Bounceback Candidates! Justin Jefferson, Bucky Irving, Terry McLaurin and More (01/28 Fantasy Football Podcast)
Fantasy Football Today
CBS Sports
4.6 • 8.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Before we get to the bounceback candidates, we talk about the coaching news with Joe Brady being promoted to Bills head coach, Mike McDaniel sticking with the Chargers, the latest on Brian Daboll and more ... Kicking off our bounceback candidates with Lamar Jackson (18:00) and a wide receiver combo (23:45) of Terry McLaurin and Justin Jefferson. Clearly Jefferson will be better, but how much better? Then we discuss three offenses (29:30) that we're hoping to see bounce back: Chargers, Bucs and Eagles. How confident are we in this trio of teams? Are there enough targets to go around for Ladd McConkey to excel? ... More bouncebacks including Jayden Daniels (41:25), three running backs (44:00), wide receivers (49:30) A.J. Brown and CeeDee Lamb plus Sam LaPorta (58:10) ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com
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| 0:00.0 | This is fantasy football today from CBS Sports. |
| 0:03.5 | What a play! |
| 0:04.8 | Can you believe this? |
| 0:06.4 | It's a no idea. |
| 0:08.1 | It's time to dominate your fantasy league. |
| 0:10.5 | Off to the races and he stays on his feet. |
| 0:13.3 | It's just going to go the distance. |
| 0:15.2 | Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. |
| 0:19.2 | Good morning everybody and welcome to the show. It's fantasy football today. Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. |
| 0:23.8 | Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the show. |
| 0:27.7 | It's Fantasy Football today, presented by BetMGM, Make It Legendary. |
| 0:33.2 | We still have some time left before the Super Bowl, so we'll talk about some bounce-back candidates. |
| 0:35.7 | Won't do much game previewing this week. |
| 0:36.6 | That'll be for next week. But bounce back candidates and coaching news, offensive coordinators, maybe some head coaching momentum, stuff like that. Actually, I don't know. We did get a head coaching hire. We got Joe Brady being promoted to the bill's head coach. And what does that mean for Brian Dable? Will he end up in Tennessee or Las Vegas? |
| 0:54.7 | Adam, Jamie, and Heath here. |
| 0:56.2 | We'll go through your news and notes. Then we'll get to some bounce back candidates, including a couple of quarterbacks who were top five in ADP last year and kind of stunk for your fantasy team. Sorry about that. Good morning, Jamie. Why are you apologizing? I just feel bad for the people who drafted Lamar Jackson and Jaden Daniels, you know. |
| 1:12.6 | Okay, that's fair. |
| 1:13.1 | You're empathizing. |
| 1:14.2 | Empathizing, right. Why are you apologizing? I just feel bad for the people who drafted Lamar Jackson and Jaden Daniels, you know. |
| 1:12.6 | Okay, that's fair. You're empathizing, not apotheizing. Right, exactly. Is there a better word to express empathy than I'm sorry? I feel for you? I feel for you. Okay, we'll do that. Yeah, I'm sorry does imply you were in some way responsible. Right, like the, because the jobs that we have, like, the way it comes across is, like, I made you draft that guy. |
| 1:33.2 | Well, you did. |
| 1:35.3 | I thought, is Brian Dable not for sure with the Titans? |
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