Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - BONUS Episode: Mailbag and Listener Questions

All right, this email comes in from Alex. He says he's in a 10-team standard league, no PPR, one quarterback, two running back, two wide receiver, and a flex, normal league. He says they hold a yearly decathlon with 10 events that should not be mentioned to determine the selection of the draft order. He said he won the decathlon, which I hope that means you won the decathlon.

And if you win, did you actually lose? Right, did you actually lose? He has the first selection of a slot. So he chooses where he wants to draft in a snake draft. He says, keeping more than the first round pick in mind, do you guys feel that there are any draft slots that are particularly advantageous? I've actually seen a lot of questions like this. People want to know where should they draft. Where would they want to draft? He's leaning towards the seventh or eighth because from that position, he's been ending up with teams like Foster and Hill.

Yeah, I was just going to say, right when I'm doing my fantasy draft wizard, the teams I like the most are tend to be from that seven, eight spot. Yep, my favorites are the eight. I'm with you guys. I'll take that as well. All right, this email comes in from Josh T. He wants some trade analysis, so you guys ready to break this down. Oh, yeah. Team one gives up Jordy Nelson, Greg Olson, and Joach Bell.

Team 2 gives up Lev Bell, Dewell, and Kobe Fleener. This is Dynasty PPR. Dynasty PPR. Ooh, man. Yeah, that's, I'm having a hard time. Dynasty PPR, I think I'd rather be the guy getting Jordy and Olson and Joyke. Yes, I'm going to go with that. I think I would rather be the Lev Bell team. You get, you have the Steelers locked up and.

Fleener, who's, while he drops passes, he also catches passes. And you have the best PPR back for years to come. It probably has a three or four year run coming. Yeah, if your team is not that good and you want to play for the future, I like Levi-on-Bell. The Levyon-Bell side. Yeah, that's a fair way to say it. All right, this email comes in from Daniel G. This is hilarious, by the way. He...

He has comically bad running back. And he wanted to make sure I knew that. He has both Ahmaud Bradshaw and Pierre Thomas on his roster. Mind you, those guys are not currently rostered in the NFL. You might have the Dallas running back. Oh, my goodness. Stop with that. All right. He says, is there any chance either of these guys could make a squad or be a fantasy factor this season. Here is his current running back crop. And it's amazing. It's incredible. Pierre Thomas, Amad Bradshaw, Dre Archer.

I don't even know how to pronounce his name. Is it Dre? No, it's Dre. Dree Archer? I know who he is. I just don't know how to pronounce his name. Shane Vareen, Alfred Morris, and Alfred Blue just to... Whoa. Okay, well, he has one running back. No, Vareen and Morris are playable this year. So the question is really, do we think Pierre Thomas and Ramad Bradshaw could land somewhere? Yeah, yeah. Guys get hurt.

You know what I mean? Just imagine a situation where Eddie Lacey is injured for the season and Green Bay is looking for a veteran presence. They don't want to hand it to Starks all year long. Maybe Bradshaw land. You know, those are the situations that could give a guy relevance. I think I like Bradshaw more than Thomas to land someplace and be productive. But man, find yourself some running back. Yeah, that's rough. Bradshaw likely has a suspension coming from his running with the law.

I absolutely think that, I joke about it all the time about the Dallas running back, but I still believe that one of those guys is going to fill, is going to be picked up by Dallas. Yeah, I hope you're not, not necessarily one of these guys, but. And, you know, because he's asking the question, I assume he's like, you know, keeping roster spots with these guys. And personally, if that's your running back core, blow up your team and, I mean, not in an insulting way, but like, don't.

Don't keep your roster full with the potential of those two guys because if they land in a spot, it's not going to be good enough. I don't think. No, it would have to be perfect. Yeah. And I'd rather take a perfect chance on a David Cobb in Tennessee or something than I would. All right, this email comes in from Greg. He's in a family PPR league that gets quite competitive. Money and bragging rights are on the line.

