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Dan
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Jamie
It's time to dominate your fantasy league.
Dan
This is going to go the distance. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie and Heath.
Jamie
It's the last mailbag for 2025 and it's mailbag time and we're going to make it a good one today. Welcome to the show. It's fantasy football today presented by BetMGM. Make it legendary. Fired up. What's up, Jamie? How we doing?
Adam
Doing great. How are you?
Jamie
I'm good. I am good. I'm floating right now. Very happy.
Dan
Good mood.
Jamie
Weekend fantasy. Wish the game. I wish the games are better. It's a weird NFL year, isn't it? Weird year.
Adam
It's definitely a weird year. Feels as if the. The survival of the fittest is going to win the Super Bowl. Whoever's the healthiest team at this point as opposed to whoever the best team is. Not that the teams that are going to make the playoffs are bad, but I mean, we've lost a lot of great players this season and, you know, probably going to lose one or two more, unfortunately, as the next couple weeks unfold.
Jamie
Dan will be here soon. We're going to give him a color blindness test, see if he can do better than me. And we'll get your. Get your emails. Fantasy Football cbsi.com We have some Apple podcast questions. We have some YouTube comments. We have the fantasy cops and we're going to start with your YouTube comments. Oh, here, Johnny.
Dan
Airport.
Jamie
Here he comes. Oh, nice to see you, Dan Steier.
Dan
I told you I was running a little late. What do you want from me?
Jamie
I want you to get your mic settings proper. That's what I want you to do.
Dan
And.
Jamie
Happy holidays, Dan.
Dan
Happy holidays, boys.
Jamie
You ready to take a colorblindness test? After YouTube, you're going to take a color blind.
Dan
Oh, boy. On air?
Jamie
Yep.
Adam
What do you mean after?
Jamie
After we do our YouTube comments, we're gonna do the colorblindness test.
Adam
Okay.
Jamie
And we're gonna see if you can do better than me. I. I did horribly. We'll see. I'll tell you what I got after we do your. All right, here we go. Any concern about A.J. brown and his wisdom teeth? It says his Wilson teeth. All right, we're good.
Dan
Oh, we're on air already. Oh, hello.
Jamie
We're on the air.
Dan
I didn't know we were alive yet.
Jamie
Yeah, well, I ended up waiting six minutes for you. Or four.
Dan
I Told you I was.
Jamie
Yeah.
Dan
Running some Christmas errands. It was a little bit late today.
Jamie
Yeah, that was Dan. Lady works from home.
Dan
I thought you were gonna stop wait to start the show for me. We usually do that for Jamie, for other people.
Adam
He never waits for me.
Jamie
No, I don't. Once that time comes, it's there. All right, who's winning this?
Adam
The only person he waits for is Dave. True.
Jamie
Oh, this is a.
Dan
Definitely shows favoritism towards Dave.
Jamie
Such a disadvantage for one side. Christian McCaffrey and James Cook versus Josh Jacobs and Derrick Henry. Who wins?
Dan
Who's gonna score more? Who do you think?
Jamie
Yeah, it's not even. We think not even close. McCaffrey, Cook.
Dan
Yeah.
Jamie
Here we go. Parker Washington, Bucky Irving, Ken Walker.
Dan
Is it Emma today? I see some comments from producer in the. In the comment section that I'm not appreciative of. We got today.
Jamie
It's Emma.
Dan
Okay, Emma.
Adam
Building.
Dan
Building a. You're building something up here, Emma. We might have to have a little talk after the show.
Jamie
All right. Pick two.
Adam
Are we sure it's Parker Washington or somebody named Parker and somebody named Devonte.
Jamie
Parker, George Washington, Bucky Irving, Ken walker, Ted roll McMillan. Pick two.
Adam
I'm trying to think. There's another Parker.
Dan
It's got to be part. Oh, because there's Parker and Washington.
Jamie
Parker Washington. Give me a break.
Dan
There's definitely no other Washington right now.
Adam
Yeah.
Dan
Washington on the Steelers. So. Yeah, go. Who'd you say? Jamie, who do you like? I would go.
Adam
Bucky and Tedro.
Dan
Yeah, I mean, I. I don't think so. I don't think I want Tarot against the Seahawks.
Adam
I mean, we're not talking about the slam dunk options here.
Dan
No, these are bad. These are real bad. Bucky has the most upside. I might go Bucky and Walker, Drake May.
Jamie
Or Josh Allen.
Dan
May Drake May.
Jamie
Let's see. Half ppr. Give me a wide receiver and a running back. Brian Thomas Jr. To. Oh, A.J.
Dan
Brown.
Jamie
And the running back is Ken Walker or Ranjay Stevenson.
Adam
Stevenson.
Jamie
What if Henderson plays Stevenson?
Dan
Okay.
Jamie
Hampton or Henderson.
Adam
If he plays, I'd probably go Hampton.
Jamie
With. With or without Vidal.
Dan
Out, right?
Jamie
Don't know.
Dan
Okay, Hampton.
Jamie
This is one of the toughest weeks right now for our. For our purposes, because there have been no practice reports basically.
Dan
Right.
Jamie
Just estimations. So I don't. Hopefully this is about the time where we start to get more updates. By about 12:15pm.
Dan
I watched a movie last night.
Adam
Boys Mega Fitzpatrick was ruled out. Oh, there we go.
Jamie
See, we're Getting updates.
Dan
The new Knives out movie. You guys see it?
Jamie
Oh, no, no.
Dan
It was very good. Yeah. Let's go back to the fantasy, though.
Jamie
No, it's okay. Hampton, Bucky. Ken. Walker.
Dan
Hampton for sure. I think I'm going Walker.
Jamie
I'll sit Walker.
Adam
I'll set Walker, too.
Jamie
Kenneth Warren. Kenneth Gainwell. Jalen Warren. Tedro. McMillan. Pick two.
Adam
I'm gonna start.
Dan
The Steelers gain Well, more for me, too. I'm not high on Tyrone McMillan at all this week.
Adam
Okay, so you name 20 receivers you are high on because that's.
Dan
I know. This is true. This is sad. Jacob and I were going over this week on beyond, but there's just, like, nothing left at receiver.
Jamie
Bucky Irving or DeAndre Swift or Travis ETN.
Dan
ETN.
Adam
I would go with.
Dan
Oh, full PPR. ETN still going ETN.
Jamie
Pick two. Drake, London. Tettero McMillan, Devonte Smith or Stefan Dogs.
Adam
I would go Diggs and London.
Dan
Definitely not tat, so. Whoa. What the heck is that?
Jamie
It was Stefan Dogs.
Dan
Wow. That was. Don't ever do that again. Alarming. That's better.
Adam
Do you think that's a dog or is that somebody impersonating a dog?
Dan
Somebody impersonating a dog?
Jamie
Who's a dude Who.
Dan
That's somebody impersonating a dog.
Jamie
Who is.
Dan
It's you.
Jamie
No, it's Dave.
Dan
Really?
Jamie
Yeah. Oh, Cameron. Cameron Dicker or Cam Little?
Adam
Jamie Little.
Dan
Eliminate kickers from your league. But for now, I'll go with Little.
Jamie
So Warren or Taysom Hill? Tyler Warren or Taysom Hill?
Adam
Still Warren.
Dan
I'll go taste them.
Adam
Hill.
Jamie
Devonte Smith or Jalen Warren?
Adam
Jalen Warren.
Dan
Yeah.
Jamie
Dylan Sampson or Michael Carter?
Dan
Samson even playing? We don't know.
Adam
Yeah, Carter. But it's close.
Dan
Carter.
Jamie
Okay. And last one. Bucky Irving. Teterell McMillan, Luther Burden or Parker Washington, full PPR.
Dan
Pick one.
