December 25, 2025 • 46 mins
Merry Christmas! Marcas Grant, Michael F. Florio, and LaQuan Jones gift you their start-sit advice for week seventeen and their Sunday game previews.
- Start 'Em, Sit 'Em QBs: 1:47
- Start 'Em, Sit 'Em RBs: 7:17
- Seahawks at Panthers Preview: 13:56
- Jaguars at Colts Preview: 15:30
- Buccaneers at Dolphins Preview: 17:18
- Eagles at Bills Preview: 18:51
- Cardinals at Bengals Preview: 22:47
- Steelers at Browns Preview: 24:58
- Jets at Patriots Preview: 27:42
- Saints at Titans Preview: 29:49
- Giants at Raiders Preview: 30:59
- Start 'Em, Sit 'Em WRs: 33:35
- Start 'Em, Sit 'Em TEs: 35:57
- Bears at 49ers Preview: 39:49
- Rams at Falcons Preview: 41:02
- Who Will Deliver: 42:50
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
Wow, Hey, everybody, Welcome to another edition of the NFL
Fantasy Football Show. Merry Christmas, everybody, It's me your Man MG.
Marcus Grant Joy by Michael Florio and Lakwan Jones. Merry Christmas, gentleman,
(00:21):
Merry Christmas. Hey, Merry Christmas. As you wear a hat
that says the Grinch on it, which, actually, you know
what sort of fits?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Come on, I gotta play the part, man, but I
think the Gritch is probably the best Christmas character. Like,
I'm not into Rudolph, I'm not really into frost Seed,
the snow Man.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Like.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Grinch is like top tier, like he's mister one.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Does that surprise anyone.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
But that he's top Tier's favorite Christmas The Grinch got
so fed up with people he moved to the top
of a mountain together. Like I sort of understand it,
like I feel it. I see where you're going with
not the the tracks they did like they did, they
wronged him, they forced it, Like I get it, So
I'm not totally mad at the Grinch. Also, your mean one,
(01:07):
Mister Grinch is one of the all time great Christmas songs.
Just three minutes of just dumping on the port.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
The original is why I heard it the other day
and like he gets called like a triple decker sour
kraut sandwich. I'm like, who thought of this? Inside, I will.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Touch you with a thirty nine and a half foot poll.
I mean that's just a marsh Anyway, we hope to
be less harsh as we help you out with your
fantasy championships. Into Week seventeen, we got plenty to talk about.
We will have starts and six for this final week
of the fantasy season. Plus we're going over every.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Game on the Sunday and Monday slates, and we're giving
you our.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Sleepers for the week. I actually not sleep We're gonna
give you our club dubs for the weeks. What it is,
our twenty plus non QB players. That's what we're doing. So,
as always, going to start with the startups and cittams.
You can read those written by Michael F. Florio at
NFL dot com slash start Sit. We'll begin at the
beginning with the quarterback position, Floria, who.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Are your starts for the week? Where are your sits
for the week? Look, the Cowboys aren't going to be
winning any championships this year, but their fantasy managers are.
I think Dak is a must start against the Commanders
this week. I love Brock Purdy this week. I'm playing
him myself in a championship game over Caleb Williams. Trevor Lawrence.
He's been red hot and it is a great matchup
against the Colts. I think Lawrence could go down as
(02:19):
the fantasy playoff MVP this season. And then Jacoby Brissett,
if you survived last week, you set it and forget it,
as Marcus has dubbed, because the Bengals are a fantastic matchup,
but they should be in ketchup mode to the Cardinals
that is. And then the sis goff is more of
a situational thing. It depends on your options. I know
quarterback is thinning out, but that is a matchup I
(02:39):
want to avoid. Ideally one passing touchdown allowed by the
Vikings since Week ten. Justin Herbert is just a straight
sit for me. I know last week was great against
the Cowboys. This is the toughest matchup for quarterbacks. In
his five prior games before he got Dallas, he was
fewer than fifteen fantasy points. Baker Mayfield, the Dolphins could
be ran on. They've been tougher to throw the ball against,
and he just hasn't played well. And then Bryce Young
(03:02):
we were talking about it a lot because I have
to decide if I want to start him or not
in a super flex. Bryce Young does weird things in
tough matchups, but Seattle is about one of the toughest
matchups you can get.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
I mean literally, like the last couple of weeks, Bryce
Young has had good matchups and he's been mediocre at best.
But then you're like the the good matchups or the
tough matches rather he shows up any balls out. So
I don't know what to expect from Bryce Young. But
Lakwan Trevor Lawrence, dude has been on fire and it's
(03:33):
another good matchup. I mean, the Colts have been getting
lit up. He's just got lit up by Brock Purty.
Trevor Lawrence in a good spot right here.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
I mean, how beautiful would it be that, you know,
Sir William Trevor Lawrence wins me my championship because he's
been red hot the last four games fourteen touchdowns, zero interceptions.
They have been winning these games because of the confidence
just at the confidence level being so high, you have
Brton strange making place. You have Parker Washington going completely
(04:03):
bonkers last week. Jakobe Myers was probably the best ad
for any any type of like past deadline ad as
a trade deadline move for the team for simple fact
that you still have Brian Thomas Junior in the fold
as well being such a deep threat. So there's so
many dynamics to this offense of why Trevor is bawling
right now? I can't wait for the end of the
(04:23):
season to wrap up, and I can say Trevor Lawrence
can now be called te law.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I mean, you can say that now, Like no is
stopping you from saying that now except your own stubbornness.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I just said, if he wins me my championship, because
I am starting him in my championship matchup, I will
say this, I will say Tee law for the rest
of the time that he is on the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Through mean one, mister Jones, come on, man, you gotta
finish strong man. There's still time to disappoint. Let's not
act like the game is all wrapped up and the
season's over. Championship needs to come home before he earns
(04:58):
full respect.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
It's true, you did like you did cut off Odell Beckham, right,
you said that you basically had like one bad game
or whatever in the playoffs and you're like, I'm.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Done with him forever. Like that was like, yeah, that
was it.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
It was a quiet injury that he could have played through. Yeah,
I understand those for the Giants. And then he was
shipped off to Cleveland the very next year, so there
was no reason to ever draft him again.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
I told you guys, Nichola came up to me the
other day. I was like, I'm not drafting Josh Allen anymore.
After his bad game. I was like, he's the best
fan and she was like, he's not a good quarterback.
I was like, okay, but she's angry because he got
six points out of him. So I get it. Just
just you know, just so much hate in your heart, man,
Like you just got it.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
This is not this This is the season to let
that hate go. Man, This is the season of love
and giving and like, you know, you gotta get your
heart to grow three times the size, yeah, man, Like,
get your hid to go? Can Gerard go three sizes?
On Sunday, another one revealed just real quick. Jared Goff,
Like what do you make of Jared Goff, Because you know,
like he's had some tough matchups that the Steelers weren't
(05:54):
the easiest matchup he ended up getting like twenty five points.
This is a really tough one though, in a game
that the Lions have to have though.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Yeah, and that's why I think it's very option dependent.
Like I in the article too, I say, like, look,
I would be sitting golf if you have Lawrence or
Purty or Persett, which are all starts, which I think
is a very realistic scenario. Tyler Shuck is one that
I've gone back and forth on. But if you're in
a situation where like quarterback is really thinning out, I'm
not grabbing like Kirk Cousins and playing him over or
(06:24):
cam Ward the streaming options that we like this week, Like,
I'm not playing them over Jared Goff. I'm not playing
like Baker over him. I have one league where it's
between Jackson Dart and Jared Goff. I'm kind of leaning
Jared Goff. But that kind of shows you the range
where like he's not a must start, but he's not
a must sit. It's very option based.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
It's funny the way we've all cooled on Jackson Dart
by the way too, Like.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
It directly correlates to when they fired Brian Dable, Like
that is when Jackson Darts train kind of just went
off the rails.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
It was so much fun until all of a sudden
it wasn't and so he just all moved.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
It got scared real quick. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Interesting, it was always scary. It just suddenly consequences happened,
right Like We're like, oh, like, you can't just keep
running out there and like smashing into people and things
like without there being consequences. And they were all like, Okay,
it's not it's not fun anymore sort of thing. Anyway,
what is fun is running backs. Running Backs are fun,
especially starts and sins of running backs. Who's up Who's down?
Speaker 3 (07:22):
This week? R J. Harvey is just an absolute must
start right now. Since the bye week he has been
incredible And I know the Chiefs are a tough matchup
on paper for running backs. I think game script is
heavily on his side, and I think they run the
ball a ton Ashton gents. If you survived much of
the year with him, he is going to win a
lot of people championships. I think the Giants are the
(07:42):
best matchup for running backs. I don't think it's even close.
And gamescript it's not really a game where I'm worried
about them being down so much that they had to
get away from GENTI Kenneth Gainwell six weeks. In the
last six weeks, he's averaging over six targets per game
and nineteen Fantasy points per game. Like, I don't think
he's gotten enough love for how good he has been
consistently for the last month and a half. And then Stevenson.
(08:05):
We heard today that Treveon was in a red non
contact jersey. I think they're going to practice caution, and
if they do, Stevenson is a top twenty running back
with RB one upside the sis Breis Hall. Look, he's
averaging six yards per game. When Brady Cook starts, they're
not throwing him the ball. The Patriots limit big players,
so you can't really rely on that. I want no
(08:25):
part of Breese Hall. Rico Dwell. The usage for the
Panthers backfield has fluctuated a lot. The Seahawks are really
tough against the run as well. Woodie Marx, I know
the Chargers for much of the year were bad against
the run, but in the last month they've actually allowed
the fewest rushing yards to running backs. And Marx gets
a lot of volume when he's out there, but he
(08:46):
hasn't really turned it into big fantasy days. And then
the Saints running backs, I want no part of it.
If you're playing anyone from the Saints backfield, it should
be Taysom Hill at tight end.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
You're really pushing this Taysom Hill agenda.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
And I just if you had a flex adrics to
make Taysom Hill or Evan Hull. You're telling me you're
not going Taysom Hill.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
I mean yeah, but like it's just like you know,
you have Candy Corner rotten egg nog, Like what do
you what are you asking.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Me if you're in the championship with the brock Bauers
or George Kittle, like some Hill might be the best
option on your waiver wire.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
I know, Like I look, I have George Kittle.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
I don't want to win that way.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
You'd rather lose without taste. I don't want to win
that way. I don't have that level of pride. I
will I will win however it comes.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
I will win however however I can win by any
means necessary, nasty like I might feel queasy about it,
but I will I will hoist the trophy.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
I do not care.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Lukawi would be weird if I like, just like you know,
hummed some Kenny g while you talked about Kennedy Gainwell.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Right now, he no, he needs some love like Florio
hit the nail on the head. Not enough love is
being focused on his back. That would as Marcus jlms like,
I really look at Kenneth Gainwell right like when we
were talking about him the summer. We're hearing all the
reports from the beat writers in the fantasy streets. This
guy's lining up in the slot. He's getting a lot
of receiving work. We saw exactly why he was doing that.
(10:08):
Look at the hands, my guy, look at the hands,
the focus that he brought that ball in and for
that to count. He is leading guys to the Fantasy Championship.
I'm telling you now, I want Kenneb Gamewell over a
lot of options that are even in the starts right now.
Kenneb Gamewell is on a hot streak right now, a
top ten running back in the last four weeks. Man,
(10:28):
we have to really lock him in this week, no question.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
Yeah, I mean jeniking Will has been bad.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
What was great last week is that both Gainwell and
Jalen Warren were able to eat together.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
So that was fun. And my home league, my opponents
started both of them. I won, but he started both
of them against me, and I was freaking out during
that second half, which is a really questionable maneuver, but
it worked out. Going in, I'm like, all right, cool,
and then they got fifty points.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
I wouldn't recommend it, but it worked out. That was
an ugly run by Jalen wall Like. It was one
of those things like, oh he's down, wait, hold up
what it looks nasty, but he gets it off and
that's kind of what he does every single week.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
That, like, would there be a certain host on a
morning show on this network would be.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
Upset because our producer is the same producer as that,
and Quap's on boards. All right, cool, let's go it
all works out.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
I was like, we gotta write this down somewhere so
we don't forget it between now and like next August
or something like that.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Ugly runs is what we're gonna do.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
I do want to ask you for about Breese Hall
and not so much about this week because I wouldn't
start him either.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
It's bad, Like I do think we've maybe.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Overvalued Breese Hall in the past, but also I feel
like this year is not a Breeze Hall issue. It's
it's a coaching issue. Like they're they're not giving him
targets and I don't understand it.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
Yes, yeah, I don't know why they're not throwing him
the ball. I understand why he's not having his usual
explosive runs, especially as of late, because there's no Garrett Wilson.
