Starts of the Week + Week 15 Breakdown, Coach Jokes - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/11

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary

Episode: Starts of the Week + Week 15 Breakdown, Coach Jokes
Release Date: December 11, 2025
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike “The Fantasy Hitman” Wright

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Overview

This episode is a playoff special as The Fantasy Footballers break down key starts and sits for Week 15, offer in-depth injury updates, share their “Starts of the Week” for each position, and dive into a rapid-fire matchup forecast. The trio brings their signature blend of expert analysis and comedy, making the playoff tension a little more bearable (and hilarious).

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Playoff Mindset & League Banter

• The hosts celebrate making the playoffs in their leagues, contrasting the anticipation of league glory versus disappointment ("Are you going fishing or getting the trophy?") (02:02, Mike).
• Early jokes set the stakes high: "Now, it's like playoffs are here. You live or die now." (01:45, Andy).
• Playful jabs about how prepared they are (or not) for their upcoming league matchups.

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Major News & Injury Updates

(04:13–08:45)

• Mike Evans & Jalen McMillan: Activated off IR, Evans expected to play. "I've got him in my 30s... my wide receiver." (05:09, Andy)
• Kyle Pitts: Officially questionable but likely to play.
• CD Lamb: Still in concussion protocol, but “seeing him at practice” is encouraging. (05:46, Andy)
• Nick Chubb & Woody Marks: Chubb didn't practice; Woody Marks likely to see increased workload.
• Marvin Harrison Jr.: DNP; skepticism about his enthusiasm to play (“He just doesn’t seem like a guy that wants to play right now.” 06:39, Jason).
• Tee Higgins: Still in concussion protocol despite practicing, raising player safety concerns. (“I feel like it’s dumb and like, you know, malpractice to put a guy who keeps having his head hurt back on the field that quickly.” 08:05, Andy)
• Other notables: Alvin Kamara, Pat Bryant, Jaden Daniels (ruled out), positive news on T. Higgins but still risky.

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Starts of the Week

(09:05–25:02)

Quarterbacks

• Mike: Jackson Dart vs. Washington Commanders

  • “Only Josh Allen is averaging a higher fantasy points per drop back this season.” (09:17, Mike)
  • Rushing upside and favorable matchup.

• Jason: Lamar Jackson vs. Bengals

  • “This is the most must win game for Baltimore.” (11:09)
  • Emphasizes rushing performance and generous defense.

• Andy: Jared Goff at Los Angeles Rams

  • “Revenge at the core... this game has a 55.5-point over-under.” (11:16–11:42)
  • Rams are tough to run on, should force lots of Goff pass attempts.

Running Backs

• Mike: Woody Marks vs. Arizona

  • “Running back 14 last week in Arrowhead, 29 opportunities.” (13:20)
  • Projected high workload.

• Jason: Chris Rodriguez vs. Giants

  • “He has scored four rushing touchdowns since week seven… is a real option this week.” (14:18)

• Andy: Travis Etienne vs. Jets

  • “Quietly been a top-12 back five of the last six weeks.” (15:10)
  • Jets are bottom of the league vs. RBs.

Wide Receivers

• Mike: Emeka Egbuka vs. Atlanta

  • “Atlanta… dead last since Week 8 against wide receivers. The targets are still there.” (16:19)
  • Down weeks should snap against weak secondary; Evans’ return helps.

• Jason: DK Metcalf vs. Miami (Monday Night Football)

  • “You love the target share last week too… Miami’s pass defense is allowing the highest completion percentage in the NFL.” (17:13)

• Andy: Justin Jefferson vs. Dallas

  • “Four receptions for 15 yards combined in his last two games… If you want help in making that decision… I’m telling you you can.” (17:48–18:46)
  • Jason calls for a guarantee and Andy delivers:

    “If he has a bad game, it’s my fault, not yours.” (19:41, Andy)

Tight Ends

• Mike: Theo Johnson (stack with Jackson Dart)

  • “He’s on pace for 89 targets, 600 yards, 7 touchdowns… I like Theo Johnson this week. I like him long term as well.” (21:17)

• Jason: Dalton Kincaid vs. Patriots

  • “He is really their top option… Patriots bottom five against tight ends.” (22:01)
  • Predicts a monster game and bold Bills playoff prediction:

    “I think the Buffalo Bills are going to crush the New England Patriots… and will be the AFC champions this year.” (22:01–22:31, Jason)

• Andy: Mark Andrews vs. Bengals

  • “Snap route participation... it’s still Mark Andrews.” (23:58)
  • Reminds listeners Bengals are worst in the league vs. TE.

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Matchup Preview & Insights

Cleveland Browns vs. Chicago Bears

(28:22–34:02)

• Weather alert: “Might be one of the coldest games in Soldier Field history.” (28:45, Jason)
• Bears have become a run-heavy offense. Cleveland's RB defense has fallen off.
• Both sides’ RBs in play; pass-catchers risky due to weather and defense.
• TE Harold Fannin is a must-start with huge target share in recent weeks.

Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals

(34:04–38:12)

• Must-win implications for both teams.
• If Higgins is out, look toward Kasicki, but avoid TE against Baltimore.
• Start both Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely (“25 fantasy points a game to TEs” – 36:00)
• Zay Flowers only a mid-level start; Justin Jefferson preferred in a direct bet.

Chargers vs. Chiefs at Arrowhead

(38:12–45:19)

• Chiefs’ playoff chances in jeopardy; “This is their season” (40:12, Jason)
• Rashid Rice and Kareem Hunt seen as startable.
• Hunt's touchdown frequency highlighted: “That is two more than Christian McCaffrey.” (41:39)
• Backfield timeshare for Chargers between Hampton and Vidal.
• Both QBs viewed with caution due to matchups and recent form.

Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots

(47:31–53:04)

• Playoff seeding and MVP talk for Drake May.
• Bills are slight favorites on the road.
• Patriots’ rush defense is "violent."
• Both QBs playable, but caution for Drake May (“He’s definitely one of the scariest plays this week…” 50:50, Andy)
• Rushing volume expected for both RB groups; Henderson gets a boost in rankings.

Washington Commanders vs. New York Giants

(56:26–59:52)

• Both defenses among league's worst; highest implied total for Giants all season.
• Heavy endorsement for both teams’ RBs.
• Theo Johnson (TE) start-worthy.
• Cautious optimism for Devin Singletary on Giants side.

Other Quick-Hit Takeaways

• Raiders vs. Eagles: Eagles dominant favorite; Saquon Barkley, A.J. Brown, and DeVonta Smith all startable.
• Jaguars vs. Jets: Full steam on all Jaguars; no Jets are recommended, including Breece Hall.
• Cardinals vs. Texans:
  • Texans' defense and run game praised: “Largest spread of the CJ Stroud era.” (66:18, Jason)
  • Michael Wilson could see double-digit targets if Marv is out—startable in deeper leagues.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Tee Higgins’ multiple concussions:

  “I feel like it’s dumb and like you know, malpractice. To put a guy who keeps having his head hurt back on the field that quickly.” (08:05, Andy)

• Start the Scary Guys:

  “To complete the trifecta of scary wide receiver starts of the week, I’m picking someone who has four receptions and 15 yards combined in his last two games… It is Justin Jefferson…” (17:48, Andy)

• Andy’s infamous guarantee:

  “Justin Jefferson should be started in your playoffs, and if he has a bad game, it’s my fault, not yours.” (19:41, Andy)

• On the Bengals’ laughable defense vs. tight ends:

  “25 fantasy points a game… We could have an hour-long podcast just talking about crazy statistics of the Bengals guarding tight ends...” (36:00–36:12, Jason)

• Pluralizing Snafu:
  • Series of running gags about Andy dropping “s” in words, suggesting he’s losing the ability to pluralize—culminating in medical jokes:

    “Apparently the part of my brain that's... the S's, it's just not firing." (44:14–44:19, Andy)

• Coach Joke:

  "Coach jokes. That's a good one, LaFleur." (54:58, Andy)
  — after reacting to the Josh Jacobs injury news.

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Listener Start/Sit Dilemmas

(69:53–71:04)

The top “who do I start” questions posed by listeners, with quick picks from the panel:

• Egbuka vs. DK Metcalf: Both Mike and Jason pick Egbuka.
• Amari Hampton vs. Egbuka: "Safer to play Hampton, but… kaboom in the playoffs, I'd play Egbuka." (70:09, Mike)
• Likely vs. Warren: Both lean Isaiah Likely.
• Joe Burrow vs. Drake May: Andy: “Back-to-back in my rankings…[I'd] probably be Burrow.”

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Fantasy Insights and Tone

• Actionable: Focuses on start/sit decisions for playoff matchups, particularly who to trust in high-variance roles.
• Conversational & Humorous: Plenty of banter and jokes alongside detailed rationale for player picks.
• Bold but Self-Aware: Recommendations come with both excitement and candid warnings, especially for “scary” options (like Jefferson and Egbuka).

