Welcome to the fantasy footballers podcast with your host Andy Holloway Jason Moore and Mike Wright Oh, welcome in one and all man after that trade deadline. No voice Andy's boring Yo, yo, yo everybody it's the hands that gets me on that video. What's going on everybody? Welcome to the podcast Wednesday November 5th.
Thank you for joining us Yeah, the voice is a little beat up, but I'm here and we're gonna talk about a lot of stuff today We had the unfortunate I guess privilege of like recording a show right before a million unexpected trades went through and the trade deadline for the NFL Is not normally this active and then we got the jacobie mire's trade on the show. Mm-hmm So I mean it wasn't too much, but the nice thing is where every day, you know, yeah, we're right back if news breaks today You'll hear about it in the morning. Yep. So we will talk through the implications of a couple of these trades and the trades that didn't happen Right.
I mean, we oh, there's there's a few there's one upsetting That's the one breeze all and that came down to like I mean, this is just put it on the same framework of a fantasy football trade It's like we'll give you a four. We want a three. Yeah That was the cheap one of three it was reported that the Chiefs offered a four and the Jets held firm for a three and nobody Yeah, nobody blinked and then there was the very fortunate for Michael right all the rumors of the Patriots Yes, yes, bring in a running back. Yeah, yeah, it did not that's weird.
Not Tony baller not breeze Hall Nobody you nerds not when you got trail Jennings No, I mean I posted a video with all of the all the touches for Trevion Henderson yesterday Yeah, you know when you watch the video and you watch the game We just need to remove the emotion of the of the beginning of the year the draft season the hype all of the bag Expectations expectations and look at the film and recognize this if he scores in that game You got everything you wanted from Trevion Henderson that you could have asked for and he just didn't score Yeah, that's literally what I thought he looked good You don't count okay, you don't count okay, you're biased. You could watch him run backwards five yards get tackled But yeah, I thought that the Ken Walker I have complaints, but I will say as a more unbiased third party watcher of the film I thought it was really good the only that my my complaint is they're using him like a 200 That's the point back like get him out in space. Let him. You know, let him do some I was like maybe Two or three outside runs and they were like one was a pitch he read up He had he had hit a hesitation.
It's hard to say he's he is and and read the blocks perfectly got a nice chunk gained and and then The my complaint about the targets of like everything's just like that check down to the outside It's like the I don't know the name of the route We always we call them a Texas where it's you angle out But then you angle right back into the middle of the feels like handle would eat on that look you can't Like there's two sides to the Henderson discussion if we don't want them to use them like a regular running back That is a humongous problem for tranators. You got to run him inside Yeah, you want him to be a three down back you have to function in the offense that you that you need a three down back And so you've got to you like to find a chain does this all the time you have to run him inside because if you want him to become What we want him to become you need to execute that it's it's more we want also want opportunity Like a change the perfect example because he runs inside all the time But then they get him out on the edge, you know They pass the ball to him a ton those type of things like try to get that type of a playmaker in space But if the film was not bad, he didn't get the touchdown and we have one single opportunity inside the five So we don't know if that is like the role that went to Jennings or if it's like oh that just happened to be who was in The field on the field and he got the touchdown the comp I would give you is what Chicago has done with the Andre Swift the first four weeks They just he was not being utilized properly. He was running a 3.3 yards per carry and that's because he had one decent game Like he had weak ones 3.1 yards per carry then he had week 3 against Dallas 2.5 2.7 against Las Vegas They go in the bike week and they're like hey, maybe we get the fast guy on the outside as well And then things have really turned around so and look I'm not a professional offensive coordinator But as the nerd in my mom's basement watching that I thought the film looked good It just there could have been some better utilization choices added in no I think it's that's fair and as we get into everything on today's show Which will include backup options all the trade news to talk through Thursday night preview some mailbag We also want to do what we do every Wednesday, which is announced the current Megalable leader. Oh smoky the bear 97 That's changed right it is although I think Smokey the bear was around the top of it No fires and Nominate since 97 Duke Nukem still in second.
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Thank you. You the number one running back in New York It didn't happen Jane Daniels one of the most frequently dropped Tyler Murray who I think I think Tyler Murray will hit we got more We did just get a a sweet here from Adam Schefter. This was on this was yesterday But it was car coloring the Cardinals have consulted multiple doctors on the foot injury They've been told timetables for recovery have been anywhere from four to eight weeks with an increased chance of setback until it's properly Yeah, the increased chance of setback is This is um, you know, Jonathan Gannon went on the burns and gamble show yesterday a local Network here talked about the fact he would have made Jacobi the starter regardless of whether Kylo was hurt He said that on the show. So the injury is convenient.
