Week 13 Studs & Duds + Lamar / Jefferson Panic Time! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/1

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast: Week 13 Studs & Duds + Lamar / Jefferson Panic Time!

Episode Date: December 1, 2025
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright

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Episode Overview

This episode dives deep into the highs and lows of Week 13 in fantasy football, focusing on the stars who delivered (“studs”) and the big names who disappointed (“duds”). The hosts scrutinize underperforming superstars like Lamar Jackson and Justin Jefferson, debate whether it’s time to bench previously automatic starters, and thoroughly recap the key performances and injuries that could shape the fantasy playoffs.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Fantasy Playoff Drama in the League of Record

• Jason describes an intense playoff scenario: he went “all in” with trades for Jonathan Taylor and Josh Jacobs, but is on the playoff bubble because of recent tough weeks. It now hinges on Hunter Henry scoring fewer than 11.1 points on Monday night.
  Memorable moment: “I'm supposed to watch these games, but I don't know if I can do it. I need to like every play put a piece of tape over wherever Hunter Henry is…” – Andy (05:27)

• Mike and Andy relate, noting this is a common predicament for many managers: “This is that time of year where every one of us out there—it's on the line right now.” – Jason (05:56)

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Listener Reactions & Monday Punday

• The hosts read and riff on pun-laden player submissions from listeners for their weekly reaction segment, mixing humor with analysis:
  • “Buston Jefferson” for Justin Jefferson, “Saquon Barfly,” “Kenneth Stainwell,” “Lamar Jack Squat.”
  • Mike: “A Jackson with JSN's on the Naughty list with Scam Darnold and Lamar Laxon.” (08:15)
  • Jason: “You came in here hot like a Thanksgiving authority.” (03:33)

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News & Notes

Key Injury Updates

• Amon-Ra St. Brown: Suffered low ankle sprain Thanksgiving; unlikely for Thursday Night against Dallas. The consensus: don’t rush him back unless desperate; the playoffs are where he’s most valuable.

  • Jason: “If you’re in the playoffs, you just want him the healthiest possible when you get there. So rushing it for Thursday and then missing two more weeks, that costs you your season potentially, is all I’m saying.” (12:09)

• Justin Herbert: Fractured left (non-throwing) hand, may play through injury after surgery.

• Marvin Harrison Jr.: Dealing with a heel injury, left game early but returned.

• Aaron Jones: Left with a potential aggravation of his previous AC joint injury.

• Arizona Backfield: Kyren Williams briefly left and then returned, impacting Corum’s and Mason’s usage.

Other Storylines

• Wild AFC North playoff race, with Ravens, Steelers, Bengals all technically in contention (17:19)
• Churning NFC standings: shifting seeds, Bears could drop from 1st to 7th with one loss (18:02)
• Lions’ Frank Ragnall failed physical after return attempt (10:22)

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Week 13 Fantasy Studs – Top Performers

Quarterbacks

• Patrick Mahomes and Jordan Love lead the week.
• Bryce Young: Returns to the top 5 (“two weeks out of the last three, Bryce Young getting it done…” – Jason, 22:03)
• Trevor Lawrence: Strong, but Jags game flow capped upside.
• Marcus Mariota: Surprise 3rd; name pronunciation gets airtime (“Collinsworth was hitting that. Oh, man... Mariota.” – Andy, 21:52)

Running Backs

• Bijan Robinson: “Allowed” to score a TD, finally returns value.
• DeAndre Swift: Dominates touches.
• Kamani Vidal: Continues a wild feast-or-famine pattern.

Wide Receivers

• A.J. Brown & Rashee Rice: Major weeks.
• Jameson Williams: Big breakout, especially with Amon-Ra injured; “This is three out of the last four weeks where he’s top ten.” – Andy (29:59)
• Christian Watson: Strong recent target shares.

Tight Ends

• Brock Bowers, Trey McBride, Zach Ertz, Travis Kelce: Usual suspects shine.
• Britain Strange: Emerging and worthy of streaming discussion.

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Week 13 Fantasy Duds – Big Names That Disappointed

Panic Time: Lamar Jackson & Justin Jefferson

• Lamar Jackson: “If Lamar Jackson at home against Cincinnati gives you a dud, you need to sit him down... 6.7 points.” – Jason (37:04)

  • Toe injury and limited rushing has erased his safe floor. Since the injury, “Shadour Sanders” outscored him in fantasy.
  • “You can’t go out and win in the playoffs... with 7 points from your quarterback.” – Andy (39:07)
  • All three hosts support benching Lamar if you have playoff alternatives.

• Justin Jefferson: Two catches for 4 yards. “A goose would have felt better.” – Mike (51:13)

  • Usage has cratered under the new QB regime.
  • “This is full deletion of Justin Jefferson.” – Jason (52:30)
  • Historically elite WRs sometimes endure these ‘lost’ years with terrible QB play (compared to Fitz, Steve Smith, Hopkins, Calvin Johnson).

Others

• Saquon Barkley: “Running back 40 on the week. Sheesh.” – Jason (48:17)
  Workhorse usage not translating; on pace for just over 1,000 total yards, but offers little upside for fantasy.

• Jalen Hurts: Third bottom-12 week in last four, but hosts aren’t as worried: “A lot more cowardice than he used to – maybe wisdom, we’ll call it.” – Andy (41:31)

• Zay Flowers: Disappearing (average points per game dropping each year).

  • “Don’t look at the game log, you’ll throw up.” – Jason (55:40)

• DK Metcalf, Brian Thomas Jr., Jalen Waddle, Devonta Smith: Briefly discussed as disappointments. “Let’s play a game: Does he suck?” – Mike (58:11)

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Injury- and Waiver-Wire Relevant Players

• Hunter Henry: Playoff-deciding start, as referenced in Jason’s league story.
• Brenton Strange: Top-5 TE in last two weeks – noted as a streamer.
• Kamani Vidal: Reinforces status as insurance RB worth a roster spot.
• Ricky Pearsall: Fading after early-season spike, especially with Jennings back.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• "I'm supposed to watch these games, but I don't know if I can do it. I need to like every play put a piece of tape over wherever Hunter Henry is..." – Andy (05:27)
• “If you’re in the playoffs, you just want him [Amon-Ra] the healthiest possible when you get there. So rushing it for Thursday and then missing two more weeks, that costs you your season potentially.” – Jason (12:09)
• "If Lamar Jackson at home against Cincinnati gives you a dud, you need to sit him down..." – Jason (36:47)
• “You can’t go out and win in the playoffs... with 7 points from your quarterback.” – Andy (39:07)
• “A goose would have felt better.” (about Jefferson) – Mike (51:13)
• “This is full deletion of Justin Jefferson.” – Jason (52:30)
• “Let’s play a game: Does he suck?” – Mike, on disappointing receivers (58:11)
• “Jason said it. It’s not like it can’t go right. It’s... this is three in a row. This is ice cold.” (About Lamar) – Andy (39:57)

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Segment Timestamps

• Fantasy Playoff Drama & League of Record Stories: 02:45–06:01
• Listener Reactions & Monday Punday: 07:38–09:56
• Injury News & NFL Storylines: 09:57–18:27
• Quarterback Studs: 20:36–23:37
• Running Back Studs: 25:09–28:08
• Wide Receiver Studs: 28:09–33:56
• Tight End Studs: 34:01–36:36
• QB Duds and Panic Time (Lamar, Hurts): 36:37–43:45
• RB Duds (Saquon, etc): 48:17–49:47
• WR Duds (Jefferson, Metcalf, etc): 51:13–59:49
• Tight End Duds & Streaming Advice: 61:00–64:38

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Closing Thoughts

The episode is a must-listen for managers agonizing over big-name slumps during fantasy playoff pushes, especially at QB and WR. The hosts encourage tough, no-blinders roster decisions and keep things briskly entertaining with living-room banter, memorable analogies, and light-hearted segments.

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Final Notes

• Comprehensive waiver wire advice, in-depth playoff analysis, and more can be found on their site, thefantasyfootballers.com.
• Prize and contest winners announced, community acknowledgments, and reminders for premium tools are sprinkled throughout.

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For a detailed pulse on Week 13 and actionable advice as you approach the fantasy playoffs, this episode delivers the strategy and spirit the Fantasy Footballers are famous for.

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

Welcome in. I was gonna go with Christmas and I bailed out a nice mate.

[Andy Holloway]

Sounds well.

[Jason Moore]

See, now it's actually Christmas time, guys.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

December 1st.

[Andy Holloway]

Now it is actually. Chris. Oh, what you rocking here?

[Jason Moore]

It's got a little else.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, yeah. Mike smiling.

[Mike Wright]

That's why it's so funny.

[Jason Moore]

Monday, December 1st. The fantasy footballers welcome into the show. Now it's appropriate to put. Put your tree up and hang your lights and play your Christmas music.

[Mike Wright]

It was appropriate.

[Jason Moore]

This was a later Thanksgiving, right, than it has been other years?

[Mike Wright]

It was.

