Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 2 Mailbag Questions, Trade Questions, Start/Sit

I'm not sure that the Cardinals are the best defense of that group. I think Kansas City might be better. I would actually put the Chiefs too. Okay. I'll try it out. You're coming off a short week. We still like Anderson, but he is banged up. That game is in Arrowhead, though, right? Is that correct? Yes, it's in Kansas City. So that does, yeah, that bodes well. They played really well there on Thursday night last year, if you remember that.

Patriot game? Short weeks, man, are awful for the offense. Always remember that from a standpoint of putting players in. And so, yeah, that actually does boat a little bit better for the Chiefs. All right, Brian in Grand Rapids, Michigan, should he trade Abdullah for Emmanuel Sanders? Full point PPR leave. No, no. Not a full point.

See, in a full-point PPR league, I think Emmanuel Sanders is even more of a value than he normally is. He's going to have a lot more receptions than Amir Abdullah. If this is a flex type of guy that you're upgrading, or if your needs are at wide receiver and you've got depth at running back, then I would make good. He already has Julio and Antonio Brown. Yeah, then man. And his running backs are Lamar Miller, ivory, and spiller. So there's no way I do this. Yeah, no way. This is a perfect example of a trade where you cannot say.

This is a good trade. Make it. It completely depends on your roster. So many are. And it's a great point because we see these value for value deals. You know, it's like, would you trade this guy for this guy? Well, maybe. Maybe I would if I needed to. You know, it's not just in all circumstances, yes. That question right there is no in a lot of circumstances. And it's yes in a lot of circumstances. Wouldn't you agree? Mike? Yes. All right. So what, real quick, though, what are your thoughts on Ronnie Hillman in general?

If CJ is going to be okay, if we think he's going to be all right, which we don't know, what are your just general thoughts on Hillman as a, like where would you rank him on a weekly basis? Bottom of the barrel flex start. I really think that C.J. Anderson is going to get the work. And he was nicked up in the last game and just everything was, nothing was working for the Broncos. So that's when they threw their hands in the air. They waved them around.

Like they just don't care, and they put Ronnie Hillman in for some carries. Yeah, and then the toe injury. I would be really, if CJ's playing, I would have to be hard-pressed to put Hillman in a lineup. I would want him on my roster, but I would not want him as a flex. There's a million wide receivers that I'd rather have in my flex than Ronnie Hillman. All right, who to start? Ray in Valparaiso, Indiana, PPR League with return yards.

Who to start in week two in the flex position. Chris Ivory or Tyler Lockett. Chris Ivory or Tyler Lockett, a PPR league with return yards. His running backs are Forte and Ingram. His wide receivers are Brown and Cobb. And he gets one point for every 10 return yards. I was going to ask whether it was 10 or 25.

Man, that actually makes it tough. I would start Tyler Lockett in a full PPR with return yards because of he still caught, what, four passes this week? I believe. I mean, if he's going to catch a few balls, has the long play potential, and he's going to return kicks. Man, that's tough. Ivory looks so good. His matchup is good. But then again, the Seahawks going against the Packers. I'm still starting Ivory. I want the guaranteed touches. I'm not going to.

bank on a huge return. All right. I want to remind everybody, too, when you send in your questions, try to keep them brief into the point so that we can fit them on the show. If you have a full roster rundown, we're just not going to be able to do it on the show. So just a reminder, the quicker questions are easier. For instance, this quarterback question from Nate in Destin, he said, Ryan Tannenhill versus the Jaguars or Tom Brady versus the Bills. Woo, man. Ryan?

Bringing the heat. I would absolutely play Tannahill in this situation. Yeah, I think you have to. I think they're in Buffalo again. And Buffalo just manhandled Andrew Luck. And I, not that Tom Brady isn't a different caliber quarterback. But yeah, you got to go with Tannehill. Ryan's always had Tom Brady's number.

