Week 16 Matchups + Mike's Back, Wheel of Shame! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/20

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary: Week 16 Matchups + Mike's Back, Wheel of Shame!

Release Date: December 20, 2024

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1. Welcome Back, Mike Wright

[02:38] Andy Holloway:
The episode kicks off with a warm welcome back to Mike Wright, affectionately referred to as "The Fantasy Hitman." After a noticeable absence, Mike rejoins the trio, prompting light-hearted banter about his time away.

[03:01] Mike Wright:
Mike humorously shares his experience during his absence, likening it to being stuck in a "phantom zone" due to illness.

[04:10] Mike Wright:
Expressing relief at being back, Mike jokes about not aging during his hiatus, adding to the camaraderie among the hosts.

2. Season's Progress and Playoff Preparations

As the season nears its end, the hosts discuss the approaching semifinal week and the strategies required to navigate the final matchups leading to the championship.

[04:24] Andy Holloway:
Andy highlights the importance of preparing for the Fantasy Face Off segment and hints at the upcoming championship week, noting unexpected scheduling changes affecting some managers.

3. Thursday Night Football Game Breakdown

The focus shifts to a detailed analysis of the Thursday Night Football matchup between the Denver Broncos and their opponent.

[06:00] Mike Wright:
Mike critiques the Broncos' backfield rotation, questioning the strategic depth behind their constant running back substitutions.
"Them rotating their running back literally every snap felt not it to me. It didn't feel fully strategic." [06:04]

[07:00] Jason Moore:
Jason points out the excessive wind sprints by the Broncos, leading to fatigue among their running backs.
"It's literally more than they run when they get the ball on the vast majority of occasions." [07:00]

[07:18] Andy Holloway:
Andy praises Justin Herbert's exceptional performance, particularly highlighting a standout play by Darius Davis.
"This was a game where I think just the greatness of Justin Herbert was on display." [07:14]

[08:21] Jason Moore:
Jason expresses disappointment over Cortland Sutton's underwhelming performance, emphasizing the importance of consistent player output in fantasy leagues.
"Cortland Sutton ... scored about a point and a half under where they had him projected." [08:32]

4. Player Injuries and Updates

The hosts provide updates on key player injuries impacting fantasy lineups, discussing the implications for upcoming games.

[10:46] Andy Holloway:
Andy announces the status of several players, including Patrick Mahomes and Joe Mixon, who are now cleared to play.
"Patrick Mahomes off the injury report will play because, of course, this was good news." [10:46]

[11:50] Mike Wright:
Mike humorously suggests alternative footwear for Rashad Bateman to cope with his walking boot.
"Has he considered getting a running boot?" [11:53]

[13:04] Mike Wright:
Mike criticizes the team's approach to handling concussions, advocating for better player management.
"Sometimes you are trying to push someone through a concussion protocol even more..." [13:04]

5. Weekly Matchup Highlights and Fantasy Strategies

The discussion delves into various NFL matchups, analyzing team performances and advising on fantasy lineup decisions.

[14:10] Mike Wright:
Mike highlights the potential return of Kenneth Walker, discussing the risks and rewards of including him in fantasy lineups against a strong Minnesota defense.
"Are we back?" [14:12]

[15:18] Jason Moore:
Jason reminisces about Kenneth Walker's performance against the Detroit Lions, underscoring his dual threat as a runner and receiver.
"He was the running back, too, with three touchdowns." [15:21]

[17:18] Andy Holloway:
Andy examines the dilemma of choosing between players like Jerome Ford and Kendra Miller, emphasizing the importance of workload and matchup favorability.
"Where you have an opportunity that just screams start me." [17:18]

6. Fantasy Face Off and Wheel of Shame

A competitive segment where the hosts reveal their fantasy lineups for the week, followed by the Wheel of Shame—a light-hearted segment highlighting the least performing players.

[63:18] Andy Holloway:
Andy showcases his fantasy lineup, strategically selecting players like Aaron Rodgers and James Conner.
"I'm going Titian defense in the upset that I picked earlier against the mistake prone Anthony Richardson." [66:10]

[63:35] Jason Moore:
Jason humorously complains about Mike's beard while revealing his own lineup choices, such as Jamar Chase and Travis Etienne.
"I'm taking a shotgun." [67:08]

[63:43] Mike Wright:
Mike participates in the Wheel of Shame, receiving a playful reprimand for his less-than-stellar fantasy choices.
"This is good." [63:43]

7. Final Matchup Analyses and Recommendations

The hosts conclude with final thoughts on upcoming games, offering personalized advice for fantasy managers.

[68:03] Jason Moore:
Jason expresses confidence in selecting players like Brian Thomas Jr. and Travis Etienne, despite their recent underperformance.
"I think he's safe to give you eight points or..." [46:46]

[69:07] Jason Moore:
Jason announces an upcoming "Injury Blitz" podcast, aiming to provide detailed injury updates and their impacts on fantasy lineups.
"So I actually have Devonte Smith, 54." [68:55]

8. Closing Remarks

The episode wraps up with final interactions among the hosts, reinforcing their camaraderie and teasing future segments.

[70:10] Andy Holloway:
Andy humorously addresses the ongoing joke about Mike's beard, ensuring a light-hearted end to the episode.
"You're done, right?" [66:20]

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Notable Quotes

• Mike Wright on Broncos' Running Back Rotation:
  "Them rotating their running back literally every snap felt not it to me. It didn't feel fully strategic." [06:04]

• Jason Moore on Kenneth Walker's Dual Threat:
  "He was the running back, too, with three touchdowns." [15:21]

• Andy Holloway on Justin Herbert's Performance:
  "This was a game where I think just the greatness of Justin Herbert was on display." [07:14]

• Jason Moore on Fan Engagement:
  "I think the matchup is so good here." [37:07]

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Key Takeaways

• Player Management: Understanding player workloads and injury statuses is crucial for optimizing fantasy lineups, especially in the high-stakes semifinal week.

• Matchup Analysis: Evaluating team strategies and defenses can provide valuable insights into player performance potential for the week.

• Fantasy Strategies: Balancing between star players and breakout potentials, as well as being adaptable to last-minute changes, remains essential for securing a championship title.

• Community Engagement: The hosts encourage listeners to provide feedback to continually improve the show, fostering a supportive fantasy football community.

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Stay tuned for more expert analyses, insights, and entertaining discussions to help you dominate your fantasy leagues. Until next week, happy managing!

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

Studio is brought to you by Amazon prime foreignasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Andy Holloway]

Welcome in. Bye bye bear. Hello Hitman.

[Mike Wright]

Hey everybody.

[Andy Holloway]

The fever dream has come to bro. Has come to an end. Well we had been very.

[Mike Wright]

What was that all about?

[Andy Holloway]

We. We. Did you listen to any of the podcasts? I assume not.

[Mike Wright]

I did nothing.

[Jason Moore]

This was trying to exist.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, like this. You know how sometimes you're like sick day. I get to. I'm gonna watch show.

[Andy Holloway]

You gonna watch Netflix none of that bull crap.

[Mike Wright]

It was just live and try to fast forward and time warp till this is over.

[Andy Holloway]

We had been.

[Mike Wright]

I am 75% Theraflu right now.

[Andy Holloway]

Are you okay? Yeah. We had spent some time on the show saying how. Talking about how little we had heard from you, which told us everything we needed to know. Where it was like, there was.

[Jason Moore]

There was no update.

[Andy Holloway]

There was no real communication. It was like.

[Jason Moore]

And then I see the tweet from, like, yesterday where it was the Jumanji. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

He never tweeted during the whole time either.

[Jason Moore]

That tweet, which was. What year is it?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

That was the first time I had woken up all week where I'm like, wait, wait, I'm in reality.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's.

[Mike Wright]

I'm no longer half here, half in the phantom zone.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, we're happy to have you back, Jay Grizz, once again, disappointed in your absence. He didn't do much.

[Mike Wright]

He does. I mean, he looks good.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

He hasn't aged a day.

[Andy Holloway]

Makes Jason look small.

[Jason Moore]

That's true.

[Andy Holloway]

But you're back in time for the Wheel of Shame today. Congratulations.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, perfect, you guys. I would not put it past you to pick on a sick guy.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, well, you know, we'll see what happens. YouTube.comd fantasy footballers. I did want to take a second. We're coming to the end of the season. We got semifinal week. We're previewing games today. We've got our the Fantasy Face off at the end of the show. Next week is championship week. Although it's funny, I talked to somebody yesterday whose championship week is this week.

