Fantasy Football Today - Big News, Mailbag and Fantasy Cops! (12/23 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: December 23, 2023

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Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. It's mailbag time. We've got big news on trevor lawrence zach moss marquise brown we've got a scenario we might actually be convincing dan to start boston scott that's how desperate he is for a running back in the league we have i think i mean i've seen some short sleeve shirts on dan but this one might be... This is not a short... Guys, this is nothing short about it. Look at this. This is a normal length. It's a little... It's not as bad as I thought. It's not as bad. This is not bad at all.

It just rides up for some reason on the podcast, and then everybody sees it and makes their comments, okay? I think I know why it rides up. Normal-sized shirt for a normal-sized, pint-sized human being like myself. Well, happy Friday or Saturday to everybody, and happy to be here.

Two more mailbags left. Dan, did you vote for us yet for the Sports Podcast Awards? Obviously. I'm always the one leading that and retweeting it. All right, excellent. I actually was going to send a tweet during the game on Thursday. I forgot, so vote for us. I didn't see the Best Mail Podcast.

I didn't see the... What is it? Best male what? Best male hosted podcast. But if you're trying to make a joke. No, no, no. What's the joke? Best male host.

Best male host podcast. Yeah, best male host. I didn't see that. There's only one nominee. I'm the only nominee for that one, so they don't even let you vote. So they're just sending me the trophy. All right. Let's get to the news and notes here.

Zach Wilson's out. Trevor Simeon will start. Trevor Lawrence, Let's get to the news and notes here. Zach Wilson's out. Trevor Simeon will start. Trevor Lawrence, it's unfreaking believable. He might play. He is better than a coin flip to play. So, oh, and I just got some news that Tyreek Hill, that Mike McDaniel

feels good about Tyreek Hill. He did rule out offensive lineman Rob Hunt though. Not right tackle Austin Jackson, but Tyreek Hill looks like he'll play. But Trevor Lawrence might play. Unbelievable. Zach Moss did not practice, so he is probably not going to play. And Marquise Brown

is out. So with this relevant news, Jamie, of no Zach Wilson, maybe Lawrence, probably not. Did you catch anything on... Yeah, sorry, go ahead. I'm still talking. Recap that first.

Probably not Zach Voss. Give me your rankings for the following players. Calvin Ridley, if Lawrence plays. Garrett Wilson. Jonathan Taylor. And Brees Hall. Taylor, and Brees Hall. Taylor Hall, Wilson Ridley. Oh, I think I had to go Taylor Ridley, Wilson Hall, or Hall Wilson.

I mean, I don't like Wilson with Simeon. We'll see what happens there, but I'm not. Washington is so bad. It's so bad. I looked at something, the stats that show this is like one rubber, whatever the now I'm going to get this. I'm going to get this wrong.

So I'm not going to go for the one rubber meets the whatever is supposed to be called. But it's the 32nd ranked like the dead last offense versus the dead worst defense in this matchup. So like typically maybe that should lead to something.

But I have very little faith in Trevor Simeon. I have a lot of faith in Calvin Ridley if Trevor Lawrence plays. That's how I feel, too. I have a lot of faith in Calvin Ridley. If Trevor Lawrence plays, that's how I feel too. I feel like he's, he's him and Taylor are my two favorites. I hope so.

He's definitely going to have his hands on a football in the end zone. I don't know what's going to happen after that. It's going to catch it. Yeah. It's going to be rule to catch. Can I ask you guys, if you have any thoughts on the chiefs running back situation? Cause I saw yesterday that Jerick McKinnon didn't practice.

And so i was trying to get a gauge on on what the what you guys feel is going to happen there if i think we all assume pacheco will be back it's what we're that's what it's supposed to be but is he coming back to a big workload if mckinnon is out does that mean clyde just takes over those passing down snaps like where are we at with that i would guess that mckinnon was probably a veteran rest day because it's their first day of practice for the week because they played Monday. If he's out and if Pacheco's out, then Clyde is a top 10 guy. I mean, no doubt about it.

Actually, for your desperation play, if that happens, Well, that's why I asked. It's not happening. Pacheco practiced in full, so I don't want to even put that thought out. That was on Thursday. McKinnon, he was listed with a groin injury, which I believe he hurt two weeks ago. And in week 15, he was also on the injury report with a groin injury,

but he did practice in full with the groin injury. They did give him the day off on Thursday, which was their first practice of the week, because they play on Monday because of the groin. I shouldn't say they gave him the day off. He missed the day. I feel like it's gave him the day off. He missed the day. I feel like it's probably just a day off. And unfortunately, by the time people are listening to this, they're going to have another

practice report. But Pacheco is going to play, it seems. I'm pretty confident about that. I got a Saquon Barkley stat that might blow your mind. But before that, sportspodcastawards.com. There's also a link in the episode descriptions on YouTube and anywhere you listen sports podcast awards.com go there, click on vote now at the top. And the category is best fantasy betting and gaming podcasts. Click on fantasy football today,

answer three questions. It takes 10 seconds. It's the easiest one. And please vote for us. Sportspodcastawards.com. And again, just click on vote. Let me just have that URL right. Sportspodcast. Yeah, it changes it to sportspodcastgroup.com. But either way, sportspodcastawards.com. We would love for you to help us. It'd be a nice holiday gift for us if you could vote for us. And I promise you it is super, super quick. Saquon Barkley. Thank you, Jamie. Saquon Barkley, in his last three games,

he has 41 carries. Oh, by the way, speaking of nominations, I nominated us for award for long-form video using our podcast video, and I just realized I picked you where your hair looks awful and your shirt is terrible. Really? Isn't that every podcast for Adam?

Yes. You got to change that. I can't. I already said it. Oh, crap. Look at his hair right now. You could think the guy would stand to comb a little bit. Do something with that thing. Just a little bit. It looks good in the mirror.

When you go on before a show. What mirror, dude? Like, that thing is all over the place this morning. You just went on a show. Like, give it a quick something. I did. That's the thing. I swear to God, I did.

I put water in it and everything, and I thought it was fine. And I came here, I sat down, it looks terrible. Anyway, Saquon Barkley in his last three games. Look out Adam's mirror. He looks in the mirror, he goes like this. He has 41 carries. 31 of his 41 carries have been for three or fewer yards. And 21 of them have been for two or fewer yards.

I mean, he's got a ton of negative. 75% of his carries are three or fewer yards. He has, I think, five carries of more than six yards in his last three games. It's ugly. Apple podcast questions. We had so many Apple podcast questions. I really could not get to all of them.

I have a bunch in here, so we'll try to go fast. I want to thank all of you for the nice reviews. I appreciate it. Let's go to Arapaban17. Dear Dasher, of you for the nice reviews. I appreciate it. And let's go to Air Pabon 17. Deer, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen.

Offensive lineman for the Dolphins. I don't feel like Dan even knows that. I feel like he wouldn't know. Yeah, it's the reindeer, Adam. Okay. Wait, you didn't watch Just Friends? No, no, that was not in a different. Okay. I will watch just friends. But as I told Adam on Monday, we are not doing this every week,

a homework assignment kind of thing. This will be, I will watch it at some point before the last mailbag. I will have watched it, but Adam then owes me a TV series of my choosing and only one season. We made the agreement and only we have to equal it's the amount of time. So we make it fair, but he'll have to start a season. Then he continues with the season i'll be a happy man i gave him a good tv show suggestion and he cultured himself a little bit the wire no i'm kidding i won't what was it again what was the show no i'm not gonna have you do the wire i haven't decided the show yet i'm gonna think about what i think adam azar would like i'm gonna think about something with only one or two seasons total or three max.

