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welcome in fantasy Focus let's go thank you so much Boston for being here we cannot wait there it is that's what we waiting for thank you so much St who is it that uh did our theme song the international recording Superstar Eric Hutchinson Eric Hutchinson shout out to Hutch we haven't talked about out to Eric Hutchinson all right we got a huge show tonight field obviously everyone thinks about you as a Boston guy you're wearing a freaking Jason Jason Tatum Jersey tonight this is the house that JT and JB built coming back to Boston I'm still I'm still on Cloud9 and there was an extensive list of people that I decided to invite to the show quite some time and I had to remove one person from that list uh oh uh oh Stefan you can hear him upet for a second Steve Kerr you're not allowed in this house wait hold on you you going to tell the rest of the story like the what what who you bumped into earlier today I may or Tatum on the way to this lovely facility earlier today called me and he was like hey Daniel what hotel are we staying at and I'm like uh this hotel over here he like hold on just a second I'm going to say hi to Jason Tatum I was like did you just call me to Humble brag that you're just GNA say hi to Jason Tatum it was actually kind of a jerk Moment by me I really didn't need the information that Daniel was going to provide I had plugged in I just had plugged in the the the address to banners uh to get up here today forgetting that I had to park somewhere uh besides here um and yeah so Jason Tatum I I I can confidently report that he is still and then NBA champion thank you very much thank you very did he did he recognize you I I want to know if he knew if it was he knew field8 right of course not wow like that's embarrassing I was gonna say pic or it didn't happen exactly exactly to find I I showed respect I I I show some restraint as well hey speaking of showing some respect stf you were actually born in this beautiful city Boston I was born in Boston baby so this is a true homecoming for me absolutely love being able to be here guys we have a huge show set up today we're going to talk about some guys that potentially have some breakout Seasons Mike has a Patriots puzzle on tap for us and we're going to talk about some of our favorite players to draft in the AFC East let's go so without further Ado let's get things started with our first segment called banner year get it you get it it's after banners thank you shout out to banners for hosting this wonderful live show please again give it up to them let's start here in New England field I'm going to start with you here is the question we're talking about guys potentially going to have Banner seasons is there a chance Ezekiel Elliot's out of town the team is looking for Playmakers can all of a sudden kind of had this fantasy revitalization it was really fun to see I think it settles in somewhere in the middle R Andre Stevenson Al lowen rb2 this year when you factor in this Patriots team I think and we'll find out in a few weeks more certain um are you couching your Patriots talk well I just you know listen let's you know I was thinking about this I grew up in this in this area I've I've been witnessed to nine separate trips to the Super Bowl since I I it's ridiculous right like bu me a river I know so hold on a this is the setup this is the setup though right is that you have that run of 20 incredible years you got to be able to handle what could be onta this season for the Patriot this might be a long year this could be a year in which they're playing from behind a lot this might be a p heavier offense than you currently forecast because they might be down uh so rander Stevenson will be a factor in the passing game this new outside Zone running scheme will fit him well I think he will be a a low-end rb2 who I think has a fairly narrow range of outcomes I don't see a tops 10 season for ra Andre I don't see him busting as well all right Mike do you disagree with any of the things as our projection I don't I just wanted to point out like if you if you just look here like is as the generic show note generic show note generic show note generic someone came prepared I got I got it was the first time for everything huh wait wait with he does the pro it's all right I didn't have to ask I just came prepared that's all some of us don't need notes because you have rre Stevenson projected for 45 grabs and I actually think you could beat that with 50 even with Antonio GI added Mike drop Ford BET BET right now do it first for live for B clay has I love this how about you kick it off do you know how let's get it started we you said what what are you say 50 50 I'll say and I have 45 yeah I didn't even know that you guys are going to have to help me you guys are going to be the drop that we hit after they do it okay so you're going have to repeat it with me all right okay I say ra Andre Stevenson has under 47 and a half receptions this season and I say rre stev son has over 47 and a half receptions put it on the board put it on the board way to go guys I say I have over three and a half beers after the show I record yeah all right let me with a good time let's talk about another player here George Pickins Liz Loa I'll tell you what we is your guy we saw George Pickins have some unbelievable games last season obviously we're trying to figure out the quarterback situation for Pittsburgh but the talent is unquestioned when you look at George Pickins do you think this is a chance to have a banner year or is Arthur Smith goingon to Rob us of that once again I mean I depends how you define banner year I believe he had around just over 900 receiving yards last year Mike is that right over a thousand last year for 1,100 1,147 yards okay so I feel like he can probably improve on that the thing that I am the most um I am excited to see him finally emerge as the ex which he did last year I would like to see him refine his skill set a little bit more and I think that the upgrading quarterback whether it is Russell Wilson or Justin Fields will hopefully improve the efficiency and therefore