[Jason Moore]

Really?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I was like, they never moved it when the NFL added a game or something.

[Andy Holloway]

And so that meant that their first week of the playoffs was the week when, like, the Ravens and everyone was on, My goodness. I was like, what are you doing?

[Jason Moore]

It's your lead.

[Andy Holloway]

I was like, what are you doing?

[Mike Wright]

But if only. If only they knew what the schedule was.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Yeah. You know, sometimes. Sometimes people just leave it alone, I guess. So that's always one of our reminders, is get that fixed in the off season. But if you have some feedback for us, this show is for you. This show is to help your team get better, to entertain you, to help you prepare each and every week. We're here all throughout the off season as well. But if you have feedback for us, we'd love to hear from you, things that you love about the show. Anything that you don't love, you can send that into Questions ask@fantasy footballers.com. we'll get those, we'll read them, we'll check them out. We always want to make the show better each and every year. And thought I'd get that out there. Before we Talked about the 3427 Thursday Night Football game.

[Mike Wright]

What a game.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it was pretty exciting this game.

[Andy Holloway]

The Broncos started hot. They looked unstoppable, just machine like to.

[Mike Wright]

Begin the game, much to my chagrin because I did message you guys how annoyed. And look, this is the me problem. This is a 100. Maybe other people had the problem too. But them rotating their running back literally every snap felt not it to me. It didn't feel fully strategic. It felt like Sean Payton's like, yeah, I can do it.

[Andy Holloway]

I can.

[Mike Wright]

I can do this because I'm Sean Payton. And just. And it works for a bit there and then. Then they never running back, never caught momentum.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, the running backs got tired from all the running on and off the field.

[Mike Wright]

It's funny, it's like they were sprinting off.

[Andy Holloway]

That is a distance to cover. You're doing wind sprints.

[Jason Moore]

It's literally more than they run when they get the ball on the vast majority of occasions. So you talk about fresh legs, like, man, fourth quarter, all of my guys are winded.

[Mike Wright]

Why are you so tired, Coach? You got me running 50 yard wind sprints every other snap.

[Andy Holloway]

This was a game where I think, you know, just the greatness of Justin Herbert was on display.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, my gosh. Time and time again, he was so good.

[Andy Holloway]

I think it was the Darius Davis touchdown. That was. It didn't make sense the way his arm angle was.

[Jason Moore]

He was like running to the left and had no ability to put his shoulder into it. And it just laser beams of ball.

[Andy Holloway]

It was awesome. And McConkey had a good game.

[Mike Wright]

Dude, that Gus run, the Gus bus, that was a vintage Gus Edwards run.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. He was 14 for 68 and 2. Superstar Marvin Mims Jason led the way for Denver's passing game. 3 for 62. Just further separating from that chump Troy Franklin.

[Jason Moore]

He had two catches of his own.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you know what? I'm gaining. I'm gaining on you. But Cortland Sutton, five for 50. Everything was pedestrian in this one. If you started Sutton, which I think tons of people did, we had three or four in our office that did that. This was not. This was not the worst thing that could have ever happened, I believe in our league. He showed up about a point and a half under where they had him projected.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, Mike and I are playing against Cortland Sutton in the in the Dino Junior League together. And I am disappointed that he got seven and a half points. Yeah, I like.

[Andy Holloway]

Because he didn't feel that way.

[Jason Moore]

No, it felt like he should be. He should have ended the game around five and seven and a half too much.

[Andy Holloway]

So all that being said, we don't have a Thursday night goose of Cortland Sutton to add to the cup. And the read like he. It wasn't a league winning performance. It's probably not going to define your week either direction. But that was kind of the summary of the game.

[Jason Moore]

The real only disappointing player who was an outright bust if you chose to play him and we talked about on the waivers that we would play McMillan over him is Quentin Johnston. Quentin Johnson did absolutely nothing, even though Herbert was awesome.

[Mike Wright]

And no, he cut again.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, well, huge going to huge. Especially on prime time. Those lights are. Maybe the lights are too bright. He can't see when it's prime time. But yeah, hopefully you didn't start him.

[Andy Holloway]

So, yeah, there you go. It's Friday.

[Jason Moore]

Foot Clan Friday.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Every Friday, we give $100 away to fantasychamps.com we give a fantasy footballers T shirt away to a supporter. And this week, username Groot. The I am just Groot. Groot. Congratulations.

[Mike Wright]

I am Groot.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, so it's not the original.

[Andy Holloway]

No. Mike is making the point that his.

[Mike Wright]

His name is simply Groot.

[Andy Holloway]

His name is Groot. He just says I am Groot.

[Jason Moore]

Right, but that's all he says.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, but what?

[Jason Moore]

He doesn't just say Groot.

[Andy Holloway]

If real Groot had an account on our site, he would not write it as I am Groot.

[Jason Moore]

I don't know how he could write just Groot. He doesn't know how. He can only write and say I am Groot.

[Mike Wright]

No, that is all we hear. No, he is speaking his language.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, that's true.

[Mike Wright]

It's like Pokemon.

[Jason Moore]

I forgot about that. I apologize.

[Andy Holloway]

I fight Mike on these issues.

[Jason Moore]

I apologize. You're a nerd. I wasn't nerd enough.

[Andy Holloway]

Congratulations. Thanks for supporting the show over there. At jointhefoot.com, let's talk news.

[Jason Moore]

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

[Andy Holloway]

All righty. We have Saturday games this week. You get that trickle of fantasy points coming in throughout the weekend. Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Patrick Mahomes off the injury report will play because, of course, this was good news. Really good news. And I've seen all the practice videos as well. Joe Mixon off the injury report and will play in the game. Still a tough Matchup still really, really want him in your lineup. If you have Joe Mixon and you've been leaning on him to get to the semifinals.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. All the video, the practicing in full, it really does seem like the injury is not an issue here. The matchup is still an issue, but it's given me a lot of confidence to kind of bump him up a little bit more.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we have George Pickens ruled out. Once again, George. And Rashad Bateman is questionable. Was seen in a walking boot, probably a customized walking boot that's already been pre made for him with the engraving. And it's like his walking boot that he can use every week if he wants to.

[Mike Wright]

Has he considered getting a running boot?

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, and just leave it on?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Like why is it always a walking boot?

[Andy Holloway]

Man, if he went out there and started running routes in one of those boots. Yeah, dude with cleat. A boot with cleats.

[Mike Wright]

I mean he would, that would be.

[Jason Moore]

A weapon and he'd be safe.

[Mike Wright]

Like he would always be just too tilting one direction.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he's got to start in the slot. Otherwise he's going out of bounds.

[Mike Wright]

He's a little. Yeah, he's uneven.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. RB one leg.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Tyrone Tracy limited on Thursday with an ankle injury. He's still a, you know, anytime you got an offense looking as inept as the Giants, he's still going to be a little bit of a nervous start on a week to week basis. Cedric Tillman's still limited. You're not, you're not playing him without Winston and so we move on.

[Jason Moore]

And there are also like sometimes you are trying to push someone through a concussion protocol even more and they are. This is a team. I don't think they're in need to force him back for dtr.

[Andy Holloway]

David Najoku did not practice dealing with the hamstring Sames. Braylon Allen, Isaiah Davis, both limited. You know, Jason made Breeze all his start of the week.

[Mike Wright]

What?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

This is, you know it's going to happen.

[Andy Holloway]

You get fresh reactions.

[Jason Moore]

You know it's going to happen.

[Mike Wright]

You made Breeze hall your start.

[Andy Holloway]

I told him I'm not, I'm not there with him.

[Mike Wright]

This is just, this is, this is only a man crying out in pain.

[Jason Moore]

Breeze hall has a good matchup. His two counterparts are currently not practicing in full are injured and he is going to have a good week now that he can't help people.

[Mike Wright]

Like I said, this is just a man.

[Andy Holloway]

There's a little bit of. There's Zachary returned to a limited practice. Could be back out there with the concussion.

[Jason Moore]

This is what I was talking about. Like, remember we would talk about player incentives and maybe Zach Ertz will come back a little quicker through his protocol because he's got some checks to cash.

[Mike Wright]

I got some quiche coming.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. So that's motivation somehow. Can affect concussions, it seems.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And we. We are still. Kate Otten still didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday with a knee injury. Monitoring that. Tony Pollard did not practice. Dnp, DMP limited last week so he could still play. Geno Smith practiced in full. And here's a big one. Kenneth Walker, the bone zone. Practice in full.

[Mike Wright]

Are we back?

[Andy Holloway]

Well, see the bone. We might be back to Kenneth Walker playing, but I know he's. But the bone zone, it's a.

