And Jefferson talk about you
are saying which is good, but I was like myself, W, caregiving,
something iconic. Know it was healthier lives.
You say that, you know, I think that's the, that's the beauty
of this game and
I think it speaks to the competitiveness of this
obviously, you know, there's a I don't think you're if you're
not putting yourself as
the best and you're not, but you're not working to be the best.
And then I think
I'd be I'd be concerned about stepping on the field with you.
If you don't feel like you prepared me the best player you
can be so you know,
I respect his opinion.
Like and also respectfully disagree
keep waiting for that beard. End up going full ZZ Top for
Cooper cop that's a disappointment. He didn't grow
it out a little bit more in the offseason. Justin Jefferson
puts himself ahead of Cooper cup. Matthew Berry disagrees
cup number one. Jefferson number two, there's the top ten
that Matthew was
put together for
this year's fantasy receivers. Matthew Berry still with us on
set. We got before we move on. So seen Cooper cup there. Fun
story about fantasy was just talking about Bill Belichick's,
you know, saying he doesn't care about
Your fantasy team. But
we had on my on my show last year, we had Cooper cups. Father
so Cooper cups father
who by the way, former pro quarterback backed up Troy
Aikman for a number of years plays in a fantasy league,
with a bunch of his buddies, bunch of his college buddies
and every year, they just let him have a cup and they let him
have his son
and last year because cup was so amazing. They made a rule,
he's not allowed to have his son-in-law like you know,
like if you want your son, you have to draft him. Now we're not
Let you just have your own kid
and I asked him. I said, like, did you explain to them like,
hey,
why don't you produce your own All-Star football players? It's
not my fault. I have all pro DNA and you guys don't,
you know, but I know. But I just thought that was very
funny like
Cooper Cub's, father is not allowed to draft cupric up
anymore and he really was incredible. Last year, almost
set the single-season record for yards and
What was it? Your options options? Yeah. Everything Point
everything, I a monster year a monster Year from start to
finish and what concerns me. Now, we talked about this
earlier in the program as it relates to Matthew Stafford,
and the elbow, the tendonitis,
if for some reason he misses time and it's John Wolford,
I know it's system driven, but still, there's a difference
between Stafford and Wolford,
course, that's going to affect cups, overall production. Sure.
And it's impossible.
It's impossible to factor that in, yeah.
Did you factor any of this uncertainty with Stafford, in
any way into this? Or this show up in that system? And what he
did last year he's the guy. Yeah, I mean,
that's exactly, that's exactly it. And you have to deal with
what, you know. Right. As far as we know, as of this morning,
Matthew Stafford is going to play, you know, all 17 games.
If that changes,
right, then then you adjust. But it's hard to adjust a,
but there's no question Stafford, mrs. Time
that affects that affects Cobra. Cooper cup, that affects
Allen Robinson, Benson honestly, it would affect cam
Akers and Darrell Henderson's, you expect them to lean on
the Run game, a little bit more.
And so it just it sort of opens everything up. And, you know,
it's really interesting,
you know, thinking about the Rams as an offensive unit because
you know, they went from a team that you felt was sort of
loaded and I you're like, it gets pretty dicey van
Jefferson's banged up as well. And so, you're sort of like
they've got higbee who they like a lot, obviously, a tight
end, but like, it feels
after Cooper cup and Alan.
It feels pretty thin
for team that, you know, had a lot of depth obviously
Beckham's, not back with a team yet and we'll see what ends up
happening there and if he plays this year and I don't know. So
the rims are fascinating,
Jefferson's got a good chance to pass him this year, just
because of the fact that he generated so much last year and
an offense that wasn't as creative as it presumably will
be this year with Kevin O'Connell the former
Rams assistant. Now running the show. The Vikings have
an offensive coach for the first time since Brad, Childress
the moving.
Son, all around the place like cop, he's been saying that
since
Kevin O'Connell got the job. He was the happiest guy. I think
in Minnesota, when O'Connell gets the job, because he gets
the chance to be the Cooper Cup in that offense and he's got
a threat everybody, he can't survive in this league. If you
don't have a tremendous amount of confidence that's like
upset, I'd like to think he would say
that, you know, I can say now, I'm number five,
but I think he could be, he could be really, really good
this year. Considering how good he was last year with
the limitations of team has he? I mean, he's a special
player. I haven't to. Yeah, but you know what?
It's hard to Justin Jefferson confidence aside. It is hard to
put him above
Cooper cup. Is it's hard to put anyone above Cooper cup. I mean
Cooper cup season last year
was historic. Well I mean like like literally like
Randy Moss let you know. I mean like
unbelievably like
the number of Records Cooper cup set last year and so now
you go to Justin Jefferson but I think this is really
interesting so I didn't I did a conference BC sports Edge
called 100 facts.
