OTAs and Crucial Questions + Draft Pick Trading, Super Heart! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 5/24

I think we all want Frank Wright to do well. I think he's very likable. Yeah. Who doesn't like Steven Spielberg? I feel like every off season, this is the same refrain for Frank Reich. I think we feel a sense of pity where he lost Andrew Luck suddenly during one of our live shows, essentially. And from that time on, we're just like kind of going, well, that's a good move there. Carson wins. That can work out. Oh, well, no. Philip Rivers. Oh, that'll work out.

Yeah, it was more in on the rivers. That might work out. He's a new quarterback every year for Frank Wright. Well, you got to keep swinging. I don't think we have any other news, Brooks, do we? No, sir. We do have a giveaway. We're giving away a couple classic autographed jerseys on the website, Footclan giveaway.com. It's free to enter an autographed Mike Vic, Falcons jersey. Jason, you didn't even know about this. I didn't. And an autographed Beckham Giants jersey.

So a couple classics up there. If you want to win one, Footclank giveaway.com. Like I said, it's free to enter. Just giving out some cool stuff to the Footclam. Mailbag. Is that a black shirt, Kyle? Yes, sir. Okay, you've got a black shirt. And then, of course, Al probably's got a black shirt on. Yeah?

It's actually gray today. This would have been a better, like, morning outfit for us with the sun's departure from the playoffs. We really should have, we should have called, well, Mike and I, Mike and I could have called each other. What are you talking about? Who? Oh, you don't even know who I'm talking about. No. You've moved on. We have a departure? Yeah, it was the game you went to, Mike. You paid, you paid money to go to that game. You don't remember that? Nope. Check your wallet. Nope. Okay. There's nothing there.

If you have a question. The sun stuck at all. The sun stuck everything. If you have a question for the show, you can dial the voicemail hotline 302-464 TFFB. And you might sneak on to one of these mailbag sections. You can click to submit a question button on the website, the fancy footballers.com, as well. Jump into a voicemail. So the question was, would you trademark Andrews for T.J. Hawkinson and a future first rounder in a dynasty league?

Can I speak as the Hawkinson truth? Of course you can. I believe Hawkinson, you know, he's very young, great draft capital. I think he's shown enough flashes. I think he's going to be good. I think he will be much better than he was even last year. And as the truther, I would not, I mean, I would trade Hawkinson and a future first to get Mark Andrews. That's how I view Andrews. I think Andrews is, you know, what would you?

What would you have traded five years ago for Travis Kelsey and a run of potential five years in a row of the tight end one? I don't know that Mark Andrews will ever be quite as dominant as Travis Kelsey. I mean, he was better than him last year, but there were some things that came about to make that happen. But I don't think he needs to be as dominant to still be a clear difference maker where, you know, the odds on favorite for...

being the tight-in one over the next five years with the quarterback situation with Pitts and the aging out of Kelsey. So, yeah, I think Mark Andrews is more valuable than Hawkinson and a random future first. I think drastically. Like if I had Hawkinson on my team, this is something I would be more than willing to do is go make an offer because it seems like face value. Okay, that's interesting for the manager that has Mark Andrews on their team.

and I would prefer Andrews. Look, he's in the perfect place where the offense and Lamar, like, it's being built around Mark Andrews, where, like, Rashad Bateman, you know, we think he's a very good wide receiver. Can he take the step to be a true number one that remains to be seen? Meanwhile, the Lions, you know, they just traded way up in the draft to bring in an actual number one wide receiver, and you still have,

the St. Brown breakout from last year. So I think that while Hawkinson will be good, like he'll be good where if he ends up as the tight-in three, you're like, yeah, but the difference between the Titan three and the Titan one is vast. It's points per game different. Yeah, until T.G. Hawkinson is Mark Andrews. He's one of a million tight-ins with potential. Right. And those are always worth trading for tight-ins with established value.

And will he be Mark Andrews with Jared Gough? No. No. And will he be Mark Andrews with a rookie? Not likely. So maybe three years from now when a great rookie they draft next year really comes into his own, takes the Lions to where they haven't been in many years while he's playing on his fifth year option or whatever. Maybe then he does have that true dominant breakout. But he's a trade for me in Dynasty. And I know that you, truth or not, like it's not an indictment on Hawkinson. It's.

a reflection of that situation. Fewest vacated targets in the NFL. Jameson Williams being drafted. DeAndre Swift being healthy. If I could cash in on Hawkinson this way with a future first to get Andrews, it'd be awesome. All right. This question comes from Christopher Rubin on YouTube. Hey, footballers, what do you think about 14 team leagues and how would you structure the playoffs if you had a 14 team league setup?

We have a 14-team league, our listener league, so that we can have as many extra fans in our league. We have made it a 14-team league since the three of us are taking three teams. We sometimes regretfully have a team from last year that gets to play again because one of us didn't win, which is rare, but also did happen this last year. We, you know, in that league, we basically, so I love the idea of a 14-team league if you have enough.

you know, good managers to run the teams. Those are fun. They get deeper. They get harder. As far as playoffs. What, do we have six in the playoffs in that league? Six in the playoffs. So a little bit more difficult to make the playoffs. And then it basically runs just like your normal 12 team leagues with six in where first two. You could do eight. Yeah, you could. You could do eight with no buys. Yeah. What's the biggest league you've been in? I haven't been in any.

larger than 14 that I cared about. I've done a 16 teamer, and it is. It's quite the test. Starting some very special players. Oh, yeah, especially at the running back position. You are just getting all the garbage in there. All right. Let's jump into another voicemail. Howdy, there, ballers, inducers. Would you rather have Chase Edmonds, C.E.H, or A.J. Dillon is your RB2 if Aaron Jones is your RV1. Thank you much.

