Fantasy Football Today - Mailbag, Fantasy Cops and Big News (12/30 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: December 30, 2023

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And a sad, somber, somber mailbag. Our last mailbag of the season. Last one till next year at some point. And we welcome you. It's the weekend and we're chilling. And I'm Adam with Dan and Jamie. Can't wait for this show. Been waiting all week for the mailbag.

That's how it is. Just to get here. All right, what's up, guys? How we doing? Good. Excited. Got a big weekend ahead. New Year's.

You guys got good New Year's plans?'re doing a show okay good there we go that's fun i did a poll on the live stream on thursday night are you gonna wait are you gonna stay up until midnight on new year's it was like 70 said yes and i just don't care and i was trying to explain that to chris because chris gonna go to a party like chris you don't have kids i don't care anymore I was trying to explain that to Chris because Chris is going to go to a party like, Chris, you don't have kids. I don't care anymore. Now, there is football that night, so of course I'll be up until midnight because the game is going to end at like 11.20. But otherwise, I'd be up anyway.

I'm usually up late anyway, but I wouldn't care. Your kids, though, are at an age where they don't really, I think, maybe Andrew does, but understand what New Year's Eve is. My kids, my younger one is the same age as Andrew, but my kids are like, oh, I want to stay up to me like they get so excited about it you know so um it'll be uh it'll be a struggle like i can't remember it ever at least not in my lifetime falling like this on a football sunday so it's kind of weird and i i've thought about that when i was invited to some plans and making my own plans i'm like i don't really want to be in this spot because that means I can't be watching football.

And I know they're not going to football on over there. So what am I going to do? Watch on my phone. And so I kind of maneuvered my plans around the idea that I'm probably just focusing on watching football that finals. I don't want to miss a football Sunday. It's just not how like you only get 18 of these until the playoff. Exactly. Exactly.

And then one, they should be great with the college game. So, all right, we got a lot of news, actually, that just come in. Injury updates for you. I lost two bets last week, so I look forward to paying up on those. I have to put a picture of Jamie behind me, and I have to watch a TV show that Dan will recommend.

He's already thinking about it, so I hope it, make it good, make it good. Look at the Colts and Raiders game and Michael Pittman practice, but he still has not been cleared. So you start him if he's cleared. You don't start him if he doesn't play is my advice. Zach Moss mispractice. So if you're nervous about Jonathan Taylor, that maybe that'll make you feel better if Moss does not play. Colts cornerback Kenny Moore mispractice. I wouldn't usually bring this up, but they're already missing a starting safety. Julian Blackman, out for the season. And now Kenny Moore is mispracticed, but the tweet I saw said, don't know why, Moore mispracticed.

It'll be cleared up. So maybe it was an illness or something like that. Hopefully he can play. He plays every snap for them on defense. Josh Jacobs will be a game-time decision. There's not much to react to right now. We're just kind of waiting to see. We've already laid out the scenarios.

But I guess, Jamie, if Jacobs is a true game time decision, maybe that means if he plays he won't be 100%. So where do you think you'd rank him if he plays? Probably still top 20. I mean, it's a very good matchup as we've seen, you know, running backs against the Colts, you know, really since the Grover Stewart suspension.

But yeah, you got to be a little bit concerned. You know, not just the fact that he may not be 100%. Zamir White's been great, you gotta be a little bit concerned, you know, not, not just the fact that he's may not be a hundred percent. Zemir white's been great, you know? And so why would they not necessarily just give him some touches? So it could be, it could be messy, but I think if Jacobs is out there,

you gotta at least go with the hope of he's Josh Jacobs. And, you know, I, I hate these scenarios. I really do because, you know, we've been burned by them so many times,

but you know, still the, the, the player going out there, you've got to assume that he's going to be the player. All right. Zay Flowers practiced, and that's good. He just got into practice today.

Zach Taylor said, we'll see about Jamar Chase. So we'll see. And for the Dolphins, Jalen Waddell is out, but Mike McDaniel said he's not worried about Raheem Mostert. Dan, are you worried about Raheem Moster he's not worried about Raheem Mostert. Dan, are you worried about Raheem Mostert? Not worried about Raheem Mostert. Look, McDaniel has been pretty clear. I feel like he's been one of the better ones

at giving accurate injury assessments. I feel like with Tyreek Hill, he's basically like, I'm not too worried about this, and Hill was back out there after a week. So I'm going to take his word out, and hopefully it pays off. All right. And that's it for the news and notes for now.

We'll get more as things go on. YouTube.com slash Fantasy Football Today. That's where you can watch our show. YouTube.com slash Fantasy Football Today. And that's where you can follow our live stream on Sunday morning where we'll be answering your questions from 11.30 a.m. until kickoff, basically.

So 11.30 a.m. Eastern. Join, basically. So 1130 a.m. Eastern. Join us there. YouTube.com slash fantasy football today. It's time for our Apple podcast questions. All right. This is from Devian Shoe. I need two running backs, two wide receivers, and two flex. So two running backs, Bijan, Kamara, Brees Hall.

Start him. so two running backs, Bijan, Kamara, Brees Hall, start him, and Montgomery and Khalil Herbert. No, it's not going to be that. So let's just say he didn't start Brees Hall. Hopefully he did. Give me two of Bijan, Kamara, and Montgomery. Bijan and Kamara. Yep.

Just looking at where I have them both ranked for this week, and I have them 10 spots ahead of the next guy. So yeah, both of those two. yep just looking at where i have them both ranked for this week and i have them specific uh 10 spots ahead of the next guy so yeah both of those two is this pprm or no i don't know okay i think either way i'd probably go with camara but it's a little bit closer oh there's ceh in there too i'm sorry would you start ceh over no okay all right give me two wide receivers cup diggs higgins d DJ Moore, Jaden Reed. Cup is the easy one. And then if there's no Sneed for the Chiefs and no Chase,

I might go Higgins over Moore. I think I'm going to go Diggs for my second receiver there. I would go Moore over Higgins right now. All right, and then we need two flexes. So we've got David Montgomery, Khalil Herbert, Clyde. We got Diggs, Moore, Higgins, Jaden Reed. Who jumps out at you there? I'd go Montgomery and Higgins because I have Diggs and Kopp as my two receivers.

Clyde 100% if there's no Pacheco. And. Oh, my God. For those who are listening and not watching on YouTube, Adam just put up a picture of Jamie behind him like he promised. And it is a picture from a long time ago. Let's just say that. I mean, look at this picture. This is one of Jamie's Facebook pictures.

Who puts this on Facebook? It's like a mugshot. Is it from work? That was one of my mugshots for the site. Yeah, so it's a work. Can you move your head real quick, Adam, so I can see this? Oh my God, Jamie.

How old are you in that pic? I started working here at 30. Okay. He looks 18. Jamie the kid. He does look way younger than 30. Bless his heart. All right.

