Week 17 Matchups, In-or-Out, We Are The Weegles

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary

Episode Title: Week 17 Matchups, In-or-Out, We Are The Weegles
Release Date: December 28, 2018
Hosts: Andy Holloway & Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright
Podcast: Fantasy Footballers Podcast

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1. Introduction and Community Highlights

The episode kicks off with Andy Holloway humorously discussing the absence of co-host Jason Moore, highlighting Jason's dedication to family responsibilities. This light-hearted banter sets a friendly and engaging tone for the show.

2. Foot Clan Friday Giveaway

Andy and Mike promote the "Foot Clan Friday" giveaway, announcing a winner who received a $55 gift card. They encourage listeners to participate by following them on Twitter @FFBallers and visiting fantasyfootballers.com.

Andy Holloway [04:50]: "Foot Clan Friday winner ... Nice guy Eddie. Thank you, Nice guy Eddie."

3. Week 17 Matchups Preview

The hosts transition into discussing crucial Week 17 NFL matchups, emphasizing the importance for teams vying for playoff spots. They break down key games and their implications for both real-life teams and fantasy football lineups.

4. In-or-Out Player Decisions

A significant portion of the episode focuses on player availability and injury updates that impact fantasy decisions. Key discussions include:

• Todd Gurley (Los Angeles Rams):

  Mike Wright [06:49]: "I think he'll be out."

• Leonard Fournette & Tevin Coleman (Buffalo Bills):

  Mike Wright [07:08]: "I don't think that Leonard Fournette will play."

• Antonio Brown (Pittsburgh Steelers) & Devonte Adams (Green Bay Packers):

  Mike Wright [08:16]: "Of course" for Brown and uncertainty for Adams.
  Andy Holloway [08:45]: "So does he need three of them or something?"

• Julio Jones & DeAndre Hopkins (Atlanta Falcons):

  Mike Wright [08:52]: "I think he'll play" for Jones, but skepticism about Hopkins.
  Andy Holloway [09:00]: "Doubt it."

• Allen Robinson (Chicago Bears):

  Mike Wright [09:14]: "I think he's gonna be out."

These updates are crucial for fantasy managers making last-minute lineup decisions.

5. Player Contracts and Team Strategies

Andy and Mike delve into the contract extension of Damian Williams, analyzing its significance for fantasy managers:

Andy Holloway [11:32]: "Damian Williams ... guarantees that Damian Williams will be on the roster next season."
Mike Wright [12:14]: "I honestly believe that Damian Williams ... he will be given the first chance to be the lead running back."

They discuss the broader implications of running back committee approaches and the rising value of top-tier running backs in dynasty leagues.

6. Special Segments and Highlights

• Footie Award Nominations: Scheduled for January 3rd, inviting listeners to vote for categories like MVP and Nickname of the Year.

  Mike Wright [06:35]: "It's a fan vote, so be prepared to fill in the ballot."

• J.J. Grizz Twitter Phenomenon: The hosts introduce the humorous Twitter account @jgrisffl, managed by a cardboard bear, garnering attention with over 20,000 followers.

  Mike Wright [10:52]: "The cardboard bear who's actually got very good tweets."

7. Fantasy Forecast and Matchup Analysis

The core of the episode provides in-depth analysis of Week 17 matchups, including:

• Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens:

  • Odds: Ravens favored by 5.5 points over a 41-point spread.
  • Fantasy Insight:

    Mike Wright [19:41]: "Absolutely" start Nick Chubb despite Ravens' tough defense.

• Chicago Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings:

  • Odds: Bears are 4.5-point favorites with a 40-point spread.
  • Fantasy Insight:

    Mike Wright [26:18]: "You can trust Cook because the volume will be there."

• Las Vegas Raiders vs. Kansas City Chiefs:

  • Odds: Chiefs are 14.5-point favorites with a 52.5-point spread.
  • Fantasy Insight:

    Mike Wright [23:14]: "Damian Williams ... I think that it will be that time share."

• Philadelphia Eagles vs. Washington Redskins:

  • Odds: Redskins are +6.5 underdogs with a 42-point spread.
  • Fantasy Insight:

    Mike Wright [33:44]: "Absolutely" play Nick Foles.

• San Francisco 49ers vs. Los Angeles Rams:

  • Odds: Rams are 10-point favorites with a 48.5-point spread.
  • Fantasy Insight:

    Mike Wright [43:35]: "I have Jeff Wilson a couple spots ahead of Royce Freeman this week."