We get a point per catch and a half point per carry. Okay. I like that. He's in the number four spot in the draft. He traded his second and fourth round picks to gain two picks in round one and two in the eighth round. His question is, with his point system, should I go two stud running backs in round one with the fourth and fifth pick or mix it up running back wide receiver, wide receiver, wide receiver? What do you guys think?

Definitely two stud running backs in the first. If you get a half point per carry and you can get the studs, the studs... There's only so many guys that get volume. Yeah, and you get those volume guys. I mean, without a doubt, lock it up. Yeah, I mean, even Matt Forte might be good in this system. Am I right? Am I right? No, but I agree. Yes, you are right. I would go, I would try and... If the high volume guys are there, I'm taking them. I agree with you guys. Oh! Oh!

Consensus. It's got to be more subtle than that, Jason. Oh, really? You don't actually announce it. It's just... No. Consensus. All right. Mike, you're in charge of the bell. John writes in via email. He says, Napoleon Kip and Uncle Rico. Jason's Kip. Yep. I'm in a 10-team league standard scoring up to four keepers. It's a non-PPR keeper league. He says through no fault but his own.

Oh, I thought he was trying to... I thought it said no fault of my own. He's reduced his team to some fairly limited keepers. Basically, he is hoping to get a recommendation as to four keepers that he should keep out of these guys. CJ Anderson, Latavius Murray, Isaiah Crowell, Sammy Watkins, Jeremy Macklin, Devante Adams, Tom Brady, and Cam Newton. Keep in mind that is a... Keep four? You keep four, it's a non-PPR. Okay, I'm going Anderson, Murray,

Crowell and probably Watkins. Yes. I completely agree with you. What? Two in a row? We're on fire, fellas. Crazy. All right. This email comes in from Andrew. He says, hey guys. Newer listener here. He says that we are the best podcast that he has found. Oh, thank you. Appreciate that.

Am I crazy for keeping AJ Green as his wide receiver 2 over Aryan Foster as his running back two in his 10-team standard scoring league? Yep. Question? Okay. No, that's not a question for me. Yeah, you're crazy if you keep AJ Green over Foster, in my opinion. I believe in a 10-team standard-scoring league you want Foster. I'm very high on Foster. He's in my top five.

So for me, I, you know, obviously there are other considerations because there are other keepers in your league. Yeah, the only other consideration to me is age. Because Arian Foster is going to play this year. But, you know, I think this is another consensus viewpoint from the fantasy footballers, which is try to win your championship now. We like winning championships. And you don't do that by always playing for the future. And so that's why Andy, I think, so immediately thinks, yeah, that's crazy. Because isn't...

You don't have as good a team. You don't have a good chance to win the championship. So, yeah, keep Foster. Who are you taking? Oh, Foster? For sure. All right. We should just call this, like, the happy hug hour. Goodness. That's very un-footballers-like. Don't worry. It'll change. Because I'll pick Latavis Murray on one of these. Waterbat. No, please no. This email comes in from Blake. He said he just started listening, and our podcast is awesome. Where's the longtime listeners? We like the new people, but.

Just lie to me. We just let them in there. Definitely his number one source for fantasy information. He's in a full point PPR league and he can keep two players. He knows he's keeping Odell Beckham in the 14th round. Yes, you are. His other keeper he's not really sure on. So listen to these guys. Andrew Luck in the third or Jeremy Macklin in the sixth round, he's leaning towards luck because people tell me that he's going early.

Who do you keep in this situation? Andrew Luck. Yeah, I'm not taking Macklin in the... Oh, come on. Are we green again? Yeah, I've got to go, Andrew Luck, so... Hit the bell. I'm embarrassed, it. I know. Hit it. All right. This is backfiring. This email from the elevator doctor. Hey, guys, great show. The elevator doctor. Wait, why does it say... Is that who's from? Yeah. The elevator doctor. That is awesome.

