Mailbag and Fantasy Cops! (10/25 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Summary

Fantasy Football Today (FFT) – "Mailbag and Fantasy Cops!"

Episode Date: October 25, 2025

Hosts: Adam Aizer & Jamie Eisenberg (plus referenced input from other FFT analysts)
Format: Listener mailbag, fantasy trade and lineup advice, weekly NFL news updates, and the popular Fantasy Cops segment (league etiquette rulings). This episode featured interactive banter, lighthearted debates, meme-worthy running jokes, and robust audience engagement.

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Episode Overview

This Friday mailbag episode focuses on answering listener questions about fantasy football trades, start/sit dilemmas, roster management, and league disputes ("Fantasy Cops"). Adam and Jamie dive deep into challenging lineup calls, recent NFL news and injuries, and discuss the always-important theme of rolling with — or letting go of — underperforming or high-upside players. They also entertained their audience with fun digressions, running jokes about unpopular snacks, and foodie hot takes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. NFL News & Injury Updates (03:06 – 04:57)

• Key Injuries: Garrett Wilson and Sauce Gardner (Jets) are out. Jalen Waddle expected to play. AJ Brown's status unknown; could play without practicing per coach Nick Sirianni. Giants’ Brian Burns and Darius Slayton trending toward playing.
• Defense notes: "Paulson, Adibo, and Holland are out." (Jamie, 04:47)
• Audience Reminder: Detailed Sunday updates via FFT Express and a two-hour live Q&A.

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2. Tight End Turmoil & Streaming Thoughts (05:00 – 06:24)

• Is there hope for T.J. Hockenson? Jamie thinks so but notes options: “There's definitely hope… there are so many tight ends out there… if you're not happy with Hockenson, you should be able to pivot.” (Jamie, 05:26)
• This week’s recommended pivots: Gadsden, Otten, Theo Johnson, Dalton Schultz, Juwan Johnson.
• Adam flexing multiple TEs in 2-flex leagues: “I'm actually flexing tight ends in several leagues this week.” (Adam, 06:05)

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3. Start/Sit & Trade: Rapid Fire Mailbag (06:27 – 15:04)

• Flacco vs. Josh Allen: “No one’s going to tell you to start Flacco over Allen. Flacco is just not going to run at all." (Adam, 06:39)
• Browns vs. Packers D/ST: Go Browns vs. Seahawks. (Jamie, 06:45)
• Grade the Trade:
  • Javonte & 2027 2nd for Benson & 2026 1st – "If you're in a full rebuild, I would probably rather have Benson in the first." (Jamie, 07:34)
• Drop Bourne for Tez Johnson? Yes, drop Kendrick Bourne. Tez is the preferred waiver target. (Jamie, 07:49)
• Stash for Week 9: Theo Johnson over Dalton Schultz for higher upside (Jamie, 08:40)

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4. Ravens D/ST, Caleb Williams, and QB Debates (08:52 – 11:27)

• Discussion on the Ravens' defense’s real value vs. public perception: "It feels as if they are just automatically assuming because the guys are coming back healthy, like this is going to be a shutdown defense. That's the impression I get." (Jamie, 09:20)
• On Caleb Williams’ Fantasy Floor: “He's got the highest off target rate in the NFL...He's not a consistent runner. You could get 40 yards from him, you could get four. You just never know.” (Adam, 09:50)
• On improvisational QBs: “We don't give them enough credit for the, uh, out of the pocket improvised stuff...they make these plays that other quarterbacks don't make. Caleb does that...” (Adam, 11:04)
• Odunze as a "buy and a hold" (08:48)

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5. Talking Trades and Lineup Dilemmas (12:25 – 17:41)

• Is it crazy to start Dowdle & Hubbard? Jamie’s doing it in a 14-team dynasty, but “I would prefer not to. The Bills run defense has not been good...” (Jamie, 12:43)
• Players you can't trust, but can't bench: Barkley, Ken Walker, Kelsey—players you’re stuck starting, even if the trust is low. “At what point do you stop being married to the player you drafted?” (Jamie, 16:01)
• Jamie on Travis Kelsey’s tough year but not actively benching him, even for hot waiver names like Rondae Gadsden II.

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6. Waiver Claims and Flexing Tight Ends (17:13 – 17:41)

• Tight ends are so deep this week, and Adam is flexing multiple TEs over Tony Pollard (Adam, 17:13).
• Jamie: "This is the week to do it, man…wow, tight end's good. Everything else sucks." (Jamie, 17:22)

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7. More Listener Mailbag — Grading Trades & Flex Calls (21:18 – 32:50)

• Nico Collins trade analysis: “Montgomery is at worst a top 10 running back…there's no scenario like that with Dobbins.” (Jamie, 22:01)
• Motion Rate Myth: Adam debunks a Twitter narrative about Nico Collins not being used in motion—he never has been, and it isn’t new (22:07).
• Trade Examples & Advice:
  • Would you trade McCaffrey and Golden for Bijan and Warren? “Yes.” (Jamie, 23:32)
  • James Cook for Jalen Warren straight up: “That would be a bad move.” (Jamie, 27:01)
  • Judkins for Lamar Jackson? “I would do that.” (Jamie, 29:28)
  • DK Metcalf, Waddle, Dobbins, or Stevenson: start Metcalf and Dobbins (Jamie, 32:40)

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8. Quarterback Rest-of-Season Value Debate (29:40 – 31:44)

• Is Josh Allen elite or just “regular elite”? Adam contends he’s lost the 4,500-yard, 35-TD upside without a WR1 and due to the Bills’ run-heavy approach under Joe Brady: “...not the 4,500 passing yard, 35 touchdown [guy]... I think it's clear to go [Lamar] Jackson over Allen now.” (Adam, 30:47)
• Jamie pushes back: “Wouldn’t shock me if it’s just Allen doing a little bit more...when the offense was stagnant. We need to go make a play in the fourth quarter. Go do it, right? Those guys can do it anytime they want to.” (Jamie, 31:34)

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9. Fantasy Cops! (aka League Disputes) (34:39 – 42:42)

Notable Rulings:

• Collusion via one-week trade-back arrangement? “This is the definition of collusion. Helping each other for a one week situation. It can’t go.” (Jamie, 36:16)
• Commissioner poaching trades after advice?: The commish swooped in after being asked for a fairness check on a proposed trade. “He’s in the wrong for asking you for trade advice. You did not do anything wrong.” (Jamie, 37:53). Adam: “It’s a dirty move, but Fantasy cops are going to side with the dirty commissioner. Immoral, but not illegal.” (Adam, 38:23)
• Commissioner forcing through an unaccepted but agreed-upon trade (2003 Brett Favre incident): “Yes [it was wrong]. Unless he said, hey, put it through, I can't get to it. And use those words exactly. You can't do that on your own.” (Jamie, 41:21)

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10. Waivers, Drops, & Deep League Qs (45:43 – 48:20)

• Wandale Robinson or Romeo Doubs to add Travis Hunter: Both, if needed, but Adam prefers holding Doubs.
• Judkins for Saquon Barkley? “Yes.” (Jamie, 46:55)
• Kincaid, McLaurin, Downs, McMillan, Tray Henderson—pick one: McMillan (Jamie, 26:52)
• AJ Brown or Odunze as WR2 if Brown is not 100% healthy: “I would start Odunze over Olave in non ppr.” (Jamie, 56:04)

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11. Rest of Season Plays — Tight Ends & Roster Strategy (49:20 – 49:54)

• Is Brock Bowers (and high-upside injured TEs) a buy low? Jamie: “I’d be buying [Bowers] as much as possible if that’s the reality… You’re trying to maximize the potential of your roster.”
• On new waiver hero Tez Johnson: Could be a “one week window,” warns Jamie, but upside is real.

