NFC West Breakdown!

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SPEAKER_00 0:00

Welcome back to the Next Step Fantasy Football Podcast. My name is Jake, and I'm once again joined by the coach. Adam, how are you?

SPEAKER_01 0:08

What up, family? What up, friends? What up, Jake? Uh happy to be here. Been a two-week hiatus, but we are back.

SPEAKER_00 0:15

I believe it was my fa no, this time it was your fault.

SPEAKER_01 0:19

I think it was a joint effort.

SPEAKER_00 0:21

I believe you left your computer at home. At school. At school, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 0:25

That was that was partially on me, yes, yes. But we had to uh finagle the plans. But folks, we're back. It's good. It's the best part of my week so far. Good to be with all of you.

SPEAKER_00 0:36

We have lots of NFL news. Lots. Maybe we we can get into, which I don't have it written down because I did, but it's gone now and it won't show up. So you're gonna have to help me while we do this. First things first. Well, first things first, we don't have a listener question this week. You might ask why, Adam. Why, Jake? Because I forgot to download it and I just thought of it just now. So that's what you get. You get the you get the uh behind the scenes stuff right here. Um so I'm just gonna ask you. Uh I have a BuzzFeed article here. You're gonna answer these questions for you, or for for yourself. It's a question that everyone has an answer to. All right. Are you ready? Ready, man. What was the best 90s Nick cartoon?

SPEAKER_01 1:24

Ooh, hmm.

SPEAKER_00 1:26

Nick Nick. Come on, 10 seconds, go. Oh gosh. 90s though. Um early 2000s. That's okay, fine. SpongeBob. The incorrect the answer was hey Arnold. Oh, I do. Do you prefer Sprite or 7 Up? Seven up. Correct. Do you use the top sheet as part of your betting? No. The correct answer is Adam doesn't have a top sheet. He has a comforter, and that is it. Amen. Simple man. Have you seen Clueless? No. Have you seen Mean Girls? Yes, I have. Okay, you're doing great so far. Is The Nightmare Before Christmas a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie?

unknown 2:05

Do it.

SPEAKER_01 2:06

Can I have an extension event? Uh, I don't think it is. It's a Halloween movie. Uh, but I am not a fan of that movie. It freaks me out.

SPEAKER_00 2:13

Oh, I mean, Tim Burton's fantastic. The opening song's cool, that's about it. Yeah. Santa Claus is pretty good too. Anywho, um, what should happen to people who hang their toilet paper roll under versus over?

SPEAKER_01 2:29

Ooh, uh, they should be sent to a small island. Um, they have provisions and everything.

SPEAKER_00 2:37

Not like the gallows was the correct answer. The gallows. Is candy corn good? Yes, it is, absolutely. Oh, that's also incorrect. Oh. Uh, along with 65% of other people agree with me. Does friends deserve all the hype it gets?

SPEAKER_01 2:54

No, it's a copy of Seinfeld, but way worse.

SPEAKER_00 2:58

Okay. And what is the best 90s prints? The 90s what? What's the best 90s uh Disney prints? Oh, um Hercules count? No, probably not. Yeah, he counts. He counts. Yeah, Hercules. Uh, incorrect. It is Lee Shang from Mulan, without a doubt. And what is the best app ever created?

SPEAKER_01 3:19

The best app ever created, uh, Swing University for my golf game.

SPEAKER_00 3:24

And there you have it, guys. That's a minute and a half of Adam answering all 12 questions that everyone has an opinion. Uh, according to this, the answer was Instagram, though. I'm sorry. Oh, got it. Yes. Don't have that. Getting to what you guys are here for, the NFL news. We're gonna talk about the NFC West. So we're gonna wrap up the NFC year. Um, first, we got some news. Let's start with the Josh Jacobs thing. That's about a week old now. Uh, what I will say on it is we don't know anything more than anyone else knows. He's back at OTA's practicing. Do you think he gets suspended?

SPEAKER_01 3:58

I think he will, if there's evidence.

SPEAKER_00 4:03

Let's say this is it. Let's say this is it. This is all we know about. No. I also agree. I think that even if he's charged with something, he won't be because they'll wait for this whole legal process to go out.

SPEAKER_01 4:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:18

And he would probably get a suspension next year, would be my guess. But it's all just speculative, right?