Which is, which is up now and I have a bunch of facts about
Kirk Cousins and this obviously relates to Justin Jefferson.
I mean, like, just look at those numbers, Justin Jefferson had
a monster year
and he was still
over 300 passing yards. You know, below he's still was like,
you know, almost 40, receptions behind him,
six touchdowns behind him.
And again, Jefferson, I mean, like,
Cooper cup probably could have stopped playing and I want to
say like week, 14 and still would have been the number one
wide receiver in fantasy, that's just how stupid
the numbers are
for Cooper cup. Having said that about
Jefferson though. Let's talk about this Vikings offense for it
for a second. I think this is pretty interesting.
Okay. Here's the entire list. The entire list of quarterbacks
that have thrown at least 30 touchdown passes
each of the last two years.
Okay? Here's the list.
Aaron Rodgers make sense. Tom Brady,
that makes sense. Pat Mahomes. Josh Allen, Justin Herbert
and Kirk Cousins. That's the list.
Like, so you've got the five guys that are like at the top
of the fantasy charts. The top of, you know, all pros. And
then Kirk Cousins
and no one ever likes Kirk Cousins. Since you don't mean,
he's like a, he's mad.
But Kirk Cousins.
Again, is this is the
those guys that I just mentioned the only people with
more total touchdown passes over the last two years than
cousins Mike under Mike Zimmer last year, they were bottom 14
in pass rate
and to your point
and he's had, by the way
cousins had at least 4,000 passing yards. Six of the last
seven seasons doesn't get hurt.
Is there the upside of Kirk Cousins is Kirk Cousins going
to magically put One is back and when you a game, the way
that a Josh Allen a patch of homes or
Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady Ken.
No but he's better than I think he gets credit for great.
I think he is a
top 10 top 12 ish quarterback both in real life
and in fantasy and to your point. Now he gets Kevin
O'Connell
and West Phillips
over from the Rams who just helped Matthew Stafford. To
the best year of his career, staffer was a top five fantasy
quarterback last year and a Super Bowl champion. And so
I think people are sleeping a little bit on this Vikings
offense and especially Kirk Cousins
fantasy wise. Like again he's
he's you know, inside my top 13, right? He's nothing. He's
there's a limited upside. There's also limited downside
of her deep early. Get to quarterback League. I think
cousins is interesting. Jefferson should be number two.
Speaking of those Vikings,
by the way, I think herb Smith is interesting sleeper as well
he's healthy and Adam thielen is being left for dead. Like
a damn thing was very productive last year
like just because he's not as good as Justin Jefferson.
This point of his career,
Adam thielen is still a really good NFL wide receiver.
Still a really, really great route Runner and that is
an offense. It is going to throw a, wow, they're going to throw
a lot more than they have, and they may throw it more
effectively and they may have more
plays designed. We're cousins, doesn't have the walls closed
and that's the biggest problem for him. When the walls close
in it's over. Yeah, he can't do anything with his legs. Like
a Mahomes or an allen can do. We need to take a quick
break when we return that I want to ask Matthew Berry about
the challenges of trying to figure out where guys fit when
receivers change one. Team to another 1/4 back to another
specifically Tyree killing Miami. We'll talk about that
next on this Friday edition 250 lat.
This was six days ago, back together, Saturday, somebody
rolling the video and that is to itaca by low. The
left-handed throw 65 yards in the air trying to overthrow
Tyree kill but that's Tyree kill. You cannot overthrow,
Tyree kill. All right, Matthew Berry here still with us and
there is a dynamic this year especially with so many at
least he hit him in-stride. That's the way. And just don't
tell he had to actually lay out for a little bit Tyree kill you
when you when you make Tyree kill, do that. You've really
put
a lot on it because that's Tyreke Evans.
So you got Tyree kill changing teams, Davante Adams, changing
teams AJ Brown. We talked about him earlier, he change his
team's,
how
does? And let's focus on Tyree kill because you go from
Patrick Mahomes sure and Tyree kale has been phenomenal. Now
you've got the questions
is to we're going to be able to do that in a game.
Are they going to have to work to get the ball in Thai reeks
hands? How do you because you got him at number eight. Some
people would say it's a little low.
How big of an impact is that, that you go from a known
situation where you've got my home's to Who knows what we're
going to get? I mean, it's obviously I think if he's back
in Kansas City he's probably, you know, wide receiver two or
three. So you discount a little bit
phenomenal Talent. They paid him a ton of money,
he's obviously going to be a focal point of that offense.
We are bullish on. Mike McDaniel
based on what he's done he's ausco was just awesome.
Yeah. So we're really bullish on Mike McDaniel with that
offense is going to look like and we believe or I believe
that he will manufacture Touches for Tyree kill and they
will be creative by getting the ball in his And in space and
have a
variety of different ways.
