December 17, 2025 • 45 mins
Marcas Grant, Michael F. Florio, and LaQuan Jones start the show with the latest fantasy headlines, including the Commanders decision to sit Jayden Daniels for the rest of the season and the Dolphins benching Tua Tagovailoa for Quinn Ewers.
Then they preview the week fifteen games and put Marcus Mariota, Quinshon Judkins, and Brock Bowers to the test in the Start-O-Meter. Time stamps below:
- Rams at Seahawks Preview: 9:43
- Eagles at Commanders Preview: 13:11
- Start-O-Meter: Marcus Mariota: 15:28
- Packers at Bears Preview: 20:36
- Buccaneers at Panthers Preview: 22:16
- Jaguars at Broncos Preview: 23:13
- Steelers at Lions Preview: 24:15
- Chargers at Cowboys Preview: 25:20
- Bengals at Dolphins Preview: 26:57
- Bills at Browns Preview: 27:56
- Start-O-Meter: Quinshon Judkins: 29:06
- Jets at Saints Preview: 33:36
- Vikings at Giants Preview: 34:53
- Chiefs at Titans Preview: 35:51
- Falcons at Cardinals Preview: 36:43
- Raiders at Texans Preview: 37:50
- Start-O-Meter: Brock Bowers: 38:43
- Week 15 Sleepers: 41:40
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Wow, what's up everybody.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Welcome to another edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Show.
It's Me and your Man, MG. Marcus grand Joy by
Michael F. Florio and Lakwan Jones. It's our second to
last burg Fest. Bird Fight, bird fight, bird fight. Yeah,
so we were saying Burgfest because apparently it's German for Wednesday,
which this is what we were told via the internet.
None of us.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
I just trusted law blind.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeah, I know, we have not This could be anything.
Our producer, Hithm Kalani asked, is why we keep saying
bird fight? So now just now just a bird fight,
which you know the Falcons and Cardinals play this week,
so that is a bird fight potentially. We'll actually talk
about that, we'll preview that on the show. A whole
lot of things. We actually break down what is a
huge Thursday night football matchup, plus the rest of the
(00:54):
Saturday that's right, Saturday and Sunday slate for this week.
We also put brock Bauers in the Startle meter and
we will hit you with our Week sixteen sleepers. So,
as always, let's get started with some fantasy headlines, and
we will start with a couple of quarterback situations here.
The Commanders have said they are going to sit Jaden
(01:15):
Daniels for the final three games of the twenty twenty
five season. He injured his elbow earlier in the year,
came back, aggravated the injury later on in the year,
so he's done for the season. The Commander is obviously
out of the playoff hunt. It'll be Marcus Mariota the
rest of the way, but spinning his forward Floorio, because
you were the biggest of the Jade and Daniels supporters
(01:36):
on this show, we kind of talked about it earlier,
but at this point, would you draft him as a
top five quarterback next year?
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Probably? I think it's going to be there's going to
be a debate, right because I do think that Josh
and Lamar probably going to be the top two once again,
and then I think Jaden's in that second tier. Mahomes
was in there now he's probably coming out because even
if he's ready week one, I don't think he run
so I put him. Actually, yeah, yes, the more it
because like Mahole when we did it two weeks ago,
(02:06):
I think I got to six. So if you take
Mahomes out, then that makes it five.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
So yes, all right, so he's back in there, which
perfectly segues into Patrick Mahomes, who we know is out
for the remainder of the year, had surgery to repair
both his ACL and his LCL, apparently planning I don't
need to see any infects, but as apparently already planning
to start the rehab process. The goal is for him
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to be back as soon as possible, possibly by the
start of the season and laqual This was a kind
of a bounce back year for him in fantasy, right,
I mean at the end of week fifteen he was
the QB two. Obviously he's not going to stay there
for the rest of the season. But now with this
and you know, even best case scenario, right, best case
(02:52):
scenario he's back in week one seems optimistic. Where are
you willing to draft him quarterback? What? Ten? Where? Where
would you take a swing at Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
It will have to sit between ten and twelve because
it's still Patrick Mahomes. But like outside the top ten
rounds is probably where he's going to live. I mean
home leagues. You don't have to worry about him going
in the first three rounds anymore. So it's one of
those things you have to pivot to maybe a Jaden
Daniel So Josh Allen, etc.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Etc.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
But I'm just not too excited about him trying to
force his way into Week one because again, if we're
looking at a thirty six year old Travis kelcey, insert
a retirement home wide receiver that they probably signed this offseason,
and then with the run game that is not fully
right now compact to be supporting that Chiefs offense, Patrick
Mahomes might be coming back to something that we have
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never seen before. There might be a complete overhaul where
there leaves that mystery of like do I go in
draft a Patrick Mahomes? Do I wait for a quarterback
and get Patrick Mahomes outside the top ten rounds where
I don't know if I'm willing to play that game
ble just yet and probably just pivot to other options.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I do think the Chiefs offense is going to look
vastly different next year than it does this year. Yeah,
we don't know what Travis kel He's going to do.
I think most people believe he's going to retire for
she Rice has been great. Beyond that, you.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Know, I'd argue that's a good thing, right, Like the
Chief's offense had no explosives on and they're kind of
wasting one of these stronger armed quarterbacks who can throw downfield.
So if he's going QB ten to twelve, I could
see myself getting in that mix. If he's going earlier
than that.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
I agree the rushing upside too, that I'm like kind
of like pulled back because like he said, this was
a bounce back year because of the rushing upside returning
back from serious knee injury.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I don't know if we get that same rushing upside.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
I will say this, even if he stayed healthy, I
don't know that he runs as much next year, just
he ran a lot this year because he had to,
like they had no other options. So, I mean, obviously,
so much of it depends on what the Chiefs do
roster building wise in the off season. But this is
going to be something that he's gonna be discussed. I've
seen this story before.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Though, right, Like Superstar gets right and off. This is
all coming back from the injury stuff like that, and
then he reminds the world who he is, Like, I mean,
him has a key little I compare him then with
someone else who's healthy to start you know, like that.
That's how I'm viewing it.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
This is the part of the documentary with these sad,
slow piano music leading to the the rehab montage with
him triumphantly running back out on the field.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Yeah, we've already entered the third I would say stage
of Paschor because there's like the beginning where he was
guns blazing with Tyreek Hill and stuff in the last
couple of years. This is the third act already in
his career, like flying By, Flying By.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
More quarterback news. This from down in South Florida. After
some speculation for a couple of days after an awful
Monday night performance to a tongue of Iioloa has been
benched by Mike McDaniel and the Miami Dolphins. It'll be
Quinn yours getting the start this week against the Cincinnati Bengals. Look,
there were too many people starting to it's been awful,
(05:48):
But we were starting Jalen Waddle, we were starting Darren
Waller Florio. Can we still start either or both of
those guys this week. I know it's Cincinnati, but it's
also Quinn. You were switch one of those things wins out. Well,
I don't know if you guys.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Remember on Monday, I was like, I need thirteen and
a half out of two and a night.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
You did not get that.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
I got it on the final touchdown. Literally, I was
losing all night until that second touchdown. But look, look,
I'm more worried about Waddle than I am Waller because
the Bengals the one thing about their defense that I
don't think it's talked enough about. Say, yes, they're all
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except for against wide receivers. They have been one of
the harder matchups for wide receivers. Now. Partly is that
because they get lit up by tight ends and running
backs and everything, but they have not allowed a lot
of production out wide to receivers. Meanwhile, my thinking is like,
if you're Quinn, you Weers and the Dolphins, you're gonna
be like, yeah, you see this guy who is a
foot taller than everyone agother the targets throw him the ball,
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especially in the red zone. So when you were starting
wall you were hoping for a touchdown. I still think
there's more risk here, but I still think he's in play.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
I said earlier this week on Fantasy Lot they don't
throw the ball a lot, but when they do, chances
are to touchdown. He's got twenty twenty receptions this year.
Six touchdowns, yeah, seven in zone targets. Shit, I bought
the mixtape just because of that. Just like I will
say this, because I didn't really expect much from him.
I had kind of just you know, kind of cast
him asize and afterthought, he has been way more fantasy
(07:17):
relevant than I ever would have imagined yes year. So
maybe you're right. Maybe it's hey if if somehow the
Dolphins are able to get down close just look for
eighty three.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
I picked him up to play over Tyler Warren in
a couple of spots. Would would just do that worked
out for this this week? I think so?
Speaker 2 (07:36):
So maybe wall yet, go see how this goes. Big
game on Thursday Night Football. DeVante Adams suffered a hamstring
injury last week in the win over.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
The Lions, and while the.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Rams aren't officially ruling him out just yet, yeah cover
your eyes, look on. They haven't officially ruled him out
just yet as of us recording this show, it does
not look good for him getting on field on Thursday
Night Football. I'm from a just a strictly fantasy standpoint,
lokwan if somehow he is able to suit up and play.
(08:10):
How worried would you be about starting him in your
fantasy lineup? Oh?
Speaker 1 (08:13):
Very worried.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
This is a big game, like this ain't a soft defense,
Like I will give the Seattle Seahawks defense respect, and
with the Vontae Adams limited, we're not really gonna.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Get the Tay that we want.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Like, I know that he could be dangerous within the
five yard line, but I don't think this is going
to be a game where those opportunities are going to
be there more often than not. Like I look at
this game where I think they should shut him down
for the rest of the season. Get Xavier Smith too
too well, Jordan Winnington, cannantein Mumfield. Get these other guys
reps and opportunities so they could be at peep form
in the playoffs so they could step up. And when
(08:46):
Tay comes back, I do think that will be beyond
the fantasy playoffs. I think he comes back into playoffs
at least seventy five percent. But now, if you're trying
to wiggle him into your starting lineup, I will honestly
look at other options because I hope that Sharan Maveay
shut him down.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Rest of the season.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
You just gave me a sad because I have Davonte
Adams on a couple of teams and if I can
somehow survive this week, I would love for him to
come back next.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
It didn't look good, like you saw the b roll
like it looked terrible.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
It looked like he was in pain, like he was
on the field for a very long time, where I
was just hoping that he just jumps up and gets back.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
But that was not the case. If you're a fantasy manager,
not only for everything that you said, Lakwan, you just
don't want this headache, right because hamstring, it's one tweak
and he's done for the game. But if you're sitting
there with Davante Adams like you are, if he plays,
you probably in right.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Yeah, No, I mean, it really is a thing where
it's like, honestly, if you're if you're a fancy manager,
you just want the Rams to just say he's out, Yes,
he's out, getty, so that way.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I don't have to worry about making those decisions.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Of course, we're going talking a lot more about this
Thursday night game right now. Taking a look at the
first to score a touchdown odds in the Rams in
Seahawks game on Thursday night, very little surprise. Bukinakua at
the top of the list, the same odds as Kyron
Williams Blah blah bye, Jackson Smith and Jag But Kenneth
Walker the third, Zach Charbonnay makes it there into the
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top five, and Blake Koram they're at number six, who
has been playing some really good at football lately. So
I will ask you, though, when you see both of
those Rams running backs on the board, but can you
start both Rams running backs in this game against the
good Seattle defense.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
I'm not as confident. I think you played Kien Williams
because he is going to get used near the goal
line and if he gets a touchdown or two, he
hits for fantasy. As we've seen, even with his limited
touches last week, Korum has been playing really, really well.
The issue is he doesn't catch a ton of passes
the goal on where goes to Kyroen, So if he's
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going to score a touchdown, it needs to be like
it was the last couple of weeks where he's hitting
on these big chunk plays. The issue is Seattle hasn't
allowed a lot of big chunk plays this year. They're
in the bottom six on the year and in the
last month and fantasy points allowed to running backs, So
I think Korum is a lot more option dependent flex range,
(11:02):
whereas I do think you start kyrin just because of touchdowns.
