[Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Happy [Music] birthday. [Music] Yes, Evil Jay. What are the betting odds on Kyle Pitts for a comeback player of the year?

>> Thank you for the question, Clark Brady. Well, the literal story here is that um the uh the AP, the Associated Press, who governs these awards, was so disgusted with the outcome of Joe Flacker winning comeback player of the year. They literally changed the rules so that you can't come back from sucking. Kyle Pickles, even last year, he sucked. So he's ineligible to win the award because Joe Flaco ru literally ruined the award for everyone because he was so against the spirit. So we can't let this happen ever again. So he's banned. So he can't win. Literally can't win.

>> Yeah. So there's no odds. It's off the table. Clark Brady. But we appreciate we appreciate question.

>> I think Christian McCaffrey is the guy there.

>> Fantasy football happy hour with Matthew Barry.

>> Welcome to the fantasy football happy hour. Connor Rogers. Matthew Berry, evil Jay Croucher. You heard it from Oh, it's gone. You're not evil anymore.

>> Haircut. I don't like it.

>> Yeah, we got to do a Premier League commercial later. And I don't think the Premier League I think the Premier League wants people to watch their games.

>> Um and so no one's going to watch Arsenal Liverpool if they have to see my mustache.

>> What kind of What kind of Premier League commercial are you possibly doing?

>> I don't know. I actually don't know. I just got the three words Premier League commercial. That was my cue to shape. But the problem is, Matthew, is that so if I have the kind of faux mustache, I look 13 years old. And now with it shaven off, I look 6 years old. So I just have no pathway to I'm 33 years old. I have no pathway back to a birth date of 1992. I'm scraped in the 2000s.

>> Yeah. No, it's a it's a it's a weird one. Uh for sure. Um uh one per I will say this however while you struggle with your age and you still get carded uh one kid that no longer needs to get carded is my son Connor who turns 21 years old today. Big day. So my kid Connor, he drinks free here in the happy hour. Uh he's a he's currently a junior at Alabama. That's uh me and my son. We were fishing uh I don't know a couple of weeks ago before he went out. um uh before he went back to Alabama where he where he's a junior roll tide. So it is his birthday today. 21 years old. So finally tonight he'll have his first drink.

>> Tough place. Yes. Tough place to have a 21st birthday.

>> Oh my goodness. Nothing to do in Tuscaloosa.

>> He'll be okay. But he's an he's an absolutely great kid. He's a great fisherman. Uh and made Dean's list at Alabama as well. Couldn't be more proud of the kid. Uh so Conor, I love you. Happy birthday,

>> by the way. Officially my favorite Connor, too. So he's number one.

>> Oh, he's number one.

>> Am I too? James Connor's number two.

>> Yeah,

>> it must be strange.

>> You're in the top 10.

>> Strange. You've got a 21-year-old son named Connor. You've got a 21-year-old co-host named a lot of I'm not going to lie. I walked into the studio today and our lovely crew was like, "Why are you drinking free today?" And I was like, "I'm drinking free today." And then I found out I'm not drinking free.

>> No, you're not.

>> I paid double here at the Happy Hour Bar.

>> That's right.

>> So, it's is my son Connor who can now legally drink here in this bar and every bar across America. So, happy birthday, Connor. Let's get to the show.

>> Yeah. A lot to do today. Player news of course later on updates. Joe Mixon, Amari Cooper, the Cleveland quarterback situation. More Joe Flacco talk, which Jay just keeps asking for and we're like, "All right, fine. We'll talk about Joe Flacco." But before we do any of that, wide receiver to your day. Big one.

>> Yeah, let's go.

>> So big that unlike tight ends, it requires more than one segment.

>> Yeah.

>> What you were going to You're staring at something. What are you staring at?

>> I'm waiting for you to like talk. I was

>> Look at me when I You were like, "Let's go." Oh, and then you I assumed there was some sort of going to be there was going to be sound or the comment regular fourth year we're going to be. I know your mannerisms so well. When you look at the camera, I'm ready for like the big, you know, speed.

>> I thought there was going to be something.

>> You thought that Jamal Chase was going to start speaking, but he's not coming. He's not something like that or or that we were going to show rankings or something. I always look so there it is. Yeah.

>> We have a screen when I'm looking at the camera. We have a screen behind the camera. That's what I'm looking at. So, I'm now seeing what you at home are seeing as well. If you're watching this on YouTube or Peacock, I am seeing my wide receiver rankings tier number one. Proud fantasy life investor Jamar Chase of course is my number one wide receiver and my number one overall. I have Justin Jefferson at wide receiver 2. And my guy eights CD Lamb is wide receiver three. All these guys, friends of the podcast, all these guys,

>> all of them eights is what his friends call. Jaylen, I ask you a simple question for wide receiver tier one. You have the number one pick in reddraft. Are you taking Jamar Chase or are you going with something a little off the board?

>> No, no, I'm taking Jamar Chase. I think you don't overthink this one. I think he's got the highest floor and the highest ceiling, it's a good combination to have. I think that this Bengals defense, even with Trey Hendrickson back, still going to be bad. Like it's not going to be a good defense. I think Burrow is going to lead the league in passing yards. There's just there is no way for Jamar Chase to fail if he stays healthy. Like there's just no way. Even if it and Joe Burrow getting hurt, obviously some sort of risk, but not really enough to make

>> even with Jake Browning though. I mean, so he still produced with Jake Browning, like he is he is money in the bank. Um, so yeah, I mean, I think I always say this, you can't lose your you can't win your league in the first round or you can lose it. And so I think with first round picks, you generally want to go safe. And I would argue that any of these wide receivers in tier one, just the three guys, Chase, Jefferson, and CD Lamb are all high floor, high ceiling guys, they're all uh worthy of a first round pick. Even with the young quarterback in Minnesota, you still high on Justin Jefferson.

>> Yeah. No, I get that question a lot. Like, oh, I don't know about Jard causing him to fall more than he typically would,

>> which is insane because, by the way, this is the same conversation we had last year with Sam Darnold. And people were like, I don't know about Sam Sam Darnold. Really? Oh, you know, Cousins is gone. Like, what are we going to do? Like, here's the answer.

