Sam Darnold Trade; RBs in New Systems (04/06 Fantasy Football Podcast)
Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score
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🗓️ 6 April 2021
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Is Sam Darnold a QB upgrade for the Panthers? We'll give our thoughts on the big trade and then talk about a few RBs who will have new offensive coordinators in 2021 and what it could mean for their success.
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| 0:00.0 | Let's give our thoughts on Sam Darnold to the Panthers and running backs with new offensive coordinators right now on fantasy football today in five. Adam Azor and Chris Towers. Thanks a lot, everybody, for listening to Fantasy Football Today in Five. Hope you're enjoying it. You get you caught up on the fantasy news and advice you need to know in five minutes or less. Of course, when I'm hosting, that's more like six minutes or less, but Fantasy Football Today in Five isn't much catcher title. All right, so I'll stop talking, Chris. |
| 0:23.8 | Give me your thoughts on Carolina getting Sam Darnold. What do you think this means for the Carolina Panthers pass catchers? I moved DJ Moore and Robbie Aronson down a little bit because I do think Sam Darnold is the most likely outcome is he's not as good |
| 0:37.9 | as Teddy Bridgewater. But I like the move from the Panthers perspective because it's, you know, |
| 0:44.1 | it's an upside play. You know, they're betting that Sam Darnold has been held back by the lack |
| 0:49.5 | of talent around him and the coaching staff in New York the last couple of years, especially. |
| 0:54.5 | And I think it's a viable bet. |
| 0:56.3 | You know, he's got the good physical tools. |
| 0:58.0 | He's got a plus arm. |
| 0:59.3 | He's got pretty good athleticism. |
| 1:02.1 | I think he gives the panther ceiling, offense a higher ceiling. |
| 1:05.2 | And with, you know, DJ Moore, Robbie Anderson, Christian McCaffrey, and even Dan Arnold, |
| 1:10.7 | it's going to be |
| 1:11.2 | really confusing for me now that Sam Darman and Dan Arnold are on the same team. You know, |
| 1:16.7 | that's one of the better skill position player groups in the NFL. The Panthers were at the top of |
| 1:23.1 | my list for teams looking for quarterbacks where I wanted them to go. So I think it's, |
| 1:30.1 | it's very interesting. I moved more down to wide receiver 17 from number 12 and Anderson, |
| 1:35.8 | I think was like 30 to 32. So not a big fall. But this offense could take a huge leap forward. |
| 1:43.0 | And the fact that the Panthers did pick up Donald's fifth year option, he's going to be the starter. And they seem to believe that they can figure something out. Yeah. And just watch out for them in the NFL. You got really, it seemed like they hit some home runs with their draft defensively. First of all, a few years ago, Brian Burns, he's a good player, but you got Derek Brown and you got Gross Matos on the defensive line. Jeremy Chin was a great pick, a rookie safety. So if they have another good draft, they have the eighth pick in the draft, I believe they have another good draft and can get a little bit better offensively, get McCaffrey back and watch out for them as a sneaky wild card possibility, I'd say. All right, let's talk about running backs and new systems. There are a lot of them. Well, not necessarily new systems for some of them, but new offensive coordinators, but the systems might stay the same. Like Houston Texans kept their offensive coordinator, but have a new head coach. Yeah, we'll see. Matt Nagy calling plays in Chicago. That's not a big deal. But what's the biggest one for you of running back in a new system, the most interesting? I think the most interesting is probably DeAndre Swift with Anthony Lynn taking over as the offensive coordinator in Detroit. Obviously, you know, when it's the offensive coordinator, |
| 2:51.5 | you don't know how much of an impact they're going to have on the team's play style. |
| 2:54.7 | But given what we've seen from Anthony Lynn as the head coach of the Chargers, |
| 2:59.9 | there should be a lot of opportunities for the passing, for the running backs to catch passes in Detroit. |
| 3:04.9 | And, you know, I think Jamal Williams is a fine pass catcher, but |
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