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Summary

Fantasy Focus Football — Week 15 Fantasy Football Must-Start Players!

Date: December 11, 2025
Hosts: Field Yates, Daniel Dopp, Mike Clay (with mentions of Stephania Bell and guest chatter)

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Episode Overview

This episode kicks off the fantasy playoffs with deep analysis, matchup breakdowns, injury updates, and lively debates around Week 15 must-starts and sit candidates. The hosts blend insights with banter as they work to equip listeners with the most actionable fantasy advice for making tough lineup decisions at the most crucial point in the season.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fantasy Playoff Emotions and “Bad Breaks” (00:44–02:00)

• Hosts discuss classic playoff heartbreaks, like missing playoffs despite high points due to “bad defense” (i.e., others scoring heavily against your team).
• Quote:
  “That one stings when that happens. But then again, I have one where I was maybe a little…My team underachieved and I snuck into the playoffs. So, you know, it’s here or there…” — Mike Clay (01:40)

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2. Omariyon Hampton vs. Kamani Vidal: Chargers Backfield Confusion (04:40–07:00)

• Discussion of Jim Harbaugh’s frustrating RB usage: refusing to clarify starter, splitting touches, Harbaugh stating, “I’m not a prognosticator. I’m not a seer of the future.” (05:11)
• Consensus: Hampton projects higher but is just a flex this week (vs. Chiefs); Vidal’s still involved.
• Quote:
  “Is it enough to move Omarion Hampton down from maybe top 12 running back to closer to 20?...Maybe? Sure.” — Field Yates (05:48)
• Name pronunciation side-tangent (Vidal, etc.) shows team camaraderie and the struggle of player names.

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3. Quarterback Spotlight: Jackson Dart vs. Commanders (07:41–12:50)

• Debate: Should Dart (Giants) be seen as a top-6 QB without designed runs?
  • Noted that Giants seem to have limited Dart’s rushing recently (“zero design runs” last game).
  • Passing metrics: 6 starts with ≤202 yards, 5 starts w/ ≤1 TD; only 1 big passing game all year.
  • Mike: still bullish due to matchup and rushing/athletic floor.
  • Bold Prediction Board Bet: Will Jackson Dart finish as a top-6 QB in Week 15? Mike & Daniel say YES, Field says NO. (12:36)
• Quote:
  “He can certainly go off in a given game…but if he’s not going to run as much, should he be ranked closer to 10 or 1?” — Field Yates (08:35)

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4. Running Back Deep Cuts: Giants & Commanders Flex Options (14:35–16:45)

• Chris Rodriguez (Commanders): Pure rusher, no passing game, excellent matchup vs. NYG allowing 6.1 YPC and 16 RB TDs this year.
• Tyrone Tracy (Giants): Healthy, productive in previous weeks, opponent (Washington) is RB-friendly.
• Both are great cheap DFS (DraftKings) options.
• Quote:
  “If he’s ever going to get it done on the ground, this is the matchup.” — Mike Clay (15:24)

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5. QB News: Jaden Daniels OUT, Marcus Mariota IN (16:49–19:40)

• Mariota enters as starter (Commanders); has been a top-12 QB in spot starts due to rushing upside.
• “The matchup is decadent…Giants have allowed the second most fantasy points to quarterbacks.” — Daniel Dopp (17:32)
• Pass-catchers McLaurin and Samuel see minimal downgrade with the QB switch.

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6. Bears Backfield & Offense: Start with Confidence? (20:05–22:44)

• Bears are 9-4, top-6 in points per game, but with few trustworthy fantasy starters.
• DeAndre Swift and Kyle Manungai split work; Swift big-play, Manungai TD-dependent; both outside top-20 RBs.
• Receivers (Burden, Odunze, DJ Moore) have limited upside given the current offense and tough weather (potentially negative 6°F in Chicago).
• Quote:
  “It’s hard, man. The game script should be favorable for the Bears…But you've got two guys toting the rock…” — Field Yates (21:00)

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7. Weather Impact Discussion (24:07–25:46)

• Hosts debate how deep cold affects usage/decisions—give more of a lean to ground games (like Manungai).
• Reminder: Monitor weather for wind/rain; extreme cold alone less of a factor unless it’s wind or heavy precipitation.
• “If you have a game that’s potentially negative 6, is there a thought that…this is just a ground and pound game…?” — Daniel Dopp (24:22)

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8. Shador Sanders (Browns) — Streamable Playoff QB? (27:10–28:38)

• Big fantasy outing last week, but hosts agree: not quite a trustworthy fantasy option yet.
• “I’m not there yet. As a fantasy option.” — Mike Clay (27:42)

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9. Houston’s Woody Marks: Must-Start Flex? (30:32–32:11)

• Emerged as the RB1, 16+ touches five straight games, great matchup vs. Arizona (recent RBs have posted 16+ points each week).
• “I’ve got him as a top 20 running back for my squad this week.” — Daniel Dopp (32:10)

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10. Broncos vs. Packers: Defense Rules, Who Can You Trust? (32:11–34:59)

• Both defenses among league-best at limiting fantasy points to every position.
• “Maybe Courtland Sutton, if Pat Friermuth’s out, but other than that, I don’t know if anyone’s a lock.” — Mike Clay (33:46)
• Outside Josh Jacobs, few “set and forget” starters.

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11. Tony Pollard Resurrection?: Titans RB Outlook (36:02–37:10)

• Last week: Huge 28.1-point performance, but zero targets, first double-digit outing all year.
• With neutral matchup ahead, a “right back to earth” week expected; still sharing snaps.
• “Maybe a little more optimism, but…I’m still…still Adam Pollard.” — Mike Clay (37:10)

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12. Jacoby Myers & Jaguars Pass-Catcher Name Game (37:10–39:59)

• Myers now a weekly flex, 14.8+ points three weeks running.
• Compared to Keenan Allen, Roma Odunze, Marvin Harrison Jr., Christian Watson, Tet McMillan—hosts all land narrowly on Myers over the likes of Odunze and similar WR2/3s.

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13. Shadow Report: Matchups that Matter (40:22–50:10)

Upgrades

• Rams WRs (Nakua & Adams): Smash spot vs. decimated Lions secondary.
• Juwan Jennings (49ers): Nice volume available vs. Titans (8th most points to WRs).

Major Downgrades & Shadow Concerns

• Zay Flowers (Ravens): DJ Turner shadow, heavily limited in previous meetings (6 targets, 1 yard last time; Turner shadows = 7.2 FPPG allowed).

• Arizona WRs: If Harrison plays, faces Derek Stingley, otherwise Michael Wilson gets the attention (Houston secondary is brutal).

• Packers WRs (Watson, Doubs): Either could get Surtain shadow; Watson drops to WR31–32 in ranks.

• Colts WRs: With QB question marks, low volume, tough Seattle matchup.

• Quotes:
  “The hardest of the week for sure is Zay Flowers…” — Mike Clay (42:02)
  “There were a lot of clear downgrades this week. There’s two upgrades, 15 downgrades by the way.” — Daniel Dopp (50:10)

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14. Thursday Night Football Preview: Falcons vs. Buccaneers (50:36–56:45)

• Key injuries: Mike Evans, Jalen McMillan both activated; uncertainty about their snap counts.
• Buccaneers pass-catchers: All risky FLEX plays unless necessary.
• Falcons: No Drake London; “Kyle Pitts is a lineup lock” due to volume without London (55:01).
• Bijan Robinson is the key fantasy starter; “We need a big Bijan night.” — Field Yates (56:17)

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15. Week 15 Raheem Sanders Monopoly Fund (Deep Sleeper TD Challenge) (57:19–61:27)

• Each host picks a sub-0.1% rostered player to score a TD:
  • Daniel: David Sills
  • Mike: Rasheen Ali (Ravens RB)
  • Field: Tim Patrick (Jaguars WR)
  • Producer: Daniel Andre Bolia (Cardinals WR)

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16. Listener Q&A and Final Thoughts (61:27–end)

• Rico Dowdle vs. Jaylen Warren: Slight lean toward Dowdle for volume, especially in PPR. Warren’s split and the Miami run D trending up is a concern.
• Ladd McConkey trust level? Ranked WR23, but trust is low—Chargers receivers generally untrustworthy outside possibly Ladd.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On unpredictable RB committees:
  “You are the coach of the team. You are a seer of the future. You do prognosticate.” — Daniel Dopp (07:28)
• On shadow coverage:
  “DJ Turner has shadowed Zay Flowers twice in two years, and both times Flowers was held under 8 fantasy points…” — Mike Clay (paraphrased from 42:40–43:10)
• On cold weather football:
  “It’s gonna feel like negative six. One of the coldest games in Soldier Field history…” — Field Yates (23:04)
• On fantasy’s unpredictability:
  “Looks like we’re down to start nobody this week. Don’t start anyone.” — Mike Clay/Hosts (joking; 50:27)
• On Kyle Pitts resurgence:
  “Thursday Night football. Kyle Pitts is a lineup lock.” — Mike Clay (55:01)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Fantasy Playoff Frustrations: 00:44–02:00
• Chargers RB Split Debate: 04:38–07:00
• Jackson Dart Board Bet & Analysis: 07:41–12:50
• DFS Flex RBs (Rodriguez, Tracy): 14:35–16:45
• Mariota in for Daniels: 16:49–19:40
• Chicago Weather and Bears Analysis: 23:00–25:46
• Woody Marks (Houston RB) Case: 30:32–32:11
• Broncos-Packers: Who to Start/Sit: 32:11–34:59
• Tony Pollard’s Surprise Week: 36:02–37:10
• Shadow & Coverage Report: 40:22–50:10
• Falcons/Bucs TNF Preview & Kyle Pitts: 50:36–56:45
• Deep Sleeper TD picks (Monopoly Fund): 57:19–61:27
• Listener Q&A (Dowdle vs. Warren, McConkey): 61:27–63:22

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Overall Tone & Language

The episode is lively, conversational, and detailed. Banter and personal stories (including bathroom jokes and meditation) are woven throughout, but all fantasy advice is grounded with stats, projections, and matchup trends, maintaining the pragmatic, “let’s win our fantasy leagues” energy.

