard or full point PPR and anywhere in between, Kareem Hunt is the first running back that I would be taking off the board. And the thing that I love about him is that while I think his ranking is worthy of that late second round,

You don't usually have to take him there. I know if you're in a really hardcore league and people are all about the news or you know, you've got Kansas City fans. He's the new hotness. No your league. He's the new hotness. But I see a lot of times him being able to be picked up in the fourth round. I tweeted out if Kareem Hunt should be drafted in every fourth round that he is in. Yeah, it depends on where you're drafting. That's the decision. I've had a lot of people have to take him in the second because they wanted him.

but the way that where they were in the round was going to force the issue. I just want to remind you. So last year, I know Spencer Ware, he felt like a disappointment for fantasy. He didn't get the touchdowns. But here's his other numbers. And 14 games, 214 attempts, 921 yards, and 33 receptions. I mean, he's, Kareem Hunt is going to get a lot of work. And what was the downside for Spencer Ware was three rushing touchdowns. Now, we've talked about how he was due.

to regress back to the mean. He really should have scored more touchdowns. It was a complete fluke that he did not. So Kareem Hunt, I mean, he should easily finish as at least a low-end running back one. All right. You want to make some money, flip that cap around. Mattie Stafford, now the highest paid player in the NFL. Five-year, $135 million extension. All you have to do to make money is you just turn your hat around? I just asked Jeff Fisher.

Ooh. I love it. You get a job. 90 plus million guaranteed money. It's always a funny thing, though, when you say I had missed it. You know who the highest paid player is? It's the last one to sign a contract. Right. I mean, that's the case in the NFL now. Last quarterback. So Maddie Stafford, five-year deal. Can't even call him. And he's locked down as the quarterback there. I think no surprises. All right.

A couple of quarterback confirmations. Look, if you have been playing the game with Kessler and Mossweiler and who to sign, you're in a Dynasty League, you need a two-cuby league. Deshaun Kaiser's name the starter. This is the fantasy reality for Deshaun Kaiser. If you're going to run the ball, you're going to move up regardless of how productive you are through the air. This is the Tyrod Taylor story. If Deshaun Kaiser picks up, if he's a 3, 400-yard guy this year on the ground or more, you're talking about quarterback 15 potential.

Josh McCown also named the start of the Jets. Surprise. Yeah, one of the things that I like about the Kaiser signing or the Kaiser decision was that Hugh Jackman said that he's got a long leash. They're not going to. Did you actually call? Oh, I did. Yeah, I was about to say that. Hugh Jackman Jackson. He's back. He has a very long leash.

He said, you know, so that means when he comes out and has rookie mistakes, which he will, they're not going to pull him. I think that's a wise decision because he is the only quarterback. That's the only decision to make. You can't start a rookie and then.

then pull him off the field. And he's the only quarterback that has the talent to develop into someone that could make your franchise good. So I love this decision all the way around. I think it does help Isaiah Crowell, who I've been a little bit down on because he is a, you know, he is a mobile quarterback that defenses have to, you know, look at scrambling. And usually those type of quarterbacks aren't necessarily the best for the pass catchers like Duke Johnson, although that's more in the scatback roll. Duke Johnson is.

used pretty much as a wide receiver. The essence of what we're doing in the Weekly Rewind today when we look at these preseason games is I want to convey to you, the listener, where ranking adjustments have taken place due to performances this preseason and conclusions we make from the game. One of the conclusions from the Kaiser equation. I hope you're going where.

I went. Is a slight bump for Corey Coleman. Yes. Corey Coleman has a rapport with Kaiser. It was evident in the game. It's something that this team wants to build around for their offensive presence. You know, Kenny Britt is not the future of the wide receiver core in Cleveland. Coleman and Kaiser, that combination, I think you're going to see a dependency from Kaiser, and it made me move Coleman up when this decision came through.

Fair? Yeah. Mike, that's where you wanted me to go? That's the game that one of the games that I was assigned to break down. So I didn't want to jump into it just yet. Yeah, I was going to say in college at Notre Dame, when he had Will Fuller, Kaiser was supposed to be this number one locked and loaded player. He's able to utilize those speedy receivers with a strong arm. So I like Cory Coleman a lot. All right. And finally, Rex Burkhead, C.J. Pro Slices, Eric Ebron and Brandon Marshall all returned to practice. Hey, Ebron.

