Week 14 Fantasy Football Reactions & Injuries + Early Week 15 Waiver Wire (Ep. 1885)

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, and welcome into the Fantasy Pros Fantasy Football Podcast.
It's the week fourteen Sunday night recap show, coming to
you live right here on the Fputube channel. It was
a now We're never type of affair for many managers
with playoff hopes hanging in the balance on Sunday. I'm
yourro Seth Wilcock and after are youably the worst start

(00:21):
I've had across all my leagues. Looks like I'll be
dancing at least six out of eight of them. So
cheers to that. Also cheers my colleagues from once again
chucking in with us. Of course, that includes a man
who's areguably the most educated man in the fantasy sports
injury space. He's doctor Deepak Chona. Doc. How are you doing?
Is you wait your Houston Texas to kick coffin a
little over an hour?

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Yeah? I am good man, we are. We are looking
ready to roll and uh I can't wait. So go
see you guys.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Glad to hear it. Man, how are the fantasy playoffs
looking for you? You punched any tickets today? Deepak?

Speaker 3 (00:53):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (00:54):
Well, locked in a bye in one league and one
league actually go through Week fifteen for regular season. We're
still kind of waiting on it. But yeah, it's gonna
be a rough last week of the year for that.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
League, that's for sure. Also back in action is a
good pal mine who once called two G five teams
making the college football playoff fan fiction. However, he was
absolutely buzzy today as the Pittsburgh Steelers get a big
win over the division rivals, the Baltimore Ravens. He's Scott
big Ty Bogman Boggs. How are you and how are
the playoff hopes looking for you?

Speaker 3 (01:27):
Great? I actually punched a bunch of tickets last week,
so happy about that. Had a bye week and you know,
not a real bye week, but set my line up
and be able to knock some people out of the playoffs. Unfortunately,
I did drum out our friend Drettis in that league.
She had to face me. I'm in first place and
she had to face me to get into the playoffs.

(01:47):
And it's a super flex league. I think I ended
up with the second most points, but also she had
Tyrod Taylor so who went down immediately and just wrecked
her shot there. But good week for me, good week
for our Steelers as well. Beating the rappers in Baltimore
love that. So yeah, just a good solid week here,

(02:09):
but I mean Sunday, bloody Sunday, good Lord. Lots of injuries.
It's a war of attrition and things are getting to
guys right now.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
It just makes sense, right in a season where it
seemed like there are so many injuries every single week,
that Week fourteen do or Die time comes down to
some absolute grenades that went out there. We'll talk about
Tyrod Taylor. He got negative fancy points for a lot
of managers, including your boy here, So very very tricky time,
but we're gonna break it all down on the program.
It is an absolutely packed one as well. We'll get

(02:39):
into the injuries with deepak potential fans football impact moving forward.
Then we'll also get to the top five fantasy storylines
of the week, including the playoff trust o Meter, who
you can trust moving forward, Also take a trip to
the Panic Meter, and then we'll round up the program
with a rapid fire QNA. So send any questions you
have and we'll try to get to as many as
we can. And before we jump in eight absolutely gigantic

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(03:22):
So gentlemen, let's go ahead and get right into the
injuries here where Deepak maybe the saddest one all season.
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Daniel Jones he suffered a non contact
injury where we are being told this is an achilles injury.
Does that mean it's torn, Deepak? And if so, when
could we see Danny Dimes back next season?

Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yeah, it most likely is torn. You can see on
the video it does kind of snap on him and
he's obviously very frustrated. After The average on these is
taken between six and ten months, so we've seen Kirk
Cousins come back back on nine. Keep in mind that
even though Kirk Cousins and Aaron Rodgers both came back
the next year. That first year, the production did take

(04:02):
a dip, and you usually see mobility dip and then
for a right handed quarterback like you saw with Cousins,
a right sided Achilles probably limits his pushoff and therefore
his his throwing power. Now, with that all in mind,
Dimes is younger than they were at the time of injury.
He's only twenty eight, so he's also more mobile and
has a pretty big arm. So all that together, we

(04:24):
would expect around two year post injury you'll start kind
of regaining most of what he is now. But at
the same time, next year he probably comes back around
Week one or sometime shortly after, but maybe not exactly
the guy we were looking at this year.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
Okay, Bog's this sucks man. Not only was Daniel Jones
really close to getting a big payday, the biggest in
his career, but also the fact that the Colts were
looking to set themselves up for a deep playoff run
that's kind of now shattered here. We now have to
adjust expectations. Riley Lonard was the quarterback under center, former
Duke Blue Devil's quarterback then transferred to Notre Dame for

(05:04):
that sensational run. To the College Football National Championship Game
last week or last year, Boggs, what can we really
expect from him and this entire Colts team If it
is Leonard under center, maybe they go outside looking for
potential health as well.

Speaker 3 (05:17):
I think, yeah, I mean, you have to bring somebody
in if Anthony Richardson's not able to go. Now, I
did read up a little bit on Anthony Richardson. They
said he's been back, he's been lifting weights, which is big.
But you know, Deepawk and I discussed the eye surgery
before the show here, and that's just really tough to gauge, right, Deepak.

Speaker 2 (05:38):
Yeah, very tough to gauge. And you may remember Najie
Harris with the eye injury kind of had us all
guessing the whole way through kind of something similar. I
think you're going to see with Anthony Richardson. But to
your point, they haven't really activated him, so there's no
indication that just because Danny Dimes got injured right now,
he's Anthony Richardson is about to jump back in.

Speaker 3 (05:57):
Yeah, so it's probably Riley Leonard. And Riley Leonard, even
in college was a run first threat, so that's why
they drafted him, because they were expecting to go with
Anthony Richardson as your starter. They wanted somebody mobile to
mirror Anthony Richardson's. They drafted Riley Leonard ends up Daniel Jones,
who's also very mobile, but not Anthony Richardson. Wins. This
job gives them way more than they expected from this position.

(06:20):
So just it hurts everybody. It hurts JT a little bit,
it hurts Pittman and Pierce and Warren. So it's a
devastating blow to all the Colts right here, right heading
into the playoffs right now.

