Free Agency Wishing Well + Film Superstars, Divots & Craters - Fantasy Football Podcast for 3/2

Russell Wilson goes somewhere else, then you just have that fun narrative of watching, is it him, was it Seattle? Is that Chicago, Alan Robinson? Does that work for you, Mike? Yes. I would accept that. And so would Alan Robinson. I can't believe he wants to go. He wants to go somewhere where they're going to let him throw the ball. I mean, that's the issue here is that Seattle wants to run.

play good defense. That's the Pete Carroll way. So I'm surprised he throws the bears out there. Another great defensive team that seems like they're, you know, I mean, maybe it's just Mitch Trubisky making them seem so mild on offense. I'm guessing that if Matt and Aggie had Russell Wilson, we would see a lot more throwing in Chicago. Yeah, that makes sense. What would you rather? Here's what would you rather. Can I throw the ball on this down? No. Oh.

Here's a would you rather. You're Alan Robinson in this situation. Would you rather have a career filled with competent but not exceptional quarterbacks that give you consistent numbers or incompetent quarterbacks for the first five years of your career and then you get, you pay your dues and then you get the Aaron Rogers, Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes years. Like prolific? A few prolific years or a bunch of really good years?

It's where I feel so bad for Alan Robinson is where your situation then turns it like past success equals future success. We've mentioned that on the show. So if Alan Robinson had started his career not playing with Blake Bortles, his career trajectory is so much different. You know, when when the market opens up and he tore his ACL going into free agency, his free agency market was.

was not great I mean he got a just what was it a one might have been a one year or two year I can't remember but it's it was not the type of contract that a player who is as good as Alan Robinson deserves and part of that is the quarterbacks that you had to play with so I would rather take playing with a good quarterback at the beginning so that I can make sure I'm making I'm maximizing my NFL money I say okay so the financial benefits yeah versus the okay

I'm going to need the Hall of Fame quarterback. I would choose the other one because I want the chance at greatness, and that won't come with mediocre quarterback. You want the crazy year where you end up with 20 touchdowns. Absolutely. Okay. A report from the athletic, believing Hunter Henry could get $10.5 million a year in free agency, which is what Austin Hooper got last year. I could see that for sure.

Is there any particular landing spots for Hunter Henry that would get you hot and bothered? Tennessee, Jacksonville, Carolina, Cincinnati. Cincinnati is probably my favorite destination. Jason, you know what you're doing then. I'm ruining Drew Sample's bright, bright future. I realize that. And that would be hard for me to swallow that pill. But I do think, you know, one of the start of the week one week. Is that what it was?

Where he had like a single catch. He was taking it up to a one. He was a taking to a 100 player. And then Jason tried to spin it that his catch percentage was in fact 100% of one target. He caught 100% of his passes because you tricked me into spending like 60 fab in our dynasty league on him. That's right. I tricked you. You tricked me. But I do one of the.

quarters I had in my pocket for the wishing well. I didn't bring it out was Antonio Brown to the Bengals because I want good things. I want good things for Joe Burrow. Plus that chaos of Antonio Brown going into division. Did you say good things or bad things? I said good. Antonio Brown just won a Super Bowl, my man. Oh, gosh. He did. Five thousand yards.

But I would like the Bengals to upgrade their receiving weapons for Joe Burrow. You can do better than Antonio Brown, I think. Well, I give them Hunter Henry. Washington going to part ways with Alex Smith. Strange reports. I haven't read a lot about them, but just Alex Smith has said the team didn't really want him there, didn't really want to give them a chance, didn't really want them on the roster.

It's so surprising. Not how it came across in terms of... Very strange. The PR. I mean, it seemed like... Through the season, it was like that he was there... It's hard to tell... Yeah, I mean, when you're comparing to wanting Dwayne Haskins as your quarterback, it can seem like you... Anything's better. Right. Like you love Alex Smith. Right, even if you don't.

apparently. But Mike was bringing this up earlier in the studio, just the fact that, you know, you're coming into this new franchise. You see the quarterback as an issue, the quarterback room, and you assume that Alex Smith will never be able to come back, won't be able to play football. He's getting paid. And so that could be a difficult entry into the franchise. But, like, if I had been given the coaching position for Washington, you would be doing everything you can to move on from Alex Smith. Like, as an organization, it.

This is unfortunate because this is removing humanity from the equation. But to do the best thing for the team, I can't count on Alex Smith, who almost had his leg removed. And so the story that Smith came, was able to come back and played okay football. But I'm sure that was a very difficult thing for the Washington management to handle.

