Mailbag and Fantasy Cops! (11/29 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Summary

Fantasy Football Today – Mailbag & Fantasy Cops! (11/29/25)

Hosts: Adam Aizer, Jamey Eisenberg, Dan Schneier
Date: November 29, 2025
Theme: Answering listener fantasy football questions and resolving wild league disputes in “Fantasy Cops” style

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Episode Overview

This lively episode of Fantasy Football Today dives into a massive listener mailbag, providing advice on start/sit dilemmas, trade advice, and waiver pickups as the fantasy football playoffs approach. The show also features one of the all-time great “Fantasy Cops” segments, where the hosts judge and dissect real-life league disputes and commissioner controversies sent in by the audience. The hosts banter about Thanksgiving meals, debate quarterback arm talent, and joke about movies and TV preferences, keeping the tone fun and engaging.

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Main Discussion Points

1. Thanksgiving Banter & Food Takes (02:17–04:28)

• Adam and Jamey share favorite Thanksgiving dishes; Dan jumps in with controversial food opinions.
  • Jamey: Only takes dark meat, skips the white: "No white meat, though. I'm done with the white meat." (04:04)
  • Sides are king; raves over his sister-in-law’s stuffing and sweet potato casserole.
  • Adam jokes about using Breathe Right strips to maximize “food aromas.”

2. Fantasy Football Mailbag: Start/Sit, Waiver, and Trade Questions (06:09 – 30:44; key segments below)

Sample Questions and Advice:

• Sit 1: Courtland Sutton, Deebo Samuel, Marvin Harrison Jr., Michael Wilson
  • Jamey: Sit Deebo (06:38)
• QB Start: Tua vs. Jets, Brissette vs. Rams, Jordan Love vs. Bears, Trevor Lawrence vs. Colts
  • Jamie and Dan: Lean Love, but Lawrence could be sneaky; Brissette also has volume upside. (07:52)
• WR: Sutton or Franklin this week?
  • Dan: Lean Franklin for safety, but Sutton has high upside. Jamie agrees, especially in full PPR. (08:14)
• DST: Falcons (vs. Jets) or Dolphins (vs. Saints)?
  • Jamie: Dolphins slightly preferred due to home matchup and 2-week upside (10:14)
• Survivor Pick: Dolphins vs. Saints or Jaguars vs. Titans?
  • Dan/Jamie: Lean Dolphins; prefer to avoid divisional road games (10:39)
• Devonta Smith or wait for Marvin Harrison Jr./Michael Wilson?
  • Dan: Start Devonta, trust the bird in hand (09:43)

General Advice:

• Trust the volume; err on the side of safety as playoffs approach.
• Monitor late-week injury news, especially with key rookies like Marvin Harrison Jr.

3. Roster Construction & Commissioner Tactics (13:08–14:23)

• Dan brags about beating Jamie badly in two leagues last week. Adam pushes back: “People hate it when you brag. Just stop. I have to keep assuring people Dan is just playing a character.” (13:35)
• General advice: “Have fun—ribbing is part of fantasy.”

4. Weather Watch (14:45)

• Adam summarizes upcoming “bad weather” games; worst is projected as SF at CLE (20+ mph winds).
• “It’s not a great weather weekend as Dan was alluding to. So it’s not bad though…”

5. QB Arm Strength Debate (22:28–26:13)

• Adam’s “crazy take”: Caleb Williams has the best arm in the NFL.
  • Jamie: “If we’re talking pure velocity…Herbert, Williams, and Josh Allen are top 3. Mahomes’ arm talent is still amazing, but velocity isn’t what it was.”
  • Dan: “If Mahomes wanted to dial it up, he’ll dial it up. But Williams consistently rips it.”
• Jamie: “Mahomes is still the king of trajectory, touch, and pace, but Williams throws a flat laser.”
• Notable Quote: “It looks faster for Williams because he throws such a flat ball. That’s not necessarily a good thing.” (25:54)

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Fantasy Cops Segment (36:33–62:19)

1. Commissioner Gone Rogue (from Andrew) (37:24)

Case Details:

• An inactive owner pays league dues in Week 11.
• Commissioner (in 1st place) adds himself as co-owner on inactive team, sets lineups, trades himself players.
• Jamie: “This is essentially—the commissioner is playing two teams. I’ve never seen it before.” (39:57)
• Verdict: Reverse the trade, commissioner banned from future commish duties. “This person can never be the commissioner ever again.”

2. Laporta Waiver Disaster (from Aaron in Windsor ON) (43:56)

Case Details:

• Dynasty league. A team (out of playoff hunt) randomly drops Sam LaPorta, a top young TE.
• No waiver period set; he’s picked up minutes later by just one attentive manager.
• Jamie/Adam: “The integrity of the league is at stake here.”
• Verdict: Obvious settings mistake—Laporta should be returned to original team.

3. Settings Snafu with Return Yards (from Michael) (46:41)

• League discovers their commission set “kick return yardage” at .1 per yard, vastly impacting scores and strategies.
• Correction mid-season reverses several win/loss outcomes; one owner (Kyle) rage-quits.
• Dan: “Kyle, stop being a baby. Otherwise, see you later.”
• Jamie: “Sounds like people noticed and took advantage, but once corrected, it’s unfortunate but correct.”

4. Commissioner Processing Trades Last-Minute & Gaslighting (from Ian) (51:13)

Case Details:

• Trade accepted Friday; not processed until minutes before Sunday kickoff.
• Commissioner refuses to alert participant/trade partner, then insults, threatens to kick him from league when he requests to fix his new lineup.
• Jamie: “This is one of the worst people I’ve ever encountered in Fantasy Cops…”
• Dan: “This commissioner sucks. Yes, you have a responsibility to notify owners when trades process late.”

5. Off-Topic: Is a Stadium a Building? (just for laughs and running jokes) (33:40)

• Dan: “I can’t wait to hear you flip-flop on this one, Adam.”
• Jamie: “I don’t think a building needs a roof. I think a building needs walls.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Start/Sit Dilemmas:

  • Jamie: “Devonta Smith. Don’t wait and risk it with Marvin Harrison Jr.” (09:43)
  • Dan: “Brissette could be good too—Brams could put up points, so we might see more volume.” (08:06)

• On Commissioner Ethics:

  • Jamie: “This is the worst one we ever had. This is—this is the worst one. Oh my gosh.” (38:58)
  • Adam: “It’s obviously insane behavior.”

• On Arm Talent:

  • Adam: “Williams, if he's accurate—sometimes he makes these throws on the run across his body that just—no, yeah, that’s—it’s crazy.” (25:27)
  • Jamie: “Mahomes still has the best ‘arm talent’—not just velocity. Caleb’s actual throws look different because it’s so flat.”

• On Banter & Joy of the Show:

  • Jamie: “Literally getting to do this show. That’s 100% my favorite thing about this job.” (56:27)
  • Dan: “I’ll sit there and stare at the comments. I think you guys are hilarious. Our audience is the best part.” (57:14)
  • Adam: “The mailbag is my favorite. And I also miss holidays…but there’s plenty of great things about what we do.” (59:23)

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Fun Side Tangents

• Rocky Movie Debate: Jamie has never seen Rocky or many classic action films, leading Dan and Adam to express disbelief and recommend it as a “rite of passage.”
• Thanksgiving Leftovers: Jamie shows off his fridge and declares a “no diet weekend.”
• “Who has the best arm—Adam, Dan, or Jamie?”
  • Jamie: “Might be Jamie. I don’t know. I can’t throw a football well—tore something years ago.”
  • Wisecracks about “auto quarterback” and childhood football mishaps.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:17] Thanksgiving food/banter
• [06:09] Mailbag – First start/sit questions
• [22:28] Caleb Williams/Arm Strength Debate
• [36:33] Fantasy Cops segment begins
  • [37:24] Rogue commissioner story
  • [43:56] LaPorta dropped for free in dynasty
  • [46:41] Waiver yardage settings disaster
  • [51:13] Gaslighting commissioner over trade
• [56:26] Favorite things about the job / podcasting
• [62:16+] Aftershow banter, miscellaneous chat

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Summary

This episode offers a packed, rapid-fire mix of actionable fantasy football advice and community-fueled fun. The mailbag segment covers tough roster decisions, while the Fantasy Cops entries showcase some of the most egregious and entertaining league controversies ever seen on the show. The hosts’ chemistry, running jokes, pop culture tangents, and obvious love for fantasy football make this a must-listen, especially for long-time fans. The episode is crowned by a consensus: “Maybe the best Fantasy Cops we’ve ever had.”

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If You Only Listen to ONE Segment:

Check out the Fantasy Cops from [36:33] to [62:19] for hilarious, jaw-dropping league drama and classic reactions from the hosts.

Transcript

[Adam]

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[Jamie]

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[Adam]

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[Adam]

It's mailbag time. Happy Friday if you're watching live, if you're watching later, please le something in the comments. Leave some starter questions in the comments. Welcome to Fantasy Football Today, presented by BetMGM. Make it legendary. You know, one of the guys in the chat says, this is gonna be the best mailbag ever. I'm kind of feeling that because Dan's here. I know he's got some stupid Thanksgiving take, like, about food, for example. Dan. Yesterday or Wednesday, I guess it was, we talked about our ideal plate of food. Ideal Thanksgiving dinner. I'd like to know yours. I'm sure it's going to be completely controversial.

[Jamie]

So the first thing I did this year, which is the first time ever doing it, I just completely skipped white meat. And it was an amazing decision. Usually I'll just chuck a little on the plate, then I'm like, chewing through it, and I'm like, why did I even eat this? Like, I'll pour some gravy on. It's a little bit better, but it's one full dark meat. Our family cooks like flank steak, which is amazing. Or not a skirt steak. Sorry. So, like, a marinated skirt steak. I went for a lot of that. That goes fast. But I think the best dishes on Thanksgiving are the side dishes. I really am strongly believe in my. My brother's wife made this cornbread with Ve in it. It was so. I mean, not cornbread. This stuffing with Ve in it. It was so freaking good. The Mac and cheese was amazing. And then the.

