Fantasy Football - AFC East Breakdown + Late Round Strategy - Podcast for 7/10

It is not... I get that Remandre is entrenched. He's the starter. You can make arguments for him of, hey, they just gave him this extension last year. But they've made some changes. Really, the crux of the argument for Trayvon Henderson is I think he is just... He is that much better than Remandre Stevenson. Maybe we have Remandre start off the first couple weeks as the guy. But I think sooner than... later it switches over and because Henderson is just the talent will put him on the field where where Romandre is just slow and lumbering and fumbles. It's hard. It's hard. See, that description of Remandre I think is so, it's just a product of a really, really bad season. And obviously they needed to amplify more in that room. This was the dead last, the worst offensive line in football last year, 32nd. The team won four games. Not.

conducive for a good running game. And like last offseason, Ramandre got a giant contract and had a lot of excitement around him. So in that regard, it's just I don't want to swing the pendulum so far to where, you know, if they fix these other things that make them an eight and a half win team and make Drake May relevant and you like Trayvon Henderson, Remandre's going to have more success in that offense. He could. To me, this is this is the Rashad White, Bucky Irving of. And it's not apples to apple because Bucky was a later round pick, but it was, I think the starter is simply, he just, he was the starter because he was the guy who happened to be there. And the inefficiencies will continue to show as Henderson puts up big dynamic plays and then they make the switch. The one thing in Ramandre's favor is the fact that Henderson is a smaller, more undersized back and you would expect there to be a timeshare.

when you are paying a lot of money for another bigger body back like Ramandre Stevenson, you know, the round mound of touchdown. You're not really looking at Henderson being a three down every, you know, takeover type of time. Correct. I don't see that happening. I mean, it didn't even happen for Jemir Gibbs outside of when David Montgomery was injured. So, yeah, this is, I think it'll be a split backfield and it'll probably be a split backfield for two years because they can't really get out of his contract this year or next year for Ramandre. I would agree with you. Next year's 3.25 is what I'm seeing as dead cap. So right now there are two rounds apart, though. Henderson is going two rounds ahead of Ramondre, which to me makes Remondre a pinch your nose and draft in the ninth round. Yeah, I would not. I probably won't be either. That would put him out. So in the career worst season for him, he was still the RB 27 is still at 10.6. He's been at 10.6, fancy points for game two straight years.

So that part didn't change. I'm not saying he's explosive or exciting or fun. Probably just annoyingly productive for a late round running back is my point. Henderson is the future of this team. He's much more exciting, but I don't see any world that they just hand him the whole backfield. If Jason's, like if you're in on Jason's projection of like this team completely turns things around, then yes, I could see that. It could fall out that Ramandre is just annoyingly productive. You can't be, like the team can't be bad and Ramandre be productive. I don't think even annoyingly productive when you have Henderson waiting to try and take over. All right. Any final thoughts there, Jason? Yeah. I just wanted to see this schedule. My final thoughts are they play the Raiders, the dolphins.

The Panthers. Is this the opening schedule? They play Pittsburgh in week three. Yes, yes, yes. I'm just saying they play the Panthers this year. They play the New Orleans Saints this year. The Tennessee Titans, the Cleveland Browns. Like they're the Giants. The, I mean, obviously, this is, this is great for hoping. I mean, Patriots fans out there, if you're hoping for something good, you got it on the schedule. Do you have that didn't tell me which guy that you. Which player I would rather have? I would much rather have Henderson over Ramandre from a fantasy standpoint. The seventh round is already late enough where I'm taking the shot of explosiveness. I think things could get better for the Patriots, meaning more scoring opportunities for Ramandre. I do think he's going to be involved, but I also think his total workload will go down with a second round. Trevion was second round? Yeah. Yeah, second round. How many touches do you have Trayvion projected for in the UDK? Let me go pull that up.

While you do that, I mentioned Kyle Williams drafted, wide receiver, New England has a lot of potential, ran a 4-4, 511, 190. We like him. Stefan Diggs, still going to be a really important player, I think, for Drake May's progression. It's just win. I think it seems like right away. Well, by, yeah, we don't know because there's reports of. He might have to start on the pup. I mean, like the timeline of when he tore his ACL. I don't remember what week it was, but it, like, guys returning from ACL, it seems like he should miss time at the beginning of the year. And we see videos of guys out there running, but running on grass while no one is hitting you is so much different than a full speed NFL game. I have Henderson, because I have Henderson really taking the backfield. I got him in a 194 carries and 55 targets.

