Fantasy Football 2018 - Forgotten Players, Beckham Rumors, The Woke One

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Welcome back. Tuesday, March 27th. Tuesday, welcome back. Oh, I love you, Tuesday. So glad you're here. Sometimes the weekends feel long, and it feels like it's been a long time since I've sat in this chair and talked to you, the Foot Clan, and this weekend was one of those. I feel like a lot of different things have happened. Yeah, it feels like a long weekend. I blame my kids for that. Long, long weekend. To be fair, I blame them.

for basically everything he does he's always complaining about your children those kids those darn kids yeah yeah well welcome in to the fantasy footballers podcast andy mike and jason back once more great episode we're going to cover some of the forgotten players who maybe were hurt last year and you did not uh you don't remember that they were injured and they still have something to

We'll debate whether they have something else to give heading into 2018. Got that on the show today. Reviewosaurus. Great quick question. Got some mailbag. It's going to be a great episode of the show, including. Oh, oh. Yeah, that's a teaser. Teaser. We'll talk a little bit about that news. And if you don't know what we're talking about, welcome to the show. It was a long weekend for me because I honestly didn't sleep. Stayed woke the whole time.

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In Dynasty Leagues, who would you rather have? Dynasty Leagues. Would you rather have Adam Thielen, who is 27 years old? It will be 28 by the time the season starts. Or Jarvis Landry, who is 25 years old, he will be 26 in November. So a couple of years, a little more than two-year difference there. Who would you rather have? I've got my answer. Yeah, I have my answer as well, and it may be tough to hear.

for some people. Then you go first. It's Adam Thielen. Oh, okay. And I, because Jarvis Landry's a stud. He's been a fantasy stud. The stat of the most receptions through four years. Do I have that correct, Jason? Yes. That is correct. Through the first four years of someone's career, Jarvis has been incredible, but his future is so murky, traded to the Cleveland Browns. No extension done yet, to my knowledge. So we could have a situation where.

Maybe Jarvis doesn't sign, and then he's franchised. We just, and the other thing is we don't know whose quarterback's going to be. We don't know who's head coach is going to be. Meanwhile, Adam Thielen, it signed an extension last year, so he's still riding through that. And he has Kirk Cousins, a quarterback coming off of three straight years over 4,000 yards coming in to lead his offense. Things are just.

are set up on a silver platter for Adam Thielen despite the age difference despite Adam Thielen being an undrafted free agent. This is fantasy football and things have turned in the favor of Adam Thielen. You play to win the game. And if this was, if you're talking about Larry Fitzgerald, you have me thinking, right? But this is a two, just a little over two years gap. You should really be thinking. That would be an easy Jarvis Landry.

Right, but my point is this, is that the gap isn't large enough to justify age determining the pick. And if you take age out of the equation and you look at this year and you look at next year and what's set up on the table for him, it's Adam Thielen, plain and simple. And so that's my pick as well. Both our Facebook and Instagram fans agreed on Adam Thielen. So the real question is, does Jason?

You know, I know that we said as a lie that this came in from the community forums, but I know the truth, Brooks. You were snooping on my computer because I actually was pressed into this exact situation. The Jarvis Landry owner in our Dynasty League was trying to...

flip Adam Thielen in a trade. So I was working and trying to decide who do I want, and it wasn't close. I'm a contending team. I've got a good roster, and I would not want Jarvis Landry anywhere near as much as I would want Adam Thielen, even with age factored in. However, I will say this, that if I was a rebuilding team and my team was, you know, I'm inheriting a garbage franchise where, look, I'm not going to win this year, probably not going to win next year.

then Jarvis Lander is actually a player I would probably go target, and I might find him more valuable because he's not going to cost as much.

to acquire Jarvis Landry as it will cost. I disagree. I can promise you. I disagree that the- Well, the vote was heavy. It was Adam Thielen 78%. So the vote says Jason's right about that. The cost of Adam Thielen is going to be higher than Landry because 78% of people agree. Now that Landry has gone to the Browns, all those questions, the quarterback questions, the franchise question. His value is at an all-time low, and now is when you can get him and hope and pray that he plays one season in bolts. Don't franchise Jarvis.

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A surprisingly large amount of stuff has happened, so I'm excited to talk about it. Yeah, you have a number of additional free agency signings, including the headliner. Is it really? Yes, it is. All right. Colts have re-signed Kristen Michael to a one-year deal. When Mike read this off in the studio, it was like late Friday afternoon, Thursday afternoon. The earth shook. The animals outside went completely quiet.

to recognize the greatness of the woke one. Kristen Michael, see Mike. Is there any chance? Let's get to reality here. Is there any chance Kristen Michael has a role in this backfield? Yes. I will say, I'm the eternal optimist for Kristen Michael, but I put it down about 10%, but there is a legit chance that Kristen Michael is the leader of this backfield.

With Marlon Mack as the auxiliary piece. I do think that if it was Chris and Michael and Marlon Mack, and that was it. And they don't add anybody that Chris and Michael would be more of the first and second down back. He would be the leader of the back field per se. But everything out of Indianapolis is, everyone's expecting them to add another back through the draft. That's why they're going to zag, Jason. Yeah, maybe. Right to the woke one. Oh. All right. Kristen Michael would replace this next player. Frank Gore, one year deal with hometown Miami.

Jason is fist pumping. He loves Frank Gore. It's not that I love Frank Gore. I feel like I am squeezing every last drop out of the Frank Gore rag in Dynasty. I thought I was going to have to cut him two years ago because he would be... At least call him a handkerchief or something. A rag? Well, I don't want to squeeze stuff out of a handkerchief. He's kind of... But there's boogers in a handkerchief. A rag, but a rag's got doo-do in it. What? Are you wiping...

Off of the floor. Oh, no way. Look. Brooks is the science. Brooks, just answer me one simple question, Brooks. I'll make it easy for you. Do you wipe with a rag or a handkerchief? A or B? Go with the handkerchief. I'm not saying. Well, look, the Frank Gore sponge. It has not replaced TP. The Frank Gore sponge. Charles Breyer? Has a little bit of.

moisture in it still and I'm going to get a flex start or two out of my dynasty league. So Frank Gore to the dolphins adding to the fact that I still believe the dolphins are going to be one of the worst fantasy producing teams and worst team. Look, who do you want? Who do you want in Miami on your fantasy roster? Kenyon Drake. I think Frank Gore signing is the best case scenario for Kenyon Drake. I really do because they were never happy. So you want Kenyon Drake? Yes. You want them on your team? Yes, I do. I think Kenyon Drake is a.