It's a nice cover for Kylo being able to get put on IR Which was going to happen. I'm telling you he's going to be like it He's going to get put on IR because it's the cleanest path to a new future for Arizona You know people have really gotten upset with me about saying Tyler's the better quarterback He hasn't been the better quarterback recently Historically that Kylo was an MVP candidate a handful of years back when the Cardinals went seven and no and they were a competitive team What he his ceiling with his legs combined with him as a passer That is a really high ceiling historically ever since the injury. He's been very passive that in the pocket Unable to complete downfield throws unable to stand in there and take a hit You know there's change there's a quarterback and he's not a better quarterback today There are two versions of Sam Donald there is the fearful young Sam Donald and the fearless stand in the pocket Sam Donald that we've seen over the last couple years and makes all the difference and it's gone in reverse for Kylo Kylo used to stay in the pocket a little bit more scramble keep his head up his eyes up downfield Yeah, exactly and make plays now. It's like the unseen ghosts version of Sam Donald with Kyler where it's like as soon as there's pressure near him He's so fearful and timid and the play is done at that point Just just put some pressure on him.
Yeah, he'll just run for three yards to get the play over with it It's um to call me is much better for this office. We've seen it for three consecutive weeks He's actually in streaming conversations as a Phase on several of my waiver lists today. I have that going on a lot of leaves You got Marver McBride. It's great.
This is good news for your fantasy team Yeah, so uh Kyler dropped a lot Jane Daniels dropped with the you know Jane could come back But probably not to the point where you're like Excited to play him going into your playoffs if you happen to come back and we don't think you probably will Just Corey Krosk you married another big name getting dropped a lot. Um, makes sense Bamb night as well after the down week darn El Muni hasn't done anything Matthew Golden who we'll talk about mm-hmm Kian Coleman some other names getting dropped if you didn't get who you wanted I do have some other names to bring up we each got a name for you I'm gonna bring up Chris Rodriguez Jr. for the Washington commanders for a couple of reasons one He was the team leader in rushing and he ran much better than JCM this past week The way JCM is running right now It seems inevitable to me that they need to try different things the offense will not be as good with mariota anyways So the odds of JCM having success staying in that role to me I think the team could turn turn it over to Chris Rodriguez, but what if I did this though? Only one person's that convince you we're almost to the amount of bills in that little drop as bad games that he's had in a row So yeah Chris Rodriguez was 12 for 65 and one on the ground to me if you need a spot starter You're deciding between Nick Chub and Chris Rodriguez.
You can take a swing at them Chris Rodriguez is Darius Leighton Chris Rodriguez is a guy Yes, he's always been fine whenever he's been given an opportunity and they just do not want to give him Opportunity like Dearrness Johnson Yeah, I don't know if he's like just pooping on the ground in the locker room or something They just something behind the scenes seems like no matter what he does He can't get on that dude never flush this. He's running he's running 4.7 a carry Yeah, I would love to see him take over and and just get an opportunity to be the guy I don't think it's gonna happen, but I like this as a pickup Chris Rodriguez is out there on a lot of waivers 12 There he's a lot of characters. Yeah, you know in our main League of record There's no there's never anyone out there and Chris Rodriguez is like Oh, that he is he is someone that should be rostered for sure now you have an interesting now I'm curious though. Who would you prefer if you have JCM?
Would you roster would you cut bill for Chris Rodriguez because he's running better and might have the opportunity or the rookie who they want to Have success with who's getting the kind of starts? Would you keep bill? Well? I let me answer it this way and it might be cheating.
I would start Chris Rodriguez over JCM this week Okay, that's fine. I will accept that alright cheaters answer So I've got two names here the first one pains me. It's disgusting It is disgusting yesterday Mike you said that you would cut him and that's fine a lot of people are cutting him He is on the most cut list right now. It's rookie wide receiver Matthew Golden.
What yeah Here's thing we talked about Luke Musgrave who I don't think is going to Inherent Tucker Crafts role. He doesn't have the yards after killing us. They'll do his best He'll do his darnest but Matthew Golden is still a first round rookie wide receiver on a team that needs someone to step up on a team That just lost there basically their leading receiver in Tucker craft It's a long season rookies get better as time goes on and you know I think it's a mistake to drop Matthew Golden if he was out there You know, I've got a roster where I held on to him and I'm sure when waivers run here for us in an hour We're gonna see Matthew Golden hit a lot of waivers. I would be fine if you've got room to pick him up and still hope We've seen a few plays that you know could have changed how we view him right now and the season is long He's such so far and I want to throw out another name.