I mean, Tom Brady scorched him a few times, but... I thought you were talking about Ryan Tannenhill and calling him Ryan like he was your... Yeah, like you had him on speed dial. I thought you meant phone number. Yeah, Rex always has had the Patriots. Yeah. Rex always has had the Patriots. Yeah. There's always close games. And he's got a better lineup of defense now than he had at the Jets. If the Bills win this week, they all have started 2-0 having defeated the Colts and Patriots to begin the year. That would feel pretty good. That is the best...

start to set up your collapse that they've done in a while. No, I'd like to see him succeed. I like Rex Ryan, believe it or not. I don't believe it. Yeah, well, there you go. All right, waiver question. I love this question because it is hilariously difficult to answer. All right, J.T. Slapshot in Pittsburgh. He has Peyton Manning and Sam Bradford, but he really wants to claim Carson Palmer and start him this week. So what do you do in that situation? Because...

Do you want to lose Peyton Manning or Sam Bradford? You try to trade them? I mean, that's one thing you could do. If you really want, you know, for me, if I've got, like, let's say I'm just rolling Sam Bradford on my roster and I like Carson Palmer better this week. I have no problem dropping Sam Bradford to the waivers and picking up Carson Palmer and playing him. So in this position, I don't think it's that big a deal if you want to drop him, but if you're really wanting to do that.

Trade them. Try to get value instead of putting them to the waivers. Try to do a two-for-one to open up a spot, upgrade your lineup somewhere else, and pick up Carson Palmer who you want anyways. You can't drop Sammy Biscuits at this point. That's my opinion, too. And I love Carson Palmer, especially this week against the Bears. I think it's a great matchup. But here's the Cardinals next three weeks. 49ers, Rams, Lions. Trouble. Those are not the best matchups even for...

me as the ultimate Carson Palmer supporter. I might be looking for a better matchup in those weeks. And here's the thing. There's no guarantee Palmer dominates this matchup this week. And when you make a decision like this, you have to do what Mike just did and look forward a little bit and say, what gives me the best odds to win my matchups for the next three weeks? I feel like if you drop Sammy Bradford or Peyton.

And you go after Palmer this week, maybe you succeed in that decision-making, but you might cost yourself over the next few weeks. You're going to have to really commit to a pure streaming quarterback type of system and trust that you can get guys. So I just kind of ride Bradford and play Bradford this week. That's what I would do. And here's the Eagles upcoming schedule. So they have the Cowboys this week, which I think is a good matchup. Cowboys with no devs. Yeah, I think that's a good matchup. I was really surprised that Eli didn't take a better advantage of it.

But the following weeks are the Jets, so difficult. Then you have Washington and New Orleans right after that. Right. And then followed by the Giants. So, I mean, you have a great lineup coming up for Sammy Biscuits. Sammy Biscuits. Who twisted his ankle, by the way. Yeah. Had an actual X-ray on it. That had it been fun to do. First game back, have to go get an X-ray, even if you're fine. I heard Superman did it. The X-ray? Yeah, real quick. He's the technician? Yeah.

Oh, okay. You know, Superman is surprisingly affordable as a team physician. I did not know that. I was not aware. Oh, no, you know. Where does he live exactly? He lives up north in the, what is the... Ottawa? No. Basically, but with the fortress of solitude? There it is. Yeah. That's where Adrian Peterson was last night? Oh, basically. All right. Bryson in Kansas City says who should he start? PPR League.

which doesn't really matter for this question. Marcus Marriota, Colin Kaepernick, Tyrod Taylor this week. I know my answer, believe it or not, but give us a matchup, Jason. Marietta, so that it would be... Marriota is going up against the Browns. Kaepernick? Kaepernick is... It doesn't matter. It does matter. He's my pick. Really? Yeah. He's going up against the Steelers. Terrible defense. That's why he's my pick.

All right. And then who was last one? Tyrod Taylor against the Patriots. I think that's my pick. I am. Oh, you're crazy. I am not. Because you're picking Tyraud Taylor against the one coach that's going to scheme him to death. You want a water bet? Capernick versus Tyraud Taylor this week? Yes, I do. Waterbet. And ironically. It's about time I have some shares of Kaepernick and something. Yeah. And ironically, I'm going to take Marietta here against the Browns. Wait, wait, wait. Double water situation?