But let's ask Lakwan because he watches, I mean you're.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Watching, I mean would you consider throwing Blake Korum in
a lineup? Yes.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
I think this is a very run heavy agenda this week,
especially with tay down if he's not going to play,
you see Korum in his opportunities. He's starting to build
his confidence that we spoke about last week, how McVeigh
is just feeding him and keeping Kyroen fresh for the
back end of the season because, like I said, we're
playing to play football in February.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
So I think this is.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Going to be a one to two punch rest of
the season where at least Korm gives you flex option, right.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
I think you were.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Looking for those red zone opportunities, but McVeigh has been
handing him the rock and giving those opportunities. So I
think this is going to be a run heavy game
for both sides of the both sides of the ball.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
All right on the other side of Lakwan. Sam Donald
looked bad against the Rams the last time they played
a couple of weeks ago, four interceptions in that one.
He's back at home. Would you consider starting him this week? No, getaway,
This is a big game.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
I don't want you to ruin your week on a
Thursday night looking at Sam Donald at home, who's averaging
eleven Fantasy points per game at home. So I look
at Sam Donald where his floors are scary, and I've
talked about him before. There's pizza boxes over there from
three months ago. There's roaches and broken tiles because he
has four games this season where he has zero touchdowns.
Just to have that scary floor for a guy that
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can go out there and throw two hundred and eighty
yards and have zero touchdowns, I think you can get.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
To other quarterbacks that are available before you this week.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
I mean, they beat the Colts last week without scoring
a touchdowns.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Insane.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
It was a Jason Meyers showcase, which again, that's why
you keep kickers in your league anyway. It is man
like that. That randomizer is good. It's good.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Do you think you get a lot of points Thursday night?
Or are you expecting no defensive battle. It's going to
be a defensive battle.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Like I'm not expecting a complete like thirty point game
twenty eight.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
What nah.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
This is going to be one of those low scoring
games and maybe similar to what the Seahawks.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Did with the Colts. So it's going to be one
of those ugly games.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
But you know, we're coming out on top a Thursday
night in December in Seattle. It's going to be cold
and possibly raining.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Who knows we will save.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
We're just getting started here on the show, and we
come back. We will dive into the Saturday slate of games.
A couple of interesting ones on tap there plus plenty
more to come up here on the NFL Fantasy Football Show.
Oh Heisman Trophy has been handed out to congratulations to
Fernando Mendoza. By the way, that means it is time
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for Saturday NFL football. I know that's not the official designation.
There's actually a timeframe, but anyway, just go with me.
A couple of division matchups. This Saturday starts with the
Eagles at the Commanders in Washington. You see that Saturday
at five pm Eastern time on Fox LOYL, where has
DeVonta Smith gone. I mean like AJ Brown had his crashout,
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he's been balling out since then, Skinny Batman has gotten
even skinnier, and of how she has eaten? Where has
he gone? And ken this offense actually support two wide
receivers right now.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
So last week was bad, right, just two targets, but
again that was a game they won thirty one nothing
and didn't really have to do a whole lot. Prior
to that, he had eight or more targets in the
three games. So the issue is they can support two
pass catchers. It's just a matter of which too, because
the last two weeks, Dallas Goddard's been getting in the
fun and kind of having a resurgence. So with the
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Eagles trio, you have to understand that at least one
of them is going to disappoint weekly. But I obviously
you're playing AJ Brown. I do think DeVonta Smith is
in play. You would need a good option to get
away because the Commander's defense, right like, this is another game.
The Eagles could go out and drop a thirty point
game and it wouldn't surprise anyone.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
The Commander's defense is bad. They're particularly bad against the
slot receivers. Which if you tune into Thursday's NFL Fantasy Live,
he may show up in slots of fun. I'm just saying.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
And they could clinch the division with a win in
this one. So a lot riding for the Eagles in
this one.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
So if you got DeVonta Smith, feels like a good
week to get him back in the lineup on the
other side of the Kwand we talked at the top
of the show, Jade and Daniels shut down for the
rest of the year. Marks Mariota has been serviceable. You know,
he's been serviceable quarterback. Would you start him this week
though against that tough Philly the I.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Think I would because he gives you, like QB two
safe floor being that he's still running, like he's still
out there as if he's in Tennessee, giving you those
rushing yards and having that upside, Like really, we're looking
at the Eagles defense, who are allowing the third most
rushing yards to the quarterback position.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
So I look at I need.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Marcus Mariota to just put up forty to fifty yards
on the ground and then two touchdowns and if he
runs one of those in that's fine. I'm only looking
for QB two or higher out of this situation because
there's some ugly matchups at the quarterback position where Mariota
gives you a safe floor.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
All right, well along those lines, I figured good spot
for the starto meters right, Marcus Mariol Like sure, in
a vacuum, you would say you start him, but when
you put him up against to the quarterbacks, how do
you feel about it? So LQ will start with you
Mariota against the Eagles or Baker Mayfield at the Panthers.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
I'll go Baker because I think this game is going
to be a shootout and we know Baker he can
get out of the pocket as well, give you that
rushing upside, and this Bucks offense looks like it's at
full strength right now. I mean looking at what but
Baker has been able to do and through the struggles
he's still been able to be a cert will QB
two where I think this week we get QB one
upside from Baker Mayfield. So I probably locking Baker over Mariota.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
All right, Florida, I.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Agree, I would go Baker. He got all his weapons
and when NFC South teams get together, points are scored.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Yeah, I think I make it a full sweep. I
think I go Baker against Carrot's cool, all right, lakwan uh,
Mariota against the Eagles. Kirk Cousins at Arizona.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
Oh man, this is a very very even. Let's say that,
because if you're going to be ryding with Kirk Cousins,
you're riding off that three touchdown gaming he had last week, right,
and then the Cardinals they have allowed a ton of
production from the quarterback position, where each quarterback in the
last four weeks have had three touchdowns on this defense.
So you're chasing straight up touchdown upside here because Kirk,
(16:42):
I understand it looks ugly. It doesn't look the greatest
to be sitting in your starting lineup right now. But
Kyle Picks looks activated. So yeah, I'll probably start Kirk
Cousins over Mariota.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
I have this exact and that to a league I
just brought. I had to drop too. I picked up
Kirk Cousins. My three quarterbacks for two spots are Mariota, Cousins,
and Kate Williams. I have no idea how this team
is still A lot as of my receivers are loaded, though,
but as of right now, I have Mariota on the bench.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
I think I start Mariota over Cousins. This feels like
they just lean on Bejon Robinson and just it feels
like too much to ask for Cousins to go big
in back to back weeks. This just feels like one
where he just just vomits on his shoes all last time.
All Right, I saw with you this time, Florio Mariota
against the Eagles.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Trevor Lawrence at Denver. I have Lawrence as they sit
this week. I know, since his bye, he's been awesome,
but the two games he has struggled came against the
Texans and the Chargers. The Broncos already matchup like that,
They're both probably gonna be sitting somewhere around like fifteen
if I had a guess, But I think I'll go
with Lawrence just on the upside that that could be
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a higher scoring game. All Right, I'm gonna go Marcus.
I feel like William.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
I feel like William will probably upset a lot of
folks because he's coming off of a hot shreak. He's
looking I mean, look, he had a career de I
mean career game last week. But against Denver, this is
a completely different.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Type of beast.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
This might humble the Jacksonville Jaguars. I have Trevor Lawrence
and Bryce Young on a roster. I'm playing against Kareean
fal Cone, who has a jugger.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Out of a team good luck.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
I'm actually gonna start Bryce Young over Trevor this week.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
I would do that as well. Yeah, all right, it
makes sense.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
I see a couple more of these, Florio Mariota or
Jackson Dart against the Vikings.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
You know, I love Jackson Dart Lakwan. You don't know
why he does his EyeBlack, but Star Wars star Trek.
But I would actually go with Mariota here right now. No,
I'm gonna go with Dart because I like his rushing
upside a little bit more. But I don't like Dart
this week. The Vikings since week ten have allowed one
passing time.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
Yeah, and that's that's the exact reaction I had when
I seen this on the doc I was like, go Dark,
Go Like it's one of those situations where like, this
is going to be very difficult because we know the
upside that Dark gives you on the ground. We know
he could probably take it in from outside the twenty.
So it's like, I feel like I want to go
with the safer quarterback, the quarterback that's not gonna be
evaluated for a concussion half games is played, So I'll
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go with Marcus Mariota for the safer bet that I
know he could give us four quarters or even five
that he took Denver and put up twenty three Fantasy points.
So yeah, I'm gonna go Marcus on this one.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
I think I.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Don't know where to go with this one, and I
wrote this question.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
I think I want to go darts just because I
think it's gonna be bagging forth a little bit, because
you know the Vikings will score on the Giants, and
the Giants last short, I answer back, So I think
I want to say dark, but yeah, it can go
either way.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
Yeah, it can go either way.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
Last one Florio's Mariota or Aaron Rodgers at Detroit.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
I'm going Aaron Rodgers here because I'm just going matchup wise.
The Lions have been getting torched through the air on
the year, but especially the last five six weeks, and
and the Steelers probably gonna be in catchup mode in
this one and having to throw.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
The wall a little bit more I mean, Rogers was
crazy accurate last week, but I'm gonna go Mariota with
this one because I do think that Jalen Warren and
Ken Gamel this seems like a run heavy agenda because
the Lions are like a middlewolder packed defense against the run,
and we know Arthur Smith once he unlocks that run game,
that's kind of what it's going to be arrested.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Again. I'm going to take Rogers harshly because what you
said about the matchup with the Lions, but also because
this is a dude who made his career by torturing
NFC North the teams for years, and this is probably
his last trip ever to Detroit. Yeah, so one last
hurrah against the Liners. Look, you threw that Hail Mary
against them on Thursday Night Football, Like this is one
(20:33):
last shot. So I think I'm gonna take Rogers over
Mariota because that Speaking of the NFC North, the Packers
at the Bears at your other Saturday matchup. You can
see that eight twenty pm Eastern time, also on Fox.
Let's protect the two quarterbacks, Floreal your projections for Jordan Love,
who in Week fourteen went forward nineteen point two Fantasy points.
(20:53):
What do you project for him this week?
Speaker 1 (20:55):
I think he'll be somewhere around that number again because
of two reasons the Bears. One, they have allowed a
lot of touchdowns this year and Jordan Love is extremely
touchdown dependent. Because he doesn't throw, they don't let him
throw a lot. I think that is a mistake on
the Packers part. I think Jordan Love is one of
the best throwers of the football in the NFL. But
what the Bears do at a high rate is they
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play man and he is number one in EPA against
man by far, and they've been blitzing at a much
higher rate. In fact, up until this past week, they
were second in the last five weeks in blitz rate.
And he also leads the NFL and EPA against the blitz.
So I think Jordan Love is going to come out
and what is a huge divisional game and put up
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numbers all right.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
On the other side, Caleb Williams when they met a
couple of weeks ago, I went for fourteen point nine,
just shy at fifteen Fantasy points. LQ what would you
project for Caleb this week?
Speaker 3 (21:48):
I would say like a high ENDQB two, so like
fifteen to eighteen fantasy points, Like, I don't think this
would be like a twenty burger situation, but it could
be on the table with no Parsons, and I think
there's going to be a little bit more time in
the pocket, little bit more of him extending the plays.