This isn't to pick up right now This is really probably to pick up next week, but just keep on the radar. It's Phil Mafa honorable mentioned Seventh round rookie pick for the Dallas Cowboys out of Clemson. He's a he's a beef boy. He's a 235 pound body He was back to practice.
He was seen back at practice. He's been on IR the whole season You did not have his helmet on but they're on a bike right now I think that when they come out of the by that they will activate for Mafa They cut Malik Davis as well though cowboys did so as the back of I don't think blue is it blues had the opportunity and was I don't see Scrae he was inactive exactly so just keep it on the radar deeper leagues dynasty That's all that's all I'm saying Mike. You've got a defense I do sometimes you want to get ahead of things even though I think that this that the Ravens DST there in play this week I like JJ McCarthy last week was much better But just because it was better from a car he doesn't mean it was great and the Ravens defense over the last month They've allowed just 13 points per game second fewest in the NFL They went from who we are targeting to I think they're figuring it out And if you're looking at you know like the Ravens DST as a whole against positions You're doing it wrong You need to be filtering by the last month and seeing how teams are trending and the Ravens defense is getting it going Like I said, I think they're in play against Minnesota But this is more of get ahead of it. Do you remember do you remember the season in which Denver's defense gave up?
Was it 73? Yes, it's the Dolphins into the Dolphins and what happened over the second half of that season with that defense I mean there are when you have major health problems like the Ravens have had you have an offense the didn't have a Marjax and they put you in short fields Yeah, and the game script changes completely the fact that they have the third easiest recipes and schedules something to put on your radar for sure And you need to just you need to be doing this every week If you don't have a backup option you need to add your you don't have a bunch of injuries You got a spot on your bench throw a throw a second defense on there because next week is Cleveland and then the week after that is the Jets Yeah, I mean it makes so I mean you I say Davis is now the Jets third best player on both sides of the ball Yeah, I mean they got sold a three-week run here for a DST in a row is you should not ignore it They sold and they should have and I think they did a great job with it And we'll talk about it in just a second that was backup options sponsored by Progressive Insurance Court today Progressive.com take a break What if the news news and knows from around the league presented by Progressive Insurance? Well, well, well the trade deadline it came and went your fantasy league trade deadlines are coming soon And the trade that got broke on the news or on the show yesterday to Kobe Myers traded to Jacksonville The final terms that deal to Kobe for a four and a six I've seen discussion about them potentially retaining your Kobe Myers after the season with a new contract seems like you'd want to try You could also see you know depending on Travis Hunter's progression They may still want to move on for Brian Thomas after the season It's possible. It's been as disappointing a year as you can imagine for what Brian Thomas was last year to this year now He's heard again.
Jkobe Myers. They did say that the slot role was gonna stay with Parker Washington Makes sense and so I think Parker Washington is still a great pick up great pledge Kobe Myers short week figuring out an offense I don't know how relevant you guys view him for fantasy, but I don't think a medium hope Yeah, I do think he'll have relevance this year, but this week they're going to the Houston Texans who have not given up a lot of points great defense They're number one against wide receivers number five against wide receiver I don't know about schedule just that or no, but just in general they've given up the fifth few So I jkobe first weekend against tough defense. I'm not playing him Rashid Shaheed was traded by the Norlin Saints to the Seattle Seahawks. I lock a lot.
Yeah, dude. Do you? I do I really like this I like this for both parties. You know, I'm are you one of the parties because of a lot of it's not the two teams It's like two parts of Seahawks and J's I know it's a lot of it.
Okay, okay So I went for the dynasty show that came out today I went and rewatched all the Tyler's truck film and did you bring a I mean my My that was my expectation. He was not that bad He really was not that bad. They barely touched the ball the Rams just dominated but on a purple Not very good. Well, that would know I mean that was the Rams just controlling the clock time of possession It was one of the fewest amount of minutes.
I don't have the stat in front of me right now It was like a ball. Yeah, it was an all-timer. So that's why he only threw the ball 24 times And he wasn't that bad his pick at the end of the game was like the game is running out. You got to launch this ball It was terrible, but he was okay It was okay with which each with Rashid Shahid but the to take the jokes aside the landing spot for Shahid this sucks for Tori Horton But he just such a good downfield threat and Sam Donald his downfield ball this year He is his catchable percentage of deep passes is 81 and a half percent Which is outrageously high like if he finished the season there would be an all-time or so.
