Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 3 Mailbag Questions, Trade Questions, Start/Sit

I got through the sentence. Congratulations. You read the teleprompter correctly. If I could do that, and I've got an IR, then I take the trade. Otherwise, it's really hard for me to trade for two injured guys. I mean, I, yeah, I'm not even going to add to that. That's exactly what I do. I'm not going to count Des out completely, and Jeffrey, I think I'll be back in a couple weeks. So I probably would do the deal. I would approach it, but you need to be okay. I mean, I'm preaching extreme caution with Des Bryant. You need to be okay with the fact.

of what if he doesn't come back? Because everyone assumes, oh, eight weeks he's back. What if he does not come back? Because we've seen other athletes with this injury be shut down. Just saying. Also, eight weeks from now is, I mean, you're talking about almost fantasy playoffs. You have to be able to withstand victories. Oh, my goodness. There's too many victories. Next question. Well, what you're saying, though, is, I mean, Des...

is the kind of guy, at least, where if he's back from an injury, he will be immediately involved. You don't have to probably worry about a bunch of weeks where he's a distraction. If he's coming back, he's going to contribute. All right, this email is titled, Sharing a Piece of the Cardinal Pie. That's a delicious pie. Eric, yeah, number one scoring offense. It's a delicious pie. Eric in Seattle, he has a trade in mind to deal Larry Fitzgerald and Ingram for C.J. Anderson and Megatron.

Whoa, whoa. Do it. Fitzgerald and who? Ingram. Ingram. Yeah. And you get C.J. and Megatron. Yeah. This will pain the Cardinal fans within us. You should cash in on Larry Fitzgerald's three touchdown game. Yes. That is something you do based on the history of the last four years of him not being the same elite fantasy option he was before that. Let me ask you some questions because I know where I stand. I've answered some. I've answered some listeners, some of our.

Awesome foot clan out there. Larry Fitzgerald. Yeah. For T.Y. Hilton. Nope. No. Because I'm not a Hilton believer, though. So ask another one. I would. For Jordan Matthews. I would absolutely trade for Jordan Matthews, yes. For Brandon Cooks. I would trade Larry Fitzgerald for Brandon Cooks. I would trade Larry Fitzgerald for all three of those guys. My only hesitation kind of comes up on Cooks.

And my hesitation was Hilton. I would consider Jordan Matthews, but you're not going to get three touchdowns a week from Larry Fitzgerald, but I'm telling you. Mike is biased on this question. Yeah, he is. He played him this week. No, look at, look, of course, I don't have them in front of me. We looked up the splits. We looked up the split. No, it's not just splits. It's his last seven games. Those are, those just happened. While the touchdowns are inflated, the yards and the catches, the reliable stat is there. Yeah, but the last seven games were still beaten by T.

We were looking at season along with T.Y. Trust me. I love Larry Fitzgerald. I think he is underrated as a, you know, as a weapon still in the NFL. And obviously, target number is pretty good this year so far, eight and nine targets. Floyd coming off an injury. Running game missing Ellington now. There are some things that make you like. The running game has not existed last year. Right. But I mean, Fitzgerald as a career arc, 70 receptions, 80, 60, you know, he's okay.

Touchdown wise is, you know, two last year. When a guy scored two touchdowns last year, he already beat that last game.

I just don't, one, I'm not going to buy in a one game, I'm going to trade him for a one like Jordan Matthews or Cooks. Yeah, and that's funny that you would trade him for Jordan Matthews though. No, but the fact is. Who doesn't have a very big sample side. Here's the truth is that, you know, because there's this hesitation here, you can see that people are buying into the long-term sustainable value of Larry Fitzgerald, and you have to have that in order to be able to trade him. So I think he is the perfect trade high guy right now. Let me ask you something, Mike. Have you downloaded?

The free sports manias app. Of course. I got my team in there. Do you have your teams loaded up? Yes. I'm getting all my updates. It's fantastic. How long did it take you to put your teams in there? 30 seconds. Yeah. So fantasy season's here. It's time to dominate your league, much like Mike believes he dominates all of his leagues.

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You were also referred to Mike in one of our listener reviews as the guy who likes to sing. No. David Johnson. All right, to drop or not, ready? Let's play a game. To drop or not. Kevin and Greenville wants to know. Ryan Matthews. No. Would you drop Ryan Matthews to sign Matt Jones if that was your only option?

I, ooh, that's a good question. I would rather have Matt Jones than Ryan Matthews. So, yes, in theory, but there's just no way that there's not an extra wide receiver. I would rather drop than Ryan Matthews on my team. There is in my question. There you go. Would you drop Ryan Matthews to sign, let me find a name for you here, David Johnson. Yes. I mean, I wouldn't, again.

I'm dropping whatever wide receiver garbage I've got on my team or a backup tight end or backup quarterback because I want Ryan Matthews on there. That's not the question. A problem with Ryan Matthews is actually just the Eagles offense as a whole through two weeks. It's a bottomless pit of destruction so far that we've seen. But a guy like Ryan Matthews has value, and if you drop him, he will be picked up.

Whenever I think about should I drop this guy. Well, Matt Jones is going to get picked up too. Yes. But you're saying you might be able to trade him. Yes. And Ryan Matthews is a guy that I package in in a trade offer with another good player and get an upgrade, at least a slight upgrade. But what I'm telling you is... And then you pick up Matt Jones. Yeah, and that's what I mean. When I do the two for one, not only are you trying to get an upgrade...

