Fantasy Football - Fantasy Time Machine + Jacobs in Jeopardy? - Podcast for 8/28

0:00Great Scott! If my calculations are correct, you are listening to this before your fantasy football drafts have taken place. I have been to the future. I know as it followed the advice from the fantasy footballers ultimate draft kit, had a spectacular season and with certain many victories. It's almost as if Biff had given each of them a copy of Grace Paul Salmanek, had highly recommend heading over to www.ultimatedraftkit.com without any further delay. Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Ride. Welcome in!

1:08It's a Friday show, Jason Moore, Mike Ride, Andy Holloway, the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. Did you notice we're inching towards Show 2000 here? Yeah, we're heading into hippie zone. Wow! We're getting into the 60s. Yeah, groovy man. Groovy, baby. Kyle says October. And I'll be mapped out. Kyle is... How are we going to... I don't have the button. They took it away from me. Go to the dooster can. He got one day with you. Because there's so special... Matthew Batskid! Matthew Batskid! Matthew Batskid! Matthew Batskid! Matthew Batskid! Matthew Batskid! Matthew Batskid! The board gogan. The East coasters. The least coasters I should say have flown in. In the building today. That made Kyle sad. And why are they here? Watch your mouth. Oh, he's got a microphone. They're here because while this is a Friday show, this is not our only Friday show. We have a live show at the Vamburant tonight.

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3:08And have a chance to be in the listener league next year. Get an ultimate for life. I'm going to bring something else next week that I want to give away from my personal sports card collection. And I'm going to give to the winner of the Megalable this year. And a lot of that. I mean, it's just going to be so fun. Megalable.com. Dirty socks. Are you contributing autographed or not? Well, with my scent. Oh, autographed with your scent. All right. Quick question of the day. What part of fantasy football strategy? I mean, today is a fantasy time machine show. So there's a theme here. What part of fantasy strategy has changed the most since the day the podcast started? Which somebody out there had looked up. They found an old episode and we had it. We had it. Well, don't yeah, definitely don't do that. Back in the bedroom. And we were like. It was like, if you could take anybody today for the next 10 years. For the next 10. This was a show after the show.

4:0810 years in fantasy. And it's been 10 years since that show. Wow. I got a spoiler. We didn't get the answers. Well, I do and I were pretty much agreed that it should be Russell Wilson at the time. Wow. Remember when he was great? I believe Jason. I want to say I was OBJ. You were Odele Beckham, June. Young. It would be like right now being like, I want to, you know, JSN. Right. I mean, 10 years is a long time. What would the right answer have been at the time? Derek Henry. I don't know if Henry was in the league. De Montaie Adams. He was. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, Matthew Stafford. I mean, there's a. I mean, the truth is there is no, there's not really a good answer to have for 10 years. Remember how Adam's dunk back then. Oh, yeah. You can't, you can't play a 10 year game. I mean, you've got to play a three year game in Dynasty terms. Yeah. Stupid question. I reject the question on principle. Fantasy strategy, though, that has changed the most in your opinion since fantasy started.

5:10The getting later players as in like, you know, sleepers. I guess you could, it's more of like a, what has changed is the level of informed fantasy football players. You know, there's still, there's still definitely the halves and the half-nots. There's the real casuals who all have conversations with and you, you know, pretty quick. So we're, we're, we're, we're not going deep on this conversation. We're going to keep it pretty shallow and because they're like, who's a sleeper? You're like, how about you feel about that like tooting? Like, that's not a sleeper. But it's so I think that's really where it gets hard is finding the edge in those players that can break out because you have, you know, we did it on our, our sleeper show. I brought up Pat Bryant, which is like, that's really long odds. But to truly find a sleeper in today's fantasy football with, with the informed crew, you got to go to a player where you're like, this is, right now it seems impossible.

6:11Yeah. You know, one of the biggest things that has changed over the last decade is... Grammar is, Grammar never has, has been the same. People have just gotten so much smarter and ADP over time is just so much more accurate year after year after year. We, we have learned from our mistakes. We've, we see how it like, you know, we're, we're paying more attention to team makeup, to offensive line, to quarterbacks, riders, all the nerd stuff where ADP gets more and more accurate where then the strategy is like, okay, if ADP is pretty darn good from front to back, you've got to find the edges. You've got to find the strategy where it's like, like, and it changes year to year. So, for instance, this year, that, that middle round running back, the middle round tied in, I feel like your, your opportunity cost is probably too great in that for me. I think that's just, you've got it, the strategy changes every couple of years.

