Week 12 Matchups + Tough Start/Sits, Wheel of Shame - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/22
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Welcome in. Friday, November 22nd. Jason Moore is here. I'm Andy Holloway, the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Jay Grizz in the building. Mike will be back on Monday. Great show for you today. I think it is. I think it really is going to be a great show. We have the Fantasy Forecast Part 2, reviewing the matchups. Got a little start of the week pivot I got to do. Oh, yeah. Once we get to the news. Times two.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know what you're saying. We'll get to that. We also have a Thursday night game to talk about. Before we jump into that, I want to remind you, the website, thefantasyfootballers.com is where you find all of our weekly rankings, the Starts It tool, all the articles. It's where you can find the ultimate dashboard to help you optimize your lineup every week and lots of other Foot Clan tools. And you can learn more about becoming a supporter of the show and unlocking all of those

Sweet treats. Foot Clan Friday today. Oh, I didn't finish the sentence. Join the foot.com. That's where you go. Yeah, that's an important part. Like if people are like, how do I just kind of I want that ultimate dashboard. I'll be honest. What happened was I said sweet treats. Then I started thinking about Thanksgiving.

And then I started thinking about... You went from sweet treats to Thanksgiving? Well, because once I said sweet treats, I was like, what's the closest holiday where that would be relevant? Okay. And it's not Halloween anymore, so now it's... Punkapie and Cool Whip.

Is that your go-to cool whip? Yeah. Oh, for sure. If you're doing pumpkin pie, you have to have so much cool whip. You've had questionable pumpkin pie takes before. That's not true. I promise that's not true. I mean, there's no way. My pumpkin pie takes have been as true as true gets. There's a pumpkin pie guy in the YouTube comments, too.

Well, then I like that man. Assuming that his pumpkin pie take is that it's a wonderful treat. It's delicious. And you know what makes it especially delicious? It's not overdone. You ever had a pumpkin pie in April? No. I don't think they make them. I thought you meant you cooked it too long. You meant like you just eat it during a certain period of time so you don't get burnt out. Exactly. It's like the McRib. You know what I mean? Why is it that, I mean, we've had this debate before, but why is it that there's foods like orange juice...

It's a breakfast food. You know what I mean? Like you can't. Yeah. The whole idea of like certain foods. You can eat pancakes. Breakfast in America is so funny to me because I'm an American and I am locked in with you can't have regular food at breakfast, but it makes no sense. Well, it works both ways, right? You also can't have like oatmeal for dinner.

Right? You can't have... That's nonsense. You can't do that. It just doesn't feel right. Yeah. Let's talk about last night's football game. Speaking of treats, Jameis Winston...

uh, Jamis Winston, the quote machine himself in the midst of a blizzard in the midst of dropped passes and snow flurries and just the beauty of NFL football with weather. Okay. Two things here. We got Jamis and then we got weather. Okay. Well, let's start with Jamis. I realized what's so special about him off the field is that his interviews are

If you only listen to the audio and you just take away, you know, you're just listening on the radio and you listen to an interview. What a wild man. What a crazy, I mean, quotes galore. Things that are said that are just, they make you scratch your head, they make you smile, they make you laugh. Now you take away all the audio and you can't hear anything being said, but you get to watch it. And you just see his face.

His smile. Childlike innocence. Childlike innocence. And his hand movements. He's just like... And then you put them together and you get to watch and hear this... There's no one on the planet like him. It's difficult to explain the contrast between the likability of Jameis and the dislikability of the quarterback they have. I feel like it's pretty easy to explain. I guess it's easy to explain, but the contrast between...

Deshaun Watson and Jameis Winston in likability. It's as big as anything you could find in the NFL. All right, and now we've buried the lead. Let's get to it. Yeah, the weather was awesome. The snow. The weather was awesome. The snow in that game was awesome.

Yeah. It was so much fun. Oh, man. That was real football. There's a crack in the dome. No. So here's the problem. There shouldn't be a crack in the dome. There should be a roof on the dome. It should be a retractable. The Arizona Cardinals built one for half a billion dollars. If they have a retractable roof in that game, there's no snow on the field. No. I am team open the roof for snow. Okay. But close the roof. This is getting real detailed. No. Have you ever, genuinely, like.

You've got to have a 500-page document to describe your weather takes. There's like three rules here, man. This is clear. People want to argue for the weather. People want to argue against the weather. I just want what everyone actually wants, which is...

awesome football. A snow game can be awesome. I can remember like five unbelievable snowball type games. The Shady McCoy game. They're just so different and unique and the football's still good. Name me a really sloshy, windy game that was like, that was awesome. That was good football. Man, I enjoyed that windy, wet game.

I know you can't think of one because they don't exist. There was the one where Justin Fields slid on the water and he looked like he was belly surfing for about 30 feet. How'd the game go? I mean, that was a good clip. It was probably crappy. No, probably. You don't remember because it was crappy. Weather games in football are like the pumpkin pie. You need it for a small amount of the season to appreciate it, but if you had it every week, you wouldn't like it.

It's just variability. It's just I'm not watching the exact same thing every single time. That's all I like about it. It was fun. And now getting into the football side of the game, there was good football played in difficult conditions. Also, I'm so thrilled that the Browns won simply because, I mean, you want to talk about a great fan base? You're 2-8.

And it's a blizzard. It's packed out. And it's packed and no one's leaving. I'm so happy because it looked like they were going to lose. There's nothing to do in Cleveland. There's nothing to do. Jalen Warren over 10 points, Jason. Oh, yeah. Not only did you have to endorse the snow game, you've got to endorse Jalen Warren. It's a wild morning. Jalen Warren got over 10 points for the first time. Who did not? Najee? Najee. Yeah. Right after I sent a message into our Slack channel or company Slack saying,

so consistent. I sent the screenshot of Najee's performances over the course of the year, and they were outrageously good until last night when, I mean, a lot of variables in place. Najee had been 12, 10, 10, 20, 18, 16, 13, 13, 14,

And yesterday was the worst game of his season. This was a very difficult game. You've got a good Cleveland rushing defense. You've got weather against you. And honestly, neither Jalen Warren nor Najee were good in this game. Najee didn't get a touchdown. Jalen Warren did. And that's where, like, I'm just waiting for this 10-point game. I don't think he scores eight points without the touchdown. It wasn't like he had a...

