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Tight-in ranking show, NFL news, talking improved offenses, talking fantasy insights to help you on draft day. That's the goal each and every day. Help you prepare for your draft and for the season. Jason has been smirking for a minute, maybe longer. Are you in a good mood? I'm in a great mood. We golfed this morning. That puts you in a good mood. No, sir. No, sir. I got a new high score.

High score. Yes, which is great, plus 27 through nine. No, no, that's real? That is real. That is absolutely real. Oh, and you're saying it out loud. No, it's not real. I am not counting a mulligan. So technically it would be 28, but I'm going to give myself. Plus 30-ish. I mean, the Falcon was out there with a camera today. I'm sure there's got some bad shots in there. I'm sure he does. Well, he was following you. Does he have any good ones?

Of Andy, yeah, for sure. No, but I'm fine, man. I will say this. When I started golfing and I was really, really bad, which I have stayed at least consistent, I was breaking clubs. I was that guy. That guy on the course. You're saying this has been a mental change. This has been something where it's like, grow up. Golf's hard. You suck. Yeah.

The tumor is not operable. If you don't want to be out here. Yeah, exactly. The tumor is unoperable. Just deal with it. Okay, so sad. Okay. There's nothing you can do. So just like get over it. Good, good point, Andy. Yeah, but no, I'm in a good mood. I'm really, really excited about football. I'm really excited about August being here. Get the golf off the back screen. Yeah. And me being a horrifically bad golfer will not get in my way.

There's a decent chance that we do some work on that. You know, we get. Yeah. Yeah, I think we're going to genuinely. Get some lessons, you know, get better. But this is not a golf show. It sometimes feels like it. We have a giveaway, a big giveaway. That's cool. What are we giving away, Andy? We are giving away as signed Bijon Robinson, Jersey, in honor of. Bejan Robinson's new contract. No, we're giving away an autographed Bijon jersey, free to enter.

Footclan giveaway.com. If you're interested in that, we like giving away some stuff in August. It's always fun. So we're going to start with, that doesn't mean it'll be the only giveaway in August, but we'll start with a signed Bijjon Robinson, Jersey Footclan giveaway.com for that. You guys know the UDK. It's available right now at Ultimate DraftKit.com. If you want to prepare for your draft in the best possible way, check that out. And, yeah, I'm excited too, Jay. It's time to get into it. Quick question of the day comes in from Billy.

Which bottom 10 offense from 2025 do you believe will outperform their touchdown total by 13 plus? And the reason he's asking 13 plus is because last year, Mike, on the tips and tricks show, you talked about anticipating offensive systems and basically them improving because over the last decade, at least three teams, mind you, it was six last year, at least three teams every year.

Jump 13 plus total touchdowns. Yep. And figuring out who it is can really, really help you. Yeah, I mean, because we've said this about rookies going to bad destinations. It's not always bad. You think it's bad, but things change in the NFL so quickly. Just for context, last year's touchdown leaders, the Rams, New England, Seattle, Buffalo, Detroit. The basement was New Orleans, New York, the Jets, that is. Tennessee, Cleveland, and Las Vegas. Those were, and you're talking the Rams just for.

just for like to see the difference. The Rams scored 65 total touchdowns. The Raiders scored 25 total touchdowns. Oh man. But it happens every year. Most of the time it's more than three. Six teams last year. The Rams jumped more than 13 touchdowns. New England jumped more than 13. Jacksonville, Dallas, New York, and Indianapolis. So what's the team for this year? Mike, why don't you start? The...

The amount of chips that I have been pushing into the table on the New Orleans Saints is we are, we're not approaching inappropriate. No, you're almost all in. We are inappropriate and now we're borderline just terrifying of how much I believe in what they're about to do. So I think with Shuck and Co. Down there in New Orleans and with Kellan Moore, you know, Colin.

Calling the plays, getting everything going for the offense. I think that they are the team to watch to make, you know, a New England style jump. That is, I mean, I guess one thing I hadn't thought about, I didn't realize how low they were last year because Shuck did play over a great part of the year. He didn't have a lot of passing touchdowns. Correct. Tons of yardage, but a, like an average or below average touchdown rate. I imagine Kellan Moore is not proud of that number. That 31 number was nearly the bottom of the NFL, and he has a resume that.

You know, he can call plays and get it into the end zone. They're definitely a great candidate for that. I'm going to go with the Titans. I've been kind of in their corner this off season. Not to the – I think you believe that the Saints can compete in a big way, make the playoffs win the division. I don't think the Titans can win their division. But I think the difference in their offense could be significant. I mean, the –

The Giants last year were one of the teams that jumped up 13 touchdowns just with Jackson Dart coming in and then adding Cam Scataboo. The difference that some pass catchers are going to make in Tennessee, the fact that they were at the bottom of the league last year, I think that Cam Ward is going to take a step forward. I'm pretty excited about Carnal Tate. Wondale's there. They've got the weapons, and they got the play caller, Brian Dable coming in. So I'm going to go with the Titans.

I think play caller makes a big impact. That is probably the number one reason for my team. They were the bottom of the barrel, the lowest scoring team in the league. The Raiders last year, obviously you had Brock Bowers injured. You had a terrible offensive line. And genuinely, I think that the biggest issue with the Raiders offense last year was the Pete Carroll nepotism on the offensive line. You know, the offensive line coach being his son.

