Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Sits of the Week, Stat Quiz, Week 11 Mailbag

He's got to earn it. The Patriots are always moving on to the next thing. If they go out and they get another guy and they like him, you know what I'm more interested to see this offseason is not who they draft, but who they sign. They have a history of going and signing other middle-of-the-packed guys. They signed Danny Amadola. They signed Wes Welker from the Dolphins. They liked what they saw. They signed Dionne Lewis. He goes out and scouts players on other teams, not just rookies coming in, and says,

this guy can help our system. If they go and sign somebody like that, then I'm a little bit less likely to just crown Dionne Lewis with that role. Yeah, that's very fair. I think a good perspective. You know, if you're a dynasty owner and you're having to sit there and make a decision right now, it's a tough one, but I actually lean Langford for the long term. Because if you're in a keeper league, a dynasty league, yeah, okay, maybe Forteys back. Does he got a year left? Right. I mean, at least you've got the guy that we've seen go out and dominate in the passing game and the running game. All right, Chris in Chicago.

He has a rest of season question for you, Jason. Would you rather, well, for us, I guess, would you rather want Carlos Williams or Danny Woodhead rest of season? Oh, Danny Woodhead. To me, that's easy because, you know, we get a lot of questions. Hey, rank these guys. And in the list, there's starters and there's backups. Rank these guys rest of season. Well, look, Carlos Williams, if Shady goes down, he's going to be ranked super high. If Shady's in there,

He's not. And I'm never going to project an injury to a starter ahead of a guy. I can grab them and have him there on my bench. But if I'm just statting these guys out, I'm going to stat him where he is. He's a backup. Danny Woodhead in a half-point PPR or full-point PPR is like a top five or six running back right now. You've got to go Woodhead. I completely agree. And Billy in the Gulf of Mexico, he's actually in it. He's actually in the Gulf right now swimming. Would you want

This is a follow-up of sorts. What about Fawcett or Woodhead rest of season? I like it. You know, Fawcett, to me, is the guy in Baltimore. He's who they're, I don't think they're going to be testing out Buck Allen the way that I believe, you know, they didn't invest in Buck Allen as the future. They just grab the guy who can come in and plug in behind Justin Fawcett, who they resign. On the flip side.

On the flip side, San Diego's lost a lot of games, and they really do need to figure out who Melvin Gordon is. So these are two starters, both good, both have been good this year, both have been running well. If I'm projecting rest of season, I'd probably take four set. Does it change if it's a full point PPR league? Or not really?

Probably not, but that does give a little bit more credence to Woodhead. The reason I say probably not is because Forset catches passes too, just not at the same clip. So you'd give a slight bump to Woodhead if it's a full point PPR. If it's me, I would want Forset because even though Woodhead's performed exceptionally, I have a hard time trusting a situation when, I mean, I guess Woodhead is like Dion Lewis this year. Mm-hmm. Where...

I should probably trust them a little bit more, but it's hard when they don't get the between the tackle carry work automatically. And he's been impressive. Danny Woodhead has been one of my favorite people this year to recommend targeting in a trade. You want to know why? Because nobody thinks he's that great. Nobody respects him. The owners of Danny Woodhead don't even think he's that good. The only guys who actually give him the respect that Danny Woodhead legitimately deserves are the people who normally you wouldn't expect to do that because they just look at the number next to a guy and go,

He's the fifth running back. Yeah. He's number five. Mike, if you remember early season, Mike traded him away because he didn't believe it could be sustained. Yeah, he traded him away for... For C.J. Anderson. Yeah. Which would have been great if he was not able to then flip C.J. Anderson into Lishon McCoy. All right, Joe and Worcester wants to know, another rest of season question. Is it Brandon Marshall or is it Demarius Thomas rest of season for you? Rest the season, it's definitely going to be Brandon Marshall. We don't know the quarterback situation.

as crazy it is, that Brock Osweiler will be good for Demarius Thomas. Brandon Marshall has just been, he's been an absolute plug-and-play, wide receiver one. When he's on the field, he gets far more red zone opportunities, and he is used non-stop. So Brandon Marshall, love him. I agree with you. What's the next question we have on here? Zach in San Diego wants to know another rest-of-season schedule. Get a lot of these questions of rest of season. This is where trade deadlines are coming up, and you're going, I've got to make a decision not just for this week. Tony Romo.