We see the DJ Moore finding the end zone. They
might be coming in with momentum and some juice and
there's a lot to play for. They have a lot
going on right now in that playoff race. So I
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do think you can trust Caleb as a high end
QB two this week, But again, this all comes down
to what your options are.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
Looking further at Week sixteen, we got a big showdown
in the NFC South here the Buccaneers and the Panthers. Lakwan,
can you trust a Bucks wide receiver not named Mike Evans?
Speaker 3 (22:28):
I think so you could trust a couple and I
think Chris Godwinson play found the end zone last week.
We also look at the Panthers struggling against the slot
position that are allowing seventy three percent completion rate when
the slot wide receivers targeted. So I look at a
Mecca Buca who held a twenty percent target share last week,
so obviously he still holds a big role in Baker's eyes.
And honestly, with the full strength offense, with the Buccaneers
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having Bucky back, Godwin, even j Mack is back, So
I do think that the Bucks are filling theirselves right now.
So this is going to be a shootout. So get
a Mecca, Buka and Chris Godwin in those starting lineups.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
I did see by the way that Mike Evans has
to average two hundred and forty three yards.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
He can do it.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
Let's fire up those targets. Come on, Baker, let's get
it done. Another really interesting game in the AFC, the
Jaguars heading to Denver to take on the Broncos. Both
those teams playing well, both of those defenses playing really,
really well. You mentioned Trevor Lawrence as they sit, but
I'm asking you to pick between Trevor Lawrence and Bo Nicks.
Who would you prefer out of those two.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
I'm gonna go with bo Nicks for a couple of
different reasons. One, as good as the Jaguars defense has been,
I'm still more fearful of the Broncos defense. I trust
Sean Payton a little bit.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
More as well.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Look, Look, we don't got to worry about who's getting
snaps and everything at the quarterbacks Nicks And while I
know Lawrence has been running a little bit more, he's
not running like bo Nicks. And that to me, whenever
I'm debating between two similarly ranked quarterbacks or something like that,
it's like, which one is the better chance of running?
That's the one I'm gonna go with.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
So the folks down in Dougal might not agree with that,
but I think it's I think it's a coin flip.
I do want Bonnicks to start running a little bit
more than he has lately. He did a lot in
early in the season, hasn't quite as much later in
the season. Steelers at the Lions. We just talked about
Aaron Rodgers a little bit, making what is likely his
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final trip to Detroit. Kenneth Gainwell Lakwan has been hot,
and especially we saw that on Monday Night with seven
catches a huge game for him last week. The Lions
run defense has been very good. Is Gainwell Is Kenny
g startable against Detroit?
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Absolutely? Absolutely?
Speaker 3 (24:40):
You saw Blake corm and Kyron have their way with
the middle of the pack defense that the Lions are
putting out there, and I think Gainwell has looked like
the better back of that backfield where he might be
going into more opportunities than a Jayalen warn because if
you look at the last four games, they have the
same exact amount of offensive snaps. But Gainwell has just
looked better on the ground and through the air. So
I'm honesteed laningwore. Gainwell has RB two strapped him this
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week beyond a flex option. So I like Gangwell for
the rest of the season the way that he's been running.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
Also, Aaron Rodgers feels like he only has one or
two really good downfield throws in him. Otherwise it's a
lot of checkdowns and he's getting all the targets. He's
getting all the targets eat him offfield. Chargers at the
Cowboys really intriguing game. The Cowboys, I know, officially eliminated,
but still offense is kind of fun to watch. The
Chargers still, you know, battling for a playoff spot here
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or George Pickens thill back to back down games. The
Chargers not a good matchup on paper. Do we see
a George Pickens bounce back this week?
Speaker 1 (25:39):
There's nothing in the stats that say yes, right, like
I think the Chargers, I'm happier finally getting some recognition
for how good of a secondary they've been, because in
recent weeks they've shut down the two Super Bowl teams
from last year, but they've been doing this all year.
The thing, though, is is the Cowboys are also a
matchup unlike any other for like they last week, the
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Vikings have shut down receivers all year. CD still had
a good game because you kind of got to pick
and choose your poison when it comes to these two
because not many other I would argue, probably no other
team has a one to two punch like this where
you're talking about to top ten talents, top twelve talents
at the position, and I see him looking at me,
talk DeVante is great. I don't think he's as good
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as George Pickens right now because he's hurt. That's a
because he's hurt different com He's great near the goal line,
but that's about he's good. But I do think this
is the best one two punch in the NFL, So
it is very possible, Like I have Pickings in a
league and I'm still playing him. But I'm also understanding
that the floor is lower.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
Yeah, I mean I feel exactly the same way. I
have no statistical reasoning to back it up, but he's
just been so good for so long this year that
it's hard to, you know, not believe.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
If he had one hundred and a touchdown, I'm not
shot at all.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
That's kind of how it's gone. Bengals at the Dolphins
to a tongue of Iilo and not going to be
the starter for Miami. Instead, it's going to be Quinn
Youwers getting the start. So I'm gonna ask you kind
of an off the wall question, laquer and would you
consider streaming the Bengals defense?
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Heavens No, absolutely not. I mean the Dolphins still had
that speed demon and Davon A.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
Chan.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Absolutely not.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
For a guy that could take it to the house
outside the sixty eight, outside the fifty yard life from
his own ten yard line, absolutely not. Because we've seen
the Bengals get torched all season long by the running
back position. I think Mike Dana's going to keep things
very simple. He's just gonna have the checkdowns available for him,
which could be home runs as well as folks, and
then hand Chan the ball at least twenty to thirty times.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
So devon ah Chan like thirty five touches.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
Oh yeah, yeah. I'm going to point out that the Patriots'
strength of schedule look continues because they get Brady Cook
and Quinn Ewers in the year. Like it's ridiculous the
run they have had.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
Oh man uh. Speaking of the AFC East Bills, A Browns,
Quinshawn Judkins florio started really well, has sort of slumped
the last few weeks, but he gets that Bills run defense.
We all know that's not very good. Would you trust
Quinshawn Judkins this week?
Speaker 1 (28:10):
Yeah? I have him as a start still this week.
And in the article I write like, understand that because
he could potentially like there's a risk of him getting
game scripted out. The floor is lower than it normally is,
but I still think the ceiling is high enough where
you try to get him in because the Bills have
allowed the most rushing touchdowns this year to running backs,
that is what Judkins bread and butter is. But they've
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also allowed the most explosive runs. And as you see here,
like it only takes one play for Judkins to have
a good fantasy game, So I think he's worth getting
in there, plus on top of that, three or more
targets in each of his last three games. I know
Dylan Samson is still the one they use more in
the passing game, but he's slowly getting more and more
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acclimated there, and that helps prevent him a little bit
from getting game scripted out.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Yeah, I mean, I think they're still keeping it fairly
simple for Shador. That means occasionally getting the running back
involved in the passing game. So all right, starting to
put quinch on Judkins in the starto meter here, So
Lakwan Judkins against the Bills or Kyle Manungui against the Packers,
I pray go.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
Junkins, even though both of their floors are pretty scary.
I think, like Maufleurio explained, man, you look at that
Bills defense. They're allowing the explosive plays. I don't think
this is a game where Dunkins just disappears like I do.
Think Kyle Mnungui gets the opportunities. But this is Green Bay.
I think they're still going to be able to suffocate
that run game and only have Swift be the more
reliable of the backs.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
All Right, I agree with everything he just said.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
All Right, so literally all of it, so Judgeons gets
the the win there. Yeah, I think I probably go
Judkins over Manong Guy different one Lakwan Judkins or Tony
Pollard against the Chiefs this week.
Speaker 3 (29:50):
Listen, I've been on a Tony Pollard a campaign, I
anti Tony Pollard campaign for the last three weeks, and
I've been putting my foot in the mouth. I look
at this matchup against the Chiefs, where we know you
can't run on this deepen, but Tony Pollard has been
looking really really good. I might roll the dice with
Tony Pollard over Quinn Shawn Jenkins this week.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
All Right, I'm gonna go Judkins just because it's like
Tony Pollard has been running really well, but the Chiefs
defense is one of the better run stoppers in the league.
And with no Mahomes, this game could have like six
to nine written all over it.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Could I say, I think I go I go with Judkins.
But I will say in Pollard's defense, the Titans have
been kind of staying close, have been sort of neutral
game scripts a lot more, which is giving Pollard more touches,
and like the Chiefs with Mahomes might have blown the
Titans out the Chiefs with Gardner Minshew, that game probably
stays close, so that works for him, all right, Lakwan
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Judkins or Ashton Jentz at the Houston text, I.
Speaker 3 (30:47):
Probably will go Jenkins on this one as much I
want to go genty with the PPR upside there being
that he's getting a lot of targets out of a backfield.
I look at this matchup. It's going to be a massacre.
It's not going to do It's not to be great.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
I have I wrote up gen Z as they sit
this week, and literally I was like, look, he has
thirty five or fewer rushing yards. I believe it's in
four straight, but I was like, targets were keeping him
afloat for so long. In the last two games he
has turned ten targets into fifteen yards and and the
Raiders games have become a game of like will they
score a touchdown? Tune in Sunday to.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
Find out, Like, I don't want to do.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
That against the Houston Texans.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
You know, I'm gonna say they may not score a
touchdown this ye this game's got ugly.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
Dame Tols seventy five yards last week game scripts.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
I'm gonna be on jes Yeah, I'm going Judkins easily
in this one, all right, LQ Judkins or I put
Saints RB because we don't know if it's Devin Neil.
We don't know if it's dric Estimate, Evan Hull Saints
RB or against the Jets or Quinn Shawn Jadkars.
Speaker 3 (31:49):
I mean, Jets are kind of off against a run two,
but give me Jonkins for less of a headache, because
I do think it's gonna be multiple hands in that backfield.
I don't think it's just going to be Audre estimating.
Like I do think that Junkins give you that safe
floor that he's the guy. He's going to touch the
ball majority at the time.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
If it was Devin Neil, I would go the other direction.
Or if we hear Alvin Kamara's music this week suit
up last week, if we get Kamara, I would go him.
But I'm not playing the headache. We don't know who,
Like I would just go Jumpkins.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
I was like, do I put audric Estimate in Sleepers
And like I can't do that, Yeah, I just can't.
I don't know if Neil's playing Evan, Hol's gonna get
some opportunities, so if it's.
Speaker 1 (32:27):
Those guys, it is, it's gonna be Judkins.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
All right, Let's see if Judkins can pull off the
sweep here, Lakwan Judkins against the Bills. Aaron Jones against
the New York Football Giants. Oh man, this is nasty here, man.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
But I do like Jordan Mason and Aaron Jones this
week as potential flex opportunities. But I think Junkins just
has the higher ceiling in this game.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
I'm actually gonna go with Jones here. I have both
of them written up as starts. The thing is, the
Giants are the best matchup for running backs right now,
Like they are abysmal against the run, and it just
gotten worse and worse and worse as the year go on.
And I don't worry about him getting game scripted out
like I do with Judkins, because if they do fall behind,
let's say he is the one that they use as
the pass catching game back there.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
Yeah, yeah, I think I go Aaron Jones on this
one too.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
I should have play Aaron Jones slash Jordan Mason. I
might have, wouldn't Jordan Mason, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (33:18):
I don't know. I might Mason. You're gonna put Jordan Mason.
I would have thought about it. He has thought about it,
but but we'll see how that turns out in the end.
Time for a break, but we'll be back with the
rest of our game previews plus our sleepers four Week sixteen.
All right, back to the Week sixteen game previews. We
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got the Jets heading to New Orleans to take on
the Saints, Lakwana. Is there anybody you would be starting
in this one? Your guy Tyler Tyler?
