Fantasy Valentines + Mailbag Madness, Touchdown Music

The bucks were 7 and 9 last year. They are pick 14. So they are nowhere near the top of being able to get one of those more likely franchise quarterbacks unless they trade up. Justin Herbert, maybe. There's no way. Not at 14. I think I have that, I have that marked down as a 0% possibility. Okay. But why, I mean, I guess 7 or 9 is close-ish, but you really think that going from.

30 for 30 James Winston to 20 for 20. Philip Rivers is going to take your team to the next level. Nope. I mean, you've got to have the future. I get a lot of tweets whenever Philip Rivers does something because he's true. Because I've had such a... Because he murdered your soul? Yes. He murdered my soul this year and he's off my Christmas card list forever. But I do think Philip Rivers has been a phenomenal quarterback in his career. Yes.

And this is not the Philip Rivers you want anymore. He's he's done. He's better than a lot of quarterbacks in the NFL right now. Correct. Like that doesn't make no mistake about that. But he's done as far as being a team that can lead someone to a Super Bowl, I believe. And the Chargers did follow up. The Chargers GM said they like their internal options to replace Philip Rivers. Which is Tyrod Taylor. That would be Tyrod Taylor, who becomes immediately fantasy viable.

If Tyrod actually gets that job, he'll be interesting. They'll draft someone as well. Yeah, I mean, they'll have to. Speaking on Tuesday, the Panthers owner, when he was responding to a question about Cam Newton returning to the team, he said, well, is he healthy? It wasn't, we've got plans for Cam. We really hope that he's back with the team. It was no, it's.

Was he healthy? It was a really derogatory way that he said it to. I believe the Panthers have a plan and have been forced into that plan by the exit of Greg Olson and Luke Keekly. They don't have a lot of talent. They have a ton of holes to fill. And I think they're going to be drafting extremely high in the 2021 draft pick and that Cam Newton will not be the quarterback. Poor Christian McCaffrey. Yeah, I mean.

I'm talking career-wise. The dude's going to be great again for fantasy. He's going to have put up monster numbers, but career-wise. Yeah, it stinks. Yeah, what are you going to do? Speaking of running backs, the NFL network's Ian Rappaport is reporting the Falcons are weighing their options of moving on from Devante Freeman. It would clear some cap space still have a decent chunk of dead cap.

The issue there for me in them cutting them, it makes sense because the Falcons are one of the most cash-strapped teams, so they might need to make this move. The problem is if they make this move, then they have to find a replacement. And granted. They have to draft one. Yeah, then they could draft a very good running back in the draft. That, you know, that's the way that I would rather approach us if I was a GM, but they don't have anybody waiting in the wings. Brian Hill. What about Edo Smith? Edo Smith get out of my life. Disgusting.

What about Olison? Rather have Philip Rivers playing a running back. Oh, goodness. So if they cut him, it will be a $6 million dead cap. Yeah. Although if they keep him, he'll be nine and a half against the cap. So they will save a little bit of money. Well, Jason, are you ready for the mailbag? I am made for this. You're made for the mailbag? I made for only the mailbag. Is that like you were made to be a postal worker?

No, no, no, like to receive packages. I love receiving gifts. Jay Grids, are you prepared? Great. Mailbag. Mailbag. Let's throw it in there at the end. All right. This one's from Twitter from Duncan, Anglin. If the Cardinals were to let go of David Johnson, where would you like to see him land? I mean, there's only one place out there that I think if he lands,

You can have optimism. Is it the obvious one? It is the obvious one. It's the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You, it's very difficult for a running back who looked bad in the running game. His receiving work was still outstanding. In the running game, he looked bad. For him to change teams.

And let's say based on this question, he was cut. Someone's not taking on that contract. He's probably signing a cheaper contract to go to another team. I'm not going to have optimism that all of a sudden he's going to resurge into his career. But if he were to go to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and go right back in the system with the same coach that he succeeded in while he's, you know, he's 28. He's not 32. He's definitely over the prime running back years.

But he's not at the point where you go he's hit that wall of carries, that wall of age. Well, yeah, he hasn't hit it from either. An actual volume of carries, but his body looks like he may have hit it. Look, are you going to be, let's say they end up with some kind of a rookie quarterback. Because if they don't resign James and let's just, let's go through the scenario. If Philip Rivers is there.

and David Johnson is there. This is a lot of hypotheticals, but it's the off season. This is the game we want to play. If Rivers is the QB, DJ is there and he's the starter. You're interested? I'm interested as a Lev Bell type of running back. A guy that I think's going to have the volume, not be very efficient. Marcus Mariotta is the quarterback. I will be much less interested. Teddy Bridgewater is the quarterback. In between interested. All right. One.

Uh, Tom Brady's the quarterback. How about James Winston? Well, but that's why I was, because then I'm the most interested. Yeah. If James was there and DJ is there, then yes, I'm very interested. Follow the question. This one's from Paul. Also knows at the big Gaston. Oh. No one fights like Gaston. No one bites like Gaston. I don't remember the song. Where do you value Kenyon Drake if he stays with the Cardinals and they give?

David Johnson the boot. Oh, what a hypothetical world we are living in right now. What tier slash draft capital would you attribute if it's just Drake and Edmonds? Look, I know me. I know me for better and I know me for worse. I know myself and I know you, Jason. And if Drake is back, David Johnson. So David Johnson's gone and they decide we're going to give money to Kenyon Drake. Right. They have to. He's a free agent. My chips will go all into the table. Yours will.

