Fantasy Football Today - Trade Talk, Trustometer, Le'Veon Reaction (10/14 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: October 14, 2020

Well, let's start with the big Le'Veon Bell news (3:10) and talk about who to add in the Jets backfield and if you should hang on to Bell and see where he ends up. Could he still be a workhorse back somewhere or is Bell going to be part of a committee? Then we discuss Ryan Tannehill's TD pass that came about 15 yards across the line of scrimmage (10:00) and we'll give you our favorite buy low (12:00) and sell high (14:00) players. Should you sell high on Kenyan Drake and Mike Evans? ... Recapping Titans-Bills (24:00) with our thoughts on the QBs and Devin Singletary. Then let's talk about Jamison Crowder (30:00)! Is he just on a predictable hot streak or is there something different this time? ... News and notes (34:50) and more buy low players (38:30) including Joe Mixon and Terry McLaurin. Then we've got the Trustometer (48:00) for players like Marquise Brown, Darrell Henderson and Darius Slayton. And we finish with your Apple Podcast questions (58:50) ... Email us at [e-mail] Listen to the brand new Fantasy Football Today in 5 podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-in-5/id1528634304 'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow the new FFT Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/FFToday Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @BenSchragg Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videos Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/ Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletter To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's going to screw over some fantasy managers when Le'Veon Bell ends up on a new team. And should you be adding LaMichael Pirine or Frank Gore? And we're going to tell you who to buy low on, who to sell high, talk about some players that are rostered in basically every league, but fantasy managers aren't sure if they should start them or not. Adam Azer with Heath Cummings and Ben Schrager. and if you're watching on youtube youtube.com slash fantasy football today we are apparently getting ready for like the chiefs game that's not happening on thursday

because we are all we're team red today it's weird we're color coordinated and it's making me uncomfortable it's really uncomfortable for me because i've been um streaming handmaid's tale with my wife and so it's i don't know what that is i feel super strange is that what they call it these days uh yeah that's that's so that's a good start to the show guys hi ben hey uh we're rocking alabama crimson tide colors maybe let's let's let's let's let's start over waivers ran last night did you guys chase claypool uh i didn't see uh i did not i don't even think i put any bids on him because i knew i wasn't going to get him for like five dollar bids did not work um i've got an ethical question for you if i wrote in the wide receiver preview that um most leagues i was going to put about 20 on chase claypool but

i had a couple of undefeated teams where i was weak at wide receiver and i would go up to a third of my fab in those leagues and the person who edited that piece won chase claypool for 34 last night how would you feel about that person oh my god that person's smart very sneaky very chris towers sneaky right there that's funny but the joke's on him i mean he dropped Cole Beasley for Chase Claypool for $34. I think that was way too much for me. Well, we'll see. I guess we'll figure out who the joke's on.

I bid $27 because I was actually bidding 33% of what I had left. I had $81 left. So I just, we don't know. It could be a complete waste of money. But I think there's like a 20% to 30% chance that he's the number one wide receiver for Ben Roethlisberger the rest of the year. And if that's the case, then he's probably a top 15 receiver. Yeah, that's the case. Then he's certainly worth 30% of your budget.

So, yeah, that's very good by Chris Towers to get him for $34. He went for like $28. I don't know how much in our podcast, but not too much for me. But it was not the most exciting waiver wire night. But then Michael Pirine and Frank Gore became options here. Let's talk about the Le'Veon Bell news. The Jets released him at Miami this week. You know, is he good?

Well, this is from espn according to next nfl next gen stats bell's problems weren't strictly a product of a middling offensive line since the start of last season he has produced 110 rushing yards below expectation given his blocking the first the fourth worst mark in the league behind davante freeman peton Barber, and Todd Gurley. Now, I suppose the more carries you get, the more opportunities you have to be below expectation. That's true. I mean, he's been bad. It's funny because two of the three guys on that list,

we were talking about how they looked pretty good last week. But they have been definitively bad since the beginning of last year. So I think it's a lesson in, yeah, that's probably a pretty true measure. If you've referenced that Le'Veon Bell's not been particularly good, but it also does not preclude someone from looking better at some point this season. And it's possible, and I wouldn't ever accuse someone of not giving their all. I always give my 110% whenever I come on these airwaves. It's possible that playing for the New York football jets and being coached by Adam Gase,

Le'Veon Bell didn't give 110%. Maybe it was only 105%. Maybe that extra 5% will push him over the top when the walrus comes calling. Well, do you think Le'Veon Bell will end up having more fantasy value than either Frank Gore or LaMichael Pirine? I think the odds are yes, because I think Gore will dominate carries and not do much with them. And Pirine could have a role. And if he has a role role he could grow it into

a big role and it could be great but that's all i could could could i think if levion goes somewhere where he can catch passes he can be a high floor flex play but he needs to be somewhere i think like chicago where they're actually going to throw the ball to him i would rank them levy on p ryan gore i agree with that. Okay. So if you're making a waiver claim, you're going for P. Ryan instead of Gore. And it's just on a hope. But you're not going to sit Frank Gore on your bench.

What's the purpose of having Frank Gore on your bench? If his role is the same, there's something to be said for having 60 yards and a chance to score a touchdown if his role is the same as it was when levy on bell missed these last three games score was like getting you know 15 ish carries and not doing much with them yes that's there is especially in deeper leagues that has some value. I would rather have the guy who and I think like Le'Veon, it'll be interesting to see how much and this is, again, not anything questioning him, but I don't nobody's going to offer him a starting job. No one's going to offer him more than a minimum deal. I don't think maybe an incentivized minimum deal he's made a lot a lot a lot of money and i believe i read he has a six million dollar bonus that's

already been earned that is paid out tomorrow uh he's due six million rest of season the jets are on the hook for that my i think minus whatever he signs for next year. But, yeah, he's made a lot of money. Whatever he signs for rest of season, sorry. I don't know that he's going to be in a big rush to go join a football team. By the way, I haven't refreshed this page since yesterday. I was looking at the offensive stats. The Jets, going into last night's's game had scored fewer points in five games

than the Titans had in three games. So they are the lowest scoring team in the NFL. All right, so who is Le'Veon Bell going to screw over? The Bears and the Chiefs seem like two destinations that many people are discussing here. And, yeah, I don't want him to go anywhere for selfish fantasy reasons. I'd like for him to not screw up David Montgomery. I'd like for him to not eat into Clyde Edwards-Ziller at all.

