Fantasy Football Podcast 2017 - Early Breakouts & Busts

24%. That's not a percent left. That's 72% of the targets accounted for. Now you have Brandon Cooks, Chris Hogan, Malcolm Mitchell, Danny Amandola, and auxiliary pieces here who are fighting for that remainder 28% of targets. Now the team can certainly switch things up. People like 90 yard touchdowns, Mike. Right. Brandon Cook specializes in 90 yard touchdowns. And he'll get some. Yeah, and he will. And that's why.

he finished as a wide receiver one, despite 10 times last year not even being a top 20 wide receiver, which destroyed your week. Now, the team can absolutely switch, bring down Gronks, percentage, Edelman's. It's just, if you're drafting Brandon Cooks at the back of the second while Julian Edelman goes a couple rounds later, you're saying Brandon Cooks is essentially taking that spot. You're guaranteeing him over 20% of the target share.

I just don't see that happening. I like Brandon Cook's long term. This is the last year of Julian Edelman's deal. It's very possible the team moves on as they have shown us in the past. When a player, they think a player is a year from being done, the team will move on. So Brandon Cooks could inherit that spot next season, but this year, I'm not buying in for a second round pick. Yeah, if I had to have one of those players on my team and I'm trading, you know, with another league mate.

and he says I can have either Brandon Cooks or Julian Edelman, and it's a redraft league. I'm taking Julian Edelman because I have far more belief in a consistent help for my fantasy team than in that boom bust that's going to just not show up for me. And you bring up the fact they're going several rounds apart, which is silly. Yeah, and I don't hear hatred for Brandon Cook. Not at all. I hear way overdrafted, new team.

And you've been very consistent in saying you believe in the long-term dynasty value of Brandon Cooks. It's not this year. When Julian Edelman is receiving, you said in games since Brady came back last year, Edelman had, what? A 30% target share? Last year from week five out, Julian Edelman's targets. That was 30% of Tom Brady's pass attempts. Yeah. He loves Julian Edelman. All right. So to recap briefly, breakouts, Prasad Perryman, Willie Sneed, Stefan Diggs.

Carlos Hyde, O.J. Howard, Brandon Cooks. We'd love to hear your opinions. You can hit us up on Twitter at the FF Follers. We're going to hit the mailbag. Mailbag. Yeah. All right. If you have a question, go to the website. The Fantasy Footballers.com. Click the submit a question button. Send them in. Or you can call our voicemail hotline 302464. TFFB. Keep those voicemail questions shortened to the point. Tighten them up. Keep them nice and tighten it up. Lose a little bit. Tighten it.

All right. Later round rookie question, Brady in Eveleth, Minnesota. It's a pretty name for a city. What late round rookie running back has the best chance of unseating the current starter? Somaget Paynebot, someone taking your nickname, Mike, and putting it into practice. Somaget pain bot. Feels good. Somaget Pryne to unseat the fat Rob Kelly? That's not nice. Or Kareem the Dream Hunt to take over for Spencer?

where if you had to pick one of those two to unseat or maybe unseat earlier in the season, who's the more likely candidate? To be fair for Rob, he in fact calls himself Fat Rob. Yeah, yeah, it's not mean. It's endearing. If you listen to my take on Calvin Benjamin last episode, you know I really don't care. I'm going to answer first because I already know what your answer is going to be, Mike. And it's going to be the same as mine. Somaget P. Rine has the better chance to.

you know, usurp the guy behind him. And really, it's because of the guy behind him. Fat Rob for, you know. You mean the guy in front of him? Well, soon to be behind him. But yes, I did mean the guy in front of him. I don't think fat Rob is a guy that is going to stave him off as long. And you've had in the Washington system that real, look, they're, you know, they didn't split Matt Jones and Rob.

Kelly, they don't want to split that first and second down role. They want the guy to do that. But in Kansas City, there's been a long history of using multiple backs there. So if Kareem Hunt comes in and gets involved and is worked in, that doesn't mean Spencer Ware is going away or that he overtakes him. I think Pyrine could just come in and be given that role at some point.

