League Tips, Buy or Sell & Pee River - Fantasy Football Podcast

Because if you get the running back 27 and you used him through the year, that's not doing much. You're going to have far more games that failed and succeed. You know, the running back 27 is me at best. And yes, you barely eclipsed the ADP, but it's not like he was good enough to really help you win a championship. I don't know. To me, it's hard at running back because it's hard to find running backs at all. Like players like Adrian Peterson have had fantasy relevance.

Over the last couple of years, you know, if you lean on Sony for the whole year, you got a problem. But if you're leaning on your 35th pick, you know, the RB 35, you've got a problem to begin with. And we've talked about Jordan Howard is interesting in drafts because where he goes, you're like, okay, well, he seems like he's the last starting running back for a team that Miami is going to be better than they were last year. But will they actually be good enough that Jordan Howard can succeed for fantasy purposes?

And looking at best ball ADP, it's Sony Michelle, running back 36, Jordan Howard, running back 38. So who would you rather have between Sony and Jordy? That is Jordan Howard. That is such a great, such a great name to bring up. Because when I look at Jordan Howard, just, you know, mentally I think he is a good value because he's starting running back that's going to get work. And when I look at Sony, I'm like, ooh, yuck. I don't want anything to do with him. I have Sony.

projected five spots ahead of Jordan Howard or four spots ahead of Jordan Howard. So, yeah, I mean, I think I need to start looking maybe at Sony as if you are adding a depth piece, not someone you're going to rely on, but later in your draft as your bench option, five weeks, depth, depth, emergency, he is a starting running back that's going to get a ton of volume. Yeah, yeah, it's going to be.

It's not going to feel good to draft him. No, this is a group. Poor Jordan Howard. He gets brought up in every one of these examples, too. Yeah. As like volume running back, that's probably the starter on a team that we're not sure about. I think Jordan Howard is probably better than Sony Michelle. I have him three spots higher than Sony. So I have Howard at 30. Sony at 33. But, yeah, what do you believe about New England?

What do you believe about Miami? I believe that New England's going to win. Who's going to have a better record in the division? Miami or New England? Probably true. And what's important for running backs a lot of the time? Yeah. Winning ball games. All right. Let's go to another question from YouTube. Tommy. Bonjour from Michigan. Come on, Tommy. Come on. How long have we had this show?

You might be in. People just want in on the bonjour. South Canada. Well, you can get in by moving overseas. You're close enough. Just go whatever, 100 miles north and you're there. Is that how close Canada is to Michigan? Probably. Parts. I mean, at some point, I think it's. Let's go to our resident Michigan expert, Brooks. Beat apart. Yes, through Detroit, you can very easily get to Canada. There you go. Jason's the genius. So go up there, send your email in. Thank you. And then you'll get the bonjour. Yeah.

Have you been up to Canada through Michigan, Brooks? A couple of times. Yeah. Does it cost you anything? I don't remember. Just a little time and effort here, Tommy. There's either a creepy bridge or a creepy underground tunnel. Underwater tunnel. You just remember it was creepy, though, huh? You got a problem with bridges? Yeah. And underwater tunnels. Crossing a border, creepy? Interesting. All right. Yeah. Underwater tunnels are weird.

Those do kind of freak me out because you just know like one... After you saw the Stallone movie? No, that doesn't help. No, that doesn't help. There are certain things that you don't want to have happened to you and one of them for me is to be in a tunnel that is leaking water into it. Yeah, that would not be. Because there's no real way out of that. Mm-mm. No.

That's no good. Jason's thinking about it right now. I'm thinking about it right now. Yeah, dark. Let's get to this Michigan question. Bonjour. He says, bonjour. What would you do if you were caught in a tunnel? Well, no. He says, is Kenny Galladay a reliable wide receiver one? And who is more likely to star in the backfield? Carry on or swift? So smooth.

Yes, I view him as a reliable wide receiver one. I have moved to where I view him as a reliable wide receiver one as well. And Swift is the more likely, if one of these running backs is to break out, it's going to be the one they just invested in who is exceptionally talented versus the one they've been frustrated with who hasn't been able to stay healthy. I was so hoping you'd follow that up with who is exceptionally talented. Well, he is exceptionally talented. Let me tell you.

This is how profoundly I believe in D'Andre Swift over Carion. I have Swift up at 34, and I've got Carion way down at 35. That's how I believe that backfield's going to play out, which is a, I guess, means I'm drafting Sony and Michelle over either one. It would seem that way. Would you?

Would you look at a board and you've got to choose between Swift? It depends on my team. Yeah, I would depend on my team. It would depend on whether I want that guy that I know has the role or the guy with the upside. And if I had enough running back depth, I'd probably take Swift just on the off chance. I'd get something special. Swift's upside is much higher. He's much, he's swifter than old Sony. Would you've got a name like DeAndre Swift and your high-drafted running back? I don't think it can go wrong.

Unless you go to the Lions. That's science. Okay. But yeah, Kenny Gallaudet is a reliable one to me. Yeah, I agree. I agree. All right. Let's do one more Twitter question from Scott. Yo, yo, yo, yo. Oh, yo, yo, yo, yo. Would you, would love to hear your thoughts on how best to leverage the strength of schedule projections, or I'm sorry, predictions.

Should you target players with easy schedules or just use it to decide between players? Ding ding, ding. How much weight should it have during your drafting process? Very little. Very little weight because strength of schedules, we do, I think, the best job you can do in crafting it. We're not just taking wins and losses or whole defenses. We break it down per position.

exactly what they gave up per every position and then break that down on the schedule. But at the same time, they're notoriously inaccurate. What I look at... There's a lot of turnover. That's all. Yeah. I mean, you know, this is, you know, people are wrong on players, right? When there's just one person to decide upon. But whenever you're looking at a defense, there's 11 people on the field at all times, and the turnover is drastic. So I look at the early season schedule. That matters to be far more.

I don't look at playoff schedule. I don't look at the season schedule that much. But the early season, I give a little bit of weight too. Yeah, I agree. I look at early season. It can be used as a tiebreaker. It's important to me when I'm looking at my late round quarterback. I'm sorry, Daniel Jones doesn't look good for the beginning of the season for you. What's funny is in the draft season, that's what you look at it.

in season, you're looking at the playoffs about, I don't know, halfway through or so the fantasy season, because then you actually have data that you can, is actionable. I've been informed that the tunnel that Brooks is referencing in Michigan going into Canada is about 90 years old beneath the water. Oh, that's good. That's why he said it was creepy. That seems like, I mean, that's, how long is that? Is that pretty long? It's about 90 miles. Oh, man.

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