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It'll be very interesting to see what he does with them because we're going to move on from the Blake Bortles experiment in Jacksonville, hopefully to a more consistent performer. Even if the highs were pretty high with Bortles, you could never predict the receiver and you would go up and down. Yeah, I mean, I think this is a good move for Jacksonville as a team, not necessarily shelling out the money for him.

That's ridiculous. You're bidding against yourself. But as far as solidifying your quarterback to be more of a game manager, not cost you the game. But I don't think Nick Folds is going to be a good fantasy option. I was going to ask. I was a team that wants to run the ball. And the one big difference, so let's say he's a little bit better in the passing game, that's fine. But the reason why Blake Bortles was a successful fantasy.

asset was because he ran the ball way more than you thought he did. And so his baseline was higher. You're not going to get that with Nick Fools. So I don't think Foles is a valuable fantasy guy. I was going to ask, you have to draft him today for fantasy. You want Nick Foles with the Jags or Ryan Fitzpatrick with the Dolphins. Give me Ryan Fitzpatrick. All right. Yeah, no doubt about it. You mean the number one quarterback for the first two weeks of last season? I love Ryan Fitzpatrick so much. When it goes well, it goes well. And when it goes bad. Oh, yeah.

That's why they brought him in. He's a special. He'll lose some games for sure. Teddy Bridgewater, re-signed with the Saints, backup deal. Tyrae Taylor backing up Phillip Rivers in Los Angeles. Brett Hunley signed a backup deal with the Cardinals. Is that, is the money for Brett Hunley correct? One year, two million dollars?

Oh, that's, man, all these, we're looking at all these backups. Tarot Taylor 11 million. Sorry, Brett. He may be the backup to the backup. Could be. He's going to back up Rosen? Oh, yes. Here was an interesting, we can talk about this for a second. Rahim Mostert, three-year, $8 million deal with the 49ers. Now, yes, this is the same 49ers that currently have Jerrick McKinnon under contract. The same 49ers that have Matt Barita, who averaged over five a carry last year.

Yes, the same 49ers that just paid Tevin Coleman to come in. Not very much money. But you have four capable running backs on this roster. So bizarre. This weekend, there was some very vague tweets by Jerich McKinnon that made people jump to conclusions and think there's been a lot of rumors about Philadelphia pursuing either Matt Berita or Jerich McKinnon to fill the running back void, which...

is absolutely the case in Philadelphia. In fact, Josh Adams is rumored to be cut on that team. Really? Yeah, there's some rumors about him being let go. We will see what happens. If you're a fantasy owner, you never want four capable players in one backfield in trying to identify it. So whether they move, they're not going to move Coleman. They just paid him. They're not going to move Moster. They just paid him.

So it would be Barreto or Jerich McKinnon if they did trade somebody. And McKinnon's contract does not become fully guaranteed until April 1st. So that means if they're going to move him via trade or just cutting him outright, it will be soon. It will be in the next couple weeks. I mean, just giving you candid advice from my side, take it for what you will. You're playing the gamble in dynasty leagues right now in general. But when Tevin Coleman was signed to San Francisco, Jerich McKin's value took a punch in the face.

Yes. Everybody's expecting monstrous things. Jason, you said you had tried to trade for him for a month, couldn't do it. So happy that those trades did not go through. So my opinion is that things will, talent will find its way forward. If you believe Jared McKinnon is talented, then he should find his way forward in San Francisco. However, I believe Kyle Shanahan is talented. Well, the thing is, uh, Jerry McKinnon, I think that he'll be moved.

I think he'll be moved by Kyle Shanahan. He has what he needs outside of Derek McKinnon. So you might be able to buy him cheap, is my point. Sure. Just wanted to highlight Matt Buret's situation. I mean, he was, you know, this undrafted guy. He's on the last year of his deal. And he's absolutely dirt cheap in terms of an NFL contract. You're talking $645,000. I mean, it's nothing. But.

Would they really move forward extending Matt Berita when you've just given Kevin Coleman and Colonel Mustard these contracts? I don't think you can give a third guy. I think that's why Berita could be on the block. I think that's why Berita could be going to Philly as much as Jerry McKinnon could. Yeah, it's kind of a, it's such a mess because nobody runs better than Kyle Shanahan. So you've got this machine.

That just produces Jeff Wilson Jr. and mustard and Berita and then McKinnon's there. And then Coleman did well with Shanahan. You got this machine. You just don't know who to put in. Mm-hmm. So tied-ins that signed some contracts. Tyler Eifford. Yeah. It's all you, Mike. That's fine. He can be your Devante Parker. How about that? That is perfectly fine. It could be, well, Tyler Eiferts. He's better looking. But we know that. We know that. Yes. That's why.

He's one of the handsomest. But Tyler Eifford's actually good. Yes. He's right around the red zone. He gets hurt all the time. But that's, if we're saying Devante Parker or Tyler Eifert, I know that Eifford is good. I don't think Devante Parker is actually that good. Okay. Yeah, I will say this. Yes. I will draft him late. Yet again, I will go for it. C.J. Uzama is my.

my number two tight end in our dynasty league, and I was very upset. Oh, that sucks for you. When they signed Tyler. That really hurts. I'm going to have three or four weeks where Uzama is the backup. I wouldn't, I wouldn't really worry, Jason. I have Jason Whitten available, your namesake. If you want to come get him in that league. Is he allowed to still use those blade hands when he's on the field? 100%. Only for defensive moves, though. But Uzama was re-signed.

