Fantasy Football 2017 - Pump the Brakes, Season Defining Stats, #FootClan Questions

I'm concerned that this is going to turn into a game that has to be on the arm of Marcus Marriota. And he does have plenty of weapons outside the running backs with Richard Matthews and Eric Decker, Corey Davis, and Delaney Walker. That, I mean, do you share that concern with DeMarco Murray, Jason? I don't. I don't. I think DeMarco Murray is fine. I mean, I realized that his efficiency wasn't there last week. You know, 14 for only 42, but 14 carries.

adding in four receptions. I mean, receptions are really valuable. He was involved in the passing game, had 30 yards in the passing game and a receiving touchdown. I'm not concerned with DeMarco at all. I think that what we experienced the very beginning of the year and what we saw in that middle stretch with the injuries has scared people too far away from DeMarco. DeMarco, to me, is a must start weekly player. That's how I see him. Okay. Give me something to think about it.

I think my only must play from the Titans is Walker at the titan position. You guys want to jump into the mailbag? Let's do it. Mailbag. You guys disappointed in Keenan Allen this year? Oh, sorry. Thank you. Thanks. Thanks, Mike.

Thanks. What was that? If you're watching on YouTube, I tried to start the question, and he threw up the one, he threw up the one second finger. I had the eyes closed. Yeah. I was in the world of rock. Me and, me, we were in the world of Mike Wright's stomach. Yeah, we were. I felt like that was a burp. Yeah. You managed to finish your mailbag. Burp rock. It's what the kids are into these days. Belch. Belch rock. Yeah. I love Michael Keaton. Um,

Okay. I've derailed you. We're in the mailbag, right? That's what we're doing. If you want to submit a question, the fantasy footballers.com 302-464 TFFB is the voicemail hotline. 302464 TFFB. All right. Here's a question. This one comes in from Emily in Eugene. Oh. Mike Evans or Julio Jones rest of season. It's a 12-team PPR is Julio Jones. I agree. Yeah. I mean, Julio's got his quarterback. Mike Evans has.

They've both been a bit up and down, but we just talked about Matt Ryan's playing better. Who knows if Winston is coming back for Tampa Bay. So I'll go Julio. I'm laughing at this next question. Trevor in Connecticut, I play my fiancee this week. I'm eight and two and she's five and five. Uh-oh. I'm pretty much a lock for the playoffs. No. No. So a loss wouldn't hurt too bad. And my fiance is a lot more happy when she wins. Is it okay to throw this game? No. Trevor. Trevor, for the good of your league.

You cannot do this. You know what? I'll say this. Check yourself before you wreck your league. For the good of your marriage, also don't do this. I mean, you can't, you can't be, you got to be able to play. Imagine living your life with that lie. Right. Forever. Forever. And holding on to that, knowing what you have done. We're not patronizers here. No. We don't patronize. Look, I understand life might be a little easier. But long term, she'll be a better player if you.

Play your best players and your league. You can't have collusion. She's five and five. You're eight and two. If you play your best, there's still a chance you might lose. Of course. So do your best. And then, and then she can be even happier knowing that you didn't trust me. Worst case, you've got a lot more time on your hands to focus on fantasy football. If you gift it to her. When you're single. She could end up being, you know, really angry. Trevor, here's what you do, though. She'll whoop you on the playoffs if you give her this game. This is what you got to do.

You got to empty out that starting roster just until right before kickoff. Oh, so you want the troll. Yes. Do it Trevor. Do it Trevor. At Patch Adams 36. Is there a question mark on that? What is the best way to organize your playoffs, buy weeks, number of teams, stuff like that? Before we answer this question, it is definitely Patoms? Yeah.

Patch. Patch Adams. But it's P-A-D-A-M-S. Patch. Patch. Patch. P-A-D. Patch. Okay. Oh, my bad. All right. What is the best way to organize the playoffs, buys, number of teams, stuff like that? It depends on your league size first and foremost. You can't give a one-size-size-fits-all if you have a 10...

Team league versus a 12 versus a 14. Different amount of teams usually make playoffs. The most common league size is 12 teams. In that, I think what we prefer, the ballers preferred method, would be to have six. Yeah, six teams make the playoffs, and you have divisions so that you have division winners that get an auto in. And the top two records, they get the buy.

So it's basically three weeks of playoffs, weeks, and this is really, really, really important, 14, 15, and 16. You do not play the playoffs in week 17, and that is a universal rule in all league sizes. And then the first week in 14 is a buy week for those top two teams. Anything missing there or helpful to add? Nope. You're good, man. Nailed it.

Patch Adams. Dylan in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It's your hometown, right, Brooks? Close to it. Home state. Yeah. Kalamazoo. Corey Davis versus. Kalamazoozoo's a state? Juju Smith Schuster considering matchups. So would you rather have Corey Davis or Juju? That's an interesting question. I am. I'm going to go with Juju. I'm going to go with. You're going to go to the targets? Corey Davis. Give me the one.

