Fantasy Football Today - Mailbag, Big News and Fantasy Cops (12/31 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: December 31, 2022

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Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. Welcome to the Mailbag Show, everybody. A lot of news to get to today. It is Friday afternoon, and we are not going to have Colt McCoy, which means you might not put DeAndre Hopkins in your lineup. It's going to be David Blau. Call David Blau. That's his name.

That name again is David Blau. What's that from? That's Mr. Blau. What is that even from? That's Mr. Blau from this instance. No one knows that. Oh, everybody's Mr. Plow. What is that even from? That's Mr. Plow from the Simpsons. Oh, everybody knows Mr.

Plow. That's not a great reference. Terrible. Dave, I mean, Adam, Dave said it last year. The sad thing for you, the sad thing for you is you opened the show,

before the show, we were talking off the pod, and you had a great David Plow joke, and it was actually pretty funny. It was clever. And you replaced it with this. Why? Would you like to be this? How many years have you been doing this show?

12, 13. 12 years? All right. So you're not eligible for the Fantasy Hall of Fame. So I'm going to nominate you next year. And when we write up your bio, it's going to be, he loves this thing. Yeah. I don't think that's going to get me.

I don't think much is going to get me into that. Would you like to? I think he's going for the 17-time Best Male Podcast Host of the Year award next year. Nominee. He's never won. The award never exists. The award never exists. Would you like me to tell the David Blau joke? Let's see what the people think.

Go for it. You can set it up if you'd like. I wasn't even... Zach set it up. Zach, you can set it up. Zach'd like. I wasn't even... Zach set it up. Zach, you can set it up. Zach, would you like to set up the David Blau joke? You can do that if you'd like. Come on in, Zach. Set it up.

David Blau is starting for the Cardinals this week. Colt McCoy is out. David Blau is also a part-time magician. That's right. No, that wasn't a good set up. You're going to ask me the question. What are your expectations for David Blatt this week? There it is. I think you said, does that help DeAndre Hopkins, right?

DeAndre Hopkins' chances, I said, they're going to make them disappear. Yeah. Well, that helps. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was a great joke. It was better when it was actually set up well. The underlying theme is keep your day job. I will.

Okay, so Lamar Jackson is likely out, and it's really not changing anything we were planning for that. It's actually set up well. The underlying theme is keep your day job. I will. Okay, so Lamar Jackson is likely out, and it's really not changing anything. We were planning for that. Several players said that Gardner Minshew got most of the first-team reps at practice, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, and then the big quarterback news is that David Blau is going to start for the Cardinals. So DeAndre Hopkins, Jamie, also dealing with a knee injury

as of Friday afternoon. Now, where do you have DeAndre Hopkins ranked? When I update it, it will probably be closer to 24. I'm at the point now, and you sort of steered me in this direction, that I might even start Mike Evans over DeAndre Hopkins at this point. Did you see, I tweeted this out, do you know what his history is against Panthers, Mike Evans? No.

In his last five games against Carolina, no worse than 18 PPR points in every outing. Four touchdowns in his last five games. 474 yards receiving, I think, on 36 or 39 catches. And they're banged up. Yeah, and they're banged up. The angle that I didn't mention on the podcast, I didn't think about until we did HQ for Mike Evans

was the thousand yard thing. He's adding, what, 913, 917. And if they win, they are, they clinch.

They probably rest their guys in week seven, in week 18. So he's never had less than a thousand yards in a season. I'm pretty sure that's an NFL record

most seasons. Yeah, eight straight years. This will be nine in a row. There's a lot of things going in Mike Evans' favor. Let's go. Yeah, I led the sleepers column with him.

Alright, good stuff. It's fair that it's funny that at this point in week 17, he's a sleeper. He's a legit sleeper. He's not someone you would start most weeks. No, but I'm going to be in my top 24. What about Dortch and Marquis Brown? Uh,

I guess the Marquis Brown angle would be if Hopkins somehow doesn't, I wouldn't say somehow, uh, if he doesn't play, cause I don't know what this knee issue is, but, um, Jamie,

what do you think about the rest? Marquis Brown would go from unplayable to a number three receiver. If Hopkins is out, I would, I would rather start Dortch than Brown, honestly. I think there's a better chance when you have somebody like a Blau in there for designed offense, those designed quick hitters, designed screens, than there is the type of routes that Marquise Brown is going to run. All right.

I had, if you recall, I gave you the Falcons defense as a streaming option on Tuesday when it was the chance of McSorley playing. I'd go right back to them if you're stuck. Yeah, I gave you the Falcons defense as a streaming option on Tuesday when it was the chance of McSorley playing. I'd go right back to them if you're stuck. Yeah, I agree. That's not going to be much better. Antonio Gibson's out. James Conner made it back to practice. How about James Conner? Dan,

does it matter who his quarterback is? It hasn't so far. No, it hasn't so far. I don't think it does. They want to run the football. When they get in't think it does. They want to run the football. When they get in the red zone, they really want to run the football. And so I think he's proven himself as a solid back-end RB, too. All right, let me just, just for kicks and giggles, let's take a look at David Blau's game log and see who,

oh, that's a lot of games, see who he threw to. I'll try to, I can get that up on True Media. Other news. Matt LaFleur was noncommittal about Christian Watson. He's not playing. Yeah. What a bummer. Okay, Alan Lazard or Mike Evans?

You say what a bummer, and I agree with you. But, I mean, there's still, A, somebody that was probably playing against Christian Watson that's going, Yes! No Christian Watson. And then you also have the potential of Alan Lazard now. Right, so Alan Lazard or Mike Evans? Mike Evans. I'll go Evans too. I'll go Lazard.

How about take that? Okay, more news. Oh, some defensive news here. I was expecting, well, I'm a little disappointed. Yeah, go ahead. No, no, no, you can make fun of me. Go for it, whatever you want to say. I just think this, no, I'm not making fun of you.

I'm a little disappointed in the ceiling now for this Packers-Vikings game. I expected Rodgers to go over his passing yards prop and this to be like a pretty good high scoring game with Watson in. I think when you take out that X factor of Watson, I don't really like what's left in that receiver. Maybe Dobbs can make some plays,

but it's not the same kind of juice that Watson adds, the big play potential. So I don't know any more about that game. If I'm even as enthused about starting Rodgers or playing those types of players in that passing game. It's such a bad defense, though. It is. The matchup's as good as it gets.

That's where it starts. But they don't have much left on offense right now, playmaking-wise. Especially with Jones probably out. Okay. Who? Jones? Aaron Jones probably out. Or is he playing? He's going to play. I thought he was going to be out.

Okay. Bad update on my end. Jones is going to play. Sorry about that. Yeah, bad update. It's a really bad update. Cap's still in ceiling as well. So, can you just stop crapping on that game and ruining everyone's fantasy fun, please? Nothing to really say

here about David Blau. He threw 16. Crapping on the Packers while wearing a Wisconsin shirt is peak Dan Schneier. There you go. David Blau threw 17% of his passes to running backs in his season. Oh, I got a great Dan story, by the way. Okay, some defensive injuries real quick.

