Transcript of Week 14 Matchups + League Drama, Wheel of Shame - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/6

The Fantasy Footballer Studio is brought to you by Amazon Prime. Welcome to the Fantasy Footballer's podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright.

Welcome in. The Fantasy Footballers, Friday, December 6th. Welcome in 1 and all. Thank you for listening. Thank you for following the show, supporting this podcast of champions.

Jason Moore is here. Mike Wright, I'm Andy Holloway. The Deucers are in the building. Al Borland, Papa Josh, the Falcon.

What's up, Foot Clan?

Yeah. You know what? There was a little bit of muscle memory. I almost said Judge Diamatti, who is Ah.

He is He's in the shadows.

He's always listening in the shadows, but he's not in the studio, which would have been a mistake. He is as bald as Papa Josh, but, not as smelly. If we had a if we had a bald off

Brooks doesn't clean shave. He just buzz shaves.

Yeah.

Let's see.

That's the that's the

I think that's

the step.

Yeah. I mean but that means he's not as bald as Josh. Right. Bic is bald. Right.

But I

feel like I I feel like when you say bald, it's implied that you can't grow.

I agree with yeah. Bald feel

like it's a little bit of a There

are no active hair follicles there if you're bald.

Like, the most bald person is if, like, you and Josh and and Brooks

That's the

real bald. Let it grow, and then we Right. See how absent certain areas are.

I would win that contest if it's only amongst those 3.

Really? Oh, you would win the contest as in you would be the least bald.

I'd have the luscious locks.

I'm not. To see the 3 of you with, like, shoulder length hair. Just just so thin, so disgusting. Oh my gosh.

Let it

get a little sweaty.

We've got matchups today. We've got NFL news. We've got the fantasy face up. We've got the wheel of shame. I was thinking on the drive in just I I saw a stat about Cousins leading the league in both interceptions and fumbles.

Yeah. He's doing work.

And I thought about the way that things have gone for the New York Jets. And then I thought about the Minnesota Vikings and just how incredible the NFL is that there are so many teams that thought they fixed the quarterback position. The excitement with Caleb Williams in Chicago or Aaron Rodgers in New York or Kirk Cousins in Atlanta. It was like, we did it. We fixed it.

And then the despair in Minnesota. Oh, gosh. We're stuck with Sam Darnell.

Yeah. We I mean, they lost their yeah.

Well, it was exciting. It was exciting. It was gonna be JJ McCarthy, rookie, who I loved. I thought he was gonna fit in well in the system, and then it was sadness of, oh, it's Sam Darnold

all year. And so so Darnold in Minnesota, and then the Russell Wilson, Justin Fields in Pittsburgh. Right? And Bo Nix in Denver. Yep.

The unexpected quarterback Savants and then the the the people that thought they had it fixed. It's weird. Now, would it surprise you to know that Atlanta's leading the division?

That is that is funny.

They're in the playoffs right now at 6 and 6. So, there you go. That is

that is the worst. I mean, we we know that in fantasy football. When you're in your division with 4 teams and 3 of them all have 10 wins or or I mean, because we use league media, whatever it is. And you look over at the other division, and someone is going to get like, this is our the Dino Junior

not a hypothetical. Dino Junior,

where Jason and I co manage the team that is, is universally loved, sweeping the nation, can't stop winning.

Universally loved. Yeah. It was I'm not sure about that part. Everyone loves it. Loves our team.

And we're

over here. We're fighting for the bye week. 11 and 2. Like yeah. 11 and 2 fighting for the bye week.

Other guy that's gonna get the bye, 5 500. Yeah.

I did that that is that? That actually I was gonna bring the same thing up. Like None. It's not the best 2 records. It's the best 2 records that win a division in fantasy.

Yeah. There's gonna be

a In that.

There's gonna be a vote coming up.

Yeah. That's dumb.

I think that's dumb.

Yeah. It is because But

also there's 3. No. No. No. No.

No. No. No. No. No.

No. No. No. But also. It's dumb.

Well, okay. Alternate argument. K. The reason that certain people in a division in fantasy have the records that they do is often because the other side of the of their division is very, very bad. That's why I mean, if you have a a lot of parity, your records are gonna be kinda even, and then maybe the better team is the worst record because you're not playing bad division mates twice.

That's Except our entire division is awesome.

All I hope is that it goes the opposite after you vote for it. I just hope that next year, you have, like, a, you know, a 9 and 6 record or something, and then you you know?

Let's just say the the person in 3rd in our division has a better record than the person who's gonna get the bye week. Yeah. 3rd in our division.

It hurts.

You know who who's third in their division? The Green Bay Packers. And they're 9 they're 9 and 4.

Yeah. You know what? They're not getting the bye week.

Did that count as an almost upset? What was the line? Was the line 3

and a half?

3 and

a half.

Boom, baby. You covered.

I mean, I the game started, and it was like, oh, the lines are just Yeah. Too good to be, you know, in a competitive game. 3431.

It was an awesome game.

Yeah. The the game Yes. The game itself was awesome. And it was there there were fantasy players that were very, very good. But I think what stuck out for Fantasy Playoff anticipation were 2 bad performances.

It was it was number 1 overall, bad performance. Yeah. Go ahead and get the wet card out there. I mean, this was this was a this was a

no. This

was an altcoin rug pull. I mean, this was If you put your money into Jaden Reid, the rug was pulled.

Yeah. But who made the money? Was it Jacob? Nobody.

Jacob made that shmoney.

So Jaden Reid had 1 target, no catches, in a game that the Packers scored 31 points. Now I will say this, Jordan Love completed 12 passes in the game. So the you watched it and you felt that. Short drives that didn't go anywhere, running game that was successful, and a big play here and there to get them down the field, and, you know, a turnover on a 4th down that shortened the field.

