Fantasy Football Today - Mailbag! Answering All of Your Questions (09/30 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: September 30, 2023

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Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. Welcome to the Friday Mailbag. As you can see, our buddy Adam Azer is not here with us today. We've got a fun replacement option. Chris Towers is joining us here on the Fantasy Football Today Mailbag. I'm Jamie Eisenberg. That's Dan on the can. Dan Schneier as well.

Welcome to the show, guys. How are we feeling on a Friday today as we get set to help everybody else? I guess if you're listening to it, you're listening to us on Saturday. But if you're watching us on YouTube, hit the like button. If you're watching us on Friday. So you guys got some weather concerns up in New York. I hope you guys are doing okay. But how's Friday treating you so far?

Well, I feel a little embarrassed, Jamie, because I went with what I thought was logic, which was, ah, David Montgomery coming off an injury. Maybe not get a usual workload. Maybe, you know, re-injury. an injury. Maybe not get a usual workload. Maybe, you know, re-injury. I mean, he did get his usual workload. That's true. You know, let's not play him. I don't know.

This game doesn't feel that high scoring. I don't know. It's in Lambeau. Boom. Guy just unloads three touchdowns on my bench. So that was two or three leagues. Two main ones for me. So it was a little disappointing.

I'm a little regretful. But I don't know. Would either of you have done it differently differently i had good options in both leagues yeah it depends who you look i had jameer gibbs ranked one spot higher than montgomery so i can't say that like i saw this company but i did have both of them as top 20 running back so you know that worked out for one of them yeah i'm feeling pretty good because i have david montgomery in like four leagues i don't have jameer gibbs any of them. So I feel pretty good about that right now. We'll see, you know, week eight and nine and ten how that feels.

But yeah, I I'm basically viewing David Montgomery as a must start RB two right now. There are I feel like there are only like eight RB ones that I actually feel any good about right now. And then there's just a whole glob between like RB nine and RB 22. So I think he's comfortably in the glob, but I think towards the, towards the higher end of that glob, probably Jamal Williams scored 17 rushing touchdowns last year. David Montgomery's got five already.

That's including missing a game on pace for 28 rushing touchdowns, which would be an NFL record. I'll take the under. How things go for him. Let's get to some news and notes before we get to your questions. That's why you're here. But Zay Jones has already been ruled out for the Jaguars. So, Dan, what does this mean for Calvin Ridley and Christian Kirk

as they take on the Falcons in London? I hope it means something for Evan Ingram, who's actually had a surprisingly quietly good and productive season so far, at least as a tight end position consistency, um, with regards to the position relative, relative to it. But I think this week he could potentially, you know, break out in that matchup. Cause I think he's going to be the one who takes a lot of what say Jones was doing in that short intermediate area of the field. So I'm looking at Ingram potentially as a, the most benefit to benefit the most from this. Chris, we got a developing story in Cleveland where Deshaun Watson was not able to finish at least the portion of practice of them to the media, uh, through a couple of passes. And he's

dealing with the shoulder injury. Um, I went and picked up Dorian Robinson, Thompson, Dorian Robinson, excuse me, DTR, uh, Dorian Thompson, Robinson in a bunch of super flex leagues already. A, if Watson plays, how much do you trust him taking on the Ravens knowing that he's not going to be a hundred percent B, if he does not play, what does that mean for DTR who look great in the preseason, any interest as a low end starter in super flex or two quarterback leagues? And then C, the biggest thing probably is what do we do with the receivers knowing that Watson may not be 100% or there might be a backup against a really good Ravens defense? I think this is one of those situations where even if we might think

Dorian Thompson-Robinson can be an interesting fill-in for QB2 or Superflex League, I think the impact on the wide receivers is likely to be felt more. The offense as a whole will likely struggle. Look, even if Deshaun Watson was healthy, 100% healthy coming into this game, trust is not the word that I would use for him. I think the way that they've changed their offense,

they talked about this in the preseason, running more spread principles. This was a team that I think last year only like 55% of their snaps were with three wide receivers or more on the field. Last week it was 58 out of 71. So they completely changed their offense. They spread the ball around. I think Jerome Ford had what, 10 carries last week. I think that's what more of what we're going to see moving forward. And I think that's going to benefit Deshaun Watson, but given the injury, I was already viewing him more as a fringe QB one given the injury and then the fact that he did leave practice today I I don't want to trust him if I can avoid

it even if he does play this week if Thompson Robinson does have to start I think he's an interesting super flex option he's super athletic ran a 4-5-6-40 at the Combine, had over 600 rushing yards his last two seasons in college each year. So it wouldn't surprise me if he had... Tyler Huntley was pretty interesting when he started for the Ravens a couple times. I could see something like that. Obviously, this offense isn't going to have him run as much as Tyler Huntley did, but that kind of player where you hope for some rushing production, I think, is what you're hoping for there. I just want to add one thing on that. One thing I noted

because last year I fell into a little bit of a trap when the Titans had Malik Willis play a few games. I got a little excited about him and his profile and what it could mean for fantasy. But one thing that I look for is, and this is an old Bill Parcells, uh, motto and way of going about drafting and finding talent. Look for how many starts these quarterbacks made at big programs in big conferences and DTR made a lot of starts at UCLA he's played in a lot of big games and I think that will give him a better chance to not have one of those Malik Willis types 90 to 120 yard passing days where everything's a pun every series is a pun you can't even move the offense can't keep it on schedule so I think what you said Chris he is intriguing to me

because he has played in a lot of big games at a big conference. I think he can move the football. Well, look, in any event, you don't have to start him to pick him up. And if this shoulder injury lingers for Deshaun Watson and he shows you anything in this matchup against the Ravens, especially in those formats, that's the type of player you want to have on your bench because it gives you some trade capital and it gives you the potential as we start to get into the bi-weeks, someone that you might want to use because the

Browns will certainly get production from that position. Is it 25 to 30 points per game? No. Is it probably 20 to 25% the 20, 25 points on a great day? Yes. But 15 to 18 points out of your super flex is a pretty good place to be knowing that you're in the bi-week Or, again, someone you might be able to trade that could help you someplace else. So I would recommend stashing him if you can. Story to keep an eye on. It doesn't seem to be a major thing, but Miles Sanders seems like he's not going to practice on Friday, according to the reports. Again, with the portion of practice open to the media, he was just out there holding his helmet.

