Top 12 TEs for 2026! Tough Calls with the Sophomore TEs (01/21 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Summary

Fantasy Football Today: Top 12 Tight Ends for 2026! Tough Calls with the Sophomore TEs

Date: January 21, 2026
Hosts: Adam Aizer, Dave Richard, Jamey Eisenberg, Heath Cummings

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Episode Overview

This engaging episode of Fantasy Football Today dives deep into the early rankings, debates, and analysis for the top 12 fantasy tight ends for the 2026 season. The FFT crew breaks down the Standouts, Sophomore Surprises, coaching/quarterback impacts, ADP tiers, and sleeper potentials at one of fantasy football’s most challenging and rapidly evolving positions. Listeners get frank takes, preseason draft mock discussions, and actionable insights on how to approach the position in drafts.

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Key Topics and Discussion Points

1. News & Quick Notes

• Coaching Changes: Chargers expected to hire Mike McDaniel as OC, discussed as a major potential boost to the offense (03:02–04:45).
  • Heath Cummings: “It could be maybe a boost for just about everybody involved.” (03:36)
  • Dave Richard: “Just the mere fact that McDaniel got what he got out of that offensive line in Miami is really encouraging… That run game is going to be very, very fun. I love this hire.” (03:51)
• Other quick NFL notes addressed, including injury updates and minor player news.

2. Top 3 Tight Ends for 2026

• Consensus Top 2: Trey McBride and Brock Bowers are unanimous picks at 1 & 2.
  • Heath Cummings: “No, I don’t think it is [an easy call]. It may be for me. It may be changed in the coming weeks when we find out… who the quarterbacks are for these teams, who’s running, calling the plays.” (13:02)
  • McBride’s monster split with Jacoby Brissette at QB: “On pace for 137 catches, 1,366 yards, 14 touchdowns, 180 targets, 21.1 PPR fantasy points per game…” (14:01)
• Contentious #3 Spot: Debate among Loveland, Fannin (Fanon), and even Warren.
  • Dave Richard on Fanon: “He’s not sharing the field with the Burdens of dunes D.J. moore’s of the world… I can’t help but just fall for the volume.” (09:28)
  • Jamie Eisenberg on Loveland: “Loveland has the tight end friendly coach and certainly has shown the connection with his quarterback who I think is going to continue to get better.” (10:22)
  • Overall advice: “Here’s the top four: draft the fourth guy, don’t reach for the first guy.” (Dave, 11:49)

3. Next Tier: Sophomore Tight Ends In Focus (Loveland, Fannin, Tyler Warren)

• Order varies: Loveland/Fanon/Warren/Kraft/Laporta frequently appear as picks 3–7 in different orders (15:43–17:16).
• Tyler Warren Analysis:
  • Jamie Eisenberg: “I think he’s got a chance to be special. The quarterback is going to determine how this all shakes out for him, even if the receivers are back… I still think you’re just looking at him as the next guy.” (18:18)
  • Heath Cummings: “Loveland and Fanon have a little more upside than Warren does… I just think that those two are a little better players and a little more likely to have a… great tight end season.” (19:37)
  • Adam doesn’t buy Loveland & Fanon as clearly more talented than Warren: “He is… a monster out there. I have no, no qualms at all with his talent.” (20:38)
• Draft Strategy Chat:
  • Picking appropriate rounds for tier two/sophomore TEs, factoring in the unknowns of free agency, ADP, and team situation. (21:12–22:23)

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4. Rookies, Sleepers, and Health Concerns (Tucker Kraft, Laporta, Pitts, Kincaid, Gadsden, Ferguson)

• Laporta and Health: Reports question Laporta’s health timeline for Week 1, sparking discussion about his fantasy value if injured. (17:16–17:22)
• Dalton Kincaid’s Usage Debate:
  • Concerns about his role as a slot-only TE and dependence on snap/route participation. (27:00–28:43)
  • Adam Aizer: “When he was on the field, 2.83 yards per out run led all tight ends…” (27:00)
• Kyle Pitts Conundrum:
  • History of unfulfilled hype, but still in top 8–9 (“I think it’s kind of hilarious that we have Kyle Pitts in our top 10.” – Adam, 29:38)
  • Heavy production correlated with Drake London’s availability
• Consensus:
  • Top 2: McBride, Bowers
  • Next 4–6: Loveland, Fanon, Warren, Kraft, Laporta (in some order)
  • 7–12s: Mix of Pitts, Kincaid, Gadsden, Ferguson, Juwan Johnson, possibly Kittle and Likely, plus sleeper names like Brenton Strange.

5. Deep Cuts & Late-Round Sleepers

• Names receiving attention: Juwan Johnson, Aronde Gadsden, Isaiah Likely, Jake Ferguson, Dallas Goedert, Brenton Strange, Terence Ferguson, Jake Tonjes
• Each with situational upside depending on injuries, team changes, and target share.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On McBride’s split with Brissette:
  Adam Azer (14:01): “Last 12 games with Jacoby Brissette, McBride was on pace for 137 catches, 1,366 yards, 14 touchdowns... 21.1 PPR fantasy points per game, which is amazing.”
• Advice for drafting TEs:
  Dave Richard (11:49): “The move here for 2026 drafts could be, here’s the top four: draft the fourth guy, don’t reach for the first guy.”
• Debate on sophomore talent:
  Heath Cummings (19:37): “Loveland and Fanon have a little more upside than Warren does… That has nothing to do with their circumstances. I just think those two are a little better players.” Adam Azer (20:38): “I have no qualms at all with his [Warren’s] talent. He is a monster out there.”
• Laporta’s outlook:
  Dave Richard (17:16): “If [Laporta]... is over this back issue, it’ll be a lot easier to take Laporta over Kincaid and potentially Pitts.”
• Pitts skepticism:
  Adam Azer (29:38): “I think it’s kind of hilarious that we have Kyle Pitts in our top 10, when so much of his production was... games without Drake London.”

