Top 10 Fantasy MVP Picks for 2021 - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/1

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Mike Wright, Jason Moore, Andy Holloway, the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Yet another episode, Al Borland, Judge Giamatti in the house. We are into September. The NFL is so close. Real games on the horizon. September 9th, kickoff. Today's the fantasy MVP show. So very hyped for today's episode. Mm-hmm.

really dealing with a personal crisis at this moment where what you got going thank you thank you you guys are good listeners it's something i've been really staring down for a few months and i don't know what to do oh a few months we're here to help me yeah

What's up? I don't know if I need to make the switch from large to extra large on the T-shirt. Oh, yeah. Been there, my man. I don't know what to do. Are you, you're an extra large now, Mike? No, no. Look, I've, I've been to, I've traversed that line several times back and forth. I've gone large. I've gone X-L. I've gone back to large, back to X-L. Sitting pretty and large right now. And you've been dealing with this little battle all by yourself.

Yeah. I suffer in silence, thank you very much. Wow. I don't tell the foot clan about how I'm a big fat guy. I just I just don't know what I don't know what to do. I'm pretty tall. And so the XL, I'm tempted by the length. Oh, yeah, very nice. But the large is just, the large is just showing off a little too much of what's disproportionate about my upper half. But you're worried that the XL is going to be a little too. A little too big. Yeah. Oh, I totally understand that struggle. The answer just.

to be here for you. Okay. Is go with the Excel for comfort. Then work on filling that sucker out as quick as possible. Oh, okay. Then it's not too baggy. You're living a comfy life. Everything's good. Join me someday at that to Excel. You're saying make the jump to Excel, but then just commit to it. That's right. That's right. If you're going to do something, do it right. I thought maybe tightening up so that the large fit better was the solution. That is an option. I think that's Mike's solution. My solution is.

Fill it out, brother. Okay. All right. Well, that sounds easier. I will enjoy. I will enjoy that route. A couple of announcements before we get into the Bicel news and the fantasy MVP picks, which our fantasy MVP picks last year were three smash hits. And we'll talk about that later. Pretty good. Well, look, they're not always that way. No, of course not. And so I'm going to get as much run from those as I can.

Big announcement. We mentioned it earlier, but today it's Wednesday. And so that means our debut on Spotify Green Room this afternoon. Very excited. A brand new live show every Wednesday. All you have to do is grab the Spotify Green Room app. It's completely free. You can join us live every Wednesday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern time all season long. Green Room is a separate app.

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Oh, are you not doing a Wednesday podcast? No, this is just a live event. We've been on Sirius XM live once a week over the past couple years. This year we're doing it on Spotify Green Room, and we're going to talk news. We're going to take calls and questions, and it's going to be a good time. And it'll just be a fun way to head into the new week each and every week. Yep. You can still get in the Meglabel at Meglabel.com. If you want to take part in that, we're up over 11,000 entries into the Megalibol.

And if you're drafting this weekend, you can check out the Ultimate Draft Kit at Ultimate DraftKit.com. Buy or sell, presented by pristine auction. Buy or sell, second year wide receiver Jerry, Judy, leading the Broncos in receiving yards. Last year, he managed to do so with 856 in his rookie year. No Cortland Sutton last season. And so right now he's going in the back of the sixth round. Sutton is the top of the seventh. They're basically neck and neck.

Buy or sell, Broncos' leading receiver in terms of Yards being Jerry Judy. I love this being on today's episode because my original fantasy MVP pick was in fact Jerry Judy. Oh, okay. Now I pivoted off of that because I think there's a- Partial credit if he does well. No, it's not partial credit if he does well. It's saying I believe in Jerry Judy. I do think that he leads this team in yards. He was.

an outstanding prospect coming out, and he looked really good on the field last year. Like, you watch him run routes. He was open, and he couldn't catch 50% of his passes. I mean, 50% would be really, really bad, and that would have been better than what he did. However, he had the largest uncatchable rate in all of football tie with AJ Green, so it was like a lot of it was not his fault. Teddy Bridgewater.

making the change, I think is going to be good for specifically his style of ball. I think he gets the most targets. I think he actually catches them this year and takes that sophomore leap forward. So while I was not as confident in Judy as I was my MVP pick, in part because of Cortland Sutton, which I'm sure you two guys are about to bring up, I do want the opportunity to say, I think Jerry Judy takes a big step forward this year and leads them as their wide receiver won.

