Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Starts of the Week, Week 15 Matchups, Boom-Boom!

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary
Episode: Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Starts of the Week, Week 15 Matchups, Boom-Boom!
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright

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1. Holiday Chat: Best Christmas Movie Debate

Timestamp: [00:58] - [05:30]

The episode kicks off with a lighthearted debate among the hosts about the best Christmas movie. Andy Holloway and Jason Moore initially discuss "Elf" and "Die Hard," while Mike Wright humorously implies his support for "Die Hard" despite its unconventional Christmas themes.

• Andy Holloway: "It's a two-way tie, but I'll tie break. One A is Elf." [01:16]
• Mike Wright: "Christmas is not complete until I've watched Die Hard." [02:02]

The conversation highlights differing opinions on traditional versus unconventional holiday films, ultimately agreeing on "Elf" as a top choice with the Jim Carrey Grinch also making a strong case.

2. Fantasy Football Forecast: Week 15 Matchups

Timestamp: [02:50] - [05:30]

Jason Moore introduces the main segment of the episode: the Fantasy Forecast for Week 15. The hosts express excitement about analyzing key matchups and providing actionable advice to help listeners win their fantasy leagues.

• Jason Moore: "It’s going to be a really good show. We’re gonna get you ready for Week 15." [02:27]

3. News and Notes: Player Updates and Injuries

Timestamp: [06:50] - [13:03]

The hosts discuss several player updates impacting Week 15, focusing on injuries and their implications for fantasy football.

• Andy Holloway: "Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are going to be the two days that make it the best or worst Christmas ever. Because that's when most championship games are being dealt with." [03:34]

Key highlights include:

• Matt Forte: Potential game-time decision due to a torn meniscus.

  • Mike Wright: "He’s going to have surgery on it." [08:21]

• Melvin Gordon: Unlikely to play against the Chargers.

  • Jason Moore: "Chargers coach Mike McCoy said it’s highly unlikely Melvin Gordon plays on Sunday." [08:56]

• Adrian Peterson: Practicing but uncertain for Week 15.

  • Andy Holloway: "I'll leave him on the waiver." [09:26]

• Michael Floyd: Released by the Cardinals, potentially boosting J.J. Nelson's value.

  • Jason Moore: "With him gone, it kind of bumps up. Gives you a little bit of... J.J. Nelson is a startable player this week." [10:32]

4. Starts of the Week: QB, RB, WR, TE Recommendations

Timestamp: [47:48] - [60:14]

The hosts provide their Starts of the Week recommendations across all positions, highlighting players with high upside and favorable matchups.

Quarterbacks

• Mike Wright: Recommends Andy Dalton due to his matchup against the Steelers.

  • Mike Wright: "Andy Dalton can get it done." [48:24]

• Andy Holloway: Chooses Kirk Cousins for his favorable matchup against the Panthers.

  • Andy Holloway: "Kirk Cousins... he has a good shot of scoring." [49:15]

• Jason Moore: Picks Derek Carr expecting a bounce-back against San Diego.

  • Jason Moore: "I like Derek Carr. I think you can have confidence starting Derek Carr this week." [51:07]

Running Backs

• Jason Moore: Selects Lamar Miller for his consistent performance and favorable division game.

  • Jason Moore: "I have him rated very highly this week and I just feel like he is one of the safer running back plays." [55:04]

• Andy Holloway: Chooses LeGarrett Blunt over fear of Denver's strong defense.

  • Andy Holloway: "LeGarrett Blunt is primed for a good game and I would start him." [56:33]

• Mike Wright: Opts for Tevin Coleman against the San Francisco 49ers' decent run defense.

  • Mike Wright: "Tevin Coleman is a solid flex play at worst running back to." [57:19]

Wide Receivers

• Andy Holloway: Recommends J.J. Nelson despite uncertainty.

  • Andy Holloway: "I think you have a shot at a touchdown with J.J. Nelson." [21:39]

• Mike Wright: Selects DeSean Jackson, highlighting his boom-bust potentials.

  • Mike Wright: "DeSean Jackson to continue the boom streak and catch a deep one." [54:17]

• Jason Moore: Prefers Michael Crabtree in Derek Carr’s improved offense.

  • Jason Moore: "I really like Michael Crabtree in this game." [59:01]

Tight Ends

• Mike Wright: Picks Kyle Rudolph for his red zone prowess.

  • Mike Wright: "Kyle Rudolph has been a touchdown machine this year." [58:20]

• Jason Moore: Selects Jermaine Gresham for his consistent catches and potential touchdowns.

  • Jason Moore: "I think you can do a lot worse than Gresham." [59:03]

• Andy Holloway: Recommends Antonio Gates for his reliable performance and red zone targets.

  • Andy Holloway: "Antonio Gates had an okay game and is a safe start." [60:04]

5. Boom-Boom Kickers: Weekly Kicker Picks

Timestamp: [60:14] - [62:46]

The hosts conclude with their Boom-Boom Kickers segment, where they select top kicker options for the week.

• Jason Moore: Confirms Justin Tucker as his kicker of the week.

  • Jason Moore: "Justin Tucker is the Kick of the week." [61:37]

• Andy Holloway: Suggests Steven Hauschka and Nick Novak as sleeper kickers.

  • Andy Holloway: "Sleeper kickers are Steven Hauschka and Nick Novak." [61:41]

• Mike Wright: Emphasizes the importance of selecting reliable kickers, though the discussion mostly centers around Novak's reliability.

Notable Quotes

• Jason Moore: "People that distribute psychiatric appointments are going up this time of year. Directly related to fantasy football decisions." [03:07]
• Mike Wright: "Matthew Gordon says he’s going to try and play next week." [09:07]
• Andy Holloway: "Halloween Eve and Christmas Day are going to be the two days that make it the best or worst Christmas ever." [03:34]
• Jason Moore: "Brett didn't get his last game, but I have Mateo that’s a great starter." [Various]

Conclusion

Throughout the episode, the Fantasy Footballers trio provides insightful analysis on Week 15 matchups, player statuses, and strategic starts to bolster listeners' fantasy teams. Their blend of humor and expertise offers valuable advice for both casual and competitive fantasy football enthusiasts.

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Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

The Christmas movie is what?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, we getting into this?

[Jason Moore]

No, we're not getting into it. I'm just asking the question.

[Mike Wright]

Well, when you ask me that question, that means we're getting into it.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I know what you're gonna say.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, yeah, that, that's dumb.

[Jason Moore]

However, I. Go ahead.

[Andy Holloway]

It's a. It's a two way tie, but I'll. Tie break. One A is Elf.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Elvis. Great.

[Mike Wright]

Your one B better be.

[Andy Holloway]

No, it's not. It's.

[Mike Wright]

No, no, no. I know you're not gonna go with Die Hard.

[Andy Holloway]

That's.

[Mike Wright]

Cause that's what I'm not going to get into. Which is the best Christmas movie. But if you don't consider that a best Christmas movie, I have a backup.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, well, my 1B would be the Santa Clause.

[Jason Moore]

Oh. With Tim Allen.

[Andy Holloway]

Allen.

[Mike Wright]

Classic.

[Jason Moore]

I need to give. We have a college group of students that we. That we have a group with every week. My wife and I and I need to give them some options for a movie tonight. It's our Christmas party. So do I give them Die Hard as an option for me? Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Christmas is not complete until I've watched Die Hard. However, I. I don't want to blow up Twitter with this argument. This argument is. Is old. It's old. Busted.

[Jason Moore]

You're the only one bringing it up now. You're the only one.

[Andy Holloway]

You arguing with Andy.

[Mike Wright]

No, no, no. The man of Twitter knows what's. What's going on. But 1A, I completely agree. It's elf. 1B is the Jim Carrey Grinch.

[Andy Holloway]

Very good.

[Jason Moore]

It is. All right. I have some options. Thank you. Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Today we have fantasy forecast going through the first half of the matchups for Week 15. Starts of the week Jason's Boom Boom kicker. It's gonna be a really good show. We're gonna get you ready for week 15. I am excited. I am ready to unveil these starts of the week.

[Mike Wright]

You know who's ready?