Vita Vea is going to be a game-time decision for the Bucs, but Carlton Davis, their top cornerback, is doubtful. And pass rusher Carl Nassib is doubtful as well. So I would call that good news for DJ Moore. And DJ Reeder, the best run defender for the Bengals, he mispracticed as well. They have the Monday night game,

so we'll check in on that on Saturday, I guess. But that's, I don't know. With that, if DJ Reeder were out, would you move Devin Singletary up, Jamie? Slightly. I mean, that's still a really good run defense. And this, I hope, I pray, it's 50 pass attempts for those two guys.

Just let them throw all day. Let both quarterbacks just throw all day. Please. Mikko Hardman is out. And Office Depot, he had a setback apparently. Office Depot says, Dan is the type of fella who brings a pepper mill to Olive Garden.

I don't get that at all. Well, the real mistake here by Office Depot is the thought that I would ever even take one step into an Olive Garden my entire life. You're wrong about that. Northern New Jersey. I'm wrong about that? Olive Garden's fine.

You're an Olive Garden guy? It's fine. It's fine. They have great breadsticks. Olive Garden's fine. Wow, you're an Olive Garden guy? No, I mean, it's fine. It's fine. God, this is your worst take ever. No, and they have great breadsticks. It's fine. There goes that sponsorship. Yeah, exactly, Dan. Will you ever learn?

Will you ever learn? I get set up every time. Yeah, no, you didn't get set up for anything. You just went on your rant. Like, I'm sorry, if Vincenzo is near your house where you grew up in New Jersey, he's not going to sponsor our show.

Okay? Like, Olive Garden bite. So, all right. What's your dance story? What's your dance story, Jamie? Oh, Jamie Frozen? Oh, my dance story. So, this is bad on my part, too.

So, as the commissioner of One League, I got some questions about how this happens, because I set up the matchups manually. You could clearly do happens uh because I I set up the matchups manually you could you could clearly do it uh automatically but I set up the matchups manually and so each week I have to go and set the matchup so Dave Richard told me that he was in three finals against uh one of our HQ producers Mehron Berkson so I already done the other two and I got to our fantasy football today league and I saw that Dan and I saw that Dave and Maroon were in the same father just quickly looked at those two of them so I just set the matchups as

Dave versus Maroon and then for whatever reason I never really do this but I just happened I was like oh let me see if the leagues uh make sure I set up right and I went look at the scoring preview and I saw next to Dave's name it said L1 and I'm like he lost wait what and so then I went back and I checked and Dan had won now this was a 24 hour over 24 hour period then I sent a message to the league congratulations to Dave and to Mehron for advancing to the championship uh blah blah blah never heard a peep from Dan that's unbelievable You don't even deserve to be in the finals. Not only did he, and it's not like, now thankfully for Dan's sake,

waivers run on Wednesday. And I had sent this message Tuesday morning, or Tuesday afternoon. So it's not like he didn't miss on a waiver thing, or trying to make a claim. But not a word. And then I sent a message to him, and I was like, oh, I'm sorry, I set up the thing wrong. And it wasn't like, oh yeah, I meant to tell you or, oh yeah.

Uh, you know, I can't believe you did that. It was like, oh, okay, cool. No, it's not. Oh, I'm in the finals. He's the guy who didn't even know he was in the league for, for two months. And then almost won that league. I know. And then I was in the semis for that one and I've made the semis for that one.

So on one hand it's incompetency and the other hand, it's a little bit impressive, but let me defend myself at least here. Here's my take. I think it's very important to be open and honest when you're on a fantasy football show in life. So let's be honest about the situation. And I think we've all been here. Everyone who's played fantasy football in this matchup against Dave, it was a semifinal matchup. I had four total leagues in the semis last weekend. That one, I dropped to a 22% underdog before the Sunday game. So I put out a tweet like, Oh man, what do I got to do? I'm going to like Dave's crushing me. Here it is. Cause Dave was talking about his, you know, semifinals matchups, everything of that nature.

So I put it out. I was at 22%. I was like, all right, you know what? I'm going to need a miracle. The next day starts. We have three players left. He has Mike Evans. I have four net and Christian Watson. I have a 22% chance to win. So I've almost known a lot, a very long shot. Christian Watson gets hurt and I go on full tail. I go on fantasy tail and I feel like we've all been there. Listeners of the show, you guys included, you go on tilt, you say, screw this matchup. I'm not even checking again. It makes me too angry to look on it. I knew Christian Watson was going to be good. He had early targets. He was looking good. Then he gets an unlucky injury. Screw this one. I focused on the other three matchups. And then I was like, I, in my head, I decided like, I can't win unless Christian Watson has a big game. Of course, learn Leonard Fournette for me

had that ridiculous game where he had nine catches. So it was like PPR leagues. I had like 20 something points. Mike Evans had a usual crap game for Dave. And I came back and somehow won despite being a 2022% dog. So I went on full tilt. I never checked it again. And then Jamie texted me and I was like, wait a second. And I looked at the match.

I was like, holy crap. I somehow came back and won this. Then I had to try to play it off. Like I knew the whole time, but Jamie had already been onto me. And Jamie was like, no, no, no. I saw your first text. You can't get out of this one. So yes, it was a horrible mistake on my part, but I think we've all been on full tilt before with fantasy football. So I posted a poll who's who's who looks worse in this scenario. The dumb commissioner who sent out the message,

the loser who advanced and never said anything in this case is Dave and the winner who was clueless in this case in Dan, almost 4,000 votes. Dan as the winner who was clueless. I don't understand how Dave declared victory though. That is crazy. But Dave didn't say anything either. Dave's like, okay,

I'll take it. Maybe Dave never checked either. Okay, guys, um, we have FFT and five still going strong, and it will be going strong throughout the offseason. So make sure you check out the Fantasy Football Today in Five podcast

for a quick update on everything fantasy football. And Chris will have some really interesting programming during the offseason as well. Next week he'll be, of course, talking about Week 18, but also talking about top players at each position. We're going to start spinning ahead to 2023. Apple podcast questions. Let's go to Brooks from America's

finest city. What would that be, Dan? America's finest city? Finest. Good question. New York City. Okay. What about Australia's finest city? What's Australia's finest city? What's Australia's finest city?

Melbourne. Melbourne. Melbourne? See, that's how you know I'm a... Melbourne? That's how it's pronounced? Exactly. See, that's how you know I'm a true,

someone who's been there, unlike you, who just reads it on a piece of paper and would assume it's Melbourne, but it's not Melbourne. It's Melbourne. That is interesting. Yeah.

Now you know. You know what I noticed about Australian accents is that any word that ends with O albin uh that is interesting um yeah now you know you know what i noticed about australian accents is that any word that ends with o it sounds like r at the end so because we're watching all the time and they say bingar which for the dog bingo and it's like what that is so strange bingo okay anyway here's brock's or brooks's question from New York City. Start three and half PPR. Let's sit one. I shouldn't have read this one.

Sit Derrick Henry. Let's go to our next one from FantasyFootballPlayer101. I need a wide receiver two and a flex. Wide receiver two, Michael Pittman, Christian Watson, or Chris Olave? It can't be Watson. I mean, Watson if he plays. Yeah, it's definitely Watson if he plays, but we're looking doubtful there. Otherwise, Pittman or Olave, it's not a great...

