Top 10 QB Rankings + Evolving Opinions, Deshaun Warlock - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/13

All right, George Kittle. George Kittle got the bag. Congratulations, Mr. Kittle. Five-year, $75 million contract extension for Star Tide-in, George Kittle. Reported by Ian Rappaport this morning, and half of it's going to be guaranteed. He is the foundation of the offense. He is, we were saying in the office yesterday, it's like,

I've been ready to move George Kettle to the number one tight-in spot for like a month and a half. Just not ready. But Kelsey, you know, Kelsey four straight years, it's hard to take him, you know, Jimmy Garoppolo compared to Patrick Mahomes throwing you the football. Exactly. But Kittle is, he's a man. Oh, he is. It is insane, like just how foundational a tight end can be to a team. But I've seen, you know,

the brass talk about George Kittle and people saying, well, okay, doing the mental experiment. If you had to start over, everyone's available in the draft. Like, where's George Kittle going? And people are like, oh, he's a second round pick. He might even be a first round pick. You're like, that's wild, man. He's a tight end. But he is that important to the team. He's a great blocker. Yep. He's a great receiver. He's only 26 years old. He's a great locker room guy, too. Absolutely.

And he can cut down trees. Without an axe, too. Without an axe. He just ke-ho! Well, let's transition to another very important tight end. Seahawks, I am bewildered. I am amazed and I'm starting to believe. Seahawks, tight end Will Disley practiced Wednesday. Ten months. Yes, sir. What? Ten months after tearing his Achilles, Pete Carroll expects him to be ready for week one.

What is happening? Look, what do they have in Montana than they don't have in the rest of the world? Montana Strong, a work ethic, Mike. It is. And here's the thing. There's reason to believe it that he's okay. And it's because he's come back from a horrible injury already and been a fantasy factor. Now, last year, I know Disley was good, but you are still looking at a sample size of 23 receptions for this season. So,

temper your expectations, but he has statted for me. And him and Greg Olson will share the work. And he is pushing Frank Gore for this infinite all category. So you are at 24. I saw a very funny tweet. I can't remember who put it out, but this is like, Will Disley is what happens when you combine Wolverine with Mr. Glass.

Right. And I was like, that's, but he heals. Yeah, it was a pretty funny tweet. So, Andy, have you, you statted him? I did. But does that mean you have purchased the tickets? Have you booked the vacation? To Disneyland? Are you going to Disneyland? No, I'm not. Okay. No, I have Greg Olson statted for more recently. Because I feel like Jason's had the reservation book for like over a year. Well, yeah, but then for a while, I thought I had to cancel it. So I wasn't sure. I waffled. And now, now I'm going to say. It's not the safest place on earth.

No, it's not to save his place on Earth, but it's a good time. I mean, look, if he ends up the starting tight end, which I do think is in the realm of possibility. It would be so wild. But I think we can all agree that whoever the primary tight end is there for Russell Wilson is going to be utilized and fantasy relevant. There'll be more than one. Could be. It won't just be one. Well, sure. That's why I said primary. Sure. And you think that's Will Disney week one?

I think it could be. Okay. I have Greg Olsen stated that way. They still have Hollister on the depth chart too, but I'm impressed. Way to go well. And that's just awesome. Yes. Just to get back. I mean, tearing your Achilles after you tore your Pitella? Yikes. Stay healthy, my friend. Yeah. Frank Reich, some hype train, says Marlon Mack has earned the right to be the starting running back. But that they're going to ride the hot hand. Marlon Mack is a seventh round pick right now, the 33rd running back off the board. I've seen them go later than that.

Oh, yeah. Many, many times. That is, I've seen him go eighth, ninth round. And then Jonathan Taylor right now is in the fourth round, and I've seen him go in the third. So if this gap is only three rounds, I'm probably taking Jonathan Taylor in the fourth round. That's what I wanted to focus on is. If it's really, you know, Mac is early seventh and Taylor is early fourth, I'm taking Jonathan Taylor. But if you, you know,

You swap the rounds out. One goes earlier. One goes later. Then, okay, maybe I'll take a chance that Mack is the guy. But look, the hot hand, Taylor's hands are magma. They're just, they're hot all the time. The offensive line is great and Taylor's the future. So it's not going to take much to give him a lot of work. And if he's setting the precedent now that he's willing to ride the hot hand, you know, Marlon Mack is going to have games. He's a great running back.

He's also completely free if you want to acquire him in a dynasty league. And I have no idea whether you should or not. Because he's just like the free gift at the end of a purchase. Do you get three weeks of Marlon Mac? What's that worth in a dynasty league? Do you get five weeks? Marlon Mac is 24. I know. He is. He's in his contract here, correct? Yeah, he is. They didn't give him an extension. Unfortunately, he has the free agent of Doom class coming up where there are just.

a ton, a ton of running backs who are going to be taking each other's money. Yeah, he'll, he will get a backup job next year, but he's a good enough running back to where his talent mixed with, you know, the position says in the future, if you're talking to Dynasty League, he could very well find his way into a starting job again due to injury. Do you guys want to help me out? Perfect timing. I received a text message right now.

offering me Marlon Mac. No, you did. I did not. I did just now. Was it from one of the producers listening? No, no, it was not. It was from our Dynasty League. That seems impossible. I just brought up Marlon Mac and I got a trade offer right now. All right, let's hear it. And this is, I need help evaluating this. I have some dynasty bench young wide receivers. Anthony Miller, would you trade Anthony Miller away to get Marlon Mac in a Dynasty League? I would not.

