Stat Surprises + Burning Questions - Fantasy Football Podcast for 5/17

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Yeah, that's, uh, looking forward to the season. We play the Chargers one week. Yeah. That's going to be fun. Oh, you're looking, you're at the point where you're looking at the opponent's games. Like who are you playing? The Cardinals, Cardinals are starting against Patrick Mahomes. Yeah. Yeah. That's going to go well. I mean, wouldn't you rather play? Like, to me, I was actually happy because I knew we were playing the Chiefs this year. I was like, I'd rather play without Hopkins.

No, no, no, no. But I'd rather play Mahomes the first game without Tyreek and with these new wide receiver weapons. Like if you have to pick a time, I'd rather lose close, is what I'm saying, like a closer game. Sure, makes sense. All right, into the mailbag. We go. Mailbag. Oh, yeah. All right, if you have a question for the podcast, you can go to the website, the fantasy footballers.com.

Click the submit a question button, or you can dial our voicemail hotline. The number is 302-464-TFFB. Looks like we got a voicemail. We'll kick it off with. How are we going, guys? Love the show. Thank you for everything you do. Quick question for redraft. Do we want Travis Kelsey or want Andrews as the first tie down off the board? Yeah, I mean... I love this question because now that we're done with our rankings, I...

I was wanting to ask you two gentlemen. I've not dug through yours. I'm curious who is your number one. Mark Andrews is number one for me. He is for me as well. It is still Travis Kelsey for me. Diving into those, you know, the numbers on Mark Andrew, I do think that, like, things will be changing here for Baltimore. I think they want to at least try to be a little bit more balanced in terms of.

passing to running not just completely be a run dominant team but like thing it just skewed too far for me last year where remembering back somehow the Baltimore Ravens defense I mean they had a bunch of injuries and things but they just they were not normal Ravens defense of shutting people down so they had to you know get into these fire fights so I took that into account and kind of lowered the the volume for him meanwhile Travis Kelsey

Like with no Tyreek Hill and Valdez Scantling as the presumed number one wide receiver, like I think that the targets, not only are they safe for Kelsey, they probably have to go up at least a hair or two. Yeah, I mean, I don't mind obviously either player. I don't have like a strong, you made a wrong choice if you choose one over the other. Last year, you know, Kelsey had 92 receptions. He had 1100 yards. He still ended up.

I think behind Mark Andrews by a good 40 points or something. Yeah, he did. Andrews finished as the tight and one. And I think that this year in ADP, I think Travis Kelsey will still be the first one drafted, which means Mark Andrews should be the better value. If he's dropping into the second round, I would much prefer to have Mark Andrews, you know, the opening of the second than Kelsey at the end of the first.

All right, YouTube question from Tucker Yarbrose says, what is your guy's current temperature on Alan Robinson? Alan Robinson's 28 years old, signed a three-year deal with the Rams. O'Dell has no home. I don't know if he's going back there. I guess I have less confidence that he is now than I did earlier in the off season. But I am curious where Alan Robinson ended up in your guys' rankings. For me, he was 35.

35. I think he will have some games, but, you know, I got him for 90 receptions for 936 yards. Yeah, it's really tough for me. He's probably the hardest player to evaluate because he is not old. He's not past the age where he should have lost it. But nothing on film or analytically last year.

was even remotely redeemable. He was putridly bad. He was so bad that, I mean, you know, you couldn't have been much worse than Alan Robinson last year. He took home the footy for the poopiest pants. Yeah, he had 38 receptions for 410 yards, one touchdown, never looked good, wasn't getting separation. And so you have to ask yourself like,

Was he's just straight up dogging it because he didn't care. He was playing on the franchise tag, doesn't want to get injured, wants to get that next contract, get out of town. If he was doing that, then he should be good this year. Or has he just lost it? Because if that's who he is, I know it's going to be better for him going to the Rams, having Matthew Stafford, and it will be better. But he'll never get back to being great. So I've got him about where you have him. I don't expect big things from Alan Robinson. I still think Cooper Cup is going to dominate.

the targets, the receptions, the yards, and then Alan Robinson will have his games, you know, mixed in with Van Jefferson. I think he'll get some volume. I mean, you've got no Robert Woods there in the offense anymore, and if they don't bring back OBJ, I think volume may head his way. He's sure-handed, generally. The, Alan Robinson at this point for me is I have them lower than you guys, probably a little bit too low right now looking at it, but ADP will dictate everything for me on Robinson. Like, I'm not.

excited to go. I'm not excited to draft him. I'm not excited to move past him. But if like the value presents itself, he's a high variance player like Jason laid out. Like he could be great or he could have poopy pants again. He's 28 years old. Do you have Ann Jefferson above him? I do.