So, sorry, that sounds mean to Le'Veon Bell. But I think a lot of fantasy managers are just like, no, go away from that backfield. I have that player on my team. I don't want this. Ben, where do you think Le'Veon Bell would end up? I think he ends up in Chicago. But another team to throw out there is Miami. He lives in Miami. They don't really have much of a rushing attack. It would hurt Myles Gaskin

because he's going to get passing work, but I think Miami is another option. I think he goes to Chicago though. Yeah, the Chiefs would probably be my first guess um Chicago's a fine guess as well and I would throw the Chargers in the mix it was nice to see Justin Jackson get the lead work and he did have one long run but they both Jackson and Joshua Kelly looked pretty miserable in that game against the Saints and I Austin Eckler's injury, he's going and getting second opinions. It sounds like the hamstring came clean off the bone. We don't have any idea when he's going to be back. Okay, last question here.

Do you think Le'Veon Bell will be – do we need to hang on to him? Here's the thing. If he landed in Chicago, I would be vomiting if he was on my roster and probably end up dropping him. If he landed in Kansas City, though...

Really? You think they would give him enough work? You think he would supplant Clyde Edwards? There's just no telling what would happen they might be looking for a short yardage back maybe they might i mean there's just there's not i don't i don't hang on but i just it it'd be the possibility if he landed with the chargers like there's a chance he could go to the chargers and just get 20 touches in a week all right yeah so let's hang out and levy on Bell. Let's see what happens here. I think it's a real risk to buy low, but I guess it could work out.

No, I'm not suggesting someone go give up something on their team for him. Yeah. Okay. Well, more news. Dalvin Cook likely out this week facing Atlanta. Then they have a bye. He has an adductor strain. And we love Madison, so pick him up.

Well, it's too late probably. Atlanta defensive lineman Marlon Davidson tested positive for COVID. This does not mean that there's going to be an outbreak, but obviously we have to keep an eye on the Falcons and that game against Alexander Madison in Minnesota. Ben, what are we promoting today, young Ben? The old Saturday mailbag. Leave a five-star review on Apple.

We'll most likely get your question answered on the Saturday mailbag. It'll be Adam. It'll be Frank Stample. Maybe even Jamie will stop in for that Saturday episode. So go to Apple Podcasts, leave a five-star review. If you've already left one already, you could still leave one again. Leave your question, and we'll try to get it answered on that saturday episode okay it's time for email today number one at fantasy football at cbsi.com this comes from sean with the blatant pass the line of scrimmage pass that was not overturned at the end of the game i the aj brown

manager lost by 2.1 points to the John Smith manager with that fraudulent pass. Do I have a case to petition the commissioner for common sense adjustments to scoring? What? Did you see the John Smith touchdown catch? Yeah. Ryan Tannehill was like five

yards past the line. It's one of the worst calls I've ever seen. No, I disagree. I think he was probably by a yard and a half or two yards and incredibly this still happens every week but we didn't have a camera angle that showed straight down the seven yard line where the where the marker was so first off we don't know and the rule is that only one part of his body has to be behind. Yeah, I know. And so, yeah, no.

Stop being a crybaby. So on the broadcast, they're like, from the seven-yard line, from the seven-yard line. It was pretty clearly from the eight. And it was across it. But I tweeted out from the FFT account last night, whose matchup got decided on that final touchdown? 188 replies.

All of them were either, I just won or I just lost yeah no it's huge and and like he's so clearly i don't know i would feel real i guess i would feel dumb if they had an angle where like he wasn't but how could he not have been across the line the commissioner doesn't make a change because no no you don't you don't nothing happened no you can't change it You can't change it. You can't change it. But, man, that was some influential call in fantasy. Okay. Sorry.

Sour grapes, I guess. But you can't change anything. Favorite buy low, favorite sell high. Heath, kick it off with a buy low. Yeah, I mean, besides Le'Veon Bell, no. I would say, and we've said this a few times, but I'm going to say Christian McCaffrey, especially with the reports that it might be two more weeks now.

If you are a four-win team, a three-win team, and that guy is under 500, or even if he's not, I would go see what it would take to get Christian McCaffrey. All right. What would you give up? Would you give up Jonathan Taylor? Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Okay. But you got to be in the right situation to be giving up a starting running back right now to get McCaffrey, as you said. You've got to have four wins or you've got to have a third running back. Like you might just have Kareem Hunt and Mike Davis and it's not that difficult. Sure. Ben, who's your favorite by low? It's Tyler Lockett. He was a wide receiver too in the first three weeks.

The Seattle Seahawks threw for less than 220 yards last week. Big whoop. He didn't have a big game. Second straight game under 50 yards. Lockett managers are getting frustrated, but it's time to trade for him. He's one of the most efficient wide receivers in the NFL, and he doesn't need a ton of volume to be really good,

and I think he's a surefire high-end wide receiver, too, for the rest of the year, if not a wide receiver one. Would you guys take Tyler Lockett over the Buccaneers wide receivers rest of season? Yes. I would prefer Godwin once he is on the field to Tyler Lockett, but we don't know anything about that injury. He was running at practice, so that was a good step for him.

Good to run. Yeah, it's nice to run. Yeah, so I've heard. Heath, how about you? I would rank it lock at Godwin Evans. Yeah. Lock at Godwin Evans. All right.

Favorites sell high. Ben, I'll start with you. Favorites sell high. Speak of the devil. Mike Evans. Six touchdowns. He's under 55 yards a game. Per Chris Towers, He's 66 in average depth of target per target. He was third last season.

He's just not getting the downfield targets. He needs, I'm selling high on Mike Evans. It's very interesting because he's been very productive. He scored in every game. It's just like, yeah, because Chris talked about this on fantasy football today in five.

I don't know. Maybe the theory is just not the right connection with Tom Brady. Not taking those deep shots. But what do you think about Evans' rest of the season if you're selling him? What are you trying to get for him? If I can get a high-end wide receiver two or running back two, I'm doing it. Because I don't want to rely on a touchdown a week from a wide receiver. And his point total is very high.

So you can sell him at that price. He does have two 100-yard games. I think Chris Goblin missed both of those games. Heath, what do you think about Evans? I would sell high if someone viewed him as a number one wide receiver. I still think the same thing I did at the beginning of the year, that he's season number two.