It's insane if Jordan left 12 completions, and it what you like, yes, Josh Jacobs had a monster fantasy day, but you're like, oh, man. He must have ran for, like, 150 or something. No. 66 yards. Where did these points

come from? It was all touchdowns, man. It was short fields. They got inside the 5. They gave it to Josh Jacobs.

He said, I can I can see the end zone, and he scored over and over and over?

But the other the other side was actually what you got from Ahman Rasain Brown. It was 5 for 43, his worst performance of the season. Thank you, Mike. You are playing a key role Dude. Here on this Friday.

I'm I'm out I'm I'm here for the people. That was pain.

So Amun Ra, 5 for 43, which he has actually had a pretty bad run. He's been single digits 3 straight weeks. And in a game where Jared Goff passes for nearly 300, completes 32 passes, throws 3 touchdowns, you needed more for Mom and Run. Now you've got the Fantasy Playoffs coming up for redemption, but David Montgomery, Jamere Gibbs, ho we did what we did.

Just do it every single week. I don't understand how they can be so consistent.

11 receptions between them, 29 carries between them, 2 touchdowns between them, and, nice game from Jameson Williams, 5 for 80. Yeah. So, that that's what you got. Christian Watson caught a couple big passes.

We're we're we're already done time on lines?

The Tim Patrick?

Yeah, baby. Fireball Jones.

It's it's not that I don't wanna talk about him. It's that he just in the fantasy landscape, he meant nothing.

Yeah. I agree. Nothing.

Yeah. But represented, oh, that's not Amon Ra? Who oh, it's him again?

The people will be very sad to learn because our because our team is so universally loved, Mike.

Our Oh,

yeah. Yeah. Team. Yeah. We we made a mistake.

And as a commission, I'm I'm planning on fixing this.

Of course. Yeah. Fix it in your favor.

But we played Jaden Reid. Yeah. Which for

the for the record, we had put Tim Patrick in Right. And there was a something happened.

A bug Yeah. In the system. So we're gonna

we're just gonna we're just gonna do the

6 things. Understand how the champ

champ happened a little bit a

little bit more.

You would not believe how many bugs are in this league.

1 touchdown from Tucker Craft. That was nice to see. And, Dontavian Wicks, he he got involved.

It was it was okay.

4 for you 4 you Yeah. It was fine. Yeah.

Of a waiver wire, you should be happy with 4 for 49.

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We've been asking them to to add the checkbox. We've been asking them to add the checkbox to just make it an annual subscription.

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Because it I don't wanna forget. You know? And just every year, it's like, oh, I gotta get another trophy.

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Alright. Congratulations. Let's talk news.

News and notes from around the league presented by USAA Insurance.

Today's news for Fantasy Football. I'm going to liken it to when you start to see volcanic activity Mhmm. And you have to evacuate the city nearby and you see the bubbling and you know like, I'm gonna tell you right now. We're gonna go through these names. Something's gonna blow.

Yeah.

If you listen closely, you can hear it. Just hold on. Hold on.

Yeah. Yeah. No. No. It's bad.

It's bad because some somebody's not playing, gentlemen. Breeze Hall, sidelined again on Thursday. I don't feel good about Breeze Hall this week.

Oh, man.

Tyreek Hill returned from a limited practice. Hooray. Alright. We're good. Devonte Smith practiced in full.

Oh, alright.

Should be back. Uh-oh. Malik Neighbors limited with a groin injury. Nah. Cedric Tillman, still not practicing.

He he won't play.

Mike Evans, here you go. Give me that sound effect again. Mike Evans, hamstring, calf injury, both him and Bucky Irving still sidelined on Thursday. Here are the 2 I'm most worried about. D.

K. Metcalfe and Kenneth Walker. No. And mostly my number 1 worry right now, Kenneth Walker, Breeze Hall. Because Kenneth Walker was downgraded.

It's a ankle and calf injury, and it doesn't look good. Now Metcalfe was DMP DMP in a full practice last week with the shoulder. We've got the precedent that he plays. They But the downgrade for Walker scares me a little bit.

We have seen Walker essentially, like, do this where he doesn't practice in a play.

Runner, Mike. We don't just need Walker.

I yeah. We need the true Ken Bone to show up. But so I'm saying there is still a chance that Walker plays, but the fact that this is what is going on with him right now and being, you know, ineffective the last few weeks, which the I mean, the the offensive line has really been letting him down, but this is a the you need to have the the eyebrows up and be ready.

So, it does feel scary there. We didn't see Deandre Swift back at practice yet. We've got new injury report for Jacoby Myers, who was added on Thursday with an ankle. That worries me. Yeah.

And Amir Abdulah added to the injury report, so Sincere

could be in play. Sincere McCormick.

That is just that's a where does that name belong? Is it a Wild West town?

Sincere McCormick.

Is that Is it like a like a a rail company CEO?

Oh, we just got news. Don't even worry about it. All the key people are back for the Bucks, baby.

Oh, so l Buck Irving and Mike Evans?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Alright. So just so we got some good news.

Alright. Yeah. But I'm with you, Andy. That Seattle is the oh, boy. It's the scariest 1.

Jake Ferguson, cleared concussion protocol will return or and return to a full practice. It should return. And then CeeDee Lamb's still not practicing with the shoulder, which He said he'll play. I think he will.

And I think he will too, but this is just Mediocrely. He'll if everything goes to to plan, he'll get a bunch of targets, half some yards, probably not a touchdown, but the shoulder I mean, the you are 1 just regular tackle away from CeeDee Lamb leaving that game. So I

He's done it twice. Yeah.

