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FantasyPros - An Early Look at the Best Landing Spots for the Top 2026 NFL Free Agents (Ep. 1959)
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Tom Strachan
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros. This is the Fantasy Football podcast. It is me, Joey P. Joe P. Zapia and today we're going to take a look at the free agents and the best landing spots for them for fantasy in 2026 because, well, we're biased because it is fantasy pros last time I checked. So we really care about where they land so they can get us fantasy points. Not just help their teams, but help our teams. That's the whole point and help us figure it out. Tom Strachan is here and from the athletic, Jake Sealey. We're going to have some predictions from the boys and have some fun here, gentlemen. Free agency is always a frenzy. It's a good time. Tom, who are you most looking forward to in terms of free agent this year, getting out there and testing the waters?
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Tom Strachan
Well, I'm really interested in Isaiah Likely. I'm a Ravens fan, so for years there's always been that question about what could Isaiah likely do if he was featured and it just feels like coming off a quiet year for him. Picked up that foot injury back in training camp and it took him a while to get going. For some reason the Ravens re signed Mark Andrews, but now Isaiah likely gets a free agency and I just think he is going to be somebody we spend a lot of the offseason talking about.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
And Jake free agency, as we talked about with Andrew Erickson just yesterday on the show, obviously is going to impact other players on the rosters in which they sign, usually negatively for the most part, sometimes positively depending on the quarterback situation. But that, that's the whole point. It changes not only the fantasy value of other places players, excuse me, but it's also going to change how teams going to approach the NFL draft in just a few months yeah, that's the.
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Jake Sealey
One thing I always thought about the NFL was kind of weird that they do it opposite the other three sports. Like, why are we doing free agency then the draft? Because then you can plan better to have the draft and the free agency, but the NFL has to capitalize on having every month have something happen for them. But it'll be very interesting. And yeah. So another show that I look forward to with the shorts that you and I did together is Today is like what we think will happen. The one that you and I did is not just what you were just talking about is the impact of the fun that could happen if some of these waterfall effects end up affecting teams and thought they were going to get people and they went elsewhere.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Yeah. So if you like practicality, stick around. That's this show. If you like wish casting, go check out the short version here in 15 minutes with Jake, Cely and myself. Subscribe to the channel. Subscribe to the feed. Over here at Fantasy Pros, we want you to hang out with us all the time and talk ball because that's what we love to do right here. And of course, if you subscribe to the channel and you drop your comments below, guess what you get? You get a chance to win the fantasy football championship belt from Trophy Smack, the number one destination for epic fantasy football hardware. This is your chance to get the massive gold plated belt. It's here to make a statement. It's bold, it's heavy, and it's guaranteed to turn heads in your league or at the club. When you're out there dancing, you wear your championship belt around. Because one thing that really turns the heads of people in the club, it's a fantasy football championship belt. So if you want to win it, drop your comments below, subscribe to the channel. That's it. That's all you got to do. And of course, make sure you ring the bell till it goes ding for notifications so you never miss a piece of content on the channel. And we can let you know if you are the big winner of the fantasy football championship belt from Trophy Smack, the number one destination for epic fantasy football hardware. All right, gents, let's start with the quarterback position. You know, sometimes it's kind of sad when you're a free agent and nobody wants you. Will anybody want Aaron Rodgers this off season? Jake, why don't you kick us off with Aaron Rodgers in a potential landing spot and the couch is available, also available as an alternate, the Cave.
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Jake Sealey
I wasn't expecting that one, but yes, I put would Be nice for all of us is just retirement. Just hang it up, you're done.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
The cave.
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Jake Sealey
It is the cave. It is the couch. Whatever he picks ayahuasca, whatever he wants to do. The big thing here is the interesting thing.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Ayahuasca, I think that's a town in Wisconsin.
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Jake Sealey
That was the crap that he was doing anyway.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
You're so straight edge.
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Jake Sealey
I love you.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
You're my favorite.
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Jake Sealey
Did I mispronounce it? I don't even know. The point being is as many jokes as we made, it's funny. I did my way too early rankings like everybody did. And somebody's like, you have Sam Darnold so low. And I was like, do you know who averaged more fantasy points per game than Sam Darnold? Aaron freaking Rogers. So if he happens to play next year and he does still have a little bit left, he had DK Metcalf and not much else. As we know with the Steelers, as Arthur Smith tried to make three tight ends work every single week is go back to the Vikings, go with Kevin o', Connell, Justin Jefferson, one of the top three four wide receivers in the NFL, go out on a high note where potentially you could get back into the playoffs and actually do something. And I just think that if we're talking about a logical landing spot, that's not back with the Steelers, I think Aaron Rodgers going to Minnesota to finish things out with one more year makes sense.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
And gets to play the packers twice, too. That's what every ex Green Bay quarterback loves to do, right? Go play for the Vikings for a year. All right, Tom, give me a landing spot for Aaron Rodgers. What do you think it might be? And again, Cave is still on the board.
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Tom Strachan
Yeah, I mean, definitely first option is Cave. As long as he can't podcast from there or appear on Pat McCaffrey Show.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
I don't think the wifi is going to be good in the cave, Tom. I got to be honest.
