Week 16 Waivers & Streamers + Block It Like It's Hot! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/16

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Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary

Episode: Week 16 Waivers & Streamers + Block It Like It’s Hot!
Date: December 16, 2025
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright

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Overview

This episode dives into Week 16 waiver wire priorities and strategies heading into the fantasy playoffs semifinals. The trio give their signature blend of analytical advice and banter, covering news around the league, must-add waiver and streaming options, and the all-important tactic of blocking playoff opponents. A big focus is on key injuries, running back backfields, wide receiver pivots, and which defenses and quarterbacks to stream with your season on the line.

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Playoff Semifinals Vibes & League of Record Banter

• Hosts kick off with playful trash-talking about who advanced in their high-stakes league.
• Andy relishes no longer being “roadkill” in the playoffs:

  “As I. When it was you two and I was just... I mean, roadkill, my team. You were garbage.” — Andy Holloway (03:00)

• Discuss their head-to-head matchup and relive last year’s wild playoff moments.

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NFL News and Notes

Patrick Mahomes Injury

• Mahomes had ACL and LCL surgery; expected timeline is similar, but expect a brace and less rushing:

  “Mahomes could still be ready by week one, but you should expect a brace on the leg. And that juice we were getting from Patrick Mahomes running... expect that to go away.” — Andy Holloway (10:48 / 11:20)

Joe Burrow’s Rocky Season & Mental State

• Burrow will start rest of season as confirmed by Zach Taylor. Hosts debate whether team or Burrow is more at fault.
• Burrow’s demeanor called out:

  "He literally said, why do this if it's not fun anymore?" — Jason Moore (13:32) "I don't think so. I still saw depressed Joe Burrow in this last press conference. To me, that was less anger... more depression." — Mike Wright (14:58)

• Uncertainty lingers about his fantasy outlook this week.

Key Injury Updates

• Jaden Daniels (WAS) shut down for year.
• More RB injuries: Bam Knight (ARI) out; lots of movement in the backfields.
• Cardinals, Jets, Raiders, and Falcons are all “suck” teams but rife with fantasy opportunity (18:42).
• Devonte Adams (LV) out until playoffs, according to Mike (22:56).

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Waiver Wire—Playoff Strategy & Priority Adds

Running Back

• Main takeaway: Most RB targets this week are about plugging injury holes and blocking playoff opponents.
• Washington:
  • Jacori Kryski Merit (23:11, 26:12): Above 90 yards, a TD, great speed.
  • If Chris Rodriguez is out, Kryski Merit is top pickup.

  “He would be the top of the list for me. If Chris Rodriguez is out, he’s still at the top of all those other guys we just talked about.” — Mike Wright (33:16)

• Arizona:
  • Debate between Amari Demercado (Mike) and Michael Carter (Andy). Both viable; Carter possibly higher floor with more snaps, Demercado more explosiveness (27:43-28:32).
  • Not a crystal clear backfield—projected split.
• Saints:
  • Tyler Schuck offense humming, RBs to target: Evan Hull & Audric Estime (29:46–31:40). Estime favored for TD/goal line upside.

  • “He’s a big body back... around the goal line it’s going to be Estime. In my estimation.” — Jason Moore (31:31)

• Texans:
  • Jawar Jordan in case Woody Marks is out (32:03–33:06).
  • Quote: “If we found out Woody Marks is going to miss this week, Jordan would be my preferred play of anyone we have talked about so far.” — Andy Holloway (32:20)
• Other notes: Blake Corum (DET) for upside; keep tabs on Brian Robinson (CLE) midweek.

Wide Receiver

• Light week overall for pickups; most are flex/depth options or injury pivots.
• Jaden Reed (GB):
  • Consistent, more targets with Christian Watson banged up.

  “Felt like Jaden Reed... with Christian Watson and his chest injury, there is more opportunity there now.” — Jason Moore (34:06)

• Matthew Golden (GB):
  • Flashes as Watson’s fill-in, but too risky to trust barring deeper formats.
• Kayshon Booty (NE) & Troy Franklin (JAX):
  • Both boom/bust types, have shown ability to earn targets (38:34-39:39).
• Adonai Mitchell (NYJ):
  • Consistent targets for three weeks, high-upside.

  “Since his trade to the Jets... nine targets, six targets, 12 targets.” — Jason Moore (36:23)

• Jalen Coker (CAR):
  • Under-the-radar: “Three of his last four are top-24 WR games.” — Andy Holloway (41:46)

Other Flex/Longshots:

• Wicks (GB); Jalen Naylor (MIN) (risky but in deeper leagues); DJ Moore isn’t a waiver name but analyzed as a volatile but viable playoff difference-maker if injuries around him pile up (37:23).

Tight End

• Darren Waller (NYG): The top add (44:00–44:41).

  “Darren Waller, to me, is like the pickup of the week... I’m all in on playing Darren Waller this week.” — Jason Moore (44:00)

• Colby Parkinson (LAR): TD streak continues; Tyler Higby’s return would muddy waters (43:08).
• Loveland & Schultz:
  • Loveland (CHI) for volume if available.
  • Dalton Schultz's steady floor: “He’s the tight end 10 right now on the year.” — Jason Moore (45:03)

Defense & Special Teams

• Houston Texans: Play Raiders this week, then Chargers; top streaming defense for playoffs (46:31).
• Buffalo, New Orleans, Minnesota: All have good matchups the next two weeks (46:21–46:40).
• Kansas City: Good matchup with Titans but hosts are less bullish since elimination (47:21–48:00).

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Streamer QBs for Week 16

• CJ Stroud (HOU) vs. LV:

  “He should be good for two touchdowns, big plays, Nico is a dominator.” — Mike Wright (49:32)

• Jacoby Brissett (ARI):

  “Only quarterback who has not been outside the top 12. He’s not stopping.” — Jason Moore (49:55)

• Bryce Young (CAR) vs. TB:

  “This is going to be a fun game… Tampa is dead last in schedule adjusted fantasy points to the quarterback position.” — Andy Holloway (50:19)

• Tyler Shough (NO) vs. NYJ:
  • Athletic, running ability, and playing well. “He’s extremely tough, he’s extremely smart and he has elite arm talent.” — Mike Wright (52:00)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On playoff roster management:

  “If you hear us talk about a name and you don’t need that name, but your opponent might…block it like it’s hot.” — Mike Wright (25:13)

• Cardinals are a “fantasy football championship value...jam packed of players that could win your title.” — Mike Wright (19:08)
• On Jacori Kryski Merit:

  “He would be the top of the list for me. If Chris Rodriguez is out, he’s still at the top of all those other guys.” — Mike Wright (33:16)

• On Saints RBs:

  “If you get around the goal line, it’s going to be Estime. In my estimation.” — Jason Moore (31:31)

• On the Chiefs’ defense rest-of-season:

  “They haven't played, have they? This will be the first game out of playoff contention in 10 years.” — Mike Wright (48:16)

• On Darren Waller:

  “He’s the pickup of the week.” — Jason Moore (44:00)