kind of wash away the Arthur Smith of everything I mean that makes a lot of sense I hear what you're saying there I want to also speak that into existence because George Pickins is too good to get lost in this offense the same way that we lost Drake London and Kyle pittz for the last two years so I'm hoping that we can have this breakout because I love George picky someone that I have been in on as like a wide receiver three for my team but Daniel we did lose Drake London in the Arthur Smith offense we did lose him so are we going to lose George Pickins I'm a little worried about it I mean Drake London as good as he was outside the top 30 in fantasy points both seasons so I'm nervous about it do you think there's a chance that when Mike Tomlin brought him in he was like you guys you're not going to do that again though right like you're not we all saw what happen in Atlanta let's be a little you know what Arthur Smith said I need a quarterback cuz do you see what I was dealing with down there guys well I'm not sure that's been fixed I don't know I don't want to talk about it all right let's talk about another wide receiver then Stefan Bell yeah Marvin Harrison Jr oh yeah heard of him I mean this guy came in as one of the most highly touted rookie wide receivers in the last decade at least is there a chance that this can be a banner year for Marvin Harrison Jr absolutely I mean Mike Clay says that you cannot have a stellar year as a rookie wide receiver but he's that's not true mostly I didn't say that yeah you did no I didn't I heard no rookie wide receivers are too old I I didn't old players can't have good fantasies okay well here's the thing Marvin Harrison Jr we know has great genetics right so he he is we've seen him produce at the college level but everybody wonders usually it takes a second year before a wide receiver really shows his stuff in the NFL but think about how Marvin Harrison Jr was thinking when it came to the combat he was so focused on preparing for the season and making sure that he wasn't training for combine performance that he sat everything out he's like I'm on a schedule and it's not going to happen until I get to the NFL and that is a guy who is planning to produce as a rookie he's also got a quarterback who's fully healthy back from that torn ACL I love that Kyler Murray got back in the field and we saw that he what he could do they are going to connect and who else is really going to be a threat to take catches away other than maybe Trey McBride but Marvin Harrison Jr is a playmaker he's gonna be the number one target I think he's going to have a breakout season I'll just add that a rookie wide receiver has finished top 10 in fantasy points three of the past five seasons just evidence that rookie wide receivers can perform at a high level in fantasy football love that all right all right so then we're in on Marvin Harrison JR this year field and you've talked about this a bunch I mean this is one of those guys that in spite of the fact that he's a rookie there's no like trepidation in taking him as is one of your top wide receivers I think that's one of the worst traps you can fall into when you say well I haven't seen the guy do it before we have so many examples right saquin Barkley finishing his rb1 his rookie season last year puka AA a fifth round pick finishing his wide receiver six there's so many good examples of getting caught up in the idea that a guy hasn't done it yet and you end up losing your league so no concerns whatsoever about Marvin Harrison Jr making his way into the NFL and being the player he was in college football I don't know if there are any Buckey fans in here uh if there are and there are Kyle McCord fans in here Guy Jackson somewhere Syracuse fans wasn't a great year last year right wasn't a great year for Kyle and Marvin Harrison still had 14 receiving touchdowns he is we've been talking a lot recently on the show about how Justin Jefferson is kind of quarterback proof at the NFL level Marvin Harrison Jr was just like that at the college level it certainly helped when you play with CJ strad a couple seasons ago but last year bad quarterback situation he still had a mammoth season yeah he should be fantastic again this year all right I mentioned it earlier when I was talking about George Pickins Mike but I have been waiting for Drake London to finally reach his potential in this Falcons offense now hopefully with Kurt Cousins under Center unless Stefania tells us there's reason to be worried about it do you think that this can to be a banner year for Drake London do we get like paid extra if we say Banner like is that a thing I just want to say it every single time because I just want to shout out how freaking beautiful this place is like look how awesome banners is are you kidding me uh Mike gets an extra glass of as he called it Savi B every time we mention banners thing okay I eat dinner I eat dinner at like 5 5:30 and we're eating dinner after this so I'm I'm a little hangry right so I I'm just going to be honest with you that's why I'm I might get a little have a Savi B ready for him yeah that's right or look at that Kelly Green in the building right now let's go Birds Go birds all right so um I have stats I have stats here on Drake London outside the top 20 and targets catches yards and touchdowns each of his first two seasons we just talked talked about the other side of Arthur Smith this is the old side of Arthur Smith but now Zack Robins since running this offense much better quarterback situation uh with her cousin so just forget everything you knew about that old Falcons offense it's over it's going to be the a complete other side of the spectrum this season I'm pumped up for everybody in Atlanta I kind of feel like Daniel can relate to Drake London in this regard first of all both incredibly athletic obviously second of all this you know like when when Daniel has to do a show with just Mike and I it probably feels like playing in an Arthur Smith offense and then on days when stfa or Liz are in the building it's like playing with Kirk Cousins exactly what it's like yes okay so you can relate and