But he is out there. So from what I gather from a couple of the beat writers that I've seen tweeting, it doesn't seem to be an issue. but just something to keep an eye on. Chuba Hubbard would be what? Is this that groin injury he's been? It's a groin injury. That's why he's on the practice, excuse me, on the injury report. So, Dan, if it is Chuba Hubbard, let's just say,

in this matchup against Minnesota, he would be running back what for you? What range? Flex, RB2. Yeah, more of a flex for for me i don't feel confident with him at rb2 chris you agree he'd be part of the glob like i can't make a strong case for like alexander madison that far ahead of him you know i think the matchup against minnesota is really good so i could see chuba hubbard in that rb2 slash 3 range probably 22 to 26 and he has done a good job for what it's worth hubbard has catching passes in quarter blowout situation so passing game work would be there and we saw last year a couple of times where he did

have some good moments again not the most exciting of running backs but opportunity sometimes is the biggest thing volume is the biggest thing and you would get a lot of volume. Marquise Brown dealing with thumb injury. Jonathan Gannon, the Cardinals coach, said they're going to determine his status today. Chris, do you have any interest in Marquise Brown, even if he's healthy, taking on the 49ers? I don't hate, like, the 49ers weren't actually, I think they actually, did they give up the most fantasy points

to wide receivers last season? It was pretty close to the bottom, because obviously teams are playing from behind. He's in the wide receiver three to four range if he plays but obviously a thumb injury is a little concerning i think the only league i'm actually likely to start him in is scott fishbowl but i'm starting six wide receivers in that league so yeah yep uh getting some practice supports here i'm just trying to keep you guys up to date as much as we can because i know you're looking for some injury information. Zach Taylor said that Joe Burrow looks good.

He practiced in full for two days this week. So, Dan, is Joe Burrow a starting fantasy quarterback this week or more of a super flex to QB optional? I'm still viewing him as a super flex to QB option. One thing I need to see, I'm happy to hear that from Zachlor jamie but what i need to see is him going under center i talked about this with chris yesterday on fft and five and running a typical offense like when they ran that offense out the other night they weren't putting him under center they that took away all play action passing because he couldn't explode off that calf so he had to just be in shotgun the entire night until the kneel down and that really limits the offense so i need to see that he's able to go under center, run play action, explode off that calf. And then I'm going to feel more confident

putting him back in the mix because when he's just playing from the gun like that, it limits the deep passing opportunities you can have. This is not the old NFL. You can't just drop back. I mean, you need, you need to use your play action to set up the deep passing game. So for me, it's, it's limited until I see him kind of get under center and run regular offense. He didn't complete a pass more than 15 yards down the field in any game this season. I think until that 43 yarder to Jamar Chase in like the third quarter Monday night. He was 0 for 12 coming into that game. I think he's like 2 for 20 now on passes 15 yards down the field. He's had the quickest average time to release.

They have not been able to get anything going down the field. And unlike last season, it's not because they're being pressured constantly. They've protected him well enough. I remember early last season, they really struggled with that. That hasn't been the case. I think it's just a timing thing. And the fact that he's practicing in full does make me a little more optimistic that they'll be able to figure that out.

I was worried that this injury was going to linger and cost him practice time. So that's a good sign, at least. And the match was great. I mean, you know, let's be real here. If he's facing a tougher defense, it'd be easy to just be all out on Joe Burrow. But he's facing the Titans. They stink. And so if he has a chance for a decent performance,

it's going to be because the matchup in the coverage, the secondary, they'll allow some busts. Maybe, you know, Jamar Chase, Dee Higgins, they break something. Those guys are still starting in most leagues. Higgins is the one a little bit more questionable because the targets have been there for him. Production is not. You're not getting away from Jamar Chase,

but hopefully these guys just do what they do against that bad secondary. And Joe Burrow's numbers, for those of you that are forced to start him, do pop a little bit. Dan, we're getting some questions in the chat. What are you drinking in your coffee mug? Normally you have just your water there. Yeah. Not showing off the guns yet today. Typically a water guy. This is just like a regular coffee, but I made like a maple, you know, like a, like a fall coffee. I put a little cinnamon in it, keep it all keto or whatever. And you want to see some guns. We can do some guns here. Look at these bad boys. You know,

I had a day at the gym. We just did a, what was it yesterday? Pull yesterday. It's my favorite day, a little back day. So yeah, I'm having a good day here. And the only thing that sucks though, Jamie, as you well know, this is going to be my first Friday in a long time, not golfing because it's raining outside. So I have to, you know, pity me, but bring out the smallest file ends. I don't get to golf today. I was wondering why you're so eager to work today. I guess the determining factor, let's get to some of your questions. I don't get to golf today. I was wondering why you're so eager to work today. I guess the determining factor. Let's get to some of your questions here. Let's get the emails first.

We'll start here from Michael. It's a PPR. He's currently starting Alvin Kamara as his running back to over Deandre Swift. Would you do that? Or would you bench one of Christian Kirk or Zay Flowers and start both running backs in terms of an RB2 and a flex spot? Chris, are you starting Kamara and Swift over Christian Kirk and Zay Flowers? And which running back do you prefer?

I'm struggling with Kamara versus Swift. I think I would go with Kamara versus Swift, but I do think Kamara over Zay Flowers is probably the way that I would go. I know in full PPR, Flowers has been really valuable because he's getting so much volume. He hasn't really done a ton with it yet, and it's been a lot of screens and design throws that aren't super valuable necessarily.

So I think I'd be okay with both of those running backs ahead of Flowers. But you got to also do it over Kirk if you play both. So would you say Christian Kirk also? Oh, I thought it was one of... I think I would probably go Kirk over Swift over flowers. If, if it came to that. Okay.

So you, oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm reading it wrong. You can play both running backs and Kirk and then bench. Yeah. That's what I would do. Dan, you agree? I would, but I'm Swift over Camara Camara.

I need to see it first. And I also think that Winston hurts him personally. He might, he doesn't obviously check down as much, but again, in this offense, we may see a little bit different. Jameis Winston. We only saw three games of it last season,

and it was three wildly different games and how we perform. So I would go with Kamara and PPR over Swift myself, but I would probably bench say flowers, play Kirk, especially as a Jones out and just go with the two running backs. All right. Drew wants to know he's already starting Nico Collins and debating on his flex between Brian Robinson, Damian Pierce, two, two Atwell

and Chris Godwin. And it's half PPR. Um, he says, do you start both Houston receivers, but I only see one. I don't see tank Delia. I guess he means two Houston players with Damian Pierce. So Nico Collins is in one spot. And then first flex, would you go Brian Robinson, Damian Pierce, two, two Atwell or Chris Godwin? Uh, Dan, which way you lean in there? I almost feel like I'm leaning to, to at well here, but I don't know if it's crazy. I just feel like given the matchup and given the fact that I just, the B the big thing for me is I love Brian Robinson. I think his film has been underrated this year, but that's such a bad matchup with bad game script. And we saw last week, you guys tip me on this. I think it was was you jamie or adam a couple weeks ago like we got to be care or maybe it was on beyond

the box we got to be careful brian robinson because we're going to get some really bad game script games and we saw it last week what it did to him so i think i'm going to stick with atwell here yeah i think his route rate collapsed last week it was like 20 or something he had been right in the 40 to 50 range a lot of the first three games so that was disappointing i would go i i have godwin ranked highest but i don't feel super confident in it um the volume's just been really disappointing i thought they were they were going to lean on him more but target share is only like 20 so if you want to go at well over god when i think that's fine he's got the big play potential but i would go with one of the wide receivers here yeah i'd go i to go at well over Godwin, I think that's fine. He's got the big play potential, but I would go with one of the wide receivers here.

