Week 12 Waivers & Streamers + Playoff Stretch! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/18

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary

Episode: Week 12 Waivers & Streamers + Playoff Stretch!
Date: November 18, 2025
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright

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Episode Overview

As the fantasy football regular season winds down—with only three weeks until the playoffs—the Fantasy Footballers dive into crucial waiver wire pickups, streamers, late-season roster management strategies, and the most impactful NFL news. With excitement, humor, and sharp analysis, the crew identifies swing players for the playoff push, debates rest-of-season values, and helps you optimize your roster for a championship run.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Playoff Stretch: Make-or-Break Players

• Who can swing the fantasy playoffs?
  • Jason asks listeners who they're relying on most for the home stretch. Names like Bucky Irving and Travion Henderson surface due to the hope they'll return to health and push rosters over the top.
  • Discussion on Dak-CD Lamb stacks and Jonathan Taylor as reliable playoff anchors.
  • Andy on playoff uncertainty:

    "The difference makers are these other guys. Like if Bucky comes back... I'll be great if I just have this star player back." (02:53)

2. Monday Night Football Recap: Cowboys 33, Raiders 16

• Raiders Frustrations:
  • The group laments the Raiders' inept offense and rebukes Geno Smith, Chip Kelly, and the lack of a true WR1 after losing Jacoby Myers.
  • Mike:

    "If you paint a picture of the worst season you could possibly have, that's basically what they've accomplished." (06:54)

• Boys to Watch:
  • Ashton Genti’s involvement as a receiver despite limited rushing, and discussion of fantasy disappointment with the Raiders offensive approach.
  • The hosts joke about “visual muting” Raiders possessions.
• Cowboys Standouts:
  • George Pickens is praised for his “manimal” performance; CD Lamb and Dak Prescott produce as expected, though "we always want more."
  • Mike:

    “George Pickens in this game was a manimal.” (10:19)

  • CD and Pickens’ short disciplinary benchings spark speculation.

3. Around the NFL: Major News & Notes

• Jamar Chase Suspended (spitting incident on Jalen Ramsey):
  • Mike:

    “Stop spitting on people.” (13:58)

  • Jason points out that, outside football, spitting is considered assault.
• QB Shuffles:
  • Tyrod Taylor to start for the Jets in Week 12, causing the Footballers to joke about "giving away competitive advantage." (15:04)
  • Shador Sanders expected to start, but Dylan Gabriel will play if healthy.
• Key Injuries:
  • Drake London (PCL), Kyle Pitts must be a play—high target share possible.
  • Michael Penix (IR, knee); Josh Jacobs (knee contusion, not IR but owners still anxious).
  • Amari Demercado (high ankle sprain) likely out, increasing Cardinals RB interest.
• Returning Players:
  • Brandon Aiyuk not yet returning to practice. Ongoing drama with 49ers. Curiosity about Marshawn Lloyd and Jaden Reed’s return.

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Waivers & Pickups

Running Backs

Top Pickups:

• Emmanuel Wilson (if Josh Jacobs sits)
• Sean Tucker (if Bucky Irving out; Tucker over Rashad White)
• Kenny Gainwell (with Jalen Warren banged up; already getting increased snaps)
• Bam Knight & Michael Carter (Cardinals, Demercado out—split work likely, but low upside)

Upside Options:

• Bashaw Tootin (nice workload, rookie excitement—potentially leapfrogs Cardinals options)
• Others: Tyler Allgeier (goal-line usage), Devin Singletary (workhorse, but tough matchup vs. Detroit)

Roster Management Wisdom:

• Handcuff your studs—roster insurance backs like Blake Corum, Tank Bigsby, and Brian Robinson (especially if you don’t need RB points this week).
• Don’t drop high-upside handcuffs just to chase a low-volume, temporary fill-in unless you desperately need a spot start.

Wide Receivers

Top Targets:

• Christian Watson (second-half surge, more targets with Tucker Kraft out)
• Alec Pierce (hot streak, deep threat, high target volume after bye)
• Michael Wilson (big Week 11, could get extra targets if Marvin Harrison Jr. misses with appendicitis)

Others:

• Darnell Mooney (benefits if Drake London out)
• Jaden Higgins (rookie, Texans—on the rise)
• Luther Burden (big talent, outsnapping Zacchaeus, but only stash in deeper leagues)
• Mack Hollins (receiving yards trending up; watch for Ke’Shawn Boothe injury news)
• Greg Dortch (emergency plug if Harrison Jr. out; higher volume)

Tight Ends

• Juwan Johnson vs. Colston Loveland (Loveland big-play upside; Johnson more target guarantee)
• AJ Barner (emerging, 11 targets last week)
• Noah Fant (increased targets if Jamar Chase’s appeal fails)
• Mark Andrews remains a must-roster if dropped; check your league.

Defenses (DST)

Top Streaming Options:

• Browns (vs. Las Vegas; next: SF, TEN—still worth holding for playoffs)

  “If you don't have the courage to play them at home against San Francisco, that's fine. Don't drop them.” (46:07, Andy)

• Lions (vs. Giants)
• Seahawks (vs. Titans)
• Jaguars (vs. Cardinals; can force turnovers/sacks)
• 49ers, Ravens—vs. weak QBs, both reliable, but monitor matchups.

Quarterback Streamers

• Jacoby Brissett (vs. JAX):

  "He's almost not a streamer… five straight top 12 finishes. Only Mahomes and Jacoby." (48:34, Jason)

• Jared Goff (vs. Giants):

  “Jared Goff and the Lions, they bounce back from losses with vitriol and anger. Highest implied point total of the week.” (49:32, Jason)

• Sam Darnold (vs. TEN):

  “He is good. They are, you know, 13.5-point road favorites against Tennessee…” (49:43, Andy)

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Memorable Moments & Notable Quotes

• On Raiders’ Futility:

  "If you paint a picture of the worst season you could possibly have, that's basically what they've accomplished." (06:54, Mike)

• CD & Pickens Benching:

  “Your best two players. We're going to put them on the bench. We go three and out. And then you're like, you guys learned your lesson. Oh man, we showed you so good.” (11:27, Mike)

• On Spitting in Football:

  "If you do that to somebody just walking down the street… That's assault." (14:08, Jason)

• Handcuff Season:

  “You need to have your guys. If you’ve got CMC, you need Brian Robinson. This is the time of year…” (30:59, Andy)

• On Christian Watson’s surge:

  “Two touchdowns last week… I think the target share is going to be more consistent.” (32:19, Jason)

• Streaming Jacoby Brissett:

  “There are only two quarterbacks in football with five straight top 12 finishes: Mahomes and Jacoby." (48:50, Jason)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Playoff X-Factors & Last-Minute Hope: 02:00–04:00
• *Monday Night Football Recap (Cowboys/Raiders): 06:40–13:00
• *News & Notes (Chase suspension, Injuries, QBs): 13:17–18:40
• Waiver Wire: RBs: 22:39–29:14
• Waivers: High-upside RB Stashes: 29:15–31:32
• Waivers: WRs: 32:19–38:06
• Waivers: TE/DEF: 42:11–47:51
• QB Streamers: 48:14–51:01

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Tone & Style

• Signature playful back-and-forth and ball-busting, mixed with actionable, quick-hitting fantasy advice.
• Frequent banter, e.g., about IKEA furniture assembly, betting on “visual mute” for Raiders games.
• Candid takes on player values, injury optimism/pessimism, and late-season “move the needle” decisions.

