Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Trivia Time, News & Notes, Combine Reactions

And the fact that they're even saying, like, well, they're not going to tag him. You can't expect a contract to be coming for me. So Martin's going to hit the market. All right. The Patriots are investigating free agent running backs. Joyke Bell, Matt Forte, Chris Ivory, Alfred Morris. Do you guys know where that report came from?

I saw that report. I don't remember the exact source. It was really focused on the fact that they were also talking about Chris Ivory, who I think would be an interesting fit if they let Legerrett Blunt go because he's a touchdown first and second down type of back.

The problem is I think Chris Ivory probably is going to go after a larger. He'll give him money. The only guy in that entire group that I think is a possibility is a possibility because I don't think there's going to be a lot of offers for him. So if he can go there cheap, he'd be an upgrade over Ligaritt Blunt in my mind. I think Morris will be in demand. Really? I do. Yeah. He's still very young, 27, I think. Peyton Manning set to wait, no, not retire. Wait, yes he will. No, report. Everyone is reporting that Peyton Manning.

Should retire. There you go. The Denver Post ran a story. They said Peyton Manning said to retire. They had multiple sources. Then Twitter fought back saying Peyton Manning is disputing. Well, the Broncos fought back too. They're disputing these claims. And I believe the sources then disappeared from the Denver Post story. Oops.

I love the idea of being a journalist that takes a 50-50 shot on something. I mean, I feel that way, you know, all the credit due to Schefter most of the time. But when you report, he's either going to retire or he's not. So just pick one side, report it early, get your name out there. Well, and like, what are the benefits from being the first one on this? Like, Peyton Manning to retire. Like, we got the scoop, guys. We all expected Peyton Manning to retire. This is not really...

a breaking news situation. No. So let's go ahead. We're done with the news here. Let's move on. I'm going to go vintage on our drop here. Yes. So if you've been with us for a long time, you'll enjoy it. If you haven't, you'll be disturbed. And we'll go from there. Do you want to play a game, gentlemen? That's my favorite drop. Game time. In the history of the fantasy footballers. It's disturbing. It's frightening. I have nightmares when I play it.

I hope to never hear it again, but we didn't get a new drop made for playing the game. We'll never get a new drop made because that's Mike's favorite drop and Mike makes the drop. That is true. We'll have to figure that out. You'll hear it again. All right. So we're going to play a game. I got the answers. You guys do not. This is a number of trivia questions that we have. That's a bold accusation. We do not have the answers. Well, I guess that will be to be determined.

All right. Okay, that's fair. And so this is more a catalyst for some discussion. So let's start it off here. Number one, in 2015, in every game that I started, I had either a touchdown or 100 plus yards from scrimmage. Who am I?

What? What? 100 yards. In 2015, in every game that I started, I had either a touchdown or 100 plus yards from scrimmage. Who am I? And let me give you some options. So you can play along with us at home. I'm going to give you four choices. A, Brandon Marshall, B, Carlos Williams, C, DiAngelo Williams, or D. Levion Bell. Ooh, that's...

That's a good question. Brandon Marshall is out to me. He started every game he played, and I know he didn't always get 100 yards or a touchdown. So, my thought process is leaning me to Carlos. Carlos Williams was a touchdown monster, and I know he didn't start a ton of games, but I'm going with Carlos Williams for my final answer.

And I'm going to go the route of the Steelers. And I am going with Levy. Which one? Yeah, I know. That's that stuff. I'm going to go with Levy on Bell. Because the correct answer is Carlos Williams. So Mike takes the lead there. Carlos Williams had a very impressive rookie year. In fact, we had a Twitter poll about which second year running back people were most excited about. And he was very high on the list compared to where.

I would have assumed. Right. Well, not every. I don't think David Johnson and... Well, we left off the obvious guys. We're going to get taken in the first round. The point being that Carlos Williams had a lot of interest from people over guys like Amir Abdullah who, you know, Carlos... Could be a starter. Right. Yeah. So Carlos Williams is somebody who is a high risk, high reward pick for Buffalo. And speaking of the last thing I heard, maybe you guys have heard differently, the update for LaShawn McCoy, last I heard,

as of now, there will be no charges filed against LaShawn McCoy. It does not mean that there won't be a suspension coming. And it doesn't mean that he won't hurt his knees in games one, two, three, four. I'm just saying for the Carlos Williams owner, don't get lost in the fact that he only has value if LaShawn McCoy suspended, realized that Williams was, I mean, that is impressive. A touchdown or 100 yards from scrimmage.

And what did he start his career by scoring in his first? How many games? Six or eight? Something like that. Somewhere around there. All right. So Mike takes the lead one nothing. We'll see if this translates into who would win the pro wrestling match as well. Number two, I am a tight end that led the league at my position in 2015 at highest targets per snap at 19.3% and the most targets per game at 8.9.

I am A. Delaney Walker. B. Jordan Reed. C. Rob Grankowski or D. Greg Olson. And the way we're going to play this is it's going to be the first person to secure an answer. I'm going to Delaney Walker. Yeah. I don't think it should be the first person to secure because then I'm just going to blurt out when I want people at home to have a chance to process the question.

You want some time? Yeah. I think we should have some time. And I agree that I'm going to go with Delaney Walker. Then I will alternate who gets the answer first. There you go. I believe that the questionnaire is trying to lure me in with my affection for Rule 86, but I know Delaney Walker got mad targets. The answer is Delaney Walker. Yeah. So Delaney Walker is still somebody who is not as sexy to people.

