Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Rankings Rundown, Listener Questions, News

Which one is throwing you a scare due to age? Do players such as Gore, Fawcett, or maybe even Arian Foster create hesitation in your schemes for drafting? Obviously, they are still worth drafting, but do they fall at all because of the possibility of age catching up with them? He also asked if the cards don't win the Super Bowl this year. Who else do you root for? I'll answer that. Yeah. After the first question. Yeah, sure. You know, just like we talked about with O'Dow Beckham Jr. earlier.

and his hamstring giving you pause, age should give you pause for certain players. But don't jump the gun. We've talked about this before. March on Lynch last year, Frank Gore has played 60-something consecutive starts. He's put up three straight 1100. Every year, Frank Gore is going to fall off the cliff. Yeah, and so a guy like Forset, a guy like Foster, do you guys hesitate at all? None. None for those guys. I do consider age strongly when I'm... Yeah, you're not nice to forte about age, but you're nice to Forset?

Yes. It's not just age. I'm telling. It's a matter of, it's not just age. It's a workload. If you look at how many carries it guys got. So Aryan Foster to me.

I do, you know, if I knew, if I was confident that he was going to play 16 games, I'd probably have him be my number one running back because he's amazing. But I'm very confident he misses three games next year at least. So, you know, I can't put him there. So it's more than just age. So you look at Frank Gore, he's old. Age and history then. Age and history. And not, and so there's two things. One when it comes to the age is it's not just the year you were born, fast forward to today. It's.

How many carries have you had in the NFL? So that's a difference between, say, a Forset, who's at a relatively fresh body the same way that, you know, Fred Jackson had a fresh body late in his age life because the beginning of his NFL career, he wasn't overutilized.

and Matt Forte, who's been utilized since his rookie year and he's going through. And then you look at the history and say, is this guy injury prone as he had injuries in the past? How's he been doing? Frank Gore's held up like magic. You know, Arian Foster has not so much. And Matt Forte has been relatively healthy. I'll give him that. But he did have a knock early in the career of being injury prone. And to answer the second question for me, it's easily Vikings. But I will say this real quick.

I like to grab a team to root for in every single division. Obviously, the Cardinals for me are number one, but I like to have a rooting interest. Anything I can do to make the NFL season more exciting, I'm all for it. Kind of like daily fantasy on Fandul with the promo code. Ballers, and I get my $200. That's right. For me, it's the Packers. Me too. It's always been the Packers. My wife's family is from out there.

How do you not love the Dreamboat that is Aaron Ryan? I do love him, but Vikings family says, do the Packers. We pick your division mate, rival, I mean. Email from David in Dallas, hello, yes. What was that? I'm being a chap. That was a chap? He's from Dallas. I'm starting to think cowboy chaps. Ooh. Buttless? Yeah, butless chaps. Buttless chaps.

Of all the interesting running backs coming out of the NFL draft, who are a few that you like enough to take an earlier round? So I guess he's talking about rookies. Obviously, you want to draft veterans as much as you can. Well, not obviously. I don't think that's a guarantee. I think veterans depends which ones. But which rookies do we like? Abdullah, Duke Johnson, David Johnson, Cobb, etc. Who do we stay away from? Good question. We've talked about a few guys.

We can speak to Duke Johnson a little bit just for the sake of bringing him into the conversation. We like David Johnson a lot. Mike likes Amir Abdullah more than I do. Yeah, on that express. But those are guys who I'm going to take later. So who do you feel confident taking in the first rounds would be kind of a good answer to his question? In the earlier rounds? Yeah, Melvin Gordon. Yeah, Gordon. For me, it would be Gordon and Yeldon. Those are the guys who all take. You know they have a workload. Maybe fourth round. That might be present. I would take Gordon in the fourth.

And so if that's early, I wouldn't take anyone else that early. After that, the next guy up for me would probably be Kevin Coleman. I'm rising pretty good on him. And then honestly, you know, I'm not going to take him. When it's later, it makes a difference to me on the veteran or home run hitter because you get your first two guys. I don't want to take a chance on Duke Johnson to be my RB2. Right. Because you don't know what you're going to get. But later on, I'd much rather draft.

maybe in Amir Abdullah over a Ligarap Blunt, if you're talking about your RB3 or 4, so that you have the potential to hit a ceiling. You know, Fred Jackson is another guy who you knew, even if he had a good year, he's not going to be number one, right? He's going to be, he's kind of ceiling cap because he's a veteran in a system. And so I like potential, too. I just don't want to use it ahead of time. So it's almost better to look for later round running backs rather than...

early round running backs that are rookies that you can grab a hold of. That's where David Johnson's so precious. And I like taking the flyers too, but I also, at the end of a draft, I like to pad my roster with the unsexy veterans, guys like Antoine Bolden and the guys that just, that no one ever wants on their team, yet they still finish as wide receiver twos and running back twos. Yep.

This email comes in from Daniel G. He says, Dear Smoking J. Cuddy, Marty McBride, and Jeremy Hill's tattoo club. Yeah. I like it. Well done. He's in a 12-team Keeper League, and he's looking to draft a younger running back in this year's draft. He has the potential to turn into a stud in the next year or so and help carry my team for several years. Who are some running backs that you would consider taking a flyer on? Who could turn into the next C.J. Anderson, Jeremy Hill, or Eddie Lacey.

Keep up the good work. Keep eating those three-by-threes. You hear that, Jason? Tonight. Which guys are in that camp? Who could be the next C.J. Anderson? It's a good question because it's hard to pull those names out, because if we could, we... I mean, we would, and we try to. But... I think... Tevin Coleman's a guy that has a potential. Tevin Coleman...