Speaker 1 (06:34):
Yeah, it's so bummer. I think we downgrade Michael Pittman
Junior significantly as well out Piers probably outside of starting
territory now. And I think Tyler Warren, he goes from
a plug and play top five tight end to still
a tight end one right matchups. But yeah, I mean
you're still rolling them out there. He's been so good
every single week and till this one. But it's tough.
It's gonna be tough to trust Colts. Of course, stay

(06:56):
tuned this week for more Fantasy Pros content. I'm sure
Joe and debro Fitzie on the Waiver Wires Show will
break down some of what this means for any of
those players, as well as all the ranking start shit
shows we have later in the week as well. Deepak.
Another big injury here, Miami Dolphin's running back to Von Achan,
he exits with a rib injury. Is this broken ribs?

(07:17):
This is maybe something else? To Mike McDaniel's lead back,
you think, Doc.

Speaker 2 (07:21):
Yeah, I mean the two most common things here are
going to be either a broken rib or basically a
bruiser contusion the area. Now, obviously the second is is
kind of the better of the two if you had
to pick, if it were broken ribs, typically that would
result in an average of about two weeks out. But
with that being said, Mike McDaniel afterwards said he could

(07:41):
have come back even this game as an emergency player
if needed, and that kind of hints us against that
the broken ribs option. A contusion may it tends to
limit players touches skilled position players, specifically, with that being said,
if he logs at least one full practice this coming week,
we see in the data that kind of affected pretty

(08:01):
minimal or washes out for a player of his caliber,
So we got to follow the practice reports. If he
logs at least one full practice. I mean, either way,
it's devon a chance or you're probably starting him regardless.
But with that being said, you know we were hoping
even in DFS, we would have relative confidence. If that
practice report is favorable, that's great.

Speaker 1 (08:20):
To hear that. That is really really good news. I
feel like for everyone heading into the Fans Football playoffs
with Chan one of the best running backs in the
league right now, He's been an anchor for many managers,
so Boggs, Jalen Wright. He had twenty four attemts today,
one hundred and seven yards and a touchdown. Has he
taken over Allie Gordon for the RB two role in
this offense? And if a Chan does happen to be

(08:40):
out this next week at Pittsburgh, where are you ranking right?

Speaker 3 (08:43):
Yeah, I'd rank right pretty high.

Speaker 1 (08:45):
Right.

Speaker 3 (08:45):
The Steelers run defense has been pretty bad. Two weeks
in a row. We saw James Cook run over us
and Tarrick Henry did it again today. But so I
think I'm going to have a Chan pretty high. I
assume he's going to play because I did say he
could have come back if necessary, but obviously they were
up they didn't need him so assuming he plays, but

(09:06):
Jalen Wright is now the number two is pretty clear,
and he was drafted higher as well, banged up coming
into the year. Allie, you know, took that job and
ran with it, But it seems like it's Jalen's now.

Speaker 1 (09:17):
Okay. Also on the quarterback front, one that we discussed
a little bit earlier in the show, New York Jets
quarterback Tyrod Taylor. He suffered a groin injury early in
the game against Miami. This really screwed a lot of managers,
including myself. So Deepawk, what did you find out about
this injury to Taylor?

Speaker 2 (09:34):
Yeah, these come into a wide range of severity. Assuming
gets a groin strain, which would be the most common,
that averages two to three weeks. So with the Jets
kind of also not really being in contention for anything much,
you'd have to wonder if he's going to be able
to rush back and really provide much of a boost.

Speaker 1 (09:52):
Okay, Boggs, we saw form of Missouri quarterback Brady Cook
in his first NFL action today. How do you feel
about this Jets offense as a whole? So, if it
is him under center next week at Jacksonville.

Speaker 3 (10:03):
Not great. Jacksonville has been playing really well recently. They
stopped the run very well, and Breese Hall is like
your only weapon left in New York. So I think
it's too much to ask for him to go out
perform well in his first start on the road, So
I I don't want to start many jets. I'll probably

(10:23):
still roll Briee out in a couple spots where I
have him, but if I can avoid it, I'm probably
going to. If it's Brady Cook, now, we could get
Justin Fields back next week as well, so that's obviously
way better. Still not good. Obviously, Tyrod Taylor much better
throwing the ball way better with our guy Ad and
I Mitchell. So I hope that we get Justin Fields,

(10:47):
but it's probably going to be Cook again.

Speaker 1 (10:49):
If it's Cook, Bogs, are you out on Mitchell, You're
out on Metchi, out on Meson Taylor? Really all the
pass catching.

Speaker 3 (10:55):
Options everybody except Breesol.

Speaker 1 (10:57):
Okay, Deepak, do you know anything about Justin Fields? Like
we're hearing I think of a sore knee is what
he came into this week with. So is that just
like fodder for he doesn't want to play or they
don't want to play him, or is there actually an
injury here?

Speaker 2 (11:11):
Yeah, I mean, I don't want to speculate that somebody's
faking an injury. But with that being said, a sore
knee is not the typical language that they would use
to describe that. So I think there's a reasonable chance
he comes back.

Speaker 1 (11:23):
It's just very hard to know, Okay, Okay, So they.

Speaker 3 (11:26):
May want to take a long look at Brady Cook.
Give him three weeks, you know, two weeks either.

Speaker 1 (11:31):
I took a long enough look at him.

Speaker 3 (11:35):
Well, to be fair, his last year Missouri, he was hurt,
he had that ankle injury early often did not look
like the same. But I don't I think he's a
third string to backup quarterback. I don't think he is.
I think what you get out of Kenny Pickett you're
getting out of Brady Cook.

Speaker 1 (11:48):
If it's Fields Bogs just in case, would you be
inclined to roll out Ady Mitchell or Meggchi or they
still kind of like Fritill nice plays.

Speaker 3 (11:56):
Okay, I don't want to play him. They're too inconsistent
right now, and Fields his way to inconsistent as well.
So if I can, if I can start somebody over,
those guys, I'm probably doing it okay.

Speaker 1 (12:06):
Brutal day for the Washington Commanders as well, Gentlemen. Quarterback
Jane Daniels, he re injured his elbow, and their tight
end Zach Ertz carted off with a knee injury. He
was just absolutely distraught on the sideline as he was
getting carted off, shaking his teammate's hands and all that. Deepak,
do you have any clarity on what happened here in
Minnesota to two of the Comedi's playmakers.

Speaker 2 (12:26):
Yeah, So, first, starting with Daniels, you know, he fell
on the left elbow, which was one of that had dislocated.
The risk of it redislocating or even partially dislocating is
higher just because it's not quite as stable as you
as a baseline level. Now, with that being said, the
fall itself was relatively routine. It wasn't like somebody landed

(12:48):
on him. So it's not an obvious redisslocation mechanism. It's
just the fact that it's a recently injured joint. I
would be pretty surprised if they brought him back next week.
To me, it's seams like you're not playing for anything
and this is your franchise, So I would suspect you
keep him out if not for.

