Dear Ms Fantasy - Fantasy Football Trade Fallout: AJ Brown, Myles Garrett & More
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55 min
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Jun 5, 2026
Published
Fri, June 5, 2026
37
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Players mentioned
Topics
A.J. BrownJustin JeffersonNico CollinsAlec PierceAmon-Ra St. BrownBaker MayfieldBlake CorumBrian Thomas Jr.Chris GodwinChris OlaveDrake LondonDrake MayeDylan SampsonGeorge Pickens
Player analysis
Player insights
A.J. Brown
PositiveInjury0:03
AJ Brown has a degenerative knee issue that is more of a long-term concern rather than an immediate 2026 impact, though it represents an ongoing issue to monitor.
Insight pagePositiveProjection0:04
AJ Brown is projected to see increased volume in the Patriots offense due to a harder schedule forcing more pass attempts, with potential for double-digit touchdowns and 1400-1500 yards, similar to his pre-2025 production levels.
Insight pagePositiveRole0:05
AJ Brown is expected to see increased target volume in the Patriots offense as they will need to throw more due to a harder schedule compared to last year's cupcake schedule.
Insight pagePositiveValue0:15
AJ Brown at wide receiver 11 is viewed as one of the safer picks in that range, with more upside than many of the receivers ranked around him who have injury, legal, or volume concerns.
Insight pageAlec Pierce
PositiveRole0:42
Host suggests Daniel Jones' presence may affect Alec Pierce's role somewhat, implying potential downside if the QB situation changes.
Insight pageAmon-Ra St. Brown
PositiveProjection0:14
Amon-Ra St. Brown is a proven overall wide receiver three year after year with consistent volume, providing comfort and reliability in rankings.
Insight pageBaker Mayfield
NegativeProjection0:48
Host notes Baker Mayfield came down significantly last season, especially in the back half, which contributed to the entire Buccaneers offense struggling.
Insight pageBlake Corum
PositiveRole0:18
Blake Corum is part of a highly effective running back committee with Kyron Williams in the Rams offense, with plenty of touchdown opportunities for both despite the committee structure.
Insight pageBrian Thomas Jr.
NegativeBust0:48
Host expresses concern about Brian Thomas Jr. because other receivers like Parker Washington stepped up more, making it concerning that he didn't maintain consistent production.
Insight pageChris Godwin
NegativeProjection0:49
Host expresses concern about Chris Godwin's durability and age, noting he's approaching 30 and hasn't had a complete healthy season at peak level in years, predicting potential fall-off.
Insight pageChris Olave
PositiveRole0:14
Chris Olave faces uncertainty with new blood in the Saints offense, affecting his fantasy outlook.
Insight pageDrake London
PositiveRole0:13
Drake London signed a big contract with the Falcons but faces quarterback issues that affect his fantasy outlook.
Insight pageDrake Maye
PositiveProjection0:05
Drake Maye was 23rd in pass attempts and 24th in passing yards last season despite being 6th in passing touchdowns with only 8 interceptions, showing efficiency that may regress naturally in 2026.
Insight pageDylan Sampson
PositiveBust0:19
Dylan Sampson should not be viewed as a sleeper pick for the Browns despite the Myles Garrett trade, as the defense remains strong enough to keep games competitive.
Insight pageGeorge Pickens
NegativeRole0:11
George Pickens is expected to play this season despite being franchise tagged and potentially frustrated about not receiving a long-term contract, which caps C.D. Lamb's upside.
Insight pageJa'Marr Chase
PositiveProjection0:10
Jamar Chase is in the tier one group of receivers with Puka Nacua and Justin Jefferson Smith, representing the clear top tier of wide receivers.
Insight pageJalen McMillan
PositiveBreakout0:50
Host sees potential for Jalen McMillan to surpass Chris Godwin and emerge as a strong option in the slot, particularly in the back half of the season as Godwin potentially declines.
Insight pageJared Verse
PositiveRole0:16
Jared Verse was acquired by the Browns in the Myles Garrett trade and is a great player who will help maintain the defense's strength despite not being at Garrett's level.
Insight pageJosh Downs
PositiveSleeper0:43
Josh Downs is characterized as a nice little discount sleeper, suggesting undervalued upside at his current ADP.
Insight pageJustin Jefferson
PositiveRole0:13
Justin Jefferson has quarterback issues that affect his ranking and projection, placing him in a tier with other receivers facing similar concerns.
Insight pageNegativeProjection0:43
Host expresses discomfort with Justin Jefferson as a top-6 or top-7 pick, noting it's a default ranking due to talent rather than a comfortable selection, and admits he wouldn't clamor to draft him at his current ADP.
Insight pageKayshon Boutte
NegativeRole0:02
Kayshon Boutte is reportedly looking to be traded away from the Patriots despite having a great year and excellent connection with Drake Maye, but the crowded receiver room makes staying problematic.
Insight pageKyler Murray
NegativeProjection0:46
Host expresses frustration with Kyler Murray's playoff reliability, stating from dynasty experience that 'that man is never there for you in the fantasy playoffs. Not one time' despite potential optimism around Kevin O'Connell's system.
Insight pageKyren Williams
PositiveRole0:18
Kyron Williams is the Rams RB1 in a committee with Blake Corum, and the Myles Garrett trade strengthens the defense, potentially increasing his upside through more game control and ground game opportunities.
Insight pageMalik Nabers
NegativeInjury0:15
Malik Nabers has an injury issue that affects his ranking relative to AJ Brown, making him less attractive in the wide receiver 11-15 range.
Insight pageMecole Hardman
PositiveBreakout0:46
Host is confident Mecole Hardman will have a breakout season, noting his strong beginning-of-season performance last year and attributing his late-season decline to overall offensive struggles under new coordinator rather than loss of role.
Insight pageMyles Garrett
NegativeRole0:16
Myles Garrett was traded from the Browns to the Rams, representing a significant defensive line upgrade for Los Angeles.
Insight pageNico Collins
PositiveRole0:14
Nico Collins faces offensive line issues that create quarterback problems, affecting his fantasy projection despite playing with CJ Stroud.
Insight pageNegativeProjection0:45
Host states he would not feel comfortable drafting Nico Collins over Justin Jefferson due to similar quarterback inconsistency issues with CJ Stroud.
