Fantasy Football Today - Mailbag! And Fantasy Cops! (11/21 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: November 21, 2020

More Taysom Hill reaction and other big news from around the NFL. Then we'll read your Apple Podcast questions (5:30), welcome the Fantasy Cops back to the show (23:05) and get to your emails at [e-mail] (31:40) You can also download and subscribe to the full-length Fantasy Football Today podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-podcast/id261735167 Follow the new FFT Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/FFToday Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @BenSchragg Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videos Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/ Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletter To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Touchdown. Oh, he's done it again. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, Heath, and Ben. Saturday Mailbag with some big news to get to and some more Taysom Hill reaction, your Apple podcast questions, your emails, and the fantasy cops. It's Adam, Jamie, and Frank, and we welcome you.

Hope you all are having a great weekend, and we're getting ready for some football on Sunday. All right, here we go. Frank, you got a decision to make, a Taysom Hill decision. What are you chewing on over there? Well, originally, it was a Jameis Winston decision in a one quarterback league nonetheless. So my situation's not great.

I had Jameis Winston in the lineup. Michael Thomas is one of my wide receivers. I was excited. I got the Saints hookup. And now I find out Winston is not starting. I don't know what his involvement will be. I have since dropped Winston for Stafford. And I was debating Stafford or Taysom Hill,

but given the uncertainty, I'm just going to roll with Stafford. Okay, Stafford likely without Kenny Galladay, who did not practice today. Jamie, you did not join us on the bonus pod. Very disappointed in you. So now is your chance to talk about Taysom Hill. Where do you think you're going to end up ranking him? He will be somewhere 15 to 20 in that range.

I'm not thrilled about the situation. I don't think many people are. I still think we're going to see Jameis Winston. I know there's a report of no offensive plan for him, but I don't buy it. I think if they get behind and they need to play catch up from a real NFL big boy quarterback play, it's going to be Jameis and not Taysom Hill. People seem pretty convinced that Taysom Hill is not a good quarterback. That's the read I'm getting.

Because he's not. How do you know? He's got like 30 pass attempts. And how did he look in those 30 pass attempts? Like a real quarterback to you? He's got 18 pass. He's 10 of 18 for 205 yards. Did you like watching Tim Tebow throw?

Oh, no. Come on. He's a better passer than Tim Tebow. Is he? How do you know? I think he is. I've seen 18 pass. No, I haven't.

I've seen probably 10. Well, Tebow can't throw. I mean, he's got weird motion, bad arm. I don't know. I don't know. People are kind of counting him out. Okay. Well,

I hope it works. You know, for the people that have, don't play on CVS and you can use him at tight end, it's certainly encouraging because he could be the best tight end in fantasy this week

and maybe the best tight end in fantasy as long as he's the starting quarterback for the Saints. He's a great fan duel option. You can't play him on draft games as a tight end, but as long as he's the starting quarterback for the saints. Um, he's great fan dual option. You can't play him on draft. He's a tight end, but you can't have handle. So that's great.

But I just, I don't buy it. Yeah. Now remember Jamie, I had him in my fan to line up before he got named the starter. Yes. And now you and a hundred percent of everybody else is going to have him in your fans.

I just think I should have some sort of dibs situation here. Well, that's our big headline. Taysom Hill starting. We did a bonus pot on it yesterday with Dave and Heath. You can check that one out. Joe Mixon did not practice on Friday, so we're expecting Giovanni Bernard to be the starter. Teddy Bridgewater's questionable. Stafford expected a start, but

Kenny Galladay did not practice. And how are we feeling about Marvin Jones this week, Frank, if he plays? Yeah, I think he is a solid wide receiver three. The Panthers secondary has shown some cracks recently. I know they've been dealing with some injuries as well. But he's performed well the past couple of weeks, and he's targeted in the red zone.

He's a big-bodied wide receiver. And he seems to be the 1A, 1B. It's him and Hawkinson, and they kind of mix in a little bit of Amendola, but with no Swift, we might even see them throw the ball more. So I think Marvin Jones is a solid wide receiver three. And Jamie, Devontae Adams and Alan Lazard practiced on Friday.

That obviously is great news for Devontae Adams. So are you going to start one of the other Green Bay wide receivers, Lazard or MVS? Would you start either of them over Marvin Jones, let's say? On other sites, you could play MVS at quarterback, so it's a great setup for him. Number three receivers, I'd still start MVS over Lazard, even though I expect Lazard to get more targets, but I just don't know. It could be one or two more. It's not going to be an overwhelmingly significant target share for Lazard

because you heard the reports that he may not be 100% in terms of what his role will be. So I think right now, Rodgers is looking for MVS, and I still think those big plays will be there for him. Well, then let's get to the questions. We've got your Apple Podcast questions. Thank you so much for your five-star reviews. Just so you know, today is the 20th as we record this.

The most recent ones that I am seeing on the 20th are from the 18th. So it unfortunately takes a while for those questions to come out. So if you want to give yourself a better chance of having your question read on the show, you're going to want to get them in, I guess, on Wednesday, just to make sure that I see them on Friday. There are a lot that get asked and don't get published until over the weekend that I don't get a chance to read. So a little heads up for you there. And we're getting so many of them, I can't read all of them. I'm reading most of them today.

Here are some starter sit for week 11 questions. Then we'll get to some more trade stuff. This is from Me3VA. Dear Clinton, Alfred, Liddell, and Adrian. Oh, no clue. Yeah, those are Washington football team running backs. Oh, that's correct. Clinton, Portis, Adrian Peterson.