I wonder if he fixes elevators or if he like does deliveries, like birth deliveries in an elevator. You know, is he's like... Either option is amazing. Yeah, is he a doctor that will meet you at an elevator? Or? Or is it just like, you know, a computer doctor? Is he an elevator doctor? Does he fix elevators? Is he a mechanic? Those are the only two options. Please clear this up for us. I imagine him riding the top of the elevator like speed and... That didn't end well in speed, did it? No.

No, but I'm saying he's riding the elevator and he's like fixing it while it's dropping. Send a picture of you at work. And then the brakes kick on right before he hits the ground. Well, see, the elevator doctor says, hey guys, great show, and no, I'm not sharing it with my league mates. Smart man. We don't like you anymore. Elevator doctor. He has a keeper question, 14 team league, big league, standard scoring, and keeps seven of the following. Oh, my goodness. Get out your notepads, guys. Goodness.

Nick Foles, Teddy Bridgewater, Odell Beckham Jr. Ding, ding, ding. Brandon Cooks, Josh Gordon, Devante Adams, C.J. Anderson, Gio Bernard, Latavius Murray, Ligarrett Blunt, Travis Kelsey, and Jordan Cameron. He wants to know if Gordon's worthwhile, keeping him on the team. I think we'll go with Mike's selections here. Mike says, Kelsey? Yeah, so I'm trying to go through for seven, so I got...

Right now I have Kelsey, Murray, Gio, CGA, ODB, and then, so we need two more. Wait, you got Murray, right? Yes. Okay. And so is Brandon Cooks one of them? Yeah, we should make sure. We'll go cooks and blunt. I wouldn't blame me if you went. Is there any situation that you would keep Gordon in a keeper like this? No. Okay. Just make a chance.

Oh, yeah, I was too quick on that. I guess it's possible, but like Jason had just ranted, we're all about right now. And you're locking up an entire spot of a big league for a guy who may or may not come back. Do any leagues have a suspension bench spot? That would be awesome. If you're on NFL.com, they do. For real? Yeah. That's amazing. Then keep them if you're on NFL.com. Yeah, well, that's... Isn't that the one place you would not?

want the suspension spot to be. But I will admit that I have used it. And it worked out very well. There you go. There you go. All right. This email comes in from Mike. He says, Hala. Or does he say, hola? I believe that is Ola. Hala is two L's. I feel stupid. I know how you guys feel about foregoing running backs in the first two rounds. However, in my league, we can keep one player, but we can only keep them from the sixth round.

And the following from last year's draft. So let's get to the point here. I am looking to keep Lamar Miller in a late round, or would it be crazy to take two insane wide receivers with... Oh, if he keeps Lamar Miller as his keeper, is it crazy to take two wide receivers in his first two picks? No, it's not crazy because you do have a running back at that point. And so you don't...

you know, you're not going against the grain too much in grabbing a couple great wide receivers. I think he gave us an example of, you know, if he could end up with Demarius Thomas and Antonio Brown. So Demerius and Tony Brown and Miller or Brown Shady Miller. What do you go with? What kind of league is this again? Did he say what it was? No. So I think in both leagues I take the Demarius Antonio and Miller. Yeah. I...

I think that's just a lot of firepower, and assuming you could use a third and fourth round pick there to pick up another running back or two, maybe you end up with Gore. Miller, Gore, Demarius, Antonio. I'm okay with that. I'm agreeing. I'm agreeing. I'm taking the wide receivers. Jason? Yeah, I like the consistency of those guys. I still don't know what we have in Shady. And I have to admit, all I could see in my head during that question, I didn't hear any of the question. I just see Andy down in Tijuana.

screaming out holla to everybody. Hala! Hala! And everyone's just looking at him with this look of disgust. Oh my goodness. You know, first thing that came to my head. What can I say? This email comes in from CJ. Anderson? Yo. Yo, dudes. Yo. I've been listening for two weeks and your stuff is great. I got to say, I pictured the hit man as a fat Italian man. That's pretty close.