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

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Hello, everybody. Hey, we're back again. It is Wednesday, September 23rd, week three of the fantasy football season, and we are back, as always, every day talking fantasy football. Every day I do. Every day I'm hustling. Continue. That's all I know. It's a good week. I believe it's shuffling. Do you think that people... If you are 0.2, here's your quick question for the day. If you're 0.2, are you...

Are you freaking out? I think... I mean, Jason, I'm directing this at you. Oh, no. At you specifically. Because in, I believe in our... Oh, I can't even say this. Yes, you can. No, because this is me, too. Oh, no. Continue, please. If you're all in two, are you freaking out. No, I mean, it depends on who's on your roster, obviously. What league are we talking about? I think Andy is referring. Mike, why don't you go ahead and talk right now? I think we're referring to the listener league.

The listener league where both Andy and myself are finding ourselves against... Incredible odds. No, we're finding ourselves against incredible players. Because the people on our listener league all know what they're doing because they're listeners of the show. I love playing against the foot player. I would have won this week had I started Steve Smith instead of Joach Bell. I don't know how Joig Bell ended up in my lineup, but he did. And I would have won this week if...

Vaunted Davis didn't go down with an injury and Brandon Marshall. A couple points. I was so close. But you're not answering the question. The question is, do you freak out at O&2? No, you should not freak out, and you should not sell all of your players that are underperforming. I have Lamar Miller, I've got Greg Olson, and I'm not looking to trade those guys. I might bench them and hold on to him for a couple of weeks, especially Lamar Miller. He's got a nasty schedule coming up. Hot tip for Lamar Miller coming up on the bladder.

Lamar Miller against the Buffalo Bills, followed by the New York Jets. Bench him. That's a problem. I would bench him. Yeah, that's a great point. I would not play Lamar Miller if I had a better option, that's for sure, or even a comparable option, just because I drafted him high. And, man, just to jump in with you guys, I would have won this week in the listener league. Oh, I did. Thank you, Mike. Two and oh, two and oh. Always here to, well, you're just here. We celebrate greatness on this show, so I'm brought up a lot.

If you want to follow the show, you can do so at the FFBallers. You can visit our website, the fantasy footballers.com, where you can check out all of our articles, our weekly rankings, which will be up there today on Wednesday, which for week three. And you can see who we would start and who we would sit and where we have certain guys. We have a lot of shuffling going on due to injuries. A lot of guys like Matt Jones that you want to know, hey, would we start Matt Jones over Dionne Lewis?

No. No. Would we start Matt Jones over Gio Bernard? No. Okay. Not because of how Gio is performing. Yeah. So those are the type of things you can see on the rankings. You can also visit our fantasy football community at join the foot.com. Get involved with the show. We're an independent podcast. We're broadcasting.

Five days a week. We're also on YouTube and on the Fantasy Sports Network. So you can learn more about us on there as well. So this week we've also got a preview show coming up. We have Thursday night football game between the Redskins and the Giants. We're going to preview that for you and all the fantasy implications. We have a daily dose DFS section or a segment coming on Friday with Chris Meaney of the Fantasy Sports Network. And I believe next week we're actually going to have Hall of Famer Marshall Falk.

on the show. What? Yeah, Marshall Falk will join the fantasy footballers podcast. We're going to talk all sorts of things. But I really want to know what he's seeing from specifically some of the offenses around the league because we have our preconceived notions about which teams are going to be productive fantasy-wise. And we haven't seen those things carry out. Seattle struggled. Indianapolis has struggled. Philadelphia's stunk. Yeah, Philadelphia has struggled. Oh, man.

Very, you know, you never know what to expect. You think you know, but you don't. And so some things you get right, some things you're just blown away with, and you think things are going to be a fantasy game of the week, and then broken clavicle and a terrible broken offense later, and you've got about 20 points scored. So today is a mailbag show. We're going to be answering questions from the Foot Clan, from the listeners, answering all of your week three questions. Any other thoughts? Anything's going on this morning? Oh, man.

Nope. Thanks for the input. See, Mike doesn't have much to say because most of the time he's just meditating on its own record. Yeah, I was thinking about it a little bit. A little bit. All right, let's give him the mailbag. Mailbag. Mailbag. And if you have a question, you can go to the website.

I'll say honestly, what I'm really thinking about is a trade offer that has been sent to me, so I'm mulling it over right now. You can send it to the mailbag show right now if I can bring this up on the show. I mean, we have a lot of listeners that could benefit from your advice. Yeah, now that you've talked about it, let's hear it. That's a good point. I have been offered a trade of Danny Woodhead, Jordan Reed, for the struggling C.J. Anderson. You've been offered C.J. Anderson? I have.