• Arizona Cardinals vs. Seattle Seahawks:

  • Odds: Seahawks are 13.5-point favorites with a 38.5-point spread.
  • Fantasy Insight:

    Mike Wright [44:36]: "If you're in a one quarterback league, he's going to be a starting quarterback for a team next year."

• Indianapolis Colts vs. Tennessee Titans (Sunday Night Football):

  • Odds: Colts vs. Titans with a 43.5-point spread.
  • Fantasy Insight:

    Mike Wright [48:32]: "For me, yes," referring to starting Derek Henry.

8. Listener Engagement and Community Building

Andy and Mike encourage listeners to join their fantasy football community at jointhefoot.com and engage on social media for additional content, including mock drafts and daily fantasy sports (DFS) tips.

9. Head-to-Head Fantasy Challenge

In a playful segment, Andy and Mike engage in a fantasy head-to-head draft challenge, showcasing their personal draft strategies and player selections for Week 17. This segment highlights their competitive yet humorous dynamic.

Mike Wright [50:09]: "I went back to Back rbs Barkley, Chris Carson."
Andy Holloway [52:29]: "Big Ben, Antonio Brown, Travis, Kelsey, Saquon and Carson. I like your team a lot."

10. Conclusion and Final Thoughts

The episode wraps up with final remarks on upcoming playoffs, team strategies, and the importance of making informed fantasy decisions in the final week. Andy and Mike share light-hearted comments and tease future content, maintaining their signature blend of expert analysis and entertainment.

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Key Takeaways:

• Player Availability: Critical updates on key players' injury statuses influence last-minute fantasy decisions.
• Matchup Analysis: Detailed breakdowns of Week 17 games help listeners optimize their lineups.
• Fantasy Strategy: Emphasis on running back value and smart pivoting based on team and player performance.
• Community Engagement: Active encouragement for listener participation through social media and community platforms.
• Humor and Camaraderie: The hosts maintain an engaging and humorous rapport, enhancing listener enjoyment.

Notable Quotes:

• Mike Wright [06:49]: "I think he'll be out." (Regarding Todd Gurley)
• Andy Holloway [11:32]: "Damian Williams ... guarantees that Damian Williams will be on the roster next season."
• Mike Wright [33:44]: "Absolutely." (Regarding playing Nick Foles)
• Andy Holloway [52:29]: "You got Big Ben, Antonio Brown, Travis, Kelsey, Saquon and Carson. I like your team a lot."

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Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast, coming to you from Draft.com Studios with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, what's going on?

[Mike Wright]

It's me, it's Andy, it's Brooks.

[Andy Holloway]

It's a bear. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast.

[Mike Wright]

We should just take turns.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, every other word.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, we've done 678 shows. Mike, go. Hey there.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, you gave two words.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I did. I messed it up.

[Mike Wright]

Go again.

[Andy Holloway]

Hey, everyone, it's the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with you.

[Mike Wright]

Went two words again. You're not very good at this.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I'm used to saying all the words. We do not have Jason with us this morning. This was an impromptu. He's got some family to take care of. Yes, we thought he'd be in here. So, thoughts and prayers with Jason. He's handling the husband duties this morning, as he always does. He's a. He's a great father. He's a great dad. He's no Jay Grizz. I mean, Jay Grizz at the end of the day, you know, bears.

[Mike Wright]

Good dad.

[Andy Holloway]

Who's a better hibernator? Bear.

[Mike Wright]

Between a bear and Jason.

[Andy Holloway]

Correct.

[Mike Wright]

That is an excellent question because Jason.

[Andy Holloway]

In a way, post lunch, hibernates for about four hours.

[Mike Wright]

He.

[Andy Holloway]

He doesn't process food the way a normal person does. Yeah, if more of a bear.

[Mike Wright]

If he does not eat wisely. Let's put it at that. At lunch, then he's not the one who pays the price. We all pay the price.

[Andy Holloway]

So would you call yesterday's decisions wise decisions? Where he opened his. Where we went to a pizza parlor and his opener was okay. He took one of the cookies off of the counter.

[Mike Wright]

It's pizza. So you know you're gonna have to wait for the food, Right?

