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Summary

Fantasy Focus Football — "Fantasy Heroes Who Can Rescue Your Season!" — November 19, 2025

Hosts: Field Yates, Daniel Dopp, Mike Clay

Guest/Producer Shout-outs: Stephania Bell (in absentia), Eric Moody, Trophy Smack

Theme: Identifying the fantasy football "heroes" (players) who can spark playoff pushes, reviewing injuries, breakout candidates, strategies for FAB and streaming, and playoff schedule analysis.

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Episode Overview

This episode focuses on the players—both "proven" and "sneaky"—who can salvage your fantasy football season or provide crucial value for playoff pushes in Week 12 and beyond. The hosts break down waiver targets, recent breakouts, schedule strengths, injury impacts, and debate FAB and streaming strategies, all with their trademark banter and insight. They also answer live mailbag questions to help listeners with tough start/sit choices.

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Key Segments & Highlights

1. [03:09] Surviving the Week 12 Playoff Push: "Fantasy Heroes"

• Premise: Each host brings two players who could be "heroes" for the fantasy playoff push.

Field Yates’ Picks:

• Tetaro McMillan (WR, Carolina Panthers)

  • Coming off a career-best performance, leads all rookies in receptions and yards.
  • “He will be top 12 probably on my wide receiver board this week.” (Field, 05:32)
  • Panthers have favorable matchup vs 49ers' depleted defense, which has allowed the 5th most FP to WRs.

• Kyle Pitts (TE, Atlanta Falcons)

  • Falcons are without Drake London and likely Michael Penix Jr., so Pitts is in line for more targets.
  • Kirk Cousins’ lack of mobility could further funnel targets to Pitts as a safety valve.
  • "He's just almost handed the football off to Kyle Pitts as an extension of the running game." (Field, 12:20)
  • Hosts all rank Pitts as a top 10 TE for Week 12.

Mike Clay’s Picks:

• Alvin Kamara (RB, New Orleans Saints)

  • Disappointing season so far but saw 25 touches last game and has the easiest remaining schedule for RBs: Falcons, Dolphins, Bucs.
  • “All of [the Saints’] remaining games are against defenses top 14 in fantasy points to running backs.” (Mike, 08:04-08:13)

• Jerry Jeudy (WR, Cleveland Browns)

  • Boasts a high target share and a cake-walk schedule (Raiders, 49ers, Titans, Bears, Bills, Steelers). Only the Bills aren’t a top 10 WR matchup.
  • His value is more questionable if Shador Sanders (rookie) starts at QB instead of Dylan Gabriel.

Daniel Dopp’s Picks:

• Chase Brown (RB, Cincinnati Bengals)

  • RB4 over the last three weeks; heavily utilized in the passing game (14 catches over last 2 games).
  • Bengals RBs have the 4th-easiest schedule rest of season, even counting tough NE matchup.

• Jameson Williams (WR, Detroit Lions)

  • Emergent volume leader with 6+ targets in 4 of last 5 games; more fantasy points than Amon-Ra St. Brown since Week 6.
  • “He’s the guy that came on right at the right time, middle of the season.” (Daniel, 19:31)
  • Lions get Giants, Packers, Cowboys at home for next 3—ideal setup for continued production.

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2. [20:13] Sneaky Second-Half Breakouts (Mike Clay’s Deep Dives)

Mike highlights ascending WRs who are widely available and may be breakout/stash options.

• Ricky Pearsall (SF, ~66% rostered): Back from injury; immediately 85% route participation. "Still a viable flex for me... maybe a WR3." (Mike, 22:01)
• Jaden Higgins (Houston, 20% rostered): 7+ targets in 3 of last 4; elevated role in passing attack despite QB change to Davis Mills. "On the ascent."
• Luther Burden, III (Chicago, 94% available): Recently overtook WR3 role, more targets than DJ Moore last two weeks.
• Pat Bryant (Denver, 99% available): Not a consistent option yet but gaining targets, especially while Mims was hurt.
• Xavier Legette (Carolina, 80% available): Two big games in good matchups; coach says they want to scheme him more.
• Isaiah Hodgins (NYG): "From the couch to the starting lineup for the Giants in 72 hours... led the team in both catches and yards." (Field, 30:18)

"Adding Luther Burden off waivers is almost like karma, in case you plan to draft him next year. It’s like I believed in you before anybody else believed in you." (Field, 25:26)

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3. [34:10] Fielding Playoff Concerns (Impact of Injuries & Playoff Prep)

Injuries Threatening Playoff Hopes

• Drake London (ATL): Major, ambiguous PCL injury, plus QB change.
• Sam LaPorta (DET): Out at least 3 more weeks; uncertain for fantasy playoffs.
• Joe Burrow (CIN), Jaden Daniels (WAS): May return for playoffs; worth stashing.
• Others Noted: Bucky Irving/Chris Godwin (TB), Omariyon Hampton (NC), Garrett Wilson (NYJ)

“If you told me, ‘It’s week 14 and we’re still not seeing Drake London practice,’ I think that’s at least feasible given the nature of the injury and the Kirk Cousins effect.” (Field, 35:02)

FAB & Streaming Strategy

• Is now the time to empty your FAB?
  • Daniel: “Use it while you have it because once you get to the end of the year, if you still have $80 in fab and it didn't help you... now's the time to go out and use it.” (40:56)
  • Mike: “Some weeks are stronger than others. I’m not going to just empty it out just to do it. If it’s an impact player, I’ll do it week 2 or week 17.” (41:10)
• Playoff QB Philosophy:
  • Daniel: Stream JJ McCarthy (great schedule) or Jacoby Brissett; but prefers locking in a QB.
  • Field: “You’re not adding him [McCarthy] now because you intend to play him now ... It’s the idea that if he puts one or two good games together, he’s gone [from waivers].” (43:03)

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4. [46:58] Playoff Schedule Watch: Which Offenses Have Best/Worst Schedules Left?

Best Schedules

• Patriots (esp. RBs): Next three games vs. the three worst defenses vs RBs: Bengals, Giants, Bills (47:19)
• Baltimore Ravens: Next four: Jets, Bengals, Steelers, Bengals again.
• Bucs RBs: After Rams, go Cardinals, Saints, Falcons, Panthers, Dolphins, Panthers.

Worst Schedules

• Colts: Chiefs, Seahawks, 49ers, Jags (twice), Texans (twice) – “they don’t have any easy games left.”
• Raiders: Browns, Chargers, Broncos, Eagles, Texans, with relief only in Week 17 vs Giants.

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5. [51:09] Board Bet Results & Fantasy Starts Recap

• Troy Franklin (DEN) outscored Courtland Sutton.
• Jamison Williams finishes as WR8 in the week, vindicating Daniel.

“He was the worst quarterback of the week...but one receiver...Nico Collins 24 [points], he was the high score.” (Mike, on Goff/Williams/Nico, 54:02)

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6. [56:37] Mailbag: Start/Sit Dilemmas and Trade Talk

• Pick two: Jameson Williams, George Pickens, Michael Pittman? Field: “Gotta have Pittman.” Daniel: “I’d go with JMO [Williams].”
• Is now the time to sell Jonathan Taylor? (Against tough KC matchup, good time to cash out? Gets discussed in context of team needs and schedule.)
• Playoff stash: Ricky Pearsall or Chris Godwin? All prefer Pearsall given health and role.

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Notable Quotes and Moments

• “He’s kind of quietly, you know, just chipping away. ... He looks like the real deal. Yeah. Very exciting.” (Mike on Tetaro McMillan, 06:25)
• “If you don’t love me at my worst, you don’t get me at my best or whatever the expression is.” (Field on stashing Luther Burden, 25:41)
• “ESPN Fantasy is not a 2001 cell phone carrier. There are no rollover fab budgets!” (Daniel, on FAB strategy, 40:56)
• “It’s week 12, guys, like, it’s ... I know [long shots] is already clinched.” (Field, on his longshots dominance, 32:02)
• “If you told me Jared Goff is going to complete 14 passes in that game and play that poorly ... he was the worst quarterback of the week, I would have been like, I—well, I got this one wrapped up.” (Mike, 52:16)
• “Adding Luther Burden off waivers is almost like karma in case you plan to draft him next year.” (Field, 25:26)
• “Patriots is unbelievable. Their upcoming schedule is unbelievable. Their next three games are against the three worst defenses against running backs.” (Mike, 47:19)
• “You’re not adding [McCarthy] right now because you intend to play him now ... The idea is, if JJ puts one or two good games together over the next three weeks, nobody is going to see [him] available.” (Field, 43:03)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:09] — Playoff Push Heroes: Each host’s top 2 picks
• [20:13] — Sneaky Breakouts: Mike’s ascending WRs
• [34:10] — Fielding Playoff Concerns: Injuries, stashes, FAB
• [46:58] — Playoff Schedule Watch: Best/worst remaining team schedules
• [51:09] — Board Bets Recap
• [56:37] — Mailbag: Trades, starts, rookie cards, market talk

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Tone & Chemistry

The tone is lively, informative, and as always colored by inside jokes, friendly ribbing, and gossip about the fantasy landscape (and collecting Chad Pennington rookie cards!). They riff on each other's picks, dig deep on context (injuries, schedules), and keep the show fun and approachable, even in the weeds of depth-chart speculation.

