November 28, 2025 • 45 mins
We hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving! As you dig into your leftovers, let Marcas Grant, Michael F. Florio, and LaQuan Jones help out your fantasy teams by previewing the Sunday and Monday week thirteen games and giving you their start/sit advice for the week.
- Start 'Em, Sit 'Em QBs: 1:32
- Start 'Em, Sit 'Em RBs: 4:00
- Rams at Panthers Preview: 8:01
- 49ers at Browns Preview: 11:07
- Texans at Colts Preview: 12:32
- Saints at Dolphins Preview: 15:06
- Bills at Steelers Preview: 17:57
- Falcons at Jets Preview: 23:43
- Cardinals at Buccaneers Preview: 25:36
- Jaguars at Titans Preview: 27:11
- Vikings at Seahawks Preview: 28:57
- Raiders at Chargers Preview: 30:25
- Start 'Em, Sit 'Em WRs: 32:19
- Start 'Em, Sit 'Em TEs: 35:21
- Broncos at Commanders Preview: 38:16
- Giants at Patriots Preview: 39:20
- Sleepers: 40:58
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Wow, everybody, it's another edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Show.
It's Being Your Man, m G. Marcus Grant joined by
Michael F. Florio and Lakwan Jones. We've made it to
Thanksgiving week. At this point, it's like the most wonderful
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time of the year.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Absolutely. I mean I'm watching the holiday movies and shows
and stuff like that. I mean, it's that time of
the year and let's hold off. Christmas is not Christmas yet, folks, let'st.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I mean, there's things killing. But besides Thanksgiving movie.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Playing trains and automobiles, I guess I've lost the war
in my house. Home Alone has already aired.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Oh no, they started playing elfin like first week in November.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
All I know is watching Home Alone every year I'm
reminded of how terrible the McAllister family is. All awful people.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
And then the next year they just forget their kid
again again. Yeah. I hate Home Alone two one I like,
well biggest.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
They were both kind of like a live action Tom
and Jerry cartoon.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Is really that is true, and so remake it though.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
I think you should make I should I think you
should remake them. But Harry and Marv are like leftist
anti heroes who haven't eat the rich vibe to them.
That's just my opinion. Writ'st on that note. On that note,
let's get into the show. We got a lot to
do on the show, a lot to do on the
show today. We got starts and sits for week thirteen.
Plus we're going over every game on these Sunday and
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Monday slate plus giving you our sleepers for the week.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
So let's get started with some of these starts and sits.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Of course, you can see Michael Florio's analysis for all
of them on the interwebs at NFL dot com slash
start sit.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
We'll start at the beginning with the quarterback position.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Who is your start?
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Who are your starts? I should say, and who are
your sits? This week? I'm playing Joe Burrow. You've had
to wait this long. He threw for over eight hundred
yards and nine touchdowns and two games against the Ravens
last year. I'm playing Jackson Dart. You've had to wait
not as long as Joe Burrow, but you still have
had to wait. And he's averaged twenty three Fantasy points
per game as a starter in the pats of struggles
against the pass bo Nicks gets a fantastic matchup against
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the Commanders here, I think he gets a big bounce
back opportunity, and then Jordan Love he excels against Man
and the Lions play Man at the highest rate. And
then my Brock party sit seemed a lot spicier until
he went out and he had a Nathan Peterman first half,
but I still think he tried to get away from
him against the Browns. I'm sitting Daniel jonesy. I don't
think you should play many quarterbacks against Houston Caleb Williams
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because that Eagles defense is really Ben strong and now
it's starting to look like CJ. Stroud and he's the
more appealing name. But I'm sitting both Texans against the Colts.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
I mean, look, I think Brock perty, as they said,
for multiple reasons. One because of the Browns too, because
it's supposed to be in the twenties and snowy potentially
in he is an Arizona guy.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Oh so he doesn't do well in cold.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Straight up from the desert where he is giant. He
did play his college ball at Iowa State, so maybe
think of it what you will for that.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
But Miles Garrett though that's that's a big reason.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Also that a reason not to start brought through this week.
You are a bow Laver laquse, You're maybe the biggest
bowl leiaver of us all. This actually does seem like
a really good matchup for him.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yeah, coming out of du buy, hopefully you hit the
reset button they can get on track very early. I
do think this is a lay a matchup. You kind
of have your way with this commander's defense. Honestly, you
have QB one on the table. They have allowed eight
quarterbacks this season to put up high fantasy numbers. I'm
talking twenty burgers. So bow Knicks obviously having that rushing upside,
and we know he has the firepower by Franklin R. J. Harvey.
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Hopefully we get him unlock coming out of the buy.
But there's a lot of opportunities that I think bow
Knick's going to have them in striking distance. So I'm
expecting big numbers this week from both.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
One of my bold predictions for the week is that
maybe it's not even that bold, but that bo Knicks
throws three touchdown passes.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
I can make it bolder and.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Say four if that makes you feel better, for sure,
I got to sleep all four touchdown passes for bow knicks.
That's my bold locketion for the week against the Commanders
coming up Onday, Sunday Night, Sunday Night Football tonight. Also
got the running back position here because one name that
is kind of a return, hopefully for fantasy managers. But
you're starts to sit at running back this year.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Lots of rookies, and while we're talking about Bowl prediction,
my first start running back is Trevion My Bowl prediction
is one hundred and fifty to two because Giants, Giants, Yeah,
exactly Like I don't need to give you more examples,
and that O'marion Hampton. If he's back against the Raiders,
I think he is a must play. Travis Etn. We
all keep writing him off, but he just keeps getting
it done and he has a great matchup.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
R J.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Harvey I think is in a smash spot this week
against the Commanders, and then DeAndre Swift as a sit
It pains me, but he played behind Kyle Mnungai last
week and the Eagles are really tough. Aaron Jones gets
a really tough matchup against Seattle with a first time quarterback.
We don't know how that offense is gonna look. David
Montgomery is completely trending in the wrong direction, and the
Packers are a good run defense, and then Tyrone Tracy
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Junior was nice to see him take over last week.
But the Patriots are still an elite run dye maybe
the best them and I think are the two best
run defenses in football.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Yeah, I mean the Pacers run defense has been very
good so far this year. Omaron Hampton, though it's been
a while. I mean, eh, do you like obviously you
like him this week?
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Correct?
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Does this also mean are we dropping Kamani Vidal? We
just put him on the bitch. How are we handling that?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
That's the question?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Okay, the fantasy streets are chirping and barking about Kamanie
Vidohl if we bench him forever? Drop him? I think
Amaron Hampton, though there may be a ramp up period
because that's what we saw at the beginning of the season.
And also this Chargers backfield, we've seen it operate as
a one two punch briefly with Naji Harris and a
Mari and Hampton. I think Camani Vidal still has a
role in this backfield. I'm not dropping him just yet
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because Hampton's just coming back from a bad injury. I
would say where it might take some time for him
to get back in the swing. Look, if he's healthy,
I'm going to be starting him because he's shown us
RB one numbers before he went out with injury. So
if healthy, he's getting the start. But Kamani Videll, I
don't think we dropped him just yet. Let's just have
the watch on how this backfield and ynamic between both
of them, because if I doubt can ball won't give
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an opportunity.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
It's a handcuff season.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Yes, I agree, cuff and season right now? Yeah, absolutely football.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
He's still cold outsize.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
I kind of want to spend this forward a little
bit because I know there are people, you know, if
you were even if you were not in playoff contention
and you're watching us, thank you for hanging in with us. Yeah,
there are people you know who are maybe starting to
think about next year as well. I know for Nazie Harris,
he's on a one year deal, so I don't think
he's gonna come back. I can't imagine he comes back,
but could we see this next year? Is maybe kind
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of a two headed monster. In Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
I think Viddell will have a role, and I agree
with o Q like he has shown he could play
at a pretty high level. But if Hampton is healthy
and he gets the whole off season and everything, I
wouldn't be surprised if he returns Round one value. I
don't know where exactly the ad pople settle yet, but
I think Hampton could be a top ten running back.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I think I'm good off the first round running backs though, man,
I have had not great luck Gente sa Quan. It's
just been hard. I think Gibbs is the only first
round running back that we can crown, but Hampton's probably like.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
There's another one that you're not. Actually who's been good
for fantasy? Who's been great? He's been really good for fantasy.
I know what you're gonna say, but I'm not going
to say it, but you're going to get me to
say it. Christian mccaffe the and Jonathan Taylor to Jay
was really a round running back. I mean, that's some
good value. The first round guys who have returned value
have been seeing Jimi or Gibbs.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
That's kindably it don't out there too. I know you're right, touchdowns.
It depends.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
I'm worried about Jeon next year. If this Falcons offense
does not take a step forward, it.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Might be a completely different offense.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
It's not your fault, it's really it's really your fault
around you.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Jon had eight rushing touchdowns instead of four his season
because he's averaging twenty per game right now.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
That's because he's getting the targets and catches and PPR formats,
Thank you God, but gee and anything else was kind
of scary looking at.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
They don't ask how, they ask how many exactly he's
numbers at this point. So we earlier in the week
we told you what we thought was going to happen
for Thursday, Thanksgiving Day games and the Black Friday game
as well. But of course there's still a whole lot
more games to go. Nobody is on a bye this week.
All thirty two teams are in action, so let's dive
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into some of these SaaS Saturday Sunday Sunday games as well.
Start with the Rams and the Panthers. Rams obviously playing
great football right now, Carolina still in the hunt for
the division lead there in the NFC South, coming off
with Toelugh loss on Monday Night, Rico Dowdell didn't have
the greatest game in a matchup that seemed pretty favorable.
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This matchup not nearly as favorable on paper, Florio, can
you start Rico Dowdle against the Rams?
Speaker 3 (08:44):
Yes, Look, I think you need to understand that the
chances that he doesn't have a big week are higher
than they normally are. I don't love that they got
away completely from the run last week, Like he had
numerous opportunities near the goal line and they just weren't
considering him. I do think they go in and they
fix that, but he was their leading receiver. Like the
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numbers are bad from last week, but he is still
so involved and we've seen him go off against many
defenses this year. We've seen him put up some big plays.
Like where I only have Rico on one team, but
where I have him, I haven't considered sitting you.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
No, Yeah, I mean that's the thing. I mean, he's
still playing about sixty five percent of the snaps. I
think he did on Monday night, but Laclon, there wasn't
a lot of Cuba Hubbard. I know he's not efficient,
but he still seems to be getting the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
He seems like he's still going to be in that
backfield and involved in some capacity. But I do think
they'll need that one two punch this week against the Rams.
They're going to need to do something because it's going
to be an uphill battle for Rico being that we've
seen this trenches kind of dominate running backs on the
other side and keeping them out of the end zone.
So I do think, like, if I'm in a situation
with the mari and Hampton, mhy not start him over Rico.
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That's just like I feel like Rico has held us
down when we dealt with these running back injuries and
now there's no buys and guys starting to return, Like
I think there's a bar where it's like, Okay, you
could sit to the side now and let me get
my guys that you know, really need this opportunity to
put up Fantasy points this week.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
I think that's the other part of having Rico, right
you you added him probably in a pinch because you
needed help somewhere. He was never expected to be your
main running back, so in theory, you have ways to
work around this sort of thing if you needed to
other part of the game. I just want to mention this,
Like I mentioned this on NFL Fantasy Live. You know
who the number one scoring rookie receiver in fantasy is
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right now. It's not a Mecca a Buka. It's Terror McMillan, McMillan, Terro.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
McMillan is the wide receiver eight overall.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
And I know it hasn't been flashy, like he hasn't
had any of those huge blow up games necessarily. I
think his best game is like twenty twenty five points
something like that. Good, not spectacular. He's just been steady,
just consistently double digit points.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Bookcase proof that if you get out the gate running hot.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
You can your storyline the whole year. But McMillan has
been really, really good, and I feel like we haven't
talked enough about him.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
If he scores one, he's putting up another one. That's
just how it's been. This is how it's going to
go with Teed.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Costco player man score six thousand bunk. That's what it is.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Who it is forty nine ers at the Browns. We
already saw that brock perty is a sits on Michael f.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
Florio's list.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
We know Lakwan that Shiduar Sanders is going to get
the start against the forty nine ers. We also know
the weather is going to be kind of nasty there
on the shores of Lake Erie, so understanding that people
are going to be starting Christian McCaffrey pretty much regardless
anybody else on either side of this game, that you
would feel okay starting.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Harri Fannin Jr. I think he's been the one more reliable,
you know, target that you can have with the bad weather.