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Bottom Lines for Week 15

• Start: Jackson Dart (top-6 upside), Chris Rodriguez & Tyrone Tracy as RB flexes, Woody Marks (top-20), Rams WRs, Kyle Pitts (volume lock with Drake London out), Bijan Robinson.
• Sit/Avoid: Zay Flowers, Arizona WRs, most Bears/Packers/Colts WRs, Tony Pollard (back to earth), risky Buccaneers WRs, most pass volatility in cold or extreme wind.
• DFS Bargains: Rodriguez, Tracy, and Rams WRs in great spots.
• Sleeper Watch: Deep dives into Monopoly Fund picks for TD upside.
• Weather Alert: Monitor for extreme cold/wind — slight lean toward RBs and ground games.

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If you haven’t listened, this summary will steer your start/sit and roster decisions for the crucial first week of fantasy football playoffs—while giving you a few good laughs and plenty of actionable stats.

Transcript

[Daniel Dopp]

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[Field Yates]

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[Field Yates]

Let's drive.

[Daniel Dopp]

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[Field Yates]

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[Daniel Dopp]

Fantasy focus.

Hello and welcome into Fantasy Focus Football, presented by Wingstop alongside my clay and field jates. My name is Daniel Dopp. Back and excited and ready to get you guys all set for week 15, first week of the fantasy playoffs, first and foremost. How you guys doing? Great to see your face today.

[Field Yates]

I'm doing great. How are you guys? Welcome to the playoffs.

[Michael Coleman]

I'm good. Getting some lineups ready to roll? Yeah, I have a bunch of them. Not to show off.

[Daniel Dopp]

Bunch of them. No big deal.

[Michael Coleman]

Still have a lot of lineups left.

[Field Yates]

No biggie.

[Michael Coleman]

You know, by the way, it's our role and everyone watching understands this. If you play fantasy, like, you have to be like, oh, man. Like, there's this one team I have where I was. I finished second in points, but I missed the playoffs.

[Daniel Dopp]

I missed the playoffs. You have to say that.

[Michael Coleman]

That's my. Was that your least running league?

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes.

[Field Yates]

You missed a playoff finish, second teams and points.

[Michael Coleman]

And it was a big gap. Like, I was pretty close to first and a big gap to third.

[Field Yates]

So did you also have the most.

[Michael Coleman]

Points scored against you, presumably? I didn't even look at that. I was just.

[Daniel Dopp]

Bad defense.

[Michael Coleman]

I bad.

[Daniel Dopp]

Good offense, but a bad defense.

[Michael Coleman]

Defense. Yeah. Good team. That. That one stings when that happens. But then again, I have one where I was maybe a little. My team underachieved and I snuck into the playoffs. So, you know, it's here or there, but good year so far. We got to keep it going, though. Roll, guys.

[Daniel Dopp]

I did maybe the most Daniel thing ever last night.

[Michael Coleman]

Oh, boy.

[Field Yates]

Trying to think what would be the most Daniel thing ever. Do you have a new T shirt?

[Michael Coleman]

I have a guest.

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't.

[Michael Coleman]

I have a guest. Go ahead. Someone texted you something really important and.

[Daniel Dopp]

You just were like, I didn't respond. How dare you.

[Michael Coleman]

My clay emergency.

[Daniel Dopp]

And no, that's not what happened. That's not what happened.

[Field Yates]

What'd you do?

[Daniel Dopp]

Have you guys ever done sound meditation before?

[Michael Coleman]

Of course not.

[Field Yates]

Don't even know what that is.

[Daniel Dopp]

So Rosie took me. I can't believe you guys have never done this. You've never gone to a public library and laid on the floor of their basement with 30 other strangers while a woman hits gongs and singing from your head. You've never done this? No.

[Field Yates]

Hold on. Are we being punked right now? This is a real thing.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's exactly what we did last night. It was actually so fun. We went to this public library.

[Field Yates]

Just say, were you paying off a start of the week punishment?

[Daniel Dopp]

We weren't, no. It was just super cool. Have you seen the sound bowls that make noises when you do the stuff? Or they have rain sticks. They'll have big rain things and they'll.

[Field Yates]

Do it, of course, when you put it back on.

[Daniel Dopp]

Guys, it was so much fun. We need to bring some culture into your lives. All right. I might take you to sound meditation next time.

[Field Yates]

Say one thing here. And people that are listening or watching right now who have young children, I think hopefully feel that right now are with me with this. I would love to have an hour of my time.

[Michael Coleman]

That's fair.

[Field Yates]

In the basement of a library that just sounds. I mean, I have no idea what it accomplishes. Sounds awesome, though. Yes. This is instead my soundtrack.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's exactly. It was legit because literally it was just 30 people lying on the basement floor of a library. And this woman has this gong and she'll slowly hit it. It's like these reverber and then she will go around the entirety of the room. So she'll do it like literally right over top of your head.

[Field Yates]

Does it scare you?

[Daniel Dopp]

It's a weird. All the vibrations, like from the cymbal thing is just cool. It's not scary. It's just like an interesting different thing.

[Field Yates]

Anyways, that is the most Daniel fan.

[Daniel Dopp]

It felt like a weird thing that you guys probably hadn't done. I thought I needed to ask though, just in case this is what he.

[Michael Coleman]

Has to do to deal with us to bring down his strength. That's exactly what it is.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes. I needed to be able to recenter myself.

[Field Yates]

I tell you, it sounds a little bit odd, but then again, Philip Rivers is now back in the NFL. Nothing this week.

[Daniel Dopp]

I love that. All right, quick shout out to our friends over at trophy smack. Visit trophysmac.com and use the promo code focus10. We're getting closer to being able to crown. Excuse me. A champion. So grab yourself a belt or a chain or a toilet seat for your last placed loser as well. Our buddy Eric Moody is in the chat. Follow him at ericnmoody on social media. Ask him all the questions within our YouTube chat, including some playoff questions. We're gonna try to get to some later on in the show if we've got some time. We're going to dive into our Week 15 preview, Part 1. We have also got the Shadow report and we are going to do a little bit of a Thursday Night Football preview. But I want to start with the tweet that I saw yesterday, if you guys don't mind.

[Field Yates]

You checked Twitter?

[Daniel Dopp]

I did. This one came from the Jim Harbaugh presser. I'm going to read it just in case people have not been able to see this tweet. This came from Chris Rim, obviously, our fantastic Chargers reporter question. Omarion Hampton and Kamani had pretty much the exact same amount of carries. Is that the plan moving forward or is that ramping? Omarion back up answer from Jim Harbaugh. It's really impossible to predict the amount of carries for somebody. Why is that? Because I'm not a prognosticator. I'm not a seer of the future. Oh, just the coach of the team. Yeah. I mean, we got two great backs, Omari and Kymani. I mean, that's a great place for us to be. That bodes really well for us. I frigginate Jim Harbaugh.

[Field Yates]

Really?

[Daniel Dopp]

This is so frustrating. I mean, obviously I don't hate Jim Harbaugh. That's so frustrating and annoying right now, guys.

[Field Yates]

I know. Yeah. But I'm taking him kind of at his word here. Like, I think Kamani Vidal is not going away this upcoming weekend. Now, is it enough for Kamani Vidal to be a starter in your fantasy lineup? No. But is it enough to move Omarion Hampton down from like maybe top 12 running back to closer to 20?

[Michael Coleman]

Maybe?

[Field Yates]

Sure.

[Michael Coleman]

I think it will lean toward Hampton and I think we were tipped off to that. And the reason, the way we were tipped off is it was his first game back and and Vidal kind of dominated the snaps. But when Hampton was on the field, he touched. They were very similar in terms of their opportunity. So naturally, as Hampton is on the field more often, that would lead to more touches and he'll have the edge over Vidal. So I have him protected. I have Hampton projected higher. But to your point, I did move him down quite a bit. I think he's more of a flex option in this Matchup, which keep in mind tough one against the Chiefs.

[Field Yates]

Can we do this right now on Thursday, December 11 and 10:05am Eastern Time. Can we pledge to try to get this right going forward? Because I just figured it out like three days ago. It's Videl. Is how we're.

[Daniel Dopp]

Thank you. Videl.

[Field Yates]

We have somehow like it's either Vidal. Videl. Vidal.

[Michael Coleman]

I already forgot what the right one is.

[Field Yates]

Vidal.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah.

[Michael Coleman]

Videl.

[Field Yates]

So imagine that his last name is spelled V. Yes. Dash D E L L. Vidal.

[Michael Coleman]

Let me write this down the way.

[Daniel Dopp]

That I think about it. Yep.

[Michael Coleman]

D E L L. I like the. Like the computer.

[Daniel Dopp]

Videl. Yes. There was a. There's a movie that I really love called Rounders. And in the movie Rounders there is a spot in which Mike McDermott is watching Eric Seidel be able to push all his chips in the middle of the World Series of Poker. So I tried to take the Seidel. Videl. That helps me like that little naming.

[Michael Coleman]

Keep this going. Devon Bailey.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, Good.

[Daniel Dopp]

Way to go. Love that.

[Michael Coleman]

Videl. Vay.

[Field Yates]

Where were you again on Tua Tua Tago.

[Daniel Dopp]

That one might take a little longer.

[Michael Coleman]

Taco. I don't know. That's.

[Daniel Dopp]

That one's gonna be fun.

[Field Yates]

Let's get to the storylines for the week. Videl. Videl.

[Daniel Dopp]

Okay, but let me just say you are the coach of the team. You are a seer of the future. You do prognosticate.

[Field Yates]

Just have come on the ability to pull the levers.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right, let's start off at the top Week 15 preview. As we've been doing a field. I'm going to start with you. We each got a couple of topics.

[Field Yates]

Hey, let's begin with the Giants and Commanders games and I'm curious what your guys expectations are for Jackson Dart. If you look at his projection, I have a sense of what Mike's.

[Michael Coleman]

I am a prognosticator and a predictor of the future.

[Field Yates]

The projection is very strong here for Jackson Dart. The question that I have goes back to the question that I had going into the game against the Patriots when the Giants last played in week 13 is is this team going to uncork Jackson Dart as a runner anymore or are they going to put him in bubble wrap as best they can, acknowledging that he is still going to scramble and he's still a good athlete. We saw in week 13 they are not going to run him. There were zero design runs for Jackson Dart. It's a really bad defense he plays his upcoming week. The Commanders are. But I Do think the Giants will be conservative once again with Jackson Dart as a runner? And it's worth noting that in his eight games as a starter, Jackson Dart has six games with 202 or fewer passing yards.

[Michael Coleman]

Okay.