Big performance, but he did cross the threshold of an actual usable game. It took that touchdown. But talking about players who played well, I mean, Russell Wilson really impressed me. In poor weather, 21-28, 270 yards, a touchdown. They ran the ball a lot. As you would expect them to try to do in that weather. But then, yeah, Russ was good. Judy was great.

And Nick Chubb with two touchdowns a week too late on the start of the week, but he scored twice. Yeah, I mean, it was tough sledding for all running backs, but the touchdowns came, so that was really, really nice. Jerry Judy looked awesome. And if I could just have my man Najoku listen up for a second. Yeah, you were really. I really need you, and your team really needs you, and they designed up a super easy run.

Play. I mean, Jameis could have thrown that thing granny-style underhand because he was not far away. And I know that there was snow, but how do you not? I watched the play again this morning. Njoku had the easiest touchdown in the history of the NFL. That was called a free TD. Yeah. And he just dropped it. Thankfully, Jameis got the rushing touchdown a little bit later, but it was a fun game. Takeaways, I would say...

We talked about the difficult stretch of games coming up for Jameis and the Cleveland passing offense. I'm officially, I don't care.

Like, even in bad weather, like Jerry Judy, 6 for 85. This was a game they were leading for a good portion, too, and they couldn't throw the ball well, and yet they still produced. Sorry to cut you off. No, no, no. You're right. I think Jameis is going to throw the ball a lot. I mean, obviously, when the weather is not as bad as it is now as it was last night, it'll be even better. So I'm in. I was impressed by both teams.

And Cleveland now with Jameis has knocked off the Ravens and the Steelers. Two of their three total wins. It's just the same thing we say all the time. It's what makes the NFL great. Any given Sunday, any team with any record can beat the other team if there's a blizzard. It's also Friday. Putt Clan Friday.

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News and notes from around the league. Presented by USAA Insurance. Okay, well let's jump in here. Eagles wide receiver Devontae Smith remains sidelined on Thursday night.

The news yesterday, I hadn't been aware of the hamstring injury. Now it's been two days. So I said to myself, self, let's pivot that start of the week to somebody that has a great matchup that we've talked about in the Difference Makers segments. Oh, did you? Let's go to Ladd McConkie. Oh, my little Ladd. The great matchup against Baltimore. And Ladd didn't practice on Thursday due to a shoulder injury.

Yeah, he's missed a lot of practices for a rookie this year. I worry a little bit about his undersized nature getting beat up in these games. So who are you pivoting to next? Let's go to Q. Let's go to Quentin Johnston in the same game against Baltimore where we already liked

Justin Herbert. So we'll try the pivot number three. I think it's going to work. Matchup-wise, the cornerback that he should line up against the most gives up the most explosive play rate right now in the NFL, and that's kind of what Cuge has been doing. So the matchup is there. Honestly, if I had Cuge and I had Ladd, I would be starting Cuge this week. And Ladd might still play. It's a Monday game. It could be a day off of rest after a big performance last week, but...

I expect Ladd to play, but you just don't want to take that extra risk. Why pivot from an injured guy to an injured guy? Yeah, that would be then I'd have to pivot again, and that's no fun. DeAndre Swift returned to a limited— I believe that's called a travel—

Oh, you can't lift your pivot. Can't do two pivot. Can't lift your pivot. Yeah. You get one pivot. Unless in the NBA. Or if you're LeBron James. Yeah, in the NBA you can. You get like seven. DeAndre Swift returned to a limited practice on Thursday. Sam Laporta practiced in full on Thursday. That's exciting. He's got a good matchup. Trending towards playing for sure. Mike Evans upgraded to a full on Thursday. Although the comments from the head coach was, we just don't know how much he'll be able to go. It's a...

A little bit of a, I would expect to see what you saw from Nico. Exactly the same thing. That's what I was just looking up to remind people. Maybe 50% of snaps. Yeah, Nico this last week played 47% of snaps. Now, he still had seven targets, should have had that 70-yard touchdown, looked great, but I do think that, you know, when Mike Evans is on the field, it's tough.

to have passing plays where he can either stretch field or be targeted. So I'm still going to start Mike Evans, but I'm not going to be upset if at the end of the game it's a 4 for 45 and he plays 50% of the snaps. I know that's in the range of outcomes. Little worried here. CeeDee Lamb downgraded to a DMP on Thursday, was limited on Wednesday. You never like a midweek downgrade for a player. No, you do not. Is he...

Do you remember what time his game is? Is he Sunday night football?

I don't remember. I'm just trying to hope. Yeah, you're looking at your roster right now. Yes, I am. Nope, he's in the morning. So, cool. This is a legit downgrade. Pay attention. I've moved him to my flex so that if I need to pivot away, I can. The Schoonman might have a big opportunity this week with a bad quarterback. Yeah, you got Brandon Cooks. We don't know if he's going to play or not, but he's, you know,

potentially going to play. Jake Ferguson remaining sidelined with the concussion protocol. They got to throw the ball somewhere. And I'm still a little bit... I mean, Jason, you made this comment so perfectly yesterday. It was announced that Brock Purdy was throwing at practice, and so you were like...

This is the news. The news is that you have to announce that he's throwing at practice. You got more news this morning from John Lynch saying that they did an MRI on Purdy's shoulder. They said they feel, quote, good about where it is from that standpoint, but that he's going to practice. They'll go forth accordingly, that it is tenuous, that Brandon Allen and Josh Dobbs would both be ready for

And that it would be Allen first? It is a legitimate concern. It sounds ominous. I believe Brock Purdy will 100% play in this game. He is a tough player. That's part of what Kyle Shanahan loves about him. He talked about the story from his rookie year when he was playing through some of these injuries. He just knew this guy's got the it. He's got that football makeup that you need to be able to go out there and play tough. Brock Purdy has that. That being said...