Insight pageParker Washington
PositiveUsage0:48
Parker Washington showed stronger performances than Brian Thomas Jr. last season, indicating he stepped up in the Jaguars receiving core.
Insight pagePuka Nacua
PositiveProjection0:10
Puka Nacua is in the tier one group of receivers and must stay healthy to maintain his top-four ranking, with zero concerns from a performance perspective if he makes it through the season.
Insight pageRomeo Doubs
PositiveRole0:02
Romeo Dobbs was the Patriots wide receiver one for about two months, indicating significant role volatility in the receiver room.
Insight pageStefon Diggs
PositiveProjection0:06
Stefon Diggs was the Patriots wide receiver one with around 100 targets last season and has a higher ceiling with potentially more pass volume in 2026.
Insight pageTed Hurst
PositiveRole0:50
Tampa Bay has indicated Ted Hurst's role will be X receiver, though not necessarily guaranteed as the starting X receiver, fitting his type and abilities.
Insight pageTerry McLaurin
PositiveRole0:21
Terry McLaurin is the Commanders' only wide receiver one and has topped out at around 130+ targets in a season, making him the focal point of the offense.
Insight pageTreylon Burks
NegativeProjection0:15
Treylon Burks has a volume issue that affects his ranking in the wide receiver range below AJ Brown.
Insight pageTyler Warren
PositiveRole0:42
Host feels very good about Tyler Warren as long as Daniel Jones is on the field, indicating confidence in his role and production with the Giants QB.
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1:49I see you guys in the chat already there.
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1:54Ooh, super early today. I went to WSU and drafted Kyle Williams last season in dynasty second.
2:00Thanks Eagles. A holes. Um, yeah, that sucks. It sucks for everybody.
2:04I heard Kayshawn booty is, um, potentially looking for, I don't like, I glanced at that.
2:09So I don't know if that was like a legitimate rumor or a verified source or anything.
2:15I just literally saw the notification out of the corner of my eye.
2:19And I was like, Oh, that's interesting. So Kayshon Boutte, not happy.
2:23I hate to break it to you, buddy. Um, uh, I mean, he had a great year.
2:28Um, excellent connection. Great. You know, great is as great as it could be.
2:33Right. Um, excellent connection with Drake may, um, was a strong red zone target.
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2:43Might need to sit there. Unfortunately, it's so crowded.
2:46Um, it's just, you know, Romeo Dobbs wide receiver one for, about what, what, two months there.
2:51So AJ Brown, um, it'll be very interesting to see how this works out because of all the rumors, right?
2:58I guess let's go ahead and dive in here.
3:01Right. Um, so, uh, let's see. And also, so we'll dive in on AJ Brown here.
3:06Um, but also as I was going through the chat, shout out to big noggin in there as well.
3:12Shout out to Steve, the King. So, um, I will get to the comments there in just a second, but let's go
3:19ahead and talk about AJ Brown on the subject there.
3:23Nice comment there to get us tipped off here.
3:25The AJ Brown trade and what it means for fantasy football.
3:29Um, the most interesting part of all of the room.
3:32There's so many rumors that have come out about this in terms of rumors as to why, and the timelines being added
3:39up as to why AJ Brown requested the trade and that the trade requests might've happened.
3:45back in, um, rumors. Um, we've heard that the Patriots know they're okay with it.
3:49Um, it doesn't bother them. They, they understand there is apparently a degenerative knee issue going on here with AJ Brown and
3:57he is winding down right towards the end of his career.
4:00Uh, he's still in the prime days. Right. But of course, from a fantasy perspective, we know that his age is creeping
4:07on up there, um, to the point where we're starting to think like, okay, the end is near at some point in
4:14a few years, um, isn't going to become an issue sooner because of the knee issue.
4:20But regardless, talking about AJ Brown in the short term, um, from a dynasty perspective, it's rough, right?
4:25Because all of these rumors coming out, maybe you can try and sell him high because now he is in an offense
4:33for, uh, you know, with Drake may. And for our perspective, there's.
4:36There's a very high ceiling in this offense for him.
4:40So if you want to trade him off, um, and maybe, you know, sell high, um, and miss out on the potential
4:47gold mine that we could have here for him in new England.
4:51Now would be a good time to try and get out of it.
4:55Right. Um, but from a redraft perspective and looking at what he will do specifically in 2026, when I look at the
5:02Patriots in the way that their offense operated last year, um, we know two things, right?
5:07One, the regular season was a factual cupcakes. Right.
5:10Um, and two, we know that because it was a cup, you know, and maybe that was the issue and there could
5:17have been a wide variety of things, but because it was not, sorry, not me, let me phrase that as not an
5:24issue, but because of the fact that perhaps there was a cupcake schedule, they did not have to do so much on offense from a past perspective.
5:33Drake Maye was not a very aggressive and I should have pulled up the stats here for actually, I might have them
5:40up here for you guys, but, um, Drake Maye was not, uh, throwing a ton of throwing a ton of attempts there.
5:47The Patriots were let's see here. The Patriots were 23rd in attempts, past attempts last season, despite the fact that they were
5:5524th in total passing yards, um, 24th in total passing yards, so 23rd in pass attempts, 4th in passing yards, 31 touchdowns,
6:02um, passing touchdowns that would make them six in the league.
6:05Obviously interceptions were not a remote problem for Drake may only eight on the season.
6:10That is excellent work there for him. Uh, second to last, right.
6:14In terms our second best in terms of the least interceptions thrown by a team, um, for the season last year.
6:21So from that perspective, if you're looking at it and you're saying, okay, I know that they were incredibly efficient last year,
6:28Drake Maye was completing, uh, passes at an incredible clip.
6:31Is that going to carry over into 2026? That's the big question.
6:35Um, and I think it should come down. There should be some natural regression there that brings them down a little bit,
6:42but at the end of the day, we know there is a solid, easy hundred more attempts that could be managed in this offense.
6:50So volume is there. And for what it's worth, Stefan digs from a fantasy perspective, he was okay, but he didn't really have massive upside.
6:58Right. But the targets were there for him as well as the quasi wide receiver one.
7:03He was the wide receiver one, um, getting around what a hundred or so targets, um, in theoretically a higher ceiling with potentially more pass volume this year.
7:12So the targets are there. The quarterback is there and perhaps the harder schedule benefit as well, because they're not going to
7:20be able to operate off of this efficiency. They're going to have to go band for band on their schedule, right?
