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Coaching Carousel Reactions + 2026 Fantasy Do-Not-Drafts & Wild Card Weekend Preview
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This week on the Bush League Huddle Fantasy Football Podcast, we’re back with a packed episode:
- 🏈 NFL Wild Card Weekend preview & picks
- 🔥 Coaching Carousel fallout after Black Monday
- 🚫 Early 2026 Fantasy Football “Do-Not-Draft” list
- 😤 Players who hurt us… and we’re STILL not over it
We break down the biggest coaching changes, which jobs are actually attractive, and how new hires could shake up fantasy value in 2026. Then we draft our early Do-Not-Draft team and preview every matchup for Super Wild Card Weekend.
Whether you’re celebrating a championship, tilting a bad beat, or already thinking about next season, you’re in the right place.
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Transcript
Welcome and Episode Overview
00:00:10
Speaker
Welcome back, gentlemen. Welcome back. Welcome back to another episode of the Bush League Huddle Fantasy Football Podcast. How are we doing, everybody? How are things on your neck of the woods? If you're there, wherever you are, listening to us right now, sitting back on your couch, watching some fantasy football all recaps or just getting ready for the wildcard weekend, and you're sitting next to your fantasy football trophy and you're winning, congratulations.
00:00:33
Speaker
Congratulations from the bottom of our hearts. We'd like to think that we played a very large role, but if we didn't, all the same, congratulations, Meredith, to you. I think we did. We had some pretty good call sorts. Yeah, we were we we got better at the end.
00:00:45
Speaker
We got better at the end. I think year one was better than year two, but it's okay. Sometimes you got to hit the valleys before you hit the peaks, right? So just don't forget that. It was a weird For all two winners out there. ah Yeah, I mean, I feel like every single year, we should we should do a recap of fantasy, like winners and losers, maybe next episode. honest just exactly Yes, yes, yes. Just to see like a little bit of a um a post-mortem, if you will, um because I think there were a lot of surprises is this year that nobody expected, both from a both from a perspective of players playing a lot better than what everyone expected. i'm looking at you, DeAndre Swift, versus the ones that played a lot worse than everybody expected. I'm looking at you, Vlad McConkie. So there's a lot of players out there. I think we're going to get into that a little bit too later on in this episode because this is a great this is a very fun episode. like It's very nice to have these episodes where
00:01:33
Speaker
We don't have to necessarily go through you know who we think is going to play well this week. 100%. This is a very low prep episode. um So thank you very much, everyone, for jumping along. ah Before we begin, the three amigos are down to a dynamic duo just for this week. Nak, you're listening. I know you are. We miss you, buddy.
00:01:52
Speaker
He couldn't make it this episode, but he's going back for next week's episode 100%. And we look forward to hearing all the things that you have to say after the Steelers lose to the Houston Texans this week. But apart from that, you know and there's a there's a little bit of an empty space on this podcast, on this episode today right now. So we just want to pour one out for NAC. We'll be here next week. It's fine. But apart from our episode we've got going on, we're going to be previewing a little bit of the coaching carousel that happened just past Black Monday.
00:02:20
Speaker
um And maybe look at some how the potential coaching options that exist right now fit into some very interesting scenarios for next year. We're also going to be sprinkling on a little bit of ideas for for some drafting of our do not draft list for 2026 just to get a little bit of an idea on how how we're feeling right now it's still very early you know and there's still some things that could change between now and when the when the real playoffs do finish by the same time roger and i are still so very upset on certain players that we want to make sure that everyone here's here's the frustration that's yeah being voiced from from us right now it's the and finally
00:03:00
Speaker
100%. It's definitely a who hurt your list. and and And yeah, like there's some of these scars, you wonder they're ever going to heal. um Finally, we're going to be recapping very quickly, going over who we think is going to come out of this week as winners and losers from a from a fantasy, and sorry, from a real football perspective.
00:03:18
Speaker
We're going to be previewing some of the matchups right now. um So all that and more on this wonderful episode of the Bush League Photo Fantasy Football Podcast. But before we begin, ladies and gentlemen, i please have to remind every single one of our loyal listeners to please follow us on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter. Subscribe on all of our channels. We got a little, what's that called over there, the running banner? the ticker.
00:03:39
Speaker
and We got a ticker. We got a ticker. This type of podcast that you're listening to, the type that i have tickers. So please subscribe on all of our channels at Bush League Huddle. We're on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.
00:03:52
Speaker
We engage with our fans even in the offseason. So if you have any questions about where Kevin Stefanski is going, hit us up because we've got some opinions. But without further ado, I think I'm done talking. I'm going to let roger Roger kick this off
NFL Coaching Changes Discussion
00:04:05
Speaker
right now. Roger, take it away with the coaching carousel. Let's go.
00:04:09
Speaker
Yes. so lot of recent firings or firings that happened during the season and then some that happened right after the season. So Arizona Cardinals fired Jonathan Gannon after three seasons. Atlanta Falcons fired Raheem Morris after two seasons.
00:04:24
Speaker
The one that was somewhat shocking was the Cleveland Browns firing Kevin Stefanski after six seasons at the helm. Two coach of the year um winnings for him.
00:04:34
Speaker
Las Vegas riars Raiders fired Pete Carroll to no surprise of anyone. That was just a disastrous season for them. The Giants fired Brian Dable. literally feels like almost a season ago. It happened so long ago. But then we all saw the writing on the wall on that front.
00:04:48
Speaker
Tennessee Titans, same thing with the Giants, fired Brian Callahan quite a while ago, and they've been on the clock for head coach for a bit. And then the one that literally just came a few hours ago, fresh off the press after 18 seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, they have fired John Harbaugh. That is a big one. that That's the type of firing that coaches or teams that have coaches that they somewhat like, they're going to call in to see what it might take to get John Harbaugh.
00:05:17
Speaker
so yeah John Harbaugh and Kevin Stefanski. I think Kyle Brand said that on Good Morning Football a few days ago when the news for Kevin Stefanski came out where it's like he's going to be the hottest commodity for every team that needs a head coach.
00:05:30
Speaker
And for those teams that are not sure if they like their head coach or not, he's going to get phone calls for that for those teams too. like that that's the and And I think John Harbaugh falls in that category. Yeah, so for me, the one that I think is the most interesting, right? You look at the ones where, where's their QB in place?
00:05:46
Speaker
So the the Baltimore Ravens, that is one as maybe flawed as Lamar Jackson could be. He's still a two-time MVP. He's one of the best players in the league. I think the one that's really interesting, the two that are really interesting, obviously, are the Giants and the Titans. The Giants with Jackson Dart, the Titans with Cam Ward.
00:06:04
Speaker
Cam Ward, I know, was... Stefanski was very interested in Cam Ward in terms of the pre-draft process last year when he was with the Browns. And I could see a lot of kind of schematically that working out from under center play action. I could see Cam Ward really fitting well in a Kevin Stefanski type of offense. And then, of course, there's the New York Giants with Jackson Dart. He had a very good rookie season. I know, Fab, you and I went back and forth in terms of Look, he plays like an idiot sometimes. He runs into... He's he's basically the QB version of Cam Scadaboo. And I don't think Brian Dable being there was helpful. He literally ran him to the ground. But the last game we saw with against... um ah Was it the Vikings that they that they played the last game? No, against the Cowboys. as The Cowboys. The Cowboys.
00:06:51
Speaker
A lot of beautiful th throws, not as much RPO. He's able to layer the ball in. So that that really looks like an an attractive position where if we're as Giants fans, I think we're thinking we probably want to go an offensive type of coach in that front. And if you're the Titans, you definitely want to go with an offensive type type coach. Didn't work with Brian Callahan, but you have two opportunities here to get guys who have coached before in Kevin Stefanski at the very least. So.
