Footballers AMA + Epic Stories, A Balanced Diet - Fantasy Football Podcast for 1/14

total. So he's been, you know, the higher point score on average. But man, what a decision for fantasy owners to decide where Kelsey belongs. Because after five straight years at number one, you know it won't last forever. That's the hard part. But it's lasted as close to fantasy forever as it gets. Is where in the game of being out in front, which loss are you willing to take? Are you willing to take the L of, I'm guessing that this is the year that Travis Kelsey.

is not that dominant number one guy or take the alley of him. You're like betting that he will still be that dominant because the last couple of years it has been absurd that. I mean, like Kelsey would be finishing as a top 10 wide receiver. And he always dominates whoever's in second. So take the gamble that he will be that. But he, what's he 32?

Am I remembering that right? It sounds about right. I mean, the hard part is it's not like it's a guarantee at wide receiver. I mean, Michael Thomas was the first wide receiver off the board this year. And it was all under the basis of Michael Thomas is a guarantee at the position. And so some of that durability with Kelsey. And I will be 32 in October. Yeah. I just, I don't know. I found myself leaning the Kelsey side, which it's an interesting debate. So.

That was a lot of fun. You guys did well. You always got the bonus extra, you know, 20 minutes of the show. That's right. When Mike's hosting it. I know. I know you're trying to endear yourself to everybody and supplant me. So that's the way to do it. I know. What did you think of the, before we move on to the next part, what did you think of the where I took Cam Acres? Are you that bullish on Cam Acres with me? I'm getting convinced. Yeah, I'm becoming convinced for sure. You know.

everything about all the rookie class at running back was about where they landed and what kind of opportunity that they were going to get. And I think we saw over the back three, four, five games what Sean McVeigh would like to do with Cam Acres and what his ability is. And the ceiling is so much higher than the other options he has there. So hopefully he can stay healthy and that's a worthwhile pick.

I was so unhappy for solely just Cam Acres reasons of his playoff performance, the fact that he won, he's going to go to another playoff game and get more national exposure. Like if they didn't make the playoffs, if somehow they could, oh, Cam Acres would have been one of my favorite draft picks next year, but more people are going to see him in the national spotlight and see what he's doing and dominating and it'll just be higher because of it. I did have one.

One other comment on the draft, because I know J.K. Dobbins went in that top 25 as well. You guys left Joshua off the board. Mr. Josh Jacobs. Had you, you know, where was he on your list compared to where he went? Because top 25, I mean, that would be a stark drop for a player who actually outperformed on a point per game basis his rookie season. I am still waiting for we have some off the field things that need to clear up.

I wondered if they had something to do. And if that trouble goes through of his incident, he's going to miss games. And I'm not, like, Josh Jacobs to me, as a player, he's fantastic, but he isn't so special that I'm going to absorb two to three games on my bench while I could be taking.

Someone like Jakeyed up. Yeah, he wasn't, you know, Zeke when he was suspended or Love Bell when he was, you know, going to miss a couple games. I have him at 28 right now on my big board. Where does that put him as your, what running back number though? Well, it puts him behind Antonio Gibson, who I have slightly ahead of him, and Clyde Edwards Aller, who I still believe can take a step forward next year. Jacobs, despite the injuries that he both played through and the game he missed, you know where he finished? I do not.

He is the RB8. Not bad. Not bad. With a B consistency level last year. So that was the only other comment I had, but I enjoyed it very much. Let's do some buy sell. Buy or sell presented by pristine auction. Now, the reason why I wasn't on the show is you guys were so kind to let me go, spend some time with the family up north and get a little decompression after the long season. And I was just wandering the dark woods at night.

So I really appreciate you letting me do that. Glad to see you made it out. Just, just barely. Don't say barely. Don't say barely. Don't say barely. Yeah, that's a good point. All right, buy sell. Here we go. DJ Moore. Will he have a better fantasy football finish in 2021 than he did in 2020? Where did he finish, you ask? He was the wide receiver 22 in half PPR scoring.

Now, in three years, he's dealt with low touchdown totals. He has not gone over four in a season, and he's hit that mark for the last two years. I know when we came into the year, that was something we brought up. We said, hey, this has got to change. And I still think it does have to change. It's not to say that...

Some players score fewer touchdowns than others. But you look at Robert Woods as a player who historically doesn't score a lot of touchdowns. And then if you're involved in an offense in a major way, eventually touchdowns will come, even if that's not your forte. But the big thing for me is Curtis Samuel. Curtis Samuel is completely unrestricted free agent. I don't expect him.

