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

what he can do. And probably, you know, he might be in a rotation for me with Palmer, although Palmer's going to play for many weeks to come. And if you have Carson Palmer, you should play him because he's got some sweet matchups coming up. All right, trade help. Christian and St. Louis. Should I trade T.Y. Hilton, Frank Gore, and Vincent Jackson, okay, you got those? Hilton, Gorman, Jackson, for Alshon, Jeffrey, Todd Gurley, Bishop Sanky, and Nelson Aguilar. Jeffrey Gurley. Yeah, I do that deal.

Wait, Jeffrey Gurley, who? Sanky and Aguilar. And I don't even care about those two. But if I, I would trade Hilton, Gore, and Vincent Jackson for Jeffrey and Gurley probably. No, I would. No, I would. No, I would. All right. I'm backing off. I'm backing off. And here's the thing about Vincent Jackson. I almost didn't read Hilton's name. Because we don't have news sections on Wednesday. Austin Safarian Jenkins out, four to six weeks. Mike Evans put up a goose egg.

and was mostly a decoy, it seemed, in week two, as he recovers from his hamstring. Vincent Jackson, now I know he had the week one where it should have been Vincent Jackson, but Safarian Jenkins took the touchdowns and the targets. But Vincent Jackson, I think should improve a good amount for the future weeks. I agree with that. I think, yeah, I think I would hold off on that. I want to see what Gurley does and how long it takes them to get back, too. All right, let's go.

to Jake in America's... Oh, I thought I said Disneyland. It's America's Dairyland. America's Disneyland. I was offered Jeremy Hill for Brandon Marshall. Ooh. I would take that. This is a half-point PPR league. Depending on your wide receivers and generally most people with Brandon Marshall have other good wide receivers because he was drafted a little bit later. I would normally trade Brandon Marshall for Jeremy Hill here. Yes.

You would do that? Yes. If I've got the wide receivers. I like Brandon Marshall. I like him a lot moving forward, but Jeremy Hills, he's still running back one. All right. Freddie in Maine has a question about trading for stars. He says if you're a team with a lot of depth and are trying to turn a two-for-one to nab someone like Adrian Peterson, at what point do you worry about helping your enemy? Awesome question. Just went through this in our league. Really regretted my decision when I did it. Which decision?

Well, I didn't even remember what you're talking about. I had Bradford and Brady after the draft, and I was putting my stock into Bradford. And so a quarterback needy team came to me wanting a quarterback, and I swapped Brady for a fifth round pick because to me it was, you know, I like streaming quarterbacks that didn't matter. I faced this many, many times. You see needs for other teams, but at times if you just give them, he ended up starting Brady winning with Brady.

Now he's got a quarterback for the year. At what point do you worry about helping the people you're going to face in the playoffs? Do you ever wait to trade until you get massively overwhelming value or you just want to keep a guy so that someone doesn't have, someone still has a hole somewhere? Early in the year, I'm less caring about that because I feel like you don't really know who the great teams are from one and two weeks. So I want to make my team better. I want to get to the playoffs. Seriously? Yes.

Yes. So if I can make a trade that makes me better, even if it makes someone else better, I mean, generally that's what good trades do. They make both teams better. I'm just going to continually try to make my team better. If we're getting closer to the trade deadline and I know, look, I've got a division mate, and we've got a matchup coming up. And if I make this trade, it might improve me, but he gets better. That's when I start to care a little bit more. Jason, if you improve your team.

How will you withstand all your victories? I will withstand my victories. Oh, please. Twitter, please grab a hold of withstanding victories here. It's the best phrase that may have ever been uttered. Do you know that if something happens, it can also happen to reverse? All right. Matt Jones question from Sam in Seattle. He drafted and stashed Matt Jones just for this reason. Well done. Yes. But.