It hasn't happened yet. I have some great TV shows. No, TV show. Kingdom, an MMA. It's an MMA show. It is freaking great. There was a show called Magic City that was only two seasons. I unfortunately

only saw the first season, but that was fantastic too. I don't know if you caught this, Jamie, but Dan said I have to watch one season of a show which to him is equivalent to watching one movie. No, no. A few movies. I'm already going to be on my second. I'm going to be on my third movie.

That's three episodes of a show. That's three episodes. That's like six. Yeah, five, six episodes. I'll find a half-hour show. All right. No worries about Raheem Mostert. Just extra rest. And Devon A. Chan will play.

All right, now we're going to start the questions. Here we go. Apple Podcast questions. Dear Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen, half PPR, David Montgomery or Chuba Hubbard? There's no way I'm benching Montgomery. Personally. David Montgomery or Chuba Hubbard.

Uh-huh. Hmm. Montgomery, but it's close. Chuba has been great. Chuba has been great. The volume is going to be even more for two. I would expect Chuba to get more touches in this game,

but I'm going to take Montgomery in a matchup where I think he can score. Uh, from Montelongo 13. We have a comment in here dan the type of comment i missed it i was looking at the notes dan the type of guy to have framed photos of the cast of entourage in his bedroom walks out the door goes victory oh yeah no uh entourage is a great show i mean i i attribute to a lot of how i with how i grew up after watching that show and as a young adolescent watching entourage right in my time frame of you know what was i in high school early high school middle school probably not the best show to be watching as a young developing adolescent mind but

definitely a fun one and i am pro entourage. I currently have Gino Smith, Trevor Lawrence and Baker Mayfield. Who would you start out of those three? Baker as of now, maybe Lawrence. I was going to say Baker. The matchup is great for Baker. I love the way he's playing. I watched a little bit of tape this week. It's just so it's surprising to me

to some degree, but it's also like it's such a it makes an interesting situation for the nfl like if you're the bucks next year he's a free agent what do you what would you guys do if you're the bucks right now with your quarterback situation because you if you give him the contract that he's going to get because on the open market or if you resign him it it's going to be the agent's going to use recent quarterback deals to mold this deal it's not like they're just going to drop all of a sudden to the $20 million range. I would assume there's no way he's getting a mega deal. Um,

franchise, but like, what if it's a franchise tag? You're thinking, no, because that would be the mega price. And that would be a one year. You can't negotiate the cap it if you do the franchise tag,

but it's like, give him a two year. What are you thinking, Jamie? I mean, cause that's like, I don't think he's going to accept something. I got to be honest with you. I have so many questions to get to today.

Okay, we can't do Baker Mayfield offshoot. Okay, but it's interesting. He's playing great football. I would start Baker Mayfield. That's my take. If Trevor Lawrence plays and you start Baker Mayfield over Trevor Lawrence, you deserve to lose. You would start Trevor Lawrence?

A hundred percent. And I'm obviously in a great matchup. I'm being a bit of a dramatic jerk about this for entertainment purposes. It's a great matchup for both of them. Because I get why you... It is a great matchup for both of them. I get why you would want to start... I think the Jaguars are even better.

No, I don't think the Jaguars are that much better than the Bucs. The Bucs are a terrific matchup. They're giving up the third most points to fantasy quarterbacks. Yeah, the Bucs are a great matchup, too. Lawrence is playing really well. Imagine he catches that pass.

They rule that touchdown for Calvin Ridley. That's a really well. Imagine he catches that pass. They rule that touchdown for Calvin Ridley. That's a 23-point game against the Ravens. That's five straight good games for him. I'd start Lawrence. Plus, he never gets hurt.

Risk of re-injury in game. Concussion? Probably not. Ankle? Yeah, all right. And then give me two or three PPR. T. Higgins, Garrett Wilson, Terry McLaurin.

Not McLaurin. Yeah, that's fair. I wouldn't bench Higgins, Garrett Wilson, Terry McLaurin. Not McLaurin. Yeah, that's fair. I wouldn't bench Higgins by any means with Jamar Chase out. I don't love Garrett Wilson with Simeon, but I'll go Simeon over McLaurin. This is from Hman12. Pick a wide receiver and two flex in PPR.

Devante Smith, Devante Smith, Ayuk, or Ridley? Gotta see if Smith is practicing. So I would probably say if he plays, I'd bench Ridley. If he's out, you're good. I think I'm benching Ayuk if Smith plays. I love Ayuk as a talent and a receiver in the NFL. It's only one.

We need one of these receivers. Well, then in two flex. Yeah, yeah. I didn't read the flex options, though. Okay, okay. If it's one receiver, I'm going to go Ridley out of this group. If Lawrence plays. Aaron Jones and Eckler are the other possibilities of flex.

I might just start all three receivers, right? Yeah, unless my guess of A.J. Dillon's out, Aaron Jones looks more attractive, but I probably would still stick with the receivers. I'm worried about I with this Baltimore matchup, but we'll see what happens. And then Dak Prescott or Lamar Jackson. Oh,

right now it's Dak, but if both linemen are out, I go Lamar. Yeah. I think I'm playing Lamar. This one is from cancel. Adam needs some milk is the subject line. What does that mean? Because I'm playing Lamar. This one is from Cancel. Adam needs some milk is the subject line. What does that mean?

Because I'm always sick. Milk is going to help you get un-sick. It does a body good, you know? Dearest Samwise, Frodo, Merry, and Pippin. Lord of the Rings. Lord of the Rings. I hear Frodo. I'm just immediately going to think Lord of the Rings. I hear Frodo. I'm just immediately going to think Lord of the Rings. Yeah.

Sorry, I'm getting these injury updates here distracting me. Okay. I have Bijan, Gibbs, Pacheco, A-Chan, and Taylor. I can only start two. Bijan, Gibbs, Pacheco, A-Chan, Taylor. Ooh. Gibbs and Pacheco. No, I'm sorry.

Uh, Gibbs and Taylor. Yeah. I'm not going to bench Taylor for sure. So Taylor it's between Gibbs and Pacheco for me as well. I'll go Gibbs as well. Um, and then, uh, the Texans practice report, CJ Stroud, Will Anderson and Blake Cashman are all out. Yeah. Yeah.

Wow. I am so confused why that line's sitting at two and a half still. Makes no sense to me. Vegas zone. Aaron Jones or Jarek McKinnon as my RB2? Jones. Yeah. Hawkinson or Laporta?

Oh. Laporta, even though it's a revenge game. Laporta as well for me. Mixon or Pollard? PPR, this is from Redax. Pollard for me. Mixon. Jeremy, I'd also go Mixon to break the tie,

which makes me feel sick. Jeremy from Richwood, New Jersey. Dear Walt, Earl, Mark, and Stefan. I think Jamie has a better chance of getting this than Dan, which is sad. Walt, Earl, Mark, and Stefan. I'll tell you. These are New York Knicks. Oh, wow.

