Fantasy Football Today - Mailbag and Fantasy Cops! (11/28 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: November 28, 2020

We'll give you the latest NFL news including the latest on Todd Gurley. We've got plenty of your Apple Podcast questions (9:05) and the Fantasy Cops are back (28:40) to answer your Taysom Hill questio...ns and more. Should Fantasy managers be able to leave Hill in at TE if it means they cannot make any other roster moves? And we finish with your emails (45:10) at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com Listen to the brand new Fantasy Football Today in 5 podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-in-5/id1528634304 'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. 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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Starting point is 00:00:00 This is Fantasy Football Today from CBS Sports. On his way to the end zone. I'll tell you what I've done with this spectacular play. It's time to dominate your fantasy league. What a play! Off to the races! Touchdown! Oh, he's done it again! Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, Heath, and Ben. What's up? Welcome to the show, the Saturday Mailbag,
Starting point is 00:00:23 including the Fantasy Cops, a.k.a. Taysom Hill just lost tight end eligibility in my league. What do we do now show? That's what today's show is all about. A lot of questions coming in about that. And we'll get to them. Adam Azer, Sleazy Dwarf and Jamie Eisenberg here. And for the first time since Thanksgiving, here's Frank Stample. What's up, Frank? Yo, what's up?
Starting point is 00:00:50 I love how I got this grand introduction, right? Like some kind of game show host. What's going on, guys? I like how you say first time since Thanksgiving. Well, yeah, because you know I'm going to ask him how his Thanksgiving was. I know, but it's like, he's just said first time since last week.
Starting point is 00:01:06 I guess so. First time since Thanksgiving. I guess so. Unless he's been on with you since last week. It's true. Hey, Frank, forget about your Thanksgiving. How has your entire week been? It's gone well.
Starting point is 00:01:18 Busy on the fantasy baseball today front. Obviously working on some football stuff. Thanksgiving was great. I thought the football was entertaining. Obviously not as some football stuff. Thanksgiving was great. I thought the football was entertaining. Obviously not as people around as I'm used to, but got to hang out with the parents and they gave me a bunch of leftovers, so I can't
Starting point is 00:01:34 complain. What a political answer. The football was terrible. The football was terrible. Those games were dreadful. But from a fantasy perspective, like Will Fuller went off. That was awesome. Deshaun Watson. A lot of the Zeke stunk. Awesome for you Fuller went off. That was awesome. Deshaun Watson, a lot of the, well,
Starting point is 00:01:47 Zeke stunk. Awesome for you. Maybe. Yeah. Not for everyone. I did well on DFS, so it worked out. Oh, good,
Starting point is 00:01:51 good, good, good. All right. So we got your Apple podcast questions and we've got your fantasy cops and your emails, fantasyfootballatcbsi.com. I got to most of the Apple podcast questions, not all of them,
Starting point is 00:02:02 but I do appreciate all those comments. I also didn't see a ton of news yet. We're doing this a little bit earlier than we usually do. But Todd Gurley and Julio Jones were not seen at practice, correct? Not seen at practice on Friday? That is correct. Okay. And Julio's pretty tall, so you'd probably see him if you were there.
Starting point is 00:02:20 But did anybody pick up Brian Hill? Is that a thing right now? Yes, it should be a thing. I mean, the Raiders give up a lot of touchdowns to running backs and the Falcons running backs girly in particular scores, a lot of touchdowns. So I think he's a flex, you know, I mean, obviously if you're the Todd Gurley manager, you want to have some replacement and, you know, he's going to probably see in the neighborhood of my guess is 15 touches, if not more.
Starting point is 00:02:44 Uh, we don't know what Ido Smith's role will be. Kadri Allison, what his role will be, but Brian Hill is there, you know, second leading, uh, carry leader.
Starting point is 00:02:53 He's the second and carries on the team. I'll phrase that correctly. Eventually. Um, and he, uh, second, I,
Starting point is 00:03:00 he's second on the team and carries. Yeah. I know. What did you say originally? Second, their second leading carrier, second leading carrier. Okay. Um, and he, but he does lead them in yards per carry, I know. What did you say originally? He's their second leading carrier. Second leading carrier. Okay.
Starting point is 00:03:06 But he does lead them in yards per carry, which is important for you. Of course. Well, he's probably better than Todd Gurley. He might be. He hasn't done very much
Starting point is 00:03:15 for fantasy, but this is his opportunity. Okay. Yeah, so pick him up. I think you can drop Samaj P. Ryan, right? Is Gio making progress? I saw a report that Gio's expected to play Sunday.
Starting point is 00:03:28 Gio is at practice on Friday. He has not officially cleared the concussion protocol, but that seems to be just the next procedural thing. But you should do it anyway, I would say, right? I mean, because who knows? Maybe talk early plays. Maybe he does. Maybe he misses multiple games.
Starting point is 00:03:41 And I think you'd be more excited about Brian Hill than Samaj P Ryan, right? Yes. Oh yeah. Yes. Okay. Other than that,
Starting point is 00:03:51 Philadelphia right tackle lane. Johnson is out four to five months with an ankle injury. What a rough year it's been for him when he's played, he's been playing hurt and he's missed time and now he needs ankle surgery. So did you hear what he said? No, he said his ankle collapsed in the middle. Oh, it just, it sounds so painful yes oh that's bad
Starting point is 00:04:10 frank what's your worst sports injury you probably had some sports injuries you're sporty yeah a couple of months ago i was on crutches because i sprained my ankle playing basketball so i thought i broke it so i went into a ergy center and apparently it was just a really bad sprain, but I was on crutches for like a month. Do you feel like kind of a wuss right now because Lane Johnson has an ankle injury that he said it collapsed and he needs surgery and he's out four to five months and you're here
Starting point is 00:04:35 completely unprompted just complaining about your ankle injury? No, I don't. Okay. You shouldn't. Kyler Murray expected... What's your worst injury? I was riding my bike when I was in like sixth grade and I tripped over this rock and broke my arm.
Starting point is 00:04:58 Is that a true story? Yeah, it's a true story. It's a true story. These people had these stones on their grass because they didn't want people to park on their grass. But one of them was jutting out into the street. It got me. It tripped me up.
Starting point is 00:05:14 And yeah, it broke my arm. Broke my arm. Jamie had thumb surgery, right? I dislocated my thumb. I did not have surgery on it, but it was painful getting placed back, putting back in place. I broke my pinky, which I had surgery on twice on it, but it was painful getting placed back, putting back in place. I broke my pinky,
Starting point is 00:05:27 which I had surgery on twice. Oh, that. That's what I learned. Yeah. So I have hand problems. I have some news for you. Okay. I have some news.
Starting point is 00:05:38 Is that your hand? The Jaguars, the Jaguars with the great Mike Lennon starting quarterback, will not have DJ Chark or Chris Conley. Both have been ruled out. Oh, gosh. And the Packers will probably not have
Starting point is 00:05:51 Marcos Valdez-Gantley. Oh, okay. So what do we think about Alan Lazard in that case? I think it's a good opportunity for Lazard and probably a better opportunity for Robert Tanyan. Who? Tanyan. Who's that?