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Timestamps: Key Segments

• [03:02] — Chargers hiring Mike McDaniel (OC) discussion
• [08:46] — Kickoff: Top 12 TE conversation begins
• [09:28] — Dave sells Fanon over Loveland
• [13:02] — McBride vs Bowers: Where do you draw the line?
• [14:01] — McBride’s epic splits with different QBs
• [15:43] — Fuller breakdown: Ranks 4–6 revealed
• [18:18] — Tyler Warren’s upside and team situation
• [19:37] — Heath: Loveland & Fanon have more upside than Warren
• [21:12] — How/when to draft sophomore TEs
• [27:00] — Kincaid’s efficiency/snap share debate
• [29:38] — The Kyle Pitts paradox
• [36:54] — Rapid fire: Final spots 10–12, sleeper names and quick hits
• [39:05] — Gadsden, Likely, Ferguson, Juwan Johnson deep dive
• [43:04] — Ferguson’s production vs. Pitts
• [44:33] — Dynasty trade breakdown: Malik Nabers deal debate

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Trade & Fantasy Dynasty Segment

• Adam breaks down a major dynasty trade, seeking feedback:
  • Traded Malik Nabers for Michael Wilson and picks 11 & 12, plus a second and a third.
  • Heath Cummings (45:27): “Feels kind of like you turned a hundred dollar bill into two quarters. And a nickel and a dime.”
  • Adam Aizer (45:33): “Oh come on. You could at least... two twenties, a ten, and a five…”

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Overall Takeaways

• Top 2 tight ends are clear: McBride (1), Bowers (2)
• After that, major tier: Loveland, Fanon, Warren—drafting order will hinge on offseason news and ADP.
• **Coaching, health, and quarterback volatility likely to shake up rankings between now and draft day—especially concerning Laporta, Pitts, Kincaid, and Gadsden.
• Draft strategy advice: Let the first 2–3 TEs go, then pounce on whoever falls among the talented sophomore group rather than reach.
• **Tier drop-off is steep after top 6–7, so savvy drafters may want to target upside/situation plays in late rounds as stashes.

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For Listeners

Missed the episode? This summary covers the rankings, hot takes, rookie/sophomore debates, and much of the FFT crew’s classic banter. Whether you’re prepping for redraft or dynasty, you’ll be up to speed on early TE tiers, key targets, sleepers, and how to play the position in 2026.

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Podcast Tone:
Insightful, conversational, with playful debate and expert-driven strategy. Modest doses of sarcasm, self-deprecation, and league management war stories.

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Transcript

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[Adam Azer]

Top 12 tight ends for 2026. Welcome to Fantasy Football Today presented by FedMGM. Make it legendary. It's Wednesday, January 21st. Tomorrow we will break down the conference championship games, tell you who to put in your DFS lineups and all those things. Today though, just a quick news update, a few of them for you and then we'll get into the tight ends. 1 and 2 are gonna be pretty easy. After that, there'll be a lot of debate. Adam Azer here. Hello. Good morning, Dave, Richard, Adam.

[Jamie Isberg]

Hello.

[Dave Richard]

It's an interesting position already tight ends. It's not going to be like it was last year. It'll be kind of like it was a couple of years ago and we'll see.

[Adam Azer]

Where are we going to put George Kittle, who thinks he's going to be, you know, ready fairly early in the season. Heath, good morning.

[Heath Cummings]

Good morning, Adam.

[Adam Azer]

Hello, Jamie. Permanent glasses wearer. Apparently Jamie Isberg is on a little bit of a streak here. Good morning, Jamie.

[Jamie Isberg]

Good morning.

[Dave Richard]

How are you Stealing my look, man.

[Adam Azer]

How am I? I'm doing well. I have something happened to me today. I went to the doctor today and they told me something that.

[Dave Richard]

No one.

[Adam Azer]

At the doctors ever said this to me. I showed up they said, adam, your appointment is tomorrow. And then I went home. So that's my warning so far.

[Heath Cummings]

May, May. May add a few tests to the. What we were planning on running.

[Adam Azer]

Yeah, yeah. Maybe tomorrow.

[Jamie Isberg]

We'll see.

[Heath Cummings]

It'll be a longer appointment.

[Adam Azer]

All right.

[Jamie Isberg]

Anyway, that glove snap. Oh, no.

[Adam Azer]

Here are your news and notes. Giants news. Hooray. Cam. Scatter. Boo. Could be ready. Should be ready for the start of OTAs. So it looks like he's doing pretty well in his recovery. Malik neighbors. They're hoping that he'll be ready for the start of training camp. Ooh, we'll see about that. The Chargers is the big one here now. Jamie and I are going to do FFT Express after the show. We're going to talk about the coaching news in general. So I'm not going to let Jamie even speak during this segment. Jamie can wipe his. Clean his glasses, but Heath Chargers expected to hire Mike McDaniel as their new offensive coordinator. You like it?

[Heath Cummings]

It's very exciting. Yeah, I, I think everybody should be hopeful and excited. There could be maybe a boost for just about everybody involved.

[Adam Azer]

Dave excited?

[Dave Richard]

I am. Think about what happened to the offensive line in the second half of the year for the Dolphins. And I know when you think Mike McDaniel, you do not think offensive line. You think running backs, you think offense, etc. I, I thought that they schemed that line better and they made improvements there in the second half of the year. And then you think about the Chargers offensive line and all the BS they went through injuries. Obviously, the humongous part, staying healthy is going to be very, very important. But just the mere fact that McDaniel got what he got out of that offensive line in Miami is, Is really encouraging. On top of what he can do, scheming up Justin Herbert, scheming up those receivers, and obviously Omarion Hampton, Kymani Vidal. That run game is going to be very, very fun. I love this hire.

[Heath Cummings]

I don't want to get too, like, too excited about it, but I really think that the Chargers could be the dark horse candidate for the super.

[Adam Azer]

But they could be. They really could be.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah.

[Adam Azer]

I mean, who. Who's gonna have a better Evergreen comment? Who's gonna, who would you take right now in the, in the AFC West? Chiefs or Chargers? Who finishes with a better record next season?

[Dave Richard]

He's gonna say.

[Heath Cummings]

You know what I'm gonna say? I don't need to answer.

[Dave Richard]

Yeah.

[Jamie Isberg]

For the second year in a row, the Chargers.

[Dave Richard]

Oh, I, I think the Chiefs find a way.

[Adam Azer]

Okay. And Jordan Addison's trespassing charges were dropped. So we can cross that off. Off the list. I don't mean. I don't know what I meant by lists, but off the list of concerns that whatever it is, programming. All right, so like I said, tomorrow, conference championship previews, DFS maybe. Gotta get a mailbag in here soon. Jamie, what do you think? Next Thursday we'll get Dan on. We'll do a mailbag.

[Jamie Isberg]

Sounds good.

[Adam Azer]

And we'll preview the Pro Bowl. JK. But tomorrow, 1pm Eastern. We have a special edition of Fantasy Football Today that you can watch on YouTube. CBS Sports Network Special Edition. YouTube. Go to YouTube.com fantasy football today. Be the easiest way to see it, probably, but we'll do our top 12s. Got a special guest joining us. Be fun. We'll see you at 1pm on Thursday. All right. Here's just some quick notes from CBS Sports research on the.

[Jamie Isberg]

Or doing it on CBS Sports Network or we're doing it on YouTube, right?

