Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Draft Day Tips & Tricks, Fantasy News, Mailbag

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary
Episode: Draft Day Tips & Tricks, Fantasy News, Mailbag
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright

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Introduction

In the August 25, 2015 episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast, hosts Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright dive into essential draft day tips and tricks, provide the latest fantasy news and updates, and engage with listener questions in their mailbag segment. Aimed at helping fantasy managers dominate their drafts and seasons, the trio offers astute analysis, strong opinions, and actionable advice.

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Fantasy News and Notes

The episode kicks off with significant updates from the NFL that impact fantasy football decisions:

• Doug Martin's Performance:

  • Mike Wright expresses disappointment in Doug Martin's preseason performance, stating, “He is the worst human being right now for making me start to believe in him” (02:03).
  • Andy Holloway adds that Martin shows promise, noting, “He looks faster” (02:37), but underscores consistency as a concern.

• Jordy Nelson's Injury:

  • Mike Wright announces Jordy Nelson's ACL tear, confirming he will miss the entire season (04:36).
  • Andy highlights Ty Montgomery as a potential replacement, stating, “Ty Montgomery was most weeks the best player on the field in Stanford” (05:07).

• Todd Gurley's Clearance:

  • Andy shares optimistic news about Todd Gurley being cleared for team drills, suggesting his readiness for the upcoming season (05:56).
  • Mike Wright echoes the sentiment, “This is finally some good news” (05:58).

• Lorenzo Taliaferro's Injury:

  • Andy reports that Ravens running back Lorenzo Taliaferro is sidelined with an MCL sprain, potentially increasing opportunities for Buck Allen (06:09).

• Reggie Wayne's Move to Patriots:

  • Andy informs listeners about Reggie Wayne signing with the New England Patriots, cautioning against overvaluing his fantasy impact due to the Patriots' history with aging receivers (07:09).
  • Mike Wright concurs, emphasizing the need for caution: “They have a history of signing aging veteran wide receivers and them not doing a single thing” (07:30).

• Mike Evans' Hamstring Injury:

  • Mike Wright briefly touches on Mike Evans tweaking his hamstring, labeling ham injuries as prevalent and frustrating in preseason (08:13).

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Draft Day Tips & Tricks

The hosts provide a comprehensive set of draft strategies designed to optimize team building and navigate common draft pitfalls:

1. Sneaky IR Spot (09:03)

• Mike Wright introduces the concept of utilizing the IR spot strategically: “If your league has an IR spot... sneak a guy on there that has a chance to come back later in the season.”
• Andy Holloway shares his experience: “I've done this in years past with Andre Brown of the New York Giants,” highlighting the benefits of securing an extra bench spot without compromising roster depth.

2. Running Backs Rule A (10:54)

• Mike Wright emphasizes the importance of running back depth: “Running backs get hurt more than any other position. So you need to have a good amount of them on your bench.”
• Andy Holloway agrees, stating, “Running backs are a valuable commodity,” and advises against relying solely on the waiver wire for backups due to position scarcity.

3. Avoiding Positional Runs (22:10)

• Andy Holloway and Mike Wright discuss the necessity of avoiding panic during positional runs by organizing players into tiers rather than rigid rankings.
• Mike Wright advises, “You need your Fantasy Imodium,” humorously suggesting that managers need a remedy to prevent anxiety-induced drafting.
• Andy Holloway reinforces the strategy: “When you tier your guys, you're going to see that almost everybody's the same after the top few.”

4. Stream It Like It's Hot (24:21)

• Andy Holloway explains the concept of streaming quarterbacks and tight ends to maximize team flexibility:

  “Quarterbacks and tight ends are both positions you start one of. We advocate waiting because of the position scarcity.”

• Mike Wright adds, “Stream it like it's hot now,” advocating for matchups-based player selection throughout the season to capitalize on weekly performance variations.

5. Don’t Forget About Kickers and Defenses (18:44)

• The hosts caution against neglecting kickers and defenses during drafts:

  “Don't forget about me... We're talking kickers and defenses. Now you wait for the second for him.”

• Andy Holloway recommends targeting defenses with favorable Week 1 matchups and leveraging streaming strategies to optimize weekly performance.

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Mailbag

In the mailbag segment, the hosts address listeners' queries, offering personalized advice:

• John from Charlestown:

  • Question: Brendan Heffley considers trading CJ Anderson for Hillman and asks whether to drop Bernard, Rashad Perryman, or Charles Johnson.
  • Advice: Both Andy and Mike recommend dropping Perryman to handcuff CJ Anderson with Hillman, enhancing depth and safeguarding against potential injuries (29:05; 30:02).

• Tony Meatballs:

  • Question: Tony is excited about starting two rookies, Nelson Aguilar and Abdullah, in his lineup and seeks the hosts' opinions.
  • Advice: The hosts express cautious optimism, suggesting that while starting two rookies carries some risk, selecting Aguilar as a starting rusher appears promising. They recommend drafting Abdullah as a backup rather than a starter, emphasizing the importance of flexibility and monitoring rookie performance during the season (30:26; 31:06; 32:54).

• Nate from Michigan:

  • Question: Nate seeks advice on selecting two keepers in a 10-man PPR league, mentioning C.J. Anderson, DeMarco Murray, and Calvin Johnson.
  • Advice: The hosts unanimously support keeping Anderson and Calvin Johnson, highlighting their potential impact and reliability in a PPR format (32:54; 33:09).

