Fantasy Football Today - Mailbag, Injuries, Fantasy Cops, Top 10 TV Comedies (12/11 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: December 11, 2021

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BetMGM operates pursuant to an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, Heath, and Beck. What's up? Welcome to your mailbag. It's going to be a lot of fun today. Adam Azer with Dan Schneier and Jamie Eisenberg. We've got important injury updates. Talk to you about Julio Jones, Joe Mixon, PJ Walker, maybe getting some reps at quarterback for Carolina.

We'll talk to you about the Jets' backfield. That'll be a very brief discussion. Looks like Mike Williams is going to play. We'll update you on Darren Waller and a couple of lousy starting quarterbacks. And, Jamie, guess what? We've got Dan with another top five or ten list.

Is it going to be five or ten, Dan? It's going to be ten. I can't limit this to five. There's too many good ones. Alright, it's going to be his top ten TV comedies. Min two really... There's one really hot take. All right. It's going to be his top 10 TV comedies. Min 2, really. There's one really hot take, and then there's a second lukewarm take. I've actually gone ahead and already guessed it, and I'm going to send it to Jamie before Dan reveals his list.

I think I'm going to get at least half of it, since you and I are basically the same person. I'm just five years older, but we'll see. All right. You guys ready? Yeah. All right. Let's do it. So, all right, you guys ready? Yeah. All right, let's do it. So, tight ends.

We'll start with that. David Njoku and Harrison Bryant are out. So, Austin Hooper is in play, and Darren Waller seems unlikely to play. Jamie, I know you're going to like Bryant. I think you're going to like Hooper rather better than Waller. Where are you ranking Austin Hooper? I don't like Hooper better than Waller.

Better than Moreau. Geez, I just woke up from a nap. I got to stop napping before the show. You also just knocked yourself off of your video. What happened there? You can hear me, though, right? We can hear you. All right.

Actually, it's probably better, so I'm sure the audience likes it a little bit more. I like Hooper better than Kyle Pitts this week, so I would start Hooper over Pitts. Oh, man, I'm so zoomed out right now. Wow. See my vacuum and everything. That's my room with all my decorations on the wall.

Okay, I'm back. Joe Mixon expected to play. Matt Rule, a couple things coming out of Panther's world. First of all, Matt Rule talking about Terrace Marshall, rookie wide receiver who hasn't done much, says he looks great right now, so maybe you want to stash him just for fun. And PJ Walker could get some reps at

quarterback Schneier. Is this enough to drop Cam Newton in the rankings? In the rankings, sure. I thought you meant drop him altogether. I mean, you got to be in a deeper league to have him right now on your roster anyway, in my mind. I think he's like the poor man's version of Taysom Hill for what we're trying to accomplish right now.

I'm not too enthused by Cam regardless, even in this matchup. That's interesting because he is flirting with the top 12. He's 12th for Jamie, 13th for Dave, 12th for Heath. I understand. It's hard not to rank these Konami Code quarterbacks high. I mean high, I should say. You don't even know what Konami Code is. It's a Rich Rebar creation.

Do you know who Rich Rebar is? Yeah, of course. He's been on the show like six times. Yeah, I was just trying to catch you there. That would have been so good. I'm pretty sure it's the old Nintendo thing. It's like the side, side, side. Up, down, up, down, left, right, left, right.

B, A, B, C, select, start. It's for Contra, yeah. Okay. Jamie nailed it. It's for Contra. Yeah, I'm not worried about this PJ Walker thing. I think it's not going to affect him. Okay, Contra was great. Fun game. Julio Jones

practiced in full. If he plays, Jamie, where is he ranked? I have him ranked all week where he's playing. So around 30, a receiver. And Mike Williams. Is Mike Williams, for you, Dan, would be a top 20 option if Keenan Allen's out? Looks like Mike Williams is going to play.

Yeah, it looks like Williams is in, Allen out. He's definitely a top 20 option for me against this Giants team. I feel like they're going to be on offense a lot, so there's going to be a lot of opportunities. Yeah, Mike Lennon starting for the Giants. Davis Mills going to start rest of season for the Texans. Allen Robinson's going to play. David Montgomery practiced in full.

Joe Burrow is throwing as usual. Doesn't seem hampered right now by his little pinky. And Tevin Coleman is out. Jamie, who's the Jets running back to start? Ty Johnson, probably, but no one who's a must-start guy. Cool. Let's get to our questions. We've got your emails, and we've got your Apple Podcast questions as well,

although I only saw one Apple Podcast question. So this is actually a great way to have your question answered on the air. Leave us an Apple podcast five-star review, please. And yeah, tell everybody why you like the show. Don't just ask a question. And then ask a question, and we'll get it on our mailbag. Sunday, it is an NFL on CBS doubleheader

with several huge games that will shape the playoff race. In the early matchups, it's all about division rivalries with the Raiders taking on the Chiefs and the Ravens beating the Browns. Then a fantastic matchup in Tampa when Josh Allen and the Bills hit the road to battle Tom Brady's Bucks. The action begins at noon Eastern with the NFL today. Great games coming up this weekend on the NFL on CBS. Dan, give me a final score, Bills and Bucks. I actually like the Bucks to roll on this one, so I'm going to go 31 to 17 Bucks.

