Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups, Streaming Options, News

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Because we're always here talking fantasy football with you. Are you ready for Trent Richardson Tuesday? Trent Richardson Tuesday is back. It's a lot like Fat Tuesday, right? But it's Trent. That is awesome. I lost my bet that he would never receive another paycheck from an NFL team. No, no. He's not signed. Don't they pay him a few bucks to... No.

Like his travel? Do they pay his travel? Yeah, but that's just, that's just tax deductions. He gets, he's like, I can get some buffalo ribs if I get on the plane. Oh, we don't like Trent Richardson in the fantasy world, do we? I like him as a man, I think, I don't know. I don't know. I would, uh, I'd bat him right out of the back of the end zone if it were me. Oh, come on, no. Low blow. I would bat him right out of the back.

Of my end zone. Is anyone happy with that that is not a Seattle Seahawks fan? No, no. Like anyone in the league? Anyone, a fan of any team. Was anybody happy that the Seahawks won other than? Cam Chancellor's agent. That is the answer. The only thing that was missing from this debacle was a sweet Golden Tate interview. I know. Because last time it was Golden Tate with the catch. Yeah, the fail, Mary. And he was just...

Just egregious and ridiculous. When they were trying to interview him, he's like, oh, no, no, what are you talking about? How dare you accuse me of that? So, I mean, people might not know what we're talking about with that play. So, yeah, at the end of the Lions game, Calvin Johnson was running into the end zone. He...

He had the ball secured. He began to reach the ball over the goal line, and when he did that, Cam Chancellor came in and punched it right before he crossed the goal line. This is about a minute, 45 left, and Detroit was down by three, and the ball's bouncing around in the end zone, and I believe right came along and swatted it out of the back of the end zone. It was kind of casual. It bounced up to his hand, and he hit it with his hand. With the referee staring directly at him. But the caveat here is that that's against...

The rules. And so the, and they've already, Dean Blanino already came out and said that's against the rules. The ball should have been given back to Detroit at the half yard line. Now, obviously, they wouldn't have scored because Joach Bell was inactive. But, uh, no. But it changed the, obviously, the whole complexion of the game. I mean, that would have put them up? Now, Russell could have led them back down the field. They could have won the game anyway. But for this to happen to Seattle in their favor, two times in prime time.

once without replacement refs now. Ridiculous. Yeah, it was just kind of silly. And obviously, if you're a Calvin Johnson owner, that was a bummer too, because you lost two points instead of gaining, you know, it was an eight-point swing in your league. So we've got a good show today. We have our news and notes segment. We'll go through some injuries. There were some new reports. We're not joking about Trin Richardson, unfortunately.

We have our waiver wire segment today, so we're going to go through guys you should be picking up, talk about the matchups that they have, and we've got more teams on buy this week. We'll give you that list. And we have a mailbag show coming up tomorrow where we will answer your question so you can go to the website, the fantasy footballers.com. Click on the submit a question button and submit your question our direction, and we'll answer them on the show tomorrow. Sounds good. Sounds great. I'm going to put a lot of questions out there for us.

Okay. Well, thanks. All Jason's teams. I almost called you by a different name that somebody on YouTube called you, but I'm just going to avoid that because that will only lead to the person who hates my guts. I mean, that was entertaining. You know, not everybody's going to like you. And apparently I'm the biggest Blake Bortles fan in the world, according to this fan. You do have, I looked in your closet before we started the recording. I found at least three jerseys. That's a lie. They'd never printed those.

They've never made Blake Borle's jersey. That's what they're custom made. Oh, okay. That's why that's so big of a Blake Borrell's fan. I think it was because I streamed him one week, which is, you know, and he actually performed. Yeah, like 2.80 and two touchdowns or something. All right. Moving on. Moving on. Oh, quick question. Oh, yeah, quick question of the day. If you had to draft one quarterback that is not named Aaron Rogers for the rest of the season, who would it be? Ah. Dun, dun dun dun dun dun.

Oh, what is going? Jason's hands are in the air? When my hands go in the air like this, it means... He's already a defensive position. I think he's picking somebody who matches his shirt. What? Am I wrong? You are wrong. So here's... I'm just throwing this out there. This is not my pick. No, I'm not going Cam Newton. This is not my pick, but I don't think it's a crazy pick. And I truly believe he could be one of the best quarterbacks from here on out. My pick would be...

Just so I can, you know, save face. My pick would be luck, because I truly believe from here on out, that's the guy I would want to have. However, I believe Andy Dalton from here on out is a very good quarterback. We talked about it before, but, I mean, a couple years ago, he finished as the number three. Just letting this one ride, huh? He finished as the number three quarterback a couple years ago. Now he has a healthy AJ Green. He's got a Tyler Eifer. He's got...

