Fantasy Football Today - Mailbag and Fantasy Cops! (11/04 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: November 4, 2023

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Visit amex.ca slash business platinum. This is Fantasy Football Today from CBS Sports. What a play! Can you believe this? I know I can. It's time to dominate your fantasy league. This is going to go the distance. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath.

Emptying out the mailbag and sitting outside. One of us is sitting outside enjoying the weather. It's not the two guys in New York. He claims this is not to rub it in, but you know this is to rub it in right now. I see a reflection of palm trees. I look outside my window and it is sunny today, which at least is a reprieve from what it has been this whole week. But can't golf today, Adam, after this. Golf is done.

The golf season is over for me over here. And I don't know what to do with my time anymore. I can't stand the cold. I have an idea. I think if I were you, I'd get on Zillow and I'd start looking at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Because you clearly want to move down there. All the slander. He spends one week there and all of a sudden he's smitten.

Just can't wait to get out of New Jersey. I know there's some truth in that. Yeah, of course. There should be. All right. Jamie's actually sitting on a golf course. Well, sort of. No, I'm sitting on a golf course.

Yeah, he is. Okay, he's sitting on it. But he's not golfing. So my house is being being renovated and i am uh displaced my family's displaced at the moment so we're staying with my my mother-in-law who's gracious enough to have myself my wife and my three very quiet well-behaved children um but she happens to live on a golf course so when so just you know full disclosure when we started the show this morning um on excuse me on fr morning, I briefly left the show because they started the demolition in the middle of the show of the house.

And it sounded like literally like a wrecking ball was going through my kitchen. And so I quickly ran. I was like, hey, give me 10 more minutes. And so I was planning to do the show from the house. But yeah, this might be my studio away from home. It's very difficult right now. Yeah, you need a nice take. Alright, so we'll see if there's any news that comes

about. We're recording a little bit earlier, so I don't think we're going to get any practice reports during the show, but we'll let you know if we do. Remember to watch Fantasy Football today on HQ this weekend. 9 a.m. was to get ready for the game in Germany. The Dolphins and the Chiefs, that's at 9.30, so 9 a.m. was to get ready for the game in Germany, the Dolphins and the Chiefs. That's at 9.30, so 9 a.m. Eastern.

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You're the best. Oh, thank you just so much. Half PPR. podcast not even close year-round listener you're the bet oh thank you just so much half ppr dallas goddard against the cowboys or dalton kincaid at the bangles who give up the most fantasy points to tight ends i'm running with the matchup here i'm running dalton kincaid i love the matchup i love the potential for that to be a really good game script for fantasy football. I watched that entire Bengals game last week, and I felt like there were missed opportunities for the 49ers offense. I did not feel like the Bengals defense took a step forward. I think the Bills will find success, but I think the Bengals will also find success on offense.

So fun game. I think Kincaid will. And I also take a look at Kincaid's usage lately from an ADOT standpoint, from an average depth of target standpoint. That has been on the rise as well, which is really exciting from a fantasy standpoint. I agree. Okay. From 707JWalk. See, sometimes, Adam, that's how it works.

When the first person talks, the second person has nothing really to say additionally, so they just say, I agree. Right. Okay. So I ask you a question, Goddard or Kincaid, you check Jamie's rankings, you say Kincaid, and then he says he agrees. All right. Tua, Herbert, Burrow, rank them rest of season, and who has the most trade value?

I would go Burrow, Tua, Herbert, and who has the most trade value? I think probably still in that order, just because if that's the best value of the three, at least for me, those would be the ones I'd be trying to acquire. I'm going to go a little bit off. I'm going to go to a Burrow Herbert for the rankings, but I actually think Herbert might have the most trade value league wide

right now. And just from a thought standpoint of how, where people view these quarterbacks right now, but I also see things trending in the wrong direction for Herbert versus their other two. Obviously things are trending great for borough, but I still feel like two has a little bit of a leg up with getting a Devon HM back.

He looked good running and cutting today in a video. I saw, I just think that's going to help the entire offense and get them back to that explosive way. The only thing I'm thinking of is Tua still has his bye week to go, whereas the other two have already passed their bye week. I didn't even think about that. Yeah, that is unfortunate.

Yeah, all right. Here's one from... People love to look for that in trades, by the way. You're right, James. People are like, oh, no bye week, and then they boost them up. James from Kentucky. Need help, fantasy cops? Early cops. This is only one for the day. Only one for the

day, unfortunately. No. I know, I know. I'm sad about it. I need help, fantasy cops. A trade just went down in our league with two new league members. We never veto trades, but something just doesn't smell right. Team A just lost Cousins and is 2-6,

and they traded Christian McCaffrey to Team B for Dak Prescott and Jacoby Myers. Team B is 5-3 and also happens to be Team A's uncle. The league is in an uproar because it seems the best player in fantasy just got traded for pennies on the dollar to a family member who's in contention. Again, the trade is McCaffrey to the uncle for Dak Prescott and Jacoby Myers.

What do you think? If you never veto trades, and these are two new league members, there's obviously no history of these guys working together. So I think you just put it on your radar and you say, okay, this is something we have to be aware of moving forward. You can't veto it if you don't veto trades. I actually have a slightly different take on this and I am king of anti-veto, but I just can't stand this type of stuff.