[Andy Holloway]

So he took. I mean, I understand Jason by now. And he. So he took a freshly baked cookie and he opened with a cookie at the table and we were all sitting there waiting for our food. He had the cookie and that's okay. That's a little Jason of it.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

But then when the cannoli came out before his pizza and he doubled down on the pre pizza desserts, I thought that was the point in which the hibernation was gonna start the double appetizer.

[Mike Wright]

Or I should say the double dessert appetizer. It's. It's been talked about, but no one's had the courage to do it until Jason Moore.

[Andy Holloway]

Does he ever. Does he go to fine restaurants and ask for the dessert appetizer menu? Like, where are your dessert appetizers? I only see regular, regular appetizers here.

[Mike Wright]

I see the cheese fries. But I'm looking for the cake.

[Andy Holloway]

The pretty. A pre dinner cake. This is how we reward Jason for not being with us this morning. Welcome in while the rest of the Week 17, the Whack Week 17 matchups.

[Mike Wright]

No, it's good, man.

[Andy Holloway]

We're going to help people. Yes, we are. And the Foot Clan Friday winner. That'll be on today's show. You can find us on twitter at the FF Ballers. The website's the fantasy footballers.com YouTube.com the fantasy footballers. Be sure to subscribe. Click the bell. You'll know when we're live streaming. You'll know when new shows are out. I'm sure. I'm gonna presume that there will be some sort of highlight video over the last year that is gonna be worked on by Brooks. He's nodding. Nodding in an affirmative manner.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, come on. You have to make a note about this. You weren't doing it.

[Andy Holloway]

He's making a note do highlight video. Gotta get going on that. And we got Foot Clan title T shirts, which I want to see those pictures on Twitter. I really do. People donning the Foot clan title shirt. Shopballers.com you can check those out. I did say it was Friday.

[Mike Wright]

Foot Clan Friday.

[Andy Holloway]

Foot Clan Friday. Winner of a $55 gift card. Nice guy Eddie. Thank you. Nice guy Eddie. You.

[Mike Wright]

That's a great strategy.

[Andy Holloway]

Just be extra nice.

[Mike Wright]

Well, no, but you think he is already.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, of course I am.

[Mike Wright]

I'm saying I've got the long standing issues with the face of looking. Looking Angry. Got that raff face.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you have a resting angry face.

[Mike Wright]

What if my nickname was Super Nice Mike?

[Andy Holloway]

That would help.

[Mike Wright]

Instead of Mike the Fancy Hitman, if.

[Andy Holloway]

You introduced yourself with your angry face but said, hey, I'm nice. I'm super Nice. Mike Smiley Mike Smiley Mike Smiley Mike. Hashtag smilethemike. Yeah, that would be. That would help. People would go, hmm, this is. This guy's an enigma. There's some irony here. He's got a sense of humor. Next week on the Monday show, we have the footie award nominations. Looking back at this past year of fantasy football glory.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

And disappointment.

[Mike Wright]

That's a fan vote, so be prepared to fill in the ballot.

[Andy Holloway]

Also, nickname of the year and if mvp.

[Mike Wright]

If you want to make sure we don't forget your favorite nickname of the year, there's a post on all the social places where you can just drop us a line, remind us, because sometimes we forget the nicknames. There's so many good ones.

[Andy Holloway]

You mean like Big Will?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, Big Montana.

[Andy Holloway]

Big Montana Will Disley.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, who could. Who could ever forget that guy? You were looking over like the drop is still there. Did he leave the drops on the. No, that thing's on the ir.

[Andy Holloway]

On the ir. I would love it if I had an IR tab for drops. I think we'd use it. Footie Awards on January 3rd, the Thursday show. Let's go ahead and get into the news. The in and out.

[Mike Wright]

What's it gonna be? Me fly? Are you in?

[Andy Holloway]

You know what? Let's do in and out, and then I'll. I got two bits. Two bits of news that we need to talk about. But in or out? Todd Gurley, what do you think?

[Mike Wright]

I think he'll be out.

[Andy Holloway]

Makes very little sense for him to be out there with CJ Anderson being good enough.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, still does. Still not practicing. Of course, Todd Gurley doesn't need to practice, but if he's not doing anything by the end of today, which is Friday, then why would you play him? You're getting ready for the playoffs.

[Andy Holloway]

He has not practiced. Leonard Fournette and Tevin Coleman have not practiced. Do you think that they will be in?