Here's the question. Would you cash in on some Matt Jones right now if you needed a wide receiver? He already has Jeremy Hill and Lentavius Murray. So what wide receivers do you think you can go snag? What are some underperforming wide receivers you can go snake? Would somebody take Matt Jones for Alfredon Jeffrey? That's a doable proposition. An Alfred Morris owner or a Washington Redskins fan are probably going to pay quite a bit.

for Matt Jones. And so I would target those teams first and look at who their wide receivers are. And if you can grab a good guy, I would absolutely do it. You could also do, it's a bit of a reach, I know. But if you have Matt Jones and you pair him with, let's say, a wide receiver too on your team, go talk to the AJ Green owner. AJ Green hasn't had a spectacular start like we had hoped he would. He's been okay. But that's a guy that you may be able to snag.

Okay, Mike, would you trade Fitzgerald and Matt Jones for A.J. Green? Yes. Yeah, because I see A.J. Green is an upgrade. Yeah. All right. Waiver pickup question from a guy. That's great. That trade, I bet, would go through. Yeah. Yeah, that's how you can make an improvement right now. Waiver pickup question from, we'll call him B jams in Portland.

I love jams. I love some bee jams. B-side jams, right? Should? Great question. It's the other side of the record. It is. There's no other meaning for it. Should I drop David Johnson for Matt Jones? David Johnson. Oh, man. Isn't that a great question? I think... I would hang on to David Johnson. I think I would grab Matt Jones because I think his value is coming soon. And David Johnson, you have...

We have no clue when Bruce Ariens is going to unleash David Johnson. It could be four more games. And by then, Matt Jones could be the starting running back. Well, Ellington will be back in four games, too. So that might be a good point. Jason, I'm going to ask you this question. Juan in San Antonio is a Lacey owner. And he needs a temporary replacement. Is it Starks or is it Dionne Lewis? They're both on the Waverware.

It's Dionne Lewis this week. I think the matchup is better. Starks has to play against Kansas City. And so I would go Dionne Lewis against, who is it, Jacksonville, I believe? Yes. The Titans. This week? Yeah, I think it's... Oh, it's Jacksonville. That's if you have to play... If you don't have another guy on your team and you have to play somebody this week, otherwise, generally speaking, as the Lacey owner...

I would rather have Starks on my team long term for, you know, another mistake or if this turns out to be a two or three week thing. But if it's just for this week, I would rather have Dianlo. So maybe he, maybe he sits out this week, or maybe he becomes a tough guy and he plays and he retweaks it, and then he's out even longer. I would put Starks on my bench. All right, starting quarterback in week number three, backs in East Lansing, Michigan. Hey, guys, I went with Sammy Biscuits and Alex Smith in my draft.

Boy, those looked a lot better after week one than they did week two. He wasn't sure if either was worth starting this week compared to a Dalton type of guy he could get off of waivers. I know Jason likes Alex Smith this week. I can pretty much tell you right now that my full stream ahead later this week. I mean, it could change, but I've already...

I've picked him up. I'm playing him in some of my leagues. I like Alex Smith this week, and I'm the person last week that thought he was going to come horrendously back to Earth, and he did. This week, I like the matchup, and so I'm fine rolling Alex Smith. Let's say I'm choosing between those two names of Alex Smith. Well, those three names. Oh, what was the third name? Sammy Biscuits, Alex Smith, or Dalton off of waivers. Between those three names, I will go with Andy Dalton.

Against the Ravens. I will as well. Who were torched by Derek Carr. All right. Here is a question, and this is from Tim in Grisston, Connecticut. He says it is an Arby fiasco. He has... Arby's fiasco. Ooh, sounds delicious. Someone's thinking Arby's. Yes.

Free advertisement. I was going to say, like, I wanted, like, a check to appear from Arby's. I don't. I want a roast beef sandwich to appear from Arby's. Yeah, I would say if you cater our lunches on a regular basis, Arbys, we will probably just say that on the show every time. Yeah. A payment of beef and cheese. Is a payment indeed. That was literally going to come out of my mouth. Oh, fantastic.