so you guys have so many other things in common that it's only fitting we make that analogy for what it's worth you're Drake London and and Mike is Kyle pittz so like he's definitely the lower end of the two uh players that I mean I agree that Field's terrible so just to bear so so who am I be yeah you're be no Stefan to pick up the P piing up the Stan is there any reason to be worried about Kur cousin cousins coming back to be able to help lift these fantasy values I don't think so like you know as far as the recovery timeline he's fine he's obviously doing everything he needs to do he was never going to be Anthony Richardson running the ball anyway you know so Kurt Cousins is who he is and I think he can be exactly that also I don't know I I'm not sure this may have gone under the radar I don't think he got that much press but the Falcons drafted a quarterback eighth overall this year exactly my point they did so even if Kurt Cousins isn't ready in some unlikely scenario they they actually drafted a quarterback eighth overall after spending a 100 million guaranteed on another quarterback that's interesting strong armed rookie yeah who yes could benefit from a catch Target Michael P J is old according to Mike like he's legitimately old how old is he 24 years old right he is old for a rookie quarterback Mike would be the most hilarious bouncer ever like some will be like showing up like 23 and like old enough to get in here but like dude think about it like you're Prime behind you that's right I see no I I see no problems with that at all that's just the truth all right we got one more player field G8 you obviously dove in to a ton of draft stuff this year taking over the role as a draft analyst by the way you crushed it on first draft doing so many things with Mel doing the NFL draft I think you were amazing and one of the things I want to ask you that's right this is my this is my crew right here I like a little bit of love little field J's love we got a yaters going to yat shirt here as well in the first which is always fantastic time visitor to Boston show all right calm down calm down so let me ask you this Brock Bowers man we were so pumped to have him in the NFL fell and then he went to the Raiders all right so we are yeah I know that's the thing is that like we are currently sitting or we are like probably at top North Station right now imagine there were like two trains leaving North Station at this very moment one is the train that's like this guy who's this unbelievable talent that tight end a spot that we are desperate for good players to arrive at for Fantasy purposes every year it seems like he should be a star because he's Brock Bowers and he was awesome during his college career the other train is what Daniel just said is that like it's the most unserious quarterback situation in the NFL right now and he still has competition a lot of it in the form of Devonte Adams and jacobe Myers so I think this is the case with the Raiders three of them hitting their Peak outcomes as pass catchers not in the carts if you have a lot of confidence in like if you are using a draft pick early on Devonte Adams and then you end up using a reasonable Draft pick on Brock Bowers and you take a late flyer on jacobe Meers something's going to end up not working out in your favor there so um it's such a desperate position even with the added depth this year that relative to the other guys who are being drafted outside the top 12 of tight ends I think Brock Brock Bowers has plenty of upside because he is so talented but man doesn't make me nervous thinking about like the week one box score when it's like the Raiders who maybe play competitively because they are good on defense lose a 13-10 game and aen oconnell goes eight for 21 with 79 passing yards W imagine thinking Gardner mchu is not starting imagine thinking that I iag on gner mu gner mchu needs to start Gardner M would love here by the way he would be in his element here he is one of us he is a YOLO quarterback we need Gardner muu under Center but the Vibes right now kind of make me feel like it's like 5149 in the favor of Aiden oconnell o I don't like that Liz how you feeling about this because this is one of those situations where tight end is such a deep position this year and we talk often about being able to wait because you can get so much value by the time you get to Brock Bowers have you waited too long to grabb your tight end one well I mean if you're looking for a higher floor I think Ferguson is the better bet but if you looking at a player who could potentially have a banner year right that Brock Bow's upside is significantly higher I do think that within the range of probable less than possible outcomes is that Bowers delivers a year similarly to what we saw out of Dalton concade last year right maybe there is a portion of the Season where an injury happens or there is I don't know this is the there are maybe some um changes around some retooling of the front office of the coaching staff and so um then now we have an opportunity to see him elevated down the back half of the Season all right so then here's my question Mike I just gave you five different people R Andre Stevenson George Pickins Marvin Harrison Jr Drake London Brock Bowers which one of them do you have projected to have the best season in 2024 if you're picking one of these guys to have the biggest breakout year yeah I think it's uh Marvin I have one spot ahead of Drake London in my ranking so I like both of those guys I mean like rre I'm not as in on Bowers or Pickin uh so yeah I'm going to go I'm going to go I know Field's a little higher on him but I'm GNA go Marvin Harrison he's I tell you what you're getting wiser with your older age I mean really old age to be clear for what it's worth very old I mean I could still be I could still be like a kicker maybe I'm 39 I can make it as a kicker I don't know if you could make it might to be I mean that's my only chance your your May birthday right you and stf your one day apart is that correct yeah we are I need everybody that has a phone right now to make a mental note May 15th 16th 21 21 okay May 