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Tom Strachan
But I've tried to go a bit different because there's a few of these. But I've agreed with Jake on so here I've tried to give us a different option and I've gone with Arizona now, like, look, the reports are that they're looking for a split with Kyler Murray. And when you look at what Aaron Rodgers did well last year, he was more reliant on yards after the catch than at any time in his career because, you know, the arm's just starting to go. You look at what Arizona's got, They've got Trey McBride who was 10th among all tight ends and wide receivers in yards after catch per reception last year, Michael Wilson is also top 25. We would be putting Aaron Rodgers indoors, which at this point in his career, after a year in Pittsburgh, he might fancy. We know that he's wanted to get back across further towards the west coast at points in his career. Yes, it's not right on the coast, but it's closer. Now, I don't really know whether Matt LaFleur links could be a positive or a negative for this, but they do have Nathaniel Hackett, and we know that Aaron Rodgers and Nathaniel Hackett are very close. So if we're just trying to get slightly outside the box, I think that there are reasons set Aaron Rodgers up there, and I don't hate it. I think that there's definitely some. Some players who would thrive more with him than others. But yeah, I think there's potential for fun.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Well, look, if you can't retire, the closest thing is Arizona, right? I'm just saying, like in. In every sense of the word. They got the golf people are tired of Florida or Arizona typically. So there you go, Aaron Rodgers. And it might be a cave or two. There's a lot of mountains in Arizona. All right, let's go to Daniel Jones. I know on the pod earlier, Jake, we had talked about a fun landing spot of going back to Minnesota and how that would really change the dynamic there potentially, too. Kevin o' Connell had him a few years ago there. He's probably familiar with what goes on, how the offense runs, so that would be fun. But again, in terms of predictions, what do you think is a little bit more reasonable? Is it just a return to Indianapolis?
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Jake Sealey
I think so. Especially when you look at the fact that they. With all. Without telling us last year, they're like, hey, Anthony Richardson doesn't seem to be working. And I don't know. That's 100% Anthony Richardson the player. I mean, yeah, we would love to see him pass better, but the big thing is, is he hasn't made as many improvements as they wanted. He also hasn't been able to stay healthy at some point even. Let's like, just go back and kind of like change history and say he's got a 20% improvement. He's looking like a league average passer. He still gets hurt all the time. And I think that's the issue that they're thinking of with the Colts is that, you know what? We have to not only try to tie ourselves to Anthony Richardson and say maybe he can improve because he hasn't. It's the fact that he needs to stay on the field and can we count on that? And I think that's why you say, all right, Daniel Jones was working. Yes, he got hurt, too, but, you know, his was more of a freak injury than what's been happening with Anthony Richardson. And you see how well the offense worked with Daniel Jones. Obviously learned a lot, and that's the reason we had fun on that show. As I said, you go back to probably where the improvement came in his career was learning from Kevin o', Connell, and you go back to an offense that can rely on Jonathan Taylor in the backfield to soften up defenses. You have enough weapons. Even if Alec Pierce leaves, and I probably see this team address that issue anyway, even if Pierce does leave, is that they're going to go back to Daniel Jones and tie him in. Because I think the Colts see what happens if they don't. Which we talked about on that fun show, is then that now they're stuck trying to make sure that Anthony Richardson could do something or maybe they chase a Kirk Cousins, which I don't think they want to go down that road. So I think they might be aggressive in getting to Daniel Jones early in free agency.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
And Tom, there's also something to be said for, look, Daniel Jones probably had the most success of his career in Indianapolis. If you're Daniel Jones, maybe that does just make sense.
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Tom Strachan
Yeah, I think so. It felt like the vibe between everyone involved was really good. And why would he not want to go back there when everything clicked for him? As Jake says, yes, maybe Alec Pierce moves on, and maybe they end up sacrificing Michael Pittman so they can keep Alec Pierce, but there's still just so many good options. You look, you're supported by a good run game with Jonathan Taylor. You've got Tyler Warren, you've got Josh Downs, who had a quiet season by his standards, but still had 84 targets. And I just can't think why Daniel Jones would necessarily want to go elsewhere, because if he goes back to Minnesota, there will always be that question of are they going to give J.J. mcCarthy a run if he experiences a bit of downtime? And it seemed to click well with Shane Steichen and the Achilles injury. I mean, it's just not what they once were. We've seen players come back from so much quicker, and I've got plenty of confidence that Daniel Jones can run it back this year.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, Tom, I'm gonna let you have the first crack at this one here. Let's talk about Malik Willis who gained a lot of traction this year with some spot starts there for Jordan Love. Obviously another guy came from a bit of a smaller school. People like the tools. People thought maybe a couple years in the NFL sitting would be good. Unfortunately he really didn't get too many shots and good situation in Tennessee. But he has been slowly starting to improve. We saw two years ago and play a little bit when Jordan Love was hurt and last year we saw some market improvements. So the market is hot right now when it comes to Malik Willis. So Tom, where's Malik Willis land for you potentially in 2026?
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Tom Strachan
I'm going to say if we're sending Aaron Rodgers elsewhere in my scenarios, then let's send him to Pittsburgh. I think that you can make an argument that having experience that cold weather games in Green Bay that he'd be suitable for that kind of football. I think that he would appeal to Mike McCarthy as somebody. Okay, he can add a little bit with his legs which is going to be useful in that division. We know that. Yes, the defensive experience with Lamar Jackson and those kind of dual threat quarterbacks, but also it's like if you don't have that element then you need to be really good elsewhere. And I'm not sure that I see a quarterback available to the Steelers who could offer that. And as you mentioned, Joe. Yeah, Willis, absolutely. I mean he torched my Ravens with the deep ball this season. Like he was throwing for like 14 yards per attempt in the games that he's had 60% or more of the snaps over the last couple of years. He's had 40 or more rushing yards in six of them. Like I just think that there's going to be a lot of possibilities for Malik Willis this year and some of them will be good and some of them will be bad, but I think taking a two year deal or so in Pittsburgh is probably as good as it gets.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
I like him with McCarthy too. McCarthy knows how to work with quarterbacks. Like we know that he's a good offensive mind, solid guy. I think that's exactly the kind of environment I would want from Malik Willis. Jake, where would you want Malik Willis in 26?