Yeah, I do think Stefan Diggs plays week one personally. And I've got Trayvion Henderson at 165 rushing attempts and 47 targets. All right. Well, I guess Antonio Gibson still plays for this team, huh? Still on their roster. I think so. Yeah, he does. A wink. That was the wink sound. That was the, yeah, I can't really just do that for an audio podcast. Usually you go, bink. Yeah, that was really deep. It was a deep wink. Like a cartoon sound effect, Jay. Could I say it with a higher voice? Yes, try it. Like, yeah, Antonio Gibson plays for the Patriots. Wink. Yeah, that's so much better. Thank you guys. Wink. See? Oh, look at you. Good work, producers. So then where you like New England to break out, Jason? Yes. You like Drake May? Drake May to me is another. He's my quarterback 12. Okay. Then then somebody has to matter in the passing game. I mean that that would be. Josh Allen says that's incorrect. Yeah. Uh, Stefan Diggs and Kashon. Uh,

Booty Booty are the two that I have projected as the highest in targets. What's wild is, I don't think we even know who's going to be on this team as a pass catcher. Oh my gosh. I've seen, so many. I've seen reports that Booty's not even on the team. I can't fathom that. DeMario Douglas is on the team. He's a lock. Yeah, Kyle Williams is on the team. Yeah, those are. And Matt Collins is on the team. But I'm saying the three locks that I see consistently being reported is Diggs, Kyle Williams, Douglas. And then the rest of the spots are up for grabs. When Drake May took over and became the starter, if you look at how Booty was used, he was really, really involved down the stretch. So I would be surprised if he doesn't make the team. Jalen Polk, last year's second rounder. He's gone. That's insane. I mean, I got to imagine he's gone. Mac Hollins was a two-year $8.4 million contract. I was just looking that up.

He came over from Buffalo. He should be on the team. Mac is a good wide receiver. He's good for Buffalo. He'll help on special teams. Yeah. And you're the level of T. Oh, your team with Matt Collins. That's capital T for sure. You've got. No shoes. Kendrick born, John Baker. There are so many. Baker born booty. If it's a if it's a B name, you could get cut. Yeah. So to you though, I think DiMario Douglas is just one of those players that's like. He's the Kalia Shakir of the offense. He's not going to give you a huge ceiling, but if you need a spot start in a certain week, he's always going to be on the field. He's going to... He's good. He's a good player. He's a PPR type of guy that's going to, you pray, get to 10 yards of reception, but he'll be very targeted. Any other shots in the passing game that you guys care about? Hunter Henry. I mean, Hunter Henry's a fun streaming tight end from time to time, but...

Still going to need the offensive line to be better than 32nd in the league. For sure. Which, I mean, that's going to have to get proven out on the field. If they're a bad offensive line, this team is going to hit their under on that win total. They will be a bad offensive line. They don't have enough personnel. I mean, obviously, Will Anderson being drafted at four overall, that will help. Bill Campbell? I'm sorry, Will Campbell. I was he going to spend Will Anderson into this conversation. Will Anderson, Alabama superstar that the Cardinals should have drafted. um but no will campbell uh the tackle he'll help but it reminds me a lot of like the texans last year where you had laramie tonsill awesome but then the rest of your line was such trash that it you still had a bad line who wins the division buffalo all right we all got buffalo at the top give me the rest you know i'm taking the patriot second okay dolphins jets i'm going to go which by the way um in case you're curious

Chalk! Wait, is that chalk? Yes. That's what Vegas says? Yeah, you're a chalk guy. Okay. Well, it's different and new from last year. Why don't you just pick whatever they did last year? What's your order, Andy? It's tough to decide between Miami and New England. I think I'll go Buffalo, Miami, New England, New York. Chalk last year. I'm going to go Buffalo, New York Jets. Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots. This guy can't quit. Wait, hit that, hit that sound effect. What I can't quit is a already great defense, and then you bring in a defensive guy. I'm not saying it's going to be pretty to watch, but I think that they... You're saying they bring in a defensive guy at head coach? Yeah. Replacing a defensive guy at head coach. A guy who actually, I believe in. Okay. It's funny, they, what, three out of four in the division?

Our defensive head coaches. McDermott's a defensive head coach. Yeah. Aaron Glenn now at defensive head coach. Mike Rayble, defensive head coach. Yeah. Right? Yeah. So Mike McDaniels is really the out of place. The cheese stands alone. Yeah. And if you put those. Come on, Mike, you got to do something in Miami. You can't make us offensive people look bad again. Rex Ryan's looking for a job. All right. Well, you can play that sound for Rex Ryan with him. Oh, yeah. That is the. That is him smiling for sure. It's the light caressing off of the chompers. Is that what you're saying? Yeah. All right. I think that's going to wrap it up for today's divisional breakdown. But don't worry, three shows a week means we've got.

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