Mailbag, Fantasy Cops and Dad Jokes! (11/15 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Summary

Fantasy Football Today – Mailbag, Fantasy Cops & Dad Jokes!

Date: November 15, 2025
Hosts: Adam Aizer, Jamie Eisenberg, Dan Schneier

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Episode Overview

In this lively Friday mailbag, the FFT crew—Adam, Jamie, and Dan—tackles listener questions on trades, roster moves, and league disputes, while also delivering spirited debates about fantasy philosophy, dad jokes, and who’s best at fantasy football. This episode blends practical start/sit advice, "Fantasy Cops" league arbitration, and plenty of banter. It's a must-listen for fantasy managers looking for quick-hit takes and entertainment before the weekend’s kickoff.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Mailbag Rapid-Fire: Start/Sit & Trade Advice

• The team answers a barrage of specific lineup and trade queries, often digging into player usage, matchups, and league context.

Notable Start/Sit Calls:

• Troy Franklin, Jameson Williams, Jordan Addison – Pick two:
  • Dan: “Jameson and Franklin.” (04:02)
  • Jamie: "I love what Dan Campbell did with Jameson Williams last week." (04:05)
• Aaron Rodgers or Caleb Williams vs. Jared Goff this week?
  • Dan: "Much rather start either Rodgers or Caleb Williams over Goff." (05:11)
  • Jamie: Recommends only dropping Sean Tucker if he’s unnecessary depth; prioritizes QB upgrade in superflex or shallow leagues.
• Michael Wilson vs. Keenan Allen (Full PPR):
  • Dan: “Wilson. I have that decision myself.” (10:13)
  • Jamie: “Wilson has a better chance at volume.”
• Gibbs for Rashee Rice & Rico Dowdle?
  • Dan/Adam: "Win for Rice & Dowdle"—both think the value is on the Rice/Dowdle side. (10:38 - 10:48)

Trade Grades & Strategy:

• Jamie walks through a tough Superflex trade, asking, “Would you rather give up Nico Collins or Davante Adams?”
  • Adam: “Absolutely keep Adams. He’s on the Rams now—unstoppable offense.” (09:06)
  • Jamie: “I did keep Adams. It’s tough, but Nico is just more frustrating.”
• Injury stashes and league setup (Superflex, half-point completion, 14 teams) are frequent context factors.

Memorable Quote:
"You can’t finish the league and win the playoffs without a quarterback in that flex spot the way it’s set up with the 0.5 completion." – Jamie (07:41)

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2. Fantasy Cops: Commissioning and League Drama (44:51, 45:16, 48:09, 50:27)

Case 1 - Wild Card Playoff Week on a Bye:

• League created a wildcard playoff round without realizing it landed on an NFL bye week.
• Jamie: “It's the dumbest thing ever, but if it was agreed on pre-season, you’re kind of stuck with it.” (44:57)
• Dan/Adam: Sympathize but recommend sticking with the voted rules for fairness.

Case 2 - Absent Owner Not Setting Lineups:

• Commissioner refuses to monitor or adjust an absentee manager’s lineup, leading to lopsided matchups.
• Dan: Suggests commissioner reach out once as a courtesy but not act as a "babysitter" weekly. “If you’re a serious league, enforce it and warn, otherwise just let it ride.” (46:28)
• Jamie: “Decide: serious or for fun? If serious, communicate expectations, but for a recurring issue, consider not inviting back the owner.” (47:33)
• Adam: Adds that once he benefited from a "free win," he felt it was unfair to retroactively fix for later matchups.

Case 3 – Trade Veto After Injury News:

• A manager accepted a trade swapping Pollard & DJ Moore for Garrett Wilson seconds after news broke of Wilson’s injury, then asked for a veto.
• Adam: "If a player's status changes drastically before acceptance, it’s fair to veto, especially if news broke immediately before." (50:25)
• Jamie/All Agree: Serious leagues should prioritize fairness and friendship over exploiting technicalities.

Notable Quote:
"Why would you want this to be contentious for people you’re with for years?... Just work something out—no need for hard feelings." – Dan (51:23)

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3. Player Usage & Injury Notes (12:25 – 13:10, 14:09, 22:19)

• Dalton Kincaid, Chris Godwin, Bucky Irving OUT.
• Jackson Dart (Ole Miss, CFB) out, but trending positive for next week.
• Denzel Ward likely OUT—potential boost for Ravens passing.
• Sam LaPorta might miss, so “look at Brock Wright in deep tight end premium leagues.” (14:13, Dan)
• Discussion of usage trends: e.g., Rashee Rice outscoring Gibbs by 2 PPG; tight usage splits for Falcons RBs in the red zone.

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4. Dad Jokes Segment (35:12 – 40:51)

A highlight as the team reads listener-submitted dad jokes, debates delivery, and discusses what makes a proper “dad joke.”

• Dan: “They’re not supposed to be funny—the fun is how bad they are!” (37:27)
• Sample Dad Jokes (Listener-submitted):
  • "I once submitted 10 dad jokes to a joke competition... No pun intended." (38:09)
  • "Why does Waldo wear stripes? Because he doesn't want to be spotted." (38:17)
  • "What's brown and sticky? A stick." (38:17)
  • "Why did the Scarecrow win the award? Because he was outstanding in his field." (39:12)
• Jamie: “I guess when it’s not funny, that’s a dad joke.” (39:12)
• The crew's delivery and deadpan reactions are as funny as the jokes themselves.

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5. Showdowns, Banter, and League Bragging (16:43 – 27:02; 23:03 – 26:28)

• Jamie and Dan spar over league standings, who’s better at Dynasty, and what really determines "fantasy skill": record, points scored, or playoff wins?

  • Adam: “You’re not really sure if that’s true.”
  • Jamie: “Fair point. I can see the wheels turning... throwing stuff at the wall.”

• The trio make light of each other’s successes and failures, referencing in-house leagues—guillotine, auction, dynasty, and superflex repeatedly.

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6. Lightning Round: Listener Q&A on Lineups and Trades

Sample Value Calls and Debates:

• Jalen Waddle for Etienne & RJ Harvey? – “If you need RBs, yes.” (15:43)
• Bijan Robinson for JSN/Puka/CmC/Chase rest of season? – “Yes, I’d take any of them over Bijan in a vacuum.” (63:12)
• DK Metcalf vs. Michael Wilson vs. Brian Thomas Jr. — Bench one?
  • Mixed answers; Jamie: “Is it Metcalf? What does Metcalf do for us these days?” (62:03)
• Would you drive 12 min for a sandwich?
  • Fun tangent: Adam describes his favorite chicken cutlet/blue cheese deli sandwich; Dan: “I love eating alone. No one to bother me.” (43:01)

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7. Closing Banter: Tennis, Food, and Inbox Maintenance

• Adam and Jamie plan a tennis doubles showdown—Azers vs. Schneiers.
• Peanut butter storage debate revisited; fridge vs. pantry.
• Complaints about Apple Podcasts UI and shout-outs from listeners (“Adam is so funny and smart and handsome”—Adam, reading a favorable Spotify comment out loud) (59:02)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• "Coffee ice cream over pumpkin pie. God, they are both horrible." – Adam (11:42)
• "I just want to see [Swift] one more week before I say this is his role." – Adam (31:32)
• "Would you trade Bijan for Puka? ….Yes." – (63:01)
• "The funniness is how bad they are." – Dan, on dad jokes (37:27)
• "Don't leave trades up..." – Jamie’s perennial fantasy trade advice (53:40)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Mailbag Rapid Fire – 04:00–16:00
• Big Trade Philosophy/League Contexts – 06:29–09:54
• Waiver Wire & News Updates – 12:25–14:13
• Dynasty/Auction Humblebrags – 16:43–27:02
• Lightning Q&A / Start-Sit Decisions – 27:04–34:08
• Dad Jokes Segment – 35:12–40:51
• Fantasy Cops (League Disputes) – 44:51–53:30
• Sandwich Tangent / Lunch Bummer – 42:13–43:45
• Endgame: More Q&A, Tennis Challenge, Wrap-up – 64:21–73:34

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a microcosm of why fans love FFT: fiery debates, concise and actionable fantasy guidance, and the offbeat humor of a group that truly feels like old friends. The advice is sharp (start Williams, add LaPorta's backup, make smart trade drops), the “Fantasy Cops” wisdom is fair-minded, and the spirit is as much about camaraderie as winning matchups. As always, leave your start/sit questions on YouTube comments—the hosts really do read them.

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For next episode:

• Check in Sunday mornings on YouTube for live Q&A, injury updates, and more start/sit wisdom.
• Leave your league disputes for the Fantasy Cops—just keep it concise!

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Transcript

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[Jamie]

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[Adam]

It's mailbag time. What's up, everybody?

[Dan]

Welcome.

[Adam]

It's Friday, November 14th. You might be listening on Saturday and we're hoping you're having a great weekend. Dan's got his Irish butter coffee thing going on there.

[Jamie]

Carrie Gold Life.

[Adam]

There it is. There it is. Jamie's got, I don't know, a dog barking somewhere in the distance.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

All right, we're all good. Ready to go. How are we doing, Dan?

[Dan]

Good.

[Jamie]

How about you guys? I'm having a great day.

[Adam]

Why?

[Jamie]

Nothing in particular. Just woke up in a good mood. I really shouldn't be. It's cold out and I can't golf anymore these days, so I shouldn't be happy. But I am. I am happy. Probably because I didn't have to watch Giants football on Thursday, and I'm not even worried about this Sunday. It's Jameis Winston time.

[Dan]

All right. Excited?

[Jamie]

To an extent, yes. This could be a debut. This could be a little bit of, like, a weird debut for the next Giants head coach, packers defensive coordinator. This happened last year with the Bears. We'll see. I'm intrigued by what could happen. I'm also intrigued by the idea of Jameis Winston does the unthinkable and wins this game. Maybe the Giants and get Matt LaFleur, which would be the greatest thing ever. Yeah. So there's some intrigue in this game, I hope.

[Adam]

Yeah, I hope. I hope the Ravens finish bad and the Ravens get fed up with something, you know? But not Belichick. Okay.

[Dan]

I mean, so far, let's see, since they fired Dable, you guys have been linked to Tomlin. Yep.

[Adam]

Oh, yeah.

[Dan]

Flores, Coughlin.

[Jamie]

Coughlin. Oh, this Coughlin.

[Dan]

Right now both coaches.

[Jamie]

Spagnolo loves to bring that one up.