I think it's good for Donald I think it's amazing. I think it's amazing. I mean they don't Cooper cop is a part of the offense Tori Horton's a part of the offense Arroyo's a part of the offense now She he'd who takes the top of every defense is 27 years old and then chance in I mean I saw this he talks at number two on a power rankings today, and I'm not sure that I Don't agree with that, but I think but I think you think it's okay for an argument I think it's okay for an argument I think they're playing that well and their defense is that good and it's just a shame for them They have to go up against the buzz all that is you copy reset this week It's really gonna slow their momentum down when you come because there's no way there's no world where the rug gets pulled out from Just a positive I'd say to go in my every time I bring up It's a reunion with Shaheed for Coops who if you remember the beginning of last year when we're like wait Are the nor the saints gonna actually be good and And no, no, no, no, no, it's nothing. We're not however I mean the this I think there will be a couple games where JSN doesn't get the big play because she he did this is not me moving JSN down my rankings at all but the fact that you have She he who's so good down the field and will end he'll end a few drives throughout the season where you're like, oh There's a 40-yard touchdown to she he so I think this is great news for Donald who he's kind of been living in this fringe Streamer, maybe he's an every week start I think this could push him into of being a just put him in the lineup no matter against who he's playing I'm pretty excited.
Yeah, you you were definitely the most excited of the group in terms of just what this means for The Seahawks sauce gardener traded to the Colts for two firsts and 80 Mitchell Oh, man, the 80 Mitchell part is I think smart was Starrick old you guys remember have you seen the video from the draft or 80 Mitchell was was taken by the Colts one pick I had and the Jets just celebrated because they didn't draft Malachi Corley So then they traded up it wasn't one pick ahead But then they traded up to get Malachi coilies and now a couple years later. Hey, we'll take that guy It's huge for the Colts man. It's it's it's a lot to give up I think it's a good trade for both teams I mean the Jets they get rid of a contract to get multiple first round picks they were going nowhere fast What was the tweet? You know, I was if you weren't here for the rebuild you deserve me at the rebuild Yeah, I mean, it's non-stop for the Jets I do we feel bad for like the college star quarterbacks right now That it looks like the with this draft one one of the jets Yeah, well not according to them necessarily means the comments out of the Jets were that these these picks could get used for Yeah, for another Jets whatever you do don't fix your problems.
Don't steal Kyler from us. We will be devastated. Oh, no Don't do these don't Cowboys trade for Quinn Williams. They are it's so hilarious.
They're drunk They're Jones running things is your Jones is literally going see now in front of our eyes. It is it's very funny But the to me it was like hey fancy football you tell me the Jets just lost Oscar and Quinn Williams Just fantastic. This is like from a team that the Jets defense could show up every once in a while the issue is The issue is no, I'm talking about my teams against the Jets I know but even still like if you're running back's great awesome without Quinn Williams and with a giant lead You're gonna be running but it's one of those things where it's like like when the bangles have a bad defense on the Cowboys have bad Defense it's wonderful for famous for both teams in that game This one isn't quite as exciting because the the offense for the Jets I don't think is gonna be able to keep up with how bad their defense is and unfortunately We you know yesterday We I really enjoyed mocking the trade of going and getting a bangle defender to improve your Cowboys team But this is a legitimate already giving up the fourth most points in the league already Yeah, but it's even better now the the Quinn and Williams to the Cowboys that's gonna make an impact I mean and you shared a video today of One of their defenders on the Jacobi percent quarterback sneak It's just unbelievable It's unbelievable what happened the Cardinals were sneaking the ball at the one-yard line and the two defensive tackles just went to block outside players It was just comical but yeah, Quinn Quinn is a good runstopper. He has not pressured the quarterback well this year I think he has a sack on the entire year It they're commitment to dt's and not Michael Parsons is strange to me But it's not gonna fix Dallas's defense, but there you go two big defensive trades Cardinals named Jacobi Bursett the quarterback We talked all about that already there you go Aaron Wilson said the expectation is drought is not gonna play this week Davis Mills should start for Houston.
That's sucks for an eco Collins. I think you'll be okay Brian Thomas Jr. Dealing with a low grade high ankle spring Would you rather have a high angle's brain or a high grade low? Rather have a high grade low ankle spray.
I want to end up and stops the old ankle sprains I'm not sure how to do that. Ricky Pierce all evaluated this week to see if you can return to practice called the timeline fuzzy I bet he doesn't yeah, I mean him and Purdy like the Ricky Pierce all story now is it sucks Yeah, I mean he basically played three games It seems like the 49ers are very committed to being healthy for the playoffs and not for the regular season But I mean that that's a tough that's a tough game to play. Yeah, if Mac Jones gets you to the playoffs You got a bench in for Purdy I don't know man. I don't know man Janahan literally yeah, I don't know that was news and all sponsored by Progressive Insurance Court today at Progressive.com Custom Transcompany affiliate and third party insurers not available in all states or situations coverage subject policy terms limits and conditions Just taking another breath right there.