21 set an alarm set an alert maybe 8: a.m. eastern time 9:00 a.m. eastern time on May 21st 2025 and then when that alert hits I need you to send a tweet to at M clay NFL with the Mike Gundy GIF when he announces he's a man I'm 40 40 that that's going to be all next year it's be so much fun is that too much to ask I don't think it is I love that I'm ready ready I'm getting I'll set my alert right now all right so you're taking Marvin Harrison Jr Stefan you also said Marvin Harrison Jr Liz yep I mean I feel like that is probably the best bet of these but also is that that exciting when we have him ranked inside the top 13 I didn't ask you it was exciting I just asked you which one was going to be sure but it wouldn't we rather we're all expecting it right but how gratifying would it be if Drake London was that guy instead right and we are into feels because it is uh it is August so let's feel good about it and say Drake London instead of saying the safe option Marvin Harris thought process by Liz right there but the answer we're getting into the feelings right now is R Andre Stevenson raand better year for raand that's right let's try to make it happen all right listen we're going to watch this game this Patriots Eagles game in a little bit ra Andre might run for 250 tonight if we're lucky if we're lucky went regard to watch the game if we're lucky he'll run for 250 tonight no I'm I'm stating as a fact right y'all if we are lucky he is not playing in this game because you saw gerro Mayo's quote about preseason action right yeah I I just want to see Drake May who wants to see Drake May tonight everybody does right all right see a little Draco in the building yeah we need some Drake I got to be honest I was pretty good with Joe Milton I could see more Joe Milton if you want to ask me that guy could have a banner year as well Joe is fun Joe is fun yeah I'll I'll just point out uh in our ADP at ESPN there's only there's only one team that has two players in the top 10 there's only Detroit Lions the Philadelphia Eagles I see you yeah hey Mike great great crowd reaction to that one huh they really that I wore the Eagle shirt I stuck with the brand AJ Brown Squan Barkley I'm here I'm surprised you didn't get booed out of the building he's I that's look that I I'm used to that every day on the pot I get booted out of the studio so I'm I'm used to that that's the thing we were super nice you weren't there today stefia obviously because you had a bunch of things you were doing here one of them was headed out to the green monster the the hang outway on on the field no big deal but we were really nice to Mike during the show today so we're going to be extra mean to him here at the live show I knew I I saw it coming like I knew I knew that was coming so all right so then I'll tell you what I'm going to lay out here you know what that's called what regression to mean hey so good that was it I like it that's why she's the best that was a dad joke by stf that was so good not a dad joke that was better than a dad that was better than a dad joke uh all right I'm going to hand the microphone proverbially over to you Mike Clay to be able to run this next segment because you got a handful of questions you want to ask us oh boy it's trivia time trivia time on the 060 and0 my clay is so good at trivia unsurprisingly well this is going to be fun we're going to mix in some uh uh actionable fantasy information sort of with some fun trivia questions so uh we're going we're to keep score I think I have a pen here hold on and I think someone gets a prize of some sort maybe really is this I hope yeah if you win you get your you get the first alcoholic beverage I think that should be the what's the category the category is Boston of course Boston Banner Banner Banner Knights and Boston I we are the banner City M it's Patriots and other local trivia all right so you you'll get the idea quick all right all right first question wait do we all answer as quickly whoever whoever gets it first just say the answer yell out loud just say the answer and then if no one gets it ask the audience okay ready all right so let's try for the first don't yell it out unless we need you to yeah okay you can ask the audience at any time all right question one who led the patriots in targets last season e ell pop Douglas one for Liz Loza on the board pop Douglas so we're starting out with an easy one start all right Liz get Liz gets one okay I can't believe you're actually keeping score okay I can't believe you're keeping score and you didn't bring I'm going to keep score however I want to be clear like I don't that's fair I'll decide who wins later all right uh so that's question one obviously we pop this year should be good top resource for Drake May jacobe brette should be a lot of fun so uh next question the Boston Marathon started in 1897 is the oldest known Marathon that still takes place today it happens each year on the third Monday in April a day that is also called patri Patriot Day I'm going to give it to Stefan wow right what you say did she say Patriots Day she said patriots day too I got I got to be a little you you were first but I can't believe you question the OD no I I couldn't hear you cuz my fans were cheering so loud so thank you that's [Applause] what yeah they were cheering because I got the answer and they heard it that's probably right Patriots Day get it cuz Patriots we all got it we all got yes got it m question three look I don't know if many of you watched the Patriots last year so I'm just like asking you questions from the season last year wasn't it wasn't the best year the future's bright last year wasn't as good okay question three who led the patriots in touchdowns from scrimmage last season rushing plus receiving yes good job wow all right don't call a comeback right now don't call well done well done I thought so everybody other than Daniel has a point is what we at right now exactly yeah as as expected cool all right question four this is one of my favorite uh little little uh nuggets about the Patriots Pat Patriot currently wears number one on his jersey but that was not always his