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12. Running Jokes, Food/Music Takes, and Listener Fun

• Ongoing segment: Color of Adam’s sweater (is it red or orange?), who hates or likes candy corn, who has the worst food and music takes.
• Classic fantasy tropes: “At what point do you stop being married to the player you drafted?” (Jamie, 16:01)
• Audience jokes about where Dan is (he’s at "the Toothpick Factory"), Seinfeld and Grateful Dead as running gags.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “At what point do you stop being married to the player you drafted in a certain spot?” – Jamie (16:01)
• “No one’s going to tell you to start Flacco over Allen. Flacco is just not going to run at all.” – Adam (06:39)
• “I’m actually flexing tight ends in several leagues this week.” – Adam (06:05)
• “This is the definition of collusion. Helping each other just for a one week situation. It can’t go.” – Jamie on one-week trade loans (36:16)
• “It’s a dirty move, but Fantasy Cops are going to side with the dirty commissioner. Immoral, but not illegal.” – Adam (38:23)
• “At what point do you stop being married to the player you drafted?” – Jamie (16:01)
• “We don't give them enough credit for the, uh, out of the pocket improvised stuff. It's not the prettiest stuff necessarily, but they make these plays that other quarterbacks don't make. Caleb does that…” – Adam (11:04)
• “If you really want [Travis Hunter], [drop] Pearsall, I guess.” – Jamie, skeptical about Wandale/Doubs/Pearsall (46:27)

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Timestamps of Important Segments

• NFL News & Injuries: 03:06 – 04:57
• Tight End Streaming / Hawkinson Hope: 05:26 – 06:24
• Rapid-Fire Start/Sit Mailbag: 06:27 – 15:04
• Ravens D/ST & Caleb Williams Debate: 08:52 – 11:27
• Trade & Waiver Tactics: 12:25 – 17:41
• Fantasy Cops (League Disputes): 34:39 – 42:42
• Josh Allen vs. Lamar Jackson Debate: 29:40 – 31:44
• Spotify Mailbag & Roster Management: 45:43 – 49:54
• Rest-of-season Roster Construction: 49:20 – 49:54

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Listener Questions Answered (Sample)

• Grade various multi-player trades and dynasty stashes (Nico Collins, Bowers, etc.)
• Panic or patience with underperformers (Saquon, Kelsey, Godwin)
• Waiver wire prioritization (Tez Johnson, Gadsden, Theo Johnson, etc.)
• Streaming QB/Tight End advice for deep and bye-heavy weeks
• Handling league disputes and shady trade tactics

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Tone & Atmosphere

• Friendly, jokey, occasionally snarky back-and-forth anchored by sharp fantasy analysis.
• Encouragement to seek community help (Facebook group, live chat) when needing in-depth lineup answers.
• Repeated assurance that “tight end is amazing this week—everything else sucks” (Jamie, 17:22)
• Strong focus on actionable advice, with humor taking the sting out of tough fantasy decisions and league politics.

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In Summary

This week’s FFT Mailbag was an especially lively and interactive episode focused on the realities of tough lineup choices, high-risk/high-reward waivers, and the delicate etiquette of fantasy league trade and dispute resolution. The hosts delivered practical, actionable advice on the trickiest late-October fantasy questions—all while keeping it light with in-jokes, food debates, and fun fantasy court stories.

For listeners who missed it: You’ll come away with clear waivers and trade targets, reassurance about sticking or pivoting from struggling stars, and potential constitutional amendments for your league—plus a few laughs about the color of Adam’s sweater and Dan’s adventures at the Toothpick Factory.

Transcript

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[Jamie]

Can you believe this?

[Adam]

No, I can't. It's time to dominate your fantasy the races. And he stays at his feet. This is going to go the distance. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie and he. It's mailbag time. Welcome to the show. Happy Friday and welcome to fantasy football today presented by BetMGM. Make it legendary. Two man mailbag Dave can't do it. Dan's not here. Someone has to have terrible takes about food and music.

[Jamie]

I'll start.

[Adam]

I'll start. Candy corn. Depends. There's like a few brands. There's one brand of candy corn that's actually.

[Jamie]

Don't do it.

[Adam]

It's actually not bad.

[Jamie]

Don't do it.

[Adam]

Some candy corn is horrible. But there's this one brand that's really not bad.

[Jamie]

Oh, man. You know what I wish I was doing today? What? Talking to you.

[Adam]

Well, you're in luck. What if I Text Heath. I'm like, hey, you want to jump on the mailbag?

[Jamie]

Do it.

[Adam]

Be the quickest no ever. But I'll try. Okay.

[Jamie]

Anyway, way to be. Do it ahead of time. Well, let's see. Let's do this. You text Heath. I'm going to text Nando and.

[Adam]

Oh, yeah, definitely not text Nando first.

[Jamie]

All right, I'll text Nando.

[Adam]

All right. Let's see if we can get him on. Okay, today we're going to go over. We have a few news items for you. We'll get more as they roll in. Claire, our producer, was going to put up a YouTube poll. I think she's so wrong. Jamie, what color is my sweater?

[Jamie]

Looks red.

[Adam]

What? Put up the YouTube poll. Let's see what people say.

[Jamie]

Well, let me ask you a question. What color the stickers behind you?

[Adam]

Orange.

[Jamie]

I guess it's orange.

[Adam]

Of course, It's. It's extremely orange. I look like a big orange and people think my sweater is red. It's weird. And I'm colorblind. But like, I asked my wife, she's like, oh, it's orange. Let me watch. Look at this. You see the difference here? Don't ask why. I have a big box of cookies. But anyway, the same.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

Wow. This is like the dress. What color is the dress? All right, we have your questions on YouTube. We have your emails@ fantasy footballbsi.com. we have Apple podcast Fantasy Cops. We have Facebook today and Spotify questions. So we have a ton of. Let's start with the news and notes real quick. Garrett Wilson and Sauce Gardner are out. Jalen Waddle is expected to play AJ Brown. No word on his. He didn't give an update today. Sirianni said that he could play without practicing, so this one's going to go up until Sunday. And for the Giants, Brian Burns, their edge rusher. He looks like he will play. Darius Slayton seems to be trending that way. We'll have updates for you on Sunday morning. First with our FFT Express episode in the morning, and then 11:00am Eastern to 1:00pm Answering your questions for two hours. Okay.

[Jamie]

Paulson, Adibo, and Holland are out.

[Adam]

I didn't see that. I only saw an update on Burns, but I'm assuming those guys are going to be out, but I don't know.

[Jamie]

Then Burns practice. I already practiced yesterday.

[Adam]

He. Yes, it was. He's expected to practice. And. And Burns, I guess, himself said he would play. Okay, so. Okay, here we go. Major dad energy with the tin of cookies. Adam. Actually, my mom sent those. She Sends them all every year to my kids. And of course I eat a ton of them little, little cookies. They are great. Is there any hope for TJ Hawkinson better or worse when McCarthy is back?

[Jamie]

There's definitely hope. And again going into last night, 9.8 PPR points or more in three straight games. But there's so many tight ends out there. Yeah, like if you're not happy with Hawkinson, you should be able to pivot to whoever the flavor of the week is. And this week I would say we had four guys, right? Yeah. That either maybe one week options are sustainable. Gadsden, Otten, Taylor and Schultz. Like I liked all four better than than Hawkinson this week. So there's going to be guys that just, you know, Juwan Johnson looked good again last week, you know, so yeah.

[Adam]

I mean I had Hawkinson. I drafted Hawkinson in two leagues. He's gone. He's off the team in both of the leagues. I picked up Kyle Pitts one week in one league. I picked up Dallas Goddard in one league and I also picked up a Ronda Gadsden in that league. I'm actually flexing tight ends in several leagues this week. And Hawkins. Yeah, Hawkins is not in that discussion for me right now.

[Jamie]

And I built some DFS lineups to the same thing.

[Adam]

Oh, that makes sense. Are we really asking Flacco versus Josh Allen? I mean look, you could be right about that obviously, but no one's going to tell you to start Flacco over Allen. Flacco is just not going to run at all. So which defense would you start, the Browns or the Packers?

[Jamie]

I would start the Browns.

[Adam]

Woody Marks or Romeo Dobbs? Ppr.

[Jamie]

I go with Dobbs. Yeah.

[Adam]

Take a guess. I don't even know the answer. We can both guess. Woody Marks yards per carry this year.

[Jamie]

Oh boy.

[Adam]

2.8. I'm gonna go 3.4. Oh, 3.3. Yeah, I mean I wish he just.

[Jamie]

Has close not going over.

[Adam]

Yeah, you're right. No, I'm not dressed for Christmas. This isn't. This is an orange sweater. Grade the trade Javante and a 2027 second round pick versus Benson and a late 2026 first round pick. PPR.

[Jamie]

If you're in a full rebuild, I would probably rather have Benson in the first.

[Adam]

Would you drop Kendrick Bourne for Tez Johnson or would you drop golden after this week for Tez Johnson?

[Jamie]

I would drop Born for Tez. I think Pierce hall is going to be back soon. With Jennings back and healthy Kittle back. I mean look, we had one Game of Kittle back and Bourne was terrible.

[Adam]

So update here. Nico Collins and Christian Kirk not practicing. We haven't expected them all week. We still do not expect them. Let's see. Tez Johnson. K, Sean Booty or Kendrick Bourne. Full ppr.

[Jamie]

Taz Johnson.

[Adam]

Dak Prescott or Daniel Jones?

[Jamie]

Dak Prescott.

[Adam]

I want to stash a tight end for week nine. Theo Johnson or Dalton Schultz. Do you want their schedules?

[Jamie]

Schultz is so dependent on the other guys being there from an upside play. Theo Johnson gets the Bears. I'm not mistaken.

