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Andy Holloway
Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright. Welcome in.
Jason Moore
Tuesday, November 25th. Mike Wright, Jason Moore, Andy Holloway, the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. Welcome in one and all. It is Megalodon week. We have a Megalodon episode for you tomorrow. All of the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday content jammed into one extra large shark.
Andy Holloway
I plan on going to sleep at noon today in preparation.
Jason Moore
Is that different than.
Andy Holloway
Yeah, I don't usually go to bed at noon. That's a little touch you did for.
Jason Moore
A few years, based on our eating choices at lunch.
Andy Holloway
Oh, that's true. But that was a nap. I meant like full bedtime.
Jason Moore
I will never forget driving back in the early days of the Fantasy footballers to our upstairs office, also known as the bedroom, and it's upstate. And Mike and I would be sitting in the front because you were always so gracious to give the taller, manlier men the front seats.
Andy Holloway
Well, I wanted to stretch out and.
Jason Moore
We'D be driving back and talking and trying to strategize, build the company. And I'd look in my rear view mirror.
Andy Holloway
I'm telling you, I don't remember any of this.
Jason Moore
You don't, do you?
Andy Holloway
No, I know.
Jason Moore
And you'd sit in the middle, and so you'd be right in that rearview mirror, and I'd see your head back.
Andy Holloway
Yeah, that's called the raising Cane's delight.
Jason Moore
Yeah. And you would. Ironically, he'd sound a little bit like a Megalodon.
Mike Wright
Truly a delight in the backseat.
Jason Moore
But no, we got a lot of stuff to talk about. It is waiver day. It is week 13 in the NFL season. We had some Sweats last night in our league of record with the Carolina 49er football game.
Mike Wright
What was that?
Jason Moore
Sir?
Andy Holloway
Not a lot of fun. What?
Mike Wright
What Sir?
Andy Holloway
Sir.
Mike Wright
First and goal Roger on the one and we have Rico doubt and we're like you know what we're going to do. They'll never see this coming. Interception. What are you doing?
Jason Moore
Well, both were a big part of the night. They were five of them.
Andy Holloway
Brock Purdy had three first half interceptions which is why it was such a close game at 20 to 9. This was not. This was a real boring.
Jason Moore
Any changes of opinion on Ricky Pearsall? I mean we're now twice.
Andy Holloway
Yeah. I mean this is why I had to prove it.
Mike Wright
Total yard.
Andy Holloway
It makes sense. He did have the end zone. One of the interceptions was an under thrown deep end zone target which was not his fault, Brock's fault but you know he puts a better ball on there. You singing a different singing to different songs.
Mike Wright
Singing a different tune. Scoop bad Bentley do what do you.
Jason Moore
Did have a Tetroa McMillan touchdown. Which I'm thankful for that.
Mike Wright
Yeah, sort of. That game he had seven targets. He caught two of them.
Jason Moore
Yeah, gross. Gross game. I mean Rico Dowdle.
Mike Wright
Okay. Six carries.
Jason Moore
Yeah, that's the problem.
Mike Wright
What are you doing man?
Jason Moore
What you do? What the other guys do. 24 carries for Christian McCaffrey.
Andy Holloway
Where.
Mike Wright
Where did the games go where they're like guys were losing, don't care. Give the ball the recap.
Jason Moore
That's how they've won.
Mike Wright
It's so yesterday's game plan was so weird.
Andy Holloway
6.3 yards of carry but only 6.
Jason Moore
Yeah. George Kittle 6 for 78 CMC caught a bunch of passes again. Juwan Jennings has been the better wide receiver to play over the last couple of weeks and Brock Purdy looked bad and Bryce Young looked bad. Right after 450 yards in the NFC Player of the Week we've got 169 with two picks.
Andy Holloway
Oh, the Falcons. What kind of defense are you for next week? No, for the 448 yards.
Jason Moore
Young, I got you.
Andy Holloway
This is why I consider making to Rod Taylor a streaming candidate this week. I like man, if Bryce Young could put up 448 against you.
Mike Wright
Right.
Jason Moore
But then you're like I'd be the dude that made to Rod Taylor.
Mike Wright
Sometimes you got to get Christian McCaffrey 31 touches.
Andy Holloway
Bryce Young has not thrown for 200 yards on the season outside of that one game.
Jason Moore
Yeah, yeah. That sounds like what Justin Fields had the one game against Cincinnati or whatever like every once in A while a defense doesn't show up to work. Let's talk some news.
Andy Holloway
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Mike Wright
Bryce Young actually threw for 328 against.
Andy Holloway
Oh, I apologize. Yeah, I was looking at the.
Jason Moore
You were dead wrong is what you're saying.
Andy Holloway
I was dead wrong. I was since late September. 120, 158, 199, 131.
Mike Wright
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Andy Holloway
Those are 124.
Mike Wright
I just like that the coach saw last week the 448. He's like, I'm changing everything.
Jason Moore
Oh, right.
Mike Wright
Rice is back, baby.
Andy Holloway
Yeah. I mean, he was like, I'm not. We don't need Rico.
Jason Moore
We have the official announcement that Shador Sanders has been named the starting quarterback.
Mike Wright
Here we go.
Jason Moore
I hesitate to venture into the waters of polarizing Shador Sanders conversation, but this is a show built on conversation. And I will say this. If you saw Kevin Stefanski's locker room speech, it made me laugh.
Andy Holloway
I did not see it.
Jason Moore
It's like, let me see if I can put it on display because I don't remember the exact words, but he's in the locker. Shout out to the punter, baby. We did that thing.
Andy Holloway
Baby, let's go. Shout out to this guy.
Jason Moore
Let's go. And then a rookie had a good game. Nice job, Shador. All right, we got it. I mean, it was like.
Mike Wright
It was.
Jason Moore
If he could not have Shador in the zip code, he'd be so thrilled. Which makes me wonder if Shador is okay.
Mike Wright
Shador Sanders. The game was for the climate of Shador Sanders. It was perfection. Because if you're on Team Sanders, you think that he got hosed. He's a good prospect. He went out there and he won. He was the what, the first Browns rookie to win his first game in, like, forever. Forever. If you don't like Shador. He completed like, what, 55% of his passes. 55% of his passes.
Andy Holloway
11 total completions.
Mike Wright
He had. The touchdown was a. Just a screen pass and he did. I can't remember the number, but it was like very, very few of his actual completions were downfield or past the line of scrimmage. But he did have some. He had a couple good plays. It was perfection for whatever you want.
Andy Holloway
To see, both sides, whatever you want to see. Because he did. He did make some good plays. There were two downfield plays that were really good. They were caused, you know, by him. And then he had a bunch of really bad looking plays.
Jason Moore
Yeah. And if you. I mean, I get it. Like, if you watch him talk in an interview, you want to punch him. I mean, he just says the most ridiculous things.
Mike Wright
He is. He's very confident himself. I.
Jason Moore
Did you see the one week of practice thing? No, that was one week of practice. That was just one week of practice. It's just. It's funny. I mean, I want to see him succeed because I think it's great for the Browns, it's great for the NFL. You have a young man who is one of the most electric players in college football. I'd rather him go out there and give me something exciting.
Mike Wright
Sure.
Jason Moore
Than the milk toast of Dylan Gabriel. No disrespect. I mean, Disrespect.
Andy Holloway
Yeah.
Jason Moore
I can't really disclaim them when I say milk toast.
Andy Holloway
I said no disrespect.
Jason Moore
I mean, but, yeah, I'll start again is the point. He's going to start again and we'll. We'll have all the same.