But he's also like he ranks 12th right now. So I'm not sure. I'm not sure the production has been enough, even with all the touchdowns that someone's going to like, I would agree if you could just sell him for Tyler Lockett, that would be the easiest thing. And I would do that. Okay. And Heath, your favorite sell high? You know, it's, this is like one of the weirdest

times that I can remember for finding sell highs. I don't love it at all. I would say that I would sell DK Metcalf if somebody, and there are lots of people who believe that he's just going to be a top five wide receiver, I think, rest of season. That's what he's been. He's the number one wide receiver. Well, number one in non-PPR, number four in PPR behind Hopkins, Dillon, and Calvin Ridley. He has 39 targets, which is not a huge number, but it's more than Tyreek Hill. But Hopkins has 53, Ridley has 50, Thielen has 44. Okay, yeah, I mean, you got to be getting something credible

for DK Metcalf, obviously. I'm assuming at this point you'd take Metcalf over Lockett? I would still take Lockett. Oh, Metcalf over Lockett? I would still take Lockett. Oh, you'd still take Lockett? I would. I'd prefer Metcalf, but I think they're neck and neck. Interesting. Okay.

Yeah, so I guess we'll have more. Well, let's just do more now. Ben had some good sell highs. Kenyon Drake? Yeah, so I had Kenyon Drake and Brandon Cooks. They're not sell high sell highs, but they're guys i want to trade kenyan drake ran terribly found the end zone though he has six targets all year like come on this he was a target monster last year when he went to arizona if you can get anything for kenyan drake in terms of a wide receiver three or running back three i'm doing

it in a second a running back three what does that mean like a running back you're so you're saying someone in the 20 to 30 range on our weekly rankings you'd give up kenyan drake for that okay daryl henderson that's that's the guy that's in our 20 no i would i can't do that i don't want kenyan drake i understand but you got to get more you're not really selling high if you're getting an r3. It's like a kind of start. If you're selling high on Kenyon Drake, you have to get a guy that you feel like you're going to start every week. Because Drake's still dominating carries. You know, I had mentioned on Sunday's show that I felt like he was bouncing outside too much.

And when he finally started to run up the middle, he had success. Three runs in a row, one of them was a touchdown. And so I read this this morning from Kent Somers in the Arizona Republic. Through five games, Drake hasn't looked like the dynamic player who gained 643 yards and rushed for eight touchdowns over the last eight games. He's averaging

3.7 yards a carry, about a yard less than last year. He's been indecisive too often, and his default has been to bounce runs outside, rather toward the end zone. Drake did it twice on one possession in the third quarter on Sunday. So that is what's happening with Kenyon Drake. Maybe he learned his lesson.

But this article was all about how Chase Edmonds has to get more work and how the coaching staff even acknowledged that Chase Edm Edwards has to get more work. So I think it's a good sell high, Ben, but I don't think that you're selling high if you're getting an RB3. You got to get a... Miles Gaskin, I would sell him for. Antonio Gibson. I mean, in fairness, most of these guys

who we rank from 24 to 30, including Daryl Henderson and probably Miles, yep, definitely Miles Gaskin. All of these guys have outscored Kenyon Drake this season. Right. It might not be easy to trade him for them. I don't think you're getting more than that. Well, then I wouldn't do it. Well, then you may have a depreciating asset on your hands

that's going to be worth even less next week. I feel like miles gaskin should be ahead of drake and henderson no no at least ahead of henderson the gas is the lead back right right i think and that's the thing and it depends on how you view drake in relation to like the touches that henderson and Gaskin are going to get because Drake's going to get 50. Let's say he just stays the same. He's going to get 15 carries a week.

He's going to struggle with red zone work because of Kyler Murray and chase Edmonds is going to take the passing down to work. Right? Well, Daryl Henderson's even in this timeshare because the Rams are now the most run heavy team in the NFL, is going to get close to 15 touches a week. And seems like he might get more reds than Kenyon Drake.

Or do you think they start going to Cam Akers more? I don't know. We don't have any indication. I would worry more about the Cardinals going to Chase Edmonds more than the Rams going to Cam Akers more. Yes. Chase Edmonds more than the Rams going to Cam Akers more. You were like, yes, Chase Edmonds has earned touches. Right.

And then the thing with Gaskin is like, yeah, he's going to get 20 touches in games. They win. There might be three of those the rest of the year. And then he's going to get 10 carries and five. And yet, no,

like realistically, that's not saying they're that bad. That would give them six, six wins on the year. That's no saying they're that bad. That would give them six wins on the year. No, they're two and three. Okay. So they might win four more the rest of the year. There you go.

That was way off. All right. Well, but at least Gaskin is pretty high PPR floor. He's catching passes every game. Right. I would rather have Gaskin than Drake. Okay. I would too. Well, I mean, I think that's a fairly realistic

trade you can do. I don't know. I just... Selling high... Like, Kenyon Drake is not useless. He's still... You said 15 carries a game. He's had more than that four times. But maybe the takeaway here is we should be buying low on Chase Edmonds because perhaps his time is coming where

he gets more involved. You know, it's just weird. It's weird that they're using Edmonds in ways that you feel like they should be using Drake, you know, in the passing game. Heath, you've pointed out he hasn't always been great in the passing game. Well, we talked about this in the offseason. One of the things they did with David Johnson last year when he was having success is he was, a lot of his work in the passing game was not coming when he lined up in the backfield it was when he was lining up as a wide receiver that was not something they did with kenyan drake last year that was something they did with chase edmunds

last year this year they are doing it again with chase edmunds and they are not doing it with kenyan drake so i don't like that part is not something where we would expect them to do that with kenyan drake because they didn't before. Would you guys like some free money? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Well, great.

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Let's do the game. Okay, let's do the game. Tennessee 42, Buffalo 16. Big win for the Titans there. 4-0. talk about the game i let's let's do the game okay let's do the game tennessee 42 buffalo 16 a big win for the titans they are 4-0 they are good and you know i'm not somebody who really likes halloween and we've received some emails already this year about that again but i did i can still appreciate um josh allen getting into the spirit of the season and turning back into a pumpkin. He wasn't that bad. He solved the ghost last night.

He wasn't that good, but he wasn't that bad. It was just a joke that I had thought of this morning and so I had to do it. People will be mad at me now. Email up today, number two. Actually, Heath is from Tim in New Orleans. Can we revisit Heath's disdain for Halloween? What happened to Heath as a child that makes him so extra curmudgeonly

toward this fantastic holiday? There's nothing fantastic about it at all. Did you like Halloween when you were growing up? I guess. I don't have any great or terrible Halloween memories. Yeah. Are you thrilled this year that you don't have to like put any candy out or anything like that go trick-or-treating i don't ever put any candy

out adam i turn the light off yeah i lock the door you lock the door well they're gonna come in where's candy keep your front door locked? These are the heathens? There's no telling what they'll do. You've got costumes on. I don't understand. What about when your kids are really little and you have to dress them up? Those were the worst years of Halloween. What do you mean?