Yeah. Walt, Clive, Fasher, Earl, the Pro Monroe, Stefan Marbury, and I'm blanking on Mark. Jamie will get it. They're point guards. Oh, Mark. Why am I blanking? Was Earl Monroe a point it. They're point guards. Oh, Mark. Why am I blanking? Was there a Monroe point guard? I don't know.

Mark Jackson. I don't know if there were one. Mark Jackson. Yeah. And also, by the way, disgusted by your game, you'll get just better than a man. No. Okay. I know my history, Adam.

I'm not a huge Knicks fan. I wouldn't even really consider myself a fan by any means. What? Yeah, you're a fake Knicks fan. I like to be referred to as a front-running Knicks fan. That's different. Or a fair-weather Knicks fan. Not fake.

Oh, shit. Don't you dare say that. Are you kidding? Adam does like to overrate his true fanhood in a lot of ways. Are you to the Knicks? Yep, yep, yep. Knicks, Miami. You always fake, like,

oh, I'm watching Miami basketball tonight. But you're not really. You only follow some of Miami. What are you talking about? The Yankees is a great example for your baseball game. Oh, get at it. You are absolutely wrong. Wow. You'll

see it, guys. Just listen in. There's little breadcrumbs and little... Of Adam's fake fanhood. Of course I can name the starting five for the Knicks. Do you want me to do it? Okay, something big happened with the Knicks yesterday. Yeah, I know. Mitchell Robinson's out for the season. Are you kidding? Are you kidding? Get out

of here. I stayed up watching the Knicks-Lakers game until all hours on the West Coast. Real fans watch the West Coast trips. I watched the West Coast trips. You also stayed up to watch a movie that's been out for 20 years so that doesn't really say anything. Half PPR. Sit one. Amari Cooper or Ken Walker? Sit one. to watch a movie that's been out for 20 years so that doesn't really say half ppr sit one amari

cooper or ken walker or start one well isn't what is walker gonna definitely play don't know that's the question otherwise you have some editing to do what'd you say yeah otherwise you have some i know exactly um what was his latest status i thought he missed the last practice ken walker i'm trying to look it up yes he thought he missed the last practice, Ken Walker. I'm trying to look it up right now. Yes, he did. He missed two practices. All right, if he plays, Cooper, Amari Cooper or Ken Walker, half PPR? If he plays, Walker, for sure.

Start Walker. This is a confusing question. Walker's touchdown run against the Eagles is one of the best individual runs I've seen by any running back this season. I haven't seen any indication that he's not playing, though. Okay. Yeah, this guy asked sit one and he it had puka nakua in there that's why the question was a little wonky the other question was

non-ppr pick two ken walker david montgomery bijan robinson i'm saying bijan um walker montgomery bijan, I'm sitting Bijan too. Last week was bad. And it's not just Bijan. It's that Falcons offensive line. They can't, we talked about them beyond the box where Adam, they can't,

they can't execute the way they did last year or anywhere close. And all the concepts that Arthur Smith created in the run game last year came up with. I've been adjusted to on tape now in my mind, at least. So we'll see what happens there. All right. Next question is from bartender Rudy. Do I start Jake Ferguson tajay spears jonathan mingo all right we need two here jake ferguson tajay spears

mingo chase brown or tyler algier i'm starting bj everybody's got such easy decisions to make at this time of year who said that me you earlier today well i said the exact opposite of that i'm sorry you said tough calls with easy with easy with a start player well ferguson for sure and then who's the second guy i want to yeah i was thinking do i want to go chase, I was thinking, do I want to go chase Brown and have some fun with this? But now I think you have to go chase Brown. Right.

I didn't hear you go chase. Yeah. All right. So let's go Brown and Ferguson. All right. Next one is from Matt. Dear Eric Marshall, Steven and Todd. No idea. Who do you think the Marshall, who do you Todd. No idea.

Who do you think the Marshall is? Marshall Falk. Okay, so that should... Eric, Marshall Falk, Stephen. Stephen Jackson. Stephen Jackson, Todd Gurley, Marshall Falk, Rams running backs, and Eric Dickerson. Let's go.

I have Gibbs and Montgomery, but I don't really want to play both of them against the Vikings. I'm going to try to trust Bijan this week, but should I play Ty Chandler over David Montgomery if Madison doesn't play? I have a very similar decision where I have both Gibbs and Montgomery and Chandler. The only thing I'm waiting out is I also have Jaden Reed as a flex, so I may have to play all three of those guys. But if it just comes down to the three running backs, I will probably sit Montgomery for Chandler just to split it up.

I like that. I think even in a vacuum, if you don't have both, I don't think it's that bad of a play to go Chandler over Montgomery if Madison doesn't play. Chandler's usage last week was phenomenal. It was top 10 slate type of running back usage. Maybe the matchup isn't as good. I can get behind that, but the usage is great. So I'm fine going Chandler.

My mostly rookie team, which does have Montgomery on it, but my mostly rookie team that I took over the dynasty team, the four seed playing the one seed and Puka got me off to a big end and Haversek might upset the one seed. Could be very fun. If I won this, the guy whose team I took over, my buddy said, he told him, he was like, you couldn't make the playoffs for three straight years. He, he cut your entire team. And now he's, he got the four seat.

Wait, he cut what happened? I'm back over a 10 team dynasty league, which was the last place team. And I cut the entire roster except for like four players, five players this year, this year. And, you're in the playoffs after doing that? Well, this is how it worked out, though. And I made really one awful draft pick. But I ended up trading Tyler Lockett and Najee Harris for the two pick prior to the season. So I started with Bijan and Gibbs. And then drafted Tank Dell and CJ Stroud.

And then made a trade for Rashi Rice. Picked up Pukunakua. So it's been heavy. I had David Montgomery. He was one of the guys I kept. But the worst pick that I had was my third pick, which was first pick of round two. I took Sky Moore instead of Laporta. There's a lot of that in Dynasty Leagues.

You just never know. All right, let's take a break. When we come back, we're going to rapid fire through these Apple Podcast questions. We have a lot of that in Dynasty Leagues. You just never know. All right, let's take a break. When we come back, we're going to rapid fire through these Apple podcast questions. We have a lot of questions to get to here, helping people set their lineups for the semifinals. We'll be right back on Fantasy Football today. All right, this comes from Medic Nick.

Which quarterback would you start, Baker Mayfield or Gardner Minshew? I would go Baker. Yep. From WB43, pick two and half PPR, Brees Hall, Noah Brown, Zeke. Brees and Zeke as long as Ramondre doesn't play. If Ramondre plays, I'd probably go Brees and Noah Brown.

Yeah, but Ramondre's mispracticed both days so far. Yep. From Danny Mack, start one in standard scoring. Gabe Davis, Brian Robinson, who we don't think is going to play. From Danny Mac, start one in standard scoring. Gabe Davis, Brian Robinson, who we don't think is going to play. So Gabe Davis, Beckham, JSN, or Rashid Shahid. And I would personally go with Shahid. Yeah, I would go with Shahid too if we could go back in time.

But there's a lot of things I would do better in my life if I could go back in time. But I'll go Gabe Davis. Oh, no, I'm start one. I'll go OBJ. Um, I'd go back on to what's, what's one thing you would change, Dan.

It's a laundry list. There's not, it can't be limited. You got a laundry list. It should be one. Uh, and let's, let's save this for personal.

