Fantasy Football Podcast 2017 - Free Agent Frenzy!

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Coming to you from the fantasy jocks.com studios with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Oh, we're back. Hide your father, hide your mother. Hide your sister, hide your brother, the free agent period has begun. They might get signed. Hide your cousins. Your Kirk cousins. Hide them. Don't let him get away, Washington. What's happening?

Welcome in. Washington's letting everybody get away right now. This is one of those exceptionally fun shows. Andy Mike and Jason, the fantasy football is back again. Exceptionally fun and also crazy because things happen, they're going to happen during this show. We'll have some breaking news. Players are signing. Jerseys are changing. And we're going to cover it all right here on the show. A lot of very interesting fantasy implications. And when you look at the free agent period, guys.

You're looking at two sides to every equation. There's the very attractive in your face Deshaun Jackson in a bucks uniform type of hype. But then there is the Deshaun Jackson not in a Redskins uniform implications for a guy like Kirk Cousins, for a Jameson, for a Jameson, for a Jordan Reed, and these are the things we're going to get into. The absence of these players on different teams create opportunities. Well, it's, I mean, I believe it was the...

great Sir Isaac Newton who said for every action there is an equal reaction. Yeah. I think that's the smartest thing you've ever said and it wasn't your own. Well, that's, that's my. That makes sense. That's all I do things. Got to stand on the shoulders of the giants, my friend.

So we have a good quick question today. We have a ton of free agent news and implications we'll be discussing. And if we have time after that, we will do some mailbag. We might do the second half of the frequently asked fantasy questions, although that might get kicked across. You'll just have to listen to the whole show. Look, we don't know where this will go because we may have three or four pieces of breaking. Where we're going. We don't need. We don't need roads.

Um, okay. So let's let's kick this off with a little, uh, a little game of who am I guys. All right. Okay. Handcrafted. Handcrafted game of who am I. Is this handcrafted like when you go to the, the fast food place and like it's a handcrafted shake? I hate that. Yeah, the hand scooped. I've seen that. What is that even mean? Carl's Jr., they got hand scooped milkshakes. It's supposed to sound like, you know, your grandma made it. But it's just somebody scooping it out. They're very.

It's ridiculous. Very homemade. All right. Guys, let's see how quick you can get this one. Who am I? Clue number one. Over the last two seasons, I am 77th in the league in receptions, 57th in receiving yards, and I have one 100-yard game. All right. Low production. So let's, yeah. I assume a wide receiver.

That is correct. That is correct. I'll give you that hint. Over the last two years, 77th in receptions, 57th in receiving yards, just one 100-yard game. Clue number two. I also have the fifth worst catch rate of wide receivers with 100 more targets in that span. So the fifth worst catch rate in that span. So the 100 targets, that's divvied up into the two seasons? It is. Okay. So.

No hint so far, no guesses? No. I'm kind of setting the table here, right? Yeah. Now, what's the table look like? Well, the table is so far, you're setting an unappealing table. It's like the table in the old Mickey Mouse cartoon where they have to cut the bean. They just have to cut the slivers to feed everybody. Yeah, it's not good. No, it's not good. I remember that cartoon. All right, clue number three. Last year, I scored three times as many touchdowns as I did the previous year.

despite generating just 8.1 yards per target, which was 35th in the league. So three times. Three times. Does that mean a lot or a little? I'm going to go with a little judging off of the first couple clues. All right. Well, let's try this one. My former quarterback is much better than my current quarterback. That sounds like an opinion. It's not. It is not. It is fact. It is 100% fact.

My former quarterback. Okay, so you got all the clues there? Yeah. Let's go with number five, guys. I just signed a new contract for $32 million, which is about $1.6 million per career touchdown that I've scored. I'm going to go with, is that Pierre? Kenny Stills! Oh, Kenny Stills, gentlemen. He's pooping on our guy. I'm pooping all over him. It was a trap. I see. Well, we knew it was a trap the whole time.

