2020 Footie Award Nominations + Super Bowl Picks - Fantasy Football Podcast for 1/5

That is such an insane number. Are there any arguments left to try to diminish his top of draft stock at this point? Yeah, I mean, it's the same argument. It always has been. He's not involved in the passing game the way that some of the other top backs are. And, you know, that puts, but, but the thing is, it's not like there's 10 really involved the workhorse backs that are involved in the passing game. You know, there's like three or four, in which case.

then comes Derek Henry to me. Well, and there were, I think maybe the lesson there for fantasy players heading into next year is, you know, Christian McCaffrey, we know, right? Like, that's a proven commodity. But players like Clyde Edwards Aller this year or Miles Sanders this year or Josh Jacobs this year.

or Joe Mixing this year, who had the allure of being a CMC type of player, but hadn't done it before, those might be the players you don't want to take the leap on ahead of a Derek Henry with this kind of, like, do we doubt that Tennessee is going to be a competitive team for a while here? I mean, to me, they kind of have the recipe for success figured out and a head coach that knows how to get it done.

Yeah, I was going to say, not with Vrable. With Vrable there, they're going to be a great team. And you've got back-to-back top three fantasy finishes for Derek Henry. He should absolutely be in the conversation. You know, it's one of those things where he finished number two, so you can argue he finished number three last year, two this year, he should be there. But the injuries, you know, if Sequin and Chris McCaffrey.

Those types stayed healthy. Let's talk about this for a second. Saquan Barclay. Are you taking Saquan Barclay after the injury on that team with that situation ahead of Derek Henry? And my gut right now says I'm not. So that's a great example because my initial thought is, yeah, I would take Saquan. He's one of those very few guys who's a workhorse. But I think the question marks that you're bringing up in and talking about that there is not a question with Derek Henry in the slightest at all.

You know what he's going to do, which is get the ball 30 times a game if possible and stiff-armed people into oblivion. And won't get hurt. Right. I mean, he's built to last. So not a sponsor or last. Yeah, I think I might take him over Shake 1 because of the injury. It will be very interesting. I mean, like you have. Minds me a Marshawn in Seattle for those running years where you knew the workload.

Yeah, you do have three games this year where Henry was RB 36 or worse. So I think that's like the difference to me why he's not there with Dalvin and McCaffrey. He's fun to have on your roster just from an intimidation standpoint. Mike had a monstrous, unbeatable lead in his championship game, yet wasn't comfortable because he knew that Derek Henry was across on the other team.

Look what he did. Look what he did against Houston. Like he could have done that against Green Bay. And it would have been terrible. His last three games against Houston, 211, 212, and 250 rushing yards. Those, the Houston defenders in that locker room must be terrified of this man. Yeah, but it's not like he gets to play Houston every, oh, twice a year. Twice a year. Okay. Fantastic.

Alexander Madison had a nice game in a week where he didn't matter. 21 for 95 and one touchdown against Detroit. It's so obnoxious. That is. Because I have, I was firmly entrenched on team. If you draft Alvin Cook, because of his injury history and what I believe that Alexander Madison can do, that I would, everywhere I took Cook, I took Madison, if I could. And.

We had one game where I got to use Madison, and he was terrible. Yeah. And then he does this, and I'm right back in, baby. Darwin Thompson had, well, it's Detroit. Let Detroit wash over you. All right. Let it wash over you. Darwin Thompson had two touchdowns, 65 receiving yards, another 45 rushing yards. He got the majority of the work for Kansas City. David Montgomery ended the year with a bang, another touchdown. Nine targets, nine catches. Another interesting name for next year is going to be David Montgomery,

If all of the, you know, ancillary pieces in Chicago stay the same, you know, what do you do with him? Everything to me on David Montgomery comes down to Tarike Cohen. Because as soon as Tarike Cohen tore his, I think he had the ACL tear, if I'm from remembering. Yeah, he tore his right ACL at the end of September. And after that, that's when the Montgomery targets went to a true workhorse level. So.

I still like Montgomery, but if Cohen is back and back to commanding his target share, that is going to be a huge negative for Montgomery. Cohen sucks. He's just not the player he was years ago. I'm not saying you're wrong. If the team just decides to give him all that work, that will be annoying. That's all I'm saying. I agree. And it's not like I should expect anything less from the Cordero Patterson, Matt Nagy. But at least at the end of this year,

He's gotten to prove himself and get a lot of confidence. He finishes the RB4. He finished the year with finishes of 7-1-7-1-9-6. Yeah. That's insane. And played a massive role in getting them back into the playoffs. So I do agree that coming into next year, I'm going to be, I'm going to be high on David Montgomery and assume that they know what they can get in him if they utilize him as a three-down back. But Tariq Cohen will siphon some targets.

All right, let's talk about some whiteouts. Oh, gosh, this was obnoxious, too. Marvin Jones did every single thing I expected for last week, except for Stafford was out last week. This week, eight for 180 and two. And he had a touchdown stolen from him, just straight stolen from him by the referees in a nonsensical. Those refs, man. They were awful. They were awful. They were awful. That sack on Kirk Cousins that was like, uh,

Ruffing the passer. What do you do? He just made a perfect tackle. I'm not saying they had money on the game, but I'm not not saying they had money on the game. So Marvin Jones went insane. And had the touchdown not been taken away, he would have finished as the wide receiver 13, still had a monster year, not under contract, correct? Correct. So him and Kenny Gallaudet, not under contract. Who knows what that receiving court will look like next year? Marvin Jones can still play football, though. Mike Jones really interesting, free agent.