Brady Cook is the quarterback. Like, yeah, you're if you're
playing them, you're just gonna be like stop twenty and
we we win this game. But he's a free agent
this year, so it really is going to depend where
he ends up. But yeah, I'm I think I'm done
(12:05):
with the pushing him up to be in RB one
kind of days. But I think he could be an
art of rock solid RB two that has weekly RB
one upside in the right offense.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
I want him to go somewhere Lakwan where he can
sort of have like a like a Javonte Williams kind
of rebound. Right, he goes to a team where like
you know, obviously it's not working out with the Jetsy.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
I have no we like Javonte there, try to bully.
Davonte is very much a volume type of guy though,
like Breese is better.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
So what he got the gig man, he's doing great
with it. Don't do that.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
No, we like Javonte Williams again, what.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
About what about Kansas City? That's the that's the pie
in the sky landing spot.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
That's what I was screaming and pounding the day before
during the trade deadline, like chee, if you need a
running back, go get yourself some Breeze. He's motivated, he
wants to be paid. This guy can work out of
the backfield. I know we had Brischard's myth there, but
he's not getting that much uses from Matt Naggi being
a pass catcher out of the backfield in Pachecko. He's
just kind of been Pacheco like of what we've known
(13:09):
after the injury. So it's like, I don't understand why
they didn't go after Breeze aggressively. But hey, I mean
maybe next year that's where he will probably end up.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Yeah, I just want to know somewhere that will use
his talents. I mean he's on part on pace for
fifty one targets this year.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
I mean him and audured estimate in the last four
games have the same amount of receptions. Just let that
sit real quick.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
Yeah, they're using Isaiah Davis over him, like it in
the passing game. It doesn't make sense.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Well, he got some juice, he looks explosive.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
I like him, but but he's not Breeze.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
He's not Breeze Hall, He's not. So I got some
more starts and says coming up later on in the show.
Gonna take a quick break. We will come back with
our week seventeen previews, getting into these Sunday and Monday games.
That and plenty more coming on the NFL Fantasy Football Show.
Got a full Sunday of action and a few interesting ones.
(14:00):
I know, you know, there's some interesting games going on
on I can say on Thursday, but let's you know,
keep it a buck. The Christmas Day games maybe not
what we hope they were gonna be. Saturday games maybe
some interest, but Sunday definitely some intrigue there. Or start
with these Seahawks and the Panthers and Florio Choosher fighter
on this one, Sam Donald or Bryce Young.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
I'm gonna go with Bryce Young only because I might
I might end up starting in the league, and I
want to put that positive energy out. The thing is, though,
I actually do like Bryce for fantasy more than Sam Darnold,
because Donald has a couple of big games here or there,
but he just oftentimes doesn't really have to put up
numbers because of the way Seattle plays their defense scores.
(14:44):
They hold teams to a lot of not to a
lot of points. So, like you go through his game block,
he has a lot of games with less than five
Fantasy points and you just simply cannot. Like, since week
ten he has three games with less than five Fantasy points,
you just simply cannot. And Bryce Young has been running
more as of late, which has elevated that floor.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Yeah, the interception bug has come back to get Sam
Donald lately, and that's always first place, Sam Donald, first place,
Sam Donald, Yeah, first place in the NFC West, Sam Donald,
I would say, usc Sam Donald has shown back up
the guy who will like throw some picks in the
first half, but then figure out a way to sort
of rally you late and get wins.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Look, MG's wearing UCLA colors today, Hey, look at you.
Welcome to the club man. Daguars and Colts. Jaguars and
Colts intriguing one in the AFC South where the Jaguars
are red hot. They are streaking the Colts sinking like
(15:43):
a rock right now and trying to just cling onto
anything to save their playoff hopes, which are fading quickly.
I know, the big story of the kwand around the
Colts the last few weeks has been Philip Rivers and
coming back to play.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
And that's all fun and cute and well and good,
But for fantasy, I'm going to need a Jonathan Taylor
vibes check from you.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
I mean, look, the Jaguars are hot right now, and
so is that defense. They're one of the toughest, you know,
run defensives out there. I mean, they're top of the table.
And I really look at Jonathan Taylor really suffering because
of Philip Rivers running out of the gun more often
than not being under center. So therefore that kind of
takes Jonathan Taylor out of his element. Like the checkdowns
are cool, but we would need them more at a
higher rate, Like right now we're seeing Philip Rivers with
(16:25):
the Whiners last week airing that ball out as much
as he could. So I look at this with Jonathan Taylor.
It's going to be a tough matchup. You're not sitting him,
but it's one of those things that he's gotten you
to the big dance. You just have to trust and
believe that this guy is going to go out there
at least put up more than fifteen Fantasy points. That's
all we need from Jonathan Taylor in the PPR leagues.
You can sit tight with the checkdowns and hopefully he
(16:46):
busts one of those things off. Because one of the
things that Johnson Taylor possesses, as we can see, he
is very explosive and he is hard to bring down.
So those are one of the things that you could
paint the picture and you could sit nice and cozy.
I would say on this Sunday, coming out of the
Nansty Championship.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
I'm worried about Jonathan Taylor so badly. I mean, like
I get it, like you can't get away from him,
right because you've been relying on him. He's been so good.
But man, just I don't know, man, it's bleak. It's
bleak for JT. This week against Jacksonville.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Buccaneers at the Dolphins.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
I don't we were worried about Jalen Wattle with Quinn
you Weers at quarterback. I wouldn't watch that game. Quen
Newers made some really nice throws make I'm not gonna
sit here and tell you that he's a quarterback of
the future. I'm not going to try to pretend that
he made some nice plays and Jalen Wattle had a
nice game.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
So does this mean against the Bucks that Jaylen Wattle's
back in play? I feel very similar to how Elk
was just talking about Taylor. But obviously Waddle isn't at
Taylor's level, but like you probably have to play him,
like he had nine targets last week, like you said
he had twelve Fantasy points in PPR. Like that's a
solid floor game. And the thing is the Bucks really
(17:57):
struggle against the past, but surprisingly they been tough against receivers.
It's tight ends and running backs that have eaten against
them in the passing game. But still I expect the
Dolphins being ketchup mode in this game. Wattle is the
clear cut top target, so you'd have to have a
pretty good option to get away from him. But it's
still just because it's yours. It's still a little part
(18:18):
of me that's just like a little hesitant about going
all in on Jalen Waddle. You know, yeah, I mean
I get that.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
I mean I know we were all like, hey man,
don't throw it to Darren Waller because he's just a
big old target. And that's kind of what happened. There.
Was very surprised at how much work Jalen Wattle got
and like I said, I'm gonna stay and stand on this.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
He made some good throws, he made some interesting plays.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
They're still gonna look for a quarterback in the offseason,
like that's still priority number one for the Dolphins. But
it was not as bad as I you know, he
didn't have a touchdown, but he threw for two sixty
you know, better than I expected. Right, that's all better
than expected. Looking at the Eagles and the Bills, which
a really interesting game on paper, And as we take
(18:59):
a look at the first touchdown odds, a quartering to
Cazar Sports Book, James Cook and Saquon Barkley the top
two odds right there, followed closely by the two quarterbacks
Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts. They have equal odds there
than AJ Brown, rounding out the top five, So I
had no real surprise. Florio is someone who has a
vested interest in this game. Cook, Barkley, Allen Hurts, AJ Brown,
(19:21):
all real legitimate options.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
Who do you like best there? I'm gonna go with
the Bill, of course. I'm gonna go with James Cook actually, though,
because I think I'm a little hesitanting if we're gonna
see Josh run as much. Remember early I know it's
later in the year. It's different now, but earlier in
the year where Josh banged up his nose in Week one,
they consciously stopped running him, especially near the goal line
(19:42):
and stuff, and they didn't want him taking those hits.
But I do love that they were just like Cook, Barkley,
Allen hurt let's give the quarterbacks and running backs the
same odds like so I kind of get it. I
respect that.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Yeah, No, it kind of makes sense to me with
everything that's happening there. Laqual When you look at this game,
the Bills we know have not been very good against
the run. We've targeted them with running backs all year long.
The numbers against wide receivers though, have been very good.
We know that Philly at times, their passing game kind
(20:13):
of drives the struggle bus. Are you worried about the
Eagles wide receivers this week?
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Absolutely, I'm worried every single week. But I think aj
Brown is the one that you can trust that they
throw it that bat signal on. It's more so looking
at this Bill's defense, they're the second best defense against
the pass. So therefore this can turn an easily a
Saquon Barkley run game. This can easily turn into a
Jalen Hurts running out of the pocket. More often than not,
these guys are not going to be able to separate.
But I think if you're looking at a Devonte Smith,
(20:38):
I would be very very cautious of putting him into
starting lineups because I'm not sure if Jalen Hurts is
going to be able to support both these guys. Where
we're on fan and watch, where I'm obviously rooting for
a Dallas Goddard this game. This could be a Dallas
Gotter game that he becomes the security blanket, being that
they're going to have more matchups in his favor to
get him going.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Yeah, I just feel like it's one or the other like,
it can't be both.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
In my opinion, it's always two of the three.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
So it's yeah, can you imagine Gotham with two Batman's
out at night, like, and you see what I'm saying, Like,
obviously one of them are going to be the fraud,
Like somebody's gonna be wearing the hockey pads and somebody
wearing the real thing.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
I would be much more afraid of jacked Batman than
skinny Batman.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
All I know is that just unhoused people with mental
health issues should be were in a town with two batmen,
That's all I know. Clowns, clowns that were dress shoes,
clowns that wear suits and dress shoes should be on
the lookout all the time.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Hey, joker, be fresh, though I don't know where he shot,
but that woy be fresh. Sometime.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
I feel like, if you're a joker, you probably have
somebody on standby that makes clothes for you. You're not
walking into the men's warehouse and just getting a suit.
That's all I'm saying. On the other side, Florio as
the Bill's homer here on this show, Daltington Kaid or
Dawson Knox, either neither or both.
Speaker 3 (21:55):
Ideally, I think neither is in this one. It's possible
that they could have big games because this could be
a high scoring, back and forth kind of game. But
this is the hardest matchup for them because the only
team that has allowed more I mean less fantasy points
per game to tight ends are the Bills, and they
can't face themselves, so they will never have a harder
matchup than this one against the Eagles last week. I
(22:17):
know the Bills were playing from ahead. They didn't throw
a bunch, but they had three targets combined, and with
Dawson Knox getting more involved, it has really taken some
of the shine away from Kincaid. Plus I just want
to point out Sunday in Buffalo, they're expecting rain, it
could turn the snow. There's wind, so deep an eye
on that game and the weather there. If it's really windy,
(22:40):
maybe that leads to more targets for the tight ends
because they're short or quicker. But yeah, ideally, I don't
think I wanted to play either of them.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
A game that means absolutely nothing in terms of the
real NFL season, but could me in a whole health
lot in terms of fantasy. The Cardinals at the Bengals.
There's so many guys, Lakwan that we are starting on
either side.
Speaker 3 (23:02):
Right.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
You can start the quarterbacks, you can start the wide receivers.
You're absolutely starting Trey McBride. Would you start a Cardinals
running back? And if so, which one?