This is just egregiously bad. There's no explanation for it. There's no rationale. Oh, I need a quarterback. Cousins got hurt. No, no explanation for it. There's no rationale. Oh, I need a quarterback. Cousins got hurt. No, no, it's a one QB league. You can find a different kind of quarterback for a much cheaper price, either via trade or just free agency. I'm sure there's some quarterbacks out there. So there's no real explanation from, from a logical explanation for it. So then at least I think you should ask these people, like ask the person who traded away Christian

McCaffrey, like one, what was your thinking? And two, did you shop him at all? Cause if you didn't shop him at all, that's where I have the problem there. Like you have the best player in fantasy football. If you want to trade him, you should be shopping him to every team and seeing who can give you the best combo of quarterback plus, which is what he was looking for, obviously, or he or she was looking for obviously in this trade. So I don't want to set a bad precedent by saying, oh, we are a league that does no vetoes

and we could just allow stuff like this to happen because it's just it's it's tough. I don't think it's that bad. I think it's a bad trade, but that bad. Jacoby Myers and Dak Prescott for Christian McCaffrey. Jacoby Myers. That's going to ruin a league level. You can't rationalize it. But no, no, no, no.

Wait, wait. If this happened before Garoppolo was benched, and I suspect that it did, you're talking about a must-start top 20 wide receiver and a quarterback. No, no, no. And a quarterback replacement. You're desperate at quarterback.

You're not getting a guy like Dak Prescott on the waiver wire. There's no such thing as true desperation at quarterback in a one-quarterback league. I completely disagree with that. You're going to go on the waiver wire. There's no such thing as true desperation at quarterback in a one-quarterback league. I completely disagree with that. You're going to go to the waiver wire. We're going to go down a wave. You want to see desperate for quarterback? We're short on time.

We're short on time. You can't rationalize that trade. I think you can. I think I just did. No, you can't rationalize the trade. It's a bad trade. It's not a veto trade. I'll show you desperate for quarterback.

In my two QB league, two teams aren't even starting a quarterback this league because one guy, shout out Steve Hall, it's his birthday, has five quarterbacks rostered. That's desperate for quarterback. Dude, if I go to the waiver wire and I pick up Taylor Heineke, I don't feel like I'm doing well. Jamie, what were you going to say? I'm not sure.

Of course you're not doing well. You just have to be aware of this moving forward. If this is really something like we're there colluding, then you've got to be concerned about it. But if this is the first time that they've made a trade, and it's the first time they're in a league, and you don't veto trade, you can't veto it. Yeah, and then I see this comment here from Rickless Cage. Agree with Dan, the trade shifts the balance of the entire

league. I mean, it probably does because you have a non-contender trading away. But I think that I think it's a bad trade. I don't think it's a veto trade. It is too much, but to me, it's not a veto trade. And I'm always the one who's more likely to veto. You can always see the McCaffrey trade that's making the rounds on

the internet. Thank you for the fantasy. Although they're related, so that probably wouldn't work. Oh, yeah. Oh, God. Well, it depends what state they're in. Okay. From PP174. I'll just call him PP.

With the Stafford injury, would you trade Puka for Bijan in PPR? In a heartbeat. Yeah, me too. I would have done it if Stafford was healthy. From Zeebo. Start three receivers. Devante Adams,

CeeDee Lamb, Puka Nakua, Mike Evans. I'm probably going to say Puka. What was it? You're sitting one? You're picking the sit, Jamie? Sit Puka. I'm sitting Puka.

The second part of the question was, he has Adams, Lamb, Puka, and Evans. Would you try to trade one for a quarterback upgrade? He has Stafford and Stroud, and I would. It is a three-receiver league, but I would. I would. I'm also trying to figure out what's going on with the whole Rams situation rest of season.

Is Matthew Stafford going to get better by rest, or is this going to affect his throwing all season? Right. The way we've kind of framed it is sit this week, bye next week, play hopefully the week after. Okay. I think that's what's going to happen, but I don't know that he's going to be healthy. And I hate that we're, you know,

I feel like it's going to be the end of the year when we're looking at next season, we're going to go, well, the first eight games when Stafford was healthy and then the last six when he wasn't healthy or seven, you know, like I feel like it's going to be one of those situations. It could be, could be where he he's playing hurt and it sucks.

I'd be shocked if they're not hitting the reset button and Stafford's the quarterback picture. Well, either way, we'll be looking at a half season basically with a healthy quarterback and a half a season without one, maybe. All right, this is from JT in Philly. He said, I know you've mentioned the advantage of slot receivers against the Saints

as opposed to being a tough matchup on the outside. How much does DJ Moore line up in the slot? And would you start him over Puka Nakua and Nico Collins? I need two of those. I'm going to look up the slot percentage. I think it's about 20% for Moore. He's not in the slot a lot. But how would you compare DJ Moore to the Texans guys?

