Shady & The Wild Weekend + Roster Cut Madness

is a useless or not use he is completely a handcuff which a handcuff that i would not have drafted exactly that's why that's why the word useless came out was the only reason i'm interested in drafting tony pollard because jerry jones was that he was preparing at least posture wise preparing to be without zeke maybe up to six games and tony pollard was going to smash if that was going to be the case but if zeke inks this right now

Then Tony Pollard is, I'm going to reach out to the Zeeke owner. I'm going to see if maybe like, you sure? Try to get something for that six, seventh round pick you spent on Pollard. You sure you don't want some of this insurance? Remind them what happens when a player stays out of camp, comes in late. Sometimes they pull a hammy week one. You go spin doctors. Yeah, and I'm very thankful that we waited a little while to talk about Zika on this show because this looks like it's happening. So, Jay.

inked. Zeke is inked. Is he shoot right back to your number one guy? He is my number one running back on the season. If he is inked, that is such good news for me because I haven't been a lot of best ball. I feel like every roster I've got him. Week one is you get the same workload. Yeah. Coming back. Yeah. Interesting. He's Cabo fit, man. Oh, I wish I was Cabo fit. I mean, the thing is, is if you do ink something like this. Is this head getting bigger, by the way? Yeah. Like if Zeeks had.

Is it one of those like, is this a permanent like situation where it just keeps getting bigger every year? We'll just have to refer to Mike for those answers. He's the only one that can understand. And the answer does your head keep getting larger? The answer is apparently. Oh my gosh. Well, yeah. I mean, this is. I feel you pain, Zique. For what it's worth that. Big heads unite. That average would have him tie Todd Gurley is the highest paid back in the league.

But a lot of years. A lot of years. I know that they didn't want to front load the deal. They need flexibility. They've got, my goodness, you sign your tackle, you signed Zeke, now you got a deal with Dak, then you got a deal with Cooper. Oh, man. How much money do you got, Jerry? Extended Jalen Smith last week. Yeah, they did. Oh, goodness. Yeah. Oh, boy. I'm going to pay out the nose for, what's that college coach, Lincoln Riley?

I'm going to pay out the nose for him next year. Yeah, you might. And I don't know if you pay, I mean, Amari Cooper probably has a bit of a Melvin Gordon problem going on. Yes, he does. And that is thinking that you're more valuable than you are. And it's not to say Cooper's not a good receiver or Gordon's a good running back. But I don't think you have the right appropriation of your importance to the team. And you can, if Michael Gallup takes a step up and you can go draft the white out, I don't know why you pay Cooper. I really don't know why you would.

if you're Dallas with all this money going around. No flexibility. You want your defense to be good. Well, you get to see this year whether or not. I mean, if he steps up and dominates and is a clear cut wide receiver one in the league, then you pay him. But if he doesn't, and he's just one of your wide receivers that maybe gets the most targets, then yeah, you don't pay the level he's looking for. Or deals with plantar fasciitis all year long. All right. Hey, guess what? Jacoby Brissac got paid. Two year $30 million contract, $20 million guaranteed. They're certainly,

committed to Jacoby Brissette as the starter. Super smart move. I like it. Otherwise, I mean, he's not the future there, but he's their starter all season. He could be their future. He could be, but the point is like, I don't think that this team, I mean, it was a two-year deal. It keeps them from having to franchise them next year if they clearly don't have the known future in place. He's 26 years old. Then they went out and perfectly signed, perfectly signed.

Brian Hoyer to a three-year deal. You should see the signature right in the box, nothing outside the lines. Yeah, perfect signatures. It's unbelievable. Three-year, $12 million deal. I say perfect because this is the exact kind of signing you need behind Jacoby Brissette and with Chad Kelly. Hoyer will be the backup to Jacobi Brissette. Congratulations. And the Colts. And Hoyer. I know I've mentioned it before. I can see the future of Colts will be better than you think.

