Fantasy Football Today - Mailbag and Fantasy Cops! (10/31 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: October 31, 2020

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Touchdown. Oh, he's done it again. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, Heath, and Ben. Happy Halloween, everybody. Welcome to Fantasy Football Today. I am Adam Azer with Frank and Jamie. I cannot see a thing. I am hot as hell.

I am under a sheet. This is, well, happy Halloween, guys. Happy Halloween. The ghost of Adam Azer. Yes, I am a ghost, but I am actually doing the ghost from the movie Halloween. When Michael Myers kills that dude, and then he puts the sheet over his head, and he puts that guy's glasses on the sheet, and then he goes and he kills that girl. So inspired by the second best horror movie of all time, this is my costume.

And now that we have the effect, I can't really breathe, so I'm done with this costume. Go ahead, guys, talk. Frank, you look great. Tell everybody what you're wearing. I am wearing a Snorlax costume. Huge fan of Pokemon growing up.

Still kind of a fan, admittedly. So yeah, that's what I went with today. My kids would love that. They would absolutely love that. Wow. Oh my yeah, that's what I went with today. My kids would love that. They would absolutely love that. Wow. Oh, my God. This is so much better. Not for us.

Not for us. Frank is, what are you, a Pokemon? Yeah, Snorlax. For all of you who are just listening, please go to youtube.com slash fantasyfootball today and check out our spooky costumes. Jamie is a Nike sales rep. That's right.

Yes. Looking good, bud. Looking good. All right, guys. We is a Nike sales rep. That's right. Yes. Looking good, bud. Looking good. All right, guys. We welcome you to the show. We got, you know, not too much has changed about the injuries.

I think we're expecting a lot of backup running backs to get some run this week with Mixon. As of now, we're recording 1.30 p.m. Mixon, probably no Aaron Jones, Mark Ingram,

Miles Sanders, expecting them to be out. But Jamie, Jamison Crowder's out, Rashad Perryman's out. When you factor in all the weather, who are your favorite waiver-wide receivers now? Well, still Brandon Ayuk, but he's not available anymore. So if you're just looking at the guys that are out there still, Scott Miller has a great opportunity in front of him. He hasn't exactly played great every time that Chris Godwin's been out, out there still. Scott Miller has a great opportunity in front of him.

He hasn't exactly played great every time that Chris Godwin's been out, but it's still a Bruce Arians offense that he's going to see, hopefully, a decent amount of targets. I still would look at Rashard Higgins even with the weather conditions because there's some long-term appeal there as well. So he's somebody that I'd like to have on my team if possible. Denzel Mims with the injuries that you just said. Given the likelihood of the Jets, I'm going to go on a limb and say they're chasing points

against the Chiefs in Kansas City. And I still like Hunter Renfro. I know it's going to be bad weather for the Cleveland Raiders game, but short area passes are still... He's still going to have to throw the ball at some point, Derek Carr. And I think that Renfro against a team that has struggled with slot receivers has a chance to make some plays this week.

Frank, are you optimistic about whoever the starting running back may be? It might be Tevin Coleman for San Francisco. For Seattle and San Francisco in that game, are you optimistic about any of those running backs? Not really. The Seahawks' defense, while they've been bad this season, they actually have been pretty good against the run and specifically in limiting yards per carry. They're allowing just 3.9 yards per carry to running backs on the season,

seven receptions per game. So they struggle a little bit more there, but this is a mess. I don't really know who is going to like, even if Tevin Coleman starts, I still think Hasty's probably going to be involved. McKinnon could be involved. So it's a real messy situation. I think all these guys are low end flex options at best okay Jamie how about you if there's one guy that you might be excited about from those two backfields it would be it would be the starting San Francisco running back I just you know the the Seattle situation is probably better by itself not factoring an opponent but the 49ers run defense is good, too. And DJ Dallas, I just don't know how good he is.

So I would take Coleman. If I'm ranking them as the running backs in this game, of the guys who I would like to see play, of the ones dealing with injuries, I would go Coleman one, probably Dallas two, and then McKinnon three. And I don't want to trust Tasty if Coleman's out there. We're assuming Hyde is out.