7:12It's not like one thing that it used to be this way and now it's a totally different way. Late quarterback can be something where a long time ago, that was the only way to play. Yeah. Then it became so in Fuego, you know, that was the only way to play where it's like, actually now that they're going to late, like grab the best guy in the middle rounds. So you just have to be basically paying attention to what the current trends are. The speed at which information is disseminated. News, injuries is so fast. We've accommodate, like, most leagues, I would say nearly 100% of leagues back then were not fab. These were like waiver priority and it was open waivers and it was open free agency. And if news broke, you could be the first one to get there. Yeah. If you had a job on a computer, now you, now you almost need to accommodate the Twitter sphere. You need to accommodate, like, the fact that news gets out there so instantaneously, that, you know, having daily waivers run, things that equalize a little bit. Oh, man, I remember, look, a stash, stash, you know, limitations.

8:17I remember driving on the freeway, you'd be like, you'd get your sleeper alert as like so and so is out for the air. And you're like, going 75, you're like, well, I got a job to do. I got to put my life on the line because I got to go pick up this backup running back. That's funny. All right. Let's talk news. News and notes from around the league. For 1,960 shows so far, I think the people out there know one thing about us and is that we are. We just love talking legal implications of player decisions. It's what I studied to be. Yeah. A fantasy legal expert. Josh Jacobs was formally charged with two misdemeanors related to the May arrest. Tom Pelliser reporting. The charges are formally misdemeanor battery and criminal damage to property. He is scheduled for a court appearance on November 17th. That why is that important? Because the league oftentimes allows the legal process to take place before suspensions take place.

9:20Under the NFL CBA, the minimum suspension for domestic abuse is six games. That is the minimum. If you listen, by the way, shout out to Drew to have important absolute authority on giving well rounded. He actually is. Actually legal advice. But I will say this, the minimum suspension for domestic abuse is six games in a felony circumstance. It doesn't mean the league can't do that. But he is not being charged with felonies. The suspension is going to be subject to when the legal process happens, when the NFL's review happens. And whether or not, I mean, ultimately this happens in the public eye. Yep. If a video, which the reason he was charged is a video was a component of the charges. It was surveillance video of the garage. If that video teams ease its way to the internet, the NFL could be in a position where the commissioners list becomes immediately relevant. The real checklist, yes.

10:21Jason, I know you also read through the entirety of what Davenport and the charges. The paperwork there. So in your estimation, where are you with the situation? Because drafts this week and drafts next week. Yeah. And really, my eyes have rolled all the way into the back of my head. For sure. It is an extremely risky pick. You know that what could happen at any time for Josh Jacobs is a video is leaked. His hand is pushed. The suspension is immediate. It could be in the middle of the season. That reality exists. Drew Davenport, you got to follow him on X unfortunately. I mean, I wish we didn't have to follow the legal expert. But you just have to. Yeah. And he really is good. You know, the November date he was bringing up the fact that that does not mean that that's when the NFL will do its thing. The November date is, you know, he'll enter a not guilty plea. Wave a speedy trial. Ask for, you know, something in January or February.

11:22So if the video doesn't come out. More off more likely. And what the NFL has always done. He won't be suspended for anything this year. So it's really it's a risky pick. It's one of those things where you could end up getting an insane value on Jacobs. Because he's going to drop in the draft a couple of rounds. And you could get him for 17 games. And he doesn't miss anything at all. But at any point, you could you could have him. And you he gets you to the fantasy playoffs and boom. Yeah. He's gone. One of the comments I thought was very insightful from Drew Davenport was the fact that in most respect. This was a good. This is sort of a good thing for Jacobs. Which you would think no, it's not. But because the fell anything is not hanging over the circumstance. Because because if they had enough evidence to prove that they would have charged them with it. Like there are some answered questions here for Jacobs in his future in the NFL.

12:24Because of the nature of the charges. Not that it is a good thing that what transpired. Obviously, it's just clarity goes a long way in terms of like if I had to bet right now. Honestly. My bet would be that Jacobs plays. I think the full season. I think so too. I think he probably misses four games next year. The charges were moved from felonies to misdemeanors. They were also not classified as domestic violence. Yeah. You know, it was property damage. Obviously, I don't know what happened. I mean, that's another decision fantasy managers can always make. Yeah. Hey, who do you want on your team? Like Jacobs, he's off my board. I was I was already a you were already fading where but it was like. I see a point where if everybody in the league is fading like. There's Josh Jacobs can end up with 10 plus Russian touchdowns again. But at this point, I'm just like I'm not dealing with it. I was already kind of nervous about his efficiency. And so it's just like.