Jamie
Bucky T. Mac Bird in Washington.
Dan
Full PPR. I think I might go Washington.
Adam
I would go with most faith in him.
Jamie
I just go with Bucky. I hope he scores. I guess.
Dan
Man should get some catches. And it's gonna be a nice environment for throwing the ball.
Jamie
Jeff's here. Jeff, we got 17 questions for Adam.
Adam
Picking questions.
Dan
What is it?
Adam
He picks almost all of Jeff's questions. Jeff Sells because of the Homer Simpson avatar. Notice it?
Jamie
I don't. It's a coincidence. I swear.
Dan
Adam's a very biased question chooser. Really is.
Adam
It's so obvious.
Jamie
So, Dan, I. I loved the first knives out. I was pretty bored by the glass onion one and couldn't get through that one.
Dan
Not bored. Thought it was abomination of.
Jamie
Okay, this one's better.
Dan
This one. Some people thought it was better than the first. I still think one is the best. But this one had the best ending. I hope that's not a spoiler. It's really not.
Adam
The first one was the one with Chris Evans. Right.
Dan
The first knives. I don't know who Chris Evans.
Adam
Captain America was.
Jamie
Yes, yes.
Dan
My memory's bad. Yeah, I think he was.
Adam
I never saw the second one. First one was good.
Dan
Daniel Craig's like the main guy in.
Adam
It, but he's in all of them, right?
Jamie
Yeah, he. What's his name again? He's got the New Orleans accent.
Dan
When.
Jamie
Yeah, it's. It's good. I watch.
Dan
Southern accent. Yeah, go on.
Jamie
Watching the night before. Trying to get through.
Adam
Okay.
Jamie
It's so funny. I love that movie.
Dan
So this is family. Last night was family movie night and tonight is another family movie night. Oh, and we're choosing a movie that I've never seen before. It's a movie I've never seen and my brother's never seen. And it's a movie that, quite frankly, without having seen. Rocky, I'm willing to suggest is a much better movie once again, than Rock. Yeah. Apocalypse Now. I guarantee it's going to be better than Rocky. It is. I mean, it's just a better movie. We're talking about a great take on war versus, like another movie about a guy coming up and he's a boxer and. Yeah, another one.
Adam
Another.
Jamie
Another one from 50 years ago. Are you kidding?
Dan
Same story over. He's a tough boxer. He's down on his ass movie. He's got a fight. He's an underdog story. Like, I'm sure it's amazing. I'm sure it's amazing, but it's not really that unique.
Jamie
But it's not Apocalypse now, which I've never seen.
Dan
Not gonna be Apocalypse Now. It's not gonna be Goodfell. It's not gonna be seven.
Adam
No.
Jamie
It is an interesting choice for family movie night.
Dan
Apocalypse Now. It is. Yeah. I wonder how my mom's gonna like it. My dad loves it.
Jamie
I've never seen it either, actually.
Dan
Yeah.
Jamie
Are you ready? You ready to take the test?
Dan
Yeah, let's do it. Let's see how colorblind we are. I. I'm red. Green. I know what I am already, but let's see how bad it is.
Jamie
Jamie, who do you think will do better? I've already taken it. I know what I got. But who do you think will do better? Me Or Dan, you okay, Dan, you see this? You see this 12 here?
Dan
Yeah, I see the 12.
Jamie
Okay, so we're gonna have a series of of numbers that are written in dots inside.
Dan
Turn up the brightness on my computer screen.
Jamie
Give myself cheating now. Geez. All right, you need to put on special glasses to help you with this too. All right, ready? Here we go.
Adam
That's a great comment from front row.
Dan
That looks.
Jamie
Oh, wait. First of all, wait. Before you even do this in the chat, do not give the answers. Dan, go to the private chat.
Dan
Go to the private chat. Just go to private chat.
Jamie
All right, Dan, go for it. What number do you see here?
Dan
It's already struggling. 21.
Jamie
21. Okay, what next?
Dan
Oh, man, this is a nightmare already. Eight.
Jamie
Next.
Dan
Maybe. Oh, no. You're supposed to be able to see a number here.
Jamie
2 numbers.
Dan
2 numbers.
Jamie
Can't see anything either.
Dan
This is crazy. Who could see anything? I have no guess. I have no guess.
Jamie
Next.
Adam
No guess.
Dan
No guess.
Jamie
No guess here. Oh, wait, wait.
Dan
I might see a two in there. I know. Is that a seven? Something like a seven or a two.
Jamie
Go. Which one?
Dan
I'm gonna go. But then there's probably a second number. Let's go with one. Seven. Yeah.
Jamie
There's only one number. This is two numbers.
Adam
This.
Dan
I think I see 29.
Jamie
Okay, next. One number.
Dan
No shot. When it gets this red greeny, it's real tough for me. Zero.
Jamie
Two numbers.
Dan
No, no, no.
Jamie
Next year we got two numbers.
Dan
No, no, no. This is nothing. No guess. Okay, okay. What am I gonna do? Just say random number.
Jamie
What number?
Dan
This may be a two. This may be a two.
Jamie
All right.
Dan
Like a. More so. Looks like a snake.
Jamie
Two numbers here.
Dan
Oh, man, this is bad.
Jamie
I don't see anything either.
Dan
I. I can't guess when I have no, like, Jamie, you can.
Adam
Hold on.
Dan
Jamie, what are the two numbers here?
Adam
97.
Jamie
I'm gonna do xx.
Dan
7 there.
Adam
Yeah.
Jamie
It's amazing. I see nothing. One number here.
Dan
Nothing. I see nothing.
Jamie
Nothing here.
Dan
Okay, again. Nothing. Jamie, what's the number there?
Jamie
Dan, I think you might be able to get this one.
Adam
All right.
Jamie
It's one of the easier ones. Two numbers.
Dan
I mean, it's colors that I should be able to see, but I. I can't see anything.
Jamie
Really.
Dan
This is crazy. I can't see anything. I didn't know I was this badly colorblind. All right, so I know it's bad.
Jamie
Nothing here. Last one. One number.
Adam
Crazy.
Dan
Jamie's just picking these off easily, and I can't even see a thing.
Jamie
What number here?
Dan
I got nothing. I got nothing.
Jamie
Jamie, what do you see?
Adam
Three.
Dan
Where is the three?
Jamie
Before I hit the X here, I got a four. Out of 22. Dan got a two. A two. Out of. Oh. Out of 18. Okay, I got a four. Out Of 18 that you got a two. You're worse than me. Wow. How about that?
Dan
I can't believe that. I can't believe you could just see those, Jamie. Yeah, I can't see anything. I don't even understand how anyone could see anything there. Honestly, that's, it's, it's a different world we live in.
Jamie
Apparently there are glasses that could help us. Wouldn't you love to see all these colors?
Dan
Should we wear the glass?
Jamie
I think so.
Dan
You wear the nose strip on a live stream.
Adam
Of course I'll wear glasses.
Dan
Yeah. Really? I mean that's. I'm not afraid of that.
Jamie
Would that be great if he had like these dorky glasses at a nose strip just like this new look? All right, listen, we'll be right back on fantasy football today with your YouTube with your emails.
Dan
Crazy.
Jamie
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Dan
I'm stunned at how bad that was. By the way. I got LASIK Vision. Just so those know, people are saying, oh, my God, it's the worst. I think even laser surgery couldn't help me.
Jamie
Yeah, but that's. That's totally different than colorblindness.
Dan
No, but you should be able to fix both.
Jamie
All right, there's a question here. Jamie was wondering about this.
Adam
So, okay.
Jamie
It says, I wonder if Dan and Adam have trouble with stoplights. By the way, Simpsons avatar. Yeah, no trouble with stop lights.