I'll go Pittman. What's the scoring? This is... Yeah, what is the scoring format? Don't know. I almost feel like I'd play Richie James over all the other two. Yeah, I would play Richie James if it's PPR. If it's non-PPR, I might just take a chance on Olave,

just with the hope that he scores. Big play. Yeah, I mean, if these are the only choices, I'd play Pittman over Olave in full PPR. Look to see if Richie James is on your wire. Would you really start Richie James over Pittman? 100%. Yeah.

Especially if it's half or full PPR. Why wouldn't I? Well, I mean, obviously Pittman is the better player. Huh? What, Adam? Well, Pittman is a PPR guy, you know, so the PPR format doesn't help James more than it helps Pittman. I mean, I'll give this stat again.

The Giants averaged 25 pass attempts in their wins. It's just like don't get too crazy over what happened against Minnesota. It's not about what happened against Minnesota for me. It's about what happened the last two and a half weeks. The Giants just, I don't know if it'll go back. You're right, it might go back to what they were doing earlier this year, but they've really changed what they're doing on offense. It's a lot of shotgun. It's a lot of quick passing, and that is great for

Richie James. A lot of receivers have killed the Colts. Kenny Moore's been out. That's another thing. Kenny Moore's out. They have injuries. Okay, but every receiver kills the Giants. Alright, we got Kamara, Ken Walker, and Travis Etienne. He has to choose one of them, and that's going to be

Travis Etienne. Right? to choose one of them, and that's going to be Travis Etienne. Right? Yep. Yeah, definitely. All right, from Steffi Nat. I need a wide receiver and a flex. DJ Moore, Christian Watson, Ken Walker. So obviously this is easy if Watson sits, but if Watson plays,

Jamie, who are you sitting, Moore, Watson, or Walker? I would, in PPR? I don't know. In P Moore, Watson, or Walker? In PPR? I don't know. In PPR, I would sit Walker. In non or half, I would sit Moore. I would sit Walker in any format for those three. This is from Baldhead Slick. I love all the longstanding jokes on the show.

You have me laughing, but somehow I missed the Eric reference that Adam always alludes to. Is that South Park or that 70s show, perhaps? Please explain. Nah. Even Dan knows. It's Billy Madison. Yeah, you tell him. It's Billy Madison. Yeah. And start or sit for the finals in half PPR? Mike

Evans, Gabe Davis, A.J. Dillon, Najee Harris. How many do we need of those? Just one. Evans, Davis, Dylan Harris. To sit one? No, start one. I'd start Dylan. If

Jones is now definitely not out, is that where we're at with this? As far as I know, Jones is playing, but he's playing Hurts. Okay, so he's going to continue to play that limited role. It's between Evans and Dylan for me. I'm really buying into this Evans narrative street thing. I've got to be honest with you.

87 yards to go to get that thousand. I think they're going to try to get him there, but I'll still go Dylan here. It's a good matchup. Alright, this is from Taco Cluster. Jamie, are you still a Taco Tuesday guy? You used to love Taco Tuesday. I do. Do you make them or do you buy them?

I'm well past the point of making tacos during football season. Luckily, my wife will make toast at this point. No, she's a great cook. She does on occasion, but not on Tuesdays fully. No, Jamie's always going to Tijuana Flats. He goes every Tuesday. It's like religion. Not anymore.

I try, but not as consistently. I don't know that spot. I'll have to check it out next time I'm down there. Yeah, you won't like it. It's not like you're going to be a food snob about it, I'm sure, because you're a food snob. Who said I'd be a snob? Okay. Half PPR.

Pick two flexes. Pacheco, Foreman, Deontay, and Bam Knight. Pacheco, Foreman, Deontay, Johnson, Bam Knight. Pick two and half PPR. I'm going to go Foreman and Knight. I'll go Foreman, Pacheco. PPR, Flex, no name on this one.

Jerry, Judy, or David Montgomery? Judy. Judy for PPR for sure. From TheRealMikeG, salary cap league with keepers. Oh, this is a good question here. This is my last opportunity to pick up and stash some $1 keepers. Is there anyone out there that is currently not rostered in many leagues

that I should be targeting that you guys think might hit next year? I just picked up Jordan Love in the Dynasty League. He might be somebody worth taking a shot on in case Aaron Rodgers retires. That's a great call, especially Superflex or 2 retires. That's a great call, especially super flex or 2QB. That's an amazing call. Let's think of other players who usually cut it off. Zamir White. That's a good one.

Let's think of who else are the big free agent running backs coming into this year. I've got to know free agency. I wish I had looked this one up. This is on me. No, that's all right. Rashad White, maybe. How deep are we talking?

Yeah, he's already rostered. It's got to be non-rostered players. Yeah. I'm good with Jordan Love and Zamir White. Yeah, I don't know. I'm trying to think like anybody who was... You know what? I have some interest in...

I know I said this a long time ago. David Bell. David Bell is a good one. How about... Because he looked pretty good when he had a decent chance to get running this year. Terrace Marshall. Start to look a little good if they can get a quarterback upgrade down there, maybe in Carolina.

I like that. Look for like second and third year wide receivers. Kind of take a look through all those guys. Just take a look at NFL draft history and look for anyone who hasn't really broken out or is not roster right now and on a team that could get a quarterback change or upgrade because we're going to see a ton of quarterback movement this offseason, which I'm really

excited for. Derek Carr is going to be on the move. Jimmy G probably a few others. So we'll have to see what happens there. Yeah. How about Trey McBride? And if he's not available, how about Daniel Bellinger? He's actually, I think, been pretty good for a rookie. McBride's a good one.

Yeah. Yeah. Again, great calls. I just, I wish I knew like how deep it is because like you could get situations where somebody like Rashad Bateman might've been dropped. You know what I mean? Like true. Yeah.

That's a good point. Bateman could definitely, you should definitely look for those IR guys. Those are the best ones to scoop. Okay, this one comes from NAL820. Two championships. One is half PPR. $600 on the line. The other is full PPR. $1,000 on the line. Wow.

Wow. Okay. Would you flex Jahan Dotson or Juju Smith-Schuster, Jawan Johnson or Taysom Hill? Let's start with those two. So Jahan Dotson or Juju and Jawan Johnson or Taysom Hill? I would go Juju and Taysom. I'm definitely on Juju. And I think I have to play Taysom as well there.

I don't think it's going to be as good a game script, but I still would prefer him over Juwan. And pick two running backs. Akers, Montgomery, James Cook, Gus Edwards, Mostert, and Zach Moss. First two. Yeah, those are the first two that came to mind. Who was the third? Oh, James Cook.

Yeah. I don't think I could play Cook over those two, though. I do kind of like Cook, but no. Goff or Minshew? Goff. Yeah, Goff at home against the Bears. Can't turn it down. Pick a flex.

Ramondre Stevenson, Ken Walker, Tyler Algier, Cortland Sutton, blah, blah, blah. So one of the first three. Stevenson, Walker, Algier. Ramondre. Yeah, I would go Stevenson for sure. I think he has the highest ceiling, but by far. All right, man, you better, you better win a thousand dollars.