13:24Someone now the insurance. Someone else in green Bay. The insurance back. Yeah. Marshawn. Oh my. Marshawn Lloyd and then in Dynasty. Please make sure Chris Brooks is on a roster. He's the real insurance back. He's the insurance back for Marshawn Lloyd. Right. And that is in fact the starter. Yeah. Yeah. Marshawn. If we think Marshawn Lloyd is going to be able to play a game and exit healthy. I mean, probably wrong. I would I would say pretty much everybody around Jacobs and ADP. I would take over him at H and junior scat. This won't be a free saw. No, but I mean, let's let's move it down the list a little bit. Even if you go further down, I mean like. Yeah, what would you do? Jadarian price or Josh Jacobs? What are you doing on draft? Oh, that's a great one. I would pro home or toot or proc year. That's the area where I can see anyone take. Yeah, I think if you know decisions in. You know, the moral side, the ethics side, notwithstanding. That's about where I would probably take Jacobs over those guys.

14:25Yeah. When I looked at my rankings, it was basically the split between. I believe I put him behind price and ahead of like Jalen Warren. So it was like the tear break where he's at the end of the goods. Okay. Oh, let's move on. Boston Globe, Trayvon Henderson should be good to go for week one. I thought we reported on that yesterday, actually. Well, but if we didn't, then there you go. Bears repeating. Isaiah Pacheco's knee injury, not a concern. Oh, good. To Dan Campbell. That's awesome. I think we reported on that yesterday too. But now he's dealing with the back end. I think all of this news we reported on yesterday. That one like popped in. We talked about two to out well and Jack was Hunter as well. So did we? We did. Wow. Because I had mentioned the fact that the day before I had made the joke that at least two two outweighs not there. And then they traded for. Yeah, I will say that there were rumors of the Puka issue and whether this was imminent of some suspension coming in.

15:25Mike Vase specifically said this was not anything related to that. All right. We can also lie. Yes, they can. We have a fantasy time machine to get to. Let's take a break and jump in. Marty, you've got it. Come back with me. Where? Back to the future. Well, that's a, that's a drop I'd like to be three minutes long. That's my favorite one. Yeah. People like the. Is that a new graphic for this year? Or has that had that that was last year? Okay. I'm not sure. All right. Papa Josh. Um, Papa Josh in the producer seat this morning. Like the lead dog. Oh, which is why this little stream deck over here on the right is not working.

16:26I was just trying to protect Kyle and that's from the, uh, where are you actually? Were you actually trying to take away my ability to go to the dooster camp? No, go to the dooster camp. Hey, you know what? As a, just a person who cares about production. I don't like the proportions. Why is there such a gap that feels like four people it should be equal? And they're just like, is Josh Gassy this morning? I was going to say one of us is Gassy. Okay. We're all trying to find the guy. There it is. Um, casket face. All right. Back on the main camera. All right. The premise of this segment. It's a fun one every year. We are, uh, we are attempting to travel forward in time. Figure out who this year's version is of certain players that broke out last year and did special things. We want to look at the factors that made them valuable on, you know, these players valuable last year. Apply those same filters to this year and try to predict who might be this year's, you know, for example, JSN and things like that. So we'll start with finding the 2026 version of Javante Williams.

17:33Okay. This was a player. Let me just remind you, he was drafted as the RB 39 last year. He finished as the RB 11. So we're looking for a running back drafted outside the top 24. That is attached to a good offense. Mm hmm. That could end up as an RB one, not the RB one, but a, you know, someone in that top 12. Yeah. I think Andy, you should probably go first in my opinion. It's you, you followed more rules. Well, there was one guy that jumped out of sleep. It's who I wanted and you already had him. Okay. He does all the things that Javante represented last year, which is David Montgomery of the Houston Texans, which is like he's kind of been in the league for a while. Yeah. And he's kind of maybe viewed as a little bit boring and the offense is kind of viewed that way. But here you are on a, a team that should really be a threat to make a deep run in the playoffs.

18:34So they're, they're a good team. They're going to win a lot of games. We want that in fantasy for running backs. Houston themselves sought out a goal line back committed to David Montgomery. He is drafted outside that top range. I mean, last year the, the Texans converted a league where 17% of their attempts inside the five yard line. Say what you want about the amount of utility that Woody Marx may have between the 20s. Or is anybody doubting who's in the game when they're around the goal line? I mean, David Montgomery is that dude. They're favored in six of their first seven games or seven. Yeah, six of the first seven games before the buy. To me, Montgomery is this year's Javante. Yeah. Now I, I agree. He fits the bill entirely. My, my guy like the doesn't necessarily look real fast. Exactly. That a little, little clunky. Yeah. That needs like to earn the respect over a bunch of weeks. Like you might not believe it. It'll, it'll be a week 12. That is right. Yeah.