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [04:13] — Injury Roundup & News
• [09:05] — Starts of the Week (QBs begin)
• [28:22] — Chicago vs. Cleveland breakdown (start of rapid matchups)
• [38:12] — Chargers vs. Chiefs
• [47:31] — Bills vs. Patriots
• [56:26] — Commanders vs. Giants
• [66:18] — Cardinals vs. Texans
• [69:53] — Listener Start/Sit Lightning Round

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Conclusion

The Week 15/Playoff edition is packed with strong start/sit opinion, injury updates, and matchup breakdowns, all delivered with the Footballers’ lighthearted style. Key themes: Trust your stars (even the scary ones, like Jefferson), monitor injuries closely, and matchups make all the difference in the fantasy playoffs. As always, the hosts’ wit and humility shine through—“If [Justin Jefferson] has a bad game, it’s my fault, not yours.”

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Andy Holloway]

Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Jason Moore]

Welcome in.

[Andy Holloway]

It's football time.

[Jason Moore]

My. My ears are bleeding. Good.

Welcome into the show the Fantasy Footballers Podcast.

[Mike Wright]

It's time, baby.

[Jason Moore]

The playoffs begin.

[Mike Wright]

Let the big dog eat.

[Andy Holloway]

I just clean his nose. I just feel the Batman, Joker. And here we go. You know, it's like playoffs are here. Everything. You. You live or die now.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

He dies.

[Mike Wright]

Are you going fishing? Are you getting the trophy?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, you're already driving. Jay.

[Andy Holloway]

I am thrilled that in our league.

[Mike Wright]

Of record, he's got a mapped out.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. In our league of record, I am thrilled that my bags are my team. My opponent's team.

[Mike Wright]

Ready?

[Andy Holloway]

No players tonight. So, like, I've delayed my flight to the fishing well. I'm, you know, the fishing well, yeah, that's. That's where I go for sure. In a well, it's much easier.

[Jason Moore]

Thursday, the fish in the well, and then he just catches them.

[Mike Wright]

You know, you've heard of fish in a barrel.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

You've heard of fish in a well.

[Jason Moore]

Thursday, December 11th. Welcome in one and all. We'll get into the matchups today. We do have a Thursday night football game and it should be pretty exciting. A lot of decisions to be made. The Mike Evans being back out there, does that lift Baker Mayfield back to where he belongs? Does the Mecca Buka get it going? Bucky Irving. He's back and he has a big role to play. Like you said, you don't have anybody playing. I got Bucky playing tonight in our listener league first round matchup, so it'll be an exciting one. Bijan out there as well. I've tried to think about whether the Tampa defense is good enough to play tonight. Kind of gone back and forth on that but lots going on the fantasy footballers.com is the website, all the weekly rankings, the Start Sit tool, all the articles, Ultimate Dashboard. We see all the posts and the tweets on Twitter. We do try to answer a lot of them every week, all three of us. We will not get to all of them and I apologize. But we do have the rankings on the site and the Start Sit tool and ways to answer those questions to where you can blame us and not yourself, not me, without us replying.

[Mike Wright]

Don't blame me, but blame those guys.

[Jason Moore]

And a reminder that we're here all year long, even after the playoffs. If you want a bonus episode of the show, you can do that. JoinTheFoot.com support the podcast. We are an independent podcast. We always have been. I imagine we always will be.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, most likely.

[Jason Moore]

Most likely. Yeah. So there you go. Let's talk some news.

[Andy Holloway]

News and notes from around the league presented by Progressive Insurance.

[Jason Moore]

Updates for tonight. Mike Evans, Jalen McMillan, both activated off of IR, both questionable for tonight. Evans is the one we have the most, I guess news and information and momentum.

[Andy Holloway]

McMillan is irrelevant. Nobody's going to be playing McMillan. But Mike Evans should be active tonight. I do think they will have him on a pitch count. Thankfully it wasn't a lower body injury. So this is like his cardio should be, wasn't it?

[Mike Wright]

I thought it was both.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, he had the collarbone.

[Mike Wright]

I think he did both at the exact.

[Jason Moore]

No, no, no, it was the concussion. Oh, is that what.

His lower body has been?

[Andy Holloway]

Just perfect cardio should be there. But the Grizzler, you know, last week was saying that they're going to bring him along a little bit slowly. Now he's the type of player that can go out there and have a 46 yard touchdown and one catch, have a good game. I've got him in my 30s. My wide receiver like.

[Jason Moore]

Well yeah, and he's such a veteran that if he tells you what he wants to do, they may listen.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, but he was just back from his hamstring injury when he got the collarbone.

[Jason Moore]

He did have the long term hamstring injury. He is prone to that.

[Andy Holloway]

He only needs to average 215 yards per game. We know what that means to hit his thousand.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, they'll feed him, right?

[Mike Wright]

I mean one of these games he's going for three hundo.

[Jason Moore]

Kyle Pitts officially, officially questionable. He'll play. They've been kind of managing his snaps. Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer said CD Lam has two more hurdles to clear in the NFL's concussion protocol.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't like hearing that, but I do like seeing him at practice, which he was.

[Jason Moore]

It's all been very positive.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I mean, everything. Everything.

[Mike Wright]

CD Lamb can't handle a hurdle or two.

[Andy Holloway]

I just want one hurdle. I want like, hey, he's got the final hurdle. If they say that he's not, you.

[Jason Moore]

Know, Mason Taylor, you can get up over a hurdle. Woody Marks. Nick Chubb did not practice on Wednesday.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, I am more concerned for Chubb to miss. I think Woody Marks will be okay. I think this is a managing of a man who got what, like 26.

[Andy Holloway]

26.

[Mike Wright]

26 carries. And they're going to be heading into the weekend, which I'm projecting Chubb to be out. They're like, woody Marks is going to have to touch the ball a lot.

[Jason Moore]

But yeah, that wasn't. That was the Chubb injury. So we'll see what they do. Second up behind Woody Marks, Marvin Harrison Jr. Did not practice on Wednesday.

He just doesn't seem like a guy that wants to play right now. That's what it seems like.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, have you heard John Gannon talk? Oh, man, I don't want to play for that guy.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, do it. Number two. There he is. There he is again. Andy, number two.

[Mike Wright]

Got him.

[Andy Holloway]

Now we can fire him.

[Jason Moore]

Alvin Camara did not practice on Wednesday. Devin Neal was limited.

Pat Bryant did not practice, and he's probably not playing. Benjamin Albright said he's expected to be sidelined.

[Mike Wright]

That's a bummer.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he was out on the field. He's making his rookie progression to where it's like, hey, now we've got a good full time starter and then gets hurt.

[Jason Moore]

We had Jaden Daniels ruled out yesterday. It'll be Marcus Mariota. We did have positive news on T. Higgins Limited, which is in the concussion protocol.

[Andy Holloway]

Mind blowing how?

[Jason Moore]

Like what?

[Andy Holloway]

When you get a concussion and then you come back and then you hit your head and go in the blue medical tent for a concussion and then you come back and you hit your.

[Mike Wright]

Head another one and you're basically ruled.

[Andy Holloway]

Out with a concussion, that's usually where you shelve a guy for a while.

[Mike Wright]

But he is practicing, so I can't imagine he plays.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, look, I'm not a. I'm not a neuroscientist, okay?

[Mike Wright]

What?

[Andy Holloway]

I know. I know a lot of people think I am.

[Jason Moore]

I actually thought you were.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I know that's. I've got to say it, but.

I feel like it's dumb and like you know, malpractice. To put a guy who keeps having his head hurt back on the field that quickly.

[Mike Wright]

I'm a. You want to get out there for your team. I get it. He talked about that as well. Trying to be the soldier and everything. But when your team can go from a 1% chance to make the playoffs to a 3% chance with a win. With a win. And your brain is kind of beat up and important. Your brain.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, yeah. I'm again, not a neuroscientist.

[Jason Moore]

You're breaking news all over the place.

[Andy Holloway]

But I really do think it's one of the important pieces of the human body.

[Mike Wright]

Did you attend any med school?

[Andy Holloway]

A little bit.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Okay. I could tell that was news. And notes sponsored by Progressive Insurance. Quote Today at progressive.com, progressive Casualty Insurance Company affiliates and third party insurers not available in all states or situations. Coverage subject to policy terms, limits and conditions. Oh me, oh my. It's playoff starts of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

Starts of the week.

[Jason Moore]

No pressure, guys, just the playoffs.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

So Mike, why don't you go ahead and lead us off.

[Mike Wright]

My start of the week at the quarterback position. I'm going with Jackson dart against the Washington Manders. Only Josh Allen is averaging a higher fantasy points per drop back this season. So it's, it's not just getting it done on the ground. Which Jackson dart at home averaging 43 rushing yards per game. I would say that is the most questionable thing about dart is he didn't have a designed run the last time we saw him. He got exploded on the sideline. Will they run him as much? That's the question. But even if that's like the bonus, that's the icing because I think that that dart can get it done just as a pocket passer. Washington dead last in yards per pass attempt allowed and they are 30th in schedule. Adjusted fantasy points to the quarterback position.

[Jason Moore]

Little, little Sidebar. Do you, do you like Darius Slayton or Wanda by extension?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yes. Oh, yes, Theo. Yes. I'm into the Giants this week.

[Andy Holloway]

I came to put Jackson dart in as the playoff start of the week and he was already in under Mike, so I agree. That I can't imagine.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, me too.

[Mike Wright]

No, man, you got to stay out just in case it goes bad.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, no, I, I love that start. I'm playing Jackson dart over Baker in I believe Listener league. Lamar Jackson is going to be my start of the week for the fantasy playoffs.

[Andy Holloway]

Man, I get it.