or Matt Ryan? I'm going to take the upside potential of Tony Romo here. I think that he's had enough time to get well and that they're not going to throw him out there at a risk. I think the weapon he has with Des. Obviously, Ryan has Julio. But I just haven't seen enough consistency from Ryan in terms of multi-touchdown games, games that are going to win you games. I personally would be done with the doldrums of Matt Ryan. I'd grab Tony Romo and then if I had to stream somebody else, I would because I don't feel like I'm losing much cutting Matt Ryan right now.

completely agree 100%. All right. Tyler in Pensacola, Marshaun Lynch, or Mark Ingram rest of season? I think... I actually answered this one earlier. You did? I did. Someone asked this one via our website and sent it through on an email. I'm going to guess that your answer was the easy one, which is Mark Ingram. It is. And it has a lot to do with...

how nice his schedule looks to end the year, not just the fact he's ahead of lunch right now. If it was a neutral situation where, you know, moving forward, I'm not sure exactly who I'd pick, but Ingram's been so good. And his schedule in the playoffs is just wonderful. Yeah, you know, we talked up Tim Hightower.

for a small minute. Did we talk him up? Well, we mentioned his name, which for him right now is like really being talked up. He's like, oh, someone talked about me. Oh, man, it's not 2008? No. So the reality there is that when Ingram was in that game, after Kyrie Robinson went down, Ingram was on the field for...

88% of snaps the next game. But then this last week, it was down in the 40s. And the reason was because he was gone for the entire middle portion of that game with some kind of injury. I'm not sure what it was. But his usage after Kyrie Robinson goes out, I believe is going to be more in that 80% of snaps. They do not trust CJ Spiller. His schedule's great. You get the red zone. You're on the same side. I love Mark Ingram. That makes sense. I mean, do you think we were talking about this earlier,

Sean Payton, you know, they just let Rob Ryan go. Do you think Peyton's back next year? No, no. He's done. His time in New Orleans is over and... There's so much going on with the ownership there that is embarrassing to say the least with all of the questions as to who owns it. You know, there's a family dispute. And I believe Sean Payton even has a clause in his contract where if the ownership or management above him changes, he can be released. So I think...

I mean, the Saints have pretty much come out and said. That's contracts up anyway, right? Yeah, so I don't expect him to stick around. And I think that'll be good for him. I expect, I mean, if we're calling it early, I think he's going to be the coach of the Indianapolis Colts and Andrew Luck. That is a super way too early prediction of the week. Of the year, actually, of the years. We make those yearly. It would make it exciting.

Oh, I love that. For Andrew Luck owners, maybe not Drew Breeze owners. No, well, Drew Breeze, I mean, how much time does he really have left? If you could go from Drew Breeze. Last time you heard you say that, he threw seven touchdown. Well, he's not going to this week, and I guarantee it. He's on bye. Ah, yes, yes indeed. All right, let's answer this one. Zach and Phoenix, is it time to give up on Jeremy Macklin and stream a wide receiver three. Well, I'm not sure what your answer is. I don't know if.

You did put your fist in the air. I pumped my fist in the air because we have many a preseason water bet on Jeremy Macklin. And I was wanting to know where were those bets? Like I believe I bet that he would not get a thousand yards. It was looking really bad for me early. Yeah, you're probably going to win that. Because he's at, well, he's at 583 right now. Yeah, it's going to be close. How many games left? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

You're probably going to win that. So he's going to have to put up a couple of those. He had an 8 for 141 earlier. He had an 11 for 148. But I think the reason this listener is writing in is because he had a goose egg and then he had 3 for 35 and 3 for 17. Yeah, at least on the 3 for 35, I believe he scored, which salvaged his day. But they are not using him the way that they used him. The Denver game, they didn't need to, though. That's true. They just picked four interceptions.