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Action Items for Listeners

• Scrutinize waivers for late-season league-winners—especially handcuffs and emerging WRs.
• Ensure your studs are handcuffed; it’s insurance season.
• Don’t over-prioritize this week’s rental at the expense of long-term upside (unless desperate).
• Stream the Browns defense if possible, and don't drop them—think playoff weeks!
• Jacoby, Goff, and Darnold are strong streaming QBs for Week 12.
• Stay nimble—news (especially injuries) will continue to change the waiver/streamer landscape.

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For additional discussion and personalized advice, join the community at JointheFoot.com & check the updated waivers on fantasyfootballers.com before waivers run.

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Andy Holloway]

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

[Mike Wright]

Welcome in.

[Jason Moore]

The Fantasy Footballers Podcast. Danny, Mike and Jason. Tuesday, November 18th welcome into the show. Happy to have you with us once again. Waiver Day 3 weeks remaining until the fantasy playoffs.

[Mike Wright]

Oh man, oh man.

[Jason Moore]

Tight.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you can do it. Put your back into it.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean the fantasy, the playoffs are on the way. I, you know, I posted this morning, you know, trying to get some consensus on who they who the who the number one player people are relying on is for their fantasy playoffs. And there was some Bucky Irving mixed in there. Oh no, we need Bucky. We need Travion to keep Trey V awning. Maybe that'll happen.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

See Justin Jefferson getting some catchable passes.

[Andy Holloway]

That's the thing, the way that you worded it is it was basically like you're going to win a championship if. If blank. If who steps up.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

And so that's not like I, I was going to answer the CD Dax that like I've got Jonathan Taylor.

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

But that's not like I assume he's okay.

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

The difference makers are these other guys. Like if Bucky comes back to people who are doing well without Bucky, Bucky's.

[Jason Moore]

The number one answer.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I mean it makes sense because teams are sitting there going, I'll be great if I just have this star player back.

[Jason Moore]

Which, I mean he will just have his role back. I mean the Fact that they have given Sean Tucker, who they would love to give, zero carries to an opportunity. But Hampton was a big answer, too. Yeah, Bucky and Hampton coming back from injury. The mystery around that, the dak and CD stack. Jason, you weren't the only one to mention that one.

[Mike Wright]

Ooh.

[Jason Moore]

Bill's stooge replied the fantasy footballers. Oh, if we deliver down the stretch. Hey, heavy, Embrace the pressure.

[Mike Wright]

I'm not the one who decides if Ramon Ray Stevenson is on the field.

[Jason Moore]

Is the head heavy or is it the crown?

[Mike Wright]

Jason, for me, it's heavy.

[Andy Holloway]

Is the.

[Jason Moore]

Is it heavy as the head?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, heavy as the head that wears the crown.

[Jason Moore]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. Yeah. You know what? I didn't say you know what. Oh, yes, you did. I asked. Tone of your voice.

[Jason Moore]

I asked a question.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Heavy is the crown. Are you sure?

[Andy Holloway]

No, let's get back into me. Let's. No, let's get back to that. Because I was shocked. I was shocked. My Twitter was flooded with people who were on my side saying, for what? On how I explained the median.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, no, you weren't wrong about the details of it. You were wrong in the mechanism of explaining it.

[Andy Holloway]

But you. But you could have 600 extra words. It was the league average. And it's not like that's. That's incorrect.

[Jason Moore]

I know the median's not the league.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, okay. You did. I eloquently.

[Jason Moore]

You're right. You're right. I will let you take over the show for 12 minutes.

[Mike Wright]

Check it out. Hey. The top six scoring teams on the week get an extra win.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, he did it better.

[Andy Holloway]

Super good. That was really good, Mike. You should have interrupted.

[Mike Wright]

You explained it at, like. Like the IKEA instructions, where it's just the dude who's like, huh? And it's like, well, which side of the board is it? Like, well, this one has little scratches. Is that the one that's painted or is that the one that's the wood?

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know.

[Jason Moore]

Have you been building some IKEA furniture lately?

[Mike Wright]

No, not lately, but that little man haunts my dreams.

[Jason Moore]

No, that they're not good. And they. I feel like IKEA really intentionally breaks it down into even smaller.

[Andy Holloway]

Have you guys ever done this?

[Jason Moore]

Could be built in 11 pieces. Let's make it 70. Let's make it 70 and let's make the hardware. Let's leave out four of them.

[Mike Wright]

They want it to be an adventure. And you feel accomplished when you do put it together. You do.

[Andy Holloway]

Have you guys ever fully assembled an entire not tiny thing from IKEA without ever Having to whoopsie doozle. Go back. Oh, no, no, no, no. I don't think I've ever done it.

[Mike Wright]

One piece.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, that goes there.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And I have definitely finished. Finished a thing where I'm so far along.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Where I'm like, you don't even know. No, I know. I'm like, I'm not going back. Well, I'm saying, you know, it would probably be good. The unfinished side is now showing from the.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. That is everything. It's the unfinished side of something. Always.

[Jason Moore]

You're holding three planks at the end going.

[Mike Wright]

You get to a point, you're like, I can't even go back. I don't know where this mistake was this on step three.

[Andy Holloway]

Maybe I could still put books in here. It works.

[Mike Wright]

You just get the white out. Just paint this up real quick.

[Jason Moore]

Three unfinished sides, five pieces of hardware.

[Andy Holloway]

Leftover can of spray paint. Can't fit.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, my goodness. We got a lot to talk about. The Monday Night Football game. We have news. We have waivers. We have our streaming quarterback options on the week and three weeks to go before your fantasy playoffs. You can find us on x at the FF Ballers at Andy Holloway at Jason Moore at FF Hitman. You can jump into the Community Ballers discord.com if you want to do that. I think. I don't know what the total is. Papa Josh, where are we at in total members on the discord? I'm thinking between 60 and 70.

[Andy Holloway]

66.9.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Nice, guys.

[Jason Moore]

Nice. All right, let's move on. Let's talk Cowboys 33, 16. I really thought about playing Dallas's defense this week. With terror in my heart.

[Mike Wright]

I just.

[Jason Moore]

I don't know if a team can look more regularly inept than the Raiders. Like, this is. Just. If you paint a picture of the worst season you could possibly have, that's basically what they've accomplished. They paid Geno a bunch of money. They traded it for him. He's awful. He's the worst quarterback in football or close to it. Bowers got hurt, missed a bunch of time. Finally comes back. He does his job, but no one else is there to do their job.

