Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 7 Matchups, The Daily Dose, & TNF Review

Oh, I like that better. That's why you're the music guy. Okay, so let's break this trade down. Clearly, you want Eli Manning, but, so the quarterback is an upgrade, but you're trading then LaShawn McCoy and Jew Bernard for Matthews, Rick, and Hillman, for a, I want to know what, I would like to know what the records of these teams are. Yeah, this is not, to me, I know they're dating.

it's not over the top enough to where I just fire off the alarms and we're worried about the collusion. But the records matter a little bit. I think you have to... He wants a definitive opinion on this. If it's me, it's not vetoable. Yeah, me either. It's not... It's close enough. I mean, if those were his two starting running backs, right? Like, if LaShawn McCoy and Geo, and you had nothing behind him, and you're just getting rid of all of your starters, then...

I still don't know if the trade is vetoable, but you might be able to be like, hey, guy, you've got to listen to the fantasy footballers or get out of my league because you don't know what you're doing. This is basically shady and Bernard for Jordan Matthews and Hillman. Hillman still has value. And Eli. And Eli Manning, so. Yeah, I mean, it's fine. It's fair. It's fine. It's pretty. I mean, they should probably break up if they want to continue playing in the league. No dating policy is in every one of my leagues. Yeah.

Well, you know. All right, let's hit the voicemail question. Let's answer this one from a friend of the show. Oh, you know what? We can't. Oh, it's broken? Yeah, I tried to play it, and it's not playing. Sorry, friend of the show. Well, it's Friday, you know. All the machines start to shut down around here. Yeah, they really have it. And for some reason today, things are just not going normal. So let's move on to Caleb in Columbus.

Is it against the unwritten rules of fantasy football to not play a kicker in my lineup for one week while my starter is on bye? He's 6-0, 14-team league, too deep to drop somebody. No. Yeah, I can speak to this. I think that's fine. Right now. They have McManus. That's who they have. Yeah. This week, I am personally in one of my leagues. I picked up McManus. I actually picked him up on by.

and don't have a kicker playing, which I would say is generally fantasy faux pa. If you've got anybody that you can drop, do it to put a kicker in there. If you want to stash, McMahonis, okay, definitely Guskowski, and no other kicker in the league, that's fine. But if you're 5-0 or 6-0, or if your team, like right now, this, I've got A.J. Green, Gio Bernard, Matt Forte, Andy Dalton, and Brian McManus on a buy, and I've got five bench spots.

So, yeah, I'm not going to roll a kicker this week. And my starting lineup has Ahmad Bradshaw and Isaiah Crowell and Des Bryant. So, and that's a league that I'm five and one in. You've got to punt a week sometimes. Well, okay, that's the question, though. Unwritten rules, you don't punt. That's the thing. You don't punt the week. You cannot start a kicker, but if you punt the week, you are...

In my opinion, breaking every rule in fantasy football. You need to be competitive. You don't punt the victory. I think you were just misspeaking. Well, yes and no, because here's the truth. I cannot win this week with this line. Sure you can. You put the best players out there that you can't and maybe things bounce the right way. It happens all the time. I am trying to win. That's all I'm saying. Yes, I am trying to win absolutely. His concern is he's going to be, and I quote, stuck with a butt cheeks kicker.

Here's the difference. If you're a two-and-three team, a three-and-three team, and you're doing something like that, shame on you and fix it. You have to win. You have to win now. So if you need to drop Bryant-McManus to get another kicker, then you do that. What about Brandon McNanis? Or him? You can drop either. And pick up a kicker and play him. But if you're 6-0, you're playing for the, you're playing to win the year, not the week. Yes.

Essentially, I say it's not against the unwritten rules. We haven't let Mike speak, though. I completely disagree with you that I would play no kicker if I'm 6-0 for Jason's team. It's in Jason's team's best interest to punt this week. He cannot drop any of those players. How do you disagree with me then? Because you're saying you can't punt. What I said is you can't punt a victory.

