Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Fantasy Draft Questions, Fantasy News & Updates

I would take the best talent available. Yeah, never, never move down in talents or opportunity because of a buy week. With Mike Evans, that's kind of, I see it as a lateral movement, so it's okay. But don't let a buy week make you draft a lesser player. All right, Patrick in Linton, Indiana. Hey, guys, you guys are awesome. I have been gaining a ton of knowledge listening to your podcast. You are welcome. Thanks, Patrick. Here is my question slash statement.

Name the top three running back by committee that having both players will help not hurt you. Okay. That was a funny way of saying. Name the top three RBCs, where you can play both. Sure. Hill and Geo. For sure. Martin and Sims are in the top for me. Okay. And I would have to see. Gordon and Woodhead comes to mind a little bit for me. I wouldn't love that, though. I mean, I certainly wouldn't like that. I would actually like. Blunt and Lewis? Yeah.

Blunt and Lewis, to me, is a decent combination. Is there anybody in the, in the tier of the Jeremy Hill, Gio Bernard duo? Chris Ivory, T.J. Eldon? Yeah, maybe. I'm not going to trust the Jaguars running game. Maybe. Their offensive line and things like that. Oh, what about DeAndre Washington on the table? I was going to say, but we don't know about Washington. No, I know. What about Forte Powell with reports that they will be splitting carries? Yeah, I think Forte Powell is a strong one.

That's definitely up there. At least you have a team in that place committed. I would say I would have happily, happily said LaShawn McCoy and Carlos Williams. I just can't because of Carlos Williams. All right. Draft question from Don and Canada. I have the first overall pick I plan on taking Antonio Brown. Okay. Pretty good pick. Our wall agrees with you. Yes. He's referring to the. I agree. Is that the wall back there?

The Bumblebee Antonio Brown jersey sitting on the wall. At the turn of round two, three, what do you think about taking Doug Martin and Mike Evans? Do you have issues taking both guys in the same team? Yeah, I do. Because of your risk mitigation? Yeah, with my risk mitigation and also with the draft capital that it costs you there, if I'm going to take two, here's the thing, up at the top of the draft, right? Like you were just saying, Mike Evans, you see Alshan Jeffrey very similar. You can make arguments for probably.

five or six wide receivers that all get drafted at the same spot that are so close together. If you look at the ultimate draft kit versus just the ordered rankings and look at the point differential between guys, they're just so close. I would rather split up. I don't want the passing and running game from a team like that. And later in the draft, it's fine for me because you're mining for great values here. It's like there's another guy who is just as good right next to him more than likely. There's a guy who's better. Right.

Well, because you don't like Doug Martin. Is that what you're saying? No, because LaShawn McCoy is going at the back of the second. Sure. Exactly. Why take the passing and running from one game where you know they're not going to explode. They can't score on the same drive. Right. That's what we're talking about with diversify. That's what's frustrating. They can't both score. And that's not a team that all the upside might be there. Maybe they're going to be good. Maybe not. What if they're both holding the ball?

and they run in together. You're looking for the, you want the halfback, you want the halfback pass. That's what you want. No, no, I want the pitch to, uh, Doug Martin and then you want him to throw it to. No, I literally want them holding the ball simultaneous touchdown. Now the, now the one question that will actually come up. I wonder who that would go to. Let me, whoever touched the ball first, probably. I don't know. All right. Here's a, here's a question though. Interesting. A lateral question to this that actually is, I think the only.

The only single in the entire league opportunity that will and can happen at your draft, you take Antonio Brown first, and what if Lev Bell is sitting there at the end of the second? 100%. Yeah, I would do it too. Because then you're getting value, you get another pick right next to him, and that's the only situation I would take. And the Steelers have already showed us that Brown could be the top while Lev Bell is also at the top. Yep. Mike and Mercado.

