Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - NFC North Breakdown, News, Mailbag

I have Alshan Drafri one spot ahead of Randall Cobb. Okay. Those are all guys that are in the same vicinity for Mike on his list. Mike has him eight overall. PPR. Oh, eight. No, he's eight for everything. Eight in standard. Eight in PBRR as well. He is stepping into the, I only mentioned Demarius because he's stepping in the Demarius Thomas Roll in the Adam Gaze offense. We'll get those screens. So the screen game for him could really up his total catches and it could up his production.

Well, especially in half and full point PPR leagues. To echo the awesome, if you're out there, whoever wrote the blurb on the roto wire app today about the Peyton Manning trade, bless your soul. But to echo that, Jay Cutler, he ain't no Peyton Manning. So that's the difference between Marius Thomas and Alshan. But I love Alshan this year. That's a good point. Jay Cutler is actually a very accurate quarterback.

I don't know what you're saying. Is that true? I think he is pretty accurate. Hold on, scrolling up. 66% last year. That is very good. You know, he just throws a bunch of interceptions. That's why people are so down on Jay Cutler. He's actually a good quarterback. They were middle of the road in the passing game last year. There's a lot of garbage time on that team. Their defense was disgusting. Yes, true. So we didn't talk about Kevin White at all. I feel like...

that is not fair to this divisional breakdown. There are a lot of names, I guess, that are relevant on this team. Give me, Mike. I'm sure you have some notes on Kevin White. A little bit. So give me 30 seconds on Kevin White for the people. Well, Kevin White for the Foot Clan. Thank you. Thank you. I'm just trying it out. It feels like we're the bad guys, though. Because the Foot Clan, they were back. No, we're Shredder. You don't want to be Super Shredder?

Trivia question. We're way off topic. Trivia question. Who was Super Shredder in Turtles 2? What, the actor? Yes. Oh, no idea. Vin Diesel. Kevin Nash, the wrestler. You look. You are very excited about all things Ninja Turtles here. Oh, I love that one. No, there was a question last week, or on Tuesday, and they called us Nash and Hall. I'm tying into the foot clan here, people. All right. But Kevin White.

So we'll see. Well, the 30 seconds on Kevin White is over. Athletic freak considered a little bit raw, which is why Amari Cooper went ahead of him. But with his physical talents and gifts, there's just, there's no way he won't be an elite receiver in this league eventually. Right. I'm not sure it will. I was big on the Kevin White train if you listened to previous podcast. But.

Just really think about who Eddie Royal is with Jay Cutler. And Jay Cutler, when he finds a guy he likes and he has that connection with that guy, he goes to that guy. Walks on. So, you know, Kevin White's... So Alshan Jeffrey's going to have a great year. Yes. But Kevin White's rookie season might be a little bit disappointing for fantasy. All right, that's your NFC North rundown. If you've missed any of our other divisional rundown...

rundowns. You can grab those. We recorded the AFC North on Tuesday. Last week, we did the NFC and AFC West. And like he said, on Tuesday next week, we're going to be doing the live PPR mock draft. But we're doing it live. That's right. Got to bring it. All right. Let's get into the listener question section of the show where we do our best to set you straight this offseason. Mailbag. Did the quiz get out of the restroom?

Out of the Port-a-John? Is he out of there now? Jiquiz on third down is he's a cool 55-degree port-a-john. If you have a question, remember we, you can go to the website, the fantasyfoolballers.com, click that submit-a-question button and send us your question for the show.

Try to keep those brief into the point so we can answer them on the show, not just read them for half an hour. And you can also call us 302-464-TFFB. Leave us a question on the voice mailbox, and we play those on the show and answer them, so let's go ahead and do that. Sound good, guys? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, guys, just want to express my sincere gratitude. I mean, you guys are incentive with your mailbag and your responses. The feedback is just amazing, and it's so in tune to what I'm already thinking.

And it's just great self-assurance. So I really appreciate you and everything you do. But I had a question because it's just bugging me. Like, I've been very strategic on, like, what I've decided to do and how I'm drafting. And I pretty much got it down. But these OTAs are really scaring me in these OTA press conferences. And I was just curious about how you guys are feeling about some of the feedback because it's really...

making me rank people lower than I thought. I mean, you got, you got Jay Cutler talking about Kevin White is going to be possibly the wide receiver four. You got Emmanuel Sanders earlier last month talking about he's not going to be as productive as last year and his offensive team. And then, you know, he got like as early as yesterday. They're talking about how Chip Hill used Miles Austin in a unique way. So it's like it's kind of like a scary thing. Like I had an ideal for

of, you know, how I wanted to draft some players I was looking at and different sleepers, but all of these news, all of this news out of OTAs, I'm curious to what you guys are thinking about it and your feedback. Thanks again. Love the show. I think that kind of speaks a little bit to what we talked about earlier in the fact that you have to kind of take a lot of those reports.

with a grain of salt and give yourself some time. What did you say on Twitter this week in terms of your rankings and the way we have things locked in? You know, it's... Oh, you've got to be... Dude, Bruce... Bruce Lee, man, be water. Yeah, not stone. Yeah, water always wins. And when you get new information, which at OTAs is a great chance to get a lot of information for the off season. And I guess it's a training...

There's a training of your gut that needs to happen through that you'll gain every year through year as you play fantasy football. Because remember last year, Levion Bell said, oh, Garrett Blunt's going to get the goal line work. Yep. And everyone freaked out. Freaked out. And week one, nope, Levi-on Bell is going to get the goal line work. And then all was right with the world. OTAs are a great chance for coaches to talk up.

new acquisitions and things like that as well to kind of bring the team together and give some, you know, enthusiasm to the fan base, you know, I don't know if Miles Lawson is going to have a role or not, but if you bring in a brand new guy and he's playing well in OTAs, you're going to talk about him. Yeah, reward him.

