Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 4 Mailbag Questions, Trade Questions, Start/Sit

four offensive touchdowns. That is tied for dead last. That is dead last. You don't think they're figuring it out? They're going to? They could be, but just Marshawn Lynch has... It's not been a great situation, especially with that offensive line, but we don't know what Foster is, and Calvin is strange. They're not throwing Calvin the ball down the field. I don't know if you guys have...

paid attention to this. I think it's an offensive line problem. Yeah, I do too. He doesn't have enough time to throw the ball down the field. You know what's been not spoken about on that offensive line is missing? And he is a very big cog in the running game and the offensive line play. So, yeah, they're a mess. I mean, they're a mess. But yeah. So as far as the trade, I just feel like the trade is kind of why a wash. Don't trade then. If it's a wash, what is the rule? Don't trade. Yeah, unless you think Foster is a huge upgrade on Lynch, which.

I'm fine. I'm fine with you buying into that. No, he has Foster and Calvin. He's been offered the other guys. Oh, then I would stay with Foster and Calvin. Yeah, so did I. So before we get to this next trade.

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We have played in enough leagues to where we see teams that think they're done or think they're out of the playoffs at week three or week four, even being 0 and 4, and you can absolutely get back to the playoffs and win a championship. A very wise man once said, whatever has happened. Whatever has happened can happen in reverse. You start 0 in 3. You can go 3 in 0 the next 3 weeks. They don't carry over your score from the previous week. Do you start fresh? You want to know how you can't win those next three?

When you bail out. Yes. Don't bail out. Keep playing because here's a thing. A quarter of your league is probably going to bail out and it will make your waivers easier. Your trades easier. You can win. Just keep with us. All right. I have a start sit. I've also seen teams bail out bail out, then start winning games, but they had already sold off pieces. And then by the time when it really came to it, they just didn't have the firepower anymore because they had bailed out too early. Regret, yeah. No regrets. Yeah. All right.

Start sit question from Nick in Houston. He needs to pick one running back and one flex. Okay. Abdullah, Spiller, Alan Robinson, Matt Jones, and Carlos Williams. Ooh. One running back and one flex. One running back. Okay. So I think the safest flex to me is Alan Robinson. Yeah, I can agree with that. The, uh,

Carlos Williams will be the interesting guy this week. I think he's the guarantee if McCoy sits. For sure. If McCoy's out, you play him for sure. So Matt Jones this week. You've got him going up against the Eagles. Alan Robinson and crew takes, who do they take on? They take on the Colts. And, man, I'm going Alan Robinson. And I think Carlos Williams, man.

Of this group. I'm the same. Abdullah plays the Seahawks. What are you laughing about over there? I saw a news update about Cody Parky's groin. Did you see the quote? My groin. He said he tore all three muscles in his groin. That is the quote from Cody Parky. I tore all three muscles in my groin. And I'm not laughing at you, buddy. I'm just...

We're laughing with you, Cody. No, I guess I am laughing at you. I don't know what I'm doing. I just thought it was really funny. All right. Sorry, I ruined your question, but Alan Robinson and Carlos Williams. Are you guys, Williams? I agree with that. I go Carlos Williams. The only other option to me is Matt Jones. I'm not, you know, I don't have a problem there. So Abdullah is out of the running in Seattle for me.

Yep, I agree. That offensive line's been terrible. All right, Jeff in Boston was offered Jeremy Macklin and Justin Forsett for Adrian Peterson. Macklin and for Adrian Peterson? Correct. No. Get out of here with that garbage. Maclin the Garbage Man? Oh, the Garbage Man can. Yeah, hit me. Oh, the Garbage Man can. I don't.

I won't get into it. Never mind. No, please do. No, I just, points are points. I mean, whatever. Points or points, but you have... Three weeks in, he has a huge game. You don't give him credit because it's garbage time. So it's all right. Because you have to look at the game script. No, I mean, no, you don't. You actually have to look at the stats at the end of the game, and that's what counts. Okay, for that week. Right, and so...

It's just, all right, this is why I said I wasn't going to get into it, because you don't count points when people score for some reason. No, I count them that week, but moving forward, the Chiefs will not be down three scores to people and having to open up the past game like that. Yeah, some games they will. Okay, like three or four more games in the season, they will, and then the other games, they'll involve Macklin too. I mean, he'll be involved, but I'm just saying Macklin is that five for 50 guy, and maybe he scores. He's not a, he's not a 140-yard guy.

