Undrafted Gems + ALMOST Football Time! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/8

If he misses time, I think Jonah Coleman moves into far more touches than R.J. Harvey. Right. And so right now, Jalen Wright is the running back two on the depth chart. Ollie Gordon is the three. But to me, Ollie Gordon is the more talented back. So I went there, but I know I'm just going to release this, dude. I'm just going to release him tomorrow morning. Because that one, like when you have, you know, like a Tink Bigsby who's looked fantastic for Philadelphia on his touches.

a team as bad as we're projecting Miami to be sure what yeah we're leaving the window open maybe they surprise us they're going they're not going to be a good team and if the the super talented running back who's getting all the work misses time i don't really like i'm we would talk about the fab i don't think either one will be you know going out there being a top 10 running back like we talk about you're like the way on the waiver wire

You know, so-and-so season-ending injury, you're like, this is a full fab dump for this player. The Miami situation, if you announced it right now that H-N is going to miss the season, I'm going to try and put one of the Miami guys on my roster, but I'm not like, I'm not going to dump my full fab to go get them. So in terms of current roster percentages, some names to pay attention to on the high-end insurance backs, Brian Robinson, Jr. in Atlanta, who should get goal line from the jump,

would obviously be higher upside tank bigsby malik davis seems to be the running back too in dallas oh he's definitely is and then mike washington if he's out there you know we already have like with jeremiah eleven ginty to start the year you have ankle injuries that are always like could could they re-injure the ankle yes and then you'd have extended starting opportunities for algear and extended starting opportunities for mike washington potentially right oh yeah and then what he marks what he marks is that 59 percent

The team, I know we can believe or not believe, but the team has said it'll be 50-50. My draft says there'll be 100 marks zero Monty. I'm, Woody Marks looked, I mean, it's pre-season, but Woody Marks looked better to me this year. And look, it's crazy. Players get better. They actually can improve going into year two. I thought he looked, it looked solid and we'll get more work from David Montgomery. I think that it.

I think it's more of a 6040, maybe 65, but 6040 where there's certain league formats where Woody Marks can start for you. Talk to me about wide receiver options that you look at as undrafted gyms right now. And we can talk about whether they were drafted in our league at all. Yeah, to me, the rookies we always love taking a shot on. We know that the data says that they get off to slow starts if they're not a.

high-end first round NFL draft pick. So, you know, if you're taking a shot on Jacoby Lane, who's popped in preseason, or Malachi Fields, who looks like he's the number two, and now that they released Arias Slayton, that's probably great news for Malachi Fields in New York to get on the field. You've got Chris Bell for the Miami Dolphins, who was a first round talent, but then he had the injury, who's healthy. But my assumption is that all of these wide receivers will...

not play enough snaps in week one to be really fire. Those are all guys I'd want to have in week one to see if something happens though. Yeah. Because they have a pathway to huge opportunity. Yeah, I would throw Caleb Douglas there as well. Chris Bell slash Caleb Douglas, two rookie wide receivers for the dolphins. I think Caleb Douglas has the opportunity to get off to a faster start because I expect him to play 75.

plus percent of the snaps from week one. So Malachi Fields and Caleb Douglas, those would be the two that I think you'll be able to see something week one, whereas the others I'm not confident. Even I think Chris Powell's more talented. Jacoby Lane has looked awesome. I'm just not positive they're going to be on the field week one enough to really make a decision as to whether you keep holding them or not. I agree. Malachi Fields, we were like just a couple picks away. Kyle and I.

when the news broke. So we, based off of our roster, it was like, okay, we got to take a chance on Malachi Fields. I haven't seen any reporting about this. So this is just like trying to think about the situation. O'Dell Beckham did make the team. Just like, and the reports of him, they've, of course, he's not young O'Dell Beckham. But Malachi Fields is, he was a third round pick. Am I right, Kyle?

That is correct. That's a day two pick, Mike. Yeah. Oh, yes. Yeah, yes. Round three. Day two, he was a day two pick. I was just saying of with the release of Sladen, it wouldn't shock me to see OBJ as a full-time start for the Giants. Did Mooney make the roster? Yeah, no one cares. I'm just asking. Veterans with.

Opportunities, Dantavian Wix. I drafted him yesterday. I did not like that you took him. I would much rather have Don Tavian Wix than all of those rookies we just mentioned. Keenan Allen, who did get drafted. I chose Wix over Allen at that point in the draft. Yeah, we chose Allen over Wix. Tight-ins that I'm watching in week one. Terrence Ferguson. Yes. Keep an eye on how they use three tight ends in the L.A. That's a Thursday game, I believe. So we'll get to watch that in prime time.

Yeah, I think Terrence Ferguson and Greg Dulcich are the perfect stashes because week one you're going to know what is their involvement in this offense. And it's either more than likely, it's not involved enough and you just punt them on an important week one waiver wire or they're like, okay, these guys are running tons of routes and earning targets. Those are my favorite because like Joanne Johnson.

I like Joanne Johnson a lot. I think if I need to play a player, he shouldn't be on waivers. He's probably as good as whoever else was picked in the last round. But if I'm stashing a guy that I'm not playing, it would be the other two like higher upside options. If you want me to tell you a player that is that nobody has, nobody will roster even if I talk about him and could end up with just a wild weak one that blows your mind, it is the Titan one for the Chargers. It is Charlie Kohler.