• Kevin from Huntington Beach:

  • Question: Kevin has drafted Jordy Nelson, who is now injured, and considers trading him for Devonte Adams, Ryan Matthews, and Alan Robinson in exchange for A.J. Green.
  • Advice: Andy and Mike recommend proceeding with the trade, arguing that acquiring Adams and Matthews provides more consistent and versatile options compared to the uncertain returns from A.J. Green, especially given Nelson's injury status (33:56; 34:15).

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Conclusion

The episode concludes with the hosts reiterating their support for utilizing resources like the Fantasy Draft Wizard and encouraging listeners to engage via their website and social media channels. Andy Holloway emphasizes the availability of the Ultimate Draft Report, a personal team and strategy analysis tool available on their website.

Notable Quotes:

• Mike Wright (02:03): “He is the worst human being right now for making me start to believe in him.”
• Andy Holloway (10:45): “He came back and gave me some playoff week running back games and it didn't cost me much of anything.”
• Mike Wright (09:37): “Use the spots you have.”
• Andy Holloway (21:14): “I almost always personally go for the high profile offense.”

For more insights and detailed strategies, listeners are encouraged to visit thefantasyfootballers.com and follow the hosts on Twitter @FFballers.

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Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

Foreign.

[Jason Moore]

To the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Andy Holloway]

Happy Tuesday, Everybody. It is August 25th and we are the Fantasy Footballers and we're back again for another show.

[Mike Wright]

We're back a lot these days.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, we're here five days a week. Touchdown Tuesday. I like that. Jason Moore is in the house. Hi, Mike the fantasy hitman. Right?

[Mike Wright]

Hello.

[Andy Holloway]

And I'm Andy Holloway. Welcome to the show, everybody. We've got a good one for you today. We are bringing you draft day tips. So if you're about to draft, we've got some things we think you should remember to let you dominate the draft. And these don't just involve bringing Oreos to your draft.

[Unknown]

That is the number one tip, though.

[Mike Wright]

That's very important.

[Unknown]

Super important.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, that's it for the show today. Bring Oreos to your draft.

[Unknown]

Goodbye.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, we have a good show for you today. We're gonna hit some news and notes. Talk Mailbag. Like I said, talk some draft day strategies. Some things that you should remember. If you want to follow the show, you can do so Heffballers. On Twitter, you can go to the website thefantasyfootballers.com and if you've already had your draft and you want to stop by the website, we have a new product on there that is called the ultimate draft Report.

[Mike Wright]

Ultimate.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So when you go on the site, if you order an ultimate draft report, we will personally review your draft your team, give you all your strengths and weaknesses, and in season action plan for how you should approach your team and what you need to improve. And we'll even grade your draft, give you a grade. It's a comprehensive draft report.

[Unknown]

Everyone wants that grade.

[Andy Holloway]

I know. So hop in there. We've had people signing up for those, and we're going to get those out. We'll get it to you within a day.

[Mike Wright]

Whoa.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, whoa. I know, I know. We're gonna be working overtime here. So quick question for the day.

[Mike Wright]

What's up with Doug Martin, man?

[Unknown]

Wow.

[Andy Holloway]

So he is.

[Mike Wright]

He is the worst human being right now for making me start to believe in him. And my belief growing in him feels a lot like the. The moment where you know you've eaten too much food and you're gonna be sick.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, he's now setting people up for disappointment. Yeah, when before he was just a disappointment.

[Unknown]

Well, he. He had value, but now if he goes too high and ruins it, he is one of the best preseason players I can remember. Like, he did this a couple years.

[Andy Holloway]

Looks faster, though. I Mean, we've talked so much about watching people in the preseason and. And saying, I mean, you. You have been Chris Ivory's fro yo brother for a while, and now Ivory's climbing up the boards because of it, because he's played well, and he looks different.

[Unknown]

Yeah. With Sankey the other day, I was talking about how Sankey looked good, you know, when the. When the line opened up, he ran through it with the exact same burst of Doug Martin had. The difference was that when the line didn't open up for Sankey, he ran into guys and fell down. And when Doug Martin last night ran into a pile of guys, he squirted out the other side. I mean, there were a couple plays that were like, what? How did he come out of it?

[Mike Wright]

The thing about Doug Martin where it's becoming increasingly tricky is all preseason reports about him said he looks good, and we're skeptical. Okay. You know, Doug Martin, he looks good again, great. But now we have two games of visual confirmation that he does look different than he has the past couple years.

[Andy Holloway]

Well. And what do you do to help a rookie quarterback?

[Mike Wright]

You run. Run the ball.

[Andy Holloway]

And so they looked okay yesterday, as opposed to the team that they played, which, oh, I mean, wow. Let's face it. Right now, I can't see the Bengals not doing that every fourth game and doing it in the playoffs again.

[Mike Wright]

And, you know, what happened? What was going on with the play calling? Like, hey, let's. Let's have Andy Dalton throw the ball every freaking snap.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, and one of his interceptions was not his fault at all. The A.J.

[Mike Wright]

Green.

[Andy Holloway]

A.J. green pick.

[Mike Wright]

Correct.