7:26It's going to be difficult. They're going to have to throw the ball more and it'll come with again, a little bit
7:33of a decrease in efficiency, but more attempts, more yardage and more benefits for AJ Brown.
7:39Um, and when we look at AJ Brown, obviously his, his frustrations with the lack of volume last year were legitimate.
7:45Right. But prior to that, even with Jalen Hurts, and this is where I kind of like defend Jalen a little bit
7:53there, because aside from last year, there was really not a major issue with getting volume to AJ Brown.
7:59The man was pacing well for 1400 yards, um, pretty regularly outside of that last season.
8:04So perhaps we get AJ back to where he was in terms of looking at him for double digit touchdowns, potentially 14 to 1500 yards, plenty of receptions.
8:13And it's very interesting from a fantasy perspective, because I was looking at my rankings today.
8:18Um, and let me pull up the consensus rankings in particular, so we can look at those.
8:24Cause I'm kind of right on consensus, um, with AJ Brown as well.
8:28Uh, AJ Brown right now in consensus, he has moved up like a tiny bit.
8:33I believe, I think he was like around wide receiver 13, but yeah, he was like wide receiver 13.
8:39I think prior to all of the other news that came out regarding, um, obviously Rashid Rice the past couple of weeks there.
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10:26But when we're looking at AJ Brown and the rankings, he's moved ahead of those guys.
10:31So he's at wide receiver 11 right now. So obviously we got, you know, tier one guys, Jamar Puka, Jason.
10:37Then your tier two guys, Amin Ra, Seedy, Justin Jefferson, Drake London, Nico Collins.
10:42Then tier three goes to George Pickens, Chris Olave, and then AJ Brown.
10:46I think it's a very interesting spot for AJ Brown because while we know there is a knee issue, that's more of
10:53a long-term thing, not something that we're thinking is going to be a major effect on him in 2026, right?
11:00Just an ongoing issue that you have to be aware of with him.
11:04You know, perhaps a little bit of a dip in a step, but really at the end of the day, he's still,
11:11for the most part, AJ Brown, right? So when I'm looking at that list of receivers, right, and we've talked about this
11:18before, we talked about rankings, but the top four are my nice little comfort level, right?
11:23Jamar, Puka, Jason, and Amin Ra. Obviously, Puka has to make it, you know, make it through the season without doing anything else that is stupid.
11:32But provided he makes it to the season, right?
11:35Those are my clear top four. I've got zero problem with them from a performance perspective.
11:40I trust their production. I know they're going to put up volume there and it's going to be steady, right?
11:46And then after that, you go to a range of guys who unfortunately just have question marks, right?
11:52C.D. Lamb in himself, very, very talented. I know that he has overall wide receiver one upside, but George Pickens is more
11:59than likely going to be playing this season with him.
12:02And considering what we saw last season, I think we kind of broke down the numbers last week, or maybe we did.
12:10I think I might have broken it down maybe in an individual video on my YouTube channel.
12:15But really, oh, no, no, no, no. It was a live.
12:19It was a show, a show I did with Fantasy Bros.
12:22So the problem with C.D. Lamb here and his ranking is that he's a wide receiver one.
12:28But alongside George Pickens, even if George Pickens is a little bit lackadaisical, right, frustrated with the franchise tag, maybe his brain
12:35is a little bit off at portions of the season, right, because he didn't get that contract.
12:40His presence is still there. So really, we're looking at C.D.
12:44Lamb in the wide receiver eight to 12 range.
12:47I'm so sorry if you guys hear a dog barking.
12:50My dog is losing it. There's clearly someone in front of the house right now probably doing a delivery or something like Amazon delivery.
12:58So it's distracting me a little bit there. But when we're looking at C.D.
13:02Lamb, the upside that he has really is like the wide receiver eight to 12 range as long as George Pickens is there.
13:10Pickens' presence, unfortunately, caps him from ultimately being able to get to that top five range where we feel super comfortable with him.
13:17So by no means is he going to be a bust, but the odds of him paying off for where you draft
13:24him, if you're drafting him at wide receiver five, that's a major issue.
13:29Then you get to Justin Jefferson. We'll talk about him in a little bit.
13:33I have a mailbag topic for him. Justin Jefferson, the quarterback issues.
13:37Drake London, quarterback issues. Big contract. Congrats to Drake London on that one.
13:41And good on Atlanta for locking in contracts. That's one thing I will say is like a side note.
13:47I just don't know why these teams don't always lock in their wide receiver contracts early.
13:53You know you're signing him. You know that he's going to be your franchise wide receiver one.
13:58Just get it done early before, you know, the earlier you get it done, the more deals that you have, right, in terms of long-term value.
14:07But regardless, anyway. But Drake London, quarterback issues. Nico Collins, you know, I won't say quarterback issue because I don't want to
14:14do that to CJ Stroud, but offensive line issue that causes a quarterback issue, right?
14:19Chris Olave, new blood, obviously, in there with Jordan Tyson.
14:22And then we already talked about George Pickens. So it's kind of like a weird area where all of those guys have
14:29reasons where I could logically just X them off of the list and say, I don't want to draft him.
14:35I don't want to draft him. I don't want to draft him.
14:39Now, obviously, I'm going to be drafting some of those guys, right?
14:43But you don't feel the same level of comfort that you do with an Aminra St.
14:48Brown, who has been proven to be the overall wide receiver three year after year after year.
14:54The volume of guys like Jefferson, Puka, and JSN.
14:57You just don't have that level of comfort for the guys that are in that range now.
15:02Now, I'm looking at AJ Brown on a new team, quarterback, fantastic situation, right?
15:07And we're anticipating more volume for him as the Patriots will have to handle more, push more volume with this increased difficult schedule, right?
15:15So I'm looking at AJ Brown at wide receiver 11.
15:18And I'm like, I low-key kind of like that.
15:21Even if you look at the guys after him, Malik Naver's injury issue, Rasheed Rice criminal issue, Teddero McMillan, Bryce Young volume issue.
15:28Like, yeah, AJ Brown kind of is looking like maybe one of the safer picks in that range, honestly.
15:34So we knew it was coming in terms of the trade.
15:38But I don't know if we're going to see a massive leap for him in rankings.
15:43So oddly enough, I'm kind of excited about the potential increase in volume here.