Starting point is 00:06:04 Yeah, there you go. Who's left for the Jaguars? Are we looking at Keelan Cole and is Chenault back? I have not seen a status update on Lewis because that's what I was looking for. I've not seen anything on Lewis Chenault. So, yeah. Not that it really matters.
Starting point is 00:06:20 I mean, it's Mike Lennon, right? No, but it may not be great for James Robinson just knowing that welcome to a lot of coverage. Yeah. I mean, the one thing I expect from Glennon is I looked into the last time he started, weeks one to four in 2017. He threw 31% of his passes in those games to running backs.
Starting point is 00:06:37 So we could just see more targets for James Robinson, not that it would be efficient. Good stuff. That would be great. I'm going to give you three options here. Dolphins, Jets, Browns, Jaguars, Giants, Bengals.
Starting point is 00:06:51 What is the worst game on the slate this week? The one that you just have no interest in seeing, basically. Would you say Dolphins, Jets, Jags, Browns? Yeah, and Bengals, Giants. Probably the Giants, Bengals, to be honest. Yeah, and Bengals-Giants. Oh, boy. Probably the Giants-Bengals, to be honest.
Starting point is 00:07:07 Eh, yeah. Although you know what the Browns games are. It's just hand-off, hand-off, hand-off. Right, right. Snooze. Yeah, that's the worst one. The one thing about the Jets-Dolphins one is at least you have the two high-profile quarterbacks
Starting point is 00:07:21 to see how Darnold does coming back into a maybe rebound. Yeah, you excited about that, Jets fan, Frank? Not really. I don't know who gives them a better chance to lose at this point. It might be Sam Darnold. So let's go.
Starting point is 00:07:37 Tank for Trevor. I'm going to tell a story that I think is probably not a good story, but I'm going to tell it anyway, and you can tell me. Let me just see. Yesterday, or Thursday, I was watching the Lions game.
Starting point is 00:07:51 For the first time ever, I was sitting down on the couch watching the game with my son. He's almost two and a half. And, you know, he says football. A few weeks ago, I was watching a Hurricanes game, and we scored,
Starting point is 00:08:04 and I went, Go, baby! And he I went, go, baby! And he started going, go, baby! So that was funny. But this time, I was watching the game with him and trying to teach him about the game. And so I was trying to teach him about run plays versus pass plays. So the Lions had gotten the ball.
Starting point is 00:08:17 I don't know if you remember this drive. Opening drive of the third quarter. And I'm like, all right, let's see if they're going to run it or they're going to pass it. And they're like, oh if they're going to run it or they're going to pass it. I'm like, oh, they're going to run, run, run, run, go forward. And I'm trying to show them the difference. Here's the game log for that drive. Adrian Peterson up the middle.
Starting point is 00:08:33 Adrian Peterson up the middle. Adrian Peterson up the middle. Peterson up the middle. Peterson, right tackle. Carry on Johnson, right tackle. Carry on Johnson, left tackle. Johnson, right tackle. Adrian Peterson, right tackle.
Starting point is 00:08:43 I think they ran it 10 times in a row, no joke, to start the drive. And they finally go to pass, and Matthew Stafford runs. He scrambles. And at that point, my son had completely lost interest, got off the couch, went away, did something else. We watched like 11 plays. They did not pass the ball once. And that reminded me of the Browns.
Starting point is 00:09:01 Okay. Sorry. Sorry for the bad story. It was good. Okay. Thank you. Apple podcasts. Okay, sorry. Sorry for the bad story. It was good. Okay, thank you. Apple podcast questions. Here we go.
Starting point is 00:09:08 From Danny Mac, Grade the Trade. Camara and CeeDee Lamb for Josh Jacobs, Will Fuller, and Robbie Anderson. Camara and Lamb for Jacobs, Fuller, and Anderson. I think the only way you can make this trade is if you're concerned about Kamara's whatever lingering injury he dealt with last week and didn't look great with Taysom Hill.
Starting point is 00:09:31 Because he's clearly... He's worth Jacobs and... And Fuller? Probably by himself. Fuller is really just like a star right now, though. He's awesome. But, I mean, when Kamara's right, he's the best running back or, you know,
Starting point is 00:09:47 one and one A with Dalvin Cook at this point. Yeah. So I think you'd rather have still Kamara. But it's a fair deal if you're concerned about Kamara's, you know, injury and play with Taysom Hill. I know Jacobs is banged up as well, so that's something we have to keep in mind. But I think it's probably a C,
Starting point is 00:10:04 and I would like it more if it's a deeper league where you need depth and you are getting the three, I mean, accumulative pieces, I would say, are better than just Kamara and CeeDee Lamb, but better in a deeper league. CeeDee Lamb at this point, we talked about this, Frank, on the Friday podcast, is borderline droppable. I mean, you know, just with what they look like the last two weeks.
Starting point is 00:10:27 You know, I mean, he scored last week, but it wasn't great against Minnesota. And then, you know, the game against, you know, it's so hard, though. You know, I want to revisit that, I guess, because if he catches that ball in the end zone, he did have seven targets. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. The yards are so low at this point. For the record, I did not say drop him. That was you and Dave.
Starting point is 00:10:48 I didn't say to drop him. I said, is he droppable? No, maybe it was Dave. I think he is. I'm glad I sat him. I told you on Wednesday I was sitting him for Sterling Shepard. So, the bar's pretty low there. All right, from Edward Vento.
Starting point is 00:11:03 Who should I start at a flex in a PPR league? Gus Edwards, Curtis Samuel, or David Montgomery? What's the format? Points per reception. Point per reception. I will go with... I'll go with David Montgomery. Gus, Curtis Samuel, or Montgomery?
Starting point is 00:11:28 Yeah, over Edwards. I think it's close, but I expect David Montgomery to get three catches, three, four catches. I don't know if Edwards is going to do anything in the pass game, but we'll see. It's hard to say because RG3 is a wild card now in terms of what he'll do.
Starting point is 00:11:45 I still say Edwards, though, if they get the game in. G3 is a wild card now. Yep. You know, in terms of what, what he'll do. So, I still say Edwards though if they get the game in. Zach from Western Massachusetts. Grade the trade at half PPR two quarterback league.
Starting point is 00:11:55 I currently have the second seed and Christian McCaffrey, Josh Jacobs, DeAndre Swift, Miles Gaskin, and
Starting point is 00:12:03 Gallman. So, he's got pretty good running backs. Play the sounds. You know, I don't want to kill it. There'll be time. There'll be time for it. So grade the trade. I gave up Antonio Gibson and DJ Chark and Taysom Hill
Starting point is 00:12:16 for Lamar Jackson and Allen Robinson. 2QB League. Gave up Gibson, Chark, and Taysom Hill for Lamar Jackson and Allen Robinson. I like that quite a bit. B plus? Super flex league? Yeah, two QBs, but sure.