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Michael Carter like even though he didn't get as many
opportunity as he did in Houston where he had eighteen
and then we look at last week, it was one
of those things. He was running very well on the ground,
like they just didn't keep going to him. I don't
know why, but I will feel comfortable starting him against
the Bengals, where that's their weak point. We've been bullying
the Bengals all season long, plugging all our running backs.
(23:33):
I wouldn't get cute and thinking otherwise if I'm down
a bunch of running backs. Being that i lost Quinn
Shawn Jenkins last week, Michael Carter looks like the shining
star and my starting lineups in a favorable matchup against
the Bengals.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Any worries that suddenly Murray de Mercado starts getting more
touches this week.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
I mean he's there. I mean he's a guy there,
But it's not like he's over there playing better than
Michael Carter. Like again, like this is a backfield that
they feel comfortable handing the ball of to any them,
but Michael Carter has been getting served as the workhorse.
Like again, I go back today Houston game where I
was just completely thrown off. I was really surprised that
he came out of that game with four point zero
(24:10):
yards for Carrie on eighteen opportunities. Like he was actually
a nice solid flex play that week. So I look
at last week kind of like a it went against
the game plan where he still put up decent yards
on the ground where he still was serviceable. He was
still a fishing so he did his part. It was
just more so they just didn't give him more opportunities
in this matchup. I can definitely see they lean more
on the run, being that that's where they're going to
(24:31):
get most of their pop.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
All right, So Michael Carter did play there for the Cardinals,
Like I still have a roster with James Connor just
sitting there on ir Like, I just wanted to keep
him there for team morale, you.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
Know, I just wanted that veteran.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
I had that with Cam skataboo, that veteran presence in
the locker room.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
You know, I just fantasy roster right decies needed that
veteran presence.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
There's all I need.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
That's I respect it, you know.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Heading over to the AFC, the Steelers had the Cleveland
to take on the Browns. Michael left Florio, could you
give me a projection on what Harold Fannin can do
this week?
Speaker 3 (25:08):
I think Trey McBride needs to watch out because that
tight end one crown might not be safe. When Fannin
drops one hundred, then nah. But he I really think
he's having a big game. I think he's having a
big game this week. One look at the numbers since
Schadora has come in. He's got over It's like a
twenty five percent targets share, all the air yards, he's
getting the end zone targets now as well. He's got
(25:29):
a touchdown in what three of his last four games,
two last week. And on top of that, the Steelers
have allowed the third most fantasy points and the second
most touchdowns two tight ends this year. If it wasn't
for the Bengals being absolutely trash against tight ends, we
would talk a lot more about the Steelers being a
great matchup for them and to stream against them and stuff.
But I think he has a big game and I
(25:51):
think our good friend Lawan Jones needs to hit up
the ma all this weekend because that hair's turning blonde.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
We had a graphic of the the tight end standings
as they currently are in fantasy football to show where
Harold Fannon is.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
Okay, can we put that up right now?
Speaker 1 (26:12):
So you see Harold Fannon is there at number six,
who's just below brock Bauers, who, by the way, brock
Bauers just went on injured reserve, so he's done for
the season. So so Bowers is at five what is it?
At five points? I believe, ahead of one ahead, one
point ahead of Harold Fannon. I'm sorry, Dallas Goddard is
(26:36):
hanging around there point one points behind Fannin, so he
could you know, it wouldn't be crazy for Goddard to
jump Fanning, but Fannin should jump brock Bowers unless something
really weird happens. You know, we'll see after you know, Christmas,
what happens with.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
Five behind Kelsey and even less than that for Ferguson.
So it's right there for the taken.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
So like Strawberry Blonde, platinum blonde, were going like a silverb,
what are we thinking?
Speaker 3 (27:08):
What are we thinking this year?
Speaker 2 (27:09):
I'm thinking strawberry blonde matches the brand. But I would
say this, man, I am rooting usually for Dallas gotdter
like this is a game, but I just needs him
to go out there and go bokers because I told
you guys before the show started, I'm facing Dallas Godder
in my championship. So it feels a little icky, a
little weird rooting for him. But for the sake of
my hair color, yeah, I'm all Dallas.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Goddard this weekend. I'm waiting for you to start rocking
Kelly Green jersey or something like that this weekend to
be like that.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
We're going that far. Okay, No, okay, I figures where
the shot.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Speaking of teams that wear green, the Jets hosting the
Patriots this week, Licuan, would you start any Jets? Is
there any Jet that you would consider starting? In fantasy football?
Speaker 2 (27:54):
It's tough and like, I can't say that I had
a lot of Jets, you know, players on my rosters
in the playoff, even in the championship right now. So
I don't feel comfortable with this Patriots defense. I do
feel like, you know, if you have Bristol, that's probably
your best bet at running back. If you have a
Ady Mitchell. It's been cool at times, but at other
times that floor is as scary as I've talked about before,
(28:15):
with the broken tiles, the roaches and stuff. I don't
think that I feel comfortable with any Jet in my
starting lineup against his Patriots defense.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Just again, we talked about Breese Hall earlier and just
how things have gone bad for him, Like, I can't.
I can't With Ady Mitchell.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
I can't.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
And it's just, you know, with the quarterback situation being
what it is, Brady Cook there, I can't do it.
Speaker 3 (28:39):
Yeah, I get Yeah.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Like if if I made the championship and let's just
say a hypothetical or like let's just imagine this universe
that Garrett Wilson was still playing and he was still
playing as a wide receiver too, then yeah, he obviously
would be the only much start. But I don't trust
like a John Metche or Ady Mitchell with a Brady Cook, like,
it just doesn't seem like you can bully any these Jets,
you know, players into your starting lineups, you should probably
(29:03):
want to get away from them, especially in this matchup
where everything is on the line. It's do or die, folks, Like,
let's not get all crazy and paint these pictures that
we think that Ady Mitchell can put up that high
target share in that high fantasy ceiling that he is
shown at times with better in Solt for matchups like,
I just don't want to play that game this week.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
Was it one of those things where you know, again
if this were a week eight, Week nine matchup, like
you can sort of play that game and you can
take that risk. But the here the reward because the
ceiling for Mitchell is not high enough I think to
outweigh the risk of what you're more likely going to get,
which is, you know, like five points or something like that.
Speaker 3 (29:38):
Like it just it just doesn't the.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
Math is in mathing on that situation, which, by the way,
this should be a segment we do next year.
Speaker 3 (29:45):
The math isn't mathing. It could just be the thing
that we do.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Saints at Titans. Boy, I'm gonna ask you again to
choose your fighter here, Tyler Shuck or Kim Ward.
Speaker 3 (29:56):
I do want to say I like Kim Ward if
you're like in a deeper streaming city situation. Multiple passing
touchdowns in three straight games, I'm I think the tape
shows that he is a very good player, but I'm
going with Tyler Shuck here. Tyler Shuck has seventeen or
more Fantasy points in four straight and five of his
last six. That is a safe consistent floor. He is
running more, he's throwing the ball well downfield as well,
(30:18):
like right there, eighth highest completion percentage on passes with
ten or more air yards. And the Titans have been really,
really good against the run as of late in factor,
allowing the fewest yards before contact to running backs in
the last five weeks. But you could throw on them.
So the Saints have no running game right now already.
I expect to see a good amount of airing the
(30:39):
ball out in this one. So give me Tyler Shuck there.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
Yeah, I mean, I think I lean Shuck, but I
just you know, I've been wanting to give Cam Moore
his profits because he's been improving. He's been improving as
the season goes along. I'm very curious to see what
the Titans do around him this offseason. But you know,
the progression has been there for him for sure. As
the season has gone along, the Giants at the Raiders
mentioned Brock Bauers on injured reserve, so his season is over.
(31:05):
Last week, Lakwan Ashton Genty shocked all of us with
what he did against the Houston Texans. Now, on paper,
the Giants matchup seems to be a good one, but
for the last month they've actually did pretty good against
running backs. Can Genty do it again? Find an offensive
line that admittedly has not improved, it's still bad. Can
he do something similar to what he did last week?
Speaker 2 (31:26):
I would say you probably do something similar. I don't
think he would get that huge bang for your butt
last week, which again nobody in the fantasy streets were
starting Ashton Genty against the Texans. But this guy almost
went out there and put up almost two hundred scrimming
yards and as you could see him to be a
role my guy was out there catching long passes. My
guy was actually getting loose in between the tackles. Like
(31:47):
looking at Ashton Genty on my bench last week was so, so,
so painful because your boys started Quinn, Shawn Jenkins and
Kamane Badal, where Ashton Genty is sitting on my bench putting.
Speaker 3 (31:57):
Up a thirty burger.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
So I do think we get something similar to that, because,
like how you mentioned, the Giants have actually been buckling
down on some of these running backs. But I think
him coming in with so momentum, with such a great
game of last week, I hope that Genty can go
out there and win some folks to fantasy championships. For
those who believed in him last week.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
I mean, look, this is why you spent probably a.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
Late first round, early second round pick on him. He
hasn't quite lived up to that. But Ashton Genty has
the chance to do the funniest thing.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
Yes he does. And while we're talking about this game,
I did just see that the Giants left tackle and
center looking like they're not like they're not practicing today.
The Giants are being like, we see your brock Bowers
and will raise your whole whole line. But it's very
much so something you need to factor in for Jackson
Dart and your Giants players.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
If we just abolish the draft, we don't have this
race to the bottom at the end.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
Of the season.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
While where everybody's just trying to like I'm just market started.
I'm just putting That's all I was gonna say on it.
I'm just putting it out there. Anti American, right, it's
anti American. Drafts are on American. They absolutely are on Christmas.
Oh my god, it's Christmas. Grinch, come on, you want
this hat, I'll give it to you. Look, the Grinch
(33:07):
was just spinning facts to save me.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
If they made a Grinch remix about getting rid of
the drafts, one person you will see it. I would,
I would be I would get a writing.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
Credit at least, I would hope or something like that.
So uh, anyway, that's that's all I got on that.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
Time for a break.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
But when we come back, we'll finish up our starts
and since with wide receivers and tight ends, plus preview
these Sunday and Monday night games and.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
We'll hit Club Dub for you.
Speaker 1 (33:35):
All.
Speaker 3 (33:36):
Right. Back to our.
Speaker 1 (33:36):
Starts and since for Week seventeen, looking at the wide
receiver position, Florida, who do you like? Who do you
not like?
Speaker 3 (33:41):
This week? Look, I think you continue to ride some
hot hands like Chris o'lave has been amazing and the
Titans matchup, he's been great. Since Tyler Schuck has kind
of taken over. But the Titans matchup is also a
really good one. A Ze Flowers obviously, I like him
a lot more with Lamar, but I do think this
is a favorable matchup. The Packers play a lot of
Zone fifth highest rate action and Flowers is the go
to guy against that coverage. DJ Moore again riding the
(34:04):
hot hand here. It's looking like we're not gonna have
Roman Dunsay again. And if you watch Monday Night you saw,
and really any forty nine Er games since like Week five,
you've seen that that defense cannot stop anyone. And then
Jacoby Myers, I don't know why he keeps getting overlooked
as he is. He is such a safe floor clear
upside there and the Cults are a great matchup for receivers.
(34:24):
Jamison Williams a lot like Jared Goff. For me, this
is more of a beware a situational thing. It depends
on your options. I have a league where I'm playing him,
a league where I'm sitting him, and then a third
league where I don't know what I'm doing with him.
Rashid Rice actually was just placed on IR when we
started taping this, so forget about him. Lad McConkie. Look,
I know last week was fun against the Cowboys. This
(34:44):
is one of the toughest matchups for receiver, and he
is fewer than five points in three of his last
five and then a mecha Abuka. We showed like a
b roll of him on Fantasy Live today and it
was just him dropping passes. So that's not what you
want to see for someone that you might play in
the Fantas the Championship not so great.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
Meanwhile, Dj Moore Lakwan has come to life at a
point where you've just sort of written him off. It
has helped that guys like Romo Dunes, they have not
been there. But do you believe in Dj Moore against
the forty nine ers this week?
