Fantasy Football Podcast 2017 - News, Mailbag, and Shanahanagans

And one piece of the puzzle for the ultimate draft kit for all of our preseason rankings is that you get access to what we consider to be our risk rating for each player. So how likely are they to perform up to expectation? Are they a player that has higher risk, injury risk, risk with the offense, risk with a lot of change that has taken place in the off season? Or are things kind of the same? You know, you got a guy like Glevi on Bell. He comes back to Pittsburgh. It's going to be...

pretty much status quo to what they've been running, whereas you have other situations where new head coaches, new offensive coordinators, new offensive lines come into play. I like my rankings. Robust. Robust. Like your coffee? Oh, it's going to say, like my coffee. There you go. All right. Yeah. I love Michael Keith. Amir Abdullah question, guys. I, look. Oh, no. Oh, come on.

Oh, I don't know. We were talking about Mirabula. Sure. I just didn't know if you were back on the train. So I want this question answered myself. Okay. Because I am in a dynasty league where I recently traded for Mir Abdullah. I have Theo Riddick. This person, Adrian and Victoria, British Columbia. Bonjour. Says I view the potential for Abdullah and Riddick as a Freeman Coleman light. Are you guys on the Abdullah Express next year? Nope. Let me just say this. Abdullah and Riddick.

are to Freeman and Coleman. Oh, here we go. What flavored water is to Coca-Cola. It is not just light. We're talking.

very, very, very far away. No caloric value. There's no caloric value. There's a little bit of flavor in that water. It's still fizzy. It's not just water. It's still fizzy. Yeah, there's, but I'm telling you. My daughter says bubbly. He didn't say sparkling. You just said flavor. Yeah. Oh, no, no. There was no fizz. No, please don't put that fizz in there. I like the fizz. Here's the problem I have with Abdullah and Riddick.

is that the running game for the Lions, that's not their forte, that's not what they're good at, that's not what this team is currently built for. Or it's not something they've been succeeding that for years. Whereas Atlanta, you have a team that is dominated by the run. I mean, Matt Ryan might have got the MVP because he was great in airing out those long passes this year, but that was all set up by the running game.

And so... You don't have that right now in Detroit. You've had Riddick come out and have a huge successful fantasy season on the back of reception totals. 80 plus receptions. You haven't had... I mean, I don't see these as comparable. I really don't. I mean, Tevin Coleman doesn't come in as a passing down back and dominate the, you know, dominate the catch totals compared to Freeman. It's just, it's nice to think about. Abdullah has a ton of talent.

But he hasn't stayed on the field. Neither is Theoretic. Abdullah or Coleman. Coleman. Yeah, I'll take Coleman. I mean, are you, it was only two games. So incredibly small sample size, granted. But do you remember how good Abdullah was? He was okay. He was very limited. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It was very, very limited, but it was. I don't think you remember how good Amir Abdullah was. Yeah, the game against the Colts. He was 12 for 63 on the ground and 5 for 57 through the air. I mean, he was.

He was solid. Sure. You did. It's one game. I prefaced the argument, but I'm saying he just, I don't give up on Amir Abdullah yet. That's what I'm saying. All right. Well, so in my Dynasty League, how many of my starts next year? Let's say I had to start. Oh, great question. Abdullah or Riddick for 16 games in one spot? How many times am I starting Abdullah and how many times am I starting Riddick? And how many times am I trying to sign Zach Zinner? You're starting Theoretic for...

10 of those. You're starting Abdullah for four of those. So I guess that leaves two for Zinner. All right. All right. Here's a question, guys, from Gavin Sam off Twitter. Which rookie running backs of wide receivers will you be most excited about this upcoming season? Where do you hope they will go? It's a fun question. Yeah, some of that is in process right now. Yeah. We're projecting some of those guys to different teams.

You know, I obviously see Fournett as an option for Carolina. I know Jason thinks Dalvin Cook will go there at number eight. Didn't you say that? No. Okay. Well, number eight in the draft, to me, is a running back opportunity for, I think it'll be Fournet, and I think it'll go to Carolina, and I think I'll have the opportunity to succeed. That team needs to stabilize the running game. Jonathan Stewart is too injury prone. That's one of my kind of locked and loaded running back positions in the draft. One of the guys that I'm looking forward to for fantasy more than most.

is actually Joe Mixen. His tape is incredible, but what's going to happen with Joe Mixen because he had troubles coming into college with domestic violence? Yeah, troubles. Yeah, no good. He is rightfully banned from the NFL Combine, which is going to hurt his draft stock. But the thing is, is when guys tumble in the draft...

It's very common that they go to good teams. Exactly right. And if there's a good team that needs a good running back, Joe Mixen was a five-star recruit at a high school. You watch his film, and when I watch it, you know, I see a guy that has patience, vision,

size, strength, it has the whole package. So when it comes to fantasy football, he's not going to be the guy. He's not going to be the Leonard Fournett or the Dalvin Cook that's being drafted super high. But he's a guy that if he goes to the right team, Joe Mixon is an early look for. If I'm doing an NFL 10 right now, I'm drafting Joe Mixen late. Here's a question I have for you guys. And I don't know if it's been brought up. You know, obviously, Jamal Charles, he may not be back. Right. Smith, where he certainly wore down.

and I don't think Char West is all that special. Is there a potential for Kansas City? You talk about one of those teams. Very good team. You know what they did when Charles was healthy. Is there a potential for them to draft a running back and work him into that rotation? Heck yeah. Oh, my goodness. That was... Andy Reid has successful running backs. I mean, this is the thing, like we're going to be looking at coaching changes, you know, in a couple of weeks here because...

coaches matter so much in the NFL. Andy Reid has had a long history of having successful running backs. And honestly, I don't think Spencer where's that good? And he's still been pretty successful. So for me, if they can go out and get a really good talented running back, I'm going to be excited. That's going to be one of those teams. Are you fixing for a mixing? Yeah.

Joe Mixing there. Heck yeah. Assuming Jamal Charles leaves. If Jamal Charles stays and they draft someone, the waters will be muddy. This is a little sneak peek for, we're going to be talking free agents on Tuesday. But a team that I think possibly could spend one of their picks because they have two first round picks early. And people might barf if one of these top running backs go there. Cleveland? I will not. Is the Cleveland Browns.

Isaiah Crowell is a restricted free agent. They may let him go. Duke Johnson is not a front line running back. Crowell was very solid. Yes. Was very solid. And Hugh Jackson has a great system. Jason talked about coaches. Hugh Jackson knows how to get production out of a running back. If you go give me a guy like Leonard Fernette going to the Cleveland Browns, I think most people will go, no! And I will sit here in the shadows rubbing my hands together. I mean, you might.

it's a very decent possibility you could have one of those rookie running backs in Garoppolo behind center. Yeah, in Cleveland. And there's going to be, there's some other free agents who I won't bring them up right now, but if they go to Cleveland, I'll be excited as well. All right. That is it for today's show. I do want to remind you, I mean, Mike just brought it up. The free agent preview show coming up soon. We're talk coaching changes very soon. Don't forget this off scene.

Offseason also brings a lot of our strategy-based episodes where we give you, you know, top 10 tips for your fantasy football team. We'll renovate and put some of those shows out there. Lots going on, mock drafts and rookies and more mailbag. I mean, it's going to be fun. And then we have the big announcement for the ultimate draft kit here very soon. Very soon. You guys have any parting words before we take off?

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