Alfred Morris. Alfred Morris. Yeah, who was Liddell? Liddell Betts. Liddell Betts. Oh, my gosh. I forgot about him. I don't remember him being on Washington.

Yes. Yeah. You're not a Giants fan, are you? I remember Liddell. Yeah, of course. I'm going to go check. I bet Liddell Betts had at least one good game against. How could I forget Liddell Betts?

He was a thing. He was a big thing for a year. I wonder what his ADP was. Okay. I need to start two receivers and a flex. Half PBR. Cooper Cup, DJ Moore, DJ Chark, Damian Harris. Two receivers and a flex.

Cup, Moore, Chark, and Damian Harris. I'm going to bench DJ Moore. I've downgraded him a little bit. He is in that same kind of Marvin Jones discussion for me. Solid wide receiver three. Not expecting Teddy Bridgewater. So I'll bench him. It sounds like Bridgewater is going to play.

That would change things. Yeah. I'd still bench more though that group. Do you play Chark over Moore? No, no. I'm sorry. Yeah, I play more over Chark. Okay. From Mighty Reviewer hey Mighty start two full PPR

okay hopefully you started Carlos Hyde and is this really I put this in here why did I do this Carlos Hyde, Chase Edmonds, Jacoby Myers Josh Reynolds, Michael Pittman we can talk about the other guys Hyde, Edmonds, Myers, Reynolds, Pittman.

So I guess pick two from the remaining three. Myers, Reynolds, Pittman. Myers and Pittman. Agreed. From Jamie, Jamie, Jamie. Spelled J-A-M-E-Y, J-A-M-I-E, and J-A apostrophe M-I-E. I miss cheapies pizza. Yeah, Jemay. I miss cheapies pizza. Yeah, Jemay.

I miss cheapies pizza and Adam singing. I guess I can sing this question. No, I'm not going to sing it. Jefferson or Juju, rest of season? Juju. Yeah, I'll take Juju with the Steelers. Passing volume up recently. All three of them are involved,

between Juju, Claypool, and Deontay, but I like what I've seen from Juju recently. It's really been a involved between Juju, Claypool, and Deontay, but I've liked what I've seen from Juju recently. It's really been a nice month for him. Yeah. I worry about the Vikings, just the passing volume every single week. You don't know. Some games, they're just going to run the ball like 40 times, and you're just not

going to get many targets for Jefferson. Okay. Next question from Apple Podcasts is from Cheetos Jesus. Full PPR, should I start both Julio and Ridley or go with a little diversity and get Claypool or Will Fuller in there? So I guess he says choose three. So Julio, Ridley, Claypool, Fuller, choose three. I guess I'd like to know what Cheetah Jesus was doing when Ridley was healthy.

I'm assuming starting both then, right? You would think so. So why would you go away from that? Yeah, starting both and then who else? Fuller or Claypool? I'd start Fuller, but I like both. Yeah, that's exactly where I was leaning. But yeah, I wouldn't shy away from using both Julio and Ridley.

There's a big total. It's a dome game. Expected points. I'm cool. They're going I wouldn't shy away from using both Julio and Ridley. There's a big total. It's a dome game. Expected points. I'm cool. They're going to be chasing Taysom Hill. Oh, gosh. Okay, from Danny Mac. Start three. Robbie Anderson, Will Fuller,

Deontay Johnson, and A.J. Brown. Who are we sitting? Robbie, Fuller, Deontay Johnson, A.J. Brown. You got to say Robbie, right? Yeah, I'm sitting Robbie. From RaiderNoah99. PPR, Burrow or Ryan? That's the first question.

Burrow or Ryan? Ryan. And pick two at running back in PPR. Zeke, Damian Harris, Naeem Hines, Kareem Hunt, Duke Johnson, J.D. McKissick. Zeke, Damian Harris, Hines, Hunt, Duke, McKissick. Well, Hunt is the easy one. Yeah.

What's the format? I'm sorry. PPR. I want to go McKissick. I want to go Hines. No Zeke. Nope.ines. No Zeke. Nope. Yeah, maybe Zeke. Okay, so McKissick for Frank and Zeke for Jamie.

I'll go Zeke, yeah. From Hugo Robinson, Jonathan Taylor, is anyone starting Jonathan Taylor against the horrific Packers run defense? I am in one league for sure. It's our flex league. We start two flexes,

so it's difficult to find multiple quality options. I would like to not start Jonathan Taylor, but it wouldn't surprise me if he scores. Yeah, wouldn't surprise me either. I have to start him in my home league. It's a super flex league. I have him as one of my flex options. Galladay was the other one.

Doesn't look like Galladay's going to play, so I'm going with Jonathan Taylor. And Adam, I know you're going to bring up the stat. 100 yards or a touchdown. The Packers have allowed two running backs in every game this season. Is it going to be Taylor or is it going to be Hines? I wasn't going to bring it up.

I brought it up too many times. I'll bring it up for you. Thank you, thank you. From Gambino Mafia. Start two this week. Dear Derek, Andy, Jorge, and Mariana, we know them. Frank, can you hit the

soundbite? Oh my goodness gracious! Thank you. Full PPR. Start two this week. Did I already read this? No. Robbie Anderson, Chark, Crowder, or Balazs. Pick two in PPR. Start two this week. Rob, did I already read this? No. Robbie Anderson, Chark, Crowder, or Balazs? Pick two in PPR.

Robbie Anderson, Chark, Crowder, Balazs. I like Balazs and Robbie, but it's close. I'll go Crowder and Balazs. Now, do we have three Jets, current or former Jets there? Yes. We count Balazs? Of course. Okay.