[Jason Moore]

I'm not going to tell you I'm not a Little nervous about saying the name out loud which seems impossible especially against a 31st ranked passing defense that gives fantasy points up. Just the most benevolent defense that you've ever come across. Lamar was in the top 10 last week. He had his most rushing yards since week four.

[Mike Wright]

This is third highest of the year.

[Jason Moore]

This is the most must win game for Baltimore. I think you can have confidence playing him. I do.

[Andy Holloway]

He's. He's my quarterback. Three on the week if I had him. I'm absolutely playing him. My start of the week in the playoffs. Introducing Jared Goff. Jared Goff, look, this is revenge at the core. He's going back to Los Angeles playing against the Rams. This game has a 55 and a half point over under.

The Rams are very. I know, I know my Mike's Mike.

[Jason Moore]

Started or Jason started the week is got all the drops.

[Andy Holloway]

The Rams are very difficult to run on and I, and I hope that is very true this week for Jameer Gibbs. He's been going three touchdowns, no touchdowns. Three touchdowns, no touchdowns. Look, I need the people need Jameer Gibbs. Half the people need Jameer Gibbs to be bad. So I'm with that half. Okay? But my point is against the Rams it is difficult to run on. And against the Rams opponents are averaging 36 pass attempts per game in 29 games. As a Lion where golf hits 36 pass attempt threshold, he averages basically 300 yards and two touchdowns a game. The over under. There's going to be so many points scored here. So I would be okay playing Jared Goff.

[Mike Wright]

Is that because of this guy?

I just wanted to show the lights. We fixed it.

[Andy Holloway]

Yay.

[Mike Wright]

If you saw it on the YouTube.

[Andy Holloway]

And Andy, you're not so angry looking today.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, the red light is gone.

[Mike Wright]

You really chilled out.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Didn't hulk out.

[Jason Moore]

Sunburn owl is back.

[Andy Holloway]

Coincidence? No, no, it's baby.

[Mike Wright]

It's the reason my running back just.

[Jason Moore]

Reminds me of filming spitballers yesterday.

[Mike Wright]

Oh my goodness.

[Andy Holloway]

Grace, did you hear about that? I did, yeah. Matt let me know. Yeah, the fill in Papa Josh just forgot how the games are played. He was totally unprepared with the answers to the whole game.

[Jason Moore]

We played a game, teacher showed up.

[Mike Wright]

Without the answers to the quiz.

[Andy Holloway]

It's like okay, now what's the answer?

[Mike Wright]

Is that right?

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know.

[Jason Moore]

You just tell me what the answer is.

[Andy Holloway]

Supposed to have the answers to this game.

[Jason Moore]

All right. Running back Monday to the Spitballers pod.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, there you go. My running back start of the week. We mentioned it because he didn't practice today or yesterday. I think he goes, if he doesn't play, I won't play him. However, if he. If he's active. Woody Marks against Arizona the running back 14 last week in Arrowhead, 29 opportunities. He will be the focal point of the offense and Arizona is just getting crushed by the running back position. I mean the recent one of course, of the Corum and Kyren Williams combination. But it's not just those two guys. They've been getting destroyed at the running back position all year long. 27th and schedule adjusted points and the Texans are nine and a half point home favorites. Love a starting running back in that condition.

[Jason Moore]

So you want Woody Marks. And I was like, yeah, I want a guy that didn't practice on Wednesday either. Yeah, but I think it's Chris Rodriguez this week.

[Mike Wright]

I am in.

[Jason Moore]

You know, again, he didn't practice Wednesday. He did the same thing last week. I hope he's fine.

[Mike Wright]

He was.

[Jason Moore]

If he's not fine, don't play him. But he's taking on the Giants. You're talking about trying to find somebody you have confidence in. He has scored four rushing touchdowns since week seven. He is the preferred running back. It is a good matchup. The Giants are almost dead last in all the major metrics against running backs. Rushing yards allowed per game. He runs hard and I think, you know, he's got more touchdowns than James Cook or Bijan Robinson since week seven. I think Chris Rodriguez is an actual real option this week. Agreed. What was it two or three years ago? Who was the. Who's the backup running back for Washington?

[Mike Wright]

Jarrett Patterson.

[Jason Moore]

Jarrett Patterson.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Who won people fantasy championships and it was a hard thing to say out.

[Andy Holloway]

Loud but yeah, he was in our lineup. Recognized. Dino Jr.

[Jason Moore]

I think Chris Rodriguez will have a role this year.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Or this playoffs.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. For the playoffs sometimes you need someone who can go nuclear. That's what I'm hoping for and calling here for from Travis Etn. He is the running back 11 on the season. He's averaging 18 and a half opportunities per game and he's quietly been a top 12 back five of the last six weeks since Jacksonville's bye week. Bashar Tootin last week, 3% of the snaps, two carries. So.

This is a matchup against the jets rush defense. That's 30th in rushing yards allowed, their 28th in rushing touchdowns allowed, 28th and schedule adjusted fantasy points allowed. The matchup is perfect. They are huge favorites, 12 and a half point home favorites. And when Jacksonville wins the game on average right now ETN is basically 15 fantasy points a game. So I think you're going to need a massive week in your playoffs and I believe you get one this week from etn.

[Mike Wright]

My wide receiver start of the week is a Mecca Egbuca AKA Amika Egg Begboo. I don't have the drop if you want it.

[Jason Moore]

Emika Egg Beg. Boo.

[Mike Wright]

It's been.

[Jason Moore]

I don't know if that drop's been good for him.

[Mike Wright]

It has been brutal the last month. Outside of the top 40 each of the last four weeks perhaps. But I will uncurse him for everyone here. I We're back baby. Atlanta. Their past defense since week nine against or week eight. I'm sorry against wide receivers, dead last. The targets are still there. You can't be as talented as buuka is getting 9, 8, 8 and 9 targets and not have a situation where it finally clicks and happens. I think Mike Evans being back is a good thing for Ebuka. You can't like he doesn't have to carry the pressure of being the number one guy for the entirety of the game. And I think that he's good enough. I think that the numbers and the target share plus the matchup, it's. I get. I understand the fear. A third is starting out your fantasy playoffs on Thursday night with Amica Egg Begboo. But I would do it.

[Jason Moore]

Fear is a good word. To summarize all three of our starts of the week at wide receiver. I mean I'm going DK Metcalf on Monday Night Football. You're starting on Thursday Night Football, Mike. I'm going Monday Night Football. Some Pepto you might have and yourself some Pepto you might have your entire season on the line. Takes on Miami. You love the target share last week too. Important to this offense, Miami's past defense is allowing the highest completion percentage in the NFL. I think you're going to have a nice follow up performance from DK Metcalf. I want to give people confidence to make that decision.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. To complete the trifecta of scary wide receiver starts of the week, I'm picking someone who has four receptions and 15 yards combined in his last two games and he might be the best wide receiver in the National Football League. It is Justin Jefferson so difficult to choose to start a guy who has been so irrelevant with nine at quarterback. But if you want help in making that decision, you're looking at him and saying can I start him? I'm telling you you can. The Dallas Cowboys defense, if not now, win. Okay. They're 32nd in passing yards allowed.

[Mike Wright]

So 32nd passing yards never is an answer.

[Andy Holloway]

32Nd in schedule adjusted fantasy points. It is the worst matchup for the best wide receiver in football. He can break tackles. He can. He. He's going to have a decent game this week, and I am giving you the permission to put it all on me. So if he.

[Jason Moore]

What was the tackle breaking?

[Mike Wright]

Man, if.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm saying that the Cowboys are such a bad defense that we just got to get the ball in Justin Jefferson's hands.

[Mike Wright]

Agreed.

[Andy Holloway]

And he can make things happen on the field against the poorest defense. So this is permission. Justin Jefferson has a bad week, you lose your playoffs. That's Jason Moore's fault.

[Jason Moore]

It's the right time to do it.

[Andy Holloway]

So we had this on me.

[Jason Moore]

We had this conversation yesterday, and I'm just. I was just having fun with it.

[Andy Holloway]

No, it's terrifying.

[Jason Moore]

I completely believe in Jefferson this week.

[Mike Wright]

That phrase, if not now, when? And never never for the rest of the year. That one is terrible.

[Andy Holloway]

It is terrifying. I mean, McCarthy looked better last week through three touchdowns. They all want to do, like, a.

[Jason Moore]

Little bit of a. Like a solo cam guarantee just so that the audience knows who. Like, it's.

[Mike Wright]

He said it's on him.

[Jason Moore]

No, I know, but I just want something clippable.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't think I. All right, here's.

[Jason Moore]

That's not.

[Andy Holloway]

Justin Jefferson should be started in your playoffs, and if he has a bad game, it's my fault, not yours.

[Jason Moore]

Thank you.

[Andy Holloway]

You're welcome.

[Mike Wright]

It can't be, like, J.J. mcCarthy's fault.

[Jason Moore]

Can I get the solo camera real quick on Justin Jefferson? If he has a good game, I would also like a little bit of credit.

Thank you.

[Mike Wright]

So you get the credit.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that's what I was going to my. Give me the light.

[Mike Wright]

Don't do it.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. We got our bases covered.

[Jason Moore]

We got all the social clips needed.

[Andy Holloway]

I think I'm taking a bad.