[Adam]

He gets the Niners and the Texans get Denver.

[Jamie]

I'd go Theo Johnson.

[Adam]

Okay, last one here is Romo Dunes. A buy, hold or sell?

[Jamie]

He is a buy and a hold.

[Adam]

Okay, let's see. What are we gonna do next?

[Jamie]

I'm so fascinated by that game. I was really surprised to see Heath's take and seems like Dave's rankings reflect that as well with Caleb Williams. Like, it feels as if we're. Maybe you and I are not giving the Ravens defense enough. Enough credit. And they are overvalued or they are overvaluing the Ravens defense.

[Adam]

So I am. I am giving the Ravens defense credit. Not a ton of credit. Right. Because again.

[Jamie]

Well, no, I. Let me rephrase. It feels as if they are just automatically assuming because the guys are coming back healthy, like this is going to be a shutdown defense. That's the impression I get.

[Adam]

Yeah. I don't.

[Jamie]

I don't.

[Adam]

I'm not there.

[Jamie]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Adam]

But I don't think it's a good matchup anymore.

[Jamie]

No. Well, not a layout matchup.

[Adam]

Yeah. Neutral, maybe.

[Jamie]

Yeah, that's what I would think. I would. I would think that. And I think you and I are on the same page here. Lamar back. They're going to score. Yeah. And now the Bears just can't sit back and be conservative like they have been the last couple of games.

[Adam]

My issue is that I just think Caleb is not playing very well. He's got the highest off target rate in the NFL and he does have a high adot. It's. It's ninth highest. It's not enough to justify the highest off target rate. He misses a lot of throws. He's not a consistent runner. You could get 40 yards from him. You could get four. You just never know. I don't have a lot of confidence in the way he's playing. And then I feel like other than. I think he's had two big games and one of them was against Dallas. That barely counts to me. So I feel like he's going to be. I feel like the ceiling is like 22 points but I shouldn't say that. I'm guessing he's going to be in the 19 to 21 point range in six point per passing touchdown leagues.

[Jamie]

I go a little bit higher, but I'm not far off.

[Adam]

Yeah, it's. It is one of the more intriguing fantasy games for Odunze. It's like he just hasn't had that many yards this year. You know, it's just been very touchdown dependent. But he's obviously really good.

[Jamie]

Right?

[Adam]

Like he's freaking good. And one thing Caleb does well is he improvises. I think, I think Jamie, a lot of the quarterbacks that people pick apart like Jalen Hurts, Caleb Williams, Bo Nix, you watch them in the pocket sometimes it doesn't look great. I think we don't give them enough credit for the, the off the, the out of the pocket improvised stuff. It's not the prettiest stuff necessarily, but they make these plays that other quarterbacks don't make. Caleb does that and he does that a lot with Odunze. So I think oh dunes. They'll pop and have some big, big plays, but just kind of a.

[Jamie]

Another one.

[Adam]

Who?

[Jamie]

Kyler's another one.

[Adam]

Yeah, right. Like people kill these guys for not doing the things that, that you know most.

[Jamie]

Not pocket passers.

[Adam]

Yeah, yeah, right. Like the conventional quarterback stuff. But they don't credit them enough for the things that they do well. All right, that's. That's Adam's high horse for today. Something like that. Hey listen, BETMGM is awesome. Register Bet Register with the bonus code fantasy on BetMGM and you get instant access to the best variety of parlay selection features. No sweat and boost tokens, live betting options and much more. New players can receive up to 1500 dollars back in bonus bets with bonus code Fantasy if they don't win their first bet. You don't want to miss out on any of the hard hitting action at BetMGM. Place your moneyline, parlay bets and more today. BETMGM make it legendary. If all the stuff I just said about Caleb was confusing, I was like criticizing people for criticizing him after I just criticized him. Basically I feel like he could not play that well. But because he has such a great arm, because he can run, he can still put up fantasy points even if it doesn't always look great.

[Jamie]

A lot of criticizing.

[Adam]

Okay. All right. Here's some questions from Facebook. Join our Facebook group is a good way to get your questions answered. Not necessarily by us but other people in the fantasy community, other listeners, people who know what they're talking about. Ian wants to know if it's crazy to start Dowdle and Chuba Hubbard this week.

[Jamie]

I'm actually doing that in a 14 team dynasty league, so take that into account. But I would prefer not to look. The, the Bills run defense has not been good. They're number six and most fantasy points allowed to the position. And I would hope that after it was 93 total yards to 55 total yards in favor of Dowdle despite playing fewer snaps, it would give the Panthers more reason to play down. Now one thing I was thinking about this we didn't really get into this morning when you asked about this game. It wasn't a big lead against the jets, but it felt like they had that game very much in control. Yes, I know it was only 13 6, but again, very much in control. So did they want to just be as conservative as possible and maybe if it's a more competitive game that it's more doubtful?

[Adam]

Well, I'll double check on this. But when Chuba was healthy for the first four weeks, Dowdle was the third down back. I'm pretty sure they split third. Now they basically just split drives. So that was disappointing because this game is not going to be the same game script. They're not gonna be able to run the ball as often. You wouldn't think against the Bills as they did against the Jets. Makes me nervous about both of them. So if my opponent were starting both Panthers running backs, I'd feel pretty good about it. Here's one from Ron says start a list players you just can't trust and you start in your lineup. This is an interesting.

[Jamie]

Just can't trust or have nobody else to start because there's a lot, there's like a lot of wiggle room with this.

[Adam]

Yeah. So he, so he has four names on the list and they're all so different. Saquon Barkley, Travion Henderson, Alvin Camara, Justin Fields. It's a great list, but not really like they don't belong on the same list. Trayvon Henderson and Saquon Barkley don't belong on the same list.

[Jamie]

No, I agree with that. But there, there are players that you've drafted and in some cases just don't have the ability to bench. Like the first name that came to my mind when you said this is Ken Walker. Like I have Ken Walker, I think in two leagues and I start him every week because I have nobody else. So like I can't. I, I Can't start. I can't start trying to think somebody like, I can't start Burchard Smith over Ken Walker. I know it's the different weeks, but like, I. I'm. Like I'm not there yet. Yeah.

[Adam]

So on the high end of this, Barkley, I think is the best. Is the best one. His star percentage is always going to be really high. He's had four very good games, 17 or more fantasy points. But yeah, it's hard to trust Saquon Barkley. I don't really. Honestly, I don't really trust Nico Collins. Jamie. I don't trust the offense. I'm never sitting here.

[Jamie]

Yep.

[Adam]

Yeah, but I would consider sitting Brian Thomas Jr. I will not consider sitting Nico.

[Jamie]

But it's funny because their drafts value was probably four or five spots apart. No, I get it. I mean, look there. There's Travis Kelsey probably right now. Like, imagine you have Travis Kelsey, right? And he's been largely disappointing for the majority of the season. And you're seeing you might be bottom, you know, close enough in waivers that you could have picked up Gadson or have the most fab that you could have picked up Gadsden. And you're like, am I really going to bench Travis Kelsey for a ronde Gadsden the second? And then every week he's better than. You know, it's like, we, we go through this all the time.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

You know, at what point do you stop being married to the player you drafted in a certain spot?

[Adam]

Next question.

[Jamie]

Jason says posted in the thing. Jameson Williams. Another great call.

[Adam]

Like, I have a fun Jameson Williams thing we can do in a second. Someone said, would you trade Jacori Crosby Merit for George Kittle?

[Jamie]

If I have the running back depth, absolutely.

[Adam]

Okay, Jamie, let's play a game of Should Adam pick up Jameson Williams? He was dropped in a 12 team. What the hell? I'm losing in this league already. I played against McConkey. We're okay. I played against Gadsden.

[Jamie]

Wonderful.

[Adam]

He was dropped in my 12 team half PPR league. I have. Oh, yeah. I'm gonna drop. I'm gonna drop. Yeah, I'm gonna pick up Jameson Williams. Should I drop Dalton Schultz, RJ Harvey, Kenneth Gainwell, or Jackson Smith and Jigba.

[Jamie]

Who'S on a buy one drop? Jason. I probably dropped Gainwell.

[Adam]

Okay. Yeah. Because I'm gonna start Dalton. I'm gonna start three tight ends this week in a two flex league. I'm starting Tyler Warren, Kate Otten and Dalton Schultz.

[Jamie]

This is the week to do it, man. I'm telling you that like you look at the I look at my rankings and I'm like, wow, tight end's good. Everything else sucks.

[Adam]

And I'm starting all these guys over Tony Pollard.

[Jamie]

Would I start those guys over Tony Pollard?

[Adam]

I'm doing that, yeah.

[Jamie]

Who are the Titans?

