Free Agent Frenzy! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 3/12

Yeah. I guess not good. Actually, I'm in your division. I feel great about that. But it was, you know, just the hilarity of it with Devin Singletary. That's the next bit of news. He signed with the Giants for a lot of money, a lot of money, Devin Singletary. So you had this brief moment of time where it was, okay, Damien Pierce, Singletary didn't come back. What if? What if Damien Pierce can, nope, we got Joe Mixing now. It's crazy. It's absolutely crazy. And so Moss to the Bengals, Joe Mixen to the Texans. He's still 27 years old. And he's the only running back to finish top 12 for three straight years. So he's got an opportunity in Houston. You saw Singletary get it done. Is he better than Singletary? I don't think so. Okay. I don't think so. But this is, people ask us all the time.

When should I do a dynasty draft, a startup draft? Because you're juiced up from the season. You want to branch out into Dynasty. And we tell people, look, if you want to do it now, it is very high risk, very high reward. But you could have some people who, if they've never played Dynasty before, who end up really, really upset. Because things over the next couple months are going to change in a way that just nukes the value of some players. So this is why we talk about that. Because if you had drafted last week... Yeah. Talk about a different world. And no, we're not close to being done with running back. Devin Singletary, who excelled in Houston, three-year, $16.5 million deal with the Giants. Okay. Get that shmoney. Yo, I'm pumped for Singletary. Yeah, I mean, talk about... He was not worth close to this amount of money before what happened last year. He was good.

Now he's going to the Giants. Okay. Any thoughts there? He should be the primary guy. I think that he is a capable player, but let's see what happens with the offensive line. Okay. Gus Edwards, two-year deal with the charges. Thank you. This is the worst thing that could have possibly happened. Do you disagree with me on that? I think this is the worst. Explain it. This is the worst. dirty, messy running in the mud signing you could ever have because Gus is not enough to be your only guy at all in Los Angeles. But he is enough to ruin somebody. And if they go, I mean, I think Blake Corum might as well get fitted for the jersey. I think Blake Corum and Gus Edwards is going to be your backfield in Los Angeles. Greg Roman, Jim Harbaugh.

They're going to tie Justin Herbert's hand behind his back and make him hand off with the left hand, and he's going to have zero passing attempts. Just so he doesn't think about throwing? No pass attempts this year. To me, Gus Edwards is just people like him too much. He's not good enough to be your number one. He certainly isn't at 29 years old. He might have been at 26 when he was going to have a chance and got hurt. I just. He still has a career average of 5.2 yards per carry. Yeah, I know. And it was all fourth quarters in Baltimore.

So I don't know. So you feel like it's the worst case because of the trap? It's the worst case because nobody, I mean, you don't think he's the starter, right? No. Okay. So now, no. But if I have Gus Edwards on my dynasty team, I'm hoping and wishing and praying. Yes. If I have Gus Edwards on my dynasty team, instead of burning that roster spot, at least I have hope. Yeah. But to me, this is, they're the team. They're the team that's going to go draft a running back. Stay away from Trey Benson. That might be at it too. You know, they're going to take somebody. I wouldn't say to stay away. I mean, it's a good situation for a rookie coming in. I just feel like I would rather have a guaranteed knowledge that one of these guys is going to be the guy. I mean, you could say that you weren't afraid of, like if Gus was still in Baltimore and they signed Derek Henry, I guess you wouldn't have been afraid of Gus. No, I would not. But I'm more afraid of a rookie coming in and Gus just being, I mean, he was with Greg Roman in Baltimore. Yeah.

So they like it. I can see that. Patriots, they signed Antonio Gibson on a three-year deal, base value of 11 million. Ramandre's in his final year of his rookie deal. Ramandre's value when he was good was in the passing game. This is a problem. Antonio Gibson will be taking passing down. It's very messy because that's really the best part of Antonio Gibson's profile. And that's the best part of Ramandre's profile. So maybe they just won't run. That'd be nice. Throw it every single time. Not nice for Ramandre managers, right? Yeah, you don't want to see them. I mean, the contract is not that big, so it's not that splashy, but Antonio Gibson is still to me a player that if the right scenario was around him, you could thrive. I still believe in the player. It's so cute. Still believe in the player. I know. When would let's stop? Never. Okay. Does it stop for AJ Dillon?

