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EPISODE 3: Rookie Draft Recap & Power Rankings!
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We give a quick recap of our Rookie Draft and now that the league is officially set, drafts are done and rosters are finalized, we give our first rookie rankings!
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Introduction and Podcast Improvements
00:00:06
Speaker
Welcome in to the NSFW Dynasty podcast. I'm your host yet again, Dave Reed, joined by my two co-host, Joey Gallo. Hey guys, happy to be coming to you in higher definition audio, beginning with this edition. Welcome back everyone. Excited to be here again.
00:00:30
Speaker
As Joey mentioned, we all went in on the, what is it, the Yeti Blue microphone, not a sponsor? Not a sponsor, Logitech not a sponsor. But hopefully this has come to crystal clear now that we continually improve. That's what you're going to get from this podcast since we're on episode three. We're just going to each episode, there's going to be new improvements.
Rookie Draft Recap
00:00:51
Speaker
But as a message to you, episode three, can't believe we made it here and we got a fun one for you today. We're gonna quickly do a recap of our rookie draft and also now that all the drafts are done and the rosters are complete, we're gonna give each of you our own personal power rankings, which I'm sure will make some of you happy and others not so much. But we'll dive into it, but firstly, we're gonna jump to the rookie draft and run through that. So just a quick review of how the rookie draft was set up.
00:01:21
Speaker
It was five rounds. It was reverse order of what the startup draft was, and it was snake style for competitive balance. So in future rookie drafts, we're going to be linear, which is the same way that the NFL draft does their draft, just to make sure that there's competitive balance.
Trades and Draft Strategy
00:01:37
Speaker
But since there's no real bad teams yet, we did a snake style. Also the reverse order meant that Joey, who had the last pick in the startup draft, had the first pick. So he won the sweet stakes there.
00:01:47
Speaker
But first we're gonna run through our first round. So the first round is in general pretty predictable, especially this year, no real surprises. These players, of course, have the best hit rate of all to be successful in their NFL careers, but again, it's not all guarantees. There are some real heartbreakers in early picks in past years, like Nikhil Harry and Clyde Edwards-Helaire. But yeah, so this round will go in, but before we
00:02:16
Speaker
go into that, I do want to say there was one trade in the first round. We had, of course, Schluter, if there's a trade, he has to be involved. He moved up from the 112 to the 107 by sending Canelos, who he traded with, to get his 2024 first round pick. So Canelos gained a second 2024 first round pick to move back about five spots. Now, jumping into the first round here,
00:02:43
Speaker
The way the order went. So Joey, as I mentioned, went first. He picked Bajan. I was next. I went Anthony Richardson. Then we had Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, Jamara Gibbs, JSN, Zae Flowers, Clinton Johnson, Addison, Will Levis, King Cade, and Shaar, Zach Charbonnet. So any real surprises or thoughts on that? To me, it felt like it was pretty chalk. But I want to see if you guys have any other thoughts on that. No. Yeah.
00:03:13
Speaker
Chalk chalk chalk it up first round Yeah, so I mean if there was no real surprises there I don't know if Joe if you had any other thoughts Yeah, so I'd have to say that getting Addison over flowers due to Schluter's Ravens fandom. I think was pretty fortunate so
00:03:42
Speaker
That was one I particularly liked from a value perspective. I think Addison was probably my second favorite of that bunch of receivers there. JSN, Quentin Johnson, Flowers, and Addison. I don't hate the Will Levis pick here. I think that I have my skepticism about his ability to
00:04:02
Speaker
Um, actually throw the ball, but it's a similar situation as Anthony
Second Round Analysis
00:04:06
Speaker
Richardson. I think they had pretty similar tape, um, shaky moments throughout college. So they'll both be looking to actually develop as a passer. I guess the only reason why Richardson is viewed as a better fantasy prospect is because obviously he's
00:04:21
Speaker
Got freak athleticism and uh can contribute quite a bit on the ground. So I don't hate the dart throw with levis especially in a uh in a super flex and uh, yeah for me the most interesting thing about this first round is just how the the that run on early quarterbacks in super flex how those three richardson Bryce young cj sprout actually turn out Yeah, and jo, I want to just correct you. It was the most athletic quarterback of all time Uh with extremely high
00:04:51
Speaker
Giraffe capital that will let us do not have so I'm just No, I mean the athleticism is is remarkable and you certainly cannot possibly overlook it but Yeah, somebody who lost a lot of money wagering on the Gators last year I know that he can be susceptible to the erratic throw especially downfield Yeah, I mean I think
00:05:17
Speaker
Continue to grow but also I think you know, but all your points are valid. I totally get it. The one other thing I guess I would point out That might be different in other leagues. It's just the Dalton Kincaid pick Not that things bad pick. I just want to remind we are a tight in premium league So actually him coming in the first round wasn't really surprised to me especially with the talk of him potentially being playing on the slot more so if he actually is probably more of a slot type of role and
00:05:45
Speaker
That can be a pretty valuable pick in this format All right, well moving down to the second round This is where the ADP starts to get a little bit more thrown out the window It's a little bit more interesting and the hit rate is kind of like a coin flip at this point This is also where like you see other certain type of players they use second round picks to kind of get veterans because of the coin flip aspect of a
00:06:10
Speaker
Uh, hit the hit rate here. Um, but we were really just trying to, uh, like hit on this because if you hit someone in the second round, it really can make your team, uh, jump up to the next level. Um, and in this round, we actually did have another trade. Uh, it was involving with me and crop actually.
00:06:28
Speaker
I ended up sending Rashad Penny to Crop for Devon A-Chain, who had already drafted at the 2.03. So we just swapped running backs there. But with that in mind, I'm going to read the draft board real quick. So in the 201, we start with Condrey Miller. We moved over to Marvin Mins, Devon A-Chain, as I mentioned, Rashid Rice, and Abaconda. I always forget, is he Abaconda?
00:06:54
Speaker
We're going to butcher that name. And then Jaden Reed, Roy Sean Johnson, we admire the tight end, LaPorta, Mingo, Hyatt, and Musgraves that close out that round. So with that in there, this is where people are actually taking more of their shots. So in the second round, who did you guys think were the best and worst picks in the round? I'll toss it over to you, Joe, first. Yeah, so I would say I think the best value came later in the round. I liked
00:07:25
Speaker
Sam Laporta, who I think Ryan's going to talk about too, and Jonathan Mingo, I thought those are both pretty good values late in the second. I really liked Jaden Reed at 206. I thought that was a good choice by Canelo's. I don't know that I would necessarily say that these were worse picks per se, just maybe I would have looked differently. I think if I were Scott, I might have considered
00:07:48
Speaker
the dart throw on Hendon Hooker, just given his quarterback situation. I know that he's likely to redshirt this first year and probably would just sit on the bench, but could have been a worthwhile shot rather than going for a back who's going to be behind Breece Hall and potentially even Michael Carter on the Jets death chart. And then Jaylen Hyatt,
00:08:16
Speaker
I'm not criticizing the pick. I'm a Giants fan. I would have taken them too. It's just, you know, at that spot, I think there were other receivers, even Cedric Tillman, who I think you ended up getting in the middle of the third round. Maybe we'll talk about that a little bit, who I think might project to be better NFL receivers than, than Hyatt, but you ended up with both of them and Hyatt's on the Giants. So I certainly get the pick. Yeah. How about you, Ryan? And then I'll jump in.
00:08:45
Speaker
You know, I didn't pick in the first or second round. I don't know. Did the rookie draft start yet? I don't know if I missed something here, but no. As Joe mentioned, my best pick, I had Sam LaPorta at 2.9 by Adam and Katz. I know it's super early, but I did see a headline out of Lyon's rookie minicamp, and it said he was putting on a show.
00:09:08
Speaker
He also was the 34th overall pick and got 20% of his fourth year guaranteed, which I guess was a huge precedent. So I just think he has the potential to be the best tight end in the class from a fantasy standpoint this year. So I thought that was a pretty good pick. And then worse, nothing really stood out to me because I didn't participate in the second round and I figured I don't get the privilege of calling anyone else's picks bad yet. Yeah, and jumping over to me, I mean, there weren't
00:09:37
Speaker
There's a lot of good value in this round, and that's where I think, what I was mentioning, this can make or break your team or really level you up. The best pick in general from value I thought was Mingo. I was hoping he'd fall to me at that point at the 210. He went to Dan and Harry who were right before me, so I thought that was the best value, but a lot of the picks that I really did love, some of them were mentioned. I actually loved the Marvin Mins pick of 202, not from a value standpoint,
00:10:05
Speaker
But also in the second round, you got to get your guy because you can't play the ADP games. If it's a second round guy, you just get him wherever you are in the second round unless you can try to make a trade.
Third Round Highlights
00:10:14
Speaker
And I think Mims is a great talent. He had great college production. He had good draft capital. Obviously, he's bird of the depth chart right now, but I think that can change in about a year based on the contracts at hand. So that was a great pick by both Mike Williams and Kaffer.
00:10:30
Speaker
Jaden Reed, that was mentioned. I loved that by Canales. He had been typically faunted back after the second round, sometimes third round. So I was also hoping he would fall to me. But obviously Canales continues to snipe all the young wide receivers that I love. But in general, I just, I was pretty, I wouldn't say surprised. I was pretty excited to see how savvy the picks were by the league overall in the second round. Worst pick.
00:10:56
Speaker
Again, I don't think this is a bad pick, but the Izzie pick I thought was early. I like Izzie as a player. I actually have him in another dynasty league. I got him in the third round, but also I understand Scott. He has a priest hall, so this actually, Izzie is more valuable to him. In a kind of vacuum, I think it was an early pick, but also understanding the circumstances, it makes sense to kind of back it up because
00:11:22
Speaker
No matter what he's, and I think as he will end up playing ahead of Carter and myself. So I think that even though it was early, I understand the motivation there. I also knew he was targeting Rishi Rice and he got sniped right before him. Scotty is a KC fan. So I'm sure that was just like, all right, I'll just get my back up at that point.
