Buy or Sell + Knuckle Cracking Questions - Fantasy Football Podcast

long offseason, but we don't know how it's going to affect. So for the most part, it hasn't factored into much of my rankings. Could be interesting with new head coaches. Matt Rule and Carolina implementing a new system. We just don't know right now how much camp time, preseason time, any of that stuff these teams are going to have. Yeah, I'd rather base my rankings off of things that we know are historically accurate versus speculation that there might be trouble.

in situation X, Y, or Z. I agree. Twitter question at King Bean says dynasty trade Adam Thielen or for J.K. Dobbins. Yeah, this is a tough one. The known for the unknown. The old for the young. The relevant now versus the relevant later probably. Absolutely. And I think that to me answers this question. It's a, you know, it's not a trade.

This is completely team dependent. And I know sometimes that's a fluffy answer. But the reality here is I would trade J.K. Dobbins for Adam Thielen if I am a contender right now in need of maybe wide receiver help. And I can go out and try to win a championship this year. And if I'm not really contending and I need to look for the future, I would trade Adam Thielen for J.K. Dobbins at a heartbeat. I would say if I have Dobbins.

I'm probably not trading him for Thielen. I think I can get a younger, wide receiver, a better, out of feeling is great. But he's going to be 30 when the year starts. His contract situation, he's about to be past the very big commitment from the team. Like they could choose to move on in a year or two years, just looking at his dead cap situation. And I am all in.

All in on J.K. Dobbins next year. He might take the job this year. I doubt it. I doubt it as well. But next year, it's going to be J.K. Dobbins. As the main runner for the Baltimore Ravens, that's how I'm going to project it. And he is going to be amazing for fantasy football. There is still the chance that Ingram is back, though, next year.

There, yes. So there is. There's not a guaranteed path for, like I'm with you, Mike. I think it's a very, you know, this year, no, probably not a great every week start. And Mark Ingram, just to clarify, Mark Ingram will turn 31 in December. Yes. So he was super productive for them. I'm just saying if they're a Super Bowl contending team, Ingram's still under contract. Now, they could get out of it, but he's still under contract for 2021 is all I'm saying. So there is a path where you make that decision.

And you are in a Derek Henry situation where you're three years out. So, you know. So to answer the question, not just team specific, you're in a dynasty startup draft. Yeah, I think I'll take, I'll take Thielen. I would take Dobbins. I think I would take Dobbins in a startup as well. Okay. Twitter question from Jace, Redraft League question here. So last year we used $150 worth of fab. Do you think we should raise it to do 100 or lower it to 100? It makes.

I've got an idea. Raise it to 15,000. You get to spend so much money. This is the only relevant answer possible and it's very minutely relevant. If you go to $100, it is easy to extrapolate.

percentage-based advice. So if we say, you know, you want, I would pay 10% of my budget. Well, there you go. It's $10. We do $100 fab budget in our leagues, but it really is inconsequential and does not matter. It can be any number you would like. Do you know what 10% of 150 is? 15. I did it. It might be a good time. I mean, this is the off-season shows. I don't want to throw all that out there without.

considering newer players, new listeners, maybe talk for a moment about what FAB is. Maybe you've played in a league and all you do is you say, what in the world are they talking about? We normally have rolling waivers every week when the waivers come out. It's just whatever team is in last place gets first dibs on the waiver list. Yeah, so a quick summary is the FAB or free agent acquisition budget or as some out there called FAB. Yeah.

Ridiculous people. Ridiculous. JJ, I'm talking to you. They drive sobs. It's a system for how you handle the waivers, adding free agents off of the waiver wire. You can either use the rolling waivers. It's kind of the old school. You're just in an order. You line up in an orderly fashion. If you have the first choice, no one else has a chance to get the first player. But if you gave everyone this fab budget,

Everyone has an equal opportunity, at least at the beginning of the season, to go after anyone they want on the waivers, and you can prioritize this budget however you see fit throughout the entire year. And it adds a new element of strategy to the game of adding players off the waiver wire.

More importantly to me, it adds fairness and adds a bunch of fun. That's it for me. I mean, it's just a far more fun system. You could say whatever you want about fairness and, you know, being better or worse. But there's no, there's no debate that it's more fun to have, you know, all these different ideas and blind bidding against, you know, versus just.

you get him and then I get my pick. Yeah, for an example, just to throw the $100 budget, let's say we all had $100 budget and McCall Hardman wasn't drafted and he's sitting out there on waiver wire after week one, we're all privately deciding maybe I'm willing to spend $15. I bid $15 for McCall Hardman. Jason bids eight, Mike bids 16. When waivers run at that time every single day, when they run, Mike's going to win.

and I'm going to cry because I will have been $1 below and he will mock me and it will make my league better. Or he bids $88 and he gets him and then Harvard doesn't do anything. He was wasted his budget. Also worth knowing and this is very, I think obvious to most, but I remember in the very, very beginning being worked, this is a virtual budget. You're not coming out of your pockets. That's true. Look, if you want to go.