Jamie? I can certainly see it. I mean, the Bills have been struggling. They get pushed around by physical teams, as we saw against the Patriots. I think you're going to see Tampa flex their muscles a little bit. Unless Josh Allen can pull out some heroics, I think they're in trouble.

This Tredavious White injury is going to be a lot bigger than people realize right now with Buffalo. It's going to hurt them the rest of the year. Oh, you didn't hear Adam's joke. Tell your joke again. I don't remember it. What was it? That they scared the Patriots so much they only threw the ball three times. I said, no, I don't remember what I said.

That's a horrible joke. No, it wasn't because it wasn't even a joke. You're expected to deliver more than that. You know, the bar is set pretty low, but at least better than that. Jamie just made a bad joke on my behalf. I don't see how that's fair. I did not say it the same way you said it, but that was your joke. Yeah.

Great joke, Adam. Oh, shut up, Schneier. All right. Nailed that one. Time for some emails here. This is from, oh, I don't have a name. Sorry. It's from someone.

He says, dear Morgan, Fryer, and Collins. Morgan, Fryer, and Collins. Morgan, Fryer, and Collins. Alex's. No. Jamie, I thought would be the only one who had a chance at getting this. These are wide receivers on the 1985 New England Patriots.

I only know Fryer. Haley Morgan. Irving Fryer must be. Irving Fryer. Oh, you said Fryer. I'm sorry. Oh, you thought I said Fryer? be. Irving Fryer. Oh, you said Fryer. I'm sorry. Oh, you thought I said Pryor? Yeah, I didn't know what you said. Actually, I don't even know. I was thinking Alex Morgan and Alex Collins.

Sure, Alex Fryer. All right, PPR League, round one of the playoffs. Oh, boy. Pick two. Aaron Jones, Daryl Williams, Deontay Foreman, Amari Cooper, and Jalen Guyton. Pick two. Jones, Darrell Williams, Foreman, Cooper, Guyton. Cooper and Jones for me.

Yeah, it's definitely Cooper and Jones for me. I'm much higher on Jones, I think, than consensus this week. I think that's a perfect game script for both Jones and Dylan to eat. Oh, what a great segue. Shane says his favorite podcast episode of the week is The Mailbag. He listens to us on his Saturday morning run. Where does he run?

Where does he run? Yeah. So far away. All night and day. Why is it an automatic ranking of... It's a song, Dan. Is that from that band you had the ringtone of during college?

No, no. That nobody's ever heard of? Who sings that, Jamieie i ran so far away does that band know how much you like them you're like their biggest fan i hope they are well aware obviously they're disbanded by now no one had ever heard of them to begin with but i hope they know they're a fan of planet and you're wrong about them they're decent heck sang I Ran So Far Away? Some great 80s band. Somebody in the chat, please. Flock of Seagulls.

Thank you. Your hair is almost getting Flock of Seagulls if you let it keep going. We're getting a cut tonight. Why is it an automatic ranking of Aaron? Are you going someplace or is your wife doing it? No, Allie's doing it. Why is it an automatic ranking of Aaron Jones over A.J. Dillon? It's not an automatic ranking. Dave has it ranked the other way.

So I think it's just a matter of how you think they're going to use both guys, how the game will go. As Dan said, the game script, I think, favors both of them. I just think that Aaron Jones did not do anything to lose his job. And the last game was, I think, more of an indication of not 100% healthy. Game flow didn't necessarily dictate Aaron Jones having to do very much. He should be 100% healthy and should get back to being the lead guy. But I think it's still a 60-40 type of situation.

Okay. Dan, I want you to weigh in on it, Dan, because you said that you think it's going to be a good game script for both of them to eat. Yeah, I actually have them both as, if I was ranking them, I would have them both as top 12 options. I'm on the Dave side of this, so I slightly give Dylan the edge just because I think it's going to be such a huge lead in that second half

that they can kind of just lean on Dylan. Okay. So, I'm sorry. I'm distracted. I'm trying to, I'm trying to help a listener who's emailing me right now, but I think it's going to have to wait

until after the show. Sorry about that. Ryan from the home of the Mud Hens and Walleye. I don't know what that means. Toledo? Yes. In my home league, 22 years old,

I have Antonio Gibson and Terry McLaurin on my team. While I tend to have other options that are fairly close and even in the rankings at both running back and wide receiver, do any of you have concern over starting two players from the same team? I drafted these two and have been playing them basically all year, so I've survived and appear to have a good shot at the playoffs. That would be McLaurin and Gibson. I mean, it obviously comes down to have a good shot at the playoffs. That'd be McLaurin and Gibson. I mean, it obviously comes down to who else you have on your team.

