Football's back, baby. The preseason officially over the regular seat the next time
we'll see the NFL Sterling. It'll be opening kickoff, uh, next Thursday night it's coming up.
It's back. Ho how are you feeling on this Monday morning? Yeah, I
feel good. I feel strong. Football's back. College football, Florida State losing. But
if only they would have had their starters, they'd have been great. Um, sorry, that was a
shot at Florida State. Didn't mean to take that, but come on, kind of deserved it. Uh, no,
I'm excited Chiefs play very, very soon. Very, very
soon. We're getting close in. We're almost at the finish line. We're the final mile of the
marathon. We are there. Yep. Yeah, we're there . And that's why on this show,
uh, we are gonna finish the show by talking, uh, a little fantasy football because Sterling,
I don't know if your fantasy football draft is coming up, but mine certainly is. Uh, my first
one is, is this Thursday here in, in just a few days. So we're gonna have Leo Lampert from
fans side to join us at the end of the show, uh, to talk a little fantasy football because
most people now that preseason is over will be having their Fantasy drafts this week or early
next week. Um I'll never understand the insane people who have their fantasy football drafts
in mid aust when preseason still happens, you're just doomed to draft a guy who then
tears his ac L so, uh in my opinion, fantasy football starts this week. So Leo will join us
at the end of the show to talk fantasy Football. Uh but first let's wrap up the
preseason. Sterling. Uh we are going to get to your Chiefs a little bit because as always
there in the news but uh a couple of notable other things. Um Y is it Johan is the Jay
Silent Johan Dotson. Johan Dotson training the Eagles Jahan. I think it's Jahan. Yeah,
I like to use a Silent j uh training to the Eagles from the commanders. Uh What do you
think of that move? Sterling? I mean, that gives the Eagles an unbelievable weapon at the
third wide o spot. Unbelievable, unbelievable. How is the number three?
How to call it? No, I mean, I liked him coming out of college a lot.
He's done hardly anything in the NFL. I mean, it's not been good. The commanders were talking
about cutting him like they were talking about letting him go like I like him too. I
think there's potential still there. He's a young dude and you can make the case of he's
he's had no one to throw him the football, right. That's the case I was supposed to make
Jerry Morin sure look good. Like if you're elite, you look good with no matter who's
throwing you the football. Like when Kirk Cousins went down, Justin Jefferson still
looked pretty damn good when he, with whoever was throwing him the football. I'm not saying
Jha and Dodson needed to be Justin Jefferson, but the, the great players they look great with
whoever is that quarterback John Dodson was in an offense that stole, threw the ball a lot and
he struggled. He didn't look good. His yards after catch are abysmal. Um Again
for the Eagles, I like the chance. You didn't give up a ton for the commanders, I guess. I
like it because you're going to cut them either way. So if you're going to move on you
at least got something back. That's nice. Philly was just in a situation where their
wide receiver four was, was who John Ross who retired last year. Now he's back
like I i it's not great so they needed something, they needed someone. Um I like the
move, I guess for both teams, but it's not necessarily this massive needle mover. It was
more of just trying to win on the margins for both teams. Yeah, this is uh uh I mean,
listen, he's, he's had two years in the league . He's never had a good quarterback. I'm still
willing to cut him a little bit of slack. I mean, this is gonna be kind of AAA you know, a
do or die situation for him in Philadelphia. This does kind of hurt. Uh I had a lot of Paris
Campbell stock when he came into the league who's now on the Eagles, he was probably going
to be the number three receiver, so Dotson probably hops uh jumps over him uh as the as
the third option at wide O So that, yeah, that hurts by Paris Campbell. I was a big Paris
Campbell guy uh when he was coming to college. Bold man. Well, I was Trey Lance. So uh we all
get him wrong from time to time. I do want to take this time to apologize to all Falcons fans
for having so uh just thin skin. Um I'm sorry, your skin is very thin. Who
finally finally I was on the right side of the comments on a show. Falcons fans came in
droves. I had them following me on Twitter tweeting at me saying I was, you know, I'm the
only one of the only people out there defending our team. Uh Yeah, they came out in
droves uh and they did not like your take last week rightfully. So ster they flocked to me
like uh like like road kill, they flocked to me like road kill on the side of the road. They
they just were picking at me holding you accountable I said, I think the f I ripped the
over of the Falcons win total. I said they probably win at least one playoff game. And
somehow that's not enough, somehow that was not enough for Falcons fans who have not been
relevant in 15 years. Michael Vick was a quarterback. You said that after you trashed
them for, for 20 minutes, they had no player safeties. They have great players. Oh,
yeah. And by the way, I bet the over on their win total, I said they have great players is
they don't have elite players. There's a difference. I, I actually, I don't think that's
true. I think you said they have good players but not great players. I don't even think you
went to the elite level. I think I went to lead level. I said, I said, Matthew Jon, really
good player. Really good though. No, great. That was the whole thing. You said they didn't
have great players. I think I said elite, I don't know, we're not supposed to roll the tape
back at some point. Boy still stands. I thought I was very complimentary of the Falcons.