[Mike Wright]

I. Man, I don't think that that Leonard Fournette will play. Tevin Coleman's the harder one to evaluate because we've talked about it. He's playing for money. I mean, he's a free agent next year. Head coach Dan Quinn on Monday was very positive about his chances to play, but is since scaled back on those. I don't know if that's the gamesmanship coach speak. But if you have Coleman, if you have any of these three guys, you better be prepared to pivot.

[Andy Holloway]

What's interesting to me is you brought up the fact that T.J. yelden was left. He was a healthy scratch last week as an advantage to him being a free agent not to risk his injury. If that's the perspective Jacksonville has on winning games at this point, you'd. I would say that I think Leonard Fournette's gonna miss the game.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. That's what I expected. Well, a lot of Carlos Hyde.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Spencer Ware returned to a full practice on Wednesday. You think he'll be in?

[Mike Wright]

I do. I think he'll play.

[Andy Holloway]

Antonio Brown missed Thursday's practice due to a knee issue. Missed Wednesday's with a coach's decision. This is a big game. You think he's in?

[Mike Wright]

Of course.

[Andy Holloway]

Devonte Adams.

[Mike Wright]

He's a much harder case. Did not practice Wednesday or Thursday. He said he expects to play, but the only thing Adams has to play for this week is the. The packers reception title.

[Andy Holloway]

So does he need three of them or something?

[Mike Wright]

I think he needs three to become the sole owner of the most receptions in a Packer season. But that's it. So if he's actually banged up and hurt, then. I don't know. It's.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't get those and get out.

[Mike Wright]

That's very possible.

[Andy Holloway]

Julio Jones didn't practice Thursday. In or out?

[Mike Wright]

I think he'll play.

[Andy Holloway]

Odell Beckham quadricep. You think will be out. DeAndre Hopkins and Kiki QT.

[Mike Wright]

Hopkins will play QT.

[Andy Holloway]

Doubt it.

[Mike Wright]

I'll believe it when I see it.

[Andy Holloway]

I like DeAndre Carter of QT. Misses.

[Mike Wright]

Agreed.

[Andy Holloway]

Ty Hilton with the ankle injury. Didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday. He always plays.

[Mike Wright]

He will play.

[Andy Holloway]

They need to win, too. Kenny Golladay, limited.

[Mike Wright]

He'll play.

[Andy Holloway]

Doug Baldwin.

[Mike Wright]

He will play.

[Andy Holloway]

Allen Robinson with the ribs I think I'll miss. I think he's gonna be out.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Didn't practice Wednesday. Thursday. Need him for the playoffs.

[Mike Wright]

You do? In Chicago, it's. Do you just try and knock Minnesota out of the playoffs? Do they care that much about their division rival? I don't think they do.

[Andy Holloway]

Tyler. And the odds of them stealing the one or two seed is low.

[Mike Wright]

Exactly.

[Andy Holloway]

Tyler Boyd not been practicing?

[Mike Wright]

No. Out.

[Andy Holloway]

Corey Davis.

[Mike Wright]

He'll play.

[Andy Holloway]

Marquis Goodwin.

[Mike Wright]

Goodness.

[Andy Holloway]

Don't care.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Eric Ebron with the concussion and the knee injury.

[Mike Wright]

That's an. That's an impossible to tell. That's. You got to just follow the news and see if he's progressing.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Foot clan game day alerts. One hour before main Sunday kickoff. Did Jay Gris fall forward a little bit. Jay Gris just moved a little cardboard extraordinaire is moving. That's a little frightening because it's a full grown grizzly.

[Mike Wright]

Brooks, what happened? Just I thought we secured the bear.

[Andy Holloway]

Look, this. Brooks normally spends what, three, four hours securing the bear on an average week when we know someone's going to miss. But Jason, this was. This was a last minute call.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Bear is a lot to deal with. The bear is a lot to handle. Thank you.

[Mike Wright]

Speaking of a lot to handle.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, no.

[Mike Wright]

America, nay, world goodness. Jay Grizz, his Twitter account.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, gosh.

[Mike Wright]

Which is twitter.com jgrisffl which.

[Andy Holloway]

We don't run.

[Mike Wright]

No, we do not run. We may or may not know the person who is behind it because it's a bear. It's very hard to type with those big clouds.

[Andy Holloway]

Klaus.

[Mike Wright]

Klaus. That a bear has. He's about.