[Andy Holloway]

And then they went through kind of like a cut, a bunch of cuts where AJ Green has been responsible for, like, seven or eight of Dalton's interception, where he doesn't, you know, compete for the ball at the point of when it hits. So I was just kind of a down game for them. Nothing good happened for Jeremy Hill or Gio Bernard. AJ Green had the drop, like we said, so didn't look good for the Bengals. Good thing it's preseason. So let's go ahead and get into some news and notes.

[Jason Moore]

News and notes from around the league.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it's. It's been confirmed up in. Up in cheese land. Jordy Nelson is dead.

[Andy Holloway]

No, come on, man.

[Unknown]

He still lives.

[Andy Holloway]

And notes.

[Unknown]

All right.

[Mike Wright]

Jordy Nelson, ACL tear confirmed. He will be out the entire season. And so we have to. We got to pick up the pieces. We are next, man up. Just like the Green Bay packers, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and expects Ty Montgomery to take over as the packers third receiver.

[Andy Holloway]

I can say from watching a lot of Pac 10 football that time, Montgomery was most weeks the best player on the field in Stanford. At Stanford. And so he, he definitely has the talent. I don't think consistency is going to be part of the equation for whoever steps in, in that third receiver role, to be honest. I mean Jason, you mentioned to me in the car yesterday Richard Rodgers the tight end position. Eddie Lacy takes a bump up, obviously devonte Adams. I ran, I updated my rankings last night. He took a significant bump up. But yeah, I mean it's been described as a gut punch to the organization losing Jordy Nelson for the season. I think that they, they can pick up the pieces too. But a disappointing thing seeing Kelvin last week, Jordy this week. The Rams announced on Monday that first round running back Todd Gurley has been cleared for team drills at Prime.

[Mike Wright]

This is finally some good news. Some good news.

[Unknown]

It's kind of exactly what we expected though. I mean right now is around when he should be cleared. Everyone hoping he would be back for week one, but they've also said they're going to get him back in very slowly.

[Andy Holloway]

Out of Ravens camp Ravens running back Lorenzo Lorenzo Talia Farrow is sidelined a few weeks with an MCL sprain. This is kind of, I mean I guess if you're a four set owner you don't mind this, but.

[Mike Wright]

I know, not very much.

[Andy Holloway]

I thought Talia Farrow looked really good in preseason so a bummer for that running back core. I don't know if that means Buck Allen will get more work. I mean it should, I mean if Talley Farrow is not there, he'll get more work so we'll have more opportunities to see what he can do. The out of Browns camp they're talking up Duke Johnson about the idea that he'll have a big role. Crowell and Terence west haven't done too much in preseason.

[Mike Wright]

That is a mess.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's another tough situation to figure out.

[Unknown]

His value is very good though right now because he's been out. Duke. Yeah, yeah, nobody cares about Duke Johnson so I would say draft him right now where he is at.

[Andy Holloway]

And then we also had Reggie Wayne sign with the Patriots shortly after yesterday's show. So he is now a New England Patriot. I want to remind people that Brandon lafell is currently on PUP with an undisclosed injury.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that's something that we haven't, we haven't touched on really lately at all. And that's, that's a warning because people of course. Immediately asking, does Reggie Wayne have value? And I said, we have to be careful because the Patriots do have a history of signing aging veteran wide receivers and them not doing a single thing.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I had somebody asked me yesterday, Devin funches a Reggie Wayne. And I'm like, that's not even close to a question for me. No, it's funches all the way. I mean, Wayne, like you just said, they. They might use Wayne here and there. He might not do much at all for a long time. Did you guys hear Randy Moss talking comeback yesterday?

[Mike Wright]

Randy Moss, straight cash, homie.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, how old is he?

[Mike Wright]

Who cares?

[Andy Holloway]

Put him out there, Jason.

[Mike Wright]

I'll take him.

[Andy Holloway]

Really?

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. Those last two years were just kind of nothing.

[Unknown]

He is 38 years old, older than.

[Mike Wright]

Reggie Wayne, and I bet he's still faster than about 50% of the guys.

[Andy Holloway]

Maybe. Maybe I'd take him on. And then Mike Evans tweaked a hammy last night. I mean, anything to say about that?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, hamstring injuries are the worst, and it actually, they're very in vogue right now. I think you're not very cool.

[Andy Holloway]

It is the injury of the preseason.

[Mike Wright]

If you haven't got a hamstring injury, you're not cool.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, let's talk. Well, first of all, if you are doing a mock draft, where should they go? Jason.

[Unknown]

Fantasydraftwizard.com it's fast, it's easy, it's free, and we want our listeners to succeed and win championships. So fancydraftwizard.com, do your mock before your draft.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's pretty good right there. All right, let's get into the draft day. Tips.

[Jason Moore]

Steaming hot fantasy tip.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we've got some steaming hot fantasy tips for your draft. Some things you should keep in mind when you're forming your roster this season.

[Mike Wright]

This, and this first one is very.

[Andy Holloway]

Applicable for what we just talked about.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it's coming from the fantasy reaper.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Coming from the fantasy reaper himself. All right, this one is the sneaky IR spot. All right, if your league has an IR spot, which I would say at least half the leagues do, if not more, there are certain providers that kind of don't have those in there very often. But if you have an IR spot, sneak a guy on there that has a chance to come back later in the season, and you'll buy yourself an extra bench spot. It's not complicated.