[Adam]

You said Tyler Warren, Kate Otten and Dalton Schultz.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

Let's do it. Okay.

[Jamie]

Not available. He's in Syracuse with his kids.

[Adam]

Oh, come on. All right, we're gonna take a break. When we come back, we're gonna read your emails at fantasy football cbsi.com we'll be right back.

[Jamie]

I have to tell you about this.

[Adam]

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[Jamie]

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[Adam]

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[Adam]

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[Adam]

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[Jamie]

Feels like it's a wash. Do you.

[Adam]

Like nico better than McConkey?

[Jamie]

I think there's still more upside with Nico but you know, McConkey's come on the last two weeks and looks great. You know, you wonder if they're going to start to concentrate targets a little bit for the Chargers based on what we saw last night where maybe McConkey and Gadsden are the top two guys and Alan's the third guy and Quinn Johnson's the odd man out. I just, I don't want to give up on McConkie too soon. Montgomery I still think has more upside than Dobbins because they're kind of similar. They need to have either good yardage or touchdown. They're not going to work in the passing game. We never talk about this. It was always, what happens if Montgomery misses time for Jameer Gibbs? What happens if Jameer Gibbs misses time?

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Montgomery is at worst a top 10 running back.

[Adam]

And. And there's no scenario like that with Dobbins, I don't think.

[Jamie]

None. Harvey misses time. Nothing changes. Right.

[Adam]

But probably fills that role. Just wanted to bring something up for Nico Collins. I saw some people tweeting about this. The offensive coordinator was asked about this for Houston not putting Nico Collins in motion. He's been in motion on eight snaps, seven routes for Nico Collins this year. That is actually perfectly normal for Nico. He is almost never in motion. His motion rate this year is about exactly the same as it's been every year of his career. Last year he ran 12 routes when he was in motion. So I know that might be something that people are talking about. Oh, just put him in motion. It's not going to happen, probably. And it never has. And he's been great even without it. This is from. I don't have a name here, but really bad take. He says, hey, Jeff, Troy and Abed.

[Jamie]

You know that. Jeff Troy and who?

[Adam]

A B, E, D. Abed, Chevy Chase is in this show.

[Jamie]

Show?

[Adam]

Yeah, it's a TV show.

[Jamie]

The only show I've ever seen with Chevy Chase in his Saturday Night Live.

[Adam]

It's Community.

[Jamie]

Never saw it.

[Adam]

He says Community is better than the office and parks and Rec, and it's definitely not. In fact, it's good. But this is such a terrible take that I don't even want to read your email, so I'm going to skip it. Next one. No, I'm just kidding. Would you trade away Christian McCaffrey and Matthew Golden?

[Jamie]

No.

[Adam]

Yes, I think you will for Bijan Robinson and Jalen Warren.

[Jamie]

Yes. I have a question for you because it just happened and I want you to think about this without getting yourself in trouble. What is something that your wife does that you just don't understand? You can't. You can't understand why it happens. So for me, it was just. My wife is. Has perfect hearing. She's not deaf at all. Her phone is the loudest ring.

[Adam]

And for me, the answer is what's happening right now in the. In the family room watching the Real Housewives. I just. I cannot understand. Is the worst stuff. The worst. And it's not even real. It's all so scripted. These people, they have to watch all of them. She watches a lot of them. And she watches them while she does other stuff. Like she doesn't even like it that much. It's just background noise, which I get. I get that, but man, I hate those shows.

[Jamie]

Johnny, Airport with the line of the day.

[Adam]

What?

[Jamie]

Something your wife does that you don't understand.

[Adam]

Riddles, Burgers. That's awesome. Okay. Oh, by the way, should I start Isaiah Pacheco or RJ Harvey is the other question here.

[Jamie]

I would start Pacheco.

[Adam]

This is from David and Chad and Neil.

[Jamie]

Pacheco's having a big game because I'm playing against you in the league where I took him to bite you.

[Adam]

I know it's killing. I really hope that doesn't happen. Although I am facing you in idp and I do have Pacheco currently as my flex there.

[Jamie]

Oh, good. So we both get positive production.

[Adam]

Let's see if I might change that. David in Chattanooga wants to know, is Isaiah. Is Isaiah Davis a must start if Breece hall misses the game? Now, we're not expecting that, but I thought this was a relevant question anyway because we keep telling people to pick up Isaiah Davis. So if Breeze hall were to get traded or miss time, what do you think Isaiah Davis would be?

[Jamie]

I would start him this week for sure as at least a flex. I mean, taking on the Bengals, it's hard to overlook that rest of season. Assuming they don't add somebody else. Then I would say he's in the flex conversation.

[Adam]

Just reading some of these. What did my spouse do that I can't stand? Johnny Airport again. Adam's wife hates fruit salad. Definitely not Bugsy's Leaper. My wife uses more toothpaste than my five year old, clogs the sink, never puts the lid on. I don't use her bathroom. You guys have separate bathrooms? Oh, man. All right, next up.

[Jamie]

All right, how many likes are we up to?

[Adam]

Oh, let's see. 13, 14.

[Jamie]

All right, give me a number that you would like the likes to be at.

[Adam]

Actually, we're at 70. I had to hit refresh. We've got 478 people watching live on YouTube. So I think realistically, 150.

[Jamie]

Okay, if we get to 150 likes before the show is over, I will reveal where Dan is today.

[Adam]

No freaking way. You will. Absolutely not. Everyone hit. Don't hit like. Hit the dislike button. Remove your like. All right, where are we here?

[Jamie]

I may not tell the truth, but I will reveal where Dan is today.

[Adam]

From Reed, Tedro, McMillan, Dalton Kincaid, Matt.

[Jamie]

Tom, Can I like it twice?

[Adam]

Tedro McMillan, Dalton Kincaid, Josh Downs, Terry McLaurin, Trayvon Henderson. Who are you starting? Not Henderson. So McMahon, McMillan, Kincaid Downs or McLaurin?

[Jamie]

McMillan.

[Adam]

This is from Marco. Would you trade James, or would trading James Cook for Jalen Warren be a bad move?

[Jamie]

You'd be giving up Cook to get Warren. Yeah, that would be a bad move.

[Adam]

Yeah, I agree. But I do need to point out that James Cook has one target in his last two games. A little scary.

[Jamie]

Yeah. I mean, I would hope if you're trading James Cook and you know, I like Jay Lauren. I liked him all off season. I. I would want more. You know, if it's Warren and something, then yes. If it's just straight up, no. Look at the text message we just got from Dan. Yeah, yeah, I saw.

[Adam]

Please don't mention on air. Okay. 10 team, half PPR.

[Jamie]

Oh, do not post it, but just read what Mike d. Just.

[Adam]

Gross. 10 team, half PPR.

[Jamie]

I love our audience. They're the best.

[Adam]

Need to decide on a flex.

[Jamie]

Even the guy on YouTube hates me.

[Adam]

Jalen Waddle. Who's Robinson.

[Jamie]

Bijan or Brian?

[Adam]

I mean, it's not campy either. Wandale. Just call him Wondale. Or Terry McLaurin and Chase Brown. So pick one. Half PPR. Waddle. Wandale McLaurin. Chase Brown, Wanda. Okay.

[Jamie]

Why are you so anti Wanda? I don't get it.

[Adam]

I just don't think he's good. Like, he had that lucky play against the Eagles where they missed the tackle. He ran an extra 20 yards for the touchdown. Last week was good, but they threw a ton. Didn't they throw? I think they threw a ton. I think Slayton's gonna affect him a little bit. I just don't trust him. Dart through. Oh, he only threw 33 passes. Not too bad. It's fine. I think full PPR, I'd be more inclined.

[Jamie]

That's a great comment by Jake. Dan is magnet shopping at Michael's.

[Adam]

Did Dan win in Big Burger last week? Because he had a 6.0 magnet on his fridge and it was in reference to dominant Dan's. Oh, he did win. Okay. He's 70 now. Let's see. Raid the gray, the trade.

[Jamie]

How many likes we up to?

[Adam]

We are up to 14 likes. I'm not telling you how many likes we're up to. Grade the train.

[Jamie]

Claire, let me know how many likes we're up to.

[Adam]

No, don't. Don't tell Judkins for Lamar Jackson.

[Jamie]

I would do that.

[Adam]

Yeah. It's a great. It's A great trade for you.

[Jamie]

I got a friend of mine asked me should they trade Javante Williams to get Josh Allen?

[Adam]

No. In my opinion, no.

[Jamie]

So I said they, I'm sorry, they were going to get Josh Allen and I think like Pacheco thrown in.