00:11:41
Speaker
But with that said, I'm gonna move on to the third round. So this is where you can still get some decent value, more so in the first half of the third round than the back half in my opinion. But this is where you start throwing darts, but they're kind of like educated darts. You start thinking who has a path to really having some success here. There was one more trade that was done in this round. It was actually between me and of course Schluter.
00:12:05
Speaker
I was actually on the clock at this point at 3.02. I feel like Schluter sent me this trade as a joke, because he even said after I accepted, he was not expecting it to be accepted, but he sent me the 3.06 and the 4.07 to take my 3.02 and my 5.02. So basically, I moved back four spots in the third round, and I gained a fourth round pick and gave him my fifth. But with that being said, I'll read the picks. So we went Hendon Hooker, Cank Bigsby,
00:12:32
Speaker
down Spears, Brown from the Bengals, then we had Cedric Kildman, Kraft, Schumacher, is it? Schumacher. And then Sean Tucker out of Syracuse, Darnell Washington, Zach Evans, and A.T. Perry, which was the first pick that the Wilkinson brothers finally made. But with that being said, Ryan, since you finally got involved, why don't you start us off on your best and worst picks?
00:12:58
Speaker
Yeah, so for the best pick, I actually had Hendon Hooker at 3.01 by Joe. I just thought in the third round as a pretty good pick, he's definitely got some potential to get some real playing time. So I thought that was a good pick. And then for the best and worst pick, Sean Tucker at 3.9 by the Clark's best because I actually thought it was a decent pick, worse because we really wanted him and we're hoping he fell to us.
00:13:26
Speaker
and totally panicked when it got to us because it was our first pick of the draft. We had no clue who he wanted. We were hoping Tucker fell and he got picked right before us, so I thought that was a good pick. I know Dave's going to talk about that in a second here, so we'll hear what Dave has to say, but Joe, let's hear from you first.
00:13:48
Speaker
Yeah, so Best Pick, I liked Cedric Tillman. I do think that's good. Val getting him in the middle of the third. I mentioned
Later Rounds and Hidden Gems
00:13:55
Speaker
that earlier. I think he might prospect a little better than Jalen Hyatt. TyJ Spears is an interesting kind of prospect or like, you know, player in general to have on the Dynasty team. Had an incredible college career.
00:14:13
Speaker
And a lot of it has been made about his injury situation. I think I've maybe even talked about this on last week's show or maybe just out and about.
00:14:24
Speaker
running up, running my mouth about Ty J Spears. But, you know, he, the, the, the, the common story is that he has no ACL and he's got an arthritic knee. And, but, you know, if he has a similar or even 75% of the career, like someone like Todd Gurley had and gives you three or four incredible years, and then he's done.
00:14:47
Speaker
you know you're happy you're getting that kind of a player in the third round so Spears is interesting if he if his knees and his body holds up he'll produce especially in Tennessee where obviously Derek Henry is on the older side and you know probably
00:15:05
Speaker
on his way out i don't see him being there for and i'm not sure what his contract situation is like but you know probably another year or two top so i think there's opportunity for spears and uh... is a pretty good dark throw in the third round yeah i mean alexa i'd i just don't get how if you tear a sale twice it's just gone like did they remove it like what happened like why does he have one and and we've made the joke like
00:15:34
Speaker
not have a torn ACL now if you don't have one. Like is that just an injury he doesn't have to worry about, which could be a positive. Yeah. But yeah, anyway, I mean, what I thought was one of the best picks is same one Ryan said, Hendon Hooker. I thought in a super flex alone, like I think that's just like a great value. I was actually thinking maybe he would fall to me and that could be good value. Like you can never have enough quarterbacks in a super flexing and having someone who
00:15:58
Speaker
has shown success and has a somewhat realistic path to playing time. Why not take that shot, even if he is pretty old, for a rookie, which all Joey's quarterbacks are. And then words big, as I mentioned, A.T. Perry. Not that I don't like A.T. Perry. I just don't like him in the third round, basically. He's more, in my opinion, a fifth-round guy at dart throw.
00:16:26
Speaker
You could be successful, but when you're playing the ADP game, it just felt like an early pick, in my opinion. Then, we're moving down to the fourth round. This is where the crapshoot starts, and you can definitely talk yourself into a narrative for some of these guys, and that's really what you're doing, is you're looking on the board, you're like, oh, this guy could probably get some playing time, I'll draft him. But you're sifting through, and you're just trying to find anyone who you think has any chance of having any level of consistency.
00:16:56
Speaker
No picks in this round. No one really cared enough to get that involved, I think, or was motivated for any of these players. But there still were some interesting players picking there. So the start-off was Ryan and Sean. They had Keishan Buti, I believe I'm pronouncing that correct. Then we had Gray of the Giants, McBride, Scott, Toon, Kuka-Naku, which I'm a big Kuka-Shell guy, so that works out. Then we had Mike Wilson,
00:17:26
Speaker
Tankdell, Dusbon, Jones on the Bengals, Evan Hall, and then Stetson Bennett, another ARP veteran there. So moving on, who did you guys think were some of the interesting picks? Because there's really no good or bad picks at this point, but who did you find to be pretty interesting? Yeah, my most interesting was Stetson Bennett to Joe at 4.12.
00:17:51
Speaker
He could have a real shot at a starting job, or he could be a forever backup, or he could retire because he's 25 years old. Now in reality though, I actually thought it was a decent pick. He does have a real chance to potentially get some snaps. Stafford didn't have a great year last year. He could potentially be the number two behind him right away. Could potentially get some playing time over the next year or two. So in the fourth round, I actually didn't think that that was a terrible pick.
00:18:21
Speaker
Yeah, so for me, the most interesting was definitely Clayton Toon. I like for Scott the opportunity at the quarterback position. Yeah, I mean, look, as somebody who's really plugged into the QB ongoings in Arizona and the Kyler situation,
00:18:46
Speaker
who, you know, they could very well find themselves in a, in a, in a tank spot. And Kyler could not see the field at all, all year. And Colton koi is certainly not a very good quarterback. Sorry, Colt. Clayton tune. There's definite to the pod. Yeah, sorry. Sorry. A long time listener. Yeah. Um,
00:19:11
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, Tunes generating buzz and OTAs. I've read more than a few articles about how he might be able to find his way into a starting job at some point this season, especially if Kyler doesn't play. So look, anything Scott can do to get viable options, any viable options at the quarterback position. I mean, we'll talk about the power rankings later, but all this guy needs is warm bodies to slot in at the quarterback position, and he'll be a strong contender in the league.
00:19:39
Speaker
And I agree with that sentiment. For me, I thought Tankdale is pretty interesting. He's obviously been getting a lot of hype. He is itty bitty. So it's not the highest probability he's going to hit. But I do think the way the NFL has been changing, smaller receivers who are really good route runners are becoming more and more successful. And it seems like Tankdale can actually fit that mold. And CJ Strode loves him. He was told the team to draft him. And it seems like everyone in the
00:20:09
Speaker
whole organization is a big fan of him. So in the fourth round, if he can get enough playing time, even just out of the slot and it can turn into like a good wide receiver three, I think five minutes to be a pretty interesting pick. Then the fifth round, this is, honestly, if you offer anyone a trade and you just throw it through from a pick, they are going to think it's automatically a worse offer and more insulting because these are Hail Mary picks in the round. So obviously don't ever do that. People will laugh at you.
00:20:38
Speaker
These guys are most likely going to spend their career on their taxi squad and then get just dumped and cut.
Roster Completion and Power Rankings Intro
00:20:45
Speaker
And it could actually happen after one year, but you never know. You could actually, you could go for your moonshot and it could hit. So who did you guys think were maybe an interesting player that was picked in the fifth round? I would run through it, but these are all trash players. Yeah. No, I mean, look, for me, I like Cameron Latu, um, converted tight end. I think he was an outside linebacker.
00:21:08
Speaker
converted to tight end out of Alabama. Seems to be in a good landing spot in San Francisco. Again, Kittle's not the most reliable in terms of not coming down. I feel like every time George Kittle runs across the middle, he's narrowly avoiding catastrophic injuries. So I think that there's, especially in a system where
00:21:34
Speaker
You know Brock Purdy is likely to be the starter and we know that he heavily targets the tight end And again, I think that there's some statistic around the of all the of all the low hit rates for these guys In these rookie drafts tight end is by far the lowest so if you can take a shot on a tight end later on in the draft when you're likely not gonna hit with these guys anyway, then I
00:22:02
Speaker
Why not go for it? So I like I like Cameron Law too. I think he's got a chance to to be something Yeah, I had Zach Kuntz by Harry and Dan mainly for the name puns but Also because I feel like the Jets tight end position is relatively open Aaron Rodgers is in town now and he's also a freak Athletically had a perfect 10 rasc or so, you know fifth round shot who knows could happen
00:22:32
Speaker
Yeah, and honestly, with tight ends, you just want the athletic freaks. Those guys have the best chance of succeeding later on. For me, it's Dorian Thompson-Robinson quarterback picked by John Clark and his bro over there. He's currently being viewed as the quarterback for the Browns. Obviously, they got Watson there. Watson's not going anywhere. He's got a crazy contract. But Watson could always get hurt. And Dorian Thompson-Robinson, what I was hearing,
00:23:01
Speaker
Browns were not looking to get a quarterback, but they were surprised this guy was still on the board and he did play in a pro style offense. He has rushing ability and he showed the ability in college to actually put up some pretty serious numbers. So if anything was to happen to Watson, I think he could step in and actually put up some pretty big points with his dual threat ability. So I found that to be a pretty interesting pick. I've actually made that pick in other leagues as well. But yeah, so that was the rookie draft. And with that, as I mentioned before,
00:23:28
Speaker
That finally completed our rosters after a couple months of getting this league going. So with that
Power Ranking Methodologies
00:23:35
Speaker
being said, now that everyone's teams are locked in, what's the, to me, I thought the best thing was to do is just start ranking them and starting fights. I thought that would just really get the content going. So with that, we're each going to throw out our own personal power rankings. We have not seen each other's power ranking. So this is the first time we're all hearing it. I don't think, uh,
00:23:56
Speaker
We're going to have too much consensus here. We may even have different criteria of what goes into our own power rankings, but it should be pretty interesting. So to start us off, I'm going to toss over to Joe. Why don't you tell us your power rankings. And if you want to give any background of how you went about it, feel free to do so, but take it away. All right.