We're assuming Hyde is out. We're assuming Hyde is out. I mean, the fact that they signed, and this is an indication on Hyde, but they signed Alex Collins to their practice squad. So my guess is they're looking ahead to week nine to see if Carson, who remember the initial reports were multiple weeks that he was going to be out. And then if Hyde is going to miss some time now too, they need to cover themselves because they got stuck with the situation. And let's be clear, Travis Homer can still play.

So that could factor into the DJ Dallas ranking as well. Okay, and by the way, we've pretty much gone the entire week without talking about Wayne Gallman. So I just want to say his name. Looks like Devontae Freeman's not going to play. They have the Monday night game. Wayne Gallman, that's his name. So does he matter?

I mean, is he a top 30 running back? No. No, not for me. Okay. I would start both Ravens guys ahead of him. Gus Edwards and J.K. Dobbins. I would start both starting running backs in San Francisco and Seattle,

whoever they may be, over him. Agreed. All the other replacement options, those are easy, though. Okay. Well, let's go to your questions. Apple Podcast questions. We've got fantasy cops coming on later.

Your email is fantasyfootballatcbs.com. We've got some good fantasy cops questions today, tough ones. Start or sit from Apple Podcast. First one I don't have a name for, but it's, Dear Tommy, Chucky, Angelica, Phil, and Lil. Even I know that. Yeah, the Rugrats. Start three of these wide receivers.

Not all wide receivers. Start three of these. Shepard, Landry, Ayuk, Hasty, Coleman. Shepard, Landry, Ayuk, Hasty, Coleman. I would go with the wide receivers. I would go with Ayuk for sure. Shepard would be second. And then I would go with Coleman if he starts.

And if Coleman's out, would you go with Hasty or Landry? I would go with Hasty if he's out. If Coleman's out. This is from Titan. Ryan Tannehill or Justin Herbert? Herbert. I would go with Tannehill. By the way, we keep saying if Coleman starts,

but what if we don't know that? What if he's just active? If Coleman is active, I would take him as the best 49ers running back. Okay. From Johnny the Bull, how do you rank these for week eight and rest of season? Brandon Ayuk, Sterling Shepard,

Corey Davis, Rashard Higgins. For week eight, Ayuk, Shepard, Corey Davis Davis Rashard Higgins for week 8 Iuke Shepard Corey Davis Rashard Higgins Iuke Shepard no this week it'd be Iuke

Davis Shepard and Higgins Rashard Higgins Higgins yeah that's the order I have them in as well

for rest of season it would be Iuke Shepard Davis Higgins yep cool alright Nick in Santa Cruz I have them in as well. For rest of season, it would be Ayuk, Shepard, Davis, Higgins. Yep. Cool. All right.

Nick in Santa Cruz. I'm two and five. I'm struggling at running back. I have Matt Ryan and Noah Fant on my bench. Is it okay to trade away Lamar and Kelsey for an upgrade

at running back? So you'd be starting Matt Ryan and Noah Fant. Trade Lamar and Kelsey for an upgrade at running back. I think you could probably just trade Lam Kelsey for an upgrade at running back. I think you could probably just trade Lamar for an upgrade at running back.

I would imagine you can get a top, still top 15 running back for him. So like a solid RB2, high-end RB2. I would not want to get rid of Kelsey if Noah Fant was my only other tight end, personally. If you can wait through this week, depending on if you started Matt Ryan or not, then I think Fant could have a good game.

You could probably package Lamar and Fant and get a good running back, as opposed to giving up Kelsey. But I know where Frank is coming from. It's so hard to trade quarterbacks for good running backs. Just people don't do it. So you probably have to give something on top of that. But if you're making that commitment to trade quarterbacks for good running backs. Just people don't do it. So you probably have to give something on top of that. But if you're making that

commitment to trade Kelsey and Lamar Jackson, that's got to be top seven or eight running back because you're giving away the best tight end in fantasy. Obviously 1A if you want to give Kittle the nod over him. And what still is a great fantasy quarterback. From Vic, grade the trade. Give up Josh Jacobs and Rob Gronkowski.