Bless his heart. I'll put up a picture for real, but this one's getting a little messed up with my background. I'm going to send you a picture. I'll send you a picture. All right, fine. We don't have the back-to-back handy right now, but in my group chat yesterday, a few friends pointed out it's like getting a little messed up with my background is screwed. I'm going to send you a picture. I'll send you a picture. We don't have the back to back handy right now, but in my group chat yesterday,

a few friends pointed out that Adam kind of looks like when Adam, if you guys have seen Adam's clean shaven, you know, the one time he actually shaved and got himself together for that interview on CBS news. And he looks a lot like Joe Flacco in that. So there's a nice back to back of Adam and Flacco. We'll get it up on a,

on a future show. You could just put your phone up to the camera. I bet we could see it. Remember I tried that one time with the text? That was terrible. All right. I would go with CEH and Diggs if there is Sneed and or Chase.

I would actually take Higgins over Diggs, but CEH would be an easy one if there is no Pacheco. We got Alpha Dave Mass here. He says Bills DST or Chiefs DST? Bills. Yeah, Bills against Zappy and the Patriots.

He goes, he's Zappy. James Conner or Ezekiel Elliott? PPR from Alt 13. Conner. That one. Elliott. Yep, I'm going Conner as well. All right, from A Toyota's a Toyota. Who do I sit in Walt's 13. Conor. That one. Elliot. Yep, I'm going Conor as well.

All right, from A Toyota's A Toyota. Who do I sit in super flex? Lamar Jackson, Tua, or Baker Mayfield? Who do you sit? You can only sit one. I'm sorry, who is it? Lamar, Baker, and who? Tua.

Tua. I'm sitting Baker against the Saints. I think this question may have been from last week. I'm not, who was there? Lamar, Baker, and who? Tua. Tua. I'm sitting Baker against the Saints. I think this question may have been from last week. I'm not 100% sure, but I'll read it anyway in case you advance to the final. So sit Tua. And then TheLandOfErie says, I'm thankful for Jacob Gibbs. Because of him, I drafted Puka.

Nice. And then he says, listen all year round. And that's great advice. You should listen all year round. And that's great advice. You should listen all year round. And that's it for our Apple podcast questions. Dan, entertain us. What do you got going on this weekend? Let's hear about these New Year's parties.

No, I got nothing special going on New Year's. I was thinking about going out to East Rutherford for like a comedy show. But then again, seven o'clock start, doors open. I'm missing a lot of football. You can do it. this is what you do You get the NFL.com app on your phone You watch Red Zone while you're

waiting to get in, there's gonna be what 3 or 4, 4 o'clock games, you're fine And then you miss the Packers-Vikings games You're allowed, you're allowed Yeah, but there's fantasy implications in that one It just, it feels icky I don't like it so i'm gonna just hang out with some friends and do something low-key instead of that lame nothing

special new year's i've never been a big new year's guy let me make that clear so one thing i've worked on multiple new years i used to work at a bar i've worked twice on new years i never was a guy who like likes to go to that like let's go to the club and like you know 250 a person you get this and you get that and you open bar and this and this and this like just never was me love what he lists unapologetic about it dan listing things is not my screen uh yeah jamie uh are you more excited for you have to answer honestly here football sunday or college football monday uh football sunday yeah me too it's different when you don't have you know a horse in the race or college football Monday? Football Sunday. Yeah, me too.

It's different when you don't have a horse in the race. Well, I got a horse in that college football race, but it's not a team that I'm rooting for. It's something else, a little wager. Oh, yeah. A little wager. That's still part of it, sure. What's your wager?

God, I love Bama against Michigan this weekend. God, I love Bama. What's the line? I got it when it was one. I don't know what it's moved to. I got it like the day it came out when that matchup was announced. I got it. I think Bama is going to wipe the floor with them. Really?

Yes. Nick Saban, you give him a month to prepare for J.J. McCarthy in that offense. Just think he's going to crush him. Oh, you better hope. I hope you're wrong because I think the Giants are going to end up drafting McCarthy fifth. No. No. Jada Daniels is going to go him. Oh, you better hope. I hope you're wrong because I think the Giants are going to end up drafting McCarthy fifth. No, no. Daniels is going to go third. First three picks

are going to be quarterbacks. So then it's going to be McCarthy. Giants are going to have the fifth pick. It's going to be those three quarterbacks. Marvin Harrison off the board. Good job again, Giants.

You got the fifth pick and you missed out on all four people you want. You guys are going to be fine. You get a left tackle and you'll trade for Joe Flacco. Yeah, exactly. Don't trade for Joe Flacco.

My goodness. Joe Flacco is so good at football Don't trade for Joe Flacco, my goodness. Joe Flacco's so good at football these days, it's unbelievable to watch. Alright, the fantasy cops are coming up and we'll be right back on Fantasy Football today. What does possible sound like for your business? It's having the spend to

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Okay. That cannot be good tacos over there. I knew. Why would you say something like that? You're such a snob. I'm joking. I'm joking. I'm joking.

Maybe somebody moved out there that knows how to make tacos, but central Pennsylvania tacos on the surface, it doesn't sound so good to me. All right. Dear Fantasy Cops, thank you for another. I apologize. I apologize. If it's your taco shop, by the way, I think now that I'm rereading this, this might be his or her taco shop. Could be.

I'm sure they're great tacos. Let me get out there. One day I'll drive out there and I'll have some tacos. Thank you for another season of regulation and helping keep fantasy leagues out there in order. It still seems, however, that one of the more common issues happening is the problem of trade vetoes. I was wondering if now that the season is essentially over,

you could go back and give a couple quick examples, either from real life or fabricated, of trades that would be on the surface seem completely lopsided at one point that in the end worked out just fine it blows me away how this is still a common line of thought and just how ridiculously confident managers are about certain trades in their leagues for example you could have traded patrick go home straight up for joe flacco off the couch in a 2qb league and you would have clearly won that trade so far yep Yep. I love this game. So we do basically a three-headed committee to approve trades.

And we really never say no. But this has gone on for a few years, and it's just worked. So I traded because I didn't want to drop anyone. So I traded. And this is the keeper ramifications. I traded C.J. Stroud, who could be kept to one quarterback lead CJ Stroud and Josh Palmer right after the, um, the, uh, Mike Williams injury for Michael Pittman. And it was okay. You can keep CJ Stroud. Uh, I think Palmer was a keeper eligible player too for Pittman. And so I'm one of the three people on the, the, the committee. And one of the guys goes, um, uh um uh i i don't really love the trade

but i'm obviously not going to veto it and um stroud went on that huge run that was right before stroud like he had one good game but then he blew up and right at that time the reason i traded stroud was because i feel fields breaks his thumb so in hindsight and I'm sorry, but part of this, I had to drop, I had to make some drops. I dropped Rashi Rice, and the guy who I made the trade with picked up Rice. So he ended up getting Rice, Stroud, who Rice is a keeper, for Pittman. And in hindsight, I wish I never did any of those moves. Yeah.