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Takeaways for Listeners

• Roster bubble/waiver wire is still loaded with potential difference-makers: focus on ascending volume and favorable playoff schedules.
• Don’t leave your FAB unused—block rivals or make the move to get your guy now.
• Playoff schedules matter: target running backs and receivers on teams facing bottom-tier defenses rest of way.
• Monitor injuries (especially to London, Laporta, Bucky Irving, and QB situations); value can shift quickly.
• For streaming or stashing, upside and schedule are your guiding stars.
• Don’t be afraid to make bold trade/sit/start decisions—this is the critical stretch!

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For More

Check out espn.com for Tristan Cockroft’s "League Winners" column, and watch for more in-depth positional analysis in the "Wide Receiver-Cornerback" segment later in the week!

Transcript

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Focus. Hello and welcome into Fantasy Focus Football, presented by Wingstop alongside Mike Clay and Field Yates. My name is Daniel Dopp. Field and I have been doing a lot so far this week, making sure the people are ready for week 12. Mike finally decided to show up to work.

[F]

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[D]

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[D]

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That's fair.

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[D]

That's fair.

[F]

There was a punter move yesterday, right? The looks like Arizona is going to get their punter back.

[E]

Yeah.

[F]

That o' Connell cut loose. Yeah. So you'll see that reflected in the project. It was Pat O'. Donnell.

[E]

Right.

[F]

Was there because Gilliken was on I.R.

[E]

Gilliken. Yeah, I think. Yes.

[F]

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[D]

Well, speaking of, we're going to be able to talk about a couple of fun things on the show today for the audience. We're going to talk about playoff pushes, guys that you may want down the stretch for that, as well as some sneaky second half break you could look at. And we're going to be fielding some concerns field Yates around the playoff schedule. So a lot of fun stuff to dive into on today's show. First and foremost though, our buddy Eric Moody is in chat. Go hang out with him, follow him on social media. Rick N. Moody. And shout out to our buddies over at trophy smack. Visit trophy smack.com use the promo code focus10 for 10% off your order over at Trophy Smack. And with that being said, let's dive into our A block. Surviving the Week 12 playoff push. We are trying to make our way into the playoffs. You need a couple of guys to help you get there. Feel. Jason, I'm going to start with you. We each brought two players to the table.

[E]

Yeah. So guys who either could have big week 12s because they are becoming stars by the week or perhaps because of injuries to their teammates that might increase their role.

[F]

Yep. Do you have a. I'm just looking at the video feed and you're like, you were so far away. Yeah.

[E]

It was appreciated.

[D]

Mike and I were tight.

[F]

I think that was something Phil demanded. He wanted the trophy in his shot.

[E]

It was a two and a half shot right there.

[D]

I'd like to go back to it, to be honest.

[F]

I actually like it.

[D]

Yeah, it was a good.

[E]

It was a good look anyways. My first player who I think is prime for a big week 12 and I think you are probably starting this player anyways. But how about Tedro McMillan?

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

Off of his game, of his very young career. I mentioned yesterday that T Mac now leads all rookie receivers, actually just rookies in general in both receptions and receiving yards of note. He has played one more game than a Mecca Abuka. So Abuka is right there in terms of a per game basis. But they play Monday Night Football. This is a kind of a fun Monday Night Football game that I'm not sure I would have imagined would be fun a month or so ago.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

Carolina and San Francisco looking forward to this one, I believe Carolina's first primetime game of the season. Maybe even since like A couple of.

[F]

Years ago when they. Probably Thursday night one at some point.

[E]

Been a while since we have seen Carolina on prime time. But a good game for them in San Francisco and the 49ers for whatever this is worth and I would argue a lot have allowed the fifth most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers between an area that was a bit vulnerable coming into the year. On paper. That has only been multiplied by the fact that the. They have injuries all over their defense. Not just the secondary but also of course their top pass rusher and Nick.

[D]

Bosa, their second best linebacker is out.

[E]

Warner's out. Mikel Williams, the what? 9th 10th overall pick in the draft this past year. 11th overall pick in the draft. Excuse me, is out for the year as well.

[F]

Are they low key? Becoming like the Bengals and the. And the Cowboys kind of like with the defense just. I mean because they're actually worse against receivers over the last eight weeks and they're worse in the NFL. So this might be a situation where teams are piling up points against them and production and fantasy production. But they. They've also scored four plus offensive touchdowns and three straight with two different quarterbacks.

[E]

Correct.

[F]

And they're getting healthier.

[E]

Yeah. They're so well coached. I would say the big critical difference between them and Cincinnati and Dallas is that it does feel like San Francisco is still talent maximizing.

[F]

Yeah.

[E]

Whatever they have available, they get the most out of those guys. They just don't have much available right now and that might not be enough to deter TMac who will be top 12 probably my wide receiver board this week.

[D]

Are you. Is there any chance with how good the matchup is for the quarterback position that coming off a career day for Bryce, you've got four straight quarterbacks that have seen over 21.7 fantasy points.

[E]

Four straight.

[D]

Four straight. So I don't actually feel good about it because it's Bryce Young. However, the matchup and coming out of the game that he just had, it's tough not to just like wonder about it. Boy, I wonder if he's going to repeat here. But it'd be tough for me to put him in my lineup.

[F]

We've had this conversation before with him. Difficult.

[D]

Miami, that was it.

[F]

We were like everyone has been great against him but it's Bryce Young. Is he going to be at that level and he was not.

[E]

He was not for back to back games, Miami and Dallas. He's playing with more confidence now. But those 448 passing yards he had last week were like as many as he had in the three games minds prior to. Agreed. I think maybe not exactly, but I.

[F]

Think no Tet feel pretty good that he's the real deal. Yeah, he's going to be a next decade wide receiver. One in fantasy. Maybe a wide receiver too if they don't solve quarterback. But he's already on the fringes. So kind of quietly too. He's kind of quietly, you know, just chipping away. I'll have like a, you know, a five for 70 day or something, you know, not. He's only scored him what he scored last week and then he scored his other two touchdowns in one game. So he hasn't been splashing touchdowns. But he looks like the real deal. Yeah. Very exciting.

[D]

Yeah. Mike, what about you?

[F]

First one with me. I'm going to stick in the same division. I'm talking about two. My two guys I'm going to discuss are players who have disappointed this season but who have a better outlook. No, not him. Not going to go that far. I'm going to go deeper down the ranks but have a good better outlook going forward. Alvin Camara is first on my list. All right.

[E]

Last week I like this shot better. Take that. Keep that one. It was like just basically my forehead and my hair.

[F]

All right. Yeah. Well, we'll figure out.

[D]

We're all over the place.

[F]

Yes, we will. What we did figure out is that Alvin Camara is back in terms of volume. Last week. Remember, what did we talk about in ff? Now his. His prop for the week was over nine and a half in his most recent game. Just they're coming off the buy but before that it was nine and a half carries. Well, he had 25 touches in that game. 115 yards, 14 and a half fantasy points. Not a huge number, but also his second highest total of the season. So it has been a rough go. Only one touchdown this year. He's 21st in carries, but eighth in targets after that slow start in that area. He has had a light schedule. But guys, check out their remaining games. All of them say we'll get there.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

All right. All right.

[F]

All of their remaining games are against defenses that are top 14 and fantasy points to running backs. The next three are all top 10. The Falcons this week, then the Dolphins and then the Buccaneers.

[E]

Wow.

[F]

Yeah, so he's set up very nicely.

[D]

Okay.

[F]

Again, that includes the Falcons this week. They've just allowed huge games to. Granted these are the best of the best. But HN, CMC and JT all have had huge games against him since Week 8. So it's been Recent that they have struggled. So Alvin Camara, this is a guy who right now you're like, man, do I even start him? Because it's been a rough season. But there is some hope here. If it. If this was like, the schedule's brutal the rest of the way, you might be like, I can't start him anymore. Sure. But at least the schedule is good enough where maybe you get RB2 production and feel like you're getting a decent floor out of them. So that's where I am on him.

[E]

All righty.

[D]

All right. I'm going to talk about a running back that I feel. You had already said it. You're not wrong. You were just early. Chase Brown has been coming on over.

[F]

The last little bit, and I think that about yourself.

[D]

No, Field said it. Yeah. If you had showed up to work yesterday, Mike, you would have heard that Field had said the whole thing. But yes, he's been on fire over the last three weeks. RB4 over that span, 18 and a half fantasy points in all three of those games. Finally hit 100 scrimmage yards in all three of those games. And he has been more involved in the passing game recently, which is the part that gives me a little bit more love here. Because last two games, eight catches for 75 yards and six catches for 28 yards. I'd love more than 28 yards in that last one. But 14 catches over the last two weeks. This is part of what made us fall in love with Chase Brown coming into the season, is his passing game work and how good he is at it. So with the way that this team has been playing, even though they're playing the Steelers this week.

[E]

Patriots.

[D]

Sorry, Patriots this week. Thank you. There is no Jamar Chase, and we're going to have to find another player to be able to be officially held up. The suspension. The appeal was denied.

[E]

Yes, it was.

[D]

So one less person to be able to give the football to. Those 18 targets that chase normally gets are going to be distributed to everybody else. So even here in week 12 against what I think is a tough Patriots defense, Chase Brown, with his passing game work still going to be a starter for me this week.

[E]

Big question is, can he get five or six catches?

[D]

That's what we were looking for.

[E]

Because there's a real threat of 12 carries for 34 yards on.

[F]

Exactly right. He's one of the. If we did the segment, hardest guys to rank, he'd be one of them. Yeah, for sure. Because, you know, I've talked about this the last couple of weeks. Yes. You can't run on New England. You're, you know, lucky to get to 50 rushing yards, but the running backs have done damage in the passing game. I think that's somewhat by design by offenses. So, yeah, that's where he's going to have to make his hay this week.