[Jason Moore]

I don't.

[Mike Wright]

Speaking of Twitter, almost every single question now comes in, okay, who do I start? I cannot sleep. Who do I start? I have diarrhea. Who do I start? I. My eyes are gonna blow out of my face.

[Jason Moore]

People that distribute psychiatric appointments are going up this time of year.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. Directly related to fantasy football decisions.

[Jason Moore]

You illustrated a very interesting fact yesterday, and that is the wrong thing to say. You didn't illustrate it. You didn't draw it on a piece of paper. You said you brought up the fact that championship eliminated. You brought up that championship weekend in.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah.

[Jason Moore]

On Christmas Day.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Thanks, NFL.

[Jason Moore]

Merry Christmas.

[Andy Holloway]

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are going to be the two days that make it the best or worst Christmas ever. Because that's when most championship games are being dealt with. That's garbage.

[Mike Wright]

Mean, a full tilt on Christmas night for losing a fantasy championship.

[Andy Holloway]

I guess all I want for Christmas is a hashtag. Yeah, it is.

[Jason Moore]

Well, I'm, you know, just don't lose. It's great Christmas if you don't lose. All right, quick question of the day before we get into the news and notes, fantasy football information for you. We're playing a game of who am I? Except we're not. Oh, we're playing a game of who are we?

[Mike Wright]

Wait a minute.

[Jason Moore]

Because there are two people that are included in this one.

[Andy Holloway]

Are they Freeman and Tevin Coleman?

[Mike Wright]

Is this. Is this a fight Club situation?

[Jason Moore]

Just follow along.

[Andy Holloway]

All right?

[Jason Moore]

Just play along. Clue number one. Where wide receivers. 14 and 15 in half point scoring.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. All right.

[Jason Moore]

Clue number two. We play on the same team.

[Andy Holloway]

Crabtree and Cooper.

[Jason Moore]

Wrong.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Jason Moore]

I don't get a guess now.

[Mike Wright]

I already had a guess after clue one, but because I know how to play a game.

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

And he blew his guess.

[Jason Moore]

You're saving it.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Let's unveil some more clues.

[Andy Holloway]

No.

[Jason Moore]

Clue number three. We're the exact same age.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, that makes me feel less confident.

[Andy Holloway]

See, I blurted out and now I know. It's not my fault. I didn't even get all the clues.

[Jason Moore]

Clue number four. We are both 23.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, I'm very wrong.

[Jason Moore]

Years old.

[Mike Wright]

Very, very wrong.

[Jason Moore]

So what was your original guess?

[Mike Wright]

Jamaris and Emmanuel.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, okay, you're wrong.

[Mike Wright]

I thought you were gonna go Christmasy with emmanuel.

[Jason Moore]

Same team, 14, 15, 23 years old. Both of them. Wait, what do you have another gas? Jason, our team's wide receiver three was on the show.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, okay. Okay. I got it now. I got it.

[Jason Moore]

Jason is that's a no no.

[Andy Holloway]

The Saints.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Good friend of the show. Michael Thomas.

[Jason Moore]

Michael Thomas and Brandon Cook.

[Andy Holloway]

There we go.

[Jason Moore]

What do you think about that? Both 23 years old, wide receiver, 14 and 15 and a half point leagues, man.

[Andy Holloway]

Honestly, I would have gone there but I'm surprised. Michael Thomas is an old rookie.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And Cooks is a young third year receiver.

[Mike Wright]

Wow. Yeah. That's impressive. So a couple of output.

[Jason Moore]

It'll be interesting to see how the Saints wide receiver corps pans out over the next few years. If you have snead there, it'll be interesting.

[Mike Wright]

Who's going to go marching marching on. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

You can follow the show on Twitter at the F F ballers. You can follow Jason's Christmas [e-mail] oh man, we were dying as he dressed up as Santa Claus yesterday. And he will be doing so each of the next 12 Days of Foot [e-mail] giving away some free gifts. It's a safe thank you.

[Andy Holloway]

Christmas season we get back.

[Jason Moore]

We do. And let's give back some information here. News and notes.

[Andy Holloway]

News and notes from around the league.

[Jason Moore]

You know who seems to give and never get? It's Todd Bowles. He just gives and gives and nobody gives. He doesn't get anything back from his players.

[Mike Wright]

Well, he gives a lot of, you know, stagnant facial reactions.

[Jason Moore]

I saw him cursing on the sideline. Just like a real coach.

[Mike Wright]

What? Like just a very straight faced.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, sure. We're not all the same, Mike.

[Mike Wright]

No, we're not. But I want to see a little bit.

[Jason Moore]

For instance, we decided that when solicitors come to our new studio, if we're interested in their product, Jason will be getting me and if we are not interested, they'll be getting you because you.

[Andy Holloway]

Have a resting angry face, Mike. And they'll, they'll go, I need, I.

[Jason Moore]

Wonder if when you walk out of the office to meet them, they'll just preempt you. They'll just preempt you and say, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, is this sweet one? Oh, I got the wrong sweet.

[Jason Moore]

I didn't know that you were so angry.

[Mike Wright]

Well, the resting angry face, when you engage regular angry face is a whole new level.

[Jason Moore]

Todd Bowles said Matt Forte will likely be a game time decision in week number 15 because it came out there.

[Mike Wright]

Was an MRI that says Matt Forte has a torn meniscus. Apparently he's been playing through it for a while. A team that's going absolutely nowhere. A running back that is on the wrong side of the age gap.

[Andy Holloway]

What? Why? What are you playing? Why?

[Mike Wright]

Even if Matt Forte wants to play, if I'm the gm, if I'm Todd Bowles, I say no.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't think he's been playing through the tournamentiscus. I think that happened in the San Francisco game. He's been playing through certain knee issues. So the tournament meniscus is new. And what he said is that he understands he's probably going to have to get surgery on it.

[Mike Wright]

It's. He's going to have.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. But that it's okay to play right now. That seems like something where you can call it.

[Jason Moore]

So you won't do it worse. You won't do it any more damage.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

There's other things that can go wrong, though.

[Andy Holloway]

I expect that he will. I am starting to lean more and more that he will not play this week.

[Jason Moore]

So, blah, blah.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. So blah, blah, blah.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, Chargers coach Mike McCoy said it's highly unlikely Melvin Gordon plays on Sunday. I agree with him.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I don't see why you would risk your franchise running back when you've got.

[Mike Wright]

This is a similar situation. I mean, it's a younger, younger guy, but in. Gordon says he's going to try and play next week.

[Jason Moore]

All right. Adrian Peterson practicing all day.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, all day.

[Andy Holloway]

What's his nickname?

[Jason Moore]

All day. You can talk about him all day.

[Andy Holloway]

I will leave him on the waiver. All day.

[Jason Moore]

All day.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm not going to pick him up. They're a different offense. They're running out of the shotgun now. That's not what Adrian Peterson's used to. They have a terrible offensive line.

[Mike Wright]

He says he's good with it now.

[Andy Holloway]

He got really good by just watching it.

[Mike Wright]

Mental reps, man. Mental reps. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

For me.

[Jason Moore]

You don't do enough of those for this show, Mike. Mental reps.

[Mike Wright]

I should.

[Jason Moore]

James Starks did not practice due to a concussion. Might explain why you only played seven snaps.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Might also give you some confidence in time. Montgomery.

[Mike Wright]

Yep. Montgomery, who is listed on the unofficial depth chart, was listed as the number two running back, but he's the number one in my.

[Jason Moore]

Well, the official number one is Starks, right?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

That's just to be nice. Zach Zimmer is in the concussion protocol.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

So there you go. I still think you can do worse if Riddick. If Riddick misses another game, you can do worse. Than Dwayne Washington.

[Mike Wright]

Of course you could. Volume. Volume is king.

[Jason Moore]

Cardinals waved, slash, fired because that's our term now. Michael Floyd. Michael Floyd's gone.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

He was going to be a free agent. I don't think this happens necessarily if he contract, obviously.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Jason Moore]

And he's been just like, hey, go get a head start on the offseason.

