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FFT Express - All You Need to Know About the NFC! Nabers, Skattebo Injury Updates, Kyler's Impact on Jefferson, & More! (07/17 Fantasy Football Podcast)
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up on the off season storylines in the NFC right now on Fantasy Football Today Express. Welcome everybody. Jamie hello Hello. You know we got rid of that crappy AFC the other day. Finally we're on to the nfc. That's what everybody's in in the mood for here.
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Giants all the time.
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Yeah, all Giants all the time. And they truly had one of the more interesting off seasons of any team in the nfc. But if we look at the NFC East, Dallas Giants, Eagles and Commanders, what do the people need to know? What stands out to you?
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I think for the most part the Giants are the story. Except for maybe if you look at the Eagles with losing A.J. brown and what's going to happen there. So Brown gets traded to New England, they draft Makai Lemon. Can devonte Smith assume the responsibilities and more importantly the production of being the number one guy there? How does Dallas Goddard fit into this after coming off an 11 touchdown season? Is Lemon worth drafting in the first 100 picks? I think the Eagles offense is going to be fun to watch in training camp and hopefully we get a better version of Jalen Hurts who's seen his fantasy points per game decline each of the last four seasons, which is not what you want to see from a guy that has his much his upside and potential. Also two new offensive coordinators in the division as well as a new head coach. So you have new head office coordinator in Washington. So I hope we get a great version of Jane Daniels. Really, I think you just Jane Daniel stays healthy. That's important but we'll see if they add another pass catcher Chick. Ok. Could be a sleeper tight end. As we just discussed on Titan Tears and in Philadelphia new offense coordinator as well for the Giants. It's really we're just waiting to see what happens in Malik Neighbors at this point. Can he stay healthy? Got great news on Cam Scatter Boo, but Neighbors coming off the ACL tear. It's kind of been all over the place. Latest report is we hope to get him healthy for training camp. I do not expect to see him in Week one.
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I think we have seven players on the Cowboys, Eagles and Giants being drafted before the first commander.
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Seven players on the Cowboys, Eagles and Giants before the first commander. I guess it depends on two QB leagues. That wouldn't be the case. But yeah, Terry McLaurin is going to be the first commander drafted and I would suspect if nobody else is added he could get into round four.
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I think it might be six because I actually he's going just ahead of Scatter Boo. So it's one Giant, two Eagles and three Cowboys. All right, let's go to the probably
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get drafted ahead of Neighbors of Neighbors on Public.
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Yeah, I could See Scatterable getting ahead of McLaurin though. It's close. Let's go to the North Division. We're super excited about this division and maybe Kyler Murray gets the Vikings back on track. We could have four. I mean I think we should have at least three great offenses, maybe four in the NFC North. What do people need to know?
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I mean the, the Vikings, you know, the, the biggest change because of the quarterback there. So if Kyler Murray is right and was a very successful fantasy quarterback to open his career, then had the here and then it struggled the last couple of seasons. But every quarterback that Kevin O' Connell has worked with, aside from JJ McCarthy has helped this offense be productive. Even Carson Wentz last year. So if Kyler Murray can excel in this offense, that's great for Justin Jefferson, great for Jordan Addison, hopefully good for Juwan Jennings and TJ Hawkinson. And then we have to see what happens at the running back position where we've gotten a couple reports about Jordan Mason being the lead guy this year ahead of Aaron Jones. For Detroit. It's just a new coordinator. And what does that mean for Sam Laporta? Because Drew Petzing comes from Arizona, comes from the Kevin Stefanski tree. Tight ends have been very prominent. You have Monroe St. Brown, you have Jameson Williams, you have Jameer Gibbs. Remember they lose David Montgomery. We like Gibbs as the number one overall player, number one running back. But if Pet Sing's offense is great for laporta, laporta could push to be a top five tight end. The packers lose two wide receivers in Romeo Dobbs and on Tavian Wicks. Do not replace them with anybody. But they're hoping to get Tucker Kraft back for Week 1 after dealing with the ACL tear last year. Christian Watson's in a great spot. I think there's going to be opportunities for Jaden Reed and Matthew golden to great late round picks or end of the mid round group of wide receivers. But Christian Watson could be a breakout candidate. Tucker Kraft could be a top three tight end. He was number two in points per game last year before suffering his knee injury. And then the bears, they lose D.J. moore. We love everything about Chicago. Love Caleb Williams. ADP is higher than we are but top 10 quarterback. The receivers are going to be awesome. Probably somebody will let you down, but at least going into the year, Colston Loveland finished last year strong. Everybody loves Luther Burton as a breakout. And if you recall what Romo Dunes a did at the start of the season before his foot injury, he was on pace for a breakout season. So there's lot just to like about Chicago's offense passing game wise. And then DeAndre Swift's still a very good running back.
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Question for Minnesota, just for you to think about out there, is there a team in the NFC that has a bigger gap between the first player drafted and the second player drafted on that team? It's about 90 picks between Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison.
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One very obvious one in the nfc. Oh, in the nfc.
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Dolphins, right? Is that where you were going?
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Yeah, yeah.