19:34Javante at the beginning of last year is like, oh, that's good. He got all the work. No, he's taking more time to get respect in Javante last year. Like we got to the, the, every year, you know, at some point we do kind of a, like a, let's redo the first two rounds. And it was like, should we? I don't remember if Javante went in the first two rounds. I mean, do you even feel like about him now? Javante? Do you feel like he has the respect now that he deserves? No, he does not. I, whenever I look at his ADP, I still don't want to draft him. And yet I go, I should, he should be higher. Yes. And we lose the Cowboys offense. He's a bell cow back for the Cowboys offense. Yeah. Everything that made him an Arby one last year. So my guy, he is not old bust that he's not a veteran that, you know, has, has traveled around. But he fits everything else in the sense that it's on a good offense. It looks like he's going to get all the work. And he's drafted outside the top 24 backs. And that's Jardians, Jadarian Price, rookie running back for the Seattle Seahawks. I mean, he's a later round drafted guy who seems like he's going to get everything.

20:40We worried about the passing volume because he had no passing work in his college career. Early camp reports and videos and comments from coaches are that he is involved in that. And, you know, I know, you got the Hollani bros out there that George Hollani is going to be involved all three of them. But that's, I mean, there were, are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? No, but last year, freaking kidding me. Think about the Cowboys last year. No, no, no, there are Hollani bros. They're really all. I know. But, am I response to them? Yes. Are you kidding me? The only appropriate response. Last year, there were, you know, the Mafia bros, Bill Maffa and Phil Maffa and Jane Blue. And Jane Blues, like, oh, he's the explosive bros. There's just bros everywhere. You know, I don't, I think it's like 25 touches in Hollani's career. This is not a guy who's going to push their first round pick off the field. So good offense drafted late. It could absolutely finish as an RB1. And he is one of the players that I feel like next year, you could look back and go like,

21:45well, like duh. Like, yeah, of course. Why in the world was he not automatically? Well, I know even, I mean, you talk about it every year, like rookie running backs. They are relevant. They are traditionally like multiples in the top 24. Like, it is something that happens. And then you're like, oh, wait, it's a super bowl champs. If you go watch hard knocks on the first episode, like, they have some clips from their general manager, John Schneider, talking with somebody in the, you know, look with their draft board up and the draft boards blurred. I mean, their first conversation is like, this is our biggest need. So like, for the Hollani bros out there, like, this is our biggest need. Ken Walker's gone. This is our biggest need. Like, they didn't want him to leave. They just are moving on. Mike, you've never said anything about this guy. No, I've never said anything other than just drafting him yesterday. These are all in the very similar range, by the way, in drafts, which is crazy. What's crazy is Monty is the lowest of these three right now. ADP for prices 511. Your guy is 601 and minus six.

22:46Per the rules, we were looking for a running back drafted outside the top 24, which Jason and I, we did, we kept to the rules. Did 25 and 26. We just might have a toenail hanging over where the line is. Uh, with Jason's running back 25 and my running back 26, Bay Shaltoton of the Jacks ofville Jaguars. Uh, I, you know, it's, it's not a sure thing that he's going to be the guy, but this is a situation that I 100% want to take a chance on the, the Jaguars last year, at least were a very high powered offense. Liam Cohen, uh, you know, and returning and the, you know, the, the, the new opportunity now with Travis HN Jr. out of the way for a player last year converted five of his seven carries inside the five for a touchdown among, oh, baby. Thank you, Kyle. Among 55 qualifying running backs. Fifth in rush success rate, which reminder again, rush success rate is, are you getting

23:49what you need and yardage wise on that down? So it's not, it, it's a better way at looking at yards per carrier. Are you getting what you need? And he was fifth, fifth in percent of yards after contact because he is a truly explosive athlete. And he was tied with pre-salt for 11th and forced miss tackle rate. This is a team that I, I want to, I want to bet on who will the, the guy beat. Crod is there, Chris Rodriguez and, uh, look, that's the goal line variable. Yes. Quinn Allen is the, the receiving back variable. I think when it comes to it, that it will end up being Bayes, Alton being like the, the guy there where last year it was the, the, the, the, the, the initial depth chart was listed HN Jr. Or Tank Bigsby is the starter. And they were so locked into that that they said, we don't need you anymore, Tank. We're just going to have to have B HN Jr. B are full time guy. I think that is an, in the range of outcomes for Tutan who's not being drafted as a top

