Fantasy Football Podcast 2017 - Free Agency Winners & Losers, Marshawn Lynch Rumors, News

Oh, man, some of the passes were just, it wasn't even fair. I watched every snap of Terrell Pryors from about four games and tried to get different quarterbacks, RG3 and McCown, the great McCown, Cody. I'm just picturing the toxic crusader, being the person throwing him the ball. So in order to go for 77 and over 1,000 with four touchdowns,

And he also rushed a touchdown in, finished with a good fantasy season. And his first year is a wide receiver? I wanted to see, is he a talented freak? Or is it just because he was like the only option in Cleveland? And there was a mixed back. I was surprised how he did not, he didn't go after the contested catch quite as well. I noticed that. I talked to Matt Harmon yesterday, hit him up and was like, hey, what's your insight? Have you scouted him out? And he has. All of that information is in the ultimate draft kit coming up.

What Matt Harmon has found is that while he isn't that great at the contested catch, he's really good at the slant routes. And I saw that too. When he went inside and you get him running and you catch him in stride, he's a hard guy to bring down. He's 6-4 runs a 4-440. And so with him going now to the Washington Redskins where they run a lot of slant routes and you've got Kirk Cousins who can...

actually be a good NFL quarterback throwing him the ball and you have over 2,000 yards and 135 receptions and seven touchdowns that just left in Pierre Garcone into Sean Jackson. I am not saying, okay, well, all of that, obviously not all of that. I'm not saying Terrell Pryor comes in and is therefore a beast and is great, but I'm saying the opportunity.

is 100% lined up for him to do that. So we get to find out, is Terrell Pryorier really great? He is my biggest winner of the offseason. He's going to, this is a true, you know, you talk about Alshan Jeffrey going on a prove it deal. No, no, no. This is a prove it. You are going to be able to say, I am a top wide receiver, or I'm a guy who is a quarterback who is playing wide receiver. And he reportedly took less money and a shorter deal from Washington to get out of Cleveland. So, I mean, he's betting on himself.

I, as a fantasy player, like when receivers bet on themselves. Maybe it's not the smarter thing for the, for the guy, lock up that financial security. But I like that he will take the chance of having a huge year. Maybe he'll get a better contract going to next offseason. My biggest winner. 214 targets, by the way, between Garsohn and Deshaun Jackson leaving that roster.

Yeah, I mean, Kirk Cousins almost had 5,000 yards. He's been one of the most accurate quarterbacks the last two years. That being said, Trial Pire 141 targets last year. Does he hit that total? Likely. That would be more than Deshaun or Garcans. Yeah, Washington doesn't, Cousins does not target hog people. I mean, you might think he does because of what Jordan Reed has done at times, but they spread the ball around. My biggest winner is a guy who did not go anywhere.

In fact, he- Same with Isaiah Crawl? Yes. And he said, Sianora to his teammate, Brandon Cooks, Willie Sneed, I got the need for Sneed again, everybody in New Orleans. Look, Willie Sneed's rookie year, 69 receptions, 984 and 3. He almost hit that thousand as an undrafted free agent. Last year was...

disappointing for what I was hoping for for Willie Sneed, but that was... I think more for fantasy owners than for the perception of the... Oh, the Saints would have a... Absolutely. And it was a... I was expecting a big fantasy year from Sneed, but Michael Thomas came in and established himself quicker than I thought Thomas would as a rookie. But last year, 72 for 895, four touchdowns.

Brandon Cooks is gone last year. That's 117 targets. Nearly 1,200 yards and eight touchdowns. But, but Mike. Yes, voice of public opinion. But isn't Ted getting going to just come in and take over that role? What's the Brandon Cook's role? The every down roll. 17 targets. No, he'll get his targets. 17 targets. 17 targets. Because much like Washington, uh, the, the saints spread the ball around. But you know what?