I would take that. I would take it. And that's where I am leaning. But then there's that Danny Woodhead magic that is just... You mean because he's the sixth best running back in our league right now? Yeah, I'm getting that recency bias. He's on my roster, so I'm just really buying into him. And there's just... Anderson's not looked good, man. But it's... Do I want to buy low? Yeah. For a guy... A lot of fantasy owners facing this. And for a guy who is probably outperforming.

So I'll let you know if I make a decision. You should ask your personal questions on the show more often because I feel like this is the first time in my life I've ever given you an honest answer because I actually do think you should take this trade. Because when we're off there, you won't. It was easy for me to say because I felt like I was taking a listener question. Otherwise, I would say. We dislike you on a deep level when you're really deep. I was just about to muse about the fact there were days long ago. You remember this, Jason? Many years ago when he was a humble fellow.

It's hard. I think I remember that. Not anymore. I remember the first year he ever played fantasy football and he got spanked. He was like 2 and 11 or something. It was great. Anyways, let's go ahead and answer some questions. If you have a question of your own, you can submit it to us on the website, the fantasy footballers.com, click the submit a question button. You can also call us 302464 TFFB. Leave us a voicemail question. Guys, we're going to be talking a lot of...

Start sick questions. We'll start here with Rob in Los Angeles. He says, hey there, loves the show. He needs to start two running backs and one flex from the following group. There's a standard league. Two running backs. Two running backs and one flex from this group. C.J. Anderson, which is perfect timing for your question. Latavius Murray, Dionne Lewis, Legerrett Blunt, Matt Jones, David Johnson, and Larry Fitzgerald.

Okay. It's quite the group. So who do you start? Who are your two running backs from that group? Because I have a hard time. I'm not going to sit Latavius Murray this week, believe it or not. He is the top of that list for me. Against the Ravens? No. They're playing the Browns, and Murray gets a lot of work. And so Murray's in for me. Do you guys agree with that? I do. At this point, I agree. So the question then is, do you play C.G. Anderson this week? Or do you play C.G. Anderson and Latavis Murray. Those are my two.

Yeah, I agree. I think the question for me is Dionne Lewis against the Titans, but you have that unknown factor of what is Bill Belichick going to do? It's a plus matchup. The Titans' defenses is, I think they showed who they really were last week. But if Anderson is going to bounce back, it would be this week against a Detroit Lions defense that just looks confused, and especially without Sue there, and Adrian Peterson just.

gashed them. So are you saying CJ and Latavius? Yeah, I think I'll go. And then who's the flex out of those options then? Because he needs one flex as well. Was Fitz in there? Yeah. Fitz was in there? I was saying I'm not benching Fitzgerald. Really? Really? You would play Fitzover Dionne Lewis or? Yes. Okay. What was the other option there? Blunt, Matt Jones, David Johnson. Yeah. Fitz would be my guy. Okay. Here is a... I agree with you, by the way. Do I trade...

Do I trade Jeremy Hill and or Justin Forsett? So this is a panic alarm question is what it sounds like because people are expecting bigger things out of these early running back picks. So this is the sponge in debuss. Who put the sponge in the bus? Do I try to trade Jeremy Hill or Forset? His other running backs are ivory and Woodhead. So both of you talk about Jeremy Hill and Justin Forset because I think.

For me, both of those guys are totally fine. I have no problem with either one. I know Mike has a little more hesitation about Forset. Not only am I fine with either one, but I, in general, would not be looking to trade either one because they don't have the value that they should get for what they're going to produce on the year. So depending on what the trade offers, there are plenty of Forset offers I have given the green light to this last week, but it's all dependent on...

what are you getting? Because in general, most of them that I see, you're not getting good value for Forset because he hasn't been putting up the fantasy numbers that we hope and expect. I'll answer it this way. Am I willing to sell low on a guy just to get rid of him because I'm that concerned? On both of those guys, no, not even close. Not even close to selling. Yeah, I agree. This is a trade question or a possible trade question for Shane in the Bay Area.

He said he's being offered Des and Alshan for Moncrief and Alan Robinson. Well, that is a weird trade, isn't it? Two injured guys. Imagine saying that two weeks ago. Say that again. Alshan and Des for Moncrief and Alan Robinson. So here's what this trade comes. He's being offered those two big names that are hurt. Here's what this trade comes down to for me. First, I've got to know that I've got an IR spot, right? Because if you don't have an IR spot and Dez is going to be out for a long time, that's taking up a big bench spot and I'm...

probably not going to take two of those guys on. And then the other thing is, am I going to be able to withstand victories for the next few weeks? If your team looks pretty rock solid... Did you say withstand victories?

What does that mean? Well, I can always withstand a victory. I mean, withstand the schedule and get victories. Like, you know, if I can withstand two victories. I can't possibly. I cannot take another victory. No more. I think even the way you clarified it is completely grammatically wrong. I think what you mean is could you achieve two victories without the guy? Could I withstand the matchups with two injured guys to achieve victory? I did it.