Dan
I told you, it's only when they're together. It's when the colors are together. Like in the colorblind test we just took when it's separated colors. We're fine.
Jamie
Yeah.
Dan
Yeah. We're good. We're good.
Jamie
Okay. Emails. We got two questions here. I have George Kittle. Do I start Brenton Strange or wait until Monday and start Cody Parkinson and Strange. That's number one.
Dan
Strange.
Jamie
But you have Kittle. I would drop Parkinson.
Dan
Oh, Kittle was in that. And so he's waiting and he'll play Parkinson if kiddo doesn't play type of thing.
Jamie
Yeah, but I would do it with Parkinson for Tongas. Yeah, drop Parkinson for Tonjas and wait it out. Number two, I'm projected to beat my opponent by 15 plus points right now. He's already had three guys go. I haven't had anyone play. He has Trey McBride. Should I start Jacoby Brissette over Josh Allen to offset some of the McBride impact?
Adam
I wouldn't do that for that reason. If you're concerned about Josh Allen against the Eagles at less than 100%, even though McDermott said today that he's fine, then you can pivot to Brissette. But. And I'm saying this but because Josh Allen was bad last week, too. The last thing you want to do is go into your off season knowing that you benched the number one quarterback in fantasy. Right. To try and Offset something from somebody else.
Jamie
Yeah, I actually kind of am feeling this strategy up. 15. He's got McBride who could just have a huge.
Adam
Oh, I guess taking that into account that I wasn't really thinking about that. That's not a bad call.
Jamie
I think I'm going to do that. I think in this case, I'm going to start. I'm going to start. And I'm always. I'm almost always the. You start the guy you think is going to score the most points.
Dan
I am always. You start the guy.
Jamie
But I have a little bit of concern about I. What happened there. My elbow slipped off the armrest. That was really pathetic.
Adam
I need a gif of that.
Jamie
That was really, really bad.
Dan
Oh, man. Yeah. I don't know.
Jamie
I would start Brissette in your specific scenario. Dan apparently would not.
Dan
I would not.
Adam
I mean, I guess the. The. The. The negative would be is that Josh Allen goes off and you lose because of that point differential.
Jamie
Right. But his. This opponent's best player at this point is probably McBride, you know, or very close to it. And how can McBride have a great game if Brissette doesn't? It has to be a lot of catches and yards. No touchdown. It's very possible.
Adam
Right.
Jamie
It's full ppr and it is. All right, looks you got two different perspectives there. Here's a good one from Scott. I understand a lot will transpire between now and next season, but assuming that the Titans do right by Cam Ward and surround him with legit weapons, which quarterback are you going to have the most shares of in 2026? Cam Ward or Caleb Williams?
Dan
Caleb Williams. For me, he'll just get better and better in Ben Johnson's system. I think, though, Cam Ward with if Kubia comes over as their coach is definitely intriguing for fantasy next year.
Jamie
Yeah, he's playing.
Adam
What it sounds like they're targeting Naggy.
Dan
Yeah, I don't. Oh, Ew. What?
Jamie
Oh, boy.
Dan
Who's targeting Nagy? That shouldn't be a target of anyone's. That should be a. Oh, I screwed. I couldn't get anybody. Let's go to Matt Nagy. Yeah, it's a little targeting Matt Nagy in 2025 or 2026.
Jamie
Crazy. From Kyle. Full PPR. Drake may or Matthew. Stanford and Stafford. Okay. And flex.
Adam
It's a great comment from Big farts.
Dan
I haven't seen it. Big farts always coming in.
Jamie
Oh, my gosh. I'm not reading that.
Dan
Oh, man.
Jamie
So Dan thinks that. Dan thinks the Boise State football field looks perfectly normal.
Dan
Just laughing at the other one.
Jamie
All right, from Kyle. Ppr. We're saying Stafford over. Maybe we need a flex. Mike Evans, Ramandre Stevenson or Kenneth Gainwell.
Adam
Stevenson would be the easy choice. If Henderson is out, I'd go Evans. Otherwise.
Dan
Okay, it's ppr Adam or no.
Jamie
Yeah.
Dan
Oh, I'm going Evans.
Jamie
All right, it's time.
Adam
You know what?
Dan
Stevenson with no Henderson probably is the play over.
Jamie
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Adam
I think both Steelers. I mean Breece hall is gonna. What has he done that warrants any consideration in the last month that you feel comfortable? I'm. I'm doing this in a league where I have these exact choices. In our podcast final, I'm starting both Steelers running backs over Bries hall. But you look at what these two guys have done. Basically it's been 12.4 PPR points or more for Jalen Warren. I think it's four of his last five games and Gainwell has got five catches or more. Especially if it's PPR. Five catches or more in five of his last six games. In three of those he's been 100 total yards or more. And now you're taking DK Metcalf off the field.
Jamie
I. I would do that. And, and plus you don't have to worry about if the Steelers get to the goal line, who do they give the ball to? You've got both of them. Unless they give it to what do they he did is a twish push with like a tight end or something, didn't they? I don't remember. Maybe I'm thinking of a different team.
Adam
They gave John Dismiss some carries last week. I think though honestly the only concern I have is that if the Ravens lose Saturday night, do the Steelers start to pull guys off the field at some point during the game?
Jamie
Yeah, could happen.
Dan
I, I would have to completely agree with Jamie. I will say there have been some weird pre sold breakouts at the end of seasons over the last couple years. 2023 comes to mind where he's just like the best running back in fantasy. Out of nowhere, the jets just kind of rod into the ground. But it doesn't feel like we're trending toward that direction this year. With Brady Cook at quarterback, Patriots run defense just doesn't feel great.
Jamie
Patriots run defense has actually not been good lately. Worse.
Dan
But like see if they can not against a Brady Cook offense. But it's so one dimensional. Nobody cares at all about the past game.
Jamie
All right, this is D in a PPR league with a half a point, half a point per yard rank these guys. Nico Collins, Mike Evans, Drake London, Alec Pierce and Bucky Irving. Half a point per yard. Nico Evans, London, Pierce, Irving.
Adam
I would go Nico Evans, Nico Irving, London.
Dan
Yeah, I. I like that I probably have Nico first than Evans, but as far as like the last part of it, I agree. I just. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't really like what I saw from. From Cousins in London. I do think there's been some leakiness to that Rams pass defense though. Yeah, for sure.
Adam
If he was 100 healthy, it'd be London by a mile.
Dan
Right? Right.
Jamie
Okay, well, even.
Dan
Even if he's Anderson healthy, London with PENNIX vs. London with cousins is a different breed to me. I just watched last week. It just. We talked about this on beyond the Box Core on Monday. Adam. It just. Cousins is not the quarterback for London skill set at all, in my opinion.
Jamie
Okay, from Marco. I have three tight ends. I need to start one. Hunter Henry, Dalton Schultz or Taysom Hill?
Adam
Schultz.
Dan
Schultz. Easy for you. I think I'm just starting Taysom Hill and going for it.
Jamie
What?
Dan
Yeah, he has upside. None of them have. I don't find upside with the other two. Oh, maybe Schultz will lock his way into a touchdown. Other than that, he's doing nothing.
Adam
He's scored in two of his last.
Dan
His last two games and I know, I know.
Adam
He's been so consistent.
Jamie
Not only that, he had a touchdown against.
Dan
What has he done outside of the score, Schultz?
Adam
Well, this PBR has been 11.1 PPR points and more than six of the last eight games.
Jamie
No, no, he's underrated.
Dan
Take away the touchdowns. I'm saying what has he done?
Adam
He's been 11.1 PPR points or more in six of his last eight games. Only two touchdowns over that stretch.
Jamie
Yeah. You're underrating Dalton Schultz.
Dan
I'm underrating Schultz. You can go with Schultz. That's Fine.
Jamie
All right. I need a wise.