You could explort, you can expect like short to the
line of scrimmage, you know, runs and design plays for him.
And I think being that he is the guy that
has kind of made this Browns offense look anywhere near stable,
to have positive receptions, to have positive gains on that offense,
I honestly think he feels like the safest bet here.
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I'm not sure about Brock Purdy. I'm not sure about
Juwan Jennings and the people's jewels of how he's going
to be playing. So I do at the end of
the day, if I'm looking for stability out of this
game with bad weather, it has to be hero Fana Jr.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
I would hope that in the week or so that
Juwan Jennys can ice.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Up a little bit. You have recovery time after shock. Bro.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
That was crazy.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
I was like, why is he so? And then.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
He is just like, Oh, that's that's why he's fighting,
because it was like.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Of all people, Juwan Jenny is like, what what am
I missing? Like, Oh, that's why there's beef there understandable.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Texans at the Colts, we saw you got Daniel Jones
on the side of things, Florio, but kind of a
vibe check. And when I when I asked that is
does it means he's going to be just mid against
the Texans or bad?
Speaker 3 (12:45):
I think bad. Look you saw what they did to
my guy, the best top two quarterback walking the planet.
Uh and and they were able to completely shut him down.
And the thing about Daniel Jones is it's he's kind
of been trending down the last couple of weeks. Interceptions
have become a thing. The fantasy production hasn't been as
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high as I think. It's a good thing for the
Colts though, because they were they were trending towards giving
him franchise quarterback money and making the same mistake that
the Giants did. I think if you could get Jones
on a look, you don't have to give him like
a rookie deal, but if you get him on a
middle I never like teams that overpay the quarterback just
because it's a quarterback. So if you get him on
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a friendlier contract, I think that's a good thing. But
for fantasy this week, there's no way I'm playing him
against the Texans.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
This is where like the NFL could take a page
from the NBA, like the whole mid level exception that
players getting that sort of thing. That's because I remember,
like when the Giants signed Daniel Jones to that car,
like literally every single person was like, that's a bad
ideas is.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Like, well, it's his turn. It doesn't have to do
don't know what I mean. There's a few elite quarterbacks
that deserve that kind of money. Not every single quarterback
deserves it.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
I always laugh. And it happens in like all industry
and all sorts of things when like the people who
were in charge of a thing or can make a
thing happen to like, well that's.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
Just the way it is. We don't like it, but
that's just how it has to be. No, does it
control over you have the power. You have the power.
You don't have to just frog walk yourself to the
edge of the cliff, Like you don't have to do that,
like like Drew Petson being like we didn't like the
fourth court and fourth down play calls, Like dude, you
called it.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
I'll trying to find a guy who did this, like
what was happening. By the way, So before we get
off of this game, And an interesting thing that I
did see is that apparently the Texans are giving up
the most yards per scramble attempt ten yards per attempt.
The trick is you just have to get past their
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pass rush for you to do. Yeah, it's so difficult
thing I do somehow if you get escaped that prison,
like you're gonna run free. It's just getting out of jail.
That's the hard escaping. To Hunter and Will, I understand
that there's just not.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
They rushed for and had two spies at times last week,
which he tells you everything you need to know about
the Bills receiving room. But yeah, that's how they attack.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
They will get out wid they're gonna get after a
little bit. Saints at the Dolphins, we know Alvin Kamara
dealing with some injury issues and not likely to play
this week.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Dolphins a great matchup for running backs.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Devin Neil has been hot on the fantasy streets, at
least in the fantasy waiver wires. Lakwan, is it really
Devin Neil season?
Speaker 3 (15:21):
This week?
Speaker 2 (15:22):
Expectations have to be pulled back a little bit, like,
I don't want folks stick him in as RB two
or RB one. This is flex territory, your expectations. As
you look at last week, right, he put up eleven
fantasy points season high and snaps and opportunities. This dude
ran thirty routes. Okay, there's only two other running backs
who did this this season. That was Christian McCaffrey, Lamar
and Hampton. So he has the PPR upside, and he
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has the upside on the ground because we know the
Dolphins struggle at stopping the run. So I'm looking at
this as like, hey, if I have to stick him in,
it has to be the absolute need. It has to
be one of those things where it's like I have
no other options because when we're looking at looking at
him on the ground, he's still getting less than for
youarship of carry like Alvin Kamara the only one at
that in that backfield in that capacity, and that's shown
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us anything positive is Kendrey Miller, who was injured right now.
So I'm not really looking hoping for Devin Neil to
be on the ground to get all these yards. I'm
looking for the targets, the dump offs and so he
can get upfield and make some big plays. So other
than that, flex expectations this week for me, I.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
Feel like the Saints are experiencing the soft bigotry of
low expectations. Like we look at the Saints because the
offense is bad. I mean, they're tied with the Raiders
for the fewest points scored. You know, they have a
ton of turnovers. But we're like, hey, there's an opportunity.
There's a guy who's healthy and breathing and might get carries,
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and like we we try to tell ourselves a story
where we get excited about it and yeah, really, maybe
the answer is like no.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
And then, like most Saints stories, Taysom Hill comes in rooms.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Oh my gosh, it's the worst.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
You have the goal on work carries, he threw two passes.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
I just I don't understand. And again, I think we
talked about the on Monday. This is the third coach.
Like at first you're like, okay, well him and Sean
Payton just you know, they have a connection. Sean Payton's
doing it, and then maybe you could, like with Dennis Allen, you'
kind of like, all right, well Dennis Allen was there,
Kelan Moore came from a completely different team, Like.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
I am really surprised. Well now that you bring that
up that Taysom Hill hasn't ended up on the Broncos yet.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Yeah, it seems like a joker role.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
I'm done.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
At the end of this year. Sean Payn's gonna look
around be like, yeah, just hav An ingram things, not
cutting a Taysom Hey, thirty six year old Taysom Hill,
like who just had a year bag too?
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Like he got a good deal for a guy who
doesn't really play a position.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Yeah, I don't, I don't understand it. You know, we
have checked in with our old palmatt Okata, who's like
the biggest Taysom Hill stand there is.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
He also loves Kyler, so he's probably has mixed right.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Yeah, it's been a rough year for our poweratt Okanda
for sure. Time to check out the first to score
odds for some days Bill Steelers matchup. No surprise, the
guys at the top of the list James Cook. James Cook.
The third is that what we're going with now for him?
So he goes with okay, Jason is with the best odds,
followed by Josh Allen, and you got Jalen Warren, Khalil Shakir,
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and Kenneth Gainwell, who has gained well over the last.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
Couple of weeks.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
What you like that, whether it gets in the end zone, lakwan,
any of these guys are really get you excited about
who's gonna score the first touchdown there?
Speaker 2 (18:28):
It's always gonna be James Cook. I mean, if Joe
Brady understands the assignment right, give it to James right.
If we can get on the same page, just hand
it to James Cook. I mean, I just want the
James Cook to be cooking. I know Florio does too.
I know Florio has his little thing against Joe Brady,
but I think James Cook is going to bring this little.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Thing against Joe Brady as Yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
I mean the thing that stood out to me most
of all is DK metcalf isn't even on that list.
On that like what is going on.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
I mean, look, when you have Arthur Smith on the sticks,
it's going to be his system. He's going to control it.
And without Aaron Rodgers or limited Aaron Rodgers, we have
to have our expectations pulled back.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
And say Steelers tight ends because we there, you go
figure it out. Let's go, John new let's go.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
I mean, look, I know people in fantasy have talked
about the idea of just having like a team position, right,
so you can start, you know, like I guess it
would work, right, you just start Steelers tight end and
whatever happens, you know, you're You're fine.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
I play in the league that does that for kickers,
which is kind of a weird position.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
To do it for me, Yeah, because like how many
teams run multiple kickers.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
But if God forbids something ever happens, you get the points.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
Just know, I'm at the league meeting every year voting
that we don't play with kickers.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
No, oh, I like you.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
I like kickers because I like I like the randomness. No,
I just like to I like the randomness because I
got this is my analogy, right, the if you are
a great video game player, right, you don't really worry
about another great video game player because they know all
the moves. You know, the person you worry about is
the button masher, right, because like that person's shooting fireballs
and you and you don't know when they're coming because
they don't know when they're coming, right, Like that's and
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that's kind of what kickers are. They're just button mashers.
And it all sort of levels the playing field amongst everybody.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
I got my home league to finally get rid of them,
and then I lost this year because the defense went
off against me. Maybe we need to reevaluate defenses as well.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
Side notes to all of this, by the way, before
we get into the game a little bit further, DK
Metcalf did not practice on Wednesday. They're expecting him to
be a limited participant, So just something to.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Keep in mind as get closer to the weekend.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
But as we get into this game, Florio, you as
the noted bill's honk on this show, if you had
to start a bill not named Josh Allen or James Cook,
it would be clear.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
And to me, I think he is a really good
start this week. Not only have the Steelers allowed the
most Fantasy points per game two wide, receivers, but they
have been getting cooked by slot receivers as of late.
Since Week eight, they've allowed the most yak to slot receivers.
And I'm I said this on Fantasy Live. I'm gonna
say it again. He has to get yack because they do.
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It is like Joe Brady made him sign a contract
or something that says, we will never use you downfield.
Every single one of his targets, not only will you
see the yellow line, it'll probably be behind the blue
line of scrimmage that everyone loves to see when their
receivers are catching the ball, because that's all they let
him do is run screens. But I do think this
is a week where he'll be able to use because
he's one of the best YAK receivers in the NFL,
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So I think he'll be able to use that talent
to have success in this matchup.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
I mean he has to be when they're basically just
giving him extended handoffs.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Can't win downfield. But Joe Brady's like, no, no, no, no,
That's why we have Brandon Cooks. Now.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
That is the worst when you're when your fantasy receiver
catches the ball with a line of scrimmage line still
on the screen, Like that's a hard way to live.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
Man. It's just the three catches for like negative three
yards one game. I'm like, what are we doing there? Man?
Speaker 1 (21:47):
But still catch you two point seven?
Speaker 3 (21:49):
People love that.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
No, we cannot we cannot accept this. We can be
better as a society. I demand more of us as
a society. Things actually been kind of interesting in the
Steelers backfield. Yeah, so I ask you this question this
week against the Bills, Jalen Warren and if Gainwell neither
or both both? Why not both?
Speaker 2 (22:10):
I mean honestly, Yeah, you're looking at this backfield and
you look at last week both of them put up
twelve Fantasy points. This is another lay a matchup for
them on the ground, and honestly, they're splitting the roles.
We're seeing Jalen Warren bounce off the tackles yards after
three to contact. I think he's going to be the
guy that gets the points on the ground. There's going
to be ugly runs that he's going to be able
to get, but he may fall into the end zone
because he's still getting those red zone opportunities. Gainwell, he's explosive,
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he has the juice in between the tackles. But he's
also a guy that can get in open space and
in the passing game and find relevance in fantasy that
way and give us those highs that we've seen. We've
seen him put up RB one numbers with max opportunities.