[Adam]

Yeah, Spagnolo, I think, would be great. Okay, well, no one cares. Let's. I don't have a lot of news and notes. Dalton Kincaid, who.

[Jamie]

That's the wild card. They haven't really been linked to them. That's just like, what fans want.

[Dan]

No.

[Jamie]

Oh, I want that. Yeah.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Jamie]

Well, I would want that.

[Adam]

What was I gonna say? Oh, yeah, we'll get some news and notes is pouring in right now. So before we do that, let's read some YouTube comments here from Adam. Coffee with a stick of butter.

[Jamie]

Yeah, that's. No, not a stick. It's like a little. It's a little sliver of butter that I put in. Not much.

[Dan]

Some.

[Jamie]

You don't need much. Black coffee with a little bit of butter.

[Adam]

Very healthy. Troy Franklin.

[Jamie]

Not bad for you, actually, if you look it up.

[Adam]

Troy Franklin, Jameson Williams, Jordan Addison. Pick two. Troy Franklin. Jameson Williams. Jordan Addison.

[Dan]

Jameson and Franklin.

[Jamie]

I love what. I love what Dan Campbell did with Jameson Williams last week. So I'm definitely sticking him in there. And I'll just go, Franklin. I have little to no faith for Mike McCarthy. I'm sorry, the. Now I got Mike McCarthy on my mind because he's also apparently a Giants coaching candidate for the J.J. mcCarthy offense.

[Adam]

I mean, what did you see from. What was your Jameson Williams takeaway?

[Jamie]

Oh, just. We broke it down for beyond the boxer. Basically, what they did was finally utilize him in the way that you should look. He is a great vertical route runner. He is a great one on one winner, but he's also great when you just clear out space with two wide receivers. On one side of the formation, bring Jameson Williams on a short drag route or a short over route over the middle, get him the ball and then all the space is cleared out from the two wide receiver combination on that side of the field and let him run. He almost had a touchdown in this game. That was like this close. The safety just got him toward the sideline. Would have been an even bigger game in fantasy. And that's how you got to utilize him, utilize his speed after the catch. He's not just a vertical straight line guy.

[Adam]

All right, is it worth making a move to add Aaron Rodgers or Caleb Williams this week or just start golf? I'd probably drop Sean Tucker.

[Dan]

I would much rather start either Aaron Rodgers or Caleb Williams over Jared Goff this week.

[Jamie]

Yeah, but then he has to drop a player is what he's saying. So you'd be dropping Sean Tucker. I don't know your running back situation.

[Dan]

If you're not playing Sean Tucker, Bucky Irving is practicing. He's most likely going to return next week barring a setback. So if you have no reason to play Sean Tucker, clearly this is a shallow league. If. But if Caleb Williams is on your waiver wire, it's a shallow league. If Aaron Rodgers on your waiver wires, probably a shallow league. So I would just go with the quarterback and not worry about Sean Tucker.

[Jamie]

Just to quickly address the comments, Jim says it needs to be grass fed butter almost specifically. Yes, Jim, it is Kerry Gold. That's grass fed. It's as good as it gets from the butter standpoint. But I have a quick question to run by you two. Jamie and Adam made a huge, huge trade in my biggest money league. And before I preface it, before I tell you the trade, I want to hear your thoughts on it and what you would have done. It's a league where it's 14 teams, Super Flex. But also in addition to that, you get a half a point per completion. So quarterbacks just go nuts in this league. I was lucky enough to have Flacco and Daniel Jones. Now Flacco's done. So a team with three quarterbacks came to me and said, you got to get a quarterback here. You're obviously going to buy week 1415 because I'm first place in this league and I'm going for the everything.

[Dan]

What's the trade?

[Jamie]

So he's offering Jackson dart and. And Jameis Winston. He picked him up to give me the whole quarterback situation and Mike Evans, who, like might be back at some point. And I'm giving up Nico Collins and R.J. harvey.

[Adam]

Yikes.

[Jamie]

Yeah. Right before Harvey's gonna break out.

[Adam]

I'm not so sure Harvey's gonna break out. But they didn't put. Okay, a few things. They didn't put Dobbins on ir. So for those of you who have.

[Dan]

Yet.

[Adam]

Yet.

[Dan]

Right.

[Adam]

So those of you who have Harvey, let's see what happens this Sunday. But we don't know how long Dobbins is going to miss. That's. That's number one. Number two, I'm not so sure Joe Burrow is coming back. I guess I'd have to lean that way because he wants to come back.

[Jamie]

But if I got scared off, he's like, I know Dan.

[Adam]

If they lose their next two games. Yeah, they're a three win team on Thanksgiving. They're out. They're. They're pretty much out. So he even play.

[Jamie]

But I think he just wants to play. I was thinking that too. Adam. I was thinking, do I take the risk?

[Adam]

He said it. He said. I don't know if. If he said this team situation could affect his coming back.

[Jamie]

He did say that.

[Adam]

Yes, he did.

[Jamie]

He acknowledged that research on my part.

[Adam]

No, it was pretty subtle. But I. I don't think I do it.

[Jamie]

It's tough. It's just all the. If Burrow comes back, I. I almost have to do it. You can't finish the league and win the playoffs without a quarterback in that flex spot. The way it's. The way it's set up with the 0.5 completion. But I did have an option. He was. He would have taken. This is the part I wanted to ask.

[Dan]

You did the trade or you're contemplating it?

[Jamie]

I did it already. I. I have no option. I need a quarterback.

[Dan]

Did you. Did you shop around?

[Jamie]

Oh yeah. I. People. It's such a crazy league, Jamie. First of all, every single backup, like almost every single backup quarterback is stashed in this league due to the importance of possession. So like Jimmy Garoppolo stash for apparent like future Stafford. Anyway, the other offers I had were somebody was giving me Gabriel straight up for Nico. I don't want Gabriel. And Sanders I would have got. And then there was only one other team that had three quarterbacks with Tyler Schuck and I was trying to get shock but he. He also didn't need a Harvey. So he had good running backs. He knew receiver. So he's like, I'm doing it for Nico. And like, or. Or the other receiver. I'm about to tell you, I think it's fine. To me I'd rather give up Harvey and Nico and get back the Giants quarterback situation, given how much Dart was scoring and the upside of Dart to potentially be like a league winner for me down the stretch than like, Shock or. Or Gabriel, honestly. But it's not a good spot if Flacco ends up playing the rest of the season. It's a horrible trade, and I might have cost myself the league. But the part of the trade I wanted to ask you guys about, he gave me the option of giving him one of two receivers. Nico Collins or Devonte Adams, and I chose to give up nico and keep 100. Would you have done. You would have done the same?

[Adam]

Absolutely.

[Jamie]

Tough.

[Dan]

It's very tough. This is redraft, obviously, right?

[Jamie]

Yep. Full pbr.

[Dan]

Yeah, I. I think Adam's probably better. I just, you know, banged up last week. Older receiver. At some point, does that come back to haunt him?

[Adam]

So, yeah, the injury is definitely on my mind with Adams, but that Rams offense is unstoppable. Nico. I think that, like, I want to believe in Nico. He was my. He was my wide receiver, too, going into the year. So I love Nico, but. Or maybe three or whatever it was. But he's been a big bust, and last week they threw 45 times. They pretty much never do that. Yeah, he had a 54 yard catch on a Hail Mary at the end of the first half. There still are a lot of issues there with Nico.

[Jamie]

He.

[Adam]

He could still be the frustrating guy who gets you seven for 70 and scores, you know, So I definitely would go with Devonte Adams.

[Jamie]

I feel that's what I did. I chose to keep Adams.

[Adam]

But let's go through some. Some questions here. Rapid fire Michael Wilson or Keenan Allen in full ppr?

[Dan]

Wilson. I have that decision to make myself.

[Jamie]

I think Wilson has a. Has a better chance of getting targets here, so I'm gonna go with the volume.

[Adam]

Wilson, Kamani Vidal, Ricky Piersall or Tetero McMillan. Pick one.

[Jamie]

Oh, I'll go the upside with Ricky Pearsall.

[Dan]

I'll go Vidal.

[Adam]

Yeah. Vidal for me too.

[Jamie]

For full ppr, I'm talking. Yeah.

[Adam]

Not an easy call. Gibbs. Would you give up Gibbs for Rasheed Rice and Rico Dowdle?

[Dan]

Oh, it's a fair deal.

[Jamie]

You would?

[Adam]

Absolutely. I don't even. Yeah, I don't even think it's fair. I think it's a clear win for Rice and Dowdle.

[Jamie]

Yeah. I still think you're giving up the best player in the deal, but I still think you're right. Dowdle's probably top 12 rest of the Season, so.

[Dan]

But the. The best player is not that much of a best player. The. The gap between Gibson, Rice, him and Rice.

[Jamie]

Yeah, sure.

[Adam]

I don't even know who's averaging more points per game. Rashee Rice is averaging 22.4 points per game. He's.

[Jamie]

All right.

[Dan]

So just to go back to the Sean Tucker question, Todd Bowles just ruled out Bucks, Irving, Chris Godman.

[Jamie]

Okay.

[Adam]

Okay. By the way, if you need Sean.

[Dan]

Tucker, then clearly you have to make a tough call with the quarterbacks. If you don't need Sean Tucker again, shallow league would be my guess. Wait until the last minute, drop him so nobody else can pick him up next week. He's probably going to be irrelevant and go with. I would go Caleb over Rogers.

[Adam]

For what it's worth, Rashid Rice is averaging two more points per game than Jamir Gibbs.

[Dan]

Okay.

[Adam]

Coffee ice cream.

[Dan]

You also have Gibbs worst game of the season in there.

[Adam]

Also have his best game of the season in there.

[Jamie]

I mean, such a small sample size for Rasheed, but yeah.

[Adam]

Coffee ice cream over pumpkin pie. God, they are both horrible.

[Jamie]

Would you trade.

[Adam]

Would you trade T. Higgins and Aaron Jones for Devonte Adams and scoring in standard? No way. No way. Higgins and Aaron Jones for Devonte Adams?

[Jamie]

Probably not.

[Dan]

You would rather have Adams. You rather have the two guys?

[Jamie]

He's saying he'd rather have the two guys.

[Adam]

I mean, if, if. If the Bengals are going to have this good of a passing offense, T. Higgins is awesome again, and then Jones is a. Is the lead running back. Yeah, I would do that.

[Dan]

Yeah, I probably would aim higher than Devonte on this weekend.

[Adam]

Mahomes or Lamar this week?

[Dan]

Lamar.

