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feeds him during an offseason. Some men just want to watch the world burn. Yeah. All right. We accomplished the game. Great job, Jason. Thank you. I feel like you are. Glad I didn't guess round one. I was going to go Travis Kelsey. Oh, man. I feel like you love Brandon Cooks. I think I do. I think you do. Certainly of the three of us, I am the Brandon Cook's policy. And it was like, I feel like I used to defend him, but because last year I was all in on Will Fuller appropriately.

Yeah. And then so that by nature made me, and you were like, you were the cook site. Right. And so at the end, I was right. Sure. News time. News and notes from around the league. The Steelers have signed Big Ben to a new contract, opened up some cap space. This was necessary for him to return. So Big Ben is back again. One more. One more go.

Yeah, I'm not sure how pretty that's going to be. I saw a great tweet, and I apologize. I can't reference it. I don't remember who said this, but they said it's like we get to see what would have happened if Peyton Manning came back for one more season because maybe. It could be ugly. Baltimore's a better team, right? Cleveland's a better team. I lean on the side that it's more of the same or worse from Big Ben, but the one hope.

You can hold on to if you're a Steelers fan is he was recovering from the elbow surgery and we don't have like a lot of evidence of how long it would take a quarterback to properly return from that. What if he was hypothetically a year older this year than last year? Well, that's how it always happens after you have the surgery. Just saying that if you want to grasp at the straws of hope. I'm not doing that. I was trying to talk you guys out of Big Ben last year and to no avail. So I'm not, I saw what I saw.

And you can't make me unsee it. And then he's not going to have juju, most likely, right? There's a potential he could be back. But yeah, most likely will be gone. I just, I, Pittsburgh's never been in that position to quote unquote rebuild. And since I, you know, I guess you're going back to like Cordell Stewart days. And it's been a long time. Tomlin has never been sub 500, right? I don't think he's ever had a season under 500. And he's been there a long time. I believe that's true. Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, he's a good coach and they're a good team and organizations, so we'll see what they put around him. Alex Smith, farewell. Yep, he, Washington has let him go. Requested his release. Golden Tate. Did not request his release. Buddy got it. But he got it. Yeah, Golden Tate, he'll be a free agent pickup for somebody. Could contribute. He's at, he's end of days, though. I mean, it's wrapping up. Still surprises me how good he is.

He's the yak monster, man. Jared Cook, Josh Hill, both released by the Norland Saints. Both. Both tight ends have been released by the Saints. Time to go fishing? Dude, you know I was on that last year. He's just been sitting on my dynasty team waiting for this moment. He's the trout, man. Because I anticipated that Jared Kuk would be gone. I didn't realize we were going to get just a full broom sweep of.

Both starting tight ends. None of you have said his name. Adam Troutman, tight in for the Saints is the... Excuse me, Adam Troutman, starting tight end. Well, look, being next up on the depth chart doesn't mean a lot sometimes. See New England. That happened like six times after Grancowski and Hernandez left the team. So he still has to prove it. He has to be something. And again, the things that make you question the offense is Drew Brees back.

Is it another quarterback? There will be reasons to like the upside of a new flashy tight end at the top of the debt chart. There will be reasons to have concerns. And we've seen it go both ways. Adam Troutman has the draft capital and the athleticism to be interesting. I'm not fully signed on. That's the best word for this is happening. But like Emmanuel Sanders, is he going to be on this team next year? Probably not. And so you're back to Michael Thomas.

And then some new blood and Adam Troutman. Interesting is the right word. And you'd rather be interesting than not interesting. That's, and he's entered interesting. He told that. Tyrell Williams was signed by the Lions in the most perfect signing of the off season. This seems right. Oh, yeah. I mean, it seems like a good fit. It's really on par for both parties because Tyrell Williams has a habit of getting paid. Yeah. Like he's going to play football. Mm-hmm.

And then the lions have a habit of saying, we're good with that. We're good with taking the chance and paying somebody. Because they have to start wide receivers. Right. And they don't have any. This is locking in the rebuild. He could be their one. He could be their one. Wow. But then, of course, that would require him being on the field. Oh, that's true. Franchise tag deadline was originally scheduled for today.

technically still as of this recording is like I have not heard the official pushback but it will be pushed back. It seems very likely that it was pushed back today. We are recording the afternoon before. So that is the current expectation. They're still locking in some salary cap stuff. Yeah. And we're going to do our free agent prediction show on Thursday. You do not want to miss that show. I believe I have.

perfectly projected every free agent every year. Have you? So far. I think we have tape. Do not check the tape. If you don't check the tape, then you are 100% accurate. Did you even believe me for a moment? No. Okay. No. You've gotten a few. That's all the news we have today. Hey, before we move into the mailbag, I want to thank today's sponsor. Headspace. Ladies and gentlemen, in this time, this day and age, you need to take care.