Get Ezekiel Elliott. Tenay. Is it though? I'm going to say it's a C minus. I was going to say C. Like it's just fair. You'd rather have Zeke than Jacobs, Jamie? I mean, looking at what the offensive line getting healthy for the Cowboys is now

and what the offensive line still looks like for the Raiders the Raiders offensive line is better than the Cowboys offensive line not if Looney and Martin play I would disagree with that and plus you'll get incognito back I hope so you'll get Trent Brown back at some point I'm just concerned that that Jacobs is gonna I'm sorry that Gronk is gonna become a non-factor with Antonio Brown there now

yeah it's a oh fine even if it's just a running back for a running back who do you who do you like about you like zeke better rest of season how about you frank yes yeah i like zeke better as well but i don't think they're far off okay uh from ceilings for both are not the same if they both hit their ceilings zeke is is better. From CDMO, Grade the Trade, Keeper PPR League, give Antonio Brown, David Montgomery, and a 2021 fifth rounder for, yes,

for Keenan Allen, yes, for Keenan Allen, Antonio Gibson, and a 2021 eighth rounder. Yes. Hell yeah, man. That's an A.

Oh, yeah. Ed from Hawaii, give McCaffrey and I... Frank, where are you going to go on your honeymoon? I haven't thought about it. Somewhere in the Caribbean. No, I want to be on a beach somewhere. Not Hawaii?

That's too far away. I went to Bermuda. It was an hour and a half flight. Oh, that's pretty good. Yeah, dude. It was the best vacation I've ever been on. Awesome. I was thinking about Jamaica. What do you think? I've never been there. Jamaica's apparently nice, from what I hear.

Yeah. I went to Hawaii for mine. It was great. Yeah, that's what made me think of it. Okay. Also, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is one of the five funniest movies ever made. I actually agree with you. That's a great movie. Every time it's funny.

Okay, sorry, Ed from Hawaii. Grade the Trade. Tissues? The whole movie. It's great. I'm going to read this in the Jason Segel Dracula voice. Give Christian McCaffrey and Brandon Ayuk and get Watson and Galladay. My current quarterback is Josh Allen.

Die. Give McCaffrey and Ayuk, get Watson and Galladay. That is your best impression ever. It's getting kind of hard to believe. All right, sorry guys. McCaffrey and Ayuk for Watson and Galladay. He still has Josh Allen. I would rather have the McCaffrey and Ayuk for Watson and Galladay. He still has Josh Allen.

I would rather have the McCaffrey set. Yes. By the way, I've always wanted to have the Big Bowl cereal that he has. Yeah. I get sidetracked on that movie. For Max Perrin, rest of season pick two. Chark, Deontay Johnson, and Marquise Brown. The first two.

I would rank DJ Chark last of the group. I don't know what the quarterback situation is going to be in Jacksonville. Kind of worried there. It can't be worse. I don't know why you say that. It definitely can be worse than Minshew. What has been good for DJ Chark with Gardner Minshew so far this season? One game.

Yeah, they are not connecting. He hates him. They are not connecting, but the overall quarterback situation could be worse. He hates him. I'm surprised that you're putting Chark ahead of DeAndre Johnson and Hollywood Brown. No, I didn't put him ahead.

I put him ahead of Marcus Brown. Okay. You went Johnson, Chark, Brown. Yeah. Okay. From Zach in VB, Virginia Beach. You know what? This is probably Zach in VT, and it's a typo.

That's my guess. But Zach, hello. Grade the trade. Give Amari Cooper and get Mark Andrews. I have Tanya at tight end. See? I think it's kind of a wash. It's a fair deal. Hopefully Mark Andrews picks it up.

Yeah, alright. From Phil. Grade the trade. I took advice and I traded away Todd Gurley and I got... Okay, so he gave up Herbert, Gurley, Tanya, and R he gave up Herbert, Gurley, Tanyan, and Ruggs. Herbert, Gurley, Tanyan, and Ruggs for Galladay, Waller, and Kup.

Oh, my God. Nice. That's an A. That's a great haul. Is there better than an A that we can give? That's pretty good. Yeah, that's a good one. All right, from Tim.

12-team, full PPR, four-point for passing touchdown leagues. I have Kamara, Jonathan Taylor, James Robinson, and Miles Sanders. I have Hunter Henry and TJ Hawkinson. I want to do a two-for-one trade and get either Kelsey or Kittle. I know it's going to take a lot.