[Unknown]

Yeah. Use the spots you have. And also for commissioners out there, I would really recommend the IR spot. You know, I think that that's a valuable thing to have in a league especially, you know, draft season. It's a little weird. You got, you know, us taking advantage of the rules, but in season when your guy goes down for a little while, it's nice to be able to not have to drop him to pick someone up. So I'm a big fan of the ir.

[Mike Wright]

Who are we referring to in particular right now? Arian Foster.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

And which an update on Foster yesterday. The news sounds a little more hopeful of a after week four return. He. They're not putting him on ir designated to return.

[Unknown]

That's great.

[Mike Wright]

So who knows? But. But he's a guy who will be listed as out. It depends on your IR spot rules. But for certain providers, all they have to do is be out and you can sneak him right on that IR spot.

[Andy Holloway]

What about a guy like Geno Smith? No, you wouldn't do it.

[Mike Wright]

No. Not enough value.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So if there's a guy that's going to come back in a few weeks, you can buy yourself an extra bench spot by sneaking them onto the ir. I've done this in years past with Andre Brown of the New York Giants. In years past.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

And he came back and gave me some playoff week running back games and it didn't cost me much of anything. So what's the next little draft day tip for people?

[Mike Wright]

So a tip which is a personal favorite of mine is running backs rule A constantly. When, when we were grading everyone's mocks months ago or whenever people were doing that constantly. My, my number one tip will be you don't have enough running back depth. People think that four running backs. I'm covered at depth and because I have two starters and two late round guys who could turn into something you just running backs, it's. It's a factual information. They get hurt more than any other position. So you need to have a good amount of them on your bench. I like to have my rule of thumb. I will never have more wide receivers than running backs.

[Unknown]

And not to mention what you can pick up in the waiver wire after the draft is vastly different. When you compare running backs to wide receivers, you've got to get them in the draft. You know, we talked about Leonard Hankerson last week and the value that he provides and maybe you can get him late because he's free. But then it dawned on me like I probably wouldn't draft him right now, but. But he's just one of many people in his tier that even after the draft is done and all your flyers on all rosters are filled out, you still got quality guys on the waiver. You are not going to have that with running backs. So at the draft, make sure you stock up on them.

[Mike Wright]

And I've heard the, the reasoning of, well, you know, backup running backs are easy to find in the waiver because if a guy gets hurt, you know exactly who to target. You and 11 other people in your league know exactly who to target. Have them on your bench before the injury happens.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's a very good rule. And obviously it changes if your league format is vastly different. But at the same time, the position scarcity doesn't really change for running back. So they are a valuable commodity. And as we saw this week, wide receivers get hurt too.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

So people have feelings. So running backs get hurt and people think that they, they're the only ones.

[Unknown]

But no, not, they're all humans.

[Andy Holloway]

So eye of the tiger here. What is the eye of the tiger? No, no, no.

[Unknown]

Is that Katie?

[Andy Holloway]

That was Katy Perry.

[Unknown]

That was the Katy Perry version.

[Mike Wright]

I do have a daughter. And, and factual information in that music video, there is a tiger named Kitty Purry. Kitty Purry. That's a pro tip.

[Unknown]

Moving along.

[Andy Holloway]

Pro tip.

[Unknown]

Here's how you dress. Here is how you draft with the eye of the tiger. You look at other rosters in your league while you're drafting. If you're using the software before you make your pick, go and click. You know, if you're in an online one, click through the other rosters and be like, especially when it comes to the single digit roster positions like tight ends, quarterbacks even, you know, I guess defenses are going to be at the very end of the draft. So they don't.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, what I, what I often do to make it easy and quick because sometimes people can't really monitor every team. Obviously that's a hard thing to do during the draft while paying attention to your list. But like Jason said, I'll just have team names down and I'll have QBs written down and tight ends written down and I'll just cross them off, 1, 2, 3. And then what happens is if you're like us and you wait for tight ends and quarterbacks and you know the guys drafting behind you, you can see, oh, two teams left don't have a starting quarterback. One team left doesn't have a starting quarterback, which lets you decide which round to draft those guys a little bit easier and it also allows you to.

[Mike Wright]

Play probability of say there you're at pick, I don't know, you're towards the edge of A draft, you know, and there's two guys you like. You like a running back and a wide receiver. Take a look at what teams are rostering and knowing that maybe there's going to be a little mini run on wide receivers here. So there's a higher probability that the running back I like makes it back.

[Unknown]

Well, it's a lot easier when you're at a specific spot in the draft where you only need to look at the two teams between this pick and the next pick. So look at those two teams and your draft will work out a lot better.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, I want to take a break. We got three more that we want to share with you, but I want to talk a little bit about Topps Huddle. Topps Huddle. Now I grew up the app. The app, yeah. Now I grew up collecting cards.

[Mike Wright]

Who did?

[Andy Holloway]

A crazy person who didn't. Basically, all my best memories for, like, Christmas morning when I woke up and got a box, sports cards and got to open those beautiful packs and see what insert cards they got and all that stuff. That was like, one of my best memories as a kid.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I'm completely with you.

[Andy Holloway]

And now Topps has brought that hobby to the digital world with their app Tops Huddle.

[Mike Wright]

Exactly. The magic of. The magic of collecting the cards. Now Huddle. They feature officially licensed nflpa. You think Aaron Rodgers has a dreamy face? Wait till you see him on that iPhone screen. My goodness retina.

[Andy Holloway]

He.

