Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Keep, Trade, Cut + #FootClan Mailbag

uh both of them combined and then it's just or if they if somehow they get behind russells willis is going to get beat up so i have i'm scared of starting him when there are better options this week i would start him over james winston for sure we made our little water bet yesterday jason um

But I would not feel like I'm going to get this. Because the Rams, they play, it's a divisional. They play Seattle Tough so often. Oh, yeah, they always play Seattle Tough. I just think the upside is limited when he doesn't get you those baseline of like running points. And if those aren't going to be there, I mean, he might be fine. I want to see what practice looks like this week. You know, when instincts take over in a game, he might still be able to get loose a little bit, but I'm feeling a little uncomfortable with him. Dan Quinn said the team's going to continue to use Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman.

Look, we stand on a little bit of a different side here. I definitely think Kevin Coleman needs to be owned. I'm more confident in Freeman moving forward. I'm not freaking out. And I think Coleman's a great guy to sell. Jason, you have a different opinion. Mike, you have a different opinion. I'm concerned. Very fair. With Freeman's usage. Because that's what Freeman was. We talked to all off-season about Langford of very inefficient. But if he gets the volume...

Look, he's going to be great because that's what fantasy football is about. It's about getting touches. If Freeman is inefficient and doesn't get, you know, 80% of the snaps, there's going to be problems for fantasy. What's the latest on Rashad Perryman, guys? Oh, this is shocking news. Shocking news out of Baltimore. We don't know what the injury is, but he's not practicing Wednesday. Come on, Paramon. I think what happened was he said, I did it.

I played in an NFL game, and now he's going to retire. And he had a monster catch. I mean, it's sad. You know, we poke fun, but we hope that Brashad Perriman gets healthy. I think that's, you know, if he's out there, look, there are all of a sudden a ton of weapons for Joe Flacco. We were talking before this show. Joe Flacko's schedule coming up is very juicy. He's got a great offensive coordinator for fantasy points. And now all of a sudden, it's like, oh, Steve Smith.

is going to get back, get healthier and healthier. Mike Wallace looked like he was a little bit younger. You still have Kamar Akin there, even though he didn't do much, Bashar Perriman. You had no, you know, the no hip quitta, Dennis Pitta. Yeah, Dennis Pitta was out there. So you've got weapons. I think that, you know, nobody's playing Bashad Perman right now. This is more of a dynasty thing. You just wait and hold. But it's sad to me to see that he's still struggling with injury.

All right, we're going to jump in to keep trade cut. I wanted to let you guys know. I just picked up Will Fuller in our League of Record. Oh, what did you pay for him? I paid $11 out of a $100 budget. Wow. Interesting. And I did that for a specific reason. So I don't know if it's worth sharing or not. I have C.J. Anderson in our League of Record. And I paid for Fuller so that I could accept this trade offer that I just did. Oh, you jerk. What's happening? To acquire Devante Booker.

And so I traded, I actually traded, I paid a high price. I traded Taj Sharp straight up for DeMonte Booker. That is a high price. Because I signed Will Fuller. Yeah, that's a great deal. And so it's smart. I'm pretty, I'm pretty happy about that. Yeah, I mean, if CJ Anderson looks to be a top five back, barring one thing. And that's injury. Yeah. And if injury happens, then Booker should be a top 12 back.

Mike spent $11 on Mr. James Winston. I did. I paid up for James. I regretted not, or I guess I regretted him because of the Keenan Allen injury. James would have been my target if I didn't grab Philip Rivers. And I'm trying not to get ahead of myself, but I took a little gander at weeks 14 through 16. Sure. A little ahead. Just a little bit. Sure. Playoffs, but I assume that my team is going to make the playoffs.

And James Winston will take on the Saints twice in that time period. It's not a bad look. I'll be curious to see if you can hold on to him for that long. Oh, I can hold on. Next highest bid on Winston was four bucks. Next highest underfolder was five. So both of us overpaid just a little bit. Ah, that's fine. But all right, let's go ahead and get into, look, we're doing it again. You loved it. I'm excited. We're going to be able to get through a ton of names because of this format, which is what makes me most excited. Let's do it. Keep trade cut.

Is your grimace because I got Devante Booker? No, no, my grimace is because I missed out on the Ravens. I bid the same as someone else, but I was lower in the waiver, which makes sense I was the high score this week. I was the low score this week. I'm embarrassed to be alive. I wanted the Ravens this week against the Browns. I missed out.

Well, I'm counting on a bounce back week facing Jason this week. And I know you owners out there that have had a tough week one, you can bounce back with me. So keep trade cut. I'm going to give a name. We're going to say whether you want to just hold this guy, whether you want to trade him at his current value, what you believe about him or whether he's a cut candidate. Because there are guys out there. People ask about Gary Barnage. People ask about a number of different players, Tori Smith, Kamar Aiken. Look, let's just lay of the land, keep trade cut.