So you should understand my confusion when I all of a sudden look back and go, damn, they're
dragging me in the comments right now and I, I'm looking back, what did I say? Bad? Uh oh,
that the Falcons would go over their win total and win a playoff game. Yeah, but you said that
after trashing them for your compliments about the Falcons, they came off as patronizing. To
be honest, they're like, oh little Falcons, you look over the wind, we'll see there. I need
to win the Super Bowl though. Most likely, yeah, they will. And most likely the Falcons
are the fourth best team in the NFC which somehow was also bold takes and they're behind
San Fran Detroit and the Eagles. How is that a hot
take? It's a normal tan. It's lukewarm. We'll see,
we'll see. Sorry about thin skin Falcons fans. I appreciate you. I like you all. I have no
ill will towards the Falcons. I have no ill. I don't like the foul but I, I have no ill will.
They're, they're there. They're the NFC. They don't bother me. I see you can't,
you, even when you compliment the Falcons, it comes off as patronizing. Oh, they don't bother
me. I don't really care about them. I, I'm just saying, I, I thought I had a very nuanced
take of, uh, yeah, Hunter, I'm with you. They do need to toughen up
this. We, we're sick of nobody respects even when the Falcons were like, you know, going to
the Super Bowl and getting into NFC championships, nobody respected them ever. I
remember one season they started the year like 10 and oh, and no one was talking about them
ever. It's, it's, I don't know what it is. It's just like NFL fans and NFL media just like,
pretend the Falcons don't exist no matter how good they are. And we, we're, we're kind of
sick of that, give us some respect. Meanwhile, like the Cowboys when like are like an average
team and never do anything in the playoffs. And every, like all you see on the media is
Cowboys talk, nobody ever talks about the Falcons ever dog. If I have a chance to rip up
the Cowboys, I'm all in, you know this about me, I rip on the Cowboys, I rip on big media. I
rip on the big teams. Ok? I do Falcons fans. I'm sorry, I love Matt
Ryan. Great dude. He remembered my mustache every time I talk to him. Great guy. I like
Julio. I like those teams that three year stretch was electric. It was great for you guys.
I'm happy for you. We just want a little respect. That's all that. I said you win the
NFC South and rip the over on the win total and somehow that's not enough. No
delusion. Uh We, we, we, we gotta keep things moving here because, uh, we do gotta get Leo on
here to talk fantasy football. Um, but I do want to declare the Denver Broncos the winners
of the preseason. Do you agree? Uh, three preseason games, 34 points, 27 points, 38
points won all three games, two of them in absolute blowouts. Bo Nix is named the starter.
He actually kind of look good. Yes, it's the preseason. Yes, it means nothing. I remember
the Oakland Raiders 15 years ago went 40, in the preseason. And then when, like, two and 14
in the regular season, so it means nothing. But if there is a winner of the preseason, I'm
gonna give it to the Denver Broncos. Yeah, the Chiefs went oh, and three. So their season's
lost. Uh, I'm being facetious. Uh, yeah, I, I take all of preseason with a grain of
salt, but as far as what they looked like there's some promise there.
I was not a big bow necks guy wasn't for me. It wasn't my cup of tea. You look good.