[Andy Holloway]

He's been playing poor. It can send a message. I think it's for fantasy football. I think it's great news because right now you couldn't really play Michael Floyd anyways. You got a lot. But now with him gone, it kind of bumps up. Gives you a little bit of. I think J.J. nelson is a startable player this week.

[Jason Moore]

I do too.

[Andy Holloway]

You've got the New Orleans Saints coming to town. Obviously their main cornerback is probably going to be shadowing Fitz. I mean, you're not going to put all your worry against J.J. nelson.

[Mike Wright]

And I'm not sure that they'll shadow.

[Andy Holloway]

But true, they probably won't. I don't think bro is going to. Is bro.

[Jason Moore]

Let me ask you a question. J.J. nelson against New Orleans at home or Tyree Kill against Tennessee at home.

[Andy Holloway]

Ooh, I'm going to on that. I'm going to take Tyreek. But the fact here's the catches for.

[Jason Moore]

J.J. nelson the last five weeks. Yeah, two, one, two, one one.

[Andy Holloway]

Exactly. He's very similar to two touchdowns. Right. But I do think that with the speed, the talent, the offense and the defense coming in with Michael Floyd out of the way also, Jermaine Gresham gets a bump up.

[Jason Moore]

He's been very AJ Green return to practice. Adam Humphries is practicing.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh.

[Jason Moore]

Muhammad Sanu return to practice could affect the Gabriel targets if there's no Julio.

[Mike Wright]

Gabriel still didn't get a. He didn't get an overwhelming volume. I mean, he's.

[Andy Holloway]

Gabriel is.

[Mike Wright]

Gabriel is Tyreek Hill. They're the same guy. If they don't get the big play, you're going to get four fantasy points.

[Andy Holloway]

I almost made Julio my start of the week. He's going to play and he's going to be good.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. So asking for a friend. I've got Watkins, Crabtree and Tyreek Hill. Who do you bench for Julio, if you're that confident? Because I have Julio on my bench.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, I bench Tyree Kill. That would be.

[Mike Wright]

I would as well.

[Andy Holloway]

That's what I would do for your friend.

[Jason Moore]

Let me just go ahead and save that for my friend. Guys, not practicing.

[Mike Wright]

You should not share account information. That's dangerous.

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

Be safe.

[Jason Moore]

Be Safe guys not practicing that. We'll talk through tomorrow. So these are in or out guys? We do that on Friday. Give you the last rundown. Julio's one of them. Andrew, Luck, Moncrief, Watkins, Matthews, Ingram. We'll give you updates on all these guys. Which guys we think will play, which won't. Couple concussion guys like Sprouls and Fedorowicz.

[Mike Wright]

The Sprouls concussion and Wendell small one on ir. Doug Peterson will have no choice but.

[Jason Moore]

To give the ball to Ryan Matthews.

[Mike Wright]

Kenya Barner, so many snaps.

[Jason Moore]

No, no. Once again we talk about Philly. Nobody knows what you're talking about. Ryan Matthews, the foot Glad is an actual.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Potential start this week.

[Mike Wright]

I agree.

[Jason Moore]

All right. We need to move on. We need to get into the fantasy forecast. I just can't take it anymore. I need it. I need it.

[Andy Holloway]

Fantasy forecast.

[Jason Moore]

Guys. Where does Gus Brad sign this off season? Is he a sleeper coach in your opinion? Sleeper.

[Andy Holloway]

I think he will sign as an assistant coach somewhere.

[Jason Moore]

So you draft him in your fantasy draft?

[Andy Holloway]

If I position for coordinators, sure.

[Jason Moore]

Rams. Here's some updates for Thursday night's game. Rams and Seahawks.

[Mike Wright]

Can we get a team that's just like all the all stars, you know, Fisher, Gus, pretty much every coach that you love.

[Jason Moore]

Andy, you remember yesterday we talked about the kickers that just hang out at the house.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, which was named.

[Jason Moore]

Well, we got an email in and they wanted to name it the Boom.

[Mike Wright]

The Boom Boom Room.

[Jason Moore]

Yes, Boom Boom Room. These kickers, they just hang out and they wait for their careers to end or to be signed. Either one. Boom Boom Room.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, they have all these shows with like rookies hoping to get signed. Why not give some love to the veterans.

[Jason Moore]

They need a kicking simulator like the golf simulators. Oh, that would be sweet. Where you set it up and then you kick into the screen and then you see it go through the uprights. Or not.

[Mike Wright]

Patent pending, America.

[Jason Moore]

Patent pending. Benny Cunningham's out for Thursday night's game, so expect Gurley to get more targets.

[Mike Wright]

His targets have gone way up since the Rams figured out that the best player on the offense should touch the ball more.

[Jason Moore]

Kenny Brett, you're talking about girly.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

So it's a moot point. It's the Seattle Seahawks.

[Jason Moore]

Here's a reminder. Here's a reminder. There are a lot of weather impacted games again this week. You know Marcus Mariota is going to be playing in 19 degree weather and arrowhead coldest game he's ever played in. That's why I pumped the brakes on him. But all the weather conditions we update you will update you as we go through the matchups today. But they will also be in an article that comes out on Sunday morning on the fantasy footballers.com by Eric Ludwig. He puts this up. It is invaluable. It is awesome to see the very, very recent news because you will have a situation like last week where they finally kind of said, okay, the Green Bay game, the snow's kind of going to be done by the time the game's going, so maybe it doesn't impact it as much. You don't want to go out there and bench a Tyrod Taylor if the weather doesn't look as bad. You don't want to go out there and make those kind of decisions just on fear. You want to know the truth, right?

[Andy Holloway]

And when it comes to weather, you can't put that out early. You can't put that out on Thursdays with any kind of confidence and say, this is what it's going to be like on Sunday. You've got to get it.

[Jason Moore]

Unless you're wearing a suit. If you wear a suit, you can do that.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, sure. They get it wrong a whole lot more than fantasy analysts, though.

[Jason Moore]

Dolphins take on the Jets Saturday night. Yeah, this game is a Saturday night game is a 37 and a half point over under. And I don't really blame Vegas for that. You've got Bryce Petty and Matt Moore. I take the under.

[Mike Wright]

Maybe Matt Moore at Moore can have some boom, boom games.

[Andy Holloway]

I think this could hit the over if it's done so by pick sixes. For fantasy purposes only, the defenses are really the ones that are going to be putting up points.

[Jason Moore]

The Dolphins are in playoff contention. The jets don't have much to play for. We might not see Forte. You've got Bryce Petty throwing the ball to Brandon Marshall, to Robbie Anderson, to Queen, Quincy and Nunois. I mean, it's crazy, but Robbie Anderson is the only guy you can think.

[Andy Holloway]

About starting from the, from the Jets.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Well, but Brown, Powell.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I meant in the wide receiver.

[Mike Wright]

You're just referring to Marshall. You're not playing him.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Or a Nunois.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Yeah, it's weird. It's. It's a weird world that we live in. But I agree that I'm not starting Marshall or Nunois.

[Jason Moore]

Does Bilal Powell bring people into the championship this week because he's facing this 30th ranked run defer to the Dolphins?

[Andy Holloway]

Yes, I think Bilal Powell and Jay Ajay, the running games are both games that I like in this matchup. You have, you know, the low over, under. What that usually says is that neither team is going to pull out to a huge lead. Right. You're going to have two teams that are able to run the ball. Both teams have quarterbacks you can't trust. You're not going to be able to center your offense around them. So you're going to have running back and forth and you've gotten both directions. Defenses that are giving it up to running backs. I mean, the jets run D was so good the first half of the year. I mean it wasn't until week six into the season where they had given up more than 100 yards. But you know, we keep talking about the fact that they just seem like they've gone home.

[Mike Wright]

The jets defense, defense is hard.

[Andy Holloway]

Well.

[Mike Wright]

And when you don't want to do it.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, when you don't want to do it.

[Jason Moore]

See Buffalo Bills last week, the last.

[Andy Holloway]

Five weeks and this matters, right? Recency matters for trends. And the jets run defense over the last five weeks, only one week they haven't given up more than 100 yards on the ground and that week was 91. Last week they gave up 225 yards on the ground.