[Jason Moore]

It's Minnesota, so that is as bad as it gets.

[Andy Holloway]

And then Charbonnet, he was limited with the oblique, but honestly, the.

[Mike Wright]

Andy and I are squaring off. And the semis and the dynasty are. Dino. Senior underdog. Andy is the underdog. And my final decision comes down to a spot like where it's. I have Jerome Ford, right. And it was. Oh, you know, I don't like that DTR is the quarterback, but, hey, he should be getting all. All the work. He's got juice.

[Jason Moore]

It's the Bengals.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And it's the Bengals. I love my running backs against the Bengals. I just want pieces of that. And I didn't want. I'm sorry. I didn't want Ken Walker to make the decision hard for me because I think he is. Even starting him is so difficult. A healthy Ken Walker against Minnesota is like, oh, are we going to get one of those real crappy where he's like two yards per carry, maybe he catches three passes and it's just nothing. It's a.

[Jason Moore]

Do you remember when staring it down.

[Mike Wright]

Is really, really hard to.

[Jason Moore]

Do you remember when Kenneth Walker played against the Detroit Lions and that tough run D before they lost their defense and he was the running back, too, with three touchdowns. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

No, he can. But what was his. What was his line aside from the touchdowns?

[Jason Moore]

He was 12 for 86.7 yards. I didn't recall four receptions for 36.

[Mike Wright]

And he could. That's where it's hard because Ken Walker can do that. Ken Walker can also be 40 yards on 15 attempts and nothing else.

[Andy Holloway]

There are several situations this week. Jerome Ford, Kendra Miller.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, man.

[Andy Holloway]

Where you have. Yeah. Where you have like a. An opportunity that just screams start me. Because of the amount of work that they have the potential to receive. But Offenses that say kill me because they are, they're going to be so inept. Like, you know, are you going to be happy with Kendra Miller if he catches one pass and runs between the 20s a few times and they punt like, this is what submarine. Dalvin Cook. We shared stories on the footcast of your worst championship bad beats. And I was like, I had Dalvin Cook when he was a top five running back and he played in the fantasy championship and I needed nine points to win a title. And guess what? It wasn't Kirk Cousins. He was out with COVID I don't remember the name of that chump that played quarterback that week, but they were so inept that it was three and out three and out three. Now you don't get to run the football if your first down is a sack. Okay? And now it's second and 15 and you got an incompletion and it's third down, you're off the field. Like that does happen. And those decisions are hard. I know Kendra Miller will get more into it on this show. He is like the number one name littering the start sit tool on the website because, you know, people don't know what to expect. And whether you go with a lower probability bad matchup, Kenneth Walker or everything for Kendra Miller on Monday night where you've not seen enough of him, it's.

[Mike Wright]

A really tough choice.

[Andy Holloway]

Jaylen Waddle did not practice. We can probably stop updating about Jalen Waddle. He's. He's not going to be in your lineup. Isaac Garanda. We got news. Unlikely to play.

[Mike Wright]

Unbelievable.

[Andy Holloway]

This is, they're, they're going to go to fifth string at the running back position, which will probably be. If you had, you know, some Keyshawn Vaughn, Patrick Taylor combination that is not attractive. Like I'm not actively fighting for one of those guys right now. I don't know if you guys have a different opinion.

[Jason Moore]

I think Patrick Taylor is probably a good play this week, I expect. I mean they always use one guy. You know, the idea that they're going to platoon it and use a committee, maybe at some point, now that they're onto the 16th string running back, maybe they do it just. It's never been done. Like Kyle Shanahan has had enough injuries and they just grab whoever's next and say, well, you're on the field for every snap. It's just kind of how we play ball. So I think it's going to be Patrick Taylor. He, he is someone that I would be willing to start. I picked him up in a league that I'm in the playoffs for. At the very least to just block if. If I don't start him.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Alvin Camara not expected to play on Monday. Season might be over for Alvin Camara. So you're. You're probably not getting him back next week if you make it through. It is certainly disappointing. He's been a key cog in championship runs.

[Jason Moore]

Just devastating. I mean, he's one of those players that's just in almost every single playoff right now.

[Andy Holloway]

Mike, we are facing each other this week. I was already an underdog and now you will not be getting Alvin Camara against him.

[Mike Wright]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. But guess what I got instead.

[Mike Wright]

What do we got?

[Andy Holloway]

Ramond Ray Stevenson.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, this. That will be the ultimate come up for me.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Which one of you guys I believe you or Al are playing against in the league of record? The Alvin Camaro.

[Andy Holloway]

That would be. Yeah, that would be Al. Al is. I think he got a concession speech from the other manager already due to Alvin Camaro.

[Mike Wright]

But then howl tried to be like Sutton.

[Andy Holloway]

Is that Al's voice?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it is.

[Mike Wright]

When. When, when one player is like, I don't have my superstar running back. Yeah. But Cortland son got eight points.

[Andy Holloway]

Mike is back, baby.

[Jason Moore]

I love it.

[Andy Holloway]

We did get news this morning as well. Just one last bit here. We talked about James Conner got the great matchup. Trey Benson's already out for Sunday's game and Amari D. Markado is on IR. So they are now down to two running backs on the roster, Connor and D.J. dallas.

[Mike Wright]

We may have a return here.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you could get Tony. Tony Brooks. James.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, my gosh.

[Andy Holloway]

Michael Carter.

[Jason Moore]

Tony. Tony James Jones. Brooks Jr. Coming back. That's a name I never thought I would hear again or remember. Yeah. Also though, Paris Johnson, the left tackle, is also not going to play this week. So, you know, some good from a depth chart standpoint for Conner and some bad from an offensive lean line standpoint.

[Andy Holloway]

That was today's news and notes presented as always by USAA Insurance. Learn more at USAA.com insurance Let's take a quick break and we'll jump back into the forecast. This episode is brought to you by Abbott. Let's talk about a small thing that can make a big difference if you have diabetes. The Freestyle Libre 3 Plus sensor. It's amazing how the sensor gives you real time glucose readings so that you can see the impact of every meal and activity. To make better choices, the Freestyle Libre 3 sensor can help you live life with diabetes on your terms. This is progress. You can try it for free at FreestyleLibre US. Offer available for people who qualify. Visit MyFreestyle US to see all terms and conditions. Certain exclusions apply for prescription only Safety info found at Freestyle Libre Us. This episode is brought to you by Duluth Trading Company. Just like you won't settle for average with your draft selections, those picks the same should go for your workwear. Duluth Trading. You can outthink, outsmart and outdo average with every piece of men's and women's gear that they build. It's why they fabricate fire hose pants to be epically tough, pack their bibs full of pockets and make sure buck naked underwear feels barely there. It's all about innovating ingenious gear that you won't find anywhere else. Shop online or in store today. Visit duluthtrading.com it's time for Fantasy Forecast.

[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

All right, yesterday we covered the Texans, Chiefs, Steelers, Ravens. Those are our Saturday games. Don't forget to set those lineups early. Giants, Falcons, Lions, Bears, Browns, Bengals, Rams, Jets, Eagles, Commanders and we're moving forward Tennessee three and eleven. Indianapolis six and eight games in Indy where they are three and a half point favorites over under 42 and a half. On the DK sportsbook, it's going to be Mason Rudolph on the Titan side, going to be Anthony Richardson once again at home. Tony Pollard we think could be active. We talked about his contract incentives. He's got a little ways to go to get to 1100 yards, seven touchdowns. Tajie Spears was your hungry for more Jason and then yesterday Mike, this will be breaking news to you, but I am I'm shooting my shot on Chiga Conquo this week. What that's going to be my that's going to be my tight end start. So that is over otten league of record over Britain. Strange.

[Mike Wright]

Wow.

[Andy Holloway]

So this was the breaking news yesterday. One more piece of data. I brought up the fact like the Colts are who you want to play if you're in a tough if you're a tight end. We talked about the targets per route run being in the same place that Ridley's at over the last three weeks. Here are the tight ends targeted the most on a per route basis. Number one was Najoku 31% of the time. Number two in the NFL ahead of McBride, Britton, Strange, Hunter, Henry. Anybody else is chicaconkwo. He's number two in the league, 29% of routes run. And so I Am taking my shot on an athletic tight end as opposed to the plotting. You know, we got news that Britain Strange has an AC joint injury. Kate Otten is now missing two practices. We've got a concussion that maybe Zachary gets back from. Like, if you're bottom of the barrel, is all I'm saying. It's going to be Chick for me. He's in my lineup. That's the way I'm riding.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Jason Moore]

I get it.