[Dan]

The.

[Jamie]

The crown jewel for me on Thanksgiving is the sweet potato thing, which I gotta imagine has, like, loads of butter and sugar in it because it tastes so good with the marshmallows on top. That's always my favorite thing. So that's my plate right there. And that's it.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

I was putting vegetables on it. I don't do the. I don't do the disgusting cranberry mold. I just look at that thing, and I'm just like, do I really want this on my plate? I'm sure it tastes good, honestly. It's like sugar and cranberry. But do I really want that on the plate mixing in with stuff? It just looks mold. It just looks gross, doesn't it?

[Adam]

I think this was. That was really good. You were on the.

[Jamie]

No white meat, though.

[Dan]

That's it.

[Jamie]

I'm done with the white meat. What's the point of it? It's terrible.

[Adam]

It's much better. For you than the dark meat. Who cares?

[Jamie]

It's Thanksgiving. What are we talking about here?

[Adam]

Jamie's here as well, and it's been a. It's been a fun. It's been a fun week. I. I use Breathe Right strips on Thanksgiving to maximize the food aromas. It's a good comment. That's a good comment.

[Jamie]

One of these days, I'm coming back with that. With that. No strip on the show.

[Adam]

Good. All right, so listen. So we're going to read your questions. YouTube email @Fantasy football, Apple podcast. Not sure about Spotify today. We'll try the guy who usually gets me. The Spotify questions is off. Because it's Thanksgiving and you need a.

[Jamie]

Guy to give you Spotify questions.

[Adam]

Yeah, I do, actually.

[Dan]

What does that mean?

[Adam]

There's an account that has access to them, so I can.

[Jamie]

And you don't have access to that account.

[Dan]

You don't know by now. You've been on this podcast with us. You've done your own podcast with Adam. Like, Adam gets spoon fed everything.

[Jamie]

It's true.

[Adam]

I get spoon fed nothing. Only the Spotify questions. That is it.

[Jamie]

Nothing.

[Adam]

Okay. And we need you to vote. Let's do it. Let's go. Right now. The 64.com spot got the best sports podcast and radio show. We're on the top right bracket. We're in a heated battle.

[Jamie]

I thought we were bottom right. I thought we were top right.

[Adam]

Top right.

[Jamie]

Oh, but we're the 710 seed, the 710 game, right?

[Adam]

Whatever it is. Sake. Just vote for us. We. I really want to win this one. Let's go, baby. Let's do it. All right.

[Dan]

There are a lot of great podcasts. This should have been the final. The championship.

[Adam]

Yeah. Us versus the footballers. Yeah. You know, it's funny.

[Jamie]

Not just fantasy football, though, right? Like, I saw like men, we are.

[Dan]

The two best podcasts in the history of podcast.

[Adam]

Someone said to me on Twitter, I posted something last night, Thursday night. I said, hey, vote for us. Whatever. Someone responded with, well, the footballers already promised a 64 minute mailbag if I vote for them. I'm like, dude, we do that literally every single week.

[Dan]

Oh, Dan, that might have been the best comment from Dave. He said, if we. He said, if we win, you'll do a 64 minute mailbag.

[Adam]

Yeah, dude. We always do that. He's like, it's that long. I'm like, yeah. All right. Anyway, I got a couple news items, but first, let's get to some YouTube comments here. Bench 1. Cortland Sutton, Debo Samuel Marvin Harrison Jr. And Mike and Michael Wilson. And the news was that Marvin Harrison Jr. Apparently looked good. So I think we should plan on him playing. And Trey Benson is out, by the way. But sit Sutton, Debo, Marvin Harrison Jr. Or Wilson.

[Jamie]

I'm saying Debo matchup wise. I like the decision to sit here. I just. You would think you want to sit Michael Wilson with Mark and Marvin Harrison Jr. Back. I don't. I'll wait and see. He looks so good on tape. I'll. I'll keep him in my lineups. And I'll sit Debo too.

[Dan]

I think just again, the positive for the Cardinal situation is that we've seen two receivers do well. Greg Dorch has got 15 targets in two games. It's not like he's been just producing because of a big player or something. I know the two games ago was garbage time, but still, 15 targets for Michael Wilson could still be really good.

[Adam]

Do you remember Marvin Harrison juniors?

[Dan]

So seven and a half times Marvin.

[Adam]

Harrison Jr's stat line in his last game.

[Dan]

It wasn't great. One of the two wasn't great, but he had targets.

[Jamie]

Didn't he leave the game early?

[Adam]

That was four games ago.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Adam]

This most recent injury was appendicitis, but he had three catches, 33 yards and a touchdown on 12 targets. That was at Seattle the game before that. He was probably the best he's ever looked. Just destroying Duron Bland on Monday Night Football. All right, May is on a buy next week. Would you start TUA versus the Jets, Brissette versus the Rams, Love versus the Bears or Lawrence versus the Colts?

[Jamie]

Jordan Love.

[Dan]

Without seeing how Lawrence looks with Thomas back, I would probably lean towards love. But Lawrence could be fantastic even in a tough matchup.

[Adam]

I think Brissette could be good too, because I think the Rams will score enough points. Brissette's gonna throw maybe 40 times.

[Dan]

So they're all interesting.

[Adam]

Yeah. Sutton or Franklin this week?

[Dan]

Franklin is the smarter play just based on what the targets have been. But I think this is a sudden week. So I haven't back to back. Be safe and go Franklin.

[Jamie]

I go Franklin and PPR. Full PPR.

[Adam]

64 minutes of who has more. This is John Airport. Would you. This is. Yeah. Well, this is a.

[Dan]

Watching Adam have to come up with questions of who has more for 64 minutes would be. That would be worth watching just having me. You having to do that.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

Believe it or not. And I'm not saying believe it or not because that's a segment, but believe it or not, who has more was one of the hardest segments for me to produce. I could not think of good. Who has mores? All I needed to do was think of eight of them for the. What, wait, what day was that? Wednesday. Wednesday show. And I really struggle with it.

[Dan]

Do you know that? No, it was a Tuesday show. I did the Wednesday show. Do you know that? Right then I.

[Adam]

No, I don't think. Because Tuesday would have been waiver wire.

[Dan]

Yeah. No, I did the Wednesday show. You did Tuesday? I did Wednesday. David Friday.

[Adam]

This is our CBS Sports Network. Last year.

[Dan]

Do you know the I. I miss hosting our daily FFT show on hq. The most painful thing that I ever had to do was name that player.

[Adam]

Tough. Yeah.

[Dan]

But I did that every week.

[Jamie]

That's not easy.

[Adam]

All right, Starter Devonte Smith. Or wait to see if Marvin Harrison plays. And if he doesn't play, Michael Wilson.

[Dan]

Devante Devonte. Okay.

[Adam]

Yeah. Because we think Marvin's gonna play Devin Neal or Parker Washington.

[Dan]

I would go Neil now with Thomas back. Okay.

[Jamie]

And you got more touches with Neil. It looks like it's standard. At least we don't know. So for sure I'm on a Neil.

[Adam]

Falcons DST or Dolphins? Dst. Falcons at the Jets. Dolphins against the Saints.

[Jamie]

I think I'll go Dolphins home against Tyler Shock.

[Dan]

Yeah, you go that route. I like them both. And again, you get two weeks out of the Dolphins if you want.

[Jamie]

Quick, quick question for YouTube Survivor down to started with 8, 900 people. I'm down to 423. I have two options this week. Dolphins at home against the Saints or Jaguars on the road against the Titans. Where do you lean?

[Dan]

Always go home and never division.

[Jamie]

Dolphins are playing for something.

[Adam]

Dolphins are three and two in their last.

[Jamie]

I guess they're playing for something. Yeah, I mean my. I do it with a. With a friend and he wants Dolphins. But I was. I'm leaning Jags because I feel like they just need it more.

[Adam]

Jags. Gosh, they.

[Jamie]

I mean, no, they're terrible. They're.

[Adam]

They don't win convincingly.

[Jamie]

Never.

[Adam]

Right.

[Jamie]

But they win.

[Dan]

Here's the Dolphins.

[Adam]

Blew out the Bills. They thought they blew out one other team.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Adam]

They beat Washington at overtime. They blew out someone else.

[Jamie]

Recently I had this weird feeling like they're coming off a bye week, the Dolphins. And they're just like a team that doesn't really care about the season. They're just going to be lackadais.

[Adam]

This is what I would do. I would look at the Dolphins after a buy under McDaniel and see what they Do.

[Jamie]

Okay, I like that. That's smart. Few more.

[Dan]

That's why I asked you. There you go.

[Adam]

I have Justin Jefferson on my answer.

[Dan]

That question that you just posted.

[Adam]

What was the question? Oh, A.J. brown, Devonte Smith, Justin Jefferson and Troy Franklin.

[Dan]

Pick two and a flex. So 301.

[Jamie]

Then JJ is Justin Jefferson.

[Dan]

I'm probably saying Franklin. Unless you want to split up the Eagles. Then sit. Devonte Smith. Ah.

[Adam]

I.

[Jamie]

I don't know. I guess I can see that. I just feel like playing both of those Eagles receivers in this cold. It's so cold outside in this cold, windy game. It's not going to be what people think it is. I'm going unders in that game, but I don't know who I bench of those two. A.J. brown or Devonte Smith. That's a problem.

[Dan]

Tackles are out for the Bills.

[Jamie]

I'm not mentioning Justin Jefferson. I want to see. Even though it's Seattle, I want to see Justin Jefferson with Max Brosmer. I have a weird feeling. Max Bros. Brosmer. Okay, whatever.