All right Thursday night. I'm out of here Thursday night breakdown Oh Las Vegas at two and six they take on the Denver Broncos who are seven and two the Raiders did compete against Jacksonville this past week Denver though nine and a half point favorites on fire over under 42 Raiders implied points total is 16.5 points on Thursday That is also the implied interception total for Genosmith's 16.5. Yeah, I'm gonna take I'm gonna take the under there But the Broncos defensive front they are getting after quarterbacks. They have 40 sacks on the year the next highest in the NFL is Detroit with 28 They're on pains to break the all-time record now, you know that doesn't mean it'll happen But that's just an example of how great their pressure has been and when you add That to the other side of field with Genosmith has not looked good certainly not in pressured situations I don't have high expectations for him well in this game you play Brock Bowers and you play Ash and gente and You check out probably because don't forget to crush fingers and hope just for those guys.
Yeah No, it's fast and gente is as long if we get that receiving work. You'll be okay. You will you will be You thought we might have gone best Thornton just as best gets a play. That's the thing It's either lock it I'm gonna roll tired of lock it out again Just play gente and Bowers because you're not gonna not do that gente off 20 chances in the game and Bowers is Brock Bowers Yeah, where did you post the quote from Pete Carroll?
I'll just repost it. Yeah, I thought it was it was nice to hear It's talking about yeah gente's doing great. I wish we would have got him the ball more on the perimeter a couple of times Oh But here's thing this is self evaluation he says because about 20% of the time you're gonna get him down We just got to get that done more because it's so obvious he's seeing that and saying we need to get him the ball And outside and but send that to the Patriots. Yeah, it went through my mind like that kind of self evaluation went through my mind I'm like hey get a little bit more opportunity out in space Well the other side of the ball a little bit more confusing when you talk about the running back position for Denver RJ Harvey is performing unlimited opportunities 27% of snaps 32% of snaps and yet RB six and 11 because of the painted part of the field got into the ins on for a third straight week in the receiving game and Only had two rushing attempts on the game seems like that seems like a scary start Yeah, so Dobbins is a very easy start Dobbins is darn near a must start in this because you expect the Denver Broncos to be up last week He got 15 carries to RJ Harvey's two so even though RJ Harvey had to touchdown and Against the really good Houston team JK Dobbins was not able to be efficient Didn't have a good fantasy production was outscored by RJ Harvey He's certainly the player you want over RJ Harvey that being said if you have to like if there's a break Glass case of emergency if they are up a lot.
That's where our j Harvey will get work And he has been very explosive as advertised as hoped for when they drafted him so Dobbins must start Harvey in consideration, but do you mark out or Harvey? Yeah, that's a perfect example I would prefer Harvey Chris Rodriguez or Harvey Harvey. Yeah, but that is the tier so it's not something you want to play But it's something you can play all three of those guys if you need to Reminder though because he is the type of player that is gonna be coming in off your bench If you start in this Thursday night football put them all the way into the running back slot leave your flex spot open Yeah, the explosiveness is helpful bonyx quarterback seven fancy points per game on the year So it's been a fourth quarter quarterback. Yeah, I mean those you should be gonna need it He's gonna need it early in this one.
I think with the way the defense is gonna play. Yeah Suttin the ball, you know, he's 30th and expected points for the first three quarters bonyx don't exist in the fourth quarter I don't know. You never know what happens on Thursday I thought we've been surprised before the Geno Smith played his best game in the season by far last week It was against the Jacksonville defense. It's pretty good.
I mean 29 for 39 74% completion percentage 284 and four You know if you want higher upside in this game you got to hope that rock power can somehow not be covered by Denver Because he can't really be covered by anybody. Yeah, and I mean reminder Troy Franklin is just continuing to see an incredible amount of targets It didn't mean it didn't work for either him or courtless on the last week against the Houston Texans Wasn't a super shocker, but ten targets the last three weeks shocker the last three weeks He sounds like a WWF guy last three weeks ten targets eight targets ten targets like Troy Franklin is It I think he's a fine play this week. Yeah. Yeah, I mean the the Raiders are beat at the wider receiver position Those targets are happening the the implied team total for the Broncos.
They're expected to score here 26 points So yeah, he's he's an okay start and I remind you I Remind you I want it to be Pat Brian, but it's Troy Franklin. Yeah, it is and Jason said yesterday You're gonna have some some ups and downs, but that's the way it goes at the wider series You've had that with court and sudden and you don't count starting him. You've got a relying opportunities It's like I always there is there targets matter Just not in Cleveland. No, that's fine.