Speaker 3 (33:49):
Yeah, man, I really think that. You know, I was
on the Spencer Ratler train very early. I kind of
ripped up that ticket. Sorry, mister three sixteen rattlesnake. But
I am now a Tyler Shuck guy, just based on
in the last couple of weeks, we've seen him getting
more out of the pocket. We've seen him run one
end like, We're seeing him get really comfortable in this offense,
extending plays and get my guy Juwan Johnson involved as well.
So I'm looking at this as like where I can
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trust him in super flex. But if I'm in a
one quarterback league, just have your expectations around that QB
two range, like the fifteen to eighteen fantasy points. I
like Ady Mitchell in this game as well, if you're
purely just chasing volume here. I know that the Saints
are one of the tougher matchups against the wide receiver position.
But when we're looking at a guy that is holding
this high of a target share and being the only
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reliable target out there for the Jets, I think Brady
Cook might let Ady Mitchell cook again this week.
Speaker 2 (34:35):
I guess I should have prefaced it besides chrys Olave,
because I think we're pretty starting.
Speaker 1 (34:39):
Chris Olave right on Tyler Shuck fifth in the completion
percentage on passes of ten or more are yards, two
hundred and sixty plus passing yards and three of his
last four games as well. That boy's cooking.
Speaker 2 (34:50):
Let's get shucked up. You know, Vikings at the Giants,
choose your fighter, Florio, JJ McCarthy or Jackson Darts.
Speaker 1 (35:00):
Love this for him. I get that the matchup is pointed.
You know what I'm I know I'm going to go
Jackson Dark. It's really close. I do think JJ is
is just like he was last week. Right, Like, if
you're in a pinch, if you need a Patrick Mahomes
replacement and you missed out on Bryce Young and Tyler Schuck.
I think that is where JJ slides in this week
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or something like that. With quarterbacks, be like, we have
reached the time of the year where there's what like
six quarterbacks you could start with confidence this week, and
outside of that, teams are like, I don't want to
tell you to play JJ McCarthy in your semi finals,
but the matchup if you're in like a two quarterback
league or something, he is in play in.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
That range fitningly. JJ McCarthy in NFL dot com leagues
as rostered in nine point nine percent of them. So, uh, symmetry,
I guess if you will chiefs at the Titans. You
sort of talked about this a little bit earlier, Lakwan,
but are you back on the Tony Poller train.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
I can't say that I'm back because of.
Speaker 3 (35:59):
There, because I've been talking him down the last three
weeks and he's been proving me wrong.
Speaker 2 (36:05):
Like this is one of.
Speaker 3 (36:05):
Those situations like all right, guys, I'll jump on the
train this week, sure, but my expectations are in that
flex rains, like you have to have other reliable running backs,
Like I'm not sitting guys like that. We already talked
about in the starto meter for Tony Pollard. But like
I do think that Tony Pollard gives you that opportunity
in a game where you saw that it was gonna
that you said it was going to be like low scoring,
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he could run one in and then give you those
fifteen fantasy points were a nice flex opportunity for you.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
He's been efficient running the football. It's just been great
gamescript has usually been against him earlier in the year.
Now it's working sort of in his favor. So maybe
that that helps out this week against a good run
defense Falcons at the Cardinals. Bird fight, Uh between the
Falcons and the Cardinals.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
Foya.
Speaker 2 (36:49):
Can Kirk Cousins do it again after that huge Thursday
night last week?
Speaker 1 (36:52):
Could he?
Speaker 2 (36:53):
Yes? Will he?
Speaker 1 (36:55):
I'm not so sure there because I agree with what
you were saying earlier, Marcus. I think Bijon is Bijeon
might put up fifty in this game if he really
wants to, because the Cardinals have been bad against the
run all year, but as of late it has reached
a whole new level. But I will point out there's
sixth in fantasy points per game. A lot of quarterbacks
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in the last month. So to me, Cousins is kind
of what I was saying earlier, where like I'm in
a two QB league when my quarterbacks are pretty not great,
like I think they're streaming. Quarterback wise, there's the first
tier of like Bryce Young, Tyler Schuck, Aaron Rodgers, and
then there's the fallback tier, And Kirk Cousins, isn't that
with like JJ McCarthy and some of these other guys
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who you can't really trust the floor, but you're.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
Just throwing a dart on the matchup, all right, So Kirk,
I guess in a pinch works out. Just starting in
a one QB league is what I'm saying. Raiders at
the Texans, we already you know, debated whether or not
the Raiders can score actual points but fantasy points. Why
is Lakwan? How worried are you about brock Bauers this week?
Speaker 3 (37:59):
I'm scared and like, if I have opportunity to pivot,
I will. Looking at last week, he held a thirty
two percent target share where he was getting all the
looks right on six catches, my boy, and he had
twenty eight yards, Like, this is not going to be
a situation that I want to gamble with brock Bowers,
being that he is the name Like, I'm the guy
on the pod that doesn't care what your name is
and what you've done previous years, et cetera, et cetera.
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I'm willing to sit you if I have better options.
I'm even looking at a Brandon Strange, which looks nasty
right now. I'm looking at Tyler Warren with the Philip
Rivers over at brock Bowers, like, even though he's getting
all these targets, where are the yards? Were the opportunities
for scoring? And I don't know what folks are expecting
to get out of a Houston Texans defense that is
entering ultra instinct level of power right now getting after
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the quarterback. I don't know if there's much there for
brock Bowers this week.
Speaker 2 (38:43):
Well, we will test it by putting brock Bowers this week.
So I did a little differently, right because I didn't
want to compare him to other tight ends, because you know,
like we gonna start brock Bowers over most anyway. So
let's pretend this is like a super flex lead, right,
so you have so we're gonna go up cross positions
on this one. So Floyd I'll start with you, Rock
Bowers against the Texans. Woody Marx on the other side
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against the Raiders.
Speaker 1 (39:07):
If Woody Marks plays, I would play Woody Marks over Bowers.
Sad as it is to say, all right, yeah, I'll
probably go Woody as well.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
All right, Uh, Bowers against the Texans. Juwan Jennings against
the Colts on Monday Night. Juwan Jennings for me, Brock
Pardy has just been like, look, I know Kittle and CMC.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
Have a lot of targets, but when they get in
the red zone and it's specifically the end zone, it's
Juwan Jennings time right there. All right, I agree, I'll
go with Juwan on the winers. I know it had to.
Speaker 2 (39:33):
I know it hurts your heart to say that. It
hurts your heart to say that too. Bowers against the Texans.
Florio or Ladd mcdowee, Ladd mcconka against the Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 1 (39:43):
I know it's been rough the last month for Lad,
but I'm gonna take the shot on him against Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 3 (39:48):
All right, I'll probably take the shot on Ladd. I mean,
both of those situations look nasty for me. If I'm
in this situation. But Ladd gives you.
Speaker 1 (39:55):
That, all right. Well he's on a better offense, a
better quarterback soft for matchup.
Speaker 2 (39:59):
All right, These last I know have made you really sad.
Speaker 1 (40:01):
Yeah, that's insane.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
So since we're talking super flex here, let's get let's
get nuts, all right, Florio Bowers against the Texans Brady
Cook at the New Orleans Saints.
Speaker 1 (40:11):
Wow, I'm gonna go with Brock Bowers's Brady Cook last
week played the entire game. He ran a bit, give
him credit, he had less than nine fantasy points.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
Okay, he looked good for real football, but not for fantasy.
Now I'll probably go Bowers, all right. Last one, we're
gonna pick teammates against each other. Florio Bowers were Kenny Picketts.
Speaker 1 (40:33):
Kenny Pickett scored one point twenty six fantasy once last week.
And this is the Houston Texans who loud one top
twelve quarterback performance all year. Uh yeah. And on top
of that, anything Pickett does through the air is probably
going to Brock Bower. Yeah. Close to the line of
scrimmage as well.
Speaker 3 (40:50):
I mean, look, they had a passing net yard of
twenty nine yards, and I just said Bowers had twenty
eight passing yards, Like, how did that even work? So no,
I am not going there and think about Kenny Pickett
as a option, all right? So uh no Kidny Picketts
for Big Jersey. But no, I just say, is this
a no, it's not a revenge game. Let's say if
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it's a revenge game for Picket, but it is not.
Speaker 1 (41:13):
Who knows?
Speaker 2 (41:14):
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will deliver. Presented by Uber Eats, We're giving you our
top sleepers for the week, So LQ, who is your
snorlacs in Week sixteen?
Speaker 3 (41:49):
Snoral Ax is going to be Michael Carter. Last week
saw him get eighteen opportunities against the Houston Texans and
still manage to get four point zero yards for carry.
I look at this as a more wiggle match of
against Atlanta Falcons that allow a lot of opportunities to
the running back position, and it's not like he's going
to be fighting the trenches like he was last week
where Atlanta they're allowing a lot of production in between
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the tackles. They actually only have a thirteen percent stuff rate,
which is the third worst in the NFL. So if
the Cardinals are going to keep handing him opportunities where
he's falling into workhorse opportunities. Now, when Bam Knight on
the IR, I think Michael Carter comes in nice this week.
Speaker 2 (42:24):
All right, So Michael Carter, holy rail is getting the
shot here for of the Arizona Cardinals in a running
back room that has been just kind of obliterated. Yeah,
it's been battles season long, Florida. Who is your sleeper
this week?
Speaker 1 (42:35):
I did not expect that we would talk Tyler Shuck
this much on this show today. I also brought him
up on Fantasy Live. But he has been playing really
good ball as of late, seventeen or more Fantasy points
in four of his last five. In his last four games,
he's averaging twenty four rushing yards per game, which is
a free fifty passing yards right there. ALQ said he's
been to sixty or more of what was it for
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three of his last games? Yeah, and fifth in the
NFL the police percentage on passes of ten or more
air yards, Like he can air the ball out a bit.
And then on top of it, it's the Jets. You
saw what Trevor Lawrence just did against them. Like, I'm
not saying he's gonna go for forty five, but twenty
against that defense is definitely possible.
Speaker 2 (43:13):
Shuck it, let's ball. That's that's what we're doing with
Tyler Schuck this week. Look, here's the I thought there
was a chance. I still don't know that he's the
quarterback of the future in New Orleans, but he has
done enough to make this team.
Speaker 1 (43:24):
Give him a chance next year. See whatuld you got.
Speaker 2 (43:26):
I think you definitely put him in, and you know,
you give him the shot to win the job or
lose the job.
Speaker 3 (43:30):
Mike gar Folo said he reminds him of Carson win
So maybe the second year he hits the ground run,
who knows, So.
Speaker 2 (43:34):
That means he's going to be an MVP candidate before
Nick Foles eventually takes the Saints to a Super Bowl title.
Speaker 1 (43:39):
And then the Rams ended, So maybe I don't know.
Speaker 2 (43:43):
There you go, my sleeper, and maybe it's not so
much of a sleeper as much as just a call
to put this dude in your lineup. But it's Bryce
Young going against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucks have
been awful against quarterbacks since Week ten, Tampa giving up
over twenty five fantasy points per game through the quarterback position.
We just saw Kirk Cousins go out there and dice
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them up on Thursday Night Football last week. I know,
with Bryce it's sort of been hard because matchups that
you don't think he's going to do well in. I mean, look,
I don't think anybody expected much from him against the Rams.
He went on had a good game. There are other
matchups where it looked a lot more positive and he
gives you like nine points. So it's been sort of
hard to figure out Bryce Young. And I guess, you know,
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if you want to do vibes, that can come into
play again. But I still believe that Bryce Young is
an excellent opera who hasn't excellent opportunity this week and
should be started every.