Pretty tough for Alex, too. Yes. Trying to make a comeback to win comeback player of the year in an environment that you didn't feel comfortable. Yeah. And you didn't feel like people were rooting for you to do that, apparently. 49ers have reached out to the Panthers about a potential trade for Teddy Bridgewater. Okay. They must hate Garapolo. Because Bridgewater is not, to me, I think Garoppolo is better than Bridgewater. It's not even an argument worth having because neither one is great. But like, why would you, is Bridgewater is not an answer.

to the Garoppolo problem. That's just so weird to me. No, he's just another Garapola. Right. He's good at the short stuff, though. Yeah. He can find Brandon Ayuk on a four-yard in. He can hand it off the Debo on an end-round. I think that they are done with Jimmy G. And that's what the one message that's been here in my mind all year long, the way that they've talked about trades, I think that they realize they've maybe hit a wall.

And he's been hurt a lot. Not that Bridgewater is the solution to that problem either. But what choice do you have? Yeah. I would say they did get to a Super Bowl with him, but Jared Gough got there too. He got the boot. Yeah. A couple of cap casualties. Texans released three down running back. Duke Johnson. Bill O'Brien is really bad. It was, was really, really bad at his job. That franchise is in trouble.

But at least they can rebuild with none of their draft picks this year. Yeah, it's crazy because the- Well, but like how many sacks is JJ Walker going to get for the Houston, Texas this year? Let let this be a lesson to those of you who think the NFL should behave like a fantasy football team. Because Bill O'Brien did everything he could do to run the franchise exactly how maybe an inexperienced person would run it.

Go all in. I will go ahead and trade for Duke Johnson. I'm going to trade away my picks for protection for Deshaun Watson. I'm going to trade away my future. And this is going to be a long, long journey out of this hole. Well, what Bill O'Brien forgot is you're supposed you trade your future for now, but he traded the future and then he traded the present. Which is it's not how the strategy. All you're left with is the past. Yes. In the past.

Well, they also got rid of the past because JJ was no longer part of the franchise. And he just gets so, like Bill O'Brien's punishment should not, he should have to be there. Correct. He should have to like have the losingest record in NFL history on his record. It's not fair because when they win one. Rehire Bill O'Brien. When they win one game this season, Bill O'Brien is going to be like, see how good I was? We were winning games.

Rehire Bill O'Brien. That is the new plan. Now, if you are a Texans fan, do you become an Arizona Cardinals fan because, like, you're a farm team? Yes, because they feed into the Cardinals. You're welcome. Do you hate the Cardinals? They hate us. Because they ruined your franchise. They definitely hate us. Well, but just come, then look, if you can't beat them, join them. And we welcome you to our side. And when you get here, we'll put some music on for you. This is the official open invitation.

Dance with us. If you are a Houston Texans fan, is that what we're doing? And you are, you're willing to jump ship and get out. Be in Arizona Cardinal fan. Join us. You're welcome. All are welcome. Houston has a problem. Adam Humphreys released as well. Pronounced with an Humphreys. Yeah. Saving $4.75 million. From the Titans. If you didn't know where Adam Humphreys was.

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We've got some voicemail calls on the show today. Some questions from Twitter and join thefoot.com and elsewhere. So let's start with a, let's start with one of those voicemails. Hi, Ballers. This is Dan out of Lincoln, Nebraska, a happy owner of the 2020 UDK, so good job there. Good job to you. Is there a player that comes to mind as someone who you forget just how good they are until you watch tape?

Like, until you watch film, most of them. My answer would be Oss Neckler, or just every time I watch him, I'm like, wow, he really is good. But thanks. Have a good day. I definitely have a name popping into my head, which is Cream Hunt. I think Cream Hunt being, quote, unquote, second fiddle in Cleveland, made people forget, like, this was a prolific RB1 kind of game-changing runner. The fact that he just runs through tackles on a regular basis that in a way that...

by the running backs can't. You know, we talk about having a case of the Beasles. Yeah, baby. But, like, Cole Beasley is actually someone that when you watch, you're like, dude, this is a gamer. I mean, he's really good. He's always open. He catches everything, and he's not afraid of contact, even though he's a little bitty baby thing out there. So I think he's a really good football player. And it's not that you, not that you forget.

Really, but maybe you're not watching these games. But I'll just go with a two for in Minnesota, Dalvin Cook and Adam Thielen. Like when you actually watch them play, not just look at your box score afterwards. We're like, oh, man, Dalvin Cook, getting me fantasy points. Go watch how he's actually getting the fantasy points. And you realize that he is in elite tier running back in the NFL. Yeah. Kyle, you're just talking about a film guy that's like not always a fantasy guy. Goodness gracious.