You know, in this particular instance, I think, you know, just in a vacuum, you'd be pretty happy if you start Justin Jefferson and Dalvin cook most weeks, uh,

Najee Harris and Deontay Johnson most weeks, you know, players like that. But in the case of these two, you know, the, the game script kind of dictates who's going to be better one or the other.

For this week, I have no problem starting both. Most weeks, I have no problem starting both. But if you have other options, I would probably consider benching McCorn much more so than benching Antonio Gibson. Okay. Next email. Again, the email address, fantasyfootballatcbsi.com.

That is the letter I. This is from Rodney in Raleigh, North Carolina. Hey, Mark, Martha, Alan, Nina, and JJ. I don't have a clue. The only Martha I know is... One day, one time, I want to be the one who just jumps right out with the right answer. Yeah, Mark, Martha, Alan, Nina, and JJ.

The only Martha I know of is... The only Martha I think of is Martha's Vineyard. Well, I think of Martha as both Superman and Batman's mothers. Martha. These are the, I think, original MTV VJs. Interesting. Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter, and JJ Jackson.

What about downtown Julie Brown? Some of them. I don't know if she's one of the originals. Some of them are on SiriusXM. Mark Goodman and Nina Blackwood, and I think Alan Hunter, too. Yeah, they're fun. They're good.

Okay, the question is, who are you starting in standard non-PPR 12-team leagues? Pick three of these four. DeAndre Hopkins, Jerry Judy, Hunter Renfro, and Josh Reynolds. Who are you sitting? I don't want to always answer first, so I'm going to let Dan go.

We're sitting one, Adam. And it's Hopkins, Judy, Renfro, and what was the fourth? Josh Reynolds. So I'm locking in Hopkins regardless of the target share. The rest of these options aren't great in my mind. I think... I don't want to say I trust Reynolds right now, so I think I'm sitting Reynolds.

Okay. Pick two running backs non-ppr clyde eberd z layer daryl henderson chase edmonds i'm gonna go clyde my boy who i don't like but i've fallen off the bandwagon there a bit but i still think he's the best option of these and then it's a matter of like what do you trust what sean mcveigh said last week about how he really wants to get sony michelle involved and d Michelle involved and Dow Henderson will still be a little part of the offense, but I don't know if I trust that. I think it's still big, a big timeshare or I'm sorry,

a big piece of that backfield will go to Henderson. So I'll go Henderson as well. You'll know. Cause you have two guys Monday night. So you just make a decision on when we get there, you know? So if Edmonds is anactive and Henderson's active and playing, then you just play Henderson. If they're both active

and we don't have any update, then I would probably lean toward Edmonds, to be honest with you. Rodney also wants to know, what are your thoughts on playoffs involving consolation games? In my leagues, I've used two additional playoff brackets

to reduce tanking by awarding draft positions based on finish. The bottom eight teams are reseeded based on points, and the bottom four teams play for the first four picks in next year's draft, and five for eight play for those picks.

Yada, yada, yada. So it's the winner of the consolation bracket gets the first seed. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I have no problem with that. Yeah, but didn't he just say that he's leaving five through eight out? So you're actually penalized for finishing closer to the playoffs? No.

The bottom eight teams are... This is... What is this? 16-team, 12-team league. The bottom eight teams are reseeded based on points. The bottom four teams play for the first four picks,

and then the next four teams play for five through eight. Right. The bottom four teams... It's eight teams get in right to the consolation it sounds like he's saying eight through twelve we're playing or nine through twelve we're playing for the first four picks and then if you're five through eight you just get yeah no that makes sense so why so four teams get in yeah Yeah. The first four,

the first, the worst four teams are competing for one through four. And then the next four teams are competing five through eight for draft. Yeah. It's like NFL draft style. All right. So next. Yeah.

I like consolation bracket, but here's the thing. What are our, what are our waiver wire rules for consolation? Exactly. That's the problem with consolation bracket. It messes with the, with the people left in the playoffs from the waiver standpoint.