00:07:18
Speaker
Yeah, no, I don't disagree with any of that. I mean, honestly, i'm I'm on the fence if I want an offensive coach from a Giants perspective just because we've had offensive coaches in the past and they haven't really turned out all that well. um and And I feel like it's true for Giants.
00:07:33
Speaker
I understand. and And that's probably the only saving grace that I have for a lot of these guys um where it's like, okay, i'm I'm willing to go with another offensive coach because he's done it before and he has that body of work and that's fine for me. But yeah I feel like the Giants strength is really their defense. And I know it's funny to say when they let up the most amount of points like in and in their history practically.
00:07:55
Speaker
But you know what they you saw what they put in that defensive line and then you with the fifth overall pick, there's a good chance that they go for a secondary player or too. Yeah. which I think is helpful. ah you know i Looking at John Harbaugh leaving, I wouldn't be surprised if like he gets poached by the Cleveland Browns. I i don't know. he's He's an Ohio guy too.
00:08:14
Speaker
You think about it. They have a good defense. The Browns have always had a good defense. Their offense is very much sus. We all know that, right? um And there really aren't any quarterbacks coming out of the draft process this year, but they could finagle themselves on having a quarterback for however long it is and maybe get some offensive stars and just figure out the quarterback situation next year. right But it would be a very interesting situation to see Harbaugh go to Cleveland.
00:08:38
Speaker
The team that I feel like nobody wants to go to the alana falcons i think they're just i know they have i be ah the quarterback situation to me is so much in flux over this yes and they don't seem like they're gonna don't even think they have a first round pick this year or even next year might they don't from the uh james pierce tree right but ah all the same though there's really no quarterback they're gonna be getting anyways this year because it's just mendoza and it's dante moore who are gonna go to the raiders and the jets respectively i think we all know that um The Raiders to me seems like a very attractive option, almost on par with the Giants and the Titans. And the Giants and the Titans, I'm only saying that they're the most attractive, not because I'm a homer, everybody knows I'm a Giants fan, but just because they both have their QBs in place, and you would assume so.
00:09:23
Speaker
But then again, you can say the same thing for the Ravens too, right? I mean, that's who wouldn't want to coach Lamar Jackson? Yeah, so i think I disagree with you on the Falcons just because, yes, the QB situation is dire. Not not necessarily dire. Cousins look good at the end of the the season. He needs to redo his contract.
00:09:39
Speaker
they they be i believe they worked I believe they've worked on – they did something. I don't know don't remember exactly, but I think they restructured something with regards to his contract. I heard i heard rumors that they want to restructure the contract because they they realized that the way to go forward is not with Michael Pennings. To me, if Cousins, yeah, and i think I think even that's a a bit too early of a discussion to have. I think Penix, they invested so much into him.
00:10:07
Speaker
they invested Because they invested in Penix, they kind of put the Cousins situation in a kind of dire, weird situation because then it was kind of like a lame duck QB. But I think they would have made the playoffs with Cousins.
00:10:19
Speaker
The way he played, especially down the stretch, I think he was like at seven, eight touchdowns, only one or two or three INTs. He played very solid down the stretch. I think they would have made the playoffs eight and all three teams being eight and nine. But I think the Falcons, if they're, they have to go, I think, with an offensive minded coach. We saw with with Marie rahe Morris, he was more of a defensive minded head coach. I agree with that. That leads me to maybe a Cliff Kingsbury. That leads me to maybe a... maybe a Matt Nagy. I can't believe Matt Nagy somehow is back into this hiring cycle again. He spent some time um he spent some time with the Chiefs. He had one good that one good season with the Bears, but I'm i'm having a hard time seeing that. I think i see Matt Nagy as names being thrown around for potential kind play coaching candidates to be interviewed for the Giants, and I want to
00:11:05
Speaker
Yeah. Well, i'm out Kafka and Nagy. I don't want that. Yeah. I don't want that. I don't want that. and i mean i if if you If you kind of float around Giants, Reddit as well, they've kind of said, look, Kafka was nice. It was good.
00:11:17
Speaker
You know, he was able to right the ship a little bit. He got them going, but yeah I don't think people want him as the as of as the the full-time head coach. He's not the long, he's not the long. There's a lot of. He's more rats. Yeah. and and and And the scenarios like you have right now and and and it falls to seeing with the Titans and even to a degree with the Raiders.
00:11:34
Speaker
and the Giants, and even to the Browns, actually, to a degree, right? You have rookie quarterbacks or about to have a rookie quarterback. You can right the ship. You can put in your own offensive structure, your own defensive structure, and you can...
00:11:48
Speaker
Really put your best foot forward to cradle this quarterback and make him be the best possible quarterback for your franchise. Because they're coming in clean slate. They're coming in with, okay, we have this guy or we have a guy that we're going drafting in Fernando Mendoza most likely with the Raiders.
00:12:04
Speaker
And it's like, who like those are those are very enticing and attractive situations for a lot but a lot of coaches that both have existing experience or like a Mike McCarthy who wants to get back into the swing of things.
00:12:17
Speaker
I see Mike McCarthy with the Ravens for some reason. Don't ask me why. i don't know. I'm just seeing that with her like an existing scenario. I see a very Mike McCarthy the same way with Dallas and he goes and he goes to the Ravens. you know, there is a quarterback there. Like he wants to instill his own system. It's not a bad idea. I could also see the Ravens sticking with defensive identity. Jesse Minter the DC fantastic DC with the chargers. He spent, he spent, I think a good three, four years.
00:12:42
Speaker
with the Ravens yeah before he moved to Michigan, I believe. So that could be interesting to me, Cliff Kingsbury to the Raiders makes quite a bit of sense. don't know if you recall Fab, he interviewed Antonio Pierce when Antonio Pierce had the job, they haggled over, I think one or two years in, in terms of the deal they were looking to give him for, to being OC. And that, that's what made him, I guess, you know,
00:13:04
Speaker
not go but go there. But I think that could be an interesting one. Great offensive mind. you they They need to pair an offensive mind with whoever the quarterback is going to be, whether it's Mishina or Mishina. And don't I don't think it's no coincidence either, you know, that he decided to yes jump ship when he did. Because a lot there's a lot of stuff now that's coming out of the woodworks, coming out of the locker room that a lot of the players, Jaden Dino's included, we're were pretty surprised that that he left.
00:13:31
Speaker
They weren't expecting it to happen. and they're And they're kind of upset at the same time, because obviously there was a report there. but That's the type of dichotomy that you have when you have a defensive-minded head coach who maybe wants to run the football more, maybe doesn't want to run as much RPO, maybe wants to more play more ground-and-pound type football versus a guy like Cliff Kingsbury, which is more air attack, throw it down the field, you know maybe have Jaden Reynolds run. So I think maybe the last thing I would say is If you look at all these jobs, it's crazy that I think the Cardinals one is probably the least. I was about to say that. It's the least attractive one. it is. Well, because what do you do with Colin Murray? Yeah. It's concerning that Jacoby Brissett.
00:14:08
Speaker
Look, they didn't win any games. Brissett was a good fantasy-wise. Fantasy-wise, he was very good, but they didn't win any games, right? now but No, because that team is ah is is a hot pile of garbage, and it doesn't it's not because of Jacoby Brissett. There's other facets that they need to address. like They all went through like their fourth running back because everybody got injured. Yeah, everybody got injured. That's unfortunate. Everyone got injured.