24:5024 guy, where a top 12 player is in his ceiling. Ironically though, last year, I think you were more on the tank side. I was. Yes. That he was better than ETSO. Maybe they'll be like, see you later, Tutan. No, no. Hey, things, things could happen. Yeah. No, right. Yeah. Well, I still think tanks better. All right. So we found some candidates. I do too. Oh, wow. Yes, Jason. I want Tank to, it's just such a shame. I feel like you talking about my guy last year? Yes. Yeah. That's what we're talking. Just one year early. Well, this whole gag you're doing, you know what really sucks about it. It's not on the show. It's funny. Yeah. The problem is, is now the comments, it's like, he's, Trayvos now my my guy. Even better. And I think some people are not sure if it's a truth or a lie. It's true. But here's the thing for your perspective, Andy, is you have four shots at my guys. Yeah. Yeah. If Anderson, Biggs, be does something great this year or Henderson does something great.

25:53You're not going to claim that. I would. I guess it's better than giving Jason credit. Yeah. All right. Finding the 2026 Trevor Lawrence. So what made him great last year looking at horse boy? In sane second half run, made him in every week's start. His ADP last year was QB 21 ended up as the quarterback for. We're looking for a quarterback drafted outside the top 12. So that's prerequisite number one. Either upgraded options in terms of weapons or a change it off into coordinator. Liam Cohen making the big impact there. And maybe he runs enough to be a fantasy difference maker, at least fill in some of the gap. Right. You want somebody that can, that doesn't have to pay in many, right? You can, you can fill in some of the gap with the legs. Am I going first again? No, I'll hop in. Okay. Because I, I didn't like mine filling in last time. Get it out of the way. But I like mine. This one. Oh, you do. Yeah. I do. I, because of the tumult of the off season and step out for this one.

26:55Do I have to be a part of it? You can at least take your ears out so you don't have to hear it. Kyler Murray, the new quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings is, I think a much better fantasy pick. He's currently being drafted as the quarterback 17. He is mobile. He rushes well 55 55 55 percent of all of his 82 career starts have been top 12 quarterback performances. Now you've got a change of scenery. Now you've got an upgraded offensive mind. I mean, when he had Cliff Kingsbury, he was really, really good for fantasy. Things got worse and worse as his career went on as he got injured. He is now a year removed from the ACL injury. He has Justin Jefferson in a great receiving core. He has a really good offensive mind. And I don't think he's done. He's certainly not like an age where you're like, well, he can't play anymore. So I think he's done. Nice. I said, do you in?

27:57Oh, yes. It's done. So where he's being drafted right now in the 13th round is the quarterback 17. It feels he can easily, when I look at the late round quarterbacks, who could pop into the, you know, be a top six option. He is one of a few that just easily stand out to me as I can totally see how that happens. Yeah. I totally agree. It's difficult though of, of, it's been. I don't want to agree. Been a long time. I'd be right. But I don't want to. And yes, he has, you know, I, you can say, okay, the skill position players at Minnesota are better than what he had in Arizona because Jefferson is that great. He at least, I mean, he had Tramock bride. And he had Jerry Rice on the team. He just didn't throw him the ball. And last year, you know, in his five healthy games, he was averaging 35 rushing yards

28:57a game. And yet never finished as a top 15 quarterback. I was giving you, he gave you a baseline of rushing. And the other stuff was just so not there statistically that he wasn't anything more than a QB2. I mean, he fits all the, he fits all the like characteristics of somebody who, if he just plays competently, he's pretty good for fantasy. But when you said that like 55% of his games, he was above this mark. I was like, and what, we're 92% of those his first half of his career. It's just what is the true Kyler Marine now? Obviously, they made the decision early. Like this is going to be the dude. Yeah. I think Jefferson said this is going to be the dude. I remember us watching film. It's, it's so hard to remember like going week by week last, last year. When Kyler was playing a couple of weeks into the season, a month, five weeks into the season. He kept watching this Arizona Cardinal scheme and seeing them basically try to get the