He's a human being, and if he can't throw the ball well and he takes a massive blow to the shoulder, it's a risk. Green Bay favored by three in that game. And they need it. They need Brock Purdy. They need this win. They are not a lock for the playoffs by any means. All right, that was today's News & Notes presented by USAA Insurance. Learn more at USAA.com slash insurance. Let's jump into the forecast. ♪

It's time for Fantasy Forecast, presented by DraftKings Sportsbook. We're in the midst of a buy apocalypse. Six teams on buy. They seem to have a lot of players in a lot of lineups. Yesterday we covered the Vikings, Bears, Lions, Colts, Patriots, Dolphins, Buccaneers, Giants, Cowboys, Commanders, and the Chiefs-Panthers game. If you want to hear those matchup breakdowns for fantasy football tomorrow,

You can scroll back to yesterday's show and listen to us discuss those guys. Six more matchups to cover today. We've also got the

fantasy face-off later on in the show Mike while he is strolling through Disneyland by the way his churro count only one yeah as of yesterday just one churro pretty embarrassing not the kind of stats you'd expect him to put up nor would it's out of his control he follows the rules the rules that you follow with the churros we we both follow the same rule which is if you are in Disneyland and you walk past a churro stand that has no line you

You must get a churro. It doesn't happen often, which is why when you see it, you go up and you get yourself a churro. Is that rule prohibitive of waiting in line for a churro? It turns into being prohibitive. So you don't wait in line? Correct. I've shifted over to where that's how I know. I get a churro if there's an empty churro stand. Are the churro stands generally on those big wheels, like how they get them there? Yeah.

So do you think you could just move it? Well, just contract one of those people to follow you around the park. That would cost a lot. You'd have to shell out big bucks for that. You'd tell me you wouldn't pay for all those churros. I don't know, man. Yeah, that's a lot of churros. That's a lot. So, yeah, hopefully the churro can't get up today. That's kind of embarrassing. You know what else is embarrassing? Yeah. In this Tennessee Titans going to the Houston Texans matchup, I'm looking at the DraftKings Sportsbook lines and

Tank Dell's receiving yard line at 47 and a half yards. I just saw that and went, oh, it's just so sad. It's the new normal, Jason. It is. He's averaging 44.8 yards per game. It's not acceptable. Houston minus eight. The over-under is 40 and a half. That gives Tennessee just 16 points. Houston 24 heavily favored. Houston has the opportunity to go to eight and four in this one. I mean,

Tank Dell is very much a who-do-you-have-to-start option. Yeah, 100%. If I had Cuge or Tank Dell, I would go the Cuge route. Just two top 24 games this year and on pace for 62-7, 17-3, which would make him

A late round pick next year. Yeah, for sure. You know, he hasn't disappeared or been an out and out, you know, bust on the NFL field, but for fantasy football. I'd rather have Jerry Judy rest of the season. Oh, for sure. That's an easy, I mean, Jerry Judy. And that sentence doesn't sound great preseason. Well, no, because he didn't have a quarterback preseason.

Well, Nico Collins should see a full allotment of routes in this one. Nico Bollins, no LeGarious Sneed gives me much more confidence because the Titans on the course of the season, they're top five against wide receivers. They don't give up a lot of fantasy points, but...

A lot of that is the personnel, and that's their best defensive personnel. They've also softened quite a bit, fantasy points allowed over the last six weeks, just middle of the pack in that metric. C.J. Stroud's my start of the week with Nikko back. I think he gets it done. He plays great at home, over 300 yards a game at home, a 5% touchdown rate at home. It's not very complicated with Houston. Stroud, Mixon, Nikko.

With Tankdale in the flex consideration. Tank is in consideration. Xavier Worthy or Tankdale? Tankdale. I would go there as well. Okay, and that rhymes. Obviously, Joe Mixon is going to be a must-start every week. He's the number one running back on a per-game basis. I love him. I'll bet you do. On the other side of the ball.

Calvin Ridley, I feel like, is a must-start. I know he feels because of how low the lows were and how often they came to start the season. The first seven weeks, he had one good game. And so it was like, this guy's worthless. But since that time, which is exactly when Hopkins was traded away, he's been...

Really good. I mean, you know, 17.6 half PPR points, 10 points, 22.9. Last week was a little bit disappointing, but it wasn't a bust game. And coming on this week against the Texans, that's where you beat them. It's hard to run on them. So I like Calvin Ridley quite a bit. Yeah, the target percentage went down a little bit last week. You had the 98-yard Westbrook-Akene touchdown. You had the called-back bomb touchdown to Ridley.

I'm with you on that. I think Westbrook Akina is certainly a flex-worthy player. You can't talk about Hopkins leaving without talking about the snap count difference for Westbrook Akina. He was irrelevant, and now he's basically playing every snap. Yeah, he went from 20%, 15%, 24% to 92%, 97%, 185%. He is a full-time player now. He's also scored a touchdown in five of six straight weeks. I will not be betting for that streak to continue.

Okay, so Tony Pollard, Tajay Spears, where are you with the backfield in Tennessee? Well, Tajay Spears right now still in the concussion protocol, which means Tony Pollard is probably a volume play, not a great matchup. You don't have high expectations, but Pollard will be in your lineup. Spears, I mean, he won't be. I think if Spears is cleared, then Pollard becomes a questionable start. What is the...

Is there anybody else in this game? Nope. Okay. Yeah. All right. Not going to start the slowest man alive in Dalton Schultz. No. Not going to start Will Levis even in two quarterback leagues. I think he's a sit this week. I mean, by weeks notwithstanding. So let's talk Broncos Raiders. Okay. The Broncos are 6-5. The Raiders are 2-8. The DraftKings Sportsbook line Denver minus 6 on the road. The over-under is 41. Denver beat them 34-18 in week 5.

That was the beginning of the Bo Nix run of top 12 fantasy finishes. Five of the last seven games, he's completing almost 70% of his passes, 32 passing touchdown pace. He's your start of the week. There's a lot of momentum behind Bo Nix. This game looks like a blowout. Is there any chance we are

Not happy with the outcome. Las Vegas at home. Any team can win any given Sunday, really. But it's been many Sundays since the Raiders have done that to anyone. The team seems...

miserably falling apart. Antonio Pierce is not a good enough head coach and they don't have the talent. So can Max Crosby cause a sack fumble return for a touchdown and allow the Raiders to sneak out a win? Yeah, but for the most part, I think what you're seeing is a team with an upward arrow in the Broncos who are every week playing more motivated, more in sync on offense,

I mean, which makes sense. This is such a young team led by a rookie quarterback. You expect them to get better and better as the season goes along, while the Raiders are really trending in the other direction. You know, a couple weeks ago they wanted to move to Ritter. They're like, we're going to go to our third quarterback this year, and then they're like, that's too far. I don't know what to do. I mean, it just feels like the tale of two completely different vibes in the same matchup. The number one start-sit question on our website for the start-sit tool.