[Andy Holloway]

Hey, I can't believe this.

[Mike Wright]

The bear is about to surpass 20,000 followers. If you want to try and be.

[Andy Holloway]

That 20,000th follower, you're trying to get him there.

[Mike Wright]

Let's go, let's go.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's get a handle.

[Mike Wright]

J. Grizz. Ffl.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

The cardboard bear who's actually got very good tweets. It's a good.

[Andy Holloway]

He's a very consistent tweeter. He always has something to. To enjoy.

[Mike Wright]

There's an insane amount of bear pictures.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, yeah, I understand that. A little bit of bias.

[Mike Wright]

No, I'm saying out there in the world.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, I see.

[Mike Wright]

People like to photograph bears. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

There's a long history of bears being photographed.

[Mike Wright]

And his stream of the week is always on point. You can never go wrong.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Here was the news I wanted to bring up before I enter out. I know you're excited about it.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

You're horribly biased. The chief running back Damian Williams to a two year extension through 2020 max value on this deal. If you read it, it's $8 million max value. I thought it was 10. No, 8.1. Okay, 8.1. And it's incentive laden. From what I understand, this guarantees that Damian Williams will be on the roster next season.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Damian Williams, 26 years old, came over from Miami, much maligned by Jason for his talent and ability, by the way, averaging 5.3 a carry. And Mike is rejoicing because his dynasty team has been decimated by injury at the running back position. Slash suspension. Kareem Hunt.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And Here Damian Williams is on his bench and suddenly he's a part of at least a rotation next year.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, and I honestly believe that Damian Williams, he will be on the roster, that much is secure. And he will be given the first chance to be the lead running back. And I don't have all the numbers. I'm very excited to dive into this. But from what I recall is Andy Reid is a one running back guy and by one, of course there's other people will be mixed in. Kareem Hunt was never a one running back guy when there was other capable players on the team.

[Andy Holloway]

Spencer Ware is an unrestricted free agent after the season.

[Mike Wright]

The only other person now under contract.

[Andy Holloway]

Is Darrell Williams, who I think I could be them two.

[Mike Wright]

Right. And if it is, then you're in good shape. If it's those two guys. Damian Williams is going to be a hot draft pick.

[Andy Holloway]

So if you would like to see Mike rise in pain, we'll livestream during the NFL draft when Kansas City uses some third or fourth round pick on the next Kareem Hunt and Foot Clan.

[Mike Wright]

The draft did not go well for my Dynasty team last year at the running back position. It was just high profile guy going to the wrong team, just multiple shots right into my goot.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean I, it was very entertaining.

[Mike Wright]

I liked the draft feeling just like a defeated man.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. What you had Carlos Hyden and Nick Chubb got drafted by the Browns. That was part of it.

[Mike Wright]

I had Rex Burkhead. Sony Michelle went there.

[Andy Holloway]

This is why, you know, people ask us for early Dynasty pickups and targets. You can give some names but you got to be aware of these circumstances where the draft is going to change a lot for you.

[Mike Wright]

I had Devontae Booker and then they drafted Royce Freeman.

[Andy Holloway]

That is correct.

[Mike Wright]

I mean it was, it was not good.

[Andy Holloway]

And we live in an NFL right now where the running back position is most often by committee. Most often you bring in another name. So it'll be interesting. I wouldn't be surprised if you know, Atlanta picks up another back with Kevin.

[Mike Wright]

Coleman leaving and I stand by this so much. So committee is not a dirty word. People want to say that. Oh, like he got committee back. It's. To me it's not everyone's in a committee except for Todd Gurley, probably Levy and Bell, Saquon Barkley, Zeke. Yeah, I mean there's so few guys.

[Andy Holloway]

And that's why those guys are the most valuable draft picks in general. People want to debate. Oh, you got to go get Hopkins and Adams and Brown. They're not going to be in my top right now. My top six are running backs for next year. It might end up being my top eight. Nine. Sure. Just I might back them all up. Because if you've got right now, you can't tell me whether Antonio Brown, Devonte Adams, Julio Jones, Odell Beckham Jr. Yeah, they're all category.

[Mike Wright]

Exactly.