No, I mean, Pittman was a great pickup. He's been, you know. Oh, he was awesome yeah he was awesome but the combination of stroud and rice would have been better but dan i would have i would have probably vetoed the homes for flacco i don't know i don't know if i would have vetoed that but i i think it's vetoable it's a good example of why it's not vetoable though because that's the whole point of why we don't like vetoes or why i don't like vetoes because you can't you are not the person who can decide

how the rest of the season is going to play out. You cannot decide. So who should have made the college football playoff? You think Florida State should have made it? Oh, no, we're not going back to this. It's exactly the same thing. You can't be the person who's really going back to your horrible taste, Adam. I mean, God, you're exposed so everybody when you told us that

Detroit Lions were one of the four best teams that should be making it. Well, actually, now they're looking good again. Yeah, excuse me. Excuse me. I think that right now, if they win on Saturday, they are the four seed. Unless the Dolphins win, then it gets pretty tough. But if they win on Saturday. Back to the veto thing.

It's like, everything that this listener outlined is exactly why I'm against vetoing. Because you cannot predict the future. When our dynasty league two years ago, when somebody traded Traylon Burks for Kyron Williams, everyone said it was the worst trade. This is when Kyron was doing nothing. This was last year, early last year. Everyone said it was the worst trade ever. People were like, how did this guy even come up with the idea to trade this? And then the guy who accepted it, the Burks guy who got Burks was like, dude, I didn't even offer this. I just got it offered to me. So I just hit accept. And everyone's like, all right, I guess we'll let it go through. But it's like unbelievably bad. Now it's the total opposite. Kyron Williams is so much better

dynasty asset than Traylon Burke. So it's like, you just cannot predict these things. I hate vetoes unless there's collusion. Count me out of all vetoes. All right. From Corey, there was a problem with playoff seating on an app. I'm not going to say which one it is. It's not our own. Not CBS. That had the round two matchups incorrect. And as a result, the incorrect teams in the championship.

Last night, the app fixed it. And the GM that should have lost in round two had been kicked out. And he was kicked out. Oh, he was kicked out of the finals because he had the wrong matchup. He should not have won if the matchups were right. But he feels like it's too late to be changed. No. So the app sets the incorrect semifinals matchups

and the two teams advance. And then the app recently, within the last few days, fixes it and changes the finals matchup. So who should be in the championship? Man, I've heard a lot of weak takes. Why did it change the finals matchup? Because it had the wrong,

it had the incorrect seeds playing each other. App had made the mistake and then it fixed itself. Like, I'll just say. Oh, the previous round? The previous round was wrong, but it corrected himself, I don't know, Tuesday or Wednesday of week 17. so if people are not following along let's say jamie and i and dan and dave were playing in the semi-finals and those were the matchups me versus jamie dan versus dave i beat

jamie dan beat dave but really i should have been playing against dave and jamie should have been playing against dan and then the outcomes would have been different. Well, the app corrected itself in the middle of week 17 before the Thursday game and changed the finals matchups after the fact. What do you mean though? Commissioner has to override it. You want to go back to the

wrong ones? If that was what it said, how you played it out, then you got to go with that. Yes. Just because the app had it wrong wrong you want to go back to the I'm totally out. No the commissioner didn't fix it initially. Well I'm sure he was trying to right?

I don't know if he realized. If the commissioner before the matchup happened before week 16 said this is wrong. Yes. However this plays out the two highest scores are going to advance. Okay. Yeah.

Right. Cause that's actually what it'd be. I have no idea. Was there any communication from the commissioner at all in this? I mean, that's the thing. The commissioner screwed this up, I guess. No, the app screwed it up. Yeah.

And the commissioner has to just be like, all right, the app screwed it up. We're trying to get it fixed, but the real matchups are this and this. Yeah. I mean, we talk about, we talk about this a lot, like how much strategy goes into this about trying to block your opponent and all these things. Like, no, if the game was played and that's how it was set up in your league, you're stuck with that. I guess so. I don't know. And don't back down here, Dan, because we don't know that the commissioner said anything.

Yeah, I don't know. If the commissioner said something, that's completely different. Right, right. Yeah. I think you're right, Jamieie the commissioner did have to communicate if the commissioner just went whatever play it out see what happens and then you're right jamie how do you not know it's one verse four two verse three or one verse six and you know like however the semi-final the the quarterfinals played itself out thank god this isn't our app this is a disaster

on the app's fault on the app's part but um i don't know i just feel like it's weird if we have the wrong teams playing and then it fixes itself and then we're like yeah let's go back to having the wrong teams playing again but i guess if he didn't say anything you're stuck with it is that the take i don't know man i i i think i just feel like if i was in the position i think i agree with jamie i think you leave it as unless the commissioner said something, but if it was just, they were played out and then midweek, oh wait, actually, you weren't even supposed to be playing that opponent.

I think I leave it as is. Oh yeah, if it's that late. Yeah. This is, my guess is it probably happened. The commissioner, not in the playoffs, or not in this matchup, sets the season, sets the preseason as the site will handle the playoff matchups.

Yeah. Didn't pay attention to it. Yeah. Didn't do anything. Didn't look. Then the two teams realized, wait a minute, this is wrong. I don't know if anyone realized. What do you agree with this?

Jamie is such a purist from Ben. I don't really even know what that is based on. Yeah, I don't either. I don't either. I think, though, like, this is not... I would get rid of the commissioner. Get rid of the commissioner, you said?

Yeah. You got to pay attention to that. I mean, he's not paying attention to his league. I do agree with that. That is not what a purist would do, by the way. That is harsh. I mean, what is the job of a commissioner? To make sure that the league is running correctly.

I guess, but if you put your trust in the technology, you know. But you still could double check. Right. And then you say, look, guys, we know the app's screwing up, but this is the real matchup, and we'll figure it out when we can figure it out. Ironically, with the name Mr. Miyagi, kick everybody out of the league. I'll give you an example. So I commissioned i commissioned i think like seven or eight leagues and uh on tuesday i tried to go through and you know i checked all the matchups i set all the matchups i i said the email here's who's

playing but i didn't actually set the matchup in the in the league and rj our co-worker he said hey you forgot to set the matchups so So we can easily make mistakes, right? Yeah. Happens, especially like some idiot like me who commissions more than one league. But you still have to do your due diligence and have at least some sort of, I'm not in the playoffs. It's not impacting me.

I'm just making sure everything is run correctly. And so how did they not know when the game happened? Yeah, I don't know game happened? The four participants. That's on all of them. This next one is from Jesse. 16-team Dynasty League. This is a little confusing, but players started in a legal lineup

with no tight end when the playoffs started. It wasn't noticed until right before the second week of the playoffs. Sorry about that. Which was Christmas Eve. The post was made by another playoff team, but not an opponent.

So he said, this guy's got an illegal lineup. The illegal lineup player contended that since the website allowed the lineup, it was legal. But the league bylaws are clear that it was illegal. All right, so he started a lineup with no tight end. Question one, illegal or legal?