Revenge game. All right, rest of season questions now from Apple Podcasts. From Samsonite. I was way off. Give Big Ben, I have Mahomes, and Tyler Boyd, get Miles Gaskin and Robert Woods. Ben and Boyd for Gaskin and Woods. If you need the running back help,

then I think the trade makes some sense because Boyd and Woods, there's not much of a difference between those two guys. But the report yesterday from Brian Flores saying that they're not going to rush back Miles Gaskin, you might want to look elsewhere to see if you could trade those two guys for another running back receiver combination. Yeah, it's not a bad offer. I would shop around.

There has to be another QB needy team, I would imagine. See what you can do. If not, it's not bad. I think it's a bit of a downgrade from Boyd to Woods, personally. Gaskin could be great. But yeah, there's no sure thing that we see him in week 12 when he's eligible. This is the frustrating part as you get close to the trade deadline. Now, thankfully, there are some, like Frank said, quarterback needy teams in probably a lot of

fantasy leagues, but you're probably going to end up stuck having to hold a good second quarterback in some cases on your roster because you can't drop them because somebody will pick them up and maybe beat you with them at some point down the stretch. But you're never going to play Roethlisberger or Mahomes. Right. Okay. By the way, I just saw this. Let's see who this is from.

From Ben Baby. Covers the Bengals. I asked Zach Taylor if he thought he expected Joe Mixon to be back at some point this year. He said he didn't want to make any predictions on that. Yikes. No good. Okay, more questions

here from Apple Podcasts from XB1. I was offered DK Metcalf for James Robinson and Amari Cooper. I have Dalvin Cook, Hunter Henry, and Aaron Jones, so he's got some running back depth. Should I give up James Robinson and Cooper for DK Metcalf? I like it, given that RB depth.

Yeah, I mean, Robinson has got a tough schedule coming up. We just don't know what to make of him, Mark Cooper, and Metcalf is a beast. This is from Cool2DollarSign. How would you... Cool2Bucks, Cool2Dollars, Cool2Money. Should I give Adam Thielen for Antonio Gibson straight up? I think that's fair.

I mean, Gibson's been fairly productive. Thielen's been up and down. Thielen's a better player, but Gibson's been more productive for his position. Yeah, I still think Thielen has more upside, especially if it's PPR. McKissick takes so many targets away from Antonio Gibson but if you're desperate for running back it's fair a see okay see does he take too many targets away from

Gibson or is Gibson just get like a usual allotment of what a running back targets typically is yeah I mean coming into the year we were all expecting Gibson to be the McKckissick i guess in this offense and he's really kind of just been the early downs running back the guy that's used on like short you know short uh you know short needs as well and he's just not seeing what is it like two to three targets per game which is fine he's got seven in the two games with uh with alex smith all right so you know, I just look at it like McKissick's on a different level with what his targets have been

and his, you know, pass-catching role has been. The funny thing is, is that the quote at the beginning of the season, preseason, when Ron Rivera said he's got Christian McCaffrey-like ability of Antonio Gibson, and then just this week he said J.D. McKissick is kind of like Christian McCaffrey inlike ability of Antonio Gibson. And then just this week, he said, JD McKissick is kind of like Christian McCaffrey in his role for us.

It's like, wow, they have two Christian McCaffreys. Yeah, it must be nice. Wow. Well, I am really kind of stressing over Christian McCaffrey now, over JD McKissick, because it doesn't seem kind of silly

that this guy, look at his career. He's never been a reliable fantasy starter. He obviously has never had the opportunity. Are we really just supposed to believe that he is now James White, Tariq Cohen, he's just that guy? He's the best, the premier pass-catching running back in fantasy? I don't know.

We know the next three matchups are against teams that are in the top five in receiving yards per game, receiving yards per game allowed. I'm not so concerned about Cincinnati. They haven't been that good lately. And that's this week's matchup. But, but I'm just wondering,

like, are we going to be like, remember when we thought we were going to start JD McKissick rest of season? That was funny. But why does that have to be rest of season? Like you're starting him. I mean,

I don't think anybody has got those types of expectations unless you're stuck. And if you're stuck, he's very good. But if you you're stuck, he's very good. But if you're not stuck, he's a good guy to have on your team. And we have the two-game sample size with Alex Smith, which we know is probably not going to be dramatically different. I mean, he's got to get 29 targets every two games. But, I mean, 20 targets?

I think, you know, seven, eight targets per game. 10 targets a game? I can't see 10 targets a game. It would just shock me. I would agree. But, you know, seven, eight targets per game. I can't see 10 targets a game. It would just shock me. I would agree, but, you know, seven, eight? Yeah, I mean, if he gets that, that'd be great. I mean, Alex Smith is throwing the ball a lot, and he throws to his running backs a lot.

And, yeah, there's a lot of things to like about McKissick. It's just like, it would be pretty weird for JD McKissick to become like a fantasy must-start guy, I guess. I think he has. At this point. In full PPR, for sure. I guess to stay that way.

To stay that way. They have such a condensed target share, too, Adam. It's like they throw it to McLaurin, they throw it to Logan Thomas, they throw it to McKissick. Some of these other names have been somewhat involved, but it's very condensed who they throw to. Well, they've added the two Sims guys, Cam Sims and Steven Sims,

but that speaks to what Adam was saying about the volume. So I think McKissick is still going to be an option. I'm just looking at his last five games. It's 10 PPR points, 14 PPR points, 4, that was the Dallas game, 16 and 17. So you figure once things start to settle in, 11 I think is realistic, and, I think, is realistic. And that's a flex. Yes.