We've also now seen him put up RB two numbers
even with Jalen Warren healthy and ready to go. So
I think this matchup on the ground is served up
for both of them. So I can see myself putting
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Jalen Warren at the flex. I could see myself putting
game well at the flex over a lot of other
running backs like a Trey Ben and who's trying to
trend back to come back.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
Yeah, he said, Ugly Runs. Can we make that a
segment on the show? On this show?
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Right? Well take it because I know, you know there's
another show that does angry runs, like.
Speaker 3 (23:10):
Running backs getting absolutely blown.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Up, like just or guys who like run back and
forth and like you know, like the distance they cover
is like twenty yards in the.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
Game like nothing. Yeah, they're gonna make this a thing.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
Yes, Ugly Runs. Kwap, can we write that down somewhere
so we can do that, like the.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Brains of angry runs by the way. There, Well, yeah,
you started.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
You can add this to the resume. You created angry
runs and you champion ugly runs.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
There you go, it is.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
We got some more Week thirteen previews coming up. Stick
around for that and plenty more more here on the
NFL Fantasy Football show, Keeping going. That's a thing, right,
keeping going on the Sunday and Monday slid Falcons at
the Jets, Florio, do you see any potential sleepers in
this one?
Speaker 3 (23:54):
I think Kyle Pitts is potentially a streaming tight end
if you're with no Drake London because he did have
a team high five targets, but a jet John Metchi
he hit seven targets last week from Tyrod Taylor is
a touchdown and double digit fantasy points in each of
the last two. Donnie Mitchell is the like take the
top off the defense guy, but Metchi is the possession receiver.
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So as long as Garrett Wilson is out, I do
think Metchi is a sleeper.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
I mean, and Tyrod Taylor is god him to the
list of backup quarterbacks who at least have sort of
unlocked his wide receiver like granted, it's not Garrett Wilson, right,
Like he's working with what he has to work with.
But you know, John Metchi has become a thing.
Speaker 3 (24:34):
You know how we joke like all the backups are
in a crew and they're like throw two best receivers,
Like that's John Metchi. What do you want to.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
You know, Tyron seems to just consistently come into situations
where he loses his best receivers, right like when he
was with the Bills and they sent both a Marii
Cooper and Robert Woods to the Rams.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Yeah, yeah, and he still ended the drought there. Baby,
I love tyrod Ty God forever, man tie out forever.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Yeah. You mentioned, by the way, Drake London doubtful for
this week, so it seems very unlikely he's going to play.
So you know, maybe Kyle Pitts, maybe Darnell Mooney. Yeah,
Mooney's another one too.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Like David Seals. I mean he scored a touchdown last week.
That's a deep sleep for those fourteen sixteen team leagues.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Yeah why not?
Speaker 4 (25:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (25:19):
Yeah, him in there.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
And you know, if you're into the sort of thing,
they signed kJ Osborne to their their practice squad too.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
Jim Roval and the Bills man for for oldest Watcherson.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Who knows, maybe they go get maybe they go good.
Elijah Moore, now that he's out there on the who
knows Cardinals at the Buccaneers. You sort of touched on
this earlier, Lakwan. Trey Benson trying to work his way back.
They opened his practice window a couple of weeks ago.
He wasn't quite ready for last week's game against Jacksonville.
Trending in the right direction this week. Would you start
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him against Tampa if he does come back.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
No, because you said that via Vada in that mineral
of that field. I do think Trey Benson, he's shown
us that the arrow was pointing up, but his fantasy
high the season is ten fantasy points. Like, we haven't
seen anything that has made us bully him into our
starting lineup. So I'm taking the wait and see approach
with Trey Benson, just to see this dynamic of how
this backfield is going to be looking like I am
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hopeful now with Jakobe Brissett as the quarterback elevating this offense,
This Cardinals offense has a new makeup. This is a
top ten offense right now. I think in total yards
for a game. You're looking at the opportunities that they're making.
Greg George Michael Wilson steppening up. I'm curious to see
how Trey Benson looks with this new makeup in this
Carlins offense.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Yeah, I mean the thing that we did like about
Trey Benson when he was there, he was pretty much
the guy. Yeah in that backfield. You know, they lost
James Connor and they lose Trey Benson. They've sort of
been trying to piece it together. They have not been
good running the football since Benson went down. Who knew,
by the way, all this other part of this is
Bucky Irving could be back as well, but they've said
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Todd Bole say he could be on a pitch count
if he is able to go in this one. So
we could still see some Rashad White, some Seawanucker mixed
in there.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Here is Sean Tucker, man, please send We already seen
Rashad White, we know what he is. Just give a
Sean Tucker.
Speaker 3 (27:08):
I'm just I'm just telling you what I know. That's
all Jaguars at the Titans.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
This this game used to be like a staple of
Thursday night football. I mean it was a tradition unlike
any other Jags Titans. Maybe a color rush uniform, something
like that. Derek he Derek Henry trucking defensive backs like
it used to be, like the way we lived on
Thursday nights, Oriol Travis Etn No playing well, Beshall Tuten
playing not so well? Are we back in on Travis Etn?
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Yeah, like I was saying, I think for a while now,
the fantasy community has been trying to write off Travis
Etn and get excited about other running backs there, but
it just keeps coming back to Etn, and he has
played at a high level as of late. In fact,
like he's leading them in goal on carries right now.
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He's leading them with fifty nine percent of the snaps
on the season, sixty six percent of the running back carries,
sixty five five percent of the running back targets, like
all of the volume is going his way. And then
they get the Titans, who have struggled against the run
all year six most yards, second most touchdowns, They give
up explosive run something above average rate. Yeah, I think
you very much so played Travis Etms.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
Yeah, I mean it's funny because he's another guy. It
just it seems like they're trying to get away from
him and they just can't, you know, either because the
guys behind him don't produce, or Etn steps up. They
need him to.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Drount up to the jacks is Oh line because they're
they're moving bodies from him. So I think that's why
he's getting such that positive yardage. I mean, look at
his yards before contact. It's top of the league. And
it's kind of crazy to see Travis Etn run away
with this RB one batch that we could put on
him because he's hitting those fantasy eyes.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
I feel like he's gonna be another guy next year.
We're going to talk about him in draft.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
It's gonna be like, yeah, Traves ETL and he's like
Kyen Williams right, Like they'll draft a running back in
like the sixth round and everyone will be like, that's
the real.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
Guy, and then at the end of it be like, hey,
Travisytn is like a low end RB one, Like what
are you doing here?
Speaker 3 (28:56):
Is what it is?
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Vikings at Seahawks. Maybe the big story in this one
is that JJ McCarthy is still in concussion protocol. He
is at practice, although Max Brosmer is taking first team
reps for the Vikings this week. So I questioned to you, Lakwantis,
will Seahawks DST be the top scorer in this game?
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Absolutely, if you see them on the whider, start them
this week, because I know Max is probably looking like
me against one of the more physical defenses. Like bro
when we've seen this Seahawks defense really get actor the
quarterback position. I mean right now they are fourth and sacks,
third in QB hits, in first and QB pressures. This
is a very physical trenches that are going to be
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coming at him that want to put their hands on him.
So I do think at the end of the day,
there's going to be a lot of takeaways. There's going
to probably be some strip fumbles. There's going to be
a lot of opportunities for this Seahawks defense to put
up points, maybe a pick six. Who knows, there's going
to be a lot of opportunities on the table for him.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
When I do my Sleepers column every week, and I
always you know, you know, teams to pick for certain
matchups or whatever, right, and like when I'm looking for
some d defenses to talk about him, like, well, who's
playing the Vikings. And I saw the Seahawks and I'm like, damn,
I can't use them as.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
A sleeper there.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
I'm like, I can't. I can't do any mental gymnastics
to make them a sleeper. They're just too good, you know.
I think it's gonna be vim And like.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
JSA is the top scorer this I did make them
a start because I was like, I'll take the low
hanging fruit.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
Yeah, absolutely, that's sure. Absolutely, it's right there for you Raiders.
At the Chargers, the Raiders making more changes. They said
goodbye to Chip Kelly as the offensive coordinator after last
week's lost to Cleveland, and once again what's old is
new again. Greg Olsen comes back to be the OC
there in Las Vegas, third time, third time, because this
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time is going to work for sure, Florio will this
improve the Raiders offense?
Speaker 3 (30:48):
And he blocked like the other greg Olsen, you cannot
because that's the issue with this team, Like they're a
line is terrible. I know Gino Smith is taking a
step back. I think a lot of it though, is
because of the constant pressure he's under. And plus, if
you like, they could hire any of us and we
would look at this offense and be like, build it
around Gente and Bowers, and that's what they've done, and
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it still hasn't led to a whole lot of success.
So maybe they find a couple of new things to
get them going, but I'm expecting the same old Raiders.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
I do love that as we were talking about this,
we see Ashton Genty with two ugly runs.
Speaker 3 (31:23):
Like that could be there.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
You go, that is the third one right there? Yeah,
it's bad. I just I went back and watched that
game against the Browns and it was like, I mean,
it was just a free for all in the backfield
and I did it. The Browns offense or defensive line
is good, but still, I mean it was just like
one two three Chuck Duck, Like that was if Shaudor
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did not.
Speaker 3 (31:44):
Start in that game. There was zero reason to watch.
There's zero.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
I was trying to explain that to my wife. I'm like,
the only reason people even kind of cares because they
should do, or saying like.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
I have Judkins on some fantasy teams. I'm like, yeah,
I'll check what he does after.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
And you know, yeah, I'm like I'm not watching this game.
Like even my friends who are Raider fans like, we
don't really want to watch this game at this point.
That's how bad it is. Time for a break. But
when we come back, we'll finish up our starts and
sins with wide receivers and tight ends, plus preview these
Sunday and Monday night games and.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
Our sleepers for the week over.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
Now to some more starts and since for week thirteen,
let's look at the wide receiver position for some starts there.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Who are the guys who are starting Floria?
Speaker 1 (32:29):
Who are the guys that you are sitting.
Speaker 3 (32:31):
I'm starting the Eagles duo. For a while, I was
getting questions on him. I know they balled out last week.
I think they go out in a big way this
week against the Bears, who struggled against the pass Stefon Diggs.
Not only is it a great matchup against the Giants,
this is me speculating, but it's been very up or down,
not even production wise, like usage wise. This is a
Monday night game, National Lights. I big digs balls out
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in a big way here, Christian Watson. It's indoors. The
Lions have really struggled on the deep ball and the Khalilshaki.
I already spoke about how the Steelers struggle against yak
My Sits. I'm looking to get away from the Colts.
Last week both were held to under thirty yards. Pittman
had last season both games against the Texans under thirty
five receiving yards, and I think Pierce once in his
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career has gone over fifty against them. Jamison Williams I did.
I ended up switching that out last second, so I
have Jamison Williams someone you could play. I switched them
out for Jordan Addison, DJ Moore and Deebo Samuel, also
players I'm looking to get away from. I don't like
their matchups at all. Their usage has been kind of
up and down, and I just I think there's better
options out there with no teams on buy eh.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
I mean, how do you feeling about Jameson Williams ola
Quan because it's boom or bust right, either really get
all of the points or none of the points.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
That's the problem. And I know, Wait brock Right dealing
with his neck injury. I know he's trending towards not playing.
So there's a target boost for Jameson Williams, but that's
never been the issue for him. It's more so looking
at last week he had trouble separating, like they had
that boy locked up, like it was no s that
he was able to get. When you're looking at this
week the Packers, they're allowing below league average a separation
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to the wide receiver position, and that's how you're looking
at somebody scary floors that he's producing. He is not
like one of the big premieer guys like obviously this
Lion's offense can just switch to a Monro Saint Brown
and Gibbs, like Jameson Williams is going to be going
up against a defense that have been locking wide receivers
up of his caliber to where he has that buster
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boom to him. And you look at the Giants game,
he had zero Fantasy points, Like that is a scary floor.