Yeah, I'd go. I'd go out well as well, just based on what he's shown. This cold secondary has been inconsistent and, you know, four straight games with at least eight targets. I think it is 17 catches in the first three games, you know, so he's been a go to option for Matthew Stafford. And he looks good out there, right? Yeah. One thing. Can I go back one? a go-to option for Matthew Stafford. And he looks good out there, right? He looks good. Yeah. Shane's got a dynasty. Can I go back one?

Alvin Kamara does have a 16.5% target share with Jameis Winston, which isn't peak Alvin Kamara. It was frustrating the second half of last season when he was down to like 15%. That still would be like a top four mark amongst running backs. So it's not... not james doesn't throw

as much as we want to alvin camara but it does he would still have a pretty significant passing game role okay uh shane's got a dynasty question uh his dynasty team is not really in rebuild mode as a mostly young team uh but due to injuries to dobbins and nick chubb and subpar quarterback play he would like to know, um, if he's wondering about Keenan Allen. So he's getting older. Uh,

awesome right now. Should you keep him or play out the year and trade him while his value is high? So dynasty questions, never get these situations with older players. And if you are competitive, obviously you're going to hold onto him so that, you know,

Shane says he's competitive right now, but when you're in one of those situations where you're sort of teetering a little bit, is your team going to compete for it all? Or do you want to get max value for a player at this point? So where would you guys be at right now if you're, let's say, after this week, 2-2, 1-3, 3-1 maybe, but your watch is a little questionable and you see some other teams that are loaded? How are you dealing with guys like Keenan Allen and Mike Evans? We could throw in the same conversation as well.

Are you looking to ride it out and try and compete, or are you going to sell and get max value? So, yeah, go ahead, Chris. Well, no, I just... I've got, like, ADHD, and I hate rebuilding. It's just, like, the most boring thing I can possibly do is watch my fantasy team lose for a full season. I just can't. I just hate doing that.

And so I'm kind of anti-teardown, but this wouldn't be a teardown. Your team could still be competitive, still be interesting, even if you traded Keenan Allen. So Keenan Allen, the way he's playing right now, the fit in Kellen Moore's offense, the way Justin Herbert's playing, I would need a first- round pick plus to move him. Like I wouldn't just move him for a first rounder in a situation like this.

Mike Evans, I think a first rounder is perfectly fine. But the way Keenan Allen's playing right now, like he might win someone a fantasy championship this year. So I'm going to hold out. Even if you do trade him, I need a first rounder plus a a really interesting young piece i think yeah or you could get multiple picks you know it doesn't have to be a player back it could be a first this year or second year after you know you always see trades like that the the only

problem when you're giving up these type of players to contending teams is you're probably getting a late first round and so those late picks while they're going to still be valuable obviously you know you're still going to still be valuable, obviously, you know, you're still going to get good players. It's just not like you're getting, okay, I'm trading Keenan Allen and I'm guaranteed Marvin Harrison Jr. You know, it doesn't work that way. You know, so just understand when you're making those types of deals. Um, I agree with you, Chris, it's, it's, I took over a 10 team dynasty league team that was absolutely atrocious. I cut every player on the team except for Kirk cousins, Marquise Brown, David Montgomery. And I traded Najee Harris and Tyler Lockett for a first round

pick. And then I just traded and I started out 2-0. I just lost my first game with an all-rookie team because Tank Dell was great. You know, I just got lucky with a few of these guys and I still had Cousins. But I just traded Cousins and Marquise Brown for a first round pick. And I'm just like, you know what, screw it. I don't want to try and ruin my chances of really rebuilding this team, but it's going to be frustrating. It sucks. We were doing it with the YOLO IDP

league that I do with Heath and a bunch of the guys. I don't think either you or Dan, you're in that one, right? Yeah, I took over a very bad team and I'm struggling. Heath, for two years, was just fielding bench lineups. And I find that's... And now he's good.

Oh, yeah. His team's good now, and he had a good time with it. But the idea of that, for me, just drives me crazy. I don't have the willpower to sit through that. You know, it's funny, though. So I trade those two guys, and I'm starting an all-rookie lineup except for one player the one player that i did not start as a rookie is david montgomery again because of yeah

so this is the thing with me though like i i talked about with heath a bunch on on fft dynasty like i'm i'm either going for it or i'm not and if i'm committing to the rebuild i need to get rid of these players because i need to make sure that what's happening to Jamie is not happening to me in a draft class like this. For example, like in a super flex league, I'm in, I committed to it. I went full Heath and I've traded Pollard. I traded Tyreek Hill, Alexander Madison, George Kittle. And now I'm leaning toward trying to find partners for Deandre Swift, Darren Waller, basically everything I have left because I want to make sure I get Caleb Williams right now. I'm in last I'm last in points, but if I start winning games, because some of these guys like David Montgomery put up 35, I'm losing Caleb Williams. It's really like

the NFL draft to me because if I don't get Caleb Williams, that's it's all went to crap. Like the whole thing is ruined. Like, yeah, exactly. So you got to make sure I don't like the in-between that much. And I will say, uh, you, you saved me. Uh, I remember last year cause you were going full tank and I offered you a second round pick for Alan Robinson. Yes. You said, I'm going to hold out. I want to see.

I thought he'd have more value in season. Such a bad take, such a bad take. So I appreciate that. You saved me. You're welcome. Well, you know what it turned out to be,

by the way, you're going to hate this as well. No, Sam Laporta. Oh God. Uh, all right. From Russ, he needs to get rid of one of his quarterbacks just picked up justin field and has two and anthony richardson so he would like to trade one who is the best to keep for the rest of the season so you got those three quarter i think we answered this during the week as well so you got three quarterbacks you only start one

it's not a not a super flexor to qb league so chris if you have these three guys who are you keeping and who are you trying to trade uh that's really tough because Fields and Richardson, I think are probably at the bottom of their value while Tua, I don't necessarily think he's at the top of his value, but obviously we know it's not a question of performance. It's a question of whether he can stay healthy. So Tua is definitely going to have the most value. And I think you'd be fine at QB with Justin Fields and Anthony Richardson moving forward. I do think they're both going to have the most value and I think you'd be fine at QB with Justin Fields and Anthony Richardson moving forward I do think they're both going to be starting caliber quarterbacks so yeah if you can move to who I think is a top five QB as long as he's healthy if you can move him you probably need to get a borderline RB or wide receiver one for him if you can but yeah I think

I'd be looking to move to it just in terms of where everyone is but if you want to wait until after this week if richardson and fields have good games you know it might make more sense to hold out for a couple more days and try to move one of those guys right i think he's just a little bit of a roster crunch but yeah look the the value i wouldn't say richardson's value is is that low i know he's coming off the concussion but i mean he was on his way to a monster game in week two against Houston. He had a great week one against Jacksonville.

I think everybody can see the upside. So you might be able to just make a mid-level trade for Richardson and still alleviate some concerns for your team and maybe help yourself out. Obviously, two is more of the blockbuster. It's very difficult to trade Justin Fields right now. If he has the game I think he's going to have, then maybe just wait, like Chris said,

if you can just hold on one more week and see what happens. All right, AJ wants to know, he's asking to have, then maybe just wait, like Chris said, if you can just hold on one more week and see what happens. All right. AJ wants to know. He's asking, dear Randy, Wesley, Julian, and Robert. Dan, I know you have no idea who those are, right? Give me the names one more time. Randy, Wesley, Julian, and Robert.