Will it translate? I don't know. Well, when he's going up against defensive
starters, the entire game will continue, we'll see. But if you're a Broncos fan, I can at
least understand you getting excited. Maybe not for this year. But, but, but, but, but
thinking, ok, maybe we at least have some building blocks here. Maybe there's at least
something here. Um, yeah, I like that. It's a good call. Yeah, it
means nothing obviously. But at the, at the end of the day, I think as a Broncos fan, you'd
rather see that from your team in the preseason than the opposite. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Even though in the long run it means nothing. It gives you some hope. Oh, when, when the
Chiefs are winning two games a season. That's what we had. Right. Oh, the preseason look, we
have hope. Right. It doesn't always translate, but at least for, for three or four weeks
you have hope, you have hope. And that, and that's what, that's what the NFL, that's what
being a fan of a bad team is all about. If you can just get some hope for a few weeks, that's
all you can ask for. Uh, wrap up. Uh, your Chiefs preseason thoughts. Uh, the two biggest
stories, I think, uh, kind of over the last week. Creed Humphrey signed an extension is now
the highest paid center in the NFL and then breaking this morning, they're bringing back
Juju Smith Schuster who, uh, would a fall from grace he has had. Now he's going back to Kansas
City. Just give me your final, uh, preseason thoughts for the Chiefs. Yeah, preseason was
actually mostly brutal for Kansas City. Um, no one's taken over that CB two role. It's
been a little bit of a struggle at times for them. The ones have looked fine. So I'm not
worried necessarily once the season starts, but some of the depth pieces that we were
excited about have not looked the same. Now, obviously, I always want to point out when
you're seeing, for example, no one's probably know this name, uh, Cam Jones. Well, when he's
now the leader on this 2nd and 3rd unit, those other guys might not know exactly where to be
but if you inserted Kim Jones with Nick Bolton and Drew Tranquil, well, all of a sudden he
looks fine and he's a fine piece now. So whenever you see these debacles and breakdowns,
when you're looking at the 2nd and 3rd and even fourth units, uh, just around the
preseason for whatever team you root for, think of the individual player and what they
would look like if they're playing now with the other starters and not just with all
backups because I do think there is a, a distinction to be made there. Um, Judi Smith
Schuster very quickly. He looks like he's signing this morning with Kansas City as of a
report from Jordan, uh Jordan Schultz. Um, I don't understand this. I really
don't unless there's a suspension on the way from, um, from Sh Rice, which
we've heard nothing about. I, I don't see where he fits. I, I don't, I don't get what
Juju Smith Schuster brings at this point for Kansas City. Um, maybe I'm wrong but
he ain't playing special teams and what I'm talking about. Wide receiver five and six and
even seven to an extent. That's pretty much all you do. Uh, last year there were wide
receiver six in 10 games had 11 targets. What's more valuable, the 11 targets over 10
games or special teams. It's special teams. II , I don't understand it. I'll, I'll get more
clarification uh, later on today as more information comes available to us. But as of
now I'm perplexed by this, um, Creed Humphrey. He wanted guard money. He got guard
money. He got 18 mil per year. This was a
great move for all centers in football. I like it for Kansas City as a team who's
traditionally not paid their center for Mitch Morris to Rodney Hudson. Um, they've had good
centers. They've let them all walk. Well, now they have an elite center. They paid them, um,
they have a lot of offensive line up for, uh, contracts the next year or even two. They pay
the anchor, they pay the sinner. Um, I always thought of center almost as the tight end
market where it's like we know they do a lot more yet. They're not getting paid like wide
receivers, right? Um, but they paid a
sinner like a guard that's huge, big for the market, big for,
um, the transition, the moving forward of the position. Um I think it's a good
move for Casey. Uh, I'm just gonna quickly wrap up my thoughts on the Falcons
preseason. Then we're gonna dive into some, uh , fantasy football stuff really. I mean, the
Falcons didn't play any of their starters for the most part during the preseason. I don't
know how that's gonna translate to the regular season. That makes me a little bit nervous. Uh,
Raheem Moore said that he liked, um, the team scrimmages a lot more in terms of getting the
starters in there um, but that does make me a little nervous for week 13 point favorites to
the Steelers at home in week one. I think Falcons seem like the obvious bet there. But
then a little bit of rust with their starters. Kirk Cousins, no preseason action. Uh, you know,
especially basically all their starters on offense. No preseason action. We've seen that
hurt teams in the first couple of weeks of the regular season in the past wouldn't be
surprised if it hurts them this year. But the big news for the Falcons is this past week,
obviously, we talked about the signing in the trades last week, but, uh, since then, uh,
signed AJ Terrell, my guy, AJ Terrell, uh, 24 year, uh, extension. I'm on record as an A
AJ Terrell guy. I have two jerseys. One of the jerseys I have is an AJ Terrell jersey. If I'm
being completely honest about AJ Terrell though, um, high ceiling guy when he's at
his best. He's truly one of the elite corners in the NFL, but we just don't see his
elite form as often as we would want. He's kind of like, uh, sterling how we've talked
about Trevor Lawrence in the past, how we've seen the ceiling of Trevor Lawrence and how
good he can be, but he only brings that level of play three games a year. Uh, and that is
kind of what AJ Terrell is. Uh, he's, we've seen it at times, but for the majority of games
and still, it's not like his floor is low. I mean, his worst is still, uh, you know, a very
good corner. Um, but now that we have signed him to a pretty significant contract here, four
year, $81 million deal, we need the elite version of AJ Terrell to show up more often
than, than we've seen in the past two years. His rookie season was fantastic. The past
couple of two years were inconsistent, but I like AJ Terrell. He's very talented. Um uh and
there's, you know, I still think there's a strong possibility that this contract is gonna
look good. Uh You know, in the next couple of years, but like I said, we just need that high
end AJ tre version of himself to, to show up more often than not. I like the signing or II,
I loved it when I first saw the notification, AJ Terrell for your extension for the Falcons.