You wouldn't leave the stick in the burger. Yeah. That would be the first thing in front of Jamie. At least I would still do it in my normal life. I don't have to worry about people. People are wondering what kind of a student you were. And one person says, Dan's pencils were perfect. Quote, look at the tip.

So sharp. Great eraser. My penmanship, probably the best in the class. That was an incredibly accurate description of something I might say. Outside of all the me taking class seriously and taking school seriously parts. Travis in Omaha. Choose a quarterback.

Tua, Baker, or Kyler? Baker for me. I know. It's Baker. I just got to go with the matchup there. It's Baker. I don't really want to bench Tua, but he's been bad lately. Are you both going to be on the mailbag next week?

Our last one? Yes. All right. So let's do it. I'm going to bench Tua, but he's been bad lately. Are you both going to be on the mailbag next week? Our last one? Yes. All right. So let's do it. I'm going to take Tua, and you guys can take Mayfield. And we'll do a bet. Okay. I have no idea. Shave your eyebrows. No, it's a medium bet. So if I win the bet, you have to watch... You have to watch a movie that I tell you to watch, Dan.

Okay. And if you win, then I'll watch one episode of whatever show you want with the idea that if you do enjoy it you'd get into it yeah yeah two episodes and you're gonna have to watch braveheart so um i really want to see i want to see braveheart and i kind of this is one there's a lot of movies i'm embarrassed i haven't seen braveheart being one of them and whenever a conversation that's brought up with friends or whatever i'm like oh i can't even enjoy this. I can't even get,

take part in it. I don't know anything about the movie. So I do appreciate that Adam, because somebody made a joke the other day about Christification. And I was like, Oh yeah, I now I know what to say in that. Like,

yeah, I get that. So this is helping me become more cultured. So I do appreciate it. It's cultured. Yes. That's the word. Um,

and, uh, let's see from, from long time. First time. It's cultured. Yes, that's the word. And let's see. From long time, first time. Oh, how appropriate. Dear Clark, Ellen, Russ, and Audrey. There we go. Christmastification characters.

National Lampoon's characters. Pick two running backs in PPR. David Montgomery, James Conner, Bijan Robinson. Not Conner for me. Yeah. Even though I don't trust Bijan, I will do what Jamie said there because it is correct. I can't play James Conner.

I trust him even less. From Josh, I have running back issues. I'm obviously starting Saquon, but I'm torn between Warren, Walker, or Chandler. I might go Walker and Chandler. No, Saquon. That's exactly what I was thinking. I don't think I do.

I think I go, I think I go Walker and Saquon, but definitely Walker and Chandler is tempting. I think I'm leaning Walker and Chandler too. I'm going Walker and Chandler. I think one came off the field on some third downs last week for the first time. I think they're winding him down in a lost season.

They're tanking. I would, if they were tanking, they went to one that stupid Patriots game or that stupid Washington game where they'd six turnovers. They're not tanking. They should have the second or third pick right now, but as a giants fan,

you don't get nice things. You just have to stay in this quarterback purgatory. maybe not you. I mean, I'm a diehard giants fan. I'm not one of those front runners like you. Pick a running back two and a flex. Who is the bigger Giants fan?

Oh, it's Dan. That's not unquestionable. It's Dan. And it's actually, I am so impressed. Because I always thought, wow, I'm one of the biggest Giants fans I know. The second I met Dan, it was another level. I mean. Don't be impressed with this.

It's more of like a sick obsession that I shouldn't be praised for. But I do appreciate you trying to make me feel good about it. And not just you, but all your friends and all the people I met at the tailgate. And that's the thing about it. It just blew you off. No, the first tailgate a year ago when Dan wasn't a total jerk to me and then abandoned me. Like as a Giants fan growing up in South Florida, you don't understand what it's like to be a Giants fan in New York or New Jersey, where it's, it's embedded in you.

It's a family thing. It's passed down from generations. And it's not, I mean, it's kind of like that with the Dolphins, but it's, it's not the same. It's really like. My grandpa had season tickets. Yeah, it's amazing. My uncles have season tickets.

It's the best. It's amazing how much people love the team. Well, it's not the best. It's actually the worst. They've been horrific for 10 straight years. Well, be a Jets fan. Try that. All right, pick an RB2 and a flex here.

Taylor, Singletary, Saquon, and Higgins. Taylor's the easy one. Taylor and Higgins for me, I think it would go. Yep. Boy, we're getting really low on Saquon now. We are. I don't really see. I mean, it's not like T. Higgins is bad.

Well, he might be, though, with Porter on him. As opposed to the entire Eagle defense on Saquon. Their defense is bad, though. And their run defense hasn't even been good lately. All right. The NFL finally fined the Falcons for the B. John Robinson situation. Yes. And I saw the notification on my phone.

It said Arthur Smith was fined. And I totally thought it said Arthur Smith was fired. No, that'll happen at the end of the year. All right. Last one here is from CBF7515. I listen to you guys driving, working, and working out. Working out

for you Adam Sandler fans. My six-year-old... Something that you've never done. My six-year-old twin boy's favorite shows are the ones with the game shows. Hold on one second here. I got to cue something up. They cannot stop laughing after someone gets buzzed and they get a question wrong.

Yo, for them. I told my boys that this year all my winnings would go to buying Legos for us to build together. The other day when I made the playoffs, I told them the prize money for first through fourth. They responded by saying, I should just get first because, quote, that is a lot of money and we could get so many Legos. So the pressure's on. Half PBR pick one.

Warren, McLaurin, or Gibson? Warren, McLaurin, or Gibson? I'll take Warrenren one one pick yeah i gotta go warren as well okay not gibson all right no i was thinking about gibson and i looked at last week gibson it wasn't didn't get me excited about what it could be even with brian robinson expected out again and i am the trevor lawrence manager if can't go, should I play Howell, Beathard or Heineke? Those are your best bets. I still quarterback.

Two quarterback. I think I'd go Beathard. I would go Heineke. I was between Heineke and Beathard. I'll say that. Not Howell versus the Jets. That's for sure. With the potential to get benched again in game.

I don't think they... The reason I said Beathard is because I don't think it would happen again. But we did have a game this season already where Heineke started and was benched in game. He got hurt. He got hurt. He did get hurt.

He did get hurt. I'm sorry. It was the opposite with Ritter who they didn't bring back into the game. But he played poorly enough where he got benched after the game. Yeah. I don't know. I need volume if I'm going to play a quarterback.

I know I'm getting it with Beathard, and I'm getting a pretty good matchup too. So I think I would stick with Beathard. Ready for the fantasy cops? Here we go. This is from Chris. Chris was the commish for the last 10 years. I wanted out.

I didn't want to deal with people anymore. I feel that so much, Chris. I ruled with an iron fist and always did what was best for the league. Says you. Only four people make it to the playoffs so it's a very competitive league and the winner gets a good chunk of money uh okay anyway here's the thing and there's a trophy too my best friend took over as the commish he made a rule book and everything it was awesome but he left out one important detail in his little rule book there was a rule that the number one seed gets to pick the opponent.

No one has ever wavered from facing the number four seed because they thought it would make the fantasy football gods upset. The new commissioner never put this rule in the rule book. So when he gave the option to the number one seed, the crybaby of the league, the number two seed, went off and complained that it shouldn't be allowed since it's not in the rule book. I am the number three seed, and the number one seed picked to play me.

