8/28 TAKES — JERRY O’CONNELL FAAHNTASY FOOTBALL PREVIEW
(APPROX. TIME)
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~9 MIN | HANK
Jared Goff will be the next NFL quarterback to throw for at least 400 yards in a game.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~11 MIN | PFT COMMENTER
Jaxon Smith-Njigba will lead the NFL in receiving yards after three games, fueled by a big opener against New England and favorable matchups with Arizona and Washington.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~12 MIN | ZAC
Matthew Stafford will repeat as NFL MVP.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~12 MIN | BIG CAT
The Falcons will finish with fewer than 7.5 wins because their quarterback situation and difficult pre-bye schedule will undermine Kevin Stefanski’s first season.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~16 MIN | PFT COMMENTER
Antonio Williams will challenge Stefon Diggs for Washington’s second-receiver role and could operate from the slot.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~71 MIN | JERRY O’CONNELL
Malik Willis will have trouble in Miami’s passing game because Jerry has little confidence in his receivers or the offense around him.
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~72 MIN | JERRY O’CONNELL
Drake Maye will “break all records” and become one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks, powering a huge Patriots season as AJ Brown assumes the alpha role in New England.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~81 MIN | HANK
The 49ers owner’s prostitution controversy will become a non-issue: the legal matter will go nowhere, ESPN will move on and nothing consequential will happen.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~91 MIN | PFT COMMENTER
Aaron Rodgers’ reunion with Mike McCarthy will work well enough for the Steelers to win a playoff game this season.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~92 MIN | JERRY O’CONNELL
Michael Pittman will outperform DK Metcalf in Pittsburgh and could become Aaron Rodgers’ latest favored receiver.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~93 MIN | JERRY O’CONNELL
Jalen Warren and Rico Dowdle will split Pittsburgh’s carries, preventing either from becoming a dependable fantasy workhorse.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~111 MIN | JERRY O’CONNELL
CJ Stroud will have another disappointing fantasy season; Jerry does not have much confidence in him or Houston’s passing game. HOWEVER David Montgomery will be a stud for the Texans.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~114 MIN | JERRY O’CONNELL
Trevor Lawrence could have a great season after the way Jacksonville finished last year under Liam Coen.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~126 MIN | BIG CAT
Fernando Mendoza will start the majority of the Raiders’ games, likely taking over around Week 6 rather than waiting until after the Week 14 bye.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~133 MIN | PFT COMMENTER
Luke McCaffrey will have a breakout season for Washington as he continues developing from a college quarterback into a wide receiver.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~134 MIN | JERRY O’CONNELL vs PFT COMMENTER
Stefon Diggs will be a draft steal and could reemerge as a fantasy WR1 in Washington.
⚠️ PFT repeatedly begs Jerry not to draft Diggs or make this prediction.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~138 MIN | JERRY O’CONNELL
George Pickens could outperform CeeDee Lamb and emerge as Dallas’s leading fantasy receiver during his contract year.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~141 MIN | JERRY O’CONNELL
Ben Johnson will unlock Colston Loveland the way he previously unlocked Sam LaPorta, giving Loveland a chance to become fantasy’s best tight end.
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CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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~152 MIN | ZAC
Mike Evans will not play a full season for San Francisco.
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~153 MIN | JERRY O’CONNELL
George Kittle will have a good season, although he may miss the opening weeks.
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The Podbudsment
"Maybe the most informative episode of Pardon My Take all year."
- PFT Commenter
Jerry O'Connell's appearances are not for the faint of heart nor for the casuals coming for Hot Seat/Cool Throne and Fyre Fests. JOC is a roller-coaster whose many peaks and valleys are punctuated by "UHHs" and "UMMs" without a lot of substantive predictions left behind for a Fantasy Football preview.
Jerry likes to give the surface-level, 360-degree view of all 32 teams like the living embodiment of an airport newsstand fantasy football magazine. This year's preview seemed a bit unfocused for my liking. I'm generally a Jerry fan, but I think the hours he'd been putting in at Camp Barstool perhaps dulled his performance a bit. I found solace in seeing PFT and Big Cat similarly get lost on their phones around halfway through Jerry's missive, with Hank zonked off to the side.
Perhaps the moment of the episode belonged to Mr. Lockwood, who sang the Full House theme song as Jerry brought up calling up an Ex and having it feel so comfortable again. The rivalry is strong between these two and it's clear the shadow of John Stamos still hangs over JOC. If PMT ever book Uncle Jesse, it will break their fantasy football expert for good.
Bottom line: even when he's a tough hang, Jerry's appearances are worth the test of your patience, if only to see he and Hank go at it.
Tom Fornelli's tweet
