Fantasy Football Podcast 2017 - Early Sleepers & Values, Maclin Talk

I don't like saying it, but I think he can do it there. I don't think there's any hype. He's going in the back of drafts. I think if you're in any kind of draft only, best ball leagues, Ted Ginn's great. I think he's fine in redrafts as well. He very well might be? I think he's going to have value. You've got his jersey on the way. Do I? Probably. All right, I'm going to jump in here. I'll give you. This is the only out of all the names, sleepers and values that we've said so far. This is the one I.

I'm the least comfortable with. Okay, well, that's weird. So in 2015, you might want to say his name. I will. We'll get there. Oh, he's got to build the drama. In 2015, this wide receiver put up a stat line of 64 over 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns. Was the wide receiver 16 in that time period? Last year, before losing the second half of the season two, concussion and hamstring problems,

He was on pace for 71 receptions over 1,000 yards and five touchdowns. Granted, the touchdowns did come down, but I'm talking about Alan Hearns, Jacksonville Jaguars, and I think that people are seeing what happened in the second half of last year because he didn't play, of course, and they're just saying, oh, the touchdowns disappeared, so we need to completely bail on Alan Hearns. In my opinion, if you are still...

fully buying into Alan Robinson, you are at least in part buying into Blake Bortles returning to his 2015 form. And if you're buying in to him returning, then why would you not want Alan Hearns who's going in the absolute back of drafts? Pretty much undrafted. Yes, he's essentially undrafted. And I've heard from many people, Mark East Lee.

I love Marquise Lee. He came in. He replaced Alan Hurns. He was, and the team doesn't even want Alan Hurts because they got Marquise Lee. Marquise Lee was worse for fantasy when Alan Hurons was off the field last year. Alan Hurons is still the wide receiver too on this team. I will give you that the team is changing philosophies, obviously, with Tom Coughlin and Leonard Fernette, but they're still going to have to throw the ball when they're getting in these.

losing conditions, which I expect that to continue for the most part into this season. So I think that Alan Hearns offers a huge upside for no cost. I feel like that's a dime a dozen situation. A thousand and ten? No, because he was, if you're going to count on, first you have to count on Blake Bortle's returning to form. Then you have to count on Alan Hearns returning to form and both of those things happening with Marquis Lee present. So to me, there's a billion.

Other options that you can project. I mean, are you taking Alan Hearns over Tedgin Jr? That's pretty close. I'd probably go Tedgin because I think the upside is more realistic. Taylor Gabriel? Are you taking Alan Hurons or Taylor Gabriel? I would. Yes. I would as well. Wow. So you're on board, Jason? I am on board. I mean, when we went back and watched last year with bad Blake Bortles and realized, oh, I was really surprised. Alan Hearns was.

Pretty darn good with bad Blake portals. Yeah, I mean, I think he can get it done. I really do. I believe he is a good player. I mean, I'm not talking that he's going to be some great. Honestly, I think both of these guys, Ted Ginn and Alan Hearns, we talked about how difficult it is to say are these values or sleepers? I see both of these guys as sleepers, guys that just might go undrafted that could really be productive for your year. But I can get behind. I wish somebody would have.

Done me the honor of opposing my Ted Ginn selection. Like really vehemently hated it. You didn't have to. Yeah, I felt like it did. You kind of did that yourself. I feel like you went full self-loathing. Yeah, on the Ted Ginn pick. Yeah, we couldn't pile on anymore on you, Andy. You were in a hard, dark place. That's true. All right, let's talk mailbag. Mailbag. Mailbag.

I was a little concerned. Should have gone Blake Bordles. I'm parched. I'm parched. Yeah, I rushed you. I rushed you. Welcome to the mailbag. If you have a question for the show, go to the website, the Fantasy Footballers.com. Click the submit a question button. Or you can call us 302464 TFFB. Keep your voicemail short so we can answer them on the show. I'm going to kick it off with a voicemail question in the mailbag. Guys, C-balls. Hey, I just wanted to know.

If there is a more unsexy player than Paul Perkins. I'm not really sure if it's his play on the field or his name. We might ought to change it to Ernie from accounting. Anyway, just wanted to get your take on him and love the show. Peace. I love this question. The timing of this, and I honestly did not know this was coming, is unbelievable. Are you talking about Sean Green?

No, I mean. Because that's who he represents to me. You watch Paul Perkins to me. I see Sean Green. I see somebody who's kind of okay at everything. Terrence West-esque. Close. I was so, so close to making Paul Perkins my value pick. I mean, that was, it was really when I was looking at who my value would be. I went with Stafford because I wanted to get another position in there.

But I think Paul Perkins is a great value this year. I don't believe in his talent as supreme or elite. But if you look at where he's being drafted right now in the seventh round and the players that are going around him, he is a starter with very little, you know, competition for taking over the role. You know, you have a pass catcher there in Boreen. You know, some reports have been coming out saying.

really good, strong things for his pass blocking, his receiving ability, his being Paul Perkins, right now out of camp. But if you look at the guys going around him, behind him, ahead of him, there's not many, there's only one other starter where you go, this guy's the starter, that's Frank Gore, because he's 34 years old. Paul Perkins could very well come on gangbusters and show that, you know, there are plenty of rookie...

you know, sophomore guys, you know, come out of their first season that's meh. And then they've figured it out. They figured out NFL life. Devante Freeman. Devante Freeman's a great example. And I'm not saying Paul Perkins will be that. But I am absolutely saying he will have the opportunity.

given to him to be that that other guys around him just don't have. I mean, you want Jeremy Hill or Kenneth Dixon or Jonathan Stewart or even guys ahead of him? Belal Powell right now is, you know, in a 50-50 timeshare. And I think he's the second in that time share. Rob Kelly. When you have Paul Perkins on your fantasy roster, you find the narrative for why he's going to be great. If you don't have him on your roster, people aren't trying to get him on their roster.