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Jake Sealey
I feel like I'm taking the layup here is the fact that not only do I want him there, but it's the obvious connection with Half Leaf coming from Green Bay, putting him in Miami and put that connection right back together. You also have Bobby Slowik as their offensive coordinator, which I think for people that look at him as kind of that Shanahan offense, which the good news Here is a lot of pre snap motion, a lot of play action. If you look over the last five years, Malik Willis, you look at touchdowns per attempt and first downs per attempt when in play action. He's one of the top 10 quarterbacks in just percentages of those combined. So I think this is a good fit for what the style of the offense likely will be. And then of course the connection there, the biggest question is going to be is Tyreek Hill back with this team and healthy? Is Jalen Waddle with this team? I mean, I think they're going to obviously address the wide receiver position, whether it's those two or other pieces. But we see the excitement for the Dolphins with this changeover and I think Malik Willis is the easy tie to this team and I think it does make a lot of sense as much as I do think like the fallback option given what Tom played out there, that makes sense too.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Let's move on to the wide receivers here. Alec Pierce, big name guy Tom, who could potentially make a big impact. You and I see eye to eye. I don't want to spoil things, but I kind of put this out there as well. In actually, no, I. I see eye to eye with Jake in this one. What am I saying? Oh, boo. That's the worst. Oh, no. I looked real quick and I was like, oh, yeah, Tom and I agree, now it's Jake and I hate when I agree with Jake. It's the worst. But anyway, you've got interesting landing spot, Tom. Actually, it's the landing spot I thought about this team. So yeah, let's talk about that because that's not one that I had on my bingo card.
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Tom Strachan
Yeah, so I mean, and firstly, I'm gonna agree with you guys on the spot, which we'll get to in a minute. But I also think if you want to get a little bit more out there, let's go with the Seattle Seahawks. Everybody's gonna assume Rashid Shahid staying there, but he's a free agent as well. Now the Seahawks have an absolute boatload of cap space, their sixth in cap space currently, which is just wild for a team coming off the Super Bowl. Now, some teams might want to sit back and just rest easy on what they've got, but if you look at a guy like Alec Pearce, it's so rare for someone of his talent to end up on the free agency market. And if I want Alec Pearce to land somewhere good for fantasy football, I want somewhere where the downfield passing is going to be good. Now is that going to happen on some of these bad teams where they've got rookie quarterbacks or second year quarterbacks, poor offensive lines? I don't know. But Sam Darnold led the league in completion rate on passes 20 plus yards downfield. Last year he had a 58% completion rate. Nobody else was over 52%. Now, the Seahawks are going to be looking to pay jsn and maybe two big wide receiver contracts is too much for them, but they have a huge amount of cap space. And I just think that Mike McDonald is going to be aggressive because he knows the teams in that division are going to be trying their best to close the gap on them very quickly.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, so now that we teased the landing spot that all three of us like Jake, let's reveal what it is potentially for alec Pierce in 26.
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Jake Sealey
To be fair, I like Tom's pick. I thought about Seattle.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
I like it's outside the box. And let me tell you, I think a lot of people would go, oh man, that's a good, good job. Seattle seal. Like, I feel like that would be the general reaction. You know, I don't think it would hurt jsn necessarily. Like JSN's still the alpha Guy, I'm with Tom on that, but it's to give Sam Darnold a little bit more leverage there. You know, it certainly makes some sense.
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Jake Sealey
Yeah.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
And it was important to them down the stretch.
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Jake Sealey
The other team we talked about on the Fun show is one that he's been tied to. And I brought up the Brian Dable going downfield with Alec Pierce with the Titans, but I think more likely than the Titans. You talk about a buttload of caps. We bought the Titans. Also, by the way, we're talking about the Titans, Raiders, the top two in cap space. The Titans are at 100 million. The Raiders could easily, like, make some adjustments and get to 100 million. This is a lot of room for both these teams. And when you have Mendoza coming in. Yeah, he has Brock Bowers and then question like, I mean, we're talking about Trey Tucker is fun. He is not a one. He's not a two. He should not be a two. Dante Thornton, I mean, sure, he was a flyer as a deep threat that could potentially develop. Didn't see a whole lot as a rookie season. Again, Clint Kubiak, no ties to anybody on this roster, by the way. So you see if he makes this move in free agency and says, you know what? I know what that deep threat. You brought up the comparison where we tied that fun show is like using them like he used JSN with the Seahawks, which the one thing that Kubiak does going back to Shahid and going back. Oh, to the Saints, is he loves designing the offense where one of his two wide receivers breaks free on almost every single play downfield. Not necessarily free as an open space, but, like, he wants one of his wide receivers getting downfield and in space.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Oh, God.
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Jake Sealey
By the way, who does that better than anybody else in the NFL last year, Alec Pierce is top five in that list, if not the top. So you put Alec Pierce on the Raiders with Brock Bowers and then whatever else they do. And Mendoza can do that part, which is kind of somewhat similar to Sam Darnold and what Tom was talking about and being able to throw it downfield to make those passes. I think it's a very intriguing spot because not only would it be Brock Bowers and him, but we'd be talking about now alec Pierce with 120 targets, maybe even more, and we'd be super excited. In fantasy.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Yeah, that's my spot, too. So that's the spot where I would be most excited for him. In fantasy. Let's talk about Mike Evans, old veteran Mike Evans, hall of Famer probably to be Mike Evans. But Jake, he's still got a little left in the tank. We all hope if so where is he parking that tank in 2026?
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Jake Sealey
Yeah, I won't go as long you want to watch. The fun show went long on this one. But the quick version, the quick version here as I think the 49ers are getting overlooked as an intriguing landing spot for Mike Evans and some other. I like the team that you brought up on that show too and I like the team that Tom brought up. Basically we're looking at a veteran to go to a contending team that kind of has a void for what Mike Evans does. And everybody's talking about the 49ers. They're Brandon Ayuk not coming back. Oh by the way, what does Brandon IU kind of do what Mike Evans could do in this? Oh, touchdown maker, big playmaker, reliable option. They have Ricky Pearsall who I love in space and over the middle of the field and getting free, but he's not Mike Evans. Juwan Jennings was not really what Mike Evans could bring to this team. And oh by the way is the other part that I brought up on that show is George kittle playing in 2026. We don't even know you put Mike Evans on the 49ers. I think it would actually be better than going back to the Buccaneers for us in fantasy.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, so the 49ers a landing spot there for Mike Evans. How about you there, Tommy boy? Where do you have Mike Evans going this year?