number what was his number prior to the change say the question one more time for me Pat petriot the the mascot y where's number one on his jersey what was his prior number I can't believe I thought one of you was it 60 no but I I I'm going to admit I heard something from the audience that sounds like a very good guest so I am going to say borrowing 76 no oh you were wrong how about dble zero Mike was it 12 Z the answer is on Fields Jersey yes zero zero so right here yeah I saw him I saw you guys get a point too so the story is Bob Craft Bob Craft was on a like a golf cart and and a young kid went up and said why is the mascot zero shouldn't it be like number one and he was like that's a good point and they literally changed it that's really that's a true story I don't know if you guys know this and Mike this is going to hurt you to have to hear but the Patriots have largely withheld the number one because Pat Patriot wears it until this year it was issued to future Hall of Famer jayen pulk take that one it's my guy around sleeping all right so who got that uh theow now tied we've got one one one Zer one so Daniel is losing to the crowd they're even the one for you to get cuz zero that would have been it yeah okay this is a good one okay this any questions about bands from Boston I don't any bands at all animal flag all right uh this is a good one I like this one all right there a thinker five running backs have 40 plus receptions each of the last three seasons in the NFL five of them okay saquon Barkley Joe Mixon Alvin Kamara Austin Eckler and who Ezekiel Elliot no each to the past four seasons over the past uh three seasons five run gibon thank you very much who Antonio Gibson yes well [Applause] done you I don't know much about this whole NASCAR tweets about on Sunday on the I thought it was done on well no that would not that would makes sense AR that that's right I thought that was surprising interesting new player on the on the Patriots this year very involved in passing wow look at these sore playing from behind contestants up here fields in the lead next question the Patriots current logo has a name what is it yes I knew Stefan on the board flying Elvis I didn't even hear what she said what's the answer flying Elvis the logo the elv piece of trivia you can have about boss why is it called the flying Elvis what does that have to do with boss it didn't ask for rationale it just asked for the answer it's got Wings cuz it looks like Elvis el and he's flying is that he's not from here all right I don't know I don't know what the connection is I did no research I just saw the answer and I wrote it down I did no research that's like often says before did you Google like these are all made up I just made these up right now not manufactured uh so right got two Fields got two all right 73 all right question number seven 73 wide receivers had at least 57 targets last season only one of those 73 had zero drops who is it kend AJ Osborne are you [Applause] cheating that's right that's right on the Kendrick Bourne is kendri B Kendrick B okay I get it all right I get it I get it you're on the board I'm on the board I just want yeah put it on the board I just want to say that when you jumped up to celebrate I leaned back and I almost fell out of the share I almost that's why jumped up this elor that is a far drop he's trying to incur injury that would have been a problem that's why we have cameras it'd be funny to watch it uh I don't think it would have been funny for me I not want any injuries on the stage okay uh oh ready for this one all right I don't like the smile on your face for this one Whatever It Is what's the score the score is Stefania 2 field 2 and then everyone else won Daniel won Liz won crowd one that's correct all right field the8 is not the only ESPN NFL Insider I I wore that hat at one point so the question is ESPN NFL Insider Mike Clay broke NFL news once in what team what team the Chicago Bear the Bears all right I'm giving it to Daniel half what you that's right appreciate you so the question was I broke news the first year of uh the first news of free agency back in what year was that 2013 that was a long time ago uh and Martellus Bennett just who was a former Patriot just dropped into my DMs and was like 4M tweeted I'm signing with the Bears I was like okay like I didn't I I I I had my five minutes as Adam shter just watching my timeline on Twitter just go did you get credited after the fact or no what did the big dogs credit you or no yeah did yeah yeah I did I got a lot of followers that day shout out my and then uh then next year he unfollowed me cuz I ranked him too low in fantasy and I never heard from him again and that's a true story I'm not actually that's true that is true yeah uh okay shout out Martell span who's awesome by the way yeah I like that guy all right the Legend all right here we go so we're rolling through here we're on question nine get two more this wide receiver averaged 21.9 yards per catch last season which was highest among all receivers who went on to be drafted Javon Baker the answer is Javon Baker fourth round pick for the Patriots he's on it he he's on it he's he's in the zone that was a dra he was I know that was that was a draft one you know Big 12 leer I mean you really had two guesses though right it was pker or it was Baker the Patriots took two receivers it was of course like if I picked like a fort like Jacob cowing or something you'd be like what does it makes no sense a patri yeah of course all right this is I like this one too uh what popular cookie available at your local grocery store is named after a suburb in Boston popular cookie yes is named after a suburb in Boston should freaking know this from here anyone anyone hold hold on the manck it someone got IT Crowd got it Fig Newton yeah there's a suburb called Fig Newton suburb Newton you understand my confusion after that question the town's called fig duh oh it's fig obviously fig Massachusetts everyone knows that God okay all right and then and of course just for fun this is the final question 11 questions 11 well that's it field field wins he is three do