15:48And I'm looking at AJ Brown a lot, and I'm kind of buying into it for real.
15:53But again, from a dynasty perspective, it might be a good sell high situation here.
15:58Did want to talk about the Miles Garrett trade as well, because obviously it's not just an IDP thing.
16:04Defenses affect the way that we look at fantasy and our offensive players that we are putting into our lineups.
16:11And the real key thing there is that, one, first of all, side note, everyone talked about the lopsidedness of this trade.
16:18Obviously, it was a great trade for the Rams to get Miles Garrett right.
16:22But Jared Burst is not a scrub, right? So it's not as if Cleveland did not get anything in return.
16:29Obviously, he's not Miles Garrett. Will he ever be Miles Garrett?
16:32Probably not. But he's a great player. And so getting that and the draft capital as well, this was a logical move
16:40for Cleveland, because realistically, Miles Garrett is just sitting on their roster right now.
16:44They've been able to get some good return for him and figure out how to move forward and hopefully build around the
16:51players that they do have and build around their defense, which is still very good with with Jared Burst.
16:57Right. So their defense gets a little bit of a downtick.
17:01Right. Because it's Miles Garrett. But it's not a big gaping hole.
17:05Right. There's a player that's going to fill it.
17:08And he's been very successful. The Rams D line was not a issue last year.
17:13It was their secondary that consistently was the problem with them.
17:16So when you're looking at this, they upgraded their defensive line.
17:20Right. That was already very strong. The Rams. And they solved their secondary issue by making additions to the secondary as well.
17:27The Rams defense is was a formidable defense before, but it was a defense where from a fantasy perspective, I was never
17:34afraid of my players facing them, particularly the quarterbacks and the receivers, because while the Rams were going to force sacks and force turnovers, right?
17:42Interceptions. At the end of the day, your quarterback was going to probably throw for aggressive volume on that defense because they are trying to keep up with.
17:51Let me mute. Unfortunately, I'm getting text messages there.
17:54They are trying to keep up with that Rams offense.
17:57Right. So defensively, this just puts them on another level from a fantasy perspective, drafting defenses.
18:03It makes them very appealing for an uptick in usability in our fantasy lineups as a DST.
18:08And then again, we're going to have to adjust those strength of schedules because this obviously does take them to another level.
18:15So teams they're facing the Rams, we're going to be having to fortunately look and reevaluate differently than we looked at them last year.
18:23Right. Then looking at what this does for the offense as well, defense going on a higher level.
18:29Again, we're still going to see, I've seen a lot of things that like, this is great for, you know, Blake, not sorry.
18:36This is great for Kyron Williams and Blake Corum, right?
18:40Particularly Kyron Williams, right? Because we do need to acknowledge he is the RB1.
18:44It is a committee. You do need to come to terms with that, that Kyron and Blake Corum are acting in tandem.
18:51But it doesn't really mean that you have to fade either one of them because it's a highly effective usage for both
18:58of them because of how good that offense is.
19:01You just get touchdowns on touchdowns, right? Plenty of opportunities for both of them there.
19:06And obviously the defensive increase would potentially increase the upside of the running backs because if the Rams are up a lot
19:13towards the end of the game, there's no competition.
19:16The defense is stout. Perhaps the Rams can rely on their ground game a little bit more.
19:22But at the end of the day, Stafford is still going to throw regardless.
19:26So don't adjust those running backs too dramatically there.
19:29And then on the opposite end of that, I've seen a lot of fear that, oh my God, now this means that,
19:36you know, it's Quen Sean Judkins is just not going to be at this season.
19:41Look at Blake Corum, sorry, look at Dylan Sampson as the sleeper.
19:45No, please don't do that. Again, do not underestimate Jared Verse.
19:49The defense is getting a downgrade there, but it's not that dramatic.
19:52There's still an overall strong and very young defense as well there.
19:56So don't overreact and suddenly think that this is going to be a team that is not going to be able to
20:03keep these games close and they're not going to be able to run the ball.
20:08Not the case. It's still a strong unit there.
20:11So main thing, main takeaway from this is do not overreact to the changes to the running backs, particularly with the Browns, right?
20:19The amount of fade Quen Sean Judkins now is crazy as if Jared Verse is just nothing.
20:24Let's not do this. And they had such young, promising talent last year that is going to make a leap as well.
20:31So this is still a really, really solid, good unit there.
20:35They just got to figure out that quarterback situation.
20:38And we can give no advice on that one because it is whatever they figure out.
20:43Jumping to the comments here real quick. Oh, and Big Noggin said, let me do this real quick because I like this comment.
20:50What's up, Tara? Just got home from work. Going to cook up some bacon cheeseburgers while you cook up some delicious fantasy knowledge.
20:58Love it. But I am after this going to cook up some.
21:02I would like a bacon cheeseburger. That would be amazing.
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21:18So I'll eat after this. Let's see here. From Sick Nasty 1691.
21:22The commanders need to snag another wide receiver one before or one or AB before the season, please.
21:28That is a good comment there because there's a couple directions that we can actually, I was just, I'm going to have a video that comes out.
21:36I think I'm scheduling it for Monday that talks about, I haven't decided if I'm talking about both, but we'll talk about
21:44at least one of either Chico Conquo or Antonio Williams there because that is an excellent point here.
21:49This commanders unit is very interesting for the fact that this offense with a healthy Jane Daniels is a good offense, right?
21:57And when we're looking at this wide receiver core, it's Terry McLaurin and nobody else.
22:01And Terry McLaurin has topped out at around 130 targets, a little over 130 targets in a season a few times there.
22:09Could he handle in the, you know, JSN level of target range?
22:12Yeah, maybe. I mean, that's not particularly his game, but I'm sure he could.
22:17But at the end of the day, I know Jane Daniels is throwing the ball for more than 150 times.
22:23So where are these other targets going to be going to?
22:27When we're looking at that receiving core, they have existing players on there that they tried to integrate like a Deami Brown last year, right?
22:35Luke McCaffrey or whatnot. But really and truly, I mean, the door is wide open for Antonio Williams to step up.
22:42Obviously, my Clemson brethren there. And he's an interesting prospect, right?
22:46Because last year was very underwhelming, but last year was underwhelming for the entire Clemson offense.
22:51So you can make a case that ignore what happened last year.
22:55Just look at players for what they did the year before when the offense was operating at a higher level and more stable.