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Tom Strachan
Well, 33 year old wide receiver. This would not be the first veteran signing for the Baltimore Ravens again. Yeah, whether it worked out or not, who knows. But Lamar's always been great with play action. That's where he absolutely thrives. They didn't do enough of it this year. I think with Declan Doyle, the OC coming in now, I think that we saw with the Bears that they were very much happy to use play action and then go downfield. Mike Evans would be excellent for that. With the Ravens you go back to 2024 when Evans was healthy. He ranked second with play action catch rate of 86%. That's what Lamar needs right now. Rashad Bateman regressed this year. They didn't make the most of DeAndre Hopkins who's also a free agent. They don't like going to Zay Flowers in the red zone. So get Mike Evans in there, get the big bodied guy who's going to go up and make a catch and I think that could be really fun for fantasy.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Yeah. Certainly a veteran presence there too would be nice. That actually still has something left in the tank. I think the problem is we keep bringing guys like DeAndre Hopkins is not there anymore. But some might argue that Mike Evans is done. I don't know if I'm ready to make that argument yet. I don't think I'm quite there. Great career for Mike Evans too. All right, let's talk about Debo Samuel. Tom, I'll take you first on this one here. Debo, obviously some up and down last year started off strong and then faded, which was to Andrew Erickson's credit. His prediction of what Debo would do, he was spot on. So what will Debo do in 2026 and where will he do it?
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Tom Strachan
Yeah, I'm gonna take him to Carolina and obviously we know that he's not going to give us as much in the way of yards after the catch these days, but last year was a care 6.5 yards after the catch every other year. He'd been above 8 previously. So perhaps that is just where he's at in his career or perhaps it was because he was out of Shanahan's system. But I think that Dave Canales would actually be able to get much more out of Deebo Samuel in that kind of middle of the field role. They like Jalen Koka in the slot, but where he shines is when they push him downfield vertically. Tetaroa also great on the boundary downfield stretching things, but if you added Deebo Samuel, he could eat underneath, be a nice outlet. I think that's what they wanted in Hunter Renfro, someone who can create space quickly and shift around and open up the middle of the field. And they obviously didn't get it from Hunter Renfro. So let's try with Deebo.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Alright, where are we trying with Deebo for you this year, Jake?
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Jake Sealey
So what do we know about Mike McCarthy now taking over for the Pittsburgh Steelers? He loves 3 wide. How many wide receivers do the Steelers have that he can trust right now? None. Because DK Metcalf has to be resigned.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
So you assume they won, but you're right. Yeah, that's fair.
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Jake Sealey
Or do they? No, they extended it. I forgot. That's already been taken care of. That was taken care of. They have nobody because not only do they have nobody, but the Calvin Austin and Marquez Valdez Scantling are free agents and they're not coming. So who the hell cares at this point? So you're looking at DK Metcalf and Blank. And the blank could easily be filled in by Debo Samuel. And what he's able to do not only against zone, but against man. And that's where I go back to Mike McCarthy is that's the other thing he does with his wide receivers. He moves them around like it's not, you're the X, you're the Y, you're the Z. It's we're going to move you around the whole time. Because that's how Mike McCarthy likes to run his offense and take people off balance. I know that limits DK a little bit, but Deebo can do a lot more whether zone, whether it's man, whether it's out wide, whether it's in the slot. And I think Deebo actually, for the McCarthy style offense, makes a ton of sense for this team, especially because, again, they don't even have a second wide receiver.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Yeah, certainly they gotta add some more, especially if we want Malik Willis to go there. Let's get the man some help, please, for the love of goodness. All right, let's talk about some other guys, too. I'll just throw some names out to you. You give me a landing spot here, the wide receiver position. Juwan Jennings. Give me a landing spot. Jake Buffalo.
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Jake Sealey
If they don't. If they don't get like the Mike Evans. I think he makes a ton of sense for that team.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Tom, you got a spot for Juwan?
- [25:38]
Tom Strachan
Yeah, I mean, I definitely like that one. Or just going Back to the 49ers, it seemed like they were willing to bring him back, and I think there was definitely plenty of volume versus for him.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, Tom, Rashid Shahid, since you kicked him out of Seattle for Alec Pierce.
- [25:52]
Tom Strachan
Yeah, look, he's been with Kubiak for the last two years. It makes sense to send him on to Vegas.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
There you go. So somehow one of those two guys ended up in Vegas. We got that. Shahid for you. Jake, where would you put it?
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Jake Sealey
Well, because I put him in Vegas. No, Tyreek Hill is back. Put him in Miami.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Okay.
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Jake Sealey
Yeah.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right. That's fun. Romeo Dobbs, any takers, Jake? For him. And as Saints, they need him.
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Jake Sealey
They need a wide receiver.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Okay, I like that one, Tom, what do you think of that?
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Tom Strachan
I'm gonna send him a Green Bay. We keep making the Green Bay links to Miami. Why not put him there and be the wide receiver, too, to waddle?
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right. Wandell Robinson, another guy, too. Nice possession, wide receiver. Tom, where would you want to throw him at?
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Tom Strachan
This feels like Tennessee Titans. Absolutely. Ten Titans all over. Just yeah, reliably in the middle of the field. Let him go.
- [26:41]
Jake Sealey
Not bad.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Jake, how about you?