[Jason Moore]

It's interesting. So let's flip to the other side. What are the storylines here?

[Mike Wright]

Well, does Landry get the same target volume now that Matt Moore is the quarterback? We know Ryan Tannehill generally likes to pep run with targets. We've had kind of a lull mid season for him and the health of Devonte Parker. Kenny still is a deep threat. I, I know you guys aren't with me, but I don't hate Matt Moore. This week against the jets secondary, I don't hate it.

[Jason Moore]

Well, but you wouldn't play him if.

[Mike Wright]

You'Re in a two quarterback league and things are looking dicey and you're like, well, I can go with Matt Moore, I guess.

[Jason Moore]

Matt Moore has played four games with Jarvis Landry in his career and Matt.

[Mike Wright]

Moore has several games of three touchdowns. I mean, yeah, it's not so who's it?

[Jason Moore]

But I mean on the wide receiver wise, you say you don't hate Matt Moore, so who benefits? Is it Parker? Is it Landry? Is it Stills? What do you do with your confidence level starting wide receivers? You said the jets secondary is not good.

[Mike Wright]

I would.

[Jason Moore]

They've only had. They only have six interceptions compared to 23 touchdown passes allowed.

[Mike Wright]

I would still start Landry with confidence and Stills is a fine flex play or wide receiver.

[Andy Holloway]

3 Man, I, I would start Landry. I can't I can't do it. I would not start Jarvis Landry. I think when I look at this, you know, Jarvis Landry has benefited from a lot of target volume and you don't know necessarily that it's going to go his way. But if it does go his way, the his type of targets are usually those in sync short. You know, it's like you've got to have a rapport. And yeah, maybe He's Backstreet Boys, four games with him in his career.

[Mike Wright]

But 98 degrees, I just don't see.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't see Jarvis Landry going. I don't see. I don't see him going up from here. I don't start any wide receiver. That's not to say that there's not going to be a wide receiver that benefits because this jet second, if Kenny Stills grabs a bomb, I'm not going to be shocked.

[Jason Moore]

Why is he grabbing a bomb?

[Andy Holloway]

Because that's what he do. I'm just saying if he grabs one, if he grabs a deep pass, sure.

[Jason Moore]

I'm not being very nice right now.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't, I don't like the last.

[Jason Moore]

You don't like the wide receivers.

[Andy Holloway]

The wide receivers.

[Jason Moore]

That's what I got that. I got that. You do not like the wide receivers. You do not like confidence. Having putting your confidence in Matt Moore in this game, in your playoffs.

[Andy Holloway]

Correct.

[Jason Moore]

J A Jai, though, would you put your confidence in jj?

[Andy Holloway]

I would personally. I just talked about the jets run defense kind of phoning it in lately and they're going to need a jai pounce. He's gone in order to do anything. It does. It does hurt. I'm not saying a Jay is going to be, you know, the number one or a top five guy, but I do have him ranked as an RB1 this week.

[Jason Moore]

Well, and we should take your word for it. I mean, you may not put your words in the right order, but listen to this. Jason finished further ahead of every other fantasy expert this week than any other expert has done all year long. In fact, it looks like you are the first person to finish in the top 10 in all four categories. Quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends.

[Andy Holloway]

You said it, not me.

[Jason Moore]

I just giving you credit.

[Andy Holloway]

I appreciate that.

[Mike Wright]

Thanks.

[Jason Moore]

Before we get down to what's our next game, we're talking Eagles. Ravens.

[Mike Wright]

Eagles. Ravens.

[Jason Moore]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

Eagles, Ravens. Ravens are six point favorites at home, 40 and a half point over under. This game will be potentially played in the rain. You've got Winston Flacco facing off. We talked about Ryan Matthews, his particular, his potential for a bell cow type of situation and I don't think he's long for that team. So I don't think they care if they give him a big workload if they have to. If Sprols is out, if it's going to be Matthews and Barner at that point, I'm optimistic that this is Ryan Matthews backfield. I don't know if it matters. I don't know if it really matters for your fantasy team because I don't know what he can do against the number one ranked run defense in Baltimore at home. Obviously Vegas has Baltimore winning this game. They almost have him. A touch point, touch point. A touchdown favorite at six points. So for me you could do worse. You could go low volume. But I don't know if you're going to have high upside with Matthews.

[Mike Wright]

Are you doing anything with the pass catchers from the Eagles? Because personally we talked about this yesterday. I like Jordan Matthews.

[Jason Moore]

You do, you do like Jordan Matthews. I don't, I don't like. I think this game is Baltimore's. I think what you've seen with, with Harbaugh and this team losing that game, fighting for this division, they've been such a hit and miss team. Few games on, few games off. I just think they bounce back in this game at home. You got the crowd behind you. So bad performance last week.

[Mike Wright]

Sounds like the Eagles will be trailing.

[Jason Moore]

I. Yes, I agree.

[Mike Wright]

So they got to throw the ball to somebody.

[Jason Moore]

Well, they. You have to throw it. Yeah, but that doesn't mean he's going to catch it.

[Mike Wright]

I like Jordan Matthews in this.

[Jason Moore]

I like Ertz a lot more than Matthews, let's put it that way.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, we both like Zach Ertz in this matchup. JD have anything on the pass catchers.

[Andy Holloway]

I will say this. When I look at the quarterbacks, which obviously affects the pass catchers. I have very little faith in Carson Wentz in this matchup. That look they. Carson Wentz last week where did he go time and time and time and time and time again? Tight end. Tight end.

[Mike Wright]

Two of them.

[Andy Holloway]

Who's the best team against tight ends?

[Jason Moore]

Baltimore.

[Andy Holloway]

Who's at home? Who needs to win? I just don't like Carson Wentz here, so I don't. I don't really like any of the options. I kind of agree with Andy that I don't love Jordan Matthews. And I kind of agree with, like, I kind of disagree. I'm not in love with Ertz. Ertz is still a tight end. 1. He's just so integral that I. I.

[Jason Moore]

Don'T think he believe he's number one in tight end targets this week. Nine, right.

[Andy Holloway]

Exactly. I'm not. I'm not killing Ertz. He's just too important to this offense. But it's such a bad matchup for him that, you know, I agree. I think this is the Ravens game that bodes well for the Kenneth Dixon, Terrence west combo.

[Jason Moore]

And I'd play Dixon over west by a lot.

[Mike Wright]

What if I told you that the Baltimore Ravens are tied for giving up the most touchdowns to wide receivers?

[Jason Moore]

I would believe you because you're looking at your laptop screen.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Just. You can beat them. You can't beat them.

[Jason Moore]

Look at PPR league. I'm okay if you want to start Matthews.

[Mike Wright]

All right?

[Jason Moore]

I'm okay. Like, where do you have him? You say you want to start him, but you don't have him as a one.

[Mike Wright]

Let me. I'll pull him up.

[Jason Moore]

I'm guessing you have him as a 2. In a standard league.

[Mike Wright]

That's. That's where I would assume that he has fallen. Jordan Matthews is why my search function is not. Look, you move on. I'll tell you where I have him, all right?

[Jason Moore]

The other side of the ball. Steve Smith, senior Mike Wallace, Prashard Perryman. The wide receiver corps in Baltimore. I would play Smith. I feel like Smith has the best baseline. He still has the upside. We didn't see good things from really anybody on that wide receiver core last week, including Dennis Pitta. So is this a bounce back game for Pittam? Jason?

[Andy Holloway]

You know, it can be. All right. I mean, honestly, Philly has a pretty good defense against tight ends as well.

[Jason Moore]

I don't hear excitement for either side of the ball in this game.

[Andy Holloway]

No. I like Kenneth Dixon. I like. I like Kenneth Dixon. I like Steve Smith. Senor. I worry that because this is a game where they're not going to. Where the expectation, I should say, is that the Eagles aren't going to be or I'M sorry, the Baltimore is not going to be trailing then maybe it goes more towards Terrence west than Kenneth Dixon. But I'm still. If I've, if I've got to start one of those. Kenneth Dixon took over last week. I am going with that narrative that Kenneth Dixon has kind of secured the role because he is better. He's better running, he's better catching.