Speaker 3 (13:09):
It foolish to play him this week.

Speaker 2 (13:11):
I mean, it's hard to say foolish without examining him,
but I was surprised to see him in general try
to come back. It just doesn't make a lot of sense, right,
Like you're you're looking at a player who has a
whole career in front of him, playing for nothing this year,
and you're kind of pushing him to come back from
an elbow injury, which is apparently, you know, prone to reaggravation.

(13:33):
So in my opinion, I wouldn't have played him, but
I'm not the coach.

Speaker 3 (13:38):
You think the franchise that went through RG three would
know better, but very much so.

Speaker 2 (13:44):
Yeah, surprising overall. And then regarding zach Ertz, his knee
took a really big hyper extension. It would be very
surprising if his ACL was not porn The question in
my eyes is did he tear something else? In addition,
and there's very possible they'll very likely be getting MRIs

(14:04):
starting tomorrow. And then the question for Eertz, he's aged
thirty five. This is the same need that had an
ACL and MCIL injury. About two to three years ago.
So keeping that in mind, the data is not super
favorable here. It takes about twelve months eleven to twelve
months on average to come back from a second ACL chair,
if that's all it is. But again, at age thirty five,

(14:27):
a player who is probably on the decline, I would
have a hard time suspecting this one's going to be
super favorable going forward.

Speaker 1 (14:35):
Yeah, that might be the white flag on zach ERT's career,
which we appreciate every church he did, man, I mean
he was a great player too, like even at Washington,
he was very streamable the past couple of seasons, and
prior to that, like Arizona he had a nice run
and he was the best fantasy tight end for a
couple of seasons out there in Philadelphia. So, zach ERTZ,
we appreciate you. Bud get healthy soon, man, you're an

(14:56):
absolute stallion of a gentleman and deepak any like long
term concerns for JD Honey Jane Daniels out there or
do you think next year like you're still ranking him
as if this never happened.

Speaker 2 (15:07):
Yeah, that's a good question. I think from this elbow,
I wouldn't necessarily put any long term concerns. One, it
tends to heal pretty well. Two it's the type of
thing that he would have so much time from, and
three it's his non throwing side. So all of that
bodes pretty well. The real question with Jane Daniels is
is he injury prone? And I don't necessarily think that

(15:29):
he has some sort of anatomic weak point because all
his injury has been a little bit different. But if
you look stummy exactly, so he's he's led the league
in hits that he's taken as a quarterback, so you know,
with that in mind, you're going to get more injured.
And he's also not huge, So that combination, I think

(15:50):
is the real problem. I'm probably avoiding him in fantasy
because if he's going to change his play style, he's
you would think, running less. But at the same time,
that's what gives him the upside in fantasy, So I
wouldn't change my ranking of him, But personally I'm kind
of not super high on him based on his style.

Speaker 1 (16:08):
Okay, yeah, that makes complete sense, and honestly, that's why
I kind of avoided him in Dynasty rookie drafts a
year ago. I felt pretty dumb his rookie season when
he went out there and just set the world on fire.
And then even this year, he was one of my
best candidates in redraft just because of kind of where
he was going among the other elite options. Bogs, rest
of the way, are you interested in any Washington Commanders players?

(16:29):
They're at the Giants, Philadelphia and Dallas to round it out,
So three divisional games with Marcus Mariota back under center.

Speaker 3 (16:37):
Actually, we kind of do like some of these guys,
but it's the matchups, right, It's tough. Like Terry McLaurin
played well with Marcus Mariota last week, so I think
he'll be okay. I would love to see somebody emerge
from the running backs, but it's not going to so
Deebo should be okay as well. Still like a low
wide receiver, three wide receiver, four borderline type of guy

(16:59):
the way that Washington is playing right now. But the
matchups are definitely encouraging. And Marcus Mariota is not going
down to Brady Cook right, so good point. You know
he's not going down to Riley Leonard. So these he
has experience already. So is it a downgrade, sure, but
it's not a massive downgrade, like the other guys get.

Speaker 1 (17:17):
It's funny when we get to the point in the
season where like Marcus Marriotta looks like a pretty good
started quarterback across the NFL, right.

Speaker 3 (17:23):
But he's always a runner. Yeah, so yeah, I can
always give us some upside.

Speaker 1 (17:28):
Deepak a couple more injuries here, specifically to the head
area of some players. Dallas Cowboys wide receiver See Lamb.
He suffered concussion Thursday night against the Detroit Lions. Jacksonville
Jaguars rookie running back base shall Tune. He also is
out with concussion against the Coles. Then Pittsburgh Steelers tight
end Darnell Washington suffered concussion against the Ravens today. Are
you expecting any of these players to be up next week?

(17:50):
Maybe Ceedee Lamb because he did have some extra time
with that Thursday night football game. Do you think he
can maybe clear protocol.

Speaker 2 (17:58):
Yeah, that's that's exactly my thought. Rus So if you
look at the concussion protocol, it takes just over a
week on average to get through it. There are some
players who come back without missing any games. Ceedee Lamb
has those extra three days, and reportedly he's been progressing
already started through that protocol, so yeah that if everything
goes smoothly, you would get him back this coming game. Now,

(18:21):
the other two, the data slightly favors them sitting, and
you wouldn't for any of the three expect to dip
in production once they do return.

Speaker 1 (18:29):
Okay, bugs with it being fantasy playoffs, is there anyone
you're messing around with that you can add from the
Jaguars or from the Steelers if Washington if tunes out
For me, it just seems like, okay, more targets for
DK Metcalf, more targets for Kenneth gain while at backfield,
and Travis Etn sit and forget it the rest of
the way if it yeahs out.

Speaker 3 (18:50):
There's no bonuses because of these injuries, so it's kind
of just status quo with them. I mean, Travis Etn
has been great, so he's fine. Don't really like the
fact that the sealer should down to the third left tackle.
It looks like with no Darnell Washington, so probably a
lot of uh huh Anderson playing you know, fake tight
end there a wow, so we'll see.

Speaker 1 (19:11):
Okay, well that's gonna do it for us. On the
injury front, folks, make sure y'all are following doctor Deepak
Shona at sport MD Analysis on Socials and at Sportsmedanalytics
dot com. Deepak, thanks so much for your time today, brother,
anything else you have for us on your way out?

