Fantasy Football Today - Mailbag, Bengals Updates, Fantasy Cops! (09/07 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: September 7, 2024

Well, Week 1 isn't looking so great for the Bengals passing game. We talk about what to do with Ja'Marr Chase and how to replace Tee Higgins and then we answer your questions via email (7:05) at [e-mail], hear from the Fantasy Cops (20:40), read your Apple Podcast questions (27:15) and answer your YouTube questions (33:30)  Fantasy Football Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday SUBSCRIBE to FFT Express on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-express/id1528634304 Follow FFT Express on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6qyGWfETSBFaciPrtvoWCC?si=6529cbee20634da8 SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dynasty/id1696679179 FOLLOW FFT Dynasty on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHlmMJw1m8FareKybdNfG?si=8487e2f9611b4438&nd=1 SUBSCRIBE to FFT DFS on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dfs/id1579415837 FOLLOW FFT DFS on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5zU7pBvGK3KPhfb69Q1hNr?si=1c5030a3b1a64be2 Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr Follow the brand new FFT TikTok account: https://www.tiktok.com/@fftoday Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/ Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletter You can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast." Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos. 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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I had no idea. It's time to dominate your fantasy league. Off to the races, and he stays on his feet. He's just going to go the distance. Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. It's mailbag time. It is Friday afternoon. Welcome, everybody, to Adam and Jamie's mailbag.

No Dan today. We will not get any hot takes about BlackBerrys. It's just ridiculous. 40 years old, and the guy thinks I've any hot takes about BlackBerrys. It's just ridiculous. 40 years old and the guy thinks I've never had a ripe BlackBerry in my life, but we'll make fun of him for that next week. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for your emails at fantasyfootballatcbsi.com. We're going to get to your YouTube questions. We're going to get to Apple podcast questions, and I'll update you on the Spotify situation in a moment here. This is Fantasy Football Today presented by BetMGM,

the sportsbook born in Vegas. Well, Jamie, we're going to have to get her some Andre Yoshiba shares because T. Higgins is doubtful. Jamar Chase is questionable and says he's probably not going to play a full snap count. Yeah, what do we make? We'll start with that and the passing game, Joe Burrow, where's he going to end up in your rankings against the Patriots?

He'll probably be, I'm thinking 14. Ugh. I'm going to start Caleb Williams over him. I like him better than Williams still. As long as Chase plays. Oh, yeah, okay. Well, yeah. Where are you going to rank Chase?

Chase right now I have in the teens, just because I was concerned about snap share, but snap count. If Tiggins doesn't play, then he's the top 10 guy. You think so? Because he didn't really commit to playing a full snap share or anything like that. I think he's waiting to get his deal done.

So, yeah. Chase, on Friday, he said that he can play out the season. Today's the last day to get a deal done. And today's the last that he will play out the... Sorry, I just saw a new update pop up. But that he will play out

the season without a new deal if he has to, but also he didn't commit to playing a certain amount of snaps. So I'm sure we're going to get plenty of questions about Jamar Chase, so fire away if you have them, and actually wait a little bit, because we're going to get to the YouTube questions in a bit. Keenan Allen and Montez Sweat are

questionable. DeAndre Hopkins is questionable, so Keenan Allen and DeAndre Hopkins, are you expecting them to play in the Tennessee-Chicago game? At this point, yes. We'll see if anything changes. Hopkins is the one that's a little bit more concerning just based on his knee procedure or knee situation that he dealt with from training camp.

I would be surprised if they both don't play them. By the way, Higgins being doubtful, doubtful is almost always an out situation. Chase not being there for the full snapshot. Who emerges for Cincinnati? I mean, are we talking Gasicki here? Are we talking, yeah, like, wow, I just thought about this. Am I dropping Pat?

I have a league with Isaiah Likely on my bench. Am I dropping Pat Frymuth for Mike Gasicki in this situation? Frymuth, by the way, just signed a four-year contract extension. But what do you think about, uh, Gacic and Yoshivas and Burton as streamers? Burton would be, uh, somebody that I would not expect,

you know, Trenton Irwin is somebody that they like a lot and they've used in the past. He had a big game last year when somebody was missing. I forget. It was probably Higgins. Um, so we'll see, you know,

a variety of guys. We'll probably see both running backs involved quite a bit. Um, they're not gonna have to do much to beat the Patriots. So, So we'll see, you know, a variety of guys. We'll probably see both running backs involved quite a bit. They're not going to have to do much to beat the Patriots. So. Yeah. I just didn't know. I mean, maybe it benefits Chase Brown and Zach Moss, as you said, who.