Adam
I'm, I'm with you on Taysom. That I think he could be great.
Dan
Yeah. He could have fun. He could help you really win.
Adam
But there's also the scenario of the running. Production is probably going to be limited because the Titans are really good against the run.
Dan
True.
Adam
And it's not like he's been super involved in the passing game. That being said, last week was the first game with their whole running back core depleted and they just lost their number two receiver.
Jamie
Yeah. Yeah. All right. I, I'm, I'm too nervous to start Taysom Hill, but it's, it's risky. It's got a, it's got fun upside potential.
Adam
I will start Taysom Hill in one league if George Kittle is active. If George Kittle is out, I'm going to play Tonjas.
Dan
Oh, okay.
Jamie
I see. I need a wide receiver too, and a flex out of these four. Michael Wilson, Michael Carter, Devonte Smith, Wandell Robinson.
Adam
How many? I'm sorry.
Jamie
We need two of these four. Michael Wilson, Michael Carter, Devonte Smith, Wandell Robinson, Yara. No, I don't know.
Dan
Is, is Harrison back to being out? I saw he was back on the injury report.
Adam
No, I think he's just going to be on the injury reports the rest of the season.
Dan
Okay.
Adam
I, I would go Wilson and Wando.
Dan
And who were the other two?
Jamie
Carter. Michael Carter and Devonte Smith.
Adam
Yeah.
Dan
Wow. You're very low on Smith. I mean, the Bill's past event has been good the last few however many games, so.
Adam
Plus the weather could be awful.
Dan
And the weather could be awful. You're right. And I hate betting on those types of games. Okay, I'm good with that. I think Wanda will be surprisingly good this week for fantasy. We talked about on beyond the box score.
Jamie
Okay.
Adam
PPR points per game on the road.
Dan
Mondo.
Jamie
That's such a fluke though.
Dan
It is because it was the Cowboys game in the Detroit game with Winston and Russell. But there is so much buzz this week around like Dart not liking in the, in the post game having comments about the game plan and Kafka. I just think they're going to come.
Jamie
Out pass first this game from Sean.
Dan
Four point, by the way. Adam, we really need a loss, man. We really need a loss. I, I, I've been in this spot a lot as a Giants fan.
Jamie
Sweat it. Don't sweat it.
Dan
I mean, don't sweat it.
Jamie
Listen, who, who turned out to be a better pick? Chase Young or Andrew Thomas?
Dan
I don't care about that. I care about being able to trade.
Jamie
You're going to be able to trade. You think there's only going to be one quarterback. This happens every year. People go gaga for quarterbacks.
Dan
Nobody trades for anybody but the first.
Adam
No, that's four.
Dan
What did the Jaguars just do in good classes? They may do it. Adam, this is not a good quarterback.
Adam
What did the Jaguars just do?
Jamie
I don't.
Dan
They traded out of. They did trade out of the Travis Hunter spot. That's a good point.
Jamie
But is there?
Dan
No. I mean, yeah, I'm sorry. Cleveland was able to go from 2 to 5 and get them. Get. Get what I want for the Giants. But I really feel like at one it's the much better chance. Especially with this man. This class is like Mendoza, nothing.
Adam
But you also if you stay at two, you get the best player non quarterback, which is not a bad place to be there.
Dan
I don't want that. I want to trade it back.
Jamie
We are so.
Dan
We have so many holes. It's going to take so long to get this team good if we don't pick up picks and stuff.
Jamie
All right, let's fire away here on these emails from Sean.
Dan
The problem is there's nothing.
Jamie
I mean am I talking about like I'm here. I'm talking. I'm trying to read the email.
Adam
I think you guys next year are going to be like the not as good but Patriots, Bears.
Dan
Come on, Jamie.
Adam
New coach with a young quarterback.
Dan
I think. Come on, Jamie, don't put that in out. You know you don't believe that. You're just trying to rile us up.
Adam
No, I'm serious.
Dan
I know you don't.
Adam
I thought the Patriots gonna make the playoffs this year. You can go back to our.
Dan
I know. I believe that you thought the Patriots are gonna play because of this situation. Giants or the next Patriots or Bears. That I don't believe.
Adam
If you get the right coach, you're going to be fine.
Dan
All right.
Jamie
I hope so. So from. From Sean Drake or Joe Burrow. Four point for passing.
Adam
Who is it?
Jamie
I'm sorry, Mayor Burrow.
Adam
Burrow?
Dan
Burrow. Yeah, for sure.
Jamie
Okay. From Roy from Israel. Four. He made the playoffs in all four leagues. Excellent. Okay. Two championship games though. If Travion Henderson is out, would you start Brian Thomas, Taj Spears or Christian Watson?
Adam
Watson, if love plays.
Dan
Oh yeah, I'm going btj.
Jamie
I'll go. Watson if love plays. If I go, I go btj. If Love is out.
Dan
I want in on like this week. I want. There's a few past games I Think I know I can count on. Jaguars are one of them. I don't know how we got here, but we are here. And that's. I want players in that. In that game.
Jamie
And from another example.
Adam
Sorry, the Giants for next year. Jaguars.
Dan
No, again, Jamie, we can't be the Jaguars. Like, okay, first of all, are we going to get Liam? Liam Cohen and Ben Johnson are not in this cycle. I guess you could say maybe Kubiak is that. But I don't feel that confident about that.
Jamie
Oh really? We're just pretty confident about that for Cam Ward.
Dan
No, I just said it could be exciting for fantasy. Not for us making the playoffs and becoming the Patriots of the Bears of next year.
Jamie
All right. The Giants suck. Who cares? Let's go. Next question.
Dan
Why is this bothering you so much?
Jamie
I'm trying to read these questions. Wondale McMillan Marks, Brian Thomas Jr. Pick one, pick two. Wandale McMillan Marks, Brian thomas Jr.
Dan
And BTJ for me.
Jamie
Okay. Matthew says my favorite gag of the week is the game of the Week song. If it inspired us to create a Fantasy Game of the week contest where I pick one game each week and we all pick who we think will win. I use the CBS projections and pick the closest matchup. Has us rooting for and against other teams each week. We tossed in an extra $30 and the top three pickers cash out at the end. I'm singing in my head when I make the pitch. Pick each week. Isn't that cool?
Adam
Yeah.
Dan
That is a very cool setup. I like that a lot. May steal that.
Jamie
Yeah. It's occurred to me. I think just because we're in so many leagues that I don't have enough fun with. With our fantasy leagues, we don't do anything different.
Dan
Different. Yeah.
Jamie
What I really wanted when you take.
Adam
Over the Super Flex League next year.
Dan
What I really want to do that I'm about to win. Is that the one we're talking luck to you.
Jamie
I wanna.
Adam
I'm not. I'm not. This is not busting your balls at all. I cannot believe you lost in the big burger league. Your team was so stacked.
Dan
I know. Incredible. It is incredible. It just shows how fan that's the. That I had three leagues like that, man. And I'm not the only one. We talked about a lot this week on BTB. Like there were a lot of 1 seeds that lost this past week in the 70s. It was a weird fantasy week.
Jamie
It was.
Dan
But yeah. I can't believe that team didn't win at all. What I can't believe more is that Adam's such a bad commissioner that he doesn't reward any of the pot for first in points.
Jamie
What I want to do is eliminate matchups in the playoffs. Because if you have six teams make the playoffs, you have two matchups each week and you just have the two highest scoring teams advance each week. There's just, yeah, let's get rid of matchups. Just remind me before the season or at least.
Dan
But also reward for points. Man, you got a reward for points.
Jamie
It's not enough money to do that. There's not about the.
Dan
It's a percentage. It's a, it's out of respect. It's a principal thing. You reward the team that was the best team and didn't get screwed by the playoff. Bad luck. That's part of like fan. Like I just, I mean my leagues, my home league is like a 50 of the pot goes to that first and second.