[Mike Wright]

I am with you that, like, matchups. Matchups do matter so much. And the Dallas Cowboys matchup has. Has given us just. It just delectable goodies all season long. It better work better. That's me talking to, like, the Vikings. It better freaking work.

[Jason Moore]

All right, all right.

[Mike Wright]

My tight end start of the week.

[Jason Moore]

Do it.

[Mike Wright]

I'm stacking with Jackson Dart. There's a. There's a lot of fun options at tight end this week, but Theo Johnson, I'm stacking him with perhaps his best buddy, Jackson Dart. We're getting some, you know, whispers out of New York that we can. We may have A bromance going between.

[Jason Moore]

The scatter boo got dropped that quick.

[Mike Wright]

Well he scared of who can't play right now.

[Jason Moore]

I know also you can have sad.

[Mike Wright]

Guy you can have a couple couple bros man you could bro down well.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean it was 4, 4 and 6, you know now it's just 8, 4 and 6. So the numbers were close enough where they can just change it.

[Mike Wright]

Five top 10 performance since six or since week five. He's on pace for 89 targets, 600 yards and seven touchdowns. That's the part we like is the seven touchdowns and that puts Theo Johnson in a position to be in a list of names that's you want to be associated with with Kittle, Kraft, Brock Bowers. I like Theo Johnson this week. I like him long term as well. Also Washington is 31st at schedule. Adjusted points to the tight end position. They're not as bad as the Cincinnati Bengals but over the last two weeks they have been.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I look, I kind of. I locked in Dalton Kincaid as my start of the week at tight end. I vacillated a little bit, thought about throwing Isaiah likely in there who I love this week. So he's honorable mention but I'm staying with Dalton Kincaid. The Dawson Knox news that not practicing Dalton Kincaid right back into the lineup, right back into the end zone last week. He is really their top option and I, I have been on record this week. I think that the. I think that the Buffalo Bills are going to crush the New England Patriots. I think that's what happens this week and I think after this week everybody will be with me with the level of confidence that I have that the Buffalo Bills will be the AFC champions this year. That's saying a lot of things into a microphone. It is but it's what I believe and this is a team in the Patriots that, you know, not only do I think Buffalo will succeed and that Dalton Concave is the top option, let's throw in the fact that they're bottom five against tight ends. They don't see the tight end position well at all. 27th and receptions allowed to opposing tight ends. Kincaid is that important. He's that talented. They don't have the other pass catchers they need and Josh Allen is going to be the one that they put in control in this game. So I like Kincaid.

[Mike Wright]

Dalton Kincaid barely plays and he's done it all year long. All year long he barely plays and yet when he's on the field, when.

[Andy Holloway]

He'S on the field, if you're a.

[Mike Wright]

Defense, I don't Know how you're like, oh, guys, Kincaid's on the field. Double cover him.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I think the thing is is he's off the field so much you forget you're like, oh, they just, they let their guard down and then they.

[Mike Wright]

Sneak up all the backups in.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And then they don't guard this. It's next level coaching.

[Jason Moore]

I do, I want to follow up on.

I think Dawson Knox is fine.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

So I think he will still get his snaps. It doesn't change anything for but I wanted to look in to see if there's anything follow up. I think it might be just personal reasons that he was out.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

So my start of the week, Mark moneybag, Andrews money bag.

[Mike Wright]

They put they fit all that money in one bag.

[Andy Holloway]

One bag.

[Mike Wright]

That's a huge bag.

[Andy Holloway]

That's a huge bag.

[Jason Moore]

They call me money bag.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, look, the snap route participation, it's still Mark Andrews. Last week, 79% of the routes Mark Andrews was on. They are playing the Cincinnati Bengals, which has given us glory. I think you could start Isaiah likely as well. Isaiah likely had 96 yards against the Bengals a couple of weeks ago. He is that tight end two that we talked about. We talked about yesterday. Like the tight end two for their respective teams. Dawson Knox last week against the Bengals has good games but that. I hope you didn't hear what we weren't saying. Which is the Titan one is even better, right? The Titan one is still dominating the Titan one. For teams against Cincinnati. If you added their yards up, they would be seventh most in the league. Not like at tight end, just behind Jackson Smith and Jigba Puka Pickens, Chase Almond raw and Trey McBride. And then it would be whoever is tight end one against the Bengals. So Mark Andrews should be started.

[Jason Moore]

There's your start of the weeks. Starts of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

Money bag.

[Mike Wright]

Money bag.

[Jason Moore]

You got me. Where do S's go? Let's take a break. We'll jump into the forecast.

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You guys remember in dodgeball when he's offering Lafleur the money and he's like, you might be like you've never seen it. And you know, because he opens the case, you're like, well, that's not very much. It actually looks really small for that amount of money.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, my goodness.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know if you've ever seen $100,000.

[Jason Moore]

Here we go.

[Andy Holloway]

Fantasy forecast presented by Prize Picks.

[Jason Moore]

Let's start with cold one, Cleveland 3 and 10 taking on the Chicago Bears at 9 4. Big game for the Bears. If they win, their odds of making the playoffs 71%. If they lose this game under 50%. This might be one of the coldest games in the history of Soldier field.

[Mike Wright]

What?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

10 degrees the game time temperature. That would be the fourth coldest ever.

[Mike Wright]

I mean.

How cold was that one Kansas City game where they're like.

[Andy Holloway]

Where people got frost fried.

[Mike Wright]

They're like, oh, guys, you better take care of yourself here. Stay safe, everyone.

[Jason Moore]

It's, you know what? You know, it's all the rage, I hear, is the domes. Well, no, it's the. It's the clothes with all the heating mechanisms inside of it and the batteries.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, like a battery vest with the.

[Jason Moore]

Heating vests and stuff. That game was negative 4 with a wind chill of negative 27 in Kansas City.

[Andy Holloway]

So this is warm.

Compared to that.

[Jason Moore]

No complaints. Guess what? Since the Week 5 by the Bears rank number one in yards per game.

[Andy Holloway]

It'S because they're running the ball like crazy.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. 175 rushing yards per game. You know, we'll see what happens in this one for their defense and whether they can step up.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, a shocking stat to come. It's a combo with that since the bye week in Week 9 for the Cleveland Browns, they are the third best matchup for running backs.

[Jason Moore]

Like you can run against.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, the last six weeks are averaging Pollard, 28 points given up.

[Mike Wright]

It wasn't just Pollard, but it's like the Jets, Baltimore, Vegas. You know, McCaffrey, I think below expectation, but that's because McCaffrey's expectations is astronomical for him to hit every single week. And then Tony Pollard, both Swift and Kyle Manon Guy are in play for me.

[Jason Moore]

Well, I agree with that. The Browns, conversely, number one against wide receivers. They give up 13 fantasy points total to wide receivers. So that kind of makes you ask questions about Caleb and you know, the other pass catches.

[Mike Wright]

I would prefer not to play Caleb this week.

[Jason Moore]

Does that go for pretty much anybody that runs a route for that team? Colson Loveland, DJ Moore, Luther Burden.

[Mike Wright]

No, I'm still okay with them because what's your replacement look like? I think you can find a replacement in single quarterback. I think you can find a better option than Caleb this week. I feel like this, like Mariota against the Giants. I would play Mariota.

[Andy Holloway]

I agree with that. But I think that the same is true at tight end. There's a lot of good tight end matchups.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

That's fair. Theo Johnson, the guy on the other side.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Oh, yeah. So I don't think I'm starting really any pass catcher for the Bears.

[Jason Moore]

I haven't seen. I think Harold Fannin's been in the most questions I've seen on Twitter because people want to know, do you play him over Tyler Warren in that game in Seattle?

[Mike Wright]

I would.

[Jason Moore]

Do you play him over Mark Andrews? Do you play him over Colson Loveland?

[Mike Wright]

Loveland for sure. Andrews is tough because he might just catch three passes for two touchdowns. His ceiling is so high. But I think I like Fannin a lot. He's right now in my ranks number two. He's going to see a massive target share should door. If the offense is going to function at all, it will be because of.

[Jason Moore]

Fannin and they're, you know, their defense, the Bears over the last six weeks, 23rd against opposing quarterbacks, 30th against whiteouts, 20th against tight ends. Fannin has been into the end zone the last two weeks. Top 10 tight end last two weeks to me. You know, if you're not dissuaded by the cold here, I don't see what other reason you shouldn't like Fannin.

[Mike Wright]

I mean the last three weeks for fan and a 33% target share. 22, 29. And I think those are Sanders at three starts. Let me just. Yeah. So Shador has started three games and then over that span Harold Fan is averaging. Let me pull it up, a 28% target share.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I think he's a must start.

[Mike Wright]

He is for me.

[Jason Moore]

I wonder though, is Chador going to Throw for a 364 and 4 this week?

[Mike Wright]

Probably not.

[Andy Holloway]

Doubt it. I doubt he ever does that again.

[Jason Moore]

Ever, ever, ever, ever.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Ever, ever, ever.

[Jason Moore]

Quench on Judkins.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Play him with an understanding that. Look, the running games, they may be the focal point of this entire matchup. Chasing Jerry Judy. 60 yard touchdown. Jason.

[Andy Holloway]

No, I. The Bears are a good matchup for wide receivers. They give up a lot of yards. But I'm not going to go into my playoffs relying on Jerry Judy. No, you cannot make me do that.