For the

people out there where you're really struggling with the CeeDee Lamb decision, I am fully with you. I had, I had a a roster that's a win and end situation. And last night, it was like, do I just put Jameson Williams in? Because if I miss that Thursday opportunity, I don't have a great 1. What'd you do?

I benched. I I saw a CD on Twitter saying, I'm gonna play. So Held out? I'm believing the man.

That was

Believe in the lamb. Believe in the lamb.

Yeah. That was today's news and notes presented by USAA Insurance. Learn more at usa.com /insurance. Yeah. You believe the lamb, but you hope he's not like Kenan Allen was years ago?

Yeah. Yeah. Alright. Let's take a break, then we'll jump into the forecast.

It's time for Fantasy Forecast presented by DraftKings Sportsbook.

Yesterday, we covered the Jags, Texans, Jets, Dolphins, Falcons, Vikings, Saints, Giants, Panthers, Eagles, Browns, Steelers matchups. So we're off to the Pirate Bowl. The Las Vegas Raiders at 2 and 10 taking

on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Who's the swatch buckler?

6 and 6. Yep. The DraftKings sportsbook line, Tampa minus 6.5 over under is 46 points. It is a battle of interesting proportions. We have Sure.

We have 2 tight ends that, Mike, you have Kaye Daughton as your start of the week. No. I don't. Jason, you have Kate Otten as your start of

the week? Yeah. Thank

you. Yep. And

and both teams struggle immensely against the tight end position. So, you know, you're always gonna play Brock Bowers. Kate Otten, Jason, you are more confident this week. He'll be okay. Would you play Otten, or would you play Hawkinson who's been red light, green light?

I would probably go Hawkinson over Otten, but Otten, I think, is about my tight end 9 this week. The matchup, I'm not too scared about the last 3 weeks. I talked about it yesterday's episode. The matchup is just really, really good for him. His involvement and the targets have still been there.

So I I I think the targets will continue to be there. And because of the matchup being easier, he'll find some success.

I think people were surprised to see Rashad White on the field in overtime last week. He had a big run, and it was actually he played well. But the reason being is Bucky Irving had the huge game. Now Bucky Irving got binged up.

Yes.

He's back at practice. But if this game gets out of hand, 6 and a half point favorites, you could see Rashad White get more work on the ground to salt the game away. I'm not saying you don't play Buckey. I'm just saying Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Rashad White has averaged 14.3 points per game since week 7. Bucky and White. Right? That's the story here.

That is the story. You can start both of them. Obviously, Bucky has usurped the number 1 role here, so he would be 1st, but Rashad White has not gone away or been irrelevant by any means. He's double digit opportunities every week. I am I I am can can I just bring up No.

Mhmm. Sorry, Jay. I stopped. Okay.

No. Go ahead. I'm a little concerned for Baker. And I know he's your starter the I I know he's your starter the

This man's in the blender.

I'm in the blender. He's in

the bla put put him in the dryer press.

So I've been I've been, you know, digging deep here because I've gotta make the decision. On the league of record, I got Baker Mayfield. I've I've got Jameis Winston. Laser Mayfield. But he hasn't been very lazery.

Like, over the last month, he just hasn't actually been that good.

Yeah. We know.

And We

know we said this. You and you're that's why you're going Winston.

I know. I am I I right now, Winston is is back in the lineup. What if I

give you a wild touchdown guarantee in this 1?

A wild touchdown guarantee? Okay.

Well, there's I'm gonna make I'm gonna give you Cyr McCormick. I I believe that Jalen McMillan scores in this game.

Well, that's Jalen. Shocking. Considering that.

Is he even on the team?

He is on the team. He actually played a bunch of snaps last week. He has done jack squat as a professional. I have a feeling about him this week. Just throwing it out.

That is

Just throwing it out there.

Alright. I

don't know what the Plus

400. Plus 400. Okay.

He's, still sitting on a season high 35 yards.

I look. This is this is what I do. I I just say what I'm thinking.

I'm that's more of a, I'm really let down by him.

Yeah. Because With

the absence of Chris Osmond, really thought McMillan would step up.

Well, he will. He's gonna score this week. On the other side, Aidan O'Connell dealing with an illness, injuries to Madison, Zamir White, and Amir Abdullah. Sincere McCormack is going to finish the week as the RB what?

Well, it it all it really depends on Madison, which Madison was giving, limited practice last week and then was shut down. I mean, I I think that he is really low key playable if you're in a desperate situation.

And so Bowers is in, but what what what do you do with the Jacoby Myers injury news? And do you try to spot start Trey Tucker or somebody if he's out?

I think yeah. I mean, there should be some value in the receiving game against the Buccaneers. They haven't put up a fight against anyone, and they don't really have good cornerbacks. So if Jacoby Myers is active, I'm still gonna roll him out. I think he's a I think he's a flex flex play despite, the injury.

But if he's out, yeah, this is the type of roster that you can look at and just pick someone up off the waivers and hope to get double digit targets. It's kinda very, Parker Washington from last week with with the Jags.

Okay. I don't think there's a lot else to talk about in this 1 unless you guys have another name.

No. Primarily, it's I I think the big question is sincere, and and we just don't know with Abdullah's injury and and Madison's injury, That's 1 where coming up to the weekend let me ask this. If if for some reason Alexander Madison is active in the game, do you start Alexander Madison? Put him ahead of sincere? I I would.

Yeah. If you had to choose between them. Yeah.

But I I would make

me wanna not start anybody.