The triangle of doom. The winners dry. The losers aren't. Yes. Triple. Oh, okay. So whoever finishes last. No. No. The two people that fail. Two of us were fail, Jason. Oh, man. There's Kaepernick. There can be only one. Yeah. I am, I am Colin Kaepernick. You are Marcus Marriota. And Mike is Tyra-Taylor. Give me that Marriota. Waterbed. There is no way we're not.

forcing that upon Jason, regardless of what his desires were, the chance for a three-way water bet. This has never been done. Never been done? Triangle. Listen, me and Trent, Dale, and Colin Kaepernick are going all the way. Have you seen his mechanics? Read number one. Read number two. Just watch his eyes. Look at his eyes. That errant throw. That errant throw was a great errant throw. Let me tell you why, even though he passed four yards behind the guy, this was a perfect placed ball. Yeah.

We're referring to Trindale for spectacular commentating on Monday Night Football. Handcuff question, where do you draw the line on useful players on your bench versus handcuffs? Who will be very valuable if an injury occurs? For example, my team, would you drop Crowell, Woodhead, or Brian Quick for a guy like Nile Davis or Ronnie Hillman? I would drop Brian Quick for one of them, yes. Let me ask you a follow-up for me personally in one of my leagues.

I have Frank Gore, I have Josh Robinson. How do you, I mean, if you pick up a handcuff, are you just kind of committing to staying with the handcuff the entire year? Because I tend to get a little stir crazy with the handcuff on my team for the entire season for both guys. I mean, it's one thing to have that bench spot in a limited bench league taken up. It's another if it's like week after week and you're getting no production from that and you're like, oh man, I wish I would have signed this guy. Like, do you just stick it out? I think what happens is it's dependent upon the success of the starter.

So if your starter is blowing up and he's a cog in your team, he is a necessary piece, you have to have him in that running back spot, then you know he's going to be in your starting lineup week after week and you hold on to Josh Robinson so that if he goes out, you've got him. But if Frank Gore starts being a guy that you're not even sure you're flexing him in and you're playing matchups and things like that. You don't want to hold up two roster spots for a guy that.

is some weeks not going to be in your starting lineup. And it's always about the situation combined with the talent of the guy in the back where we think Josh Robinson would get the lion's share if he came in. And handcuffs are very similar, which is something we've been talking about, where it is a lot like health care. And paying health insurance. Health insurance premiums is the absolute worst when you are healthy.

Right? And you can go through it forever and paying out, paying out, paying out, but then that one time. That you need it. Where you need it, you're like, hey, I'm not broke. Yeah. That's what a handcuff does. It's a pretty perfect analogy. All right, for Thursday and Friday this week, we've got your fantasy forecast. We'll be previewing the games for week two on Thursday and Friday. We will have our starts of the week, and we will have those tomorrow on Thursday.

Okay. Tomorrow, we will have the starts of the week. Okay. We will also have the Thursday night football preview. And then on Friday, we have some daily dose for your daily fantasy sports love there. A lot of people playing Fanduel and Draft Kings, and if you weren't playing those, then you have seen 100,000 commercials for them. Oh, my goodness. Play them. Play Fanduels specifically. With promo code.

Ballers. And if you have more questions, you can go to the website, the fantasy footballers.com. You can join the foot clan fantasy football community at join thefoot.com. And it's just a great group of people sharing information, sharing injury news, answering questions, giving perspective. Because.

There's a lot of different perspective for every trade and every league type and those type of things. So it's good to bounce those things off people. It makes a difference. Hopefully you had a very good week one. We're hoping for a very good week two. We'll bring our starts to the week and we'll preview all those games. Do you have any thoughts, Mike? You're like you're about to say something. On Friday, we unveil our stream. Streaming quarterback of the week. Absolutely. Where we will attempt to take a very low percentage, percentage-percentedly owned quarterback and build a quarterback one. And we'll see how that goes.