Early Sleepers & Values + ADP Picks

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What an incredible show we're about to have sleepers and values for fantasy football. Mike is back in the house. This is going to be awesome. If you're just joining us, we want to make sure everyone knows the Ultimate Draft Kit is also out. It is up. It is for your use right now. And we have an app this year on both the Android store and the app store. Go check it out. Ultimate DraftKit.com. You will not be sad.

Hi, this is Kyle from Lancaster, California from the League of Fort Knox, and you're listening to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. To the Fantasy Footballers podcast, coming to you from pristineauction.com studios with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Oh, welcome back. Thank you. It's good to be back. He does exist. Scoo to be back.

Oh, we thought it would never happen. Honestly, there was a part of me that I thought I was stuck. Like, I had moved. I live here now. And the place that I live was actually the airport. Yeah, we did mention that on the show. Welcome back. Mike. Jason is here. You ever seen that movie? Terminal. Yes, Tom Hanks. I was almost that man. But you know, the difference between you and Tom Hanks, Mike? I mean, they're only... I'm attractive. There are only a couple of them. Take that Tom Hanks.

You're back with a vengeance. You had your children at the airport as well. Tom Hanks didn't have to deal with none of that. Yeah, well, because honestly, if I didn't have to deal with the family and the children, I would have. I just would have stayed there. Yeah, airport life. It's great. Welcome back. Welcome to our sleeper and value early sleeper and value show today. You can find us on Twitter at the FF Ballers, YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballers and the Instagram.

Got the pictures flying on the Instagram. Videos too. Brooks. Brooks handles the gram. Instagram.com slash fantasy footballers. Handles the gram. Yeah. Oh, yeah. That's what the kids say. There's a video up right now of you and Jason epic high-fiving. Oh, so good. There was some epic shuffleboard that took place with Mike out of town.

Um, Jason and I went on a run. 11 game winning streak. Yeah. And there is a GIF now. Did you ever, is that where it's at? It's on Instagram, Brooks. Did you tweet that too? I did tweet that as well. Well, it's worth, worth tweeting. A reminder tomorrow will be in Chicago. Ballers Live. Live podcast tour begins in Chicago at Thalia Hall. If you want tickets, ballerslive.com.

We'll be in New York the week after, then San Francisco, L.A. and Phoenix. Ballerslive.com for tickets. Come hang out. Be part of a live show, live mailbag, live mailbag drop featuring you. Oh, yes. It'll be a lot of fun. All right. Let's get into it. Quick question of the day. Brooks is calling this Team ADP Pickham.

So we're going with the Vikings today. Which Vikings player are you most likely to draft at their current ADP, their current average draft position in a half point per reception league? Who are you most likely to draft? Dalvin Cook at 205. Adam Thielen at 301. Stefan Diggs at 401. Kurt Cousins right now going at 1209.9. Kyle Rudolph 1312?

Alexander Madison. I barely said his name properly. Because you were going to sing it. Alexander Madison. Well, I got thrown off a little because he's actually ahead of Rudolph. 1307. Take your pick. Look, this is, this is like hard for me to do because for the last several years, I have been Mr. Adam Thielen, especially when it comes to the Thielen versus Diggs. I'm on record saying this year I am Adam. You wish you were misses.

Adam Thielen. I mean, you do. And I still believe I can beat with a little bit more diet. You just got to believe. And workout I probably should shave the beard, but go on. You know, so the reality is I thought that Stefan Diggs, like he's done the last several years, will by the time we get closer to the season. He'll overtake Adam Thielen in ADP or they'll be back to back. But right now, if Stefan Diggs is a whole entire round after Adam Thielen,

And you're talking about a guy who's going to be a top 24 wide receiver for sure has the ability to be a top 12 wide receiver. In the fourth round, I think Diggs is probably the guy from the Vikings that I will personally end up with if the average draft position holds where it is right now. So the question was which Vikings player are you most likely to draft at their ADP? When I looked at this list, Diggs was the one that jumped out.

as the best potential value. That being said, I'm most likely to draft Alvin Cook. I've drafted him in several drafts. He's going at 205 in the second round, so I'm feeling very comfortable about that position. I think you're talking about a player that at the end of the season could have been worth the first round pick that I get in the middle of the second round. So he's the most likely player for me to draft being a running back heavy type of drafter. So.