[Jamie]

Lamar for sure.

[Dan]

Denzel Ward looks like he's out.

[Jamie]

I'm just never benching Lamar, so any question with Lamar will be Lamar for me.

[Adam]

Well, people are worried about the weather in that game, so that's something we're gonna have to keep an eye on for sure and we'll talk about it on Sunday. All right. So the news and notes. Dalton Kincaid is out. Jamie just mentioned Chris Godwin and Bucky Irving are out. That's three big players out in that game. He mentioned the Denzel Ward thing. He may not play. Jackson Dart is out this week, but looks like he's trending in the right direction, so hopefully back next week. That's pretty much the big stuff right now. Okay, well, Slayton is not expected to play.

[Jamie]

Slayton's out. Concade's out.

[Adam]

Not only is Slayton out or not expected to play, but Kayvon Thibodeau is out for.

[Jamie]

Yeah, Thibodeau.

[Adam]

He's Thibodeau. He's Thibodeau. I always get him in.

[Jamie]

And Bobby o', Carrick, their best linebacker. It's going to be a rough day for the Giants defense. Offense kind of sucks.

[Adam]

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[Dan]

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[Dan]

Dan Campbell says he does not expect Sam laporter to practice today.

[Adam]

Oh, gosh. All right. No laporta.

[Dan]

So deep sleeper, tight end, premium leagues. Look at Brock Wright now.

[Adam]

Are we going to boost Jameson Williams with LaPorta out slightly.

[Dan]

Khalil Shakir cleared for contact.

[Adam]

Khalil Shakir cleared for contact.

[Dan]

He's dealing with rib injury, so didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday.

[Adam]

What the hell is going on in this? First of all, no, I don't look like John Ham. Yes, I do. I do look like exactly like Johnny.

[Jamie]

What?

[Adam]

But what is this picture? I know what the pictures, but it looks like photoshopped with a. With a beard.

[Jamie]

That's you.

[Adam]

I know that is, but I don't think that I had that facial hair for that picture. And maybe I did.

[Jamie]

One day you should show up on the show with just a mustache.

[Adam]

No, that is completely photo.

[Jamie]

A handlebar thing.

[Adam]

I got the mutton chops too.

[Jamie]

All right.

[Dan]

Oh, there it is. Just put up the last comment. No.

[Adam]

Which one?

[Dan]

There it is.

[Adam]

Hold on. A few quick emails and then we'll get. We'll take a break and do more. This is from Chris. Would you trade Jalen Waddle for Travis ETN and RJ Harvey? I have Dobbins.

[Dan]

Jalen Waddle for etn. Who?

[Adam]

Harvey.

[Dan]

I mean, if you need the running backs, it's not far off. He does.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Dan]

Kaylin Waddle's just been so good without Tyreek.

[Jamie]

Yeah, I'm not Benching Waddle?

[Adam]

Well, no, it's not that. Would you trade him for ETN and Harvey?

[Jamie]

Oops, sorry. I got caught looking at the comments. Would you trade him for ETN and Harvey? I mean, if you desperately need running backs.

[Adam]

He does. And he has. He has J.K. dobbins. So he's locking up the.

[Jamie]

Yeah, I would do that, honestly. Okay.

[Adam]

From Mark, Woody Marks, Debo Samuel Gadsden, Start two.

[Dan]

I'm benching Debo.

[Jamie]

Yeah. Marcus Marks. And Gadsden is right.

[Adam]

How about this?

[Jamie]

Why would you play Debo?

[Adam]

Guillotine League. Ppr. Start two. Bijan Robinson, Drake, London, Jameer Gibbs.

[Jamie]

That's the fun of a Guillotine league. I'll start Gibbs and are you sitting? Actually, no, I can't sit.

[Adam]

Who are you starting over?

[Dan]

These guys? There's like three of my top ten players.

[Jamie]

Yeah, that. Something's wrong here.

[Adam]

Gotta answer it. Let's go.

[Jamie]

No, something's wrong here.

[Dan]

No, that's just insane.

[Adam]

I think I'm gonna start.

[Jamie]

Are you trolling? This is your team.

[Adam]

No, no, I. I'm gonna say I'm gonna start both Falcons now.

[Dan]

Now, again, to be fair, you get. We're down to week. This is week 11. So you're down to eight teams left, seven teams left, depending on when your. Your league is done. I'm sitting Derek Henry in the Guillotine League. That Dan was eliminated in week one. Not to bring that up.

[Jamie]

Wow. Other leagues were in this year.

[Adam]

Oh, my gosh. This guy is on the. The bragging tour. I mean.

[Jamie]

No, I'm not.

[Dan]

He.

[Jamie]

It's only. It's a. It's a direct response to getting called out like Jamie just did. Oh, he got eliminated week one of our Guillotine.

[Adam]

Let me tell you that.

[Jamie]

Nobody wants to be playing in. By the way, let me tell you.

[Adam]

About a trade I made in my league. I'm in first place, by the way. That's how you started the show.

[Jamie]

Well, yeah, I am in first place of that league. It's my biggest league. I'm in first place. It's just the truth. I just wanna. I'll screenshot this. You wanna get a little screen share going right here?

[Adam]

No, I'm just saying you're just. You're just a bragger.

[Jamie]

No, it's just the defense mechanism for people come at me, I think.

[Adam]

But no one came out. I think I would not start both Falcons. Like, what if the Falcons have a terrible game? I'd go with Bijan and Gibbs.

[Dan]

I just play the running backs. Yeah.

[Adam]

Yeah. Pick one. Addison Pierce. All Quentin Johnston, Wandell Robinson. Jamie Jamie's starting Wanda Robinson over Bijan Robinson this week. So.

[Dan]

I would go Robin Bijan Robinson. I mean I wanted. Excuse me.

[Jamie]

All right, Sunday morning guy Ryri is really coming at me today. Chill out bad guy.

[Adam]

You're. You're two in the comments right now. Dan, you should be on the show and out of the comments.

[Jamie]

Can we discuss how we figured out this past week through text you and us three through our group text what I deem to be a good dad joke?

[Adam]

Yes, because I have, I have many listener submissions for dad jokes later in the show and we're going to get to that in a bit. But Sunday morning, 8:30am to 9:30am and then noon to 1. Join [e-mail] fantasy football today. Also, one more very important thing. If you're watching the show on demand on YouTube, if you want your start sit questions answered, leave some in the comments. I'll come back this weekend and answer some questions. Leave some comments with start sit questions and I'll try to help you out. Can't answer all of them, but I'll get to some. We're gonna take a break. We got more emails after this.

[Jamie]

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[Adam]

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[Jamie]

The.

[Adam]

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[Jamie]

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[Adam]

Someone says I'm being snippy because I'm still fighting with my wife because I told her to bench Treveon Henderson.

[Jamie]

You guys are in a fight over what?

[Adam]

Over Trayvon Henderson. I told her to bench him.

[Jamie]

Over who?

[Adam]

Jalen Warren.

[Jamie]

It's not the worst idea on paper, but it's pretty bad, man. Ramandre Stevenson ruled out the. Just traded their whole defense. What are you doing?

[Adam]

Sleeping in the guest room is what I'm doing.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

All right. From sale. First year playing and I'm doing well. Would you make this trade? Give up Nico Collins and David Montgomery.

[Jamie]

Okay.

[Adam]

For a Mecca Abuka and Zach Charbonnet.

[Jamie]

Yes. I have Mecca Buka ranked higher than Nico rest of the year, so it really ends at that. And I also think Charbonnet is the better value of the running backs there. So easy win for me.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Dan]

I might be off on a league, but I just took a Quick glance in the leagues where we're all in together.

[Jamie]

You're off on a league. If you have anything negative to say.

[Dan]

Dan is three and six.

[Jamie]

No, I'm not.

[Dan]

Combined.

[Jamie]

What are you talking about? Matchups?

[Dan]

Yep.

[Jamie]

Talking about the standings of the league. Who the heck cares about a head to head matchup? Take a look at the standings and get back to me. Put that on your Mac Burger league. Yeah, the standings matter a lot more than I'll look at records.

[Adam]

All right, go ahead.

[Jamie]

I'll start with the auction league. Go to baked Burger.

[Adam]

Not in the auction league. Bake Burger. We know you're the the greatest ever Fantasy football.

[Jamie]

Go to auction league.

[Adam]

Fantasy football. Today you are the worst in the ff. Yes, you are. You're four and six. Jamie and I are five and five. Is that so? Is that. No, I'm just wrong. Super Flex league. Should we check the super flex?

[Jamie]

I want your FFT open. Eight.

[Dan]

I'm seven and three. You're five. Adam's five and five. Dan's four. Five and one.

[Jamie]

I mean where. Where are you? Here.

[Dan]

Where.

[Adam]

Where are you?

[Jamie]

Look at the points. My points are higher than you in that.

[Dan]

Oh, now we're going points. Okay, so head to head. Doesn't matter.

[Jamie]

Well, fine. That's two weeks. What about the auction league? Jamie, what's your record in the auction league? That I'm not.

[Adam]

I'm not in that league. So that's.

[Jamie]

Oh, you're not in that league. How about Baked Burger? Yeah, we're gonna forget about those two. Like I don't understand every week.

[Adam]

Baked Burger.

[Jamie]

We don't.

[Dan]

Dynasty league. Dan and I are both tied at 7 and 7. But I just beat Dan last week.

[Jamie]

And that's 7 and 7. 7 and 3.

[Dan]

7. 3. Excuse me? 7.

[Jamie]

We're both doing well in that league. Adams again. Bottom barrel in that league.

[Adam]

No, Adam's not in that league. Dumbass.

[Jamie]

You are in that league. Whoa, whoa. You have to edit that one out.

[Adam]

Don't you say that on bottom of the battle.

[Jamie]

You are in that league.

[Adam]

He's which one?

[Jamie]

He's new dynasty. That we did for charity this year.

[Adam]

Oh yeah, I'm in that one.

[Jamie]

You're in that league and I've been trying to trade with you and you're just denying I'm trying to help your team for the future.

[Adam]

You offer me such an insulting.

[Jamie]

No, I didn't. Yeah, how's that insulting? What do you want? You want more than a second round pick for those scrub players that are like only win now, guys, Vidal. And who'd I asked for? Vidal and Tracy.

[Adam]

I wanted Javante Williams.

[Jamie]

I do want Javante.

[Adam]

What do you want?

[Jamie]

Javante's worth more than a two. You want a one for Javante?

[Adam]

What's your name?