[Andy Holloway]

They got rid of a very important Jacoby Myers. They seem like they are definitely missing a wide receiver one. And the offensive line is by far the worst. It reminds me of watching the Saints over the last two years where it was like, just, there's no chance. It's just like, I can't enjoy it. I can't. It's. It's the least enjoyable Team that isn't running out a, you know, a second round rookie quarterback that really has no shot of being an NFL quarterback. You know, it's like, okay, the Browns, it's not fun to watch, but you expect that, you know, they don't have a quarterback. Gino. This was supposed to be a competent offense with Genty and Bowers and it's.

[Jason Moore]

Just Genti was 6 for 7 on the ground.

[Mike Wright]

I wanted to throw out to make sure people understand that Chip Kelly.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Is the highest paid offensive coordinator in the NFL. The what I'm seeing is he's at 6 and this is Google AI. I mean I know Kelly's at 6, but then they're saying like the other guys, the other high earners are like Monkin and Kafka. Well, Kafka is Noah, but 3 mil a year, so double that. To draft Ashton Genti, 6, if I'm not mistaken, to give him six carries.

[Jason Moore]

This is literally what the retread team of the year. I mean you've got Pete Carroll, retread Chip Kelly, retread Geno Smith, retread Tyler Lockett, let's bring in another guy and let's go Tyler Lockett retread on this one. And Raheem Moser, let's get him into the depth of the backfield. And it's embarrassing. I am so excited to have the Cleveland defense because they play the Raiders next week. So I'm probably going to bench. I'm going to bench the rest of my team. I'm going to rely on Miles Garrett alone to win me the week.

[Andy Holloway]

And thankfully they did involve Ash and Genti in the. In the receiving game. Eight targets. That was great. But I will say if you didn't watch the game, which hopefully most of you did because it was primetime game. It wasn't just that the Raiders were down and so they had to throw. They started the game where it was like.

[Mike Wright]

It was weird.

[Andy Holloway]

It was like their first 20 plays they had like two rushing attempts or something like that. It was.

[Mike Wright]

They're like, oh man, they made that trade for Quinn. We shouldn't even try to run.

[Jason Moore]

You know how they have the like sophisticated different streaming options. Sometimes you can watch like the Manning cast or you can watch on Prime. You can watch the like the all 22x Ray stuff.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that thing is I want a.

[Jason Moore]

Button that lets me watch only the possessions of one team and I want it to just visual what I'm calling visual muting.

[Andy Holloway]

Visual mute.

[Jason Moore]

I want it to turn off the TV when the Raiders have the ball and I'll watch it automatically.

[Andy Holloway]

You don't have to hit the button. No, that's a great feature.

[Jason Moore]

Or blur it. I don't want to. It's obscene. So I want it blurred.

[Mike Wright]

I would like it to go to the camera. It's just on their coaches.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh.

[Mike Wright]

So it's like we can. I can watch camp. I want to watch Carroll after Chip Kelly calls in his 15th pass in a row. Just be staring at him like, do.

[Jason Moore]

You know who's passing it?

[Mike Wright]

What are we doing?

[Jason Moore]

Javante, 22 for 93. Pickens nine for 144 and a touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

George Pickens in this game was a manimal.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he's pretty much been that in every game.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, but this game was different because he was tackle breaking machine.

[Mike Wright]

He was carrying people breaking.

[Jason Moore]

They benched him. Yeah, I couldn't. I. So I was in the. I was finishing up a card stream and I'm turning the game on in the corner and I see Pickens and. And I see CD standing there, and I just assumed they just finished the drive and they're standing there and then someone in the chat starts, well, they finished the drive well. And then so fast. And someone in the chat says they're both being punished together. And I'm going, what are you doing? But I guess they're playing the Raiders.

[Mike Wright]

And I get it. You want to always. We don't know what the circumstance was. This is. I mean, I probably.

[Jason Moore]

They probably went joyriding during a meeting.

[Mike Wright]

It's clearly a disciplinary thing of who knows what happened.

[Andy Holloway]

I saw.

[Mike Wright]

But it's just. It. These things are so funny to me.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, we're like speculation of like, hey, we'll put our. We'll put our. They're in Vegas.

[Mike Wright]

Like your best two players. We're going to put them on the bench. We go three and out. And then you're like, you guys learned your lesson. Oh, man, we showed you so good.

[Jason Moore]

Now go.

[Andy Holloway]

Really need you. They should have just please go catch every pass.

[Jason Moore]

Punted it on first down to get that drive over and get them back in their punishment.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, their punishment is we're passing.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, it was basically the same thing. They just lost the clock. All right. We really hammered the Raiders there. We're going to hear about that also.

[Andy Holloway]

Cd.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

CD man.

[Jason Moore]

You know how many people really was more down?

[Andy Holloway]

It was.

[Mike Wright]

It was everyone there.

[Jason Moore]

There's a touchdown at the end of the game that would have been very consequential to everybody here in this office and everybody else out There, I guess.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, there's nobody this week. Very, very, very few people this week. Because I actually know one that didn't start Dak in a matchup like this. Nobody that didn't start CD So this was relevant to all fantasy leagues. And the extra. I know he caught a touchdown, had a good game. Dak was incredible. But more. Give me more.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

So dropped a wide open touchdown.

[Jason Moore]

CD was 5 for 66 and a touchdown. Ferguson got back into the end zone. Thank goodness, because he only had 16 yards receiving, which I think I. That. That's one I lost on the Fantasy Face off because I had. That was my green goblin. 19 yards for Jake Ferguson and he got 16. So brutal. Hey. Hey there, Wheel of shame. How are you doing?

[Mike Wright]

You know what else? Welcome back. Know what else is brutal? George Pickens, 58 for 908 and 7. DK Metcalf, 37 for 551 and 5.

[Jason Moore]

I knew that was coming.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Hmm.

[Jason Moore]

Well, look, can I blame Aaron Rodgers?

[Mike Wright]

Sure.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. I choose to do that.

[Mike Wright]

We can.

[Jason Moore]

It's convenient. Let's talk some news.

[Andy Holloway]

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

[Jason Moore]

Jamar Chase has been suspended officially for one game for spitting on Jalen Rams.

[Mike Wright]

Allegedly.

[Jason Moore]

No.

[Mike Wright]

Well, he's still saying he's appealing.

[Andy Holloway]

He would have spit on his face.

[Jason Moore]

I can watch video and say not allegedly.

[Mike Wright]

Well, Jamar Chase, in his defense. This is from Jamar in his camp, they're saying that if he would have spit on Jalen Ramsey, he would have spit in his face instead of on the ground or on the jersey. If Jamar Chase. Jamar Chase would not miss if he was going to spit on someone.

[Jason Moore]

This spitting thing is ridiculous.

[Mike Wright]

Stop spitting on people.

[Jason Moore]

You know that if you. Everyone, I saw this. I think Damien Harris, he had this really well spoken. Remember the former running back for the.

[Mike Wright]

For the past.