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I am really solid at running back at that a good record and I got Tim Walker I'm trying to trade him nobody wants him. I'm thinking it's robbing it. Is that crazy? Yeah Thank God come in that is crazy.
No, I'm gonna read you the last four We hear our waiver Sean running back yesterday I don't want Ken Walker more than those guys that's that's kind of where I was going and there's no one to pick up on waivers And you cannot have enough depth at running back now I'm just and while his performances have been very poor for fantasy nine points four points seven points last four games Yeah, oh gosh He's also really bad getting you know double-digit opportunities every single game of the season and the offense now I think what Shaheed and they're catching a stride the better the offense does the better it is for Kenneth Walker Oh my gosh, I can't believe his numbers are that low he can make a big play at any moment It's you need to keep him on the roster depth is so important. I agree. That's just the press It is the way to change we need to change what he is in a breath He's running back to he's averaging nine point. He's averaging probably two.
He's a roster if he feels like a roster clock right now Well, look look look I will put you in a position that you have a tough decision with a drop You want yeah, 24 percent of leagues this guy was available as of today probably not anymore because the waivers went through But just for the fun of it Kyle Minan guy or Ken Walker on your roster I rather can walker can walker can walk cuz I don't believe that even though as great as it was when I'm guy I think he goes right back to his walkers committee back to yes Yeah, yeah, but I the he's the I think he might be the leader of the committee I don't know but to the last three weeks man on guy top 12. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know I think it's more interesting question than I don't know Yeah, that's one where the names can be the name can be the overwhelming part of it But I think if you if you factor it like you know There's been two times where can walkers but I'm talking about this year as well And you factor in the fact that Swift was out and that won't always be the case It's insane board like 40 points of how the Seahawks are so great and yet both of their running backs are Essentially like you they're diaper great. You put them in you put them in and you don't want to yeah Yeah, they date when you have a committee and they're just doing what they need to do in the offense I mean it's not great Ken Walker.
Yeah, so actually in in fantasy right now half PPR It looks like Ken Walker's averaging 10.1 fantasy points carbon 8.9 fantasy points I mean I would I mean you tell me you would play Ken Walker over my non-guy this week because I would not do that is Deondra's with playing regardless. Let's just say he is I would Probably play Walker. Okay. All right.
Let's go into another voice man Hey, ballers. So Jake from Virginia quick question I'm number two my league and I've jumped in Taylor in that situation Would you trade Taylor for be John straight up swap in my mind? It could potentially secure by based on their running back schedules and John the Taylor still has a buy will be done already at this I mean, I like the way that you're thinking in terms of like paying attention to who's had the bye week and Trying to get the bye for your own team. Oh man.
My first initial immediate gut reaction is like no you don't do that Schedule I did not realize what was about to happen. So they get it landed this week Who knows who knows what you're gonna defense will show up, but then you're on the by then it's on the road against Kansas City Huge that you are at home against Houston at Jacksonville at Seattle You're you have a fantasy championship week against Jacksonville. You get Seattle San Francisco like you said Houston and we get team And you can get be John the Atlanta run on John's passes by Atlanta goes in the Annapolis this week Carolina New Orleans the Jets Championship week is against the toughest run defense. I'm I think that's a really it's a fair It's a courageous trade.
I guess I'm open to it. I remember We had this you get more than be John if you wanted it I maybe but the I don't know if I have be John. I'm pretty happy with it I'm not gonna pay a lot to go get Johnny Taylor I we had a few years ago. We had this situation where Derek Henry was destroying and you looked at in his strength of schedule Was the end of the end of year was against just the juggernauts.
Mm-hmm. So it I get it What do you do? I think you have that big button in front of you to push that button. Are you pushing it?
I have so much more I have John in the end. I'm I have John in the table. I'm not doing it. I'm like you have be John Robinson Yeah, I'm not doing it.
I don't it's it's weird. I feel like the Colts. I don't think I wouldn't do it I feel like if I had Taylor I would not trade to go get be John if I be shown I wouldn't trade for Taylor No, I I think that's weird, but I think that's just a say irrational. Yeah, I like the Colts so much more Yeah, they're such a bad offense.