You could just say you can't make any moves. Yeah, lineups are like you can't make any moves. Another option would be you can't make any moves until Saturday or something like that. Well, it's also you want people to make their, you want their lineups to be right because you don't want somebody to, they want their lineups to be right

because you're trying to compete for the top spot. But I think if you're locking in their lineups to be right because you don't want somebody to... They want their lineups to be right because you're trying to compete for the top spot. But I think if you're locking in their lineups, then that should be what it is. All right. Let's see if you can get this one, Dan. I really hope you can. I mean, this would be so embarrassing if you can't. This is from Cousin Eddie. Dear

Clark, Ellen, Audrey, and Russell. Clark Kent. Just stop. This is so embarrassing. Clark, Ellen, Audrey, and Russell. Clark, Kent. Just stop. This is so embarrassing. Clark, Ellen, Audrey, and Russell. Is that cheers? Frazier? It is cheers and Frazier, actually. It's very good.

Now it's Christmas vacation. Come on. It's vacation. It's vacation. You've never seen Christmas vacation? Hey, I have a piece of advice for you turn on tv this month you will see christmas vacation it's terrific says the guy who's never watched wolf of wall street wolf of you think that it's as bad to have not seen wolf of wall street as christmas vacation you should see for the amount of times that anyone has seen

wolf of wall street you should have seen christmas vacation 10 times that is how many there is a movie that you've seen 100 times. It's one of those movies. This is actually a pretty fair take by you, so I'm just going to back down. Thank you. All right. Cousin Eddie is in the playoffs,

but he wants a first round buy. Is he starting Antonio Gibson? Oh, no. Is he starting David Montgomery or Saquon Barkley? Half PPR. I am starting. I'll take this first. I'm going to go Barkley, half PPR. I am starting. I'll take this first.

I'm going to go Barkley in this because I have concerns about if they, I know David Montgomery is cleared despite dealing with three separate injuries, but if the bears are getting blown out in this game as I think they will, are they going to lean on Montgomery in the second half of that game? That scares me. And I know Barkley has been terrible. And I know the giants of Mike Lennon coming back in here. The

Chargers defense hasn't been phenomenal at this point. So I would actually go Barkley in this. I would go Barkley as well, despite Adam calling the Chargers the best run defense in the NFL ever. When they're all the best run defense in the NFL ever. I don't know how many times

the best run defense he's ever seen. I don't know how many times he's going to misquote me. They are giving up 3.9 yards per carry to running backs in their last six games. That coincides with starting defensive tackle Justin Jones coming back from an injury. He missed almost the entire first half of the season. So since he's come back, 3.9 yards per carry to running backs. Before that, it was probably something like 4.8. They were dreadful.

They still give up a touchdown every game, but they do not, with him, and now Linval Joseph expected back, they do not have a bad run defense anymore. Adam thinks that the 85 Bears, the 90, no, sorry, the 2000 Ravens, and the 2021 Chargers are the best defenses. Don't forget the 2020 bucks. 2020 bucks, that's right.

Ariella has never seen Christmas vacation. Thank you, Ariella. Thank you. You know, Ariella is six. All right, let's get from Chase from a city with a big... There's so much hate for the Millennials on here. I think I'm just borderline Millennial, and Adam's just out of that.

No, I think I'm a Millennial. I think I'm a Millennial. Are you still in that bucket? Yeah. Chase from a city with a big sign. Hollywood. Probably Hollywood. All right, let's see if you can get this one, Dan.

Dear Tony, Steve, Bruce, and Peter. Tony, Steve. It's not football. It's movies. It's multimedia. Tony, Steve, Bruce, and Peter. It's not multimedia. I mean, they're all over the place. It's books. It's movies. It's multimedia. Tony, Steve, Bruce, and Peter. I mean, they're all over the place. It's books. It's movies.

It's the Avengers. Yeah, I mean, they have everything. Half PBR. Jamar Chase, Tyler Lockhart. Tony Stark. Damn it. I could have gotten that. No, you couldn't have. Jamar Chase, Tyler Lockhart, and Odell Beckham. I got it.

I've been reading about Bruce Banner all week. That's a bad mess. All right, come on, guys. Half PPR. Chase, Lockett, or Beckham? Lockett. Yeah, I think I would lean Lockett, too. Crazy idea.

I have both Hawkinson and Kittle in a non-PPR league. Should I start Kittle at tight end and Hawkinson at flex, or should I start one of these guys both hawkinson and kiddle in a non-ppr league should i start kiddle at tight end and hawkinson at flex or should i start one of these guys over hawkinson daryl williams jerry judy sony michelle non-ppr i mean michelle makes the most i still like michelle there okay okay from chris in denver where does the king keep his armies? Is this a joke? King keep his what? His armies. Yeah, it's a joke. I know, I'm trying to... King keep his armies.

This is a bad joke. Is it worse than your Tredavious White joke? It's worse than your Tredavious White joke. If anybody wants to go back and listen to the Friday show, they'll hear your terrible Tredavious White joke. I don't even know what your...