00:24:17
Speaker
Um, I took a little bit of a, um, I mean, obviously there's quite a bit of judgment involved, but I tried to do some, some kind of a mathematical approach to where I kind of ranked, uh, on a scale of one to 10 at, you know, for the current year, each of the position groups for each team. So QB running back wide receiver tight end. Uh, so each of those.
00:24:41
Speaker
groups for each team got a ranking for this year. And then this, each of those groups got a ranking for each team, um, for, you know, go forward or future. Right. Um, and then I took a weighted average where I waited certain positions. I waited QB the, the, the highest and then wide receiver, the second highest and running back and tight end slightly lower. Uh, and then I waited the current year.
00:25:10
Speaker
I think it was 80-20 versus the future. So yeah, a little bit of math, but then obviously a little bit of my own judgment going into how those ratings for each of the position groups were assigned. But this will be a living and breathing document, as they say. And I think that there'll be a lot of opportunity to see how things play out in camp and in preseason and in the season and update as we go.
Team Evaluations and Critiques
00:25:41
Speaker
I came in, my own team came in pretty low, but I like the process and I'm trusting the process and we'll see how it goes. So without further ado, coming in at number 12 is team Clark it up.
00:25:56
Speaker
Um, so this team, uh, I think a lot of the future for this team will be decided by their Young Wide Receiving Corps. So, so Pickens Addison, Rishi Rice will definitely make or break the team's future. Um, the lack of a, um,
00:26:14
Speaker
strong QB 2 is Definitely a little bit of a hole as well. I think that obviously it's not as as Desperate of a quarterback situation as Scott's team given that he does have two Starters that he can put out there, but you know Matt Jones who knows what his future will be in New England and
00:26:41
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, Will Levis, we talked about earlier, you know, what's Tannehill's future like? Does Will Levis get an opportunity? Will he be anything? I think that there's a lot of questions for this roster, both in the current year, as well as go forward. You know, a little bit of bad luck with guys like Kenneth Walker, who now find themselves in a timeshare with a young and big-bodied back.
00:27:06
Speaker
But yeah, a lot of questions, but a lot of potential here too. You know, Kenneth Walker could have a great season. Joe Burrow is a strong QB one. Stefan Diggs is obviously Stefan Diggs. So there's a lot of potential, but yeah. So coming in at 11, that would be our host, Dave Reed. So for Dave, I think there's a brighter future ahead for Dave's team. I think his team in the current year, so Dave,
00:27:37
Speaker
If I were to rank or if I were to sort my ranks by the weighted average of my future rankings, I think Dave comes in at like the third or fourth team in terms of future rankings. And a lot of that has to do with the fact that I don't view this as a tremendous upside season for Javante Williams, given his injury. Anthony Richardson, it's his first year in the league.
00:28:06
Speaker
doesn't have the most dynamic offense around him. Who knows what he'll look like? He's kind of an unknown, to be totally honest with you. Same thing goes for Trey Lance. And obviously QB is a position that is weighted pretty heavily in my rankings. So to have a situation where there's a lot of unknown at the quarterback position, that obviously comes through a little bit too. You know.
00:28:33
Speaker
We'll see. We've had a lot of conversations about David Montgomery and what his value will be this year. And overall, I think at the wide receiver position, Dave's going to be banking on a lot of the depth, all the pieces that he added in the rookie draft. He's got Michael Wilson, Cedric Tillman, Jalen Hyatt. These are all guys who, if one or two of them hit, then it turns his wide receiver room, which right now doesn't read as especially strong to me.
00:29:04
Speaker
Into much more formidable and we'll see where DeAndre Hopkins winds up as well Coming in at number 10 that would be my own team the diamond dogs and like I said, I'm not really thrilled about the fact that my own team came in pretty low, but You know, it's hard to really deny the questions that My team presents right now obviously
00:29:31
Speaker
the two starting quarterbacks on this roster. One of them was an abject disaster last year. And the other one, who knows if he'll be ready at any point, well, for week one. And the team has not a lot of motivation to win games this year. They're not going to be a competitive team. Very, very unlikely they're a competitive team. They have two high draft picks next year. And it just seems like,
00:30:00
Speaker
This could easily be a situation where Tyler, you know, there's definitely the possibility he doesn't take a snap this year. I hope that doesn't happen, but I wouldn't say it's outside the realm of possibility. So it's hard to, again, when quarterback is weighted so heavily, in my rankings at least. That's a tough one.
00:30:25
Speaker
But there's definitely opportunity for upside as well. We'll see what the Dalvin Cook landing spot is like. I have high hopes, as I mentioned on the last pod, for Miles Sanders this year.
00:30:44
Speaker
You know, the wide receiving core is solid with basically two wide receiver ones, uh, enter March, into March chase and a DK Metcalf. And then be John again. You know, it's hard to really assign too much value to these guys until you've seen them play a snap. So if he, if he turns out to be something and Dalvin ends up in a good spot and Sean Payton turns it back around for Russ and Kyler ends up back on the field. Yeah, my team could be strong, but there's a lot of maybes in there. So I couldn't really justify.
00:31:14
Speaker
Uh, and, and, you know, the math worked out. I think that that's kind of where my team belongs. Uh, next up at number nine is team Scott Rapasotti. And this is a tough one because, um, if you kind of look at, so again, like a lot of what I mentioned about the way, the way that my rankings work is I rank each position group.
00:31:41
Speaker
And if you exclude the quarterback position and you just take an average of the three other position groups, Scott would be the number one power rank team. But the quarterback position here, it really can't be overlooked. And a part of it is just obviously bad luck.
00:32:04
Speaker
Um, you know, Jimmy Garoppolo, I mean, I have him in another dynasty league, like who knows what the hell that's going to, what's going to happen with, with him. Is he even going to play this year? If he does, will he be a hundred percent? Do they try and get out of that contract? And then, you know, talked about Ryan Tannehill being
00:32:24
Speaker
at the end of his tenure in Tennessee. And what will that team look like? Hopefully Clayton Tune turns into something. But again, I think that there's a lot more questions than answers at the quarterback position here. But again, like I said, the other positions here are there's no denying. He's basically got the best or maybe the second best actually to
00:32:53
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Rosinski's in terms of the best running backs in the league. He's got very very strong wide receivers in the near term Especially, you know, I think that's part of maybe a little bit of The knock on this team too is a lot of the a lot of the strength and guys like McCaffrey cop Adams kiddo mixin these are all guys that are you know at or on the the other side of the hill if you will and
00:33:22
Speaker
So, um, you know, I think there's a lot of upside here. If the quarterback position can, can get worked out and maybe there's a move that can be made, but we'll have to see coming in at number eight is that is team Wilkinson finishing co actually. Um, and.
00:33:43
Speaker
Not all too different of a story here. Well, actually, and maybe it's completely different story. This is, you know, the Wilkinson team is basically the exact opposite of Scott's team, where they are, they earn the highest ranking possible, like a 10 out of 10 at the quarterback position. But a lot of questions at the running back and wide receiver and tight end position. And maybe I have, maybe I have,
00:34:12
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uh, the Wilkes running backs is slightly undervalued. It's possible. Um, I might be biased too, cause Dave and I just traded away Rashad white and another league. So now I'm suddenly looking at him through, eh, he's not going to be anything, but
00:34:28
Speaker
There'll be plenty of volume there for White. And Raimondre Stevenson, obviously, is looking like he's going to be a beast in New England. A lot of question marks at the wide receiver position and at the tight end position for Team Wilkinson's. I don't necessarily know that Deonta Foreman is the type of guy that you want to really have to count on to do too, too much. And guys like Kedaria's Tony are
00:34:59
Speaker
can be strong when they're on the field, but it's the kind of thing where I'm not going to believe that Canarias Tony can stay on the field until he proves to me that he can stay on the field. But the quarterbacks are very, very strong and I think that
00:35:15
Speaker
It's much easier to address the other positions than it is to address quarterback, especially in a super flex. So while right now at the start of the season, Team Wilkinson comes in at the eighth power ranked spot, you could tell me right now that one or two things bounce their way in the season and they're a championship contender easily.
00:35:40
Speaker
I'm going to pause there because I realize that I haven't stopped at all. You guys have any thoughts, comments? I'm close to halfway, but I want to kind of open it up and see if I can get some early feedback here. I mean, I just got to say when the three hosts of the podcast are 8, 10, and 11, I don't know how much people are going to listen to our fantasy advice going forward. So let's hope we turn it around here, guys.
00:36:09
Speaker
Yeah, my rankings don't have that. But that's the beauty of a dynasty. We all value things differently. But a lot of similar themes. But yeah, I mean, again, you have people you love. You have people you're not a big fan of. But yeah, no major.