Mike Wright
Entertaining.
Jason Moore
And the Raiders say they believe Ashton Genti's late game ankle injury is not severe. We still put Raheem Mostert into our waiver pickups because you never know with these ankle injuries. It can suddenly become something it's not. And Pete Carroll, he said. I haven't heard that it was going to limit him. It sounds like there's a chance he'll be okay. That's not enough for me.
Andy Holloway
That means there's a chance he's not okay.
Mike Wright
Yep.
Jason Moore
And he doesn't have any assistance left to rely on for that information.
Mike Wright
Oh, yeah. What he's got. Greg Olson is back, everybody. Oh, legend of the fantasy footballers Greg Olson.
Andy Holloway
Two different times in his storied career, he has had a top 10 points per game team.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Andy Holloway
I mean, twice in like 20 years. And they were both number 10.
Jason Moore
He was a Raiders OC in 13 and 14, Raiders OC in 18 through 21. Took a little time on the couch last year and now he's back.
Mike Wright
Oh, man.
Jason Moore
Because he'd always. He's the most affordable OC in the game.
Andy Holloway
He was the quarterback coach with the Seahawks with Pete Carroll, so I think that's where they met up. He must be the nicest guy.
Mike Wright
Oh, man.
Andy Holloway
Just lovable.
Mike Wright
Get ready for some.
Andy Holloway
This will fix it.
Mike Wright
Get ready for some positive field punts, guys.
Jason Moore
Baker Mayfield, no fracture, no structural damage. Adam Schefter reporting AC joint sprain that is on the shoulder that he doesn't throw with. So they're not ruling him out for this game. And I shoot it up.
Andy Holloway
Just put a needle in it get out there bigger.
Jason Moore
I don't know what's happening to Jason this week.
Mike Wright
It's Thanksgiving week. I'm ready. Jason's already on vacation.
Jason Moore
He is very. He is shooting from the hip. Jaden Daniels is returning to practice this week. A long shot to play this week.
Mike Wright
Absurd.
Jason Moore
You think so?
Andy Holloway
No, I'm sure that he's back because.
Jason Moore
The injury was so.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Andy Holloway
Gruesome.
Mike Wright
What we saw the fact. I mean, that was a season ending injury.
Andy Holloway
That was. Should have been.
Mike Wright
And he's like, all right, you know.
Andy Holloway
Just give me a couple weeks. I'm just thrilled he got to keep the arm.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Andy Holloway
You know what I mean? Like, it was disgusting. It was like, look away. Hide your kids.
Jason Moore
Yeah. It's a good mean.
Mike Wright
Just like a couple twists. The thing was just right.
Andy Holloway
Yeah.
Mike Wright
Right off.
Andy Holloway
Yeah. I'm carving a turkey here soon. I know these joints. You just slide it right through. That comes right off.
Jason Moore
Come on, man. But hey, that's a man's arm.
Mike Wright
Not this week, but I'm thrilled that he's back.
Jason Moore
J.J. mcCarthy.
Mike Wright
Oh, man.
Jason Moore
Is in the concussion protocol.
Mike Wright
All right.
Andy Holloway
Move, Okie.
Jason Moore
Per Koc. Max Brosmer would be in line to start if McCarthy can't go. Who is an undrafted free agent out of Minnesota.
Andy Holloway
Man stream of the week. It'll probably be great.
Jason Moore
I mean, Max Brosmer could be the starting quarterback and that could be better.
Mike Wright
I. We. I don't want to publicly doubt that he has the symptoms. It's just. That's some fortunate timing.
Andy Holloway
Yeah.
Mike Wright
For the Minnesota Vikings to be like, wait, wait, we wanted to get him. We're just so.
Andy Holloway
Did you say fortunate or unfortunate?
Mike Wright
Fortunate for the Vikings.
Andy Holloway
Okay. Unfortunate for McCarthy.
Mike Wright
I'm saying for. For the coaching staff to be like, we totally were going to play J.J. mcCarthy this week, guys. All the confidence. He just can't.
Jason Moore
You know what's wild is I feel like these things happen. Like Kyler. Right. Like, Kyler was probably ready to play and then they don't play him. But you know what never happens is these guys never come out in public. It's like Kyler, oh, you can't do that. I know, I know.
Mike Wright
That's full out war against your.
Jason Moore
I agree. But. But if you really are being well.
Andy Holloway
It makes you look bad. Not. Not just like, oh, I'm talking out against my organization. But it may like he's got the warm blanket of I didn't get benched. So does Kyler. Like, it's like, it wasn't play. I got hurt. So don't worry. About it. Give me a. Give me a contract next year. Let me start.
Jason Moore
Yeah, well, look, McCarthy. It's pretty impossible to play worse than McCarthy, so Max Brosmer has that going for him. The practice window has been open for Darren Waller.
Mike Wright
Okay?
Jason Moore
So there is. There is the chance he makes an impact in your fantasy playoffs.
Mike Wright
There's a chance.
Jason Moore
Joe Burrow listed as a full participant on the estimated practice report.
Mike Wright
If you didn't catch Joe Burrows announcement on his Instagram with the photo of a very tight fitting Cleveland Cavaliers jersey.
Jason Moore
I'm not going to say it was very funny. He had boobs, but he had boobs.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Jason Moore
T. Higgins ruled out, though.
Mike Wright
He looked better than I would look in that tight jersey.
Andy Holloway
Be some spillage, some overflow. Yeah, he's coming out of the Jersey.
Jason Moore
Josh Jacobs Ltd. With the knee. We'll see if he makes it back. T. Higgins, if you didn't hear me, rolled out with a concussion. He won't play against Baltimore. So we've got Yoshi Voss on the waiver list today. Jamar Chase will return after his incredible written apology to everyone but Jalen Ramsey.
Mike Wright
Wait, he did an apology?
Jason Moore
Oh, an incredible apology.
Mike Wright
I didn't see it.
Jason Moore
Yeah, multi paragraphs.
Andy Holloway
Who did?
Jason Moore
Jamar Chase.
Andy Holloway
Oh, okay.
Jason Moore
Full responsibility for his actions.
Mike Wright
But he didn't spit.
Jason Moore
He apologized to the Steelers organization.
Andy Holloway
What actions did he apologize for?
Jason Moore
He did. I think he kind of took it on the chin. Except for he didn't apologize to one man. One man that he spit on. I mean, if I spit on you, Jason, and I apologize to everybody in.
Mike Wright
This office, I would accept.
Andy Holloway
So if you get. If you get suspended for a game for spitting, now, I'm not saying spitting is good or you should spit on people.
Mike Wright
Yeah, you should not.
Andy Holloway
You should not. Yeah, I'm better against it, but also in the game, you're getting sweat. You're probably getting saliva on each other on accident.
Mike Wright
Yeah, but getting drooled on is not.
Andy Holloway
How many games do you get for punching a dude in the nards? Oh, okay. Because yesterday, straight up, just a nard attack. Lower down uppercut to the sack right.
Mike Wright
Now, just blocked out.
Andy Holloway
If you didn't see this, that was absolutely. Nothing you said was inaccurate. No, it was unbelievable. I've never seen anything like it.
Jason Moore
When Kyle Shanahan comes out and says, literally, he's like, what do you have to say to Juwan Jennings for going and attacking him? He goes, yeah, it was a cheap shot. He punched him in the balls. I'm really proud of Juan Shinning.
Mike Wright
Well, he's like, I'm proud that he didn't go nuclear.