[Jason Moore]

So I think basically what we've seen with Baltimore's offense is if you're a wide receiver, Smith, Wallace, Perryman, you need to score to be really fantasy important because Flacco is only averaging 10 yards per completion. And so you have a lot of these stat lines with four or five catches for Smith, but the yardage hasn't been there as a whole. And so that's the concern for me is can they get into the end zone? But we need to move on. We need to talk about the Browns and the Bills.

[Mike Wright]

I have them as a lower end too.

[Jason Moore]

I saw that. You're right outside of the right in the 2 low into which league? 3 range.

[Mike Wright]

It's a start.

[Jason Moore]

It's a start.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Well, if it's a wide receiver too, he's.

[Jason Moore]

He starts Browns, Bills, Bills at home. Bills are 10 point favorites, 41 point over under.

[Andy Holloway]

Do the Browns.

[Jason Moore]

No, they don't win a game this year. No, no, they don't.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's true.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, I guess if you're gonna, Rex will give you a shot, but I don't think it happens here. People are very, very concerned about the weather and tyrant Taylor in this game. There are a lot of people who have sent me DM's Twitter messages saying I'm really worried. Give me somebody that's gonna throw the ball because he's that word. You're not gonna have to throw it. I mean, I have the Sean McCoy as my number two running back this week. Yeah, it's going to be the McCoy show.

[Mike Wright]

That's the real analysis from this game for me is start LaShawn McCoy and I mean Sammy Watkins is still a fine play.

[Jason Moore]

I like Watkins too, but I think. What is that? I mean, Watkins can have a great game and Taylor can be a stink epotamus.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. Yeah, that's. That's true. I mean if, if Watkins ends up with, you know, 75 and a touchdown, it's a good game for a wide receiver, but that's not really helping out the quarterback too much. If the weather starts to turn for me, then Watkins will come down.

[Andy Holloway]

I think the weather is going to be better than it was last week. Obviously Buffalo is used to playing in cold weather. As of right now, it's just said to be partly cloudy, 28 degrees. So it's cold. But as of this second, the expectation is not for snow, which I think says that the offense will be fine. I'm not super worried. I agree with you, Andy, that LaShawn McCoy is just a great play. I don't know if he's my number two or number three running back this week, but he's. He's high up there. I see great things for him. And Sammy Watkins was almost my start of the week. Tyrod Taylor is my stream of the week. When you're playing against the Browns, you think the Browns are going to be good in cold weather.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, Listen to this. LaShawn McCoy since 2015 at home, 5.3 yards per carry.

[Mike Wright]

Good grief.

[Jason Moore]

Cleveland on the road gives up 5.1 yards per carry, which is dead last in the league. Kaching, that's what you call a match made in Shady's.

[Mike Wright]

The chalk, the Browns, they're not a good football team. Is there any fantasy value on here? Crowell has been decent lately. Prior was having a big year until Robert Griffin took over the job last week.

[Jason Moore]

I'm not touching Prior. And I told you that on Monday when we talked about the pooped in their pants segment with RG3 at quarterback. I'm not touching Prior. It was the fear when RG3 took the job back. I'm not touching him. I. The only guy I'm thinking about is Crowell. I have him ranked actually number 20 this week. As a start, you guys have him at 24 and 25. So those are all, you know, you got to put those in line with. Okay. Would you rather play Crowell at Buffalo or would you rather play Todd Gurley at Seattle tonight?

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man, I would rather. Oh, man, that's tough.

[Jason Moore]

I think I. I'd play Crow. I would. And I have Crow four spots higher than Gurley.

[Andy Holloway]

Crow. Look, we. We did talk about last week. When RG3 comes in, it's going to help Crowell with opening up running lanes as defenses have to watch for a mobile running quarterback. Have to watch those zone Reed plays.

[Jason Moore]

They don't have to watch for nothing with RG last week. They don't have to watch. They don't even have to open their eyes.

[Andy Holloway]

Isaiah Crowell, he only got 10 carries last week, but he had 113 yards on the ground. And Buffalo's run defense, for fantasy purposes, isn't that.

[Mike Wright]

Well, I Mean, we saw what happened last week.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So I'm just saying, I think that Isaiah Crowell is a startable guy. I might move him up a little bit.

[Jason Moore]

Here's a question for you. I'm going to throw this out there. Does a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns. Let me rephrase. Does a pass catcher of any variety, running back, tight end or wide receiver, catch more than three passes this week? Ooh, over.

[Mike Wright]

Under three.

[Jason Moore]

Over. Under of three. I'm taking the under.

[Andy Holloway]

I would take the over. But if you wanted to say, does a pass catcher of any variety, any.

[Jason Moore]

Player on the Browns have more than three receptions?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

So do you want to water about that?

[Andy Holloway]

Don't do that. That's. That's. I mean, sure.

[Jason Moore]

Mike.

[Andy Holloway]

Water bet.

[Jason Moore]

We need to write that down because I want to come back to it on Monday.

[Mike Wright]

Okie dokie.

[Jason Moore]

So write that down and tell Brooks to put that in the Monday show. What was the other bet?

[Mike Wright]

I think you just did.

[Jason Moore]

What was the other bet that we made yesterday?

[Mike Wright]

You're the better.

[Jason Moore]

Tampa Bay.

[Mike Wright]

Tampa Bay. Dallas. Yeah. All right, we got to get that notation.

[Jason Moore]

If I win, Jason. Yeah, Sub. Here's an extra bet. All right. If I lose, I get watered. If you lose, you get water.

[Mike Wright]

This should be like a snow bet. But if, If I win both.

[Jason Moore]

If I win both. If either of us sweep, then we.

[Andy Holloway]

Get to choose lunch the next.

[Jason Moore]

Then we're choosing lunches for one another. Next.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Let's do it.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, man.

[Jason Moore]

If either of us sweep and I feel like I'm the long odds here.

[Andy Holloway]

I agree.

[Jason Moore]

So what that all that means, Jay.

[Andy Holloway]

Is I'm getting your.

[Jason Moore]

Is if I win, I'm going to make you eat some real crap.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, you're going to be eating.

[Jason Moore]

You're going to be eating three stuffed tomatoes to start the week and then I'm going to go from there. I'm going to have no guilt because I picked Tampa to upset Dallas and I picked no more than three receptions for any player on the entire Cleveland roster.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Which I might be eating some crap myself. All right. Packers and Bears. Oh, my. The divisional matchup. Forty and a half point over, under. Interesting to me. Feels a little low. Bears are six point dogs. They're at home.

[Mike Wright]

You know what's low? Is that temperature.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Yeah. Is that one.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. One.

[Jason Moore]

One degree. Do you know the Arizonans do not know what that means when a temperature.

[Mike Wright]

Is so low that you have to drop the plural s off the back. How many degrees? No, no, no.

[Jason Moore]

How many degree.

[Mike Wright]

It's One degree outside.

[Jason Moore]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Or do you actually say it's one degrees?

[Jason Moore]

I don't think he said one degree.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

I just want. It doesn't make sense for English to say 1 degrees.

[Jason Moore]

Did you ever like the band 98 Degree?

[Mike Wright]

Why is 98 Degrees gone?

[Jason Moore]

They've been brought up twice.

[Mike Wright]

Two mentions on this show. All right, Nick Lachey, hit me up.

[Jason Moore]

Please not don't hit me up. Rogers and Barkley facing off. Jeffrey returns. Jordy Nelson's my number two wide receiver of the week.

[Mike Wright]

I don't blame you.

[Jason Moore]

Jordy Nelson last week. I don't know if you. Did you guys see this play? Second touchdown he had where he is basically getting face guarded, like face defended. And so the guy is not looking at the quarterback and they're just in the end zone, but they're stopped. And he just points to the right like he's standing still and he points to the right and Rogers throws it before anybody moves. And they have that connection. And it was a touchdown. I just. You cannot replicate that with just anybody. So I really love what Nelson can bring in this game. Obviously, the packers are playing for their playoff lives. I don't expect a blowout in Chicago in this weather, but I think Rogers is going to be just fine and do enough.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, Rogers is the Chicago Bears. Last time they played, which was week seven, he went. It was a slow start, but he ended up with the 326 and 3. And that was kind of the beginning, so of the resurgence of the Green Bay Packer offense, where you had the whole beginning of the season. What is going on?