You listen with a grain of salt, but I listen more intently on negative news than I do on positive news because I expect positive news. I think that positive news comes out all the time. Everybody's great. These guys are going, the team looks good. This is so improved. His work ethic is great. Well, yeah, that's great. But what about he showed up to camp 15 pounds overweight. Yep. Kelvin Benjamin, Joyick Bell. Sorry. Has there been any report on Joyke Bell's weight?

I don't think they're half. I think you're just making fun of him because you think he's fat and you're wrong. No, I don't think. If Joyke Bell saw me, he'd say I'm fat. Well, yeah. No, but no, but the point is, is that sometimes coaches will publicly out guys as motivation, but it's because they need it. And so that's what I listen to more is negative over positive. That's a great, great piece of feedback there. I think a good one to follow. All right, let's go to the next question. Yo, yo, yo, it's Tony. Tony!

I had a question. I was just wondering how you guys feel about drafting players that are rivals to your actual favorite team in real life. For example, I'm a New Yorker. I love Mike Giants. Oh, 7-11, you know? So I was just wondering how you feel like I can't even pick Eagles for my team. I can't even look at our national bird anymore because of Philadelphia. You know what I'm saying? It's very hard for me to pull the trigger on a guy like Jordan Matthews in the fourth round.

When there's a guy like DeAndre Hopkins in the fourth round, I'm just going to pick you Audrey Hopkins, no doubt. You know? So, thanks, guys. I hope you guys answer this question. You got Mr. Tito. And thank you. Yeah, Tony. The meatball. And this is a great question. Yeah, it's a question. I think it's a great question for the kind of the culture of fantasy football, because why are you playing? And the opposite, too. Not just the teams, players to avoid, but how much higher do you rank players you love?

on teams you love. And for me, I mean, I can tell you from experience, I mean, there have been a lot of very good Seahawks fantasy players named to Marshawn Lynch in the last few years. They rhyme with Schmarshaw. That rhyme with Schmarshon Schmensch. And I've had them on my team. And we're big Arizona Cardinal fans out here in Phoenix. And I really did not enjoy having to kind of root for my home team and then also hope Lynch gets like...

You know, the ideal game for me as a Cardinal fan was, we're blowing them out, but Lynch scores like three times. I just don't enjoy that. So here's a true story. It's hearkening back to last year's championship week with me against Andy. I blocked that out of my mind. And I had Lynch on my team because I just play to win for fantasy. I take the best guys. That's how I approach it. But I was at the game of Arizona versus Seattle.

Playoffs division on the line. And I have to worry about Marshawn Lynch where he didn't start the game because we don't know. He just wasn't there. And I'm freaking out. I'm watching my team get blown out. Marshaun Lynch is not doing anything. Then Beast Quake 2.0 happens and sails me to the title. We don't talk about that. But yeah. But my point is it.

It depends on how you want to play. If you're playing in a friends and family league and against your buddies, then by all means do not take rival players. But if you're in a big money game, you play smart. I don't pay too much attention to it. I will say this. When I've had a guy on my own team, I don't actually like owning, like let's say Larry Fitzgerald in his heyday. Like I don't even, I mean, it's kind of fun to have him and root for him. But when you are a fan of a team,

I don't like the bittersweet feeling of, okay, Michael Floyd just caught a touchdown. I'm really happy for my team, but, oh, I kind of wish it was a different guy. Like, I just don't like dealing with that. Right. I will. I don't have a problem. I'd rather win at fantasy. But, yeah, that's a, you have any thoughts, Jason? I lean more your direction. I don't have any problem having guys on the other team. Because, look, you know, you're going to play other, you know, you play 16 games in a year. You're going to play. If you're in the title game.

I mean, I play 16 years every year. So my point is, you're not going to be able to avoid having guys on your roster that are playing against your favorite team. So just, you know, draft them. Yep. Yep. Unless you're Tony Meatball, in which case. Hey, if DeAndre Hopkins and Jordan Matthews are on the board, I'm taking DeAndre regardless of my love for either guy or, I mean, either team. All right, next question. Let's get to. Hey, guys.

Love the show just started listening a couple months ago. Really kind of out there from left field question, given his amazing natural athletic ability and the absolute lack of any sort of solid aerial weapon for the Cleveland Browns, do you see Terrell Pryor not only making the roster?

but contributing to the passing attack in any way, shape, or form. Thanks, guys. Thank you for your question. The answer is no. There are 1,696 players in the NFL, and there are 1,695 that I would have on my fantasy team ahead of Trail Pryor. Yeah, I think the words came out of his mouth, like at the beginning of the show. I don't know how to catch. Yeah, I mean, if I'm wrong, then...

I will enjoy that because it will be the biggest surprise of my life. But everyone's a freak athlete in the NFL. And it's a long shot. And not to mention that passing offense, I mean, given the wide receiver one position, I don't think he produces for them. So, yeah, that about sums up the Terrell prior news. I hope you're not counting on him. Dynasty. Hold. Hey, guys, love this show. Tight-in bass because it's obvious.

Do you get grunk, you know, and maybe Jimmy Graham and Kelsey, that there's a huge layoff and you can wait towards tight-in? My question lies purely at that Jimmy Graham, Kelsey. Like, I see a lot of value on Kelsey, but I'm so unsure about Jimmy Graham. And, like, if he's worse, even a fourth-round pick. I have a fitnessy value, but I see a lot of people taking a third or second round, and I don't feel you have that value anymore. So I'm curious, would you take Kelly?