Fantasy Football - Draft Steals + MORE Free Agent Frenzy! - Podcast for 3/12

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Episode Summary

Episode: Draft Steals + MORE Free Agent Frenzy!
Date: March 12, 2026
Hosts: Andy Holloway & Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright
Note: Jason Moore is absent (family spring break) but healthy and will return.

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Episode Overview

This episode focuses on:

• Identifying potential "draft steals" for the 2026 fantasy football season
• Analyzing new free agent moves and their implications
• Breaking down recent news and answering listener mailbag questions

The hosts blend fantasy analysis, NFL news breakdowns, and trademark humor throughout, as they help listeners sift through the rapidly-shifting NFL landscape after the initial tsunami of free agent activity.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Quick Question: 2025’s Underperformers Who’ll Be 2026 Draft Steals

Terry McLaurin (Commanders WR)

• Mike’s Pick: “I don't think Terry McLaurin will be properly valued in fantasy drafts. So that is my answer.” (05:23)
  • Currently being drafted as WR24 in best ball
  • Only played three games with Jaden Daniels last year, tough luck with injuries
  • Was the alpha in Washington and should rebound; WR24 is a “basement” price
  • McLaurin is primed for a strong comeback with clearer QB situation
• Andy’s Analysis: Thinks McLaurin will easily outproduce that ADP, assuming health (06:04)

Chuba Hubbard (Panthers RB)

• Andy’s Pick: “Look at you, Chuba Hubbard, look at you ... I have never had ill will to Chuba. I like Chuba.” (07:21)
  • Still the likely “main guy” in a messy backfield
  • Currently RB29 in best ball—Andy calls that a “great pick”
  • Panthers want to run the ball, and Chuba can be a steady RB2 with some spike weeks

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2. Free Agent Frenzy: Major Moves & Reactions

Commanders Add Chigoziem Okonkwo at TE

• Signed a 3yr/$30M deal, leaving Tennessee (10:50)
  • Clouds the upside for Ben Sinnott, a prior "sleeper" rookie TE for Washington
  • Andy: “It's so incredibly frustrating ... I loved [Ben Sinnott], but now it was Ben Sinnott time there ... then they sign Okonkwo.” (12:12)

The “Fullback Renaissance” & Blocking Tight Ends Trend

• Teams signing run-blocking TEs/fullbacks hoping to counter NFL defenses’ tweaks
  • “If you do the dirty work, you get paid. Same with these ... the fullbacks that have gotten traded and paid.” (12:48)
  • The Rams and Seahawks spearheading more smashmouth personnel groupings

Maxx Crosby Non-Trade Fiasco

• Ravens backed out after agreeing on a trade with Raiders
  • Echoes the infamous Ryan Grant “failed physical” history (Brian/Ryan Grant debate at 14:07)
  • Ravens then sign Trey Hendrickson for 4YR/$112M, filling their edge need anyway
  • Crosby posts about reaffirming commitment to Raiders

Colts’ Pivot to Daniel Jones

• Signed Daniel Jones to a 2yr/$88M deal post-Achilles injury (16:27)
  • Jones was top-6 in fantasy before injury
  • Andy: “If you're running an NFL team, would you have rather done this ... or gone Malik Willis?” (16:55)
  • Discussion pivots humorously into “what if you reinforced all your Achilles ahead of time?” sci-fi speculation

Patriots Sign Romeo Doubs to Replace Stefon Diggs

• 4yr/$68M, viewed as direct Diggs successor (23:54)
  • Andy: “Romeo Doubs is on my Dynasty team!” (23:39)
  • Both project him as a mid-tier WR2 in New England with Drake May
  • “Relevant, probably not a game-changer for fantasy football.” (25:23)
  • Still could be challenged if Patriots draft another WR

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3. More Free Agent Moves and Implications

• Geno Smith to Jets: Critique of Jets’ decision to trade for Smith instead of pursuing Fields (“What are you doing? It really is mean. It's mean spirited.” 29:39)
• Jaguars Sign Chris Rodriguez Jr.: Adds RB depth, but not threatening Bashaw Tootin’s lead-back status (30:36)
• Keaton Mitchell to Chargers: Speed back fits new OC’s plan, but helps “Hampton Express” RB outlook; Mitchell’s not a goal-line threat (33:07)
• Aaron Jones Returns to Vikings: Vikings backfield stays messy; nothing changes for fantasy until O-line is fixed (34:26)
• Kyler Murray to Visit Vikings: Strong consensus he’d elevate Jefferson/the offense if signed; O’Connell’s system highlighted (36:03)

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4. Rapid-Fire News Bites

• Khalif Raymond to Bears: Good depth/special teams signing (43:45)
• Jake Tonjes Back to 49ers: Could be relevant in early-season without Kittle (44:42)
• Foster Moreau to Texans: Adds TE depth, but Dalton Schultz retains main role
• Miscellaneous backup QB signings: Teddy Bridgewater to Detroit, Jake Browning to Tampa, Sam Howell to Dallas (47:19)

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Mailbag & Fan Questions

• Dynasty trade: Nabers for Ken Walker? Both hesitant; Mike wouldn’t do it (49:26)
• Drake London: More or less excited with Cousins? Both "same or less" than last year (49:43)
• Tee Higgins or Jaylen Waddle in dynasty? Mike prefers Waddle, Andy sticks with Higgins (50:00)
• Favorite landing spot for Jeremiah Love (rookie RB)? Mike: “Washington or bust,” Andy: “Tennessee works for me.” Both mention Cardinals as sneaky fit (51:29)
• Humorous closing bit about T. Higgins sponsoring the show and fullbacks boosting their salaries via podcast awareness.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Terry McLaurin:
  “I don't think Terry McLaurin will be properly valued in fantasy drafts. So that is my answer.”
  — Mike Wright (05:23)

• On Chuba Hubbard’s Opportunity:
  “I don't think Chuba’s got ... the super sneaky top 10 in him but RB29 for a player who will be very valuable on, on multiple weeks.”
  — Andy Holloway (08:28)

• Patriots WR projection game:
  Andy: “1, 2, 3, 26.”
  Mike: “I went 20.” (25:11)

• Sarcastic on Jets trading for Geno Smith:
  “There are a handful of teams this offseason suffering... The Jets fans are suffering. Don’t do ... What are you doing?”
  — Mike Wright (29:32)

• On the state of Kyler and the Cardinals:
  “It is a very weird thing when you release a player that is probably a better quarterback than the two that you have on the team that is probably going to instantly be signed by somebody known as the quarterback whisperer on a very competitive football team.”
  — Andy Holloway (35:03)

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Important Timestamps

• 03:55 – NFL landscape changes, free agent buzz; intro to show
• 05:00 – Quick question: 2025's underperforming players who will be 2026 steals
• 10:03 – Free Agent Frenzy segment begins
• 14:35 – Ravens back out of Maxx Crosby trade; Ryan Grant flashback
• 16:27 – Colts sign Daniel Jones; Achilles injury debate
• 23:54 – Patriots sign Romeo Doubs, Diggs replacement strategy
• 29:32 – Jets trade for Geno Smith, hosts’ critical reaction
• 33:07 – Keaton Mitchell signs with Chargers, impact on backfield
• 36:03 – Kyler Murray’s fit and impact in Minnesota, O'Connell analysis
• 44:42 – Jake Tonjes and Kittle’s absence for 49ers TE value
• 49:26 – Dynasty mailbag: Nabers vs Ken Walker, Higgins vs Waddle
• 51:29 – Current landing spot crush for Jeremiah Love

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Episode Tone & Style

The show is lighthearted and fast-paced, with signature banter and running jokes (e.g. "multi-Achilles grafting" and fake player sponsorships). The dialogue is casual and colloquial, but the fantasy analysis is grounded in evidence and experience.

