Fantasy Football Podcast 2017 - NFL Draft Review Pt 1: AFC Winners & Losers

would appear to have led us to believe. No, that was not Sean Kemp running down the middle of the field. It might have been Kelvin Benjamin, though. Panthers coach Ron Rivera has said Kelvin Benjamin is a little heavy. I've seen reports saying he may have pushed 280 pounds this offseason. I think Rivera came out and disputed that, but yeah, he's a big boy. The conditioning is...

I think you could see it on the field. We all, we had already told everybody last year that Kelvin Benjamin was a major aggression candidate from, well, we actually told him that two years ago before the injury, but you're talking about Benjamin being removed from that rookie season now, two full seasons, weight issue, cam issue, problems. And I will say, not a one or a two to me. The Panthers, we will talk to them.

of course, on Thursday, but they're going to be extremely interesting with that high draft capital investment on Christian McCaffrey. It's well documented how they are not a team, at least in recent history, they have not been a team that they're targeting the running back very often. And when they do, they're not good because it comes from Cam. Sure, it's not his strength. Yeah, the short passes is extremely not his strength. So, I mean, you could see it's a completely brand new.

Panther offense, which maybe if teams have to scheme for McCaffrey getting things done, maybe Benjamin can get more open. I'm just trying to be optimistic. There are a lot of people who think the McCaffrey pick is a clunky fit for Carolina because of some of those aspects. Now, we knew, you know, you go back to DeAngelo Williams days, he caught a lot of passes, some with Cam Newton, but not, it's been a while. And Jonathan Seward used to catch passes, but that's been worked out of his game.

Darren Sproul's final year for Darren Sproul's is what he says. He anticipates it being his final season. Heck of a player. One of those players that even he does make a fantasy impact, but even more he's just, when you got him on your team, you have something special. So that came out today. Free Agent Running Back, maybe you've heard of him. Jamal Charles visiting the Denver Broncos today. What are your thoughts on this?

My thoughts are I cannot get the image of his knee in that picture out of my head. Yeah, if you haven't seen the photograph of Jamal Charles' knee that was circulating a couple months ago, it looked like no other knee I've seen. He claims it's fine. I hope it is fine and recovered. But that would obviously be very bad news, I think, for C.J. Anderson. If he comes in and is healthy. Maybe. Might be more bad news for Booker.

Yeah, I think as it stands now, like one of the winners for me after the draft is C.J. Anderson. He is the clear cut starting running back. Yes, they drafted a late running back. They also got rid of Capri Bibbs. I think that I think that C.J. Anderson is a winner right now. And he is.

The number one. But if Jamal Charles comes, you don't know what the role is, and it certainly doesn't help his value, unless you're talking average draft position. Maybe it drops him enough to matter, but it wouldn't be good news for me. There you go. Devin Smith, Jets wide receiver. He's going to miss 2017. He retore his ACL. This poor guy, man. Man, man. He just can't catch a break with his health. A second round pick. Explosive player, but.

You can't imagine things are going to be looking forward or positive moving forward for his career. Yeah, that's it for the news. You guys have anything else? No, I'm ready. Let's talk some winners. All right, AFC winners and losers. Winners and losers. We are going to start in the AFC East. We're going to talk about the Buffalo Bills. They made a couple of offensive draft picks here. In the second round, the big one to talk about.

Zay Jones. Zay Jones was drafted in the second round. The Bills, I believe, traded up for this pick. Is that correct? Yeah, that is correct. They came up and snagged him. They moved down in the first. They got an extra one going into next year, but then they used some of that ammo from the trade to move up and get Zay Jones. So let's talk about the Buffalo Bills winners and losers. Obviously, Zay Jones walks into a great situation for a rookie wide receiver in the sense that not a lot of competition.

There's half of a Sammy Walkins and no one else there. Yeah, so Zay Jones himself, you know, depending on what you guys think of him, I know a lot of people viewed him as the best wide receiver in the draft. There were some that did. He walks into a good situation, six two, another great target for Tyrod Taylor, but you look at this draft. They did not spend high draft capital on Deshaun Watson or a high quarterback. They did not spend high draft capital on a running back or any at all.

So LaShawn McCoy looks like a winner. He is the biggest winner from the Buffalo Bills is LaShawn McCoy. You had Mike Gillisley poached by the New England Patriots. So, I mean, now you have Jonathan Williams who maybe he gets some dynasty juice here. Maybe, maybe not. But LaShawn McCoy is just going to eat. Yeah. He's going to feast. The same way that you were surprised about the Eagles not drafting a running back.

I looked at Buffalo and thought they have to get a running back now that they lost Gilly, and they chose not to. Now, if Ligarrett Blunt, this would be a- Oh, don't do that. That would be a landing spot to me. Don't do it. That would make sense for Blunt, would make sense for the bills, and would hurt, you know, Shady. But as of now, I mean, Shady is going to be moving up my rankings for sure. He has to be the center of the offense again, and you don't have that really successful goal-line vulture there.

