Mid-Round Madness + Camp Hype, Bear Toes - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/3

I will go, I'm still not 100% sure what we are arguing for, but like Terris Marshall, if the statement is, will Terrace Marshall truly negatively impact Robbie Anderson and DJ Moore? I would call that smoke. I think that Robbie Anderson, having been reunited with a former coach, really using a skill set that we had not seen from Robbie Anderson, the Jets had pegged him simply as a deep threat.

And Matt Jarl Rule said, no, this is a PPR type of guy. And as Terrace Marshall acclimates, he will be, I'm with you. I'm going to be great. I truly believe in him as a player. But I don't think that, I think it's Robbie and DJ Moore solid. For this season. For this season. All right. And then the last one here. Here we go.

AJ Green receiving a lot of hype in camp Mike Jurecki. Yes, it's been two practices. AJ Green making play after play. Peter Schrager came out. He says, I know it's just seven on seven. He looks incredible out there. I'll add a note here. I don't know if you guys saw this one. You know who else was stoking the fire? DeAndre Hopkins. Yeah. DeAndre Hopkins came out and said he is the best wide receiver.

I have played with. He followed that up quickly saying, I know you guys are played with Larry and Andre Johnson, and he was highlighting simply out playing with those guys at the end of their careers. And Hopkins was simply reinforcing. I don't think AJ Green is at the end of his career. He is, though. Hopkins, he is. AJ Green is the same age as Julio Jones. Both of them I think you look at in the twilight of their career or.

you know, certainly not their peak, right? Whether or not they have some level of plateau or whatever you want to call it with Julio and AJ Green. It's been a long time since we've seen it from AJ Green. You guys know where I'm at here. Of course we know where you are. And I'm unabashed in the reality. Like I think AJ Green will make a tremendous impact for the Arizona Cardinals this year. I have been an apologist for him last year. He was, you know, we brought it up. Mike, he brought it up. He's, he had the.

lowest amount of catchable passes last season, 49%. I've talked about the problems with separation numbers because players like AJ Green or Alan Robinson, they always have the same level of separation, even in their peak years, which is not a huge amount. Like, that's just not who they are. That's not who Kenny Gallaudet is. That is what Stefan Diggs is. That is what some of these other wide receivers are. And I just don't think the way we measure separation is meaningful for fantasy predictions.

So I think because of it, the belief here is not that AJ Green will be reborn into his peak. The belief here is that he will get every snap as the number two wide receiver as long as he's healthy. And he's in one of the top offenses in all of football that will run the most plays. It's the same argument you guys both made for Kyler Murray being the number one quarterback in fantasy is the amount of plays and the talented offense. So I think Adrian Green will score a bunch and I think he will be meaningful.

Look, I want to call him the people's 11th round pick. You can call him whatever you want. Because I think everybody should draft AJ Green, every single person. Well, I mean, technically only one person per league can draft him. I think one person per league should draft him in the 11th round. So you should and the 1101. That's what you're saying AJ Green should be. I'm just saying that's where he's going to go. He's going to go there or later. 1101. 1101.

So you will draft him in every 11th round. I will play. That's what you're saying. Absolutely. Okay. And that makes sense. And what does it cost you? 11.01. I mean, come on. I, I hope. And he's the number two in the one of the best offenses in football. I hope that this is fire. I don't believe that it is fire. I think this is a very, very low smoke like a, I'm making jerky.

which makes a lot of sense for A.J. Green at this stage in his career, you know, shriveled and old and dried out. He's 33 years old. He hasn't done anything in years, and he's not in pads yet. So I hope it's true. I'm calling it smoke. For what it's worth, DeAndre Hopkins did not fuel the Rondale more hype train. Their young draft pick, he says he has a lot to improve on to impress me. So far he's done nothing.

Oh, yeah. Whoa. So, I mean. Good for you, Hopkins. Yeah, he's, he's, he's getting, got to teach him young whippersnappers. Tell the young man to sit down. Which is funny because he's actually made a couple headlines as well. In camp. So, uh, didn't few. That's from John, uh, wine for us, by the way, uh, on Twitter. Oh my goodness. So, uh, there you go. We, you know.

It's inevitable that I'll talk about AJ Green every off season. That was where there's smoke. There's fire presented by our friends. By the way. At Trager Grills. I'll go fire. Thanks for asking. I'm sorry. I'm a part of this show too. Would you like to expound? No, I would not. I will keep my opinions to myself. Oh, man. A reminder, put that Trigger wet wood pellet grill in your starting lineup. Oh, yeah. Make every game day delicious. Oh.