Repeatable Bit:

• Imagining T. Higgins as a podcast sponsor and tongue-in-cheek fullback salary revolution—playful meta-promotion that recurs throughout.

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Final Summary

This episode is packed with actionable insights on 2026 fantasy “draft steals” (Terry McLaurin, Chuba Hubbard), clear snapshots of the post-free agency landscape, in-depth analysis of how moves like Daniel Jones to the Colts and Romeo Doubs to the Patriots affect fantasy outlooks, and spirited mailbag debates. The hosts deliver their trademark sharp fantasy advice while keeping the mood light, highlighted by original analogies, recurring inside jokes, and lively debates that will appeal to both casual and diehard fantasy footballers.

Next episode: Jason returns, full trio discusses coaching changes and free agent ramifications.

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Mike Wright]

Welcome in. Thursday, March 12 Thursday, March Thursday.

[Andy Holloway]

Where are we we marching to Mike?

[Mike Wright]

It's almost the Ides of March. I you realize that. I am well aware the Ides are so close. Mike. Days away from the Ides. Welcome into the show. Mike Wright is here. I'm Andy Holloway. Jason.

[Andy Holloway]

We'll just say this number one. Jason's perfectly fine, everybody. That's probably there was just a unfortunate series of timing of events. So he like, he's on spring break right now. His kids are on spring break and so he wanted to go out with the family. Like we're all our kids are running out of time. Next year. Yeah, next week.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, or next.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes, next year they will have that too. But next week.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean all of our oldest are in junior year right now. So like we have two years of spring break left with the kids there was gone. There was an unfortunate. Jason's in some way too cool school.

[Mike Wright]

So.

[Andy Holloway]

So his kids are on spring break this week. Ours are on spring break next week. So we were like, okay, you go ahead. You could take the week. It's fine.

[Mike Wright]

And then two weeks ago he had an advanced medical procedure that we can't disclose. But he's completely fine.

[Andy Holloway]

He is totally fine.

[Mike Wright]

And someday he'll disclose it. Something happened to him.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Everyone will find out later. And he's okay.

[Mike Wright]

But he's 100%.

[Andy Holloway]

He's great.

[Mike Wright]

He's still a part of the show. I saw a couple of comments that were like, is Jason not on it anymore? It's March, people. Yeah, well, he'll be back.

[Andy Holloway]

It worked out that way.

[Mike Wright]

It'll be a full set of three man shows for next week's show. So you're not going to. You're not going to.

[Andy Holloway]

One of us might get sick. Don't overcome it.

[Mike Wright]

You're right. I guess I'm setting us up for free.

[Andy Holloway]

We've been running into some weird stuff lately.

[Mike Wright]

That's fair. It is March 12th. We have good quick question. On today's show, we have some more free agent frenzy. We have your mailbag questions and you know, the landscape of the NFL has changed. A lot of new faces and new destinations. We talked through a lot of them on the last show. We said some things that are completely untrue on the last show because apparently you can take things back. It's like Jason was going to be here this weekend and he decided to retract the deal commitment.

[Andy Holloway]

The deal is not done until it is done in the system, so we'll

[Mike Wright]

talk through that as well. The 2026 ultimate draft kit, the pre order is available right now, lowest possible price@ultimate draftkit.com it will be the best Ultimate Draft kit you have ever used because we continue to add features and the mobile app has gotten a complete reworking. It's been upgraded. We have new features in the Dynasty Pass like the scouting report tool or Prospect scouting reports, that is.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

And so there's a lot going on there. You can check it out at ultimate draft kit.com Our quick question of the day is a simple one. Which underperforming player in 2025 will be a steal in 2026 drafts for fantasy?

[Andy Holloway]

Going with the word steel in your answer. I mean, I agree that your guys should bounce back, but a steal?

[Mike Wright]

Well, I don't think Terry McLaurin will be properly valued in fantasy drafts. So that is my answer.

[Andy Holloway]

Best ball wide receiver 24 right now.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Which seems like Terry McLaurin should easily outproduce wide receiver 24.

[Mike Wright]

Honestly, I'm a little bit surprised it's that high. Like 24 in basketball, though, with what he was able to do the year before. I mean last year feels like a deleted year for Jaden Daniels career.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And for Tim McLaurin. Yeah. I mean he. He's a really, really good wide receiver. He is the the alpha on this team. If he's drafted at 24 like you said I think that's a really. That's basically the basement barring another significant injury.

[Andy Holloway]

And he missed seven games was played half a game there in the middle. You know against Kansas City where he did end up 3 for 54 with a touchdown in about half of the snaps. So I mean he got hurt re injured I should say in that game. So he pretty much missed eight games.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And it was wild because he came back got re injured like you said against Kansas City. And then the next game out he gets 14 targets. I mean this is the dude for the team. Debo is not going to be a part of the equation here. I don't know where else they maybe they draft somebody maybe they get more value out of one of the news pieces that we we're going to have to break. Oh but I'm going to. I'm going to they. I'm going to tease that one.

[Andy Holloway]

There were and I've seen their name connected with some of the other higher paid wide receivers as well of like so like Romeo Dobbs who went to the Patriots. We'll talk about that. But Washington they need somebody reportedly was in they were trying to get him added to the squad. Obviously he didn't go there so I

[Mike Wright]

think I think Terry McClure and will end up a steal. I think the resurgence of the offense with Jaden Daniels returning. They only played three games together last year. Weeks 1, 2 and 14. It was a lost season. Best ball wide receiver 24 probably where he goes in redraft and I think

[Andy Holloway]

he'll be a steal and I'm going to bring up Chuba where look at you Chuba Hubbard look at you. Because I have never no longer stands

[Mike Wright]

in the way of Rico.