- [26:43]
Jake Sealey
We talked about that with Erickson, is that it makes sense, especially with Dable, but if they have faith in DK and go a different route with that because they kind of duplicate. You know what? If I'm the commanders, I'm gonna steal one from the Giants and give that second the better version of Debo at this point alongside Terry McLaurin. Because that's the thing, is everybody's like, oh, what about Al? Terry McLaurin is a big downfield threat. They need somebody to do more of that, of what Wanda does. I think the commanders could take one out of the backfield of the backside of the Giants and put them on team.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Now remember, free agency is going to affect your redraft leagues, but it's also going to affect your Dynasty league. So make sure you're tuning into our newest channel, the Fantasy Pros Dynasty channel on YouTube. It's a new feed again this year. We always do Dynasty content, but now we're trying to really push the Dynasty content and give you more of it because we know this time of year you love it. So go to YouTube, subscribe. There's a podcast feed as well for the Fantasy Pros Dynasty channel. It's Fitzy, it's Bogman, it's Worm. It's all the friends that you know and you love from all the years here at the Dynasty program. But it's on a whole new channel. So go check it out and subscribe on YouTube. Today. They're doing rankings, they're doing mock drafts, they're doing everything over there. And we want you to help support the new channel as well. We got more new channels coming at you this year too. Get excited. It's a big year for the content here. Fantasy Pros family. All right, let's go to the running back position, Ken Walker. I already know possible landing spots that Jake was talking about, but I want to hear Tom's landing spot for Ken Walker. Super Bowl MVP Ken Walker, by the way.
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Tom Strachan
Let's send him to the Texans.
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Jake Sealey
Now.
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Tom Strachan
They're not exactly flush with cash. They're $2 million over cap currently, but they could save $8 million by cutting Joe Mixon. Leaves only a 2 million dollar dead cap hit behind. I think Joe mixing his toast. I like Woody Marks, but I don't think he's the answer. I think Marks could be similar with Walker in like a more limited version of what Charbonnet was. I don't think we're going to see Kenneth Walker go anywhere and be a true three down running back because his pass protection just, I mean, the Seahawks have never believed in it. So even in the super bowl we saw George Holani coming in for those past pro reps. So yeah, I think that if you put him with the Texans, he could really help take some of the pressure off CJ Stroud. Yes, the offensive line is a bit of a problem, but I think that's the kind of thing that they need to really take them over that next bump.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, so Jake for Ken Walker, obviously now big stage, got the big award. How's he cash in on it?
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Jake Sealey
Yeah, I originally had a different team here and I'm like, yeah, you know, after we talked yesterday with Alvin Camara situation or whenever you're watching this video might be not yesterday for you, but the Saint situation with Alvin Camara is he's kind of stuck with that team because of his dead cap, still not saving them. What 11 million they're still stuck with. So I looked at one and I was like, James Conner can be cut from 10 million to 2 if they dead cat. And then on top of it, Trey Benson was supposed to be fine by the end of well before the end of the year. And they're like, well, not now. And we're not activating and like all of a sudden Trey Benson just never came back. And I still think that Trey Benson might be an interesting buying dynasty because of that uncertainty. And maybe if James could you imagine dynasty alone? Forget the fact we find out Trey Benson's healthy and Conor's cut, people will go nuts again like they were for Benson last year. But what if there's something going on with Benson and what if the Cardinals with all of their money and then you have the Kubiak, which by the way, the Kubiak situation or not, lafleur coming in with the floor from before of a Josh Jacobs type. And I know what Tom said about a three down and that's certainly in play of not letting him be a three down. But what if the lafleur is like the other lafleur and treats him like Josh Jacobs who can do a lot in the passing game and isn't even the strongest in that. And with Arizona and all of a sudden getting bell cow work with Arizona. I know I keep saying I want Kenneth Walker, but everybody wants Kenneth Walker to have bell cow work. But what if it finally happened with Arizona? I wouldn't be shocked. I think Arizona is going to be the sneaky team in free Agency that nobody's expecting to see coming because they have so much space and they're just kind of like they have all these Kyler Murray problems and ignoring the fact that they're still going to make moves.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, so Arizona, interesting landing spot there. We've got Tom's landing spot for Ken Walker. Let's talk about Breeze Hall. Jake, give me a landing spot for him. That would blow people's minds potentially.
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Jake Sealey
So I love that Tom took the team that I did on the long form for the fun one. I'm so glad that he took that because that, that's. You'll see why, like, if you go watch that one after Tom talks. We completely agree on this one. But I took the layup on this one. I'm talking, I'm taking the one that everybody's saying is going to happen despite the fact that Kansas City does not have cap space either. They had to manipulate things, but they also don't have running backs. There's like, like they don't have active running backs right now. So you put Breece hall on the Chiefs and people are going to lose their damn minds. Because that's what anybody does is there's a running back that going to the Chiefs or going to be the Chiefs or by the way, somebody gets hurt and sits out because of COVID and all of a sudden we're taking the first round draft picks on the Kansas City running back is we just want Kansas City running back to be fun, something we can count on. And if Breece hall does somehow find his way to the Chiefs, maybe he takes a team or teamer friendly team, friendlier deal. I like teamer friendly team, friendlier deal to turn.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Jake writes for a living. Everybody.
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Jake Sealey
I can sit there and see that I was stupid and that's. I can edit it. That's the difference.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
I can sit here and see it too. That's the beauty of the show.
- [31:47]
Tom Strachan
Well done.
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Jake Sealey
That was a good follow up joke. But yes, Breece hall would be top 10 locked. Actually, Breece hall would probably push the top five if he ended up on the Chiefs.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, so I know everyone screaming about the, you know, the Chiefs cap and all this stuff. Look, man, we see it happen every year. Teams have cap issues. They work things around, they make trades, they make moves, you know, and, and still it's a destination. I think guys still want to play with Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid, especially if they want to try to win a Super Bowl. All right, Tom, Breece hall, interesting landing spot for him.