Speaker 1 (44:34):
QB to face the Bucks. From week ten on his
top eighteen fantasy points, including Schuck and Kirk Cousins. So
it's not like the it's not like it's Josh Allen
and and Lamar Jackson, the last.
Speaker 2 (44:43):
Couple of monks you know exactly.
Speaker 1 (44:45):
Bryce, let us love you, please.
Speaker 2 (44:46):
Please, please please. By the way, Ted mcmillano did not
practice earlier in the week, so we will.
Speaker 1 (44:52):
See it's going to be.
Speaker 2 (44:55):
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Wow, what's up everybody.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Welcome to another edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Show.
It's Me and your Man, MG. Marcus grand Joy by
Michael F. Florio and Lakwan Jones. It's our second to
last burg Fest. Bird Fight, bird fight, bird fight. Yeah,
so we were saying Burgfest because apparently it's German for Wednesday,
which this is what we were told via the internet.
None of us.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
I just trusted law blind.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeah, I know, we have not This could be anything.
Our producer, Hithm Kalani asked, is why we keep saying
bird fight? So now just now just a bird fight,
which you know the Falcons and Cardinals play this week,
so that is a bird fight potentially. We'll actually talk
about that, we'll preview that on the show. A whole
lot of things. We actually break down what is a
huge Thursday night football matchup, plus the rest of the
(00:54):
Saturday that's right, Saturday and Sunday slate for this week.
We also put brock Bauers in the Startle meter and
we will hit you with our Week sixteen sleepers. So,
as always, let's get started with some fantasy headlines, and
we will start with a couple of quarterback situations here.
The Commanders have said they are going to sit Jaden
(01:15):
Daniels for the final three games of the twenty twenty
five season. He injured his elbow earlier in the year,
came back, aggravated the injury later on in the year,
so he's done for the season. The Commander is obviously
out of the playoff hunt. It'll be Marcus Mariota the
rest of the way, but spinning his forward Floorio, because
you were the biggest of the Jade and Daniels supporters
(01:36):
on this show, we kind of talked about it earlier,
but at this point, would you draft him as a
top five quarterback next year?
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Probably? I think it's going to be there's going to
be a debate, right because I do think that Josh
and Lamar probably going to be the top two once again,
and then I think Jaden's in that second tier. Mahomes
was in there now he's probably coming out because even
if he's ready week one, I don't think he run
so I put him. Actually, yeah, yes, the more it
because like Mahole when we did it two weeks ago,
(02:06):
I think I got to six. So if you take
Mahomes out, then that makes it five.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
So yes, all right, so he's back in there, which
perfectly segues into Patrick Mahomes, who we know is out
for the remainder of the year, had surgery to repair
both his ACL and his LCL, apparently planning I don't
need to see any infects, but as apparently already planning
to start the rehab process. The goal is for him
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to be back as soon as possible, possibly by the
start of the season and laqual This was a kind
of a bounce back year for him in fantasy, right,
I mean at the end of week fifteen he was
the QB two. Obviously he's not going to stay there
for the rest of the season. But now with this
and you know, even best case scenario, right, best case
(02:52):
scenario he's back in week one seems optimistic. Where are
you willing to draft him quarterback? What? Ten? Where? Where
would you take a swing at Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
It will have to sit between ten and twelve because
it's still Patrick Mahomes. But like outside the top ten
rounds is probably where he's going to live. I mean
home leagues. You don't have to worry about him going
in the first three rounds anymore. So it's one of
those things you have to pivot to maybe a Jaden
Daniel So Josh Allen, etc.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Etc.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
But I'm just not too excited about him trying to
force his way into Week one because again, if we're
looking at a thirty six year old Travis kelcey, insert
a retirement home wide receiver that they probably signed this offseason,
and then with the run game that is not fully
right now compact to be supporting that Chiefs offense, Patrick
Mahomes might be coming back to something that we have
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never seen before. There might be a complete overhaul where
there leaves that mystery of like do I go in
draft a Patrick Mahomes? Do I wait for a quarterback
and get Patrick Mahomes outside the top ten rounds where
I don't know if I'm willing to play that game
ble just yet and probably just pivot to other options.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I do think the Chiefs offense is going to look
vastly different next year than it does this year. Yeah,
we don't know what Travis kel He's going to do.
I think most people believe he's going to retire for
she Rice has been great. Beyond that, you.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Know, I'd argue that's a good thing, right, Like the
Chief's offense had no explosives on and they're kind of
wasting one of these stronger armed quarterbacks who can throw downfield.
So if he's going QB ten to twelve, I could
see myself getting in that mix. If he's going earlier
than that.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
I agree the rushing upside too, that I'm like kind
of like pulled back because like he said, this was
a bounce back year because of the rushing upside returning
back from serious knee injury.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I don't know if we get that same rushing upside.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
I will say this, even if he stayed healthy, I
don't know that he runs as much next year, just
he ran a lot this year because he had to,
like they had no other options. So, I mean, obviously,
so much of it depends on what the Chiefs do
roster building wise in the off season. But this is
going to be something that he's gonna be discussed. I've
seen this story before.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Though, right, Like Superstar gets right and off. This is
all coming back from the injury stuff like that, and
then he reminds the world who he is, Like, I mean,
him has a key little I compare him then with
someone else who's healthy to start you know, like that.
That's how I'm viewing it.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
This is the part of the documentary with these sad,
slow piano music leading to the the rehab montage with
him triumphantly running back out on the field.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Yeah, we've already entered the third I would say stage
of Paschor because there's like the beginning where he was
guns blazing with Tyreek Hill and stuff in the last
couple of years. This is the third act already in
his career, like flying By, Flying By.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
More quarterback news. This from down in South Florida. After
some speculation for a couple of days after an awful
Monday night performance to a tongue of Iioloa has been
benched by Mike McDaniel and the Miami Dolphins. It'll be
Quinn yours getting the start this week against the Cincinnati Bengals. Look,
there were too many people starting to it's been awful,
(05:48):
But we were starting Jalen Waddle, we were starting Darren
Waller Florio. Can we still start either or both of
those guys this week. I know it's Cincinnati, but it's
also Quinn. You were switch one of those things wins out. Well,
I don't know if you guys.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Remember on Monday, I was like, I need thirteen and
a half out of two and a night.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
You did not get that.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
I got it on the final touchdown. Literally, I was
losing all night until that second touchdown. But look, look,
I'm more worried about Waddle than I am Waller because
the Bengals the one thing about their defense that I
don't think it's talked enough about. Say, yes, they're all
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except for against wide receivers. They have been one of
the harder matchups for wide receivers. Now. Partly is that
because they get lit up by tight ends and running
backs and everything, but they have not allowed a lot
of production out wide to receivers. Meanwhile, my thinking is like,
if you're Quinn, you Weers and the Dolphins, you're gonna
be like, yeah, you see this guy who is a
foot taller than everyone agother the targets throw him the ball,
(06:48):
especially in the red zone. So when you were starting
wall you were hoping for a touchdown. I still think
there's more risk here, but I still think he's in play.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
I said earlier this week on Fantasy Lot they don't
throw the ball a lot, but when they do, chances
are to touchdown. He's got twenty twenty receptions this year.
Six touchdowns, yeah, seven in zone targets. Shit, I bought
the mixtape just because of that. Just like I will
say this, because I didn't really expect much from him.
I had kind of just you know, kind of cast
him asize and afterthought, he has been way more fantasy
(07:17):
relevant than I ever would have imagined yes year. So
maybe you're right. Maybe it's hey if if somehow the
Dolphins are able to get down close just look for
eighty three.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
I picked him up to play over Tyler Warren in
a couple of spots. Would would just do that worked
out for this this week? I think so?
Speaker 2 (07:36):
So maybe wall yet, go see how this goes. Big
game on Thursday Night Football. DeVante Adams suffered a hamstring
injury last week in the win over.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
The Lions, and while the.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Rams aren't officially ruling him out just yet, yeah cover
your eyes, look on. They haven't officially ruled him out
just yet as of us recording this show, it does
not look good for him getting on field on Thursday
Night Football. I'm from a just a strictly fantasy standpoint,
lokwan if somehow he is able to suit up and play.
(08:10):
How worried would you be about starting him in your
fantasy lineup? Oh?
Speaker 1 (08:13):
Very worried.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
This is a big game, like this ain't a soft defense,
Like I will give the Seattle Seahawks defense respect, and
with the Vontae Adams limited, we're not really gonna.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Get the Tay that we want.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Like, I know that he could be dangerous within the
five yard line, but I don't think this is going
to be a game where those opportunities are going to
be there more often than not. Like I look at
this game where I think they should shut him down
for the rest of the season. Get Xavier Smith too
too well, Jordan Winnington, cannantein Mumfield. Get these other guys
reps and opportunities so they could be at peep form
in the playoffs so they could step up. And when
(08:46):
Tay comes back, I do think that will be beyond
the fantasy playoffs. I think he comes back into playoffs
at least seventy five percent. But now, if you're trying
to wiggle him into your starting lineup, I will honestly
look at other options because I hope that Sharan Maveay
shut him down.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Rest of the season.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
You just gave me a sad because I have Davonte
Adams on a couple of teams and if I can
somehow survive this week, I would love for him to
come back next.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
It didn't look good, like you saw the b roll
like it looked terrible.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
It looked like he was in pain, like he was
on the field for a very long time, where I
was just hoping that he just jumps up and gets back.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
But that was not the case. If you're a fantasy manager,
not only for everything that you said, Lakwan, you just
don't want this headache, right because hamstring, it's one tweak
and he's done for the game. But if you're sitting
there with Davante Adams like you are, if he plays,
you probably in right.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Yeah, No, I mean, it really is a thing where
it's like, honestly, if you're if you're a fancy manager,
you just want the Rams to just say he's out, Yes,
he's out, getty, so that way.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I don't have to worry about making those decisions.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Of course, we're going talking a lot more about this
Thursday night game right now. Taking a look at the
first to score a touchdown odds in the Rams in
Seahawks game on Thursday night, very little surprise. Bukinakua at
the top of the list, the same odds as Kyron
Williams Blah blah bye, Jackson Smith and Jag But Kenneth
Walker the third, Zach Charbonnay makes it there into the
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top five, and Blake Koram they're at number six, who
has been playing some really good at football lately. So
I will ask you, though, when you see both of
those Rams running backs on the board, but can you
start both Rams running backs in this game against the
good Seattle defense.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
I'm not as confident. I think you played Kien Williams
because he is going to get used near the goal
line and if he gets a touchdown or two, he
hits for fantasy. As we've seen, even with his limited
touches last week, Korum has been playing really, really well.
The issue is he doesn't catch a ton of passes
the goal on where goes to Kyroen, So if he's
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going to score a touchdown, it needs to be like
it was the last couple of weeks where he's hitting
on these big chunk plays. The issue is Seattle hasn't
allowed a lot of big chunk plays this year. They're
in the bottom six on the year and in the
last month and fantasy points allowed to running backs, So
I think Korum is a lot more option dependent flex range,
(11:02):
whereas I do think you start kyrin just because of touchdowns.
But let's ask Lakwan because he watches, I mean you're.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Watching, I mean would you consider throwing Blake Korum in
a lineup? Yes.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
I think this is a very run heavy agenda this week,
especially with tay down if he's not going to play,
you see Korum in his opportunities. He's starting to build
his confidence that we spoke about last week, how McVeigh
is just feeding him and keeping Kyroen fresh for the
back end of the season because, like I said, we're
playing to play football in February.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
So I think this is.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Going to be a one to two punch rest of
the season where at least Korm gives you flex option, right.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
I think you were.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Looking for those red zone opportunities, but McVeigh has been
handing him the rock and giving those opportunities. So I
think this is going to be a run heavy game
for both sides of the both sides of the ball.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
All right on the other side of Lakwan. Sam Donald
looked bad against the Rams the last time they played
a couple of weeks ago, four interceptions in that one.