[Jason Moore]

Not when you can rely on Justin Jefferson.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean he had. He had. Okay, three for 76 this last week and a good matchup.

[Jason Moore]

I know, I agree.

[Andy Holloway]

Prior to that, 3 for 26, 1 for 39. 3 for 21.

[Mike Wright]

Wait, are you reading Jefferson's lines or.

[Jason Moore]

Jerry Jefferson is much lower. That's.

[Andy Holloway]

That's true. But if I read back far enough, you'll see that one of those players is.

[Jason Moore]

There's. There's no. Like you can. I think what Mike is insinuating with this sound is just that Jerry Judah could have a good game. Yes, but I don't think Any of us are going to. With all the options. You have a wide receiver. Turn that direction.

[Andy Holloway]

He's the perfect guy. Where it's like, if I'm deciding between Jerry Judy or Mike Evans, I'm going.

[Mike Wright]

Mike Evans, Jerry Judy or DJ Moore.

[Jason Moore]

I'll play DJ Moore.

[Andy Holloway]

See, that's where.

[Mike Wright]

That's what I'm saying. Like, there is a line where Jerry Judy comes into play.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, you got a good line.

[Jason Moore]

What's your answer, Jason?

[Andy Holloway]

I think I would go Judy there.

I mean, DJ Moore, you love him. Stop.

[Jason Moore]

Baltimore six and seven. Don't. Cincinnati four and nine.

I gotta be on guard now. Vegas line. Baltimore minus two and a half over under 50. Two and a half. My goodness, it's a great over under. It's the second highest over under ever for a Ravens Bengals game. Lamar's the start of the week. Both of these teams, like, if Baltimore loses this game, their playoff chances go to 12%.

[Mike Wright]

Yep.

[Jason Moore]

If Cincinnati loses this game, their season's over.

[Mike Wright]

Yep. If Cincinnati loses their. Their pie in the sky is it collapses. The Ravens would jump to 48% to make the playoffs and drop to 12 if they lose.

[Jason Moore]

The Bengals on the year right now have a 21 points. I don't know how to say this. A 21 point, better point differential.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that worked.

[Jason Moore]

So then the Bengals, which is crazy.

Man, this game will have a lot of fantasy value and we might have T. Higgins back in it.

[Andy Holloway]

I still don't think he'll be cleared, but it's possible.

[Mike Wright]

And if he's out, Yosef Ashes, you can play him. I know Tinsley got the targets.

[Jason Moore]

I really think Gasicki is the one I want to focal point.

[Mike Wright]

Sure.

[Jason Moore]

Focus on.

[Andy Holloway]

I would agree. I would agree.

[Mike Wright]

Put him in a wide receiver position.

[Andy Holloway]

I would agree that when. When Higgins is out, Kasicki takes a massive leap forward. But there are certain teams that I really don't. I don't chase tight ends against.

[Jason Moore]

Baltimore's one of them.

[Andy Holloway]

Baltimore is absolutely one of the Baltimore Eagles. Like, there's teams, they just give up nothing to tight ends.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, that's fair. And then Andrews and likely we love them both because, I mean, listen to these numbers. The Bengals give up. It's enough to say, okay, you're the worst in the league. We already know that. We've been saying it. But just look at the true. They give up 25 fantasy points a game.

[Andy Holloway]

It's half PPA. It's pronounced worst. Correct.

[Jason Moore]

There's a lot.

[Andy Holloway]

We could have an hour long podcast just talking about crazy Statistics of the. Of the Bengals guarding tight ends.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I mean, 25 fantasy points a game. We are in week 15, folks. Right. We've been doing this for a long time. You have. That is what you settled in at as your average.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

And you. It's not the last six weeks. The last six weeks, they give up 24.8. But also on the year, they give up 24.8.

[Andy Holloway]

It's. It's so incredible. They also haven't played any of the top five tight ends. So if you're like, oh, well, they must have played McBride and Kelsey and Ferguson and Warren and Bowers. No, none of them.

[Jason Moore]

No. That's schedule adjusted.

[Mike Wright]

So how many points.

[Jason Moore]

That's Jackson Hawes fantasy points.

[Mike Wright]

How many points on average?

[Jason Moore]

24.8.

[Mike Wright]

Trey McBride is the tight end one right now on the season. And in the half point format, he's averaging 14 and a half points.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean, it is. There's room for.

[Andy Holloway]

This is why you could play likely as well.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. There's room for two here. Both of them are definite plays. You know, whether. I don't know if I buy into the, you know, any must start Zay Flowers discussion here. I think he had a nice week. Zay Flowers does have nice weeks.

[Mike Wright]

It's startable.

[Andy Holloway]

He is startable. But I would prefer to look elsewhere. It's very difficult to throw to a wide receiver position.

[Mike Wright]

I would play Flowers when the tight.

[Andy Holloway]

Ends are wide open. And that's. That's really only. Oh, no, definitely Justin Jefferson.

[Mike Wright]

Jeff. I would play Flowers.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, that's. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, I mean, that sounded like two guys that really want to bet that.

[Andy Holloway]

I would bet that. I would bet Justin Jefferson versus A Flowers. No problem.

[Mike Wright]

I would do that too.

[Andy Holloway]

Sweet.

Waterbed. It sounds like a joke when I say the tight ends are so open that you can't throw to wide receivers because you only have one ball. But that's what's happened so far this year. The Bengals defense is terrible. Their top five basically against wide receivers because all the points go to the tight end.

[Jason Moore]

It should be real good for Derek Henry here. Like the way that the Lamar Jackson situation for me gets turned on its head and he's not. A start of the week is because I think Henry could have one of those games like the203 type of game.

[Mike Wright]

Whoa.

[Jason Moore]

This is not a good rushing defense right in Cincinnati and it is a high over under and I'm excited for this game. It should be awesome. Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase. Chase Brown. They're in your Lineup.

[Mike Wright]

Yep. Chase Brown, we got to hope we get some more snaps. And that the, that last week was. No, that was a lot of P. Ryan and hopefully it was the game script. It was, you know, Chase Brown still came through with multiple touchdowns, but he remains, I think, a strong start.

[Jason Moore]

The Los Angeles Chargers at 9 and 4 go to Arrowhead to take on the desperate Chiefs who have a six win, seven loss record.

[Mike Wright]

You're just trying to sneak them in there.

[Jason Moore]

The Vegas line is Kansas City -5 and a half this over under is just 41 and a half. With a win, the playoffs become a 93% certainty.

[Andy Holloway]

For the Chargers.

[Jason Moore]

For the Chargers with a loss, 60%.

[Andy Holloway]

Now I was looking up the Kansas City Chiefs playoff projections with Mike earlier and I did not realize, Mike, you. Do you have the outlook for the Chiefs? Because it blew my mind. I was like, okay, so you know, all these teams are like, if they win, they go to 67% to 90%.

[Mike Wright]

To whatever this is from NFL.com, a piece they put out on a couple days ago. The Chiefs right now in their.

Analysis are they have a 10% chance to make the playoffs. Right now as it stands, should they win, that will jump to 16%. If they lose, it's sub one.

[Andy Holloway]

If they win the game, they're at 16% chance.

[Jason Moore]

Well, the big thing for them is I feel like obviously this is their season, this one game. Because you play, you play Tennessee, you're going to win that game. You play Denver at home, you got a good chance. You play the Raiders are going to win that game.

[Mike Wright]

Do you.

[Jason Moore]

You can do all of that and still not make the playoffs because you need help. So this game is everything for the Chiefs.

[Mike Wright]

What's your, what's your feel?

[Jason Moore]

Who's. I think the Chiefs win the game. Yeah, I mean they're five and a half point favorites. I, I think it'll be a dog fight. I don't know if we're super happy with the fantasy production.

[Mike Wright]

Is this like a almost upset situation or.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean the Chiefs are favored by favorite.

[Jason Moore]

So if I believe the Chiefs are going to win and they're favored, that can't be an upset.

[Mike Wright]

Well, but like you think they're going to cover that five and a half.

[Jason Moore]

You were changing the rules of this thing. There's nobody upsetting anybody here.

But, but Kansas City is. I think they'll handle their business. I mean it's just going to be a tough one. Like Herbert didn't play that well last week. That was another dog fight. They went to overtime.

[Mike Wright]

That's eagles.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, but I mean, the Chiefs are a great defense as well. They're top 10 against quarterbacks. They're number two against running backs in.

[Mike Wright]

The last six weeks.

[Jason Moore]

Not lately.

[Andy Holloway]

But a cold game at home in Arrowhead. With your season on the line, I expect the Chiefs to show up and play some bully ball.

[Jason Moore]

I expect you to tell me which Chiefs I can start.

[Andy Holloway]

You could start Rushy Rice. I'm not too worried about a down game. And I also think you can start Cream Hunt. Lately you've been able to run on the Chargers. They are more of a run funnel type of team. And you're talking about a guy who just finds his way into the end zone. 24 rushing touchdowns over the last three season. That is two more than Christian McCaffrey. That's as many as Saquon Barkley left.

[Jason Moore]

An S off again.

[Mike Wright]

Did I?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you said the last three season. That's. No, I. Yeah, you did. No. I don't believe it.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

You can't pluralize anything, man. Back the tape. You suck at pluralizing, apparently.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, man. Words are hard.