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Tom Strachan
Yeah. Let's say that the Chiefs aren't able to make it work and let's send him to the Commanders instead because I think that is another opportunity where you really could see a three down running back. I'm not a Jecroi Crosby merit truth where I thought that he looked fine last year but I think that he would be fine to spell Breece hall instead. Chris Rodriguez, Jeremy McNichols, both three agents, neither of them are particularly great players. Now the one thing that the Commanders have talked about this week is that they want to be able to take more downfield shots. They want to be able to get the quarterback under center more often and what helps that it's a good running game by bringing defenders down into the box, it makes the back end lighter. So then you can take those shots. Now Breece hall, When the Jets QBs were under center last year he had a 7.5% explosive run rate, ranked fifth in missed tackles force per attempt on those plays. I think it's a nice match. It's not one I've heard people talking about but yeah, if we're moving away from the Chiefs then I'm just looking for a situation where he could play three but three downs.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, so there you have it everybody. Breece hall could potentially land in some big spots there for his fantasy value. What about Travis ETN coming off a really good season, I'm of the mind Tom that he should go right back where he was because I think Liam Cohn and him really kind of gel together. I thought it was a good marriage for both parties. I don't think he should go anywhere. I think Jacksonville will be smart. It's not a knock on Bishop Tutin. I just don't think Tootin's ready to gotta take over as the lead back and in those Liam code offenses we've seen. But guys like ETN are crucial to everything working and I think that's why you saw such success for Trevor Lawrence. So let's take that off the table because that's probably an obvious one. Let's do another landing spot potentially for Travis Etienne.
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Tom Strachan
Yeah, I mean I agree with you. A couple of weeks back for fantasy pros I ranked for top 23 agents and in that I mentioned that I thought that ETN should go back and the links were him and Trevor Lawrence going all the way back to college. It makes sense in some ways but there's none of that kind of chatter coming out of Jacksonville at the minute. It seems like they will just move on with which is a Little bit strange considering this was the most consistent campaign that we've seen from Etienne. Like you look back for his career and he's been a bit of a half season warrior. But coming out of last year, RB10 in points per game and RB12 in total points, I want to send him to the New Orleans Saints. I think he'll be cheaper than the other running backs that we've been talking about. The Saints run similar kind of schemes to the Jags. They predominantly play more zone concept runs, spin man gap runs. An Etienne averaged 4.6 yards per carry in zone runs. He was a reasonable pass catcher, a good runner. I'm assuming that Alvin Kamara is probably done at this point and I think that Etienne in that scheme with Kellen Moore could be really fun.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, Jake, Travis Etien, where do you want to put him in 26?
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Jake Sealey
Yeah, if we're not talking about the Jaguars, then I think another similar and this is a team that Tom went to earlier for Kenneth Walker is a similar offense that does zone but with a mix of man in the run. It's just very similar to what Travis ETN just came from. And if you're worried about your offensive line not being as capable as most and I do think the Texans will address their offensive line this offseason but if you're looking for a similar the offense should be similar for etn. And the answer being what we talked about on the show with Erickson is the fact that who is a threat to lose their potential value in free agency was Woody Marks, given the fact that he was productive but not very efficient. Actually one of the more inefficient running backs in all of the NFL as I think that ETN going to the Texans would not only surprise somebody but like give them a value of like what they lost with Joe Mixon. I know they're a little bit of different running backs, but I think that ETN could step in there and be the lead similar to what Tom's argument was with Kenneth Walker.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, so there you go. So. But Jake, do you agree Travis atn best landing spot for him and the Jags is getting back with the Jaguars.
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Jake Sealey
Yeah, mostly because. Well, let's talk about the next one because this is why I don't I'm not a huge Bashel Tootin guy either.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Okay, well yeah, I like Basho too and I just don't think he's ready for what Travis 18:25 so Jake, that leads us to Rico Dowdle. Where would Rico Dowdle potentially land for you in 2026. I can't imagine where you might put him.
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Jake Sealey
So if ETN is not back with the Jaguars they need somebody in my opinion because I think Tutin let me make this clear. I even said this in my pre draft write up of two. I think he's a great running back as a timeshare piece. I don't think too is equipped or ever will be equipped or capable of being 18 to 20 touch per week, even 15 plus touch. He needs to be part of a timeshare which will get the best out of him and his skill set. He is a very explosive, a very good running back. But I think Rico Dowdle wanting to go somewhere. This is very like several levels here. Dowdle was pissed off that again he wasn't treated as the lead when he got his contract perform well and replace Achuba Hubbard. Then had to share at the end of the season. Even said I'm done with this. I need to find a team that will give me the lead. Well, you know you're above replacement buddy. Like, like let's understand that. But where somebody that he could go to and be the lead as the contract and an offense that will do things for him to help his game and have Tutin as a timeshare piece. I think Dowdle makes a lot of sense for the Jaguars if they don't bring back ETN good.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Dowdle had some huge performances too so I think he showed again. Hey, I can still do this, I can still be.
- [37:31]
Jake Sealey
And that's the thing. He wants to go somewhere where he's the lead option. Which is why I think Tom's makes a lot of sense too.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Well and I think being lead option but I think it's better for Rico Dow to have somebody else there to take some of that workload off of him because if you want to keep him healthy the whole year, that's probably imperative. So Tom, where's your landing spot for Rico?
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Tom Strachan
Yeah, I mean I love Jake's landing spot of Jacksonville, but in my universe where the Chiefs are having to be up against the cap and look for cheaper options, I'm sending him to Kansas. The Chiefs, they had the second lowest explosive run rate last year. Everything that was explosive from the Panthers came from Rico Dowdle. I think that you looked at Chuba Hubbard was woefully inefficient like that. But every time Rico was out there it felt like Rico was able to give you a little bit more. And I think that Dowdle is probably looking for somewhere where it's going to give him a multi year deal. And if the Chiefs are trying to deal with cap issues, it makes sense that we might try and work something where they're backloading money in turn a couple of years down the line. I look at what Dowdle can do with 39 recept in each of the last two seasons being explosive, being solid with yards after contact and stuff and I just think that Chuba, sorry Rico would be a fantastic fit there.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, how about Javante Williams? Tom, a guy that had a really solid year, 1 of people, a lot of leagues too I would say because Javante Williams is kind of floating around there late and he was the bell cow for the Dallas Cowboys. Where will he potentially land in your mind for 2026?