00:14:27
Speaker
And they they kind of have cheap ownership. They have similar type of ownership like the like the the Bengals. It's been like a family-run organization. They've been there for a long time. Not always the best processes. They don't always get voted the best in those kind of player polls. So it'll be really interesting to see...
00:14:43
Speaker
What happens in the Cardinals situation? Do they go offense? They just they just had defense with Jonathan Gannon, who somehow is also getting some so look as potential head coach. But I could see maybe like a Brian Flores there or maybe Clint Kubiak hasn't gotten any interviews now. Maybe it's because Seattle has a deep playoff run and they're going to have a bye. Yes.
00:15:03
Speaker
to To me, that if I have to say the most enticing situations right now, it's the Titans and the Giants because it's young QBs. It's young teams. I would throw the Raiders in there. The Raiders. Yeah, Brock Bowers and Gentry, and you're going to be getting number one overall pick. like That is a very, very attractive scenario. You get to choose what you hope is to be your franchise quarterback in either Dante Moore Fernando Mendoza. Totally.
00:15:29
Speaker
those are Those are very attractive options to me. And low-key, the Bravens too. I mean, who wouldn't want to coach Lamar Jackson? I know he's not everyone's favorite player, but you got to give props to where it's due for a former MVP. It would interesting to see who, is there anyone else who maybe fires their coach? Does you know does Mike McDaniel somehow get fired randomly because John Harbaugh is available? Or Mike Tomlin.
00:15:50
Speaker
Like, there's no guarantee that Tomlin bought himself another year. You think he bought himself another year with the with with someone else's kicker making... with let's Let's say that for Knack next week when he's back. I'm sure he'll have a lot of... Let's say that for Knack also, depending on if they win lose. i think I think a lot of us... to go if If there's another if there're another like one and done, i can see a scenario where they just have conversations to part ways, or at the very least, they don't extend them beyond the next year.
00:16:18
Speaker
Because similar to John Harbaugh, right? I mean... yeah, Tomlin's had success. We're not going to deny that. You know, like the, like, Knack wrote on the thread, like, the Raiders have had, the Steelers have had three coaches since 1969 or something, like, which is stupid.
00:16:31
Speaker
Crazy. But at the same, at the same time, it's like, maybe you need to shake things up a bit to get, to get things moving, you know? And, anyways, but that's, who knows? Who knows? And the Ravens did that.
00:16:44
Speaker
Like, John Harbaugh is going to be the next, like, he's got, like, there's Kevin Stavasky and John Harbaugh, they're going to get the most phone calls for head coaches.
00:16:53
Speaker
So, very interesting to see. very interesting to see it's honestly like the nfl coaching carousel is so exciting it's almost as exciting as free agent period it's it's it's so bad it's the best it's the best it's sad for a lot of these guys right like they've been there for a long time yeah we we forget that these are people too right like they're people like anyone like we've have you know you have colleagues fired or whatever yeah but you know so but they they know what they signed up yes i mean i just like nfl players don't have a long career
00:17:25
Speaker
Like, I don't think coaches have a very long career either. The only saving grace that coaches have is that their positions are more transferable to other teams, whether it's within the NFL or in college. So you're always going to have opportunities for employment.
'Do Not Draft' List for Fantasy Football
00:17:37
Speaker
Yes. But will you be staying at the same place for 10 years, 10 plus years? Not really. No, like you're not getting that gold Rolex because you've been there for 20 years. Mind you, no one gives that anymore. But you know what I mean? Like, it's not it's not like it once was or ever was.
00:17:58
Speaker
Ready to move on to the next part? like Let's do let's go it. Let's do it. Do it on draft list. Let's go. Yeah. so do that um Absolutely. My pleasure. So the do not draft list, we're going to be going through quickly just a bit of a draft between Roger and myself. It's not going to take very long. So please, your attention span is inquired and required, please.
00:18:19
Speaker
Two QB... just two running backs who are three wide receivers and one tight end and the objective here is to draft the worst team possible so quite might as well just draft my team that i had the most best worst team possible it's the best we're not trying to stand back right yeah no but these are we're also going to be drafting based off of contempt in the last year from roger and my sublees i know i have we're off the bat i even know who i'm picking I have right away. um so yeah, so we're going to start off with some quarterbacks. It's going to be a snake draft. So we're going to quarterback first.
00:18:48
Speaker
Yeah. What do you want to just kick us off? for Roger? You want to have first overall pick? I will gladly take first overall pick. Yes. ah I guess it'll be, it'll be like a two QB league. So we'll do two QBs, two running backs, three receivers and a tight end. So,
00:19:03
Speaker
For me, with the first overall pick, I am going go with Jalen Hurts. didn't even have Jalen Hurts, but I was looking i was still just so happy with this pick. so just Just looking at our friend our friend Guido in the in the Bush League.
00:19:18
Speaker
um fantasy league. like It was just the amount of stress he felt on a weekly basis. And then just to have to deal with the AJ Brown aspect of it and the Nick Sirianni stuff. and you know Is Jalen Hurts good? Is he not good? Is he going to tush push? Is not going to tush push? There's an aspect that tush push push push might be gone in a year or so so for me this was an easy one i didn't even have him and i'm like i don't want any thing to do with jalen hurts next year yeah so he finished with only eight less points than he did last year but i think last year finished shows was like qb four or five and this year finished qb nine but the big the big thing and i'm only saying it's gonna have a stats for me right now right so the the impressive thing is that his his passing yards continue to drop
00:20:05
Speaker
And his, like this year, he did pass a little bit more. Like he had a little more passing touchdowns. is His, his rushing upside dropped precipitously this year, which. looks slow. He looks slow when he runs. He's, he's running like he, like, like, like the age that he looks like.
00:20:22
Speaker
You win this take. What, man? I showed a picture of Jalen Hurts, okay, to some people don't know anything about football. And they're like, like is he 38? Is he 35 years old? He just looks like an R&B singer.
00:20:37
Speaker
He looks like every R&B singer. Moving on. So my QB on do not draft late is Kyler Murray. like I don't want anything to do with him ever again, quite frankly. I think yeah i would happily take Jalen Hurts before I ever take Kyler Murray.
00:20:53
Speaker
You don't know what's happening with that contract situation. and You don't know what's even happening to him from a health perspective. You don't know what's... You're going to get the potential MVP candidate that he was a few years ago. i don't know if that's ever going to come back again. He's never exactly been known to throw a ton.
00:21:07
Speaker
And once the juice is out with his legs, like, that's it. You're done with. It's over. So I don't want any shares of Kyle or Murray. if i'm on a If I'm starting two QBs and even a QB in my flex, I won't even draft him.
00:21:21
Speaker
What if he ends up like, I don't know. What if Tyler, uh, Tyreek Hill gets healthy again, he ends up with the dolphins or i can't even, I can't even get myself to believe that.
00:21:33
Speaker
No, you can't, no, you can't. As Mike Tomlin once said, if my aunt had you know what she'd be mine so there it is did that well you you got that one well well he did it like a few years ago and it's crazy how he does those tomlisms and there's no stutter it's crazy how we're talking about mike tomlin and the stealers and knack is in here there's let's move on um so i have this third pick do i go qb do i go run i'm gonna go qb
00:22:03
Speaker
It's between Jaden Daniels and I hate to say it, but Joe Burrow, but I'm going to go. Joe Burrow. I'm going to go with Jaden Daniels. I'm going go with Jaden Daniels. I agree with this. And with this I think part of this exercise is also like prefacing. Well, look, if I get Jaden Daniels in, you know, the sec third round, right. where We're in a two QB league.