[Andy Holloway]

What is wrong?

[Mike Wright]

They're up and down. Since that point, Rogers has been just on fire, so I'm perfectly fine with him. I believe he's my number one quarterback on the week.

[Jason Moore]

That's pretty high.

[Mike Wright]

It doesn't get any higher.

[Jason Moore]

One degree for number one Rogers.

[Andy Holloway]

Rogers has been on fire. The guy that I really like that I think is worth talking about is Time Montgomery.

[Mike Wright]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

Because the weather is so low, you usually go with, you know, the running game. Was that. Was that look. Did I say something wrong?

[Jason Moore]

I just never. What does low weather look like?

[Andy Holloway]

It looks.

[Jason Moore]

It's like down at the bottom. Is that like fog?

[Andy Holloway]

Very near the ground.

[Jason Moore]

Very near the ground.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I think Time Montgomery showed that he was the starting running back for Green Bay and he should be. I expect him to be this week. And he had a great game last week. Got his first rushing touchdown of the year, and he looks great as a runner. He's Obviously great at catching the ball as well. And if he's involved in the offense, you've got a good running defense in Chicago and an passing defense. I think Ty Montgomery fits the mold of how they can move the ball on Coleman.

[Mike Wright]

Is he back to a starting fantasy player for you?

[Andy Holloway]

Yes, he most definitely is, especially in this weather at the running back position.

[Jason Moore]

Jordan Howard.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

I would say it was other side of the ball decisions to be made for a lot of fantasy owners. Jordan Howard falls into that category of a guy that was added off of waivers to a team that is already had some running backs and some decisions to be made like Spencer Ware, Jay A. Jair LeGarrett Blunt. How confident are you in Jordan Howard in the weather with how amazingly good he has been?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I'm staying in those Flames.

[Jason Moore]

You're staying in the Jordan Howard volume flames, right? Isn't that what they are?

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. They don't even have to be that much volume. I mean, he's getting, he's getting a lot. I mean, this last week he only had 13 carries, 86 yards and he's involved in the passing game. Added 24 yards through the air last week. Here's the week before.32 carries, but some incredible.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, sorry.

[Andy Holloway]

Jordan Howard, I love him. He's a running back one this week he's the 10th ranked running back on the year.

[Jason Moore]

He is rushed for 20 or more yards on a higher percentage of carries than any running back in football. This year. He's averaged 5.8 yards per carry in the first half. This year he hits the ground running. Sure, he's been great. He's been great. I5A carry on the whole season, third in the league. I'll say this though, and this is with the entire defense knowing your offense is Jordan Howard and very little else.

[Mike Wright]

Jordan Howard has pooped his pants two times.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, for me, I remember one of.

[Mike Wright]

Those games was Green Bay.

[Jason Moore]

Yes, it was. Well, there was a time that Green Bay's rush defense, we spoke about it a lot.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, but are you saying I'm just playing devil's advocate here of the Does Green Bay have the advantage because it's that division game. Does McCarthy know how to scheme against John Fox in his running game is John Fox.

[Jason Moore]

I think everybody knows how to scheme against Jaguar. I look, I, I, we said it already. We buy Jordan.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, well, Alshon, Alshon. You can't move on without talking about Alshon Jeffrey.

[Jason Moore]

Watch me. No Alshon Jeffrey. I am the lowest in the confidence meter by far. Jason has them up at A wide receiver too, Mike, I assume you'll just him a little bit. You have him in that three range. I've got him outside of the wide receiver three zone. I don't like the road game. I mean, I'm sorry. I don't like the weather. I don't like the return. I don't like Matt Barkley. I don't like what's at stake for Green Bay.

[Andy Holloway]

I bet you don't like how Alshons performed before the suspension.

[Jason Moore]

I don't like much. And it's not that he can't do it. He's got the talent. He should have the targets. He's got three games to play for money. But I don't want to. I don't want to do it on my. My fantasy team has enough options where I'm not desperate in the semifinals for Alshon.

[Andy Holloway]

Jeffrey, I don't blame you one bit. Now I've got him ranked 23rd, which is a startable player, basically, because that's what I see as kind of his middle point. But the reality with Alshon is I think you're either going to get a good game or a really bad game out of him. Because there, there's the narrative that you just spoke of where he's playing for money, he needs the ball. He's going to be a squeaky wheel out there. He's talented, he's got the opportunity. The targets could all be there, things could work his way. There's also the narrative that, you know, there was a report that came out that said that Matt Barkley had an extra practice with Alshon to, to, you know, work on chemistry. Well, that sounds like good news. And then when you read about it, it's like that was the first time he had ever thrown a ball to Alshon. Jeffrey was that day. So there is no chemistry. You don't, you don't get NFL chemistry in an hour. That's why Robbie Anderson's catching all these balls.

[Jason Moore]

If, If Jeffrey has a game, I'll tell you how it happens. It's a 57 yard catch. It's a 59 yard catch. The Green Bay pass. Packers are vulnerable to deep passes. That's the one thing that they do. So they're going to have Barkley throw the ball up to him. He's going to. He's a huge guy. So I think that's how he makes his day. I'm just not willing to bet on it. So that's where I'm at. Jaguars take on the Texans. Jaguars.

[Andy Holloway]

Jaguars.

[Jason Moore]

Jaguars. 39 and a half point over under. Texans are one of my favorite defenses of the week. They're at home. This game's in the dome. They are fighting for that playoff spot. Their defense has been very good.

[Andy Holloway]

So let's talk Nick Novak.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Upside play.

[Andy Holloway]

No, let's not.

[Jason Moore]

Look, last week Yelden was valuable enough. When Ivory's out, He's averaging about 20 touches a game. So if Ivory misses, there's something there with Yelden. Lamar Miller, on the other hand, we're going to talk about shortly because he's one of my favorite stars of the week. So do you guys need to talk about running backs or has that covered it or should we move on to wide receivers?

[Mike Wright]

I think Yelden is. If he's the guy, if the volume is king again for TJ Eldon, he's a, he's a startable, two, three fringe type of guy. To me, he's been fine in the last couple weeks when he's the only guy that's going to get the ball. The Texans run defense, 18th, you know, so right around the middle of the pack. And I agree with Vegas here, the 39 and a half, they'd like this to be a lower scoring game. I'm with that. It gets TJ Eldon in the double digit carries. It's fine if you need that low end running back too. I think you think he's okay.

[Andy Holloway]

I agree. I agree with you. If Ivory is out, I mean, you go, okay, well, Houston's really good defense. Well, so is Minnesota. You know, they're coming. He's coming off of playing Denver and Minnesota now to Houston. That is a bad stretch.

[Jason Moore]

So one of the reasons we really didn't like Robinson's. Alan Robinson and Bortles playoff schedules even before they were not good.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, but. But what you've seen with the coaching change at the same time is that all of a sudden the running. But T.J. yeld in the last two weeks, 14 carries and 17 carries. And in addition to the 17 carries, do you know how many passes he caught last week? Seven. Seven receptions. That's good wide receiver numbers. You had 17 carries. There isn't a volume there. If Chris Ivory is out to play him in this bad matchup.

[Mike Wright]

I agree.

[Jason Moore]

All right. Alan Robinson, any hope for him?

[Andy Holloway]

No, none.

[Jason Moore]

Any chance Will Fuller has a game for once? Because you got Braxton Miller going on ir, You've got Will Fuller kind of. Maybe.

[Mike Wright]

Maybe it's.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm not going to play him in the playoffs.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I have them at like 40 something.

[Andy Holloway]

40 so you've got them pretty high.

[Mike Wright]

As crazy as this is, I don't.

[Jason Moore]

Have Hopkins 38, Fuller 41.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know my. I don't have my rankings memorized for these four guys, but just looking at the names in this matchup, the guy I want to play the most if I have to play someone from this game is Marquis Lee. And I know that's gross.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

But that's just the. That's life, people. That's the way it is.

