Fantasy Football 2017 - Fantasy Court + Key Questions for 2017

We did see Corey Grant flash at the final week of last year. But clearly the Jacksonville Jaguars were not having any of that because they took Leonard Fernette with a top four pick. So this is why we say watch the preseason. Don't box score hunt the preseason. Yeah, those are good names. So let's grab another voicemail question. Hey, guys. But why does everybody hate on defenses so much when some of the better defenses can actually score?

40 points. Thanks, guys. Yeah, you know, I appreciate you anonymous for asking the question that should be asked. You only needed to be anonymous if you were asking about kickers. Right. The reason that people hate on defenses is twofold. The first is because the changeover from year to year is very great. That's the one I was going to mention. So I would just say, like, look, historically, when you look at the numbers,

predicting repeating defenses that dominate, it's just not, it's not in the cards. Like there are a few teams that have persisted year over year. Like we know things about historically the Denver Broncos over the last few years. But a lot of the times you see premier defenses, there's a turnover in that top 10. So that would be one reason why people hate on defenses. You can't actually predict and draft them well unless you have one of the top two or something. But the, oh.

And then streaming against a positive matchup is just so much more beneficial for your team. I mean, you don't have to. I was in a draft last night. And the people who wanted, oh, I got to have the Broncos. I mean, they're drafting them three rounds, four rounds before you should be drafting a defense. And meanwhile, I'm just going to play the waiver wire. I'm going to grab a team who's facing off against the Jets or the Browns. And you can have.

Tremendous success that way. I'm going to add to it and then let Jason speak. Sure. You may get to speak eventually. I don't need to. You guys are bringing up great points. Here's another reason that it's a problem. If you invest in a defense that scores a lot of points, you are like, you're just locked into that defense and then all of a sudden you're starting, look, Kansas City should be a pretty good D, but then you got to start them week one against New England. Do you want to do that? Don't start Kansas City week one. No, so you get kind of stuck in that situation. I think if you draft them late, then you are setting in your mind.

the importance of rostering them, which gives you flexibility to stream at a better, you know, without being locked in. Yeah, I mean, what you guys said... Well, I'm going to make a rule. What you guys said at the end was basically the second point, which is you are going to succeed better by dropping your defense every week or every two weeks or every three weeks whenever a matchup shift happens.

And I guess that adds to his point that they are important. It's just the way that you treat them, right? Like they're very important. So planning ahead for your defense, that's smart. Yep. But just locking in on one. They're not a draft season victory. They are a week-to-week season victory. In-season is when you win at the defensive position. Hey, Judge DiMati, any chance you want to change that last ruling on appeal, the Martavis one? I just want to stay undefeated. All rulings are final. Okay.

No appellate court here. I had to try. I had to try. All right. This one comes in off of Twitter from Mike Mullaney. He's a brand new commission. He has a very simple question. What's the perfect league setup? Ooh. Yeah, there's only one. There can be only one. Here would be my perfect league setup. Twelve teams. Half point PPR. That to me is definitely the perfect of the PPR shift. Two running backs, two wide receivers.

one flex one tight end one quarterback no kicker honestly for me i would get rid of d i i'm fine having it but my perfect league i would get rid of d and i would maybe i would go to two flex and then five or six pinch and an i are all right another twitter question from shane he says from what you have seen of treadwell so far this preseason which he says is not much at all is he at all worth a late late late round flyer and

Look, I've watched Treadwell, and I do think he'll be involved in this offense. And I would probably say no to that question because it's just a matter of I'm not drafting him ahead of Thielen, Diggs, Rudolph, Cook. You know, he's falling way down that list. But, but, but. Okay, yes. Isn't Minnesota going to be a super high powered offense? Probably not. Yeah. Probably not. That's a good point. Does the voice of public opinion really think that?

