The Fantasy Court + Gibson Hype! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/4

They explained to him what was the point. Yeah, and I actually don't know that they did him dirty. Thinking back to the Leonard Fournette in this situation, roster cuts are this upcoming weekend. And so now they're letting him get out ahead of those roster cuts. A little bit. And so, you know, it worked out for Fournette. Multiple teams are inquiring about Adrian Peterson already. Yeah, he will find a team. I think the Bears, the Bears. The Bears. Yeah, the Bears makes a lot of sense. I just don't know if they can keep.

you know, gase away. But the three comp, the comps that I look at, you know, over the last couple of years, third round running backs with a pass catching skill set who had their starters ahead of them go down or get cutter traded. I'm talking about there's two of them. I know one of them. There's one of them. Kareem Hunt and Alvin Kamara, one of which actually was Adrian Peterson ahead of them.

Those guys were unbelievable their rookie year. The big difference, and obviously don't hear what I'm not saying. I'm not saying that he's going to be up to that level because you talk about the Saints with Drew Brees and the Chiefs with Pat Mahomes. The situation is very similar for the running back, the talent, the opportunity, but this is still the Washington football team with Dwayne Haskins. That's why I think the group that you were talking about.

David Johnson, Melva Gordon, Todd Gurley. That's where Antonio Gibson belongs, and it's a matter of do you want the more trusted, you know, the more trusted, we've seen it before, but there's question marks players, or the new young gun explosive high upside haven't seen it before. Yeah, and I want to know what happens inside the five. Is Antonio Gibson the guy inside the five for Ron Rivera or not? That will answer a lot of questions in terms of upside.

1,100 total yards over under Antonio Gibson in 2020. I have him under. Oh, total? All purpose? Yeah. Oh, I have him over that. Over for sure. Okay. The bucks waved Daray Agumboale. It was inevitable. They had, you know, Kishon Ban, they drafted, picked up Fournette and McCoy, already had Ronald Jones. So somebody had to go. Goodbye, Dari. Yeah.

Debo Samuel, the 49ers are hopeful he will resume practicing next week. They did activate Richie James, wide receiver. They've been going through a lot of wide receivers in San Francisco. Is this a thing where if Debo's active for week one against Arizona, you would play him? I would say no. I'm not going to play him if he's active week one. But this just highlights how incredible a draft a value that.

that Debo Samuel has been over the last week or so that we talked about the news has been trending very positive. It has gone from, well, we don't know what he's going to miss. He'll probably miss a few games to maybe he's ready week one. And Debo Samuel, had he never gotten hurt? Debo Samuel's what, a fifth round?

fourth round wide receiver pick and you've been able to grab him in the eighth, ninth round. Debo Samuel would have been my guy had it not been for the injury. Sure. He was that important to the offense with Emmanuel Sanders leaving and how, I mean, this was a player that was a top five wide receiver in fantasy over the last half of the year. Debo Samuel last year. Right. With Emmanuel Sanders. The one thing of cold water I will pour on that is that this specific injury usually it's not just a matter of when they can get back on the field. It's when they can get back to previous

production levels, and that's not usually when they're back on the field. So if he starts slow, that's personally my expectation is that if he's out week one or if he's out there week two, I'm not going to start him right away for probably a couple of weeks until he proves that, okay, his production is back to the level. But are you drafting him in the eighth round? You know, I will because I can stash him and not play him. I will definitely draft him in best ball leagues where I know I'm getting the second half of the season. I'm in the...

playoff weeks because everyone is, and I don't have to know when to start them. Two quick pieces of news before we get into the fantasy court. Trey Burton is going to miss at least the first two weeks of the regular season. Colts tied end. And then Mike Williams, who had this shoulder injury, if you've been watching Hard Knocks, was featured this past week. I believe partially torn labor. I'm not positive on that. Just a shoulder injury. Wasn't expected to be ready. They're now believing he might be ready for week one. Does that?

make him a late round selection for you because he's potentially active? Probably not. Yeah, probably not. I mean, he was already like a fringe late round. Do you want to take the chance of getting Tyrod Taylor's deep threat, which, nope, he's had some success with that before. But he was already kind of borderline, so no, I would take the chance on other guys that are going to be around for week once. So.

Fookland, we are going to get into the fantasy court. Judge Giamati, are you prepared for this? It's been a little while. Are you robed? I'm always ready. Keep the robe on. I don't know if the Fookland knows this. He actually does wear a robe around the studio almost 100% of the time. I don't know. I assume he's fully clothed under it, but he's always robed. Never make assumptions. That's true. Fook, Klan, we want to thank today's sponsor, Simply Safe.

