Fantasy Q&A + Glamorous Mike, Kicker Delete? - Fantasy Football Podcast for 6/24

Go sons. Suns and four. But, man, Travis Kelsey. It's easy for me. Or Zeke. It's not easy for me. I know. That's why I said. Make it easy for us, Jason. Yeah. It's easy for me because I still see Zeke as one of the top tier running backs. I see him, not necessarily in the tip-top tier of CMC and Dalvin Cook, but in the next group of really good workhorse running backs who's going to get, you know, all the passes, all the rushes, the goal line.

super involved in the good offense. I still see Zeke that way. He was the running back three last season before Dak went down. And then their offensive line got injured. Right now they look to be healthy. Dak is back. You know, you've got to call your shot on Zeke because he's dropping into the first round. And you just have to decide because I completely, I would not mind an argument. Someone else talking to me and say, look, he's dropped in his yards per care every year. He's getting older. He doesn't look like he has the same juice when he was younger.

I'm mouthing because I was like the words that were going to come out of my mouth. So you were saying, what about Tony Pollard? Yeah. I'll get the last one. So if you believe that the wheels are about to fall off on Zeke, then sure, go Kelsey. For me, I don't believe that. I think Zeke is. I think there's still some tread on the tires. But at seven is a tough spot to make this decision. I mean, let me ask you this. Let's say he finishes. He's going at nine or so. So I'd probably take Zeke more times than I'd take Kelsey.

If Zeke were to finish as the running back six, okay? So great, but not one of the top three or four, but a really solid fantasy option. And Kelsey finishes as the tight end one, as expected. Which one helped your fantasy team more by the end of the year? Probably Kelsey. I would think Zeke just from a depth and need at multiples at the position. At number six. But if Zeke finishes like 10 to 12,

Then Travis Kelsey. Yeah, I mean, it's close. If I take Zeke at 7 over Kelsey, I'm hoping, I'm doing what you're doing. I'm shooting my shot hoping that he could be top three. And if he finishes at 6, he didn't hurt me at all. He helped him. He still help my team. So I'm probably happy there too. It's just, uh, Kelsey's wonderful. Yeah, he is. He's, he is a wonderful fella. I leaned going with the running back. All right. Instagram from Jay Bench. How much money is too much money to pay for the glamour shot? $10,000.

That's too much? Yeah. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. Agree to disagree on that one. Well, I just, if it was an oil painting, you know, something done by hand. I mean, he will be autographing it. I know. That's the problem. Wait. I assume that lowers the value. Oh, man. No. Dang it. I was going to say, just look at what, open your bank account, look at the number, whatever it adds up to, that's what you should spend.

Well, I mean, it's going to be given away for free. Well, yeah, or you could spend money for it. Someone had mentioned us that mentioned we should NFT that bad boy as well. Yeah, I mean, I think you're getting a little too high on the hog here, Mike. I realize it was you lost. It was a punishment. And we've all lost. Yeah, no, it started as a punishment and now it's a delight and a treat for everyone. Yeah.

This is why we're shipping this thing out of here. He's looking great. Yes, you can win it at footclan giveaway.com and pay zero dollars. We do charge you $10,000 for shipping. Yeah, exactly. Tyler Boyd question from John Mark Oden. He says, have we written off Tyler Boyd for the season? No, no. And I've got a really strong, concise argument as to why you shouldn't.

And it's called Teddy Bridgewater and Robbie Anderson and Curtis Samuel and DJ Moore. Joe Burroughs is a better passer. The Bengals will throw the ball more. And Teddy still sustained three thousand-yard receivers. So there's no reason why Cincinnati can't sustain three as well. So Tyler Boyd is probably going to be a bench depth value that you can rotate into your lineup if you need him.

Yeah, I can agree with that. But he should be viewed as a depth fantasy player. I mean, the addition of Jamar Chase is, I mean, there's just so many targets. And catchable targets, or I'm assuming that Jamar Chase is better than AJ Green at this point. Yes, you are correct. Thank you, Jason. So in him being, Tyler Boyd being the slot player, it's, you know.

shorter depth of target really has to hit on yards after catch. The touchdowns are probably not going to be there. So Jamar Chase was a big downgrade for him, but he's still a good football player on a pass-friendly offense. So he's a solid depth player. Yeah, I think when I look at Tyler Boyd, it's what kind of league is this? If this is a three-wide receiver full PPR, then, you know, that's where I care about it, Tyler. But if this is a half-p-pr, two-wide receiver, single flex,

I feel like Tyler Boyd's a player. I'm going to pass over the entire draft because he is okay. He's not going to go out there and just be irrelevant and not a part of the offense, but he's probably not the guy ever want to put in my starting lineup and, you know, hope that I'm getting. Tyler Boyd or Corey Davis. That one's easy. That's Corey Davis. Yeah, he has the chance to be the one.

There's no chance for Tyler Boyd to be the number one fantasy option for his team. Tyler Boyd or LaVisca Chenaultz. Yeah, I mean, again, a proven player who's already gotten paid because he's great. Or the hype, the hype and the fluff piece is coming out of Jacksonville. That's one where with a rookie quarterback. Yeah. So this is.

Kind of one of those fantasy philosophy things. If I had to bet money who finishes higher in fantasy football, I'd put my chips in on Tyler Boyd. But if I'm making a draft pick to say, who do I want when I construct a roster? It's Leviska-Cenault because I want the chance that he pops or else get him off my roster versus having...