It's good to see you. Ebron. Hey, he got in in August. He made it by a day or two. Well, he was out since July 31st. Something like that. Come on. One of the things that is tough to do, though, when you're evaluating players in the off season, is when players start to become injury prone, like Josh Doxon getting banged up or John Brown, right? Like John Brown might be the best example of this where, you know, you have an injury history, you have an injury concern.

You had him missed time, and then he comes out and splashes this past weekend. He can move all over the rankings because you just want to see if the player is going to be on the field or not when it comes to week one of the NFL season because some players, it's just going to come down to health. Eric Ebron, if he's on the field and the snap count is there, you're going to see a very proficient tight end. And you're going to see Red Zone opportunities with the richest man in football, Matthew Stafford.

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Vance McDonald has been traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers. What? Yes. Are you kidding me? Yeah. What? Yep. Oh, man, that's fun. This morning. They gave him a fourth round pick for Vance McDonald to put him on the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yes. That's huge news because, listen, I believe. Mike's face. I believe Van McDonald is a. Melt it off.

very good tight end. I mean, I was asking Andy this morning. Clearly Pittsburgh does. You don't give up a fourth for a tight end at this stage unless you just got paid. I mean, like so. So his contract is not just, oh, I go to cheapy. Yeah. Wow. That's, that's big news. So instant analysis, guys. Instant analysis is, I mean, if you're in a tight end premium league, I would, you know, where you start multiples and they get bonuses, then I would pick him up. Those are normally deep and rare leagues. But I would.

Definitely keep an eye on him in week one. Jesse James has had good reports lately. Jesse James is still going to be the guy. They're going to have to share there, and I'm not excited about the fantasy implications yet, but very interesting trade. And obviously it changes me wonder if something happened with Jesse James. Yeah, they know who Jesse James is. He's not a dynamic pass catching. He's not a move tight end. Vance McDonald is a move tied in. I mean, the Steelers.

Goodness. Big Ben, if you don't come through with 7,000 passing yards this year, you have failed. Minimal. That is ridiculous. Weekly rewind. Sorry to cut you off. No, no. My goodness. You got fantasy points coming out your ears over there. I'm getting sweaty. Are you moving? Are you moving Big Ben? No, I mean, I already had him. You're just confirming the excitement. Yeah. He's now just cemented the other side of.

of my number 6 QB. That's a beautiful thing. All right. Let's start off. Where are we going here? Jason, you want to kick this live? We're going to talk some, look, the Spencer Ware repercussions have gone through fantasy football. Seahawks and Chiefs faced off in week three. Yeah, I watched all the snaps of this game last night. Had a bunch of big takeaways on both sides of the ball. So we'll start over at Kansas City because we've already been talking a little bit about Cream Hunt. He looked really good to me.

which, you know, when you pass the eyeball test and you have the opportunity, that's great. One of the things that I really liked seeing, you know, I watched the game after knowing that Spencer Ware was injured. And what was interesting was that Kareem Hunt was in on Snap 3. Before Spencer Ware was injured, they were already showing, look, this guy is going to be involved. He's going to be involved early. So, you know, he was in early. He, you know, he looked good.

Tyreek Hill is a player that stood out in that game because he was good or bad? Both. It's both good and bad because he was exceptionally important to the offense moving the ball. He was a go-to look and he got the target. So that's the good half. Here's the bad half. He dropped all those targets. I mean, I'm talking bad drops. Hit him in the hands.

Watch him go down. You know what it reminded me of? It reminded me of some of those rare games where John Brown, you know, who's got great hands, makes exceptional catches, he'll have those games where all of a sudden you can't get him to catch the ball. And he had three drops in the first half, and two of the three were just...

straight. Egregious. That being said. I like the chance to drop the ball. That ball's coming his way. Yeah. Don't overreact on the drops. Realize that you can't drop the ball unless you got the ball thrown your way, which means you were getting open and you were involved. It's Ted Ginn's motto. Exactly. Alex Smith, man alive, if you watch the box score and that's how you're getting your information, he didn't have a very good game. But I wrote down a note here that was like Alex Smith had like 10 drop passes. It was not just Tyree Kill.

Travis Kelsey dropped two balls that were very catchable. Albert Wilson, Chris Conley. It was like nobody could catch the ball in Kansas City. On the other side of the ball, the Seattle Seahawks, there was a lot of, I mean, look, that offense is looking good to me. They're looking healthy other than Thomas Rawls wasn't there, but Russell Wilson. He looks so smooth this preseason. I mean, he was throwing the ball down field.