Are you kidding? I'm going to take my child, who's not even old enough to eat candy yet, around the neighborhood and show them what this child looks like dressed up in clothes that are not theirs so that they can give candy to my child which is really terrible for them and will form bad habits and probably make them go to the dentist um oh heaven forbid like go to the dentist and feel pain i'm sorry um like there's just nothing good about it at all i'm so excited to dress up my son this year like a little superman costume on he's gonna do that right now if you would like

well you don't have to wait for two more weeks you're just dressing up tomorrow dressing up the next day i guess i could all right well ben i hope you don't take heat's advice on halloween when you have kids. Halloween's the best. Halloween's great. It's wonderful. It's on a Saturday this year. That's awesome. Except nobody's going to be doing anything.

Okay, so anyway, give me your thoughts on Josh Allen with 19 fantasy points, his worst game of the year by far. Give me your thoughts on Ryan Tannehill, who was still on the waiver wire as of last night in some leagues and shouldn't be because he's scored 35 points. And that's twice in his last three games, 34 or 35 fantasy points. Heath, give me your thoughts.

Josh Allen missed John Brown a little bit. I thought the Titans confused him a little bit with some of their zone defenses. I continued a trend last night that I don't love. It's kind of the opposite of Ky zone defenses. Continued a trend last night that I don't love. It's kind of the opposite of Kyler Murray. Josh Allen's made a huge leap as a passer. And I want to clarify, all jokes aside, he is one of the reasons why I am a little bit less making fun of Daniel Jones this year than I would be.

Because he's made it looks like a completely different passer but the rushing has just almost disappeared um and so he just got over 100 yards rushing in that game last night he's 10th amongst quarterbacks in rushing yards yeah and more than half of them came in week one he hasn't had 20 rushing yards in his last four games so that that part does concern me just a little bit um because i don't know as much as he's improved as a passer i don't know that he's actually going to be a top three fantasy quarterback if he's 10th in rushing yards what about t Tannehill, Ben? Is he just a must-start, basically?

He's not a must-start, but he is a quarterback one, and he has been efficient since the middle of last year. So it was great to see A.J. Brown back, healthy, looked amazing. Johnnie Smith is constantly going to be a red zone target. They have other tight ends, too, that they use. I really like T tannahill and he should not be on any waiver wire at all johnny smith is now in the discussion as the fifth best tight end might be him right if we're assuming kelsey kittle andrews waller uh would you guys

rather have urts or johnny smith johnny johnny would you? What the heck? This is a bad day for Devin Singletary. I really felt like the Titans kind of dominated up front. And TJ Yeldon was on the field way too much. Yeah, he really was. I mean, they were trailing. So that was part of it. You can't really look at the seven carries for 52 yards because he had a 34-yard run late, late, late in the game.

That's TJ Yeldon. And he only had one catch. But Singletary, yeah, it was bad game script for him, and he didn't do much. 11 carries for 25 yards, one carry for eight yards. So that was really disappointing. Do you have concerns about Devin Singletary going forward? I think he didn't run well in a game where they got dominated up front.

But he is going to split, whether it's yeldon or zach moss and i'm more scared when zach moss is back but they showed they're willing to give a whole drive to tj yeldon in the first half and then when they were down it was a split singletary was on the field a lot when they were down he was running routes but so was yeldon so singletary is definitely not an rb2 he's going to split but he is an efficient runner when there's space to run single terrier drake good question i'll take drake i i don't like either i i don't have a great feel for it i guess i would take single terry um in ppr and drake and non-ppr but uh chase edmonds is coming for him how about you he is i don't like either i think i'd probably take singletary okay

uh all right well let's talk about jameson crowder then moving on to our next segment we got a lot of questions about him haven't talked about him enough he's got three real quick we should just say welcome back aj brown you're awesome still. Ben sort of did say that. I didn't hear him. He said it was nice to have A.J. Brown back. And yes. I welcomed him. Okay, welcome back.

I don't have the music anymore, so I'll just sing it. Welcome back, A.J. Brown. Jamison Crowder, 22 catches on 33 targets in three games. 10 or more targets, 7 to 8 catches each week. 335 yards. He has been over 100 yards every week. He has two touchdowns. He has a career high in yards per catch.

His yak has been, is it, what? I think it was, yeah, yak. His yak is very high. Yak killer. 7.7 yards after catch. It was 7.32 years ago. It was only 4.6 last year. So he's obviously doing well.

He has a 29.5% target share. But Jameson Crowder has been, in the three games he's played, has been one of the best wide receivers in football. He is notoriously streaky. I've mentioned it. I have it in my notes. If you want to hear it, you probably don't. But he's done this before. I've got

three times, 2016, 17, and 19, where he had a three, four, or six game stretch of just awesomeness and followed it up with crappiness immediately after. Heath, is it different this year for Jamison Crowder? I don't know, and maybe I do

want to. I don't want to hear it, but I have some questions about it. I don't want to hear it, but I have some questions about it. I don't want you to read off all the stuff. But has he had a three, four, six-game stretch where he was over 100 yards in every game? I think no. Okay. Has he had a three, four, six-game stretch

where he was double-digit targets every game? Also, I don't think so so it seems like this time's different is what i would say um i he is not there are things about this that i believe and there are things that i do not believe we could do a whole believe it or not on jameson crowder okay um do i believe that he on a per game basis can be one of the most targeted players in football? Absolutely. He's a slot wide receiver playing for Adam Gase. This is the one position on a football field that well that's correct do i believe he's going to continue um leading the nfl in yards per game as he does right now at 111.7 no i do not i do not believe that he will average 15.2 yards per reception which he currently is he's had a couple of long plays and those you should not expect him to repeat them so let's say he was just averaging 12 which is closer to his average um you lose 70 yards off that like if he was at 22 for 260 with two

touchdowns we'd look at him a little bit differently but i i feel very little doubt that he is a top 20 wide receiver in ppr on a per game basis the rest of the way to answer your questions okay to answer your questions the closest he came to three straight 100 yard games was three out of four and then he followed that up with some some lousiness and well i guess he had yeah three out of four 100-yard games. Then he had 88 yards, and then 42, 37, 24, 3, and 16. And then the following year,

he did not have three straight games with double-digit targets, but he did have 13, 11, then 8, then 10. And then he followed that up with relative crappiness. So, you know, he's flirted. He's never had a stretch quite this good, but he's been close twice.