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Key Segment Timestamps

• [05:43] – Steelers backfield outlook: Warren vs. Gainwell
• [09:20] – DK Metcalf usage & Seahawks offense
• [10:34] – Patrick Mahomes injury breakdown
• [11:57] – Joe Burrow woes and mental state
• [19:08] – Cardinals & other “bad” teams loaded with fantasy options
• [26:11] – Running back waiver priorities
• [29:46] – Saints backfield: Hull vs. Estime
• [34:05] – Wide receiver waivers: Jaden Reed, Golden, and others
• [41:46] – Deep cut: Jalen Coker
• [44:00] – Tight end waivers: Waller, Parkinson, Loveland, Schultz
• [46:21] – Streaming team defenses
• [49:23] – Streamer QBs: Stroud, Brissett, Young
• [52:00] – Tyler Shough analysis and upside

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Takeaways for Week 16

• Running back remains the position most likely to swing fantasy playoff matchups due to injuries and committee shifts.
• Cardinals’ and Commanders’ backfields are major priorities; monitor Washington’s injury reports closely.
• Use waivers just as much for blocking as to fill starting spots—be proactive in denying streamers to likely opponents.
• At WR, prioritize targets with secure roles or who benefit from contingent injuries.
• Tight end is thin, but Waller and Parkinson top the list; streamers like Loveland and Schultz are solid.
• Defenses like Houston and Buffalo could be playoff-difference makers with cupcake schedules.
• Don’t get cute: stream QBs with both floor and upside, especially in plus matchups (Stroud, Brissett, Young).
• Monitor injury news throughout the week to adjust rankings and claims as needed.

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This episode is essential playoff listening—packed with actionable advice, hotly debated RB priorities, and trademark Fantasy Footballers humor. Their blend of stats and strategic blocking approaches will give fantasy GMs the edge in navigating the critical semifinal round.

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers podcast with.

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Your hosts Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Mike Wright]

Welcome in. Tuesday.

[Andy Holloway]

Check Tuesday, December 16th.

[Mike Wright]

Week one of the playoffs in the books officially.

[Andy Holloway]

Or unless you check your sleeper. Oh, right.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Wait till Thursday.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know. When they do it, they're like Santa. They. Oh, check it twice.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

They want to make sure the scores are nice.

[Andy Holloway]

Can we put a protocol in the program that says if someone has won by five or more points, we're good. Yeah, we're moving on.

[Mike Wright]

No, no. You know, I mean, I guess we're developers. You already know this.

[Andy Holloway]

Five or more would also be in the range of problems for Woody Marks touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

They're either running the script or they're not. Mike, we know that that's going to apply to everybody.

[Andy Holloway]

I just want to see the matchup.

[Mike Wright]

Did they do anything, anything happened to Woody Marks?

[Andy Holloway]

I have not heard it.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I doubt it.

[Jason Moore]

League by league.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I. I'm excited. We'll talk waiver wire today. We'll talk some NFL news, undoubtedly. We'll talk about Jason and Mike's head to head matchup in the semifinals of our league of record. Last year it was fun. This year, not as fun because last year me. Well, yeah, for me I just meant like last year it was me and Al and we were doing a lot of talking trash.

[Andy Holloway]

That's very selfish.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

As I. When it was you two and I was just. I mean, road roadkill my team. You were garbage.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, you were.

[Andy Holloway]

I enjoyed the. I enjoyed it very much.

[Mike Wright]

You know, it's a bit.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, okay.

[Mike Wright]

It's a bit. I'm glad you guys are facing off. It'll be fun to. I mean, it'll be fun to see if we have three people to host a show on next week. I mean, at least there's a decent chance that I can make. Like my equity share goes up.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, 50% at least for you. Andy, we're not right now meeting in the championship. Like one of us is guaranteed to get to the championship. Right, but if, if we were meeting like you and Al in the championship, then you would have no choice but to look at a champ across the table. There's still hope for you.

[Mike Wright]

That's to look at. Yeah, but. No, that'd be good.

[Jason Moore]

But the downside.

[Andy Holloway]

Jeremy wants us to remind new listeners how it worked out last year the. The championship. Jeremy, how did it work?

[Mike Wright]

I was going to let Andy take that one.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, no.

[Mike Wright]

I didn't defend my title. You're right. I didn't win. Back to back.

[Jason Moore]

That is.

[Mike Wright]

That's the point. Somebody else. I got this. Somebody else won sitting right here next to me. I don't remember who it was, but I didn't win. I remember. I remember. I also know that you and I will be. We got some great draft picks this year, buddy. And sitting in there on Sunday and watching Jason. Oh, hyperventilate. I think I have a video of one of the ETN touchdowns. I'll have to share that one. Social media team. Make sure you get with me on that.

[Andy Holloway]

You do?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know if you have a hat.

[Andy Holloway]

I think it was.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know if you have a hat on. So I don't know that one is.

[Andy Holloway]

Gonna get authorized the man one too. Where it was like, how in the world did you score on that?

[Mike Wright]

You gave a Philip Rivers fist pump. Nice. And you were very excited. But I was so relieved.

[Andy Holloway]

Like Philip Rivers after the fist bump.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I was so relieved on Sunday. I was just sitting back relaxing.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Not a captain.

[Mike Wright]

All cool. But we got. We got a lot to talk about. We had the Steelers dominate the Dolphins.

[Jason Moore]

Cold weather is undefeated against the Dolphins.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, they, you know, Devon Hn had a nice game despite not scoring Darren Waller two touchdowns.

[Jason Moore]

Goo goo. Good job.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, that's a big deal.

[Jason Moore]

Anybody know who he plays next week?

[Andy Holloway]

Is it the Cincinnati Bengals?

[Jason Moore]

It.

[Andy Holloway]

Tell that to the Baltimore Ravens. Jason.

[Jason Moore]

Hey.

[Mike Wright]

So you played now. You won, but you didn't play Waller.

[Jason Moore]

I did not play.

[Mike Wright]

So that would have been another. Like if you had lost, that would have been another.

[Jason Moore]

It would have felt real, real bad.

[Mike Wright]

Haunted You. Yeah, but you didn't. You didn't lose Aaron Rodgers. Two touchdowns. Played well, 23 for 27. Kenneth Gainwell, you know, you had Jaylen Warren report that he was sick. Warren did just enough to beat Jason, but not enough to make any fantasy manager happy, because Kenneth Gainwell, seven receptions for 46 yards.

[Andy Holloway]

Kenny Gainwell 13 for 80.

[Mike Wright]

He's been playing so well.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he really has. The Steelers do often feel lately it's hot hand, and the hotter hand has been Kenneth Gainwell. Now, Warren can sneak in a touchdown every once in a while, but Warren. Warren's shaping up to be a scarier start to me in the next round of the playoffs.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, you had Waller and Pitts on your bench in Dynasty.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And how much you lose by what?

[Jason Moore]

I lost by 2, 3, 4 points. Something like that. I lost by less. Yes. In the league.

[Mike Wright]

I lost.

[Andy Holloway]

Ooh.

[Jason Moore]

I definitely.

[Andy Holloway]

Look at Mike's face, man. I didn't know you had Waller as well.

[Jason Moore]

And honestly, if you had just thrown.

[Mike Wright]

A dart at the wall, you would have hit a tight end that won you the game.

[Jason Moore]

No, because I. Waller would have been my fourth pick this week because I was Mark Andrews and Isaiah likely.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, they played who?

[Jason Moore]

The Cincinnati Bengals.

[Mike Wright]

That's who Waller is going to dominate next week.

[Jason Moore]

I don't believe that. TUA only completes eight passes next week. That's just my guess.

[Mike Wright]

Well, he completed 22 in this game.