Chris, do you know? Yeah. No. Those are the proper names of like what? That would have been like the 2008 Patriots probably. 2009 maybe. Am I thinking a little? Randy Moss, Wes Wel randy moss west welker julia or just patriots wide receivers or patriots pass catchers who's robert gronk robert gronkowski yeah yeah oh wow

good job chris did him and randy moss overlap that was nice chris uh i don't believe gronk and welker and moss played together obviously gronk and edelman played together yeah uh half ppr chris uh i don't believe gronk and welker and moss played together obviously gronk and edelman played together yeah uh half ppr chris hunter henry or david njoku oh uh njoku yeah with the shoulder injury with watson and the matchup against the ravens i'm gonna go henry uh sam wants to know i don't even have a question but i had to give dan some crap for his most outlandish claim yet herbert has photographic memory because yes he's a biomen major come on man i was just coming around to you but this seals the deal as adam as the funniest and most athletic and best care i guess while i'm here who should i try to trade from this big batch of running backs and who

should i target a 10 team uh ppr it says zero ppr i going to assume it's maybe forgot the half. I don't know. Uh, Deandre Swift, David Montgomery, Raheem Mostert, James Connor, or Roshan Johnson.

So who would you trade of those guys? Assuming that you can still trade Montgomery. I probably look to trade Montgomery at this point, right? I do wonder if Swift's perceived value might be more than his actual value because he's looked so good in that offense and then the actual fantasy production these two games has just been okay you know i guess he did did he get a touchdown in week three or week two no just a lot of yards scored yet so it's like oh no no he did score uh did he score week two

week three yeah he's yet to score. So, yeah. So he is right now the trap back on steroids because he's unbelievable. Not really catching passes. He's in on every goal line play, but he's pushing his quarterback. Yeah, I saw Adam tweeted. He's been tackled at the one yard line three times. And every single time Jalen Hurts has scored a touchdown immediately after. Yeah, there's there's a lot to love about Deandre swift but given his injury history and look he between him and montgomery they have well i guess most all these guys have huge trade value except for roshan johnson so what i would probably do is i would i like to do this a lot whenever i see a team like you know lost dobbins and chubb and you know dealing with maybe jonathan taylor

or barkley or eckler and these things i say, here's these five running backs. Make me an offer because you need help. You got X, Y, here's what I want. Here's these five running backs. Let's see if we make a deal, you know, so put it on the other manager or managers. And if you don't like the deal, then you counter yourself, you know, but if you're unsure about which one of these guys to trade, cause you can make pros and cons for all of them. That's certainly something you can do and just alleviate the headache. All right. Uh, from, uh, Jed from the city of them, that's certainly something you can do and just alleviate the headache. All right, Jed, from the city of destiny. Dan, where's the city of destiny? The city of destiny.

The city of destiny. Destiny, Idaho. Chris, do you know the city of destiny? It's obviously Destin, Florida. Destin, Florida, okay. Actually, it looks like it's a pop-up. AJ Brown, C.D. Lamb, Jalen Waddle, Puka Nakua, Javante Williams. Non-PPR.

Chris, who are you sitting? Javante. I feel like that's a pretty easy call. In non-PPR, though? In non-PPR, yeah. Yeah, because he's not really running the ball particularly well right now, so he's still a little reliant on a couple of catches every week. i feel much better about the rest of those guys dan you agree give me the names again jamie and then check the chat aj brown cd lamb jaylen waddle puka nakua and giovante williams

and i have to sit one sit one i'm gonna sit giovante the only thing is is he's got chicago this week yeah i know i know i might sit Puka just because in non PPR, we saw what the downside could be last week where it's five for 72. We still got seven targets was still fine. I think Devante scores. I'm going to sit Puka and non PPR. All right, we'll get to our buddy.

Greg's going to join us in a second in after get through these emails. Tanner wants to know your rod, Kevin, Dave and Rico. Chris, you know, Dear Rod, Kevin, Dave, and Rico. Chris, you know who those are? Those are just famous fictional football players. Rod Tidwell. Rod Tidwell, Rico from Uncle Rico.

That's all I've got. Those are the only two. Seems good enough to me. All right. What are your thoughts on scoring six points for a special team's player touchdown? I like the idea of rewarding the player for such a great play, but I'll see where you can double counting the touchdown between the player and the

DST. So, there are leagues that you can get points for special team players for return yards and return touchdowns. Do you guys like playing in those leagues? I feel like return touchdowns is pretty standard. Not return yards, but like if Marvin Mims,

I feel like most leagues that I play in, he would have gotten the six points for that at least because I did have to start him in one league last week, and it worked out because of that. Yeah. I think it's fine. I'm okay with it. I prefer leagues that don't play with kickers and defenses,

so that's where I'm at with this whole thing. All right. Let's jump around here a little bit, uh, from jiggly piggly. The other day, Azar and Dan were bantering about what the best nineties comedies was. Nineties comedy was obviously it was Seinfeld.

Then Dan started talking. It occurred to me that I've never seen a picture of Dan and only listen to the podcast. I picture Dan is looking like a stance is dead. I can't get out of my mind and i don't want to see what dan looks like so that i can relish this for a while that being said dan is a fantastic at the show please keep around so chris you've seen dan you see him right now does he look like uh george costanza's father no no probably not even a young version of george

costanza's father so no i that it's always so funny when we get emails like this, where people like try to guess what we look like based on what we sound like. And it's like, I, maybe my brain doesn't do that. So I just like, I find that so interesting when people send it in because they're usually really off. And I find that fascinating. When I listen to podcasts, it's a similar thing for me. Like, I guess my brain does work does work like that Chris because whenever I listen to some of my favorite podcasts and I finally see the people I'm always I always I'm like oh that's what that person looks like I don't I wouldn't have thought like I always have some feeling idea in my head of what they might look like um so I do understand that but I know thankfully I don't look like George Costanza's

dad because then I would have no shot of beating Adam Mazur in any kind of physical competition with the exception of Festivus and, you know, Peter Trank. All right. Chris from Denver wants to know, 10-team non-PPR start one. Najee Harris, Roshan Johnson, Brian Robinson. Dan, which way are you going with the running back there, non-PPR? This is crazy maybe sounding, Jamie, but I'm going Roshan Johnson. I love the matchup, obviously, Denver. And I love what I'm seeing lately with the split between Roshan and Khalil Herbert. And I don't see why that's not going to continue in that direction.

So give me Roshan Johnson here. And I don't feel bad about benching Najee Harris, someone I didn't draft anywhere, anywhere, and anyway. And who was the other back? Brian Robinson. Yeah, I don't want to play Brian Robinson against Philly and have a bad negative game script. So, yeah, going, and anyway. And who was the other back? Brian Robinson. Yeah, I don't want to play Brian Robinson against Philly and have a bad negative game script. So yeah, going Roshan.

Do you know which running back leads the NFL in percentage of carries that have gone for 15 plus yards this season? Roshan, is it? It has to be. It's Najee Harris. Oh, it's Najee Harris. Sure.