And Giants are also below the league average of separation
to the wide receiver position. So I'm a little worried
about Jameis Williams, even with Brock right out and him
getting that target boost. But those floors are scary, Like
we talked about those floors. They got broken tiles and cockroaches,
old pizza, Like I ain't trying to mess with that
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especially when I'm trying to stack these wins to the
Fantasy playoffs.
Speaker 1 (34:51):
I'm just imagining the apartment that Akim and Sidney moved
into and coming to America.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
It is definitely scary, that scary day. Shame what they
did to that dog. Now I lost my train of
thought in this whole week. Yeah, I look, I mean
I like the idea.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
Of Jamison Williams, and you know, obviously having Dan Campbell
call the place has certainly unlocked him. I would say
I have him. I will probably throw him in a lineup,
but yeah, you know, it's it's it's hard, it's kind
of scary. Right now, Let's get to the tight ends.
So you know, we obviously know the bar for starting
a tight end is low. Who your starts. And since
this week.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
Mark Andrews because Bengals, they literally allowed the most and catches, yards, touchdowns,
and fantasy points allowed to tight ends this year, Dalton Schultz,
the floor has been a lot. I know last week
was disappointing, but outside of that, it's been a safe
floor with some upside there. Aj Barner since week five
is the second most targets on Seattle and the Vikings
have struggled against tight ends as of Lake Juwan Johnson
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because the Dolphins have struggled against tight ends, Taysom Hill
because the Dolphins have struggled against running backs. They're two
different players. And then the since Dallas Goddard just the
usage I know, Rank pointed out on Fantasy Live how
banged up the linebacker group is for the Bears. Maybe
he scores a touchdown, but if you don't get that,
you're getting not a lot. Colson Lovelin, the Eagles have
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just been so good defensively that it scares me. David
Njoku has two targets in each of the last two games.
He ran seven routes last week. You could drop him
before you could start him. And then Zach Ertz, he
has not scored double digits in any game with Marcus
Mariota and he gets the Broncos.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Yeah, Ertz was one of those guys just kind of
hanging around, like the top ten or twelve for a while.
Speaker 3 (36:35):
Yeah. I think he's since falling out.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
Niece Jayden danmes Man just go too. I mean the
security blanket. If you don't have Jayden Daniels that Ertz
is going to suffer.
Speaker 4 (36:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (36:44):
I mean, I think that applies to a lot of
the lot of the commanders. Do you do you want
to talk about the Saints tight end slash quarterback slash
running back.
Speaker 2 (36:54):
I'm just really frustrated that you have his name next
to Juwan Johnson. Get him off dec We're not supposed
to be talking about Taysom Hill. And it's frustrating because
Juwan Johnson in over a month hasn't had less than
ten fantasy points. Why are we sticking him in a
position Taysom Hill in having any comparison like, I don't
care if Taysom Hill throws a touchdown to Juwan Johnson, cool,
But if Taysom Hill's gonna be catching passes, that's taking
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food over of Jawan Johnson's plate. No, I don't need
any Taysom Hill none whatsoever. It's not like he's a
struggling tight end. Jawan Johnson can ball. He has the
ability to step up and give us tight end one
numbers that we deserve. But having Taysom Hill, it's like
toxic to the offense. Bro He's taking other people's fantasy points.
Devin Neil. I hope he gets goallying opportunity, but we
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know that Taysom Hill is probably gonna get involved in
that as well.
Speaker 1 (37:39):
The worst thing it's going to happen is you're gonna
see Taysom Hill in the shotgun from like the two
yard line.
Speaker 3 (37:44):
It looks like he's gonna throw it to Jwan Johnson.
He's just gonna tuck it and run. Literally, both of
his passes came on the goal line like that. They
bring him in on that package that, like Juwan Johnson
is the safer play. But I think Taysom Hill's ceiling
is high.
Speaker 2 (37:57):
He's capping Juwan Johnson this week. Basically what you're putting.
Speaker 3 (38:00):
Into He's gonna be a running back. I think like
he's you're gonna get.
Speaker 2 (38:05):
The goal one, Well, he's gonna do it. He's calling
the plays, he's doing everything. Okay, I mean it is
what it is.
Speaker 3 (38:11):
Maybe it's an owner thing. I don't know. I mean,
I don't know. Kellen Moore just say no.
Speaker 1 (38:16):
Talking a little Sunday Night football Broncos at the Commanders
La Kwan, how scary is Terry McLaurin and is hopeful
return to the field.
Speaker 2 (38:25):
I mean, my boy hasn't been scary all season, to
be honest. It has just been scary with the floors
he's shown us. But I think at the end of
the day, if Terry mclaurin's on your roster, you already
have seen He's given us wide receiver two numbers at
best this season, only one game with more than five targets,
only one game with more than three catches. Like, there's
nothing exciting unless he finds the end zone. Last time
we saw him, he found the end zone in week eight.
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We're just hoping and praying that he ends up finding
the end zone. For the most part, because Vium is
not coming this way. Marcus Mariota is a very low
bar of expectations for the rest of the pass catchers
that we talked about. So yeah, Talton prayers if you
have to start him this week.
Speaker 1 (38:59):
Yeah, I mean again, hopefully, hopefully Marcus Mariota is in
the text chain where they're like, hey, just throw it
to your good players, and you know somebody's just like, Hey,
Terry mclaurin's one of your good players.
Speaker 3 (39:07):
I'm gonna put it out now. If Jadeen Daniels returns
like they're saying for Week fourteen, Terry's gonna be on
a lot of championship rosters.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
Wow, I like that.
Speaker 3 (39:15):
The Giants, Eagles, and Cowboys in the year. I like that.
I'm done with that completely.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
Over to Monday Night Football. It's the Giants at the
Paytriots because you can see that game on ESPN, on
ABC and ESPN Deportes. I'm gonna ask you this question.
I think I know what you're going to say based
on what you've said earlier in the show. But if
you look at this the wide receivers on either side,
which one of them you think has the best outlook
this week?
Speaker 3 (39:38):
Steph Diggs. Yeah. One, it's the New York Giants and
they struggle against wide receivers. But even more than that,
like last week, Steph Diggs played less than fifty percent
of the snaps. He had just three targets. To me,
I'm not I don't want to speculate, but I do
think they're they're kind of trying to ease Like they
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know he's at an advanced age, they know he's coming
off of a serious injury. So I think they look
for times where they're like, we don't have to rely
on you as heavily as as we might have to
in some games. But this is a Monday night football
game with the nation watching. CARDI b might be an
attendance to those like I think he balls out in
a big way in this game. Plus it's a great matchup.
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The Giants struggle against receivers in the slot, out wide, downfield.
Diggs does all of that, so yeah, I think he
goes off.
Speaker 1 (40:27):
I'll even sleeper in this one too, Kashawan Boody. I
think the Giants give up the most deep completions of
any team in the league, and Booty's a dot is
right now about eighteen yards per target something like that,
so they are using him deep down the field. So
uh yeah, I think he has some sleeper vibes.
Speaker 3 (40:46):
Dude, and free the feet. What a wide receiver room.
Speaker 1 (40:48):
It's a weird white Well they're just throwing stuff on
Digs like you didn't have a weird digga.
Speaker 3 (40:52):
He's just stuff on Diggs. So you know there's that part.
There's a joke there.
Speaker 1 (40:56):
I let it go back, all right, there it is,
It's time to see who will deliver, presented by Uber Eats.
Time for our Week thirteen sleepers. Somebody from either the
Sunday or the Monday game.
Speaker 3 (41:09):
Lakwan whodi you like.
Speaker 2 (41:10):
I got Marvin Mims as a sleeper. I think Sean
Payton knows his name this week. I think you can
have the ability to do kind of whatever you want.
If you want to flex that you want to have
Marvin mins run out of the backfield, out of jet sweep, sure,
I think you could do whatever you want against his
commander's defense. They are cooked and I'm talking turkey in
the microwave. That is a flavor flavor reference. If you know,
you know, they are bad. So looking at Marvin mims man,
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he is a guy that had some injuries concussion previous weeks.
I think he goes off this week as a sleeper.
Speaker 3 (41:36):
Pat Bryant week is when I'm here. You know, I.
Speaker 1 (41:39):
Nearly put Pat Bryant on my list of sleepers for
the week. I thought, I thought, very seriously.
Speaker 3 (41:45):
That's my guy.
Speaker 2 (41:45):
Though I was high on him as a prospect coming
into this summer, and I'm glad that he is starting
to make his way as a solid wide receiver to
a part of the collection of whatever Sean Payton wants
to deploy that week.
Speaker 3 (41:56):
I mean, it's just really a throw a dard.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
It's mems, it's Troy Franklin, it's I think it's Troy Frankly.
Speaker 2 (42:01):
I think we take them out of it. Yeah, yeah,
I think we put Courtland's son as one of the
collect I think those two.
Speaker 3 (42:06):
Are the top, and then everyone else is kind.
Speaker 1 (42:09):
Of yeah, it's just figure it out at that point,
who's your sleeper, Florio.
Speaker 3 (42:13):
Who's playing the Bills this week? The Steelers? Oh, so
Kenneth Gainwell, because I watched the Bills weekly and they
get ran all over weekly. But even more than that,
last week he had six targets from Mason Rudolph. The
week before that he had eight targets from Aaron Rodgers.
So he's clearly going to be utilized in the passing game.
It is a game where the Steelers could be playing
and catch it mode that leads to more targets for him.
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Gainwell has surprisingly been a very useful flex like in
one league, I've had to use them, and I'm every
week I'm like, I don't really, and then I'm like
pleasantly surprised. Yeah, no, it's well.
Speaker 1 (42:44):
Last week he had what I think in eighty yards rushing,
ninety yards rushing, way before he had eighty yards receiving,
so he's doing it in multiple ways, but he is
getting it.
Speaker 2 (42:54):
Doesn't see a lot of touches to do damage too.
That's what's even crazier.
Speaker 1 (42:57):
Right throwing the fact that the Steelers just can't consistently
throw the football too, so they got lean on their
running backs to get it done one way or another.
My sleeper for the week is Dalton Schultz down there
with the Houston Texans, and I don't particularly care if
it's CJ. Shroud or Davis Mills throwing the football. Over
the last few weeks, going back to I think Week seven,
it is Dalton Schultz has been the number two target
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behind Nico Collins. And yeah, we've seen Jaden Higgins work in,
We've seen some other guys get some opportunities, but it
really has been mostly Collins and Schultz getting those opportunities.
On top of it, big matchup against the Colts, big
one in the AFC South, and Indy has been bad
against the tight end position pretty much all year long,
So I think an opportunity with some volume there for
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Dalton Schultz to make some plays.
Speaker 3 (43:40):
And you know, he's.
Speaker 1 (43:42):
Kind of he's been good enough that he's almost graduated
out of sleeper because of what he's done over the
last few weeks. But we're going to try and just
shoehorn it in at least one more time, and then
if he balls out again this week, then I guess
he no longer counts as a sleeper and he's just
a guy that you're going to start at this point.
So that was Who Deliver, presented by Uber Eats, where
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the NFL Order Now, so here it is. This is
what we got. Two weeks left of the fantasy regular
season and that's all over.
Speaker 3 (44:14):
Yeah, two weeks to get in and then you got
three weeks to win it all.
Speaker 1 (44:18):
So you got five weeks left in this fantasy season.
It has flown by. And of course we'll be here
with the pretty much every step of the way the
rest of the way to help you out with some
of your start sit decisions and all those other things
that you need to do. But for now, that is it.