29:57Baltimore of in Harrison, except they just ran him down the field so long where he didn't turn around. You remember watching this and he was like, what are we doing? Like you're not scheming anyone open. You're, you're, you're, you're, you're going to have someone to pass to. You're more of a, like a pet sing blaming of Kyler, Marry you. Correct. Correct. The Kevin O'Connell fix is it. I do. I do. I really do. Arizona Cardinals players who are good who flame out here go to someone else that, you know, to another team and they're like, Oh, wow. They're, they're really, really good. The Cardinals organization is not a serious organization. Agreed. I thought you thought it was. I have never thought that how dare you. We think they're unserious. All right. I'm jumping in. Unfortunately, a Jordan Tyson injury has made me have to at least pull back a bit of my love for, for Tyler Schuck. But I think that he's the answer to this question. If you, you know, especially if you're like, Hey, second half, if Jordan Tyson is back

31:00by the second half, then oh my gosh, I'm going to be very interested in Tyler Schuck, who is being drafted as the quarterback 22. Despite last year, weeks 14 through 18 and like, and remember Tyler Schuck didn't start playing until, you know, like halfway through the year, weeks 14 through 18. So we're talking a five game span to end the season, completing 70% of his passes, giving you 27 rushing arts per game. That's not in a lead level, but that's, that's perfectly fine. Give you a nice little boost to the floor. And he was averaging 20 fantasy points per game, which all that stuff I talked about, Carla Murray, he never hit 20 in, in that time period, last year for the Arizona Cardinals, among 28 rookie quarterbacks over the past five years, who qualify? So they have had a hundred or more pass attempts. Second and completion rate, fourth and passing arts per game, sixth and yards per attempt. And he's got Kellyn Moore, who kicks the pace up, we get extra plays.

32:01He did all of this stuff without Jordan Tyson. He still has a lavet. He still has Joanne's in at the beginning of the season to be what I would assume is the number two weapon. And then if Jordan Tyson can get back, I think that Tyler Schuck becomes a quarterback, a waiver wire pickup that someone picks up week six or so for a streaming option. And he's like, oh, that's pretty good. Oh, that was pretty good. And then we just ride it till the end of the season. I believe so much in the prospect of Tyler Schuck becoming a true franchise quarterback. Well, it would be fun. I mean, we need some new icons at the quarterback position for the next 10 years. And I'd love to see that team in Kellyn Moore and those receivers have that talent, you know, the schedule looks all right. And I'll be curious. They are such a fun offense. I really hope it works out because just like you're saying, indeed, it's like, be so good for the NFL to look at the saints as like, oh, I want a piece of that.

33:03I am going with Baker Mayfield as my pick here for the, okay. 2026 version of Trevor Lawrence who in my opinion, Trevor Lawrence might have been, he was reverse Trevor Lawrence. I was going to say Trevor Lawrence might have been the 2025 version of Baker Mayfield. That's what's funny about Baker. Baker was the quarterback three in 2024. He also ran for 378 yards and we were, you also had Liam Cohen. Remember all lost last off season, you're like, he's not running for that amount of yards again. Yeah, he did. I mean, he did. He ran for more. He ran for 382 yards. I think you can look at Baker and understand that this guy is going to take off. He is shiftier than he looks and finds his way down the field. I mean, he literally ran for more yards for a 10. Good because it kind of looks like a potato. I know. That's slippery potato. No, yeah. I mean, it's slippery potato. Baker may feel, but look, he, he has that capability. Baker was the quarterback four last year through the first six weeks.

34:03Oh, so he was right back on. He was the MVP candidate. Then you get Evans injury, a book injury, Baker injury, line injuries. And it fell apart and, you know, you've got Baker playing. I mean, who wears their emotions and their grudges on their shoulder more than Baker may feel? Yeah. Well, he's great. He's presently disrespected and undervalued and not under contract for next season. And week one match up at Cincinnati 51 and a half over under. I think these guys are going to, I mean, maybe he just takes it back. You know, if he was, if Lawrence was the 2024 Baker, then Baker might be the 2026 Lawrence. That is my pick for the fantasy time machine. So I like it. We will take one more break here. And then we're going to try to find the 2026 version of Jerry Rice. All right, we're back. And the 2026 Jerry Rice was Devonte Adams, according to, to me,

35:04to your post. I might, after acquiring Devonte Adams, who on our leagues pointed out the statistical numbers for a 33 year old Jerry Rice. Yeah. You still feeling good about that? I am feeling good about Adams, not those numbers, but I'm feeling good about Adams because I just, if he's healthy, I don't know how he doesn't score a bunch. That's the, whether he's great elsewhere. But no, the 2026 Jerry Rice, Mike, I don't know if you remember. It's this guy named Michael Wilson. I do remember of the Arizona Cardinals. So you know, you're looking at a non rookie wide receiver that was buried on a dev chart for years. Could break out in 2026. Jason, you can't know the last. You can't do this to my heart. I don't even know who Jason picked. Good. I'll get mine out of the way. Okay. Don't, don't let go. Because I feel like mine fits the mold for, for, I'm not, I would not even put in an or name. I'm not going to scroll down because I don't want to know who Jason's is. This is non rookie wide receiver buried in the dev chart. Break out if given opportunity, but has never really done it.