Question two, if illegal, retroactively change scores? If so, how? Question three, if illegal, appropriate punishment? I don't understand. I don't get it either. He wanted to start no tight end? No, I think he screwed up, or maybe he didn't pick somebody up, or maybe there was no one to pick up. It's's a dynasty league sometimes 16 team you probably don't have any

tight ends that are worth starting well i mean dropping someone from your roster for so maybe i think it's stupid to have a legal quote-unquote like a technically this is illegal so now the whole lineup is screwed up no he didn't start a tight end so what he gets zero points we move on i don't think every what are we going to do? Negate the entire score of his team because he didn't start because technically he missed one part of the legal rule. But you could be right that he didn't want to drop anyone in the dynasty league to pick

up a tight end. League bylaws are clear that it was illegal, it says. Illegal, yeah. Illegal. Well, guess what? League bylaws need to change because it's a dynasty. We're not changing the rules right now. We are going by their bylaws. Okay, by your bylaws, fine.

It's legal. Now what do you want to do about it? Bylaws claim it's illegal, but they don't have any punishment for it? But that's the thing I don't understand. If the site is allowing the scores to register, why are you punishing that person for punishing themselves by getting a zero in their lineup?

Like he or she is making the conscious decision to take a zero there because they don't want to ruin their long-term roster, right? You're okay with that? But if the rules say you have to start a tight end or every position, are you okay with that? Because I think it's kind of dirty. What's dirty? Not starting a tight end? Yeah, I think you have to make the tough roster decision.

If that's what it says in the rules, the way you're reading it is they have to have a legal lineup. And I would understand legal lineup to be if the site allows the score to count. Like our site, for example, if you have a legal lineup, you get a zero. He says, Jamie, he says, league bylaws are clear that it was illegal.

So I'm taking that to mean that there's something in the bylaws that say you have to have each position. The bylaws clearly are not aligned with the actual site. So like your rules, Adam, in Bake Burger, you can't have you could not do this in our league.

Right. You couldn't do it. Take somebody out of your lineup. it had to be somebody on an active roster active NFL roster in your lineup right correct that's yes yeah yes you have to start active you have to be you can't have an inactive unless you're bad

if that if that is the rule then they have to have something left then yes it is illegal now what do you do about it, though? So, I mean, I guess you... I would give him a slap on the wrist and say don't do it again. I wouldn't... If this is the first time that has happened, yes, I think you'd say you have to have somebody in your lineup.

But what was the outcome? Did they win? They must have. I mean, they won at least one round. I don't know if they're in the finals or not. I mean, on the flip side of that, kudos to them. Yeah, right. All right.

That's it for the Fantasy Cops. And there we go. Thanks very much. We'll keep reading Fantasy Cops stuff throughout the offseason. Email fantasyfootball at cbsi.com. Put Fantasy Cops in the subject line. Boy, I don't know if you just saw the email that just came in, Jamie.

It said, Adam has rabbit ears. How sensitive. You sound like the weenie you are. I'm in somewhat of an email fight with this guy. Which guy? His name is Wayne. And he emailed us last week. No, a few days ago.

He emailed us two days ago. And the subject was votes. And he said, no votes. By the way, vote for us. Sportspodcastawards.com. Best fantasy in gaming. Fantasy betting in gaming. That's male host.

No. Said no votes as long as Azar's on the show. He snarks that Bill Belichick was a good coach because of Brady. Brilliant. Reid is good because of Mahomes. Walsh was because Montana, et cetera. Every freaking show, he says the dumbest bleep. I listen because Jamie, Dave, and Heath are good.

Please find somebody who is competent. And this pissed me off. So I wrote him back because let me tell you something. I don't mind getting criticized for things that I said. I hate getting criticized for things that I didn't say. So I said, I did not say that. Maybe you need to listen better. I said, quote, he is the best coach of all time.

Thanks for this ridiculous email, but you are completely wrong about what I said. And then he called me a weenie. So here we go. You handled that well. Way better than I handled the trolls. I rarely respond, but I really don't like getting... I don't like when people call me out for things that I didn't say. It's the worst feeling in the world when people say something that you said that you didn't say.

I had somebody say to me yesterday that I should resign today because of where I ranked Joe Flacco. Oh my gosh. That's it. Call it a career. You missed the Flacco ranking. You can't come back from that. Because I didn't rank the 38-year-old quarterback taking on the team that allows a few fantasy points without his best receiver high enough.

Right. Without Cooper. Didn't say sit him, by the way. Did not say sit him. I just didn't rank him high enough. Yeah, that's crazy. I would love to know where that guy would have ranked him, by the way. Did not say sit him. I just didn't rank him high enough. Yeah, that's crazy. I would love to know where that guy would have ranked him, you know?

Probably lower than you. Right. That's the whole thing. They could criticize you, but they don't have their rankings out anywhere. Yeah. I guess it is our job to rank them. But still, we're going to get some wrong, all right? Office Depot here says, bye, Jamie. Good run.

Yeah. Are you hiring, by the way? Except for reservation. All right. Anyway, let, Jamie. Good run. Are you hiring, by the way? Except for reservation. All right. Anyway, let's get to your emails. Fantasyfootball at cbsi.com. Andrew has an email. Subject line is mailbag CEH.

Would you start CEH in PPR over James Cook or would you flex him over Kelsey or McBride? I would. Not flex him over Kelsey or McBride? I would. Not flex him over Kelsey or McBride. Well, McBride, actually, maybe I would, yeah. I mean, look, it's such a good spot.

I mean, it really is. This, again, assuming Pacheco's out. DJ Reader's absence for the Bengals has been glaring. Chandler, monster game. Like, we'll find out about Chandler because it's another good matchup for him, but we saw last week he struggled in a tougher matchup against the Lions.

And I know it's Clyde Edwards-Alaire. We've been burned by him many a time. But you go back to pre-Pacheco, and when he got opportunities, he was fairly successful. He was not as successful as, let's say, Pacheco has been. But with a struggling Mahomes right now, a struggling passing game, and just that gaping hole in the middle of that Bengals defense,

it just feels like a layup. So, yeah, I would start CEH. I think for me, I would probably still go CEH over Cook. I just know that I can't, no matter what, I can't bet you Kelsey in this matchup because of how often Lou Anarumo, the Bengals DC, is going to play too high. And what we saw Pat Frymuth do against that kind of defense already this year. I know they are specifically going to have stuff to stop Kelsey. It's not just going to let him run amok.