I don't think they're going to be a bad team. Their defense is great. Their offensive line is good. And their head coach is outstanding. But they're not going to be the Super Bowl contending Colts that I so desperately wanted to see this year. You are correct. Injury updates. Amari Cooper returned to practice. After missing nearly a month, he will play week one. Jets. Robbie Anderson trending towards playing in week one. I'm trending towards being uncomfortable playing in week one.

It's not in one of my lineups as of today. I'm willing to move him in if things turn the right direction this week. It's already updated. Really rough matchup. It sucks. I want to talk briefly about some hype. Darius Geis hype. Jay Gruden said, and this is a rare thing. And I think it's a rare thing when you pay a guy like Adrian Peterson who was productive and Darius guys coming off the injury. Gruden came out and said he's going to get more carries than Adrian Peterson this year.

He said the offense carries wise will go through him. Now, I don't think the offense carries wise is going to be great. That's fair. This is as good as you could possibly ever hope for. This is as good as you could get for a guy who had a very tumultuous, uncomfortable offseason. In fantasy, most coaches.

there's there's there's there's there's most of the time they're just not answering anything there's guff they say things like uh you know old fluff and go they're all good but to say that the offense carry wise is going to run through this player yeah i mean you you have to that matters and the time of year that it's being said also matters they they feel like he's healthy i have been up to this point saying that i would rather have apie over geis

Based on the head coach coming on saying something like this, you can't, you have to stay water. You have to say, okay, Geis is clearly going to be the one with the more carries on the season. Now, the question then becomes, how valuable are those carries and can he stay healthy? Exactly. The Redskins offensive line is, whoa, watch out. At left guard, they'll be starting Eric Flowers. If you've played fantasy football for any amount of time.

That name should terrify you. Or excite you if you're on the defensive side. Oh, man. Hold on. It gets worse. Hold on. At left tackle, they will be starting Donald Penn, who they just scooped up off of the streets. Oh, he's so washed. He's so washed. He's so washed. So the pass rush. So Case Keenham, quote, won the starting job. Oh, he lost in a lot of ways, didn't he? Yes.

Yes. Wow. While we're talking about hype, I had tweeted about it over the weekend when they cut Josh Doxon. I don't normally love rookie wide receivers, but Terry McLaurin is in a really good situation. Great situation. I have him stashed in a couple weeks just to see what happens week one. Let's just see what happens. And on top of that, if you're just talking long term, he was the go-to wide receiver from the...

For Dwayne Haskin. It's like that connection's already there. Who will be forced to be the starting quarterback. Probably second half a week one the way that the offensive line looks in Washington. Jerich McKinnon placed on injured reserve. Jeff Wilson released the situation at the running back position in San Francisco. It's pretty clear. It's really clear. It's going to be Tavin Coleman and Matt Breda and it's going to be pretty good. And hopefully you have them.

Hopefully you got both those players at a value because there was no way you couldn't. You want a gift from fantasy football over the off season? If you drafted Kevin Coleman or you drafted Matt Breda, you got them cheaper than what their real value is. Yeah, 100%. Jordan Reed is still in the concussion protocol. Which is not surprising at all when you've had multiple concussions. You're in the protocol longer. Let's say he's cleared right now. He's back.

Starting week one. You would play him over, say, Darren Waller. I would not. I would not touch Jordan Reed. I've got enough guys I'd rather just roll out there week one. That's where I am too. That's why I was curious, Mike, where you were. I wouldn't see. I don't mind rostering him. But then you're rostering too. You're saying, like, if I'm playing Jordan Reed, that means I'm in the bowels with guys like Darren Waller and company. Get out to bow. Yeah, you don't want to be there. But Jordan Reed, if he's out there.

