Fantasy Football 2018 - Free Agent Frenzy!

The main, he is still the main back to me. I can see. And he's the goal line back. I just, I still have the, I still have faith that Derek Henry. Well, if I can't get you down by talking about Deon Lewis. Well, first, let's, let's talk about Deon Lewis. What is he? What does he represent? Half point per reception league. Do you like Deon Lewis more this year than last year? No. No, I don't. Well, coming into the season, yes, because coming into last year, Dionne Lewis was a huge.

question mark, even to the Patriots who brought in Rex Burkett and Mike Gillisley because they had no faith that Dionne Lewis was going to be able to stay healthy. Right. But we say no, we don't believe that Dionne Lewis is going to have better fantasy production with the Tennessee Titans than what he was doing once he was the starter. Correct. For the Patriots last season. Dionne Lewis or Tariq Cohen this year? Ooh, that's a good one. I would go Dionne Lewis for just because.

Kind of like the follow the money thing. I know he's going to get the volume. I know he's going to get the touches. Yeah, Eileen Lewis is. Dionne Lewis or Lamar Miller right now. Right now it would still be begrudgingly. Yeah, Lamar Miller. Yeah. All right. Well, if I can't get you down on Derek Henry, I'm surely going to get you down with Carlos High. Carlos Hyde signs a three year.

$15 million deal with his hometown Ohio Browns, the old Ohio Browns. Look, Cleveland, lots happening. We just talked about it on the Tuesday show with Landry and others. Now Joe Thomas retires as a, what, a gift to Carlos Hyde on the way out the door? Take a look at my t-shirt. Your turn. Look at my t-shirts. It's black. Your morning.

I wore this t-shirt on purpose because I woke up to the news that my dynasty running back, Carlos Hyde, went to the worst freaking place that he could possibly go. You mean the place with Duke Johnson and the place that will still draft a running back? Yeah. This morning, Jason and I are talking, we're about to play some savage pickleball. Yeah. And I'm saying, like, it's still not out of the realm of possibilities to me that the Cleveland Browns at four, if somehow Barkley falls to four,

The Browns go, oh, let's get sick on Barclay. And Jason said, there's no way. There is no way. I still say there's absolutely no way. And yet, maybe this is draft smokescreen, just saying that there are beat reporters saying the Browns are still not ruling that out. Liars. Yeah, no, I certainly could be. You're correct. They are saying that. I lean the liars way because of all the extension talk with Duke Johnson. Yeah.

However, I take this as like this signing. They're drafting somebody. They have enough picks. They're going to draft the running back. The Carlos Hyde signing to the Browns, to me, has upped the value of the 101. Like, it says Seyquan is not going to the Browns. In rookie drafts, you're saying? Yes. In rookie drafts. Problem is, is we're going to talk about, you know, other destinations. Here's what I'll say for Carlos Hyde. It's, this is all in Hugh Jackson.

Because last year, they came into the season. They had a solid good, whatever, good to solid offensive line. Yes, they have lost Joe Thomas. That's a huge hit. But he came in saying, well, we got to get Isaiah Crowell the ball. We got to run the ball. There's weapons there to make sure that you can't just put nine people in the box every single staff. You can't eat cake when they're serving porridge. Exactly. That's the thing.

Exactly. Carlos Hyde has succeeded on a bad team, on bad teams, multiple bad teams before. So it's not the end, but it is, it's not good. It stinks really bad when all there's, there's, there's all these locations out there where if Carlos Hyde went there, you go, Carlos Hyde is locked as a running back one. Like New York or Indianapolis or Washington, Tampa Bay. I mean, but here as of the Cleveland Brown, he's probably a low end too. He could possibly end up as.

Running back one. He could. But the only way that that would happen is due to a very high touchdown number. Yes. And you would just assume, because it's the Browns, that's not probable that he ends up with a very high touchdown number. I agree. So, yeah, it is unfortunate news. 43 games without scoring 30 points. Owen 16 last year. But do you want to know who it's?

Unbelievable great news for. His 59 receptions last year, that's gone. Yep. It's back to the 20s for Carlos Hyde. Yeah. Which is a problem. He's going to, they'll throw him the ball and he'll just tap it over to Duke Johnson. Over under 59 receptions for our next free agent signing. Over. Jerich McKinnon, four years, $30 million to the up and coming San Francisco 49ers. The question is now, we asked it.

Can he be a workhorse back? He said at the end of the year, I want to be paid like a workhorse back. They listened and they did it. They paid him a lot. And now Jerry McKinnon goes to a 49ers roster where there was no next in line behind Carlos Hyde. Matt Brita wasn't necessarily going to get that opportunity. Joe Williams missed the whole year. Brita will do, Jason, you said it earlier. He'll do what he did last year. He'll spell their new workhorse running back, Jerich McKinnon.

If he's 60 receptions with the big playability that McKinnon has, the question becomes, does he get the goal line work? Because that was, I want to be careful about our hype for McKinnon. Yeah, that's fair. Because last year he was working alongside Latavius Murray. And Murray was the predominant runner. Yeah, I mean, they traded drives. I mean, they traded drives. But when it came around the goal line, it wasn't McKinnon. So if around the goal line, it's Brita. What's...

Is McKinnon better than last year still? I think so. I'm going to give you the size of a player. This running back who had back-to-back seasons scoring 11 rushing touchdowns for Kyle Shanahan was 58206. That sounds like. Devanta Freeman? That's Devonta Freeman. That's almost the exact same size as Jerich McKinnon. So if you're worried about the size of McKinnon and Kyle Shannon saying, well, you cannot be my featured running back. You're too small. Look.