Jamie
Too much.
Dan
We believe, we really believe in like we're not just going to give all the money to the luck of the playoffs.
Jamie
Great, great, great stuff. Very inspiring.
Dan
Or a two week matchup in the playoffs. That's another option.
Jamie
Next question. Here's the next question. It's from Matt. Super Flex, Sam Darnold. Bryce Young or Malik Willis.
Dan
Darnold. Disgusting.
Jamie
But Darnold from Devin Dalton. Schultz or Taysom Hill did that already.
Dan
Yeah.
Jamie
And Nico Collins or Tetterall McMillan with 40 yard bonuses.
Dan
Nico.
Jamie
And he says I'm facing Bijan Robinson in three matchups. What could go wrong?
Dan
Bijan versus the Rams. It's not a lot could go wrong.
Adam
Just look what Jameer Gibbs just did.
Dan
Yeah.
Jamie
Didn't I tell you? Did I say on Friday's show that I felt like Gibbs could have a bad game?
Dan
Do you know who outscored Gibbs before the game?
Jamie
Wednesday, Wednesday show. Wednesday show.
Dan
The Friday show.
Adam
I said on Friday that Philip rivers would go for 277 and two against the 49ers.
Dan
There was a huge blowout in one of my leagues a few months ago where somebody traded a guy who had no running backs and had a lot of receivers. Traded George Pickens straight up for Jacori. Bill Cross game Merritt. And it was like at the time where like he was really starting to struggle. Married. I was like a joke and like whatever this guy made it to the finals had still his running backs are so bad. He still has to start Bill and now he gets that. And like Bill has outscored Gibbs in the fantasy playoffs. Bill has out like he's going to outscore like Half the running. Everyone but five running backs. And like it just goes to show. I think it was a great. I sent this to the league last night. It just goes to show like vetoes unless there's collusion. I don't really believe in vetoes because we cannot predict what's going to happen. Would you rather Bill or George Pickens? At the time it was ridiculous to even consider now the way things have played out. You'd rather Bill. Bill one year like Bill might win this guy, this league.
Jamie
Yeah, it's ironic for sure.
Dan
This house goes a lot more than people realize.
Jamie
Time for some Fantasy Cops Week 17 Edition. This is from Justin from a city near Scranton. I am in the championship of a 12 team league. The commissioner who is a close friend of mine messaged me a few days ago and said that we are short in payouts for the winner and the runner up due to one member of the league going awol. No one can contact him and we do not have his league faith. So the commissioner suggested that me and the other member who are in the championship come to an agreement on how we are going to reconcile being short on payouts. I said this was ridiculous and that we are being penalized for making the championship game as everyone else gets to slide by. He thinks I'm being ridiculous and doesn't want to go back and collect extra money from the rest of the league to cover the missing members dues. Please tell me I'm not crazy and give me a ruling.
Dan
Well, you def. The second idea is just beyond. Yeah, right. Beyond absurd. You are never collecting the money from the rest of the league to make up for this person. I just. That that's crazy. But these leaks just like I don't get them. Like is it a friends league? Is it an league of online people? People you met online? Like how do we get to this point of somebody going awol? This can't happen in a friend group, right? This has to be.
Jamie
I think it is. I'm pretty sure it is.
Dan
Well if it's a friend group, that's why. Like because people are saying in the comments like you got to collect dues up front. I never collect dues up front in my home league because I trust the people. They're my friends.
Adam
Yeah.
Dan
And nobody screwed me over yet. But like it seems like it's just. It's very interesting. Like I guess this friend just. And it's such a weird. So he blew up the friendship over 150 or like you know, a league do for one year.
Adam
I'm I'm never one to say, like, fantasy leagues are ruined friendships if somebody's not gonna pay. Like, that's. Yeah, that's. That's a questionable friend.
Jamie
That's it.
Dan
No questionable friend.
Adam
If you join and you quit for whatever reason, there's too much time, you didn't like it, whatever. You still got to pay, like, if you agree to do it.
Jamie
So that's not the issue here. Right. So we all agree on that.
Adam
You just take out whatever the. The. The entry fee is and you just split the pot differently.
Dan
Yeah.
Adam
Or.
Dan
Or the only other option is you take it out of next year's pot. So everyone equally gets penalized for it. No, you got screwed.
Adam
I mean, it's. It is what it is. You're still winning money. I don't understand what the.
Jamie
But none of us think the commissioner should pay for this guy.
Dan
No, no, no, no. The commissioner does not have to cover this.
Jamie
Okay. Gotta be honest with you. We didn't have a lot of fantasy cops this week. I answered some of them privately, but this one is from Brett. Brett sent this Sunday, December 21st. Okay. During week 16. Says I'm currently playing for fifth place consolation. This is definitely my last week. I saw that the Pittsburgh DST was available and had a prime matchup in Week 17 against the Browns. I dropped Debo Samuel, who had already played and sucked once again. Nobody wants Debo, but I grabbed the DST just to mess with the championship options for dst. I'm the commissioner. So he's telling on himself for screwing the people who are playing in the actual playoffs because he stole a good DST from them. That was it. I said, okay, that was pretty bad. I'm glad you're confessing.
Dan
Yeah, I. I just had that. This. This week, like, commit in one of my leagues. Somebody added somebody who got knocked out last week, added someone to win the third place game. But we don't even pay out the third place game. So it's like, really frustrating. Like, I'm, like, I'm thinking about texting the commission, like, can you force drop this place in case I want to use that player.
Adam
The only way that people out of the championship game should be allowed to make AD drops is if your consolation game is for money.
Dan
Yeah.
Jamie
What if there's a last place punishment?
Adam
That too. If there's something that's on the.
Dan
But that's supposed to end at the regular season.
Jamie
I've seen people that. In fact, I just answered an email about this exact. They have a last place punishment. Someone's making transactions. I said that's fine. You know, if you're gonna have, if.
Adam
There'S something on the line that is important. Yes. In the case of Dan's situation where they're just playing a game for fun.
Jamie
Yeah.
Dan
Yeah.
Adam
There should not be ad drops left.
Jamie
Yeah, I agree. Dan, come on, man. That's who, you're the commissioner of that league.
Dan
No, my friend is the commissioner. I'm in the finals in that league and I might he, it's dk. So I don't really care and I'm not going to play this player. But if it was somebody I wanted, I would definitely be like, drop this player.
Jamie
Yeah, that's bad. That's bad. Commissioner. I think you should, you should go on some diatribe about how bad of a commissioner he is.
Dan
Just like, you know, I saved those for you.
Jamie
That's good. Thank you so much. All right, that's fantasy cops. We got Apple podcast questions, Spotify, YouTube when we come back after this. On fantasy football today here at Blue.
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Adam
No, we're doing one next week.
Jamie
I'm not sure we're doing a mailbag next week.
Adam
Yeah, we are.
Jamie
I'm on vacation. I'm out of town.
Adam
No, you're not.
Dan
We got to do a mailbag next week.
Adam
One more next week. It's going to be wide open. Ask whatever you want.
Dan
That's what I mean. Yeah, it's going to be a fun one. Those are the ones.
Jamie
I'll.
Dan
Let's do one more.
Jamie
Okay.
Dan
Maybe we can record it another time. It doesn't have to be Friday. There's no game.
Jamie
Yeah, okay. Maybe we'll do that.
Dan
We'll do it a different time, different day, different time.
Jamie
Go after lunch or something.
Dan
Good. Yeah. Yeah.
Jamie
All right, so question on Apple podcasts from Carlito's Way Brown. Standard scoring. Jacoby Brissette or Brock Purdy?
Adam
Purdy. Yeah.
