Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Pump the Brakes, Wk 15 Playoff Mailbag, TNF Preview

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary: "Pump the Brakes, Wk 15 Playoff Mailbag, TNF Preview"

Release Date: December 14, 2016
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright

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1. Episode Overview

In this episode of Fantasy Footballers, the expert trio—Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright—delve into strategic advice for the fantasy playoffs through their "Pump the Brakes" segment, respond to listener questions in the "Playoff Mailbag," and provide an insightful preview of the upcoming Thursday Night Football (TNF) matchup. The discussion offers valuable analysis to help fantasy managers navigate crucial Week 15 decisions.

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2. Pump the Brakes

Segment Time: 03:31 – 11:16

In the "Pump the Brakes" segment, the hosts highlight three players or situations that fantasy managers should approach with caution as the playoffs approach.

• Marcus Mariota (Timestamp: 05:10):
  Andy Holloway advises managers to "double up on Marcus Mariota." Despite Mariota’s earlier promise, recent performances have been inconsistent. His matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead is particularly concerning due to the Chiefs' formidable defense and standout player Justin Houston. Mike Wright concurs, stating, "the Chiefs defense... changes everything about that defense in Arrowhead," recommending streaming a quarterback instead.

• New England Wide Receivers (Timestamp: 06:04):
  Jason Moore recommends caution with New England's wide receivers—Julian Edelman, Chris Hogan, and Malcolm Mitchell. He points out that Denver's defense has been stingy against wide receivers, denying these players the opportunity to amass significant fantasy points. Moore emphasizes, "if they’ve put up great weeks, you’re going to be tempted to play them. If you have other good options, go with them this week."

• Drew Brees (Timestamp: 08:17):
  The debate around Drew Brees centers on his recent performance struggles. Despite being a "hall of fame level quarterback," Brees hasn't thrown a touchdown in nine quarters and faces a tough matchup against Arizona. Mike Wright notes, "he's had two bad games in a row," but ultimately maintains confidence in Brees, suggesting, "I still have confidence in Drew Brees as a top fantasy quarterback." Andy humorously remarks, "You're pumping the brakes on the people pumping the brakes on Drew Brees," highlighting the nuanced decision-making required.

Notable Quote:
Jason Moore at [06:26]: "Everyone's wrong on that. It's all the little things that make the difference to help you get that playoff victory."

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3. News and Notes

Segment Time: 11:27 – 16:04

The hosts cover various league updates and player news affecting fantasy decisions:

• Darren McFadden Activation (Timestamp: 11:31):
  Darren McFadden has been activated and moved onto rosters, altering the handcuff dynamics with Alfred Morris. Moore advises, "Alfred Morris has been a great must-own type of handcuff."

• Julio Jones' Injury (Timestamp: 12:01):
  Julio Jones is battling turf toe, a multi-week injury that impacts his availability. The hosts discuss the implications for teams relying on Jones, with Wright suggesting, "If you want to know, turf toe is normally a multi-week injury."

• Cincinnati Bengals Fire Mike Nugent (Timestamp: 13:49):
  The Bengals have fired kicker Mike Nugent, highlighting the volatile nature of the kicker market in fantasy leagues. The conversation humorously imagines a "Kicker House" reality show for released kickers.

• Michael Floyd Discipline (Timestamp: 15:00):
  Bruce Arians is exploring disciplinary actions for Michael Floyd, likely resulting in him being benched. This affects players dependent on Floyd's production.

Notable Quote:
Jason Moore at [14:19]: "Should be a reality TV show that just follows that house that they all live in together."

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4. Playoff Mailbag

Segment Time: 19:09 – 39:44

Listeners send in their fantasy dilemmas, which the hosts address with tailored advice:

• Alexa from Tampa (Timestamp: 21:43):
  Alexa seeks advice on whether to start Alshon Jeffery or Jimmy Graham.
  Advice:
  Mike Wright favors Graham due to his potential against a favorable matchup, stating, "Jimmy Graham had an opportunity for a 58-yard touchdown." Andy supports this, noting Jeffery’s underperformance, saying, "Jimmy Graham... [has] two touchdowns potential against LA."

• Listener from Law, Leesburg, Virginia (Timestamp: 23:35):
  Question about implementing rule changes to enhance league engagement.
  Advice:
  The hosts suggest maintaining engagement through stakes, penalties for last place, keeper leagues, and fostering a competitive culture via communication platforms like Facebook or Slack.

• Michael from Easley, South Carolina (Timestamp: 26:19):
  Michael must choose between Joe Flacco, Drew Brees, and Eli Manning.
  Advice:
  Both Andy and Jason recommend starting Brees over Flacco and Manning, emphasizing Brees' reliability despite recent struggles.

• Hugo in Houston, Texas (Timestamp: 27:03):
  Hugo contemplates starting Doug Baldwin or Jameson Crowder vs. the Chiefs and considers Jermaine Gresham.
  Advice:
  The consensus is to start Crowder and Baldwin, leveraging their favorable matchups and higher upside compared to Gresham.

• Listener from New Hampshire (Timestamp: 35:07):
  Decision between Pharaoh, Todd Gurley, DeAndre Hopkins, or Moncrief for the flex position.
  Advice:
  Andy and Jason advise starting Pharaoh despite his inconsistency, emphasizing Gurley’s limitations against a strong Seattle defense.

• Recent Playoff Decisions (Timestamp: 38:11):
  Spencer from Rockford, Illinois, asks about starting David Johnson over Alshon Jeffery or Dontrell Inman.
  Advice:
  Mike and Jason recommend starting Inman over Jeffery due to Inman's recent volume and potential, especially against a favorable Chargers matchup.

Notable Quotes:
Andy Holloway at [22:12]: "Great question. Awesome question. And I'm going to go ahead and start Jimmy Graham."
Jason Moore at [26:14]: "In my money league every week the highest points gets a small cash bonus."

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5. Thursday Night Football Preview

Segment Time: 31:56 – 44:53

The hosts preview the Thursday Night Football game between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks, providing fantasy implications and player evaluations.

• Game Dynamics (Timestamp: 42:26):
  The Rams are slight underdogs with a 15-point spread and a high over/under of 38.5 points. Andy suggests taking the Rams to cover the spread based on their solid defense and the Seahawks' late-week fatigue.

• Player Spotlights:

  • Thomas Rawls (Rams) (Timestamp: 44:53):
    Rawls is highlighted as a strong play due to his consistent performance and favorable matchup against Seattle's run defense.
  • Kenny Britt and Sherman (Seahawks) (Timestamp: 44:32):
    Britt’s consistent production with both quarterbacks makes him a reliable option, while concerns remain about Russell Wilson’s interceptions.