[Adam Azer]

We've.

[Dave Richard]

Yeah, I don't know what you're talking. On Sports Network. 1pm It'll be on YouTube later. That's how it's been all year.

[Adam Azer]

I think we're going to simulcast it now.

[Dave Richard]

Oh, no.

[Adam Azer]

Oh, okay. I thought we were going to simulcast.

[Jamie Isberg]

It's a very elaborate setup. You guys have it.

[Adam Azer]

All right. Either way, it'll be on YouTube eventually. Okay. Conference championship notes for the AFC championship game from CBS Sports Research. Jared Stidham is going to be the seventh quarterback to make his first start of the season in the playoffs. The first six went one in five. The only quarterback who won his first start of the season in the playoffs, Frank Reich, 1992. In that 32 point comeback against the Oilers. Amazing game. He'll be the first Jared Stidham, first quarterback to enter a conference champion start with zero pass attempts on the season. Drake May vs Jarrett Stidham, first conference championship game between quarterbacks who were drafted by the same team. They were both drafted by New England. You want to have a little hope, Broncos fans? The Patriots have allowed 58 sacks this season, including the playoffs. The Broncos have 71 sacks this season, including the playoffs. Highest combined total by a team and their opponent entering a playoff game all time. Gotta get some pressure on Drake. Maybe. Drake May's been sacked 10 times and fumbled six times in the playoffs. Most fumbles by any player in the first two games of a postseason on record, which goes back the last 35 seasons. And finally, the Patriots are the only undefeated team on the road this season. They're eight no but they have never won in Denver in the playoffs. They're Owen 4. Tom Brady was 03. Okay, there you go. That's your thank you very much to our awesome CBS Sports research team for those notes. And football fans, bring that playoff energy to your pro football bets all season long. Still have time to get those bets in with the BETMGM Pro Football Boost pack. It gives you three ways to boost your payout on a winning bet. Log into your BetMGM account to receive your boost pack and then place any pro football bet and apply one of the tokens. Make sure you bet up to the minimum stake odds and legs specified on the token. If your boosted bet hits, you'll score a bigger payout. From opening kickoffs to game winning drives, this pro Football Boost pack is your ticket to unforgettable moments this season. So don't wait on the sidelines. Join the action with BetMGM. All right, here we go. Let's get to the top 12 tight ends. Yeah, here we go. And let's do one through three. So you're going to see a lot of Kittle here. Dave's are updated. He does not have Kittle third. Where'd you end up with Kittle Dave?

[Dave Richard]

Kittle's in the 20s.

[Adam Azer]

Okay wow. So you'll see that the Kittle like the rankings for me Heath and Jamie are from recently but not recently enough and Dave has adjusted anywho the new top three McBride Bowers for everyone. And then Dave has fan in third. I have fan in third, Heath has fan in third, Jamie has Loveland third. But I feel like I've got to get Loveland third because this was before the playoffs. I'm going Loveland third. Heath, are you going to adjust foe all right Fan Dave, I'm surprised so these are updated for you. You went fan in third ahead of Loveland and Warren.

[Dave Richard]

Trying not to have recency bias cloud me here. Just the fact that that Fanon as of now is not just the top tight end on the Browns but the number one target getter, the number one wide receiver. As long as that's the case I'd rather draft him who's still just as much just as much close to the same type of athlete as Colson Loveland is but with with an opportunity and a much clearer path to hoard targets get end zone targets. He's not sharing the field with the Burdens of dunes D.J. moore's of the world and I I can't help but just fall for the volume that's there for a Player who's already shown us over multiple stretches as a rookie just how good of a player he is for our teams.

[Adam Azer]

Jamie, you did go with Loveland, right? Yeah. Loveland's gonna go as tight end three, right?

[Jamie Isberg]

Yes. And as I said, when we, I think previously discussed this, maybe we were talking about the playoffs that I kind of want to see what the Browns do because they lost the tight end friendly coach. They are going to have a new coach. We don't know what the quarterback's gonna look like. We don't know the receiving core is going to look like. Loveland has the tight end friendly coach and certainly has shown the connection with his quarterback who I think is going to continue to get better. So it could easily change. This was, as I said, this was, I think maybe right prior to the playoffs when we were previewing the wild card round, that I struggled with this. And you could read the story on the site which, you know, shows you know where George Kittle was ranked for us at the time that's going into week 18, that this was one that I struggled with heavily, you know, Loveland and fan and mostly was because of just the uncertainty in Cleveland. So really can't make an argument for or against either one going ahead of the other at this point because I think they're both going to be awesome. As Dave just alluded to. I just think there's a little bit more security involved with Loveland, who again, great tight end class as we've seen play out. You know, you factor in Arande Gadsden, Tyler Warren, obviously Mason Taylor, you know, Terence Ferguson. There's just lots of love. Gunner Helms, lots of love about all these guys. This was the guy that was drafted first and, and I think we're starting to see why. And I wonder if he didn't have the shoulder injury coming into the year, would we have seen a lot more of these type of performances earlier than just this the last stretch of the season?

[Adam Azer]

Okay, the other thing I'll point out.

[Dave Richard]

Is just the move here for 20, 26 drafts could be, here's the top four draft the fourth guy, don't reach for the first guy. Just wait till the first three guys, whoever they are, wait till they get taken and then put up the, the antenna for the fourth guy.

[Adam Azer]

Okay, just so real quick, if you're looking at this is not include George Kittle, because if you're watching right now, you see Kittle.

[Dave Richard]

So if Kittle were healthy, it would be five.

[Adam Azer]

Yeah, but why not Warren? Why is he not discussion also I.

[Heath Cummings]

Think, I think the only problem I would have with that is like, depending on where ADP settles, I think Loveland and Fanon are going to be much closer in points per game to Warren than they are to McBride and Bowers. So it's not like you can just pass on Trey McBride in the early second and find a Trey McBride in round four. You're probably getting 75% of it.

[Adam Azer]

Before we focus more on the year two guys, the rising sophomores, let's talk about McBride versus Bowers here. Is it an easy call? Heath McBride over Bowers? I mean, we all have, we all have it one too, but is it easy?

[Heath Cummings]

No, I don't think it is at all. It may be for me. It may be changed in the coming weeks when we find out like who the quarterbacks are for these teams, who, who's running, calling the plays for these teams, who the top wide receivers are for these teams. I, I don't think like I. In their situations last year and with Bowers not being 100, it was clear pretty clearly McBride was better. And I think McBride showed us a level of upside that I'm not sure. I was pretty high on McBride going into last year and I wasn't that high in terms of what he just did. But kind of like Fanon, the, the OC that just left was a very, very tight end, friendly offensive coordinator who comes from the same coaching tree. So who's going to be running their offense, who's going to be throwing the football will have a big impact on it. We kind of already know probably Bowers going to be have Mendoza, but we don't know anything else.