No, I guess not. I was just trying to argue with Andy. Look, Treadwell, maybe in a very deep league, maybe in a week-to-week matchup situation where you think that they're going to run it up or be in a high-scoring affair. But this is a team that wants to rest on its defense, and it's a team that has more reliable pass catchers outside of Treadwell. 16 team league only. Yeah, I'm with you. All right. It's hard to, right? Because it's like he's the first round. He was the first round pick. This one comes in off of Twitter.

What's the deal with CJ Pro Size? Is he going to play? Is he roster worthy? He asked for a Seinfeld voice. That was the Seinfeld? That was the Seinfeld cadence. The deal with C.J. Pro Seize is that the team is not confident he can stay healthy on a regular basis. And I'm very excited about what he could do if he was healthy. I think he fits right in with that kind of, you know, the kind of excitement we have with the Danny Woodhead.

The kind of excitement you have with it, Kevin Coleman. ProCise should be the third town guy, but his health is what concerns me. Yeah. It concerns all of us. It concerns the Seahawks because he's... He's never been... His parents? He hasn't been healthy, and he's had so many little nicks and... All the way back through college, too. It's a life... It's a career-long thing with Pro Cise. The talent is undeniable. He's one of... He could be one of the best past catching running backs in the league, but...

He just can't stay on the field. All right. Here's a great question from at M. Siegel 57. David Carr faces a brutal schedule. Should I be worried of that carrying over to Michael Crabtree? Mike, you are the resident crab tree lover. And I took him in this draft that I was talking about last night over many of other options who I really, really like.

And yes, to a point you should be concerned. But the nice thing about Crabtree in that offense is he's the possession guy. He is. Carr trusts him. I mean, Derek Carr trusts Michael Crabtree. We have a proven track record now of multiple years of this connection. He is the go-to weapon in the red zone and the end zone. So it's not like he has to sit back and, you know, let Amari Cooper.

develop with the route. If they have to go short, they can go to Crabtree. If they have to go intermediate, they can go to Crabtree. So I'm not bringing him down, but there are certainly going to be some tough matchups where you may consider benching Crabtree like the Denver. Yeah, to speak to Derrick Carr's schedule for a second. If you are in a league that drafts quarterback's really late and you can get, you know, two quarterbacks late.

I have since found Derek Carr and my guy, Dak Prescott, to be a really nice pairing that you can get those two guys, you know, in late rounds. I've done that personally and some best balls as well. You know, the first three weeks, Derek Carr's got a great schedule, the Titans, the Jets, the Redskins. Those three weeks are really difficult for Dak, and then they kind of flip the rest of the way. A very nice pairing. You want a nice pair. They go well. So me out. It's very robust. All right.

By the way, I don't know if you guys saw this. This is not like breaking news. This is more like rumor mill. But there's talk of Tim. Are we going into the bushes? There's talk of Tim Hightower not making the roster in San Francisco. Say what? Well, because, look, Matt Brietta and Joe Williams are going to get a roster spot. And essentially, you know Carlos Hyde is and use check involved in the passing game. So there's basically one spot for Hightower and Mostert. And so if he- I believe that's pronounced ketchup.

Oh, not mustard. Sorry. Rahim. To be honest, I don't know how to pronounce the last name. Rahim, mostert, mustard. Mustard. Mustard. Go with mustard. Mr. Mustard. Colonel mustard. Oh, yeah. Colonel mustard. Stay out of the ballroom. Yeah. Stay out of the ballroom when you're around. You want to know what's really funny is when you talked about, um, who were we talking about basically getting lost on the field and showing up down, deep down field? Martavis. No, it was, uh,

Oh, that was Kenny Stills. The Kenny Stel. Houdini. I couldn't help but visualize the secret passageway in the game of Clue where you end up. You just go on the passageway. You end up about 40 yards downfield. All right. Digressing here. Tim Hightower, if he doesn't make the roster, are there fantasy implications there? No. No. Okay. I didn't know if that made Use Check more interesting. Right. You're saying for the back was, but I mean, as much as I love use check and I think that he has, he's an excellent weapon. He's a great player.