• Russell Wilson’s Performance (Timestamp: 46:21):
  Russell Wilson's recent struggle with interceptions is discussed, referencing his five-pick game and comparing it to John Kitna’s past performances.

Notable Quote:
Jason Moore at [43:56]: "The Rams are happy. They're celebrating in their locker room."

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6. Closing Insights

Segment Time: 44:53 – 48:00

As the episode wraps up, the hosts briefly recap their key recommendations and tease upcoming content:

• Todd Gurley Achievement (Timestamp: 47:05):
  Mike Wright celebrates Gurley reaching significant milestones, emphasizing his value as a top fantasy running back despite previous underperformance.

• Final Advice:
  Andy encourages listeners to join their community for ongoing support and to take advantage of their sponsor offers for added value in their fantasy endeavors.

Notable Quote:
Andy Holloway at [47:26]: "You finally are paying off on that draft value."

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Conclusion

This episode of Fantasy Footballers offers critical insights for fantasy managers entering the playoffs. From cautioning against certain high-profile players in "Pump the Brakes" to addressing listener-specific dilemmas and providing a thorough TNF preview, the hosts equip their audience with the knowledge needed to make informed, strategic decisions. Whether it's navigating player injuries, optimizing matchups, or enhancing league engagement, the Fantasy Footballers deliver a comprehensive guide to winning your league in style.

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Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

To the fantasy footballers podcast coming to you from the fantasyjocks.com studios with your hosts Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Andy Holloway]

Welcome in.

[Mike Wright]

Semifinals.

[Andy Holloway]

You ready for a show?

[Mike Wright]

I'm ready for a show. I'm ready for.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you have a good night? Do you have a good night?

[Mike Wright]

I had a fantastic weekend. It was. Our sons actually share the same birthday. We planned that out very, very well.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

But my son turned three and we took Nana and papa. We went ice skating again.

[Andy Holloway]

Is that your second ice skating?

[Mike Wright]

Well, we went with the grandma and the grandpa. This time we had to go with.

[Andy Holloway]

This is Nana and papa.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, they're different people. Different people because this is the world we live in. America, where grandparents just pick their name. When I was growing up, they chose it. Yes. When I was growing up, it was you got grandma and grandpa and then you give them their last name.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, Grandpa Jack.

[Mike Wright]

So grand grandma. Right.

[Andy Holloway]

But no, you got a nana pop up and you've got a grandma and grandpa.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And then because on the wife's side, they got like a ta and nae nae and they got all these weird, weird words for their older relatives.

[Jason Moore]

That's funny. I laugh. But literally we have a Nana and papa.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Like that's one of our two. And then, and then there's Gammy.

[Mike Wright]

See? See, when I'm the old man, it's gonna be sir.

[Andy Holloway]

Sir.

[Jason Moore]

Hey, is Grammy and sir coming over? Grammy and sir are coming. Grammy and sir.

[Mike Wright]

You're darn right.

[Andy Holloway]

When I was a kid, my grandfather always told me he would tie me to the. To the ceiling fan and he would let me just swing around. That's how he kept me in line. And he was just Grandpa.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. There.

[Andy Holloway]

And he smoked a pipe.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, did he?

[Jason Moore]

He did at all times.

[Mike Wright]

Frosty the snowman.

[Andy Holloway]

Close. Close. Welcome, welcome to the show. All the nanny and pop pops out there. We have a good armor previewing the Thursday night game today. We have a Week 15 playoff mailbag with foot clan. Questions from the website. We have Pump the Brakes on the show today as well. Bunch of good articles going on to the website, the fantasy footballers.com including the snap count observation article by Marcus Meaney.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I'm looking at it right now, my friends.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you see? Are you making some observations of the observations he made?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it's good stuff. Well, Sammy Watkins 94%.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I knew it, man. It was happening.

[Mike Wright]

He was. He was back. And then there was a news blurb that said he's not quitting. He's going to keep playing through even though he. He pretty much has a lame duck coach.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's play fantasy.

[Mike Wright]

So just, there's really interesting bits of information here.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah. So you can follow us on twitter @the ff ballers. Without further ado, I think we're going to move into Pump the brakes, you guys.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, let's do it.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, oh, oh. O'Reilly, O'Reilly Auto Parts.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, pump the brakes with O'Reilly today. Three players were pumping the brakes on or three situations, whatever it might be, trying to get you ready for the playoffs, trying to keep your minds right. And now look, last weekend was crazy.

[Mike Wright]

Was.

[Andy Holloway]

It was bananas. Bananas. As Mike would say.

[Mike Wright]

The young people were called cray cray, cray cray.

[Andy Holloway]

And yet I. I think we did all right.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, no, no, we certainly did. Okay. I got to tip my cap here to my esteemed colleagues. Yeah, you're darn right. Keat Fantasy pros does an accuracy challenge for. For fantasy analysts out there. The number one and the number two analysts of back week for accuracy war. It's Jason was number one. Andy was number two. A hearty congratulations, fellas.

[Andy Holloway]

I thank you. And I feel like last week it was just being the least wrong because it was a crazy week, but whatever it takes. It makes me happy when you have all the.

[Jason Moore]

All the giant misses. Right? Nobody. There was not a fantasy analyst out there that said sit Drew Brees or.

[Andy Holloway]

Mike Evans or Jameis Winston.

[Jason Moore]

Everyone's wrong on that. It's. It's all the little things that make the difference to help you get that playoff victory. So we are happy that our rankings were as accurate as they could be.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I loosened the collar a little bit. I was a little less sweaty after I saw that.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, Pump the brakes with O'Reilly Auto Parts. Mike, I'm going to go first, actually.

[Mike Wright]

That's fine. You're going, sir. Mix a lot.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm pumping the brakes. Double up on Marcus Mariota. Marcus Mariota. Look, you were sitting pretty. You were Leaning back with your peanuts and your pillow and your eye mask on that 747, you were riding him. But these last two weeks, it's bumpy skies, my friend.

[Mike Wright]

Turned into the red eye.

[Andy Holloway]

You need to get off. You need to grab your shoot. Grab your shoot. And that shoot is another streaming quarterback because Marcus Mariota, last week he played Denver. It wasn't good. This week he travels to Arrowhead, takes on Kansas City. I don't like it. Yeah, I don't like it. And I know how much you love Marcus Mariota because you probably rode him to this point, but you didn't play him last week, I hope, and you can't play him this week in Kansas City. Do you guys. You guys agree with me?

[Mike Wright]

I would agree. I mean, the. The Chiefs defense, we talked about them for weeks of the difference that Justin Houston makes to that front. I mean, it changes everything about that defense in Arrowhead, which is a notoriously tough place to play.

[Jason Moore]

I just.

