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He's also had several between 15 and 20. I mean, in the last five years, he's gone from 15 to 7 to 19 to 2 to 15. So do I think he'll bounce back? Maybe to 8 or 9. I don't think he's going to bounce back to 1 or 2 like he was 2 years ago. Oh, I completely agree with that. But I'm looking through his historical production. His touchdown percent, even...

with last year bringing it down is 4.6%, meaning he throws a touchdown on every 4.6% of his attempts. So if that had come to fruition last year, he would have been at around the 24 touchdown mark, which still would be a bit disappointing. The year I'm looking at to him bouncing back and then providing real value in 2014.

just under 4,700 yards and 28 touchdowns. If you can get that from Matt Ryan, you're going to be extremely happy. And I think he can be very close to that. He's always been a yardage monster. It's up to Julio. Because Julio is a yardage monster, but can we get some more touchdowns, Mr. Jones? I see a lot of similarities in the way that you would evaluate and look at Big Ben and Matt Ryan. Because when you give a player, a quarterback,

an elite weapon, right? Like in the early years of Matthew Stafford, it was kind of like, well, he has a really good connection with Calvin Johnson. Right. That's enough. Well, you got Julio. You got Antonio Brown, but you have quarterbacks that have been inconsistent in terms of fantasy finished over the last five years. I would still rather have a guy like Matthew Stafford. Over Matt Ryan? Yes. Yeah, I don't blame you for that. Yeah, because I feel like Ryan's range of outcomes may be, it's further in both directions. I'm going to get stability from Matthew Stafford. Yeah.

By the way, if you are mock drafting right now, go to draft.com. Oh, yeah. And you get to mock draft for free and then get a grade from myself, from Jason, from Mike, about how you did. Maybe some things to, you know, improve. Maybe some things to think about. Maybe. All right, let's get into another voicemail question. Hey, guys, it's Doc here in Atlanta. I'm having a little draft depression.

I know you guys say you don't win your league at the draft, but I just had one, and I feel terrible. I listen to the show every day, but I feel like in those later rounds, I was just, you know, with my eyes closed through a labyrinth, it was terrible, and how do I get over this draft depression? Thanks, guys. That's kind of funny. Yeah, I didn't feel great about my League of Record draft, to be honest with you. I had several times when you have that...

You finally key in on a guy that you want to take, and then right before your pick, they go. And nobody else jumps out and says, I'm the pick for this round, and you feel like you settle or you feel like you make a decision that you're just up against the wall. How do you get over that? You remember what Jason always says. You don't win your league at the draft. Set the foundation. And I'll say this. It sounds like you were happy with your early rounds, also known as your starting roster.

So take solace in that. It's a weekly game. You've got to win right now. And if your team is good to start week one, then you're fine. We'll worry about your depth a little bit later. No regrets, as we like to say, and as the tattoo also reminds people. Yeah. Yeah, you've baked the cake. You can do it. You've got to eat it now. Marco in Austria.

I hope it's a good kick. Yeah. Marco in Austria. That's what I was waiting for there, Brooks. Yeah. Why is nobody talking about Nelson Aguilar? Alshan's out. Wallace is a good wide receiver, but he's more of a speedster. Alshan is gone. Aguilar had eight TDs last year. He's drafted as the wide receiver 42. I would be extremely happy to have him as my wide receiver 3, says Marco in Austria. Am I missing something?

No, you're not missing anything. In my opinion, I've said all offseason, I think Nelson. I've said, before any of this news about Alson, you have said. I've said he's the number one wide receiver on Philadelphia. However, the number one wide receiver on Philadelphia does not mean the same thing as it means on other teams. Brooks is nodding in approval of that statement. It's the truth. They spread the ball around. They do that in the backfield. They spread the workout across multiple backs, and they do it in the passing game.

I do like Aguilar. I think he is a value. I think he can be a value as well. The fact that you highlight the eight touchdowns, that's my problem with all of Philadelphia is the natural touchdown regression that I see happening for Carson Wentz or whoever is playing quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. It's just what they did last year is not something that can happen every single year. And Nelson Aguilar was...

a huge benefactor from that. Eight touchdowns on 62 receptions. Yep. For Aguilar, who he's a fine wide receiver. I'm happy that he broke out, but I don't see him as an eight touchdown guy. Corey and Buffalo, Mike, this question will speak to you because he says, how early would you take Rob Grancowski in a 16-team PPR league? Ooh, 16-team.

Would you take him in the late first? No. Okay. No. It actually, he actually goes later for me in a 16 team. Really? Yeah. Because you're running back depth and your wide receiver depth. It is really hard to overcome starting off with Gronk. If you take him even early in the second round, I've talked about if I'm in a 12-team league.

and I'm in the second half of the second round. Then I take him. So there's no way I'm taking him earlier in a team that is larger. The earliest I would take him would be the end of the second round. I'm close to the turn. I know I can play the game that I, okay, I'll grab gronk here because I know that there's three or four running backs left in the usable tier. So one of them will make it back to me.

All right. I think we're about done, Mike. I think we've made it through. Jason will be back tomorrow. We'll have some good stuff on the show ahead of week one. Hopefully you're subscribing, whether that's Google Podcast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, IHeartRadio. Wherever you're listening, we appreciate you subscribing and listening to the show. Certainly do. Make sure you check out our community at jointhefoot.com. This is an independent fantasy football podcast. We started this three years ago with the ambition of...

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