The target share also, 29.5% is really high. I mean, that's what elite wide receivers get sometimes. Do you think Perryman or Mims coming back could affect Jamison Crowder? They threw the ball 11 times to Jeff Smith last week. And that's definitely a creative player name. I do not believe that they will have a huge... I think he was at 27% in the games that Darnold played last year

when he and Darnold were both healthy. He's at 29%. I'd probably guess 27% for the rest of the year. Okay. All right. So don't be so quick to sell, Jameson Crowder. Would you rather have Kenyon Drake or Jameson Crowder? Crowder. Yeah, for sure.

Let's do some more news and notes. Chris Godwin did some running in practice. The Saints may play their home games at LSU's Tiger Stadium, which is an outdoor venue. They're not allowed to have fans inside. They would be able to have some fans if they played at Tiger Stadium. With the whole narrative about Drew Brees being indoors much better, would this negatively affect Drew Brees in your opinion? What about your narrative of Drew Brees feeding off the fans? The one that was a joke?

I think it would help the Saints. I don't know if it would help in fantasy. I don't think it matters at all. You don't think this matters? It would be really, really bad for Drew B breeze if they played some games outside and it was raining or windy. Right? Yeah,

that's true. Uh, other than that, it probably doesn't matter. Doug, by the way, drew breeze, a buy low for Ben Schrager about to talk about that.

Doug Peterson said this about Zach hurts quote, obviously defenses know exactly where he's going to be and they'll usually put a corner or a safety on him, and will sometimes double him. Sometimes double him. Keep that in mind. They give him a lot of respect. And within this article here from ESPN,

they mentioned that there's been no notable drop-off in his speed, which consistently tops out just shy of 18 miles per hour, according to NFL Next Gen Stats. Ertz's separation on routes is about the same as well, 2.79 yards on average when the ball arrives this season compared to 2.70 in 2019. So

in terms of speed and separating from defenders, no drop-off for Zach Ertz this year according to next-gen stats per ESPN. The one thing they did say is his yards after catch, his yak has gone way down. I don't know what to make of this, but people want to know what the heck is going on with Zach Ertz.

And Ben, what is your take? You can't drop him, but Wentz has no time to throw and Ertz is not the guy who's open and Ertz is not the guy who's downfield for Wentz to just heave it up to. So it's tough. You're probably starting him,

but I'll start Robert Tanyan over him, Gusecki, definitely John U. Smith, so that you hopefully have better options, tough you're probably starting him but i'll start robert tanyan over him gaseki definitely johnny smith so that you hopefully have better options but you can't sell zackerts and i don't want to buy him either because i doubt i have doubts in his future for this year he could be terrible for the rest of the year i don't like doing this when dave's not here um because he was responsible for helping create it. But this is 100% Joe Boo game for Zachary this week. Is it though? Because it's Baltimore this week, and then after that,

it's I think the Giants and the Cowboys. Baltimore's been really bad against tight ends, right? You know what? You are right about that. The other thing I will say, kind of to Ben's point, Carson Wentz, the two years prior, was around eight intended air yards per attempt. He's over nine this year.

Down the field, Zach Ertz certainly doesn't have time to get down the field. And he doesn't go there anyway. So there's too many downfield shots. Okay. So who's tight end five rest of season? He looks at Zach Ertz and he sees he's not open. He's like, Fulgham. Who's tight end five right now?

Johnny. Johnny Smith. Okay. All right. Miami lost a starting defensive tackle likely after the season. I think this might be a rotational player, but lost a defensive tackle. Deontay Johnson, limited to begin the week and

will be limited to begin the week. And Vita Vea, we knew this from last week, from Thursday night, but Vita Vea, he had a defensive tackle out for the season. Be interested to see how big of a drop-off there is. It's one of the best run defenses in the NFL. He's a big part of it. They still have some depth there. They still have some pieces,

but we shall see the impact there. All right, back to buy low and sell high. We also have your emails and your Apple podcast questions and a very weird show because there's no Thursday night preview. Who else are we buying low on? Ben. Joe Mixon is a guy who I want to buy low

on because all game long, fantasy managers this week were like, this is the bad Joe Mixon again. He can't run. There's no room. He's not going to score. He played 76% of the snaps, 14 targets in the last two games compared to Gio Bernard's two targets, whereas Gio was the target leader in the first three games. And if I can get him for any RB2 or wide receiver two, I'm doing it. I still want Joe Mixon, but people were frustrated with his usage and he didn't catch the ball much until they're towards the end of the game. And people were very frustrated with his usage until the end of the game. So I think you can buy low on Joe Mixon. Do you want to wait until after the Colts game? The Colts are third against running backs, running backs averaging 3.73 yards per carry. Kareem Hunt, the only running back with more than 63 rushing yards against the Colts.

And he didn't exactly light it up. He had 20 carries for 72 yards. Do you want to wait another week? You can. You definitely can. But I think his usage should be about the same against the Colts. I think he will still be involved in the pass game. And he may not be efficient.

But I do want a piece of Joe Mixon as the Colts. I think he will still be involved in the past game and he may not be efficient, but I do want a piece of Joe Mixon as soon as possible. I agree wholeheartedly with everything. This might be the most optimistic I've been about Joe Mixon in his NFL career. What if he has one catch next week and Gio has three, you know, or this week? That would make me less optimistic about him. Then I wouldn't want to trade for him.

Right, well, that's the thing. I mean, how do we know that two straight games with six catches was well it's the most targets he's ever had in a six a two game stretch in his career so that's that's all we know that's good yeah and there's been so many calls to get him more involved in the passing game uh ben also says buy low on Terry McLaurin. I agree with that one, too. He stole my... As Pete Prisco would say, Ben copied off my paper.

