What Would You Do? + Pump the Brakes, Krampus Love

Let's go ahead and jump in here. First question from Xavier in Toronto. Oh, bonjour. Is Michael Thomas for Levi-on-Bel a good trade? No. I'd rather Michael Thomas. I completely agree. And I know I've been very pro of once Levi-M-Bel comes back, that he's going to be most of what he has been in the past. If you were following the news, there was some weird, vague reporting coming out yesterday.

that a baseball reporter in Florida ran into Levi-on-Bel says he's for sure coming back. Ian Rappaport retweeted it saying this is kind of interesting. So it's still a complete unknown when Levi-on-Bel is going to come back. But Michael Thomas is a monster. He's had a couple down weeks, but he's...

He's still a top five. If Lev Bell comes back and takes over the Lev Bell roll, then it will be a clear win to have Lev Bell and Michael Thomas. But the risk is gigantically high still for Lev Bell. And Thomas is past his by week as well. Exactly. The option that he doesn't come back, at least during the by week, the option that he comes back and splits or worse. And so, yeah, I would rather have a great player that you know is a great player. All right, let's jump into a voicemail question.

Hey, ballers, how's it going? Jack and Virginia here. Hey, I have a question for you. If you're out to a big lead this year in your seasonal leagues, maybe you're 6-0, 5-1, or something like that, what's something that you can do as an owner to keep yourself from getting complacent? How can you stay hungry, stay ahead of the curb, and keep those wins coming? Thanks, love the show. Bye. Yeah, I think you just, my personal thought right there is just stay ahead of the disciplines that give you a small advantage each and every week.

making sure that you're doing your research when it comes to defenses, picking up the right defense and kicker. Grab Zerloin off the waiver wire. Get ahead of your bye weeks by two or three weeks because you've got some buffer space. You don't need production off the bench. So, you know, two weeks ago, if you were there in Rodgers owner, you would have been ahead of the game, grabbing Andy Dalton, grabbing James Winston, somebody else. You know, if you have by weeks coming down the line, I would be paying attention to those things. And a lot of times it's motivation too, because once you feel like,

Once you feel like, oh, okay, I'm locked in, I don't need to pay attention. Look at your league, because if your league, like I would say most or at least half have a first round buy for the highest winners, that is so valuable. I mean, when you're in there, you got, assuming it's a three-week system where the first week, you know, two players get a buy. Those, I mean, you only need to win one game if you've got the buy to be in your fantasy championship. So go hard after every win.

And if you're that team and you can go get Levi-on-Bel, that is 100% worth the risk. Or even a Leonard Fournett type to me because I think he's gone for another couple weeks, but when he comes back, he'll be a beast. As long as he doesn't go to Vante Freeman's direction. Yeah, I would rather go after Logan-Bel. I would much rather have Lev-Bel, yes. Jerome in Pennsylvania, I was offered Odell Beckham Jr. for Ju-Ju and want to know if I should accept. Half-point League.

To trade Juju for Beckham? Correct. Yeah, I would still do it. You would rather have Beckham. I'd rather have Beckham. Yes, me too. Greg in Chicago. Hi, guys. I own LaShawn McCoy in my 10-person Standard League. Just got offered Jordan Howard. Should I accept this trade or write it out with Shady? Shady. Shady. Shady's back to the absolute volume machine. His offense is not nearly as good, but the volume is counteracting.

Jason is deep in thought he is staring off into the void, looking into his soul. This one is really, really tough for me because I think you're going to miss a couple weeks here with Josh Allen and the shady that you're going to get is going to be putrid. And if Jordan Howard gets the work, he's going to be much better. But here's the thing. The work is obviously more guaranteed with Shady. There is.

a possibility that Derek Anderson is the quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. Yes. He's been named the starter. Thank you, Brooks. Derek Anderson has? Yes. Over Peterman. Yes. The bills have... You would have been. The bills have their best starting... Over Peterman. The best starting quarterback they've had all year starting this week. Oh! High five. No. Yes. No. No, but I love it. Yeah, it's not true. But it... It may be the best... Maybe the most...

willing to chuck it down field and do those type of things. Yeah, I would go shady. But Derek Andrew, look, start your Colts defense against Derek. Oh, I am. I mean. I'm less excited about the Colts defense with Derek Anderson than I was with Nathan Peterman. When it was Nathan Peterman, it was like, oh, Colts, you have to start them. I agree. Colts defense is not very good. Well, limited options. Neither is Derek Anderson.

Andrew and Orlando, last question, are Michelle and White, the new Camara and Ingram? If I have both, can I play them together every week? Yes. Cool. Man, that was easy. All right. That is it for today's show. Thanks for tuning in, listening, subscribing, supporting over at join the foot.com. And don't forget to check out draft.com slash ballers. Tomorrow will have matchups, starts of the week, and much more. Goodbye. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast.

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