[Jason Moore]

No, I'm. Yeah, I'm talking about Lamar Jackson, who only completed eight passes.

[Mike Wright]

I got you. Yeah, I mean, I'll be watching. I mean, that'd be fun.

[Andy Holloway]

What? That felt. It's a weird game. I mean, what. We hit, what, 43 points, and it felt like it was basically 28.

[Mike Wright]

Nothing. Shut out.

[Andy Holloway]

No one was great.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I mean, DK Metcalf started the week, got in the end zone on a.

[Andy Holloway]

On a great touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

Amazing touchdown where he just threw them around like children.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that was a really cool play. And it makes you. When you see that play, you.

[Mike Wright]

You.

[Jason Moore]

You think to yourself, like, why don't you just use him more? Why? Like. Like that play was borderline his entire fantasy day.

[Mike Wright]

Help me out with this exercise.

[Andy Holloway]

Three targets for dk.

[Jason Moore]

Three targets.

[Mike Wright]

I was kind of doing this mental exercise yesterday, and I didn't go into all the numbers, so I don't know if it's true, but just tell me if you have the same perception. To me, all Steelers quarterbacks since Big Ben are the same player.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, that's.

[Mike Wright]

That's my. That's the Thesis. Okay, so whether it's Russell Wilson or Mason Rudolph, Aaron Rodgers, Kenny Pickett, even Justin Fields, I think they're all the same player. And I think that comes down to basically the Steelers offense.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Because they don't, like. You don't really take advantage of anybody's special ability if you are trying so hard to work Johnny Smith into the office.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I mean, and it's funny too, because you can.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm telling you, you're going to work.

[Jason Moore]

You can make touchdown. You can make the argument, which I think is fair, that they don't and have not had a great core of wide receivers. But then you can also make the argument you've got DK Metcalf and you just had George Pickens.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. You had. You had enough.

[Jason Moore]

You could do more with them. So, yeah, this is what, like I said last week, they were playing a team, the Steelers were playing a team that you couldn't throw to the tight end. And all of a sudden they threw to DK this week. You can use tight ends. And all the tight ends were like, I'll get a touchdown.

[Andy Holloway]

I. Well, also Connor Hayward, hopefully you played him.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, it was a. It was a huge bummer. Honestly, the DK Metcalf, that was my biggest takeaway of the week prior. It looked like something was unlocked. Air yards galore, you know, just crushing in the passing game. And they're using DK Metcalf. And to come back and have the three targets was a big level and they.

[Jason Moore]

And they won handily. So it's like they're not going to change their ways.

[Mike Wright]

I'm not that discouraged by it because this game was just a whooping. I mean, this game was a defensive dominator. 27 pass attempts. So if they need to throw, I.

[Andy Holloway]

Think they still Detroit next week.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, Detroit's got everything on the line. Pittsburgh's got everything on the line. So that. That's more. I think that game we got some more optimism, hope.

[Jason Moore]

I don't like that.

[Mike Wright]

Why don't you like that?

[Jason Moore]

Mike's got DK Metcalf. I think that's a very good matchup for.

[Mike Wright]

Is he in your lineup? Your depth is.

[Jason Moore]

You should put him in.

[Andy Holloway]

He is in my lineup. My final pick will be between Jalen Warren and DK Metcalf. So as of right now, it's DK Metcalf.

[Mike Wright]

But come on, the foot clan.

[Andy Holloway]

When is DK Metcalf ever let me down?

[Mike Wright]

Hopefully you're all moving on.

[Jason Moore]

Mike Calf.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. DK Metcalf is Your guy. I mean, we. Everybody knows it.

[Andy Holloway]

If I win a title, he is.

[Mike Wright]

If you're listening for the first time, it's Mike's guy, DK Metcalf. DK Metcalf. Let's talk some news.

[Jason Moore]

News and notes from around the league.

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[Mike Wright]

Patrick Mahomes, well, are already underwent surgery to repair.

[Andy Holloway]

It got worse.

[Mike Wright]

His ACL and his lcl. I think the general opinion is that it complicates the recovery, but not the timeline is what I've been reading.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, we bets Matthew Betts, our injury guy. Also on the Dynasty DFS sharp guy, certified pt. He talked about the recovery. Mahomes could still be ready by week one, but you should expect a brace on the leg. And that juice we were getting from Patrick Mahomes running.

[Jason Moore]

He was on pace for 500.

[Andy Holloway]

Whoa, you're right. 500 throat.

[Jason Moore]

I'm getting emotional thinking about our matchup. He was on pace for 532 rushing.

[Andy Holloway]

Y expect that to go away. Carson Wentz, if you recall back in week 14 of 2017, had a very similar injury. Now Wentz, I believe, had a little meniscus damage. We haven't got a report on that on my homes yet. We don't know. But Carson Wentz missed two games to start the next year.

[Mike Wright]

Commanders officially shutting down Jaden Daniels for the rest of the season. That left elbow, they wanted to recover.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it's the right move.

[Mike Wright]

The Bengals said Zach or head coach Zach Taylor said Joe Burrow will start for the rest of the year because, quote, they want to win.

[Andy Holloway]

Did Joe Burrow agree?

[Jason Moore]

He's a sad boy.

[Mike Wright]

I think Joe Burrow is an interesting discussion at this point, not just for this week. I mean, obviously him starting the rest of the year not being shut down. Probably. Probably good. Maybe. Maybe the Joe Flacco world is better. But listen, since he lost in the AFC title game or AFC playoffs to Mahomes the year after he went to the super bowl, he is something like 17 and 15 in his starts games that he started. Tua Tungavailoa has a better record in games started for Miami since that time.

[Andy Holloway]

That is gross.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And Joe Burrow, get this man a defense.

[Mike Wright]

Well, see, there it is. There it is. Or just an offensive line. I'm just saying, like so offensive line, defense. You did give him the best two wide receivers in the game of football.

[Jason Moore]

And he did throw for 5,000 yards and four 48 or 43 touchdowns.

[Mike Wright]

So I mean, but the wins, the wins are what matter. And when you know, if you look at what Josh Allen has figured out without some of those things at different times in his career. I think the winners win. So I mean, at some point it falls. It falls on him.

[Andy Holloway]

Did you see the video or like Burrow talking about this particular loss? So rewind. You know, you had the video that kind of took the Internet by storm of a very melancholy Joe Burrow kind of talk. Just the filter went off and it's like, man, Joe Burrow is. He's either having a really, really bad day or like this guy's having a really tough time right now. Just with everything that's goal going on with the season.

[Jason Moore]

He literally said that why do this if it's not fun anymore? And you know, people, the follow up question, this was earlier, not post game. This was before this bad game.

[Andy Holloway]

That was his birthday, Matt.

[Jason Moore]

And then, oh, man.

[Andy Holloway]

Maybe he just felt like he was old.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I've been there. But he was asked a follow up question. Is this organizational? Is this personal? And he's like, all of the above.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

So there's there and then Jamar Chase.

[Mike Wright]

How about the $250 million?

[Andy Holloway]

And then, hey, money can't buy you happiness.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Jason Moore]

Or love.

[Mike Wright]

But it should make you go to your job.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. The job that's paying you, you should.

[Mike Wright]

Probably go do your job.

[Andy Holloway]

So that was then. That goes to this week. After the loss. It was, everything was. I mean, he was a more angry Joe Burrow. It was there. He's like, he's like the quarterback has to play better. I played that might be my zero.