But are people down on Terry McLaurin just coming off a bad game? Coming off a bad game, he looked bad with Alex Smith because Alex Smith looked bad. I don't think Alex Smith is going to be the quarterback this week or at all for the rest of the year. I think he is totally fine with Kyle Allen. Look, seven plus targets in the last six games for McLaurin. I want Terry McLaurin, and people are down on him, and they're down on that Washington offense as a whole. So I'd love to trade for him right now,

and I don't think you could trade for him at this level of price for the rest of the year. The schedule is finally letting up he has had so many tough cornerback matchups giants cowboys by giants lions bangles cowboys um yes the giants have won very good cornerback he doesn't shadow wide receivers but it's just so much better now there's a couple of guys who i don't really want to sell high on but i do think they are sell highs it's jameson crowder and robbie anderson and i think it's a possibility you could turn one of those guys into terry mccorn okay drew breeze is another guy that shraggy b wants to uh buy low

coming going to his copy this one off my paper okay oh not not agreeing he's going into the bye week i think he is constantly looking for that short slot six seven yard pass and it's not there because michael thomas isn't on the field and then he dumps off the camara and then whoop-dee-doo camara either breaks it for a big runner does nothing he needs michael thomas to produce and i think he's a startable fantasy quarterback when michael thomas is back and people are ready to drop him here's the thing that my concern he's scored 21 and a half fantasy points per week he's not been particularly bad the game has changed um At 21 fantasy points per week is not good anymore. Well, yeah, that's why he's a buy low. And he's done that without Michael Thomas. I don't think Drew Brees' profile,

and I expect the Saints to be a pretty conservative offense, and he doesn't run. And so I don't think his profile is that of more than a low. If the buy low is someone dropped him and you're picking him up, yeah. I'm in on that, sure. If it's giving up something at a different position, I just think he's not going to be a difference maker. He was last year, though.

Yeah, second half of last year, top three quarterback points per game, and he wasn't doing anything more than I expect him to do with Michael Thomas. He didn't have the arm strength last year either. They were throwing a lot more last year, right? Yeah, because they had Michael Thomas. I'm not sure about that. I think he threw like 37 times per game last year, Right? Yeah, because they had Michael Thomas. I'm not sure about that. What was he through? I think he threw like 37 times per game last year,

which was higher than the previous two years. What's he at this year? All over the place. 30, 38, 36, 25, 47. Right, so it's probably about the same. You know what? I was just looking at pasts. I'll tell you right now where the Saints rank in pass attempts per game.

Dallas, Cincinnati. They are 14th, 35.6 per game. Let's see where they were last year. Sorry, I hope this is exciting for people. They were 15th, 36.2 pass attempts per game. Breeze, I think, was a little higher than that. Bridgewater was lower. So right in the middle of the pack again,

slightly less than last year. So you don't see that opportunity for him to be great again, for him to light it up, because Sanders is clicking right now. You got Kamara. I mean, Cook is a good weapon. And then you bring back Michael Thomas. You know, why not?

Why not be awesome again? He's just, I don't know. Well, I would wonder what his... And I guess it probably would fare okay. Like his production last year on a per game basis would probably be like sixth right now compared to the other quarterbacks. But I think he also did that

with like an eight percent touchdown rate right yeah i'm not sure that's that's a youth that's a me yeah i don't know his touchdown right off the top but all right so drew brie's a little disagreement there heath any other bylaws um yeah i'm sure there are probably yeah david montgomery are we are we hesitant to say that now because of the levy on bell situation i'm not as concerned about that i would still buy like i guess if you could buy low on him he didn't give you good yardage um but he scored a touchdown and caught a bunch of passes again i would would be very happy to buy low on David Montgomery. Okay. Chase Edmonds, you could probably get for fairly cheap.

The problem with Chase Edmonds is he did score three rushing attempts, but he did score, so it does hurt. It seems like everyone who has Chase Edmonds in my leagues is looking at him and seeing the very, very high ceiling and the great possibilities because it was reinforced this week with a touchdown, even though we saw the usage wasn't there on the ground game. I would buy low on Jonathan Taylor.

Yeah? I still think he's going to be better than he's been so far. And I made the point last week. I'm going to make the point again. If you've got a lead running back who's on pace for more than 300 touches and 1,650 yards, but he's just not scoring.

That sounds like a buy low to me. And that's Clyde Edwards. He there, if you're worried about the Le'Veon Bell situation, I guess I could understand that. But you know, the workhorse running back for the chiefs, he's just,

you gotta say he's been unlucky with touchdowns and he had one called back last week. So is it a buy low in the sense that you're giving up somebody that you're like, you have to pay up? But I think there's an opportunity for great production there from Clyde Edwards. Do you guys feel like he will get the touchdowns? Do you think that that's just not his role and he's going to suffer?

It's still his role. That's the thing. You're not worried because it's not his role. They're giving him those touches. He's just failing. So I would agree with you. I think he's a buy low. I think he'll be better than what he's been so far in terms of fantasy production.

I worry a little about the Le'Veon Bell thing. That's mostly just who knows where Le'Veon's going to go. I worry a little that the next short yardage touch is not his. We're getting to the point to where that becomes a concern. Did he fail again this week? Yes, he had a carry from the two, and it was like a toss right or something, or it was a carry to the right,

and he bounced outside and got tackled at the two. Oh, okay. Well, it wasn't his fault. You see that play? Come on. No chance. Yeah. If we have any sell highs, go for it.

I think we gave uh kenyan drake mike evans brandon cooks for ben uh he's really oh yeah so todd girley coming off his best game get rid of him and he's like he's currently got more fantasy points than clyde edward sealer and jonathan taylor and he's got the name i don't know what you can get for todd girley you can't get as much obviously obviously, in our leagues as you would like to, but I think in a lot of leagues, you see Todd Gurley's name,

you see top 10 running back, you see all these touchdowns. I think you might get somebody to pay up for him. All right. I got a bunch of guys here that I want to talk about, and a lot of them fall into this category of they're rostered in a bunch of leagues, but they're not started in a lot of leagues.

So, obviously, there are question marks each week. Ronald Jones will be one of them when Leonard Fournette is truly healthy, ready to go. But I'm sure he was started in a lot of leagues last week. So just tell me how much you trust them, how you feel about them. Ronald Jones with really pretty good matchups coming up. Green Bay, maybe Las Vegas.

And I don't know how good of a matchup that is. Depends on their health, I guess. And the Giants after that, and Carolina looming not long after that. But anyway, look, Ronald Jones, he already has three carries of 20-plus yards. He's been

good enough, but we know the history there. How much do you trust Ronald Jones? On the trust-o-meter, I would put Ronald Jones around a six. I'm starting him, like I'm expecting Leonard Fournette to be back this week, and I would rather start

Ronald Jones than Melvin Gordon. I'd rather start him than David Johnson. I'd certainly rather start him than Kenyon Drake. So he's a must-start this week? I wouldn't call him than David Johnson. I'd certainly rather start him than Kenyon Drake. So he's a must start this week. I wouldn't call him a must start because there's three guys, Mike Davis, Alexander Madison, four, James Robinson, Kareem Hunt, that I would start over him. Okay.