But that style of defense, it's based on having that too high look and having the middle of the field open. And if you have the middle field open as of defense, it's based on having that too high look and having the middle of the field open. And if you have the middle field open as your defense, you don't play a lot of sit middle field close style, you know, one high cover one, even covers a lot of cover three, where you have someone in the middle field, it feels like Travis Kelsey should eat against that style of defense. So that's the guy I want in my life, no matter what I'm still comfortable playing both Kelsey and ZH. It just gets a little dicey because of how bad the chiefs offense has been. And you're,

you're, you know, you're relying on two players in that offense, but given the matchup against new England for cook, I'm fine doing it. I wonder if they changed their approach, knowing that the chiefs don't have, I know MVS can do it,

but yeah, I need a lot of players that stretch the field that they rely on. True. I wonder too. I just feel like that defense is based on having that look, that two-by look. Yeah, totally. All right, from Chad.

Pick a DST. The Bears, the Broncos, the Colts, or the Texans? Ooh. Texans for me. Take a look real quick. Bears, Broncos, Colts. I'm going Broncos. I am going.

They're getting their edge rusher back. Benito. Benito, yeah. At Oklahoma. I'll go Broncos, too. It's close for me. I like that Chad put the DSDs in alphabetical order. Bears, Broncos, Colts, Texans. Very nice of you. Thank you.

From Scott, Superflex Dilemma. Two running backs and a Superflex Dilemma. Two running backs and a Superflex spot. All right. Quarterback is dialed back a good ways. One point for every 30 yards and only three points for a passing touchdown.

What are we doing here? He's got... Basically, you have to score two touchdowns for every one for a running back and receiver it's interesting pollard mostert chandler zamir white calvin ridley and gardner minshu um i don't know what he needs though which he says can i bench pollard to start mostert and chandler with the superf then be coming down between White, if Jacobs is out, Ridley, and Minshew?

I have so many names here. All right, first question. Would you bench Pollard to start Raheem Mostert or Ty Chandler? Yes. I would start Mostert over those three, out of those three. And if Zemir White's in the equation, I would go with Mostert and Zemir White over Pollard. If Jacobs is out, yeah.

And then what's your super flex? Are you going Pollard, Chandler, Ridley, or Gardner Minshew? If Pittman plays, I would go with Minshew. If Pittman is out, I might go Pollard. Now, you might not know that because of the Saturday game, but hopefully you get an answer on Pittman. I think I'm going Minji no matter what, personally. It is dialed back with one point for every 30 and three point, but it still is the most consistent scoring position.

This is from Jamal. 12-team PPR, two receivers and a flex. If you want to know why he's in the finals, he's got Amonra St. Brown, Puka Nakua, Stephon Diggs, Rasheed Rice, and Clyde and Zamir White. Am I benching Diggs for one of the Chiefs, Rice or Clyde? I would. I mean, Rice's matchup, you know, you talk about this,

and Dan, this kind of maybe plays into the defense here. They've been terrible against number one receivers, the Bengals have. I mean, look what Pickens did last week, 35 points. You had the two Vikings guys. They went off against them. It just feels like this is an easy setup for Rice with consistently getting A-plus targets in the last five games, and Diggs has been struggling. And CEH, again, the matchup's beautiful.

So, yeah, I would sit Diggs for those guys. Okay, it's hard for me to say to rally against that either based on the matchups. I have a weird squeaky wheel feeling with Diggs, but it's mostly just a gut feeling. I'd rather go with the actual logic, and Jamie outlined the logic so i'm good with going with the chiefs squeaky wheel man i hope it is for dig you know it's like the people that the people that get to the championship game or you know take it back a week before you know with

these guys that have been struggling and you're winning in spite of them like this is the perfect example you know got big game from Brown, big game from Puka. Who knows who else is on his team? And it's like you're dragging these star players to the finish line that have not been performing. You just wake up and give me one more.

I mean, the thing with Diggs is you could call it a squeaky wheel, but his target share in his last five games is 25%, 21.2%, which isn't so good, 27.5%, 31.3%, and 44.4%. Allen has thrown, I think, 36 passes in his

last two games combined, so it's not a lot of targets, but he is getting a lot of the target share. He just has to play better. He just has to do more with it, and he has to be targeted downfield a little bit. I'm not saying throw a bomb to him, but how about 15, 20 yards downfield?

Can we get something like that? You know, hasn't really been a lot of that for Diggs. All right, moving on to a super flex question from Shane. We need to sit four of this group. It's super flex and it's half PPR. We don't have to worry about the superflex though because he's got Tua and Flacco. Good job on Flacco. So, one, two, three,

four, five, six. Alright, you need to pick four, basically. Rank your favorite four here. Metcalf, Diggs, Swift, Barkley, Hubbard, A-Chan. There were more players, but one's Cooper and one's Waddle, so you don't have to worry about that. So give me four out of six. Metcalf, Hubbard, A-Chan. There were more players,

but one's Cooper and one's Waddle. So you don't have to worry about that. So give me four out of six. Metcalf, Diggs, Swift, Barkley, Hubbard,

Waddle, or Hubbard, A-Chan. What's the format? Half PBR. Super flex too. Yeah, but like I said,

it doesn't matter. Metcalf, Diggs, Hubbard, and Swift. Swift for Jamie. Oh, Swift, yeah. So you're going Hubbard over Barkley? Yeah. As long as he's healthy. Actually, I'm going Barkley

and Swift and benching Hubbard. Yeah, me too. Boy, Jamie's being very bold on Saquon Barkley this week, Dan. It's a brutal matchup, man. It really is. I don't blame him. They've been awesome. I do personally think Tyrod helps Barkley's fantasy value immensely, though.

I do, too. I don't know about immensely, but he helps. DeVito was so freaking bad the last two weeks. Yeah, he was. From Randy, I'm waiting for Flacco to do that, but it's not happening. No, Flacco can throw a football. That's the difference. He can. He can throw it to the other team, too.

From Randy. He throws a lot of picks, but he also just rips seeds. Some of the throws he made to Njoku last night were like, I looked at and I watched a couple of the film this morning and I'm like, honestly, I don't know if I could name five or six quarterbacks who could make some of these throws. Now, again, that means he also throws the picks and he's slower and he's not he's not perfect, but he's also he allows you as a coach.

This is why people are so confused, I think, on the Flacco things. It's like the Browns had three quarterbacks in here and then Flacco. And to me, Flacco has been by far the best. I don't know how you guys feel. Maybe Watson had a stretch that was like decent, I guess. And it's like, why? How is this possible this possible because my jets fan friend was like i watched 10 games of flacko last year he's worse than zach wills and he was worse and i'm like sometimes coaching can change everything like flacco has a specific skill set and you could design your

offense around that skill set more intermediate throws more play action that's designed for deep shots and to get leaking tight ends and things like that out into the intermediate ranges of the field and they're designing a good offense that fits his skill set and right now i don't think that many quarterbacks can actually operate that offense because they don't have the arm talent that flacco has personally did you see that uh he's already now in six games 33rd in what most passing yards oh my god and he's 18 yards away from passing Baker Mayfield. I mean, I did see the crate. You want to hear an even crazier Joe Flacco stat?