[D]

And you have him. No. So really tough rush defense, but your strength of schedule for the rest of the season. The cheat sheet that you have has the Bengals running backs with the fourth easiest schedule for the rest of the year, and that's with this Patriots matchup.

[F]

So could be a league winner.

[D]

Yep, could be a league winner.

[E]

Field the Falcons are going to be without Drake London this weekend and perhaps beyond this weekend as well. They'll also be without Michael Pennix Jr. For at least four games. Sounds like maybe the entirety of this regular season. Hope the Pennix gets back to full strength as we get ready for 2026. Before you know it, that means Kirk Cousins is in. And I think we, as we discussed yesterday, your first inclination is is there a wide receiver that's going to step up and play a larger role? It's got to be Darnell Mooney. Right. We highlighted how pedestrian Mooney was when there was no Drake London against the Dolphins all the way back in week eight. That was also Kirk Cousins in the game. And Mike has also referenced that they may have the most anonymous third wide receiver in the NFL. That being David Sills.

[F]

David Sills.

[D]

The fifth.

[E]

The fifth, yes. Will now be David Sills.

[F]

V. So wait, What?

[D]

Ray? Rick McLeod was on the squad to start the season, Right. Okay. And then he stopped.

[F]

Something happened there kind of quietly, beyond personal thing. He got a healthy scratch and then he got cut. Now he's on the Giants practice squad.

[E]

So anyways, there's not really a wide receiver that we can count on for sure. Correct. Mooney will have the highest projection.

[D]

Yep.

[E]

But if we gave any indication, Kyle Pitts might be in for a big week this week.

[D]

Yes.

[E]

Pitts in back in week eight had nine catches on nine targets, career high. And it was the second most targets in the game this season. Those nine targets. I think part of the calculus here, and this might be a touch oversimplifying things, is not that Michael Penix Jr. Is Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson in terms of mobility, but he is a mobile quarterback. Kirk Cousins might be the single least mobile quarterback that is now playing in the NFL. Like less mobile than Joe Flacco and.

[D]

Matthew Stafford and Joe Burrow.

[E]

I think those guys are a little bit niftier. Navigating the pocket. Not so much out of the pocket. I think that's just not really in the bag anymore for Kirk coming off that Achilles tendon and just being 37 years old. We saw it last year when he was a starter for much of the season. Anyways, I say that part of the equation to note that they don't really have the time to get the football down the field. So this is just. Basically, he is just almost handed the football off to Kyle Pitts as an extension of the running game through the short passing game. So I think Pitts is due for big week.

[F]

I love that call.

[D]

I'm in on that. I got him as a top 10 tight end this week, especially with Noah Dreglin.

[E]

So seven for me, nine for you, eight for Clay. Love it. You hate him the most.

[D]

I don't hate Kyle Pitts. We're back in. It's not his fault. It was never his fault.

[F]

So might be a little bit.

[E]

A little.

[D]

There were a couple times maybe it was his fault, but most of the time it wasn't his fault.

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[F]

Next one for me, fellas is a guy that we've been talking about a lot the last couple weeks for good and bad reasons. Jerry Judy draws the Raiders this week. Another dud. Last week he had the big game against the Jets. We kind of saw that coming. Six for 78 and a touchdown. But then last week comes back to earth. Seven targets, three catches and 21 yards and not find the end zone. The good news is that he is still a featured part of this offense. He's a 30% or higher target share in two straight games. He's a double digit target games twice over the past month as well. But he's one game over 12 fantasy points this season was of course against the Jets. However the reason we like them for the jets matchup was the great matchup. The great, you know the struggling defense and that is the case going forward for the Browns. Here's our upcoming schedule. Raiders this week. Yes they've had a lot of second most fantasy points to receiver. So this week we're giving these guys a boost. Then they have the 49ers we just talked about has been a terrific matchup. The Titans definitely great about that. The Bears outstanding, really good about that. The Bills is the Bills are a tougher one and then the Steelers who have, you know they're top what number one in catches, targets yards to wide receivers this season. So seems good all of those defenses. Only the Bills are not top 10 and fantasy points allowed to receiver. So this is a good slate for him if they can figure things out. And Dylan Gabriel plays a little better, gets him the football. There's a chance he could hang in the wide receiver three conversation When I.

[D]

Went to your strength of schedule cheat sheet, did I in fact see that there was a big green one next to Brown's wide receivers?

[F]

You see a schedule going forward which should not be surprising based on what.

[D]

You just read off.

[F]

But I just laid out.

[D]

I mean let's hope that they can. Do you have any feeling understanding that they replaced Dylan Gabriel last week? I know they said Dylan Gabriel is going to be the starter but are we at a point where we're just going to see this quarterback like back and forth with how the Browns are playing?

[E]

I think Shador Sanders starts on Sunday. Do you?

[F]

But due to the concussion.

[E]

Due to the concussion, yes. And then yeah, I think Stefanski did.

[D]

Say if Gabriel was healthy he would be the starter though, did he not?

[E]

But the tea leaves suggest that Shador is going to start this week and Gabriel is not going to be ready. And then I think from there it really comes down to how does Shador perform.

[D]

Yep.

[F]

What do we set up? It's a conversation but if we feel like anywhere close to how he played this past Sunday. And again, I know it's a tough spot stepping in like that. His first action. Yep. Totally understand that. But it was. It was really poor. So he's gonna have to play a lot better to make it even a conversation. If he plays that. It's not even a conversation.

[E]

I would agree all the way around on that. I'm not sure I love. I can't say this enough. And I would love Addison, the outstanding producer of fantasy football.

[F]

Now.

[E]

I don't know why I'm holding a comb.

[F]

Right.

[D]

You're feeling it.

[E]

If you are listening to this, there needs to be a red zone question surrounding Myles Garrett plus Max Crosby sacks on Sunday. And the number needs to be huge.

[D]

Like four and a half.

[E]

I was thinking like seven combined. Max Miles Garrett has 15 sacks.

[D]

Yeah, 15 sacks.

[F]

A little more than one per game. But this is a great matchup. I mean, you saw the Raiders offensive line.

[E]

Yes.

[F]

On display Monday night.

[E]

Both of these defenses in every way possible this week.

[F]

Yep.

[D]

Agreed.

[F]

That's a fun one for sure. Yeah. By the way, Judy, less appealing. If Sanders starts, I should specify that I know it is a great matchup against the Raiders here, but it's going to be a little tougher to justify because again, it might be. He might be better, Sanders might be better or he might not be. And if he's not and he throws for 92 yards, this is going to be a nightmare for their pass catchers.

[E]

Call my shot right now. Four sacks for Miles Garrett on Sunday.

[F]

Four sacks. Sacks. All right, four for him and how many for so?

[D]

Three for Max.

[F]

The other side.

[D]

Three for Max, three for Max, three.

[F]

For Max, four for Garrett. Yeah, got it. Okay.

[D]

I like it.

[F]

Mine said it's six and a half.

[D]

I am. I am absolutely watching that now. That's the only thing I care about in that game. I got one more player surviving Week 12's playoff push guy that I think that you could absolutely trust and has come on in a major way of late. I talked about him last week and we got three more weeks with no starting tight end Sam LaPorta. Jameson Williams has been unbelievable. He has seen increased volume recently. Six or seven targets in four of his last five games. It was mostly seven targets, but he had one six target game in there, so you got to. In order to make the stat work so. But he has definitely seen more targets. Sixteen and a half fantasy points in four of those five games. At least four catches, 66 yards and a touchdown. In every one of those games. And how about this for a stat over the last five games that takes us back to week six. Jameson Williams is scoring and you'll see it on the full screen. More fantasy points than Amon Ross. St. Brown on this team.

[F]

Embarrassing for St. Brown.

[E]

St. Brown. You should probably trade it to be an NP.

[D]

Neither one of them have missed time. Neither one of them have gotten hurt. And that is with a goose egg from Jam Williams in that stretch. More total points and more points per game since week six. We're going into week 12 right now. Three more weeks with no Sam Laporta. And with the way it feels like the Lions are trying to actually get JMO involved in this offense after they gave him the bag this off season. Feels like he's the guy that came on like right at the right time, middle of the season. If you had him and you didn't get rid of him already. I think he's a guy that's going to make a really nice playoff push.

[F]

He's the only one that had a good game against the.

[D]

He was.

[F]

Him and Jameer Gibbs. But I mean, in terms of the wide receivers and tight ends, he was the only one.

[D]

And they get the New York Giants, dude. Their schedule for the next three is sick. Giants, packers and Cowboys all at home. It's going to be really nice for that Lions offense.

[F]

Okay.

[E]

I think there are quite a few. I can't wait for tomorrow's wide receiver corner segment for Mike. There are some heavy hitters, like some true blue wide receiver ones going up against some true blue cornerback ones.

[F]

We got a few. We got a few.

[D]

Heck yeah. All right. Before we dive into all that, let's get into some more things here Today. I talked about sneaky second half breakouts. Mike Clay.

[F]

Yeah. This is my idea.

[D]

You got a couple of names.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

So how's this going to work? You brought a couple names to the table, guys you think you could break out here?

