"What If?" Scenarios for 2020 + Fournette Fallout - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/31

Says the Blake Jarwin has had an amazing camp. You're darn right he has. How's it feel right in Falcourt? Oh, it's sensational. The wind is just my hair. My COVID hair is just blowing all over the place. The amount of potential success Blake Jarwin has right now is incredible. And that's really what matters to me right now. Take the victory lap right now, Mike. Twitter with Blake Jarwin has been.

Very, very, very fun because it's just nonstop positive press. And I, look, it's just hype right now. I fully believe that Blake Jarwin will break out this season. When asked about Leonard Fournett, always good for a quote, head coach, Bruce Ariens said, we'll wait and see. He has been a good player. We'll just have to wait and see where he fits. Yeah. Okay. Thanks, Bruce. Um, Bruce, stop. Stop it, Bruce.

That could be a problem. That sounds like a waivers issue. Yeah, that could be a problem. It's not in our dock, but I wanted to bring up this piece of hype. Do you guys make anything out of the fact that for the Rams, we know that Daryl Henderson is banged up. They're hoping he's back week one. But then there was a note that Malcolm Brown is worth a conversation. Is running as the featured running back with the ones. And it's to use the word running loosely.

I mean, I've brought him up off air. We did it last year where we were like, look, let's stop. Malcolm Brown is a fine player. I mean. Yes. But all last year, it was. Daryl Henderson. The Twitter, the Twitter sphere was Daryl Henderson. And we brought up like, they really like Malcolm Brown. Follow the money of what they did. I believe it was last year where he was.

given a tender, he was signed by the Lions, and the Rams said, no, no, no, no, no, we need Malcolm Brown. And he was, in fact, really the backup for Todd Greeley. Is he in front of Cam Acres? Are we overlooking Mountain Brown? Yeah, I 100% think that we as a collective are overlooking them. And I fully expect him to get the first carry week one.

Probably the most carries. The reason that we're overlooking him is the same reason you guys are overlooking Adrian Peterson, who will have 200 carries again this year. That's fair. You don't want him. That's why you overlook him. You don't actually want to draft him, so we don't want to talk about him because we don't want to draft him because his upside is not Cam Acres upside. It is Malcolm Brown's upside, which, I mean, fits in the category if you can get a start out of him. I bet you can.

There was a lot of rushing touchdowns scored last year by Todd Gurley. You're 100% right. And quite a few of them were taken by Malcolm Brown. And those were the weeks who could start Malcolm Brown. So if there's more of those weeks, you could probably do worse. Malcolm Brown. Mike doesn't even like talking about it. Well, just imagining if we, do we have another bill situation where we love camakers, we love his potential?

But what if he's between the 20s guy? And then Malcolm Brown's coming in on third down and he's taking all the goal line work. There's a problem. That'll be brutal. Yeah, there's something that could happen here. And it is basically, Cam Acres is a rookie. His snaps are limited to start the year in that time when Darrell Henderson is limited. By the time Henderson's back, that's when you have a three-headed monster and a problem. That is painting the worst case scenario. Now, the best case scenario is Cam Acres breaks off a 65-yard touchdown in week one.

The rest is history. Yeah. All right. Colts are still weighing the severity of the Trey Burton injury. Sounds like it could last into the regular season. Yes. And this brings up a favorite of the show because Jack Doyle has been dealing with his own injury. But the player back from injury, Mo Alley Cox, aka Gigantor. And look, a lot of, I know. I know Andy is grimacing, but hear me out. Well, I'm grimacing because I like tried to.

I tried to believe in him last year, and it didn't work out. But here's the difference. Philip Rivers is the quarterback, and they've been talking a lot in camp how Philip Rivers is once again featuring his running backs and the tight ends in the passing game because that's what Philip Rivers has done his entire freaking career. Whoever the starting tight ends is for the Colts will have...

Fantasy value. But it's 15 receptions in his NFL career. I was going to say, I agree with you. Whoever the starting tight end is for the Colts will be valuable for fantasy. It's not Moali Cox. Correct. But Moali Cox is the largest. Correct. But Moali Cox is the largest. And that is the largest man in the NFL. Predicting four receptions this year for four touchdowns. I think that's fair. Mowley Cox prediction. But Doyle is back in camp. And so if Burton's gone and Mike is right about what Philip Rivers does, then Jack Doyle's situation. Yeah.

I like it. It's been a wild ride today, guys. Rahim Moster is still starring and starting in 49ers camp. Are you drafting Jeremy Kinnon anywhere? People are asking Jeremy Kinnon or Chris Thompson. I haven't drafted McKinnon anywhere, but I guess this is just a, he's the third guy on the depth chart. He probably will see the field more than fantasy players are hoping he's on the field.

I just don't see him having standalone fantasy value. You weren't going to draft Jeff Wilson if McKinnon wasn't there, so it's the same type of thing. Exactly. Who might not make the team. All right, let's do some mailbag. Mailbag. All right, if you have a question for the show, if we can help you out, go to the website, the fantasy footballers.com. Click to submit a question button. You can dial the voicemail hotline as well. 302464 TFFB. Jumping into a voicemail. Hi, ballers. This is Tyler from Minnesota here.

Trade question. I have Kyler Murray, and I'm looking to trade for Patrick Mahomes. If I include Kyler Murray in the deal, what other level of player would I need to include in the trade to make the trade fair? Thanks. Love the show. You are definitely from Minnesota. Yes, I love it. Don't you know. What do you got to include with Kyler to get Mahomes? Unfortunately, you've got to include a really good piece. And that's, you know, that's why when we're drafting, we don't usually draft Mahomes because you are giving up.

a really good piece that's, you know, a second or a third round pick. And obviously, if you pair it with Kyler, you don't have to necessarily give up a second, but I think you're going to have to give up absolutely an every week starter. There's no depth option where you're going to pair them with a flex type player and Kyler and get the trade to go through. Yeah. I actually try to go the other direction on these trades most often.

because Mahomes has such value in the eyes of everybody, for good reason, you can sometimes get Kyler plus a huge piece and then bank on the Kyler breakout. Would you trade Kyler and Four Net? Yes. Yeah, sure. Kyler and T.Y. Hilton for Patrick Mahomes. I wouldn't.