Yeah. And I, this might not be true, but I think it's true. Was it in fact, check it. Someone will need to fact checks. Maybe Adam in his justice,

December games, Joe Flacco, just this December, he has as many passing touchdowns as Kenny Pickett in his entire career. Oh my gosh. I got some news updates here actually, big ones. Jacoby Brissett is questionable to play with a hamstring injury.

So would you sit Terry McLaurin if it's Sam Howell? I would still start him in three receiver leagues, but that's a huge downgrade. Huge downgrade. Isaiah Pacheco is practicing and Clyde Edwards-Zulair is not practicing. Wow, okay.

So forget everything we said about Clyde Edwards-Zulair on the show. No, just put Chiefs running back there. Chiefs running back there. Yeah, monitor it. Legereus Sneed not practicing, and left tackle Donovan Smith. I don't think Sneed's going to play. I mean, that's three straight missed practices.

Clyde's a different story because it's an illness, but that's a to play. That's three straight missed practices. Clyde's a different story because it's an illness, but that's a big deal. Mason Rudolph's going to start for the Steelers. Randy needs three receivers in PPR. Lamb, Evans, Rice, Diggs, Pittman, Collins. This is really hard. Lamb is an easy one.

Let's get two of Evans, Rice, Diggs, Pittman, Collins. This is really hard. Lamb is an easy one. Let's get two of Evans, Rice, Diggs, Pittman, Collins. Evans and Pittman for me, assuming Pittman plays. If Pittman is out, I would go Rice and Evans. I'm going to go Evans and Rice. Come on, Jamie. I thought we were on Nico here. Nico's a little behind those guys.

I love Nico. Also, Diggs is in this mix, which is crazy, but I still would bench him. This is such a good, uh, so many good options here. Lamb Evans rice for me. It's almost like, you know,

it's funny because like you almost want to take some of this out of the, the, out of your hand. So like you, you almost want him to sit. Yeah. Yeah. It's a hundred percent.

Makes it easy for you. All right. This is from Travis. Jamie asked for the starting quarterbacks and championships. I have been, I've have to decide between Tua and Derek Carr. My opponent is starting Jake Browning. You guys go with Tua or Carr?

Carr. Yeah, I'll go with Carr because of the matchup. Vroom, vroom. That's Carr. Well, I lost Howell, so I had to do another sound effect uh jacob is in a 12 team ppr league derrick carr's been in the nfl for like 40 years and you haven't said that one i know and he was the guy who said derrick carr can lead uh washington to a championship that's right again hate being criticized for things i never said just to be clear i'm goading adam he

never said that but he did say that he'm goading Adam. He never said that, but he did say that he would help that team, I think. And this is what I was going for. Uncle Slayer says, Adam, that was so unfunny. It was the funniest thing I've ever heard.

That's exactly what I was going for. Classic, yep. You know? 12-team PPR league. I have to start two receivers, two running backs, and two flexes. Here's my current lineup.

Should I change anything? Okay, on his bench, he has Zay Flowers, Roshan Johnson, Noah Brown, Wicks, and Chase Brown. In his lineup, he has Lamb, Amonra St. Brown, Jerome Ford. Nice work. Jalen Warren, Puka Nakua, and Rasheed Rice. So I'll make it easy. Should he bench Jalen Warren? That's the only one. No, you can't do it. No, you're good. Your lineup's good. You're not going to bench Jalen Warren? That's the only one. No, you can't do it. No, you're good. Your lineup's good. You're not going to bench Jalen Warren for Roshon Johnson or Chase Brown.

Right? No, I can't. The only thing I would consider here. Well, no, you can't actually because it's a flex. So no, I'm completely good here. The only like I'm not benching any of those four receivers. That's for sure. So it's just a matter of if you have any movement on the running back.

P.S. Adam, listen to Dan with his TV show suggestions. Fargo is amazing and so is The Wire. I like this guy. Dan, listen to Adam

with his movie suggestions. He's seen more great movies than you think, so I'd be excited to watch anything he recommends. It's fair. All his recommendations so far have been good recommendations.

Still a home match, Thick Man. Half of that movie, I've seen like 40 minutes of it. It's so good. I still owe him Matchstick Man, half of that movie. I've seen like 40 minutes of it. It's so good. And I owe him Just Friends. But I will rate all four once I'm done. And I'm

assuming Matchstick Man will be my favorite of the four based on what I look for in movies. What was the four? Just Friends, Christmas Vacation, Matchstick Man, and? Die Hard. Die Hard. Oh, Die Hard. Okay. Die Hard is the best. And not for me though like for other people yes i'm not an action guy so it's not like i'm just never been an action movie guy i like thinking movies i like that type of stuff yeah well let's let's switch again when

you leave the stick in the burger all right we'll be right back by the way i continue to get messages from people pictures sent to me on twitter that you guys are tagging as well of big burgers big messy burgers with avocado on it bacon lettuce, lettuce, all sorts of toppings. Let's just take the stick out and go fill willy nilly. Oh, everything's falling out, sliding out. It's all right. I'll just use my hands and disgustingly put it back on the burger, take the bun off and put it back together.

Or I can keep it together the entire time with the stick. I think that if I were blindfolded, I could eat that type of burger without everything falling apart. I just don't... But all right, anyway... It definitely doesn't happen. It happens. Everyone knows it happens. Adam, you know you've had messy food before. I said I was going to tell a bad story. If you really want to hear it, Jamie, I'll tell the bad story.

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Data sourced from the ORCGA 2023 Dirt Report. Wait, you want to hear this bad story? Yeah, bad story. It's a legendary story in my family. But Dave was talking about Nico Collins today and the cornerback on Tennessee who's going to be covering him. He said something like, he's a lot bigger than this guy. It triggered something

from my childhood. It's really not a good story. If you just think about it, I don't know. If you knew my dad, anyway. My dad volunteered to coach my basketball team because I think I was late for signups, and this was a way to get me in the league. So I got in the league. He's coaching a team. He

should not be a basketball coach. He's got a very basic understanding of sports. No, he's a sports guy, but not a guy who should be coaching basketball, right? So there was a kid on our team, Gene. He was our best player. And I was guarding him in practice. And I don't know, he took a jump shot or something and he missed. And my dad stops practice. This quote has been like, we've been saying this quote for 20 years now,

more than that. He stops practice to tell Gene, he's like, Gene, you're bigger than Adam, you're faster than Adam, and you can jump higher than Adam. He's like, you should be taking the bottom of the hoop. He just destroys me in front of the whole team. And we've been saying that forever.

And Dave reminded me of that this morning. That wasn't a bad story. That was funny. I liked it. Yeah, I met Adam's dad once. You should be door-destroying Adam right in front of his son. I met Adam's dad once. We,

we've told this story a long time ago. When Adam moved to New York, I took his couch. Okay. I bought his couch from him and I went to go pick it up at his parents' house. Cause he already moved it from his apartment to his parents' house. And so ring the doorbell.

His dad comes to the door. I said, Hey, you know, Jamie worked with, with Adam here to pick up the couch. Didn't say a word to me. Just.