[Jason Moore]

Damien Harris came out and he was just talking about this. But he's like, if you do that to somebody just walking down the street. Yes, you actually. That's assault.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. The police will get involved.

[Jason Moore]

And I know it's spitting.

[Mike Wright]

Whatever.

[Jason Moore]

You're on a field.

[Mike Wright]

Don't spit on people.

[Jason Moore]

So gross and stupid. Like, it's like punching the helmet. But so we obviously do dumb stuff on the field. That's getting a fist fight. I'm going to hit you in your protective helmet.

[Andy Holloway]

I would love to say that there's. There's no world where I could ever spit on someone, but in the heat of the battle, I don't know, man.

[Jason Moore]

Now We're a fan.

[Andy Holloway]

You're seeing red because you're so.

[Mike Wright]

You protect the helmet. You're like, ah, what am I going to do? I'll spit on you. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, we. We respect a spitball.

[Mike Wright]

Well.

[Jason Moore]

But not like straight spit.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, that's ridiculous. If you don't have a straw.

[Jason Moore]

No, it's not. If you bring a straw, he pulls a straw.

[Andy Holloway]

I brought this for you, Jalen.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Jalen Ramsey won all of the battles in that game.

[Mike Wright]

He did.

[Jason Moore]

Except for the one where he got kicked out. But there you go to. Rod Taylor is going to start in Week 12 for the Jets.

[Mike Wright]

What are you doing, Glenn?

[Jason Moore]

You're giving up your competitive advantage.

[Andy Holloway]

You can't say this that early in the week.

[Jason Moore]

The Ravens, they're going to know what you're doing.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, man.

[Andy Holloway]

I'll play Ravens D. I'll bet the Ravens win now.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. This is crazy.

[Jason Moore]

This has been a quite the start to the show. Shador Sanders expected to start, but they did say Dylan Gabriel, if he gets through concussion protocol, will be the starter.

[Mike Wright]

The coaching staff has made it very.

[Jason Moore]

Clear we'll do everything in our power.

[Mike Wright]

To start, so he probably will.

[Jason Moore]

He might. Drake, London, PCL sprain. It's going to be week to week, so at least a week, maybe more, for Drake, London. Kirk Cousins will once again, who's been.

[Andy Holloway]

Awful, be on his own.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he'll be on his own.

[Andy Holloway]

Kyle Pitts should be. No, he should.

[Mike Wright]

That's the end of the sentence. He should or I acknowledge he should.

[Jason Moore]

We've had enough teams. He won't. We've had enough teams this year. I'm not. I'm not disagreeing. I think Mooney's a play. I think Pitts is a play.

[Mike Wright]

The process makes sense.

[Jason Moore]

We've had several teams, the Browns, the Jets and others where you literally, because of the situation, you just don't play anybody. Mason Taylor should be good. Maybe. Maybe with to Rod this week, but we'll see.

[Andy Holloway]

Week eight was the only example we had with Kirk Cousins and. No.

[Jason Moore]

How many targets did.

[Andy Holloway]

Nine targets, nine receptions.

[Jason Moore]

So nine yards.

[Mike Wright]

No, 59.

[Andy Holloway]

Over 10ft.

[Jason Moore]

He should be a play.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Like, if I was playing him, I'd probably play him over Ferguson this week.

[Andy Holloway]

So I have in dynasty. I'm playing Mike this week.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Our two great teams. And I've got Pitts and Andrews, and I will be playing Pitts.

[Jason Moore]

All right, well, Michael Pinnicks will not be playing. He's on ir. He's going to miss the rest of the regular season with a left knee injury. We talked about it a little bit on the show, got the confirmation there and there is still concern that there is damage to the ACL, which he tore twice in college, man, in 2018 and 2020. Josh Jacobs knee injury.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm telling you this you like a good ACL tear. No, this Josh, this Josh Jacobs news. I knew coming in because I have Josh Jacobs on him. So worried.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, I knew the news and you're still worried about him.

[Andy Holloway]

I knew the news that he it was good. It was a contusion, maybe even a chance to play this week. But as I'm reading this suffered a knee contusion and IR is and then I'm and it says in our dog, it says IR is not a consideration. But I couldn't get past ir, was so scared. I was like wait, is this new?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean we, we also have word that Marshawn Lloyd might be returning soon to the packers who had a great preseason. We're never going to see him in a regular season game and I mean once he plays, I'll believe it.

[Mike Wright]

But man, like Marshawn Lloyd and Emmanuel.

[Andy Holloway]

Kendra Miller, those guys are in sync.

[Jason Moore]

Amari D. Markado, high ankle sprain, unlikely to play for the Cardinals in week 12. It'll be Michael Carter in Bam. Night.

[Andy Holloway]

Bam.

[Jason Moore]

Kyle Shanahan said Monday that Brandon Iuk's 21 day practice window will not be open this week. I bet it's never, it's never weak.

[Andy Holloway]

It does seem like it will be.

[Jason Moore]

Nobody hates each other more than I. You can the 49ers. The fact that they had to write him a check and then he just got hurt only added to the already existing hatred between those parties. It's so weird. Dalton Kincaid, DMP on Monday's walkthrough, CJ Stroud still a dmp.

[Andy Holloway]

Goodness, not great.

[Jason Moore]

So maybe more Davis Mills that was news and notes sponsored by Progressive Insurance. Quote Today, 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. We'll take a break and jump into the waiver wire. What's up Foot Clan? This episode is brought to you by NFL Sunday Ticket and YouTube TV. Watch every game every Sunday all in one place. And now get NFL Sunday ticket month to month and Cancel [e-mail] fantasy footballers, local and national games on YouTube TV. NFL Sunday Ticket for out of market games excludes digital only games. Base plan required. Renews every month during the 2025 regular season only. Your membership for the following month can be canceled anytime before your renewal date. Terms, restrictions and embargoes apply. Commercial use excluded. No refunds.

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

I feel like if the Bears were 2 and 8 and we had the same kind of prolonged rant about them at the top of the show after they got whooped on Monday Night Football, we'd hear from a lot of people. I do you think we're going to hear from the Raider loyalists or are they defeated?

[Andy Holloway]

Are they fully dead Bears fans? And first of all, I've got a lot of Bears fans friends. I'm so happy for them. They're standing alone at the top of the division. They are in first place alone. It is awesome. But they. They are always delusional. Like every year.

[Mike Wright]

Fans are.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, but I don't know that the Raiders fans are like Cardinals fans. We're not delusional.

[Jason Moore]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

We hate our team.

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

When people are like, you guys suck, we're like, darn right we do.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Get them.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Give me.

[Mike Wright]

I think the Raiders fans know what's going on and they're. They have. They have. Well, they. So frustrated.

[Jason Moore]

They want Pete gone, obviously. Wow. They want Pete out. If Pete goes, Chip will go, Gino will go.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I thought it was. I didn't think it was going to work work, but it seemed like the.

[Jason Moore]

Vibe would be better.

