Anthony Richardson's Fantasy Impact and Future Outlook

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00:00And, you know, a lot of folks went into the season thinking that Anthony Richardson, based

00:10on the first two games that he played last year, then he got hurt, remember, but he wasn't

00:13taken high last year.

00:14He was just going to build off that.

00:16And it went back the other way.

00:18Now, he has looked better lately, and maybe this is going to be an indication for next

00:23season.

00:24But if you took him in the first five rounds or six of any fantasy draft, you didn't get

00:28anything.

00:29He had nine interceptions and 11 touchdowns, and if you lose points for picks, he really

00:33gave you almost a zero on the season.

00:35He was benched for Joe Flacco at one point.

00:37Again, George, he has come back.

00:39He has looked better.

00:40They beat New England last week, but very much a mixed bag.

00:45And simply put, this isn't a player next year that's going to go higher, I think, than he

00:49went this past year.

00:50He's going to be one of those players that people need to see more of.

00:54He was massively hyped coming at the draft.

00:58Number one quarterback overall, all right, it was just nuts.

01:02You know, and I mentioned several times while doing this show that if not for the fact that

01:08he looked good last year, off his preseason, he wouldn't be starting, period.

01:12He was terrible in the preseason.

01:13He couldn't complete a handoff.

01:14All right, that carried over to the regular season.

01:16He is playing better now for whatever reasons are good for him, but he might have already

01:20killed your team.

01:21All right.

01:22Now, in a one quarterback league, you should have been okay.

01:23You moved on from it.

01:24You got somebody else, a Matthew Stafford type.

01:27You probably survived here.

01:28But in a two quarterback league, that might have sunk your team, you know, especially

01:32your six points for a touchdown pass.

01:33That's awfully hard to make up.

01:34You probably had a third quarterback on your roster, but it was probably someone terrible.

01:39You know, nobody all that great here.

01:41So yeah, he could have really sunk your team.

01:42I thought Richland was definitely a huge disappointment in the early going.

01:47He's playing better now.

01:49Might be too late for you.

01:50Same with CJ Stroud, another player coming off a fantastic year, not just two games,

01:55but a fantastic year.

01:56Last year, the projections for Stroud was 4,500 yards and 40 touchdowns.

02:03Instead, I don't know that he's going to get to 4,000 yards, and I don't know that he's

02:07even going to get to 20 touchdowns on the season, George.

02:09And what's funny, he has nine interceptions, too.

02:11A lot of folks say, well, it was the injury to Stephon Diggs.

02:13Are you kidding me?

02:14This guy did not have Stephon Diggs last year.

02:16I have no idea where that analysis is coming from.

02:19I just think what happened, George, is like sports, baseball, football, basketball, and

02:24everything else.

02:26Is that when a team comes out of nowhere to have a really good year as a rookie, second-year

02:32player, et cetera, the film is out, and analytics and film study are better now than they ever

02:39have been.

02:40They're incredible.

02:41I think, George, the defenses just went back, they looked at his tendencies, he's still

02:46been okay, but they clearly figured out how to play against Houston's offense.

02:51Maybe we'll say the same thing about Washington next year with Jaden Daniels, or even Caleb

02:56Williams.

02:57But it's very clear to me that Houston's step back is because they took such a big step

03:01forward unexpectedly last year.

03:03Yeah, I love where you're going with that, because I think that's part of it as well.

03:07I think, once again, second-year player.

03:08We say it in baseball all the time, right?

03:10It's a game of adjustments here over the first couple of months, over the next couple of

03:13months.

03:14I think the same thing.

03:15Teams looked at Stroud, looked at him hard during the offseason, and figured out how

03:18to beat him.

03:19He hasn't made those adjustments, or Houston hasn't made those adjustments yet.

03:21We'll see how it comes.

03:22Maybe the bye week helps him here, but he's definitely been a disappointment.

03:26Some people had him as the number five quarterback, not quite as high as Rickerson, but he was

03:30behind the Mahomes of the world, and Allen, Hurst, Lamar Jackson, then they had him right

03:34there with Burrow.

03:35Boy, if you took Stroud over Burrow, you're probably not feeling too good.

03:40I think everyone took Stroud over Burrow going into the year.

03:43Patrick Mahomes was taking over both those guys.

03:45Finally, his numbers are starting to look a little bit better.

03:49This was getting dicey, George, with him having, I think, 10 touchdowns and 9 interceptions.

03:53He's finally up to 20 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

03:56It's going to be a bust of a season compared to where he normally gets drafted, but now

04:01he's starting to become playable again, George.

04:03I'm sure you've noticed this.

04:04He's starting to have better games.

04:06Maybe down the stretch, we'll see more of what we thought we were going to see this

04:09year.

04:10Yeah, and you're right.

04:11If you were able to survive, maybe he's going to bring you a championship, and he's going

04:13to play better now.

04:14I certainly could see that.

04:16Chargers, Cleveland, Houston, and then Pittsburgh in your championship week.

04:19The Pittsburgh run you don't like.

04:21Chargers isn't great, but it's not poor either.

04:23Cleveland and Houston, though, in the semis and the finals there, you could go do some

04:27damage there.

04:28I think Mahomes will end up being top 10, not top 4, not top 5, but he'll end up being

04:33top 10, maybe even top 8, so he'll save this season.

04:35We won't be complaining too much, assuming you survive the first six weeks, eight weeks

04:40of the season, where he wasn't leading to any victories.

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