Speaker 2 (35:13):
Yes, getting the game ball and the praise from your
quarterback and your head coach. Like you look at Dj
Moore these last three weeks. He's been solid. He's been
a guy that you can flip flip into your flex position.
Like I look at Dj Moore as a guy that
I was like benching all these weeks because I had
better options. I just couldn't trust his floor. But now
that he's being utilized as the wide receiver one now
He's being utilized in his versatility, being all over the
(35:35):
offense like I love seeing him being targeted deep downfield
and then also being utilized out of the backfield or
on the screen. It's like one of these things where
Dj Moore he should have been used like this all
season long, especially against the Whiners. I hope he liked
you guys. Oh so, I cannot wait to see Dj
Moore bring home the championship for a lot of fantasy managers.
Speaker 1 (35:54):
All right, moving on to the side end position. Your starts, Yeah,
I'm ignoring engage. I'm not.
Speaker 3 (36:00):
It starts in such a tight end this week, Florio
exactly how we all drew it up. Four years ago,
three years ago, two years ago. Kyle Pitts as a
league winner on Monday Night Football. I'm so excited because
I have him in my home league championship. Him and Puka.
I can't wait for that. Harrow fannin junior. We've already
spoke a lot about him, Hunter Henry. I know there
(36:21):
was a stretch in the middle of the year where
he was a forgotten man, but as of late they've
been throwing him the ball more. It's a good matchup.
And then Darren Waller in the last month. The Bucks
are the best matchup for tight ends. They allow a
lot of touchdowns, so I think that keeps him in
play as a streaming option. I'm sitting Travis Kelce because
everyone else is on ir for the Chiefs. The Broncos
are gonna be like, if we stop eighty seven, we
win this game. Tyler Warren, I know they're trying to
(36:45):
get him the ball at a high rate hasn't really
led to a lot of fantasy success as of late.
Kolbe Parkinson. The Rams have three tight ends and you
just never know which one they're gonna throw the ball to.
And then Abel Barner. I know last week he had
a big game, but those have been few and far
between this year, and the floor is very very low. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:01):
I want to look at that Tyler Warren on that one, Lakwan,
because if you got points for hospital balls thrown by
some of the rivers, then you're loving life with Tyler Warren.
But the fact that he has had fifteen targets over
the last two games and he's turned that into league
six catches for less than fifty yards. This this feels
(37:23):
like scary scary time. If you're starting Tyler Warren, right.
Speaker 3 (37:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
I hope that some of the fantasy managers out there
kind of had a backup plan and jumped to the
waiver ward these last couple of weeks, because it's been
hard watching Tyler Warren in starting lineups and like Rivers
is trying his best, trying to get him the ball,
but the chemistry isn't there, the timing isn't there right,
Like we're seeing him being utilized very close to the
line of scrimmage, Like his receiving yards for target is
at three point three with Rivers right now. That is
(37:49):
not going to get you anywhere near the chunkyards he
was getting with Daniel Jones. As we're watching Dan Jones
drop the ball off to Tyler Warren, like it's one
of those things where it's like you gotta stay ready, man,
you got to jump on the way and get some
of these Bretton strangers of the world, right try to
get some of these other tight ends that were on
the wayward these last couple of weeks, because you've seen
the production with him and Rivers and it has not
(38:09):
been great. So I am not starting him whatsoever in
a Jacksonville Jaguars defense being that there could be, you know,
some favorable matchup for a Josh Downs that takes the
place of Tyler Warren, who's been the underneath guy. So
I'm actually piving two other tight ends in this matchup.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
That's just so weird because Josh Downs is getting the
underneath work, but like his his yardage totals aren't enough
to get you excited, and if he doesn't score a touchdown,
you really get nothing.
Speaker 3 (38:33):
Alec Pierce came.
Speaker 1 (38:33):
Out of nowhere, but I don't think anybody believes that's sustainable.
And then like he can't really get to Tyler Warren
and Michael Pittman consistently.
Speaker 3 (38:40):
It's just them. I do love their strategy though, of
like Rivers just throw that moon ball as far as
he can and one of our receivers will out jump
a dB Like I mean, that's kind of what it is. Now.
Speaker 1 (38:50):
It's kind of rough watching him make a whole body
throw just to get the ball, like.
Speaker 3 (38:53):
He threw on the run the other day.
Speaker 2 (38:55):
Do you guys know what I'm about to say? Like,
do you know the quarterback that I'm about to yell
right now? Can we all say it together? Riley Leonard
put him in and then you'll get some fantasy production
for Tyler Warren.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
But he can't throw the deep ball either, and he's
not forty five.
Speaker 1 (39:11):
Also, the fact that he still can't force his way
onto the field outside of garbage time is probably telling.
Speaker 3 (39:16):
They were like, we have Riley Leonard, but we could
get great river side.
Speaker 2 (39:20):
The last time they played the Jags. In the three quarters,
he looked good. He looked better than Sir William, Like
almost called him mid but he was still William at
that time. But give Riley Leonard a chance, man, give
him a half. Geez, he'll get the Texans if the
Colts lose this week. Oh yeah, that's a great match.
Speaker 3 (39:37):
Up for him.
Speaker 1 (39:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (39:37):
Thanks nice, Thanks guys, good luck all.
Speaker 1 (39:41):
Right, as we get ready to wrap up our Week
seventeen previews start with Sunday Night Football the Bears at
the forty nine Ers. You can see that game, of
course on Sunday Night. As the title of the show suggests,
Loyer anybody that you would not start in this game, which,
by the way, a quick update too that is necessary
to know. George not practicing on Wednesday. Kyle Shanahan says
(40:02):
he has a chance to play in week seventeen if
you believe in Kyle Shanahan.
Speaker 3 (40:06):
That sort of thing.
Speaker 1 (40:07):
Also, Ricky Piersall limited in practice on Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (40:10):
That's one I might not play Ricky piersaal like I'm
playing Rock Party. I'm obviously CMC. I think Juwan Jennings
is highly highly underrated, like he should be out there.
Caleb is in play, but I do think Caleb is
much more option dependent. Like in the one league, I
have Caleb on two championship teams. One is a two
quarterback league where I'm very weak at quarterbacks, so I'm
(40:31):
playing him. The other I have Rock Purty and I'm
playing Rock Purty over him. I'm playing DeAndre Swift. I
think Kyle Mannung Guy is an option based flex. DJ
Moore is a start for me. Polston Lovelan is kind
of opt So I'm much more higher on the Bear
on the forty nine er side than the Bear side,
But I do think a lot of the Bears are
also in play.
Speaker 1 (40:47):
I would definitely, you know, I think I like DeAndre Swift,
Kamanung Guy. I'm sort of just because Paul Yume is
kind of the thing there, But a lot of the Bears.
I would be in on that one too. Monday Night
Football the Rams and the Falcons a big one for
the Rams in.
Speaker 3 (41:02):
A couple of instances, LaQuan.
Speaker 1 (41:04):
Obviously they are still chasing the one seed, you know,
trying to lock up the NFC West.
Speaker 3 (41:10):
That's on their play.
Speaker 1 (41:11):
But also the Rams beating the Falcons helps the Rams
draft position because they have the Falcons draft pick here.
But I want to ask you about the Falcons side
of it. I know how you feel about the Rams.
I'm not going to ask you about that. Drake London.
Drake London was not great last week for fantasy. It
was a Kyle Pitts day. Do you think there's a
Drake London bounce back this week?
Speaker 2 (41:34):
He's still limited in practices, like they're taking it easy
with him with that PCL because again, why risks you know,
a setback in pretty much where the season is over
and affects him this offseason. Like I do think him
playing limited snaps last week, that kind of was the
message that we're putting out there in the fantasy streets.
Don't expect Drake London to come back to that first
round talent that we've seen, you know, last year, and
(41:54):
I feel like you know, folks, with this matchup, I
wouldn't be trying to sneak him in against a Rams
defense either. I think him limited on snaps, him being
limited in practice should be a huge red flag for
you not trying to take this gamble. So whoever you
had as his replacement to get you to the big dance,
I probably will lean on those options.
Speaker 3 (42:12):
But I need Drake London.
Speaker 2 (42:16):
It's not like the folks that are at my DMS, like, oh,
we need Devonte Adams. No, we need him for football
in February. And I think that the Falcons would agree.
They'd rather have him healthy going into this next season.
Speaker 3 (42:28):
Yeah, we're nine months from next season to get ready. Like, yeah,
it makes sense for DeVante because they have playoffs. The
Falcons have nothing for the next nine months.
Speaker 1 (42:37):
But I also need Davonte, so why.
Speaker 3 (42:38):
Play him at all? Players get paid though, based on
availability and stats, And.
Speaker 2 (42:44):
Okay, play Drake London, you guys win.
Speaker 1 (42:47):
This is a whole different conversation for a whole different show.
It's time to see who will deliver, presented by Uber Eat,
and it is time put on your silk shirt, put
on your really smelly body spray, we're gonna club dub.
You got the guys, the non quarterbacks who can score
you twenty points this week. So Lakwan who gets behind
(43:09):
the velvet ropes in Week seventeen?
Speaker 2 (43:11):
Rimandre Stevenson, and I think this is one of the
things where he's going under the radar. This is a
favorable matchup against the Jets where they're allowed the fifth
most rushing yards per game to the running back position.
So we're looking at Ramondre Stevens to be plugged in
for a huge game. Limited snaps last week and still
had a great fantasy outing, So I'm looking for him
to explode as the starting running back. If Trayvon Henderson
(43:34):
is not ready to go where he puts up a
Bundy burger, let's go Vermandre.
Speaker 1 (43:39):
I like this a lot. I mean if with no Travion,
I think Vermandre absolutely eats this week. Lrio, who's your
club dub.
Speaker 3 (43:45):
Look, I mean, you guys left the layup out there.
I'm gonna take it the only tight end that I
think I feel comfortable ever projecting your twenty plus point
game for it. Fami Bride Right, he gets the Bengals
who will have the most catches, yards, touchdowns, fantasy points
too tight ends. It's three hundred more yards in any
other team, five more touchdowns than any other team. And
I joked about this on Fantasy Live, but it's a
fantasy tail as old as time. Right, all you one
(44:07):
seeds that had Trey McBride that lost to five seeds,
you are going to watch your boy put up twenty
twenty five thirty points this week and be like, if
he did that last week, I would have won, and
I would have won in a champion Yeah, you didn't
make it, but the teams that didn't survive it, they're
probably gonna win a championship.
Speaker 1 (44:24):
I mean, if some butts were candy and nets, we
don't have a merry Christmas. Min is gonna be the
von Ai chan, which I don't think is a major
surprise considering the way he's played this.
Speaker 3 (44:34):
Year, but I think it's a little bit different.
Speaker 1 (44:36):
I think so last week he did it mostly as
a runner. He didn't have a whole lot in terms
of receiving. I think he had fewer than ten receiving yards,
but he did have eighty one yards and a touchdown
on the ground last week. This week against the Bucks.
I think it's reversed where I think his rushing numbers
might be sort of mid. But I think as a
pass catcher, because that is where Tampa has really struggled
(44:56):
is against running backs catching the ball out of the backfield.
Look you as I I know I praised him, but
also he's not gonna be a super vertical passer, right.
He'll get the bottle waller, he'll get it to Wattle,
but I think he'll also get it to Devon ah
Chan out of the backfield, and that's where you see
him really do things Like you know, you have a
handful of catches. Wouldn't be surprised if he had in
the neighborhood of seventy five eighty yards receiving finds his
(45:19):
way into the end zone. But either way, Devon ah
Chan has been the one thing that has worked consistently
in this offense and I think it will continue to
be the thing that works again this week against the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Speaker 3 (45:30):
So there you go.
Speaker 1 (45:31):
Those are the guys who get past the bouncer and
into club dub in your championship week. That was who
will deliver presented by Uber Eats, where you can get
the best deals on game day food all season long,
the official on demand delivery partner of the NFL Order. Now,
there we go. That is our last bit of advice
for you before you head into your championship games. We
(45:53):
wish you certainly the best and happiest holiday. We certainly
wish you the best in championship weekend as well. But
in the meantime for us is it's we are done.