Andy Holloway
Yeah. He didn't, like, do the Karate Kid kick.
Jason Moore
It was borderline. You get on one knee and whoopa.
Andy Holloway
It was like, I would like to propose. Just kidding. You're the nards. It was unbelievable.
Jason Moore
I've always wanted to know, because my son asked me this. Do they wear cups or not?
Mike Wright
No, I never.
Jason Moore
No. Now, I mean, Mike, you'd know.
Andy Holloway
No, no.
Jason Moore
So that went square in the. That was a direct hit there.
Mike Wright
You can often tell that guys are not wearing cups in football pants.
Andy Holloway
Guys. That's.
Jason Moore
You know what.
Andy Holloway
All right. You know, good counter argument. I've seen some of those. Yeah. You know, we. We joke about how stupid it is for defenders who, when they lose their cool, they will close fist punch a helmet. I mean, yeah, this dude's smart. This guy's like, he ain't got no money's worth. Yeah. If I'm throwing a punch, if I'm.
Mike Wright
Going to get a game for punching you in the helmet, I'm.
Andy Holloway
I'm going to punch you in the helmets.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Jason Moore
I mean, goodness gracious.
Andy Holloway
You got to look up. You got to look it up on X because it's. It's really unbelievable that a human like that takes some gumption. There's no mistake. There's no accident. He wasn't trying to punch him in the leg. And then he just lowered. Down it goes.
Jason Moore
He got him in the leg. Rashi Rice Ltd. On Monday's estimated report. Hamstring. We'll have to monitor that. Rice has a great matchup this week. Pacheco, full participant.
Mike Wright
Did we say Higgins is out?
Jason Moore
Yeah, a bunch of times. A whole bunch. Third time we're reporting that one.
Mike Wright
I have lost track of things after.
Jason Moore
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Andy Holloway
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Jason Moore
Well, the Broncos, Chargers, Commanders and Dolphins come back from the bye week and we have nobody on bye for week 13. Putting the mega and Megalodon. We have all the matchups to talk through. We'll start that tomorrow on the Megalodon show. It will be a lot of fun. We'll have a giveaway tomorrow.
Mike Wright
Oh, yeah, we will.
Jason Moore
So you'll want to listen in. I think we've got a Jamar Chase jersey, a Josh Jacobs jersey, both signed. And then we're going to probably add some more stuff into that as well. Big Megalodon giveaway.
Mike Wright
So sweaty right now. He's like, do we.
Andy Holloway
Oh, we do. We've got a Colston Loveland mini helmet signed.
Mike Wright
All right.
Jason Moore
Signed by Mr. Loveland.
Mike Wright
Oh, and Kyle wants to give away job.
Jason Moore
Mr. Loveland job.
Mike Wright
Love Land. Yeah.
Jason Moore
I mean, that's why I call myself.
Mike Wright
You wouldn't Loveland.
Jason Moore
You would be Loveland Loveland in certain situations. This show is good. I'm on vacation now too.
Andy Holloway
Jason. Yeah. Welcome. All are welcome on vacation.
Jason Moore
Guys, let's talk waivers. Starting with the running back position. We. We're on like injured running back return watch for Trey Benson for Amari and Hampton for Bucky Irving. Like, we, you know, these are big deals, big players that can make a huge impact. Like, all will be forgiven for the. The injured weeks if Hampton or Benson or Bucky can bring you a fantasy title.
Andy Holloway
100%. And we won't know by the time we record the. The Megalodon episode for sure. For most of those players, it'll be later in the week, so you'll just have to pay attention. Follow us on X and we'll.
Jason Moore
We'll tweet out what we can at the ffballers. Yeah, we'll be watching for the Hampton news. We'll see if he comes back after the bye week. That's what the rumor was. They got to designate him to return first. What else do we have though, beyond, you know, Trey Benson, 69% roster. Yeah.
Mike Wright
Just take a peek. Like, I can't imagine Hampton's out there, but Trey Benson may have been dropped in some leagues. So just go. I mean, like, you got office out there where Benson might be available.
Andy Holloway
It was close to having him return this last week. He was eligible to return, I think in week 10. So this is a player that's ease ready and they've taken their time. I think Benson plays and I think bad matchup though.
Mike Wright
Yeah. Against Tampa Bay and then the Rams and then Houston. So it's a really tough stretch. Holy.
Andy Holloway
I didn't realize that.
Mike Wright
But I think Benson is. I think he's a very good player and I'm excited to see what he can do now that it will be his opportunity with James Connor going.
Jason Moore
And we had an injury to Bam Knight last week.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Jason Moore
Or at least that was what we.
Mike Wright
Yeah, he got. He got shooketh. We don't have any updated information on it, but if Benson's back, I think it's Benson's like he will get the.
Jason Moore
Majority running backs averaging 20.9 fantasy points per game against Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay right in the middle at 15 right now in terms of you.
Mike Wright
Got to catch passes, which Benson can do.
Jason Moore
Devin Neal. Let's talk about Devin Neal because Alvin Camara is going to miss some time. It could be. It could be a lot of time. And Devin Neal, you know, this would have been. We would have been talking all about the opportunity and for the Saints, Andre Miller, but of course we can never talk about that.
Andy Holloway
How sad.
Jason Moore
Devin be talking about Marshawn Lloyd once Josh Jacobs are down. But we can never talk about that.
Andy Holloway
I love that we get an opportunity to talk about Devin Neal because this is a player I know both Mike and I loved. Loved his college tape. This isn't a superstar. We didn't see him as like, oh, you know, he's his Bijan. But Devin Neal was like, this is a really good player. I think he's.
Mike Wright
He's very interesting.
Andy Holloway
A jack of all trades. He can catch the ball very well. He's decent around the goal line, you know, jack of all trades, master of none, a quality back. Now, unfortunately, he's on a really bad offense that doesn't project to score a lot of points. So I've got. You've got to temper your expectations here. But the nice thing is, like sometimes the backup that is left to go like a bam night, you know, it's like this is just a guy, you know, some. Some journeyman undrafted free agent who. Injury has propelled him ahead. Now, Devin Neal fell to the sixth round, but I think he's a good back. And this last week he got targeted seven times, caught five of seven.
Mike Wright
Kamara has not done so.
Andy Holloway
That's wonderful to see. Now, if Camara misses a lot of time, you know, we're towards the end of the season. I don't know that you need to rush Camara back to save the Saints season.
Jason Moore
Like, he's missing the end of season, by the way.
Andy Holloway
He really does. But his playoff schedule, if this goes for the rest of the season, is Carolina, the Jets, the Titans.
Mike Wright
Sure.
Jason Moore
So opportunity knocks.
Andy Holloway
Exactly.
Jason Moore
And Devin Neal answers.
Andy Holloway
I think so.
Jason Moore
10% roster. He's a priority AD. You need to put somebody on your roster that can get the majority of snaps at running back. So he's kind of. Is he on the top of our list outside of Benson?
Andy Holloway
Yes, he is for me.
Jason Moore
And then Kyle Manon guy, pay attention because we already know how capable he was when Swift missed time. Swift fumbled, wasn't productive Isn't their dude. And Kyle Menonga, another touchdown. Three straight weeks, 12 for 48. He runs with ferocity, he falls forward, he breaks tackles. It's not a good stretch though.
Andy Holloway
It's bad as they come.
Jason Moore
Yeah, I mean you don't, you know, you don't really want like the Caleb Williams right now. If I had Caleb Williams, I'd be trying to find options quickly because Philly, Green Bay, Cleveland, two of them on the road.
Andy Holloway
Sheesh.