[Jamie]

Crazy league? I offered you a two for Javante. And I offered you like a three and a four for Tracy and Vidal. That's not insulting.

[Adam]

What's your team name? What's your team name in that league?

[Jamie]

In the dynasty one with Heath. The new dynasty where I'm seven and three and Jamie. Seven and three and you're like two and one or two and nine or two and eight. Because I can't do math. Let's see. Super Flex.

[Adam]

Really?

[Jamie]

I'm trying to find that league. It might have been buried. Oh, this might have been a buried league. Where is this FFT Dynasty Zoo reflect? My name is just Dan in that league. Yeah.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Jamie]

I'm seven.

[Dan]

Three.

[Jamie]

Jamie. Seven and three. Year. Three and seven. That's. That's where we're at there.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Right.

[Adam]

Okay, so I think we've disproven your theory because the super Flex league, the FFT League, you're the worst of the three of us, so.

[Jamie]

But then I'm better than in Auction Dynasty. Super Flex Bake Burger. Yeah, that's three leagues.

[Adam]

Not in the auction league, so that doesn't count.

[Jamie]

You're not in our auction. Why did you not do the auctions league?

[Adam]

I'm not in it. I'm just not.

[Jamie]

Why not?

[Adam]

All right, let's get back.

[Jamie]

What's your fft? Open records. I'm Aiden too. You're even doing good in that league.

[Adam]

No, I'm like middle of the pack.

[Dan]

Six and four.

[Jamie]

Okay. That's respectable.

[Adam]

Hey, I'm not in that league with you. I. I don't know what to tell you. Like you're in that league with 11 people that I don't know. Not. Not me and Jamie.

[Dan]

Adam, Just know. Just know that head to head against the two of us, he's three and six.

[Jamie]

There you go. I don't know how you did that in real time, but good for you.

[Dan]

You go to schedule your records, looking.

[Jamie]

Through each league and putting it. Listen, in the end, what's going to happen here is we're going to decide by the end of the season who won the most leagues of us three that were all in together.

[Dan]

Well, it's gonna be me because I play in more than you.

[Adam]

No, that we're all in together.

[Jamie]

That we're all in together.

[Adam]

There's only Four and two of them are Dynasty. I don't care. Dynasty doesn't count.

[Jamie]

Oh, Dynasty doesn't count. Now that's where we're going with this. Just because you're so bad at Dynasty is that I'm the worst Dynasty player you've ever played with. Jamie, he's like just every league I look in, he's bottom barrel.

[Adam]

All. Every two of them.

[Jamie]

Yeah, that's it. Over two.

[Adam]

Yeah, I know it sucks. You just. I had a lot of injuries in that league. There's nothing you can do it. The waiver. There's no waiver wire. Mike Evans, Malik Neighbors. What am I supposed to do?

[Jamie]

I think people are right. I need the no strip. It's. It lets me breathe. Deep breath, you know, like that. I need a mantra. I need to. I need to relax.

[Adam]

All right, I'm going to. We're gonna go real fast here. We're gonna make up for some lost time.

[Jamie]

Yes.

[Adam]

Sorry for swearing at Dan there, but that's you. Especially when I was wrong and I actually was in the league. I need to bench.

[Jamie]

You are in the league.

[Adam]

I need to bench one player in my half. PPR League. Derrick Henry, DeAndre Swift, RJ Harvey, Devonte Adams, T. Higgins.

[Jamie]

One more time. Harvey Swift. What else?

[Adam]

Harvey Swift, Henry Adams. Higgins, bench one.

[Jamie]

So you really can only choose between Harvey and Swift.

[Dan]

Actually, for me, it's between Harvey and Henry and Henry.

[Jamie]

Wow.

[Dan]

Yeah. All right.

[Jamie]

Jamie said, harvey, I'll bench Harvey.

[Adam]

It's.

[Jamie]

It's a safer play to go with Swift, but I think we could be seeing the RV breakout this week.

[Dan]

Did was just keep in mind, as much work as he may get, it's still Kansas City.

[Jamie]

Yeah, he's good. I just want to see him with an actual role and rhythm.

[Adam]

The word I said, what I call Dan is that profanity, because do you remember that commercial where the guy goes into the guy's office and he's like, mister. And he says it. Mister. Mister. And he goes, it's pronounced Dumas. Like they said it on a national TV commercial.

[Dan]

It's fine.

[Adam]

Dumbass is fine, right? I didn't curse.

[Dan]

All right?

[Jamie]

It's not very.

[Dan]

Oh, my God.

[Adam]

You can say, oh, dude.

[Dan]

Hey.

[Jamie]

Yeah, you gotta edit anyway, because Jamie got you there. But honestly, it's deserved for saying something like that to me, especially when you were wrong. You deserve to have to do extra work after the show.

[Adam]

All right, PPR league from Bill. Pick two. Rashad White. Kamani Vidal. Tez Johnson.

[Jamie]

Tez and Rashad for me or no, Tez and Vidal.

[Dan]

Yes, I agree.

[Adam]

It's Videl. Videl, yeah.

[Jamie]

Remember when you told me that thing with Bijan and then we learned like later that he doesn't mind being called Bijan?

[Adam]

All right. From Michael. Tony Pollard, Amari Di Mercado or Jordan Mason. Half PPR.

[Dan]

Just one DeMarcado Pollard.

[Jamie]

But I guess the Arcado is a safer play. I just.

[Dan]

Jonathan Gannon met with the media today and said he would not give any injury updates aside from Marvin Harrison and maybe Mac Wilson being out.

[Adam]

Okay. By the way, he also says Swift or Harvey, ppr.

[Jamie]

It's the same question. Yeah, I mean, Swift to safer play. So I'm fine with it. This is especially ppr.

[Adam]

This is from Sherm. He says dear Jamie and Adam. I would have included Dan in the greeting, but since it's a Guillotine league question after week two, I don't know if he'd have any input. At what point do you start treating a Guillotine league like a DFS lineup and a drop above average guys like DK Metcalf in hopes of hitting big on a one week streamer?

[Dan]

So we're getting to that point. I. I finally spent. I was the big bank for the last couple of weeks and I finally spent and I overpaid just to make sure I got them. But Rashi Rice and Devonte Adams were both available.

[Jamie]

Nice.

[Dan]

And I spent. I didn't expect to get both, but I did. Which, and this is going to tell you how, how I overspent. I spent 300 or 2, 200 for Rashi Rice and 81 for Devonte Adams and Saquon Barkley went for $10.

[Jamie]

Wow. So that happened.

[Dan]

Just. Just didn't pay attention. That's rare.

[Jamie]

Is that the league I lost in week two?

[Dan]

Well, there I got a couple messages like, oh, I forgot to do waivers. You know, that's gonna happen.

[Jamie]

That should not happen in a Guillotine league.

[Dan]

But it does. I mean, this is not the first time I've seen this happen. I've been playing this, you know, format for at least five years and you see it, you know, people just don't think they're going to spend enough, don't have the money. There's, you know, a few, few managers that don't have money at all. I didn't really need running backs, but obviously I would have, you know, put a bid on Barkley if I thought he was going to go cheap. And you should honestly, in any of these formats, put in bids for almost all the Superstars, just in case something like this happens. If you can afford it. But yes, you want. The thing you want to do is you want to get to the end and control the bank, you know, because if you do. Yeah, just picking up anybody you want to. So I tried to do it where I'd still be in the mix in the next couple weeks. I like really where my team is at, but you never know how that goes. So it does help. Like. Like for example, last week I got Trevion Henderson for 20 bucks. So it always helps if you have a great start. So, like I have Henderson right now. I feel like I'm in a great spot.

[Jamie]

Okay.

[Dan]

To survive.

[Adam]

All right, moving on. Next question is from Kerry. Half ppr. I need a running back and a wide receiver. Aaron Jones. Swift or Marks?

[Jamie]

Half ppr. Switch Marks. I feel Marks is the safest to me.

[Adam]

Oh, I've got Swift. Pretty risky to me.

[Jamie]

You think so? Just from a role standpoint, don't.

[Adam]

I just want to see it one more week before I. I say this is his role with Marks. Yeah, you know, I don't know.

[Dan]

I. I heard somebody suggest maybe only plays a half on Thursday and then they said stop.

[Adam]

All right. So Jamie said Swift, Dan said Marks. Yeah, I think I'd probably go swift, but I think Aaron Jones is pretty good too. Quentin Johnson.

[Dan]

I like them all. I really do.

[Jamie]

I don't like. I think the Bears offense will really stall out this game matchup wise. I do not like it. If you look at some of the stats with Caleb Williams versus pressure versus the blitz specifically, he's going to get blitzed all game in this game. All right.

[Adam]

Quentin Johnson or Ricky Pearsall?

[Dan]

Johnson.

[Jamie]

Oh, do I go Ricky? Pretty Ricky, Right. First week back. I'm pretty excited about Ricky's return. They are generating offense through QJ because they can't pass box. So I'll go QJ just because he's that short area target. And that's all the Chargers can do is run. Quick game right now.

[Adam]

So that short area target once. So we'll see if that keeps up this past game.

[Jamie]

That's how they utilize them.

[Dan]

I know from now, I mean, that's what they're doing with the receivers.

[Adam]

Etienne or Wandale?

[Jamie]

Oh, well, no Slayton.

[Dan]

I love Wanda this week. I probably still believe in them.

[Jamie]

I'm going Wandale with Jameis.

[Adam]

There's no Slayton from Dalton. 12 team PPR. Which side do you like better? Saquon Barkley and Chris Olave or Josh Jacobs, Keenan Allen and Wanda, Robinson.

[Dan]

Saquon and Alava. What's the other side?

[Adam]

Jacobs, Keenan Allen, Wandale.

[Jamie]

I think I love a lave Barclays.

[Dan]

Yeah. I think I go live Barkley like if we knew that Slayton forget about who the quarterback is because I think it'll. It shouldn't matter too much. But if Slayton's out for an extended period of time, then Mondo's in a good spot. He's obviously a little bit better with Jameis in my opinion, but still Saquon and a lot like a lot of his first game without Rashid. She was fantastic.

[Jamie]

I think a lot of his top two in targets this season at wide receiver.

[Dan]

Yeah, he's definitely up there. Jacobs.

[Adam]

Jacobs does feel kind of significantly better than Barkley. Obviously it doesn't have to be that way. It could change.

[Jamie]

But just because he scores more, you think?

[Adam]

Yeah, I mean he's just been. It's just been a lot better, hasn't he?

