Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - The Overreaction Episode w/Special Guest Chris Harris

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Good morning, good afternoon, good night. Good morning, good morning. Happy Saturday, Sunday, Monday, whenever you're listening. We're a week away. Mowing your lawn. Saturday. I hope they're not waiting until Saturday. Well, you know, it doesn't matter. Yeah, that's true. We're on demand. Yeah. My man. Catch us any time. No, we are one one week away from the NFL Combine. Seriously? Football's back. We are.

Football is here! That is Jason Moore. I'm Andy Holloway, joined by Mike the Fantasy Hitman Wright. We had a good week off. But we're back. We're back. It's kind of true. Well, it is true. One week. Saw Von Miller on SNL. Oh, that was fabulous. That was funny. And once again proving, not everyone could do comedy. Yes, I agree with you on that. I like see them on there, but it's like, not for the delivery. The delivery could have been stronger, but the...

The meat, like the writing of what he had done was very funny. Brief aside, did you see Kristen Wigg on Fallon? Oh, as Peyton Manning? As Peyton Manning? Every time Christa Wig goes on Fallon, she's a celebrity and like clearly knows very little, or pretends at least that she knows little about them. And it always ends up hilarious. It was very, very funny. And then he made her throw the football. So, all right, hey, listen, we've got an amazing show today. I'm looking forward to this. We're calling this the overreaction episode.

Because every year you have players that either do something at the end of the year or have a bad year or have an amazing year statistically. And then the pendulum swings all the way to the other side and it affects their draft position. And so we wanted to break down. We've each selected three guys that we think people will overreact to either positively or negatively. We're going to break them down on the show today. We've also got three more names coming your way from... Bonus. Bonus. Yes, from a friend of the show.

Christopher Harris of the Harris Football Podcast will be joining us. And he will break down some names as well. And so I'm excited about that. Got some news we're going to let you know about as well. And then on Thursday, just so you're aware, we have a mailbag episode. Get those questions in, people. That's what I was going to say. So if you have a question for the show, this would be the time to submit it on the website, the fantasy footballers.com. Click the submit a question button. Send those in because we're going to be answering them.

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Which, you know, we probably should have done. We've made a terrible mistake here. I did, I did think about that a little bit. I was like, boy, a break would be nice right now. No, football never ends. No, we should just pre-record like months and months out and make really strong predictions about what's going to take place in free agency. Remember when Doug Martin was signed by the Steelers?

Breaking news. Right, just bust out breaking news on the show. All right, quick question for the day, guys. Dynasty question. Brand new league, all right? Brand new league you're drafting. You're going to be in this thing for a while. These are some good friends you're playing with. It's a competitive league. Would you rather have a 22-year-old Alan Robinson or a 27-year-old Antonio Brown? I'm trying to make the question as hard as I can. I don't think there's anything you could do to make this one hard.

To me, it is a clear runaway victory for Antonio Brown. And I would put it like this. There is no more legitimate Dynasty League than the NFL. They're a 32-team Dynasty League. And if you were starting up an NFL, which one would you draft first? It's not even a question. Ooh, I don't know.

No, you're telling me that an NFL GM would say, well, I got a couple more years with this potential guy in Alan Robinson over-drafting the Hall of Fame caliber, known commodity, still young Antonio Brown. To me, I think it's obvious. Alan Robinson and his family appreciate your hesitation on this question, Mike. I think in the NFL youth is highly valued, and 22 years old for Alan Robinson, it would be a spectacular thing.

to start your franchise. But for the question, I'm also with Antonio Brown. It's just knowing that you have Big Ben, you know what you have, a consistent guy who's done it for three years now. Is it three years that he's been? What about Big Blake? Blake? That's new nickname. No, it's Beebe. Oh, that's right. Oh, that's right. Oh, Bebe. Look, he's getting better. Jacksonville is getting better. But.

Like I said, I know exactly what I'm going to get in Antonio Brown and Big Ben. And from Brown, that's a, I have a top three receiver. Alan Robinson, uh, I believe he's a wide receiver one. I think he is a spectacular NFL wide receiver. But how do you argue with a guy who's been at the top for multiple years in Antonio Brown and still has, he's 27. So he still has, you know, three, three to four in my opinion, top.

top-level seasons left. What if what if Robinson was cheaper for a lot longer? I'm trying to find a scenario where you're going to take Alan Robinson. Yeah, his contract. So if you're in a contract. I'm putting a hypothetical NFL situation out there. Oh. Well, that's one, that factors in a big difference. It factors into it. Absolutely. But you still go. Antonio Browns in the, you know, he may go down as one of the best receivers ever. Look, you know, sometimes we get too enamored with.

potential and with youth. Whenever you want to win a championship, if you look at the championship winning teams, whether in the NFL or on your fantasy rosters, they have the guys that are at the top this year, always. Yeah, I never, I play for this year. Yeah, so you need the guys that are the best now and don't get too overrun with the age argument. And before we get to the news, I do want to remind everybody that Mike is much, much older than both of those guys. Uh, yeah.

