Fantasy Fallout: McKinnon, Lev, Cuts & Breaking News

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All right, the Bears made a big splash on the defensive side, trading for Khalil Mack, linebacker formerly of the Oakland Raiders. They traded a lot, and then they signed him to a record-setting deal. This is a good defense. They were already a middle of the road, upside defense. Kalil Mack stabilizes that defense as something to pay attention to for fantasy. And Adam Shaheen's been added to IR. Tight-in to Adam Shaheen was supposed to be splitting some time with Trey Burton.

He's going to miss at least the first eight weeks. Is that correct? Shaheen? Yeah. Yeah, well, that's if they even designate him to return. So this is Trey Boo-boo full stream ahead. It's all Trey Burton. And I really like the Chicago Bears defense. I had them just outside of my top 12 before the Kaleo Max trade even happened. So I'm very interested in the Chicago Bears. Here's the problem. Week one.

The Chicago Bears go on the road to Lambo. That's not a defense you want to play week one. To play the Green Bay Packers. No, thank you. No, no, thank you. And people are going to be very interested. They're going to want to pick up the Bears because this could be a really strong DST to play for fantasy football. But I'm not playing them on the road week one against Mr. Millions. Aaron Rogers.

Oh, my gosh. What are you looking for over there? Nothing. All right. We'll talk about it later this week. By the way, if you have purchased the ultimate DFS pass and you're waiting for that content to hit, the release schedule for the DFS pass starts on Wednesday. And so as you might expect, we want to be as accurate as we can with our week one projections and our rankings. And so that content comes later in the week. We'll get it out there as soon as you can. I know you're eager and excited, but if we.

Poop out rankings early in the week just so that you have them. Hey, poop is poop. Poop is poop, as Mike would always say. That's right. Just be patient. We're not ignoring it. The content's all coming. It's going to be great. It's going to be huge. I promise. Dallas has surprisingly cut Dan Bailey. That was shocking to me. I mean, Dan Bailey has not lost a step here. This must be a money situation, but. Brett Maher, they felt comfortable with Brett Maher.

He's won the job, so that's the starter in Dallas if you need a kicker there. They cut Bo Scarborough. He got injured, so they cut him. They're hoping that he lands back on their practice squad. And then they did keep their center, Travis Frederick, who's dealing with the illness on the active roster. That's pretty big news. Yeah, but they still don't expect him back soon. No. In fact, pro football doc, if you've seen his prediction, he basically said there are much higher odds of him missing the entire season.

than him being ready for a week one. So he's not going to be there for, you know, the beginning of the season. This is a serious illness he has, but he'll get back eventually. The question is just what is the timeline? And that's something that because of this illness, completely, completely unpredictable. He could be back soon. It could take him a year and a half. There is no way to know that. The Broncos have cut first rounder Paxton Lynch.

Whoops! Whoops! Career in a nutshell. Four starts. Not good. One star. Barf. So, Chad Kelly gets the backup quarterback job instead of Paxton Lynch, behind Case Keenham. A couple other cuts, they let go of the Hendersons. Oh. Is that both of them, Brooks? No, well, DeAngelo, wait, hold on. Brooks? Yeah. Yeah.

Okay, so the Henderson's were cut. Who got added to the practice squad? Now I'm confused. No, DiAngelo Henderson running back, former running back of the Broncos, was signed to the Jets practice squad. Oh, that's what it was. Wide receiver, Carlos Henderson was signed. If your name is Henderson, you're on the chopping block in Denver. Look out, Harry. Very good. That's a real current reference for the kids out there. That's a very, Harry and the Henderson for reasons. Let's talk about something more significant.

Antonio Gates has strategically missed all of camp and signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Chargers. Antonio Gates is a shell of his former self, but now he gets to come in with Philip Rivers. And does he threaten the upside of Mike Williams, who I have really liked as a breakout candidate?

But now Antonio Gates gets to be large and in the red zone, which is his two best things he can do. That is exactly who he threatens. I mean, you've said for a while that you see the double digit upside of Mike Williams. And, you know, let's say he gets 10. There's no way that Gates is not going to take away.

two touchdowns. I mean, that's what Gates does. Gates has not missed, you know, I know he hasn't been there for camp and hasn't been there for preseason, but he doesn't need to. He knows the playbook. He has been with Antonio Gates. It's going to be just fine down there in the red zone. And those opportunities, you know, that that's going to make a big difference for a guy that isn't the volume receiver on the team. So last season, Antonio Gates had 30 receptions.

on 52 targets for 316 yards and three touchdowns. Yes. However. Okay, I was going to point out, Mike Clay had tweeted out about it as well. Snap count? No. Well, but the snap count, but it sent the final two weeks of the season when Hunter Henry was not there and it was the Antonio Gates show. Six for 81, four for 46. Yes. So.

10 receptions, 127 yards, a touchdown, and he was the number one fantasy-wide, or tight end over those two weeks. The number one? Yes. That's what Clay had tweeted out. Over week 16 and 17? Yes. Yeah, it's not the most impressive lines. I mean, four for 46 and no touchdown in week 17 is not impressive. No, but 81, 6 for 81 with a touchdown. Yeah. That's a, that's a.

big week for a tight end. I'm not, I'm not calling for Antonio Gates to research me. Let's answer that question. Where, where is he in your ranking? He, I think he is just outside of my top 12. He is very interesting to me. I had mentioned on Twitter, because I really have gronk almost everywhere. That's, that's how I've handled my drafts. But in my Money League, I ended up having to punt the position.

