Pump the Brakes, Lev Bell News + TNF Preview

Chris Carson. Week one. Week one against Denver Broncos on the road. Their defense, because Earl Thomas is not going to show up. I wanted to bring that up because Earl Thomas is doing the defensive player imitation of Love Bell right now. He said he's not showing up without an extension. The Cowboys have been upping and upping and upping offers to get him. But if he falls out of that secondary, that defense, I mean, I would upgrade past catchers in Denver. I almost pumped the brakes on Russell Wilson. And it would not be, well,

It wouldn't be bad. But Wilson is going to have to throw the ball a ton. Similar to Jordan Howard, I think that the game script is going to go away from Chris Carson. Yeah, it's not a good week one for Seattle. No. Ronald Jones has been fully bodied. Oh, by me. Number three back on the buck's initial depth chart behind you, Quiz Rogers, and then starter Peyton Barber. I do think his time will come for an opportunity.

but not necessarily for relevance for quite a while. You cannot say that anything went well for Ronald Jones in the past four weeks. If you've got Peyton Barber in your dynasty team, it's a friendly reminder. You might want to reach out and try and shop him in one of my dynasty leagues. I had a terrible quarterback problem, as in Matt Ryan was the only starter on my team. I had one quarterback. I was able to flip Peyton Barber.

and a two for Derek Carr, which I was extremely happy with. Peyton Barber this week against New Orleans in New Orleans or Rex Burkett. Peyton Barber. I'm asking you, Mike. Oh, Burkhead. Okay. Peyton Barber with Ryan Fitz Magic? I think, I think, I'm not down on Peyton Barber. I'm not, I'm not.

disposing of Payton Barber, but it's going to be... The thing about New Orleans is that they're really, really good? No, I mean, last... Their defense is incredible? No, look at the numbers from last year about their passing defense versus their rushing defense. They were not an upper tier rush stopping defense. That wasn't what they did. So I think that the way the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to be able to stay in this is only going to be through Peyton Barber. So will he fail? Sure, maybe he fails. But I don't see Peyton Barber as a terrible play. Also, real quick, I just wanted to...

Throw this out there, because I know we've moved on from Lev Bell, but I'm tracking the information. And I just saw this incredible tweet from Anthony Staggs, Pyro Stag. Listen to the last 16 games from Antonio Brown. Those 16 games you talked about where Love Bell was missing. Right. Here's his, and this is a season. So you'll know, are these totals good for a season or bad? Here's his line, the 16 games without Lev Bell. 146 receptions.

207 targets, 2,080 yards and 13 touchdowns. Oh, and you know what? He's got a good match of. Yeah. He's a good player. Oh, good. Did you watch, by the way, did either of you complete? Oh, I did not. You're darn right. Hard knocks. Yeah. Any difference of opinion on Hugh Jackson over the course of this or is the same as when it started? I would say it is roughly the same. Okay.

Any other takeaways from the final episode? Other than the fact that the Browns just cut everybody that you wanted to... Well, you have to form... HBO has to form storylines, and they... Which storyline was going to be the one where the guy stays around? They picked the wrong guys. They cut them all. No, it'll be interesting in Cleveland this year. I think what I took away at the end was I know that you can say what you want about Hugh Jackson. I love Todd Haley.

Yes. And the roster turnover was 59%. That's the turnover from the, an 0-16 team, you turned over 59% and they had a very good preseason. And they have some very interesting pieces on defense. I think it will be a fun season. I really hope it is. I want the Cleveland Browns to be good. I just think that they're going to be good next year. Sure. You can't help but think that Todd Haley and Williams are both looking at that head coaching.

opportunity. When they took their coordinator jobs, they're going, hmm, this is just a stone's throw from being a head coach. A takeaway from Hard Knocks is Greg Williams is the worst. You still greatly dislike him. What bounty gate cannot be forgotten, people. All right, Mike, the time has come. The waiver wire has run in our league of record, and you wrote something down. What did you write down? Tyrod Taylor. You are correct. Yeah.