[Andy Holloway]

But picking up a running back that could have a workload like that, you know, is Nick Chubb going to be viewed as a workhorse back next year? Maybe Joe Mixon. So those are guys that might sneak into that top 10. It's going to be fun. We'll talk about this some next week and then, oh, for about six months we'll be doing mock drafts. Jason will be here. That way we get someone who doesn't draft all Bears.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. And my initial reaction, besides just zealous, selfish joy for myself, which is why.

[Andy Holloway]

This show is good, is because we're.

[Mike Wright]

Invested, is the fact that Jason will have no choice but to speak kindly about Damian Williams.

[Andy Holloway]

It happens sometimes.

[Mike Wright]

If Damian Williams is the guy, is the primary guy for the Chiefs next year like he has been this season since Kareem Hunt has been gone.

[Andy Holloway]

That's relevant.

[Mike Wright]

That's fantasy points that Jason is not going to like.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, shout out to tight end Benjamin Watson.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

38 year old tight end, drafted in 2004. He's going to retire after the season. He already has one ring with New England, going for a second ring with New Orleans and great career, great person, great man. Really respect Benjamin Watson and yeah, he's going to be hanging him up. That's a nice career if you can go to 38 in the NFL. You did it right. You did it right. So let's go ahead and transition into the forecast.

[Mike Wright]

Fantasy forecast.

[Andy Holloway]

You know what I'm forecasting, Mike?

[Mike Wright]

What's that?

[Andy Holloway]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

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The Brown 7 and 1.

[Andy Holloway]

The Browns can finish the season above.500 with a win. They would also knock out the Ravens and really unfortunately for the Browns, they're putting one of their division mates into the playoffs. They either win and put the Steelers in or they lose and put the Ravens in. So either way, they want to win. They want to have a positive situation going into next year. The Ravens are five and a half point favorites. It's a 41 point over under. I do think the Ravens are going to come out on top in this one and that is just because they are at home. If this game was in Cleveland end of the year going for above.500, the way Baker Mayfield's playing, I might lean Cleveland. But what do we think for fantasy Nick Chubb? You're starting it.

[Mike Wright]

Absolutely.

[Andy Holloway]

Even though the Ravens are a tough defense, but Baker Jarvis in Joku, I'm hesitant to roll them out there in championship week in Baltimore.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I agree. Baker is he would be right on that fringe of one. I mean, they did play earlier in the season, and Baker had 342 passing yards, only one score, but. So at least if you were bold enough to play in that week, he didn't. He didn't hurt. He didn't destroy your week with those kinds of numbers. And I don't think he will in this matchup either. But if you have other options, like Nick Foles is on your waiver wire, I would much rather play him. And Jarvis and David and Joku, I'm okay with. Because the Ravens, the only spot they're actually giving up fantasy points of any kind of note, is at the tight end position, ranked 26 the past six weeks. But Jarvis, Antonio Calloway, I'm finding a different option. Duke Johnson. Do you think he's sneaky at all?

[Andy Holloway]

Not really, no. I mean, they might need.

[Mike Wright]

He was more involved.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, they might need him. But I am concerned about banking on anybody in that matchup. That's where I'm at.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

Who else are you looking at on the other side of the ball here for Baltimore? Because really, this team is built around the run and defense. So you're talking Lamar Jackson, Gus Edwards, Kenneth Dixon. I feel like the list really ends there. It's even hard. As much as I like Mark Andrews, you know, Nick Boyle got his catches left, but you can't start him 100%.

[Mike Wright]

And I pumped the brakes on Gus Edwards. I would. I would still play him as a running back, too. I'm just. I'm very concerned about the way things are trending for him because it's. On the surface, it seems like everything is okay, but it's a trap door where when the bottom falls out, it's going to catch you. I don't want it to catch you completely by surprise, but it's very possible. Gus Edwards comes into this matchup and gets 10 carries.

[Andy Holloway]

You just don't know when it's going to happen exactly. And he's been making big plays on top of that. So I think that's what has helped hide.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

A potential transition. And I. What I really believe is I don't think that there's any intentionality to his reduction. I think it's a matter of hot hand. They have a lot of confidence in Kenneth Dixon. I think that's all it is. But you don't. It's hard to predict. I do think the matchup at home, with what they want to do in this game, I think they're both pretty safe. Let's go ahead and transition now into the Raiders. The Raiders the 4 and 8. Sorry the 4 and 11. Raiders at the 11 and 4.

[Mike Wright]

They wish they were 4 and 8.