PPR, if not a borderline starter. Right. Okay. Let's see where we're at here. This is from Aaron Krug. Grade the trade. Christian McCaffrey for Kenny Gallaudet. Standard scoring league.

I'm in first place. Should I pull the trigger? Give up. My Gallaudet for McCaffrey. A. Yep, I would do it. The schedule is still kind of weird for McCaffrey. He technically could return

in week 12, but they have a week 13 bye. So do they just hold him out in week 12 and have him come back for the fantasy playoffs completely healthy in week 14? It's a possibility, but, you know,

considering you're in first place, yeah, I want him for the fantasy playoffs. We don't know when Galladay's playing. So, I mean, you're just trading an injured commodity for the best player in fantasy. It's a no-brainer.

Yep. All right, from Patrick. Grade the trade, por favor. Give up James Robinson, Will Fuller, and Darren Waller. Robinson, Fuller, and Waller. Get Kelsey, Daryl Henderson, and Jalen Rager.

No. He still has Chubb, Clyde, Damian Harris, and Gibson. Gallaudet, Keenan Allen, and Cooper Cupp. He's got a loaded roster. He's got surplus. Okay. Don't do it. I mean, you're helping out that other team so much, too.

You've got to get one better player back. I don't care if you just get rid of both Henderson and Rager and get somebody different in there that's a starter, or just do Waller and Robinson for Kelsey. I think that's fair. This one's from Fools Karma. Grade the trade. Running back depth is Henry, Connor,

Swift, Gaskin, and Booker. Giving up Connor, Swift, Gaskin, and Booker. So giving up Connor, Devante Parker, and Hunter Henry, Connor, Parker, and Henry, and getting

back Calvin Ridley, Melvin Gordon, and Cam Akers. No. Yeah. It's close to a fair deal. The problem with this is you give up Connor, Swift is out this week and you don't have Myles Gaskin. You're going to be starting Melvin Gordon.

You don't feel good about that. Correct. From EaglesOwen16, Dear Joe, Sam, Nick, and Mark. Joe, Sam, Nick, and Mark. Yeah, I mean, I'm thinking this is like Washington Redskins or football team. I was thinking Jets quarterbacks.

Joe Flacco, Sam Darnold. No, Mark Sanchez. Mark Sanchez and St. Nick? Quarterbacks? Joe Flacco, Sam Darnold. No. Mark Sanchez. Mark Sanchez and St. Nick? Jolly old St. Nick? Joe, Sam, Mark, and Nick. Yeah. Okay.

Should I trade Derrick Henry and Robbie Anderson for Miles Sanders and Michael Thomas? PPR. Yup. Yes. What was it again? Derek Henry and Robbie Anderson for Miles Sanders and Michael Thomas. Yes.

And he says Washington football East champions. That's why I thought it might be a Washington thing. Good luck. You cheated. You knew it. No, I still don't know what it is. Yeah, but you knew it was Washington. I think it's Washington and then the answer is Washington. Hey, you have the notes. I sent you the notes it's Washington, and then the answer is Washington. Hey, hey, hey. You have the notes.

I sent you the notes. Adam, how many years have we been doing this? Yeah, that's fine. You could change that. Listen, just like you're cheating stashing players on your IR spot, you're cheating doing this too. Oh, I changed that, by the way. I think I know what Joe, Sam, Nick, and Mark are.

This would be, Sam, Nick, and Mark are. This would be according to Google, the boys soccer all selection and all WPIL teams. This is from the Beaver County Times from a couple days ago. So sometimes you get some great Google results.

Congratulations to all these soccer players. These look like middle schoolers. Okay. Question from from Cura... Oh, Cura Sao. That was bad. Cura Sao BH. Frank,

back me up here. I can barely see these letters. This is like microscopic. Would you like me to read it? No, no, no. I read Curious out like an idiot. You got to tell the people that I really can't read it. It's tough. Yeah, I have my Internet Explorer zoomed in 200%. Okay, I'm going to have to zoom in a little here.

Okay. Okay, the question is, 12-team Standard League, no vetoes. This trade just went through. Dad sends Kamara. Son sends Gurley and Mike Davis. Should the trade be vetoed by the commissioner? This is very relevant.

I play in a league with my dad. Do you make trades with him? No. I did once, and the league just went into an uproar. So when I'm looking for trades, I just skip over his team. No, you can't veto it. No? You can be pissed, but you can't veto it.

Who knew that Curacao has the C, the second C on Curacao has a funky C. That must be named. That must be called something. It's like a tilde, you know, on the Spanish N. Curacao. It's like that. Is it called a tilde? That's what the

thing is. Tilde. Tilde. Tilde. That's how you say it if you're saying a Spanish word. E. The letter I has an E pronunciation. Tilde. Tilde, Jamie. No.

I was AP Spanish, bro. No. You know what? I'll tell you who should settle this. The fantasy cop should settle this, but instead we're going to read some fantasy questions. I thought you were going to drop Gallman there. Alright, this is from

Steven. Taysom Hill is eligible at tight end in my league. It's a 1QB league. Is it fair for the Taysom Hill manager to start him at tight end even though he's starting at quarterback for the Saints the argument for is that he's tight end eligible so it should be allowed the argument against is that this is not a 2QB league and Hill is clearly not a tight end this week

what do you think guys you can blame Yahoo you can blame ESPN that's the rules that they are allowing you to play under and that's unfortunately what you have to deal with as the person playing against Taysom Hill. The people that are using Taysom Hill as a tight end, congratulations. You have a

probably better chance of winning your fantasy matchup this week because of it. Yep, I'm perfectly fine with it. Do we freak out when Jacoby Myers throws a touchdown? It's not entirely the same thing. It's not even close to the same thing. That is the worst analogy yeah but adam i mean he can start if jamie if what jamie thinks is correct will happen

then he could start and then we could see a lot of jamis win like it's still risky there's no guarantees look i right but it's still the likelihood of him playing the majority of the game a quarterback and if he gets you 15 points as a crappy quarterback play, it's still an amazing tight end play. Yeah, it's a real problem. It's a real problem for these leagues. I can't imagine the leagues that have him listed as a tight end are happy about it.

