Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Allen Robinson Interview, Fantasy News, Mailbag

to Jacksonville Football Weekly because they have three or four players on their fantasy team.

Yeah, well, we have done our best to make sure there are a lot of Alan Robinson fans out there. I appreciate it. You're known as the target monster around here. So let's talk about some of your teammates on the Jaguars and what you think. You are as a team, one of the teams that we expect a big leap forward from this year. We feel you've made some great off-season moves. On the offensive side of the ball, you haven't made many improvements, but a lot of times...

Keeping things the same is the best way to take a step forward. What would you say for yourself and for Blake Bortles are the two things that you want to see improved this year? Well, you know, for me, it's just being more efficient, you know. I think that's a big part of, you know. Like you said, we didn't have too many acquisitions in all season and our offensive phone, you know, but we feel like...

to become better offense, like offensively in our room, we got to just become better. You know, I think we have all the talent that we need in all the pieces in the right places, you know, offensively. So we got to just continue to get better in our scheme and just better in our techniques and things like that, you know. I mean, it's so hard to say, you know, to us speak on Blake. You know, he was such a good leader for us last year, you know, and improved his game a good amount, you know. So, I mean, it's so hard to say, you know, I trust that Blake's going to come in, you know.

and be, you know, and be the best player that he can be. You know, I think that we have that trust with each and every position and a group on our offense. Who wins in a foot race? You or Alan Hearns? I'm not sure. I have to take myself. Yeah, yeah, I like that. All right. And then so a follow-up to that. Let's just, in a make-believe world, it's weird. I can only have one Allen on my team, on my fantasy team.

Am I supposed to draft Alan Robinson or Alan Hearns? I mean, I think it's just coming down to your preference. I mean, of course, I'm going to say draft me, you know, but at the same time, you know, I don't think, you know, you could go wrong draft the Hearns. And also, you know, I don't think, I think if you do Marquise in that for a race too, you know, I don't think anybody's touching him in there, you know, he's a, he's a real burner. No, that's great stuff. Alan Hearns was.

was actually very tremendous. I mean, there was a time period where he was scoring every single week, and it was fantastic for fantasy players. So I'd stick quick. Who was the best, or I guess of your career so far? Who has been the best defensive back that you've gone mono-e-mono with? Durel Revis, you know, playing against the Jets. You know, I was able to go against him 97% and 99% of the snaps.

You know, so we were matched up pretty much the whole game. Motherhill's from the slot, you know, to outside, you know. And then he just has such a great skill set, you know, and there's such a, so many things on this tool built to use in the game. You know, I mean, coming into that game, you really got to be prepared for each and every technique, you know, that a corner can give. You know, sometimes you may play corners, you know, who have one particular technique and things like that, you know. But, I mean, he's really a jack of all trades, you know, he does it all.

So we're going to get personal here real quick with Alan Robinson. I've seen the Twitter game. The Twitter game is strong, and you are a man who is no stranger to the ink, to the tattoos. And I'm speaking as a man who is also very personally very tattooed up. I mean, you even had a guest spot on Inkmaster. And for those who don't realize, tattoos often have...

either a great meaning or a great story behind it. So what is your most meaningful tattoo or the one that you love the story behind it the most? Oh, it sure had to be my Michigan catch tattoo. I think for sure, you know, I think for me, you know, it was one of the biggest things, you know, at Penn State as far as, you know, that play in the game, you know, and how the game went down, you know, for me being against Michigan, you know, that was my only time playing against them, you know. So I'll say...

That for sure has the most history behind it and the biggest story behind it. Is it all done? Have you gotten it all shaded up? It is for the most part. I still have to get a few more things done to it. But it's all done for the most part. All right. So what? I'm...

You said something a minute ago about Marquise in a foot race, and you've actually got quite a few. You know, you and Alan Hearns were the guys last year that were the big fantasy producers. But I feel like you've got some other wide receivers there that might be able to make some noise this year. You know them better than we do. What do you think about, you know, last year's rookies and Marquise? What can we expect from some of the other guys this 2016 season? Oh, a lot. You know, I think, you know,

Especially for Marquis, you know. I know a lot of people, you know, I haven't saw too, too much of him, you know. But, I mean, I'm excited for him this year, you know. I'm about him getting back healthy, you know, being able to come out there with a shoot. I'm really excited to see, you know, I mean, not to even see, but, you know, to know what he brings to our offense. You know, I think it's an excitement, you know, through our whole offensive room, knowing that we have that element out there of just that big playability at any point in time. Any point in time, you get the ball in his hands in the game. He could.

he can take it the distance, you know, and also O'Rashire and T.J. Yoder, you know, T.J. was real big for his last year, especially, you know, catching the ball out the back field, you know, and things like that. And then O'Rashah, you know, same thing with him. You know, he's able to do a lot, you know, whether it's returning for us, you know, or, you know, holding down the slot. You know, he's really a personal part of the offense. Yeah, yeah, that's, I think that those are some exciting players watching out for it. And Julius Thomas, you know, next year.

Being able to hopefully play 16 games, we'll have to see how the Red Zone works splits up between so many great weapons. All right, so do the Jaguars make the playoffs this year? I don't have to say yes, you know, and I don't think it's, you know, even, you know, that's for sure our goal, you know. So, I mean, for us, you know, I was going to take a lot of hard work and things like that, you know. But, I mean, talent-wise and feel around here, you know, I mean, we're ready to take that next step, you know. So we've got to put in the work throughout the spring and throughout the summer to get us to that point, you know.

