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a really good option at wide receiver that could really hit. Or Edo Smith. Like, those are not in the same tier. They're going back to back. And so, yeah, I mean, I'm with you. I started this season in most of my mock drafts in my early leagues thinking, like, I liked some of the depth at running back, and I really wanted stud wide receivers early. I liked that approach. But what happened was the end of the draft. The end of the draft was like,

Well, now I need running backs. And these guys all stink. So, you know, in the future, I started, you know, swift-swatching, as I always say. Yes. I'm still an early running back. So you recommend you switch switch-swap. Okay. Switch-swatch. Thank you for your question. Thank you, sir. Thank you. What's up? Make sure you speak up loud into the mic. Can you hear me? Yes. Cool.

So with the upgrades to the offensive line and the best wide receiver duo in the league, Kirk Cousins, will he emerge as a valuable fantasy quarterback this year? Ah, so we're talking to Kirk Cousins. Did he start that with like a good offensive line? Well, he started, he said an upgrade, and then he tutored his own team's wide receivers. Here's the thing. Actually done. Whatever you want to believe about Minnesota's offense and where they're headed this year.

Cousins fits into the mold of post-hyped sleeper. So if you believe the things that you talked about your team, and look, their offense, I think I just saw some publication the other day, they ranked them the fifth best offense in the league. That's what they believed about the offensive line upgrades. And, you know, when you have two wide receivers, it compensates for a lot. Dalvin Cook, back in healthy, you believe a lot of good things about him. I think that makes Cousins a post-hyped sleeper. I'm not, like, targeting him.

In drafts. Here's the thing about Kurt Cousins. As a starter, he's never thrown for fewer than 4,000 yards. I mean, that seems to be the benchmark that you want a quarterback to be able to hit. 4,300 yards and 30 touchdowns. People are just upset at the way that it came. He was going high. He went high in drafts last year. Yeah, and he started out extremely hot. I side with Andy that he's a post-type sleeper. Like,

We were talking to the crowd. We like Jimmy late, but Kurt Cousins is one of those late-round quarterbacks that... Take a shot. He very well could just be your quarterback for the entire season. Yeah, I disagree. 4,300 yards and 30 touchdowns. 4,300 yards and 30 touchdowns, which, if you look at the pace of the beginning of the year, is the whole and only reason why he had that. Then they...

fire their offensive coordinator and they change their methodology. They have Dalvin Cook. Rumors out of Minnesota, you know, in the goal line package, it's all about Dalvin Cook. This is a team that has a great defense, right? And they want to be able to run the ball. I think they will be able to run the ball. So if you think about pace of play, right? Like the Vikings are not going to be one of those offenses that runs near the top in the league and plays.

the way that a Kansas City is or something like that. So I think he's a good quarterback. If you're in two quarterback leagues, that's okay. Obviously, if he hits... You'd take Kirk Cousins, Matthew Stafford. I would take Cousins, over Matthew Stafford. Kirk Cousin, James Winston. I would take Winston. Okay. For sure. Thank you, sir. Good question. Thank you. Next question. Derek Carr. What's up, ball. What's up? My name's Nick. Turf Cho League, greatest league in the United States. The league shout out. Very impressive.

No, no, no, he said Best League in the States. Okay, well, that's a fact. You can't challenge it. Your question, sir. Assuming I can't get any of the top 12 tight ends, I can't do the Vance Dance, I got to get a late round tight end. Who should I be targeting? The names that keep coming up at the end, end, like desperation, are...

Names from five years ago a lot of the time. So you talk about Jordan Reed, talk about Greg Olson, talking about Delaney Walker, and Tyler Eifert. Like all of them are, believe it or not, starting tight ends in the NFL with a track record of productivity in the NFL. So.

Maybe you don't want to play roulette there. Is there a younger, up-and-coming, exciting name? I love, I was going to bring up Greg Olson, Delaney Walker. They're going very late. But behind all of those guys is Mark Andrews. Mark Andrews is well outside of the top 12. You're going to get him with your last pick in any league you want. And I'll just throw one other name out there. I know. He's in Bay. He's going to happen. Dallas Goddard is great. Oh, stop it.

Stop it. Give me. Secondary tight-ins. You can find them right here. All right. Thanks for a question. Thank you, sir. Next question. Hey, ballers. My name's Matthew, and I'm a commissioner of a new dynasty league this year, and really the only thing that I'm struggling with is... Guys. What would you guys think is the ideal roster for a 12-team league? I just don't know how to get the roster down. I don't know how many starters, how many bench...

I should put there. For a 12 team? Yes. For a 12 team Dynasty. Yes. First things first, get rid of kickers. No joke. Yeah. Kick them out. I normally play two kickers. No? It's weird. So in Dynasty, I prefer to be no kickers, no defense. Defense can be fun. But kickers in Dynasty is just stupid. Yeah. So, yeah. The way that I want to run it, I want...

I want the standard starting. I want two running back, two wide receiver, but I also want to have two flex players. And then I want that bench. I want at least 30 total players, and I highly recommend the taxi squad. It creates an opportunity where once you draft your rookies, you're not like, oh, crap, I've got to cut all these players that I've been waiting on them to break out. Instead, you can just put your rookies on the taxi squad, let them develop, and that way there's not.

You haven't had to cut your losses on a player that you know they're going to break out. You just don't have room for them. All right. One last thing I wanted to add. All right. Matthew is the winner of the helmet. So can you give it up for Matthew? Mike, hand off that handsome helmet. A special thanks to St. Jude once again. Aw. The helmet has been raised like Simba.

Yeah, well, it fit? I don't know. He's trying to put it on. Probably not. I wouldn't do that. But thank you to pristine auction for the support on this tour. We've been giving away a lot of free stuff. You can check them out. Thanks to St. Jude once again. Thank you, San Francisco for an incredible show. Thank you so much, San Francisco. Farewell, my friends. We're going to be hanging out after the show, trying to meet as many of you as we possibly can. Just give us a couple minutes to clean things up. Get it set up. To another edition.

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