[Jason Moore]

I think so.

[Mike Wright]

I thought it was. There's rules.

[Andy Holloway]

There are rules. But some years there's more time between where the Thursday lands within the month.

[Jason Moore]

Thursday or November.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

So sometimes it's later.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, wait, is it? It's always the last Thursday of the month, Josh.

[Jason Moore]

It's the fourth. I thought it was the fourth. It's not the last.

[Mike Wright]

It's the fourth.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I guess there is a world where you could have.

[Jason Moore]

That's right.

[Andy Holloway]

A fifth Thursday.

[Jason Moore]

That's right. You came in here hot like a Thanksgiving authority.

[Mike Wright]

Also, you.

[Andy Holloway]

You don't know jack.

[Jason Moore]

You don't know jack.

[Mike Wright]

So weird.

[Jason Moore]

But this is. I like this quick turnover to December. We're here.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

We are in it.

[Jason Moore]

Anything going on in the fantasy playoff world for anybody?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yes. Oh, yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I. I don't even know if I have the strength to talk about it.

[Jason Moore]

I can give the rundown and Mike, you can jump in.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Jason has. You know, he sold the farm. Yeah, Jason has gone. He's got Jonathan Taylor. He paid up for Josh Jacobs at the trade deadline. Our league of record where Al Borland and I fought last year in the title game. Not quite doing that this year, are we Al? Jason, Mike in the playoffs, Papa Josh in the playoffs or should be. But Jason's like, he's just on a rough patch. He's gone. He's gone through a little rough spell where week after week he's just kind of, you know. You traded for a Dunes A at the deadline that.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, when I was hot for a while. I think I've got some firepower with, with Jacobs and Jonathan Taylor and the CD Lamb, Dax Stack where I can win this thing. And so I was looking at maybe I could get the buy.

[Jason Moore]

Oh yeah, that was the old goal.

[Andy Holloway]

So yeah, I sold. I sold the farm for next year. Next year. I have no picks. I mean half the league is kind of like that.

[Jason Moore]

You have a first round pick.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Because you can't trade up because we don't trade those. And then you don't have a pick till I think the seventh. Oh my.

[Andy Holloway]

Something like that. It's like I'm bare. I'm bare.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, your cupboard is.

[Andy Holloway]

And it's okay if you win the championship. If you go down there and you win the championship. Then I went on a rough patch and now I'm like there's a chance I don't make the playoffs.

[Jason Moore]

There's a slim chance that you miss.

[Andy Holloway]

And then it looked yesterday like there was a big chance because I was going to go 02. And somehow a magic miracle happened. In the afternoon games he had, my opponent was four players.

[Mike Wright]

It was Khalil Shakira, Steelers defense and Trey Tucker.

[Jason Moore]

And they did nothing.

[Andy Holloway]

Correct. They did nothing. My Chargers defense did well.

[Jason Moore]

So now it all comes down to tonight.

[Andy Holloway]

It's basically 10 points. No more than 10. Hunter Henry 10.1. 10 points or fewer.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, it's 10. I thought it was 11. 11.

[Andy Holloway]

I lose. Okay, so no, no, no.

[Mike Wright]

Hunter Henry, you got corrected now. Now it's 11. It's 11.1. You got a bonus point while you were sleeping.

[Andy Holloway]

Even better.

[Jason Moore]

So you're on Hunter Henry watch for tonight. And this is that time of year where every one of us out there.

[Mike Wright]

That 20 yard touchdown is going to hurt.

[Jason Moore]

I don't think he has the courage to watch.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm supposed to watch these games, but I don't know if I can do it. I need to like every play put a piece of tape over wherever Hunter Henry is. Just not.

[Jason Moore]

Did you watch it in a slight blur overall so you don't know who scores.

[Andy Holloway]

Just put a Gaussian blur the there.

[Mike Wright]

I already struggle with Hooper and, oh, Henry Hooper. Hooper.

[Jason Moore]

And Henry catches it.

[Mike Wright]

You're like, it's one of them tonight.

[Jason Moore]

You imagine if Hooper scores a touchdown, your heart will do.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man.

[Jason Moore]

So that's Jason's situation. But I know everyone out there. It's on the line right now.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it is.

[Jason Moore]

Fantasy playoffs. So we're going to do our best to get you through the rest of week 13 into week 14 before your fantasy playoffs. We do want to announce here. I don't know if you can hit a little announce button for me, Al, but we have the winner of our James Cook signed jersey. We just picked that this morning. Thank you for everybody that entered. Oh, boy. It's Blake Hester. That's what happens when you ask for the drops from the producer. He finds another one. Blake Hester, congratulations. And by the way, tomorrow, thank you to everybody who listened to the Megalodon show. It was great to get all the hashtag triple gobble.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, we got in the trender.

[Jason Moore]

We did.

[Mike Wright]

It's not easy these days.

[Jason Moore]

Got into.

[Mike Wright]

They've made it more difficult.

[Jason Moore]

The Twitter trending somewhere in the top 10.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

And my favorite ones though were not just the people that got through it quickly. It was the ones that straggled in yesterday. They're like, I don't know if this is too late, but I finally finished the Megalodon and here you go. And yes, it was not too late. We'll pick those winners sometime today and announce them on tomorrow's show. Quick reminder, if you need help for week 14. Coming up, the weekly rankings, the start sit tool. All the articles, all of our premium in season tools, the ultimate dashboard and such can be found on the fantasy footballers.com you guys sent in your reactions as you always do on this fine Monday morning. Let's react to the weekend in a sophisticated way. Let's start with the good Rashi.

[Andy Holloway]

Twice you had Yay J Brown.

[Mike Wright]

Also AJ Crown.

[Jason Moore]

We had Don Tavian, John Wicks.

[Mike Wright]

Oh man.

[Andy Holloway]

And I finally got my Circle cd. Lamborghini.

[Jason Moore]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

Adonai missile. Someone played Mitchell. Maybe if you did that would have been a great day.

[Jason Moore]

Also would have been nice to play Thrice Young or Brock.

[Mike Wright]

Wowzers that catch, dude. Kimani. Kimani Vidal. I was doing the Kimani cash money.

[Jason Moore]

Vital Vital.

[Andy Holloway]

Nico Ballin out there.

[Mike Wright]

A Jackson with JSN's on the Naughty list with Scam Darnold and Lamar Laxon.

[Andy Holloway]

Lamar Jack Squat.

[Mike Wright]

Ricky Smearsall.

[Andy Holloway]

Arande Badnston, Zay Flounders, Buston Jefferson.

[Mike Wright]

Aw.

[Jason Moore]

I thought this was funny. Amon Nah, Sit down.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So sad. He's a.

[Jason Moore]

Come on.

[Andy Holloway]

I know. Saquon Barfly.

[Mike Wright]

Kenneth Stainwell.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

And then this one will hit close to home. It's the fall of Rome.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't care. He's on my bench.

[Jason Moore]

You have I told Jason this. I could not have done what you did, which was. Even though it was wrong, I guess in hindsight. He sat Roma Dunes at his, like, trade deadline, acquisition down. Not only did he sit him on his bench, but he set him on his bench when you could have watched him on, like an island game.

[Andy Holloway]

I didn't want to watch him.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, but that's normally a motivation. Like. Yeah, because you were deciding between Pittman and him.

[Andy Holloway]

Odunze. Odunze. Olave and Pittman, which I just feel.

[Jason Moore]

Like some of us might have played a Dunes and the promise of watching.

[Mike Wright]

Him before most would have.

[Jason Moore]

Olave, with the injury, people were concerned and you made the right call there and it literally might save your season.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

If I.

[Andy Holloway]

If I had played Rome over Olave, I would. You'd already have lost, right? Not be on this show today.

[Jason Moore]

All right, well, thank you for your Monday punday submissions over on x @ the FF Ballers on Instagram at fantasy footballers. Let's talk some.

[Andy Holloway]

News. News and notes from around the league, presented by Progressive Insurance. Okay. In the latest breaking news, in the last eight games played, how many times has Roma dunes a scored seven fantasy.

[Jason Moore]

Points? It's not going to be.

[Andy Holloway]

Good. It's twice. Twice in the last two.

[Jason Moore]

Months. That's our first breaking.

[Andy Holloway]

News.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, well, we didn't even have a chance on this show, I believe, to talk about Frank Ragnall, the center for the Lions, returning to the team before he failed his physical and is now not eligible to return.

[Andy Holloway]

It. That's.

[Mike Wright]

Wild. Like, you feel bad for the man. That's like. That.

[Jason Moore]

Sucks. That's a big.

[Andy Holloway]

Decision.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. You're like, I'm going to do it.

[Mike Wright]

Back. And then a grade.

[Jason Moore]

Three.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Which is like, I don't even know if you have.

[Jason Moore]

A. How do you not know.

[Andy Holloway]

That? That's what's crazy. It's like. It's like, how do you go, you know what, guys? I'm coming out of.

[Jason Moore]

Retirement. Did.