He did it with Devons of Freeman. You just talked about Carlos Hyde and the receptions he had this last year in San Francisco with Kyle Shanahan. That's not Carlos Hyde's strength. And they went out and got someone who that is their strength. I mean, I have a really hard time with this because over the last several years, I have been really against Jerich McKinnon. But I'm struggling to see how he's not. How in the world is he not a top?

12 running. Is the camera on Andy? If you're not on the YouTube, if you're not checking out of the YouTube, that's the face of a man who traded Jerich McKinnon in the off season. I just didn't think that I didn't think he could land somewhere. Nor did I. That would be this perfect. It is exceptionally perfect. Look, during the games at Garoppolo, those last five full games Garoppolo played.

They were averaging 28.8 points per game. So if you want to talk about the touchdowns, he doesn't need them all. He's still going to have his scoring opportunities, his receptions, and he'll get the leading carries. I've always been an anti-Jerick McKinnon guy because I felt like he was one of those many, many, many examples of a great spark score, athletic freak.

who's not a good football player. But the thing is, he's only 25. And he's still getting better as an actual football player. And he's got the tools physically. The knife twists deeper. I love it. It sounded like you were eating something. Rex Burkhead. Hey, we're back. Mike has had some things turn against him in Dynasty leagues. But Rex Burkhead signs a three-year deal. Dionne Lewis is out of the picture. And Rex Burkhead.

Has a year in the system, which means everything in New England. The rumor on the contract, of course, it has not been signed yet. Bitcoin? Is it paying a Bitcoin? Uh-oh. The rumor on the contract is that it is quite heavy on the guaranteed money. Oh, yes, sir. All those Rex goat headers out there. Yes, sir. Get excited. Get punk. Rex Burke header, Jerrick McKinnon. Derek.

Yeah, I'm not trusting Uncle Billy. Someone asked me this. They gave me a creep trade cut with McKinnon, Rex Burkhead, and Carlos Hyde. And I went, at this point, I would keep McKinnon simply because of the sneaky bill screwing you over playing fantasy football. But as of right now, with it looking like James White and Rex Burkhead, could the Patriots add someone immediately?

Yeah, it's high in the realm of possibilities. But if we can hold on. But just for this moment. If we can hold on to it being James White and Rex Burkhead. Hold. And this is when. Wind does Blunt sign there? No. No. Oh, I was going to say is of course, this is when they decide that Mike Gillisley will be back to the goal line running back. Oh, no. Don't don't get this wrong. It'll be DeMargo Murray. It'll be somebody that can catch the ball too just to.

Take the edge off of the Burkehead love. All right, man, big things happening in Green Bay, solidified the defense with Muhammad Wilkerson. But on the offensive sign, Jimmy Swapski. Graham signed for three years, and they released Jordy Nelson. It didn't look like they were going to do it. Packers fans, not happy. Yeah, at least the ones we know.

and the ones I see on Twitter. I still think Jimmy Graham, 10 touchdowns last year, Aaron Rogers, that's enough. Yeah. He's a top 12 tight end. He's the top. He could be a lot better than that. Absolutely he is. We talk about how Jimmy Graham has really lost the step. We're not excited about Jimmy Graham as a between the 20s type of player anymore.

He's not the mismatch he once was. All of that is absolutely still true, but this is a great landing spot for him. You've got such an efficient touchdown thrower and Aaron Rogers with just as an efficient receiving option in the end zone, and the mismatches it'll make there. It's going to be great for their offense once they get down around the goal line, and he will end up with.

Eight plus touchdowns. Richard Rogers was a tight end one once, and he's nothing compared to even this version of Jimmy Graham. Jimmy Graham. Oh, yeah. Breaking news. Scary. Brooks, have you seen this yet? No. Are you aware? This is big time. Especially, I mean, for Jason, it's big time. Chandler Katanzaro has signed a free agent contract. Oh, please tell me the. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Yes, yes, I was going to hope that it was the CFL, but it couldn't have been any better than the curse of the Tampa Bay kicker. Are you kidding me? That's going to be great. Tampa Bay kickers ever since they have traded up to the second round. In the second. They didn't trade up to you. But trade into the second round for a kicker who sucked and was off their team in two years. And then everybody they bring in can't kick field goals. This is the perfect signing.

He's got to be a kicker of the week for you next year. Oh, the boom boom. Never happen. All right. Case Keenum, had we not broke this news already? Did we talk about Case Keenum to the Broncos? No, I cannot recall. Brooks says no, and I trust him. All right, Case Keenum was the first shoot a drop in the quarterback roulette.

A bunch of metaphors just thrown together there. You drop shoes into the roulette. There's a reason I call myself out first. This is what you've got to learn to do. The Broncos, two years, $36 million deal. They've also exercised their $4 million option bonus for Demerius Thomas. It's good. It was looking out of shape. So is Case Keenum worth a luxie in the old fantasy world? 100%. He is worth a luxie. Isn't there a world where he's the one hit wonder?

for a lot of people. I mean, three-quarter of a season, wonder. Yeah, there is that world for sure. I still, I mean, if you've been listening for a long time, you know, that I believe that Case Keenum is a good quarterback. I'm not saying he's, you know, otherworldly. He's no Kirk Cousins. But he is a good quarterback. And when you put him with good weapons, he can succeed. I mean, we saw that last year with Minnesota. If he had.

Stefan Diggs and Adam Thielen and guys to throw the ball to, he is very accurate. And when you've got, you know, Emmanuel Sanders and Demarius Thomas, it's going to be difficult. I think Trevor Simeon had plenty of good fantasy games with the beginning of the year at least. Yeah, with that group before injuries and other things happen. So I like Case Keenham. He's going to be a streamer.