SPEAKER_01 4:26

The NFL's just slap on the wrist punishment slightly, so that's true.

SPEAKER_00 4:31

Uh, Russell Wilson retired. Thank goodness. Denver Broncos. That's right.

SPEAKER_01 4:38

Legend, yeah. Wow. I wish I could delete those two years from my memory.

SPEAKER_00 4:42

Yeah, it is uh not good.

SPEAKER_01 4:45

But hey, uh, it's probably good for him to be honest. He's he's he's a TV personality at this point in his career. His cheesy likableness that I think is fake, to be honest, that might rub people the wrong way. I think he's not genuine, um, but ultimately good for TV.

SPEAKER_00 4:59

So uh, what was the most cringiest thing he ever did?

SPEAKER_01 5:03

The the thing in his apartment where he was like the the the dangerous uh dangerous or the subway commercial when he was the Broncos quarterback, and it got canceled right away where he's like, I'm feeling dangerous. You feel dangerous? And they awkwardly took a bite and he's like, Hmm, that was pretty dangerous.

SPEAKER_00 5:24

Uh I think it was when he did like he like ghost performed an entire opening drive before a game. You remember, do you remember that?

SPEAKER_01 5:31

That was cringy. Oh, yeah. That was in Denver by himself, yeah. Oh gosh, or running or honorable mention doing high knees on the plane, and Jerry Judy got kissed. He was so mad.

SPEAKER_00 5:42

He's like, gotta do my calisthenics.

SPEAKER_01 5:44

Yeah, Jerry Judy's sitting there apparently just so mad. That's the London, too.

SPEAKER_00 5:50

They shipped him out, which is crazy.

SPEAKER_01 5:52

Crazy, man.

SPEAKER_00 5:54

Um, so that's a good one. Uh, Christian Watson got signed $110 million. A bit of a gamble, I'd say. Um, he hasn't been healthy, but I understand why they did it. Drake London got paid as well. A little bit more deserved, I would say, right?

SPEAKER_01 6:06

Yeah, sure. I mean it is uh based on volume, but you know how I feel about Drake London.

SPEAKER_00 6:11

Uh yeah, I agree. Uh Malik Neighbors looking less and less likely that he's gonna be ready by the start of the year.

SPEAKER_01 6:18

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 6:19

Which is a bummer. Um, which means his ADP is definitely gonna drop. I will say I'll be interested. We'll do a mock up, we'll do a mock for next week, and I'll be scared to see where he goes. I'm probably trying to get as much Malik neighbors on the on the discount as possible.

unknown 6:35

Right.

SPEAKER_00 6:36

Um and then oh, I'm forgetting one. I am forgetting Oh, uh George Kittle. Hopefully to play week one. So that's good for the league, good for the brand. Good for the brand. Uh so is Tucker Kraft looking good for the tight end brand. Really trying to trying to be out there for week one. Plus, we need more we we need more good tight ends. We do. So um, we're kind of you know, the news right now, it's June 4th, and it's just like, God, there's just nothing going on.

SPEAKER_01 7:08

Yeah. OETA started for some teams.

unknown 7:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:11

I think all teams have started at this point. All teams, yeah. Alright, let's finish up the NFC. We got the NFC West. Um, we're gonna talk about all the fantasy relevant players in this division. What we're what we like, what we don't like, and we got some names in here. Uh, which team would you like to start with, Adam?

SPEAKER_01 7:29

Why don't we start with the lovable idiots, the Arizona Cardinals?

SPEAKER_00 7:35

Oh, oh my god, Miles Garrett was traded.

SPEAKER_01 7:38

What are we doing? I I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 7:40

The Cardinals' jobs just got a lot harder for two weeks out of the year. And then AJ Brown is officially a Patriot. I can't believe we forgot those. Um good for Drake May. Honestly, I think it might be good for everybody. Yeah. I think it's it's great for Devonta Smith. I think it's okay for Jalen Hurts. I think it's really good for Drake May, and I think it's good for AJ Brown. I think everyone's gonna do well, assuming health.

SPEAKER_01 8:06

So yeah, yeah, it's all I don't have much to say about that because I'm not the biggest AJ Brown fan anymore.

SPEAKER_00 8:12

But what? You just don't like his attitude. Yeah, he's a weird guy. He likes the ball.