[Mike Wright]

Teams would have won with him at quarterback.

[Andy Holloway]

He's like, that was one of my worst games ever. And he just everything. No matter how the reporters tried to steer the conversation, Joe Burrow was like, no uno card. That was me. I sucked. So I was talking to Jason of so what Joe Burrow do we get next week? Do we get. Do we get the man who has a little bit snapped out of the funk and now he's just fueled by the rage and he's going to go out there and he's going to just.

[Mike Wright]

I don't think so.

[Andy Holloway]

Drop 303.

[Jason Moore]

Or do we get the.

[Andy Holloway]

Or do we get the. It doesn't matter.

[Mike Wright]

I still saw depressed Joe Burrow in this last press conference. To me, okay, that was less anger to me and more depression.

[Andy Holloway]

Again, not that it's everything, but the over under is still. We got a 50.5 for Cincinnati against.

[Jason Moore]

Miami, similar to the Ravens over under.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. That's why I said it's not Everything.

[Mike Wright]

But I have no idea what we're going to get.

[Andy Holloway]

It's in Miami, so it won't be cold.

[Mike Wright]

I have no idea what we're going to get from Joe Burrow.

[Andy Holloway]

None.

[Mike Wright]

Zero idea. He is capable of 500 yards.

[Andy Holloway]

We're going to. Capable of.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, he. That.

[Andy Holloway]

That's 275 and three.

[Mike Wright]

I think that's the part. Like he actually hasn't played that well at various times throughout their run. I mean, this is three years of missing the playoffs. I know part of its availability by him. And that happens. Right. You get hurt. That's part of his. A huge part of what he's dealing with is, well, I'm working hard to come back from injury constantly. And then when I come back, we lose. And then we come back and I don't always play the best and it's all mixed together. And you know, I.

[Andy Holloway]

We believe in you, Joe.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I mean, that's the thing. We all like Joe Burrow. I'd love to see him have success. I just.

[Jason Moore]

If we could have the Cardinals bring over Joe Burrow, I think we would all be very happy. Almost every team would say.

[Andy Holloway]

Almost every team would. If Joe Burrow magically became available.

[Mike Wright]

You think if Mahomes or Alan Lamar missed the playoffs three straight years, we would not lay anything at their feet?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. If they're. If they are putting up points on the offense. Yeah, I think we would forgive them.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, Lamar is like. At least Burrows made the Super Bowl. Like, Lamar still has his questions of are they ever going to win.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Last week was a tough one for Burrow. Philip Rivers will start again this week on Monday Night Football.

[Jason Moore]

Prime time, baby. The whole world's going to watch. You have to get up off the ground.

[Andy Holloway]

See Matt Ryan talking about maybe.

[Jason Moore]

No. Oh, no. He's playing.

[Andy Holloway]

He's not going to. But there was a clip today.

[Mike Wright]

Philip Rivers is like when my dad wanted to ride a dirt bike.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, yes. That is a good comp. And he.

[Mike Wright]

Did this happen because riding a dirt bike is fun and I'd like to see my dad have fun.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

However. How'd it go? Not great. Because you also know what can happen to your grandpa. Right? To the grandpa. You know what can happen if you give him a dirt bike. And right now we're all giving Philip Rivers a dirt bike.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. It's a dangerous game.

[Andy Holloway]

Hey, bro, you see that jump?

[Jason Moore]

But the. Get it. But the thing is. Get it. The thing that we're also doing.

[Andy Holloway]

Helmet.

[Jason Moore]

The thing that we're also Doing.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, no, no. Jump it.

[Jason Moore]

That I. That I believe you did with your father as well. Is we're filming. Is we're filming.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, okay.

[Jason Moore]

And that's what matters. If you're gonna. If you're going to give a dirt bike to.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm Philip Rivers. This is playing the NFL at 44. Welcome to Jackass.

[Jason Moore]

Yes, that is exactly what is happening.

[Mike Wright]

This is playing the NFL at 44.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, that is the best segment ever in real life.

[Mike Wright]

That's what it is.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

So. And now all the cameras, like you said, we're recording it.

[Andy Holloway]

Boom.

[Mike Wright]

Monday night, everybody.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Philip, I don't know how many pounds you can lose in a week, brother.

[Andy Holloway]

But I. Oh, man. Sweat it out.

[Mike Wright]

You either need to lose. Lose pounds, add some pads. Bashaw Tudin will undergo surgery on his finger. Miss a few weeks, Jason will have even more. Travis.

[Andy Holloway]

Etn.

[Jason Moore]

ETN Zone.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't like that.

[Mike Wright]

Bam. Knight not expected to play. We'll talk waivers with Michael Carter, Amari D. Markado and the Cardinals. Who? It's funny, the Cardinals are, and I said it yesterday, you suck Cardinals. You suck jets, you suck Raiders. Yeah, Kyle wanted me to add the Falcons. Falcons, you suck.

[Jason Moore]

I'll find out this week.

[Mike Wright]

But let me, let me tell you this. The Cardinals are just full of fantasy football championship value.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, for sure.

[Mike Wright]

Jam packed of players that could win your title. One, they haven't been playing for anything forever. So we don't have to worry about their playoff scenario.

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

They're as motivated as they have been, which is. I don't know what they're doing, but. Jacoby Brissette, Michael Wilson, Trey McBride, maybe a running back, maybe Marvin Harrison. At some point all of them are going to be relevant for fantasy.

[Jason Moore]

It's great. No defense. Fantastic.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, 40 points. They're giving up 40 points. Like four out of five weeks or something. Silly. I mean their head coach, they really need to get a defensive minded head.

[Jason Moore]

Coach in there, right? Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

You see Jonathan Gannon. What's your pitch? What's your pitch for staying with the Cardinals? Did you see that? No, no pitch. I'm worried about Atlanta.

[Jason Moore]

Well, yeah. How could you? He doesn't have a pitch. You couldn't have a pitch. What's your pitch for staying with the Cardinals? I've got a contract. Number two.

[Andy Holloway]

It's nice. Michael Wilson. Michael Wilson is playing for money. He's in year three. Like he'll be in year four. Able to get an extension or figure that out. Jacoby playing the tape on him and McBride's just playing for records.

[Mike Wright]

McBride's going to break the record. Michael Wilson against Stingley. Did you see that?

[Jason Moore]

No, I did.

[Mike Wright]

If you go watch all the reps, his release looks identical on every single rep. And then he does so much with it. It was just like a master class in playing wide receiver.

[Andy Holloway]

When did he get good?

[Jason Moore]

When Marvin Harrison went out, he would know.

[Andy Holloway]

He was definitely not always good.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, he was. He was always good. And we have incompetence at offensive. At the offensive side of the football, man. And yeah, Marv, take it.

[Jason Moore]

Take it well.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

It's funny because you say all this fantasy goodness, which is. Which is absolutely true right now, but If Marvin Harrison Jr. Comes back, it kind of ruins it.

[Andy Holloway]

So good to see you. We're glad you're back. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, it literally is like. It hurts McBride. It hurts Michael Wilson. I'm not even sure it doesn't hurt. Jacoby Brissette.

[Mike Wright]

You want the hyper consolidation. Yeah, Yeah. I mean, Marv did play well with Harrison before. With Brissette right before he went out. Woody Marks day to day for the Texas Drake. London hopeful that he's going to play this week. Why?