I'd also say Charles Clay is a winner because you have an established pass catcher in Clay who, you know, Robert Woods has gone. Yes, the rookie Zay Jones is coming in, but the trust level for Tyrod Taylor has got to be probably Clay won Watkins one. You know, those two guys are on the same level. You've kind of seen that in Tennessee with Delaney Walker and Muriatu as Goodell would say. I don't know if we had specifically said it, but Watkins himself is.

I think he won too. All right. He gets to be the alpha dog. Let's talk about Miami. Let's go to Miami. They didn't do much in the draft when it comes to offense, but that means a lot when it comes to fantasy football. Sometimes, you know, it's that whole addition by subtraction thing. You have the continuity of this offense. The Miami Dolphins.

went out and they spent money on Kenny Stills. And the reason that was given was because they wanted continuity. They wanted to take Adam Gase into a second year in the system. And so pretty much everyone on the dolphins that already yesterday, you know, before the draft that we liked in fantasy, they all get that kind of bump of confidence. Yeah. Established offensive pieces like Jay Ajai, like Jarvis Landry, you have...

The Dolphins spending the first three picks on defense, to me, the way that I think Adam Gase pieced this team together last year, it was with the running game, and it was with putting Tanna Hill and then later Matt Moore in a position to succeed and not carry too much of the load. I think it's the same story this year. And so you have reliable hands in Jarvis Landry. You have Jaya Jai who seems to be entrenched. It's definitely the vote of confidence that I'm happy to see.

With J. Jai. Did you agree? I completely agree. And Kenyon Drake as well. Sure. They talked about him. It's a good reminder on Kenyan Drake. They did in the seventh round. They grabbed Isaiah Ford, who wide receiver at a Virginia Tech guy that Harmon, Matt Harmon on our site, he likes him. He called him an elite separator. So unfortunately, a round seven draft capital is never a good sign for a player of.

what team view him as, but he's at least someone just to keep your eye on. Yeah, yeah, certainly. And before we get to talking about the Jets, we want to make sure, hey, Foot Clan, if you're out there, you always need a break right before you talk about the Jets. Hey, it's really important. Do not forget Mother's Day, okay? Do not forget it. It is coming up on May 14th. Don't forget all the different mothers, okay? So you've got your mother, you got your grandmother.

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Wait, what happened? What are you talking about? Oh, at the Jets, when they get to the rounds where they've got their players coming out and introducing. You missed this? I did miss. The Cowboys guy stole the show. And so after him, everyone's coming out and trying to rile up, say, oh, I'm great. He comes out and he's like, you know, the Jets. He goes, J-E-T-E Jets. And I had to rewind it because I was like, wait, did I hear that? He did? He said that? Totally. I was in the car with my wife driving. That's nerves. And.

And I'm listening to it on the radio. And she's like, J-E-E. And I'm like, no, no, he spelled it right. And then they start railing on him on the radio. They're like, let's see who the J-T-T is taken in the drought. Well, the J-E-T, New York J-T-T. Oh, my goodness. Well, they wait. Hey, that's the proper introduction for this 2017.

team that look at potential winners fantasy winners for the jets and you don't really find a lot of them because you don't really have a lot of players that are going to have a fantasy impact in new york this year at least as of right now those are there'll be players that come out of the woodwork and and might give you some value like the runners will you know forte and and blah blah blah blah and maybe quincy in new one but

Look, they didn't spin their first two picks on offense. They went with the wide receivers, wide receivers in rounds three and four. So, you know, our take is, or my take was, hey, maybe Eric Decker gets cut and he can go find a fantasy home. Yeah, I still expect Eric Decker to be cut. Some people have said, why is Eric Decker so low in my personal rankings? It's because I don't believe he's going to be a jet and I have no idea where he's going to go.

Yeah, I mean, the biggest winner would be Belal Powell to me because his opportunity is still going to be there. But the Jets look like a team that is ready to lose this year. I mean, that's – Yeah, I'm not – Big winner, Christian Hakenberg. Sure. With McCown, though, in Noon, maybe Robbie Anshund, somebody there will have fantasy value that's going to be just stinky garbage at the end of the draft that nobody wants that could produce. What if Eric Decker is there?

Then he's still, if Eric Decker's in New York, he's a wide receiver too. If Eric Decker is in Arizona, he's a wide receiver too. He's a wide receiver too. He's a wide receiver too. Eric Decker's the man. All right. Well, the Patriots did all their work in trading draft picks. They didn't have a first or second rounder. They swapped those for what? Brandon Cooks and Connie Ely. Yeah, I mean. So they've already kind of established.

themselves so when you talk about a winner or loser to me i mean maybe jimmy i thought maybe jimmy groplo could get traded in this draft i think it's jimmy gna what is going on with with jimmy gropolo i mean you it's it's smart it is it i think so because even though you tell me that it's smart all right here's why it's because brady could go down yeah because even though brady says he wants to play another four or five years and you haven't seen him slow down you've also never

in the history of the NFL, seeing a quarterback at his age play another four or five years. Odds are still in the favor that Father Time's going to win. Yeah. I mean, look at Peyton. How many years do Peyton think he could play? But it's not four to five years. It's next year. His contract, this is his last year. You have to make a decision of you do the franchise hopefully trade him situation or you pay him? I mean, it just is, or you take the.