The Extra Point: Rest-Of-Season Evaluations, Tough Weekend Decisions + Chat Q&A (Ep. 1750)

Summary

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The Extra Point: Rest-Of-Season Evaluations, Tough Weekend Decisions + Chat Q&A (Ep. 1750)

Hosts: Chris Welsh ("The Welsh") & Andrew Erickson
Date: October 3, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this interactive “Extra Point” episode, Chris Welsh and Andrew Erickson tackle a lively session of fantasy football Q&A, fielding calls and chat messages from listeners in real-time. The focus is on making tough start/sit and flex decisions, evaluating roster changes amidst injuries and bye weeks, and exploring trade strategies for both redraft and dynasty leagues. The hosts share their trademark blend of sharp analysis and playful banter, repeatedly circling back to themes of risk vs. upside, adaptability, and knowing when to move or hold on struggling or injured assets.

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Main Themes & Purpose

• Address challenging lineup choices for the coming weekend, particularly on depleted rosters due to injuries/bye weeks
• Discuss key rest-of-season evaluations for underperformers, injured players, and trade targets
• Supplier actionable advice on trade strategy (who to buy/sell and when, dynasty vs. redraft)
• Inject consistent entertainment, rapport, and community engagement throughout live Q&As

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Key Discussion Points & Analysis

1. Listener Lineup Conundrums & Start/Sit Debates

- Shahid vs. Ridley (WR Decision in a Pinch)

[05:09] Andrew Erickson: “Shahid has had the higher floor…he has four catches in all of his games…At least six fantasy points every game. He's a big play guy…really has shown you nothing that gives you any confidence. Whereas, like, Shahid at least gives you a floor, where he’s not going to give you a goose egg.”

[05:54] Chris Welsh: “I'm kind of leaning Shahid. I have to go recheck my ranks…But, you know, if you can stomach the potential of two catches for 89 yards, Shahid definitely is in play for that.”

- Should I worry about Courtland Sutton’s Philly matchup? Start Worthy or Jameson Williams?

[08:39] Andrew Erickson: “Sutton’s been pretty consistent…his floor-ceiling combo’s really good…Worthy’s one hit away from another dislocated shoulder. That always concerns me…So I think I just roll Sutton.”

[09:21] Chris Welsh: “Sutton’s ranked 13th in FantasyPros; Worthy is 14th…But I really like Worthy against the Jaguars, so I want to get him in the lineup. If you have to bench, I made my case on Tetaroa on the betting pro show: I like him this week over Sutton. But I really don't know if you're going to have a bad option out of this.”

[10:31] Andrew Erickson: “You always talk about playing for upside. So I think—yeah, you've kind of convinced me here. I’m probably too low on Worthy right now…I’d move him up. Let’s roll the dice; Worthy, be ahead of the curve.”

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2. Trade & Roster Management Strategies

- Trade Away CeeDee Lamb or McBride to Upgrade RB2?

[12:13] Chris Welsh: “I feel like I’m holding, but I’d put it out into the ethers to see if anyone wants to do an overpay. I personally am probably listening on McBride, assuming there’s another TE option. I’d focus on RB but I’m also not going to press it.”

[13:01] Andrew Erickson: “Breece [Hall] would be the target for me…The concern with Breece this year was Braylon Allen’s role. He’s not a factor anymore…Breece Hall has not scored a touchdown yet. But I’m worried about Fields—he gives and he takes.”

- Dynasty: Traded a 2027 1st for George Pickens. Mistake?

[16:05] Chris Welsh: “2027 is loaded, dude…if that were a high first round pick, that might be a little disappointing…That goes from maybe B+ to B- for me.”

[16:23] Andrew Erickson: “Pickens has a wide range of outcomes…We don’t know which team or QB he’ll have. Some off-field flags…Giving up a future first for Pickens, I don’t know if I love that, especially since your receivers are still solid.”

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3. Waiver, RB Depth, Emerging Assets

- RB Dart Throws: DeMarcado, Michael Carter, Rico Dowdle, Kendre Miller?

[19:37] Chris Welsh: “If we get a Chuba [Hubbard] out, I would absolutely snap up Rico…If he’s floating out there and Chuba’s out? Absolutely.”

[20:01] Andrew Erickson: “I think Rico would be the preferred option…Kendre’s still behind Kamara. Both have good matchups, sometimes more than one RB can pop if the matchup’s there, but I’d lean towards Rico.”

- Michael Carter vs. DeMarcado in Arizona?

[31:41] Andrew Erickson: “If they are beating the Titans and have a lead, you’re going to see Michael Carter get majority of carries. Could change in future weeks, but for this matchup I think Carter’s the Cardinals RB you want.”

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4. Buying, Selling, or Holding Key Players

- Sell or Hold Kamara (amid Kendre Miller’s emergence and trade rumors)?

[43:21] Andrew Erickson: “I think he’s worth shopping. Depends what you can get back—the Saints have a good schedule coming up, so he could continue to build value. Could be a good player to trade to an 0-4 team needing a RB. Start him this week, but have an eye on selling.”

- Jamar Chase buy/sell amid struggles and QB issues?

[27:18] Chris Welsh: "Don’t trade Chase this week. Let him do his work. Selling him at his absolute lowest. Even if he has a decent game, don’t do it this week."

[27:58] Andrew Erickson: “This is not the time to get out of Chase. Hold at least one more week.”

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5. Rest-of-Season Player Evaluations

- Jacoby Myers vs. Chris Olave, ROS

[43:30] Chris Welsh: “Jacoby for me.”

[43:38] Andrew Erickson: “They’re right next to each other in my ranks...I’ve never been high on Olave, so it's hard for me to picture him being above Myers. Olave’s usage is so good, but it doesn't translate.”

- Trayvon Henderson or RJ Harvey, ROS?

[47:52] Andrew Erickson: “I think I like Harvey a tad more. Less in his way; Henderson always has Ramondre and Gibson involved. So, yeah, Harvey by a hair.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [06:08] Chris Welsh (on wide receivers' dramatic exits): “Can you imagine? He just rips off his jersey and does the Antonio Brown. That would be amazing. How many complainer wide receivers do we have this year?”
• [29:32] Salt (user): “The weirdest part about this is hearing you guys in one time speed instead of 1.5 or whatever…Y’all got so much content, I gotta get all of it in in a day.”
• [27:00] Andrew Erickson: “Fields gives us; Field takes us. It’s a rollercoaster ride…”

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Community & Tone

The episode is punctuated with lively, friendly banter, not just between the hosts but also with callers—frequent asides about karaoke, 90s action movies, and how younger listeners all play fantasy and consume content at 1.5x speed. Listeners are integral to the episode, their in-depth situations prompting detailed discussion and revised consensus in real time ("you've convinced me, I'll go update my rankings").

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Timestamps: Key Segments

• 04:27 – First fantasy Q&A: Shahid vs. Ridley at WR
• 07:08 – Lineup/roster construction: Sutton vs. Worthy/JMO, ETN vs. Walker
• 11:07 – Listener trade appraisal: holding or moving Lamb/McBride
• 14:25 – Dynasty Q discussion: Pickens for 2027 1st
• 18:16 – RB Depth: exploring handcuffs, upside backs (Dowdle, Kendre, etc)
• 23:38 – Rest-of-season schedule consideration in trading (Jorge the Lefty)
• 27:00 – Trash or Treasure: Jamar Chase, Justin Fields, etc
• 31:41 – Arizona RBs: Michael Carter vs. DeMarcado nitty-gritty
• 43:21 – Sell window for Kamara? (w/ Kendre Miller emerging)
• 47:21 – A.J. Brown or Marvin Harrison Jr. start/sit, Trayvon Henderson vs. R.J. Harvey ROS

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Closing Thoughts – Actionable Insights

• Don’t panic sell established assets off weak starts (e.g., Chase, Lamb); wait for value to rebound
• Lean into high-upside plays when in need or as an underdog, but know your floor
• Stay ahead of the RB injury carousel—be aggressive on backs like Carter and Rico Dowdle when opportunity arises, even for a week
• For dynasty, scrutinize what year/potential value you’re giving up in future picks before moving them for non-elite assets
• Constantly reevaluate consensus—Q&A with experts can reveal blind spots in your own ranks/strategy

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Community Culture

FantasyPros’ “Extra Point” puts community at the core: a mix of collaborative problem-solving, nerdy humor, and veteran-in-the-trenches wisdom. The hosts repeatedly empower listeners to play with confidence, but also to stay flexible and “play for upside” as the fantasy season truly heats up.