[Mike Wright]

I would. I would bail out if at all possible.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, Chiefs. Chiefs are clearly a good defense. That being said, Marcus Peters against wide receivers, they are. They are not. Not necessarily the best. You want to know who the best is? It's. It's who Marcus Mario to play last week, which is the Denver Broncos. No surprise to anyone. That's why this week I am pumping the brakes on the New England wide receivers.

[Andy Holloway]

So you're pumping them on. You got like a bus full of guys.

[Jason Moore]

I got the truck full. I got. I got three main guys that. I'm saying caution about playing because these three guys just put up great weeks. You got Malcolm in the Mitchell, who has been very good. You have. Chris Hogan scored the long touchdown this last week.

[Mike Wright]

You failed. I thought you were going to go with Chris Hogan's heroes. I thought there was going to be.

[Jason Moore]

A television Malcolm in the Mitchell.

[Andy Holloway]

Chris Hogan's theoretical.

[Jason Moore]

And Julian Edelman. Give me one for that. Mike Jewel.

[Mike Wright]

No, that's terrible.

[Jason Moore]

All right. That's terrible. Moving on. So Julian Edelman, Chris Hogan and Malcolm Mitchell, I'm pumping the brakes on all three of them. Since the buy for Denver the last three weeks, there have not been. None of those teams have had even 100 total yards to wide receivers in the entire game. One touchdown over the last three weeks, no touchdown. Tom Brady is a different quarterback. Right. Drew Brees went in and Drew Brees had a fine game against Denver. And I think that Tom Brady can actually have an okay game. He can get it done through the screen game with whitelist Bennett. Exactly. But the Wide receivers I'm really, really worried about this week. And because they've been hot, you're going to be tempted to play them. If you have other good options, go with them this week, Mike.

[Mike Wright]

All right, this is. This one will be a little interesting, but stay with me.

[Jason Moore]

I like it.

[Mike Wright]

Stay with me. Foot clan. The. One of the top questions I'm getting right now on the Twitter is, what do I do with Drew Brees? And people are throwing out just nasty. Just nasty quarterback replacement.

[Jason Moore]

But, Mike, you got a sick Drew Brees.

[Andy Holloway]

He's.

[Jason Moore]

He's had two bad games in a row.

[Mike Wright]

He certainly has. And now he has a tough matchup against Arizona. But I'm pumping the brakes on those who are pumping the brakes. Ah, it's a double reverse situation.

[Jason Moore]

You're pumping the brakes on the voice of public opinion.

[Mike Wright]

I am. Very nice. I. I am still okay. Playing Drew Brees. This is. We're talking hall of fame level quarterback. One of the most prolific scoring quarterbacks of all time, and he hasn't thrown a touchdown in nine quarters. You smell that?

[Andy Holloway]

What is that?

[Mike Wright]

That's positive regression. It's coming. Tannehill. I know they were in a monsoon, but he didn't even play the whole game. And he was the number three quarterback last week against Arizona. The previous two weeks, Kirk Cousins had a perfectly fine game against Arizona. Go a week back before that, Matt Ryan. 269 yards and two touchdowns.

[Andy Holloway]

Last four weeks against wide receivers. Cardinals are giving up 35, 47, 32, 31 fantasy points.

[Mike Wright]

I'm just. I'm not going to overthink it when it comes to Drew Brees versus a nasty.

[Andy Holloway]

So define overthinking it.

[Mike Wright]

It's. It comes down to who.

[Andy Holloway]

Where's the line?

[Mike Wright]

I would. I need to draw in the stand, but you need to give me some names.

[Andy Holloway]

Are you starting Jameis Winston or Drew Brees?

[Mike Wright]

Ooh, that's. That's tough because Jameis Winston has a delightful matchup against Dallas.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm starting there.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, we'll start there. That one's. Well, why you got to start with the tough ones? Why don't. We got to set me up with the softballs, man. You say, hey, Drew Brees.

[Jason Moore]

Bryce Petty.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, Drew Brees. If you say Drew Brees or against.

[Andy Holloway]

Arizona or Tyra Taylor against Cleveland, I'll play.

[Mike Wright]

I'll play Drew Brees.

[Andy Holloway]

Derek Carr against San Diego or Drew Brees against Arizona? Both on the road.

[Mike Wright]

Both on the road. I would probably still go Drew Brees.

[Andy Holloway]

Drew Brees or Dak Prescott against Tampa, Drew Brees. Eli Manning against Detroit, Drew Brees.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, so that's what I mean.

[Andy Holloway]

That's what that illustrates.

[Mike Wright]

I still have confidence in Drew Brees as a top fantasy quarterback.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, so you're pumping the brakes on the people pumping the brakes on Drew Brees. I've got Marcus Mariota. Jason is saying, hey, caution those New England wide receivers. I think I looked it up just now. Five or six total touchdowns given up to wide receivers on the year by Denver. Three of those were New Orleans in one game. So you have three distributed against the rest of the season. That's upside capped, right? Even if, even if Tom Brady is a, isn't a quarterback, he's a quarterback.

[Jason Moore]

And have fun picking the right wide receiver. That it's going to get the touchdown.

[Andy Holloway]

Right? That, that's because you want it to be very badly in your semifinal match.

[Mike Wright]

That was the universe.

[Andy Holloway]

That was pump the brakes with O'Reilly Auto Parts. Better parts, better prices every day. Forget it. All right, let's talk news.

[Jason Moore]

News and notes from around the league.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, it is the holiday season and what a gift it is to receive Darren McFadden on your 53 man roster. He's been activated and moved onto the roster.

[Jason Moore]

You know what this does to me is it actually hurts the handcuff situation a little bit. You know, Alfred Morris.

[Andy Holloway]

It would be a shared situation.

[Jason Moore]

Exactly. Alfred Morris has been a great must own type of handcuff. But now, should Darren McFadden go down, I imagine you'd see Alfred Morris as the first second and Darren McFadden come in for those passing down duties.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I think you're absolutely right. Dan Quinn said that Julio is battering bad battering. He's battling a toe sprain. Not turf toe. Turf toe.

[Jason Moore]

It's good.

[Andy Holloway]

If you want to know, turf toe is normally a multi week injury. Toast brains. More pain tolerance. It seems like something that Julio's done in his life has got his feet cursed. It just seems like there is always something wrong with his feet.

[Jason Moore]

He walked over Indian burial ground.

[Mike Wright]

Are we talking like a thinner situation here? The movie thinner.

[Jason Moore]

Never saw it.

[Mike Wright]

Guys, guys. Stephen King is.

[Andy Holloway]

I feel bad, but I haven't seen it.

[Mike Wright]

Stephen King is the goat of horror.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. Yeah. That's a good reason why I haven't seen it.

[Jason Moore]

Sorry, America.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm not a horror movie fan. I don't know why people enjoy being scared. I don't get it. I always, like a lot of my life I have tried to avoid being scared. It's not entertaining. To me. Jason, you don't like horror movies, right?