[F]

Yes. Specifically five wide receivers. A little emphasis on some rookies. But it's not. Or not. There's two. Three rookies. Two. Second year. Second. Second or third year receivers. Yeah. So we're going to talk about guys who just kind of quietly are ascending a bit. We're starting to see, you know, because we always have these surprise second half breakouts. Guys that are league winners. Shout out to Tristan Cockroft, who just put a column out, which we all contributed to, which is running backs who kind of fit that bill of potential league winners. We've always had guys pop up and have huge stretches during the playoffs. So check that column [e-mail] but I, I was like just coincidentally was looking at these young wide receivers. So let's talk about a few of them. A lot of these guys are available in most ESPN leagues. The first one is definitely the exception to that rule but worth the discussion. And that is Ricky Pearsall. Yeah, still out there and actually a third of ESPN league. So grab him if you can. Week 11 was his first game action since week four. Obviously it didn't go well. He had zero catches in that game. I think he had or zero yards. He had one catch for zero yards on three targets. But guys, he played 80. He was on the field for 85% of their pass play. So route participation was excellent. He's very much right back in as a number two receiver with Juan Jennings. Very well could out target him going forward. It's possible. He's. He's a former first round pick and now fully integrated back into the offense. Remember when he was healthy earlier this season? He was good. He had 100 plus yards in two of his three full games. And I mentioned this earlier, the Niners have scored four plus touchdowns offensively in three consecutive games. So they are really heating up right now. They're playing the Panthers this season. They're not really good against the pass but they've only allowed six touchdowns. So their fantasy point total allowed is low. But you know, despite the zero last week or I guess he got one fantasy point, still a viable flex for me. Maybe a wide receiver.

[E]

3.

[D]

I think so too. I talked about him a little bit yesterday. I just want to say this. When I mentioned him yesterday, he was available. Excuse me. He was rostered in about 54% of leagues. Now after waivers running he is rostered in 66% so still a little over 30% available. Not sure if that'll be mean that he's available in your league but at least worth a look to see on the waiver wire.

[E]

That's your waiver column call.

[D]

That's good.

[E]

That's good stuff right there.

[F]

Absolutely. So that's the more obvious one. These one's a little deeper here. Next guy is playing on Thursday night actually. Jaden Higgins. Him a little bit last couple weeks he's been on my. On a few of my benches. Yeah, seven plus targets now in two straight games and three of his last four. The exception was the Broncos naturally. Yeah, nine. Nine and a half plus fantasy points in three of those games averaging 12.7. So that's a Big step forward from where he was earlier in this year. Weeks one through five, his route participation was just 36%. Now it's up to 56%. He's kind of overtaken, honestly. He's overtaken Xavier Hutchinson and now Christian Kirk as well. He seems to have taken that number two job in this offense. Already has three touchdowns. They're playing the Bills this week, so they'll have to throw the football. So again, not a guy I feel super comfortable starting yet, but he's getting close to that.

[D]

And it is worth noting that CJ Stroud has officially been ruled out already for this game. So it'll be Davis Mills again. Understand?

[F]

Yeah. And they haven't really missed, I mean.

[D]

Much of those last two games have been Davis Mills with seven targets. Right?

[F]

So, yeah, no doubt about it. There we go. I like that. And by the way, pedigree here.

[D]

Yep.

[F]

Second round pick for Higgins on the ascent, so it makes sense. Next one, another second round pick. This one is Luther Burden, the third. And I'm wondering where you guys fall on him because he's a tricky one. I'm seeing some hype building on him and I'm not sure if I'm there yet, but Luther Burden, weeks one through eight played 24% of the snaps at a 7% target share. It was really their number four receiver at 171 yards and a touchdown. Sixteen targets. They thereby week eight now weeks nine and ten, a little bit of a change, 47% of the snap. So basically double 12 and a half percent target share. And has six catches for 78 yards. He did out snap Alameda Zakia last week for the first time this season. It was 32 to 10, so it wasn't even close. He's clearly taken that job. Had a career high 18% target share. And they are playing the Steelers this week. As I mentioned, most targets, catches, yards and fantasy points to receivers so far this season. So I boosted them up a little bit in the rankings. I'm not sure if there's enough there for him just yet. They're using two tight ends. We know they love to run the football. They're using both of the backs. You have DJ Moore who they're still trying to get involved best they can. And of course Roma Dunes A at the top. So I don't know if he. I could put him in a lineup yet. As you can see on the screen, we're still ranking him in the 40 to 48 to 55 range. But again, if he's on waivers and he's available in 94% of ESPN leaks. Not a bad bench option.

[D]

Did you say this stat that he has more targets over the last two weeks than DJ Moore?

[F]

I did not say that.

[D]

Okay.

[E]

But you can say it now if you'd like.

[D]

Did you know that Luther Burden has more targets over the last two weeks than dj? No. Seriously, guys. Yes.

[F]

The first time I'm doing this. Yes.

[E]

That is awesome.

[D]

Eight targets to seven targets, mind you. Like, DJ Moore literally had two duds. But like as a part of those two duds, some of that like volume, it felt like was being shifted over to Luther Burden.

[E]

I almost. Okay, go ahead, Mike.

[F]

No, my thought was like, if you think about the 2026 Bears, probably pretty apparent that it's going to be Odunze Burden and Love is featured pass catchers. So there's reason for them to keep integrating him in more and more.

[E]

I was almost thinking about it like this. Adding Luther Burden off of waivers is almost like karma in case you plan to draft them next year. It's I believed in you.

[D]

Yes.

[F]

Or anybody else believed in you.

[E]

So I'm going to invest in you now. Even if you're going to see like maybe four targets at maximum per game.

[D]

Going forward, you know what?

[E]

But next year when you see seven, I'll be able to say I was with you. If you don't love me at my worst, you don't get me at my best or whatever the expression.

[D]

That is a classic field GH fantasy locker room move for the team. I know that you're in on that. Yeah, I know that's your thing. Love it. All right.

[F]

Anyways, I'm with you on Luther Burn.

[E]

Mike is no, Mike is skeptical.

[D]

He's like, I'm not sure I'm gonna.

[F]

Reject for now, we're not starting yet. But on the bench, by the way.

[E]

I'm just saying he's an interesting end of bench stash. Just to get the vibes up.

[F]

That's what we're talking about guys that are ascending.

[D]

He's by the way, NFC north leading Chicago Bears.

[E]

Y baby.

[D]

Can we just say that? And like I don't want to say it but for all Bears fans out there, like you deserve to have it be said about your squad. Congratulations, man.

[F]

Yeah, a lot of Johnson, a lot of surprises this year with New England and the Colts. The Broncos having a three game lead over the the Chiefs.

[D]

Over the Chiefs.

[F]

Is it four now?

[E]

Can't do three and a half.

[F]

What's not. I tweeted this out so I Should know.

[E]

What's nine minus five?

[F]

What's. What are the losses though?

[E]

Is it.

[F]

You said.

[E]

You said three game lead.

[F]

So we're both wrong. Three and a half.

[D]

It's three and a half.

[F]

Split the difference.

[E]

Yeah.

[F]

All right guys, two more on my list here. By the way, Jaden Higgins we mentioned earlier, only 20% rostered, so he's out there in a ton of leagues.

[D]

Very available.

[F]

Next guy is available in 99% of ESP. Wow. Coming off a good game.

[D]

Okay, hold on.

[F]

Gotta guess.

[D]

Do you have anything more than coming off a good game to give us?

[F]

He's on a buy this week.

[D]

On a buy this week.

[F]

Sanders.

[E]

Dolphins. Broncos. Chargers. Not the Chargers.

[D]

Broncos, I guess Chargers.

[F]

It was a day two draft pick this year.

[D]

Trey Harris.

[F]

No, Pat Bryant.

[D]

Pat Bryant, Yeah.

[F]

Trey. Trey. Iris just. Trey Harris says playing more but he's just blocking. They just use seven rounds. Pat Bryant is seeing targets. Seven targets. Five catches, 82 yards last week. A career high across the board in all of those categories. Wow. Fantasy points, 40 plus yards and three of his last four 12 plus fantasy points in two of his last three games. Marvin Mims has missed a little time but he seems to be taking the edge, getting the edge over Marvin Mims now as our number three wide receiver. I just wonder if he's effective, if he starts to take on more. Maybe even takes away from your guy, Troy Franklin, a little Franklin when you.

[D]

Take away from the number two on that offense, probably the problem is they're.

[E]

All number sevens now.

[D]

Yeah, honestly. Yeah, that's.

[E]

Every pass catcher is a number seven.

[F]

Yeah, it's wild. So yeah, that's kind of my hesitation on him getting to that point where he's a consistent fantasy option. But who knows, I mean again he was drafted this year. Rookie and the Broncos receivers by the way, six easiest schedule going forward which love that a little bit. Okay, well you got one more and I have one more for you. This is not a rookie. This is Xavier Leggette. And I feel like he's worth a discussion coming off the big game, but also because of comments this week from his coach that said they're going to try to get him more designed, designed plays. But Leggett available in 80% of ESPN leagues. Four for 83 and a touchdown last week. But remember we. I'm still kicking myself that we didn't get to talk about this on FF now. But we were talking off the air about like oh, Atlanta, like all their corners are inactive. Like Natron Brooks is going to be a starter and he hasn't played a snap this season. Xavier Leggette is looking at a good game. And sure enough, he took advantage of that matchup, much like he did earlier this season. We saw. Yeah, earlier in the season was the jets game. So again, it was another good matchup. Remember, that was a situation where McMillan drew, Sauce Gardner and we were like, okay, well, he's the number two against the Jets. They always take it, you know, they always do well. And he did 9 for 92 and a touchdown. But, guys, he's averaging 3.7 fantasy points per game in his other seven games.

[D]

That's not good this season.

[F]

That's bad. But then the good is. But it is a good matchup this week.

[E]

Okay.

[F]

Playing the 49ers. I keep going back and forth on this. We didn't even mention this. The niners gave up 33 points to Michael Wilson last week.

