NFL Coaching Changes & Fantasy Impact, Why Not Andy? - Fantasy Football Podcast for 3/4

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Thursday, March 4th, the fantasy footballers back with you, Jason Moore, Mike Wright. I'm Andy Holloway. Always a pleasure to join you, two gentlemen, around this fine table. Yes. To discuss the finer points of fantasy football, ever sophisticated, a nobleman's game. Yes. Yes. We have a coaching changes episode for you today. We've been promising this episode for a while, so...

So here it is. Stop asking about it. Delivered. And that'll do it. So you want to hit the outro there, Al, and we'll be... Some coaches changed. Yeah, I mean, it happens every year. Just think about last year. It's the same thing. All right, there it is. Thank you. No, this will be fun. We're going to break down the coaching changes that have taken place this off season in the NFL. And...

We'll talk a little bit about what happened last year and reflect on the changes and what that meant for fantasy football. Got some news to talk about some buy sell. You guys doing well today? I'm doing fantastic. Mike's got the hair covered up. Oh, but I don't know if you saw the breaking news. I announced it to the world. Oh, you getting a haircut? This Friday. Oh, really? Oh.

I'm getting a haircut. Well, all right. I'll be. Adjust your schedule. Adjust your ranks accordingly. If you have been on this wild ride of growing hair out with me, prepare to cut it off. And you get that cut at lows, right? With the hedge trimmers? Like you go to the lows? Where else would you get your hair cut? He's got some thick hair. Well, that's big news, Mike. That's really headline stuff. I probably should have opened the show with that. Right.

It's also your birthday. Now, here's the great news. Oh, that's true. When they're listening when this show comes out. Super not your birthday. It will not be your birthday. So ask yourself, listener, did you wish Mike a happy birthday yesterday? Oh, man. You should have. If he didn't, guess who just got muted? Oh. Your birthday, Mike, I know nobody's birthday could be as important as Jason's. He makes the biggest deal of his own birthday. It's a full week, yeah. But is it, I mean, is it a big?

At this age, is it a big deal for you? It's a day. Yeah? It's a day of my birth. I don't know. I'm sure I'll eat something of my own choosing tonight. Okay. So that's pretty sweet. Yeah. Do you just tell the kids to suck it up? You spend the whole day like waiting for a surprise to happen, expecting a surprise party from people around you? Yes. Only to be disappointed? Yes. Okay.

YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballers. If you want to watch the show, you can subscribe over there. Click the bell. Let's get into some buy sell. Buy or sell presented by pristine auction. I completely forgot a huge announcement at the top of the show. Oh, my man. So I'm going to pause the buy cell for just a moment because we have been. Well, we can buy or sell.

This person actually getting the listener league spot. I'm going to buy it. We had the very special listener league giveaway that was associated with pre-ordering the ultimate draft kit before March 1st. And as promised, we're giving away a spot and we've done so via random number generator. Yes. And the lucky winner is.

Dalton C. Oh, we got a, what's this? The studio audience loves it. Dalton, congratulations. They're not envious or jealous. The studio audience, they're very... The Footclan are very supportive people. They're disappointed, but they're happy for Dalton. Yeah, and there are more spots than just Dalton's spot. Otherwise, he would win the league by default, just him alone. But no, we...

Very excited to award that first listener league spot to Dalton. And there will be more to come. And there are still, it is still the lowest price possible at Ultimate DraftKit.com. And there are still some pre-sale benefits over there. So please check that out. We are still way ahead of the season. But the, you know, the UDK Plus has the dynasty pass. So if you play in a dynasty league, you want that advantage. And you can get in there right now. And now we can do some buy sale.

Do I hit the drop again? What's the rule there? A double drop? Look, I'm lost. I don't know. I don't know how to get into it without a drop. Yeah, this is kind of for us. Buy or sell, presented by pristine auction. All right, buy yourself Ryan Tannehill as a top 10 fantasy quarterback in 2021. Believe it or not, quarterback seven. He was the quarterback seven in 2020.

He had seven rushing touchdowns, including five of them in the final three games. Oh, man, that jaunt in the Green Bay game? Yeah. That was absurd. Led the NFL and fourth quarter comebacks, game winning drives. I mean... He's good. He's a good player. I don't know. Why can't players rewrite their story more effectively? I think he has. You think he has? Well, he is doing it right now, yes.

Okay, but Mike, when I say Ryan Tannenhill or Justin Herbert, how do you think about that? Who's a better player? Yeah. Who do you want? That is interesting. For my fantasy team? Yeah, or real life. Oh, real life, I would take big herbs because he's young and he's going into a second year and he just set the rookie record for passing touchdowns. So I'm looking at longevity of career. But for fantasy purposes, I think I would, I'm going to go with.