SPEAKER_01 8:17

He's not a he's not a locker room guy.

SPEAKER_00 8:20

Oh, jeez. Guys, you'll appreciate this. Uh Adam tried to convince us yesterday that Pat Bryant is a really good receiver. You might not say really you might be saying who? You might be saying who exactly.

SPEAKER_01 8:33

Good for his uh job. Which is fourth string receiver. Fourth string receiver.

SPEAKER_00 8:40

All right, Arizona Cards. We got Mr. Hold Out himself, Jacoby Brissett goes unreal. Is he? He's holding out because he wants his money. Here's the thing about Jacoby Brissett. As the player, as the man, I get it. He's holding out because he's like, this is gonna be the last time I have any leverage ever. Yeah. So he's you know, trying to get his money. Get your money. Um, fantasy-wise, he finishes quarterback 16. He's going undrafted. He deserves to be undrafted. Yep. I will say, he's one of those guys that has uh has uh streaming possibilities. He's the guy that, like, oh, you drafted Jalen Hurts, let's say, and he's out for six weeks. Kobe Brissett's the guy you get. Yeah, is there gonna be losing? Yeah, he's probably gonna throw a pick a game. He also might throw three touchdowns. Yeah, he's kind of fun. He is fun, but not really what you're trying to do on your fantasy team.

SPEAKER_01 9:38

No, not a lot to say there.

SPEAKER_00 9:40

Not a lot to say there. Uh, how about Jeremia Love? So we got four, I believe, running backs there. We got Jeremiah Love, Trey Benson, James Conner back from injury, and they signed Tyler Algier. Poor Tyler Tyler Algier, man. Poor guy. Dude runs for a thousand yards this rookie year. They're like draft Bijan. Still has some like decent production like for a backup running back. I'm gonna go to Arizona, be the guy. And they take Jeremiah Left. Yeah, so poor him. Uh obviously, uh, okay. So he's going as running back 14 in the third round. What are we doing there? Are you taking it? You're risking it. The talent is probably one of the best running backs we've seen in a while.

SPEAKER_01 10:22

For sure. I I would take him there. I would think about him mid-third. Um, just for the fact that like his talent's up the wall. Um, they don't have a lot of weapons besides McBride and Harrison Jr.'s uh, you know, I don't know what to think about him either yet. Uh, but love, he can catch, uh, he can run, you know, he's he's uh Notre Dame guys. You watched a lot of them. Yeah, and I I will say, like, the and again, yeah, I watched a lot of them at Notre Dame. Judarian Price, we'll get to him later, but dang, they were close. Uh Jeremiah loved generational talent, though. The way he can shake off guys and his burst is what separated him from Jadarian Price and anyone else that they played. Uh, it's just fun to watch. I think he can get change a game in the blink of an eye.

SPEAKER_00 11:05

Do you think if you take him in the third round, are you gonna go with some like are you really gonna stack running backs? Or you feel fine? Because I'm do you think like it's gonna take some time?

SPEAKER_01 11:17

Yeah, especially being on the Cardinals, you know, there's a fear there. You've you've been very vocal about it that it was a mistake um by by them because they don't have a great line, but ultimately if I'm stacking running backs, it's not bad to stack him and then get someone on the wrap around in the fourth.

SPEAKER_00 11:34

Yeah, I mean, I think if what I don't want is Jeremiah Love. Like, I'm nervous about taking Love as my running back one. Like, that's what makes me nervous. Like, if you get two receivers back to back and then you have him as your running back one, I'm I'm I'm grabbing ETN in the fourth. Or like I I'm I'm sorry, a chan. A chan. Uh, I'm stacking some running backs hard to be honest. It just makes me nervous. I get why if you want to do it, I get it. Yeah, I have no problem with it. It just makes me personally nervous. Take a rookie running back that I you know it's it's amazing how place like destination where he went matters in this sort of thing. It's like Ashton Genty was a high second-round pick last year, but you knew he was getting the ball constantly. Yeah, but here's the thing, like Jeremiah Love's better, in my opinion.

SPEAKER_01 12:23

That's what I was just gonna say, like Cam Scattaboo, I love him. But if he can do some cool stuff, so can Jeremiah Love because that was a similar situation there for Cam Scataboo.