Jason Moore
You're going to make mistakes because he's always good for that. And then it's just going to be like low upside situations for Caleb Williams. I'd be trying to find. If I've been rolling with him, I'd be trying to find some pivot.
Andy Holloway
Yeah, the exciting. So the schedule's tough for Manangai. The good exciting thing is, you know, Mike, this was a guy you were talking about early in the season as you're looking at who could maybe overtake the starter, not just injury ahead of him this last week. I know that there was a fumble and I don't necessarily think that it has happened, but he got more work, he was more involved, more snaps than DeAndre Swift while Swift was healthy. So as the season progresses, the rookie Manangai could overtake Swift. Swift is not so talented a back that he just can't hold off Manangai.
Mike Wright
It's possible and Ben Johnson has, I mean, slower than I would prefer. He's really slow. Played the rookies because of with Love Land and Love Land and Luther Burden and Mononga, but they're, they're starting to get more opportunities now and could be.
Jason Moore
Second half guys, don't forget Chris Rodriguez, who got the majority of the work for Washington coming off the bye week, hit a lot of waivers. But, you know, 15 opportunities on the ground in his last start, 79 yards on that. And guess what, it's a lot better for him if Jaden Daniels returns to his starting lineup at some point. He's only 29% rostered, say versus Denver this week.
Mike Wright
You don't love that, but perhaps Jaden Daniels is back next week. And then you get Minnesota and the Giants. Chris Rodriguez, even if you're not playing him this week, you might want to just, you know, get that, get that running back depth ready for your playoff.
Jason Moore
Run and he's going to be their dude around the goal line 100%. Even if the carries, if you're not 15 or you're not efficient. He scored in three or four games before he kind of took over Bay Shawl Tutin another one to pay attention to. But the workload, it diminished quickly against Arizona. He had gotten banged up after the productive week before. Dylan Sampson is the pay attention just for the Judkins practice reports. Dylan Sampson is probably not somebody you can start outside of pure desperation. If Judkins is active and then you know Arizona, it's not a guarantee. Trey Benson's back this week. So if Bam Knight's banged up, Michael Carter can catch passes. You could do worse, right? I'd still play Michael Carter in the pass catching probably if Benson's out over Bam Knight. But I understand the debate. If Bam Knight is practicing, Bam Knight would be the touchdown guy.
Mike Wright
Also your insurance running backs people, Brian Robinson. If we're really at 35% in sleeper leagues, I would not be having Christian McCaffrey without Brian Robinson on my, on my bench at this point of the season.
Jason Moore
If you, if you had no choice, you'd drop Camara for Neil if you.
Mike Wright
Don'T have an option.
Andy Holloway
Yeah.
Jason Moore
And then Ramondre and Tutin, those are other drop candidates people have brought up.
Mike Wright
Yeah, I'm not dropping Tootin.
Andy Holloway
No way.
Mike Wright
Like I'm adding Bashaw Tootin if he's around and I have a spot. Ramondre is the. You might have like a Charbonnet situation up in New England where the it wasn't a an incredible, amazing fantasy performance by Henderson, but Henderson did get the snaps and he got most of the work. Ramon Ray might be good for a touchdown, but I'm fine dropping him.
Andy Holloway
I want to hold on to him for at least another week. I mean Ramon dre only played 31% of the snaps. And so you go, is that Trayvon Henderson or is that just first week back from injury? Could be. And so this week I think will be very telling. If he's again 31%, then you're going into the bye week and then you would expect a rookie out of the by late in the season to get even more work then, then I think you can move on.
Jason Moore
All right, we'll take our first break and come back with some wide receiver waiver pickups.
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Jason Moore
Wide receivers, let's talk about it. I would not pick up Brandon Iuk.
Andy Holloway
No. Neither would the 49ers.
Mike Wright
I don't know if we even talked about that on the show. Yeah. Did we?
Jason Moore
That they're going to release him. Probably didn't.
Mike Wright
That they. They. Over the weekend, it came out that they had figured out how to void all his guarantees.
Jason Moore
Shanahan came out yesterday and actually confirmed that they did that in July.
Mike Wright
We did that in breaking news.
Jason Moore
Okay. We did they really?
Andy Holloway
I hadn't heard that he said that they voided it.
Jason Moore
Yeah. The comments from Shanahan were that they voided him back in July and that it was related to some other stuff. He kind of dismissed the meeting, not showing up at meetings, things, because he said any player on ir, they're not in the routine of the meetings, Their schedules are all over the place. But he basically said they did void it earlier in July. But I mean, these two.
Mike Wright
There's no way he's coming back then.
Jason Moore
Yeah, no, of course.
Andy Holloway
What are you talking about?
Jason Moore
No, but Brandon Iuk, I'm telling you, these. I said this before this even reported. They hate each other.
Mike Wright
It does seem.
Jason Moore
It is like a personal. I mean, he is voiding $25 million. You're not. You're not coming off the severity of that injury and going and collecting the amount of guaranteed money he is voiding. It's wild. This is like a bag fumble of epic proportions. And I. He. He did not want to sign this deal with them, and it became a desperation situation. Remember, the deal was like, locked up with Pittsburgh or he was going to go to Pittsburgh. I mean, he wanted out and they forced his hand and now he's like, I still want out. I don't understand it.
Mike Wright
Yeah, it's weird, but, yeah, he'll find a job.
Jason Moore
He'll find a job. Yeah. No question.
Andy Holloway
The question was always, is it going to be Debo or iuk? And the answer was neither.
Jason Moore
Right, Right. Yeah. But pay attention to Jaden Reed, by the way, designated return last Friday, coming back, practicing. And don't forget, I mean, Mike Evans is technically eligible to return at some point here after week 13. I don't know if he will comeback, but they could use some players. And Garrett Wilson eligible in week 15. That one's kind of like, I've Let him go in leagues.
Mike Wright
I totally understand letting Garrett Wilson go, but he, I mean if he comes back and seems healthy, it wouldn't, I don't know. Weirder things happen in the playoffs.
Jason Moore
All right, top pickups at the wide receiver position. I've loved everything I've seen from Parker Washington since he became a high priority wide receiver in Jacksonville. He's 56% rostered. Had another seven targets, five for 71 and one. The matchup is awesome this week for Trevor Lawrence against Tennessee. So I think Parker Washington is a plug and play option.
Andy Holloway
He sure could be and that just means he'll probably disappoint. But I've got him at the top of my list.
Jason Moore
He's been really good.
Andy Holloway
He's been, I mean the last two weeks prior to this was 33 yards and 20 yards so. And you know, yours truly played him for one of those and I feel the burns. So he has been the number one target here. They've got Jacoby Myers. I don't know. Have we heard an update on Brian Thomas Jr?
Mike Wright
Not lately.
Andy Holloway
He's not missing the rest of the season. He will come back at some point. As far as a plug and play option, I think Parker Washington is there. He's. He's had enough fantasy points over the last two months. Enough targets. Christian Watson is available just as much as Parker Washington though against Detroit his target market share was great. He had seven targets this last week. He had two touchdowns the week before. I would personally I think I would rather have Christian Watson because not only is it, I know I would rather have Watson. Jaden Reed is, is going to come back at some point but Christian Watson I feel like is a bigger play home run hitter than Parker Washington.
Jason Moore
I'll take Parker Washington now.
Andy Holloway
What do you think happens with Parker Washington? Let's say Brian Thomas Jr. Comes back two weeks from now and now you've got Brian Thomas Jr. Plus Jacoby Myers plus Parker Washington plus remember they got Brenton Strange back and that was a target that they had been missing for a while. At that point I feel like. I don't know. I think Parker Washington is a very short term rental but he has been very good and you know a first rate guy there.