I don't think it's a lock that he comes back. He's going to test the waters, see if he can be higher up on the depth chart, not be, you know, fiddling around for is he second or third on the pecking order and probably get paid more to do that. I don't think the Panthers are in a position to pay him a lot of money if someone else is able to. Now, if he's gone, and it's just Robbie Anderson and DJ Moore in year two of that system, I'm pretty all about them.

and their outlook next year with Christian McCaffrey helping move the offense forward. I was going to bring up Christian McCaffrey because this was a year where we did know what the quarterback situation was going to be. Bridgewater really fell off a cliff over the back half of the year in terms of our confidence on his future. And, you know, McCaffrey will get his, no doubt. So, I mean, wide receiver 22, that's not a difficult place to get to. That's the, you know, or above 22. I guess I would sell it.

I'll go sell. I don't think DJ Moore is like, you know, that's not really a huge indictment. I think I just would like other wide receivers more than the unknowns there. Sure. I'm going to buy. I mean, he is such a difficult player to gauge. He did miss a game, but ninth in receiving yards among wide receivers. I mean, he was on a, if you give him that, you fill in the blanks on that game that he missed, he's well over 1,200 yards on the season.

And you look, and he is over 90 yards in eight or nine of his games. It's just the fantasy finish because of touchdowns a lot of it. It betrays like how good he is and how special he is as an NFL player. But I will buy that he will finish over what we set the line at at 22. Yeah, that's what he set the line at. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. That's what he said. He was wide receiver 18.

last year. And I think DJ Moore is really a special player. Yeah, I do too. The real question will be Teddy Bridgewater. Is he even the quarterback for 16 games next year? He's paid to be the quarterback, but he was so bad towards the second half. That would be the downfall of DJ Moore to me. It's not in DJ Moore's talent. Well, I think we learned, too, what the team thought about Robbie Anderson. And they brought him in there, and he was obviously the receptions leader. I'm looking at DJ Moore's pace for receptions last year.

give him his injured games and paste that out. It's a 70 reception total. That is much more a big play, ironically, a lot like Robbie Anderson and New York type of player that was delivering big yardage plays, but not PPR type of numbers. And it is true, Jay. With Curtis Samuel, you know, that could be the major change to the offense that could propel some of those reception totals up if they don't replace him. Someone will be there. There'll be a third wide receiver, but will they be as good?

as Curtis. Curtis Samuel picked a great, great time to have a career season right before going to get that money. It's funny, Teddy Bridgewater, we're talking about him, holding DJ Moore back. I mean, last year it was mostly Kyle Allen. Can we get my man, DJ Moore, someone capable of throwing him the ball, please? Yeah, yeah, he is very talented, no doubt. I wonder whether he is the one. I think that is the tough part.

figuring him out maybe it doesn't matter but yeah i don't it seems like this is just a you know one a one b scenario in carolina all right that was buy sell from pristine auction um you officially bought right jay i did i i bought he'll have a great season next year uh pristine auction dot com use the code ballers and we did have an a m a question about pristine auction that i'll throw in here um they just wanted to know what our favorite pieces of memorabilia are because we have a lot of

signed jerseys helmets my personal favorite just getting it out of the way here it's the josh allen cleat that you'll see on our studio set back over my shoulder um love josh allen love the uniqueness of getting a cleat you know we've talked about they have like signed pylons and stuff up there so that's my favorite my personal favorite is not sports it's an ace ventura signed uh picture that uh pristine auction has everything

not just sports memorabilia. And my favorite, if you just look over my shoulder right here, you can just kind of make out the numbers, but that is in fact a number 11. That is an Arizona Cardinals signed Larry Fitzgerald jersey. That is the prized piece of my collection. And we do want to get into the AMA momentarily. I want to throw one piece of news out there. We don't need the whole segment because there's not a lot. But the Seahawks did fire.

Offensive coordinator Brian. That escalated quickly. Brian Schottenheimer. And this was shocking because it did not seem like that was going to take place. Now Pete Carroll came out and said, we need to run the ball more. And normally you would say, hey, who would love to? Brian Schottenheimer. Who would love to say yes to that more than Brian Schottenheimer?

In which case, this is concerning because... You are not run heavy enough, Mr. Shottinheimer. That's what he said. And I'm like, is Bill Callahan on speed dial at this point? Oh, man. Yeah, I mean, whoever's... What was your reaction to that? It was pretty shocking because this is a guy who's always been associated with run first. And then Pete Carroll in the press coverage was talking about how that's the number one thing. They need to get back to running the ball more. They want to...

you know, put away the kitchen utensils for Russell Wilson and just have him be the, I mean, which has worked, right? I mean, they've had a decade of great football with Russell Wilson being more of the game manager, less of the superstar offensive mastermind. Because he's always bailing them out. I get it. But it works. This year it turns, it's hard to argue. Yeah. I know, but it's, it's just, it is absurd to. They should have had two Super Bowls.

Yeah, it's just absurd to me. Is there a reason we have to run, run, and then Russ has to bail you out on third and long. They're like, this, this keeps going forever. This is working. Do we have to either cook or not cook? Can we not cook a little? Can we not have a balanced offense? Do we not have to be. A balanced diet is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. And absolutely. I love that there's this polarity of like, we got to be the most run heavy team or the most pass happy team. How about we.

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