Oh, you had to throw that last part in there. Yeah. Admin's C.E.H or A.J. Dillon as your RB2 when you have Aaron Jones as your RB1. First of all, I think this is the first verbalization from a fan of the Ducers. How did you feel? I felt great about it. I knew that was near and dear to your heart. So I was willing to really make the commitment. Yeah. So, yeah. And thank you Ducers for.

being so good back there. I know my answer. I'm scared of this player in general. I let him go by me in almost all drafts, but it would still be Clyde Edwards Allaire. I think that the passing opportunity this year, the offense, the, you know, I'm more sure of at least his role, even though I'm still not like a hundred. I have Ronald Jones fears, but I'm more sure of his success than Chase Edmonds.

personally. And, you know, there's going to be a lot of change in Miami. We don't know how good two is going to be. And then A.J. Dylan, I feel like it would be really scary to start both at the same time and just get everything that the Packers get. And then it feels more like insurance. So that's where I am. I would take Clyde Edwards-A-Layer out of the three if AJ, really in either situation. But if Aaron Jones was my RB1.

even more clearly. It's so strange when you have a situation like that where if your RB1 was a different player, like maybe in, call it Joe Mixen, right? And then I'd answer A.J. Dillon. But if you make it Aaron Jones, then I'm answering somebody else. And independently, you should think, hey, the better player should play. But you're also about risk aversion. And, you know. And maximizing upside. Yeah. And when Aaron Rogers throws four touchdowns that one week and you get nothing.

That's a problem. So I agree. I think Clyde is the answer. Vacated targets very often go to the running back position. Kansas City has a ton of them. Green Bay has a ton of them. Right. Both of those teams do. But Green Bayes are going to go more to the Aaron Jones side most likely in the passing game, even if A.J. Delon is capable of it. So I'll agree with you on that one. And yeah, I'm going to go with Clyde as well. An interesting note that we had, we just found out. I don't know how.

This made it through. Like no beat reporters, nobody talked about this. But last, so coming into last off season, coming off of the Super Bowl win, Clyde went on a podcast and he was talking about, well, he ended up having a gallbladder surgery. And like, it had shut down. I don't know, you know, the specifics, not a doctor worrying about gallbladder stuff. And I believe it's a pretty easy surgery normally. But he mentioned he got down to 160 pounds.

So he didn't have a true off season. He was still going into the two training camp with his body not coming off of a full off season. Like he's still recovering. So I thought that was at least interesting of he wasn't fantastic in his sophomore year. It almost looked like he may have taken a step back. So we will see moving forward into year three.

If he has a full off season, what does that actually look like for him? Do you know what I would have to do to lose 40 pounds? I mean, give me a gallbladder? Give me a gallbladder surgery immediately. I think the, when you are, like, Clyde's a smaller framed dude. So when you aren't able to keep working out vigorously, your muscle mass will go away quickly. But he was, but he was bad with a gallbladder. Right. Also bad without a gallbladder. He was not bad. So he needs half a gallbladder.

Put half of it back in and then unleash them. Yeah, I mean... What does a gallbladder even do? Does anyone know? I think it helps with the bile and breaking down fats. Oh, don't answer for real. We were looking for something entertaining. It does nothing. Scientists are lost and you can get rid of it. I figured it was like the backup bladder. How many organs do we have that we don't necessarily need?

Oh, at least 30% of them. Oh, that's a number larger than I would be comfortable with. You can give a kidney, right? You don't need one kidney. A lobe of a lung. So like that, you know, right? A chunk of a liver. Yeah. So, man, 30% might be right here, Mike. Your gallbladder? You can't give up any heart though, right? You can't, like, give them a ventricle? No. I don't. I don't need to keep them all. Don't recommend that. Can you get extra?

Extra hearts? Just an extra like... Just in case? Like an extra valve. You know what I mean? Like I got a V8 to your V6. Right. You upgraded. Oh, yeah. I'm just preparing for, you know. Oh. I already know I'm going to need a couple extra. Let's get those put in there now. They don't do any preemptive valve surgeries probably. Like everything looks fine, sir. Put it in. Yeah. I want a super heart.

I want to turbo charge this bad dog. Why, sir? Pickle ball. Pickle ball and I eat a lot. Oh, my gosh. Oh, yeah, you don't need your appendix, right? Oh, yeah, get that out of here. That thing, you know. It's just, it's a hazard. It should take it out, you know, on birth. Get it out of there so you don't have any of that appendicitis going on. Okay, well. Your spleen? Do you need a spleen?

I think you can live without it. There you go. Can you? 30% might be right. I'm looking at the deusers. No one is confirming all of the scientific data. Nobody at all. Because we run a fantasy football podcast. False. Based on this conversation. Josh chimed it. He said, don't forget about the appendix. Yeah, but what about the spleen, man? We're asking spleen questions.

Oh, you can still have a fairly normal life without one of your lungs, a kidney, your spleen, appendix, gallbladder, adenoids, tonsils, plus some of your lymph nodes. You want to lose weight. I just found your path. Take it out. Let's go. If you take all that out, you could probably, you can put in a storage pouch or something. Oh, the storage pouches. With a zipper? It's already there. What is happening today?

All right, we're going to take a quick break and get back into the questions.