Oh, yeah. Okay. Oh, yeah. Yeah, no, Antonio Gibson. What's funny, another funny part of this is, yeah, it's not Uncle Bill. It's not his Patriots anymore, but we'll see how much of the Patriots culture will be continued on the ingrainment because you know who likes to fumble Antonio Gibson's kind of his favorite. Well, Bill's not there, you know. But that's what I mean. But if it's still built in to the coaching staff of when a player fumbles, you get them off the field and you punish them. Oh, he's going to have fun with. Gibson will never play. You'll have fun with remandre, too, because I remember him ruining my season two years ago with fumbles. Chase Edmonds, one-year return deal with the Bucs, so they didn't lie when they said they liked him. And then Naim Hines getting a chance to come off of multiple catastrophic injuries with the Browns, a one-year deal. Neither of those are very consequential other than the Bucks.

Rashad White, back with the quarterback he's used to. Seems like maybe we get to re-roll that. Honestly, the Chase. That's good news. The Chase Edmonds signing is great news at this point for Rashad White of the do we get to re-roll. Because if you get to re-roll last year's running back depth chart, then Rashad White, I mean, you can, they kept saying they like Chase Edmonds, but they would never put them on the field. All right. Are we done with running backs for the moment? Any other news break in the meantime? Think we're good. Derek Henry didn't sign? Mike has been pining over a Derek Henry signing for quite a while. If Derek Henry doesn't sign with the Ravens, I'm going to die. Okay. Can I pick, let me pick a team. Let me pick a different team. There's only two teams where I end up thriving. The two teams you're happy are Dallas. Yes. And the team you just mentioned. That is correct. The Baltimore Ravens, who you've been looking to have sign him for a while. So let me.

Let me think if there's anybody else that could really sign him. Okay. Not Arizona, not Seattle, not the Rams, not the 49ers. So you're good in the West. Panthers? No. Falcons, no. Saints? No. Buccaneers? No. I don't think so. No. It's not going to be the bears, not going to be the Vikings, not going to be the Packers, not going to be the Lions. Okay, you're almost out of the NFC. Not going to be the commanders? No. Not going to be the Giants. Not going to be the Eagles. Could be the Cowboys. So you got one NFC team that even makes sense. I'm just trying to calm your fear. And everybody out there with Derek Henry. Okay. I like it so far. Chargers? They could do it. It's possible. Would you be unhappy? You'd be probably happy. I'd be okay with it. Broncos? I would not be happy with that. I guess that's a possibility, but I doubt it. Raiders, that's a real possibility. Yeah. And then not the Chief. So in the AFC, you got the Chargers, Raiders.

Probably not the Broncos, not the Titans, not the Colts, not Jacksonville, not Houston, not Cincinnati, not Pittsburgh, Cleveland, you could keep them in contention. Probably not. They would have to cut Nick Chubb. Yeah, I don't think they're doing that. And then Baltimore. Buffalo? Just give him the money. Miami, New York. We're already getting the reports that the Ravens have offered money. I think you're going to be happy is what I'm saying. I need to be happy. You won't be happy if he's not good anymore. But you won't be unhappy with the team. I think that he's still capable. He's not what he once was. He's still capable. And if I'm Derek Henry, I'm going somewhere I can win. That's true. He already has cash. Reminds me of Stephen Jackson late career Atlanta. Well, don't say that. No, that's what you're getting. No, that's what you're not. No, I am not. I reject your comparison. I don't think you're getting a dominator, man. I just need capable. I don't even think Baltimore. I don't think you should root for Baltimore. I think you should root for Dallas.

That's fine. I'll take either. Remember that play Tony Pollard couldn't score on when no one was in front of him going into the end zone? That play would be there for Derek Kennedy. Let's talk some quarterbacks. Quarterbacks. The Atlanta Falcons are giving quarterback, Cole's spokesman, Kurt Cousins, a four-year 180 bazillion-dollar deal that includes $100 bazillion dollars guaranteed. He has made more money than almost anybody in the entire history of the National Football League. He has one functional Achilles. He is 35 years old. What are the things can we say to scare Kyle, the Borgogan, who is the biggest Atlanta Falcons fan on the planet, who doesn't know what to want? This signing is hilarious. Somewhere Arthur Smith is slamming his hand on a table.

because he went through absolute quarterback misery with Desmond Ritter, Taylor Heineke, and Kirk Cousness is the guy. And look, the jig is up. I don't think if we call him Jake Buckingham, I don't think it's going to matter. Drake London is going to be this year's Garrett Wilson in the draft. His bags are packed. He's ready to go. Yeah, he's moving on up. Yeah, he is. Jake London is going to be the most popular pick because. Because he should be. He's a great player. He's outstanding. And he should theoretically have a good quarterback. I feel like my thoughts on Drake London were always built. They were always built around the quarterback he has to throw him in the football. And that's what made him so inconsistent. But when he got the ball, he was great. So Kirk Cousins is abandoning Justin Jefferson and becoming best friends with not just Drake London, but also Bijon Robinson.