Yep. One report said they're going to be sort of used interchangeably. We'll find out. Josh Downs is out for Indianapolis. Mentioned the Friermuth contract. Rams offensive tackle Rob Havenstein could play this week. Jedrick Wills, Cleveland's left tackle. He's out for the game against the Cowboys. Right tackle Jack Conklin is questionable.

Both those guys are coming off off-season surgery, I believe. Carolina rookie tight end Jatavian Sanders is going to start. They have a couple of tight end injuries there. And, all right, just getting a Jamar Chase update here on my phone. Nothing that we didn't already know. Listed as questionable. But offensive tackle, Amarius Mims, that's a rookie offensive tackle for the Bengals. He's out.

And New England running back, Antonio Gibson, is hopeful to play. Don't forget to catch us on Sunday morning, first on HQ. What time are you starting on HQ on Sunday morning, Jamie? The show starts at 10 a.m. 10 a.m., wow. All right, we've got a full three hours of entertainment, infotainment for you. 10 a.m. on HQ. You can watch that on the CBS Sports app.

You can watch that on your smart TV. I watch it on my Roku all the time. And then 11.30 here on YouTube.com slash fantasyfootball today, we are answering your questions. If you haven't signed up for BetMGM, what are you waiting for? All right, you got week one right here. Use the bonus code FANTASY. You're going to get up to a $1,500 first bet offer on your first wager with BetMGM.

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see. I got some people pissed off about T Higgins. I don't I don't know. It's like we get hurt in practice this week. This stinks. Yeah. Sutton or JSN. Somebody wants to know as a Higgins replacement. I like JSN slightly better, but they're both in the same range.

Okay. It's Mr. Miyagi wants to know. So thank you, Jamie son, uh, Brian Thomas jr. Or chase Brown PPR. I actually would lean toward Brian Thomas just because the expected total in

that game. Okay. Uh, Oh, feel. Yeah. I don't have a Russell Wilson update. I'll tell you that Friday at 2.50 p.m.

Have you changed your rankings at all? Not yet, but it sounds like Russell's going to miss the game. You like this? Good or bad or indifferent on George Pickens? Slightly bad. Yeah, I'm not happy. It was already a tough matchup for him against A.J. Thoreau. This has been a pretty bad week for me in terms of the two wide receivers.

I targeted the most in drafts and told everyone else Higgins and Pickens. Those are my guys. Yeah. You should probably not take players with the last name sounding ends. Yeah. Is there anyone else? You should be out on the ends. Yep.

You telling me Mr. JK Dobbins last year. It's true. Yeah. All right. Let's get to some emails. Fantasyfootball at cbsi.com from Noe in Northern California. Kind of a confession to make about this reference here. I've seen it.

I've never really seen it. I need to sit down and watch it. Dear Vincent, Julesules marcellus and butch oh stop it yeah i know i know i i've i've seen it you know i've seen the whole movie probably in parts but i never really i don't think i've ever sat down and watched pulp fiction oh god all right start one of the following. Gus Edwards. I don't have the format, by the way.

Gus Edwards, Romandre Stevenson, or Kyle Pitts? Full PBR, I would start Pitts. Half or none, I would start. No, I take that back. Stevenson and full PBR. Yeah, I mean, does all this news help Stevenson keep the game a little closer, take away that blowout potential?

Yep. Okay. Jake in Kansas City. I've been surprised to hear Jamie several times this week mention guys as a sit who were top six or so round picks, picked in the first six rounds. He said Ricky. I don't know who Ricky is.

Ayuk and Pollard. Who's Ricky? That's an autocorrect. Who could that be? Ricky? Mm-hmm. Who did you call a sit whose name might autocorrect to Ricky? A quarterback, maybe?

I don't know. Pretty? No, I don't think that would be Ricky. Top six, picked in the first six rounds, auto-correcting that you call a sit,

auto-correcting to Ricky. Not Rice. You weren't saying to sit Rice. No. But you were saying to consider sitting Iyuk and Pollard's a flex

or like, well, Pollard's. I have guys that were drafted relatively high as sits or bust alerts, which is just use some caution, is DJ Moore, Michael Pittman, Ayuk, Najee. Ricky Henderson? Love Ricky Henderson. Yeah, no, but when it comes to the wide receivers especially, how do you bench those guys in week one in a three receiver and or a PPR league? Shouldn't they be on your do not draft list by default if you're saying to sit them in week one? I always believe week one is for setting your dream lineup from draft day.

