AFC South + Gordon Drama, Breaking News

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You can't tilt with that music on. No. No, it's really good to play. When you're making some Melvin Gordon decisions, you've got to have that going on in the background. But he was talking about the Ultimate Draft Kit. You can get it right now at Ultimate DraftKit.com, instant access, app access, huge updates coming to the app. You're going to be able to mark players off for your draft. Star them, kind of mark them like avoid.

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News and Notes from Around the League. Presented my sleeper. This is the fun part of it. Put it on record. We are recording this show, the Saturday show, middle of the day Friday. Right. So if something happens, beyond this breaking news from Mike, you will understand why. I hope Melvin Gordon signs. No, no, it's not that. It's just it's another piece for our injury section, so I'll bring it up when we get there.

Also officially no Zeke Elliott at camp today. So that is another situation that a couple other holdouts going on. Michael Thomas officially a holdout did not show up. They are reportedly close about within a million dollars and on a five-year extension. A lot easier to throw a lot easier to throw a lot of money at a top-level wide receiver than a top-level running back. So yeah, I expect Thomas back soon with a new deal.

He's just taking a very long Uber drive to camp. They need a little extra time, circle the block, see if they can knock it out. Zeke did not join the Cowboys, did not show up at camp. We'll see. He should be back soon. We'll see what happens there. A couple of small signings. So, real quick, I expect him back. But if you're drafting today... I'm still drafting him with full confidence. So, like, he's my one-on-one.

Would you tie break Chequan or Camara or McCaffrey? Would that be? Is he go number four for you now in that tier? Yes, that's what I was going to bring up. Right now. Zeke would have that little minuscule knock. Yeah, I mean. They're all great, so I'd rather avoid the risk. Right. Makes sense. Packer signed Corey Grant, former running back of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Yeah, likely a special team's move, but we'll see. Corey Grant.

When he was actually... He's electric. When he was healthy, man, he was a lightning bolt. Yeah. Dolphins signed Alan Hearns. Good for you, Alan. Wait, where's that drop? We need it. I'm on the hunt. The perfect situation for this. For what? For, I don't know, maybe we would call it something like... Mediocre signing of the wig.

I don't think the weight was worth it. It certainly was not. But we got a lot of drops. This is a hunting situation over here. So this is, I have been bullish on Albert Wilson's outlook if he is healthy, which he is like practicing on the side, getting planned days off. We will see what's going on with that injury. The Alan Hearns signing, I think, is a backup plan.

that they just need to bolster the depth in case Albert Wilson is not ready to go anytime soon. Alan Hearns stinks. All right. Broken Thumbs Club. That's what my show doc says. Julian Edelman, Sterling Shepherd. Edelman's break happened a few weeks ago. It means his recovery is underway. He should only miss a few more weeks. He'll be fine for the season, says Ian Rappaport. Sterling Shepherd just fractured his thumb in practice on Thursday. Pat Schumer says he's not concerned.

Confirm this morning, no surgery. The timetable for this recovery, according to pro football doc, puts him, he says this is a realistic recovery. He should be good to go for week one. But it does. I mean, look, you're, you're missing camp. You're missing all, you know, all the reps. So it puts you behind the eight ball. Corey Coleman, Giants wide receiver. Same practice. Torres ACL, done for the year. No Cory Coleman. No Sterling Shepherd for a while. Evan Ingram season.

I'm just saying it, you know. I don't think Coleman really affected Ingram too much. If you are looking at deep, if you're going, look, deep where you're flipping the rocks upside down, looking for grubs, looking for just nasty bacteria. And you're in, look, it's dynasty, it's deep. I, in one of my leagues, I did go and grab Cody Latimore.

who should move into the wide receiver three position. Oh, the wide receiver three for Eli Manning. Yes. Maybe. Don't worry. Fifth target in the offense behind the tight end and the running back. Yeah. You don't need to do that. We're just saying who does this actually affect? Looking for grubs. If you're in a, I will say if you, in fairness, if you're in a 32 team, uh, keeper league. Yeah. All right. 28 starting spots. Yeah. Um, Calvin Ridley and Deshawn Hamilton both tweak their hamstrings. Just pay attention.

See if they come back to practice soon. If these things linger, Jason's brought it up before. Hammies, bad hammies can ruin a season. Yeah, it can be bad. It is the one injury where this time of year, like right now, even though it's so early, I make a little note and I say put a little dot next to someone's name and worry about them or, you know, all up their risk rating in the ultimate draft kit because they come back.

