Shocking Stats from 2020 + Buy or Sell, Gut Punches - Fantasy Football Podcast for 2/18

Washington would be one of the only spots where you could argue there's only two guys there if it's him and Scary Terry, although Logan Thomas really was a major target. I don't like what's going on over here, Jason. You are discounting the number two target on that team. Jason. Jason, I will not have, I will not stand for this. Look, Gibson's great, but he's not going to be in the top two targets. It would be bad for Gibson.

Curtis Samuel landed in Washington because I think they'd use him the way. I mean, Curtis Samuel has utility beyond, you know, lining up in the slot. You can, you hand them the ball into rounds, short area targets, it would be bad. If it sounds like a guy that Kyle Shanahan would want.

just to muddy up the waters even more. Oh, my gosh. Curtis Samuel to the 49ers? Absolutely. We can use them behind the line of scrimmage. He can carry the ball. I mean, it's a perfect shanahan guy. And every fantasy owner would be like, I hate the Niners. I hate, I hate. Oh, Percy Harvin coming out of retirement at that point. Does get Percy Harvin in there. Tavon Austin's probably a free agent. Didn't they sign him at one point? I mean, let's just keep them coming. I think the, uh,

I do think that Curtis Samuel is going to matter. Because I'm going to bet on his talent. He's not going to get Alan Robinson money, but I think he'll get a good contract. You know, he could be, oh, crap, his name is escaping me. He went to the Raiders. It didn't pan out because he got hurt. Tyrell Williams. Yeah. Like, he could get a contract like that and go and be a piece. Like,

I'll throw out the New England Patriots as a potential destination. He seems like a player that Bill Belichick would be able to maximize and use him to create mismatches. And I'd be interested if he went to the Patriots. Is he playing quarterback there? Maybe. Because I think that's the only way he'll have fantasy production as a Patriot.

All right. Let's go with one more shocking stat. We'll do a couple mailbag questions, too. Juju, MapleTron, and Sir Drops a lot. That's what he chose to title this. I find that insulting for Devanti or Deonte. The Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers scored the second most combined fantasy points in the NFL. They had three wide receivers in the top 24. Juju was 18, Claypool 19, Deontay 22. Get one out of there.

Get one out. It's my rule. Two targets. They managed to total only, here's the shocking stat. They totaled only four 100-yard receiving games, which is combined fewer than Cole freaking Beasley. So with Juju out of the way, do you expect Deontay and Maple Tron to both easily be top 24 wide receivers next year? I do. I do, too.

I would absolutely. Deonti Johnson is just going to get so many targets. Chase Claypool was on my list for when we were doing that incredible Red Zone warrior draft of someone who could just, he could pull down 10 touchdowns inside the Red Zone. He was a rookie and he scored more than 10 touchdowns. That doesn't happen. I thought you were going Chase Claypool when you were pre-talking about T.J. Hawkinson. I was sure that Chase Claypool was the name coming out. Yeah, I mean, if these two targets are the main.

Receivers, assuming Big Ben is still there, certainly they will be top 24. I don't see how they won't. Like the stat talked about, the Steelers-wide receivers as a whole scored the second most combined fantasy points. The pie is large. Split it two ways and eat up.

One way, too. If you split it one way, that's... Oh, even better. Yeah. I mean, we can go full obesity over here. You're going to get sick. You want an obese wide receiver. Sick with fantasy points. Oh, gosh. All right, let's jump into the mailbag for a few questions. Oh, mailbag. Mailbag. Yeah. All right. If you have a question for the show, we're here to help the fantasy footballers.com. Visit the site. Click to submit a question button or...

You can also dial the voicemail hotline 302464-64 TFFB. All right. First question, dynasty rookie draft question from Aaron in San Diego. Hey, ballers. I'm in an eight-man dynasty, two-quarterback league. Is it crazy to take Trevor Lawrence with the 101? Yeah. Yes. Yes. Wait. Rookie only? No.

I imagine this is the rookie draft. Yeah, the rookie draft, eight-man dynasty, two-quarterback. I have Watson, Wins, and Jimmy G already. Okay, all right, okay. I apologize. I thought it was saying, like, the 101 startup, can I call my shot? And that would be insanity. It's not crazy at all at the 101 in a two-quarterback league. What about the fact that it's an eight-man league and there's probably some depth out there, a little bit more depth that quarterback will.

But they don't have depth. Their depth is Carson Wentz and Jimmy Garoppolo, two guys who may not even be starting quarterbacks in 2021. Seems necessary then. I would be taking Trevor Lawrence. And I get that Trevor Lawrence is the next big thing. But there is a world where Justin Fields is a better fantasy quarterback than Trevor Lawrence. I know Lawrence has mobility, but Fields is a very dynamic.

Yeah, but have you seen Trevor Lawrence's hair, though, you know? I have. I mean, we got Michael Bolton in the backfield right here. This is looking like Sir Lawrence. I get it. All right. And Aaron, if you're sitting there at the 101 and you think it's crazy, look at who has the 102 and look at their quarterbacks and say, they want Najee Harris. They need a running, but they're not going to take Trevor Lawrence and, you know, do a little swip swap. Get another piece for it. Get your guy.

Are you going to take Trevor Lawrence here? But what if the Seattle Seahawks draft Nashi Harris in the first round? I would take... Oh, man. That becomes really... Then I would trade to the 102, get extra pieces, and let the chips fall where they may. All right. Jeff wants to know who in the NFL has the best jerseys, in your opinion. And who has the worst? The best jerseys...