You mean this week? Yeah, this week. I would start Nico Collins over Moore, and that's it. I'm not starting Tank Dell or Noah Brown over him. I think that's fair. On average, he's probably about 15% in the slot. Last two weeks, 8.2%,

12.3%. DJ Moore, he's 85% or more. You don't want him against Marjan Lattimore. Yeah, Debo, wherever he lines up. All right, next one is from Young Mart. Adam equals funniest and best hair. No contest, honestly. Pick two.

I can't believe how cherry-picked these emails are. Everyone just knows at this point. It's like obvious. Oh, you want to get your email read? Just compliment Adam. This is where we're at right now on FFD. Unbelievable. Okay. Gabe Davis, Garrett Wilson,

Pittman, or T. Higgins? I need two and half PPR. Gabe, Garrett Wilson, Pittman, T. Higgins. Garrett Wilson and is half PPR, Seth? Pittman! Yes, half PPR. uh garrett wilson and it's half ppr said pitman yes half ppr yeah wilson and pitman i'll go with wilson and gabe davis i really like the how they've used him lately they've moved him after the injury to dawson knox they've changed his role almost entirely will it stick i don't know but i hope

it will because it's been working for them. What they've done is they've lined him up on those tight splits near the tight end, near the line of scrimmage versus just always on the boundary. That's helped them get a lot of easier looks. Jacob Gibbs has some really good stats on this if you want to check him out over at Sportsline. He's got a lot of good stats

there. Check out Beyond the Box score, the article from Jacob Gibbs over there where he talks about this. Full PPR. Gave up Ridley for T. Higgins. This is from Cheetos. I like it. I mean, it's basically a wash

at this point. So if you're buying into Ridley being better than Higgins, that's fine. A couple more emails that I did cherry pick. These are Apple podcast questions. This one says, leave Dan alone. It's from Bog Pimpin. Wow, thank you, Bob.

Wow, is that the code name for your parents? Bog. Leaving a review solely for the purpose of defending Dan's burger toothpick. Have you never had a sandwich full of stuff that starts sliding out of the back after you take a bite? Sorry, we don't all eat PB&Js for dinner, Adam, but the toothpick is very useful for keeping a burger together as you eat it. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you.

Yeah, I don't have that problem. I'm an adult, so I don't have that problem with burgers. But if I did, maybe I'd use a toothpick. Yonis B, this is the last one here from Yowness. I can still picture him moving the toothpick around. Yeah, you're an adult. You don't have a problem with burgers, Adam, but you bake your burgers. What is more egregious, drying out a burger in an oven or moving around a stick to keep it in place?

I don't want to bake the burger. I don't have a choice. All right. What do you mean you don't have a choice? I don't have a grill. You have a frying pan. Do you not? I don't really like them. All right. What do you mean you don't have a choice? I don't have a grill. You have a frying pan. Do you not? Do you not have a frying pan?

I don't really like them so much on the frying pan. They're much better than dried out in an oven. I can't get them cooked properly on the frying pan. Don't you have a new house? That's the you problem. I have a new house, yeah, but— Haven't you ever heard of the smash technique? It's the easiest way to make a good burger.

Oh, no, I've never heard of it, Dan. I've only done a million shows with you and heard 500,000 Smashburger references. You're acting like it's so hard. Alright, you know what I've been doing is going to Five Guys every Friday. It's my Friday Five Guys. I like that. Alright, this one from Giannis. Let's be real. Dan is the best

thing on the show. I literally would wait till Friday episode if I wasn't addicted to you guys. You're all the best. Six and one. Thanks, Jamie. And Heath's Halloween strategy is legit. And speaking of which, I have a comment here in the chat. Great take. Great take all around.

Who is this guy? Get him a free shirt. Send him merch. I have never gotten merch since joining this podcast, but maybe he can get some merch for free. I saw Jamie on Halloween. Wow. Did you say hi, Jamie, or did you snuff him? Say hello to me. Yeah, why didn't you say hi? I feel like Jamie podcast or maybe he can get some merch for free uh i saw jamie on halloween wow says right did you say hi jamie or did you say hello to me yeah why didn't you say hi i feel like jamie snuffed him is that what he's saying did you see my friend peeing in the in the bushes what oh yeah uh one of

one an adult by the way uh she um she oh yeah it's going i told you this story I didn't hear it I missed that one so we were walking around and the thing was brought up somebody went to Dave's house and asked if they could use his bathroom as a joke and we said would you let somebody use your house would you let somebody use your bathroom like a stranger

and I was with my kids and their parents and they may have been having a few drinks. Nowhere near their house. The wife, the mom, needed to go to the bathroom. The husband said, go ask them if they can use their bathroom. I'm sure they'll say yes. She's like, no way.

Then we walked a few feet. She's like, I'm going peeing right here. She saw a spot behind a house, and she just squatted and peed. Oh, my God. Good for her. Good thing there were no cops around. I got to tell you, man. I was like,

there's probably ring cameras. You're going to get in trouble. They're going to have a good story to tell. If someone asked me to use my bathroom on Halloween, I think I said this. Oh, you'd be devastated, Adam. I would do it.

I would say yes, but I would be devastated. The sad thing is, you'd be too scared to say no. Exactly. This is exactly how it would play out. You'd be so nervous and scared to say no.