00:36:36
Speaker
I just want to make it very clear that it was all about the numbers and yeah I mean I didn't
00:36:48
Speaker
When I sorted and I filtered the rankings from top to bottom and three of us dropped down to the bottom half of the rankings, I'm like, this can't be right. But you know what? I'm like, you know what? I trust the logic. I'm going to trust the process. And this will be something that I work on as we go throughout the season. And maybe there's a little tinkering that gets done.
00:37:15
Speaker
Let's move to some like good teams then. Yeah. So coming in at number, what are we at? Seven here. 12, 11, 10, nine, eight, seven. That would be team walks under the towel. Harrison and Dan, uh, very middle of the road team, um, scored well.
00:37:35
Speaker
I think because I personally value Mark Andrews pretty highly, I have him as basically my most valuable tight end after Travis Kelsey in a dynasty. And I think that there are, in the near term, some guys on this team that, you know, Josh Jacobs, perfect example, right? Like, he... Although, did Jacob sign his franchise tender?
00:38:06
Speaker
Yeah, I know that they keep talking about, you know, Jacobs, Barkley, and one of these guys hasn't signed. Maybe it's Jacobs. I don't know. Either way, assuming Jacobs is on the field, guys like Jacobs, Keenan Allen, Garrett Wilson should produce. We'll see what happens with the Sean Watson and Geno Smith. Obviously, Bryce Young is a big question mark as well.
00:38:31
Speaker
But again, middle of the road, I think the reason why this team doesn't score as highly in the rankings as some of the others is there are a decent amount of question marks here. When you have Drake London, Michael Thomas, and Hollywood Brown as your three flex-wide receivers, when London could be in an offense where they throw the ball less than 20 times a game, Michael Thomas hasn't been a fantasy asset in
00:38:58
Speaker
years plus and again Marquis Brown could have the likes of Colt McCoy and Clayton tune throwing him ball all year, you know, I think there are some Question marks AJ Dylan. I mean, you know who knows what Green Bay's offense is gonna be and a Dylan's yards per carry last year weren't great Obviously Aaron Jones is there so there are question marks But it's it's a solid team solid middle of the road team Next up
00:39:27
Speaker
is Team Mike Dexter is a god coming in. And I think this team, it really all comes down to, you know, what will Aaron Rodgers be on the Jets? What will Alvin Kamara's suspension look like? I think there's a reasonable path to upside here. Obviously, when you put Patrick Mahone, Saquon Barkley, Ammon Rossi, and Brown, these guys all on a roster, you're looking at a high probability or a high potential for boom weeks.
00:39:57
Speaker
You know, we'll see what Rogers if Rogers is able to put together a strong season We'll see if Alan Kamara ends up suspended and what the Saints offense looks like And then a couple guys who I like At wide receiver I think Michael Pittman could bounce back a little bit maybe There's a lot of buzz about DJ more right now, but why wouldn't there be buzz about DJ more right now? There's buzz about DJ more just about every year
00:40:25
Speaker
So, you know, I like the depth on this team. There's a couple pieces on the bench that I think are pretty decent. So, it's, yeah, this one really comes down to, for me, you know, Patrick Mahomes, Barkley, Ahmed Ross, Aint Brown. These are guys that studs that raise the overall position rankings. So, coming in next is Team Cropedog.
00:40:54
Speaker
and uh for team crope dog um i think that crope probably has them maybe the most balanced team in the whole league um he has two decent two to solid quarterbacks i mean we'll see about jordan love and what he can become but he at a very minimum uh he will probably be running around a little bit and
00:41:23
Speaker
you know he's got a good he's got good weapons around him so you know i i'm assuming he's going to be functional and and look he's going to be on the field right they're they're giving him the opportunity this year so um you know he's going to have the ball in his hands on every play um solid running backs naji harris as a pacheco d'andre swift and rachad penny i like the penny move i'm not so i mean again right like divine a chain
00:41:52
Speaker
Is maybe I think he was the fastest guy at the entire combine and there's gonna be He's in a good offense and I think that's probably a pretty pretty fair trade between That he made with Dave. I mean, I like the addition of penny I'm not sure how much I like having swift and penny on the same roster, but you know what? I'm totally honest Those are two guys who get hurt all the time. So having both means if one of them goes down maybe you'll have a little more volume with the other guy, so I
00:42:20
Speaker
I'm high on Calvin Ridley, obviously Tyree kills beast. So I think that Cropes team scores high because it's it's pretty balanced. He's got strong players at just about every position and his bench is
00:42:37
Speaker
honestly loaded up with guys that could be started in a pinch you know i like to i said this on the last part i like to kind of glance at people's benches and see and look at at players on the bench and say how many of these guys could you just throw in to score your points on a week to week basis and
00:42:55
Speaker
Jared McKinnon, Adam Thielen, Juju, Van Jefferson, Trace Claypool, Elijah Moore, Sky Moore. These are guys who will probably score points most weeks, or at least have a shot to. So I like Rope's team. And honestly, looking at his bench, if we were ranking bench depth, I think he'd probably be at the top.
00:43:18
Speaker
Uh, next up is team Rusinski, uh, Dan's team. If you want to go by sleeper, um, by far the best running back court in the league. Uh, Derek Henry, Jonathan Taylor, Austin Eckler, Nick Chubb is, uh, pretty ridiculous. Also very strong wide receivers, young wide receivers in, in T Higgins and Devonta Smith. Um, there it's interesting. They are like two. You know, I think they're.
00:43:47
Speaker
They have that number one profile, but they are number two guys, I think is what the ballers were saying on a keep trade cut segment of an episode either this week or last week. If you told me that either each of those guys ended the year as the number one on their team, it wouldn't be surprising at all. Quarterback position.
00:44:14
Speaker
Obviously, you don't really know what the future brings for Tua and Goth, but if they're on the field this year, then they're likely to score a lot of points. So really tight end is the only weak spot for this team. I'm not really sure what we can expect from Nijoku. I mean, he could be great, but we don't really know. So yeah, I like this team. I think this is one of the strongest and definitely one of the contenders.
00:44:45
Speaker
So now moving into the top three, coming in at number three is team Adam Cohen and Brian Katz. Nope, I lied. Coming in at number three is team Canelo's. So Team Canelo's actually was even higher in my rankings on the first pass. And I ended up going back and,
00:45:12
Speaker
adjusting my rankings of his running backs down a little bit, and it brought him down from two to three. But overall, a very, very strong squad.
00:45:23
Speaker
uh, great quarterbacks, Herbert, Dak Prescott, um, Derek Carr. Those are three guys who I expect to put up big points so he can shoulder an injury. Those are guys that Prescott was running around a lot at the end of last year. And, you know, those are guys that I think will at least Herbert and Prescott, he's in a good position at the quarterbacks for, you know, the foreseeable future. Um,
00:45:50
Speaker
Wide receivers, we talked about Canelo's gobbling up all of the young studs at wide receiver. I think there's a lot of upside. We'll see. You know, he's got a lot of guys here that are, you know, I think the community is high on going into this year, like Trelon Burks, Johan Dotson, who had good numbers and metrics and target share and what have you in their first year. So it stands to reason that they're going to have
00:46:19
Speaker
very, very strong second years. And they likely will. But again, we've got to see it. And a similar situation with Kyle Pitts. I like Kyle Pitts. I think he's a good asset. But I have the same concerns about Pitts that I do about Drake London, and even more so because London actually got targets and was productive last year, and Pitts was not. So we'll see what happens there. And again, I mentioned the running back position. I think, obviously, that's where the concern is.
00:46:49
Speaker
You know, does Dallas add somebody else? They want to run the ball more. I don't know that Tony Pollard is cut out to be a workhorse back. I love him as a number two back on my team, or I guess I would, the better way to say that would be. I would love to have him as my RB two, but, you know, with Antonio Gibson as an RB two, and again, Antonio Gibson is big on the hype training camp right now too.
00:47:17
Speaker
Um, you know, he does have Devin Singletary for a little bit of depth on the bench. I think Singletary will, will probably get decent workload in Houston. The new regime brought him in and, um, he's a pretty good player. And, um, I liked Canelo's rookie draft. We'd mentioned Jayden Reed earlier. Um, Puka, uh, seems to be trending pretty well and.
00:47:46
Speaker
We'll see what happens with the old Zach Charbonnet and Ken Walker dynamic so Strong team definitely contender this year But you know the running back situation is what has him coming in at number three So yeah, like I mentioned or like I like I botched a little bit coming in at number two team Adam and cats and
00:48:12
Speaker
Again, another very balanced team. And the way my rankings are set up, they.
00:48:20
Speaker
heavily or they more heavily weight quarterback and wide receiver. And these guys have a ridiculous wide receiver core on this team. Justin Jefferson, Jalen Waddle, Christian Watson, Gate Davis. They got guys on the bench. There's been a lot of hype around. Parris Campbell, Josh Palmer is decent. And I liked their rookie draft, to be totally honest. We talked about TyJ Spears earlier. We talked about Sam LaPorta kind of being a steal late in the second round.
00:48:53
Speaker
And You know of those three quarterbacks Anthony Richardson Bryce young CJ Stroud You know if I had to put my life savings on who has the best NFL career I I might probably I might pick Stroud to be totally honest. I mean he he had I mean he and and Bryce were
00:49:16
Speaker
I would say equally prolific in their college careers. Stroud is maybe a bigger body, is a little bit taller. That could make a difference. So I think that this team is built for both the future and the present. Guys like Aaron Jones, who should get a ton of volume this year, and Travis Etienne. We'll see what happens with Travis Etienne.
00:49:43
Speaker
And quarterback position is, you know, Daniel Jones is, if Daniel Jones runs the ball, like he ran the ball last year, he'll be a top seven, top eight quarterback this year. Um, you know, we'll have to see what happens with Kenny picket. Maybe I, maybe I have the quarterback room here. Um, a little, a little overrated given that picket is the second option, but no, actually, now that I think about it, I think I had that thought and then I.