[Field Yates]

He has five games with one or zero passing touchdowns. Interestingly enough, his best passing performance of the season was against the Broncos. That being said, so he's a very talented guy. He can certainly go off in a given game. But he has not been this, you know, peak Joe Burrow throwing for a million yards and touchdowns per game type of quarterback. And if he is not going to run as much, should he be ranked closer to 10 or 1? I have him a little bit closer to, I guess by definition a little bit closer. I've got him as quarterback six. You guys are both at quarterback one.

[Daniel Dopp]

I mean, for me it's the matchup and what he can. I understand what you're saying with the designed rungs. There was a part of me rushes.

[Field Yates]

For 20 yards when they played in Week 13.

[Michael Coleman]

If that's his floor, we're in good shape.

[Field Yates]

Well, but that might.

[Michael Coleman]

Oh, when they played last time, I think last week, last week he had what, 16 yards or something like that.

[Field Yates]

Four carries, 20 yards. That's fine. But.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah, that's fine.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah.

[Field Yates]

I mean, I think that might be kind of his median though now his meat.

[Michael Coleman]

I think it might be a little higher than that. I'm projecting a little higher than that. I think he will still scramble and there might be a regional design run. Maybe they're a little cautious.

[Field Yates]

They might. It feels like they are being told basically, don't let him run. I don't. Or close to it, like be extremely judicious with it.

[Daniel Dopp]

I'm not sure that that matters to me in this because I understand the value of designed runs, but there is a part of me that says this is a kid that's played football one way for his entire life and I don't think he's learned yet. It's going to take an off season to be like, I need to change the way I play football. So when you talk about scrambles, when the play breaks down, I don't think Jackson darts. Like, coach tells me to throw the ball. Coach tells me to throw.

[Field Yates]

It's like I just so think about everything leading into this game. I'll make this. I'll end this in just a moment because I'm still starting Jackson dart. He's quarterback six for me, of course. And my point is just like I still think it's fascinating because if he plays the way he was prior to that week before that game, then he might win you your week in fantasy. This week he put up 30 points. Right. If he plays like he did back in week 13, it might be more of 15 to 17 and that's not terrible, but it's not going to probably win you your week. Going into that game, the Giants obviously were not going to call any runs for him. And then in that game, a game in which they did not call any runs for him, he got nearly decapitated perfectly legally because he was running. And rather than just taking a seven yard run, he wanted a nine yard run and Christian Ellis smoked him.

[Daniel Dopp]

So playing soccer though field, didn't he make a comment after the game, playing soccer?

[Michael Coleman]

I would say a couple things here. First of all, I did roll back his design run in the projections, but he still has a scramble rate. I don't think that really changes a lot. Maybe he's more likely to throw it a little more, but it should still be about the same. The opponent going from New England to Washington. And that's kind of the next thing. If your quarterback, let's say you were starting your quarterback in fantasy and you were like he this so far this season, he has 26 passing touchdowns, six interceptions and. Well, and he's averaging six 8.6 yards per pass attempt. Probably feel pretty good about that. I would feel good about what quarterbacks have done against Washington this season. I mean this is an outstanding matchup. They have stung fourth most fantasy points. Two quarterbacks. I feel like they've been a little better with Dan Quinn calling the plays, but they're still. They've been a little better, A little better shoes. Yes. So I do view it as a good matchup. He's gonna. Yeah. Opposition. What else? Oh, and the other thing is if he's not, if those runs aren't there, they might turn into pass attempts and so he might get that passing yardage. So I hear what you're saying. I just think if all things aside and like we were worried about the injuries and I had a larger rushing projection, that number would just be higher. Like it really is a product of his ability. The, the fact that he could put something together with his legs. And of course the matchup, it all adds up to a really matchup and the tougher matchups for other quarterbacks.

[Field Yates]

That's the other thing you've got against the Chargers, you know, Drake May against the Bill Burrow against the Ravens. I'm feeling magnanimous. I'm also feeling like it's fun to make board bets here.

[Michael Coleman]

Yes.

[Field Yates]

Field if I give you guys top six quarterback, I know Michael say the odds still favor me but if I have him as quarterback six and you guys have missed quarterback one, you have stronger confidence than I do.

[Daniel Dopp]

I would take that.

[Field Yates]

Okay fine. You don't have to be involved if you don't want to.

[Michael Coleman]

Mike I don't care. I have the projection there because I am a prognostic.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's right you are.

[Field Yates]

I say Jackson Dart is not a top six quarterback in week four.

[Daniel Dopp]

15 Mike and I say Jackson Dart is a top six quarterback in week 15.

[Michael Coleman]

Agreed.

[Daniel Dopp]

Put it on the board.

[Field Yates]

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[Daniel Dopp]

Mike's analysis has been carrying us to the fantasy playoffs. Can you continue it here?

[Michael Coleman]

Michael Coleman I will continue with Not a new game. How about the same one? Because everyone's invested in Commander's Giants this year. So let's keep Rolling. But I want to talk about the backfields because. Yeah, all aboard. All aboard. These backfields. Perhaps this week because most weeks were, especially if you're in the playoffs, you're probably not thinking Giants and Commanders running backs. But this week you might want to look at these guys as flex options. And I'll start with Chris Rodriguez. Yet to clear 12 and a half fantasy points in a game this season. Bellas. But he does have four touchdowns in his last seven games. He is a non factor in the passing game which has kind of crushed him. He actually in 33 career games he has five targets, four catches, 30 yards.

[Field Yates]

Seems low.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah. One, he has six receiving yards this season. So that's really going to 30 yards.

[Daniel Dopp]

So he has 33 career games and 30 career receiving yards.

[Michael Coleman]

Yes, just a non factor in the passing game. But he is facing the Giants. So if he's ever going to get it done on the ground, this is the matchup. They're allowing a ridiculous and league high, of course 6.1 yards per carry to running backs this season.

[Field Yates]

That is impossible to.

[Michael Coleman]

It's. It's almost impossible. You're right. Also 16 touchdowns to that position and the three biggest games against them have come since week eight. All were 33 plus fantasy points. So I think that kind of context is important this time of year because it's not like early season and they've improved. They still are very poor. So Rodriguez, I would say a good flex option this week and also a great value at drafting just 4900. Love that option for sure. Love that. And then the other side of this as well, this is one we have to monitor. Tyrone Tracy, remember he got hurt when we last saw him two weeks ago. It looks like he'll be able to play in this one, but we'll keep an eye on that.

[Field Yates]

We'll participate yesterday in practice, full participation.

[Michael Coleman]

So we expect him to go the two prior games to the injury, the game where he got hurt. 130 yards. At least 130 yards and 16 plus fantasy points. Also Devin Singletary filled in for him and had 102 yards and a touchdown. So the running backs have been delivering for them. And of course they play Washington top eight in yards, touchdowns and fantasy points to running backs. He's 5,500 at DraftKings. So both of these running backs could be centerpieces of DFS lineups this week, certainly in cash formats. I love that.

[Daniel Dopp]

You know who's not going to be a centerpiece of DFS lineups this week?

[Michael Coleman]

Jackson Dart oh, guys.

[Daniel Dopp]

No, Same game.

[Michael Coleman]

Oh.

[Daniel Dopp]

Jaden Daniels was officially ruled out. I just want to make sure everyone knows this. Chef alert. Yesterday, Jaden Daniels ruled out in this game, which means we are going to officially get Marcus Mariota under center. We had talked about that and we've seen him produce before. I said this when we were doing the waiver segment. I'm going to say it one more time. 18 1/2 fantasy points in three games in spot duty so far this year. He can still use his legs as a weapon against this giants team. Over 20 rushing yards in every start. But one for Marcus Mariota. Four games back.

[Field Yates]

11 this week.

[Michael Coleman]

Maybe I'm 10, I think.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, yeah, 10. 10 is the confirmed number.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

And it's the. Dude. This matchup, we've been talking about it, but this matchup is decadent.

[Field Yates]

Very is the word.

[Daniel Dopp]

Giants have allowed the second most fantasy points to quarterbacks. Every quarterback since Week 6 has had at least two touchdowns against this giant squad. Six of the last eight teams have seen at least 20 fantasy points from the quarterback position. So I've got him, Mariota as a top 10 to 12 quarterback here. Given all the things, he can love that. And then his pass catchers, whatever Debo and Terry McLaurin I think are exactly what they were. Even with where Jaden Daniels was like, I didn't move them very much with Mariota being the guy here. So I am starting everybody the way that I had. It's just with the idea that no Jaden Daniels, we're moving on to Marcus Mariota here in week 15.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Michael Coleman]

Anyway, let's just keep going tight ends. I was going to roll through the whole game, but actually I am. I have a lot of Ben Senate and Dynasty and he was a second round pick a couple years ago. No Zach Ertz there. Now I want to see if they actually take a look at him over the final month. You know, the coaching staff has said they want to get Jaden Daniels his reps. He needs those reps down the stretch so he's not going to be rested for the rest of the year. Same things for. Same thing for Ben Senate. Yeah, he should be their future tight end one. So I hope they take a look at him because I need to know or I need to cut him. Cut Bait and Dynasty.

[Daniel Dopp]

Do you guys have anybody this week that you would consider knowing that we're ranking Mariota at 10. Is there any quarterbacks you have that you would start?

[Field Yates]

I've got a super flex league where my two starting quarterbacks. No Big deal. Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's. This was the exact thought I had in my head.

[Field Yates]

Patrick Mahomes or Marcus Mariota?

[Daniel Dopp]

This week, I would play Marcus Mariota one spot ahead.

[Michael Coleman]

But we've seen. Yeah, we see.

[Field Yates]

Yeah. Listen, it's a scary thing to do.

[Daniel Dopp]

One of them is the greatest quarterback in football.

[Field Yates]

Yes.

[Daniel Dopp]

The other one is Marcus Mariota.

[Field Yates]

You know what the other one is my dad's favorite player. My dad's from Hawaii. For those that don't know this, of course.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, of course he is.

[Field Yates]

And my dad has, like, three favorite players in the NFL, but Marcus Mariota is his number one. Tua is his number two.

[Daniel Dopp]

Love that.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah.

[Field Yates]

He's a big fan of pretty much anybody from Hawaii is my dad's favorite player. Marcus Mariota is huge. We went on our honeymoon, Chapin and I did, when we got married. This was whatever, seven years ago, and we were there, and I was just in the car in an Uber or something like, hey, who are your teams? And they were like, yeah, the Falcons or whatever team he was playing for at that time. You know, like Titans. Big fan of the Raiders.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah.