Come on. I believe that. I you know, Jamie, I work with Adam here to pick up the couch. Didn't say a word to me. Just turned around and walked away. What? Come on, really? I believe that. I believe that. He's just, that's a, and then Dave. What do you mean you believe that? And then Adam's mom came to the door and was like, oh, hey, how are you?

You know, very sweet. Yeah. I was like, what's up with your dad? Why did he do that? He's just really quiet. He's just really quiet. And it was the middle of the day. Quiet? Okay, quiet or is he curmudgeony?

There are differences. No, he's not curmudgeony at all. He's just really quiet. And it was the middle of the day. Quiet? He was working. Quiet or is he curmudgeony? There's a big difference. No, he's not curmudgeony at all. He's just quiet. And then I also heard a story about Adam's dad from a mutual friend of ours that he used to drive Adam and a couple of friends' neighbors to school and forgot that they were in the car and drove them to work. Yeah, carpool king. It's so funny. Yeah. All right.

Anyway, let's get some YouTube comments here. I love that. I think the best part of this story was Adam's dad just staring blankly at Jamie and turning around and coming back into the house. I don't think that's what happened, though. Anyway, let's get two running backs here at non-PPR. A Raiders running back, James Cook, David Montgomery, or Clyde if Pacheco is out? Non-PPR. Montgomery is the only...

C-H and Montgomery. And what if Pacheco is in? Then Cook and Montgomery yeah okay I'm with that Kincaid, Tucker Craft or Gerald Everett

Everett Craft for me actually no I'm sorry Everett with the stick you have to play him Everett I got good news

I got good news and bad news what do you want first bad news always it's always called good news but bad news more What do you want first? Bad news. Always. It's always called good news. Bad news. We're going to,

are you guys like, here's a quick question. You guys get a plate full of food, right? Do you eat the best thing first or last? I did that today. I had a chicken sandwich with French fries from last night. I was eating the leftovers. Great chicken sandwich.

Got avocado on it. Got some barbecue sauce. Just thick. What? No stick. Hell on. with french fries from last night i was eating the leftovers great chicken sandwich got avocado on it got some barbecue sauce just thick what no stick hell on that was it gonna be a good chicken sandwich until you said you barbecue and avocado barbecue sauce great no it's a good combo it's called the kick and chicken at the mount kisco diner i did give i got it without bacon though barbecue sauce and first of all why did you take the bacon off because i'm trying to be a little healthy here i'm trying to be a little healthy here. I'm trying to be a little healthy here, Dan. You're eating a chicken sandwich with,

with bread and barbecue sauce. And you're now you're just claiming you're trying to be healthy. Throw the bacon on. It's not gonna make a difference at that point. Anyway, what I did was like, you know, leftover heated up fries next day.

They're okay. Never good. Great. No. Okay. I ate them kind of the same, but the last few bites were the chicken. I always say the last few bites are going to be the best one.

So you're on team me. You saved the best for last. Team you, yeah. Team me, that's what it's called. Team Dan. Anybody who does that is team Dan. By the way, there was a very funny comment. I forgot who said it,

but we were talking about the burger stick. Somebody asked, does Dan bring his own sticks to the restaurant? The ones that don't hand it out. All right. So the good news and the bad news is the bad news is Zach Moss is out, which is actually good news. Sorry. It's good news for Jonathan Taylor. The even better news

is that Michael Pittman is going to play. He cleared the concussion protocol. Pittman. I am. Yes. Adam is the leftovers king. I absolutely am. Every time I get takeout, I get it in mind with two meals. This is going to be two meals. Smart. Thank you. You're like my in-laws.

It is smart, and it's good portion control. Half PPR, pick two. Zamira White, David Montgomery. Now remember, Josh Jacobs is a game-time decision. Zamira White, Montgomery, Pacheco, Devante Smith. Based on what we know right now, I would say you've got to play Montgomery

because of the uncertainty of what's going on with the Chiefs and the Raiders backfield because they play Saturday. I'm not benching Smith, though, in PPR either. Well, it's half PPR. No, half PPR, sorry. So I would play Montgomery unless we get news on the Raiders and Chiefs backfields. If we do get news on the Raiders and Chiefs

backfields. If we do get news on the Raiders and Chiefs backfield, Pacheco is my favorite of this group by far, by a mile. I would play Pacheco. Then I would probably go with if it's no Jacobs, I'd go with Zamira.

It's funny how the most benign comment can set Dan into rant mode i i love is this the charm i'm always on full tilt ram oh yes i can be right i can be talking to a ram very easily speaking of adam uh you know you mentioned before you you buy a meal and then you split it into two essentially for like the leftovers plus the meal and you're like oh it's good portion control i was thinking about it no wonder you're 133 pounds you order a meal and you eat like half of it and then use the next for your next meal. But that's weird though, because like you always, uh, boasted how you could eat a whole pizza. Yeah, no, I eat a whole what? A pizza. I could, I could eat. You're not a kind of guy who can eat a whole pizza by any

means whatsoever. Dan, you and I let's meet in the city. I'll eat a whole pizza. You are not the kind of guy who can eat a whole pizza. I'll eat a whole pizza. A 16-inch pizza, you can eat the whole thing. That's like a normal eight-slice pizza? Yeah. If I were really hungry, I've done it before. You've actually eaten a whole pizza before?

I mean, not like, probably over the course of an hour. I'll come back for some, yeah. But if I were hungry, I think I'm coming. I think I'm going to be in, in the New York, New Jersey area at some point.

But I'll say by the end of February. Okay. We'll all meet. We'll go for pizza and we're going to put out into a test. Yeah. All right. I mean, New York pizza is usually pretty thin.

So if you're listening, no, no, no, we'll get a, we'll get like a famous raise. We'll get like a thick, no, that's a famous raise. Let's just go to spa, no, no, no. We'll get a famous raise. Famous raise? Let's just go to Sparrow's. No, no, no. It's a different famous raise.

I'm talking about the one in Verona, New Jersey. Have you ever heard the Heath Dave pizza story in New York? I have. They took him to Sparrow's. No, like the equivalent of Sparrow's. I can't believe that. There's so many good places. And now Heath's like, oh, New York pizza's horrible.

It's like, yeah, he took you to the now he's like, oh, New York pizza's horrible. It's like, yeah, he took you to the worst. He didn't give you New York pizza. I love Dan's impression voice, and I've been working on it. It's always like, oh, Dan, pizza's horrible. It's terrible. It's never specific to anyone. It's always the same voice. It's a generic impression voice.

Okay, I need two. Zeke, Chandler, Javante Williams, Clyde Edwards-Alaire. Zeke and Clyde if Pacheco's out. If Pacheco's out, I'm not benching Clyde. Chandler or Zeke to me. I would go with Zeke and

CH if he's in and Zeke and Chandler if Pacheco's in. It's been fun. All right. Jamie has to run. Gotta go. Bye. Alex says Jared Stidham over Easton Stick and

Devante Adams or DJ Moore. I'm going to go Stidham and Adams. Stidham for sure for me.'ll start there stardom stidham and then adams stardom stardom or stidham no stidham you know i saw what you're funny it was not funny at all super flex half bpr likely Likely KJ Osborne. Mahalo. Likely. Yeah, he says Mahalo. He must be in Hawaii.

