Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Rookie Rundown QB & WR, News, Mailbag

Yeah, unless there's some upgrade to the other side of the field where Wallace is, then a no. All right, let's go ahead and get into the mailbag. Maybe. I hate that. The thing, hold on. Mailbag. Sometimes I tell my soundboard to freeze in order to build anticipation. Ooh, drama. For your. We know drama. Do, too. Yes. Andrew in Philadelphia.

He says he's thinking about his keeper selections already for next year. We all are, Andrew. Definitely keeping Levion Bell and Julio Jones, but he has to pick a third between David Johnson and Thomas Roll. So many of these questions. I know a lot can change between now and next season, but how much of DJ's success do you think came from him having fresher legs than everyone else towards the end of the season like Hill and Anderson last year? What are your end-of-season feelings on DJ if Chris Johnson leaves or, I'm sorry, yeah.

Or Rawls, if Lynch leaves. If both of them are set up as the one, I have to go with David Johnson because of the offense. I believe the Arizona Cardinals will be putting more points on the board. Also, if you look pre-draft, right, just talent, if both guys have the opportunity, David Johnson was a physical freak and Thomas Rawls went undrafted. Ooh, who, who.

Thomas Rawls averaged 5.6 a carry. That is correct. Thomas Rawls is the guy I would choose in standard leagues if all things were equal, and I would probably choose DJ in half point and full point. As of today, as of today. I like that take. It will be very hard for me to pass David Johnson, though. Yep. Matt in Athens, Ohio. Hey, guys, love the show. I thought I'd share something.

that I tried this year, and I think it worked out pretty well for me. So this is our reaction to that. Okay. He went for upper-tier tight-ins in all three of his leagues and made it to the championship in all three leagues. He previously valued them much lower with very little success. Is there something to be said for having a guy like Greg Olson, Rule 86, and Barnage? I wanted to know what your thoughts were on having a big time tied-in. It's...

I have to say this, you named three guys and two of them weren't big time tied-ins. That's what I was going to say. It's so valuable to have a big name tied-in, but you just don't know that you're going to get them when you draft them. You draft high and you get Travis Kelsey because you think he's going to finish there and he doesn't. So that's where Greg Olson, sure. I mean, he's very consistent. Gronk, he costs probably too much, but yeah.

These guys, you didn't have to pay. You said you went for upper tier tight ends, but those two you didn't have to pay for. So I don't know if that means you drafted Greg Olson in all three leagues. And you're just wanting us to consider these guys going into next year. In that case, let's just say, is it worth the cost if you know you can get it? I love, if I can get someone that I know is going to be a, or I'm very sure, is going to be a separator at that position, I love grabbing them in the fourth or fifth round.

I also think in smaller leagues it's even more important. Yeah. In smaller leagues, like a 10 team or so, you've got to have an advantage there. Yeah, I agree with you. So, listen, if you have a question for the show, it's very easy, go to the fantasy footballers.com, click the submit a question button, send it into the show. We try to answer those on almost every episode. A lot of times during the off season, we do some bonus episodes, mailbag episodes, and so we want to answer those. It's never too early. It's February 1, guys.

It's practically preseason. No, free agency's in a month. It's true. And this news, I mean... And then it'll be the draft. Look, we've already got this Calvin Johnson story that's coming out of his camp that changes the equation for guys like Golden Tate. For Matt Stafford. Somebody who, I believe, on this show, we said we really like Matt Stavford next year unless Calvin Johnson's gone. Golden Tate dynasty owners. When they heard that news, what were they doing?

Well, it's just, it's interesting. You know who else is weeping, honestly, is if you're a Detroit Lions fan, you're not, it's not a good thing to lose Calvin Johnson. No. You know, he's not old, right? He's 30. Okay, he's a 30-year-old. He's born Barry Sanders. Oh, and that's doing it again. That's the tragedy there is that you have the same franchise dealing with that type of a problem, so. Why do they want to retire so quick?

Detroit, every year in Detroit's like two in other franchises, I think. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Detroit. So anyways, we'll be back on Thursday. We'll be talking the other positions. The rookies breaking them down, projecting them forward. We'll have a lot of other good stuff. But not the pool bowl. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on Jointhefoot.com. And follow us on Twitter.

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