00:50:11
Speaker
saw that they had CJ Strad in the waiting. And I'm a big Strad guy. So that's where we end up with team Adam. And just barely edging out team Adam for the number one slot is team Schluter. Got to give it to Schluter. He made a lot of moves. And it's not always a guarantee that if you make a lot of moves, you're going to end up
00:50:41
Speaker
uh i guess benefiting from it uh but he did you know i think he's got he's got four guys on his roster who may be maybe starting quarterbacks throughout the course of this year he could be
00:50:56
Speaker
a good trade partner for Team Scott. Scott, you should maybe hit up Schluter and see if he's willing to part with somebody like Brock Purdy. No, but all kidding aside, he's got strong depth at QB, stumbled into a good situation at running back with Alexander Madison. We'll see how that turns out. It's funny, right?
00:51:22
Speaker
The question marks here for Schluter this year are Madison and Cam Akers. And these are guys who are getting so much hype right now. I mean, the Cam Akers hype is out of control. Not somebody that I'm particularly high on, just given the fact that this is going to be a team that's going to stink. And I just don't know how much you can give the ball to Cam Akers when your defense stinks.
00:51:51
Speaker
if Madison and Akers turn into, turn in, I guess, the high range or the high end of their outcomes and more, I guess, secure guys like Lamar, AJ Brown, Chris Olave, her cousins, they do what they've been doing for the last however many years. This could be a very, very strong team.
00:52:19
Speaker
We'll see. I think that, like I said, overall the most balanced at the positions. I like the quarterback and wide receiver rooms a lot here. And obviously having guys like Jameson Williams and Kendra Miller and Tank Bigsby and what have you kind of
00:52:46
Speaker
Waiting in the wings, right? These are guys that are just on the bench at this point and You know, I think there's a lot of upside here in both the the near term and to go forward so that's my rankings I know that was probably a little more long-winded than you guys wanted but I gave you all of the the logic behind the picks and Yeah more to come as we go throughout the season
00:53:10
Speaker
Yeah, and as I mentioned, this is the first we're hearing it. Some align with my rankings, some definitely do not, but that's going to be the joy of this. And I'm actually really excited once we bring all the ranks together and do consensus. With that, I'll jump in next and give my ranking. So I have all 12 teams. I put them in a little bit of tears and I have a little bit of a theme that I put together for each team as well. So I'm going to jump right in there. So.
00:53:37
Speaker
Starting at 12, and I have five tiers, so we're starting in the fifth tier right now. Simla Jo, this is the John Clark team. I have this as the bottom team for me. This team, they can certainly prove me wrong, but as my personal power, it's all based on my personal preference, and this team is just full of guys that I don't love at all. I'll start with the good though.
00:54:03
Speaker
I love Burrow. Guy's a stud. He will be for the next 10 years. And that's kind of where it ends for me. I see the path for success for all the following players, but I also see a very realistic probability that these guys all become bust, which is why I deem this team the all bust team. Besides Burrow QB, John and his bro have two of the corniest QBs in the league, and I don't think they're very talented.
00:54:28
Speaker
The Patriots want to move on for Mac Jones, but they're stuck with him, and Will Leves was passed over by multiple QB-neavy teams in the first round until the Titans finally decide when the second round will take him. I was out on Leves' pre-draft as well. He kind of gives me a lot of Zach Wilson vibes. At running back, I've already noted I'm down in Kenneth Walker on the last pod.
00:54:52
Speaker
He was elite last year, but he was also the workhorse last year and he got all the red zone looks. I expect Sharps to get the majority of the third down and short yardage goal line touches, which means Walker will be more of a two down back between the twenties. I still think it'd be good. I just don't think he's going to be in RB one. Pierce is also, was also very solid last year, but that was purely based on volume. He's not, he was not the most efficient runner overall.
00:55:16
Speaker
I think Singletary is gonna get a lot more touches than most people are expecting, and I think Pierce's long-term potential is no lock, because he doesn't have the draft capital associated to him. James Cook has some hype, but he is also a smaller back, and he has to compete with Damian Harris for rushes, and Malou's goal line touchdowns at Josh Allen. Algiers is nothing, unless Bajon gets hurt. Elijah Mitchell, I actually think is a decent option, and I personally actually like the Sean Tucker pick, as long as his health checks out.
00:55:46
Speaker
But in general, every single one of these guys I see, I can see flopping. I mean, he has James Robinson, who's also been cut. So just a ton of guys that are just, I don't love. Diggs as the wide receiver one, has definitely one of the safer wide receiver ones in the league. He has the type of game that showed his extended career, like going forward, because he is about I think 20, 29, and he's obviously tied to Josh Allen. But he obviously has some personal conflict going on right now between him and the team, so who knows what that means.
00:56:16
Speaker
Deebo has already shown that his one good season in 2021 was an anomaly. I view him personally as the fourth option on the 49ers offense behind Kittle, Iyuk, and CMC. Pickens makes highlight plays. He's fun to watch, but it's because he can't separate. And I think that offense is a bottom half offense. I do like the Jordan Madison pick, who did fall to Jonathan.
00:56:41
Speaker
good value right there, and he's gonna have a lot of easy assignments across from JJ. But aside from that, the bench is full of guys who I just overview are kind of bust. Like maybe Rashid Rice does turn into something, but the Chiefs are really bad at picking wide receivers in the second round. So I just don't really like the depth there. And Ty Den, like Dolan Schultz, he was awesome last year, he bet on himself, could not secure the bag, got a one year deal with a rookie quarterback for the Texans. And there's nothing exciting behind him. So this is just a team of guys I don't love,
00:57:11
Speaker
I can definitely be proven wrong, and I hope John makes me my words, but this is my all-bus team. Moving up to number 11, still in the fifth tier. I actually have Croped Dog. This team gives me anxiety, because it has a wide range of outcomes. All the way, this team could win. I think this team's possibility is they could easily win the league, but I also think they could easily be a bottom three team.
00:57:38
Speaker
Running through the roster, I just continually found myself thinking the word projection, which is just another way of saying hope. Kelsey and Tyreek bonafide game breaking studs and easily could finish his number one at the position, which is why all his projection of the team could, like, if they hit, he's gonna assault this league if all the wild cards hit it. But because he has so many coin flips in a row, I'm viewing this team as the wild card. Wild card, bitches!
00:58:11
Speaker
I mean at QB I like fields and is rushing upside and the weapons they added but you're also hoping he takes a significant step forward in his career almost like Hertz did as a passer because to be a true QB one because he only he does not throw off I think he threw about like 21 passes a game and then behind him he has Jordan Love which we literally have no clue if he's good or not
00:58:36
Speaker
He needs, Krope is going to need a hit on both these, because he's got nothing behind them. So he needs both of these to hit to actually contend this year. And running back, I actually do love Najee, he's very solid. And Pacheco should be a solid RB2, building off of last year's second half and playoff run. And he does have McKinnon, who should hopefully replicate last year's second half TD run surge as well. But after that, he has the two Eagles running backs, who went healthy and given workloads have both proven to be incredible options.
00:59:05
Speaker
yet they also have proven to struggle to stay healthy and hold on to their starting jobs. Both can be top 10 options, both can be complete duds. He grabbed Roshan Johnson of the Bears, who I like, but the other two guys there in Herbert and Foreman could also be the lead backs, and it's anyone's guess who's going to lead that rushing attack. One of those three on bear running backs will be super valuable. We don't know which one it's going to be yet.
00:59:31
Speaker
Uh, at the wide receiver court is a stud. I already mentioned him, but after that, it's a lot of question marks. Mark Cooper was underrated last year and he finished at the top 10 option, um, primarily to with percent thrown on the ball. Can he maintain that shape? I don't like it'll be tough, but I think he still will be a good wide receiver too. Ridley hasn't played in two years. Um, when he did play, he was incredible, but like.
00:59:55
Speaker
If you have confidence, it's pure projection. I do have some level of confidence really, but you're still hoping for that. So I think really be good, but I can't remove the fact that that is based on hope. We don't know. Guys who don't play for multiple years generally don't come back into the league and are not that good.
01:00:12
Speaker
And then after that they have juju feeling Curtis Hamill Claypool Elijah Moore Sky more all these guys at one point it even recently were viewed as strong options But they also showed that they can utterly flop in the past two years alone So do they bounce back or do they not? It's straight up coin flips across the board for me so they could that's why I'm putting him as a ball card He also does not have a first next year. So if things do flop Not gonna be great for him
01:00:39
Speaker
Moving up, this is where we go to the next tier, the tent team. And I actually have Caffer and Mike Williams. At first glance, I feel like I should be higher on this team. They have plenty of names that I know have had their moments of being very valuable assets, and many of these players are still in their prime. But the more I look at these teams and I think about it, I have a really hard time buying in this fantasy enigma. At quarterback, they got Patrick Mahomes, obvious stud, but Rodgers and Ritter,
01:01:08
Speaker
Like Rogers was not good last year and he's now on a new team and he's basically 40. Is he gonna improve? And also like moving forward, he's at most got two years left of his career. And Ritter looked just very bad last year. So, and he might have a shorter career than Rogers has left. So we'll find out. At running back, Barkley's my dude. Guy's the beast. His days of being a giant might be numbered, unfortunately.
