Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Draft Preview, Rookies, Questions & Answers

Combine, I really like Abdul a lot. The one knock on him, well, there's two. He's a fumbler as well, but his size is unfortunately just like 10 pounds too light. And I believe... Two inches. The height doesn't bother me as much. But the, but he played at...

I think, 198, and then he put on some weight for the combine, which, I don't know, is that artificial weight? Because his body needs to be a little bit bigger to hold up. But I see him as a fantastic third down type of guy who can also get some carries in between the game, like a better Gio Bernard. And some couple spots of him going to the Colts to spell Frank Gore, I think would be an incredible.

And you'll be able to get Abdullah in the second round if you want him. He's not a first round type of guy. I also, the Dolphins are the Jets. I think Abdullah in the Jets' chan Galey system is very intriguing to me. I agree with that. I think that's a good place for him. His size scares me a little, but if he gets on a good zone blocking scheme, you know who he reminds me of? I feel like when I watch him, I'm watching an exact replica of Justin Fawcett. Like, he's the same.

build the same size the same motor on his legs the same kind of vision i mean it is literally like they just changed uniforms and and ran so so career backup cool uh no just kidding we have our justin for set bet so i have to disparage him based on you based on your like uh top you know your smear campaign yeah the smear campaign i learned so much from last episode that i have to

In case you get him. The traditionalist. All right. So let's talk about a few more of your guys here, Mike. Before we move on, we got a big mailbag to Phil, so I don't want to overtalk. I kind of wanted to hit the big points in the draft preview. And then once we know their destinations, we can go through and kind of project these guys out, because right now that's impossible. I'm looking forward to that show a little bit more, to be honest with you. But one guy that's on my list and your list that we both like a lot is Philip Dorset.

What I like about him is he's got incredible speed and quickness, but he's got a frame on him that's a little bit bigger than his height would indicate. I think he's a 5-9 guy. But there is a lot of hype around him going to New Orleans, potentially, that they love him. Because it makes sense. Yeah, New Orleans is going to address the wide receiver position. So if you want a fantasy flyer on a wide receiver...

You know, Brandon Cooks already has an injury history and he's smaller. He's a slot guy. Colston's getting older. Kenny Stills is gone. Kenny Stills is gone. Somebody's got to catch these hyper-accurate passes from Drew Brees. It's so bizarre to me, too. Why would you, like, we have Kenny Stills who's shown that he can do it. And now we've got to replace him with a high draft pick. I just don't understand the thing. There has to be something else there. There's got to be, he slept with somebody's wife. What was that? Nothing.

I just think Sean Payton's wife and him might have been really close. Whoa. Breaking news. It reminds me of like when you remember when the sons traded away because Jason Richardson because there was rumors of like Steve Nash. When did we turn in TMZ? Sorry. Like two seconds. I don't know why. It's my fault. I said what did you say? And then I gave him the floor to me.

I don't think, though, I mean, saying Stills has done it is an exaggeration to me. Maybe they see him capped out. I mean... He's done it infinitely more than a rookie who has not played a single snap. Yeah, but you can have to pay him eventually, and maybe they just don't like the character. Eventually. You're already on the hook for no money. You have to pay a rookie who knew the system. Yeah, it made no sense to let him go. There's got to be something else there.

All right. We're not going to speculate to what else is there anymore. We already did. We talked about Doriel Green Beckham a little bit. He's another guy on both of our lists. He's a hard worker. He has all the physical gifts and tools, and he's going to drop a little bit. So his potential to land in a good destination is there. He has seven or eight or maybe more quality arrests as well. Oh, my goodness. No, it's true. I mean, have you seen his arrest history for marijuana? He.

Yes. They're almost all marijuana other than the alleged pushing a woman down to flight of stairs. That's the one that freaks me out. And he was, I don't think he was ever indicted or convicted of anything. That's true. It's like, because he's not in prison. Constantly arrest. That's saying that he, I don't think he was ever fully charged with anything. These are all just allegations. What was the Steve Kime court you told me?

I want to hear that because this is, this comes to mind when you see guys in the draft with the physical tools. What did you say? Yeah, someone asked Steve Kime, the GM of the Arizona Cardinals. They asked them, how do they factor in, you know, off the field issues? And Steve Kime said, if Hannibal Lecter ran a 4-3, we'd probably say he just has an eating disorder. So, yeah, off-the-field issues are there with him. But you know what's...

funny is that when you see him in interviews and he seems like he's got his head on straight he doesn't strike me you know when when you look back at college players and you look at their interviews the ones that have a history of arrests a history of drug abuse a history of maybe not playing in the year prior in college because they couldn't um normally when you see their interviews you know that they they strike you as less intelligent and when you talk to this guy's like

Seems like his head's on straight. Well, there's plenty of guys, and these are the high-risk, high-reward picks of the NFL draft. There's plenty of the Tyran Matthew options where, you know, the Cardinals took a chance on him. He straightened up. Mm-hmm. And guys can do that, and then you hit a home run because you're getting somebody, I mean, somebody's drafting Shane Ray way down the board. And if for some reason he figures his life out... What a... Dude, two days before the draft. Come on. It's a whole other discussion for another type of show. But, I mean, the...