[Adam]

Dalton Kincaid Limited today. Okay, so that's it for YouTube for now. Thank you everybody for your questions. We will get some more of them later. Yeah, not a ton of news. It's going to be coming in throughout the show. But again, Marvin Harrison Jr. Looking good right now. Trey Benson out. Jamie Di Mercado or Devin Neal?

[Dan]

D. Mercado.

[Adam]

Bam Knight or Devin Neal?

[Dan]

Yeah, I'd go.

[Adam]

Okay, Bam Knight or Zach Charbonnet?

[Dan]

I'd go Bam Knight.

[Jamie]

I only bring this up too because I just thought of this and I've been thinking about it all week because Jamie always uses this as barometer of where we're at. Adam, did you ask Jamie about our two matchups last week? In fantasy? I played Jamie. Oh, two different leagues last week. They were beat down. It's like 60 to 70 point wins.

[Dan]

Yes, the two leagues were significantly better than me. Beat me down very badly.

[Adam]

So listen, I gotta say something because you know, you say I'm spoon fed stuff, but I'm not spoon fed this.

[Jamie]

Who said that? Jamie's.

[Adam]

I never look at the comments. I read emails. I gotta tell you, buddy, people hate it when you brag. You should not do this right now. Just stop. I have to keep assuring people dad is just playing a character.

[Jamie]

They don't know me. That's serious. That's crazy. Yeah, they should know better by now. They should know.

[Adam]

You should know better by now.

[Jamie]

In my opinion, they should know better by now. It's fun to have fun and rib a little bit on the show. All right. I, I agree. I agree.

[Adam]

It is fun.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Dan]

All right.

[Jamie]

And if it doesn't, if it affects them, I'll do my best to stop bragging. Even though it's all fun act. But if you want no fun Dan, you can find no fun. I'll be no fun Dan. I can find a way to get access no fun Dan.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Adam]

Nfd. We love them. Okay. Is there anything else you wanted to add or you just wanted to get that in there?

[Jamie]

I just needed to get that in there.

[Adam]

All right. Anybody gonna, gonna think about downgrading Josh Allen without his tackles at Pittsburgh?

[Dan]

No. You're still starting.

[Jamie]

Yeah. You still have to play him. I don't, I don't think. You just have to hope that they can get, have a basically design like that quick game type access to the passing game that we've seen the Chargers do.

[Adam]

It's not a great weather weekend as Dan was alluding to. So it's not bad though. The worst one according to Kevin Roth right now is San Francisco at Cleveland. Could be pretty windy, winds around 20 miles per hour, gusts up to 35. So that's the worst one. And that's your weather update. And it's time for football folks at BetMGM. Register with BetMGM to 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 the 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 money line parlay bets and more today. Bet MGM. Make it legendary. All righty. Emails fantasy football cbsi.com from Jake sit to. Why just. Just say start to if it's four people. Anyway, Michael Wilson, Jaylen Waddle, Trayvon Henderson and Ameca Abuka. Who are your two favorites there? Michael Wilson, Jaylen Waddle, Henderson and Abuka.

[Jamie]

Waddle and Henderson are my two favorites there.

[Dan]

I would put Wilson there if Harrison is out though.

[Adam]

Over who?

[Jamie]

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. I thought we'd. I guess we don't know yet. Yeah. If we don't, Harrison's out. I like Wilson, but over who? Henderson.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Yeah. So it would be Wilson and Waddle.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Jamie]

And then I do not like Igbuka with if Baker's not playing at all.

[Dan]

Not better than those guys.

[Adam]

Josh Allen. I almost said Drake May and then I went Josh, Josh Allen or Drake May. Four point per passing.

[Jamie]

Touchdown, Alan.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Jamie]

Yeah. I'm just not gonna ever bench Josh Allen. If I have Josh Allen on any team, any matchup.

[Adam]

And you do have Josh Allen on a team, it's your Bake Burger Dynasty league, which is 11 and 1.

[Jamie]

You did that, not me. You did that. All right. I'm trying to retire the brain that was on you.

[Adam]

Rod Z from North Carolina wants to know Brissette or May. And I'm playing against the guy that has Marvin Harrison. Should that matter?

[Dan]

I would go Mayo or Brissette and that should not matter.

[Jamie]

Yeah, no, it's May. Okay, Giants defense, it's a great matchup.

[Adam]

This email is for Dan.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Adam]

It says, dear Clarence, Joe, Emil, Steve and Leon.

[Jamie]

Clarence, Joe, Emil, Stephen, Leon. Am I supposed to know that?

[Adam]

No, I couldn't get it. It's the bad guys from the original RoboCop. Extremely random.

[Jamie]

I've seen RoboCop.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Barely even know what it is. That Arnold schwarzenegger. Who was RoboCop Schwarzenegger or.

[Adam]

No, what was the name of that?

[Jamie]

Like a Schwarzenegger type?

[Adam]

No. What was his name?

[Jamie]

Damn. Or something. One of those.

[Adam]

No, I trying to tell you. No, it's not one of those like action guys. What was his. Jamie, what was the guy? Peter Weller. Peter Weller played Robo. RoboCop. He says this email is for Dan. I usually agree with pretty much every take Dan has, but he doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to the Beatles and Ringo Starr. The reason why it seems Ringo isn't great is because he is so good that it seems simple. Go watch the Beatles Anthology on Disney plus watch Ringo and you'll see how great he really is.

[Jamie]

I have respect for that take. I mean it might just be so simple. It's good that is because like for, for example, the drummer in Blanking on his name, the drummer in Krung Bin, he's so simple. I think that people I've read online like, this guy's the best. He's always in the pocket, whatever that means. I don't really know, but I follow along. My Ringo was like an addition to the take. What it really comes down to with the Beatles is I don't think they play the guitar very like as good as like the like great guitar players in the history of guitar. So like to me, like rock is mainly guitar. It's other stuff too. There's ancillary pieces that are important, but there's just much better guitar out there. Like I just don't know how I could think that Beatles are the best to ever do it again. Top 20. I give them top 10. Probably one one. No, not one one.

[Adam]

Yeah. All right. Well, I, I think they're like kind of like Bart Starr and you're talking.

[Jamie]

We just don't know them that well.

[Adam]

No, it's just they played a different game than, than the Rolling Stones and all that. You know, they, they were of a different era. Not that much before, but they were a different type of band. All right, like, they're. Yeah, they're like the Bart Star, and then you're kind of talking about the Joe Montanas, and they're kind of hard to compare. All right, we're gonna take a break.

[Jamie]

Didn't have good arm, talent, system, quarterback. Just kidding. Just kidding.

[Dan]

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[Jamie]

Have you guys seen the new season of Landman yet? No.

[Adam]

No, I'm still in the first one.

[Jamie]

You did or didn't?

[Adam]

I'm halfway through the first season.

[Jamie]

Okay. It's okay. I'm not gonna say anything.

[Adam]

It's great, right?

[Jamie]

So fun. It's so fun. Demi Moore is so good in it.

[Adam]

So I'm going to defend the take Now. I said before the season started, I got crushed for this.

[Jamie]

Okay.

[Adam]

And I kind of just said it in the heat of the moment that Caleb Williams is the best arm in the NFL.

[Jamie]

I really remember when you said that.

[Adam]

I, I really think he has the best arm in the NFL. I've watched a lot of tape. The ball gets out of his hand and to the receiver faster than any quarterback that I've watched. Caleb Williams has the best arm in football.

[Jamie]

So I, I think it's a good debate. It's a, it's, it depends what you're talking. Are you talking about velocity?

[Adam]

Strongest arm and also ability?

[Jamie]

Don't say best arm because I think arm talent, which is what I try to define it as. I once had an interview with Trent Dilfer who had a great breakdown of this. It's the ability to change trajectory, pace. Like these are things that are not really good for Caleb Williams right now. Strongest arm, velocity wise, it's either Caleb Herbert. I'm trying to think, who else would Compete with those two. No, no. Definitely not Mahomes. Definitely. I feel like Mahomes velocity definitely not Moms what's left of his arm. Definitely not.

[Dan]

No.

[Adam]

I think Mahomes shows it sometimes but.

[Jamie]

If you're talking about like a. Just think just judge it on and I know what Adam's talking about. Watching a lot of more tape for a little.

[Dan]

Put a radar gun on it.

[Adam]

Yeah radar gun.

[Jamie]

You could put a radar. I'm just talking about run the bent, the dig route, the 12 yard in breaking route. That ball that Caleb puts on those. Those 12 yard in breakers. Mahomes is not throwing with that kind of velocity on that throw. Herbert Williams. Who else?

[Adam]

Allen. I would think you would have to Alan Allen.

[Jamie]

They just don't let him do it anymore. But when he used to throw those in breakers in the old and the Dable offense when they was there. Yes. Josh Allen. It's those three. Who else? Stafford. Stafford. I see that in the comments. That's another good. Stafford still has that same level velocity.

[Dan]

If you're. If you're going to discount Mahomes and still give Stafford that, you're crazy.

[Jamie]

Stafford has much better velocity on his.

[Dan]

Throws than you're saying that Mahomes doesn't. When. If Mahomes wanted to dial it up, he'll dial it up.

[Adam]

I think that's like he can but.

[Jamie]

They don't really have those throws in their offense. That's a fair point. It's. They don't run that. So in that system they don't have a lot of those throws. But like there are some times where he has to throw over the middle of the field. It's not the same velocity.

[Adam]

He doesn't do it consistently. It's effortless for Caleb. Unfortunately it's pretty much every throw. It's like he does.

[Jamie]

By the way, I'm not tripping TM42 Mars. I am. I know Mahomes has an amazing arm. It's obviously not what it was. I was the original Mahomes guy. When he was talking about as a third round pick I said he should be the first quarterback in the class. Look it up on my Twitter. I have receipts on this so just you can go look it up. I wanted the Giants to take him. His arm attack was the best I've ever seen. His arm now is not. Doesn't feel the same as it was. But Mahomes I would say still has the best arm talent because he can change trajectory and touch and put different type of pace on the football. But if we're just talking about pure velocity, that's all Adam talking about. Yeah, it doesn't look the same when Mahomes is throwing a 15 yard dig as when Williams sticks it right on the receiver.