[Adam Azer]

McBride in the first five games of the season, when Kyler Murray was the quarterback, he was the number six tight end per game. McBride averaged 12 and a half PPR fantasy points per game. He was on pace for 143 targets, which is terrific. But 99 catches, 935 yards, three touchdowns. That was the pace for McBride with Kyler Murray. Last 12 games with Jacoby Brissette, McBride was on pace for 100 and 37 catches, 1,366 yards, 14 touchdowns, 180 targets, 21.1 PPR fantasy points per game, which is amazing. But keep in mind, Jacoby Brissette was throwing 40 times per game and was on pace for almost 4, 800 yards with 33 touchdowns. So the pass volume, the passing production will not be that good for the Cardinals next year. And yeah, all right, McBride, but it is going to be McBride over Bowers for all of us right now. Heath gave an interesting take there and let's take a break and we'll talk more about the year two guys because it's either Fannin or Loveland at three and then Tyler Warren is going to be in this mix as well. Who's number six in this group? Well, yeah, who's number six? We'll, we'll find out when we come back on Fantasy Football today.

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[Adam Azer]

So tight ends, 1, 2, 3 for Dave. They're McBride, Bowers, Fannin for me. Despite what you see here, they're going to be mcbride, Bowers, Loveland for Heath mcbride, Bowers, Fannin for Jamie mcbride, Bowers, Loveland. And who's four, five, six, Jamie, four.

[Jamie Isberg]

Five, six for you, four would now be Fannin, five would be Warren and I believe six is now Tucker, Craft.

[Adam Azer]

Bannon, Warren, Kraft, Heath, Loveland, Craft, Warren, Dave.

[Dave Richard]

We've got a consensus on names for the top six. My 4, 5 and 6 is Loveland, Warren, Tucker, Craft.

[Heath Cummings]

I think we have a consensus. I there's a decent chance after I was just talking about the offensive coordinator that left Trey McBride. Sam Laporta definitely deserves to be in this conversation. He could crack my top six but I'll leave my seven for now.

[Adam Azer]

LaPorta is six for me. So I, I would go McBride, Bowers, Loveland, Fanon, Warren, LaPorta and then I had craft seven. No real preference there. I mean the Porta's 17 game pace was 93 targets. Craft 17 game pace was 94 targets. You want to remove week nine when Kraft played 49 of the snaps, his 17 game pace was a hundred targets. One of them's coming off a torn acl. One of them is coming off a season ending back injury. So it pro. I guess it probably makes sense to have Craft ahead of Laporta. I'll stick with Laporta now just for fun.

[Dave Richard]

Am I crazy or was there a report that said that Laporto may not be ready for week one?

[Adam Azer]

I didn't see that Adam had mentioned.

[Jamie Isberg]

That toward the end of the season that you read something somewhere about that.

[Adam Azer]

I don't even remember.

[Heath Cummings]

Well sourced reporting.

[Adam Azer]

I don't remember. That's possible if I can find it. Yeah, Sorry about that. LaPorta was tight end 7 per game, so he's probably around that for everybody. But anyway, Fannin and Loveland and, and Tucker kraft are all 4, 5, 6 or it's, it's. Sorry, 3 through 6 is fan and Loveland, Warren Craft in some order. So what do we think about Tyler Warren, guys? Because Pittman and Pierce may not be back next year. Jamie Warren, in his first 10 games, he was the number two tight end overall, but number six per game. He's having a really nice season. Last seven games completely fell apart. Even though he was on pace for 109 targets in those seven games. But it's just the production was bad. What do you think about Warren?

[Jamie Isberg]

I think he's got a chance to be special. I mean, you know, the quarterback is going to determine, I think how this all, you know, shakes out for him even if the receivers are back, you know, so most likely gone. I think Pittman will return, but Daniel Jones was making him into a consistent starter, you know, a steal on draft day, you know, one of the, one of the guys you were going to be. We're, we're still going to be talking about, you know, for, for many years, but I think he would have been probably, I think more in the. Hey, could it be Loveland, Fanon or Warren? I think we're kind of all just kind of settling. It's Loveland and Fanon and then Warren, you know, so if they make a splash at quarterback, if they get the right guy, if Daniel Jones makes a speedy recovery and looks like he's going to be great in. With Pierce gone, maybe again with Pittman gone, I don't know. I, I still think you're kind of just looking at him as the next guy, you know. So to your point, Adam, what you asked, Dave, could there be five guys that we're talking about here in terms of, you know, the, the consensus and, and easy, you know, guys that are going to be selected in probably their first five rounds. Because I think Heath is right, you have to sort of separate them. The top two, then the next two, and then I think Warren. But look, things can certainly change for Warren where he gets closer to where I think Loveland and Phantom will go.

[Adam Azer]

Heath, give me your thoughts on, on this trio of rising sophomores.

[Heath Cummings]

I think that Loveland and Fanon have a little more upside than Warren does.

[Jamie Isberg]

Just notice the order that he said. They're very important.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah. In. In that is. Has nothing to do with their circumstances. I just. I just think that those two are a little bit better players and a little bit more likely to have a. Not a Trey McBride season, but a great tight end season. All of them, though. Well, except for Loveland. Like Fanon and Warren, we have so much to learn when it comes to what their 2026 situation is going to be, and that's going to have a big impact on it. I think I saw something the other day that said maybe they're going to let Pittman go and keep Pierce. That would probably be better for Tyler Warren. So I, I think if we just do it based on talent. It's. As Jamie said, you split the first two out and put Warren third.

[Adam Azer]

You are. You what? Just based on talent. Tyler Warren, Come on. This guy is extremely talented. I. I love Tyler Warren. I love his talent. He is. He's in. He's a monster out there. I. I have no, no qualms at all with his talent. He's as talented or more than than either. They're all. They're all extremely talented. I don't think I'm separating any of them. I think they're all in the same. I personally, they're all in the same talent boat, and I think Gadsden might be in that. He's so good. He might be in that boat too.

[Jamie Isberg]

So, Adam, just. Just to that point, because, you know, again, based on where these guys are going to get drafted, I think McBride's going to be somewhere in the late round one, round two. Ra. Late round two, early round three range, depending on coach, quarterback, etc, maybe pushes away into middle round two. But then I think we get a little, little bit of a separation. Probably round four is where you start to see Fanning and Loveland. Loveland and Fanon come off the board. If you see that though. Adam, based on how you're talking right now, are you taking Warren immediately?