So you'd be badgered into saying yes, but you'd be so disgusted and disappointed with letting some stranger in your bathroom. You're 100% right. And you can't let him

near your kitchen sink. That's where you brush your teeth. That's where your friend pees, as I recall. No, no. Friend is a loose term there. Okay. Somebody I know.

All right, we got to take a break here. We'll come back with your emails at fantasyfootball at cbsi.com. And I did cherry pick the first one. I'll let you know that right now. We'll be right back on Fantasy Football today. Did you know that across Ontario, utility damage happens 19 times a day? That's over 4,222 incidents a year. Don't let your next dig be one that causes costly delays or safety risks. Before you break

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so it definitely shows up for me because it takes a while for them to show up. But for email, fantasyfootballatcbsi.com. That's the letter I. This is from Doug, and the subject is Dan's stick. He says, love the show. I've never emailed before, but the ongoing Dan trashing has compelled me to finally weigh in.

First of all, it is not only okay to use the stick in the burger, but absolutely the smart thing to do. You keep ignoring the fact, and he continues to point out, that this was not just a regular burger, but a burger stacked with additional layers. Yes. Who hasn't had a sandwich with multiple slippery layers totally come apart in your hands when it all squishes out the back as you take your first bite? Yes.

Using the stick ensures that those layers stay in place, giving you the opportunity to enjoy all of them in each bite. I think you should apologize to Dan's stick. Secondly, it's not snobbery to want to go to small local mom and pop places to eat rather than chain restaurants. That is simply a desire to experience new and interesting food instead of boring and predictable food. I normally listen to the podcast, so I can't comment on Dan's haircut, tight shirt, or whatever he was wearing last week that provoked more comments about his appearance. But I'm starting to think that he does these things

on purpose to provide fodder for the show. Dan is to be commended for his thick skin and graceful tolerance of the constant ribbing he receives. If this were directed towards others on the show, they may not take it with nearly as much good humor. If we take into consideration not only what Dan says, but also the content he indirectly provides, he's got to be the funniest guy on this show.

First of all, holy bleep. I know you take Fridays off. How much other time do you take off to write this email to Adam? This is insane. There's no way somebody wrote this willingly that's not you. Actually, Jamie, the truth is there's like three more paragraphs complimenting all of us separately, but I only read the Dan part.

It was a very complimentary email. Very kind email. But yeah, Dan. Was this guy's name Shan Meyer? Shan Meyer. Alright, thank you for theire. Yeah. All right. Thank you for that email. Amazing email, by the way.

Thank you so much. This is from John. Would you trade Pollard for Eckler in PPR? No, I'd rather have Eckler. No. No. That email was written by Pan Fryer, says our producer, Zach Brooke. You'd rather have Pollard than Eckler?

No, I'd rather have Eckler. Right. So you rather have Pollard than Eckler? No, I'd have Eckler. Right, so you'd trade Pollard for Eckler. Oh, yes. From Mervin, pick, I think it was one, but rank the top two. Rashad White, Kareem Hunt, Zay Flowers, Christian Watson. This is just for this week? I don't know what the format is. This is just for this week? I don't know what the format is.

Yes, just for this week. It was White, Hunt, who? Flowers and Watson. I'll go White, Flowers, Hunt, Watson. Yeah, White, Flowers, Hunt, Watson is mine as well. I really did some digging into Rashad White because I was considering making him a trade offer, which I'm curious what you guys would have thought of in a super flex movie where I'm

desperate for quarterback because sadly Desmond Ritter was just benched and that shows how desperate it was to begin with. I was considering offering Deontay Johnson for Rashad White and Will Levis. I didn't make that offer, but I looked into Rashad White and I'm very impressed with his recent usage in the passing game. And I think that's going to be a part of the offense because it's been working so that makes him somebody who I think is some like a player who I think is worth trading for right now because I feel like right

now if you make the trade offers for him it's not like people are on to it yet I feel like there's still that that sense around him that he's not a he's almost like a bus especially for where he was drafted so he's somebody I'm looking to buy low on right now before this week. He is just a pass catcher. You're getting nothing from him as a runner. Which is fine, though. That's like most of those backs. Yeah.

Dan, it's okay. I know he DM'd you. You're fine. It's all to do with his pass game. Water under the bridge. If I'm investing in running back, you better be catching passes or scoring touchdowns. All right, this next greeting is a TV show that I'm not smart enough

to understand, but Dan is. From Scott, hey, Jimmy, Bunk, Omar, and Bubbles. Yep. I don't know how you even knew that. Would you Google? Why are you laughing, Jamie?

Because I know it's always referencing, and obviously that's the one you're laughing at. Oh, wow, good for Jamie. You know, see, that's why Jamie has always been and always will be,

always has been, always will be more cultured. He doesn't watch The Wire. He just knows the reference. Well, that's half the battle is knowing the reference. I know the reference. I know Omar is always The Wire. Omar is The Wire.

Okay. Which one was Omar? I don't know. I don't. That show is the most boring show. Omar was The Boring. It was not boring at all. Omar was The Boring.

I think The Wire Boring is an insane take. I'm sorry. One of your boring. I just couldn't understand it. That's boring. all. Omo is the boring one. Blunt and Water Boring is an insane take. I'm sorry. You want to hear boring? I just couldn't understand it. That's boring. Wait, you want exciting? You've watched all the seasons of that boring show. No, I did.