Where does the king keep his armies? In his sleevies. In his what? His sleevies. Oh, that is a really bad joke. I'm sorry to say. Terrible. Alright, start a flex. 10 team non-PPR.

James Robinson, Deontay Foreman, or T. Higgins? Non-PPR? Yeah. Foreman. Ooh. I think that's the safest play. I might still go Higgins, though. Okay, from Alan.

I have a plethora of backup running backs, and I need help deciding who to choose. I won't even ask Dan what movie Plethora is from. I wrote on Thursday, so injury news might be different, but pick two. Is there a movie that's noted to Plethora? Of course. Just pick up one word and then expect someone to know what movie that's from Plethora? Of course! If you've seen

the movie, if you've seen Three Amigos... Let's poll the chat. Let's see how many people can pick up a word and then name the movie. I want to remember that from Three Amigos. Three Amigos has a hilarious scene all about the word plethora. It's a very funny scene. This is kind of like with Dodgeball where you have that weird

one scene you think is funny and no one else does. I would argue it's the most well-known part of the movie Three Amigos. I don't remember it that well to remember. Sorry. Yeah, it's great. Pick two in full PPR. Can you just let me read the question hold on tony pollard

i haven't seen a lot of movies jeff wilson jamaico hasty or sony michelle pick two pollard hasty michelle and who is the other one jeff Wilson. Oh, I think I'm on Wilson-Michelle here. I agree. You've never seen A League of Their Own, huh? No, I'm bad with movies. I'm great with shows, bad with movies. Adam is crazy for the one-word scene. No, come on.

Thank you. Thank you, Justin. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. A lot of people on my side in the chat today. It feels good. It's really funny. Justin Ariella, shout out to you guys.

Adam kind of looks like Dusty Bottoms. That's Chevy Chase's character in Three Amigos. I'll take that. All right, from Sean. Who do I start in PPR? Give me two running backs and a flex. Let's start with the running backs. Javante, Chuba Hubbard, Daryl Henderson,

Zeke, Jamie, give me two Javante and Zeke. Easy. Same. And a flex Hubbard, Henderson, Elijah Moore,

Cole Beasley, Elijah Moore. If he plays, but he may have already been ruled out as we're talking. Um, I saw Emmanuel Sanders in that practice on Friday, which is interesting. That could help Beasley a little bit.

So I'll probably go whoever the receiver that's healthy there, more Beasley. Okay. I agree. This is Nick. Dinko Henderson. Should I continue to stash Derrick Henry with the hope he comes back in the fantasy playoffs?

Do you have an IR spot? No, he does not. Comes down to how deep your bench is. If you have only five bench, I would say no. If you have a six-man bench or bigger, I'd say yes. From Nick, half PPR,

10 points for a rushing touchdown, 8 points for a rushing touchdown, 8 points for a receiving touchdown, and 6 points for a passing touchdown. Okay. All right. Sit 1. Barkley, Aaron Jones, Chris Godwin, Marquise Brown,

Stefan Diggs, Austin Eckler, and Devontae Adams. Boy, I answered Nick's question in the email but i didn't see that weird scoring thing so it's half ppr and it's 10 points for a rushing touchdown eight for a receiving touchdown you got barkley aaron jones chris godwin marquise brown stefan diggs austin eck and Devontae Adams. Who are you sitting? Marquise Brown for me, for sure. Yeah, Barkley for me. I originally said Barkley, but I wonder if he's... Barkley can get a random touchdown in this game. That's kind of what I was... So does Marquise Brown.

Yeah, you're right. I'm going to say Barkley. Probably has a better chance, Marquise Brown. Barkley has three touchdowns this year. Yeah, but he hasn't played that much. Yeah, but he's played well. He's played seven healthy games. He has three touchdowns. Okay okay so that brings us to a really nice nice round of fantasy cops today good

stuff on the fantasy cops questions so this one comes from opie i have an etiquette question i'm going to pose it two ways to see if it changes your answer. First way. Sunday morning, I noticed that my opponent is starting a player who has been downgraded to out. Should I message my opponent and give them a heads up? What do you guys say? No. I mean, you playing against Dan? Because that's what Dan does in all of his leagues.

That's not what I do in all of my leagues. One league. No, there's two that I've seen. What's the second one? The TQB one. The auction league. The auction league? Did that happen? Well, first of all, I got stuck with bad... I have no quarterbacks. I can't find a quarterback on the waiver

where I was even starter worthy. Oh, then it's okay to not set your lineup. It's okay to not set your lineup. Now, there's no starting quarterbacks. So, this happened. I'm not going to message my opponent, so I would say no. No way. I was playing against dan who had matt ryan in his starting lineup and left patrick mahomes on his bench uh not that it mattered because the scoring was relatively even um but i saw you did that in that league and then the league you're referencing is the two

quarterback league which yes there are no quarterbacks available but i don't think you've made a move in that league in weeks so you're probably going to kick that out of that league next season. Jamie, this is my first year with anything over... Before this year, the most I've ever done was four leagues. I'm in 12 leagues this year. No, 13. Most work. I'm having trouble. It's no excuse.