[Andy Holloway]

I have never had ill will to Chuba. I like Chuba. I think that you know what was it three years ago he was a very interesting later round guy who really came through last year it was I I felt that Rico was good enough to take Chuba off the field. It got Juba started. It got real real messy there. You know halfway Rico takes the job then Rico or then Chuba takes the job back. It was just kind of a mess at where the the depth chart stands right now. You know Trevor Etm was a later round rookie that they took last year. And then Jonathan Brooks, second round pick from a few years ago. All accounts of his second ACL tear. Like the recovery is going well but it's still recovering from another ACL tear like and right now in best ball, chuba's the running back 29.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, that's a great one.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean Chuba's a great pick.

[Mike Wright]

They have Trevor Etn who I think will probably get more. I feel like Trevor ETN gets more work than Jonathan Brooks.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, I don't know how it's going to shake out other than I truly believe that Chuba will be the main guy. Not that I, I don't think Chuba's got, you know, the super sneaky top 10 in him but RB 29 for a player who will be very valuable on, on multiple weeks. When you, you need those nasty running backs from time to time and the Panthers, that's who they want to be like they nasty running backs. Some teams just truly, truly want to establish it and that's what the Panthers want. And I, so I think people forget he got paid. I think that the, the shakeup of last year when you're that paid and then lose your job to Rico who's not getting paid, it can. It's understandably a frustrating situation and confusing. But I think that that confusion now is just leading to a discount of a player who meet Chuba's probably a running back too with, with some spike weeks in there and he's not even being drafted there.

[Mike Wright]

No, I think it's, it's fair. It was a weird year for Chuba for sure. Dowdle caught fire. He was, he was everybody's favorite for about three or four weeks.

[Andy Holloway]

Dowdle was 51% of the carries.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Of last year. Is Jonathan brooks and Trevor ETN that company? Are they good enough for 51% of the carries? I don't know. It might be down in the 40s.

[Mike Wright]

All right, let's go ahead and move on. Jump into free agent frenzy.

[Andy Holloway]

Free agent frenzy.

[Mike Wright]

I'm actually going to, I'm just going to follow up the Terry McLaurin news with the news that I teased which is that the, the Washington. So Mike. Mike.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

I mean it's been the year of Mike. Things worked out for K9 Romeo Dobbs in the free agent frenzy. But not everybody that Mike has loved ended up with a good.

[Andy Holloway]

Because that's impossible. This one is.

[Mike Wright]

Well, look, the first thing that happened was the Cardinals added another running back. They signed Zonovin.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Which pushed pushes. So Zonovin Knight, Tyler Algier and James Connor are there all to ruin Trey Benson for you.

[Andy Holloway]

They saw Benson's five and a half a carry last year and they're like, blah. We don't want any other. That's. You know what? That's too good. That's too good for what we're trying to accomplish.

[Mike Wright]

That won't get us the number one pick. And then the news yesterday.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man.

[Mike Wright]

Pretty big news. Chig. Chiga Conquo Ass. Someone got primaried a three year deal, right? Chigaconko. Three years, up to $30 million leaving Tennessee.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, that's right.

[Mike Wright]

That's right. He's got his own drop to battle the Senate there. The Commander signed Chicka conquo Zachary says he wants to come back and play. And now Ben Senate lives.

[Andy Holloway]

I just wanted to see if he could be good.

[Mike Wright]

You don't get to.

[Andy Holloway]

I know.

[Mike Wright]

You don't get to see that.

[Andy Holloway]

The. It's so frustrating. It's so incredibly frustrating to be. You got to rewind the tape of. I was a big stand for Ben Sennett and I'm like, you know, in the. In the tight end landscape of that draft, I thought he was way better than people were talking about. He ends up being the second tight end drafted that year in the second round. And it was like this full redemption of my. My scouting of his tape and his peripherals and his production and everything.

[Mike Wright]

It was.

[Andy Holloway]

Holy crap. You know, people were not on him. I loved him. And then it was okay. He'll. We know he'll probably take a year because Zach Ertz is there and Cliff Kingsbury just loves Zach Ertz. And then now Ertz was going to be gone and it was the Ben Senate time there.

[Mike Wright]

This would be like if the Cardinal signed Chiga Conquo right before.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, right before the Jerry McBride breakout.

[Mike Wright]

No, you got Troutman, bro. You got Troutman.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

The big news, they're the ones that spent a second round pick on Ben Senate.

[Mike Wright]

Right. It's really the jokes on them.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

One thing you notice though, this entire off season is that teams have had to run out and they're signing these. Charlie Kohler, these run blocking tight ends.

[Andy Holloway]

The meta. I mean, Ben Senate could still be on the field. What?

[Mike Wright]

Tonjas MC Basketball just got an extension.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, he had to.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, well, of course.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, with George Gittle not going

[Mike Wright]

to be ready, but yeah, if you do the dirty work, you get paid. Same with these. The fullbacks that have gotten traded and Paid.

[Andy Holloway]

The fullback landscape is going to be fascinating to see if it works out because the, like I said, the met, the meta of the defense, it just, it changes over time. It always does. It catches up to the offense. The offense can no longer do what they want to do, so they have to figure out a different way forward. And this, I mean, the Rams feel like they're the ones spearheading this. And the Seattle did it a lot too. Of just you're like, oh, you're a little bit smaller now because you wanted some speed to catch up with all the wide receivers. Well, now deal with our big guys. All our defense isn't big enough.

[Mike Wright]

Reggie Gilliam, Alec Ingold, Patrick Ricard, all moving teams this off season at fullback. All right. The big news that we didn't get to talk about because we reported the trade that is now no longer Max Crosby. The Raiders, they woke up to news that the Ravens had backed out of this deal. I was reminding Mike, and you're going to have to be an old head in fantasy football to remember it, but the Ravens have done this before.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Brian Grant was an emerging wide receiver from the Washington Redskins. Ryan at the time.

[Andy Holloway]

Brian or Ryan?

[Mike Wright]

Brian or Ryan Grant? Ryan Grant. No, it's Ryan.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

And. Or is it Brian now you've got me double thinking.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, you're the one who said Brian.

[Mike Wright]

No, it's Ryan.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

And he had signed or in the, in the open negotiation period, he was going to sign a four year deal with the Baltimore Ravens to play wide receiver. The Ravens end up getting news that Michael Crabtree is going to be released by the 49ers and they back out of their deal.

[Andy Holloway]

All of a sudden someone's not healthy.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Ryan Grant had not missed a game in Washington and then gets failed on a physical and they end up picking up Michael Crabtree. It didn't end well for, for the career of Ryan Grant. After that point, he ends up with a year in Indianapolis flaming out.

[Andy Holloway]

That one felt really bad.

[Mike Wright]

So.

[Andy Holloway]

Because he didn't get his money.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I mean people are going to speculate. I don't know. I mean, obviously Max Crosby was hurt in the year he had surgery. And then the Raiders go out and spend all the money that they were going to save from Max Crosby and now Max Crosby is going to, to be back. The Raven signed Trey Hendrickson. That's.