[Andy Holloway]

I thought they would be a better team. Crosby and a little bit of consistency on the offense. I truly believe that the crux of it all is entirely on Geno's shoulders. He looks like not the same player as even last year. Certainly not two years ago. He. He used to stand in the pocket collapsing, man, barreling down on him. And he was. He was a dog. He would do what Jacoby Brissette's doing right now. And now this year, it's like pressure. He's just. His arm strength doesn't look the same. You know, everyone gets to that. His accuracy is terrible. Every pass is just a little off.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, not. That's all it takes to add a walk in touchdown.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And he and Gino threw the wrong route. It was like, dude, what are you doing? To me.

[Jason Moore]

Well, we'll move on. Let's talk waivers.

[Andy Holloway]

The waiver wire presented by Jimmy Johns.

[Jason Moore]

The Colts, led by Alec Pierce, of course, coming back from the by. And the Saints and all of their powerhouse fantasy options come back to your rosters this week. Week 12, we lose the Broncos, Chargers, Commanders and Dolphins to the buy. No more HN this week. No RJ Harvey Hampton gets another week off.

[Mike Wright]

Broncos need to figure it out, man. The offensive side, figure out your offense.

[Jason Moore]

And the commanders on by as well. And then next week with Thanksgiving, that's the sound that signifies no bye weeks.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

All right. We're getting into.

[Mike Wright]

But then there's four more teams the next week.

[Jason Moore]

Well, we don't take Thanksgiving off.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Gobble God.

[Jason Moore]

Families are busy that week. All right, running back, waiver pickups, guys, who are the top names that you're looking for?

[Mike Wright]

I mean, Emmanuel Wilson has to be at the top of the list. Should he or should Josh Jacobs miss any. I mean, even if Josh Jacobs plays, I would expect we see more Emmanuel Wilson than we normally do. And, you know, he came in and performed admirably against the Giants. 11 for 40, had the touchdown. They will take on Minnesota, which Minnesota is a disaster on offense, which is leading to teams being able to use their running backs a bit more in the second half. So he's at the. He's at the tippy top for me.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. To me, there's like four guys and they're all in similar situations where the starter is injured, we think. So you've got Emmanuel Wilson where it's like, okay, Josh Jacobs.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Probably going to miss. There is. There's a chance he doesn't. Sean Tucker looked great, overtook the, you know, the leading role. Bucky is back at practice. So is he taking another week off?

[Mike Wright]

Bucky's not back like Kenneth Gainwell. Do they stick with. Do they stick with Tucker or do they go right back to Rashad Wade? I don't know.

[Andy Holloway]

They'll stick with Tucker. You think you feel like. Yeah, I do. I think. I think that transition has been made. Kenneth Gainwell, you know, was just unstoppable in relief of Jalen Warren, who, again, we're not sure if Warren will play. And then with the news of DeMarcado's high ankle injury.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

That makes the Cardinals a little bit more interesting. I was lower on Bam Knight and or Michael Carter because there were three of them. So those are the interesting situations. So when you're looking at them, to me I say, okay, well, then let's just Talk upside. Who. Who's, you know, the. The weak winner? Should they be the guy that week who's the most talented, who's in the best matchup? And I think Kenny Gainwell might be.

[Jason Moore]

That guy against Chicago.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. The Sean Tucker matchup would be the Rams. Emmanuel Wilson is Minnesota, but at home and you know, I don't. I probably lower the Cardinals down a few pegs just because it is committee between Knight and Carter. They're the least talented of the group. And it's Jacksonville who, you know, Jacoby's got a good matchup. Right. Jacksonville gives up a lot of fantasy points to wide receivers, but I'm a little more hesitant about the running backs. Do you. Do you have those guys in a specific order? Where is it just cheapest guy you can get on Fab or do you have a strong conviction around Carter or Bam Knight?

[Andy Holloway]

Like between those two guys? I think Bam Knight is the starter over Michael Carter. I think Carter got two carries last week. I don't have it in front of me. Obviously DeMarcato was there, but Bam seems like the starter.

[Jason Moore]

So the Carter catch and touchdown that got called back as still in my head a little bit. I do have Bam Knight one spot ahead right now. But you think Kenny Gainwell tops the list for you.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I don't have any new information on Jalen Warren and really by the time waivers go through tomorrow morning, there will probably be new information that changes the little bit of the order here in the order and we will update them on our website. You know, obviously. Right. Until waivers are going through. So, you know, double check that because it makes a huge difference. I mean these guys are backups with great opportunity.

[Mike Wright]

Gainwell is. Is difficult because just judging the Warren injury, you know, he tweaked the ankle. The Steelers, it was a blowout win. Jalen Warren himself said, oh, I could have gone back in. That doesn't mean he for sure could have. And then I'm tough and then you mix in. Most guys would have gotten surgery on top of that. Like Kenny Gamewell was already taking a lot of snaps in that game before the Warren injury actually happened. I was messaging because we got Warren. You know, Warren was my start of the week. I thought he's going to have a fantastic game. Kyle and I are messaging back and forth like, did Warren get hurt? Like what is going on? And the injury had not occurred yet. And so I think Kenny Gainwell deserves to be up a bit higher. And then I would. Between the Cardinals guys and Bashaw Tutin I don't know who I would actually want.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, Tootin.

[Mike Wright]

But he came back in the game. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Tutin's utilization was pretty interesting. They do play each other ironically this week. Tutin and the Jacksonville Jaguars facing Arizona. You have more strange. Yeah, you have obviously the excitement of a younger rookie that was getting involved. But ETN is the number one there.

[Mike Wright]

But that is he. Because Tutin was the number one guy last week until he got hurt. I know ETN had a great game, but I'm saying like in terms of the.

[Jason Moore]

Felt a little hot.

[Mike Wright]

Handy. Yeah, maybe it was that, but he only. So Tutin was only in the game for 32% of the snaps because he got injured. Missed a huge chunk of it. Did eventually come back and take some snaps. But in that time, 15 carries for 74 yards.

[Jason Moore]

That's a lot.

[Mike Wright]

So he is. I mean like I feel like he's on. He needs to be up on top of the radar. As in are they phase. Are they going to work him in more where Bam Knight. Well, I guess we haven't heard anything on Trey Benson. So it's like the Cardinals guys seem like they're just a temporary situation. Emmanuel Wilson, even though he would be feels like the strongest play if Jacobs misses. He's just temporary.

[Jason Moore]

I would, I would probably add Tudin over the Cardinals guys.

[Mike Wright]

That's how I have it.

[Jason Moore]

Because you got a Tennessee matchup next week. The Cardinals matchup is bad and it's a committee. Not that Tootin isn't. It's just. It's a bad matchup. I, I think you're going to be touched down or bust with Bam Knight and you're going to be looking for a handful of catches from Michael Carter. And I think you've convinced me to move those guys and flip the order.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you guys have convinced me to lower the Cardinals in general simply because it will be Carter catching more passes and not a great matchup against Jacksonville. There's also guys out there that are available in about half of leagues that aren't necessarily dealing with an injury ahead of them, but they are, they're getting run and that's Devin Singletary and Tyler Algier. Tyler Algier is used around the goal line a ton. The matchup against the Saints is like, okay, maybe this is. Maybe this is a game where you can be up. I know they don't have Drake London and they don't have Pinnock, so maybe it's far more competitive. But they, they love Algier. They give him work around the Goal line. And so you could do worse than that. And then. And then Singletary is just getting actual legit work. But he plays against Detroit.