Okay, McCall Hardman. Would you trade McCall Hardman away to get Marlon McInck and nice? All right. And the last one is Deontay Johnson. And of course I'm not. No. Of course I'm not doing that. What was the offer? Those were the offers. Any of those three. So they came to you was like, if I give you a dollar, will you give me $10? Yeah. And I don't want to. But it can be in quarters. Yeah. It could be in $1 bills or a $10 bill. You pick.

how you want to give me $10, but I'm still going to give you $1. 10 times more. So, but you just, it's ironic though, because you just made the point, Marlon X 24, right now behind a great offensive line, we'll have another contract.

But somebody like Anthony Miller is. But a backup contract. Yeah. I don't feel like Anthony Miller is giving $10 for $1. No, I agree. I thought you were too high when you said $10. Dante might be $10. But the reality is some of it is team dependent. If you've got just, if you're locked and loaded with four stud wide receivers and you're hoping one of those guys cracks your roster and you're in desperate need of running back. Then you should go make a different trade. Right. Go find a different running back.

Apparently don't buy Marlon Mac is our... Yeah. And then we got to get on to the quarterback rankings here, but the NFL is reporting a positivity rate around less than 1%. I said it in the studio yesterday. There are 18 teams that have not had one positive test. I did watch the hard knocks last night. Oh. Which is also known as a one-hour tour of COVID protocols. Yes. That's what I said. But...

You know, I walked away from it with a couple different thoughts. One, I walked away from it thinking every team is kind of doing things a little bit different. That was one thing. You know, every team is kind of finding their way. And there were a number of people that were like, okay, we kind of don't know how to do everything right. The masks on the field sometimes, sometimes on their chins on the field. But they're all tested before they go in.

So I thought it was, you know, it's kind of indicative of the COVID universe right now where everybody's doing what they think is the best thing to do, but nobody knows for sure that that's the best thing to do. Yeah. But also that they are just, they're spending the money, they're taking the time, they're making the investment on the kind of. Safety. Yeah, safety and just the camaraderie of, look, we are all interdependent. That's the thing with COVID. I can't make just an individual decision. I would love to do that.

And I'd love to tell you, you can go make yours. But your decision affects the player playing next to you. And it seems like, you know, NFL is a league where, you know, your team is just a brotherhood. And it's like that might protect these teams. You know, you have to, you know, I'm optimistic. The testing has been good. And they're going to continue daily testing until further notice. I think we're going to get through camp. Hopefully we can get through a full season. That's our expectation. Jason, I saw you on Twitter yesterday.

That's your expectation as well. I think that the season starts on time, play 16 games finishes on time. That's my genuine belief. Yeah. It's just, you know, I think that there's been enough in place and these teams will fight through the problems. And if he did not hear the Buffalo Bills, Sean McDermott, head coach, they gave him a four-year extension. So he is not going anywhere. He's done a...

Pretty solid job. Was it a four year? Oh, because it was a sixth year, but does he got like two more on it? I believe that. I believe that's what it is. I love him. I think he's turned that defense around. Yeah. Big time. Before we get into the top 10 quarterback rankings want to thank today's sponsor, pristine auction. Ladies and gentlemen, Fantasy Week kicks off today. The other's auctions dedicated to active fantasy football stars, all kinds of items. Bidding starts at just 20 bucks. No reserve. This is a week.

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Yeah. He's pretty good. He's so good. He's very good. That's because he threw 36 passing touchdowns. But that's going to come down. That's going to come down. I know that Pat Mahomes would be the number one quarterback because he throws so many touchdowns. He ran for 1,200 yards, Jason. That's so good. 176 carries for 1,200 yards. In other words, he ran for, what, 300 more yards than Lev Bell on, like, 80 fewer carries? That's pretty in.

Insane. Seven rushing touchdowns, which means he had a total of 43 touchdowns. He was responsible for last year. A pillar of consistency, he had a horrible week five where he finished 17th of the position. Otherwise, every single week he finished inside the top 12, and all but three of those inside the top six. I mean, this is kind of the antidote to...

a late round quarterback philosophy if this is what you can guarantee. If you can get this from, like, we talk about late round quarterbacks because they're replaceable. If you could get a certified guarantee that this is the kind of production you would get from a quarterback, that's not replaceable. That's not replacing at all, not even close. What Lamar Jackson did last year is not replaceable. And all the tongue and cheek stuff about Pat Mahomes. The reason I say that is because I went into this offseason very confident.