[Andy Holloway]

Enough to the point where Jason has apparently put. Did you some sort of touchdown bet down on Chig?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, for sure. I mean, I'm going to play. And I'm also in one of the leagues where I was in that situation of like, am I playing a Briton Strange? And I decided I'm riding. I'm riding with you, man. I picked up jig. You're. I mean, he is a player. Oh, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

He had a drop.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, Conquo 10 targets last week, by the way.

[Mike Wright]

I. Yeah, I see that.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. The thing is, is athletically, he is a really good player. There was a time where we were very excited for him. I do think that the opportunity is there for him. And Mason Rudolph, not a huge upgrade from Will Levis. Not a downgrade from Will Levis. So, you know, you could hopefully see him duck foot run another big, long touchdown.

[Andy Holloway]

Is that how Chig runs?

[Jason Moore]

Dude, It's. Yes. On that big, long duck foot. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

So, like, his feet are out.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. His feet point away. Or is he for center? What's that? Does he quack?

[Mike Wright]

Or is it feed? Or is he.

[Jason Moore]

It's a feet. No, it's a feet. It's like, I don't know how he runs so fast when his toes are pointing. Like guys looking in two different directions, you know?

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, my gosh. Jonathan Taylor. Jason, after he hurt you, I'm surprised he's not your start of the week.

[Jason Moore]

I did think about it. I mean, he's a good start this week. Obviously. Last week, the boneheaded play that. What did you say?

[Andy Holloway]

7.9% of people in Yahoo leagues lost because of that play.

[Jason Moore]

Holy crap. Yeah, because he just dropped the touchdown. Went from a touchdown to a fumble. But how cool did he look like.

[Mike Wright]

If that had been a touchdown and the way that he was, like, timing the drop. How cool is that?

[Andy Holloway]

Is that where the, like, NFL street cred is? Is, like, how quick can you drop the football after breaking the plane? So everyone's trying to get it close.

[Jason Moore]

They had to review that thing 10 minutes, and it called me a touchdown. Jonathan Taylor's a good player. He was awesome last week.

[Mike Wright]

Obviously, he doesn't do that again.

[Jason Moore]

I'm sure he will never do that again the rest of his career. But the matchup is pretty good against the Titans. They're at home. They are favored. I think Jonathan Taylor's a very good start.

[Andy Holloway]

For whatever reason, he hasn't had huge games against Tennessee in the past, but the matchup looks good on paper. Is there a wide receiver on the Indianapolis side that you would feel a level of confidence in this week?

[Jason Moore]

No. I mean, you could.

[Andy Holloway]

I know Alec Pierce is banged up. Maybe there's a little bit of consolidation of the 45% completion rate.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, I would put Josh Downs in first, and I would hope that I'm not putting Josh Downs in. I hope I have a better option. You know, last week you had nine targets to Michael Pittman, eight targets to Josh Downs. With the completion rate, it feels like you need about 20 or 30 targets to have a good game. But, I mean, Josh Downs has had a handful of good games already with Anthony Richardson, so if you got to play one of them, that's who I would play.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I want to hit the almost upset button, but it feels like this game is so.

[Jason Moore]

Did you see the Brian Callahan. Anyways, did you see the Brian Callahan press conference where one of the reporters asked about his team being soft?

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, man. If you had saw that, I think you would have hit the button because he got it.

[Andy Holloway]

It's fine.

[Jason Moore]

Andy's almost upset of the week. He got fiery. I mean, he. He. He told that reporter, like, whoever's saying that has absolutely no idea what they're talking about.

[Andy Holloway]

38 expletives.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, it was. It was. It was really like. It was Dan Campbell. It was so 38. It was so that is the stats.

[Andy Holloway]

That Kyle's already had, genuine and real.

[Mike Wright]

That up. Kyle. Okay.

[Jason Moore]

Well, it was. There were. I mean, if he's. If he's not 38.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, he made it up all right.

[Jason Moore]

It's not too far off. But I mean, it was a great. Like, if I was a player and I watched my coach, the way that he got my back, and I think it would amp this team up. It would have.

[Mike Wright]

What if you're actually soft?

[Jason Moore]

I don't think they are, man. They don't have a good record. They've lost a lot of games. But honestly, it's quarterback. I mean, not. Not every. Not all of their woes is quarterback play. But in the beginning of the year, it's a big year. I Mean, it's hard to win games when you're constantly throwing the other team touchdowns. It's like that doesn't mean your team is playing soft. Remember in the beginning of the year we didn't want to face the Titans defense.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Because they just, they go out and they hit hard and they play strong but they, you know, maybe, maybe they're a little bit phoning in and now it's hard to play hard at 3 and 11.

[Andy Holloway]

It's also hard to play defense on a short field because Levis gives you a short field. The Cardinals are seven and seven taken on the three and eleven Carolina Panthers. The DraftKings sportsbook line. Arizona minus four and a half. The over. Under is 47. There you go, Carolina. We got a little bit of a retread. That's not the word. A retracement.

[Jason Moore]

That's not a word for bright.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it is.

[Jason Moore]

Retracement.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

For real. That's new.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, you retrace.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I mean I've got Mr. Stocks over there looking at me. Bryce Young just, he went backwards a little bit last week. That was the.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, this was a.

[Jason Moore]

A retracement is a technical term used to identify a minor pullback or change in the direction of a financial institution such as a stock or index. All right, Andy, my man. Look at that. That's impressive.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm just saying. Shares of Bryce Young. The price went down a little bit last week. Turnovers. Arizona on the road, four and a half point favorites. Still a competitive NFC West. Cardinals right there. One game behind Carolina's rush defense. It's awful. They're giving up 173 rushing yards a game. That would be the most all time. James Conner is going to be pretty good.

[Mike Wright]

How is James Conner not the RB one this week?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean he, that's.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason made him his start of the week on that basis. Basically it was him and Breece.

[Jason Moore]

I had Breece as kind of a second because who's not starting? James Conner. But James Conner is like the start of the week. He should be in this matchup. You're favored, you're playing a perfect matchup. Your backups are injured, so you're going to get all the work. And he's just been on fire also the last like three years in a row. You know, when he's on the field down the stretch late in the season when defenses are tired of the way he plays concrete, he's, you know, it's tough to take him down.

[Andy Holloway]

So talk to me about the other parts of the offense. Because I think people have been laboring with the Kyler Murray decision this week. We've seen him in there. It's Kyler A Love. It's Kyler Darnold. It's Kyler or Goff.

[Jason Moore]

There are situations where I would start Kyler Murray and it's not the names that you just said. Obviously, Kyler can have big, explosive games. The Carolina matchup is a good one. To be in the over under is fine, but I'm, you know, if I'm looking at starting Kyler or, you know, Caleb Williams. Okay. It's really difficult for me to say I'm going to trust him over guys that I think are playing good football on a regular basis, like Jordan Love, like Sam Darnold, like Baker Mayfield. I don't think I'm going to take someone who is as volatile this season as Kyler over them. But it's not to say he's unstartable in a good matchup.

[Andy Holloway]

It's just like they win games where he doesn't have good fantasy.

[Mike Wright]

That's the issue of last week. I liked where the. I liked the spot the Cardinals were in. I thought Kyler was a decent play. The Cardinals put up 30 points and Kyler did nothing Concrete. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

James Conner had the rushing touchdowns. And this matchup, it can happen again.

[Mike Wright]

That joke needs to stay offline. We cannot proliferate.

[Andy Holloway]

That's a Mark Sanchez and give any.

[Mike Wright]

Credence to that nickname because we only.

[Andy Holloway]

Use it because it's so Connor. So it's Concrete Mike.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, man.

[Andy Holloway]

Mark Sanchez. What's up?

[Jason Moore]

We still. I mean, when we're watching the games, we yell concrete.

[Andy Holloway]

We were watching. It was the jets game. Was it? I don't remember which one it was. The Cardinals are playing and it's just all of a sudden, the announcer just keeps yelling, concrete.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

No one's ever heard about that out here in Arizona.

[Mike Wright]

That's what everybody calls him.

[Jason Moore]

This is not a nickname. You can't make it happen.

[Andy Holloway]

It's also the name Concrete. There are better nicknames. All right. On the other side, Chuba Hubbard's Russian receiving line is 90 and a half. He's going right.

[Mike Wright]

So a very good play.

[Andy Holloway]

Going right back to Chuba Hubbard after a disappointing week. And then Adam Thielen. I think Adam Thielen is a great start. Leggette, Moore, Coker, all banged up.