But to your point, right?
You have to look at the entire situation
because now he goes to
a quarterback, that's a downgrade, you know, I'm not
trying to dump on to it, but he ain't Patrick Mahomes, right?
That is a downgrade, even if to it has hydrogen the only one
who thinks
that it's not a downgrade, right then? Yeah, he says, he
still says that too is the most accurate quarterback in
the NFL. And I think most people realize with a functioning
brain that to his got, some some work to do to prove to
anyone that he's accurate.
And reliable and
can do what he did in a game.
What we saw in that clip from last Saturday
and then you also think about who else, the Dolphins have,
right? So they've added Jalen waddle, they added cedrick
Wilson. They have gazecki, they have. They have, guys that can
be used in the passing. Game is why I think the Dolphins are
a fascinating offenses. Here,
they add Chase Edmunds.
They add Rahim, most it Ramos towards a better pass. Catching
running back. Then I think people realize and so they have
a lot of guys that are gonna be able to touch the ball and do
a bunch of things. So I'm
Fascinating to watch with this Dolphins, offense is,
but
I think there is a so tired kill still going to get his but
maybe does he get his big a Target share
as he had in. Kansas city,
is our, there's many explosive plays as edit Kansas City. Ami
PG can flick his wrists and goes 80 yards.
And so
to adjust, I don't know that other this side of Josh hollan
that that anyone has the arm strength of Patra miles, right?
So
we think there's a downgrade at quarterback. It is a new system.
There are more mouths to feed in that Dolphins offense
but he still Tyree kill. He still insanely fast, he still
faster than, yeah, his old Twitter handle, right? And so
he comes in at number eight for me,
we expect a very good year but not as good. A year as he's had
in Kansas City at least from a fantasy perspective. It is
interesting though that the Dolphins have said like
listen to her if it doesn't work this year it ain't on us
like we're giving you as many
we're giving you an offensive minded coach, we're adding all
these pieces you know, Jalen waddle was awesome last year,
like
the offensive line with Toronto arms. Yeah it's no excuses. 2022
for to of Tonga by low without question and tyriq. One of
the many things he said on it needed to be said as podcast.
Is that he recognizes
that first round pick
third-year quarterback
if you don't get it done,
you're done. And I think whether he intends to or not he
is putting extra pressure on it by saying all these things
we'll see if to can live up to it, right?
What's weird, is I feel actually feel bad for two.
Yes, it comes in the league,
you know, banged up hip.
The franchise has obviously gone through a lot of turmoil.
And now continues to, obviously, there's a lot of off
the field stuff that that, if you're doing your court,
they're going to ask them about it and even it's just like,
I don't know. I was before I got here like I don't
you know, I was just trying to win games and
you know whatever it
there's a lot of stuff that happens that
but he's it's a distraction career, it starts off. We want
your bow, I will take to it then it's we want to show
Watson will settle for to I we want Tom Brady
will just stick with Tua
and After this year it's going to be somebody else if to it
doesn't get it done. Let me ask about Davante Adams because
we're running out of time. Here
you mentioned Target share
and
I heard you say this either on the are off air. In the past
couple of days, the idea that
you go from Green Bay where you're the guy and now you're
in Las Vegas with
Darren Waller and Hunter Renfro.
And even you even though you still may be one of the best
receivers in the NFL, you're not going to have
the production because you're not getting the ball as much as you
were. He had a north of 30 percent Target share in Green
Bay.
They each of the last three years,
Nora 30%. I mean, just
you know, massive and so, going from Aaron Rodgers Derek, Derek
Carr is a downgrade. There are more weapons more mouths to
feed. He goes to a coach and Josh McDaniels Patriot Way is
always about trying to share
the you know share the love and and
now you want him still amazing but given the lack of Target
share and going from Rogers a car,
he's the guy that usually is the number one wide receiver in
fantasy. I am at number four but it's a sort of those two
way street and it's is a debate, you always have in
fantasy.
There he's going to get less balls because there's more
competition, right? So he's got Waller and run 40
players that he didn't have next to him in Green Bay,
but also he's got while in Renfro in Green Bay you're like
we're going to double and triple-teamed Davante Adams and
you know we'll take our chances with Allen Lazard or
you know Mark his valise gambling or whatever.
And here they can be like well
will kill you with Waller Renfro or whatever so
you'll probably see
less double coverage and triple coverage unless
defense is rolling to him
this year but he's going to get less,
less, less targets,
whatever, he's Davante Adams. She's gonna be just fine wide
receiver for if he's your number one wide receiver. You
can we just find this year? We're going to be just fine
with Matthew Berry here. As part of the NBC Sports family,
the fantasy football goat. We
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