What are you willing to give up for Kelsey and Kittle? I also have Ridley Fuller and DJ Moore, if that matters. But to get Kelsey or Kittle, you're not going to give up Kamara. So would a combination for you guys of Taylor or Robinson, or I wouldn't give up Miles Sanders personally, but Taylor, Robinson, Sanders, and then either Henry or Hawkinson, would that work on your end? If you can turn Robinson and one of those tight ends into Kelsey or Kon, would that work on your end? If you can turn Robinson

and one of those tight ends into Kelsey or Kittle, I think that's a good trade for you and probably something that the other manager would accept if they have running back issues. I think that's a pretty fair trade. Now, let's say the other manager rejects it and says, no, I want Jonathan Taylor and Hunter Henry for Kelsey.

Would you do that? I would, but I would do it reluctantly. The fact that you have Miles Sanders helps. That schedule upcoming for Jonathan Taylor, I'm sure you guys have talked about it a ton, is phenomenal. But given the depth of running back that you have there, and elite running backs too,

I think you can make that trade. The only thing to keep in mind is you still have the Chiefs and 49ers bi-weeks in front of you. And I believe, aside from Sanders, all those running backs have already passed their bye. Yeah. From Dannyamite, like Dynamite,

my 2020 Halloween team name, he has Miles Sanders, is Sanderson Sisters. I did not know what that was, but my wife was like, are you kidding? That's Hocus Pocus. So it's Hocus Pocus. So it's Hocus Pocus. Oh, I should have known that.

Yeah. My family would be, they'd probably disown me for not knowing that. From Cabo Loso, Cobo Loso, trade Lamar Jackson. I need my glasses from the costume. Trade Lamar Jackson for Tom Brady and Ezekiel Elliott.

A plus. Yes. Yes. Do it. Smash. Except. From I Droiel Elliott. A plus. Yes, yes, do it. Smash. Accept. From I Dropped Herbert. Uh-oh. Should I trade Zeke or Antonio Brown in PPR?

I recently picked up Brown, but I'm good at wide receiver. I'm hurting at running back with Zeke not playing well, and my current running back, too, is either Geo or Hyde. I was recently offered David Johnson, Le'Veon Bell, and Ben Roethlisberger for Zeke and Eckler. I rejected.

And I countered for David Johnson, Miles Sanders, and Ben Roethlisberger. He rejected it. Should I hold on to Zeke, considering he's my only solid running back? Should I try to trade Antonio Brown for a quarterback? All I have is Jimmy Garoppolo in a 14 league. You started that email on Halloween

and you ended on Thanksgiving. Well, it was a delicious email. Yeah, you should trade Antonio Brown for something. There you go. Alright, from Josh Mo. Give up Josh Allen and

Clyde Edwards-Elair. Get Tom Brady and George Kittle. Allen and Clyde Edwards-Elair for Brady and Kittle. See? Yeah, kind of seems like a wash as well. You'd have to have some really good running back depth,

but again, to get the elite tight end, I understand trying to do so, but man, hope you have some good running backs outside of CEH. All right, grade the trade from CDM. PPR Keeper League. Give Antonio Brown, David Montgomery, and a 2021 fifth round pick.

I already read this email. Yes, you did. I was waiting for you to notice. You know what happened was you read it on Halloween and skipped ahead. You forgot. All right.

This is a question from Bill is greater than Tom. Grade the trade. I traded Aaron Rodgers, Le'Veon Bell, and Antonio Brown. I got James Robinson and Gronkowski.

And I have Mahomes. So gave home so gave up Rogers Bell and Brown for James Robinson and Gronkowski I have been playing in this 10 team half PPR league for six years I play with six of my best friends and five strangers that we met on a message board the message board no longer exists it started with www. but I do not remember the rest of the URL. Do you think if I do a good, I'm just making all of that up. Sorry. Okay. Anyway,

the trade is Aaron Rogers, Le'Veon Bell and Antonio Brown for James Robinson and Rob Gronkowski. Could you imagine that in 2020, we are talking about Antonio Brown, Rob Gronkowski, Le'Veon Bell and Aaron Aaron Rodgers still in fantasy trades. Pretty good. Pretty good.