Number one seed, by the way, is a girl, so she picked to play me. That's important, those pronouns and stuff. I actually didn't mind that he allowed this since it was a rule, and I would love to take out the number one seed. The number two seed was pissed because he didn't want to out the number one seed. The number two seed was pissed because he didn't want to play the number four seed because the number four seed has been on fire. Now here comes the part that made me the number three seed upset. Not only

did the new commish allow her to pick her opponent, but he gave her until Wednesday at 4 p.m. to do so after waivers have run. In my opinion, this is out of control and made things nearly impossible for everyone else. How on earth are the number two, three, and four seats

supposed to block players from their opponents if no one knows who they're playing? So the number one seed knew who she was going to pick, and she blocked me from adding wide receivers because I had Chase. I told the new commish when he made this new rule, and he told me not to worry about it. No way is she going to pick me.

She will always pick the number four seed like everyone else does. But she didn't. She picked me, the number three seed. Then the commish says, well, do better next time and get the number one seed. Now the number two seed and myself started complaining. And the commissioner says, quote, it's just a game and not to take things so serious, end quote. That pisses me off even more. He knows he was wrong and he screwed up and

won't admit it. If the loser Kamish actually made the playoffs, I know he wouldn't have done this, but he didn't and he sucks at fantasy football. Remember, this is his best friend he's talking about, by the way. This is so good, by the way. This is totally unfair, correct? The number one, three, and four still had

fab and only the number one seed used it since she was the only one who knew she was playing. I would love your opinion and I'm on edge of taking back the commish powers and kicking this chump out of the league.

He's currently my best friend. At the very least, I feel like he should have to apologize to the league for sucking. Can I first start by saying this to me at least and you guys can judge it

any way you choose to. This is the most entertaining one of these submissions we've ever had. I applaud you for this. That was wildly entertaining in so many ways was a roller coaster of emotions. steals flowers from Funkhauser's dead mom's roadside memorial. Funkhauser comes into the house. He smells the flowers. He realizes and comes to the realization that Larry stole the flowers. And he said, Larry, if you weren't my best friend, I would rip your head off right now. And Larry immediately reacts by going, he's not my best friend. That's kind of how I feel.

This guy would react right now. The guy he's talking about in this email, if this guy gets calling him my best friend. That's kind of how I feel. This guy would react right now. The guy he's talking about in this email, if this guy gets calling him his best friend, but he's just trashing him throughout the email. This is one of the most unhinged leagues I've ever heard of. I love the lack of, I guess I could say rationalization that people are playing with. There's people are crybabies.

People are this, people are that it's, it's excellent. I think the rule is in place, but it has to be in the rule book. If you're going to be a rule book league, and I know a lot of rule book leagues, you've got to go straight by the rules because it's the thing that everybody has access to. It's the fairest way to go about it. With that said, I think if you're going to have this rule, it has to be before waivers because

of what is outlined in this email. You have to give everybody the fair chance to play this strategically and block who they need to block or respond to the blocks the way they need to. So if you're going to do this, make them pick by Monday, I would say, or Tuesday morning. I completely agree.

I think of my favorite Funkhauser moment. It was, there's so many. What's your favorite Funkhauser moment? I can't, I, you know what? I can't even bring it up.

Like it's, Oh no, why not? Because it was so dirty. What's your favorite Funkhauserman? You know what? I can't even bring it up. Oh, no. Why not? Because it was so dirty. Is it the Palestinian chicken episode? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. The best line.

I literally just saw that clip. Oh, my God. What a line. It was so hilarious. Anyway, Jamie, you agree with Dan? Yeah, I think so. If you're going to go by having a rule a rule book you gotta follow what's in the rule book yeah you could have just said okay i forgot to put in the rule book so next year we'll implement

it this year the one plays the four that's what you should have done but you messed up even bigger former best friend waivers by the by doing it with wednesday deadline that was ridiculous yeah all right this one is from dave and he says dear the, people who cross Tony Soprano, and sticks and burgers. The trash? Sticks and burgers is me. So it's the people. Things that are to be taken out. I have a.

Take out Tony Soprano? Guys, I just gotta say, you'd be surprised at how many people have reached out to me on Twitter with pictures to go along with it of them with a sloppy-looking sandwich with a lot of toppings, all things, and the stick in the sandwich.

Because guess what? It keeps the sandwich together. Yes. It keeps you around your hands. And you said sandwich. You want to get your hands dirty by putting back together a sandwich. You didn't say burger.

Why get to that point in the first place? They're showing you pictures of sandwiches, not burgers. It's a huge difference. The burger itself, the patty is totally together. It's a burger and a sandwich when you put a million toppings on it. Okay. Hypothetical fantasy cop situation that kind of happened in one of my leagues. It's Saturday morning and your opponent's quarterback just surprisingly got ruled out of Sunday's game.

The only other quarterback on his roster is on bye. If it's a league with a two-day waiver period for dropped players, is it fair game for you to pick up a quarterback and then immediately drop him for another quarterback over and over and over again, subsequently putting

all of the available quarterbacks on waivers? Scummy, probably, but illegal? It's a great question. It's just scummy. It's illegal. I would completely disallow it. Well, you know what? It's not illegal.

It would be in my leagues. But you have to have a rule for that, then. No, because there are so many things that a fantasy manager could do, I think, that you're never going to actually put in the rule book because no one does it because it's obviously a disgusting thing could do, I think, that you're never going to actually put in the rule book because no one does it because it's obviously a disgusting thing to do. This is chief among them.

You cannot do it. Absolutely not. No, I don't disagree with what you're saying, but in terms of like, how are you punishing somebody for doing this? I'm putting the quarterbacks right back in free agency pool. There needs to be a period of time where if you add and drop a player he doesn't

go to waivers he goes back to free agency like he needs to be on a roster for x amount of hours and then that's when they go back to waivers when they're cut and i think some sites do that that i've seen um so i think it's a good thing that maybe can be baked into all of games moving forward because it is stupid to be able to just add a player dropping the waivers add a player dropping the waivers adam now i personally think it applies because something is the opposite let's say you have a lot of bench space right and it's the finals weekend this isn't the semi-finals and you don't need any of these guys on your bench or whatever it may be i don't mind the people who then add like four backup quarterbacks to their bench

and play it like that i don't think the difference is with the waivers, with the drop add to waivers, you're making it so no one can add those players and you're not, but you're not taking up the roster space. You're not wasting your own backup roster space. And that's what you lose there. You lose the roster bench spot or whatever it may be. I know it's the finals weekend.

That's part of the strategy, but you think that's the same thing to me? It's less scummy. And in my mind, I'm not even sure it is. I don't know how it's different. You're, you're hoarding quarterbacks from the strategy, but you think that's the same thing to me. It's less scummy. And in my mind, I'm not even sure it is. I don't know how it's different. You're, you're hoarding quarterbacks from your opponent,

but you're taking all of them, but at least you're keeping them. I'll tell you why. Yes. Because you had to drop players from your roster to do it. Right. Unlike, Oh,

I added this player and I just dropped him. And then I added this player and I dropped him. So in that scenario where you're just continuing to add drop, you only dropped one person from your original roster. In the other scenario where you picked up five quarterbacks, you had to drop five other guys and make them available

to the league. So I'm fine with that. It's the using the waiver wire. When you say available to the league, it's one versus one. Fine. You made them available to the one player. That's fine. But I have a... nobody would do it. Nobody that I know would do that. We pick up a player, drop him.