[Adam]

Okay, sorry. I'm just correcting our audience telling you how many likes we have. You know, I don't know if you want to get into this Josh Allen. I fear that the days of him averaging 28 or more fantasy points per game and six point per passing touchdown leagues are done. I think not done. But unless they get a legit number one wide receiver because he is running a lot more. But once again we're looking at about a 4,000 passing yard pace. Maybe 4,100 or something. He's not the 4,500 passing yard. 35 touchdown like Joe Brady's offense is not great for fantasy if they don't run well. They've been running plays but they, they're, they're, they're run heavy. They're run heavy. So I don't think I actually I had Allen ahead of Jackson preseason. I think it's clear to go Jackson over Allen now.

[Jamie]

So here's the only thing I'll push back on. I don't think you're, you're way off base. But they just went into their bye week playing awful offensively. Yeah. And I do think that there's going to be some market correction coming where maybe there's a little bit more ownership of the offense being placed on Josh Allen versus Joe Brady and so retooling some things, getting things back on track, letting him be more like the mvp. And we see a more explosive Josh Allen because you see this a lot with guys of his caliber. We saw it with Mahomes last couple of years like when the offense was stagnant. We need to go make a play in the fourth quarter. Go do it right. Those guys can do it anytime they want to. Right.

[Adam]

Get that feeling like Josh Allen and yeah.

[Jamie]

The best of the best.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Yeah. And I think that they're just, they're getting beat over the head with your offense sucks right now. And they're not going to fire Joe Brady. So it wouldn't shock me if it's just Alan doing a little bit more.

[Adam]

Yeah. So I love Josh Allen. I think he's. He'd be my QB2 probably.

[Jamie]

Right.

[Adam]

Who else would it be?

[Jamie]

I don't.

[Adam]

I think because Jane Daniels is hurt right now. I think it would have to be Josh Allen. I just don't know, like you gotta understand what you're buying and I'm not sure he's. I could be wrong. Obviously on a week to week basis he could score 40. Wouldn't surprise me. But they're a little conservative offensively, I guess I'd have to look at the schedule. Are they going to be in games where they're going to give up a lot of points, but statistically he doesn't throw as much as he used to. He doesn't have the passing stats that he used to. So you're really relying a lot on the run stuff for him to be like a super mega elite instead of just a regular elite. Let me see if we have time for a few more emails here. Metcalf, Jalen, Waddle, J.K. dobbins, Ramandre Stevenson. We need two of them. 12 team PPR. We need two of Metcalf, Waddle, Dobbins and Ra.

[Jamie]

I would start. Well, Addison's out, so I would start. Metcalf and Dobbins.

[Adam]

Okay. And from Paul, who says he's your cousin from Boston, he gave us a five star review on Spotify. Very nice.

[Jamie]

Thank you.

[Adam]

He traded Ramon Dre Stevenson, Stefan Diggs and Kymani Vidal for Nico Collins in a standard scoring league. Ramandre, Diggs, Videl for Nico.

[Jamie]

See, this is the type of trade I like. You're giving away parts that you may not be starting and you're trying to get the chance to hopefully have a superstar. So I have no problem with that. The, the one, honestly, the one player that I, I'd be the most concerned about at this point is Vidal. Like he's looked good in two of three games. I thought last night was really impressive.

[Adam]

I mean, giving. You'd be concerned about giving him up.

[Jamie]

Giving up? Yeah. And we got the report that Omarion Hampton still in a walking boot as of last night. So if this is going to be another three or four weeks, if not longer, you know, you're. You're looking at a pretty big win for Vital. Not. Not in the straight.

[Adam]

Okay, question from Mel. Adam, if Dan knew where you were and you didn't want us to know, would he keep your secret? I think not. 100 would keep my secret. He's not. Jamie.

[Jamie]

I haven't revealed anything.

[Adam]

You want to though, Dan?

[Jamie]

Of course I want to.

[Adam]

Dad is definitely shopping for his Halloween costume. If we don't learn where Dan is today, he should have to tell the audience next Friday. I'm fine with that. And Dan is at a thrift shop getting his next outfit to wear every day. Someone said he's in a bad hoodie contest. You know what this sounds like? Really? It's kind of out of our league to even guess where he is. Sounds like something for the fantasy cops. Okay, Fantasy cops, here we go. This one is from Jesse. Jesse loves the show. He says it's perfect for lawn mowing. And while completing my to do list, however, I have a question about fantasy cops. Is there.

[Jamie]

Have you ever mowed a lawn in your life?

[Adam]

No. Have you?

[Jamie]

No. Well, once when I was visiting a friend in Boston and he had just bought his first house and he said I got him on the lawn. I go, I've never mowed a lawn. He goes, you want to try?

[Adam]

How was it?

[Jamie]

I just did a little bit.

[Adam]

You sat on the thing or. It was a handheld.

[Jamie]

It was. It was a driving one. Yeah. Which is cheating.

[Adam]

I feel like I could do it. I just.

[Jamie]

Of course you could do it.

[Adam]

What do you do with all the grass afterwards? You have to get the leaf blower out.

[Jamie]

Yeah, I gotta clean up.

[Adam]

Yeah, I don't want to do that. Question from Jesse is, is there a reason it's not called fantasy court or something like that? Police or law enforcement? You're not really enforcing anything. You're making a ruling like a jury. What'd you say?

[Jamie]

So true.

[Adam]

It is, but I love fantasy cops.

[Jamie]

You can't change it now, but yeah, it's true.

[Adam]

No, oh, wait, I can't. I don't know if this is from Jay or Jesse, but either way it's great call. However, I shouldn't have even read it because now everybody's going to want us to change the name and it stays. All right, now here's one. Oh, this one I think is from Jay. I don't know. Welcome to need a ruling on a trade in our team 10 team keeper league. Two managers agree to the following deal. Team A sends Diggs and Flowers. Team B sends Javante and Ken Walker. The trade makes sense on its face, but both managers agreed in advance to swap back Diggs and Javante after this week concludes. Essentially, it's a one week loan. Built into it. Built into the deal. It's not in the rules, though.

[Jamie]

Not in the rules. But this is the definition of collusion. Helping each other for a one week situation. It can't go. No.

[Adam]

I think there should be a rule, like if you make a trade for a player, he has to stay on your roster for. No, you can't. You can't trade him back to the other team for three weeks. Sure, you can definitely trade him to a different team, but you definitely trade a different team.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

Yeah. You can't trade them back to you make that. I've never put that in any constitution or anything. I probably should.

[Jamie]

You don't put a lot of things in constitutions.

[Adam]

Who does though? It's kind of hard. I don't appreciate that comment from Michael. First, fantasy cops. I am the commissioner of a 12 team dynasty league. A player in my league, Team A, sent me a trade offer that he was making to a different team, Team B. He claims he was asking to see if it was fair for the sanctity of the league. I thought he was just asking for the. For advice on a trade as he has done before for other league teams for other leagues that team A is in. Okay. After seeing. All right, sorry, I may have confused you all. Manager sends a trade to the commissioner. Who's writing this email? Manager says, I'm asking, I'm sending you this trade to see if it's fair. Manager thought maybe he was sending it to see what I thought about it. Okay. Commissioner says after seeing his offer, I proceeded to make an offer myself to the other manager, Team B, who ended up accepting my offer. Am I in the wrong as commissioner or is he in the wrong for asking trade advice prior to the trade being accepted?

[Jamie]

He's in the wrong for asking you for trade advice. You did not do anything wrong. It's. If you're going to ask for trade advice, do not do it with somebody in the same league as you. All right.

[Adam]

It's a little bit of a dirty move, I think, by the commissioner.

[Jamie]

Now listen, if he's, if he's soliciting, hey, thinking about making a trade and then using that information himself. Like if someone comes to you and says, do you think this should be traded? Well, now you know that there are people willing to make trades like you. That's. You can't fault him for that.

[Adam]

Yeah, it was. It's a dirty move. But Fantasy cops are going to side with the. With the dirty commission. She didn't break the law. Immoral, but not illegal. Look at this question.

[Jamie]

I have something similar. I get this. This happens to me all the time.

[Adam]

Oh, that makes sense. But you're. I think you're in a position where you have to kind of be. Act differently than this commissioner.

[Jamie]

Well, I'm going to tell you though, like, I'm not going to do anything. I'm not going to act on it. Right. But somebody asked me literally this Week in a league where there are two teams and I'm one of them that are clearly head and shoulders above the rest of the league. And somebody asked me, should I trade my best player to that team's. To that team for their keeper? And I had to take a step back and say, I'm going to give him the best advice I can give him in my job as opposed to what's going to be best for me. Like, don't ask me that question.

[Adam]

Yeah, that's a tough spot.

[Jamie]

It's going to be in a bad spot.

[Adam]

That's nice of you to do that. Seriously, that's. That's good. That's good work by you. Unlike this. Look at this pathetic question. Like this guy. I can't even take this guy seriously. It's Brad. Fellow Olave or a Buca. Brad's. You know Brad?