I like AJ Terrell and then I saw the money and I had a little bit of a, like a gasp. That's a
lot of money man for a cornerback, that's a lot of money. That's elite cornerback money.
Now, we'll see where the market goes, right. I mean, we'll, we'll see when guards and centers
are getting paid 18 plus million dollars a year. Well, that just also means the salary cap
is rising. So we got to get used to these larger numbers. Um You're right. Maybe in, in,
in two years down the road when he enters, enters his third year in the contract, the
contract looks normal, right? Could be, um either way I like the move for the Falcons
because he is a really good corner. Um You've talked about it multiple times the secondary
before they brought in a couple of, of nice safety pieces. Cornerback was a little bit of a
weakness. They were looking for CB two, they were looking for CB three. They made sure they
got their CB one though, taken care of smart move. Yeah, and there are a lot of elite
corners who, uh, will be signing new contracts within the next year, next off season. Um, so I
think now was a, was a good time in terms of that to kind of lock AJ Terrell in for a four
year deal because yeah, there, there's some big names of the position that are gonna reset
the market quickly. So, uh, even though it looks like a lot of money right now, um I think
it'll look better kind of as time goes on. Uh All right. So there you go. That's our
preseason, uh, recap. Uh, we will be back Wednesday to give our season preview. Um, but
still we got more to get to on on this show today because we are gonna talk fantasy
football, like I said, preseason wrapped up. It's time to get your fantasy football drafts
going. My first one is this Thursday. I have another one Saturday night and another one this
weekend. Uh, I'm in too many leagues. I'm in four leagues. Um, but because I'm in so many
leagues and because they start this week, I need to bring in an expert to talk fantasy
football and that is why we are bringing on Leo Lampert, staff writer with fans sided. He's
gonna go through and give us his thoughts on some fantasy football players. Leo, how are you
doing? I'm doing well. Thanks for having me guys. I appreciate it. Yeah, of course,
Sterling. Do you have fantasy football drafts coming up? I do, I looked it up right now. It's
on uh the second, it's on September 2nd. So seven days away is what it looks
like. Uh eight days now, rule number one for your fans, you always make sure to check the
date and time and also read your league settings, know, know the format you're playing
in so, you know, draft accordingly. I'm trying to figure out where I'm at in the draft. Ok. Uh
I don't know if that's been set yet, but I'm, I'm getting very, very nervous that I'm gonna
be, be nine or 10. Uh le let's, let's start off by talking about the quarterback position,
obviously an important position, one that has uh increased importance over the past uh number
of years. Uh What, what do you look at? Uh the impact of the quarterback position and the
battles that we've seen so far this preseason. I mean, we already saw, uh and we mentioned
earlier on the show, Bo Nix has won the starting gig for the Broncos. And I mean, this
is another reason why I think people do their fantasy football drafts in mid a mid aust are
in saying you don't even know what quarterbacks are starting for all teams. Um
What, what, what are your thoughts on how we look at the quarterback market uh heading into
this week now that we, for the most part, I know there's a couple of teams that still have
to kind of announce their starters, Steelers, but it's probably gonna be Russell Wilson
Patriots. We don't really know uh with May and Brissett. Uh but yeah, what are your thoughts
on the quarterback market hitting in this week ? Yeah, I mean, regarding the two that we do
know that the jobs have been settled, the Raiders and the Broncos, uh I think Minch
starting over o'connell. I think that's the best case scenario for all parties involved. Uh
Gardner, he's a known commodity. Obviously, the unproven upside of o'connell is tempting,
but I think mentioned minus has proven that he can support fancy relevant receivers. Just look
at Michael Pittman Junior last year. He was more than relevant, especially in P pr leagues.
Same with Josh Downs as a rookie before he got hurt. He was putting up solid wide receiver
three flex value as well. So, I mean, just supporting multiple pass catchers is impressive.
And also I think having a veteran who the brain trust of Antonio Pierce gets the Tom
Tesco, they all reportedly feel he's a better fit for the offense right now. So, I mean, I
just think everyone involved benefits and it's just something that they're all gonna continue
to, uh, work on. And I mean, even if he doesn't, uh, work out, Aidan o'connell is a
good safety valve to have in my opinion. And then regarding Bo Nicks, I mean, I think he's
the ideal outcome. We know what Zach Wilson and Jack Jackson aren't. They're not very good.