Yeah, it's a really hard one for me. I actually don't have somebody that jumps out and I say, oh, I definitely think this is going to happen. Spencer Ware is productive. They like him. And what's interesting. Rob Kelly was very productive and they like him too. What's interesting about Rob Kelly is, and he grades out actually very well. For when you people watch him, oh, JJ loves the call him a dad runner. JJ's accurate. But on pro football focus, their metrics, they're elusive and breaking tackles. Rob Kelly scored very well.

for those things. But if it's unseating, I lean towards the pain bot, Somaget P-Rine. All right. Weston in Colorado says which rookie wide receiver will have the best, the biggest impact from a fantasy standpoint this season. So obviously you have guys like Corey Davis at the top of that list. Is there somebody else that jumps out for you that you love that has the chance to make a surprise impact? I mean, you know, Cooper Cup.

in St. Louis could have a role. Chad Williams in Arizona could have a role right out of the gate. I'm not voting John Ross in this contention. I think Cory Davis is the favorite for me. Yeah, Corey Davis, he has to be the favorite, but the name I'm going to throw up because I want people to remember this name. It's Kenny Gallaudet for Detroit. He profiles great for their system. They're a pass-first system. He's a big-bodied guy. Anquan Bolton has gone. Anquam Bolton.

was a touchdown machine last year. People forget what Bolden was able to do. So keep Kenny Goliday on your radar, not necessarily saying to draft him because rookie wide receivers are more frequently just a burden on your bench and you can't actually play them. But just keep them in mind. I think Juju is going to make an impact. You do? Year 1 in Pittsburgh. I really do. I think Juju Smith Schuster, I think they got them lining up in the slot.

so far my boy eli which means eli rogers may miss out on some targets but this guy is strong and he can go across the middle i think uh i don't know if you know he's not going to top this list but another name i'm rising on in pittsburg they're even talking about going four wide yeah yeah and i you know i kind of uh threw it out a little tongue-in-cheek but our darius stewart i mean look if that's not a joke anymore if you're the new york jets you've got quincy and unwa

Four wide sounds like what the Golden State Warriors would do if they were lining up. Yeah. All right. Question from Michael in Medina, Ohio. Are there any dynasty leagues I should join? Oh, Scricks. Michael, I can't believe you ask this question. You got to check out footclanleagues.com, an exclusive perk for the people who support this show at join thefoot.com. Leagues are being created. Leagues are filling up every day. Every single day. We basically made it.

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They promised me babies. All right. Last question, Joe in Michigan. What would it take for you to move out from the top three? Hmm? What would it take for you to move out from the top three? And if you decide to keep the pick and take an RB. Oh, rookie picks. Ah, okay. It took me a while there, Brooks. Rook, are we talking? He's got.

You're saying it's redraft. Okay. Redraft. So you're in the top three. So if you have a top three pick, what will it take for you to move down? You don't get one of your big three running backs. Your Zeke, DJ, and Lev Bell, they're gone. What are you, what's it going to take you to move out of there? It's going to take me a lot. I want one of those three this year. I mean, if, it depends on how far back I'm moving. I'm going to assume.

Then I get one of the top three wide receivers. I can't imagine I'm going to move out from the three down to the 10. Are you moving out if you could get to Mark Murray and Jordy Nelson? So first and late first and a second round pick. No. Yeah, I'm not either. It's tempting, but no. Yeah, it's not. You're going to have to overwhelm me or it's going to have to be a nice mix for my team.

based on what I think I'm going to pick up in the draft. So that is it for today's show. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back next week with what? We got some sleepers. It's possible. It's possible. So check us out. Anything is possible. Check us out on YouTube. Subscribe over there. And any parting words, gentlemen. Yes. Check out fantasy jocks. If you want to get a trophy, the promo code is footballers. I also remembered my joke that I busted is the three R's.

Reading, writing, arithmetic. Ah. Yeah, we did it. Way to bring it back, Mike. So proud of you. Hey, see you Tuesday. Goodbye. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on join thefoot.com. And follow us on Twitter at the FF Ballers.

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