Don't disagree with that. The other thing would be is if you read the story and I say the same thing here is that three receiver leagues in a flex. When we talk about those receivers, you're not sitting those guys, you know, I don't have them ranked as in the forties, you know,

that's just ridiculous. You know? So most of the time when we say sit those guys, we're saying sit them in two receiver leagues. Yeah. And obviously the situation is unique. Okay. He's barely play, barely practiced at all.

So it's, here's a fair conversation. Chase, CD Lamb and Brandon Ayuk, what's the difference, right? Both guys missed a lot of practice time. Both guys could be rusty week one. The biggest difference is that while the Browns defense is good, Ayuk is playing a little bit tougher secondary, in my opinion. He's not as good. He's not as good.

I wouldn't be shocked if CeeDee Lamb sees... They move CeeDee Lamb a lot. He plays in the slot. That's a great secondary in Cleveland with Ward and Emerson. He's not as good as the Jets. I don't know about that. You know what?

I'm actually interested. You want to see who PFF has? I don't care. Just for fun. I'm curious, but I don't care. You're sticking with the Jets? Yes. Yeah, they have the Jets 1.

I actually think the Jets have... I think the PFF had the Jets as the number one defensive line unit, linebacker unit, and secondary, if I recall. Jets won. Browns are, oh, six. Greg Newsome, Martin Emerson, and of course Denzel Ward. That's a very good second. But yeah, no, they'll move him around.

He won't get chattered or anything. Okay, where are we here? From John. Which side of this trade would you rather have? Full PPR, 14 teams. Would you rather have full PPR 14 teams? Would you rather have Jared golf and Jalen waddle or Kyler Murray and Calvin Ridley for the season? Yeah. Well,

golf and waddle or Kyler and Calvin Ridley to me, waddle is the best player. So I'd rather have that from angel. Should I bench Brock Purdy for Baker Mayfield this week? Yes. Yeah. You can't just not play matchups in week one. From Wesley, dear Bruce, Selena, Arthur, and Carmine.

Bruce, Selena, Arthur, and Carmine. The Prime Earth. I thought, you know, could be Batman's. Something Batman related. It's comic book-y. Yeah, well, Bruce Wayne and Carmine Falcone. Yes, you're right. Selena Kyle.

Yeah, it's Catwoman. Oh, oh, these are, oh. Arthur is Selina Kyle is Catwoman. Oh, these are... Arthur is the Penguin. Right? No. Maybe, yeah. Okay, yeah. Yeah, you're right.

I think, yeah, good job. Arthur is going to bother me. Arthur. Hobgoblin or something. Popper Cop. No, it's not. Somebody in the chat, help. No, it's not. Somebody in the chat, help. No, that's Oswald.

Oswald, Popper, Pop. Oswald, Popper, Pop. Yeah, who the hell is Arthur? All right, anyway, someone dropped the Jets defense in our league. How much fab should I use to pick them up out of a $1,000 budget? 2-0-1. Is Arthur in Batman? should I use to pick them up out of a $1,000 budget? 201. Is Arthur in Batman? Oh, no, that's Alfred.

I don't know. $201, you're saying? Oh, that's a good one. Somebody said Arthur's a joker. Oh, okay. I wouldn't have gotten that. Wait, 201 for the Jets out of $1,000?

Wait, what is this? $2, you're saying? 201. You're going to use 20% of your budget on the Jets DST? I guess I'm thinking deeper league.

No, 61. Okay. From Cheryl, 12 teams. I play in one league with $1,000. It's our 14-team

dynasty league, so it's like whenever I hear that, I think there's so few options. Yeah. I have a hair on my tongue. I have to... Sorry, everyone. Ugh. Okay. Cheryl's in a 12-team standard scoring

league. You changed your shirt for the show. No, same shirt. You wearing that this morning? Yeah, baby. Look. My giant shirt. I'm excited. What do you, baby, look. Oh. My Giants shirt. I'm excited. What do you insult to Dave? I feel terrible about that. I can't believe I said that.

Jeez, that was horrible. Does Dave have a nickname? Yeah. He looked really hurt. Oh, I feel so bad. All right, Cheryl's question. Dak Prescott or Caleb Williams and Kyler Murray or Justin Herbert? Kyler Murray and Justin Herbert.

Nope. Kyler Murray or Justin Herbert. Oh, I'm sorry. Kyler. And Dak Prescott or Caleb Williams? Dak. This is from Nick. Dear Curly Brett.

Oh, I can't believe I was going to Google this. Dear Curly Brett, Aaron, and Jordan. Curly, Brett, Aaron, and Jordan. Those would be Packers quarterbacks. I traded Xavier Worthy and Kyron Williams for Jameer Gibbs and Malik Neighbors. Right before the game, man, he thinks he made a mistake. Or he says, did I make a mistake?