Uh, we don't know what Bo Nix is but he looks comfortable running Sean Payton's offense
albeit in limited exhibition reps. So I definitely think there's some untapped
potential there and I think that that's also the best case scenario of the outcomes. Yeah, I
know we talked Gardner Mins you, uh, before on the show, sterling, um, definition of an
average quarterback but still high upside. I mean, people still forget that, you know, the
Colts were a, a drop pass on fourth down away from winning the AFC South last year. So, um,
yeah, Garner Minch, who being named starter does not, certainly doesn't scare me away from
drafting Raiders players. Sterling. Oh, dude, I'm with you. I, I'm, I've been a huge Gardener
supporter for a while now. He's the definition of average but also has such a wild array of
outcomes, but he always on average, it's a very fun average. Um Speaking
of average, talk about ad P average draft pick physician, whatever you want to call the
P, um we're gonna push, push some P on this show. Um Who are you avoiding at
certain AD PS right now? Who I'm avoiding? Ok. So I mean, I got a few in mind but for at the
top of the draft board and this one might be a little bold. I'm avoiding CD Lamb just until we
get some clarity on the contractual situation. I mean, originally I had Jamar Chase here for
the same reason, but he reported to camp there to practice yesterday. That was some huge news.
So it's really just the, the risk reward here. You can't, you can't win your draft in the
first round, but you can lose it. And I think that there's a lot of people who have similar
stability slash upside that Lamb offers be going after him. You might as well just target
those guys who, you know, will be there week one and have been practicing with their teams
throughout the off season. I just think it's, it's hard to expect a player like Lamb to be in
game shape right away and expect him to be putting up the top receiver numbers like he was
last year so quickly. Yeah, there's one player specifically, I want to talk to you about AD P
who I was surprised their AD P is so high. Now , I like this guy. My Diy league. I mean, I do
have him. So that's obviously a little bit more of a, you know, a long term play. But when
I look at, uh, redraft leagues, I'm surprised how high this guy is being taken and it's
running back for the Dolphins D VA chain, who we've seen the upside, he average, what he
averaged last year for it was, it was like 5.6 yards per Kry or something. It was like last
year. It was otherworldly, it was like eight yards or something. It was crazy. It was
college football numbers. I'll pull it up right now because it was literally absurd. It
was 7.8 yards a carry. Yeah, I was not even, I was off by over two yards. Um But I, I see
where the issues are which like if I'm in a redraft league, I don't know if I'd take him as
high as AD P is with, you know, injury issues last year still and then still the Dolphins a
loaded offense. I mean, Raheem Mostert, obviously there running back and then uh all
the weapons, a wide receiver. So what, what are your thoughts on D VA chain uh for Fantasy
football drafts uh heading into this week? Yeah, I mean, a a is Yahoo's uh running back 11
and P Pr Yahoo is, that's the rankings I sort of go by. But um the upside here is enough to
make me regret not liking or avoiding him, but I mean, his limited usage in a crowded
backfield, the injury history, it's all scary considering where he's going in the draft. Not
to mention they just added Jalen right with the fourth round pick who they, they seem
pretty excited about. I've seen that he's going to have a role coming out as a rookie.
Just another mouth to feed there. Not to mention, obviously, Rickie Mostert, his
familiar with Mike, uh Mike mcdaniel, the offensive scheme we saw, he scored 21
touchdowns last year. He's not just going to go away, um H A and he's due for some
aggression, obviously, if he can counteract that with some sort of volume, but it's just
hard to bet on that volume being there, which is why I just think HN is so reliant on big
plays and then there's bound to be some duds throughout the regular season, which is a tough
pill to swallow from the running back one position, which is where he's going based on
his draft position. Yeah, I mean, if he can average 7.8 yards per carry and stay healthy,
then yeah, he's gonna be, you know, the best Fantasy player in the NFL this year, but also
you have to take into account, he only had 100 and three carries. So like you, you, you double
that amount of carries over a full season if he can stay healthy and if he, you know, gets
the same amount of work, is he gonna be able to average 7.8 yards per carry. So, if he can
average 7.8 yards per carry, he might end up being the best running back of all time. Um,
that's, that's a lot to kind of bank on if you take him high uh in your draft. I want to talk
about a quarterback because they do have a list of players here that you think are a
little bit uh higher in terms of their ad P than where you think their value is. And the
quarterback, if I look at this list, I think that that's the one that shocks me the most. So
talk, talk to me about, you know, the quarterback that you think uh is their AD P is
a little bit overvalued, a little bit overvalued. I think it's CJ Strout here. It's
not about CJ Stroud, the player. I love CJ Stroud, I can watch him every Sunday. It's
something I enjoy doing talent to throw the football. But in fantasy football, the, the
quarterback position is really just about running the ball. It's such a cheat code, being
able to have a quarterback who can also run for 30 yards to score touchdowns with their
legs. It's just, it's such a difference. He's being drafted around guys like Josh Allen.
