NFL Draft Breakdown: NFC Winners & Losers

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So happy to be here. Join by Jason and Mike. I'm Andy Holloway, and this is the fantasy footballers podcast coming to you Tuesday, April 30th. So much to talk about. So exciting. The times are very exciting, Mike. We could do an whole show and not even talk about football.

Yeah, you're still riding high on Game of Thrones. Oh, not just Thrones. Avengers. Everything, man. NFL draft. Everything is everything right now. Life is very good right now. I really have nothing to look forward to anymore. Well, that goes for you maybe, but not our listeners, not the UDK supporters, the rookie and dynasty rankings. The rookie and dynasty rankings are in the ultimate draft kit right now.

As promised, we've had time to digest all of the happenings from Thursday, Friday, Saturday, the NFL draft, the fantasy football implications. I'm so excited to talk about winners and losers. Today we're talking through the NFC teams. And when I say winners or losers, it's really not even talking about necessarily which rookies went where.

which rookies affect other players on these teams. There were some big time winners based on, you know, competition not being drafted. Right. For where they line up. Oh, I mean, I was holding my breath the entire draft every time Oakland was on because, you know, I just had a dynasty startup and draft Derek Carr. His whole career can change in the blink of an eye. You know, is he...

I like that it goes to Derek Carr. Meanwhile, Damien Williams skyrockets to a top 10. Meanwhile, Darrell Henderson drafted directly behind Ty Gurley. Look, so much to talk about. But I get what you're saying, because if Dwayne Haskins is drafted by Oakland, Derek Carr's career is done by way of fantasy starterville, probably. So.

eloquent eloquent yes i'm just i'm hyped i'm ready to go and there's there's a lot of news to cover on today's show as well so oh there's news so stay tuned do not miss it we also want to kick things off with a big big announcement and nothing says big announcement like a little fugel horn jason is

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All right. Audio's been released. The case has been reopened against Tyreek Hill. He's not partaking in any team activities. And essentially, we got word this morning via Sleeper, that it's very likely he's added to the commissioner's exemplist very soon as this investigation proceeds. And we always talk about, you know, when you don't know what a team's going to do.

Look at what their actual transactions are. And obviously in the draft, their first pick, the Kansas City Chief's first pick, they went and drafted a Tyreek Hill comparable style of player saying that, you know, that could be an indication that they do not expect to keep him. Well, and people want our opinion on this ever since the news broke. Give me a percentage chance you think Tyreek Hill plays football again. I would say it's about.

5% and not with the Chiefs. Again, I'll go maybe 5 to 10%. This year, I'm going 0%. Yeah, I think it's a 50% chance that he plays again. But it won't be for the Chiefs. I think he'll get cut. He'll be on the exempt list. He'll be gone for a couple years. And then some team will take a gamble and a risk. I know. We've seen it too many times. These teams, when there's a young, talented player, I mean, it's a shame.

Yeah, it just, it stinks. It stinks ultimately for Tyree kill the person, what his decision making, and then those impacted the victims of this situation. His girlfriend, the child, we're just prayerful that, you know, they're in a safe situation. ESPN's Adam Schefter reports there's a real chance that Doug Baldwin will be unable to continue playing. And the Seattle Seahawks agree by drafting two wide receivers. Yeah, all the jokes we've been making over the last month or two about when you weren't supposed to.

Do this. Yeah, they feel worse now. We're like he's going to be a machine. We jokes because he was going to come back and play football. And this. Yeah, it's not looking likely. So we'll talk through the wide receiver situation a little bit on the show today with the NFC winners and losers from the draft. There won't be an announcement soon because there are salary cap ramifications. And they said that Doug Baldwin himself will make that announcement, not the team.

If he decides to retire. We know he's undergone multiple surgeries this off season. It's not looking good. And the big man, the big lefty, Sebastian Janikovsky. Oh, Seabess. He has retired Seabass swimming off into the night. That means there's only one player left from that draft class. Oh, really? In the NFL. Is that Tom Brady? It sure is. Tom Brady has outlasted them all. Wow. And this is an 18-year retirement for Sebastian Janikowski.

So a reminder, that was today's news and notes. Brought to you by the Sleeper app, ask your commissioner to move over to Sleeper. Great platform for your Dynasty League, always improving. Guys, let's get into it. We're going to win. All right, NFC winners and losers. We're starting in the NFC West. Brooks strategically. Weird. Rearranged our show docs this week so that we had the opportunity to start with the NFC.

And then I look in our dock and we're starting with the NFC West. And then I say, wow, we're going to start with the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC West. Deal with it. Pure coincidence. Because they had the number one pick. They had the number one pick. There you go. And biggest winner. Me! Yeah, Arizona fans are excited. And this was, for Arizona fans, for fantasy fans, this is a good draft.

This is a draft that means that the players, the incumbents, the existing players on this roster, David Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald. These were players that last year was rough sledding. Bad offensive minds, bad personnel, problems. Josh Rosen was traded. Kyler Murray goes number one overall. They invest two high capital picks on wide receivers. They draft three wide receivers overall. Andy Isabella.

Hakeem Butler, who was, if you remember the wide receiver show, one of my favorites. And then Kishon Johnson, guys, you gave yourself a brand new quarterback. You gave Cliff Kingsbury, the guy you wanted, and then you gave him a ton of weapons in this draft. Andy Isabella ran a 4-3-1, fastest wide receiver. Hakeem Butler is a dynamic outside playmaker. Winners and losers from this draft, I think...

All the offensive players and Cardinals fantasy fans and Cardinals fans in general were winners. Yeah, I think David Johnson is a huge winner here. You've got a new offensive mind coming in, and clearly the team said we want to get playmakers. We want to get people that can bust things open, keep the chains moving. And while it's not going to be all roses this year, you know, I've got them down for a good...

five wins. It will be no Rosens. It will be no Rosens either. Oh. Who is, you might say a big loser in this, uh, in this situation. Basically they traded Josh Rosen for Andy Isabella. Right. And they traded a second, uh, fifth rounder next year. Oh, man. But I mean, this is good news for David Johnson. Things will open up for him. You know, we've, we've talked about in the past rushing quarterbacks a lot of times open things up for the running back.

So, I mean, David Johnson should be, you know, one of those top picks in the beginning of the first. How do you feel about Christian Kirk? Christian Kirk had an okay rookie season, got hurt. Larry Fitzgerald, Christian Kirk, really the only two threats on that offense before this draft. And then you bring in Isabella Butler and Johnson is, would you classify Christian Kirk as a loser of this draft or a winner because of the Kyler Murray selection and the offense? You'd have to call him a loser from the fact that.

Like, it feels so mean. I know, but just fantasy wise. And that's because the air raid system now has the, the weapons that it needs to actually succeed. It's not force feed these two guys because they're the only two capable wide receivers on the team. So I think you have to downgrade Christian Kirk, at least what his ceiling could be, because I mean, both, both Isabella and Hakeem Butler.