SPEAKER_00 12:32

Yeah. Uh moving on to the receivers, we got Marvin Harrison Jr. finishes wide receiver 49, and we have Michael Wilson who finishes wide receiver 13. He was nuts at the end of the year. They're both being drafted in the ninth round. Gun to your head, you gotta pick one.

SPEAKER_01 12:49

I'm going with the name. Give me the the Marvin Harrison Jr. just based on his name.

SPEAKER_00 12:54

Really?

SPEAKER_01 12:55

Yep. I I'm not a big Michael Wilson guy either. I it's and again, it's uh who's throwing him the ball? Uh, but Marvin Harrison, I think, is due for a breakout. I think he will uh this year do better.

SPEAKER_00 13:08

So yeah, I think I I would agree with you. Um just the pedestrians it's just the talent. It's the talent. It's like I know Michael Wilson played really well, but I think we've seen his ceiling, and I don't think we've seen Marvin Harrison's. Not yet. So I'd much rather have him. I don't think Michael Wilson's a bad pick though in the ninth. I mean, getting wide receiver 13 and then I've getting wide receiver 13 as wide receiver 38 right now, pretty good return.

SPEAKER_01 13:35

Can I say a quick cool story about Marvin Harrison Jr.?

SPEAKER_00 13:38

Yes, you may.

SPEAKER_01 13:39

My former uh roommate in Black Earth Falls was at a club in Vegas with his buddies, and they were in a VIP access lounge, um, probably spent way too much money. But they look over across, and there's Marvin Harrison Jr. with his bros and dress to the nines, you know, just they're living their best life. And they looked over, they locked eyes with Marvin Harrison, they nodded, he nodded, and all was right. That's all that happened.

SPEAKER_00 14:08

He just nodded at him, and like, yes, like he's like, Yes, it's me. Don't bother me.

SPEAKER_01 14:13

Be cool.

SPEAKER_00 14:14

Uh, all right. We have talked now. It's time to talk about Trey McBride. He finished as tight end one last year. Uh, he's being drafted as tight end two in the third round. We have talked about multiple times how we are very big on waiting for your tight end. We think it's just better to do. Um, I will say, unless you're gigging Brock Bowers or or Trey McBride.

SPEAKER_01 14:39

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:39

But I I encourage you to all to mock, do some mocks if you're taking if you're planning on taking a tight end early. The thing with those two is that you have a you have a positional advantage every time you play someone, except when you play each other. So I love Trey McBride. He's he's mine tight end one. I talked about how much I love Trey McBride a lot, called that last year, not to toot my own horn, but like he's really good. So if you want to take a tight end early, take him. Who are you taking of the two?

SPEAKER_01 15:11

Trey McBride, for sure. I I just think his volume when Brissett was in there, um, which uh love the typo, by the way, on Jacoby Bursett. Oh, yeah, for sure. But anyway, um yeah.

SPEAKER_00 15:26

I is the worst.

SPEAKER_01 15:30

Perfectionist, that's a horrible life. Uh anyway, McBride got a lot of volumes with Jacoby Brissett in it.

SPEAKER_00 15:36

He did. Um I think that uh I'm I think that like it just uh again, we're waiting, but if you're gonna take him, take him and feel good about it, he's gonna be really good again this year. Uh it's just, you know, for me, it's I'd rather go get those receivers as running backs. But no problem if you do it. Moving on to the Rams, who are really good. Uh their tight end, Kobe Parkinson, undrafted, leave it that way. So we don't need to spend much time on that. Matthew Stafford finished as quarterback three. He's going in the 15th, so essentially he's out, he's undrafted. Is that disrespectful?

SPEAKER_01 16:16

Absolutely it is. Holy crud, I got a lot to say about Matthew Stafford. Um, the man from Detroit himself liberated by Sean McVeigh, and he's done nothing but good things. I don't get the disrespect, I don't get the CDP, I really don't. I would take him over jail and hurts, etc.

SPEAKER_00 16:36

Oh, I want to see you actually do that then.

SPEAKER_01 16:39

I might. Don't tempt me as a good time.