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For more: join the next live chat to get your own questions answered, and keep challenging consensus thinking—the best fantasy managers aren’t afraid to zig when others zag!

Transcript

[Chris Welsh]

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[Andrew Erickson]

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[Chris Welsh]

What's up, friends? And welcome in to Fantasy Pros. This is the Extra Point podcast. I'm the Welsh. That is Andrew Erickson back in the seat after a couple weeks where we have missed him. Today we are going to be talking to you. We've got a live studio audience here. Studio audience I loosely use. People are gonna come on, ask their questions. That is going to dictate what the content of the show is. If we run out of people that want to speak, then we're going to go to the the chat. So we got lots of stuff. You guys are the producers of this show. And you guys, as awesome producers, know not to talk about 49ers and Rams on Thursday Night Football because you guys are A plus producers. We don't even have to tell you really. But just know, listening to the show, we won't have any Thursday Night Football stuff involved because these are professionals in here. Erickson, we missed you, buddy. Glad to have you back.

[Andrew Erickson]

I'm glad to be back. Fitz did a great job holding down the fort. I know he did excellent on the prop show. I'm sure that he hit everyone's questions. And when it comes to Thursday night, I mean, there's really no questions. Like McCaffrey's the only guy left on the 49ers and you start all the Rams. We. You start the studs on the Rams. Like, we shouldn't have any questions. So ready to roll.

[Chris Welsh]

I had to start Kendrick Bourne in a league, so there's that. So we also did find out in breaking news, we found out that I am not Erickson's favorite host on Fantasy Pros. As the question was asked, they said, who's your favorite host? Joe or Welsh?

[Andrew Erickson]

And.

[Chris Welsh]

And he gave the smirk and it immediately said it was Joe. And then I asked him to marry, love, kill, however you want to do that. Me, Worm and Joe. And he refused. So that clearly is that I am not your favorite, which is okay. I don't have to be everyone's favorite.

[Andrew Erickson]

Don has just said that. Yep. Yeah, you're my favorite. And then if Joe asked me on a show, I would just, Yep, you're my favorite. And then worms shows I do with him, you're my favorite. And you guys would have never known.

[Chris Welsh]

You, buddy, are learning the game. That is the game right there. You just say, yes, sir.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yep.

[Chris Welsh]

And you say yes to all of that. That is how you play the game. But it's okay. I'm not your favorite. I'm just going to have to work harder. I'm going to work harder to be in Ericsson's number one good graces. You guys don't have to do so.

[Andrew Erickson]

My number one when it comes to karaoke.

[Chris Welsh]

No joke. I'm not even joking. I have been thinking for the last month or two, because we do like things on our trips. If we have to do some type of talent show, I think I've told you this before. That song that you and I sung in karaoke, you and I are going to perform in front of the company if they, if they ever want us to do a talent show. If you guys ever want to know, we'll tell you offline. But you and I, I always. I look at the karaoke version of that song, too, so I really get it. All right. I know a lot of you are. A couple of you, like three minutes, no football. Okay, well, we'll start talking about football. We're in it. We're here for you. You guys want to join the show, you guys can do so by joining the Fantasy Pros discord [e-mail] chat. You guys can talk with me and erickson Thursdays at 2pm Eastern. Why would you not want to? Bogs and Fitz, you've got a 5pm Eastern on the third Tuesday of each month and Worm and Fitz at 5pm Eastern on THE first Tuesday of each month. So we have got some live podcasts for you, plus an incredible community, AMA channels and more. And you can join the podcast here on Discord for free. Just have a free Fantasy Pros account or if you want to have access to anything, get a premier account, a premium account, fantasypros.com chat. All right, Welsh, shut up. Get to the football. Okay, Chenzer, get to the football. Dude, what do you got? You're wasting our time. You're talking about Hollow Knight and stuff. What do you have?

[Andrew Erickson]

First, I got to know who Welsh's favorite fantasy analyst is.

[Chris Welsh]

It's Andrew Erickson.

[Andrew Erickson]

The cop out is strong oh, that's.

[Chris Welsh]

Not a cop out. It's Andrew. Eric. Andrew Erickson knows this and I know the game. I'm a professional. All right, what do you got?

[Andrew Erickson]

Could you imagine if Erickson didn't answer you? Gosh, what a bad friend.

[Chris Welsh]

I. What a bad. I know. Listen, bad friends here we were not quite Bobby Lee and what's his name, but, you know, we're getting there. All right, sorry. What's your question?

[Andrew Erickson]

I'll spare you guys a demarcado question, but it's pretty easy. Either Shahid or Ridley. It's two gross options on this bye week for receiver for me. Ooh.

[Chris Welsh]

I mean, you could demarcato a part of that question too.

[Andrew Erickson]

No, I have to. I have London on buy, so it's got to be someone as wide receiver. Okay.

[Chris Welsh]

So I'm sorry, Shahid and Ridley. That is relatively gross. Ginser, I'm very sorry. Sorry for your loss this week. What do you think? Shahid or I. I have a hard time imagining it's not Ridley in this, just from a pure talent perspective. But, you know, if you can stomach the potential of two catches for 89 yards, Shahid definitely is in play for that and this defense might work. I don't know what I'm actually, I'm talking myself into Shahid a little bit.

[Andrew Erickson]

Shahid has had the higher four. I mean, he has four catches in all of his games. At least four catches. He has at least 33 yards in all of his games and at least six fantasy points in all this game. So like, and he's a big play guy. So I. I think that especially with really being on the injury report and like he banged up like the vibes in Tennessee are just like terrible. I mean, the Saints vibes, they're owing four, but I think they can win this game against the Giants. So I think I would just roll the best on Shade. I mean, like really has shown you nothing that give you any confidence. Whereas, like, I mean, she has at least given you a floor where he's not going to give you a goose egg and he rips off one big play. You're like, let's go.

[Chris Welsh]

That's what he does.

[Andrew Erickson]

I mean, Cardinals are playing inside as well, but I think, yeah, I don't hate it.

[Chris Welsh]

That's why I said I was kind of leaning Shahid. I have to go recheck my ranks where I'm at on that, but I'm.

[Andrew Erickson]

Negotiating in the comments. Really looks like he wants to go home. He's going to take the Ball and go home, dude. I mean, would you be Callahan?

[Chris Welsh]

Can you imagine? He just rips off his jersey and just does the Antonio Brown. That would be amazing. How many complainer wide receivers do we have this year? Good lord.

[Andrew Erickson]

That Antonio Brown thing happened. I saw it like on a short the other day and I'm like, wow, this actually happened where he just threw his jersey.

[Chris Welsh]

I actually love those story. We should get a compilation because wasn't it. Oh, God, I'm sorry. I'm gonna forget his Vonte Davis. Vernon Davis's brother just retired at halftime. He just is like, I don't want to play anymore. He did the Tim Robinson pit. He's like, I don't be around anymore. I don't want to do this. And he just left. And he left at halftime like, I want a collection. Who are all the players that have like essentially retired or left in game? I only know Vonte Davis and Antonio Brown. If you know another, please let us know in the comments below, either live or on the recorded. I'm dying to know. All right, Mad Dog, what you got, brother? You guys in 2020. What's up? Unmute. Unmute your microphone. There we go.

[Andrew Erickson]

I dropped my team in the chat and just to answer the question on how depressed Tennessee fans are, I'm a Titans fan and we have people on Twitter that are conducting a RICO case trying to get a RICO case on our ownership. So that's how bad the Titans are right now.