Speaker 2 (19:25):
No, that's it, man, Let's get this Texans w and
let's keep it rolling.

Speaker 1 (19:30):
All right. We appreciate you as always been. We'll see
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are that lucky winner. And now, folks, let's go ahead
and get into the top five story lines of the
week at Boggs. I'm gonna start with a game of
playoff trust oh meter, and we're gonna go for the
Week fourteen heroes and the Week fourteen villains. So give
your trust ranking one through ten for the playoffs. Starting

(20:35):
with these players. First of all, we have t Higgins
eleven target, six receptions, ninety two yards, two touchdowns for
him today, twenty seven point two fantasy points back from
the concussion. Rest of season schedule, Baltimore at Miami and
Arizona one through ten Playoff Trustometer t Higgins eight.

Speaker 3 (20:51):
I mean him with Joe Burrow. I love that that
Joe Burrow is back. Their defense still sucks, so they're
still gonna be playing from behind like they were against
Buffalo here keeping him in the game. He even missed
a couple snaps after he landed and cracked his head again.
And then you know, Baltimore is a good matchup. We
saw DK go nuts today. Miami is not the greatest matchup,

(21:11):
but Arizona had been playing well on defense but got
torched by the Rams today, So I think it's a
pretty decent schedule here for him as well. So I'm
like a eight on Higgins. He's great.

Speaker 1 (21:22):
Yeah, I'm right there with you. I'm probably ten. Like,
I don't see any worlds where you're sitting T. Higgins.
Rest of the way, DK Metcalf, you just mentioned him.
Twelve targets, seven receptions, one hundred and forty eight yards
for twenty one point eight Fantasy points out. Baltimore was
also getting a lot of end zone looks. It was
a really really good day for Metcalf, and now he
has Miami at Detroit and at Cleveland to round it out.

(21:43):
So one through ten on the playoff Trusto.

Speaker 3 (21:46):
Meter for Metcalf probably like a seven, right, I really
love this performance that he had this week. Baltimore is
week on that side. But I mean, first play of
the game set you saw it deep to DK Metcalf.
They want to take those shots, and you need to
take those shots early to back off the linebackers to
make the run game work a little bit better. Specifically
with a banged up offensive line, so I do think

(22:06):
they're gonna keep taking these shots. I think Rogers has
kind of had it with this short dink and dunk game,
so I think we're gonna see more of that. So yes,
it's been a disappointing season for DK and I went
on Jake Seally Show and we took the l on
him this week and then of course he goes crazy.
So love to see that. I guess maybe our juju
got him back in the game here. But happy to

(22:27):
see DK rockin.

Speaker 1 (22:29):
Okay and Zay Flowers in the same game. Eleven targets,
eight receptions, one hundred and twenty four yards for him,
scoring twenty point six fantasy points against Pittsburgh. Resive season
schedule for him at Cincinnati, New England and at Green Bay.
Bog's great day for anyone who managed Flowers, because it's
been a pretty disappointing stretch really over the past month
or two. So where you out on Flowers rest.

Speaker 3 (22:50):
Of the way, I mean, I like Flowers. Now that
we have Lamar back at one hundred percent, it seems right.
He was running today ninety five, ninety percent whatever it is.
He was. Rady ran for a touchdown today, So you know,
he had a big chunk of the season with Cooper Rush,
and then he had a big chunk of the season
with less than one Lamark.

Speaker 1 (23:09):
Good point.

Speaker 3 (23:10):
So these matchups aren't great, right, Like it's Cincinnati is awesome,
but then you have New England and Green Bay after
that who have not been awesome. So I think same
as DK seven eight, you know, somewhere in that range.
He's still it's tough to sit a guy who's the
number one target on his team.

Speaker 1 (23:28):
Sure, and then Kyle Pits ten targets, six receptions, ninety
yards for the former top five overall picks, scored fifteen
Fantasy points today. Bogs rest of the season schedule at Tampa
Bay at Arizona and then the Rams to close it
out one through ten playoff Trusto meter on Kyle Pits,
I mean, how.

Speaker 3 (23:44):
Can it be higher than a five on Kyle Pitts
at any point? Right? And the matchups are okay, going
up against Tampa Bay, all right, Arizona is a good matchup.
The Rams are a less than average matchup, so it's
just okay, they'll probably get London again. I enjoy this
good game, but I'm not expecting him to perform like

(24:05):
this down the stretch.

Speaker 1 (24:06):
Okay, what about Travis Etn twenty for seventy four and
two on the ground one reception, one target for eight yards,
good for twenty one point two fantasy points against the
Colt He's been one of the best values in drafts
this season. Likely No. Two next week if he doesn't
get back from the concussion against the Jets, and then
at Denver and at Indied. Around it out one through
ten Travis Etn.

Speaker 3 (24:26):
I mean like a nine. The schedule's not great, right Indy,
but Andy is going to be with Riley Leonard most
likely or Anthony Richardson, so I think they should have
the ball a lot and run the ball a lot late.
Denver is a tough matchup in the middle, but the
Jets are the second best team, giving up the second
most points to running backs before coming into this week.

(24:46):
I think he's gonna be fine. So nine, specifically with
Twoton out.

Speaker 1 (24:49):
Okay, Devin Neil nineteen for seventy and one in replacement
of Alvin Kamara yet again, one reception, fourteen yards scored
fifteen point four fantasy points at Tampa Bay rest of
season schedule the Jets and then at Tennessee, so setting
up maybe for a nice run for Neil. What do
you think on the playoff Trusto meter?

Speaker 3 (25:06):
Yeah, I mean probably a six because if Kamara does
come back, you know, what are we doing with Kamara?
I guess, so probably like a six. This schedule is amazing.
Carolina given up to twelfth most points yea, the second
most the Jets, seventh most for Tennessee. So the schedule
is really great. I hope he's just starting still. So

(25:29):
if he's starting, I'm trying to find a way to
get him in as my flex.

Speaker 1 (25:32):
What about Blake Korum? Shout to our boy debro Over
on the Sleeper Starts episode, he called Blake korm as
a guy you need to get into lines. This week
it came to fruition twelve for one to twenty and two.
Also a reception four three yards for Blake Korum. Rest
of season schedule Detroit at Seattle at Atlanta, like don't
get full, Tyra Williams still very much involved on the day, right, Bogs.