[Jamie]

I do, yeah.

[Adam]

That's my tennis coach. Oh, Brad.

[Jamie]

Lamb and Rice. I would go with a book.

[Adam]

Brad loves to send text messages to me and this other guy in his league just bragging about how good his team is. He's like 6 and 1 or something. He's got Rice. Like he's killing it with Rice and CD Lamb. I appreciate you swinging by the chat. I'm gonna be swinging by. I'm playing tennis with my wife after the show. Brad, I hope to see you there. All right, one more Fantasy Cops. Okay, give me a second here because this one's super long. It's from Slama Jama Ding Dong. My Fantasy Cops question dates back to 2003. I needed a stud quarterback and I had my eyes on Brett Favre. My buddy was half checked out of the league, but not to the point where he had an awful record and was well out of contention. So I traded him a package of Jeff Blake, Chris Chambers and the Panthers defense, who had a string of good matchups on the horizon in exchange for Brett Favre at the trade deadline in 2003. The value of the trade is not the issue. It was the timing of the trade. Our league was set up with a three day voting period. We agreed to the trade in principle on Thursday night so that it would be executed in time for Sunday. Unfortunately, my buddy had a long day at work and passed out later that night before he opened the app and clicked accept trade. When I saw that the trade was not executed on Friday morning, I used my commissioner powers to force the trade through.

[Jamie]

No.

[Adam]

So I would get Farve in a much needed Monday night matchup against the Raiders. This was.

[Jamie]

Remember that game?

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

This was when Farbs dad passed away and he had that unbelievable game. My question is, was I wrong to force the trade through even though my buddy and I agreed to it in principle before the deadline?

[Jamie]

Yes. Unless he said, hey, put it through. I can't get to it. And use those words. Exactly. You can't do that on your own.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Oh, my God. Do you hear her phone? It's.

[Adam]

No.

[Jamie]

She is as. As far away from me in the house as she could possibly be. And I heard.

[Adam]

That'S amazing. One of the. I think, like, one of the secrets of. Of happy marriage is just. Is just accepting these things. Right? It's.

[Jamie]

Oh, shutting up. That's the shutting up.

[Adam]

Everyone's got. Accepts people's flaws fantasy guy. I gotta say, you wrote in with some really easy ones. Give me a hard one. I can give you a hard. Yeah, no, there was. Was one that was. That was a hard one. That was. It was like, too heavy. It was. It was about, like someone dealing with a family illness. I couldn't read that one. But of course, you can't do that, Commissioner. You can't. You need to go back and change your record. You know how in college football they will. College football, they'll go and vacate wins. I am vacating everything you won in the 2003 season. But you know what, though?

[Jamie]

This has obviously been weighing on his mind for 22 years.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

So at least, you know, we would absolve him. No, we.

[Adam]

But you know what? It's better. It's better to be told one way or the other, I think, than to. Than to have to guess.

[Jamie]

Right.

[Adam]

You get that. That feeling of guilt is resolved. All right, we're going to take a break. When we come back, we're going to read your questions from Spotify, from Apple podcasts and more on YouTube. We'll be right back on FFT.

[Jamie]

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[Adam]

The NFL and NFL draft, you'll love with the first Pick A part of CBS Sports Podcast network CBS Sports Draft analyst Ryan Wilson and former Titans GM Ran Carthon come to you twice a week to give the front office perspective on the biggest NFL storylines of the day. We also follow the NFL Draft closer than anyone the weekly updates on our favorite college players, names to know based on your favorite NFL team's needs, and all the mock drafts and big boards you could want. If you love football, you're exactly where you're supposed to be. Download with the first pick and follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere podcasts are found. So I've been hosting my guest house on Airbnb for a while now and it's honestly been super simple. People come through book a couple nights and it's just extra money I wasn't making before. But here's the part I didn't really think about at first. You don't have to just host a separate space. Like I've got a trip to Orlando coming up to play some golf and while I'm out of town, my main place is just sit sitting there empty. Why not list that too? It's already set up, I'm not using it, and it's such an easy way to cover some of the travel costs while I'm away. Maybe even a little extra for a box of Pro V1s or some merch from the Pro shop. That's what I like about Airbnb. You can make it fit your lifestyle, whether it's extra space or your own place while you're on vacation. Your home might be worth more than you think. Find out how [e-mail] host Jamie's sleeping on the couch tonight. Courting. I might be too. Honestly, she's not gonna like the Real Housewives thing and she hears everything I say. It's why I'm listening. But the thing is like, I wouldn't sleep on the couch. I'd sleep in the guest room. The guest room is though. It gets so dark. I love sleeping in the guest room. I almost want to do it on a normal night. Love the guest room.

[Jamie]

Okay.

[Adam]

All right, Spotify. We appreciate we have.

[Jamie]

By the way, yesterday after the show, I went at lunch by myself. I was so happy.

[Adam]

Oh, very nice, Very nice. I had dinner last night in a place that was like crawling with. With 7 year olds and 8 year olds just making up. Total mess. So much noise. Oh, brutal. All right, Spotify. Questions? We got a lot of them. I cannot read them all, but we'll give it a shot. Kylem. Travis Hunter was dropped in my 10 team PPR league. Should I drop Wandale Robinson or Romeo Dobbs to pick him up? I have Puka Piersol and Keenan Allen.

[Jamie]

Sorry, the first part again.

[Adam]

Travis Hunter was dropped 10 team PPR. Should I drop Wandale Dobbs for him or Pierce all?

[Jamie]

If you really want them personal, I guess.

[Adam]

Okay. I mean, if you don't need them this week. I think I'd rather have Pearsall long term than Dobbs or Wandale. I don't know about that though.

[Jamie]

You think Wanda? Look, we keep saying Darius Slayton is going to really impact Wandell Robinson. Is that really the case? Like it's not really. Neighbors?

[Adam]

No, but. Okay, fine. Would you from Quinn. Would you trade Judkins for Sakewan?

[Jamie]

Would I trade Judkins for Sake one? Yes.

[Adam]

From Chris Dak Prescott or Caleb Williams this week? 4.0 deck from Joel Grave. The trade I traded Lamar Jackson and Keenan Allen for Justin Herbert and Puka Nakua.

[Jamie]

Lamar Jackson and Keenan Allen for Justin Herbert and Puka Nuku. I'd rather have Herbert and Nakua and.

[Adam]

He also has Drake May. So great trade grade. The trade I sent Tucker Kraft for AJ Barner and Rome Odunze.

[Jamie]

So Kraft for Odunze. I like that.

[Adam]

It's a 10 team league too, so you should have some good options at tight end.

[Jamie]

The thing I go back to, we have. You know, I. I don't know if it made sense or not, but like when we talked about this on Wednesday. You have all these tight ends now, right?

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Is it in your best interest to try to acquire the top end guys thinking that they'll be significantly better still or to sell those guys with the hope that somebody will be buying in that regard?

[Adam]

You know, I think in the case of Kittle, it's worth it because you can get them for in some cases pretty cheap Bowers, probably the Same thing. Yeah, Bowers. I wonder if Bowers is going to be like Nico Collins, where like that offense is just so broken. Obviously he was, he's only played one healthy game, truly healthy game, and he was awesome. That was back when the Patriots couldn't play any defense. So I don't really know. What do you, like, what are your expectations for Brock Bowers?

[Jamie]

I got asked this on a radio show yesterday, like, is Bowers a bust? And I said I'd be buying Lowe's, you know, as much as possible, if that's the reality of it. So as much as I love what Gadson's done the last three weeks and what, you know, you might get from Kate Otten without Mike Evans now, like if you can turn one of those guys and something into Bowers, because I still think it's going to take something, you know, he may come out of his bye week at 100. So we got a comment right here. Thomas says Bowers won't be Bowers this season. Bower, you know, quote unquote Bowers this season. And you might be right, but again, like you're trying to maximize the potential of your roster. And if he is Bowers this season, I don't, I don't know that there's that many guys that could be at that level. Now again, you may say Gadsden's graduated to that level. Tyler Warren's obviously proven to be in that level. You know, maybe not the same high end production, but close enough, same tier. So it's, it's, it's what you think you're, what you have, what you're giving away versus what you're getting is. And to me I'd still be trying to get that.

[Adam]

Okay, this is from Dopplich. Hey Jamie, I play you in the super leftover league number one this week.

[Jamie]

Cool.

[Adam]

I feel like. Oh, this is good. I've got a question for you. I feel like I've heard everyone's music tastes except for yours. What does Jamie listen to?

[Jamie]

Music wise, I pretty much listen to a lot of different stuff. Mostly I guess my go to lately is like isn't classic rock I guess would be listen to a lot of the last few weeks been like a lot of like 90s rock. So like Nirvana and Stone Temple Pilots and.