Dan
It's got to be Purdy.
Jamie
Same standard scoring, two running backs, one flex. Josh Jacobs, Breece Hall, Zach. Zach Charbonnet, Dylan Sampson, and then A.J. brown is going to be your flex.
Dan
Yeah, A.J. brown for sure. That's obvious. Maybe Jacobs. It's.
Adam
What's the format?
Jamie
Standard scoring standards.
Adam
Jacobs.
Jamie
Yeah. Two running backs, though. So it's Jacobs, Breeze, Hall, Zach Charbonnet, Dylan Sampson.
Adam
If it's standard, I'm gonna go Charbonnet. Touchdown potential is too high for him.
Dan
It's Charbonnet. Just because there's nothing to look forward to with Breeze. Hall and Dylan Sampson may not even play.
Adam
I think Samson will play, but I don't want to trust Sampson in anything but CPR.
Jamie
Okay, question from Big Spoon. Championship game. PPR. Pick two. Terry McLaurin, Bucky Irving, Javante Williams. Sorry. And Tedro McMillan.
Dan
I mean, this is so. What do you want from us?
Adam
I would have said that. Really?
Dan
This is really.
Jamie
I also would have said the third. No, I. I would have. I would not have started McLaren.
Dan
Oh, yeah, you would have done whatever's okay.
Jamie
Yeah, I would have started Javante and probably Bucky Irving. I was pretty much out on the Commanders guys, which sort of kind of worked, but not really.
Adam
I mean, Devo had a solid game.
Dan
Javante would add a huge game if he didn't get hurt. Yeah.
Jamie
Let me see if I have any more. I don't think. I do think that's it from Apple Podcasts. I don't have much from Spotify either. I have to check my phone.
Dan
Weird how, like, the way this fantasy season ended. A lot of the players that carried us there are now just, like, total disappointments. Pickens, Javante, Williams. Like, the list goes on at Buka. Like, and the guys who are coming up are just not. We're just guys who disappointed us during the year. It's really. It's an odd way to end the season. It feels like there's still obviously, the stars. What'd you say?
Adam
Why'd you Say puka was a disappointment.
Dan
No egg buka. I said.
Adam
Oh, ebuka. Sorry.
Dan
Yeah, the players like that who broke out, carried us. Javante Buka. Those players.
Jamie
Okay. I think you still might be saying the G in there.
Dan
It's.
Jamie
It's just a buka.
Dan
Oh, I actually did think it was a book until you just said that.
Jamie
I told you this already.
Dan
I have really bad pronunciation issues with players.
Adam
Well, the G is in red, so you can't see it.
Dan
Yeah, exactly.
Jamie
George Kittle will likely be a game time decision, which is the worst possible scenario. The worst. Okay, so Spotify questions. That's game Sunday night, by the way. That's why I said it's the worst.
Dan
I think Dan's toothpick finally figured out why I haven't watched Rocky yet. The reason Dan dislikes Rocky is more of disdain for Philly for stealing his idea. Dan put steak, cheese and onions on a hoagie first. Called it Danny steak and cheese.
Jamie
That's great. All right, the questions from Spotify. I have Drake, May and Lamar Jackson. Should I drop Lamar Jackson for Trevor Lawrence? Yes, you definitely should.
Dan
I did that in a guillotine league.
Jamie
And then who would you start, Lawrence or May?
Adam
Lawrence.
Dan
Lawrence. Lawrence is the number one quarterback on my. If I were doing rankings this week for me.
Jamie
Wow. Okay.
Dan
Love him.
Jamie
This week, standard scoring. Oh, I think I just answered some of this. Oh, no, I didn't. Purdy or Brissette? Yeah, this one we did Jacobs, Hall, Sampson, Charbonnet. Okay. And then Breton, Strange or Tyler Warren?
Adam
Strange.
Dan
Yeah, strange.
Jamie
Okay, that's it for Spotify.
Dan
So we'll even the finals of a league. By the way, first time I ever had that. I'm excited for that.
Jamie
Playing what?
Dan
Dave in the finals of the league of a league. His auction league. Very excited for that.
Jamie
You're having a great year. Good for you, man.
Dan
I am having a great year, but it's also disappointing because my biggest steak leagues I was. I got knocked down the semis.
Jamie
Let's take a look at something real quick before we get into. Before we get into the.
Adam
Sorry.
Jamie
The YouTube comments to end the show where. What am I looking for? Here we go. Share screen. Okay, let's take a look at this matchup, okay. Between Dave Richard and Jamie Eisenberg in the podcast.
Dan
What's this?
Jamie
Whoa. Jamie is a heavy underdog.
Dan
I know. We got a lot of good fun fft in matchups this week. Davers, Jamie, me versus Dave, Me versus Jack.
Adam
The championship game.
Dan
I figured you weren't in any. What League are you in the finals.
Jamie
And Adam, the FFT league.
Dan
Oh, the main FFT league. Yeah. You made it in that one. I did. Interesting.
Jamie
Yeah. Horrible team. Jamie's got Jordan Love and if he doesn't play, you've got Malik Willis. All right, you're in good shape. You do have Bijan, Jalen Warren and Kenneth Gainwell. You have Darren Waller at tight end.
Adam
That'll be either Taysom Hill or Tongus.
Jamie
Okay.
Dan
Baller Pickens killed him and said Jefferson. What a disappointment all year.
Jamie
Started Jefferson and Pickens. Dave started.
Dan
What were your options over Jefferson? Anything real or not really.
Adam
Matt Collins was the only one you.
Jamie
Know where you might win. You might win. With dst, you got the Patriots and he has the Bucks. That might be the your ticket to getting back in.
Adam
I wouldn't be surprised if Love has a good game and I do think that Bijan will play well and the.
Dan
Steelers and I don't think JSN is going to do that great for him against Carolina, I'll say that. Oh, why?
Jamie
I'm zero concern about that.
Dan
I do not think that's going to be a high scoring game at all.
Adam
I do like the fact that that Burton is back to impact DJ more a little bit. I don't think Tyler Warren will have a great game. Yeah, no, we, I mean, listen, we have a long way to go, but he's starting.
Dan
Is that H& versus Tampa? That's not great. No, HN does great against everyone, but like that's not.
Jamie
As someone who's starting hn, one thing that concerns me a little bit is I don't know what Quinn Newer's tendencies are and he got three targets last week. I feel, you know, if two over the quarterback, I could feel like you get five or more catches. I have no idea how many targets he's gonna get. So. By the way, what you're looking at Here is a 14 team league. If you're wondering why are these guys starting, you know, Blake Corum. But these are good lineups for a 12 team league.
Dan
Go to my matchup versus Dave.
Jamie
Adam, I'm not in the league.
Dan
Oh wait, you're too scared to play in the auction league? I forgot.
Jamie
Yes, exactly.
Adam
He used to have a legitimate excuse because we used to do the auction live. Now he has no more excuses.
Dan
It's unbelievable. It's like, Adam, why won't you play in the auction league?
Jamie
I would love to. I just don't want to play in any more leagues. You know, 12. 12 is enough.
Dan
Honestly, with how many We've got going right now. I respect that.
Jamie
Yeah. Thank you. I don't respect lunch from you. Okay, let's get to the YouTube comments. YouTube comments to finish this.
Dan
I got a big issue today too, Adam. Real nervous playing my brother after this in tennis. Oh, I tell you about the. The time when he almost beat me recently.
Jamie
Yeah.
Dan
Because five, three and then I won four straight to go seven five playing him today. He continues to take lessons. He's playing all the time. I haven't picked up a racket since I last played him. And I just had like 6, 000 grams of sugar over the last two and a half days. And I feel totally in terrible shape. Yeah, it's gonna be bad.
Jamie
Yeah, man.
Dan
I think you're gonna get his first set ever today.