(25:53):
I mean this was more of a situation the fifty
to fifty Yeah, yeah, I mean I guess it was true.
Like thirteen you know, carries for Kien Williams eighty four
yards and a touchdown, a little more action the receiving game.
So do you think this is going back to closer
to fifty to fifty split, which would make sense with
what Depoks was last week when Kyroen got a little
banged up.

Speaker 3 (26:12):
It's gonna be a fifty to fifty split until the playoffs.
And they have specifically said they said this week, Yeah,
we're trying to hold Kyron Williams and keep him fresh
for the playoffs. That's the point of this. And Blake
Korm's a great running back, you know, probably just as
good as Kyroen right now. So yeah, they're both splitting
carries as long as the Rams are in a good matchup.

(26:33):
Korm is a good start, okay.

Speaker 1 (26:35):
So you're probably like a fives, like a six, okay, yeah,
a little higher than average. Yeah, Okay. What about RJ. Harvey.
No timeline for return for JK doms likely not going
to see him the rest of the regular season. Seventeen
for seventy five and one on the ground. Also six
receptions for twenty five yards twenty two fantasy points for RJ. Harvey.
It's his back to back twenty point games. So the

(26:56):
rookie has been sensational as of late. Do you think
that continue? Yeah?

Speaker 3 (27:00):
I mean, look, he's just been he's been outstanding, so
you know he's getting all of the carries here. They
involved Jaliel a little bit. They have more changes in
their passing game though, and the rest of this looks
like green Bay is a tough matchup. Jacksonville is actually
actually this this schedule is not great. I didn't look

(27:20):
at this one yet, but it's green Bay, Jacksonville and
Kansas City and Jacksonville has been surprisingly strong against the
run because it's so bad against the pass. Really but
so not the best schedule, but R. J. Harvey's been humming.
So probably like a seven without Dobbins and probably like
a five with him.

Speaker 1 (27:38):
Okay, playoff trust a meter for the week fourteen villains.
These are the folks who really really let us down
in a spot we needed them. Starting at the top,
Kenneth Walker, the third for the Seahawks. Ten for twenty
nine on the ground, three targets, one reception for minus
one yard, three point eight fantasy points at Atlanta. Walker
rest of season schedule, it looks like this Indie Los

(27:59):
Angeles Rams and at Carolina Bogs.

Speaker 3 (28:02):
Yeah, this is the gross split. This is a bad
side of fifty to fifty right in the goal line. Yeah, exactly.
So he still had more snaps than Sharps, but he
just does disappear. So for him, you know, two good
matchups and one bad one. I would assume he's pretty
good in the good ones and bad and the bad one.

(28:22):
So let's go with like a six.

Speaker 1 (28:25):
Okay, Breese Hall fourteen for forty three four point three
fantasy points against Miami. Rest of season schedule for the
Jets at Jacksonville, at New Orleans, and then New England
to round out the fancy playoffs.

Speaker 3 (28:37):
Like a four out of time. I'm worried man, Like
you know, Brady Cook. If we're getting Brady Cook for
an extended period of time, that's real bad for an
already awful offense. So you know, if you remember what
it looked like with Zach Wilson and Mike White and
all those guys a couple of years back.

Speaker 1 (28:54):
So better quarterbacks than Brady Cook too, by while they.

Speaker 3 (28:57):
Might be, you know, we don't really know what Brady
Cook looks like. Give him a week of first team reps.
Maybe he's better than those guys, but it's not gonna
be by a lot. So, uh, this is he It's
tough to start. I don't want to start Breeze if
I can avoid it.

Speaker 1 (29:10):
Here's one that I didn't think we'd be talking about,
a Mecca Buca. Nine targets, two receptions, fifteen yards, three
point five fantasy points against the Saints. Rest of season
schedule Atlanta at Carolina at Miami, so sets up. It
could be a nice run for Abuca. But Mike Evans
might be back next week. We saw Chris Godwin continue
to get more and more healthy the last even McMillan's Yeah,
and McMillan could be back here. It's been in December

(29:32):
timeline all season long. So this was once the odds
on rookie of your favorite Bugs. And he has been
borderline unplayable for fantasy the last few months, So like,
what do we do with it? Buka? Where's your confidence
level on him going into the fantasy playoffs?

Speaker 3 (29:46):
Yeah, it's low, It's like a five right now. Obviously
he can pop up at any time. He had a
great first game against Atlanta as well, so I think
maybe he could be good there. Carolina is a tough matchup.
They've been great against receivers this year and Miami's been good.
We'll see when we get there though. I oh man,

(30:09):
I don't want to start agbooka if I can avoid it.
With Evans coming back, so Godwin has been awesome too,
and Bucky's back as well. There's just there's one football, right,
it could be Igbuka, and maybe Igbuka is better with
Mike Evans. Maybe we see that with Mike Evans coming back, right,
that's definitely within the cards. I just don't there's one football.
He had nine targets to day and only could catch two.

(30:30):
So it's just been tough setting for a Buka. It
seems like he's hitting a wall here, rookie wall.

Speaker 1 (30:34):
Yeah. Justin Jefferson four targets, two receptions, eleven yards, three
point one fantasy points against Washington Bogs. It has been
so tough, man, because like you have to keep rolling
Justin Jefferson out there because he has a forty point ceiling.
We know he does. And JJ McCarthy even looked better today.
The Minnesota Viking as a whole laid the absolute SmackDown
on the comedies and the rest of these schedule's great, right.

Speaker 3 (30:57):
The schedule's great though, and McCarthy's right, Listen, I'm not
worried about Jefferson down the stretch. He's been awful. I'm
not trying to sit here and tell you he's going
to be amazing. But we did finally get a good
game from McCarthy, right, And these matchups are awesome. And
I went back and I looked at McCarthy's, like his
depth of passes, he's fine, throwing to the outside of

(31:20):
the hash marks, like he's going to be okay there.
So I really love these matchups. He's still justin Jefferson.
I think this is going to get better, So it's
positivity for me. It's like a seven or eight out
of ten. It should be nine or eight, but we're
not quite there because of his bad recent performances. So

(31:40):
if we can get this version of McCarthy down the
stretch here in these awesome matchups, it could be big
for everybody.

Speaker 1 (31:47):
Yeah, it looks like Dretti's actually went with the popular
sabotage to drop on Jay Jettis this week in one
of her leagues, dropped him and opponent picked him up
and played him against her. This week. So good on you, Drettis.
I don't have the stones to do that, I don't think,
but I really respect that that is that is a
hustler move out there from dreads. But I'm with you,

(32:09):
like I'm probably I mean, I'm a six or seven. Like,
I still think we have to just expectations for Justin Jefferson.
He's still a wide receiver two, wide receiver three at
this point, but he still has wide receiver one overall
upside every single week, right, so I think it's gonna
be hard press to bench him.