Mike, what about you? I was kind of surprised that this was your answer. Yeah, my answer of this list is the most likely is Alexander Madison. And I have this weird fud. I feel like a fudster. I don't even know what that is. Fud? Fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Oh, okay. Now I know. It's most commonly talked about when people are, you know, they're.

trying to spread misinformation about other companies and things like that. But I am just, I see the world where all three of those top players are literally weak winning or league winning type of players. Davao Cook could easily skyrocket if he stays healthy. He's been amazing on the field. Adam Thielen's first half, Stefan Diggs still has that potential. But I also easily see the world where they all.

disappoint at the exact same time. And Alexander Madison was, he was one of the rookie running backs that I was very interested in. He popped in my production model out of Boise State. He's not necessarily, he doesn't explode in any particular part of his game. He's just, to me, a well-rounded running back. And I think that opportunity is going to knock for him.

at some point. They've already talked about him. They want him to be the Latavius Murray for this offense, which is, I mean, that's kind of the obvious thing right away for the Vikings to say. But they spent a third round pick on the guy. They had a huge need at running back. Dalvin Cook is not the healthiest person in football throughout his entire career. Would you, so when you say, I mean, in all likelihood, you're not actually drafting Madison. You're likely. I am, actually. I've been in, in.

I'm in the midst of many industry mocks, and I find myself grabbing Alexander Madison in the double-digit rounds and basically all of them. Does it feel like you're grabbing the equivalent value of like what Latavius was last year in Minnesota, but you're getting him for free? Yeah, basically. Okay. Makes sense. I mean, Cook, regardless of how good he is, there needs to be another piece to the puzzle if you believe the team's going to run the ball more.

It's not going to only be cooked. So the draft capital says pay attention to Madison. All right. Jason mentioned the ultimate draft kit. You should hop in and check out a brand new video. Mr. Matthew Harmon. Oh! Drop the brand new introduction to the 2019 reception Project. A lot of people, look, you understand what rankings are and you understand the tiers and you understand these other components of the draft kit.

But maybe you don't know the practical value of the reception data that's inside. It is proprietary to the ultimate draft kit. It has been put together by Matt Harmon over a series of several years of just charting. I think he says in the video, 50,000 routes at this point. He is viewed. So a lot of data and information, but he also clues you in on how to best use it to prepare for your.

fantasy football draft so check that out at ultimate draft kid.com. Let's get into the news. News and notes from around the league presented by Sleeper. Yeah, the footballers, we reached an agreement with Mike, the fantasy hit man right, to bring him back into the fold after a long absence. This has all been a ruse. He wasn't trapped in any airport. He was holding out. His agent reached out to us. Jay Gris made a compelling proposal as well. Yeah, the early reports are Jay Gris is

really unhappy that we brought Mike back, but, you know, the people wanted it. Somebody called him the Dept Chart Assassin. Jay Gris? Oh, that's a throwback. There were rumors that he gave some phone calls to the airline, is why. So, this being, that being said, Mike, when you left, it was Hat Week. You still got a hat on. Well, here's the thing. Have you found somebody to cut your hair yet? Here's the thing. Because this is no. There's no way. Look, I wouldn't, I was on vacation. That's true.

I'm not going to spend my vacation time getting a haircut. Then I was trapped on vacation. And now we have this live show for out. I am in quite a pickle. If you come out on the Chicago Live Show of the hat, I will be very entertained. I hope he comes out bald. I hope he's Chicago Live Show.

I'm going 10 gallon. I want to see a 10 gallon on the live show. I literally was talking to my wife about this of like when you're complaining about all the problems. I'm trapped. I got this show Friday. I got my stupid hair. I got to figure out. This is a problem. So Chicago get ready for. Hat live show. All right. ESPN. There's been some talk not just about Michael Thomas.

but also about Julio Jones and the contract situations for both players, the Saints coming out and saying, hey, they're willing to make, Michael Thomas, the highest played wide receiver in the game, talk about Julio Jones' contract and optimism that it gets done before can't. There's been talk of AJ Green's contract. So let me just throw this out there for fantasy owners. In all three of those circumstances, how does the contract situation translate?

to how you view these players for fantasy, specifically Michael Thomas, Julio Jones, and AJ Green. Michael Thomas, it's irrelevant to me. He's young. He's going to get paid. There's no, no question. AJ Green and Julio, on the other hand, I'm much more, I'm anticipating these contracts and these signings, and they're going to make an impact for Dynasty. I think of the three, it's definitely A.J. Green, that's the most worrisome. He's got, you know, he's.

older for a wide receiver. He's got toe problems. Are you describing Julio Jones or are you describing A.J. Green? I could be describing. Because I think those are the same exact. I could be describing either, but I'm describing the one who missed several games last year and is in a tumultuous situation with a franchise that is changing, head coach changing. Who knows how long Andy Dalton will be the quarterback. They are, they very well halfway through this season could say, we're in rebuild. We're in, we've got to rebuild.

You know, we've got some pieces in Joe Mixing. We've got our new head coach that we like, but we're going to blow this thing up. That's not good for AJ Green. Exactly. If he gets a long-term contract signed before the start of this year, his dynasty outlook is much better. I agree. And Julio's still got two years left on his contract. I'm actually a little surprised that there's so much hullabaloo going on with Julio right now.