[Jason Moore]

I'm sorry. You suck at pluralize.

So you believe in Cream Hunt this game? Would you play him over Chris Rodriguez?

[Andy Holloway]

I think I would, yeah. I mean, it's, it's, it's tough because Kareem Hunt is obviously splitting, but he gets the touchdown opportunities. I mean, he's got a touchdown. Literally. I'm looking at the game log here.

[Jason Moore]

And five at six.

[Andy Holloway]

It's five of the last six games with a touchdown.

[Jason Moore]

Interesting. Hampton. Did we like what we saw in the first game back?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yes. Yeah. Yeah. He. I test. He looks great. I do believe that Vidal Sassoon will be like, I think this is a timeshare for the remainder of the season. I don't think Hampton's going to simply take over. Hampton is the more playable one. I think that, you know, touchdown upside does go to him, but Vidal is. He's not out of like a flex type of a play. You do wonder we'll double, double flex.

[Jason Moore]

You wonder with Hampton back and Vidal playing well, if the recipe will be more of what we saw last week, which is both of those guys got a lot of opportunities. But that also meant Lad McConkey, Quentin Johnston, Keenan Allen, Arande Gadsden. They did nothing. Now, I know again, it was Philly. It was the matchup, but this has a low over under. Like, I do see a world where these aren't good options.

[Andy Holloway]

This week I was making a prize pick lineup. Oh, My gosh. I did it again. That wasn't a joke. What's wrong with my brain?

[Jason Moore]

Made a prize pick lineup.

[Andy Holloway]

What are you doing anyways? I don't know, man. I don't know. I'm still under the weather, okay? I'm pushing through.

Being a warrior.

[Mike Wright]

I got sick and now I just dropped my S's. What are you.

[Andy Holloway]

Anyways, it's making prize picks.

[Mike Wright]

Doctor, what are the symptoms? Runny nose, throat. Your chest might be a little tight.

[Jason Moore]

And I haven't been able to pluralize.

[Mike Wright]

For a few days.

[Andy Holloway]

I've been dropping my S's. This is amazing. It's amazing because you just couldn't. I don't up with this. I don't know.

[Jason Moore]

This is not.

[Andy Holloway]

This is real.

[Jason Moore]

This is not something you can make up.

[Andy Holloway]

I need a scan. I need to go get an mri.

[Jason Moore]

Apparently the part of my brain that's.

[Andy Holloway]

The S's, it's just not firing. Doctor, check the S part of the brain.

[Jason Moore]

I'll be on guard for the rest of this show anyway.

[Andy Holloway]

I will, too. I'm going to speak like this so I make sure if I'm talking about cups, say cups. Anyways, I was making my prize picks lineup and I looked at the projection and for receptions for Lad, for cuj, for Keenan, they were all two and a half. Oh.

[Jason Moore]

And I was like, yeah, that's how it feels.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know if I. I didn't take any of those.

[Jason Moore]

No, I'll go Jefferson over all those guys.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it's.

[Jason Moore]

And I might play Judy over everybody. But Laddie, if you want to get into the. I don't know why Judy became. Became the like. Because.

[Mike Wright]

Because the upside is. Is large this week for Judy, but it's disgusting because he's.

[Andy Holloway]

Because the downside is always there, even in good matchups.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it's wild. And then that. That takes Herbert off the board for me. And I think there's. I think there is nervousness around my homes in this game too, because last week was such a bad game.

[Andy Holloway]

Over the last six weeks, the Chargers are number one in fantasy points given up against quarterbacks.

[Jason Moore]

Would you play Jacoby the Machine Brissette against Houston or would you play Mahomes?

[Andy Holloway]

No, I don't really want to play Jacoby either. But there are plenty of people I would play. I'd play dart. I'd play Purdy. I definitely play Stafford. I'd play Mariota over Mahomes. Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. Yeah, we're getting into it. Let's take a break more Matchups, including the future super bowl champs.

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

This is a big one, guys. This one is. It's exciting.

[Mike Wright]

Green Bay is not in this matchup.

[Jason Moore]

No, it's Buffalo.

[Mike Wright]

We were talking about the super bowl champ.

[Jason Moore]

Maybe they'll be there. I think.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, fair.

[Jason Moore]

I think. Someone asked me a couple days ago and I said, Buffalo, Green Bay. So that's where I'm at. Buffalo 9 and 4, New England 11 and 2. I will say this, if New England handles their business in this game, it will be a real solidifying moment for MVP Drake May. I think this is the kind of game that, like, he's already up there, but this is the kind of game that really puts you. It solidifies you, right? If you go to 12 and 2, dominant control of the division, right? Because if Buffalo wins this game, they're 10 and 4. You're 11 and 3. The division's still wide open. You win this game, it's not anymore. You're in the driver's seat and your MVP is Drake May. To me, Buffalo, however, despite not leading the division, despite not being at home, they are one and a half point favorites in the game. The over unders 49 and a half. I think we said on the show two days ago that New England was favored. I don't think that was true. I think Buffalo has been at one and a half the remaining schedule. The Patriots play the Ravens next week, then the jets and Dolphins. Buffalo plays Cleveland, then the Eagles, then the Jets. So it'll be really close, but this is a big one. 49 and a half point over under. You love to see that.

[Andy Holloway]

This game should be awesome and I cannot wait. I can't wait either. I see it differently than you, Andy. I would take the Patriots in this one. This is a team that is at home. Buffalo has not traveled super well recently. You look at Josh Allen and at home against Cincinnati, the quarterback one on the road, the two previous weeks quarterback 14 and 22 at home against Tampa Bay, the quarterback one is just like, you know, on the road against Miami doesn't get to 20 fantasy points. And this, this team has. I mean, obviously it's Josh Allen, it's the Bills. They're a great team. They can beat anyone and they can show up and be awesome. But they haven't been as consistent as I would want them to have been over the last couple months. It kind of feels like a which version of the Bills are showing up. And I know that the schedule's been just to say it's cake is it's not sweet enough. The schedule for the Patriots is basically no. 1. The only team that they've beat of note is this Bill's team. But still, the way they're playing their rush defense has been so violent, so hardcore. And the fact that they're at home and they're playing a team in the Bills that when the Bills really, really win, it's this season. It's been the running game that's done it.

[Jason Moore]

I think it'll be. It's going to be a lot of fun. I mean, the Bills defense, what it has done all year long is stopped the quarterback from scoring a lot of fantasy points. I don't know if that makes anybody stop Drake playing. Drake may this week, but it does put him in a vulnerable position in the first week of your fantasy playoffs. Yeah, because he's played well and I imagine you're going to play him. But the Bills on the year, 11.8 fantasy points given up to quarterbacks that schedule adjusted and only 13 in the last six weeks.

[Andy Holloway]

He's definitely one of the scariest plays this week because he's in 100% of lineups. Like, that's why it's scary. He's played so well. You do not bench.

[Jason Moore]

No. You have to play.

[Andy Holloway]

He's great over under, but you can see how it. How it ends up poorly. Is this. Is this not like a. An island game?

[Mike Wright]

I don't think so.

[Andy Holloway]

No. Shame on you, NFL. This should be. I want to. This is just a shame that it's in the one o' clock slate.

[Jason Moore]

Josh Allen, Drake may play them both. James Cook, Travion Henderson.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Are you still confident in Hendo he's getting opportunities.

[Jason Moore]

I'm pretty confident, I will say. I mean, if you just look at the snap counts, they. They did go up for Ramondre last week. Yes.

[Mike Wright]

That's why I'm.

[Jason Moore]

He went from 31% in his first week back to 58. This is a dogfight game. This is the protect Drake May game. I would expect it to be about 50, 50 and you're going to need a big play from Trevo. But the Bill's rush defense giving up 25 a game gives me enough confidence to definitely put him in my lineup. Especially I'd play him over the kind of like the couple of the names we brought up like the Chris Rodriguez and stuff.

[Andy Holloway]

He's my running back 14 this week. So I'm very confident that he'll break a couple big runs and have a good game.

[Jason Moore]

Really haven't had anything out of Stefan Diggs in the last two weeks. He's also playing the lowest snaps of the year. I don't know if you saw that or been tracking it. I didn't realize that under 50% the last two weeks.

[Mike Wright]

Interesting.

[Jason Moore]

Hey, Sean Booty ironically came back the last two weeks. So the rotation that they built without Booty in the lineup, Diggs is paying the price a little bit for Booty's return because Booty's playing 75 to 80%.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I will remind us of what I mentioned yesterday, which is coming out of the bye week. Stefan Diggs has massive bonuses on, you know, his catches and yardage coming up. And also this is like one of those revenge games where against Buffalo, like they played once before and he was 12, targets 10 receptions for 146 yards. Against Buffalo, he's going to be up for this one.

[Jason Moore]

So you'd play him?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I like Diggs.

[Jason Moore]

I like Booty more.

[Mike Wright]

I think I'd play Booty.

[Jason Moore]

K Sean Booty.

[Andy Holloway]

That is.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, I was going to take booty, but if you mean K. Sean, I'll go digs.

[Mike Wright]

Jason, where is Josh Jacobs ranked for you this week?

[Andy Holloway]

Terrifying.

Breaking news.

[Mike Wright]

Leflore says Josh Jacobs is unlikely to practice today.

[Jason Moore]

It's Thursday.

[Mike Wright]

It's Thursday.