Kyle Pitts. Yeah. What are you doing? And what are you doing with Kyle Pitts? Darnel Mooney, who has been added to this roster that looks stacked if Kirk Cousins is healthy. What? Oh no. It did it happen? Breaking news. Breaking news. Derek Henry is signing a two-year deal with the Baltimore rapes. Come on. It just happened. Oh. You have, why do, what does it sound like you're trying to? digest food rather than be excited. Okay, I'm back. I'm invested in the show now. How did that happen just now? This is real? Two year. I just went through every team. It's a two year, 16 million dollar deal worth up to 20. Nine fully guaranteed for the first year. We ride. We ride Henry Tribe. Oh my gosh. 15 tutties. Well, I guess that one was on the wall. Congratulations. Yeah. Thank you.

15 toys. Thank you. I really feel like I earned something today. Um, Derek Henry, a Baltimore Raven. Interesting. If the Gus bus could produce the way he did. That's, that's what I'm saying. Yeah. I mean, what the Gus buzz was scoring what? He had like multiple three touchdown games. It was ridiculous. Ain't no tush push in Baltimore. Nope. Congratulations. Thank you. Mike is, Mike is, he's with us. It was, it was going to be a big problem. I thought I was trying to comfort you. There's no NFC teams. You know, you've been on my side. Where you're looking down, you're like, what's my win probability? 99.9% not high enough. No, I get it. I need the Hyundai. I get it. My dynasty team rejoiced with the Mike Evans signing this offseason. We're all rooting for certain things, which is longevity to the assets we have on our teams. We were talking about Kirk Cousins. Okay, yeah, back to this. Yeah, Drake London is going to be a top.

12 draft of wide receiver? More than likely. If he's not, if, if you don't believe that, I'll take him there. Drake London's going to be a monster. It's, I mean, I mean, Jake Buckingham. It's, it's up to Kirk and now healthy he is. $180 million with a hundred guaranteed tells me that team looked into it and they know he's, he's going to be fine. Which ankle was it? His plant leg. Was it? I believe, yeah, if. Kyle, maybe you know, because him and Rogers tore opposite Achilles. I thought that Rogers was the plant leg. Was he? Yeah, that means Kirk's wasn't the plant leg. Well, we got to dive in. But now all I'm thinking about is a leg made of plants. To be honest with that. This is my plant leg. This is my plant leg. Tom Brady somewhere is like, don't you dare. That's my joke. Oh, it was his right leg. Okay. But he's going to throw a lefty, so it'll be fine. Oh, he's going goofy? He's going goofy.

He's actually always been left-handed. All right. Kirk Cousins, big news. But let's talk about the absence of Kirk Cousms for Justin Jefferson because, you know. Absence? You mean the replacement? Yeah, Sam Darnold. Samuel Darnold? Sam Darnold is, yeah. Sam Darnold is now a Viking. Viking fans this morning are rolling around screaming, remembering the days of ponder, right? Pondering those days, really. Yeah, Sam Darnold, the one-year deal worth up to $10 million. It's his seventh year in the NFL. He's still, he will be turning 27. Where do they pick? Ooh, that's a good question. 11th. Yeah, this is J.J. McCarthy country. They say that it could be McCarthy territory. If I'm Justin Jefferson, if you're in a dynasty startup right now, Mike. Yeah. You're taking Jefferson above C.D. Lamb with the mystery? You just said, you know, after free agency, somebody scheduled their draft for today. Yeah.

It's interesting of on the Dynasty podcast, you know, not jumping into it too deep because it's whatever, but it's the, did you have Jefferson number one or did you have Jamar Chase number one? And the most frequent argument for it, because it was like, I would rather have Justin Jefferson with Kirk Cousins. But the argument for Jamar Chase is, you know that he has Joe Burrow. That is what the future is for Jamar Chase. And you had this impending. doom of what if Kirk Cousins actually leaves Minnesota and there's no answer at the quarterback position Jefferson will still be great but it's a problem man with Sam Darnold coming in which I saw a you know a Warren Sharp tweet he was just highlighting this of like how inaccurate Sam Darnold has been over his entire career and

If you're putting hope in Sam Darnold, that is the dumbest thing you could ever do. This signing of Sam Darnold is an insurance policy to me on a rookie. Sam Darnold is not going to be the future of this team. It's a one-year deal. I agree with that, but you still have to deal with this year for Justin Jefferson. That's what I'm saying. He's the same age of C.D. Lamb. People think he's younger. He's not. They're 24. Jefferson and C.D. Lamb are both 24. And Jason pointed out yesterday when we were talking, like, there was, There have been many number one consensus picks in dynasty that you look back like Juju Smith-Schuster. Michael Thomas. Michael Thomas. And I'm not saying like Jefferson is not great. I'm just saying it's like... Situations. What is it? Bird in the hand. Bird in the hand? Yep. It just makes it really, really scary. And we talked about Larry Fitzgerald's Peak. One of the best wide receivers in the history of the NFL had a three-year span with bad quarterback play in Arizona.

