Fantasy Nose-dives, Mailbag & AMA

Let's get into another question here. Let's go with an Instagram question. SB roster 27 and a half point per reception league. Would you rather draft? Marlon Mac or Aaron Jones? Another Marlon Mac related question. Aaron Jones or Marlon Mac. I have been on record. I am a big Aaron Jones fan.

I like Marlon Mack, but I like Aaron Jones more because I believe he can own more of that backfield than Mac can own of his. They're both great picks. Aaron Jones is more risky. Aaron Jones is definitely more risky because Marlon Mack is the quote unquote main guy. And for some reason, Jamal Williams has convinced other people that he should be a 1A, 1B type with Aaron Jones. The ceiling is higher with Aaron Jones. So to me, as far as who would I rather?

draft? I'd rather draft the later guy. Yeah. That's, I mean, between these two guys, I think they both have upside and they both got, you know, some, some worries. And right now, the later guy is Aaron Jones. He's going, um, almost a full round later than Marlon Mack. So the upside with Aaron Jones, as much as I like Mac, this is twice. I've gone against my Mac on this show. And I don't, I don't like it. Yeah. But it's just the truth. Yeah.

Thought you were big on Mac. I am, but that doesn't mean I'm exclusive. We're not just, we're seeing other people right now. We're allowed to draft other running backs. So even after college, you're still experimenting. Yeah. That doesn't mean I don't like Mac. Okay. Here's another AMA question that came in from Deacon Baldi. Shout out to Deacon Baldi's. He says, do you guys hang out outside of work? And if so, what are your shared interests other than fantasy?

We do. Not fantasy. We are all Cardinals fans. We are all Cardinals fans. We all have three children. And so they keep us very busy. I've known Jason for about 20 years. Yeah. I've known you for about 30. That's creepy. Yeah. But so, yeah, we definitely hang out. Yesterday years gone by?

Flag football and basketball. Yeah, basketball in true yesterday years, flag football in recent years, movies. We work out together once every six weeks. Because you show up once every six weeks. Right, right. Sure. So, yeah, we do get the families together from time to time. We live very close together. Yeah. We even occasionally go on trips. We'll go to Disneyland together. Yeah. It's been a while since that. Yeah.

Yeah, once you stop paying. I was just... All right. Next question comes in from another Instagram question. Would you rather have the number one overall pick or the 12th pick? So you want to be... So this is from Dollar Bill 248. Would you rather be number one? Or would you rather be the 12th pick? Because then you're on the turn. That's a good question. If this is Dynasty, I without a doubt, want that first pick. The top four or five guys, I think, are...

you'd trade up for them. So if this is just talking about a 2019 redraft league, where would I rather be? Usually I would say the one, but this year I think I lean more of the two because there are, we've talked about it. There's a lot of guys at the end of the first round and possibly in the second round that I think could be top five backs. I mean, depending on how far David Johnson's falling, or Melvin Gordon or James Connor, or these players are players that I think.

in previous years have the potential to be what had to cost you one of those top three picks. And right now, you know, who's the number one pick in most ADP is Saquan Barclay? Barclay could finish below any of those guys I just named. You know what I mean? But if you pick first, that means your next player is the 25th pick. That's hard. It is hard. It is hard. Seattle backfield question, Jason. This one's for you. Okay.

I know you watched all of the Penny this morning. Jeff in New York City, how do you see the usage breaking down in the Seattle backfield this season? Do you think Penny can overtake Carson this year? So overtake Carson if they both stay healthy. So if they're both healthy, I don't believe so. And that's not because of Rashad Penny's talent. Pete Carroll is a player's coach.

Pete Carroll loves his guy, supports his guys, and he believes in Chris Carson. In fact, he literally just, this was hours ago, was on record saying Chris Carson is in the best shape of anybody on the team. He is a Chris Carson believer. Now that he's still injured, he's still dealing with a knee injury. He can't play football right now. But Pete Carroll loves the guy. And I think what you could see happen realistically.

is a true 1A1B where you've got two solid fantasy producers this season. And you can't do that in many offenses. No.

Definitely can in Seattle. You have 150 touches from Mike Davis out of the way. That's a lot. That's a lot. You've got efficiency coming from Rashad Penny that you saw last year. Rashad Penny has cut weight. He is down. He's getting all the first team reps right now while Chris Carson is away. And you could really have a team that's rushing the ball 500 times breaking down. I mean, you could have two players approaching 200 carries.

one probably well over. Now, that being said, now at ADP right now, Carson is the value. They're both values. So then it's, do you take Carson at his value or Penny at his value right now? Well, if I had to pick it right now today, I would rather go with Rashad Penny. Carson's a 409. Penny is a 703. That's why, as well as, look, you've got a guy saying he's going to be ready by the beginning of the season, but you, as right now would you be to have both on your team?