[Adam]

Really?

[Jamie]

Yeah, it just whatever, whatever strikes me at the moment.

[Adam]

It's so weird.

[Jamie]

Like I.

[Adam]

This is a great question because I don't know the answer. I knew that Jamie like Dave Matthews, but I didn't know that you liked Stone Temple Pilots.

[Jamie]

Finally, whatever is kind of like, you know, get stuck in my head. Like, I'll listen to that genre.

[Adam]

All right. Finally we have something in common.

[Jamie]

I should have told you and Dave this morning because it involves something related to your school, but there is a song stuck in my head that I keep saying a phrase to my son that is very inappropriate. But I don't say the phrase. The entire thing.

[Adam]

Was it rock you like a hurricane or something? Something related to my school with an inappropriate phrase. Oh, gosh. All right. This is from Kiet Dart. How many likes we have to enough Dart or flat? Like I wasn't saying enough to you. I was saying we have enough likes. Dart or Flacco?

[Jamie]

I would go with 6.0. So I keep going back and forth on that. That's like my 12th and 13th quarterbacks.

[Adam]

Yeah, I think four point. I go dart, six point flacco.

[Jamie]

Okay. Yeah.

[Adam]

Felix says grade the trade. I give Javante and a Buka. Wow. Javante and a book of four. Bijan Robinson. I have Saquon, Hampton, Bam, Knight, Spears and Davis.

[Jamie]

A plus.

[Adam]

Really though, like, how good do you think a Buka is going to be? Give me a points per game rest of season for a book.

[Jamie]

You're getting Bijan or you're giving up Bison?

[Adam]

Getting Bijan. Giving up Javante and Abuka.

[Jamie]

I think a Buka is going to be a top 12ish caliber running back receiver and Javante is going to be a top 12 caliber running back. But you're getting the best player in the deal.

[Adam]

Yeah. You think over under 18 points per game for a Buka, right?

[Jamie]

At that number.

[Adam]

Okay, that's really good. Do a few more here from Spotify. Starter situation. Start one from Mario Rico Dowdle, Jordan Addison. Sorry, SAQUON Barkley or McConkey? I definitely would have said Barkley. Hopefully you went with Conkey, but yeah. Okay. From. From Colton. Do I trade Bucky Irving and Chris Olave for CD Lamb?

[Jamie]

Bucky Irving and Chris Olave for CD Lamb? Yes.

[Adam]

And from Kid Rocks, what is it going to take for y' all to realize that Chris Godwin is a liability? He comes back for one game and then misses five. He should just live on the waiver wire rent free.

[Jamie]

It's hard to argue with that. I mean, I again, it's kind of similar to Bowers, but on a much lower level. Like, if he does come back, given the opportunity of no Mike Evans there and plays like Chris Godwin is like, that's a great fantasy option. I don't think he's a league winner anymore, but he's certainly a great fantasy asset. So why would you not at least take the chance on that? So, sure, you can pick him up and then you might drop him the following week because you need somebody to play and they're on a buy in Week 9. He may not play in Week 10, but if I have an open roster spot, that's the kind of player I. I would want to take a chance on. Unless there's somebody else that just has more upset.

[Adam]

By the way. Josh Downs. Jamie has just been clear to play. He's good to go.

[Jamie]

Yep.

[Adam]

Number three receiver.

[Jamie]

Yep.

[Adam]

Okay. So I thought about that a lot with Godwin. You know, it's like I said last week or whenever I said it, it's been a rough year for him. It's been about a year since he fractured his ankle, and he's just had setback after setback or new injury. So that's why I was a little more into Tez Johnson maybe on the waiver wire than Dave and Jamie were. But the other issue is that. That Jaylen McMillan could be back in a few weeks.

[Jamie]

Yep.

[Adam]

I just really like what I'm seeing on tape from. From Tez. He is very small. So I noticed against the Lions that press coverage can be a problem for him. Like there was. I don't know what the cornerback was, but he was kind of swallowing him up just a little bit on press coverage. Like, he can have trouble getting away from that, but you give him a free release. It's very dangerous. We saw the plays that he can make after the catch. We saw that he can get behind the defense. And obviously, like, you always want pieces of the Bucks passing game. You know, they are.

[Jamie]

I don't agree with you. I mean, that's the thing. It was the risk of. Are you spending all of your fab on a player that could have a one week window? This is a very specific joke if you'll get it. But he was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

[Adam]

Chaz Johnson was.

[Jamie]

Yeah. When he's trying to get off the line.

[Adam]

I don't get it.

[Jamie]

Rock. Yes.

[Adam]

No, he wasn't him, though. That's okay. I think it was the other side.

[Jamie]

All right, I'm ready to reveal where Dan was or Dan is.

[Adam]

You're definitely not.

[Jamie]

I am.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Jamie]

You want it now or the end of the show?

[Adam]

The end of the show. We'll kill you if you do. All right, let's read some Apple podcast questions here and thank you guys for all your Comments. We appreciate it. Okay, from DD Teller, I've got Jacori Crosky Merritt, Zach Ertz. Okay, first of all, I know I should read these before I actually start reading them, but I'm sorry, I'm a little crunched for time. So this question is about Thursday night. Just don't send any Thursday night questions. But that's on me. I'm sorry. So I just try to do it on the fly and we're gonna see if this happens again. This one is from Carlito's. This one is from Carlito's Way Brown. Who should I start this week? Standard scoring league. You got A.J. brown, a Mecca Buca Chris Olave and Romo Dunes a. We need two of those. A.J. brown, a Mecca Buka Olave and Odunze. Standard scoring.

[Jamie]

So it would be a book of for sure. And I'm probably gonna go dunesay with Brown not being at 100 if he plays. And I would start Odunze over Olave in non ppr.

[Adam]

And then we need two running backs. Scatterboo Jacobs, Breece Hall. Remember it's non PPR Jacobs.

[Jamie]

And I'm still going to go Bruce all even though he has not scored a touchdown yet. I think it happens this week.

[Adam]

And then we need a flex. Scatter Boo Olave, A.J. brown.

[Jamie]

Scatter. Okay.

[Adam]

Good luck to you, Carlito.

[Jamie]

All right, I'm going to say Dan's whereabouts now because Johnny wants to comment in the chat.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Jamie]

All right. He's not happy that I'm going to say this, so just I'm prefacing this. So Dan got a very, very cool invitation that it was hard for him to pass up. And so he right now is. There's this place. It sounds like it's near you, so I could be wrong, but the. The Toothpick Factory. So he's at. You know how much Dan loves like the stuff and the sticks in the sandwich. So he got invited to the Toothpick Factory where they actually make those things. I don't. I don't know why he's embarrassed, but like, I would go to the Toothpick Factory.

[Adam]

Absolutely. Yeah. I've been there many. It is right next door. I've been there many times. Yeah, I got an interesting tweet from you or for you from Joe.

[Jamie]

I'm sorry, Dan. I'm sorry that I had to break.

[Adam]

The trust, but bring us some toothpicks from Joe.

[Jamie]

If he's watching or I'm gonna text him, I want to know like if they actually encourage you to Put it in the sandwich or like the burger? Like he.

[Adam]

Well, it depends, Jamie. I mean, there's a lot of stuff on the burger. There's tomato. I mean, there's lettuce. It's going to fall apart. You need the toothpick. That's my impression. Is that not a good impression?

[Jamie]

No, it's pretty good.

[Adam]

All right, listen, I got this interesting question or interesting tweet for you from Joe Person, who covers the Panthers for the Athletic. A Panthers spokesperson just clarified that Andy Dalton will start versus the Bills regardless of whether Bryce Young is active or not. Is that because he didn't say whether? Does that mean he's getting bent listed as doubtful.

[Jamie]

So, yeah.

[Adam]

Yeah. But does this tweet mean that they were going to bench Bryce Young or just that he's not healthy enough? Regardless of.

[Jamie]

I would guess the latter. I can't imagine at 4 and 3 that they were going to bench him.

[Adam]

Okay, more Apple podcast questions. This is from. Hi, Inator. Dear Dan's poor fridge Magnets, I listen to the pod just about every day, and you rock. Grade the trade. I have Jordan Mason or I gave Jordan Mason and Teo McMillan for Jalen Hurts and DJ Moore. One more time, give up Jordan Mason and Teterroa McMillan for Jalen Hurts and D.J. moore. He has.

[Jamie]

So it's basically this point. McMillan for Hurts.

[Adam]

Essentially, I think I'd rather have Hurts. Yeah, he has Bo Nicks and Justin Fields, but I can't blame you. All right, that's it. That's all for. For Apple podcasts.

[Jamie]

How mad do you think Dan's gonna beat me?