There's a lot to be spread around when Drew Breeze is your quarterback. Over under 82 receptions. 82 receptions for Willie Smith. I'll take the over. That is a really good number. But I will take the over. And here's here's the deal with. I agree. I take the over by the way. Since 2010, his worst year, Drew Breeze, 4,620 yards.

That's as low as yardage since 2010. And in fact, that was 2010. Intermixed, and there is four seasons at over 5,000 yards. The guy constantly throws up in the high 30s of touchdowns. There is enough. And Willis needs the number two now. Yeah, when you look at yardage, like records in games, you know, consecutive games or things like that, usually Drew Breeze is at the top of most of those record type.

things, and then second place is usually Drew Briggs. Like when they're consecutive streaks, it's like, oh, he's first place, and he's also, he's done it twice better than anyone else has ever done it. 104 targets last year for Willie Sneed. I can see that going up. Yeah. And he's a reliable wide receiver. You know, you look at Willie Sneed, I'm not going to be looking at him in fantasy and saying, boy, I think I'm going to get eight or nine touchdowns out of Willie Snee. No. But I'm hoping for 85 receptions. I'm hoping for over 1,000 yards and four or five touchdowns.

Other winners. We're going to identify some other winners of free agency. I'll kind of basically throw some names out at each position. And if you guys have somebody you want to comment on, jump in. And then we'll get into our free agent losers who we think took the biggest fantasy hit in free agency. But at the quarterback position, free agent winners that we've identified.

Look, Carson Wentz, you added Alshan Jeffrey and Tori Smith to that offense. James Winston added Deshawn Jackson. Perfect. It's a perfect mix for Deshaun Jack or for James Winston. Mike Evans lines up on the left. Deshawn Jackson lines up on the right. Perfect fit. And it's been, it was noted how poor James Winston scored his pass rating throwing to the right because they didn't have. Because he was throwing to nobody. Because they didn't have someone who could get the separation. So this is a.

Just one piece, but still a big-time upgrade for James Winston. Tom Brady. Tom Brady gets an upgrade, adding Brandon Cooks. He may be the only player that gets an upgrade by Brandon Cooks being added to that roster. And Tom Brady, he's had it good for long enough. Yeah. The funny thing is they have historically struggled to put big-name wide receivers around him. You know, they take shots with different guys, whether it's Brandon Lafell or Chris Hogan or different players. Obviously.

Really not holding Tom Brady back, but then you get Brandon Cooks. Mike Glennon. Certainly a huge winner. I mean, when you start from, I guess. From Sierra to Hero. I didn't see that name in there. For guys like Mike Lennon and Brian Hoyer, they are winners in free agency because they're fantasy relevant, right? You play in a two quarterback league, they're starting quarterback. They're a streaming candidate. And without those free agency signings, they're not. Carson wins to me of the quarterback class is.

the guy that i'm most excited about what happened with free agency he reminds me when i look at the throwing motion it reminds me a lot of who

Blake Bortles? Yeah. I mean, he's, he's got a lot of. It reminds me of castles and coasters when the loop-de-loop. He's got a lot of Blake Bortles in him. And it was Blake Bortals who went from 11 touchdowns in his rookie year to 35 in his software. Wait, so you're saying it's a good thing. I'm calling for, no, I'm just saying, I'm saying I see a lot of this of similarities in those two quarterbacks. You add an actual good wide receiver and Alshon Jeffrey and more weapons to Tori Smith.

Sure. But you give him guys that can catch the ball. That makes sense he would defend Alshan Jeffrey. He loves injured players. Except March on Lynch, who's really never been injured in his career. But go ahead. So, no, Alshan Jeffrey is a great wide receiver. And so Carson Wins, look, he was drafted to be. Most people, I would say the majority thought Carson Wins was the better quarterback over Jared Goff pre-draft. This guy did.