Jason Moore
Yeah, I mean it would change a lot if Brian Thomas Jr's back but he's not yet. So I'd ride Parker until then. I mean when they had Travis Hunter healthy there were games where Parker Washington had 11 and 10 targets. So I think he's fine right now. Watson definitely can take the shot I just think that Watson's total like you just need to get the big one. I think K's on Booty is one that you want to pay attention to. Another week removed from injury, 50% rostered, had an end zone target. He drew a PI call on. That's where they use him, right. He's a touchdown scorer. They play New York, they're at home. I think Booty could get that. Booty could get back to scooting. To scooting.
Mike Wright
Okay, there we go.
Andy Holloway
Get it moving. I want to point out Jaden Higgins who has been even better than you think over the last couple months. Really after their bye week. Jaden Higgins. It was the second round rookie wide receiver for the Texans. The matchup against Indianapolis this week will be, you know, 44 and a half point over under. So that's fine. And two weeks ago against Tennessee he was an inch away. He got taken down at the one, you know, it's like the six inch line. And so had. Had he just gotten that in, I think we'd be looking at him very, very differently. That would be four touchdowns in the last five weeks, much more involvement and he's a good player. He showed up in good spots. I don't know if we're unhappy with the quarterback situation where we're not sure who's.
Jason Moore
He's just going to be touchdown dependent because his yardage numbers haven't been there. I haven't like he scored three times but 34, 42, 55, 38. I think that's what it'll come down to. He's big enough to do that.
Andy Holloway
It's just, it's funny because I agree. It's like we look at different things, right? Touchdown, upside, check yardage. Very much not check, right. The, Those, those aren't. 55, 48, 34, 38, not good enough. But then you look at the targets which is really what is usually the indicator of how many yards are you going to get. 8, 7, 7, 9. Like I want those targets. It's just been Davis Mills targets and I don't know if it's really that much better if it's CJ Stroud targets or not.
Mike Wright
Davis Mills is three and oh, right.
Andy Holloway
Now I know he's been playing dude.
Mike Wright
Davis Mills, I know they've won every week but you just sometimes you haven't stopped to think about the whole like the collective. Like little Davis Mills has won three games in a row.
Jason Moore
Little Mac Jones, Rock Purdy. It's a little. The defense, the defense is so good. So it's like, you know, this is.
Mike Wright
Not an anti Stroud.
Jason Moore
No, it's just a. Like you get more feeling with Stroud, I think, still. But Davis has been great.
Andy Holloway
Davis is on a 17 game pace. He started three games. Three and oh, he's on a 17 game pace of 4,000 yards, 28 touchdowns and five interceptions.
Mike Wright
Okay.
Jason Moore
Yeah, Nico was good. Two of the three starts, I believe as well. So.
Andy Holloway
So C.J. stroud's headache is going to continue.
Jason Moore
I don't know. Headache? You called it a headache.
Andy Holloway
I'm just saying the symptoms.
Jason Moore
Yoshi Voss last week, seven targets, four for 61. There'll be no T. Higgins. It's Baltimore. It's a big game on Thursday. Yoshi Voss, only 36% rostered. That's plug and play option this week as well. On the short week, it'll be Joe Burrow. So that'll be an interesting game to see what happens. I mean, Lamar's been so blah.
Mike Wright
Right.
Jason Moore
But it's Cincinnati like you're, you're at the only point of your life you might be able to make Lamar a start of the week type of situation because he's been so bad. Luther Burden, you know, it's still tough to play him.
Mike Wright
Yeah, I get that he hasn't had.
Jason Moore
You know, he just doesn't play a lot of snaps. It feels like to me, he feels like playing a. Like if I had Loveland and I had Burden and I had to flex one of them, I would play Loveland every week over Burden.
Andy Holloway
Yeah, I agree.
Jason Moore
And so he feels like a kind of a lower tier version of the Loveland start right now in the offense where Odunze and DJ Moore are going to still be your premier guys, but you do have a shot. It's just the touchdown upside comes with Loveland. Three catches in three straight weeks. 51, 27, 46 yards. Snap count was at 51%. It's just I don't know if he can do enough to make himself relevant every week this year. But the future could happen.
Andy Holloway
Yeah, the arrow is pointing up, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you pick him up and start him. I don't even think I would pick him up because what would have to happen, you'd have to have an injury ahead of him for him to be consistently involved enough. He's still like playing. He's up to playing half the snaps, which is great trajectory. But he's also, if he was playing 50% of snaps the whole year, you'd be like, he can't play that guy, he's playing half snaps if he went.
Jason Moore
Down to 50% of the snaps.
Andy Holloway
Exactly.
Jason Moore
Crap. Yeah. He's a player I've had on my roster three times this year and dropped him three times because he feels really fun to sign on waiver day because he's a young rookie. And then you go and you get two or three catches and you're like, am I ever going to play him?
Mike Wright
Right.
Jason Moore
I would add Jaden Reed. I mean, I'd add Jaden Reed to the roster. I think there's a real need for Reed.
Andy Holloway
Okay.
Jason Moore
I feel the need for Reed and he has had a history of fantasy productivity. I'd put him on the roster. Do you guys care about Chimray DK in Tennessee?
Andy Holloway
Yeah, a little bit.
Jason Moore
Because this is. Do you realize like DK is on pace for nearly breaking the all purpose yard record in a single NFL season because of how amazing he's been on punt returns.
Andy Holloway
Like he's such a good returner.
Jason Moore
He's the best returner in the game. And they, they criticize the drafting of DK quite a bit. And now he's had a productive, he's had a few productive weeks in the receiving game. IO Manor was out, Ridley is gone. And the matchup this week specifically for DK is great against the Jacksonville team that is struggles against the.
Andy Holloway
No, if you need a start, I think he is in line. You can put him in there. You've got three of the last five games where he has been a top 24 wide receiver, double digit fantasy points and he's a rookie that should just keep getting better. And also Cam Ward has been looking better. So it's not just oh, here's a rookie wide receiver figuring it out. It's here's a. Basically a rookie offense that should be getting better. I think DK is a very important pickup Mike.
Jason Moore
Other names at wide receiver that you have interest in.
Andy Holloway
Also if you're, if you're searching for DK that is spelled D I K E. Right. If you're like going to your platform and you don't know how to spell Chimray dk.
Jason Moore
Yeah, Chimray is C H I M E R E as well. I mean none of that sounds like it's spelled.
Andy Holloway
Yeah, Mooney don't sound it out.
Mike Wright
Mooney for Atlanta maybe. Maybe as long as Drake London is out. And then the. I give. If you are in the mucky, mucky muck. The guys from the Jets, I mean I hesitate to even bring it up but they both had seven targets I'm talking about John Mechi and Adnai Mitchell.
Jason Moore
Well with. With Taylor you have a shot.
Mike Wright
Yes. So and look Atlanta and then Miami and then Jack and then Jacksonville. I mean who would you.
Andy Holloway
Who would you take a shot on there? Adnai Downfield or.
Mike Wright
I'd go with Metchie.
Jason Moore
I think I would too. Yeah, because you. I mean Mitchell has one catch, two catches. Mechi, it's a little bit better floor both of them.
