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Talk a little bit about last night's preseason games. Talk about some of the injuries, the news and notes from around the NFL that affect your fantasy football team. Our quick questions about the players that we're changing our opinions on, we always say, or Mike always says, stay water, my friends. Yes. You've got to be pliable right now. You can spend your whole off season building up an opinion and a thought about a player and then changes in the depth chart, changes in injury concerns, changes in...

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Who have you been changing your opinion on the most lately? I'll go ahead and kick it off real quick. I put three names in there. John Brown, wide receiver for Baltimore. I'm not the biggest Michael Crabtree fan. Therefore, I'm looking for someone to emerge in Baltimore, John Brown. Preseason or camp, I should say. He's been a standout. John Brown wide receiver for the Ravens. Also say Marshaun Lynch.

March on Lynch, I think we'll have a stranglehold on that backfield. Yes. They have a very nice schedule. I believe the Raiders play only three teams that had winning records last season. I didn't even realize that. So you have Marshon in there. Jason's got a fella. There's just could be some foreshadowing for future shows. Yeah. Yeah. And then I'll throw. Yes. I'll throw James White. James White running back for the New England Patriots out there as well last night.

You didn't see Rex Burkhead. Sonny Michelle's been down, and James White had a game. He had a nice game. Six receptions, I believe, 61 yards, touchdown. He just does what he does. And if you can guarantee more snaps for James Light, you're going to have guaranteed production. That's the issue with James White. How much will he get on the field? We will talk more about Rex Burkhead's injury in the news and notes. But I'm with you, Andy, that James White is really good.

Will he be, will he get that, get to be the product of necessity for fantasy football? He's a full point PPR type of guy. I mean, if you're in a full PPR, he's going to have enough receptions to matter, to be meaningful. James Leiter, Duke Johnson. I think I still lean Duke Johnson. Yeah, I lean Duke Johnson, but things are just trending a certain way for the New England backfield. Yeah, all right. So, Jason, who are you changing on?

I like your John Brown pick. My two guys that I'm changing. I know. I hate this more than anything. First, let's talk about Chris Hogan because Chris Hogan, I've been rising on more and more as the offseason has continued. You know, going back and remembering, looking deeper than just, you know, how did Chris Hogan do last season, but actually looking per game and watching some of the games where he was the one. And he is.

I don't think Julian Edelman is going to come in and just completely take over. Chris Hogan is the primary wide receiver. He could very well end up a fringe, low-end wide receiver won at the end of this year if he could stay healthy. That's always a worry. But look, Chris Hogan looked great. He had a great game last night. Targeted early and often. Yeah. I just have my own concerns about him that's just based around.

When Edelman comes back, is Hogan the fourth target? Is it Gronk, Edelman, a backfield guy, and then Hogan? I don't think he's made to be a one, but I get nervous about drafting him just for four weeks of maybe value. You're 100% right that it could bend that way. He has to stay healthy. That's been a problem, too. He looked great last night. He looked like the primary target, bar none, which is what we've heard out of camp, so I understand that completely.

The other guy that I've been rising on and changing a little bit is James Washington. So Mike. James Washington, you say? Yeah, James Washington. Now, who does James Washington play for? James Washington, the rookie wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers. If you are new to the show, welcome, glad to have you. James Washington was a very highly loved.

highly touted rookie coming into the NFL draft by every analyst in existence, except me. I really, I mean, and I acknowledge it. I stood alone, some of the people I respect the most. Matt Harmon, right? The wide receiver guru, you could get all his information of reception in the ultimate draft kit, loves James Washington. His contested catch rate is unbelievable. I mean,

But when I watched, I just, I thought that his trick, his one trick of the deep ball at his size was not going to work in the NFL. I didn't think it would translate. And I'm starting to see, I think it's going to translate. But will it actually translate to fantasy value for this season? Well, he's going to be the third. At best, he's the third target. Fourth. Well, sure. Yeah, I mean, Levy on Bell. The thing about.

the Steelers that they've proven time and time again is that they know how to both draft and develop wide receivers. We saw it with Juju Smith-Schuster last year. James Washington, Collegiate Wide Receiver of the Year. Manuel Sanders. It's not, I only tee because I believe in the talent of James Washington. I agree with you, Mike. He's going to have a game or two. I mean, he's going to have, he's going to burn. He's the Martavis Bryant of this offense. He's going to run down the field, and he makes contested catches like the one last night. So I think he does.

threaten juju's ascension to you know dominance right because you throw to the guy who's open you throw to the guys that um you know juju came out and did it last year i think james washington is more of a threat to juju than he is a threat to actual fantasy value himself fair the the character i want to bring up running back for the new york jets mr belal powell or as we call him on this show blah plow and this is uh

This is just a matter of, I am back. Because coming into the off season, Bilal Powell was a guy I liked. I know they added Isaiah Crowell, and that's fine because the Jets have shown they're never going to fully commit to Bilal Powell, but he's going to be involved. And then the poison. The poison started to seep in of, oh, is Bilal Powell on the roster bubble? Are they going to move on from Bilal Powell?

Elijah McGuire. Elijah McGuire is going to take over. And then Elijah McGuire broke his foot. And then Isaiah Crowell got a concussion. But on top of that, before Crowell got his concussion, Blal Powell was the first running back in that game. He was, he looked his blow plow self last night. And this was Scott Barrett, good friend of the show, did some tracking of the game. He said he played Blah Powell that has played 24 of the team's.

27 first quarter snaps. Five of his 13 routes were him splitting out wide as a receiver. I love that. I mean, Blal Powell is good. He will never be a running back one, even if Isaiah Cruel goes down and miss his time. They won't fully commit to Bilal Powell, but for a guy who is going in the double-digit rounds at the running back position that you can use as a flex. As a solid flex on a weekly base. I mean, that's outrageous. So.

I'm throwing my hat back in the ring for. If you want to go back to 2016, which you can do in the ultimate draft kit, if you look under the consistency charts, in 2016, he finished the year with three of four weeks inside the top 10 as a running back. Last year, he had two weeks inside the top five as a running back. It's all about opportunity with Powell. If he's put in a position to catch passes, he can pop off for a top 10 fantasy week. I certainly agree with you the trend.

with McGuire going down and then Crowell getting concussed and the confidence and it seems like they're giving him the veteran deferrence right with that start I mean they paid Isaiah Crowell so I don't go overboard with Powell but I agree with you I mean he's trending the right direction no doubt about it all right next week by the way oh I have to tease this next week shows how it's just prepare take the week off

I recommend use up that vacation time. You know you've banked too much already. Take the week off. Pop some popcorn and get ready. Monday. My guys. The My Guys show on Monday. Tuesday. Breakouts. Wednesday. The Fantasy MVP show. Thursday. Bust. Friday. Live mock draft on the show. And if you're...