[Jamie]

I have a lot of concern about them moving forward without Elgin Jenkins on that offensive line. They've already had so many injuries on that offensive line. Now take out Jenkins. Jordan loves not playing great football. It's just again like he'll score because they're going to score some touchdowns. They run a lot in the red zone, but there's no explosiveness to his game. He doesn't have much involvement in the passing game. I think Barkley has more upside rest of season.

[Adam]

I mean that's one thing to say, but Jacobs is averaging 3.8 more points per game than Barkley.

[Jamie]

Yeah, he scores a touchdown every game.

[Adam]

Yeah, he does. And I don't really think that's going to change necessarily. Yeah, okay. I. I'm not projecting for one a game, but he's going to be a touchdown scorer. Last couple questions here. Chase Brown, Woody Marks. Well. Or Travion Henderson. But if it's not around, if it's not Henderson, go. Oh yeah.

[Jamie]

If you could have got Henderson, good for you. But Chase Brown marks. Chase Brown for sure.

[Dan]

Yep.

[Adam]

And Rashad White or Jake Ferguson? Ppr.

[Jamie]

Full ppr.

[Dan]

I mean last week was a great opportunity for Shot White against a team that has been awful against pass catching running backs. He had five catches. He turned that into 16 yards.

[Jamie]

Yeah, I'm gonna go Ferguson same. And there's a chance, I think I'm reading that that game could be like 30 in the 30s. I don't like to pick. I'm out on the 30 degree football. As far as expecting passing production time.

[Adam]

For some dad jokes from the Audience.

[Jamie]

Okay, so can we go over what happened this week in text? We found out what. What I deem to be good and bad dad jokes. And I figured it out if a dad joke has a pun in it because Jamie presented two or three really fun dad jokes that I laughed at. They were good. I don't remember the first one, Jamie, but that was the best one that you texted over, and it was great. It's a pun. When it doesn't have a pun, it requires a Mitch Hedberg level delivery. You can't just deliver a dad joke without a pun and then have no delivery to it. You need the pause. You need the hedge. You need the Mitch Hedberg pause. So you don't want to bring the Mitch Hedberg pause. You just want to do, like, what do pilgrims like to do? They like to eat like, or, you know, like they have Thanksgiving. Like, it's not funny without the pause. I don't remember what that joke was, but it was terrible.

[Dan]

If pilgrims were alive today, what would they be known for?

[Adam]

Now, the one that. The one that Dan loved was. Do you know why the person who invented the Ferris wheel never met the person who invented the Merry Go Round? They travel in different circles.

[Jamie]

That's funny. That's actually funny. It's solid, right? It's a pun. You get it. Because the circle. But like, the other ones that don't involve that pun, without the delivery, they're nothing. And even. That's not that great. Let me just be clear.

[Adam]

Oh, that's not that great. You said.

[Jamie]

That's like, okay. At best.

[Adam]

You said. See, that's amazing. That's a joke right there. It's clever.

[Jamie]

Yeah. For a dad joke. It's amazing.

[Adam]

Yes.

[Jamie]

I have to qualify that, obviously.

[Adam]

Oh, my gosh. It's not slapstick without the delivery.

[Jamie]

That's what dance even, like, Edu puts in. Like, I don't trust Adams. They make up everything. If that had, like, a Mitch Hedberg style delivery, it might have a shot. It really might. But if you just read it like that. I don't trust Adams. They make up everything. Then it's like, you get it because Adams, everything's made up of atoms. That's not funny.

[Dan]

From Brent Morrison. Find it.

[Adam]

Where is it? Okay, I think that. Emma, if you wouldn't mind doing me a favor, I'm going to star this one. If you see any good dad jokes, just put a star on them. I'm going to read the ones that we got from email. But what you're saying about you need the dad joke to have a good delivery. I think that pretty much applies to jokes. Right.

[Jamie]

And, but like.

[Adam]

Or.

[Jamie]

Or they could be clever, right? Or they could be clever with a pun or a play on words. That's my point. Like, Jamie's had a little bit of a cleverness to it.

[Dan]

What you. What you don't get. Somebody just posted this thing. They're not supposed to be funny.

[Adam]

I know.

[Dan]

The funniness is how bad they are.

[Jamie]

Yes. Okay. Okay.

[Dan]

Exactly.

[Jamie]

Well, I guess to some people, that's funny.

[Adam]

That's okay.

[Jamie]

That's funny.

[Adam]

Let's see how you like these. This one's from Kyle. Did I ever tell you that I once submitted 10 dad jokes into a joke competition to see if I'd win? No pun intended. Okay. This is from Michael. Why does Waldo wear stripes? Because he doesn't want to be spotted. From Carrie. What's the best thing about Switzerland? I'm not sure, but their flag is a big plus. Nicole says, want to hear a joke about paper? Never mind. It's terrible.

[Jamie]

Ha ha ha.

[Adam]

Jake asks, what's brown and sticky? A stick. I don't like that. Whatever. That was my favorite, but okay. Those are some dad jokes. Let's see if we have any in the. In the chat.

[Dan]

There's a good one.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

Okay. I think we have a lot. Why don't skeletons fight each other? They don't have the guts.

[Jamie]

But I don't want this reputation. Andrew saying Dan is really becoming the resident curmudgeon. I'm not a curmudgeon. I am a lovable, good, happy guy. I just don't like dad. Like, I'm happy. I said at the beginning of show I'm having a great day. Like, and I laugh at stupid stuff. I don't think my sense of humor is better than yours. Like, I laugh at the Tim Robinson sketches, which is like. Some people find them really not funny at all. It's pretty dumb humor, but I find it funny. So, like, it's just different. Everyone's sense of humor is different. I am personally not laughing at these jokes. That's just all I'm trying to say.

[Adam]

When does a joke become a dad joke?

[Jamie]

I guess when it's not funny.

[Adam]

When the punchline becomes apparent. That's really clever, actually, because why does. Why did the Scarecrow win the award? Because he was outstanding in his field. You know, I got to tell you something, Dan. I never realized that I was.

[Dan]

See, that's a good football related one there. By Abraham.

[Adam]

Abraham. Oh, that's great. I told Rashad White. A joke, but he didn't run with it. That's really good, Dan. I never realized I was a curmudgeon until a lot of people told me I was a curmudgeon. So I just, just think about it.

[Jamie]

You know, Just think about it. I really don't think I am, but maybe I am. I really hope I'm not. I gotta fix some. A lot of things about my life if I'm heading toward Curmudgeon Avenue. Is that where you, you, you live over on Curmudgeon Drive?

[Adam]

Not anymore. I. I think in my twenties I certainly was a, you know, I.

[Jamie]

More of a curmudgeon.

[Adam]

I live backwards in my own lane. Curmudgeon lane.

[Dan]

You have curmudgeon traits since I know you.

[Adam]

Yeah, but I'm pretty happy guy. Like around the house. I'm super happy.

[Jamie]

I don't view myself as unhappy either. I don't think anyone else does. But apparently on this show, that's the vibe I'm giving off. So I'll need to fix that moving forward. I guess I have to just start fake laughing at dad jokes. That's the best way.

[Dan]

There's a good one by the no strip guy.

[Adam]

What's his name?

[Jamie]

Oh, God.

[Adam]

I once had a job crushing cans. It was so depressing.

[Dan]

That's good. That's good.

[Adam]

That one's better written out.

[Jamie]

That's good.

[Adam]

My wife screamed. You haven't listened to a single word I've said, have you? What a weird way to start a conversation. All right, let's take a break. And we got the Fantasy Cops. This is Dan's favorite segment, Fantasy Cops when we come back.

[Jamie]

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[Adam]

I'm kind of bummed about something, guys. I had lunch plans and they just got canceled.

[Dan]

What was it for?

[Jamie]

Were we going to eat?

[Dan]

I don't know.

[Adam]

Just go to get a sandwich or something. I was really hungry for it. I don't know what to do now. I don't. I feel like I can't go by myself.

[Jamie]

I don't understand.

[Dan]

Can't go by yourself to a sandwich place.

[Jamie]

Hold on. None of this is adding up. Adam had lunch plans that he sat that he was excited for. Now he's missing it. And I said, where are you going? Because usually if you have lunch plans you're excited about, you're eating at a certain place and you're excited about that food. He's like, I don't know.

[Adam]

I think we were gonna go to this deli. I guess I could go by myself, but I don't want to do it.

[Jamie]

It's like a really good deli.

[Adam]

A 12 minute drive. It's fine. But they have one sandwich that I particularly love.

[Dan]

What is it?

[Adam]

It's called the Bourbon Street.

[Jamie]

Okay, what's on it?

[Adam]

It's a good place. I'll tell you after Fantasy Cops.

[Dan]

Just get it and bring it home.

[Adam]

Would you drive 12 minutes to get a sandwich and bring it home?

[Dan]

I love eating alone because it gives me 20 minutes to 30 minutes of just nothing, no one to bother me. So what Joe Flacco said is the. Was the perfect, perfect analogy for anybody that just wants a little bit of quiet time.

[Jamie]

You should go. Just go do it. But I don't think he's planning to sit and eat, enjoy his time alone. He's just gonna pick it up and.

[Dan]

Bring it back there and be like, I can't believe I'm alone.

[Adam]

No, no, I don't buy that. It's just kind of far to go for a loan.

[Dan]

12 minutes, that's far.

[Adam]

Yeah, it's a little far. All right, here's the. Here's the sandwich. Chicken cutlet, cheddar cheese, red onion. No, thanks. Not for me. Lettuce, tomato, blue cheese, dressing. It's really good.

[Jamie]

I mean, it doesn't sound like my kind of sandwich, but chicken, anything with chicken gutlet is good. If you're in New York, New Jersey.

[Adam]

Here we go. Time for the Fantasy Cops. Fantasy FootballBSI.com is our email address. This one is From Ian says hello. All pumpkin pie is trash. I have a serious issue in our 20 year fantasy league. 12 teams, PPR, tight end premium. Okay. Our league voted before, before the year to add an additional wild card round to the playoffs before the year. We failed to realize that there are still bye weeks in week 14. Well, the commissioner reminded everyone of the new structure this week. And checking the schedule, I see that I will be without Drake, May, Rico Dowdle, and George Kittle. Basically, I will lose. I never like the idea of changing rules in season. But this has to be an exception, right? What kind of league wouldn't want the best players to have a chance to compete in the playoffs? What do you think?