[Adam Azer]

No, right now, today.

[Jamie Isberg]

I mean, because otherwise you may not get him. Like, we've seen him go, I think around six. In both of the drafts, we've done one ppr. One half.

[Adam Azer]

No, he went in round four. Half ppr went in, first pick around four. He went two spots ahead of Cole.

[Jamie Isberg]

Oh, that's right. I remember Jacob making the comment Warren over Loveland was. Yeah.

[Adam Azer]

In a span of 13 picks, we had Warren, then Loveland, and then Fannin was the first pick of round five.

[Jamie Isberg]

Okay, so let's just. Let's just assume that that's not going to be how it probably goes, at least as of now. How soon when you see those two guys come off the board, would you be reaching for one.

[Adam Azer]

Two receiver league? I'd say around later. Three receiver league, probably late round. Five or six.

[Heath Cummings]

I. I don't think that he's going to make it that far.

[Jamie Isberg]

So he did in ppr. In the ppr, you know.

[Adam Azer]

Okay. If Pittman's not back, that changes things. Who's their quarterback? You know, Is it Daniel Jones coming off a torn Achilles?

[Jamie Isberg]

Achilles, Yep.

[Adam Azer]

That scares me a little bit. There's.

[Heath Cummings]

That's. I think one of the things this week and getting ready for FFT Dynasty shows that I really think we need to look more into. There are way more teams that need quarterbacks right now than there are good quarterbacks.

[Jamie Isberg]

Yes.

[Heath Cummings]

There are going to get be multiple teams that kind of get left out or start somebody that we aren't sure if they're any good or not. Like, what's the bidding war for Jacoby Brissette going to look like?

[Dave Richard]

Right.

[Jamie Isberg]

Mac Jones overset's under contract.

[Heath Cummings]

Mac Jones is too, isn't he? Didn't he get an extension?

[Dave Richard]

Mac Jones is under contract for one more year.

[Heath Cummings]

There's even fewer. What Jacobi is too.

[Dave Richard]

Jacoby's going into a contract here. Okay. I believe. But Matt Mack is as well. Malik Willis is about to be a free agent. Watch him get overpaid. Dolphin guys already know about like Rogers. Who's that?

[Jamie Isberg]

Tua.

[Dave Richard]

Yep. He will be.

[Adam Azer]

I thought, I thought the cap it was so prohibitive with two.

[Jamie Isberg]

No, no.

[Dave Richard]

I think that find a way to move on.

[Jamie Isberg]

I'm gonna guess the quarterbacks that are gonna hit the market, that are gonna have teams with con teams that are gonna have contract issues. You're gonna see Kyler, you're gonna see Tua, you're gonna see Rogers, you're gonna see Gino. Gino's a good one. Yeah.

[Adam Azer]

Cousins, Russell Wilson.

[Jamie Isberg]

Well, Cousins, they just restructured his deal to make it more easier to get rid of him.

[Dave Richard]

Okay. Right.

[Adam Azer]

No, it's gonna be awesome.

[Jamie Isberg]

Okay.

[Dave Richard]

I mean, there's a chance Mitchell Trubisky ends up starting somewhere next year.

[Adam Azer]

I mean, so. So then we get to like the Craft laporta range here. And you guys have Craft in your top six. I have him seventh with LaPorta. Six.

[Jamie Isberg]

And.

[Adam Azer]

And then for you know what, let's just do who's. Who's 7, 8, 9. Let's go to 789. Jamie 789 for you.

[Jamie Isberg]

Trying to give you the most recent list that I put together. Seven is Laporta, eight is Pitts, nine is Kincaid.

[Adam Azer]

Porta Pitts, Kincaid, yes.

[Jamie Isberg]

And Pitts is a free agent. But obviously you gotta love this.

[Heath Cummings]

The fanski hire for him and Heath789 exactly the same. Although where Pitts goes and where Isaiah likely goes, Will could. Could shift that for sure. What if Isaiah likely ends up in Atlanta with Stefanski or in Kansas City to replace Travis Kelsey?

[Dave Richard]

Dave, I like where he's. Mine's at. I sent in Pit 7, Kincaid 8 and Sam Laporta 9. If Laporta. If. I just sent you a story, Adam, on.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah.

[Dave Richard]

What Dan Campbell said about Laporta. This was on January 1st. It sounds cautiously optimistic that he'll be ready to go for the season. It'll be a lot easier to take Laporta over Kincaid and potentially Pits if he's over this back issue.

[Adam Azer]

Okay, so Pitts, Kincaid, Laporta for Dave, similar. Jamie and Heath have basically the same guys, but it's Pittsburgh. Wait, I'm sorry, I got confused.

[Heath Cummings]

We also need to remind some people.

[Dave Richard]

That's the theme of the show for you today, Adam.

[Heath Cummings]

We need to remind some people. Like the list you were looking at is the list that I submitted before week 18.

[Adam Azer]

Right.

[Heath Cummings]

And so somebody in the chat thought I was way too low on Loveland earlier in the show I said I was. He was fourth. So. Yeah, just a reminder.

[Adam Azer]

So Pitts, Kincaid and laporta for you or what was La Porta? Pitts, Kincaid, Laporta, Pittsburgh.

[Heath Cummings]

And do I have to put somebody nine?

[Adam Azer]

Yeah, you sure do.

[Heath Cummings]

Well, that's. So it's Kincaid. But he's. He's the one that I just would rather like. I hope Likely or Gadsden or somebody else moves out of him.

[Dave Richard]

He's the placeholder for Whoever is the ninth best tight end.

[Jamie Isberg]

Kincaid, including the playoffs, played 14 games. I believe two of them were not full games. In seven of those, he scored 11 1/2 PPR points or more. Yeah, when he was out he was good.

[Dave Richard]

Scored a lot of touchdowns.

[Adam Azer]

So the thing with the reason why I have Kincaid, I think it's 10th. And what I like about.

[Jamie Isberg]

Likes tight ends.

[Adam Azer]

Right. Who knows? So what I like about Kincaid is.

[Dave Richard]

Is when the Giants fan.

[Adam Azer]

No, he's been. I mean, does he like tight ends? There's no evidence that he's gonna feature a tight end.

[Jamie Isberg]

This is a joke. He's going to be the next head coach.

