Explain Yourself! Ranking Debates & Hot Takes

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Hi, this is Jonathan from the No Co Dynasty League in Loveland, Colorado, and you're listening to the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Coming to you from pristineauction.com studios with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Oh, welcome, man.

I'm Andy Holloway, joined as always by Jason Moore and Mike, the fantasy hitman, right? Welcome to the show. I wasn't even the first one to welcome you. Jonathan was the first one to welcome. Right, the first bow. One of our mighty, mighty esteemed Foot Clan. Yeah, what did you think? You like hearing from the Foot Clan introducing the show? Is there a special energy? Yeah, I mean, look, this show is, we have a special community, the Foot Clan out there.

We're not the same without the Foot Clan. So we felt like bringing them in. You're a part of the... You are this show. Yeah. So we're adding a new little wrinkle. New little wrinkle to the show. If you're a Foot Clan supporter over at Join the Foot.com, we're going to get some show intros. You can brag about your league or your team or whatever you want. So... All right. Great show today. Because you're going to have to explain yourself. Explain your sale.

The weather in Arizona needs to explain itself, by the way, as well. It's delightful. Late May, and it's raining outside, and it's cool. It's cooled. It's cooled off. Makes no sense. We're supposed to be swimming. Well, no, I think the reality is this is where we've always heard, like, California is about to drop off. Right. This is just the preparation for that. Wait, California's going to drop off into the ocean? Yeah, we're about to be beachfront. Learn to swim.

What, I mean, so Maynard said, would there be a quick rush to the border then to, like, claim land? Because I'm assuming all the land on the California, Arizona border, it's probably not all, like, publicly owned. It's not publicly owned. But I don't think the rush for right next to where land just fell off to dead is, like, going to be the hot commodity. Like, really? Let's build there. Yeah, right next to the sinkhole. Yes. That's fair. That's a fair point. But it is nice outside.

And it's nice inside. We've got a great show. You can follow us on Twitter at the FF Ballers. We are basically going to be looking at our rankings today and where there is a great disparity between one of us and the other two. So some of the disagreements or players that we are really high on or really low on, we're going to have to explain ourselves to the judge, Giamati himself, and to each other.

That's it. Um, quick question for the day. This one was sent in from Brad. He says, how should being on the- From Brad Shusel. Yes. Brad Shusel. Shusel. Thank you, Mike. It sounds like a strusel. It sounds delicious. How should being on the turn in your fantasy draft influence your draft strategy? And now being on the turn, that means you're the last pick or the first pick in a round. So you've got the-

11, 12, and then you don't pick again for a long period of time. And over me, that means I throw ADP out the window. Yep. Like, I hate being on the turn for that reason, because I love playing the ADP game. The average draft position where it's like, you know, I think I like this guy, but he should, you know, I'm only five picks away. He probably won't be drafted yet. I'm going to skip picking him. And then I still get him with my next pick. But every time that I've tried to play that game,

When I'm on the turn, I lose that game. Yes. You cannot let a ride when you're on the turn. No, so you just got to pick the guys you like. Like don't, if there's a guy you want and you think, ah, is this too early? It's not. Draft the guys you want. It's a big gamble is what you're saying. You just have so many variables between your pick and the next time you get to pick. So if you have somebody that you have to get, better to look stupid drafting them early and get the right guy. Yep.

Another tip, if you guys don't have one, I find that when I do mine, I am, maybe this is just I'm drafting afraid, but I find that I am less inclined to go running back, running back, or wide receiver, wide receiver. Not know, like early in a draft, not knowing.

what the runs will be later. I just feel like I need to diversify a little bit better. On each turn, I find myself taking a running back on a wide receiver. I was actually going to say I'm even more unlikely to take a shot on a tight end or a quarterback. Sure. Because I have no frame of reference between now and 22 picks later, whether or not there's going to be a run, whether the value is really there. I find myself being a little bit more close to the vest by the book.

Mike, do you have anything you want to add or are you good? Nope. I'm with Jay, though. I usually end up a bit more balanced than positional heavy. All right. Be sure to check out the community at join thefoot.com. And then tickets for the live tour of the show. They are available at Ballers Live.com. Chicago, New York, San Francisco, LA, Phoenix. Our live tour this summer, it's going to be fun. It's going to be awesome. And Chicago is the first stop. So get your Chicago tickets right now.

Ballerslive.com. You guys want to talk some news? Yes, sir. News and notes from around the league presented by Sleeper. Very enthusiastic. Are you present? I'm here, yes. I'm excited. I'm ready. I felt like it was more... With this help? It was a little... It was rhetorical. He was asking the question to the soundboard. Carson wins. No limits for Carson Wentz at OTAs. It's like a t-shirt brand.