[Andy Holloway]

I would still rather play Alan Robinson over Marquis Fleet.

[Jason Moore]

Why?

[Andy Holloway]

The reason is because of talent and the ability to get one deep pass. I mean, Marquis Lee, I think last week he actually caught a deep ball. I feel like that was the first deep ball I've ever seen him catch in his career.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, but he's coming. Yeah, he's been. He was super beat up. He's been coming on as of late. In 113 yards, he has two touchdowns the last four weeks. Alan Robinson is doing absolutely nothing. Derek Hopkins is doing nothing.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, to argue Alan Robinson vs Marquis Lee is pretty moot. I'm not starting any of these guys in the playoffs.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I mean, I bought into the Bortles and Robinson met and worked things out last week, and it didn't happen. I mean, Xavier Rhodes had a lot to do with it. So I don't know if this is the week where you can. You can wish upon a star.

[Mike Wright]

Sure.

[Jason Moore]

But that's exactly what you're doing when you start Alan Robinson.

[Andy Holloway]

I think this week, wishing on a black hole like you still wishing. And it might come true, but that dream might just get sucked right up, be gone.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. It's unfortunate. And this is the game that highlights the. The two. Two very big disappointments. Both passes, Hopkins and Robinson.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. This is a great game for just the craziness. If you talked early in the year, I mean, think about this. We're sitting. We're basically sitting DeAndre Hopkins against the Jaguars in the playoffs.

[Mike Wright]

Yep.

[Jason Moore]

Things you didn't expect when you looked.

[Andy Holloway]

Pre draft season, you're like, oh, he plays the Jaguars. DeAndre Hopkins in the playoffs. I want that. No, no, you don't.

[Mike Wright]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. All right.

[Andy Holloway]

I do think, honestly the high score here, other than Lamar Miller, might be Nick Novak. So.

[Jason Moore]

All right, we're going to press the pause button on the matchups, finish this up tomorrow. We're going to move on to the starts of the week breakdown, guys that we really like for your Week 15 playoff matchups. Look There's a number of players that I think have a lot of upside this week and we want to get you ready.

[Andy Holloway]

Starts of the week.

[Jason Moore]

All right, well, who wants to kick it off?

[Mike Wright]

I'll jump in here. I'll jump in here with a quarterback that I like more than the consensus. The consensus out in the universe right now, and that is Andy Dalton at home taking on the Steelers dream. Yeah. And Andy seems to like him as a stream and I do, I agree that a lot of people are down on him. 366 and 1 the last time they played Pitt. Of course, AJ Green was involved in that game. You know who's at practice on Wednesday? A.J.

[Andy Holloway]

Green.

[Mike Wright]

I just, I think that Andy Dalton can get it done. If there's any event or case where Big Ben actually can perform on the road, get a higher scoring game, I just, I want, I want a quarterback with some upside and it's a, it's a difficult road I think this week for quarterbacks. There's, there's not many who stand out as guys that I absolutely love. So I just, I went with Andy Dalton because he's a guy that I like more than most people.

[Jason Moore]

Jason.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I'll. I'll hop on here and go with a guy that I have toyed with making my number one quarterback this week. I think right now he's number three. And for me there's like three quarterbacks that just. If, you know, if this were draft season and I made a tier, they would be there. And one of those three is Kirk Cousins. He is my start of the week. I love his matchup. Look, he's been.

[Jason Moore]

As does Mike.

[Andy Holloway]

He has been on fire.

[Jason Moore]

But Mike might be wishful thinking.

[Andy Holloway]

The last two weeks he's been okay. 234 yards, two touchdowns. That's against Philly. In Philly, we've seen plenty of quarterbacks struggle in Philly this, this year. Hot quarterbacks really go into Philly and just fall on their face. 234 and 2 is not bad the week before. 271 and 1. Eh, but that was against Arizona. In Arizona, he also ran one in. Yes, correct. He ran a touchdown in before those games. I mean, we're talking 375 yards, 449, three touchdowns in both of those games. And now projecting forward, he is back at home after this road, that three game road trip, he's back at home playing well against Carolina, who is not good at pass defense right now. I mean, especially since Luke Keakley has gone back out. I know he was back at practice but they're taking it really slow with him, as they should. They've given up to the quarterback, two touchdowns in three of their last four games. They've given up over 300 yards and half of them. I like Kirk Cousins. The weather outside is supposed to be fine as of now. You know, five mile an hour winds, no chance of rain, 35 degrees. I think this is a game where the Panthers can score enough to where the over under should be high and Kirk Cousins could end up having a monstrous game and should be a somewhat safe option.

[Mike Wright]

So I was going to, I just wanted to throw in real quick. It's the safety for me of Kirk Cousins. He has not had a bad fantasy game since Week 5. He has two fantasy duds on the.

[Andy Holloway]

Season, Week 1 and Week 5.

[Mike Wright]

And as in speaking of, in terms of duds, these we've seen far worse from good quarterbacks come out and give you just absolutely nothing. He still gave you 16 points in Week 5 against Baltimore.

[Andy Holloway]

Think about the other side of the ball with Cam Newton. How many duds has he been given people?

[Mike Wright]

So all right, he's upside and safe to me.

[Jason Moore]

I going with Derek Carr. There were some sad moments last week with Carr and Cooper and Crabtree and their failures against Kansas City. I'm expecting a bounce back performance from this team this week. I realized they're on the road. They've got a divisional matchup against San Diego. Last time they played, Carr went 317 and two against them. I think this is the week where I like him. I have number four. I have Matt Ryan, Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson ahead of him and that's it. I like Derek Carr. I think you can have confidence starting Derek Carr this week if you don't have those other three guys. And I'm going to, I'm going to continue. I'm going to move on into my wide receiver because it's a combo here. I think Derek Carr, the biggest beneficiary of this good game. It's not Amari Cooper who pooped last week and who by the way, when he played San Diego last time had eight, had 138 yards against him. But I think Casey Hayward keeps Cooper enough in check. I think the beneficiary is Michael Crabtree. Michael Crabtree, look, Crabtree's been great this year. Tied for second in red zone targets. Had a touchdown against San Diego last time and if you, if you erase last game, which we didn't like, he had eight catches, seven catches. I really like Michael Crabtree. In this game, I think you, if you had that pair of car and Crabtree, I think you can be very confident. So wide receiver Jason, who do you got? Oh, we disagree on this.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes, we do disagree. And this is a scary one because I'm going with a guy who I guess I hope you still have if you're in the playoffs. He might have cost you the playoffs last week. That's DEZ Bryant. Des Bryant had negative points for most scoring formats last week as he caught one reception for a fumble. And so you might not want to play him this week.

[Jason Moore]

Tampa Bay, he had that dream game that fantasy owners dream about like you face. Oh, I'm, you know, my opponent plays DEZ Bryant and I'm down by like a point.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

And he just throws him out there.

[Mike Wright]

The only way I win is if.

[Jason Moore]

He catches the ball and fumbles. It's like that dream scenario.

[Andy Holloway]

Someone out there, someone won that way. And that's kudos. Congratulations. But this week I don't think does Bryant's going to do that to you. The Tampa Bay defense is for real. I'm not, I'm not saying start Des Bryant because Tampa Bay's defense is bad. Before the buy, they were bad. After the buy, they've been pretty good. But they are not, you know, when it comes to wide receivers, since they're by, they're not, you know, locked down, elite. They've had three games since week seven where no wide receivers had a touchdown. Every other game they've had one or two touchdowns given up. And DEZ Bryant is still a talented guy. This game is in Dallas. I'm just saying I expect him to be a wide receiver. 1. He's, he gets the red zone looks, he gets the deep balls. And they, they need this win. They're coming off of a loss. So I'm. This is more of a confidence boost saying, you know, should I worry about playing Des? I think you can play him. I think I should play him.

[Mike Wright]

On my wide receiver start of the week is Deshaun Jackson.

[Andy Holloway]

Really?

[Mike Wright]

I like Kirk Cousins. I like desean Jackson.

[Jason Moore]

You've got the stack as well.

