Fantasy industry vets Joe Dolan and Tom Brawley are bringing it all season long on the fantasy free agents podcast unrestricted, unaffiliated unparalleled fantasy football analysis. While Tom Brolly I don't think we were planning to do a whole lot of work on Sundays at least until two weeks from now, but the NFL news cycle never stops, and it seems every year. There's something surprising that happens. So Tom We are doing what is our first ever. I guess emergency podcast. I did Bill Simmons come up with that term. I'm not really sure because he does it all the time whenever somebody farts in the NBA Bill Simmons needs to record an emergency podcast. But but this is a real emergency podcast here at the fantasy free agents. Tom Andrew Luck has retired and we're going to talk about his retirement from a football standpoint right here at the start of the show, and then we'll get into fantasy, but I want to let everybody No, we have updated our rankings at Fantasy free agents.com you and I were literally I mean we were sitting on your back deck watching Miami. We were watching Miami, Florida College football drinking 47 natter days of Peace eat. That's why I'm Joe. I'm very hungover. I like is this really happening? I feel like I'm in a dream right now it well. I put some coffee on time. I told you you texted me at like 10:15 and you're like, all right, Joe. What do you wanna do this? And I was like I was like, well, I'm still passed out. So now I actually feel pretty good. Now. That's just cause you're staying up and watching the Hawaii. I was I was watching the white game because I had oh I'm too and oh, by the way, I was on I was on the undead for Florida Miami and then I was on Hawaii plus 11 and I actually I actually laid down in bed before that game was over because I knew the only way for me to lose was if Arizona forced overtime scored first in overtime and then had a pick six in overtime which would have qualified as the worst be in. History of betting and if that happened, I don't want to see it anyway Thomas. So there you go. I did it didn't I was quite surprised that that I'll come Hawaii dominated him up. Matt Brown was all over that one. But yeah, we got pressing matters today to to get us out of bed and on a podcast here on a Sunday morning. Okay. So Andrew Luck is retired. Tom we were sitting around like we said on your porch and been kookiness texted our group and he was like, holy shit Andrew Luck retired and we were literally about to make fun of him for falling for like a fake account. Yeah. That was my first reaction. I'm like, oh man, he must be falling after Adam Chef Nur something a darn a darn schefter. Yeah, but it's true. Andrew Luck is retired Adam schefter kind of Awkwardly, I mean, by the way, this is his job, but he kind of awkwardly broke it during the third preseason game exposing Andrew Luck to the booze his teammates might not have known really ugly scene. Mostly. It's just people being surprised. You know, I don't need to get on my soapbox about people booing Andrew Luck you like that's it's not that's like a natural reaction. People are upset. They think they're going to have a quarterback for the next ten to 12-year. I mean, I don't care. Yeah, and then I'm sure they feel bad about Right now so I mean, I'm not gonna get on my soapbox about that. But let's talk about Andrew Luck Tom. He's 29 years old. He was on Pace to be an all-time great. Maybe you think that's a little aggressive but if it is aggressive it's because injuries have derailed that and you have to look at Andrew Luck from a personal standpoint. Okay. I'm I'm not a shrink but let's try to get inside his mind. He grew up rich. Okay, he grew up very very well educated. He's obviously A super smart he gave her degree. He has yes, he has a Stanford degree. He stayed in college by the way an extra year when he would have been the number one overall pick in the NFL draft. He has tons of interests. I don't money to me. It's just not a motivating factor for Andrew Luck. Like I said, he grew up wealthy grew up privileged and he's made a ton of money in the NFL does far more money than you and I and our entire extended families could ever think to spend okay? He so this is not a motivation for him. As I said, he has other interests. He's recently married wants to travel and Tom when you're the quarterback of the football team. You've got to work harder than the rest of the team. That is a fact and that's you Tom. You got to work harder than the rest of the team when you're healthy Andrew Luck had an abdomen injury lacerated kidney recovering from shoulder surgery this calf injury. Became a high ankle injury that they still don't really know anything about it. And when all those things add up Tom, it kind of doesn't surprise you that he retired. No, I mean this is this is a guy that's been through a lot. Yeah, as you said he, you know, you have to work harder than everybody but then yeah didn't you