[Mike Wright]

Be careful.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. No, don't be careful. I'm going to play him and I'm going to play him over Jacoby Myers. Jason, I made that decision.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, yeah, you are. Yeah. We can all make bad decisions. So Adam Thielen, to me is like the barometer test of like he. This week. He's the name of waiver wire type of guy that will I start, you know, Jerry Judy, who's now got dtr, but he's been on fire or Adam Thiel. And I would take Judy in that situation.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I'd probably stay with Judy.

[Jason Moore]

I would take Myers. But, you know, Josh Downs, we were just talking about. Can you start Josh Downs with, you know, against. With Anthony Richardson against the Titans. Yeah. But I would rather have kind of the known volume that is expected with Adam Thielen. So that's kind of my barometer test this week.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And Thielen's in that group over the last five weeks where, you know, it's 12.3 points a game. It's about where Shakir is. It's a little bit. It's 0.2 ahead of Myers. It's where Tyreek's been. It's where McConkey's been.

[Mike Wright]

So it comes down to like Bryce Young was they. Did we get fooled? Fool's the wrong word. Did we get. Did he just get this? You know, he played really, really well after coming off the bench. And now the old. Made like some of the habits or things that they have. I don't know if that came through the mic, but Jason. Jason's over. If you're not on the video, Jason has two mugs.

[Andy Holloway]

He's got two mugs. And I'm like, what is clinking them together frequently.

[Jason Moore]

Not on purpose. I keep hitting the handle because you.

[Mike Wright]

Have two mugs in a very small space.

[Andy Holloway]

What do you think is going to happen?

[Mike Wright]

At least separate them.

[Jason Moore]

There was a water and then I decided right before the show, I want a coffee.

[Mike Wright]

There you go. Right hand, left hand.

[Jason Moore]

There we go.

[Andy Holloway]

There's no way he's not spilling that mug on the other side.

[Jason Moore]

Not used to right handing this.

[Mike Wright]

But like it is. Is Bryce Young just. Is he going to revert right back?

[Andy Holloway]

I think There's a. There's 10 targets in the cards for Thielen. Whatever. You're happy if you're happy with 10 targets. He catches 75% of his passes. He's going to be fine.

[Mike Wright]

Having said I would Play.

[Andy Holloway]

But Trey McBride, he spat in the face of my touchdown guarantee after they tried to get him that little every.

[Mike Wright]

Everybody in the entire world is now doing the. Every single week.

[Jason Moore]

This is it.

[Mike Wright]

I'm calling the Trey McBride touchdown. It's not happening ever.

[Jason Moore]

It's happening. It's happening this week.

[Mike Wright]

It is not.

[Jason Moore]

It is 100%.

[Mike Wright]

It is never happening.

[Andy Holloway]

They will try a little at the end of games to get that done.

[Jason Moore]

The big question, I think on most people's minds who are in the playoffs is Marvin Harrison Jr. That's the guy that they don't know what to do with. You know, if you've got a Zay Flowers type that is, you know, do you start Zay Flowers or, you know, you can honestly have the conversation of like, is Adam feeling a safer. Better start than he is?

[Andy Holloway]

A safer start? Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Safer floor.

[Andy Holloway]

He's only had one target, I think inside the in the last month. So Harrison is very. I mean, He's a wide receiver, 28. You need to treat him appropriately. You need to treat him that way, not the way you drafted him. And then you'll be fine.

[Mike Wright]

Marv has been seven or fewer points in three of the last four.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah. I think people are.

[Mike Wright]

How is this possible?

[Andy Holloway]

Cardinals could win the division still Minnesota's 12 and two taking on the eight and six Seattle Seahawks DraftKings sportsbook line Minnesota minus three over under is 42 and a half. An amazing job by Kevin O'Connell with these Vikings. They have been outstanding. The defense so formidable make you basically, you know, you have to pass. You don't really get the choice to run on them. That's where the dilemma of Ken Walker becomes more complicated. There will be a re injury risk. It might not be high, but he's been hurt multiple times this year and you're coming back from injury in a terrible matchup. You know, he missed. He missed two weeks early in the season. He missed two weeks late in the season and we were already a little bit. Mike, you've been frustrated with the bone zone becoming the charbone zone anyways, so it does feel a little nerve wracking. We talked about it a lot earlier. My start of the week at wide receiver was jsn, who is the guy right now and has a safe PPR floor and upside.

[Jason Moore]

I think not only based on his talent, but the matchup is fantastic. The Vikings put up so many points and you can't run on them. So it's just like that. The end of games is so valuable for opposing teams. Against the Vikings, when you talk about.

[Mike Wright]

The passing game, what do you do with Metcalf?

[Jason Moore]

That's so Metcalf and Marv, those guys are in the same like tier to me of like, these are good players that you can get a good game from this week who have not been performing. And you've just got to decide, you know, it's obviously going to come down to your options, but neither one is a must start.

[Andy Holloway]

I would be playing Harrison over Metcalf if I had that choice because Metcalf has had what, two months of disaster.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it's been his. His previous explosive week would have been week seven against the Atlanta Falcons. Four for 99 with the score misses two games, his first game back after the bye week, seven for 70. Okay, that's fine. And then it's just been subpar every game after that.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he actually was off to a really strong start on the course of the season. Got injured and hasn't been the same. So I don't know if that correlation or causation, but it's mixed with Jason's emergence too. Yeah, I mean, it's been long enough that you need to be scared, but the matchup is so good here.

[Andy Holloway]

You guys, would you roll? Juan Jennings over Metcalf.

[Mike Wright]

Jen Nang Jennings for sure.

[Andy Holloway]

Jalen McMillan over DK Metcalf.

[Jason Moore]

No, that one's.

[Andy Holloway]

I think it's close. I really do. I think that's name over name over opportunity. I think that one's. That one's close. I probably wouldn't have the guts to not see if I can get a Metcalf game. Aaron Jones on the other side is rushing. Line is at 66 and a half. He's RB15 on the year. Jefferson and Addison, are we feeling good this week for both guys?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, where are you with Hawkinson?

[Jason Moore]

You're never going to not feel good about Justin Jefferson and Jordan. Addison's averaging 16 fantasy points per game over the last seven games. So I think you've got to think you've got to have him in there. Hawkinson is always going to be in because you know there's six or seven tight ends you can rely on and if he's one that you have, he's in. So it's pretty easy, I think on that side of the ball. The question, the only question is Darnold, you know, like Darnold.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Where's he slot in this week?

[Andy Holloway]

He's the quarterback. Six over the last seven weeks. We have him as our consensus quarterback. Six this week.

[Mike Wright]

Darnold on the road against Seattle or Jared Goff on the road against Chicago?

[Jason Moore]

I'm going to go with Darnold. I think that golf outside potential bad weather.

[Mike Wright]

Brock Purdy against Miami on the road.

[Andy Holloway]

I'll take Darnold.

[Jason Moore]

I will too.

[Mike Wright]

Eileen Darnold as well.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, we got them ranked pretty high. The Patriots are 3 and 11. Powerhouse Ramondre Stevenson led Patriots going into. Oh, buffalo. Cool. Buffalo 11 and three at home. They have an implied point total of 30. They are 14 point home favorites with an over under of 46. That gives the Patriots 16 points. Away we go. Start Josh Allen, start James Cook.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And then it gets complicated with the receiving room.

[Jason Moore]

It gets very, very complicated.

[Andy Holloway]

11 degrees, by the way.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. It's going to be cold, windy.

[Mike Wright]

My dome.

[Jason Moore]

That being said, I do think that you can take shots on any of them. I mean, Amari Cooper, Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, they will not all get it done. There's no chance that all three are going to have a good game, but Josh Allen's probably going to throw two touchdowns in this matchup. If you look at the history of, you know, when the bills have been 14 plus point favorites, which has happened 10 times with Josh Allen, they're nine and one and opponents are averaging 11 points and they just blow them out.

[Andy Holloway]

They take care of business.

[Jason Moore]

So I do think this is a game where, you know, if you want to throw one of those wide receivers in, maybe you can say if it's windy and you're up a lot, maybe it's Khalil. Shakir is the safe option. They're not the 50 yard bomb.

[Mike Wright]

Shakir, for you no matter what.

[Jason Moore]

No. Well, I think, yeah, I mean, I guess Shakira is the safest for sure.

[Andy Holloway]

I see here Thielen, though.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, that's a tough question.

[Andy Holloway]

By the way, I have feeling I have a plan for you guys. I think that would be really cool. Save your money, Arthur. Combine and save your money for a few years. Yes. Both of you.