It's just hard. You rest and you always think you're okay and then you come and then you go and you start practice. You're getting a game and you tweak it again. They certainly can. And I would say a guy to compound that risk rating would be somebody that has a history of that kind of an injury as well. You know, Ridley, Hamilton, up and coming players we need to pay attention to. So before we get into the more positive news, the players I was alluding to both Derek Henry and AJ Brown left practice early.

The head coach Vrable says he's not concerned, but they left practice early, did not come back. All right. Other news. Hopkins, he's off the pop. He's already back. Chris Carson. This one's interesting. Confirms he's 100% entering training camp, took a 40-yard screen pass, and practiced one to the house full sprint, healthy, ready to go. Great.

That's great news. Chris Carson right now is undervalued in drafts. Remember I told you I took Aaron Jones out of my my guys? Oh, hey now. Jay Gruden says Darius Geis won't be limited at training camp. That was a hamstring injury after the big injury last year. Does this make you look at him again? Well, we'll see what that actual ADP is looking like. I mean, you had the coach speak of.

of Gruden was talking up Darius Geis and his past catching ability saying that they didn't feature him enough in college. We'll see, man. If the draft price is right, maybe, but he's close to just off the board completely. All right, Buccaneers coach, Bruce Ariens says Chris Godwin, quote, will get the train going, man. Come off the field ever. He's not coming up. He's kicking when they punt. He's playing defense now.

He's literally not allowed to come off the field. Yep. And much to the chagrin of his friends and family. But Godwin, does this matter? I mean, this is just hype. This is, this is Bruce. Yeah. Look, I remember Bruce. Doesn't matter because we knew he was going to play. Yeah. Bruce talks up all of his players and gives astronomical numbers. He'll say something like I want him to touch the ball 40 times a game. It's like, well, that's back with the, the Andre Ellington. Yes. I mean, yeah, you.

This is hype that you can ignore, but Chris Godwin is great. And there's a lot of extra targets to go around. He's moving to that Fitzgerald's slot position that it wasn't just Fitzgerald. Heinz Ward. I mean, there's a lot of, the slot position's always been good. And I'm a big believer in Chris Godwin this year, but this, that the never coming off the field is just a fluff piece. Tampa may end up in the annals of history as the hype.

land of the past five years if things don't go the right way for James Winston, Chris Godwin this year. Winston is the problem for Godwin. A hundred percent. So Godwin is great. Kalin Belage took the first snap at running back during team drills on both Thursday and Friday. Comments? Yeah, this is definitely interesting. Because this is not the normal Miami beat reporters, which, look,

That was happening about like Mike Kosicki, one-handed cat. You want to talk the last five years, the annals of hype machine. That's, that's in Miami for sure. But yeah, this isn't that. This is, this is just reporting of play-by-play of what's going on. He worked with the ones for hours. Now, Kalam Belage or Kenyon Drake did get in with the ones, but that was hours later. And then they were both on the field together today. It would, right now I have.

Kalin Belage projected for more carries, but I have Drake with more passing work, and he ends up as more valuable. I definitely, this is one that is making me take a second look and adjust because I'm a big believer in the talent of Kenyon Drake. You're going to book a room? At the Belage. I didn't tweak anything because I had them both for 175 carries. I still think that's the case. My belief in Belage affected hype train for Drake more than it did.

thinking Belage is going to set the world on fire on an offense. It's not necessarily going to be amazing. But I did invest in Belage about a month ago, picked him up in Dynasty League, needed a running back, thought he was worth a shot. Hopefully it pans out. If you're drafted now, he's a great value super low. It could just lower the ADP of Kenyon Drake, Jason, if you're interested in Kenyon Drake in like the late fifth or something. I mean, he's in the fifth now. So if it lowers him and he can drop down to like the sixth. All right. All right. I'm probably still in on Drake and the fifth, but.

I can tell you right now. I probably shouldn't be. I'll say that. I'll say that. Like, Foot Clan, don't follow my lead on Carry On Johnson. Don't follow my lead on Kenya Drake. I can at least see the, you know, the truth out there. That was today's news notes. I can tell you right now it's going to be a longer episode today. We've got the AFC South on the show. Make sure you check out the Sleeper app. It's a great fantasy sports platform. They're always working on it.

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