Keep two of three. Which two should I pick to join David Johnson on my road to repeat? Well, first of all, congrats on your title. Yes. Second of all, it's Rob Grankowski, Mike Evans, or Devonta Freeman in a 10-team PPR league. He needs two of those three to join David Johnson. 10-team PPR, I am taking...

I'm going Gronk and Freeman. Yeah, that's what I'm doing too. It's hard to leave Evans. I wanted to go with Evans because he already has David Johnson. But in a PPR, Devonza Freeman's floor and ceiling is just that much higher. Mike Evans is a little bit lower in a PPRness, you know, than in a standard. And then Gronk in a 10-team league is just such a difference maker. Yeah, I'm all aboard it. Grank, Freeman. Correct answer. Mike?

Do you want to give the correct answer or the incorrect answer? Just nod and let us move on. Oh, man. He's struggling. I'm struggling. Well, because I think I would take Evans and Freeman. I think I would pass on Grunk. That's fine. So Freeman's in there, though, for all three of us. Yeah, well, and we're going to talk about Freeman and tomorrow's show, and just I was digging through the numbers of... Do we need to do a face-off, or are you climbing on him? That's what I was going to say is he was so bad. He was so bad.

Except for fantasy points scored. He was still very good. Right. Even in the games he was struggling. Even in the games where he was a terrible football player. Ah. So I'm still curious. We'll talk about him tomorrow. Does that mean you're rising on him? I'm going to tell you some right now. I might be. If you listen to this thing I'm going to say right now, this is important. The perception that fantasy players have of Devante Freeman and other players does not translate to coaching staff. There is.

There are certain players that mean a whole lot more to their coaching staffs and their teams than we think they do. Devante Freeman is one of those guys. Devante Freeman has the coaching staff's confidence, and Devante Freeman has a bigger impact on that team. Look at what Ellington used to do. He'd be hitting mess in fantasy, but he meant a lot to that team until the injuries took over. There are certain guys. True, but I'm just saying, Devante Freeman. Andre Ellington, when he was playing.

was a beast when he was running. He was averaging a very high yards per carry, not three yards per carry for the final five games of the year. I am telling you right now, Atlanta's coaching staff, they looked at those games that you're looking at with a negative light, and they said he played great. Right.

That's 100% everything. Then those people need to be removed from off. They do not. It's not all just stat based in real NFL. They don't go yards per carry. Oh, how many do you have? Oh, he sucked today? No, they say, did he pick up his blocking assignments? Was he going out on passing routes the right way? You know, if they're blitzing or they have eight in the box, if he runs to 2.8. Did he pick up the first down on 3rd and 1? No, I'm not. Did he pick up the first down on 3rd and 1? If there was only one to be gained and he gained 2.8, that's what they're looking at.

They're not looking at deep being 5.6. The only point with me saying that was I think they like Coleman a lot. So would they just start working Coleman in more? I don't know why you think they like Coleman a lot. Well, they drafted him in the second or third round. If you do that, why wasn't Coleman, you know, given? Well, Coleman was the starter after training camp last year. You're walking yourself into a bad spot. No, I'm not. No, I'm not. If he, okay, so Coleman was the starter at the beginning of the year. Then he got injured.

And Devonza Freeman was amazing. And Devonta Freeman was, they're back for the whole year and they didn't move Coleman back in and now Coleman's going to return kicks. Well, then he fell down in the shower or something. Yeah, whatever. I'm just saying. They love Devante Freeman. I agree with that. By the way, they drafted Devante Freeman too. I can't wait. I know that the coach didn't, but the team did and the GM did. I can't wait to talk Devonta Freeman tomorrow. That's ridiculous. All right. Draft question from Wade in London.

Getting ready for year. Whoa, what? Where? Bonjour. Oh, there you. Wait, London, Ontario, Canada. Is that a... Maybe he's in multiple places at once. Are you trying to trick us here, Wade, or are you just... Wade in London, Ontario, Canada. Oh, bonjour. We are... I have a feeling maybe it was either pasted wrong or he's in two places at once, which is incredible. Amazing. He's night crawler. Getting ready for year two of our two-keeper league. Keepers.