You know you're trying to make the number say something there. Oh, make them say something. They say what they say, man. 27 receptions two years ago, 43 receptions last year. I am personally amazed that a man who has that small a target share gets paid that kind of money. Kenny Stills, gentlemen. Is there any eye-opening statistics there for you? Not really. The tape says one thing. And I respect the fact that you like.

the potential, but it's yet to be translated into statistical, uh, impressive statistical production. Three touchdowns, two years ago, three touchdowns a year before. Last year was nine touchdowns. Yes. That is not a sustainable number to me. That's, that's fine, but I would say, I mean, to go with the touchdowns, he had.

five touchdowns in the last six games. I mean, he really got things going towards the end of the year. You will have. And credit to Bill Barnwell, ESPN, he had some of those statistics. He was breaking down, by the way. Awesome. It's going to be the second year in Adam Gay's system for everybody, including Ryan Taneyhill, who Jason and I both have a little fantasy crush on Ryan Tannehill. If you looked at what he was doing, his numbers at the beginning of the year were really bad. And you saw.

You saw an improvement over the season. Much like it's reminding me of when Eli Manning started in the Ben McAdoo system, it looked like an absolute train wreck because he just was not, he wasn't ready for that system. But once everyone got on the same page, that offense went bananas.

for a couple years. All right. I also have a Who Am I for you guys? Hold on. Are you changing to players? No, no, no. Okay. Well, I'm slightly changing players, but the same exact conversation here. When I was 23 and 24 years old, I combined those seasons for 135 receptions. I over doubled my touchdowns in my 24 year to five. I had five touchdowns that season.

and two the year before. I think I know where this is going. Who am I? Antonio Brown. 135 receptions is double. What Kenny Stills had in that period of time? My point is you're looking at the age. Did you just make the comparison of Antonio Brown and Kenny Stills? I'm trying to be hyperbolic in the sense that Antonio Brown when he was 24 years old hadn't done anything. He'd been in the league. He was not Antonio Brown. You're proving my point though.

The only argument that's made for Kenny Stills are ones made on potential, not actual statistics and proof. So biases aside, let's talk fantasy. Sealing for Kenny Stills, based on what he's done, based on the money, do you really believe that the target share is going to go up? Because when you look at this, 77th in the league in receptions, isn't going to get it done in fantasy. So what's the actual ceiling for Kenny Stills? To me, the actual ceiling for Kenny Stills.

would be, and this is ceiling to me, it's 20 to 24 range. Yeah, I completely agree. And I don't think he'll get to that ceiling. All the love that we give Kenny Stills is really more of a talent. I think he is a very good weapon for a team. But so is Ted Ginn. And Ted Ginn has not been a reliable fantasy option through most of his career. But he plays a role on a team that is very helpful. For me, the Kenny Stills signing isn't about...

Wow, go sign Kenny Stills in the eighth round. I'm not saying that because you're going to have a hard time starting him. He needs that long bomb touchdown in most of those games to be a fantasy relevant player. For me, this news with Kenny Stills is great news for Ryan Tannahill.

Okay, that is big money. Big money to steals, that's for sure. And they are obviously buying into, he's 24 years old and they hope that he can develop into a, I think more of a Deshaun Jackson type of player where it's a thousand plus yard seasons and making those big plays. Could do it. We'll see what happens. All right, before we get into the rest of the free agent, frenzy.

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And let's go ahead and we're going to get right into the free agent frenzy. And I found an old drop that we'll use for right now. Remind me what episode that was from. Do you even remember? There was some kind of madness. Some kind of destiny. Very wise. It doesn't bid around madness. Oh, Brooks. Brooks with the save. Bringing it. Bringing it. All right. So let's start.

at the top, kind of the big high profile signing, the first one that broke yesterday. Brandon Marshall, formerly of the New York Jets, stays in New York, two-year, $12 million contract. He said that he was offered more money to go elsewhere. He obviously wanted to stay in New York. He called himself and Sterling Shepard the number twos for O'Dell Beckham Jr., which means he has an actual. He called Shepard the two? He called them both. Yeah. We know it's true. It's just, I mean, it's very, it's just respectful.

Boy, if I'm Sterling Shepard, I'll say mind your business, Brandon Marshall. I'm one C on this team. If I was Shepard, I'd be like, thank you. I would as well. Because I am the three. I mean, that is straight up the truth. So Brandon Marshall lands in New York. New York City. Yeah. Yeah. Look, this team made strides on the defensive side of the ball last year. The problem right now exists with the offensive line and with the running game. And the quarterback. I would argue.

Yes, sort of. Eli Manning, if he's anything, he's going to be the quarterback, 12 consecutive years, not missing his start. So we've seen him have these down years. Was he ever elite? That's a legit question of asking whether he was ever elite. But two Super Bowls without being elite tells me that the pieces around him are going to make a big difference. Yeah, and he has enough tools to get it done. I've moved him.