I think that's the funniest stat of the first three games of the NFL. It is, actually, and surprising, by the way. I didn't really see that coming. But also, it's Najee Harris, and the Steelers offense, it's hard for me to get behind Matt Canada offense. I know they looked a little better against the Raiders, but the Raiders are supposed to look a lot better against, not a little better against.

It's another good matchup this week for the Steelers as well against the Texans so just keep that in mind but yeah I think if you're looking for the most upside it could be Roshan I I hope for both the Steelers and the and the um Bears we may see a changing of the guard at some point soon where Jalen Warren and Roshan Johnson getting the majority work although Adam did bring up a Jacob Gibbs tweet on the Friday morning show that apparently whenever it's been some net neutral situations where the bears are seven points or less, I think it is, um, Khalil Herbert's dominating playing time. And as Dave joked, he said, so the six plays that that's happened, um, Khalil Herbert's been better. So take that for what it's worth. And Chris from Denver has a

good dad joke for us. He says, what's the difference between someone riding a bicycle, wearing pajamas and someone riding a unicycle in a tuxedo? I got nothing. I got a tire. Nice. Michael wants to know, grade the trade. PPR League traded away. Kenneth Gainwell and Elijah Moore got back Rashad White and Deontay Johnson.

I think that's probably an A. I think Gainwell is just, just a guy. And I don't think Elijah Moore is going to be too useful. So rather bet on the upside when Deontay gets back. That's fine. I'll take a B plus just cause I'm not high on, I'm not too high on,

on either of those two players, but I agree. They have more upside. All right. Brian wants to know, start two of these players, Cortland Sutton, T Higgins, Tyler Lockett, Jacoby Myers, Garrett Wilson, and Tutu Atwell. Although he says he would like to avoid Tutu Atwell. So start two of Cortland Sutton, T Higgins,

Tyler Lockett, Jacoby Myers, Garrett Wilson, Tutu Atwell. Dan. Um, he doesn't want to do that. Well, I'm not going to give him that. Well, one more time. I'm going to need those names. Cortland Sutton, T Higgins, Tyler Lockett, Jacoby Myers, Garrett Wilson. I'll go with Higgins and Lockett here. Lockett to me is an obvious one against the giants. Good matchup for him. Giants pass. He went to been brutal.

He also had a pretty good game against him last time. As far as Higgins, I'm just going to play the matchup here and hope for, and hope that burrow is healthier. I just love the matchup and i like it i also like the narrative here i think higgins had a lot of bad press after last game and i just think they're going to look to get him the ball early yeah the opportunities have been there the past two weeks for higgins so yeah i'll go with him and lock it makes sense all right last one and then we'll take a break joey wants to know in full ppr do i start pukauka Nakua or Nico Collins if Debo Samuel is out? So he's going to start Samuel if he plays, makes sense.

But would you go with Puka Nakua or Nico in full PPR? Chris? Puka is a top 10 wide receiver for me. Yeah, I'm at a matchup proof point with Puka. I just like his involvement so much in the offense. And there's so few receivers to me that I look at on the weekly slate. And I'm like, yeah, that guy's involved in that regard in that offense. And with that kind of involvement means a lot of targets. So two yards short of a touchdown last week, right? Right. Right. Yes. But also got saved by a 37

yard reception at the end of the game when he did not do much prior to that. But yes, I think a PPR Puka is better than Nico as much as I like Nico. I'm going to take a break. When we come back, Greg is going to join us, our special guest from St. Jude. So hang right here with us, and we'll be right back. Whether in the game or in life, the right coverage can make all the difference. Securian Canada gives you that coverage. For more than 65 years,

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and we appreciate your time and your effort and your energy in donating to St. Jude. And we appreciate you joining us here on our Friday mailbag on fantasy football today. Thanks, Jamie. It's pronounced me Sally. And I appreciate you guys having me on the show today.

So Greg, where are you from? I live in New Jersey. Okay. So you're dealing with the, the weather concerns also. Now, do you share Dan sentiment that New Jersey is the greatest state in the

history of States? Listen, you can be in farm country and visit the cows and the horses in one moment. You could be at the Jersey Shore within a couple hours. You can be looking at the New York City skyline. So what do you think, Dan? Skiing, mountains for hiking. We've got it all. We've got food, the best food you can find everywhere.

I mean, look, New York's up there, too. I'm putting New York in the mix as well, but like all these other states. Oh, New York city's in the mix. New Jersey. Oh, thanks. Uh, well, Greg, we, we appreciate that. Uh, as you see, Don has already said you're the goat. And again, we really appreciate your, uh, your donation to St. Jude and you know, everybody who donated as well. So, uh, Greg, you'll join us in answering some questions here. We appreciate it. We're on now to our Apple podcast questions. Again,

you can leave us a question on Apple podcast. Make sure you give us a five-star review and we will do our best to answer your questions from there as well. So Antar, the brave wants to know he's convinced Adam takes our strictly for likes. So Adam is just doing this pandering to the crap. Uh, but he would like to trade Zach Moss for George Kittle in a non PPR league. And he's on the fence about

that. He has a Jake Ferguson as a replacement. So Greg, first answer to you, would you rather have Zach Moss or George Kittle knowing that if you do move on from Kittle, you have Jake Ferguson as a replacement. Yeah. So all things being equal, you're definitely, uh, you're definitely losing. I, you know, I tight end there, I think, you know, loves looking solid maybe except for last night, but I think Moss is the home run hitter. Uh, if, if a JT doesn't come back or he gets traded, Moss could, could be a league winner. He looks great. And in a non PPR, I mean, he's, you know,

you'd rather have the the stud running back than the stud receiver or tight end so yeah it's it's tough man because zach moss is like if jonathan like we've already gone through this process with jonathan taylor where we're just like all right jonathan taylor's gonna be back soon we don't have to worry about anything and then he went on the pup list and missed the first four games of the season. And now I'm just assuming, oh, yeah, he'll be back next week or maybe week six. It'll be fine.

But we don't actually know. We've gotten almost zero updates about this. So it's definitely scary in a vacuum. I think I'd rather have Kittle than Moss, but Moss does have significant upside that makes me scared. The problem is I'm just not in on Jake Ferguson. I think he's looked bad. I wouldn't be surprised if he started to lose playing time in that offense.

And the Cowboys offense is kind of boring right now. Lowest average depth of target in the NFL. It's so hard to judge that. Yeah, they've only played one competitive game right and and in that game they did it without their offensive line being at full strength so you know look are they ever going to be fully healthy it's hard to say uh i think though if you have enough running back depth and you can afford to trade zach moss to get what george kittle as we know has looked like at times it's not a bad move to make

so you know that's just something you have to keep in mind. I think I kind of read that a little bit trickily. Tricky. He does. He's trading Zach. He has Zach Moss. He's trading for George Kittle. Right now he has Jake Ferguson on his team.