I love those baby or the powder blue, the Chargers. Okay. Those ones are fabulous. Let's see. I'm a pretty big fan of the newest Browns jerseys, to be honest with you. I like those quite a bit. I like the Vikings jerseys quite a bit. Sure.

Worst, I honestly was funny as I loved the Washington football teams look this year too. It was. It worked out for them. I also like, is there any, have they been talking at all about what potential mascot they're going to go with? Are they going to stick with the football team? Last I heard, and I don't know if this is a, this certainly is not official, but the last thing that I remember hearing is that they were contemplating one more year. One more year is the Washington football team to give them more time.

Which just builds so much anticipation for whatever we're disappointed with as the... It doesn't take two years to come up with a mascot, does it? No. I don't think so. Least favorite. Is there a least favorite that jumps out in your head? I was trying to... Do you like the new Falcons jerseys or do you hate them? I both love and hate them. It depends on which jersey because I think it was their black jerseys I really liked.

I don't love the Broncos jerseys. I wish they went back to the old school colors or look for the Broncos. I'm not a huge fan of the bone jerseys for the Rams. Oh, for the Rams? They should have just gone white, man. Those would have been so nice. It just looks like they put it in with some black clothes in the laundry. It was like, oh, darn it. Yeah, you didn't watch the whites with the whites. It just became a little dirty.

It's true. I just, I love Color Rush Unis. When they're head to toe, just one blocked out color, I really like that. Those Bronco jerks, the Color Rush Broncos jerseys look good when you're all orange. Yeah, that's pretty cool. All right. Instagram question from NB Payne 11. Can I get into your guys as Dynasty League? I really want to get one going, but I don't have enough people.

Footglanleagues.com, my man. You just go to footclanleagues.com. That's where the supporters of the show at Join the Foot, they can make leagues meet people, play online, even local. And, you know, if you need a player to fill that you know is going to be good, so many, thousands of leagues have spawned up from footclanleagues.com. So that's where, that's where you go. We have, we have waiting less upon waiting lists with, you know, the co-owners on almost every team. So.

We're locked up. Oh, you were just, you were giving them a formal decline on his asking to come into our league? Yeah, in the kindest way I could. Instagram question from Jono Etel. With the NFCE so terrible this past year, which team rises out of the ashes next year to outshine expectations? What Dallas makes sense. Dallas does make sense. But if Washington is a quarterback away.

To me. And just competent, Corey. I love the story of Alex. Like a Case Keenum away? Yeah. If you put, if you put Case Keenum, like Minnesota Vikings case Keenum on Washington, they're no doubt a playoff team that can make a run because they have offensive weapons that can get it done. And their defense is ferocious, man. Just ferocious. Can they win with Mitch Trubisky?

As long as they tell Mitch that he has to stop throwing the ball so much and run around more. I think Trubisky can win if he uses his legs more. Trubisky has won a lot with the Bears. He made the playoffs. I mean, when you've got a great defense and you don't have to do much. Heineke or Trubisky? Irrelevant. But I'm going to take the Eagles on this question. I believe that the Eagles defense is actually very, very good. And they were put in terrible positions this past season.

If Jalen Hertz takes a step forward and they can build an offense around him that controls the clock and all that, I think they could be a good team next year. Yeah, it's enough for me on the projecting the Eagles to do well train. I'm going to go fully against them as basement dwellers this year. I think I will combine my disbelief of Hertz with my history of thinking they'd be something. So it's anybody but the Giants was our answer.

I think the Giants finish ahead of Philly. That's my prediction. All right. Last one. Which player should be my keeper? Nick in New Jersey. Should I keep CMC with my sixth pick? Or I'm sorry, with the sixth pick. Or Jonathan Taylor in the fifth round. Oh, baby. The answer is Jonathan Taylor. It's Jonathan Taylor. I mean, you get to take that sixth pick and draft the player and combine it with Jonathan Taylor.

You're not getting one of the top running backs at six. At six? Yeah, you're probably getting... Because you've got one in the fifth round, man. I don't need one of my first six picks. What if I gave you Clyde Chub, Nick Chubb? So you're saying... Josh Jacobs, Nick Chubb, Joe Mixon, and Jonathan Taylor. Yeah, I mean, I get it. It's tough. But who's the quarterback in Carolina? There are...

Well, it's either Teddy Bridgewater or it's irrelevant because Christian McCaffrey's not on the team because he was traded for Deshaun Watson. Oh my gosh. Oh, my gosh, if that happens. That's another rumor going around. What round, Andy, what round do we have to put Jonathan Taylor in before it actually changes back to Christian McCaffrey? Third round? Because I think I would still, if it was a third round keeper, I think I would still go with Jonathan Taylor. Third round, I would definitely go CMC.

Fifth round, I'm still a little torn. Who had more points last year, Jason? Oh, come on. Oh, my gosh. Okay, let's go with that. Let's go with that, Mike. Per game? Who scored more points per game last season? I didn't say that. I said who scored more points? Because it's not close. And we can't forget, if Christian McEververver comes back, you can't replace this with, you know, oh, I have a bunch of good players. There's only basically him that can go out there and score.

So many more points in one slot on your fantasy roster. Yeah. It's really, it's not fair. I mean, he played three games last year in our league format. He scored 29, 25, and 34. Yeah, Jason's talking me out of this. It's, it's a great place to be. I mean, you're in a spot where.