23:02And Antonio Williams is a promising prospect from that perspective.
23:05Can he step in there and be the wide receiver too?
23:09Logically, he does play well off of Terry McLaurin.
23:12So I like it as a good little pairing there.
23:15If he can handle some of that, you know, slot type of work underneath kind of stuff, perhaps get a good little
23:22target share there would be a really good situation for him to work his way into.
23:27So it's possible, right? It is very possible that just by attrition of low competition that he could work his way into
23:34being the wide receiver too there and thrive. There's also the possibility that Chigo Conquo steps up.
23:40Because when you look at that Washington offense, obviously, I mean, they had Debo before.
23:45That didn't really work out. So they've been, and they had, you know, before that, Jahan Dotson.
23:50Like, they've been trying to figure out this wide receiver too thing, and it just has not worked.
23:56But what has consistently been there over the past couple of years has been Zach Ertz.
24:01It has. And I know it doesn't feel like it, right?
24:05But if you're a sicko from a fantasy perspective, you were streaming Zach Ertz.
24:09I know I was. And they were good times, right?
24:13Especially in tight end agreement. They were good times with Zach Ertz there as a streaming option.
24:18He actually had more targets at Washington than Chigo Conquo was seeing at Tennessee.
24:23So for as mediocre as the production has been for Chig, he will be stepping into an upgraded situation that naturally has
24:30given more volume to the tight end position. So, hey, take that volume.
24:34See what Zach Ertz did with it. It was usable.
24:37You're a younger, more athletic tight end at this point in your career.
24:42You can take that, and you can actually get some yards after the catch and not fall to the ground.
24:48So it's possible. It is possible. It's a pipe dream.
24:51But it is very possible that Chig could be the one that steps up and has the most production as a secondary look behind Terry McLaurin there.
25:00And Chig, for what it's worth, he is checking in at tight end 20 in rankings with very favorable upside.
25:07So, you know, it's something that we should look into, especially, you know, because just from a strategy perspective, I've talked about
25:14it a little bit, but I don't think I've done dove into it a ton on this podcast.
25:19From a strategy perspective, I am very much so top seven tight end.
25:24Those, that is my, and right now the rankings have flipped.
25:27I don't know why they have flipped this way, or maybe it's been this way and it's just my rankings that are different.
25:35But my top tight ends, let me pull up my rankings so physically I can see them and not read off of
25:42consensus and try to remember it off the top of my head.
25:46My top seven rankings are Trey McBride, Brock Bowers, Colston Loveland, Tucker Craft, injury pending, obviously, his return to health, Tyler Warren, Harold Fannin Jr., and Kyle Pitts.
25:55And that is my cutoff right there. Those top seven are the ones that I feel comfortable with clicking.
26:01And I mentioned in a video, Harold Fannin Jr.
26:04of that grouping is the one that I feel the most concerned about, right?
26:08Just because, again, he is switching to a new system.
26:12And if you want the breakdown on that, you can check out the video on my YouTube channel, Year Two Fades video.
26:19But my only concern for him is that switching to Todd Monken, we actually don't have any evidence that Todd Monken runs a tight end heavy system, right?
26:28That was Baltimore's way in the personnel that they had.
26:31Mark Andrews existed before Todd Monken got there. They were a first look for Mark Andrews before that happened.
26:37And for everything that we have seen of Todd Monken and his time at Baltimore, I do like him.
26:43I really like him as an offensive talent. So I've got optimism around him pushing this offense up, right, as much as they can with the quarterback situation.
26:53But Todd Monken appears, like if you're looking at it, it seems like he's been slowly trying to push Baltimore more towards a wide receiver first approach, right?
27:02But the problem is that beyond Zay Flowers, the talent just wasn't there.
27:06Rashad Bateman didn't work. They tried a wide variety of veterans that just did not work out, right?
27:12So he was working within the realm of what he had.
27:15And targeting the tight ends when you had Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely just made a ton of sense, right?
27:22Like the last time that Todd Monken was an offensive coordinator in the NFL was back in 2019 with Cleveland, ironically.
27:28David Njoku was on that team. He did not play the majority of the season.
27:33He was injured. Go figure. They were not a tight end heavy targeting team.
27:38They were not like not at all, right? And maybe it was personnel because Njoku was injured, right?
27:44But at the end of the day, I don't think that's the way he wants to lead.
27:49And the fact that they added in two receivers in Casey Concepcion and Denzel Boston, who we've been getting a lot of positive reports out of training camp.
27:58You always get positive reports out of training camp, right?
28:02But we are getting positive reports out of training camp, out of OTAs for them.
28:06So we're looking at it from that perspective. He is the one that worries me because everything else pretty much stays the same for everyone.
28:15And, you know, some coaching changes, right, for Trey McBride and Brock Bowers.
28:19But at the end of the day, they're still the first look in those offenses.
28:24Harold Fannin Jr. is the only one that had coaching change and a lot of personnel added in.
28:29So he's the one like red flag-ish. But he's still in my like, hey, those if I end up with one of those seven, I'm good.
28:38I feel comfortable with that. Beyond that, I do not feel a level of comfort with Sam Laporta or Rondae Gadsden.
28:45I do feel good about Isaiah Likely. And Travis Kelsey is just a pure volume guy for the price.
28:51It's fine. Jake Ferguson, Juwan Johnson, Dallas Goddard has Eli Stowers there lurking in the corner.
28:56Can't stand. I don't want to say can't stand Dalton Kincaid.
29:00Just have zero desire to draft Dalton Kincaid. So far back in my rankings that I'm trying to be kind, but really
29:07I would prefer to drop him to like, I don't know, tight end.
29:1118 or something like that. But at the end of the day, there are better streaming options if you miss out on
29:18those top seven that you can turn to. And Chig is one of those guys that I would absolutely take a chance
29:25with and feel comfortable leading that way with him and another option and streaming during the fantasy season and seeing if that would hit.
29:33That's that's the one like Chig is one that I feel very good about the potential for him as well.
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30:39Thank you, Jerome. Really appreciate that. And then Stephen King in the comment says BTJ or AJ Brown.
30:45BTJ is a perfect. Do I have BTJ on?
30:47No, I don't have BTJ is one of the mailbag questions.
30:51BTJ is a really good topic for us to discuss right now because obviously we have had some comments coming out about
30:58how, you know, he's finally feeling healthy and we do need to acknowledge that he was definitely playing through some stuff.