We appreciate you hanging out with the NFL Fantasy Football show.
Speaker 3 (46:04):
You know the drill.
Speaker 1 (46:05):
Tell two friends to tell two friends, rate review, and
remember handmad presents are scary because they reveal that you
have too much free time. Be safe to carry yourselves.
Good luck in your championships.
Speaker 3 (46:14):
We'll talk to you next week.
Wow, Hey, everybody, Welcome to another edition of the NFL
Fantasy Football Show. Merry Christmas, everybody, It's me your Man MG.
Marcus Grant Joy by Michael Florio and Lakwan Jones. Merry Christmas, gentleman,
(00:21):
Merry Christmas. Hey, Merry Christmas. As you wear a hat
that says the Grinch on it, which, actually, you know
what sort of fits?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Come on, I gotta play the part, man, but I
think the Gritch is probably the best Christmas character. Like,
I'm not into Rudolph, I'm not really into frost Seed,
the snow Man.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Like.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Grinch is like top tier, like he's mister one.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Does that surprise anyone.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
But that he's top Tier's favorite Christmas The Grinch got
so fed up with people he moved to the top
of a mountain together. Like I sort of understand it,
like I feel it. I see where you're going with
not the the tracks they did like they did, they
wronged him, they forced it, Like I get it, So
I'm not totally mad at the Grinch. Also, your mean one,
(01:07):
Mister Grinch is one of the all time great Christmas songs.
Just three minutes of just dumping on the port.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
The original is why I heard it the other day
and like he gets called like a triple decker sour
kraut sandwich. I'm like, who thought of this? Inside, I will.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Touch you with a thirty nine and a half foot poll.
I mean that's just a marsh Anyway, we hope to
be less harsh as we help you out with your
fantasy championships. Into Week seventeen, we got plenty to talk about.
We will have starts and six for this final week
of the fantasy season. Plus we're going over every.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Game on the Sunday and Monday slates, and we're giving
you our.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Sleepers for the week. I actually not sleep We're gonna
give you our club dubs for the weeks. What it is,
our twenty plus non QB players. That's what we're doing. So,
as always, going to start with the startups and cittams.
You can read those written by Michael F. Florio at
NFL dot com slash start Sit. We'll begin at the
beginning with the quarterback position, Floria, who.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Are your starts for the week? Where are your sits
for the week? Look, the Cowboys aren't going to be
winning any championships this year, but their fantasy managers are.
I think Dak is a must start against the Commanders
this week. I love Brock Purdy this week. I'm playing
him myself in a championship game over Caleb Williams. Trevor Lawrence.
He's been red hot and it is a great matchup
against the Colts. I think Lawrence could go down as
(02:19):
the fantasy playoff MVP this season. And then Jacoby Brissett,
if you survived last week, you set it and forget it,
as Marcus has dubbed, because the Bengals are a fantastic matchup,
but they should be in ketchup mode to the Cardinals
that is. And then the sis goff is more of
a situational thing. It depends on your options. I know
quarterback is thinning out, but that is a matchup I
(02:39):
want to avoid. Ideally one passing touchdown allowed by the
Vikings since Week ten. Justin Herbert is just a straight
sit for me. I know last week was great against
the Cowboys. This is the toughest matchup for quarterbacks. In
his five prior games before he got Dallas, he was
fewer than fifteen fantasy points. Baker Mayfield, the Dolphins could
be ran on. They've been tougher to throw the ball against,
and he just hasn't played well. And then Bryce Young
(03:02):
we were talking about it a lot because I have
to decide if I want to start him or not
in a super flex. Bryce Young does weird things in
tough matchups, but Seattle is about one of the toughest
matchups you can get.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
I mean literally, like the last couple of weeks, Bryce
Young has had good matchups and he's been mediocre at best.
But then you're like the the good matchups or the
tough matches rather he shows up any balls out. So
I don't know what to expect from Bryce Young. But
Lakwan Trevor Lawrence, dude has been on fire and it's
(03:33):
another good matchup. I mean, the Colts have been getting
lit up. He's just got lit up by Brock Purty.
Trevor Lawrence in a good spot right here.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
I mean, how beautiful would it be that, you know,
Sir William Trevor Lawrence wins me my championship because he's
been red hot the last four games fourteen touchdowns, zero interceptions.
They have been winning these games because of the confidence
just at the confidence level being so high, you have
Brton strange making place. You have Parker Washington going completely
(04:03):
bonkers last week. Jakobe Myers was probably the best ad
for any any type of like past deadline ad as
a trade deadline move for the team for simple fact
that you still have Brian Thomas Junior in the fold
as well being such a deep threat. So there's so
many dynamics to this offense of why Trevor is bawling
right now? I can't wait for the end of the
(04:23):
season to wrap up, and I can say Trevor Lawrence
can now be called te law.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I mean, you can say that now, Like no is
stopping you from saying that now except your own stubbornness.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I just said, if he wins me my championship, because
I am starting him in my championship matchup, I will
say this, I will say Tee law for the rest
of the time that he is on the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Through mean one, mister Jones, come on, man, you gotta
finish strong man. There's still time to disappoint. Let's not
act like the game is all wrapped up and the
season's over. Championship needs to come home before he earns
(04:58):
full respect.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
It's true, you did like you did cut off Odell Beckham, right,
you said that you basically had like one bad game
or whatever in the playoffs and you're like, I'm.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Done with him forever. Like that was like, yeah, that
was it.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
It was a quiet injury that he could have played through. Yeah,
I understand those for the Giants. And then he was
shipped off to Cleveland the very next year, so there
was no reason to ever draft him again.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
I told you guys, Nichola came up to me the
other day. I was like, I'm not drafting Josh Allen anymore.
After his bad game. I was like, he's the best
fan and she was like, he's not a good quarterback.
I was like, okay, but she's angry because he got
six points out of him. So I get it. Just
just you know, just so much hate in your heart, man,
Like you just got it.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
This is not this This is the season to let
that hate go. Man, This is the season of love
and giving and like, you know, you gotta get your
heart to grow three times the size, yeah, man, Like,
get your hid to go? Can Gerard go three sizes?
On Sunday, another one revealed just real quick. Jared Goff,
Like what do you make of Jared Goff, Because you know,
like he's had some tough matchups that the Steelers weren't
(05:54):
the easiest matchup he ended up getting like twenty five points.
This is a really tough one though, in a game
that the Lions have to have though.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Yeah, and that's why I think it's very option dependent.
Like I in the article too, I say, like, look,
I would be sitting golf if you have Lawrence or
Purty or Persett, which are all starts, which I think
is a very realistic scenario. Tyler Shuck is one that
I've gone back and forth on. But if you're in
a situation where like quarterback is really thinning out, I'm
not grabbing like Kirk Cousins and playing him over or
(06:24):
cam Ward the streaming options that we like this week, Like,
I'm not playing them over Jared Goff. I'm not playing
like Baker over him. I have one league where it's
between Jackson Dart and Jared Goff. I'm kind of leaning
Jared Goff. But that kind of shows you the range
where like he's not a must start, but he's not
a must sit. It's very option based.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
It's funny the way we've all cooled on Jackson Dart
by the way too, Like.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
It directly correlates to when they fired Brian Dable, Like
that is when Jackson Darts train kind of just went
off the rails.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
It was so much fun until all of a sudden
it wasn't and so he just all moved.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
It got scared real quick. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Interesting, it was always scary. It just suddenly consequences happened,
right Like We're like, oh, like, you can't just keep
running out there and like smashing into people and things
like without there being consequences. And they were all like, Okay,
it's not it's not fun anymore sort of thing. Anyway,
what is fun is running backs. Running Backs are fun,
especially starts and sins of running backs. Who's up Who's down?
Speaker 3 (07:22):
This week? R J. Harvey is just an absolute must
start right now. Since the bye week he has been
incredible And I know the Chiefs are a tough matchup
on paper for running backs. I think game script is
heavily on his side, and I think they run the
ball a ton Ashton gents. If you survived much of
the year with him, he is going to win a
lot of people championships. I think the Giants are the
(07:42):
best matchup for running backs. I don't think it's even close.
And gamescript it's not really a game where I'm worried
about them being down so much that they had to
get away from GENTI Kenneth Gainwell six weeks. In the
last six weeks, he's averaging over six targets per game
and nineteen Fantasy points per game. Like, I don't think
he's gotten enough love for how good he has been
consistently for the last month and a half. And then Stevenson.
(08:05):
We heard today that Treveon was in a red non
contact jersey. I think they're going to practice caution, and
if they do, Stevenson is a top twenty running back
with RB one upside the sis Breis Hall. Look, he's
averaging six yards per game. When Brady Cook starts, they're
not throwing him the ball. The Patriots limit big players,
so you can't really rely on that. I want no
(08:25):
part of Breese Hall. Rico Dwell. The usage for the
Panthers backfield has fluctuated a lot. The Seahawks are really
tough against the run as well. Woodie Marx, I know
the Chargers for much of the year were bad against
the run, but in the last month they've actually allowed
the fewest rushing yards to running backs. And Marx gets
a lot of volume when he's out there, but he
(08:46):
hasn't really turned it into big fantasy days. And then
the Saints running backs, I want no part of it.
If you're playing anyone from the Saints backfield, it should
be Taysom Hill at tight end.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
You're really pushing this Taysom Hill agenda.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
And I just if you had a flex adrics to
make Taysom Hill or Evan Hull. You're telling me you're
not going Taysom Hill.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
I mean yeah, but like it's just like you know,
you have Candy Corner rotten egg nog, Like what do
you what are you asking.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Me if you're in the championship with the brock Bauers
or George Kittle, like some Hill might be the best
option on your waiver wire.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
I know, Like I look, I have George Kittle.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
I don't want to win that way.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
You'd rather lose without taste. I don't want to win
that way. I don't have that level of pride. I
will I will win however it comes.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
I will win however however I can win by any
means necessary, nasty like I might feel queasy about it,
but I will I will hoist the trophy.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
I do not care.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Lukawi would be weird if I like, just like you know,
hummed some Kenny g while you talked about Kennedy Gainwell.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Right now, he no, he needs some love like Florio
hit the nail on the head. Not enough love is
being focused on his back. That would as Marcus jlms like,
I really look at Kenneth Gainwell right like when we
were talking about him the summer. We're hearing all the
reports from the beat writers in the fantasy streets. This
guy's lining up in the slot. He's getting a lot
of receiving work. We saw exactly why he was doing that.
(10:08):
Look at the hands, my guy, look at the hands,
the focus that he brought that ball in and for
that to count. He is leading guys to the Fantasy Championship.
I'm telling you now, I want Kenneb Gamewell over a
lot of options that are even in the starts right now.
Kenneb Gamewell is on a hot streak right now, a
top ten running back in the last four weeks. Man,
(10:28):
we have to really lock him in this week, no question.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
Yeah, I mean jeniking Will has been bad.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
What was great last week is that both Gainwell and
Jalen Warren were able to eat together.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
So that was fun. And my home league, my opponents
started both of them. I won, but he started both
of them against me, and I was freaking out during
that second half, which is a really questionable maneuver, but
it worked out. Going in, I'm like, all right, cool,
and then they got fifty points.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
I wouldn't recommend it, but it worked out. That was
an ugly run by Jalen wall Like. It was one
of those things like, oh he's down, wait, hold up
what it looks nasty, but he gets it off and
that's kind of what he does every single week.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
That, like, would there be a certain host on a
morning show on this network would be.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
Upset because our producer is the same producer as that,
and Quap's on boards. All right, cool, let's go it
all works out.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
I was like, we gotta write this down somewhere so
we don't forget it between now and like next August
or something like that.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Ugly runs is what we're gonna do.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
I do want to ask you for about Breese Hall
and not so much about this week because I wouldn't
start him either.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
It's bad, Like I do think we've maybe.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Overvalued Breese Hall in the past, but also I feel
like this year is not a Breeze Hall issue. It's
it's a coaching issue. Like they're they're not giving him
targets and I don't understand it.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
Yes, yeah, I don't know why they're not throwing him
the ball. I understand why he's not having his usual
explosive runs, especially as of late, because there's no Garrett Wilson.