Yeah. It I mean, that's based off of that. He was the starter, and the the the coaching staff, they said a lot of big words about how Zamir White is the guy. And it kept on being Alexander Madison, so I'm I'm saying that of moving that over to McCormick. They they were, you know, showering him with some some praise.

Seattle 7 and 5, they go to Arizona to take on the Cardinals. This is a big game. The Cardinals are 6 and 6. The DraftKings sports book line here, Arizona 3 point favorites at home, over under of just 44. Couple of defenses that have been playing great.

2 weeks ago, it was only 16 to 6 in this game, and that was a game where James Conner really fell flat in Seattle. This game's in Arizona. It's a battle for the division lead, but the defenses are kind of what has been getting the job done over the last 6 weeks for both teams. Just to put it in perspective, the Cardinals' defense, number 2 against quarterbacks, number 3 against wideouts, number 5 against tight ends over the last 6 weeks. That's how good they've been.

Yeah. And, unfortunately, I mean, if you look, Seattle games have hit the under in 5 of their last 6 games. Arizona games have hit the under and 4 straight. So it is you know, this is a matchup that I think a month, 2 months ago, we looked at and said, oh, I I can't wait. This should be great for Metcalfe and and JSN and James Conner, Marv.

And now it it really feels like these are this is gonna be more of a defensive slugfest. And I hope that's not just, you know, carrying over too much from the game we just saw. The last game we saw, we do need to remember, when we saw this matchup a couple weeks ago, it was rainy. It was outdoors. So there is some hope for just a better environment to play.

And should 1 or 2 things break early, You know, that that's 1 of the things about football. It's like, if if it starts really slow, it can stay slow. But as soon as 1 team gets going and the other has to kind of be forced to open it up, maybe you can get a a back and forth affair. I do expect James Conner to have a significantly better game. I mean, the cardinals lost that game, and they had been on a winning streak on the back of James Conner.

And I I hope they learned a lesson there because they just didn't give him the ball enough, and the Seahawks are not great at stopping the run.

You know, 1 of the weirdest things is Metcalfe has struggled against Arizona his entire career. He has never hit 60 receiving yards against him.

That's wild. That's not true.

He's averaged 5.6 fancy points per game, and we also know he's he's hurt. He's never hit 60 yards against the Cardinals? No. Here here's his career. 60, 23, 46, 31, 58, 34, 37, 10, 59.

2 touchdowns in that's right. I it's it's wild. Good job, research team, finding this.

That feels impossible. It really does. Because, I mean, the Cardinals are not like a shutdown team over the last couple years while DK Metcalfe's been playing them many times.

So I it's not really you know, that that's a fascinating wild stat. I I think big picture, both defenses are very good. They put pressure on the quarterback right now, and that makes it a nerve wracking game. And then if Kenneth Walker misses Yeah.

We need we need to run out some just if he plays. Let's say Ken Walker plays. Is he right in for into your lineup, or would you look at someone like Tyrone Tracy against the Saints?

I would play Tyrone Tracy. I think that's a good matchup for him. Rashad White against the Raiders. I would play Rashad White.

Man. You sad? Yeah. I I am. But so, I mean, Kenneth Walker has been contacted before the line of scrimmage on 54 a half percent of his rush attempts, which is the highest in the NFL.

Like I said, the the offensive line letting him down despite him being 3rd highest in forced missed tackle rate.

I think it's com that's that that was my point earlier in the week about it compounding. Because when you get tackled behind the line of scrimmage a lot and you're a player like him, you try to do more. Yeah.

You press.

You try to do more. You you're like, okay. I need to be perfect. I need to get outside.

It's Saquon with the Giants.

Mhmm. Exactly. So in this game, Jason, you said you're confident in Connor. Connor would be over Walker then?

Yeah. Connor would I would be over Walker. Do that. Yeah.

Okay.

I I think Connor's a good start. I think Walker's a bad start. So I I I don't see many situations where I would bench James Connor, and I would be looking to see if, you know, if I've got a a better player to get in over over Walker in this matchup. The cardinals the cardinals rush defense has just been really solid, and I I wonder, how much Charbonneau will be involved. It's been frustrating.

So even you know, it it's like if Walker's gone, okay, maybe Charbonneau is a good play because he would be gonna get all the work, the the the touchdown opportunities. But if Walker plays, these 2 guys are probably going to just both stink. Kyler Murray in this game at home favored or Baker Mayfield, who you said you had concerns about? I would play Kyler.

Mike, which would you do? Kyler against Seattle at home where he is a, I'd play Baker. You would play Baker. Perfect. Those the that you guys are very helpful.

I was asking for a friend of mine

Well, so who's

who's starting in a dynasty league trying to get a playoff spot.

So who would you start?

I'm playing Baker. Okay. I'm actually already I've made that decision, but mine is in part because I have Mike Evans. Trey McBride, play him. JSN, play him.

Mhmm. Those guys are locks, and we'll see how this game goes. Buffalo's 10 and 2. They take on the 6 and 6 Los Angeles Rams. If you are a fan of the Seahawks or Cardinals from the previous matchup, you should be happy that the the Rams are playing Buffalo because this division is tight in the NFC West.

The DraftKings sports book line Buffalo, just 3 and a half point road favorites here. The overrun is 49a half. That is Shocking? I think so. I think I would've thought 5a half or 6.

Yeah. For sure. I mean, the Bills have been so dominant. Obviously, they're on the road here, and and the Rams are, you know, healthy and needing a a victory, but I I would expect the spread to be much, much larger.

Defense for Buffalo playing great. I don't know how that changes any of your decisions for the Rams, though. Nope. Cooper Kupp, Pukanukua, Kyron Williams in logout? Yep.