And now you're thinking of this. Okay. Let's get back to Tim. Arby's fiasco. I have Murray, Morris, Ivory, and Stewart. I don't know which Murray he means. He means DeMarco. He means DeMarco. Yeah. Okay. He has DeMarco, Alfred Morris, Ivory, and Stewart. Is it worth giving up Sammy Watkins and Amari Cooper for either Anderson or for set? Yeah.

Oh, man. Yeah. Yeah, I think I would... Especially if you have DeMarco and you're a little shaky with Alfred Morris and... I mean, I think you're okay. Honestly. Yeah, you're probably right. We both like Jonathan Stewart this week, correct? We do. And unfortunately, because I'm facing him in some leagues. Well, and here's the deal with Jonathan Stewart. Oh, his production has been bad. He's one of the league leading rushers. He just hasn't happened to score a touchdown. Which is...

Always going to be the problem because on the goal line, it's Cam. That's a valid point, but I'm just saying Jonathan Stewart is still an okay option. I would not take the deal. I think that your running backs are more fine than you think. The RB fiasco, I've seen way worse RB fiascos than Murray, Morris, Ivory, and Stewart. Yeah, DeMarco. I'm still counting on Demarco. You get some of that bad meat. That's an Arby's fiasco.

Can you leave that beef? We just lost the Army's house. What did you do? Don't leave the beef and cheddar out. Okay. Good problem to have from Amanda in Baltimore. She has Big Ben and Carson Palmer. Each week, though, she started the wrong one. Yep. Which is part of the problem, or not problem.

Just part of the challenge with, yeah, with streaming a quarterback. Although, like she said, good problem to have with these two. Does she go with Big Ben who gashed the Niners and now gets Levion Bellback versus a decent Rams defense? Or Carson Palmer, who will be facing the gashable Niners that Big Ben just gashed. So many gashes. So many gashes. Also, she adds that while keeping tabs on the game, she's saying the name,

David Johnson? Every single time he touched the ball, which is awesome. And really, at this point, my goal is for David Johnson himself to hear this on a regular basis at the Cardinal Games. That would be awesome. Yeah. But I feel like we're ruining lives with that song. So this week, Ben Rothlessberger or Carson Palmer? Carson Palmer. I'm sorry, Amanda. We're a little split because I'm going Big Ben. So, Mike, give Amanda the home run. Oh, man.

Carson Palmer at home is the ultimate hotness. So I'm going to go with Carson Palmer. There you have it. All right. Grade the trade. Grade the trade. Matthias in Vienna, Austria. We are getting international up up in here. Bonjour. That is... My bit has been stolen. I know he stole your bit and uses it all the time. No, I gladly hand off to Jason on this one. Sometimes Jason needs help. Yeah. Thank you guys.

All right. You love me so much. Grade the trade. Matthias just traded Brandon Marshall for T.Y. Hilton. However, here's the caveat. It is a three-year keeper league. What are your thoughts on this? Grade that trade. I give it an A if it's a three-year keeper league. Or at least a B plus. Got Hilton? Yeah. Yes. I'll go with a B. I will go with a C-plus.

I want Marshall this year, that's for sure. And I play to win. See, I don't think that, I mean, if Tywy is injured and he's not able to get back, obviously that could be a big problem. But if he's able to get over that knee, I expect him to have a better year this year than Marshall. It's a much higher powered offense than the Jets. Not last night. Or on Monday night. I missed that for a second. Did you just say that you thought you would take Hilton the rest of the year over Marshall?

Not in the water bet, but yeah. I knew where that was going. Because of the injury. You know what, I mean, that's conviction when you're not willing to bed on. What hurts Hilton is not his knee. It's the emergence of Dante Moncrief. I mean, you have another reliable big play target on that team. That's all I've been saying about the Colts. And the reason I don't like Hilton is that he's a little bit of, he's like, Dijon. Dijon. He's like Dijon mustard? No, he's like Dijon Jackson. He's like Dijon Jackson. He's like Dijon.