>> In four games with Nick Effing Mullins, he scored 22 fantasy points. Like, every argument should be done. Like, he produced with Nick Mullins. What are we doing here, people? He's Justin Jefferson. He is quarterback proof. He's quarterback proof. And by the way, not only is it Justin Jefferson's quarterback proof, when you are an elite, when you are an elite pass catcher, when you can earn targets at a high level, you are quarterback proof. Malik Neighbors with the suddenly released Tommy Devito last year was wide receiver, six in fantasy points per game, right? Um Brock Bowers with Aiden Oonnell and Gardenner Mchu was the number one tight end in fantasy as a rookie. Like again, if you are an elite pass catcher, you will earn targets and it does not matter. Look at what Brian Thomas Jr. did with M. Jones last year. For the love of God, Nick Mullins. I don't need to say anything more. It's Nick. He reproduced with Nick Mullins. Why are we having this conversation?

>> It's a real convers chucks it up to be fair. Nick Mullins gets it up. His problem is that he's better. He throws it to the other team a lot. But uh but no, it was

>> for sure. But like how much worse can J McCarthy be?

>> He's not going to be worse than Nick.

>> No, of course not. It's actually physically impossible to be worse than Nick Mullins during that four game stretch as well.

>> Yeah, I

>> I am I am I I know there's a lot of debate about JJ McCarthy and we haven't really seen much of him and obviously he's coming off the serious injury. I am pro JJ McCarthy. I think you know I like the college tape and I think in this offense with uh Kevin Okonnell coaching him with the weapons around him I think McCarthy is going to be good. I think I I think here's the other thing. I think I don't think the Vikings are stupid. I think it's a good front office and I think it's a good head coach. And so I suspect that if they didn't think JJ McCarthy was the real deal, if they didn't think like they're like, "Hey, we might have screwed this one up." They wouldn't have let Sam Darnold walk. They easily could have had Sam Darnold back for another year, signed him to a a two-year deal with one year of guaranteed money and let JJ sit for another year behind Darnold or at least have a very solid insurance plan if McCarthy didn't happen. And they didn't. They said, "Go Sam. Go with God. Go with God. Go with God."

>> Unbelievable. Uh, yeah. My only like the slight concern with Jefferson just be this hamstring thing which again like popped up a year or so ago as well. So, but again, not enough to to mot him too much. Conor, do you think that um pivoting to CD Lamb? So, I think people with Dak Prescott kind of forget a little bit. It's not that just that Dak Prescott got hurt last year. Dak Prescott was bad for two months. He did not play at a high level last year. A lot of the athletic metrics, his sack avoidance, his scramble rate, that all fell off. Do you think that that diminishes CD Lamb or is CD Lamb just too good?

>> I think it's more of the latter. I think he's just too good. I I'm kind of concerned though. What we love about CD Lamb is he's just a volume machine, right? And now George Pickins is going to get his. Obviously Ferguson is going to get his. But is it enough that take CD Lamb out of round one range? No, he's too good. The way they use him, they play him in the slot. They play him out of the back field with routes. He obviously plays outside. So no, no concerns. CD Lamb would be the third wide receiver I would take as well.

>> Yeah, I mean, look, he's uh that's why I'm at third versus one or two, but like you know, George Pickkins versus T. Higgins, like you know what I mean? Like we have Chase at number one, right? And so, um, you know, we think Dak Prescott, we think he's going to have a bounceback year. We think this is going to be a very high volume passing attack. Well, Pickin certainly is going to earn more targets than, you know, uh, you know, Cavonte Turpin or, you know, or Jonathan. Yeah. Yeah. Jonathan Mingo. We literally always forget.

>> Yeah. We always forget Jonathan Mingo. They traded a fourth for. They could have had a quarterback for, uh, for for a fourth round.

>> Probably crazy ever.

>> Anyway, but like

>> could have had two Kenny Pickicket.

>> Yeah, they could had two Kenny Pickets for a fourth rounder. But, uh, but all I'm saying is like Pickkins is more of a deep ball threat. like he's not a guy that you see generally getting like eight, nine targets a game the way you see it with CD Lamb like at least on this offense where he's the number two or possibly the number three behind Ferguson depending on how you how it shakes out and where they are on the field. I think Ferg I think you know Pickkins is going to catch he's going to be like you know he's going to be four for 80 with you know possibly for a long touchdown and I mean we're very high on Pickkins. I'm very high on Pickkins this year and we'll get to him in a second but I don't I don't feel the you know the addition of Pickkins is a reason to downgrade CD Lamb. Well, and what would worry you is potential loss of touchdown equity. CD Lamb was great last year and caught six touchdowns.

>> Yes.

>> So, it's not like you're looking at a number the year before he caught 12 or you're like, "Ah, it might go down to seven or eight." No, it probably goes up

>> honestly in this offense. So, yeah, there's I have a lot of faith in CD Lamb even with the changes around that team and we haven't talked about if Michael Parsons isn't playing for that team, they are throwing a lot.

>> They're not going to run the ball. And, you know, it's always this double-edged sword like, oh, Pickkins is going to take targets away. Yes, but he's also going to take the defense down the field with him. he's going to take the, you know, off the take the top off the defense. And so Cidd Lamb, who's so good underneath with all those, you know, all those crossing routes and, you know, out of the slot, like he's CD Lamb, he's going to be fine. It's going to be awesome.

>> Now, if you are in your first round looking at one of the hero backs, you're probably thinking, okay, when it swings back around, I better get a wide receiver. Let's look at the tier 2 names cuz there's a lot of them. If you don't get a wide receiver in the first round, you can make up a lot of ground later on. Obviously Malik Neighbors, Nico Collins, the upper echelon of that Matthew Papuka Nakua, former ride-or-die great amra St. Brown, Brian Thomas Jr. with an amazing rookie season. It's the year of Drake London with Michael Penn. And then of course AJ Brown's just always hanging out in this range.

>> Yeah. Yeah. Look, I think I think you want one of these guy at least one of these guys as your number one wide receiver in an ideal world, right? If you get past this round, then we sort of then you've got to really nail you have to either have two super strong running backs or you've got a running back and a tight end where you feel like you're going to crush. Now, there's some depth at wide receiver, which we'll get into in tier three, but uh I feel really good about any one of these guys as my number one wide receiver. If I leave the draft with one of the anyone, you know, one through uh 10 among my wide receivers in terms of tier one or tier two, if that's my number one wide receiver, I'm good.

>> Let's go around the horn. We'll start with you, Jay, of who we think out of this group has a chance to finish as the best wide receiver in fantasy football.

>> Yeah. So, my my newest hot take them triing out. I like Matty was trailing his Milano fit yesterday. More of a conventional look from today.

>> Americana again.