A plus. I know it's tough to see Worthy go off like that, but no, you did not make a mistake. All right, I got a few more Apple podcasts. Oh, there's what it was. Ridley was Ricky. Oh, yeah, good call. Good call. Good call. I got a few more Apple podcast questions, a few more emails and some Apple podcast questions, YouTube.

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a trade. This one comes from Sean. This is a Dynasty League. He gives his whole roster. I don't think I'm going to read the whole roster, but he wants to know if he's giving up too much. He would give up Joe Mixon. Let me at least tell you who his running backs are. He has Gibbs, Jonathan Taylor,

Mixon, Foreman, and Spears. He also has Amon Ross St. Brown and Jalen Waddell. All right. With that said, he gives up Mixon, JSN, Ladd-McConkie, and a 2026 second-round pick. All right. This is a lot to give up. So what's he getting?

Gives up Mixon, JSN, Ladd-McConkie, and a 2026 second-round pick. He gets Marvin Harrison and a 2025 third-round pick. That's a lot. My only hesitation saying yes, and I'm going to say yes, my only hesitation is like,

if McConkie becomes like a top 20 receiver, that's going to really sway the trade the other way. And I think JSN has just as good of a shot to do that. And JSN just as good a shot. You're right. But I still think you're getting the best player. I would do it. You don't have anyone that you're trading away that has top five receiver

potential. So it's a swing. It's a swing for the fences kind of deal. It would give him St. Brown, Jalen Waddle and Marvin Harrison. Yep. Pretty good.

All right. This is from Hunter. Thanks for the insight. I'm in a bit of a crisis having Jamar chase and George Pickens. Who would you start this week? If chase plays, but not, but you know but maybe limited?

Chase. Okay. From Jimmy, Metcalf, Neighbors, or Tank Dell? Full PPR. Neighbors. Yeah, that's tough. Terry McLaurin or Romo Dunze? McLaurin.

All right. Thank you very much for your emails at fantasyfootballatcbsi.com. Actually, people are asking in the chat, where is Dan? I have no idea where Dan is, but I'm willing to accept your suggestions.

Where do you all think Dan is? Johnny says, Dan is busy making... Citi Field. Citi Field. I think you mean W-H-blank-R-E is Dan, by the way.

Dan is busy making another one of his homemade t-shirts. Yeah, one of those that's just way too small for him. I agree. I got to tell you, his physique is a lot different than I thought. He's pretty like athletically built. I don't think I realized that. But when we were playing tennis, I was like, this guy's got like a lot of size on me.

He's kind of built. He wasn't like the kind of slob that I thought he was. You're on fire today. Wow. That flavored water is doing something to your tongue. My goodness. Yeah. I don't know.

I was like, wow. He's bigger than I thought. I don't know. He's an athlete. I didn't think Dan Schne just was like, wow. He's bigger than I thought. I don't know. He's an athlete. I didn't think Dan Schneier would be an athlete. All I ever do is see him on the toilet at his house. So I was caught by surprise. Listen, I asked you all for comments in Spotify. And I'm not going to lie.

I'm having trouble accessing them. So I'm going to get that fixed before next week so we can do that again. And, um, or for the first time, and I apologize because I hate to tell you all to, to email me or to leave me a comment and I'm not going to read it, but I feel bad about that. But I'm just being honest with you. I, I had an issue there. I got one more email that just came in the inbox here, Hubbard or Stevenson or Harris. So the Chuba Hubbard, Ramondre Stevenson, or Najee Harris in half PPR? Yeah, I initially started the week

a little concerned about Hubbard. I changed my mind just because I do think that the offense is going to be better. How much better? We'll find out for the Panthers. And I'm not so sold on the Saints defense being as good as it was a year ago. So the workload, I think, favors Hubbard.

So Hubbard, okay. Hubbard, I'm going to reply. Hubbard is Jamie's answer. I'm going to go with Stevenson. Okay. Let's do something new here. Just looking for my music. Here we go.

It's not new. It's go. It's not new. It's awesome. It's the Fantasy Cops. Email us your commissioner issues, your league predicaments, whatever it is, to fantasyfootballatcbsi.com, but you have to put Fantasy Cops in the subject line. This first one comes from Noah. Hey, Italian rainbow cake, king's cake, cookie cake, and cheesecake.

I love the show and hope to one day when I'm old and gray, I can also fall asleep on any random distant friend's couch without a care in the world.

Yeah, it's nice. It's a nice, I don't know if anybody can tell because I'm a little out of sorts, but I just took a pretty severe nap before the show.