I don't know how to feel about this trade. I'd rather have the Robinson side. I think he's the better player. Yeah, actually, it's an easy trade. It's an easy one. Phil from Tennessee, grade the trade. I already read this one too. Okay.

So Schrager gave me some of these, and then I added more. But it's so easy to blame this on Ben. I'm not blaming him. He gave me some and then I put in more and then I duplicated the ones that he gave me. Man, I'm in trouble.

Somebody just called the fantasy cops on me. Three fantasy cops questions. Here we go. From Corey. Dear Marty, Jordan, Steve, and God's cousin Rod.

No idea. I'm the commissioner of a fantasy league. Another manager wrote me and asked who I wanted for Antonio Brown. I told him Travis Kelsey. He said that if I wanted Kelsey, I would have to get Rob Gronkowski as well. Gronkowski was on a third manager's team. So I asked him, and he has a bunch of quotes here. So you're telling me that if I find a way to get

Gronk, then you'll give me Kelsey for Gronk and AB. He replied, yeah, probably. I said, no, dude, I'm not going to make a deal for Gronk just for you to turn around and change your mind. He then said, quote, if you get AB and Gronk, then Kelsey is all yours. So I made a deal with the third manager and I got Gronk. I gave away Lockett and Edwards Elair for Jacobs and Gronk. Yikes. Then I immediately sent the second manager a trade request for Travis Kelsey. He then counters and also tries to grab Nick Chubb and send me Tua. I rejected the trade and I wrote him. He reiterated saying he also wants Chubb. And I told him we can try to work something out after we finalize the original deal.

He responded by saying that he wants to include Chubb now because he doesn't know how else he's going to get him. Like what? This went back and forth for a while. Now he is just ghosting me. What do I do? Or am I at fault for taking someone's word? Unfortunately, you're at fault.

Yeah. Dude, that is so lame. That first trade is pretty bad. It's pretty crappy. Oh, it's terrible. That this happened. But, I mean, it's not like you can penalize the person for changing his or her mind after saying it you know that's just that's just like a bad

friend situation that's not like a bad fantasy situation back. It'll come to me. Okay. Jake says my commissioner recently kicked out another team who had not been setting their lineup without notifying them first. Wow. The commissioner quickly found the new manager to take his place. The new manager made some free agency moves, including dropping chase Edmonds as a handcuff. This was

before the Sunday games and Kenyon Drake's injury. When the original manager found out that he had been kicked out several days later, he threw a fit and the commissioner reinstated him. The commissioner has now used his powers to put Chase Edmonds back on this team's roster, even though the other manager had dropped him. I don't think he should be allowed to do this. What is your take? So the commissioner kicked the guy out without telling him. Yeah.

Guy finds out he kicked out, comes back, and comes to find out that the replacement option that the commissioner put in his place dropped players on his roster that he would have kept. Kenyon Drake. No, I mean Chase Edmonds. Chase Edmonds. that he would have kept. Kenyon Drake. No, Edmonds. I mean, Chase Edmonds.

Edmonds. Now he throws a fit. The commissioner brings him back and gives him Chase Edmonds back. Commissioner sucks. You have done so much harm to your league, by the way. I'd like to know why he kicked him out without telling him. Because he wasn't setting his lineup.

But, I mean, you could be like, hey, dude, I'm about to know why he kicked him out without telling him. Because he wasn't setting his lineup. But I mean you could be like hey dude I'm about to kick you out. Yeah. I don't know if that's happened or not. What do you do here? Do you give Edmonds back?

I mean I wouldn't. If this person wasn't even paying attention or setting their lineups anyway why would they get so mad that someone dropped

Chase Edmonds from their roster? It sounds like fantasy wasn't really a priority to them anyway. Why would they get so mad that someone dropped Chase Edmonds from their roster? It sounds like fantasy wasn't really a priority to them anyway. I guess we don't know why he wasn't setting his lineup. And what if he was setting his lineup?

What's the scenario that he's not setting his lineup? Leaving bi-week players in, injured players in? Seemingly. Enough to get you kicked out of a league. I would not give him it. You guys both commission leagues, right? You check every lineup to make sure that the optimal Seemingly. Enough to get you kicked out of a league. I would not give him... What's that? You guys both commission leagues, right? You check every lineup to make sure that the optimal lineup is being played?