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Yeah, I would. I would. And we'll find out in a grill to the death. That's what we do. Oh, my goodness. I don't know if Trigger wants to sponsor that. But let's talk news. News and notes from around the league presented by Sleeper. You guys want to talk about AJ Green? Mike, what are your thoughts on Smokefire with AJ Green? I really want to know your opinion. I think he will absolutely outproduce his ADP. Now does that turn into a top 36 wide receiver that you're happy to flex?

Most of the time, that remains to be seen. That was by far the most valuable sentence on AJ Green this show has had today. Matthew Stafford exited Monday's practice after hitting his throwing thumb on a player's helmet. That's really concerning because this is possibly a reaggravation of what he dealt with last year. And if that's the case, then we've got to keep our eyes on this and it would be bad vibes all the way around.

for the injured Rams right now. Yeah, Stafford had off-season surgery to repair a torn ligament in the same thumb. Seems likely that it is reaggravation. Let's, yeah, let's hope not. Mike, you know, hold on to something. Washington head coach Ron Rivera told the media Monday morning that the turf toe injury that slowed Antonio Gibson last year is no longer an issue. You're darn right. You're done right.

You've always believed in his toes, Mike. He's, oh, the longevity of his toes. He's got great toes. They're incredibly strong, bear-like, I might say. And he, there was also another quote. Do bears have toes? I think, do paws have toes? Is the bigger question here. Jason, have you ever looked at your dog's feet?

Yes? Yeah, he's wondering, are they called toes? I'm saying, I'm saying that are they all toes, though, like are there no fingers? I feel like a paw doesn't have toes. They're all, they're all toes, right? It's got to be a toe because it's a foot. But they have four feet. So it's all toes. Yes, exactly. You don't call it their arms and their legs on a dog. It's their four legs. Yeah, what you do you not have to worry about any bare fingers. Look, they have phalanches. Right. I think. Bare phalanges.

I'm confident that they're toes. Are you researching this right now? This is the second bear-related question to come up, like, science-wise. We learn that bears live to be 25 to 30 years old. And generally, pause have generally four load-bearing digital pads, although there can be five or six toes. Yes. Okay, they are toes. In the case of domestic cats and bears. All right. You feeling better now? I'm feeling great. Thank you. So what I was going to say is there was another quote,

Also talking about Antonio Gibson's past catching ability will be the key to unlocking the playbook. There's more smoke here for Antonio Gibson. All right. Kenny Galliday walked off the field with the trainer after having his first target stripped in seven on seven. We watched this play right before the show started. And to me, it looked like he grabbed his hamstring. He did.

and so which was the first of the injuries he dealt with last year. He then later dealt with a hip that we kept waiting for him to come back. I regretted trading him thinking he's going to come back quickly and he never did. Camp hamstring injuries are awful. Camp string injuries. Yeah, there you go. We'll see what the grade is. Hopefully it's just a grade one. He'll take some time off and he'll come back and he'll be perfectly fine.

He missed out on the full team brawl with Daniel Jones at the bottom of the pile. That happened a little bit later, and Joe Judge was very mad at it. Yeah, I can imagine. Now they're going to run. He's running him. Oh, yeah. There's talk of a lot of laps happening. In Jones Camp? Yeah, Joe Joe's very old. Oh, I can't imagine the players are very happy about this. But Camp is not going great. One beat reporter.

commented that they've seen a lot of end zone fades and wide receiver screens. That seems to be a priority right now, both of which are very low expected value plays. The end zone fade is like the stupidest play in football. It was created back when defenders didn't even realize that you were allowed to throw the ball. So it's just what's funny about. The end zone fade is one of those things where you go,

Does my team have Devante Adams? Yes or no? Check box. If yes, throw whatever you want. If no. On top of that, do I have a absolute pinpoint quarterback throwing the ball? Aaron Rogers, yeah. Okay. Maybe every once in a while, throw a fade in the end zone. But other than that, stop doing it. Yeah, I think Jason's right. It's something that has become the norm, but it only really fits certain athletes. Like, if you have Jimmy Graham, check the box, do it.

If you have Larry Fitzgerald in his peak, do that. Terrell Owens. But otherwise. So the larger point is Giants camp is going to swell. Yeah. And this injury, we're going to have to watch it because, you know, Cadarius Tony, waiting in the weeks. He is back. He is practicing off of the COVID list. All right. That was today's news and notes presented by Sleeper. Make sure you check out their platform. It's the best place to host your league. They've got.

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