[Jason Moore]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Build a stadium.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, we're going to start saving and.

[Mike Wright]

That'S all of our money.

[Andy Holloway]

Build it. Yeah, it's all of it. Build a dome. And then when you have the dome, every time you see a bad weather game coming up, invite the teams to play.

[Jason Moore]

Ah.

[Andy Holloway]

And then if they turn down, if they turn you down, it's like you had a dome available.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

But that money, they are they a lot.

[Jason Moore]

I think they're a lot of money. Probably more than the stadium.

[Andy Holloway]

Stadium.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, a lot of.

[Mike Wright]

If you're a billionaire, it's actually not that much because then you just make other people pay for it. It's really nice.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. We could do like a tax thing, right? Like there was 6,000% tax on the.

[Mike Wright]

UDK we just make other people pay for our dome.

[Jason Moore]

I am in. And I'm not. I'm not joking. If we can. If we can do that, I'm in.

[Andy Holloway]

100% in. Oh, so if you don't have to pay for it, you are in.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, but we own it.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Just like the people pay for it.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Yeah. We get a bunch of revenue.

[Jason Moore]

Like, I don't necessarily want to pay taxes to build people's domes. Right?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Because it's weird.

[Jason Moore]

Totally fine on the other side.

[Mike Wright]

Got it.

[Jason Moore]

If other people are building me a dome. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Who was that? Did you guys ever see that. That documentary about the guy that pretended he was a super billionaire and got in a league? Yeah. He was, like, buying the. It. Was it the Nets? The Knicks?

[Jason Moore]

I forget. But I know what you're talking about. It was all.

[Andy Holloway]

It was all fake. And he just. He got way down the road on buying the team.

[Mike Wright]

So it's possible.

[Andy Holloway]

So it's possible.

[Jason Moore]

So you're telling me there's a team.

[Andy Holloway]

I can't remember what team it was.

[Mike Wright]

This game is. Look, I'm not. I'm playing Allen. I'm playing James Cook. That's all these things. But this game gives me the heebie jeebies.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Of, like, not as great as you think. As in, the randos on the Bills score, and then they're just, like, cruising. Like, what. What are the Patriots going to do here? What are they going to do?

[Jason Moore]

Oh, the Patriots are going to fold.

[Andy Holloway]

Ramondre is not going to be great. But the matchup, at least they give up 22 fantasy points a game to running backs. You hope it comes early.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, you do.

[Andy Holloway]

And Hunter Henry's receiving line is 42 and a half. Hunter Henry is not a path to a championship to me.

[Mike Wright]

Dallas businessman John Spano tended to buy the New York islanders.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep. For $165 million. Yes. It was a 30 for 30. And it was so fascinating. And it was all fake.

[Mike Wright]

At what point of the con are you like, I gotta get out of this thing.

[Jason Moore]

Like, you're gonna.

[Mike Wright]

They're gonna find out.

[Jason Moore]

This is. At some point, you got to pay the bill.

[Mike Wright]

This isn't like you got a free dinner. You're buying a sports team.

[Andy Holloway]

The idea that you go down the line, like, I'm gonna buy a suit. Yeah. I'm a buy suit. I'm gonna have a limo drop me off.

[Mike Wright]

That's amazing.

[Andy Holloway]

Produced a bunch. I think he produced a bunch of.

[Jason Moore]

120 bucks left, so.

[Andy Holloway]

Produced a bunch of fake documents.

[Mike Wright]

It's like the billionaires. Like, I forgot my wallet again. Guys, can you get this check?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. All right. Jacksonville 3 and 11, the Raiders 2 and 12. No, neither of these teams should try to win this game. The DraftKings sportsbook line is Las Vegas minus one and a half. The over under is 40. Which team should try so hard to lose?

[Jason Moore]

Which team is worse coached? Which team has. Yeah, I agree. That's who wins the game.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, because they make the bad decisions, right?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, Aiden O'Connell is going to be back.

[Jason Moore]

Aiden O'Connell is supposed to be back, which is great news for Brock Bowers. I think it's great news for Jacoby Myers. You know, with Jacoby Myers, in four games with Aiden O'Connell, he's averaging 12.7 fantasy points per game and 10 targets. So to me, that's just as good. I have that above my Adam Thielen line, but he's right there in line.

[Andy Holloway]

Brock Bowers needs 109 receiving yards to break the NFL record for a rookie tight end.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, Mike Ditka's record. Yeah, he'll get there.

[Andy Holloway]

He has not been prolific of late. Even with Aiden O'Connell, he did have a number one overall finish because he can go 10 for 140. But the three other weeks surrounding it outside the top 15 at the position. So, you know, any defense that wants to try to stop this team, that would be the guy to try to cover. Brian Thomas Jr. Has been awesome with Mac Jones. Mac Jones is just chucking it. He's got as many 20 fantasy 20 point fantasy games as CJ Stroud this.

[Jason Moore]

Year, which is one.

[Andy Holloway]

Which is one. Etienne and Bigsby. Are we freaking out if we have to put them in our lineups?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I don't think you want to put them in the lineups. You're going to be able to throw pretty easily on the Raiders.

[Mike Wright]

And I think you're okay with etn.

[Jason Moore]

Really, I do.

[Mike Wright]

He's been better. Like, he has visibly looked better to me on the last couple of weeks. He's been in the last, you know, last two games about 10 points. So it's like it's both of these.

[Jason Moore]

The issue with both of these guys is both of these guys. Right, right. You know, the last two weeks you had Tank Bigsby with 18 carries and 11 carries. So the fact that they are really sharing work just makes it difficult for either one to have a good.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I would totally agree, but I think that ETN's like, I think he's safe to give you eight points or.

[Jason Moore]

So because of the passing work.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And then on the other side, like what do you do with. The Raiders have quietly given us running back production. Like it's been gross. But we're back to Alexander Madison as the primary guy. Is DK rushing lines only 46 and a half, which. That sounds about right. But he has managed to get into the end zone a few times. Are you. If you're desperate, are you looking at Madison or Travis etn?

[Jason Moore]

I would rather go with the talent of etn. Both of these teams don't scare me. The matchup is good for Madison, but Amir Abdullah is still a pass catching back. I would rather have the pass catching of ETN and the talent of ETN over Alexander Madison. But he's. I mean they're close. They're not far apart.

[Mike Wright]

Madison, what a horrible game to have.

[Andy Holloway]

To watch with your players in there.

[Mike Wright]

Madison over the, you know, the, the first portion of the season before he got hurt, missed a bunch of time and McCormick had his games. I mean he was still getting targets. Six targets. Three one, three, five. Three five. Like, I don't know. I think Madison is. It's. It is disgusting and it's bottom of the barrel. You're hoping you don't have to do it, but like, like you're sitting on Tony Pollard. You get really bad news heading into the weekends. Like what do you do?

[Jason Moore]

Sure, you could throw Patrick Taylor into that kind of. Yeah, the mix.

[Mike Wright]

You would go Taylor over.

[Jason Moore]

I think I would go Taylor over these guys. I will say this. This game could be sneaky good. You just said Andy, like you what. What a bad game to watch. Mike, on Sunday Live last week you pointed out that even though there wasn't a high over under, it was kind of a low over under. Looked like two lousy teams and the jets and the Jaguars that like you could just have two bad defenses that end up giving you a lot of fantasy production.

[Andy Holloway]

And that was two bad defenses.

[Jason Moore]

That was a, you know, a beautiful offensive output. I think you could see that again if Aiden O'Connell is starting, which it looks like it's happening.

[Andy Holloway]

That's.

[Jason Moore]

That's true. Jacoby Myers and Brock Bowers and Alexander Madison could all end up with good games. While Brian Thomas and Travis ETN also have big games. So hopefully this turns into Britain strange.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, 11 targets. They said he's going to be out there. 11 catches on 12 targets.

[Jason Moore]

It's a great matchup for tight ends.

[Andy Holloway]

So he's still an option. A desperation play. I agree and yeah, I hope you pivot back to nope, not going to do it. But I could. You never know. All right, we'll take a break. We'll get into the rest of the matchups.

[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

Well Patrick Taylor and the 49ers at 6 and 8 taking on the 6 and 8 Miami Dolphins in Miami San Francisco on the road 1 point favorites the over unders 44 and a.