36:04Last year, Michael Wilson was undrafted, finishes the wide receiver 11. The name I'm going to bring up. You like mine, Jason? I do. I literally went in the doc to put in this name. So Monti and, yeah, that's good. It's Jalen Coker. Wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers. Basically undrafted. If not, if he's drafted 13th, 14th round. Did you know that he had four top 24 finishes in his final seven games, Jalen Coker? He's a very, very good player. And he's back and he's healthy. And he was rewarded with a three year contract extension. A lot of you are like, who is that? Because our producer may have said his name wrong at one point in time. But Jalen Coker is just one of those guys you watch play. And you like vowel sound. Yeah. Vals, I've learned. They're pretty important. Vals are effective when it comes to what impact they have on speech. I think that Jalen Coker is going to be an every down player all year long. He's always shown the talent. He's dealt with injuries. He's completely undrafted.

37:06And if the, I know Bryce Young is there, but look, nobody expected what happened last year with Michael Wilson. That's the point, right? You don't expect the math to math. Of course. But I think Jalen Coker has a chance to be that super. This is what you're talking about at the top about what kind of sleepers you have to find them. Yes. Yes. You know, 100, like almost 100% probability is that he fails. Right. But I think Coker is a really talented player. And I think the team bought in and they realize what he represents to the depth chart. And we'll see what happens with McMillan moving around in the slot. But like Coker is competitive. Like at the point of attack, at the catch, like he's a big dude. I love him. Yeah. If by the way, 12 targets nine for one, 34 and one in the playoff game, they almost one against the, the range. If Bryce were to step up and continue progressing through his young career, I believe Coker would be very good. Yeah. When you're looking at late round shots, like it helps when you, you feel like the player's

38:08good. Yes. That's the most important part. Because there's late round guys, you're like, that guy stinks. That's a huge part of my argument. So you're up, Mike. I don't know if you think your guy is good or stinks. I'm going to go with, hey, look, another guy I drafted at the end, the very, very end of last yesterday's mock draft, Don Tavian Wix, who is going even later than Jalen Coker in drafts. I see an ADP of a wide receiver, 73. Wix has had some issues, you know, catching the ball. Yeah. When he was over there on the Green Bay Packers, he was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles, where it looks like he has locked in as a starter, the beat reporters. He has locked down the number two spot opposite Devon Tess Smith, Sequan Barkley. Wix is a steal. I don't know how we got him. And then Nick Seriani, the way they are off the line of scrimmage, the way they are at the top of the route, the way they are with the ball with the hands, it reminds me of

39:09whole Kenanow. This is, and they're all talking about Don Tavian Wix, who, when he's been on the field, yes, the catching has been a little bit of a bugaboo, which is not great for a wide receiver. But the targets have been there because the guy just gets open, targets per route run. We've had plenty of hyped Wix, where Wix was the pick up. Didn't deliver as much as we hoped, but there was a reason for it. Yeah, because the talent, because targets per route one, route run, 23% and 23%, 30% and 24%, 21% in 2025 for context. Over the last three years, he's been targeted on a per route basis more frequently than Zay Flowers, Christian Watson, and George Pickens. Like this guy has gotten the targets. He was not ready for his opportunity. I think what, what if he is? What if he's ready for the opportunity now with AJ Brown out of town and being the true number two, where McIleman is, that's the sexy player.

40:10That's the first round. I mean, he's stowers in the round. Stowers in the limit, like we talk about hype trains and stuff. Oh, stowers is. If a hype train could go backwards, the lemon stowers combination of replacements for AJ Brown, like, it's just derailment. Like, yes, what they've done this obfuscation is to make me like Don Tabe and Wix and Dallas got it. That's what those guys have done. Yeah, which I, there's still hope for a lemon for sure. But when you miss so much of camp, it's like, those are really, really important reps for a player that's never played in the NFL. I think lemon, it will take more time. And in that period of time, Wix could emerge and be a true threat for this team. So I like him at the end of your draft. All right. My turn. I saw it. Oh, you did. I look you, you ruined loser. I know. Come on. If we would have some it. If we would have said last year, Michael Wilson will have a breakout.