In general, rest of season, do you think Ronald Jones is going to be a reliable fantasy running back? I don't, but to Heath's point, I think we start him until we see that Fournette is being used a bit more. I have a feeling that it's not going to be the Ronald Jones show for the rest of the year, but while it is the Ronald Jones show, I do want to start him. Daryl Henderson.

This is a quote from Sean McVay. How that workload is distributed is kind of something that we get a feel for as the week unfolds. And then really, in a lot of instances, as the games unfolding. That's great. By the way, Henderson, this probably shouldn't matter too much. Just going to say that because these are going to change throughout the year. But right now, you look at his schedule, rest of season, the Rams running schedule. They have six matchups against teams that are in the top 10 in fantasy points allowed. I guess that's not the best way.

That are like among the 10 best in fantasy points allowed. So San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa Bay, basically tough matchups. They have six left on their schedule. They don't have a great schedule on paper. I'm just going to throw that out there. You know, things can change, obviously. But if Ronald Jones is, what, a six, you said, on the Trust-O-Meter, Heath, where's Daryl Henderson?

Two and a half. He is right at that range, and I imagine he will stay there unless Cam Akers actually takes the job at some point, where he's the bridge currently. You don't have an RB2, you start Daryl Henderson. Okay. How about Tom Brady, Ben? How confident?

Where's Tom Brady on the trust-o-meter for you? Three. I think Brady can be a barely startable quarterback. One, he can score touchdowns. He's not throwing the ball downfield. Godwin comes back. Fournette comes back. Great.

I'm probably starting Tom Brady, but I don't trust him much. He's not running, obviously. And there are a ton of really good quarterbacks. I'd rather have Minshew for the rest of the year than Brady. Oh, Heath, you agree? Well, obviously. But I'm starting Tom Brady with relative confidence this week. He's in that range.

I would say the same range as Drew Brees, where there will be some weeks where I'll rank him as a top 10 quarterback, and there will be some weeks where he's outside my top 15. But I'd rather have Minshew, of course. But sure. I got Brady right next to Fitzpatrick this week, and Fitzpatrick was the number one streamer. Okay, they got Green Bay this week.

That's an interesting game, Green Bay and Tampa Bay. I mean, they are throwing the ball a ton, six most pass attempts per game in the NFL, so that is good. And he hasn't had Chris Godwin, so hopefully he gets on track, gets better with Chris Godwin. He hasn't been that bad either. Raheem Mostert, how much do you trust Raheem Mostert? And on the trustometer,

trustometer, whatever we're calling it. Yeah, he's getting the full workload when healthy plus involvement in the passing game is a lot higher than we expected than what he had last year. So I don't care what kind of matchups he has coming up. I don't care about anything at this point. Mostert's a must start for me okay yeah i think he's pretty close to a most start uh nine how much do you trust davante freeman he has uh six catches in his last two games

28 carries in his last two games he's obviously the starting running back for the giants uh what do you do how much do you trust davante freeman um just behind daryl henderson so at two actually i probably trust him more i think he's higher on the trustometer but lower on the startometer so i agree with that he's a four i trust him to be a high-end flex on a weekly basis and if he scores a touchdown he'll be a number two running back. But he plays for the Giants and they're awful. So like the worst, except for the other team in New York.

Yeah, the Jets are worse. How much do you trust Devante Parker? Zero to 10. He only has one game with more than 69 yards this year. How much do you trust Devante Parker? Seven and a half, eight. I still trust him i i don't care too much i'll throw away this past game but he's still their number one fits magic

still gonna sling it and you know preston williams had a great game this week but hasn't done much otherwise so i'm trusting davante parker as a startable wide receiver too. Yeah, six to seven. You're probably starting in most weeks. I trust Jamison Crowder more. I trust Robbie Anderson more, but I trust Parker. Would you rather have Crowder and Anderson over Devante Parker? I would. I'd rather have Anderson with Parker than Crowder.

That comes down to the consistency of Parker's targets this year have been a little bit maddening. I think injury has something to do with it, right? Injury has. He left week one. This was the week that was weird. He only had three targets. Fitzpatrick threw only 28 passes.

But he wasn't hurt against Jacksonville, right? He was playing hurt. They were showing it. He was kind of hobbling through the game. And he's always managing to produce, basically. I think he's an outstanding player. He's caught 26 of 32 targets. I'm just concerned about Tua at some point.

If you told me Fitzpatrick was going to be the starter the rest of the season, I mean, he'd be a 10 for me. I'd start Parker hands down every week. I think he'd be awesome. And I agree with Ben's ranking of Anderson, Parker, Crowder. The two-a-thing scares me a little bit. But I don't know. There's not much you can do about that.

It's just a guessing game. There's no indication they're going to him anytime soon. Marquise Brown. Marquise Brown's on pace for over 1,000 yards and 115 targets. That's awesome. But, you know, he's been a little up and down. How much do you trust Marquise Brown. Marquise Brown's on pace for over 1,000 yards and 115 targets. That's awesome. But he's been a little up and down. How much do you trust Marquise Brown? Five and a half?

Four? That's it, huh? He's not going to get red zone targets, but it doesn't matter for him maybe because he gets big touchdowns or big almost touchdowns. So I think he's kind of in that Will Fuller range. I would trust him more in non-PPR. But in full PPR, I mean, you look at his catch totals, 5-5, 2-4-6. Yeah. And the six that he had in week five was the second time in his career

that he's had more than five catches in a game. Right. He's on pace for 70 catches, which is not a lot. 1,021 yards, which will take, and only three touchdowns. If he had had maybe one more touchdown this year, people would be thinking differently. He's had a couple of almost touchdowns. Encouraging, at least, in the last two games.

86 yards, 77 yards for Marquise Brown. And how much do you trust T.Y. Hilton? What? Well, I'm just picking players who are owned rostered in a lot of leagues and not started in a lot of leagues yeah he's in a different category from the rest of these guys ty hilton i and i wrote about this in the wide receiver preview this week he's the one guy in that group of absolutely awful veteran wide receivers that i don't want to drop so i agree with you guys that are holding on to him, but this is not someone that we're struggling each week,

trying to decide whether we start anymore. This is someone that is stashed at the very darkest, deepest corner of our bench. Where there's no chance that we're taking him off the bench. He doesn't even have his helmet right now. We're just sitting him over there and waiting for him to give us some reason in practice to play him. Okay.