Tanahill. Now, Taniel has concerns. He lost his O.C. Because Arthur has a plan. Yeah. And that plan will be enacted down in Atlanta. Is Derek Henry still there? Yeah. Okay. The play actually is still going to work? All right. I'll take Ryan Tanhill in the top 10. Okay. So you're buying, Jason? I think the line is really good. There's about eight quarterbacks that I would for sure put ahead of him. And then he's right there at that like 9, 10, 11, 12 spot. I.

Love Ryan Tanna Hill for Fantasy. I think he's going to have a fantastic season next year even without Arthur there. But I'm going to sell here. I expect Jalen Hertz and whoever the Saints quarterback to be ahead of him. I would put Justin Herbert ahead of him. And I think that will push him outside of the top 10.

But this is why we, you know, we love late round quarterback drafting. Nobody is going to be drafting Ryan Tannahill high. I will be thrilled to have him be my fantasy quarterback in 2021, but I will sell the top 10 finish. He did overproduce in touchdowns. So if he gets any, if he gets hit with any of that regression, that's just the Titans. And the Titans have done that two years in a row of just. See, when it's when Ryan Tanoil does it, it's called overproducing. When, when Mahomes does it, it's called producing.

Well, yes. That's the funny part about. But I'm saying you highlighting seven rushing touchdowns, a career high in passing touchdowns. When you hit your career high, you have overproduced. Is AJ Brown still there? Yeah, I believe he's still there. Is Corey Davis still there? No. Don't know. Probably not. The real one? Yeah. No. Is Adam Humphrey still there? Oh, was he there last year? All right. That was, oh, I didn't even. Yeah, what's your answer?

It's a tough one. I'm going to buy. All right. I'm going to buy that he makes it inside the top 10. What a world. I'm buying and you're selling. I know. I've always been the Ryan Tannahill guy. But, you know, it's funny. We make these jokes. Is this guy there is this guy? But Jonu Smith could be gone. Corey Davis could be gone. It could be worse next season for Tanna Hill and the Titans. That's fair.

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News and notes from around the league. You must be really hyped for this Kyle Rudolph news. Is that the news that we have basically? Yeah, really. That's better. You're saying because you get to his own segment. No, we got two pieces of news. All right. It is big news. Kyle Rudolph said, hey, I want the ball more. I'm your guy. Yeah. If you didn't follow the negotiations of the Minnesota Vikings and Kyle Rudolph, this is what allegedly happened that the Vikings called him in.

and said, hey, we're going to need you to restructure your contracts. We got to bring your salary down. We got to bring your cap hit down. And he said, no, I'm not going to do that. And you know what I actually want is the ball more. I want more targets. And now the Minnesota Vikings said, you're free to find those targets. But they won't be here. With a different team. So now, naturally, I've already seen it.

Big Irv. Big Irv. Irv Smith. Year three. No Kyle Rudolph. Will he be appropriately hyped, overhyped heading into the new year? I mean... We're treading on dangerous waters right now. Yeah, I mean, he will get a lot of hype. He will be one of those early late round tight ends, if that makes sense. Yes. And I think he should be. He's got the opportunity, the talent, the skill set.

Will he go too early in drafts? I don't think you'll go too early. No, I'm hitting you with that one. It's March. I think he will be an appropriate pick because all tight ends suck.

And so what you want is a chance that you get a breakout season. Whenever you find the Mark Andrews or the Darren Haller. The Jonu hide from last year? Maybe, but that was, I mean, that was fine. If you took a shot on Jono and he started the season strong.

And then it turned out he was like anyone else you were going to draft there. You've got to take your shot on these guys. And he has had the talent. He showed that last year he got into a stretch where he was a reliable starter. And that was with Rudolph there. Yeah, I think he'll be one of my favorites. He's interesting. Yeah, I think he will give you games. I mean, he's going to give you games next year. It'll be a matter of are you content with your tight end being the fourth option on a team? Because he'll be the fourth option behind.

Right. The two whiteouts and Cook. Except for the one game where we were all really relying on Dav and Cook to get those touchdowns. And they just kept stealing them. Here's a man who had a different conversation with his general manager. David Johnson, uh-hoo. Restructured his contract to stay with Houston in 2021. It's a one-year deal. 4.25 million guaranteed. If he had not restructured, he could have been cut. If he had played under the existing contract, he only had about 2 million.

guaranteed. So this was a way to get more guaranteed money and help the cap situation to Houston who just let go of Duke Johnson. Yeah, it's worth noting there was a tweet from Diana Rossini from ESPN talking about she was texting with an NFL head coach.