I took one after our morning one. You did? Yeah, I was, I was wiped. Okay, 12-team PPR league has been going on for about five years. The commissioner, who's been very strict about not vetoing trades in the past, is refusing to pass through a trade that I requested on draft night.

The draft was very chaotic. I ended up with St. Brown, Nakua, and DK Metcalf in the first three rounds. So I went 0RB. At the end of the draft, I didn't like my running back situation. I offered another member, my Jalen Hurts, Zamir White, and Puka Nakua, for his CJ Stroud, Travis

ETN, and Cooper Cup. The other manager agreed to the trade, which was Hurts, Zamir White, and Puka for Stroud, ETN, and Cup. The other manager agreed to the trade, which was Hertz, Zamir White, and Puka for Stroud, ETN, and Cup. The other manager agreed to the trade, and now the commissioner is saying, this is too much of a blockbuster trade for the night of the draft, and he is trying to veto. We are pretty split as a league on the issue and could use some help. No, there should be no veto.

What is the issue? It's too big of a blockbuster for draft night? Imagine if the NFL draft had that stupid rule. Are you kidding? No, you can't trade up. No Bears, no Panthers. You can't make that trade. Ridiculous.

This is what fantasy football is all about. Great trade. It stays. All right, next up is from Kyle. We have a family home league that's been going on for 15 years, drafted on Labor Day every year at the same time and same place. Also in this league, whoever came in last caters the next draft for everyone. So the manager who came in last, who's been in all 15 years, did not answer his phone at all, never sent a text, and didn't show up to the draft.

By the way, he owed multiple people side bets for last year. Ultimately, we had another player who was previously in the league come and draft his team for him. He eventually responded the next day and said he had an emergency with his pet, which should be done. Whew. Yeah, It's tough. You obviously want to believe the guy that something happened. So I guess you just let him

take over the team. Pay what he owes. Does he owe for the food? Does he have to pay for the catering? Yes. Alright. Make. Alright. Make him pay. And hopefully his pet's okay. Alright, this is from Kyle.

We have a family home... What? We have a family home league that's been going on for... I just read that one. Boy, I need another nap. From Keith. I'm way off today. Hey, Joe, Tom, Bert, and Shane.

Joe, Tom, Bert, and Shane. I have no idea who that is. Joe Rogan? This might be Joe Rogan. Yep, I think it's Joe Rogan. Cast of characters. Okay, I had an issue that occurred in my league I wanted to run by the crew. We are a

14-team keeper league that's been around for 10 years. About 10 years. We drafted Wednesday, August 28th, and I asked the commissioner when the waivers would run after the draft. He told me they would run Sunday morning at 9...

September 1st 9-1. Here we go. We have two IR spots. So for my last picks, I drafted Keaton Mitchell. Yeah, no. My last pick, I drafted Keaton Mitchell, planned to move him to IR. I put in a waiver wire pickup

for Odell Beckham and it showed me that the waivers would run on September 1st. When they ran, I got Beckham, and then I moved him to the IR spot since he's on PUP. Since waivers were open, I went in and I added Luke Musgrave because I only had one tight end. The commissioner reached out to me and said that he needs to take my waiver ads away because others in the league complained that they didn't know when waivers were running,

even though that they've been that way after every draft. The commissioner removed my waiver pickups, reset the waivers, and they will not run until after week one. No pickups can happen until then. What do you think? It's not uncommon for some leagues to do waivers after week one, but that's pretty crappy. If he said it, the commissioner said it right. He told him that's the, that's what the commissioner did wrong. He told Keith,

but apparently did not communicate it with the other members. Keith asked him and was told September 1st. Should have told the league. Yeah. I mean, the other thing, so you, so you think this is on the commissioner?

Of course it's on the commissioner. And not, so you think Keith should keep his players? I course it's on the commissioner. So you think Keith should keep his players? I think it's got to be a league-wide thing. So Keith, I think, is just a victim of a stupid commissioner. Okay, so he should not get them. So they should reset. If everybody was not aware of it, then no.

It's the same thing like we had with our situation this week. If somebody has different information than the rest of the league, the whole league should not be punished. My question for this commissioner is, Somebody has different information than the rest of the league. The whole league should not be punished. My question for this commissioner is, okay, so you reset the waivers. You put the players back on the waiver wire. You punish Keith. Why do you have to then wait until week one?

Why can't you? It might be the setting in the league. I don't know. I mean, obviously, he set it up to run on September 1st. Right, but it might be a situation where the next available day could be after. That's true. Yeah. Could be that.