Jamie
He might beat you. I've officially been moved up to a 3 5, so I'm coming.
Dan
Oh, you're 35 now? I am. Do you feel confident you're gonna get a set off me next year? This coming.
Jamie
Ask me in a few months.
Dan
Okay.
Jamie
By the way, I think we're gonna play before the summer. I know I'll come out to Jersey.
Dan
That's not going to be the first time we play. We got a lot of matches we have to play. We have to play. Me and you, a couple. Just warm ups, meet you versus my brother. Singles has to happen. He really wants that. Desperately wants that.
Jamie
He disrespected me big time on the live stream. Big time.
Dan
He feels disrespected by me because I told him that I think you would beat him, which he did not like at all. He just. I'll be honest, he did. First of all, I wanted to clear up a few things. First of all, when you watch a tennis match from the angles, we had. So he watched the first match and the second match, it doesn't really show well for us. The. The first match we used our phone for a camera. The second match we had a camera set up in the back. Right. Right. Of a court like at height of like me. It was like a six foot height. So it doesn't really. You know what I mean? Like, he feels like you're. He doesn't respect your game as much as I respect it because you played well in that second set. You're starting to rip the ball. You started to take advantage of points. Like, let's get aggressive. So we'll see. But also he wants to do me and him versus you and your brother.
Jamie
Yeah. Which I definitely want to do that because that's the that's the most confident win for me. All right. Trey Tucker or Jaden Reed?
Adam
Tucker.
Dan
Jeff Sill says body cams for next year's match, we do need body cams.
Jamie
Oh, my gosh. What does that mean? A.J. brown or Tyrone Tracy?
Dan
Brown. Brown. Brown.
Adam
Look at all these Homer Simpsons. Amazing.
Dan
Yeah. Now everyone's changed to Homer Simpsons.
Adam
They get at their question.
Jamie
If you guys want to laugh. I'm not. This is only for the YouTubers. Look at this comment here from Silent Flow. So why do you guys like Bucky over walker? Now look 3 comments up @ the typo he.
Adam
Had. I can't see.
Jamie
It. Oh, okay. I can't even put it on the.
Dan
Screen. But I. I don't even. Oh, I can find.
Adam
It. Oh, was it with an.
Jamie
F? Yeah, yeah, it was a Bucky typo. Why do you like Bucky over Ken.
Adam
Walker? I think the matchup is probably just as good, if not better for Bucky because I don't think the Dolphins run defense is playing very well right now. And I'm more confident that Bucky will get. I'm confident that Bucky will get more touches than Walker. They're both going to potentially lose goal line opportunities, so I'm going to lean towards the player I think is better right now, which is still.
Dan
Buggy. I like Walker, actually. Over. Over Bucky. I just felt like Walker played looked the best I've seen him look in this past game against the Rams. My guess is if you watch tape of the week and you're preparing as a coach for the next week, you look at and you're like, our best snaps are when he was on the field. We have to find a way to get him a little bit more.
Adam
Involved. That was the same case for the first Rams game, though. And then they went back to.
Jamie
It never matters with.
Dan
Them. It is weird.
Jamie
Yeah. Taysom Hill or Brenton.
Dan
Strange.
Adam
Strange. I'd go.
Jamie
Strange. Drake May or Matthew.
Adam
Stafford.
Dan
Stafford. For me, it's actually no, because the game script's gonna kill me. Okay, we can go Stafford Waddle or Michael.
Jamie
Wilson. Schultz or.
Adam
Strange. Wilson and.
Dan
Schultz. Wilson and Strange for.
Jamie
Me. Dan, you should wear the nose strips for the match.
Dan
Today. You know, I really should. I bet I'd be better with those nose strips. I probably wear them. I'll probably wear them for our match this.
Jamie
Year. He says, Dan's toothpick says, Dan, wear those nose strips today. And for. For the match. And later on, me and you will celebrate the win with a sandwich. You invented grilled Dan. Sounds good. Cheese and bacon grilled on two slices of.
Dan
Bread. As I said back in 2011, when not a lot of people were doing it, I feel. I honestly do feel like I invented the. The chicken cutlet sandwich with. Add the prosciutto to it. A lot of people weren't doing it at the time. Now everyone. They have prosciutto on it. But I do feel strongly about.
Jamie
It. All right. Drake, London, Jacoby, Myers, rico Dowdle, Tedro McMillan, Ramondre Stevenson. Start 3. Drake, London, Jacoby, Myers, Rico. TMac.
Adam
Stevenson. Stevenson for sure. If there's no Henderson. And then I'd go London and.
Dan
Jacoby. Yeah, just. I'm going with the receivers and not.
Jamie
Tedro. McMillan, Jacoby, Myers, Drake, London, Wandale Robinson, Michael Wilson. Pick.
Dan
Two. Wandale.
Adam
Wilson.
Jamie
Yep. That's so funny. I was gonna go with the other.
Dan
Two. Oh.
Adam
Really? Oh, you hate.
Dan
Wando. I like Wandell this.
Jamie
Week. Yeah, I. I don't.
Dan
Know. They have to. They have to. They're not gonna let Dargo down like this, but he's like 33 yard games.
Jamie
Dude. They don't have Andrew Thomas. You know what that.
Dan
Means. I know, but it's the.
Jamie
Raiders. Yeah, I'm glad you said that. They're not that bad against quarterbacks. They're. They're something like 20th, 19th. They're not good.
Dan
But. I know, but, like, there were times this year where it didn't matter what he matched up against. Dart had big games against the Eagles, the Broncos. Like I just did.
Jamie
Chargers. That was when they were designing runs for him, though. Drake May or Trevor.
Dan
Lawrence. Two design runs for him last week in the red.
Adam
Zone.
Dan
Lawrence. Lawrence. Lawrence is my number one QB this.
Jamie
Week. Yeah, I was wondering about this too. Since when did Dan grow to six.
Dan
Feet? What do you.
Jamie
Mean? He said the camera was like my height. It was six.
Dan
Feet. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. A little bit taller than.
Jamie
Me. Oh, tough one here. Fanon or.
Dan
Pits?
Adam
Pits. Fan in. Both.
Jamie
Close. Caleb Williams or Tyler.
Adam
Schuck? Caleb.
Jamie
Williams. Stafford or.
Dan
Lawrence?
Adam
Lawrence.
Jamie
Stafford. Burrow or Lawrence Burrow? Lawrence Waddle or Michael Wilson? Schultz or.
Dan
Strange? Wilson and.
Adam
Strange. I think we've answered this in different ways.
Dan
Adam. Just. This is just. You.
Jamie
Just. I'm going.
Adam
Waddle. I would go Wilson and.
Dan
Schultz. How many more times you want to ask us this.
Jamie
Adam? Did I really ask you this.
Dan
Already? Oh.
Adam
Yeah. It was different. Different person, but.
Dan
Yes.
Jamie
Okay. Alec Pierce or Parker? Washington.
Dan
PPR.
Adam
Parker. I'd go.
Jamie
Pierce. Dan, do you like DeAndre Swift or Kyle Pitts as a Flex is.
Dan
PPR. I like pits Regular. I like Swift or Standard. I don't know why I call.
Adam
It. Not only did Jeff ask this question in the first show, he asked it now for Dan in this.
Jamie
One. Yeah, I know he's.
Dan
Curious. I wonder who he goes with. Whose advice he goes with Waddle or Myers.
Jamie
Ppr. Adam, two times. Get the papers. Get the papers. I think it's a. Get the papers. The papers. Yeah. What's that? What's that? He.
Adam
Says. You really just said. What's.
Jamie
That? Such a jerk. Honestly.
Adam
I. That's. That's.
Jamie
Amazing. I'm done with you. I'm done with you.
Dan
Schneider.