31:05Now, I'm not going to 100% excuse him playing through some injuries and stuff last year because there were drops that had nothing to do with injuries.
31:14There were mental mistakes like being well within the realm on the sideline of catching the ball and you can easily get
31:21two feet down and you only get one in because you're just blinking.
31:25Right. So there were a lot of things in terms of his production that were 100% his fault, not injury related.
31:32So I'm not going to 100% excuse the lack of production because a lot of that was on him.
31:38Right. But if he's saying he feels healthy and sometimes you just got to trust players when they say I wasn't feeling my best.
31:46I feel good now. And if I'm feeling my best heading into the season, feel very positive about the direction that it can head.
31:54But BTJ is still someone that I'm not raising up, even with the prospect of him being healthy.
31:59Right. And I feel very good about Trevor Lawrence as well.
32:03I'm not aggressively raising him up in the rankings, even though I do like him for a theoretical bounce back.
32:09It's AJ Brown for me all day, every day and redraft in dynasty.
32:14I would still lean towards AJ Brown because at the very least, even though we know that long term, there is some risk.
32:21Right. We can still get good value for him, especially if this season goes exactly as I think it's going to go
32:28in terms of there being plenty of volume and him being the clear wide receiver one there.
32:34So it's even in dynasty, I would still lean towards AJ Brown on that one as well, but definitely in redraft.
32:41My problem with BTJ, right, is that even if I feel good about him as a talent, right, if I believe that
32:48he can get back to being that same level of talent that we saw in his rookie season, in particular the back
32:55half of the rookie season, that was amazing. The problem here is, is that when I look at the bodies and I'm
33:02actually going to talk about Parker Washington in a video that I'm going to drop on my day.
33:08The problem here is when I look at this receiving core of BTJ, Jacoby Myers and Parker Washington, I can identify exactly how they're going to line up.
33:17Right. And well, sorry. Oh, I have to include Travis Hunter.
33:20So sorry, Travis Hunter. I just kind of left you out there in the cold for what it's worth, because we've had
33:28all of these like rumors of Travis Hunter is only going to play defense.
33:32And then the Jack saying that's not true. We still see him as a dual threat player.
33:38I do think that like logically, when you're looking up where he would be needed the most, more than likely, we're going
33:45to see more of him on defense with some very strategic use of him on offense, but not at a 70 plus snap rate.
33:53Right. That's kind of my perspective on that. We'll have to see how it goes.
33:57Right. And let it be known the Jags are not really, the Jags are not really trustworthy when it comes to what
34:05you see from them in the off season. Remember last year when they had everyone and their mother thinking that it was
34:12going to be tank Bigsby to the moon because the man was taking first team reps and they trade him off into oblivion.
34:19Right. So just be aware that's one of the teams where if you're looking at them in preseason and training camp and
34:26looking at who's you, who know who's getting first team reps and who's lined up where just know that they low key
34:33might be experimenting because that is just kind of the head coach that Liam Cohen is and that it might not be
34:41an indication of who actually starts where. Right. But if I'm looking at this team based off of last year, right, we
34:48have a very good sample size at the end of the season where we had full snaps, full play from Brian Thomas Jr., Parker Washington and Jacoby Myers.
34:57Right. With no Travis Hunter. And the way that it lined up.
35:01Right. Was Jacoby on the outside, Brian Thomas Jr.
35:04on the outside and Parker Washington was mainly in the slot.
35:07Right. And that worked out very, very well from them offensively.
35:11Right. It allowed them to be able to pivot off of some of that tougher coverage that Brian Thomas Jr.
35:17in particular was facing. Right. And push a lot of volume towards Parker Washington because Liam Cohen is a very intelligent coach.
35:24Right. And when he's trying to figure out how to attack different defenses, I do think that it becomes less about him
35:31hyper targeting one guy like Seattle and JSN. Right.
35:34And more so about being able to play matchups.
35:37Right. And that's why we got games like the Jags against Denver, where the past game thrive.
35:43Trevor Lawrence had a great game and who had nearly 150 yards.
35:47It was Parker Washington. Right. Because the tougher coverage was on Brian Thomas Jr.
35:51So BTJ, I trust him to progress forward and recover and bounce back.
35:55Right. But at the end of the day, they're three deep in that receiving core.
36:00And it is a little worrisome in terms of just how much volume is going to go to him when they have
36:07the ability to be so versatile with their offense.
36:10So that is my only concern there with BTJ.
36:13Bounce back. But just we need to hesitate there a little bit.
36:17A couple of injury stuff that I want to talk about real quick before we dive in on some mailbag questions.
36:24Malik neighbors injury recovery questions around it. We can't really judge like how he was running at a little, you know, celebrity all star game.
36:32There's a video of him running the face first base and it looks like he's hobbling.
36:37That's not a really good judgment call there. But at the end of the day, it's just a good reminder that we
36:44do not have a timeline that says he will be ready by week one.
36:49Very unlikely, in my opinion, because I've talked about guys being on the field.
36:53Right. That are coming off of these injuries. Right.
36:56We've talked about the fact that I've got there on the notes.
37:00Right. Daniel Jones is back. Patrick Mahomes is back.
37:03Quenshawn Judkins is on the field. Who else is on?
37:06Like, Kim Scott was not really on the field.
37:09Right. But it seems like his timeline is a little bit more clear than Malik neighbors.
37:14Right. But we have guys that are returning off of injuries.
37:18They're on the field participating in OTAs. And obviously, as everyone always says, we need to see them with pads for sure.
37:25Right. But in terms of recovery timelines, it's critical that we see these guys coming off of these ACL injuries at practice
37:32right now with visible evidence that they are running.
37:35They are cutting. They're participating. Right. They've still got progress that they need to make in terms of their recovery.
37:42Right. And again, don't be shocked at some of these guys that are participating in OTAs.
37:47Right. Don't start off training camp healthy. They start off on the pup.
37:51I talked about it last week. That's what happened with Brees Hall and his recovery from his ACL injury a couple of years ago.
37:59Right. Was on the field in OTAs running. No issue.
38:02Right. Cuts. Everything looking good. Spends a couple of weeks on the pup to start off training camp.
38:08Is activated. Plays preseason and he's good to go.