[Andy Holloway]

See, that's where it gets extra suspicious.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I know you're paying for Trey Hendrickson.

[Andy Holloway]

You trade for Max Crosby for it because you have a need. And so you, if you, no matter what, should Max Crosby have. Truly. They found something in the medicals that they were very concerned about giving up two first round picks for. So maybe they found.

[Mike Wright]

Right between the meniscus and the, and the patella tendon was a way out.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

That's what they found.

[Andy Holloway]

It feels bad, but Max Crosby put out a post essentially declaring that he's just. He'll be a Raider now.

[Mike Wright]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

Where?

[Mike Wright]

Well, all the other teams that were in on him went and spent free agent money like there were. There were trade rumors for Dallas and then Dallas goes out and gets Rashawn Gary and they make other moves and they spend their money and you know the Raiders, they were going to do this deal because they got a haul. Not they don't. They don't want to go settle and then lose Max Crosby. They've got to look at it like, hey, they just acquired Max Crosby in free agency again after they went out and made their team better. It seems like he'll be back. Trey Hendrickson is going to be a member of the Ravens. So, you know, it's a significant deal. Four years, 112 million and he will replace Crosby and they will not lose any first round picks.

[Andy Holloway]

And Burrow still loses.

[Mike Wright]

Burrow loses always. Colts signed Daniel Jones to a two year deal worth $88 million. Up to 100 million in potential value. Okay. Quarterback six in fantasy from weeks one through eight. No more Michael Pittman, big money paid. Alec Pierce, Tyler Warren emerging and will continue to emerge. Josh Downs. Would you have rather, I mean, the two year deal is interesting with not making a long term commitment.

[Andy Holloway]

If you're, if you're running an NFL team, would you have rather done this, gone in on Daniel Jones coming off the Achilles tear for that money or gone Malik Willis?

[Mike Wright]

I would rather have Daniel Jones.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Is.

[Mike Wright]

It's. I mean, he was really, really good. He was a 7 to 1 team when they traded for sauce.

[Andy Holloway]

He was. But you have to have at least some concern for the injury. That's a big time injury.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Achilles and number two, Daniel Jones has done this.

[Mike Wright]

Are you figuring the Achilles thing out? Like have we scientifically now gotten to the point where we can look at this differently? I mean, Jason Tatum just came back midseason.

[Andy Holloway]

It's still TBD though.

[Mike Wright]

I think someone invented a new little surgery or something.

[Andy Holloway]

I think we need to just. When everyone, when you go into the NFL, you go and they just, they graft something onto your Achilles.

[Mike Wright]

So you're saying they shouldn't do it

[Andy Holloway]

beforehand yeah, we're getting way too strike. We're way too strong now. Like, our Achilles are not evolving. What if you're getting bigger and thicker and stronger? They're the same one, the same tendon.

[Mike Wright]

This may sound really complicated science wise, so if you can't keep up, I understand. We're obviously experts.

[Andy Holloway]

Of course.

[Mike Wright]

What if you pre Tear everything.

[Andy Holloway]

No, I don't think that's the.

[Mike Wright]

No. All at the same time. And then you reinforce it all.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Do you know what I mean? Like, because they say if you break a bone, it heals.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, but that's.

[Mike Wright]

Ow.

[Andy Holloway]

A bone.

[Mike Wright]

I'm right about all.

[Andy Holloway]

A bone and a tendon are very different.

[Mike Wright]

You break all your bones, they all heal stronger. You're like Wolverine. That's what I'm saying.

[Andy Holloway]

Can you pass down your Achilles to your child? Yeah. You know, like, we have, like, organ donor on my license, you know, should something terrible happen to me.

[Mike Wright]

This is more of a bequeathing.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like as I pass for my oldest son, you get. They take my Achilles and they.

[Mike Wright]

Why does he want yours?

[Andy Holloway]

Because it makes it stronger.

[Mike Wright]

Now we have double up.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

You're making scientific sense.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

So you got a.

[Andy Holloway]

What's better than two Achilles? Four.

[Mike Wright]

So your uncle, your grandpa. Yeah, they are. They all can't walk, but they're just rolled around.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, pretty soon you're going to have a lineage of like a kid with 16 Achilles.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. No, I. This is. What do you think, Jay?

[Andy Holloway]

Honestly? We'll have a shoe problem then, because you're not going to fit into a shoe.

[Mike Wright]

Actually, J. Grizz makes me think about maybe you start using animal Achilles.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, like a bear Achilles. That's got to be real strong.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. But not necessarily for people. All right, so, Daniel.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, there we go.

[Mike Wright]

You keep doing that, Jay. We're taking your Achilles. Daniel Jones is on us.

[Andy Holloway]

He doesn't have legs.

[Mike Wright]

That's. That's true. That's true. He doesn't have an Achilles.

[Andy Holloway]

He wouldn't fit in the chair.

[Mike Wright]

There were a lot. So the Daniel Jones move with Alec Pierce gives me great confidence in Alec Pierce, the Jacoby Brissette, being the quarterback, dealing with for Trey McBride and even Michael Wilson. Confident. Like, those are a little bit stabilizing for situations that were awesome last year, like Daniel Jones and Alec Pierce. Like, that was a. This was part of the equation for the Colts. It was like, this is Daniel Jones's dude. Let's get rid of Michael Pittman. Let's spend the money on the youngster. I think it's good for Pearson Warren.

[Andy Holloway]

I agree.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I would feel much stronger than like for your example of if Malik Willis had been the starter for Indianapolis. I'd feel way more in the dark about what kind of potential I'm going to get from those guys.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it's understandable.

[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Mike Wright]

Mike the Patriots have we. We haven't talked about this.

[Andy Holloway]

No, not at all.

[Mike Wright]

The shows are blending together.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

For those that want an extra show every week, we have the foot cast available. For supporters of the podcast, go to jointhefoot.com for that. Must have been where we spoke about it earlier. Or maybe the Dynasty show. Who knows? Romeo Dobbs four year deal with the New England Patriots worth $68 million. Romeo Dobbs is going to, by all accounts, step into the vacated role and opportunity of Stefan Diggs. They move to Romeo Dobbs. They've already started producing the oversized helmets in New England. They got the.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, it's.

[Mike Wright]

They got the invoice for the Guardian cap. For the Guardian cap. How do you feel about this personally?

[Andy Holloway]

Fantastic. Because Romeo Dobbs is on my Dynasty team.

[Mike Wright]

He's not yet 26 years old.

[Andy Holloway]

In terms of what is the true fantasy value for this Romeo Dobbs is. It's a tougher evaluation because he was fourth round pick. Let me double check that. Yeah, he was. So he was a fourth rounder. Which, you know, the NFL is saying, yeah, you're a pro, it's going to take you some time. Which it did, you know, in the year four, he hit 724 yards.