[Andy Holloway]

He. Did he tear his hamstring coming out of retirement? Like, he's like. He got up so quick to celebrate his.

[Mike Wright]

Announcement. Or he's like, maybe they won't notice and I'll still get some.

[Jason Moore]

Money. Oh.

[Andy Holloway]

Man. But it was like this fanfare. The Lions account. What was funny about Tweeting out like, welcome back. We got our center back, guys. And then 24 hours later, he has failed his physical and is no longer.

[Jason Moore]

Eligible. Yeah, it's crazy. We do have a Monday night update. Jackson dart cleared. Concussion protocol is starting.

[Mike Wright]

Tonight. This will be a fun.

[Jason Moore]

Game. We had the Almond Ross St. Brown injury. This one was not one of the nice and convenient ones for fantasy players where he does a bunch of production and then gets hurt. This was Thanksgiving. It was a low ankle sprain. He didn't return. He's not expected to be placed on IR. By the way, I believe Jameson Williams had a 37% target share, first double digit target game of the year and was monster 144 and one huge game. The Lions play Dallas on Thursday. I would not expect Almond Ra to play in that one, which is. But you never.

[Andy Holloway]

Know. You.

[Jason Moore]

Never. You never know. He's a tough son of a gun. He's a little like Baker Mayfield, where if he can, he will. But I don't. I don't know if. You know. I tweeted this about Josh Jacobs 2 weeks ago when he missed the game and it got a lot of backlash. And I just said, you want this because you want Jacobs when it matters. You want him in the playoffs. You want him to take the week off versus getting re injured. Now, I didn't know he needed two weeks off before getting re injured. But you don't necessarily want Amon Rob back out on the field. And obviously if you're do or die for the playoffs, you're begging for him to be there. But if you're in the playoffs, you just want him the healthiest possible when you get there. So rushing it for Thursday and then missing two more weeks, that costs you your season potentially, is all I'm.

[Andy Holloway]

Saying. Well, the issue now, it's funny, we constantly. When Jacobs had his injury a couple of weeks ago, it was like that was. I think that was the correct analysis. But we're at the point now where it's like, okay, if almond raw misses 3 weeks, he is missing well that.

[Jason Moore]

Playoffs. Well, yeah, that would be.

[Andy Holloway]

Devastating. We're there. We got one week.

[Mike Wright]

Left.

[Jason Moore]

Ms. This one, come back for the playoffs. By the way, I believe Papa Josh traded the injured Drake Lennon to acquire Amon Ra for the playoffs. Thoughts on that.

[Andy Holloway]

Transaction? You got to do that.

[Jason Moore]

Man. I'm.

[Andy Holloway]

Sorry. Oh, you did.

[Jason Moore]

That? Yeah. Oh.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Justin Herbert fracture in his left hand. It requires surgery. The team is unsure if he'll miss time, but Herbert says he plans to play through the injury. This is like.

[Mike Wright]

The. Should ask Aaron Rodgers how that.

[Jason Moore]

Goes. It's just wild though because everybody, every quarterback's hurting themselves severely in the non throwing arm. Like Baker's shoulder and Rogers hand and Herbert's hand and that's the way to do it.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Don't. Don't do the right. I mean it.

[Mike Wright]

Is. It's much.

[Jason Moore]

Better. So surgery today. Oh.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Jaden.

[Jason Moore]

Daniels. He does not play until Monday Night Football next week. I. Well, we'll wait and see. I don't know if you're playing him against the Eagles.

[Mike Wright]

Just. Is it.

[Jason Moore]

Time? Oh, for Trey.

[Mike Wright]

Lance. Never.

[Jason Moore]

Wrong. Just early on Monday Night.

[Andy Holloway]

Football. Why not against the Eagles and.

[Jason Moore]

That'Ll go by the way if you were going to play Herbert. Just don't do it this week anyways. It's the Eagles. Find another plan because don't wait through Monday night. Have a stress free week. Go play Jacoby Brissette. It will always work out for 25 plus even when he looks horrible and the Cardinals will always.

[Andy Holloway]

Lose. Oh, that's the best part. He is. He is good for 300 yards and two touchdowns and a loss every.

[Mike Wright]

Week. Hampton, though, your big triumphant return.

[Jason Moore]

On Monday Night Football against.

[Mike Wright]

Philly.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Without. Maybe without Herbert. That would be a.

[Jason Moore]

Bummer. Yeah. Marvin Harrison Jr. Left early with a heel injury. I.

[Andy Holloway]

Didn'T.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. He was.

[Andy Holloway]

Like. It was weird. It was back in and out of the.

[Jason Moore]

Game. Are we going to get some more.

[Mike Wright]

Wilson? He.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Michael Wilson came back to.

[Jason Moore]

Earth. Yeah. Yeah. According to Twitter, it was our fault Aaron Jones left early with a shoulder injury. Concern is re aggravation of the AC joint sprain from about a month ago. That'd be bad. I mean this would be. Jordan Mason. You're back on a team that can't move the.

[Mike Wright]

Football. Yeah. Mason will I'm sure be on the.

[Jason Moore]

Show. I feel like we could spend the entire show talk in Minnesota if we wanted.

[Mike Wright]

To. Oh.

[Andy Holloway]

Man. Only if we wanted to make everyone unhappy.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And throw up their.

[Mike Wright]

Thanksgiving. Turns out it can get.

[Jason Moore]

Worse. I don't know. Is this true Kyle, for sure that they both McCarthy and Brosmer have a lower pass rating than if you just if spike the ball on every play. Is that because the turnovers count worse than a spike? So I think if the starter just spiked the ball on snap for the entire game, they'd have a higher passer rating than Brosman and.

[Mike Wright]

McCarthy. I've seen that. I mean passer rating is just.

[Jason Moore]

Weird. Well, it's still crazy. Parker Washington left Early with a hip injury. Brian Thomas Jr. Returned. Anyways, the Parker Washington window is probably closed. Dylan Sampson left early with a calf injury for the Browns. And we had. We had a period of the Rams game. Kyron was out and Corum was dominant, looking great. And then Kyron came back to steal a touchdown from him at the end of a drive where Cora moved the football. Also, Kyren is on Papa Josh's.

[Andy Holloway]

Team.

[Jason Moore]

Oh. So something to watch. You guys should keep an eye on the.

[Andy Holloway]

Injuries. He's. He's fine. Woody Marks had a scare as well. Left, went to the locker room with a foot injury, came back and played fine. So I don't think that those are really things that will keep either player out this.

[Jason Moore]

Week. All right, that was. Oh, yeah. And Aaron Rodgers, the nose, wrist and being old, all those.

[Andy Holloway]

Things. What, what was my hope for? You know, I love that they'd.

[Jason Moore]

Missed the playoffs with Rogers for the first.

[Andy Holloway]

Time. For the first time that this would. This in Mike Tomlin's career. When they get Aaron Rodgers, it's going to cause him to not be above 500. And right now they're sitting at.

[Jason Moore]

500. There's a screenshot and amazing. A bunch of people are posting it. It's the best tweet I've seen in a long time. It's just Rogers miserable on the sideline with a busted nose and a bandage on it. And it says, Aaron Rodgers looks like he just tried to rob Kevin McAllister's.

[Mike Wright]

House. And he.

[Jason Moore]

Does. He looks just like he fell into trap. He's the Wet Bandit. Oh, the Wet.

[Mike Wright]

Bandit. Aaron Rodgers. The AF north is. Dude, it's going to be a wild finish because you have. The Ravens are leading the.

[Jason Moore]

Division. They're both six and six with the.

[Mike Wright]

Steelers. Yes. And then the Bengals, who I thought were eliminated a month ago, are technically two games out. And they play Baltimore in two weeks. Like there. There is a.

[Andy Holloway]

Path. The entire. The entire NFL playoff schedule is wild. You had the Colts drop down. You know, they were number one in the NFL and now they're not even leading their division. Jacksonville took that. You've got the number one seed, Bears, where next week, if they.

[Jason Moore]

Lose. Say that.

[Andy Holloway]

Again. The number one seed Bears, if they lose to the packers, they become the seven.

[Jason Moore]

Seed. I mean, from one to.

[Andy Holloway]

Seven. Yeah. I mean, this, this NFL season, I think, has been really awesome with who is fighting for which.

[Jason Moore]

Spots. And you had the big upset this week in Carolina over to the Rams in an impressive way. I mean, they're seven and.

[Andy Holloway]

Six.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. The only consistent thing we have is the Cardinals sucking. Oh, yeah, 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. We'll take a break. We'll hit the.

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

Lowe's. You guys ready to talk.

[Andy Holloway]

Studs?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Top five scorers at the quarterback position this week. Patty Mahomes and Jordan. Love the top two.

[Mike Wright]

Spots. Thanksgiving was awesome.

[Jason Moore]

Football. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Awesome. I know there was a. There was some major duds, including Zay Flowers, who was negative in our.

[Jason Moore]

Scoring. Did you play.

[Andy Holloway]

Him? Yeah, he had like a 40 yard.