[E]

Oh, we talked about it.

[F]

I mean, we didn't talk about it today. Yes. Okay.

[D]

Okay. This is where it counts.

[E]

One of us told you about it before it even happened.

[D]

Yeah, you did. You led into it. Yes.

[F]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yep.

[D]

We'll talk about long shots in a little bit.

[E]

I wouldn't acknowledge that. It's okay.

[F]

No, I won't. Okay. I. Either I take credit or no one.

[D]

Gets credit or no one gets credit.

[E]

Nobody does.

[F]

That's what I. That's what I say. But yeah, Good matchup against a Niner. So he's had two big games and good matchups. They're saying they want to get the ball in his hands more. That's a good matchup this week. So. So Leggette potentially could be a deep league flex. But I still hesitate a bit because he has been all over the map.

[D]

He really has been. It feels like we've been waiting to see, I mean, former first round wide receiver. Right.

[E]

Like 32nd pick in the draft last year.

[F]

Yep.

[E]

Can I offer one more name that is not a second year player. Okay. And I don't even know how much he's going to play this week, but he played a ton last week and led the team in both catches and receiving yards.

[D]

You can feel signed to the team.

[E]

Last week and then three days later led the team. He played 79% of the snaps. He's actually good five catches, I believe 67 yards.

[F]

Why am I five for 67? It's going to be so obvious.

[D]

Signed with the team last week.

[E]

He had a previous run as a fantasy darling for like a month where you're like, how is this guy Every week, a top 20 wide receiver. He was a Travis Fulgham.

[D]

I was just going to say that's the name that's in my head now. Dang it. Feel. Jason, just give us the name.

[E]

Isaiah Hodges.

[D]

Isaiah Hodgins.

[E]

Did you guys see that he got signed? Obviously he has familiarity from. With the Giants. He got signed by the Giants off the Steelers practice squad in the middle of the week last week. They did, like, a trade. Lil. Jordan Humphrey got traded to the Broncos. Isaiah Hodgins got traded to the Giants and. And I'm not sure what got traded to Steelers. A loogie. They got a loogie.

[F]

Sign someone.

[E]

They got a loogie courtesy. I don't know. Like, maybe it was as simple as Darius Slayton was out. So we need him to play a ton, but we're talking about anybody that can catch fire right now. And he had a decent game from basically the couch last Wednesday to the Giants starting lineup on Sunday. He started for them.

[D]

Giants are going to draw the Detroit Lions this week. That secondary can have. We've had some problems stopping some wide receivers every now and then. So, you know.

[F]

Yeah, maybe. I mean, the just. The funny thing about that is they just keep rotating at that spot. It was little Jordan Humphrey for like two weeks off the practice squad. Then they're like, all right, we're done elevating him. Now we'll go Ray. Ray McLeod for two weeks. Now it's Isaiah Hodgins.

[D]

They're just searching.

[F]

Yeah. Even Jalen Hyatt play last week. How about that?

[E]

I'm just saying 80% of the snaps after being there for like 72 hours, like, he has my attention.

[F]

Just.

[E]

Just a morsel of attention.

[D]

I like it.

[F]

I like it.

[E]

It's week 12, guys.

[F]

Like, it's. I know he's working on long shots for that's.

[E]

Oh, it's already clinched. It's over.

[D]

Is it really?

[E]

We'll keep doing it, but. Yeah, I won the season series.

[D]

No.

[E]

Won a nine straight win.

[D]

Wow.

[E]

I'm a. Nine straight wins.

[D]

I should say incredible.

[F]

Impressive.

[D]

All right.

[F]

Yeah. I do have that in starts of the week, too. You haven't been punished in a while.

[E]

Yeah, I did get punished with the run, like a month and a half ago. Oh, wow.

[D]

A month and a half ago.

[F]

Okay.

[D]

All right.

[F]

Yeah. I got punished, like, once during that span, too.

[D]

Yeah.

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[D]

Ahead to our next segment. Fielding playoff concerns. Field minister Yates, I believe you brought some questions to the table for us.

[E]

We're going to go around the table in which injury in Week 11 most threatens playoff hopes. Names to consider include the likes of Josh Jacobs, who was by his own coach's description day to day, Drake London, who is going to miss at least week 12, and Sam Laporta who is out for three more weeks at minimum for Daniel's Detroit Lions.

[F]

Yeah, I misread this and I was just talking about like the, the. Which injuries in general will affect fantasy landscape. So I. But maybe, you know, we have some time. Give me some time. Do you want to answer that? Sure.

[D]

Since I did the assignment correct. Yeah, I'll go first. So my biggest concern is Drake London with the quarterback now because it's not just Drake London. It's also the fact he's going to have Kirk Cousins for the rest of the season.

[E]

Yeah, I mean I totally.

[D]

He's wide receiver three on the season.

[E]

Guys, and he's been wide receiver one three times this year for a given week. So it's Drake London for a couple of reasons.

[F]

Yes.

[E]

One is, and Stefania urges about this yesterday, but just use Brock Purdy, Brock Bowers. Excuse me. And Ricky Piersoll as examples. PCL sprains. Doesn't seem like that big of a deal. Start off the process by thinking they're day to day. Maybe miss a week Next thing you know, Brock Bowers needed like a full month to get right. After a month of not looking right, Ricky Pearsall missed like whatever it was, nine weeks. So I'm not saying Drake London's done for the season. He could be back in week 13. But if you told me, hey, it's week 14 and we're still not seeing Drake London practice, I think that's at least feasible given the nature of. Of the injury and the Kirk Cousins effect of it all. Kirk Cousins, of course, started that one game earlier this year where Darnold Mooney was there without Drake London. So we don't have a sample size of London and Kirk Cousins this season, but as we know, last year it was not nearly as fruitful with Kirk Cousins as it was with Michael Penix both at the end of last season and the beginning of this season.

[D]

Who are you guys going to rank higher at the quarterback spot this week? Kirk Cousins or Shador Sanders?

[E]

Those would both be not ranked for me.

[F]

Both.

[E]

Both not ranked.28 this week, and I think both of them are outside my top 20.

[F]

Well, I have Gabriel 27 out. 28. So if Sanders is in there, he'll be 28. Cam or gets a boost. But he's. Kim's playing Seattle, so he might not score double digits in this.

[D]

All right, well, not feeling good about Kirk Cousins.

[E]

Mike, do you want to give your answer?

[F]

Yeah, I have a few names. I just kind of listed guys that who are injured right now who could very much affect the playoff race down the stretcher. Names. Some of these guys have bounced around on waivers. Joe Burrow. Of course, he's out there in a few leagues. If you scoop him up, it could be. Don't. By the way, he could come back next week. Week. He might play next week. Worst case, probably two weeks.

[E]

So it sounds like week 14. I know he's saying week 13, but it sounds like maybe week 14 against Buffalo.

[F]

But nonetheless, you might have a top five quarterback going forward. If he's out there, grab him. Washington. Jaden Daniels and Terry McLaren. They're on their buy, but Daniels could come back after the buy. That's a possibility as well. So keep an eye that. Terry McLaren, of course, that having that battery together could be huge down the stretch. Sam Laporta. You mentioned Sam Laporta and Garrett Wilson both got hurt actually two weeks ago. They're due for a week 15 return. That doesn't guarantee anything. Laporta's back. Who knows? He could be done for the season. We don't know that for sure. But they're both available for week 15. 15, 16, 17 is the playoffs for most people out there, so keep that in mind. Omarion Hampton, they're unbi. He'd be back next week.

[E]

Sounds like he's getting closer.

[F]

Yeah. Seems like coming off a dud, though, more, you know, just more fuel for the. The chance at Hampton is a feature back. Why are you laughing?

[D]

Because you said it wrong.

[E]

Vidal Videl.

[D]

I've asked this question because. Yeah, when we heard Mike Tirico say it as Kimani, he said Vidal Videl.

[F]

Yeah, Vidal. Amazing.

[E]

Yeah, I wanted to. So right after or at some point after the show concludes, I'm gonna go dig into a column that I read every single week. And I wanted to give a shout out to Jeremy Fowler and our guy, Dan Graziano, who, of course is outstanding with us on fantasy football. Now, every single Sunday, they write a column every week. It's like their insider buzz file. It's chock full of great nuggets there, and a lot of them are fantasy relevant. Graz has been so spot on with some of the biggest fantasy concerns recently. Like that week where everybody was like, Lamar's coming back. Before the idea of Lamar sitting even came up. Graz had in the column, I expect one more week without Lamar Jackson. He was like, I think. I think it was week 10 against the Dolphins, whatever that Thursday Night Football was. He was way ahead of the pack on that one. Last week he was talking about, oh, I know Ramondra Stevenson is trending up and they're saying some things I think is Trayvon Henderson for one more week. So shout out to those guys for doing a great job on that column every single week. Congrats for being with us every single Sunday on FF now as well. I also want to note that they did write about Burrow and Jaden Daniels and the potential for a return in their column today. I haven't had the chance to actually go through the column, but. But whatever they say, I am taking it with not a grain of salt. I'm taking it with a ton of merit and status.

[F]

Yeah, no doubt about it. Anyways, yeah, last one. Buccaneers. Godwin and Irving. Yeah, both in theory, both could be back this week. It looks like things are looking good for Bucky Irving. I think with what we saw from Sean Tucker last week, maybe they're more likely to hold him back one more week or go with three backs this week and just. Just feel it out. But then again, Sean Tucker did this exact thing early last season and went right back to the bench. So it could be the Irving show. But anyway, I. I'll be surprised if Bucky comes back and has 20 touches in this game. I think it would be like, yeah.

