Camp Hype + Strategy Q & A, Miles Sanders News - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/19

That was the Dolphins rookie wide receiver last season who showed great. He was undrafted free agent, dominated preseason, then came out and was looking like, man, this guy is for real. He was, in fact, the target leader. Yes. And tore his ACL. Yep. But it's nice to see him back without restrictions. He's, he is definitely on my late round.

guys to pay attention for list. I know I've been higher than him on him than you two have. Does this news change things for you that he's back at camp without restrictions? I, you know, I think he's a talented player and I wanted to say I'm coming around on him. I am looking at his game logs from last year with this, the hype you're talking about, the targets. He didn't catch a lot of those targets. And his fantasy finishes last year, there was one that.

one out of nine games where he was relevant. I mean, 45, 47, 45, 42, 60, 32, 57. That's the first seven weeks. So with Gisicki, with Devante Parker, Preston being the third target in a Miami offense, I guess I'm not in. Well, that's the question, though, is, is he actually the third target? Because while his fantasy finishes weren't necessarily great during that time, and I'm not as bullish for starting Preston Williams and fantasy,

coming around to is the fact that we saw the shift. When Preston Williams was the target guy, Devante Parker got into his fantasy rocket ship after Preston Williams went down. Now is that, will that hold? Will, is that Ryan Fitzpatrick has decided that this is what I really want to do with the ball. And the same for Mike Gassicki. Like his targets really went up after Preston Williams was no longer there. So to me, it's not, I like Williams to.

Play for fantasy. It's what does he do to the rest of the team? What do you think? It causes more concern for Devante Parker. But for Parker, strange enough, after a guy did what he did last year, his ADP has stayed relatively neutral where people are still concerned about the downside of him. Four years of sucking will do that. Like that's, I get it. Yeah.

But where Parker is an ADP, I'm fine going in on that. All right. Clyde Edwards Allaire got a day off, which revealed a little something about the backfield behind him. Darrell Williams. Yep. Received the first team reps in training camp. There will be. I mean, they're not going to go out there and give Clyde Edwards Aller every single carry on every single, you know, down as a rookie.

And so we're kind of looking and trying to figure out, is that DeAndre Washington? Is that Darry Williams? Is that Darwin Thompson? We know the name begins with D. That's the, we know that much. Right. That's for sure. And that's what's important. So like if you're on Wheel of Fortune, you are, and the clue is back up running back for Kansas City. Like D. Yes. So we got that. So you can get to the next guess. I think it's between Williams and between Washington. We'll see what is happening. And for the people. D.W. It's.

It's D.W. So is Darkwing Duck? Oh, nice. And for those who are like, oh, Clyde Edwards got the day off, don't worry. All B reporter reporting on CEH out of Kansas City has been absolutely glowing, using him on deep routes. He is as advertised. He is the player that they draft. They thought they drafted. If I had to make a guest right now,

I would lean towards the who has experience in the offense side of things with Darrell Williams over DeAndre Washington. It's possible. But look, Darrell Williams just dying to go out there and give you eight for 13 again like he did in week four when he was the number 11 fantasy running back on eight for 13. Oh, the chiefs. Two touchdowns. What else do we have? I think the little note here about Irv Smith, the athletic is reporting that.

Irv Smith tied in for the Minnesota Vikings. It's possible that they're going to use him on the outside a little bit more, which, look, given their personnel, this makes sense. Justin Jefferson really had a ton of his success from the slot. I'm not saying that Justin Jefferson can't be an outside wide receiver. I'm just noting his real major success came when he was a full-time slot wide receiver. If you put Irv on the outside, big Irv.

out there, he becomes, you know, at least a little bit more interesting. I want to buy into Irv Smith. I just couldn't see what the path was if... It's a path to more snaps if they do some of that. Which is a path to more routes and more targets. I was going to say valuable snaps, not just snaps in general. You know what you can't do on the outside? Block in line. Like you're out there to run a route. All right, Irv, here's what we need you to do. You see that DB, eliminate him from the run.

6-2-242. Irv Smith. Oh, I want it by here. Which instantly made me go look up Kelvin Benjamin to remember how big Kelvin Benjamin was. 65-242. Ooh, it's a big boy. Yeah. So I think that's it by way of news unless Brooks has something sneaky for us. You got any, no news on those trade offers? You don't want to send them back to me?

You change your mind? I sent him back. Brooks, do you want to report on what the trade offers actually were? Actually, they weren't bad, were they? No. I'm just more aligned with... Here's a trade offer. I'll give you one. I sent him Dalvin Cook and Mark Andrews. Okay. For Joe Mixon and George Kittle. Okay. That's a fair trade offer. Wait, it was Dalvin Cook? Oh, and Mark Andrews? Delvin Cook, Mark Andrews for Joe Mixing. Yeah, you know, that's interesting. Pick which guy you...