[Jason Moore]

Half Shanahan versus McDaniel.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah yeah and this they were together for a really really long time on coaching staffs throughout the years. We are down to the fifth string running back for San Francisco. The a lot of their offense is predicated on a competent running game. I don't have the Patrick Taylor confidence that maybe I'm not quite where Jason is just believing that it'll be all him. But to be fair that's a shot you could take.

[Jason Moore]

To be fair my confidence is that it'll be all someone like it could be Keyshawn Vaughn, but I think it's going to be Patrick Taylor. We've seen him on the field before. We've seen them give carries when when Grindo Got hurt and he had to, you know, he was the next man up. So I do think it's going to be Patrick Taylor. The matchup here is not the best against the Dolphins, but they're not like a top five defense against running backs. But if you've got a guy getting all of the work that's just valuable.

[Andy Holloway]

For fantasy, definitely play a chan his receiving line receptions wise, five and a half. I think Tyree Kill will be okay in this game with the injury to Waddle. His line is also five and a half receptions and that is exactly where Johnny Smith's line is. So five and a half for all three of those.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, everyone gets five and a half.

[Andy Holloway]

Malik Washington would be like a sneaky DFS punt play type of player with Waddle being out with no obj.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, would he?

[Andy Holloway]

You said. Or would he?

[Jason Moore]

No, he.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, would he?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Juwan Jennings on the other side, his line 62 and a half. Juan Jennings, I like him this week. I think you will be. You'll be happy. He's in your lineup, Kittle's in your lineup and then Jason, where are you with two? After the really disappointing performance last week, he's also like there is like he's going to play but he's got a hip injury.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I'm not, I'm not excited about Tua at all. Shanahan knows McDaniel's system. I don't think he's going to be surprised. A lot of teams that get used to the system kind of figure it out better with the motion and those type of things. So I think you're going to have a good game plan here from Shanahan who is still playing for the playoffs.

[Mike Wright]

Is there a chance we just have an absolute stink fest?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I think so. I really do think so because both.

[Mike Wright]

Coaches know the other person and their.

[Jason Moore]

Tendencies so well and you've got some really important banged up pieces. I mean obviously we know The San Francisco 49ers offense, the running back room has been decimated, but they're also, they're bad at wide receiver. You know, Juwan Jennings is there one. Debo has disappeared.

[Andy Holloway]

Pierce all disappeared.

[Jason Moore]

Ayuk is gone. So. And you got Waddle on the other side. I'm not excited for this game as some kind of great fantasy explosion like an offensive performance.

[Mike Wright]

And you see the news that Trent Williams might be out for the season.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah. That's going to hurt fifth string running back Patrick Taylor a little bit or whoever else gets opportunities on Sunday night. We get the Buccaneers 8 and 6. Taking on the 6 and 8. Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Road Favorites by 4 over unders 48. That is the highest of the week. We have some news here. Baker Mayfield, Laser Mayfield himself could be the new Kirk Cousins of primetime. He has lost.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, no.

[Andy Holloway]

Eight straight prime time starts.

[Jason Moore]

Laser, what's going on?

[Andy Holloway]

Phasers and lasers don't. Can't handle prime time.

[Jason Moore]

Laser. I think he can. I'm not too worried about history of wins and losses. I care about performances. That was the thing with Kirk Cousins for a long time was he can't ever win the big game. And you go and you look at the statistics like it's not. It wasn't his fault. He was playing pretty well. He had, like, a couple really bad personal performances to start that run and then was very good, but they kept losing, and it got overblown. This is a. This is a fun game. It is. Yes. You know, I think that the Dallas Cowboys defense is not what it, you know, once was, and then they lost digs once it started getting better. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense is destroyed as well. You have. At least Cooper Rush is capable enough, I think, against this Buccaneers team to score and keep Baker on the field. Having to. Having to, you know, widen the gap.

[Andy Holloway]

The buccaneers implied point holes, 26. It's the highest over under the week. It's one of the reasons I like Jalen McMillan a lot. The Hotten injuries. Another reason. The fact that he's been on an upward trend as a young rookie who's finally, you know, catching a higher percentage of his passes. Getting on the same page. I like him as a flex. Evans is in your lineup. Rashad White's been the RB10 since week seven. He's in your lineup. Bucky Irving, if he's active, you got to play him. That's where I'm at.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that's where I am, too.

[Andy Holloway]

He's just too. He's too good. And I think if he's active, he's.

[Mike Wright]

Been limited this week in practice, so it's not the same terror as last week, where it was like, just nothing. You're like, I hope he's okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Mike, you are inching very close on your bold prediction. You had said Rico Dowdle would be a top 20 running back. He is RB23 in total points, 27 and fantasy points per game, and is.

[Mike Wright]

Playing in semifinal matchups.

[Andy Holloway]

Is he playing on your team?

[Mike Wright]

You're darn right he is.

[Andy Holloway]

So I'm facing Dowdle.

[Mike Wright]

You will.

[Andy Holloway]

And there's. It's. It's Wild when you'd much rather have him on your team than Ramon Dre. For this matchup. His career highs in rushing yardage have been 112. Then he went to 131. Then he went to 149. Top 10 performances in three straight weeks. It was the Giant, Cincinnati and Carolina. So we're going to contextualize it. Those are juicy.

[Mike Wright]

But 19 for 86 against Washington before that run happened has not been catching.

[Andy Holloway]

The ball as much.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

With Cooper Rush.

[Mike Wright]

That. That's been. That has been just. Well, he had plenty of games with Cooper Rush catching passes. I mean, Rush has been the starter. You're right in. It has been lately, though, that it has disappeared. So Mike McCarthy, let's get the. Let's get the passes dialed up here. But also. You're welcome, Mike.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Freaking idiot.

[Andy Holloway]

Are you talking to yourself?

[Mike Wright]

No, I'm talking to coach Mike McCarthy. There's too many.

[Jason Moore]

Mike.

[Andy Holloway]

You're welcome, Mike.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, no, I know. There's a little bit too many of us.

[Andy Holloway]

Tampa's been number one against the run the last six weeks, so maybe that's a red flag for a big game. I don't know. But Rico dowdles in a lot of lineups and you know, it's been nice that CD Lamb has been getting it done with Cooper Rush.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Despite him being banged up.

[Mike Wright]

And he will get it done again.

[Andy Holloway]

It seems that way. And then I think we're just staying away from the tight end position in Dallas at this point.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it's unfortunate.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. It's not been good since Ferguson's returned, so I think that summarizes that one pretty good. Monday we got the 5 and 9 Saints against the 10 and 4 Green Bay packers, where Green Bay is now sitting as a 14 point home favorite. It's my favorite defense of the week. The packers at home against Spencer Rattler and nobody else. The overrunners, 42 points. That gives the Saints the lowest of the week. 14 points on offense. I really don't know how they move the football. I don't think Kendrick Miller is. It's hard for Camara to produce when the offense is this bad. And he still finds a way generally in the passing game. I Kendra Miller's rushing lines at 51. Like you're playing a dowdle over Kendra Miller, right?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. You're playing a Pollard even with the health concerns over a Kendra Miller.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, if Pollard is active, I'm going to be playing Pollard.

[Andy Holloway]

Let me read you. Literally the most popular start sits on the site. Ford or Kendra Miller. Miller or Taylor? Miller or Downs?

[Mike Wright]

Miller or we?

[Andy Holloway]

Miller or McMillan? Miller or Tracy? Miller or Dowdle? Miller or Pacheco? Miller or Spears? Miller or Brian Robinson?

[Jason Moore]

So Kendra Miller is a big question for people.

[Andy Holloway]

He is the biggest question of the and I wish I could tell you I've seen enough film of Kendra Miller to have the confidence that he's going to do great things.

[Jason Moore]

I have seen enough film of Kendra Miller to have confidence he can do great things. I've also seen enough film of Spencer Rattler to not be sure that he can do great, that Kendra can do great things with this offense. You have no Chris Olave. You have no Camara. You have no Taysom Hill.

[Andy Holloway]

You have no idea.

[Jason Moore]

You have no Derek. Yeah. You have no mbs. This offense is just kind of a skeleton crew.

[Andy Holloway]

Would you take the over under on their implied total of 14.3 points? Because I'm taking the under.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I would probably go towards the under. So I like Kendra Miller. You can always end up voluming your way to a good game and getting a touchdown. But I am so against this specific matchup and the belief in the team that most of those options, not all of them, but most of them. I would go the other way.

[Andy Holloway]

You play Kendra Miller or Josh Downs because it'll be a flex decision for.

[Jason Moore]

People and it definitely should be a flex as a Monday Night Football game. So get them out of your running back slot. I think I would go Kendra and Madison.