>> I think Nico Collins is going to end the season as a top two wide receiver. And I think a lot of his value is being suppressed by the fact that he was playing less than 70% of the snaps. He's dealing with injury. Don't think he had a very good offensive coordinator in Bobby Slowick. he was dealing with uh competition from guys like Stefon Diggs and Tank Dell um over the past couple years. I think that Nico Collins who in terms of yards per route run in the NFL the past two years has been the best wide receiver in football. He and he's been able to do that without playing that much in the slot like sub 20% slot rate. Uh they were playing a lot of like heavy personnel where he wasn't on the field. I just think there's a ton of upside. Also running back at the moment like Nick Chub is their lead running back at the moment. Joe Mixon I don't know if he's going to play football again. is reporting that he might not play this year. So, I think that there's just a lot of momentum towards Nico Collins being the type of uh 2022 Justin Jefferson uh Cooper Cup type season 20. I think he could be an absolute monster this year.

>> Look, he was a runner up for the ride or die, right? And uh so I went with more of a home run pick in Omari and Hampton. Thought Nico Collins was a little bit uh quote unquote safer and I wanted to go a little bit more risky, but he was the runner up for ride or die for a reason. So, I'm completely on this. He was on the love list again. And I mean, you see it here. I have him as wide receiver five. I was in a top five wide receiver. That's well ahead of where he's going in terms of ADP among other wide receivers uh as well. Over the last two years, he's third in fantasy points per target. So, when he's out there, he's very productive. So, the argument is is like, right, can he stay healthy? I do think Strad will be better this year. I do think they'll be more pass heavy this year. Last year, they were it was insane like how much they would just run like, you know, first and second down every single time. Like, it was crazy. And it's one of the reasons why they made the change at offense coordinator. And we also think about the fact that there's no Stefon Diggs. There's no Tank Dell. Yes, they have Christian Kirk. Yes, they've got a couple of rookies, but it's going to take a while to develop them. Nico Collins is an alpha. And more importantly, Connor, they design ways to get the ball in his hands. Like, it's not all the deep stuff. They they they scheme cheap catches for him.

>> They do. And what you love about Nico Collins is we talk so many times about, okay, what's the slot opportunities for so many of these guys? He's a boundary winner. Like when you have Nico Collins on the outside, he can win just as well as he could win a lot of the ways these guys win inside. So you don't worry as much about the usage. But Matthew, you're right. It's a bonus that he gets good. He should get new usage in an offense that's going to be different under Kaye. Uh but for me guys, my choice is Malik Neighbors in this, which is an easy one, right? He's the top guy in the year two, but it's volume. I would I be shocked if Malik Neighbors has a 2022 2023 CD Lamb kind of season where you get north of 156 targets. You get a ton of receiving yards and the fact of what he did last year where he finishes wide receiver six with Daniel Jones, Tommy Dvito, Drew Lock, now you go Russell Wilson eventually Jackson Dard and emergency Jameus Winston and he's the guy in the offense. He's going to get deep targets. He's going to get screen targets. He's going to be a PPR machine. I am very comfortable taking Malik Neighbors at the end of round one. wide receiver six in 2004 with Daniel Jones, Drew Lockach, and Tommy Devito. So now he's got he's got either Russell Wilson or Jackson Dart or even maybe Famous Jamus, right? Whoever what whoever is his quarterback this year is going to be is going to be a significant upgrade over what he did last year when again he was wide receiver six a thousand% I think uh there's it would not be a shock. It's well within the range of outcomes if a year from now we're talking about number one wide receiver in fantasy Malik Neighbors or number one wide receiver in fantasy Nico Collins. So I agree with both those picks. just to give one more sort of uh idea here is, you know, two other guys that I think could could could be there. Um uh is Detective Drake London. I mean, like again, I know people are talking about Kyle Pittz, but like there's a chance that that he flirt that Drake London flirts with a 40% target share.

>> Could have most targets in the league.

>> He could have the most targets in the league from with a quarterback that looked good in a small sample size is going to fling it. And if if he suddenly gets the touchdowns, which just hasn't been there in a big way for for but he should, right? And so I think uh Detective Drink London could get there. And listen, Brian Thomas over his final six games last year was the second best wide receiver in fantasy football. Now, some of that was with M. Jones and now they've added Travis uh Hunter, but uh the talent is off the charts. I think Trevor Lawrence is better than he gets credit for and I think he'll be better this year under Liam Cohen. I think they're going to throw a ton. And so Brian Thomas just may be a guy that like just where the talent wins out. So that I think that's on the list here list as well.

>> By the way, crazy thing because this should be extremely anti-correlated, but I think there's a chance that Drake London has the most targets in football and Bjan Robinson has the most carries in football. It just shows you how streamlined that offense is between just those two guys.

>> We still don't have a timet for Darnell Mooney's return. I mean right now Drake London's competing for targets with Kyle Pittz who were you know what is year four of waiting on Kyle Pittz and Ray Ray Mloud am I forgetting anyone like in Atlanta like

>> right and we we don't know if Mooney is going to be healthy to start the like that's a big if right now

>> it's the last thing I saw was no timetable for his return like which is you know the four worst words in fantasy football we're hoping Mooney gets back but just in the meantime it's going to be it is a really it's a good offense it's going to be very concentrated

>> and the defense probably not going to be that No, KJ Gemma in the comments here. Aman RAR too high for me. JM Mo will rise and Leaporta bounced back and I think Gibbs passing game production slight uptick. I'll say this K Gemma, you could believe in all those things. Jared Goff still threw for over 4600 yards last year. So even if those things happen for those other guys, it might not affect the Monro at all.

>> Yeah. By the way, more for a for a smaller slot guy St. Brown scores a lot more touchdowns than you would think. with, you know, they just Jared Goff trust him when they get into the end zone, when the red zone, when they look close, he scores a lot more touchdowns. And like the reason I didn't mention him as a potential number one cuz I do think his ceiling is limited

>> to your point, you know, with with Williams coming on and and Leaporta and of course the running backs Gibbs is going to be more involved in the passing game this year, but the floor is so high

>> like he is he has seven to eight receptions every single game. And so that's why he's here. I think the floor is highest on Amman Ross St. Brown like Puka Nakua could wind up as the number one wide receiver. He could also wind up as wide receiver 40 like with a health, you know, he's he's got potential health issues. Stafford's back. You know what I mean? I just I feel like there's a floor with Aman Ross St. Brown that isn't necessarily there with a couple of the other guys, but the other guys have higher upside. Let's look at tier three, which is led by

>> Before we move on, I just one last quick thing on this thing is that I do think not I haven't seen a lot of people talking about AJ Brown in the preseason. And it's just like again the premise here is that last year was kind of an outlier year for the Eagles where they went so insanely runheavy. They were the runheaviest team in the NFL. And that if they go back to normal levels under Sriani, which is like basically still run heavy, but like top 10, not the runheaviest team, and they try to take some some pressure off Saquon and they try to throw it a little bit more. Again, you talk about a narrow, you know, you've got it's AJ Brown and Dvonte Smith. And so I do think AJ Brown, who just is one of the best wide receivers NFL-wise in the league, if they just get back to being reasonably runheavy as opposed to crazy runheavy, I think AJ Brown could actually have a really nice year.