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In the nfc. I think it might be the Vikings moving to the NFC south in just a moment. We'll be right back on Fantasy Football Today Express. Hey, before we jump back into the show, let's take a quick break. But not just any break. This is a refreshing break with Snapple. We all know about Snapple's iconic real facts, so let's take a minute to go over some of my faves. Snapple Real fact 1983 the first player drafted to play pro football never played in the league. Snapple Real Fact 11:19 the Grand Canyon could hold about 900 trillion footballs. Snapple Real Fact 20:64 the first college football game broadcast on TV was on September 30, 1939. Snapple Real Fact 1-896-the tradition of playing football on Thanksgiving originated with college football in 1876. So grab a Snapple, take a second and enjoy the moment because let's be honest, this might be the most refreshing part of your day. Snapple make your break more interesting. All right now let's get back to the show. The NFC South Falcons, Panthers, Saints and Buccaneers. What's the biggest off season storyline here?
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Falcons new coach and hopefully get still great production and new quarterback into a talking Bella. Hope we get great production out of their guys because you're talking about three players, two in particular in Bijan Robinson and Drake London that are going to be drafted in the first two rounds. And Kyle Pitts coming off the best year of his career. Can he be a top five tight end? He's going to get drafted as a top 10 guy. So a lot of expectations for Kevin Stefanski into a tongue of a low to keep these guys extremely relevant as fantasy options. The rest of the division. Carolina we're looking to see about the backfield there. I think Terrell McMillan, whether you love him, like him or avoid him, he's still going to be probably drafted in round four as a mid tier number two wide receiver. But really it's the backfield and we're going to keep an eye on Jonathan Brooks, they let Rico Dowdle go. They did not bring in anybody else sniffing it for competition. So Chuba Hubbard, Jonathan Brooks, if Brooks is healthy, he's going to fly up draft boards. But Chuba Hubbard I still think is the one you want to target first. In the case of the Saints, two rookies were added that are going to be important here. 1 Jordan Tyson we know could be a huge factor and may steal a lot of opportunities from Chris Olave. But let's not forget about Oscar Delp. He can impact Juwan Johnson, who was a very good fantasy tight end last year. But Tyson Olave, the addition of Travis E. Tyler Shuck was great last season at the end of the year and could be a good late round quarterback if you miss on the position. And then in the case of Tampa Bay, I think a lot of it comes down to health. If Baker Mayfield's healthy, you're not going to get the 2024 production, but should be better than 2025. Ameka Buka now becomes the number one receiver. Chris Godwin still in the mix to be the number one receiver. A lot of questions about other health of the offensive line. If everybody's working well together, you're going to have a breakout star in a mecca. Buka and I think a very good value pick in Chris Godwin at quarterback, at receiver, excuse me. And then we'll see what happens with the backfield there after I think adding Kenneth Gainwell, who could be really good as a pass catcher for Zach Robinson.
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And finally the NFC west where the Cardinals have already been eliminated from the playoffs. Look at these teams, the Rams, the Niners, the Seahawks. It's just brutal. You feel bad for Arizona in rebuild mode, but they obviously are a huge offseason story with the addition of Jeremiah Love and to a lesser extent Carson Beck. The Rams are they. They didn't really add much offensively, but man, their defense is nasty. 49ers getting Mike Evans and the Seahawks losing their offensive coordinator could be a big deal. But what stands out to you in the West?
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Well, you mentioned Jeremiah Love. They also added Tyler Algier and you know, healthy Marvin Harrison. New head coach in Mike lafleur. A lot of this is going to potentially change the way the Cardinals look now. You're still drafting chain McBride as a top two tight end. I like Bowers better than McBride because all the target competition he's going to get that he didn't necessarily have last year because Harrison missed the second half of the season and most of the second half of the season and the run game will be better. We'll see how many games Jacoby Brissette starts. That's a big part of this too because their offense really didn't take off until Brissette became the starter there. So we'll see if Beck does get those opportunities. Seattle, the big story is the backfield. They add Darian Price in the first round. Zach Charbonnet coming off the ACL tear that he suffered in division around. We know Kenneth Walker is now gone, so that backfield is going to be interesting to watch. They also had Emmanuel Wilson who could be a factor. George Alani is going to be a factor. We would love to see Darian Price, first round rookie, get that opportunity to be the starter from Week one. But I don't want to overvalue him just because he was selected in the first round. But a lot of vacated touch. Over 500. Excuse me. Or 400 total touches gone if Charbonnet does not play. With Walker and Charbonnet injured, San Francisco, it's not just Mike Evans. It's desean Stribling. It's Christian Kirk. It's George Kittle coming off an Achilles injury. It's Christian McCaffrey, 30 years old, coming off 450 total touches. There's a lot of things to keep an eye on with San Francisco. That's going to be a fun one to watch. And we know the potential of Kyle Shanahan's offense. Purdy was a top five quarterback last year in points per game, but he missed a lot of time with toe and ankle injuries. I believe was definitely a toe. And then we'll see if Kittle's healthy coming off the Achilles tear. And you said at the Rams it's just kind of offense. Does it get hurt by how good the defense is? Because they add Miles Garrett, they had Trent McDuffie. Do they have to score as much to sort of overcome any defensive. Defensive deficiencies that they had last year, which there weren't many. But you know, now you added two elite players at their positions. One of the best ever in Miles Garrett and it could just be. And maybe Aaron Donaldson.
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Exactly.
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It could just be an absolute beast of a team. A lot of people penciling in the Rams to be the super bowl representative of the NFC in their own stadium.
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Thank you, Jamie. Excellent stuff on the nfc. We will talk to you next time on Fantasy Football Today Express.
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See ya.
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