No limits. No limits. Brought to you by Carson Wins. What does it matter with Carson Wins and No limitation? Do you read into that? No. I do. I do very much. Explain yourself. I'll explain myself. The injury that he had with his spine is one that is, you know, the pro football doc from last season was talking about how this could be something that really holds him back in the offseason.

I wanted to see when he is a true... They're also talking extension with him, so... Full go. Well, it would be really smart to me of the Eagles to extend him now versus if he comes out and has a great year and then have to, you know, pay crazy out the nose. But, yeah, I think this is great news if you're a Carson Wince owner or fan. The fact that he's not limited at this point in the year is great. Ezekiel Elliott.

released without charges, but was handcuffed in Las Vegas, a music festival, if you watched the video, basically gave a little forearm shiver to a security guard. We were talking in the car on the way to lunch when this happened. Do you believe that Ezekiel could receive a punishment from the league? If this was anybody that does not have a record... If this was a first time offense where someone was in trouble, then no. And I...

To be clear, when I say doesn't have a record, I mean a record with the league as being disciplined by the league, because there's a history there, I think it is possible that we see some repercussions. It didn't look like a severe situation by any stretch, but because Zeke has been down this road, do you think one or two games is possible here? Yeah, I think that two games is possible. He was antagonistic in the video. I mean, there's also him, the lady he was with where he's,

He's physically putting himself in the way so she cannot walk away. I mean, the combination of those things and then getting in the face of someone who literally could not back up. I mean, the security guard is pressed up against a metal gate. So a two game would not surprise me. I'm not saying, like, for sure he would get suspended, but I think that the team will be preparing as such.

It's within the realm of possibility. That's for sure. John Ross missed the Bengals veteran volunteer minicamp because of one word, tightness. Now it's tightness. Is this like the good kind where he's like he's so tight? No, I don't think so. No, no, no. This is like tight. I think this is the bad kind like. Which is closed too tight? The John Ross kind. Oh. Where all of his muscles are so tight that he's very fast and also injured. John Ross, yoga. Check it out.

Pretty much. I mean, at some point, you look at what's going on with John Ross's short career, and you see a guy who ran a really nice 40. We, you and I, Andy, yes, he sure did. We made a trade this offseason in our dynasty league that I regret. Do you? Yes. I mean, literally. Only because of this news? No, literally on today's episode, I am explaining myself about my love for Mark Andrews this season, and I traded away Mark Andrews.

For John Ross? For John Ross? Yeah, but your team is tight. Yes, it is. My team is very tight. Thank you, Mike. All right, Jeff Howe reports the fact that he believes, and that's from the athletic, that Rex Burkhead will only be active if the Patriots carried five running backs on the active roster. This goes in line with kind of our discussions on the show. You've got Sony Michelle. You know Damien Harris will be there, high draft capital rookie.

You know that Brandon Bolden's on special teams. James White. You know, James White is involved. So, yeah, the math adds up for Burkhead to need to be the fifth active guy unless something happens to Harris in the offseason or Burkhead is capable on special teams. If something happens to Bolden, otherwise, it's not looking good for Blarkhead. Yeah, there is a lot of mall patrolling that's going to be going on. Oh, no. Oh, yeah.

All right, last bit of news. The Texans released tight end Ryan Griffin. Okay. Wasn't this like forever ago? No, no, no. He was arrested. Yeah, he got in trouble at the NFL draft, but they didn't release him until just a few days ago. You got arrested at the draft? Yes, it was at in Nashville. Was he trying to be drafted again? No.

I don't believe so. But they did draft an interesting prospect in the third round. Yes, they did. Keep your eyes open. I don't think there's a relevant this year redraft player coming out of there. All right. That was today's news and notes. As always, brought to you by the Sleeper app. Be sure to check it out. It is the solution for many of you looking for a great league hosting platform. Without further ado, let's get into it. Quite well. Thank you. No. Clearly you are not.

No rational person would do as you have done. Explain yourself. Speaking of finalies, I didn't let you down, am I right? We're not getting into that. Although rational is not the point of reference that I would put like, you know, Jason, I don't think he's seeking rationality on a daily basis. Is that your highest goal? Never comes into my goal list. When I make a chart of my goals being rational.

I'm not sure a chart of your goals fits into a chart of my goals. No, I've never made a chart of my goals because that's opposed to what my theoretical chart of goals would have on it. That is correct. All right. That's the, I'm good. Here's the chart of my goals. Have the most accurate draft ranking. Yes. There you go. Yes, which you've done before. You have a number three finish in your resume. So tell us why you despise.

T.Y. Hilton. Because you have T.Y. Hilton at 12. And honestly, I think it is as much Jason having to explain himself about 12. Brooks could have made Mike and I explain ourselves, too. Yes. Except we, we agree. We did not talk about T.Y. Hilton. We started him out completely independently. And somehow. He's number six. We both came up with the exact same idea. Right. So let me tell you why YouTube.