All those questions you ask one more Apple podcast question here. I'm in the championship this week against my brother. It is full PPR three wide receivers. I have to start one of these guys, DJ Moore, DJ Chark, Jahan Dotson. More for me for sure. Yep like dj more this week okay um i just want to read one comment here before we go to break uh it is from barry and he says adams david blau simpsons homage was excellent thank you very much barry when nobody hand nobody handpicks positive comments about himself more than Adam Azer.

On a single show on YouTube, in the history of this platform, no one hand picks the comments better. All I see from Adam is... Go ahead. Is this homage or homage? Homage. Homage. Not homage.

You pay homage to something or you do an homage to something. Yeah, that's actually right. It's a different part of speech yeah that's okay i was hoping adam was wrong that's okay i think i think you said uh what did you say earlier dan that i was gonna make fun of you for but i didn't now i will um you gotta remember first you put a y at the end of a word like something like lazy oh man what was it i don't know it was dumb okay well i guess i didn't teach you that in australia we'll be back with the olive garden don't bring me back to that please we'll be back with uh with the fantasy cops after this on fantasy football today did you know 66 percent of utility damage is caused by not requesting a locate?

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Data sourced from the ORCGA 2023 Dirt Report. Last fantasy cops of the season. Here we go. Our first one comes from Amar Jeet. That I definitely did not pronounce right. I need your help. I play in a fantasy league that has been running for 16 years. During the semifinals, we had a tie in one of the matchups. We've always used bench points as the tiebreaker during the season. And so the league assumed that the team with the higher bench points would be in the finals.

However, ESPN advanced the other team per their default settings, ESPN's default settings, which uses the best record to advance during a tie in the playoffs. We need your help to decide if we should use the commonly known tiebreaker rule, bench points, or stick to the ESPN settings that no one was aware of to advance the teams. Lots of drama in the league now over this. Please help.

I will donate $100 to a charity of your choice if you provide a decision on the air. Wow. Oh. There's the Jamie Eisenberg beer fund. I'll appreciate that one.

You're not even a beer guy, are you? Send the money to St. Jude. Send the money to St. Jude. Yeah, St. Jude works. I think if you have league settings, that's the rule. You don't go by your own rules, your own bylaws.

Yeah. You already decided this was the law. I think one thing you guys need, you people need to do to change this league moving forward is consider fractional points. Why was there a tie? Most likely because you guys are playing without fractional points, right?

Like there are fractional points. It's a very highly unlikely situation. This could ever end in a tie. So make the move to fractional points, right? Like there are fractional points. It's a very highly unlikely situation this could ever end in a tie. So make the move to fractional points. I would even consider saying we're using fractional points moving forward and this matchup will be decided by fractional points

because that's a better indicator than bench points. It's the true points. Fractional points or decimal points? I thought it was called fractional points. It's what they call it. They call it fractional in Australia. It's decimal here in the States. Oh, it's called fractional scoring. I guarantee it fractional in australia it's decimal here in

the states oh it's called fractional scoring i guarantee you we're gonna i'm gonna look at our cbs page after i guarantee it says fractional scoring in the settings we'll find it out later i'll come back to you but use fractional scoring this is the true way that's the actual matchup will determine itself not your bench so that's my i can't take dan on the toilet talking about fractional everybody in the chat everybody in the chat thinks Dan is on the toilet. I don't get it. I don't see it, Dan, but David A. wants everyone to donate to the

Adam Pest Control Fund, which I totally am on board with as well. I like it. Your tiebreaker is bench points. That is probably the worst tiebreaker is bench points. That is probably the worst. I don't even know. Probably the worst tiebreaker you can have.

Bench points stinks, but it is your tiebreaker, so use it. All right, next fantasy cops is from Joe. Joe said, My sister was colluded against in her league. The commissioner's husband, who's in the consolation bracket, dropped Kirk Cousins for Ryan Tannehill before the semifinals. This was after Tannehill had ankle surgery. My sister asked for a league veto and was denied by the commissioner.

My sister played the commissioner in the semifinals and lost by four. The commissioner started Kirk Cousins and ordinarily would have played Derek Carr and he would have lost. How should the fantasy cops rule in this matter? That's obvious collusion right there, right? There's no ifs, ands, and buts here. How do we prove it? How do we prove it?

He dropped Kirk Cousins for Tannehill in a non-keeper league. That's how you prove. It's hard to prove, actually. You're right. The proof, if you're looking for hard proof here, you could just, well, what's his rationale?'s hard to prove actually. You're right. The proof, if you're looking for hard proof here, you could just, but what's his rationale? You have to look at it logically, right? What would

be the point of scooping up Ryan Tannehill if it's not a keeper league? So who did Tannehill play last week? Just in case they had some, oh, they had the Texans. I mean, but he was already placed on IR, they said. No, he wasn't on IR. He just had the ankle surgery, I guess.

Oh, well, that's, I mean, he's probably not going to play three days later after ankle surgery. He just had the ankle surgery, I guess. Oh, well, that's... He's probably not going to play three days later after ankle surgery. This is really fishy to me. And you're in the consolation bracket. I would probably... I think I would veto it. So what do you do? Do you change the result of the game and put... Change the result of the game.

Yeah, so you're putting... Well, no. Oh, okay. That's going a little too far. I've never... I shouldn't go down those waters. the this this change the result of the game yeah you're so you're putting yep and well no no okay that's going a little too far i've never i shouldn't go down those waters i wouldn't change the result of a game at this point i would actually potentially consider kicking both the commissioner and that person out of kick the commissioner out of his own league and obviously you get rid of the cool i have a no tolerance policy for collusion i consider this unless the commissioner has a good excuse for why they picked up her cousins days after this mysterious person decided to cut her cousins for ryan tannehill unless there's a good explanation that like oh i didn't think that was like there needs i need proof that the commissioner wasn't in on this right

and then their husband in case anyone's forgotten this is the husband and wife the commissioner is married to the person who dropped her. The commissioner is married to the person who dropped her cousins. The commissioner is married to, oh, then it's, come on. It's collusion. It's collusion. You know what? It's collusion.

I would overturn the result. I would put the sister, I would put Joe's sister in the championship. You have to, right? Yeah, it's collusion. You should lose for that. Play it for the husband and wife, and I really want to know what they say.

Let me know. All right, last one. I have a bonus one too, Adam. Okay. All right, I'll set aside 10 minutes. Mark from Buffalo. There was a rule posted before the playoffs that all eliminated teams couldn't make any ad drops.

The process needed to be manually policed, though, since the site doesn't allow team-specific ad drop restrictions. One week into the playoffs, an eliminated team dropped Kendrick Bourne. After Bourne had a good game, the commissioner then added Bourne to play against me in the championship. Of course. Yeah, clear as day. Also, every good commissioner won't just make this unwritten rule. They'll actually go in every week, which I do in all my leagues, and lock the teams that are at the playoffs.

You can do it on the website. Well, you can on this website. This is what he said. It had to be policed manually. Also, I would like to confess to something that I did do that. I'm sorry, Dan. Go ahead.

No, no, go ahead. I did do that in a league. You're good. I locked one of the playoff teams rosters. So, oops. My mistake. You would. Yeah.