All right. Well, thanks very much for your fantasy cop submissions, everybody. Keep them coming. Fantasy football at cbsi.com. Put that's the letter. I, by the way,

and put fantasy cops in the subject line. Here are some Apple podcast questions. I already told you that I didn't, I can't do the Spotify questions. Here's the issue with the Apple podcast questions. I already told you that I can't do the Spotify questions. Here's the issue with the Apple podcast questions. I got 200 Super Leftovers League submissions through Apple podcast. So I wasn't really able to find that many Apple podcasts. Sort of lost in the shuffle here.

There were some questions in there. Oh, there were? I don't. Right, probably. All right. This is a great question from Devin from the West Coast. What is the best time zone for watching games during football season? We just had this conversation on CBS Sports Network in a commercial break with Katie Mox, me, Dave, and Katie, because Katie is from San Francisco or the Bay Area. And she said she prefers that

because 10 a.m. their time, you know, waking up getting football is great. Oh, boy. So this person from the West Coast said that he thought the Eastern time zone was the best. I think if I had to rank them, I would go Central, Central, East, mountain, west.

I think waking up to football is garbage. I don't want to wake up to football. I want to wake up. First of all, obviously, our Sunday is different than everybody else's. But if I weren't doing this job, I want to wake up. I want to have maybe some breakfast, maybe go out for brunch, maybe lunch, whatever. Then I want to watch football. Or I want to go to a bar maybe go out for brunch, maybe lunch, whatever. Then I want to watch football or I want to go to a bar. That's what you're used to though.

What's that? That's what you're used to. I know, but I like, I don't like the London games. I don't, I don't like that. I don't want to be.

I think the thing with the London games as a problem is it's, it's your whole day. While some people love it, I do, but it's not my favorite. It's not my favorite way to watch a game. I don't want to be like, I don't know.

I don't want to watch football that early in the morning. I want it to start at lunchtime. I've, I've never lived on the West coast. The times that I've been on the West coast, waking up to sports is pretty cool. And I also think like you get the end of the East coast games, then the West coast games are not obviously awful.

Whereas like if you're an East coast person waiting up for the West Coast games are not obviously awful. Whereas like if you're an East Coast person waiting up for the West Coast games are terrible. Why? That's at seven o'clock. No, no, no. I mean like baseball, basketball.

Oh, but this is specific. That's totally different. Oh, that's totally a different conversation. I agree with you on that. East Coast, East Coast is the worst time zone for sports in general.

Because, you know, the NBA finals game started 8.30 or whatever, and you're up so late. Super Bowl Sunday, if you're on the West Coast, the game's over at what, like 7 o'clock? That's terrific. Over here, it's over super late, but whatever. But just for football, I do not want to wake up to football.

I like the lunchtime. What if you want to go out to lunch? If you want to go out to lunch on the West Coast, if you want to go to a bar, when you're in transit, you are missing so much action. Right? Think about that, Jamie. I don't know. I mean, I kind of like the idea of waking up to it.

Eh, fine. The other question that Devin has is, I came out of my, this is, I'm sorry, I'm doing a Twitter poll right now. What is the best times? Well, I'm saying central. I think I'm going to win. Central is going to win. What is the best time zone to what's the best way to phrase this?

How did, what's the best time zone to watch football on Sunday? What is the best time zone for watching games during football season? I like that. That's what Devin said. For watching Sunday, but I'm going to make it Sunday. Okay. The question is,

he has Amon Ross St. Brown, A.J. Brown, Nico Collins, and Rasheed Rice, but he's light at running back with Jacobs and Zemir White, and he has David Njoku. Do we stand firm with our receivers or try to flip one of them to upgrade at running back or tight end? He has St. Brown, AJ Brown, Nico Collins, Rasheed Rice.

Yeah, I'm trying to flip one probably. If it's a two-receiver league, I'm definitely trying to flip one. Eastern. Talk a little bit more about that while I make this poll. Which one would you try to flip? I would probably try and flip either Nico or, I definitely try and flip either Nico or Rice because we don't know how consistent Nico will be now that there's the return of Dell and the addition

of Diggs. And then you have clearly Rice is coming off a strong game, but Marquise Brown will play and Travis Kelsey will be better. So right now I'd probably try and sell Rice for as high as I possibly can. I think I said Western. I hope I didn't say Western instead of Pacific, by the way, with time zones. If I did, I apologize. Jordan C23 is in a PPR league

and needs to decide between Chris Godwin and Terry McLaurin in Adam's sneaky bonanza. Godwin or McLaurin? Godwin. Godwin, okay. And somebody with a bunch of letters as their Apple podcast name is in a 14-team PPR league and needs three.

Sit one, basically. Who are you sitting? Malik neighbors, Drake, London, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin. Godwin.