Jalen Hurtz. Obviously, Mahomes is the exception because he does run but not to those
guys degrees, but he can throw for 5000 yards any given year and just with strad with all the
weapons there, it's tempting. But you're really, you're betting on 4500 yards and 40
touchdowns with no rushing upside there. I mean, we saw last year he ran for 100 67 rush
yards. That's basically non existent and not feasible for a top five Nancy quarterback, in
my opinion, which is why I'm just staying away and I'm actually taking him over the guy or I'm
taking the guy. I, I'm taking at all costs at AD P. That's few spots behind him, uh, over him
10 out of 10 times. Yeah, so let's talk about that actually. Um, let's talk with some, you
know, players who you think have some value based on where, where their AD P is right now.
Let's start with the quarterback position. Uh, a guy who does run the football because like
you said, that's, you know, being able to run the football and R and rack up rushing yards is
huge when it comes to fantasy production for, for quarterback CJ Strat, only 100 and 67 yards
last year. So, what quarterback do you think has some value in terms of their ad P? Uh, for
me, it's Kyler Mary, it was tough here. I was between him and rookie Jaden Daniels, but
ultimately, I went with Murray just lean towards the experience. The unknown of the, the
rookie season is, is something that's interesting. I also think that a lot of people
are catching on to J and Daniels as the preseason goes on with like the flashy plays
and the training camp buzz. So Murray is where I leaned and I mean, the rankings are starting
to catch up also proud because Matthew Barry just recently picked him as his ride or die for
the season too. Damn it, Matthew Barry, my draft hasn't happened yet and I was waiting to
get Kyler Murray so damn late. I'm on the same page as you. Yeah, I mean, before that, I mean,
even on some platforms still like on ESPN, you can get Murray several spots after Shroud and I
just give me, like I said before, give me Murray straight up 10 out of 10 times. Uh He
has a weak winning upside with the, the rushing floor, but also just you're guaranteed
points pretty much with, uh with the rushing upside and I just think the Cardinals are going
to be an underrated, fun team to watch. They might not win a lot of games, but the defense
isn't very good and the offense has a lot of exciting playmakers. Marvin Harrison junior is
gonna be a great receiver from the start. In my opinion, Trey mcbride is an incredible tight
end. I like what they got with Michael Wilson as a secondary piece and I like the backfield
with James Connor, Trey Benson and company. So I think there should be a lot of shootouts,
plenty of negative game stripped it all just sets up really well for Kylie Mary, in my
opinion. Leo, damn, it don't give away all my strategy here. I, I was all in
like even some of the Arizona like receivers like Trey mcbride or something for a uh because
they're gonna be down in a lot of games, but they're going to be fun to watch, they're gonna
throw the rock a hell of a lot. Kyler Murray again. Fantasy football is so much different
than, than real football. I always try and have this caveat and I do think at times, um
the average consumer of both equate them to be the same whether that's good for
fantasy football or bad for real football. It happens. You'll see a guy who puts up tons of
numbers. Well, he's a great player. He's better than X and you're like, well, no, he's
just good in fantasy football. Let's take the totality of numbers here. Who's, who's the
better NFL player? They're completely different styles, two different games basically.
But Kyler Murray is damn good in fantasy. Even if I don't think he's better than CJ Street for
this purpose. I do think you're right. Let's talk about tight ends for a moment here. Are
there some tight ends, you're staying away from some you're going towards because I do
think tight end is one of those positions that can either win your Fantasy League or be the
reason why you're just on the, on the cusp of making the playoffs last year. You saw only a
handful of tied end to a real difference makers and sometimes they weren't exactly the
guy you thought they might be, you know, at times, Travis Kelsey was going in the first or
even second round. Well, now dude's getting older and he went under A K for the first time
in like nine years. Where do you land in the tight end position? Uh So for me, the approach
I'm taking with tight end this year is if I'm not grabbing one of those top four guys, I'm
waiting as long as I can who are the top four? Uh, Mark Andrews Travis Kelsey, Sam Laporta
Trey mcbride. Ok. No, I didn't put him in order there. I'm sorry, but it's up, it's up to
you up to your interpretation. But with that being said, one, I'm staying away from outside
of the top four George Kittle. I think this one's subject to change. Obviously, depending
on how the Brandon Auk saga unfolds, but I mean, his injury history, reliance on big plays
and low touchdown equity is just enough for me to stay away. He's produced 11 season with over
six touchdowns which came, happened to come last year actually, but he's missed at least
one game every year since his fully healthy 2018 breakout campaign. So, I mean, it's just
not something you want to rely on, especially with such a thin position at like tight end.