[Chris Welsh]

Twitter's always reasonable for sure, but.

[Andrew Erickson]

All right.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah, what's the. What do you got for us?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, yeah. So I dropped my team in the chat. I am worried about Sutton this week just because they're playing Philly and I just don't know if there he's going to get like that much volume with them.

[Chris Welsh]

But I know Erickson's been really high.

[Andrew Erickson]

On JMO last week and this week.

[Chris Welsh]

I probably won't start him over sudden.

[Andrew Erickson]

But I didn't know if I should just roll with those stars that are in there now with ETN and McMillan in my flex or if you'd rather take like a shot with like Worthy or Jameson.

[Chris Welsh]

I mean, first off, I'll say on the worthy side on whatever site you're using, Worthy's projected for more points. You got Ted. He's got so just as like a recap. It's kind of difficult for people that aren't watch is a good team. He's got a ridiculous team on the bench. He's starting Adams and Sutton with McMillan and ETN at Flex Bucky is her or out or hurt or whatever. Benson's obviously out. London's on a buy. But you got Ken Walker on the bench, Jameson Williams on the bench and Worthy on the bench. I think I'm starting Ken Walker over etn and I think I'm gonna go Worthy over Sutton. Cause I love tedoa this week. But what do you think about that, Erickson?

[Andrew Erickson]

I don't know. I mean, is Sutton someone that we're really like worried about matchups?

[Chris Welsh]

I'm not that I'm not like crazy worried about it, but I mean, he.

[Andrew Erickson]

Had one bomb game against the Colts and other game he scored 15 fantasy points. It's pretty good. Like he's been pretty consistent.

[Chris Welsh]

Well, who do you like more this week? Do you like Worthy or Sutton?

[Andrew Erickson]

He's the alpha in this passing game. And yeah, I mean. I mean the Jaguars defense hasn't been that bad either. Obviously where they popped off last. I think Sutton has like a just like his floor ceiling combinations. Like really good Sutton's range where these one like hit away from another dislocated shoulder. That always like concerns me about him. Smaller guy. So I think I just rolled Sudden.

[Chris Welsh]

The Sun's ranked 13th in fantasy pros. Worthy is 14th and Tetaroa is 16th. So I mean, I just don't. You have to play Worthy, so you're gonna have to bench Ted Aoa or. I mean, I'm also playing Walker over etn. I don't know where you are on that one either, walker. Then they're 16. They're 15 and 16, by the way, those two. And it's in favor of ETN though. Okay, so you're just playing his team.

[Andrew Erickson]

I wanna. Yeah, I think I play. I play etn.

[Chris Welsh]

I'm making wholesale changes. I'm getting Walker and Worthy in there.

[Andrew Erickson]

So are you. Are you that worried about the matchup with Sutton? No, it's not that I'm not worthy more.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah, I'm not that worried, but it is more. I really like Worthy against the Jaguars, so I want to get him in the lineup. If you have to bench, I mean. Well, you guys haven't heard me make my case. I made my case on Ted A. Roa on the betting pro show. I like him this week, so I would. I would line him a little bit over Sutton here, but I really don't know if you're going to have a bad option out of this. So. You know, I've always said this. Trust, trust it. He doesn't trust me. I trust Erickson always And I would go in his favor over me.

[Andrew Erickson]

Well, I know. I think you might have a point, actually. Like, I'm kind of giving something like the benefit of the doubt, but when you just point out, like, how integral Worthy was in his first game back last week, and, I mean, the projections have, like, Worthy ahead of time. Yeah. It's not a great matchup for something. Like, I get that he has the higher floor, but we always talk about playing, playing for upside. So I think. Yeah, no, I think you've kind of convinced me here. I'm gonna move up, move my rankings around. I'm probably too low on Worthy right now. I probably have to move him up. So, yeah, let's roll the dice. Worthy be ahead of the curve. And if Sutton has a bad week, you were ahead of it. So, yeah, let's go with words. Let's do it.

[Chris Welsh]

Your favorite analyst said so. All right. There we go, baby Billy. What's up, baby? Billy, what do you got for us? Oh, no, baby. Yeah, baby Billy, that is a first down on the first one. You got it, brother. What's up, dude?

[Andrew Erickson]

Sorry about user error last week.

[Chris Welsh]

It's all good.

[Andrew Erickson]

My fault over four on that one. So I have two questions and kind of trying to see what I should do moving forward. So I traded BTJ for Amari and Hampton two weeks ago. Somehow my league made accepted that. So thanks for that one. But he's my number one running back and I have Henderson, Bill Tooton, and I have Gainwell as my RB2. And I'm wondering if I should trade maybe Lamb because he's injured and there's a bye week coming up or McBride to upgrade my. My running back too, or if I should go after another receiver because I got tat. Devonte Smith, Addison and Ale Manor as my other receivers. I don't know if I should just hold and let these guys ride or if I should try to upgrade either a running back or receiver with one of those two guys. With Lamb and McBride, I listen to offers, but.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah, yeah. What's your record?

[Andrew Erickson]

2 and 2 and I'm defending champ, so I'm trying to repeat.

[Chris Welsh]

I feel like I'm holding, but I. But I would put it out into the ethers to see if anybody wants to do any overpays. I personally am probably listening on McBride, assuming there's any other tight end options. I don't love your wide receiver.

[Andrew Erickson]

3.

[Chris Welsh]

I don't love your running back. 2. I'd focus on running back, but I'm also not going to press it. You will get Lamb back. But that's. That's where I'm at.

[Andrew Erickson]

The only running.

[Chris Welsh]

I got an offer.

[Andrew Erickson]

Oh, go ahead. Sorry. I got an offer for Breeze hall and I'm gonna see if I could use Lamb to get Breeze on off of him. Don't know if he'll do that, but I'm gonna throw it out there.

[Chris Welsh]

I like that.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, Bristo is, is like of the, like the highest end running backs that you could try to get and trade. Like Reese would be the target for me because Braylon Allen's not come back for a while and like that again. The. One of our biggest concerns with Breeze hall this year was what's Braylon Allen's role going to be? Like, he's not a factor anymore. Like, yes, Isaiah Davis will sprinkle in, but I don't think Davis is going to sprinkle in at the goal line, which is literally what Braylon Allen's role has been just this season. Like, Brisal Briesel has not scored a touchdown yet this year. And yeah, I'm just worried about Fields as well. I mean, Fields is. Fields give us. Field takes us like, like we know what the. It's a roller coaster ride with him. But they are facing the Dallas Cowboys to week.

[Chris Welsh]

What was your other question?

[Andrew Erickson]

I have Caleb Williams as the backup quarterback. If I could use that as a trade, as a running back or receivers, he's not worth even throwing anything.

[Chris Welsh]

No, I mean you could throw him in, but I don't think you're gonna, like, you're not gonna single league get anything for him.

[Andrew Erickson]

One quarterback, like use them as pieces to move up for other positions.

[Chris Welsh]

He also, like, he also was ranked so high and it was such a, like, it was a disappointment that I just. He, he's total fine add in piece, but no one's going to be like, you'll give me Caleb for, you know, this running back or wide receiver. Like, nobody's gonna want him. You're better off streaming at this point, so I don't think so. All right, Catalyst. I don't think we've talked to Catalyst before. What's up, Catalyst?

[Andrew Erickson]

Hello?

[Chris Welsh]

Oh, hi guys.

[Andrew Erickson]

Sorry, I, I just got hit with another trade offer because I mainly want to talk to you guys about a trade I just made and how you would grade it.

[Chris Welsh]

Okay.

[Andrew Erickson]

So in Dynasty, I had this also in the chat too. Just I had a script on me.

[Chris Welsh]

So I'm currently 3 and 1 in.