Mike Wright
It's fascinating of they hire drafted guys seem like they didn't really get a true shot like Mechi. You know I mean we had the year one was lost to the cancer treatment and he just never truly found a spot for the Texans. And then Adnai Mitchell of course was talented but got punted off of a bridge by the Colts after the so they'll be fun to watch. Not that I'm clamoring to get them into the lineup but in deep, deep leagues I'm okay picking them up.
Jason Moore
These are the final two weeks before your fantasy playoffs in the majority of leagues. So this is like nitty gritty time for some of these starts, right? The drop candidates. I think there are two names that are really interesting. Addison, like if we're sitting here talking about how much of a struggle it is for Justin Jefferson, Addison feels I.
Mike Wright
Would, I'd watch the new guy before I.
Jason Moore
You'd get a brosmer.
Mike Wright
I just every. Everyone not named J.T. mcCarthy succeeds for the Kevin O' Connell and his offense, everybody. So I would at least go one week and see what can do.
Andy Holloway
I would be fine. Moving on through Xavier Worthy. He had eight targets last week. It was his best game in a while and still wasn't pretty relevant.
Jason Moore
Ricky Piersol.
Mike Wright
No, not yet. Not yet. It's getting tempting, it's getting louder.
Jason Moore
He. I don't have the snap count that he played. He was 75% in his first game back which was the one for zero. Game two for six this week. And I mean it's a tough situation because we know he's a really talented player. He really had two good games this year and then he got hurt.
Mike Wright
Right.
Jason Moore
That's a pretty small situation to make a judgment call on the long term viability.
Mike Wright
And we.
Jason Moore
And he may not be fully healthy is my point. Like he may not be.
Mike Wright
He may not be.
Jason Moore
May not be himself.
Mike Wright
And if you look at the overlapping map, Week one, Juwan Jennings was still coming off of his preseason injury. Week two, Juan Jennings healthy, has a great game. Ricky Pearsall does not. Week three, interesting. Joanne Jennings is Out.
Jason Moore
So maybe that Jenning games were the Piersol games.
Mike Wright
Yes. So perhaps that needed more attention than I gave it.
Andy Holloway
Yeah.
Jason Moore
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Jason Moore
Okay, I think tight end is a little more interesting than it's been. Do you guys agree?
Andy Holloway
I agree, but I'm shocked with who our number one is. Not based on the player, just based.
Jason Moore
On the matchup for this specific week.
Mike Wright
Matchup? Jason, you're still trying to.
Andy Holloway
This has nothing. Look, Colson Loveland is a good player.
Mike Wright
I'm still over here doubting the dog land.
Andy Holloway
The whole conversation on Colson Loveland has been, you know, the fun dog conversation. That's, that's, that's all good and fun, but if you need to start a tight end this week. I would not start Colson Loveland against the Eagles this last week, Ferguson was okay. He was okay. Outside of that, no one's been okay against like, Philly shuts down the tight end and Colson Loveland is not this just he's getting 10 targets a week type of player. I think there's a lot of guys on waiver. I would, I would start over Colson Loveland. Now, long term, if you want to say, like, well, I want the rookie, I want him for the playoffs, great, scoop them up. But I just personally wouldn't be playing.
Mike Wright
So then who are you? Who's your priority pickup for this week?
Jason Moore
So stranger things.
Andy Holloway
Yeah, I think Brenton Strange, who was a target in the draft season for the Jags, you know, you saw Trevor to Lawrence last year. Target Evan Ingram like crazy. Britain Strange looked like he was going to be a thing and then he got injured. Tennessee, Indianapolis, the Jets coming up. You know, if you need a start this week, I think Baker's back. I think Kate Oughton against Arizona would be a better matchup. And then don't forget Dalton Schultz. Dalton Schultz is, you know, has been very involved and has been playing good. They.
Mike Wright
Superman plays good.
Andy Holloway
This last week, again, was a bad matchup. We knew that going in. Buffalo is one of those teams that shuts down tight ends as well. I'm not going to be afraid of one bad matchup against a team that shuts down tight ends.
Jason Moore
Do you understand, though, emotionally, how lame.
Andy Holloway
It is to put a claim in on Schultz over Loveland?
Jason Moore
Yeah, like. Like there's. I'm not doing that. Really? I'm not doing that. No, no. I'm going to play the more fun, explosive young player whose snap counts are going up.
Mike Wright
Do you want.
Jason Moore
I get the Strange sports car?
Mike Wright
I think I'm in size sedan.
Jason Moore
I think Strange is a better play. Probably.
Andy Holloway
I.
Jason Moore
But I'm still my. I still might not do this this week.
Mike Wright
I can agree that, that Brenton Strange is probably a better play than Loveland.
Jason Moore
Yeah. The sports car versus the.
Mike Wright
Yeah, you're just. You're getting a nice.
Jason Moore
Like the golf cart.
Mike Wright
I would do it. I wouldn't even call him a golf cart. Golf cart is a good time.
Jason Moore
Okay.
Mike Wright
You ever.
Jason Moore
You ever drive car with a governor?
Mike Wright
Have you ever driven a golf cart and had a bad time?
Jason Moore
No. It's fun.
Andy Holloway
No, I have never. Not once. Dalton Schultz has been a top 10 tight end four of the last six games.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Jason Moore
No one's. No one's debating that.
Andy Holloway
Sounds like you guys are really debating. No, no, he's not even a golf cart.
Jason Moore
Speed wise, sure.
Andy Holloway
No speed wise. I mean, Zach Ertz is the same.
Jason Moore
I would call him the governor, but I wouldn't mean it like the leader of a. Right. I'd mean it like what restricts an engine. Speed. I like that.
Andy Holloway
He. He is definitely the governor.
Jason Moore
No top speed, but again, I get it. No, you're right. I would just have a hard time, me personally, sitting down in emerging.
Andy Holloway
I get it. The breakout could be happening. The breakout could be happening on Loveland. So I think there should be a bet here. Loveland versus Schultz.
Jason Moore
What's the matchup for Schultz?
Andy Holloway
Schultz is Indianapolis.
Jason Moore
What's the bet? Is it just coolest catches?
Andy Holloway
No, no, no, no, no. Just fantasy points. Half ppr no, no.
Jason Moore
You're probably gonna end up right. I'm just saying I would just explaining it from a fantasy manager perspective. I love Loveland.
Andy Holloway
From a fan.
Jason Moore
From a fan perspective, if I'm picking.
Mike Wright
Up a tight end, I'm not like, I don't know that I want to be like, okay, just one week for Dalton Schultz to give up potentially the rest of the season for Loveland.
Andy Holloway
That is what I mean. That's a legitimate argument that I think is fair. If you.
Mike Wright
If I get five points from Loveland this week, so be.
Andy Holloway
Which one of these guys could help me win a championship is certainly Loveland over. Over Schultz. So please don't hear what I'm not saying. I am definitely saying that this is a weak. A weak matchup where I think it is bad for Loveland this week against Philly. And that's matches what you've said all year.
Mike Wright
Dunking on love.
Jason Moore
Everything's a bad matchup for love.
Andy Holloway
I love schultz.
Jason Moore
Call me Mr. Schultz.
Andy Holloway
Dr. You got.
Jason Moore
Schultz is one of your neighbors. And then your other neighbors, Kate Odd.
Andy Holloway
Yeah. Don't forget about Brenton Strange.
Jason Moore
Yeah. Britain Strange is all right. Yeah, he's all right.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Andy Holloway
Darren Waller's on a flight back home, fellas. He's in the air. He's coming home to daddy. Come on, I need you. I need you, Waller.
Jason Moore
Coming home to daddy. Good luck. Good luck on that one.