Starting point is 00:12:37 I don't know, man. I mean, what's Lamar Jackson's status now? He's got the two seed, though, so he's going to make the playoffs. He just hasn't looked two seed though. So he's going to make the playoffs. He just hasn't looked good though. All right, let's give it a grade. See,
Starting point is 00:12:51 I guess from D Whismur, dear Matt, Jim, Trent, and Warren, Trent. Hmm. I have a strong team,
Starting point is 00:13:02 but I'm in a must win mode right now. Help me set my line. I pick three wide receivers, but I'm in a must-win mode right now. Help me set my lineup. Pick three wide receivers. Michael Thomas, Chris Godwin, Antonio Brown, Darius Slayton, Tyler Boyd, and Pittman. Thank you, Frank. All right, pick three. Thomas Godwin, Brown, Slayton, Antonio Brown,
Starting point is 00:13:22 Slayton, Boyd, Pittman. Thomas and Godwin are the easy ones. I agree. I might go Pittman just to split up the Bucs. Yeah, I'm going to go with the Bucs. I'll go with Thomas and the Bucs. The targets will be there. That's the one thing you can count on.
Starting point is 00:13:39 It's just a matter of will they all be successful. They were last week in PPR. Can they do it again? It's not a bad call. It's such a great game environment, too. It's just, it's not, you're not a bad place if you're starting multiple people in that game.
Starting point is 00:13:52 Right. I mean, the one time, though, we did see Pittman against the Titans. He beat them up, you know, 100 yards in the air and then the 21 yards on the ground. To answer your earlier question, LaVisca Chenault is playing.
Starting point is 00:14:04 Pick two running backs. Sanders, Hunt, Geo, Montgomery. Sanders and Hunt. Yeah. I think that's pretty straightforward. Who the heck are
Starting point is 00:14:13 Matt, Jim, Trent, and Warren? Hmm. Okay. Matt, Jim, Trent, and Warren. Yeah. The only Warren I know is Sapp. Moon.
Starting point is 00:14:26 Oh, yeah. Then it's probably quarterbacks. They're more... I'll Google it. Okay. From Joe Mart. Pick two. Oh, these are Raiders quarterbacks.
Starting point is 00:14:39 Hey, Daryl, Jim, Kenny, Rich, and Derek. Raiders quarterbacks. Good. I didn't want to get stumped again. Thank you. Pick two in PBR. Savan Ahmed, Kenyon Drake, DJ Moore, Darryl Henderson, or Chase Edmonds? Probably Ahmed and Drake.
Starting point is 00:14:55 Ahmed did practice on Friday. Myles Gaskin, I believe, was limited. Yeah. I would say if Gaskin is out and Ahmed plays, I would want him to be one of them. And then Kenyon Drake, probably. But if Gaskin plays, then I think I would go with Drake and DJ Moore. All right, next question is from Matt.
Starting point is 00:15:17 You know, I'll take DJ Moore over Drake. From Matt, PPR guillotine league. All right, dear Bart, Brett, and Aaron. Those are Packers quarterbacks. Oh, God. Yeah, I'm thinking there's a Bart Boone. Sorry. All right.
Starting point is 00:15:33 Down to five people in his guillotine league. Russell Wilson or Justin Herbert? And then sit one. Oh, DeAndre Swift is the answer there. But Russell Wilson or Herbert? Herbert. I'm going to go Wilson. Break the tie? Herbert. I'm going to go Wilson. Break the tie, Adam.
Starting point is 00:15:48 I'm going to go Herbert. By the way, that team in the one that was knocked out, the guy with the money, there's no way he's losing. What do you mean? Oh, he got everyone? He got everyone.
Starting point is 00:16:05 Wait, am I going to go Herbert over Wilson? I have that choice to make in one league, and I'm playing Herbert. I think just what we saw from Russell Wilson last week, I think we're going to see again, where it's a little bit more conservative, Russ. I just don't think they're going to be able to run the ball as effectively as they did last week.
Starting point is 00:16:21 But I'm going to take Herbie. All right, from... That's going to be... You want to talk about a fun game? That game should be awesome. What, Eagles-Seahawks? No, Bills. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:16:33 Yeah, Bills-Chargers. Should be great. All right, let's go a little faster here. We're never going to finish. Okay, from Ethan. Grade the trade. I'm 9-2. This is a non-PPR league.
Starting point is 00:16:43 I gave up Gaskin, Godwin, Gibson, and Taysom Hill. Gaskin, Godwin, Gibson, and Taysom Hill for A.J. Brown. It should be Taysom Gill. Yeah, right? Yeah. And for A.J. Brown and James Conner. Oh, you gave up too much. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:17:03 That is a lot of depth to give up. It doesn't mean depth. You give it the better running back to get a worse one. Yeah, that's also true. D plus. He was doing it to get A.J. Brown, but we don't like it. From Chris, 0-1-1-2
Starting point is 00:17:18 or 0-1-1-2. I'm on the outside of the playoff bubble looking in, and I need a lot of help here. Give me a quarterback. Wentz, Goff, or Taysom Hill? Taysom. Go YOLO.
Starting point is 00:17:35 Give me a running back. Drake, Gallman, or Mostert? Gallman. That's not the right song. Where is it? That's too loud, I think. You got to make the face.
Starting point is 00:17:53 It's only good when you make the face. I'll make the face. I'll make the face next time. And give me a wide receiver. Allen Robinson, Robert Woods. What do you got? Woods. Yeah, I'm cool with that. And a flex.
Starting point is 00:18:06 Allen Robinson, Drake, or Mostert? Holy crap. We have to set this guy's entire list? Uh-huh, yeah. Mostert. I will go with Robinson. This is from P.O. Student. Fantasy cops.
Starting point is 00:18:19 I guess I could get the... No, that's wrong. I mean, how are you going to do this? They're on like a different page. I have to hit the scroll button. Dear Tommy, Chuck, Angelica, and Dill. Those are Rugrats. Need some regulation
Starting point is 00:18:34 on an issue that went down in my league last week. To make a long story short, I was two games out of the playoffs playing a team that was 1-9 and had not set a lineup in weeks. The commissioner is one of the other people with me in contention. And before game time, the commissioner either messaged the manager or used his powers to set the 1-9 team's lineup.
Starting point is 00:18:55 Subsequently, I lost and now will play the only other guy in contention with the commissioner with him now in a good place to go. That was a long run-on sentence, but the commissioner either set this lineup or alerted the one in nine team. And was this an illegal move or just a scummy move? And what do you guys think? That's pretty low, man. But if you can't prove that the commissioner was the one that set the lineup, I think you just kind of got to live with it. What if you can prove it? That's pretty messed up.
Starting point is 00:19:31 Yeah, it's tough. I mean, like Will Brinson is not setting his lineup in the two quarterback league, but I've already taken advantage of that. I had a terrible week a few weeks ago and I beat him because he started like Sam Darnold and four players on a bye because he gave up. Are you calling out Will?