I have acquired and I am starting Tyrod Taylor. Good luck. Thank you. He's a pretty good play this week. I don't hate it. Yeah, but I'm playing him over Big Ben. Do that. Did you hear those Antonio Brown numbers? I did. I did hear those numbers. You got regrets? No. Nope. You got to call your shot early in the season about defensive Monday morning regrets. We'll find out. We'll find out. There'll be very public regrets. That's the fun thing about having a show like this is I get to be.

Very publicly right or very publicly wrong. I'll say this. Tyrod is a good play. But based on what he just said, I'm very happy that he's playing time on Taylor against me. It's not going to matter. My team's going to put up 200 points in win no matter what you do. I wish you were wrong, but you're not. Your team's really good. Let's get into the oars. Why? You know, sometimes people listen to the show and they say, I'm going to listen to Jason or am I going to listen to Mike?

We just do both, just like the Buccaneers and Dolphins have chosen to do. Chris Godwin or Deshawn Jackson were listed as the starter across Mike Evans. And then Kenyon Drake or Frank Gore listed as the starter at the running back position. So why do and when you can do or? I don't think these guys understand what the word starter means. It's like saying, who's the best? Yeah, like the, I get into this with the wife where.

We talk about, okay, well, who's your best friend? Well, this person and this person. Hmm. The best, I want to know the best. There's one. There could, it's Highlander. There can be only one, but not in Miami. No. It's ore. There you go. They're going to need some oars to row their lifeboat. Well, it's not, it's not. Oh, man. Well, well done. Into the draft. It's, uh, it's not an ore in Arizona.

between who's the second wide receiver is, it's not Christian Kirk or Chad Williams. Chad Williams listed as the second wide receiver on the depth player. Yeah, it's an or for me though. Chad Williams, they've come out in publicly said it's going to be a rotation between Chad Williams, Christian Kirk, JJ Nelson for that second role. This is one of the depth chart things that I actually don't read too much into. And this is a person who I have Chad Williams on Dynasty teams. I'd love him to become something great.

I don't think this offense can sustain him. I don't think he can be fantasy relevant. I don't. I would rather, like, if you would rather start this week, Mike, week one, Chad Williams is number two on the depth chart. Would you rather start Chad Williams or Ricky Seals Jones? Oh, that's an interesting question. Cardinals tied in in a flex spot. Like how confident, and this goes for you too, Jason. You can feel confident answering this one. Would you go Chad Williams or rookie Seals Jones? I think I would go Chad Williams.

Man, Washington... It's close, though, right? Yeah, it's very close. It is very close. It's a matter of... And that's the problem I have. Both guys are touchdown target type of guys. All right, the Jags have listed Keel and Coe and Dante Moncrief as the starters on their week one depth chart. This is a... Look, this is obviously an endorsement of Keel and Cole. He's been running with the ones. Dante Moncrief had slipped in the depth chart, but had a very good final preseason...

performance. Any thoughts here? Keel and Cole's the Jaguars wide receiver I want still. Agreed. Moncrief and West, uh, Didi. Dedy is going to be fine too. I mean, he's in the slot. It's, you know, I don't, I don't worry about the three of them.

I think are going to kind of take turns this whole season, especially now with news coming out to Austin Saffarian Jenkins is dealing with a core injury. He may not. He did not practice. Really? I miss that. Yeah, we'll have to see because he has such a great matchup week one against the Giants. Trending up for Keel and Cole. Yeah, I agree. Keel and Cole is the guy I would want. Evan Ingram cleared the concussion protocol. He's expected to play in week one against the Jags. Hope you bought the dip. Jay Gruden.

Talking about Chris Thompson, looking fantastic, ready to go for week one. I think Thompson, and we brought it up a couple weeks ago, I'm very high on Chris Thompson this year. I think his opportunity, the value he represented in drafts, nobody wanted to touch him. He made a comment about not feeling 100% yet, but all the coaches talk about how good he looks in camp, and he doesn't have much ahead of him in terms of valuable players. Well, no one else on that roster, the running back positions.