00:22:26
Speaker
So some of these players get drafted obviously earlier than in you know single QB leagues. But Jaden Daniels, as a first-round quarterback, I don't want. And I am also looking at it from your lens, Fab.
00:22:37
Speaker
The injuries last year were ridiculous. He was injured for the entire season. And even when he was healthy, he didn't look that great. yeah clear so Clear kind of regression from his rookie season. So I'm going to go with Jaden Daniels just...
00:22:52
Speaker
I need to see another year of him being fully healthy than to, for me to be back in. It's not that I wouldn't draft him if, you know, I didn't get him in the second or third round, but as a first round player, I don't, I I'm going to pass on Jaden Daniels.
00:23:04
Speaker
Yeah. I don't disagree with that. I mean, the fact that also Clinsbury is couldn't cliff cliff. Clinsbury is gone now. Yeah. I think that also plays a role. Yeah. You don't know how the office is going to go. Like I'm,
00:23:16
Speaker
i'm I'm not saying that he won't be able to adapt, but you know you would imagine there would be some growing pains when you're learning a new offense, coming back from an injury. Also, you have to figure that, you know, I mean you look at the offensive weapons that they have and it's like, who are they? well Like Terry McLaurin is nice and all, but he's getting long in the tooth.
00:23:35
Speaker
Yeah. Terry McLaurin, they're relying on brutal injury at the end of the year. ah he His career should be done. And I hate to say it because he's been a fantastic tight end because that was a brutal, brutal injury.
00:23:48
Speaker
Terry McLaurin is getting older and he didn't have a very good year this year. He's very injury riddled. Who is their running back? Nobody knows. Not even they do. So it's like the only thing they have going for them right now is really their quarterback. And I just don't feel confident if I'm starting him, especially in a one QB league. Absolutely not. In a two QB league, you can you can you can argue and you can persuade me, but it's not somebody that I'm running to to draft, put it that way.
00:24:12
Speaker
I guess for my second quarterback, I mean, this is an easy one too, but the Tua Tagovailoa will not be drafted on any one of my teams. mean, that's, that's almost too easy. Yeah. Okay. Fine. Let me go for a little bit of a harder one. That's fine. That's fine. Just like, I don't know, but hold on. I'll fade a first round. cu So again, perspective from a second, from a two QB league, some guy that I'm not looking forward to drafting and I'll only be drafting from, if I can fit him into my, my so two quarterback slots. So not as my first quarterback.
00:24:46
Speaker
You're going to go Jordan I don't know what's going on with him. Jordan Love, to me, has been very... He's had a good real-life season. Real life, yeah. Real life, he's been fantastic. He's a great real-life quarterback.
00:25:01
Speaker
He's a very efficient and very effective real-life quarterback. He doesn't give you any rushing upside. He doesn't give you any rushing upside. His touchdowns have been decreasing every year since 2023. twenty three His touchdown to INT ratio is fantastic.
00:25:16
Speaker
It's gotten better and better. that was That was the knock on him before. It's gotten both it it's gotten better and or better. Yeah, yeah. He's gotten better and better. He doesn't pass for a lot of yards. I don't know. He gets injured quite a bit too. He's...
00:25:29
Speaker
He's always misses a game or two. Yeah. You know, he he's never been as injury prone as some of the other guys, but he's not somebody that I'm very excited to draft. Like he's, he's a very good mid tier quarterback too.
00:25:45
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's a good caveat. like That's a good caveat. Yeah, he's a set it and forget it. Like, that's it. But he's another one where, like, I'm not... Like, he finishes cubic quarterback 14. That's, like, right on the cusp of quarterback one.
00:25:56
Speaker
um No one's going to be drafting him that high next year. year yeah And nor should they. Because, again, yards have been going down every single year. Touchdowns have been going down every single year. He gives you nothing with his legs. so And there's the looming aspect of what happens if the Packers lose this weekend against the Bears. We're going talk about pull-off previews after this. Does that mean Matt LaFleur is gone? If Matt LaFleur is gone...
00:26:18
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That's something that I'd be considerably worried about in terms of not having Matt Luffer and Jordan Love together as ah as ah ah as a quarterback coach tandem. I would agree.
00:26:29
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I would agree. Okay, so let's keep it rolling. Let's get on to the – I think it's a snake dress. Is it a mic then? yeah. We haven't been doing that. We're just doing back and forth. Let's just's just keep back and forth. It's fine. I'm actually going to skip the running backs and I'm going go wide receiver. me, this is an easy one. Brian Thomas Jr. Season from hell. 87 receptions last year, 1200, 1300 yards, TDs to catches, yards, two touchdowns.
00:26:55
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he had a fifty two percent catch percentage versus sixty five percent last year And now with Parker Washington coming along, he looked fantastic. Jacoby Myers, not only did they trade for him, they gave him a big three-year contract as well. What are you going to with Travis? Yeah, he's very good. What are going to with Travis Hunter?
00:27:12
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You're seeing Travis Etienne coming out of the backfield. There's still Breton Strange. This is a very talented wide receiver core. There's a lot of mouths to feed in the Jaguars ah offense. And unfortunately, b Brian Thomas Jr. is not one of those mouths. And it it sucks because the guy came on and for LSU, we all know how good he was as as a college player and at for for the Tigers. so yeah It's unfortunate and um and I say that because I like LSU and all their wide receivers that come out of there.
00:27:39
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um i can't I can't argue against that thought. I can't argue against that at all. I know for me, from my perspective, the guy that I don't want anything to do with the next year is AJ Brown. like he it's just it's it's being but he's a that's yeah He is a fantastic wide receiver. I've always loved AJ Brown, especially when we played for the Titans.
00:27:57
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He's just a He's your prototypical body wide receiver. He grabs everything. he's great um He runs routes and tests to catch the whole nine yards. hes He is the wide receiver that you want. i don't know what the hell they're doing in Philadelphia, but I want no part of it.
00:28:12
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Because if I do draft AJ Brown, he's going to be for my wide receiver three, not a wide receiver one, not even for a wide receiver two. Way too many headaches. He's going to low next year. He's going to go very low next year. wonder if Devante Smith is going to go higher than AJ Brown next year. I think it's a legitimate conversation.
00:28:28
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Yeah, that's a good point. I mean, it also depends what happens with Petulo. The thing is, the Eagles are so good. They could still win the Super Bowl, and everyone is back next year, and this just just becomes, again, the worst offense, the worst good offense to watch in the league again. um but yeah, AJ Brown's going to go really low next year. I'll go next. I will go running back this time, and...
00:28:52
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This is Guy Rufani is really talented, but he was in the most timeshare of timeshares that you could find this year, Kenneth Walker III. Like what they were doing with him and Zach Charbonnet when it was very clear that Kenneth Walker III was the more productive running back. He looked more explosive. He was even better from a pass catching perspective, even though it's more Charbonnet who does that. And just Charbonnet is there to stay.
00:29:18
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And Kenneth Walker is still a little bit injury prone. that's one that I definitely want to avoid and don't want to don't want to keep. I don't disagree with you at all on that. He was on my do not draft list this year, actually. So it really just continued forward. i Actually, it was him and Travis Etienne because you kind of had a whole tank bo speed thing happening in Jacksonville and and he got traded and Etienne took off, which is great. But Kenneth Walker III, like so much talent. He can't stay healthy. Shared backfield. Like it's working for them in that offense, right? So I guess they they don't really care about fantasy, nor should they, but it's very frustrating. For me, i will be taking a guy running back who finished as RB8 this year, Derrick Henry.
00:30:05
Speaker
You're not. You're you're calling. you're You're basically saying. what You're calling. the this is the You're saying next year is the year he falls off. You're calling. Yeah. Well, up until his last three games of the fantasy season, he did fall off.