All right. You're getting all the drops, man. I can't speak, so I have to hit the buttons. Yeah, well, I'm just saying he... There is no statistical argument I can make against it right now. Right now. Yeah, he's the number two quarterback right now on the season. I would take Tom Brady. The rest of season, I would take Tom Brady. Coming off a bye. I don't mind Andrew Luck, but the injury thing concerns me a little bit, and the team just doesn't seem to be able to... You know, Jason...

You said this in the beginning before we drafted. And obviously we like Andrew Luck, we think he'll be, you know, I think even with me saying Brady, it's like, oh, luck will be three or something. But you said this in the beginning. We saw it with Matt Stafford about four years ago. When a player has a top fantasy season one time, there's always the potential for regression. There's always the potential the touchdown numbers aren't always there. He's been turning the ball over a lot.

Yeah, the assumption was that last year was his coming out party and his new baseline. But the truth is, that could have just been. I mean, we knew last year we talked about a lot with Andrew Luck how many of his goal line passing touchdowns. Like to the running back position, speaking of which, Amad Bradshaw.

It's worth noting that he is going to Indianapolis for a work. He's just working out. He's just going to an L.A. Fitness there and getting his workout on. You've got to get your monies where those L.A. Fitness membership fees are outrageous. They are. But the point is. But if you'd like to sponsor the show. You know, he had a lot of touchdowns that were through the air that weren't really. I mean, you know, it was like.

If that doesn't happen over and over, and it doesn't look like it's happening this year, then he would go back to being a really good quarterback, not what he was last year. Mike, what's your answer? Tom Brady, regrettably. I've spoken. I'm not a huge fan of fantasy for Tom Brady, but they've kicked it up. Again, back to the up yours. We're going to run up the score. So as long as they continue to do that, you've got to go with Tom Brady.

We've got our Review of Soros Rex section. Now, every week we like to highlight a couple of reviews. We really appreciate them on iTunes when you leave us a review, support the show. We're an independent podcast. And so your fandom makes a big difference to us. So if you appreciate the show, we like those reviews. So let's go ahead and read one right now. Review Asaurus Rags. This one comes in from Jabbin in. Amazing! Exclamation point.

Wait, well, did they write exclamation point? No, I just like to read punctuation. No one could tell he was excited when he said the word. Yeah, okay. The Fantasy Footballers podcast is one of my favorites to wake up to. I've been listening for this season only, and you guys give impeccable advice from who to start and who to stream off of the waiver wire. I've made some bold decisions based off of all you guys's predictions and advice and can definitely keep...

withstanding victories. Well, good job, Javan Inn. My only question for Javan Inn is, how late do you wake up? Javen Inn is living the life. Yeah. Maybe he's in Hawaii. Okay. Way to think outside the box. Like I just said, Javan Inn is living the life. There you go. All right, let's talk some news and notes. News and notes from around the league.

All right, it is Tuesday, and we have a bunch of injury notes and various updates for you. So I'm going to kind of go through these quick because we have a lot, and you guys jump in, Mike, Jason, when you want to say something about what I'm talking about. Carlos Williams has a concussion, and they are indeed working out Trent Richardson. I do not believe that Richardson would get, I think he's more of an insurance policy. Yes.

Boobie Dixon, Anthony Dixon, and Sierra Wood would take the carries in a very kind of non-enthusiastic way. Yep. There's a possibility that Williams can still be cleared, but it's, we, concussions are all over the place, so we don't know. Are we counting McCoy out? Yes. I am. You both are? Yeah.

Yeah. I saw a report last week that seemed very legitimate saying that it could be three or four weeks, and then right after that, he was officially ruled out. So it seemed to carry weight for my little heart. If you're the grinch. Yes, it's undersized. A teeny little. A teeny little. I'm a mean spirited man. Sammy Watkins' calf injury is not considered a long-term concern. That doesn't mean he'll play this week, but it does mean that he'll likely be back soon.

There's a report saying Des Bryant could be back after the week six by that's coming out of Dallas camp. Personally, I think that's ridiculous, but maybe. I may have made an offer or two for him today. With news like that, I don't blame you. Eric Ibron was hurt last night, which is unfortunate. No, I was worried immediately about a fibula fracture type of injury. He had the side of his leg impacted, although they did come out and say knee, didn't they?

I do not recall. Yeah, it didn't look great. It's disappointing. They already have Pedigrew on the shelf. But if Ibron loses some time, you might have to pay attention to Pedigrew again someday. Breshaad Perryman, the report came out that he did not suffer a new injury as had been previously reported. He doesn't need new injuries. He's got the old ones. Yeah. Do you think?