01:01:35
Speaker
who knows what's going on with this contract dispute and what it turns into. He's also potentially gonna turn into a 27 year old running back on the free agent market next year, which we've seen this year is not kind to any running backs on the free agent market. So his situation could get much, much worse. Kamara is already starting his decline last year, and he's likely gonna get suspended this year. And behind that, there is not much to feel confident from a running back perspective. Looking at the wide receivers,
01:02:04
Speaker
This should be the strength of the team, and it is littered with talent, but almost everyone is in a less than ideal situation. Ammon Ross, St. Brown is an awesome wide receiver one, so no concerns there. But as you move down the list, it gets questionable. Pitman looks the part, but last year was a disappointment. Now he has a rookie quarterback who is still developing and that Joey keeps saying is very inaccurate. And he will also be a run first quarterback when the play breaks down.
01:02:30
Speaker
DJ Moore also teases every year and ends up at best at Wide Receiver 2 as his quarterback play has always caps his production. And now he gets a quarterback that I've mentioned before, only averages about 21 attempts a game. So it's hard to see him cracking the top 15 ever. Godwin might be in the worst situation of all of them with a team that's poised to rebuild starting next year and has to deal with either Baker or Trask throwing a passive. And we've seen the highlight reel.
01:02:59
Speaker
They're not hitting, they're missing on all those passes. I'm not sure any of these players actually see their situations proving the near future either. It's going to be very frustrating this year. I do love the rookie men's, but he also is buried in his depth chart in his current rookie year. At tight end, I love Waller. I think Kincaid could turn into a top 12 option, but for this team to succeed, they need Waller to revert back to his 2020 production to really compete.
01:03:26
Speaker
This team feels like roster that will be hovering in the middle of the pack, which is kind of Dynasty purgatory, which in my opinion is the worst place to be. Moving up, still in tier four, team number nine is Joey. So, Joey's team is...
01:03:47
Speaker
is gonna go about as far as his old and busted quarterbacks is gonna take him. And that includes his ARRP eligible rookies. The biggest area holding the steam back, this is the biggest area holding the steam back right now is the confidence in these top three quarterback options. And they all have shown that they can be QB ones when they are right, but last year they were just straight up dead.
01:04:09
Speaker
Having one or two of these guys in the roster would make you a bit uneasy, but having all three be your top three options has me reaching for some talent. Although this is risky business, I do think at least one of these guys should be healthy and continue to be serviceable. And both Kyler based on his draft capital and production and Russ on his name and committed dollars should have a starting role going forward.
01:04:37
Speaker
Outside of QB concerns, I do actually like this team. Running back, Joey won the Bajan sweepstakes, who I think is going to get 300 plus touches this year, including an extremely healthy dose of receiving options, receiving targets, giving him top five potential every week. I love Miles Sanders, who is being criminally underrated and should be featured, the featured back for Carolina for multiple years. And now the devil cook has been cut. I actually think he has a chance to land in a future role. We'll find out, but I think
01:05:05
Speaker
As you're running back three, that is a pretty solid option to have. A wide receiver, I love Chase. He's my personal wide receiver one for Dynasty, based on knowing that he's forever tied to Burrow. And DK showed last year that he's QB proof wide receiver one. I will say though, Bateman and Evans are both risk giving either health or the QB situations, and there isn't that much to get excited behind them. The main edge that has Joey sliding up a spot or two here,
01:05:33
Speaker
based on maybe what his ranking showed is, I wanna get this name right, Goddard at tight end, who in my opinion is a top five tight end option and has the ability to finish as high as tight end three this year. The edge with the wide receiver and running backs with the tight end has me thinking that Joey can expect most weeks that he can compete as long as two of his quarterbacks are healthy. If those quarterbacks stay healthy and they put up average stats, I think he can contend for the playoffs.
01:06:06
Speaker
Moving up to number eight, still the last team in tier four, I have Scottie. Quarterback is a problem. We've mentioned it at Nozium. And honestly, I'm not exactly sure how he's gonna solve it going forward. Jimmy G has that foot problem. He could be cut by the Raiders at any moment. Tana Hill is fighting off rookie Will Levis for the starting job. So it's not another realm of possibilities that both these guys lose their job this season. Scott also does not have a first pick next year. So fixing the QB position through the draft is not really an option.
01:06:36
Speaker
But aside from that, I really like this team. Scott boasts a very strong running back court in CMC, Bresol, Mixon, Conner, Jamal Williams, as well as a very strong wide receiver group in Cooper Cupp, Devontae Adams, Jerry Judy, Cooks, Quentin Johnson, and a few other nice depth pieces. And his tie-down room is led by Kittle, which is one of the better tie-down rooms I think in the league. He's got a great mix too of youth and high producing veterans at the non-quarterback positions,
01:07:05
Speaker
That as long as Jimmy G intended Hill do keep their jobs I think this will be one of the stronger teams in the league I do think he may need to get some youth injection at the running back position eventually But he's got Breeze Hall who is arguably the top asset position with many years production ahead of him I also think this team has type of power Firepower and assets that he can make some major trades this season to fix any of the holes on his roster while still actually being able to compete
01:07:34
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Moving up to the third tier, the first team in third tier is team number seven. And I got Adam and Katz actually here. So they boast easily the best wide receiver duo in the league in JJ and Waddle. This team is going to make their opponents nervous every single week as these two can probably outscore an entire team on their own. But aside from these two options,
01:08:01
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There's very few other pieces on this team that I feel that confident about, and it feels like a very top-heavy team. At quarterback, I am a DJ believer and thought he was a great value, but as you quarterback one, he doesn't exactly give you the edge most weeks. Pick it as your QB two, however, is about as boring as it gets, and you don't have to throw more than, you have to hope he throws more than seven touchdowns this year. I could easily see non-QB flex options actually outscoring him most weeks,
01:08:30
Speaker
He does have CJ Shaw that he picked up in the rookie draft who could probably end up his quarterback too this season, but he's a rookie. I don't see him being a major difference maker most weeks. The good news, all three of these guys though are young. They have job security for like the next three years, but he's never going to have the QB edge at any point in my opinion in match-ups. At running back, I have some concerns. ETN is widely regarded as a top 10 running back asset.
01:08:58
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And I don't dispute his talent, but I've cooled on him a bit. The news coming out is that they want to spread the touches out more, especially with Hank Bisbee getting drafted. And arguably his best skill coming out of college was pass catching, and they just refused to utilize him there. He also spent multiple weeks where he didn't really do much. So I'm beginning to view him more as a higher end RB2. Aaron Jones, yes, he always has found a way to finish the year as an RB1, but he also shows a lot of week-to-week fluctuations. And now he's turning 28.
01:09:27
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He's got no Rogers, and the cliff is coming for him very soon. Herbert from the Bears is currently in that three-way battle that I mentioned for touches to lead the back. So could he be the lead back? I don't know. Tajist Spears could be solid, but then again, he doesn't have an ACL. So we'll see how that goes. To me, the RB position on this team feels like a problem. Outside of that, of the top two wide receiver options in JJ and Waddle, the rest of the wide receiver corps, to me, is just okay.
01:09:56
Speaker
I do like Watson and he's going to have some weak winning games and combine that with JJ model, that's just like not going to be fair those weeks. But with Lovey's cornerback, I don't really expect that to happen too often. I feel like the weekly floor is going to be very low. Gabe Davis took a huge step back to me and clearly the Bills want to upgrade over him. So I'm not really a big fan of having to rely on him either.
01:10:21
Speaker
I do will say a Loki, I love Nico Collins. I think he actually can push his way into the starting lineup for these two. And that tight end is just fine. Muth is an average fantasy tight end at this point, but Porto has upside, but I wouldn't consider the tight end position an area straight. It's not an area weakness, it's just very meh. Moving up to the top half of my rankings, we're still in tier three, and we're getting to
01:10:50
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team number six, and this is where I got Ryan and Sean Wilkinson. So, yeah, Ryan's cheering, because it's much higher than Joe had, I'm assuming. The Wilkinson brothers may have really wanted to lock in two of the consensus top three quarterbacks, but the price to do so was similar to the cost to obtain the sole. What did it cost? Everything.
01:11:17
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I don't know. I don't know if it was worth it or not guys. But the QB duo of Hertz and Josh Allen is undeniably the best duo in the league and has set them up for quite possibly the strongest foundation of the entire league for the better part of a decade. But the cost of it did come at the rest of the roster. Behind Hertz and Allen, there is basically no depth at all. It's like non-existent, which if anything happens, makes it a bit more concerned.
01:11:43
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At running back, I'm actually a fan of the top two options. I'm a massive Ramadre fan. I think he's a top 10 option. And I think White could be a solid RP2, assuming he does get the passing work and doesn't gain any additional competition on the team. Although I do think the Bucks are gonna be very bad this year. Foreman, again, third part of the three-headed battle for the Bears' touches. He could be a sneaky pickup, but he's also, he could end up being a rotational player at age 27 on a cheap one-year contract and could be out of the league next year. So who knows?
01:12:13
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The wide receiver position leaves a lot to be desired as well. It's led by McLaren and Mike Williams, both of whom I like but would much prefer to be my wide receiver two, wide receiver three. And after that, it's a mix of fringe guys who are best at number two option on their team. Lazar should be fine enough, but he doesn't really have much upside. Tony has shown flashes, but he's more of a gadget player, typically only getting the field for a handful of snaps per game. And the bench doesn't have many other inspiring options either.
01:12:43
Speaker
And this is probably the weakest tight end room in the league, led by Everett, who is fine enough, but at best a back end tight end one. It also might sound like I did a bunch of bashing on this team.
01:12:53
Speaker
But I also don't want to understand how valuable owning both Allen and Hurst will be for this year and moving forward. You simply can't acquire guys like that via trade and a chance of hitting on in the draft on one is insanely slim. They will raise the baseline score for this team and cover the holes of the rest of the team in the roster this year and moving forward. And it will be much easier to improve your running backs, wide receivers and tight ends, knowing that your QB situation is never a concern.