Tyler from Santa Barbara wants to know, grade the trade in full PPR. Traded Keenan Allen, TJ Hawkinson, and Alvin Kamara for Justin Jefferson and Darren Waller. So gave up Allen, Hawkins hawkinson kamara got back jefferson and waller greg what do you think well first of all i thought you said luke musgrave in that last question so i want to apologize i saw your face jamie and you looked shocked so uh gosh what do they say that you'd rather have the best player versus some very good parts i mean if you go with that then i think you got to stay with Jefferson

unless you buy into the whole Kirk Cousins being traded angle. So it's a tough one. I like the pieces there, but Jefferson is so hard to replace. So, Dan, would you trade right now straight up? Justin Jefferson for Keenan Allen and TJ Hawkinson? No.

You like Jefferson better? Yeah, I'm losing Jefferson, and all I'm getting is Hawkinson and Keenan Allen. No shot. Well, you mean to say all you're getting is Hawkinson and Keenan Allen? It's a lot. It's a lot in the surface, but it's also like, is Keenan Allen going to come down to earth? Is Keenan Allen going to regress at all? Is Keenan Allen going to get injured at all?

With an injury history and an age, and is TJ Hawkinson? I've never been a tj hawkinson guy so am i just supposed to just believe that like he had two touchdowns one was garbage time two weeks ago and i know it's inflating his stats i just i find i find those two too hard at like i'm getting justin jefferson the best player in fantasy football i don't care about what i'm giving up to get him almost especially if it's guys that i think have chance to regress from a touchdown standpoint. I just want to say, by the way, Greg,

love your accent, by the way, that is true. That is thick Jersey accent. And I absolutely love it. It's a North accent. Oh yeah. Give me a grade on the trade.

And that's the North Jersey, by the way, I always make, I want people to listening to know, just so we know there's North Jersey. There's South Jersey. The governor's recently said there's central Jersey. Some is a big debate for New Jersey, and some people believe in it.

Some people don't. But all I know is you got to get north to get to the good part of Jersey. All right. You guys can call each other and talk about Jersey. Yeah. Chris, give me just a grade. B minus. He's getting Jefferson.

So, yeah, I think he wins the trade, but it's not a slam dunk. Okay. Uh, by the way, Deshaun Watson officially list as questionable. So just keep that in mind for the Browns, for Amari Cooper, for Elijah Moore and for Jerome Ford and go see if DTR is available in

super flex or two quarterback leagues. Uh, Jeezy wants to know, I traded Sam Howell and Zach Moss for Anthony Richardson and Chuba Hubbard in one trade. Second trade was Waller and Gabe Davis for A.J. Brown. What trade was better? So trade one, giving up Sam Howell and Zach Moss for Anthony Richardson and Chuba Hubbard.

Trade two, Darren Waller and Gabe Davis for A.J. Brown. Greg? I think I'd say both were slam dunks on the Richardson and AJ Brown side. I don't know. Like I said, Moss becoming a league winner notwithstanding, I think Richardson's going to have a great year. And AJ Brown, I think it's almost what we just said about Jefferson. You're getting the best player and you're giving up parts.

The AJ Brown one feels like the easy winner of those deals. So I don't want to discount that one to say which one was better. But you're giving up Zach Moss. And so if Sam Howell was your only quarterback, then really you're stuck. So trading Zach Moss against Anthony Richardson, I hope, is a significant upgrade. But did you give up the best player in that deal, though, with Zach Moss, knowing that he could be the guy for the Colts the rest of the way? Chris, how do you feel about that?

Or he's got this week and that's it. And then he barely matters the rest of the way. You know, that's also very much that might be the likeliest outcome. If not, you know, it might be 51%. But yeah, I think both trades are wins for you, but definitely the Richardson one is riskier if Jonathan Taylor doesn't come back. You know, Zach Moss does look like a really solid high-end RB2 moving forward. All right, Sam wants to know, pick two wide receivers and a quarterback.

Half PPR, four points for passing touchdowns. Garrett Wilson, Jerry Judy, Tyler Lockett, Joshua Palmer. So let's start there with the two wide receivers. So Garrett Wilson, Jerry Judy, Tyler Lockett, Joshua Palmer, Greg, who are you going with? Uh, I got it. That's tough. I think Palmer for sure. Just because he's tethered to, you know, quarterback and knows how to chuck it. I got this weird feeling on Garrett Wilson. I know his quarterback is terrible, especially being from the area, but he's an 80-order touchdown at any moment.

I think I'd take the upside shot there with Garrett Wilson and definitely with Palmer. Dan, who are you going with? I'm going with Lockett, my favorite play out of this group. And then it gets a little tougher. I think I'm willing to give Palmer a shot as well here. I just love the matchup. I think the Raiders' defenses, especially Patrick Graham right now,

former Giants defensive coordinator, like he has no talent on the back end and they're just playing a certain style of defense. That's very soft in zone. And I just think that could be great for, for Palmer to get going. Chris, same thing.

I'd go with Judy over Palmer, but I agree on lock it. Yeah. I think lock it to me is the safest of the group. And so I, Oh, who put that one up? Oh,

what does that, who put that? Is that you sack on the back end trying to troll me? The Cosmic Realm. I've been watching the stream for a few years, still waiting to hear a good take from Dan. Oh, you want to hear a good take? You can go back and find a lot of them.

Like I was drafting David Montgomery over to Amir Gibbs. Go find that one. Defensive Dan on the can. A couple of injury notes coming through. We talked about these already. So Deshaun Watson, questionable. Miles Sanders, questionable. Again, keep an eye on those situations if you do see tuba hubbard available might not be a bad idea to pick them up and then dtr and super flex and

two quarterback leagues uh sam's second part of the question wants to know joe burrow justin fields is anybody comfortable enough to start joe burrow over fields at this point knowing his injury concerns i've got phil drank to head right now for, for this week, rest of the season. I'd still take burrow. Yeah. I just think matchup. Yep.

Same matchup wise. Oh, I did a yup. Same day. I made it 42 minutes without one of them. Uh, from needing an answer. Uh, my crazy for considering playing Roshan Johnson over Josh Jacobs. I think we're all going to say yes. As much as we like Josh, uh, Roshan Johnson, stick with Josh Jacobs, uh, all going to say yes, as much as we like Roshan Johnson.

Stick with Josh Jacobs. From Gambino Mafia, grade the trade. Give up T. Higgins and Puka Nakua. Get Jamar Chase. So, Greg, are you selling the two players, the two parts, to get the superstar? And the two parts have been pretty good in T. Higgins and Puka Nakua. I think I'm taking the Jamar side of that.

I mean, either side, you're attached to Burrow. So if he goes down, you're a loser either way. So I think I'd rather be a loser with my ship sinking with Jamar than the other two folks. Dan, do you agree? This one's close for me just because I love Puka. And I think he could literally be a league winner. And I don't want to lose that piece. But I have to keep in mind, like, Sean McVay finally gave us a positive outlook on Cooper Cup. I guess you could call it positive.

I mean, for me, it was positive just because I was like, until I heard Sean McVay say that, I was like, this Cooper Cup thing could be a lot longer than people realize. Now I kind of feel like he's progressing well, could come right off IR and play. So I'm willing to take the gamble because of Cooper Cup's recent, you know, potential health, better health coming. All right, Zach, I'm going to give you your homework assignment because this is our last question for our next break, and then we've got to get some YouTube questions in. So start finding the best YouTube questions.