[Mike Wright]

That's his career high.

[Andy Holloway]

So. Yeah, career high in yards. Yards per route. Targets per route run. The targets per route row. 20 targets per route run at 22%. Not too bad. It. I don't think that Romeo Dobbs going to Drake May with this money catapults him into being always a top 15 guy.

[Mike Wright]

I want to play a game, Mike. I want to play. We both say because it's March and this is when we should know for certain. Okay, I want you to say out loud what he's going to finish at wide receiver and I'm going to do the exact same thing.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, hold on.

[Mike Wright]

So it's like wide receiver and then the number.

[Andy Holloway]

Hold on. Let me. Let me do some really, really good, thorough research here.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. Obviously you can do that in a matter of seconds.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, I got it. I got it.

[Mike Wright]

So we're both going to say it.

[Andy Holloway]

Wide receiver or is 1, 2, 3, go.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

All right. Wait, No, I can't count. And set it up.

[Andy Holloway]

I got it.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

I won't say go. I will just say the number.

[Mike Wright]

Got it. You do the counting.

[Andy Holloway]

1, 2, 3, 26. So I went 20, you went 26.

[Mike Wright]

Not bad.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. This is perfectly acceptable of.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Relevant.

[Andy Holloway]

He takes this. Yes, relevant.

[Mike Wright]

He matters.

[Andy Holloway]

Relevant. Probably not a game changer for fantasy football. Stefan Diggs, though a reminder was the wide receiver.

[Mike Wright]

16.

[Andy Holloway]

And it was a 16. Yeah, it was. He.

[Mike Wright]

Wait, let's do it again. Count it down.

[Andy Holloway]

1, 2, 3.

[Mike Wright]

22.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. All right. All right, all right. That's not too bad.

[Mike Wright]

Now I will be curious to see if New England makes another splash in the draft. There's some strong. I mean, I mean, last I looked, at least according to our Felix model on the projections, it was like, you know, you get beyond the big names for wide receiver and you know, we talk about a lot in the Dynasty show. Maybe not as much yet on the main show, but Jordan, Tyson, Makai, Lemon Carnell Tate are kind of the top three. You go beyond that and what we're talking Denzel Boston, we're talking Casey Concepcion. Right. And then you go beyond that, you got like, what, Malachi Fields.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

Jeremy Bernard. Am I missing some other names? Omar Cooper Jr. So all this to say those are all guys that have potentially first and second round grades.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

Or, you know, based on the production profile and the stuff that our model are looking at. There's. My point is this is the strength of the draft is wide receiver. And there could definitely be some of these names where they arrive. Like Dobbs's signing does not make me throw cold water on any big wide receiver drafted there. So if, if, if Malachi Fields or Concepcion ends up in New England, I'm not going. Well, this guy can't perform because Dobbs signed there.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

So it will be interesting to see if they add another weapon for. For Drake May or they won.

[Andy Holloway]

Mack will still be there, which, hey,

[Mike Wright]

I think Mac is relevant too.

[Andy Holloway]

Psa. Mac Collins, if you are not aware. Look, Matt Collins is not a sponsor of this show. If you don't know about Matt, we've

[Mike Wright]

actually really never had one player be a sponsor of the show. But go on. If any player wants to sponsor. I would love to say this show was brought to you today by T. Higgins.

[Andy Holloway]

T. Higgins, Cincinnati Bengals.

[Mike Wright]

T. Higgins, the wide receiver? Yeah. That's amazing.

[Andy Holloway]

But Matt Collins, Instagram talking to you.

[Mike Wright]

Austin Eckler, sponsor the show dog.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, we'll get down with Eccles. Matt Collins Instagram page is incredible. It's just a. It's Matt Collins.

[Mike Wright]

Is he doing the. To do stuff?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, like he shows. Shows you how to Fix your house.

[Mike Wright]

Is it called Mac Hacks?

[Andy Holloway]

That sounds right.

[Mike Wright]

Is that facts?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah. 60 second tutorials for everyday tasks like flushing your water heater or fixing a garage.

[Mike Wright]

He's not in a relationship.

[Andy Holloway]

It's. He's. I'm in an online relationship. I know.

[Mike Wright]

If you got time for that, it's awesome.

[Andy Holloway]

It's a, It's a great follow. You learn a lot.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, but.

[Andy Holloway]

So Matt Collins will be there, Booty will be there and Kyle Williams will still be there, right?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, no, they got a good crew.

[Andy Holloway]

It's not that they won't add or they might add, but the point for Dobbs is he will have to, he will have to elevate in terms of a target share. You know, Green Bay is. He did lean Green Bay in target share, but the way that they play is if your fantasy wide receivers on the Green Bay packers, you've never been happy. You're always frustrated because you just when you think Romeo Dobbs is happening, you're

[Mike Wright]

a piece of the huge pie.

[Andy Holloway]

He disappears. Just when you think Christian Watson is happening, something else happens. And I think the Patriots will probably be something like that. But if Dobbs can hit a, let's say 22 to 23% target share, he will be relevant. Stefan Diggs was at 21% yesterday or last year when he finished as the wide receiver. 16.

[Mike Wright]

Geno Smith was shamefully traded in the New York Jets. Dude, you know there are, there are a handful of teams this off season suffering. The Cardinals fans are suffering. The jets fans are suffering. The Falcons fans are suffering. Don't do. Why? Why? There's no reason.

[Andy Holloway]

Just play fields.

[Mike Wright]

There's no reason to do this to your fans.

[Andy Holloway]

It's.

[Mike Wright]

What are you doing?

[Andy Holloway]

It really is mean. It's mean spirited.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, the Raiders got a better pick. They're going to pay most of the money though. They are going to pay most of the money.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, they were going to pay him regardless because he was going to get cut.

[Mike Wright]

They're like, if we're going to pay him, let's go. Who would fall for this? They're like, who? Who's going to go out there and maybe trade as a pick for. Will it be the guy?

[Andy Holloway]

NFL, everyone. We're going to cut Geno Smith and the Jets. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. He cannot hit the free market. We got to lock this up now. Gino, get him on the horn.

[Mike Wright]

Oh my gosh. There's just teams that are doing stuff like it's on purpose to hurt you. Yeah, it's so stupid. I'm not going to talk about it anymore. Let's talk about the Jacksonville Jaguars in an interesting signing and actually interesting signing. They signed. Go ahead. Crawd.

[Andy Holloway]

Crawd.

[Mike Wright]

Chris Rodriguez Jr. Signs a deal, two years worth, $10 million, 6.2 guaranteed. It's not. It's not big money, but it's not bad.

[Andy Holloway]

It's.

[Mike Wright]

He's 25 years old. He is going to a team where he played under Liam. Liam Cohen at Kentucky.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm glad that he's back.