Brady Cook is the quarterback. Like, yeah, you're if you're
playing them, you're just gonna be like stop twenty and
we we win this game. But he's a free agent
this year, so it really is going to depend where
he ends up. But yeah, I'm I think I'm done
(12:05):
with the pushing him up to be in RB one
kind of days. But I think he could be an
art of rock solid RB two that has weekly RB
one upside in the right offense.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
I want him to go somewhere Lakwan where he can
sort of have like a like a Javonte Williams kind
of rebound. Right, he goes to a team where like
you know, obviously it's not working out with the Jetsy.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
I have no we like Javonte there, try to bully.
Davonte is very much a volume type of guy though,
like Breese is better.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
So what he got the gig man, he's doing great
with it. Don't do that.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
No, we like Javonte Williams again, what.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
About what about Kansas City? That's the that's the pie
in the sky landing spot.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
That's what I was screaming and pounding the day before
during the trade deadline, like chee, if you need a
running back, go get yourself some Breeze. He's motivated, he
wants to be paid. This guy can work out of
the backfield. I know we had Brischard's myth there, but
he's not getting that much uses from Matt Naggi being
a pass catcher out of the backfield in Pachecko. He's
just kind of been Pacheco like of what we've known
(13:09):
after the injury. So it's like, I don't understand why
they didn't go after Breeze aggressively. But hey, I mean
maybe next year that's where he will probably end up.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
Yeah, I just want to know somewhere that will use
his talents. I mean he's on part on pace for
fifty one targets this year.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
I mean him and audured estimate in the last four
games have the same amount of receptions. Just let that
sit real quick.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
Yeah, they're using Isaiah Davis over him, like it in
the passing game. It doesn't make sense.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Well, he got some juice, he looks explosive.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
I like him, but but he's not Breeze.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
He's not Breeze Hall, He's not. So I got some
more starts and says coming up later on in the show.
Gonna take a quick break. We will come back with
our week seventeen previews, getting into these Sunday and Monday games.
That and plenty more coming on the NFL Fantasy Football Show.
Got a full Sunday of action and a few interesting ones.
(14:00):
I know, you know, there's some interesting games going on
on I can say on Thursday, but let's you know,
keep it a buck. The Christmas Day games maybe not
what we hope they were gonna be. Saturday games maybe
some interest, but Sunday definitely some intrigue there. Or start
with these Seahawks and the Panthers and Florio Choosher fighter
on this one, Sam Donald or Bryce Young.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
I'm gonna go with Bryce Young only because I might
I might end up starting in the league, and I
want to put that positive energy out. The thing is, though,
I actually do like Bryce for fantasy more than Sam Darnold,
because Donald has a couple of big games here or there,
but he just oftentimes doesn't really have to put up
numbers because of the way Seattle plays their defense scores.
(14:44):
They hold teams to a lot of not to a
lot of points. So, like you go through his game block,
he has a lot of games with less than five
Fantasy points and you just simply cannot. Like, since week
ten he has three games with less than five Fantasy points,
you just simply cannot. And Bryce Young has been running
more as of late, which has elevated that floor.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Yeah, the interception bug has come back to get Sam
Donald lately, and that's always first place, Sam Donald, first place,
Sam Donald, Yeah, first place in the NFC West, Sam Donald,
I would say, usc Sam Donald has shown back up
the guy who will like throw some picks in the
first half, but then figure out a way to sort
of rally you late and get wins.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Look, MG's wearing UCLA colors today, Hey, look at you.
Welcome to the club man. Daguars and Colts. Jaguars and
Colts intriguing one in the AFC South where the Jaguars
are red hot. They are streaking the Colts sinking like
(15:43):
a rock right now and trying to just cling onto
anything to save their playoff hopes, which are fading quickly.
I know, the big story of the kwand around the
Colts the last few weeks has been Philip Rivers and
coming back to play.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
And that's all fun and cute and well and good,
But for fantasy, I'm going to need a Jonathan Taylor
vibes check from you.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
I mean, look, the Jaguars are hot right now, and
so is that defense. They're one of the toughest, you know,
run defensives out there. I mean, they're top of the table.
And I really look at Jonathan Taylor really suffering because
of Philip Rivers running out of the gun more often
than not being under center. So therefore that kind of
takes Jonathan Taylor out of his element. Like the checkdowns
are cool, but we would need them more at a
higher rate, Like right now we're seeing Philip Rivers with
(16:25):
the Whiners last week airing that ball out as much
as he could. So I look at this with Jonathan Taylor.
It's going to be a tough matchup. You're not sitting him,
but it's one of those things that he's gotten you
to the big dance. You just have to trust and
believe that this guy is going to go out there
at least put up more than fifteen Fantasy points. That's
all we need from Jonathan Taylor in the PPR leagues.
You can sit tight with the checkdowns and hopefully he
(16:46):
busts one of those things off. Because one of the
things that Johnson Taylor possesses, as we can see, he
is very explosive and he is hard to bring down.
So those are one of the things that you could
paint the picture and you could sit nice and cozy.
I would say on this Sunday, coming out of the
Nansty Championship.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
I'm worried about Jonathan Taylor so badly. I mean, like
I get it, like you can't get away from him,
right because you've been relying on him. He's been so good.
But man, just I don't know, man, it's bleak. It's
bleak for JT. This week against Jacksonville.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Buccaneers at the Dolphins.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
I don't we were worried about Jalen Wattle with Quinn
you Weers at quarterback. I wouldn't watch that game. Quen
Newers made some really nice throws make I'm not gonna
sit here and tell you that he's a quarterback of
the future. I'm not going to try to pretend that
he made some nice plays and Jalen Wattle had a
nice game.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
So does this mean against the Bucks that Jaylen Wattle's
back in play? I feel very similar to how Elk
was just talking about Taylor. But obviously Waddle isn't at
Taylor's level, but like you probably have to play him,
like he had nine targets last week, like you said
he had twelve Fantasy points in PPR. Like that's a
solid floor game. And the thing is the Bucks really
(17:57):
struggle against the past, but surprisingly they been tough against receivers.
It's tight ends and running backs that have eaten against
them in the passing game. But still I expect the
Dolphins being ketchup mode in this game. Wattle is the
clear cut top target, so you'd have to have a
pretty good option to get away from him. But it's
still just because it's yours. It's still a little part
(18:18):
of me that's just like a little hesitant about going
all in on Jalen Waddle. You know, yeah, I mean
I get that.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
I mean I know we were all like, hey man,
don't throw it to Darren Waller because he's just a
big old target. And that's kind of what happened. There.
Was very surprised at how much work Jalen Wattle got
and like I said, I'm gonna stay and stand on this.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
He made some good throws, he made some interesting plays.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
They're still gonna look for a quarterback in the offseason,
like that's still priority number one for the Dolphins. But
it was not as bad as I you know, he
didn't have a touchdown, but he threw for two sixty
you know, better than I expected. Right, that's all better
than expected. Looking at the Eagles and the Bills, which
a really interesting game on paper, And as we take
(18:59):
a look at the first touchdown odds, a quartering to
Cazar Sports Book, James Cook and Saquon Barkley the top
two odds right there, followed closely by the two quarterbacks
Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts. They have equal odds there
than AJ Brown, rounding out the top five, So I
had no real surprise. Florio is someone who has a
vested interest in this game. Cook, Barkley, Allen Hurts, AJ Brown,
(19:21):
all real legitimate options.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
Who do you like best there? I'm gonna go with
the Bill, of course. I'm gonna go with James Cook actually, though,
because I think I'm a little hesitanting if we're gonna
see Josh run as much. Remember early I know it's
later in the year. It's different now, but earlier in
the year where Josh banged up his nose in Week one,
they consciously stopped running him, especially near the goal line
(19:42):
and stuff, and they didn't want him taking those hits.
But I do love that they were just like Cook, Barkley,
Allen hurt let's give the quarterbacks and running backs the
same odds like so I kind of get it. I
respect that.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Yeah, No, it kind of makes sense to me with
everything that's happening there. Laqual When you look at this game,
the Bills we know have not been very good against
the run. We've targeted them with running backs all year long.
The numbers against wide receivers though, have been very good.
We know that Philly at times, their passing game kind
(20:13):
of drives the struggle bus. Are you worried about the
Eagles wide receivers this week?
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Absolutely, I'm worried every single week. But I think aj
Brown is the one that you can trust that they
throw it that bat signal on. It's more so looking
at this Bill's defense, they're the second best defense against
the pass. So therefore this can turn an easily a
Saquon Barkley run game. This can easily turn into a
Jalen Hurts running out of the pocket. More often than not,
these guys are not going to be able to separate.
But I think if you're looking at a Devonte Smith,
(20:38):
I would be very very cautious of putting him into
starting lineups because I'm not sure if Jalen Hurts is
going to be able to support both these guys. Where
we're on fan and watch, where I'm obviously rooting for
a Dallas Goddard this game. This could be a Dallas
Gotter game that he becomes the security blanket, being that
they're going to have more matchups in his favor to
get him going.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Yeah, I just feel like it's one or the other like,
it can't be both.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
In my opinion, it's always two of the three.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
So it's yeah, can you imagine Gotham with two Batman's
out at night, like, and you see what I'm saying, Like,
obviously one of them are going to be the fraud,
Like somebody's gonna be wearing the hockey pads and somebody
wearing the real thing.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
I would be much more afraid of jacked Batman than
skinny Batman.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
All I know is that just unhoused people with mental
health issues should be were in a town with two batmen,
That's all I know. Clowns, clowns that were dress shoes,
clowns that wear suits and dress shoes should be on
the lookout all the time.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Hey, joker, be fresh, though I don't know where he shot,
but that woy be fresh. Sometime.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
I feel like, if you're a joker, you probably have
somebody on standby that makes clothes for you. You're not
walking into the men's warehouse and just getting a suit.
That's all I'm saying. On the other side, Florio as
the Bill's homer here on this show, Daltington Kaid or
Dawson Knox, either neither or both.
Speaker 3 (21:55):
Ideally, I think neither is in this one. It's possible
that they could have big games because this could be
a high scoring, back and forth kind of game. But
this is the hardest matchup for them because the only
team that has allowed more I mean less fantasy points
per game to tight ends are the Bills, and they
can't face themselves, so they will never have a harder
matchup than this one against the Eagles last week. I
(22:17):
know the Bills were playing from ahead. They didn't throw
a bunch, but they had three targets combined, and with
Dawson Knox getting more involved, it has really taken some
of the shine away from Kincaid. Plus I just want
to point out Sunday in Buffalo, they're expecting rain, it
could turn the snow. There's wind, so deep an eye
on that game and the weather there. If it's really windy,
(22:40):
maybe that leads to more targets for the tight ends
because they're short or quicker. But yeah, ideally, I don't
think I wanted to play either of them.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
A game that means absolutely nothing in terms of the
real NFL season, but could me in a whole health
lot in terms of fantasy. The Cardinals at the Bengals.
There's so many guys, Lakwan that we are starting on
either side.
Speaker 3 (23:02):
Right.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
You can start the quarterbacks, you can start the wide receivers.
You're absolutely starting Trey McBride. Would you start a Cardinals
running back? And if so, which one?
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Michael Carter like even though he didn't get as many
opportunity as he did in Houston where he had eighteen
and then we look at last week, it was one
of those things. He was running very well on the ground,
like they just didn't keep going to him. I don't
know why, but I will feel comfortable starting him against
the Bengals, where that's their weak point. We've been bullying
the Bengals all season long, plugging all our running backs.
(23:33):
I wouldn't get cute and thinking otherwise if I'm down
a bunch of running backs. Being that i lost Quinn
Shawn Jenkins last week, Michael Carter looks like the shining
star and my starting lineups in a favorable matchup against
the Bengals.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Any worries that suddenly Murray de Mercado starts getting more
touches this week.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
I mean he's there. I mean he's a guy there,
But it's not like he's over there playing better than
Michael Carter. Like again, like this is a backfield that
they feel comfortable handing the ball of to any them,
but Michael Carter has been getting served as the workhorse.