[Andy Holloway]

Do they play Monday? Tell me they play Monday. Someone tell me they play Monday.

[Jason Moore]

I don't think so.

[Andy Holloway]

Look it up.

[Mike Wright]

I'm gonna double check that one.

[Jason Moore]

You have the power.

[Andy Holloway]

I can't. My hands don't work.

[Mike Wright]

No, they're. The afternoon game for.

[Jason Moore]

He's. He's been battling through it. Quote. We'll see.

[Andy Holloway]

And it's against Denver and Denver. Right. I need.

[Mike Wright]

You got a. You got Emmanuel Wilson on the bench, right?

[Jason Moore]

Oh, no, no, I don't. Who has him?

[Andy Holloway]

Is it Mike?

[Mike Wright]

No, I don't have.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, man.

[Andy Holloway]

All right.

[Jason Moore]

No, your opponent.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no. Yeah. No, no, no. Your opponent has Emmanuel Wilson. No, no, no. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I hate fantasy football so much. Josh.

[Jason Moore]

Josh Jacobs.

[Mike Wright]

I need you. Oh, no.

[Andy Holloway]

I need you. Look, this is a. This is a good. This is a good thing. No, this is a good thing.

[Jason Moore]

Give me rest. Wait, what?

[Andy Holloway]

This is a good thing.

[Jason Moore]

What?

[Andy Holloway]

They know how much into the mirror. They know how much they need Josh Jacobs this week. He's got to get a little extra rest as he's working through. This is great news, sir.

[Mike Wright]

This is a Wendy's.

[Andy Holloway]

This is a. This is great news. Josh Jacobs just. I'm moving him up. I'm moving him up. They are resting him for massive workload.

[Jason Moore]

You saw this.

[Andy Holloway]

Massive workload. He's never going to have more work than this week.

[Jason Moore]

You saw the quote, though, right?

[Andy Holloway]

No, I haven't seen the quote.

[Jason Moore]

He's been battling through it. We'll see on whether he'll play this week.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, no, no. Coach jokes. Coach jokes. That's a good one, LaFleur.

[Mike Wright]

I am just goofing. I'm joking.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, my gosh. You have to play, Joshua.

Oh, man. Okay.

[Jason Moore]

Just letting you sit.

[Andy Holloway]

This is the first time in. What show is this? Thousand something. My hands are sweating.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, no.

[Andy Holloway]

Right now. Oh, I feel.

[Mike Wright]

No show.

[Jason Moore]

18.

[Mike Wright]

You knocked before. Eat a barf bag.

[Andy Holloway]

Both hands. That one was on purpose.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, my goodness. Sorry to break in there. We're not playing Buffalo Whiteouts, right?

[Andy Holloway]

No. Do they have them?

[Jason Moore]

I mean, if you did play one, you played Khalil Shakir. Sure, he shows up in bigger games, but. Yeah, it's Dalton Kincaid.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't have the stat in front of me, but when Dalton Kincaid is playing, he basically accounts for like 40% of their yards receiving.

Wow. Also, who my opponent has.

[Mike Wright]

Well, Dunkin Cade.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And I'm gonna find that fishing. Well, I was gonna say if there are fishing rod recommendations, because I'm not a fisherman.

[Jason Moore]

No, I don't have one.

[Andy Holloway]

So I need to purchase a rod. So if you want to just let me know what a good option is.

[Jason Moore]

A lot of good local wells around.

[Andy Holloway]

Here to catch fish if you need.

[Jason Moore]

To get in there.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

The Washington Commanders at 3 and 10 take on the 2 and 11 New York Giants. This is the most implied points that the Giants have had all year. 25 because it's a. It's a giants by two and a half. Game over. Under 47 and a half.

[Andy Holloway]

Commanders have quietly been one of the worst defenses in the NFL. They don't get enough credit. Like, we talk about the Cowboys, we talk about the Bengals, and we always, you know, say, oh, it's a good matchup for this or that. But, like, they're terrible.

[Mike Wright]

Downright a trust. And not to just beat the dead horse. Like, that's my concern with Jefferson is the Washington is terrible and Jefferson and J.J. mcCarthy. McCarthy got it done. Jefferson did not.

[Jason Moore]

No. It's a very fair concern.

[Mike Wright]

This is the back to this game.

[Jason Moore]

Giants have lost seven in a row, that Washington commanders have lost eight in a row.

[Andy Holloway]

Someone has to win.

[Jason Moore]

Part of me thinks that, you know, Giants keep losing. Dan Quinn keep losing, baby. Dealt with a lot of injuries, but Dan Quinn hits me a little bit like Doug Peterson when he gets to a team. It's powerful. He moves, you know these guys to play hard for him, but it slows down and the defense is supposed to be his calling card. It hasn't been good. Jackson dart just started the week. Mike Marcus Mariota, five top 10 fantasy finishes over the last two years despite only starting six games. He is.

[Mike Wright]

He's playable.

[Jason Moore]

He's in play this week. I, you know, when you look at Mahomes, you can see how it goes really, really bad. I don't. I don't see how Mariota doesn't put up 15 fancy points. 20 fancy points. So both of these guys didn't play Chris Rodriguez. We've talked about it at length. If he plays, I'm playing him. Devin Singletary on the other side, two top 12 finishes in three games. It's interesting.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. The split with Tyrone Tracy is really seemingly like a 50, 50 split that both guys get a lot of work. You've got Tyrone Tracy was injured. He had the hip injury. We don't know because they were on by exactly how bad it is. Sounded like it was not really that big a deal. It does make me put Devin Singletary in ahead of Tyrone Tracy. I would order it that way, but I don't view it as Singletary is a must play because Tracy's just injured. I think it's going to be a timeshare.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I, I would prefer Singletary.

[Jason Moore]

Other decisions in the game. Theo Johnson. Mike started the week at tight end. We'll see if Benson gets an opportunity. And you got Debo and better said.

[Andy Holloway]

Not say that again.

[Mike Wright]

I thought it was Senate.

[Jason Moore]

It is for you, is it not Senate?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's Senate.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. We looked that up once. Remember when we used to be able.

[Mike Wright]

To talk about him. I loved Ben.

[Andy Holloway]

I think that's why we call him the senator.

[Mike Wright]

Well, because he's from Washington.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, that just. Yeah, that happened afterwards.

[Jason Moore]

All right, Ben Senate.

Someone double checked. I won't mess with that. We'll go Ben Senate.

[Andy Holloway]

I've picked him up wherever I can in hopes that he does take the Zach Ertz role. I'm not.

[Jason Moore]

I thought you just picked him up for the chance to maybe play him against Mike to taunt Mike with him.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, that was just icing on the cake in that league. But no, I mean I do think he is someone where at the. The waiver show next week. It could easily be like, okay, he's the number one tight end pickup. The matchups are coming up are great. He. He plays Cincinnati or no Dallas in the championship week. So it. But I. We don't know enough. We have not seen enough to start him this week.

[Mike Wright]

Correct.

[Andy Holloway]

But I would like to like what's.

[Mike Wright]

What's so brutal about it is you can't start in this week as much as that would just be glorious for. For me and my love of the player. Can't start him this week. Next week is Philly.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

So like even if you're holding them for the season, let's say the senator does something this week and you're like, well, I can't really play him against Philly. And then he has a bad game against Philly. Well, now I can't put him in.

[Andy Holloway]

My championship against you.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. The situations that exist where Ben Senate is playing for teams seem it's also for dynasty purposes.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

This is looking for.

[Mike Wright]

That's more what I'm looking for is can we have what, four games or so? Can Ben Senate really take that.

Take that trade, take that role for Washington.

[Jason Moore]

The Las Vegas Raiders are 2 and 11. They take on the 8 and 5 Philadelphia Eagles. Philadelphia minus 11 and a half. The over under 38 and a half. Oh, they should not. They should not have a problem here.

[Mike Wright]

Kenny Pickett, 38 and a half and they're favored by 11 and a half.

[Jason Moore]

Is that the starter for the Raiders?

[Andy Holloway]

That is, yeah. Kenny Pickett will be starting with the shoulder.

[Jason Moore]

Andrew To Gino, former backup for Philadelphia. Right.

[Andy Holloway]

I forgot about that.

[Jason Moore]

The Eagles are going to win.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Do they cover 11 and a half? I don't know. Yeah, probably.

[Mike Wright]

How did. How does Las Vegas possibly score?

[Jason Moore]

I mean, it's not possible.

[Mike Wright]

Their implied total is 13 and a half. Do they get to 13 and a half? I don't think so.

[Jason Moore]

No.

[Mike Wright]

10. Okay. 13 and a half. Just two field goals. Oh, you know, you know that Carol's going to kick them field goals if he has a chance.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's say they get to 10.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm not sure the Eagles cover.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, that might be true.

[Andy Holloway]

The Eagles offense has just not been putting up a lot of points.

[Jason Moore]

AJ Brown has, though. Number five, number one, number 12 in their three straight losses. Hopefully he's happy. Saquon got it done with the big run last week. You play saquon, you play A.J. brown. Devonte Smith. He makes me a little nervous. He's in a lineup for me, the matchup's good. I'm just going to go with it. But you wonder how much they're going to need the whiteouts in this one. The defense plus the running game. That. That's my worry. You want to get it early, you know, first half you hope DeVontae Smith is involved, gets one of the early touchdowns.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep.

