QB & RB Rookie Preview + Dynasty Pants - Fantasy Football Podcast for 4/6

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Congratulations to Volkswagen and Michael Strayhan. Michael Strayhan for breaking April Fool's even more that it was already broken. They're breaking down the barriers, Mike, to allow any time to be a great time to fool's on with a funny gag. You sold that so well. Thank you. From what I understand, Mike, both of those jokes were actually from the 2020 April Fool's. Oh, that's so long ago. So it's still within that window.

Hey, there's lying season. Lying season. It's upon us. April lying day. Yeah. I face no consequences for any lies I tell because they're just goofs. This really is lying season, though. We're entering the NFL draft season. We're smoke screens and here's what I'm doing and yeah, rights galore. So, but we do have.

More information. Yeah, rights galore. Yeah, rights galore. I loved my eloquence there. I feel like you began a sentence with galore, which is the first time that's ever happened. Like, it begun a new, you began a news. No, no, no, that was, yeah, rights galore. Like, that was the finish. That was the exclamation point. Well, I'm in a good mood, not just because we have a rookie preview show today and Thursday. Today is quarterbacks and running backs. Thursday we'll do wide receivers tight ends.

But I'm really excited because I'm getting space internet. Oh, man. I just found out that I'm getting space internet for our family cabin up north. And space internet is super important. What a time to be alive. Because when we grew up, we didn't know we could get space internet. No, we couldn't get internet. Yeah. That was a dumb word. We began with dial-up. That is correct. And then I began by choosing a long-distance phone number on my AOL on accident. I chose Alabama.

instead of Arizona. And then the internet costs my family a lot of money that month. Why is the phone bill $2,000? And now it's coming from space with SpaceX. Space Center. Crazy. All right. We have some breaking news we want to talk about right at the top before we get into the rookie breakdowns. And thank you so much for joining us. At the FF ballers on Twitter, by the way, Instagram.com slash fantasy footballers. Breaking news right before the show recording today. Oh, so polite.

Yeah, we put out a press release to most of the teams, and we said, look, here's when we record. We give them one of those windows, like a serviceman window. We record between one and four on an average day. Make all your news somewhere before we record. It's been very rude a lot for these teams to drop news after we have recorded. Yeah, but, you know, the Jets, Carolina, very considerate. Sam Darnel, being traded.

by the New York Jets to the Carolina Panthers for a 2021, 6th round pick and second and fourth round picks in 2022. Now, when this news came out, both of you two gentlemen were surprised at the hall. You thought that this was a really good deal for the Jets. You were surprised they got this much. It's basically a 246 deal, and they got a second and a fourth and a sixth. I think this is not.

over compensating. Like I don't think this is too much capital to give up to try to get your quarterback. If you believe that Sam Donald's your guy, which obviously Carolina, I don't believe that they're doing this because they have, you know, odds of like, I think there's a chance. My belief is that the Carolina Panthers believe in Sam Donald and they targeted him. Well, I think it is good for both sides. Let's put it that way. You know,

Carolina, if they didn't believe that they were going to get a quarterback they liked at eight and they need to move forward without Teddy Bridgewater to make the next step, they're simply saying Sam Darnold today is better than Matt Jones or Trey Lance or Justin Fields. Teddy Bridgewater. Or Teddy Bridgewater. But, you know, when I say that they got a nice haul, I mean, Arizona didn't get a 246 for Josh Rosen after the one-year wonder. So believing in Sam Darnold enough to pay this much.

It makes him the starter. It was an expiring asset. It wasn't a secret that the Jets were going to take a quarterback. That's a good point. Maybe it's a smokescreen that it's Zach Wilson, but that doesn't matter because they're taking a quarterback at two, and every team already knows that. So they know that Sam Darnold is now the backup, and he's available. So that's good work by the Jets to get the two-four.

6-8. Who do we appreciate? Yeah. Well, they didn't get the eight. It's not an appreciation deal, Mike. I'm sorry. Sam Darnold's fifth year option was exercised by the Panthers. Sam Darnold appreciates it. Well, Sam Darnold managers appreciate it because he was just brought to life again in Dynasty leagues. Whether he's relevant for fantasy this year, look, higher odds if a team goes out pursues you, you don't have Adam Gays. You do have DJ Moore and Robbie Anderson and Christian McCaffrey. So, um,

We will be back in the same boat again with Carolina of a variable in place like we were last year where, okay, new quarterback. And I don't know, I'm kind of intrigued. I'm excited. There's more unknown upside to Sam Darnold and maybe downside than there was to Teddy Bridgewater, which means higher ceiling potential for some of these players that you kind of knew what Teddy Bridgewater was going to bring to the table, right?