Well, one person is. No, I mean ESPN and Yahoo. I would imagine that they're kind of not thrilled. Because this is not... I don't think this is a good development. A lot of people are going to be really pissed off. It is seemingly unfair. I don't think there's anything you can do about it

unless the league votes and everybody, including the Taysom Hill manager, agrees. Or you could maybe say, okay, this week he's a tight end, next week he's not. Can't do that. Why? Because if they're allowing him to be placed in that spot, you've got to let it go.

Well, you can do whatever you want if it's your league, but I would say it has to be unanimous. You can't really change the rules mid-season. It's just so unexpected and so unprecedented. Yeah. And it's hard to really blame people like other providers for listing him as a tight end coming into the season you don't know what tasem hill is and if i told you i don't care he's not a freaking tight end it's ridiculous he's a quarterback

plays everything if you look at like his pff where he lines up he lines up in the back he lines about wide receiver he's he's lined up at tight end. But, I mean, this is one time where, you know, usually we're on the wrong side of these things. We are? Well, usually we didn't do something. This time I think we did the right thing by not having him as a tight end. I agree.

Okay, from Jeremy. Dear Margaret, Tony, Boris, and Winston. And I knew this one without even cheating. Because they're pretty sure British Prime Ministers. We have finished a four-team trade. Player A gets Keenan Allen.

No, no, no, can't do it. That was a terrible British accent. Do it. Player B gets Allen Robinson and Mike Williams. So it's Keenan Allen. No, now it's like... Keenan Allen for Allen Robinson and Mike Williams. That's fine.

That is very fine, yep. Okay. Oh, I'm sorry. Wait, I'm reading this as if this is not a Fantasy Cops question. All right, let's rewind. It's the Fantasy Police. All right, let's rewind. It's the fantasy police. All right, fantasy cops. Jeremy and probably England.

Okay, we finished a four-team trade. Player A gets Keenan Allen. Player B gets Allen Robinson and Mike Williams. Then player B, who just got Robinson and Williams, trades to player C, and he gets Zeke and Mike Williams. And in return, player B gets Swift, McLaurin, and Godwin. And then player B trades those three to player D for Tyreek Hill.

Player B orchestrated all of this by himself. He started out with Keenan Allen, and what did he turn it into? He turned it into... Tyreek Hill. I think Allen Robinson and Tyreek Hill. Player B orchestrated all this by himself and then presented it as a finished deal to the commissioner. The commissioner

then put it in the group chat and said, I'm not signing off on this until all four parties say agree one more time. Now, Player A gets antsy and takes his opportunity to pull out of the initial trade, saying that Player D is getting too much. I'm mad at Player A, but even more mad at the commissioner for doing the follow-up does-everyone-agree thing. We'd love to get your thoughts on how this should play out.

And that's Jeremy asking this. Can I ask you a question before we answer this? Yeah. Have you ever gotten any follow-ups on the fantasy cops and people saying like we solved their problem? Yeah. Oh, absolutely. Okay. Just want to check. People really trust us. I can't imagine that the commissioner is going to go, wow, these

three schmucks just said that we should redo this whole deal. Excuse me. I'm trying to get indignant in a British accent, but my British accent is so bad right now that I can't do it. No, no. Actually, honestly, people really trust us.

I'm sure they trust us. It's a great responsibility. It's a great responsibility. They get flipped. It's a small percentage that get flipped, but it's helpful for people. So yeah. All right.

A four team trade goes down. Commissioner makes sure that everyone approves. One player wants to back out because it doesn't like, that's the part that really is stupid. I'm backing out of my end of the deal because it made the, because the other trades made this. Now you can't do that. Nonsense garbage.

No, that's bad. That's like people who veto trades who are at the top of the league just because another team is getting better. That's not what the veto is in place for. So... Bloody hell! This is terrible! No. I feel terrible!

Adam, you watched the whole season of Bly Manor and you have no English accent. That's my forgetting Sarah Marshall. I'm out this year! I feel terrible! Okay. From Trace. You'm out this year. I feel terrible. Okay. From Trace. You're right, Frank. I just heard

all those British accents and I can't get it. From Trace. Is this messed up? Is this messed up? Two quarterback, three wide receiver, two flex league,

eight teams, PPR. Team A in last place, two and eight, gave up Kenyon Drake and Amari Cooper. Team B, fourth place, five and five, gave up Cam Newton and Sterling Shepard. So Cam and Shepard in a two QB league for Kenyon Drake and Amari Cooper.

Team C and D are both not happy about the move. Team C and A have personal beef with each other. Team A already has Lamar, Bridgewater, and Kirk Cousins and just traded for Cam Newton. Commissioners, what would you do? Absolutely

nothing. It's not a bad trade. No, it's fine. In a two-quarterback league, it's perfectly fine. And maybe the person who has four quarterbacks now wants to flip one of these quarterbacks to someone else. Well, he only has maybe three healthy ones. Bridgewater could be out this week and miss some time.