>> Yep. twothirds of the way through 2023, the clear three best skill position players in football with Kusha McAffrey, Tyreek Hill, and AJ Brown. Like AJ Brown was doing this thing, which is putting up 125 yards and a touchdown every week. And he's the only one of those three guys who's like not on the wrong side of the aging curve. Like they're just going to throw the ball more. Saquon's not going to get close to 500 touches, you know, regular season and postseason combined. So, I think AJ Brown will bounce back.

>> Yeah, I'm with you guys as well. Should be a good year for AJ Brown. Terrence Murphy comedy. Matthew Barry sees it. AJB is always a top five wide receiver in every metric. I pray he falls to me.

>> Two rocket ship emojis.

>> Yes,

>> not just one.

>> To the moon. To the moon. There we go. I like it, Terrence.

>> All right, let's look at tier three led by Lad Mac. This is a very deep group. So, we will have uh quite a few players to go through here. Of course, Manki and T. Higgins at the top. The high varian situation in Tyreek Hill. A guy that's typically in tier one and obviously had a really tough year for a lot of situations. JSN, Damonte Adams, Garrett Wilson, Marvin Harrison Jr., Mike Evans, T-Mac, Tedoa, McMillan, and Xavier Worthy. Matthew, who is the lowest ranked player from this group that you're comfortable as your wide receiver one? Say you started the draft and you go, "Okay, I actually just want two running backs out of the Gator. I took a running back in Brock Bowers. Who would you look at in this group?"

>> I think Mike Evans is the guy, maybe Tedo McMillan. Um, but Mike Evans is the guy that I definitely feel the most confident in in terms of like if if you get down this far as you sort of see it there on your screen, but whether it's Maki, Higgins, Tyreek Hill, JSN, Devonte Adams, Garrett Wilson, Marvin Harrison Jr., and then Mike Evans who has not averaged below 15 fantasy points in a game since 2017. Like there's just such a high floor there. And again, it's weird for for a team that a month and a half ago we were talking about, wow, they got a lot of mouths to feed. Chris Godwin's gonna miss at least the first four games and it might be more. Jaylen McMillan's going to miss like half the season if not longer. And so all of a sudden one of the best offenses in football, which we talk about with the Buccaneers all the time, has again a very narrow target tree, right? It's the running backs, it's Evans, and it's a Mecca Buuka. And so, uh, Evans I would feel very good about as my number one wide receiver, assuming like again I've gone running back, running back or I grabbed a tight end with one of the first couple of picks along with a running back. But that's about as low as I'd want to go in tier three. Then you start getting into some question marks.

>> Yeah, I think you have to go for volume shooting of multiple of these guys. We went through the first part of tier three. There's a part two that includes after Mike Evans and T-Mac and worthy Courtland Sutton,

>> DJ Moore, Calvin Ridley, George Pickkins, Terry McLaren now under contract, which is a very good feeling for Commanders fans and for all of us in fantasy. Damonte Smith, Jameson Williams.

>> Yeah. Look, and a lot of these guys are on the love list. A lot of these guys I'm really excited about uh in terms of their upside and having them as a wide receiver too. Courtland Sutton was a top 10 wide receiver of his final 10 games from week 10 on. He's been getting a massive target share in uh preseason with Bo Knicks. I think Sutton's going to have a big year. We've talked about Calvin Ridley. Same thing. Massive target share. But again, there's just some questions there in terms of Payton's offense runs. Cam Ward, we think he's going to be good, but who knows? Um as well McLuren has Debo to deal with. Pickkins has uh CD Lamb. Obviously, Jameson Williams has on Raw and Leaporta. You know, DJ Moore, we we talked yesterday about how Roma Dun is getting a lot of looks um from uh Caleb Williams in the preseason. So, again, all those guys like I really like as my wide receiver, too, especially like sort of Sutton, Moore, Ridley, Pickins, like all that that list right there is, you know, I think huge upside, Jameson Williams, but uh I'm nervous about any of them as going in with my my wide receiver one.

>> Yeah. One guy across uh this two parts of tier three that I am just not drafting at all now is uh is Tyreek Hill. I'm just out on Tyreek. Um Nate Ty did a great breakdown on his podcast Football 301 about Tyreek's his nextgen stats speed metrics that if you look a little bit there he was still hitting the same top speed occasionally, but just like the consistency of his speed just fell off a cliff. Like he just wasn't the same guy athletically last year. And we know Tyreek Hill pretty dependent on his speed. He can still be useful if he drops off a little bit, but the I think the, you know, wide receiver one types I think that's that's probably gone.

>> Yeah, I probably although I I would argue the the counter to that is that again

>> he wasn't trying.

>> What?

>> No, no, I think I think the counter to that is that all those concerns are baked into his price. This is a guy a year ago that was going as a top five overall pick and now he's going like in the fourth, fifth round. And so again, it's an offense that we like as long as two is healthy and it's really it's it's him and Wadd and Achan. So, so while he may not have the long breakaway 80 yard touchdowns, I do think McDaniel is a really good play caller and will scheme him open and try to find ways to get him into space. And so, you know, maybe he gets caught from behind by a safety whereas a year or two ago he wouldn't have been. But I still think uh there's a there's a scenario where he's a productive fantasy player this year because again it's baked into his ADP currently. Those concerns which I think are legit.

>> Sure. We're going to get into him in the next year but I think there's a very good chance that Jaylen Wadd outp produces Tyreek Hill this year.

>> Nicholas Lombardo in the comments. Scary Terry needs to be moved up. What do you think of that? Matthew,

>> you look nervous about the the late arrival. Could be a slow start.

>> I'm I'm nervous about the late arrival. I'm nervous about Debo Samuel being there. Uh, I'm I and I'm I'm nervous about the fact that like last year was an outlier year for him in terms of his touchdowns. He's never been he's always been like a four touchdown a year guy and then last year he has double digit touchdowns. Now, I get it. Jaden Daniels is like miles a universe removed from all the other quarterbacks that uh Terry McLuren has had, but I'm just saying like he's not a huge he just through traditionally throughout his his career, he's never been a huge red zone target, you know, never been a big touchdown scoreer. They've got Z there. Um, they've got Debo that they can be creative with. They've obviously got the the two running backs as well. Jaden's always a threat to run it himself. So, I just if if he if he regresses in the touchdowns and he's like closer to like six or seven, which I think is reasonable, even eight, you know, maybe. So, I actually think I might be a little bit too high on McLaren that I'm wearing my burgundy and gold classes and that I need to like take them off and be like, "All right." um might move him a couple down a couple spots down.

