Early QB Rankings Part 2, Smokin’ Happy

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As Ronald Jones 2nd, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and you're listening to the Fantasy Footballers podcast. To the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Coming to you from pristineauction.com studios with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Oh, Ronald, Ronald, Ronald, Ronald, Ronald. That intro, it was impressing the general manager of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Ronald Jones. Thanks for introing the show, Ronald. Doing a lot of running. Well, today's going to be a great episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. We already know that. Now, here's the thing, and Jason's putting his hate blockers back on. I mean, if this is the Ronald Jones time. I haven't seen those in quite some time. What I love, what I'm going to love the most about today is going to be all of our discussions on James Winston. That will be the greatest part. And a piece of that puzzle is Bruce Ariens.

Probably a huge piece based on Jason's rankings. And Ronald Jones plays for the very same Bruce Ariens and the very same team that has said that he's the most impressive player so far. Fantastic. Now, we'll see. Look, that was in jest, right? Like Ronald Jones had an awful, awful season. But you hope, much like head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, Zach Miller, or Zach Taylor said today about John Ross, clean slate.

fresh start. You hope that Ronald Jones gets that, having not been drafted by the same regime or, you know, the same head coach. So Ronald Jones, there was some hype train news yesterday just about how he's impressing coaches. And Jason has historically been a Ronald Jones hater. Yeah. Look, I didn't think he was going to translate well to the NFL when he was one of the highest ranked rookies last year. So far so good. But it is too early. I mean, you know, there was a time when we didn't like necessarily the early.

rookie and maybe even sophomore seasons from the likes of Devante Freeman and Devante Adams. But this one is not named Devante. This is Ronald. We have the early quarterback ranking show today, part two. If you can resist the urge. If you listen to us enough, this offseason will help you. But if you can resist the urge to draft, one of the upper echelon quarterbacks and was to draft pick really high in your draft.

If you can resist that urge, these are the guys you're going to be deciding between. These are the guys who are going to be looking at getting value on in your fantasy draft. I saw a comment, and this is a really common thought, a really common experience. I'm sure a lot of people listening or watching on YouTube have this exact same experience. They say this year, this year I'm going to wait and I'm going to draft my quarterback late. And every single year.

Round six, seven, you know, it just gets a little too. There's someone there that fell a little bit. And so they draft their quarterback in round six, round seven, because they think they're getting great value. And they're like, no, this is the year I'm not going to do that. Don't do it. See, here's the thing. When you're in the grocery store and you're walking down the cereal aisle, I'm so scared right now. To get to the back.

Where the value is, where the bags are. You have to go past all the name brands. You got honey smacks. You got fruit loops. You got cinnamon toast crust. Lucky charms. They're looking you in the face. And there is the exact same thing. This is the worst analogy you've ever given. What you're saying is draft early quarterbacks. No, I get. You're telling the world you need an early quarterback because otherwise you're going to end up with the garbage version of cinnamon toast crunch. Yeah, that doesn't taste right. That's true.

I get where you were going, Mike, but the truth is, I don't buy those bags. The truth is, I don't buy the bags either. But the truth is I know what they taste like, and it's exactly the same as the other cereal. But the cartoon character on the box tricks me. Let's leave the food takes to the fat guy, okay? Okay. Listen, today's show, it's going to be a doozy. James Winston.

He will consume some of our time here very soon. A reminder, find us on Twitter at the FFBallers. The website's the Fantasy Footballers.com. You heard it in the intro, but the NFL drafts a week away. And with the NFL draft comes the first access to dynasty and rookie rankings. Once the teams make their selections, our rookie rankings, they'll come out. They'll be part of the ultimate draft kit. It's part of the early release. So if you get it, you get entered into that prize pack Mike talked about.

But you also get the first access to dynasty and rookie rankings. That's Ultimate DraftKit.com. You want to get it before April 28 to be entered to win. Don't forget to check us out on Apple Podcast. We appreciate the reviews. Add free on Stitcher Premium. Google Podcasts wherever you listen. Thanks for your support. Let's talk news. News and notes from Around the League. Presented by Sleeper. All right. The Seahawks have signed Rushroll.

Wilson. Seattle. Go hot. To a four-year, $140 million extension. Hey, Seattle. Which was announced very... Disturbingly. Disturbingly on Instagram. That would have been my quick question. How did that Instagram make you feel, Mike? Oh, it still makes me feel gross. Was it the voice?

Was it his Bill Elliott impression? Was it the shirtless nature? Was it the three chains? We do not have enough time in this show to break down that minute and a half video. I have gone full Zabruder film of this. Are you coming out with a podcast to break down that? I probably should. I could do an entire season on that video of why every.