[Mike Wright]

Because of Cross.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it's. He's a fun nickname. It's. I mean, honestly, for Chris Rodriguez, 6.2 million.

[Mike Wright]

That's not bad.

[Andy Holloway]

That's very, very nice for him. In terms of NFL money at the running, this is nothing. This is like Najee Harris.

[Mike Wright]

This is the depth of last year for Jacksonville.

[Andy Holloway]

I still. I think that Bashaw Tootin will still be the guy they had. They needed another body. You lost Travis.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. You have to sign somebody. It doesn't freak me out, but it's also. It. It's a potential depth, like rotational guy for Liam Cohen that he's familiar with, and it will.

[Andy Holloway]

So that'll be a fun.

[Mike Wright]

He is good. He was pretty good last year.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Fourth in rush, success rate, second in yards after contact. He was always held down in Washington.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

Corey Krosky, Merritt.

[Andy Holloway]

So I will still be on the. The Tootin side of the. The backfield argument, but that will be a fun one to watch. Over the off season, we talked about

[Mike Wright]

Chigaconko signing with the Commanders.

[Andy Holloway]

The people hate it.

[Mike Wright]

Did you just ask the people?

[Andy Holloway]

I did.

[Mike Wright]

Live studio audience.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. They hate it.

[Mike Wright]

They. They hate it. Is Chick gonna be relevant for fantasy, do you think?

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, if he actually plays the Ertz role, he will.

[Mike Wright]

That was something that Jaden Daniels relied upon. The Commanders right Now are vacating 59% of their targets from last year. Debo is 23%. Ertz was 17%. That's interesting. If you were going to be excited about Ben Senate, then you got to be a little excited about Chicka Conko. He's always been an athletic freak. And it's weird because players like this, every once in a while, they can just take over three or four games. Like, he did it at the end of 2024. Right. That's when he had the run for fantasy players.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

Which, you know, he's never really been. I mean, he's always been outside the top 20 at tight end in Tennessee, but he had top 10 finishes in three games from Week 12 on in 2024. It's interesting.

[Andy Holloway]

He has athleticism. He has needed a. An actual opportunity.

[Mike Wright]

Took a while for Johnny.

[Andy Holloway]

Maybe, maybe, maybe.

[Mike Wright]

This is. This is. This is cool. This trade. This signing is another one. It's kind of like the crowd deal. Former Ravens running back Keaton Mitchell signing with the Chargers two year deal. Okay. That's not a giant name added to the backfield. It also feels a lot better going into the draft. Like Hampton, Mike McDaniels, the new offensive coordinator, they brought in a fullback. They brought in offensive line weapons. They brought in a blocking tight end. Are we going to get the Hampton Express?

[Andy Holloway]

I think this signing is great for Hampton.

[Mike Wright]

Of it's not a red zone threat.

[Andy Holloway]

Exactly. And you know, it was with Kamani Vidal. Sassoon.

[Mike Wright]

So silky.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, so silky. So smooth. I mean, I like it. I think it's a it. I think it's fun for the Chargers. Good for Hampton to be a workhorse and then having actual good depth behind him, you know, just in case some other player has to take over.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it makes me. Mitchell's never had a carry inside the five in his career, so that. That is really never.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I mean, when you score from

[Mike Wright]

so far away, you know, thunder and lightning situation. Well, Mike, Aaron Jones, the people hate it.

[Andy Holloway]

The people hate all these moves that negatively impact my dynasty.

[Mike Wright]

I think the booing you're hearing is from Mike's dynasty roster. It is. Aaron Jones is now that is actually back with the Minnesota Vikings.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

We had just talked on the footcast about like Jordan Mason and potential and you know, how bad the offensive line was if they can fix that. And then Aaron Jones, they released him just to bring him back and restructure the deal.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

And now the backfield is going to be Jones and Mason again.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

And that's all you have to say about that?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. It'll be. It'll be messy. And unless they fix the offensive line, it will be really nothing for anybody.

[Mike Wright]

Well, we are recording and releasing this show on Thursday, the same day that Kyler Murray is going to visit and I think sign with the Minnesota Vikings. Kyler was finally formally released. Arizona owes him a cool $36.8 million. It is a very weird thing when you release a player that is probably a better quarterback than the two that you have on the team that is probably going to instantly be signed by somebody known as the quarterback whisperer on a very competitive football team. It is weird when another team judges that the guy that you're letting Go is a must have instantaneously. Yes, I've talked about this. The Cardinals the clock ran out for like the Arizona experiment with Kyler Murray. But I will not be shocked if he's successful in Minnesota. I will not be shocked if he makes Justin Jefferson successful again in Minnesota. That team has so much structure around it defensively with the weapons on offense. I mean do you expect it to work for fantasy if he lands in Minnesota?

[Andy Holloway]

Yes, I believe in Kevin o' Connell that much in his offense. Kyler would be I think a much safer situation for fantasy football players of, you know, that earlier pick on Jefferson. It should be just fine. We've seen Kyler hyper target, you know, DeAndre Hopkins when he first got Hopkins, Hopkins got all the targets. We were frustrated with how the offense wanted to use Hopkins in not a route tree but a route bush. It was all just at the line of scrimmage. That won't happen to Jefferson. So it is the, it's the clearest, most obvious thing that that should happen is Kyler go to Minnesota. The. Did you see the way the what was put out though of this thing

[Mike Wright]

of like he's going to go talk some other places.

[Andy Holloway]

It was like, you know, starting opportunities for Kyler right now would be Pittsburgh and Minnesota. I think that's really it. Like those are the two options. Now if you could go to a team like the Rams and just hang out, collect a big fat check from the Arizona Cardinals, learn the McVeigh system, which people want McVeigh players. So like that. I don't think that's a terrible option. Should Kyler feel like it's not a fit with Minnesota.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I think he, the, the stuff getting put out is he wants a starter opportunity. That's not going to happen. That's not going to happen with McVeigh immediately.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

I think it was reported by your boy Tom Pellissero that he's going to have zoom meetings with executives from three to five teams that potentially have a need for quarterback in 2027. So it's like what you said, waiting another year.

[Andy Holloway]

I. I don't know if he wants me to say it or not, but I'm saying it anyways. Lead injury analyst Matthew Betts for the fantasy footballers. Also a co host of the DFS and Betting Pod, also recovering from injury. Yes. Yeah. Great guy. I get a message from Bets about two days ago. He's blocked by Bellasaro.

[Mike Wright]

Matthew Betts is blocked and he's like because he throws in a comment or

[Andy Holloway]

something, he's Like, I have literally no idea. I have never interacted with this man one time. And so the. It was just. It was hilarious of somehow bets catching a stray and online social media beef when I am the. I am the hornet of this conversation.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, you certainly are. And look, I mean, look.

[Andy Holloway]

Tom. Tom, come on, let's. Let's bury the hatchet. Why are you blocking our guy? Betts? What are you doing?