00:30:19
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He. heat Well, hold on a second. He finished with 1,600 yards, 16 touchdowns, right? Fantastic season. You know how many of that came in the last three games?
00:30:30
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I want to say 600. 600. Yeah, like close to like about 500 yards and six touchdowns came in the last three games.
00:30:40
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I don't know what's going on with that offense. They don't consistently give him the ball as often as he should be getting it. That to me is a concern. I think as an RB2, he's fantastic. I think he won't be as an, I cannot draft him with full confidence as an RB1. And I wouldn't be surprised if he falls all the way down to flex territory next year.
00:31:04
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Yeah, i think part of the reason they fired John Harbaugh is the misuse of Derrick Henry, to to your point. And I think that's where Todd Monken will be there as well. And I would agree with you. I think we said a lot in the Bushley Cuddle, like, where I had to give him the ball. So, yeah, and i I was i was advocating for him in his first year with Baltimore. I was like, this guy's gonna score 20 touchdowns, like give me 2000 yards, like no problem.
00:31:24
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he didn't score that but he had a very very good season last year he fell off a bit and then this year again you know it's just like and and you look at his stats like okay like how is this guy talking about not drafting derrick henry but look at the numbers like look at when you needed him to play well he wasn't playing well like in the grind of the regular season where you need him to to get you those 25 fancy points per week he was coming back with like four or five or whatever was or ten like you can't rely on that and what does it do to get four touchdowns and 218 yards in week 17 if he didn't make the playoffs it's true i'm sorry your mad dog russo voice came out of there again a little bit yeah it's frustrating because it's it's it's a 45 point game game and you're like oh my god i could have used nobody started using this i could have used this weeks ago or you could have spread it out within like two games
00:32:14
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I'm gonna going to say selfish, bro. You know you saying that I'm going to go in the same vein. And this is something I've thought about quite a bit since I've been out of the Bushley cuddle playoffs for basically the last six, seven weeks. It's a guy I absolutely love at running back, but it was really tough to watch Josh Jacobs.
00:32:31
Speaker
I am going to avoid ja drafting Josh Jacobs next year. And injuries being a big part of it. and if you like yeah plays ah he always plays drs yeah He always plays injured. yeah I love the guy, but he really killed me the the few times he got injured where I didn't pick up. I picked up Emmanuel Wilson and then i dropped him because Josh Jacobs got all the carries and then he got injured and I didn't have em millionu Emmanuel Wilson anymore. And I'm sure a lot of people were frustrated with the four carry game against those same Ravens you were talking about. But the explosiveness is kind of gone with Josh Jacobs, If you're taking a player or running back in the second round, you want to see home run hits.
00:33:09
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And I would opt for a guy like Jonathan Taylor, you even Devon terms of this year's draft next year they'll go higher but i would opt for those guys and instead of john jacobs lack of exclusivity i don't know if john is going to go that much higher next year to honest with you he he he fell off he telled off quite a bit their schedule got lot more difficult but once daniel jones wasn't in that offense anymore it was a lot more difficult for people to to sorry for people for defenses yeah you know to To worry about the pass, right? They were stuck in the box a lot more, and they're their offensive line wasn't playing as nicely as you would like them to play.
00:33:45
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So if I could just recap, Fab, I have a cute two QBs. I have Hertz and Jayden Daniels, two running backs, ah Kenneth Walker and Josh Jacobs, and have a wide receiver at brian with Brian Thomas Jr. You have two quarterbacks in Kyler Murray and Jordan Love.
00:33:59
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You have a wide receiver, AJ Brown, and then there's Derrick Henry as well. So I'm missing a wide receiver and I'm running back. Yeah. So my, let me, let me quickly.
00:34:11
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ah So I hate to do this. Kyron Williams. I think this is the last year. Yes. i think this is it. I like this. I think this is it. I think I, and I hate, and I was a big proponent of Kyron Williams in the beginning of the season. And he was playing lights.
00:34:23
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Now he was playing like an RB one, even though he's being drafted as an RB two. in the beginning of the season. He was playing very, very well. And then slowly, slowly, Blake Corham started to creep in, eat away carries. Not because, according to from what I've been hearing, not because McVay didn't believe in in Kyron Williams anymore, but they wanted to keep him fresh for the playoffs, the real playoffs that matter.
00:34:45
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Will that be the same case next year? I don't know. But to me, you see that they're running effectively as a two running back as a two-headed running back backfield.
00:34:57
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at a certain point, something has to give. Like, Blake Horne won't just go back on the bench and you'll never see him again. i think this is more of ah of ah of a committee or a timeshare going forward. I can see this being like a Detroit Lions type of backfield where they might get a series here and a series there. The difference is that none of these guys have the juice as Jameer Gibbs does where he can take it off for 80 yards at the house, right? Like none of these guys have that type of juice. These guys are, these guys are rough backs. They're, they're not big guys, but they are tackle demons and they shed tackles and they're very good at that.
00:35:31
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So I don't know if I i can go with Kyron Williams anymore as my RB one, I'd be okay with him as my RB two. but he wouldn't even be my first choice i just as an RB too. Yeah, I agree with that. This is what McVay does too. It's a headache I don't want This is what McVay does too. He kind of disposes of running backs after a few years, as he did with with Cam Akers, obviously. And we've been predicting this with regards to Kyron Williams for the past few years. just has It took a little bit of time to come, but Blake Corum looked too good for him to be sidelined and to not be more of a factor. So I would agree with that. um The last one I have. yeah I got to give you wide receiver. I got to give you wide receiver.
00:36:10
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Give me Lad McConkie.
00:36:13
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And this is contingent on what happens with with Keenan Allen, quite frankly. And the real only reason why I say that is because his number dropped off like exponentially. Keenan Allen came back into the fold, and he is Justin Herbert's favorite target.
00:36:27
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And this continues into the next year. I'm fading Ladd McConkie to borderline wide receiver three, low-end wide receiver two. um And he finished as wide receiver 30 this year, so I'm notm not talking out of my rear end.
00:36:41
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um Ladd McConkie is great. He's a fantastic talent. But when Justin Herbert has his favorite target out there in Keenan Island, like you saw with that what happened. And I'm not worried about Quinton Johnson. No. Because Quinton Johnson put up the exact same numbers he did last year.
00:36:54
Speaker
So that is pretty much what he is. He's like an 800-yard receiver for nine touchdowns with like 60. And they play different positions too. They play different positions too, and and that's it. So I'm not really too concerned about that.
00:37:05
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I think Ladd McConkie, his production lives and dies with Keenan Island on that roster. Yeah, and even around the Gadsden to a certain extent to who came up. as Yeah, yeah. um Last pick for me.
00:37:19
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This is an easy one at wide receiver. going to with another junior Marvin Harrison Jr. Yeah, this is as do not draft. There's no caveat. There's no i I'll take him in. You know that the ninth round the 10th round do not want Michael Wilson came on Michael Wilson finished with 78 catches a thousand yards.
00:37:39
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All of his massive production came after Marvin Harrison Jr. had the i think the append appendectomy. yes He looked fantastic. Great chemistry with Jacoby Brissett.
00:37:50
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I think Marvin Harrison Jr. is a trade candidate this year because they see what they have with Michael Wilson. Because when both of them played together, Michael Wilson is just not as effective. And right now it doesn't look like Marvin Harrison Jr. is as much as as good of a player right now as Michael Wilson. And I think quite frankly, he just needs a change change of scenery. Something looked really off, really weird, lack of confidence, inability, inability to catch the ball.