I grabbed Ricky Seals Jones at the very end of the draft. I have a speculative ad of Antonio Gates on that roster, and I want to see week one what happens. Yeah, okay. Minor note in Miami, Jason Sanders won the kicking job over Greg Joseph. Hooray! This is called Learn your kicker names. Learn your kicker names here. This is why kickers should not be fantasy football. Because you have to learn their name?

That's right. Because you don't care. You just don't. How dare you? They're part of the Labor Day show. You don't care just like the NFL teams. Yeah, where Dan Bailey can be one of the best and still cut because of money. Look, it's the wrong stuff in Minnesota. Kendall Wright, Sayonora. The wrong stuff. I wasn't sure how I wanted to finish it. That's not very important, I suppose. If somebody gets injured, though,

What, Treadwell steps into an opportunity with Kurt Cousins. New England, they cut. Mike Gillisley. Oh, Gilly Gilly Gumb drops. And much more importantly, Gilly has signed. Yes. With the New Orleans Saints after they surprisingly dropped Jonathan Williams. Gillesley is, I think he is a legit four-week play.

I picked him up in the listener league when I missed out on James Connor this morning. I have him in my lineup. I have him in- What do you mean a four-week play? Please try to reset my insanity over here. What do you mean a four-week play? I'm saying that when- Like you will play him? He's in my lineup over-carry-on-Johnson right now in the listener league. Interesting. I don't blame you. Okay, so over-carry-on Johnson, I can see that. I can see that argument, but like he's not going to be ranked in your top 36 running backs in week one, is he?

Well, we haven't done those projections. Those will be out at the latest by Wednesday, but I would be completely unsurprised if he is in my top 36. He is, in my opinion, going to inherit the very valuable goal line type of role. This is a guy who's got double-digit touchdowns over the last two seasons coming into a situation with a good week one matchup against Tampa Bay.

Yeah, I guess I don't agree. I mean, I don't think that that, I don't think him being signed on September 2nd walking into that situation is going to guarantee him that work. No, it's going to be Alvin Camara on the goal line. It's not going to be Mike Gillisley. I mean, Tim Hightower, you know, walked right in. People, people have, I mean, Camara last year's a rookie. He did. I don't know. That's a weird face for factual information. Tim Hightower came off the street and then was the man for that team a couple years ago.

won me a championship. Thank you, Timmy. Jonathan Williams was re-signed to the practice squad by the Saints. I guess circling back to the Patriots, they claimed they only had three wideouts on the roster after the cuts. And that was Chris Hogan, Philip Dorset, and Cordero Patterson. They then claimed Chad Hanson and Amara Darbo, who were both released by the Jets and the Seahawks. They're really not relevant players.

right now. I would put them in the category of how we felt about Dorset last year when they picked up Dorset. It wasn't, it would take a lot. It would take a lot for them to become relevant because by the time they could acclimate to any offense or move up the depth chart due to injury, Julian Edelman will be back. Look, James White is going to catch a lot of passes. Rex Burkett. Rob Gronkowski. That's who you need to pay attention to in New England as a fantasy owner. The thing for Hanson is,

Bill Belichick signed a... I will allow it, but my boy was going to be... So you're telling me that Bill Belichick has signed a divisional opponent's wide receiver. Not surprised. And he's going to gleam some information. Of course he is, because he's Bill Belichick. He just signs him for the knowledge. Yes, for the brain down. Of course he does. Brain drain in full effect. That's a pretty good strategy. The big news.

Big news. Oakland Raiders have cut Martavis Bryant. Too. As has the NFL. It is not. Mike, I'd love to hear your thoughts on Martavis Bryant. Which, okay. He's got some very strong personal demons that the man has not been able to overcome and he will not play in the NFL again. Third round pick the Raiders gave up for him. Yeah, my point was going to be John Gruden is doing some weird stuff.

weird stuff in Oakland. If I was a Raiders fan, I would not be very pleased with the direction of my football team. Only 10 years left, though, Mike. Only 10 years left. I would not be very pleased with the direction of my football team. We'll see. We'll see what happens. The Khalil Mack move, regardless of popular opinion today, that's one that's going to take years to see the fallout. Sure. They've acquired a lot of picks and they've saved themselves a lot of money.

There was a lot of controversy as to whether John Gruden and Reggie McKinsey and all them, whether they are on the same page. We'll see what happens. Yeah, the thing is, though, you got a lot of picks, cool. You got a hit on those picks. Kalee Mack was a hit.

You mean, it's locked and loaded. Cleo Mac is a superstar in the NFL. I'll say this. If you sign Jordy Nelson and Doug Martin in players to win now, and then you let go of your win now, defensive player of the year, it's strange. Yes. Then that's the other part of what strange is for Oakland is the roster and older, and you throw a third round pick in the dumpster with Martavis. So Martavis is gone. But you know who's there now? Agent McCarran. Yeah, Agent McCarran. Quarterback traded to the Raiders to...

to be a backup to Derek Carr. But with Martavis gone, do you have any more confidence in Jordy Nelson? None more than I already had, which is he's interesting. I do. And I would say that you probably don't have more interest in Jordy because you were already appropriately in on Jordy. I have been.