Pick up another player, drop him. Just to put them on waivers and screw someone? No, that's the wrong thing to do. In fact, when I was playing Jalen Hurts last week against Jalen Hurts, I picked up Mariota. And the next day I was thinking about dropping Mariota

for anyone who could have been a super flex in that league. So like a Quez Watkins or something. But I didn't do it. I don't even know if he was available. But... Out of what? A moral compass a sense of a moral compass you didn't do it well yeah because that's pretty much the same actually

no i don't think that's what i don't know if you're held to that i don't think that's the same thing i picking up mariotta and then putting him right back on the waiver wire a day later it is basically like i said there needs to be some period of time i feel like after a certain period of time it's okay yeah but a certain period of time, it's okay. Yeah, but the whole point of adding and dropping a bunch of players just to screw your opponent? No, you can't do that. All right, that's it for the Fantasy Cops.

We're going to take a break. We got emails and your YouTube comments after this. Emails time. All right, this is from The Hounds. Subject line, QB stretched like a Dan Schneier T-shirt. Of course. Of course. Keep it coming.

Pick the quarterback here, Flacco or Nick Mullins? Flacco. Flacco. That was bad. I tried to do a Baltimore accent. Instead, I did a Minnesota accent, which is disappointing with the O. That was bad. I tried to do it. I tried to do a Baltimore accent. Instead, I did a Minnesota accent, which is disappointing with the O. Wow. You know, Apple.

That's my Minnesota accent. That's actually like a Chicago Midwest accent when you say Apple. You know how they ever hear them say the word Apple? You watch Scott Hanson on Red Zone? What? He does the Apple. Josh Allen. Yeah.

It's a challenge. I love Scott Hanson. It's an S. It's my favorite. Apple. Yeah. Not Apple. Don love Scott Hanson. It's an ass sound. It's an ass sound. It's my favorite. Apple. Not ample. Don't drag that A. It's an ass sound.

Please. No, this is your very good Pacific Northwest accent. No, this is me in my elite code mode. All right. The other question was, pick two of these guys in PPR. Cortland Sutton, Deontay Johnson, Calvin Ridley, Noah Brown, and Sam Laporta. Laporta? Because I love him.

Actually, there's some decent options here, but I'll go Laporta and Ridley if Lawrence plays. Laporta, Ridley, Sutton, Deontay Johnson, Noah Brown. I agree with that, yeah. From Chris. Oh, by the way, he said in the end of the email

he shouted out an RIP Adam do you know I may have had the show I may finally right away I might have a show if you watch Brooklyn 99 I'm a Brooklyn 99 guy okay okay because that would have been easy RIP Andre Brower is that how you pronounce it Brower I think so I saw I met him once at

a Montclair Starbucks nice guy oh I'm so sad very sad him once at a Montclair Starbucks. Nice guy. Oh, he was so sad. Very sad. Yeah. The best character in the show. By far the best guy. Captain Holt's one of the funniest characters in sitcom history, I think. Yeah, he really is.

He's that good. His humor is that good. Palmer, Jalen Warren, or Dontavian Wicks from Chris? Ooh. Wicks if the other Packers are out. And Warren if they're i scooped up wicks and i was thinking the same thing um but then i saw that he's also dealing with with some kind of ailment he's got an ankle injury but i think it's been more of a long-term thing than a okay if he's fine i'll go wicks i think this week maybe i saw a quote today did i see this a quote

with with i know it's just coach speak. Did I see LaFleur talking about shades of Devante Adams or was that some recycled? He also did that with. He did that with Dobbs, didn't he? With Dobbs at the owner's meetings last year. Yeah. I mean, you can't just compare every receiver that walks through the door

to Devante Adams. All right. Here's a question from Jeff in South Jersey. Maybe don't trade Devante Adams. All right. Here's a question from Jeff in South Jersey. Maybe don't trade Devante Adams. Yeah, maybe. Jeff says, hey, Jamie Lee, Beverly, Catherine, and Rita. No shot. I cannot figure this out.

Jamie Lee Curtis. Sure. Beverly D'Angelo. Yeah. Catherine Zeta-Jones. Yeah. Rita Moreno. I don't know. What's the connection? What's the connection? Yeah. Catherine Zeta Jones. Yeah. Rita Moreno. I don't know.

What's the connection? What's the connection? Yeah. I'm going to 35. That was a really weird way you said it was the connection. I'm going to 35 point Puka Nakua sized hole. I saw some stats that suggest that Amandra St. Brown tends to perform poorly against the style of defense

the Vikings are running. Should I sit Amandra St. Brown for Zeke? No. I don't think Zeke is digging you out of a Puka Nakua-sized hole by comparison to Amandra St. Brown doing it. So, no. But, would you sit Brees Hall for

Zeke? No. I think Brees Hall's ceiling is much higher against the Commanders. I... Yeah, I think Brees Hall ceiling is much higher against the commanders. I, yeah, I guess the, the matchup makes it so good. Okay.

I'm with Jamie on that. Cause I, if it's no remand, right. It makes me feel like Zeke has a better chance for volume, but you're in a huge hole. No one's taking volume away from breeze. Yeah.

Yeah. That's true too. I just don't think that offense moves the ball that well, but you're in a big hole. I'll go Brees. Trey from Arlington needs three and half PPR. Jonathan Taylor, Bijan, Brees, and

Mostert. Mostert, Taylor, lock those two in and then Brees. Yep. I'm going Bijan over Brees. Okay. Let's make another bet. All right. Bijan versus Brees and Lawrence versus Mayfield. I'm going to forget this.

That's half the fun. I'm going to send an email to you guys. All right. So you guys will do the other one. Adam and I, you and Dan will do the Tua Baker one for your TV show. You and I will do... Lawrence Baker, right? Or is it Tua Baker? It's Tua Baker. Oh, Tua Baker.

Was it Tua Baker? I's Tua Baker. Oh, Tua Baker. Tua Baker, okay. Was it Tua Baker? You and I will do... I think it was Tua Baker. Loser has to put a picture of the other person behind them for the month of January. Okay, I love it. And this bet is what? Brees Hall versus Bijan? Yes.

They have to both stay healthy, though. Okay, okay. Brees Hall versus Bijan. I hope one of them gets hurt in the fourth quarter, and then we can fantasy cops it. Jamie versus Adam. They have to play into the fourth quarter. I mean, the thing is this.

The track record suggests that if we're going to fantasy cops it, you're the one on the line, Adam. Do we remember what happened during Draftathon? Do I need to bring it back up? Where you were asked to shave a few lines in your head. That's true. So embarrassed you wouldn't do it. That's not what happened during Draftathon? Do I need to bring it back up? Were you asked to shave a few lines in your head? That's true. So embarrassed you wouldn't do it. That's not what happened. Will you stop lying? Does it unasked?

I'm sorry. That's not what happened. Instead, what happened is your wife had an important call and I wish people were not watching or listening. Here are the air quotes that I'm using when I say important call because it was 9.45 at night. Yes, it was an important call. It was 100% legit. Sure. She didn't have anyone he could do it with.