Fiat, I don't care. Yeah, that's your league. That's fun and a paid league. That's true. Before I get to the next question, I want to thank today's sponsor, Omaha Steaks. Omaha? Father's Day is coming up. Give Dad the gift he really wants this year. Perfectly aged Tinder Steaks. Yes, I do. Omaha Steaks will deliver the world best steaks and a huge variety of other favorites. Mike just got 40,000 burgers from Omaha Steaks. I'm down to 5,000. Okay.

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All right. Let's go to an Instagram question. ATM 1523 says, do you see a scenario where Cam Acres finishes the season in the top 15 at the running back position? In your opinion, what is his ceiling and what is his floor? Certainly there's a scenario where he's a top 15 running back. We've seen that team and we've seen Sean McVeigh commit to one running back.

When Todd Gurley was getting that incredible volume, he was solid for fantasy. Even last year, when Todd Gurley wasn't necessarily efficient, the Rams weren't the high-flying offense we had seen, guess who's still good for fantasy? The running back who's on the field all the time getting all the work, getting all the goal line carries. So yes, there is a world where Cam Acres is the best rookie running back of this season.

Like even better than Clyde Edwards a lawyer. It's possible. Unlikely is unlikely to me because I see his, I'm projecting him more in a timeshare and possibly a three running back time share. Jay, how are you, how did you go about statting Cam Acres? So I statted him as the leader of this backfield, but I did not have the Rams.

converting the Todd Gurley role in its entirety. So I would say the odds on highest probability is that he is a, you know, a solid to low end RB2 because he's getting enough work. His ceiling. That's your ceiling for him? No, no, that's just the highest probability. His ceiling is that he. That's a pretty good spot to be if you think he's an RB2. Takes over.

the Todd Gurley roll. It comes in and is utilizing that way. But if he does, I just want to point out last year, Todd Gurley's role was still, you know, a very large role. And he finished as the running back 14. And that was with a ton of touchdowns coming his way. So I think the ceiling for Cam Acres is not an RB1, but I think his floor is higher than most of the rookie running backs because I do expect him to.

have the primary job in the backfield. But the offensive line is still bad. Okay. All right. Colton in Alexandria, Michigan says, who should I draft? Jared Kuk. Jerkuk. Or Noah Fantastic. Or Noa Fantastic. I snuck him into our breakup. When we weren't looking. I don't know.

But no, I think the answer here is Jared Cook. Oh, yes. It's Jared Cook. I feel very strongly about this. I agree. Yeah, I agree as well. I mean, I do think that in a full PPR, this person said it's PPR league, the opportunity for Fant to have more targets and be more an integral part of the Broncos offense is there.

But I would certainly say by the end of the year, the touchdowns are going to be more on the Jared Cook side. So I would lean Jared Cook and take the Saints offense and Drew Brees. Got to do your kuky by the bill. Yeah, you got a cute by the book. Jared Cook 43 receptions last year, no offense. 40 receptions last year. Twitter question at Lanky 95 Dynasty half point. Terry McLaurin. Yes. I'm sorry. Next question. Or Mark.

Andrews. Dynasty, half point PPR. Corrin or Mark Andrews? That's pretty easy, I think, for me. Oh, okay. You say that, and yet I do not know which name you are about to utter. It's not easy to me. It's not easy for me either. I mean, so this is a Dynasty League. You've got these guys for a long time. Both are young. But Terry McLaren.

to me is, you know, I would take the Tara McLaren side. If I could trademark Andrews for Tara McLaren, I would do that because I think I can piece together. Well, you trademark Mark Andrews for John Ross. I mean, you'd let go of Mark Andrews at a moment's notice. You're a dirty, dirty person for bringing that up, Andy. That was years ago. And yes, I traded a year.

I have a year ago. The moral of the story is that I have Mark Andrews. And you have John Ross. Well, let me ask you this. How did it work out for us in that Dynasty League? Did one of us win the championship? Oh, gosh. Because I did back to back. So I'm okay. Did one of us? Because I did. Yes. The turd.

But here I would take Terry McLaren. So you guys... It's difficult because Mark Andrews is on one of the best teams in football. He's young. He's a difference maker at the position. I feel like if you ask the same question with, you know, Travis Kelsey two or three years ago, age-wise, you probably would smash the Travis Kelsey button. So maybe we aren't appropriating that value to Andrews. And it just depends. I mean, I love Terry McLaren, but talk about diametrically different...