[Jason Moore]

Not especially. I don't. I don't hate them, but I don't go out of my way to see.

[Andy Holloway]

Them just because I see a movie like the Ring or Sixth Sense. Those. Those movies are suspense thrillers, not just to get scared thrillers.

[Mike Wright]

Well, that's kind of what thinner is. I don't know.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, I will say this.

[Mike Wright]

It's really not actually that good.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, all right.

[Jason Moore]

So it's good news here that Julio Jones has a spring toe.

[Andy Holloway]

We need to talk more about it because what do you do if he's active? Are you just rolling, Mike? I know your advice this past weekend. Periscope on Twitter.

[Mike Wright]

I would.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Get San Francisco. If they have the confidence that he can play. I'm. I'm gonna play him.

[Andy Holloway]

Braxton Miller on ir. Okay. Bengals fire. I like. It's. It's not released. It's fired. Someone wrote in the notes they fired Mike Nugent.

[Mike Wright]

Released was not strong enough.

[Andy Holloway]

They fired him.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

They gave him his pink slip. They claimed Randy Bullock. I feel like there is this pool of kickers that have been released that all hang out together.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

And they just.

[Jason Moore]

They're just waiting in a room for that phone to ring.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

They're like extra contestants on American Idol or something that are just hoping there.

[Jason Moore]

Should be a reality TV show that just follows that house that they all live in together.

[Andy Holloway]

That's right. The Kicker House.

[Jason Moore]

The Kicker House.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Fantastic bunch of.

[Andy Holloway]

Randy Bullock got out. He got out. Nugent's heading in. He's moving in, grabbing his bag.

[Mike Wright]

This guy's doing, like, trick kick shots all day. Pass me the remote.

[Andy Holloway]

Pass.

[Mike Wright]

I need some popcorn.

[Andy Holloway]

They're not doing curls. I know that. Bengals fired Nugent, so there you go. Eddie Lacy says he planned. Come on. Is this really.

[Jason Moore]

Is this real?

[Andy Holloway]

Eddie Lacy does. He plans to do a P90X regimen again this off season.

[Jason Moore]

It worked great.

[Andy Holloway]

We just.

[Jason Moore]

For his public relations.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I didn't. So he needs to do, like, P120 or P160 or.

[Mike Wright]

He's P365.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I feel bad. I feel bad. Freddie Lacey coming on that contract year, you wonder, you know, running backs, they're just so you're hot today, you're done tomorrow.

[Mike Wright]

Except Eddie Lacey is probably looking at the Green Bay situation going, hey, that's true.

[Andy Holloway]

We've converted a wide receiver, We've signed a guy that's been released by 18 teams, and James Starks is James Starks. So, yeah, we'll see. We'll see what happens. Bruce Arians says they're looking for disciplinary options for Michael Floyd. It's very likely he'll be benched. If not by the league, by Bruce Arians.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

The reality is that they need him and, you know, they don't care. John Brown's on a short leash if Michael Floyd's out. I love Jermaine Gresham and J.J. nelson.

[Jason Moore]

J.J. nelson is going to be a very playable option this week. I mean, you're talking about a great matchup, a high scoring potential. And J.J. nelson's been on fire. I mean, he, he's shown it enough where I don't feel like we have to be afraid of him.

[Mike Wright]

What was it, the two touches?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, two touches and he was the third highest wide receiver.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, last week was rough.

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Mike Wright]

Did you give yourself the gift?

[Jason Moore]

Yes. Because other people do not deserve this if you do not have it first. So get multiples if you want, but seriously, don't want to be jealous. I've always liked Omaha Steaks. They make great, great steaks. They're delicious. And. And when you were reading this, I mean, the deal they are giving the Foot Clan is absurd. It's literally. Listen to everything you get. You get two filet mignons, two top sirloins, two boneless pork chops, four boneless chicken breasts, four kielbasa sausages, four burgers, 12 ounce package of all beef meatballs. You're going to get four potatoes au gratin. That was the spot. When you read that, I was like, I'm in. I'm in. All that meat. And then I get that. Four caramel apple tartlets, one Omaha steak seasoning packet, and four more kielbasa sausage, because why not? And the code that you use, it's a little different. When you go to the website, omahasteaks.com, type in fantasy in the bar and then it'll show you the holiday special, click that you're getting $215 worth of stuff here for 49 bucks. It's an unbelievable deal. I got mine yesterday. So go to omahasteaks.com, type in fantasy and enjoy some meat.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Yeah. Let's go ahead and let's jump into that mailbag.

[Jason Moore]

Mailbag. Mailbag.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Let's answer some questions.

[Mike Wright]

Look, just before we move into the mailbag was. I didn't see anything about this, but there is an LA Rams reporter who first they had to talk about this, that Pete Carroll had no comment on the report that the Rams would pursue him as a coach. Was this a real story?

[Andy Holloway]

My guess, my assumption is that this is a tie into his days at usc. Yeah, because they're in la. So would he come and be back home in LA and do the LA thing?

[Jason Moore]

Let me just say this.

[Andy Holloway]

It rains a lot in Seattle.

[Mike Wright]

It rains. Championships.

[Jason Moore]

It rains. I'm just, I'm just saying this, this is stupid. This isn't really fantasy. So I'll make it quick, but I want it to happen so, so, so, so bad. Because Pete Carroll is the oldest coach in the league, which blows my mind because he looks like he's 49. I think he's like, it's all that bubble gum. Yeah, yeah. It keeps him active, keeps him young.

[Andy Holloway]

It's all that peach cobbler.

[Jason Moore]

But if. But if you want to talk legacy, right, you're already old. What do you got to. What do you got to win? Legacy. If you leave. If you leave in division and you go from Seattle to LA and you turn that franchise around and Seattle goes down the toilet, you're. You're like, oh, okay, so he's the guy.

[Andy Holloway]

Except for what happens is he has Russell Wilson, so they'll be fine, and then he'll go down the toilet.

[Jason Moore]

I actually think that they would swap. I think that Seattle would go in the toilet.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, I thought you meant Russell would just come to la.

[Mike Wright]

I'm bringing the team with me.

[Jason Moore]

Hey, team. You guys, you guys all want better weather.

[Mike Wright]

It's all team swap, as you say.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't agree with anything you said.

[Jason Moore]

Sweet. Let's move on to fantasy football.

[Mike Wright]

Sorry I distracted us.

[Andy Holloway]

Here's what you do, though, when you.

[Mike Wright]

Look, I'm baffled that this is a real story.

[Andy Holloway]

When you're looking for a coach, you get in the room and you. You go, okay, Harbaugh, I'd like that one. Jim Harbaugh, Pete Carroll, you start to throw names out there into the.

[Jason Moore]

Hey, you guys think we could get Bill Belichick, right?