So yes. Well, I was all excited. I was like, oh, Croft is gone. Eifford's not in here. Yeah, because that worked real well for Yuzama last year when everyone was gone. Yeah, Yuzama is not, not special. He's, he's a good NFL player. He's not a fantasy tight end. Jesse James signed by the Lions for your $25 million deal. That's good money. It's interesting. It is, isn't it? Yes. Jeff Heyerman, re-signed by the Broncos, Charles Clay, Cardinals, one-year deal, Demetreus Harris.

Moves on to the Browns to play second fiddle to David Njoku. Not a lot of fantasy relevance there. Unimportant for fantasy, but Demetri's Harris is good players. The Browns are just looking so, they're. Yeah, they're making great moves. I'm so happy for Browns fans. You deserve this. Unsigned players of note that we'll be talking about soon, most likely. Jay J. J. J. Spencer Ware, who was visiting the Lions. C.J. Anderson still unsigned. We don't know if Marshaun Lynch is coming back.

We don't know if Darren Sproles is coming back. So those are some of the bigger names that are still out there. Randall Cobb, Michael Crabtree, Chris Hogan. Yeah, whatever. J. Ajai is the interesting one. Jared Cook is too. Because Jared Cook was rumored to have been, he visited the Saints, and he didn't go away with the deal. But if he signed in New Orleans, that would be a perfect match. That's the one place where it's like, he was a dynasty sneaky little. Do I try to go by Jared Cook?

Based on the rumor. Based on the rumor. Because you're not going to be able to get him once. If he signs in New Orleans, you're not going to be able to trade for Jared Cook. But then I was like, do I really want to trade for Jerry Cook? I know. I've asked that question. Not really. All right. Let's jump into the mail bag. Mailbag. All right. If you have a question for the show, go to the website, the fancy footballers.com. Click the submit a question button. Or you can dial the voicemail hotline. 302464 TFFB. TFFB. That's 302464 TFFB. TFFB.

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getting everybody who wants to write gets to write. The content that we put out on the fantasy footballers, we make sure it is good, accurate research information that's going to help everyone out there win in their leagues. All right. Mitchell writes in from Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. Bonjour. First year, Keeper League. I can only keep one of the following. Juju for a fourth. Marlon Mack for an eighth.

Or Kittle for the last overall pick? Oh, man. Wow. I mean, you had me a Juju for a fourth. I'm taking Juju for a fourth. Wow. I'm taking Juju for the fourth. I am. I think Juju. Great value. It is great value. It's a more important position. Look, not every team has a good tight in. So you might think, well, I want to be one of those good teams with a tight in. But go back and look at who won the championship.

They didn't all have one of those great titles. The person with George Kittle. It's tough for me to pass on my guy in the eighth, Marlon Mack, but I'm going to take juju in the fourth. Jason, I think Mike's doing you a favor with the my guy thing for Matt. I'll tell you what. Didn't they? There's some rumors. Yeah, they had a rumor that they were looking at. Who was it? Ajaya was supposed to visit, right? Yes. And as soon as it was very similar to what happened with McKinnon, when the rumors came that they were.

at least trying on the Levy on Bell Watch. This is before Tevin Coleman, I was like, man, that changes what I think about Jerich McKinnon because it changes what I know that the team thinks about their situation. Look, if Marlon Mack is not seen by the Colts as the answer, then he is, I want everyone to remember, he is my guy. I want to hear from Colts fans because when I read Colts fans comments on Mac and rumors about, like I saw rumors about Jerich McKinnon to Indianapolis.

And I've seen fans tell me they believe he's a placeholder, that Marlon Mac is a placeholder. Yeah, because I don't actually really want Marlon Mac to be my guy. I want Indianapolis running back to me, my guy. Fair enough. All right. Here's a question from Eli in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I put on continuous waivers in my league, and they all complained about not being able to make moves on game day. How can I get past this complaint to keep continuous waivers? You just make sure that the waivers are early enough in the morning.

And late, you know, the right time, I should say, in the morning where people can get up, make their moves, but the waivers run before the, you know, an hour before, at least before the first games. That way, you can make your moves on game day, but you just can't make them after games have started. And I think that's very fair. Yeah, I mean, after games have started. I mean, the optimal way to play would be continuous waivers so that they run every single day except Sunday as soon as they open.

it's not just a one-time roll through what you've put in on the waiver bid. It would be that they open, they stay open until the first game kicks off. Or actually, no, I would lock all the players when they kick off. So the way that the old school waiver system ran. I mean, the way that I look at it is because players lock when they kicks off. Yeah, just deal with it. Yeah. Deal with it. Deal with it.

That always goes over well. As a commissioner, I've always gone with that route and nobody ever gets mad. That's what we recommend. Deal with it. Yeah. Who is this? Is this Eli, Eli, tell your league, deal with it. Yeah, good advice. It'll be great. Captain Sparrow in Ames, Iowa. Is this Jack? No, it can't be. This is a song. That's a landlocked area. That's not where you want to be. Jason is the tail. This is the tail.

What did he say? The song. Hey, at least I remember the tune. Yeah. Cool reference. Thank you. Who would you rather draft Marlon Mack or Leonard Fornett in a Dynasty League? How ironic. Leonard Fernette. It's definitely Leonard Fornett. I mean, the thing is, so Andy and I just completed a trade this last week. It's a miracle. It is a miracle. It had a lot of different pieces in it, but two of the pieces were Jordan Howard and Leonard Fornett. And my rationale was they're pretty close to each other in age.

and probably skill and talent, but the difference is the draft capital, not just that the Jags spent, but that the NFL via the Jags spent on Leonard Fournet is going to stick around with him for a long time. He is, his name is bigger, his persona. More letters. Yeah, Leonard. And so my point is, let's say, let's say both guys get cut at the end of this year.