another we'll do another question we'll do another question have that easy one more question I got a banner for winning this one by the way bonus question Patriots wide receivers were pulled and asked to name their least favorite NFL commentator who chose me a Jaylen pulk B Kendrick Bourne c pop Douglas D all of the above all of the yes you all win everybody wins nice job so field Yates wins that one huh you know we always talk about how much useless information you have in that brain of yours field and it showed itself today thank you yes I take a lot of pride in knowing a lot of stuff about unimportant things and then like really important things I know nothing about yeah but if he lost that game can you imagine what would be happening right now you'd have kick that speaker off the stage he'd be gone he'd be gone throwing the chair into the crowd heed he took that seriously he tried to pay me for the ANS new that one's a problem I go to I got to be sharper there field should win is that so that was a good guess by Liz Nantucket is one of the uh like what's it the uh I thought you said n n pepp Farm thank you that's a cookie what's the best Pepper Farm cookie the Milano the yeah the Milano mint all right yeah the Nantucket is one of the varieties so that was a good guess by Liz I don't think I've ever had a Nantucket cookie what does it you get a half a point what am I like but it's still in Massachusetts right I don't know it is it's suburb too I mean it's town it's an island it's an island so I get a half Point sure all twins feel loses one and a half all right let's talk about some of our favorite in the AFC East guys there are four teams in this division Bills Dolphins Patriots and Jets it's easy to just say I want to draft Josh Allen if I'm looking at the bills so I want to ask you field kind of based on cost ADP where you're getting them in the draft do you have a favorite Buffalo Bill you're trying to grab and draft this year no bills I will be drafting no Buffalo Bills no Buffalo Bills are you playing to the crowd here I'm stay with the people I will not be drafting any bills um if I have to answer the answerers K Shakir KH Shakir K Shakir number one wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills this year write that one down Daniel's going to have that tattooed by the end of the year you know what see skeptical eyes and I love it all right Liz you want that bandwagon um I do love it can I say my Pi you can say whoever you want I knew that field was going to go one of two ways and I was going to go the other so if you're going to say khil Shakir who I love I will also then say Dalton can okay there you go totally 240 targets vacated we know the stat by now I do think that while Kalo Shakir could be the team's leading wide receiver Dalton concade will lead the team overall all of the pass catchers in Opportunities I co-sign literally everything that Liz just said so rather than take up more time now you're pandering I'm going to pass it on over to Stefan Bell because I'm going with dton concade which way you going with dton K that was going to be my answer it's okay for us to agree we we all have to pick different Mike what it take second round receiver Keon Coleman for sure that's what I want I want Keon Coleman I know he's super young but Josh Allen offense or going to throw the ball plenty enough a little above average and most Raw Talent at wide receiver so I expect him to be busy right away do you think that there's anything to Liz mentioned it 240 targets have left this offense in Stefan Diggs and Gabe Davis does that impact Josh Allen at all or does he do enough with his legs that his fantasy value is going to continue to be what it is exactly he'll run so much he'll be fine um I mean we have seen offenses when some of the skill guys are hurt really fall off Kansas City being an example of that last year their passing efficiency during the season was not very good big they just plummeted in just terms of EPA you name it any any sort of stat they plummeted so maybe we see some of that uh in Buffalo but we've seen it before we've seen Josh Allen have poor yards per attempt numbers whatever it is and he's still been a superstar in fantasy because he runs the ball so well he had we talked about this in the Pod he had as many rushing touchdowns last year as Jaylen Herz it hurs hurts at 15 yeah they both had 15 last year so it'll be fun there's going to be regression there for both those quarterbacks I want to ask you which one of them is going to lead quarterbacks in rushing touchdowns this year Herz or Jaylen Herz J okay well did you say that because you're an eagles AFC East and he like manages to find a way to get his Eagles in there anyway I'm honestly surprised you didn't jump in with Anthony Richardson as the answer but he's definitely a candidate I am Richardson apologist all right what about the Dolphins if I have to pick one dolphin at cost like it's easy to say Tyreek Hill but I actually really like Jaylen watad as somebody that I can grab as my wide receiver too if anything were to happen in that offense Jaylen W's value would absolutely jump up and I think that this is a guy that still has a lot to be able to unlock TOA led the NFL in passing yards last year so I think that there's more to wd's game give me him as the guy that I want in drafts this year field which direction you going what you call two of the shorter leer the shorter just as slow left-handed version of Jared Goff yes that is what Tua is I be drafting no Dolphins no dolphins for me no Dolphins no Dolphins um it's a nice call on Jaylen wad but the real answer is actually Raheem moer which there's no way he comes anywhere close to what he did last year Mike I know Mike doesn't acknowled he's way too old um but uh he's going like 31st amongst backs right now like if if he has half the season he did last year which would still be a great year it'll more than pay off if he has like 40% of the Season he had last year it's still a good value where he MERS my pick all right all right Liz which direction you going to go for the Dolphins I'm very intrigued by Jaylen Wright yes