[Mike Wright]

So if you're. If you believe in the quarterback whisperer, Kevin o', Connell, which you've always said on the show.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

It feels like that could go two directions with your J.J. mcCarthy belief, because it's like I would think you'd be like so out on McCarthy quickly because it didn't work for McCarthy and it's worked for everybody else. So that would be like an indictment on McCarthy. The other view I guess you could take is that he'll figure it out with McCarthy.

[Andy Holloway]

That's where Eileen of McCarthy was not good last year. You know, there are. You can pull up some advanced analytics and make McCarthy look like essentially the worst quarterback of football last year. Maybe that's. Maybe that is totally correct. They did win a bunch of games at the end of the year, and he's had very little actual starting opportunity. This was his rookie year. His true rookie year was completely lost to injury, and then he lost a whole bunch of this year to injury as well. So that's just. I think JJ could figure it out, but the time may already be up. It might just be Kyler.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. The pressure cooker situation in Minnesota with everything else being so good and the career of Jefferson on the line feels like they can't. Even if it's not Kyler, it feels like you got to bring. I mean, Kirk Cousins could absolutely end up in Minnesota.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

That would be like. If Kyler doesn't go there, I think it ends up being Kirk Cousins. But we'll see.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, we'd have to see contracts and stuff, but it's all. It's not impossible for Kyler Murray to go to Minnesota and not win the job.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I guess if McCarthy, like, at least you can short leash McCarthy. Let's take.

[Andy Holloway]

Which would be hilarious.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, my gosh. You think that's your dream?

[Andy Holloway]

Well, it's. It's my dream because as a Cardinal fan, I'm a little upset with Kyler Murray.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. He didn't bring us anything.

[Andy Holloway]

They're. Maybe it's just his personality, you know, rubbing me the wrong way. But it always. All the call of duty stuff, all the in the extension they literally put in a You. You have to study time and then

[Mike Wright]

that's something you know behind the scenes there are some things.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah he got cut. They're giving him $37 million to go away.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, his. I mean his leadership. The differential between Kyler this is undebatable. You can. I mean there are Josh Sweat of the Cardinals doesn't want to play without Jonathan Gannon. Gannon got fired like other people took the fall. The leadership difference of Jacoby Brissette and Kyler Murray has been. Yes well spoken of so for.

[Andy Holloway]

For Kyler to go to a team us of just be like, no, I'm the starter. Well that's would be just. There will be some have you seen

[Mike Wright]

this nine guy that might be the one leadership situation Kyler wins the day on.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Mr. Makeup in the locker room. Um, yeah, we'll take a break. We'll talk some more free agent signings and jump into some mailbag questions. Awkward time to ask this, but.

[Andy Holloway]

Hey, did you download the trail map? Yeah. No, I don't need to.

[Mike Wright]

I. I don't understand.

[Andy Holloway]

You're trusting your signal out here. I'm trusting T Mobile. They have the best network. And if we end up in bumtots nowhere. Well, we've got T satellite for backup. Whoa. I don't trust my carrier that much.

[Mike Wright]

Well, just use your phone as a flashlight.

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[Mike Wright]

a couple of last minute mentions Khalif Raymond I think we might have talked about that goes to the Bears. It's a good signing. He's a he's a pretty good player

[Andy Holloway]

special teams guy good special teams guy and you just don't got to worry about his snaps in Detroit anymore.

[Mike Wright]

No you don't. And oh that's an yeah go ahead. Oh the lights came back on. I bet you you were a little worried over there Al There was a second yeah I was like oh those are all for good. We've been doing some work on stuff and I wasn't sure if it was hooked up properly. Yeah Isaac to SLA no more Khalif Raymond Jake ton just Back to the 49ers Bucks placed an exclusive rights free agent tender on that was news they

[Andy Holloway]

were not going to tender him apparently but they did so Sean Tucker will be back the ton just one I think is important for fantasy football as Jake yeah Jake ton just with no George Kittle has been good.

[Mike Wright]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

Like good not just a serviceable titan good for fantasy football Brock Purdy and that whatever it is that's going on in the system. Brock Purdy can find the tight end and he has a connection so he will be interesting should we you get the report hey George Kittle's not maybe pop maybe miss four weeks and you can in your draft just take Jake Tonjas late and then figure it out off of the waiver wire.

[Mike Wright]

We'll find out if they do this

[Andy Holloway]

multi Achilles thing oh our new plan with Kittle I don't know the status of Kittle's like grandparents right I don't know if he has any any Achilles

[Mike Wright]

to attach they have to be living

[Andy Holloway]

well that could yeah, maybe it's like a kidney. You're just like, I'm done.

[Mike Wright]

Wait, what do you mean? They don't take kidneys from dead people.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, that's what I'm saying. Like I can donate a kidney while I'm alive.

[Mike Wright]

I see.

[Andy Holloway]

And maybe you're like, yeah, George, little Georgie.

[Mike Wright]

I think maybe the veracity of all of our speculation here, it's starting to come into question. I'm not sure any of this is really possible. I'm not positive, but I don't think. I think we may be talking out of our butts. But you know, let the comments tell us. The Texans signed tight end Foster Moreau to a two year deal. They had just resigned Dalton Schultz to a one year deal. Moreau Schultz, Panther signed John Mechi, who continues to find deals in the NFL. Cardinals signed Bam Knight to just further twist the knife into Mike's Trey Benson adoration. What else is going on? We got those fullbacks signed.

[Andy Holloway]

Wait, Kyle is breaking. This is.

[Mike Wright]

Come on, Kyle. This is.

[Andy Holloway]

This is too good.

[Mike Wright]

Kyle. Don't trust the Internet, man.

[Andy Holloway]

Kyle, did you vet this? That George Kittle's grandmother.

[Mike Wright]

His what?

[Andy Holloway]

George Kittle's grandmother. Lou Jean.

[Mike Wright]

Lou Jean. First of all, that's a great name.

[Andy Holloway]

Also AKA Lucky.

[Mike Wright]

Well, that's why I would go with Lucky instead of Lou Jean.

[Andy Holloway]

Well known beloved figure who turned 103 years old.

[Mike Wright]

You want in January, 103 year old Achilles? Mike, you want to take this woman's account? She's probably not walking though. It's probably available.

[Andy Holloway]

Lucky. It's probably George needs you.

[Mike Wright]

So literally. So he, he's got 103 year old grandma that's wild with a tendon just sitting there.

[Andy Holloway]

That could be completely fake. But I want to believe it's true.

[Mike Wright]

Her tendon's fake.

[Andy Holloway]

No, that she's 103.

[Mike Wright]

Kyle, you can't know any of this information about George Kittle's. True. This is true.

[Andy Holloway]

Don't doubt Kyle's research.

[Mike Wright]

She resides in Iowa and recently stopped driving around the age 101 or 102. She doesn't know which of those she stopped driving.