[Adam]

Williams, if he's accurate and he makes. Sometimes he makes these throws like on the run across his body that just. No, yeah, that's. It's crazy.

[Jamie]

Some of Rogers, by the way, still kind of has that too.

[Adam]

People are saying it about Lamar deserves in the contest. Lamar's a really good Lamar.

[Jamie]

I wouldn't put Lamar just talking straight velocity. But the other thing is like, it also looks faster for a player like Williams because he throws such a flat ball. That's not necessarily a good thing.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Jamie]

It's a much. It's not easy. Receivers talk a lot about how it's easier to catch up. Like when Russell Wilson was in camp, all Giants receivers are raving about him because there's no hitting and there's no pass rush and it's just throwing those moon balls up and it drops right in. But like you want to have some trajectory and touch on the ball to make. To make it easier for the receivers. But Williams kind of just rips it right in.

[Adam]

Yeah, he does. Okay, so I have a moral dilemma. We'll get back to the questions. But I have a moral dilemma for the fantasy cops guys. Someone sent an interesting fantasy cops and they attached screenshots of the text messages between him and the commissioner and it gets pretty heated. And I asked him if I could read the text messages on the air and he said yes, but I don't know if I should do that. It feels like you should. It feels like a violation of this other guy who's not involved, has no idea. And I'm going to read his.

[Jamie]

His.

[Adam]

His comment. Like his texts, his personal text. I don't know. What do you think?

[Jamie]

I think you do it.

[Adam]

Okay, I'll do it. All right, back to the questions here from Anthony Dear, Fitzgerald, Bird and David. That's good.

[Jamie]

All Larry's.

[Adam]

Larry's, yeah.

[Jamie]

Not hard to figure that one out.

[Adam]

I started Amanra Saint Brown and Jameer Gibbs and now I'm in risk of getting cut in the Guillotine league. Who should I flex? Woody Marks, Bucky Irving, DK Metcalf or Michael Pittman? Full PPR marks. Yeah, I'm going marks too.

[Dan]

I mean, just say Marks are on defense. Last two weeks without DeForest, Buckner's not been the same.

[Adam]

Okay, from Justin. I need help in non ppr. Give me Your two favorites here. Jalen Warren, Quinson, Judkins, Charger starting running back Tyrone Tracy. Remember, it's non ppr. Warren, Judkins, Charger starter Tyrone Tracy.

[Jamie]

Judkins. I'll start with. It's just one.

[Adam]

Yeah, Judkins, Jalen Warren, Chargers running back Tyrone Tracy.

[Jamie]

If it's just one, Judkins for me, two non tpr.

[Dan]

Yeah. Jalen Warren is my favorite by far.

[Jamie]

Yeah, Warren and Judkins. But Warren's in non ppr. Yeah, Warren and Judkins for me.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Jamie]

Who's your second?

[Dan]

Jamie Warren is first. Judkins will be second.

[Adam]

Okay, full ppr. Pick one. Kenneth Gainwell. I'm already playing Jalen Warren. Kenneth Gainwell or Quentin Johnston.

[Jamie]

Johnson, if you already have Warren in your lineup.

[Dan]

I'm actually playing a lineup with both Steelers running backs. I think there's in PPR. There's opportunities for both these guys to be 12 plus points.

[Adam]

Yeah. Philosophically, I. I don't mind. In a situation like this where it's Quentin Johnston is your other prior. Is your other choice locking up the Steelers backfield because probably one of them is going to have a good game. Maybe both.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

But at least you. You're taking a step to not ensure, but come closer to ensuring at least one of those two guys that you're starting is going to be good.

[Jamie]

Well, make a pledge. Yeah, go ahead.

[Dan]

I mean, you want to have two good players in your roster. Not, of course.

[Adam]

But I don't get one, Right? Like, if Quentin Johnston were Justin Jefferson or something, I would go with Jefferson, but Quentin Johnston is too scary for me. I don't really.

[Dan]

I mean, they may have the same amount of catches. Gainwell and Johnston. Yeah, and Johnston will probably do more with that. But there's also the potential of what we saw from Gainwell last week, minus the touch push play. Take that out.

[Jamie]

Right. That.

[Dan]

That was fluky. He still scored 12.7 PPR points without that play. True. And you are playing Buffalo, which has been so bad for. Yeah, so bad.

[Jamie]

Yeah. The matchup's great, too. Yeah, I see it. Can we make a pledge? From this point on, as we enter each fantasy off season, we give our advice. We will respect and appreciate and take the value when it's there on any Arthur Smith run game, any options in any Arthur Smith run game that get devalued. Jaylen Warren was not drafted high like, this guy just produces run games over and over and over again. He did it in Atlanta, he's doing it again in Pittsburgh. People score if you're on if you're a running back on his teams, they score. He figures out he's got great blocking schemes and he just designs run games that work.

[Dan]

I think the reason why Jalen Warren was not drafted high was because of Caleb Johnson. It wasn't necessarily. It was. It was. We were.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Of the belief that they spent a second round pick on Caleb Johnson. And I know for me, like, I like Jalen Warren slightly better, but I wasn't saying you got to go get Jalen Warren early because of Caleb Johnson's presence.

[Adam]

The problem with Arthur Smith is he loves committees, but he does get committee.

[Jamie]

But then. Then we're at the point. This seat, like this season right now, we're like, we can start both of them and be fine or.

[Dan]

Well, there's one.

[Adam]

All right.

[Jamie]

A couple more going through. The running backs are such a big part of that offense.

[Adam]

This is Mike from Beaufort, South Carolina. Bucky Irving. Quinshaw Judkins or Cortland Sutton? Pick one.

[Dan]

What's the format?

[Adam]

I don't know.

[Dan]

Judkins is probably the safest.

[Jamie]

It's not a ratty T shirt. Adam Lee. It's just not ironed. Well.

[Dan]

Said.

[Jamie]

Why bother showing split screens and all I see is dance, huge straps and a silhouette of a ratty T shirt. It's not a ratty T shirt.

[Adam]

Oh, all right. Jamie's saying Judkins. Okay.

[Jamie]

It was Jenkins or who?

[Adam]

Sutton or Bucky Irving?

[Jamie]

Yeah, Jenkins.

[Dan]

This is just out of curiosity. I googled quarterback velocity ratings to see if there was any.

[Jamie]

Yeah, but Art, what is it? From the combine.

[Dan]

Laughable. The. The first name that came up.

[Jamie]

It probably Mahomes, but like Homes or. No, Baker. Baker throws the velocity too.

[Dan]

Laughable. The first name that came up.

[Jamie]

Anthony Richardson.

[Dan]

You're. You're so far off.

[Adam]

Teddy Bridgewater.

[Dan]

So far.

[Jamie]

Just do it. I mean, what is Gabriel. That's so dumb.

[Adam]

Dylan Gabriel.

[Jamie]

That just doesn't make sense.

[Dan]

Top QBs by throwing velocity. Dylan Gabriel threw a ball at 74.9 miles per hour at the Senior Bowl. No. Potentially breaking the NFL combine record. Then it has Jordan Love to be the fastest throw ever recorded in NFL history. 61.9 miles per hour. Mahomes is third, highlighted for 60. 62 mile per hour throws in game situations. Josh Allen, 62 miles per hour. J.J. mcCarthy threw a ball at 61 miles per hour. Yeah, it's at situations where they mostly measure it. But I mean, obviously have my homes and Allen in there as. As game stuff.

[Jamie]

Here's one I don't know how they're going. They're just taking some from games, some from Combine. But the, the Gabriel thing is laughable if you just want like if you watch the tape, of course. Make sense.

[Adam]

All right, here we go. Last email from Dan says a stadium is a building. It has a roof. But in an open air stadium, the roof only covers a portion of the seating. I think what you were viscerally reacting to is this. The real question, in my very honest opinion is, is the field in the building? The field is essentially a glorified enclosed courtyard. Is an enclosed courtyard in the building? A fully enclosed courtyard is considered in the building, but it changes the question to something a little less straightforward than is a stadium a building?

[Dan]

I can't wait to hear you flip flop on this one.

[Adam]

Yeah, I think stadium is a structure. I don't know if it's a building. I just don't know. I feel like buildings have roofs. I feel like buildings have roofs.

[Jamie]

I don't think so. I don't think a building needs a roof. I think a building needs walls to be a building.

[Adam]

Okay, all right, we're gonna do some fantasy cops. I want to thank everybody for fantasy.

[Dan]

By the way, there was a comment, I think Adam Lee, I forget the whole name that said Dan Marino is the Velo God.

[Jamie]

Yes.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Dan Marino at 60 would throw the ball faster than half the Guy Gabriel.

[Jamie]

NFL according to this random metric that we're using.

[Adam]

I was at, I want to say LaGuardia and I was getting bunch and Dan Marino was one table away from me and I worked for CBS at the time and so did he. Or maybe he had just stopped. Now I don't think he did anymore. And I did not have the gut. He was by himself. I did not have the guts to say anything to him.

[Jamie]

Same thing happened to me when I was visiting you guys in Florida and. And I was at the same hotel as Rick Spielman and he was a table next to me and I really wanted to talk to him about NFL GM stuff and just not have the guts to do it.

[Dan]

That's the weird one because Rick is. Was working for us at the time. It was doing a show that day.

[Jamie]

Yeah, that's why I was there. Like we were in the same hotel. They put us in the same room.

[Dan]

To Rick as well.

[Jamie]

I'll tell you why though. I. I didn't think he was gonna like not want to talk. I just felt like he was like trying to. He's like a fat. He ate fast, wrapped it up, got the check and like got out of there. I feel like he was just wanted his alone time and like, I didn't want to bother him in his moment.