I finished season seven last night. Great. Here's exciting. The Giants not only have one new kicker, they have two. Oh, no. Who'd they sign now? Randy Bullock and Cade York. Oh, Cade York.

Wow. Makes sense. They brought in Robbie Gold, too. And I was like, how old is Robbie Gold? He's got to be at the point. Do you remember Morton Anderson at the end of his career where all he could do was kick from inside 35 or something like that, and he was still

playing there? That was amazing. I know he never missed from inside 39, but this is a disaster, Adam, the Giants. No, I don't want to talk about them. From Scott. I was offered a trade of Travis Etienne. No, no, no.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I was recently offered Travis Etienne for Gibbs and Ayuk. Which side would you rather have? Etienne. 10-team league, by the way. Definitely Etienne. I think I have to say Et etn etn was my biggest miss of the year um from actually uh that sweater you wore last week's biggest miss of the year what was wrong with that sweater that was pretty cool is this what you like this one better yeah you look good in that it fits you properly that sweater had a lot of drip that last sweater you know

people on the comments were dripping, drip, Dan Schneier. First time I ever heard the word drip associated with my name, ever. Your recent attire ranking will go, this sweatshirt is the best. Yeah, this is nice. Then the tight shirt. It wasn't that tight. Tied for worse with what you wore last week. It wasn't that tight.

No, it wasn't that tight. Everyone who's ever seen it thought it was tight, but it wasn't. All right, from Kyle. If you could have Dave. He used the word drip. Oh, God. He used it last week, too, I think. If you could have Dave, Jamie, and Heath pick a quarterback,

wide receiver, and running back for a flag football team in the Olympics, who would they pick? And nobody can pick the same person or player. So I'll just have Jamie and Dan do it. Give me your quarterback, wide receiver, and running back for flag football. All right, so we'll do a draft. I'll go first. I'll take Mahomes.

Good pick, good pick. I'll play too. Okay. I'll take second pick, Adam. You can have the snake. I will take Burrow. I will take Tyreek Hill and Devon HN. You're in such a good spot.

I'm going to take two of my next picks. I should have definitely not taken a quarterback. That was so smart. Coming back to me here, you took two of the fastest guys. I will take Jamar Chase. Rapport still matters. I got Burrow. I got Chase.

That's my second pick. And then I am also going to take. Excuse me. It's not your pick. I got Burrow. I got Chase. That's my second pick. And then I am also going to take. Excuse me. It's not your pick. It's Jamie's pick. Oh, yeah. Never mind. Never mind.

Never mind. We're doing this for the upcoming Olympics, right? Yes. Sure. All right. So I get two picks, right? So I'm going to take McCaffrey and Jefferson. They'll be healthy by then.

Perfect. True. So your team is what? Mahomes, McCaffrey, Jefferson. This worked out really well. I really wanted McCaffrey coming back to me.

I need a running back still and I need somebody who's even close or remote to McCaffrey and there isn't much left at that at that point. But you know what? I'll come around to this

player and especially because he doesn't have to process box or anything. It's flag football. Give me Travis ETN. OK, so I do. I have a Chan and Tyreek. I do. I go to football. Give me Travis ETN. Okay. I have A-Chan and Tyreek.

Do I go Tua here? I think I'm going to go Jalen Hurts. I think I'm going to break up the chemistry. Jalen Hurts. What a horrible pick that is for flag football. Why? It's an amazing pick. Oh, wait. Never mind. You could still run in flag football. I assume there's like a five Mississippi. How does a flag football work? They rush.

They rush with blockers. Yeah. Let me ask you this. How does, how does one rusher? How does one rusher is there? Is there a blocker for the rush? Yeah.

What is it physical? You can like contact. I don't know if I've ever seen flag football. You can't use your hands. Okay. Yeah. Lamar Jackson would have been a pretty good pick for flag football. Actually.

I could have gone him or hurts. Um, do we need to go over the snake draft rules? I didn't do enough with Jamie this past season. All right, let's let's go to Chris from Denver. Twelve team non PPR. Give non PPR. Give up Gus Edwards.

Get Marquise Brown. No F. I like it. I think it's a B plus. Non-PPR. Give up Gus Edwards, get Marquise Brown. No. F. I like it. I think it's a B+. You'd rather have Marquise Brown than Gus Edwards in non-PPR? Not this week, but yes, I would. I think Marquise Brown with Kyler Murray.

I think we're talking about a potential and must-start wide receiver. And I don't even think in non-PPR, Gus Edwards is a must-start running back. He still gets nothing in the passing game. You're high on him because he has scored recently. Look at his previous four games. I'm high on him because he's going to get the same 62 yards that Marquise Brown's going to get. The catches don't count, and they don't have the same chance to score.

I think Marquise Brown could definitely have more than 62 yards with Kyler per game. He could. I don't think it's egregious to buy into the Marquise Brown rapport with Kyler Murray. I like the angle, Adam, but Gus Edwards, the Ravens haven't done anything at all to upgrade that running back. They're happy and content with Gus Edwards.