know, you have to work hard to overcome her injuries, you know, he's had the shoulder issues the lot, you know, that was a two-year process basically missed an entire season and now he's been working through the calf. If thing and he had major, you know, he had ribbons you rib injuries early in his career playing behind a bad offensive line it just you know, the toll just finally got too much and you know, there was a quote from Zaki for you know, after this spring after the he was lamenting the loss that Kansas City and you know, just you know, he has other interests. He the the shoulder thing. Was a rehabbing that and trying to get over it. It really took a toll on them. Well and and Tom, I mean that doesn't mean that he's done forever. I he's 29 he could take three years off Tom and still decide and decide. You know, what I want to give this another go my body feels really good. We're too far ahead to speculate on that. But right now he seems at peace with the decision and and that is his right and it yeah, it puts the Colts in a really awkward. Awkward spot but I mean Tom when you're the guy's life is in your hands and I'm not blaming Chris Ballard for any of this like Chris Ballard did the best he could to protect them? But I mean, maybe the damage was done before Chris Ballard even got into town. Yeah. I mean Ryan grigson Mia. We you know talked plenty about him over the years and you know, I'm just not putting enough resources in the offensive line and exposing him so much over the years and you know, it did it was too much for him and you know, I'm with you. I think we we might see Andrew Luck at some point down the road here, but it's you know pretty clear. If you know, he could come to this decision at 29 years old after you know, having a great season and then and you know, you know playing and playing the Colts to above expectations last year, you know Super Bowl. They are everybody Chic, you know Super Bowl pick. Yeah. Yeah Super Bowl pick, you know the bit of a long shot. So you know it clearly if it got to this point it must be Really Weighing on them. I mean and Tom I think it's fair to say maybe if this calf injury didn't exist. We wouldn't even be talking about this right now, but you know when you get a carriage, or maybe maybe we would be anyway, I mean, I don't I don't know if this is a major thing, but it could have been in the season if he picked up an injury. I mean, you know, this is clearly something he's been thinking about this this I don't think this was just the calf injury. I mean it was just the final straw if we didn't have the calf injury. I think there still would have been a final straw and some In the next year or two. So this is clearly something he's been thinking about a lot. So the I think the Hope from a football fan standpoint is Andrew Luck takes a year takes two years off gets gets himself right physically and decides. You know what I want to give this another go if he doesn't want to do that that is entirely his prerogative Tom. Once again, he's made more than enough money. He's married. He's starting a family that maybe this is the last we've seen of him in terms of shocking. Ian and Tom I'm 33. So I remember Michael Jordan being retired and playing baseball, but I don't remember the context of Jordan retiring in 93 and what that meant to the Zeitgeist of the sports and what that meant to the sport world. I would have to think this is probably the most shocking retirement since Michael Jordan. Yeah. It's definitely up there. I mean, I mean, I guess going through football here. I mean the Calvin Johnson Barry Anders Brett Favre but I mean this is easily up there for me. I mean, yeah, I don't really remember the Michael Jordan one too much as well. I mean, I would just remember him not being around but I was you know, eight nine years old at the time and didn't fully grasp it but a job. I just remember us talking at the beginning of last week about how quiet the preseason is and you know how awesome you know, totally jinxing it and you know, I this this certainly Takes the Cake, I mean I didn't think we would be doing a podcast on a Sunday to Talk about Andrew Luck's retirement. I mean, this is just absolutely stunning. Anyway, cut it and Tom. Once again, I'm not saying like if you will get into the fantasy aspects. I just wanted to talk about it from Human aspect all the best Andrew Luck. It's clear this decision weighed heavily on him and maybe maybe he'll decide a year or two down the road that he misses it by the way some speculation that since his dad is the commissioner of the XFL. Of course, that is what it's bearing to go play in the FL tomp the problem with that is when you retire with years left on your contract those contract years put you in control of the team that signed you to that contract and it doesn't mean Andrew Luck can just sit out for three years and his contract expires. If he were to decide to come back the contract