QB & RB Rookie Preview + Fantasy Crushes - Fantasy Football Podcast for 4/5

of an NFL franchise. I'm telling you, Jason's in a different place. Gasoline running through the veins today. You're just, goodness gracious. Yeah, you're at the extremes of language here. We'll see. We got a lot of show left. What are your thoughts on Bruce Ariens retiring? I think it was a really cool move. Instead of allowing Todd Bowles to take over a.

Hall of Fameless, you know, quarterback situation as the head coach next year. He gets to allow Todd Bowles, who I think is a very good coach, he got jobbed by the Jets. You know Tampa Bay is winning games. You could get rid of the head coach. Tampa Bay will win some games in that division with Tom Brady. So I think it's pretty cool that Todd Bowles gets to inherit.

success to start his second tenure as a head coach. And really, they already had an offensive coordinator, a good one. And his name was Tom Brady. Well, sure, and Tom Brady. But yeah, so I don't think that the bucks miss too much here. Yeah, I don't think anything in the offense changes because you have that established system. Patriots traded for wide receiver Devante Parker from the Dolphins. Mike, what was your reaction to this trade?

Some hopes and dreams for Parker in New England? I thought it was a great trade for both teams. It was a real easy, I know, a fifth for a third swap ski. Oh, the third, but the third is next year. Is that confirmed? That's what I see. Yeah, I just want to make sure that we have that right. But the first thing was like, that's a fascinating trade of they were willing to send a wide receiver away in the division.

You know, Parker's 29. He's still missed a lot of time with the injury. Yeah, over the last couple years he has, but he still has a real manageable contract for a good player. And it's like if you look at the wide receivers who will be there in the third for the New England Patriots, they won't, they aren't likely to be as good as Devante Parker is right now. So I thought it was a great trade for them. And, you know, also could be a little bit of.

You go after the guy who has destroyed your team, and Devante Parker has had some massive games against the Patriots. Is he immediately your highest value wide out? Kendrick Bourne, Jacobi Myers, Nelson Aguilar. Those are really the only other three names on that team at wide receiver. Nikil Harry will be gone. Yeah, if they keep Bourne as a kind of a bit player where he's like a 50% snap guy, then yeah, Parker would jump to the top. Last year, Jacobi Myers, 80.

84% of snaps. Aguilar, 64%, born 52%, obviously have both of the tight ends there. Yeah, I think that Myers will stay in a very similar role to what he had. It's kind of that possession guy, but now you have a big player out there. This is really important for Mack Jones's development, and hopefully Mac can take a big step forward. Does Parker Hurt Hunter Henry? Potentially. Like a touchdown a game.

Parker, I believe, was the number one in terms of contested, like, no separation catches. Yeah. The Saints and Eagles made a trade. The headline there, the Eagles no longer have both the 16th and 19th pick in this year's draft. They have the 18th, and they'll get a first rounder back for next year from the Saints, a bunch of other picks. Yeah. But does it change your view of whether the Eagles go wide receiver or not?

That was my first thought was simply that, you know, with three first round picks, the Eagles had constantly been mocked a first round wide receiver. Getting rid of one of those makes it obviously less likely that they do that, more likely that the Saints could. Or at 16 and 19 with this quarterback draft class, they could now be, they have more ammunition to either take one that falls or more ammunition to trade up if there's one that they specifically like. So this gets them two picks now ahead of.

the Steelers who are one of those teams in the mix for a quarterback as well. The Texans have signed Marlon Mack. Okay, dokey. Because only Marlon Mack would fit the Rex Burkhead, Royce Freeman, Daray, Agumboale situation there. And yes, the Texans are a good opportunity landing spot for running backs because of the names you just read. They've also received multiple calls on Brandon Cooks, 28 years old.

Final year of the deal. It makes a lot of sense to move him. He was very not gruntled. He was very disgruntled when the team decided to move Mark Ingram last year. So you heard a lot of chirps for Brandon Cooks at that point. I think a deal gets done. I think that Brandon Cooks will be moved. I have to imagine someone like the Packers are one of the teams reaching out. And I also think it's in his contract that.

Like two years is pretty much as long as he'll stay with a team. Right, right, right. He's going to break the record for most teams trading for him. Yeah, it's not, he doesn't change as a free agent. He just gets traded from team to team. Saints, Patriots, Rams, Texans. Who's next? D.K. McCaff, trade rumors around D.K. McCaff as well. Oh, man. Even had some news about teams reaching out to see if Terry McLaren was available, both those players going into their final.

Year of the Rookie Deal. And shout out to Frank Gore. He is infinite. Frank Gore. He is all. What an incredible career. We won't have the full Hall of Fame debate, but do you guys have him in? Yeah. It's the debate that went on on Twitter, and he, to me, is a lock. Like, I don't understand how you wouldn't put that longevity into the Hall of Fame. Twelve seasons?

Yeah, at running back, it's unique and different. It's different to me than a quarterback that can play a decade. Kyle, do you have him in a Hall of Fame? Would he be in there for you? Yeah, he's in. He's the third most rushing yards of all time. Yeah, yeah, he's a lock. Plus the durability. I would hope so. I would hope so. Certainly not on the grounds of his boxing match, but otherwise. Any other news breaking, gentlemen, anything we need to talk about before we move forward?

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Draft Day predictions will be coming later this month. As you saw from the Eagle Saints trade, lots of change can happen. A lot of the odds of who's going where are going to change. But if you want to dig deeper than even this show, you can jump into the Dynasty Pass, the rookie rankings, production profiles. All those details are in there. And on the website, the Fantasy Footballers.com. Starting at quarterback.

Let's begin with Malik Willis. Mike has a... I was just chuckling it because the quarterback class is... They're not impressive, especially coming off of last year is what felt like we had some real, real candidates who could come in and be franchise quarterbacks. You know, Malik Willis, Kenny Pickett, seemed to be at the top. But then I saw there was a mock draft today that put Desmond Ritter.

as the first quarterback off the board. You go watch. You're like, yeah, he's as good as the other guys. Yeah, these guys. He's just as good as these guys. And it's so difficult because this has happened several times before. I mean, we've had the Blaine Gabber Christian Ponder seasons where, look, here's some facts that we know. We know that quarterback, there's going to be quarterbacks in the first round because it's too important of a position for somebody to not take a chance.

on the players being graded as the highest quality at that position. But that doesn't mean that all of these guys from this year wouldn't have fallen much further down the list compared to last year's quarterbacks. I mean, I think it's very safe to say Justin Fields is it was a better prospect than any of the quarterbacks entering this draft. Easily, yeah. I mean, this reminds me of 2013 where you just didn't have great prospects. And that's why E.J. Manuel was.