[Adam]

Stay with Marino.

[Dan]

Yeah, I used. So Dave and I used to do our show Sunday mornings from New York, and then we would go watch games with the NFL Today crew, the old, old NFL taker, which Marino was part of. So I remember my, my favorite story. You know, I grew up the biggest damn Marino fan, so it was the best situation for me ever. So I remember sitting next to him when Cam Newton broke the rushing record. I think it was rookie rushing record or.

[Jamie]

Yep.

[Dan]

Rush most rushing touchdowns in a season May. I think it was his rookie year. And I look at Dan, I said, do you remember how many rushing touchdowns you had? And he looks up and he's like thinking about it for a few minutes. He looks over at me and goes, do you think I give an F?

[Adam]

No way.

[Dan]

It was the funniest and most perfect thing. Like, he didn't need the timing on.

[Jamie]

That is so good. I mean, he was laughing, you know.

[Dan]

He wasn't trying to be mean to me. It was just.

[Adam]

That's so good.

[Dan]

Like, if he's like, like, was he actually thinking about it? Was he just thinking, like, I'm just gonna pause for a second.

[Jamie]

He's just pausing for delivery. Yeah.

[Dan]

It was so perfect.

[Adam]

That is great.

[Jamie]

Awesome.

[Adam]

That's so cool.

[Jamie]

Awesome.

[Adam]

Dan, if you could. If you could, you know, later in life work with your childhood hero, who would it be?

[Jamie]

Your Dan Marino?

[Adam]

Eli Manning.

[Jamie]

Yeah, for sure. Eli Manning. And my friend, actually his son is at the same school as Eli's son or something is going on where, like, he's playing football on weekends and he gets to see Eli. So I'm like trying to nudge him, like, get him on the podcast, like, it's not going to happen.

[Adam]

You never know. All right, we'll take a break. Come back with the Fantasy Fantasy Cops. We'll be reading people's private text messages after this.

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[Adam]

By the way, Johnny, Airport again. He said that. I don't consider a stadium to be a building, but I do consider a doghouse to be a building. All right, Fantasy, she's not wrong. Yeah, right. It's so good. This one's from Andrew. This. This is unbelievable. Unbelievable. I. I mean, unbelievable. Okay, I have an issue with my league's commissioner. There has been an inactive team in our league that had not paid league dues until week 11. Once this inactive team paid in week 11, the commissioner added themselves to the inactive team and started making lineup changes and roster moves.

[Jamie]

What in.

[Adam]

Hold on. In week 12, after that suspect action, the commissioner made a trade with this inactive team. The commissioner sent Ramandre Stevenson and Jared Goff from Basil Tuden and Lad McConkey. The trade would be okay if only the commissioner wasn't in control of both teams. FYI, the commissioner is in first place, and the inactive team is a long shot to make the playoffs, but not yet mathematically eliminated. Is this behavior normal for fantasy football? What should be done about teams who don't set an active lineup? And what should be done with my. My brother, my expletive brother, who is clearly overreaching as commissioner?

[Jamie]

Brother? We didn't hear that part.

[Dan]

Save that one for the end. This is the worst one we've ever had. This is the worst one we ever had. This is. This is the worst one we ever had. Oh, my gosh.

[Jamie]

I almost don't believe it's real, but it probably is.

[Dan]

It probably. Hold on. Just this. We get the whole big picture of this. The brother of the commissioner is writing us this email?

[Adam]

Apparently, yes.

[Dan]

The commissioner decided. So I was a little confused. Wait until after they paid or didn't.

[Adam]

Pay, Made them pay and then took over.

[Dan]

Added himself as they paid, then took over.

[Adam]

Yes.

[Jamie]

No sense.

[Dan]

Gotcha. All right, so first off, this person can never be the commissioner ever again. I think that you got to reverse the trade.

[Jamie]

This guy can't be Setting lineups for people though, either.

[Dan]

So we've had this. We've had this come up before. If someone's inactive and you notice it early in the season and you start doing it, then you got to do it throughout the course of the season, right? Yeah. And that. The person that's inactive, that person you kick out without question. But if you're just doing it like at. At random points in the season, that's not fair because everybody has to have the same advantage.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

One week, he likes the match. He's like, all right, well, I need to win this. I need to be that guy.

[Dan]

Let me. Let me make some.

[Jamie]

This is essentially. The commissioner is just playing two teams. It's unreal. He's playing two on. I've never seen it before. He's actually. It's crazy. He's such a good chance to win.

[Adam]

Oh, man, it's so good.

[Jamie]

Normal. No, not only is it normal, it's an outlier. You may be the only in the only league where this has ever happened.

[Dan]

Probably. Yeah.

[Adam]

Okay. So that it's obviously insane behavior. Thank you for this. Hilarious Fantasy Cops. Okay, next one is from Aaron in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He says, hey there, Hannibal, Murdoch, Templeton and Bosco.

[Dan]

Jamie, that's the 18.

[Adam]

The 18 I play in a series. What you say?

[Jamie]

What movie is the 18 from?

[Dan]

Oh, my God.

[Adam]

It's a Mr. T TV show.

[Jamie]

I would know that.

[Adam]

And a movie and a movie. Yeah, but Mr. T wasn't in the movie, right? That was like a newer movie, right?

[Dan]

No, it was.

[Jamie]

What was Mr. T's deal? He was like Top Guy or Hannibal. Yeah.

[Adam]

What was. You don't know anything about Jackson? Was Mr. T. Okay, okay, pause. Fantasy Cops. Dan is asking about Mr. T. And this leads me to believe that you have never seen any of the Rockies.

[Jamie]

What's the Rockies?

[Adam]

The Rocky movies.

[Dan]

Oh, my God.

[Jamie]

Oh, no, I've never seen any of the Rocky movies. I've seen Rocky one. Not seen. No, I've seen. Of course I've not seen that. Rocky movies. The only movies I've seen are like it's gang.

[Dan]

I've never seen Rocky.

[Jamie]

No. No, I haven't seen Rocky. Do you have a desire again? I would see all of these movies. I'm sure they're great. They're great. But no, I have not seen Adam.

[Dan]

Put them in timeout for 64 seconds.

[Jamie]

There's a lot of these. You're going to be surprised I haven't seen. Honestly, Rocky.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Actually, I don't know why you're Surprised at this point. That's the more. That's the more surprising.

[Adam]

Yeah, dude. It's a sports movie and it won best picture Rocky. It's an incredible movie.

[Jamie]

Yeah. But it takes place in. In Philippines.

[Dan]

There is nothing still to this day that gets me more fired up than when Adrian says in the hospital, yeah.

[Adam]

Yeah, don't tell him. Don't tell him.

[Dan]

But no.

[Jamie]

Yeah, somehow it hasn't been spoiled to me.

[Adam]

Go. Go do a. Do a marathon Man. But one of the. One of the worst ones is the one with Mr. T. It's not that good.

[Jamie]

I'd rather just watch the new season.

[Adam]

It's. It's the third. It's.

[Dan]

You're watching Landman before Rocky. Oh, yeah, of course.

[Jamie]

I always watch TV shows. I'm a TV show guy.

[Adam]

1, 2, 5, 3. 1, 2, 4, 3.

[Jamie]

You know, actually someone asks, seen the Goonies? Somehow I've seen the Goonies, but I haven't seen Rocky. This is crazy, but this is great.

[Adam]

All right. Anyway, I play in a series of Scott Fishbowl themed leagues. All the rosters, all of them have the rosters and the scoring from the Scott Fishbowl, but they are each in a different format. One's recap, sorry, One's Redraft, one's keeper, one's Dynasty, etc. I commissioned several of the leagues, blah, blah, blah. So we played 12 weeks now and assumed that all the leagues were set up properly. But this week in the Dynasty League, which he is not the commissioner of, we realized something was set up wrong. Sam Laporta was dropped by a team that's out of it in a Dynasty league. We have no idea why that isn't the problem though. Where it went sideways is that instead of a two day waiver period and then him becoming a free agent, which is standard in most of our leagues, we realized that in this dynasty in Dynasty league, there was no waiver period aside from the one that locks players after they've played. So, long story short, Laporta was dropped at 11:30am and when waivers ran at noon, he was picked up by the only manager who saw that he was on waivers. The late drop in the lack of a waiting period made it impossible for anyone who was working a day job to see that Laporta had been dropped, leaving him with only one manager to scoop Sam Laporta up in this Dynasty League. I think it's insane that Dynasty League doesn't have a waiver drop period. And the commissioner admitted that it was a mistake. He then stated that the mistake Would have been. Would have to be voted on in the off season. Can this league really allow Laporta to be had for free on waivers? Or does this league changing oversight need to be fixed?

[Jamie]

I think this league changing oversight does need to be fixed. Your. The integrity of the league is at stake here. In my opinion at least like you have a player as good as the team. Liam Laporta, from a dynasty standpoint, just hitting waivers for a matter of hours and whoever was lucky enough to see it gets it. That's terrible. There's just nothing good about it. I agree. You don't have the. Yeah, go ahead.

[Dan]

This. This is not a player that should be getting dropped in the dynasty league.

[Jamie]

Oh, yeah, that's a problem.

[Dan]

You should probably say, did you mean to do this?

[Adam]

And what if he says yes?

[Dan]

If he says yes, then. Then that's the second part comes in.

[Jamie]

Yes. You try to trade with him right away.

[Dan]

This is probably a mistake.

[Adam]

I don't know. I. I would probably just. I don't know what I would do. So he gets dropped at 11:30. Waivers run at noon. Only one person even saw the transaction. This person was around his computer or phone or whatever.

[Dan]

You can't penalize the person for not there. He didn't break any rules.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Dude. Lepore. Guy who dropped Laporter. The guy picked up Laporta.

[Adam]

The guy who picked up Laporta. Jamie.

[Jamie]

Yeah, but it's not penalizing him. It's just correcting a wrong.