He's back at home. Would you consider starting him this week? No, getaway,
This is a big game.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
I don't want you to ruin your week on a
Thursday night looking at Sam Donald at home, who's averaging
eleven Fantasy points per game at home. So I look
at Sam Donald where his floors are scary, and I've
talked about him before. There's pizza boxes over there from
three months ago. There's roaches and broken tiles because he
has four games this season where he has zero touchdowns.
Just to have that scary floor for a guy that
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can go out there and throw two hundred and eighty
yards and have zero touchdowns, I think you can get.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
To other quarterbacks that are available before you this week.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
I mean, they beat the Colts last week without scoring
a touchdowns.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Insane.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
It was a Jason Meyers showcase, which again, that's why
you keep kickers in your league anyway. It is man
like that. That randomizer is good. It's good.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Do you think you get a lot of points Thursday night?
Or are you expecting no defensive battle. It's going to
be a defensive battle.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Like I'm not expecting a complete like thirty point game
twenty eight.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
What nah.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
This is going to be one of those low scoring
games and maybe similar to what the Seahawks.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Did with the Colts. So it's going to be one
of those ugly games.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
But you know, we're coming out on top a Thursday
night in December in Seattle. It's going to be cold
and possibly raining.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Who knows we will save.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
We're just getting started here on the show, and we
come back. We will dive into the Saturday slate of games.
A couple of interesting ones on tap there plus plenty
more to come up here on the NFL Fantasy Football Show.
Oh Heisman Trophy has been handed out to congratulations to
Fernando Mendoza. By the way, that means it is time
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for Saturday NFL football. I know that's not the official designation.
There's actually a timeframe, but anyway, just go with me.
A couple of division matchups. This Saturday starts with the
Eagles at the Commanders in Washington. You see that Saturday
at five pm Eastern time on Fox LOYL, where has
DeVonta Smith gone. I mean like AJ Brown had his crashout,
(13:39):
he's been balling out since then, Skinny Batman has gotten
even skinnier, and of how she has eaten? Where has
he gone? And ken this offense actually support two wide
receivers right now.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
So last week was bad, right, just two targets, but
again that was a game they won thirty one nothing
and didn't really have to do a whole lot. Prior
to that, he had eight or more targets in the
three games. So the issue is they can support two
pass catchers. It's just a matter of which too, because
the last two weeks, Dallas Goddard's been getting in the
fun and kind of having a resurgence. So with the
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Eagles trio, you have to understand that at least one
of them is going to disappoint weekly. But I obviously
you're playing AJ Brown. I do think DeVonta Smith is
in play. You would need a good option to get
away because the Commander's defense, right like, this is another game.
The Eagles could go out and drop a thirty point
game and it wouldn't surprise anyone.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
The Commander's defense is bad. They're particularly bad against the
slot receivers. Which if you tune into Thursday's NFL Fantasy Live,
he may show up in slots of fun. I'm just saying.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
And they could clinch the division with a win in
this one. So a lot riding for the Eagles in
this one.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
So if you got DeVonta Smith, feels like a good
week to get him back in the lineup on the
other side of the Kwand we talked at the top
of the show, Jade and Daniels shut down for the
rest of the year. Marks Mariota has been serviceable. You know,
he's been serviceable quarterback. Would you start him this week
though against that tough Philly the I.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Think I would because he gives you, like QB two
safe floor being that he's still running, like he's still
out there as if he's in Tennessee, giving you those
rushing yards and having that upside, Like really, we're looking
at the Eagles defense, who are allowing the third most
rushing yards to the quarterback position.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
So I look at I need.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Marcus Mariota to just put up forty to fifty yards
on the ground and then two touchdowns and if he
runs one of those in that's fine. I'm only looking
for QB two or higher out of this situation because
there's some ugly matchups at the quarterback position where Mariota
gives you a safe floor.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
All right, well along those lines, I figured good spot
for the starto meters right, Marcus Mariol Like sure, in
a vacuum, you would say you start him, but when
you put him up against to the quarterbacks, how do
you feel about it? So LQ will start with you
Mariota against the Eagles or Baker Mayfield at the Panthers.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
I'll go Baker because I think this game is going
to be a shootout and we know Baker he can
get out of the pocket as well, give you that
rushing upside, and this Bucks offense looks like it's at
full strength right now. I mean looking at what but
Baker has been able to do and through the struggles
he's still been able to be a cert will QB
two where I think this week we get QB one
upside from Baker Mayfield. So I probably locking Baker over Mariota.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
All right, Florida, I.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Agree, I would go Baker. He got all his weapons
and when NFC South teams get together, points are scored.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Yeah, I think I make it a full sweep. I
think I go Baker against Carrot's cool, all right, lakwan uh,
Mariota against the Eagles. Kirk Cousins at Arizona.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
Oh man, this is a very very even. Let's say that,
because if you're going to be ryding with Kirk Cousins,
you're riding off that three touchdown gaming he had last week, right,
and then the Cardinals they have allowed a ton of
production from the quarterback position, where each quarterback in the
last four weeks have had three touchdowns on this defense.
So you're chasing straight up touchdown upside here because Kirk,
(16:42):
I understand it looks ugly. It doesn't look the greatest
to be sitting in your starting lineup right now. But
Kyle Picks looks activated. So yeah, I'll probably start Kirk
Cousins over Mariota.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
I have this exact and that to a league I
just brought. I had to drop too. I picked up
Kirk Cousins. My three quarterbacks for two spots are Mariota, Cousins,
and Kate Williams. I have no idea how this team
is still A lot as of my receivers are loaded, though,
but as of right now, I have Mariota on the bench.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
I think I start Mariota over Cousins. This feels like
they just lean on Bejon Robinson and just it feels
like too much to ask for Cousins to go big
in back to back weeks. This just feels like one
where he just just vomits on his shoes all last time.
All Right, I saw with you this time, Florio Mariota
against the Eagles.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Trevor Lawrence at Denver. I have Lawrence as they sit
this week. I know, since his bye, he's been awesome,
but the two games he has struggled came against the
Texans and the Chargers. The Broncos already matchup like that,
They're both probably gonna be sitting somewhere around like fifteen
if I had a guess, But I think I'll go
with Lawrence just on the upside that that could be
(17:49):
a higher scoring game. All Right, I'm gonna go Marcus.
I feel like William.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
I feel like William will probably upset a lot of
folks because he's coming off of a hot shreak. He's
looking I mean, look, he had a career de I
mean career game last week. But against Denver, this is
a completely different.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Type of beast.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
This might humble the Jacksonville Jaguars. I have Trevor Lawrence
and Bryce Young on a roster. I'm playing against Kareean
fal Cone, who has a jugger.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Out of a team good luck.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
I'm actually gonna start Bryce Young over Trevor this week.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
I would do that as well. Yeah, all right, it
makes sense.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
I see a couple more of these, Florio Mariota or
Jackson Dart against the Vikings.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
You know, I love Jackson Dart Lakwan. You don't know
why he does his EyeBlack, but Star Wars star Trek.
But I would actually go with Mariota here right now. No,
I'm gonna go with Dart because I like his rushing
upside a little bit more. But I don't like Dart
this week. The Vikings since week ten have allowed one
passing time.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
Yeah, and that's that's the exact reaction I had when
I seen this on the doc I was like, go Dark,
Go Like it's one of those situations where like, this
is going to be very difficult because we know the
upside that Dark gives you on the ground. We know
he could probably take it in from outside the twenty.
So it's like, I feel like I want to go
with the safer quarterback, the quarterback that's not gonna be
evaluated for a concussion half games is played, So I'll
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go with Marcus Mariota for the safer bet that I
know he could give us four quarters or even five
that he took Denver and put up twenty three Fantasy points.
So yeah, I'm gonna go Marcus on this one.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
I think I.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Don't know where to go with this one, and I
wrote this question.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
I think I want to go darts just because I
think it's gonna be bagging forth a little bit, because
you know the Vikings will score on the Giants, and
the Giants last short, I answer back, So I think
I want to say dark, but yeah, it can go
either way.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
Yeah, it can go either way.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
Last one Florio's Mariota or Aaron Rodgers at Detroit.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
I'm going Aaron Rodgers here because I'm just going matchup wise.
The Lions have been getting torched through the air on
the year, but especially the last five six weeks, and
and the Steelers probably gonna be in catchup mode in
this one and having to throw.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
The wall a little bit more I mean, Rogers was
crazy accurate last week, but I'm gonna go Mariota with
this one because I do think that Jalen Warren and
Ken Gamel this seems like a run heavy agenda because
the Lions are like a middlewolder packed defense against the run,
and we know Arthur Smith once he unlocks that run game,
that's kind of what it's going to be arrested.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Again. I'm going to take Rogers harshly because what you
said about the matchup with the Lions, but also because
this is a dude who made his career by torturing
NFC North the teams for years, and this is probably
his last trip ever to Detroit. Yeah, so one last
hurrah against the Liners. Look, you threw that Hail Mary
against them on Thursday Night Football, Like this is one
(20:33):
last shot. So I think I'm gonna take Rogers over
Mariota because that Speaking of the NFC North, the Packers
at the Bears at your other Saturday matchup. You can
see that eight twenty pm Eastern time, also on Fox.
Let's protect the two quarterbacks, Floreal your projections for Jordan Love,
who in Week fourteen went forward nineteen point two Fantasy points.
(20:53):
What do you project for him this week?
Speaker 1 (20:55):
I think he'll be somewhere around that number again because
of two reasons the Bears. One, they have allowed a
lot of touchdowns this year and Jordan Love is extremely
touchdown dependent. Because he doesn't throw, they don't let him
throw a lot. I think that is a mistake on
the Packers part. I think Jordan Love is one of
the best throwers of the football in the NFL. But
what the Bears do at a high rate is they
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play man and he is number one in EPA against
man by far, and they've been blitzing at a much
higher rate. In fact, up until this past week, they
were second in the last five weeks in blitz rate.
And he also leads the NFL and EPA against the blitz.
So I think Jordan Love is going to come out
and what is a huge divisional game and put up
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numbers all right.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
On the other side, Caleb Williams when they met a
couple of weeks ago, I went for fourteen point nine,
just shy at fifteen Fantasy points. LQ what would you
project for Caleb this week?
Speaker 3 (21:48):
I would say like a high ENDQB two, so like
fifteen to eighteen fantasy points, Like, I don't think this
would be like a twenty burger situation, but it could
be on the table with no Parsons, and I think
there's going to be a little bit more time in
the pocket, little bit more of him extending the plays.
We see the DJ Moore finding the end zone. They
might be coming in with momentum and some juice and
there's a lot to play for. They have a lot
going on right now in that playoff race. So I
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do think you can trust Caleb as a high end
QB two this week, But again, this all comes down
to what your options are.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
Looking further at Week sixteen, we got a big showdown
in the NFC South here the Buccaneers and the Panthers. Lakwan,
can you trust a Bucks wide receiver not named Mike Evans?
Speaker 3 (22:28):
I think so you could trust a couple and I
think Chris Godwinson play found the end zone last week.
We also look at the Panthers struggling against the slot
position that are allowing seventy three percent completion rate when
the slot wide receivers targeted. So I look at a
Mecca Buca who held a twenty percent target share last week,
so obviously he still holds a big role in Baker's eyes.