Bo Nix or Kyler Murray this week? The people have heard you endorse Bo Nix as the start of the week. Kyler Murray coming back off the bye. He's had up and down performances. He'll be in Seattle. I've still got Kyler ahead of Bo Nix this week. I will be monitoring the weather. It should be a little bit rainy in Seattle. Rain by itself does not usually affect performance.

total points scored, and really not even, it doesn't have a massive effect on the passing game. If it's really, really wet and sloshy, you'll have more drops, and then it's the wind that you've got to be concerned about. So we'll just have to, I'll be doing Sunday Live this week, an hour before kickoff. You're going to have your weatherman suit on? Oh, yeah. I'm going to have the green screen behind. I'm going to take us from place to place. I'm a meteorologist on Sunday.

It is getting to that time of year. A lot of people want to know what to do with the running back room in Denver. Here's what I'll tell you. DK has the rushing yard line for Javante at 37 and for Estime at 33. That makes it pretty darn easy. Which is neither. Which is neither. Now, I will say the Raiders are a very soft rush defense. You know, they're 25th. They give up enough points, and with a six-point lead,

Spread, if you have to take a shot on one of these guys, I mean, you're going to – it's so hard, man, because it's gone back and forth every week for the last three weeks between Javante and Estime, and for no rhyme or reason, call it hot hand sure, but it seems like it started from the get-go, and the other guy didn't get a chance in either game to show –

What is the temperature of your hands? Did not even test it. No, no. What if it's like everybody's got cold hands? Who plays then? Well, which could very well happen, and I think then who plays is Bo Nix, hopefully finding Troy Franklin, but more than likely finding Corlin Sutton, who's been...

shockingly consistent. I mean, over the last month, 13.1, 19.8, 16, 11.3 fantasy points. It shouldn't be shocking that talented players are consistent when they get a quarterback. Yeah. And Sutton has been under the same suffering of McLaurin and DJ Moore and a lot of these guys that when you just get them an opportunity, it makes a difference. And it's nice to see that he can deliver on that. Javante had 14 targets last week. I see a question here of Javante Williams versus Tank Dell. Um,

And that is a fair, difficult question. I'm going to lean on the Tankdale side. That's where I am. Because I will not be surprised at all if all of a sudden... You know, two weeks ago, Javante Williams got three total opportunities in the game. He got one carry and two targets. And if that happens this week...

I won't be surprised, but we're so recency biased where it's like whatever happened last week is what's going to happen this week. And that's just not what actually happens. So hopefully you have a different path than these two running backs. I am playing against Audrick Estime in an important matchup, so he's going to go ham. That is next level analysis. I mean, we just know that's how the world works. That's the Murphy's Law metric. Yep.

Brock Bowers, think of him as a wide receiver. Think of him as a tight end. Think of him as the best option for the Raiders. Think of him as Justin Jefferson. He's great. He's so good. Third among all players in yards after the catch, and he's a tight end. He's a rookie. You know, Denver's defense is very good. If I were Denver, I would try to stop this man and no one else. I would focus on him, but he's pretty hard to cover. And Jacoby Myers receiving lines at

So you could do worse than Jacoby Myers in a flex spot this week. The question mark for the Raiders has been who in the world gets handoffs behind Gardner Minshew? Maybe.

Maybe you just don't start running backs in this entire game. Yeah, I think that that's probably a good approach. As of Thursday, which is the last practice report we have, Alexander Madison with the ankle and Zemir White with the quad, neither practice. So if that continues, and it seems kind of likely...

Then Amir Abdullah, I think, is the play. You've got rookie Dylan Laobi. He has one touch this year and he fumbled it. So I'm not like throwing. They said he's going to be a big part of the game plan. The game plan. You always love a good game plan. That didn't work well. It's a glamorous game plan. So Amir Abdullah, because he is a pass-catching PPR type of guy,

I would throw him in there in a pinch. Going to be gross. But it's going to be gross, and you just don't expect much. He can get all of the work and not hit 10 fantasy points. Yeah, we've learned that from Zemir White for the first couple weeks of the season. All right, let's take a break, and we'll jump into some more matchups.

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After their fortuitous blocked kick last week, the DraftKings Sportsbook line, Green Bay minus three, the over-under 46.5. It has come down from 48. We have question marks around the health of Brock Purdy. That's what I think has moved the line. When you see these lines, sometimes a game in Lambeau, you think weather?

There's a chance for a little bit of rain here, but I'm not concerned with weather at all. I think the line has moved down from the chance that Brock is not himself or gets knocked out or doesn't play. So the game seems on the surface as an NFL matchup pretty exciting, but both teams are

kind of on the slow side of the way that they play. The 49ers are 31st in neutral pace. They have not put together a complete game this year where they look like themselves, in my opinion. Really? Yeah. Yeah, I mean, they're sitting at 5-5. Oh, I thought you were talking about the Packers. Nope. Okay. 49ers. Yep, I would agree. They just have been, you know, they'll have a game or they'll have a play here, a quarter here.

They've got injuries. They've dealt with injuries in their wide receiver room, obviously, losing Ayuk in the running back room, McCaffrey coming back late. Their quarterback's banged up. They've got injuries on the defensive side. I was listening to a 49ers analysis today, and they were talking about their defense. EPA per play is like first quarter, they're like the third best in the league. Second quarter, seventh best. Third quarter, 14th.

Fourth quarter, 28. Wow. Like their defense somehow runs out of gas. They just didn't get their cardio in this offseason. And so, you know, from a fantasy perspective –

There's a lot. I mean, this is a matchup that in general I like. You know, both teams projected for more than 20 points. Both teams good offenses if Brock Purdy is healthy. And let's just assume Brock Purdy toughs it out, comes out and plays just a normal game of football. If that happens, I think this will hit the over. Both offenses towards that fourth quarter while the defenses get slow and the need for this victory to head towards the playoffs is there.