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or get pulled over. Mailbag. Mailbag. Shia! Ah! Oh! So it's just a backup singer. Are you going with some Axel Rose over there? Sure. Shana-na-na-na-na-na-na-nees! Dude, I told you, man. I got super hyped. You really did. At the end of hard knocks. Look.

You forget what you miss. Well, and it's, we're not, the, the reporting is not the same right now because of all the safety protocols we need for a training camp. And I've spent months and months cooped up in my house. And then you saw it. The light at the end of the tunnel, we finally got it. And those, those final four minutes of that episode. What's so funny? And I levitated off my couch. I mean, you have to be relating to the Joey bosses of the world where.

18 days of walkthroughs. You're out there. The protocols and the way that they set this up, you can't do anything. You want to hit some money. I mean, we have more freedom to go play football than these guys do. I think it was, was it Ramsey who was like, man, you never seen a lion warm up for this long. Right. I loved that. I thought that was hilarious. So, yeah, it's getting going. If you have a question for the show, you can go to the website, the fantasy footballers.com. Click to submit a question button.

or dial our voicemail hotline 302464 TFFB. We're going to be answering some questions today with a lot of fervor, as you could see, from Mike's lyrical prowess. Let's jump into a voicemail. Hey, ballers, what's up? This is Cody from Los Angeles. I've been doing some mock crafts where I sometimes end up with drafting three running backs in the first three rounds, and they've been ending up with some pretty interesting wide receiver ones for my team. My question to you is,

What player is your cutoff point to make your wide receiver one in this year's draft? Thanks so much. Bye. I love that question. Because there are some names that I teeter back and forth on being a one for my team. Players like T.Y. Hilton, would I be willing to, if I went heavy on running backs? Right. Go T.Y. Hilton, A.J. Green is my two wide receivers.

No, no, no, sorry, for my one ride receiver. Can I use both for one spot? You'll need to. That is dancing with the devil. Okay, but, or Cortland Sutton. Are you willing to roll the dice with Cortland Sutton as a starting? Stefan Diggs. I am not with any of the people you just named there. And it's ironic. So here's a name, Juju Smith-Schuster. I would not be comfortable with him as my number one wide receiver, even though.

He, you know, he is higher ranked than, say, Robert Woods in my rankings, who I would be comfortable, because that's a matter of if you're taking your first wide receiver, you have to be able to rely on this person. Robert Woods is all reliable. You know, the offense is good. You know, he's out there 100% of the snaps. There's no injury risks with anybody in that equation. So to me, it's those main guys. Here are the other guys I would be okay with that aren't obvious. Kenny Galladay.

DJ Moore, Adam Thielen, Robert Woods, Tyler Lockett. Those guys are where I would cut it off. I mean, the thing is, though, if you're starting with three running backs, you are presumably getting three Belkow running backs, high floor, high ceiling guys. So while it's looking on paper of, oh, I feel, I feel like I'm wearing foodie pajamas. When I look at this wide receiver one, they don't have to be.

elite wide receiver ones. You've made the decision that you're going in on the running back position. You've made a decision that you're comfortable with less at the wide receiver position. So look, I wouldn't freak out when you're looking at the names. The fantastic news for this year, at least in all the drafts we are participating in, if you go with those three running backs, you somehow value has fallen to you.

Robert Woods will be there. DJ Chark will be there. And I'm very comfortable with both of those guys as a one. Jason's whole point on the Tips and Trick Show yesterday was the value of wide receivers in rounds three through six. And if you, maybe you don't have that Julio Jones, but you have two players like the ones Mike mentioned. For Robert Woods and DJ Chark are your two starting wide receivers after you've gone RB heavy. You'll be very happy you didn't draft.

any tight-ins and quarterbacks, and you'll be very strong with your multiple positions. Yeah, I mean, in those rounds, you can pair someone safe with Robert Woods with someone like AJ Brown as well. Sure. You know, just a giant. Pairs well. Oh, pairs very well. Yes, yes. All right, this question comes from Facebook. What is your view of drafting Ryan Fitzpatrick if he has named the starter this year? He was a top 12 quarterback seven times last year.

My view is that you don't have to draft Ryan Fitzpatrick. Sure. You're saying there are better options that you don't have to take that ride. Well, I'm just saying you could pick him up and stream him when you want to. You don't have to invest a draft pick on him. Okay, so week one, would you want to stream him? Isn't it the Pats? No, it's, it's, oh, wait, it might be. I think it is. That's how I remember it.