They had sauce gardener the running game is gonna be even more a focal point John Taylor can overcome a tough matchup Yeah, I would say the only the only position where I would certainly make this trade is kind of the opposite of what he laid out Which is like if you're if you're struggling you need to get some wins, you know, you which most people don't have been struggling too Too much But if you're if you look and you see real significant by we trouble and you're still trying to make the playoffs And you're on the outside right now and you can skip that by yeah That's a that's a pro move that you do I did have to go glance at the game against the Rams number one run defense when they played them in week Four Colts 12.1 fan sequence it was his worst game of the year. Oh no All right, here's a question Joey from Joey Azion Instagram show start time on Tracy or Camara Just trade them both for nothing Man so Tracy the Tracy was in a time share. Yep, like he played 44% of the snaps He had nine opportunities meanwhile Devin single theory played 56% of snaps at 10 opportunities So I know that Tracy's not a slam dunk play. I would come here has been I'll come here has been so by the last three We've for nothing I think I'll do that one the last three weeks for our one come here 4.4 fantasy points 5.5 and this past week 0.2 fantasy points that was against I will say this the last two weeks Tampa Bay Buccaneers hard run on the Los Angeles Rams We just mentioned the number one run defense.
So it could get better. I don't think shock was too too bad then he can't over target She'd I'm gonna go Camara, but you might be right to trade them both for nothing I'll play Tracy Justin Jefferson trade offer here from YouTube Ethan wants to know would you trade Jefferson for Waddle and Jake Ferguson? No, I wouldn't know Instagram question was offer Justin Jefferson for Kyron Williams It's a good trade if you need a running back. It's perfectly fine.
Yes case. They would be getting Or if you need a wide and you have so whenever there's a straight one for one running back versus wide receiver What you're really asking is a fair trade because this is this is team specific needs depth what you have around them Take a look at your team and see what position you need more and where you can you know with stand losing the player It is a fair trade across like just Justin Jefferson is a little bit higher within wide receivers than Kyron is within running backs running backs Are a little bit more scarce. So I think it's a fair trade. I just I just looked at it in our trade analyzer.
Oh It's dead metal. Oh, there you go. It's fair. It's fair.
Yeah, there you go. So we did it. I Was at BB on Instagram Marvin Harrison or Quentin Johnston this week Marvin Seattle Cuge against Pittsburgh I want to say Cuge. I want to say Marv I think I'm gonna say Marv Harrison being forced fed the ball at the beginning of the game and then turning out that works You know, there was the report that came out there like on the bus Right before the game they decided the opening drive they're going to like heavily target Marvin get him force him to get It was a word.
It was a guy's guys guys got an idea. Do you hold on to his letters? Let me finish the idea before you call me crazy What if that guy we took number four overall? What do we just pepper him with targets?
We warmed him up over 27 games like that was the fact that I was a bear as a goat now They're gonna think we're gonna do it again. Don't know how dysfunctional all our thoughts are about this team All right, let me take a break. We'll get into some more questions. All right, Matt on Instagram What's in our Niko rest of season?
Oh? That's kind of sad. There's an article that came out on the website today looking at dynasty tears I'm a amazing or go again really good article by Kyle kind of in the context of discussions you guys out on the dynasty show it I was looking at all the tears in the breakdowns in there the three that got me the most that were like I thought the hardest decision making process for I think it was tier three tier four wide receivers was the Garrett Wilson Nico Where they belong where Nico was like down in tier four in this article? Yeah, and that kind of bugged me.
Yeah, that was the one that stood out is like do I agree with that or not? It's wild but a talent versus what's happening on a non dynasty standpoint having lost You know a lot of the other wide receiver options include Tiger Hill jail and wattle has been very good Yes, I also look at week 16 week 17 Cincinnati and Tampa Bay. Oh two teams that you know you're gonna need to Juice score on a bottle. I'm going while here.
I think I think that's the right call Man crazy Malachi on YouTube. So me allers. I don't like that Little Mac here and I was wondering what Reese Hall's rest is he's an outlook is with him not being traded He'll be used so much. Yeah, that's what's gonna happen I mean I tried to put myself and breeze all shoes in my goodness I mean this is like a lame duck running back on a team that has not really wanted you and yet is totally willing to listen to you And give you tons of work when you want it and like oh man his tweet Funny where he's got a no lose after the trade deadline was over and he said he's like I'm paraphrasing here He said I'm sick about it.
You know losing these guys. I'm so happy for them But you just came out and said these guys who left the Jets so happy for them Well when you have when you're the player you're the human being and the team with their actions I mean I don't I'm not privy to all contract discussions But with their actions and what's being reported is like he's not being offered a lucrative long-term deal apart from the New York Yes, of course not and then that's not happening and yet at the same time They're like no, but you are valuable because we will only trade you if we get a third round pick Which one is it am I valuable to the steam or am I not well? Here's the real decision as a Jets franchise to not trade him for a four when you let him go You want to win more games and have a worse pick? I don't know I just we still don't know how he will factor into the Compid story pick math.