[Andrew Erickson]

A 12 team PPR Titan Premium 10 start my wide receiver room prior to the Trade I made was Tet, JSN Egbuca, Jay McMillan and Tillman. And in the trade, I trade away my 2027 first for and Franklin for Pickens and a 2026 third. Edis Wanderer. Opinion on the grade. If I'm trying to like push for a deeper wide receiver room.

[Chris Welsh]

How many wide receivers do you start?

[Andrew Erickson]

I start three.

[Chris Welsh]

Okay. And it was JSN Tetaro who was the third one. Egbuca Igbuka. Yeah, I'm. I'm a lot more like liberal with my pick trading, I feel like. And I'm a. I'm a seasoned Dynasty guy, but we have a lot of debates about football dynasty in here that I feel like the first round picks in fantasy football hold so much more weight than they do in other sports. That I think is an all in type of winning thing. I don't hate this, but if that were a high first round pick, that might be a little bit of a disappointment. But I think this is the upcoming draft that like nobody cares about. It's the 2027 one that's you want all the picks. So I think this is a fine trade. What do you think, Erickson? Do you hate giving up that first.

[Andrew Erickson]

And Pickens wasn't a 2027 first they were giving up.

[Chris Welsh]

Was it a 2027 first?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, it's because I trade away 27 first because I already have two 2026 firsts.

[Chris Welsh]

I like that less. I would have traded the 2026. 2027 is like loaded, dude. So I think it's still okay from a win perspective. But that went from like maybe like a B plus to me to maybe like a B minus, maybe something like that. What do you think about that, Erickson?

[Andrew Erickson]

I. I won't really hit on the picks thing. I, I really more focused on like acquiring George Pickens in Dynasty because he's got a very wide range of potential outcomes. Because we don't know what team's going to play for next year, we don't know whose quarterback's going to be next year. And he's also shown some tendencies to kind of like, you know, not off the field but like, you know, personality things where sometimes the efforts in question, etc. And I just have concerns like, well, if Dak Prescott's not throwing in the football, like what's his quarterback situation? So like we know he's a really talented guy and usually I like buying those guys. But this will be his second contract or, excuse me, third contract with a different team. So he has a lot of question marks. So giving him a future first for George Pickens. Like, I'm not like, I don't know if I love that, especially because, like, it seems like your receivers are pretty solid still.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah, you are pretty solid. I know there's some, like, negative Igbuka stuff that's floating out there, but I don't know. I'm trying to view that from the lens of a win now perspective and thinking less about the future. Also a lot of stuff from Jerry Jones. It's sounding like that Pickens might be resigning. So like I said, I think it's. It's not a. This is not a windfall, but I get the win now perspective. You had a second question.

[Andrew Erickson]

Oh, no, that was it. I just wanted your on the trade. Just because.

[Chris Welsh]

What was the trade? You said you just got in. Didn't you just get in? You said you got an offer that confused.

[Andrew Erickson]

Oh, yeah. Someone offered me downs and so as my current, like, starting full receivers. Do you think I need downs or just stay where I'm at and just ride. And just ride the wave?

[Chris Welsh]

Are they trying to get a 20, 27 first again? Like, no, like you're.

[Andrew Erickson]

You.

[Chris Welsh]

You got a lot. You got depth at white out. I think you're good.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. Downs is not really doing much right now. So he. Like, they need an injury or something. Like, he's not the. The apple of Daniel Jones, is I.

[Chris Welsh]

He's not. He's not the big breakout that's gonna be Michael Pittman this week. Atv. Atv. What's up?

[Andrew Erickson]

Nothing much. I'm trying to think of which two wide receivers to choose out of these four. It's Jacoby Myers, Hitman, Keenan Allen and the other one.

[Chris Welsh]

You say two or two or three of them.

[Andrew Erickson]

If you. If you can't remember them, then they probably weren't going to be in the conversation anyway. Like, like use that to your advantage that you can't remember one of them. So it's. Oh, I'm sorry. And the fourth one was Tetaroa. Sorry, fully forgot his name. And then I have a second question too. How could you forget T. Mac?

[Chris Welsh]

But that was. You needed two of them. You need two of them, right?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. So Jacoby, Keenan, Pittman and Tet. Out of those two.

[Chris Welsh]

Oh, I am. I'm invested in Pittman and Tet. Those are my picks. And I want to point out before Ericsson. Okay. Erickson agrees. They're both. They're 15 and 16 in consensus ranks this week. They are the higher of the group. And before even looking at that those were my two guys and Erickson agrees. All right, what's your other question?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, and then for the second question is I. I just need help at RB because I've just been so unlucky.

[Chris Welsh]

With like what happened with Aaron Jones.

[Andrew Erickson]

And then now just Benson. So like, I know I feel like with DeMarcado or Carter it's kind of like a coin flip. But like what about some like other running backs I feel like I haven't heard about like Kendry Miller or. Or Rico Dowdle. Like I've kind of seen them kind.

[Chris Welsh]

Of taking a bit of an uptick.

[Andrew Erickson]

Like do you think either of those guys are worth investing in?

[Chris Welsh]

I think Rico's really interesting because we haven't gotten any official word, but they said Chuba is doing worse this week than he was on the that previous where he was questionable. And regardless it seemed like he's going to get a little bit more usage. But like what if we get a Chuba's out? I would absolutely go snap up Rico if he's floating out there. I don't know. What do you think about Rico or who that was it Kendra Miller was the other one.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. I mean I think that you want to move into Rico. He would be the preferred option. Kendra is still like behind Camara even though he looked good. He has a good matchup. But they both have good matchups. And, and what happens sometimes is even if you have a. You're the running back two in a backfield, like sometimes these guys can pop just if the matchup is there. Like the Giants defense, the Dolphins defense can be so giving that more than one running back can be productive against those types of defenses. So I would say that I would lean towards Rico just because I mean this is possible. However doesn't play.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah.

[Andrew Erickson]

So I'm saying if he's worse than last week, the reason he wasn't playing as much, especially later on in the game was because he was dealing with this calf injury. And I mean remember they're invested in Juba Hubbard. They paid him. So they don't necessarily meet feel the need to like, oh, we got to get this guy out there. No, they. He's our long term investment. So if he's got to sit a week, Rico Dowdle could have a monster game against the Miami Dolphins. And Etn, I know he got some garbage time run or Trevor Etn, the other running back on the Panthers. He would be like a really, really deep play if you were like. And then. But that's only if Hubbard is out. But I agree. I think Dao is probably the move over Kendra.

[Chris Welsh]

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[Chris Welsh]

We're just here to try to give you an NFL perspective a little bit different.

[Andrew Erickson]

Did you see the Colts pretzel? That was my other big takeaway from that game. What was that? Looks like something that should not be sold. Oh my. So that was my other big Colts. They sold that?

[Chris Welsh]

Yes.

[Andrew Erickson]

Might want to go back at the Colts stadium.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah, I might want to go back.

[Andrew Erickson]

To the drawing board on that. Yeah, I thought the shape we had with pretzels was working pretty well for generations.

[Chris Welsh]

We're just here trying to enjoy it. We hope you all will join us throughout the year.

[Andrew Erickson]

And let's go.

[Chris Welsh]

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[Andrew Erickson]

He's a young 73. He is a young 73. He is spry. I would say. I wouldn't fight him, I would listen NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and.

[Chris Welsh]

Drew Franklin on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. All right, let's get to Jorge the lefty. Jorge the Lefty. What's up?

[Andrew Erickson]

Hey, guys. How's it going?

[Chris Welsh]

Where. Who's Jorge the righty? Your brother.

[Andrew Erickson]

I've been trying to find him my entire life. It's been hard.

[Chris Welsh]

All right, well, hopefully got a couple options.

[Andrew Erickson]

So. Got the hall of Fame package. So got all the things you're talking about. I'm gonna paste some stuff. Kind of curious where your all's takes are. I'm basically the only guy that's offering trades in league, and I'm trying to do my best to build this out. Okay, how much credence do you have for rest of schedule power rankings? And then I wanted you to have a couple of questions about proposed trades and let me know what you guys think about them based on my lineup.