Starting point is 00:19:45 You're narking on Will? I'm just saying. That would be like Jamie setting Will's lineup this week or telling Will to set it, and it wouldn't really be fair. You can see who Will's playing. Not me. It impacts my playoff.
Starting point is 00:19:54 It impacts my playoff. It's much worse if the commissioner set the lineup for him. That's true. Unless he's been doing that all season long. He hasn't been. I think that's kind of what was implied. Had not set a lineup in weeks. Will is playing Heath.
Starting point is 00:20:10 Oh, Heath's terrible in that league too, I think. Yeah, no playoff implications there. Oh, okay. That's the Jets. No, there's no game this week. Is there any game this week with no playoff implications? Anyway, what are we doing? What are we doing?
Starting point is 00:20:24 It was yesterday. It was Lions and Texas. True. What are we doing? Are we giving this guy the win? Are we accepting the results? How do you know he would have won if the person didn't set their lineup, though, either?
Starting point is 00:20:39 Unless you go back and calculate it. I guess you could figure that out. All right. Well, thanks. Hard to say. I think you just have to accept the results. Okay. Accept the results. Get a new commissioner. Kick him out of the league. From JJ Hankey. Mr. Hankey. Dobbins or Montgomery
Starting point is 00:20:56 rest of season? Man, that's tough. Because you may not have Dobbins for week 13. Or you can drop T. Higgins for Dobbins. I mean, if you have the receiver depth, that might be something to do if you need the running back help
Starting point is 00:21:12 because we just don't... I mean, T. Higgins may still be awesome with Brandon Allen, or he may be a total dud. He's better at running back than he is receiver. McCaffrey, Davis, Mostert, Connor, and Robinson. So he's got Montgomery and Higgins on his team. He wants to pick up Dobbins.
Starting point is 00:21:27 What do you do, Hotshot? Pop quiz, Hotshot. I probably would rather have Montgomery right now, but that's hard to say because Montgomery is so bad. Dobbins' upside is better. It is super close, but I think I like the upside of Dobbins. Let's go with Dobbins here upside is better. Yeah, it is super close, but I think I like the upside of Dobbins.
Starting point is 00:21:47 Yeah, let's go with Dobbins here. Let's have fun, because you've got your starting running backs. Frank, do you know... Put it this way. If you're staring at the waiver wire right now, and you see Dobbins, Montgomery, and Higgins, who are you picking up first?
Starting point is 00:21:57 Dobbins. Well, for this player, this fantasy manager doesn't need to start any of these guys. So in that case, I go Dobbins, but if I needed to start someone, it'd be Montgomery. Right. But I think just in general, not just this guy, but just in general,
Starting point is 00:22:11 if you see guys on the waiver wire, who are you picking up first? Same answer, I'm sure. Yeah, yeah. But the thing is, it's such a shame because Dobbins, did they give him the job last week? We won't know. We won't be able to back it up this week.
Starting point is 00:22:26 But that was really exciting. We may not see Dobbins until week 14. I mean, it's a very realistic scenario. Okay, from 2Bits, pick two. Robert Woods, A.J. Brown, or Alan Robinson? The first two. Yeah, Woods and A.J. Brown. Colin from Detroit, start two, half PPR.
Starting point is 00:22:46 Michael Thomas, DJ Moore, Deontay Johnson, Christian Kirk, and Pittman. First two is tough. Michael Thomas, DJ Moore, Deontay Johnson, Christian Kirk, Michael Pittman. And PPR, you said, right? Half. I'd probably start Thomas and more. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:10 I like all three, but the thing with Deontay Johnson is if he doesn't score, he'll be okay. I think Thomas, I'll buy into what he did last week with the 12 targets from Taysom Hill. Yeah, I'll go Thomas and Deontay. From Raul, hey, Clint, Ernie, Norm, and Sam. All right, let's make our way through this PPR world today. Pick three out of four.
Starting point is 00:23:34 There's no way you watched that show. Loved that show. Did you really? Loved it. Well, I watched it with my brother. It's his favorite show. There's no chance that Frank knows what you're talking about. Frank has no idea.
Starting point is 00:23:45 Is that... Was that Cheers that you were're talking about. Frank has no idea. Is that... Was that Cheers that you were singing? Yes. I was singing Cheers. I used to watch Nick at Night back in the day. What were your Nickelodeon shows growing up? Because I'm not sure if you got the Rugrats reference earlier. Oh, no.
Starting point is 00:23:56 I loved Rugrats. Rugrats is big. Was Rocket Power on Nickelodeon? I don't know. I don't know that show. All right. Here, we'll make a mini wager. If Frank knows this
Starting point is 00:24:07 answer, I won't answer the next three questions. If Frank doesn't know the answer, he can't answer the next three questions. What team did Sam Malone pitch for? I have no idea. You would have rooted against him, Frank. One question you're banned from. It'll just do one question.
Starting point is 00:24:25 You would have rooted against him, Frank. One question you're banned from. It's the Red Sox. Yeah, he pitched for the Red Sox. All right, pick three out of four. Spears is in Boston. Where do you think he pitched for? He doesn't know who Sam Malone is.
Starting point is 00:24:36 Oh, yeah. No, I remember the theme song, but the characters? No way. No chance. All right, Keenan Allen, Allen Robinson, Robert Woods, DJ Moore.
Starting point is 00:24:44 Who are you sitting? Oh, boy. Allen chance. Keenan Allen, Allen Robinson, Robert Woods, DJ Moore. Who are you sitting? Oh boy. Allen Robinson. Okay. Rest of season, who would be last there? Moore? No. It might be Robinson. Please do not ask us if you should sit Keenan Allen. You should never sit Keenan Allen. God. That is honestly the one call I'd love to have back from the preseason.
Starting point is 00:25:06 Mm-hmm. Yeah. To be fair, his situation changed after the first week of the season and we didn't... Obviously, we didn't know Herbert was going to be awesome. A hundred percent.
Starting point is 00:25:17 Yeah. A hundred percent. But still, it's like... I go back and look at him like, oh my God, that's... Ugh. Yeah, I think for some players, you just got to bet on talent,
Starting point is 00:25:26 right? Same thing with Stefan Diggs. I don't know if you guys were specifically down on Diggs. I was. I wasn't down on Diggs. I was down on the passing situation and just the fact that the Bills every single year are this ground and pound team. They do not throw
Starting point is 00:25:41 the ball a lot. That's why I was down on Stefan Diggs and Deshaun Watson as well. If I had known that Bill O'Brien was going to get fired, it would have changed things for me because they are finally letting him throw more.
Starting point is 00:25:54 And he's... Throwing first down. It's big. He's incredible. But yeah, I just figured Bill O'Brien, no matter what, he's just stubborn.
Starting point is 00:26:00 He just loves to run the football. So that's been a huge change for him. All right. Three more Apple podcasts and the Fantasy C fantasy cops from niners for life so not really a not really fantasy related but how come every time i go to the rankings dave and jamie are much higher on all of my players than heath is it's really annoying that's all all. Heath hates good players. Well said. From JMT Tompy.