Speaker 3 (44:33):
We are done.
Speaker 1 (44:34):
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Speaker 3 (44:42):
Throw it hard enough.
Speaker 1 (44:43):
Saves, take care of yourselves. Enjoy Week thirteen. We'll talk
to you again on Monday.
Speaker 4 (44:47):
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Speaker 1 (45:13):
Log h
Wow, everybody, it's another edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Show.
It's Being Your Man, m G. Marcus Grant joined by
Michael F. Florio and Lakwan Jones. We've made it to
Thanksgiving week. At this point, it's like the most wonderful
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time of the year.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Absolutely. I mean I'm watching the holiday movies and shows
and stuff like that. I mean, it's that time of
the year and let's hold off. Christmas is not Christmas yet, folks, let'st.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I mean, there's things killing. But besides Thanksgiving movie.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Playing trains and automobiles, I guess I've lost the war
in my house. Home Alone has already aired.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Oh no, they started playing elfin like first week in November.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
All I know is watching Home Alone every year I'm
reminded of how terrible the McAllister family is. All awful people.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
And then the next year they just forget their kid
again again. Yeah. I hate Home Alone two one I like,
well biggest.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
They were both kind of like a live action Tom
and Jerry cartoon.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Is really that is true, and so remake it though.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
I think you should make I should I think you
should remake them. But Harry and Marv are like leftist
anti heroes who haven't eat the rich vibe to them.
That's just my opinion. Writ'st on that note. On that note,
let's get into the show. We got a lot to
do on the show, a lot to do on the
show today. We got starts and sits for week thirteen.
Plus we're going over every game on these Sunday and
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Monday slate plus giving you our sleepers for the week.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
So let's get started with some of these starts and sits.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Of course, you can see Michael Florio's analysis for all
of them on the interwebs at NFL dot com slash
start sit.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
We'll start at the beginning with the quarterback position.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Who is your start?
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Who are your starts? I should say, and who are
your sits? This week? I'm playing Joe Burrow. You've had
to wait this long. He threw for over eight hundred
yards and nine touchdowns and two games against the Ravens
last year. I'm playing Jackson Dart. You've had to wait
not as long as Joe Burrow, but you still have
had to wait. And he's averaged twenty three Fantasy points
per game as a starter in the pats of struggles
against the pass bo Nicks gets a fantastic matchup against
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the Commanders here, I think he gets a big bounce
back opportunity, and then Jordan Love he excels against Man
and the Lions play Man at the highest rate. And
then my Brock party sit seemed a lot spicier until
he went out and he had a Nathan Peterman first half,
but I still think he tried to get away from
him against the Browns. I'm sitting Daniel jonesy. I don't
think you should play many quarterbacks against Houston Caleb Williams
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because that Eagles defense is really Ben strong and now
it's starting to look like CJ. Stroud and he's the
more appealing name. But I'm sitting both Texans against the Colts.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
I mean, look, I think Brock perty, as they said,
for multiple reasons. One because of the Browns too, because
it's supposed to be in the twenties and snowy potentially
in he is an Arizona guy.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Oh so he doesn't do well in cold.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Straight up from the desert where he is giant. He
did play his college ball at Iowa State, so maybe
think of it what you will for that.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
But Miles Garrett though that's that's a big reason.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Also that a reason not to start brought through this week.
You are a bow Laver laquse, You're maybe the biggest
bowl leiaver of us all. This actually does seem like
a really good matchup for him.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yeah, coming out of du buy, hopefully you hit the
reset button they can get on track very early. I
do think this is a lay a matchup. You kind
of have your way with this commander's defense. Honestly, you
have QB one on the table. They have allowed eight
quarterbacks this season to put up high fantasy numbers. I'm
talking twenty burgers. So bow Knicks obviously having that rushing upside,
and we know he has the firepower by Franklin R. J. Harvey.
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Hopefully we get him unlock coming out of the buy.
But there's a lot of opportunities that I think bow
Knick's going to have them in striking distance. So I'm
expecting big numbers this week from both.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
One of my bold predictions for the week is that
maybe it's not even that bold, but that bo Knicks
throws three touchdown passes.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
I can make it bolder and.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Say four if that makes you feel better, for sure,
I got to sleep all four touchdown passes for bow knicks.
That's my bold locketion for the week against the Commanders
coming up Onday, Sunday Night, Sunday Night Football tonight. Also
got the running back position here because one name that
is kind of a return, hopefully for fantasy managers. But
you're starts to sit at running back this year.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Lots of rookies, and while we're talking about Bowl prediction,
my first start running back is Trevion My Bowl prediction
is one hundred and fifty to two because Giants, Giants, Yeah,
exactly Like I don't need to give you more examples,
and that O'marion Hampton. If he's back against the Raiders,
I think he is a must play. Travis Etn. We
all keep writing him off, but he just keeps getting
it done and he has a great matchup.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
R J.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Harvey I think is in a smash spot this week
against the Commanders, and then DeAndre Swift as a sit
It pains me, but he played behind Kyle Mnungai last
week and the Eagles are really tough. Aaron Jones gets
a really tough matchup against Seattle with a first time quarterback.
We don't know how that offense is gonna look. David
Montgomery is completely trending in the wrong direction, and the
Packers are a good run defense, and then Tyrone Tracy
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Junior was nice to see him take over last week.
But the Patriots are still an elite run dye maybe
the best them and I think are the two best
run defenses in football.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Yeah, I mean the Pacers run defense has been very
good so far this year. Omaron Hampton, though it's been
a while. I mean, eh, do you like obviously you
like him this week?
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Correct?
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Does this also mean are we dropping Kamani Vidal? We
just put him on the bitch. How are we handling that?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
That's the question?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Okay, the fantasy streets are chirping and barking about Kamanie
Vidohl if we bench him forever? Drop him? I think
Amaron Hampton, though there may be a ramp up period
because that's what we saw at the beginning of the season.
And also this Chargers backfield, we've seen it operate as
a one two punch briefly with Naji Harris and a
Mari and Hampton. I think Camani Vidal still has a
role in this backfield. I'm not dropping him just yet
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because Hampton's just coming back from a bad injury. I
would say where it might take some time for him
to get back in the swing. Look, if he's healthy,
I'm going to be starting him because he's shown us
RB one numbers before he went out with injury. So
if healthy, he's getting the start. But Kamani Videll, I
don't think we dropped him just yet. Let's just have
the watch on how this backfield and ynamic between both
of them, because if I doubt can ball won't give
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an opportunity.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
It's a handcuff season.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Yes, I agree, cuff and season right now? Yeah, absolutely football.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
He's still cold outsize.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
I kind of want to spend this forward a little
bit because I know there are people, you know, if
you were even if you were not in playoff contention
and you're watching us, thank you for hanging in with us. Yeah,
there are people you know who are maybe starting to
think about next year as well. I know for Nazie Harris,
he's on a one year deal, so I don't think
he's gonna come back. I can't imagine he comes back,
but could we see this next year? Is maybe kind
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of a two headed monster. In Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
I think Viddell will have a role, and I agree
with o Q like he has shown he could play
at a pretty high level. But if Hampton is healthy
and he gets the whole off season and everything, I
wouldn't be surprised if he returns Round one value. I
don't know where exactly the ad pople settle yet, but
I think Hampton could be a top ten running back.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I think I'm good off the first round running backs though, man,
I have had not great luck Gente sa Quan. It's
just been hard. I think Gibbs is the only first
round running back that we can crown, but Hampton's probably like.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
There's another one that you're not. Actually who's been good
for fantasy? Who's been great? He's been really good for fantasy.
I know what you're gonna say, but I'm not going
to say it, but you're going to get me to
say it. Christian mccaffe the and Jonathan Taylor to Jay
was really a round running back. I mean, that's some
good value. The first round guys who have returned value
have been seeing Jimi or Gibbs.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
That's kindably it don't out there too. I know you're right, touchdowns.
It depends.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
I'm worried about Jeon next year. If this Falcons offense
does not take a step forward, it.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Might be a completely different offense.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
It's not your fault, it's really it's really your fault
around you.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Jon had eight rushing touchdowns instead of four his season
because he's averaging twenty per game right now.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
That's because he's getting the targets and catches and PPR formats,
Thank you God, but gee and anything else was kind
of scary looking at.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
They don't ask how, they ask how many exactly he's
numbers at this point. So we earlier in the week
we told you what we thought was going to happen
for Thursday, Thanksgiving Day games and the Black Friday game
as well. But of course there's still a whole lot
more games to go. Nobody is on a bye this week.
All thirty two teams are in action, so let's dive
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into some of these SaaS Saturday Sunday Sunday games as well.
Start with the Rams and the Panthers. Rams obviously playing
great football right now, Carolina still in the hunt for
the division lead there in the NFC South, coming off
with Toelugh loss on Monday Night, Rico Dowdell didn't have
the greatest game in a matchup that seemed pretty favorable.
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This matchup not nearly as favorable on paper, Florio, can
you start Rico Dowdle against the Rams?
Speaker 3 (08:44):
Yes, Look, I think you need to understand that the
chances that he doesn't have a big week are higher
than they normally are. I don't love that they got
away completely from the run last week, Like he had
numerous opportunities near the goal line and they just weren't
considering him. I do think they go in and they
fix that, but he was their leading receiver. Like the
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numbers are bad from last week, but he is still
so involved and we've seen him go off against many
defenses this year. We've seen him put up some big plays.
Like where I only have Rico on one team, but
where I have him, I haven't considered sitting you.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
No, Yeah, I mean that's the thing. I mean, he's
still playing about sixty five percent of the snaps. I
think he did on Monday night, but Laclon, there wasn't
a lot of Cuba Hubbard. I know he's not efficient,
but he still seems to be getting the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
He seems like he's still going to be in that
backfield and involved in some capacity. But I do think
they'll need that one two punch this week against the Rams.
They're going to need to do something because it's going
to be an uphill battle for Rico being that we've
seen this trenches kind of dominate running backs on the
other side and keeping them out of the end zone.
So I do think, like, if I'm in a situation
with the mari and Hampton, mhy not start him over Rico.
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That's just like I feel like Rico has held us
down when we dealt with these running back injuries and
now there's no buys and guys starting to return, Like
I think there's a bar where it's like, Okay, you
could sit to the side now and let me get
my guys that you know, really need this opportunity to
put up Fantasy points this week.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
I think that's the other part of having Rico, right
you you added him probably in a pinch because you
needed help somewhere. He was never expected to be your
main running back, so in theory, you have ways to
work around this sort of thing if you needed to
other part of the game. I just want to mention this,
Like I mentioned this on NFL Fantasy Live. You know
who the number one scoring rookie receiver in fantasy is
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right now. It's not a Mecca a Buka. It's Terror McMillan, McMillan, Terro.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
McMillan is the wide receiver eight overall.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
And I know it hasn't been flashy, like he hasn't
had any of those huge blow up games necessarily. I
think his best game is like twenty twenty five points
something like that. Good, not spectacular. He's just been steady,
just consistently double digit points.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Bookcase proof that if you get out the gate running hot.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
You can your storyline the whole year. But McMillan has
been really, really good, and I feel like we haven't
talked enough about him.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
If he scores one, he's putting up another one. That's
just how it's been. This is how it's going to
go with Teed.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Costco player man score six thousand bunk. That's what it is.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Who it is forty nine ers at the Browns. We
already saw that brock perty is a sits on Michael f.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
Florio's list.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
We know Lakwan that Shiduar Sanders is going to get
the start against the forty nine ers. We also know
the weather is going to be kind of nasty there
on the shores of Lake Erie, so understanding that people
are going to be starting Christian McCaffrey pretty much regardless
anybody else on either side of this game, that you
would feel okay starting.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Harri Fannin Jr. I think he's been the one more reliable,
you know, target that you can have with the bad weather.