[Adam Azer]

Yeah. He could be. So anyway, his route participation rate was never higher than 62.5% so that's bad. But he's very efficient. When he was on the field, 2.83 yards per out run led all tight ends. This is Dalton Kincaid were talking about. Will they play him more? This is a, this is what we talked about with Colson Loveland. His target per out run rate was really good, but he wasn't on the field that much. And then the last few games of the regular season and into the playoffs that changed and bam. So I don't think Kincaid can do that. But I do like that his target per hour run rate's been good basically all three years. 19.8% as a rookie for Kincaid, 27.2%, 24.3% the last two years. When he's on the field, he gets targeted. Can he carry not 2.83 yards per yards per out run, but can he get to 2 yards per out run? Something like that and play a lot. If he's like playing 80% of the snaps or running 80% of the routes and getting targeted at a high rate, then I think you're going to have a pretty good player.

[Heath Cummings]

I think a good, a good question for him is how hurt was he throughout this season, especially like in the games where he, we, we thought he was a full participant. Because you talked about what happened with Colson Loveland when they got in the playoffs. Well, when the Bills got in the playoffs they played two games and Dalton Kincaid played less than half the snaps in both of them and that's pretty much what he did all season long. His snap percentage actually went down from year two to year three. And if that was just solely because of injuries, then it's easy to see him having a much better year last year. If it's because they don't really want to play him when they're not going to throw in the ball, then that's a bigger problem for, for long term growth.

[Jamie Isberg]

I mean he basically just plays like a slot receiver, you know, so it's, he's never going to be considered like a traditional tight end.

[Adam Azer]

We have no other names here.

[Dave Richard]

No, he won't be like that. What's the cost? To me, that's what it's going to come down to because I think everybody will view Dalton Kincaid as. Yeah, he's great, especially he seems a little too touchdown dependent. But if he's going to cost me a sixth round pick, I can go in four different directions at other positions obviously and be really good with letting somebody else get Kincaid. If it's round eight, if it's round nine, you can tell me where he went in our mocks. I don't mind that cost. Even though he's a big time injury risk.

[Jamie Isberg]

So quarterback, running back, wide receiver, you're going kicker, defense. What's the fourth position there?

[Dave Richard]

I don't know. I could pick multiple wide receivers. There's more position that I would like there. Four different directions, not four different positions.

[Adam Azer]

I think it's kind of hilarious that we have Kyle Pitts in our top 10 when.

[Jamie Isberg]

Why?

[Adam Azer]

Because so much of his production was, was the games without Drake London.

[Dave Richard]

Yep.

[Adam Azer]

You know, I mean, weeks 12 through 15, he averaged 20.1 PPR fantasy points per game. Drake London comes back, he scores 18.7 in the first game, then 3.6, then 11.8 PPR fantasy points.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah, but that's over 11 and two out of three. It's pretty great.

[Jamie Isberg]

It is the argument though. I mean, obviously it's. I don't even know if it's different in talent because of where Pitts was drafted, but almost all of Loveland's great games came without Odunze on the field.

[Dave Richard]

Yep.

[Adam Azer]

Until. Well, yeah, no, that is true. But he just started running more routes. I think that's the difference.

[Jamie Isberg]

I'm just saying though, like, if we're gonna start nitpicking for certain things, like, that's a very similar comment.

[Adam Azer]

No, I just think it's funny because Kyle Pitts has had year after year fantasy managers. Some have been like, well, this is going to be Kyle Pitts's year and he never seems to fall out of fantasy relevance. And this year he probably did. Right? I mean, this year, this 2020, he.

[Jamie Isberg]

Definitely was not drafted as a starting fantasy tight end. This is the first time in his career and he obviously delivered. It was a contract year for him. So how that goes sometimes that players when they have those scenarios, they play to their best potential. They play through injury. He performed at a very high level. He was the number two tight end in total points at the position. Finished a good 100 plus points behind number one. But obviously it was, it was a great year for him. And I think when you start to, you know, he said, do I have to put somebody as a, as a placeholder titan at night? Like we're at that point where you're looking for upside and hopeful scenarios. And you know, again, these lists that you're looking at were submitted before some of the coaching news. I think Kevin Stefanski there If Pitt stays is awesome for him. Yeah, especially if they get the quarterback situation right. Because that's what that guy has done. He did it in Cleveland. We're sitting here talking about Harold Fannin. We were talking about David Najoku for the last couple of years once he got a quarterback that featured him in Joe Flacco. We just got through talking about this yesterday with Petsing and what he has done with the tight end in Arizona. Well, he came from the Cleveland system is why we like Trey McBride before he broke out which was what we were hoping for to see. And so I think this is a, a huge plus. And like to Heath, I think he said, you know, if Isaiah likely ends up in, in Atlanta as a pitch replacement, like that's awesome. You know, so it's, it's really that, that team that you're looking at the player on that team in that position. And if Pitts does stay, he may get the franchise tag. Like it's going to be fun I think to draft him this year but you're getting him at a good cost.

[Adam Azer]

Not really if he's being ranked, you know, eighth, it's not going to be that great of a call. He averaged 10 points per game, 10 PPR fantasy points per game with Drake London. That's, that's what Colson Loveland average for the season that made him tight end 18 per game. So it's been disappointment after disappointment after disappointment basically for Kyle Pitts Talking about basically three incredible games including a 45 point game, three touchdown game at Tampa Bay.

[Heath Cummings]

And you hate Kyle Pitts.

[Adam Azer]

I kind of do. Right now we're talking, we're talking about.

[Heath Cummings]

Tight end seven or eight or nine. Like this is after all the good players are gone.

[Jamie Isberg]

I, I don't, I don't know if you're talking about a guy in round six though.

[Dave Richard]

Yeah, yeah, he went, when did he go? Did he go in round six?

[Adam Azer]

I got you. So he went in round seven. 11th pick of round seven. Here were some of the guys taken around him. This is witch draft half ppr.

[Jamie Isberg]

What about the phone?

[Adam Azer]

Well Jamie, I don't know. Let me see what's it called? It wasn't called January, was it?

[Dave Richard]

Yeah.

[Adam Azer]

Oh, I don't, I have, I have to log into my wife's account.

[Jamie Isberg]

Well, that's right, this is where we caught you.

[Adam Azer]

But in the half PPR league he went in the same area as Evans, Ramond, Ray Stevenson, Ricky Piersol, Tony Pollard, DJ Moore, Kyle Pitts, Rico Dowdle, Caleb Williams, Blake Corum, Trevor Lawrence, Jordan, Addison.

[Jamie Isberg]

Dave, once Adam was caught and I clearly alerted Nando of the situation. Oh, he said, I can't believe you're not going to the Hurricanes game. Why don't you take some of quote, Ali's winnings and. And.

[Adam Azer]

Ali's winnings wouldn't have gotten me a parking pass. The Hurricanes game. Let's see what's her password.

[Dave Richard]

We're really going through all this. I'll see if I can find the PPR results since I don't have to log into my wife's account.