Yeah, yeah, you did. And it wasn't enough. Sam Donald still has the potential. He came into the league super young. He's 23 years old. And he is now coming along a long list of players who have had incredible success after Gase has been removed from their life. And so getting free of Adam Gase.

getting these weapons, getting, you know, a team that is now committing to you with resources, boosting your confidence. It might get rid of a few ghosts out there. I think that this is a good situation for Sam Donald. I'm surprised the Jets didn't want Teddy Bridgewater back in the deal just to be a support for whatever rookie quarter, you know, if it's Zach Wilson coming in. But we have another, you know, another quarterback trade.

this offseason that makes things pretty interesting. And it locks the jets into a rookie quarterback, as we know. And we all expect that to be Zach Wilson at number two. And obviously takes the pants, Panthers out of that market. Takes the pants right out of the market. Takes the pants right off the market. Which this last weekend in Arizona did that. They were right out. We had to dress up for Easter. And it was like.

Can I strip on the way to the car going back from church? Yeah, how quick when I get home can these, why did I not wear my rip-off jeans? That was the only question I had is, why don't these jeans Velcro on the side? So pants free zone, you were saying. But it's, you know, it's bad news for your Trey Lances or the, you know, this takes another team out of the market. But if you are a fan of, you know, the Patriots, you know, someone drafting in the middle.

There's still planning. Well, the Falcons, right? Falcons could grab a quarterback. Certainly, but they already could because they're at four. You know, so, but one of those teams. Denver. Yes, exactly. I'd be super excited if I was a Broncos fan. Yeah. And that would potentially transform a lot of fantasy value. And that's why I realized something. I was really stupid. Yeah, that one time. You got there. That one time. Yeah.

No, but on the last show, we were talking about overreactions, right? And so if you haven't heard the overreaction episode, I encourage you, go back, listen. We each brought up two kinds of overreactions that could happen. But the more I thought about it, I was like, I don't know, there's a lot that can happen in this draft. And if a couple of big weapons go to Philadelphia, I'm not going to feel the same way I did about Jalen Hertz being outside that top eight. The way I feel right now in the quote, unquote, Greg Ward zone.

Sure, and they're sitting very pretty for a wide receiver. They've got great picks. Yeah, they're at the six? No, they traded back. Oh, they're the 12, but they have what? Do they have three picks in the first two rounds? I can't recall that. Take a look at their draft order for me. Anyway, I think that, you know, there's a decent chance a good player gets there, and maybe that changes the outlook. I don't know. All right, any other big time news, Brooks, that just broke from any inconsiderate teams?

No, nothing right now. Okay. Good job NFL. A reminder, check out the Ultimate DraftKit at Ultimate DraftKit.com. We have a lot going up on the Dynasty Pass. Yeah. So if you've got the UDK Plus, a brand new mock draft that we just completed is going up. We took a look and redid the rookie rankings. So the whole dynasty pass has been.

updated. Is that a pants? A pants again? Got pants on the mind, apparently. All dynasty pants, put them on. Can't stop thinking about pants. If you get the ultimate draft kit plus, you get the dynasty pants, and those are the best pants you'll ever put on. Oh, my gosh, we're putting the dynasty pants on today. I know that. Sometimes, I just never know what's going to happen.

This is what we call a post-launch show. What did you have today? I wasn't with you. That might have been Chipotle. Okay. Your pants causing you an issue right now? The pants are a little tight at the moment. All right. It's rookie time. Hi, rookie. Welcome to the NFL. Oh, we're not letting the dynasty pants die. A few times a week we put on the dynasty pants. Here we are. Here we are. All right. Quarterbacks.

Running backs. This is our rookie overview show. Now, we're doing this little earlier than we have done in years past. The anticipation is just too strong. Got to put on the dynasty pants and started the quarterback position. Starting with Trevor Lawrence. It would be... I hear he's good. Yeah, I always say it would be a shock heard around the world if Trevor Lawrence somehow didn't go number one. So we know where he's going. This is an advantage, right, in breaking down a player's future or potential.

Everybody knows who Trevor Lawrence is. Number one recruit coming out of high school and delivered on all the promise, right, coming into the league. And this was tanking for Trevor two years ago for Miami. This is a player that is built like an NFL quarterback, above average. 6-220. Yeah. Great athleticism, great arm strength. Yes. Can make all the throws.

a mature quarterback, like of all the quarterbacks coming out, he's one that I think has displayed the most pro traits, the most consistently. And he's got above average, you know, escapeability. I think one thing that was really interesting when looking at Trevor Lawrence, and I'll get your reaction to it, is that he had the highest percentage of attempts in the run, like the run pass options and in screen passes, which is one of those things that, you know,

You can't blame a quarterback for what offense they're in in college. They have to just execute that offense. They have lost a few weapons. I mean, you had lost T. Higgins the year before, and then they had some. Their offense this year was more of a, this is what we have to do. And Trevor Lawrence still succeeded in that offense. So I don't look at that as a point against it. Trevor Lawrence's entire profile when you watch his games.

It's not Dwayne Haskins. He had to modify this year, but he still goes down the field. Yeah, one of the things that puts Trevor Lawrence at everybody's number one spot is longevity. You don't have this single season. Like, if I take Joe Burrough's final season, and I put that against Trevor Lawrence's final season, Joe Burrow was better to me. I like the tape. I don't think Trevor Lawrence is a perfect prospect. You know,