You could explort, you can expect like short to the
line of scrimmage, you know, runs and design plays for him.
And I think being that he is the guy that
has kind of made this Browns offense look anywhere near stable,
to have positive receptions, to have positive gains on that offense,
I honestly think he feels like the safest bet here.
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I'm not sure about Brock Purdy. I'm not sure about
Juwan Jennings and the people's jewels of how he's going
to be playing. So I do at the end of
the day, if I'm looking for stability out of this
game with bad weather, it has to be hero Fana Jr.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
I would hope that in the week or so that
Juwan Jennys can ice.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Up a little bit. You have recovery time after shock. Bro.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
That was crazy.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
I was like, why is he so? And then.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
He is just like, Oh, that's that's why he's fighting,
because it was like.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Of all people, Juwan Jenny is like, what what am
I missing? Like, Oh, that's why there's beef there understandable.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Texans at the Colts, we saw you got Daniel Jones
on the side of things, Florio, but kind of a
vibe check. And when I when I asked that is
does it means he's going to be just mid against
the Texans or bad?
Speaker 3 (12:45):
I think bad. Look you saw what they did to
my guy, the best top two quarterback walking the planet.
Uh and and they were able to completely shut him down.
And the thing about Daniel Jones is it's he's kind
of been trending down the last couple of weeks. Interceptions
have become a thing. The fantasy production hasn't been as
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high as I think. It's a good thing for the
Colts though, because they were they were trending towards giving
him franchise quarterback money and making the same mistake that
the Giants did. I think if you could get Jones
on a look, you don't have to give him like
a rookie deal, but if you get him on a
middle I never like teams that overpay the quarterback just
because it's a quarterback. So if you get him on
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a friendlier contract, I think that's a good thing. But
for fantasy this week, there's no way I'm playing him
against the Texans.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
This is where like the NFL could take a page
from the NBA, like the whole mid level exception that
players getting that sort of thing. That's because I remember,
like when the Giants signed Daniel Jones to that car,
like literally every single person was like, that's a bad
ideas is.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Like, well, it's his turn. It doesn't have to do
don't know what I mean. There's a few elite quarterbacks
that deserve that kind of money. Not every single quarterback
deserves it.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
I always laugh. And it happens in like all industry
and all sorts of things when like the people who
were in charge of a thing or can make a
thing happen to like, well that's.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
Just the way it is. We don't like it, but
that's just how it has to be. No, does it
control over you have the power. You have the power.
You don't have to just frog walk yourself to the
edge of the cliff, Like you don't have to do that,
like like Drew Petson being like we didn't like the
fourth court and fourth down play calls, Like dude, you
called it.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
I'll trying to find a guy who did this, like
what was happening. By the way, So before we get
off of this game, And an interesting thing that I
did see is that apparently the Texans are giving up
the most yards per scramble attempt ten yards per attempt.
The trick is you just have to get past their
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pass rush for you to do. Yeah, it's so difficult
thing I do somehow if you get escaped that prison,
like you're gonna run free. It's just getting out of jail.
That's the hard escaping. To Hunter and Will, I understand
that there's just not.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
They rushed for and had two spies at times last week,
which he tells you everything you need to know about
the Bills receiving room. But yeah, that's how they attack.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
They will get out wid they're gonna get after a
little bit. Saints at the Dolphins, we know Alvin Kamara
dealing with some injury issues and not likely to play
this week.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Dolphins a great matchup for running backs.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Devin Neil has been hot on the fantasy streets, at
least in the fantasy waiver wires. Lakwan, is it really
Devin Neil season?
Speaker 3 (15:21):
This week?
Speaker 2 (15:22):
Expectations have to be pulled back a little bit, like,
I don't want folks stick him in as RB two
or RB one. This is flex territory, your expectations. As
you look at last week, right, he put up eleven
fantasy points season high and snaps and opportunities. This dude
ran thirty routes. Okay, there's only two other running backs
who did this this season. That was Christian McCaffrey, Lamar
and Hampton. So he has the PPR upside, and he
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has the upside on the ground because we know the
Dolphins struggle at stopping the run. So I'm looking at
this as like, hey, if I have to stick him in,
it has to be the absolute need. It has to
be one of those things where it's like I have
no other options because when we're looking at looking at
him on the ground, he's still getting less than for
youarship of carry like Alvin Kamara the only one at
that in that backfield in that capacity, and that's shown
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us anything positive is Kendrey Miller, who was injured right now.
So I'm not really looking hoping for Devin Neil to
be on the ground to get all these yards. I'm
looking for the targets, the dump offs and so he
can get upfield and make some big plays. So other
than that, flex expectations this week for me, I.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
Feel like the Saints are experiencing the soft bigotry of
low expectations. Like we look at the Saints because the
offense is bad. I mean, they're tied with the Raiders
for the fewest points scored. You know, they have a
ton of turnovers. But we're like, hey, there's an opportunity.
There's a guy who's healthy and breathing and might get carries,
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and like we we try to tell ourselves a story
where we get excited about it and yeah, really, maybe
the answer is like no.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
And then, like most Saints stories, Taysom Hill comes in rooms.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Oh my gosh, it's the worst.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
You have the goal on work carries, he threw two passes.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
I just I don't understand. And again, I think we
talked about the on Monday. This is the third coach.
Like at first you're like, okay, well him and Sean
Payton just you know, they have a connection. Sean Payton's
doing it, and then maybe you could, like with Dennis Allen, you'
kind of like, all right, well Dennis Allen was there,
Kelan Moore came from a completely different team, Like.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
I am really surprised. Well now that you bring that
up that Taysom Hill hasn't ended up on the Broncos yet.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Yeah, it seems like a joker role.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
I'm done.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
At the end of this year. Sean Payn's gonna look
around be like, yeah, just hav An ingram things, not
cutting a Taysom Hey, thirty six year old Taysom Hill,
like who just had a year bag too?
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Like he got a good deal for a guy who
doesn't really play a position.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Yeah, I don't, I don't understand it. You know, we
have checked in with our old palmatt Okata, who's like
the biggest Taysom Hill stand there is.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
He also loves Kyler, so he's probably has mixed right.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Yeah, it's been a rough year for our poweratt Okanda
for sure. Time to check out the first to score
odds for some days Bill Steelers matchup. No surprise, the
guys at the top of the list James Cook. James Cook.
The third is that what we're going with now for him?
So he goes with okay, Jason is with the best odds,
followed by Josh Allen, and you got Jalen Warren, Khalil Shakir,
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and Kenneth Gainwell, who has gained well over the last.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
Couple of weeks.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
What you like that, whether it gets in the end zone, lakwan,
any of these guys are really get you excited about
who's gonna score the first touchdown there?
Speaker 2 (18:28):
It's always gonna be James Cook. I mean, if Joe
Brady understands the assignment right, give it to James right.
If we can get on the same page, just hand
it to James Cook. I mean, I just want the
James Cook to be cooking. I know Florio does too.
I know Florio has his little thing against Joe Brady,
but I think James Cook is going to bring this little.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Thing against Joe Brady as Yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
I mean the thing that stood out to me most
of all is DK metcalf isn't even on that list.
On that like what is going on.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
I mean, look, when you have Arthur Smith on the sticks,
it's going to be his system. He's going to control it.
And without Aaron Rodgers or limited Aaron Rodgers, we have
to have our expectations pulled back.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
And say Steelers tight ends because we there, you go
figure it out. Let's go, John new let's go.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
I mean, look, I know people in fantasy have talked
about the idea of just having like a team position, right,
so you can start, you know, like I guess it
would work, right, you just start Steelers tight end and
whatever happens, you know, you're You're fine.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
I play in the league that does that for kickers,
which is kind of a weird position.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
To do it for me, Yeah, because like how many
teams run multiple kickers.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
But if God forbids something ever happens, you get the points.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
Just know, I'm at the league meeting every year voting
that we don't play with kickers.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
No, oh, I like you.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
I like kickers because I like I like the randomness. No,
I just like to I like the randomness because I
got this is my analogy, right, the if you are
a great video game player, right, you don't really worry
about another great video game player because they know all
the moves. You know, the person you worry about is
the button masher, right, because like that person's shooting fireballs
and you and you don't know when they're coming because
they don't know when they're coming, right, Like that's and
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that's kind of what kickers are. They're just button mashers.
And it all sort of levels the playing field amongst everybody.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
I got my home league to finally get rid of them,
and then I lost this year because the defense went
off against me. Maybe we need to reevaluate defenses as well.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
Side notes to all of this, by the way, before
we get into the game a little bit further, DK
Metcalf did not practice on Wednesday. They're expecting him to
be a limited participant, So just something to.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Keep in mind as get closer to the weekend.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
But as we get into this game, Florio, you as
the noted bill's honk on this show, if you had
to start a bill not named Josh Allen or James Cook,
it would be clear.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
And to me, I think he is a really good
start this week. Not only have the Steelers allowed the
most Fantasy points per game two wide, receivers, but they
have been getting cooked by slot receivers as of late.
Since Week eight, they've allowed the most yak to slot receivers.
And I'm I said this on Fantasy Live. I'm gonna
say it again. He has to get yack because they do.
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It is like Joe Brady made him sign a contract
or something that says, we will never use you downfield.
Every single one of his targets, not only will you
see the yellow line, it'll probably be behind the blue
line of scrimmage that everyone loves to see when their
receivers are catching the ball, because that's all they let
him do is run screens. But I do think this
is a week where he'll be able to use because
he's one of the best YAK receivers in the NFL,
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So I think he'll be able to use that talent
to have success in this matchup.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
I mean he has to be when they're basically just
giving him extended handoffs.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Can't win downfield. But Joe Brady's like, no, no, no, no,
That's why we have Brandon Cooks. Now.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
That is the worst when you're when your fantasy receiver
catches the ball with a line of scrimmage line still
on the screen, Like that's a hard way to live.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
Man. It's just the three catches for like negative three
yards one game. I'm like, what are we doing there? Man?
Speaker 1 (21:47):
But still catch you two point seven?
Speaker 3 (21:49):
People love that.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
No, we cannot we cannot accept this. We can be
better as a society. I demand more of us as
a society. Things actually been kind of interesting in the
Steelers backfield. Yeah, so I ask you this question this
week against the Bills, Jalen Warren and if Gainwell neither
or both both? Why not both?
Speaker 2 (22:10):
I mean honestly, Yeah, you're looking at this backfield and
you look at last week both of them put up
twelve Fantasy points. This is another lay a matchup for
them on the ground, and honestly, they're splitting the roles.
We're seeing Jalen Warren bounce off the tackles yards after
three to contact. I think he's going to be the
guy that gets the points on the ground. There's going
to be ugly runs that he's going to be able
to get, but he may fall into the end zone
because he's still getting those red zone opportunities. Gainwell, he's explosive,
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he has the juice in between the tackles. But he's
also a guy that can get in open space and
in the passing game and find relevance in fantasy that
way and give us those highs that we've seen. We've
seen him put up RB one numbers with max opportunities.
We've also now seen him put up RB two numbers
even with Jalen Warren healthy and ready to go. So
I think this matchup on the ground is served up
for both of them. So I can see myself putting
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Jalen Warren at the flex. I could see myself putting
game well at the flex over a lot of other
running backs like a Trey Ben and who's trying to
trend back to come back.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
Yeah, he said, Ugly Runs. Can we make that a
segment on the show? On this show?
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Right? Well take it because I know, you know there's
another show that does angry runs, like.