[Andy Holloway]

You just.

[Jason Moore]

He's good.

[Andy Holloway]

You throw the names out there. It's a little Jim Gaffigan.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, we went to the Jim Gaffigan Show.

[Andy Holloway]

Very nice. All right, you got a question for the show, go to the website, the fantasy footballers.com. we got a bunch we're answering today and I'm going to tell you right now, based on last week's questions, they're going to help you because a lot of people have the same questions for their team. A lot of. A lot of last week was Malcolm Mitchell and some of these middling wide receiver options that you have. So you can also dial our voicemail hotline. 302464, TFFB. We're going to jump into a voicemail question right away here in the mailbag, so let me go ahead and pull that up. Here we go.

[Listener]

Hey, footballers, it's Alexa in Tampa. Barely squeaked by into the final four trying to figure out who I should start this week to help me get to a footclantitle. I have Alshon Jeffrey against the packers and Jimmy Graham on Thursday night against the Rams. It's standard scoring. Just trying to figure out who is more likely to score a touchdown and get me to a title. Thanks so much. Take care.

[Andy Holloway]

Bye. Great question. For me, it's. It's not very difficult.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, it's not.

[Andy Holloway]

It's not.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, it's difficult for me.

[Andy Holloway]

Jimmy Graham.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Safety of the guy who's been playing.

[Andy Holloway]

I think it's, it's more than safety. It's upside too. They're at home. Jeffrey's coming off the suspension. There's no Matt Barkley problem for Jimmy Graham. Jimmy Graham had an opportunity for a 58 yard touchdown that just barely missed last week and it was a weird game for them. For me it's Jimmy Grant two touchdown potential against la.

[Jason Moore]

I agree. And when it comes down to the tiebreaker, when it is close, would you rather have Russell Wilson throwing the ball to your, your receiving option or would you rather have Matt Barkley? And the answer makes it clear.

[Andy Holloway]

Tom Brady.

[Jason Moore]

Tom Brady.

[Andy Holloway]

The answer is Tom Brady.

[Jason Moore]

Bill Palace.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you disagree? For you it was difficult.

[Mike Wright]

It's a little tougher.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, so that means you buy in to Jeffrey's back and he's going to perform.

[Mike Wright]

I buy into that. That is a strong possibility, especially against the packers secondary.

[Andy Holloway]

Now, does it change your mind at all to know that Allison Jeffrey really hasn't performed all year, ever?

[Mike Wright]

Well, he's not performing in the touchdown category, that's for sure. But so I agree that when it came down to it, I would one, I would go with Jimmy Graham. Yeah, it's been a rough, rough year for Alshon.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, rule change question from. Looks like this is from law in Leesburg, Virginia.

[Mike Wright]

It's not Law From Order.

[Andy Holloway]

It's not Law from Order. On Monday's show, you mentioned when and how to bring up a potential rule change for your league. What about what rules to implement to encourage specific changes in the league such as how to encourage more trading waiver priority, Fab hoarding. Keeping people engaged throughout the entire season.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, we can give you a couple tips we've, we've shared on the show before. Keeping people engaged means you need to have things for people that are out of the playoffs.

[Andy Holloway]

Like Omaha stakes.

[Jason Moore]

You're playing for stakes, fellas. Then I would miss the playoffs on purpose so I can play for stakes. But no, a penalty for the loser. You know, we, we water the last place that keeps people from wanting from, you know, actually wanting that last place. Making it into a keeper league, something you could decide for the next year before this season also always helps keep people engaged because your players matter more than just this season as far as trades and that and we've talked a lot about this before. Communication is the only way to encourage more trades. If you don't have a good channel to chat with your league, to talk smack and to share things back and forth, then you don't have a channel to actually make trades. Because.

[Andy Holloway]

And it's not just communicating a trade, it is also mocking someone when you beat them and facilitating like part of it is a culture. You need to facilitate a culture in your league where you have pride for winning. It's easy to say, okay, you have a consequence for losing if you have pride for winning. People want to win. If you have pride. You know what I mean? If you, if you are a league that like one of our leagues, it goes over the top when you win and buys banners and T shirts and makes logos for your team, I mean, you facilitate a culture in which you take pride in winning and people will stay engaged all year long.

[Jason Moore]

We should try to up the footclanleagues.com this off season and figure out like a.

[Andy Holloway]

Watch your mouth.

[Jason Moore]

I know I did this last year and it created FootClanLeagues.com but I'm saying, like to help facilitate our recommended chat channel so that people can go, oh, this is a good way to communicate.

[Andy Holloway]

To me, it's Facebook and it's slack.

[Mike Wright]

Bring out that inner troll. Everyone has an Internet troll that lives down deep inside of them. Everyone has it. And this is an actual positive place where you can release it as well. Because look, an Internet troll brings out other things from people and that's. You're going to get engagement. Also the incentive of. I've talked about this. In my money league every week the highest points gets a small cash bonus. So everyone continues to play.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's a great, a great point. All right, here's another voicemail question.

[Jason Moore]

What's going on, guys?

[Andy Holloway]

It's Michael from Easley, South Carolina. I got a quarterback question for you.

[Jason Moore]

I have Joe Flacco, Drew Brees and Eli Manning.

[Andy Holloway]

Who should I start this week? Appreciate it. Have a good one.

[Jason Moore]

Mike, you can take this.

[Mike Wright]

I play Brees.

[Jason Moore]

I would as well.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't want to go down in my playoffs with Joe Flacco.

[Mike Wright]

I don't either. And that offense was super frustrating to watch with all the checkdowns.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, the Flacco check down machine.

[Andy Holloway]

That game isn't close. If they're depending on their offense, they're on the close because they got two short fields back to back.

[Mike Wright]

I know, I'm taking. I'm going for the defenses. Man. And there's. We know that Joe Flacco, of course, can have that game, but he has that game once.

[Jason Moore]

Once a Blue Moon, once every two years, and he already had it.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it's. It's gone.

[Andy Holloway]

Hugo. Hugo. In Houston, Texas. I'm playing the fourth or. He is the fourth seed facing the first seed. He needs two of these wide receivers. Malcolm Mitchell, Julian Edelman, Jameson Crowder, and Doug Baldwin. Give me Dougie.

[Jason Moore]

That's a perfect example for me. I'm taking Crowder and Dougie.

[Andy Holloway]

I am, too.

[Mike Wright]

Because it's a standard league, I would go with Crowder and Baldwin. If it was ppr, I would still be fine playing Edelman.

[Andy Holloway]

I think that's fair. 15 targets convinces me that that's pretty fair. All right, Justin and Flint. Is Delaney Walker good to go against the Chiefs? They're 31st against the tight end in points allowed, and Arrowhead is notoriously hard to play there. So we talked about this. What about Jermaine Gresham catching a touchdown at home? And then he says, in all capitals. Here's the other details he gives us for a spot in the Super Bowl.