>> Might be a slowish start and they've got a tougher schedule this year, but I think Con ultimately like he plays with Jaden Daniels I think as a top five quarterback and he's the only guy in that receiver room who I feel good about in man coverage. Like Debo is going to be great beating zone like McLaren if you need a guy to win like he's still the guy.

>> Yeah, I'd argue that his targets go up this year at 117 last year which was down from the 132 previously. But I agree with Matthew the four previous years he averaged four and a half touchdowns. it was 4554 and then you go up to 13. So like natural regression there and that's okay. The offense will probably still be great,

>> but that's a that's a big value.

>> If he if he gets eight touchdowns this year,

>> which would be a double over his career average prior to last year, still a great year, but like not the 13 you got from him last year where he was, you know, flirting with top 10ish production. Uh so that's just my concern on McLuren, who I love and I'm thrilled that he's back with the Commanders. I think it's great for Jaden Daniels, great for my Washington team. Hell, Commander Hail victory.

>> But, you know, just uh Yeah.

>> sad to see. Sad to see this Matthew turning you back.

>> No, when things got good.

>> Too high on him, we say.

>> Unbelievable.

>> Screw you guys.

>> They finally got good and you leave.

>> Hey, no, no, no. Screw you guys and screw the regulars because like all I do is get Hang on. All I do is get accused of being a homer. All I do is getting accused of being a homer on this show and then when I actually like then I'm like when I'm not a home like you guys like bail on me for uh for not being homer enough.

>> Yeah. No you I'm I think McLaren is I I just think that I want shares of this Washington offense. That's fair.

>> I think the way you're a homer because you think like when the Super Bowl defense will go the defense is not going to be good. The offense though is going to be amazing. Like you just Jane Daniels will not fail. If he stays healthy he will not fail and McLaren's still the number one guy.

>> Yeah. Defense will be better than it was.

>> You're heard it here first. All right, uh T is on YouTube. Matthew's backstabbing Terry McLaren. Wow. And screw us shaking my head.

>> Yeah, Taz. Yeah, you're damn right. All you guys accusing me of bailing on my

>> How about K Gemma responding again? Matthew Turnco Barry.

>> Wow.

>> Good god. Good god.

>> Zach, Titan three. There you go. How about that? You guys happy about that?

>> The regulars are standing up for themselves and I respect that. With that, I think we probably need a break. But before we do, Big 10 Saturday Night is back live this Saturday on NBC and Peacock. We're kicking this season off from the Big House, New Mexico at number 14 Michigan. Here comes

>> Let's go.

>> Saturday night. All right, we're taking our first break. When we're back though, the wide receiver talk continues. We got more tears on the other side. [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Down [Music] back. [Music] Draft. half season marathons, a fantasy football happy hour over the next few weeks. That includes next Sunday at 9:00 a.m. and a mammoth 12hour marathon on August 31st. That's all for free on the tell. If anyone can prove that they watched all all of this marathon, like on Sunday, August 31st, which is Labor Day weekend, if you somehow prove that you watch that, we will put your name up. You will drink for free here and we will put your name or a photo of you up somewhere here on the set. So, that's a shout out to all the regulars. Can you prove that you watched one of our draft season marathons on the NBC Sports Now channel? The challenge has been presented. We have two more marathons left, including that gargantuan 12-hour finale this Sunday. And not only that, but the bar has been set.

>> Yeah,

>> that is right. The challenge is accepted. Clark Brady, as you see, has a live stream planned for August 31st at 9:00 a.m. He is going to react and of course watch all 12 hours of NBC Sports Fantasy Football Happy Hour marathon.

>> This could be a terrible idea.

>> So there you go.

>> I will be you can either you can either watch the marathon or you can watch Clark Brady watch the marathon,

>> which is what I'll be doing,

>> right? You know what? Or by the way, make it a second screen experience, right? You know, like watch the watch the marathon, but then also have like your phone or tablet out and watch Clark Brady.

>> The Brady Cast.

>> Yeah, the Brady.

>> The answer to the Manning Cast. We've been waiting for so long.

>> Finally a response.

>> Now we have the Brady. Finally response. Yeah. By the way, the regulars are they've been heard.

>> Have they?

>> They're weighing in. Yes.

>> Okay, let's hear it. Bring it on.

>> Yeah. Julio, Think You Are? Uh said, "When you live long enough to see the hero become a villain."

>> Wow.

>> Am I suddenly evil Jay? Yeah, there is some there is a hobby dance aspect.

>> By the way, who do you think you are? That's pretty good.

>> Oh my goodness.

>> WWE uh Matthew just leg dropped the Macho Man and spray painted spray painted NWO on his back. Thank goodness Tony.

>> You might have lost them for I appreciate you guys.

>> Uh he may Yeah. Yeah. You know what? Like whatever. I'm just trying to provide a impartial fantasy analysis here. Jay Croucher,

>> you're right.

>> Turning it back on his lovely commanders. And with that, we're going to

>> I don't want you celebrating the Super Bowl win. You don't get to go away.

>> Screw you guys.

>> Absolutely not. No more packages.

>> Just because I just because I think Terry McLuren might score less than 13 touchdowns this year.

>> Yeah, you real a real fan would predict 18.

>> Yeah, Debo is going to score 18.

>> Okay, there it is. How about tier four?

>> Tory Crosky Merritt is going to win the Triple Crown of Russia.

>> There we go. 2,000 yards for JCM.

>> Offensive player of the year, Bill. I'm here for it.

>> Now you're here. All right.

>> Talking about it.