What I think is, yes, he's a depth piece, but could also just be a roster clogging guy. Like Emmanuel Sanders for the past two years. Right, exactly. And then you, like, just held him there and didn't play him. And he's okay. Like if he's on the waivers, you should pick him up. He's a good player. No disrespect to Tyler Boyd, the actual NFL player. He makes their team better. He's a good player. But I think what we're saying in a lot of words is that we don't see his upside. Last one. Tyler Boyd or Russell Gage. Oh, I like Russell Gage. Okay.

Same reason, though, right? Yeah. The unknown. Favorite sound effects question from Dan on YouTube. What's your favorite soundboard effect from the show? I will go. Are you going first? Basic and first. It is a classic. You know me. It's the classic, right? Vanilla ice cream over here. I mean, it's not one of the originals, but we have. Mailbag would be, you know, up there. We have managed to take the number 55 and now, like,

When you hear the number, you're like, oh, yeah, fantasy footballers. What people don't know is that in our, in our Slack channel, if you happen to write the number 55. On accident. On accident. Yeah, like. You owe me $12.55. Yeah. And then a giant, like it automatically inserts a 55 gift. Yeah. And so you don't ever see it coming. I think I was putting some DeAndre Aten's stat up last night in the Slack channel. All of a sudden, 55 comes flying in.

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Very good concept. I just keep my place it. Just I went with, you know, some classical stuff. So you just came to you. Don't overthink it. Do not overthink it. I thought we were going with like the sound bites for the players. But I mean, I got a snake, man. With the, the origin of that happening when Andy was gone and I forced it on the soundboard. And then the calling of shot of like, you're going to stream Blake Bortles.

throughout the fantasy playoffs. It is going to feel so terrifying. And then Blake Bortles came through, man, in a big way in those final three games. He had a snake, man. All right. I think I know your answer on this one, but it's an Instagram question from James Grayson. He says, does Clyde still have the upside we thought he had going into last year? Yes. I believe 100% he does. I think that he can be.

far more involved in the passing game and that touchdowns can go his way when they didn't last year. I don't project that. My projection is pretty much how he finished last year. But when I'm looking at him or others in that range, I often select him because I do think his range of outcome is very, very high still. Number one? Probably not number one. I don't think he's the center of that offense and you need to be a CMC, a Dalvin Cook, the...

You need to be the main engine that runs the train, and he's not for – that's Mahomes team. Do you think you had that same thought when he was drafted? Yeah. That he couldn't be a number one or number two? Yeah, I think last year I saw him as kind of that five to 15 range running back. Okay. Yeah, I think top of – I wouldn't project him beating out McCaffrey or Dalvin when they're healthy. But –

You're going to be on likely to be the highest scoring offense in the league. And if that touchdown variance just bounces in his favor this year, like where we have seen that for, like for Aaron Jones and Alvin Camara, where it just hits the right way and they score a whole bunch of rushing touchdowns. Guys getting dragged down on the one. It happens. I think I've said it earlier this off scene. This is the year of defining what Clyde Cannon will be for the rest of his career.

My concern is that he will never receive the workload needed to enter that upper echelon. And I think we'll know definitively this year what the team believes. It's like the Miles Sanders situation last year. Like we came in and they're like, oh, hype, pipe, pipe, pipe, pie, pie, pie, pie. Three down back, three down back, three down back. What do you think about Miles now? What's his ceiling? His ceiling is not what you thought of it was. No, no, it is not. So I think this year will define.

If we see tons of Daryl, if we see tons of, you know, other players out there, I think that, which I think is a possibility that they don't want to give Clyde as much work as a McCaffrey or a cook or a Zeke or Mixin or somebody like that. That's what we'll learn this year. Yeah, I agree with you. But in the end, I think it will just simply come down to touchdowns because it reminds me a lot of LaShawn McCoy when he was with Andy Reed. Andy Reid, you know, it's like LaShawn McCoy would have four.

rushing touchdown, seven rushing touchdowns, two rushing touchdowns. And then sandwiched between those three numbers was a 17 rushing touchdowns. Exactly. The touchdown variance, we talk about that not being the stickiest of stats. You can't always predict who's getting the touchdowns as easily as you can, the targets, the volume, the yards. And if those things fall his way on a high-powered offense, he's going to be great. All right. Instagram question from Beyond Garcia. And they want to make us choose. They want to make Jason choose here. Half point.

Perception, Keeper League. Keeper League. Antonio Gibson are Cam Acres. Antonio Gibson are Cam Acres. I'm going to go Cam Acres. I believe that he will be more involved. I like both players. I do think that Antonio Gibson might be safer. But if I'm picking, I'm picking Cam. I want to hear where you two stand on it. Yeah, I mean, I lean the cam side. I think the...

I lean the camside. I will take Antonio Gibson, but I don't blame you, Jason. I'm like, if everything hits right, then Cam Acres to me can be a top three running back. If everything hits right for Antonio Gibson, I don't see that. He's still incredible. I mean, like a top seven type of a running back. But the way that McVeigh has already proven, he will use a running back, I mean, I don't know that.

Gibson will get that. He could, I guess, with Rivera talking about him, referring to him as a Christian McCaffrey type of a talent. But I guess, just probability-wise to me, if both hit, Cam Acres would finish higher. Let's turn to a voicemail question. Hey, ballers. This is about removing stickers and defenses from a dynasty lead in a way to propose that strategy to those who are against it. Love the show. Appreciate it, guys.

That's hard. It's really hard in a Dynasty League to remove something like that. Transactions have been made, especially with defenses. Defenses last forever, right? Your kicker can retire. Eventually those players will get cut from their team, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to be around. They will never retire. They will never retire. And so I almost feel like, like I am anti-defensive kicker in Dynasty. Every dynasty I've started up,