The youth of some of these guys and the people they have around them, you know, this adjustment period is huge. And do they put the right people around them? Because they can move on from those situations or they can repeat them and make those draft picks completely invaluable. But from a dynasty fantasy football league perspective, these are guys that just simply carry more risk. Yeah, but six, five. They're eating disorder. Yeah. There you go. Is there anybody else you guys want to...

talk about real quick Mike you have a couple of other guys we didn't mention yeah we're getting uh we're about the 33 minute mark okay we're okay to talk about a guy who I got turned on to last week or so I believe I saw a tweet from Evan Silva talking about a guy named Zach Zinner who is a running back from South Dakota State and whenever Evan Silva mentions a name you have to look it up because the guy knows what he's talking about and so I started looking around

because I had, I'll be honest, I never heard of him. And there is a lot of the smart part of the fantasy community that are talking about. They're not saying he's guaranteed next sensation, but everyone is saying he is a guy just keep an eye on what happens with him because he comes from a really small school, but he dominated. And that's when you find a small school guy, what you want to see is that they dominate. And he did it.

So I went, I was looking around, there's an article from Max Mullets, I apologize, and Mulez, I don't know how to pronounce his name, but he's from rotoviz.com, which is a spectacular site of getting deep, deep, dark information for fantasy. Yeah, TMZ stuff, cool. No. No, not that. No, actual good, really quality. Good stuff. But he did a write-up on Mr. Zenner, and his comparables are J. Ajai?

And T.J. Yeldin. I mean, that's, those are guys who are going to go on the second and third round. And you're talking about a guy who's probably going to slip down in the draft because he was in a small school. He'll go six, seventh round, possibly, maybe he goes a little higher. I don't, I don't know where he's going to go. But his, all his numbers, his production, his being a workhorse, his actual measurable stats. I mean, the guy.

Keep an eye where he's going because he could turn into someone a legit fantasy player. He's also got a laundry list, like a ridiculous list of awards for academics and good Samaritan stuff. I mean, he is just... High character guy. Yeah, really good character guy. He put over... Do you know how many years in a row he had... Was it three years in a row he had 2,000 yards plus...

I mean, that's what you want. Deuce. You want a guy that dominates. I watched a bunch, a bunch of video on him. And the one knock that I would say on him is he's just got one speed. Like everything he does is like he doesn't have really loose hips. So I'm a little, if he goes to the right fit, a zone, he is a great one-cut runner. So if he goes to like Houston, you know, I think that that's a great match. It's funny because when you talk about underrated in the draft, Arian Foster.

One cut talent. Yeah, but he doesn't look, I mean, when I watch, he doesn't look like he's got that same kind of speed as he broke away from a lot of guys, but it looked like he was having to work really hard. He ran a four, six. So that, that's fine. That's perfectly fine. Breakaway speed. If we want a Juko guy, I'm, I like David Johnson. That's my guy. The only other guy I wanted to mention.

from the wide receiver, does he end up in a good location perspective is Nelson Aguilar out of USC. He had 100-plus receptions, special teams wizard. Everything I saw on tape from him impressed me, in and out of breaks, quickness, those type of things. So if he ends up in a good destination and you're trying to split the difference in your dynasty draft between some of these other second round guys.

I like him. I like him a lot. So take that for what you will. So let's go ahead and, uh, unless you got anything else to add, Jason. I don't know if you have a guy you want to talk about, but let's, uh, we got a lot of questions. I say mailbag it, baby. All right. Let's do it. Mailbag. Whoa. I was trying something new. Yeah, that was, uh, I was trying to keep it fresh. Get the bass in there. That's funny because, uh, I'll, I'll take this question first. Then let me pull this email up. We got an email question right before.

Get your questions in, people, because we will answer them. I couldn't think of anything better. Mail at the Fantasy Footballers.com. This one comes in from Daniel G. Dear Michael Oz and Robert. Yes! Which are the Striper band members. And I'm Michael Sweet. You guys can fight over the other names. It seemed like the appropriate email to read right now. He says he's in a family member 12 team keeper league.

QB's get six points for passing TDs. You can keep up to four players at the cost of your first four picks in the draft. All right, that makes sense. He has five players worthy of being keepers. Peyton Manning, Jamal Charles, O'Dell Beckham, Jr., Calvin Johnson, O'Dell Beckham, Jr., but he can only pick four of them, which...

draft pick trading is allowed in our league. He offered his brother the choice of one of those three wide receivers in exchange for his first pick in the draft. He says it might make more sense to trade one of those top 10 wide receivers for a fifth round pick instead of tossing one of them back into the draft and getting nothing into the return. Is this a viable strategy? And if so, how should I go about utilizing this tactic to my advantage in future seasons? I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to just hop on and say I would really love to start the year with...

Charles, ODB, Calvin Johnson, and AJ Green. If he can start, you know, I presume... Twelve team? Did I hear that right? Yes, correct. So I presume you could start at least three wide receivers, two in a flex, probably being the minimum. And if you can go in with those three wide receivers and have Jamal Charles locked up, don't do anything else. Don't get cute. That's my opinion. Yeah, I was trying to think through it. Peyton Manning, if you're thinking about it in the fourth round, that's still excellent value from someone who doesn't like...

early QBs, but I'm with Jason. I mean, you start with those four positional players and just figure out the quarterback a little bit later. You have a huge advantage just right out of the gates. Yeah, I agree with you guys. I'm a little confused because he said he could trade one of these top 10 riders here for a fifth round pick instead of tossing one of them back into the draft. Fifth round, because you can keep four, but it costs you your one through four. So he's assuming that his brother or whoever he's trading with is going to keep four player. Wait.

So essentially it would be, even though he's calling it a fifth, it would be like a first. It would be, you know, I'm saying. I'm sure that's what it is. That's why he said his first pick in the draw. Okay, yeah. Hopefully that helps. I think we all agree that. Keep those four. Just started with that. This one comes in from Mike. He says he listens. Not me. No, I don't know. You need some help, Mike? I listen to multiple fantasy football podcast, but yours is by far my favorite. I love the original internet.