Top 10 Fantasy Football MVPs for 2020 - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/2

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Yeah, that was extra juice today. Welcome into the show. I've been told that there are listeners out there that try to time up my welcome in. Oh. You got them. I thought you've just been taking in the David Blaine experience. Mike, the fantasy hitman, Jason Moore. You don't know what I'm talking about? No idea. Oh, David Blaine's up in the air. Like, you know, up?

How they took the house up with balloons? Do you mean mentally or like physically? No, David Blaine's up in the air. Like levitating. Like right now? Like right now. Oh, I did not know that. Yeah, David Blaine's holding on to like a whole bunch of balloons and he's flying across the world right now. That's...

Wow, that's so David Blaine. Yes. Wait, he's, okay. I have so many questions, Mike. One of them is, is he holding onto a bar? Like I have. That was, that was the first thought is how was he holding this? No, I believe he's strapped in. Even David Blaine has his limits. David, she's telling me right now, because this is all breaking news. I mean, the show has changed. It was going to be an MVP show. Lots of industry experts. It's going to be a great show. Scrap it, Brooks.

Okay, did you know about this David Blaine thing and you didn't bring it out? I did not. It's called ascension. So wait. Now, he is floating across the United States. There is a chance that we're talking about all this and the podcast comes out and he could have plummeted or something. No, not David Blaine. That's true. He probably will. He'll plummet and then he'll hit the ground, but he'll just like turn into a bunch of feathers. Because I won't be able to find him and then he's in China. Yeah. And then they go, here I am. I watched him catch a bullet in his mouth.

which seemed like a bad idea as well. David Blaine is a wizard. He is the local wizard. Gandalf the White? Yeah. Okay. David the Blaine. David the Blaine? Okay. Sorry. We're going to get back on track. Welcome to the show. This is the fantasy MVP episode for 2020. All three of us, we have our fantasy football MVP that will be revealing on the show today. We have also invited seven additional.

colleagues from the fantasy football community to bring their fantasy football MVP picks. I will say, shout out to JJ's Zacharisen, who last year, he made the Lamar Jackson call right here on the show. What I like about this show is... You got a one in ten chance of being right here. Sure. These are friends. These are people we respect their opinions. And it's always... Yeah, most of them, of course. But it's always wild where...

You know, we get, we have differing opinions, but then you reach out to some of our friends and you're like, whoa, that's a really different opinion or different take than what I've had. So it's just, it's interesting to. Perspectives. To get those other perspectives. Exactly. And do we have David Blaine's MVP pick? I believe he chose himself. Okay. I believe you're right. I want to let the listeners know. Where is he? He's in the end zone with the ball. Yeah, yeah. Well, he would be.

A decent free agent pickover right now. Signed with Jacksonville. I want to let people know the in-season schedule for the show because the NFL season is kicking off next week. Oh, yeah, baby. Breaking news. And obviously we're five days a week throughout the season. But our editor-in-chief Kyle thought it would be a good idea to let new listeners know what to expect for the end-season schedule. Monday shows we do a rewind of what happened in the weekend.

spectacular puns are featured that day. Oh, yes. But studs and stinkers on Mondays. Tuesdays, that's the waiver show. That's also when we pick our streaming quarterbacks for the upcoming week so that you know ahead of time who to grab off of waivers. Wednesday, it kind of depends on the week. We do keep trade cut. We do snap count discussions, trade talk, mailbag. Wednesday is kind of, it's a wild day. It's the popery day. Yeah. Thank you, Mike. Thursday,

That's starts of the week, and we begin the matchup previews for the upcoming weekend games. Friday, more matchup preview. We do in and out, and we do a new segment this year called Prop It Like It's Hot. Talking about some player props. Yeah, look, this is where, you know, we always say you don't win your championship at the draft. This is where you win the championship. Your start-sit decisions, your trade decisions, your waiver wire pickups, your roster from.

September 10th through the rest of the season, that's when you actually take home a championship. So stick with us. I did an AMA yesterday. Someone asked, what is the number one thing that you believe gets you into the playoffs? And my answer was basically activity, especially towards the very back end of the week. If you're more active, if you're listening, if you're making those two or three tweaks, there is luck in fantasy football. I hate to say it.

There's some luck involved. Guess what? This is breaking news. There is luck in life. Yeah. Yeah, it's true. But I think activity, just doing one or two more things than the opponents in your league. That makes a huge difference. Let's do some buy sell. Buy or sell presented by pristine auction. Buy or sell, Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry, 1,000 receiving yards for the 2020 season. He's done it in three of the last six seasons.