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Tom Strachan
I try not to send too many players back to where they're coming from, but this one just makes too much sense to go back to to Dallas. Like this is the first time that it's really all clicked for Gevone Williams post all the injuries like two years removed from everything. Now somehow he's only 25 years old, coming off career highs in what rushing attempts, rushing yards, touchdowns and breaking his longest rush ever. It just makes too much sense that he would feel the good vibes that came out of Dallas and want to go back there.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, Jake, is it just so simple as sending him back to Dallas for you as well?
- [39:29]
Jake Sealey
I think it makes a ton of sense. I'm with Tom Lockstep on this one. Dallas also, according to numbers, really tough again, minus 30 million plus. So I mean we know all these teams aren't going to be that far into the by the way they go back to the Chiefs, they're almost minus 60 million. They're the worst. So we know these teams are going to find ways around it and to make moves and stuff like that. But if you're looking for the fact that the Cowboys can't really afford to spend to running back even if they want, it just makes a lot of sense for them to bring him back given the success. And I think he probably feels feels good about the Cowboys too because they took the chance on him after two, almost three full years of being subpar after that injury. So I think it just makes a ton of sense for Javante to go.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Back to the Cowboys and financially it probably makes sense too. Like, you know, I don't think Javante is going to get a huge bag from some other team now. I think he'll get a fair offer from the Cowboys and the Cowboys I think respect what he Did. I think.
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Tom Strachan
I think in another way, he's like.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Good marriages where, you know, get back together here in this one.
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Tom Strachan
One.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, let's talk about a couple other guys floating around at running back. Tyler outgier, Naji Harris, J.K. dobbins, Rashad White. I don't know if any of these guys really interest you. Maybe Algier, because it has a thousand yards. So let's talk about Tyler Algier, since I've obviously hit on the one that's exciting. Tyler Algier. Jake, where could he potentially land that could all of a sudden kind of give him a new life in fantasy?
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Jake Sealey
Well, we both brought up this team and different names so far. Okay, what if the Chiefs go the cheap route with Algier? You talk about a fit on that team. Like, let's also remember how good Algier has been, not only behind Bijan, but the one year they needed Tyler Algier to be the lead with this Falcons offense. And at that time, it's not like the Falcons offense was amazing. And I think Algier. No, he's not top of the league. But you're telling me not Najee Harris. Like, he put him on this list like a Najee Harris at his peak. Tyler Algier is kind of there. Like Najee Harris. The argument against him was always that he was a little bit more volume reliant than super productive, but he was pretty productive. That's a lot of what Tyler Algier does. And you put him on the Chiefs because they need to cost cut. Yeah, I think that would be super fun. I'd consider him a top 15 running back with the Chiefs.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, for you, Tom. How about Tyler Algier?
- [41:37]
Tom Strachan
So if we're looking kind of down the list of where there could be movement, where there could be an opportunity to really earn work, I think that somewhere like the jets makes a lot of sense. Like, their offensive line was sneaky good last year. If they're moving on from Breece hall, yes, we've got Braylon Allen. Yes, we've got Isaiah Davis. Like, there are options there. But if they want to invest in somebody who they can build around for the next few years, I think Tyler Algier would be fantastic.
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Jake Sealey
It's gonna be funny when The jets have 60 of their 80 million still in cap because nobody wants to go there.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Well, that's the hard part, man. Well, but that. That is the whole thing, right? It's like, you know, the Chiefs are underwater in the cap and everybody still wants to go to the Chiefs if they can. We'll figure it out. I'll give you a bonus and then you can pay me on next Tuesday for, you know, first down and all kinds of nonsense just to make it work. The jets are like, here's $80 million guaranteed. And they're like, I'm good, I'm good. We're just gonna go look. I heard Buffalo Wild Wings is hiring, so I'll go check that out, see how that's going on. What about Harris or Dobbins or Rashad White? Any of those guys have anything left in the tank for you, Tom, that you might want to throw them somewhere?
- [42:40]
Tom Strachan
I'd like to see J.K. dobbins go back to Denver. It seemed to work. I don't think that RJ Harvey is a complete back yet. It feels like they need someone there to and J.K. dobbins seemed to be a good match for the scheme last year.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Yeah, I would agree with that. Jake, any of the other remaining guys, any interest?
- [42:59]
Jake Sealey
I think if any of the three ended up with Washington or Houston, that would raise our eyebrow to we brought this team, we brought those teams up twice already in the fact that, like, they're voids and whether or not they're void is a timeshare or they need an injury for something to happen. But all those teams, they would make us take notice if any of those three sign with him.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Dobbins in Washington, I think would be intriguing as well because you could still see JCM having.
- [43:23]
Jake Sealey
Well, they love getting running backs that get hurt, so yeah, why not?
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
They love it. Can't get enough of it. They love it. All right, let's talk about tight ends. There's two in particular here, Kyle Pitts being one. Now, I already said on the other show, too, I thought Kyle Pitts and Washington actually would be a fun one with Jaden Daniels. I'd like to see that those two guys come together. Jake, for you, Kyle Pitts, what would be the ideal landing spot in 2026?