So you're buying. I am buying. I'm selling. Okay. One of the bold predictions in yesterday's article that I released on the website was that KJ Hamler, who I love, and then Noah Fant, and I think you're going to be disappointed with all the receiving options in Denver. But even if you're disappointed, who leads them in Yardage? Cortland Sutton leads them in Yardage. Yeah. So it'll be close, but I'm going to go with Sutton. When it comes to the Broncos,

This entire off season, I've been uncomfortably sitting directly on a fence. That's never comfortable. Uncomfortable because one leg is on each side. Yes. It's up there. It's invading my privacy. Yeah. And sometimes I lean one way. Sometimes I lean the other. I'm with you with Jerry Judy. I think he's going to be a great player. But Cortland Sutton.

A year off in football is like five years off in any other sport. You completely forget how good this player was. And Cortland Sutton had a true breakout season just a couple years ago and then unfortunately had an ACL tear. So you just, I get tugged back and forth. I have them 30 yards apart. But I have Jerry Judy slightly ahead. So I'm going to pick aside and I will buy.

Jerry Judy leads the team in receiving yards today. You know what this offense reminds. Don't talk to me tomorrow. You know what this offense reminds me of quite a bit. And it'll make complete sense. And it's the reason he's not my MVP pick, even though I think he's going to take a step forward and lead in yardage. Last year, Robbie Anderson, DJ Moore, Curtis Samuel, Mike Davis. They all had so much talent. And yardage.

But it was the touchdowns. It just never came. Those guys were like if they could only score touchdowns on a good rate, and that's going to be the fantasy issue with this team. I agree with you, Andy, that it's possible that this team disappoints a little bit in totality. I think it's going to be because of touchdowns because Teddy B can move an offense between the 20s. But inside the red zone, I don't know that that's really where he can thrive. So you might see more of the Melvin Gordon show as far as being able to punch in touchdowns. Yeah, I would say.

when we've talked about Carolina so much and what Teddy B did there. But all three of their wide receivers were kind of not great for fantasy. I mean, that's the truth. They were all good, not great. They were all not what you, DJ Moore certainly wasn't what you expected. Like you said, it's touchdowns. Robbie Anderson, after a strong start, was difficult every single week. And then Curtis Samuel came on late, but you were like 10 games in. You were like, I don't know if I can really start him. So it's definitely possible. Judy has the talent. But I liked what I saw from Sutton in the last.

preseason game. Gave me some hope. And like you said, Mike, like Cooper Cup coming off of the ACL immediately, you know, made an impact. We'll see what happens in Denver. That was by yourself from pristineauction.com. Use the code ballers to get a $10 credit. News and notes from around the league. Presented my sleeper. Oh boy. I'm going to try to handle this news as elegantly as possible because there's a lot of it. Michael Thomas on the pup.

Out for the first six weeks, including the buy? There is hope, though, like the optimism in New Orleans is that Thomas will be ready to go week seven. So this isn't, he's on the pup, and then when's it going to come back? They're targeting that week seven. Devante Freeman was released from the Saints, so he's not on the roster. Tariq Cohen's on the pup, so it'll be David Mopportunity and Damien Williams. Sequin Barkley.

Uncertain for week one. Evan Ingram uncertain for week one. No decision has been made until they make it next week. So hesitancy around Sequin. Yeah, I mean, and I would, if you're in a league, you've got an IR slot. If you could throw one of your players there and pick up another stash flyer or even drop a defense. Grabbing Devante Booker's not the worst idea right now. He could be a week one starter if Sequin does not play.

DJed Chark Marvin Jones expected to be ready for week one. Big news here, Irv Smith, swerving around the season. Underwent surgery to repair his meniscus. That's a four to five month recovery timeline. They signed Chris Herndon yesterday or rather acquired him for a six round pick, which is a decent investment for a player that has done very little at the NFL level. It was a six-four swap. Okay. Once again, you have a player with the opportunity. Oh, so they gave up a four? Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, that's even, I mean, they gave up before it got a six back, but that's a pretty big amount of capital. That says Irv's not going to be available. And they need that they need someone. And as much fun as it is to conk when Tyler Conklin gets the ball, it's not a super fun. That's not enough for that offense. And when the trade happened yesterday, this made all of us in the office kind of go, ooh, how bad is the Irv Smith injury? Actually, if they're willing to go out and grab them. Hernan is someone that at the very least in a dynasty league.