Fantasy Football 2018 - NFL Coaching Changes + Free Agency Wishing Well

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to the fantasy footballers podcast coming to you from draft.com studios with your host Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. So happy to be here. So happy to be back once again. I'm not sure how authentic that was. Jason Moore, what's your read?

On the tone of that intro. Very authentic. The tone of the intro. Strange cadence. Not authentic. But I know him, and I know he is, in fact, excited to be back on the air for what is one of my favorite shows every single season, one of the most important shows. That's right. We are rating candy bars. One through 10. I love them. This is the coaching. Sorry, no, that is not correct.

We have yet to make that podcast, but it's coming. This is the coaching episode. We're going to cover all of the off-season coaching changes, including offensive coordinators. And we're going to do a little bit of reflecting on the fantasy implications of what the changes did last year. We'll look at the new year and how it might impact the players on your fantasy roster, the players you draft. And what you can expect and what these guys, Jason Moore and Mike the Fantasy Hitman Wright, are expecting.

to happen. I mean, we have some big time hires this offseason, including the return of John Gruden to the NFL and what that might mean. And I know these guys have some strong opinions. I do as well. And I am very, very excited to talk about them on today's show. If you want to follow the show and everything that's going on, we are a year-round fantasy football podcast. And you can find us on Twitter at the FF Ballers, our community where you can join leagues with...

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Specifically, how to start a Dynasty League. It's one of our most frequently asked questions. Brooks, last week, he came in. Brooks has been demanding. On hands and knees. He was begging. Crawled in. Yeah, please. We set up a little doggie door. And he came in. And he said, guys, the people are demanding a segment for how to start a Dynasty League. How to get involved. So we said, all right. A doggie door? Well.

Technically, I guess it's a human door. Yeah, because it's just much smaller. That's how we stay on top of our employees. From the moment they walk in, we make them walk through tiny doors. Like Willie Wonka? To keep their ego in check. You know Brooks and his ego? He can get out of him. It's ridiculous. It's a protection against himself. His silence just affirms it right now. If you're a new listener and you don't know, Brooks is the, I would say the least.

egotistical person i've i've ever met outside of maybe paul giamati right well who is so incredibly modest never seen both in the same place before so have not yet confirmed that they are not the same hey we have a new segment for the quick question today so let's hop in the wishing well all right let's toss a coin oh into the wishing well what do you most want to see happen in free agency what is your

Dream scenario. Toss the coin in, Mike. Because this is the wishing well, I feel like I am allowed to be a little bit biased here in a situation that I think helps out fantasy football as a whole. But my dynasty team may see a benefit from said wish. And that's I want Carlos Hyde to replace Frank Gore yet again. Oh, and end up in Indianapolis.

Just because the narrative of Carlos Hyde replacing Frank Gore on a second team is one of those things that just, I find it appealing. That would be very fun. And Carlos Hyde is exactly the kind of running back that would have massive fantasy value if he goes in with his three-down skill set. I know the Marlon Mac truthers out there are very upset with what I have just said. I'm very upset. But I think Carlos Hyde would succeed.

in a major way for fantasy teams if that were to happen. All right, Jason, grab your coin. Yeah, well, I was going to throw Isaiah Crowell onto the Patriots, but with this wishing well idea, the one that I actually want to see like, you know, a little bit more selfishly because I have been a big believer in the backup capabilities of Trey Burton, or as Mike calls him Trey Boo Boo Boo.

Oh, have you accepted? I have not fully accepted, but I know it's happening. To be clear, as Mike calls him, Trey Boo-Boo. Yes, all right. So, but I want Trey Burton to go replace Gronk, you know, when Gronk retires here, and become the starting tight end for the New England Patriots. You're putting chills into the...

I still do not believe Gronk retires. Yeah, of course not. At all. Yeah, I don't believe that either. There's just so many reports coming out saying, hey, it's, it's true. What was it? The W.W. He's been thinking about it a long time. Was saying they're going to offer them a contract for your tires. So you were going to go with Isaiah Crowell to the Patriots. It's funny because I was actually going to tease.

