3/2 MON
(5:14amET)
Today
-- Combine Day-4 review.
-- WR-s grade/rankings update
-- A full scouting report.
-- Mostly will be focusing on reviewing and processing Combine results and looking at news/rumors beyond what’s taking place on the field.
This Week’s Agenda…
-- The defensive prospect grades debut...coming soon with the Combine results to work with some official numbers on them for their 1.0 grades.
-- Prospect grades by position and rankings boards are being updated and added to daily/weekly for the next 6 months.
-- Wrapping up and auditing Dynasty rankings 1.0. Adding the top rookies with the latest info. Probably March 3-5 range debut (projected). IDP work begins after that.
-- Holy series ‘QBs 1.0’ published last week. The RB position group 95% done, set to publish Monday. Holy RB Handcuffs after that.
-- Working on the next wave of full scouting reports...especially on prospects who did all the stuff at the Combine.
-- Any FFM News & Notes or Special Reports during the day as I get them.
-- My Jacksonville daily diary at the very end for me recording this journey for future reading/memory and sharing how things are going with everyone.
-- New coaching staff hire’s analysis series...going through the entire staff...I am working on the framework of how I want to present that. This will be a first ever series (for me) where I go beyond ‘just the new head coaches’. ETA in March.
== NEWS & NOTES & Xs ==
-- HEADLINE: ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports Jimmy Garoppolo is “a strong option” for the Cardinals in free agency. New head coach Mike LaFleur is apparently close enough to Garoppolo to get a “that’s his guy” from a league source.
About the LaFleur Garoppolo connection. It's a cute theory but why would the Cardinals usher in a new era, kind of in a rebuild, with a bunch of younger QBs out there...why would they go after Jimmy Garoppolo? I'm sure Jimmy G is quite happy sitting behind Matt Stafford and never having to play a down or take a hit or do anything but collect the paycheck... I think that has been his primary motivation for several years now.
-- HEADLINE: ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports the Titans are investigating if there’s trade value in dealing Will Levis.
I doubt they’ll find anyone willing to pay up for a publicly tarred and feathered/tainted, missed the last season with injury (shoulder) QB. The smart move would be to hold him as a great backup instead of just dumping, but the Titans are run by seeming idiots...so...
I’d love to see him go reunite with Liam Coen in Jacksonville (Coen was his O-C at Kentucky)...because it means Coen sees something in him and can maybe rehab him.
-- HEADLINE: ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports the Colts have “made it clear” to Alec Pierce that he will be a Colt, either through a tag or a long-term deal.
They will re-do the Michael Pittman deal and then retain Alec Pierce. This head coach and GM are living on borrowed time...they gotta win NOW, or they’re both gone after 2026. They will attempt to retain the group that was the best team in the AFC until Dan Jones got hurt.
Not good news for Josh Downs...not good news for any of the WRs here for FF. Their collective talent cannibalizes each other so that none of them are a real dominant force.
-- HEADLINE: ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports “a lot of folks in Indy” said they expect Joe Flacco to follow Kevin Stefanski to Atlanta.
See my recent Falcons-Browns report on their predicted QB situations, to see what this means for FF.
Daily Sweep of Quotes of interest:
Todd Monken (Browns HC) on Jerry Jeudy: "We’re expecting a massive jump from Jerry this year; he’s healthy and looking explosive."
Ian Rapoport (NFL Network) on Giants WR Corp: "The Giants are focusing heavily on finding a reliable WR2 to pair with Malik Nabers."
Insider (via Schefter) on Aaron Rodgers: "Sources close to Rodgers indicate he is heavily considering playing for the Vikings, viewing them as a roster ready to compete immediately."
Jay Glazer (FOX Sports) on Peter Woods: "He’s a disruptive force, but teams are concerned about his height for an interior lineman at the next level."
Mike Macdonald (Seahawks HC) on LB Sonny Styles: "I think I showed last year that I was able to be a true mike [linebacker]."
Jordan Reid (ESPN) on Carnell Tate: "Carnell Tate has the best route running capability of any receiver in this class right now."
Medical Expert Injury Updates
- Malik Nabers (WR, NYG): Per Jeff Mueller, currently recovering from a groin injury. It may linger through the early offseason program but is expected to be fully healed before training camp.
- Zach Charbonnet (RB, SEA): Per Jesse Morse, no official timetable for return following a knee injury. He is high risk for missing early mandatory minicamps.
- Kyler Murray (QB, ARI): Per Deepak Chona, the foot injury is significant enough to make his long-term prognosis questionable, impacting trade market viability.
- Aaron Jones (RB, FA): Medical assessment indicated a decline in explosive capacity due to lingering hip issues, heavily factoring into his release.