And Cam has a great matchup this week. Maybe he wants Cam for the matchup. Yeah. But I hell, you can't do anything about this trade. And that would be the Fantasy Cops. Thanks so much for your emails everybody. Make sure you put fantasy cops in the subject line.

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From M. Capo. I'm getting roasted for this you very much for your emails. Here we go. From M. Capo, I'm getting roasted for this trade, but curious your opinion. I gave up Gurley and Robert Woods for Diggs and David Montgomery in non-PPR. Who would roast you for that? I'm currently on track for a first round buy.

I mean, Diggs is the best player. Montgomery is a step down from Gurley, but not far. Well, you know what? They're both on a buy. Maybe that's why people are pissed. But if you are up there in the standings and you can afford to have those guys on a buy this week, it's perfectly fine.

Absolutely. Why would a buy matter? Yeah, like if the Stefan Diggs manager is 5-5 and needs a win this week, it's perfectly fine. Absolutely. If the Stefan Diggs manager is 5-5 and needs a win this week, you make them a trade. You give them a good wide receiver for Stefan Diggs and see if they'll bite.

If you can afford it for the one-week downgrade. From Josh, dear Walt, Jesse, Hank, and Gus. That's easy. I don't think Frank has seen it, though. From the greatest show From Josh. Dear Walt, Jesse, Hank, and Gus. That's easy. It is easy. I don't think Frank has seen it, though. From the greatest show that ever aired?

Oh, you have seen it. Yes. Good for you. Grade the Trade, 14-team PPR league. I give up Justin Herbert and Deontay Johnson, and I get David Montgomery, Noah Fant, Hollywood Brown,

and Taysom Hill. I don't love it. Terrible. Don't love it. I think Deontay Johnson's probably the best player in the deal. And... If you can start Taysom Hill at tight end, that would be a different story.

But then why get Taysom Hill and Noah Fant? I don't know. One is good and one plays for the Broncos. That's fair. By the way, Noah Fant's going to have a nice bounce back year next year. He's going to be a breakout. He's been playing hurt for like half the year.

Yeah, no, he's just... It stinks because I had high expectations for him and look great starting out. Yeah. Really great starting out. I give this as a D. I am Heisenberg. Alright, this is from Andy in Chicago. Hey,

Rash, Zitz, and Pimple. So, Dave, from Andy in Chicago. Hey, rash, zits, and pimple. So Dave, Chris, and Heath. What's that all about? Not us. You don't want to be those three, do you? Oh, no, I don't. But they don't have bad skin. No, I just picked the other three that are on the show.

Oh, yeah, sure. You know they've been fighting acne problems for years, Jamie. I hope not. I have a number of problems with my roster, but I'll settle on tight end. 18 teams, non-PPR. I have Jonu Smith and Dallas Goddard. Do I drop one of them for Zach Ertz?

I mean, Jonu. Just carry the Eagles tight ends. Yeah. Oh, because they've been so good? Has Jonu been that good? No, but you have a real... There's a scenario where Ertz and Goddard and Jeffrey and Rager

and Fulgham and Sanders, they really might not have one reliable pass catcher for fantasy purposes. I don't know. I mean, Zach Ertz was drafted as a top three tight end, top four tight end

coming into the season. I'd hold out hope that there's still the chance that he could maybe relive that type of production. You said it's 18, Lee, right? No, 18.

I definitely would pick up Ertz. I just, I told him... How is Ertz available in an 18 team? I have no idea. I told him to drop Goddard instead of Janu. But that, I don't. And the 18 team thing

factors in, I think, because there's no waiver wire. So, I don't know. I'd rather give myself two teams. I'm going to guess there's probably somebody else on your team you could drop. Maybe carry all three for a week and just see what happens. Okay. From Matt in NorCal.

Grade the trade, 14 team PPR. I am in running back hell until Austin Eckler gets back. My number two running back options were Devin Singletary, Cam Akers, and Daryl Henderson. After failing to get Savant Ahmed off waivers, I traded Brandon Cooks for Ronald Jones in a 14 team PPR league. And Cooks, Iuke, and DJ Moore are his rotational wide receiver threes. Grade the trade.

It sounds like you have depth here, but I still think you could have got more for Cooks than Rojo. Yeah, but he's obviously traded for Rojo at his best game, so he bought high, which is never good. But I'm sure the other person was like, I'm only going to give you Rojo. It's a bad matchup for Rojo, too. It's a bad matchup this week.

They get Kansas City next week. Their run defense is always hit or miss, as teams sometimes allow some teams to run on them. So he could be good next week. Grade the trade. Grade the trade. I'm going to say it's a D, but this is one of those things where sometimes

it's hard to trade for running backs. We know that. It's hard to trade for running backs. You know, we know that it's, it's hard to trade for guys like I'm sure he would have preferred better than Rojo, but it's like, are you trading Brandon cooks for Kalen Balazs because he may have a good two or three week stretch? Like, no, you know, you're hoping that Rojo has a strong finish based on what he did last week, but I'd rather trade him for Balazs than Jones, I think. Well, in his case,

it probably would have made a little bit more sense because he's the Eckler manager. Right. And then you just have the, you know, Chargers running back until Eckler's healthy. But,

like, you can't give up Brandon Cooks for Kevin Balazs. He would have been crazy. Maybe try to shop if you could tell me that Balazs was going to be the starter for two more weeks.

But, because you might win based on that. And I do think Eckler is coming back next week. I mean, that was the report. I would say he has a solid chance to come back next week. Yeah, I probably just waited. Okay.