Keepers keep. Keepers keep draft stock from last draft. Do we snake or go linear? Do we go in reverse order of the standings? Could you please let me know some of your thoughts on this? Sure. You guys can, you go first. I like. Snake or linear? What do you think? I prefer linear. I like doing it like the NFL does it if you're in a keeper league where you get to retain some of the top talent.

and you know you know that the best teams if you look year to year usually there's a handful of teams that are always in the playoffs in your league and i think putting those guys near the end of you know every round

is good for parity in the league. And I think that the more competitive a league is, the more parity is within your league, the more camaraderie exists, the more people are active through the season, the more trades have, but just the more fun you have. So I like on a keeper league going linear. I agree with you on that. I like it in linear. What about the reverse order of standing? That's how I would usually take it other than maybe, you know, that first round doing something to avoid tanking. Like having a lottery or something?

Yeah. All right. There you go. Opinion on a trade. Zachary and Houston has a question. Two brothers in my league made a trade last night. Uh-oh. Collusion alert. That's always a scary thing. And a few owners are up in arms about them. He considers it fair. He was wondering if he could get our thoughts on it for a completely unbiased perspective to prevent the league, to present to the league before people try to veto it. We need like a...

a judge judy or some kind of a like a gavel sound yeah on order yeah like a final a final response brother one i like how it's brother one and brother two julio jones doug martin richard rogers charles sims okay for mike evans joe bernard devante parker and cj pro size that is not fair that's you think that's not fair

Uh, I, yeah, the better, the best running back is Doug Martin. The best wide receiver is Julio Jones, and they're on the same side of the trade. Yeah, and Richard Rogers versus Devante Parker isn't really fair either.

That trade is... Richard Rogers versus Parker is not fair? No. No, not even close. Well, but you value Richard Rogers more than Devante Parker? No. No, I see what you mean. Yeah, Parker's on the other side of the trade. I don't think he's enough to make up... Like, yes, that is better, right? Devante Parker is better than Richard Rogers. Is that enough to make up? It's a dynasty. It's a dynasty. It's a dynasty.

Yeah, this is Dynasty. I'm fine with it. This is perfectly fine. I'm fine with it. I would say this. I still think the Julio guy, the guy who got Julio won the deal, but I'm fine with the trade. Yeah, I would never veto a trade like this because it's clear that neither one is trying to do something wrong. I just think someone smoked someone, and they happen to be brothers. No, not necessarily because if you really believe ProSleis has a future and Parker has a future, those are the cogs of that trade for you. And you're barely trading down necessarily at the Evans Jones.

I mean, I don't know. That's fine. Evans is a lot younger than Joe. I think the trade's fine. Yeah. So present that to your. Brother two went with the players who are very good, but they also have youth on their side. Yep. Sure. This trade is completely fine. Sure. Wow. I'm just saying when they come head to head against each other, Brother One's going to win the game. Bum, bum.

Maybe this year. All right, Dave in Temecula, California. Hey, guys, capital letters. In fact, his entire question. This whole thing is in cash. Hey, guys, I have to say that I'm very excited for this upcoming season. One of the best parts of fantasy full is trash talking to your buddies. What, if any, is your best trash talking memory pre-draft during the draft or in season, P.S. Marcus, you suck and you'll never beat me. Jason's face is so red right now. It's not even funny.

I have to apologize. But you read the question. Oh, it is. You are beat red. How it was in, that's half of how ready was. You should see the, go to YouTube and watch the video. I do apologize to all the podcast listeners who just, that I screamed at. I apologize. No, you were fully committed to that joke. That's how you read a all caps. And I bet you wish the question was shorter. Please no more all caps submissions. We're going to get all. What have I done? All all caps submissions. You are sweating and red.