00:38:14
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So I definitely do not want him going into the 2026 season, regardless of who he's going to be with. My last wide receiver. This hurts me a lot to say because he's my boy.
00:38:29
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I got to go Nico Collins. Oh, I love to know why. it's There's too inconsistency from an injury perspective. There's too much inconsistency in that offense.
00:38:41
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You have Jalen Noel coming in and Jaden Higgins coming in, and they've seen their role expand within a rookie season. I don't know if CJ Stroud will ever throw for 4,500 yards again. And I just feel like I would not want to invest a wide receiver one pick on Nico Collins. I don't have that much confidence in him next year that he'll be able to live up to that wide receiver one threshold.
00:39:09
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He had some good games this year, but he's been very inconsistent. um Yeah, he's he's a very high-end wide receiver too for me. but I do not want him as my wide receiver one. And that pains me because he's a fantastic wide receiver.
00:39:24
Speaker
i just don't know whether they're doing that offense, quite frankly. And well, i know what they're doing. They're winning games. They don't need to go to Nico, but Nico Collins, his best game games came when there wasn't CJ Stroud that was throwing in the ball.
00:39:36
Speaker
Hmm. When it was, uh, when it was the backup quarterback, what's his name? dad Davis Mills, Davis Mills, Davis Mills was targeting. They was targeting Nico Collins early, often.
00:39:47
Speaker
And his best games came with Davis Mills. And then CJ Strzok came back and he had okay games, but he didn't have those wide receiver one overall numbers that he he had before. so So I have one more wide receiver and it's it's not going to be him, but in the same vein as what you're talking about, Drake London, I think he had a fantastic season. He was a bit injured. I think his his great season was tethered to the fact that even though he didn't have great quarterback play, but I don't necessarily like Drake London as a WR1 on my team.
00:40:16
Speaker
seeing him in my lineup, seeing kind of the slight inconsistencies with the offense, seeing how much they go to Bijan Robinson in the passing game. Let's see what happens with Kyle Pitts as well. I kind of see Drake London in the same vein as how you see Nico Collins, so I do like that. Yeah, and and to go back to that point, actually, Drake London has been injured quite a bit, but he's a fantastic talent.
00:40:34
Speaker
If Kirk Cousins cousins is the starting quarterback next year, it's going to be a lot more Kyle Pitts than it will be Drake London. Yeah, totally. Because, yeah, I agree with you. And even Davis Sills or whatever his name is. Sills look good. Sills good. Yeah, looked good. Sills look very good.
00:40:50
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So I got the last pick. I'm going to go with the kind of tried and true player that I typically go with, DJ Moore. This is another absolute do not draft. Just an embarrassment of riches for the Chicago Bears.
00:41:07
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He looks so, so really good. it's gonna I think DJ Moore is going to be on the team. People were talking about being traded. i think he's he's a team captain there. He's a big leader there, but he's a guy i don't want. on that they should they they should they They can get a nice...
00:41:20
Speaker
Nice haul if they trade him. They really should. They should think about trading him. He'd be nice in KC. He would be great in Because that I'm not drafting KC, he's Xavier Worthy. I want nothing to do with him. I want nothing to do with him. He's it's it's not a wide receiver of three. and like Why would i want to draw why I want to focus on drafting him as a wide receiver of three, quite frankly? That's just...
00:41:39
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So to recap quickly, i have Jalen Hurts and Jalen Daniels as my QBs, Kenneth Walker III and Josh Jacobs as my running backs, b Brian Thomas Jr., Marvin Harrison Jr., and DJ Moore as the wide receivers. And Fab, you have Kyler Murray and jordan Jordan Love as your QBs, AJ Brown, Ladd McConkie, and Nico Collins as your wide receivers, and Derrick Henry and Kyron Williams as running backs. How many of these are you actually going to not draft? fab So I never want to say that a player is an absolutely do not draft.
00:42:10
Speaker
All of it depends on value and where you're getting them. There are some players on that list that I will not draft depending on like unless I'm getting them at the last round, you know, but that's not realistic at all. There are some players on there that I will not draft at all. Like Xavier Worthy, I will not draft at all. I want nothing to do with him.
00:42:28
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But at same time, like yeah you have to weigh your pros and cons and you have to weigh your values versus, you know, like what's your value versus opportunity cost. And sometimes a lot of these guys will find them like perfect example. I wasn't looking to draft Tyree kill this year or Garrett Wilson.
00:42:46
Speaker
I ended up drafting him. Garrett Wilson, up until he got injured, was like wide receiver seven. and i And I drafted him very late in our draft because nobody wanted him because of his quarterback situation. And I saw value there, and I picked him anyways, and he returned phenomenal value back.
00:43:02
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And same thing with Tyreek Hill. Up until his injury, he was coming he was producing wide receiver two numbers on the cusp of getting those wide receiver one. On the cusp.
00:43:13
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And he got injured and the rest is history. Right? So a lot of it depends on where you're drafting these guys in and, and what you're giving up to get them.
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00:43:21
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So nobody's really and an absolute do not draft for me, except for maybe Jane, Jane Daniels. DJ Moore and Marvin Harrison Jr. are locked and loaded. Locked and loaded. Kevin Walker for me is a do not draft like yeah in every scenario.
00:43:35
Speaker
I keep saying it. if there's Some players that I draft slap me silly. like And then there's like... Kyler Murray. Kyler Murray, I'm never touching with it. and You can give him to me and I'll put him on waivers. And then there's some teams are like the Jets...
00:43:50
Speaker
not touching anyone from the jets like just the sorry offenses even the titans depending what they do with their coach but for now like i don't want tony pollard i keep getting trapped into the tony pollard and tyj spears so we could go on and on with yeah we really can with this list but i'm sure we'll have another one closer to the draft next year but i think it's good to kind of revisit and see uh which players are we trying to fade completely right after the season when our mind is fresh uh off of it so Playoffs.
00:44:18
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Playoffs. Playoffs. playoffs ah what i have here this What do we have? I don't want a game. don't want a game. Playoffs. Super wild card weekend. We have Fabio. Maybe we'll just go through some of the the teams quickly. yeah can i so Can I just interject? This is like my favorite week of the NFL.
00:44:35
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It's the best. Like this week and next week are my favorite weekends of NFL football. Every game is a legitimately good game. is the only game that you can watch on TV. And every single one of them has obviously obviously massive implications. But i'm I'm very excited for this weekend in particular. it's So many good matchups. So you want to start off with that? Want to go and in chronological order? in order. Yeah, go in order. I'm looking at the ESPN schedule right now.
00:44:59
Speaker
Fantastic. So Saturday, January 10th, this Saturday, ladies and gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure, 4.30 p.m., we have LA versus Carolina at Carolina. Carolina's hosting their first playoff game in like, I don't know, 25 years or something.
00:45:11
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um The J.Colombe? No, Cam Newton. yeah Yeah, Cam Newton. let's let's give Let's put some respect on Carolina's name. um Yeah, I don't see how LA doesn't win this game.
00:45:23
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They have a 10.5 point spread. I know stranger things have happened. but Well, the fact that the the Panthers beat the Rams at home and played very well. And if he has a game, they had one or two pick sixes against Matthew Stafford. The defense was really good. I think I think this is contingent on if Devante Adams comes back. I think it's a different game, of you which I think he's scheduled to play.
00:45:43
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. So I think we're both on the same page with with LA yeah coming out over here, but yes at the same time, this might not be the 10 and a half point blowout that Vegas assumes is going to be based off their I have a quick question for you, Fab. if yes is is it Is it a given so that because the Panthers made the playoffs, we can pencil in Bryce Young as the starting quarterback for the Panthers next year? Does he have to have a really good game? Or what if he has a stinker?