Like again, I go back today Houston game where I
was just completely thrown off. I was really surprised that
he came out of that game with four point zero
(24:10):
yards for Carrie on eighteen opportunities. Like he was actually
a nice solid flex play that week. So I look
at last week kind of like a it went against
the game plan where he still put up decent yards
on the ground where he still was serviceable. He was
still a fishing so he did his part. It was
just more so they just didn't give him more opportunities
in this matchup. I can definitely see they lean more
on the run, being that that's where they're going to
(24:31):
get most of their pop.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
All right, So Michael Carter did play there for the Cardinals,
Like I still have a roster with James Connor just
sitting there on ir Like, I just wanted to keep
him there for team morale, you.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
Know, I just wanted that veteran.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
I had that with Cam skataboo, that veteran presence in
the locker room.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
You know, I just fantasy roster right decies needed that
veteran presence.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
There's all I need.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
That's I respect it, you know.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Heading over to the AFC, the Steelers had the Cleveland
to take on the Browns. Michael left Florio, could you
give me a projection on what Harold Fannin can do
this week?
Speaker 3 (25:08):
I think Trey McBride needs to watch out because that
tight end one crown might not be safe. When Fannin
drops one hundred, then nah. But he I really think
he's having a big game. I think he's having a
big game this week. One look at the numbers since
Schadora has come in. He's got over It's like a
twenty five percent targets share, all the air yards, he's
getting the end zone targets now as well. He's got
(25:29):
a touchdown in what three of his last four games,
two last week. And on top of that, the Steelers
have allowed the third most fantasy points and the second
most touchdowns two tight ends this year. If it wasn't
for the Bengals being absolutely trash against tight ends, we
would talk a lot more about the Steelers being a
great matchup for them and to stream against them and stuff.
But I think he has a big game and I
(25:51):
think our good friend Lawan Jones needs to hit up
the ma all this weekend because that hair's turning blonde.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
We had a graphic of the the tight end standings
as they currently are in fantasy football to show where
Harold Fannon is.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
Okay, can we put that up right now?
Speaker 1 (26:12):
So you see Harold Fannon is there at number six,
who's just below brock Bauers, who, by the way, brock
Bauers just went on injured reserve, so he's done for
the season. So so Bowers is at five what is it?
At five points? I believe, ahead of one ahead, one
point ahead of Harold Fannon. I'm sorry, Dallas Goddard is
(26:36):
hanging around there point one points behind Fannin, so he
could you know, it wouldn't be crazy for Goddard to
jump Fanning, but Fannin should jump brock Bowers unless something
really weird happens. You know, we'll see after you know, Christmas,
what happens with.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
Five behind Kelsey and even less than that for Ferguson.
So it's right there for the taken.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
So like Strawberry Blonde, platinum blonde, were going like a silverb,
what are we thinking?
Speaker 3 (27:08):
What are we thinking this year?
Speaker 2 (27:09):
I'm thinking strawberry blonde matches the brand. But I would
say this, man, I am rooting usually for Dallas gotdter
like this is a game, but I just needs him
to go out there and go bokers because I told
you guys before the show started, I'm facing Dallas Godder
in my championship. So it feels a little icky, a
little weird rooting for him. But for the sake of
my hair color, yeah, I'm all Dallas.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Goddard this weekend. I'm waiting for you to start rocking
Kelly Green jersey or something like that this weekend to
be like that.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
We're going that far. Okay, No, okay, I figures where
the shot.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Speaking of teams that wear green, the Jets hosting the
Patriots this week, Licuan, would you start any Jets? Is
there any Jet that you would consider starting? In fantasy football?
Speaker 2 (27:54):
It's tough and like, I can't say that I had
a lot of Jets, you know, players on my rosters
in the playoff, even in the championship right now. So
I don't feel comfortable with this Patriots defense. I do
feel like, you know, if you have Bristol, that's probably
your best bet at running back. If you have a
Ady Mitchell. It's been cool at times, but at other
times that floor is as scary as I've talked about before,
(28:15):
with the broken tiles, the roaches and stuff. I don't
think that I feel comfortable with any Jet in my
starting lineup against his Patriots defense.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
Just again, we talked about Breese Hall earlier and just
how things have gone bad for him, Like, I can't.
I can't With Ady Mitchell.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
I can't.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
And it's just, you know, with the quarterback situation being
what it is, Brady Cook there, I can't do it.
Speaker 3 (28:39):
Yeah, I get Yeah.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Like if if I made the championship and let's just
say a hypothetical or like let's just imagine this universe
that Garrett Wilson was still playing and he was still
playing as a wide receiver too, then yeah, he obviously
would be the only much start. But I don't trust
like a John Metche or Ady Mitchell with a Brady Cook, like,
it just doesn't seem like you can bully any these Jets,
you know, players into your starting lineups, you should probably
(29:03):
want to get away from them, especially in this matchup
where everything is on the line. It's do or die, folks, Like,
let's not get all crazy and paint these pictures that
we think that Ady Mitchell can put up that high
target share in that high fantasy ceiling that he is
shown at times with better in Solt for matchups like,
I just don't want to play that game this week.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
Was it one of those things where you know, again
if this were a week eight, Week nine matchup, like
you can sort of play that game and you can
take that risk. But the here the reward because the
ceiling for Mitchell is not high enough I think to
outweigh the risk of what you're more likely going to get,
which is, you know, like five points or something like that.
Speaker 3 (29:38):
Like it just it just doesn't the.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
Math is in mathing on that situation, which, by the way,
this should be a segment we do next year.
Speaker 3 (29:45):
The math isn't mathing. It could just be the thing
that we do.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Saints at Titans. Boy, I'm gonna ask you again to
choose your fighter here, Tyler Shuck or Kim Ward.
Speaker 3 (29:56):
I do want to say I like Kim Ward if
you're like in a deeper streaming city situation. Multiple passing
touchdowns in three straight games, I'm I think the tape
shows that he is a very good player, but I'm
going with Tyler Shuck here. Tyler Shuck has seventeen or
more Fantasy points in four straight and five of his
last six. That is a safe consistent floor. He is
running more, he's throwing the ball well downfield as well,
(30:18):
like right there, eighth highest completion percentage on passes with
ten or more air yards. And the Titans have been really,
really good against the run as of late in factor,
allowing the fewest yards before contact to running backs in
the last five weeks. But you could throw on them.
So the Saints have no running game right now already.
I expect to see a good amount of airing the
(30:39):
ball out in this one. So give me Tyler Shuck there.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
Yeah, I mean, I think I lean Shuck, but I
just you know, I've been wanting to give Cam Moore
his profits because he's been improving. He's been improving as
the season goes along. I'm very curious to see what
the Titans do around him this offseason. But you know,
the progression has been there for him for sure. As
the season has gone along, the Giants at the Raiders
mentioned Brock Bauers on injured reserve, so his season is over.
(31:05):
Last week, Lakwan Ashton Genty shocked all of us with
what he did against the Houston Texans. Now, on paper,
the Giants matchup seems to be a good one, but
for the last month they've actually did pretty good against
running backs. Can Genty do it again? Find an offensive
line that admittedly has not improved, it's still bad. Can
he do something similar to what he did last week?
Speaker 2 (31:26):
I would say you probably do something similar. I don't
think he would get that huge bang for your butt
last week, which again nobody in the fantasy streets were
starting Ashton Genty against the Texans. But this guy almost
went out there and put up almost two hundred scrimming
yards and as you could see him to be a
role my guy was out there catching long passes. My
guy was actually getting loose in between the tackles. Like
(31:47):
looking at Ashton Genty on my bench last week was so, so,
so painful because your boys started Quinn, Shawn Jenkins and
Kamane Badal, where Ashton Genty is sitting on my bench putting.
Speaker 3 (31:57):
Up a thirty burger.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
So I do think we get something similar to that, because,
like how you mentioned, the Giants have actually been buckling
down on some of these running backs. But I think
him coming in with so momentum, with such a great
game of last week, I hope that Genty can go
out there and win some folks to fantasy championships. For
those who believed in him last week.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
I mean, look, this is why you spent probably a.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
Late first round, early second round pick on him. He
hasn't quite lived up to that. But Ashton Genty has
the chance to do the funniest thing.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
Yes he does. And while we're talking about this game,
I did just see that the Giants left tackle and
center looking like they're not like they're not practicing today.
The Giants are being like, we see your brock Bowers
and will raise your whole whole line. But it's very
much so something you need to factor in for Jackson
Dart and your Giants players.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
If we just abolish the draft, we don't have this
race to the bottom at the end.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
Of the season.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
While where everybody's just trying to like I'm just market started.
I'm just putting That's all I was gonna say on it.
I'm just putting it out there. Anti American, right, it's
anti American. Drafts are on American. They absolutely are on Christmas.
Oh my god, it's Christmas. Grinch, come on, you want
this hat, I'll give it to you. Look, the Grinch
(33:07):
was just spinning facts to save me.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
If they made a Grinch remix about getting rid of
the drafts, one person you will see it. I would,
I would be I would get a writing.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
Credit at least, I would hope or something like that.
So uh, anyway, that's that's all I got on that.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
Time for a break.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
But when we come back, we'll finish up our starts
and since with wide receivers and tight ends, plus preview
these Sunday and Monday night games and.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
We'll hit Club Dub for you.
Speaker 1 (33:35):
All.
Speaker 3 (33:36):
Right. Back to our.
Speaker 1 (33:36):
Starts and since for Week seventeen, looking at the wide
receiver position, Florida, who do you like? Who do you
not like?
Speaker 3 (33:41):
This week? Look, I think you continue to ride some
hot hands like Chris o'lave has been amazing and the
Titans matchup, he's been great. Since Tyler Schuck has kind
of taken over. But the Titans matchup is also a
really good one. A Ze Flowers obviously, I like him
a lot more with Lamar, but I do think this
is a favorable matchup. The Packers play a lot of
Zone fifth highest rate action and Flowers is the go
to guy against that coverage. DJ Moore again riding the
(34:04):
hot hand here. It's looking like we're not gonna have
Roman Dunsay again. And if you watch Monday Night you saw,
and really any forty nine Er games since like Week five,
you've seen that that defense cannot stop anyone. And then
Jacoby Myers, I don't know why he keeps getting overlooked
as he is. He is such a safe floor clear
upside there and the Cults are a great matchup for receivers.
(34:24):
Jamison Williams a lot like Jared Goff. For me, this
is more of a beware a situational thing. It depends
on your options. I have a league where I'm playing him,
a league where I'm sitting him, and then a third
league where I don't know what I'm doing with him.
Rashid Rice actually was just placed on IR when we
started taping this, so forget about him. Lad McConkie. Look,
I know last week was fun against the Cowboys. This
(34:44):
is one of the toughest matchups for receiver, and he
is fewer than five points in three of his last
five and then a mecha Abuka. We showed like a
b roll of him on Fantasy Live today and it
was just him dropping passes. So that's not what you
want to see for someone that you might play in
the Fantas the Championship not so great.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
Meanwhile, Dj Moore Lakwan has come to life at a
point where you've just sort of written him off. It
has helped that guys like Romo Dunes, they have not
been there. But do you believe in Dj Moore against
the forty nine ers this week?
Speaker 2 (35:13):
Yes, getting the game ball and the praise from your
quarterback and your head coach. Like you look at Dj
Moore these last three weeks. He's been solid. He's been
a guy that you can flip flip into your flex position.
Like I look at Dj Moore as a guy that
I was like benching all these weeks because I had
better options. I just couldn't trust his floor. But now
that he's being utilized as the wide receiver one now
He's being utilized in his versatility, being all over the
(35:35):
offense like I love seeing him being targeted deep downfield
and then also being utilized out of the backfield or
on the screen. It's like one of these things where
Dj Moore he should have been used like this all
season long, especially against the Whiners. I hope he liked
you guys. Oh so, I cannot wait to see Dj
Moore bring home the championship for a lot of fantasy managers.