He's 27 years old. And as I read all of this, I realize that Jarvis Landry is in my mind somehow, some way, the most boring player to draft or think about in fantasy football. And I don't, that is so disrespectful to Jarvis Landry, the player, but he really, really is in my mind that way. Meanwhile, he's just been a top 20 guy every year. And he's really good. He's, he's great. He's.

He's Robert Woods light. He will be drafted later than he finishes in fantasy football. That's the worst insult you've ever given anybody. Oh, how dare you? Just because it's a man that's already undervalued. And then you just said he's the light version of a disrespected player like Robert Wood. So Jarvis is super disrespected. The reason he's super disrespected is because we who see that and recognize it.

also disrespect him. How many times have you drafted Jarvis Landry so far? Mock drafts, real drafts this year? Several times. Oh, you have? In mock drafts. I don't have them on any of my real team, but when I'm, you know, if I start with a couple of stud running backs, if I end up getting a tight end and I need someone that's playing and scoring in the mid-later rounds, I look Jarvis's way. So to answer the question, zero for me as well.

Are you buying 1,000 receiving yards? Last year, he had 1,100 yards. Yeah, so here's what's tough about this year. There's a lot of different things. Is Robert Woods Jarvis Landry light? Because Jarvis Landry finished ahead of Robert Woods last year. Here's the thing. Here's my case against Jarvis Landry for the 1,000 yards. Things are very, very different for the Cleveland Browns. You know, new coach, new offensive scheme.

I do believe in the bounce back of O'Dell Beckham Jr. I believe he was hurt the entire year, watching him on the field, his production, he will be back. And on top of that, Jarvis Landry, a great player, but he's a shorted reception type of player. You know, 10 yards a catch, 8 yards, he had a season of 8.8 yards per catch. And in Cleveland,

12 yards per catch to his first year, and then over 14. I think that is an outlier season for Jarvis Linger. They hit on a bunch of big plays. I think the big plays will take a regress back to what he normally does. He will still be an excellent player. So I think going with the 1,000 yards is actually harder to say if I think he can hit it by herself. Because if you say 1,100 yards, I'll sell that. I don't think he's going to get there.

I think he will finish right around 1,000. I'm going to sell. I'm going to take him just underneath the 1,000-yard threshold. Well, if he doesn't get to 1,000, then it will be just underneath. We talk about, well, he's finished there three of the last six years. Well, you know, he's played for six years, so one of those was his rookie season. The only two years he hasn't gotten there, he was at 987 yards and 976 yards. I'm buying. He's a 1,000-yard receiver.

Pretty much every year. So I will buy that he is over that threshold. But it's a good line in the sand because it's a matter of what do you believe about the offense, about Hooper, about O'Dell Beckham. But the reality is he's a very good wide receiver. I'm going to sell it with the Beckham resurgence, Hooper, and the passing volume going down. Also, I'm watching David Blaine now.

Oh, is it? He's in Arizona. He's in Arizona. There's a chance that David. Well, he could be right above us right. He could come right through the roof. Wait, is David Blaine here? Guys. David Blaine is everywhere. So good stuff. And I looked at my projections. Jarvis Landry, 980 yards. So that was one of those. The gut check does actually line up with the projection. All right. That was buy yourself from Pristine Auction. You can use the code ballers at pristineauction.com. You get a $10 credit.

I wanted to double check mine. 1,023. Nice. Yeah. All right. That's, it's going to be tight. It's going to be close. All right. Let's talk news. News and notes from around the league. Gentlemen, Joe Mixen has signed a four-year, $48 million extension. Oh, man. Woo! Now, now is the time you can let it all out, Andy. Was it starting to feel a little bit dicey?

When he was Joe migraine there. Oh, golly, those migraines. Just not showing up to practice. What is going on with Joe Mixing? I mean, it certainly feels like he's not practicing because they're working on a deal. You don't want to go out there, have an injury right before you sign a contract. Are you, how are you feeling? Relieved. Okay. Well, I'm saying like, were you. Overjoyed. Were you starting to get the sweats? Terrified. Yeah, of course I was. Look.

Our entire objective here is to help you win your fantasy league. We take more pride in that than our own leagues. Right. We want the advice we see on this show to be good. We also do not want to pivot from a my guy. We're planting our flag and then, you know, when two days later they end up in a walking boot or they end up twisting an ankle or they end up with migraines. Yeah, it's not a good feeling, but he has signed a, I mean, the Bengals invested.

in Joe Mixon, a four-year deal, $48 million. This is great news for a team that I think has a real opportunity to be, I think, look at last year's Cardinals. The record might not reflect the fantasy football success and opportunity on the field. Last year the Cardinals were 5, 10, and 1, but you started to see, you know, what this offense could bring to the table, Kenyon Drake at the end of the year, Kyler Murray in his fantasy value, and I think that could be the Bengals season.