But this is from The Fantasy Baller. He wants us to grade the trade half PPR, give up CeeDee Lamb, Brees Hall, and Traylon Burks, get Josh Jacobs, Tyler Lockett, and Zay Flowers. So we're giving up C.D. Lamb, Brees Hall, and Traylon Burks, getting Josh Jacobs, Tyler Lockett, and Zay Flowers. How do you feel about that one, Greg? I'm going to go with the Lamb-Hall side of the trade.

I almost don't care who the third part is there because Lamb, I know, is a stud. Greg, we've got to fix your connection. Your connection is a little bit off. So, chris how do you feel about that that trade um cd lamb breeze hall and trailing burks getting josh jacobs tyler lockett and zay flowers i think it's razor thin i i think both sides are very very close i i think i lean the jacobs side but lamb and hall is a ton of upside if if hall figures things out and i i feel pretty good that he will so i don't have a strong lean either way actually i'm going to talk myself into the cd lamb breeze hall side i think the hall upside there you go greg greg giving us a little note there you go i'm with greg on this one i like the lamb hall for sure. I'm not thrilled about what I'm going to get from Hall rest of season

with that crappy situation. He's got a quarterback and a bad O-line. But I'm taking Lamb. I mean, I'm a little different with you guys on Jacobs. I'm very off on Josh Jacobs. I don't see too much of a path towards success where they're just going to stack boxes the entire year and play no-too-high safety and just play middle-of-field close

with everyone by the line of scrimmage. And it just seems like that offense is dead with Jimmy Garoppolo to me. Maybe, uh, maybe I'm sorry, Aiden O'Connell can reignite that offense, but it feels like he's not playing. I think they're going to go to a lawyer first. So I'm just off all Jacobs. I get that side of it. But when I look at this, you might be getting three starters for one. Yes. You know, we like you talk about crappy situation for Jacobs. I mean, it feels like it's much worse for Brees Hall because he's not 100%. And while Lamb is by far the best player, Traylon Burks, you're cutting almost essentially when you're trading for him.

And if Zay Flowers shows you two of the three games he's been productive in PPR, I don't know. I would take that side of it just because I'm getting three pieces for one essentially because I just can't trust Brees Hall moving forward. We're going to take our last break here. We come back and get some of you to questions. Please make sure you're hitting the like button. We really appreciate that as well. And we hope Greg's connections back. Greg, just say something. So we know you're good. Hey, Jamie. There you go. You're good. All right. So we're gonna take a break and then Zach's gonna pop up some questions.

So stick with us right here on fantasy football today. All right, we're back. All right, Zach, let's go pop up those questions. We don with us right here on fantasy football today. All right, we're back. All right, Zach, let's go pop up those questions. We don't know what's coming. Surprise us. Adrian wants to know, he's got Raheem Mostert and Devon A. Chan. Should you play both Dolphins running backs? How do you feel about that, Greg? I'm actually doing that in one of my leagues this week. I'm not sure it's a great idea, but if you sit one of them, first of all, you don't know which one to sit.

And second of all, if you sit the wrong one, you're going to go to bed Sunday night, sit to your stomach. So that's my answer. I just wish the first game after a chance breakout wasn't against the bills.

I'm worried what we've seen with the bills against the dolphins, the bills, the dolphins offense is going to get their points, but like we saw, I think it was week three last year, maybe week two. The Bills ran like 93 plays and the Dolphins ran 45. That's what we've seen in this Mike McDaniels matchup with the Bills

is Dolphins offense has been pretty good, but the Bills have dominated time of possession. I worry about volume. Bills are my favorite team to stack in DFS because of that this week. I, I have them both ranked as top 24 running back. So I think it's perfectly viable to start both of them,

but I do worry that it might be like they're splitting 19 touches this week instead of 30. I am. Yeah, go ahead, Jamie. Okay. I was just going to say the one thing I want to consider for that is

because it was a good, I looked at the exact matchup to Chris because the only time we saw healthy to it in that matchup. And I will say this about that situation. It's a big change that the Dolphins made from a schematic standpoint, bringing in Fangio this year, and it changes everything about that. And I don't think that bills are going to be able to have that similar kind of not only game plan, but just game script where they're just controlling the ball the whole time

against fangio from what i've seen how he's coordinated that defense this year and called it so i think that's one because i was worried about that too chris and it led to a really weird score it was like 2019 or something or weren't yeah well that was the weird game where it was like 110 degrees on the field and the bear like stefan diggs was cramping several times in the game it was just a weird game too right so i don't know if it'll be this just like that game but it did scare me a little bit um so yeah go ahead jamie no as i said the other factor is we saw a huge spike in the running back targets and production in the passing game for those guys and jaylen waddle was missing and so now waddle is back so will they more, you know, the target distribution be a little bit different.

But, I mean, look, it's hard to get away from those two guys. I think the biggest thing for me is running back stinks right now. And you got two guys coming off combined 90 PPR points, you know. So whatever percentage you want to take off of that. But also, that was a great point. Literally the best game ever by two teammates in PPR scoring in fantasy ever. I mean, you would have scored over 200 points if you just started the dolphins last, last week in fantasy, like no one else on your team,

but the dolphins, which is insane. Right. Getting healthy. So yeah. Right. But I think Jamie, you made a great point. I just want to close on this. Cause it is a really good point.

When I watched the film of that game, cause we did it for beyond the box score. There was a ton of pony package, which is both a chain, a Chan and most start on the field with HN coming in motion. And that I just don't, you're right. Like with waddle back, that may not happen at the same rate or anywhere close. Cause you can't, it's a numbers game. Like, can you have two backs on the field at once when you also have waddle in the mix? So that is a concern for me.

I'm sure no, Mike, me, Daniel will have plenty of opportunities for both these guys. And it's been such a great offense, so you can start both yes all right next question zach uh is anybody going to watch the disney version of the jaguar game i'm going to bind so i'm curious if they are actually all animated and what they will look like while playing chris you're the anime guy so what would you be doing well you read that wrong he said i am blind so i'm curious if they're actually all animated oh i am blind oh i'm sorry i let me read that again i apologize is anyone going to watch the disney version of the jaguar game i am blind oh i'm sorry i let me read that again i apologize is anyone going to watch the disney version of the jaguar game i am blind so i'm curious if they are actually all animated and what they look like while playing they did this for a hockey game last year i think

one of the winter classic games maybe i don't know if you guys i actually watched a little bit of it just because i wanted to see what it looked like and there were some technical glitches there were some times when you know the tracking software just led to a player spinning in the same spot for a few seconds. But now I want to watch because of that. It was it was neat. I don't know. I feel like football might be easier because it's, you know, not as much constant motion. But yeah, I'll turn it on for for a couple of plays. It looks like a good time. I don't know. I'm here for the fun antics.