It's awesome for you. Yeah, likely for me. Keenan Allen and see, I don't know if Allen will play. Okay, you're obviously responding to someone in the chat. You know what I was thinking about, by the way, with the pizza thing, Adam? What's that? Have you ever seen the show Review?

No. It's an incredibly underrated show. I think it's on Paramount, by the way. I'm thing adam what's that have you ever seen the show uh review no it's incredibly underrated show i think it's on paramount by the way i gotta have to watch this is gonna be the show i have to watch it might be it might be i'm debating there's a lot but this is not it doesn't fit your criteria of wanting a drama it's a comedy okay so in the show it's about a guy it's for those out there i'm gonna do a quick review of this a quick review of the show review it's about a guy called force you'll know you'll recognize the actor immediately the whole base of the of the show is he's the host of a tv show called review and anyone can send in anything they want to be reviewed and he's so crazy that he'll do it so like one one episode somebody sent him a a thing like hey force what would it be like to eat 16 pancakes? He goes to the diner and slops through

16 pancakes and talks through his experience and he's throwing up in the parking lot. That's a good premise. There's a twist at the end of the show because there's three things he reviews on each episode and one of them was the 16 pancakes. The second one was

divorce. Yes, and he goes through divorcing his wife. And then there's a third one that's just so freaking funny and it ties everything together. So I don't want to give it away, but it reminded me

when you were thinking of you eating a full pizza, I feel like you'd be forced in that where you would just be just devastated going through those last few bites

and then throw it up in the parking lot. Kitchen Toothbrush says Mount Kisco Diner. Yeah. So that is uh basically oh it's it's where i got the chicken sandwich from last night it is you have to amazing it's a it's a very upscale diner so it's when you go through it i mean you go to like a diner adam

what is it like like a 46 minute drive away from the farm to get to anywhere you know with like lights on i don't live in sleepy hollow anymore i live in Mount Kisco and I go to the Mount Kisco diner. Are you still living in farmland? There's a farm right behind me, actually. Do you just, you're like a farm magnet, Adam. I have, I had a goat, I had a, I had a deer in my yard the other day. I have had turkeys in my yard.

Can you think of two people who would be worse farmhands than Adam and me? Oh gosh, what a buddy comedy that would be. It would be devastating. All right. Let's read some more questions here. PPR one running back and one flex. Ken Walker's a mirror white DK Metcalf,

Gabe Davis. No. And Marcus Robinson. All right. Metcalf for sure. Metcalf is the obvious one. I think it's Walker for me. I just like the explosive play option,

optimability. I know it's, I mean, look, if Jacobson play, it's white. So just let me start by saying that. No,

I agree. I would go Metcalf and Walker if Jacobs plays, and I would go Metcalf and white if Jacobs. Sure. Fair. That's easy. All right. Let's see.

Adam puts French fries in his sandwich. No, I don't. I'm not into that. I do that sometimes, and it is a great move, but let me say. Adam puts French fries in his sandwich. No, I don't. I'm not into that. I do that sometimes. And it is a great move. But let me say something about the French fries in the sandwich. It's good. But what's better is a cold cut sandwich with chips in it. That does sound good. You don't do that. I don't really eat cold cuts. They're very bad for you. Well, you be careful what you're saying, given sponsors that potentially be on the show,

but as I've been told in the past, my absolute favorite, I love cold cuts, not my favorite, but Oh, you were joking that you were going the opposite. No, I really try to avoid them,

but they are so good and very hard to avoid. So I've heard and read about how bad they are for you. And I scare, it scares me because my dad eats cold cut sandwich for, for lunch every single day. Yeah. So it's a little scary to think about. But you could also go the Italian deli style and just have like a chicken cutlet sandwich.

That can't be that bad for you. No. Just bread and chicken. Exactly. Well, you just criticized me for eating that earlier because I had avocado and barbecue on it. But that's what I had. I had bread and chicken. Yeah.

Yeah. That's right. That's right. Yeah. All right. PPR, James Cook, Jonathan Taylor, Bijan Robinson, or Michael Pittman. Holy cow.

One. Only pick one. I'm going Pittman. Taylor, right? I'm going Pittman. You're going Pittman. I'm going Taylor. The guy has been absolutely unstoppable.

Zach Moss out, though. It's a really tough matchup, though. The Falcons give up. Sorry, the Raiders, they've been really great against running back. The Falcons give up sorry the Raiders they've been really great against running back. They're so good

against a run lately. I'm not sure that I buy it to be honest with you. I feel like it's a little matchup-y but Taylor has a run that well.

They beat the Chiefs. Yeah but the Chiefs don't have a great run game. I mean. True. Yeah it's not fair Pacheco's been pretty

good. All right. I'd go in Pittman but he is injured so if you don't want to go Pittman I'd go Taylor. David Montgomery or J is injured. So if you don't want to go Pittman, I'd go Taylor. David Montgomery or Javante Williams and half PPR. Yeah.

Easy Montgomery for me. Pick two is about. What's that? I'm just personally like probably not benching Montgomery. I'm just going to start with a blanket semen. If I have Montgomery on my team, he'll play. He gets touchdowns almost every week. He'll be in my lineups, but gone.

Ty Chandler, David Montgomery, Zeke and Clyde pick to. Monty, because I just made the case for that. And CH, as long as what's his name doesn't play. And that's Pacheco by what's his name.

I mean, Pacheco, everyone knows his name. I don't know why I said, what's his name. And then also, if he does play Pacheco, I will play Zeke and Monty.

Yeah, exactly. Okay, that's it for the mailbags, folks. What a fun year we've had. Happy New Year, everybody. Thank you so much for listening and putting up with us on these Saturdays. I know we get a little goofy on the mailbags, but I hope most of you enjoy it. I certainly did. It's really a fun show.

So anyway, Dan, thanks. You know, Dan's not really even, it's not even his job to be on the shows. So anytime he's on the shows, it's, it's like, he's doing more work. So I appreciate you doing that, Dan. I really do. Well, thank you for saying that, but just to bring it back to the reality is I love being on the show. It may not be like technically part of my job, Adam, but it's my favorite part of what we do and what I do. So I'm happy you gave me this opportunity. I enjoyed a lot. I hope people like my light banter and my ribbing of Adam. And eventually we will find out if he can eat this whole pizza, we will find out a lot of things about Adam. And most importantly, if he has any

kind of athleticism whatsoever. And for the record, I did not, I think you said letting you on. I that is not what happened. My boss has forced me to have you on completely against my will. So anyway, have a good weekend, everybody. And a happy new year. See you later. Happy new year.