So I don't know if that last game should be your basis for like streaming somebody else. In this upcoming game against San Diego, I think he's going to be okay. I think he's a wide receiver two. That's where he'll end up in my rankings, a wide receiver two this week. Yeah, this week against San Diego, not for me. For me, he'll probably end up number three. And that should absolutely be a water bet that he will end up in the top 24 this week. I accept. I accept.

Waterbet. And the Macklin bets continue for all of time. Hey, tell me, how many weeks has it been since he's had? Let's say four receptions in a game. It's been three starts it looks like. No, no, keep going. Four starts? Four starts, five weeks. I'm counting that by. I noticed. I noticed you were. Okay, so it's been a little while. I expect him to be in the top 24 this week. You're going to need that touchdown. You do not.

We'll see. All right. They are facing off against the chargers. We'll find out. Yep. That is how the water bets work. And then one of us will spin the Wheel of Water. With the Wheel of Water app that you can download for free right now on the Apple iTunes store. I love just shamelessly promoting it because it's not a... We don't get anything from it. Yeah, it's just a free app for everyone to use. And so what we get out of it is literally the visceral reaction to watching people videotape

the wheel of water waterings, and then just put them on Twitter with the hashtag wheel of water. And then we laugh a lot in the studio. You bring us joy. There is not a day goes by in the studio that we don't look for that hashtag wheel of water. I know. And giggle as people around the country, throw water on themselves or others. Yes. So grab the app. And better yet, videotape it and post it so we can have happiness in our lives. Yeah. It's more about our happiness. Mike is in Disneyland. We need, Jason and I personally need some joy. My heart's grown bitter.

Bitter. B, uh, yeah. All right. Zach, is that where I'm up to? No, I'm up to, okay, Drifter Unable in Montreal. Oh, bonjour. There you go. Should I trade Chris Ivory for Randall Cobb? Also, also, he says he friggin loves the show. Friggin. Friggin. And my son and I listen at half speed because it makes it sound like you guys are all drunk.

Well, I hope your son is 21 years or older. Let's see here. So this is obviously, you know, normally when it's a running back for a wide receiver, the thing that comes out of my mouth is this is team dependent. But I don't think this is team dependent. I think almost no matter what, unless you've got Mark Ingram, you know, Adrian Peterson and Todd Gurley on your team as your other three running backs, I don't trade Chris Ivory.

for a middling. Go good. Yeah, wide receivers. That's me making sure that they understand in ultra slow mode. No, no, no. That's going to be just a mess. You've got to say, don't do it. Don't do it. Please don't do it. There you go. When they're listening to half speed, it'll just start regular. No, don't do that trade. Don't do that trade. All right, Zach in the Netherlands, who should I start? Week 11. He needs two out of these four to start. Macklin against the Chargers.

Brandon Lafell against the Bills, Devante Adams against the Vikings and A.J. Green against the Cardinals. Hmm. Well, we know that Lafell is going to be in there, right? Because with, I mean, that to me seems like the clear cut number one. You've got the injuries that are going to force more balls Lafell's way, the good matchup against the bill's pasty. Am I right there? Are you in that? Absolutely. Lafell's the one guarantee here. I was very close to just saying Lafell Adams right away. I am a little on the fence, Macklin, and Adams, and yes, AJ Green's at the bottom.

That seems silly, but it is. It's the case. So Lafell and Adams is my two picks. Lafell and Adams for you. Well, Macklin is clearly at the bottom of mine. You know, with it being a full point PPR, it gives a little bit more room to me for Devante Adams. I know that AJ Green is your sit of the week, but I'm still going to take AJ Green. That's fine. The Vikings defense has been very good. Devante Adams has not. So I expect AJ to get, you know, five for...

Five for 50, and then we're just hoping for that touchdown. Yeah, and so I totally, I don't mind that. Jaycoe and Honolulu, Hawaii, love you guys with Edelman going down. I can start Amandola or Stevie Johnson. Who's the better outlook for the rest of the season? Man, that's a great question. I don't mean that as in like, that is a question that I want to know the answer to. I have no, I have no answer to, Jayco, but I am excited to see who between Stevie Johnson and Amandola has a better rest of season. And honestly, Jason's kind of...