[Field Yates]

Like, we want tua. Wherever TUA goes, you know, we'll be a huge fan. It's pretty cool to see how much they rally around their players from that state. So I probably won't pull that trigger on Mariota over Mahomes, but it's something to consider. It is something else to consider, is how often do we have a top six offense in terms of points per game that's nine and four that might not have a single player that you're confidently starting in the fantasy playoffs?

[Daniel Dopp]

Indianapolis Colts.

[Field Yates]

They're eight and five.

[Daniel Dopp]

Okay.

[Michael Coleman]

Who's nine? Four. Good.

[Field Yates]

The Bears offense.

[Michael Coleman]

The Bears.

[Field Yates]

Just talk about this.

[Michael Coleman]

You're right.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah.

[Michael Coleman]

You're very. Yeah.

[Field Yates]

Just. Just bear with me here for a moment.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, field.

[Michael Coleman]

It was that plan that was not.

[Field Yates]

Planned, but it worked out.

[Michael Coleman]

Well done. Well done.

[Field Yates]

Browns defense, fourth in terms of fantasy points allowed to opposing quarterback. Just over 13 or good. 12th against running backs. 20.81. We'll talk about the running backs in a moment. Fourth against wide receivers. That's not good. And 11th against tight ends. Which tight ends? Obviously, the data can be influenced by just a couple of really good games, but the running backs, I think, are the most interesting part because we have the most clarity about who's going to be available, but maybe the least clarity in terms of who you should be playing the last three games for. The Bears. DeAndre Swift has 39 carries with with five total catches and one total touchdown in that same three game stretch. Kama Nungai has 48 carries.

[Michael Coleman]

Wow.

[Field Yates]

One catch. He's very Chris Rodriguez like in that regard. But two touchdowns. Remember he had that streak of four straight games with a touchdown which came to an end last week against the Packers. It's hard, man. The game script should be favorable for the Bears this upcoming weekend. They should not be playing from behind. I don't think they will at least, so they should be able to run the football aplenty. But you got two guys toting the rock and one of them is touchdown dependent. One of them is kind of big play dependent in the case of DeAndre Swift, because neither one of them is really a factor in the passing game right now. So both of those guys outside my top 20 this week. As for the pass catchers, Luther Burden has back to back games with exactly four catches on six targets and one rushing attempt, but hasn't reached 13 fantasy points in either of those two games. Roma Dunze was limited in practice yesterday. He's got a stress fracture he's working through right now. And Odunze of course, has not been nearly as productive of late. I think Colson Loveland is a future star in this league, but he ran the exact same number of routes last week as Cole Comet, 20 apiece. Caleb Williams has had remarkable highs this year, but the lows have been devastating for you. So are you starting any Bears player this weekend in fantasy football with implicit confidence?

[Michael Coleman]

No.

[Field Yates]

Okay, there we go.

[Daniel Dopp]

I agree. Yeah. Especially with the way that you laid everything out. I'm out on the pass catchers at this point. There's no consistency. I don't feel like I can trust Roma dunes A in a win or go home week after having no Roma dunes A last week, then no. DJ Moore is showing up. Can't trust DJ Moore in the playoffs.

[Field Yates]

I didn't even mention DJ Moore.

[Daniel Dopp]

He's not even on there how far.

[Field Yates]

Things have fallen there.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah, he was not good last week even with DJ out. And not to mention you. You said it, you touched on it. But tough matchup here. And also the weather is not looking great there either. It's gonna be cold. Not a major, not a M. Yeah, go ahead. You.

[Daniel Dopp]

You.

[Michael Coleman]

You brought it up to me. But Mike and I are now we're super worried about wind here, but we're worried about.

[Daniel Dopp]

I was talking about weather before the show, before I got here today we're.

[Field Yates]

Talking about weather in the bathroom because we both have the same bladder stream, apparently.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah. Pre game. Pre game meeting.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's what it was.

[Field Yates]

You see that weather in Chicago, Mike? He's like, hold on, I'm flushing real quick. It's gonna feel like negative six.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

Are you serious?

[Field Yates]

We thought that game last week against Green Bay was cold, which was very cold. It was like 7 degrees. It's gonna feel bitter on Sunday. One of the coldest games in Soldier Field history, which, of course is a very, very cold climb.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah. So we'll. Your extreme cold is a concern, so we'll monitor that up to game time. You generally, it's heavy rain or especially wind that we're looking at. I haven't seen any, like, major wind concerns this weekend, but except for Philadelphia, that's the one I'm keeping an eye on. Raiders in Philly, so that could be a differentiator. If you're looking at, like, devonte Smith or deep leagues, maybe you're looking at Trey Tucker. Actually, don't you have Trey Tucker as someone? Is Trey Tucker against me in a lineup this week? Maybe a 2 or my. Anyway, there's just so many guys and I'm. So many matchups I have.

[Daniel Dopp]

It's not me because I got a bunch of buys.

[Michael Coleman]

I guess somebody. Someone else's. I saw it today when I was looking at matchups. But anyway.

No, it's in. It's in a different dynasty league. But anyway, anyway, the point being, keep an eye on the weather. You know, it's that time of the year. We'll. We'll talk about it more in Fantasy Football Sunday.

[Daniel Dopp]

I want to ask you guys this question because when you talk about weather like this, I recognize there's only so much that we're going to move the needle for when it comes to our fantasy decision making when it comes to that. But when you have a game that's potentially negative 6, is there a thought that, like, hey, the guy that maybe doesn't catch passes like Kyle Manungai. Is this just like a ground and pound game? Because they can't do more like, it might give me a little bit more confidence in that situation.

[Field Yates]

It also gives me some confidence in the idea that maybe football should just be played in domes just all the time. Pretty sweet. No. I actually like football outdoors. It's easy for me to say that.

[Michael Coleman]

But it makes our job harder.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's the difference.

[Field Yates]

But I mean, we also watch the games while wearing makeup from a TV studio on Sunday, so we shouldn't be the one to decide on whether games we play inside or do you?

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, if you stop it.

[Michael Coleman]

Go through the elements.

[Daniel Dopp]

If all outdoor weather games were like Bill's Bengals last week, then I would say give me all the snow weather games.

[Michael Coleman]

I'm in one or two a year. Like the Eagles Lions game, the big ones that are real bad, massive amounts of snow. That's fun once in a while.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah.

[Michael Coleman]

Especially when you have things like Lashawn McCoy having like a 60 yard touchdown run. It's not just, you know, you know, three yard carries. Exactly. It's fun.

[Daniel Dopp]

I've never been in a stem. Sorry, we should be talking about football. Have you ever been to a game like that where you're sitting outside and you're just snowing on? I've never done an outside game like that.

[Field Yates]

I grew up in New England. A lot of Patriots games.

[Daniel Dopp]

Of course.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Michael Coleman]

I was, we were talking about this in the bathroom as well. I was at the Eagles Falcons NFC championship game and our like drinks were all frozen. Like you couldn't do any. It was just so cold and it snowed and actually it was at. You know, it's just super random. But I was also at the Vikings Eagles Tuesday night game. Remember that when they remember that when their forecast was this massive snowstorm moved Monday night to Tuesday night and then it didn't snow that game too.

[Field Yates]

What's funny about that, Mike, is that happened in the 2010 season, I believe.

[Michael Coleman]

Okay. Was that what? Yeah.

[Field Yates]

And the Vikings were flying to Philly and they got diverted and they landed in Kansas City, which is I was working for the Chiefs at that time. We pull up into the Kansas City airport and after our game on Sunday afternoon was over and the Vikings are just hanging out in the airport, just sitting there waiting to get to Philadelphia. So small fun fact there.

[Michael Coleman]

That's crazy.

[Field Yates]

Last thing about the cold games back in New England growing up is that the old Patriot Stadium, Foxborough Stadium was just aluminum benches. It was a complete disaster.

[Michael Coleman]

It's dump.

[Field Yates]

That's why they got a new one. And so your butt was frozen.

[Daniel Dopp]

It feels like it would freeze too.

[Field Yates]

Yes. You'd get up.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah.

[Field Yates]

Oh, yeah.

[Michael Coleman]

Back in the day, Three rivers.

[Field Yates]

We're in a different era now. The Braves build a new stadium like every 15 years. Sports stadiums are nuts. That's your baseball team, right? The Braves.

[Michael Coleman]

The Braves, yeah. Big baseball guy.

[Field Yates]

But back on track.

[Daniel Dopp]

Anyway, before we get back on track, we got a one real quick question.

[Field Yates]

Is it about frozen butts?

[Daniel Dopp]

It is probably pretty close to that one field. Jason. The question comes from Jacob Waltrip. How long were you guys in the bathroom for Jacob.

[Field Yates]

I'll set the over under at 13 and a half minutes.

[Daniel Dopp]

You can guess older men here. Older men, that's.

[Field Yates]

I don't get much time to myself these days.

[Michael Coleman]

We're efficient. All right. We can knock out a bunch of topics. That's right in the hall, we. We start talking, trade some notes, talk about, hey, did you see that game? I was like, he playing this week? And then we're gone. You know, you gotta, you gotta work.

[Field Yates]

You gotta do what, you gotta focus here. What do we got?

[Daniel Dopp]

All right, over to you. That was, that was your topic, right? That was where we just hit.

[Michael Coleman]

Okay. Yeah. Mine is Shador Sanders. I did talk about him yesterday as like the whole Browns offense, but I was, I was thinking about the idea that someone's like, should I add him and could I stream him during the fantasy playoffs after what we saw last week? Because it was a big fantasy game and what was just his third NFL start, 23 of 42, 364 yards, three touchdowns, one interception, 29 yards and a touchdown on three carries as well. So he did it as a rusher. Yeah. And a passer.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Michael Coleman]

Guys, I'm not there yet. As a fantasy option.

[Field Yates]

Okay.

[Michael Coleman]

Okay, just bring him back down. I'm not there yet. 10.6 fantasy points was his prior career high. Of course, only in two games. But in this game came, of course, against the Titans. They picked on a very bad defense. He did run for the touchdown, as I mentioned, but he totaled five yards on two carries in his prior two games. And again in this one, he only. He had 29 yards. But I don't, just don't know if that's sustainable going forward. I don't know if he's going to keep being. He wasn't, you know, he. That wasn't. The scouting report on him was that he was going to be much of a runner.

[Daniel Dopp]

Super mobile.