Speaker 1 (35:54):
All right, moving on to the side end position. Your starts, Yeah,
I'm ignoring engage. I'm not.
Speaker 3 (36:00):
It starts in such a tight end this week, Florio
exactly how we all drew it up. Four years ago,
three years ago, two years ago. Kyle Pitts as a
league winner on Monday Night Football. I'm so excited because
I have him in my home league championship. Him and Puka.
I can't wait for that. Harrow fannin junior. We've already
spoke a lot about him, Hunter Henry. I know there
(36:21):
was a stretch in the middle of the year where
he was a forgotten man, but as of late they've
been throwing him the ball more. It's a good matchup.
And then Darren Waller in the last month. The Bucks
are the best matchup for tight ends. They allow a
lot of touchdowns, so I think that keeps him in
play as a streaming option. I'm sitting Travis Kelce because
everyone else is on ir for the Chiefs. The Broncos
are gonna be like, if we stop eighty seven, we
win this game. Tyler Warren, I know they're trying to
(36:45):
get him the ball at a high rate hasn't really
led to a lot of fantasy success as of late.
Kolbe Parkinson. The Rams have three tight ends and you
just never know which one they're gonna throw the ball to.
And then Abel Barner. I know last week he had
a big game, but those have been few and far
between this year, and the floor is very very low. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:01):
I want to look at that Tyler Warren on that one, Lakwan,
because if you got points for hospital balls thrown by
some of the rivers, then you're loving life with Tyler Warren.
But the fact that he has had fifteen targets over
the last two games and he's turned that into league
six catches for less than fifty yards. This this feels
(37:23):
like scary scary time. If you're starting Tyler Warren, right.
Speaker 3 (37:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
I hope that some of the fantasy managers out there
kind of had a backup plan and jumped to the
waiver ward these last couple of weeks, because it's been
hard watching Tyler Warren in starting lineups and like Rivers
is trying his best, trying to get him the ball,
but the chemistry isn't there, the timing isn't there right,
Like we're seeing him being utilized very close to the
line of scrimmage, Like his receiving yards for target is
at three point three with Rivers right now. That is
(37:49):
not going to get you anywhere near the chunkyards he
was getting with Daniel Jones. As we're watching Dan Jones
drop the ball off to Tyler Warren, like it's one
of those things where it's like you gotta stay ready, man,
you got to jump on the way and get some
of these Bretton strangers of the world, right try to
get some of these other tight ends that were on
the wayward these last couple of weeks, because you've seen
the production with him and Rivers and it has not
(38:09):
been great. So I am not starting him whatsoever in
a Jacksonville Jaguars defense being that there could be, you know,
some favorable matchup for a Josh Downs that takes the
place of Tyler Warren, who's been the underneath guy. So
I'm actually piving two other tight ends in this matchup.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
That's just so weird because Josh Downs is getting the
underneath work, but like his his yardage totals aren't enough
to get you excited, and if he doesn't score a touchdown,
you really get nothing.
Speaker 3 (38:33):
Alec Pierce came.
Speaker 1 (38:33):
Out of nowhere, but I don't think anybody believes that's sustainable.
And then like he can't really get to Tyler Warren
and Michael Pittman consistently.
Speaker 3 (38:40):
It's just them. I do love their strategy though, of
like Rivers just throw that moon ball as far as
he can and one of our receivers will out jump
a dB Like I mean, that's kind of what it is. Now.
Speaker 1 (38:50):
It's kind of rough watching him make a whole body
throw just to get the ball, like.
Speaker 3 (38:53):
He threw on the run the other day.
Speaker 2 (38:55):
Do you guys know what I'm about to say? Like,
do you know the quarterback that I'm about to yell
right now? Can we all say it together? Riley Leonard
put him in and then you'll get some fantasy production
for Tyler Warren.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
But he can't throw the deep ball either, and he's
not forty five.
Speaker 1 (39:11):
Also, the fact that he still can't force his way
onto the field outside of garbage time is probably telling.
Speaker 3 (39:16):
They were like, we have Riley Leonard, but we could
get great river side.
Speaker 2 (39:20):
The last time they played the Jags. In the three quarters,
he looked good. He looked better than Sir William, Like
almost called him mid but he was still William at
that time. But give Riley Leonard a chance, man, give
him a half. Geez, he'll get the Texans if the
Colts lose this week. Oh yeah, that's a great match.
Speaker 3 (39:37):
Up for him.
Speaker 1 (39:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (39:37):
Thanks nice, Thanks guys, good luck all.
Speaker 1 (39:41):
Right, as we get ready to wrap up our Week
seventeen previews start with Sunday Night Football the Bears at
the forty nine Ers. You can see that game, of
course on Sunday Night. As the title of the show suggests,
Loyer anybody that you would not start in this game, which,
by the way, a quick update too that is necessary
to know. George not practicing on Wednesday. Kyle Shanahan says
(40:02):
he has a chance to play in week seventeen if
you believe in Kyle Shanahan.
Speaker 3 (40:06):
That sort of thing.
Speaker 1 (40:07):
Also, Ricky Piersall limited in practice on Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (40:10):
That's one I might not play Ricky piersaal like I'm
playing Rock Party. I'm obviously CMC. I think Juwan Jennings
is highly highly underrated, like he should be out there.
Caleb is in play, but I do think Caleb is
much more option dependent. Like in the one league, I
have Caleb on two championship teams. One is a two
quarterback league where I'm very weak at quarterbacks, so I'm
(40:31):
playing him. The other I have Rock Purty and I'm
playing Rock Purty over him. I'm playing DeAndre Swift. I
think Kyle Mannung Guy is an option based flex. DJ
Moore is a start for me. Polston Lovelan is kind
of opt So I'm much more higher on the Bear
on the forty nine er side than the Bear side,
But I do think a lot of the Bears are
also in play.
Speaker 1 (40:47):
I would definitely, you know, I think I like DeAndre Swift,
Kamanung Guy. I'm sort of just because Paul Yume is
kind of the thing there, But a lot of the Bears.
I would be in on that one too. Monday Night
Football the Rams and the Falcons a big one for
the Rams in.
Speaker 3 (41:02):
A couple of instances, LaQuan.
Speaker 1 (41:04):
Obviously they are still chasing the one seed, you know,
trying to lock up the NFC West.
Speaker 3 (41:10):
That's on their play.
Speaker 1 (41:11):
But also the Rams beating the Falcons helps the Rams
draft position because they have the Falcons draft pick here.
But I want to ask you about the Falcons side
of it. I know how you feel about the Rams.
I'm not going to ask you about that. Drake London.
Drake London was not great last week for fantasy. It
was a Kyle Pitts day. Do you think there's a
Drake London bounce back this week?
Speaker 2 (41:34):
He's still limited in practices, like they're taking it easy
with him with that PCL because again, why risks you know,
a setback in pretty much where the season is over
and affects him this offseason. Like I do think him
playing limited snaps last week, that kind of was the
message that we're putting out there in the fantasy streets.
Don't expect Drake London to come back to that first
round talent that we've seen, you know, last year, and
(41:54):
I feel like you know, folks, with this matchup, I
wouldn't be trying to sneak him in against a Rams
defense either. I think him limited on snaps, him being
limited in practice should be a huge red flag for
you not trying to take this gamble. So whoever you
had as his replacement to get you to the big dance,
I probably will lean on those options.
Speaker 3 (42:12):
But I need Drake London.
Speaker 2 (42:16):
It's not like the folks that are at my DMS, like, oh,
we need Devonte Adams. No, we need him for football
in February. And I think that the Falcons would agree.
They'd rather have him healthy going into this next season.
Speaker 3 (42:28):
Yeah, we're nine months from next season to get ready. Like, yeah,
it makes sense for DeVante because they have playoffs. The
Falcons have nothing for the next nine months.
Speaker 1 (42:37):
But I also need Davonte, so why.
Speaker 3 (42:38):
Play him at all? Players get paid though, based on
availability and stats, And.
Speaker 2 (42:44):
Okay, play Drake London, you guys win.
Speaker 1 (42:47):
This is a whole different conversation for a whole different show.
It's time to see who will deliver, presented by Uber Eat,
and it is time put on your silk shirt, put
on your really smelly body spray, we're gonna club dub.
You got the guys, the non quarterbacks who can score
you twenty points this week. So Lakwan who gets behind
(43:09):
the velvet ropes in Week seventeen?
Speaker 2 (43:11):
Rimandre Stevenson, and I think this is one of the
things where he's going under the radar. This is a
favorable matchup against the Jets where they're allowed the fifth
most rushing yards per game to the running back position.
So we're looking at Ramondre Stevens to be plugged in
for a huge game. Limited snaps last week and still
had a great fantasy outing, So I'm looking for him
to explode as the starting running back. If Trayvon Henderson
(43:34):
is not ready to go where he puts up a
Bundy burger, let's go Vermandre.
Speaker 1 (43:39):
I like this a lot. I mean if with no Travion,
I think Vermandre absolutely eats this week. Lrio, who's your
club dub.
Speaker 3 (43:45):
Look, I mean, you guys left the layup out there.
I'm gonna take it the only tight end that I
think I feel comfortable ever projecting your twenty plus point
game for it. Fami Bride Right, he gets the Bengals
who will have the most catches, yards, touchdowns, fantasy points
too tight ends. It's three hundred more yards in any
other team, five more touchdowns than any other team. And
I joked about this on Fantasy Live, but it's a
fantasy tail as old as time. Right, all you one
(44:07):
seeds that had Trey McBride that lost to five seeds,
you are going to watch your boy put up twenty
twenty five thirty points this week and be like, if
he did that last week, I would have won, and
I would have won in a champion Yeah, you didn't
make it, but the teams that didn't survive it, they're
probably gonna win a championship.
Speaker 1 (44:24):
I mean, if some butts were candy and nets, we
don't have a merry Christmas. Min is gonna be the
von Ai chan, which I don't think is a major
surprise considering the way he's played this.
Speaker 3 (44:34):
Year, but I think it's a little bit different.
Speaker 1 (44:36):
I think so last week he did it mostly as
a runner. He didn't have a whole lot in terms
of receiving. I think he had fewer than ten receiving yards,
but he did have eighty one yards and a touchdown
on the ground last week. This week against the Bucks.
I think it's reversed where I think his rushing numbers
might be sort of mid. But I think as a
pass catcher, because that is where Tampa has really struggled
(44:56):
is against running backs catching the ball out of the backfield.
Look you as I I know I praised him, but
also he's not gonna be a super vertical passer, right.
He'll get the bottle waller, he'll get it to Wattle,
but I think he'll also get it to Devon ah
Chan out of the backfield, and that's where you see
him really do things Like you know, you have a
handful of catches. Wouldn't be surprised if he had in
the neighborhood of seventy five eighty yards receiving finds his
(45:19):
way into the end zone. But either way, Devon ah
Chan has been the one thing that has worked consistently
in this offense and I think it will continue to
be the thing that works again this week against the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Speaker 3 (45:30):
So there you go.
Speaker 1 (45:31):
Those are the guys who get past the bouncer and
into club dub in your championship week. That was who
will deliver presented by Uber Eats, where you can get
the best deals on game day food all season long,
the official on demand delivery partner of the NFL Order. Now,
there we go. That is our last bit of advice
for you before you head into your championship games. We
(45:53):
wish you certainly the best and happiest holiday. We certainly
wish you the best in championship weekend as well. But
in the meantime for us is it's we are done.
We appreciate you hanging out with the NFL Fantasy Football show.
Speaker 3 (46:04):
You know the drill.
Speaker 1 (46:05):
Tell two friends to tell two friends, rate review, and
remember handmad presents are scary because they reveal that you
have too much free time. Be safe to carry yourselves.
Good luck in your championships.
Speaker 3 (46:14):
We'll talk to you next week.
Popular Podcasts
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
The Breakfast Club
The World's Most Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club, With DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, And Charlamagne Tha God!