No, but I do get frustrated if people leave bi-week players in. No, I don't check, but if I had a situation where somebody just wasn't playing, wasn't setting their lineup, it would bother me. For sure.

But that's not... I don't want to put it on the fantasy manager because he was kicked out unknowingly. Yeah. I would not give him Edmonds back because... But it's not his fault that he lost Edmonds. But it is his fault that he wasn't

paying attention to the league or setting his lineup. Yeah, he didn't even know he got kicked out until days later. Yeah, like that's kind of crazy. And I'm going to give this guy Edmonds back? But he, I mean, why would he? I don't know. I just think it's not on him that he loses players on his roster. I think either what has to happen is he gets Edmonds back

or he's kicked out for the rest of the season. And the other guy's got to deal with the consequences of playing it out without Chase Edmonds. Okay. Kick him out. I respect that. Commissioner, you really fouled this one up. Really? The commissioner's the one that messed this whole thing up. Absolutely. Alright.

One more from Ryan. Aloha from Maui. Frank, you ever been to Maui? Just kidding. Monday morning, another manager and I made a trade of Chris Godwin. Oh, this is a good one. I like this one. Chris Godwin for James Conner.

The other manager tried to accept the trade, but it would not let him because the players had already played, and it makes you wait until Tuesday. So he sends me this text. Consider it accepted. It'll just be official tomorrow. Trade is official in my eyes. Come Tuesday, yep.

Come Tuesday, word breaks that Chris Godwin broke his finger. Other manager denies the trade. Commish says it's not his problem. I also play the commissioner this week, and I have no running backs. I can see both sides. Should that trade be official? Please help. Aloha.

So if this was a real trade in a sports league, Chris Godwin would be sent back to his team. Because he would fail physical. So I'm going to go by those rules and abide by trade nullified. That's exactly what I thought too. It's not a real sports league. It's a fantasy league. As long as we have

proof that this person said that they were going to accept the trade, I think it should go through. Go back to the previous one with the Gronk Antonio Brown thing. Why is that not that this person said that they were going to accept the trade, I think it should go through. That's another good one. All right, well, then go back to the previous one with the Gronk Antonio Brown thing. Why is that not... Why are we saying that that one shouldn't go through?

What happened? With the Gronk, you'd make this trade, I'll give you Gronk, whatever, Antonio Brown thing. You're right, that is very similar. Frank, do you have any rebuttal? I plead the fifth. Well, because one is like someone... Frank is locked in.

I think that when an injury happens, it's a little different. You know? The league would not allow the trade to happen. They agreed to it in principle. Then you get more information before the trade goes through. But this is because of like a technicality and fantasy where you can't accept a trade yeah the games are going on so yeah well you can't do it i mean as far as i know you can't

make trades in the middle of an nfl game too well you can in a baseball game oh, I agree in principle. I think... I don't think it's the same exact situation. I'm going to say I side with Frank and I accept the trade. Yeah! It needs to go through. Yeah. Okay, sorry. Fantasy cops were very split today. You will need the fantasy FBI to crack these cases.

Thank you so much for your questions, ladies and gentlemen. Good news. Dalvin Cook, off the injury report. I say stardom. Can we please tell Heath to put Dalvin Cook ahead of David Montgomery in his rankings?

Ugh. Oh. Wait, hold on. I have that sound effect, too. Heath. Wait, where are all my Heath sighs? Where are your... Hey, Heath, why do you have Dalvin Cook behind David Montgomery?

What do you mean by that? I'm going to do this. The next show I'm on with Heath is what, Thursday? I only do one show with Heath a week? I'm going to text him. I'm going to count how many times he says yeah before every answer. Okay, let's text Heath Cummings. What do you think the overrunner is going to be?

Six. Oh, way over. I haven't noticed that. I guess I have to pay attention to it. How come you have David Montgomery ranked ahead of Dalvin Cook? Jamie, why don't you have Dalvin Cook ahead of David Montgomery in your rankings?