Speaker 3 (32:23):
Yeah, I mean, look, and you know, he's good these
three weeks and he'll be right back to where he
was going into this year. So uh, he needs that
for his draft stock.

Speaker 1 (32:34):
What about Tyler Warren Boggs six for two, fifteen yards,
one rushing attempt, almost gotten in the end zone on
that rushing temp. Three point seven fantasy points at Jacksonville,
which is a really really good matchup for tight ends.
He now goes to Seattle, another good matchup for posing
tight ends, San Francisco, and then back again with Jacksonville.

Speaker 3 (32:55):
Yeah, look, this is we love this schedule, right, Like, Yeah,
with San Francisco Jacksonville This is fourth, eleventh, and sixth
most points given up to tight end. So what we
don't love is Riley Leonard, you know, so I think
it has to be a five for Tyler Warren. He's
probably going to be started because the matchups are so good,

(33:15):
but he is very much matchup based right now, Like
would you rather start him or Mark Andrews. It's definitely him,
but if Mark Andrews is playing the Bengals might be
Mark Andrews because the Bengals give up so many yards
and yes, tight they did it again today. Dawson Knox
and Dalton k and Cave were both awesome today, so
they just ignore the whole middle of the field. They
don't care, so it's crazy.

Speaker 1 (33:37):
Let's get to our third storylineup, the week Bogs, where
Christmas came early for fantasy managers along the shores of
Lake Erie. The total for this game between the Browns
and Titans, it was set at a measly thirty three
and a half points. I ended up not going with
the over on the game, but I went over on
the Cleveland Browns team total that came through for me.
Sixty total points were scoring this one. Shit or Sanders
twenty three of forty two, so not the most efficient day,

(33:59):
but three hundred and sixty four yards, three touchdowns, an interception,
three for twenty nine and one on the ground for
thirty three point five fantasy points. His main target continues
to be Harold Fan and Junior eleven targets, eight receptions,
one hundred and fourteen yards and a touchdown for twenty
five point four fantasy points. The rest of season schedule
for the Browns Chicago, Buffalo and Pittsburgh, and then Tony
Pollard finally does something. It was like the undertaker gift

(34:24):
right he inserted right here man twenty five at times
one hundred and sixty one yards, two touchdowns, twenty eight
point six fantasy points. He's at San Francisco, then against
k C and then against the New Orleans Saints. Does
this change anything for you on these players rest of
the season already firing them up? And do you feel
any different from a dynasty perspective as well?

Speaker 3 (34:41):
Man, raise your hand if you started Tony Pollard this
week and put it down because you're a liar and
you started Tony Pollard, come on. I actually it actually
did have to start him in one league because I
had every running back herb, but it's a league where
I'm last place, like we're rebuilding. So look, Shanor was awesome,
really was. And but you don't get to play Tennessee

(35:02):
every week. But the schedule's pretty good. It's Pittsburgh who's
been miserable against the pass, Chicago who has been pretty
bad against the past. Buffalo has been good, but they
give up a lot of rushing yards. So I like
the schedule for Sanders and Fan in specifically Fan, And
you know, I don't think Chador is going to have
this hyper performance moving forward, but I love that fan

(35:24):
and has now become the number one target on this team.
And I'll just say straight up, I don't believe a
single thing I saw from Tony Pollard today. Maybe this
is him coming to full health, finally finding the second
gear late in the season, whatever it is, I don't
buy it. So I'm going to try to not start
Tony Pollard again. Next two weeks are not great anyway.

(35:45):
It's San Francisco in cases, so Championship week is New Orleans.
So if he's putting it together, then all right, you know,
maybe we'll run him out there for Championship week in
a flex spot or if a running back is hurt
or something. But I just I am not buying what
we saw today from the Tony Pollard best career game ever,
not just as a Titan, his best game in his
career today. Yes, so most yards.

Speaker 1 (36:08):
He still looked a bit slow on some of those
breakaway runs, did he not? Like I was like, I
was like, where is that like third or fourth gear
for Tony Pollard. I just felt like you a second
stuck in second a little bit, you know?

Speaker 3 (36:17):
So yeah, I mean it was I think he's lost
the burst a little bit.

Speaker 1 (36:21):
Yeah, So snap call next week Carrol fanon Junior against Chicago,
or you go in with our boy Tyler Warren at Seattle.
If it's let's say, Riley Leonard UNDERSONI.

Speaker 3 (36:30):
Yeah, give me Fannon. I don't want Riley Leonard, So okay.

Speaker 1 (36:34):
Storyline four of the week bogs this one that tickles
your and I his hearts. Both Pittsburgh Steelers their running
backs are set up as league winners. Kenneth Gainwell comes
in as the RB twenty three on the season score
sixteen point two fantasy points. I've set it for a
couple of weeks now, that I actually prefer him over
Jalen Warren because he's kind of playing the Jaaln Warren
role from the years past, where he's getting a lot

(36:55):
of pass kitchen work. He's also getting work in the
the red zone as well. Four fifteen and one on
the ground, six for twenty seven through the year, his
fifth game this season with over six receptions. Jalen Warren, meanwhile,
RB twenty one on the year, scored fifteen point two
fantasy points, eight for thirteen on the ground, three forty
nine and a great touchdown through the air on the
screen pass. Rest of season schedule Miami at Detroit at Cleveland,

(37:19):
who just got run on today as well, So who
would you rather roster rest of season? And are they
borderline must starts for you?

Speaker 3 (37:27):
I think it's still Jalen Warren from me, but they're
splitting down the middle, so I think they're both. You know,
they both scored this week as well, they both had
a couple of big plays, so to me, it is
probably still Warren. I just think he is the better back.
I think he's better, more skilled. But game was involved

(37:47):
and there's some decent matchups here. So Miami hasn't been great.
Cleveland has been just okay. We saw what Pollard did today.
Detroit has been really good against the run, but god,
they're dropping like flies that whole defense. So Pittsburgh has
some decent here as well. So I think they're both okay,
and it's pretty much a coin flip at this point.
I still lean towards one a little bit because I

(38:08):
just think he's a better back than Gainwell, so that
would be my lean, But they're both startable. This is
kind of like Kyroene and this is the the Kmart
version of Kyron and Blake korm here.