[Mike Wright]

He is gleaming at you in high definition. But it's. You get to open the packs and they've created a very satisfying experience when you open those packs and they have. You get the rare cards, you get that rare Andrew Luck card and your.

[Andy Holloway]

Phone shapes, J.J. watt in there.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And your, Your heart quakes. And it's, it's, it's really an exciting experience when you get. When you open up the packs.

[Unknown]

And the cool thing about Topps Huddle is that it's not just opening and collecting and trading. Yeah, and trading. But in addition to all of that, they actually have made it into a fantasy football game. So you can. During, during the real games, when the games are going, the cards you have, you can play them and earn points based on how the players perform every game day. So you're actually getting a little bit of fantasy football with your card collection. It's kind of taking card collection to the next level. It's. I'm looking forward to.

[Andy Holloway]

And basically, if you like collecting cards, you want to check this out, you have to check it out. Topps Digital, they've opened. 300 million packs have been opened with that Topps Huddle app. That's a lot since they started in 2012. And so basically a pack a second gets opened on there. So it's really satisfying, really fun. You can download it for free right now in the App Store and you get 10 free packs.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Or Google Play as well. And Google Play as well. I am, I'm super stoked to play my teams, to play against my friends in some, some digital card trading magic. The thing I'm also very excited for live NFL is that coming real football. And I'm not talking, I'm not talking just the television, which is a great experience live. There's, there's not much like going to an actual NFL game.

[Andy Holloway]

No doubt about it. And so we want to tell you about the SeatGeek app. It is the single best app to get the most amazing deal on football tickets. So a lot of the times you want to bring the family, you want to bring some friends. You know, it costs a pretty penny to go to a football game these days. But if you check out the SeatGeek app, you can find the absolute best deal. And it's an awesome app. You can go on there, search for your favorite team, order tickets at the very best price, and we're giving you some free money today.

[Unknown]

Yeah, they have really unique things that are exclusive to the SeatGeek app. One of the things that Andy's kind of talking about is, you know, when you go flying and you got to search all those different sites for the best airplane rate, this is what SeatGeek does. They actually take from hundreds of different other places where people are selling their tickets. And it's like a one stop shop. That's one of the cool, exclusive things of SeatGeek. So if you want the best deal on tickets, use SeatGeek. Also. They make it really easy. In the app, there's a deal score thing where when you're looking in the app, there's a color code to what the best deal is. So it's like, oh, this is the best deal. And you just look at the big green circle or whatever and it's like. And you look and you compare those and it's so quick and easy to get it. And you can do that through the app itself, download the app or do it online.

[Mike Wright]

Here's what you do. You Download the free SeatGeek app, you enter the promo code. Footballers, footballers in the SeatGeek app, they give you 20 bucks, man, 20 bucks to use on some tickets.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I Love it. Because it'll mean going to more than just one or two games this year. It'll mean going to a bunch of them. So check that out. The SeatGeek app. Let's get back into some of these draft day tips. So the next one here is don't forget about me.

[Mike Wright]

I was. I wanted to sing again.

[Andy Holloway]

Go ahead.

[Unknown]

Don't you.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's what I thought.

[Mike Wright]

All right. So, and so this one comes with the warning. When we say don't forget about me, we're talking kickers and defenses.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm not saying first round, baby.

[Mike Wright]

I'm not saying, go Oakland Raiders selecting Janikowski in the first round.

[Andy Holloway]

Now you wait for the second for him.

[Mike Wright]

You still, you're still looking the last two rounds of the draft, but have an eye on a group of teams that have a great Week 1 matchup. Off the top of my head, I know the jets have a great matchup. The Bengals, even though they looked a little rough, they played the Raiders. Who. Oh, yeah, these are, these are good matchups. There's. You don't need a top tier defense right out of the gate. You can get. Just worry about the Week 1 matchup.

[Andy Holloway]

Check this out. We actually did the work for you. We've got an article we're posting on the site today that has the Week 1 matchups for the best defense. Week 1 matchups for you to pay attention to. So this is kind of the key. You know, people wonder, someone asked me the other day, like, how much does strength of schedule matter? Right.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, we actually get asked about that a lot.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you assemble your team based on strength of schedule in the playoffs right now? And I said no, because you don't actually know what the strength of schedule is going to be like. It looks fine on paper, but teams, I mean, there's a high turnover of good and bad teams every year in the NFL. But week one, strength of schedule with defenses is something you can pay a little bit of attention to.

[Unknown]

For sure. Week one in defenses matters, that's probably the more important thing than getting the best defense, is getting a defense that. I mean, we're going to stream the position here at the Fantasy Footballers. If you listen through the year, you're going to get the advice as to which defenses to pick up. So start with one. Good. And also when it comes to auction drafts, auction drafts, people, you know, forget that you can nominate a kicker or a defense. Nominate Seattle early so that people overspend for a defense. You know, we're so used to pushing them to the end. But you know, if sometimes if you actually want one of those yourself and you nominate them for like a buck, a buck, nobody wants to bid more. And so you just get the best guy because you were the first one.

[Andy Holloway]

Kind of win, win.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

If you nominate him early. And make sure you pay attention to Vegas, too. This is something we've talked on the show a little bit with some guests. Look to Vegas. Look at those over under numbers for defenses.

[Mike Wright]

And I have a question for you guys of how do you like to go about getting a kicker? Do you like a kicker on a high scoring offense or do you like a kicker on a team that struggles in the red zone?