[Chris Welsh]

Okay, so just real quick, Erickson. Anything.

[Andrew Erickson]

Start from the top.

[Chris Welsh]

Oh, gee. Okay, so you want us to go through each of the three that you posted?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, I know it's. I know it's a wallet text. That would be easier, but I guess my first question is I'm a little light in terms of wide receivers on my first league. I've thought about selling Gen High in London as well. Like, do you think that there's any appetite to go for, like, a Robinson Sutton or straight up, like, get. Get Mason while he's high to a Mason McBride? Because I've got Warren for Gibbs. I'm just wondering if these are, like, equitable trades, because I'm just not getting a lot of traction. And also, do you think these are high equity trades on my end? Would you make these trades yourself?

[Chris Welsh]

So there's three trades here. I'm guessing this is the system has proposed these, that you should put these out? I personally do not.

[Andrew Erickson]

I've. I've packaged them up. Yeah.

[Chris Welsh]

Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. I don't think one in three. One is Genti London for Bijan and Sutton. I don't think that happens. Mason and McBride for Gibbs. I do not think that happens. I do think Mason for Pickens is a reasonable trade, and I'm. I'm good with that. If you're light at wide receiver, what do you think about that? Real quick, Erickson?

[Andrew Erickson]

I agree.

[Chris Welsh]

Okay.

[Andrew Erickson]

Okay.

[Chris Welsh]

I'll let you hit the next one then. So what's the. What's our next one?

[Andrew Erickson]

And then. And then. And then another one's Just like Pacheco just seems to be a waste. Like, I was debating just dropping them straight up and getting some high. You just drop them entirely at this.

[Chris Welsh]

No, I don't. I don't drop anybody. I don't drop. I don't drop anybody for the purpose of a statement. I drop them for somebody. So if Woody Marks is out, because I think, like, everybody in the space is like, who's a drop now? And it's like, for what? Like, what is he, a draft for you? Well, I would drop Pacheco ifrcado or.

[Andrew Erickson]

Or like someone that's got maybe more upside at this point.

[Chris Welsh]

Michael Tate, I might. For the. Like, if. Yeah. Michael Cardio couldn't get it. Michael Carter, I might make the move for. If Chuba were to be out, I'd be comfortable dropping Pacheco for one week of a Rico Dowdle, if that helps. All right, let's go to the second question. Second one.

[Andrew Erickson]

So I made this. I made this trade the other day. Dobbins and Pickens for hn. What do you think? How did I get fleeced or did I fleece in that example?

[Chris Welsh]

What do you think, Eric?

[Andrew Erickson]

I've got Bucky, who's out. That was my main issue. And then canine, I don't really trust with Charbs. I have both them on my roster, and I feel like you're just splitting the baby in half. Like, you're not really getting a lot of value out of the committee. And Pollard is just. I'm trying to sell him as well. Do you like that? Trade Dobbins and Pickens for a change. I think it's. You're selling high on Dobbins and you're taking advantage of Pickens as the wide receiver one for the Cowboys, which won't last all season. And you're getting a five running back, top eight running back. I mean, HN in full ppr, man, he's a machine. Like, he's facing the Panthers this week. Like, he might be the RB one this week. So I like that move a lot.

[Chris Welsh]

All right.

[Andrew Erickson]

And I've Chase, who's just toxic right now, unfortunately, this is an auction league. I bet 75 bucks on him. So that 75 bucks has gone effectively to waste. But could I package him to someone who desperately needs some more depth with K9 and Pollard for, like, a JSN Hampton situation, or do you think that's just way too lopsided?

[Chris Welsh]

I would say. And I think I'm going to speak for Erickson here. Don't trade Chase this week. Let him do his work. Erickson thinks he's going to eat. He is in line for a good position. You are selling him at his absolute lowest. I do not think. Regardless, even if I don't, if I kind of like, like Chase could have like a decent game, don't do it this week. Don't do anything this week. Come back and see where he is. And now I'm open. If he balls out and people are like, he's back, I'm open to moving him. Still, I'm not going to, like, be beholden to him because I still think Browning sucks and the. And the Bengals suck. But you can get way more for Chase once he's doing good. So don't do it. Don't do it now. And Ericsson, I know you completely agree with that.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, this is not the time to get out of Chase. You got a whole lot more week. Yeah.

[Chris Welsh]

All right. Was there one last one?

[Andrew Erickson]

Got it. And one last. Yeah, one last one is just. I'm not great at the. On the RP2 side of my last one. Would you start charbs, JCM, Harvey or D. Mercado? Of the four of them.

[Chris Welsh]

Oh, what are you gonna do then? Erickson, Charbonnet, Harvey. Yeah. These are all too.

[Andrew Erickson]

I mean, I think. Let's see.

[Chris Welsh]

So I wish Harvey had a better matchup. I want to say him.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, Yeah. I. I think I don't want to start D. Mercado. Like, this is not a good spot for him. Like, yeah, he's not the starter. They're not playing a defense that they're going to be like, trailing. Like they're playing the Titans. They're going to be playing with a positive games because that's not D. Mercado's role. So actually I think I prefer Harvey here. I get the matchup's not great on paper, but he catches passes. And if the Broncos are trailing, then, okay, you can see Harvey catching four or five balls out of the backfield. You know, he makes one guy miss, he can maybe rip off a big run. Charbonnet is like, does he score a touchdown or not? They're favorites at home, but the Buccaneers have a pretty good run defense. So I don't know if this is how. Oh, it's half ppr. Sharp did score last week. So like you're bank on and so on twice in a row. I think I would roll with. With Harvey, but it's pretty close with Sharp name. I don't know. Welsh. You have a lean. Either way. It's definitely not.

[Chris Welsh]

I Think I'm good, Charbonnet, but that is a. It is a really, really tough one.

[Andrew Erickson]

Salt. What's up, Salt? What's up, guys? I've decided the weirdest part about this is hearing you guys in one time speed instead of the 1.5 or whatever it is usually.

[Chris Welsh]

Oh, you guys are crazy. You want. You speeders are absolutely insane. But I'm a. But I think it's like. I mean, Salt, can I ask this? How old are you?

[Andrew Erickson]

20.

[Chris Welsh]

Okay, there you go. I think it is 100% an under 30s thing where it's like, time, time, time. I'm also. Yeah, well, well, but you. I mean, you look not a day over 24. I think there's something to like a I'm unk status, but also like, I'm an audio purist. The thought of just not having things normal to me is absolutely insane. But I also used to work in radio and I used to work in music and stuff, so I cannot fath. I'm becoming, I think more the minority of people that are like 1.5. You're insane if you do two times. I can't even imagine how we sound. But God bless you, Salt.

[Andrew Erickson]

Well, y' all got. Y' all got so much content. I gotta get all of it in in a day. Um, so I've got some fun. Gross. Running back questions for you all. Put them in the chat. Half ppr. We gotta pick three between Woody Marks, D. Mercado, Jordan Mason, Charbonnet and Michael Carter. It's a fun one.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah, I'm Marks, Carter and Mason.

[Andrew Erickson]

What is.

[Chris Welsh]

Are you agree?

[Andrew Erickson]

Okay, easy. And then the full PPR version with. We got to pick two or three of RJ Harvey. Just hate the Eagles matchup. Carter and Woody Marks.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah, Marks and Carter Again, the local stuff. Now, they might be playing with us, but because I'm out here in Arizona, not a Cardinals fan, but local media is just all about like, hey, pump your brakes on DeMarcado. Michael Carter is going to get run. But I will say both Carter and D. Markado were running with ones earlier in practice. But I like Carter over Harvey there. So.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, I mean, I like we talked about this on the Rank show with Michael Carter. This is just like, even if it's not like the Michael Carter show, like until the end of time, until Trey Benson comes back, like for this specific week, like if they are beating the Tennessee Titans and have a lead, like you're going to see Michael Carter get the majority of carries and rushing attempts, like that could change, obviously. Like in future weeks. But for this specific matchup, I think Mike Carter is the Cardinals running back you want.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah. If the Cars are getting like, blasted or something, then. Then DeMarcado would be. Yeah, he might have, like, a better advantage, but we'll go with Carter there. All right. What was our last one?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, I just want to put Eric 10 in a tough spot and ask Fields or Drake May. I'm as high on Drake May as you are, but, you know, I'm struggling with the matchup versus the Fields versus the Cowboys. Like, what. What do I do?