I think that he is it good answer call I think over you know why you know why cuz Jaylen Wright's Young and also discrimination this is a Back Field that can easily break down that has shown despite the wild efficiency and the like unable to maintain efficiency um there's a lot of durability concerns and right I think he went 120 overall in the draft um fourth round fourth round that sounds right and I think there's a lot of potential there especially for people who are employing maybe a zero RB um method to their drafting love that I also love that you specifically said10 round and Mike was like or yeah and he was like I don't know fourth round he was like a fourth rounder so that's all matter excited that we agree yeah stepania which Dolphins player do you want this year uh give me Devon a chain okay and I know everybody you know uh everybody's concerned about the workload sharing and I think honestly just being down in Miami talking talk to all the running backs talk to the running backs coach uh they really don't have a formula there's not like this guy's going to get this much work and this guy's going to get this much work I think they will balance it out depending depending on how they see the matchups how they see the workflow going uh he's made a lot of progress in terms of how he's looking at the game from last year to this year he's got electric speed we've seen that on display before and I know he got hurt last year but every running back gets hurt in the NFL like you know this just in everybody gets hurt and he only missed a few games and he also ultimately came back to look like the guy that he was at the start he can break a big play at any point you saw that the first three games he basically got full time in the game he had over a 100 yards on the ground just right out of the gate so uh give me Devon aain because of his potential to produce a big play all right it's tough to argue with that given what he can do on any given week Mike I want to ask you why are you picking Janu Smith as your favorite dolphin this year I'm not uh I'm not going to pick he did in place of Kyle Pitts last year on the Falcons that's what it is yes that uh do you know do you guys remember this from earlier in the offseason uh Odell Beckham ass signed with the dolphins no is he going to play for the Dolphins though field you're not saying obj right now are you no I'm not I I was going to say not I was going to say not Odell Beckham and then I was like I don't like how many people here even knew he signed with the dolphins like one two two three people three people rais their hands for those watching I don't think he's practice yet oh hey what's going on Odell's brother sister and mom nice to see you uh Odell's brother is on love Island right now is it really yeah c really really that's Odell's brother his name is Cordell yeah I learned something new he's on love Island okay anyway Jaylen right Jaylen right so the same one as all right so you're just doing the same pick all right yeah that's cool all right I'm going to start with you then for the Patriots if you're picking one patri I knew you were going to say jayen that's not fair it's the correct answer though he I I don't oh no he's playing tonight he's probably playing football he'd be here to throw some eggs at me or something but uh yeah he had a conversation about it he's disappointed he couldn't be here why Jaylen pulk out of all the all the options and because he threatened me in my Instagram DM so I need to he DMS are very different so I I do as many very active you guys know how Derrick Henry early in his career like wasn't that good for Fantasy he sent Mike the most scathing text of all time just before that Thursday night football game against the Jaguars and then ran for like 270 yards every Sunday the two of them Instagram DM and D Henry just sends the nastiest things to Mike ever and it's worked like s years later is one of the greatest fantasy running backs of all time I mean that's not true but like uh but stuff like that does happen I don't know why the Venom always goes to him yeah well I don't know uh Rashad white came after me last year this year uh the Patriots receivers were mad because I the room ranked 32nd because they're young and unproven but I like them as sleepers I like pop Douglas I like Jaylen Jaylen pulk so uh super talented second round pick and one of your I actually texted you you were at the draft uh because he went in the second round and like most big boards had him going later but you were on him you love Jaylen pul so I'll let you take it the guy the captain the guy's team yeah so we tried to you know obviously during the draft everybody talks about the players at the very top of the board a lot of talk about Caleb Williams Jaden Daniels Drake may but Mel hyper and I always did we like like to identify players we called our guys you know really thoughtful creative uh concept we came up with there but basically it was players that aren't obvious Superstars at the top of the draft that we would plant our flag on like regardless of where this player ends up I don't care how high or how low he goes I have confidence in this player and his future and the captain of that team for me was Jaylen PK it was a deep wide receiver class of course he's not going to blow you away with this 44 speed or this massive size but you guys have already seen it little bit in training camp just mark my words here he will have a long and successful career in the NFL Patriots got a really good value there and I think 36 37 for Jaylen pulk which is why he's my pick for the value this year I think he will start playing like I just think he will have a meaningful role from the minute this season begins I'd love to see him and Drake may play a lot together this season even if it should be peret for half the year I think jayen pul will end up being a dude for the Patriots sooner than later okay I love that by the way you know field does the work because you're totally right that pulk does not have these exciting measurables there's nothing that forgive me now Pops in his profile but you did the work and you watched