[Jason Moore]

And man, I mean, you could play Brock Bowers and you can play Astro Genti and you can pray.

[Mike Wright]

What are you doing with. It's a play and pray with a Goddard who Nothing. Magically jumped up to 10 targets.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I'm doing nothing.

[Andy Holloway]

Way better matchups. Just too many people.

[Jason Moore]

What are you doing with Jalen Hurts?

[Andy Holloway]

I'm going to keep playing Jalen Hertz. You can always touch. Push a couple of touchdowns in. He has. He was obviously abysmal this last week with five turnovers and, you know, two fantasy points. But while he's been playing bad. While. Yes, I did. While he's been playing poorly and the. And the Eagles have not been scoring a lot and Jalen Hurts has not been dominating for fantasy, he has still been good. He's still putting up fantasy points where it's like, you start him.

[Jason Moore]

There was a nest cam video of a police officer that showed up at a guy's house.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, yes.

[Jason Moore]

Doing a welfare check. And the guy just comes to the door, he's like, dude, the Eagles lost. He's like. He's like, are you going to harm yourself? He's no, I'm not going to harm myself. The Eagles. Someone saw a Facebook post he made after an Eagles loss.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, the Philly fans, they take it serious.

[Jason Moore]

They do, they, do they?

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man. Only Philly fans could be so, so full of hatred for their current super bowl champion Eagles. Like the. You guys are the current super bowl champions and you hate yourselves.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

You hate the team and the coaches and the quarterback and they. I'll swap. I'll trade you. Trade it all to the Cardinals.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. You can.

[Mike Wright]

Not only that, they have a 91% chance to win the division.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

You're going to be in the playoffs.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

With the home game, with an elite defense.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. You're going to probably win the Super Bowl.

[Mike Wright]

No, I watched, I thought, I thought the Buffalo.

[Jason Moore]

You're probably going to make the Super Bowl.

[Mike Wright]

I thought it was Green Bay.

[Jason Moore]

You're probably going to make the title game.

My point is, is they have as good of a chance as anybody.

[Mike Wright]

There's still.

[Jason Moore]

Spite all the sadness, they're still a very good team.

[Mike Wright]

It's just lopsided where the. Where they're getting it done.

[Jason Moore]

Speaking of lopsided. New York 3 and 10, Jacksonville 9 and 4. Jacksonville playing well with the highest implied point total all year, 27.5 against New York. New York with a 14 point implied point total. This game is somewhat similar to the previous one. Good defense for Jacksonville. They're 13 1/2 point favorites. The over under is 401 1/2. But I mean, you play your Jacksonville Jaguars.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, yes, we do.

[Jason Moore]

Lawrence etn, btj, Jacoby Myers.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Brayton Strange.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

All start them all up.

[Mike Wright]

All are in play.

[Andy Holloway]

I also think in a, you know, if you're in a deep league, you backed into the playoffs, you maybe have Josh Jacobs and he gets injured or whatever. Tutin, despite playing 3%. Like this is a game where I'm hoping that somehow the jets can score enough to where this doesn't become a second half. You know, rest ETN and put in Tutin. But I could see that world existing.

[Jason Moore]

I see no world existing where I like anybody on the jets this week.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Jason Moore]

And that includes Breeze Hall. I would be trying not to play him if I could.

[Andy Holloway]

He was limited Brady Cook might start Limited in practice. This is not literally no Jet, not.

[Jason Moore]

Even Nelson, all due respect. Sounds like a creative player on Madden, like they just spun one up, printed him out and he's replacing Tyrod and or to Rod and Justin Fields. It's going to be a really long day for you and it's in Jacksonville.

[Mike Wright]

All right. This game is, it's not a. I.

[Jason Moore]

Won'T be watching that one closely.

[Mike Wright]

I mean I have some, some or.

[Jason Moore]

At least near when I've seen Jags.

[Mike Wright]

I got some Jags offensive players that I'm going to be watching.

[Jason Moore]

The Cardinals are 3 and 10. They take on the 8 and 5 Houston Texans who are on a roll. Houston 9 1/2 point home favorites over unders 42. Here we are again. Cardinals just 16 points implied point total. This is the largest spread of the entire CJ Stroud era for Houston. This is the largest spread for the Texans since week six of 2018.

[Andy Holloway]

Wow.

[Jason Moore]

They have won five in a row. Their defense is incredible. They can run the football with Woody Marks. Nico Collins is on a roll. The Cardinals are going to have a really, really hard time. Their offensive line, it took another hit this week. Paris Johnson is out for the year. They have no running game. This is the Cardinals right now. This is why they lose every game. Despite the fact that we come in here and tell you Jacoby Brissette is awesome with 45, 47, 49 pass attempts. They don't have a running game of any kind. So Jacoby can string a few completions together, gain some yardage. Then they can still not score and they can still not move the football. The Cardinals still get sacked.

[Mike Wright]

It really comes down to like Trey McBride. There's, there's no way I'm benching Trey McBride. But it's Michael Wilson should again you have to do the algebra. If, if Marv is out, then Michael Wilson becomes a play. The matchup is horrifically bad.

[Jason Moore]

I'm playing him over the Judy's of the world.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, so there still is enough confidence that he'll see what the Double digit.

[Jason Moore]

Target 10, 11 targets.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I mean this game again, the Cardinals they. One of the rules of the NFL. They will have to possess the ball during the game. Yeah, that's one of the things that they're going to make them do. It might be three plays.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, this is a tough one because what Michael Wilson and Jacoby Brissette have been doing has helped people sneak in the playoffs. And you know we've talked about like this isn't this has not been a situation where you should pivot away from these guys. This is the first time though, where I really do think the Cardinals are going to struggle. And the only way that the offense and the passing game works against this team that has shut down everyone that is at home is going to be like. You're just praying for garbage time.

[Mike Wright]

Let me ask you a couple of names here. Michael Wilson or DK Metcalf against Metcalfe. Michael Wilson or Jacoby Myers? Jacoby Jets.

[Jason Moore]

I think Michael Wilson, like they're number one. The Texans against quarterbacks and wide receivers. But it is fully consolidated. They have nobody. Marvin Harrison, all their other, you know, they already lost Dorch. They lost everybody else. It's consolidated in McBride. It's consolidated to Michael Wilson and I think he's double digits.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

I think Michael Wilson's 10 points.

[Mike Wright]

So still. Still very.

[Jason Moore]

To me he is not to Jason, not.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm not super excited right now. I have him as my wide receiver. 26. So that is someone that you're going to start in the flex. That's, you know, in there.

[Jason Moore]

That's probably 8 to 10 points, right?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, somewhere around that range.

[Jason Moore]

So you talked about Woody Marks, your start of the week. Mike, you're playing Nico. Jason, you said pay attention to Jaden Higgins earlier in the week.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I mean, Jaden Higgins has been pretty good. You know, not necessarily like a great fight fantasy option. Decent. I mean, he's been top 36 in the majority of his games after the buy and he's a second round rookie. This is a good matchup. So I think you could throw him in in an emergency. But he's also an emerging wide receiver, so I'm just happy to see him be really good. And if you watch the actual Texans games and how they come about, there have been so many really important times, really big necessary plays where they're going to Higgins and he's making the play. He's making a, you know, just a man move. And that's to me, really exciting for the future of a young wide receiver.

[Mike Wright]

What happened to Noel?

[Andy Holloway]

I know, right?

[Jason Moore]

The third one, really a bummer, especially around Christmas. Oh, the first.

The top five starts at questions. I'm going to rattle them off real quick before we close out. You ready?

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Jason Moore]

A Mecca Abu or DK Metcalf is number one.

[Mike Wright]

I'd play a book of Metcalf, Amari and Hampton.

[Jason Moore]

Or a Mecca Abuka is number two.

[Mike Wright]

I think it's safer to play Hampton. But if I. If I need to kaboom in the playoffs.

[Jason Moore]

I'd play a Buka number three, a Mecca Abuka. Christian Watson.

[Mike Wright]

Goodness gracious. Wow.

[Andy Holloway]

They're all kind of makes sense because.

[Jason Moore]

You'Re making decisions today for the Thursday. Okay. No Christian Watson or a book. I'm going to play a book. It's Denver, by the way, for Green.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Okay. That's. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Isaiah likely. Tyler Warren.

[Mike Wright]

I would.

[Jason Moore]

I'm going to play Isaiah likely.

[Mike Wright]

I'm going to play likely.

[Jason Moore]

Jason's got a grimace.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I, I will play likely. Come on, Philip.

[Jason Moore]

And then Joe Burrow or Drake May is the last one.

[Mike Wright]

That's.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, that's interesting. They're back to back in my rankings. I mean I was like, you're not going to. But yeah, I guess if I've got Burrow, I think that, you know, the only people I would sit Drake May for realistically would probably be Burrow, Matthew Stafford, Josh Allen, and maybe not Lamar. Yeah, no Lamar.

[Jason Moore]

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And you were saying the Jacobs news is good again.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, it's so. Dude, you are getting prepped for a huge workout.

[Jason Moore]

Just so rest, go. So rested.

[Mike Wright]

Go get, go get that rest.

[Andy Holloway]

Go get, go get that rest. Go get that workload.

[Jason Moore]

Get them Z's. Oh man.

[Andy Holloway]

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