And honestly, with the full strength offense, with the Buccaneers
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having Bucky back, Godwin, even j Mack is back, So
I do think that the Bucks are filling theirselves right now.
So this is going to be a shootout. So get
a Mecca, Buka and Chris Godwin in those starting lineups.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
I did see by the way that Mike Evans has
to average two hundred and forty three yards.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
He can do it.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
Let's fire up those targets. Come on, Baker, let's get
it done. Another really interesting game in the AFC, the
Jaguars heading to Denver to take on the Broncos. Both
those teams playing well, both of those defenses playing really,
really well. You mentioned Trevor Lawrence as they sit, but
I'm asking you to pick between Trevor Lawrence and Bo Nicks.
Who would you prefer out of those two.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
I'm gonna go with bo Nicks for a couple of
different reasons. One, as good as the Jaguars defense has been,
I'm still more fearful of the Broncos defense. I trust
Sean Payton a little bit.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
More as well.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Look, Look, we don't got to worry about who's getting
snaps and everything at the quarterbacks Nicks And while I
know Lawrence has been running a little bit more, he's
not running like bo Nicks. And that to me, whenever
I'm debating between two similarly ranked quarterbacks or something like that,
it's like, which one is the better chance of running?
That's the one I'm gonna go with.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
So the folks down in Dougal might not agree with that,
but I think it's I think it's a coin flip.
I do want Bonnicks to start running a little bit
more than he has lately. He did a lot in
early in the season, hasn't quite as much later in
the season. Steelers at the Lions. We just talked about
Aaron Rodgers a little bit, making what is likely his
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final trip to Detroit. Kenneth Gainwell Lakwan has been hot,
and especially we saw that on Monday Night with seven
catches a huge game for him last week. The Lions
run defense has been very good. Is Gainwell Is Kenny
g startable against Detroit?
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Absolutely? Absolutely?
Speaker 3 (24:40):
You saw Blake corm and Kyron have their way with
the middle of the pack defense that the Lions are
putting out there, and I think Gainwell has looked like
the better back of that backfield where he might be
going into more opportunities than a Jayalen warn because if
you look at the last four games, they have the
same exact amount of offensive snaps. But Gainwell has just
looked better on the ground and through the air. So
I'm honesteed laningwore. Gainwell has RB two strapped him this
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week beyond a flex option. So I like Gangwell for
the rest of the season the way that he's been running.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
Also, Aaron Rodgers feels like he only has one or
two really good downfield throws in him. Otherwise it's a
lot of checkdowns and he's getting all the targets. He's
getting all the targets eat him offfield. Chargers at the
Cowboys really intriguing game. The Cowboys, I know, officially eliminated,
but still offense is kind of fun to watch. The
Chargers still, you know, battling for a playoff spot here
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or George Pickens thill back to back down games. The
Chargers not a good matchup on paper. Do we see
a George Pickens bounce back this week?
Speaker 1 (25:39):
There's nothing in the stats that say yes, right, like
I think the Chargers, I'm happier finally getting some recognition
for how good of a secondary they've been, because in
recent weeks they've shut down the two Super Bowl teams
from last year, but they've been doing this all year.
The thing, though, is is the Cowboys are also a
matchup unlike any other for like they last week, the
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Vikings have shut down receivers all year. CD still had
a good game because you kind of got to pick
and choose your poison when it comes to these two
because not many other I would argue, probably no other
team has a one to two punch like this where
you're talking about to top ten talents, top twelve talents
at the position, and I see him looking at me,
talk DeVante is great. I don't think he's as good
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as George Pickens right now because he's hurt. That's a
because he's hurt different com He's great near the goal line,
but that's about he's good. But I do think this
is the best one two punch in the NFL, So
it is very possible, Like I have Pickings in a
league and I'm still playing him. But I'm also understanding
that the floor is lower.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
Yeah, I mean I feel exactly the same way. I
have no statistical reasoning to back it up, but he's
just been so good for so long this year that
it's hard to, you know, not believe.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
If he had one hundred and a touchdown, I'm not
shot at all.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
That's kind of how it's gone. Bengals at the Dolphins
to a tongue of Iilo and not going to be
the starter for Miami. Instead, it's going to be Quinn
Youwers getting the start. So I'm gonna ask you kind
of an off the wall question, laquer and would you
consider streaming the Bengals defense?
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Heavens No, absolutely not. I mean the Dolphins still had
that speed demon and Davon A.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
Chan.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Absolutely not.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
For a guy that could take it to the house
outside the sixty eight, outside the fifty yard life from
his own ten yard line, absolutely not. Because we've seen
the Bengals get torched all season long by the running
back position. I think Mike Dana's going to keep things
very simple. He's just gonna have the checkdowns available for him,
which could be home runs as well as folks, and
then hand Chan the ball at least twenty to thirty times.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
So devon ah Chan like thirty five touches.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
Oh yeah, yeah. I'm going to point out that the Patriots'
strength of schedule look continues because they get Brady Cook
and Quinn Ewers in the year. Like it's ridiculous the
run they have had.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
Oh man uh. Speaking of the AFC East Bills, A Browns,
Quinshawn Judkins florio started really well, has sort of slumped
the last few weeks, but he gets that Bills run defense.
We all know that's not very good. Would you trust
Quinshawn Judkins this week?
Speaker 1 (28:10):
Yeah? I have him as a start still this week.
And in the article I write like, understand that because
he could potentially like there's a risk of him getting
game scripted out. The floor is lower than it normally is,
but I still think the ceiling is high enough where
you try to get him in because the Bills have
allowed the most rushing touchdowns this year to running backs,
that is what Judkins bread and butter is. But they've
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also allowed the most explosive runs. And as you see here,
like it only takes one play for Judkins to have
a good fantasy game, So I think he's worth getting
in there, plus on top of that, three or more
targets in each of his last three games. I know
Dylan Samson is still the one they use more in
the passing game, but he's slowly getting more and more
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acclimated there, and that helps prevent him a little bit
from getting game scripted out.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Yeah, I mean, I think they're still keeping it fairly
simple for Shador. That means occasionally getting the running back
involved in the passing game. So all right, starting to
put quinch on Judkins in the starto meter here, So
Lakwan Judkins against the Bills or Kyle Manungui against the Packers,
I pray go.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
Junkins, even though both of their floors are pretty scary.
I think, like Maufleurio explained, man, you look at that
Bills defense. They're allowing the explosive plays. I don't think
this is a game where Dunkins just disappears like I do.
Think Kyle Mnungui gets the opportunities. But this is Green Bay.
I think they're still going to be able to suffocate
that run game and only have Swift be the more
reliable of the backs.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
All Right, I agree with everything he just said.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
All Right, so literally all of it, so Judgeons gets
the the win there. Yeah, I think I probably go
Judkins over Manong Guy different one Lakwan Judkins or Tony
Pollard against the Chiefs this week.
Speaker 3 (29:50):
Listen, I've been on a Tony Pollard a campaign, I
anti Tony Pollard campaign for the last three weeks, and
I've been putting my foot in the mouth. I look
at this matchup against the Chiefs, where we know you
can't run on this deepen, but Tony Pollard has been
looking really really good. I might roll the dice with
Tony Pollard over Quinn Shawn Jenkins this week.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
All Right, I'm gonna go Judkins just because it's like
Tony Pollard has been running really well, but the Chiefs
defense is one of the better run stoppers in the league.
And with no Mahomes, this game could have like six
to nine written all over it.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Could I say, I think I go I go with Judkins.
But I will say in Pollard's defense, the Titans have
been kind of staying close, have been sort of neutral
game scripts a lot more, which is giving Pollard more touches,
and like the Chiefs with Mahomes might have blown the
Titans out the Chiefs with Gardner Minshew, that game probably
stays close, so that works for him, all right, Lakwan
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Judkins or Ashton Jentz at the Houston text, I.
Speaker 3 (30:47):
Probably will go Jenkins on this one as much I
want to go genty with the PPR upside there being
that he's getting a lot of targets out of a backfield.
I look at this matchup. It's going to be a massacre.
It's not going to do It's not to be great.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
I have I wrote up gen Z as they sit
this week, and literally I was like, look, he has
thirty five or fewer rushing yards. I believe it's in
four straight, but I was like, targets were keeping him
afloat for so long. In the last two games he
has turned ten targets into fifteen yards and and the
Raiders games have become a game of like will they
score a touchdown? Tune in Sunday to.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
Find out, Like, I don't want to do.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
That against the Houston Texans.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
You know, I'm gonna say they may not score a
touchdown this ye this game's got ugly.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
Dame Tols seventy five yards last week game scripts.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
I'm gonna be on jes Yeah, I'm going Judkins easily
in this one, all right, LQ Judkins or I put
Saints RB because we don't know if it's Devin Neil.
We don't know if it's dric Estimate, Evan Hull Saints
RB or against the Jets or Quinn Shawn Jadkars.
Speaker 3 (31:49):
I mean, Jets are kind of off against a run two,
but give me Jonkins for less of a headache, because
I do think it's gonna be multiple hands in that backfield.
I don't think it's just going to be Audre estimating.
Like I do think that Junkins give you that safe
floor that he's the guy. He's going to touch the
ball majority at the time.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
If it was Devin Neil, I would go the other direction.
Or if we hear Alvin Kamara's music this week suit
up last week, if we get Kamara, I would go him.
But I'm not playing the headache. We don't know who,
Like I would just go Jumpkins.
Speaker 2 (32:19):
I was like, do I put audric Estimate in Sleepers
And like I can't do that, Yeah, I just can't.
I don't know if Neil's playing Evan, Hol's gonna get
some opportunities, so if it's.
Speaker 1 (32:27):
Those guys, it is, it's gonna be Judkins.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
All right, Let's see if Judkins can pull off the
sweep here, Lakwan Judkins against the Bills. Aaron Jones against
the New York Football Giants. Oh man, this is nasty here, man.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
But I do like Jordan Mason and Aaron Jones this
week as potential flex opportunities. But I think Junkins just
has the higher ceiling in this game.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
I'm actually gonna go with Jones here. I have both
of them written up as starts. The thing is, the
Giants are the best matchup for running backs right now,
Like they are abysmal against the run, and it just
gotten worse and worse and worse as the year go on.
And I don't worry about him getting game scripted out
like I do with Judkins, because if they do fall behind,
let's say he is the one that they use as
the pass catching game back there.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
Yeah, yeah, I think I go Aaron Jones on this
one too.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
I should have play Aaron Jones slash Jordan Mason. I
might have, wouldn't Jordan Mason, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (33:18):
I don't know. I might Mason. You're gonna put Jordan Mason.
I would have thought about it. He has thought about it,
but but we'll see how that turns out in the end.
Time for a break, but we'll be back with the
rest of our game previews plus our sleepers four Week sixteen.
All right, back to the Week sixteen game previews. We
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got the Jets heading to New Orleans to take on
the Saints, Lakwana. Is there anybody you would be starting
in this one? Your guy Tyler Tyler?
Speaker 3 (33:49):
Yeah, man, I really think that. You know, I was
on the Spencer Ratler train very early. I kind of
ripped up that ticket. Sorry, mister three sixteen rattlesnake. But
I am now a Tyler Shuck guy, just based on
in the last couple of weeks, we've seen him getting
more out of the pocket. We've seen him run one
end like, We're seeing him get really comfortable in this offense,
extending plays and get my guy Juwan Johnson involved as well.
So I'm looking at this as like where I can
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trust him in super flex. But if I'm in a
one quarterback league, just have your expectations around that QB
two range, like the fifteen to eighteen fantasy points. I
like Ady Mitchell in this game as well, if you're
purely just chasing volume here. I know that the Saints
are one of the tougher matchups against the wide receiver position.