would pick up where it left. That is my understanding of the situation the contract would pick up. Where it left off if he decides to return so in order for Andrew Luck to play in the XFL, which is a which is a Beyond appalling thought anyway, the Colts would have to willingly let him do that. And I really don't see that happening. I mean that that would be even more stunning than this retirement. I just don't see that happening that I I haven't even heard that Joe I do you have any bird that that much? That would flip that but that is deep deep deep deep state, but I saw that within 45 seconds because all of her Luck's the commissioner of the XFL. I know that but the tolling crap I that's insane. All right. Well Tom after this short break we're going to get into the fantasy aspects in the fantasy implications of Andrew Luck's retirement because unfortunately, that's what we have to do and we're going to be talking about Jacobi per set and the entirety of the Colts roster when we come back what's up listeners. This has been cooking. Canis producer of the fantasy free agents podcast on anchor FM podcasting. I've been producing podcast and chose for my friends and colleagues Joe Dolan and Tom Bradley for years now. So when we decided to start the fantasy for Asians podcast, it was imperative. We find a hosting platform an app that was easy to use Quick to record and post and track our stats and that's exactly what we found in Anchor. 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I don't think you can you can I don't think you can spin it another way. However, I don't think and you and I agree on this. I don't think it's a death knell for the Colts offense because I Jacoby Brissette is one of the two or three best backup quarterbacks in the NFL. If not the best backup quarterback in the NFL. So I think there is an opportunity here for the Colts to sneak up surprise some people with Jacoby percent at quarterback. Now, let's look at what you're Kobe percent did two years ago in Indianapolis. He wasn't a great season. I understand that. He started 15 games 13 touchdowns seven interceptions. All right, 50 8.8% It's pretty pathetic. However, the less than less than a touchdown pass for game. Holy crap. However, he was traded to the Colts virtually a week before the regular season. He played under a dead in the water coaching staff with Chuck Pagano chud's in ski was his OCD. I remember he's now been preparing in Frank Reich saw fence for two full off seasons. Jacoby presets going to play better this year than he did two years ago. Yeah, I would think so and the weapons around them or much better. I mean, he really only had tea white Hilton at the time, you know, we chronicled throughout the offseason here. They they drafted Paris Campbell on day two the they go out and signed Devin funchess on a one-year deal Jack Boyles going to be back in the mix Eric Ebron. He didn't get the chance to play with him in 2017. So totally different situation. I compared to 2017 a much much improved cast. All right, Tom. So I had I had Andrew Luck at 7. We had Andrew Luck. It's seven on our site rankings. Obviously. We dropped him out of our top. Yeah, he was a top five guy before the cast-off right Adam. We started this off season. He was to wasn't me. We started this off season with him at to when the injury lingered I moved him to three and then I recently had moved him to seven when it looked like this because I didn't really know where to pull them. Well now we know where to put them out of the top 50 Tom II have Jacoby percent at 24 Now I think that's more than fair and I actually think you can make an argument that it's a little low. He's athletic. He's got a big arm one of the problems that I have with Brissette is he I think he takes too many sacks. Now two years ago. This offensive line was not what it looks like right now, but oftentimes as people have been saying on Twitter the sack is a quarterback stat. Does the guy hold on to the ball too long does he does he not know when to get rid of it? Does he not pull the trigger on throws and those might be things Jacoby percent and to work on but Tommy ran for 260 yards and four touchdowns. So he's going to have the rushing upside. I think he's going to throw away more than 13 touchdowns. I think you can make the argument that 24 is a little too low for Brissette to me. It feels right right about now. Yeah, that's about where I would be picking him. I mean probably right after Jimmy Garoppolo, I would assume that's where I had somewhere in that. Yeah. Gruffalo had a nice little showing last night to to ease some of the worries about him, but, you know, maybe a little bit more Side then like an Andy Dalton Matt Stafford, you know those type of guys that are going around the same spot. So, you know, he's not really draftable for you know in re drafts, you know, we're getting pretty far down the road there but in best balls like yeah, I could see