I'm pretty low. Yeah, no. And if you wouldn't do that, then you're not, one, you're not getting a trade done because if you're offering a player a lower level than T.Y Hilton, just keep Kyler. Enjoy the ride, man. Yeah. All right, another voicemail. Hey, what's up, footballers, big fan? It's your boy Slim Brink. I just wanted to ask you guys, what do you think is more likely Chris Godwin to finish as the number one ride receiver or Mike Evans to lead the league in touchdowns? Thanks. Interesting.

Yeah, that's a fun one. More likely. I guess it's more likely to me that Evans would lead the league in touchdowns. That's where I am, too. But I do, both of these are long shots. I don't know how long shot. I mean, Chris Godwin right now in our rankings is already a top eight wide receiver. So I lean that way of, you know, if the touchdowns, you know, who's going to have more touchdowns? We would predict Mike Evans between the two of them.

But it could very easily end up being Godwin. Whereas who's going to have the most receptions is definitely going to be Godwin. So if the touchdowns happen to go Godwin's way, Eileen Godwin was the number two I'd receive it last year. Exactly. I don't think it's a tremendous long shot to say with Tom Brady, he could be number one. All right. Instagram question. Cam Acres or David Montgomery in a PPR league? It's a great question. Oof. Montgomery could, he doesn't feel good right now. But assuming they don't sign Leonard Fournette,

Montgomery could be the same 270 to 300 touch running back in week two. I mean, despite what we just said about Malcolm Brown being disrespected and being more involved than we want, it's still Cam Acres to me because I believe you followed it up perfectly. The same reason that we aren't caring about Malcolm Brown is we don't care about Adrian Peterson. We're looking for the upside.

We love Cam Acres talent. So I'm hoping that the breakout happens, and I'll take the guy that's healthy. I'll do a cheat question here. I would take Montgomery. Yeah, that's where I am in a vacuum. But if this is your, if because Montgomery drops, if this is your RB5, then I might go Acres. Yeah, that's fair. Something to that extent, IB4, RB5. Would you now take Zacherts, this is from YouTube, would you now take Zacherts over Mark Andrews with the Rager injury?

I wouldn't. I wouldn't take him over Mark Andrews necessarily. If it's a full PPR, I might, but our normal leagues are half PPR. But I would take Zach Gertz's value because he's still going at least a full round behind Mark Andrews when I've been in any real live draft. And I love Zach Gert's value this year. Do you guys see the news about Jonathan Taylor struggling with drops in camp? I've heard. It honestly doesn't bother me.

Okay. It's not the best news. No, it's not good news. No, it's, but I'm on the, I'm on the team of like drops are kind of overrated. Hmm. Okay. I think it'll be interesting to see how that backfield plays out. Hi, Ballers. This is Nick from Brooklyn. I was wondering what are weaknesses in yourself when it comes to fantasy football and what do you hope to improve on this season?

For me, I'm overly patient with players that I hope to bring the magic, and they just don't. Thank you. Yeah, that's tough. It's easy to be – it's easy to have that weakness because we spend so many months with hopes and dreams for a player. I mean, I don't know how patient Mike would be with Blake Jarwin. Probably pretty patient. Yeah, a bit. I would say my – a weakness I need to improve on is the weak –

We tell people about it, but the week one confirmation of, say, last year it was Sammy Watkins. We liked him as a deep shot in leagues of don't forget about Sammy Watkins. He absolutely goes off week one and looks great on the field. And it was, I'm not trading Sam. I don't care what you come at me with. I'm taking, Sammy Watkins, I'm taking this victory lap all the way to the championship. And it happens with me.

too frequently of a player I like, they break out, and I don't even consider trading that player at peak value. For me, I've been wondering, and this is part of why I did this exercise last night, I've been wondering if it's my risk aversion in the middle rounds compared to the reward. T.Y. Hilton, A.J. Green.

all of the running backs who have changed teams. I just don't want any of them. Like I pass on absolutely every single one of those players in every draft I've been in. And I'm questioning if at the end of the year someone like a James Connor and an AJ Green were great options. So I, you know, that's, I guess, TBD, but I'm self-evaluating there. I have mentioned before I have trouble with the non-protypical, you know, the wide receiver twos and the kind of.

past catching dependent running backs. My problem there is I have a really hard time, even if I make the jump to draft them or roster them, I have a hard time putting them into the lineup. It's hard for me to make the decision on a weekly basis to throw somebody in. I guess I'll use Naeem Hines as an example for this year, as opposed to the Adrian Peterson or the Malcolm Brent, knowing that that ball is going to be handed to that player, sure, it might go for 2.1 yards. But the guaranteed of opportunities versus...

waiting and hoping for that pass get. Sure. Catching opportunity. You take touches over talent. I do take touches over talent. And sometimes does burn me. Right. So, but those are our only weakness to be clear. There are no others. And really, I mean, they're not that weak. No, we just had to make something up. I wasn't even sure if mine was a weakness to be determined. It could be a strength.

It's not a bug, it's a feature. A player we should have brought up. We got to circle back to the top of this. Leviska-Cenault, wide receiver for Jacksonville. When we were talking about Leonard Fornett is gone. Chanel in college did see at least a handful, a little spattering of attempts. His second year, 17 attempts, 23, his final year in college, in rushing attempts.