[Mike Wright]

The matchup, but he is the goal line. He's the goal line running back. He had four carries inside the five just last week and Tracy has not had a carry inside the five all year.

[Jason Moore]

One of the big drop candidates being mentioned at running back, which I kind of. I get it and I would probably do it if I had to. Right. We're in three weeks until playoffs, so you got to make your maneuvers.

[Mike Wright]

Sure.

[Jason Moore]

You can't be just banking on, you know, Kamani Vidal is going into the buy. He was hurt. He's going into the buy. We have pretty recent hours ago comments from.

[Mike Wright]

Do we have some Hampton stuff from.

[Jason Moore]

Jim Harbaugh on Amari and Hampton. Basically, he had said earlier this month that Hampton could return to practice after the buy. He's been on an injured reserve for so long. And then the recent comments yesterday. We'll make that decision next week. It depends on how he progresses this week. But you've got the bye week, you've got the Vidal injury and then you're talking about, you know, and then you've.

[Andy Holloway]

Got the really confusing part with Vidal, which is the red light, green light is the green line.

[Mike Wright]

I was going to bring it up.

[Andy Holloway]

This the week and then you don't get that. And then you come back, you think, oh, no, this next game. No, maybe it's not. Maybe. So, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Is it game to game or is it just week to week?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Try to move Vidal to the Hampton manager. Even if it's on the cheap versus dropping.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I wouldn't drop Vidal.

[Jason Moore]

Would you drop Chuba?

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man, that one's so funny because Chuba is. Since the takeover has happened, 5, 5 and 4, 3 and 4 carries in three consecutive weeks. A guy that. Yes, I mean, I will say as a insurance back. It really depends.

[Jason Moore]

Like if you've got Chuba to the RICO manager.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, that's, that's really. This is the time of year where you need to protect your guys. You know, you say you want base Altin, you can't have them. I'm the ETN manager. I've already rostered him in your leagues. You need to, you need to have your. If, you know, if, if you've got cmc, you need to have Brian Robinson. This is the time of year and.

[Jason Moore]

If you don't need a running back this week and you want to maybe steal somebody on the cheap, that could be utilized down the stretch. Chris Rodriguez, 15 carries looked amazing. 79 rushing yards on the buy.

[Mike Wright]

It's Denver.

[Jason Moore]

It's not good match right after that.

[Mike Wright]

But the opportunities will be there.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And then Jason said it to make sure you ensure your guys Blake Corum, make sure you pick him up. Keaton Mitchell, if you have Derek Henry.

[Andy Holloway]

Tank Bigsby would be a league winner. If big is.

[Mike Wright]

If I have none of them, Bigsby would be at the top for me. Just of. I mean like you have no idea if anyone would get hurt.

[Jason Moore]

And Brian Robinson.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, Brian Robinson. But I feel just so confident that should take. Should Saquon miss time. Tank Bigsby will be awesome.

[Andy Holloway]

And when it comes to Blake corum, he's averaging 10 carries a game over the last month.

[Mike Wright]

Like, sure.

[Jason Moore]

Not just backup wide receiver pickups. Guys, we did get word that Jaden Reed also is potentially designated to return soon.

[Mike Wright]

We'll see.

[Jason Moore]

The comment is. We'll see. We have some names to talk about. Quite a few of them. Christian Watson, only 37% rostered, two touchdowns last week. They lost Tucker Kraft for the season. So I think the target share is going to be more consistent for Watson. He is at the top of my list along with Alec Pierce coming back off the buy. Who's been on fire, ladies and gentlemen.

[Mike Wright]

What does Alec Pierce need to do to get onto your fantasy roster?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean, that's a fair point.

[Mike Wright]

Wild stuff. I mean, it's pretty high. It's 58%, you know, so I'm sure most people are like, well, he's rostered. In my league. We have the numbers from Sleeper, 58%. That means he is available in places.

[Jason Moore]

Well, especially into the buy. Like if you were making a move, people might have cut him. He's been just consistently great. I mean, Michael Pittman is averaging 12.3 points per game right now. I'm trying to see where Alec Pierce is. He's at about 10. So he started slow too.

[Andy Holloway]

I think the issue with Alec Pierce, it's weird for such a deep threat, but he rarely gets touchdowns. He's like the biggest big bomb catch it contested and kind of fall down. I wish they utilized him more around the goal line. It's just not how they use him. To me, Michael Wilson is.

[Mike Wright]

You don't wish that, Jason.

[Andy Holloway]

No, I. Well, I don't because. Okay.

[Mike Wright]

You're just being a.

[Andy Holloway]

For Alec Pierce. Alec Pierce wishes they used him more around the goal.

[Jason Moore]

I think he's a little overdue on the deep touchdowns because he's had a Couple of those ones he went up for and like, probably could have finished them. He had seven touchdowns last year. He's only got one this year and still competing at 10 points per game.

[Andy Holloway]

Michael Wilson, obviously you're not chasing another 185 yard game, but we talked about 200.

[Jason Moore]

Let's go.

[Andy Holloway]

We talked about, you know, the Jacksonville Jaguars are more of a pass funnel. They've got a very good rush defense. They don't give up a lot of points to the running back, but they do to the wide receiver, Marvin Harrison.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, talk about Harrison's appendix, please.

[Andy Holloway]

This is, you know, the.

[Jason Moore]

What is an appendix? Start there.

[Mike Wright]

The appendix is in the garbage somewhere.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Well, I mean, what does it do for you?

[Andy Holloway]

Nothing. No, obviously you could take it out and be fine. I don't know. Not a doctor.

[Mike Wright]

I believe you are correct that it does not help us.

[Andy Holloway]

So the timeline for this, we've got only a handful. I mean, this happens a lot of times. It happens in training camp or the off season or whatever. We've got a handful of examples over the last couple of years at different positions of a guy who had appendicitis in season. And it's like some guys miss eight days, 11 days, some guys missed three weeks. This was later in the week for Marvin Harrison. This is on a team that is. We're not playoff bound. He is a young cornerstone piece. So I feel like if I have to take my, my guess as to whether Marvin plays or misses this week, I believe Marvin Harrison should and will miss this week. So Michael Wilson is right at the tippy top for me. It's like Alec Pierce, Christian Watson, Michael Wilson are probably my top three. And then my next two would be Darnell Mooney because of the situation, and Jaden Higgins, rookie wide receiver for the Texas. He's getting more and more involved, a lot of targets and you know, he's had a good game with Davis Mills.

[Mike Wright]

Did we, did we mention Luther Burton yet?