Play better. I need to regroup. There will be some firings that go on in my management. My front office is in disarray. There's a lot that needs to be discussed this offseason. I agree. I mean, despite the fact you've had a pretty good season, so congratulations. It's good drafting.

Thank you. But not good management. Yeah. Yeah, here's a screenshot. It can't be worse than Adam, who went back-to-back Texans in rounds six and seven. Here's a screenshot of my matchup with Dan. I don't know if you can see it.

No one can see it. Bad use of prop. And you're also the one who drafts Texans in back-to-back rounds. 114-17 in the 2QB league. How's that one league going, Adam, where you drafted four running backs in your first five picks? It's not going well. Miles Gaskin.

No, it was none of them. Miles Gaskin in round four. What a steal. No, it was terrible. First of all, I think you're referring to mock drafts. I had a league where I went Henry, Derek. First of all, I think you're referring to mock drafts. I had a league where I went Henry, Barkley, Robert Woods, Gus Edwards.

So that obviously is not going well. All right, so you don't have to tell your friends or you don't have to tell your opponent to set his lineup. But here's number two. I am the league commissioner

and Sunday morning I noticed that a team is starting a player who has been downgraded to out. Should I message them and give them a heads up? And if yes, then am I obligated to go through every matchup to check lineups

so I don't disadvantage one team? Your job as commissioner is not to manage other people's teams unless they are kicked out of the league or have some pressing issue or have asked you for any help. So, you know, this is the point, not just this week, the last few weeks, where, you know, oh, I need, like, I need Adam to be Dan to get into the playoffs.

But Adam's not or Dan has or whatever the scenario is. Yeah. Somebody needs to set their lineup to help me get a win. Then you could message that person and say, hey, set your lineup or help, you know, tell the commissioner. But the commissioner can't be responsible or shouldn't be responsible for going back and checking however many weeks that that person hasn't set their lineup. It's just, it's just not the way to go.

So if somebody sees that and there's evidence of it, then you probably have to replace that fantasy manager next season. Well, remember it happened in our podcast. Lee, we had a manager who just wasn't playing, wasn't making waiver claims, wasn't setting a lineup.

And I almost had to replace him. This was week four ish. I had to write an email to him. He wasn't responding four ish. I had to write an email to him. He wasn't responding to me either. I had to write another email. I said, Hey man, I gotta,

I gotta kick you out of the league. And eventually he came around and he started setting his lineup. Um, but, uh, all right. I hope we answered your question. So that brings us to the next fantasy cops.

I think Dan might get this one. Hey, James Kirk, Lars and cliff. No. James Kirk, Lars, and Cliff. James, Kirk, Lars, and Cliff. Star Trek? Metallica. Lars is always the giveaway.

Yeah, yeah. I am in a 12 team. Not a Metallica guy. I'm not either, but I know them. I'm in a 12 team league going into week 14. I'm tied for third. This week, I play the team that I'm tied with the top two teams get a week 15 by myself and my opponent both have a chance to slide into second place.

I have two tight ends. Both of them are on by this week. I really don't want to drop someone on my roster to pick up a streaming tight end my opponent. Remember they're tied for third place. They're going for the by my opponent needs to pick up a defense. I messaged him and I asked him if opponent needs to pick up a defense. I messaged him and I asked him

if he would consider not starting a defense and I would not start a tight end this week. He agreed. We asked our commissioner what he thought and said it would require

a league vote. We were voted against three to seven. No one could really give a good reason why we couldn't do this. What do you guys think? Is this collusion

or strategic? It's not hurting anyone else and we are both tied in the same position. I've done this once or twice where I see somebody else has a defense not

playing. I don't have a defense not playing. I don't remember the circumstances, but I'm sure they were probably both good defenses, DSTs at the time. Yes, you should not have asked your commissioner. I agree. Ronald nailed this one. Ronald hit the best answer.

Why would you ever ask the commissioner? It's good integrity. Don't even make it a problem. I don't know. This is a tough one. This is a gray area. This is a tough one for you, Adam? It feels wrong, but they're facing each other.

Right. Right. So what do you think? It's okay? Supposing the question, I don't know what the defense scoring is, but the tight end should outscore the defense. So you guys are okay with this? Definitely.