They get the job done, put up points. That's kind of how I'm expecting this game to go, barring further worse news on Brock Purdy. That means Jaden Reed is in my lineup. Juwan Jennings is in my lineup. He's your start of the week as well, and I was wondering if you were concerned about the injury to Brock with how Juwan is projected. I mean, obviously, if Brock doesn't play, Juwan Jennings, he goes from being must-start, I feel like alpha-start,

To just... Don't play him. I'm not going to play him. Yeah, I'm with you. I would play Tank Dell over him if it comes out that Brock doesn't play. Again, my current expectation, just knowing the man Brock Purdy, is that he will play, tough it out, get a shot in that shoulder, and...

Play fine. Well, it's going to trickle down to Debo. Samuel's been struggling. George Kittle supposed to play after missing a week with the hamstring injury. He said he wouldn't miss playing in Lambeau. Yeah, I just I hope I hope he's right about that. It's tough with a hamstring. What is his hamstring saying right now? Because you know what I mean? Like the man says, yes, the hamstring might say, can you think of another hamstring?

injury in all of sports, but especially football, that is more re-aggravated than a hamstring, where people think they're good to come back and then they run full speed and take themselves out. That's the one you most commonly see. It's really hard to simulate the adrenaline and the full speed. Being chased. Yeah, it's just different. You run at a different... This is just something that happens in sports and I think the hamstring is the most... Look, I'm not a professional athlete.

Okay. Breaking news. That seems like that was a joke. I was hoping it was. I was so excited. It works both ways. It's a joke because that's not breaking news to anybody. Okay. But also. We have actual breaking news? Yeah, the Giants are releasing Daniel Jones. Oh, good for them. And good for him. Genuinely. What's the reaction back there in Deuces Alley? You all laughed. Just the good for them. I think this is a...

good move. They're not going to play him anymore. Why make him... He came to the team this morning and asked if they would release him. See, that makes complete sense. We mutually agreed that would be best for the team. Even if something happens to the starter, there's no chance Daniel Jones will play another snap.

And so if that's the case, making this guy show up, even just to practice and to the podium and to the, like, it's embarrassing. He had to play scout team safety. And that's kind of the bottom of the rung. Yeah, I think Baker did that once. But, yeah, let him go out. See if he can get a backup job for an important team. Like, you're telling me teams out there that are playoff bound won't think, hey, I don't have a decent backup. Not that Daniel Jones is great, but if a starter gets injured,

He can go in there and win games for a good team. So I think it's great. That's good news. And if he hit the waivers in a dynasty, or not a dynasty, but in a super flex league, maybe pick him up in case he signs a backup job. Anyways, I was talking about my elite athleticism. Yes, you were in the midst of speaking of your familiarity with the hamstring injuries. My familiarity with just how...

I remember back when we were playing on our football team, our championship, our city of Peoria championship team. And it's so amazing the difference between running routes, running routes, running routes, making good cuts, coming out of breaks. I'm running. I'm thinking I'm running on full speed. The difference between that and when a ball touches your fingertips and that ball is held on to you by you.

And then you run. You're running for your life. And then after that play, I am exhausted. Remember how the refs used to kind of make fun of you running? Oh, yeah. Yeah, they did. Because you were running like a wild man. Yeah, I think they said I— You lost all control of your arms and legs. They said I kick my butt when I run. And that doesn't mean metaphorically. They mean that literally. My foot hit—it didn't, but it must look like it. So—

So what you're saying is you get it. You really get it. I understand the plight of these NFL players is what I'm saying. And so when the ball is in their hand, hamstrings can be torn again. But all that to say, George Kittle, I think he'll play. And if he's out there, you have to start him. You are faster than you look. Thank you. Hmm. Maybe. Maybe. Thank you. Jordan Love.

I think at home in this matchup, you play him. At home this year, he's averaging 285 passing yards and 2.8 touchdowns. He's good at Lambeau. I think he's a very good start this week. Yeah, and last week it was pretty ugly for him, and he still ended up over 20 fantasy points. Josh Jacobs, he's averaged 17 fantasy points since week five. Just pay attention to the limited practices. He should be fine. This is the time of year you kind of –

preserve your players. You give them opportunities to miss practice or be limited in practice to keep them ready for the playoffs. You know, I'm not into Romeo Dobbs. I know Mike, if he were here, would bring him up. He's been outside the top 40 in three straight games, two catches last week. Dontavian Wicks, goose egg town. Right now it's Watson. Now, Christian Watson or Tank Dell? I will take Tank Dell there.

And I don't mind going either way. I kind of like Watson this week. He obviously had his career high in yardage last week, has been more involved, came back from the injury, and has kind of usurped Dontavian Wicks and the snap counts. Fine with that. I think the biggest question in this game, or I think what should be the biggest question, and it might not be for people who have him, is Debo Samuel.

Because he's Debo. He costs you an early pick, and you expect big things, and so he's just kind of an auto start. But I don't know that he should be. I would start Jawan Jennings over Debo. I would start Portland Sutton over Debo. Yeah, he's sitting at 18 in our consensus. I got him at 23 this week. Yeah, I mean, I'm— Four for 22 last week against the Seahawks, which is not a great defense.

He doesn't have a great history against Green Bay. His fantasy points scored against Green Bay, 12, 9.9, 7.7, 9.8, 3.4. So I'm not saying bench Debo Samuel, but I am saying look at your options. Josh Downs? Yeah, I would play Josh Downs over him. Zay Flowers? I would play Zay Flowers over him. I would play Cortland Sutton over him. So those are the levels of players where it's like you might have to make that decision until you see him look good because he hasn't.

The Cardinals are 6-4. They go to Seattle to take on the 5-5 Seahawks who just knocked off the 49ers. The DraftKings Sportsbook line here, Seattle minus one. Okay, it opened up, I believe, with the Cardinals. It was a pick-em, like minus half a point. So the home crowd is paying up. Their over-under in this game is 47.5. And this is another game where you mentioned it earlier this morning to me, Jason. Scattered showers.

Probably not a full downpour. Probably not windy. But could be wet. I think this one will have a slight effect on the game. A little bit more running. And this is not like, I think you could play Kyler. I think you could play Geno. And the receiving options. But if this game were in Arizona...

I would love this game. I would love the controlled environment and hope for a really offensive back and forth. I'm less optimistic in the outdoor environment, a noisier crowd, a rainier game, which kind of is seen by the 47.5 point over-under. I'll bet this would be about 50 if it was in Arizona. The Seahawks' defense has struggled, especially recently against wide receivers, and Marvin Harrison has struggled to put up consistent performances week in and week out.