I think to really qualify for this, you're talking about later guys who we're just speaking to. So guys who I think have an actual legitimate chance to become studs would be Abdullah. I still believe, and I think David Johnson can take the majority of the workload. And I think Kevin Coleman as well, because I don't believe in Devante Freeman at all. And I think the running back in that system is going to have.

Tremendous value. I'm going to give you a name. Jay Ajai. That's what I was honestly just thinking. I don't think that he can supplant Lamar Miller. If you're correct on his talent versus Miller, I don't think he can take a 70% workload versus Miller. I don't think he can beat him out for that. What about Christian Michael? You still have any help for Christian Michael? No. I never thought he...

Oh, oh, I thought you were making a comparison, sorry. Yeah, but... I'm trying to look deep as guys that... Because C.J. Anderson wasn't at the top, like you said, he was deep, undrafted, untalked about guys that have potential talent-wise to do it. Yeah, Michael, it... Michael is disappointing of just how Seattle has, how Carroll has run it with Turbin, how every year the fantasy community kept thinking, this is the year that Michael becomes the...

the two and maybe even starts eating into the lynch's workload, and he gets like 20 carries because turban's the guy. The backup? Yes. Yeah, because he's reliable. Any names for you, Jay? Anybody else jumping out? I'm trying. I tried to pick a couple, but I mean, that's tough. David Johnson pops out to me, honestly, but we had just brought him up, so I feel stupid regurgitating. All right. Ryan from Western Canada. Oh, Jerich McKinnon, sure. Oh, that's a possibility.

I love Peterson, but Peterson... He might not be long for Minnesota. I don't think... I think this is last year is what I was trying to see. Ryan from Western Canada says, Hey, Bart, Brett, and Aaron. Hey, he's a Packer fan. There you go. You're going to be able to answer this question? You and your stupid Vikings. I'm a boycott. Wow. Okay. Two-part question. Maybe you'll come around for the second part. In a 12-team keeper league, no penalty for round. He can start quarterback at Flex.

So it's a two-quarterback team. Yeah, basically. He needs to keep four of the following Blake Bortals, Alfred Morris, Joseph Randall, Isaiah Crowell, Charles Johnson, Alan Robinson, Brandon Cooks, DeAndre Hopkins, and T. Y. Hilton. So he has to keep four of those. So let's answer that first question then. Two-quarterback league, potentially, I mean, do you keep Bortles or do you not worry about it because you can just...

grab a guy like him off of the way. I don't worry about it at all. Which is sad because in a two-quarterback keeper league, I would wish that I'm keeping a quarterback. I'd rather have Winston than Bortles. Yeah, I agree. You're going to replace Bortals easily, but just gross. He doesn't say whether it's a PPR league. For me, I keep DeAndre Hopkins. I keep T.Y. Hilton, and I keep probably Alfred Morris and Joseph Randall. That is exactly what I had wrote down, Mike. Are you in? Oh, our first time! Wow.

You only have to hit it once. No. He's excited. The consensus bell has been rung. We all agree on something. I wonder how often that'll go off. Once a show. Once a show. Part two question. He says he has the 10th pick in the draft. What should he focus on with his first couple of picks with the keepers he has and the talent that has already gone in the draft? Focus on the best player available. Yep. I understand that people always want to ask these questions because I...

Honestly, I want to ask them too because you're like, what should I? Man, what do I do? What do I do? And you have to play the draft as it as it unveils its unveils itself. Yeah. As the draft disrobes. No, that's a baby whatever. Is it lamb or is a cow? What's veal? Veal is neither of those. Is it veal deer? That's what I thought. Is it deer? I can, I don't know. I'm not a deer.

I'm pretty sure it's deer. Baby eater. You're not a baby eater? That's right. That's good. Veal is not baby. Yeah, I think it is. It is? I don't know. It's something cruel. It's, oh, it's the meat of young cattle. In contrast to the beef of older cattle. Like a baby cow, like I said. At the beginning of this conversation. I thought you just meant babies in general. Stanis. Oh. Oh. Oh.

By the way, we're going a little long here. You guys want to answer a few more for the listeners just for the sake of getting through the mailbag more? Yeah, let's do at least one more. If it's juicy. Final juice. Juicy. Like a three by three. Brady writes in. He says, hello. I like it. Hey, Brady. So I think that Carlos Hyde could be a good RB2 this year. Well, thanks for sure. I think the workload will be there, but I haven't heard anything.

to corroborate my thoughts. Is there something about him, his offensive system, his projected workload that makes you think he will not live up to his ADP? I guess what are your thoughts on him this offseason is from Brady, the non-deflator. Good to know. Yes, is the answer to your question. Are there things that make me think he might not live up to his ADP? Absolutely. He's very talented. Their offense is a little different. Reggie Bush is in the fold. And do not forget about Kendall Hunter.

And also do not forget about Mike Ayupati, who was one of the reasons they were a great running offensive line. Where'd he go? Oh, the Arizona Cardinals. David Johnson. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they also lost, by the way, their left tackle to retirement at age 25 this week. Man. Four players to retirement. Clearly, people don't want to play for the 49ers anymore.

But it's, for me, it's the, I wouldn't. The defense breaking down, losing the left tackle hurts, losing Mike Yupati hurts. If they're down and Reggie Bush is on the field a lot. Reggie Bush is the third down back. That's how I see it playing out. Until he's hurt. And I just hide is a guy who, at the beginning of the off season, I was ready, I was all aboard to pump him up.

And every time I go into my rankings, he goes down just a little bit more. Oof. Yeah, that's tough. All right. We are out of time today. Don't forget to check out Fantasydraftwizard.com for your offseason mock drafting. It's super fun. Go on there. It's free. It doesn't cost you any money. And don't forget to check us out on the web, the fantasy footballers.com on Twitter at the FFFballers. Jason, I'm glad you were able to make it into the studio today. Do not.