Yeah. All right, I guess I'm okay with it. I just think you're opening up a can of worms here if you are allowing two managers to coordinate. And this feels a little bit like collusion, because what if they were doing this in a way where they were both in fifth and sixth place place and they agreed to some type of lineup move that was going to keep the seventh place team from advancing it doesn't help them because it puts less points on the board

i guess but i just think in general the only teams that are at the two of them themselves right two managers two managers committing to you to working together to make lineup changes, I just think is wrong. But all right, we'll let it stand. I think, I mean... I just played the music. Come on, I'm playing you off here. All right, when we come back,

we're going to get Dan's top 10 TV comedies. I'm going to go ahead and send Jamie my guess on his list right now, and we will read your Apple podcast question when we come back on Fantasy Football today. For a limited time, switch to Shopify point of sale, and you could save up to 20% and improve your bottom line. We're so serious about savings,

we've made this ad 20% shorter. That means you get six seconds back. Just enough time to visit shopify.com slash POS20. Now that's an efficient ad. Eligibility requirements apply. See shopify.com slash POS20 for details. Welcome back, everybody, to Fantasy Football Today, our Saturday mailbag. All right, so Dan's got his top 10 TV comedies, and here is me sending my list to Jamie of my guesses. And you are up. Go ahead, Dan.

All right, hot takes will come eventually, not to start. I'm going to start with the show that started it all in my mind and led to a lot of what will be in my top five. This one comes in at 10. You're definitely not going to have guessed this. It's the Larry Sanders show. I don't know if you guys have seen it. You had told me that.

Incredible show. Yeah, so you don't know the Konami code, but you know the Larry Sanders show. Yes, I do, because the Larry Sanders show, for those who haven't seen it, if you like some of the other things I'll have ranked high in this list i don't want to spoil it check out the larry sanders show because it led to a lot of these comedies in my mind coming in at nine and i'm so happy it's coming back for another season it's party down only a couple seasons a lot of people

don't know it incredibly funny show that was on stars as a lot of the actors you love today great show i've never heard of That's number nine. All right. Number eight, Modern Family. Very fun show. Wholesome. A lot of funny moments, though. Really good writing that comes together in a lot of the episodes. Underrated show. Coming in at seven, we got Community.

Have you heard of that, Adam? Yes. Dude, the, what is it? Like the paintball episodes. Amazing. They're comedy gold. Yeah, Community's really good. Some of these episodes are comedy gold.

I like this. The one I liked the best was the one where they kept rolling the dice and there was a different outcome that happened. And then finally, the last one is Troy walking in and the place is on fire. So I don't remember that. Community comes in at seven.

Okay. Number six is Rick and Morty. And for some reason, Adam likes Community, but doesn't like Rick and Morty, though it's written by the same person. I like Rick and Morty. And the jokes are very similar. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine.

I laugh. This is a little – you really need like a pen and paper if you're watching Rick and Morty. There's just – it's too smart for me. Go ahead. Well, a show that's even smarter and you need even more of a pen and paper, you might need an actual Google sheet up or a Google doc up. Coming in at five is Veep, which fires off at you maybe three jokes every five seconds in that show. Three insults every five seconds. Hilarious show, Veep.

Okay. Number four, Arrested Development. Classic. All right. All right. And here comes a hot take. Coming in at three parks and recreation which i stand by is a much considerably funnier and better show than the office the american version

the office so so wrong but it's such a correct take it's beyond belief the office has made two consistently funny characters and one is the funniest character on either show i'll give him that michael but then there's dwight who's consistently funny and. And one is the funniest character on either show. I'll give him that, Michael. But then there's Dwight, who's consistently funny. And after that, you're running low. Like Creed has some funny moments, I guess. All of them have some funny moments. But you don't have the scope of what Parks has.

Parks has like five to seven characters who are funny every episode. It also has the best guest characters. Okay, all right. You know what? I can buy that argument. But basically, you're like, the office has Tom Brady, and Parks and Rec has Saquon Barkley, Kenny Galladay, Sterling Shepard, Evan Ingram. These guys are better. Andy and Ron are better characters than the people you just mentioned. They're in the Aaron Rodgers. You can, some of you can even say Andy Dwyer was a young Justin Herbert coming up and now he's made his way through Hollywood.

I can't believe I left that off. I can't believe I left that off my guest list. Yeah, that's an easy three. And then one and two, I feel like this one could be obvious to some people who have listened or know me. Now the order of these two is interesting. They used to be flipped for me.

Number two is Curb Your Enthusiasm. Number one is Seinfeld. It used to be the opposite because I felt like Curb made me laugh more than Seinfeld, even though I thought Seinfeld's writing was tighter. But after rewatching both a lot recently before I go to sleep, I think Seinfeld's making me laugh a lot. So Seinfeld, better writing and funny, both amazing shows. And I will argue to the death that those who tell me, I don't like Seinfeld. I don't like Curb. I don't like this humor. It's not for me.