He will be a focal point of the office. I guess my point is, let's say you have those two guys. You've got Jordan Reed or Darren Waller, and they both could have a great weak one. Sure. If they do, I'm terrified to have Jordan Reed, and I assume it can't keep up. That's a fair point. One more hard hit, literally anywhere. It doesn't have to be concussion. Head and shoulders, knees in. Yeah, yeah. He's a toes.

What toes? But I don't need toes. So that's where I think I would pivot to someone like Waller, where if he pops, I trust that I've got something for the season. You might need read over Trey Burton. He's day to day. Thursday night game, it's not looking great for Trey Burton getting out there. Even if Burton's cleared to play, I'm not going to play him. Nikiel Harry on IR, non-season ending, I are for Nikiel Harry. First round rookie.

Demarius Thomas got re-signed by the Patriots. Right now, Josh Gordon is expected to play a full allotment of slaps. Not snaps. Slaps. That's what they call him because whenever there's press coverage, you just slaps him out of the way. I was speaking once again very accurately about Josh Gordon on this show. But you feel good starting him up week one? Seeing what you got with Josh Gordon? Yes. I am fine throwing him out there right off the bat, week one. All right. Slap him into your lineup. That's what I do.

uh alfred blue jags running back on i are so if there's ever been a jag running back hey oh it's alfred blue he's just a guy well uh four net looks great from a guaranteed workload standpoint jason's seal clapping i'm so happy because i i was forced into him in two of our three main leagues and i've got four net which i i wasn't super thrilled about but lately um

I'm getting happier and happier. With Alfred Blue gone, Reikwell Armstead is, he is the primary backup. I believe if something happens to Fournett, Reikwell will slide right in and he'll have. I think he'll have good production. He'll get work week one. He'll get work. Sure. But not work that you care about. Jason, I think this is important because you will never probably get to do it again. But Ricky Seals Jones.

Okay, I was wondering which direction you were going to go. I thought maybe a slow death. You went the choking to death method. It was a quick cut. He was cut from the Arizona Cardinals claimed by the Browns. Ricky Seals Jones days of fantasy relevance. Yeah, look, if a guy who already has positive feelings for you and Cliff Kingsbury, he's already connected to Ricky Seals Jones, if he said, no, you can't play for my team.

Does it say anything about Charles Clay? I mean, Clay is going to have a significant role in the offense. I think it says a lot about the Arizona Cardinals offense as a whole. You saw them using a lot of tight ends of preseason and some of the writers that follow the Cardinals very closely. We're talking about this is all just, this is not what you're seeing in practice. They don't use tight ends that much. This is going to be a four wide receiver set on the on the reg. And Clay will.

certainly be the main tight in without a doubt. Could be Max Williams. Wendell Smallwood, Danelle Pomfrey, Josh Adams, and Boston Scott. Cut, cut, cut, cut. Clearing House when you spend a second round pick on a rookie running back. Still have Jordan Howard, Miles Sanders, Darren Sproles, and Corey Clement. Good for you, Corey Clement. I mean, just holding on. Just being able to make that team this year, I didn't think you'd do it. We got all of our week one rankings.

We'll be on the website, the fancy footballers.com today. If you are a member of Jointhefoot.com, you get access to flex rankings. You get access to the actual week, the actual full staff projections for the week. Because of the matchup, now I don't know how to all shake out for all of my teams, but because of the matchup, would you consider playing Jordan Howard and Miles Sanders together at home against Washington this week knowing that?

Both will see a significant amount of work and both have touchdown potential against Washington. Is that a stack you would consider? It's a rarity, but the matchup and the productivity seems interesting. Because of where they were drafted, I doubt that anybody in the world would need to start those two guys. They probably have starters ahead of them. But I do believe both guys are startable.

So if you're in a deep league and that happens to be your situation, that's fine. Could I put a hypothetical to you? Please do. Kalem Belage plays Baltimore week one. Okay. Do you play Kalim Belage or do you play Jordan Howard? Jordan Howard. Okay, Devin Singletary plays the Jets on the road, week one. Miles Sanders. So you're going to.