38:11Has a fantastic season from a fantasy perspective. Right.
38:14So Malik neighbors is a little bit worrisome. Right.
38:17And for that reason, as much as I have talked about being anti Jackson Dart because of the whole Matt Nagy issue
38:24and not trusting him from an offensive perspective, we're seeing a shift now in people coming down on rankings, which, you know, I hate to see it.
38:33Right. Because I actually want to be correct and be the outlier on this.
38:37And I don't like it when everyone then gets on my same page.
38:41Right. From a selfish perspective. But now everyone is like, wait, maybe Jackson Dart might be too highly ranked.
38:48So it's coming down for him as well. He's moved down a couple of spots, mainly because one, you know, the whole Matt Nagy issue.
38:56And then two, really, it's really because now they're looking at Malik neighbors and saying, wait, so why am I drafting Jackson Dart at like QB eight?
39:04If he's not going to have a wide receiver one for at least four weeks in the first season.
39:11Right. Assuming that he would start on the pop.
39:13That's when things start to get very concerning. Right.
39:16Because that receiving core outside of Malik neighbors, again, which is why I like Isaiah likely is Darnell Mooney.
39:23God love him. But it's been a while. It last year looked rough.
39:27Last year looked rough. It's been a while. I know he's very talented and I think he can be the true wide receiver to in this offense.
39:35But we got to see a little bit of progress.
39:39Right. They drafted Malachi Fields. I'm not crazy about him as a prospect just because more or less of a separator, not a ton of speed.
39:47So not my ideal prospect from that standpoint. And then obviously you've got the existence of Darius Slate.
39:53They did sign Odell Beckham Jr., which that is not.
39:56That ain't it good for him. But odds of him being able to step up and handle a ton of volume.
40:03Very slim. Right. So if Malik neighbors is not healthy and ready, if Malik neighbors take some time once he is on
40:10the field to get back to looking like Malik neighbors.
40:13I mean, you might be up the creek struggling.
40:16Right. If you take Jackson Dart as your QB one and you're starting him without neighbors from that perspective, because then you're
40:23relying on his legs and increased usage on the ground and then the legs.
40:28That's just an increased injury risk there for him as well.
40:32So the Malik neighbors recovery in paying attention to that one is literally extremely, extremely critical.
40:37We also think that the Giants are going to be run heavy, which makes sense.
40:42Right. Because, again, you know, identity of the team may be shifting that direction because of the new coaching regime.
40:48Right. So a lot of concern there. But good news is, is that Daniel Jones is cleared to practice.
40:54Patrick Mahomes cleared to practice. They are on the field participating in drills at OTA.
40:59So that is fantastic, because, again, Patrick Mahomes right now, the value that we are getting, if you want to take that
41:06leap and I'm taking that leap, that he is going to be healthy to start the season and there will be no issue.
41:14We're going to massive discount on literally Patrick Mahomes.
41:17Right. My only issue with Patrick Mahomes previously when drafting him is that I never wanted to draft him at the egregious
41:24level of being able to have to draft him up there with Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen.
41:29That just was not worth it to me from a fantasy perspective once we started seeing that dip in pass volume.
41:36But at the value that we're getting for him now.
41:39Yeah. Sign me up for low end QB one.
41:42It's not even a question right there. And then Daniel Jones as well.
41:46Him. Now, granted, we did see positive improvement from the rookie last year.
41:51So perhaps they might not be 100 percent up a creek if Daniel Jones, you know, weren't ready to play.
41:57But at the end of the day, we want to see Daniel Jones in there.
42:02That was what really unlocked that consistent deep threat for Alec Pierce.
42:06That was very critical. I mean, you saw the steep drop off of success that we had from Tyler Warren and Josh Downs as well.
42:14So, you know, Michael Pittman, when he was there, this offense needs Daniel Jones.
42:19So him being out there often Achilles this quickly.
42:21Excellent. Like especially because it was an Achilles injury for him as well.
42:26Just so to see him out there and so we can actually get a feel of how he looks right.
42:32Because the player that I would be the most concerned about being affected by Daniel Jones Achilles would be Alec Pierce.
42:39Because, you know, if perhaps it's difficult for you to get the ball off, maybe you're struggling in confidence in terms of pushing off of your Achilles.
42:48Makes it maybe a little bit more difficult for you to get the ball downfield.
42:53So maybe affect Alec Pierce a little bit more.
42:55But we still feel very good as long as Jones is on the field for our guy Tyler Warren.
43:02And then for Josh Downs as well as a nice little nice little discount sleeper there.
43:07Game's about to start here. So let's do a couple of mailbag questions here.
43:11One that I'm going to pull up here that I actually pulled from our show last week.
43:17It came in from somebody who watched the show later and then dropped this comment.
43:22I thought it was hilarious. I wanted to bring it up.
43:25Said, why do we keep giving Justin Jefferson a first round pass?
43:29Is he the fantasy wide receiver gatekeeper or something?
43:32I find that comment hilarious. That's a really, really good one there.
43:36You know, I low-key agree with you on that one there.
43:40I want to be optimistic that Kyler Murray is going to get into this system with Kevin O'Connell.
43:45And Kevin O'Connell is going to fix all his problems because that's what Kevin O'Connell does, right?
43:51And that we're not going to see the sketchy version of Kyler Murray that we saw in Arizona.
43:57Because while I can factually say that even the sketchy version of Kyler Murray is better than J.J.
44:03McCarthy. Like, I can say that with a straight face.
44:06Like, give me the jacked up version of Kyler over J.J.
44:09McCarthy any day of the week, right? But that still doesn't make me feel super comfortable with Justin Jefferson as we have it right now.
44:17A top seven pick, right? A top six or seven pick, right?
44:21That's uncomfortable, right? But unfortunately, as we talked about previously with the rankings, it's hard not to put him there because everybody
44:28in that range has all these quarterback issues, right?
44:31These question marks and injury stuff. So him being up in the wide receiver six range is just more of like a default.
44:39And I actually didn't look at consensus and make sure he's still at wide receiver six because he's my wide receiver six.
44:46Yeah, he's still consensus wide receiver six. It's a default.
44:49But you're right in terms of this weird perception that we can't get off of him being in that area because of
44:56the talent that we know he has, right? If we were to, but even then so, like, I just, I don't see
45:03where I would ever feel comfortable drafting Nico Collins over Justin Jefferson.