00:46:11
Speaker
Do they start to maybe look into seeing what else is out there in the QB market to maybe bring some competition? Because I think a lot of Panther fans or people who you know are Bryce Young fans would assume, hey, he got to the playoffs locked and loaded. You could have him in next year.
00:46:25
Speaker
Quickly, I don't know what you think about that. I think he has to have a good, solid game. And if he has one of those stinkers that he is prone to having, I think he has to maybe watch his back next year I don't think this game is predicated on whether or not he'll be the quarterback next year.
00:46:42
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um You wanted to draft a quarterback to bring into the playoffs. That's what he did. And he did that in his second year. So you what whether it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.
00:46:56
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It doesn't matter. did you did he will himself so bringing and sorry in his third year not second year did he Did he will himself to bring his team to the playoffs in three years? Yes, he did. ah Has he gotten better from a stats perspective? At least I don't have his real numbers, but he has gotten them better. Yes, he has. he has He now has a true number one wide receiver. Ted McMillan will most likely win the Offensive Rookie of the Year award.
00:47:18
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as i think, well, most likely. he he's There's a very good chance he wins. He's had a fantastic rookie season. things can only get better from here. I don't think they can get worse.
00:47:30
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yeah I don't think i don't think you'll will you'll see a regression from Bryce Young. I think they bring in more weapons to help him. And I'm not saying that he's going to be contending for a Super Bowl every single year, but I don't see why they should jump ship on him so quickly when he hasn't played awful to the point where he deserves to be benched. And I go back to like,
00:47:55
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you know Anthony Richardson, or I go back to Daniel Jones when those guys were benched. And he was benched. He was benched for two games, and he came back and he played better. yeah So I don't think Bryce Young is the problem.
00:48:07
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I really don't. like if i You can even argue that might even be Dave Canales. It's a longer conversation. I'm just happy you didn't say Bobby Cannavalis.
00:48:17
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No, but isn't that his name? No, that's an actor. It's a great actor, too. He is. It's great actor, too. Packers Bears. we author packers bears i had the coin holder friends I have no idea. know this this wait This is going to be such a great game in Chicago. show wait for this um Who's that wrestler who's a big Chicago fan?
00:48:35
Speaker
He's always on Good Morning Football. um Seth Regan. Seth freaking Roland. Seth freaking Roland. Huge Chicago fan. And love hearing him on Good Morning Football. I love hearing him. He's going to be at the game. He's like, I don't care. don't have a match on Friday night. I want to be there on Saturday. It's killing it. He's so happy. It's pumped. I think Chicago wins.
00:48:58
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Yeah, I mean, I agree. like So as everyone may or may not know, I've i've adopted the Bears as my second favorite team. ah Big Caleb Williams fan. Love love what Ben Johns is made of. This game scares me.
00:49:09
Speaker
Not going to lie. yeah I think there's a lot of pressure on the Bears because they just beat the Packers and the Packers are in a downswing big time. But I think the Bears were sandbagging last week against the Lions. I don't think they were showing their best foot forward or their best hand. And I think the Bears i think the bears are one and done this postseason. and But I do think that one win that they do get is against the backers. So it's going to be close. and It's going to be fantastic. I can't wait for this game.
00:49:37
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Same. it's It's one of the games I'm looking forward to the most, to be honest with you. Next game we have. Now we're moving on to Sunday slate. And this is another game on fired up about, let me tell you, man. Oh my goodness. I'm fired up about this game. Buffalo at Jacksonville.
00:49:50
Speaker
Like the one year that Buffalo are in the playoffs and, and Josh Allen doesn't have to go up against my homes or Lamar Jackson. He gets, Johnny Sunshine and Trevor Lawrence that's just ripping everybody apart right now. Your boy. Playing like a man on fire. And I'll be the first one to tell you, mea culpa, when I drafted Trevor Lawrence this year, I was not excited about it. He was going to be my QB2 or even QB3 if I needed to.
00:50:16
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He ended up being my QB1, obviously, towards the end. He's been putting up a spectacular amount of points every single week. He's looked like a completely different player. And a lot of it, i means obviously we're going to give credit where credit is due. It's most likely to Liam Cohen.
00:50:30
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And obviously, like you mentioned, the addition of Jacoby Myers. It's just that ah offense is transforming into the offense that you would expect it to be with Trevor Lawrence. And I cannot in confidence assume that Buffalo will take this.
00:50:44
Speaker
I think there's a legitimate chance and it's not like a all snowball's chance in hell. No, i think this is like ah I think there's like a 60% chance that Jacksonville wins this game. And the only reason I'm giving 40% to Buffalo is 20% for Josh Allen and 20% for James Cook.
00:50:58
Speaker
But you have Jacksonville have a good defense, and they have a good offense. And they're playing at home. They're 9-1 in their last 10 games. Dude.
00:51:09
Speaker
They're killing it. And the Buffalo Bills have a very bad bad run defense. Travis Hinton has had a very good, very solid year. They can also run. I don't know if Tootin is injured. I don't know if he came back from his injury. mine Never mind Etienne having a solid year.
00:51:25
Speaker
All of a sudden, Trevor Lawrence is Lamar Jackson with the ball when he gets out in space. it doesn't It doesn't make sense. He's had so many rushing yards and rushing touches. They've unlocked that part of his game. and and i And you saw a lot of it from Baker Mayfield last year, too.
00:51:37
Speaker
They didn't see that much of it from him this year. It might be the whole Liam Combe effect. You see it. So I think this is... I just feel the Bills have feasted. When the Bills have feasted, it's been against bad teams. And again, when they play good teams, they just don't have the firepower on the outside. It's just...
00:51:52
Speaker
josh Josh Allen hero ball. And I think this defense that they're going to play is too good for Josh Allen to just rely on his legs and just play hero ball. So I think I have to with the Jaguars. I agree with you. This is going to be a very difficult situation for the coach of the Bills, Sean McDermott, if he does not win this game. There's going to be a lot, a lot of calls for his head because, like you said, no Joe Burrow, no Jackson, Patrick Mahomes.
00:52:17
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Yeah. Yes, no Joe Burrow as well. That's a very good point. Yeah, like there there is... There's no excuses. And then Trevor Lawrence comes up. He's like, hey, hold my beer. So anyways, um so the next game we have on Sunday, Jan 11th, we have San Francisco. askedton zero hi Yeah, this game's fantastic. Like um and who's like who wants to do anything on this on weekend? um So this game, um I would like San Fran to win. i I've said it since I think around like week 13.
00:52:46
Speaker
You know, like Sam Fran's getting healthy at the right time. Everything's finally clicking. You know, Brock Purdy is still a very good quarterback. Juwan Jennings is a good wide receiver. Ricky Persol. You've seen flashes of what he can do when he's healthy. The problem is that he can't really stay healthy, and that's obviously a big problem.
00:53:01
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You have Kittle, who is still George Kittle, and you have Christian McCaffrey. So, their defense, despite having all those injuries, is still playing pretty well. My problem is that Philly are also getting healthy at the right time too. And their defense matches up very well against San Fran's offense.
00:53:17
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So i I think this is going to be one of the lowest scoring games of the week, to be honest with you. I don't think any any any one team is going to score a boatload of points.
00:53:29
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I have Eagles. I have the Eagles just because it's a home advantage. I don't feel good about it, though. I have the Eagles because the Niners can't really rush the passer. and I think you said it. You call it really well. that The Eagles match up very well with their offense. Their linebackers, their secondary, their safeties. Everyone could cover everyone here. It's going to be interesting to see Zach Bond Christian McCaffrey. Exactly. Yeah, exactly.
