Fantasy Football Podcast 2017 - The Fantasy Court with Judge Giamatti

should something happen, but you're capping the actual upside of drafting a guy who doesn't need something to happen to succeed. If I were to go and get Pierre Garsohn instead of Tyrell Williams, well, now I got two guys that I can just play every week versus having to wait. Maybe if Keenan Allen, you know, does what I argued apparently falsely here on this episode in favor of, then Tyrol Williams will hurt. So I think that's a great...

not want guys on the same team if there's an equal alternative. I think that's really fair because you can, there's two sides. Like you said, you box yourself in to the fact that, you know, you cannot have a game in which both players necessary, you know, two touchdowns each. It's long odds. So if you're down in a matchup and you're starting two from the same team, you cap maybe your upside, but you know.

that Rogers will throw three every game. Right. All right, let's move on. Evans, shady question from Sean in Boston. He says, hola, amigos. Hola. Hello. No, it's bonjour. Oh, bonjour. In a 12-team standard league, would you keep Evans for a second round pick, shady for a three, or Crowell for an eight? So Evans for a two, shady for a three, or. It's between the running backs. For me, it is between the running backs.

The reason why is, I just think the value of both those guys is incredible. I mean, if you're grabbing, you always have to keep in mind who you're sacrificing when you give up that draft pick. So, you know, second round, you're sacrificing. If you want Mike Evans, you're giving up a Jordy Nelson or a Michael Thomas or T.Y. Hilton in the second round. I've got Jordy Nelson above Mike Evans. In the third round, if I take, you know, Shady.

You're giving up a Crowell. Yeah, maybe Christian McCaffrey, Joe Mixen. Yep, Lamar Miller. I'd rather have Mixin and Crow than I would just shady. Shady and whoever you would get in the 8th, which would not be anywhere near. Yeah, I guess I can get behind that. I would take. That's my direction, too. And I'm very high on, if you look at my rankings, you might think I'm high as well. But I have Isaiah Crowell very high in the rankings, the running back rankings. I haven't like, I don't know, inside the top 10.

Yeah, I do not really love Crowell where he's being drafted right now in the third round. But if I can get Crowell in the eighth and still have that third round pick to grab a Lamar Miller or someone else that might fall there, then I would rather have that combination as well. Shady is at 107, man. Yeah. 107. I've seen him very, I mean, I would say the majority of drafts I've done that are real four money drafts now when the seventh pick comes up and the top three wide receivers are gone to top three running backs, he's.

You don't see Evans go ahead? I don't remember the last real draft I've done where it wasn't shady. All right. Transition question here, Demetrius and Sister Lakes, Michigan. Is it crazy to draft Shady over Zeke? Perfect question for today. After the news about Ezekieliot, Adam Schaefter has some hesitation about the potential legal ramifications of the NFL's investigation. So in a PPR league, a full PPR, is it crazy to take Shady over Zique? Hmm. Or over.

Antonio Brown or Julio. I think it is crazy to take him over Antonio Brown in a PPR. Well, if you're taking him over Antonio Brown in a PPR, then you're probably also take – I mean, Zeke is usually going ahead of Antonio Brown. So then you're still taking him ahead of Antonio Brown if you take him ahead of Zique. I would agree with you on that. I would go Antonio Brown. But if I'm on the clock and both those guys are there in a PPR with the news that came out, I don't think it's crazy, but I would still take Zique. Yeah, and it –

It's not like there's not risks with Shady. Sure. And yeah, there is. There's definitely risk. He's older. He's out of, you know, probably 3,000 plus touches between his time, you know, as a rookie all the way until now. And then, you know, dealt with hamstring and knee injuries, played through injuries. That's something that always happens. And, you know, he ended the year so strongly, everybody's happy about it now. This is why you can't necessarily get super locked into the order of these guys. Right.

I mean, it's not like there's a guarantee that there's a, what, what percentage chance that Shady finishes better than Zique? I would say, I mean, 38%. Right. So, I mean, if you feel strong, strongly about them and they're so close in the rankings, you just need to go with your gut on that. And if, you know, in a PPR league with the amount of passes that Shady catches, no, Mike Gillisley, if you feel confident in his health, why not? Yeah. Go for it. Who cares what?

Other people say, if that's the guy you want, you grab them. Someone wrote in the other day. It was funny. They were using the ultimate draft kit, and they were doing mock drafts. And they wrote in concerned. They said, should I? I'm kind of concerned. I'm getting bad grades. They said, I'm getting bad draft grades. They thought it might be a reflection on the fact that the ultimate draft kit was like outdated or something was wrong. And I had to explain to this person that bought the draft kit. I said,

Look, it's very simple. If you want the best grade, you draft the players in the order that they're listed in front of you. And you'll always get the highest grade possible that way because they're grading you based on the default. Yeah, exactly. You know, usually when I do a mock draft on any software that gives me a grade, I'm usually like a C. Sure, right about in the middle. I'm pretty confident in my fantasy football ability.

to be better than a C average. Which did, I mean, that wasn't the case when you were in school, but in your fantasy-wise, no doubt. So, all right, that is it for today's show. Thanks for tuning in. Hope you had a wonderful holiday, whether that was today. You're tuning in on the 4th of July or yesterday. Maybe you're heading back to work. Thanks for supporting the show. Thanks for voting for us over at the podcast awards. Again, the URL for that is footclanvote.com. Thanks to Judge Giamati for stepping up.

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