45:07I don't, I don't see that because he also has the same issue of inconsistency at quarterback.
45:13Now, granted, his is more because of CJ Stroud and the offensive line and timing and whatnot.
45:18But still, we're given that default preference there to Jefferson because of the massive upside that he has shown in the past there.
45:26So it is funny, right? But at the end of the day, when I am drafting, I'm not clamoring to draft Justin Jefferson where he is.
45:34I'm not. I'm not going to lie there. It's a default ranking because we know who he is, right?
45:40And there's potentially optimism of the quarterback change. But at the end of the day, it's not a comfortable pick here.
45:47So this user was 100% on point in terms of pointing that out, that Justin Jefferson keeps getting this pass, right?
45:54Despite the fact that we've got a lot of concerns there.
45:58And, you know, and even then, so talking about Kyler Murray, the thing about him and while why I can already predict
46:05that when I'm doing my trade videos, I can almost guarantee that there will be some combination every single week of Minnesota players, right?
46:13Because at the end of the day, I've rostered Kyler Murray in enough dynasty to know across the years that even if
46:20the beginning portion of the Kyler Murray experience goes well, that man is never there for you in the fantasy playoffs.
46:26Not one time. Not one time can you rely on him.
46:30So it's an incredibly frustrating situation of big like, but it is Justin Jefferson.
46:35Surely he can get the ball accurately somewhat to Justin Jefferson more than we were seeing, unfortunately, there with Jim McCarthy.
46:41So that one. And then let's do one more mailbag question before I go, because the game has started and there was already a three.
46:49Jesus Christ, right off the bat there. Right off the bat here.
46:53Question. Think of Mecca Abuka could break out this season?
46:57This is one that I am also going to talk about in my upcoming video on Monday in detail, ironically.
47:03Um, it is, uh, I don't have any concerns around a Mecca Abuka.
47:07It's trying to figure out what these other roles are going to be for the other receivers in the offense.
47:14I do think a Mecca Abuka is going to have that breakout season because when I look at a Mecca in my
47:21confidence that I feel in him, um, based off of last season, I do believe that beginning portions of the season is
47:28the true identity of a Mecca Abuka. And I don't fault him for what happened at the end of the season.
47:35He fell off dramatically. Right. But there's a difference between falling off because your offense fell off as a whole.
47:41Right. And the difference between you fell off because somebody stole your spot.
47:46Right. Those are two very different things. It wasn't as if there was another wide receiver that was stepping up.
47:52If it was, you know, if it was that all of a sudden has Johnson was stepping up and just, you know,
47:59having 80 yards and a touchdown and a Mecca Abuka was nowhere in sight.
48:04That would be highly concerning. But Baker Mayfield came down in a massive way last season, especially towards the back half of the season.
48:11And on top of that, we also had the issue of the offensive coordinator being a clear downgrade to what they had
48:19previously had in Liam Cohen and Dave Canales, unfortunately.
48:22So it was just a weird spot for them.
48:24And the entire offense from a past perspective floundered.
48:27Right. So my concerns about a Mecca and his down year are different.
48:32Like, let's let's compare it to Brian Thomas Jr.
48:34Actually. Yeah. So you compare it to Brian Thomas Jr.
48:38Right. And the fact that it's it would be concerning that we saw stronger performances out of a guy like Parker Washington
48:45compared to a Mecca compared to Brian Thomas Jr.
48:48You can make that comparison and say, hey, I'm a little bit concerned about BTJ because other guys stepped up to Kobe
48:55Myers look better than him and so on and so forth.
48:58Right. But I can't say that about a Mecca.
49:01That was just the offensive situation as a whole.
49:04Right. So, yeah, I still feel very good about a Mecca.
49:08The question marks that I have is who's going to step up with him.
49:12Right. Because it can't just be the Mecca Buka show.
49:16Not physically possible. At least one other player has to.
49:19And when we look at Chris Godwin, obviously, he's been more.
49:22He's versatile. He can play anywhere. Right. But he's been more successful in kind of the slot role there.
49:29And unfortunately, it's easy to forget that he's on up there in age.
49:33Right. He's knocking on 30. It's been a long time.
49:36Years now since we have seen him have a complete season healthy and performing at a peak level.
49:42I think the fall off is there, unfortunately. And it's possible that he gets that deference earlier in the season as a veteran.
49:49Right. But I think we might be at the point where you start to see the clear inability to make it through an entire season.
49:57And then you look at new wide receiver Ted Hurst.
50:01We've had comments directly from Tampa Bay that his role will be X receiver.
50:05Not necessarily that he will be the guaranteed starter X receiver.
50:09Right. But that that is the position that he would play.
50:12And it makes sense. He fits that perfectly to a tee in terms of his type and abilities.
50:18So good chance when we're looking at that, that the starting lineup initially might be a Mecca Chris Godwin.
50:24And Ted Hurst. My question mark here is Jalen McMillan.
50:28Can Jalen McMillan, who has shown a lot of upside, particularly as a rookie, can he actually surpass Chris Godwin?
50:34And maybe once we get towards the back half of the season and maybe we see a fall off from Chris Godwin,
50:41we see an emergence of Jalen McMillan, who has looked fantastic in specifically relief of Chris Godwin.
50:47And the receiving core ends up being with a Mecca book is the first look.
50:52Ted Hurst is a strong option. And then Jalen McMillan doing a lot of that high volume stuff over the middle in the slot.
50:59So that is kind of my viewpoint of the Tampa Bay receiving core watching out for that this offseason.
51:06And at the end of the day, feeling very good about a Mecca book.
51:10And then Eazy E says, hey, Tara, just dropped by watching the NBA championship.
51:15Perfect, because that is what we are going to go do now.
51:18I'm going to close out the show 10 minutes early so we can go and watch.
51:24Watch game one of the finals here. But good show, people.
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52:03But appreciate you guys tuning in. Perhaps we'll have more dramatic trades or arrests.
52:07Brandon Ayuk, an arrest was issued. Arrest warrant was issued for him.
52:11That's low-key funny. But regardless, perhaps we'll have a drama-free week.
52:15I doubt it. We'll probably have a lot of big, wild news to talk about next week.
52:20So I will see you guys next week at 8 p.m.
52:24Same time, same place. Thank you all for tuning in.
52:27Go enjoy the finals. Have a good one, guys.
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