[Mike Wright]

It's rules week 15.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, we got it. I just like it. Serious business, business, business.

[Mike Wright]

I would likely play Delaney.

[Andy Holloway]

I would.

[Jason Moore]

I would definitely play Delaney Walker. This last game against a very similar type of defense when they played the. The Denver Broncos, Delaney Walker caught a touchdown. That was called the touchdown. And then on review, it was like an inch short. Demarco Murray ran it in, and so he would have. You would have looked at this last game and gone, oh, great. But you know the game of inches.

[Mike Wright]

They say, I do like Big Gresh. And more and more with that Michael Floyd news.

[Jason Moore]

True.

[Andy Holloway]

I do, too. I do a lot. All right, here's a voicemail question.

[Listener]

What's up, guys? Newly minted official Foot Clan member playing fantasy first year. I'm in actual contender in no small part, thanks to you guys. Thanks for the advice and entertainment. My name is Austin. I live in Brooklyn, New York, New York City. Here's my question. Do you think there's any project to playing fantasy offensively versus defensively? And what I mean is, I have Dak Prescott and Andy Dalton. I planned on playing Dak Prescott this week. My opponent has AJ Green, assuming he's 1 healthy, 2 active, and 3 productive this week. Do you think there's any merit in playing Andy Dalton to neutralize any potential touchdowns or points there? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, and thanks a lot for the show. All right, peace.

[Andy Holloway]

Great Question. Awesome question. And I'm going to go ahead and start it off and you guys share your thoughts. To me, I'd play Dalton over Dak anyway.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, I completely agree.

[Andy Holloway]

But to the greater point of offense, defense, if. If you're favored and A.J. green's one of his best players, I don't mind the defensive mindset there. For example, I saw one question about Big Ben and Antonio Brown this week. If it's one of their best players and you can potentially neutralize their best player to a degree. Right. I mean, yes, Antonio Brown can score more points than Big Ben we saw last week. I don't mind that kind of a defensive play because I do feel like you cap the potential devastating blow that that super player does. But I'm not going to let that override sensibility. But in this case, I would have probably played Dalton over Dak anyway.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Now you mix in the potential for Dalton to nullify one of his better players. I'm playing Dalton.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I don't really worry about it. It's just one of those things where you look at the match and go, oh, well, he's got.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't feel like you ever play defensive like you. Mike Wright doesn't. You don't really think that way.

[Mike Wright]

No, I'd play my. What I think are my best options. And meanwhile, on the other side, you have Dak Prescott against the Buccaneers. The Buccaneers defense is real. I think that they are legitimate. They are a playoff. They're in the playoffs right now. Their defense is playing spectacular.

[Andy Holloway]

I think they win this week over the Cowboys. Yeah, it wouldn't.

[Mike Wright]

It would not shock me.

[Andy Holloway]

I do.

[Mike Wright]

We saw what look that. We've seen some cracks. Jason's shaking his head. You can shake your head all you want. Everyone keeps shaking their head at Tampa Bay.

[Jason Moore]

Waterbed.

[Mike Wright]

The loudest waterbed of all times.

[Jason Moore]

In fact. I thought you were going to play your Andy's almost upset already.

[Andy Holloway]

I apologize for the loudness of that.

[Jason Moore]

Because I'll water bet you. Yeah, sure.

[Andy Holloway]

I had the.

[Jason Moore]

If I get to pick Dallas on just a who wins. Yeah, that's a water bet.

[Andy Holloway]

Heads up.

[Jason Moore]

Great. Yeah, I just got a free victory.

[Mike Wright]

So for fantasy.

[Andy Holloway]

My bravado cost me a lot.

[Mike Wright]

For fantasy football, I would play Dalton against the Steelers over Dacking is the bucks.

[Jason Moore]

I will say this. I'm a little closer than you guys. I don't Just look at these two. We haven't finalized all of our research. I could see Dak being ahead in my rankings and Dalton. They're Going to be near each other. That I can guarantee. When it comes to playing defense, the way that I look at it is I look at the rest of the team and I say, you know, take those guys out. Because basically it neutralizes, you know, it's going to say, okay, I'm going to take these players out of the game. So if that's like his best player and then the rest of your lineup is better than the rest of his lineup, then I love neutralizing that.

[Mike Wright]

If.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, I was just going to say, like, Dalton can have a great game without Green. Green cannot have a great game without Dalton.

[Jason Moore]

Right. Yeah. So I feel like you're neutralizing. You're neutralizing Green because if Green has a monster game.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Then you did as well.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep, sure.

[Jason Moore]

That's all I'm saying.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I agree. All right, Jay, In Tacoma a few weeks ago, I thought I was sitting pretty with my quarterback options. Now I have to choose which one will throw less interceptions than the other one.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Philip Rivers or Russell Wilson. Russell. Interception.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I'd lean Russell Wilson in.

[Andy Holloway]

That was an outlier game. Yeah, that was an outlier. I'd play Russell.

[Mike Wright]

I would too.

[Jason Moore]

I would as well.

[Andy Holloway]

He's in a league with minus three points per interception. What?

[Jason Moore]

Oh, that was not a good game last week for Russell Wilson.

[Andy Holloway]

Just Blake Bortles. Average negative on the air. Playoff question from jndc. Should I drop Marvin Jones for a Robbie Anderson or an Inman in a ppr? I would. I'd drop him for Inman. I. I wanted to find a way to pump the brakes on Dontrell Inman and it isn't there. It's not there. Inman is getting volume. He scored in three straight games. He had six catches. I would drop Marvin Jones for Dontrell Inman.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, so you would. So waiver wire style. Robbie Anderson, Inman are there. You're grabbing Inman.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. And I'm grabbing him over Marvin Jones.

[Jason Moore]

Sure. I think that both of those guys are more valuable than Marvin Jones. As of this minute, we don't know how the finger is going to affect Matthew Stafford. It's not going to make him better.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And when you're also.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, it's not.

[Mike Wright]

The thing is, I mean, the move is moot unless Dontrell Iman is going directly into your starting lineup.

[Jason Moore]

I completely.

[Mike Wright]

We have two weeks. There's no more. I'm going to watch, see if Inman can have for week 18.

[Jason Moore]

That is a really, really good point because I've actually had a lot of emails this week where it's like, should I. Should I grab this guy and drop this guy? You really have to look at. Are you playing them this week or next week? Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, that's all you can do, right?

[Jason Moore]

Yes. You don't care about stashes at this point very much unless it's a handcuff.

[Andy Holloway]

Stashes of steaks.

[Jason Moore]

Mustache.

[Andy Holloway]

That's it. Mustache.

[Mike Wright]

Inman has a. I can't recall who he plays next week.