Starting point is 00:26:31 Dear Phil, Rodney, Mark, and Chris. Those feel like giants, Jamie. Phil. Phil Sims. Rodney Hampton. Now, is that an overlap?
Starting point is 00:26:45 Mark Bavaro? I don't know who Chris would be. All right. Chris Simms. Chris Simms? Was he on that team with Phil Simms? I don't know if Simms and Hampton overlapped, but we shall see.
Starting point is 00:27:02 Okay, Google is giving me Dr. Phil as the answer. Best podcast hands down. Thank you. I was offered A.J. Brown from Miles Sanders in my Dynasty League. What do you think? Oh, boy. I'd rather have A.J. Brown.
Starting point is 00:27:14 I think in Dynasty, when you have players this close in talent level and just rank in general, you probably want to lean with the wide receiver. 100%. Because they have a longer shelf life. Savan Ahmed is out this week. Myles Gaskin and not...
Starting point is 00:27:33 Brian Flores, non-committal on Tua Tungavailoa and Myles Gaskin. Wow. Yeah. I will take A.J. Brown, though, in that dynasty question. As for the Dolphins, man, you know, it would actually help Devontae Parker a ton if Ryan Fitzpatrick started.
Starting point is 00:27:49 It would help my 2QB league, too. That's really what I'm focused on right now. Just selfish, selfish stuff. And the leftover Thanksgiving food I'm going to eat soon. All right, starter sit from Petey. Pick three, Deontay Johnson, Brandon Cooks. Hope you started him. Raheem Mostert and Jonathan Taylor.
Starting point is 00:28:08 So let's say you started Cooks. You got to sit one. Deontay, Mostert, or Taylor? I think it's super close between Mostert and Taylor. I'll sit Taylor, though. I would sit Mostert. Okay. I just hit the Fantasy Cops music,
Starting point is 00:28:31 but my fader was all the way down. So this has been a real production nightmare today. All right, here we go. From Dominic. Let me set the stage for you here from what I've gathered based on the emails I've gotten about Taysom Hill. You could have played him on ESPN as a tight end last week. They took away his tight end eligibility.
Starting point is 00:28:55 However, if you had him in your lineup as a tight end and you do not make any roster moves, any lineup changes at the very least, I don't know about add drops, but any lineup changes, you can technically leave him in as a tight end in a pretty cheap... It's like leaving someone on IR
Starting point is 00:29:14 when they come off IR. If you don't take them out of the spot. You know, you can kind of do that on CBS, sort of. It's cheap, but people do it. So, here we go. From Dominic. Our league has a team that's refusing to take Taysom Hill out of the tight
Starting point is 00:29:27 end spot. The league has voted 6-1 in favor of him having to take Hill out of tight end. Three teams have not responded. The Hill manager said that the vote is not unanimous and that making changes without a unanimous vote at the end of the season is unfair. Oh my god, that is pathetic. That is so
Starting point is 00:29:43 not what's happening here. The league has agreed that it is affecting competitive balance. His response is that we don't force teams to take players out of their lineup that are on the IR. We let them take the zero. He also says that with Hill in his lineup, he can't make any moves. So he's not playing his optimal lineup. Instead, he's starting Ben Roethlisberger over Josh Allen. That's the way he had it last week. So he can't make that change. And he also said that if he's to take Hill out, he wants Hawkinson put in the tight end spot.
Starting point is 00:30:11 But the commissioner said that the player already locked Hawkinson on his bench because he played on Thursday, so he can't do that. The Hill manager has decided to play the rest of the season with Hill in his tight end spot and the roster as is. Wow. And the Hill owner has agreed to let the fantasy cops the season with Hill in his tight end spot and the roster as is. Wow. And the Hill owner has agreed to let the fantasy cops
Starting point is 00:30:28 make the final decision to whether he should have to take Hill out of the tight end spot. If they've determined that if you leave Hill in your tight end spot as a site
Starting point is 00:30:39 that you can keep your lineup as is and he wants to play out that way that is within his right to do so. I don't know that they've determined that you can do that. I is, and he wants to play it out that way, that is within his right to do so. I don't know that they've determined that you can do that. I think that it's technically an illegal lineup, but it's like, it's okay.
Starting point is 00:30:53 It'll still count. It's like if it's an illegal lineup, then it's an illegal lineup. They stripped him of his eligibility. You know, I don't think ESPN is endorsing this. I think this is a loophole that people are exploiting. Yeah. I don't think they're endorsing it either.
Starting point is 00:31:06 And I don't want to speak about somebody else's site and what they're doing. But I think if in the league play, if they have allowed him to stay with his current lineup as is, and he chooses to play that out, which means if Ben Roethlisberger does not play and this game is not played or he has any other Ravens or Steelers,
Starting point is 00:31:25 or somebody gets hurt, he is running that risk of taking a zero at this point. So he's putting himself at a potential disadvantage by doing that. But I think we have to think broadly and give everyone in this situation, and I promise you there are a lot, because I got like five or six emails about it.
Starting point is 00:31:42 Everyone in this situation that's playing on ESPN and has a fantasy manager in his or her league that's keeping Taysom Hill at tight end and not making any changes to their lineup. That's when they're right. Okay, I don't agree personally. I think that my advice would be for this particular case, you force him to take Taysom Hill out of tight end
Starting point is 00:32:01 and you give him Hawkinson. I do think that's fair, even though Hawkinson played. If that is the ruling, then yes, I think that is fine if you're going to force him to take out Taysom Hill. But I think in terms of if ESPN is allowing his lineup to be considered legal and he does not want to change it, then he doesn't have to change it. Okay, so I guess it sort of comes down for Jamie.
Starting point is 00:32:24 It kind of comes down to the way ESPN is saying, you know, is allowing it. Frank, what is your take here? I lean closer to you that it is a loophole, and I think that, originally my first thought was, look, Taysom Hill, they took his tight end
Starting point is 00:32:39 eligibility away. You got to get him out of that spot. But the fact that this manager is willing to leave Taysom Hill in that spot all season long, like if that's something that they agree on, you have to realize Drew Brees is going to be back at some point, so we think, and Taysom Hill is going to go back to his usual role that he had before, and he's not going to be good for fantasy at that point. So I don't know that that manager is taking that into account as well, because it sounds like this is something that has to be locked in for the rest of the season.