[Dan]

Like, but it's not correcting a wrong. This is what the, the, the, the, the way that the league was.

[Jamie]

Yeah. And not wrong.

[Dan]

You can't take it away from.

[Jamie]

Now people agree with you, Jamie. Mel Bailey says Dan is wrong. Everyone has the same opportunity to review the settings beginning of season. I totally understand that. But there's times where there's just leagues like, not as serious as ours. Mel Bailey, like us three. And you probably feel that way because we take these leagues seriously.

[Adam]

I don't.

[Jamie]

Maybe just a fun league for friend. What do you mean you don't.

[Adam]

I don't feel that way. In fact, I feel that even though I do take leagues very seriously, I never review waiver wire settings.

[Jamie]

That's true.

[Adam]

I would never. It would never even occur to me that a player.

[Jamie]

I just assume they're set up right. Exactly.

[Adam]

Exactly. I don't think it is on every player in a fantasy league who has a lot going on in his or her life to read the freaking details. I think when something as simple as a player gets dropped he shouldn't be available 30 minutes later. We just know that from playing fantasy. This is an obvious mistake. I put Laporta back on the team that dropped him. But I know that's not necessarily consistent with some of the other things I've said on Fantasy Cops. But in this case, no, I cannot allow this one manager to get Sam Laporta because he was available in a way that should never, should never have happened. And no reasonable fantasy player would expect Laporta to be available in that situation.

[Jamie]

I'll tell you what though. I would be on the text chain with. On a text message with that same Laporta manager, the original Laporta manager, trying to just pick apart the rest of that team. Because you can do good job. You can do good work there, let me tell you.

[Adam]

All right, guys, let's go to our next Fantasy Cops. And it is from.

[Dan]

It's the one with the text message, right?

[Adam]

That's the last one. That's the main event. All right, you know what? I'll skip this one from Michael because it's.

[Dan]

No, no, you can't do it.

[Adam]

It's really not that great though. But okay. It's actually good. It's actually good. Our long running work league has an interesting dilemma. About 44 weeks ago, I noticed a strange difference with Malik Washington's point totals versus how he scored on another full PPR site. So upon investigation, it looks like the commissioner accidentally set kick return yardage 2.1 points per yard. At the beginning of the year, when we started to uncover the mess, we realized why teams with Turpin and Mims as flexes were doing so great. One member of the league, let's call him Kyle, was outraged and demanded that the commissioner fix this message. So since none of us thought it was that big of a deal, the commissioner went in and corrected the mistake. No, he removed the return yard point and it flipped some members win loss records by two by two to three wins.

[Dan]

Wow.

[Adam]

That seemed outrageous. So he went back and fixed it. And because of this, Kyle quit the league. To add insult to injury, I picked up Chimary DK and now likely have a league winning wide receiver who in most leagues would be at best a bench guy. Was there a better way to handle this? Clear mistake, but was in the rules if anyone actually read them. What do you think?

[Dan]

Kyle's Stop being a baby. Otherwise, see you later.

[Adam]

Yeah, everyone's pretty pissed at Kyle in the chat here.

[Jamie]

Yeah, it's not looking good for Kyle.

[Dan]

But it is. I mean, there obviously were Managers that were paying attention to it and taking image of it.

[Jamie]

Yes. Yes. And it actually is Jamira DK is on pace to break the all time all purpose yards, which is crazy. Yes. Beating Darren Sprols out.

[Adam]

You know, I wish there were a way to make the fix in the settings without it retroactively changing the scores.

[Jamie]

Right.

[Adam]

But it doesn't appear that that there is that way. Which is a shame. So it's tough.

[Jamie]

But even then it's tough because you could say that. Adam. But then people made roster moves based on the scoring and then like anyone.

[Adam]

It doesn't seem like anyone noticed. No, he's very casual.

[Jamie]

What do you mean people notice? Yeah, and they're killing it. People obviously did notice and take advantage of it.

[Adam]

But then why would they penalize for.

[Jamie]

Making roster moves they wouldn't have otherwise made and then losing out on potential bench stashes and things like that. Okay.

[Dan]

I would imagine at any point in the season from basically week two on that when you go to your stats page to pick up players, that was reflected in there.

[Jamie]

Right.

[Dan]

Those players have been performing differently. Yeah.

[Jamie]

The projections are going to be especially.

[Dan]

Sounds like if not Kyle or whoever sent this email in was aware of that because of Malik Washington's scoring difference in different leagues. Right.

[Adam]

There's a great Tenacious D song that just goes. Last week, Kyle quit the band. You know that one, Dan?

[Dan]

No.

[Adam]

Now we're back together. It's a great song. All right, that's it for that one.

[Jamie]

Let's read the Jack Black man. Right?

[Adam]

Yeah. Let's read some some private texts. Okay. Fantasy Cops from ian. He says 12 team keeper league made a deadline trade with the commissioner on Friday. The Commissioner waited until 12:51pm on Sunday to process the trade. He did not inform me he had done so. I of course did not notice until after the lineups locked and asked if any of my running backs could be put into the empty slot. I didn't care who. I just wanted a complete roster. The commissioner freaked out, lied, threatened to boot me without refund and called me a pile of names in the league chat. Was I wrong to ask for a lineup change? I've attached some screenshots of the dragging I took in the group chat. I'm sorry. So he says. I'm sorry. My understanding was that the commish has the ability to alter lineups after game starts. I googled it and it gave me that being an option. Anyway, what he says then the commissioner writes back, you made the trade. So I processed it. I Processed it. Processed it. Again, not my fault. I did what I was supposed to do. You are supposed to check your roster for injuries before kickoff, right? Or you want me to monitor that for you as well? Didn't realize I was babysitting your roster based on your work schedule. What was I thinking? And he says, nah, nine minutes before game started without as little as a heads up is shady. I'm at, I'll add, I'm over it, I'll add someone else, blah, blah, blah.

[Jamie]

What?

[Adam]

And he says, he says to the commissioner, you are insufferable. I'm not even remotely trying to run my mouth. And then the guy says, you need to look in the mirror, bud. That gets really nasty. No, it's just out of order. Said. And then Ian, our emailer says, nah, dude, you're totally in the wrong. Commission says, nope, sure. I'm not like, not even 1% in the wrong. Keep going though. And what, like, what is this a.

[Jamie]

Group of friends or is this just like a group?

[Dan]

I just want to understand this. So the trade was made on the. On the league, but the commissioner has a process.

[Adam]

Yeah, yeah, right. It was made Friday and the purposely.

[Jamie]

Processed it and sit nine minutes before kickoff. Right.

[Dan]

I don't know how this works on other sites, but on our site, even if the commissioner does not process the trade, it still will say trade has been accepted pending commissioner processing it. So was his name is Ian?

[Adam]

Ian is our guy. Yeah.

[Dan]

So was Ian not aware that the trade was agreed upon?

[Adam]

No, he knew the trade was agreed upon, he just didn't know when it was going to get processed. And then bam, nine minutes before kickoff, which is four minutes before we have to set our lineups. The commissioner processes the trade and doesn't even tell him. And the commissioner is giving him a hard time for not checking.

[Jamie]

Right.

[Dan]

And so then he wants to change his lineup of the trade.

[Jamie]

He wants to get the players he traded for in the lineup.

[Adam]

He sent an email, just said, I have an empty roster spot on my starting lineup. Can we just put one of my running backs from the bench in there? Because the commissioner has that ability. And the commissioner went off on him and threatened to kick him out of the league.

[Dan]

All right, this commissioner sucks, he said.

[Adam]

FYI, the commissioner said, I don't need this bleep on my day off. He's two seconds away from getting kicked and no refund if he keeps it up. Got enough to deal with right now without putting up with crap over nothing. Guys in last place at 2 and 9 and keeps running his mouth.

[Jamie]

What the. I. I'm like, I got so many questions here. Is this a league of friends or just, like, online? People who met and want to play in a pay league. Oh, that's great.

[Dan]

They wouldn't all exchange text messages.

[Adam]

Oh, yeah, this is great. Let me read this last one. Commissioner says, go look at your roster, you whiner. It was fixed. Never again will I do that for you. You want to make a last minute trade, Pay attention to your bleep. Not my problem. Not my problem. To alert you that your trade went through at all. And then Ian says, I'll send this into the fantasy cops, see what they say. Lol.

[Jamie]

And the commissioner is going to get dragged.

[Adam]

The commissioner says, again, you have me confused with someone who cares what you think or say. It's not fair to anyone else that misses a deadline. But because you didn't see it, we should fix your lineup. Man up. And better yet, grow up.

[Dan]

Dude, this commissioner sucks.

[Jamie]

I mean, I'll drag him. I don't care. This is. I'll go a little further than that. This is one of the worst people I've ever encountered in fantasy cops and the history of me being a part of fantasy football today and cbs. I think this guy should not only be removed as commissioner, should be kicked out of the league, potentially out of your friend group. I don't know how long you guys have been friends.

[Adam]

Jerk.

[Jamie]

He just genuinely doesn't seem like a good human being. I'm just going to be honest about the situation. I wouldn't want to be friends with that person.

[Dan]

I just.

[Jamie]

I don't know why you would be.

[Dan]

I don't understand the. The approach of. And. And the wording up. It's not my job to notify you of the trade going through. Yes, you're the commissioner. Like, you should say, hey, by the way, I just processed our trade. Is there anything that you need to have done to your lineup? Because it's four minutes before. Right.

[Jamie]

My bad. I forgot to process the trade on Thursday when it went through, and now I waited three days. I screwed up as commissioner by waiting till 12:51. I'm the one processing it.

[Dan]

Obviously.

[Jamie]

I know I can change my lineup. Do you want these guys in your lineup?

[Adam]

Of course, yes. Poochie's uncle says he should hang out with Kyle.