Andy Holloway
The best part is a long ramp.
Jason Moore
If he's back, you've traded for so many tight ends. When he comes back, you have to now choose between them. You know you can't make that choice correctly.
Andy Holloway
I'm not joking. I was looking. I'm.
Jason Moore
Are you going to cut some of.
Andy Holloway
Them to make it easy? I will have to. But I was looking at my. My situation. You have Gadston, I have Gadsden, who I traded for.
Jason Moore
Yeah. Yeah.
Andy Holloway
Looks like he. He could be a potential. I still think he's got the potential upside. League winning talent. I have Mark Andrews, who obviously stunk this last week, but this last week, my start of the week was Hunter Henry because it was Cincinnati.
Jason Moore
Great week for him.
Andy Holloway
Great week for Andrews. So can I cut Andrews? No, no. Can I cut Gadsden, who I trade for? You can't that guy dude Waller take another week? I keep my roster. Can't take you coming off ir. Don't come back this week, buddy. Stay in that air.
Mike Wright
Two tight ends on your bench, two and one in the starting position, but maybe three.
Andy Holloway
Like, I can't do that. I will have to Cut these guys. You can't cut that guy.
Jason Moore
And then pay attention to the emerging gunner helm in Tennessee. I know it sounds crazy, but it's actually been kind of okay on the target front for him. He was 6 for 51 last week. Cam Ward playing better. Matchup for Cam Ward's good this week. Colby Parkinson taking over at tight end for Los Angeles. We're talking desperate play here. Hit that nasty button for Colby Parkinson and Fannin Barner. They're all in that category. Let's talk defenses. Jacksonville plays Tennessee. Now, I'm in a pickle and I want you guys to talk me through it because I picked up Jacksonville a week ahead because I saw the Tennessee matchup. Tennessee. It's a great matchup. Jacksonville's a good defense. They've double digits.
Andy Holloway
Sack the quarterback a lot.
Jason Moore
I have Cleveland and I keep seeing these dates on the Cleveland schedule. It's like, oh, we're going to play. What was it? Was it Baltimore? And then I just played them straight through Baltimore. It worked out great. Now they got San Francisco and I'm like, I think I just need to play Cleveland.
Andy Holloway
I would play the Cleveland Browns over Jacksonville. That's one of the big differentiators to me. When I'm on waivers last week, whenever I'm on waivers and I'm looking at matchups that are similar and I'm trying to decide between them. If it is remotely similar and one of those teams is home, I'm always going to choose the home defense. It is a way better bet. And they're at home. I mean, Brock, the problem is, I.
Jason Moore
Don'T want somebody else to play Jacksonville.
Andy Holloway
Roster two defenses, would you?
Jason Moore
I mean, that would be the time to block somebody, right?
Andy Holloway
Yeah. Oh, yeah, it could be. I'm not roster. I'm rostering three tight ends, brother. I can't pick up another.
Mike Wright
You can't listen to roster management from this guy.
Jason Moore
Yeah. Yeah. And Britain Strange is out there if you want to pick him up out of fourth.
Andy Holloway
Delicious.
Jason Moore
Yeah. Cleveland. I just can.
Andy Holloway
I like them together and put them all in one starting spot, because then I'll roster them all.
Jason Moore
Nope.
Andy Holloway
Okay.
Jason Moore
I'll let you start him at running back if you want.
Andy Holloway
Interesting.
Jason Moore
If you want no risk of starting the wrong tight end, you can start them all. Yeah. So I. Look, you stay in the Flames. Miles Garrett needs five sacks in six games to break the record. Seems like he's going to do that.
Andy Holloway
You've also got the 49ers on the other side of the ball against Cleveland and Shador Sanders, I think both of those defenses are very, very good play.
Jason Moore
That could be a low scoring game.
Mike Wright
And 49ers, they play on the road against Cleveland. Then they have the unfortunately timed bye week, week 14, but then they, then they play Tennessee after that. So the 49ers, I had brought them up like two weeks ago with the, with that stretch run and I still believe in it.
Jason Moore
What, how do you feel about the league's best defense? Numbers wise? Houston. They have to play Kansas City and. Or Indianapolis, then Kansas City, both on the road. That feels like another one where people are benefiting from playing Houston week after week after week. And then you get these matchups and it's like, do I play the matchup game or do I play the better defense? Because it's like Cleveland.
Mike Wright
Yeah, the.
Andy Holloway
Their defense is so, so, so good. I mean they just played Buffalo. You don't want, you don't want to play them against Buffalo. And they put 16 points up and I don't think they had a defensive touchdown. I can't imagine going away from the Texans.
Jason Moore
So Cleveland, Houston, you're sticking with them. The Rams play Carolina this week. You just saw Carolina last night. The Rams defense is awesome. So that's a good one. 59% rostered. Who are the Falcons? We don't know but they play the Jets. That's generally been really good. And they have the third most sacks in the National Football League. Troy Taylor probably makes some mistakes in this game. Probably have a fumble.
Mike Wright
Would you go Chargers? Oh, I love the Chargers versus the Raiders over the Falcons.
Jason Moore
Chargers off the by.
Andy Holloway
Chargers over the Falcons off the by. Against Geno Smith, throwing interceptions like crazy. Greg Olson's not going to fix that. Maybe a banged up Genti. The Chargers I picked up last week for this week, I think they're one of the best.
Mike Wright
Chargers I think are the best widely available play at the DST position this week.
Jason Moore
And the Cardinals are.
Mike Wright
And the Arizona Cardinals are who I was going to bring up next.
Jason Moore
There's maybe no Baker.
Mike Wright
J. You if you. Maybe Baker's back. Maybe he's not. I mean if he's not for sure. But even if Baker is playing with that bum arm, I don't. And the way that the Cardinals defense, what they can do, especially with Nolan stepping up for him.
Andy Holloway
Do we know if Will Johnson's going to be back yet? If he's, if he's active, I would play the Cardinals defense. Nolan, their first round rookie. Will Johnson, their second round rookie. These two guys have been. They haven't played much this year. Nolan missed the majority of the early part of the season and Will Johnson's missed a lot of games later. But when they've been on the field, they've been outstanding.
Mike Wright
I don't see anything on Will Johnson.
Jason Moore
Yeah, he did not play last week. That was this week's waiver wire presented by Jimmy John's. Jimmy John's new toasted pizza sandwich is available in two flavors. Three cheese pizza sandwich and Sicilian pizza sandwich. Oh, that's good. At participating locations for a limited time while supplies last.
Andy Holloway
Full stream ahead.
Jason Moore
Let's let Mike kick this one off because I was first and it's it.
Mike Wright
Jacoby beef brisket percent will be the stream of the week until you people pick him up and play him.
Andy Holloway
Can't believe he's still on waivers as much as he is.
Mike Wright
He is. It's wild. Thank you. Since Week 6, Quarterback 3 in fantasy points per game and total fantasy points.
Jason Moore
And that includes a quarterback three is still out there. What's the roster percentage? Do you have it?
Mike Wright
I'll pull it up real quick. I had looked at it yesterday when I was putting in and I was. I just, I was shocked that people aren't picking up Jacoby. We're at 51% on sleeper half of.
Andy Holloway
Leagues still just sitting out there.
Mike Wright
I mean maybe that you're saying, oh my competitive league, he's not there. But half of leagues, man, he's. You could just pick him up and play him and it's going to be. And who cares who's. As long as Trey McBride is active, I don't care what wide receivers are out there. Jacoby's getting it done.
Jason Moore
Michael, you should have Harrison back. And Jerry Rice is on the other side.