-- (same intro daily) The new ‘daily list’ item has to do with free agency. Free Agent DISRUPTORS...the most compelling free agents (to me) that where they sign will affect an NFL team and Fantasy Football immensely.
Each day, I’m going to list a DISRUPTOR player in free agency and add a note and a prediction where they are going. We’ll get 10+ players listed/profiled before the FA period opens. And I’ll rank them top to bottom most interesting/DISRUPTIVE to me, as we go along…
OC Tyler Linderbaum = He’s basically gonna choose between BAL and LAC, I think. NYG is lacking money, but they’ll try and figure something out. When Linderbaum has all teams interested to go ahead and match/try to beat the best offer...he’ll then just be picking/choosing where he wants to go at that point. He’s ‘getting paid’ no matter where he goes. In that case, I think he definitely wants to leave Lamar/the Ravens sinking ship and goes to/picks the Chargers for the weather and the title opportunity.
QB Malik Willis = I really don’t think the market is that hot for Willis as it’s being portrayed -- there’s more heat after Mac Jones and Tyson Bagent. It’s probably Miami or bust for Willis...bust being CLE or NYJ. I think he signs with Miami...because Miami is ‘Miami’ always.
TE Isaiah Likely = Definitely not going back to Baltimore. I don't know why he'd go to the Giants where John Harbaugh never featured him, so I don't believe he's going to NYG at all. He’s going to the highest bidder...the team/franchise talent levels don’t matter as long as he is assured he is highly paid and told he’ll be the featured starter...but the key part is ‘and paid like it’. Likely has to cash this FA period in because he’s likely irrelevant in another 1-3 years with the talent flood at TE is just expanding like a balloon about to pop. Teams in the running: PHI, CIN, DEN, TB. My guess is: Cincinnati Bengals.
OG Alijah Vera-Tucker = Injured/missed all of 2025 season (torn tricep). The Jets don’t appear to be interested in franchise tagging him. He was pretty good his past two seasons (2023-2024)...out hurt all 2025. He is good, but also injury prone -- ended up with season ending injuries the past 3 years...both biceps torn and an achilles. He’ll probably do a one year ‘prove it’ deal and many will try to sign him. LAC is for sure a team that will look at it, but TEN is probably the lead contender with Robert Saleh knowing him like he does. The Steelers are in play if Aaron Rodgers likes him. My early bet is he signs with TEN.
-- RC Daily JAX Diary...
(same intro every day)
At the very end of RC’s NOTES, for the next 50-60 days...I will share my little diary of my time in Jacksonville (for those who don’t know) getting radiation treatment for my battle with prostate cancer that I am winning -- I am figuratively off to a big 1st-quarter lead and looking strong into the 2nd-quarter of this football game analogy/cancer battle...but just like the Packers-Bears playoff game...it’s not over ‘til it’s over/we got a ways to go.
I am keeping these daily notes so that I might look back over time at this odd, unplanned event in my life. 40 straight weekdays of radiation scheduled, weekends off, unknown side effects ahead...some short-term, with a somewhat scary risk of long-term effects. It’s gonna be a wild ride.
I’m trying to treat this like a vacation, of sorts. Some people save up for a special trip to Hawaii or a European excursion...I could care less about those things. I saved for a rainy day for my protection...and, well... https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxLdSXQWUapDe0CcQznO8Kuqzht631AnEz?si=MqnycTkzVD5mzPnF
(end of intro)
3/01/26, Day 37 in JAX
24 of 39 radiation treatments done so far. No radiation on weekends.
5 weeks down, 3 more to go.
This will be known as the day where...
I battled sickness. I’m ‘regular sick’, like a cold...but for me, in my immune compromised position, that’s not good. It hits me harder. It was a rough day of having like a super-cold. Lots of meds, supplements, cough drops, food, sleep and Combine.
I hope to snap out of it to start Week 6 for my treatments.
My daily food diary...
Day 37 food spend = $15
BREAKFAST = Starbucks...using my BTC Chris gift card some more...thank you!
LUNCH = $15 Chipotle
DINNER = Made myself some spaghetti with butter sauce and parm cheese, with already bought groceries.
Month #2 (through 9 days) = $161 total spend...now at $17.88 per day average. Three days in a row now under my $20 per day avg. budget per day.
36-day total food spend = $762...$21.17 per day average.
Month #1 closed. I have 56 days here total, so I am breaking it into two 28 day months/halves. Trying to keep it to $20 a day which I got all kinds of gift cards for it from family and friends during the holidays, etc., to cover approx. $20 a day.
*28-day month #1 of 2 here, final tally = Overbudget/goal by $44 total. Not bad.
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