Speaker 1 (38:19):
Oh, I would say this is like, I think this
is the best he was, like a Sam's Club version.

Speaker 3 (38:24):
I like it.

Speaker 1 (38:24):
I like it, man, I'm telling.

Speaker 3 (38:25):
You, well, this is like this is the Dollar Tree.
If like, if the Rams offense is high way up there,
the Steelers offense is not, that's fair.

Speaker 1 (38:34):
That's fair. I just think that Gainwell is, like, he
really is the second option in the receiving game, right,
And I think.

Speaker 3 (38:39):
I made Caleb Johnson, you know, be nothing, so you know, yeah,
he's we drafted him to solve this problem. And the
free agent that they got, Kenny Gainwell, is way better
than him right now.

Speaker 1 (38:52):
One more storyline for the week, and it comes with
a position we don't usually touch on this show, but
Seattle Seahawks Defense slash Special Teams continues to have the
we dominate Fogs. They had scored thirty seven more points
the next closest defense slash Special teams coming into this week.
They scored twenty more Fantasy points today. They are currently
the d slash st one pending Sunday Night and Monday

(39:14):
Night football. They had their six defensive touchdown today two interceptions,
one fumble recovery, one kickblock, and nine points allowed against Atlanta.
Their rest of the season schedule Indy, the Rams, and
Carolina at Carolina. So Boggs, are you firing them up
the rest of the way no matter what, even against
the Rams the Rams?

Speaker 3 (39:33):
Like maybe if there's somebody else against you know, look,
we might have backup quarterbacks for Indy, for the Jets. Like,
we're down to thirds as well here, right, So if
we are down to some of those bad teams and
they have matchups against good defenses, maybe I would take
them over Seattle. But how can you not? Right now
Seattle is beating everything and they're playing Riley Leonard next

(39:57):
week against Indy, so this is to be a massive
week for this defense as well. So yeah, look, they
had they had some issues coming in right the linebacker
spot was huge, but Drake Thomas has done well fitting
in there, so is Tyree's Knight. And the rotation on
the defensive line is gross. And their secondary has improved

(40:18):
a lot when they added Nick Him and Worry. So
this is a very very good defense. It's the strength
of their team that in the running game. And you know,
Sam Darnold hasn't been great, but you don't have to be.
You just throw the ball up to JSN he'll make
the play. So it's all working right now in Seattle.

Speaker 1 (40:33):
My best advice with this defense being so elite right
now is if you are going against them next week
and they're playing the Indianapolis Colts and is Riley Leonard
under center, Bogs, I would say, I very highly suggest
you go with a high ceiling lineup right like floor
be danged right now. I think you have to put
out because they could get anywhere from fifteen to thirty

(40:54):
fancy points like it is on the table once again
for the Seahawks. So absolutely before we keep it moving bogs.
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Speaker 1 (42:40):
And folks, let's go ahead and get to the panic meter.
Let us know down below who you're panicking about, and
we'll rate them on a scale from one to ten.
About how much war panicking on them heading into the
Fans Football playoffs. One means hey, we're not really panicking
at all, and ten means it's full blown panic mode.
So Boggs, let's go ahead and start out here. Lamar Jackson,
he's the guy I have to ask you about. He's

(43:01):
been god awful for this really, you know, second half
stretch of the season. He played really good today and
we talked about the schedule moving forward for them. It's Cincinnati,
it's New England, it's Green Bay. So how do you
feel about Lamar Jackson one through ten on the panic meter?

Speaker 3 (43:17):
I think this week did a lot to dispel my
issues with him. He looked like he could run a
little bit. He ran in for a touchdown, he was
scrambling a little, scrambling a little bit more. Probably should
have had that second touchdown to Isaiah Likely. I mean,
you know, I'll take it, But looked like he should
have had that one. So it looked like in the
second half he really was his regular self. So I'm

(43:38):
probably not worried about Lamar that much. It'd be like
a three.

Speaker 1 (43:43):
What about Ashton gent Boggs five point eight fantasy points
for him today, just ten for thirty on the ground,
two receptions eight yards. We saw our boy Kenny Thicket
back out there. Gino Smith injured late in that game.
It's at Philly, It's at Houston. And then the Giants
for week seventeen one through ten. Where you at on
Ashton genty on the panic meter.

Speaker 3 (44:01):
I mean on the panic meter, I'm like a seven
because this offense looks disgusting right now. And Kenny Pickett
is awful. We've seen it before. Aidan O'Connell is awful.
We've seen it before. And by the way, Gino Smith's
pretty awful as well. So they don't have a good
quarterback situation. He's been stopped like three weeks in a row.
All they're doing is loading up nine in the box
to stop the run. Because nobody can throw the ball

(44:22):
to Brock Bauers. He's the only guy performing for them
right now. They need wide receiver help, they need o
line help, they need quarterback help. Is a busted offense.
So I like some of those matchups. The Giants one
I think is really good, and then that championship week
and then who they play next week?

Speaker 1 (44:39):
You said next week they are going to be let
me pull that back up for you. Next week, the
Raiders are going to be playing at Philly at Houston
and then the Giants to close it out.

Speaker 3 (44:50):
Yeah, so Houston's nott a good matchup obviously, but Philly's
gotten rocked by the run recently. We'll see what they
do tomorrow night. But that doesn't look like a bad
matchup either. So that looks nice. But it's matchups, not
the way the offense is going. So the way the
offense is going is gross. So okay, it's like a
seven out of ten for me on Ash and genty
one more.

Speaker 1 (45:10):
From Nelson panic meter. On Abuka, you said that you
already touched on him a little bit, that you're not
highly confident in starting him the rest of the way.
So where you at on the panic meter? I think
I'm out of a six or seven at this point.

Speaker 3 (45:22):
I think he's going to be a wide receiver three
for me. So okay, whatever that means for your rankings, right,
You know, starter sid is a difficult question, but you
probably want to have two guys that are better than
him in your lineup, and he is your swing play
at this point, and you hope he swings. You don't
expect it so it's pretty high. Yeah, I'd have to

(45:44):
say it's like a seven right now because I got
Evan's coming back, maybe McMillan's coming back. Obviously Bucky is back.
So just getting all these weapons back one football to
go around, it's not that much fun, okay.

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(46:39):
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try to get to them before we get out of
here and Bogs. First one is coming from our friend
c n You. He's got Byte out tomorrow with Hampton
possibly playing. I've already got Nico and Woody tonight and
need thirty points to win full PPR. So it looks

(47:02):
like Jayden Higgins tonight, Vidale tomorrow with Hampton possibly playing.
How are you You.