But then the next day, he shows back up on the show, no lines in his head. I don't know if her important call lasted 10, 14 hours. She hasn't gone off the phone. I haven't spoken to her in four months. Next question here is from Andrew. Pick one in PPR.

Every time Adam's around, she's on the phone. She's on the call. It's another important call. I once pretended to be on the phone when I was driving someone who was listening to this terrible song. And so I pretended to take a phone call just to not hear the song. Wait. You need to clarify this. You're driving in a car.

I was driving with my friends. It was in high school. High school friends. And this girl in the backseat. She was listening to, she wanted to, there was song came on the radio and she wanted to hear it. So I didn't want to listen to it.

So I, I pretended to take it. I pretended that my phone rang so I could turn the music off and I pretended to be on the phone for the remainder of the drive. Oh my God. That's the lamest thing I've ever heard. That is so lame. And just,

it was your car. Yeah, I was driving. Yeah. And you could just add, wait, you you were dry but this makes no sense you were driving the car so if you were pretending to take a call it would have had to been a bluetooth call no no this is this is the 2000 you picked up a cell phone in the car while driving yeah we used to do that yeah back in the day that was legal oh my god you God. What do you mean legal?

It's because if it's legal or illegal, it was never a good idea. Oh, my. Regardless of whether it was legal or illegal, it was never a good idea to pick up a cell phone while you're driving and go on the phone. This is really funny. What you don't understand is that in New York, in New Jersey, I guess, that was never okay. In Florida, it wasn't until recently, somewhat recently, that you couldn't hold a phone

to your ear while you were driving. And everyone used to do it all the time. What? Second nature, right? All the time. Used to be driving by people with a hand- Every second of every day. And based on the timing,

Adam might've had the Zach Morris phone. No, I think I had like a little, maybe a BlackBberry at that point. I don't even remember. All right. Sorry. This is unbelievable. In your own car, you didn't have control of your own radio.

Another question. It was kind of a joke. I mean, it was kind of a joke. Wait, was she in on the joke? No, no. Then it wasn't kind of a joke. At the end of it, I was like. A joke in your own head?

We pulled into the driveway, and I was like, what, have I been pretending to be on the phone this whole time so I didn't have to listen to that terrible song? And then we all laughed about it. All right, anyway, Andrew says, pick one in PPR. Devante Smith, David Montgomery, or Brees Hall? Brees Hall. I don't know if I...

I know the matchup's amazing. I'm just trying to debate if i would bench out of the first two for hall i think given the smith injury lack of passing game for the eagles in fact i don't think they're gonna have to pass a lot i'm okay going call even over montgomery hair the worst hair day of my life you have a horrible hair day going on and you're acting like this is something you can't control i can't a comb. There's a brush. There's one product in your hair. I'm not doing that. I'm with you. I'm never a product.

Two flex spots here. Half PPR. Pacheco, Montgomery, Brees Hall, Bijan, and Taylor. What are the comments in the chat? What is it? Oh, Jesus. Who's's getting roasted Adam or me it's very inappropriate Pacheco, Montgomery, Brees Hall Bijan or Jonathan Taylor pick two

Taylor and the check for me and Pacheco the check for me. And the check. The check. Blank check. Oh, you probably loved that movie growing up. No, I never saw it. You were a big blank check guy.

It just sounded cool, but I obviously didn't see it. I don't have a name on this one. I started off the season 0-6, but I didn't give up. Thanks to my friends at FFT, I finished the regular season with a 7-1 record, earned a playoff spot. So, pick one. Javante Williams, Parker Washington, or Jerome Ford? Washington's

interesting if Lawrence plays and Zay Jones is out, but I still can't trust it, so I probably would just go with Ford. Ford for me. Zay Jones is probably out. It's can't trust it. I probably would just go with Ford. Ford for me. Zay Jones is probably out. It's week to week, they call them. Can we talk about who wrote this? Hello, Naruto, Goku, and

Luffy? Do you know what that is? No. Do you? I think it's anime characters. I think Goku is a Dragon Ball Z. I think I've heard the word Naruto before. I was a horrible brother. It just reminds me how bad of a brother I was back in the day.

My brother used to watch Dragon Ball Z and I would make fun of him for it. That's not right. You shouldn't make fun of people for what they watch or what they choose to do. But for some reason, I found the

show to be weird when they would do like the zoom ins and the guys like. Yeah, I never got into that stuff from Garrett. I need a running back and a flex. Brees Hall, DeAndre Swift, Jonathan Taylor. Okay, there's the running back.

I need a flex. Brees Hall, DeAndre Swift, Hopkins, Garrett Wilson, Chris Godwin. Hall. Yeah. Here's one from Teresa in Punta Cana. She voted for us. Oh, wait, he needed a running back and a flex. So Hall and Taylor. Hall and Jonathan Taylor. Greetings in Punta Cana. She voted for us. Oh, wait. He needed a running back and a flex. So, Hall and Taylor.

Hall and Jonathan Taylor. Greetings from Punta Cana. I voted for FFT in the Sports Podcast Awards. Bring it home. Yeah. Deontay Johnson or Jerome Ford? Half PPR. Half PPR.

Deontay for me. Deontay as well. From Steve. That's done every week. I voted for you guys. Let's go real fast. I voted for you guys. Let's go real fast. I voted for you guys in the Sports Podcast Award. Thank you.

Godwin, Boyd, JSN, and PPR. Pick one. Godwin. Yeah, got to go Godwin. And would you flex Laporta over, because you start McBride. Would you flex Laporta over Warren, A-Chan, or Eckler? Yes. The question is over which one. For me, it's Chan or Eckler? Yes. The question is over which one for me,

it's worn or Eckler. Uh, I can't believe I'm even thinking about it, but I might, I might flex them over Eckler. I would definitely do it over Eckler for me to a Chan. And okay. No,

I would flex a Chan. Yeah. I'm definitely, I'm definitely not leaving, losing a Chan. Is that, Oh, I think you only pick onehan. Yeah, I'm definitely not losing A-Chan. I think you only pick one. You pick one of these guys. Oh, yeah, no, no.

You only pick one. Warren, A-Chan, Eckler, or Laporta? Laporta. I'm going to go A-Chan. I'm going to go Laporta. Luke in Nebraska. PPR pick three. Montgomery, Swift, Pacheco.

Wait, sorry. Can I back that up? I just read this the wrong way. It was full PPR so I actually would go Laporta, full PPR Luke says pick three in full PPR Montgomery, Swift, Pacheco, Hopkins Pacheco, Montgomery, Hopkins

for me Pacheco, Montgomery, Hopkins From Robert Full PPR, Thielen or Jerome Ford? Thielen. Yeah, full PPR, Thielen it. And you should start Eckler over Khalil Herbert. And we're going to take, oh wait, did we take our second break?

Yes, we did, right? Yeah, we did. Okay, so only two breaks. Let's go to our YouTube comments. Bang. Here's go to our YouTube comments. Bang. Here's one from Joshua. Adam is greater than Dan, but Jamie is number one. Thanks, Josh.

Yeah, thanks a lot, Josh. Take the day off. With Keenan Allen out, I'm starting Chris Godwin. Who should I use? I'm boycotting this answer. Go ahead. Yeah, me too. Who should I use as flex?