the tape and so I think that that's even more um credit to both you and his skill set thanks somebody to show up prepared makes me uncomfortable when people say such nice things I'm used to having mic around just setting you up to knock you down later don't worry all right so then which direction are you going Liz Loza I really like de Mario Douglas right I don't want to say pop again but um I just think he has this slot roll on Lock and that is probably beneficial when you are on a team with a rookie quarterback and likely moving from behind quite often so friendly formats I like him think numbers all right I'm gonna go with rre Stevenson just as somebody that you can grab as an rb2 I realize he may not be as sexy as some of the other running backs there but you get to a spot shortly after Andre Stevenson where it feels like there's a fall off with those running backs so if I can grab him as an rb2 I'm all right with that stefia which direction you going to go there's only one person up here who drafted Jaylen pul in her Dynasty league and that was you that was you these guys say they love him but I actually committed all right so so Jaylen pul that's yeah all right we have like a minute and a half for this last one which is great because this team sucks anyways field what about the Jets I'm not an team oh except for that guy sorry Jets fan there we go represent there are two guys that I'm drafting for the Jets that's here it's either Bree hall or Garrett Wilson which one do you like more you know what I'm going throw a little curveball here and I want to see Mike fall off of his chair this time without somebody pushing him up Mal Corley reference no sleeper Allan Lazard stop it sleeper get out oh not sleepers though I mean prol is going third right like you know so Alan Lazard Aaron Rogers best friend just telling you the summer of Lazard is upon us he wasn't even good the year he was the Packer's number one receiver because they had no other players now they've gett Wilson and Bree Hall and Tyler Conlin and Mike Williams and Malachi Corley I'm just just you know just write this one down on your old friend field at the end of the season all do not draft Alan Lazard I'm GNA I'm gonna say Bree Hall who do you have I'm GNA say Bree Hall who by the way was so productive last year despite facing a stacked front nearly 20% in nearly 20% of his care that's a lot that's a lot Stefan who you going with uh I love Bree Hall um but I'm going to go with join the club I'm gonna go with G Wilson and part of it is because look how productive he was last year and Aaron Rogers was gone after four snaps so think of what's going to happen this year I was at Jets camp earlier this week and I saw him make a spectacular catch toe tap and I was like this is a sign of things to come those two are chatting after every single play they make in practice they are so dialed in on one another I think he's going to have a huge you didn't get too close to them right no but I did talk to M Williams sat down with him there you go thank you the curse of Stef B I just want to make sure we weren't too close to the uh JJ McCarthy was talking the day I was there at the Vikings and don't admit this I know I I'm like is this coming back I feel terribly yikes notice I did not go to the 49ers this year so I stayed far away from not going to Li Camp I appreciate went to Chargers gold Chargers gold Justin Herbert I mean you know yeah got some banged up teams but not the Jets you're going to take one last player who's it gonna be Garrett Wilson or Bree hall right there my man Garrett Wilson Garett Wilson of course it's going to happen this year it didn't happen last year bad luck four fourth in targets over the last two years it's just been terrible quarterback play it's happening this year gett Wilson's a guy round two take him all right we're going to close things out picked I pick I Pi I picked Bree Hall we're closing out with two things one the fantasy marathon is coming up this week friends and it is one of our most favorite things to do field I know we have a bunch lined up on Monday there are 4 hours of fantasy football coming to you from 7 to9 on which channel ESPN 2 to start 7 to9 on ESPN 2 and then from 9 to 11 on ESPN we got four hours of fantasy football now to help get you guys ready for the football season please make sure that you uh tune in with us and hang out thank you there you go that took a second to get out like he's like should we tell him to watch or not to watch yeah I was trying to think of how to say that which one is it can't and then the next day we got the huge mock draft which is one of the most favorite things that we get to do every single fantasy Marathon I love that the mock draft is a blast so definitely come and watch that as well excuse me War Room League that is not the Le than that but um two things uh we can't wait for it still and stf Bell champion of the War Room League champion of the War Room League [Applause] yep and you know help deliver that Championship Devon aing oh hey there you go and I think a couple of lions is that is that not oh yeah that's right I had jir gib jir gib and Aman ra yeah I guess you should draft all the lions in fantasy football is what I'm hearing now what a change over the Last 5 Years cuz I'll tell you what it wasn't it didn't used to be draft all the lions in fantasy football and I finally feel like I'm alive for the first time ever we closed out the live show in Detroit with a basketball champ like that's how much of a different time we're in did it was it Detroit basketball champ the last time we were init was that the last live show that we did was Detroit might might be it's very possible it might Everything feels a long time ago prior to the pandemic it does and you know the thing is I don't remember any of them because the crowd here at banners tonight was just so good blew them away remember any the other live shows thank you so much for hanging out with us we love you guys so much be kind to each other be good to yourselves tip your waitresses and all the bar staff we love you guys we'll see you a little bit later heyo [Applause]