Fantasy Football Podcast 2017 - Frequently Asked Fantasy Questions, Part 2

Big plays. He couldn't break the long one. He's not shifty. He runs up right. He runs into people. He gets hit a lot. And now he's going to get hit a lot more. But that, you know, you got to try to do something to replace Adrian Peterson. I don't blame Minnesota for the signing. At the same time, he should have a lot of opportunity. Yes. So this, this is all going to come down to draft price.

for me. I would imagine he will be selected late third, early fourth round, so he'll probably be going around guys that I would prefer to have. If they had not signed him and they brought Matt Asiata back. Right. Would you really believe the fantasy production would be that different between Latavus Murray and Matt Asiata? No, I do not. Yeah. It would be... Me neither. And the draft price for Oziata would have been way later.

You're talking like 10th plus round. But what I'm saying is I'm not throwing myself out on Latavius Murray, but draft price will probably put me some names. I guess I'll give you some names here. All right. Excellent. Let's start here. Recent news. Latavius Murray, Eddie Lacey. Who would you rather have? Eddie Lacey without a doubt for me. Oh, man.

They're both bad offensive lines. I think Eddie Lacey is a good player. What I saw last year made me think he was good. What I saw last year from Latavius Murray made me like him for fantasy football because the Oakland Raiders line was very good. Two terrible offensive lines. I might actually go Murray there. I think I mean Murray as well. Really? I do. I think that he'll get more up. Just more volume. I believe in the volume there. I think pro size. I think Rawls as it is today. It's a three-headed.

What happened with Jamal Charles? I mean, he was visiting yesterday, despite them already signing Eddie. Well, what did you say? He was going to just see the space needle. Yeah, that's true. They said he was visiting Seattle. I don't know if there was specifics on. He's visiting the team market here. Yeah. So, uh, he's seeing the site of, of the real world Seattle. Yeah. Yeah. So, um, let me, let me give you another name here. Let me get into some running backs. So you would take Murray, you said, right?

hesitantly, yes, I say that. You guys would both take Isaiah Crowell over Latvia. Oh, for sure. I think Crowell, man, such a good early. Jeremy Hill. Oh, I would take Hill. I would take Murray. I'll take Jeremy Hill. I think the offensive line for the Cincinnati Bengals has been destroyed. Yeah. And while I do like the offense better, which means more opportunities probably down near the goal line for Hill, I'm more confident that Latavis and Murray will get the work than I am Hill.

The offensive line in Cincinnati is making me curious if I'm going to be able to pick Andy Dalton the way I want to pick him this here. That's very fair. Frank Gore or Latavius Murray. Oh, I'm sure. I'm sure. This season, I'm assuming it'll be Frank Gore, but there is a solid chance that Indianapolis makes a splash in the draft. I am like I would be blown away if they don't.

use, I think that the Indianapolis Colts will use a running back in the first or second round, and I think that Frank Gore is Dunzo. Let's say they don't. If they don't, and Frank Gore is the starter, then definitely, then he'll be the RB12. Do you think Frank Gore has gone to the copyright office and copyrighted Frank Gore is Dunzo?

Because that's like going, you're going eight years. Hey, but I haven't, I've never been off the Frank Gore until this moment because last year, the year before, I've always been a Frank Gore supporter. All right. With, with their GM being gone, the one that brought in Frank Gore, Frank Gore going to be 34 by the time the season starts, they're going another way. Put on your goggles, put on your raincoat, whatever it takes to shield yourself from whatever comes out of Mike when we talk about this next story. Oh, no.

Rex Burkhead. One year, $3.15 million deal. Highest paid Patriots running back since Fred Taylor in 2010, which Mike would point out if I didn't. Rex Burkhead signed by the Patriots. There's been a rave. Why don't you explain your reasoning behind this celebration? Here's the deal. I am not 100% delusional.

on Rex Burkhead going to the New England Patriots. No, listen, hear me out. What I was very excited about is I think that he is talented in, I think that he has not just a runner, but a pass catcher. Like there's a skill set there that a guy deserves an opportunity. You go up to the New England Patriots. Maybe you get the opportunity. Maybe you don't. But back when I was talking about grabbing Rex Burkhead, he was free.

He was completely free. And now you have a guy who, if he has given that opportunity on the Patriots, what's the ceiling? What's the ultimate ceiling for Rex Burkhead is literally, to me, a running back one. If you hand the ball to Rex Burkhead around the goal line, like he can be at one. Like Lagart Blunt. And this to me, bringing in Burkhead for this amount of money says, we're done with Lagart Blunt. Yeah.

Now, the floor for Rex Burkhead is he is relegated to special teams and you can't, you'll play him and he will give you no carry. So that's why I'm saying I'm not completely delusional that that is a possibility. But to get a guy for free who can turn into just an absolute stud. I talked about Dionne Lewis's contract. He's very cuttable. It's about a $200,000 salary cap.

dead money hit for the Patriots. That's nothing. I don't think James White's going anywhere. No, James White will, will absolutely be there. But there's, there is a great opportunity here for Rex Burkhead. And it's, it's only one year, but I mean, three million bucks, they gave him at least some money.