[Mike Wright]

Touchdown. Yeah, he had a 40 yard touchdown that got called back because of OPI, which.

[Jason Moore]

Was. Oh, and they took some points away for.

[Mike Wright]

Opi. No, but I'm saying that like that would. That one catch is. You're like, oh, that's 10 plus points for Zay Flowers.

[Andy Holloway]

Instead. No Sunday football. I feel like Sunday.

[Mike Wright]

Stunk. The morning was very.

[Andy Holloway]

Low. Thursday siphoned off all the great.

[Jason Moore]

Football well, the Mahomes love starts were great. The game last night was insane.

[Andy Holloway]

Insane. Marcus.

[Jason Moore]

Fun. Mariota was number three on the.

[Andy Holloway]

Week. And.

[Mike Wright]

Mariota. Yes. I.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Tah. It was sure. If there was just the T.

[Mike Wright]

Was there something about a pronunciation update? I am.

[Andy Holloway]

Not. Collinsworth was hitting that. Oh, man. I mean, that is.

[Mike Wright]

Mariota. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Mari. Marcus Mariota a problem because we've already had Maria.

[Mike Wright]

To. From the.

[Jason Moore]

Commissioner. The commissioner. But nevertheless, number three on the week. Bryce Young back in the top five after a very disappearing act situation last week. But two weeks out of the last three, Bryce Young getting it done. Making big plays in this game against the best defense in football or one of the best with the Rams. And then Trevor Lawrence at 21 points. It was an on week for the Jacksonville.

[Andy Holloway]

Jaguars. They could have done more. It was kind of a shame because they hopped out to such an early lead. Jacksonville just. Tennessee couldn't do anything against them and it was like the game was over in the blink of an.

[Mike Wright]

Eye. I mean, Jacoby has been a very good addition for that.

[Jason Moore]

Team. We don't have a regret of the week segment, but if we did, it would be me insisting on playing the Browns defense and dropping. I dropped Jacksonville to stay with the.

[Andy Holloway]

Browns. They were great. But did anyone pick them.

[Jason Moore]

Up? My.

[Andy Holloway]

Opponent. Oh, he played them against.

[Jason Moore]

You? Yeah. 15 to 2.

[Andy Holloway]

Difference.

[Jason Moore]

So. So. And I had signed Jacksonville a week ahead for this matchup and talked myself into. Especially with the weather in the San Francisco game. And then the Browns defense were. They were handed some turd situations like the. We stopped them. They kick off, they muff the punt and it's a 20 yard field for San Francisco. Those hurt. Who else had a big game? We had Taylor performances.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. You know, was in consideration for a streaming option. And he had. He had a pretty good.

[Mike Wright]

Game. He.

[Jason Moore]

Did. This is us talking you out of.

[Andy Holloway]

It.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. You want us to talk about. You had the gut feeling about to Rod. You did and he got it done and they won. Atlanta also feels pretty bad to be Atlanta right now. They're in the Arizona conversation right.

[Andy Holloway]

Now. Yeah. Where you just need to take everyone that works for the organization and say you are no longer allowed in the.

[Jason Moore]

Building. There are teams in which you need to do the. You know when you got like bedbugs in the house, you got to tint it and fumigate and everything inside dies.

[Andy Holloway]

Respectfully. Respectfully.

[Jason Moore]

Dies. Respectfully died. So you can start with a calm sleep. A calm. Those everlasting.

[Andy Holloway]

Sleep. Those bedbugs, they just go.

[Mike Wright]

99. Yes, they will fix it with their incredibly high draft pick for next year. Right.

[Jason Moore]

Kyle? Oh, they don't have a pick, do.

[Mike Wright]

They? I mean, their pick is paying off of this.

[Andy Holloway]

Year. Not.

[Jason Moore]

Cool. Kyle's not a.

[Andy Holloway]

Fan. Who has their.

[Mike Wright]

Pick? I don't even.

[Jason Moore]

Remember. Kyle, why don't you tell us your.

[Andy Holloway]

Situation? The.

[Jason Moore]

Rams. The.

[Mike Wright]

Rams. Oh, come.

[Jason Moore]

On. The Rams have your pick. The Rams are going to win the super bowl and have your pick. You just lost to the.

[Mike Wright]

Jets. Oh.

[Jason Moore]

Man. Dak. Good week for Dak. He is, I believe, been a top 10 quarterback all but two weeks in the last.

[Mike Wright]

10. That seems.

[Jason Moore]

Right. I think that's right. He was a start of the year as well. And then Jacoby Brissette, I mean, he had like four points in the first half. It didn't matter. It's now seven straight top 12 finishes for Jacoby. I mean, I want people to understand, since the Cardinals made him the starting quarterback, only Josh Allen has more fantasy points than Jacoby.

[Mike Wright]

Brissette. It's.

[Jason Moore]

Wild. So. And you got Harrison back. That helped the numbers a little bit. But Even without Harrison, McBride is just a machine with him. Top five running back scores of the week. Welcome back to the upper tier. Bijan Robinson, he was allowed to.

[Andy Holloway]

Get a touchdown this.

[Jason Moore]

Week.

[Mike Wright]

Permitted? Yeah, just one. Well, to be fair, multiple they gave. They did give him.

[Andy Holloway]

The. They gave him the first shot. He didn't get it. And then Algier got the second.

[Mike Wright]

One. He would have got in on the second.

[Jason Moore]

One. DeAndre Swift with a huge week for Chicago. They could not stop. They cannot be stopped in the running game. Kamani Vidal back up at 20. What does that change the rule with his red light, green light situation? Did we determine the buy? The buy is.

[Mike Wright]

Omitted. Yeah, the buy was.

[Jason Moore]

Omitted. Oh, my gosh. It's so true. 49, 8, 35, 7, 45, 8, 56.

[Andy Holloway]

3. Bench them. And.

[Jason Moore]

Now. So the buy is just irrelevant.

[Mike Wright]

Now. Monday against the.

[Jason Moore]

Eagles. Oh.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. He'll have a horrible with potentially with.

[Mike Wright]

Hampton.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Wow.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. Thank you for your.

[Mike Wright]

Service. Yeah, I mean, Vidal has. I think he. He's interesting in terms of like, has he really played himself into being the insurance running.

[Jason Moore]

Back? Oh, for.

[Mike Wright]

Sure. For. For the Chargers, for the.

[Jason Moore]

Charger. I think they have a tremendous amount of trust with him. Yeah. You had both DeAndre Swift and Manon Guy have huge weeks, by the.

[Mike Wright]

Way.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. And then RJ Harvey with 19.7, Devon HN got the two studies. Chuba Hubbard. Yeah, it's number.

[Andy Holloway]

Five. It's a how are you feeling about that situation, Mike? The Chuba.

[Jason Moore]

Rico. 17 carries for Chuba, 18 for.

[Andy Holloway]

Rico. Sorry.

[Mike Wright]

Mike. It's going to be. It's a timeshare hot hand and Chuba was playing great. Not that Rico was playing poorly, but Chuba got out to the hot start. Yeah, he was already looking good. So they kind of. I feel like they kept with him more than Rico, but in terms of like opportunities, it's like Rico had one more opportunity than.

[Andy Holloway]

Chuba. Yeah, snap wise, it was basically 60, 40, 59% of the snaps for Chuba, 42% for.

[Jason Moore]

Rico. Okay. Derek Henry back into the end zone because it's snowing. And then James Cook, 144 yards rushing, didn't get into the end.

[Mike Wright]

Zone. He's just. He's so.

[Jason Moore]

Good. I mean, he is a workhorse. 32 carries he.

[Mike Wright]

Night. He's getting like this season, he has that mojo of every time James Cook gets the ball. I'm like, oh, here's 10 yards. It's going to happen. It's like, you know, when you're watching Gibbs, you just. You feel like every single touch is going to be to the end zone. He looks that good right.

[Jason Moore]

Now. And a credit. I mean, I think we've said it before, but like when he was holding out for the contract, it was kind of under the idea that he is this and he is.

[Mike Wright]

This.

[Andy Holloway]

Right?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And we thought maybe he wasn't.

[Andy Holloway]

This. He has nine games this season inside the top 10 at the running back on the week. He's. He has. You know, if you have him, you're shockingly high in the.

[Mike Wright]

Standings.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. A.J. brown, 30 points, Rashi Rice, 25. That'll work. A.J. brown, another great week, another great loss with a bunch of production. That's the whole juxtaposition of the thing. They were winning a bunch of games without him. They start feeding him. They've lost two in a.

[Mike Wright]

Row. I think it's just the. They have to feed him because they're.

[Andy Holloway]

Losing. Right? Yeah, that. That is the thing. It's. It's like when the announcers always.

[Mike Wright]

Bring up 30 plus.

[Andy Holloway]

Carries. Yeah. They all. They go undefeated. Whenever they've carried the ball more than 40 times in a game, it's like, that's not why. It's the reason why they got the.

[Mike Wright]

Carries. So, yeah, we got it upside.