01:13:21
Speaker
This team also owns two firsts next year, which should be a very strong draft. And one of those picks could be a high pick, depending on my power rankings. The Wilkinson's have some of the actions to be patient and build a scary team over time, or they can use those picks now in trades to jumpstart the process now, immediately. Moving up to number five in the new tier, tier number two, I got Harry and Dan.
01:13:50
Speaker
I already gave this team a very strong draft grade, and I like what they did in the rookie draft with the steal of Mingo as a potential future stack with Bryce Young. The team has a ton of pieces that I'm very much a fan of, and the fact that they are my division and that it's Dan and Harry, I absolutely hate. There isn't many holes to poke at, aside from the bench step, which is okay, but I don't think they can handle more than maybe two injuries.
01:14:19
Speaker
QB is solid, but not exactly comfortable. Watson should straight up stuff last year, but prior to his masseuse issues, he was consistently a top five option. Gino was awesome last year after a decade of sucking, and now he has even more weapons, so he should be good again, but he will probably finish right behind Trevor Lawrence. Baker stinks, but that's their QB four after snagging Bryce Young, who as long as his body hold ups, I think will be a very good pro.
01:14:47
Speaker
Running back is rather weak behind Jacobs, although I do think Jacobs will be excellent. Dylan and Harris should be good enough to be okay in the running back two slot, and they do have a couple lottery tickets in Fornet, Henderson, and CH. So if one of those guys hits, they'll be in a very strong position. Wide receiver is very good, although I think most projected to be better in the future than this year. Garrett Wilson is straight up a stud this year and forever. Keenan, when healthy, will be great, but is aging a bit.
01:15:16
Speaker
I do love London, but this upcoming season, he's probably more of a wide receiver three given the offense. And I think moving forward, he can be a top 15 guy if they get a better quarterback. Hollywood will be a target machine this year and should feast. And he has shown that he does feast when in that role, but it is going to depend on who's throwing him the ball. And at tight end, they got Mark Andrews, who is probably the best tight end asset in dynasty and will give them advantage nearly every week for the next five years. Overall, it's a very strong team.
01:15:46
Speaker
I think this is the most intriguing team in the league and as I do think there are a couple question marks but I think they also have a lot of pieces to stay in the hunt and potentially be a contender moving forward. Moving up to team number four still in tier two, that is myself. So I don't view my team that has many holes but
01:16:09
Speaker
Admittedly, this team doesn't blow you away either. Just a well-rounded roster, kind of like Mario from Super Smash Brothers. It's me, Mario! I feel like I'm very deep at quarterback, and I think this is where my team can develop a major advantage, but all my quarterbacks
01:16:27
Speaker
Admittedly, do need to develop more going forward. At running back, there are some question marks around health with Givante and signing with the team with Zeke and usage like A-Chain. But I also have Dab and Demonti, who I think will be very good for the next couple of years. And as if one of the aforementioned one's situations do improve, I think I'll be in a very strong position.
01:16:48
Speaker
Wide receiver have one locked in stud wide receiver one and then a bunch of useful older veterans who should be solid this year but future Alex I understand is not super bright bench does have a bunch of useful flex options but likely no one who will pop but I do think improving and getting younger here is going to be my main focus going forward. I have no concerns. I love Hawk. I love SIG who I think is a perfect combo of extremely high floor and also having extremely high potential upside. I expect
01:17:17
Speaker
that come the regular season, I'll have plenty of lower end assets that other teams will actually want. And I can utilize the target younger guys with upside and try and take some shots. And if one of those guys hit, I think my team can really level up. But overall, I think I should be able to compete this year without too many concerns of dropping off in the near term future. With that, we're moving into the top tier with the top three teams. So my team number three.
01:17:46
Speaker
Chris Canales, this is my heartthrob. Man, I'm gonna take a second here. They're really just, because he takes all my players. This is the number three team in the elite tier, but it's probably my personal favorite and the one I think is the most fun and the one that has the makings of being in contention for the next five plus years. And I think we'll make noise this year. The quarterback combo of Herbert and Dak gives his team an edge most weeks.
01:18:15
Speaker
Herbert will be a stalwart for the next decade, and Dak has multiple strong years left in him. And even Carrz and QB3 is a great depth piece. QB is not going to be concerned for this team for a long time.
01:18:26
Speaker
Although he did not prioritize running back in this draft, I actually think Chris came out really well. Pollard is looking like a top 10 option this year after dominating last year, and he has very little competition behind him. Gibson has the makings of the steal this year. He's already getting a ton of hype. He's had back-to-back RB1 finishes both in 2020 and 2021. And he also grabbed Charbonnet in the draft, who I believe will serve as a very solid third RB option.
01:18:53
Speaker
That's the potential to be a lead winner if Walker goes down. And even Singletary should be a useful option this year. Wide receiver on this team is full of personal crushes of mine. Just a bunch of young wide receivers who I believe could all have breakout years this year. Ayuk showed the makings of being a true wide receiver one last year. Berg's dealt with injuries last year, but when he was on the field, showed the ability to make big plays, demand targets when running your routes. Dodson seems unguardable and has a nose for the end zone. Even Deontay Johnson,
01:19:23
Speaker
It's showing the ability to get open and be a PPR machine, and he cannot score less touchdowns than last year. I even like Alex Pierce, who I feel like is the perfect type of wide receivers for the bombs that Richardson will throw on a roll out. I also am a fan of Jaden Reed, who Chris dropped in the rookie draft, and many are predicting to be the true wide receiver one for the Packers in terms of targets. I also can't forget to call out Wandell as a Giants fan.
01:19:48
Speaker
Even when you move down to the tight end, the talent youth movement continues with the ultra talented 22 year old, Pitts, who should have a bounce back season and I still expect to develop into a high end elite option moving forward. This team has no major holes and a great mix of youth, already known production and realistic future upside. This team will be in the mix from day one and should only continue to be stronger as time goes on. And Chris also has two firsts next year, so that youth movement is only going to continue and get stronger.
01:20:18
Speaker
The only reason he's not hiring these rankings is because he doesn't have any true elite known production assets for the current year. Moving up to my number two team is my current year favorite, Matt and Dan Rosinski. And while they're not my absolute number one team in the Power Rings, if I had to put my money on one team winning this year, it's gonna be these two.
01:20:44
Speaker
While everyone was scrambling to lock up a top-flight quarterback in the first round, the Brzezinski brothers took advantage of too his concussion discount. Although I believe that factoring that into the price was valid, if he is healthy, he has shown that he is a high-end QB1 option. Even Goth as your QB2 is an extremely underrated option as well. He was the QB10 last year and has had some major spike weeks
01:21:09
Speaker
Thanks to his terrible defense and his pass out the offense. And the Lions actually seem kind of comfortable with him moving forward. So this could be a duo that could definitely keep you in every matchup this week and potentially in future years. At running backs, this is where things are just not fair anymore. And it puts his team in the top tier. The resistance have five running backs that in redraft are likely to be top 15 running back options. Four in the top 10.
01:21:36
Speaker
Their top five runbacks are Jonathan Taylor, Derek Henry, Austin Echler, Nick Chubb, Jamar Gibbs, all likely to outscore their opponent's RB1 most weeks. And the fact that we have three flax and two RB slots mean they can start all five of these every week. Henry, Echler, and Chubb are definitely nearing cliff, but they are still elite options, and JT and Gibbs are about as good as a young RB tandem that you can find in this league. This is just not fair if they have the running back position. And if that wasn't scary enough,
01:22:05
Speaker
Their wide receiver core is also impressive as well. T. Higgins and Nevada Smith, Joe mentioned this too. They're the number two options on their respective teams, but they're more 1Bs than actual wide receivers too. And they would be wide receiver 1s on nearly any other team. They are also very young and tied to elite quarterbacks moving forward. And I expect both of these to continue to be top 10 to 15 options for a while. They even added an additional nice depth piece with Krishna Kirk, who had actually a huge year last year.
01:22:31
Speaker
And
Depth and Strategy Concerns
01:22:32
Speaker
even though tight end, you can't feel comfortable, you can't feel comfortable either competing against him with Njoku, who showed last year he has the makings of being a pretty reliable tight end option. And they did grab rookie Michael Meyer, who looks the most pro ready of all the rookie graphics there. His team's bench is also very deep and they should not skip a beat when the bye weeks come or the inevitable injury hits.
01:22:56
Speaker
The only thing holding this team back from claiming the top overall spot is the average age of the running back room, and that both Tua and Golf have some risk associated to their long-term outlooks. And then the top dog, number one, same as Joe, Schluter. He's just my favorite team in the league. Just a seductive mix of youth, immediate star power, no major glaring holes, and will only continue to improve in the future, and I hate it.
01:23:24
Speaker
Quarterback is locked down by Lamar who has shown the ability to be a cheat code and although Cousins and Purdy are not 100% locks moving forward, more likely than not they should be able to maintain their at least QB2 status. Had running back Schluter went dumpster diving but found some great values who very well might become top tier options. Acre season last year was quite the roller coaster to say the least but he finished on an absolute tear and Madison is now the current workhorse RB1 for the Vikings.
01:23:52
Speaker
Somage should be the lead back while Gervonta gets healthy and prove to be great in that role when given the work. And Bryan Robinson is fine, albeit unexciting, RP2 flex option. He also has Kayan Jameer Miller and Tank Bisbee, who both can become a mean producer as Kamar gets suspended or ETN gets hurt. At wide receiver is where I become absolutely green with MD. Just a who's who of young elite options across the board. AJ Brown.
01:24:19
Speaker
Chris Olave, Jamison Williams, Jason, Zae Flowers, easily the best overall wide receiver room in the league, and they are not going anywhere anytime soon. And tight end is probably the weakest position, but it's not a dud either with Ingram, and everything else Slooter has on this team makes him to be a problem for this league going forward. And that's my rankings, guys.