[Jamie]

Kyle. I mean, clearly this guy doesn't care about being dragged by us, the fantasy football cops, which is fine. Like, good for him for living the life he is. He's clearly, like, living in one of those situations. Where it's like, my world. You're just all living in it. But, like, why would this guy be the commission of your league?

[Dan]

That's the thing.

[Jamie]

Like, clearly you guys are interested in fantasy football enough to be on a text chain and sending it into the fantasy football cops of CBS Sports. Like, so there are multiple people in your league can take over as commish. This guy's out. I think he should be out of your league in general. And I would debate just being friends with him for the rest of your life. I don't know if he's worth having in your life.

[Adam]

I think he probably listens to our show. So I feel a little bad here.

[Jamie]

But I don't feel bad at all.

[Adam]

He's wrong, man. Really.

[Jamie]

The text messages. I might have felt bad, but there's.

[Dan]

Only one way I would feel bad about this. If he didn't vote yet. If he voted.

[Adam]

We know who he's voting for now. All right, thank you all so much for the fantasy cops. And again, the64.com click on best sports podcast and radio show. Vote for Fantasy Football Tell you have today. I mean, if you're listening on Saturday, it might be too late, but I think it extends to Saturday. But please go vote for us. We'd appreciate that. Apple podcast questions. Here's a fun1 from FF Today Fan or FFT Today Fan. What do you enjoy most about your job? What brings you the most joy? I read this three days ago and I haven't gotten my answer yet. I cannot figure out what to say to this.

[Jamie]

I know what it is for me.

[Adam]

What is it?

[Jamie]

Literally getting to do this show. That's 100% my favorite thing about this job. It's not. It was not supposed to be like, what I did as part of my job when I took this job and moved over from the NFL team as an editor there to the se to the fantasy team as an editor. But thank you to Adam and Jamie for getting me on this show. And it's expanded to other shows. And it's not just this specifically, though the mailbag is my favorite part specifically. But it's everything for F50. Big fan of this. But other than that, I would say it's draftathon. I just. Those are the two things each year that I get most excited about.

[Adam]

Draft A thon is rewarding in a completely different way. Just another level.

[Jamie]

Thing about doing this job. No, no.

[Adam]

People really gave Aaron Andrews a lot of flack for what she said. Did you see this?

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Oh. Oh. This is why this question. Yeah, I saw that she's complaining about having to work holidays and stuff.

[Adam]

I don't know if she was complaining. She just mentioned that she misses having holidays. And I.

[Dan]

She was just being, she was being honest. And she was relaying what one of her producers said to her professor, excuse me, said to her prior to taking the job. And look, everybody's jobs are different. Everybody's lives are different in the jobs that they do. Every job comes with pros and cons. You know, there are things that you should love about your job and hate about your job. You know, to answer your question, Adam, I probably get the most. I'm shiitake mushrooms about sometimes it looks like I don't want to be here. I get that a lot. And that, like, I'm disinterested or whatever. Like, this is the best part of what we do. And, and I, I, I'll sit there and stare at the comments. I think you guys are hilarious. Our audience, I think, is the best part of what we agreed, you know, from, you know, we highlight Johnny Airport a lot, but there's just a lot of funny stuff that goes in their conversations with each other and, and the things that they say about us. This is my favorite show that we do during the week, just because I think it's hilarious about the stuff that that happens, you know, fantasy cops and just the questions and just the tangents that we go on, you know, like, my favorite shows. My favorite shows, aside from this one, are our night shows. Whenever we do those, like, it just. Yeah, we get, we get silly and it's fun. But I mean, like, you think about some of the things that have happened in the history of our show this year included. Like, I mean, from Dave's with the. With the sun to the sun thing is so good.

[Adam]

You know, the Dan's shirt.

[Jamie]

Your shirt. Hw. You know what?

[Dan]

Yeah, like it. And it's like, you know, I'll send. I forget what it was that made me laugh. Oh, and we started the show by accident, you know, when?

[Adam]

Just now.

[Dan]

No, we didn't realize that we were on.

[Adam]

Oh, yeah. That was weird. Yeah.

[Dan]

You know, like, I showed that to my wife and she's like, I don't get it. I'm like, just keep watching, you know, and then eventually she laughs. But, like, you know, there's, there's things that just happen here that even unless you're part of our community, like, it's hard to explain. It's just so funny.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Adam]

The mailbag is my favorite. Oh, nice And I don't. I also miss holidays. You know, I don't. Don't criticize anyone. Like, oh, you have such a great job. Whatever. It's okay for Eric Andrews to miss holidays. And I miss them too. Like, I don't really get to go with my. Two years ago, my entire family and my cousins, they all went on a vacation over Christmas and I couldn't go and it sucked.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

It's okay.

[Jamie]

You have worked from there.

[Adam]

I don't think so. I would have had to work at like in a hotel room. No.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

I don't, I don't.

[Jamie]

I could bring like that night my.

[Dan]

Wife takes my kids camping with my in laws every Christmas break and never go.

[Adam]

Yeah, it stinks. But it's okay. I mean it's. There's plenty of. Plenty of great things about what we do. And, and I think the fact that our audience has. Has like started fantasy leagues amongst themselves is really cool.

[Jamie]

Yeah, that is really cool. I like that a lot too.

[Adam]

We got two. The best part of this, two news items. He. He really misses Halloween. That's a great comment right there. That's good stuff. Two news items here. Jackson Dart's gonna.

[Dan]

I hate when I miss a show. Like, I. Drives me crazy.

[Adam]

You do hate missing shows. Yeah. Dexter Lawrence, we haven't really talked about this, but he may not play for the Giants on Monday. But Mike Kafka apparently believes he has a chance and Baker Mayfield is trending toward playing.

[Dan]

So. Yeah.

[Jamie]

He mentioned earlier in the week, like he doesn't feel much pain with it. It's going to be interesting though. Like, will he play through the whole game or will it be like a thing where we get an injury in game? It's. I wouldn't start him in any leagues personally.

[Dan]

I'd start him in super flex and two QB leagues. Just because you're.

[Jamie]

If you have no other option. Yeah.

[Dan]

Scraping the bottom of the barrel, but yes.

[Adam]

All right. But are you gonna start Baker Mayfield over tua? No, I'd start to CJ Stroud against Stroud Colts.

[Jamie]

Literally everyone over, over. For me, it's literally. I just. A, there's the risk of him not finishing the game. B, they haven't. He hasn't been good for fantasy for a while with his injuries at receiver and the way he's playing.

[Adam]

You're not going to start shitters. I will not let you start Shooter Sanders over him.

[Jamie]

Okay. I won't stop. That's fine.

[Dan]

With Daniel Jones both dealing with injuries.

[Jamie]

I mean.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Oh, Daniel, did you see the practice reps of Jones. Yeah, that looked, like, scary bad.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Dan]

You know, I. I noticed when he was running even. Even before the Chiefs game, but, like, the Chiefs, like, he just looks slower. So much slower than usual. Like, and now we probably know why. Yep. Sorry.

[Jamie]

But also, it's like you can't plant off of it and throw. It's. It's. It's not good.

[Dan]

No.

[Adam]

All right, so we don't have any other Apple podcasts. To be 100 honest with all of you Thanksgiving week with the fewest questions. I'm. I'm actually surprised that we're doing a 56. It's gonna be plus hour, plus show. We have very few questions Thanksgiving week. People just are not caring as much. We'll bounce back next week, but we do have chat questions to get to.

[Dan]

I wouldn't say not caring. Busy.

[Adam]

Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Definitely busy with this.

[Dan]

This was probably our best fantasy cops ever.

[Adam]

Do you think so?

[Jamie]

Easily my favorite fantasy cops ever. Easily. That was one of the most insane things I've ever heard. Two. Two insane stories. Oh.

[Adam]

The first one about his brother, and I wish you could have seen the word he used to describe his brother. I couldn't read it on the air.

[Jamie]

It's his own brother.

[Adam]

So let's read some.

[Dan]

Is there anything in a fantasy league that would cause you to lose a relationship with a family member?

[Adam]

No, I don't play fantasy with any family members.

[Jamie]

I don't either.

[Adam]

All right, here we go. To the apple. To the YouTube comments. Drake May or Jalen hurts in two hours.

[Dan]

I would probably go May.

[Jamie]

May for sure. For me.

[Adam]

Can you get Kerrygold at Starbucks?

[Jamie]

He saw me.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Today. Look, it's just. I didn't have much time. I wanted, like, a sugary drink. I went to Starbucks. I went off my diet. This is a no diet weekend. I'm just letting it rip. I have leftovers. I have a huge thing of leftovers. I'm excited to eat today.

[Dan]

Let's see. Show us the fridge.

[Jamie]

We won't do that again.

[Dan]

Come on.

[Jamie]

You want a quick peek inside the fridge?

[Dan]

Of course.

[Adam]

I really. I. I don't.

[Dan]

There it is.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Dan]

You can't see anything.

[Adam]

Yeah, it's too far. That's why.

[Jamie]

Yeah, probably for the best.

[Adam]

All right, question from Ryan. Has Dan given us his Adam impression yet? I haven't heard it.

[Jamie]

Yeah, No, I haven't yet.

[Dan]

When?

[Jamie]

It has to be on a mailbag when I do it. It's not going to be this week up this bag. I gotta. I gotta work on it. I gotta go to the. Like I said, I want to watch the tape, grind the tape. I know, like some things I'm gonna add to it. The shoulder up thing, the high pitched voice when you need to get it in. And you know, we need to set up too. Like, I want you to play the role of Jamie. Adam. So you'll do your Jamie impression and I'll do my impression. You'll say something like that cuts deep. Like, what did he say earlier today about you not doing a lot of work? Yeah, you get to exact. The spoon fed comment that really. I knew that cut deep. Like, I saw the look.

[Adam]

Really ridiculous. I do all of my own research, so I basically. So I really was.

[Jamie]

Thomas did all that for you?

[Adam]

No, I do all my own research.

[Jamie]

You serious?