[Dan]

I mean, if they voted.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Dan]

There had to have been some measure of people looking and deciding, okay, we're all going to agree that you're going to be out some players. So if you did it before the draft, everybody knew what the bye weeks were for the draft. That being said, this is the dumbest thing ever.

[Jamie]

Yeah, it needs to be changed. But it's one of these things where we've. We've ruled on these a lot in the past and we kind of always say whatever the rules were and everybody agreed to them and knew them. You hope. You have to stick with it.

[Dan]

I'm changing it.

[Adam]

Yeah. No, you're playing. You're playing wild card week. Sorry about that.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

Next up is Katie in Bergen County, New Jersey. Are you anywhere near that? Yeah.

[Jamie]

What?

[Adam]

Are you near Bergen County?

[Jamie]

Bergen County? Yeah. Bergen County's up north. Great county. I'm a little too poor to live there.

[Dan]

Great.

[Jamie]

Just to be honest. Okay.

[Adam]

Big fight this weekend about who's responsible if a team manager goes missing and doesn't set their lineup. Is it the commissioner's responsibility to babysit players? This is even. This has even caused an argument between my boyfriend and me.

[Jamie]

Lol.

[Adam]

Oh, no. All right, so basically what happened was somebody wasn't setting a lineup. Katie realized this, brought it up to the commissioner, and he refused to set the absent. The absent managers lineup, leaving the commissioner against the team with three players on by. Okay, so the commissioner was playing the team that wasn't setting the lineup. All right, so what do we do here? I have some personal experience with this, but I'll let you guys answer. What do you do as commissioner if someone's not setting a lineup?

[Dan]

So I think the first thing you do is when you catch this and you reach out to the person and say, hey, what's going on? Just notice that you haven't Set your lineup.

[Jamie]

Yep.

[Dan]

I think if you're gonna. If you're gonna take an active role in that, you got to catch it during the games, you know, so first time it happens, you know, So I. I mean, you're either going to set the lineup for the person if they decide, hey, I'm not into it, whatever, or you're just gonna let it ride every week and give everybody the opportunity for a free space.

[Jamie]

I don't. Yeah. So I don't like the idea of. It's tough. I don't really love the idea of the commissioner texting the player. Like, hey, you're lying. Because it's. It's only fair if he does that every single week.

[Dan]

Right.

[Jamie]

In everything. And that now becomes a chore for the commissioner. It's not great. I don't think a commissioner should be expected to do that every week. What if he forgets and then one person's benefiting from the commissioner texting the guy, the other person, or not texting the guy, the other person is losing because of that. I think the reality situation is it's hard. Hard. Tough love that I always deliver in these spots, Adam. And I know you don't like this, but you have to decide, are you a serious league or are you league for fun? If you want to be a serious league, you text the person. You say, look, you have to start taking this thing seriously. You've done two or three lineups without a player. It's affecting the impact of the league. It's hurting the balance. If you don't start setting your lineups, I will ask for you not to return to the league.

[Adam]

So here's the issue. Go ahead.

[Dan]

My only concern is if you've done that now and it's gone on for two or three weeks.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Dan]

And the teams that just played that manager in the last two weeks.

[Jamie]

Right.

[Dan]

Gets the benefit of them not setting lineup. And then now you're changing it, like. And I don't. I'm gonna guess in your instance, you're doing it just in the broad picture of set your lineup. I don't care who you're playing. But now you're potentially penalizing what could be playoff competent playoff competition for you or playoff competition for other people that they now have to deal with that as opposed to the two people who didn't.

[Jamie]

Yeah, that's on. It definitely is going to affect the balance of the league no matter what for this year.

[Adam]

So this is partly. This happened to me. This happened to me last week as commissioner. I was facing the Jonathan Taylor, team scores 50 points, right? But he started Patrick Mahomes, he started T. Higgins, he started one other player on by and I won. And this wasn't the first time it happened with this manager. I actually, the first time he didn't set his. His lineup. I did reach out to him, or the first time I noticed it, I said, hey, oh, he had an illegal lineup, right. And I was like, hey, you got to kind of pay attention. He's like, oh, sorry about that. I will. But then he played me and he didn't. And I didn't realize this until after the games had started, that he'd started all these guys on by. And I've decided I'm not going to say anything to him because it would be unfair for me. I just got a win because of his failure to set a line.

[Jamie]

Yeah, right. You can't do it now.

[Adam]

I can't do it now.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

So I'm going to have to address.

[Jamie]

That's the problem. Right. So you can't even do it now. You get spot as commissioner.

[Dan]

Then I think if, if you don't catch it, you know, you could say there's a gray area of, okay, I didn't catch it in week three. And then I told everybody, I told him in week four. On to your point, Dan, you know, it becomes a tour. But I told him week four on. So the, the one week three situation, that's just, hey, it happens. Whatever the case may be now, I'm on it, I'm going to pay attention to it. But if it's like three, four, five and then you. Week six. Oh, crap. He hasn't been saying his lineup for three weeks. You just gotta let it go.

[Adam]

Okay, we got one. Oh, music. We got one from Liam. We had a trade go through. It was a 14 team league. Tony Pollard and DJ Moore for Garrett Wilson. The trade was not accepted until Monday. Seconds after the news came out that Wilson would be injured for three to four weeks. And not that he was on ir, just that he was out for three to four weeks. Okay, the person who sent the trade, giving up Wilson or giving up Wilson for Pollard and Moore. Oh, no, sorry. The person sent the trade, gave up more and Pollard for Garrett Wilson. He said that. Sorry, that it should be vetoed because his intent was not to acquire an injured player. Do you think the trade should be vetoed? I'm sorry, I butchered that. So he sends a trade. Give up Pollard and more get Garrett Wilson. It was not accepted until just after that news came out that Wilson was going to miss three to four weeks. And now the guy who, who is getting Wilson wants it vetoed.

[Jamie]

It's tough.

[Adam]

No, it's not. You veto it.

[Jamie]

You think, you think you veto it?

[Adam]

I think so. I veto it. I over.

[Jamie]

Because you think the person waited to. To accept it until he got the news.

[Adam]

I just think that if a player's status changes from the time the trade was sent.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

To the time it was accepted and changes in such a severe way.

[Dan]

Right.

[Jamie]

Like, I agree with you in theory, Adam. The problem with that is it gets real subjective fast. As far as that, like, he missed practice on Wednesday. I don't want to do the trade now. Like, because somebody. And then you see it get canceled. Veto. And then on all of a sudden that person makes another trade with the players.

[Dan]

I think in this case where there's a long term injury and I think anything over a week is a long term injury, personally. But, you know, you said this, Dan, and you're not wrong. You know, serious league versus non serious league. Most of these situations you're playing with friends or you're playing with friends of friends. Like, why would you want this to be something that's going to be contentious for people you're going to be with for hopefully many years? You know, so.

[Jamie]

Right.

[Dan]

I would just, you know, hey, my bad. Maybe we could do another trade. Maybe there's something we work out, but like, yeah, it doesn't work.

[Adam]

And people were saying, people were saying that it's up to this manager to cancel the trade. But the point, the email said he accepted it within seconds of this news coming out. So he didn't have time to cancel the trade.

[Jamie]

Yeah. Okay. Yeah, that's fair as it does.

[Dan]

But you also should realize, like, and, and again, case by case, but like, there was the chance of Wilson missing time. It wasn't like right when he left the game, it wasn't like, oh, he'll be back next week. Like, there was the potential of that.

[Jamie]

I also think it's possible to like, make the case that this is still a fair trade. Like Garrett. You got to wait a few weeks to get Garrett Wilson. What the heck are you getting out of those other two? I don't want to put those guys in my lineups at any point.

[Adam]

I think Garrett Wilson might be out for the season. I mean, they didn't say if he's.

[Dan]

Out for the season.

[Jamie]

That stinks.

[Adam]

And I'm wrong about he's on ir.

[Jamie]

It's just, what am I getting out of DJ Moore in my Lineup. I'm getting potential disaster.

[Adam]

It's a 14 team PPR league. You're getting potential for a, For a startable player.

[Jamie]

Is he startable?

[Adam]

Yes. He usually scores at least.

[Jamie]

Certainly wasn't last week when he got a bagel.

[Adam]

Yeah, I know. He left the game with an injury. He usually scores about eight fantasy points. The week before that he scored 26 fantasy points or something like that. He's. He's an asset in a 14 team PPR league.

[Jamie]

The other thing is this.

[Dan]

The.

[Jamie]

This fantasy cop just reminds me like this is a very important for everybody. And I'm sure most of you, you know, strong fantasy players already know this. Don't leave trades up. If you're going to propose a trade in your league and you're not necessarily texting the person about the trade and trying to like, have a negotiation, you're just throwing it out there and hoping they accept it. Don't leave it up. Put it out there. Text the person, say, look, I sent you a trade. Take a look at it. And this is. I think Heath does a great job of this. In all the leagues I'm in with Heath, he'll send me a trade offer and then he'll notify me. The trade off is something Jamie didn't do. Four weeks ago. We could have made a trade, but I had no idea the trade was sitting there. But Jamie didn't text me. But he texts me once, he sends me a trade and says, look, I sent you a trade. And then I'll look at it and I'll say, I don't like this. He's like, all right, do a counter. And then I was like, honestly, it doesn't work. It's a dynasty league. It was like, we don't have any counters that work. He's like, okay. And then he deletes the trade. You don't leave it up because then you put the risk of, you know, you, you run this risk if you leave trades up.

[Adam]

Yeah, I know it could be hard to remember, but I get it. What do you do? What do you think you offered me for Kamani Vidal and Javante Williams, by the way?

[Jamie]

First of all, it's a starting offer. What do you think?

[Adam]

But earlier you. You said what you offered me. I think you said you threw second round pick or something. Like you made it seem like I was crazy.

[Jamie]

Is there actually a, like a, a log that shows the trade off?

[Adam]

I'm looking at it right now in my, in my trash. I have the email. Okay, you offered me something for Kamani Vidal and Javante Williams in our.

[Dan]

It was for both players. It was a. I'm gonna guess he said second round pick, so I'm gonna say second round pick.

[Jamie]

Probably something worse. I think I put players in. Look, originally I offered you a second via text. Then you didn't respond to that, so I just threw a random starting offer out.

[Adam]

Don't remember that. But you offered me two third round picks and Jaden blue for Kamani Vidal and Javante Williams.

[Jamie]

Yeah, two threes and Jaden blue. Is it that bad?

[Adam]

That's pretty bad.