And then on the other side, Josh Allen, currently the favorite to win the MVP. I'd play him if I were you. I agree. Yeah. I would play

James Cook. Them.

Well, see that. I was gonna make it harder.

Yeah. So then You

can try to put him in your lineup, but he's not gonna save.

That's another bug.

There you can fix that.

I was gonna we're just

gonna grab that guy off your team real quick. That's the it's a bug to put them on your team.

If I found out that your 3 titles came on the back of

No. Our our 3 titles go on the back of magic Yeah. And unstoppable Luck? Cosmic force, I would say. Jarrett Pattersoning our way to championships.

What do you

do with the wide receivers for Buffalo? That's the real question. Cooper, Shaquir, Samuel, Coleman, Kinkade. Coleman and Kinkade could be back this week, making it a big hodgepodge of low target. Somebody scores.

The only 1 Collins scored last week. Week. Yeah.

I mean, it it could really be any of them. The only wide receiver that I have any confidence in a floor of is Khalil Shakir. I agree. I'd play him. He has the manufactured touches.

You look at the the targets heading back I mean, it's been it's been over 2 months since he has not had at least 7 targets in a game. Now a lot of them are the nonvaluable screen game, but he makes them valuable. Yeah. He works well in that that screen game. So I think you could start a little secure.

His DK yardage line's at 54a half, so I'll take it. 1 of the things that's really weird about Buffalo is they're kind of the opposite of what Cleveland's been with Jameis Winston, where the place per game are through the roof with Jameis. When Buffalo plays football, and it's been true all year and it's even true over the last 3 weeks, they have, like, the 3rd fewest combined plays per game over the last 6 weeks actually. And they score 30 a game, and yet they don't have the same tie you're not getting Jerry Judy games and Elijah Moore games and, you know, they they just they kind of, you know Josh Allen scores so many fantasy points just picking up a first down, running the football. So you play the easy guys.

Pass to himself.

Yeah. Yeah. It's so silly.

Chicago's 4 and 8. They take on the 5 and 7 San Francisco 40 niners. Let me just take a look over here at the Falcon. How's that feel, Falcon?

Where's all the 49er gear?

Yeah. I Why aren't you all dressed up? Oh my gosh. You used to wear last year, for sure.

I'll bet I'll bet you're are you wearing 40 niners shoes to represent, like, the basement, the floor of the division? That's probably that's probably where his niners gear is.

The bears are 4 and 8. 40 niners are 57. BK Sportsbook line 40 niners minus 3a half at home. Over under is 44. San Francisco has a 53 point point differential over the last 2 games.

Chicago's lost 6 straight games, even though they've been really close.

But They have been really close.

A for effort and an l on the on the standings.

Can't get over that hail Mary. I mean, that hail Mary really ruined their season. It's proven it. I mean I mean, we mocked

it, and it's like it's like they were poison.

It is definitely the reason.

What in the I mean, what are your decisions on the on the Chicago side? Because Caleb Williams has had 2 straight 35 point games. Yeah. We've seen DJ Moore be relevant. We've seen Ken and Allen emerge from the from the missed.

And yet for all the struggles of the 40 niners, fantasy wise, their defense is holding people down over the last 6 weeks. They're 10th against quarterback, 9th against wide receiver, 6th against tight end. They have been a bit of a running back funnel, but the the running backs for the Chicago Bears are currently taking some time off.

Would you play Caleb Williams or Geno Smith? Because I would go Caleb there.

I think I think you stay in the flames with Caleb. He I mean, these are monstrous games he's had.

No interceptions in 6 consecutive starts.

Yeah. You're you're seeing a lot of the promise. Also, you have to imagine that they're going to potentially rely on the passing game more in this game. You've got Deandre Swift and Roshan both, not practicing. Roshan is in the concussion protocol, not practicing on a Thursday.

So he's almost certainly not gonna go. I right now, I mean, I I think Swift, you know, will be active, but he might not be. And if he's not, then I mean, first of all, who's the next man up in Travis? Homer. Yeah.

And so you're gonna be throwing the ball.

Yeah. And I I don't mind Cole Komet as an emergency start. He had 10 targets 2 weeks ago, but you're always rolling the dice. It's not a high like, Jawan Johnson or Cole Komet. Which would you go?

Cole Komet. Jawan Johnson's got a pretty bad matchup.

I'd stick with Komet.

And, are you staying in the flames with Keenan?

Man, it's tough. I

Keenan or Jaden Reid?

Oh, I'm gonna take Keenan.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. That's mean.

I you know, DJ Moore is the only wide receiver here that I want to play. I that I think is, like, you can rely on him. Keenan has had 2 great games in a row. But this last week was really just he had 2 touchdowns. It wasn't a, you know, it wasn't an outstanding game like it was 2 weeks ago.

You could try to stay in the flames there, but I wouldn't be shocked if all of a sudden they get near the red zone and it's Odunze that that gets the touchdown instead of Keenan this week.

On the other side, Juwon Jennings receiving lines 57a half. He's Jason's start of the week. Isaac Garrindo, Jason's start of the week. Ricky Pearsall hasn't caught a pass in 3 weeks. Yeah.

That's I don't know if you knew that. 0 Weird. Receptions.

I mean, you again, the same arguments we made for Juwon Jennings hold true for all of the receivers. Last week was the snowball in Buffalo that they were clearly not prepared for or or just doesn't fit Brock party style. And then Brock party was injured for 2 weeks ago. So I'm not writing Ricky Pearsall off entirely, but it's, you know DeJuan Jennings says yeah. No.

You you certainly can't start him. But,

You know, Deebo's been a storyline. Right now, he's our consensus number 29 wide receiver on the

week. And it feels like that. Probably too high. It could be too high.

