Fantasy Football Today — Mailbag and Fantasy Cops!

Episode Date: November 8, 2025
Hosts/Panel: Adam Aizer, Jamie Eisenberg, Dan Schneier
Theme: Listener Mailbag, Sit/Start advice, Trade evaluations, and Fantasy Cops league disputes—all to help you dominate your fantasy football league.

Episode Overview

This week’s episode is a classic FFT mailbag combined with “Fantasy Cops,” where the trio answers listener questions, debates trade values, and settles real-life league disputes. Lighthearted banter, heated mailbag debates, some dad jokes, and special attention to tricky league etiquette issues make up the heart of the conversation.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Week 10 Roster Decisions: Start/Sit/Tough Calls

• Listener Start/Sit Dilemmas: The crew responds rapid-fire to YouTube and email questions—often disagreements or consensus, but always with process explained.

  • Alec Pierce vs Darius Slayton:
    • Jamie: “Slayton's matchup is much better... If he’d caught those touchdowns, we’d see him differently.” (06:17)
    • Dan: “I like Pierce… but not this week, it’s not a dome situation for Daniel Jones. He needs a dome.” (07:05)
  • Khalil Shakir or Alec Pierce:
    • Dan provides detailed tape analysis: “Pierce’s role is so defined… deep routes, one-on-ones…” (07:30)
    • Jamie: “He’s yet to score a touchdown this season.” (08:06)
  • Walker, Charbonnet, Aaron Jones or Bears RBs:
    • Jamie: “Both Bears and Aaron Jones,” Dan: “At some point [Walker] has to break a long run.” (22:29)
  • Jalen Warren vs Jordan Addison vs Quentin Johnston:
    • Jamie: “Warren is the safest.” (25:03)

• Trade Evaluations:

  • Example:
    Listener trades Josh Jacobs for Saquon Barkley and Oronde Gadsden.
    • Jamie & Adam: “Yes! Smash that like button.” (04:29)

2. League News & Injury Updates

• Ramondre Stevenson, other key injuries: Adam reads real-time updates, with Jamie and Dan adding quick reactions.
  • Jamie: “No Kayshaun Boutte at practice…” (11:31)
  • Dan: “James Cook is good to go. Nice.” (11:00)
  • Adam: “Packers’ Josh Jacobs has a calf injury but feels great, per LaFleur.” (11:35)

3. Fantasy Cops: League Disputes, Trade Vetoes & Commissioner Conduct

The “Fantasy Cops” segment shines as a deep dive into the ethics, rules, and emotional chaos of running a competitive fantasy league.

• Trade Veto Drama (38:01–41:26):

  • Adam shares a dispute where a 2–7 team trades with a more successful team, causing league outrage—and debates what rules should govern vetoes.
    Quote (Adam): “You need to have a steadfast hard rule here… only veto if a team is eliminated from playoffs or there’s collusion.” (38:33)
  • Dan: “It should never be vetoed… people are vetoing it just because the one team got better.” (40:02)
  • Jamie: “We only veto for collusion or if it breaks the balance of the league… That’s not even close here.” (41:13)

• Waiver Wire Mistake & Reversal (43:35–44:59):

  • Listener loses chance at Musgrave due to a player being restored after an ‘accidental drop’. Panel debates fair solutions:
    • Jamie: “It’s not fair to punish this person, but also hard to undo waivers. If there’s no solution, I think you just got screwed.” (44:21)
    • Dan & Adam agree on complexity, advocate for process transparency.

• Commissioner Meltdown (49:19–51:41):

  • A commissioner changes a lineup after lock, then threatens to fold the league under scrutiny.
    • Dan: “This guy is going through a wild crash out… just turn over commissioner duties.” (50:48)
    • Jamie: “Horrible work by the commissioner. He’s a disgrace.” (51:52)

4. Trade Reviews & Dynasty Strategy

• Mailbag Rapid-Fire Grades:

  • “GenTI and Wondale for HN and Benson—love that trade!” (32:55)
  • "Give up Etienne, Abuka, Waddle, and Myers for Barkley and Adams?"
    Dan: “Unreal trade by you. A+.” (33:19)
    • Jamie is more reserved: “I do think it’s in the favor of the two players, but not a slam dunk.” (33:40)

• Dynasty Trades:

  • “London for Neighbors and Tez Johnson”—Jamie: “A healthy Neighbors is definitely better than Drake London…” (56:27)
  • “Traded Woody Marks for Jameson Williams”—Panel: Thumbs-up, with caveats for context.

5. Lighthearted Banter, Impressions, and Dad Jokes

(Scattered throughout, but most memorable in 13:04–16:34, 34:13–35:05)

• Adam repeatedly tries dad jokes, to Dan’s growing exasperation:

  • Pilgrims Joke
    Adam: “If pilgrims were alive today, what would they be known for? — Their age.” (13:19) Dan: “That’s one of the worst ones… The fence joke was good.” (13:40)
  • Seaweed Joke
    Jamie: “Why is the sand at the beach always wet?”
    Dan: “I don’t know?”
    Jamie: “Because the seaweed.”
    Adam: “The seaweed. Like, peed.” (14:13–14:25)
  • Science Dad Joke
    Adam: “Why don’t scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.”
    Dan: “That’s not terrible. That’s decent.” (34:39)

• Panel lightly roasts each other with impressions.
  Dan: “I have a huge headache today…” (03:30–03:49)
  Adam & Jamie: Various impressions and self-deprecating humor.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Dynasty Tanking:
  “Tanking never works. It’s better on paper than it actually is in dynasty.” — Dan (03:17)
• Trade Ethics:
  “You need to have a steadfast hard rule here. Only veto for collusion or a truly egregious trade.” — Adam (38:33)
• On Dad Jokes:
  “I’m not a grumpy person, just because I don’t appreciate dad jokes!” — Dan (19:12)
• On League Meltdowns:
  “This guy is going through a wild crash out… just turn over commissioner duties to someone.” — Dan (50:48)
• On Start/Sit Pressure:
  “I think people might be… feel like Rashad White is going to have… well, I think people might think that Sean Tucker’s not going to have much of a role…” — Adam, filling for time and processing aloud (26:08)

Important Timestamps

• Mailbag Start / Q&A Begins: [04:27]
• Injury/News Update Segment: [10:09–12:10]
• First Trade Advice / Evaluations: [31:16–34:42]
• Fantasy Cops: Trade Veto Drama: [37:18–41:41]
• Waiver Wire Restoration Issue: [42:33–44:59]
• Commissioner Quits Drama: [49:19–51:41]
• Dad Joke Showdown: [13:04–16:34, 34:13–35:05]
• Rapid Fire Dynasty/Trade Q&A: [53:05–57:56]
• Final Rapid Fire Q&A: [65:47–69:49]
• Show Wind-Down and Farewell: [70:03–71:00]

Closing Thoughts

This episode offers the classic spirited debate and playful ribbing among Adam, Jamie, and Dan, but also underscores important fantasy league ethics—when to veto, how to handle commissionership, and what to do about those “accidental” roster moves. Along the way, tons of straight-shooting advice on tough lineup calls and highlighting the sometimes-comedic nature of fantasy football friendships. Capping it all off: dad jokes—whether you groan or laugh—are here to stay.

For listeners asking, “Should I start X?” or dealing with league drama, this episode delivers practical advice and plenty of laughs.

Missed it live? This summary should catch you up on every essential mailbag nugget, Fantasy Cops ruling, and face-palm dad joke from November 8th, 2025!