A slight, at least a slight upgrade. Maybe the DeMarco Murray owner wants the handcuff, something like that. But you get the, and you get to clear a bench spot to pick up Matt Jones. Now, you would have to do it quickly, obviously. But in a vacuum, man, I think I would, I'd rather have Matt Jones at this point than Ryan Matthews. Here's a question from Ryan in Germany. Active duty military, so that's pretty awesome. Bonjour? Yeah, sure.

Dorel Revis, who does he cover this week? The Eagles are facing him. I believe you mean Darren Revis. Yeah, his State Farm twin, Darren Revis, is not active in this game, actually. Derell Revis, who does he cover? Because the Jets are playing very well in defense. I'd be very confident starting the Jets' defense even against the Eagles this week. That's what I. But who do you think he will be targeting? Is it going to be a matchup on Jordan Matthews? Would you worry about Jordan Matthews? I would have some concern.

Does that mean Nelson Aguilar could have Eric Decker like, you know, when Vante Davis shut down Brandon Marshall, Eric Decker lit up? I don't think it's going to be Jordan Matthews. He doesn't cover the slot that often, and I feel like he's going to try to lock down other pieces. I mean, do you guys think it's? I think he's going to be Jordan Matthews. Josh Huff, Riley Cooper? Nelson Aguilar? You're going to put Revis on the best player on the offense, and that's Jordan Matthews. Yeah.

Yeah. So then the question becomes, do you bench Jordan Matthews this week? No. If you have a comparable option, you still don't bench him. No. Because as we've seen with Jordan Matthews, it takes about 45 seconds for him to get 10 fantasy points. You guys will like this question. Jeppe in Copenhagen writes in, he says he has a running back two problem because Joyc Bell is underperforming. Oh, yeah. Alert, he should not be your running back to. Hold on. Underperforming.

On what level are we talking about? Where's the line? I guess compared to Abdullah, he's the same. But I mean, against other running backs, he's underperforming. He's not underperforming for where we thought he'd start the year, though. Well, Jason and I. Yeah. Well, that's what I mean when I say we. I'm always meaning you and me, Mike. This is when we really need to focus on his question. Okay. He has some decent receivers. Steve Smith, Senior, Landry, Hilton, Moncrief.

So should he trade one of his wide receivers for an RB2? Yes. If you have Joyke Bell as your RB2, please do. Even I am not that delusion, although I started Joyke Bell last week in one of my leagues, which shows the opposite. You can probably find an easy value for not one of your main wide receivers for a guy like a Danny Woodhead. I think that that's a guy. Is it? I mean, do I hold out hope for Joy?

No. No, I don't think you do. I can see him having a good second half of the year, touchdown opportunities, maybe. But the problem is you have to get there first. Just think about the teams that are 0-2 right now. Indianapolis, Detroit, Seattle, the Eagles. The Ravens. The fantasy options on all those teams are terrible right now. And part of that has not just been bad offense. It's been like unexpected game flow, and so the offense doesn't do anything we want them to do, right?

So Joach's an RB1. The problem of joick is he's 29 and hurt. Well, now he's not not hurt anymore. He's coming back off an injury. So it just is. I will say this. If Abdullah had done something this past week and produced, not running six times for nine yards, but had like dominated, I mean, it's over. The race is over there. I mean, for a primary ball carrier, ball carrier situation. Hit him hit breaking news.

Do we have the button? Yeah, I do. But it's not working. Are you muted? Are you muted? No, I'm not muted. All right. It's not going to stop. I have a new flex player this week, and his name is C.J. Anderson. Did you accept the trade? I accepted the trade. I'm buying low. Wow. So he's your flex this week against, well, this should be mentioned because this is pretty incredible. Our main league is a three-man keeper league. I guess it's...

Yeah. Yes. And we trade draft picks. It's 10 years running. Big players get moved all the time. And believe it or not, there's no money in this league, which might, you were like, why are you playing? You don't need money in this league. This is a pride league. This is a people hang banners when they win divisions league. And Mike is facing his arch rival this week. Kind of arch rival. Well, arch rival is probably not the right word when you always win. Mike has never lost to him.

I really hope he's listening to this. And it is how many in a row now? That's 10 wins in a row. Ten wins in a row against the archival. Super competitive league. And a good team. Unbelievable. It's just an embarrassment. And so the week leading up to this matchup is generally composed. I mean, Mike is photoshopping pictures. He is taunting. Like even right now, whatever he's writing.

While he's not looking at the microphone, I can see his screen right now. He is taunting. He is writing the trail of hashtag golden tears to the gold people. That's enough of our teams. Let's move on to fantasy questions. No, people like to hear that stuff. Okay. They do. The Bradford experiment, this one from Matt in Iowa. Is it time to pull the plug on Sam Bradford and start streaming a QB? Yes and no. Yes and no.

Oh, wait, are we fighting? No, I think, I see what you're saying with yes and no, but I would say yes in the sense that I'm not going to stream him this week. I might not drop him. Exactly. I might keep him on my bench and pick up another streaming option. That's exactly what I'm doing. I'm playing Carson Palmer this week. I got Bradford on my bench. I'm not, when the offense gets going, we've, I'm not throwing out two years of Chip Kelly and the fact that his quarterbacks have been in the top five because they had two bad games.

especially when it's a guy coming back off of an injury and a different personnel. So I'm going to give him a little time on my bench. So, yeah, that leads me to the next question. Will you drop Sam Bradford or will you hold him? You would have heard us speak to that had you not been taunting your other. Oh, I'm sorry. That was the entire conversation. That's hilarious. Yeah, you missed it. You missed it. The answer, though, is that he would keep him on the bench. Well, that, yeah, it was just reiterated. Yeah, and I'm doing that. I'm going to keep him on my bench. I'm going to see what he...