I was just Collar. I was just typing. It's only Colar to Jason. It's Kohler to the world. Charlie Kohler is the number one tight end for the Chargers. If you look at the competition, you're like, oh, they got a bunch of tight ends. Don't think of it that way. Think of it as they decided to add a veteran declining David Najoku, who's not number one on the dev chart. And then Aronte Gadsden has had the worst offseason possible. They don't like him as much as fancy football nerds. No, they don't. And so literally Charlie Kohler,

Free agent contract. Yeah. Tighten one. Offense we like. A offensive coordinator that will utilize him. Yeah. Shout out Johnny Smith. Yeah. Out of nowhere. I just think it could be a completely out of nowhere week one for Charlie Kohler. I agree. The next time we do the waiver show, we're like, guys, Charlie Kohler, what are we thinking? Yeah. He's a, I mean, he was in that category of a stash where it's just, okay, we'll punt him in week one or he will.

surprise and be there. And you might look at his career. He's going into year five and be like, he's had 30 catches in five years. He's a blocking, he is a blocking tight end. And he is. But he is also very capable. If you go back and look at his Iowa State College, I mean, he's totally equipped to catch the ball. 700 passing yards, 756 receiving, receiving yards. He passed him? He's a quarterback?

But like three seasons of massive college production as a receiver. So he's got the chops. And then if you want to like a week one to keep an eye on the number one quarterback to throw on the bottom of your bench as a QB2 to see if you catch lightning in a bottles, Malik Willis. Yes. Plays Las Vegas. Totally worth seeing what that offense, what he can do. I may have placed a financial wager, which I do almost never. I mean, you guys know this. I'm never. I probably placed two or three bets a year.

on Malik Willis's week one yardage because it is at one I mean I think in some books it's at 168 which would be I think the second lowest like ever for a starting quarterback in week one well it's because of that Raiders defense man I mean I find I find that to be like I'm just sharing that I'm not a bet expert a betsper whatever you want to call it that is just one to me that I'm like my convictions on Malik Willis that matchup

I think he's going to throw the ball a ton. I don't know. I'm for it. It wasn't, like, I didn't just draft Malik Willis at the end. And now I'm like, oh, it's going to be great. Like, Kyle can attest my game plan going into this was I really, really want to draft Malik Willis. And to see what happened. Yeah, because if. Which Kyler fits that as well. I hate to say it. But like, week one, just see what happens with Kyler because. He does.

Because maybe something goes right. He could. But Malik is going to run more than Kyler. I agree. And he's younger. So it's just that's why I prefer that side. The truth is if Willis is competent. Like if Willis is thrown for 200 yards a game, because he's going to be running for like 40 yards. He's going, he's not going to have a choice with when he looks out and his receiver core is just absolutely seatbelted out there.

He's going to run. Yeah. I would also throw Tyler Shuck into that. Oh, yeah. He is gone from the highest upside. I'm so excited. We need to get him at the end of every draft to Jordan Tyson got injured. And now it's like, well, Shuck can't do it. Shuck can't be. He's still got. He was doing it without Tyson last year. Exactly. There is a wonderful irony, Mike, of me having, I drafted Chuck with my second to last or last pick. And you drafted Malik Willis. And so we're like, these are the opposite. Freaky Friday.

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Don't even remember doing that jingle. I don't remember anything about anything. All right. You guys ready for our match? Let's do it. New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks. Oh, all right. Yeah, we got some new graphics up there. YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballers. All right, New England goes to Seattle. Here we go. Super Bowl rematch the 12 at home.

over under 44 and a half Vegas is they have the line Seattle minus three and a half you know to me this one I said this before the show I know we were breaking it down to me this one screams like defensive battle because a lot of the times the defenses are a little bit out ahead of the offenses to start the season I mean I'm willing to be surprised I think it'd be more fun if I was but 44 and a half then not a huge over under new England they get to try out

some new receiving options for Drake May. He goes out there 4,400 yards, amazing season. Now they've got to go on the road and play Seattle. He gets to try the A.J. Brown, Romeo Dobbs situation out. I think this is fun. I mean, Seattle, obviously, 2913 in the Super Bowl. Drake May was under fire. This was not a good game for Drake May. 52% pressure rate in the Super Bowl. And, man, you know.

Any team opening the season at home is going to be, it's going to be electric, right? The crowd's going to be, but now it's Seattle. There is no louder place. Yeah. So I think the first few possessions are going to be wild. But here we go. We got Drake May v. Sam Darnel. We get to see Judarian Price in prime time to start the season as the primary back. We get to see the true three-down bell cow best back they got Ramandre Stevenson.

So where do you want to start when we break this one down? I think we should start with the fact that this is a team that scored 13 points against Seattle in the Super Bowl. They've got changes. They've lost Trayvion Henderson. They won't have him. Going into that environment, it's going to be tough sledding, I think, for the Patriots on the road. I'm excited. I hope that, you know,

I hope that the new wide receivers are what makes the difference. And instead of, you know, only being able to score 13 points against great defense, they're like, hey, we needed an A.J. Brown that could go up in Moss against great cornerbacks the way that he was doing against Rick Wullen and, you know, in inter-mural, inner team scrimmages this off season. That's the one to keep an eye on for me is just how does A.J. Brown look week one because this is a very, very tough matchup for him.

Yeah, I agree. I mean, the expectations are, where are you super excited and where are you tempered when it comes to your start-sit decisions here? Man, I don't know that anyone in this, well, JSN, like, I mean, he's elite, but it's like everyone else is, I'm going to start them if I draft it. Week one breakdowns are pretty tough because, you know, you're generally speaking, you should be playing the team that you.