Your mentality cannot be, I'm going to lose this week, try to lose this week. No, he's, that's what I consider to be kind of like against the integrity of the league. He's not trying to lose, but he is setting his team up for future victories by not having a kicker. I said you're not breaking the rules by benching the kicker position. I'm saying you're breaking the rules if you're basically throwing trash out there and making no effort to win. You disrupt the integrity of the league. Yeah, I feel like these are two separate issues. I have something that's... Well, when he said punt the week, that's why I took issue with it.

If he means the position, that's fine. What I think is kind of somewhat similar. Let's see what you guys think. I have an extremely strong and deep team in my other main league. I doubt it. And so that was the league. And I just grabbed Jordan Reed really quickly and I had to drop my defense. And then I saw on the waiver war, and I'm going up against, which is of great personal joy to me. I'm going up against one of my best friends whose team sucks.

And I am a heavy favorite in that game. But on the Waver Wire, we're the New York Jets. So I have chosen to pick up and play the Jets even though it will be a detriment to my team this week because I feel like I'm so strong everywhere else that I can still win even with a bad performance from the Jets because I am set up for future weeks now. And that is perfectly fine because you've thought about it.

I think about everything. You're trying to be strategic and that's fine and you're not trying to disrupt the league. And you'll probably still win. All right, Scott, hey guys, am I crazy to think that John Brown is the best PPR receiver in Arizona rest of season? Yes, you are. Yep, yep. Yeah, it's Larry Fitzgerald. The number one target's going to be the best. Yeah, Larry. Yep. Larry is the underneath. Larry's the slot. John Brown had a really good week last week. Don't chase 196 yards ever. And Larry is, Larry's the Red Zone guy.

All right, Lucas in San Palo, Brazil. Bonjour. I feel like this is like the second San Palo email. Are we huge in Brazil? I don't know about it. Yeah, huge. All right. Somebody fly us out to Brazil. Right now. I'm going to confirm this. Hey, guys, who's the best start for this week? Michael Floyd, Stefan Diggs, and Robert Woods. Should you start any of them over Brandon Cooks? Oh, man. Over Brandon Cooks? One of these guys, I do not mind it. Cooks has been a stinky cheese.

which, and not a delicious stinky cheese, a stinky cheese that you do not want to eat. I love Michael Floyd this week because I just think the Cardinals are going to put up so many points. That is a bold play. I actually think if you want the highest potential you go, Michael Floyd, if you want the most guarantee, I'm probably going to go Robert Woods. Let me give you a comparison that I think is spot on for Mr. Brandon Cooks, and it's unfortunate. Career arc situation, career type player. Tavon Austin.

Yeah. Is that agreement? Yeah, I mean, I can agree. Undersize looks too small on the field, makes some plays with his legs really fast, big bombs over the top, very inconsistent. Yeah. Not a go-to guy. If Tavon Austin, I would agree, but you got to keep in mind that it's, okay, it's Tavon Austin getting passes from Drew Brees.

Which is very different than what Tavon Austin. Yes. In current context, completely agree with you. Nate in Big Money, Texas. Oh, big money. If Keenan Allen does not play, does Malcolm Floyd's value increase enough to start him over Stefan Diggs. Hey, we just talked about that. I would say yes. I would agree. I would say it does increase enough to start him over stuff on Diggs. I do love Steph on Diggs. I think five for 50. PPR situation, fine with Diggs. Digging it. As you notice, Joe On.

Gave us that beautiful pun. He did. It was while he was on a spaceship. It was one believe. Oh, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, dumb, bum, bum. It's okay. It's, you know, we got the weekend to recharge the batteries. We're at the end of the show. Yeah, I'm sure Juan can craft some concoction that'll make Jason never do that again. All right, don't forget, check out the great Scott T-shirt, the Back to the Future t-shirt on the website. We're having fun with that. You will catch us.

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