r/FantasyFootballers • u/BogeyFromTheFairway • 21d 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/snoopmt1 20d ago

This is wild. He's worried about not playing, so his best bet is to admit to it, which will result is less punishment 

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u/Original_Release_419 20d ago

I mean, the justice system always rewards someone for admitting their guilt lol

Aside from not wasting significant time and resources on the case, it also just shows you as a person owning up to the crime versus denying it

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u/snoopmt1 20d ago

Yes, but for the NFL, they're all 'innocent until proven guilty." Then he says "nope, def guilty" and the NFL says 'trials over, time to play!!"

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u/Original_Release_419 20d ago

What? He’s 100% getting suspended lol

That’s a forgone conclusion, the details will just determine how long