01:24:43
Speaker
Alright, so we are going to switch things up a bit here.
Preseason Rankings and Controversies
01:24:47
Speaker
I'm going to go from the best to the worst, and I decided to focus solely on this year, so my rankings are geared toward the teams with the best chance of winning the championship this season. But for your first lesson, the most important thing is not whether you win or lose, it's how well you can dish out the smack talk.
01:25:05
Speaker
Dave and Joe already talked a bunch about the teams, all the players on every team. So I'm not going to focus too much on the full roster. For those that are new here, I like to give my power rankings in the form of a roast. So this is the preseason edition of what I'm calling Ryan's Roasting Rankings. And if anyone has a better name, I could definitely use one. So let's get to it.
01:25:28
Speaker
Number one, I hate it, but similar to Dave, I had to put Dan's team first, managed by Matt and, you guessed it, Dan. Sitting comfortably at the top of my preseason power rankings, congratulations guys, you must be relishing the taste of victory. But as I look at your team, the question must be asked, are you proud of yourself for ripping someone off so heartlessly? Does it bring you joy knowing Scott is suffering in a pit of regret?
01:25:56
Speaker
Just do the right thing and give Scott his guy back. He trusted you, and you swooped in like a vulture, snatching away Scott's fourth-round pick for some nonsense. It was a move that quickly let the rest of the league know your true team name, Team Dirty. Boom. Roasted. Number two. Team Cropedog. Managed by Craigie Cropa. Our league got real creative with the team names so far.
01:26:20
Speaker
You're clearly going for the championship this year, but will it even work? It appears you think so, as you're rostering Tom Brady, hoping the GOAT's experience will pay off. News flash, he's too busy hanging out with models on $300 million yachts with Mr. Beast to care about your team.
01:26:38
Speaker
In your locker room, the weight of the world now rests on the shoulders of Travis Kelsey. You're depending on him to carry your team to victory, only time will tell. But let's be honest, if Kelsey falters, your team's chances of success crumble alongside with him. Boom. Roasted. Number three. Mike Dexter is a god. Managed by Mike and Mike.
01:27:00
Speaker
You have the Bill's tight end room locked down with Knox and Kincaid. I'm just not sure that's something that would benefit anyone in fantasy football. Besides, the only Bill anyone needs is right where he belongs at Wilkinson Finishing Co. If only you were a true fan and traded up for A-line. But that ship has sailed just like your championship dreams. Boom. Roasted. Number 4. What's under the towel?
01:27:25
Speaker
Managed by Harrison and Dan. Drafting Zach Wilson, Josh Gordon, and Darryl Henderson proved to us that you're taking this league very seriously and operating like a true franchise. Surprisingly, I don't think it's going to work out too well. You're fostering a current Brown QB in Watson and an old Browns QB in Mayfield, and everyone knows that anything the Browns touch turns to shit.
01:27:49
Speaker
It seems like you know your season is already over as you're making side bets on Dave's QBs to give you an actual chance at some cash. But since I know you're a big fan of the greatest show of all time, I'll leave you with a quote from The Office that should give you some great advice for the season. Whenever I'm about to do something, I think, would an idiot do that? And if they would, I do not do that thing. Dwight Schrute. Boom. Roasted.
01:28:16
Speaker
Number five, tightened drop. Although TIT is capitalized, I'm not sure what that means. Managed by our very own Dave Reed.
01:28:26
Speaker
I know calling Tom Brady the goat earlier has your blood boiling, so let's give you a real reason to be upset. The most ruthless manager, you have a new guy hitting the trade block every other day. How do you expect your guys to perform when they're constantly worried about getting traded? Not to mention, no one ever bites, which might tell you something about the talent level you're putting on the field.
01:28:47
Speaker
And I think you've realized it yourself, as you currently have all your starters on your bench, unsure who is even worthy of a starting spot. I hope you figure it out before week one. I'm just not sure it will matter much either way. Boom. Roasted. Number six, my other co-host, formerly known as Barely Legal Teams, now known as Diamond Dogs, managed by Joe. Joe.
01:29:16
Speaker
Joe the Swiftie of the group. I'm gonna put this in a way you can understand. It's a good thing you're a Taylor Swift fan. That means you already know how to.
01:29:26
Speaker
And that's exactly what you're gonna have to do after that draft. Let's talk about your quarterback situation, shall we? You've assembled a trio consisting of Murray, Wilson, and Stafford. Now on paper, it may seem like a formidable lineup, but I can't help but wonder if you'll even have a starting quarterback by the end of the season. Will injuries strike? Will performance issues arise? It's hard to say, but one thing is clear. The uncertainty surrounding your quarterback position is enough to give any fantasy owner sleepless nights.
01:29:56
Speaker
Maybe you're hoping Stetson Bennett will come to your rescue if things go south. After all, who can resist a seasoned veteran? Oh, wait, never mind. He's just a 25-year-old rookie. So remember, just like Taylor herself, you'll have a chance to prove the naysayers wrong. If she can rise above Kanye West stealing her mic, I'm sure you can rise above your QB situation. Boom. Roasted. Number seven. Team Adam Cohen, managed by Adam Cohen and Katz.
01:30:24
Speaker
Earlier I talked about locking down the Bills tight end room, and you have the Pittsburgh QB room locked down with Pickett and Trubitsky, which might be even worse than locking down the Bills tight end room. Week one, you'll be facing Allen and Hertz, and they'll show you what it means to have two true QBs. The only thing that worse than your team might be your team name, which is somehow your name, spelled wrong. I've seen all I need to see to know how your season will go. Boom, roasted.
01:30:54
Speaker
Number eight, Cramerica Industries, managed by Canelo's. We know Herber is good, but let's get to the supporting cast. We have Tony, the backup Pollard, getting his first shot at a lead role. He's like that one friend who always shows up late to the party but still manages to hog all the snacks. And Tony O'Gibson, the master of inconsistency, who could run for a touchdown or trip over his own shoelaces at any given moment.
01:31:20
Speaker
and Kyle Pitts, the human Titan Enigma. It's like he's playing a game of hide and seek with fantasy points, but unfortunately for you, the fantasy points are hiding and you can't seem to find them.
01:31:34
Speaker
Coming in at number 9, the Ravens. I mean Team Schluter, managed by Michael Schluter. You're marrying your fantasy team off your favorite real-life team, the Ravens, who have exactly one playoff win in the last eight years, a baffling decision. It's a bold strategy that almost certainly won't pay off.
01:31:55
Speaker
It's important to separate your fandom from sound fantasy football decision-making. Simply relying on a team's real-life success does not guarantee you a championship, especially when the real-life success of the team you're relying on is non-existent. Coming in at number 10, yours truly Wilkinson Finishing Co. managed by the Wilkinson brothers.
01:32:18
Speaker
We went big and secured two of the best QBs. Yet somehow Dave's QB room is ranked higher than ours. I guess that goes to show how effective our strategy was. I don't know, make it make sense. Anyways, I could go with the classic, Hertz is gonna put a hurtin' on this league, but no one wants to hear that for the hundredth time, so instead I'll use Allen, who's gonna put a wailin' on this league.
01:32:40
Speaker
In all seriousness, it's risky to go all in on two QBs, but you know what they say. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Wayne Gretzky, Michael Scott. Boom. Roasted.
01:32:52
Speaker
Number 11. This team has found itself at the bottom of all the rankings so we'll see if they can prove us wrong. Clark it up. Managed by the Clark brothers. It's only right that I start your ranking with a recent headline from your favorite team. The New England Patriots are waving fourth round running back James Robinson. I gave you a C plus after the draft and it appears the only thing worse than that was your pick of James Robinson.
01:33:17
Speaker
But you know who it does help? Stevenson owners. Just saying. I am worried about how much pain your team will cause the league from laughter. Seriously, my sides hurt from laughing so hard every time I look at your lineup. Boom. Roasted. And coming in at number 12, Team S. Repizati, managed by Scott Repizati.
01:33:40
Speaker
Marissa informed me you're waking up in cold sweats every night, mumbling, Echler, Echler. I'm not sure what sign the fantasy gods are trying to give you, but I hope you can figure it out. Unfortunately, even if you do figure it out, it's not your worst problem. That would be the raccoons that have built a nice home on your deck. Or maybe your QB room. I'm just gonna read a recent headline of your QB one. Raiders Jimmy Garoppolo had foot surgery after signing, still recovering. Enough said.
01:34:10
Speaker
Boom, roasted. And with that, you've all survived the first roast of the season. You all know it's in good fun. Secretly, I'm worried that going all in on two QBs made backfire, so don't take anything too seriously. And I look forward to seeing you all on the playoffs, except you, Scott, because we know you don't stand a chance. Boom, roasted. Oh, man, I
Consensus Rankings and Off-Season Plans
01:34:32
Speaker
can't believe you brought the rack in. Had to, had to. That was awesome.
01:34:39
Speaker
Well, as I mentioned before, we're going to bring all the rankings together. We're going to have a consensus ranking. I'm actually interested in myself to see where that's going to land out, the consensus ranking. We actually do the top end and the bottom end. I feel like we have some consistency. But everything in the middle seems like it's all over the place. So it should be pretty fun. But with that said, I mean,
01:35:00
Speaker
It's the off season. This is this is basically where Dynasty becomes like the stock market. Well, blurbs are going to skyrocket certain players and other tank other players. So hopefully these power rankings will motivate you to make some transactions and trade with hopefully me because I'm putting everyone on the block, but I'm fighting. But with that said, this was episode three. Thanks for listening to the NSFW Dynasty Podcast. Diamond Dogs!