Mission accomplished for Josh, right? Zeke, Jaden Reed, or Charbonnet if Walker's out? Charbonnet if Walker's out. Otherwise, Zeke. Yeah, I take it back. I'm still going to answer. And it's exactly that. You play Charbonnet for the volume, but Zeke otherwise.

Yeah, we all could have answered that. Bears or Denver DST? Denver for me. Denver. Mm-hmm. Yep. Oh, look at that. Look at that.

Dan and I have the same opinion as Jamie. This is from Universe. I have Bijan. What happened? You froze at the wrong time. Did Adam just freeze there what was that happened what happened that was that you said exactly this look at that made your head tilt and you froze in a weird way and then froze like this this is how you look

yeah that's exactly that i have bijan elliot connor and hubbard i need two uh uh the first two yeah especially if it looks like remandre is definitely out so first two i have no context for this one here but it says the walking dead oh one of the most overrated shows in television history quite literally one of the worst shows ever to me one of the just a disaster of a show so it starts off amazing first season i'm completely hooked i love it it's great what a premise you have one of the best premises you can have for people like me who love like post-apocalyptic stuff things like that done well then it just drags and drags and then we start to see recycled storylines like it's just the same thing over and

over one of the group members gets kidnapped now we find him We spend six episode arc trying to find the kidnap. The last episode I ever watched and was the breaking point for me was when Carol was in the middle of Atlanta and she got kidnapped or the daughter or whatever got kidnapped. They're just recycling the same storyline for the fifth or sixth time. Just one of the worst executions of a great premise in the history of television. I would say The Walking Dead. Yes, I do. That would get some response i appreciate that it's a hot topic for me this is from jeff lee i do know brothers jeff and lee but i don't

think this is the same people half ppr we have to pick five of these players okay who are the easy ones the easy ones would be ty Chandler. Yes. And Ridley? Yep. For me, yes. All right. So then pick three of these. Addison's easy too. Spear.

Okay. Addison's easy for Jamie. Spears, Flowers, Pickens, Warren, Chase Brown. Pick two. I think you go with Flowers even though he's coming off a bad game, but still he's better than the running backs here. And I would go Warren over the other two backs. Jamie nailed it.

I don't think you can even consider George Pickens at this point. Well, you can if you're a defensive back trying to make a tackle. Yeah. Full PPR pick three. Zeke, Montgomery, Ty Chandler, Bijan, Chase Brown. Zeke, Bijan, and Chandler. I'll go Chandler, Bijan, Chase Brown. Zeke, Bijan, and Chandler. I'll go Chandler, Monty, and Zeke. Laporta or

Laporta, Njoku, Mostert, sit one. Oof. Njoku. Yeah. Dan tucks his hands behind his arms for family. The joke's on you, Rickless Cage. I don't get to celebrate Christmas.

Dak or Patrick Mahomes? Mahomes. Yeah, I agree. Mahomes, Raiders, he usually tears them up to the most extraordinary handsome smart athletic and overall number one fantasy podcast host in all the land start three were they just going over the opposites of whatever is on here handsome smart athletic i'll take athletic i'll be the athletic one i'm taking none of those. I'll take overall number one. Zeke, Chandler, Chuba, Hubbard.

I don't know if you get overall number one. Swift and Eckler. Zeke, Chandler, Chuba, Swift, Eckler. Pick three and half PPR. The first three. Chandler for sure for me. Yeah, it's the first three. I don't want to start Eckler.

I don't want to start Swift. Someone's talking about Benih swift someone's talking about benihana god i love benihana benihana is great hibachi's just i did about you last night it was good nice you did yeah nice was there a tv i hope no it was before the game oh uh big news michael pitman has cleared the concussion protocol. Pittman. Yeah. Go through before it reminds us. I do. Where is it? There it is.

Pittman. Pittman. Hope you don't freeze on that again. Barkley, Zeke, Montgomery, and Ford, who are you sitting? Ford. Ford. Jonathan Taylor. He looks good. Okay, from Gibrey. Adam will say you'll never get this right, but I need the help.

Pick three. Pacheco, Jacobs, Chandler, Mostert, Pollard, Barkley. Yeah, you're never getting this right. Pacheco, Jacobs, Chandler, Mostert, Pollard, Barkley. PPR. Mostert and Pacheco are easy for me. If Jacobs plays, he would be... No.

I'll go Pollard third. Chandler and Mostert are the locks here as well. And I don't think even if Jacobs plays... You're saying Chandler's a lock over Pacheco? Oh, sorry. Pacheco's also a lock. I got Pacheco, Chandler, Mostert and I'm done there. I like Chandler over Jacobs. I like Chandler over Pollard and Barkley. Yeah go pollard over taylor pick two tailored pollard taylor pollard

etn i'm sending pollard yeah that that that one for sure me too um magic carp 2114 do you know what that is a reference to adam no you never played Pokemon as a kid? I don't do Pokemon. No. You didn't have the joy and the pain of playing Pokemon Red or Pokemon Blue. Of course, he chose this one. Thousands of hours into the game and then turn the game on your Game Boy and it said, your game is corrupt. You lost everything.

No, I never did that. People have experienced that, myself included. And as a nine-year-old, seven-year-old kid, know an immediate leads to an immediate temper tantrum yeah it's bad zach moss questionable zach moss questionable okay last one jake ferguson dionte johnson or naji harris pick one in ppr dionte uh yeah look at this person's toothbrush is the name kitchen toothbrush are you still brushing your teeth in the kitchen these days, Adam? No, no. I don't really brush my teeth anymore.

I do not brush my teeth in the kitchen. Oh, Adam, sing us your favorite Christmas song. I won't sing it. I don't know. Well, I heard I was listening to Lithium yesterday and they played a song that I haven't heard in so long. It's the secret song on the album So Much for the Afterglow by Everclear.

It's called I Will Be Hating You for Christmas. And it's actually really good. But other than that, my favorite Christmas song would be, oh, I like, what's, that's from Home Alone. It's in Home Alone. It's like one of the classics. Oh, I like the What's that? That's from Home Alone. It's in Home Alone. It's like one of the classics. Oh, I like the... I'm dreaming of a white... It's got this...

You know, White Christmas. But that version of it. I like that one. And I did sing it. I like the trans-Siberian whatever Christmas. Oh, yeah. That one's epic. That's a good one, too. No, Lith-na-na-na-na-na-na-na. Oh, yeah, that's epic. That's a good one, too.

No, Lithium, not the Nirvana album, the radio station on Sirius, which is probably named after the Nirvana song. Hmm. All right, see you, everybody. Oh, yeah, I agree with this. Yep. He does.

He reminds me of, like, it's like the George Costanza thing in Seinfeld, but I don't think that's the reason, but he does. He only reminds like it's like the george costanza thing in seinfeld but it's not i don't think that's the reason but he does anybody if costanza hears you i understand i understand okay but george costanza used to look annoyed at work that was his whole strategy but jamie i think is a tough read because the nicest sweetest guy but sometimes when i first joined the company i always would think he was mad at me or he was annoyed with me too. He was. So I understand the guy, but he might have actually been.

He was, he was for sure. Not much has changed. All right, we're out of here. We'll talk to you Sunday morning, 1130 a.m. Eastern, and please go vote for us, sportspodcastawards.com. See you later.