This is just a... Look, you know, I have a weakness in my fantasy game, and it is with leaning on those wide receiver twos. But give me the one. I'm going to take the... Juju's the three, by the way. In the passing game? Target one is brown. Target two is Love Bell. Target three is Juju. I'm going to take Juju because the Pittsburgh Steelers...

defense is very good. And you, you know, look, I really like Corey Davis. I like him long term a lot. But this is not a good matchup for him. And you're not even sure that he is the one. This is, oh, this is just for this week? No, the title of the question is rest of season. Sorry. Okay. Rest of season. Yeah. And that is why I still go with juju. I switch then. I do. And I'm a stars born juju. Wow. I think Corey Davis has the potential to be.

I'm with Andy in the argument. To be what Juju is doing right now? No, to be much better. Much better. Much better. Sure. But that's no guarantee that he'll continue doing it the rest of the season. I believe in the number one argument. Juju can't be the number one wide receiver on his team rest of season. I feel like we have touched some kind of magic gem and we have switched bodies because I'm over here supporting Juju over Corey Davis. Well, listen, Fookland. I love Juju. So don't.

Take this as a sign of my disbelief in juju. Take it as a sign of what I see as the potential in Corey Davis. Mike, you want to go rest of season? It seems like a fun bet to me. Juju versus. In standard scoring. Corey Davis. As the question. In standard scoring. All right. And starting from week 11, Brooks. You got that. It's starting from two weeks ago. Put it on the board. Yes. I'm not giving you two weeks ago.

But I said that and then you push the button. Define rest of season. It is a binding contract. I'm going to side with Andy on this one. However, I am not in the bet. I will not bet against Juju. That would create a lot of bad. Oh, don't do it. Armand in Texas. Juju. No, he did it. In a full PPR, I just got proposed Jad Jai for my AJ Green. My remaining wide receivers are Tate Baldwin Thielen. Current running backs are Hunt, CJ, and Mixin.

Thanks, year-round listener. What would you do? That is a tight decision. Yes. And I would actually, I think I would accept the offer. I do not have confidence that C.J. Anderson and Joe Mixen are going to be the accompaniment that you want with Kareem Hunt. And I do think Tate Baldwin and Thielen are enough to get it done. The targets for those three players are top 10 in the league targets.

I would actually do the trade and put confidence in Ajaii and that Philadelphia offense, which is a rarity. I don't know if I've ever said on the show I'd trade AJ Green. And I would not trade AJ Green in this at a full point PPR. I get your argument. I think the place we disagree is that Hunt as a locked-in one you're good with. I think Mixon is an absolutely fine too. And I also believe that when the schedule opens up later in the year for C.J. Anderson, you're going to be able to have some spot starts there.

Losing A.J. Green is for sure a detriment, no doubt. Now, J. Ajai could end up being a great back for Philly. But there's still question marks there that I'm not sure of. So for that reason, I would not take the trade. So, Mike, you've got to split that difference. I believe in J.J.I. moving forward, but paying A.J. Green, right now the proven stud of A.J. Green for the hope that is J.I.

I'm not into that. Switch your offer to Baldwin. I was just going to say, do you guys want to offer Tate or Baldwin? If you're going to try to switch green out, you go for the player that has been blowing up the most. Yeah. So probably ends up being Tate. You offer him Tate and Baldwin. I don't care which one. If you can trade out green for any of those other options, if you can trade out green for, you know, I don't know how many you start. That's the problem. Let's assume it's a three wide.

Okay. Well, then I'm not going to say offer two. Oh, no, no, no. You definitely cannot offer two. So. Yeah, but if you could, if you could trade Tate or Baldwin and maybe plus a bench asset. Or mixing. No. Yeah, because if you get a Jai back and you have Hunt C.J.J. And Ajai. Yeah, maybe. Like Baldwin mixing for J. J. J. That's, no. Baldwin's the player. I want most of those three. Oh, really? I'd probably offer Thielan or Tate. Man.

Tate's a little outlier on the touchdowns right now with the big plays. I'd probably, yeah, it'd be nice to stay, keep green. Seth in Grand Rapids, Michigan, last question, titled this one, D. Scrumptious. Oh! Would you rather have Emmanuel Sanders or Devin Scrumptious, rest of season? Ooh, standard? Ten teamer. I'm going with Devin Scrumptious.

I love Sanders. Sanders is officially my favorite player to watch in the NFL, but I am going with Devin S. Scrumptious. I would say in this case, I'm probably going to go with Devin Scrumptious. Any questions? We've got, we have major problems. We are buffoons. Major, major problems. Thank you for tuning in. Please do it again. I hope, yeah, I hope you are dancing along with us there.

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