[Michael Coleman]

He was. He's a pocket quarterback. So the one thing going right for him, at least from the perspective of maybe in a super flex league, if you need a QB2, is this matchup. The Bears have allowed 27 passing touchdowns. That's second most. They also have the most interceptions, though, and it ends up there, the ninth most fantasy points. A lot of quarterback. So signs of optimism maybe for his future in the NFL, but I don't think he's a fantasy option yet. I just don't. There's just not enough there for consistent production.

[Daniel Dopp]

I would feel most confident starting a guy named Quinton Judkins. From this Browns team. Given all the things you just talked about with the weather again in this game.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah, we mentioned yesterday no Jerome Ford on ir, which obviously opens the door for maybe a few extra targets for Judkins. Yeah, by his projection, just a pinch higher than it was yesterday.

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I want to talk about another running back if you guys don't mind, because it is officially the Woody Marks show in Houston. And I want to know, can you start him in week 15? Last 26 rush attempts, two receptions, 76 total yards. I did say 26 attempts and 76 total yards. Efficiency wasn't there. It wasn't on his side. However, playing against a really tough Chiefs team, still found the end zone. 15.6 fantasy points. Nick Chubb got banged up in that game. Left halfway through the second quarter with a rib injury. Yep. And at that point, man, Woody Marks just took over. He clearly was the guy with the volume. He would have had a second touchdown if he didn't come out of the game. He got banged up a little bit. They gave Dari on Gumbawale. A touchdown there. So 16 plus touches in five straight games, which is fantastic. And this matchup is great against the Arizona Cardinals, actually, I would love it if you guys would check out this.

[Field Yates]

Check out this.

[Michael Coleman]

Hey man, check out this.

[Field Yates]

Hey yo, check out this. Check out this. It's time to check out this.

So good.

[Daniel Dopp]

Check out this. The last four running backs to play the Cardinals week 11 Christian McCaffrey had 35 fantasy points. Week 12 Travis Etn had 20.6 fantasy points. Week 13 the Scrub Bucky Irving only had 16.1. That's the worst. And then week 14 Kyron Williams had 17.7 and Blake Corum had 26.1. This is a lot of points over the last month of the season to the running back position, and right now we're not really sure. Even if Nick Chubb plays, it just feels like Woody Marks is the guy in this offense. So I've got him as a top 20 running back for my squad this week.

[Field Yates]

Trending up in the right direction, by the way. I don't know if this was tipping their hand entirely, but they did claim the Texans Cody Schrader off of waivers. A running back from the Jaguars earlier this week might have been an indication that perhaps the Nick job is not going to be good to go because of that ribs injury. Let's talk about the Broncos packers game, and I feel like I'm Debbie Downer today, but is it tough sledding expected for literally every player in this game? Yeah, maybe two of the best, I think for defense in the NFL, along with the Texans and also the Eagles. How about this though? Broncos 6th Fewest fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks Bad for Jordan Love the Packers seventh fewest fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks Bad for Bo Nix. The Broncos the second fewest fantasy points to opposing running backs. You're still going to start Josh Jacobs. That being said, it's a tough matchup for him. The packers ninth fewest fantasy points to opposing running backs We've already kind of laid out some of our concerns for RJ Harvey this week. Broncos 8th fewest fantasy points to opposing wide receivers Mike will do the wide receiver corner shadow in a minute. I will say no more. The Packers 12th fewest fantasy points to opposing wide receivers these teams have some similarities in this regard. Both of them have wide receiver rooms that can be very unpredictable at times, and sometimes the answer is none of them pans out in the course of a given game. They also have a quarterback who I think can be up or down for fantasy purposes, the best version of Jordan Love is really good. The best version of Bo Nicks is really good. But both of those guys can also go for 12 fantasy points in this game. So other than Josh shaking and I don't write the lineup blocks, Mike does. I don't know that anybody. That includes Christian Watson is a guaranteed to be in a lineup this upcoming weekend.

[Michael Coleman]

Maybe Corland, Sutton, Pat. Brian's probably not going to play, which may help him a little bit. Probably better for Troy Franklin. Reclaim some role there. Although a little Jordan Humphrey, I believe, ran more routes than he did last week, so.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, great. Raheem Sanders.

[Daniel Dopp]

Did you say RJ Harvey as a potential lineup block or is he maybe.

[Field Yates]

Just outside as like a. I think lineup block is Josh Jacobs.

[Michael Coleman]

And.

[Daniel Dopp]

And that's it.

[Michael Coleman]

I have Harvey.

[Daniel Dopp]

I think I would have to start Harvey just given where he's at. But I understand what you're saying about how bad the matchup is.

[Michael Coleman]

Packers are like mid pack against running backs. Right.

[Field Yates]

So wealth, fewest. Ninth viewers.

[Michael Coleman]

Excuse me.

[Field Yates]

Ninth. Ninth to running backs. Ninth fewest. Yeah.

[Michael Coleman]

Okay, well, fair enough. Yeah, you're right. 24.

[Daniel Dopp]

Although.

[Michael Coleman]

Okay, they're mid pack over the last four and eight weeks, so.

[Field Yates]

Gotcha.

[Daniel Dopp]

You know, they've gotten better recently.

[Michael Coleman]

They're not at. Yeah, not as. And Harvey does enough in the passing. Yeah.

[Field Yates]

Worse. Better we're having.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah. However, he says they've been worse.

[Field Yates]

Better for RJ Harvey.

[Michael Coleman]

Yes.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah. I mean, I have Harvey at 14, so, I mean, the volume he's been getting in the production. You could make a case he's a back end RB1 right now, so a little bit of a decrease. But you know, sometimes in these tough matchups too, being involved in the passing game can bail you out if. I mean, look at Ashton Genty. He keeps being. Keep surviving in fantasy because he's done so much for the most part. Because he. And scoring touchdowns because he's involved in the passing.

[Field Yates]

Eight targets in three straight games for Genty before last week. Kenny Pickett might start for the Raiders on Sunday, by the way. Anyways, my caution flag is up for guys not named Josh Jacobs.

[Daniel Dopp]

We're talking about Brock Bowers. At any point, do you want to talk about Kenny Pickett starting? If that changes anything for you guys.

[Field Yates]

I. I don't. Yeah, I was gonna say, like, I don't know that anything the Raiders do changes anything for anybody.

[Daniel Dopp]

Like Geno Smith was already pretty bad to begin with.

[Michael Coleman]

Really be much worse. In fact, I don't think anyone moved at All. And also we've been talking about hours.

[Daniel Dopp]

Other than Bowers and Genti.

[Michael Coleman]

They're in Philly. I mean. I mean again, that could be a windy game anyway. But Bowers, maybe you're not better.

[Field Yates]

Maybe a little bit. I mean maybe a little bit better is what I'm hoping.

[Michael Coleman]

Oh yeah. I hope so too.

[Field Yates]

I this is sort of the Carson Wentz replaces J.J. mcCarthy theory back in the day is like it's so bad. Like it can't really go anywhere but up. Right.

[Michael Coleman]

Eagles defense though.

[Field Yates]

I like that.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah.

[Field Yates]

Gaming with faint praise here.

[Michael Coleman]

Even them in the playoffs.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right, Mike, keep this rolling.

[Michael Coleman]

How about another running back here, Tony Pollard. What the heck was that last week?

[Daniel Dopp]

Great question.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah, that was not cool at all. Tony Pollard, he just on people's benches. I was not. Because no one started him.

[Daniel Dopp]

Like what do we only started in 31 of these?

[Field Yates]

I was part of the 30 which.

[Michael Coleman]

Actually seems high to me considering how poor he has been. He had 28.1 fantasy points last week, 25 carries, 161 yards, two touchdowns. Guys, he had zero targets.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes.

[Michael Coleman]

And still had 28 points.

[Field Yates]

It was absurd.

[Michael Coleman]

It really is. It was his first game reaching 15 fantasy points this season. He was in single digits in five of his in his prior five and six of his prior seven. So again, I don't know how any that many people were starting him after that. It was his best game since week 11 of 2022.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yep.

[Michael Coleman]

Almost. Or that was back when he was with the Cowboys.

[Daniel Dopp]

That was pre Titans over three years.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah. And I will say this, it's very similar to your graphic you just put up about the Cardinals is very similar for the Browns. They have given up 17 plus to the opposing Lee back in five consecutive games including Tony Pollard. So they have been really struggling. So not totally shocking that Pollard had a better game. Maybe that's why some people were starting him this week. More of a neutral matchup against the 49ers. So my expectation is right back to earth here. He's still sharing with Tajie Spears, including especially in passing situations. So I don't think much has changed here. Maybe a little more optimism. But I'm still, still Adam Pollard.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah. Unfortunately feels that way. You'd love to be able to see the game for the kid. Like it's awesome to be able to have such an awesome game. But it doesn't mean a lot for us in fantasy unfortunately. I want to talk about Jacoby Myers. We've had a lot of conversations about him over the last couple weeks since he moved over to the Jacksonville Jaguars and part of that's because he's finally become fantasy relevant again for us.

[Michael Coleman]

This is your. Yeah. This is your ninth straight week talking about Jacoby Myers.

[Daniel Dopp]

Tell me about it.

[Field Yates]

I think I had him last week, actually.

[Michael Coleman]

Oh, you did?

[Daniel Dopp]

I took a break and he took him. Yeah. But it is. We have been talking about him basically every single week because we've been waiting to see a wide receiver and I think we're going to talk more about Jaguars wide receivers tomorrow. But like we've been waiting to see if there's a Jaguars wide receiver that is going to emerge for Trevor Lawrence as this team is making a playoff push, by the way, and he has been the guy. Jacoby Myers has been locked into the flex radar since coming to Jacksonville, has topped 14.8 fantasy points in three straight games, at least six targets in four straight, including 10 in the last game that he had no Parker Washington last week. I think that helped a little bit of the uptick in targets because he went from the six targets to the 10 targets. Got to continue to monitor that to see the situation. However, no teams are on a buy. You got a full slate of players and I want to ask you guys if we could do a little bit of a name game here around Jacoby Myers. Would you start Jacoby Myers this week or. Or Keenan Allen against the Chiefs.

[Field Yates]

Chubby Myers?

[Michael Coleman]

I would go Myers. Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

Would you start Roma Dudze or Jacoby. I'm sorry, Roma Dunesay or against the Browns or Jacoby Myers?

[Michael Coleman]

Both tough.

[Field Yates]

Well, Myers because Browns and also the foot for a Dunes.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah. I have Myers one spot ahead, so.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right.

[Michael Coleman]

But I go him.

[Daniel Dopp]

We don't know if this is going to happen yet, but If Marvin Harrison Jr. Plays, would you rather play Marvin Harrison Jr. Over Jacoby Myers?