[Andy Holloway]

Down. When the Eagles are down, they've got to throw. And then A.J. brown is better. When the Eagles are dominating an opponent, they don't need to throw and A.J. brown does worse. It's. You want the Eagles to play against teams that could score on them. So this next week, Chargers. Okay. If Herbert is back and okay then the playoffs. The Raiders. Oh, the Commanders. Maybe championship week with the Bills. That's.

[Mike Wright]

Good.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. Don Tavian Wicks at number three on the week. Jameson Williams at 4. CD Lamb at 5. Don Tavian Wicks the. The target share. It's been pretty good. 29, 8, 19.

[Andy Holloway]

25. I mean Wicks has always been someone that we've. He is awesome. He's a very talented guy. Yeah. So good at getting open. We've just said he needs to learn how to catch and if he's catching the targets that, I mean he's. He could be very good for. For fantasy. But Jameson Williams is really the. The story right now. The my guy.

[Jason Moore]

Redemption. Son of a.

[Andy Holloway]

Gun. I mean he, he has been incredible. Amon RA is out. This is three out of the last four weeks where he's top.

[Mike Wright]

Ten. Oh my.

[Jason Moore]

Gosh. Such a good.

[Andy Holloway]

Looking.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Game log minus the.

[Andy Holloway]

Goose. It's funny because if you take. You look at like they have two gooses. Quentin Johnston has like the exact opposite or Rome. Rome is even a better example where the exact opposite of Jamo. Rome got out to such a hot start on the season. The first month of the season, he was the. Rome was the wide receiver. 3. And you just go, it's here, it's happened. The breakout. It's.

[Mike Wright]

Done. Touchdown aggression hit.

[Andy Holloway]

Nasty. Yeah. And then it's like, oh, and he stinks. But you don't view him as negatively on the season as you do Jameson Williams who's just as good or not, if not.

[Jason Moore]

Better. So in the last five weeks, Jameson Williams in points per game with a goose number three. So JSN number one, Devonte Adams, who can't stop.

[Andy Holloway]

Scoring. Can't.

[Mike Wright]

Stop. It's.

[Jason Moore]

Crazy. Scoring. Who has eight touchdowns in the last five weeks. And then Jamo is number three ahead of Pickens and Collins and London and Puka and Rice on the.

[Andy Holloway]

Season. I just looked it up. Jameson Williams is ahead of Roma Dunes a now.

[Mike Wright]

On. Yeah, it makes.

[Jason Moore]

Sense. I can't just be happy with any of it though. Because if you do, if I show just a sign of optimism, he'll put me in my.

[Andy Holloway]

Place. Yeah, he'll goose. He'll goose.

[Jason Moore]

You. He'll goose the heck out of.

[Mike Wright]

Me. And then Christian Watson. The last two weeks is all.

[Jason Moore]

33. Start of the week.

[Mike Wright]

33%. 36% on the target share.

[Jason Moore]

So. Yeah. And you always have the huge play. They're going to take their shots every.

[Mike Wright]

Game. If you're getting it's like Jameson Williams now with Almond raw out of like if you're going to see a high 20%, even a 30% target share and you can hit a home run like that's. That's wild for.

[Jason Moore]

Fantasy. Yeah. It's really hard to go four quarters with a target share like that and hold a big play down. You normally get one. CD Lamb seven for one 12. That was.

[Andy Holloway]

Nice.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Good to see Pickens 13 targets to Lamb's nine. They are true. Wide receiver one, wide receiver.

[Mike Wright]

One.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Devonte Adams with two more touchdowns. He has 15 targets inside the five yard line. Nine have been touchdowns. He is a huge reason why Stafford's an MVP consideration. Just because you know, this was Kyren's domain permanently. And now the. The number one option is what's the coverage on Adams? If it's anything that we like at all, that's our first.

[Andy Holloway]

Choice. Yeah. If you can design one on one coverage for Adams, it's like an 80% that that's a touchdown. You just go to him. He has the most targets inside the five of any player since targets became a.

[Mike Wright]

Stat. Oh my.

[Andy Holloway]

Gosh. And what weaker we. We've still got a lot of stats here. Yes. Yes. Fifteen. I mean that's. That's.

[Jason Moore]

Outrageous. Yeah. It's amazing. Devon Vale, eight targets, eight for 93 and a.

[Andy Holloway]

Two. He was making me so angry because it wasn't Olave. Yes. And Olave, you dropped a game winning 35 yard touchdown. It just right through your.

[Mike Wright]

Hands. Well, I don't.

[Jason Moore]

Know. Did.

[Mike Wright]

He. Is it a drop if it just goes.

[Andy Holloway]

Swish? That's true. It was more like a basket. Yeah, that's exactly what it was. It was like he held a.

[Jason Moore]

Basket. I'm going to go watch it.

[Mike Wright]

Because I my son, when he just.

[Andy Holloway]

Went right through the.

[Mike Wright]

Arms. It was a play that a superstar has to make when or just.

[Andy Holloway]

A NFL wide receiver Bailey would have caught.

[Mike Wright]

It. That's a hard.

[Jason Moore]

Catch. Yeah. When it happened my son said this source drop I've ever seen. That's what he.

[Andy Holloway]

Said. Yeah. It's like he didn't put his.

[Jason Moore]

Arms together which is part of.

[Andy Holloway]

Catching.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Terry McClure and looked great last night against Denver. 14 targets, 7 for 96. Maybe Terry, if he's. If you look on your bench you're like oh yeah, I still got Terry. Maybe he'll matter for these playoffs. Nico. Jacoby.

[Mike Wright]

Myers. Jacoby Myers.

[Jason Moore]

Man. And then doubting Alec Pierce proved a mistake this week. Four for 78 and a.

[Mike Wright]

Touchdown. The touchdown was a man touchdown too. Yeah, it was a good.

[Jason Moore]

Catch. Brock Bowers is good at.

[Andy Holloway]

Football.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Number one score at tight end. Trey McBride, Zach Ertz, Travis Kelsey and Britain strange. The top five.

[Andy Holloway]

There. Yeah. Britain Strange, I think is these other guys. Obviously, if you've got Kelsey, Bowers, McBride, you're set. You're going to start him every week. But Strange to me is interesting because this is a guy that coming into the season we thought would be important for targets coming. He got injured since he's back from the injury. 5 for 93 and then 3 for 45 and a touchdown. He's been a top five tight end the last two.

[Jason Moore]

Weeks. Parker Washington now.

[Andy Holloway]

Hurt. Yeah. So he's very interesting. You got to remember how much they used Evan Ingram last year. And I realized the targets and the yardage weren't great this week. But also it was, it was what I was saying. Like they got out to such a big lead so early and Tennessee couldn't do anything. They stopped passing the ball. They really didn't need to put up any more offensive scoring. So they're not going to play the, you know, next week is the Colts. That to me is a, is a great matchup for Brenton Strange and.

[Mike Wright]

He won't show up on the fantasy sheet. But guys, that Traylon Burks catch, it must, it must be celebrated. Yeah, that catch was.

[Jason Moore]

Boss. That's, that's the key part of a story to my grandkids if I'm trailing.

[Mike Wright]

Burks. Yeah, for.

[Jason Moore]

Sure. Like I made, I made the NFL. I was a first round pick. Then on Sunday kind of flamed out. And then I got another.

[Andy Holloway]

Chance. Yeah, watch this.

[Jason Moore]

Play. Watch this play. That's what I was capable.

[Mike Wright]

Of. Did they say it was his? Yeah. And he's on the Commanders. Every one of you. That was that his second touchdown of his.

[Andy Holloway]

Career? I want to say it's his.

[Jason Moore]

Third. Do you know how many shots they took at him in which he was so not open the rest of the game? I was shocked how many times they took downfield.

[Andy Holloway]

Shots. I am still rostering him in Dynasty. No, that.

[Jason Moore]

Was. No about.

[Andy Holloway]

That. That was.

[Mike Wright]

His. That guy. Did you see that.

[Andy Holloway]

Catch? That was his second career touchdown. Well, receiving touchdown. He has a rushing.

[Jason Moore]

Touchdown. I mean, I think it just proves that the Titans were right. That trade was worth it. Who'd they give up.

[Andy Holloway]

Again? A.J. brown. Okay, okay. And they replaced.

[Jason Moore]

Him. That was a, that was just a pick.

[Andy Holloway]

Trade. It was a one for one. It was. It was. We're not going to pay A.J. brown like a wide receiver one when we can trade him for a pick that becomes the next AJ Brown and Traylon.

[Mike Wright]

Burks. It was one for one. And then we got the. We got that. The shot of Variable being so angry. So.

[Jason Moore]

Angry. He knew. All right, let's go ahead and talk. Disappointing performances for week.

[Andy Holloway]

13. Pooped in his big boy.

[Jason Moore]

Pants. There are. There are some conversations to be.

[Andy Holloway]

Had. Oh.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Starting with the litmus test. We said it before the week that if Lamar Jackson at home against Cincinnati gives you a.