It just doesn't feel like it should.

He's the wide receiver of 46 right now on the course of the season.

That's out it's outrageous.

Keenan Allen or or Diva.

Oh my goodness. Oh, yeah. Dirty, man.

I'm I'm seeing

Take a shower.

I'm I'm Yeah. You have to play you have to play the I'm moving Keenan up. You have to play the targets and the numbers for Keenan. His targets have been there all year. It's just a matter of of having some effectiveness.

He's on pace for a 134 targets over the last 6 weeks. He's on pace for a 153.

And the nice thing is it's it it coincides with Shane Waldron's exit. And so it's not it's not just a matter of well, the the you know, maybe Caleb's getting it together. Well, maybe he is getting it together, but maybe that is also these are Yeah. They're better route designs, better concepts, better play calling of just, like, knowing an earlier read. Yeah.

So I I yeah. I would go Keenan over Deebo. That's wild.

Kittle is in your lineup. He had a bus game. He was in the snow. Don't worry about it. Mhmm.

Alright. Let's take a quick break and hit the, final 2 games, and we'll get into the Fantasy face off.

Man, we are flying. Well, you know When you have 6 weeks, baby. Off.

The chargers are 8 and 4. They take on the 11 and 1. Kansas City Chiefs.

This is a, I think, a surprisingly fun game.

I hope you're right. It's not the way I'm viewing it. The Chiefs are 4 point favorites. The over under is 43. I am eager to always try to pick the Chiefs to be defeated.

They've not been playing like, they're not running away with games. They get it done in the last 2 minutes. They win every close game they're in. I just don't think that the chargers could win this game. This is 1 that I'd love to see be close.

I don't Down the hardog. I don't like them on the road. I don't like McConkie's injury, and I don't know if they can put up enough points. Now that could be just plain wrong. The Chiefs' defense has not been special, but you're also dealing with you don't have JK Dobbins anymore either.

Right? Like, you don't have efficiency on the ground, and if you don't have McConkie at a 100% or he gets knocked out part of this game or he doesn't play, Who do you Josh Palmer's done nothing. Quentin Johnston can't catch Will Dizzley.

Oh, there

it is. He got goosed. Yeah.

Yeah. That's alright.

He's the starter for Mike, but it's still a scary 1.

It it it is a little scary, but the it seems like they will need him. The running game, which is what G Roe and Hard Dog want to do, is not going to exist in this game. Gus Edwards doesn't have it anymore. JK Dobbins isn't there. And just in general, if you look at schedule adjusted fantasy production given up to running backs, Kansas City's number 1 on the season.

Even the last 6 weeks, they're top 5. So this is, this is going to be Herbert.

But that's hard. That's gonna be hard to do when you know that Chris Jones and company can come right after you on every play because you don't have the threat of the run Well, but or the play action.

I I I mean, that's that's true in the in the fact that you're down Demolishing. On personnel. You're saying the Chiefs demolished?

Declaring a dem declaring a demolish.

Okay. I don't see it. That's a I I think Herbert will keep them in it. Ladd will play through it. This is too big, too important a game for the chargers to fold.

Demolished. Not gonna happen.

Pacheco or Ken Walker?

I go Pacheco.

With such confidence?

I It's really tough. I mean, they're both gonna be in pretty much 50 50 time splits.

I think Pacheco's gonna start to emerge. Yeah. That's what I think is gonna happen. I think Kareem Hunt's gonna look to fade into the back there.

The game. Like, Kareem Hunt has been just there. Like, he he has not been a a difference making special player. He's been getting what is blocked for him, you know, getting touchdowns. So, like, he's it's worked for fantasy football, but it's not been special on the field.

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I've I've definitely made the transition where I I've I've got Pacheco definitively ahead of Hunt going forward. It's just a matter of how much are the are they going how many weeks are they going to wait before they kinda put Pacheco back to his lion's share role?

In 6 weeks as a chief, Hopkins has been a top 30 wide receiver twice.

He got us good.

Yeah. What are you happy he's on your team if you have him?

How bad's the rest of your roster? Because may I would I I would play If you had

to play Hopkins or McConkey in this game? I would

play McConkey. I know he's dealing with the injury, but the the Chiefs, where they have given it up, they're kind of a pass funnel defense, against quarterbacks, against wide receivers. They they haven't really shut them down. So they McConkie is a good player. He's desperately needed in this game.

I think he's a good start. He's just risky because of the injury.

Kelsey, you play Noah Gray?

You can, but the chargers

Noah Gray or Kolkhameet?

Kolkhameet. Noah Gray has still lived on the touchdowns, primarily, when when he's had kinda his breakout. They scheme up some great stuff to get them open, but this isn't a good matchup for tight ends. On the course of the season, the chargers are are literally number 1 against tight ends.

Yeah. That makes sense. Any other question marks in this game you wanna talk about?

No. I just I had in in the searching found a funny, just overall statistic of who has forced more points. Forced more points?

What does

that mean? Called points force. That's what it's defined as when you're looking at a a record. The Steelers or the Chiefs? Basically, who scored more?

Who scored more?

Steelers or You've never heard it called points forced? I've never heard that in

my life. 4. Or points 4? Really? Points 4.

I've always been at points 4s to my mind.

It's not fours. It's points Okay. Points 4. Who scored more points? Yeah.

Yeah. Points 4.

Points 4. I'm back with you. Points 4.

Yeah. Yeah. No. We're good. I'm guessing the Steelers.

It is, in fact, the Steelers. Who has allowed more points? The Steelers or the Chiefs?

The Chiefs? The Chiefs. Wow. Interesting. That is wild.