Because he won't, he's not of the age that you have to give, that he will command a wide receiver one contract. He could, he could end up on a championship contender. Yeah, you could end up on the Packers. You go to the Packers and you upgrade from MVS to a known commodity vet who can get open deep down the field and actually catch the ball reliably. I know MVS caught a nice touchdown this last week, but that would be awesome. Marvin Jones had.

Four top ten weeks in the last eight weeks of the season. And one of those weeks can be thrown out to Chase Daniel. So it was a crazy finish for him. Brandon Cooks had another monstrous week. The lack of Will Fuller has proven to make Brandon Cooks one of the best wide receivers in football recently finished the year at number seven and number one. The number one option for Deshaun Watson. Yeah. That's all I need to know.

Let me ask you this question as we head into the offseason. I believe they bring Will Fuller back to Houston. Do you believe they bring him back or no? I think they will try to bring him back, yes. Okay. Yeah, I don't know their cap situation. I don't think it's fantastic. I mean, they could franchise him. Do you remember the status of Brandon Cook's salary or his contract status?

I can go check it out, but the interesting thing, Jason, about franchising Will Fuller is you have how many, you have a couple games left on his suspension, right? Yeah, you should have, yeah. But, yeah, so let me, I'll pull up the- Cook's is under contract, by the way. He's under contract for quite a while, actually. Yeah. He's not an unrestricted free age until 2024. So maybe the demand for Fuller will exceed their willingness to pay. Yeah, could.

14 targets, 138 receiving yards, two touchdowns for Antonio Brown. Mike Evans, if he's not able to play, it will be Antonio Brown and Chris Godwin in the playoffs. Yeah, Godwin himself at 133 and 2. They both had monster games without Mike Evans. It's almost a shame that Antonio Brown showed up here because.

You can see what happens when there's only two great wide receivers in this offense and it just made so much unreliability. But that'll be interesting to see what they do next year as well. Thirling Shepard, two touchdowns, eight for one, 12. You took it to 100. Yes, sir. Tyler Lockett, 12 for 90 and 2. There he is. You're talking about the actual wide receiver 13 on the season, Andy? Oh, gosh.

Yeah, take that mark. Can't wait for the truth episodes. Yeah, I don't want to see where he ranks in inconsistency. What was surprising, though, to me, five times that you would have wanted to start Tyler Lockett on the year. Five times out of 16 weeks. As the wide receiver 13, but Mike pointed out, you know, kind of the numbers between both D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett and how they came about. And it wasn't that great for D.K. Metcalfe either. Yeah.

The, the, the, D.K. Metcalf felt good because he was more consistent early on. But man, with Russell in the second half of the year, it'll, he's, he's, he's someone that's really interesting to me, D.K. Metcalf going into the next year because the first half dominance, I think is going to push him up to being like a, you know, wide receiver six, seven. He's going to be pushing that top five group. He could be a top five draft pick. Yeah. And I don't know that I want to rely on that.

Well, and that's part of the truth. Episodes, too, is Matt Cap made such a mark at a crucial juncture of the season that that imprint is heavy. By the way, I have Tyler Lockett as the wide receiver 9 on the year. That's the numbers that I have. Oh, even better. Five games in which he finished inside the top 30 on the year. Five. And yet was the wide receiver 9, which is insane. That offense is...

We thought maybe we were moving past the point where it was so difficult to project and predict that Seattle offense, and we weren't. And we may never, we may never do that. I can't wait for another offseason of Let Russ Cook. Oh, gosh. A.J. Brown, A.J. Brown, 10 for 151 and 1. That's a good game. Also won the game with an incredible late catch. Jerry Judy, 5 for 140 and 1.

92-yard score certainly helped. Yeah. It was a cool play, though. He had 140 yards, and he had a 92-yard touchdown? Yeah. All right. Leviska-Chanald had a couple touchdowns as well. He'll be interesting for next year. He's actually somebody I've been, well, no longer secretly targeting in Dynasty Leagues is Leviska-Schanal. I feel like the value right now.

in a trade is below what the real value is. I agree. Because of kind of... Trevor Lawrence. While Trevor Lawrence coming in, you're saying what will help, yeah. Yeah. But just Chenalt is not somebody that has the same level of hype as Jefferson or C.D. Lamb or even Jerry Judy. So I think Chanel is a very valuable future asset in Dynasty Leagues. And he's not on this list, but shout out because...

It's just fun. Shout out to Hollywood Brown. Oh, yeah. Who has now scored in five of his last six games, including a game of 5 for 41 with two scores against Cincinnati. Yeah, I don't think he finished outside the top 36 wide receivers over the last six weeks. That is correct. Great. Thanks. If he scores every week, you are going to be fine with Hollywood. He finished with eight touchdowns. That's really not too shabby. Averaged.

Averaged 69 receiving yards per game and 109 target pace from week 12 on. It's really funny that if you just reverse it, if you just reverse it, and to start the season, he got all those touchdowns in a row and was involved and he was hot and we talked him up.

And then he did the – finish the year with the exact number of good games and bad games. We'd look at him as a good option that the offense started to stink. And instead, you know, it's like he's dead to me. And I don't – I mean, I'm – Oh, no. Yeah, Hollywood's dead to me. Let's make it more comfortable and easy to dissect and just look at the season. I mean, 58 receptions for 769 yards and eight touchdowns.