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Let's jump into a voicemail question. Bonjour, footballers. Bonjour. Question for you. Half point PPR. Do I keep Jonathan Taylor in the third or J.K. Dobbins in the seventh? Love what you guys are doing. Have a good one. Jonathan Taylor Thomas, a great outstanding, going to be a probably first round pick that you get value on in the third. Or J.K. Dobbins, who.

Could end up very, very good, but certainly not as assured of a fantasy finish. But you're getting that third rounder back. Yeah, I am just to, you know, I'm going to come clean here on the show. I'm softening a little bit on my J.K. Dobbins love. Really? I thought you were going to say on your Jonathan Taylor love. I feel I would take Jonathan Taylor in this situation. I would too. Because I just.

You know, the round difference is not enough to overcome the variability that I think, that I believe exists with J.K. Dobbins versus, like, Jonathan Taylor has a very, very low variability to me. I know that he will, he's going to have the job. Now, and they're a team that has a quarterback and they're ready to go. Dobbins. Well, yeah, they have a, they have a quarterback. Wink. What is the, uh, Agatha?

We need that. Agatha Wink for the Colts have a quarterback. He said, the caller said PPR, correct? Half PPR. Okay. So, J.K. Dobbins is still going to run behind Lamar. Sure. And that is, you know, we've been down that road a little bit with Jonathan Stewart. And back in the J. Stu D'Angelo Williams days? Yeah, or even just the J. Stu Cam Newton days.

touchdowns were difficult to come by. And like I said, week-to-week variability is the reason I'm choosing Taylor here. Okay.

And Mike, I know you said you would go, Taylor. I would go Dobbins here. Interesting. The way that I look at these two players and, you know, there's a lot to shake out with free agency. I'd say both teams. There's question marks as to what running backs they bring back. Will Gus Edwards be there? I assume Ingram won't be rescind. Will they bring in a third back? Ingram was released. No, I know. I know, I know. Gus is a big shoe to drop.

You know, do they bring in a different back? And also on the flip side, you know, does Marlon Mack get re-signed possibly? You know, that's what every, when I've been looking in preparation for the free agency preview, most people think that the Colts will resign Marlon Mack. And I think that matters. So I look at the outlook on both these players. I like Jonathan Taylor's talent and skill set.

more than J.K. Dobbins. I don't actually see their situation as Jonathan Taylor's is awesome and J.K. Dobbins is bad. I think J.K. Dobbins could end up with a lot of work on a better running team with lanes opened up by, you know, Lamar. So the four-round difference here is enough for me to lean the Dobbins side. Gus Edwards is a restricted free agent. If you read comments from...

Mark Andrews and other teammates, heart and soul type of guy of this team. I think they want him back. I think he'd be a $10 million three-year type of situation. Not crazy, but yeah, some situations to play out there with the depth charts on both teams. Do you're not concerned about the touchdown situation? Like I know Jonathan Taylor is going to be near the...

the top of the league in that department. Yeah, I mean, what's ironic is J.K. Dobbins was awesome in the touchdown department this past season with L. He did overproduced. So when you say, are you worried about touchdowns? That would be my, like, is it going to return to more normalcy? And I am a little bit concerned there. But you look week eight on when he basically got the opportunity on for J.K. Dobbins, he was the running back nine. And granted, that was, you know, uh,

That same stretch, Jonathan Taylor, is the running back five. So he's better. But is that worth four rounds or not. Yep. That is the question. All right. Twitter. Cody Harper. What does in a vacuum mean? Means making a bad decision. I mean, it's fair. But what it means is you're not looking at any context. You're not looking at your team. You're not looking at your league. You're not saying. The reference is like a vacuum where a cylinder or area where the air has been removed.

Yes. And so there is no air there. There's no friction. There is no other. There's just two players. There is no, there is no context, like Jason has said, so you don't have to worry about it. You're just saying, well, this player is better. But context is everything in sports and fantasy football. So that's why we just, when we're saying in a vacuum, I'm just saying, I think this player is actually better. Yeah. I mean, when you say that, you are.