[Jamie]

And that's not good. But like, I don't. Also don't know if even giving a 2 up is worth Javante Williams, who may not even be back with the Cowboys and is not really a dynasty asset unless he is back with the Cowboys.

[Dan]

Javante for. It's gonna be a late two, right? So no.

[Jamie]

Oh, yeah, true. It would be a late two or a late three. All right, fine. You want to do it for a.

[Adam]

Two, Javante for a two.

[Dan]

No.

[Jamie]

John and Vidal for a two. I'm not that good of an asset. Maybe you don't need him. This guy's worth nothing to you, I take it too.

[Adam]

Could see them resigning him, could they?

[Jamie]

They don't have money to do that.

[Adam]

Don't tell me to take it too, by the way.

[Dan]

Take it too.

[Adam]

Here's what I think, Dan.

[Jamie]

Go drop it.

[Adam]

You start a lot of your arguments and you don't really know where you're going with it and you throw stuff out and sometimes it's just not true. Like you're better than us in every league that we're playing it.

[Jamie]

You just.

[Adam]

You're not really sure if that's true. Yeah, you tell me.

[Jamie]

Very true statement by you.

[Adam]

Yeah, right. I can see it. I can see the wheels.

[Jamie]

You know what? I won't do it to you again. And make a second edit in the show at the wall a lot and see what sticks.

[Dan]

Oh, you can throw at the walls. Second edit.

[Jamie]

Jamie, that wasn't fair that what you gave him the first edit. That was respectable because he deserved it by.

[Dan]

By calling me a.

[Jamie]

You know what? A dumas. But the second edit is really not fair.

[Adam]

Okay, let's do Apple podcast questions.

[Dan]

That's like Khan. You almost said Khan. It would have been a great Star Trek.

[Adam]

One of Dave's best jokes ever was the cod joke.

[Dan]

So good.

[Jamie]

What was it?

[Adam]

I was wearing my.

[Dan]

You're not gonna get it because you don't know what the Star Trek reference is. But Adam Has a Star Trek shirt. And Dave just yelled, screamed Khan.

[Adam]

Because he set it up. He set it up with Shot Khan. The.

[Dan]

The.

[Adam]

Yeah. All right, here's a question. Apple podcast from. Am I gonna read that. That Bowers and Henderson for Chase Brown and Marvin Harrison Jr. In a 10 team half PPR league. Which side do you like better? Bowers and Henderson or Chase Brown and Marvin Harrison Jr. This was before the appendicitis, I think Bowers.

[Dan]

I mean, if it was healthy, I'd rather have Bowers.

[Jamie]

Yeah, same, same.

[Adam]

Okay, here's one. My running backs are Genti and Barkley Benson is on my bench. My wide receivers are Nico, Garrett, Wilson, Shakir and Parker Washington. Quarterback is Hertz. I give up Barkley and Parker Washington. I get Walker, Charbonnet and Olave.

[Jamie]

No, no.

[Adam]

It'S a big win. I think if. If one of Walker or Charbonnet get.

[Jamie]

Hurt, that's the only one that's you could say about a lot of things.

[Dan]

You know what, though?

[Jamie]

Fantasy though.

[Dan]

If one of Walker or Charbonnet gets hurt, they're probably Barkley. Yeah.

[Adam]

What did I say Barkley was at? I think Barkley's averaging about 16 points per game. He 15.7.

[Jamie]

Yeah, it's ugly.

[Adam]

Just curious if. If. If Walker Charbonnet gets hurt more. More or less than 15.7 points per game for the other guy.

[Dan]

Oh, right there. Slightly above.

[Jamie]

All right. Yeah, that's about right. About like 80 yards and a TD per game type thing.

[Adam]

All right. Grade my trade for.

[Dan]

Probably just go with George Holani.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

For Christian McCaffrey.

[Jamie]

Great.

[Adam]

My McCaffrey trade. I traded Brock Bowers a Mecca Abuka and Chase Brown for Christian McCaffrey and Tez Johnson.

[Jamie]

That's too much, right?

[Dan]

Much.

[Adam]

He still has Nico and Sutton.

[Jamie]

That's too much, man. That's too much.

[Dan]

Especially if Godwin comes back. That clearly hurts both Bucks receivers. But I think that's more so than a book, Taz.

[Jamie]

Way more so. Yeah, that's too much.

[Adam]

I think that might be it. Please tell. Did we read this one last week? Please tell Dan that the pilgrim and the dinosaur jokes were the same joke repackaged.

[Jamie]

That makes it worse.

[Adam]

Well, what, you liked one of them and you didn't like.

[Jamie]

First of all, I have to say that's amazing. It's the greatest joke ever.

[Adam]

I think that's it for Apple podcast. Apple podcast is weird. They really don't populate that.

[Dan]

Well.

[Jamie]

Yeah, agreed. Me and Jacob are having trouble figuring them out for beyond the box or it's Like a. It's not organized. Well, Apple, get your game together when it comes to this, okay?

[Adam]

Let's not insult Apple. I think that.

[Jamie]

Sorry. Apple, you're the best.

[Adam]

Yeah, very healthy. Here's the comment. We get to some Spotify comments now. This one is from Willy Ran. It just says, adam is so funny and smart and handsome.

[Jamie]

Shocker that you chose to read this one.

[Adam]

Yeah. This is from Desmond or. I can't read that. Sorry. It's very small print. Odunze, Jameson Williams, Wandale Robinson, Parker Washington. Pick two.

[Dan]

A Dunes.

[Jamie]

A JMO Parker. Oh, Dunes. And Jamo.

[Dan]

Who was after Parker?

[Adam]

Jamar Chase, AKA Wandell Robinson.

[Dan]

Oh, Odunze and Robinson.

[Adam]

From Sean Half ppr. Twelve teams stacked at receiver. I have a Buka St. Brown and. And I traded Met.

[Jamie]

What did you just call him? A buka. It's egg buka.

[Adam]

No, it's not. It's a buka.

[Jamie]

Damn it.

[Adam]

Yeah, there's a video.

[Jamie]

Why do I ever challenge you on. On pronunciations when I know I stink.

[Adam]

Out someone else did? Someone left kind of a nasty comment about how I keep mispronouncing Abuka's name. I'm not saying the G, I'm saying it right. And there's a video of him actually telling Rob Gronkowski. They're, you know, zooming or whatever, telling him how to pronounce his name because he said a big boo.

[Jamie]

This is disappointing to hear, but respect it.

[Adam]

Okay. I traded Metcalf. Oh, wow. You traded Metcalf and lan and. And Teterell McMillan for lamb. Amazing.

[Jamie]

I don't even know who would ever even consider doing that. Honestly, I really want to find that league and play in it.

[Adam]

It was. It was Lamb's bye week.

[Jamie]

So. What? Metcalf stinks in fantasy.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Jamie]

In real life, too.

[Adam]

Not a fan of him from Chop Suey. Would you trade away Juwan Jennings? Would you trade away Juwan Jennings for Kate Otten?

[Jamie]

I don't think you should trade.

[Dan]

You need a tight end. Jacobs for K.

[Jamie]

Because it's not a good trade to make this week ever.

[Adam]

That was chop suey.

[Jamie]

Yeah, that was chop suey. Come on. Wow.

[Adam]

Good for you. That was great. That was great, man. All right, Jamie. Sorry. Would you trade Jaw Johnson for Kate Otten?

[Dan]

Juwan Jennings.

[Jamie]

I didn't even get the players right, but.

[Adam]

Oh, Juwan Jennings for. I was thinking Dwight Johnson anyway, but would you trade Juwan Jennings for Kate Otten?

[Dan]

If you need a tight end?

[Adam]

Yes, he does.

[Jamie]

Yeah, I would do that if you need it. If you need help right now. It's not bad.

[Adam]

Yes, I think you should. Brian Thomas Jr. Michael Wilson or DK Metcalf? Bench one.

[Jamie]

Oh, Thomas a guarantee to play.

[Dan]

No, I don't think Thomas playing.

[Jamie]

Yeah, I don't think he's playing. So I guess just bench Thomas because he's not playing.

[Adam]

And if he does play.

[Dan]

Give me names again.

[Adam]

Brian Thomas Jr. Michael Wilson, DK Metcalf. Bench one.

[Dan]

I probably bench Wilson.

[Jamie]

Is it Metcalf? What does Metcalf do for us on a weekly basis?

[Dan]

He's playing the Bengals, so hopefully something hurts.

[Jamie]

Or Mahomes matchup.

[Adam]

Hertz or Mahomes?

[Dan]

Really? Okay.

[Jamie]

I think my own hurts.

[Adam]

Kyren or Jalen? Warren.

[Dan]

Warren.

[Jamie]

Kyron for me. Warren, I know the matchup stinks, but I don't care.

[Adam]

Would you start? Aaron Jones, Jacori Crosky, Merit or Trey Tucker?

[Dan]

Aaron Jones by a lot.

[Jamie]

Yeah. I can't trust Jacori crossing Merit and Tuckers. Of course not trustable. I take it back. Actually, I'm gonna go Warren in that other spot. The matchup's too good.

[Adam]

Jay Tupa wants to know, would you trade Bijan for. I mean.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Adam]

For cmc?

[Jamie]

Yes.

[Adam]

For Puka. Would you trade Bijan for Puka?

[Dan]

Yes.

[Jamie]

You would Definitely do. Is it full ppr?

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

It's so hard to answer these without knowing their running back and receiver situations, but assuming in a vacuum. Yes.

[Adam]

Would you trade him for jsn?

[Dan]

Yes.

[Jamie]

Yeah. In a vacuum.

[Adam]

Jamar Chase?

[Dan]

Yes.

[Jamie]

Yep.

[Adam]

Bijan for JSN is the one that I struggle with.

[Jamie]

You think he'll come down jsn? I mean, he has to. He's averaging five over five yards per route run, which is impossible and, and not repeatable over time. But like sometimes it just carries out throughout the whole season.

[Dan]

Is this the worst of Bijan Robinson or is this the norm for Bijan Robinson now?

[Adam]

The worst?

[Jamie]

I think it may be, but that offense is really stymied. They're not creating the explosive plays in the run game. And he gets pulled in the red zone.

[Adam]

No, he got pulled in the red zone last week. He doesn't always get pulled in the room.

[Jamie]

No, I think the total red zone touches is really weighted toward Algier. Am I wrong about that?

[Adam]

I don't know. I. I don't know. I don't look at red zone. I really pretty sure. I really only look at inside the five yard line, inside the three yard line.

[Jamie]

Eleven to three. Right? Or. No, this is. No, this is from. This is no good. These Are bad stats. Sorry.