[Andy Holloway]

Grandma Kettle rules, man.

[Mike Wright]

Grandma Kettle. I feel like it's got to be a little safer in the open roads of the, of the Midwest for the elderly, you know what I mean? Like la, Is that safer? Like a little safer for other people? Yeah. What is happening? Some backup quarterback signings, I guess. Teddy Bridgewater went back to Detroit, Jake Browning to Tampa, Sam Howell to Dallas and I don't care. Let's answer a couple questions.

[Andy Holloway]

Mailbag. So lucky Kittle the Jake Brownie one to Tampa Bay. I mean. So the Bengals. Who's the Bengals backup quarterback right now?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Who is it? Falcon.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm looking real quick. Sean Clifford. So there was some reports of that Joe Flacco might go back to Cincinnati.

[Mike Wright]

We'll find out which would.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man, we need it.

[Mike Wright]

You need it? Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

No, the world needs it. Your Dynasty team needs an insurance quarterback.

[Mike Wright]

No, in this economy, it would be good for Chase and Kittle. Kittle Higgins, sponsor of the show. T. Higgins. T. Higgins. Welcome to T. Higgins Studio, brought to you by T. Higgins.

[Andy Holloway]

I like that bit.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. That's an example of the kind of attention you'll get on this show if you sponsor it. Austin Eckler. You want a piece of this? I'm asking Kyle. Youth check. You want fullbacks to get more attention? Kyle, if you sponsor this show, I guarantee you the base salary of fullbacks go up over the next five years. Because of awareness.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it's awareness. Only be us. Nothing to do with a constantly rising NFL salary cap.

[Mike Wright]

We will be the push for fullback salaries. You're losing money not sponsoring this show is what I'm saying.

[Andy Holloway]

Juice get together.

[Mike Wright]

You got a great nickname. This could be called Juice's House. Could be Spitball in there. We're going to have to come up with a different name. All right, some questions for you. Website question from Case. Dynasty Trade question. Neighbors for Ken Bone Walker.

[Andy Holloway]

No, as in, like you don't trade neighbors.

[Mike Wright]

No, as in you trade neighbors to get Ken Bone Walker.

[Andy Holloway]

I would not do that.

[Mike Wright]

No, I mean, do you believe in Neighbors long term? I mean, you should be. He should be good, right?

[Andy Holloway]

I still. I'm not letting the ACL change how I think about Neighbors.

[Mike Wright]

Carter wants to know Mike Instagram question. More or less excited for Drake London situation this year. More or less? Compared to what? To Cousins playing quarterback.

[Andy Holloway]

Or I think you just say last year.

[Mike Wright]

Same.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, same or less.

[Mike Wright]

Cupcake Craig writes in. Should I trade T. Higgins, former sponsor of the show, for Jalen Waddle Form.

[Andy Holloway]

He's already done. He's already made it through his entire sponsorship.

[Mike Wright]

I haven't got any checks in the mail. It was a sample. That was a bit of a tease.

[Andy Holloway]

First one's free.

[Mike Wright]

First one's free. T. T. Higgins. Should I trade him for Jalen Waddle? In A Dynasty, I have Malik Willis for the stack. I'd rather have Jalen Waddle.

[Andy Holloway]

Really?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I would.

[Andy Holloway]

I would rather have T. Higgins.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, there you Go. I mean the stack is not really factoring into my equation there. I just think same with Tyreek gone, I think we're in store for a couple of really good Jalen Waddle years.

[Andy Holloway]

I like Jalen Waddle. I think he's a good acquisition for a fantasy team right now.

[Mike Wright]

But no, I get it. I think it's fair to say that you prefer Higgins. It's both guys love getting hurt, right? They love it.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So if you're going to say you're out on T. Higgins because he gets hurt all the time.

[Mike Wright]

No, I didn't say it.

[Andy Holloway]

Then don't. Don't go get waddle.

[Mike Wright]

I didn't say it.

[Andy Holloway]

And T. Higgins.

[Mike Wright]

And I wouldn't say it. He's a sponsor of the show. Never would.

[Andy Holloway]

Both are healthy. T. Higgins will be more productive.

[Mike Wright]

Instagram question. This is a great one to finish on. Jason writes in Jason 23, not Jason Moore. Current landing spot crush for Jeremiah Love. Here's your top 10 top 10 picks in the draft right now. Las Vegas. That'll be Mendoza. So the Jets, Cardinals, Tennessee Giants, Cleveland, Washington, New Orleans, Kansas City and Cincinnati.

[Andy Holloway]

It's really Washington or bust. For me that's too.

[Mike Wright]

I think Tennessee is. I think Tennessee would be a really good home. I think Tennessee is one. It's the perfect situation that you're like, well, do I really like that situation. And I think you will. I think I like camboard. I like the change in the head coaching position. Offensive coordinator Brian Dable. Tennessee works for me.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

So if I was picking a spot there, I would say Tennessee, Washington, the end of this.

[Andy Holloway]

And you know, Tennessee and the Giants.

[Mike Wright]

What if he goes to Cincinnati? Because if he drops to 10, Mike, it will be. The pressure will actually be on Cincinnati to do.

[Andy Holloway]

Definitely would be. And that would be the end for Chase Brown.

[Mike Wright]

Beat it bad.

[Andy Holloway]

I just don't. I don't think he can possibly get to 10. The fact that the Saints at 8 and Kansas City at 9, who both would have sprinted to the podium should Jeremiah Love go there. The reason that they dished out the money is they know 100% that love will not make it to 8.

[Mike Wright]

I agree with you and I actually you look at the drafted odds right now. Tennessee's number one, Washington's number two, the Giants number three with the Cam scatter Boo situation and the Cardinals are number four, tied with the Giants and the Cardinals are absolutely in contention here. Mike, is that not the most? The Cardinals have no money tied up in running back. They really don't. The Conner deals with nothing. Vincent nothing. Bam Knight nothing. Algiers deals. Teeny.

[Andy Holloway]

If I still cared about the Arizona Cardinals, I would be furious if they

[Mike Wright]

drafted okay, I think that it could happen.

[Andy Holloway]

Go ahead, do it, Arizona.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, it is.

[Andy Holloway]

You know what's great? A top five wide receiver contract. Just waste it. Totally waste him. And then that and all that. That cheap year. The cheaper years for Marv.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

Jeremiah Love. Yeah, go ahead.

[Mike Wright]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

Waste his career.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, Arizona. Mike's feeling good. All right. That is going to do it for today's episode of the show. We'll be back next week with Jason Moore Tuesday episode coaching changes. We'll jump into all the big moves of the offensive season, the fantasy implications with these free agent moves. We'll catch you then.

[Andy Holloway]

Special thanks to T. Higgins. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. Join our fantasy football community on jointhefoot.com and follow us on Twitter the FFballers.

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