[Adam]

Nah, he's not gonna be mad at you.

[Jamie]

I mean, this is what. This is the text that he sent just so I. I like to include our audience because, you know, there's such a special part of what we do. This is what he said because you were. You were not supposed to tell me, so he said, I told you not to tell Jamie. Please don't mention on air. Do we really have to mention on air? Come on, you know how this makes me look. I'm sorry, Dan. I just thought that they should know.

[Adam]

Yeah, you're such an instigator, looking for questions and. Okay, YouTube, let's do it. Let's finish it off with five minutes of good YouTube questions. Gold.

[Jamie]

That's a funny comment from Spurrier.

[Adam]

Spurrier College. I'd find it golden. Or Kendrick Bourne half ppr.

[Jamie]

Golden.

[Adam]

Where are you, Spurrier? Dan never gets mad at Jamie. He would actually agree that Jamie was in the right Dalton Schultz, Keon Coleman, Alec Pierce or Tajie Spears Schultz. Yeah. Still waiting for Adam to put Jamie's face behind him. It's weird. I actually want to do it. I just never get around to it. Also, it's going to cost me like, $75. It's expensive to blow up a picture, trade Brian Thomas Jr. For Chase Brown and Tez Johnson, or hold Brian Thomas Jr. And hope for a rebound after the buy.

[Jamie]

I think I'd rather have BTJ over those guys. But again, it comes down to if Tez Johnson is a legitimate part of the Bucs offense for the rest of the season, or at least for the next several weeks, that's probably the trade that you would win.

[Adam]

All right, so let me tell you about a moral dilemma, something I did to Jamie last or a few weeks ago. I asked Jamie if he wanted to do a Halloween costume on the air, and he said no. Yesterday, I was like, you know what? I think I want to do a Halloween costume. Last year, I was the old man. A few years ago, I was A's Ventura. Like, we've had fun with it. So I was like, let's see if I can find something. So I found something very quickly, and it's got a tandem piece to it. So I asked Dave if he would do it, and he said no. Then I said, if you do it, I'll buy the costume for you. And he said yes. So I bought the costume. So Dave and I have a tandem costume for next Friday. And then I asked Jamie because Dave was like, you should ask Jamie if he wants in. I was like, he's gonna say no. He already said. He already said no. So I asked Jamie this morning, hey, do you wanna do a Halloween thing next Friday? And he's like, yeah, sure, whatever you want. And now I don't know what to do do, because there's no third member of this thing, so I don't know, man.

[Jamie]

I can think of something related to the theme.

[Adam]

Okay, you try. We'll have fun with it. Bijan Robinson and Jameson Williams for Devon Achan and Michael Pitman.

[Jamie]

No way. I'd rather have Robinson and William.

[Adam]

Yeah, for sure. Dan got the Willy Wonka golden ticket to the Toothpick Factory. Oh, man. Derek Henry or Woody Marks ppr. And then what if that's Hunter Henry or Woody Marks ppr.

[Jamie]

If it's Hunter Henry, it would be Woody Marks. If it's Derek Henry, it's Derek Henry.

[Adam]

Okay, standard scoring, entire benches on a buy. Would you play both Dowdle and Hubbard or Drop one of them for Dobbs, Jennings, Mooney, Chubb or algier.

[Jamie]

I would Dr. I wouldn't want to drop them if.

[Adam]

I'm 5 and 2 or better. I'm not dropping them. If I'm not, then maybe I drop Hubbard for Dobbs. Maybe Tez or Mims.

[Jamie]

Tez.

[Adam]

Adam, do you think Minnesota regrets getting rid of Darnold? It is weird that they got rid of Darn.

[Jamie]

Getting rid of Darnold. Their quarterback room to end last season was Darnold and Daniel Jones.

[Adam]

Yeah, I think they wanted to save money. That's a big part of it. Bijan, Rob. I read that one. Dan's at a hoodie convention. Dan is at a four day cheese making course in rural Italy. Tight end premium, sit 1. Drake London, Zach Ertz. Abuka or Rice?

[Jamie]

I'm sitting Ertz. I don't care.

[Adam]

Yeah, it's tight end premium. But also if it's tight end premium, let us know exactly what the scoring is. Some, you know, different. Different scorings in different tight end premium leagues. I have no comment on Dan's whereabouts. Every time I say anything about Dan, he yells at me. It's true.

[Jamie]

Flower doesn't like Robert for some reason. It's weird.

[Adam]

Flowers for Jalen Waddle.

[Jamie]

He likes at least. At least the. The perception that I get. So Robert does a lot of drafts with us. Robert's great. He monitors our. I believe he does.

[Adam]

Monitors our Facebook page.

[Jamie]

Yeah, our Facebook page. And so Robert does a lot of drafts with us. He's awesome. And for some reason, like anytime Robert would say something about Dan in the chat, in the draft room chat, Dan would just like, why, that's not funny. I don't get it.

[Adam]

It's really great to make fun of Dan when he's not here.

[Jamie]

So let's. You know what, speaking of that, I've gotten some, you know, whatever algorithm now where I keep getting all the Seinfeld clips and the one. Yeah. And the one where George had the. The toupee. And I just immediately started laughing because I thought it looked like Dan. Bro.

[Adam]

That is arguably my favorite Seinfeld. Seinfeld episode because.

[Jamie]

Oh, you'll love this. My buddy is a huge Seinfeld fan. He sent me a video of his daughter's dance class. And he goes. He goes, watch this. She's four. He goes, watch this. Halfway through the routine, she turns into Elaine. Yes, I'm gonna send it to you. You're gonna think it's hilarious.

[Adam]

That episode. George, you got a rug. He goes, good for You, Jack and I say that all the time. I love that line. Flowers for Jalen Waddle. Would you do that?

[Jamie]

I would rather have flowers if you.

[Adam]

Told me that two was going to start the rest of the season. I would definitely rather have Waddle, but I don't know that I can guarantee that. Let's see. Sit one in non ppr. Rico Dowdle, Chuba Hubbard, Jacori Crosby, Merritt or Nick Chubb. Who are you sitting?

[Jamie]

I'm sitting Chubb.

[Adam]

Dan is arguing with a pigeon about why the Allman Brothers are the best band of all time.

[Jamie]

Let's see.

[Adam]

Pick two to keep on the bench. Tootin Bam Knight, Isaiah Davis, Rashard Smith.

[Jamie]

Oh, boy. Night for one week. Can't drop him yet. And I might hold Isaiah Davis.

[Adam]

I'd go too. And I mean, you can make case for any of them, but I think Tooton would be the best if the starter were injured roster.

[Jamie]

But right now you have the starter. You have the other two. Start two guys potentially injured, though.

[Adam]

Oh, I thought you were gonna say traded. Yeah, I think Breeze is going to play. I mean, they said at the beginning of the week. But roster Godwin or Mooney. Half ppr.

[Jamie]

I'd rather roster Godwin.

[Adam]

Would you sell Jefferson for Jordan Addison Russell or not Russell Wilson? Garrett Wilson and the Denver dst?

[Jamie]

I consider it.

[Adam]

Yeah, I think so. And last one, Start two and then flex one.

[Jamie]

Just keep in mind with Garrett Wilson, you don't have him this week, you don't have him next week because of a buy this.

[Adam]

True. Jacob Swift, Scat Dowdle. Pick three.

[Jamie]

I think I'm going to sit down. Yeah.

[Adam]

Okay. And we're going to finish with a couple with some more comments about where Dan is. Dan is definitely not somewhere getting the punchline of dad jokes.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

Dan is at a Grateful Dead show. He's waiting for them to finish their last song. It's going to take a few days, and Dan is at a how to play Family Feud class. Yes. I love that.

[Jamie]

I wonder, though, at the Toothpick Factory, like, you know, sometimes you go to, like, these places, you have to write your name, like on a. On a sticker.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Like, he must have been so proud to write Dan and all caps.

[Adam]

No, he has a magnet instead. All right.

[Jamie]

He has that, like, on his barrel chest. So, like, you know, stand right.

[Adam]

I forgot the barrel chest. All right, folks, thank you so much for watching and listening.

[Jamie]

Like, not far. You've never been to the Toothpick Factory since your house.

[Adam]

I said I've been there many times.

[Jamie]

Oh, you have. I'm sorry.

[Adam]

Dan Jay Wondale or Mooney in the Flex Wand? Dan is at the movies. Just kidding. He would never. And. Okay, now we're done. Talk to you on Sunday. Enjoy your weekend. See you later, everyone. Paramount Podcast Nationwide is so much more than a great insurance company. They're one of America's largest financial services companies. Like how I'm more than just Peyton Manning.

[Jamie]

I'm also Motivate and Manning.

[Adam]

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[Jamie]

Financial services.

[Adam]

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