All right, would you trade, Andrew wants to know, would you trade Amir Abdullah and Tyler Lockett for DeMarco Murray and Bishop Sanky? Yeah, I think I would. I see Abdullah. Essentially what you're doing is you're trading Amir Abdullah for DeMarco Murray. Because Tyler Lockett and, you know, the other pieces to me are just waiver type of pieces. So I would trade Amir Abdullah for DeMarco Murray, absolutely. Logan and Florida has a waiver wire question. What's a tight end he could stream this week with Gronk on a buy?

Well, we've got Charles Clay, who is probably my start of the week at tight-in. I think he's got a good match-up. If Sammy Watkins ends up missing that game, you've got a piece that Tyrod Taylor seems to be using, and they seem to be figuring out how to get him the ball. Who else is out there on waivers? Well, Jordan Reed, we talked about this yesterday, and I don't know if you were able to grab them or not, but Jordan Reed was available in far too many leagues. Pay attention, people.

The Rams are taking on the Cardinals, which the Cardinals defense has looked great, but you could still try Jared Cook. Man, I tried Jared Cook last week against Pittsburgh, and he stunk. Every time that I have in the last couple of years, every time that I have finally believed in a Jared Cook sighting, he dies on the field. Really? He dies?

Yeah. Yeah, multiple times he's died. All right. Eric Ibrun against Seattle is not the worst play in the world, in my opinion. And do we have a status update on Dwayne Allen? If Dwayne Allen is out, then the Colts are taken on the Jaguars, the Jaguars.

So you're saying Colby Felner? He's just, he's a, these are, you're, you're just grabbing in a big bag. All right, this week, uh, who would you go with Eric in Minnesota wants to know? I'd go with Eric. Does he start with Derek Carr or Cam Newton? Now, Carr's facing the Bears defense. Newton's facing the Buck's defense. I like both, but it's Cam. Cam. Yeah, safer. Much safer, at least. I really wanted to say sending the car.

So you got to give me that drop, bro. I am the drop. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Hey, what's up, yeah, yeah? He wants to know. Should he pick up the Eagles D against the Redskins? Yes. Even though he has Jordan Reed. So talk a little bit about those fun situations. I'm not a fan. I mean, if I can avoid it, I do, but Jordan Reed. Do you like them more than the Packers against the 49ers this week, though?

Ooh, I like the Packers against 49ers. I like the Packers. I'm a fan of the Packers against the Niners. But I would say there's a lot of weeks where you're going to have to play a D that's got – I mean, there's a lot of players on your team. You have guys where you're going to be playing against your own D. In a tight end, I'm not too worried about it. If it was the starting quarterback in a situation where both guys are going to destroy the other one, but you can have a situation where Jordan Reed has a very good game because you're using the tight end because –

you know, your other main options aren't doing so well. So I think you can do both. Yeah, yeah, he is a Patreon member, a join the foot.com member. Yeah, yeah. Alfred. I think you meant, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Tim in Chicago, would you trade Alfred Morris for Todd Gurley? Yes. Yeah, me too. Out with the old and with the new. I know. I saw Gurley and some starting lineups for this next week. I think this week might be a little bit too soon.

But there's bi-weeks and stuff. I don't know. Yeah, I'm just saying. The workload, I think, is not going to be completely there. Here's why it's a week too soon. Arizona. That's why it's a week too soon. I think they will use him, but there's not going to be a whole lot of running room there because Arizona hasn't given much running room to anyone in quite a while. Eric in San Jose has a PPR League question. A lot of erics. Well, this one is E-R-I-C-K. Eric?

And the other one was E-R-I-C. So this is Eric. I'm pretty sure I'm right. I think it's still Eric. Agreed to disagree. Go on. I think I saw you try to spell Derek Carr's name. I-C-K. P-P-R League. Who would you start? Lamar Miller or Matt Jones in the Flex. Ooh. Miller, for all of his ineptitude this season, which I think is not so much on him as on the organization, has still put up.

Not death numbers. If you're in a half point PPR or full point PPR, then Lamar Miller has actually been okay. He's near 10 points a game right now, despite stinking it up, having a terrible existence. But I would go, Lamar Miller. I have this question in one of my leagues. If it was standard and you don't get points for those catches, then I would probably go, Manjo. Follow up question from Stephen in Camp Zama, Japan.