Your confidence level with Marvin this week against Seattle is pretty high? Yeah, I mean, I would start Marvin over Debo if that's the line. What about over JSN? So JSN has been really, really good, but JSN I still do not believe is the one for this offense. Metcalf being back, nine targets, seven for 70 last week. He's still the alpha for this team. So I would play Marvin Harrison over JSN. That's not to say I would play JSN over Tank Dell.

James Conner has been very, very good as DK rushing lines at 67 and a half yards and the Seahawks are 26th against opposing running backs over the last six weeks. Yeah, that doesn't even tell. Is there a chance you would play Trey Benson in a flex? There's a chance I'm playing Trey Benson in my running back slot, but that's just because things are tough in the streets in that league. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm not excited about it, but yeah, their defense has fallen off a cliff. They started the season looking like week one,

I knew this was a team to target at the running back position. And they proved me wrong for a couple weeks. It was like, okay, maybe they have a decent run defense. No. No, that was fool's gold. It was all lies. Since that point in time, they're 29th in rushing yards allowed per game, 29th in expected points added per play in the rushing game. Their defense is not good. So James Conner is a must start. Trey Benson is not someone I want to start, but in a pinch like – Would you flex him or Xavier Worthy? Um –

I would go Xavier Worthy there. The Cardinals. I would play Trey Benson over Amir Abdullah. Yeah. Yeah, he's been double digits two straight weeks. People probably don't know the name, haven't heard about that. The fact, all the numbers you said about Seattle's defense is why it was so unsettling that Debo did nothing against them.

Right, yeah. That's why it was so frustrating. You're usually not able to tackle Debo Samuel. Like, it takes a village, and it took one guy, usually, that game. And the Seahawks were so disappointed in their own defense that they got rid of their leading tackler two weeks ago. And then one on the road?

In San Francisco. Kenneth Walker. Confidence level with Walker in a game that you think could be more on the ground with the rain. 10 out of 10. Walker's must start. He's in your lineup. Trey McBride leads all tight ends and first read targets. Please play him. Really wanted both these running backs in DraftKings. I don't know if you've got either of them. I don't have either of them because I liked other guys more, but I expect big things from both guys.

I was going to say, that sounded a little bit like the whole coach is like, we got to get that guy the ball. And you're like, but you're the coach. I don't know how we can get him the ball more, but we're going to try. I'm not going to do it. Like when you're like, I really wanted both of these guys in DraftKings. And then you're like, but I have neither. Right. But you're the guy that put him in. I still have better options. Okay. But I might say you didn't really want them.

I can want a lot of things, but I only get a couple things. Al Borland says he thought the same thing. Okay, DK Metcalf, JSN's line is 56.5. You can definitely play JSN. I didn't mean to.

imply you might bench him just because I compared him to the Harrison start, but Jason has been top 12 in back-to-back weeks. And DK Metcalf has a good matchup here too. I really like Metcalf this week. Tyler Lockett's kind of fallen off the face of the earth. Yep. He's not someone that is in the startable category to me. Okay. Let's move forward. Sunday night football, the Eagles at 8-2, the Rams at 5-5, the DK Sportsbook line here, Philly minus 2.5. The over-under is 49-2.

Pretty important game for the playoff positioning, especially for the Rams trying to survive the logjam in the NFC West. Philadelphia trying to... One game between the entire division. Yeah. It's really crazy. And Philly's right there with Detroit. They're only a game behind, so they need to keep winning.

Jalen Hurts, quarterback three on the year. He's an auto start every week along with Barkley, along with A.J. Brown, who's receiving line is at 75 and a half. The real question mark is going to be... Did you see the Eagles, their contract that they gave to Barkley and the incentives? No.

Man, Howie Roseman is so smart. I love this man. I'm so jealous of Eagles fans who get him to run your organization, but they did not put any touchdown incentives in his contract because they don't want the tush push to like.

You know what I mean? Aggravate him. Yeah, he's got yardage, you know, all these, but no touchdown incentives in his contract. It's just brilliant. Yeah, he tries to do his scoring from distance. Yeah, he needs to. I mean, he's had, he's a 55-yard touchdown, 65, two touchdowns last game, now goes to a

Controlled environment in Los Angeles takes on the Rams. Rams have been good against running backs, but who cares? It's sake one. A.J. Brown's receiving lines at 75 and a half. We talked earlier this week about the fact that pass rate over expectation. The Eagles have been dead last over the last four weeks, so the opportunities haven't been, you know, there haven't been a lot of them for the wide receivers. And now Devontae Smith might miss this game. Does that open the window for Dallas Goddard to be a spot start at tight end?

Absolutely, if Devontae Smith doesn't play. Which seems like a real worry, and the fact this is a night game

Yeah, I mean, it's even scarier for you to wait it out. You can even put Devontae Smith in your flex and pick up Dallas Goddard as the Sunday night pivot and play him in a flex spot if you need because usually you do see Devontae Smith and Dallas Goddard have kind of a back-and-forth affair of when they both play, they're not as good. When either one misses, the other guy is usually very good. Obviously, A.J. Brown is the bell of the ball here and will have a dominant game.

I'm thrilled that this is Sunday Night Football. This game's going to be a blast. And I could see it going any direction. Like, I have no feel for this game. I could see the Eagles blowing them out.

I could see the Rams winning and holding everything down at home. How do you end up seeing – did you call this game? I thought the line was smaller than I thought it'd be. I think the Rams at home, the way that they've been playing on offense with a healthy Puka and Cooper Cup can keep up.

But I don't know if they'll be able to hold up the entire game. Kyron hasn't scored a rushing touchdown since week seven. Yeah, too much was made about all of his rushing touchdowns, and this isn't the matchup for it. I mean, the Eagles' defense is one we have been trying to avoid

That's the reason I'd side with the Eagles on this one. Just their defensive performances. I agree. This is going to take a big performance from Matthew Stafford against a tough defense. If I had to put a dollar down, I would say that the Eagles are going to take care of business and it's going to come on the back of Matthew Stafford laying on his back.

Yeah, that would be the concern. That would make him a questionable, very questionable spot start. Kyron's in your lineup. Cup and Puka are in your lineup. For sure. And then check out. Yeah. All right, we'll take a quick break and hit the Monday night game and fantasy faceoff.