Yeah. That's Jeremy, you're on my side?

No. I was saying my mind is blown that you thought it was

Oh, it points forced? Yeah. Well, points for points forced. It's really not a huge jump, guys.

Which what let's see. No. But

it's a totally different word.

Yeah. With significantly different meanings.

Yeah. Points forced is how many points have I forced you to score on me? Right.

That would be more given up.

Yeah. Yep. It would. Yeah. We we we our minds were blown because it meant something completely different.

Gotcha.

Cincinnati's 4 and 8. Monday Night Football against the Cowboys who are 5 and 7. The DK Sportsbook line Cincinnati minus 5a half. The over under is 49a half. I said it last week.

I'm gonna reemphasize it. You really need Cincinnati to win this ballgame. They do have a path to the playoffs. They need help, but they can get to 9 and 8, and they need to beat Dallas and Dallas, and they're heavy favorites. So they are very much the bad luck team of the year.

Cincinnati keeps scoring 30 plus points and losing. Burrow has the most losses, 5, with 300 yards and 3 touchdowns in a single season in the history of the National Football League.

If I mean, you feel it on his face. They have played 7 games, against teams that are 500 or better, and they are averaging 30.3 points in those games. Feel like they've lost them all.

Feel like Jameis has to be number 2 in that stat.

Yeah. I mean, but hit the losses are Jameis' fault

too.

Whereas, like, Burrow's doing everything he can do.

N 3 0 3. Throw his first interception of the season last week, something like that.

I mean, he's the quarterback too right now in the year.

In a while, but

His passing line's at 277.5.

5 on the season.

We did get a limited

30 touchdowns.

Practice from Ja'Marr Chase. Did you guys see that? With the ankle injury yesterday? Little rest.

If I were Ja'Marr Chase, I would not be practicing ever.

You confident with Chase and Higgins? Yes. Yep. You confident with Chase Brown? Yes.

Yeah. And then that's probably it for Cincinnati. And on the other side, Rico Dowdle's rushing lines at 64a half coming off his best game. It's not been easy to run on Cincinnati the last 6 weeks. They're number 3.

They're only giving up 13.3 points a game. Something to keep in mind, I think, anytime you play Dowdle, you are playing him you're playing him as a foreplay. I mean, that's just the way it is. There's not really, like there's not explosive outcomes for Rico Doudle. There's you could score a touchdown.

That's where I

like it.

Floor. A floor play.

What did you think I said?

Floor play?

Yeah. I was

I thought you were getting a little hot and bothered for Rico. Deucers, what did you hear?

I did hear foreplay. Alright. You know, it's just you

get confident, so I just snuck it into the chat, but I guess

Giving him a little wink? Nope. Wing it in Rico's direction.

Going down the road. The thing about Rico got jokes. I'm I'm eating.

The I like Rico in this matchup because the over under is at 49a half, and it would not surprise me to see this hit the over just scoring opportunities. Again, the the line 64a half, I think that's a pretty

fair rushing

line. Great 1. 0, baby.

Breaking news. Please don't get it. Call. Please don't get it.

Malik Neighbors will not practice again today. He had to get an MRI. The Giants have not yet ruled him out. The injury occurred in No. In practice yesterday.

I should have played Jameson Williams.

Is that a no that's another name that

Oh, gosh. Yep.

So sorry. You were saying that you'll find that to be a reasonable line for Rico.

I think it's a good line for Rico that because that's just his rushing total, 64a half, and he's involved in the passing game. So you're

you're give him, like, 10 to 15 receiving yards.

Yeah. You're getting close to a 100 yards. And this is the type of matchup where you you almost have an expectation that Rico scores a touchdown here because

Really?

Yeah. You you do. There's just, you know, the the high over under in the game. They're at home. There will be points scores.

On the year for what it's worth.

Yeah. And I When did that happen?

Last week. Yeah, baby. No. I I'm I'm on the opposite side. I think Rico's an under here.

I don't think he scores, and I think the Bengals are gonna put them into a a passing situation for the majority of the game. So if you get a if you get a, you know

DK disagrees with you. Rico's at minus 135.

For a for a rushing touchdown.

For a touchdown.

Yeah. That's why it's opinions. You know? You guys, you can Rico it up. And I will be.

The, Dallas Cowboys have a 22 point implied point total. It is a high over under, and, he is their running back. So CeeDee Lamb didn't practice on Thursday. We need to monitor that. Ferguson's my start of the week back in action at tight end.

Seems like a really

He's a great start.

Soft or, safe play.

Yeah. I mean, he should he should be good. We the reason we've loved Scoone Maker is because of the targets that went to the tight end position as soon as Cooper Rush came came over. Obviously, coming back from a concussion, there should be no physical limitations here for Ferguson, and Cincinnati is 32nd on the season against tight ends.

Either of you guys wanna make a Rico touchdown guarantee?

Nope. No. I don't. Mike, do you?

Just just heads up? I mean, like, no.

That's what you wanna give a heads up that he

could score a touchdown? Just no odds? Just he either gets or

he doesn't? I think he's It's tough to have a guarantee from this show. He's just conviction. He's just saying

Oh, I was in my head, I thought you were doing a bet. No. I'm not gonna do the I'm not gonna do the guarantee.

Okay. Just just checking how strong he fell.

He's not Macmillan. Okay. He's

no no. No. No. No. Macmillan.

He's gonna be 1 of my greatest I hope so.

I already bet it.

I know you did.

Fantasy face off presented by DraftKings.

Oh, well, well, well, the Thanksgiving outcome here, I ended up winning with 160 you're not winning it. 164. Jason, 150. Mike, 128, which means Mike gets the wheel of shame. Yep.