[Adam]

Like what?

[Dan]

I was.

[Jamie]

I always get the emails from Thomas with all the research and then you just forward them along.

[Adam]

Oh, get the hell out of here. All right, next question. When Dan plays tennis before noon, he brings my morning racket.

[Dan]

Oh, I love that.

[Adam]

Yes.

[Jamie]

That's awesome. My morning racket.

[Adam]

Who has the best arm? Adam, Dan or Jamie?

[Jamie]

It can't.

[Adam]

Oh, no, definitely not me.

[Jamie]

It's. It might be Jamie. I don't know. I can't throw football. Well, something happened.

[Dan]

I throw like a thousand pitches a week and it's. My arm's dead.

[Jamie]

I like tore something here in my rotator cuff like six years ago lifting weights on a bench press machine and I just can't throw anymore. It's terrible. Like anytime I throw a football, it's embarrassing that we played Thanksgiving football yesterday. My two cousins are like 6 and 10 and it's like I won't play auto quarterback. So I have to actually get out there and run some routes, which is even more embarrassing.

[Adam]

You call it auto quarterback.

[Jamie]

Well, we have like one auto quarterback.

[Adam]

We used to call it official QB official. Yeah.

[Jamie]

Now auto quarterback.

[Adam]

Thinking about my friend Josh, very young, running around, running, running straight into a tree, a huge tree. Oh, my gosh. We were probably 8 to 10 years old. Something like that. He was just running.

[Jamie]

See it coming.

[Adam]

No, it was huge. He ran straight into that.

[Jamie]

Those trees are elusive. You can't. You don't always see them.

[Adam]

Jaden Higgins or Justin Jefferson, ppr. Come on, Jefferson.

[Jamie]

Yeah, it's Jefferson.

[Adam]

Adam. Live streaming from a beach on vacation and complaining about sand and everything would be awesome.

[Jamie]

Oh, you complain. That's your thing. Like you complain about being on beaches because of the sand.

[Adam]

I don't think I've ever done it on the Air. But if just so you all know. Yeah, I can't. The beach is way too sandy for me.

[Jamie]

Oh, you're one of those people who just can't, like, enjoy it, bro. The sands in your tote, like, that's the beauty of the beach. Like, not worrying about so much worse with kids.

[Adam]

Oh, my gosh. All the, like, the. The car gets so messy in the bags and it's. Taking your kids to the beach is stress.

[Dan]

Stress.

[Jamie]

You're basically Larry David.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

When it comes to the beach. If you ever see him on that episode, it's so funny.

[Adam]

All right. Bucky Irving. I haven't seen that. Bucky Irving. Devin Neal or Romo Dun. Pick one half ppr.

[Jamie]

You said Rome. Yeah. I don't trust Bucky. Neil's got the most volume, but Rome is going to do more with it. Rome's fine. Oh. All right.

[Adam]

Jane Daniels.

[Dan]

Daniels rolled out. Terry McLaren will play.

[Jamie]

Will play.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Yes.

[Jamie]

Wow. He's back.

[Adam]

Not think that Jaden Higgins, Debo Samuel, Brian Thomas Jr. Or Michael Wilson.

[Jamie]

Well, Wilson, especially if Harrison doesn't play. If Harrison plays, probably still Wilson. Yeah.

[Adam]

How does Bucky affect. How does Baker affect Bucky a lot.

[Jamie]

I mean, Bridgewater offense is going to be disgustingly bad in my opinion, and maybe it'll look better with a week to prep. That arm looks shot to me. He has no mobility. He's not big. It looked ugly. Like, I. I don't know what they can accomplish with him at quarterback. I don't really know why he's in the league. I. I'm surprised he's their backup quarterback. I am very surprised. I don't even. Like, he was signed like a week before the season.

[Adam]

All right, so based needs a big boom week here. Do I go with Woody Marks, Alec Pierce, Chimray DK or Brenton Strange in standard scoring?

[Jamie]

Marks for the. For the highest upside, probably.

[Dan]

Right.

[Adam]

Standard scoring, I'd say. Yeah.

[Dan]

Yeah. But I mean, if. If you get a big DK or Pierce touchdown, that probably saves it, but I don't know if I want to trust Pierce against the Texans. DK might be interesting against Jaguars just because of that secondary. So if you need the biggest boom, to me it's dk, but Marks is.

[Adam]

The safest pick two. If Olave were out, Bucky Irving, Omarion Hampton, Tyrone Tracy.

[Dan]

I mean, we don't know if Hampton's playing. If Hampton plays, I would probably go. Hampton and Tracy.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Jamie]

You know, I did the most rookie for Bucky.

[Dan]

We just don't know what's Gonna happen. Yeah.

[Jamie]

I did the most rookie mistake in one of my important leagues this weekend, so I want to make sure no one does it, so I'll put it out there. If you're having these weeks, especially the Thanksgiving week, where there's three games on Thursday and then one on Friday before the Sunday games, just really do a good job of making sure that the players that are you are playing in those games for the Thursday and Friday games are in your wide receiver and running back spots, and none are in your flex. I made the mistake of leaving two of my flex, and now I have a lobby sitting in my receiver role with no receivers left on my bench. So I'm gonna have to cut someone important to, like, put in a player, if a lot.

[Dan]

It doesn't play.

[Jamie]

Just don't. Don't make that mistake again. Don't be me.

[Adam]

Yeah, no, definitely don't be Dan.

[Jamie]

It's general good life advice. Just don't be me.

[Adam]

It's kind of what we learned on the Mailbag. Joe says he won't join a fantasy league that a co worker runs. I don't. I don't agree with that.

[Jamie]

No. I'm in plenty of leagues.

[Adam]

Don't make it for a lot of money. Chargers. Because you don't want any.

[Jamie]

Most leagues play out fine. Adam, there's.

[Adam]

This is like.

[Jamie]

Like, I'm in a lot of big money leagues, and there's no issues.

[Adam]

I got a question for you. So I'm in a league with a co worker, former coworker, who runs the league, and the entry fee is $50, and he pays $10 a week to the highest score.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Adam]

So he owed me for two weeks. I had won high. I'd been the highest scorer two weeks in a row. So I was like, yo, you owe me $20. He paid me $19. Just. Just to be, like, kind of a jerk. He paid me 19 bucks.

[Jamie]

So I don't get it.

[Dan]

Is this the guy who says, in my league?

[Adam]

No, it's the guy who used to pitch for the Gators.

[Dan]

Oh, that's funny. Yeah.

[Jamie]

I don't really understand this.

[Adam]

I don't know. He just decided to withhold a dollar for me.

[Jamie]

Why did you ask? You asked for the money.

[Adam]

Mid season, you get paid every week, the highest score.

[Jamie]

Oh, he doesn't pay out the end of the year like other people are getting paid.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Adam]

Correct. So. Man, I don't know what to do about that.

[Dan]

Not.

[Adam]

Not cool. Last question here. Chargers or Browns? Dst.

[Jamie]

Chargers.

[Dan]

Chargers.

[Jamie]

The Chargers. This week is amazing.

[Adam]

Kittle or Tyler Warren.

[Jamie]

Ppr, kiddo. For sure.

[Adam]

All right, everybody, have a great weekend. Thank you all so much, and thanks for voting for us. Really appreciate that and for hanging out with us on Thanksgiving week. Oh, Adam, is Gremlins a Christmas movie? I haven't seen Gremlins in 20 years. No, 30 years. Don't. Gremlin sucks. I watched 10 minutes of it. You don't need to watch Gremlins.

[Dan]

How have you not seen Rocky? This bothers me.

[Jamie]

Yeah, you know, it's true. Like, I've never seen Rocky. I've never seen a lot of great movies. I never saw what's that movie ever. Or Terminator. Never saw Terminator, which I'm sure I'd love because that's actually, like, sci fi, which I actually enjoy. Like, but I've seen a lot of, like, movies like Eternal Sunshine, Spotless Mind, like, seven. Like, these types of movies. Like, great movies. Like, I like different. I don't like action movies, really. So I'm not, like, an action fan at all. I find it kind of boring, as weird as that sounds. I want, like, plot. I want twists. I want drama. Like, I want stuff like that in my movies.

[Dan]

You'll. You'll. You'll probably enjoy Rocky one more so than the other ones.

[Jamie]

Then. I just don't think. Like, I don't know when I would watch Rock. That's the problem.

[Adam]

Like, oh, I have an idea. How about right now?

[Jamie]

Well, right now I'm gonna actually go play some tennis with my brother after this.

[Adam]

Oh, that's right.

[Dan]

All right.

[Adam]

After that, watch Rocky, please.

[Jamie]

No. Like, I'll just go back to Landman.

[Adam]

I have recommended so many good movies to you. You never watch them.

[Jamie]

Because I watch TV shows. I just watched the whole Twin Peak series. Just stop.

[Adam]

Watch Rocky. Like, be part of America. Be an American. Watch Rocky. And is it Rocky? Don't they fight on Thanksgiving? Or is it Christmas? One of them.

[Jamie]

Like, what do I do if I watch Thanksgiving? As a Giants fan and someone who grew up in this area, like, I have a pure hatred for Philly and all things Philly. Do I. Who do I root for in that movie?

[Adam]

You don't have to. Oh, and Rocky, too. They fight on Thanksgiving. You don't have to be. You know, they don't talk about the Eagles. Okay. Like, okay, it's fine. You'll be fine.

[Dan]

He just said an interview, by the way, that they filmed the step scene.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Dan]

You see this?

[Adam]

I saw something on Facebook that they just did in one take, and they were worried about the cops or something?

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Adam]

Pretty cool. All right, let's. Let's head out. Enjoy your weekend, everybody. We'll talk to you Sunday morning. And then we got the live stream. 11am to 1pm Eastern.

[Jamie]

SIA.

[Adam]

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[Jamie]

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[Adam]

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[Jamie]

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[Adam]

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[Adam]

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