[D]

Why would you do that when you've got two other running backs and you can just like, slowly bring.

[F]

That's why. I mean. Well, I mean, if he's ready to go. Yeah. Why would you give him. Agreed. Agreed. And then Chris Godwin. I'm not sure he goes this week, but he was limited in practice last week, so. Yeah. But anyway, all these guys could potentially be, you know, big factors come playoff time.

[D]

Like it.

[E]

Nice soliloquy right there from Mike on.

[F]

A short answer question. I'm just kidding.

[E]

I'm giving.

[F]

Hey, we have time, man. I'm trying to, you know, I'm filibustering on injuries. Okay.

[E]

Yes. Is week 12 Mike Bell in the building? Is week 12 the time to spend big fab money on surprise risers like Travion Henderson, who is not available? Players who might be on the rise like him? So the question is basically, if you find someone who's rising, is now the time to spend whatever fab money you have left over?

[F]

Not this week.

[E]

Not this week.

[F]

I felt like it was a bad week. You don't think so there was one guy I was interested in over Manual Wilson. Yes. And even. Even him I was hesitant on because Josh Jacobs might play this week. So I don't want to. Like, if I knew Jacobs was out for a couple weeks, I would have spent more on Wilson knowing I have a fringe RB one based on what we saw last week. But I'm not sure he's going to miss even one game. And even if he misses one game, I'm not going to spend 40 bucks on my fab on that. And otherwise, I didn't see much out there in my leagues. I don't know about you guys, but.

[D]

But I. I would have with Emmanuel Wilson. Here's the thing, though. Do I feel like week 12 has to be the week? I kind of read the question slightly differently. Where it's like, is this the time of year where it's time for you to empty your fab? And for me, the answer is ESPN Fantasy is not a 2001 cell phone carrier. There are no rollover fab budgets.

[E]

Right.

[D]

Like, use it while you have it, because once you get to the end of the year, if you still have $80 in fab and it didn't help you, but even if it's just you blocking somebody else, like now's the time to go out and use it.

[E]

It's like coaches holding their timeouts through the end of the game.

[D]

Great call. I don't know.

[F]

I think it's just. I think some weeks are stronger than others. I don't. I don't really think about it that way because all it takes is one guy coming. Let's say it's. You're going for the championship. It's week 17. It's all on the line. It's you and the other guy and some. Some shoe drops and Josh Jacobs is ruled out and Emmanuel Wilson's on waivers then. And you need a running back, too. Then you can empty. You have. You have 70 bucks left. Your other guy is 65 left. You just won that player, and that could win you the league. So I don't think about it that way. It's just like, I'm not going to just empty it out just to do it. Like, if it's a impact player, I'll do that in week two or I'll do it in week 17. It doesn't really.

[E]

I'm a bigger fan of Emmanuel Wilson than Mike is. Like, I think you could have. For. It may be 0 weeks, but for. You might have a chance of 2 weeks of Emmanuel Wilson being a top 15 running back, which I think is very valuable.

[F]

I did, like, between 11 and 13 is what I bid on.

[E]

Okay.

[F]

Okay. So it was, you know, that's about a little over 10%. I think that was a decent chunk to go after for. It depends on if I needed them this week, too.

[E]

Okay, so let's keep things moving here. Should managers lock in their playoff quarterback right now, or do you keep streaming options alive? What do you think, Danielle?

[D]

So here's the deal. I looked at the streaming options that were available because I wanted to put together a list of quarterbacks. If I was like, here are my playoff streamers. If I wanted to go in from that perspective. And I think it's basically what you already laid out yesterday, which was the hard part. For me, the ideal streaming playoff scenario for me, if I was going to do it, would be Week 14, JJ McCarthy against Washington. Week 15, JJ McCarthy against the Dallas Cowboys. Week 16, JJ McCarthy against the New York Giants again. And then Jacoby Brissette against the Bengals in week 17.

[E]

It's so funny. So yesterday we were talking about a playoff stash, and the idea was just like, somebody who's not a starter, we're just like.

[D]

And nobody, like, stat did not like Fields call.

[E]

Hated my call. And I was like, like, was it McCarthy? Yeah.

[D]

I mean, like, that's a great schedule he has not looked at.

[F]

But that's great if you're in the playoffs though, and that's your situation.

[E]

The bottom line is this is, it's like, hey, if three weeks from now JJ has figured it out, you know, Kevin o' Connell keeps talking about the. The cement hasn't fully dried for J.J. mcCarthy yet. He's a young player who missed an entire season because of an injury. So obviously, obviously this is risky, but you're not doing it right now. You're not adding him right now because you intend to play him now and you are guaranteed to play him later. It's the idea that if JJ puts one or two good games together over the next three weeks, nobody is going to see JJ McCarthy available in their leagues because he will have already been scooped.

[F]

Nobody. No, it's fair. I mean we saw last year, Caleb Williams, who was struggling mightily early in the season, have that stretch of like three straight games where we thought, here he is, he broke out because their schedule they played. What the. I remember this 32nd, 31st and 30th ranked defenses and he lit it up around the midpoint of the season and then he just fell off after that when the schedules got tougher again. Maybe McCarthy does that. Maybe he knocks it up a little bit.

[E]

To your point, my war room team has. Caleb is the starting quarterback and J.J. mcCarthy is the backup.

[D]

So mind you, I would rather not go the streaming route. You asked which one do you like? This is what I think the ideal streaming route is.

[E]

You can count on.

[D]

Yes, I would rather have a quarterback this lucky.

[E]

I will contend and I didn't have the stones to do it at the time. And I wish because we, we did the show, you guys remember, we did our potential sell high candidates based off schedule. Like Mike brought together the updated strength of schedule cheat sheet and we're all sitting there and like, who are the players that make you the most nervous that you might move off of? And we had some good hits there. Right. Like, and because of injury this has impacted things. But like we talked to you, like Garrett Wilson's going to have a tougher stretch and he did before he got hurt.

[D]

Yep.

[E]

And I said, I was like, I don't think I have the gumption to actually make this call myself. But it is worth noting that Patrick Mahomes has an insanely tough schedule ahead. Two duds. And by the way, after the Colts game this weekend, look at the schedule coming up for Patrick Mahomes.

[F]

Yeah.

[E]

Let's get this. Let's. Let's get this pulled up here for two seconds. I know it's bad. I know they have the Texans coming around the corner. They have the Chargers, Broncos again.

[D]

Week 13. They're at Dallas.

[F]

Okay, that's.

[E]

You like.

[D]

We like that one.

[F]

We like it as much now.

[E]

I don't. Not as much. Yes.

[F]

Didn't get a real test against the Raiders. We'll see against Phil.

[D]

Week 14 against the Texans like that. Week 15 against the Chargers like that. And then 16 against the Titans.

[E]

But week 17 against the Broncos.

[D]

17 against the Broncos.

[E]

Matchups going forward. You like half. You don't.

[F]

Yeah. Third hardest overall going forward.

[E]

Anyways, we'll have a great conversation about Josh Allen against the Texans tomorrow. Like, you're still starting him, but like, like.

[F]

Yeah, let's. Let's leave that because I have some great.

[D]

And I would like. I'm assuming we're going to talk about it.

[E]

All right, we'll talk about it tomorrow.

[D]

Leading into this, the prompt was would you spend your fab on someone like Travion Henderson, even though he's rostered too high to be able to do that? I would like to talk about Travon Henderson and these Patriots running backs going up against the Bengals this week.

[E]

Yeah, we'll talk about later on.

[F]

I was going to say later on.

[E]

This prop was the lock in our playoff quarterback, which.

[F]

Oh, sorry, sorry.

[D]

You're right. I was thinking about the last one.

[E]

Be dynamic. It's always good to have options, but, you know, I'm not going to overthink it. If I have a guy like Lamar, I'm not going to waste an extra rough spot there.

[F]

My answer to this question is neither. Like, I'm just playing it. It's a weekly game, you know. Of course, I think Jalen, like, Jalen hurts, is listed here as an option. Like, what are the odds you're benching him? Probably very slim. You'd have to have an extreme scenario where he's a brutal matchup and there's.

[E]

Like a. I'll tell you what needs to happen. He needs to dud against the Cowboys on Sunday to be benched, because if he duds again for the third straight week, basically, and it's the Cowboys, I know that they're a little bit better, but if he does on Sunday, people will have that conversation.

[F]

Yeah, I think if I have him on my team, it's likely he's going to be Locke locked in. But like someone like Dak Prescott's Already a fringe QB one, so I'm just playing the match.

[E]

I'm just saying, like I'm just. I guarantee you if he does on Sunday, we're going to be sitting there on Monday morning.

[F]

We'll have the conversation Monday morning.

[E]

Quarterbacking basically being like, what is up with Jalen Hurts? Last two here. And Mike, these are for you. Which offense has a good schedule over the next month?

[F]

Yeah. So I have a couple for you here. Easy schedules. You just kind of foreshadowed this one. The Patriots is unbelievable. Their upcoming schedule is unbelievable. They do have a bye week 14, so keep that in mind. But the schedule, their next three games are against the three worst defenses against running backs. Literally 32, 31.

[D]

That's amazing.

[F]

The Bengals this week, then the Giants and the Bills. Wow. So that's excellent for the running back situation. Again, we'll talk more about that this week and how we're playing those two running backs going after attacking that backfield. But it applies to the other positions as well. Hunter Henry, boost in value could give you tight end one numbers going forward. Of course. Drake Mays already been tremendous. I have him as my QB1 this week against the Bengals. The pass catchers are a little trickier other than Stefan Diggs, but certainly it helps. Diggs. Yeah. So Patriots definitely jump out to me.