Everything in it is just terrible. Unless you're a Seattle Seahawks fan, then I'd be very excited. If you don't know what we're talking about. They know what we're talking about. Not everybody listening has seen or knows of Russell Wilson comes out with this Instagram post at...

whatever in the night or morning o'clock. And he's, just stay away from it. It was money o'clock. It was money o'clock. Yeah. Laying in bed shirtless with Sierra and his chains on. I'm not bringing it up. The weirdest, the weirdest, like, hey. There was, it was just, there wasn't a care in that man's mind. No, he's good for the next, uh, ever. Yeah. He, I mean, ever. It doesn't matter if he's handicapping the franchise, but whatever.

Look, highest played player in football. Galhawks. Demarius Thomas, one-year deal with the Patriots. Do we care? Or do you need me to hit this button? You care slightly because it is the Patriots, but Demarius Thomas has equal chance to me of being the wide receiver two on this team. He has an equal chance to be cut this off season. All right. But isn't that the nice situation here? Is that,

He should be valuable if he's healthy. If he's not healthy, they're not going to play around with him. They're not going to carry him into the season. So we should have a definitive answer coming into the season. Also, I mean, how many of these wide receivers do we need to get excited about that they've joined the Patriots to have them do nothing? Yeah, Bruce Allington signed earlier in the offseason. Maurice Harris. I would still rather have, yeah, Marie Harris. I'd rather have Bruce Ellington.

Doug Marone, Jags head coach. This is good news for four net owners. Came out and said that he's not going to face any team discipline. Stimming from his arrest last week, that's good news. Doug Maron was like, we've all been there. No, he literally said that. I mean, Doug Maron literally said I've been there. Yeah. Here's the thing, Doug Maron. No, we have not all been there. Yeah, yeah. The NFL schedule will be released by the time this podcast is released.

What a schedule it was. Oh, it's a great. That primetime matchup, Week 8. Yeah. Unbelievable. So, yeah, we're recording this show slightly before the release of the NFL schedule, but that's exciting. You got the NFL schedule release. You got the NFL draft next week. You're going to have rookie shows. You're going to have winners and losers in the draft coming up and all of it in the fantasy football context for your team, so you're ready to go.

That was today's news and notes. We want to get right into the early quarterback rankings, the rest of them, and be sure to switch your Dynasty League over to Sleeper. Now, before I hit this quarterback button, which I am going to keep my eyes open when I hit the drops today. So they should be accurate. You're a coward. But we got a little message from dad, okay? Yep.

And really, it's not from dad. It's from dad and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Okay? Look, this message right now, it's a simple one. Maybe it's common sense. We all know what it's like to be on the road, to be in a hurry, to be listening to a podcast. I mean, a lot of you probably listening right now while you're on the road. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to let you know if you're in a hurry, you're running late, and you find yourself at a railway crossing.

Please wait. Please wait for a train. If the signals are going and the train is not there yet, maybe you feel tempted, you know, you feel tempted to sneak. Be sneaky. Here's the thing. This may seem like common sense, but every year it's not for some people. So don't ever take that chance. Trains go faster than you think. They cannot stop. Okay? They cannot stop. Even if the engineer hit the brakes right away. It takes a mile for the train to stop. And by that time,

It's too late. So you don't know how fast it's going to be there. You don't know if they can see you, and it can't stop even if they do see you. So the result is a disaster. It happens every year, and we want to keep you on your toes. Make sure you're smart on the road. And if the signals are on, the train is in the way. It's on the way. Remember one thing. Stop. Trains cannot. All right. We're moving on. Quarterbacks. Quarterbacks. All right. Last week, or sorry, on Tuesday, top 10.

Here's a little recap. Pat Mahomes, Andrew Locke, Aaron Rogers, Deshawn Watson, Mayfield, Carson Wins. Cam Newton, Matt, Ryan, Russell Wilson, and Drew Brees. That was our consensus. Top 10 rankings at the quarterback position. And we're going to start right here right now. Big debate. James Winston comes in at number 11. No, not because of Mike and I. Mike and I have them at 13, which honestly, truthfully, I think is.

Probably too high. Oh, really? But Jason has him at seven. I think that's probably too high. So let's talk about James Winston. Winston last year in 11 games, 244 attempts, or I'm sorry, 24 completions on 378 passes. 19 touchdowns just under 3,000 yards ran for almost 300 yards. And this story about James Winston is all about the weapons he has in the head coach.

Jason, you love it. I'm excited for the prospect of what he could do. I don't for a second imagine that he doesn't carry risk. I mean, he could very well by the end of the year not be a quarterback, but I believe. Not be a quarterback? Not be the starting quarterback for a franchise. But I believe that he will have a successful year. We've talked about my love for Chris Godwin this year. Mike Evans is in his prime. We've talked up the potential breakout for O.J. Howard.