Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - The "My Guys" Episode, Fantasy Favorites, Teddy

180. The same weight and the same height as John Brown for the Bruce Ariens, Arizona Cardinals. And oh, by the way, Antonio Brown and his, when he turned 25, and that year, he had 110 receptions, 1,500 yards, and eight touchdowns. The upside for a Bruce Ariens offense with John Brown is there. He is that type of player. He is very, very good, and he's coming into the year three wide receiver, where wide receivers take a step forward. I think he's safe.

I think his upside is there. I love him. Please let your brain be okay, John Brown. Don't have concussion problems. That's a strong argument. That's pretty good. You're doing right, Key off? We could have got a key off for that one. I almost hit it during the, during the, I like it. The preaching there. Okay, John Brown. That's my guy. Matthew Stafford is my third my guy pick. We joke about the, uh,

the history of Matthew Stafford, but I think he's come a long, long way. Do you think that the hat will go forwards at some point? Yeah, everybody's hat goes forward, normally like when you have your first child, something like that. But Matthew Stafford, snap back. Look, he's got weapons. He's got Amir Abdullah. He's got Marvin Jones, Golden, Eric Ebrin, Anquam Bold and Theoretic. He has an offense that will not be able to run the ball very well.

To the point where their own offensive coordinator conceded, they probably won't have a thousand-yard rusher. I think he said it as, we don't.

We don't need one. He was puffing up his chest. We don't need one. We don't need one because we're not going to have one. Yeah. All right. Well, that's good. 32 touchdowns last year, despite the very bad start for the team. We've talked about his second half. It was, I think, 18 to 3 or 18 to 4 in touchdown to interception ratio. He's practically free in your draft, which is one of his greatest attributes. He's an 11th round pick. I was so...

angry last night that you didn't get him from me because where did he get drafted uh he got oh super late it was like third to last round in our draft he was the last quarterback on my board that i really wanted and i got he got snipped right before me i was upset until i got uh bin rothless burger off of waivers this morning sorry yeah i know you guys didn't see that but i did

Yeah, that's kind of crazy. But basically, Stafford, I just like all of the pieces around him. I like what he did to finish the year. I like the offense. And I like the opportunity for Stafford to really surprise and be very consistent for your team, 30 plus touchdowns. And to boot, just to throw it in there.

He's got one of the better on-paper strength of schedules to start the year, not just to start the year, the entirety of the year. I think the opponents that the Lions play have a last year, their winning percentage was like 460, and he basically, it's like the third best strength of schedule in the league. I just think things are lined up for them. There's opportunities for Stafford, and so I'm going to plant my flag with Matt Stafford to go along with T.J. Eldon and Brandon Marshall, the third.

And last of my guy. The strength of schedule for Matthew Stafford, I think is an important thing to note because we talk so much about how he was the fourth best quarterback, the second half of the year after Jim Bob Cooter took over. But the Jim Bob Cooter taking over gets too much publicity and the teams they played the first half of the year versus the teams they played the second half of the year doesn't get talked about enough. The second half of the year opponents, they weren't that good. The first half was a brutal schedule. And he destroyed the bad teams.

And so if he's got a great schedule this year coming up, if that holds true through the season, then he's going to definitely return on his draft stock, which is practically free. All right, the final guy. I saved my best for last. The man that I love the most this year in drafts, that is Dante Moncrief, a guy that if it is the fifth round and he is on the board, it is an automatic selection. I can leave my computer. I can leave the draft because you know that I'm taking Dante Moncrief.

Look, last year the breakout was happening until the unfortunate Andrew Luck situation happened. Last year, if you pace him out, what he was rolling with Andrew Luck, he was on pace for 123 targets and over 10 touchdowns. They turned Dante Moncrief into the go-to possession guy, a possession guy that can run a 4-4 and has a huge frame. His catch radius is unbelievable. He's extremely talented.

and they are going to need him in Indianapolis. That offensive line is horrifying. They still have not shorted up. Now they got some injuries. And they're not going to be able to, much like Detroit, they're not going to be able to run the ball. They're going to have to get the ball out quick. And that's Dante Moncrief right now. And not only can he play that short game, we've seen electric.

deep catches from him. We saw the preseason catch where he had the defender draped all over him, and he went O'Dell Beckham and just cradled it in with one hand because he has that kind of ability. People are expecting Andrew Luck to bounce back. We've seen the 4,000 plus yards, that 40 touchdowns. If Andrew Luck can do that at all, Dante Moncrief is going to be a huge, huge part of it. And you can get him after T.Y. Hilton? Can I ask you a question? Sure.

Right now, Dante Moncrief is going in the fourth round, seventh pick, and Hilton is going in the third round, the sixth pick. Which would you rather have? Moncrief. Okay. So you take the extra round and you grab Moncrief. Yeah, because I think that, look, they can finish up right around the same.

But the upside to me goes to Dante Moncrief just because he will be... Nante? Did I hear Nante? Nantes? I said I'm running at about 70% right now. You're running out of gas. Because he's... Dante Moncrief. We talked about... Brandon Marshall is that perfect receiver because between the 20s, they rely on them. They get in the red zone. They rely on them. That's Dante Moncrief. This is what your voice sounds like if you get down to Dante's Inferno, the seventh level of hell. Your voice begins to sound.

Like you've smoked a few too many cigars. You know that I wanted Dante Moncrief. We did not arm wrestle to establish who would. We didn't need to. Well, because I would have won. We didn't need to. I will film an arm wrestling contest right now. Oh, we're going to have to do this. Wow. I don't know who would win. But I do know who would win a bench press in a combine competition. That was me. Also, Dante Moncrief.

I think people are really surprised because of his height that he ran a 4-4. That is very, very fast. But I do want to point out. I ran a 5-4. I do want to point out that John Brand run a 4-3. That's all. Hey, I love John Brown. Are we rounding here? No, John Brand ran a 4-3. Why can't we say players' names correctly? Jane Brown? He ran a 4-3 flat.

I believe it was a 4-3 flat. Okay, all right. You're probably wrong and lying. You ran a 4-3. All right. Flats. That is it for today's show. Again, check out the Ultimate Draft Kit. If you are drafting this weekend like we are and check out join the foot.com. This has been a very fun show. We'll see how these guys turn out. It's been a long offseason and these are the ones, the guys that kind of stood out to us and hopefully enjoyed the show. Follow us on Twitter at the FF Ballers.

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