SPEAKER_00 16:41

I mean, I think like with Hertz, they offer the rushing upside, and he offers literally like seven yards a season. So, like I remember there's a prop bet of his that was like that I bet once of him getting two rushing yards. He didn't get it. Um here's the thing with Matthew Stafford, he's probably not gonna, you probably don't want him as your running or quarterback one. If you do, as Adam is saying, then great. Wait, take him. The issue is that you better make sure you get him. Yeah. Right? Because he's probably one of the best backups that you want on your team. Yeah, who's gonna outperform his ADP for sure.

SPEAKER_01 17:19

He's just gonna wait, you know.

SPEAKER_00 17:21

Yeah, if you're waiting, like I want him over Brock Purdy, who's going in the 15th, Sam Darnold's undrafted. I'm go, I'm looking at like uh not in there. I'm looking, I want him over Jared Goff. Would you want him or Kyler?

SPEAKER_01 17:37

Uh Stafford.

SPEAKER_00 17:39

Yeah, so the thing is, is he just has some killer wide receivers. The best one in the league, Puka Mandakula finished as wide wide receiver one. It's going as a wide receiver two right now. It's a toss-up between him and Jamar in the 1-5. If I have no problem if you take him with the first overall pick, Puka. Especially if you're in a full-point PPR.

SPEAKER_01 18:00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 18:01

He just eats.

SPEAKER_01 18:02

He just eats he is fresh eye rehab.

SPEAKER_00 18:06

Yep, so yes, that is a red flag, right? So you so, but it doesn't push him down my board at all.

SPEAKER_01 18:13

No, I mean he's still gonna he's he's still a freak of nature, you know.

SPEAKER_00 18:16

It's just he looks like he's having a lot of fun out there. Yeah, he is. Uh I mean Puka's great. I mean, if you're picking him or Jamar, who are you going? Uh Puka. I think I go Chase because I think Joe Burrow is better than Matthew Stafford, but then you know, but Joe Burrow hasn't been healthy. So it's tough. I don't think you can go wrong either way. Take Puka, don't worry about it. Uh what about what do you think of Devontae Adams? So he I heard a really interesting stat by the fantasy footballers uh yes a few days ago that he had the most throws at him that were overthrown out of anybody in the league. Yeah, it was like Stafford was throwing the ball, and they he just kept going, Oh man, I thought you were a step faster. But he's just so good inside the five. He had 14 touchdowns last year, finished as wide receiver eight being drafted in the fifth round.

SPEAKER_01 19:16

His footwork inside the five has been great since Green Bay. I mean, it's just been phenomenal.

SPEAKER_00 19:21

He's a monster inside the 20.

SPEAKER_01 19:23

Yeah. Touchdowns, right? I mean, if you if you value a receiver that's gonna go get you a one lot of touchdowns, that's your game.

SPEAKER_00 19:30

You know, he's over 30 now. Do you think we see the step back? Do you think it's more than what's more likely that he finishes wide receiver eight again or that he's closer to wide receiver 16? I think he's got one more.

SPEAKER_01 19:45

One more year, I think he's right around eight again.

SPEAKER_00 19:47

So you think he's another top ten? The issue with him is that he had to score 14 times to get there. And I think that's I mean, he what in that London game he scored three. Like I just don't know if that's feasible again.

SPEAKER_01 20:00

Yeah, I want to book something, but I'm not sure. What are you feeling? I was gonna book him for over 10 tutties.

SPEAKER_00 20:06

10 tutties? I'm uh I I think that's yeah, book it.

SPEAKER_01 20:10

Why not? Devontae M's over 10 touchdowns this year.

SPEAKER_00 20:13

Book it. Anyways, so yes, let's drink I will book that Devante over 10 touchdowns. 10 touchdowns. I think that's a good one. I like that. Yeah, uh, what what are your feelings on Kyron Williams?

SPEAKER_01 20:32

Another Notre Dame guy.

SPEAKER_00 20:33

Another Notre Dame guy. Blake Koram's a thing there. Like that is a problem.

SPEAKER_01 20:37

He is a thing, he's it's gonna be a timeshare. Um, I think Kyron Williams just excels with the passing game, too. Um, so I like him. I like his high upside, but again, it wouldn't surprise me if they share it so much with Koram this year that, especially with how loaded they are, they can attack you so many ways that they don't need him to be a Bell Cow, unfortunately, for his fantasy production. I think that that ADP is right where I would put him. The 4-4. Yep. And even if you wait on him, if you can, um why not?