That wasn't good for fantasy. Yeah, and he was like an 800-yard guy. I want it now. I want the fantasy points now. All right, quick break back with some more chatter. We haven't even talked about Baker Mayfield coming back to the Buccaneers. He got paid three-year deal worth up to $100 million, $50 guaranteed. It's a lot of money. Good for you, Baker. They're really rolling it back. They are. Brought back Evans, brought back Baker, brought back Chase Edmonds. So that Rashab White's your guy. I mean, it's how do you not? You know, when you made it into the playoffs with that team. I don't know. I like Baker. Like I think he's very capable. I also feel like this puts Tampa in a tough position of being just like in the middle of the pack. That's my correct. This is a Derek Carr type of signing. So, you know.

You know, who'd you rather have Baker Mayfield or Derek Carr? I probably lean Mayfield a little bit. Yeah, at this point, yes. But Russell Wilson, one-year deal with the Steelers. Denver's going to pay him $39 million to play for the Steelers. So all the people getting riled up on Twitter, you know, saying, no, the NFL teams won't do this to the Broncos. They won't stick them with the bill. Steelers sure did. Well, when I realized the way that was structured, I agreed with you. Denver, you got this? You're going to pick this one up? Cool. We're going to take this quarterback and pay him absolutely nothing. So we'll see. We'll see what happens. I mean, did you have any quick reactions? I like it for George Pickens. I'll be honest. I went out and tried to trade for George Pickens and Dynasty leagues, especially with rumors of Deontay Johnson being potentially traded. I think George Pickens with a deep ball thrower like Russell Wilson could be interesting.

Russ is better than what they had last year. I mean, Cortland's, how many touchdowns that Cortland Sutton have? Double digits. It felt like Cortland Sutton was scoring. I think it was 40, maybe 60. Sutton was scoring almost every single week. 10. He finished the year with 10 touchdowns. So, yes, Pickens is far more interesting now with Russell than he was with Kenny Pickett coming back to compete for the starting job. Last year, Russell Wilson, fantasy-wise. He had what looks to be five finishes within the top 12 on the year. He threw for 26 touchdowns and eight interceptions. It's better than what they had in Pittsburgh. Yep. And I don't like this category. Kyle put backup boys in our show doc. I don't know if I agree with that with the first name. Gardner Menshoe, two-year, $25 million deal with the Las Vegas Raiders. I think he could be their starter.

Do you disagree? I don't disagree, but this, it feels... I feel like I was demeaning. No, no, I'm saying it, to me, that it feels like the Viking situation where... Oh my gosh, they should have signed Gardner. If there was the Vikings, I'd rather have Gardner 100 out of 100 times over Sam Darnel. The Vikings, at least reportedly, where I don't have an inside source inside of the Minnesota Vikings organization, it feels like they just bungled this thing of... Well, you made the point they had forever to stunts. Yeah, I'm saying going off the tweet, someone in an insider, maybe it's true, maybe it's not, but they're reporting that Minnesota made a strong push late, you know, before the tampering period opened up. They made a strong push to try and keep Kirk Cousin. You could have done. That's a PR piece of garbage. That's a, if you read their. If that's, to me, if that's my team and that's the PR they're putting out, it makes me even angrier.

Well, they want to put it out because they want you to know that they want to win. Minnesota fans, we want to win football games. And we did our best to try to win them, but we got a philosophy. That philosophy is bigger than any player anywhere. Well, good luck, Minnesota. But I think Gardner, he's $15 million guaranteed. He could be there with a rookie. If he ends up starting, he can play. But I would imagine that they're going to take someone. Well, I mean, the mustache boys is what we should call him, because Aidan O'Connell, not a fan of the mustache, but he does have one. And then Gardner Minchu, very much a fan. Honestly, if that mustache walks into the locker room and meets Aiden O'Connell's mustache, that's a battle that's already been won. Gardner's got the starting job. James Winston, one-year deal with the Browns to be backup. It might close the door on Flacco. Yeah. Who had been rumored to maybe come back. Patriots, Jacoby Brissette, one-year deal.