Did you mention the fact you have them in all of our leagues? I did not bring that part up yet. I tweeted that out. I was very excited. My ownership of him is 100%. So I was very, Brooks came into the office. He's like, Mike, did you hear the news? You're kidding me? He probably had a custom jersey made already. I hadn't heard the news. Brooks scooped me. He said, at first I thought he was punking me. Oh, Brooks. You got a punk mic more. I thought Ashton Coocher was going to jump out.

of the window and say you're on MTV punked. But he went and then there was, there was many screams of delights, things that I'm probably embarrassed about if someone had seen them. I believe we should have that on video, right? The security cameras pick up everything. You know, here's the deal too. I mean, you, when that news broke, when the rumors, when the rumors started about Rex Burke had visiting New England, I went to all my leagues to make the offers. And unfortunately, Mike Wright,

owned Rex Burkhead. And so you think I wasn't going to own him after talking about it the way it happened. Well, I'm just saying if you're in a league and Mike Wright doesn't own Rex Burkhead, you should take advantage of that. That's all I'm saying. Thank you. All right. The Rams have signed Lance Dunbar to a one year $3 million deal. Lance Dunbar is the historically injured yet very capable third down running back played for Dallas for many years. Benny Cunningham was a free agent and gone in Los Angeles. And so you could have a situation where.

Much like Washington, where Sean McVeigh played a first and second down banger and then brought Chris Thompson in. You get out the same situation here with Lance Dunbar, assuming he stays healthy. It was a signing they had to make. How much do you guys read into this impacting Todd Gurley? For 2017. If what you say comes to fruition, I think that there's a great chance of it because Dunbar is a spectacular satellite running back. But if Todd Gurley is going to lose those receptions, I mean, I believe he had, he was in the 40s. He was. That will.

that will harm him moving forward. You take away and third downs from him. It's going to be trouble. Okay. All right. Any thoughts, Jason? Mediocre signing of the week. No, that's good. I really didn't mean to hit that. I was getting ready to hit that. I thought you were trolling me. I thought it was like, hey, you have any thoughts? We're going a different direction. Justin Hunter is the mediocre signing.

Well, it makes, I mean, Jason did pick him up. Yeah. No. I'm trolling you there, too. Steelers have signed Justin Hunter, formerly of the Bills, formerly of the Titans, formerly of past potential. Yes. And he has been, to this date, busted potential. There's been a couple of plays that he's had success with in the NFL. However.

Are you looking towards his 10 reception year or is 22 reception year or 18 reception year? Look, those years. I guess it is limited reception. So I would. If Martavis Bryant is back with Pittsburgh, then I think Justin Hunter is relegated to, you know, pretty much nothing, which is what he's been. But Justin Hunter is only 25 years old, has stayed in the league. You could say he's bounced around, but he stayed in the league. He's 25 years old. He's, uh, what is he? Like six.

four and runs a four, four, he is six four. He is a, Justin Hunter is, was he the quintessential when metrics just. I was about to say, is he the Dorio Green Beckham before it was cool? No, because he's, Dorio Green Beckham did not post athletic scores like Justin Hunter. Justin Hunter's a freak. Yeah. And what's funny is his player profiler comp. Justin Hunter is Martavis Brian. Well, and that makes sense. And this is why I'm saying in, if you're in a, yeah.

If you're in a Dynasty League where you've got 25 guys on the roster. Yeah, pick him up. Pick up Justin Hunter because now he's playing for Ben Rothlisberger, just running nines down the side who can, you know, air it out when he's at home and, you know, connect on some deep bombs. So I'm picking up Justin Hunter. If he ends up in that Marcus Wheaton, who's better? Marcus Wheaton or Justin Hunter? Marcus Wheaton. I would say for that offense. I'm going to go with a bag of groceries.

I think Justin Hunter for that offense is better than Marcus Wheaton. I don't see. Do you think he's better than Darius Hey, Rubet? No. Because I don't think so. I don't. So, I mean, to me. But we saw D.HB be productive in that role. Yeah, I wouldn't, I wouldn't tell people to sign D.HB and I wouldn't tell people to sign Justin Hunter. Jason Wood? In a Dynasty League?

You're saying in a dynasty league where you've got 25 guys in the roster, you would not sign Justin Hunter. In a dynasty league, I sure would consider it. Yeah, sure. Paul Richardson or Justin Hunter in a dynasty? I'll take Paul Richardson. I'd take them both. Yeah, that's what I do. Both or neither. All right. Any other news you guys want to talk about? I don't think so. All right.

Let's start talking about these frequently asked fantasy questions. We'll get into some strategy questions. Before we do that, I do want to remind you, just like John Snow did. Check out Ultimate DraftKit.com. Right now, you can get early bird pricing on the ever-so popular Ultimate Draft Kit, jam-packed, 100-plus player profile videos. This thing's updated all off-season. It's not one of those stale magazines. This is your draft.

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position scarcity and understanding what position scarcity is because so many leagues, startups, new players, the natural tendency, and the thing you're going to hear is talk a lot about, is the quarterback position. And I have had people call up and say, hey, look, I know you do a podcast. Aaron Rogers is the number one pick, right? Every year, Aaron Rogers is the number one pick. And I get why people say that. Well, last year it was Cam Newton, to be fair. No, I was, yeah, unless you were...

If you're a new player, it's the biggest name. From the previous year. From the previous year. At the quarterback position. So let's talk for a minute about position scarcity. Because one of the strategy questions that we have is, look, when do you draft single positions like quarterbacks and tight ends? And how does position scarcity factor in? And why aren't Aaron Rogers and Tom Brady and Matt Ryan the number one pick in the draft? Because for a lot of people, that's the viewpoint. We obviously.