Starting point is 00:33:10 So if they're willing to do that... Well, I don't think it's the rest of the season. I think the minute he changes it, Taysom Hill's done as a tight end. So like, for example... Right, that's so cheap to me. But again, what happens if the Steelers game, you're saying Roethlisberger's a quarterback? I mean, I get that, but I really think that we need to be painting
Starting point is 00:33:25 with broader strokes here and coming up with guidelines. Because, okay, maybe that wouldn't benefit this particular fantasy manager. But I just think it's this simple. If I'm the commissioner and a platform said, this player is no longer eligible at tight end,
Starting point is 00:33:39 there is no chance I'm letting you play that player at tight end. It's just, I'm just not letting it happen. It's no way. I agree. I agree 100%. And you know what it is, Jamie? It would be like me keeping Deebo Sammo in my
Starting point is 00:33:54 IR spot because CBS allows it, technically. They don't really allow it, but it's like a loophole. You can do it. And yeah, I just don't like it. That's fine. I mean, if that's something the commissioner wants to decide and everybody's on board with it except for this guy,
Starting point is 00:34:10 then this guy's going to have to deal with it. But I do think, though, that if it's just a tough scenario because these things weren't decided ahead of time and ESPN listed him as a tight end from the start of the season. So he could have been playing Taysom Mills as a tight end all along. Let's say he was more productive, right, as opposed to what he was when Drew Brees was there. Are you going to penalize the guy if he had used him all season long?
Starting point is 00:34:34 Well, we got more on this, so let's go to our next one, which is from Brandon. What up, y'all? Thank you for solving a previous scenario in mid-September on the Fantasy Cops your rule kept the league intact and nobody quit
Starting point is 00:34:49 alright cool let me ask you guys this question because I'm curious obviously it relates to fantasy baseball with Otani what happened if
Starting point is 00:34:57 he was ruled DH or pitcher and you guys only locked him in one spot was there any option to change I guess not lock him in one spot. Was there flexibility to use him as DH and pitcher?
Starting point is 00:35:09 So I know that on CBS, he's one player and he has both eligibilities. So I don't know how it would work. What happens if you use him as your utility? Yeah, I don't know how it would work technically. Like, what happens if you use him as your utility? And, yeah, I don't know. Because, like, the only football example we have right now is Patterson. Right. Who's wide receiver and running back eligible. And you could obviously shuffle him back and forth,
Starting point is 00:35:39 but that's, you know, a league decision. I wonder if commissioners would say you got to leave him in one spot. What would be the result of that? Yeah, but he wasn't stripped of his eligibility. If CBS said he's no longer wide receiver eligible, then you wouldn't let somebody start him as a wide receiver. No, you're right. All right, from Brandon. So Brandon says, when Breeze got injured,
Starting point is 00:35:59 I, the commissioner, paid 75% of my fab, which was $12 out of 20 for Taysom Hill, then a tight end. I checked the position designation rule for our platform before he was named the starter at quarterback. And I believe he sent me a screenshot. I believe it said that he will, I'll check.
Starting point is 00:36:23 I'll double check. Actually, this is really important. Um, obviously that format took Taysom's tight end eligibility away. Oh, the screenshot said that players cannot lose eligibility at a position. They can only gain eligibility. Obviously, that format took Taysom's tight end eligibility away
Starting point is 00:36:38 and changed him to quarterback only, which was a contradiction to their own rules. So I took him out of the flex spot because it is a one QB league and QBs are not considered a flex. Also, it was the right thing to do, even though I could have kept him there and not made any roster moves. Since I checked the eligibility ruling
Starting point is 00:36:54 before I paid 75% of my fab and the rule states that our fantasy platform cannot take away any designation, but can only add to the designation, I feel I should be able to drop Taysom Hill and get my fab back since I checked the designation ruling before I paid a majority of my fab. The league does not agree. Members of my league want to fight me when I come home.
Starting point is 00:37:17 Help us please. Yeah. That's a tough one. I think it's, I think it's crystal clear again what would you do Frank that's a good find though I mean the fact that whatever site this is he found that beforehand that
Starting point is 00:37:36 a player would not be stripped of his eligibility I think this fantasy manager has a good case for getting his fab back it's a terrific case or be allowed to use Jason Mill no I mean fantasy manager has a good case for getting his fab back. It's a terrific case. It's a closed case. Or be allowed to use Taysom Hill, right? No, I mean, well, yeah, that's the other part of it.
Starting point is 00:37:51 I just don't think you can because it's just like too, it's just crazy, man. That was, I don't know, that's kind of a messed up situation, but I would give him his fab back. I would absolutely let him drop Taysom Hill and give him the fab back. I tend to agree. Yeah, Frank.
Starting point is 00:38:08 All right. The fantasy cops agree. This is from Austin. Stop me if you heard this one before. A guy in my league dropped the remainder of his fab on Taysom Hill
Starting point is 00:38:19 last week under the assumption that ESPN would leave him a tight end all season. He also dropped Hunter Henry in the process who was his only tight end at the time. And now Hunter Henry is no longer available. I'm trying to figure out how I can make this right for the manager that did this because I do think he got screwed in this situation, but I don't see a good way to fix it.
Starting point is 00:38:41 I offered to refund the fab he spent on Hill, but Henry isn't available anymore and tight end is obviously thin. What do you guys think? And it's super messed up to the manager who you take Hunter Henry away from. You can't do that. You can't do that. I mean, this is
Starting point is 00:38:59 the problem. You're stuck. Yeah, it really stinks. Did he play Taysom Hill last week? I'm assuming he did. Did he win as a result of it? I don't know. Probably. I mean, yeah, you ran that risk. What happened to Taysom Hill?
Starting point is 00:39:15 He didn't run that risk. That's not fair. What happened was totally unpredictable. I mean, what happens if he got hurt? Then you ran that risk. You're out the fab. You're out Hunter Henry, and you got to move on. I would give him the fab back. Why? Because I feel bad for people who spent a ton
Starting point is 00:39:34 of fab on Taysom Hill thinking he was going to be tight end eligible, and then as Jamie would say, loses the tight end eligibility. I mean, it sucks. It really sucks, but this is the problem. I mean, it sucks. It really sucks, but this is the problem. It's a bad situation, but
Starting point is 00:39:49 you got screwed. You're out the fab bids, you're out the fab points, and you're out Hunter Henry. I'm sorry. I think it's a happy medium to not give this fantasy manager Hunter Henry back, but give him his fantasy back. Right, that's what I would do. Obviously, you have to drop Taysom Hill. Man, Frank and I are kicking Jamie off the force.
Starting point is 00:40:07 We are teaming up. Yeah. I love it. Okay, that's going to do it for the fantasy cops. I'm sorry. Let me see if I can do this one really quickly here. All right, I'm going to do this one quickly. I'll do this.
Starting point is 00:40:21 Here we go. 12-team half PPR in Portland Stakes League. 18 roster spots, 2 IR spots. Fantasy manager in 11th place, officially eliminated, dropped Austin Eckler on Tuesday, on November 24th. And Eckler, 92% rostered at the time. There were multiple reports already that he's nearing a return, and this person decides to drop Austin Eckler.
Starting point is 00:40:43 An hour later, a sleeper alert comes in that he's set to be activated off IR, which doesn't really matter to me because we knew that he was coming back soon anyway. In addition, the manager has no, not anyone currently placed on IR, but he has Willie Sneed, he has David Moore. He could have dropped them instead of Austin Eckler.