Pass catcher. Exactly. I think Thompson has a good opportunity. Devante Parker is not going to play week one. Wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins. Who do you start in, is it Kenny Stills? Yes. It's Danny Amindola and Kenny Stills for me. I mean, Kenny Stills is, you know. Are you throwing out at all? You're going to Miami here. Well, you didn't say who's the best. He said, who are going to start? Oh, okay. I would start Danny Amindola and I would start Kenny Stills. You would start both.

You would start two Miami whiteouts? I am willing to start both of those guys. What does that mean? As a wide receiver one or two? No, I mean, this is pretty simple, right? I'm saying that both of those guys are startable players in fantasy football for week one. Now, if I were to rank them, I would have Kenny Stills ahead of Danny Amandola. There we go. We got there.

We got that. I didn't think it was that confusing. Well, I, I, we didn't think it was that confusing. I think we, what we were looking for, though, is when Devante Parker goes out, we're asking who steps into opportunity specifically. And that is my answer. I believe both of those guys get a bump. I mean, it's not going to be all of the targets that were going to go to Parker, go to one guy. Kenny Stills or Josh Gordon week one? Kenny Stills. Oof. Oof. Probably.

Stills, you just, it's hard to start Josh Gordon right now. You just have no idea, no idea. Kenny Stills or Juju Smith-Schuster? Juju. Juju. Jiu. Jee Stills or Michael Crabtree? Very, very close. That one's tough. It's just a matter of what you believe is Crabtree still got it. Does he have it? I think he does, but Alex Collins is one of my favorite plays this week. Danny Mendoza or Robert Woods? Amandola. Yeah. Danny Mendoza or Jameson Crotter against Arizona. Amandola.

Crowder. All right, without further ado, let's get into the mailbag. Mailbag. Bag, oh! All right, if you have a question, go to the website, the fancy footballers.com. Check out the new StartSit tool. It's pretty fun. It'll answer a lot of those tough questions. We'll answer a few on the show today. You can dial our voicemail hotline 302464 TFFB. Let's jump into a voicemail. Hey, ballers. This is Bryce from Tennessee. I got a question about Des Bryant.

I was able to pick him up in the last round of my draft a couple weeks ago, and obviously he's still not signed anywhere, which I'm pretty sure is baby Josh's fault. I'm blaming him right now. My question is, what do I do with them? Is it time to go ahead and cut ties if he hasn't signed anywhere, or should I hang on to him for a couple weeks and maybe see what happens? Thanks, guys. Love the podcast. I know for me, I would cut him. He's a cut. Yeah, I mean, I'm not holding on. When he signed somewhere, if.

He signed somewhere. He's coming in with no training camp, no practice, no preseason, and he's not going to just walk into being a wide receiver one up. You know, you're holding on to a name here. Yeah. Thinking that when he signs, maybe you'll have a wide receiver that is a clear cut top 15 guy. And that's not going to happen. When he signs, he's going to be brought along a little slower. He's probably not going to be the...

definite one without, you know, with no clear. Yeah. I mean, think about it. Are you going to drop Tyler Lockett for Des Bryant right now? Nope. No way. No. I mean, you get down to that, do you're going to drop Danny Amadola for a shot on? I would drop Des Bryant and pick up Danny Amidola, no problem. Yeah. So, I mean, that's the thing. And yes, obviously, most of Des Bryant struggles over this off season can be directly traced back to Baby Josh.

Oh, for sure. Like most of the world's problems. Yeah. Always coughing on the show. Oh. Hi, Greece from Germany. I have a question. Bonjour. Have Keel and Cole the potential to be a number two wide receiver? And if not, have any Jacksonville, Jaguars white receiver's potential to be a white receiver two. Thanks, guys. Keel and Cole has the potential to be a wide receiver one. That is my actual opinion. When Keel and Cole...

caught fire at the same time as Blake the snake. Here are his finishes. This is just in a four-week stretch. Wide receiver, 18, 12, 1, 11. He was a wide receiver won three weeks in a row. So yes, he has the ability to be a top 24 wide receiver. And I don't think that Moncrief can be a 1, but I think he can be a 2.