Who was it? Who'd you lock? This guy, Casey, in our podcast for the People League. He's in the finals. No harm, no foul, thankfully. All right. What's your bonus fantasy cops cops dan bonus fantasy cops two things you're gonna you guys are gonna have to weigh in on a friend of mine she's she was new to not new to fantasy football but pretty new to

fantasy football couldn't make her draft this year she got really really sick so she knows me i'm her friend obviously i'm an industry person. So I drafted the team for her, but it's not like she advertised it to the league. She didn't say like, Hey guys, I have a friend who also works in the industry. He's going to draft for me this year. So no one knows of that. So I drafted her team and I drafted a really good team. And right now she's made it all the way. And I've helped her with, with waivers and lineup, but she's done a lot of that on her own. It's been only a little bit of me throughout the season management wise. Anyway, she makes it to the font. She makes the playoffs. She makes the semifinals. She wins last week in the semis. We go to the finals and now I'm pretty invested in

this because yeah, I consider it a, we, at this point I drafted the team. We've been talking about it every week. She's really into it. She's never been into fantasy football before in her entire life. I'm excited about that. I got her really into the game and it's a pretty decent league with a pretty good size pot. And it's, let's just say, I can't give away too much, but it's a league full of people who have been on TV and they've been on TV on a show on paramount plus so that you can find on paramount plus some information right there. Anyway, this week I start to really get into the weeds of it. I want to help her win her championship. So I noticed on her opponent's roster, his only two QBs are Lamar Jackson and Gardner Minshew. Jackson has some practice week, might not play. Gardner Minshew may not play.

So I looked at the lineup that she has. I locked in all the players I want to start. I don't have that many decisions. And I use those final bench spots to scoop up Trevor Lawrence and all these other quarterbacks that are on the waiver wire, three or four quarterbacks. Just in case Gardner Minshew doesn't play and Lamar Jackson doesn't play, the opponent has no other quarterbacks, has to then go to the waiver wire and pick up one of the scrap heaps left because I benched all the good ones. Now, she sends me a chat last night from her league group chat, like, oh, my God, look at what Kelly, look at, oh, I shouldn't have said the name. Look at what, look at what happened. Look at what she did here.

And then somebody responds, this is a championship move. Great, great job by her. What a good move. The other people are like, this is Bushley, blah,

blah, blah. So what do you guys think of two fronts? One, is it okay to help someone like ghost draft and help a team? And two, are those moves? All right,

Jamie, I think it's perfectly fine to help somebody else. There's nothing against that. That's what we obviously do for a living. You're just doing it for an individual. So no, it's not a bad situation at all. It's a little bush league to do the stealing all of the players at one position. Not at all.

Stashing? Not at all. It's fine. The Bush League thing is picking them up and then dropping them to put them back on waivers. And dropping them, right. If you keep them on your bench.

I didn't do any of that. Yeah, I think it's fine. I think you nailed it. I think you nailed it. Thank you. I thought it was a good strategy. If I had done the drop and add thing, Jamie, I would agree with you.

But I'm not like picking them up, cutting them, picking them up, cutting them so they hit waivers. I'm just stashing them. Yeah, that's fine. Nothing wrong with that. Jamie knows there's nothing wrong with that. Who's the best quarterback available?

Now it's going to be Purdy or something like that. It's not ugly. It's pretty ugly. It's Purdy, Matt Jones, but I think Gardner's going to play anyway, so it won't matter. Purdy's not bad. Yeah, he's an okay player. It's not Trevor Lawrence, though. I can't believe Trevor Lawrence is on the waiver wire. That's wild.

All right, so I was thinking the other day Yeah, he's an okay play this week. Not Trevor Lawrence, though. I can't believe Trevor Lawrence is on the waiver wire. That's wild. Yeah. All right, so I was thinking the other day, you know, I haven't heard from that schmuck who always calls me Adam Numbnuts and makes fun of me about Devante Smith because Devante Smith is just going crazy. But here he is three minutes ago, right in the chat.

Hey, Adam Numbnuts, how's Delonte Smith? I don't understand this guy. I don't understand his goals. I don't understand if he likes me or he hates me, if he's joking around or if he's a jerk. I do really like the name Adam Numbnuts, I got to be honest. It's pretty great. I don't like Don.

I really don't like him. I think he's a mean guy. And he just gave me a lot of grief for talking about Devontae Smith when I wasn't even really doing that. But I hope I was talking about Devontae Smith now because now I look like a damn genius. So thank you, Don. He's had a breakout season.

Yeah, hell yeah, man. He's awesome. He's the freaking man. All right. We got some emails. Donnie Dummy. What'd you say? He said Donnie Dummy. That's your emails. Donnie Dummy. What'd you say? He said Donnie Dummy.

That's your comeback. Donnie Dummy. I could do better than that. All right. Fantasyfootball.cbsi.com is our email address. First email comes from Andrew. He's in the finals for the fourth time in five years. He lost Cup, Gervonta, and Pierce,

and he drafted Russell Wilson, and he's still in the finals. He says he's like the 90s Bills, except I've won two. All right, good for you, Andrew. So would you start Bryan Robinson or Jarek McKinnon in PPR? And the second question is Chark, Gabe Davis, or Romeo Dobbs? I would start McKinnon because it's PPR. I know there's a lot of sleeper potential for Robinson this week,

and a lot of people like the play this week, and I don't mind it, but full PPR, I'm going McKinnon. And then I'm definitely going with Gabe Davis in that last one. I am hopeful that what Jamie said earlier will come true, and it's a bit of foreshadowing that we're going to see a lot of pass attempts and a lot of pass offense in that bills bangles game. And so that will help Gabe Davis. I'd go McKinnon as well.

Or the choices gave David new. Dobbs. Dobbs. Oh, and shark. And something else. And shark. I might go talk over Gabe Davis. I just think there's,

there's going to be a lot of points in the bears lines game as well. You have controlled environment. Tark has been really good at home. Bears secondary not good. He's coming off a 100-yard game against the Panthers. I know Jameson Williams is expected to play more, but I just think golf goes off this week. I have some news updates real quick here.

I got Kamara is going to play. Lamar Jackson is not going to play. And Cardinals cornerback Antonio Hamilton is not going to play. And Marcoinals cornerback Antonio Hamilton is not going to play. And Marco Wilson, another defensive back, he may not play. Buda Baker's already out. This is, you know, for a team that's always good against number ones, they have, like, nothing right now. So, good stuff for Drake London.

Here is a question from Brandon from a city west of Yuma. I have no idea. Where is Yuma? Brandon from a city west of Yuma. I have no idea. Where is Yuma? Arizona. Sounds west. Yeah. We'll just say San Francisco, the Pacific Northwest of San Francisco. Who should I start at quarterback?

Minshew, Mike White, Brock Purdy, or Geno Smith? Minshew for me. Yeah, I'd go with the Minch. I'd also go with the Minch. All right, let's give him a backup. Oh, he has hurts, so I guess that's fine. Yeah. From John, who would you sit in full PPR?