[Andy Holloway]

Dud, you need to sit him down. I mean, that is for the.

[Mike Wright]

Playoffs.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, we don't hit the panic.

[Mike Wright]

Alarm. The reddest light I've ever.

[Jason Moore]

Seen. Is it? Yeah. Your rods and cones were all.

[Mike Wright]

Messed up that I almost went full seizure right.

[Andy Holloway]

There.

[Mike Wright]

Guys. What was that? That seems so.

[Jason Moore]

Different. Don't want to go.

[Andy Holloway]

Half.

[Mike Wright]

Really?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Try it again.

[Mike Wright]

Andy.

[Andy Holloway]

No.

[Mike Wright]

No. I don't know. This light up in the corner is hitting me.

[Jason Moore]

Different. He's not.

[Andy Holloway]

Wrong. I did change it. Very.

[Jason Moore]

Observant. Is that redder than ever? It. It's.

[Andy Holloway]

Redder. One light that points right at Mike.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I felt.

[Jason Moore]

Like. It felt like I was in a.

[Andy Holloway]

Submarine. It broke and I had to.

[Jason Moore]

Rebuild it, so it's.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. I have a.

[Jason Moore]

Kramer. Yeah. Yeah. My rods and my cones are all messed up. Lamar Jackson 17 for 32. Like.

[Mike Wright]

246. Whatever the toe injury or that he's dealing with, it's. It is affecting.

[Jason Moore]

Him. This is the kind of game where the season ends and then, like, Lamar's having surgery tomorrow, and I don't know what's going on. Six point, 7.7 points. Your prescription for the playoffs for Lamar Jackson is.

[Andy Holloway]

What? I think you need to bench him until he. Until he shows something better. Put it this way. The last three weeks while he's been hurt and struggling with his injuries, who has more fantasy points? Oh, Lamar Jackson or Shador.

[Mike Wright]

Sanders? No.

[Jason Moore]

Way. Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Brother. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. No.

[Andy Holloway]

Way.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. No.

[Andy Holloway]

Way. That's a real problem. Shador Sanders is the answer. And so it's like, would you play? I mean, obviously Lamar has. Is an mvp. Amazing, talented guy who can go out there and win a championship for you. And I still think that that's in the range of outcomes. He gets healthier in the next couple of weeks when the fantasy playoffs come, but I feel like you have to wait and see it happen before you can't go out and win in the playoffs. There's going to be seven points from your quarterback. If you put seven points up from your quarterback in the playoffs against other good teams, you, you're probably out of the.

[Mike Wright]

Playoffs. But I mean there's going to be people who have to win be they will be winning in this week with.

[Jason Moore]

Lamar. Yeah. And you play, you play somebody.

[Mike Wright]

Else.

[Jason Moore]

It's. That is you can't go down with this. This is going to be this. We're going to have the same conversation about Justin Jefferson in a.

[Mike Wright]

Minute. Jefferson I think is a much easier bench. But I do not envy anyone who has to make that Lamar.

[Jason Moore]

Decision. This was the test for me of guaranteed benching and he put up seven.

[Andy Holloway]

Points.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. The win and in situation and the potential, I will say that Lamar Jackson goes nuclear on your bench is if that makes people quit fantasy.

[Jason Moore]

Football. If Isaiah likely doesn't.

[Mike Wright]

Fumble.

[Jason Moore]

Right. That's a big touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

Pass. Yes. And it's not say Flowers had a touchdown as.

[Jason Moore]

Well. Jason said it. It's not like it can't go right. It's. This is three in a row. This is ice cold. This is something you're not running the football right. I mean that's the baseline that you're normally guaranteed 10 to 15 on running.

[Andy Holloway]

Alone. The baseline for Lamar Jackson that makes him so special is that he is going out there on a season and he's rushing for 700 to 1,000 rushing yards. That's. That's his, that's his season.

[Jason Moore]

Totals. Not the.

[Andy Holloway]

272. He's on pace for exactly 272 rushing yards. That's. I mean that's not even.

[Jason Moore]

Remotely. Alex Smith could pass.

[Andy Holloway]

That. Yeah. For.

[Jason Moore]

Sure. It's awful. And then, you know, a lot of blame goes to the offensive coordinator. But holy crap. Jalen hurts was not good in this game. Time after time, the throws were just off 19 for.

[Andy Holloway]

34.

[Jason Moore]

Sorry. I don't know what's worse. Jason singing or Papa Josh being so happy he did. I don't know. Jalen hurts. Let's put it this way. Three of the last four weeks he's been outside the top 12 for your. For your quarterback. So this is not Lamar Jackson level of. Of let you down. But this is also not when you weak type of.

[Andy Holloway]

Stuff. Yeah, I'm not, I'm not really too worried about Jalen Hurts. He, he's still able to run the ball. He's not banged up like Lamar. You're going to have tush push touchdown opportunities whenever they're on the one yard Line is just a bad game and a bad run. But while I different than he.

[Jason Moore]

Used to be in terms of. Yeah, like the rushing yardage is the lowest of his.

[Andy Holloway]

Career. Yeah, he, he runs and I hate to say this, but he has a lot more cowardice than he used to. Maybe wisdom, we'll call it.

[Mike Wright]

Wisdom. Okay, there we.

[Jason Moore]

Go. Big difference between those words.

[Andy Holloway]

Man.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. One is pretty.

[Andy Holloway]

Bad. I think in his mind he's being smarter and in my mind being.

[Jason Moore]

Weak. So his average, just to give you perspective over the last four years. So it's a four year sample, not counting this year. He's averaging 700 rushing yards on the year. He's on pace for 460 right now. So that's a pretty big change in the, you know, the floor, I guess. Yeah, four hertz. He's still the quarterback. Four on the year. But his consistency level. Do you know what it.

[Andy Holloway]

Is? I would guess, I would guess.

[Jason Moore]

A, B. Yeah, It's C. It's 47% of games over 20. He's now below 50, 50 over 20. So it's just something to pay attention to because it's on him. Like, I mean, there was a slant route to devonte Smith that he.

[Andy Holloway]

Just missed the wide open Dallas. God, there was literally in the middle of the field with no one on him for a walk in touchdown. I mean, he could have underhand thrown it 30 yards and let defenders try to catch up and he would have got a.

[Mike Wright]

Touchdown. So when you no longer have the dog, you're just, you're.

[Andy Holloway]

Wise. Yeah, yeah, he's. I mean, because it's, it's really, it's a choice. It's like. And if you look at the way Josh Allen plays. Josh Allen, he will go after every extra yard he can get. He is still, he still runs unwise and. Well, he's too.

[Mike Wright]

Much. Allen has like £25 on.

[Jason Moore]

Him. Yeah, I mean, Cam Newton, Josh Allen is. They're the same thing. Yeah, I don't think this is. I just think everything is off right now with Philly's offense. I mean, you can look, you can start with Saquon and the ability to run the football on big runs. You and just point to Lane Johnson. I mean, Lane Johnson's. When they don't have him. Have you seen their record? I mean, their record is sub 500. So Josh Allen did have a down.

[Andy Holloway]

Week. That was just the running game destroying the Steelers. I mean, when didn't they run for like 300 yards or something?

[Mike Wright]

Insane. James Cook was what, 30 carries.

[Jason Moore]

32. 32. And Matthew Stafford, down week as well, had the two turnovers, which one was returned for a touchdown. They end up losing basically because of those turnovers. Caleb Williams, he's had six top 10 weeks, six QB 20 or worse, and never finishes in the.

[Mike Wright]

Middle. Caleb Williams on the season is completing 58% of his passes. Like, I knew it was rough, especially this, this last six weeks or so. I didn't realize it was that bad. 58%. That's not.

[Jason Moore]

Acceptable. That's not.

[Andy Holloway]

Good. You're not going to win with that. I think they, you know, it's probably because he's targeting Rome so.

[Mike Wright]

Much. Got to go to Mr. Loveland. Love.

[Andy Holloway]

Land. Rome is under 50% on his targets, on his.

[Mike Wright]

Catches. Catch percent.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I think it's because Caleb, when he snaps, it sprints full.

[Mike Wright]

Speed. Oh, crap, oh.

[Andy Holloway]

Crap. Oh.

[Jason Moore]

Crap. In a diagonal pattern and then uses rocket arm to just chuck it like everyone at.

[Mike Wright]

Home. Next time you watch the Bears play, just start doing that in your head after every every.

[Andy Holloway]

Snap. When he gets the ball and he drops back in the pocket to make those sounds, say it. Give his inner monologue a voice. And it is so much fun to.

[Jason Moore]

Watch. Caleb, PPR fantasy tips tweeted this out. He said Rome. Rome only has two drop passes on the year. Only 46 of the 84 targets have been catchable for Roma.

[Andy Holloway]

Dunes. Yeah, I mean.

[Jason Moore]

He. So that's 55. 45. Uncatchable.

[Andy Holloway]

Uncatchable. Rome had that route that he cooked. The defender got wide open for a touchdown. Caleb found him late in the play and missed him. Threw it where he couldn't catch.