Everyone said it was a problem, a mistake when they fired their staff and didn't retain him. It was like, what's going on here? I think Clint Kubiak coming in, bringing in Rick Denison, a really good offensive line coach, going out and getting Tyler Lindenbaum, a great center. And then you get Brock back. Now you've got Kirk Cousins in. And, you know, we don't know what Mendoza will do. Obviously Mendoza. Rookie quarterbacks don't usually have a high touchdown number.

But when you only scored 25 touchdowns last year, like the bar is pretty easy to step over. That 13 more touchdown number, they could still be in the bottom half of offenses and score 13 more touchdowns than they did last year. Rick Denison not being a private investigator. I think I was trying to figure out what that name, like he's either a sheriff in a wild west town. Rick Denison on the case. Or a detective, yeah. But you're not talking like current era.

Like a film noir. He's like, of all the places in all the world, she had to walk into mine. What a dame. There's just, there's just like a card to cigarette smoke floating in the air. It beige trend. It's a powerful name. It is. All right. We will jump into the news. News and notes from around the league.

Okay, is this news NFL networks Ian Rappaport believes to a will likely start week one. This is not new. Don't be, hold on. Don't be surprised. This is a, this is a thought. That's a thought that is, and the thought was, it has a equivocator in it. Right. It's not even a strong thought. It's just like, I think maybe. Right. I think, I think maybe the tool will start. What's the line that you're bringing up before? Yeah, just the don't be surprised. Don't be surprised if. I get it.

We do these things. Sometimes you're talking and then you're trying to gather your thoughts at the exact same time. And you're thinking sometimes what are those thoughts comes out? And you're like, ooh, I got to, I got to soften that one up. I believe most people's expectation here is that Tua is going to start. Tua is banged up right now, but Pinnix is even further away from getting on the field. And he's just better. Tua was not good, but he was better. But he was better.

Pennix was so, man, when I watched the film last year, I was like, I did not remember him being this bad. He was very, very not good. Eight hours ago to a Tonguello on training camp with Michael Pennix, quote, it's definitely a competition. Yeah, well. This is what you'd say if it wasn't one. But no, I noticed that on Sleeper, one of the most added players in Dynasty leagues was their third string.

quarterback. Oh my God. For the Falcons. All right, Bucks wide receivers. We don't know what's going on. Tess Johnson left with the groin injury. Jalen McMillan didn't practice after banging his knee a couple days ago. And Godwin and Abuka were given a maintenance day. So they were like, nah. It's worth noting Tess Johnson has gotten a lot of buzz of being like the star of camp, you know, when it comes to. He's the star of groin index.com right now. It does stink that he. What about me, Jason? Yeah.

It's 1999. Oh, there I am. Oh, that's a Ted Hurst reference. Yeah, that is a Ted Hurst. Now, this is Fred Durst. Ted Fred Durst. Ridicrous. Ridicrous. Travis A. Can't. He'll get an opportunity with Ted Zendrit. Has taken most of the early down reps at training camp. Alvin Kamara getting third down reps. Rutt Ro. Yeah, I mean, we say it all the time. Targets are worth more than a rushing attempt for fantasy football. If you look at. And that's what.

H.N. is much better at receiving than he isn't running. When you look at where- But Camer is much better at receiving than A-Chance. This is a problem. That is a problem. That's what I've said since they signed was originally when it was signed, it was like, oh, Kamara's not going to be on the team. He's clearly not only going to be on the team. He's going to be part of this backfield. And I think right now, ADP says that Travis E.TN is like just, he is guaranteed to be a three-down workhorse back. I don't think that's happening. The name.

We're still trying to figure it out. ETN. We're trying. We're trying our best. We're going to find out real soon. We have, you know, it's August. So you got people coming back to football and they might not have any idea. We petition him. I know. We need to talk. We need to talk to. Pat Bryant in line for a bigger slice of the pie in Denver, which would be good because Denver, they need something different on the offensive side of the ball. I mean, they were one of the teams. Like for me, Denver is the team that jumps out as a.

potential 13 plus touchdown jump. I mean, Denver only had 45 touchdowns last year. It was middle of the pack. You know, Bryant being the wide receiver three doesn't make me think there's going to be any regular fantasy value. No, but it's great for Bo Names. I mean, I mean, it.

if he establishes himself as the wide receiver three in camp. And it's like not just this committee because right now I'm projecting the third to be a committee. You're going to have Mims involved. You're going to have Troy Franklin involved. You're going to have Pat Bryant, maybe leading the three. But if he fully establishes himself as the third, do you think there's a chance as a young player he can usurp Portland Sutton this year and become the wide receiver two for the offense? Like is that in the range of realistic outcomes? I would.

I would say that's not impossible, but this is more of a like... But you wouldn't be surprised. I actually would. I would be surprised. What I would not be surprised of is if heading into next year, they are like, we're going to move on from Sutton and it's going to be Jalen Waddle and Pat Bryant. Yeah, yeah, I think that that whole offense is going to be very, very interesting to watch this year with Waddle's edition with the ensemble of running backs. Like...