[Andy Holloway]

No, he just.

[Mike Wright]

It not. The production wasn't there, but we had five targets. We had three for 27. And he out snapped Zacchaeus finally.

[Jason Moore]

Like he's tough for me, man. I want to believe, but I just don't think you're ever going to get consistency, no matter what from him.

[Mike Wright]

You may not, but this is just.

[Jason Moore]

You know, DJ Moore's healthy. That was the big move for me, was his health in deeper leagues.

[Mike Wright]

Luther Burden, I think is a good person to stash.

[Andy Holloway]

I think he is a, an exceptional athlete with the ball in his hands. I don't think he's a very good wide receiver yet as a young prospect. So to me that's a DFS dart throw. A guy that will be cheap, low rostered, but could have a big monstrous play. I don't think I want to roster him that much in.

[Jason Moore]

You know, he's Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Green Bay. Two or three on the road for your three weeks heading into the playoffs.

[Andy Holloway]

It's pretty tough and it's probably.

[Jason Moore]

Don't get me.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, look, I traded for Roma Dunes and I have. I have some regrets. DJ Moore, Roma Dunes. A. You know, you've got Luther Burden, Colson Loveland. Colson Loveland. There's too many people for anyone to have absolute consistency.

[Jason Moore]

Swift and Guy. Yeah. The Michael Wilson one will be an interesting kind of a bet on the waiver wire because he'll. A lot of the times people react to the biggest score of the week and when you put up a number, he'll be expensive. 185. He'll be expensive. And then like I'm looking at like some of the recent ones. Like you mentioned, Austin Hooper missed two games. Minka Fitzpatrick missed one. Big Ben missed one. It was later in the week. I want some news. We have no news on whether they expect him back. But that makes such a big difference because he'd probably be number one on the list.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And if. If Marv is there, like you're not playing Michael Wilson.

[Jason Moore]

Well, not you.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, sure, yes.

[Jason Moore]

I might do it. I might do it anyway because Jacoby is a machine right now.

[Mike Wright]

He really is.

[Jason Moore]

He's. He's a 350 yard. Like if he doesn't throw for 350 against Jacksonville this week, I'll be shocked. I'll be shocked. You think Bam Knight and Michael Carter are carrying the load there. 57 pass attempts. That might be a season low from this point on. I mean it's not. I mean it's not impossible for him to go out and throw for another 400. Cube was the number one draft.

[Mike Wright]

That would mean that Trevor Lawrence is having a big game. So that's where I would.

[Jason Moore]

Well, no, that just means Space Shawl, Tootin and ETN are dominating the Cardinals. Huge is the number one drop across all positions. He is two gooses in four games, but that whole team was a goose this week.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he. It's. I get it. It feels bad but he was still at 90% of the snaps. I would not be dropping huge.

[Jason Moore]

Neither would I. Keenan Allen I'd be okay with.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

But again, that would just be based on like, would you trade? Would you drop Keenan if you could get Watson? Would you drop Keenan if you could get Pierce?

[Mike Wright]

Yes to both.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. One final name to throw out there, at least from me, is Mack Hollins. Need to pay attention to Keisha Booty and his injury that he's expected to return to practice. I don't know if that means he plays this week, but Drake May's been on fire. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Try to clear that again.

[Andy Holloway]

Drake May has been on fire. Three of the last four games for. For Mac Hollins have been 89 yards, 106 yards, 64 yards. He's on the field a lot. And the matchups, Cincinnati and the Giants coming up. Like you.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I'm in on it too. I think that's.

[Andy Holloway]

That's the type of guy that, like Andy, you have to be salivating right now for your roster.

[Jason Moore]

For my roster. You're like, oh, Mac Hollins, I played him last week.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, did you really?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Okay, well, in one of our leagues, great call. Greg Dorch is also a pick up and play option immediately if Harrison misses. And he will be way cheaper than Michael Wilson. He was 6 for 66 and a touchdown. It's not a great start, but I play him against Jacksonville with Jacoby. Again, the yards. This was the argument for Michael Wilson last week. If he throws 4, 300 and you don't have Harrison break it up.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Where does it go?

[Mike Wright]

I mean, it could be like, could be like the Xavier Weaver that Bill's.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Tampa game where we're like, I don't know where the yards are, points, they all disappeared.

[Jason Moore]

All right, we'll take a break. We'll talk tight ends, defenses, quarterbacks.

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

Tight end waiver pickups I have some interesting questions for you guys. You know some of the names, they're not heavily rostered or at least available. I want to compare Juan Johnson and Colston Loveland as an option for your team. Johnson coming off the buy probably available or at least more than he was. Colson Loveland, he had a big play, not a lot of plays this last game. The matchup for Johnson, Atlanta, Miami, Tampa, Colson Loveland. It's Pittsburgh, Philly, Green Bay.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I'm looking on a week by week basis with matchups. Atlanta is very good against tight end. Pittsburgh is not. So I see them in a somewhat similar tier even though they're very, very different players. Joanne Johnson's going to get the targets. You go like I want a tight end out there who's going to get six, seven, eight targets. Pretty guaranteed. That is not Colson Loveland, but in the right matchup. I would rather have a big play opportunity from Loveland than Joanne Johnson to probably do very little against.

[Jason Moore]

He kind of was getting going before the break. But you're on the Loveland side there Barely. Barely.

[Mike Wright]

I'm very much Team Loveland, but I would take Juwan between the two for this week. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Mark Andrews pretty heavily rostered.

[Mike Wright]

He's weird, though, because it's like his score. I feel like you see competitive leagues where Mark Andrews is just chilling on the waiver wire.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

So you have a peak.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. AJ Barner is someone that we should bring up. They talked about getting him the ball more.

[Jason Moore]

He's just 23 years old. You know this.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he's a young guy, second year player. They had. He had a. He had 11 targets this last week. If that, you know, if that's like, oh, they talk him up and they actually involve him and they start to have this young break out.

[Jason Moore]

Where's Rasheed Shahid, man?

[Mike Wright]

Seriously?

[Jason Moore]

They trade for him to open it up for Barner.

[Mike Wright]

Seriously?

[Jason Moore]

Feels that way.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, she did. Five targets, only played half the game.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Any other big tight end names that you big tight.

[Andy Holloway]

We want to talk Darnell Washington.

[Jason Moore]

I meant physically big tight ends.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man, that guy. Oh, I need to go watch it play again. Just once a day. That's how my new morning wake up routine is. Like, splash some water on my face. Watch that Darnell Washington play and just get pumped up for the day. Be like, I can follow it up.

[Jason Moore]

With some Emika egg.

[Andy Holloway]

Big Boo.

[Jason Moore]

Watch that clip and get your day going.

[Mike Wright]

And I would throw it. This one is. But should Jamar Chase lose his appeal?

[Jason Moore]

Well, he will.

[Mike Wright]

The video suggests he probably will lose.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. That dude's getting suspended. They should. If he appeals that, they should give him an extra game.