Aaron Jones, A.J. Dillon, or Jarek McKinnon, or ETN? I'd sit Aaron Jones. Yeah, out of that group i would too especially chance of re-injury tell me if this is true from our chat jb is secret jb is secretly trying to get dan to go on a rant so he can check his email i'm checking updates whenever i see the whenever i see my my twitter pop up, I'm looking to see if there's somebody injured. So like Lamar Jackson thing popped up while Dan was on his rant. He's on our breaking news. He's on the breaking news

duty. I'm on the rant duty. Yeah. I'm also on the toilet enjoying myself. What is the toilet reference? I don't understand it. I'm in a regular seat here because I don't cut off. I guess I got to cut off. Oh, no.

Don't go down. Please don't go down. Don't cut down. You do look a little bit less on the toilet now. Well, the thing is, like, I can't see the back of your chair. So it could be a toilet seat. And then you've got this sort of, you got like a nook in your room where you're sitting. And so it kind of looks like a stall, I guess.

Right. I don't know. It's plus it stinks. Um, all right. Uh, here's from Patrick in Victoria, British Columbia,

two receivers are running back in a flex. All right, let's get two receivers out of Devante Smith, DJ Moore, Jahan Dotson, and Deontay Johnson. First, first of me,

Jarek McKinnon, Rashad White, and Tyler Algier. We need one. Half PPR. Ooh. I'm going to go Algier. McKinnon. All right, Algier, McKinnon. Who's your flex?

Dotson, Deontay, the other running back? McKinnon. I'll go Dotson from Kyle Johnny, Ray, Cal, and Eddie those feel like Baltimore Orioles Johnny, Ray, Cal, and Eddie you got Cal, Ripken

Eddie Murray it's almost like he used to host a baseball podcast Ray Knight I feel like Ray Knight played for the Ripken, Eddie Murray. Oh. It's almost like he used to host a baseball podcast. Ray Knight, did he play for the... I feel like Ray Knight played for the Orioles. He did. Yes, he did for one year, and I have no idea who Johnny is. Okay, fighting for third place in a fantasy league.

Who do I start in a half PPR league? Two running backs, two receivers, and a flex. So the two running backs, Najee Harris, Aaron Jones, and Tyler Algier. Algier, Jones, Harris. Okay, so Sid Harris from that group. Two receivers, Lazard, Pittman,

Chark, London, Boyd. Lazard, Pittman, Chark, London, Boyd. I, Pittman, Chark, London, Boyd. I'll go London, Lazard. Agree. Okay, and then need to flex. Najee Harris, Pittman, Chark, Boyd. Najee. Yeah.

More volume there. PPR League from Jimmy. Josh Jacobs or Tyler Algier? It's going to sound crazy, but I might go Algier. Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing here. Worried about how much of Jacobs we're going to see.

I mean, it's so interesting how, you know, different people see things differently. Like, you know, I got into a little bit, I sort of regret it with Chris on the live stream on Thursday

because he said, somebody's Josh Jacobs question. He said, it's Josh Jacobs and it's easy. I was like, it's not easy. There's a lot not to like about Josh Jacobs. And he was adamant, you know, and I don't know. I mean, Chris has a thing where he just always favors the pass-catching running backs, and a lot of times it works out.

It's worked out for him recently. He, I thought he was insane for having Ezekiel Elliott 18th in his running back rankings, and that's when he and I kind of got into it a little bit,

so I'm sorry about that. But, where did you think he should be? I think in regards to Jacobs, if you tell me right now that he's definitely playing, then I think it's easy. Is he going to get his snaps cut at any point? If I'm him, personally, I sit. Yeah, I know.

I would tell Josh McDaniels, don't play me. Right. Season's over. I'm hitting free agency. Yeah. I would not play if I was him. And the guy he's competing with for the rushing title didn't play on Thursday.

So he may have that thing locked up anyway. Yep. All right. Well, anyway, I understand the appeal. He could cost himself millions. He could. I understand the appeal of... He didn't pick up his options,

so there's nothing guaranteed. In a PPR league going for the guy who catches passes. But the other problem is, he's got seven catches in his last four games. You know? It's not even like he's solid there. He's got eight targets in his last four games. It's a pretty tried-and-true situation

over the last two years. When somebody has been missing missing he's been fantastic in the passing game last year it was when waller and kenyan drake got hurt this year is when waller and renfro got hurt i mean it's you know now granted there's a quarterback change and so stidham may feature him more than car ever did we don't know but this could be an absolute disaster absolute disaster i'd still start him over Algier, but I get all the concerns. I get it.

That's fine. Yeah. Dustin in Miami. Dear Huey, Dewey, and Louie. I'm in Algier. I'm a Jamie. All right, so two Algiers and a Jacobs. Dear Huey, Dewey, and Louie,

were you a DuckTales guy, Dan? No. Wouldn't have never guessed that. DuckTales a cartoon, I assume i assume what wait a second what you don't know what ducktales is barely if anything hey so couldn't even tell you what it looked like what their cartoon ducks what channel was that on disney it's a disney show uh so i don't watch i was watching Nickelodeon cartoons. Listen to the DuckTales theme song. It's one of the best TV theme songs, legitimately. You know what?

I don't watch kid TV shows unless they're hosted by Dave Azar. Zach Moss or Evan Ingram, non-PPR? Evan Ingram. Really? I love Evan Ingram this week week it's not really in that non-ppr i don't care i'm going ingram yeah his role is solidified all right max wants to know uh do i stick with zach moss or go with johan dotson he's trailing big right now oh sorry this is non-ppr also yeah but if you but if you're trailing big, it's still Dotson, right?

I guess. Has to be trailing big. He's got much more touchdown potential. Exactly. From Phil in Atlanta. Dear Eli, Jeff, and Phil. Well, those are Giants quarterbacks. I finally got one.

And what did they do? How did i miss that one what do they have in common they have all won superbowls that's right so 12 team ppr start three receivers and two flex i'm starting chris godwin he needs four other players from this group two of them have to be receivers evans pitman gabe davis Sutton, Slayton, Dortch, Richie James. Oh, they're all receivers. Four of them. What are we at?

Full PBR? Yeah. Evans, Pittman, Davis, Sutton, Slayton, Dortch, James. Evans. Yeah, Evans is the easy one. Yeah. I kind of like Sutton this week. I wouldn't do Sutton. Though. I kind of like Sutton this week. I wouldn't do Sutton, though I do kind of like him.

Who was it? There was one in... I got this. I'll give my four. I'm going Evans, Pittman, Sutton, Gabe Davis. I would go Evans, Sutton, Davis, Dortch. Evans, Sutton, Davis, Richie James for me if it's full PPR.

I can't really believe the disrespect for Michael Pittman. Oh, James is part of the group? I have no interest in Michael Pittman whatsoever. Oh, yeah. I would go with Evans, Davis, Sutton, and James. I don't care who's playing corner for the Giants this week. I have zero respect or interest in anything going on with that Colts passing game after what I watched on Monday night. But do you know how bad their passing game has been?

He's got, I don't, he's had like six, he's had six games, hold on, he's had like, something like six games this year where he scored 12 and a half or more PPR fantasy points where they've thrown for fewer than 220 yards.