I did actually did a best ball, you know after everything went down last night. I think he went in the 15th or 16th round. So yeah, that sounds about right a little bit of upside here. You know, we touched on the cast much improved and you know offensive line is also, you know way better. Her than it was back in 2017. So, you know, he's had the chance. I mean he's been working with the starters, you know, basically all training camp when we touched on Lux calf injury, so he's been running with the ones and he's been working as a starter e obviously started 15 games back in 2017. So it's not like he's coming into this completely, you know, you know out of the blue here, he's been working with the starters and he's worked with starters in the past. Let's go. Let's go to the receiving Corps and the Act made there with Jacoby versed at quarterback in 2017 T Y Hilton basically had his Worst season Tom since his rookie season and probably the worst season fantasy wise of his career 52.3% catch rate 57 catches for 966 yards and four touchdowns. The four touchdowns are a career low and obviously the year before that Hilton had broken out. He led the NFL in receiving with Andrew luck at quarterback. This is a blow to T. Y Hilton that being said as I already as I already Postulated I mean Jacoby presets going to play a whole lot better this year. So I don't think you need to set your teams on fire. If you've already drafted Ty Hilton Tom you moved him down. It's the only logical thing to do, but I wouldn't be panicking. This is a really good receiver and a rock solid backup quarterback. Yeah moved him down nine or ten spots here. He's down to water Seaver 21, which you know, it's in the the Cooper cup Chris God when Tyler Boyd kenyala day range now, so yeah. Previously, he was like an early third round pick before and now he's kind of slated in least. We have them slated in somewhere as a late 4th early 5th some somewhere around there. So obviously he doesn't have the type of ceiling then, you know, he had with luck that we've seen it'll last year and in 2016, but still, you know, he's going to be the one guy that they're going to feature him every week in this passing game Devin funchess Paris Campbell. I mean Campbell wasn't even in our top 150 we dropped funches completely out of the top 150. I think that's fair. What do we do with Eric Ebron here Tom for the people. Yeah funches is down into the 60s Campbell's into the 70s now so, you know their camels not even draftable and funguses last couple rounds Terry Braun. I dropped him down to tie down 16 just just you know, he relied so heavily on the touchdowns, I would think you know, they could you know, they were Up near 30 points a game. I think last year and I would think maybe a touchdown less a game. Now, you know, they might be in the 21 to 24 points per game range. So, you know, I have to Lop off some touchdown production for Eric Ebron and obviously that's a big part of his game. So he's in the Jimmy Graham Greg Olsen Darren Waller range now, so and then Jack Doyle, he's completely on draftable at this point. I slid him down below mikasuki. He's our Thai 1015, you know, there was light and 25 we were trying to we were trying to find a way to like move Marlin Mac down. I know they've been talking about him as a three down Runner. I really struggled with Mac here Tom, honestly, and I'm going to tell you why it's because you wonder maybe they'll run the ball a little bit more but the whole offense is going to be less efficient. This is a big blow in my opinion to Marlon Mac. I actually moved them down pretty significantly. I dropped them to our B22 right ahead of Melvin Gordon. I just feel like I see more Side with the Aaron Jones is the Devonta Freeman is the Leonard fournette to the world. Then I do with Mac here with Jacoby prosthetic quarterback. Yeah, I won't be getting many shares of Mac going forward. Now, you know, he was pretty he oh he was great in you know, the kind of the clothes are all last year. They would build up leads and he would dominate in the third and fourth quarters and you know as I touched on earlier, you know, I think they're going to be scoring fewer points, which obviously hurts Merlin back down at the goal line and you know, they're not going to be leading as much You know the I don't know what Vegas is going to do, but the the Colts were projected I think around nine and a half. I think was their win total come at you know, before the whole announcement. I would think it's going to drop till six and a half seven when I think that's what I saw six and a half out there. It's out there. So that's what it would have been my guest. So obviously they're not going to be playing with as many leads going forward, which is a big blow for Marlin Mac and it might actually help not naive. Mine's a little bit, you know, if they're playing from behind a little bit more I have named Hines in our B1 I think that's about