We are going to come right back. YouTubers get your questions ready. We'll be answering them when we come back on fantasy football today. All right. We are back answering your questions. It's been a lot of them. Let's see. How worried should I be about Christian McCaffrey? Not worried enough to sit him.

Worried enough to trade him? Is he still RB1 for you? RB1, player one. Isn't that a movie? Number one. What's that from? Like Ready Player one or something. Then a movie.

Yeah. Okay. From Todd, since we're fading DJ more this week, would you sit him for any of these guys? Deontay Johnson, Devin Singletary, Khalil Shakir,

Tajay Spears, or Javante Williams. The only one I'd consider would be Javante. But again, this goes back to, you know, who you sitting DJ more for. And I don't think these guys are

slam dunks to sit DJ Moore for, so I do like Javante's matchup better, so I would actually play Javante. Okay. This is from Bruin Backhand. I need some tight end help in PPR. Dalton Schultz, Taysom Hill, or Noah

Fant? I'd play Taysom. You know, wild card, see what happens. He's going to get touches. They're going to use him a lot. Fant would be my second favorite choice as long as he's healthy. Would you consider Gasicki in this group? Now, yes. But still Taysom, my favorite. From

S007 or something. Which is more difficult for Adam, waking up to football on the West Coast, or coming up with Dave's nickname? Oh, boy. thing which is more difficult for adam waking up to football on the west coast or coming up with dave's nickname oh boy what a horrible feeling that must have been for him but it was also horrible for me like i'm not trying to be a victim here but i felt i just want you on i felt horrible the second it came out of my mouth you're turning yourself into the victim no i'm just saying i feel i'm the monster i'm not the victim'm the perp, but that was really bad. Pick two.

Christian Watson, Drake London, George Pickens. If field starts, it is, you know what? I'm going to drop Pickens behind Watson. So it's Watson and London.

Yeah. Plus Watson's playing tonight. So, or yesterday for those of you listening. Thoughts from Brian Wild. Thoughts on Andrews and Kelsey rest of season. I'm freaking out for my best ball teams. Don't freak out.

It's week one. They'll both be fine. I don't, you know, I'm not going to go that far. I think it's reasonable to freak out a little bit, to be concerned. Why? Well, I told you that I got off Kelsey, right? But freaking out?

No, I mean, I'm not going to freak out about fantasy football. But I think there are legitimate concerns here. And I would say maybe more so for Kelsey. I don't know. It's a tough one. I think there are legitimate concerns here that these guys are busts. That'd suck. And I'll tell you what, it wasn't just likely.

I mean, it was obvious. You watched that game. They really wanted to get Zay Flowers the ball. He seemed like the centerpiece of their offense. So, am I seeing this right? That he had a 0.9-yard ADOT? I think you said that this morning. Did I say that?

I think so. I know I meant to say it. Let me see if it's updated on, on PFF. Is it? Yep. His ADOT was a yard. That's insane.

Yeah. Uh, I need to start one says Doug Sutton, JSN or Palmer Palmer? Palmer. Pickens or Gervonta? You had a good question. Did you catch the second half of it? Oh, okay.

So Sutton, JSN, Palmer, and who do I start if winning versus losing at 4 p.m.? Maybe JSN. Are they all at 4 p.m.? Yes. Are they all at 4 p.m.? Yes. Both at 4 p.m.? Wait, so you change that depending on his score? If you're losing, I think JSN probably has the most chance to be great. Okay.

Did you answer this one, Pickens or Javante? Javante. Jaden Daniels, Caleb Williams, or Justin Fields? Ooh, that's a good one. Daniels. Jaden Daniels or Burrow? Daniels if Chase is up. Does Adam sleep fully dressed?

I hope he doesn't sleep naked, and I don't want to think about it. Neither. I sleep somewhere in between. Let's see. PPR, IUC, Montgomery, or Pickens? Montgomery. You're drinking water? Yeah.

What percentage of your beverages would be water? 50%. What else do you drink? I drink milk. I drink... You just sit and have a glass of milk? Sometimes at night, just have a glass of milk.

That's funny to me. That's just like... I don't know. How am I picturing JB here? I get his slippers, having a glass of milk. funny to me that's just like i don't know well how am i picturing jb here i get slippers um i drink too sometimes too much soda a lot of iced tea all day come on dude you gotta a lot of iced tea and then uh a beer on occasion okay you answer this question montgomery okay jayden daniels or brock purdy question Montgomery okay Jaden Daniels or Brock Purdy Daniels Goff or Richardson or Kyler Goff

Christian Kirk Tank Dell David Montgomery half PPR oh that's tough Kirk not tough. It's tough. I think we answered this one. Yeah. So yeah, sit pickings for Watson and London. Do you think Yoshi was, is a good play PPR? I mean, there are some desperate people right now,

you know, that are looking to replace potentially T Higgins and, and maybe Jamar chase. So not a bad flyer, you know, he's going to be on the field and he's the third guy. This is from JDH TJ. T Higgins was in my flex, but now half PPR. Do I start Brian Thomas, Chuba Hubbard, Tank Dell, or Christian Watson? And my opponent has Trevor Lawrence.