>> Tier four led by Travis Hunter. DK Metaf in his new home in Pittsburgh. Z Flowers. Jay, you're high on Jaylen Wadd. We'll get to that in a second. Rasheed Rice because the incoming suspension that's going to play a big part. Otherwise, we would have talked about Rasheed Rice in the last segment. Amecha Ibuka who's been on the rise especially with Chris Godwin out. Jacobe Myers who's in the news. We'll talk more about that as well with the potential trade request. Roma Dunay, former top 10 pick, looking for a big year, too. Ricky Pieraw expected to gobble up a lot of the targets out of wide receivers in San Francisco. And then the round one wide receiver in Green Bay, Matthew Matthew Golden. Yeah, just a lot of guys here that are really interesting. I think there's some real nice upside here. We'll talk about Wadd in a second. I love Travis Hunter. I' I've talked about this before. I think he's going to have a monster year. Buccaneers third and wide receiver fantasy points last year under Liam Cohen. We've talked about how much draft capital they give up to go get Travis Hunter, first year GM, first year head coach. If if nothing else, he needs to work. It was the same argument I made for Malik Neighbors last year. People were like, "Oh, Tommy DeVito, Drew Lock, whatever." And I'm just like, "Guys, Brian Dable and Joe Shane are fighting for their jobs and they drafted Malik Neighbors early. If nothing else happens in New York next last year, Malik Neighbors needs to work." And what happened obviously Malik Neighbors worked in a massive way. Travis Hunter is going to get every opportunity this year to be a a force on both sides of the ball, but specifically when he's on offense, like he's not running win sprints. When he's out there, he's going to get targets. It doesn't matter about the the amount of snaps he gets. It matters how many targets he gets and how many um how many looks he's get. And he's going to get a lot. He needs to work as well. Um we've talked about Ibuka quite a bit on this show. Um but Jay, I'm with you. I think people are sleeping on Jaylen Wadd. I'm old enough to remember in 2022 when Jaylen Wadd had over 1350 receiving yards, eight touchdowns, by the way. 1350 receiving yards. How many guys do that? Last year, the only two players in the NFL who topped that were Justin Jefferson and Jamar Chase. And I get that. Yeah, Dolphins had a down year across the board. Bad years for Waddle, Tyreek Hill. Like Tyreek Hill's on the other side of 30 and his speed fell off. It makes sense why he would decline. Jen W's like 26. Like this shouldn't be the end for Jaylen Wadd. He's banged up. Feels like he's been banged up the past couple of years. Seems like he's coming into camp healthier. He's got the upside of a the upside of a full a healthier two a year than last year and I think that he could emerge as the number one guy in a Mike McDaniel offense. The other thing we're we're forgetting here is that last year John Smith had an almost 20% target share and now obviously John Smith now in Pittsburgh and they haven't I mean >> we'll see with Darren Waller but like no we'll see with Darren Waller but the the fact is it's not like they brought in a highriced free agent or a you know uh an early draft pick uh wide receiver that that you where there's not an obvious person on the Dolphins roster right now where you're like oh where does that 19% target share Oh, I think it's going to be distributed between Wadd and Hill and Achan out of the backfield. Like I you'll see some Malik Washington and you know we'll see what you get out of Waller, but like honestly like it's going to be those guys.

>> Yeah. Also Conor that there are any defensive players left. Like the whole defense is injured. There's good defensive line but quarterback to get after the quarterback.

>> But if they don't then the secondary is in big trouble. So there's going to be a lot of explosives. I think this team is going to be playing from behind a lot, throwing a lot. I just think that a high volume Mike McDaniel offense where Jaylen Waddle could be the number one guy. Like this guy, I think he could easily be a top 15 wide receiver.

>> Two of the guys on this list made the hate list this year. Zay Flowers, not because he's he's bad. Zay Flowers is great, but he's more of a floor guy than an upside guy. Only seven red zone targets last year. Only seven. When you think about how good Z Flowers is. And you know, of course, as we've talked about, they've got the tight ends and Andrew likely when he comes back. They've got DeAndre Hopkins. They've got Rashad Baitman who came on. Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson always a threat at the goal line. We think Keith Mitchell will have a bigger role this year. So just nervous about the upside of Zay Flowers, but I'm curious, Connor, your

Thoughts on DK Metcalf. He also made the hate list, and part of my argument was because of what I think this offense is going to look like under Arthur Smith. You saw Aaron Rodgers up close last year, every game for the Jets. He just doesn't push the ball down the field anymore. And isn't that the value, in large part, of DK Metcalf? And he will because he has to. Like, they paid DK all that money. Obviously, he's the guy there after they move on from Pickens, but it's just not the way Rodgers is interested in playing anymore. And if he does it the first month of the season, that's great. After he started to get hit last year, a lot of that went away. Those flashes with the big pass to Devonte Adams against Jacksonville, like, you could remember the moments because they were so few and far between. So, I just think they're going to throw to the tight ends a lot. They're going to run the ball a lot. And DK, you're going to be living on the big play. And there'll be weeks you don't get that big play. And that's a big price to pay for a guy that gives you some weeks of honestly nothing, like two for 25 yards kind of. I'm lower on him than consensus. I have almost no shares of DK Metcalf.

Yeah, the, I guess the pushback would be, like, who else? Who else? Yeah, that's the argument. But it's Arthur Smith. I don't think he cares. Yeah, Robert, like, yeah, it's going to be interesting. Robert Woods released. He was released today. Doesn't matter. By the way, breaking news. Who knew Robert Woods was on the Steelers? Yes, by the Saints yesterday as well. Exactly. Pertinent news. Um, yeah, I think that one of the most interesting macro things about the season is just like, is Aaron Rodgers going to relent on his Aaron Rodgersness a bit? Because here's what Arthur Smith likes to do. Likes to use motion. Likes to snap the ball early in the play clock. Likes to run the ball a ton. You know what Aaron Rodgers likes to do? Likes to throw the ball a ton. Likes no motion. Likes to snap the ball later than anyone on the play clock. So, there's just an interesting tension. I don't know, maybe he went to New York and had such a bad couple of years that he has decided to change a little bit, but I don't think the guy's changed that much at 41.

Here's everything you just said. Here's my example of it. So, they moved Hackett away from play-calling last year, shocking. And they gave Todd Downing the keys. They played Buffalo at home. The offense started doing all those things: motion, misdirection, good usage of Breece Hall and Garrett Wilson. You're sitting there and you're like, "Finally, I've been waiting for this." After that one week of Downing doing that, they never did it again. The rest of the season, it was static. It was an old-aged-out offense. That's what you get with him because he has the keys and he's earned that with his reputation around the league. But I'm not buying in. I can't buy in again.

And I will tell you, we've talked about this. I think you are going to be shocked. I think the regulars, maybe I'll get back in your good graces with this one. I think the regulars will be shocked and annoyed by how much Jonnu Smith touches the ball in the Steelers offense this year. Like, again, like, yeah, we're happy because they took him late. I'm telling you, like, I actually think Jonnu has a good year this year. This is a guy who's a top-five fantasy tight end last year. And I get it, it's a very different system, but like, Arthur Smith loves him some Jonnu Smith. There's not a lot of competition for targets. Like, I think there's a scenario where Jonnu Smith is second on this team in targets, receptions, yards, receiving touchdowns. Sure. It's Roman Wilson and Calvin Austin, right? Pat Freiermuth, like, whatever. Like, yeah, I mean, you know, Jonnu Smith is more athletic than a lot of those guys.