[Jason Moore]

That was surprising. I really hope he does because I want the Cardinals to lose and that would be a great thing.

[Mike Wright]

And the Bears a reminder this week for fantasy playoffs. The Bears play on Saturday against Green Bay.

[Jason Moore]

There's two Saturday games this week. Right.

[Mike Wright]

I believe you're right. Ben Johnson said all options are on the table with Roma Dunes A and that they need to protect him from himself.

[Andy Holloway]

Like cut it off.

[Jason Moore]

No, I mean, he said all options.

[Mike Wright]

Cut the foot off. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

It's not the best option.

[Mike Wright]

I thought our philosophy was you could pop a toe off. You can, but the feet we normally keep usually.

[Andy Holloway]

But when all options are on the.

[Mike Wright]

Table, I guess you got to take that, take that off the table.

[Jason Moore]

We might put him down.

[Mike Wright]

Well, okay. Two options are off the table.

[Jason Moore]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Luther Burden, day to day with an ankle injury. Ricky Pierce all aggravated his PCL injury.

[Andy Holloway]

Dude, that one.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, you saw it on the field.

[Andy Holloway]

The Pearsall was such a bummer.

[Mike Wright]

And also sprained his ankle.

[Andy Holloway]

He was finally just like, oh, hey, look, Ricky Piersol, you're back. You're in the offense. Hip drop.

[Jason Moore]

Reheart. I don't like this one.

[Andy Holloway]

Did they. Did they call that one?

[Mike Wright]

Did they call. They don't call.

[Jason Moore]

They don't call any hip drop.

[Mike Wright]

It's hyper illegal. They do not call them.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, but those, those illegal formations. Not on my watch.

[Jason Moore]

I got my eyes on you. Are you 2 inches off the line of scrimmage?

[Andy Holloway]

Whoa.

[Jason Moore]

It didn't affect the play. Oh, that was a touchdown. Check this out.

[Andy Holloway]

Get away with that bullcrap. I'm running the show. There's a sheriff on this field. Everyone's safe.

[Jason Moore]

Not on my field.

[Mike Wright]

Hip drops. No big deal. Devonte Adams, week to week, not going to play on Thursday. I'd bet my life on that.

[Jason Moore]

He's not going to play until the playoffs.

[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

All right, week 16 guys.

[Jason Moore]

We're close to the end.

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Welcome to the waiver wire.

[Mike Wright]

All the waiver wire rankings are up on the website the fantasy footballers.com we're going to talk through some names today. You know there is a high priority right now for managers, maybe the highest priority. A lot of you are not. You've kind of got your, your lineups locked in. You Might have a flex spot that you're playing around with. That would be one thing waivers can benefit you on. The other thing is going to be defending yourself from your opponent's best options, which means maybe blocking, picking up players, defenses and keeping them off of their roster. So it's going to be a mix and match of that. If you hear us talk about a name and you don't need that name, but your opponent might need that name. Block it like it's hot.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

At running back, the highest opportunity situations, to me, it drills down into two spots.

[Andy Holloway]

Agreed.

[Mike Wright]

Washington and Arizona. Jacori Kryski Merit showed what a little consolidation could do.

[Andy Holloway]

He's fast.

[Mike Wright]

Well, he was 18 for 96 and 1, but they play Philly, so that part sucks. But then Dallas in championship week and you don't know if Chris Rodriguez will be back out there, if they'll give him more time. And in Arizona, we have kind of differing opinions there on who we think will be the most productive back. I believe it'll be Amari D. Markato in the absence of Bam Knight. Mike believes it'll be Michael Carter in the absence of Bam Knight. We have different reasoning for that.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't disagree with your. You're like, I think you believe D. Markato is the more explosive athlete, maybe a better running back. I don't know that I argue at all with that. My. I am. I'm on the side of Michael Carter. I think he will be the one who gets the most opportunities. So, I mean, highest chance of scoring the game with Atlanta. It might be fun. And Carter was. Carter was okay. You know, he had what, almost 100 yards from scrimmage that included four receptions, 14 carries. It's difficult to be the detective and figure out based off of what has happened, what will happen for the Arizona Cardinals because you have. It was all over the place of. After the Trey Benson injury, Michael Carter ends up being the guy. And then.

[Mike Wright]

Well, Divarkado had the big touchdown.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

That he fumbled and then basically got benched.

[Jason Moore]

And then.

[Andy Holloway]

And it was like, so. But then. So Michael Carter's the guy. No. Then Bam Knight's the guy. And then Carter gets hurt.

[Mike Wright]

Carter gets hurt.

[Andy Holloway]

D. Markado is the guy. D. Markado does his nonsense and then he also gets hurt. And then this past week it's Michael Carter. So it's, it's. I don't think it's. It's not like a crystal clear next man up situation. You're just, you're kind of making your best probability.

[Mike Wright]

I think they'll see similar snaps. Genuinely I do. And I think that D. Markado will be the more productive player. He had running back 25 and 19 finish before he got hurt. Those were very relevant. That's who I was playing in those weeks. But I don't disagree that Carter might see the field a little bit more snap count. But opportunity wise, I think it'll be similar.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And Carter will be probably more involved in the receiving game. Like when we have seen them together, it's usually this is a, it's a, it's a tough decision to me as to which one to play. Like I was before we started this show, before we started recording. We were in a 10 minute. You two are looking up every stat on these two guys debating because you're both like very significantly. You're very significantly on opposite. Like you think Carter's a great pickup, you think D. Markato is a great pickup. And I'm like, I don't know, man. Are either of these truly great pickups? If they're splitting, yeah, that's.

[Andy Holloway]

What does the split come down to? I don't know. But Michael Carter, seven targets, three, six, four and four. Now, DeMarcusado missed time in there. That's what I'm saying. Of the.

[Mike Wright]

It's not, there's not, there's not enough sample with them together because one game Carter's coming back from injury. So do you value that one game DeMarcato is coming back from injury. Both of them are potential spot starts. That's the truth. Against Atlanta, Blake Corum. Blake Corum has been very good. He had a career high in snaps. He scored again this past week. He keeps breaking off big runs. It is Seattle. He is highly rostered. But Corum is viable.

[Jason Moore]

Right. I think personally one of the most interesting. One of the most interesting places to look at running back is the New Orleans Saints. Their offense has been doing well with Tyler Schuck. They are playing against the Jets. Devin Neal is done. Kendra Miller is done. Alvin Camara is currently injured. I mean, we don't know for sure that those two guys will be out. But Evan hall and Audrey Estimate are there and I think someone is going to have good fantasy value against the Jets. The jets are terrible. It's the 31st, you know, best defense against running backs.

[Andy Holloway]

Did you even give the potential names?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, yeah. Evan Hole and Audrey Estimate.

[Mike Wright]

Well, that's one of those ones where we haven't got. We haven't got to see what the depth chart and path is in a game where there wasn't an injury which is always a little bit scary. I would put my money on estimate.

[Andy Holloway]

I'd say here's what doesn't make sense of this Evan Hull his claim to fame his production profile great pass catching running back at least huge production of that coming into the league. Audrey Estimate known plotter out of what Notre Dame. He just big thick boy. It didn't work out in Denver so Devon Neal goes down to the hamstring injury. So of course Audric estimate gets three targets to Evan holes none.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah that one's tough. I agree. I think it feels like Arizona light but with a better matchup Audrick estimate that's why I would go that's where.