Wheel of shame.

So Spin the stupid wheel. Yeah. Al Borland is on there?

Oh, man. I You got a fat suit?

What? I I wanna Oh,

yes. Man. Right, bro?

Right, bro. My name is in this Your name is in this

Oh, it's it's for my brethren.

W r I g h t, bro. And this is the Wright Brothers. The oh, nice start, Mike.

This is old timey plane.

Yes. There you look good.

Did you

guys pull this out of the dumpster? This thing is there is dust everywhere.

Alright. I think Smells like a homeless man.

This is a good 1.

This is fun. This is

goggles on there.

It's, Yeah. It feels like a little a little Snoopy.

It's the wave of the future.

Wave of the future. The red Baron?

The red Baron.

Oh, this doesn't fit, guys. So shock shock. Shocker. Wait. What what is this strap for?

Straps across the back, maybe?

I think it goes through this. Bit backwards?

No. Help me, Jason. Mike, help me help him put it on while I get the lineups going here for week 14.

I don't know.

Dude, it's fine. It's fine. You look like you're ready.

A little SNME, but, you know, but it's fine. Go fly a plane.

Alright. Why don't you give us your quarterback there. Right, brother?

Boys, it's time to I mean, the the the outfit is perfect because we are we're flying today.

Okay.

We are living on the edge. Jameis Winston

Oh, baby.

Against the Steelers, $54100.

Wow. That's that's fun. You will either you will either win or lose. Like, if you have Jameis in a 3 person cash, you're not finishing second. I've got Sam Darnold.

I have Sam Darnold. 61100. Boring. Jason and I have Sam Darnold. Running back's Mike.

A little little guy known as Saquon Barkley. 9,000. 9000 against the Carolina Panthers, and then the newcomer, Isaac Garrido, against the Chicago Bears at 54100.

I have Saquon Barkley at 9,000, and the newcomer, Isaac Gurindo at 54100.

I have Saquon Barkley at 9,000 and the old man, Alvin Kamara at 8,000. 0. 0. 0.

0. 0. 0. Alright. And you've got Justin Jefferson, or did you you must have stacked it.

I guess you'll find out.

Okay. Alright. At wide receiver, Justin Jefferson at 78100, and here's where we go. Here's where we live or die, boys. We got Jameis.

What if I told you I had Jerry Judy? What if I told you I have Elijah Moore? Oh, 0. We are going. You're going.

Oh, you are Jamis.

Stack. Full Brown Town against Pittsburgh.

Wow. I have Brown Town is where Falcon

lives, actually.

His feet. Yeah.

Alright. Sorry. Papa Josh lives there.

I'm going with my namesake. It's all about the j's. I'm going Justin Jefferson, Jerry, Judy, and Juwon Jennings. So if you don't have a j in the front and the back of your name, you're not on my roster.

I have Justin Jefferson at 78100.

And Alvin Kamara and Saquon? Yeah. How did

you do that? Now we find out.

I also have Elijah Moore at 48100. So Mike and I are sharing Elijah Moore, and I have the touchdown man with a plan. Oh. Nick Westbrook, Akine at 47100. Bargain shopping for Moore and Akine with Jefferson there.

Alright. My tight end spot goes to

You look real cool here, man.

You gotta get the The way that the the hat does not fit on the giant dome is really simple.

Turns it into a cone head.

There does.

The amount of times that we have tried to go with a certain punishment that we have to change

This 1 was actually a pivot this morning. Literally, this

morning. This morning because we we because it wouldn't fit. Because we had a we had something else.

There's no way it would fit.

Way you could've put it on your stupid big head.

The producers were asking me. They're like, will this film there's no way that will fit on Mike. And and Josh Josh tried it, and it was a little snug on Josh.

It was like, no way. Not gonna fit.

I'm running out 12 personnel. I've got Trey McBride at 61100, and then I had to find a way to save some cash. So coming in at 29100. Conk, conk, baby.

Wow. Wow. Okay. I'm also

running That's not honk, honk. That's honk, honk.

And what's your defense?

Oh, the Saints against the Giants at 29100.

I am running 12 personnel as as well. Cade Otten, my start of the week at 44100, and Grant Calcaterra, the backup Yeah. Tight end for the Eagles, and I also have the Saints.

How much are the Saints, D?

Saints are 29100.

And who are they playing?

They are playing The Giants.

I have Cole Komet at 37100 at tight end. Okay. Unsurprisingly, I have Jalen McMillan Yeah. In my flex at 35100. And my defense is the Chicago Bears at 24100

I had

the yeah. San Francisco.

So your Jalen McMillan touchdown guarantee, did that appear to you when you realized you only had the 35100 left. 35100 left. All of a sudden was, oh, well, of course, he's gonna score.

I I know when players are due, and that's you know, I get an email. Ah. And, he's due. He's due to break through.

Just when you see it happen for doo doo.

When you see it happen, just think of me. That's all I'm asking you to do.

It's really impressive because you have been dunking on him this whole rookie season. You've talked very poorly about him. And now that the fact that you're talking and now that you can only afford him

No. No. No. Look. I have not talked about Jaylen McMillan as though he he is not a good he has not been a good Fantasy player or Fantasy start because he's never done it.

That's been my point about Jaylen McMillan. Doesn't mean he'll never do it. It just means that you we kept talking about him like he was an emerging rookie who never emerged. I need the you have to emerge first.

And you're gonna say that that starts I'm

saying he scores a touchdown this week because I like the snap count and he started getting a little involved. And it's time to catch a touchdown. That's all I'm saying.

We're fogging up over here, boys.

It's starting

to get hard to see. Alright.

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