Yeah, I think that Dalvin Cook coming back is going to have a little bit of rust. He's going to struggle a little bit. Team stinks. Yeah. Yeah, that's what he does. I'm sorry. I'm trying to text him and it deleted my entire text

okay we'll find out we're going to take a break when we come back hopefully we'll find out why Heath is crazy there you go we'll be right back whether in the game or in life the right coverage can make all the difference

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By the way, for those of you who are not doing this there's probably maybe one or two of you it's not EYE it's the letter I every now and then people are like oh really CBSI as an interactive fantasyfootball at cbsi.com haven't heard back

from Heath yet rest of season emails from Brandon in a city in Texas north of San Antonio. And then he tells us it's Fort Worth. So I'm going to go with that. Half PPR. Give Lamar Jackson and David Johnson.

Get Tom Brady and Jonathan Taylor. Did we already do this one or no? No. Okay. Lamar and David Johnson for Brady and Jonathan Taylor. Interesting. I like this trade. I think it's a B. I'd rather have Brady and Jonathan Taylor. So yeah. Ryan from a town

north of Georgia. Hoboken. 16 team non-PPR league. I was offered Jonathan Taylor for Antonio Brown. What's wrong with Hoboken, Adam? Hoboken? Yeah, you're definitely taking Jonathan Taylor for Antonio Brown. What's wrong with Hoboken, Adam? Great. You got something against Hoboken? Yeah, you're definitely taking Jonathan Taylor for Antonio Brown.

That is an A. Especially in a non-PPR league. Me or my. From Daniel Hernandez, trade away Jonathan Taylor, get Kenny Galladay. Ooh, that's a good one. Very good players.

I'll say C. Yeah, that seems fair. From Matthew, give up Fuller, Hawkinson, and Jamal Williams. Fuller, Hawkinson, and Jamal Williams for Nick Chubb and Brandon Cooks. Hmm. That's pretty interesting. I mean, Fuller and Cooks has basically been a wash for the last three weeks, right? More or less

yeah and so Jamal Williams so you're giving away Jamal Williams and you're getting Nick Chubb right which is

I'd rather have the Cooks Chubb side yeah I think so you are giving also away TJ Hawkinson but I think I would not be surprised if one of Fuller or Cooks is traded

in the NFL and that's something that's going to be really interesting over the next few days. And Kittle is his tight end, so he can give up Hawkinson. That's such a great idea. If you have two tight ends and you feel good about one of them starting them every week, you know, get rid of the other guy. I have a situation coming up in one league where I play both Kelsey and Waller

because we play two flexes. And I've been sitting on, it's about to be uncomfortable because he's going to stand up soon, but Dallas Goddard. But I'm stashing Dallas Goddard and I don't know what I'm going to do. We all seem pretty confident in Dallas Goddard. Right?

Yeah, I mean, as long as the Earth is up. I have seen the Eagles. Yeah, but Earth is not out for the rest of the season he may be out for the rest of the fantasy season he may he may be back in like three weeks oh he texted me back oh okay i moved cook down a few spots from his projection because of re-injury workload risk okay all right that's cool that's cool. That's a cool log. Alright. Next one is from Jeff from Ottawa.

Hey, Steve, Eddie, Carl, Waldo and Stefan. Frank, you know that one? Steve, Eddie, Carl, Waldo and Stefan? No. Jamie? No. Really? Family matters.

Oh, right. Yeah. Come on now. Grade the No. Really? Family matters. Oh, right, right, yeah. Yeah, come on now. Grade the trade. 12-team PPR. Give up Chase. You gotta have a good Eric Holden impression. Do I have that? No, I don't.

12-team PPR. Give up Chase Edmonds and Chase Claypool. Get Kareem Hunt. Hey. That's a pretty damn good trade. I think even when Chubb is back, Hunt is going to have a similar workload as he did earlier in the season, maybe even more. From Tom, should I trade James Conner and Myles Gaskin

to get Zeke and Hunter Henry? James Conner and Myles Gaskin for Zeke and Henry, non-PPR. I have Evan Ingram. He needs a tight end upgrade. I think you could do better. Yeah, I think so too. Yeah, me too. All right, start or sit questions

from Curtis. Full PPR, Jonathan Taylor or Zeke? This week. Taylor. I agree. Okay, from Matt. Juju or Amari Cooper? Rest of season?