[Mike Wright]

He is, I think he is fully back to health. And when you think of DeSean Jackson, you think of Boom Bust. Well, three of the last four games he has been boom, boom town, my friends.

[Jason Moore]

Championship boomtown.

[Mike Wright]

Four for 51 and a touchdown. Four for 118 and a touchdown. One for 59. That was against the Arizona Cardinals. Seen a lot of Patrick Peterson followed that up with three for 102 and a touchdown. He's getting deep. I think he is a very solid wide receiver too. In standard leagues, in ppr I'd probably bump him down a little bit. But in standard Leagues, I love DeSean Jackson to continue the boom streak and catch a deep one.

[Jason Moore]

All right, running back starts of the week. I'm going with Lamar Miller and this is a confidence boost for people. We had been worried about the ankle and the ribs and the injuries and the problems. He was single digits three of the previous four weeks after a more consistent start to the season. But last week we saw it all. We saw him come out against Indianapolis, go on the road and have 21 carries, 100 and 107 yards and a touchdown. Here you are home again fighting for this division. I think this is the game where you can have a lot of confidence rolling Lamar Miller out there. I have him rated very highly this week and I just feel like he is one of the safer running back plays that exists out there. I know it's been a very up and down season. I know it's not been exciting because everything with the Texans offense is described as not exciting. I mean, even if you just look at Lamar Miller's involvement in the passing game, which used to be such a huge part of his game, it's all the, you know, the shortest routes, the lowest yards at the point of target. So not always exciting. But this week I have him in my top 12. So I'm going to go with Lamar Miller.

[Andy Holloway]

I'll hop on. For running backs. My start of the week this week is legarette Blunt. Legarrett Blunt is a guy that you look at the matchup and you go, denver has the best defense in the league. And that's what I think. I think Denver is the best defense in the league. And so you might be scared to start LeGarrett blunt, but Denver is susceptible to running backs. They have been all year. Ask Latavius Murray how they fared against them. Remember the Oakland Raiders got to that point in that game where they just said, we're going to run it 10 times in a row.

[Mike Wright]

They were going to run the same play over and over and over.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And if you listen to Von Miller this past week, coming off of like he was asked, hey, how was it going up against Marcus Mariota? What did you think? And he goes, well, we had a game plan but we couldn't do it because they just kept running on us. I mean, that's what he said. He's frustrated as a pass rush, you know, Wanting to tackle that quarterback. Tom Brady has struggled against Denver in the past. I think LeGarrett Blunt is the tool that Bill Belichick is going to use. No team just finds themselves on the one yard line more than the Patriots, I feel like. And LeGarrett blunt has a good shot of scoring. I think he's primed for a good game and I would start him.

[Jason Moore]

Mike, I had not seen your start of the week at the running back position until just now and let me say this, I love it. Oh, I love it. I might have him rated higher than you. I don't even know.

[Mike Wright]

Welcome aboard.

[Jason Moore]

I do. I got him one spot higher than you do. And we both, we both love them. So go on.

[Mike Wright]

That's good news. I'm taking a running back against the worst running defense in the league. Tevin Coleman takes on the San Francisco 49ers. There is plenty, in my opinion, plenty to go around for Freeman and Coleman. We've seen that he is. He's back only at eight carries for 36 yards, but he had that all important touchdown and 2 for 19 with a touchdown through the air. Multifaceted back Matt. It's just, maybe we're looking a little forward here. But Matt Ryan is a curious case to me this week because the matchup is so great for what appears so great for Matt Ryan. But they might do everything through the running backs this week. So to me, Tevin Coleman is a solid flex play at worst running back to. At best.

[Jason Moore]

All right. I, I got Matt Ryan number one. So I'm, I'm not, I'm not worried, but I understand it could be incredible for Matt. We need your tight end start of the week, Mike. All right.

[Mike Wright]

I'm going with the guy.

[Jason Moore]

Make it snappy.

[Mike Wright]

Going with a guy who's tied with Michael Crabtree for, for second. And red zone targets Kyle Rudolph. They don't call him the red zone Ranger for nothing. He gets the red zone targets. He's taken on the Indianapolis Colts. They are beatable. I think that Sammy Biscuits is an okay stream if you, if you're digging deep. And Kyle Rudolph has been a touchdown machine this year. I think that he scores this week.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And that's hard for you to say because I know you're playing against him in one of our.

[Mike Wright]

I am.

[Jason Moore]

I'm going to go with Big gresh Jermaine Gresham. We know John Brown's limited with the sickle cell trade. He hasn't been an involved wide receiver in this offense for a while. Michael Floyd was just released by the Cardinals.

[Mike Wright]

We'll get no snaps this week.

[Jason Moore]

Zero snaps for Floyd. Obviously I like Larry Fitzgerald this week, but I like Jermaine Gresham as well. Five catches in each of the last three weeks. I think you can do a lot worse than Gresham and I think you've got a shot at a touchdown in this matchup with the Saints at home. I'll be at that game, so I'll be, I'll be on the lookout for Big Grush to get into the end zone. I think you can do a lot worse to have him right at the, you know, kind of tail end. Fedorowicz level back in tight end one.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And my start of the week is Antonio Gates. I liked him last week. He had an okay game three of the last four games he's played. He's been over 50 yards for a tight end. That's great. He's had a touchdown in half of his last four games. He's a few touchdowns away from the record and there's a few games left. They will be targeting him. He had a couple of red zone targets this last week. I think you've got a safe floor with 5 for 50 for tight end and a really good chance against the Oakland Raiders in a high scoring game or what I hope to be a high scoring game that Antonio Gates gets in the end zone. I think he's a safe start with a good ceiling.

[Jason Moore]

All right, those were our starts of the week. You can check them out also on the website later today. Thefantasyfootballers.com we'll have them on there for your review. And look, without further ado, we get to the most important segment.

[Mike Wright]

Oh my.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason Moore's ironclad, locked and loaded. 100% guaranteed. Boom boom kicker of the week.

[Jason Moore]

You guys out there know we're family men. We have, we each of us have three children. We put our families first, but Jason does not. Jason puts the kickers first, family second.

[Andy Holloway]

They're most important.

[Jason Moore]

Boom boom kicker of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man, I have never struggled with a week as much as I have this week. It's really true. I wanted to go house. I wanted to be bold. But I'm not going to do that. This is the second week of the playoffs. Yeah, I'm going to stay in the Flames. I'm going to go with who should be the number one. Anyways, it's a good matchup for him and he could kick it from, from my house.

[Mike Wright]

Don't be a, don't be a Coward.

[Jason Moore]

I'm not.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm going Justin Tucker. I'm going Boom, boom, boom.

[Jason Moore]

How could you Boo. Justin Tucker.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you have no soul.

[Jason Moore]

Mike and I wanted to find out how far Justin Tucker was about to kick the ball, but she interrupted him with booze.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you don't know where he's going. He might have been going from my house to just across the street. I could do that.

[Jason Moore]

So Jason Moore's ironclad, locked and loaded, 100% guaranteed boom, boom kick of the week is none other than Justin. I will throw Tucker.

[Andy Holloway]

I will throw out two sleepers. Steven kickers.

[Jason Moore]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

Steven Hauschka and Nick Novak.

[Jason Moore]

All right. All right. Sleeper kickers are, you know, from the Boom boom Room.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, they're just Nick Novak's, the original Boom Boom Novak.

[Jason Moore]

All right, that's it for today's show. This was the Thursday episode. Tomorrow we have in and out. We have the rest of the matchups. We have a great, great show prepared for you, and so make sure you subscribe. We appreciate all of your reviews and your support for this independent podcast. It's been a heck of a year. We really are thankful for everything you guys do out there. For all of the Twitter questions, for all the feedback, for those of you that nearly veered off the road for some reason when I pronounced bilal pal the way I did yesterday. For those that enjoy all the various things that we do, we thank you for listening. We hope you have a great holiday season and we'll talk to you tomorrow.

[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

That's correct.

[Mike Wright]

Good luck tonight. If you got some Seahawks or some Rams going, if you have Rams going, it'd really be a good luck to you.

[Jason Moore]

See ya.

[Andy Holloway]

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