And tell me how many of those games. He was also in the first game with at least seven targets where he scored fewer than 10 PPR points. All right, so it could be better this week. It doesn't mean it's going to happen again. It could be worse. It could be. He may not get seven targets. he scored fewer than 10 PPR points. All right, so it could be better this week. It doesn't mean it's going to happen again. It could be worse. It could be.

He may not get seven targets. Chargers are better than the Giants. He was sacked seven times. Right. I mean, that was at home. That was at home. In good weather. Exactly, in good weather.

And that was against a defense coordinator who's not going to do exactly what Wake Marndale was just going to do, which is split. He splits his mind out. Just every play. Okay, so what? So obviously they're going to be prepared for that. I mean, is that like receiver? Yeah obviously they're going to be prepared for that. I mean, is that like receiver? Yeah, are they going to be prepared for that?

Now he has two weeks of practice, Nick Foles with this group. Come on. A week and a half. My point is they've had a bad quarterback all year. But nothing like this. No, there's a huge difference. I know Matt Ryan did that, but don't even put Matt Ryan in the Nick Foles category.

That's just awful. No, I agree. It's not like but don't even put Matt Ryan in the Nick Foles category. That's just awful. No, I agree. It's not like I don't want to kill Nick Foles. I think if Nick Foles had the full offseason to work with these guys, he would look better than he does now. A little bit better. Oh, that was not Nick Foles. You're underrating Nick Foles.

He is a quality backup quarterback. What? I'm underrating Nick Foles? I'm not saying he's great. He's a quality backup quarterback. What he did last week was he went out and played with basically no practice time, barely having been with the team. He's not nearly as bad.

Let me ask you a question. First off, let me ask you a question. Who looked better, Nick Foles last week or Josh Dobbs last night? Josh Dobbs. But that doesn't mean anything. That's a good point, by the way. No, it's not a good point. That's a great point by Jamie.

You just said you just killed Nick Foles for not having time to be with the team. No, you killed Nick Foles. Josh Dobbs has been with the team for eight days. Okay, who won a Super Bowl? That's a great point. Who won a Super Bowl? And go back and look at— Who won a Super Bowl?

Doug Peterson won a Super Bowl. No, Nick Foles won a Super Bowl. He played very well. I'm quoting Pete Prisco. He's 100% right. It's the greatest accident in the history of the NFL. It doesn't matter what Pete Prisco said. Okay, go look at the other starts that Nick Foles has made.

If you look at what Nick Foles has done, like what he did last year with the Bears. I am not saying Nick Foles in Jacksonville. Look at Nick Foles outside of the Super Bowl run. And look at Matt Ryan. And you're also talking about something that's nearly 10 years old at this point. No, it's five years old. And like, I get it.

I'm not saying Nick Foles is good. I'm saying he's a lot better than what he was two nights or three nights ago, whatever the heck it was, four nights ago. Yes, he is better

than what he is last week, but he's not even in the same class as Matt Ryan this year. I disagree with that. Matt Ryan is one of the worst quarterbacks in football. Matt Ryan is one of the worst

quarterbacks in football. And Nick Foles is worse. Nick Foles isbacks in football. And Nick Foles is worse. Nick Foles is worse. This version of Nick Foles is worse. If I think of what you're talking about. First off, any version of Nick Foles is worse than any version of Matt Ryan ever. I don't care what you say. I agree with that, too.

Yeah. No. This version of Nick Foles. This version of Nick Foles is Trace McSorley, Jimmy Clawson back. No, it's this version. Without any athleticism. I agree with that. Without any athleticism. He's more athletic than... This version of Nick Foles is Trace McSorley, Jimmy Clawson back. No, it's this version. Without any athleticism. I agree with that.

Without any athleticism. He's more athletic than Matt Ryan. Not Trace McSorley. Not really. Yes, he's more athletic than Matt Ryan. You'll see, Adam. Matt Ryan has one of the longest runs in the NFL for a quarterback this year. Look, Nick Foles played one game. Adam, I told you over under 175 yards for Nick Foles.

Over. You'd probably take the under, right? No, I'd take the over. Over? Yes. Okay. It's not going over. And if that's the case, if you would have wisely taken the under because it's going to go under, you would know that how are we going to get there with Pittman if we're not going to get there with Foles?

Because I just told you that Pittman has had the... Because they'll give you six catches for 60 yards. It's not like a great game or anything. It's just... I don't you six catches for 60 yards. It's not like a great game or anything. It's just... I don't see a six for 60 coming. At best, I could see maybe six for 40. I mean, this is bad, dude. I don't know

why you're buying into Nick Foles. I am not buying into Nick Foles. That is not what's happening. Are you kidding me? Did I say anything of that nature? I don't think Nick Foles is any good. You just said Nick Foles has a better career than Matt Ryan because he won a Super Bowl. Oh, my God. I did not say that.

Are you crazy? Oh, my gosh. No. I'm saying that Nick – I'm saying that Michael Pittman has had bad quarterback play all year. And he's a better receiver than Richie James, you know. And the Giants probably aren't going to throw the ball that much. I guess I can go ahead and flush this toilet behind me because my work's done here.

We got Adam on full tilt. Because Jamie takes what I say and he creates a completely different sentence, basically. And he knows it, too. All right. Anyway, Pacheco or Ayuk from Lameen in Washington, D.C.? PPR. Ayuk from Lameen in Washington, D.C.? PPR. Ayuk and PPR.

Ayuk for sure if it's full PPR. And from John, would you start Dotson, Thielen, or Zay Jones? Dotson. Dotson. Okay. All right, YouTube, you're up. Jamie is so good at starting rants. You're right.

I'd be good at it too if I could make up my own storylines. I didn't make up a storyline. Just at the end. You walked yourself into one. You literally just defended Nick Foles for 20 minutes. Last year, he made one start for the Bears. He was 24 of 35.

We're not going to go back into this, Adam. 250 yards and a touchdown. You made your point. I'm saying he's not, as far as backup quarterbacks go, you know, you could do worse than him. But he was in a bad situation. We're not worried about that.

We're worried about, like, can he make something out of Pittman this week? That's the question. He can make six for 60 out of Pittman. I think Jamie had it right. Six for 44, six for 43. Something really low on a yards per catch basis. Okay, great.

Now I'm rooting against the Giants. I'm rooting for Michael Pittman to have a huge game. Great. This is great stuff. Thank you. Listen, I love Michael Pittman. I hope he has a good game. But Nick Foles is absolutely, he is honestly, like, if you're talking about right now,

from the bottom up, the worst quarterbacks for week 17, it's probably David Blau and then him. I'd almost think, I would at least consider taking David Blau over him because we haven't at least seen David Blau. And you have a better skill set up. Yeah, exactly. What if Matt Ryan were starting this week? He wouldn't be toward the bottom of that. Matt Ryan is competent.

He knows how to read a defense. Matt Ryan's competent, exactly. And he's played within the system. That's the biggest difference here. He has some time with the receiver, some rapport. I get that. Yeah, I understand. That's the key here. They look totally out of sync.

