Fantasy Football 2017 - Buy Low Guys, Pump the Brakes, #Footclan Questions

Levy on Bell, Christian McCaffrey, Jordan Howard, Isaiah Crowell. I mean, Mark Ingram, I get it. There's been no splash. Mark Ingram. Six carries, eight carries, four receptions, five receptions. It's the receptions. That's what changes everything for Mark Ingram. And so it should be noted here because we usually note it for some of the other players and you don't always think this with.

with Mark Ingram, but he is much more valuable in a PPR league. If you're getting points for the receptions, like I said, nine receptions through two weeks, that's great for running. The rankings I'm talking about that I just listed off, though, that's half point. Yeah, I mean, he's still been usable. I think it's a ceiling question, too, because you look at a guy, you said McCaffrey's ranked behind him. What's a ceiling for McCaffrey versus Ingram? You know, Ingram, it's tough because if you knew he had more of the share, you know how.

great that would be for fantasy, right? Like if you just, you know, if Adrian Peterson took a trip to a tropical island for a while, Mark Ingram has top 10 capability. Yes. Yeah, he was a top 10 running back last week. And in his eight carries, he had 52 yards. He's also a top 10 most hated by Sean Peyton. Yeah. So does that mean that you would acquire him? Ingram? Would you be trying to pick him up?

I don't mind it. If you're a running back needy team, the feeling on Mark Ingram is he hasn't really helped out your team, but he's been fine. Yeah, it's just tough because if you're a running back needy team, that means you want to start him this week. I don't want to start him against Carolina. So you might be able to pick him up a little cheaper a week from now. And he is cackling. I don't know if I can read this or not. Oh, do we need to vet this? No, I just got an email right in the middle of the show. It said that they've, uh,

listened to us for the longest time, never seen a picture or video of us, always assumed I was a white guy and you guys were both black. Hmm. Based on your voices. That's an interesting take. Yeah, I haven't heard that one before. I usually hear a fat Italian guy. And I often hear, I can't tell you and Jason apart. Yeah, we do get that a lot that. People can't tell the difference between you two. So here's the thing, people. But someone emailed just to tell us that. Well, thank you. Listener.

Jump on the YouTube, people. Yeah, I was going to say viewer now. The video is sensational. So much. You get so much more. So much more sensational. We got a lot of positive feedback over the very improv ball pal segment that turned up last week when I read his eulogy. And you two were, you sounded like a dying balloon out in the background or something. All right, listen, it seems like a lot of our questions today. I'm going to finish with a couple here. They're all similar. It's what do you do with?

Blank, right? So what's the deal? What's the deal with Richard Matthews? That's from Nick on Twitter. Hey, Nick. Richard Matthews, it is what it is. I mean, Corey Davis is now dealing with a hamstring as well as to Marco Murray. He's a solid wide receiver, but as Marcus Marriota goes, so does Richard Matthews. So it's a tough matchup.

This week we've talked about the splits when Mario is taking on a high level defense, which is I assume why Jason is saying he will bench Marioita this week. Is that correct? That is the reason, yes. And so when Mario is in a very positive matchup, Richard Matthews becomes a fine play. I think, yeah, and Jacksonville's secondary is pretty solid. They didn't need to beat them through the air. They beat them on the ground. Mike?

Jinta says, what's the deal with Larry Fitzgerald? Oh, that's an excellent question, Mike, Jenta. That's worse because, you know, he hasn't been able to get that involved. You worry is it age. The matchups have not been bad for him. The matchups have been great. I mean, you couldn't ask for. Three for 21 against Indianapolis last week. Yeah. And six for 74 the week before, which was better.

When you're not getting it done in such juicy matchups, when you are needed and other guys are gone, it makes you, you know, like I would not feel confident starting Larry Fitzgerald at this point. I feel like you need to see something this season to make you, you know, change your mind. I mean, would you guys play Higgins? Would you play Higgins this week over Larry Fitzgerald? Fitz is the 46th grade. The winner hotness. He's the hotness.

Arizona takes on Dallas. And then Cleveland is. I believe it's the Colts, right? Am I remembering that right? That's right. I think you're correct there. Man, that's tough. I think it'd take the upside of Higgins. I would still go Larry Fitzgerald there and wait a week to see what we have in Higgins. With Higgins looks fantastic. But you do have beat reporters there saying they're putting their chips on Ricardo Lewis.

who to actually be the starter. Higgins was on the unofficial depth chart listed as the starter, but Ricardo Lewis is there. And Lewis will start opposite of Kenny Britt, but snaps, I think will go Higgins. Yeah, that's fair. But just I wanted to bring up Lewis's name because he was, uh, the whispers in the bushes over the off season on Ricardo Lewis were very positive to the point of talking like he may overtake Corey Coleman because he's had such an excellent training camp. So just another name. You don't have to pick him up. Just saying that if.

Just keep your eye. Keep your eye on. Give him a little wink. Yeah. Little bad news here coming out. Is this a button? No, it's not a button, but a little bit of bad news coming out. Andrew Luck will not be practicing this week either. This is right now on the practice watch. You want to find out when he's going to practice because then he'll play probably about two weeks after that. Yeah, you can say the longest you're going to wait after he starts practicing is probably three or four weeks. Worst case scenario. And Jason is probably right. Now, I know we've talked about, you know, you just.

following the timeline of things for Andrew Luck that they did not put him on the pup that assumes that the team believes he will be back before the six weeks, so are up for which he would have to take off if he was on the pup. But it would be a very, very Colts move to not pup him and then have him not return until like week nine.

It's still possible that that happens. And the reason would be you don't pup him because you want to let him practice. Again, if you're pumping somebody, they cannot practice. So let's say in two weeks time, it's week five. They want him to practice. He could still be two weeks away. Right. And that would be. It wouldn't shock me if the colds bungled this up as well. Right. All right. Hey, look, it is Wednesday. That means our rankings. Our rankings are out later this afternoon for week three, our official rankings.

You can get those at the website, the fantasy footballers.com. And a quick reminder, if you want to play some DFS this week, it doesn't get better than draft. Playdraft.com slash ballers. Thanks for tuning in, listening to the show. Happy to be with you. Oh, that was a little loud. It was a little loud. A little jarring. All good. Hey, Fookland. We will see you tomorrow. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast.

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