[Adam]

I mean, if a guy gets a carry at the 18 yard line, I don't really care. It's the three yard line and in. And they're basically even. They've had very few for the year.

[Jamie]

Even. Even is not great though.

[Adam]

No, it's not. But they're only even because Algeria had two of them last week. I honestly, I think they have something like five combined carries inside the five yard line this year.

[Jamie]

Okay.

[Adam]

In fact, I want to look that up. So while I look that up. Dan, you have chat access, right?

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Adam]

Let's finish with some YouTube questions. Go ahead and pick some and I'll be right back.

[Jamie]

Okay. We'll start with Daryl G. Who asks, would you trade Woody Marks for Marvin Harrison in full ppr?

[Dan]

If we knew it's only a one week absence for Harrison, then I would say yes. If it's more than one week, I would probably say no.

[Jamie]

Okay. Poochie's uncle asks. I was offered T. Higgins, Enrico Dowdle and I got to give up Travion Henderson. Would you do that?

[Dan]

Yeah, in a heartbeat.

[Jamie]

That's a crazy great. Good for you. Just. Just do it. Let's do this one now for. I didn't want to put this up. This is my nose strip guy. Ricky Pearsall, Sean Tucker or Keenan Allen, 0.5 ppr.

[Dan]

I take a chance on Ricky here.

[Jamie]

Okay. Bad guy. Ry Rai. Dan have ppr. System of a down or Rage against Machine? Oh, it's an easy system of down for me. I love system.

[Adam]

Really?

[Jamie]

Honestly? Yes, I think I would. I would have loved to see them live. I've heard now his vocals are shot. Sir. What? His name's not Serge. Forgetting his name, it might be Serge. Whatever it was, he's like in my opinion one of the five best vocalists of the last decade. I stand by that. The way he was able to hit different notes and different songs, I stand by. But I've heard his vocals are shot. So I don't want to see them live anymore. But definitely system of it down.

[Adam]

All right, thank you for filling in here. So the Falcons B John Robinson has one carry from the three yard line or closer. Tyler Algier has three. It was one to one going into week 10. Algier got two in week 10. Right now that's an unbelievably low number. The Falcons have five team carries from the three yard line or closer. The only teams with less are the Saints, Vikings, jets and Dolphins. And how about this? The Falcons have five, the Colts have 21. The Colts have 21 carries from the three yard line or closer. The Falcons have five. The Giants have 15. I mean, it's just so weird somehow.

[Jamie]

Been good on offense this year.

[Adam]

Yeah. 0.3 points per game, fewer than the Eagles.

[Dan]

Wow.

[Adam]

All right, Herbert or Caleb Williams this week?

[Dan]

Herbert.

[Jamie]

Yeah, Herbert. I don't like Caleb this week.

[Adam]

Dinesh doesn't want us to disappoint him. He came here for a quick lunch. And Dan's reaction to a dad joke. You missed the set. We had a whole dad joke segment today.

[Jamie]

We already did our dad joke segment. Yeah, I'm gonna have to start laughing at them. That's all I know.

[Adam]

Let's see what else we got. Pick three.

[Jamie]

Josh says you're just ignoring his fantasy cops emails. He's emailed you three times now.

[Adam]

Listen, I get about 20 a week. You do legitimately, 20 a week. And I tend to pick the ones that are a little bit shorter. So just letting you know. Eddie Cook says he needs three in ppr. Javante, Kyron. Warren, Genti. Ooh.

[Dan]

Oh, I am sitting Kyron.

[Jamie]

I'm sitting Genti. I am so done with Genti. Look, he might walk into some touchdowns still. He did last week in the beginning of the game. But just watching that game back for beyond the box score this past week, the difference in their offense before and after Ben Powers Johnson got hurt in that game was like night and day. He was their last remaining decent offensive lineman. And when he went out, it was just a nightmare for that offensive line. I think we're due for some really, really bad blocking rest of season. I guess he'll walk into some touchdowns, Randle, but I'll take Kyron on the better offense even in a worse matchup.

[Adam]

Jackson. Powers. Johnson. Yeah, same guy.

[Jamie]

I think it's Ben. Ben. Powers. Johnson.

[Adam]

It is. Jackson. Powers.

[Jamie]

Johnson. Jackson. Oh, I was thinking of Ben, the other guy. Okay. Yeah, that was my bad. Kevon.

[Adam]

It is Jackson.

[Dan]

But.

[Adam]

But it's. It's worth noting, the Oregon lineman and they're. And they're very beat up on the offensive line.

[Jamie]

Three guys in the NFL.

[Adam]

Zach Ertz or Mark Andrews this week?

[Dan]

Andrews for me.

[Jamie]

Yeah, Andrews. Like, am I gonna play Zach Ertz with Marcus Mariota? No.

[Adam]

Are they just ineffective at the goal line for the Falcons? I don't know. I think it's just they don't get there that much and maybe.

[Jamie]

Well, it's not a bad question by Jim because they're just a such an outside zone. Like, you don't want to really rely on outside zone in the red zone if you don't have the guys up front who can, you know, block and duo or run power gap with and I'm not sure they have that on their line so it might be that. I don't know. Algiers definitely seems more effective in the specifically in the red zone.

[Adam]

Let me see how many plays they've run from the three yard line where that ranks. They have run the third fewest place.

[Jamie]

The Dolphins have run their offense not what we expected it to be because Pennix can't get off his first read and it's like second last in the NFL and on target throw percentage.

[Adam]

This is making me reconsider Bijan a little bit here.

[Jamie]

Yeah, but these things he's not on the good offense we thought he would be but.

[Adam]

But for example, you love it. I mean people love a chan right now, right? I mean I probably still like Bijan better H hands on a team that's run the fewest plays from the the three yard liner in true.

[Jamie]

But hn scores from long more than.

[Dan]

His role in the passing game is a little bit more.

[Jamie]

Yeah. Yes.

[Adam]

But Bijan's.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

Well, who would you rather have rest of season? I still going Bijan.

[Jamie]

It might be. It might be. I'm gonna go Ajan.

[Adam]

Herbert. Herbert or Baker rest of season.

[Dan]

I'll take Baker, but it's close.

[Adam]

Herbert, Tracy, Mason or Tucker? Pick one in ppr.

[Dan]

Tucker.

[Jamie]

Tucker.

[Adam]

Yes. Theo Johnson or Brenton Strange?

[Dan]

Theo.

[Jamie]

Theo. Yeah.

[Adam]

Piersol. Debo, DK start two.

[Dan]

I'm sitting Debo Pearson, DK are the.

[Jamie]

Ones I'm starting as well. Yeah. You know, not as high on DK even in a great matchup. But Debo is just disaster right now.

[Adam]

Adam and Dan remind me of an old married couple. We get that a lot. Pick a running back and a flex in ppr. Dowdle, Harvey Marks, Vidal. Oh, so just need two. Dowdle.

[Jamie]

Harvey Marks by Dell Dowdle and Marks. Another thing, Adam, that I did. I forgot to tell you that I was speaking with my brother about this weekend. He like really wants. He's been like taking up tennis like he's. Now he's all in on tennis the way I went all in on golf. He wants to play you so we ought to set something up. But more so he wants to play me and him versus you and your brother. So we got to figure something out. A little match. The Schneiers versus the Azers. I don't know when. It's obviously gonna have to be when it's warm. Unless you do you have a bubble that you play in at your club? Like, can you play indoor?

[Adam]

In January, I will rejoin my gym.

[Jamie]

And I will have a bubble indoor. Okay, let's. Let's think about that.

[Dan]

The Azers have to be favorite in that one, right?

[Jamie]

Because lasers are definitely favored because my brother's just picking up tennis and he's getting good fat, like, solid fast.

[Dan]

I told him.

[Jamie]

He didn't like this. I told him I think he would beat him because he's. You're very similar game, but you, in that second set, showed power, and you were hitting winners, and you were hitting with a lot more. Like you were driving the ball. And I don't know if he has that in his game yet, but your brother's supposed to be great, right?

[Adam]

Yeah, he's. He's really good. So I. I would.

[Dan]

Your brother beat Dan?

[Adam]

Yeah, I think so.

[Jamie]

Okay, so then you're definitely favorites in that.

[Adam]

So what was I gonna say? I entered a doubles tournament, and my partner, I've never met him before, but I've chatted with him on text before. He randomly texted me a picture months ago of peanut butter in his refrigerator, if you recall that, because he watches our show and I made fun of Dan for refrigerating peanut butter. And he is a peanut butter refrigerator guy.

[Jamie]

Peanut butter is pretty damn good out of a fridge. Try it. You might like it. Everybody. It's pretty. Pretty good when it's cold.

[Adam]

I have three more questions and then we're gonna go. Okay, let's see. Henry, Ted, or Addison?

[Dan]

Henry.

[Jamie]

Who'd you say? Oh, it's Derek Henry. Yeah, Derek Henry. Without a doubt for me.

[Adam]

Kate Otten or Theo Johnson. Did we just do that one? I'm sorry, I don't think we did.

[Jamie]

No.

[Dan]

Okay, Theo.

[Adam]

And last one. Do you think Jackson darts playstyle will change when he comes back?

[Jamie]

It's a good question. I. Look, Kafka was the one. Kafka is the interim head coach now. Was the one calling these plays. So you would think, okay, it could remain the same. But I do think it's like we were waiting for that one, for that ball to drop with the injury. And now that he's hurt, I think we will get something coming down from ownership or the regime. You know, just let's not call as many design runs for him. So it is worrisome because a lot of his fantasy points have obviously been via the ground. I think he has averaged a touchdown, a game rushing, which is completely unsustainable. He had one game where he didn't score a touchdown, but he had one game where he had two rushing touchdowns. So it's not really sustainable. So, yeah, I am a little worried.

[Dan]

You also want to see from like an evaluation process, can he play in the pocket? Like, just don't put him in those situations. Not just from a health standpoint, but also from a game standpoint. Yeah, like run if it's available to you. You see a running lane, slide, get out of bounds, you know, be smart about it. But to put him in those spots, like you're just taking away again. I understand they were trying to win, but now that you know the season's definitely lost, like, you're, you're. This should all be just about evaluation.

[Jamie]

Yeah. We'll see what happens. It's going to be interesting.

[Adam]

Okay, thanks, everybody. We will talk to you tomorrow. Sunday, Sunday on Fantasy Football Today, bright and early. Have a great day. Have a great weekend.

[Jamie]

See you.

[Adam]

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