I mean, I think we're just as talent as any team out there. You know, so I think that this year is the year we take that step. We agree with you on talent. Okay, so we ask every player on our show what their coming stat line is going to be. What do you project for the 2016 season for Alan Robinson? Oh, you know, that's hard to say, you know. I'm not a big guy on predictions. You know, I feel like if I just go out there and I'm available, you know, all 16 games and say healthy, you know, everything else is going to.

That's going to pan out, you know. I'm putting myself in a position, you know, to have another good year. A true pro. Answered like a true pro. Indeed. All right, Al, we'll get you out on this one. This one is a, this is a tough one. All right, I'm going to grill you. Who do you got making the NBA finals and who wins? NBA finals, you know, I had tweeted out. You know, I went with the unconventional.

you know, a matchup, and I went a rematch between the Spurs and Heath, you know, so we'll, so we'll see, man, I mean, hopefully the heat, I believe they play the night, hopefully they don't let me down, you know, I mean, they've kind of, I feel like they, they should be 3 and O in this series that they're in right now, but we'll see, you know, that's why it's the Eastern Conference finals, you know, but Spurs, you know what, I feel like it's just so tough to meet those guys in seven games.

Right. So for the Foot Clan, for our listeners out there, is there anything, where can people kind of find you in your musings about the NBA? I'm always on Twitter. You can follow me at D-Ur-15. I'm always ranting about the NBA playoffs and things like that, so you can definitely find me on there. All right, Alan. Seriously, big, tremendous. Thank you so much for coming on with us. No problem. Thanks for having me. All right, Alan Robinson. We did it.

was kind enough to come and talk to us. I enjoyed that conversation quite a bit. Clearly, the two Allens are going to have a great time in Jacksonville this year. That's a young team. That's a team that has pieces at every position. They brought in ivory, who we didn't get to talk about, but they brought in ivory, and they have Yeldin and Hearns, and obviously... Thomas. You know, Thomas, and there are young receivers outside of those two guys that made all the fantasy splashes last year.

And then the defense got so much better. I just think they're going to be in a position to where... I don't know how that translates to the fancy numbers because of the garbage time success of Blake Bortles and Alan Robinson with the touchdown numbers. Look, if you're winning games instead of losing them by double digits in the second half, I mean, that's what it comes down to. But it's a competitive division. There's probably going to be a lot of shootouts in that division. They're coming. I mean, the Jaguars...

A long term in the next few years, it looks like they should be great. I mean, they've done these things before. Why didn't I ask him about Gus Bradley for the entire interview? That is. And how amazing Gus Bradley is because you two have given me the Gus Bradley grief for years. Hey, I will say this. Gus Bradley, you know, he's a nice guy. Always has a smile on his face like him. And I have not been the kindest to him. I think he has done an...

okay job and we'll do much, much, much better than Mike Malarkey. Okay. So I'm glad that you didn't have the courage though to say, hey, Alan, you know, your coach, you guys would be better off with Adam. Like you've said so many times in the show. It depends on who they replace them with. Speaking of replacements, I was unaware that Kevin Hogan now went to the Patriots. Did they get rid of Chris Hogan? Did I say Kevin? Yeah.

He's on the Chiefs. I don't know why that name was in my head. That's all right. My producer was telling me, hey, we need a correction. So, got to, you know, we try to. Egg is on my face. That's all right. You can make up for it by answering some listener questions. Let's do it. Mailbag. May your bag. Yeah. Oh, I love Gus Bradley. I need to get an autograph. Gus Bradley picture on the wall. You need a got to go to pristine action. I'm going to make a note. Gus Bus.

Gus, a Gus bust? No, not a bust, a bus. Like, you're riding the Gus bus. I am, and I'm going to be proven right, just like everything else I say on this show. All right, mailbag time. If you have a question for the show, go to the website, the fancy footballers.com, click on the submit a question button. You can also call us on the voicemail hotline 302-464 TFFB. We love answering listener questions, doing what we can, to help you win your leagues, each and every one of them. I love Foot Clan titles.

Hashtag footland title. But I even more enjoy them when there are multiple. There's no like cap there. You can have as many as possible and it only gets better. So as many leagues as you're in. Trade veto question from Brian and Stillwater, Oklahoma. He says, hey, guys, I was curious about your process on approving trades. I'm in two leagues right now. Both are a mixture of close friends and just people I know. In one league, I am a commissioner. And when a trade occurs, a deputy commissioner and myself decide whether or not the...

Trade is fair. Most of the time we let it go through, but if we disagree, we bring in a third outside party to help decide. In another league, however, it's by league vote, and I feel like most of the time trades are vetoed because of the owners involved, not the actual players. Other than collusion, this bothers me because I feel like if some owners just haven't done their research, aka listen to your show, or veto trades based upon their feelings towards the other owner. In your opinion, what is the best system?

for trade approval. I love this question, Brian. And here's why I love it. And I'll let you guys answer his actual question. But I'm going to take the question and give a public service announcement, okay? Because everybody who's listening needs a PSA on approving or vetoing trades. Do not vote no on a trade that you just don't like. That is so silly.

The trading veto is there to make sure that a team is not colluding with another team, to make sure that a team is not just giving up and they don't care. Hey, here, trade me all your crappy players for all my good players. Here, trade, you know, just those things that are like, okay, this guy's has no idea what he's doing at all. It's trading a superstar for an idiot. It's just things that wreck a league. Now, there will be trades all year long in every league that are

a little lopsided. Somebody smoked someone. That is not a reason to veto a trade. And the reality is, is when you say that they're lopsided, what you mean is that they appear lopsided. Right, you think. Because you don't necessarily know. And we, we, I might have been on this show. Mike just pulled the wool over one of the owner's eyes, in my opinion, in our league. And he traded a third round pick in a keeper league draft. So it's like a six round pick. Now, that being said.