No, this week. Cooper, and I don't like Cooper that much. Yeah, I have Cooper a few spots higher. Pick two, half PPR. Ronald Jones, Boston Scott, Travis Fulgham. The Eagles, baby. Yes. Okay, from

Chase in Boston. Sit one of these non-PPR league. David Montgomery, Miles Gaskin, Daryl Henderson, Melvin Gordon. Montgomery. Did we get an update on Philip Lindsay?

He did not practice on Thursday. I don't know what's happening. I don't think they're practicing on Friday because of the COVID situation. So we may not get a full update, but he just has to pass the concussion protocol. Yeah, if Philip Lindsay plays, I would bench Melvin Gordon.

If Philip Lindsay is out, I would bench Montgomery. You would play Montgomery over Gordon. I can't trust Montgomery. I hear you, but it's a tough matchup. But I also think if Phillip Lindsay plays, we're probably looking at like 12 to 15 touches for Gordon.

15 I'd take. That would be nice. From Austin, Swift, Marquise Brown, Jermichael Hasty. Pick one. Swift. Swift, Marquise Brown, Jermichael Hasty. Pick one. Swift. Swift.

From Half PPR, I don't know who sent this in. Deontay Johnson or Robert Woods? Woods, reluctantly. Yeah, they're really close. Justin Jackson or J.K. Dobbins? Dobbins. I'm going to. Dobbins? Dobbins. I'm going to take a chance on Dobbins.

Dear Eddie, Stone, Mike, Matt, and Jeff. Frank, I feel like you would know this. Eddie, Stone, Mike, Matt, and Jeff. This is a band, a music group. I don't know. It's Pearl Jam. Pearl Jam. Is that what you said, Jamie?

Yeah. Good for you. I only go to places with Eddie, and it's Van Halen and... Yeah. Yeah. It's better. It's six-in-one team in a 14-team league

with only four bench spots, and these are the players that are currently on his bench, and this is Ronan from Ireland. Great name. Yeah. Gibson, Watson, cooks,

Robinson. They're all on a buy. Gibson, Watson, cooks, and Robinson. And he also has Chris Carson who probably won't play. So if Carson does not suit up,

do I not play a kicker to pick up somebody from the waiver wire? Or do I drop one of Gibson, Watson, cooks, or Robinson, and then use my fab and get them back next week? kicker to pick up somebody from the waiver wire or do i drop one of gibson watson cooks or robinson and then use my fab and get them back next week don't use a kicker well i guess i guess it's contingent on what your record is six and one six and one yeah don't play the kicker and just take your chances if you lose you lose i'm in a situation like that myself where i'm six and one i don't have hopkins fuller godwin are the only three receivers on my team.

It's the team I just referenced previously with the two tight ends. I don't have a flex right now or two wide receivers. And I have on my bench Gibson, Edmonds, those three receivers. I'm stuck. So I'm just going to take the L if I have to. Especially at 6-1. Wish I were playing you. Can't drop those guys.

Yeah. All right, from Scott, Deontay Johnson or Rashard Higgins? Johnson. Yeah. From listener Chris, 12-team half PPR, Lamar Jackson or Joseph Burrow? Jackson. I really, I'm tempted to say Burrow.

I have Burrow just ahead of Jackson. I have Jackson at QB8 this week. From Ben. The weather could be so bad, though. That's the problem. Six points per passing touchdown league. Wentz or Lamar Jackson? Wentz. I have Wentz one spot higher.

So what are you, Frank? Burrow, Wentz, Jackson? Yep. 6-7-8. Burrow, Wentz, Jackson. Why was 6 afraid of 7 you Frank? What are you? Burrow? Whence Jackson? Yep. Six, seven, eight Burrow. Whence Jackson? Why was six afraid of seven Frank? Cause seven, eight, nine. Happy Halloween,

everybody. All right, everybody enjoy yourselves today. It's some good candy. Be safe out there. We will talk to you Sunday with CBS. Do it again. Do it again.

It's getting, it's getting kind of hard to believe. Things are going to get better. And I've been living too hard to believe. Yeah, that was always... That is your best one. I lost it. The first time I saw that and he sang that song, I lost it.

It is comic gold. What a movie. That is your best impression. Thank you. Frank, what's your best impression? I don't know. Chris Sowers? Guys, I really think Hollywood Brown

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