Speaker 3 (23:10):
Running backs getting absolutely blown.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Up, like just or guys who like run back and
forth and like you know, like the distance they cover
is like twenty yards in the.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
Game like nothing. Yeah, they're gonna make this a thing.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
Yes, Ugly Runs. Kwap, can we write that down somewhere
so we can do that, like the.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Brains of angry runs by the way. There, Well, yeah,
you started.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
You can add this to the resume. You created angry
runs and you champion ugly runs.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
There you go, it is.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
We got some more Week thirteen previews coming up. Stick
around for that and plenty more more here on the
NFL Fantasy Football show, Keeping going. That's a thing, right,
keeping going on the Sunday and Monday slid Falcons at
the Jets, Florio, do you see any potential sleepers in
this one?
Speaker 3 (23:54):
I think Kyle Pitts is potentially a streaming tight end
if you're with no Drake London because he did have
a team high five targets, but a jet John Metchi
he hit seven targets last week from Tyrod Taylor is
a touchdown and double digit fantasy points in each of
the last two. Donnie Mitchell is the like take the
top off the defense guy, but Metchi is the possession receiver.
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So as long as Garrett Wilson is out, I do
think Metchi is a sleeper.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
I mean, and Tyrod Taylor is god him to the
list of backup quarterbacks who at least have sort of
unlocked his wide receiver like granted, it's not Garrett Wilson, right,
Like he's working with what he has to work with.
But you know, John Metchi has become a thing.
Speaker 3 (24:34):
You know how we joke like all the backups are
in a crew and they're like throw two best receivers,
Like that's John Metchi. What do you want to.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
You know, Tyron seems to just consistently come into situations
where he loses his best receivers, right like when he
was with the Bills and they sent both a Marii
Cooper and Robert Woods to the Rams.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Yeah, yeah, and he still ended the drought there. Baby,
I love tyrod Ty God forever, man tie out forever.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Yeah. You mentioned, by the way, Drake London doubtful for
this week, so it seems very unlikely he's going to play.
So you know, maybe Kyle Pitts, maybe Darnell Mooney. Yeah,
Mooney's another one too.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Like David Seals. I mean he scored a touchdown last week.
That's a deep sleep for those fourteen sixteen team leagues.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Yeah why not?
Speaker 4 (25:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (25:19):
Yeah, him in there.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
And you know, if you're into the sort of thing,
they signed kJ Osborne to their their practice squad too.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
Jim Roval and the Bills man for for oldest Watcherson.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Who knows, maybe they go get maybe they go good.
Elijah Moore, now that he's out there on the who
knows Cardinals at the Buccaneers. You sort of touched on
this earlier, Lakwan. Trey Benson trying to work his way back.
They opened his practice window a couple of weeks ago.
He wasn't quite ready for last week's game against Jacksonville.
Trending in the right direction this week. Would you start
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him against Tampa if he does come back.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
No, because you said that via Vada in that mineral
of that field. I do think Trey Benson, he's shown
us that the arrow was pointing up, but his fantasy
high the season is ten fantasy points. Like, we haven't
seen anything that has made us bully him into our
starting lineup. So I'm taking the wait and see approach
with Trey Benson, just to see this dynamic of how
this backfield is going to be looking like I am
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hopeful now with Jakobe Brissett as the quarterback elevating this offense,
This Cardinals offense has a new makeup. This is a
top ten offense right now. I think in total yards
for a game. You're looking at the opportunities that they're making.
Greg George Michael Wilson steppening up. I'm curious to see
how Trey Benson looks with this new makeup in this
Carlins offense.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Yeah, I mean the thing that we did like about
Trey Benson when he was there, he was pretty much
the guy. Yeah in that backfield. You know, they lost
James Connor and they lose Trey Benson. They've sort of
been trying to piece it together. They have not been
good running the football since Benson went down. Who knew,
by the way, all this other part of this is
Bucky Irving could be back as well, but they've said
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Todd Bole say he could be on a pitch count
if he is able to go in this one. So
we could still see some Rashad White, some Seawanucker mixed
in there.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Here is Sean Tucker, man, please send We already seen
Rashad White, we know what he is. Just give a
Sean Tucker.
Speaker 3 (27:08):
I'm just I'm just telling you what I know. That's
all Jaguars at the Titans.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
This this game used to be like a staple of
Thursday night football. I mean it was a tradition unlike
any other Jags Titans. Maybe a color rush uniform, something
like that. Derek he Derek Henry trucking defensive backs like
it used to be, like the way we lived on
Thursday nights, Oriol Travis Etn No playing well, Beshall Tuten
playing not so well? Are we back in on Travis Etn?
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Yeah, like I was saying, I think for a while now,
the fantasy community has been trying to write off Travis
Etn and get excited about other running backs there, but
it just keeps coming back to Etn, and he has
played at a high level as of late. In fact,
like he's leading them in goal on carries right now.
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He's leading them with fifty nine percent of the snaps
on the season, sixty six percent of the running back carries,
sixty five five percent of the running back targets, like
all of the volume is going his way. And then
they get the Titans, who have struggled against the run
all year six most yards, second most touchdowns, They give
up explosive run something above average rate. Yeah, I think
you very much so played Travis Etms.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
Yeah, I mean it's funny because he's another guy. It
just it seems like they're trying to get away from
him and they just can't, you know, either because the
guys behind him don't produce, or Etn steps up. They
need him to.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Drount up to the jacks is Oh line because they're
they're moving bodies from him. So I think that's why
he's getting such that positive yardage. I mean, look at
his yards before contact. It's top of the league. And
it's kind of crazy to see Travis Etn run away
with this RB one batch that we could put on
him because he's hitting those fantasy eyes.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
I feel like he's gonna be another guy next year.
We're going to talk about him in draft.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
It's gonna be like, yeah, Traves ETL and he's like
Kyen Williams right, Like they'll draft a running back in
like the sixth round and everyone will be like, that's
the real.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
Guy, and then at the end of it be like, hey,
Travisytn is like a low end RB one, Like what
are you doing here?
Speaker 3 (28:56):
Is what it is?
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Vikings at Seahawks. Maybe the big story in this one
is that JJ McCarthy is still in concussion protocol. He
is at practice, although Max Brosmer is taking first team
reps for the Vikings this week. So I questioned to you, Lakwantis,
will Seahawks DST be the top scorer in this game?
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Absolutely, if you see them on the whider, start them
this week, because I know Max is probably looking like
me against one of the more physical defenses. Like bro
when we've seen this Seahawks defense really get actor the
quarterback position. I mean right now they are fourth and sacks,
third in QB hits, in first and QB pressures. This
is a very physical trenches that are going to be
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coming at him that want to put their hands on him.
So I do think at the end of the day,
there's going to be a lot of takeaways. There's going
to probably be some strip fumbles. There's going to be
a lot of opportunities for this Seahawks defense to put
up points, maybe a pick six. Who knows, there's going
to be a lot of opportunities on the table for him.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
When I do my Sleepers column every week, and I
always you know, you know, teams to pick for certain
matchups or whatever, right, and like when I'm looking for
some d defenses to talk about him, like, well, who's
playing the Vikings. And I saw the Seahawks and I'm like, damn,
I can't use them as.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
A sleeper there.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
I'm like, I can't. I can't do any mental gymnastics
to make them a sleeper. They're just too good, you know.
I think it's gonna be vim And like.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
JSA is the top scorer this I did make them
a start because I was like, I'll take the low
hanging fruit.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
Yeah, absolutely, that's sure. Absolutely, it's right there for you Raiders.
At the Chargers, the Raiders making more changes. They said
goodbye to Chip Kelly as the offensive coordinator after last
week's lost to Cleveland, and once again what's old is
new again. Greg Olsen comes back to be the OC
there in Las Vegas, third time, third time, because this
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time is going to work for sure, Florio will this
improve the Raiders offense?
Speaker 3 (30:48):
And he blocked like the other greg Olsen, you cannot
because that's the issue with this team, Like they're a
line is terrible. I know Gino Smith is taking a
step back. I think a lot of it though, is
because of the constant pressure he's under. And plus, if
you like, they could hire any of us and we
would look at this offense and be like, build it
around Gente and Bowers, and that's what they've done, and
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it still hasn't led to a whole lot of success.
So maybe they find a couple of new things to
get them going, but I'm expecting the same old Raiders.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
I do love that as we were talking about this,
we see Ashton Genty with two ugly runs.
Speaker 3 (31:23):
Like that could be there.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
You go, that is the third one right there? Yeah,
it's bad. I just I went back and watched that
game against the Browns and it was like, I mean,
it was just a free for all in the backfield
and I did it. The Browns offense or defensive line
is good, but still, I mean it was just like
one two three Chuck Duck, Like that was if Shaudor
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did not.
Speaker 3 (31:44):
Start in that game. There was zero reason to watch.
There's zero.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
I was trying to explain that to my wife. I'm like,
the only reason people even kind of cares because they
should do, or saying like.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
I have Judkins on some fantasy teams. I'm like, yeah,
I'll check what he does after.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
And you know, yeah, I'm like I'm not watching this game.
Like even my friends who are Raider fans like, we
don't really want to watch this game at this point.
That's how bad it is. Time for a break. But
when we come back, we'll finish up our starts and
sins with wide receivers and tight ends, plus preview these
Sunday and Monday night games and.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
Our sleepers for the week over.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
Now to some more starts and since for week thirteen,
let's look at the wide receiver position for some starts there.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Who are the guys who are starting Floria?
Speaker 1 (32:29):
Who are the guys that you are sitting.
Speaker 3 (32:31):
I'm starting the Eagles duo. For a while, I was
getting questions on him. I know they balled out last week.
I think they go out in a big way this
week against the Bears, who struggled against the pass Stefon Diggs.
Not only is it a great matchup against the Giants,
this is me speculating, but it's been very up or down,
not even production wise, like usage wise. This is a
Monday night game, National Lights. I big digs balls out
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in a big way here, Christian Watson. It's indoors. The
Lions have really struggled on the deep ball and the Khalilshaki.
I already spoke about how the Steelers struggle against yak
My Sits. I'm looking to get away from the Colts.
Last week both were held to under thirty yards. Pittman
had last season both games against the Texans under thirty
five receiving yards, and I think Pierce once in his
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career has gone over fifty against them. Jamison Williams I did.
I ended up switching that out last second, so I
have Jamison Williams someone you could play. I switched them
out for Jordan Addison, DJ Moore and Deebo Samuel, also
players I'm looking to get away from. I don't like
their matchups at all. Their usage has been kind of
up and down, and I just I think there's better
options out there with no teams on buy eh.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
I mean, how do you feeling about Jameson Williams ola
Quan because it's boom or bust right, either really get
all of the points or none of the points.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
That's the problem. And I know, Wait brock Right dealing
with his neck injury. I know he's trending towards not playing.
So there's a target boost for Jameson Williams, but that's
never been the issue for him. It's more so looking
at last week he had trouble separating, like they had
that boy locked up, like it was no s that
he was able to get. When you're looking at this
week the Packers, they're allowing below league average a separation
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to the wide receiver position, and that's how you're looking
at somebody scary floors that he's producing. He is not
like one of the big premieer guys like obviously this
Lion's offense can just switch to a Monro Saint Brown
and Gibbs, like Jameson Williams is going to be going
up against a defense that have been locking wide receivers
up of his caliber to where he has that buster
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boom to him. And you look at the Giants game,
he had zero Fantasy points, Like that is a scary floor.
And Giants are also below the league average of separation
to the wide receiver position. So I'm a little worried
about Jameis Williams, even with Brock right out and him
getting that target boost. But those floors are scary, Like
we talked about those floors. They got broken tiles and cockroaches,
old pizza, Like I ain't trying to mess with that
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especially when I'm trying to stack these wins to the
Fantasy playoffs.