[Andy Holloway]

I would put Eileen estimate.

[Jason Moore]

You were always an estimate.

[Andy Holloway]

I was I thought I thought he had something.

[Jason Moore]

Well he's a big body back I mean I would imagine if you a triple B if you were to get around the goal line it's going to be estimate in my estimation.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah I know where you're going.

[Jason Moore]

Stole it important is that like a.

[Mike Wright]

Block It's a preemptive I was matumboing and then just pay attention to like you'd rather pick up Brian Robinson now if you got a midweek CMC surprise you'd rather pick up Jawar Jordan for Houston. If you find out that Woody Marks.

[Andy Holloway]

Is going to be he will be. If Woody Marks is not actually day to day. I mean we had oh he could have gone back in the game. Oh he's day to day.

[Mike Wright]

Who knows Las Vegas.

[Andy Holloway]

Exactly.

[Mike Wright]

George Johnson had 15 for one on one against the Cardinals. Sorry George Jordan. I said Johnson.

[Andy Holloway]

If we found out that Woody Marks he's going to miss this week. Jordan would be my preferred play of anyone we have talked about so far. The Texans are 14 and a half point home favorites against Las Vegas and part of the argument at least that we heard from the coaching staff of Houston was just the backups are playing so well we don't even need to force Woody Marks back in there. I don't know the full truth about the injury but that is an environment at home. Huge favorite 15 for 101 this past week for Jordan even though we all have no idea who he really is. I I would it that's nasty and scary but hey that makes sense.

[Mike Wright]

It's the playoffs.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

You figure it out.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Do you guys have any interest in Bill Crosky if I mean against Philly is.

[Mike Wright]

I mean he would be the top of the list for me. If Chris Rodriguez is out he's still at the top of all those other guys. We just talked about multiple committees, conditional situations. He is definitely number one for me.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And the Philly defense, they are obviously they've got this great defensive line, although Carter is outright now. Last week Ash and Genty, they shut him down. But also the Raiders offense was shut down like the Raiders office was shut down by at least half. Half in part by the Raiders themselves.

[Mike Wright]

All right, tell me what you think here at wide receiver because I said that I like Jaden Reed. We got six targets, five, four did that underwhelm, overwhelm.

[Jason Moore]

It was good to see.

[Andy Holloway]

Felt like Jaden Reed.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it did. It did feel a lot like just Jaden Reed. But with Christian Watson and his chest injury, there is more opportunity there now. We saw really, Matthew golden be the one that stepped up more into that role.

[Andy Holloway]

Please.

[Jason Moore]

I know I can't.

[Mike Wright]

I cannot Rookie cards, I got.

[Jason Moore]

I cannot in good conscience tell people to go out there and sign and play Matthew golden when he's been such a disappearing act as a rookie. But you could see the fast he is. You could see the path, you know, more of a DFS dart throw than someone I want to really plug into my playoff lineup. I would rather have Jaden Reed. He's a veteran that we know is a good wide receiver. I it's a great matchup too.

[Andy Holloway]

All the I think Reed does make sense. Golden is so difficult of I mean waivers are running right now. I don't know if those guys will be hot commodities or not. But you're I would want to get more information over this week. Number one on the Watson injury and then two of do we hear anything about who's who will the two wide receivers be like, is it going to be Dobbs and Wicks or is it.

[Mike Wright]

Going to I think that would be the most likely.

[Andy Holloway]

I do think that that's most likely.

[Mike Wright]

Golden can play a role in those big plays. He had the most yards since week seven this past week, stepping in with the injury.

[Andy Holloway]

And Wicks did nothing. He was one for six. But he just he shows up from time to time, which makes me just not really want to play Wick. But it makes me more nervous about should golden be the guy I still.

[Mike Wright]

Like K Shawn Booty.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I agree 45%.

[Mike Wright]

I still like K Shawn Booty. Yeah. He comes up with big plays. He scores often. I still like him. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I mean I certainly can see a path for success, but with the way that the Patriots are playing, they're willing to, you know, spread the Ball around. It could be a Hunter Henry game, it could be a Travion Henderson game. You know, I think he had one target last week. I would say one of the most interesting names out there. That is scary for sure. But Adnai Mitchell has been. Since his trade to the jets, he's been involved, I mean, the last three weeks, nine targets, six targets, 12 targets. Once he was the wide receiver six. And this past week, the wide receiver, 17.

[Mike Wright]

Adnai missile.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, Elijah had that.

[Mike Wright]

Bringing it back.

[Jason Moore]

He is fast.

[Mike Wright]

If you don't play for like 600 games, you're allowed to retire your name.

[Jason Moore]

But, you know, handed off, it's. It's, you know, it's a game for 58 and 1. It's a game in a dome. He's looked good. He's got a good target share. So if you're looking like, I don't think this is a strong wide receiver waiver week.

[Mike Wright]

Well, the Luther Burden injury complicates it because it's a Saturday game and he was 6 for 84. And you look at that and say, well, Roma Dunes A is probably done. I think that's the implications, not the not putting him down or cutting his foot off.

[Jason Moore]

I thought that's what you mean.

[Mike Wright]

But I think he's probably going to rest. That's forever.

[Jason Moore]

The deep, the long rest. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

We'll miss you, Rome.

[Jason Moore]

Luther Burden would be really interesting if we know he's active. And if he's not. If he's not, then Loveland.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, Mr. Loveland, DJ Moore is going to have a day.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Can he.

[Jason Moore]

He'll have to. I mean, certainly can. He just had two touchdowns.

[Andy Holloway]

Touchdown aside, like, what is D.J. morris?

[Mike Wright]

You're not allowed to set him aside.

[Andy Holloway]

But what is his yardage high on the.

[Mike Wright]

I don't care if Darnze and Burden are gone.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, he had a couple 70s.

[Mike Wright]

He had 69 yards last week. He's had three top 10 finishes in seven weeks.

[Jason Moore]

That was a very nice game.

[Andy Holloway]

He's just so. Oh, my gosh.

[Mike Wright]

I. So when I saw.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you see.

[Mike Wright]

When I saw that play, by the way, when you see.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, the teleportation ball in zone. The illusion.

[Mike Wright]

When I saw it, the very first thing I thought of instantaneously was the Dwight Clark catch from Joe Montana. I mean.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, okay.

[Mike Wright]

And then I saw somebody later in the day. That was the first thing I thought of. They showed him side by side and it is unbelievable.

[Andy Holloway]

That's funny.

[Mike Wright]

Rolled right the same way. Fade away. Back of the end zone. Amazing.

[Andy Holloway]

Now, what if I give you this analysis. Week nine, DJ Moore, 21 points. Zero. 2.6, 21 points. Okay. 3.7, 0.1, 21 points. That is really what DJ Moore has done.

[Jason Moore]

I think the injury situation around him makes DJ Moore a really good play. He's not going to be on waivers.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

But yeah, Mitchell, Burden, Reed.

[Jason Moore]

There's another. There's another one.

[Mike Wright]

Franklin.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I was going to ask Franklin or adnai.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, Franklin is one of those.

[Andy Holloway]

Pat Bryant is still hurt.

[Jason Moore]

That's the issue is like, I would want Franklin very much. The Jacksonville Jaguars are putting up points. This could be a really great, interesting game between the Broncos and the Jacksonville Jaguars if Pat Bryant is gone. I'm very much. I'm happy to start.