Jamie
What? You don't know who.
Adam
Johnny. You cannot sit here and say you love a movie and say it's better than another movie and not.
Jamie
Know.
Dan
Yes. No, I'm not. I'm not. I don't know lines. Movies. I really don't. That's a memory issue. That's on me. That has nothing to do with liking movies or.
Jamie
Not. That's disgraceful that you don't know that. Said get the papers. The paper. You don't know that. And you're willing to say that that movie's better than Rocky. That's just.
Dan
Unbelievable. You have to understand something. Me liking a movie more than another movie isn't me fanboying. Oh, I've watched it a thousand times. I could rewatch it a thousand times. Like I'd rather watch a new awesome TV show than rewatch a movie. I've seen.
Jamie
17. That's not the.
Adam
Point. That's an awesome movie that you haven't seen.
Dan
Once. That'll do. Which is why I'm watching Apocalypse now.
Jamie
Tonight. When are you going to watch Rocky? Can you watch it next week if you watch Rocky. If you watch Rocky next week, I will do a. I will commit to a mailbag next week. If you don't watch Rocky, there will be no mailbag. It's entirely in your.
Dan
Hands. That is not.
Jamie
Fair. Entirely in your.
Dan
Hands. All right, well, then you have to watch something. You have to re. Give the Wire another chance next.
Jamie
Week. You want me to watch the whole.
Dan
Series? You gotta start watch two episodes of.
Jamie
It. Dude, I actually would love to, but I've got to finish Stranger Things. I gotta get started on Mayor of Kingstown. I. I would love.
Dan
To. You don't have to get started on Mayor of Kingstown over something.
Jamie
Like. Well, no. The new season of Mayor of Kingstown is. Dan, look at this picture. Oh, my.
Dan
Gosh. With a Rocky. That's awesome.
Jamie
Dan. Is movie line blind? Okay, let's.
Dan
See. I am blind in so many.
Jamie
Ways. Let's see a few more. Adam will shovel your driveway if you watch Rocky. Pick.
Adam
Two.
Jamie
Here. Wanda Robinson. Tyrone Tracy Parker.
Adam
Washington. Oh, boy. Go.
Dan
Giants. Yeah, both. Yeah, but.
Jamie
Yeah. Michael Wilson or Trey.
Adam
Tucker?
Dan
Wilson.
Jamie
Wilson. And finally, we need three of these. Michael Carter. Drake London. Michael Wilson, Kyle Menangai, Rico Dowdle, Joanne Johnson, Tony Pollard. Let's eliminate no.
Adam
Manangai. Okay, no.
Jamie
Doubt. No.
Dan
Doubtle. No.
Jamie
Pollard. No Pollard. All right, so then let's go. Carter, London Wilson, Juwan Johnson. Pick.
Adam
Three. I'm sending.
Dan
Carter. Yeah. Yep.
Jamie
Okay. Thank you, everybody. Good luck. Go get it. Make it.
Dan
Happen. Get your W. Get your W.
Jamie
On. It's been really a lot of fun. Hopefully we'll have a mailbag. I.
Adam
Don'T. We will find either way, he's gonna watch.
Jamie
Rocky. Well, I hope you all win your championship. Let's celebrate last.
Dan
Week. How long is.
Jamie
It? It's not that long. It's probably 90 minutes, something like.
Dan
That. Oh, that's great to.
Jamie
Hear. Want me to tell you real quick before we.
Dan
Leave?
Adam
Okay. I think, like, the alien shows up at, like.
Jamie
1:10. 1976. Rocky it is. How long are you.
Dan
Rocky? Please be one. Please be.
Jamie
90. I'm looking it up. You guys talk about. Talk about something.
Dan
Here. I think it's two.
Jamie
Hours. It's two.
Dan
Hours. Oh, all right. I have to find some time to wait. I mean, I'm in the middle of watching the. The season. I'm catching up on the second season of Andor, which is like, literally the best possible tv, and I have to stop watching andor to go watch this.
Adam
Yeah.
Jamie
Sucks. Correct. Have a great.
Dan
Weekend. I bet I'll love it. As I said from the start, I bet I'll like it a lot. Well, I think it's better than.
Adam
Goodfellas.
Dan
No. Well, I think it's better than seven. No. Well, I think it's. Say that I can say that. I. I like movies. I like top. It's my opinion, first of all, right? I'm not saying I'm right. And there is such a thing as a topic.
Jamie
What? It's an uninformed opinion. You haven't seen the other movie.
Dan
In. To some.
Adam
Extent.
Dan
Right. But, like, it's like saying, like, I've told you this before there.
Jamie
You. You.
Dan
Can. You can guess on some things, right? Like, I know some movies are better than others. Like, let me name a bad movie. What's a bad movie? What was that movie of Ben Affleck? Jennifer Lopez back in the.
Jamie
Day. Right.
Dan
Geely. Okay. I know that something is better than G. Lee. Right? I don't have to see G. Lee to know.
Jamie
That. What's one of the worst movies you've ever.
Dan
Seen? What's the worst movie I've ever.
Jamie
Seen? Yeah, there's one that comes to mind. Oh, man, what a horrible.
Dan
Movie. I'm trying to think if I can remember, like, one of the worst movies I've ever.
Jamie
Seen. I remember my parents taking me to a movie called Miami Rhapsody with Antonio Banderas and. And Sarah Jessica Parker when I was a kid. That movie I hated. I also.
Adam
Hated. Your worst movie is.
Jamie
Gravity. I hated Gravity. I hated Gosford Park. Oh, my gosh. It was just like this movie that was supposed to make people like me feel stupid or something. I hated that movie. What a dreadful movie Gosford park.
Dan
Was. I wish I could think, I don't know, like the worst movie. Like a movie I just was totally bored of or walked out.
Jamie
Of. Jamie, what do you got? Oh, Anchorman 2 I walked out of, I.
Dan
Think. Never saw.
Jamie
That. Horrible. What do you got.
Adam
Jamie? Worst.
Dan
Movie. It's a tough.
Adam
Question. Like.
Dan
That. That second Knives out was terrible. I didn't like that. That's up.
Adam
There. I don't remember. I don't.
Dan
Know. I'm trying to.
Jamie
Think. This is a great.
Dan
Question.
Jamie
Yeah. Thank you. My contribution to the show. Have a great weekend, everybody. Good luck. Let's win a.
Dan
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Hosts: Jamie Eisenberg, Adam Aizer, Dan Schneier (Dave Richard absent), plus producer Emma
Date: December 27, 2025
This episode delivered the final official Mailbag for the 2025 fantasy football season, featuring sharp start/sit discussions, late-breaking injury reactions, and an extra helping of listener questions via YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and email. The show kept things lively with their signature banter, a mid-show colorblindness test, “Fantasy Cops” league disputes, and a healthy dose of playoff anxiety.
YouTube Mailbag Segment
Notable Quotes:
Disappearing Owner, Unpaid Dues: Commissioner wants championship participants to absorb lost entry fees; hosts universally say “No way!":
“You are never collecting the money from the rest of the league to make up for this person. That's crazy.” – Dan [36:47] “If you join and you quit for whatever reason…you still got to pay, like, if you agree to do it.” – Adam [37:39]
Waiver Shenanigans: Is it OK for eliminated teams to pick up DSTs in Week 17, thus impacting the championship? Only justified if meaningful (money/prize) consolation, otherwise “bad commish move.”
“The only way people out of the championship should be allowed to make AD drops is if your consolation game is for money.” – Adam [39:21]
“It was a weird fantasy week…a lot of 1 seeds lost.” – Dan [32:59]
For Week 17 lineups, league disputes, or playoff nerves, this episode serves up practical advice, reassurance, and a reminder that fantasy football should be both competitive and fun.