41:11It would have been like, what are you talking about? That guy has done fair enough. Just start to this one. He's done nothing. You would have been like, he's crazy for saying that. I went team by team and looked at every single depth charts. Try to figure out this, but I hate it to try to figure out who could, you know, don't truly emerge as a team's wide receiver one that is unexpected. It is not. And the truth is most teams have such a stud at wide receiver, at least such a solidified guy that, you know, the Cardinals last year, we had hope. Oh, Marvin Harrison is maybe he will be it. Mike, Mike, if he can get through this with that, I'd ever say in the name. He's, he's got to set it up. He's got to set this up. No, but maybe you'd never say it. And just a little close. So I went, I went team by team to try to see which situation could have someone surprising the verge and the team that stood out to me was the Raiders makes total sense. I mean, you got your trademark bride and Brock Bowers and you were like, Jaylen Ailer for

42:14sure. I was, I put Jaylen Ailer in and then I really did. I was like, the team makes it and then I was like, dude, he's just not good. Jaylen Ailer's just not good enough. He's just, we, we have seen enough of him to know he's not that dude. Try Tucker then. I was like, let me look at him. I like this. He's, you know, he's got his flashes. He's a bitty baby boy. He's not going to actually emerge. But you know who I think is a good wide receiver. Yeah. Jack Bash, baby. What did he say? What did he say? Jack Bash. You would, I mean, I mean, it's good that somebody does. I can hear somebody dealing in the back. I recognize this is insane. Brother, there's insane and then there's what you're doing right now. You would be a knifed to do with this. I'm doing it. I really do think that if the opportunity is given a jackass. Oh, okay. But that's what Michael Wilson needed. No, I know. I know. I know. Michael Wilson had, but it won't be. Didn't have the opportunity. When, when Marvin Harrison got injured, he was forced into that opportunity.

43:18If Jack Bash has given the opportunity and plays snaps, I mean, he's a great, he's basically solidified his role as a. I can't stop laughing. This would be amazing if we ended the show on a slow fade like down to no volume right now. Jason just keeps talking about Jack Bash. Do we fade out? He's a much better fit and Kubi X system. B reporter saying he has won the starting slot role. JSN was doing work from the slot last year. And I, okay, the truth is I, let's buy in Mike. I think Bash is a good play. I mean, I was never out. I might get I love Jack Bash as a collegiate player. But hey, you know, we'll, we'll see if he can get on the field. So obviously a very deep, you know, like Malik Benson over there. No, I, I can see it. I can. I think Jack Bash could come out of nowhere. I mean, what a great chance to victory lap this someday. Yeah. On the show on the exact show where this is CNN joke.

44:19No. Oh, okay. The exact show where we were kind of a poke and fun at the George Holognoe bros. Yes. We got the best. Well, I mean, you know, we, we, in fact, are, no, I'm a Bats is in there too. But yeah, he is like, we are the entirety. We are the best brothers. It's just the hands of the decision you've made. It's, it's just us in this building. We will keep believing until he is out of the league. Um, I'll give him the opportunity. He's probably next year. Okay. I'm going to put, I'm going to put you on, on the spot for a real tough question. Mike. Oh, gosh. We were talking about, we did a show 10 years ago, right? So 10 years from now, we look back from, from today. And we say to ourselves, who has more career receptions been Senator Jack Bash? Oh, to this point. No, from here on out. Oh, I don't mean give me the numbers of what's actually happened. Why? It's a prediction. I, the, yeah, he's like, let me look. Well, no, no, I was, I wasn't going to look, but I said,

45:20off the top of my head, into their careers, who will finish more receptions, which player has more total receptions. Easy peasy. It's Bash. Of course, it's Bash. It's Jack Bash. It's Bash man. Can you? Oh, no. I thought you were going to give me the 10 year question. I was like, oh, that's easy. Drake May. Oh, the current head to head numbers. I have them. Jack Bash. I don't even know. Bash with 20 total career. That's more than been and been Senate was 16 total. Reset. You're not counting that didn't have a catch. I think there's a term limit. I'm a Senator. I don't think it's going to happen. We have a live show tonight. So bold predictions episode tomorrow, ballers live.com upcoming shows. You're ready for been Senate projections. Final precision takeaways. roster, cut news, players were afraid to be wrong about a final mock draft next week. An MVP. That's right. A fantasy MVP episode with tons of special guests.

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