Starting point is 00:40:59 And it's an experienced player as well. Let's see. The commissioner, okay, the first place team, 10 and one, has the number one waiver wire priority and picked up Austin Eckler. The commissioner says he can't reverse someone's transaction just because it was dumb. Not only is this egregious and enough to me, but on top of that, teams are supposed to be locked from making moves when they're eliminated. And we've abided by this in past years. And the commish said we will enforce that
Starting point is 00:41:27 after this week. So is this bad enough or unfair alone that the commish should reverse the transaction? If not, should he enforce that eliminated teams
Starting point is 00:41:35 are locked from making moves and reverse because of that? What do you guys think? Should the first place team be able to keep Austin Eckler or should it be reversed? No, no way. But eliminated team, the thing that
Starting point is 00:41:47 gets me is that eliminated teams are supposed to have their rosters locked. Yeah, so that person wouldn't have been allowed to drop Eckler anyway. So you're saying what? Eckler's got to go back on that guy's team. Oh, okay. Eckler should go back to whoever's in whatever, 11th place?
Starting point is 00:42:03 If your policy is no transactions for teams that are eliminated, he goes back to that team. That's the easiest thing. Is that the only reason why? It's not just because the first place team ended up with Austin Eckler because of a really bad ad drop? If your policy is no transactions for teams eliminated. But let me just say that they hear this and they go,
Starting point is 00:42:26 okay, well, that is the policy, but it's supposed to kick in next week or something. Let's take that out of the equation. Let's say that wasn't part of it. Would you reverse this transaction and make the 11th place team keep Eckler just for competitive balance purposes? I guess so.
Starting point is 00:42:43 You would? Yeah. I mean, if he's allowed to drop him because the policy doesn't kick in until next week. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. If he's allowed to drop him, if it's not because of the policy. The commissioner is 100% right.
Starting point is 00:42:55 You cannot fault stupidity. Okay. So you wouldn't reverse it based on stupidity. You would only reverse it based on the policy. The only thing that you could reverse this and I think get away with reversing it, is if you knew that first place team had said to last place team, hey, I'm first on waivers, drop us an Eckler and I'll do whatever for you. Right. But wait, let me just get the clear answer here. Collusion, that would be collusion. Yep. Lineup policy that eliminated teams can't make ad drops.
Starting point is 00:43:26 Yep. Those are two ways that you would definitely reverse it. However, if those were not the cases and this was just a dumb ad drop, you would keep it or you would reverse it? I guess you'd have to ask the schmuck who dropped them. Why did you drop Austin Eckler? Like, what's the point?
Starting point is 00:43:43 Right. They included in the email that this is an experienced player, right? But it still doesn't make sense as to why that person would drop Eckler over someone like David Moore or Willie Sneed. It just doesn't make sense. Yeah. Yeah, I think you got to figure out what gets to the bottom of that. Hopefully, you can just use the roster thing,
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Starting point is 00:45:51 Fantasy Football at CBSi.com. Your first email is from Reid. Should I trade Antonio Gibson for Christian McCaffrey? I have Jonathan Taylor, James Robinson, Duke Johnson, and one of the Pirines. Should I trade Gibson for McCaffrey? Whew, man.
Starting point is 00:46:10 Uh, so Gibson gets the Steelers next week and McCaffrey is out. So week 14 on who's better. I take McCaffrey. Yeah, I agree. I would only make this deal if you either have a playoff spot locked up or are close to it.
Starting point is 00:46:27 Yeah. Do you feel very confident, pretty confident that McCaffrey is going to play next week or two weeks? The fact that he got in some limited practice in week 12, I think is a very good sign. Yeah. This is from J.R. Elliott. Receive Keenan Allen and DeAndre Swift. Give up Tyler Lockett and Mark Andrews. Yup.
Starting point is 00:46:50 Yeah, I like that. Quite a bit. A thousand percent. Yeah, just hopefully Swift can get out of the protocol, but yup. Start or sit questions here. Oh, long-time listener. First time contacting us.
Starting point is 00:47:01 How about that? Week 12, Taysom Hill is projected for more points than Tom Brady. Yet Tom Brady is ranked higher than Taysom Hill. What to do? Six point per passing touchdown leagues from Sam. Yeah, six point passing touchdowns. I'm going with Tom Brady. I am also, just to, I guess, give some clarity.
Starting point is 00:47:21 We don't provide those projections. Myself, Dave, and Heath. That is done by Sportsline. So it's basically a forced version of rankings. Just take the word projections out of it. So if you want to trust Sportsline,
Starting point is 00:47:32 go ahead. They're great. If you want to trust any of the three of us, go ahead. But it's just a matter of just another opinion that you can lean on.
Starting point is 00:47:40 You don't want to trust me? If your rankings were on display, I would say trust you. Same with Frank. But, you know. We don't want that. Well, Frank, I were on display, I would say trust you. Same with Frank. But, you know, Franks, I think, are on Fancy Pros, right? Yep. Yeah, so you can check out Franks. But Adam likes to keep his private.
Starting point is 00:47:52 They're in a safe behind the Simpsons picture. Yeah, yeah, that's right. This is a fake wall. He writes them out, he puts them in the safe, and then he shows them to his son every Sunday. Yeah, there you go. Look how good I did. No, I let him do the rankings.
Starting point is 00:48:06 He just kind of pushes things up and down. I should probably do that with my kids from time to time. Listen to Fantasy Football Today in 5, by the way. Speaking of Sportsline, we have Jacob Gibbs coming on on the Saturday edition. He's got his special Player Props episode. Utilize his key stats, dominate your matchups this week, and win some money on Player Props.
Starting point is 00:48:24 Okay, how about from Austin? Michael Pittman or Nelson Aguilar? Pittman for me, but it's close. Yeah, I think both are pretty interesting. It's hard to trust any Raiders wide receiver, but I guess if you had to trust one, it would be Aguilar.
Starting point is 00:48:42 But I like Pittman. Aguilar is doing everything we hope Henry Ruggs would do. Big plays, involved, Derek Carr's go-to guy. I know. He's the only receiver that gets any looks. Yeah. So much of their offense goes through Darren Waller. Okay, this is from JustKiddingDobbins.
Starting point is 00:49:04 I don't know how to pronounce this author's name, and I'm very embarrassed by that. But dear Rowling, Simmons, Dobbins, and LOL. Did I say that right? Is it Rowling? Rowling? I think it's Rowling. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:49:15 Simmons. Those are all JKs. JK Simmons, I had to look up, but I know him. He's that actor. Good one. He's in Whiplash. And he's in those insurance commercials. Yes.
Starting point is 00:49:27 Yeah. Great nods. I'm hanging by a thread in PPR. Five and six. I played against Ezekiel Elliott, but also Will Fuller, Antonio Gibson, and the Washington DST. I am down 91.6 to nothing.
Starting point is 00:49:46 So I'm starting. Got a good team, though. He's got a chance here. Josh Allen, Miles Sanders, Josh Jacobs, Devontae Adams, Keenan Allen, Darren Waller. I like it. Who is the highest upside flex? Hold on one second.