Yeah, no, I know you did. I know most analysts did. They said Carson Winst should have been the number one quarterback taken. If he's really that good and you give him these weapons going into year two, you could see a guy who is probably going to go undrafted in all single quarterback leagues. 3,700 yards, 16 touchdowns isn't going to get it done in fantasy. Last year's numbers. You put some weapons behind him. I think it's going to take another year or two before you do anything exciting. He doesn't really have excuses this year, though. Nope. True. Well.

Yeah, I mean, second year. That's a good excuse. Wide receivers that we deem winners in free agency. Pierre Garsohn heading to San Francisco. Mike Wallace back in Baltimore. Robert Woods heading to Los Angeles to play for the Rams. And Richard Matthews and Taj Sharp, wide receivers still in place in Tennessee. They didn't sign anybody big. And then Corey Coleman, I put down there, I believe Corey Coleman can take a step forward.

with good health this year in Cleveland, a good running game. So who's the guy the biggest from that group that you want to talk about? For me, the guy I want to talk about real quick is Mike Wallace. Yes. Because we didn't talk about him when he signed that much because this show was coming up. And he was almost my biggest winner in the sense that I just want to say for fantasy purposes, this is a guy who will be very, very relevant for fantasy wide receivers next year.

This past year, he finished as the wide receiver 24 in standard leagues. That's a wide receiver too. That's good. He was reliable for most of the year. He loses Steve Smith. So his need and targets and all of that are probably going to rise, but let's say they just stay the same. Let's say next year he's a wide receiver 24. He's currently being drafted as the wide receiver 54. Like, that...

Those things don't make logical sense. Right, exactly. His family, his friends, teammates. Poor Mike. Nobody likes it. Mike doesn't like him. He's very impressed. I have disparaged him a time or two. Yeah, I mean, but numbers are numbers, guys. The wide receiver 24 on an offense that throws the ball just incredibly, the high quantity of Joe Flacco passes made wide receiver one. Who made Kamar Aiken relevant at one point in time, who doesn't have Steve Smith.

Who knows what we have in Brashad Perryman. I don't know if Brashad Perryman can catch five passes in the game. Mike Wallace. He may be capped at three and he just runs off the field. Mike Wallace is no longer capable of having, you know, a top 10 year. But he's a wide receiver too this year. That's what I see. And so if you can draft him as a wide receiver five, right? I mean, he's pretty good. It's the starting wide receivers are him and Perryman. So there's, and like Andy said, Joe Flacco threw the ball one time less than Drew Breeze last year.

That's crazy. I put him second in the league. Yeah, I, you know, I love Pierre Garsohn for this season specifically, Kyle Shanahan coming into that offense. Garcin had a very good year last year, but you got to remember he played with Kyle Shanahan. He had, do you know his target total with Kyle Shanahan in 2013? Yeah, I know that he led the league in receptions. 184 targets. Yep. 113 receptions. Pretty good. I mean.

Is he reliable? That's pretty much his middle name. He's a reliable, not a high. He's never had more than six touchdowns in his season in his career. And you're not going to, I doubt he surpasses that in San Francisco. But yeah, we actually have. I love him in PPR. I traded for him in my league. Yeah, I agree. I think he's going to be just like Mike Wallace, one of those type of players that has a better fantasy season than where he's drafted. And we have a really good article that just went up.

detailing Kyle Shanahan and Pierre Garcin. So go check that out. Where can I find that? You can find that at the fantasy footballers.com. He's got the great website. He's got that San Francisco stink on him right now. Fantasy players aren't going to want anything to do with that. It's funny you said that because I was telling somebody I was trying to trade for him. And literally all they wrote back was, ooh. Like it didn't matter the situation. Like,

There could be a contract that requires San Francisco to give him 5,000 targets, but the only thing that person was going to say was... Here's a perfect example of what we truly believe. Andy, when you were going after Pierre Gerson and a trade and somebody said, you, what did you find out what's happening? You were trying to trade for him. Yes, I was. Both of us were independently, unbeknownst to each other about a week and a half ago, going after Pierre Gerson because he is... Yeah, you know what I did after that?