[Jason Moore]

Oakland.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, We've liked the Chargers playoff matchup, so I would grab Inman.

[Andy Holloway]

Schnozberries taste like schnozberries is the name of this listener in Tulsa, Oklahoma, wants to know. Alshawn or Crowder? Crowder.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, man.

[Andy Holloway]

Crowder.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I take crowd. I'm going to still lean with Crowder. I want to get Alshon in my lineup, though.

[Andy Holloway]

I noticed.

[Jason Moore]

I don't blame you there, but, you know, it's a 51 point over under. You get to wait for that Monday night football game. It's pronounced crowd ass.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, next question. Will, in New Hampshire, I have Melvin Gordon. So I picked up Pharaoh in my flex. I can either start him or Gurley or take a shot with DeAndre Hopkins or.

[Mike Wright]

Moncrief.

[Andy Holloway]

What do you guys think?

[Jason Moore]

Give me those names.

[Andy Holloway]

Pharaoh, Gurley, Hopkins, Moncrief. Who would you start in your flex? I almost pumped the brakes on Todd Gurley.

[Jason Moore]

I did, too. I almost did as well. I mean, I don't love the matchup going into Seattle.

[Andy Holloway]

I think Pharrell's going to disappoint people, though, too. I really do, because he's not that great. I think all four of these players is going to. Are going to disappoint.

[Mike Wright]

Who was the third one?

[Jason Moore]

There was Hopkins. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Pronounced with an. Hopkins.

[Mike Wright]

Pronounced with a. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I think I. Oh, man. I'll say this.

[Mike Wright]

Eileen Farrow.

[Jason Moore]

Eileen Farrow as well. But I would have a very hard time losing with Todd Gurley on my bench if he does well. If this was my team, I would put Pharaoh in. I just feel bad telling other people to do that because of the emotional baggage that will come if you're wrong on that.

[Andy Holloway]

Todd Gurley plays Thursday in Seattle.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, no, thanks.

[Jason Moore]

In case you're without a head coach.

[Andy Holloway]

In case you're wondering which could be better.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, can it be worse, right? It's got to be better. You just lost the worst coach in the history of life.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he's terrible. My. My dad follows the NFL. My dad follows the NFL, but not like, you know, not like we do. I get in the car, we're going to lunch yesterday. And he goes, man, he was such a bad coach. Talking about Jeff Fisher, my dad, I didn't even know you, like, followed it. And he goes, he was just so bad.

[Jason Moore]

You guys have seen that stat going around on Twitter.

[Mike Wright]

I retweeted Billy Belichick 1.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, what is it?

[Andy Holloway]

Bill Belichick can go 16 for how many years?

[Jason Moore]

For six years. And he'd still have a better winning percentage of Jeff Fisher.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, my go. Well, it took everything in us to not be. Yeah, it's called Pharaoh or Girly.

[Jason Moore]

If it was. If it was my team, I start Pharaoh.

[Andy Holloway]

I think Pharaoh's the right play.

[Jason Moore]

You're right.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't like all any of those. He's the king of Egypt. Well done.

[Jason Moore]

Please have a good game.

[Andy Holloway]

Pharaoh very. Yeah, please have a good game. For the sake of Wow. I don't know why.

[Jason Moore]

Egyptian man.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, don't worry. I'm on it.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, reset. Spencer in Rockford, Illinois, secured the buy last week with. I'm sorry. Secured the buy this year with David Johnson.

[Mike Wright]

Nice.

[Andy Holloway]

Devonta Freeman and Doug Martin leading the way. My only issues at wide receiver. And after last week's performances from Cooks and Moncrief. Do I dare start Alshon over either one of them? If so, which one? Mike, finally you have a chance to put him in your lineup.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I would likely start him over Moncrief. As would I. I mean, we. There's no. Sorry, there's been no updates yet on the injury to Moncrief.

[Andy Holloway]

The shoulder. Is it shoulder again?

[Mike Wright]

I thought it was a hamstring.

[Andy Holloway]

No, you're right. No, it's hamstring. It's hamstring. I was thinking of the first injury.

[Mike Wright]

He was knocked out with the hamstring. We need an update on him, so. I mean, your decision could be made.

[Jason Moore]

Plus, he's playing Minnesota in Minnesota. It's not a great matchup anyway.

[Mike Wright]

I would. I go out on there. We did it. We finally got him in.

[Jason Moore]

And I concur.

[Andy Holloway]

I still can't believe that Eddie Lacy doing P90X is news. NFL player works out headline news. It'd be headline news if we did it.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, man. That was.

[Andy Holloway]

That's called doing something you're not supposed to do. Right?

[Jason Moore]

Wait, Someone help us live longer.

[Andy Holloway]

Next, Dante in Dolores, Colorado. Dolores. Would you guys go with Dak or Tyrod Taylor? Who has the more upside? Who has more upside this week? Oh, I'm sorry. Okay. I would go Tyrod as well against Cleveland. But he wants to know upside of Watkins or Crabtree.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, that's interesting question.

[Jason Moore]

Oh man.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm okay. I just made a weird sound.

[Jason Moore]

I'm on Watkins. I'm on Watkins this week. I told you last week, Andy that I would be on Watkins that last week because I agreed that the snap percentage would have been there if it wasn't for the cold weather.

[Andy Holloway]

So you're all over Watkins.

[Jason Moore]

I. Yeah, I'm climbing on Watkins this week. Now I would go double up. This is in Buffalo. So the weather could be very similar. Yes, I'm going to look into that. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

If the weather turns for the worst then I would go with Crabtree. What's what stinks is me. The larger historical data says if people are playing in snow, it's fine. We still have look at all the.

[Andy Holloway]

Paranoia last week for Green Bay and did not come to fruition.

[Mike Wright]

But when we've seen weather this year has been destroying fantasy lives.

[Jason Moore]

But I don't feel like it really has been in. I mean again I said this a couple of times this last week. It's just shifting the value away from the passing game usually.

[Mike Wright]

Well, we're talking about the passing game right now.

[Jason Moore]

Sure, sure, sure, sure. And this week it looks like 24 degrees. So it's in the 20s. It's going to be cold. I think you're going to have, you know, a similar, similar opportunities to last week. I think Watkins is still fine here and Tampa Bay is defenseless, has been. They're good, legit. They are good. I still go walk.

[Andy Holloway]

That's why they're going to be Dallas.

[Jason Moore]

I still go Watkins in in the cool weather.

[Andy Holloway]

They're going to beat Dallas because the world wants us to talk about Tony Romo.

[Jason Moore]

Oh no, just the universe needs Tony Romo back.

[Andy Holloway]

David and Tampa. What to do? I start out of the following three. Lamar Miller, Golden, Tate, Blau, Powell. Blau Powell.