[Andy Holloway]

The Madison. Kendra Miller decision.

[Jason Moore]

I would go Madison.

[Mike Wright]

That's a fair question.

[Andy Holloway]

Jordan loves my start of the week at the quarterback position. Jacob's been amazing. What do you do with the roulette of letdowns that you get in Green Bay receiving options? This is such a plus matchup. You know, Jaden Reed. I don't see the split right in front of me here. He was like the. He was like the wide receiver 7 through the first 10 weeks. It's been like the wide receiver 46 since.

[Mike Wright]

So juiced from week one though, like, it was. Let me go look at his actual numbers.

[Andy Holloway]

But it was like two huge points. Was 4 for 138 in a touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

31, 31 points in week one and 23 in week four.

[Andy Holloway]

And that's kind of how it goes with him. Like, are you playing him? I mean, there are a lot of people with injuries. No more David Montgomery. I know Kyle's in that situation.

[Mike Wright]

I don't think he's a horrifically bad play. But you're.

[Andy Holloway]

Is it Watson? Is it Dobbs? Is It. Reed, what's the order?

[Mike Wright]

I would put Watson at the top.

[Andy Holloway]

That's where I'm at.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Right now.

[Jason Moore]

I would as well.

[Mike Wright]

But I trailed off because I'm. My confidence level is not high.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Dobbs got the touchdowns last week.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, man. And that snatching that one right off the ground.

[Andy Holloway]

Did you see his interview about that catch?

[Mike Wright]

I did not.

[Andy Holloway]

He's very. He was a very Kawhi Leonard. He was like Romeo. They're like, talk about that catch. And then he just like kind of sat there and he's just like, yeah, I just like, I caught the ball. I was like, all right.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, because we don't have to talk to everybody.

[Andy Holloway]

That would be. Yeah, no, we know that, Mike. We know.

[Mike Wright]

I'm saying talking to the athletes like that's not their job is to go play football.

[Andy Holloway]

The only message we would have gotten from Mike this week would have been a small message that just said, I am dead.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And then you would have let us know and that would have been it. But you're back and just in time.

[Jason Moore]

Fantasy Face off, presented by DraftKings.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, well, well. Last week I managed to bring it home. 151.

[Mike Wright]

You dominated. And then almond raw stole my second place.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Thank you.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason won by two points over Mike, making Mike the shame. It's time to spin.

[Jason Moore]

Wheel of Shame.

[Mike Wright]

All right, Spin the wheel.

[Andy Holloway]

Right back in the studio just in time for the wheel of Shane.

[Mike Wright]

I hope it's something that covers my mouth breathing. Ho ho. Hopeless. Oh, what do we got a. Oh, we got a full Santa gear.

[Andy Holloway]

It's holiday season.

[Jason Moore]

The holiday season.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. Coat.

[Jason Moore]

Got a beard.

[Andy Holloway]

Got a wig.

[Mike Wright]

A wig.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Merry freaking Christmas.

[Mike Wright]

All right, you'll have to go to someone else. We're going to need about a five minute.

[Andy Holloway]

Go to my camera. What is this? And then we'll reveal Santa Claus.

[Jason Moore]

Hide Mike for a minute while he transforms.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I mean, what do you have on your Christmas list this year?

[Jason Moore]

Well, I can't say it yet. I want to go sit on Mike's lap here and let him know I wouldn't recommend it. Yeah, I guess probably not the right.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I mean, Cole in the stocking in the form of Breeze Hall. You've already got that for Christmas?

[Jason Moore]

Oh, yeah, yeah. All I want.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, this is good. I hope, I hope. We bought this. This wig from the same place he bought those darn troll wigs for us so that he can breathe it for the next six to eight years. But here's working on it. No, no, no. We'll pan back to you momentarily.

[Jason Moore]

I think the beard looks a little higher quality here.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, no, we spared no expense. No expense. This is good. This is very good. All right, well, I'll get it started. We've got our fantasy face off for the week, revealing our lineups. I am going to right a wrong. I mean, not that it was a wrong I won last week, but I'm actually going. Aaron Rodgers this week. 5600. He's at home. He's been playing great. And I'm taking Aaron Rodgers in the savings.

[Jason Moore]

Wow. Okay, okay. I'm going to go take even more savings.

[Andy Holloway]

You forgot the glasses, Mike.

[Jason Moore]

I'm going way down.

[Andy Holloway]

You can go ahead and bring the camera back.

[Jason Moore]

Supes at 4500. Michael Pennix Jr. Oh, this is good for us, Mike.

[Andy Holloway]

This is good for us, Mike.

[Jason Moore]

I'm just playing wild this Christmas season.

[Andy Holloway]

All right.

[Mike Wright]

Scared money don't make money, Jason. Michael Pennix.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, yeah, you're.

[Andy Holloway]

You're done, right?

[Mike Wright]

I mean, he's playing.

[Jason Moore]

Whoa.

[Mike Wright]

What?

[Jason Moore]

What do I look like?

[Andy Holloway]

That beard is not the best.

[Jason Moore]

That beard is growing out of your eyes.

[Andy Holloway]

That's not a mustache.

[Jason Moore]

It's above your nose.

[Andy Holloway]

Lower that down. That's supposed to go below your nose, Mike.

[Jason Moore]

You got to put it below your nose.

[Andy Holloway]

There you go. That's where the mouth holds.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, there we go.

[Andy Holloway]

Now you look like jolly old Saint Nick. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Michael Penns.

[Andy Holloway]

Did you go Michael Pennix?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

He's playing the New York giants and he's $4,500.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. No, I paid a little bit more than you did. My running backs, Jameer Gibbs, 7500. James Conner, 7100, same.

[Jason Moore]

Jameer Gibbs and James Conner are mine.

[Andy Holloway]

So we are just eating up that money, sharing those.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, we got. I got plenty more money.

[Andy Holloway]

Devonte Adams at 7100, stacking with Rogers. Marvin Harrison all the way down at 5,400. Now too much for Arizona. And Malik Washington at 3,700 is my savings.

[Jason Moore]

My savings is good. I thought about going to Malik Washington and just burning $1,000. I've got Keon Coleman at 4700. He was my savings. I've got your start of the week. Jackson Smith in Jigba. He's a great play. And Brian Thomas Jr. At 6300 in that Jacksonville game.

[Mike Wright]

I like the Brian Thomas there. I have Malik Washington at 3700. I have Joanne Jennings hopefully correlating in the same game at 5,900. And then who's this guy. Oh, Jamar chase.

[Andy Holloway]

I figured 8,500. That's a lot of. That's a lot of quiche. That is the gap between your Michael Pinnocks and Rogers is the gap between chasing out.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

My tight end. No surprise here. Chiga Conquo 3400 my flex. You might know him as Devon HN7400.

[Mike Wright]

Nice.

[Andy Holloway]

And I'm going Titans defense in the upset that I picked earlier against the mistake prone Anthony Richardson.

[Jason Moore]

2600 go listen to that Brian Callahan conference. You're going to like it. I've got Chig at 3400. At tight end as well. My flex is going to be very interesting. It's a chase off between me and Mike. You've got Jamar Chase. I've got Chase Brown in the running game at 7700. So I paid up for the running backs. And then I've got the 49ers, Shanahan against Miami and Tua.

[Mike Wright]

I have Trey McBride because I'm told he's going to score a touchdown every single week at 6200. Even if he doesn't score a touchdown. The dude is just ppring his way into greatness. Running 12 personnel out yet again. Currently have Brenton Strange in there at 3,500. I'll probably have to pivot to Chig because he's like right around the same amount of money should Strange not play. And then I have. I'm going with the other defense and I'm taking the Colts. I'll take the home team. 3,000 against Mason Rudolph.

[Jason Moore]

Ho ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, we did just get some breaking news here. Nick Sirianni talking about AJ Brown's knee injury which just popped up on the injury report Thursday.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, no.

[Andy Holloway]

We'll see. He said about whether.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, no.

[Andy Holloway]

Whether he'll practice today. Oh, we'll see about whether he'll practice. Okay, something to monitor here. We do have an injury blitz podcast coming out soon.

[Jason Moore]

So I actually have Devonte Smith, 54.

[Andy Holloway]

Now we have an injury blitz with Matthew Betts coming out soon. That was Fantasy Forecast presented by DraftKings Sportsbook. Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app now. Use the Code Ballers. That's the Code Ballers. To take advantage of special daily promotions only on DraftKings, where the Crown is yours.

[Mike Wright]

You're gonna want to burn this beard, fellas.

[Andy Holloway]

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