He's in a good role in one of the best offense in football. I'll take that over the possibility that Murray can get back to where he was in this offense. And you're Mr. YPC for life. I mean, Gus Edwards is the king of that. I don't really think he is this year. I don't know what he's averaging this year. Every year of his career, it's five yards per carry. Is it, though, this year?

Nobody's really averaging five yards per carry this year. Let's see what our next email is. Oh, by the way, Marquise Brown, first six games last year, on pace for 1,374 yards and eight touchdowns. I don't think he'll be that good, though. Because that's going to be exactly replicated.

From Dave. Dear Will, Vince, Owen, and Bradley. Dan, you should get this. Will, Vince, Owen, and Bradley. These are actors. Characters? I thought these were actors. They're actors.

Will Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Bradley. Forget that one. Who cares? Cooper. What movie? What movie were they all in? Wedding Crashers? Love Wedding Crashers. This is one of the best movies of all time.

You only like Judd Apatow or that type of movie from the last 25 years. That's the only comedies you like. Wedding Crashers is great, though. It might be true. It is. Who are some of your never-let-you-go players so far? You think about Yo Ma, the meatloaf?

You get anything to bring out to you? That'd be awesome, Jamie. If a door opened and you were just handed something. Right? I'm good with that. Who is a player that is playing poorly and is pretty much unstartable but you just can't drop them for me it's miles sanders jerry judy and jaylen warren you wouldn't drop miles sanders good question yeah i certainly would

oh he would yeah i would this is just his players that's a great question who are your guys yeah i'm trying to think through my teams who are my guys i've just said i'm not dropping cherry judy guys you've been sitting on the back of your bench because you're like these guys are going to eventually get going one player for me for a while was in a deep league was odell backham jr because i just felt like every time i watched the ravens or i watched tape of the ravens he was getting open and he still is getting open The ball just never comes his way or he gets held or PI'd. And it's just like, you don't get points for that.

So for a while I was just holding him and I was just like, all right, this is just never going to happen. That's one. That's a deeper leak. Go ahead. I finally did it with Roshan Johnson. Yeah.

That's a good one. I've been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting. It just never happens. I mean, let's see who else is on this bench. I have to show on Watson in the Duke UB League. I'm I've considered the two. No, you can't wait.

For what? Like when he comes back, he came back two weeks ago and he killed my week. You just said you were in one league hanging on to Desmond Ritter. Like you can't drop him to Duke UB League. What are you doing? I can't, but I'm so nervous that he's going to come back. Oh, he's cleared. He's going. Did you see the video they posted to social media yesterday?

Sean Watson has his zip back. I put it on Twitter. This is his zip? These are some of the least zipped throws I've ever seen. Trickled over on a slant route. I'm like, oh my God. Question from the chat. Has Dan seen Spaceballs?

I've seen Spaceballs. Love Spaceballs. Oh, wow. That from the chat. Has Dan seen Spaceballs? Oh, I've seen Spaceballs. Love Spaceballs. Oh, wow. That actually surprises me. Yeah. Seen Spaceballs. Love Spaceballs. There's a few I've seen. I just need to do a better job of watching movies. What's the next one you have for me, Adam? I watched, remember, I watched Die Hard. We did that one. Yeah, yeah.

Give me another. Can you finish Matchstick, man? No, no. I have to get back to that. I promise you, it's honestly an excellent movie. Yeah, I did enjoy it and then for some reason I just paused because it was not a good time. But if you want, just watch Braveheart. It's my favorite movie. I have never seen Braveheart. What? Yeah, I know. Jamie, it's bad.

I haven't seen a lot of movies. Gladiator? Have you seen Gladiator? I've seen Gladiator. Love Gladiator. Braveheart is about a hundred times better than Gladiator. And Gladiator is good. No, Gladiator is like a cheesy version. Braveheart is about 100 times better than Gladiator. And Gladiator is good. No, shut up. No, Gladiator is like a cheesy version of Braveheart. What?

Oh, my God. I don't like that. I like Gladiator. Braveheart is just on another level. Braveheart is on another level. Yeah, I mean. All right, from Joey. Cheesy version of Braveheart.

Cheesy. You just call Gladiator a cheesy version of Braveheart. It's tough. It's like the summer blockbuster version. Who was in a fight? Which character was in a fight? Oh, Russell Crowe. Marcus Aurelius?

Yeah. Who should I start, Puka or Nico Collins? Oh, God. I can't believe we've gotten to that point. I want to see what the injury report is today. Yeah. But I'm still going to lean Nico. I'm leaning Nico.

I don't want a Brett Rippey in game. Is it Rippin? Rippin. Rippin and Rippin. He's going to R Nico. I'm leaning Nico. I don't want a Brett ripping game. Is it ripping, ripping, ripping and ripping. He's going to rip you. So like better. So, I mean,

like the year before, no, the year after the giants won the super bowl, uh, Mark Rippin won the super bowl, right? Giants in 90, 87,

no, 90 and 91, 91, 91, I think was Mark Rippin, his uncle, uh, from Alec, Giants in 90. 87? No, 90 and 91. Or 91. 91, I think, was Mark Rippon, his uncle. From Alec, 10 team half. And you know what's funny? He's like, that's the point of football that I kind of know about.