[Mike Wright]

Troy Franklin still only played 50, 50% of snaps.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Six targets, 85 yards, a touchdown looked good. And he's really, he's the type of player that can. I mean, you look back at the last seven, eight weeks, wide receiver 23. Wide receiver 1. Wide receiver 20. Wide receiver 25. This past week, wide receiver, 10. He gets it done. So, I mean, obviously I love Troy Franklin, but if Pat Bryant is active and healthy, then I'd rather go AD And I.

[Andy Holloway]

It's so weird. Little Jordan Humphrey pronounced with an omphrey. Thank you. It was on the field more than Troy Franklin. Now the production went to Franklin. It's just.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, the previous two weeks for Franklin, he was on the field 53% finished as with two catches.

[Jason Moore]

Franklin is too. They have learned he is too wiry to block. Like, are we going to throw the ball? All right, put Franklin out there. Oh, we're going to run the ball. You don't need to play 100% of snaps when you can't block.

[Mike Wright]

He just feels volatile. But all these guys, I mean, all these guys feel that way. Mitchell probably feels the least volatile of the group.

[Andy Holloway]

Reed and volume.

[Mike Wright]

Reed and Mitchell feel the safest. Booty and Franklin feel touchdown dependent. Jaden Higgins did nothing this past week. He feels nerve wracking to me. Jalen Naylor keeps getting it done with McCarthy, but I can't imagine having the courage to do that. And that kind of is the end of the list of relevance to me.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

We'll take a break. We'll talk the rest of the positions.

[Andy Holloway]

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[Andy Holloway]

I'm going to bring up one more wide receiver. We won't let Jeremy say his name, but it's Jalen Coker of the Carolina Panthers. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Won't let him do that.

[Andy Holloway]

Over the past month, three or, sorry, past four games, three of them, he's been a top 24 wide receiver. They're playing Tampa Bay. I like, I like Bryce Young player, man, I like. Yeah, I think Coker is good as well, but I'm saying I like Bryce Young and the Panthers offense this week against Tampa Bay. So he is, I think he's an option, a deep option for.

[Mike Wright]

Could be a low end wide receiver, too.

[Jason Moore]

Feels a lot like Jalen Naylor to me where it's like, it's good and he's been getting it done. I don't know if I can trust it.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, nine, nine points, five, 15 and 12. That's his last four games.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean, he got a touchdown the last two games and that's. That's great. He's also only, you know, usually getting about four targets, so it's very, very hard to trust.

[Mike Wright]

Tight ends.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know how he's on the wafer wire.

[Mike Wright]

I like Darren Waller a ton. I also like Colby Parkinson a ton. Colby Parkinson. To me, with the absence of Devonte Adams with his insane touchdown situation, like Colby Parkinson just scores.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. The last five games, I Believe he's got five touchdowns now. Tyler Higby is eligible to return this week, which I think would obviously splash some significant cold water there, but we have not heard whether they plan to activate him or whether he's going to start, so. And I think Sean McVeigh is dealing with some family problem, so I don't.

[Mike Wright]

Not a family problem. He had a baby.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, there it is.

[Mike Wright]

He had a baby.

[Jason Moore]

Personal matter. This is personal. I didn't.

[Mike Wright]

It was a good personal.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he had a baby boy.

[Mike Wright]

Congratulations, Sean McVeigh.

[Jason Moore]

I'm on cheese, but my point is, I just don't think we're gonna know.

[Mike Wright]

I have three personal problems at home.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Yeah. We all have some personal issues going on at home, but that, to me makes no.

[Mike Wright]

He didn't have the baby. His wife had the baby.

[Andy Holloway]

It was not a junior situation.

[Jason Moore]

Darren Waller, to me, is like. He's the. He's the pickup of the week. I know that Likely an Andrews farted into a can and then smelled it this last week against the Bengals.

[Andy Holloway]

But I did. They did.

[Mike Wright]

They all smelled it.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And they pass it around.

[Mike Wright]

Check out this can.

[Andy Holloway]

Get a huff.

[Jason Moore]

Does this smell like popcorn to you? Ah, you got me. But I'm sticking with, like, the Ravens really shut down the Bengals. I'm not sure that the Dolphins are going to be able to do that. This is not going to be the same weather environment. I'm all in on playing Darren Waller this week.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, Waller's great.

[Jason Moore]

Against the Bengals.

[Mike Wright]

I thought you were saying you're all in on Likely and Andrews, Whereas I would go Loveland over those guys. I'd go Parkinson over those guys.

[Jason Moore]

No. Yes. I would go Loveland. To me, it goes Waller, Loveland, and.

[Mike Wright]

There might be some Schultz going on this week.

[Andy Holloway]

And Schultz is great.

[Jason Moore]

The doctor needs some respect.

[Andy Holloway]

He does.

[Mike Wright]

He does.

[Jason Moore]

He's gotten so disrespected by Andy on his.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, his speed doesn't need respect.

[Jason Moore]

Right, sure. Okay. But he is the. He's the tight end. 10 right now on the year.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

He had 8 for 76 and a touchdown this last week, and he's playing against the Raiders, so. You could do worse.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. You can't do worse than the Raiders, though. No, the Raiders are the worst.

[Jason Moore]

Correct.

[Mike Wright]

They are worse than the Cardinals.

[Jason Moore]

They're abysmal.

[Mike Wright]

They're definitely worse than the Garden. So much worse.

[Jason Moore]

And the Texans got to play.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

And then the Raiders. There's a reason they're like 90 plus percent to make the playoffs now.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. If there's anything wrong with Woody Marks. They don't need them this week. That's the. That's the scary thing about. They really don't. They might not need. They might play nine on defense.

[Andy Holloway]

The Raiders. Kyle just posted this. The Raiders are averaging the fewest points per game on the road of any NFL team since 2012.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah, that's the. I mean, that's why I say they don't need Woody Marshall. The Texans can't.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

You're not going to score. Don't show up.

[Andy Holloway]

It might be a. Shut up.

[Mike Wright]

Show up. Pete Carroll. Stay home. There you go. Defense is looking ahead to Week 17 as well. Buffalo plays Cleveland and Shador this week, and then Philly. New Orleans plays the jets and Brady Cook and then Cam Ward in Tennessee, and they're on a roll. Their defense is playing definitely very. You know, it's solid. It's solid every week. And those are not intimidating quarterbacks. Minnesota plays the Giants and Jackson Dart. And then Detroit. Houston plays Las Vegas this week. Then the Chargers, who are.

[Jason Moore]

The Chargers are a good offense. I got good pieces. But you are going to SACK Justin Herbert 100 times in that game, so.

[Mike Wright]

I'm in on that. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I was literally when I realized the run of this Texans and what a great defense. I was just in our. I don't know who has them in our league of records.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, they're very. Roster.

[Jason Moore]

No, no, no. I. This is a personal thing. I just wanted to make sure that.

[Andy Holloway]

You weren't going to run into it.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I don't know if your defense.

[Andy Holloway]

Josh.

[Mike Wright]

Seattle.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, okay. All right. I mean, that's great.

[Mike Wright]

But Kansas City plays Tennessee this week, but they got nothing to play for. I don't know if you saw Chris Jones. That was embarrassing.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, he didn't know they were eliminated.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. In the press conference, he's like, we still got a fighting chance. And then they're like, no, you don't. And he goes, are we eliminated? And then they're like, yeah. And he's like, oh. And he looks so sad.