I'm not sure how much fantasy value he'll have, especially with these regular to small size leagues. All right. Here's a question from Alex. He said, ever think that you'll have time to discuss IDP or you leave that to others? Yeah, you know me. Yeah, we leave that to others. The three of us, just to be honest, we don't really enjoy it. And if we don't enjoy it, we're not going to. Or play it. Right. Well, that's what I'm saying. We're not going to play in IDP leagues. And we're not going to give the best advice if that's the case. We love.

fantasy football we play we try to win we you know we we we aren't doing this because it's just just a job and and we wouldn't be doing you a good service if it was idp yep all right ridiculous has a question for us he says new to fab what are the best things that you can tell me to help give me a boost above my league mates maybe explain what fab is and then answer that one

Free agent acquisition budget. So instead of just a waiver priority where, you know, last place gets first dibs and then so on, everyone makes a blind bid on the players to pick them up off of waivers. Week to week. Week to week. So, you know, you've got $100 budget, let's say, and so does everybody else. And, you know, week one, you bid $5 on someone and someone else bids four. You get them. Some tips definitely always put in $0 bids on guys that you.

don't think are going to get through the bidding process because it blows us away, but all the time, the guy that you just expect, everyone's throwing 30 bucks on. Because some people just, they go defeated before the bid even goes in. Right. Just put in the cheap bids on guys if you don't want to pay up because you might get them. You might not. I would save some dollars for the playoffs, make sure that, you know, mid-season or whatever, you know, mid-late season, cap yourself at five.

You know, just act like if you got five bucks left, you're at zero unless you absolutely need that to make the playoffs. Any other tips? Yeah, and I do think there are individual strategies when it comes to FAB. There's not like a global year better if you do X. I mean, I take the strategy that if there's a player that's on waivers that I know will contribute year round. So a lot of times that ends up being.

an injury situation where somebody steps up into that role. Sometimes it's a guy coming off of an injury that everybody wants to bid on. If I think they're going to be a contributor year round, not just a one or two week rental, I like going and buying that because I don't know how many more times those players are going to come up on FAB, on waivers. So a lot of the times I'll invest quite a bit on one or two players in the beginning of the year.

because I want that contributor for the rest of the year, just looking at it like an extra, I don't know, as certain players drop in there, it's like grabbing a third round draft pick or a second round draft pick for your fab budget. So I like spending a lot early, but I think there are a lot of different strategies that are out there. All right. Love, love, love the show, says Keith in Thomas. So there you go. That's a place. We've got another person and a person problem.

Help draft. He said we helped him draft his best team ever this year. He took Adam Thielen with his last pick, and he scrubbed the waiver wire and saw that Jordan Matthews is a free agent. Does he drop Thielen from Matthews or stay the course? His other wide receivers are Cooks, Baldwin, Crowder, and Fitzgerald. My answer is I would stick with Thielen. I am falling in love with Adam Thielen.

This is close for me. Yeah, it's close, but I see these guys is kind of different. If you need to plug and play, like it turns out this last roster spot that you're drafting, you're going to need them because you're weak at wide receiver and you've got to plug them in every week. I'm more confident in Jordan Matthews targets because he's going to be presumably the number one on that offense. I'm not so much in Adam Thielen. But Adam Thielen, if he does blow up, I think we'll have a higher ceiling than Jordan Matthews because of touchdown potential.

It's been a while, Jay, and I don't know how confident you are, but I love the idea of not being on the side of Jordan Matthews and a water bet. So would you care to take an Adam Thielen versus Jordan Matthews' end-of-season water bet? No, I love Adam Thielen. And I think Adam Thielen's ceiling is higher, which I just said. So that would be weird to take that water bet. But I will make you a water bet that Jordan Matthews will finish, let's say, 90 receptions if he plays 16.