Watson. Watson. Okay. And for the, let's say someone has a similar decision and doesn't get the chance to start Watson. Would you go Dell or Chuba? I know you're not going to go Brian Thomas. Dell. And listen, I don't know how you feel, Jamie. I would never start a wide receiver because my opponent has the quarterback.

Unless, that's not the reason why I'd do it. I would simply start the player I thought was going to score more points. But I mean, if you're even considering Brian Thomas there because of Lawrence, that's just not how I would play it. I would simply start the player I thought was going to score more points. But I mean, if you're even considering Brian Thomas there because of Lawrence, that's just not how I would play it. Agreed. Yeah.

You're curious to know the results of the poll so far? Yes. What is the best time zone for watching Sunday games during football season? We got 424 votes. It is pretty tight. Central has just a few more votes than Pacific. They're both right around

32%. Eastern time zone, 21. No love for the Mountain time zone. No love for the Mountain time zone. Last place at 15%. Khalil Shakir or Najee Harris? Najee. Do you guys think that T. Higgins not having a contract

can make this injury a longer problem? Man, I hope not. No, but he's starting to really look like an injury-prone player. I kind of wanted to ignore it all, and now I almost feel like I should have a dunce hat on. Spears, Hopkins, Dowdell, or Chandler in PPR? Spears, Hopkins, Dowdell, or Chandler in PPR? Spears, Hopkins, Dowdell, Chandler.

Let's go Spears. Ladd, McConkie, or Jamison Williams? Jamison. Should I drop Bo Nix for Justin Fields in a Superflex League?

No, but drop somebody else to get both on your team. Yeah, that's interesting. Pitts and Iuke. Get Pitts and Iuke. Give up Laporta. Unless you're stuck at receiver. No. Start one. Shakir, Jacoby Myers, McConkie.

Shakir, Jacoby Myers, McConkie. Shakir, Jacoby Myers, McConkie. Let's go, Shakir. We need a flex here in half PPR. Josh Palmer, DeAndre Hopkins, Jaleel McLaughlin, Jerry Judy. Palmer. Season long question. Odunze or Shakir?

Shakir. All right. I'm going to just read a few more. George Pickens or Terry McLaurin? George Pickens. McLaurin. McLaurin is the answer. And soy milk, almond milk, or oat milk?

Pick one. Soy milk. Oh. No, no, and no. Let me tell you about soy milk versus almond milk. Oh, no, no, and no. Let me tell you about soy milk versus almond milk. You have never actually had real, I'm talking about real soy milk. We have a lot of soy milk farms here in New Jersey. I went to a deli once.

It was fantastic. The soy milk was absolutely unbelievable. Drake London or Devo Samuel and Kittle or likely rest of season? Drake London. Devo Samuel and Kittle or likely rest of season? Drake London and Kittle. What are you laughing at? Our Dan impressions are so. Terrible impressions. So cartoonish.

And then he gets so mad about it. I was driving home and I listened to you guys talk about it. I'm going to kill you on the next mail bike. You have no idea. I've got something for you. Something for you. That is so funny. Deshaun Watson or Kirk Cousins?

Cousins. Adam, make up a nickname for JB, please. Oh, God. Oh, geez. I don't know. I am bad at it. I'm really bad at it. We couldn't tell. Do you have any good team names?

You don't really do team names. Do I have any good team names? No, I'll let some... Where? What did you say? Where? Yeah. All right, listen.

I got to go. I got to go do one of my favorite things that I get to do every five days a week. Nap. Get my kid off the school bus. Absolutely love it. So I will, we will talk to you on Sunday morning. And, oh, Pacific Time Zone pulls ahead.

This is going to be worth monitoring. Check it out on my Twitter feed all week, all weekend. So we'll talk to you Sunday morning, 1130 a.m. Pacific, you get to wake up early. It's the best. I don't understand. You've never been on the Pacific. I'm going to watch football, Adam.

You just don't understand, and you suck at tennis. No, it's actually the best. Okay, have a great weekend, everybody. Good luck. We'll talk to you Sunday morning at 1130 a.m. See you. See ya.