Let's take a look at part two of tier four, which is kind of the list of guys that used to be great for the most part. I mean, Stefon Diggs. Yeah. Deebo Samuel. And I truly mean it. Cooper Kupp. Great, like fantasy royalty. And now Chris. And now it's, what can we get out of them? And then you have the questions around Jauan Jennings' health, Jerry Jeudy's quarterback situation, Jordan Addison's suspension, and Khalil Shakir's health. See, I think Jordan Addison is actually kind of a, none of these guys should be, however many wide receivers you start. You know, none of them should be starters unless you're in a, whatever, a 12-team league, three wide receivers. So, maybe one of these guys you can get by with as a wide receiver three and hope if you've gone heavy wide, you know, you've gone quarterback early, tight end early, went running back heavy. But generally speaking, these are all guys that have some warts, which is why they're down here at the bottom half of tier four. But also, there's some upside. We could, if Chris Olave stays healthy, this is a guy who, during his healthy games of his career, has over a 25% target share, right? We've seen Stefon Diggs who, uh, you know, last year, Diggs was like a top-16 wide receiver on a points-per-game basis before getting hurt. So, how healthy is Diggs? We, we, you know, we've talked about Jennings, we don't know. But like, you know, Deebo Samuel, he's perfect for how Kingsbury uses his offense. A lot of screen passes, a lot of motion, uh, as well. And so Khalil Shakir, when you think about his final 13 games, including the playoffs, he had at least six targets. So, there's a scenario where he's the number one target for Josh Allen. But again, a lot of competition for him. Deebo, he's clearly the number two. Um, you know, Jennings, we just don't know the answer to. Can Olave and Diggs stay healthy here? Addison does have the three-game suspension. Cooper Kupp, amazing new change of scenery, maybe that helps, but also Jay, like he was brutal at the end of last year. He was, I like Kupp a lot though, relative to where he's going, just because, like, Seattle, Geno Smith in Seattle last year threw the ball 578 times. Okay, so bring that down. So they throw it 100 less times somehow, and they're more run-heavy. Like, where are the 500 targets going? Like, JSN, give JSN 150 targets. Like, there's still a lot of targets in that offense. They're going to play a lot of bunch formations, I think, where like both guys are close to the line of scrimmage. So I think Kupp, the health is the question, but I think there's still upside in Kupp.

All right, let's close it out with tier five here. Trying to get some value on the bargain rack. Josh Downs, Jalin Reed, who's currently injured, as is Chris Godwin, Rashid Shaheed, Michael Pittman, Keon Coleman, Darnell Mooney. Once again, these are a lot of guys that are coming into the season banged up. Brian Thomas Jr. falls into that category as well, Matthew. And then Keenan Allen, trying to give it one more big go-around with his Chargers.

Yeah, he's the end of tier five Keenan Allen here. But these are all guys. I do think Josh Downs is really interesting, especially as long as Daniel Jones is the quarterback. Prior to getting injured, Rashid Shaheed was a top-30 wide receiver on a points-per-game basis. Again, if you can, if you have, if you're especially if you're in a league with an IR spot, I don't mind drafting Godwin or, uh, or even Darnell Mooney, um, or Aiyuk at this stage because you're not counting on them, and so you can just stash them. They're not costing you a roster spot, and when they come back, hopefully there's some production there. Yeah, I don't go into any drafts like specifically targeting Brandon Aiyuk, but I find myself just winding up with him a lot because it's like, there's a chance. Nobody wants to touch him. No. No. Yeah. No one wants to deal with it because like, is he going to be back in week six? It's like, all right, well, by the time the playoffs come around, he could be the number one wide receiver from Brock Purdy and Kyle Shanahan offense. Like, that's very much. Yeah, second half. Now, again, how quickly, you know, just because he's out there doesn't mean he's going to be productive. He wasn't great before the injury, but you do feel like if he gets back in week six and then like by week nine or 10, he's back to looking more or less like Brandon Aiyuk. Again, also a fairly narrow target tree on what we think is going to be a good offense.

All right, guys, let's get into the Rotoworld player news. A lot going on during the week of cuts around the NFL. And we start with The Athletic's Diana Russini reports the Raiders are signing Amari Cooper to a one-year contract. Raiders have been busy this week. They also traded a fifth-round pick for Kenny Pickett, who's traded, it feels like, more than anybody in the NFL these days. But Amari Cooper, sticking with our wide receiver theme here, Matthew, does he have anything left in the tank?

I don't believe so. Neither do I. I don't think I don't think he's draftable. We'll see. I'd much prefer Trey Tucker or Jack Bash or, you know, Dante Thornton. Yeah, Dante Thornton's having a great camp. Dante Thornton's having a great camp. Like, again, like I'll go back to my combine column, right? And again, I was talking to somebody within the Bills organization, and I just said, "Hey, Amari Cooper, what happened last year?" And my source was just like, "I think he's done." Yeah. Like, like just, you know, like just sort of like, "Man, like I think the guy just hit a wall." Like it wasn't said like demeaning or, you know, mean or anything like that. It was just sort of like it just, like, you know, the person was sort of throwing up their arms like, you know, the organization doesn't know, but it just he might not have been there again. Last year he averaged under three receptions, under 40 yards in eight games with Buffalo. He's 31 years old, just turned 31 in June. You know, he he's going to an offense where he's not going to be a featured option. I, again, we'll see. It's worth noting though that maybe this signing is a little bit of like, maybe he does have one last hurrah. He is a big name, and Jakobi Myers has requested a trade.

Yeah. So, very interesting. Very interesting. So that's a lot of targets if he goes. I think we're in the Allen Robinson on the Rams phase of Amari Cooper. Like, the end can come quickly. Robert Woods on the Steelers. Robert Woods on the Steelers. Apparently not on the Steelers. What's your favorite moment of that? Yeah, Josh Allen. Like, Amari Cooper came on the Bills. Oh, that's a good one. We could do this for days. Yeah. Amari Cooper had a chance to be the primary receiver for Josh Allen. That was there. He traded a real asset for him. Yeah, I just think that if it didn't work out with Josh Allen when they kind of needed him, it's probably not going to work out with Geno Smith. That's right. That's right. But it will be interesting to sort of like, we don't know if Jakobi Myers is going to hold out or not. This trade request came just very recently.