Yeah, you sold me on that with the fact that it could be glitching. Now I'm in. Greg? Chris is way smarter than me, so I'm just going to defer to Chris's answer and go with whatever he said. Smart answer. All right, next question. Going with Jerome Ford and Damian Pierce this week,

benching Najee Harrison, I screwed at running back. So Greg, of these three, which two would you be playing? I think he's got it right. I think Najee looks like he's got lead blocks around his feet, a little New Jersey term there. And so I think Ford and Pierce can explode. And we've been waiting for this for years from Najee. I,

I, I just don't know if he has it in him. I hate saying it, but that's, that's where I'm at with Najee. Chris. Yeah. My rankings 25 through 27,

Damian Pierce, Jerome Ford, Najee Harris. I absolutely love when we get questions like that, whereas the answer is just three guys in a row in my ranks. It's like I have them ranked in that order. So yes, it Najee Harris.

I have zero degree of confidence about any of those three guys. Yeah. I, I think I would bench Ford if, if Watson doesn't play and I would play forward. If Watson plays, uh, I could sign off on that.

Although Damian Pierce has been atrocious. Terrible. I actually like Najee better than Pierce. I guess I could say that too because I don't have any degree of confidence at all in Pierce. Yeah. All right. Glad we helped you, Chris.

Next question. PPR pick three among the matchups of death. Joe Mixon, James Conner, Ramondre Stevenson, Zach Moss, and Alvin Kamara. Not all of these are matchups of death, so I wouldn'tames connor ramondre stevenson zach moss and alvin kamara not all these are matchups of death so i wouldn't necessarily put it all in that which ones would you consider matchups of death definitely mixin right in that funnel defense mixin and and obviously connor just because san francisco is so good but he really has been somewhat matchup proof um i don't view the bucks as that same matchup anymore definitely don't't view the Rams that way. And the Cowboys, I guess, could be a tough matchup.

But we really, again, haven't seen them tested to this level. And we saw James – not that the Patriots have a tremendous offense. But James Conner just had some success against them last week too. So, all right, Greg, which three in PPR are you going with? You know, I'm going to defer to the rest of you guys, but I'm going to pull one guy out for sure who I would not be starting that would be connor for the reasons you just said i if i'm the niners i try to clamp down on on the running game and let uh you know let dobbs beat me if he can i am gonna go here with camara for sure he's probably actually my favorite play of

this group in a full ppr as as as, as Gary went over. I did not, I, one of the guys I watched cause they wanted me to for beyond the box score. And it was painful was Ramondre Stevenson. There are big issues with that Patriots running game right now. They are not blocking the way they used to. And that for years was a given, you know, we had no matter what Patriots could block the run. Now I'm not so sure. So he's a definite bench for me. I'm going to go Camara mixin we don't feel confident about but i'll go with mixin and moss i actually give me three names yeah mixin etn and camara no no etn in there oh it's just made up made of a player yeah i don't know why

i saw it i'd love to go with etn uh mixin, Kamara, and Moss. Yes. I'm going to go with McCaffrey, Pollard, and Bijan. Yeah. No, those. Yeah. And Bijan. Yeah. I'm going to go with Kamara. Moss, to me, is my favorite of the group.

I'm going to go Moss, Kamara, and Connor. I just can't trust Mixon against Titans. Yeah. And Ramondre struggling a little bit. Let's go with three more questions, Zach. I need a flex from the Cynical Emperor. Kyron Williams or Jalen Waddle already has Bijan Robinson, James Cook,

Keenan Allen, and Puka as must starts. So Greg, are you going with Kyron Williams or Jalen Waddle here in the flex? Let's assume with PPR. Uh, yeah, I want the guy who's going to be touching the ball the most.

And, I, I think that's Kyron, although I love Waddle. I think Kyron's the guy. Chris. Yeah. I think you've already got Jalen Waddle as a must start as well. So I'd go with him's Kyron. Although I love Waddle, I think Kyron's the guy. Chris? Yeah, I think you've already got Jalen Waddle as a must-start as well, so I'd go with him over Kyron.

Yeah, I can't bench Waddle. But I do think, Chris, I mean, I'm sorry, I do think Greg had a good point, though. Chase volume whenever you can, so we could be wrong about this. They just have a tough time benching Waddle. Who do you think gets more targets in this game? Because we saw Williams get seven targets. It did not connect with Matthew Stafford. And I don't know if Jalen Waddle's getting you think gets more targets in this game because we saw williams get seven targets it did not connect with matthew stafford and i don't know if dalen waddle is getting many more than

that so when you factor in seven targets six targets let's just say for each guy and plus 15 carries like i would lean toward kyron i know it's hard to bench dalen model but i would lean toward him uh all right two more uh nope it disappeared there we go uh trade alvin camaro for anthony richardson would you be doing that in a one qb league no i'd have to be it's hard to envision a world in which i'm desperate at qb and fine at running back right now so i think i'd pass probably what if it what if it is super flex that's when I'm locked in. Yes, I would do that one, yeah. Greg, what kind of leagues are you playing?

I've got a Superflex is my small league, and then my big QSFL league is a full-point PPR 10-person team with additional scoring for long touchdowns. So a 40-plus yarder is a 10 point touchdown. Wow. No, it can get, it can get wild. So in your super flex league, would you be doing this trade if you're on either side? If it was a big league and I needed a quarterback, I really think the, the, you know, Richardson's

going to blow the roof off it this year. I do. I believe in that offense and his coaching staff. Um, you know, Kamara looks good just because of the other, you know, lack of other, going to blow the roof off it this year. I do. I believe in that offense and his coaching staff. You know, Kamara looks good just because of the lack of other weapons there in the ground game for the Saints, but boy, he hasn't looked good in a couple years,

so I think I'd rather go with the younger, more upside guy in Richardson. I would as well. All right, last question. Blake wants to know, just speaking of while we're here, Shane Steichen just has cleared Anthony Richardson. He will start against the Rams. So good news there.

Nice. All right. Last question from Blake. We appreciate it. Trade Jalen Waddle, Jerry Judy, Tajay Spears for Josh Jacobs and Roshan Johnson. So giving up Waddle, Judy Spears to get back Josh Jacobs and Roshan Johnson. I know Dan's going to say no. Uh,

Greg, what about you? Uh, I'm on the waddle Judy Spears side of this. I think Jacobs looks like he's running in quicksand and I know Johnson could be a stud, but you can say the same about Spears. I mean,

so, so at that point it's maybe waddle for Jacobs and Judy's a nice kicker. So if it's a PPR, I don't, I don't know if it was a PPR, but if it was, I'd for sure be on the waddle for Jacobs and Judy's a nice kicker. So if it's a PPR, I don't, I don't know if it was a PPR, but if it was, I'd for sure be on the Waddle side. Chris,

I'd be going with Jacobs. I still think the role is super valuable. He's sixth and expected points amongst running backs right now. So I still like the role and I think he's going to get going. And Dan, you would obviously go with the Waddle Judy said, right? Without a doubt.

Yep. Yeah. I think I'd lean that way too, just because again, I think what, like you want pieces of dolphins offense right now it's yeah and the best of jaylen waddle still to come now both roshan and taijai spears to me are a lottery ticket type of guys but man derrick henry looks like he's running on his last legs at this point with that toe injury and we could be seeing a switch at any point soon if there isn't a missed time for derrick henry same could be said for roshan Johnson, but it's just you can almost see it coming.

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