Carlos Hyde to the Patriots. But the only reason we're doing any of that is because the Patriots had literally the number one rushing offensive line last year, according to football outsiders. You saw what Dionne Lewis did in it, what Rex Burkhead did in it. And I didn't want to. I didn't even want to pick somebody to go there because the truth is Dionne Lewis going back there's probably the best thing for them. And I also, the truth is the wishing will has Kurt Cousin's face emblazoned on it because I'd really love to see him go to Arizona.

but I've come to accept the fact they doubt that's going to happen. So I'm going to go with a strange one. Maybe you wouldn't have expected it, but Sammy Watkins to San Francisco, okay, to team up with Jimmy G. And no, not just because I would get to call it Sam Francisco. Oh, my goodness. Oh, Mike has moved. Oh, my goodness. I'm going to weep.

But listen, Sammy Watkins. The dad jokes end all dad jokes. To silence the dad joke crowd, which is tough to do. Oh, I'm getting sweaty. Sammy Watkins, the deep threat, the partner in crime for Jimmy G for many years in San Francisco, didn't have a high volume role.

Mike's still shaking his head. It was unbelievable. Sam Francis. It is unbelievable that not only is the joke incredible, but you kept that under wraps. I mean, that would have just bubbled out of me. You would have just been saying it earlier. All right. Well, based on that, we may never go back to the wishing well. But there you go. Let's jump into the news. News and notes from around the league.

See, when you say something like that around Jason who's actually been in the comedy world with what, the groundlings and in college, he doesn't even hear it. Something that bad. He just goes through him. I enjoy Mike's reaction far more than the joke itself. All right, guys, big news. Larry. Oh, Larry. Larry. Larry Fitzgerald has told the Cardinals coach Steve Wilkes, he will return for a 15th season.

in 2018 with the Cardinals. This is very exciting news. And as unabashed Cardinal fans, I wanted to express myself in the form of a Spanish radio call by Gabriel Trujillo. This is how I would be an announcer. That is right. One more year of that. That was essentially my reaction when I got the alert that he was coming back. Yeah, the fantasy implications here.

are that Larry Fitzgerald is going to be a great value. Yet again. Exactly. Year after year, we've had entire episodes dedicated to the undervalued guys who in consecutive. See the marking of the wide receiver position now? Always finishing in the top 10 and being disrespectful? Right. Whenever you can be consecutively disrespected draft wise over and over and over, you know, the Frank Gore effect.

Keep doing it. Keep drafting that guy who gets disrespected. And the truth is Larry Fitzgerald's coming back because he is very close to being the number two all time in receiving yards and decently close in number two for receptions, which he needs 93 more receptions to take over the number two spot from Tony Gonzalez, which stands to reason that he's going to try to do that. 109 in 2015, 107 receptions in 2016, 109 last year.

Right. So 94 plus in 2018 for sure. They will force feed him the ball so long as he stays healthy to get that record. All right. Let's talk about A.J. McCarran. He won his grievance against the Bengals. He will be a free agent. It's unbelievable. And also just be reminded there was a botched trade in the middle of the season between the Bengals and the Browns where the whispers in the bushes.

had the Browns sending a second and a third round pick to the Bengals for McCarron, who is now a free agent's. It's, yeah, embarrassing for the Bengals not to be able to finish that trade up and get compensation. But A.J. McCarrant, he's the front runner to me to land on the Cleveland Browns with Hugh Jackson. He'll be a starter at the beginning of next year. Yeah, I believe. Yeah. So that was big time news. I don't know that he's any good.

But I think he will be a starter. You know, the comparison I keep hearing is the Mike Glennon comparison, even in money that he'll receive. The kind of deal that Mike Glennon got last year to come in and theoretically be the starter in Chicago before they drafted somebody. I don't think that the Browns are going to bring McCarran in and say, you have our future. Right. But competition, opportunity for them to bring McCarran in and compete. I mean, what else do you do? If you're McCarran.