[Jason Moore]

I like that. Oh, that's stupid but I like that.

[Mike Wright]

Assuming that Matt Forte is out, which I think that he will be out, I would go with the double running backs.

[Andy Holloway]

Blau blow.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Miller and Powell.

[Jason Moore]

Yes, I agree. However I'm leaning more and more. It's still too early but it just seems if you're, if you're calling yourself day to day early in the week, which is what you know the coaches referred to Matt Forte then I assume.

[Andy Holloway]

You play see on a one year deal.

[Jason Moore]

Forte is on a two year deal, I believe. No. Wasn't it like a three year I'll check it.

[Andy Holloway]

So I don't know why Forte would play through an injury with your team out. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And your knee is Rice Krispies.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know. And if you play, you're probably limited.

[Jason Moore]

Well, if he's out, I'm going. Blah, blah.

[Mike Wright]

It's technically, it's a three year contract.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Thursday Night football. The Los Angeles Rams take on the Seattle Seahawks.

[Jason Moore]

How would you spell that on a shirt?

[Andy Holloway]

Blau.

[Jason Moore]

Blow. Blow.

[Andy Holloway]

Pow.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

This is like Michael Thomas. Mike hates him at first.

[Jason Moore]

We are really stupid.

[Andy Holloway]

Mike hates it. And then he's. Then a couple.

[Mike Wright]

The new couple days later he just.

[Andy Holloway]

Walks in the office. Michael Thomas.

[Mike Wright]

The new nickname is. You just say it. Guys name. Really funny.

[Andy Holloway]

We are stupid Mike. That is our shtick.

[Jason Moore]

We can be stupid when. When our rank apparently.

[Andy Holloway]

Let me. Apparently, if the Cardinals went out and the Seahawks lose out, do we win the division?

[Mike Wright]

So you're telling me there's a chance.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. 8, 4 and 1. Cardinals are 5, 7 and 1.

[Mike Wright]

It would be up to division.

[Andy Holloway]

No, I'm right.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. All right. Anyways, moving on.

[Andy Holloway]

The Cardinals are winning it.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

Ram Seahawks. Seahawks are just barely favorites in this game by 15 points. 38 and a half point over under.

[Mike Wright]

You did get me there. I was like, what?

[Andy Holloway]

Here's all I'm gonna say. If I had to take a line in this game, I would take the Rams to cover the spread. And I would do it purely on point totals. And I would do it because the Seahawks got home at one in the morning on Monday and they have to play on Thursday at home.

[Jason Moore]

True.

[Andy Holloway]

Because Sunday night game was with Green Bay travel the country in division against a team that always play them close.

[Jason Moore]

They always play them close. The defense here is going to be rocked by the Fisher News. The defense is still the same defense which has been playing well. So I would agree.

[Andy Holloway]

The mood. The mood is good.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. The Rams are happy. They're celebrating in their locker room.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. That being said, Jared Goff could let the Seahawks cover this bread quickly in this game. Decisions to be made. I don't think anybody is quite. We talked about Gurley's circumstances. Kenny Brit's been good.

[Jason Moore]

Kenny Britt's been good. And the nice thing is he has done it with both quarterbacks this year. So I feel like you can have a little bit more confidence. The problem is I assume he's going to have Sherman, you know, at least for 70% of those snaps.

[Andy Holloway]

Any chance Lockett has a good game. He has five catches. Two weeks ago against Carolina last week in the conundrum or I'm sorry, in the catastrophe game. 4 for 41.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

You know, he's carried the ball at least once in the last three games. Twice last week he carried the ball two weeks ago, one for 75. I think he's a sneaky snark.

[Jason Moore]

The guy that I like the most in this game by far is Thomas Rawls. Thomas Rawls has been playing lights out and I know you think, oh, the, the. I mean last week, amazing. He looked great. Every carry was awesome. But then, you know, the game was 38 to 10.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, they got blown out. You just can't keep carrying, you know, giving, giving carries to your running back. Well, there's a 15 point spread that, you know, the Seahawks are favored. Thomas Rawls is going to get work. He has looked great. And you think, okay, well, the Rams have a really good running defense. Not really. I mean, this year they're 20th in fantasy points given up to the running back position. And when you go to Seattle play, I think Thomas Rawls is going to have an excellent game.

[Mike Wright]

What about Mr. 11 Targets, Tavon Austin?

[Andy Holloway]

I'm not starting a Ram. I'm not starting a single Ram in this game.

[Mike Wright]

Fair.

[Jason Moore]

I would be willing, and that includes Kenny Brett after grudgingly, to start Todd Gurley just because not everybody has good options at running back. And Todd Gurley, for all of his, you know, the unbelievable stat that over the course of this season in a PPR format, he has not had a top 12 week. I don't know, maybe he did this last week because he finally had a good game. But I would be willing to start him because his he still has a high floor.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. You realize Russell Wilson was the first Seahawks quarterback to throw five picks in a game since 1999.

[Mike Wright]

Congratulations.

[Andy Holloway]

You know who that quarterback was in 1999? You remember him? John. John Kitna. Remember Kitna?

[Jason Moore]

I loved Kitna.

[Andy Holloway]

Kitna was like a fantasy beast when he got a chance to play.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Remember he come in in Detroit and he put up those big games.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Thanks again to the 54 Club for sponsoring today's show. Look, if you don't have time to shop, you hate shopping. Let them handle making you look Good. Go to Five4Club, use the promo code ballers at the sign up and you get 40% off your first month worth of five four club packages plus a Mark McNary pair of sunglasses valued at $75. That offer expires December 31st. That is five four club calm. The promo code is ballers. We'll be back tomorrow. We got starts of the week. We got matchups.

[Mike Wright]

Mike is you got to hit that breaking news button.

[Andy Holloway]

I do. What if I can't find it?

[Jason Moore]

Breaking news.

[Mike Wright]

Todd Gurley was a running back one last week.

[Jason Moore]

Wow. He did it. It took him 14 weeks, but he.

[Mike Wright]

Did it in both standard and PPR Congr. Congratulations, Todd Gurley.

[Andy Holloway]

You finally did it. You finally are paying off on that draft value.

[Mike Wright]

Top five pick in the fantasy draft.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you think he could sense that Fisher was on his way out?

[Jason Moore]

Remember when he was on the show Lighter.

[Andy Holloway]

The load was lighter.

[Jason Moore]

Remember when Todd Gurley was on the show and he told David Johnson to sit down?

[Mike Wright]

Well, he was just being polite. He was saying, hey, we should have a sit down here because David Johnson's so good.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that's a good point.

[Andy Holloway]

Maybe to arm wrestle or something. All right, that does it for today's show. Like I said, starts of the week. On tomorrow's episode, matchups for week 15. Keep it right here. Check out JoinTheFoot.com join our community, share.

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