News and Notes from Around the League. It's correct. I like that we had an iTunes review, and I think the headline was something like, even though they're older than Larry Fitzgerald. It was pretty impressive. So thank you for that. All right, some news and notes from around the NFL for your fantasy teams for 2016. When I read this, I was surprised. I was too. ESPN Saints reporter Mike Triplett.

Always dropping that offseason news, Mr. Mike Triplett, expects the Saints to keep C.J. Spiller on the roster, at least into training care. And I can tell you why, because whatever has happened behind the scenes to create hatred for C.J. Spiller among the Saints organization, they're like, oh, we're not releasing him when he could sign to another team. I'm keeping them buried. Punishment? I'm keeping them buried. And then once everybody's signed, we'll cut him.

CJ Speller should serve as a case of the offseason excitement that was unwarranted for certain players to switch teams and you just project them forward. There's always a risk. There is always a risk that you have in those situations versus something that is stable, as exciting as it is. Especially when a player who is new to a team gets hurt and really miss his training camp and that crucial time for them to learn the new system and gain trust. Agreed. So Jim Ursi has come out and said that the Andrew Luck

contract extension number will be shocking. Shocking. And they're always shocking. Each new quarterback contract, have you guys seen a quarterback contract lately that did not shock you one way or the other? No. I think Ryan Tanna Hills was fairish. Well, him and Kaepernick both had kind of those team-friendly deals, so that's fair. And Dalton, but when it got announced, wow. Okay.

That's what we're doing now. We talked about that with tight ends. All the latest tight end deals are always the best tight end deal ever because things change. That's kind of how it works with contracts. You ever say the MLB? Every contract comes out. What was it? Giancarlo Stanton, 326 million over 13 years. Yeah, I can't wait for that billion dollars. And no concussions. Billion dollar contract. RG3 has passed his exit physical, meaning he can now be cut.

Yes, because his contract, or they picked him up the option for next year, which was only guaranteed if he was hurt, which is why they benched him quickly when they realized that they didn't want to go with him, so there was a very little chance of him getting hurt. So he will be cut and he will be moving on and maybe gets an opportunity to start. I would guess that he's going to end up as a backup. Hey, there is news out of Houston that they do not want, that the owner does not want Brian Hoyer.

They need a franchise quarterback. Just saying, there's not many options out there on the free agent market, and they're not getting one at 22. I'm available. I'm available. Our flag football league starts this week, so. That's right. I mean, they'll have to pull me away from that. I'll get some tape and cut you up a sweet highlight video. Our first game is tonight, and this will be our last show of all time. All right, hey, the big news was the Matt Forte news.

He came out, and I don't know, did you guys read his comments? Yes. So he came out and just said, you know, he enjoyed his time with the Bears. They've let him know they're not going to resign him. And so Matt Forte is one part of the story. The other part is Jeremy Langford. Now it seems to be the heir apparent in Chicago. So who are you more excited about Jeremy Langford or where Matt Forte lands? I am more excited about Jeremy Langford. We see that most often when these bigger name running back switch teams,

They don't live up to the expectation or the contract. So unless he signs with the Patriots or the Green Bay Packers, which I don't think that would happen just because of his bare love, I believe that I am much more excited for Jeremy Langford. If they don't go after some great running back in the draft, which I don't think they do, Langford is looking nice. Yeah, I like Langford. What I saw on tape for Langford is...

wasn't necessarily a superstar running back. However, a lot of times opportunity is greater than talent. I've been paying attention to Twitter, and a lot of people are just, especially in Dynasty leagues, they're not very high on Langford. Like, we'll sell them now while you can. I don't see it that way unless Chicago...

If Chicago doesn't make a move at the running back position, which I don't think they're going to do anything great. They have Langford, and then they have Kadim Carey, who's going to be your vulture, your thorn and your buttocks if you're the Langford owner. But he's young. This is his second year in the league, and he's going to be given a starting job. I mean, Dynasty League. Would you rather have Mike? I'm going to put you on the spot. Jeremy Langford, T. J. Yeldon. I'd rather have Yeldon in that situation. But I like...