I presume he'll get a good contract But that's what I wanted to bring up is like what's going on for breeze all rest of season What's his outlook he is playing for his contract now he is going into last game He said basically I need the ball 20 25 times and it worked they got their first win and he said a little differently Yeah, I did I did Did you miss the joke the first time and you miss the second joke? Yeah, I definitely think he's gonna be very good for fantasy recipes He's got a couple brutal matchups here of Cleveland, New England, Baltimore Then you get I mean Baltimore looks good on paper, but I think it's gonna be tough I'm not looking at Reese as a key to my fantasy championship. Yeah, just trying to figure out if the schedule can tell us anything Then at Lanea then Miami it's gonna be tough, but he will get the ball so so much I went now we still don't know who the quarterback is though keep that that's true. It was not can't you get the budget magician stuff Right competitive advantage.
You know who didn't need the competitive advantage this week and it's rare. We can give him credit John again I know a lot of value to establishing the quarterback at the beginning of the week is what you're saying this week Yeah, yeah last one last week you kind of did it I'm talking about this right he did come out early and say there's a vantage to just have established as your quarterback I mean you lose that competitive advantage, but there's a favor just everything Rashid you heater Jameson Williams rest of season Jmo got into the end zone again this week play she he I would go Jmo But you know I'm I got to withdraw. Yeah, I get that I actually would go Jmo as well You know off the by they seem like they wanted to get him involved. He was involved their schedule opens up and You know she he'd we don't know how involved he's gonna be it's still J a sense team So it's close it could be the wrong call that I would stick with J is funny cuz it's a very Similar situation.
I mean, do they catch a touch now? Do they know I mean that's the lines are on the Ross team Yeah, this was so I brought the stat up earlier She he either in the season in the offseason where it was like Jameson Williams and Rashid were drafted in the same draft Class and had played the exact same number of games and it was their stat line career and she dominated Jameson Williams, right? No, no, they play the exact same Yeah, I with Horton and cop and a royal and stuff. I don't think she he'd gonna get as much as maybe Jmo, but who knows maybe it's the It's called I think it's safe to go with Jameson Williams I'm just the complete unknown of she heed but like the Lions The Lions running back are gonna score points and as of right now the Seahawks running back They're scoring zero points Hatfield.
How do you handle league mates that don't respond to trade offers Hatfield on Instagram? I shake my fist at the question. They don't respond public shaming I don't know. I mean that usually the truth is the people that don't respond to trades What I do is I text them or IDM them on whatever platform if you're playing on sleeper try to poke them.
Yeah Usually those people that never respond also don't respond to the DMs or the folks so then yeah public outcry Yeah, the only problem with the public shaming is that that does not get you a yes on the trade That is true because you know on the trade it might get it might get you a future response and that because the player goes I should respond to treats Rob asked the follow-up question for similar one What is the best app to play fantasy on that we promote trading them the best tired of boring leagues? We play on sleeper. Yeah, I would say to answer the question There's pros and cons in all leagues, but if you want something that promotes trades that means promoting communication and sleepers great at that I wish that sleeper and maybe they're listening because they often are I wish that there was the option or ability to like Man, this is gonna sound so old I wish they when I used to get a trade off Email when the trade comes through because sometimes they're notifications and mobile notifications. They don't always work Yeah, sometimes you get a notification sometimes you don't I've had times when they don't yeah to be able to turn on email notifications for You feel like for you would be a good old fashioned phone call right they could give me an automate because I have my number You have been offered James in Williams or fax me.
Yeah, yeah go door to door. I don't but it only sucked people just do me Respond to traits. How about that? Just respond to them.
You don't have to do a lot just click no But that's the thing like I am someone who often doesn't respond to traits It is 100% of the time because I didn't know it was made I just don't see it I need a phone call I have too many notifications because I think I get the notification, but I get so many notifications I'm just like I'm ignoring everything now. Yeah, the phone call would help Andy Yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna call you from now on and say I just sent you a trailer I would never be upset could you imagine if someone if you got a phone call from anyone in the league ever and they're like hey I just want to let you know I made you a trade-offer. It's like a little a little golden, you know nugget of happiness That's placed inside me like oh, I gotta who's not when you see trade-off or propose you get when you do recognize that notification No one goes oh, yeah, I'm trying to take you Sure, I'm trying to I'm trying to I can't call you if I think I'm a whoop you in this trade. Oh sure you can yeah All right, that was today's mailbag watch every game every Sunday with an Falsundee ticket in YouTube TV visit YouTube comm Slash fantasy footballers local and national games on YouTube TV and I'll Sunday ticket for out-of-market games Based playing required exclusive only games commercial use excluded no or refunds That is it.
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