Fantasy Football 2018 - Trivia Time, Dynasty Startup, Krampus Released

and we're going to talk about some players that dominated during their first two seasons in the league and whether we think that'll continue. But I want to start with these who am I questions because I think they're both pretty good. Where's the drop, bro? Thank you. Come on now. I forgot your favorite drop of all time. Yes. I couldn't get away with it. You just saved your, I saved you. I saved you. And Brooks was coming in. The integrity of the show. Your timeline would have been in flames if you left that one out.

You're welcome. People pretty much tolerate everything that comes after that drop just to hear the drop. Yes. All the rest of this is just... It's the best. Okay. All right, who am I? You can play along with us from home. What? I don't know. That just struck me as funny. That's how trivia works. Yes. I'm going to try to give them some time is all I'm saying. All right. Clue number one from weeks 7 through 17. I was the RB 10 in...

Half point per our, sorry, half point per reception leagues. Okay. Okay. So from week 7 through 17, RB 10, all right? There's the groundwork. So not Lamar Miller. Got it. Right. There you go. Elimination. This is a game of guess who. Five different weeks, I was a top 12 running back. That's the same number as Carlos Hyde, Christian McCaffrey, and more than Devonta Freeman, Lamar Miller, and DeMarco Murray.

So you can eliminate those five names from your guessing game here. Okay. All right. So five different weeks. I was the top 12. Do we have any early guesses? I have my guess. I have my guess. How many clues are attached to this name? There are five. There are five? Okay. I'll let three come out then before I launch my first guess. Just to confirm? Yeah. Do you have one too, Jason? Are you just going to pretend like you have one? No. No, I don't have. I mean, I could guess, but I feel like there's very little information here so far. I went undrafted in most fantasy leagues. Okay. That's even better for my guess.

All right. Should I get it out there? Sure. I'm going with Dionne Lewis. I'm going with Dionne Lewis. I'm going with Dionne Lewis. Is that correct, Brooks? No, that's not right. I'm going to go. I thought I was thinking about going with Dionne Lewis, but I've got two guys. That's not my official answer. I've got two guys that I want to guess and they're on the same team.

Would it be Jerich McKinnon or Latavius Murray after Dalvin Cook went down? Ooh. Let's go to the board. Oh! Is it both of them? It is one of them. Do you want to take a shot? You got a 50-50 shot here. Despite the- I get to guess after Jason. Strong start from McKinnon. I'm going to go Latavius. I'm going Jerich McKinnon. It is.

Latavius. All right. Murray. We got there. The final clues that Brooks had put in there were I may hardly see the field in 2018 and that Jason used to love. That's the freebie. Yeah. That's like when you're playing the tributt's and then they just say what the word is. Yeah, that's the fifth. I hope that that's what he's done for all the fifth. The final ones are like, you're an idiot. Here's the answer. He has. What's interesting about Latavius Murray is he is the...

perfect player for all of my league mates to draft. That's what all those stats mean to me. Because if you're just looking and you're playing with league mates that all they're doing is looking at past season results and the way the season ended, right? We talk about the impression that the end of the season makes on it. That would be where you look for the one pick to go off the board before you ever need to take it. Because I'm assuming neither of you guys are very excited about Latavius Murray in 2018. No, he's a...

He's a backup. Yeah, I can't imagine. He's fine to draft at the very end of the draft just in case something happens to Dalvin. Yeah, I know our general strategy during the draft season is to not really draft handcuffs. Yeah. That's what I see Latavis Murray as. So I can't imagine I'll have him going into week one on any of my rosters. All right. Let's do a wide receiver. Who am I? Okay.

In 2017, I have my guess. No, it's not Dwayne Bo. Oh, it is not Dwayne Bo. In 2017, I was 10th in targets and 10th in receptions among wide receivers. All right. Okay. Tenth. Clue number two. Whoever, I finished as the wide receiver 20. Hmm. Okay. Not a lot of touchdowns. Yeah, I mean, that's an extrapolation I would make there. Tenth in.

Targets, 10th and resumptions, 20th in fantasy points. No guesses, obviously. No, not yet. Give me another. This is the one where I, when I was reviewing these, this is the one that I, this is when I knew. So we'll see how smart you guys are. Clue number three. I had five seasons in a row with a thousand receiving yards. Oh, Demarius Thomas. No. Not in 2017. Demarius Thomas. I was going to go, AJ Green. The answer is Demarius Thomas. Oh, darn it. Mm-hmm. One to one.