[Heath Cummings]

But like, I got round seven, the 11th pick. That, like, that's not a prohibitive cost.

[Adam Azer]

That's a pretty. I think it's pretty. It's not.

[Dave Richard]

No prohib.

[Adam Azer]

It's not prohibitive, but it's late.

[Dave Richard]

Round seven's okay.

[Adam Azer]

You get.

[Dave Richard]

And by the way, at this point we. It's not certain that Kyle Pitts is going to stay in Atlanta.

[Jamie Isberg]

There's.

[Dave Richard]

There's a number of different directions that he could go in and still be very, very targeted. So I don't mind at this point taking him in late round seven. That's fine. Once we know where he's playing, we'll have a much better idea of where he should go and whether or not he'll be worth it. But he's. Last year we weren't sure if he was going to get drafted. That's the end of that comment. Now we know he's going to get drafted maybe and he'll probably get drafted with the top one, not top 80 pick by the time we just.

[Heath Cummings]

We just need Arthur Smith to take the Bills job and then bring in Kyle Pitts.

[Dave Richard]

Why would you even speak that into.

[Heath Cummings]

And two other tight ends and just kill each other.

[Adam Azer]

Yeah. So listen, last year, looking at our FFT draft, the draft, a league we actually played out as the last draft we did pick 7, 11, 7th, 11th pick. Around 7 was Chris Olave. Picks before that, Jacoby Meyer. So we had Zach Charbonnet, Romo Dunes, Zach Charbonnet, Jalen Warren, Keon Coleman, Jacoby Myers, Chris Olave, Stefan Diggs. Those are the last six picks or seven picks of round seven. So actually pretty much you. Oh, you get a few wide receivers come out of this range every year that are pretty good. So I, I think that's actually a pretty high pick for Kyle Pitts, who has been pretty disappointing.

[Heath Cummings]

Do you think Kyle Pitts is better or worse than Dalton Kincaid? Like you have kids ahead.

[Adam Azer]

I guess I have him ahead, right? Yeah. I have my head. I mean, look, Kincaid, I think Dave having Juwan Johnson there, like maybe I should have put Joanne Johnson ahead of Kincaid. Maybe Dallas. Did anybody have Dallas Goddard. Dallas Goddard had a great year.

[Jamie Isberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Azer]

And. And what was I going to say? And A.J. brown could be on the move. We'll see. Kincaid. I didn't feel great about it. I just feel like because Josh Allen could always have a 35 touchdown pass season because Kincaid's got pretty good metrics, I think there is a chance for a post hype breakout for him. All right. Anyway, let's get to 10 through 12. Dave's got Juwan Johnson, Isaiah Likely and Jake Ferguson. I have Kittle somewhere in here. I think I have Kittle 9 and I have Pitts, Kincaid, Gadsden. I also have Brenton Strange in the mix. I thought it's all screwed up. Let's just go with Concade. Gadsden Strange for me. Yeah, Kincaid, Gadsden Strange, Heath, Kincade, Gadsden Likely, Jamie.

[Heath Cummings]

Well, actually Kincaid was at 9. But I don't know who I'd want to put it to.

[Jamie Isberg]

A probably.

[Heath Cummings]

I'd probably just put Kittle at 12.

[Adam Azer]

Okay, so I, I had Kittle like eighth. I'm the only one who has him that high, I guess. And all right, so he, Kincaid, Gadsden Likely, something like that. Jamie Gadsden, Kincaid, Ferguson.

[Jamie Isberg]

No, no, it's Gadsden, Ferguson, Goddard.

[Adam Azer]

Okay, sorry, this was my fault. But anyway, some of the name. It doesn't matter who has who where some of the names you're seeing here. Juwan Johnston, Gadsden, Kincaid, Likely, Strange, maybe Kittle, Jake, Ferguson, Dave. You're the only one I see. Was Juwan Johnson here? Talk, discuss.

[Dave Richard]

And he, he's a placeholder. I'm not going to commit to anybody after who I have at 9. But Juwan Johnson had a good year. Averaged over 10 PPR points per game. He had 8 games with 7 plus targets. 10.3 PPR points per game in 7 of the 8. He's I as for now, I think he's going to still be the number two target getter in New Orleans. And as long as that's the case. Yeah, let's. Let's run it back with Juwan Johnson with a late round pick.

[Adam Azer]

I totally forgot to take another commercial break. So we're gonna do that now. I'm having a great.

[Jamie Isberg]

Wow.

[Adam Azer]

Let's not forget I showed up to a doctor's appointment on the wrong day this morning. That's how it all started. It has continued. I don't know Where I am. We'll be right back on Fantasy football tomorrow. Hey, this is Richard Deitch, the host of the sports media podcast. If you're interested in what's happening with all the places where you consume sports, the sports media podcast has you covered.

[Dave Richard]

I've been turning down inter interviews all week. Kodakopi reached out. Oprah, George Stephanopoulos. So I said no. I was booked on the Deitch podcast before the Taylor Swift phenomenon. I must live up to my responsibility.

[Adam Azer]

Listen, wherever you get your podcasts.

[Jamie Isberg]

All right?

[Adam Azer]

I don't even want to talk anymore. Dave was talking about Juwan Johnson, Jamie, yesterday. Jb, who do you want to highlight from your last three tight ends?

[Jamie Isberg]

I mean, they're all, you know, interesting in their own right. I think for Gadsden, the addition of Mike McDaniel, especially if Quentin Johnston and Keenan Allen are gone, that's huge. You know, so we've seen from McDaniel, with spurts of, obviously, Darren Waller this year, what he did with John Smith last year. And if you look at what Gadsden and his numbers were, when Quinton Johnson was off the field, he was pretty special. So, you know, he could be a. A guy who rises a couple more spots depending on what the Chargers receiving core looks like. So healthy offensive line, you know, guy that flashed at times in his rookie campaign. Some. Some losses at the receiving core, if they're not really replaced with anything more than, you know, Trey Harris or Lambert Smith, like, this could be great for Aronda Gaston with the addition of Mike McDaniel.

[Adam Azer]

Yeah, that'd be awesome. He's an exciting player.

[Jamie Isberg]

Heath.

[Adam Azer]

Talk about Isaiah likely.

[Heath Cummings]

Major top 12, immense upside. We just hope for the right landing spot. I think this guy could pro. I don't know that anybody here would be that surprised if he gets the right landing spot. Oh, Giants ends up ranking, like, sixth. The tight end this year, maybe even higher.

[Jamie Isberg]

Follows Harbaugh.

[Adam Azer]

Yeah, that'd be great. Heath. Let's revisit our Quinton Johnston for Isaiah Likely dynasty trade. Who. Who would you take now?