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We all know the consequences of driving drunk, but one thing's for sure. You're wrong if you think it's no big deal. Drive sober or get pulled over. All right. We're opening the doors. We're entering the courtroom. Judge Giamati is prepared. He is fair in balance from what I understand. Judge Giamati, did I tell you how handsome you're looking today? Okay. Have I done that yet? All right. No, you haven't. Well. You're looking great, Brooks. Dang it. Looking mighty fine. All right. Let's do it.

The Fantasy Court with Judge Giamatti. Plaintiffs, Jason, and Mike are accusing Andy Holloway of investment fraud in propping up the value of Derek Carr as a high-yield investment instead of an illegal Ponzi scheme. I am the plaintiff in this case, and I say to you... And the announcer. Sir. Yes. Change. Turn the hat backwards.

I say to you, Andrew Holloway. Yeah. Where do I have him? Derek Carr as the quarterback 14. That's on the cusp of being a QB1. Well, that's on the cusp of being his best fantasy season ever. Now, I don't know if we are aware, but this is not Derek Carr's first or second or third or fourth or fifth or sixth season yet. We've seen him for a long time. This is not his best receiving core.

He has had Michael Crabtree and Amari Cooper. He has had them both be wide receiver twos. He's had one where one year where he almost had a wide receiver one and a wide receiver one. It was one and two with Cooper and Crabtree. Never has he finished as a quarterback one. Now, I love the future. I love the excitement of the new hotness and the weapons. You got Henry Rugs. You got...

A little B-Rye. B-Rye. Edwards, Darren Waller, look, they're fun. But this is an offense that wants to run the ball. Remind me, Andy, Josh Jacobs. Is he a my guy? I plead the fifth. Oh, okay. Part of the reason he's in my guy is because that's the centerpiece of this offense. It's not Derek Carr. And the last thing I will bring as Exhibit D here is Marcus Mario. Take it easy.

as Marcus Marioada's backup contract. They went and spent a lot of money to bring in Marcus Mariotta. You don't do that unless you say there's a chance. You're not bringing a man in case Derek Carr gets injured. You're bringing a man in case Derek Carr stinks. And if he does, if things get off to a bad start, they could make a pivot because the crowd and fans always want the backup. My point is,

The trust is not in this offense in Derek Carr. He's never done it before. He doesn't have his best weapons. And to have him as quarterback 14. Sir, your honor, I would like to submit the piece of evidence that Jason almost vomited as he was looking at that ranking. It was talking about Derek Carr. Thank you. Are you done? Have you completed your arguments? I rest my case. Your honor.

I'm going to make sure I don't vomit during my reply. First of all, let me just say I've never been accused of such egregious crimes when I rank a player outside the top 12 before at a mere 14. But let me start by filing a countersuit against these two disrespectful hooligans. As they both have Derek Carr ranked 23rd out of, I think, spite.

Your Honor, Derek Carr, in six NFL seasons, has never finished 23rd. He's never actually finished outside the top 20. They misrepresent. They misrepresent my client. I'd say fair points. And I find it outrageous. Let me just make my case. He increased his completion percentage each of the last three years. He's been a 4,000-yard passer each of the last two years. He's had 10 or fewer interceptions each of the last two years. He has...

dare I say, been a good quarterback in the National Football League. With Jack's squad available to him at the wide receiver position last year, he had a pass rating of over 100. Ninth in the NFL, better than Dak, Deshawn, Wince, Rogers, Ryan, Brady. He does not deserve to be spat upon, Your Honor. He's never, he never misses games, completed 70% of his passes. They just added Mike's favorite fellow, Brian Edwards. They have Henry Ruggs.

Renfro, the Walleris, and weapons out of the backfield. And I contend, nay, I insist that you hold my cohorts in contempt of court for this egregious disrespect and force them to move Derek Carr into at least their top 20 because that's all he's ever done. Then I will bring the closing statement that you're... Wait, I'm the defense. Don't I get to close?

I thought you were done. Not today. Mike, please close. Your Honor, disregard this next testimony. Derek Carr, over the last three seasons, you know, like my alleged friend over here has said, he doesn't miss games. He's playing all the time. Derek Carr has averaged under 21 passing touchdowns per season. Yeah, he is actually an example, Your Honor, of the disproportionate, hard to predict.

touchdown percentage number where he went from, I believe, 3.7 to 4.1, still a little bit under. He had no weapons. And yet he has managed to win. No, this is not how a courtroom works. I get the last word. Your Honor, disregard all of those statements. What's your ruling? The fantasy court rules in favor of.