Andy Holloway
I think. Yeah, I was going to say Marvin Harrison is. I know he's been a little bit disappointing so far in an early career. He's going to be great. He is a fantastic wide receiver. He's a fantastic wide receiver too. And now he gets to play that role.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Andy Holloway
Now this superstar Michael Wilson just needed an opportunity. Goodness gracious. How could he be that good in these last two weeks?
Mike Wright
Because he has been hidden by Kyler Murray for years apparently. And then Mar. Then they took Marv. And so the scheme is going to be Marvin, Trey McBride. Ed Wilson finally got an opportunity.
Andy Holloway
Here's a. Here's a fun stat. Most receptions in a two game span this season. Jamar Chase has had 28 in a two game span, which is ridiculous. Second most Jamar Chase with 26 in a two game span, third most. Michael Wilson with 25 in a two game span. Marvin Harrison, juniors most ever in a two game span. 11 ever. I mean young career that was underdog. NFL on X found that honestly it.
Jason Moore
Feels the way Jacoby's playing. I mean these last two weeks, what is he the quarterback? 3 and 6 and it was without Harrison. Like if you have Harrison, Wilson and McBride, that feels tough to stop. Like Dorch has had good weeks for two straight weeks.
Andy Holloway
Dorch, what a dorch. Jason, I've got Trevor Lawrence since the buy, he's actually the quarterback seven the last four weeks. Three out of the four weeks he's been a top 12 quarterback. He's quietly having five plus rushing attempts in each one of his games. And he faces the Titans team. We talked about them. I like that their office is getting it together a little bit for the Titans. But their defense is not Good enough. They're 24th against fantasy quarterbacks over the last five weeks. So t law, you could play off of waivers and just.
Jason Moore
Man, I hate that dude.
Andy Holloway
Don't watch him. Don't watch him.
Jason Moore
He's on pace for like his last four games. 25 plus interceptions, the Jameis Winston plan.
Andy Holloway
He is the most inconsistent quarterback in the National Football League because on a play to play basis, that's what I mean. Not on a week to week basis. On a play to play basis, you watch him. And he was like, oh, I get it. Superstar mobile runs out. Rocket arm, unbelievable talent.
Jason Moore
There's some comparisons with Caleb and then it's just like now Caleb Williams and Trevor Lawrence, frenetic.
Andy Holloway
Yeah, but if Caleb Williams is like this in year, this is year five. This is not like, oh, he's a young guy. I mean he's young by age.
Jason Moore
You're right. You should expect it from Caleb. You shouldn't expect it from Trevor Lawrence.
Andy Holloway
After the page, he started 71 games. You gotta, you gotta be consistent.
Jason Moore
You are what you are at that point.
Andy Holloway
Yeah, you. We know who Trevor Lawrence is.
Jason Moore
And to Caleb's credit, he's only thrown four picks on the season. Trevor Lawrence throws four and a quarter. They still won three picks last week. Still beat Arizona. We suck. All right, my stream of the week has about five maybes. Give me some underpants. You want one, two or three maximum?
Andy Holloway
Yeah. Max. Unobtainium underpants.
Jason Moore
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe.
Mike Wright
I get it.
Jason Moore
Cam. Ord I get it. Maybe Cam. Or this week, Jacksonville, they give up a ton of points to the quarterback position and you're coming off the best game of the year. For Cam Ord, where he actually finished in the top five of the position. Maybe against Jacksonville, 28th against fantasy quarterbacks. It was Seattle that he did it against. I mean, that. That is very unexpected.
Andy Holloway
He was very good last week.
Jason Moore
It's a thin group of streaming options this week and so, man, tough.
Andy Holloway
He hasn't finished inside the top 16 until last week. Until last week.
Mike Wright
We put the call out, you know, like, wait, who actually played Cam Ward this week? Because we got. Oh yeah, we had the good puns. I feel like every single one I.
Jason Moore
Read was two quarterback league.
Mike Wright
Yeah, it was in my dynasty league. I pulled him. I had to pull him off my.
Andy Holloway
Taxi squad, put him in.
Mike Wright
It's like, no, everyone was forced into playing Cam Ward last week. If you played him and it worked out.
Jason Moore
I have one quarterback related. Jacoby question. I just saw over on X. John wrote in and said, I think I might pick up Jacoby and start him over Caleb and start him over Burrow this week with playoffs on the line for your team. I mean, I would definitely play him over Caleb.
Mike Wright
The, the process says that that is a thing to do.
Jason Moore
This ANSWERS why there's 51% Boston. That's exactly.
Mike Wright
I'm saying over Burrow.
Jason Moore
Like, yeah, Burrow doesn't have Higgins and Baltimore's defense has been good. And.
Mike Wright
Yeah, and that's what I'm saying. It makes sense.
Jason Moore
How do you argue with quarterback three since he started?
Andy Holloway
You argue it by saying he's Jacoby. Jacoby Berset. We know who you know, we talk about. Okay, Trevor Lawrence, five years. We know who he is at this point. Maybe you don't because how many years has Jacoby Brissette played? I'm going to count him.
Jason Moore
Well, the last time he got to start games consistently, he had his Joe Flacco and Cleveland year. He was Cleveland started.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Andy Holloway
He was drafted in 2016. He's played 10 years.
Jason Moore
He is playing out of his mind right now. I mean, he is 67% completion percentage. I mean, quarterback rating of 97.
Mike Wright
Well, because he has the. There is nothing for him to lose. Like, what are you looking over your shoulder at? Who else is going to come in?
Jason Moore
Well, if you look over your shoulder, you can't even see the guy behind him.
Mike Wright
Exactly.
Andy Holloway
He is tall.
Mike Wright
Exactly. But I mean, that has to. The psychology of that has to have matters.
Andy Holloway
I have my dad over for dinner last night and this was the funniest thing because he likes the Cardinals, but he doesn't follow it very close. He's like, I can't even name players anymore. And he was just talking about he got to watch this last week and he says the most.
Jason Moore
I can't wait to hear this.
Andy Holloway
He goes, they showed that quarterback on the, on the, on the sideline. And I, I don't know if it's okay if I say this, but I was like, finally. That's a man. I was like, yeah, no, I get it. Not a little baby boy Kyler. He's like, hey, our quarterback's a man now.
Jason Moore
Oh, man. Oh, my goodness.
Andy Holloway
Yep. And he plays like a man.
Jason Moore
Oh, he stands in the pocket. He could take a hit.
Mike Wright
Goodness.
Jason Moore
All right, nobody wants to hear about that anymore. Tomorrow, the Megalodon episode. Make sure you're ready for it. It should, it should give you enough content to prepare you for week 13, everything you're doing through the entire four day week weekend. And we get a lot of football in these four days, so it should be a lot of fun.
Andy Holloway
Black Friday.
Mike Wright
Yeah, we get it all.
Jason Moore
Yeah, that'll do it. For today's episode, check out jointhefoot.com for our fantasy football community and we'll catch you on the Megalodon.
Mike Wright
Goodbye.
Andy Holloway
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Date: November 25, 2025
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike “The Fantasy Hitman” Wright
This episode dives deep into Week 13 waiver wire targets, injury news, hot takes on emerging and faltering fantasy players, and plenty of in-depth roster advice to help listeners prepare for the upcoming fantasy playoff push. Along the way, the crew delivers their trademark blend of expert insight and fun banter — including a now-infamous "nard attack" moment from the latest NFL action, plus spirited debate on the Shedeur Sanders QB controversy.
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