[Michael Coleman]

I think it goes.

[Field Yates]

Yeah. But I think Marv's going to be out.

[Daniel Dopp]

You think he's going to be out? Okay, we'll talk about that. We're going to talk about this really quickly. I'm going to say that I don't want to do anymore. But if you had to choose between Christian Watson, who has been good recently but he's going to get a tough matchup, or Jacoby Myers, would you go to Christian Watson or Jacoby Myers in week 15?

[Field Yates]

I think if I needed an upside play, I would just roll the Watson dice.

[Daniel Dopp]

Watson dice.

[Field Yates]

But if you're just kind of like in a neutral spot, it would be.

[Michael Coleman]

Myers Watson in a second. I will say this. I AM streaming Trevor Lawrence this week. Remember, Brady Cook could be the starter for the Jets. That's how I have a projected right now ETN day. You just. This is one of them situations where this is probably not going to be like a shootout. Right. It's probably going to be comfortable. Jags win. So we. And where's this game at? That's in. Is it in Jacksonville? Brady Cook. It's in Jacksonville as well. You have to hope you get your points early. I feel like. Like you have to hope it's not ETN and then too comes in and scores and Lawrence ends up with one passing touchdown and that could really crush the pass catchers because I don't think they're going to call a lot of passes in the second half of this game. Makes me a little nervous this week, but. And because the Jet. I mean jets have not allowed a lot of fantasy points lately because teams just haven't had to be aggressive on offense.

[Daniel Dopp]

They don't need to.

[Michael Coleman]

Definitely a little concerned about that last one.

[Daniel Dopp]

I want to ask you guys, would you rather start Tedro and McMillan, who has three catches over the last two games taken on the Saints or Jacoby Myers in week 15? I would go with Ted as well, but I just.

[Field Yates]

It's a.

[Daniel Dopp]

It's a question.

[Michael Coleman]

So I start him in FF now. Thinking about it.

[Daniel Dopp]

Wanted to list a couple of flex options in case people are trying to decide between Jacoby Myers and a few other guys in that range.

[Field Yates]

All righty, let's do it. Oh, I guess when I say do it, I guess that means time to go to the Shadow Report.

[Daniel Dopp]

We're done.

[Michael Coleman]

Love that.

[Field Yates]

Indeed.

[Daniel Dopp]

We've kind of already field and I teased the Shadow Report for you quite a bit with some of the players we talked about, Mike, but go ahead and give us the upgrades and downgrades for here in week 15.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah, this is, you know, this always fluctuates. It's kind of light on the easy, easy side. But there's a lot of tougher matchups this week, so I'll start with easy ones.

[Daniel Dopp]

How dare you.

[Michael Coleman]

I mean, I'm gonna just make a bold statement here, guys. Rams receivers or top two receivers, start them. Okay.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, we clip this off, please.

[Michael Coleman]

No, Adams, start them. That's it. That's all I got. No, they're playing Lions. Yeah, Lions have not been very good against wide receiver. Second fantasy points allowed the most over the last month and the last two months they've really struggled against the perimeter. That's where you're going to See a lot of Nukua and Adams. They bought 20 touchdowns to the position. Top five in yards and you're down Terry and Arnold for the season and Brian Branch for the season. And we don't know if Kirby Joseph, who's been out since week six, will play. So really good spot for them two guys to be potential week winners and get you to the next round of.

[Daniel Dopp]

The fantasy playoff smash spot for Rams.

[Michael Coleman]

Receivers Love Nakua and DFS as well. At 8,700. Juwan Jennings and the 49ers wide receivers. I headline with him because I don't think we could trust Ricky Pearson.

[Field Yates]

No, he can't just.

[Michael Coleman]

He has not been there since his return. But Jennings, you can Titans 8th most fantasy points allowed to receivers and that's despite the fact that they don't face a ton of volume either because they don't score a lot of points. They've allowed a 69% catch rate to wide receivers this season. That's highest in the NFL. So nice. There are upgrades. That's it.

[Field Yates]

That's the all.

[Michael Coleman]

That's all I have. Those are the highlights.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, so we have two positive matchups for week 15 and everything else is negative.

[Michael Coleman]

Several papers of downgrades. It just worked out that way.

[Daniel Dopp]

Okay. All right.

[Michael Coleman]

Hard. The hardest of the week for sure is a Flowers. This is one of the trickiest calls. I only haven't talked about him yet because I knew he would headline this feature here. You know, coming off a big game last week, which is good, but remember the week prior he faced off with DJ Turner. He was shadow. Turner's been awesome this season. More than that in a second. But in that game, Turner shadowed him a 23 of 33 routes, including 22 of 26 on the perimeter. Flowers in that game, six targets, one yard. Wow. He did have that iffy OPI. That could have been a touchdown. But even if he hit that, you're still like, man, he had two catches on six targets in this game. And this is a Trend because the 10 receivers Turner has shadowed this season have averaged 7.2 fantasy points per game. 11 got to 13 points.

[Daniel Dopp]

Who was it?

[Michael Coleman]

I don't remember. Okay.

[Field Yates]

You're good for nothing.

[Michael Coleman]

I. I don't recall. That's all right. But also, Turner shadowed Zay Flowers once each of the last two years. Flowers in those games, seven three point, 7.4 points. So it's kind of been a trend here. Turner's had his number and he's had.

[Field Yates]

A lot the number Marshawn Lattimore Mike Evans?

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. It's even more severe than that, to be honest. So I am very nervous about Flowers this week. I downgraded him a lot. I think he would have been a borderline top 12 play based on his target share and coming off a big game last week. But I'm. I have him way down this week at 27 and he could be lower. He's very risky in this matchup. So he's the headliner.

[Daniel Dopp]

I believe it's either DJ Moore or Courtland Sutton.

[Michael Coleman]

Based on my. My brain was taking me to something, but I didn't want to say because it wasn't positive. Next one, guys, is the Arizona receivers. This one kind of depends. So if Harrison plays, I believe that he will be shadowed by Derek Stingley. Read this game. Which would be a tough matchup if he's out. Michael Wilson gets a big boost in usage. We know a good easement, but he'll probably draw extingley shadow in this one. But I don't know if it matters a lot because at the end of the day, the Texans have about seven touchdowns to receivers. I mean, they've been dominant. Best EPA against the past. Third fewest fantasy points, lowest catch rate. Five receivers have even gotten a 13. Only two have gotten 18, and that's JSN and Pukinakua. So this is a tough assignment regardless. I think I'm starting Harrison if he plays. If he's out, I'm starting Wilson, but I don't think I'm starting both of these guys. It's gonna be hard for me to start Wilson if.

[Daniel Dopp]

If Harrison plays.

[Michael Coleman]

Harrison's out there. But this is a really tough matchup and I would expect Wilson to come back to earth this week.

[Field Yates]

Yep.

[Michael Coleman]

Same next one. That sucks.

[Field Yates]

All I have to say on that.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, that's a bummer because I don't want it, but yeah.

[Michael Coleman]

Next one. Packers receivers against Denver. We talked about this a little bit. Romeo Dobbs coming off zero catches last week, tough to start against the Broncos here. Christian Watson, 18 plus fantasy points in three of his last four. Five touchdowns during that span. But the Broncos have allowed five touchdown catches. Receivers this whole season. Wow, they're really good. And that's with Patrican missing three games. Three or four games earlier this season. The hardest part about this is I don't know who certain is going to shadow because Dobbs has been treated as the one and been shattered at times. And also he lines up on the perimeter almost all the time. Watson moves around more often and oftentimes you'll see those guys dodge shadow coverage. So I don't know if certain will shadow, and I don't know which one he's going to shadow. I'm not a prognosticator. I don't. I can't predict the future as the legendary.

[Field Yates]

You see the future.

[Daniel Dopp]

I'm not a. I'm not a seer of the future.

[Michael Coleman]

But regardless, the bottom line is this is a tough matchup either way for packers wide receivers. So, okay, maybe safe to avoid.

[Daniel Dopp]

Can I ask you guys where you've got Christian Watson ranked this week, even with the pat. Certain potential shadow?

[Field Yates]

If you had asked me that before the show, I'd be able to tell you off my right.

[Michael Coleman]

But 31 for cats and he would have been higher in a better matchup. He would have been in the 20s for sure.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, he's been red hot.

[Michael Coleman]

But I'm gonna. I have a league where I'm in.

[Field Yates]

32 is where I'm at a tough.

[Michael Coleman]

Call where I'm starting two receivers and I'm gonna not. I'm not utilizing him.

[Field Yates]

Okay.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's where I just. Given the matchup. Even though you've seen him, like, we're in the playoffs and you have a guy that just scored over 18 points in three of the last four weeks, it's tough to be like, I'm gonna leave that guy on the bench.

[Field Yates]

But the good news for guys like Michael Wilson and Christian Watson is that you didn't add them at the beginning of the season, even train them every week.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's true.

[Field Yates]

Michael Wilson's been amazing for you. But who is he replacing? And if the person he was replacing was somebody solid this week, you go back to that somebody solid. If the person he replaced you replaced him with was Marvin Harrison Jr. Then you may not have a choice. You may have to play Michael Wilson once again.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah, I think you're more likely to get production out of Watson just because you know the area. One play, he can line up against Riley Moss a few times, which you probably will, and hit for a big play. Or in the slot. Or he could be in the slot. He'll be in there, as I said, more about a third of the time. So he's probably more likely than Dobbs. Dobbs, I think, would be benched for sure. Especially after last week.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes, agreed.

[Michael Coleman]

Agreed. So, anyway, I'll speed through a couple more here. Terry McLaren could draw Paulson a DEBO shadow coverage. Remember, in week one, the Debo shadowed him. He had two catches for 27 yards. So not great for him. Debo Samuel, seven for 77 benefited. So a little boost for Debo. Little downgrade for Terry McLaren in this one.

Colts receivers against Seattle. Guys, I. No idea. The only thing I will say up that's a positive for Pittman is he had 10. Ten of Riley Leonard's 36 targets last week went to him 27%. That helps a little bit. But Leonard might not start either. Might be Philip River. So in Seattle with either Rivers or Leonard, I would have.

[Field Yates]

I would for those reasons.

[Daniel Dopp]

Did you say 10 targets out on his 36 pass attempts? But then you said he had a 27 target share.

[Michael Coleman]

And out of 36 is 27.

[Field Yates]

Okay.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right.

