Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Running Back Fallout from the NFL Draft, News, Questions

Offensive lines are, it's very important, especially the center position, because the center is calling out coverages, he's calling out blocking schemes. And if you look at what, I feel like I say this all the time, but I'm going to say it again, if you look at teams that are great running teams, have great centers. Which is why you're concerned about Marshall Lynch and Max Unger leaving. Yes. CZ. Among other things. Yeah. So I think, I think it's a good.

Good place to split the difference on a guy that you have in a similar position. If you're looking at tiebreaker, then, yeah, you take the one with the better line. CZ writes in. He says, hey, guys, love the show. I'm in a 12-team keeper league where we keep two players. The player, so he swaps the round that they were drafted in the previous season for them. Okay. So he gets Jeremy Hill for a 10th rounder, just plain beautiful. But his option for the second keeper is either AP in the first round. For what it's worth, he picks 12th in the first round.

Des in the first round, or Mark Ingram in the ninth round, or Jay Stu in the ninth. Oh, man. This is the ultimate value test. AP in the first, Ingram in the ninth. I think that's your decision, right? No, Des is actually very much in my consideration. Me too. To me, it's between Des and AP. Why would you consider Des ahead of AP? I'm saying they're both in my conversation of...

Well, if Jeremy Hill's kept, why are you considering Des ahead of Adrian Peterson? Well, just because you, you know, I mean, if you want to lock up one of each position and give yourself flexibility for the draft to where you can go running back or wide receiver, I see both of those guys as a, the ability to finish as, you know, the top running back and the top wide receiver. So it gives you that flexibility. But, you know, I say I'm between those guys, I would probably go AP and have the chance to just load up on, you know, stud RBs. It's also a keeper league. So to have...

to have keeper rights on a stud running back who should be great for four years at least, and then Des Bryant, who's going to be great for another seven years, where Peterson only has a couple years left. Well, you're going to be swapping that round every single time, too. And he'll, Des Bryant should hold that value. So you're going, Des, I think so, which is a strange, you better be after that. Well, I'm saying.

I'm very fine in my head, and I'm a running back guy, but I like having a top talent at both positions. Fair point. And Guy, Des has longevity. Yeah, I go Hill AP myself. Jay, what do you do? I go Hill AP as well. I want to win the championship this year. Every year. All right. So AJ writes in, he says, yo, play, boys. Insert comment about how kick but your show is here. You playa. Playa. I'm in a Dynasty League.

And have my rookie draft coming up soon and would like your thoughts on who I should target. 16 teams lineups a little different. Looks like only one running back starts. Hmm. Two wide receivers tight end flex. So he has the sixth pick in his rookie draft. So who would you target there based on a QBRB wide receiver, wide receiver, tight end, and flex? That's nearly impossible without knowing his roster. But...

Oh, man. What about if you're targeting a running back at that position and Gordon and Gurley are gone, which is the guy you're going from our list today? At six? At six. Abdullah, maybe. Trying to temper my David Jones level over here. That's a little too high. But, yeah, probably. Probably.

Abdullah for me if you're going for a running back right there. Who would you love to have at that position? I would like, so I would target Nelson Aguilar there. You know, if you get Aguilar there, that would be fantastic. I think that's a realistic spot for him to go, and he's in a great position, and he's a talented guy on a high-powered offense, and wide receivers are so valuable in rookie drafts. So that's who I would be looking for, maybe. And he'll just, you'll get two years before Chip Kelly tires and trades him.

I like that call, though, Jay. Good call. Grumpy old troll writes in. He says, you have the top two picks in the draft. I guess he has the top two picks in the draft. Your keepers are Jonathan Stewart, Brandon Cooks, and some scrub wide receiver. His top four choices. So pick two of these four that he could draft. Marius Thomas, Des Bryant, DeMarco Murray, LaShawn McCoy. Who do you take and why? Do you want me to go? You got it, Mike. So he basically has Jay Stu Cooks and another scrub wide receiver. Right. We could say like.

So he has no running backs. He has Jonathan Stewart. Yeah, and I like Jonathan Stewart, but who's the, oh, LaShawn McCoy? With that team makeup, I think I might take both backs. DeMarco and McCoy? Yeah, if I'm going to split him, I'm going to take DeMarco and Dez. And I would go Dez McCoy, because I'm higher on McCoy than I am Murray. Hmm. Well...

I would, I say, hmm, because, you know, we've all three got different guys. So this is a good question there, Grumpy Old Troll. I would take D.T. I've got him finishing as the number one wide receiver on my board. So I'm never going to pass that. So I take DT. And then I'd take Lashon McCoy. All right. Let's go. This is our last question here before we move on here. Chris says via email, I play in a 10 team keeper. You get to keep four.

So I guess these are the guys he has, Aaron Rogers, Eddie Lacey, Marshawn Lynch, Julio Jones, Jordy Nelson, and Jimmy Graham. Pretty good guys. I guess that's 10-team league. I guess all the guys cost him a pick somewhere in the first through four rounds, so he'll lose his first four rounds if he keeps four, which he will. So he's not getting back the guys he drops. Who do you keep? He's leaning Lacey, Julio, Lynch, and Jordi. But with Lynch getting older, he's a little worried about that. Well...

That's exactly who I drafted. Yeah, I keep those four guys because those are the four best guys. Any chance you'd go Rogers over Lynch? There's a chance. Because of the keeper situation. No, I might, I would consider going Rogers over Jordi. Because I'm going to play to win this year. And if it's a 10 team, I'm very confident I can find a running back who, they're not going to be Marshawn Lynch, but I'm going to find a running back. And so Julio, Lacey, Lynch, and Rogers? Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I think that's where I'm going. All right, what else we got? Well, we've got... Sorry, that was another question. I was confused. Yeah. I have a show notes, Doc, in front of you. I actually do not. It says Fandul read. All right, so for those who are interested in Daily Fantasy, Fandual is the worldwide leader, and it's a...

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All right. On our next show on Thursday, we're going to have the pleasure of welcoming in Adam Azer, CBS host and analysts for their... You get that Gordon Details. Yeah, their podcast. So we'll be breaking down some more post-draft fantasy fallout.

And in future shows, we're going to be doing some mock drafts. I'm going to do those team previews that we've been talking about. Send us your questions at mail at the fantasy footballers.com. We'll be happy to answer them on the show. Each and every week we try to do that with listener questions. And make sure you support and follow us on the web at the fantasy footballers.com on Twitter at theFF ballers. And on Facebook at facebook.com slash the fantasy footballers. Any parting thoughts, gentlemen?

I went three by three again on Sunday night for those who are tracking my eating habits. And it was what I remember. So it's still just as good as the first time. It was incredible. Maybe even better this time. I won't lie to you since you said that. I went through the drive. I got a three by three. I fully support this endorsement. And me and Trey Mason were just.

on the ground throwing up all weekend. Dang it. So maybe next week. Build your immune system by eating three by three by three. You don't know what it was. I ate three old cold hot dogs out of the fridge while I was running out the door. What are you doing? Pretty sure that's weird and gross. I was in a hurry. Yeah, well, you still don't eat a cold hot dog. Well, I paid the Piper, okay? Yeah. I won't do that again. All right. On that note, we'll catch you later. This is the fantasy footballer. Goodbye.

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