Brandon Marshall. I'm going to give you two answers for Brandon Marshall. I'm going to keep him and I'm going to trade for him. Because, look, week one, it didn't end up well for Brandon Marshall. But if you actually watch the game, there were two for sure. I'm remembering three back to back.

plays of Ryan Fitzpatrick trying to feed him in the end zone and that's going to happen all year long they don't have that grinder who can really if once they get inside the five I don't know if they can pound it in at a with consistency so I expect Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker to get a bunch of touchdowns and I think he's going to be perfectly fine yesterday I regretted not answering the the

Quick question, or it might have been the day before. I forget. Of who to go after? I said Alan Robinson, which I like that. But Brandon Marshall is that, I mean, you have to go make a trade offer. In all three of our main leagues, I went and made a trade offer, a strong offer for Brandon Marshall. I didn't get him in our league of record. And the reason why is because you, Andy, traded for Brandon Marshall. So he is a perfect candidate. I completely agree with Mike. Not only are you not, do not trade him, but trade for him.

Do you consider Ryan Fitzpatrick a possible stream this week? He's always a... He's always a possible stream because he just ends up with... He ends up with 202. And get some yards on the ground. All right. Melvin Gordon, key trade cut. I've got my answer. I've got mine as well. Trade him. Trade him. Trade him. Trade him. Trade him. Two touchdown week from Gordon. Lower snap count than Woodhead by a wide margin. Look, this is not a personal thing about Melvin Gordon.

I've championed Melvin Gordon. All off season. I think the person that you trade him to will get some production from Melvin Gordon. Yeah, we're not saying he's going to be a bust. We're saying that his value is very high right now. And there's... You can't predict touchdowns. Touchdowns are very difficult. So if you can cash in on a guy in week one who has a starting job, who just put up two touchdowns, to me that is a trade candidate. Absolutely. And you look forward. The Keenan Allen injury is not going to help Melvin Gordon. It's going to slow down the...

the entire San Diego Chargers offense, and when you need those short passes, they're going to go to Danny Woodhead. Well, what was so weird about that game, the Chargers were in charge, so to speak. Yeah, they were up. They went very Charles in that situation. And so the game script from Melvin Gordon, Danny Woodhead, 68.5% of the snaps. I mean, once Allen went down, they said, okay, Danny Woodhead, Mighty Man, take us there. And so I just...

I don't know why that happened. I was thinking back of maybe it's the micro fracture surgery that he's coming up. Everyone's kind of forgotten about that since Melville Gordon looks healthy, but perhaps they're going to ease him in over the course of the season. But it was very bizarre, the snap counts. Yeah, I still, I agree with Andy. He's going to be good this year.

I don't dislike Melvin Gordon, but it's a good time to get value for him right now. Hey, before we continue on and keep trade cut, we need to thank our sponsor today. Yes. Football Hall. Love them. I mean, we have so many people that listen to this offseason who had, you know, found out about football hall through us and love it. It's a monthly subscription box, and the value is absurd. If you like football and you want to collect football things, you can't find a better value. Every month, it's $75 or more in value.

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And then put in the promo code ballers. Check out the draft app today. All right. Jason, Jason's face is weird. Well, we made a water bet. We did a draft the three of us on draft. I was hoping this would come up. Mike won. Oh, I got second, huh? Yeah. Win or take all. It should be winner take all, but the second place guy should get one water, the third place should get two. No. You got second by like 0.8 point. So is that close to Mike? No. I'm sorry. Second over third.

No, Mike crushed us. Mike had 20 more points of us. So we will get water. Well, to further inflate Mike's ego, I just got to notice on my computer that somebody purchased a FF Hitman T-shirt. Yes. What's going wrong in the world? Everything's turning up Mike. I don't know if anybody's ever seen that on the baller's shop. A listener sent in this, like, B-Nanas shirt with Mike's face right in the middle of it. My wife hates this, by the way. Oh. Because it's her, it was her word, the B-Nanas. And then I brought it to the show.

And Mike took credit. Well, the listener put Mike's face on it. It's got these bananas, some bananas around him. And Mike, I think, bought one for his own wife to wear. I certainly did. What does she think when you gave me? Do people know about shop ballers? No. You can go to shop ballers and get all these shirts you see on the show. Yeah, that's true. We don't make a big deal out of it. Shopballers.com. I make a big deal of people putting Mike's face on their body. That's a shame. That's beautiful. Don't do it. That's frightening. Buy any shirts, but those. Do not. Do not.

Do not buy those. Keep trade cut. Jay Jai. Cut. I am completely with you. I'm, I'm a cut. I know, Andy, you might be a... I'm only a keep if you own Arian Foster. Yeah, I'm a straight up cut. I'm a straight up cut. I would not even have him if I had... I mean, if there weren't good options on the waiver, sure. If I've got Arian Foster, I'm fine having J. Ajai. But if Will Fuller's out there and my wide receivers are a little slim or something like that, I would rather have...

I would rather have Devante Booker on my team if I was the Ariam Foster owner. I'd rather have Kevin Coleman. Jay Ajai is a straight cut. Keep trade cut. Devante Parker from the same team. Keep. I'm going to keep him. You can't trade him. You can't cut him. He still has... Too much upside. He just didn't play week once. So it's like you're down on him, but he hasn't shown you that he can't do anything yet. Keep trade cut. Kevin White. Oh, you know what? I'm turning on Kevin White.

turning on him like you're becoming an enemy of him i have gone i don't like you guys were you walked together but now you've let go of his hand early off season early off season i was like i want kevin white on my teams as preseason games came i was like man he has shown me nothing i know he was raw he looks like he's not going to get it done so i don't like it i'm coming around