right I almost said we even touch him at it feels like he's pretty much the you know, he's the one guy that really wasn't touched by the whole what I did was I squeezed Mac and Hines. I didn't really move Hines all that much Mac was the big loser and obviously because Tom we're projecting them to play with fewer leads. That's a big blow to Marlon Mac. That's that's what we that's why we did this here. So we're going to do a quick cheat sheet update on that so you can get all those rankings if you're drafting today or tomorrow. Tom once we come back from this message from our sponsors. I want to talk about the other big news and I feel bad for Lamar Miller because it's going to get buried Lamar Miller tearing his ACL in on his first preseason. Kerry will get into that right after this what's up listeners. This has been kookiness producer of the fantasy free agents podcast. If you're listening to this you obviously like podcasts and I'll go out on a limb and say you like music too. It used to be looking for podcasts on one app and listening to music on another but now on spot. Fi you have all your listening needs including the fantasy free agents podcast for free. No, you don't need a premium account Spotify has a huge catalogue of podcasts on every topic and you can follow your favorite podcast. 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Traded for Duke Johnson Tom because they are going to need him the question I have and this is as somebody who is a Duke Johnson lover who's drafted him a bajillion times this offseason Ken Duke Johnson handle number one running back role in Houston. Now, I think anybody would say and great Cosell always says this uses the phrase within the context of the offense if the Texans aren't expecting him to be kind of a power back a grinder. Then he could probably be the number one in their offense. But they use Lamar Miller as a power back and a grinder and the question becomes do they want to replace Miller and keep Duke Johnson's roll the same Tom. I have moved Duke Johnson. I admit like our be 37. I've moved them up to our B-29 right below Austin Eckler that feels right to me right now. Yeah. I think we were talking to you know, he's probably moved into the fifth round conversation late fifties early sixties, Joe. Can I Say can we pour one out for my dance Dynasty team that we have with a bunch of old co-workers. I had Andrew Luck and Lamar Miller as two of my keepers. Not a good Saturday for the whole. Did I bring you the more Million last year? Yes. I had Lamar Miller and lock. I just had to go in and change. My Keepers meant to them. That was oh my God were closed for me. So that was not a good Saturday. But uh, yeah so Dukey, I think he's into that late fifties early sixties now. We'll see what they do. There are. Prime candidate I mean, I mean I was thinking this morning, you know all the talk with Carlos Hyde getting cut and Kansas City. And I mean I could see you know, the Houston Texans. I mean, there's also talk about Ken dicks and getting cut so there are going to be you know shopping I think next Saturday and Sunday whenever cut start coming out, you know, whenever teams are trimmed down to 53 man roster. So yeah Duke Johnson Tom. I think he's in the low-end rb2 high-end rb3 range. I'm still a little concerned that his role isn't going to increase all Much but I mean if you I'm your you continue to reap the benefits here if you drafted early, obviously, we see that we see the given the take of that with Andrew luck and Lamar Miller, but if you drafted Duke Johnson a lot early as I did you see the benefits here the trade rumors swirling he was available as like a fourteenth round pick. And now as you said Tom we're going we're going to see him in the fifth round. Yes, and well, you know, we got a yeah, I think they're going to make a move, you know next week, but you know for the time being I think Think we have the Maria Crockett a little higher than Quran Higdon, but you know be interested to see what talk comes out of, you know, Texans Camp here of an over the next couple days. If you know if they give any kind of indications if they're going to you know, make any moves or you know, if they feel confident in the group they have you know, if it if it comes out I think Crockett has to you know, start crawling up boards here. I mean, there's we got to have major questions and Duke has never really been that grinder, you know, the guy that Sustained drives and you know, I think rocket is the guy to keep an eye on here the next couple days. So yeah. Well, we'll keep an eye on Crockett. I haven't been our be 73 right now Tom. I don't know where the hell else to put them because I do expect them to make a move. Let's speculate here first and foremost. They are not trading for Melvin Gordon. They just traded what's going to amount to barring Duke Johnson getting hurt a third round pick for Duke Johnson. They are not trading another premium