Speaker 3 (47:08):
Got thirty points? Yeah, you've got to have thirty points
either you got Nico and what are going tonight? Plus
Fidell tomorrow and Higgins?

Speaker 1 (47:16):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (47:17):
I think yeah, I think you're good to go here.
I think you're definitely getting those thirty points. If you don't,
that's a big you know, that's a big miss.

Speaker 1 (47:25):
It looks like it looks like he needs uh Higgins
or Vidal? Where would you go?

Speaker 3 (47:29):
Oh Videll for me?

Speaker 4 (47:31):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (47:31):
I don't trust I don't trust Higgins. Higgins has been
getting more snaps, but he's very touchdown. De pendant Philly's
run defense with no Jaylen Carter h has been bad,
and I do think that you maybe ease Hampton back in.
I don't think he gets that full Bucky run like
we saw, so I think Fidell is gonna have a
decent game tomorrow, So I'd probably go Ydell there, Okay.

Speaker 1 (47:52):
And we talked about Justin Jefferson earlier today. From a
redraft perspective, I'm seeing Nelson has a couple questions about
him from a dynasty lens. If you're trade window is
still opening, you're pushing for a fantasy football championship, would
you still be willing to go out there and maybe
buy Justin Jefferson Because I honestly, this is the lowest
year ever gonna get him in his tire grower.

Speaker 3 (48:10):
That's it, man, That's the whole point of buying him
now is because he's so incredibly low. Now, people will
know that you're in the playoff, you know, so probably
gonna try to fleece you that way, of course. But yeah,
I think it is a perfect time to go by
Justin Jefferson. And we went over the schedule is great.
McCarthy looked good, and I went back and looked at
just In season. It doesn't seem like he has a

(48:31):
problem throwing to the outside. It's probably just matchup base
this week. So yeah, I think I'm fine with Justin
Jefferson rolling him.

Speaker 1 (48:39):
Kind of a fifty foot question here, Boggs, Ali is
really concerned that they don't want to draft another wide
receiver first overall again after Jamar just hasn't really hit
his ceiling outcome this year. You know, you could say
it was the injuries to Burrow and then Jake Browning
under performing, Joe Flacco taking a little bit of time
to get his feet under him. Are you deterred from
drafting wide receivers one overall, because I certainly am not.

(49:02):
I just think it's one of those circumstances like, hey,
it didn't work out this year, but Jamar Chase has
still been a top fifteen player overall, so like it's
no sweat to me.

Speaker 3 (49:10):
Yeah, I mean, it's just specifically when you're picking one
to one right, like it's it's almost impossible for those
guys to live up to expectations. So bad year for
Jamar Chase. I understand the hesitation. I would say, if
you don't want to take a wide receiver though, you
need to do your KDS, your Kentucky Derby system, or
or however you work it to try to get towards

(49:31):
the back end right because there's gonna be running backs
back there and you're gonna be able to take one
in the second round as well. Running backs are guaranteed
more touches on a week to week basis, so there's
just fewer of them. They're harder to replace, so in
in a PPR, they don't score as many points. Yeah,
when some of those guys have those huge output weeks.
So I'm not deterred at all. But I understand and

(49:54):
to me, being deterred is more about the player than
the you know, the position.

Speaker 1 (50:00):
Yeah, I think it's one of those situations for me,
Bogs where if I'm going running back at the one
oh one or the one o two, I need to
have a very very high confidence level that I'm gonna
get a good wide receiver back in that second and
third turn. Right this year, I was all at, you know, Jsn,
he was kind of my guy on that turn. I
was after I got him in a ton of.

Speaker 3 (50:19):
Lead worked out.

Speaker 1 (50:20):
Yeah, But then I also took Mike Evans in like
the third and fourth round, which did not work out
as much. It was him and DeVante Adams. I was
kind of trading back and forth in my rankings a lot,
So you just really need to have I set on
your receiver position. Speaking of that, Bogs, last question before
you get out of here, who's your one oh one
consensus next year?

Speaker 3 (50:37):
I was just about to ask you that. Uh yeah,
it's hard to not say jsn right like he's been amazing.
It's also hard to not say Jonathan Taylor.

Speaker 1 (50:46):
So I do depend on the quarterback situation, I guess.

Speaker 3 (50:49):
And one percent, like you know, if we're gonna get
DJ back, and this is a an achilles strain, Okay,
if not, are they going with Anthony Richardson next year
as well? Are they signing a veteran? Does Riley Leonard
do enough here the last month of the season to
endear himself to start while Daniel Jones is down? I
just don't believe Daniel Jones will be back week one.

(51:11):
I don't buy it at all, not even a little bit.
And even if he is, the rest of those guys
that tore their achilles have looked fairly miserable coming back
and coming back fast. So I don't like that whole situation,
so right now, for me, it's probably JSN.

Speaker 1 (51:26):
Okay. I also think like Jamior Gibbs should be in
that conversation or he wanted to go running back. He's
only had two games below double digit PPR points so
far this season. It will at least be one more
season or at least two more seasons of Montgomery unless
they somehow trade him. So, but he's definitely taken the
mantle here and it just feels like he has the
ceiling and he has the floory is a little bit

(51:48):
of everything you'd want. So for me, I'm probably JSN.
I mean I'm a JSN guy, so I'd probably go
JSN one, and then looking at I probably go Gibbs too,
just because I don't know the quarterback situation, and I
think JT's up in that conversation. Mccaffra's going to be
a pooka, and Jamar Chase. I think that's kind of
your top six. Is there anyone maybe I missed out
of that time?

Speaker 3 (52:08):
I mean, if Jefferson has a huge finish to this season,
he'll be right back in that discussion as well.

Speaker 1 (52:13):
So I think it's yeah, I think you can get
him a little cheaper. I think people are you should
be able to.

Speaker 3 (52:17):
But I'm telling you if he if he wins people
money in the last three weeks, like if McCarthy and
him are good, he's gonna be right back up in
that discussion.

Speaker 1 (52:24):
Very very good point, Boggs. I love looking forward to
twenty twenty six, but oh yeah, I also enjoy, you know,
riding out the rest of this fantasy football playoff stretch.
I hope we can continue to help everyone reach their
championship and take home that hardware that is going to
do it though for us tonight on this episode of
the Fantasy Pros Fans Football Podcast, let us know below
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