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Daniel Jones' release leaves behind dead cap hits of $47.1 million in 2024 and $22 million in 2025. Man, and it's so shocking because when he signed this very surprising contract, no one could have seen this outcome coming. No, we assumed it would just work out. Yeah, that Daniel Jones would lead them to a lot of victories and was worth every dollar that they spent on a massive contract after watching him for years. How much is Daniel Jones...

to blame for the whole story and how much is all the things that sometimes disrupt a young player's career. So you talk about the, the weapons that he had, the offensive line, the change at the head coaching position, the loss of Saquon Barkley. I would say most of it is on Daniel Jones, like 75% on Daniel Jones, 25% is on where they drafted him. It goes back to that draft. Like I still feel like if Daniel Jones was a second round pick his career,

Hey, it's me. Dave. Dave, it's me. Yeah, Dave Gettleman just... First of all, there was no reason to draft him that high. No one was going to take Daniel Jones that high. But it put this pressure, this expectation, this... It put too much on...

shoulders that were never meant to carry that load. That's a really good way to put it. So, yeah, I blame Dave Gettleman at least 25%. But Daniel Jones is just, he is a good quarterback. He is not a good NFL caliber starter. He's a perfect backup. He is. And he'll be that at this point. Baltimore, Monday Night Football, taking on the Chargers, the Har Bowl. Thank you, Andy.

I saw this in our show, Doc, and someone wrote the Harbaugh Bowl. That's not what it is. What? It's not the Harbaugh Bowl. It's the Harbaugh. You clowns. Come on. It's right there. It's the Harbaugh. Harbaugh. The Ravens are 7-4. The Chargers are 7-3. Baltimore is two and a half point road favorites. The over-under is a beautiful, spectacular, majestic, wonderful 51 points. That's surprising to me. The Harbaugh.

I'm so excited for this game. I do think it ends up slightly more defensive than we want. John William Harbaugh versus James Joseph Harbaugh. John sounds like a wonderful composer. Yeah. Some of his best work. I believe he did Jurassic Park. Star Wars. All right. Well, look, 51 point over under. Who don't you start?

Yeah, I mean, despite me saying that I think it will be a little bit more defensive than all the hopes and expectations and even the betting line, you are going to start most everybody. Obviously, Derrick Henry is in without question. Lamar Jackson is in without question. Justin Herbert, I think, should be started in most situations because when you look at the Ravens, a little bit more difficult to run on them. They are 32nd in fantasy points given up to wide receivers, both on the course of the season and the last six weeks.

They're 29th and 28th, respectively, at the quarterback position. So you could throw on them, especially towards the end of the game. So I think Quentin Johnson, your start of the week. Ladd McConkie's a fine play. Herbert's in. So now you get to the other questionable players, which is the Dobbins-Gus Edwards running backs who, despite Dobbins being the RB12 on the season and having a lot of touchdowns, he has not been efficient enough.

His rushing line's only 50. Yeah, and I think that's a proper line. But he's who I'd play over at Edwards, for sure. Yeah, for sure. He's the starter. Edwards is the backup. But there's something about, like, Edwards was the touchdown machine in Baltimore. There's something that just feels, like, poetic about a rushing touchdown for Gus. Who wins the game?

I think Baltimore wins the game. I'm on the side of the Chargers. I will be rooting for the Chargers because in games like this, in amazing, important, storyline-driven games,

I always root for the hometown because I just want everybody there to go home happy. To have a nice time. To have a nice time. I don't want the kids out there being like... Zay Flowers is... It's been pointed out to me he's the wide receiver eight on this season. Does he feel that way? He does not feel that way, but he does feel a must start. I mean, so I guess...

Maybe he does. He's been a little inconsistent, but when he has his good games, I mean, they're really, really good. He's been the wide receiver 2, the wide receiver 11, wide receiver 6, wide receiver 13 a couple of times. He has week-winning...

talent and in a game with a 51 point over under have to start them 58.8 percent of the time over his last 17 games has he given you over 10 and a half fantasy points that is a b in our consistency charts which you can see as part of join the foot.com that is such a good like i think if people you know maybe you're driving maybe didn't pay attention what you just said 58 percent of the time gives you that line that's a good game i think most people would think that is bad

Like, oh, he's only giving you a game that you really like 58% of the time? And then they hear, oh, it's a B in our consistent? You want to hear something frightening? Sure. Tyreek Hill's at 47.1%. Well, yeah, I mean, this season. I mean, it's the last rolling 17. It is the last rolling 17. So we'll go back into last season. But my point is, don't overreact to bad wide receiver performances, people. Take talent. Give me another name of somebody that you would view as,

Bet as better than Zay Flowers. Better than as a receiver or for fantasy? I'm just saying somebody you would think is consistent. I want to look up the number for you and give you that percentage. Who's somebody more consistent in your mind than Zay Flowers who's sitting as a B? DK Metcalf. Okay. Let's take a look at DK Metcalf real quick.

He is an A in consistency. Okay. 64.7% of the time. There you go. So that's what, 6% higher? Yep. And that's what it feels like. And that's an A. That's like upper echelon, unless you're C.D. Lamb. Yeah, C.D. Lamb. In which case, you're like 82%. Almond Ross, St. Brown, Justin Jefferson, probably A.J. Brown, I would assume, but I'm not sure on that one. Check A.J. Brown's. When you get past those top five or six. It seems like DK should be an A-.

Do we got minuses in there? We don't have. We might need to get some minuses. I don't think we have minuses. Make a note. All right. Note has been made. Yeah. I don't want to be lumped in. Like if I got a 96 on a test, I don't want to be lumped in with the guy that got a 91. That's fair. You know what I mean? Because there is a tier break there. Yeah. But there is also a tier. It's an appropriate tier break between DK and Zay.

But it's not an appropriate tier break between the upper echelon studs and Mecca. I think we agree. Mark Andrews in seven games this year without a touchdown, 3.4 fantasy points per game, destroyed your week. In the four games he has scored, 15 fantasy points per game. Won you your week. I mean, I think we said this about four weeks ago. If he scores, which he had been doing, you'll be happy. If he doesn't, now that Isaiah likely is back and healthy and getting targets and last week had 75 yards per game.

You're going to be unhappy if he doesn't get into the end zone. Does he have a chance here? Yes, he does. 51 point over under. You're starting Mark Andrews. I do think that there would be some start-to-sit decisions there. Really? I do. The Chargers are very good against the tight end. So if you don't get a touchdown, you will be nothing. You might want to play somebody that doesn't.