You want stability. Uh not to mention the 49ers have significant offensive line issues,
which normally is an issue for tight ends. But Cale just happens to be one of the best
blocking tight ends in recent NFL memory Trent Williams, we know his ongoing holdout situation.
John Feliciano is expected to be out for an extended amount of time. He's going to be
placed on IR after having some knee surgery. So I think that kid is going to be a lot asked
to stay in line and do a lot more blocking like we've seen in the past, uh his blocking
percentage had dipped the past couple of seasons. But I also think that was partially
because of Devo Samuel's health. Devo Samuels missed some games over the years. So I think
assuming a healthy debo assuming that uh yuk is there come week one, maybe week two, I
think that kid is just a person to stay away from right now and he falls right in that
aforementioned dead zone. I said before, like outside of the top four, but waiting as long as
possible, where do you draft, uh a Travis or a Trey mcbride or one of these top four guys
because again, there's so much, it's so advantageous to have one of those four versus
just a sorry, but like an average, let's say a Pat Friar, right? Like he might be fine a
couple of weeks, but the consistency is not going to be there if you're in a 10 man league
around. What round do you take a, take a shot on one of these guys? Yeah, I mean, and
obviously it depends on how shallow or deep your league is, but if it's a 10 man league and
it's a standard format, you're gonna have most of your positions filled out regardless with
some talented players. So I don't hate the idea of grabbing a tight end early in around
three or four and just solidifying that one off spot and then knowing that you can get
talent at the receiver and running back position later on. Now there's one thing that
we love to do in the show unfortunately, or Sterling loves doing the show I hate doing on
this show and that is uh pump up Chiefs players and, and I understand you have two
Chiefs players that you like this year for fantasy one running back, one receiver. We all
let's just let's wrap up on this because like I said, there's nothing this show loves doing
more than pump up the. So, so what what Chiefs players do you like? Uh So the running back one
is obvious uh Isa Pacheco, there's not really a competition back there. So that's a big steel
Carson steel, get ready for the man of steel. Is he a full back or a running back? That's
what he's a running back? Ok. Is it because he's white ever? Like, he's a full back. He's
never played full back in his life. He's talking about this. He's a running back now and
he looked great in the preseason. I digress. I'm all in on the steel train though. He's got
a Crocodile alligator named Croy J. Dude's a badass, great lettuce too fair enough. I won't
argue any of those reasons but um football, football reasons, uh whether it's him, Clyde
Edwards Lairds and Erik Prince or the Luis ream if I'm pronouncing that right, the rugby
guy, uh none of them are gonna get in Pacheco's way of massive volume, which is why I
think and obviously arguably the best offense in the NFL led by the best quarterback in
football. Not to mention the Chiefs got the best O line. Uh We have an elite O line. I
won't say the best but newly extended creed Humphrey, which you guys discussed, Joe Thony
Trey Smith, that interior O line is dangerous. It's just going to set up a lot for Pacheco.
And I think while it hasn't been the case in recent seasons with Andy Reid, he has a history
of featuring running backs and it resulting in fancy football excellence. Shady mccoy Deuce,
Daly, Brian Westbrook Kareem Hunt, Jamal Charles, they all eclipse 1500 scrimmage yards
at least once under Reed and I think Pacheco could be next in line for that. I think he's a
three down back with receiving upside and great touchdown equity. So he's one of my
favorite picks this year with top five running back potential. Um, I noticed you don't
have a Falcon on this list. Drake London could have been here. He definitely could have been a
case for Drake London in the receiver spot. Uh I think there's just you gotta see it with him
first. Uh I believe in the talent. I just think that it's been a lot of unknown with him
and I, I'm not really needed to just take that all in plunge on him. Kyle Pitts, he wasn't
mentioned as a top four tight end. I was of course because I mean, he's been, he's been,
yeah, Kyle Pitts is out here been just uh potential, potential, potential at some point.