It's a weird one. It is a weird one to come now. I, I like, I understand if he'd made this like, if he'd made a contract demand six weeks ago and maybe he did and it was on a while. Yeah. It's like, now we're not going to extend you, and now it hit the. They dropped his replacement as well, which is. Yeah, they took two wide receivers in the draft. They like Jack Bash a lot. They like Thornton a lot. I think Myers is 28. He sees the writing on the wall. He's underpaid. He makes $11 million a year. Said, "I'm 28. I'm really good. Now's my time to get $25 million a year." You're not going to do it. And you're not going to do it. The Raiders are not going to do it. Someone else will. We'll see where it goes. He would be, man, if he went to a place where he's number two receiver, and that is a promising place, it changes everything for him. He's a really good wide receiver. He earns targets at a high rate. He was, he was quietly productive in New England with a dysfunctional offense. He's been, he's been, he's been great, honestly, um, uh, since he's gotten to, uh, uh, the Raiders. Three straight years he's been a top-30 wide receiver in fantasy points per game, and he's never drafted that high. Just really high floor, uh, nice consistency there. So, be interested to see how that all plays out.

Last thing on the Raiders, guys, is that you mentioned it briefly, but Kenny Pickett drafted by Pittsburgh, traded to Philadelphia, traded to Cleveland, now traded to the Raiders. His fourth team once he Cleveland traded a fifth-round pick to get him. And then they get a fifth-round pick back in trading him away.

Yeah. And he just is on the bench again. Like, when he got traded to Cleveland, we were all like, "Hey, that's a job. He should give him a shot, right?" And they drafted two quarterbacks. He's he's been banged up. Yeah. He's a backup. Yeah. Some people texted me freaking out that the Niners gave up a sixth for Brian Robinson. Oh, they gave up a sixth-round pick. Like Brian Robinson's going to cut into McCaffrey's time. It's like, no, we got fifth-round picks flying around for Kenny Pickett all over the place. Like, it's fine. I don't think, yeah, obviously he's not going to play unless Garoppolo gets hurt. If Garoppolo gets hurt, then we'll address it then. Aidan O'Connell's out for like, uh, close to two months with an injury. So they just needed some depth in that quarterback room. So, that's why Kenny Pickett is now a Raider.

Adam Schefter reports that the Titans. By the way, though, like, don't feel bad for Kenny Pickett, though. He went from sitting on the bench in Cleveland to now sitting on the bench in Las Vegas. Like, if you're, if you're going to sit around not doing anything, you'd rather be in Vegas. Yeah. Not the worst part. Matty loves Las Vegas. I do. You do. You do. You do well in Vegas. I do. You guys have been in Vegas. You do extremely well in Vegas. I have to, I don't give you a lot of credit, but that is something I will give you credit on. Yeah.

Taj Spears, who's been dealing with a high ankle sprain for the entire month. Really, he's spotted in a walking boot this weekend. This per Adam Schefter. He'll start the season on IR. He will miss the first four games at a minimum. By the way, right now, guys, Tony Pollard is being taken as RB22 in redrafts behind James Conner, Dameon Pierce, Rachaad White.

So, you're on the, you're on the Fantasy Life Plus. Uh, yeah, I'm getting all the ADP positions. ADP from Fantasy Life Plus, by the way. Just, I live on Fantasy Life Plus. Right? I, it's an unbelievable tool. Um, I am Fantasy Life Plus. There you go. It's your town. Yeah, it is. It is your town. Um, so we get to that in a second, but, uh, yeah, I mean, like, yeah, Tony Pollard in games in which he's played at least 60% of the snaps, which obviously he's going to do with Taj Spears now banged up, he gets over 20 touches a game, gets an almost 13% target share. He's basically a top-10 running back. He's basically a borderline top-10. And on what we think is going to be a better offense in Tennessee this year with Will Levis under center, and now Tony Pollard's going to miss, I'm sorry, Taj Spears is going to miss now at least the first four weeks. So Tony Pollard is really interesting. There's a scenario where Taj Spears has dealt with this, that was one of the concerns about coming out of college, you know, in terms of sort of his injury history, right?

A weird medical. There's something with something like that. Yeah. Where like, doesn't exist, but he can play through it right now, but it's just, yeah, he's got medical concerns. But there's, there's we don't know if it's going to last, if it's going to be only four games. I, high ankle can, high ankle can go for a while. For sure. And so two things. Number one is I suspect the Titans make a move here among some of the cuts. They'll sign a veteran. But Tony Pollard's got a chance to take this job and, no pun intended, run with it. You know, it's a new offense. It's a new look with Will Levis. If Tony Pollard is just great and goes back to being Tony Pollard from the Dallas Cowboys a couple years ago, I don't see a scenario where they're just suddenly like, "No, no, no. We need to, if you're crushing and the Titans are playing well, then why are you going to suddenly give Taj Spears like a ton of work?" Certainly rather have him than Dameon Pierce or Rachaad White right now.

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All the way to the odds of who will win the NFC South. The Bucs, rightfully so, are minus 115. I'm not brave enough to pick anyone else. Are you guys? I would have said Falcons if Caleb McGary didn't go down. I think that's going to be a big problem for them. I will take the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at minus 115. I think they play the Falcons in week one, so it's going to shape a lot, but I think the Bucs get it done. I do too. Unfortunately, I don't like to, I don't like to take the favorite. I don't like to agree with Jay, but I have to in both cases here because I do think Tampa Bay ends up winning this division. I just think they're, I think they're too good, and there's too many flaws with the other teams. I, I could argue minus 115 is actually a nice price. I'm so afraid of the minus number, but it's the Bucs in an awful, like, 135 type of range. Yeah, they're the best team, and their defense is going to be better this year. They just survived the first four weeks without Tristan Wirfs and Godwin, and then they're all right. By the way, our bookie to the to the rescue. Our marathon chap has chimed in. By the way, he's starting to sweat this. Maybe he made promises a little bit too big for his birthday. Clarky. Uh, Clark Brady said, "My fiance is already so mad." As she should be. That's a good sign for your ending marriage. No, listen, Clark. This is, this is awesome because like, here's the thing. Like, hey, hey, honey, this is what you say, honey. This is till death do us part, for better, for worse. And this is part of the worst. You know what I mean? And so before we walk down the aisle and say I do, this is a test. This is a test of our love, a test of your commitment to me and our marriage. So there you go. Test of eternity. Yes. 100%. It's not all, you know. I wish you well, roses. Good luck, Clark. Hang tough, brother. Closing time. You don't have to go home. You can't stay here. For Jay and Connor, Matthew, peace out. Heat.

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