[Andy Holloway]

I almost always personally go for the high profile offense.

[Unknown]

And I am agreed. Always, always, always. I want the better offense.

[Andy Holloway]

It seems a lot easier to predict a team that averages a lot of points than it is a team that, oh, they're going to struggle in the red zone, but they're going to move.

[Unknown]

To the red zone a lot.

[Mike Wright]

But those teams do surface.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, no, they do. You're right.

[Mike Wright]

And those are the kickers that I try and find with years back that have done that in the Seattle.

[Andy Holloway]

I feel like Baltimore, Justin Tucker has been a situation like that where, I mean, I guess they've been high profile.

[Unknown]

That's also something that matchup streaming can do. Like I remember the Patriots for a while where a quintessential bend don't break defense. And so they would let people move the ball but they just couldn't punch it in.

[Andy Holloway]

That's a good way to look at it. Yeah, but Steve Godkowski. Goskowski is the only one that's been predictable for years. All right, let's talk about avoiding the runs. Something that we should all do.

[Unknown]

We should always avoid the runs.

[Mike Wright]

You know what you need? You need your Fantasy Imodium.

[Andy Holloway]

That's right. What is that?

[Unknown]

Fantasy Emodium. So in every draft we've all been.

[Andy Holloway]

It's a new app.

[Mike Wright]

No, I'm just kidding. You find it in the, in the grocery store under the adult diaper section.

[Andy Holloway]

So how do you avoid the runs? What are we talking about here?

[Unknown]

You avoid the runs. We've all been in a draft where all of a sudden you don't have a tight end yet and three tight ends just went off the board in front of you and you're going, oh, man, do I, do I have to grab one? Is he going to be back? And so you and many other people in your league oftentimes fall into the run. And so you Just take them based on fear. How do you avoid it? Because sometimes it is necessary. Sometimes you. You have to pay attention and grab them. But how you do a good job is by having your players based in tiers, not just rankings. So you've got your rankings of players, but you need to actually look and say, look, this group of guys, these 10 guys are all about the same to me. They're going to score the same. I might like this guy more than that guy as a tiebreaker, but this group of, you know, 12 through 22, I'm happy with all of these specific guys. And so that means when you're in the middle of a run, you go, oh, there's still, like, seven guys left in here. I can wait till next round. Or you can go and see, oh, there are only two guys left that I'm fine with. So I can. Tight ends. Tight end runs happen every draft. And the truth is, when you tier your guys, you're going to see that almost everybody's the same after the top few. And so don't get fearful in those runs. And don't draft a guy just based on other people's drafting. You're playing into their strength.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. Tears allows you to draft with the strength of Antonio Gates from his suspension, if you know what I'm talking about.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, we know what you're talking about. So they're draft peds.

[Mike Wright]

Strength is. Yeah, there you go. Tears is like a drafting ped. That's exactly what I was trying to say. This is how I've been approaching my. My drafts for years. It has had great success for me, and it, like Jason said, it really lets. You know. Okay. I don't have to freak out. He. I know that people. Everyone's snaking up a quarterback, but I.

[Andy Holloway]

Caught up in it.

[Mike Wright]

I can still wait right here.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, let's go to the next draft day tip. Here. Stream it like it's hot.

[Unknown]

Streaming like it's hot. We're talking song.

[Andy Holloway]

You didn't know I had that in there, did you?

[Mike Wright]

No, I didn't. I'm so disappointed right now. We've got. That was the best we could come up with.

[Andy Holloway]

Dude, I gotta get through these.

[Mike Wright]

It sounds like a. Streaming like it's hot.

[Unknown]

Streaming like it's hot.

[Mike Wright]

Sounds like an std.

[Andy Holloway]

Whoa. No, it does not.

[Unknown]

No, it does not.

[Andy Holloway]

No, you're crazy. All right.

[Unknown]

What is streaming like? It's hot.

[Andy Holloway]

Quarterbacks and tight ends, we're talking about the merits and benefits of streaming these positions in your league. Now, the biggest point that we like to make and we are going to repeat it as you draft is position scarcity matters. Quarterbacks are not position scarce. You are normally in a league and now that changes if you're in a two quarterback league. But most leagues are one quarterback, which means 10 to 12 quarterbacks are being started every week. That does not make a scarce position. However, running backs, you got two to three with the flex position starting that's like 36 guys.

[Mike Wright]

So you're good at math.

[Andy Holloway]

I know I'm real quick. I stream it like it's hot now. No, quarterbacks and tight ends are both positions you start one of. And so we advocate. Now obviously this is a value thing. Sometimes if a really great quarterback, if an Andrew Luck is sitting there at a high value position where you're not reaching for them, go ahead and take them. We're not saying don't take them. In fact, if you like playing the way you play with drafting quarterbacks early, do that too. But for us, we like waiting because of the position scarcity. I'd rather have a combination later in the draft of a Matt Ryan and a Teddy Bridgewater or a Ryan Tannehill and an Eli Manning and play matchups with the two guys. Now somebody sent me a message the other day and said, well, my league has seven bench spots so streaming isn't really viable. So do you buy that?