But when we're looking at a guy that is holding
this high of a target share and being the only
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reliable target out there for the Jets, I think Brady
Cook might let Ady Mitchell cook again this week.
Speaker 2 (34:35):
I guess I should have prefaced it besides chrys Olave,
because I think we're pretty starting.
Speaker 1 (34:39):
Chris Olave right on Tyler Shuck fifth in the completion
percentage on passes of ten or more are yards, two
hundred and sixty plus passing yards and three of his
last four games as well. That boy's cooking.
Speaker 2 (34:50):
Let's get shucked up. You know, Vikings at the Giants,
choose your fighter, Florio, JJ McCarthy or Jackson Darts.
Speaker 1 (35:00):
Love this for him. I get that the matchup is pointed.
You know what I'm I know I'm going to go
Jackson Dark. It's really close. I do think JJ is
is just like he was last week. Right, Like, if
you're in a pinch, if you need a Patrick Mahomes
replacement and you missed out on Bryce Young and Tyler Schuck.
I think that is where JJ slides in this week
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or something like that. With quarterbacks, be like, we have
reached the time of the year where there's what like
six quarterbacks you could start with confidence this week, and
outside of that, teams are like, I don't want to
tell you to play JJ McCarthy in your semi finals,
but the matchup if you're in like a two quarterback
league or something, he is in play in.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
That range fitningly. JJ McCarthy in NFL dot com leagues
as rostered in nine point nine percent of them. So, uh, symmetry,
I guess if you will chiefs at the Titans. You
sort of talked about this a little bit earlier, Lakwan,
but are you back on the Tony Poller train.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
I can't say that I'm back because of.
Speaker 3 (35:59):
There, because I've been talking him down the last three
weeks and he's been proving me wrong.
Speaker 2 (36:05):
Like this is one of.
Speaker 3 (36:05):
Those situations like all right, guys, I'll jump on the
train this week, sure, but my expectations are in that
flex rains, like you have to have other reliable running backs,
Like I'm not sitting guys like that. We already talked
about in the starto meter for Tony Pollard. But like
I do think that Tony Pollard gives you that opportunity
in a game where you saw that it was gonna
that you said it was going to be like low scoring,
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he could run one in and then give you those
fifteen fantasy points were a nice flex opportunity for you.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
He's been efficient running the football. It's just been great
gamescript has usually been against him earlier in the year.
Now it's working sort of in his favor. So maybe
that that helps out this week against a good run
defense Falcons at the Cardinals. Bird fight, Uh between the
Falcons and the Cardinals.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
Foya.
Speaker 2 (36:49):
Can Kirk Cousins do it again after that huge Thursday
night last week?
Speaker 1 (36:52):
Could he?
Speaker 2 (36:53):
Yes? Will he?
Speaker 1 (36:55):
I'm not so sure there because I agree with what
you were saying earlier, Marcus. I think Bijon is Bijeon
might put up fifty in this game if he really
wants to, because the Cardinals have been bad against the
run all year, but as of late it has reached
a whole new level. But I will point out there's
sixth in fantasy points per game. A lot of quarterbacks
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in the last month. So to me, Cousins is kind
of what I was saying earlier, where like I'm in
a two QB league when my quarterbacks are pretty not great,
like I think they're streaming. Quarterback wise, there's the first
tier of like Bryce Young, Tyler Schuck, Aaron Rodgers, and
then there's the fallback tier, And Kirk Cousins, isn't that
with like JJ McCarthy and some of these other guys
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who you can't really trust the floor, but you're.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
Just throwing a dart on the matchup, all right, So Kirk,
I guess in a pinch works out. Just starting in
a one QB league is what I'm saying. Raiders at
the Texans, we already you know, debated whether or not
the Raiders can score actual points but fantasy points. Why
is Lakwan? How worried are you about brock Bauers this week?
Speaker 3 (37:59):
I'm scared and like, if I have opportunity to pivot,
I will. Looking at last week, he held a thirty
two percent target share where he was getting all the
looks right on six catches, my boy, and he had
twenty eight yards, Like, this is not going to be
a situation that I want to gamble with brock Bowers,
being that he is the name Like, I'm the guy
on the pod that doesn't care what your name is
and what you've done previous years, et cetera, et cetera.
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I'm willing to sit you if I have better options.
I'm even looking at a Brandon Strange, which looks nasty
right now. I'm looking at Tyler Warren with the Philip
Rivers over at brock Bowers, like, even though he's getting
all these targets, where are the yards? Were the opportunities
for scoring? And I don't know what folks are expecting
to get out of a Houston Texans defense that is
entering ultra instinct level of power right now getting after
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the quarterback. I don't know if there's much there for
brock Bowers this week.
Speaker 2 (38:43):
Well, we will test it by putting brock Bowers this week.
So I did a little differently, right because I didn't
want to compare him to other tight ends, because you know,
like we gonna start brock Bowers over most anyway. So
let's pretend this is like a super flex lead, right,
so you have so we're gonna go up cross positions
on this one. So Floyd I'll start with you, Rock
Bowers against the Texans. Woody Marx on the other side
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against the Raiders.
Speaker 1 (39:07):
If Woody Marks plays, I would play Woody Marks over Bowers.
Sad as it is to say, all right, yeah, I'll
probably go Woody as well.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
All right, Uh, Bowers against the Texans. Juwan Jennings against
the Colts on Monday Night. Juwan Jennings for me, Brock
Pardy has just been like, look, I know Kittle and CMC.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
Have a lot of targets, but when they get in
the red zone and it's specifically the end zone, it's
Juwan Jennings time right there. All right, I agree, I'll
go with Juwan on the winers. I know it had to.
Speaker 2 (39:33):
I know it hurts your heart to say that. It
hurts your heart to say that too. Bowers against the Texans.
Florio or Ladd mcdowee, Ladd mcconka against the Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 1 (39:43):
I know it's been rough the last month for Lad,
but I'm gonna take the shot on him against Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 3 (39:48):
All right, I'll probably take the shot on Ladd. I mean,
both of those situations look nasty for me. If I'm
in this situation. But Ladd gives you.
Speaker 1 (39:55):
That, all right. Well he's on a better offense, a
better quarterback soft for matchup.
Speaker 2 (39:59):
All right, These last I know have made you really sad.
Speaker 1 (40:01):
Yeah, that's insane.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
So since we're talking super flex here, let's get let's
get nuts, all right, Florio Bowers against the Texans Brady
Cook at the New Orleans Saints.
Speaker 1 (40:11):
Wow, I'm gonna go with Brock Bowers's Brady Cook last
week played the entire game. He ran a bit, give
him credit, he had less than nine fantasy points.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
Okay, he looked good for real football, but not for fantasy.
Now I'll probably go Bowers, all right. Last one, we're
gonna pick teammates against each other. Florio Bowers were Kenny Picketts.
Speaker 1 (40:33):
Kenny Pickett scored one point twenty six fantasy once last week.
And this is the Houston Texans who loud one top
twelve quarterback performance all year. Uh yeah. And on top
of that, anything Pickett does through the air is probably
going to Brock Bower. Yeah. Close to the line of
scrimmage as well.
Speaker 3 (40:50):
I mean, look, they had a passing net yard of
twenty nine yards, and I just said Bowers had twenty
eight passing yards, Like, how did that even work? So no,
I am not going there and think about Kenny Pickett
as a option, all right? So uh no Kidny Picketts
for Big Jersey. But no, I just say, is this
a no, it's not a revenge game. Let's say if
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it's a revenge game for Picket, but it is not.
Speaker 1 (41:13):
Who knows?
Speaker 2 (41:14):
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will deliver. Presented by Uber Eats, We're giving you our
top sleepers for the week, So LQ, who is your
snorlacs in Week sixteen?
Speaker 3 (41:49):
Snoral Ax is going to be Michael Carter. Last week
saw him get eighteen opportunities against the Houston Texans and
still manage to get four point zero yards for carry.
I look at this as a more wiggle match of
against Atlanta Falcons that allow a lot of opportunities to
the running back position, and it's not like he's going
to be fighting the trenches like he was last week
where Atlanta they're allowing a lot of production in between
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the tackles. They actually only have a thirteen percent stuff rate,
which is the third worst in the NFL. So if
the Cardinals are going to keep handing him opportunities where
he's falling into workhorse opportunities. Now, when Bam Knight on
the IR, I think Michael Carter comes in nice this week.
Speaker 2 (42:24):
All right, So Michael Carter, holy rail is getting the
shot here for of the Arizona Cardinals in a running
back room that has been just kind of obliterated. Yeah,
it's been battles season long, Florida. Who is your sleeper
this week?
Speaker 1 (42:35):
I did not expect that we would talk Tyler Shuck
this much on this show today. I also brought him
up on Fantasy Live. But he has been playing really
good ball as of late, seventeen or more Fantasy points
in four of his last five. In his last four games,
he's averaging twenty four rushing yards per game, which is
a free fifty passing yards right there. ALQ said he's
been to sixty or more of what was it for
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three of his last games? Yeah, and fifth in the
NFL the police percentage on passes of ten or more
air yards, Like he can air the ball out a bit.
And then on top of it, it's the Jets. You
saw what Trevor Lawrence just did against them. Like, I'm
not saying he's gonna go for forty five, but twenty
against that defense is definitely possible.
Speaker 2 (43:13):
Shuck it, let's ball. That's that's what we're doing with
Tyler Schuck this week. Look, here's the I thought there
was a chance. I still don't know that he's the
quarterback of the future in New Orleans, but he has
done enough to make this team.
Speaker 1 (43:24):
Give him a chance next year. See whatuld you got.
Speaker 2 (43:26):
I think you definitely put him in, and you know,
you give him the shot to win the job or
lose the job.
Speaker 3 (43:30):
Mike gar Folo said he reminds him of Carson win
So maybe the second year he hits the ground run,
who knows, So.
Speaker 2 (43:34):
That means he's going to be an MVP candidate before
Nick Foles eventually takes the Saints to a Super Bowl title.
Speaker 1 (43:39):
And then the Rams ended, So maybe I don't know.
Speaker 2 (43:43):
There you go, my sleeper, and maybe it's not so
much of a sleeper as much as just a call
to put this dude in your lineup. But it's Bryce
Young going against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucks have
been awful against quarterbacks since Week ten, Tampa giving up
over twenty five fantasy points per game through the quarterback position.
We just saw Kirk Cousins go out there and dice
(44:03):
them up on Thursday Night Football last week. I know,
with Bryce it's sort of been hard because matchups that
you don't think he's going to do well in. I mean, look,
I don't think anybody expected much from him against the Rams.
He went on had a good game. There are other
matchups where it looked a lot more positive and he
gives you like nine points. So it's been sort of
hard to figure out Bryce Young. And I guess, you know,
(44:25):
if you want to do vibes, that can come into
play again. But I still believe that Bryce Young is
an excellent opera who hasn't excellent opportunity this week and
should be started every.
Speaker 1 (44:34):
QB to face the Bucks. From week ten on his
top eighteen fantasy points, including Schuck and Kirk Cousins. So
it's not like the it's not like it's Josh Allen
and and Lamar Jackson, the last.
Speaker 2 (44:43):
Couple of monks you know exactly.
Speaker 1 (44:45):
Bryce, let us love you, please.
Speaker 2 (44:46):
Please, please please. By the way, Ted mcmillano did not
practice earlier in the week, so we will.
Speaker 1 (44:52):
See it's going to be.
Speaker 2 (44:55):
So there you go. That is it. We are done.
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