And that's to their detriment. I actually agree with you at the value point. I would have loved that as value because much like Terrence West, who's going way too late, you just kind of, the polish isn't there. He's not the rookie, right? He's not a rookie getting that job because if he was, he'd have the T.J. Eldon hype of a couple years ago or these other players. He's just a second year guy that...

It feels like New York went. I guess he's our guy. I guess he's our starter. Three points real quick. I liked the take because I agree with it for Paul Perkins. Two, I liked that Jason liked the word gangbusters so much. He brought it back for a second time. Two times in the same take? Yes. Two times. Double gangbusters? Yeah. We've gone double gangbusters. Three. Paul Perkins, do you think it's, is it because his name is Perkins?

You mean like the old family restaurant, Perkins, you go? The old family restaurant. Yeah, we talk about things that are associated. I can actually visualize my grandparents eating there. I mean, you had Perkins and you had Cocos. Yeah. If grandpa was picking, you knew you were going to one of those two places, which coincidentally, both are. So if his name was Paul Smash Burger? Smash Jackson. Oh, he'd be a second round pick. Yeah.

I agree with you. Smash Jackson. I want to draft that guy right now. I'll tell you what. What about Scooch McBooch or whatever you said on the last show? That was a good player. He's a full hero. We've moved on. Yeah, he's retired. Smash Jackson is the new Nathan. I'll tell you what. If Paul Perkins comes out gangbusters for the third time, then he's smashed Jackson. Oh, yes. We're going to build the heights. You know how you do people throw these out, these player.

comps and you remove the name. You're like, oh, it's player A versus player B. We're just going to start filling in. This is just Smash Jackson. Look at his stateline. Look at his metrics. Smash Jackson has a chance to start in New York this year. You ripped the tag off and you're like, Paul Perkins. Oh, no. What am I doing? Paul Perkins from Dunder Mifflin. All right. Thanks for the voicemail. Ryan and Portland. Ryan and Portland, Oregon. Hey, guys, wondering if this would make quarterbacks more valuable. Changing TDs.

to six points and making interceptions four points, just trying to be more competitive. It would just think. It would just change. Whatever you change a scoring format for quarterbacks, it doesn't really change hardly anything as far as making the position more important. The only way to do that is to go to two quarterbacks because then you've got the true drop-off and talent. You've got a smaller field of quarterbacks on the waiver wire, and their importance in draft and in season is there. To highlight that, if you gave

Each quarterback 1,000 points per touchdown, the water level rises for everybody is the point, is that relatively it does. To be fair, though, if it's a six-point touchdown and the intersections get bumped up. To four? I mean, Tom Brady and Aaron Rogers, I think they've just separate themselves a little bit further. That's the top. But I don't think that succeeds in what he's looking to do. I'm still going to go late round. It's not going to make the quarterback all of a sudden very, very important.

I'm listening to Jason's takes, and I'm waiting for how he's going to work gangbusters. You know what's coming. All right. David and Charleston, is J.J. Nelson on your radar as a wide receiver three potential breakout this year? I always just asked this question on a phone call this morning. Nope. He's not. He's really not a barring injury. I mean, an injury, yeah, he certainly is. He was last year due to injury, but in my opinion.

In my opinion, he's not. I completely agree. If you're looking for a lower level cardinal to break out, Geron Brown. I love Michael Keene. Yay. We did it. Chad Williams. I completely agree. I would much rather have Smash Jackson. Oh, Smash Jackson. Come on, Paul Perkins. Be good. Let us have this. Be good, buddy.

No, I mean, as a sleeper pick, give me Geron Brown. He has much more of the prototypical size, shape. We've said it before. J.J. Nelson is a thimble. He's a bit player. He can come in. He can have a 70-yard touchdown, you know, once or twice a year, but he's not an every week start. In fairness, he put on 15 pounds of muscle this offseason, so he's up to 112. Where? He's up to 112. Okay. So.

That's not nice? No, no. Is that true that he put on 15? No, no. This was all just a ruse. Man, you're going gangbusters over there. All right, what's the strongest potential QB wide receiver duo this year? Tyler in Philadelphia wants to know the strongest potential. Oh, the strongest double stuff? It's Jordy and Aaron Rogers. Done and done. Locked and loaded. Yeah, see you later. I was trying to run through them real quick in my head, but I'm going Jordy Rogers as well.

Yeah, I'm not rolling out Eli Manning. It's like I like O'Dell Beckham, but come on, man. Well, Ryan Julio, Ryan was speaking about El. Ryan should have a nice regression. Oh, no. Did you see his version of the hype train? No. On Twitter. Oh, did he throw out. He put out his own self-promotion video, the I'm back video. Where did he go? Where, him working out on the beach? I think he missed some of camp. He missed some OTAs. Oh, okay.

He was fine last year. He wants that money, money. I don't blame him. Yeah. All right, that is it for today's show. We'll be back on Thursday. We have some great episodes coming up. We have an episode about how to get better at fantasy football. Wouldn't you believe it? I thought we were working towards that this whole time, but we have a special episode dedicated. Sometimes you just get too caught up in players thinking that's...

That's the end-all, be-all is getting the right guys. Really, there's strategy and thought as to how to become better at all of the things. There are other players in your league. Yeah. It's not just you working against the computer. Step one, when doing player comparisons, use the name. Smash Jackson. That will be on the show as the tip numeral uno. A often requested advice or often requested, uh,