SPEAKER_00 21:10

Yeah, I really like Kyron Williams too. I think the only issue with him is if they go up, which I think they will go up a lot this season, then they don't have to run Kyron Williams, right? They can do Blake Quorum. So that's a little bit of a red flag. I think Blake Quorum offers some standalone value as well. But yeah, I mean the fourth round, I like Kyron Williams there. Uh let's go to Seahawks. We got Sam Darnold who finished the quarterback 13, he's going undrafted. Should he be drafted? Yes, he should be. Yeah, he's a backup and he's fine as that. Yep. Um I think we've seen his ceiling in terms of fantasy, quarterback 13. I think it would be hard to beat that um unless JSN goes. Nuts again, he finishes wide receiver two, going as wide receiver three. Would you take him over Puka or Jamar?

SPEAKER_01 22:09

Uh JSN?

SPEAKER_00 22:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 22:12

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 22:13

Which one? Over both. Oh, okay. Is it fair to say he is your wide receiver one? Yes.

SPEAKER_01 22:23

Why? I just think he is a once-in-a-lifetime talented receiver. He went off the charts. Nothing really changed. I don't think they're gonna be able to adjust to that to him. I mean, I just think he's such a freak. I don't think they can adjust defensively to him right now. Um, maybe I'm gonna eat my words, but I think he's gonna be right there in the top three again this year.

SPEAKER_00 22:49

I would agree. I do not think he's better than or he's better than the other two, but I don't it's one of those things where it's like I don't have a problem with it. It's like yeah, that's what you want to do, fine. Um continuing on to receivers, Rashid Shahid, he's a kick return guy. He's going undrafted. Wide is your 64.

SPEAKER_01 23:06

He's he's fun. He reminds me of Devin Hester, man. I mean, it's fun.

SPEAKER_00 23:10

He belongs on a bench or the waiver wire.

SPEAKER_01 23:15

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 23:16

Because you're with him, though. I mean, he's one of those guys we talked about where man, you're down on a Monday night and you need 10 points, and you have, you know, you have a guy that you're just not, you know, I'm not you have Ricky Pearsall who we'll talk about, or you have Shaheed. Give me Shaheed for the long touchdown, you know. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 23:32

Kind of a lesser version of Jamison Williams, in my opinion.

SPEAKER_00 23:36

Yeah, that's fair. That's fair. Uh AJ Barner, tight end, 14 last year. He's undrafted. Leave it. Gross.

SPEAKER_01 23:43

Didn't even know he was a real person. So uh sorry, AJ Barner, if you want to be on the show, uh come on on. But uh right after Tommy Trumbull.

SPEAKER_00 23:50

Um why don't you talk about Jadarian Price? He's going as running back 25 in the sixth round.

SPEAKER_01 23:56

Yeah, man, again, uh just watching him. If Jared uh if uh Jeremiah Love was not in Notre Dame, Jadarian Price would have done similar things. Uh again, breakaway speed, no one talks about it. Powerful guy. Um, not as effective in the past game, you would think, but he also took like a 90-yard screen pass to the house. I think it was against USC last year. So um he's just another game changer. I love him. I think he's gonna bury Charbonnet. Uh Charbonneau, whatever should have Charbonnet. Charbonnet, but how about Charbonat? Go with your gut, I guess. Uh, but but Jadarian Price stellar guy. I just took him in a long draft uh dynasty league. Um I had people text me to try and scoop him up, and I'm like, no thanks. I'm gonna stick with him. So um big fan. I think he's gonna be good. But again, in a redraft, we don't know. He might have been a college great running back that is not ready for being a Belcal.

SPEAKER_00 24:56

Fair enough. Uh, last team we got, we got the Niners. Uh Brock Purdy going in the 15th round. He finished quarterback 14. And he's gonna give you some spike weeks. Um, but I don't think he should be your starter every week. Not for me. He's a streamer. Uh Christian McCaffrey finishes running back Uno last year.

SPEAKER_01 25:16

Crazy, man.

SPEAKER_00 25:16

Going as running back four in the first round. He had the most touches he's ever had last year. Does that make you nervous for this year?

SPEAKER_01 25:24

Yes, I'm still waiting for him to turn back into a paper mache doll. Uh just break easily like he did in Carolina, but he hasn't done that, you know, knock on wood. He hasn't been cursed by that 49ers weird theory about the what is it? What are we talking about?