You got to do something outside your rookie season. I'm in on Kyle Pitts, by the way, he's
in my Dynasty league, Ian and Falcon fans. So calm down. I'm rooting for Kyle Pitts. I mean,
the helmet behind me is signed by Kyle Pitts. So it's the value has only gone down since I
bought that helmet. So I, I'm also in on Kyle Pitts just wait till it comes to Kansas City
post, Travis. I wouldn't be shocked to be wrong on Pitts, but it's just, it's not
something I'm betting on after being burned by him in the past. Uh, and then let's, let's wrap
up with, uh, receivers, uh, that you do like, uh, in fantasy football this year? Ok. Yeah. So
I know you mentioned that I had another chief receiver, it was Rashi Rice who I was leaning
more towards, but, um, I feel like that he's been rising up the ranks lately as people are
kind of seeing that he's not really going to get to spend any time soon. So I pivoted to DK
Metcalf and this one's kind of more of a gut feeling. I just, I really believe in the skill
set. He's, we all know the physical freak. He is just like what he can do on a football field
and his size, his strength, his speed. But now with offensive coordinator Ryan Grubbs from the
Washington Huskies there, I think that he's going to be there to maximize his talents. We
saw that he can bring out the best in three receivers simultaneously like he did in
Washington, Jalen Polk, Roma Dunes, Jalen mcmillan, they all just got drafted this year.
Very highly clearly, he did something right. I expect similar results with Metcalf, JSN Tyler
Lockett and I really don't think Geno Smith is as bad as last year suggests he's only two
seasons removed from a, a breakout pro bowl campaign leading the league in completion
percentage. With 30 touchdown passes. I think he's closer to that version of Geno than last
year's version of Gino than we saw, which is why I think Metcalf will be the biggest
beneficiary. And I really, uh one article that really swayed my opinion. Yahoo's Andy Barons
wrote something about how Metcalf could just be ready to explode in a new offensive scheme.
He just needed some sort of change of environment. And I really, I believe that, uh
not to mention, I think DK offers great floor play. Also, he's never had less than 900 yards
or six touchdowns in a season. And I just think there's plenty of floor with incredible
untapped potential to just absolute ceiling play can go off any given week. And I just, I
really believe that Grubs can help maximize that. I love that as a man who drafted him in
the third round of a 22 person league. Yeah, 22 people. I had the 17th overall pick on my
third pick rapping back. I went DK Metcalf. So , uh I hope so because I've never
done a 22 person league and the names get thin quick. Yeah, that sounds hectic. I, I haven't
got that high in, in the league count, but that sounds crazy. Yeah. Uh yeah, I like DK
Metcalf a lot this year too. Actually, my, I, I wrote an article, uh and did a podcast with
my best futures bet for every single team and my best futures bet for the Seahawks is
actually Metcalf to go over his uh receiving yards total. So, uh, yeah, I like, uh I like
that quite a bit as well. Uh Leo, thank you so much for joining us, uh giving us your fantasy
football knowledge. Like I said, it is, uh this week is fantasy football week. It's time
to do your drafts. And if you listen to Leo's advice, you're gonna be in a pretty good spot
heading into the, heading into the season. So thank you so much for joining us le or let the
people know uh where they can find your work. Ok. Yeah, so you can find me on fans side.com
and also my extra Twitter handle whatever you wanna call it. Uh My first and last name Leo
Lambert one. Awesome. Thanks so much Leo. I appreciate it. Yeah, I appreciate you guys.
Thank you so much. How many Fantasy Leagues are you in? Sterling? 222?
Person 12 is the number two is the correct number. I've overextended myself with four.
Yeah. Yeah. Uh By the way for everyone who is listening, the Tory Holt interview I had with
him will play directly following this if you're on youtube. Well, what are you doing?
Just stay on stack in the box and go to videos and then click the Tory Holt interview. A lot
of fun talking with a member of the greatest show on turf. We talk about his Hall of Fame
answers as well. Semifinalist the past two years. He should be in the Hall of Fame. It's
kind of crazy to me. Um, but we talk about that in a whole the most underrated receiver of
all time. In my opinion, you look at the numbers, the eye test everything Hall of Famer
yet somehow still just on the cusp. Yeah, he, he
unfortunately kind of his career fell off quickly. Uh He went from like racking up like
one of the top receivers to like disappearing from the league quickly, but still, I mean, for
10 years, he was an elite receiver, led the NFL and receiving RS twice, one of the more
underrated receivers of all time. Uh So, yeah, if you're like, like sir said, if you're
listening to audio this coming up, if you're watching this on youtube, go watch the
interview right after this. Uh We're done. We're wrapping this up. Sterling any final
thoughts. Uh Dude, we're so close man. Again, we're at the finish line. I can't wait.
Football is back. I can't wait to sit my ass on my couch for like nine straight hours and
watch ball. Red zone is almost here. Fantasy Leagues this week, next week, start placing
your week one bets and then opening kickoff will be here. Thank you all so much for
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