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Jake Sealey
So, like Tom, I didn't want to keep going back to teams, but I'll this is even a teaser for the next one. Both tight ends I'm sending back to because I think they're a great fit, but there's a difference on the second one. But I really like what Tom did with Kyle Pitts because of what I did with the second one. I couldn't. I think Kyle Pitts back with the Falcons makes a ton of sense. You're talking about Stefanski and Tommy Reese coming in. What do they do. They love some tight end usage. They love run games and tight ends. Not as quite as much as Arthur Smith. But the Falcons, they have the blueprint for what they just did last year. Stefanski and Reese do coming in and saying, you know what, let's stop making Kyle Pitts run routes because he can't run routes routes. Let's treat him like a power forward in the NFL. And look what that did. It got him open. It got him open for touchdowns. It got him open for those play. There's chain movers and I know a lot of his production came in that one game, but it was the best we've seen from Kyle Pitts essentially since his rookie season. And you're going to get two. Two basically offensive minds who really like to use the title and maybe there's another level to him. Maybe we can get back to that rookie season. So I think Atlanta makes a ton of sense. If not, I actually do really like Tom's on this one. I like a lot of Thomas picks.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Well, look, since you already buried the lead, Dallas Goddard back to Philadelphia for you too. Why?
- [44:49]
Jake Sealey
Okay, Because I do expect A.J. browns.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Let's just do it.
- [44:52]
Jake Sealey
Let's just.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Let's just rip the band aid off Dallas.
- [44:55]
Jake Sealey
I think Devonte Smith is a great buy low in Dynasty by the way. Amazing by low. Worst season of by the way. Everybody's like, you know, Saquon Barkley had a terrible year this entire offense. Saquon Barkley, terrible year. Worst year for A.J. brown with the Eagles. Worst year for Devontae Smith since his rookie season. Worst year for Jalen Hurts since his first full season as a quarterback. It was worst across the board, which is why I'm buying everybody I possibly can on this team except for one person. Dallas Goddard just had his career year. But what did Dallas Goddard benefit from? The fact that A.J. brown had a bad year and Devontae Smith had a bad year. Assuming AJ Brown's not with this team next year and they'll probably address the number two position because they're not going to rely on Johan Dotson. I wish that would have played out. But Dallas Goddard just back with the Eagles in the same role where he can be the 2/3 and be a real big red zone threat as he was, I think makes a ton of sense. Unless you do what Tom did. And that's why I said I really like his because it's the same situation, just different style.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
All right, let's all learn to like Tom's picks better than Jake's. Yes, Jake's are boring. Tom, give us Kyle Pitts landing spot and give me Dallas Goddard as well.
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Tom Strachan
Yeah, so I'm sending Kyle Pitts to Philadelphia. Like we know that Howie isn't afraid to take swings. We know that they like a little bit of star power there. Look, Dallas Goddard was fantastic this year. Your career highs and targets, receptions, touchdowns. But he wasn't really much of a game changer. It was just that they moved away from the brotherly shove and instead were just doing the little pot passes to Dallas Goddard which is why he ended up with double digit touchdowns. So I think that if they wanted someone who can give him a bit more yards after the catch, who can stretch feel, particularly if you end up losing AJ Brown as well and you need to really stretch the field more, then Kyle Pitts would be fun there and Dallas got it. I'm sending to Miami because I don't think that Darren Waller was the answer. Yes, he was a great story this year. But Miami, they need targets. I think that you're looking at Dallas got it. As someone who can be solid, reliable, you're pretty much guaranteed to get kind of 500 yards and five touchdowns per year out of him. And I think that will appeal to a new head coach who just needs to get the ball moving in Miami.
- [46:59]
Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
I guarantee you at least one of these places that you guys have predicted will be true. Just watch at least one of them. That's my.
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Jake Sealey
You know what, the real answer.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
At least we get one.
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Jake Sealey
You should send Dallas Goddard to freaking Ohio State. Go play with Arthur Smith. Somehow we can make that happen.
- [47:14]
Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Well, I mean Arthur Smith continues to.
- [47:17]
Jake Sealey
Hey, the kid from Montana just got his ninth year of eligibility.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
I need to get, I need to get his agent. That's what I need. I need Arthur Smith. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the key. We should all sign with Arthur Smith's agent because that guy.
- [47:31]
Jake Sealey
Does the same guy who represents Arthur Smith represent Matt Nagy too? Is that like.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
I can only assume Matt Nagy and also Nathaniel Hackett are all that crew.
- [47:39]
Jake Sealey
Would have to be.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
I don't know what organization that is.
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Tom Strachan
In my made up universe of Titan landing spots. One of the reasons I sent Carl Pitts away from Atlanta was because I'm just assuming that David and Joku is reuniting Kevin Stefanski.
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Jake Sealey
That's an interesting one.
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
That's a fun one too. I like that. I think with fan in there too. That's, that's probably. He's gone. They're probably moving on.
- [47:58]
Jake Sealey
So what did you learn? I like all of Tom's and hate my own picks. There you go.
- [48:04]
Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Not breaking any news there with self loathing and Jake Sealy. Just saying. I've known you long enough. Gentlemen. Really good work though. All jokes aside, some really good landing spots there. But what are your predictions? Drop them in the chat here on the YouTube channel. We love hearing from the audience.
- [48:18]
Jake Sealey
So let us know.
- [48:18]
Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
Where do you think Breeze hall ends up? Where's Ken Walker end up? Where's Kyle Pitts end up? Who knows? Mike Evans, you might know. Drop your predictions. We'll see if you were right. And when you do, you might win that championship belt from Trophy Smack. And don't forget to go check out our newest channel. The Dynasty Podcast is out there right now. Fantasy Pros Dynasty Channel is out and ready to go. So go check it out on the YouTube. That'll do it for us. But the story of the game goes on for Tom and Jake. I'm Joey P. We'll see you next time.
- [48:42]
Jake Sealey
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Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
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- [48:48]
Jake Sealey
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Martina Castro
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- [50:28]
Joey P. (Joe P. Zapia)
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Tom Strachan
Them to do, they usually disappeared.
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Jake Sealey
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Jake Sealey
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Tom Strachan
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