[Mike Wright]

Noah Fant had six targets this last week, and about 48% of the snapshot. We.

[Jason Moore]

It hit that button again.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, I said, I preface. But we have seen this offense when you have a competent passer, which was Grandpa Joe is. Last week was just unfortunately terrible when one of the big wide receivers misses out. Like, I mean, you know, last year it was T. Higgins and it was just Mike Gasicki was plug and play when T. Higgins was not in there. Just saying that Noah Fant could be an option.

[Andy Holloway]

It's not a bad thought.

[Jason Moore]

Defenses this week. Goodness gracious. Believe it or not, the Browns just 33% roster.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, man.

[Jason Moore]

Because of the Ravens game. It was the Ravens game.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man.

[Jason Moore]

Which I pushed through. I kept them in there. Now you get the benefits. Which is, by the way, three weeks till the playoffs, right?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I told you two of the three matchups.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep.

[Jason Moore]

It's Las Vegas next week. Then it's at home against San Francisco. I don't. I don't think that's that bad.

[Mike Wright]

No, I think it's okay.

[Jason Moore]

And then it's Tennessee at home. That is for your playoff clinching week.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And if you didn't learn anything from this last week playing the Ravens, they were still outstanding. They were great. If you don't have the courage to play them at home against San Francisco, that's fine. Don't drop them.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

Just hold on to them.

[Jason Moore]

You should play San Francisco against them in that week if you want. Pick up another defense this week. You've got the Lions against the Giants. Seahawks. Get Tennessee. Just follow Tennessee around Jacksonville the week after. And then the Browns, if you could go Seattle, you know, Jacksonville back to the Browns, that'd be, that'd be nice. 49ers play Carolina this week. Carolina just put up a lot of yards. I don't know how much I love that one. But Baltimore plays the jets into Rod Taylor and they've been playing Great. They're 14 point home favorites. Maybe. Maybe the key to the competitive advantage.

[Mike Wright]

Question, who's 14 point?

[Jason Moore]

The Ravens. The key to the competitive advantage thing is if it's not going to be competitive, it can't be a competitive advantage and a 14 point favorite situation.

[Mike Wright]

We also were trying to explain that to Aaron Glenn earlier.

[Jason Moore]

Maybe it's an uncompetitive advantage.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. You're doing your team a disservice. The other team is like, we don't care. We don't put Fields out, put Taylor out. We don't care.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Yeah. Those are, those are kind of the highlights for me. Do you guys have any other defensive names to mention?

[Andy Holloway]

The Jaguars get after the quarterback a lot and Brissette does take sacks. So even though I do think that the Cardinals, with Brissette, they're putting up a lot of yards. Think you could still score fantasy points against them. And you saw that two weeks ago when Brissette had a good game but also was responsible for two defensive touchdowns on fumbles. So the Jaguars are widely available and I'd be willing to start them.

[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

Pizza. And that's what I call a sandwich. Yeah. Full stream ahead.

[Jason Moore]

Streaming quarterback options. I'm going to let Mike go first because he. I went in to claim it.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I got into the document first.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, you.

[Mike Wright]

It's Jacoby Brissette.

[Jason Moore]

Man, he's been awesome.

[Mike Wright]

Five straight top 12 finishes.

[Jason Moore]

You know who that.

[Andy Holloway]

He's almost not a streamer. Like he's just starting every week.

[Jason Moore]

He is. He's almost a lock. And it feels so bad. I mean like last week I had him as my starting quarterback going into the week and I looked every day on the waiver wire, like, do I pivot here? I'll just stick with him. And it wasn't great the whole game. But There are only two quarterbacks in football with five straight top 12 finishes this year. Mahomes and Jacoby.

[Mike Wright]

I'm looking at sleeper right now in front of me. Jacoby percent 22% roster.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man.

[Mike Wright]

Like he. It doesn't make sense for the run he's been on. Well, I guess maybe people got freaked out by San Francisco on the road. Maybe. But Jacoby is still there. Yeah, he's there if you need him.

[Jason Moore]

I'm going with Jared Goff against the Giants. Jared Goff, we didn't like what we saw against that Philadelphia defense, but we didn't like Jordan Love against Philly. We don't like anybody against Philly. Jared Goff and the Lions, they bounce back from losses and they do it with vitriol and anger. And Jared Goff against the Giants, I.

[Andy Holloway]

Mean, poor Giants in a dome.

[Jason Moore]

Highest implied point total of the week. 30 points. Home and a dome. Yeah, I'm going to be careful with that one this time. Jared Goff against the Giants is the pick.

[Andy Holloway]

My streaming option is Sam Darnold off of two really, really bad weeks. Now, two weeks ago he wasn't bad. His team just annihilated the Cardinals on special teams and in every position. And then this last week he was bad. Four interceptions. Looked like the, you know, seeing ghost version of Sam Darnold. I don't know if you've seen the clip of the defensive player after the game. It's just, I mean you want to talk about getting a quarterbacks back. Like most of the time the player is going to get their guys back and be like we support them now. Sometimes the defense is like we're doing our Bengals. Yeah. Or yeah, on the flip side. But this was genuine. Like he was so mad at people, being mad at Darnold and just talking about how awesome Donald is, how great he is. If you have a problem with him. Expletive, you like this team has his back. He is good. They are, you know, 13 and a half point road favorites against Tennessee Tennessee. You know they are 24th in schedule. Just a fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks over the last five weeks. Donald is a fine play. I do prefer both of your plays over Donald, but there's three good options on the waivers this week and Purdy, I'll throw him out as well. I think Purdy is probably shouldn't even be on waivers.

[Jason Moore]

All right. Yeah, that's a good point. That'll do it for the streaming quarterback options this week. On full stream ahead, couple of reminders, we're getting close to giving away the signed James Cook jersey that's still available for entry. Footclangiveaway.com free to enter over there and head over to the community. Join the Foot.com Become a part of the Foot clan. Get access to the ultimate dashboard, bonus weekly episodes, lots of different tools and resources and the new trade analyzer tool as well. And tomorrow we'll have Thursday night to preview because football never stops. We'll have backup options. We'll have Mailbag and a whole lot more and hopefully some updates on the news front for maybe some of these running backs that we hope are coming back, maybe some of these injuries.

[Mike Wright]

Whether did we share the Aaron Rodgers news?

[Jason Moore]

Go ahead.

[Mike Wright]

Aaron Rodgers, this is from Pelissero, who didn't talk about future hall of Fame or Pro bowl quarterback Aaron Rodgers. He just called him Aaron Rodgers, which is kind of weird. He underwent further tests Monday that confirmed he won't need surgery on the fractured left wrist. However, he has to get cleared by the doctors to move forward.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. They'll find a way on the field. I think that'll do it for today's episode of the show. Thank you for joining us. Back tomorrow, back Thursday, back Friday, lots of shows the rest of this week. Looking forward to it. So let's get you ready for the playoffs.

[Mike Wright]

Goodbye.

[Andy Holloway]

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