pick for Melvin Gordon. They're not going to do that Tom because Jay ajayi he's out there on the open market. Phillies Philly has like 12 running backs. They're gonna cut Wendell Smallwood and Josh Adams guys who who had some flashes last year other teams are probably going to end up cutting some guys that that might surprise you that they are not trading a pick for Melvin Gordon. That's not going to happen. No, I I think I'd much rather them use a trading a pic to you know, try to Pride Trent Williams or get more offensive line help. I think that's the much more likely spot where they would You know use you know some draft Capital to trade and improve that group. I think that's the more pressing need at this point. So I do expect them to I think they'll wait for Final Cuts. Maybe they'll bring in somebody like an agile e4a work out there. No, I'm sure yeah, I'm sure we're going to get the guys, you know shuffling into Houston here over the next couple days. The the the Jai Jai is and you know get those guys working out this they're going to they're going to be they're going to be scouring the market right now. Yeah, I would be surprised if they traded anything. More than like a sixth or seventh round pick to even even for a guy like LeSean McCoy Tom. I don't think they're going to trade anything more than that. You are you already traded a premium pick for Duke Johnson. You can't afford to trade another one for a running back. So I would expect them to wait until Final Cuts at signed somebody but it's hard it's hard to say. This is anything but a boost to do Johnson's value. It has to be. Yeah, I mean and so I know we've had the conversations over the last year or so, like what are the Texans doing with their running back depth chart? You know, we we've kept expecting them to make moves and you know, sign free agents draft guys and they still have that, you know, they didn't until the Duke Johnson move. So, you know their lack the lack of our be depth is really coming back to bite them now and it's one of those things where maybe you know, I've heard the trade rumors swirling Clowney to Philadelphia, maybe Philly throws in haha a poll of odd Evite I who is their starting left tackle in the Super Bowl you wonder if Philly could even throw Vite I like one of them. Scrub running backs and like a second-round pick in there, you know something like that that I'm just trying to come up with with Workshop some solutions here, but I truly would be surprised if they went into the season with the running back depth chart of Duke Johnson tamari a crock and Quran Higdon. Yeah. I'm right there with you. That would be fascinating us some sort of climate deal because yeah, that is that's their biggest thing thats hanging over their head, you know, we obviously running back his you know, not as valued as it as it once was but Cloudy is their top priority right now trying to get hit that you know that situation all resolved and it's been a slow process for them. So, you know things are adding up in Houston. It's that AFC South is wide open right now not all of a sudden Jacksonville and Tennessee or you know in play here to win that division as well. And I mean Houston as much bad vibes as we've gotten from them Tom. They have their best quarterback in the division. I was gonna say it there are the favorite. I mean they I would think I have It looked at the odds, but I think that they have to be the favorites to win the South now. And by the way, if you win the South what are you do Tom you get in the dance. You can tell you the Super Bowl without getting in the dance Bill Parcells used to call it the tournament, you know, you get in the tournament and you see what happens the Houston Texans as flawed as this roster is their window is now Tom. I mean you this division should belong to DeShaun Watson. So you go out and you get I don't want them to spend an asset really to get a back but maybe If it's an accessory to a clown E-Trade or you just go sign in somebody like a guy off the street you go and prove that offense of line with cuts or trades maybe via the Clowny trade. I saw some Buzz about maybe a clowning for Trent Williams swap. That would be interesting then I think you put it in the hands of Watson put him in a position to succeed and the Houston Texans by the way, not to say DeShaun Watson is the same as Andrew Luck or anything like that. You should take a good hard look in the mirror about what just happened. Happened with Andrew luck who probably was forced into retirement. At least in his mind by the fact that he got the shit kicked out of him behind a crappy offensive line for six years. So keep that in mind. If you're the Houston Texans protecting your franchise quarterback should be priority a number one and it really hasn't seemed like a priority for Houston at all. Yeah. Yeah. I remember draft day whenever they Eagles, you know jumped in front of them because the Eagles get it Tom. Yes, you