And that's a little bit before Dan's time. Like, Dan probably. But I'm like five years younger than you, and then that's my time. Like, you fast forward five years to the late 90s and that's when i can start late 90s so you weren't really big on like the cowboys dynasty no because like obviously i know joe montana and like i'm like my my beginning memories of football i don't remember the player that made me fall in love with football is john elway so that's my bet that's my earliest basically the elway broncos i wonder that's a great who which player, Jamie, which player made you fall in love with football?

Oh, Dan Marino. It's not even close. Yeah, that's a fun one. I don't know what it was for me. Kent Graham. Oh, God, that's disgusting. You know how, like, we make fun of Prisco for, like, oh, you were around with leather helmets.

Like, I can't wait for a few years when you guys are like, oh, my God, do you watch Marino? Yeah. I wish I had remembered Dan Marino. I just remember, like, the tail end. Same remembered Dan Marina. I just remember like the tail end. Same with Lawrence Taylor. I really only remember the tail end.

Don't remember much there. All right. So 10 team half PBR from Alex needs to start one running back. One of them is Najee Harris, but if he didn't start him, Jerome Ford, Madison, or Brian Robinson? Ford for me.

The matchup is so good. It is. And I saw this. I think it was some, I forget who tweeted it. I apologize for not making reference of it. I believe like 20 of his 26 snaps for Ford came in the fourth quarter. Oh, nice. So despite the ankle injury, that's the guy that they were leaning on.

Interesting. I like that. That sold me. So give me Ford. I'm obviously never going madison so give me for it all right i love this conversation which player made you fall in love with football i wish i could think of who mine was yeah it's amazing that ken graham was the first player that came no i wasn't it wouldn't have been him i was just joking but i it was probably it was probably a college football player yeah it was probably somebody college football player. Yeah. It was probably somebody like Michael Barrow who also ended up.

And then Jesse Armstead. Both of them played for the Giants. Both of them played for the Hurricanes. I love Lamar Thomas. I don't know if, Jim, you remember Lamar Thomas. Yeah, of course. Loved Lamar Thomas in a hurricane. I grew up a Canes fan. So, yeah, Melvin Braddon.

That was before me. Definitely before you. Yeah. Before my time. Melvin Braddon. That was before me. Definitely before you. Yeah, before my time. All right, we'll take a break here. Let's get some people here in the chat. Devin Hester. Yeah, that's someone. Young guy over there.

Young guy. Drew Brees. Young guy. Zach said Daniel Sorensen. Wow, Zach. George Blanda. Jack Kemp. Yeah, this is a fun this is fun i love it all right we'll take a break we got your youtube comments get those youtube questions in right now we'll read them uh when we come back okay everybody let's finish up our show with comments from the

youtubers marshall falk yep that's a good one. For sure. MJD made me respect the small guys with attitude. I like that one. That's another good one. Yeah. I felt that way about Natron Means. Natron Means. Natron Means. I love Bettis too. I mean, that was like I was obviously

everyone loved him. Higgins or Waddle? PPR did not mean to Vic. Higgins or Waddle? There it, I did not mean to. Vic, that's a good one. Higgins or Waddle? There it is. Waddle. Yeah, Waddle. Jamie said Josh Downs over DJ Moore.

What does Dan think? I completely agree with Josh Downs over DJ Moore. Full PPR, sit one. Rashe Rice. That burger. Yeah, there's a burger emoji there. I don't see a stick, though. Yeah, because a regular burger this must be a cheeseburger this must be a understand adam if there's not a lot of toppings you don't need the stick okay it was explained to

you eloquently in that amazing email from that amazing listener who by the way and like you said you wrote it it's so funny 100 wasn't me oh now i'm convinced. Rishi Rice, Jordan Addison, Tank Dell, Josh Downs. Who are you sitting? I'm sitting Tank Dell. Dell, but I'm not expecting much from Jordan Addison. I'll tell you that. That's how I feel, but try telling Jamie that. Go ahead, try.

I just don't expect that offense to be able to sustain drives at all with J. and Jamie that. Try, Joe. Go ahead, try. Why do you not expect much? I just don't expect that offense to be able to sustain drives at all with J. Ren Hall, which is my personal opinion. See, I think Kevin O'Connell is smart enough to give him some easy throws

and those guys get open. The two main guys. He's good, O'Connell. Hockison and Addison. To me, I go back to when Kyle Shanahan has been put in this situation. Last year, Sean McVay

put in this situation. Kevin O'Connell put in this situation. If, if they were concerned about Jaron Hall to the point of, we can't move the ball, it'd be throwing Josh Dobbs right away. Is it Jay? That's a good point.

That's it. Can he play this? I guess he can. He was traded early enough in the week. Yeah. That's an interesting point. Cause they would probably just be like, let's just play Dobbs.

Okay. I can buy that. I just, I've saw a lot of Jaron Hall and I didn't feel like he was anywhere close to nfl ready uh that depends i guess on how the defense coordinator plays this matchup and if he's going to pressure him a lot and bring a lot of you know disguise blitzes that's where i really think he can struggle in this game we'll see though he is good enough o'connell i will give you that he's a good he's a good route designer the route combinations are are good. And Addison gets open.