[Jason Moore]

His.

[Andy Holloway]

His life's still good.

[Jason Moore]

So talk. Talk to me about the Chiefs. I have rostered the Chiefs in preparation for this matchup, but The San Francisco 49ers could not stop the Titans enough to do anything. Couldn't sack Cam Ward. The Chiefs are a significantly better defense, but now that they don't have anything to play for, do you think it's a good play?

[Andy Holloway]

I don't.

[Mike Wright]

I think it's medium.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, but, Mike, you're You would play against them then.

[Mike Wright]

So I think it's medium.

[Jason Moore]

I believe you are lying to me.

[Mike Wright]

This is funny. No, I think it's a medium start. I mean, it was not good for Cleveland. In Cleveland against Tennessee, it was not good for San Francisco. In San Francisco against Tennessee, they make a player to a bigger play. And I think it's medium. It's not bad. It's just not. Not as good as some of the others.

[Andy Holloway]

The good times, the resurgence that Tony Pollard has had the last couple of weeks, I think it's over. It will not happen against the Chiefs.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, the Chiefs, man, they haven't played, have they? This will be the first game that they've played out of playoff contention in 10 years.

[Andy Holloway]

That's why.

[Mike Wright]

Crazy, right? I'm not.

[Andy Holloway]

That's a good run.

[Jason Moore]

I think that's.

[Mike Wright]

I'm not crazy there, right?

[Jason Moore]

Actually accurate, man.

[Mike Wright]

They just lost two straight games where they gave up 16 and 20 points only, and they lost them.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, see, defense is still good.

[Mike Wright]

Detroit plays Pittsburgh and Minnesota. And then San Francisco plays the Colts and Philip Rivers. That looks good. And then Chicago. All the waiver wire rankings are up on the site. Let's talk. Well, hold on. Hold on. Nope. Yep. No, I hit the wrong button.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, here we go.

[Mike Wright]

Is this what we were looking for?

[Andy Holloway]

I guess. My string.

[Mike Wright]

Let's see if this works. On top of it.

[Jason Moore]

Full stream ahead. Beautiful. A class production over here. You're gonna need to hit that button again.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I say we just go with it.

[Mike Wright]

CJ Stroud against the Raiders.

[Andy Holloway]

We can't make it stop.

[Mike Wright]

No, we can. Oh, fine. Mike Boring guy over here.

[Jason Moore]

Mr. Boring.

[Mike Wright]

C.J. stroud's my streaming quarterback. Against the Raiders, he was the quarterback. 9. Against the Cardinals, he should be good for two touchdowns. Big plays. Nico is firmly entrenched as a, you know, just a dominator.

[Andy Holloway]

Nico is a dog I'd love.

[Mike Wright]

I'll go. Stroud.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I'm going to go. Jacoby Brissette, the. The top 12 quarterback.

[Andy Holloway]

It's illegal for Jacoby to be in this area.

[Jason Moore]

It really is. I cannot believe he's still only 50% roster.

[Mike Wright]

You mean after nine consecutive top 12 weeks? That's what shocks you?

[Jason Moore]

He's the only quarterback that has not been outside the top 12. And the Texans had not given up a top 12 performance against anyone all year. Including Mahomes and Josh Allen and all these guys. No, he still did it. So. Yeah, I think against Atlanta.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

At home. He's not stopping.

[Andy Holloway]

It should Be a good situation and I brought him up earlier, but Bryce Young is my streaming quarterback of the week. This. This is going to be a fun game, you know. A. The playoffs are on the line for both teams and over the last six weeks, Tampa is dead last in schedule. Adjusted fantasy points to the quarterback position. May Allen Stafford, Jacoby, Tyler Schuck and Kirk Cousins. I mean, tell me who doesn't belong in that list. And it's honest, it's probably three of them.

[Mike Wright]

But.

[Andy Holloway]

But they're. This is just what's happening with Tampa Bay.

[Mike Wright]

Also, shout out to Tyler Schuck against the jets as an honorable mention. And also he's going to be the quarterback. Yeah, I think he's going to be the quarterback.

[Andy Holloway]

He got pretty banged up last week. I think he still plays. Just saying of the. It's something to watch of.

[Mike Wright]

He's fine. Probably he's totally fine.

[Andy Holloway]

But I would. Well, I think he is. He's in consideration of the three guys we mentioned.

[Mike Wright]

Go watch. Go watch the tape, man. Go watch the tape. Tyler Shuck is playing great. Chase Young came. Came out and said starting to look.

[Andy Holloway]

Like that guy we, we like to make fun of.

[Mike Wright]

You are that guy.

[Andy Holloway]

We like to make fun of the old guys, the old rookies, 26 or whatever. And young.

[Mike Wright]

Young for a quarterback, if you can play.

[Andy Holloway]

He has a lot. I mean, he's got experience. You have that. I mean seriously though, it's like we want the upside of like Anthony Richardson, Trey Lance, guys who have really not many college starts and. But they got the tools and they're athletic and you're like, here's boring. Tyler Shuck, who's just built, played in.

[Mike Wright]

College for 60 years.

[Andy Holloway]

How did he. I don't know how he played so long.

[Mike Wright]

Covid helped, gave him an extra year.

[Andy Holloway]

But like there's rules about eligibility and stuff.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, but he got. He had an injury. One or two injury red shirts and then he got a Covid yellow shirted, blue shirted, every shirt you could wear. Look, Tyler Schuck, here's what's great about him. He can run the football. He's extremely tough, he's extremely smart and he has elite arm talent. He can make throws that other quarterbacks can't make. Now, does he do it perfectly, consistently, instantly with this team? He hasn't. But he's 3 and 3 as a starter. Should be 4 and 2. Gives Chris Olave, who's now the wide receiver, 10 weekly. Stability and relevance will remind people Vale.

[Andy Holloway]

Was, if you didn't see it, Devon Vale was spotted in a sling. Yeah, he's going to be like yesterday. And that would.

[Jason Moore]

If Vale.

[Andy Holloway]

I know, I know that really helps Olave. But if Vale. If Vale is not going to play, I would be a little more nervous about the shuck start.

[Jason Moore]

Tyler Schuck played college football. He loves Vale. On the same team as Justin Herbert. Like, Herbert has been in the league for six years.

[Mike Wright]

Well, he's older than Tyler Lawrence. Trevor Lawrence. It's crazy who's playing so well.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, this, this week against Denver is going to be famous.

[Jason Moore]

Last world.

[Mike Wright]

I know, but it should.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, this is a massive, massive test for, for the Jets.

[Mike Wright]

If they beat. If they beat Denver. Is it in Denver? Yeah, if they beat Denver this week. They're a legit contender, man. I've been on the cusp of just their consistency on the defensive side of the football. So you have to have Travis ETN against Denver, Is that what you're saying?

[Jason Moore]

All alone, but all alone. Which is good. I will say, I don't want to take anything away from Trevor Lawrence. He's been playing fantastic, but it is the context. You know, you look at the last few games and it was like, okay, it was the jets, the Titans, the Cardinals and the Colts. It's like, this is going to be the test fair.

[Mike Wright]

All right, tomorrow we'll be back with backup options. Thursday night preview, we'll answer your playoff mailbag questions. Check out the community. Jointhefoot.com we're here year round. The ultimate dashboard is there. We'll talk to you tomorrow.

[Andy Holloway]

Goodbye.

[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

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