Speaker 1 (34:51):
I'm just imagining the apartment that Akim and Sidney moved
into and coming to America.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
It is definitely scary, that scary day. Shame what they
did to that dog. Now I lost my train of
thought in this whole week. Yeah, I look, I mean
I like the idea.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
Of Jamison Williams, and you know, obviously having Dan Campbell
call the place has certainly unlocked him. I would say
I have him. I will probably throw him in a lineup,
but yeah, you know, it's it's it's hard, it's kind
of scary. Right now, Let's get to the tight ends.
So you know, we obviously know the bar for starting
a tight end is low. Who your starts. And since
this week.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
Mark Andrews because Bengals, they literally allowed the most and catches, yards, touchdowns,
and fantasy points allowed to tight ends this year, Dalton Schultz,
the floor has been a lot. I know last week
was disappointing, but outside of that, it's been a safe
floor with some upside there. Aj Barner since week five
is the second most targets on Seattle and the Vikings
have struggled against tight ends as of Lake Juwan Johnson
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because the Dolphins have struggled against tight ends, Taysom Hill
because the Dolphins have struggled against running backs. They're two
different players. And then the since Dallas Goddard just the
usage I know, Rank pointed out on Fantasy Live how
banged up the linebacker group is for the Bears. Maybe
he scores a touchdown, but if you don't get that,
you're getting not a lot. Colson Lovelin, the Eagles have
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just been so good defensively that it scares me. David
Njoku has two targets in each of the last two games.
He ran seven routes last week. You could drop him
before you could start him. And then Zach Ertz, he
has not scored double digits in any game with Marcus
Mariota and he gets the Broncos.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Yeah, Ertz was one of those guys just kind of
hanging around, like the top ten or twelve for a while.
Speaker 3 (36:35):
Yeah. I think he's since falling out.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
Niece Jayden danmes Man just go too. I mean the
security blanket. If you don't have Jayden Daniels that Ertz
is going to suffer.
Speaker 4 (36:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (36:44):
I mean, I think that applies to a lot of
the lot of the commanders. Do you do you want
to talk about the Saints tight end slash quarterback slash
running back.
Speaker 2 (36:54):
I'm just really frustrated that you have his name next
to Juwan Johnson. Get him off dec We're not supposed
to be talking about Taysom Hill. And it's frustrating because
Juwan Johnson in over a month hasn't had less than
ten fantasy points. Why are we sticking him in a
position Taysom Hill in having any comparison like, I don't
care if Taysom Hill throws a touchdown to Juwan Johnson, cool,
But if Taysom Hill's gonna be catching passes, that's taking
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food over of Jawan Johnson's plate. No, I don't need
any Taysom Hill none whatsoever. It's not like he's a
struggling tight end. Jawan Johnson can ball. He has the
ability to step up and give us tight end one
numbers that we deserve. But having Taysom Hill, it's like
toxic to the offense. Bro He's taking other people's fantasy points.
Devin Neil. I hope he gets goallying opportunity, but we
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know that Taysom Hill is probably gonna get involved in
that as well.
Speaker 1 (37:39):
The worst thing it's going to happen is you're gonna
see Taysom Hill in the shotgun from like the two
yard line.
Speaker 3 (37:44):
It looks like he's gonna throw it to Jwan Johnson.
He's just gonna tuck it and run. Literally, both of
his passes came on the goal line like that. They
bring him in on that package that, like Juwan Johnson
is the safer play. But I think Taysom Hill's ceiling
is high.
Speaker 2 (37:57):
He's capping Juwan Johnson this week. Basically what you're putting.
Speaker 3 (38:00):
Into He's gonna be a running back. I think like
he's you're gonna get.
Speaker 2 (38:05):
The goal one, Well, he's gonna do it. He's calling
the plays, he's doing everything. Okay, I mean it is
what it is.
Speaker 3 (38:11):
Maybe it's an owner thing. I don't know. I mean,
I don't know. Kellen Moore just say no.
Speaker 1 (38:16):
Talking a little Sunday Night football Broncos at the Commanders
La Kwan, how scary is Terry McLaurin and is hopeful
return to the field.
Speaker 2 (38:25):
I mean, my boy hasn't been scary all season, to
be honest. It has just been scary with the floors
he's shown us. But I think at the end of
the day, if Terry mclaurin's on your roster, you already
have seen He's given us wide receiver two numbers at
best this season, only one game with more than five targets,
only one game with more than three catches. Like, there's
nothing exciting unless he finds the end zone. Last time
we saw him, he found the end zone in week eight.
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We're just hoping and praying that he ends up finding
the end zone. For the most part, because Vium is
not coming this way. Marcus Mariota is a very low
bar of expectations for the rest of the pass catchers
that we talked about. So yeah, Talton prayers if you
have to start him this week.
Speaker 1 (38:59):
Yeah, I mean again, hopefully, hopefully Marcus Mariota is in
the text chain where they're like, hey, just throw it
to your good players, and you know somebody's just like, Hey,
Terry mclaurin's one of your good players.
Speaker 3 (39:07):
I'm gonna put it out now. If Jadeen Daniels returns
like they're saying for Week fourteen, Terry's gonna be on
a lot of championship rosters.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
Wow, I like that.
Speaker 3 (39:15):
The Giants, Eagles, and Cowboys in the year. I like that.
I'm done with that completely.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
Over to Monday Night Football. It's the Giants at the
Paytriots because you can see that game on ESPN, on
ABC and ESPN Deportes. I'm gonna ask you this question.
I think I know what you're going to say based
on what you've said earlier in the show. But if
you look at this the wide receivers on either side,
which one of them you think has the best outlook
this week?
Speaker 3 (39:38):
Steph Diggs. Yeah. One, it's the New York Giants and
they struggle against wide receivers. But even more than that,
like last week, Steph Diggs played less than fifty percent
of the snaps. He had just three targets. To me,
I'm not I don't want to speculate, but I do
think they're they're kind of trying to ease Like they
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know he's at an advanced age, they know he's coming
off of a serious injury. So I think they look
for times where they're like, we don't have to rely
on you as heavily as as we might have to
in some games. But this is a Monday night football
game with the nation watching. CARDI b might be an
attendance to those like I think he balls out in
a big way in this game. Plus it's a great matchup.
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The Giants struggle against receivers in the slot, out wide, downfield.
Diggs does all of that, so yeah, I think he
goes off.
Speaker 1 (40:27):
I'll even sleeper in this one too, Kashawan Boody. I
think the Giants give up the most deep completions of
any team in the league, and Booty's a dot is
right now about eighteen yards per target something like that,
so they are using him deep down the field. So
uh yeah, I think he has some sleeper vibes.
Speaker 3 (40:46):
Dude, and free the feet. What a wide receiver room.
Speaker 1 (40:48):
It's a weird white Well they're just throwing stuff on
Digs like you didn't have a weird digga.
Speaker 3 (40:52):
He's just stuff on Diggs. So you know there's that part.
There's a joke there.
Speaker 1 (40:56):
I let it go back, all right, there it is,
It's time to see who will deliver, presented by Uber Eats.
Time for our Week thirteen sleepers. Somebody from either the
Sunday or the Monday game.
Speaker 3 (41:09):
Lakwan whodi you like.
Speaker 2 (41:10):
I got Marvin Mims as a sleeper. I think Sean
Payton knows his name this week. I think you can
have the ability to do kind of whatever you want.
If you want to flex that you want to have
Marvin mins run out of the backfield, out of jet sweep, sure,
I think you could do whatever you want against his
commander's defense. They are cooked and I'm talking turkey in
the microwave. That is a flavor flavor reference. If you know,
you know, they are bad. So looking at Marvin mims man,
(41:30):
he is a guy that had some injuries concussion previous weeks.
I think he goes off this week as a sleeper.
Speaker 3 (41:36):
Pat Bryant week is when I'm here. You know, I.
Speaker 1 (41:39):
Nearly put Pat Bryant on my list of sleepers for
the week. I thought, I thought, very seriously.
Speaker 3 (41:45):
That's my guy.
Speaker 2 (41:45):
Though I was high on him as a prospect coming
into this summer, and I'm glad that he is starting
to make his way as a solid wide receiver to
a part of the collection of whatever Sean Payton wants
to deploy that week.
Speaker 3 (41:56):
I mean, it's just really a throw a dard.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
It's mems, it's Troy Franklin, it's I think it's Troy Frankly.
Speaker 2 (42:01):
I think we take them out of it. Yeah, yeah,
I think we put Courtland's son as one of the
collect I think those two.
Speaker 3 (42:06):
Are the top, and then everyone else is kind.
Speaker 1 (42:09):
Of yeah, it's just figure it out at that point,
who's your sleeper, Florio.
Speaker 3 (42:13):
Who's playing the Bills this week? The Steelers? Oh, so
Kenneth Gainwell, because I watched the Bills weekly and they
get ran all over weekly. But even more than that,
last week he had six targets from Mason Rudolph. The
week before that he had eight targets from Aaron Rodgers.
So he's clearly going to be utilized in the passing game.
It is a game where the Steelers could be playing
and catch it mode that leads to more targets for him.
(42:35):
Gainwell has surprisingly been a very useful flex like in
one league, I've had to use them, and I'm every
week I'm like, I don't really, and then I'm like
pleasantly surprised. Yeah, no, it's well.
Speaker 1 (42:44):
Last week he had what I think in eighty yards rushing,
ninety yards rushing, way before he had eighty yards receiving,
so he's doing it in multiple ways, but he is
getting it.
Speaker 2 (42:54):
Doesn't see a lot of touches to do damage too.
That's what's even crazier.
Speaker 1 (42:57):
Right throwing the fact that the Steelers just can't consistently
throw the football too, so they got lean on their
running backs to get it done one way or another.
My sleeper for the week is Dalton Schultz down there
with the Houston Texans, and I don't particularly care if
it's CJ. Shroud or Davis Mills throwing the football. Over
the last few weeks, going back to I think Week seven,
it is Dalton Schultz has been the number two target
(43:18):
behind Nico Collins. And yeah, we've seen Jaden Higgins work in,
We've seen some other guys get some opportunities, but it
really has been mostly Collins and Schultz getting those opportunities.
On top of it, big matchup against the Colts, big
one in the AFC South, and Indy has been bad
against the tight end position pretty much all year long,
So I think an opportunity with some volume there for
(43:38):
Dalton Schultz to make some plays.
Speaker 3 (43:40):
And you know, he's.
Speaker 1 (43:42):
Kind of he's been good enough that he's almost graduated
out of sleeper because of what he's done over the
last few weeks. But we're going to try and just
shoehorn it in at least one more time, and then
if he balls out again this week, then I guess
he no longer counts as a sleeper and he's just
a guy that you're going to start at this point.
So that was Who Deliver, presented by Uber Eats, where
you can get the best deals on game day food
(44:04):
all season long, the official on demand delivery partner of
the NFL Order Now, so here it is. This is
what we got. Two weeks left of the fantasy regular
season and that's all over.
Speaker 3 (44:14):
Yeah, two weeks to get in and then you got
three weeks to win it all.
Speaker 1 (44:18):
So you got five weeks left in this fantasy season.
It has flown by. And of course we'll be here
with the pretty much every step of the way the
rest of the way to help you out with some
of your start sit decisions and all those other things
that you need to do. But for now, that is it.
Speaker 3 (44:33):
We are done.
Speaker 1 (44:34):
We appreciate you hanging out with the NFL Fantasy Football Show.
You know the drill, Tell two friends to tell two friends,
rate review and remember an apple a day keeps anyone away.
Speaker 3 (44:42):
Throw it hard enough.
Speaker 1 (44:43):
Saves, take care of yourselves. Enjoy Week thirteen. We'll talk
to you again on Monday.
Speaker 4 (44:47):
Wo I'll tell help Bob, I'll tell heilt
Speaker 1 (45:13):
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