All right, this is from Matthew. Eckler combination is much better. This is from Matthew. Need to start a tight end and a flex. Which way would you recommend? Darren Waller, Taysom Hill, AJ Brown, Kenny Galladay. Galladay's not playing.

Yeah, sit Waller, right? I may play both tight ends. Yeah. Brown's going to, I mean, look, you're not benching Brown in most cases. This is not a matchup for him oh you're going to

start Waller over A.J. Brown yeah okay how about you Frank yeah I'm going to I'm going to sit Waller okay

I can't believe that Taysom Hill is the must play yeah of course it's just insane God what are we telling people from Andy like I wouldn't okay that Taysom Hill is the must play. Yeah, of course. It's just insane. God, what are we telling people? From Andy. Like, I wouldn't, okay, with Taysom Hill,

would it really surprise you? He's going to catch a touchdown. He is going to become the first player in NFL history, and I don't know if this is true, to run, pass, and run for a touchdown, throw for a touchdown, and catch a touchdown. That's my prediction. Did he do something similar earlier this year?

Well, then he's going to be the first player to do it twice. I don't know if he did all that, but he did something. That is my guess that Sean Payton is going to. Oh, I'm going to tweet that, my bold prediction. But I've got to find out if it's ever happened before. And I have no idea how to do that. So I'm going to have to ask somebody who's good at the game finder thing on Pro Football Reference to figure out

if that's ever happened. Question from Andy. If Teddy Bridgewater doesn't play, how does that affect Mike Davis? Trying to decide between Davis, Damian Harris, and Kalen Balazs in a non-PPR league. I'm still starting Davis.

Yeah, I mean, it's a really good matchup. I, I wonder if David, he hasn't looked great recently and he left a little bit in week 10 with an injury. I wonder if the season is going on and he's just kind of wearing down a little bit,

but it's still a really good matchup. And I expect him to get like 70 plus percent of the snaps and the touches. So cool. Yeah. I wouldn't to get like 70-plus percent of the snaps and the touches. Cool. Yeah, I wouldn't worry about it. I think this Joe Brady system in Carolina is really good, and they've started going back to throwing to Davis and McCaffrey, as we saw in the Carolina game.

The Kansas City game, excuse me, where both guys were involved in the passing game. And I think if it's – I know you brought this up, Adam. If it's P.J. Walker, up, Adam, if it's PJ Walker, he'll run a little bit more, but that opens up things usually for running backs with Russian quarterbacks. So I, I don't know. I would trust Mike Davis though.

All right. Question from Andrew. Hey, Lynn, Ernie, Yancy, Antoine, and Heinz.

Steelers. Steelers wide receivers. Okay. Can you read my team name correctly and figure out the reference? I get a lot of questions about my team name, mainly because people who don't know the reference read it wrong.

Why did the team name get deleted from this email? Well, because he put it in like, what is that all about? Okay, I believe the team name was Hot Ice. And I do know that reference.

Do you guys know that one? Hot Ice. No. I heat up the ice cubes. It's the best of both worlds. That is from Rookie of the Year. That is Daniel Stern's wacky pitching coach character.

And the athletic... Are you obligated to know every line from that movie? Because I look like Henry Rowan Gardner. Yeah. The Athletic had an interview with him, and it was one of the coolest features I've read. So he directed the movie. Daniel Stern. Yeah.

Not Henry Rowan Gardner. Not Henry Rowan Gardner. Daniel Stern directed Rookie of the Year. What's the actor's name of Henry Rowan Gardner. Not Henry Rowan Gardner. Daniel Stern directed Rookie of the Year. What's the actor's name of Henry Rowan Gardner? Michael, like Ian, what is his name? Is it Ian Michael Saunders? Ian Michael, I want to say Ian Michael Thomas, but I feel like I'm just saying that because of Michael Thomas.

I'll look it up. Okay. So Daniel Stern directed the movie, and he played the pitching coach, which was the funniest character directed the movie, and he played the pitching coach, which was the funniest character in the movie. And he kept – he would write these scenes in for him, for himself, where he would have to be eliminated from the scene because he couldn't act and direct. He didn't want to be in the movie too much because he was directing it. So he locks himself in between two hotel room doors or something like that, and he locks himself like a cage uh so he kept the snack cage right i don't remember but he kept uh writing himself out of

scenes because he was directing but he told he told the story about how they shot it at wrigley field and it's a really cool story please google it and look it up michael and what's his name ian michael thomas ian nicholas thomas nicholas we butchered the hell out of that thing we got and look it up. Michael Ian, what's his name? Ian Michael. Thomas Ian Nicholas. Thomas Ian Nicholas. We butchered the hell out of that thing. We got 66% right, dude. We crushed that. All right.

The question is, 12 team, half PPR league. Name three other movies he's been in. American Pie, American Pie 2, and American Pie 3.

you can't eat American Pie more than once. American pie. Mm-hmm. Do you think I would realistically know these other movies? No chance. Are you looking at his IMDb page? I am.

Would I know? Was he in A Knight's Tale? I think the answer is yes. I don't think so. Oh, no. i don't see it here damn it actually there there are a few movies you might all right give me give me his popular movies rookie of the year uh-huh american pie american pie 2 american wedding american reunion that's it i mean wasn't he in it he wasn it? Wasn't he in something about a night or no? He was in

Judge and Jury. This is terrible. This is the worst moment of podcasting that we've ever done. Why? This is awful. Let's pick two wide receivers, two running backs, and a flex. He was so good. Rookie of the year. Why did I think he was in A Knight's Tale?