[E]

Love that Monday Night Football Drake May, by the way, Monday Night Drake.

[F]

That's fun. Yeah, that's fun.

[E]

I think his first time on Monday Night Football.

[F]

All right, so we get to see something like. Yeah. Drake in prime time. We see Ted Arrow in prime time.

[D]

I like that.

[F]

Yep.

[D]

Like that.

[F]

Some of those guys. And also the Ravens. Their next four games, fellas. The jets, the Bengals, the Steelers and the Bengals again.

[D]

Wow.

[E]

Oh, baby. You had me at Bengals the first time.

[D]

The first time. Yeah. But now you get them twice.

[F]

Yeah, twice. And we know you can beat the Steelers through the air as well. Not to mention the jets this week who gave away their two best players. So Baltimore traded away.

[E]

They got good deals back.

[F]

No, I know. But they're not there now.

[D]

Yeah, yeah. You said gave away. I think Field was saying as a. You did.

[F]

No, no, my point is we're talking about. We're talking about right now. Long term, great.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

Yes.

[D]

Short term, the trade didn't help in fantasy. So in fantasy they gave away their two best players.

[F]

Yeah, in fantasy. We love this. Ok. Is good because we could take matchup. So Lamar, Derrick Henry. Oh, I have him ranked seventh this week. That's probably the highest I've had him in probably since Flowers obviously has been outstanding this year. Maybe get, you know, March Andrews a little bit more volume there. So that's helping him a little bit. So good news for the bank. The Ravens offense, and again, they cannot lose games. They have to keep winning and winning and winning. They are going to have their foot to pedal to the. Pedal to the metal. Yes.

[E]

It's a NASCAR reference, people. How about a tough schedule?

[F]

Wait, hold on, hold on.

[E]

One more.

[F]

I'm going to give an honorable honor. Honorable mention. Super quick here. Ravens running backs. After the Rams this week, which is tough, they get the Cardinals, the Saints, the Falcons, the Panthers, the Dolphins. And the Panthers.

[E]

I think he meant Buccaneers, but yes.

[F]

What did I say?

[E]

Ravens.

[F]

Oh, Bucks. Yeah. Bucks running back.

[E]

Yeah, yeah.

[F]

After the Rams, Cardinals, Saints, Falcons, Panthers, Dolphins, Panthers. It's all good matchups for them going forward. So keep that in mind with Bucky Irving coming back. Yep. Very attractive skill. Okay, and now your fifth question. Hard schedules.

[E]

Yes.

[F]

I got two teams for you here. The Colts, Colts, rest of season schedule.

[D]

Well, that's Chiefs.

[F]

And again, just think about this from fantasy, right? So think about the defenses. Chiefs, then the Seahawks.

[E]

Yikes.

[F]

And the 49ers. You know, mid pack, Jags twice.

[E]

That's tough.

[F]

Yeah. And the Texans twice.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

Colts of the Texans. And the Jags twice.

[F]

Yes. And the Chiefs.

[D]

Seahawks and the Chiefs. And 49ers.

[F]

They don't have any easy games left.

[D]

I mean, the 49ers feels like the one.

[F]

Yes, you throw on them, but this, that's brutal. I mean, so you think about pathway.

[E]

For like the Broncos or the Patriots or the Bills to be the number one seed this year.

[D]

Wow.

[F]

Yeah. Yeah. That's going to be a tough assignment for the Colts. And the next one is this is a team that fortunately we're not starting too many guys in fantasy. But Ashton Genti is a big one. Of course. Course it's the Raiders. They have the Browns again. We're talking defenses. They're facing the Browns. We just talked about the Chargers. The Broncos, the red hot Eagles defense. And the Texans, they do get the giants in week 17, so maybe that helps you a little bit.

[D]

Make it to week 17.

[F]

Genti or Bowers and you get there maybe. But the next five weeks are about as hard as it gets. Wow. Right there. I feel like there's usually not this many extreme situations like this. There's a couple teams on. On each end.

[E]

Yeah, yeah.

[F]

He's like every game is really hard or really easy. So we got a few of Those like it.

[D]

Like it. All right, Michael, thank you very much for that feeling. Some playoff concerns. Good info there. Let's dive into some board bets that we got to pay off my friends.

[F]

Thank you.

[D]

Just really quickly, if you don't mind. We had two of them.

[F]

I'm going to head out.

[D]

I had a board bet with, I think, Michael Clay.

[F]

Yes. Were they both with Michael? They were both with me.

[D]

They were both with Michael. Okay, so the first one was, does Troy Franklin finish with more fantasy points than Cortland Sutton? I said yes. Mike said no. The answer is Troy Franklin.

[F]

Boy, come on, Coralyn. What are you doing here?

[E]

12.4 to 9.9 is the final tally.

[D]

Yeah. Troy Franklin has become the wide receiver one. Just within volume over the last little bit. I don't think he's actually the wide receiver one, but he has been getting more run than Corland Sutton right now.

[F]

At some point. Either this. Either he is or this is like the Quentin Johnston thing where like a month in, you're like, okay, we have to. To actually take the evidence. Number one. They've told us this four weeks in a row, but that went the other direction. Maybe it will here as well.

[D]

The other board bet that we had was Michael Lester. Clay said that Jameson Williams will finish outside the top 29 of wide receivers. He was exactly. Wide receiver eight.

[F]

Yeah. He crushed it. It was a good call. I feel like if you told me Jared Goff is going to complete 14 passes in that game and play that poorly.

[D]

Right.

[F]

I mean, he was probably the worst. Worst. He.

[D]

He was really. He was the worst quarterback of the.

[F]

Week, I would have been like, I. Well, I got this one wrapped up, but one receiver. By the way. By the way, I wasn't here obviously the last two days, so we couldn't recap this, but Jameer Gibbs, he was unbelievable. I feel like he was even on a different level in that game. Totally. Just. He was off field charts. Yeah. It was ridiculous.

[D]

When you see him get the ball and accelerate, like, past people and it's like, oh, my gosh, he is like you. I swear he's going to get caught. Oh, there's no way he's going to make the edge. And then he makes the edge and.

[F]

Like, although I will say he was the third leg of my parlay last week, and of course, I got two out of three again, which I've gotten at least two every week this season, but missed the third quite a few times.

[D]

That sucks.

[F]

But parlay stinks. He didn't get the easy all Right.

[E]

Here we go, friends.

[F]

All right. Don't break any. Oh, boy. This is a bold. That's a bold decision. Good job. We're good. You're spinning it.

[E]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

Oh, you didn't lose field Yates.

[F]

This is what it feels like to not be stressed out. I did over here. Yeah.

[D]

This is what you have.

[E]

I honestly, I totally lost track of starts of the week. So did we have the full screen of how it all shook out?

[D]

We don't need to it. How it shook out is I trusted two Miami Dolphins and Tua and Jalen.

[F]

By the way, you did me a favor.

[D]

You.

[F]

You told me.

[D]

Yeah, because you he couldn't start Jalen waddle.

[F]

I picked the two a waddle stack and you switched it to Nico Colin.

[D]

And then Nico went off.

[F]

Wow.

[E]

By the way, I also use my wild card in Javante Williams. Ugh, gross.

[F]

Gross.

[E]

I mean, it didn't matter in the grand scheme.

[D]

Well, let's look at the full screen of the players we started last week. This was week.

[E]

Oh, my God.

[F]

Domination. Oh, my God.

[E]

I did. Yes.

[F]

Holy cow.

[D]

Holy smokes. All right, Mike, give us your squad real quick.

[F]

Was a dud. That was the. That was the Thursday morning game. Yeah, it was. We expected better against Washington. R.J. harvey at 8. Nico Collins 24. He was a high score of everyone. Why did you do that?

[E]

I have no idea.

[D]

Geez.

[F]

Zach Ertz comes through with 8.

[E]

Would I have lost if I waddle was like 8.4. So you would have only won.

[F]

I still would have won, yeah.

[D]

The idea that we have two players that have scored over 10 points last week and one of them was a guy that you forced Mike to change to beat both of us.

[E]

Well, no, he doesn't. He still would have won because model had exactly six fewer. So he would have won, but it would have been the worst week of starts of the week.

[D]

It doesn't feel good now.

[E]

Mike is like, hey, look, we're doing too great. Let's get the wild card involved and then we still suck.

[F]

So.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

Or now we suck.

[F]

I guess we had a good couple weeks, but. Well, you guys did. Not me.

[D]

Well, we'll bounce back. We'll bounce back. All right, here we go. I am spinning the wheel off because.

[E]

That would do nothing to Daniel.

[D]

We've got a couple of good things on here still robot voice, super sour. Start of the week.

[F]

You're getting asmr.

[D]

Asmr. Start of the week. I'd be down for that mid episode workout. No, thank you. Smelling salt.

[F]

I need a Workout.

[D]

I'll take that one. I need the ice bath still.

[E]

We have to get the ice.

[D]

Spoonful of wasabi would be the worst thing in the world. I do not like wasabi at all.

[E]

You don't like wasabi?

[F]

I'm not a wasabi guy.

[D]

Yeah, so we'll find out. All right, here we go.

[E]

What's wrong with wasabi?

[F]

I'm not a fan of taste.

[D]

It's not my. I like other hot things. Wasabi's not one of them.

[F]

Let's see.