[Chris Welsh]

That's a good one. Salt's always bringing it.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, you gotta play. I mean, if you can't play Fields against the Dallas Cowboys and it's like, well, I even have this guy on your team. Like, trade one of them. Like, trade someone else. Fields. If, like, if you're real. If we're. I get. Someone in the chat was mentioning me. Like, Fields never has back to back good games. And I'm like, I know. It definitely feels like that. It probably like, if you actually look at the game logs, it's probably true. But you can't not play against Dallas. Like, their. Their defense is so bad.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah. I got a bet on I and the prop show if you guys want to check it out this week, I've got. I got a bet on Fields this week. It really is hard not to start him. But I also want to point out Drake May is like, going on to third straight week of ranking as a top, like eight quarterback. Yeah. In. In consensus.

[Andrew Erickson]

Like I. Like I said earlier, Salt just trade one of these guys. Like. Yeah.

[Chris Welsh]

Who's out there trading for Drake May.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Chris Welsh]

In a single quarterback league.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. I mean, I can't because I have them everywhere.

[Chris Welsh]

The guy with Browning, Salt said.

[Andrew Erickson]

Good. Yeah.

[Chris Welsh]

You know what? Good point, good point. If someone has Browning out there, you go and do that. By the way, the ranks say Fields is four already up to four in quarterback.

[Andrew Erickson]

And they're like, we gotta get on Erickson's level with Fields.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah, they put him up there. All right. I hope this works out. I hope Fields is passing the ball a bunch too, because I'm. I'm trying to rock a 5.0in. In the betting pro show.

[Andrew Erickson]

We're not gonna, like, we don't get the Fields out with concussion. Like, I can't. I can't.

[Chris Welsh]

Just don't. I can't. I can't with that either. Please don't. All right. Thank you, Salt. Salt's always coming with fire. All right. Our Boston. God, how stupid was must we sound, by the way, too? If you listen to us at like, two or something, we're like, hello, Salt ho. Like this. How slow we must feel like.

[Andrew Erickson]

Geez.

[Chris Welsh]

All right, Boston. Our Boston.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, that's exactly right.

[Chris Welsh]

I'll mute that mic, baby. Going once. Yeah, this is actually very appropriate right now. They're going once, going twice.

[Andrew Erickson]

But they're wearing a Dolphins.

[Chris Welsh]

All right, sold. Like the Dolphins. You can re. Raise your hand. I'll bring you back up. Fix your mic, banana.

[Andrew Erickson]

Hey, guys, thanks for taking my questions. What's up, dude?

[Chris Welsh]

What do you got? Yeah, a few really quick ones here.

[Andrew Erickson]

And they kind of feed off each other. I'm by awaken. Injuries are hitting me hard. I'm trying to decide between Ramandre Stevenson and RJ Harvey for running back, too. Then I guess whoever. I don't decide there. The question that flex is like, Troy Franklin, Keon Coleman, Malik Washington, or, you know, whatever running back we didn't choose before.

[Chris Welsh]

Okay, good question. Sorry if I cut you off. Ramandre or.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, Ramandre would be the running back over Harvey, and I would play.

[Chris Welsh]

Let's get ye. I was like, let's get sneaky here. Keon Coleman felt like the answer, but you know how much I wanted to put Malik Washington on our betting pro show this week. I wanted to do it so bad.

[Andrew Erickson]

I would have. I would have been way more into that than Isaiah.

[Chris Welsh]

I have an Isaiah, but I already had one stinky bet. Like, I can't. I can't have my betting week be behind Malik Washington, Isaiah Bond, and, like, Justin Fields passing. Like, I can't live like that. Comments would be so mean.

[Andrew Erickson]

You know, this is NFL players, not xfl.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah, Just be very mean. I can't. I can't handle a very sensitive person. But, yeah, I. I think Malik Washington is, like, a really fun, sneaky one. Keon Coleman might have a little bit more upside, but let's roll Ramondre and Malik.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, Coleman's got. I mean, Coleman's probably gonna get the most Gonzalez coverage just because, like, that's like a matchup and that's just something that maybe catches a touchdown, but it's not a ceiling. I mean, Coleman's had some tougher matchups just as, like, the premier guy and that I don't think it's clear, but not as weak.

[Chris Welsh]

I'm gonna still bet the Malik Washington over receiving yards. Just letting you know, you can join me.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Chris Welsh]

You want ladder with me? You want ladder to 50?

[Andrew Erickson]

No, just a 50.

[Chris Welsh]

Just 50. I think it's like 20 something gonna.

[Andrew Erickson]

Rip off like a 50 yard rushing touchdown.

[Chris Welsh]

Don't do that to me. Yeah. By the way, Erickson is. Is floating a ladder on the BP show. Just want to point it out. He's floating a ladder for a very good player, so you guys might like it. All right, let's go back to our Boston. I'm teasing. We just did that show. We did it early. We usually don't do it before the show, so we did a little bit early. So it's like top of mind with all this stuff. What's up, dude?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Chris Welsh]

Oh, no. He got. He got him muted. But now you don't have a mic. This is very Dolphins esque. Maybe don't go Malik Washington now. All right, that strike, that's second down. You got a third and long. See if you can fix it. Otherwise we're close to a turnover down here. Yeah, big third. We had. That poor baby. Billy had a fourth down and could not convert last week and just got booted, unfortunately. All right, who is Rice Pudding? What's up? You're also muted. What's with the back of the show? We get our backups in like our. Our starters are tired. It's like it keeps happening. It is like literally the 30 minute marker of this show every single week. It's like we can't convert Rice Pudding. Unfortunately, it's a turnover on downs. See if you can get the ball back here, Redbeard. I know Red Beard's gonna get this. A lot of pressure on Red Beard.

[Andrew Erickson]

Red Beard.

[Chris Welsh]

There we go.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. Hey, I guess I'll throw this in since y' all were talking May and Fields. I'm in a one quarterback league, but for some reason, everybody in the league seems to hoard quarterbacks. And I traded fields and a 26 third for May because I also have Hertz and they had the same bye week.

[Chris Welsh]

Oh, you just want to know how you did.

[Andrew Erickson]

Is that a good.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Chris Welsh]

I'm assuming that's like a.

[Andrew Erickson]

A keeper. I don't. That's crazy that you could trade Fields to get Drake May.

[Chris Welsh]

I trade. I got may in a 16 team dynasty this off season and it cost me like a second round pick like crazy. I know 40 in that team. It's my only 40 team. It's a dynasty team.

[Andrew Erickson]

That's great. My. My longest dynasty league that's been going on for like, well, like eight years. I think Drake, Maine, Patrick Mahomes are my quarterbacks. Porn.

[Chris Welsh]

A four. No. Let's go. That's where Drake May gets us. All right. Oh, whoops.

[Andrew Erickson]

Sorry.

[Chris Welsh]

We'll go to you pudding in a second. That sounds very weird. We'll go to Eden shaking their pudding. But we got jazz. Jazzmatism. Why do I say that?

[Andrew Erickson]

So I have like a trade offer right now for. I'm trying to get like CD and the person offered me CD May for Olave Worthy, Walker and Sutton. Am I giving up too much? Jesus.

[Chris Welsh]

What was I guess Olave Worthy, Sutton and who?

[Andrew Erickson]

Kenneth Walker.

[Chris Welsh]

And then you get Lamb and.

[Andrew Erickson]

And May because I lost Lamar Jackson to an injury, hopefully.