That would not be fun because you're not going to want to start both players at the same time. Yeah. And you don't want to spend a seventh round pick on a handcuff. So I wouldn't stack that. Yeah. But I do think, I mean, I think Penny, look, Chris Carson has never been able to stay healthy and is currently not healthy. So the question was, could Rashad Penny take over if Chris Carson is healthy? I don't believe so. Could Rashad Penny?

be one of the best fantasy picks this season, I 100% believe that he's got a very good shot of a breakout season. All right, let's jump into another voicemail. Hey, ballers. This is Steve, New Jersey. You guys talk a lot of strategy on startup dynasty leagues, but how do you change from a redraft strategy on a startup keeper league? Rules are keeping three players, and next year you keep them two rounds ahead of where you drafted them the previous year.

and no holding on to waiver players. Thanks. Oh, I love that last part. Oh, but no holding on to waivers? I love that. That's my preferred method for keeper leagues. Waiver players, they're great, you don't get them. My advice for the, and I have, we've played in leagues like this all the time. I mean, this is kind of bread and butter type of league for us, three keepers.

I think one of the mistakes people can make when they go into a league like this is believing that those three keeper spots need to dictate so much of what you do during the season because they don't. Such a common mistake. Because they don't. I mean, if you are managing your roster the right way, you cannot live in this frame of mind where, oh my gosh, I got to have, I got to figure out my three keepers and just keep them on lockdown.

Yeah, I got to trade my team. My team gets a little worse, but my keeper situation is set up. Oh, I got to draft this guy who's younger because I'll be able to keep him for more years into the future. If you're only keeping three or four guys, you're going to change what you think every single year. And guess what you do when you do that? You don't put yourself in the position to be fluid with what reality is. Because if you draft a guy that's a little bit younger for the purpose of being a keeper,

And that player underperforms. Guess what you're going to do? Are you going to keep him? Yeah, you probably are stupid. You're probably going to keep them. Or are you going to try to sell them on what you bought them for, which is not going to work. So basically, keeper leagues. You use the advice of redraft. Yes. Don't. Almost entirely. Unless you're keeping seven guys or more, then it shifts to me to be more like a dynasty where.

Okay, age is going to matter. And seven keeper leagues are very, very rare. If you're in a three keeper, the one place that it impacts slightly for me is around the trade deadline, just giving your roster a glance and knowing that you're in a flexible position with the keepers. Right? Yeah. If you ever, like we have leagues where you can, you're restricted on what positions you can keep. You can't just keep three running backs. So if you're in a league that has some restrictions, you know, you can only keep one at each position, at least make sure you have flexibility there. But that's at the trade deadline.

You can make those adjustments. And, you know, you're just going to be surprised by the time the year's over what players are good that you thought weren't going to be good and that type of thing. If you're in a keeper league, this little last couple minutes will help you beat the other people in your league because it is such a common mistake. All right, we're going to do one more AMA question here before we close the show out. Dakota wrote in.

Has there ever been a big argument between you guys on how to run the business that got heated? Oh, so heated. If so, what was that argument about? Oh, yeah. You remember the time we fought about just like, what kind of snacks are going to have? I don't, I can't. I genuinely can't remember. Brooks, you've been around here for a while. Have you seen a big? You're kind of like the kid. You know what I mean? The parents, they're.

downstairs uh in the kitchen yeah what when you watch us through the banisters on the on the stairs what do you tell your i can't when you hear the screaming when i put this question in here i couldn't think of a a single instance of the business have we all the arguments come from players the shuffleboard or football yes we get very passionate about shuffleboard we're more guilty on that aren't we

The only thing that will cause like 20 minutes of angered silence in this office is shuffleboard or foosball. Yeah. Right? Yeah, that's the truth. We've certainly disagreed. Lots of time. Four years of this business. We worked together for eight years before that. That's, I, we don't mind disagree. No, we like, we like having different opinions on business things and, and, and arguing over them and fighting until we get a solution. And, and I wouldn't say that we're always happy. Like, we're, you know.

Eventually, if we disagree on how to implement X, one person will win that argument. And the other person will probably be a little like, ah, I think it's wrong for about 10 minutes. Yeah. And that's, we're very thankful for that. Yeah. That's the max. You know, a lot of you out there. Jay Gris gets really upset. You know, he gets pissy.

Yeah, he gets real busy. He keeps like, where's my salmon? I'm like, we don't want to stick up the studio. Never gets the word in edgewise, despite his kind of size, which has got to be disappointing. Got to be frustrating for him. If I was his size, I would talk for, I wouldn't let you talk. No, I know. I know. I know. You know, I will say this. I, this genuinely bothers me when I see these comments. So I'm just going to, I'm going to bring it up. Whenever I see a comment on YouTube.

where people think i don't like you jason yeah it bothers the heck out of me yeah it makes me look inside myself as to what i'm doing hate me so much to send that message and it makes me sad on the inside and and here's the thing and i had to tell somebody the other day i'm like they're like why do i get the impression and he doesn't care for jason that's what someone said i go it's so far the opposite

Lifelong friends. Yeah. We're very close. I know you love me. I think the reality is we are passionate about our belief. Like when I talk, it's really player based. Like how I am right about Sammy Watkins. And you are so wrong, but you believe it so much that you respond condescendingly and you just.

I mean, you come off real dumb. I do. See, there's a little bit of truth in that big old insult. You stir the pot. Just a little bit. All right. Let's move. Let's move on. Pristine deal a day. All right. Today's pristine deal of the day. Michael Thomas signed New Orleans Saints, Jersey. Oh, my goodness. $47. That's just ridiculous. $47.91 cents.