Everything was way off with that passing game. Michael Pittman had seven catches for 53 yards with Sam Ellinger at quarterback. Ellinger threw for 201 yards, no touchdowns. That was one side. Against who? Against the Washington Commanders, a much better defense

than the New York Giants. And I think if Sam Ellinger came in to start this game, I would feel more confident in Michael Pittman. Okay, because the next week, Sam Ellinger threw for 103 yards, and Michael Pittman had 22 yards, but we don't have to talk about that. All right, let's read your YouTube questions. Okay, then the Giants are going

to the playoffs. Walker, Algier, or Devontae Smith at flex? Of course I agree. Who you got? Walker, Algier, or Devontae Smith? Devontae. Delavante, whatever the guy says.

Numbnuts, Adam. Numbnuts, Azar. Need help at flex. Zay Jones, Gabe Davis Numb nuts, Azar. Need help at Flex. Zay Jones, Gabe Davis, or Devin Singletary? Zay Jones. Gabe for me. Okay.

Aaron Jones, Zay Jones, Christian Watson, Tyler Lockett, and Carson Wentz? Is this a super flex PPR? Possibly. Who used to be the bench two of this group? Aaron Jones, Zay Jones, Watson, Lockett, Wentz? Is this a super flex PPR? Probably. Who used to get the bench two of this group? Aaron Jones, Zay Jones, Watson, Lockett, Wentz.

And that's Christian Watson. Assuming everybody plays, I would bench Zay Jones and Aaron Jones. Assuming Watson is out, I would bench Watson and Zay Jones. Yep, I'm the same way.

Wentz is the one that has to be locked in. Kamara or Algier in PPR? Algier had more catches last week than Alvin Kamara had the last two games. So if you're talking about eliminating catching from Kamara's game,

which it seems like the Saints have, Algier's in a better matchup. Okay, you going with Algier? Yep. I'm going with Algiers? Yep. I'm going with Algiers as well. I'm very down on Kamara. Give me a running back, a wide receiver, and a flex. Pacheco or Fournette? Half PPR.

Fournette. Yeah, definitely. And I would go receiver out of that group, Judy. Yes. And a flex. And a flex is needed. I'm going to go DJ Moore for the flex agree with all that i'm gonna take juju over oh half ppr yeah i'll take juju

juju but you guys will take uh do you see the news on uh yeah hurts jaylen hurts is down, but making strides. So I'm sure if he needs to play next week to beat the Giants when they lose to the Colts. I wonder if Minshew struggles, if they make him active, though, if he struggles. Just in case, yeah. Gosh, okay, stop asking that question.

I answered it already. It's bothering me. Walker or Bryan Robinson? I'm going to go Robinson with the news. Me too. I like Robinson's sneaky play. The Gibson news? Yeah.

Yep. Robinson or Rashad White and Sutton Boyd, Peoples Jones, let's start Robinson over Rashad White. Robinson, yep. Suttonton Boyd, Peoples Jones. Let's start Robinson over Rashad White. Robinson, yep. Sutton, Boyd, Peoples Jones, or Chark? Pick two. Sutton, Boyd, and Chark.

Same. Njoku or Fant? Njoku. Yeah. Hawkinson or Kittle? Kittle. Hawkinson, but it's close. Start two. Kittle. But the matchup's great for Hawkinson, soittle? Kittle. Hawkinson, but it's close. Start two.

But the matchup's great for Hawkinson. Adam did yell at us about our rankings, so he would go Kittle too. I'll go Hawkinson if Debo plays. A lot of yelling from Adam, it sounds. It sounds like Adam's just having a week just screaming at people. It's the Knicks. Adam's fantasy roster for this lineup this week,

no restrictions. If you can just pick any roster you want to be, Foles or quarterback, Pittman. Honestly, you better play DFS lineup with Foles and Pittman. Yeah, you should stack those. Are you crazy? I don't think I can at least get you to 6-6. 6 for 60 is all I'm asking for. First off, that's how

you win a million dollars, by the way, if they get. That's how you win. You should absolutely play a dollar lineup, whatever the, you're not going to win a million, but play a dollar lineup with a full commitment stack, just for fun. Honestly, that might be the, if we're looking for just one thing, that might be the thing that tilts it in your favor

as far as best male podcast host of the year goes. You've been nominated 17 years in a row. You've never won, but you've been nominated. If we want the win, you got to hit on something like that. Let's start two of this group. Ingram, Hawkinson, DeAndre Hopkins. Ingram, Hawk for me. Yeah.

All right. I think the lack of a backrest is what make it look like a toilet. Makes it look like a toilet. I need to get it. There is a backrest here. It's just not like, See, there is something. I don't know. I don't know why this is a toilet look.

I got to figure this out. I had to buy a toilet. I got to figure this out. I don't want to be looking like I'm on a toilet. Schneier, I feel like you have no idea about these types of things. How much do you think it costs to buy a toilet? A new toilet? You're right. I have no idea.

I rent. Let's see. You rent a toilet? A brand new toilet. What would you say? You rent a toilet. Yeah, I rent a toilet. No, it's in an apartment.

I don't have a new one. Let's think. A brand new toilet. Are you talking about installation too? Because I know you don't know how to install something. You're definitely a pay-for-everything kind of guy. Nobody knows how to install a toilet. Yeah.

No installation. Just you go to Home Depot. Some handymen do, Adam. We're not. None of us. Some people do know how to do these things. None of us three know. But some of these people do know how to do these kinds of things.

But anyway, so you're going to pay for it. Is it just the toilet or also the installation? You go to Home Depot. You look at the toilets. How much do they cost? Just the toilet. Let's say for just the toilet, I'll think maybe like $1,200. What? Is that too much?

It's more like $150. No, it's not. Well, it depends. So I'll give you a story because we're in the process. We're going to redo two of our bathrooms and eliminate. We have a half bath. We're going to eliminate the half bath as part of redoing the kitchen. And so when we bought the house, we uh a new toilet in the half bath and so the same toilet i think we paid 400 for it is now 700 oh my god that's very expensive toilet and now i have i have a very precious butt um it's a self-w. My wife doesn't want to, she wants to just move the toilet. And so, but we're, we're doing it in sort of like segments.

So like we would have no toilet in the half bathroom when we move it. So that's like the dilemma we're dealing with right now. Oh yeah. Now you can definitely get a solid toilet for 150, 200 bucks. And, uh, that sounds like you're getting something you know not that you want to use Sheeta says Dan you're out of toilet paper alright last

literally changing my kitchen my bathroom sink listening to you guys from Sam not me hopefully and hopefully you didn't pay $1,200 for it I need you to help with my kitchen sink so I can brush my teeth.

All right, last question here. Pick a flex if Watson doesn't play. Richie James, Brandon Cooks, Romeo Dobbs, or Greg Dortch? I would go Cooks. PPR, I think I'm going to go James. I feel it. All right.

I feel good about Hodgins and James this week. I'm sure I'll be burned. Dan is the type of person who buys reusable toilet paper. No. No, no, no, Taylor. No, no. Dan is on the toilet to avoid moving his toilet because it's too expensive. All right, everybody. Thank you for the

toilet humor and have a lovely day and a great weekend and a happy new year. Oh my gosh, I forgot about that. Happy new year, everybody. Happy new year. No bonus podcast, please. Talk to you Sunday, everybody. Good luck.