[Heath Cummings]

I probably wouldn't want to be involved in that trade until I knew where Isaiah likely was playing. Okay.

[Dave Richard]

Calling it is based on the uncertainty of likely. Johnson's a year younger. I think that might just be a simple tiebreaker. Okay.

[Heath Cummings]

And Johnson's going to be on the Chargers next year. He's got one year left, right?

[Dave Richard]

Yeah. Okay, I'll double check. It might be two.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay.

[Jamie Isberg]

I think it picked up his option.

[Dave Richard]

Your option.

[Adam Azer]

We got Jake Ferguson on this list, too. Dave's got him 12. Jamie. I don't, I don't remember if he's still 12.

[Jamie Isberg]

He's 11th.

[Heath Cummings]

He's 11th.

[Jamie Isberg]

Great. Another guy that could rise if, if George Pickens leaves.

[Dave Richard]

Yeah, for sure. Yeah.

[Adam Azer]

All right, well that's it for our top 12. I don't know. You want to elaborate? Just, I think we always have Jake Ferguson to say more than that. Jamie, give me 30 seconds on Jake Ferguson.

[Jamie Isberg]

I mean he was great at the start of the season when CD Lamb was banged up and before Pickens became elite or you know, started to show those flashes, but mostly when Lamb was injured. I, I think just as we've seen from him, he's going to be a guy that Dak Prescott will lean on when he's got the opportunity to be second on the team of targets. And if Pickens leaves, I think he'll easily be second on the team of targets. So not a bad fallback option I think can be in that Juwan Johnson type of range, you know, 10 PPR points per game. More touchdown dependent if he's third on the team in targets. But still somebody I think that's a Good settle for 10. Same thing with Dallas Goddard. You know who's 12 for me. I just think you look at the, the situation as we saw he was very touchdown dependent from Dale Hurts. But we know this the scenario when they're the two receivers are healthy just not going to be somebody you feel super confident in. But again, you know, Brendan Strange, Isaiah likely if he's not in the right scenario. You know all these guys are just the, the type of tight ends that you're waiting for unless you want to just shoot for upside and maybe gunner Helm without Chico Conko there. Jacob was the only one that had Terence Ferguson in his, you know, top 12. If Parkinson moves on and, and you know he saw some flashes from him, you know before the hamstring injury suffered that caused him to miss the wild card game, score two touchdowns and back to back weeks. The Kittle replacement could be awesome as well.

[Dave Richard]

You know about to bring that up.

[Jamie Isberg]

You know Jake Tonjas, if he stays with San Francisco, he's a free agent but I'm sure they would like to keep him there and obviously if Kittle's healthy, you know he's somebody that, that we'll, we'll look at as well. So there's, there's several opportunities for other players to get into the, the top 12.

[Dave Richard]

Last point on Ferguson, he averaged almost as many fantasy points per game ppr half non with CD Lamb on the field as Kyle Pitts averaged with Drake London on the field. You're following me though, right?

[Adam Azer]

One more time.

[Dave Richard]

He averaged almost as many fantasy points per game. Ferguson averaged almost as many fantasy points per game as Pitts did when both of them had their number one wide receivers. On the field, he was almost as good as Kyle Pitts.

[Adam Azer]

Okay, that's it for the show. How about that? You guys want to talk about my.

[Heath Cummings]

Are you sure?

[Adam Azer]

Do I want to talk about my. My blockbuster dynasty trade for the other day? I haven't heard a single thing about it.

[Jamie Isberg]

We can make trades, but we can't make AD drops.

[Dave Richard]

Got it?

[Adam Azer]

Of course you can make trades, but not drops.

[Jamie Isberg]

You can make transactions. I understand.

[Heath Cummings]

Which of your tanking teams is this baked burger? The original.

[Jamie Isberg]

Just so I'm clear, the league that you're the commissioner of, you're allowing transactions to happen that benefit you, but other transactions that are perfectly allowed, you're not allowing.

[Adam Azer]

First of all, it wasn't perfectly allowed. I said it was my fault for not turning transactions off, but I said I'm turning transactions off. Then I forgot to do it. But no AD drops. Add drops are off. Trades are fine trades. Why couldn't you make a trade anyway? I traded Malik. Transactions are transactions I. I made. I traded Malik Neighbors for Michael Wilson and two firsts, a second and a third. But the firsts are picks 11 and 12. So no great picks here.

[Heath Cummings]

But Malik Neighbors for Michael Wilson. Pick 11 and pick 12.

[Adam Azer]

And a second round pick and a third, a third in 2027. You don't like it.

[Heath Cummings]

So do you remember how you acquired Malik Neighbors in that league?

[Adam Azer]

Yeah, I do.

[Heath Cummings]

You traded, I believe, two players away to get them.

[Adam Azer]

Yeah.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah.

[Adam Azer]

What's done is done, Heath. It doesn't matter. I'm not getting Trey McBride back. It was.

[Heath Cummings]

It was Drake, Drake May and Trey McBride.

[Adam Azer]

Well, it wasn't Drake May. It was a pick. And Trey McBride pick turned into Drake Bay.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah, but now you have pick 11 and pick 12 in the draft. And Michael Wilson.

[Adam Azer]

And Michael Wilson and. And 2.8 and a third round pick next year. I'm more than one player. League Neighbors ain't going to win me anything. Be tanking again next year with Neighbors. I got to rebuild here. You don't like it? All right. You don't like.

[Heath Cummings]

Feels kind of like you turned a hundred dollar bill into two quarters. And a nickel and a dime.

[Adam Azer]

Oh, come on. You could at least know any times.

[Dave Richard]

I've done that at the casino.

[Adam Azer]

Could at least two twenties, a ten, and a five, or something like that. All right, well, thanks for.

[Heath Cummings]

Aren't you glad you brought that up?

[Adam Azer]

Have a great day, everybody. We're back tomorrow with a podcast in the morning and CBS sports network at 1pm Eastern. Until then, talk to you tomorrow on Fantasy Football.

[Heath Cummings]

Today.

[Jamie Isberg]

Paramount podcasts.

[Adam Azer]

I'm back. I'm really back.

[Heath Cummings]

School Spirits returns. Why am I here?

[Jamie Isberg]

Not dead, right.

[Dave Richard]

Disruption on this campus will not be.

[Heath Cummings]

Tolerated on January 28th.

[Adam Azer]

I look crazy. It's because that's how I feel. I know how to live in two worlds.

[Heath Cummings]

Secrets lurk.

[Dave Richard]

There are others beneath the surface.

[Adam Azer]

They're not like us. We need to get out of here now.

[Heath Cummings]

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