[Jason Moore]

It. Yeah, into the dirt. All right, we'll take a break. We'll come back with running.

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

20.

[Jason Moore]

Sheesh. On the year, he's the running back. What? Guess it. Guess the number.

[Mike Wright]

20. Oh, you're going that. I was going to say like.

[Jason Moore]

17, 16 and one game of 17 + fantasy points on the year. So, I mean, he had nine last year that like.

[Andy Holloway]

That. He is on pace. He's played the whole season, 12 games played. He's their workhorse, getting everything. And he is on pace for 10, 48 yards. That's it. Just barely getting to 1,000 yards. And this is a guy who last year, if they didn't bench him in week 18, probably would have broken the all time rushing record. It's, it's not been the same. I don't think it's going to get back to last year. You probably don't have Lane Johnson for any of the our purposes rest of the fantasy season left. So I don't know. You're just going to have to keep playing him. But you aren't going to win a championship because of him.

[Jason Moore]

Right? Yeah. Travis etn, Ash and Genti, the running backs for the Chiefs, Kenneth Gainwell. Any major concerns with anybody from that group like.

[Mike Wright]

Genti? I mean Genti, it is what it is. You're just, you're trying to take PPR points at the this point. The schedule for Genti is about as brutal as you can get. Denver at Philly at Houston, I mean you're, you better be praying for some pass interference in the end.

[Jason Moore]

Zone. Yeah. Kenneth Gainwell did not get it.

[Mike Wright]

Going. No. Gainwell was the. The lack of targets for Gainwell in a game you're losing multiple touchdowns was odd. The Rogers probably should not have.

[Jason Moore]

Played. Did Rogers come back? Yeah, after the injury he.

[Mike Wright]

Shouldn'T. He should not have played. I mean, well, I guess if you're the man of mystery came in master of disguise and he's just, he's not good.

[Jason Moore]

Either. Jackson, Smith and Jigba, four targets, two for 23. There was, you know, some comments about what happened. Basically, you know, Sam Darnold just made the best decisions for the team. Flores was doing stuff to take away jsn. No one's really been able to take away jsn. But in this game they handled Minnesota quite.

[Andy Holloway]

Easily. Minnesota came knowing if we win this game, which is an important game for us, it will be our defense. Their defense.

[Mike Wright]

Played. Defense played.

[Andy Holloway]

Great. Played great despite, you know, by the end of the game they gave up a lot of points because of the situation of the game. But their defense was really, really, really good. And JSN had a down week and that will be his final down week of the.

[Jason Moore]

Season. His previous down week was 79 receiving yards, which is wild. And then Justin Jefferson, I mean that's pretty loud. That's pretty loud. Justin Jefferson, two catches for four yards. I think a goose might have felt.

[Mike Wright]

Better. Yeah, a little bit more cathartic. Those are two for fours that you didn't win because you had two for.

[Jason Moore]

Four. Two for four is just a slap in the.

[Mike Wright]

Face. It really.

[Jason Moore]

Is. You want to catch? Check this.

[Mike Wright]

Out. Fine. Fine.

[Jason Moore]

Man. I mean, goodness gracious. He was averaging 12.9 fantasy points per game with Carson. Wentz starts, which. That's good. Not great. Right? That's not. That's not wide receiver one. That's just outside of it. In the seven starts with Brosmer and McCarthy, he's averaging 8.4. I mean, ew. And look, this was a guy who 6 weeks ago we said, boy, their schedule is great for pass catchers. I mean, this is full. We talked about it at length last week. This is full deletion of Justin Jefferson. Yeah, this is what we talked about happened with a handful of other elite hall of Fame wide receivers in the past, from Larry Fitzgerald to Steve Smith to DeAndre Hopkins, even Calvin Johnson. They get a year like this. He didn't talk to the media afterwards. I don't blame him. I don't even know where you go. I mean, at this point, there is one purpose for the Minnesota season. 1. And it is the maximum amount of games for J.J. mcCarthy to figure out how to be a quarterback that is not a third string arena football.

[Mike Wright]

Quarterback. Yeah. Unfortunately, that is what has. That's the only thing that Minnesota could play for.

[Jason Moore]

Now. And I've got a tip. I've got actually some.

[Mike Wright]

Tips. For.

[Jason Moore]

Who? For JJ McCarthy. It's a simple one. It's the Joe Flacco plan. Throw the ball to Justin Jefferson on every.

[Mike Wright]

Play. Every.

[Andy Holloway]

Play. That's good advice, man. That's really good.

[Jason Moore]

Advice. I promise it will work out the best of all your.

[Andy Holloway]

Throws. They did. They did target him six times. You might see the 4 yards and think they didn't, but he caught 33% of his passes in the last five weeks. Who has more.

[Mike Wright]

Points? Oh.

[Andy Holloway]

No. Justin.

[Mike Wright]

Jefferson. Or should do.

[Jason Moore]

Or. That's what I thought you were going to.

[Andy Holloway]

Say. Or Don Tavian.

[Mike Wright]

Wicks. Oh, well, I mean, that one doesn't even surprise.

[Jason Moore]

Me.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. Greg Dorch.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. Yeah. Okay. Keep.

[Andy Holloway]

Going. Greg Dorch has more.

[Jason Moore]

Yoshivas. There you.

[Andy Holloway]

Go. Jalen Coker. Yeah, Jalen's behind.

[Jason Moore]

Him.

[Mike Wright]

The. The good news for McCarthy is I can't imagine that anyone in Minnesota will be clamoring to like, hey, well, we got to see what Max has. Put him in the game. We got to see what the. The backup has nothing for you. He has nothing to offer you. You just put McCarthy in, you take all the lumps. It's going to be brutal and painful, but it's the only path.

[Andy Holloway]

Forward. Yeah, I think you really, genuinely need to put the entire, like, from here on out, when you get nine back on the field, you really need to make it a passing game plan. Like, yes, you need to go out there not trying to protect or hide.

[Mike Wright]

9.

[Andy Holloway]

Nope. You need to go out there and say, okay, we're a pass first team. Now you're going to go out there, you're going to sling it 35, 45 times a game and figure this crap.

[Jason Moore]

Out. Yeah. And you need for your confidence having a 350 yard game. I don't care if you throw 50%.

[Andy Holloway]

Passing.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Have a 300 yard game. Get some confidence and give yourself a shot at not wasting the pick entirely. Because, you know, I was worried that any injury or anything taking him off the field. Now you don't go into the offseason with the current JJ McCarthy and he's your plan. So your only way for him to be part of your plan to compete, because that's the best case scenario is that he'll be in a competition that's his best case with somebody that they sign. By the way, there's another conversation to be had about Zay Flowers, because Zay Flower don't look at the game log, you'll throw up. If you look at the game log for the year he is now, he's averaging fewer points per game each year since his rookie season, 10.5 to 10.1 to 9.5. His consistency is a D 29% of the time. He's over 10 and a half.

[Andy Holloway]

Points. Do you remember our conversations about Lamar.

[Jason Moore]

Jackson?

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Yeah, that's part of, the, part of the issue here is the. You've got Zay Flowers as the wide receiver one for the Baltimore Ravens and that's usually an awesome thing. That's a great offense. They're not really a good offense right.

[Jason Moore]

Now. Well, they have. Bateman's been out, right? Or did he come back? He came back in week 13, I think. And did he play in week.

[Andy Holloway]

14? It's.

[Jason Moore]

Not. Sorry.

[Mike Wright]

No. 13.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. So he did come.

[Mike Wright]

Back.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. He played the full game because he had missed a couple weeks. Ameca Buka, eight targets, four for 42 and a brutal.

[Andy Holloway]

Drop. He's. We were talking about.

[Jason Moore]

Him. Don't tell me what you.

[Andy Holloway]

Said. Well, it was, it was one.

[Mike Wright]

Of those things we don't say on this.

[Andy Holloway]

Podcast. Yeah, I mean, he got off to such a hot start as a rookie that you just immediately said superstar. Unbelievable. Going to be a generational talent, really. If you look, if you take those, if you take those first five weeks out where he had touchdowns like crazy, he has been not start worthy like at all. I mean, you're talking about from that point on he's averaging seven fantasy points. He would be on a 17 game pace in his last seven games of 840.

[Jason Moore]

Yards. I'm looking at it. It's terrible. And 153.

[Andy Holloway]

Targets. Yeah. And honestly, it's weird now, he did get hurt too. He got banged up hamstring in.

[Jason Moore]

Week seven and we didn't know how much that.

[Andy Holloway]

Mattered. I feel like he's had a handful of bad drops which. He's got great.

[Jason Moore]

Hands. His catch percentage is insane. His, when you started the year, he was catching.

[Andy Holloway]

Everything.

[Jason Moore]

Everything. And the last what, six weeks? 42% catch.

[Andy Holloway]

Rate.

[Jason Moore]

Yikes. So you know it's not working. No, I'd rather have him than Rome for.

[Mike Wright]

Fantasy. I mean right now what's, what's Mike Evans status like? If we get him on the field, are we going to see better?