gotta protect your Young quarterback that yeah, and you know, obviously They have a quarterback that has been proven to be a little bit injury-prone here and they want to protect him as much as possible. So, you know, I pulled up the odds. What do you it's not the most wide open division in football. The Texans are in the favorites. I guess you can say it plus 200 two-to-one odds and Jaguars are 220 Titans are 350 and other cool to the long shot at 450. I don't know if the Colts are I think the culture kind of in the Titans mix right now. Oh, yeah. I mean II that whole race and I don't see anybody running away there. They're all pretty much they're all in that 7 to 9 when you arrange their of outcomes, so it is certainly wide open night. I don't think the Colts are dead. Like you said with / said one more update here while we were recording Tom Adam schefter reports that the Colts had they have legal recourse to recoup twenty four point eight million. Just shy of 25 million from the from Andrew Luck. They have decided not to do that. They are saying we respect your decision. You keep the money. Remember the Lions demanded money back from both Calvin Johnson and Barry Sanders. So Jim irsay, I will say this I think free Spirits about as gentle as I can go here, but he does seem like somebody who legitimately cares about his players. Yeah, and I think this is a good faith gesture from Jim irsay. Who by the way himself said last night. Well, you know down the road. We'll see what Andrew wants to do. This is a good faith gesture saying Andrew the doors open. Yeah, absolutely. And I think that's what I see what this whole you know, you know, let him keep the money. They're just saying if you change your mind in a couple weeks, you know will gladly take you back and maybe it's a couple weeks. Maybe it's a couple months. Maybe it's a couple years but I think the Colts would gladly take him back at any point. One more update Tom. I am a boy. I'm thrilled that I can give you this one because this has been such a depressing podcast. I'm going to retire after this one. But a rick Bunnell who covers the Panthers for the Charlotte Observer says Cam Newton is in the locker room. No boot no limp. So they're like Joe Baxter. I needed something to lift my spirits. It's been a it's been a tough 24 hours here from the fantasy football perspective. We've got we've got a Cam Newton it quarterback six Tom and all right. So before we wrap this up, let's say now since I have that update on Cam Newton does this change at all how you're drafting the quarterback position without that other high-end option like luck in there now, it's still a great job still holding out. I mean, I still think there's plenty of Of good values late in the draft and yeah, it doesn't change how I approach it at all. Okay. All right, Tom, that's going to wrap it up for this podcast an emergency pockets. Are we sure we should keep doing emergency podcast. Well whenever Andrew Luck retires, I think that warrants it there Bill Simmons. Yeah. I totally agree Tom follow Tom on Twitter at Tom Rowley. Follow me on Twitter at FT underscore Dolan. We're going to go more in the career of somebody who should have been in all-time great in Andrew Luck. We respect his decision we We see him in the future. Hope he gets himself right Tom just for the sake of the sport for the sake of our eyeballs. But for his sake I hope he finds himself some peace. I am Joe Dolan. He is Tom Brawley check out fantasy phrase in Stockholm. We will have our cheat sheets updated today Sunday for the people. They are free to use free to access. We do appreciate your donations though because we are working on a Sunday here Tom. So for Tom Bradley, I am Joe Dolan. Thank you very much for joining us on this. Emergency edition of the fantasy free agent podcast. We will talk to you later this week. Thanks for joining us on the fantasy free agents podcast. Remember to subscribe rate and review on the apple of your choice. Our next episode is just around the corner.
Joe Dolan (@FG_Dolan) and Tom Brolley (@TomBrolley) broke out the mics on a Sunday to mourn Andrew Luck's retirement (2:32). They then break down the huge fantasy ramifications of Luck's sudden decision (11:35) before jumping into the fallout from Lamar Miller's season-ending ACL injury (20:50). A special congratulations to our own Joe Dolan for finishing #1 in Draft Accuracy for the 2018 season among 140+ sites and experts! This was Joe’s second #1 overall and third top-3 finish in the last 5 years, making his rankings THE most accurate preseason fantasy football draft rankings on average since 2015. Check out the complete list at fantasypros.com/nfl/accuracy/multi-year-draft.php. Joe’s draft was held on 8/20, but there’s still time to beat Tom! To draft against Tom, join the Rotowire Online Championship and select the online draft date and time of 8/27 at 9:30 PM Eastern. Play for the $200,000 grand prize! 