This is. He could be the starter. He could be the starter ahead of probably Drake May. Oh, yes. Yeah, or Jane Daniels. Hey, where's the need? Thank you. I think, thank you, Al. It's a great. It's a great move. Yeah. He's the perfect, I mean, like, Jacoby Brissette should just be, it's a perfect transition backup. He's a perfect locker room backup. He's a perfect, you know, starter gets injured back up. Mac Jones is traded, by the way, to the Jaguars for a six-round pick. Yep. That quarterback class, not what we hoped. Not what we hoped? We have baby breaking news. Breaking news. Hopefully the truthers are all dead. But Irv Smith Jr., a one-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs. All right. There you go. Go get his best chance at a Super Bowl. He's their three, right? I mean. Behind gray? There's no gray under contract.

That is an interesting question. Maybe that's why this is happening. Let me double check here. I don't know if he is or not, but Irv Smith never got it done in Cincinnati or Minnesota. Tyrod Taylor backing up Aaron Rogers with the Jets. They made it a priority to find somebody not named Zach Wilson. Yeah, Noah Gray is under contract. Kelsey's under contract, and Irv Smith is... One more year for Gray. Just hanging out. Marcus Mariotta, one year deal with the commanders. Living that backup life. We are going to have a free agency. It's a good life. It's a good life. Yeah. The initial plan is, of course, get the cash, get the fame, be the big time winning quarterback. That's a great life. Also great life? None of that pressure. Just cash and checks. Backup quarterback. And you're everyone's favorite. No one expects you to win when you play. If you win, you're like, oh my gosh, I got us a win. If you lose, it's like, yeah, we have our backup. By the way, the fact that.

Mariotta and Winston both signed their one-year deals this off-season, and they're just mirroring each other. And they, I believe, got paid the big money before they changed the first-round picks. Maybe I'm wrong about that. That might have entered with Bradford. Yes. But they got paid a lot of money. Sure. And now they're just kind of cruising around, cash and checks. So, you know, to me, the trade of Mac Jones signifies that those top three picks are going to be quarterbacks, almost guaranteed. So as somebody who would really like to see Marvin Harrison in Arizona, it gives me a lot of excitement. Because they can't, I don't think New England can blow their opportunity in the top three to take a quarterback. You just can't risk it. Yeah. And they didn't sign anybody either. They didn't go out and compete for the, you know, anybody that could be a starter. I think they're in a pretty good spot of.

You either you get to take the chance or you let someone else fall in love with one of the quarterbacks. You're saying to trade back? Yeah. You're in a pretty primo spot to trade back. But again, let the Mac Jones. Mac Jones wasn't a top top pick, but that crew of quarterbacks, it's a very difficult position to play. It's a very difficult position to draft and identify correctly. So while Caleb Williams has already crowned, as a sure-fired thing. You know, Trevor Lawrence is the best one of that bunch, and he'll get a contract extension, but there's still questions on Trevor Lawrence. If Caleb Williams turned out to be identical to Trevor Lawrence, the Chicago Bears will feel like they failed. Yes. So, yes. But at the same time, this is what you do. You take your shots. I mean, the one good thing that. I agree with. I'm talking like, look at fantasy football. Yep. Of being so locked in on the quarterbacks.

It's tough. The one great thing Kime did in Arizona was say goodbye to Josh Rosen instantly and just spend another top 10 pick to take a quarterback. You've got to keep doing it. So I'm going to press pause there. We have a winners and losers episode that's going to come up to where we break down. Like if you didn't get enough, talk about one specific player. We're going to talk about the implications for all of these moves. And then we'll get into wide receivers and tight ends, which are far less flashy of. Transactions to talk about a lot of re signs. We'll get into that on Thursday. But, I mean, Mike, you got your dream right in the middle of the show. That's right. I did it. Derek Henry, you will. That was not going to happen without you. Yeah. So fantasy football community, you are welcome. I think that there's probably, he was probably sitting there in the room, probably trying to decide between a few teams, browsing the internet. He saw my tweet. Saw your tweet. Yeah. And said, you know what? This Mike guy.

He really believes in me. He's got a point. He believes in me. He knows where my best home would be in Baltimore. Oh, man. Also, that team is going to be good. So many touchdowns for Derek Henry. He stays healthy. Oh, yeah. I can say that about your team, too. All righty. That'll do it for today. Make sure you watch the show. YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballer. Check out the ultimate draft kit at ultimate draft kit.com. Goodbye. Goodbye. you for listening to another episode of the fantasy footballers podcast join our fantasy football community on join the foot dot com and follow us on twitter at the ffballers