[Michael Coleman]

Yep.

[Field Yates]

Divided by 36 is 20.

[Daniel Dopp]

No, no, that's right. Yeah. Yeah, Yeah. I was just trying to do the math in my head. You guys are much better with numbers than I am.

[Michael Coleman]

I'm the pronoun.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't know.

[Field Yates]

I'm Mike, and I went to mit.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah. No, I. No, I did not.

[Field Yates]

It's down.

[Michael Coleman]

I did not. I went to Kutztown, which is basically the same. Yeah. It's the kids.

[Field Yates]

The Mit.

Reynolds on practice squad, injured reserve as of yesterday.

[Michael Coleman]

Is that right? Yeah, I'm okay. Okay.

[Field Yates]

He's.

[Michael Coleman]

He's hung around a long time. He's.

[Daniel Dopp]

I was so bummed when the Lions released him. Yeah. As a part of that.

[Michael Coleman]

Anyway, he's still on the Lions practice, practice squad.

[Daniel Dopp]

But, like, he's not on that.

[Michael Coleman]

Oh, Patriots. Oh. Oh, is it the Patriots? Oh, I missed.

[Daniel Dopp]

I thought he was still with us on the practice squad. No, I had no idea.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Michael Coleman]

Maybe I'll score a touchdown for them in the playoffs.

[Field Yates]

You guys are really like dedicated Lions fans and really dedicated Kutztowns fans. Keeping up with your most notable alumni.

[Michael Coleman]

Maybe now he. At least he has an opportunity to score a touchdown in the playoffs.

[Daniel Dopp]

He's not on the Lions as long as.

[Field Yates]

Oh, wow, dude, that's.

[Michael Coleman]

I got you there. That was.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, that was a tough one.

[Michael Coleman]

I could do it because my Eagles aren't doing much better right now.

[Daniel Dopp]

So who has fewer fumbles the rest of the season? Ramandre Stevenson or Craig Reynolds for the Patriots?

[Michael Coleman]

Fair question, guys. Couple more Cowboys receivers against the Vikings. They've allowed the fewest fantasy points wide receivers so far this season. Second fewest catches, just eight touchdowns. Only check this. Actually. Surprise. I almost did it.

[Daniel Dopp]

Almost did it.

[Field Yates]

Almost did it.

[Michael Coleman]

Almost went there. We don't have time for it, though, right now. Eight receivers have reached 10 fantasy points against the Vikings. This season. Wow, that's really, really low. That's kind of wild actually. It's a little surprised. So our Pickens, you know who all.

[Daniel Dopp]

Those eight receivers were?

[Michael Coleman]

No.

[Daniel Dopp]

Can you name them all?

[Field Yates]

Okay, name all eight of them and where they went to high school, please.

[Michael Coleman]

Thank you.

[Field Yates]

Thank you, Mike.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah, so I don't know if Pickens and Lamb both have good games this week and it's the playoffs. This is a tough one.

[Field Yates]

Playoffs.

[Daniel Dopp]

Gotta start them both. Yeah. I have no idea what's going to happen there.

[Michael Coleman]

Next one guys. Chiefs receivers. Fortunately we're only really Chiefs receiver, right? One of them, yeah. We're still starting him but. But Chargers second fewest fantasy points to receivers, fewest to the perimeter. Fifth fewest to the slot. 16 points by A.J. brown on Monday night. That was the most they've allowed to a receiver since week seven. So probably not a lot of upside here for Rice even though again you're right, you're going to have to put him lineup. And the last one we talked about earlier could be weather concerns here as well. Bears receivers against the Browns. Fourth few of his fantasy points to receivers. They have been very good. Only three receivers have hit 17 against them and. And all came prior to week seven. So tough one again. More, more damaging info here for Roma Dunes a DJ Moore if he plays.

[Daniel Dopp]

On behalf of everyone I would like to say this was a really good week 15 shadow report. But next week I just like more upgrades and less downgrades, if I'm honest.

[Michael Coleman]

Like upgrades are more favorable out sometimes. I don't know. Just like the teams that are playing or I don't know, teams that have been bad are a little better lately and they're just not. Not super appealing. But yeah, there were a lot of clear downgrades this week.

[Daniel Dopp]

There's two upgrades, 15 downgrades by the way. If you lose, you go home this week. So congratulations. Let's figure out.

[Michael Coleman]

I think the bottom line is don't start anyone.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, that's it.

[Field Yates]

Let's talk about why only have first round Jackson dart.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's fair. That's fair.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

Let's do a Thursday night football preview, my friends, Falcons and the Buccaneers. One thing to note really quickly. Kate Otten is listed as doubtful, very likely will not play. Which means all eyes are going to be on three bucks pass catchers for the first time this season.

[Michael Coleman]

Field Ain Durham. Oh, yes, yes.

[Field Yates]

Ian Dermot.

[Michael Coleman]

Who's Evan Culp?

[Field Yates]

Evan Culp, seventh round pick out of Washington a year ago. He can fly. Probably won't Play much tonight though. The big. To me, the most obvious big storyline is that both Mike Evans and Jalen McMillan were activated off of IR yesterday. McMillan's not on our starting radar tonight, but it's Mike Evans is going to play. Are you playing him in the first round of the fantasy playoffs? Nope.

[Michael Coleman]

No, I'm not.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, I agree. Because Josh Gazard, their offensive coordinator, kind of suggested it would be like where they were with Bucky and Chris Godwin in their first game back. It's an easing into it, but with Mike Evans and Jalen McMillan and Chris Godwin, what does it mean for Mecca Buka? Can you play this guy who was scorching hot for the first six weeks of the season in the first round of the fantasy playoffs?

[Michael Coleman]

Guys, he's been under 10 fantasy points in. In seven of his last eight games.

[Field Yates]

And amazingly the one big game he had in there against Christian Gonzalez, like a top five corner in the NFL.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah. And what's wild about is that he has kind of hung like we keep ranking him as a starter because he's at eight plus targets in seven straight games. The efficiency has been atrocious. But now that volume might not be there. Evans, I mean, Evans, I still, I. I'm not going to start him yet. Remember, Evans wasn't very good to open the season either. In fact, he had heavy volume too, out of the gate.

[Field Yates]

How many yards he has, he has.

[Michael Coleman]

Let's see. I have it here. Evans, 11.3 fantasy points per game in his three full games. 27 targets, which is a lot for.

[Field Yates]

His total number of yards.

[Michael Coleman]

14. 14 catches, 140 yards in a touchdown.

[Field Yates]

So he needs 860 divided by four is 215 yards per game to reach a thousand once again, 14th straight year, whatever it is.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, Nico Dowdle did that twice back to back. I mean as a runner, not as, you know, maybe.

[Michael Coleman]

Maybe. Yeah. So it's been. It's been rough. I think Bukai have all the way down to 28 now. Yeah, I'm with you still. I mean, the volume has been so nice and it's hard not to chase that, especially in this matchup against the Falcons. Godwin 35, Evans 44.

[Daniel Dopp]

For me, I just want to completely disagree with you saying it's hard not to chase that volume. I've started him for seven straight weeks. It's actually not hard for me anymore like right now because we have everybody at our disposal. I have, I told you earlier this week, like I have one league in which I have to make a decision. But Like, I'm not a crazy person. I have to play a Mecha Abuca because it's the right conversation. But there's a bunch of guys. I would rather start over a Mecca abuka this week, especially with it being a Thursday night football game. I would go back to the question I just asked you guys with the name game. I would rather play Jacoby Myers than a Mecca Abuka this week.

[Michael Coleman]

I mean, yeah, I have them close, but where do you have them ranked?

[Daniel Dopp]

My point is I have him as just inside the top 30. I think he's wide receiver 29.

[Michael Coleman]

That's what I mean, though. I don't. I can't rank him like outside the flex receivers. Right. I like, I still have him.

[Daniel Dopp]

No. But I feel quite confident I can find a flex that I might like more than.

[Michael Coleman]

Yes, I would prefer not to start.

[Field Yates]

Him in the play.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah, yeah, I would agree with that.

[Daniel Dopp]

But. But like the thing that you're talking about is what we've been saying, like, how do you quit the volume, the one thing that you like. We're always chasing volume. That's the one thing that you can't really predict. And when the guy keeps getting it and keeps getting it, that's what makes the conversation so difficult. So I actually wouldn't start any Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receivers in week 15 if I can help it.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah, I mean, it's possible that now Chris Godwin is their number one again. He had decent volume last week. He was productive. I only have him seven spots behind a book in this one. And who knows, Mike? By next week we could see a lot more Mike Evans as well. So. Yeah, and I will say this Falcons top five in touchdowns or receivers. So maybe you get a couple out of them, a couple touchdowns and that could bail you out this week.

[Daniel Dopp]

I'd like to see what we get also out of Bucky Irving. Obviously low snapshare each of the last two weeks. Like I said, under 55% in both of those games. Do we start ramping him up a little bit more now at this point? Because not only do I think the Bucs would benefit their offense, but we in fantasy would love to see that. So that's something I'm also going to watch as well as do we just get a little bit more Bucky Irving on the other side of the football? Anything else for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers you guys want to talk about? We got no Drake London for this game, which means are you all the way in? How high up, Mike? Let me ask you this question. Drake London was the pass catcher that we like for the Atlanta Falcons. Now the only other pass catcher that I have any kind of confidence in is Kyle Pittsburgh. How high did his projection go once you pulled Drake London out?

[Michael Coleman]

Isn't this perfect? We're going to the fantasy playoffs. It's the first round Thursday Night football. Kyle Pitts is a lineup lock.

[Field Yates]

I thought Daniel was going to ask me, how much confidence do you have in Darnell Moody? And I was, no.

[Michael Coleman]

Are you kidding me?

[Daniel Dopp]

No.

[Michael Coleman]

This is dangerous. Dangerous for sure. But Kyle Pitts has seen massive volume in the four games London has missed. And we talked about this yesterday. Tight end's gross after the first three or four. Yes, it is. So Pitts, with London out, his target share went up and now he's sits at tight end four, just ahead of Harold Fannin. Then you have like guys like Dallas Goddard and you get down to like Theo Johnson and Schultz and on and on. And you know, we moved Tyler Warren down. I love this quarterback issues. So if I. If you have Kyle Pitts, I don't know how you bench him in this situation. The volume's just been good and the production has followed as well.

[Daniel Dopp]

Can you believe we're saying that in week 15? If I told you at the beginning of the season you're going to be advocating for managers to start Kyle Pitts in the playoffs, you would be like, come on, come on, Daniel.

