Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Yahoo's Brad Evans, Rookie RB Rundown, Mailbag

Do not worry about the position scarcity there because you will be able to stream them. There are always guys that come out of nowhere. I mean, nobody drafted Gary Barnage last year, even in a two tight-in league. Not saying that there will be that guy every year, but you're going to be able to get somebody. Draft a quarterback high like you would, a running back, draft other people. And then, you know, fill in your tight-ins. Just know, look, your tight-ins might be a little weaker, but that will help you strengthen the other positions. That's what I would. That's what I would say.

I would want one of the top elite wide receivers. I agree that I'm going to pretty much punt, tight end, and go later. But I'm also going to, I know it's a two-quarterback league, but because you have so much other stuff going on, I'm going to look for double value there. Yeah, I'm going to stretch it out, and I'm going to go for the veterans, the guys who are going to go a little bit later. Alex Smith? Sure, yeah, Smith, Romo.

I think Rivers will probably go pretty high or higher in that league. But there's quarterbacks around the league that I think can fill that gap for you. If Fitzpatrick re-signs, he'll go late and be a great pickup. And you got four points for a passing TD. So that's devalue compared to running backs. I think it's a good point because your league's also going to probably.

freak out about two titans and two quarterbacks, and that'll be your opportunity to scoop up value. So Dylan and Pittsburgh said EasyE or Lamar Miller. Oh. I remember this question from a few minutes ago. Well, we didn't actually get to this one and an answer. So now we have to answer. You asked him. I said, I said Elliot. Yeah. Andy. Yeah, I would say, I would take the upside of Elliot. Both of these guys have big question marks because they're changing teams. You know, I'm going to change my mind. In a PPR league, I'm going to take Lamar Miller.

I am going to stick with my rankings, and I will go with Lamar Miller as well. But it's close. I would not blame anyone for going the other way. Yeah, yeah. So here's a very important question from Cole in Florida. He said, better Sunday night, a fresh episode of Game of Thrones or Sunday night football. Is that matchup dependent? That is team dependent for the Sunday night football. Sunday night football is pretty good about giving you.

Two teams that you want to watch. What do you think the Foot Clan would be, what do you think their reaction would be when they came in here? It's Monday morning, and we're asking you for your Sunday night football thoughts, and it starts with Robert Barathean. What do you think about that? Here's... Easy E or Robert Baratian. Here's the answer, Cole. The answer is you absolutely must do both on that night, but you watch...

football live. Yeah, that is the proper answer. It's more fun. You could get on Twitter. You can react when other things. You said it's trial by combat scoring. Ooh, well, trial by combat scoring. That's got to be Thrones. That's got to be Thrones. Yeah, unless you're watching Norman and O'Dell Beckham Jr. on Sunday night football, in which case that takes the cake again. And I'll throw this. I like the point Jason brings up about Twitter. If you aren't on Twitter and following all your kind of your analysts and your friends and everything,

A live football game on combining with Twitter is spectacular. Because there's a lot of us, you know, we're just stuck at our house. We can't get up to the bar or get over to the friend's house and have that group atmosphere where Twitter lets you at least virtually interact with people. And there's just usually really funny stuff and getting in on it is a, it enhances the football experience for me. And I think we're going to do some parascoping during games this year as well. Oh, that'll be a lot of fun. Spoiler alert.

Andy's making all these promises. And they'll all come true. I periscope last year. I'll do it again. All right. Andy Dalton questioned from Michael in Pasadena, California. He said he noticed we have very different opinions on Andy Dalton, some as high as six. Another as low as 25. So what's the consensus on Andy Dalton? He had a great season last year, and I think that puts the onus on myself.

It puts it on you two because I think I'm the – Yeah, you're in the middle. I'm the deli meat right in the middle. Yeah, I'm at six. What do I have him? Mike is at 13 and you've got him at 25, Andy. All right, so part of that ranking had to do with losing some resources. And part of it had to do with losing Hugh Jackson, who I think is just an outstanding coach, an offensive coordinator. It's probably too low. I said that when we talked about Andy Dalton on the quarterback show. 25 is too low for Andy Dalton. I just think that you're going to see a running game.

You're going to see, and AJ Green's going to be involved, obviously. Tyler Eiffut's going to be involved. I just, I'm just not hot on Andy Dalton. That's all it is. I mean, it's just a matter of thinking that he's had a couple of years that are very fantasy relevant. He got hurt last year. And I don't think they're going to be. He was very relevant until he got hurt. Sure was. So it's too low. So you're saying you have a problem. When you have a problem, there's two steps. Uh-oh. You identify the problem. All right. What's the problem? Step two? You fix it. I didn't know where you were going there. Fix it. Fix it.

Yep. All right. I made a note. Move Dalton up a little bit.

Yeah, so essentially if you're listening, I was right. Dalton's 22. And I really, I said it last episode, but I really like Tyler Boyd. I like him more than Marvin Jones as a talent. Mohamed Sunu didn't really do anything last year, zero touchdowns. So the weapons are there for Andy Dalton, and the draft position is going to be beautiful as he continues to fall. When we were talking about the two quarterback league, he's one of those guys. He's a perfect target for that league. That could be pretty good. And for Boyd,

Looks like the jury's still out on our rankings. He's still outside that top three. Yeah. But that's something that could change tremendously if we know what his role is in training camp and heading into the season. If we see some exciting things on the preseason football field, you think they're going to change the preseason to three games here soon? I think they might. I hope so. I think they might. I hope so because the fourth preseason game is a waste of everyone's time other than the...

few human beings that are actually playing in a fourth. I don't say it's a waste of time. I think it's the NFL kind of needs it. These guys need it who maybe they haven't got their opportunity. And we know time after time there's guys who just, for whatever reason, the opportunity hasn't happened. And then something like a preseason game four, they show a little bit on tape so they get to stay around and maybe they build a career. Now, it's as a season ticket holder.

Paying full price. Yeah, that stinks. So if the veterans want to cut it, I'm fine if that's what the league wants to do. And this would never happen because the owners want their money is maybe charge less for the preseason. And I know it's never going to happen, but that's, I think, how I would handle it. All right, before we close out today's show, I do want to remind everybody, we have the 2016 Ultimate Draft Kit available on the website.

That's the official slogan, said in that voice. That's the exact name of the product, just said in a ridiculous voice. We've got that on the website, so you'll definitely want to check that out. Visit our community at Jointhefoot.com. I thought I had something else I wanted to bring up. Did we ever give the update on the podcast awards? I don't, I think we...

forgot to say it. The update is that nominations are being calculated right now. Yeah, we're very thankful. Everybody who voted. Yes, Foot Clan. Thank you. Nominated. Yeah. Everybody who nominated us. Because pretty soon, hopefully people will have to go vote now. Yeah, we'll find out if we are indeed nominated. On May 22nd. That is the projected date. Correct. And so that'll be pretty cool. I thought I wanted to bring something else up, and now I can't remember what it is. I think I'm going to have to close the show.

Well, we can close the show. I think it was probably just ultimate druggey.com. It's possible. It's good. It's not as good as your by minute. Oh, Alan Robinson next week. You did. Alan Robinson, wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars on the show next week. Guaranteed will be there. See you later. Goodbye. For listening to another edition of the Fantasy Footballers podcast, don't forget to visit us on the web.

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