[Unknown]

Yeah, I don't. I can buy that if here's, here's where it is viable and isn't viable. It's not a matter of how many bench spots, it's how many quarterbacks are on those bench spots. Because if, if people are in that league are using those bench spots just to take up extra running back and wide receivers then, then stream the position. You have to know your league. But if there are, you know, if every team, if every team has two quarterbacks on their roster, you know, then it gets a little bit tougher. You're now looking at, you know, QB25 on the waiver.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And in my, one of my main leagues we have a huge bench and I found streaming quarterbacks a little bit more difficult. I was still able to find one to two guys who I loved for a matchup per week. But my advice for a bench that big grab, just draft two quarterbacks where I usually, if I have a five.

[Andy Holloway]

Exactly what I said.

[Unknown]

If.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, and I'm agreeing with you. If I have a five bench, I'm probably just going to hold one quarterback. I'm not going to care. I know that a couple Teams will hold two, but there'll be plenty of guys on the wire. If I have seven bench spots, then I'm going to take two guys and then I can. I can pair the matchups with who I have.

[Unknown]

And if you don't have Aaron Rodgers or Andrew Luck, you lose. No, no, no.

[Andy Holloway]

That's in the real NFL we're talking about.

[Unknown]

Yeah. In fantasy, if you don't have those two guys this year, streaming and playing matchups will be a benefit to you no matter who else you have at times through the year. So listen, through the year, we are going to every week have our picks of quarterbacks to pick up. And so.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, because that's the question is, okay, I got to stream quarterbacks, but which guys? And so that's part of the key to listening to the show is that we're going to tell you which guys we like for this week.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, each and every week we absolutely are going to do that. And if you have some more questions on it, just go back. I think last week we talked about quarterbacks and we talked at length about this.

[Andy Holloway]

So let's go ahead and get into the mailbag.

[Jason Moore]

Mailbag, Mailbag.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, Tiger. No, no. Katy Perry. Say, Kitty, you're having a weird show today. Mike, I just want to say that.

[Mike Wright]

It was a weird morning.

[Andy Holloway]

You okay? Did you get your coffee?

[Mike Wright]

I did. That's probably the problem. It was.

[Andy Holloway]

You're a little too hyper.

[Mike Wright]

Too much.

[Andy Holloway]

Wait, did you have the Starbucks experience again?

[Mike Wright]

No. Oh, gee.

[Andy Holloway]

We have to wait in line and, you know.

[Mike Wright]

Thank you.

[Andy Holloway]

Like performance anxiety on ordering.

[Mike Wright]

Thankfully, I was not out at home when I was not thrust into that uncomfortable position of weird words and ordering coffee. And I have no idea what I'm doing.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So. All right, mailbag time. If you have a question, go to the website. Click the Submit a question button. We're happy to answer as many as humanly possible. You can also call us 302-464-TFFB. We are here to help. And actually today, if you've submitted a question, you haven't got an answer from us, rest assured, there are a lot of questions that have been submitted. But we're going to do a little blitz today. We're going to try to get through a bunch of those and so hopefully you can hear back from us today. If not, we're sorry, but we're doing our best to get through them and help you out. This one comes in from John in Charles.

[Mike Wright]

Did you write that right?

[Andy Holloway]

I pasted it. John in Charles. So that Must be a city.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

As opposed to, like, Jamal.

[Mike Wright]

I feel like you left off the. The In Charge part.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man. John in Charles in Charge.

[Mike Wright]

Was there a John on the show?

[Andy Holloway]

I remember that show. Do you know that theme song?

[Unknown]

Charles in Shot?

[Mike Wright]

Come on.

[Andy Holloway]

I know. I just had to have my job. All right, first off, love the show. He's listening every single episode. He said he asked CJ Anderson on his team. He's thinking he needs to handcuff him with Hillman just in case. So should he drop either Bernard Rashad Perryman or Charles Johnson to sign Hillman, or does he wait? This is a tough question.

[Unknown]

I think you do drop someone. I'm surprised if these are the two worst guys on your roster that. That you can drop that you don't have anybody else. But I do think if you have C.J. anderson right now, you should have a handcuff there. So for me, I think it's worth dropping either one of those guys if you have to, because you've got the other.

[Mike Wright]

There's three guys. Geo. Geo Perryman and Charles Johnson.

[Andy Holloway]

So which of those three do you drop?

[Unknown]

I would drop Perryman right now.

[Andy Holloway]

That's what I would probably do, too.

[Unknown]

I would.

[Mike Wright]

I would agree. And we're. And we're not saying everyone needs to have handcuffs. Don't handcuff every single running back, but that offense would. Hillman would be great if Anderson unfortunately went down well.

[Andy Holloway]

And we don't really know. We haven't seen CJ for an entire season. We think he's got what it takes, but you kind of have some doubt. So I think it's worth grabbing Hillman because Hillman's look good. So let's go to a voicemail. Question from an old friend.

[Tony Meatballs]

Hey, yo, it's Tony Meatballs. I just did my drizzy draft and I just got two rookies. I was wondering how you guys feel about having two rookies in your lineup starting week one. I got Nelson Aguilar. That dude's my boy. I'm actually going to start a hype train from Tony Meatball. Hype train Nelson Aguilar. That's it. Get you guys. We're going to start a train up. And I also got Abdullah. I was wondering how you feel about having those two rookies in the lineup. And I'm pumped for the season. I'm really, really pumped. I'm going to listen to you guys and we're going to win me a championship.

[Unknown]

That's the goal. I like how he said his name was plural today. He's Tony Meatballs. It was. That was nice. Thanks. He's growing.