[Chris Welsh]

Who the hell. Who the hell are you gonna start a quarterback? You have Lambs out and you're giving all your white.

[Andrew Erickson]

I would get Drake May. Yeah, they would get Drake May. They don't have a quarterback because Lamar or I could.

[Chris Welsh]

No, I meant wide receiver. Did I say quarterback? Who the hell are you starting at? Wide receivers. Trading three of them.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yes. An auction league. So I have Aman Tet, qj, and then I would have backups as Pitman and Godwin. Yeah. What's your record? Just.

[Chris Welsh]

Oops, I didn't put it in the chat.

[Andrew Erickson]

Record in the chat. I mean, I assume that you're probably in a decent spot if you're trading for a lamb and you know, he's injured. Obviously if you're owing for like, trading for lamb is like, that would. I would not advise to do that. But yeah, that seems like a fair deal to me. I get that you're giving up a lot of usable pieces, but I wouldn't say any of those are like. Besides, I would say any of those are like ultimate game breakers where it's like Walker has Charbonnet. Sutton is, I think, more of a high floor player than like really, really high ceiling. Or are these gonna have to deal with rice coming back? So. And obviously, like, you're getting Lamb, so I'm fine with that. Yeah.

[Chris Welsh]

I don't know if it's fair, if it's like super awesome because you're giving up so much.

[Andrew Erickson]

But.

[Chris Welsh]

But I think I would also do it based on your team construction. It's pretty ridiculous. And Worthy is going to lose a lot of value as soon as Rice comes back. So. All right, let's see. Rice pudding try again.

[Andrew Erickson]

Right here.

[Chris Welsh]

There you are.

[Andrew Erickson]

Oh.

[Chris Welsh]

First down.

[Andrew Erickson]

Press anything to unmute. Unmute this time.

[Chris Welsh]

There we go. What's up, dude?

[Andrew Erickson]

What's happening? So I have a 10 team PPR. We have two wide receiver, two running back, two flex.

[Chris Welsh]

And so we had A weird thing. At the beginning of the season, we moved two flex positions from one and a kicker. And so at the start, we had.

[Andrew Erickson]

A maximum roster limit of five wide receivers and five running backs.

[Chris Welsh]

So I scooped up Daniel Jones and so I have. I have May Jones and Justin Fields, and I've been trying so hard to move one, but I just.

[Andrew Erickson]

No one. No one wants them. Even though I've reached out to the borough owner, Lamar owner, Jaden Daniel's owner. Do you think it's just time to just drop one and.

[Chris Welsh]

And call it a day to pick someone up?

[Andrew Erickson]

There's no. I mean, if there's no trade market, then they're just going to sit on waivers or there are people just waiting for you to drop them because they're not going to trade. So, yeah, I would just drop.

[Chris Welsh]

I'll just point out, though, what are you dropping them for? Is there. Let's just assume there's something out there. Just make sure it's something. Because, like, I. I just. And it's probably obvious, but I just want to point that out because like I said before, it's so much like, yeah, just drop the guy. And it's like, okay, but for what? Like, maybe you could hold out one more week and someone else gets. If there's nothing on the wire, if there's not even a RICO dowdle, there's no Michael Carter or anything like that, there's nothing to pick up. Maybe you could just hold out one more week. And then what if, like, another quarterback goes down and then you got someone just crying to pick up one of those guys? So just make sure it's worthy of cutting for something, and I assume you know that, so.

[Andrew Erickson]

All right.

[Chris Welsh]

Juanito. What's up, Juanito?

[Andrew Erickson]

Hey, guys. How's it going? Good, dude.

[Chris Welsh]

How you doing?

[Andrew Erickson]

Good. Two seller hold questions and then one. Who would you rather have for a rest of season? The first one isn't Thursday night related, but it is a 49ers question. Would, with Jennings and Kittle and potentially Pearsall all coming back next week, would you sell or hold? Pearsall holds. Okay. The other one is Kamara. With Kendra Miller playing well and the trade rumors swirling, Erickson, I think he's worth shopping. It does depend on, like, what you can get back for him because the Saints have, like, a pretty good schedule coming up where, like, he could continue to, like, build on some value and, like, actually, like, produce. I think he's probably maybe a good player to trade to, like, a 0 and 4 team where, like, hey, I need like running back. I mean, spam the Giants this week. Like, this is like a good. Like you have Kamara, like you're starting him this week. But I see the long term plan with him where things could fall off. He gets traded to another team that maybe isn't like necessarily great for his fantasy value, more like real life trade. So I think he's worth shopping around to kind of see like what you could get for him.

[Chris Welsh]

Also sell.

[Andrew Erickson]

Okay.

[Chris Welsh]

All right. Number three.

[Andrew Erickson]

The last one was between rest of season. Jacoby or Chris Lava.

[Chris Welsh]

Oh, Jacoby for me. Erickson. Oh, you're looking at rest of season ranks. Do a blind. Do it blind.

[Andrew Erickson]

And then they're right next to each other. Half PPR for forever. I've never been the high one on Olaf, so it's like really hard for me to picture, like him being above Myers. For me. Yeah, no, I have Myers. I mean, Olave's usage is like so good, but it doesn't. Yeah.

[Chris Welsh]

Rattler. All right. Yeah. You're welcome, brother. All right, we are in less than the 10 minute marker here, getting out a tiny bit early. So not a lightning round, but, you know, we're gonna keep our answers a little bit quicker. I know. I tell you right now, this. This picture of this person with Nicolas Cage is gonna be like, hey, guys, I have 42 questions, but I want to start with a theory question. Here's my 18 man roster. What would you change? I put a lot of pressure on you, Coquai. Is that how I do it? Premium member? Is that the question? The Nicholas Cage, like, cover thing is killing me too right now. I think it's from. Have you ever seen Face off, dude, will you do me a favor, please? Will you watch Face Off? Classic now. Have you ever seen Con Air? Yo, dude. Okay, do me a favor. 90s classic action movies are the best you have. Will you watch one? Can I get you to watch one for me?

[Andrew Erickson]

October is fully stocked. Just Halloween Town, all of the Halloween one.

[Chris Welsh]

I need one here. Here are your two subjects because obviously I got to get Nicholas Cage off here because Coco is not working. You have. I know. This is not. Later. One is a good guy and a bad guy swap faces and personalities and they're trying to, like, get each other and stuff. The other one is a convict who is on a big plane with a bunch of other convicts that are breaking free, going to Vegas.

[Andrew Erickson]

Oh, that the Con Air one.

[Chris Welsh]

That's Con Air. Yeah. Can you get it? So Those are your two options. Con Air or Face Off. The best. Classic 90s pick one. Chat's already saying Face Off. Just watch one for me and come back. It's so good. It's so good.

[Andrew Erickson]

All right.

[Chris Welsh]

Okay.

[Andrew Erickson]

Easy to remember. There are two Face Off, Conair.

[Chris Welsh]

Easy. Super easy. You gotta go. You can't go wrong with the other one.

[Andrew Erickson]

You know what this is? This.

[Chris Welsh]

This little image here that looks like a. A Pokemon.

[Andrew Erickson]

You know which Pokemon it is?

[Chris Welsh]

No, I don't. Tombstone with a nose.

[Andrew Erickson]

It looks like over with a skateboard. Tony Hawk Diglett right there.

[Chris Welsh]

Oh, yeah, actually. That is actually cool. That's all right. Sorry. This was Lightning Round. I ruined it with Face off and everything. But what's your question?

[Andrew Erickson]

Thank you very much for everything you've done. I'm three in one, all because, you guys, I have an offer. Jamar. I'm getting Jamar Chase. Giving up Bucky Irving. I'm not sure if my, like, if I need it. I don't know what the deal is.

[Chris Welsh]

I can't do it.

[Andrew Erickson]

You can trade away an injured player.

[Chris Welsh]

I can't do it. He's doing it. I'm not doing it. Hammy takes Lightning Round. Hammy takes.

[Andrew Erickson]

Hey, how's it going, guys?