Have that variability level. I will say this. I was a little bit surprised. So we all three have built over many years our algo docs, as we call them, that pull in a bunch of stuff, take as much automated information in as possible, matchups, weather, Vegas lines, history, players, I mean everything that we can possibly throw at it. And I was surprised how my algo doc disrespected Mark Andrews

For this week. For this week. Just absolutely hated Mark Andrews. That's got to be a bit of the Chargers thing. Let me give you an example, though. I'd play Hunter Henry, and I would play Johnnie Smith above Mark Andrews. I think those would be better calls. I would play Mark Andrews over either one of them. And I think it goes back to what we said a couple weeks ago and what you said a minute ago, which is the baseline, the floor for both Johnnie and Hunter Henry is higher than Mark Andrews. Mark Andrews can really bust.

Despite the matchup, I expect Mark Andrews to get a touchdown this week. And so if I believe that, which maybe it's stupid to believe that in this matchup, I do believe that. And if that is the case, I think his ceiling is higher. But he's in that same tier of type of player. Okay, let's regrettably move on to this segment. ♪♪♪ Fantasy Face-Off, presented by DraftKings. ♪♪♪

Last week when I left the studio, we were watching games together, and when I left, I thought I had a healthy lead. I thought I had enough to get it done. Instead, Jason, you stormed back 118. Mike had 114. I was at 111. I took the L, which actually puts us into a position where through 11 weeks, because we didn't have it in the first week. Right.

It's really close on the year. I have four firsts, three seconds, three thirds. You're at 3-3-4. Mike's at 3-4-3. Yeah, we're all right there with each other. And after this week, I'll get another W. Okay, we'll see. But I can't really talk trash when I have to spin this. I don't know what's coming my way. I know that right before the show,

I heard one of the producers say, I hope we can hear you in this. I want to pre-apologize to the listening audience. The YouTube audience, you're going to have a great time. There's a chance someone has to read my lineup for me. Yeah, it's probably not going to be the best. Great. Go ahead and spin it. But enjoy it. Yeah, this sucks. All right, so what do we got here? I barely lost. We've got Mall Cop, Rainy Day, Fightin' Irish.

Uh-oh. A quack job? Oh, no, Andy. You're going to be a quack job. Looks pretty simple. Andy, you are a duck. You threw a duck in our championship league, and now you are just a duck face. So can you see and can we hear you? That is the new question. I...

I can see it. Can we hear him? Can you hear me? Yeah. All right. We can hear you ish. All right. We can hear you talk like this. No, I want you to talk to that duck face. You ugly duck face. Baker Mayfield's my quarterback. 6,100. Oh, I love that. I really like Baker. I like that quarterback better than mine. I spent the entire smell so bad in here. Yeah. I farted in there. Um,

I spent the entire week with Tommy Cutlets at 4,000. I mean, that's so low for a quarterback, and you can do some fun things. Is that why you talked him up on the show like an idiot? No, I talked him up on the show like an idiot because I –

what I said. Again, in context, quarterback two this week. But I ended up with a little bit more money and I went with Geno Smith. A little bit rain, but at 5,700, Geno Smith has been on fire averaging 19 points per game in DK. So, producer Borland, Al, what is Mike's quarterback? Mike is going with Bonix. Bonix. Okay. At 6,300. What does he cost? 63? Yes, sir. Bakers.

Oh, man. What is that that you're talking out of? Was that part of the mouth? It's called a breathing hole. A breathing hole. People need to breathe. Yeah. Let's make this segment last a while. I am people. You're in a sauna right now. Devon A. Chan at 7,500 and...

Kareem Hunt at 5,700. Son of a gun. I really thought this week we were going to have a very different lineup. We are different at the quarterback, but I have Devon Achan at 7,500 and Kareem Hunt at 5,700 because those are – Devon Achan has just been a player putting up too many points to not start. Start of the week. And Kareem Hunt, again, I still don't expect Isaiah Pacheco to play, but I'm happy you've got him as well. 5,700. Why'd you fart in here?

I farted in there because you were going to put it on your head and wear it. Owl, who's Mike got? All right. Mike is very live here with none of the same players as you guys so far. He's got Christian McCaffrey at 8,500 and Brian Robinson Jr. at 5,600. Okay. Okay. And let's move to wide receiver, Andy. Duckface? I'm actually going Marvin Harrison Jr. in Seattle, 6,100. Calvin Ridley at 5,700. And Juwan Jennings at 5,600. Okay.

Okay, well, we've both got Jawan Jennings at 5,600. I assume Mike will as well because that is, he does, the most mispriced player if Brock is healthy. I have, instead of Marvin Harrison Jr. in that ring game, I've stacked DK Metcalf on the other side of the ball. So that'll be a fun one to watch. And then I've got a, what is this? I can't, how do you pronounce this? Amon Ross St. Brown at 8,300 will be my stud wide receiver, scoring me a bajillion points.

All right. Like I said, Mike also has Juwan Jennings at 5,600 and then he's going with Nico Collins at 7,600 and Cortland Sutton at 5,800. Okay. Those are nice. Those are nice. Tight end. My stack, K. Dot and 5,500. Demario Douglas, 4,500. Very cheap. Cheap. Douglas against Miami and then

The Buccaneers defense paid up a little bit facing Tommy Cutlass, $3,300. All right, so you are heavily interested and invested in the Buccaneers. I hope that weathery game gets real windy now. I've got...

The Schoonman, Schoonmaker at $2,500. This is back-to-back weeks with a $2,500 tight end. How'd that work out last week? A goose. It got me a goose. I'm a duck, but I know goose when I see it. Nice. I've got Brian Robinson Jr. in my flex, $5,600. And I've got the Bears at $2,500 against Minnesota at home.

All right, Mike is going with the scoot man in the tight end spot at 2,500, and then he's flexing Trey McBride, another tight end at 5,600, and then he's got the Bears defense as well at 2,500. Wow, Trey McBride's only 5,600. Correct. As a wide receiver, I feel like he would be like 7,000. That's an interesting to flex Trey McBride. I like that. I can't breathe. You can't breathe? Well, too bad. We're going to make this last a lot longer. I've got a story to tell.

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