[Mike Wright]

Is he excited?

[Andy Holloway]

I think so. He's really excited for the Aguilar. Abdullah.

[Mike Wright]

Aguilar.

[Andy Holloway]

The AA Aguilar. Aguilar. I think it's Aguilar. Somebody correct us on that.

[Mike Wright]

They do every single show.

[Unknown]

Every single show and they say it's Aglilar.

[Mike Wright]

Aguilar.

[Unknown]

Aglilar.

[Andy Holloway]

No, that's not correct.

[Unknown]

Aglilar.

[Andy Holloway]

I looked up the pronunciation and I couldn't read the pronunciation. That's what I did. I feel Aguolar is the way I read it.

[Mike Wright]

I was making lasagna last night. I think I put some Aguilar on my.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh my. Oh my gosh. I love Aguilar on top of my spaghetti.

[Unknown]

Yeah. All pasta needs Aguilar.

[Andy Holloway]

Wait, are we gonna answer Tony Meeball's question?

[Mike Wright]

Yes. So Abdullah completely on board.

[Andy Holloway]

Would you want to start two rookies though? That is, he said in the lineup. Yeah, I would be afraid.

[Mike Wright]

It's not just a rookie like grand sweeping question of rookies. Because if you say two rookies. Yeah. I'm immediately a little bit nervous. Those are two pretty good rookies to start with. Everything's pointing to Aguilar. Lasagna, man, getting, getting, getting a starting starting row roll up in Philadelphia. So I would be okay with it. Okay.

[Unknown]

I love both of these players, but I am drafting both of these players as backups on my fantasy roster. I expect them to be starters at some point and get in there. But if one flex play well, I mean, yeah, depending on where. I mean if you're taking them in the fifth, he's probably going to have to be a flex, but certainly not both. Right. But my hope and when I go into a draft is to grab either one of these guys as a backup or at worst a flex. And they're obviously not both going to be all right.

[Andy Holloway]

Help me out. Help Nate out here. Nate is in Michigan. He said pick two keepers. It is a 10 man PPR league. C.J. anderson, DeMarco Murray, Calvin Johnson. Ooh. PPR 10 man league. C.J. deMarco, Calvin.

[Mike Wright]

Oof. Man.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm going to go rough.

[Mike Wright]

I'm going to go Anderson, Calvin Johnson.

[Andy Holloway]

You have any differences there, Jason?

[Unknown]

No, I think I'm going to go the same. I was so much conviction.

[Andy Holloway]

You couldn't even.

[Unknown]

These three guys. If you want to take any combination of those three guys, I would have no beef with that. That's why I was, I was comparing every single combo. But that's What I would say he.

[Andy Holloway]

Has a good decision.

[Unknown]

C.J. anderson and Calvin Jones.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I agree with that as well. Kevin in Huntington beach said, buenos dias, bonjour. I drafted Jordy Nelson. Now he's hurting with his team's depth. He. He was offered Devonte Adams, Ryan Matthews and Alan Robinson for AJ Green. That it's hard not knowing the rest of your roster. I would probably take it, too.

[Mike Wright]

Really?

[Unknown]

I would take it.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, Alan Robinson plus Adams and then you get Matthews thrown in just for a Green.

[Mike Wright]

I miss. I misread the first player.

[Andy Holloway]

Adams, Matthews, Robinson for A.J.

[Unknown]

Green.

[Andy Holloway]

Obviously you can't see the rest of the roster, but if he's hurting, I do it.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I probably. Well, I don't know. You guys saw A.J. green tip that interception. He stinks, right?

[Andy Holloway]

Right. No, A.J. green is going to be incredible.

[Mike Wright]

They showed clips of him doing it a bunch of times, though. He's really bad.

[Andy Holloway]

No, I think this is a good trade to do, though. I mean, most of the time you want the best player back in a trade, but when you suffer injury, a lot of times you need to reassemble your team. So for me personally, this is a half point PPR you pick up Alan Robinson and a half point ppr, you pick up Devonte Adams, who should have be able to replace Nelson at least to a, what, 80% or something like that.

[Unknown]

And Ryan Matthews could be a steal of the draft.

[Mike Wright]

And you pick up a DeMarco Murray voodoo doll.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, yeah. You get that in the deal, too. So what is your take, Mike? Are you doing?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I'm gonna. I'm gonna do it.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. I want to remind everybody about Fantasy Draft Wizard. If you want to do your mock draft, check that out. FantasyDraftWizard.com check out the Ultimate Draft report on the website. We'll be back tomorrow morning.

[Unknown]

Also, let me just say this because our Foot Clan listeners are the best and we love them so much. Maybe check out jointhefoot.com maybe just check it out. Jointhefoot.com There you go.

[Andy Holloway]

Check out our YouTube channel. We've got lots going on on there. Every episode is on the YouTube channel.

[Mike Wright]

The YouTube channel.

[Andy Holloway]

The YouTube channel.

[Mike Wright]

It just sounded funny. It was like the Internets.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it's on the Internet.

[Mike Wright]

Facebooks.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you can watch us. The YouTube.com they can watch you be crazy.

[Mike Wright]

Goodbye.

[Jason Moore]

Thank you for listening to another edition of the fantasy footballers podc to visit us on the web at www.thefantasyfootballers.com and follow us on Twitterffballers.