[Chris Welsh]

What's up, dude? What's up? Oh, you guys hear moving emoji things. That's cool. All right, sorry.

[Andrew Erickson]

Go ahead. So I just got two questions for you guys. Number one is to start. Sit. I'm deep debating between starting A.J. brown and Marvin Harrison Jr. Just because, like, Brown's got the certain coverage. It's like I'm just going back and forth. But A.J. brown's also one of those players that can just win you a week. So, like, I'm just debating. I'm one in three as well, so. And I am. I do have a favorable matchup this week, but just curious where you guys are at.

[Chris Welsh]

Did you have a second question, too?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, and my second question. My second question is, do you prefer Trayvon Henderson or do you prefer RJ Harvey rest of season?

[Chris Welsh]

Okay, I would go Travion, and I'm probably Gonna still go A.J. brown, but I'm moving Brown down. What do you say? Okay.

[Andrew Erickson]

Marv has two games with 16 fantasy points this year. AJ Brown has one.

[Chris Welsh]

You like Travion or Harvey rest of the season?

[Andrew Erickson]

I think I like. I think I like Harvey, like, a tad bit more. His access pointed. There's, like, less in his way. It's just J.K. dobbins. But Trevor Henderson has Ramandre and Antonio Gibson. We're both kind of like, always Going to be involved in some capacity. So, yeah, I would say Harvey is close up.

[Chris Welsh]

Okay. Coquai, are you back? And are you back? There you are. Face off or Conair?

[Andrew Erickson]

Face off, of course. With the logo. Yep, of course.

[Chris Welsh]

Okay, what's your question? I put on my.

[Andrew Erickson]

My team on the chat. I'm decimated with injuries every week. I'm not losing by a lot, but it just seems the injury just takes me out. I'm 0 and 4 right now. So right now, would it be best to move CD Lamb?

[Chris Welsh]

I'm trying to see if this guy.

[Andrew Erickson]

Would give me Devonte Adams for Jameson Williams. Do you think that's a good trade to seek out?

[Chris Welsh]

I don't. I don't want to do it, but he's 04. Oh, it's a good point. If I did it, it was Devonte Adams. I don't want. I guess Jameson Williams is in my brain. I don't.

[Andrew Erickson]

That was both.

[Chris Welsh]

Oh, it's both then. Yeah, I like that. But if. But if it's singular.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. Okay.

[Chris Welsh]

All right. Luck Vanov. Luck Vanov. That's what we're gonna go with. Let's see if I got that right. Luk Vanov. Eluk Vanas. No. Lukanov.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yay.

[Chris Welsh]

Name. Yes. Con Air. Face Off.

[Andrew Erickson]

Checking in from Hungary and Conair.

[Chris Welsh]

Face Off.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yes, I was about to say that. Andrew, I'm this close to unfollowing you because of. You don't know Conair and Face Off.

[Chris Welsh]

But what's your pick? What's your pick?

[Andrew Erickson]

Face Off. Face Off.

[Chris Welsh]

Okay, sorry. Face off is running away with this. Okay, what's your question?

[Andrew Erickson]

All right, so quick question. I am one entry because of you guys. Just kidding. And I need a little bit of help.

[Chris Welsh]

So I'm in a half PPR 12, man.

[Andrew Erickson]

One QB two VR, two RB two Flex and one Titan and one Defense. I got Mei. I'm not partnering with May because I love that. That was the best pick from you guys all summer. I got Tetaroa Garrett, Wilson Addison, Judy.

[Chris Welsh]

Dubs, Ridley, and running back.

[Andrew Erickson]

I have H.N.

[Chris Welsh]

Bijon, which I'm really happy about.

[Andrew Erickson]

Just picked up today. Demarcado Charbonnet, Tutin and Ollie Gordon.

[Chris Welsh]

And I have Kittle and Styrent and Juan Johnson. And I don't know how to make.

[Andrew Erickson]

A move and where to make a move.

[Chris Welsh]

Oh, these are bad lightning round questions. Erickson, you can take it it. You've led him to 1 and 3.

[Andrew Erickson]

You're gonna get Kittle back. You got. You want to kind of like, get you there. I think you're good at quarterback and tight end. Your receivers seem like they were good to start running back. You seem like you're set. You got hn, you got Bijan. Seems like you're pretty good running back. I would say go buy Tetra McMillan, but you already have them on your team, so that's like a receiver you can't go out and buy. So I think maybe, look, upgrading at receiver would be a potential move, I would say, in terms of like, receivers to buy. I mean, maybe Rashi Rice is a guy that you. Wow.

[Chris Welsh]

I love buying rice.

[Andrew Erickson]

I like buying rice. One in three, though, makes that maybe a little bit tougher because you probably need some more like, actual production just like immediately. So I'm thinking about guys that help you probably more in the short term. Those guys are like, tough to trade for right now.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah, it's a tough question for Lightning. Round two. Definitely sync your league. It can give you some analysis on that. And obviously you've got some of the setup and I think you can. You can do some of those for free. Feel free to also hit us up with one. So that's the tough thing. Who do you. He said, who do you offer for Rice? I don't remember if you put the whole team it audibly. It was hard to kind of follow the whole thing. I'm looking in the chat. I don't see.

[Andrew Erickson]

I would say. I would say for this week, I would rather have Michael carter than any DeMarcado. I know they mentioned that they agreed Mercado. I would drop DeMarcardo and pick up Michael Carter instead if. If that's an option. I would also drop DeMarcado to pick up Rico Dowdle. I would rather have him just kind of see how this tube again. Sometimes injuries just get worse. Especially with Chuba Hubbard saying that he already. Like, I'm not saying this is gonna be a Joe Mixon thing, but, like, if they're already talking about injury being worse than it was last week, that's a trajectory that's going in the opposite direction. So get ahead of it. Add Rico Daddle if you're listening. If he's still out there, don't wait for. For Hubbard to be ruled out. Like, get ahead of it. So it would be two, like, waiver moves I would look to make. I would say too. I guess another buy low player maybe is Ricky Pierce Hall.

[Chris Welsh]

I like that. You know, I like that one. That's a good one. All right, friends, apologies. That is right up against it on the end of the show. I know we had some people still hanging in the chat. We'll try to come back into the room, maybe answer a few questions. Thank you guys so much for hanging with us. Always come in here. You guys can raise your hands. Usually we get to a few more. I think we had a couple people coming back in here. But you can come and join us live every single week. Thursdays, 2pm Eastern, be on the show, have some fun with it, and then you can answer the big question of Face off or Con Air. Very important Nicholas Cage, 90s action movies. Can we get a commitment that we can get you to see one soon? By next week, could we get one or maybe the week after? Two weeks. I'll give you two weeks.

[Andrew Erickson]

I got another wedding.

[Chris Welsh]

I got another wedding coming with the weddings. Can I get two weeks?

[Andrew Erickson]

Not my fault.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah, yeah, okay, two weeks. And you can just, you can shock us with whichever one you want and we'll, we'll get introduced into the great 90s action movies. Yeah, just watch it at 5.1.5 speed. Someone said that's hilarious. If you guys have more questions, want to remind you guys I didn't say this earlier. We're also on Twitch. Out of bounds. Me, Bogman Pizza, PIA, 2pm Eastern on Mondays you can come and hang out with us, ask us questions live. Bogman and me, 12pm Eastern. On Tuesdays we do some Madden. We answer questions. This week it's going to be just an hour. Coming up at 12pm Eastern, Seth and Debro, Thursdays at 1, Fridays at 2. And then we've also got the Sunday at noon bunch of stuff for you. Make sure you're following us. Twitch TV, FantasyProse. Follow all the live things there. Ericsson's about to go ship off for a live on YouTube. Follow all the stuff. It's really hard to not get your questions answered because we do so many things and Discord itself gives you that opportunity as well. Thank you guys for so much for hanging out with us and all the good stuff for Andrew Erickson. I'm Chris Welsh and we'll talk to you next time right here on Fantasy Pros.

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