[D]

Here's the spin.

[E]

Spin right there.

[D]

Start of the week, wheel, hot sauce.

[F]

Start of the week, hot sauce.

[D]

Great. I'm probably gonna have to do something one. Yeah, we'll probably do like I'll dip and then eat one and then dip and then eat one.

[F]

I got Field into that because he would have been like, I'm off the pod.

[E]

I'm off.

[D]

Well, yeah, that would have been it.

[E]

Another league that I play. And I think I've mentioned this before, we have a weekly losers punishment. And two weeks ago I finished dead last in the league, which is I ended up. I have to buy the guys a round of adult sodas and pops. But hot sauce is always one of the options and I was scared of that one. I brought my daughter, my older daughter to come spin the wheel with me. And for those that are watching right now, I think her first spin might have been like this.

[D]

It was like one.

[E]

You're like, she eventually got it. She was not quite understanding what we were spinning the wheel for.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Like, what's the point of that?

[E]

The irony of that is my team is not good in that league, unfortunately. I was the highest scoring team in the league by a mile this week. Really? Like I absolutely dominated. I had Sean Tucker and Michael Wilson and Josh Allen in my lineup last week.

[D]

No way.

[E]

Yeah. So I like 170 after scoring like 82 the week.

[F]

You guys gimme a hard time for complaining about the FF now league and how unlucky my team's been. Guess who I feel face this week? Who? Josh Allen. Grass. Grass had Josh Allen. That's why I lost.

[E]

Yeah, right.

[D]

All right, we got a little bit of time here. Why don't we dive into the mailbag, take some questions from the people we have.

[E]

Any non football ones? I always like those.

[F]

Those are always fun.

[D]

That is a really fun one. Dan S. Asks a football question though. Field pick two. Jameson Williams, George Pickins and Michael Pitman.

[E]

Are not to have Pickens in the lineup, right?

[F]

Yeah. Yeah.

[D]

Michael pitman was a top 20 guy forever. And now the schedule gets harder with J O playing Chiefs this week.

[E]

It makes me nervous.

[F]

I'm going Pittman, but it's close.

[D]

I would go with jmo.

[E]

I'm going jmo. Good matchup playing indoors. Are you guys nervous at like we just have a quick and I think I know I'm going to save Josh Allen for tomorrow. You guys get all nervous for Jonathan Taylor this weekend. Not to the point that you're not starting him. You nervous?

[F]

I mean I have him ranked 3, not 1 or 2. So I guess a little bit against the Chiefs.

[E]

Like a touch nervous.

[D]

I guess like a touch like that.

[E]

Would be a good fantasy hot take for the weekend. Jonathan Taylor scores under 15 Fantasies based.

[F]

On what we just talked about. Is now the time sell. Do you. Yeah.

[D]

Because of the matchup.

[F]

I mean you would get.

[E]

You would get a haul and a half for Jonathan Taylor.

[F]

That could be a league when running back which stumbles through the hole.

[D]

So if you trade John and the Taylor, you're obviously trading him for another running back. You're not going to get CMC because of the week 14 buy. So you're thinking Bijan Jameer Gibbs, David Expect.

[F]

I mean let's say it's. Let's say someone offered you like Dowdle and a top seven receiver or something like.

[D]

I don't know.

[F]

It depends on the structure of your team.

[D]

It does depend on the both.

[F]

I mean are you offering one for one for a running back? That's tricky.

[D]

No, that's. That's right.

[E]

But like Rico Dowdle plus plus who.

[D]

To give me like a legit.

[F]

Oh, man.

[E]

Buka trending down of late.

[F]

I think that's probably not enough for me.

[E]

Yeah, I agree. Two Panthers, Rashi Rice and. And Rico Dow.

[D]

Rico Dowdle.

[E]

Good one.

[D]

Yeah.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

If I was. If I needed a wide receiver more push, I didn't have as much depth but I had jt. That might not be a bad one. But Rico is trending down a little bit of. Of late. So we'll. Interesting conversation.

[E]

Yeah.

[F]

Yeah. You might.

[D]

Interesting combo.

[F]

I mean if you're in trouble, like you had injury problems at receiver. You lost London and someone else. I don't know, maybe you get like. Maybe you go. Just go from like Taylor to Gibbs and get a wide receiver. Borderline wide receiver too for a team that's. I don't know, like you can. I would just take a look. Yeah, take a look at it.

[D]

All right. This one comes from Anthony Nick. He says that with Jamar suspended and Waddle on a buy, running thrin on options should they start. Rashid Shahid.

[F]

You know what this is? I know you say this all the time, too, but this could be. I. I don't think it's a tiebreaker. Cause I have a clear answer. But also, this player plays Thursday night. It'd be fun to, you know, get the popcorn, settle in, and watch Jaden Higgins play in this game against the Bills. So. But again, I do think it's clearly him. Him in the Seattle offense. So low volume and she's just not getting enough run now. He didn't get to three catches last week. He should have. He had chances, but he had two. Two catches. He actually the. With the game on the line. He didn't. They threw it to him. That would have been his third catch anyway.

[D]

Got a decent matchup this week, though.

[E]

Does that question.

[F]

No, it was my. It was one of my best over two and a half catches. I thought it was a. It should have been. He had enough targets to get there.

[E]

But Jackals.

[D]

I think I'd go with Jaden Higgins right now with the way he's being utilized in the offense.

[F]

Yeah, man.

[E]

This is a good example of, like, how do you want to live your life? Do you want to live your optimistically or pessimistically? Because you guys are like, yeah, you can watch him on Thursday Night Football and enjoy it, but if he goes, like two catches for 13 yards, then you have to look at your phone and go, 3.3 points for three straight days.

[D]

I want to stab my eyes out with an ice.

[F]

If he scores a touchdown and you're like, all right, that was like the. My last player in my lineup just got me 15 points, so I don't know, but I think he's in a much better situation as well. I mean, Shahid is. She's not the champ.

[D]

Whoa.

[E]

Bless you, dude.

[D]

Sorry about that, guys.

[E]

Did you just, like, throw out a. Like, your back?

[D]

I didn't mean to. No, I just didn't. I realized I sneeze like a real man. I know.

[E]

I don't mean to, guys, but you only sneeze once. That's what happens. You get it all out in one.

[D]

Well, not. Not usually. Like you ask Rosie, like, I'm a five or six sneezer. Yeah, that's what.

[F]

But like, one big one.

[E]

One big one.

[F]

But yes. But anyway, Shahid's not to two yet in this.

[E]

Not yet.

[F]

He's still the three. So for now. For now, it's Higgins.

[D]

All right, let's do one more question from our YouTube chat. This one comes from Quarks. So for the playoffs you want Ricky Pearsall or Chris Godwin?

[E]

Ricky Pearsall, yeah.

[F]

If they're both fully healthy, it's Godwin easy or not. I mean, I'm just too nervous about Godwin so I'm just going to play it. It's weird to say safe about a guy that's less established in the NFL, but I'm going Pearsall.

[D]

I think so too.

[E]

Just announced from Kevin's Stefanski moments ago. Shador Sanders will start on Sunday.

[F]

Door Sanders projections will be changed shortly. Also Darlington Cade rolled out. Out.

[D]

Wow, you did a rip yesterday for Fanatics field. Did you pull a Shador Sanders rookie card by any chance in that one?

[E]

No, there was no Shador. But they were saying that Shador is one of the most interesting buys in the collection market.

[F]

It is, yeah.

[D]

Very interesting one.

[F]

Yeah. Interesting.

[E]

Well, the. So Mike, listen, as the resident card.

[D]

Guys, obviously Mike, you have a lot.

[F]

Of cards, but I don't.

[E]

Well, Daniel, Daniel taught me about this.

[F]

You know, like so many Chad Penningtons.

[E]

Young quarterbacks.

[D]

Yes.

[E]

Very compelling.

[D]

Young rookie quarterbacks. Yep. Rookie. That's what they always want. The, the most expensive cards in the hobby are rookie quarterback cards.

[F]

That's why I collected all those. Chad Pennington.

[D]

That' right.

[F]

My dad collected Rick Myers. Yes. Seattle Shador.

[E]

Like if a player proves to be great, it's obviously insanely valuable. If a player proves to be not great, then obviously it has minimal value. Shador has not proven himself to be great or not great yet. Right. So it's a buy opportunity.

[D]

As an example of that in the card market, one quarterback that came on recently that nobody had any idea that was going to be something and all of a sudden became a good player was Brock Purdy. And a guy that you did not expect to have their cards be worth anything. All of a sudden it's like, oh.

[F]

Shoot, that's so my. I have a party. I don't even know. I just buried that in my pile.

[D]

And it was, it was fun. Watching field do the break yesterday.

[E]

My brain is so fantasy, like focused. I like it, but I love like, you know, I'm going through it and I'm like, all right, here we go, like opening up and there's like a Trey Franklin, a Brock Bowers, like, you.

[D]

Know, there's some good stuff in there.

[E]

Quarterbacks. And all of a sudden it's like, all right, here's Ezra Cleveland, guard for the Jaguars. I'm like, oh, Wait, they do make cards for this.

[D]

It is a little different.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Like not just the big guys. That's right.

[F]

Yeah. All right.

[D]

That's going to do it for our show today. Today's show was presented by Wingstop. We will be back tomorrow with Even more part one of our week 12 preview. All three of us will be here. Don't forget to love each other and be kind to yourself. You deserve it. We're going to talk about a lot of good football tomorrow. Make sure you come hang out with us. We'll see you guys then.

[E]

Later. You're in the.