And finally, how much was that reason? The 10 targets this week, that was not enough. Philip Rivers throwing the ball to him does not constitute yet. I mean, he's had opportunities. That's the thing. Like, you know, at almost touchdowns, he has one out every week, multiple pass interferences, a couple of touchdowns dropped.

It's not just been a Philip Rivers' bad thing. In terms of that specific connection, it's mostly been a T.Y. Hilton has been awful thing. Darius Slayton, how much do you trust Darius Slayton? Two big games, three pretty bad ones, 22% target share, Shepard coming back maybe sometime soon, probably not this week. How much do you trust Dus slayton two uh no i would say six six until shepherd comes back maybe it falls to a four once shepherd comes back but like he's been kind of their only good player. Yeah, I think that's fair to say. He's the only Giant with more than 147 receiving yards in five games.

He's the only Giant averaging more than 30 receiving yards. I mean, it's just pathetic. But, you know, weeks two, three, and four were pretty lean for Darius Slayton, so maybe you just have to pick the matchups. But also, like, his weeks two, three, and four don't look much different than Devontae Parker's bad weeks. I knew you were going to say that. Except that he scored two touchdowns in one game

instead of splitting those touchdowns out. Like if he would have had the touchdowns in the 50 and 40-yard games and he had 200-yard games and two other games with touchdowns, then you'd say, man, Devante Parker has been pretty good every week. Slayton. Yeah.

I just, I think the injuries have had a lot to do with it for, for Parker, but no, I mean, you're right. The numbers are probably pretty similar right now. Right.

Three, 365 yards. Let's see what Parker has 329 yards on 26 catches for Parker and 23 catches for 365 yards for Slayton. So, yeah, I mean, the numbers are similar. All right. I want to make sure we read our questions here. Apple podcast questions.

Let's go through these quickly from J.S. Dale. Grade the trade. Give Mike Evans and Damian Harris. Get Josh Jacobs. 10 out of 10. Yeah. B. 10 out of 10. Yeah, B. 10 out of 10, wow.

Yeah, B. It's just a grade. Okay, from AdVX, grade the trade. Get Devante Parker and DeAndre Swift. Give my RB4 Melvin Gordon. So give up Gordon, get Parker and Swift. C. B minus.

From Hopeful Lions fan. i lost dak prescott give james robinson for josh allen that's an a i don't want to do it really i'm in well it just depends on a couple things i would say in a vacuum c minus um if john if james robinson is your is your fourth running back or even your third running back and then it gets better if good quarterbacks are not on your waiver wire then it gets better so he actually has the grades not as good because he has Tannehill. He has Stafford and Tannehill. He has Camara, Montgomery, and Gibson. He has Stafford and Tannehill? Yeah. This is now a D.

Yeah, it's not as good. But I do really believe that if you don't have an elite quarterback, you're in trouble this year. It's going to be hard to win without one. Right. What's difficult to parse is how much more elite for the rest of the year is Josh Allen going to be than Ryan Tannehill and Matthew Stafford? Yeah. Because if we go last five games, then it looks like he's going to be a lot more.

If we go last 10 games and it looks like they're kind of the same. Well, I'm not going back to last year. Well, obviously that doesn't even matter anymore. Oh, it really doesn't. I looks like they're kind of the same. Well, I'm not going back to last year. Well, obviously. That doesn't even matter anymore. No, it really doesn't. I mean, they're a completely different offense. It matters to Stafford and Tannehill, doesn't it? For Tannehill, it does.

Yeah. It matters for them. Yeah. It doesn't matter for Josh Allen. But, yeah, I thought that's what you meant. Right. No, it does. Right. Okay.

So it matters for Stafford. He was really good. He was like third per game last year. And Tannehill was like fourth, right? Or second. I think Breeze was second, technically. Well, Tannehill, the problem is he had two games where he came in relief. Right.

If you isolate that last half of the season, do some Acer stats. Yes. Tannehill was top three. Okay. Yeah. All right. So probably don't do it.cer stats. Yes, Tannehill was top three. Okay. Yeah. All right, so probably don't do it. See what you got with Tannehill. From Beto0417, grade the trade.

Give up Zeke, get Godwin and Connor. Give up Zeke, get Godwin and Connor. FPPR. It looks like it's receive Zeke, give Godwin and Connor. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Give Godwin and Connor, get Zeke.

I still don't know. It's still very close and probably, get Zeke. I still don't know. It's still very close and probably depends on your depth. I cannot see. You can't see? I'm just going to say see just because I can't come to any conclusion. Right. People are really giving up on James Connor on Twitch.

How many James Connor questions did we get last night? What do you mean giving up on James Conner on Twitch. How many James Conner questions did we get last night? What do you mean giving up on? A lot of people are like, should I sell Conner now? They're worried about him. He didn't have a great game last week. They're worried about him getting injured. They're worried about seeing Anthony McFarlane get carries on the opening drive, stuff like that. I'm sensing a lot of fantasy concerns about james connor and he's been better on a like than clyde edwards z layer than jonathan taylor um on a per game basis just about the same

as mixin which he's at the beginning of the year was what we talked about he's just about the same as mixin he's been just about the same as mixin man that's that's one played five that's one game of mixin what's that that's one big game of mixin i i think you know season long i feel like connor's been more reliable than mixin for sure and if i'm drafted who are you drafting first mixin or connor if you're drafting again today. Mixon. But it's really close. I'm probably taking Connor. I had them really close at the beginning of the year.

I'd probably take Connor. One more question from Big Mac. Grade the trade. Give Miles Sanders, Mike Evans, and Zach Moss. Sanders, Evans, and Moss. Get McCaffrey and Zach Moss. Sanders, Evans, and Moss. Get McCaffrey and Ridley.

Hey. Hey. Hey. Well, like you're giving up Miles Sanders and maybe not getting McCaffrey for another couple of weeks. So, you're cool with that though? I prefer, if you're three and two,

I prefer McCaffrey over Miles Sanders. Rest of season. Listen, I'm sorry to get to emails today. couple of weeks so you're cool with that though prefer if you're three and two i prefer mcafree over miles sanders rest of season listen i'm sorry to get the emails today um appreciate your apple podcast questions i'll try to respond to some emails in my inbox i have been doing that this morning and last night so uh thanks a lot to ben trager and to heath cummings i am adam we've got starter sit for the afc home games coming up tomorrow on Fantasy Football Today.