[Jason Moore]

Igbuka? I think Godwin's acclimation is going.

[Mike Wright]

To be good for a buca because.

[Jason Moore]

Godwin really ramped up this.

[Mike Wright]

Week. Yeah, he had a solid.

[Jason Moore]

Game. Dropped the easiest touchdown I've ever.

[Mike Wright]

Seen. You thought that was easy, brother? It was one of those ones where there's like hands in the way.

[Jason Moore]

Though. No, no.

[Mike Wright]

Excuses.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. Clean into the.

[Mike Wright]

Bread. He should have caught.

[Jason Moore]

It. Yeah, I just go watch it again. It's no Olave, don't get me wrong. DK Metcalf, does he.

[Andy Holloway]

Suck? Yeah. Next.

[Jason Moore]

Question. Brian Thomas Jr. Does he.

[Mike Wright]

Suck?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Let's play a game of does he.

[Mike Wright]

Suck? I was still laughing at DK Metcalf. I'm sorry, I just want all to join.

[Jason Moore]

Me. Just laugh a couple more.

[Mike Wright]

Times. There it.

[Jason Moore]

Is. DK Metcalf, who's on your team.

[Mike Wright]

Right?

[Andy Holloway]

Metcalf. He's on the.

[Jason Moore]

Bench.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I just thought the irony of him being on your team and the laughter is.

[Andy Holloway]

Great. DK, Mike.

[Jason Moore]

Caf. Brian Thomas Jr. 2 for 28. This is a game where Jacoby Myers and Britain Strange both had big games. Does Brian Thomas Jr.

[Mike Wright]

Suck? No, no, no, no. He's just not as good.

[Jason Moore]

As. Is he trying it on pretty. Jalen Waddle, 3 for 40. Devonte Smith 5 for 48. Michael Wilson, 3 for 36. And then. For goodness sakes. Can I talk you out of Ricky Pearsall? Yeah, by.

[Andy Holloway]

Now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Honestly, Mike talked me out of Ricky Pearsall last week when he brought up the. Something we should have seen earlier. But the kind of breakout games early in this season for Ricky Piersol.

[Jason Moore]

Were. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Skittle. It was the Abu effect. No, Jennings, where it's Pearsall's the first round pick. This is what he was supposed to be driving. When you feel like you're seeing it happen, you do want to buy in. Because honestly, when you see those things happen with young players, buying in as fast as you can works more than it.

[Jason Moore]

Does. No, it does. It was just two games, though. That's the hard part. We just didn't see a.

[Andy Holloway]

Lot. And those games were minus Jennings. And then the one game that Jennings was there early in the season, Pierce all didn't have a good game and Jennings did. It really. It.

[Jason Moore]

Really. It's not a really good way to talk about Jennings, but I wish I.

[Mike Wright]

Could. No, we got.

[Jason Moore]

It.

[Mike Wright]

The. If you didn't see the. The.

[Andy Holloway]

Commentary.

[Mike Wright]

Who. I don't remember who the player was. Kyle. Forget his name. But there was someone commented.

[Jason Moore]

About words that Malik.

[Andy Holloway]

Collins.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. That. That Jennings. Or topics that. That Jennings chooses to bring up on the field that are. I mean, a lot of stuff gets said on a field, things that you don't mean. I mean, just hurtful, hateful things because you're trying to psych out your opponent. But we all know there's a.

[Jason Moore]

Line. There's a.

[Mike Wright]

Line. Even. Even in the grossest mucky muck, there's still a line you don't cross. Apparently, Jennings does cross that.

[Jason Moore]

Line. Collins said that he thought it was appropriate what happened to him last.

[Andy Holloway]

Week. And if you. If you don't remember, Jennings was who got punched in the.

[Mike Wright]

Nards.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And he got punched in the nards due to what he said. Now I don't know what he said. It hasn't been reported what he.

[Jason Moore]

Said. I.

[Andy Holloway]

Don'T. I really want to know because what could you say that gets you punched in the nards? And then have other players be like, that dude should have got punched in the.

[Jason Moore]

Nards. Yeah. He's like, I understand why and I want it.

[Andy Holloway]

Known. Yeah. He's like, I'm surprised someone hasn't punched him in the.

[Jason Moore]

Jaw. Yeah. Crazy.

[Andy Holloway]

Crazy. We got to figure.

[Mike Wright]

Out. I love that storyline.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Well, think about what would make you punch somebody in the nards. And it probably was one of those.

[Andy Holloway]

Things. I don't know if words. I mean, I guess maybe.

[Mike Wright]

It'S. I mean, it's. It's got to be.

[Jason Moore]

Family. I.

[Mike Wright]

Hope. Like, you're crossing the line. Talk about people's.

[Jason Moore]

Families. If that happens, though, and you drop to one knee and punch me in the narrative, that's just funny in and of itself. What did you say? Hi. All right. Arande Gadsden one for 27. You know, it was close to a touchdown. The catch, it was like on the goal line. I don't know what to think about Gadsden in the moment. Jason, any.

[Andy Holloway]

Thoughts? Yeah, I mean, how are you.

[Jason Moore]

Going to pick which tight end to start? Because you got Waller back out on the.

[Andy Holloway]

Field. That's. That's my.

[Jason Moore]

Pick. You got. Oh, so now you're to.

[Andy Holloway]

Waller. Yep. I traded for Waller for the playoffs and it's good, but you traded.

[Jason Moore]

For Gadsden for the.

[Andy Holloway]

Playoffs. Well, after I lost Waller, I didn't know I was getting Waller back. But yeah, Waller was my original tight end. Bet Mark.

[Jason Moore]

Andrews. Oh, the guy's also in the.

[Andy Holloway]

Segment. Correct it. Tight end has been a struggle bus this year. If you didn't. If you didn't get one of those great top guys, it's. It's tough in the streets.

[Jason Moore]

Man. No, it really is, because chasing is what. Chasing feels the most right thing to do at tight end. And it's not the right thing to do. It just feels like when you put a guy into your lineup that just performed, it feels.

[Andy Holloway]

Good. Matchups at the tight end position, you know, when. When you are not locked into a McBride of Bowers more than any other position, you really want to play the matchups. You know, Dalton Schultz is a good example where I was like, bench him against Philly, play him against Indy, that they both work. Gadsden now plays Philly, who you're not going to play Gadsden this, this next week. Following that is the Chiefs, who are, I believe, number six against tight.

[Jason Moore]

Ends. So you've looked into this like a.

[Andy Holloway]

Professional.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. The one thing I'll say about Andrews, who was 4 for 47, is the exploit of the Chiefs tight ends or the Bengals tight end situation. It was still there. Like Isaiah likely was 5 for 95 and almost had a long touchdown catch that he fumbled in the end zone. And 4 for 47 is not the end of the world. He didn't get the touchdown we thought he'd get. But that's. That's 10 for about 130 yards, 140 yards for the tight end position against Cincinnati. It is still quite.

[Andy Holloway]

Exploitable. Yeah, I mean, I. So I've got right now on my roster, I got Mark Andrews, Gadsden and Waller and I'm looking at the playoff schedule and I'm really trying to find that Cincy matchup. And wouldn't you know it, that's basically. It's the Miami Dolphins and the Baltimore Ravens have The two easiest tight end. Okay, schedules for the playoffs. Both of them get to play Cincinnati in the. In.

[Jason Moore]

The. Who cares if you can't find a tight end during the year? If you find them during the.

[Andy Holloway]

Playoff, that's all you need. Well, if you make the playoffs, which Hunter Henry? Hunter the Hunter? Don't you do me.

[Jason Moore]

Dirty. He was your number.

[Andy Holloway]

One. He was my start of the week last.

[Mike Wright]

Week. Championship week for the who plays Cincinnati Arizona. Trey McBride. Championship week. We are lined up, Mr. McBride. We are lined.

[Jason Moore]

Up. Now. Will that be Kyler, though?

[Andy Holloway]

Wow. I don't even think that.

[Mike Wright]

Matters. Yeah, don't. No, it.

[Andy Holloway]

Matters. Well, yeah, okay. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

We. Have you seen these.

[Andy Holloway]

Numbers?

[Mike Wright]

Someone. I read the tweet. I'm sorry, I don't remember who pointed it out. Whether it's like Trey McBride has more touchdowns in the seven games that Jacoby Brissette has started than he has in his entire career with Kyler.

[Jason Moore]

Murray. Wow. Like, if you don't think that's a Kyler problem, if you don't think a quarterback matters, just ask Justin Jefferson. That was Studs and Duds presented by Lowe's Lows Nos. Sundays are for NFL football. Earn your Sunday with Lowe's, official partner of the NFL waiver wire. Tomorrow, enjoy the Monday Night Football game and know that somewhere in Arizona, a man will be huddled down and his name will be Jason. And he will be praying that Hunter Henry takes the night off. Take.

[Andy Holloway]

Care. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on jointhefoot.com and follow us on.

[Jason Moore]

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