Okay, from Andrew. Pick two wide receivers. The Heath Ledger movie? Yeah. I like that movie. Okay, pick two wide receivers, two running backs, and a flex.

Here we go. Juju, Woods, Jefferson, and Boyd. Juju, Woods, Jefferson, and Boyd. Pick two. The first and the last. Correct.

Pick two running backs. Clyde Edwards-Elair, Gibson, Balazs, Duke Johnson, LaMichael Pirine. I like Gibson and Duke. I like Gibson and Balazs. I like when I answer before Frank and he says correct as if I got something right. Correct. And give me a flex. We got Justin Jefferson, Robert Woods,

Balazs, and Duke Johnson. I would use Balazs there. I said Balazs and Gibson. I'll go Clyde over to Larry. All right. I mean, the Raiders' whole defensive line might be gone. It's true.

From Michael, would you start Damian Harris or Naeem Hines in half PPR? Harris is definitely safer, but any PPR value could be really good for Hines. Yeah, I'm going with Harris. That is just the worst run defense. Mm-hmm. Quite bad.

All right, from Brian, I need some help in a must-win game. PPR, Giovanni Bernard or Savan Ahmed? I like both, but the PPR aspect leans toward Gio. Gio. Correct. Just to let you know, I don't think you mentioned it, Edward Solaire and Darrell Williams back at practice. Okay, good. And I need to sit a

wide receiver. Godwin, Ridley, Fuller, Cup. Godwin, Ridley, half Fuller, Cup. There's got to be a pun there. Fuller cup. I don't know. Sit one of them. I would sit Godwin. Correct.

From Paul. Pick one running back. Damian Harris, Duke Johnson, J.D. McKissick, Giovanni Bernard. What's the format? I don't know. It's PPR. You don't know that.

Oh, it is PPR. I'm following the notes here, Adam. I'm not. Geo, okay. Giovanni. And then he just lists wide receivers. I don't know how many he needs. Pick two.

Crowder, Myers. I'm going to say two. That's just my guess. Crowder, Myers, Gallaudet, he's out, and Mostert. Well, Mostert doesn't play receiver. I think all of these players are part of his pick. Did you see that? Did we see you sneeze all over your carpet? Yes, we did. No, it was dry. It was dry. I hope, anyway. Yeah, I couldn't cover my mouth because I had to mute my mic.

And, yeah, I just got it right out of hand. Adam's losing his mind. I really am. I'm just delirious right now. Yeah, anyway, Crowder, Myers, Mostert. Okay, this question is so messed up. I need you to pick three receivers. One's a running back, and one guy is not playing the month.

Correct. Hold on a second. Hold on a second. Bloody hell, Jamie. All right. The gall man of you to sneeze all over your carpet like that. Get a tissue. I didn't know I was going to sneeze.

I'm on the air, for God's sake. All right. From Chase from Boston. Pick one flex in non-PPR. Will Fuller, T. Higgins, or Damian Harris, non-PPR? T. Higgins. Damian Harris. Start one PPR, Calvin Ridley or Michael Thomas?

Ridley. Yep. From Adam, choose three, please. Oh, nobody says please. Thank. From Adam. Choose three, please. Oh, nobody says please. Thank you, Adam. Could use some upside this week. Gio, Damian Harris, Duke Johnson, or Antonio Gibson. Choose three of them.

Who are you sitting? I'm sitting Duke. Yeah. Hey, Adam. Yeah. Can you name the seven dwarves? Let's see. There's Dopey. I'm like most of them. There's Dopey, Sleepy.

You're definitely one. I'm Dopey, Sleazy, and Sneezy. Sleazy? Not Sleazy. Sleepy. Sleepy and Sleazy and steezy bro i'm losing it man i've never been like this i'm using seven dwarfs they're sleazy slutty this is so weird man i'm just losing it. All right. Question for Matthew. Pick two.

We have a few left here. Let's finish strong. For Matthew, pick two in PPR. Todd Gurley, Giovanni Bernard, and Duke Johnson. Who are you sitting in PPR? Oh, God. Sit Gurley. Yeah.

Adam, what's the best character in Revenge of the Nerds? Booger? There's no chance Frank has seen Revenge of the Nerds. No, but you need to. It's a great one. The amount of illegal things they do. They would all be in jail for 20 years minimum. From Charbel, 12-team half PBR Superflex League.

My QB2 is Teddy Bridgewater. I also picked up PJ Walker and Taysom Hill. Who would you play? Taysom Hill or one of the Panthers guys? If Teddy plays, I would use him. If he's out, I'll use Taysom Hill. I would play Taysom just on the chance that

Teddy's not 100%. I think if Teddy was healthy, I'd agree with Frank. He'd be correct. But in this case, I'd probably go Taysom just on the chance that Teddy's not 100%. I think if Teddy was healthy, I'd agree with Frank. He'd be correct. But in this case, I'd probably go Taysom Hill. From William, I've been streaming quarterbacks since Dak's injury. I currently have Tua. Jameis Winston, Teddy Bridgewater, Phillip Rivers, Derek Carr, Andy Dalton are all available.

Would you play Tua or Bridgewater, Rivers, Carr, Dalton? Tua. No, no, Carr. I like Carr. Yeah, Tua. I think it's close. No, no, Carr. I like Carr. Yeah, I was going to say it's close with Carr. I like Derek Carr there. How about Gio or Zeke?

I think Zeke. Yeah. And Goddard or John? Gio. Okay. Goddard or Johnny Smith? Goddard. Goddard.

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