The offense wasn't great. Delaney Walker isn't an athletic freak like some of these other guys with the upside that seems to be, you know, where Jordan Reed went completely crazy at the end of the year. But I think Delaney Walker cannot be ignored next year. No. When we've talked tight ends in this offseason, we have talked about gronk. We've talked about Jordan Reed. We've talked about Gary Barnage, Greg Olson, Tyler Eifford, Zeus, all of those guys. Even Julius Thomas.

We never talk about Delaney Walker, and last year in any PPR setting, a half-point PPR, Delaney Walker scored the second most in half-point PPR of all tight ends, and he's completely left off, which means great draft value for next year. Whereas you're not going to have to spend a third round or second or fourth to get one of those top guys. Delaney Walker is going to be eighth, ninth, round, tenth round pick.

Was he on the board when we drafted Julius Thomas in our mock draft episode? No, I don't believe he was. Okay. But he was 94 for almost 1,100 yards. That's impressive. That's outrageous. And obviously what you like about that is he also built that rapport with the new quarterback with Mariotta. All right? Number three. So you guys both got credit for that one, right? Yep. All right. Number three, Devanta Freeman and I were the only two players in 2015 to have over 500 rushing yards and over 500 receiving yards.

Who am I? Ooh. A. Giovanni Bernard. I know the answer. B. You do? I believe I know the answer. Over 500 rushing and over 500 receiving? Correct. Can I say it now? Well, I want... Hold on. Is there like bonus? Yeah, let him write it down. All right. Well, he's giving him to write it down. B. Danny Woodhead. C. Duke Johnson. Or D. Charles Sims. Ooh, those are great.

Great answers. I'm guessing based on Jason's face that he wrote none of those names down on the paper. I wrote the correct name down on the paper. So what did you write on your paper? I wrote the surprising backup running back, Charles Sims, who I am very confident had more than 500 on the ground and 500 through the air, over 1,000 total yards on the season. Yeah, I lean towards Charles Sims, and I will thoroughly... No, go Danny Woodhead.

No, no, no. What I'll do is I will concede a bonus point for writing down the answer early. As long as I'm going to need some physical proof that you wrote down Charles Z. Hold it up. Hold it up. Don't look. Don't look. All right. Let me see. All right. You are correct. It is Charles Sims. And what a good time to talk about Charles Sims because of the Doug Martin potential leaving Tampa. There's no way in my mind that they will.

leave the entire workload up to Charles Sims. He's not that type of a player. He is a very underrated player, and he had big numbers last year. And in PPR, Halfpoint Leagues, he was much higher than people would ever recognize. Yeah, I mean, he was still available on waivers in a lot of leagues late in the season where it was like, wow, he's a top 20 back. He's an RB2, yeah. Yeah, and that's what you got.

so consistently and yet you just couldn't pull the trigger on starting him usually because he was a backup and you couldn't you didn't think you could rely on it so I'm excited to see if they go out and let's say they draft a running back in the third or fourth round you have to assume Charles Sims is going to be the starter and the other guy's going to come in and back him up and Charles Sims is a capable running back in a great I think I think short of somehow the bucks drafting like in his equal

Ezekiel Elliott that Charles Sims will be the starter next year. We've had conflicting reports out of Tampa, one saying they didn't think that Charles Sims could be a featured guy, but the newest report now that the- Yeah, Cutter came out and said they viewed him that way. It sounds like Doug Martin won't be back. Cutter has said he has every downback potential if that's what they need to do. He will be a very interesting name coming into the draft season.

All right, let's go ahead and move on here. We've got a cackler over here. I just think you have to trust that first report before, like, when there wasn't an obvious reason to say, yeah, he's in every downback. In 2015, I finished the season with over 1,000 rushing yards, but only managed 0.2 yards per carry more than I had in the previous year. I also ended the regular season only averaging 3.1 per carry in my last five games. Who am I? Ooh. A.

Latavius Murray, B, Chris Ivory, C, Adrian Peterson, or D. Devont of Freeman. Man, those are great options. I have, in my head, I have narrowed it down to the first two between Murray and Chris Ivory. I know that they both really slowed down towards the end of the year and because I hate Jason.

And I know this will be a metaphorical punch to his gut. I'm going with Latavius Murray stinking it up. Yeah, I like that. Stinking it up towards the end of the year. I am not. I am not going Latavis Murray. Even if you believed it in your heart of hearts. Honestly, I believed before the question that it was Chris Ivory. Chris Ivory was on there. So I'm going Chris Ivory. And not just because of my love for Latavis Murray, which, to be fair, is...

quickly fading. Oh, no. Well, all the, I mean, look, I'm not blind. I'm not blind to new information. And it just seems like they're going to bring in, I think one of the most realistic landing spots for Doug Martin is the Raiders. And if that happens, then I have no love for Latavius Murray other than he'll probably be a good draft value because you'll get him way too late, but he's not going to be something special. So I do like Latavis Murray, the talent. I'm going Chris Ivory on the question.

You're both wrong. Oh, man. You're both wrong. I will say this. Ivory did average 0.2 yards per carry more than the previous year, but he finished stronger than what I said. It's Devante Freeman. Devonta Freeman finished the season with only 3.1 for the last five games. He only went up two yards per carry on his previous year despite the explosion. Yes. And so Devonta Freeman is somebody who...