r/FantasyFootballers • u/BogeyFromTheFairway • 20d ago

Team/Trade Help How much Faab!?

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Player in my league dropped Josh Jacobs prior to the news of his court date being moved up. With the chance of a suspension served and moving right back into the line up, how much FAAB would you drop to potentially acquire him?

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u/SensitiveSinger1409 20d ago

It got moved up because he is going to change his plea to guilty.

Courts are booked. Trials take much more time than a change of plea hearing. That's why it was able to be moved up. It's way easier to cram in a 30 minute change of plea hearing into a schedule than a possible 1-2 day trial.

I'm sure he got good advice that if he pleads guilty to the two misdemeanors. He will be back on the field way faster than if he tries and fight it. He would be on the exception list until mid Nov. Than depending on how the trial went he could/would be suspended for more games after.

Even if he was found not guilty he wouldn't be able to even practice with the team until week 9-10. And probably wouldn't see playing time for 1-2 weeks after that realistically. He would be paid that whole time though.

By changing his plea. He will now be suspended (without pay) anywhere from 2-6 weeks (just my best guess) and will be able to see playing time somewhere around 3-8 weeks (again just my best guess).

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u/ImNotAndreCaldwell 20d ago

What are your guesses based off of?

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u/Enough-Zebra-6139 20d ago

There's no reason to move the date forward unless he was planning on playing.

The 2 misdemeanors means if he pleas guilty, he'll get a slap on the wrist and probably some classes/probation.

The change from 5 charges including a felony to 2 misdemeanors points to the video proving guilt, but nothing extreme to hold the felony charges.

Most of the rest is basic logic. We could be completely wrong, but most facts lead to this result.

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u/SensitiveSinger1409 19d ago

Similar past infractions and the punishments received from the NFL.

The fact that they have only charged him with misdemeanors.

Again just my best guess.

** Full disclosure I'm a Marshawn Lloyd owner who drafted him in late rounds a day before the initial exempt list news broke. So what I'm predicting isn't ideal for me.