I hate to say it, but, and this is going to sound mean, I think it's just a little bit above your head. This is not funny. This is going to be on. Oh, man. Okay, well, I'm not going to go that far. That's very funny. I got five of them. I got, my thoughts for you was 10 Family Guy.

Remember, this is not my list. This is Dan's. Family Guy. Have you seen the South Park episode where the manatees just destroy the entire human? Of course, the manatee balls. That's way off my list. All right, 10 Family Guy, nine Veep, eight South Park.

I don't know how that didn't make your list. Seven New Girl, six The Office, five Eastbound and Down. Seven, New Girl. Six, The Office. Five, Eastbound and Down. And then I started cleaning up a little bit. Four, Curb. Three, Rick and Morty. Two, Arrested Development. I really thought you were going to have that.

And one, Seinfeld. Oh, you had it. Yeah, you had it at four. Yeah. Okay. All right, so I got number one. I got five. You got a lot.

Yeah. Jamie, what are your top five? i don't know i haven't given much thought seinfeld definitely you like friends you're a friends guy i'm a friends guy uh you like friends because like friends is more of like the dramedy do you like it overall or do you think it's like legit one of the funniest shows i don't't think it's one of the funniest shows. I just like the show. Okay. The office is funny. The office.

I mean, for me, it's Simpsons, Simpsons, South Parker, probably. No Simpsons office. Seinfeld.

Yeah, there's, it's a, it's tough. It's a mixed top. You're good. Yeah, absolutely.

Uh, you know, it doesn't like Rick and Morty. I, it's not that I don't like it. I don't know, man. It's a good list. It's a good I don't like it. I don't know, man. It's a good list.

I can't believe I forgot about both Modern Family and Parks and Rec. They're great. Never seen Cheers, I assume. No, but actually, Adi has been telling me it's one of the funniest shows of all time, and I'm missing out on a lot. Cheers would be on my list. He's a huge Cheers fan. Yeah, I think the hot take might be Taxi is better than Cheers.

What do you think, Jeremy? I't never even heard of taxi you should see the taxi driver that's a great movie i've never heard of taxi the show the cast of taxi is amazing please one thing adam don't tell me you like frazier because that to me just stands alone is one of the worst developed shows like what that show is just about some rich guy who lives in New York. It's like unbelievable. So out of touch. The thing about Frazier, Dan, is that he lives in Seattle. Oh, it's Seattle.

I just felt I've never seen it. But it's just like about a rich guy. You've never seen it. It's very funny. The thing about Frazier, the reason why you don't like it is because it's a little over your head. You're not. All right. One more question here

from Apple Podcast Gambino Mafia. Start two in PPR. Elijah Moore, Amari Cooper, Darnell Mooney. Obviously, you're going to sit more if he's out, but if Moore plays, Moore, Cooper, Mooney. Moore and Cooper. Yeah.

Even though I think Mooney could be sneaky with fields back, but still going the same pick. And pick a tight end if Darren Waller's out. Tyler Conklin. Oops. Foster Moreau, Evan Ingram, or Cole Komet? I'll go Komet.

I'm going to go Ingram because I do like how Freddie Kitchens has been using Ingram, especially last game. Obviously, the Giants didn't generate that much offense for him to be some kind of great play, but they're using him more vertically. So I'm going to go Ingram, especially last game. Obviously, the Giants didn't generate that much offense for him to be some kind of great play, but they're using him more vertically, so I'm going to go Ingram. All right, my official top five TV comedies. Yeah, let's hear it.

Definitely Simpsons 1. I'm going to go with The Office 2, South Park 3, Arrested Development 4, and... You're going to get Seinfeld in there or Curb? I'm going to take... I think you're just doing this to spite me. Family Guy 5,

even though it became the truly worst show I've ever seen. I can't believe you'd ever put Family Guy over Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. I don't get excited to watch Seinfeld. Seinfeld's on. Painful to even hear. I don't seek out Seinfeld. Do you agree with the South Park episode where it just literally unravels

the entire writing of Family Guy? Yeah, it's really, really true. But the first few seasons, maybe five seasons of Family Guy, are like laugh out loud, choking to death, I'm laughing so hard funny. It's that good. Seinfeld never gets me to laugh that hard, I don't think.

Okay. But, you know, it's easier when you're crude like Family Guy. Yeah. Okay. Good show, guys. Boy, Jacob is going to be pissed off at me. He's been waiting. Hop on over to FFT in five, and we'll talk to you there.

We got some advanced stats with Jacob Gibbs. If you're watching on YouTube, just head on over there. And thanks so much, everybody, for watching and listening. Have a great weekend. Make the playoffs, and we'll talk to you tomorrow on Fantasy Football Today.