[Michael Coleman]

If this is a dud tonight, this is going to be. Everyone is going to be like, I'm.

[Daniel Dopp]

Never, I'm never doing this again. Everything leads toward Kyle Pitts has been crushing without Drake London. I have to continue to follow it. I am absolutely starting him in some leagues tonight.

[Michael Coleman]

47 times.

[Daniel Dopp]

I know.

[Field Yates]

I think it's important for us to note though, the thing that I think matters the most tonight in fantasy for the playoffs is we need a big B John night.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes.

[Field Yates]

Because he's probably the player that's rostered on the most playoff teams. We need Bijan to have himself.

[Daniel Dopp]

I need zero vulturing from tyre Al. Tyler Allgire. Is that how you say it?

[Michael Coleman]

Justin Allgire.

[Field Yates]

Justin Allgire. Yes. Tyler Allegra. Everybody knows.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah.

[Field Yates]

But we just need a big bijon night. We need a legacy game here from Bijan tonight. That's all we're asking for. Not exactly like the sexiest matchup to get the fantasy playoffs rolling, but who are you guys picking in this game?

[Michael Coleman]

Let's see. I got a score for you. It is going to be Falcons 21, Buccaneers 23. Slight, slight win.

[Field Yates]

That's a very bizarre way to read a score prediction. Usually you read the winner. Yeah, it worked. I'm not gonna lie.

[Michael Coleman]

See? Gotcha.

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't have a score because I am not a seer of the future.

[Field Yates]

Right.

[Daniel Dopp]

And I don't even know who's gonna win this game.

[Michael Coleman]

So you're gonna go with.

[Daniel Dopp]

I can't predict the future, guys. I have no idea. I'm gonna take the Atlanta Falcons in this one.

[Field Yates]

Spicy. I like it.

[Daniel Dopp]

I gotta save the show. I'm assuming you're gonna go with the bucket.

[Field Yates]

I got the Buccaneers.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, I did that for all that one either.

[Field Yates]

Thank you, though, for Daniel. You're welcome. Big time teammate right there.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right, let's talk about the Raheem Sanders Monopoly Fund, my friends, another week in which we're going to try and pick a touchdown score rostered under 0.1% of leagues. Last week, we unfortunately fell short. It doesn't happen very often, but unfortunately it did in week 14. Do you guys remember who you selected.

[Field Yates]

As your Mason Tipton?

[Daniel Dopp]

You had Mason Tipton.

[Michael Coleman]

Burks. Oh, wow.

[Field Yates]

Okay.

[Michael Coleman]

I was in here, you guys. I missed last Thursday.

[Field Yates]

You did trail and burst in Miami.

[Daniel Dopp]

And then I did. I believe Rossi Dwelly.

[Field Yates]

Yes, you did.

[Daniel Dopp]

Was officially been cut.

That was a bad one.

[Michael Coleman]

Unfortunately, score last week.

[Daniel Dopp]

Then we're going to go with the full screen here really quickly of what we've got. And listen, the producers have been doing well. Mike's been doing a little bit less well, but still pretty good field. You got two wins and $60, and money's the root of all evil. Wow. I just want you guys to know.

[Field Yates]

That you have to get one right. You can't go Deontay Johnson.

[Daniel Dopp]

I don't want to be. I feel like I'm Trey McBride. We're gonna get into week 18, and everyone's gonna be like, just trying to funnel me. Daniel, here's the guy you need to take. Here's the guy you need to take.

[Field Yates]

This is your time to do it. All right, let's make our wagers here for the week. All right, Daniel, I'm gonna host a segment to bring you some juju here. Who is your Raheem Sanders Monopoly Fund pick of the week?

[Daniel Dopp]

You know, one of the things that we always say about Thursday Night Football is it's really quality football, which means we got often get a lot of scoring, a lot of things happening. And because of that, I'm going to go with a guy that has found the end zone a couple times and it's going to be David sills.

[Michael Coleman]

Okay. The fifth. Ooh.

[Field Yates]

Likey.

[Daniel Dopp]

Rostered in 0.1% of leagues. Had four targets last week, obviously, so it's. I mean, no catches, but has had a couple of targets now with Drake London being out. So he was one of the few long shots that has hit this year.

[Field Yates]

One of the few. There's been seven. That's pretty.

[Daniel Dopp]

Well, that's true. You're right.

[Field Yates]

You're right. 14 weeks of action. 13, because we skipped week one. All right, Mike, I'll be magnanimous and hand it off to you. Who is your pick for week 15?

[Michael Coleman]

My pick is Baltimore Ravens running back Rasheen Ali.

[Daniel Dopp]

When I picked this, I did not.

[Michael Coleman]

Think Keaton Mitchell is going to play. It looks like he'll probably go. He's back at practice. But Rashin Ali has helped fill in a little bit of that Justice Hill role in the passing game. 19 career touches for Ali. Eight have come in the last three weeks, and of course, they're playing the Bengals. 17 touchdowns and the most fantasy points led to running backs this season. So I'll hope for a. This is a Hail Mary one for sure, but that's the name of the game.

[Daniel Dopp]

Nothing wrong with that.

[Field Yates]

They kind of all are. My pick for this week is a player that had five catches last week, former lion and Bronco, Tim Patrick.

[Michael Coleman]

Yes.

[Daniel Dopp]

I almost went with Tim.

[Field Yates]

Jaguars wide receiver. So we spent three quarters of our show discussing Jaguars wide receivers today. I wanted to put that icing on the cake.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, bless you.

[Michael Coleman]

Not a good omen.

[Daniel Dopp]

Bless you.

[Field Yates]

Thank you. Excuse me very much. Thank you very much.

[Michael Coleman]

That means you can score two touchdowns.

[Daniel Dopp]

Hey. All right.

[Field Yates]

And our producers pick for this week.

[Daniel Dopp]

Is Daniel Andre.

Bolia.

[Field Yates]

Is that the wide receiver for the Cardinals?

[Daniel Dopp]

There we go.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah. Yeah. Who's going to. I guess he's going to work. It depends if Xavier Weaver comes back or if Harrison plays. But, I mean, yeah, you got some runs available, but, yeah, I like it.

[Field Yates]

Isn't there a guy. I'm gonna totally show my naivety here, like Andre Bocelli, who's like, a famous opera singer.

[Daniel Dopp]

Singer. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what. So my brain was trying to do a thing where it's like, I didn't want to, like, conflate two people like Mike has done in this show. So Justin Allgaier.

[Field Yates]

I did Kenneth Charbonnet on TV last week. Don't worry.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's. That's pretty good.

[Michael Coleman]

By the way, there's one I thought about, and I almost went with him for the the game. I almost went with Raheem Sanders just.

[Daniel Dopp]

Going back to the well.

[Michael Coleman]

Oh no.

But as we talked about before that. Was that more some of our bathrooms.

[Field Yates]

I was in the bathroom.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah. Trevion Henderson forever.

[Field Yates]

Two and a half minutes. Yeah.

[Michael Coleman]

Added to the active roster as well. So remember when he scored in week one, he got that one goal line carry. There was no quinch on Judkins at that point. I don't know if they're going to sub out Judkins for Sanders, but I thought about it because it'd be fun if he gets a couple gets a little run here.

[Field Yates]

I would probably have to shut the.

[Michael Coleman]

Game down if that would be so fun.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Michael Coleman]

All right.

[Field Yates]

What a show.

[Daniel Dopp]

Let's take a couple questions here really quickly before we get out. We'll do this real fast to be able to give some love to the people. Also, our buddy Eric Moody again, follow him on social media at Moody should.

[Field Yates]

Make his picks too for Raheem Sanders.

[Daniel Dopp]

I agree with that.

[Field Yates]

Moody. If you can hear that, you're in.

[Daniel Dopp]

Bert Macklin wants to know why are we lower undoubted than Warren. I love Burt Macklin. They both split touches and have smash smash matchups. Both PPR situations. Dowdle or Warren? For both of you guys this week.

[Field Yates]

Probably because of that PPR part. Right. Is that Warren has not had excellent volume of the passing game by any means. But Dowdle could be like a one target guy. They might just control the ground game on Sunday against New Orleans.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah. Yeah. 32 teams playing as a factor in this as well. We saw more Chuba Hubbard and they definitely will lean toward hot hand. So Dowdle 20 for me. And then Warren has been splitting with Gainwell. Gainwell's playing well. He's playing a lot. He's stealing all of the passing game work. And you're kind of hoping Warren gets into the end zone. Not to mention that Miami over the last four, over their last four games has allowed the second fewest fantasy points to running backs. So they are trending the right direction and they're very motivated because they can still get into the playoffs. They have the same record as the Kansas City Chiefs.

[Field Yates]

Who would have thought me.

[Daniel Dopp]

Wow.

[Michael Coleman]

Going to happen. So here we are.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right, one more question here from our chat. This one comes from cushy2x wants to know, is lad McConkey trustworthy in the playoffs?

[Field Yates]

Trust going to be a no for me.

[Daniel Dopp]

Thank you.

[Michael Coleman]

Yeah, I don't think trust. Like you said, trust isn't the word I have him a 23, though.

[Field Yates]

So is any Chargers wide receiver trustworthy?

[Michael Coleman]

Going to most trustworthy?

[Daniel Dopp]

He is the one I like. I don't even think he's the most trustworthy. He's just the one. I feel like if one of them is going to pop. Like he's the one. How dare you? Yes, but if one's going to pop, I would. I would throw that dart at lad.

[Michael Coleman]

You would be the most.

[Daniel Dopp]

No, Michael, that's not. Okay, fine. Fine. Yes.

[Michael Coleman]

At the beginning of the year, we were talking about how, like, we could start maybe four pass catchers from this offense and got going. And now it's maybe zero or probably one with McConkey, but it doesn't feel good.

[Daniel Dopp]

It does not feel good. All right, that's going to do it for our show today. Thanks so much for hanging out with us. Today's show is presented by Wingstop. Make sure you have fun watching Thursday Night Football tonight. We'll be back here on Friday for another Preview of week 15. We love you guys. Don't forget to love each other. Be kind to yourself. You deserve it. We'll see you guys tomorrow.

[Field Yates]

Fantasy.

[Daniel Dopp]

Fantasy focus.

[Field Yates]

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[Daniel Dopp]

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[Field Yates]

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[Daniel Dopp]

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[Field Yates]

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[Daniel Dopp]

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[Field Yates]

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