Fully into the table. Everything I have left. I've been a lifelong, long-term believer of Kenyon Drake. If you listen to the show, you know that I think he is as talented as any tier two running back in the league. He's not the elite of the elite, but he is that next tier. He's phenomenal. And if they gave him the role in this offense that produced, I mean, Chase Edmonds had a game. David Johnson had great fantasy games. You know who had good games? Kenyon Drake. Kenyon Drake, right off of the airplane.

The game against San Francisco, he was stuck on the tarmac, and they had to police escort him in. And he was like his first few plays, he was actually in street clothes. Right. I don't know if you people remember this. I remember that. And then he'd go on the sideline. They're like, you should have the helmet first. And then. And then he got the pants on, then the pads. Yeah. He had just gotten there. Look, he was great. In the games. I'll be all in.

In the games that he played, and keep in mind, David Johnson was still there. He didn't get a ton of work. Chase Evans was there, obviously. He would have been on a 16-game pace of 1,286 yards, 16 touchdowns, all of that just on the ground, you know, another 56 receptions. I mean, that's the thing. He's a well-rounded, capable back to be a three-down guy, and I would be all in.

And since we're living in, you know, dream hypothetical lands, I will remind you of the stat. If you take the numbers, the fantasy numbers from the Arizona starting running back every single game, yes, we were tricked who that starter was going to be multiple times. But just the value of the role. But the value of that role, the running back three on the season in a half point PPR scoring format. That's why I would be all in.

And the improvement of that team, the improvement of Kyla Murray. Yes, all in. All right, we have a voicemail question. Hey, guys, this is Caleb from North Phoenix. And you know in baseball how the batters have the walk-up music? I think it would be really cool in football is if we had touchdown music. So what song would you want to play if you scored a touchdown in the NFL? And do you think that's a good idea? See you. Number one, Jason, is this a good idea?

Oh, no, it's a great idea. This is a sensational idea. I don't know why we don't do this. Why do we not associate some awesome music with these players? Yeah, I mean, like, imagine this. Oh, every time he gets in, he'd just be hopping around on that stick horse. You know, like when you got the little horsey on a pole? But where did he get the stick horse from? Oh, it's in the goalpost. That's a 15-yard penalty. Worth it.

Yeah. To celebrate on a stick horse. So what would be, uh, what would be your? Well, my song is easy because there is a song that has my name in it. Okay. NKOTB. New kids on the block for the un-initiated. I was, the right stuff. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Thank you. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh. The right stuff. That's fantastic. Every time I scored.

And I would be doing the... It's got that, like, keyboard. It goes, do, do, do the drums. And I would be doing the dance. Oh, it would be sensational. I had an older sister. I have an older sister. That's how I know. I had an older sister as well. There were... She had the cassette tape. I mean, look, if you think my house did not have new kids on the block posters, you're wrong. They're just in the room next door. Yes, some in mine. It's fine. Look, you can like NKOTP. It's fine. Look.

If I'm playing in the NFL, I'm a fullback. I'm Kyle U's check. I'm just, you know, I'm just trying to. Underrated? Smash people, underrated. I would hear. Shockingly athletic. I would hear, oh, he's surprisingly athletic. Or he's got a lot of heart, a lot of boxy. These are things that would be said to me. So when I get in the end zone, I'm going with my girl, Aretha. Aretha is R, B, B, E, C, T, and me. You, you know it. You give me that respect.

I'm going to get every time. I'm going to get the crowd into it. Oh, that's a good call. I'm going to be doing the air punches on the Saketamis. Oh, wait. So you think they're going to play the entire song? Oh, yeah. I want a 55 yard penalty. Wait, a what? Yeah. And they'll never let me score again. This one's off of IG from Zach Blanchard or Blancard. I don't know. What round would you draft Levion Bell in?

Yeah, I've looked at this. Levion Bell, as a reminder, was the 17th running back and half point scoring. You mean he finished at 17? He finished as the running back 17 for the volume he got that is horrifically bad. That's sad. We had a shocking stat on Tuesday's shocking stats. Shocking. Shocking. Stats show so shocking that the jelly in your eyeballs began to boil. That's right. Shot.

stats so shocking thank you j that you no longer have hair too shay it's all it's just been removed from the body perfect but he had he was the 560 3rd out of 565

eligible players with that many carries as far as his yards per game. He was atrocious. He still got Adam Gays. I don't believe in him. Now, he's not off my board because the volume matters. He was consistently an okay running back. If he's your running back, too, fine. So to me, he is the back end of the third round. There's probably a dozen running backs and a dozen wide receivers and two tight ends that I would take ahead of him. So you're talking in the late 20s. I agree.

Let's see what the price is because it's... It'll be too high. I probably won't have it. It might be. It's just the volume will be there. This next question from Facebook, Ben Flanagan, has Carry On Johnson. It's Carry on Johnson lost value after his cereal take. Oh. Oh, my goodness. So do you remember... Carry on... Don't you eat like that no more.

Um, do you remember when I was a big proponent of Sammy Watkins? Yeah. And, you know, I pushed the Sammy agenda and then early before this year, before this past season. Yeah. I reeled back on that significantly. And do you remember the reason why? I believe the reason why was because you came across a message he posted on Twitter inferring that he was.