Adam Caplan's Insider Notebook: Bears, Bucs, Commanders & More

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John Hansen (1:20)

Hey, what's up? John Hansen here. Brian Drake and I are back with another edition of the Fantasy Points Podcast. And it is not just a regular old edition. Mr. Adam Caplan is back. Mr. C.

We chop it up for about an hour. He's had his little mini training camp tour. We talk Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Bucs, DC Commandos, the Eagles, Giants, Lions, Packers, Patriots, Rams, and much, much more. Thanks for subscribing and throw us a bone with a good comment. And as always, you're welcome.

Brian Drake (2:03)

All across the fantasy universe, it's a show that so many of you wait long and hard for. It is the return of Mr. C and the Guru. It's a show that I really, really enjoy, so I can just sit back, relax, let Adam open up the insider notebook. And John, this is a fun show that we've done. I think this is year three now of getting you and Mr. C together. And there's always good nuggets that come from it, John. How are you doing, pal?

John Hansen (2:28)

I'm doing very well. Very excited to bring in our guy. Let's just bring him on in right now, Mr. C. The people, I still get questions all the time, like when are you doing something with Mr. C? And we like to make the people happy.

But how you been? How's your summer?

Adam Caplan (2:45)

Good, man. Yeah, I had my little East Coast training camp tour.

Unfortunately, I had to include the Dolphins because they were with the Commandos. So, yeah, it was a bug. Daniel's was incredible. We'll talk about that. But no, it was good. You know, it's good to get out there and get back to the fall weather, hopefully very, very soon, as you know. So it's been kind of crazy out here at out East. But although you're down south now.

John Hansen (3:08)

Yeah, yeah, I was in Boston, though. I was up north two weeks ago.

Brian Drake (3:13)

Oh, were you?

Adam Caplan (3:14)

Yeah, for Patriots Eagles joint practices.

Brian Drake (3:16)

Yeah, that's fun.

John Hansen (3:17)

OK. Yeah, yeah, my son going to college, he could see Fenway Park from his dorm room.

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John Hansen (3:24)

That's just pretty wild. Anywho, well, let's get into it here. You are Mr. Philadelphia Eagles Inside the Birds podcast. Now, you know what? This is an interesting exercise because we have not had a chance to talk.

So, let me give you how I think things are looking and going to go. And let's compare it to your Insider Notebook. Okay. First and foremost, I think the vibes are decent with Mannion. I just think it's going to be a little slow off the mark. I think Barclay is a good pick.

I'm still in on Skinny Batman. I'm probably going to pass on Mackay Lemon. But I think Dontavian Wicks is probably their sleeper. I'm not targeting Jalen Hurts, but I think he's seemingly in a pretty good place here. So I think big picture, I feel pretty good about the Eagles. I'm in on Barclay. I'm in on Devante. That's about it. But I do like Dontavian Wicks as a deep sleeper.

Adam Caplan (4:24)

Yeah. So I would say with Philly internally, within the football operations, they're super high on Mannion where the fans are not sure what to think.