Yeah, five straight seasons with 1,000 receiving yards, 10th in receptions, 10th in targets. Obviously the low touchdown numbers. The final clues were I haven't missed a game since 2011. And then he threw in, I need Kirk Cousins as clue number five. That'll be glorious. I forgot the wide receiver 20. Because AJ Green was much better than that. Yeah, he was one. Yeah. There have been. My bad. I think Demaris Thomas is going to be one of the more polarizing fantasy names in the 2018 draft season.

because you have one, I think one trying to thought that fits with some reports that have come out that maybe Denver doesn't think he's the same player anymore. And then you have the argument justified by those stats that he just needs a quarterback and an offense that can put him in the position to take that 10th-ranked receptions and 10th-ranked targets. And, you know,

beat 10th and touchdowns in the league, which he's been much higher before, but then you're a top 12 wide receiver again. I will still be in on to Marius Thomas. Over Emmanuel Sanders. Yeah, I think. I mean, they're pretty close. What about you, Jay? Yeah, I expect Denver to get a quality quarterback this this off season. And if they do, then I am completely on board. Define quality. Quality is Kirk Cousins, Case Keenum. Someone.

kind of that tier. Okay. And I think if one of those guys were to show up in Denver, Demarius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders will both be drafted by myself quite frequently. My one counterpoint to that is I think if they miss out on Kurt Cousins and let's say the, like the rumor mill right now is the Jets, the Jets are going to get Kirk Cousins. If that happens.

I think that Minnesota franchised its case Keenham. Actually, we won't know because they would have to tag him right now. No, you don't have to tag him later. Can you? Yeah. I mean, it's rare what happened with Jarvis. Usually teams. But up to free agency. Once free agency hits, you will already have to declare that you're tagging a player. Oh, I got you. So my hypothetical situation here is. Yeah, February 20th was the first day for tagging.

And then the deadline for teams to use that tag is March 6 with three agencies, the 12th through the 14th of March. Man. It's going to be interesting. I don't think they need. I don't think they're going to need to tag him. To say Keenham? Yeah. I think they can keep him if they want him. He's got the system, the success. Right, but the love. But you have the advantage of.

Well, let's go one more year. Case Kingdom, can you repeat instead of giving him a long-term deal? I feel like then they end up just going into the Kirk Cousin situation where you go, shoot, we should have signed him to a long-term contract a couple years ago. Maybe. Maybe that'll depend. It'll depend a little on the rumor mill, too, with Bradford and Bridgewater, maybe. Sure. Well, before we allow me to win this competition of trivia against Mike, we want to thank today's sponsors.

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week winning guys and how he wants to draft those early because you're not going to find them late in the draft. Here's a question for you guys. See how many you can get. Only four receivers have finished top 15 in receiving yards each of the past three seasons. Antonio Brown. Did I get one? You've got a point for me. That's a point for me. That is, yes, that is correct. I would go AJ Green. No. Yeah, he had the injured season. Oh, the injured season. No, just keep.

Keep getting the answer wrong with AJ Green. That's the only way I can, my man. So the top, what in yardage? So top 15 in receiving yards each of the past three seasons. You have two of the four. Julio Jones and Antonio Brown. That is correct. The real question is, this is the hardest one. The fourth one is interesting and very difficult. And I have a hint for you if you need it. But I want to see if you can get it because those three names, Evans, Julio, Brown, locked and loaded. Yeah.

Is it a future Hall of Famer? I would say no. Okay. Yeah, I'll let you guys. At this point, no. You could ask a couple questions. I would say no. Definitely not right now. I don't have any questions. Is it AJ Green? No, yeah. I'm pretty confident that it's AJ Green right now, but I feel like I already asked. I mean, my mind goes to Hopkins, but I feel like that wouldn't be surprising. Here's the hint. He played on two teams during that three-year span. Ooh. Two different teams. Cooks?

Brandon Cook. Wow. So only four receivers have been top 15 in receiving yards each of the past three years, and it was Julio, Antonio, Evans, and Cooks. That's four points for me, right? No, that's one point. You won that round. You know who would have been in this group? If it weren't for injury, it would have been T.I. Hilton.

I've had a lot of questions about T.Y. Hilton, people trying to trade T.Y. Hilton, people being tempted to unload him for pennies on the dollar. And I've kind of been like, whoa, just hold on here. You have a really, really good player. If you told me, you know, Brandon Cooks or T.Y. Hilton and Lux back, I'm taking Hilton all day. I totally agree with you.

So interesting. Interesting those four names. All right. Over the past three seasons, who are the top five running backs in touches? Hmm. Right. So as rushing attempts plus receptions over the past three years. So who do you think the top five are? Obviously, that's a big span, especially in the life of running backs. I definitely would put Lev Bell in there even with.