So there's that. Adam, put that comment up there from, is it Raw Team? About if I feel this way about Addison, why don't I feel that way about Puka? I do feel this way about Puka. I'll say the same thing I say about Addison, about Puka, about Cup. You're still starting them. You just got to downgrade them.

It's just, you know, what we talked about earlier on the show this morning was that there's still must start guys especially this week with four teams on a buy but puka and cup were top 10 guys now they're top 15 top 20 guys addison was a borderline top 10 guy now he's a top 20 guy so i'm still starting them i just like addison a little bit better than puka for this week i uh i have more faith in Rippin than Hall. That's perfectly fine. But is Rippin going to support two guys? I don't know.

Puka Nakua or Zay Flowers this week? Oh, God. You can't. Honestly, I have to do a better job of actually reading the names. So I shouldn't have read that one because it was a disgusting name. But you can't be doing that. I didn't see that.

Earlier today, I put huge asses comment on this. This was a lot worse than that. Addison, Downs, or Debo. You understand by saying that, Adam, that you're inviting people to do it more, right? No, seriously, I'm not going to read your questions. Does Dan know the touchdown there story? No, but I only have four minutes left.

I'm sorry. Give it to me. You're not going to hide this from me. I'll tell it at the end. I have some injury updates too. Addison, Downs, or Debo? Rest of season. Debo for me. Yeah, if Cousins

was still there, I'd take Addison, but yeah, Debo. Ridley or Higgins rest of season? Half PPR. This is a good one. Higgins for me. I'll go Ridley. David A says, enough with the stick the stick and Wayne says always eat the stick yeah eat the stick

Ferguson or Njoku Ferguson Fergie Kareem Hunt or Aaron Jones Hunt start or running back in a flex James Cook, Daryl Henderson, Gabe Davis, Michael Thomas. Davis and Cook for me.

I will go Davis and Henderson. Oh my God. I didn't click that one. Dan looks like Seth Rogen's little brother. I don't think so. I don't think so at all. See, Dino, no. That feels a little, I'll just be honest, that feels a little.

Yeah, I know. I don't even say it, but it does. I've been comparing, I've been, you uh, I'll just be honest. That feels a little, uh, yeah, I know. I don't even say it, but it does. I've been compared. I've been, you know, I look like some people, some people have said, I looked like Andy Sandberg. That one I can sort of see. Some people said, people say I look like Josh Allen, which that one is my favorite one. And I kind of, sometimes I kind of see it.

I remember I put, I put up a side by side last year to rubber. Yeah. Don't, don't, don't question it. Zach. I put up Josh Allen from the Jaguars. Take a look at his Josh Allen video. He just posted one. You look nothing like Josh Allen. Mostert, would you trade Mostert

for Derrick Henry and Rasheed Rice? Not with A-Tan coming back. So you would. You'd give up Mostert for Henry Rice. I would definitely do that. Definitely. I'd rather have Henry. Why am I reading those wrong, though? Yeah, I'm not sure. Because you're on vacation on your golf course.

Metcalf or Gabe Davis? Somebody's about to tee off. I think we're on like hole nine. God, I want to be there. Metcalf or Gabe Davis? For this week? Davis. Yeah, Gabe. Should I trade in non-PPR Patrick Mahomes, Travis Etienne, and either Michael Thomas or Gabe Davis?

Let's say Michael Thomas. Should I trade Mahomes, Etienne, and Thomas for Dak Prescott, Tyreek Hill, and Josh Jacobs? So you're going to downgrade from Mahomes to Dak. It's two downgrades for one upgrade. No. Yeah. Exactly as Jamie said it. Okay. Kincaid or Hawkinson. Full PPR. Kincaid.

For this week? Oh, no. Hawkinson. No, I'm Kincaid. Maybe that's a 40 slip. Maybe I should make that switch. I'm staying Kincaid. Jonah Hill. Oh my God, Mark. This is insane. I don't, Kincaid. Jonah Hill. Oh, my God, Mark Bacon. This is insane. I don't look like Jonah Hill.

What the freaking hell? All right. We got to go. I have to go. So Drake London did not practice, and Curtis Sandle did not practice. That's as bad as it's gotten so far, Mark Bacon. All right. So real quick, here's the touchdown there story.

So we were doing a live mock draft with listeners, and people were putting their names in, obviously, for their team names. And so Adam kept saying, uh, Oh, Adam's up. Dan's up. Touchdown.

There's up. And he didn't, he didn't understand what, what the reference was until he realized what the reference was. He goes, Oh, touchdown there. Oh,

now I can't say touchdown there. Touchdown there. And I didn't understand the joke. I just didn't get it. I don't think Dan understands the joke either. I didn't understand the joke. I just didn't get it. I don't think Dan understands the joke either. I don't understand it either. Say it as three separate words. Touchdown there.

Yeah. Touchdown there. Yes, your crotch, Dan. Oh, touchdown there. Okay, okay, okay, okay. All right, folks. Okay. Let's get out of here. Have a great weekend, okay. All right, folks. Okay. Let's get out of here.

Have a great weekend, everybody. Talk to you on Sunday on Fantasy Football.