Okay, I do not. I don't either, but I don't, I could see that happening. I mean, those two guys, to me, are 2A and 2B in either order. I do think there is a world where at the end of the season we say, man, we should have seen this coming. Alan Robbins has always been so great. He's not too old, and he was put with McVeigh and Stafford, and he dominates this year. But if he does, if he dominates, can you imagine how.

just angry Bears fans would be because then you know if he dominates you know he was just straight up dogging it on the field you know I think you have to step back and say Sean McVeigh and this you know management chose Alan Robinson sure to go pay this money to on a three year deal and say they are saying that they still believe so from a talent evaluation kicking the picks away

you know, bringing in the veteran type of player, they at least made the decision that they believed, which does at least put them into that sleeper category for me. A little bit. I think they're also, you know, they're kind of backed into that decision that they never have draft picks because they always trade them in the middle of the season. And there were no veterans. And the free agent-wide receivers this year were not the cream of the crop. So I don't blame them at all for going for Robinson. But I think that.

their hand was forced a little bit. Okay, it makes some sense. Let's hit another voicemail here. Hey, guys. Keeper League question here, half point PPR. Would you keep Echler or Chase? Thanks, guys. Oh, man, just straight up. Mm-hmm. This is funny. I saw a note on this, Echler versus Chase. Echler is my running back three. Chase. Three? Yeah, Chase is my wide receiver three.

So it's who would you rather have the running back three or the wide receiver three? I would go with the running back three. But I didn't realize until listening to the voice bill, this is a keeper question. And when it's that close, because, you know, you could argue that Chase as the wide receiver three could be more valuable than a running back who's probably going to get injured and miss a few games. And his value decreases as the season goes along. In a keeper league, I would go with Chase. I would rather have the super young dominant. I mean, I don't, I don't.

care about keepers. I don't view them like the dynasty. I don't get up in arms about age or how much longer I can keep them. Usually those things don't matter. But in a situation where this is, I think, a fair tiebreaker. Yeah, I don't mind that. I mean, the logic makes sense. And Echler has an injury history and getting banged up. And I think they want, I don't think they want as much on Echler's back as they have, it's on it right now. And it could mean. It's a really big muscular back though. Yes. I mean, that dude is.

swole. Yeah, I mean, he's, he's been great. He will probably be great again. It's kind of like the, well, they don't want to give Christian McCaffrey all that work and then he does. But, um, yeah, the, the, I think I side with Jason and that it's, if Austin, if both of these players hit, then Echler is probably the one who is more valuable. But looking at the probability of who is safer, like,

Shouldn't just completely bust aside from a wild injury, it would be Chase. So I think I might take the safety of the wide receiver. Jonathan from Twitter wants to know who's won the most championship since the podcast started, individual wins only. That must be, is it Andy? No, Jason's had. If we're talking, we both had it. We both won two dynasties. If you're combining the Dynasty League with our League of Record, then it's one of you two. If we include the listener league, then it's me.

Yes. Because I've got two listener league, two dynasty and the league of record. Andy's got two dynasty. You've won our league of record the most. So we kind of all have different ways we can dunk on the others. I was curious how that answer was going to go. Instagram question from Harrison, Mike 84. Thoughts on drafting Miami running backs with more touchdown opportunities. Dude, Miami was not an easy team. I love this. Oh, then I'm going to throw to you. I love this question because I am, oh, you.

I am out. See you later. I'm not drafted a Miami running back. That's my stance. Interesting. I definitely think that there will be value here. I think that there as a group, if you could draft the Miami running backs and, you know, you're drafting a team, I think you're going to be fine. But I have no idea how many games Rahim Morris will be able to. Rahim Moster will be able to play.

Football. It's football. I don't know how many games he's going to be able to play. I do think he's going to run ahead of Chase Edmonds, who will be more of the past catching back. I personally think Sony Michelle will be involved, and I don't want to make the Russian roulette. It's kind of like Patriots backfields of old or even last year where Mike Daniel coached the San Francisco 49ers. So much value from that running game. But as someone who...

literally had all of those running backs. I could choose whoever I wanted to start every week. It did not go well. It was not a process that I enjoyed. And this just, did he say Mike Daniel again? He did. That's a second time in a row. Hmm. My, my apology. Can you put the Mick back in this man's name? Mike. Mike. We got Mike Daniel and Rahim Morris.

Dude, we were in the sun for a long time. You were making such a good point, and I get it. I do not have a fear of Chase Edmins. Now, I do not have, like, we. Did you project him to be the lead rusher? I projected him with the most total rushing attempts, yes. Okay, I did too. And Jason has that flipped. Chase Edmonds last year, people that weren't from Arizona went into the season with an expectation that he may make a leap.

But I think we know what Chase Edmonds is, which is a stellar pass catcher. Yes. Which gives him a floor. Like he will have the PPR floor. And I think he will get enough work, like 150, 160 carries of work to where I think, look, this is a running back to. Now, if you go into the season and you want to find the, you know, a top 10 guy here, yeah, the entire committee might be a top 10 backfield with Mike McDaniel. Mike Daniel. Ike.