00:53:51
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I think Jalen Hurts is going to win this game, though. I think it's not just going to be like rely on Tushbush or overly rely on Saquon Barkley, who they just haven't been able to move the ball with ah offensive line issues or you know maybe he's been slowed down.
00:54:03
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I think Jalen Hurts is have to win the game. But the Niners are going to look for the revenge. This was, I think, in the divisional round game where Brock – a rematch two years ago. Brock Purdy, I think he had the elbow issue.
00:54:16
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they Didn't Christian McCaffrey – Didn't Christian McCaffrey have to play quarterback or something? or like I think someone had to play quarterback because Brady just couldn't throw the ball. So they're going to be looking for revenge. This is going to fascinating game. Yeah.
00:54:30
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if if If the Eagles win, wouldn't surprised the Eagles win the Super Bowl again. It's as as crazy as it is. This is when Hurts comes out. I would be very surprised if the Eagles win the Super Bowl again. I would be extremely, extremely surprised. This will be a big win for them if they do. I think it was 20... Was McCaffrey... McCaffrey was on that team, I believe. Yeah, because Purdy was there when McCaffrey was. Was it 2023? think was 2023. Yeah.
00:54:52
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i think it' was twenty twenty three Yeah, because it was in January 29th, 2023. So it was definitely in the... Yeah, Eagles demolished the Niners um And let me see if you are correct in the passing scenario that Christian McCaffrey... He had one attempt. They were just trying to run the ball.
00:55:10
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Yeah, but at the Josh Johnson threw the maturity of the passes. Josh Johnson, oh my god. Yeah, and Brock Purdy only had four attempts. He connected on all four. He only had four attempts. um And it was Jalen Hurts who threw for a magnificently 121 yards, zero touchdowns, zero INTs, like he normally does.
00:55:29
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But Miles Sanders did score two touchdowns on the ground. So did Boston Scott. And so did, obviously, Jalen Hurts, so... Like usual, if the Eagles do win, it will not be because Jalen Hurts throws for 275 yards and two touchdowns. This is going to a fascinating game. I'm looking forward to this one. If there are any Eagles fans who are listening to this podcast right now, like we won't have them as listeners after this week. That's right. um The next game that we have, and Sunday night, Sunday nighter. Oh, this is such a good Sunday nighter. LA Chargers versus New England.
00:55:59
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New England. So now the knock on New England, and everyone's been saying it, and everyone's been blue in the face, is that they haven't faced a really good team. They haven't faced, their record isn't necessarily indicative of of how good of a team they might be, because a lot of the teams that they've played have been sub 500. They play in a very favorable division, all that stuff.
00:56:19
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I don't care about that, quite frankly, yeah because they're getting it done when they need to get it done. They have a good defense. They have a good ah offense. They have a great quarterback. They have a potential MVP quarterback in Drake May. The truth, Drake May, who I found out the hard way, which rhymes, I'm going to eat some hay, maybe lay down the bay.
00:56:38
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I just may. So I'm taking New England here. um I'm taking New England. Maybe they might be one and done, but LA Chargers are... I love Herbert. I love the Chargers.
00:56:50
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They're too beat up. Too beat up. I saw a stat on Twitter that said... The Chargers offensive ah line and defensive line are both ranked 32nd according to PFF.
00:57:02
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yeah That's all you need to know in terms of this game. And it's the Chargers. The Chargers are going to Charger during the playoffs. They always do. I have a hard time trusting them. i um what the picture result we've win we went the We went the home team in every game against the against except for the Rams and Panthers. There's no way it's going to go that way.
00:57:20
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there's no No, there's no way it's going to go that way. That's why I think San Fran's going to beat Philly. I really do. And I think i think the the last one that you're going to mention, Texans and Steelers, I'm probably going to go with the the the road team there. I mean, the Texans' defense but is... god I hate to say this, but if there's one game that Pittsburgh can can win, one team that Pittsburgh can beat, it is the Houston Texans.
00:57:44
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That second... guess DK Metcalf will be back. Yeah. They won't have Darnell Washington, I don't think, who has been pretty good for them in terms of run blocking and just even catching key passes. But that secondary is just so good.
00:57:57
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The secondary is so good, and the pass rush is so quick. Yeah, Darnell Rodgers... No love and respect, eh? Daniel Hunter, Will Anderson Jr., Derek Stingley, Lasseter has been amazing. They rushed the pass. So Aaron Rodgers will not have time to do his very quick drop back and try to get rid of the ball as quick as quickly as possible. because The cornerback is going be on top of the wide receivers.
00:58:22
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You're going with the Steelers? It's not that going with the Steelers. I think it's going to be Houston, but I would not be surprised if it's a lot closer than what people think. I know the spread is only three points right now, and I think that kind of lines up. i'm not I'm not like, oh, yeah, it's definitely Houston. Despite their their like they have a fantastic defense. you know But i just I can't. I don't trust CJ Stroud. I don't know. Houston's been. i they've been like I trust their kicker. I hear about He's a fantastic kicker in the NFL.
00:58:48
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I think they've won two playoff games in a row, right? They beat the, they beat the chargers last year. And then the year before I believe it was the Browns. they're on they're up used to beat the the beat the the steelers this week they They are the prototypical one and done team, but I do, I do like them quite a bit over the the Steelers. Their defense is spectacular. I can't say that enough. Their defense is very, very good.
00:59:12
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Um, you know, you, they, they beat some really, they'd be some really good teams. Right. I mean, that well, it's an indie was whatever, like the chargers they'd be they beat, they'd beat the the Raiders recently, the Cardinals. They beat the Chiefs, and that was a big measuring stick because I think Mahomes was still healthy at that game.
00:59:29
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They beat the Bills. Yes. And all the back, they beat Jacksonville. They demolished the Bills. I'm not saying... Yeah, they did. I'm not saying that I don't like their chances. I do like their chances.
00:59:42
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I just wouldn't be surprised if they lose to Pittsburgh. That's all. I just feel like maybe Rodgers has a little bit of magic left. And he gets it done one last time, and he puts off the upset. But this game is going to finish like 15 to 12. It's going to be all kicks. It's going to be all... Your place kicker is going to be your fantasy MVP in this game.
01:00:06
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like Don't draft any one of these quarterbacks forfe for fantasy playoffs. Not that we have... one We do have actually a fantasy draft happening. Don't draft Rodgers. He's not going to make it past this week.
01:00:17
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Or CJ Stroud. heard you here first. It's a great weekend. Any other games? and No, I think that's it, right? That's it? i think that's it for the podcast. They got the Monday Nighter.
01:00:30
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I guess that's it for the podcast. and That is it for the podcast. Yep.
01:00:36
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So thanks, everyone, for listening. you want me to close it out, Roger? I wasn't sure. i did the intro. Yeah, close it out the out. Yeah, close it out. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for listening. This is a bit longer than we expected, but we had a good time, and we hope that you were here for the entirety of it. If you weren't, you're not listening to this part anyways. But still, thank you very much for sticking around for all this time.
01:00:53
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01:01:25
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01:01:37
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And on behalf of NAC, peace out.
01:01:42
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Let's go. Let's go. don't think there's one game that don't want to watch this week. Yeah, I got to figure what to with yeah Just bring them in the basement and yeah like there's have them watch something else while I'm watching football. Too many good games. I love Saturday games. ah i love Yeah, same. I really do. I really do.
01:02:03
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It makes me feel better about staying in and Uber eating food. Alright, peace out everyone. by yeah Enjoy the weekend. Goodbye.