Starting point is 00:50:01 I have to get a sound effect queued up here. Who is the highest upside flex? Is it Kenyon Drake, Devante Parker, DJ Moore, Raheem Mostert, or... Wayne Gallman. There's a scenario unfolding here where Devante Parker might be the best guy by far. If Ryan Fitzpatrick plays. Yeah. More always has a ton of upside.
Starting point is 00:50:31 That's the good thing. I would say more right now. But if you tell me Fitzpatrick is starting for the Dolphins against the Jets, give me Devante Parker as a top 10 wide receiver this week. Whoa. Okay. That is, I think,
Starting point is 00:50:43 fair. This is from Gus. Dear Greg, Steve, John, I think, fair. This is from Gus. Dear Greg, Steve, John, Tom, and Kent. Those are Maeda's. Kent Maeda. Greg, Steve, John, Tom, and Kent. Very quarterbacky to me.
Starting point is 00:51:07 All right. I got super lucky in a PPR bonus league. Bonus point for 40-yard play. I had Watson and Fuller. So let's help him set his lineup. Two running backs. James Robinson, Gio, Gus Edwards, Goal, man!
Starting point is 00:51:24 Jonathan Taylor. Pick two of them. Robinson, Gio, Gus Edwards, Goalman, and Taylor. I like Robinson and Goalman. I was going to say Robinson and Taylor, but Goalman and Taylor are very close to me, so I'll make it easy.
Starting point is 00:51:39 Just say Goalman. Okay. I got to get some more sound effects. And then pick three flexes. Who did you say at running back? Gallman and Robinson. Yep. Okay.
Starting point is 00:51:55 Geo, Edwards, Jonathan Taylor, Julio Jones, Alan Robinson, Christian Kirk, Sterling Shepard, and T. Higgins. Pick three of them. Julio. If he plays as easy. Yeah. Um, there are a lot of names there.
Starting point is 00:52:10 I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah. Julio Jones, Gio Edwards, Jonathan Taylor, Alan Robinson, Christian Kirk, Sterling Shepard,
Starting point is 00:52:19 T Higgins. I'll go Julio Taylor Robinson. And if Julio doesn't play I would replace him with Gio I would replace him with Gus I have Gio a little bit lower just because he hasn't been great
Starting point is 00:52:34 he hasn't been efficient and I just don't know what to expect out of that offense you know what I'm with you every time I hear Gus's name at this point I'm getting hesitant just because of the game hop off the bus Gus I think there was another positive test for the Ravens but I just, every time I hear Gus's name at this point, I'm getting hesitant just because the game. Yeah. Hop off the bus, Gus.
Starting point is 00:52:49 I think there was another positive test for the Ravens today. Oh boy. Okay. Uh, from Paul, pick two wide receivers, PPR, DJ Moore, Jacoby Myers,
Starting point is 00:52:57 Jameson Crowder, Juju Smith, Schuster, Nelson Aguilar, more Myers Crowder, Juju Aguilar. I think more is the easy one.ilar. Moore, Myers, Crowder, Juju, Aguilar. I think Moore is the easy one. Yep.
Starting point is 00:53:10 Again, his two Steelers, but Juju still. Yeah. I want to be more excited about Crowder now that Donald's back. Donald loves Jameson Crowder. But I'll go with Juju. It's a little bit of a Crowder receiving room though, right? It's true.
Starting point is 00:53:28 And Mims is playing well. Yeah, thanks. Mims the word on Crowder. Pick one tight end, by the way, also from Paul. Noah Fant, Dallas Goddard, or Zach Ertz? Noah, thank you. I'll still go Ertz over Goddard.
Starting point is 00:53:47 They've made a good point for Goddard that he's locked in right now, but I still think Ertz comes back. That's kind of like Superman returning for the Eagles offense at this point. Yeah, I mean, Goddard was outplaying Ertz. Something was off with Ertz earlier this season. He just wasn't on the same page with Wentz.
Starting point is 00:54:04 I know they had like the trade discussions with him. I'll use Goddard though. Greg, Steve, John, Tom, and Kent. Are they Braves pitchers? Maddox? It was Kent. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:54:18 Oh, Maeda. But he's not on the Braves. Twins pitchers. Come on. You see, I don't think so. Are they? I have no idea. Okay, from Patrick.
Starting point is 00:54:30 Dear Jim, Josh, Doug, and Drew. Those are quarterbacks. They have to be. Start two of these four running backs. 0.75 PPR. Weird. Two of four. Mike Davis, Kenyon Drake,
Starting point is 00:54:45 Gus Edwards, Austin Ekeler. Davis and Ekeler if he plays. And Gus if Ekeler doesn't. Yeah, I think Gus and Drake are pretty close as well. But yeah, let's go with that. The thing with Drake is, is last week's the start of something or a fluke
Starting point is 00:55:07 with the five targets and four catches? If he's doing that, then he's going to be great. If he's not doing that, he's got to score. It definitely helps, but it's not a bad matchup. You can run on the Patriots. Not lately, though. The last three weeks. There's no reason, I think, to believe that
Starting point is 00:55:23 those catches were the start of something. He has to do it again. Right now, you've got to look at it as a fluke. The thing that could help him is if Kyler's shoulder is a problem, and last week he was hesitant to run, those things would benefit Drake. But if Kyler's Kyler, that's probably why he's not being involved in the passing game.
Starting point is 00:55:43 By the way, Jim, Josh, Doug, and Drew, these might be Bill's quarterbacks. I can't think of a Doug. Who's a Doug? No. Yeah. Well, anyway, you all can think about it at home. Last one.
Starting point is 00:55:58 Doug Flutie. Oh, there it is. There you go. From Jason, dear Bill, Jim, and. Dear Bill, Jim, and Tom. Bill, Jim, and Tom. These are, and the answer was provided for us, Giants head coaches who appeared in a Super Bowl. These are getting really tough, people.
Starting point is 00:56:15 I don't even think I would have gotten that. Sit one, half PPR. DK Metcalf. Cooper Cup. Stefan Diggs. Nope. DJ Moore, Brandon Cooks. Well, let's say you started Cooks.
Starting point is 00:56:30 Who would you sit? Metcalf, Cup, Diggs, or Moore? Moore. Yep. Correct. Correct. That's great. Adam Stiesinger.
Starting point is 00:56:49 That's the longest laugh track Alright thanks for listening everybody We appreciate it I'm going to play you out with the Fantasy Cops music Since we did a whole lot of Fantasy Copping today Hopefully Oh that sounded weird Hopefully you got your Taysom Hill questions answered Sleazy Strikes Again Yes Thanks for listening everybody Hopefully you got your Taysom Hill questions answered.
Starting point is 00:57:06 Sleazy strikes again. Yes. Thanks for listening, everybody. We will talk to you on Sunday night, and there could be a bonus pod coming as we get more news on the Raven Steelers game. Hope you have a great weekend, and hope you have a lot of fantasy success on Sunday. See ya.

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