SPEAKER_00 25:40

He missed an entire year.

SPEAKER_01 25:41

Oh yeah. But it he got his foot surgery in Germany. It was a whole thing. That's right. Uh, so maybe the electric waves or whatever on the Levi Stadium are hurting him too. I don't know. It's weird. But uh, I use what I'll say about the whole Niners thing. This is it, man. And it's not fantasy related, but this is it. If they want to make noise, their division's not getting easier, it's getting way tougher. Um, the whole Kyle Shanahan honeymoon with Purdy, this is this is it. And I mean they're kind of fun, but also I'm not that excited.

SPEAKER_00 26:14

Yeah, I mean, we're talking three of the five guys we're talking about here are old in fantasy games. I mean, Mike Evans, new coming over from Tampa Bay, which is gonna just look weird. Uh, being drafted in the seventh round, I like that. That's fine. Yeah, it's better in a non-PPR. I don't think he's gonna be making 10 catches a game, but the touchdown upside is really high. Um, would would you rather have Mike Evans in the seventh or Devontae Adams in the fifth? Devontae Adams in the fifth. I think we could see really similar returns on both of them. Yeah, yeah. Um, and then we got Ricky Pearsall. We just talked about him. He's going in the 11th round. Fine. Like he's uh you know, you know, receivers in the the receivers in the double digit rounds, you're just looking for upside anywhere. And I think that it's certainly possible. Why not? Right? We just haven't seen it yet, but you're taking a shot at that point, so do it. Fine by me. And then we talked about George Kittle hoping to be back by week one. So he finished his tight end 13, was hurt some of it. He's going as tight end 10 in the 13th. I am assuming that, or I can tell you, that is before he said he wants to be back week one. Yeah. So I'm gonna name some tight ends. You tell me when you're ready to take them, uh take him, George Kittle, over those guys. Ready? Okay, Brock Bowers.

SPEAKER_01 27:36

Nope.

SPEAKER_00 27:37

Trey McBride. Nope. Tyler Warren Nope, Colton Lovelin. Don't do that. The answer's no. Harold Fannin is the next one.

unknown 27:49

Oh god.

SPEAKER_00 27:51

I guess no. Okay, and then we I guess no. Uh Kyle Pitts, I believe, is the next one. Oh god, uh no. Yeah, I'm at this point. I'm taking him over those Kyle Pitts. Like he's in that next tier right after Fannon for me.

SPEAKER_01 28:09

Yeah, he's more reliable of himself. He's just reliable, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 28:13

We'll see where that ADP is. Yeah. We've talked about a lot of tight ends going in the double digit rounds. If George Kittle is one of those, he's jumps to the top of all the tight ends that we've talked about.

SPEAKER_01 28:25

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 28:26

Um, there you go. We got the NFC done. I will tell you, thank you guys for being here and listening. I and I think Adam agrees with me that this part, I think these division breakdowns are good, they're fun. I'm glad you guys come back and listen to them. I think they can be a bit of a slog, to be honest. Yeah, but I think it's important, and I think that and that's why we do it, because these names getting thrown out. You might forget about Ricky Pearsall and then oh shoot, you're drafting, you're like, oh no, what is he up to? Right?

SPEAKER_01 28:57

Um, so we'll move to the between Devontae Adams and another guy, you know.

SPEAKER_00 29:02

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, we'll move to the AFC in two weeks. Next week, we are going to do a mock draft. Adam, I haven't told you, but we're going to do it live, just so you know. All right. Um, if you want to be a part of that, and you're listening, you want to be a part of that next Thursday, um Go say something on our Facebook page, facebook.com Next Step Fantasy Football Podcast. Absolutely. Uh you can listen to us anywhere you listen to your podcast. Hey, hey, do us a favor. Hit the share button, hit the like button, hit the follow button. We're on anywhere, any social you can think of. Um, we appreciate you guys all being here, and it's been fun getting back into it after a year off. So Adam, unless you have anything else you would like to sell to the people.

SPEAKER_01 29:52

You know, school's out for summer after tomorrow. Can't wait to golf. Go uh Broncos, Twins, Irish, and Thunderbirds, and that's all I got.

SPEAKER_00 30:01

Alright. Take care, be good.