[Andy Holloway]

They remember that they've been winning some games. Derek Carr and company Doug Martin. Oh gosh what a roster. Jordy Nelson, Jared Cook. Look you're probably starting Jared Cook because you have to. Tight ends are very thin. Derek Carr disappointing. Last week Doug Martin had a big 100 plus yard game.

[Mike Wright]

Mike yeah Brooks part of that highlight videos you should find the where I proclaimed full endorsement of Krampus because I was so all in on Doug Martin. I was mocked openly on this show.

[Andy Holloway]

It was Christmas too.

[Mike Wright]

I for the record if you're not remembering, I did not support him. I just I mentioned that it's very possible he's going to get some carries and he's been. He's been a serviceable fantasy running back.

[Andy Holloway]

So to me how bullish are you on Damian Williams if Spencer Wear returns in this game and you still have Darrell Williams mixed in. You still have but you have a great matchup against the Raiders. The Raiders are 24th against the running back.

[Mike Wright]

Honestly it was it was going to be waning but the contract last night really boosts my opinion of Damian Williams. I think that it will be that that time share but Spencer Ware instead of coming back and being the lead guy I think he just he returns to the auxiliary role.

[Andy Holloway]

I haven't seen anything from Spencer Ware that makes me think he's more than a plotter. Yeah it not explosive Damian Wines he does much more explosive.

[Mike Wright]

Well he does not look at all like the few years ago Spencer where when he had the big season.

[Andy Holloway]

Completely agree with you. You're starting Tyree Kill. Yep. Sammy Watkins is out in this game. Travis Kelsey is in. Mahomes is in. There's not a lot of you know hot debates here. Week 13 Kansas City 140 to 33. That's 73 points on the board. This game has a 52 and a half point over under so there will be value there.

[Mike Wright]

The sneaky play yet again. Who was our sneaky Raider player of the week last week was Jordy Nelson.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

10 he came through 10 targets seven for 75 last week. So that's three of the past four games. Jordy Nelson has at least 75 yards. He's like you said at least.

[Andy Holloway]

The Raiders six catches in four straight games. The only predictable pass catching weapon for them is Jordy because eight men has waned. Seth Roberts is here and there. Jared Cook has Even been here and there. But Jordy has been targeted heavily.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. He's come back to fantasy life and they've, like you said, they've been sneaking out some of these wins here.

[Andy Holloway]

One thing we didn't mention in the news was desean Jackson requesting. He doesn't want to be back with Tampa next year.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

Still leading the league in yards per catch. I think desean Jackson needs to end up on the Green Bay Packers. I just want to throw that out there. That is my prediction right now. That is where I think he belongs. I think he would be a wonderful compliment to Devonte Adams and company over there. When you talk about, you know, there are Green Bay Packer fans out there wondering do we bring back Randall Cobb. You would be much better off spending your money on a desean Jackson or, you know, finding a way to get some other pieces in there, some, you know, a field stretcher.

[Mike Wright]

I think the reunion happens for desean Jackson. I think he goes back home to Philadelphia. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

It's very, very possible. Yes, absolutely. It'll be, he'd be great there too. He's still a great player.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

That's the thing. He can't. Can he stay healthy? Can his quarterbacks find him when he's wide open? That's another question. The 11 and 4 Bears take on the 86 and 1 Vikings a 40 point over under the Vikings playing for their playoff lives. And the Bears look if they win and I believe if the what the Rams lose, then there's a shot for the Bears to take that two seed. But Minnesota needs to win or to make the playoffs or if they lose, they risk missing if Philadelphia wins. So lot on the table for Minnesota. Fortunately for them the game is at home and they are four and a half point favorites. Chicago beat them 2520 in week 11. That was a game in which Stefan Diggs had 13 catches for 126 1.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, that was, that was, wasn't that all garbage?

[Andy Holloway]

It really was. It really was.

[Mike Wright]

At the end of the game there.

[Andy Holloway]

Was a lot of it.

[Mike Wright]

There was that drive where it was like five straight receptions for Stefan Diggs.

[Andy Holloway]

Tough matchup for Vikings fantasy players. Dalvin Cook, 17 plus touches in four straight games. Can you trust Dalvin Cook in this one and where's his ceiling? Because obviously the Bears number one against running backs, four against quarterbacks. They, they're the Bears. You know what they are.

[Mike Wright]

You can trust Cook because the volume will be there. Since he came back from his injury about for a four game stretch here we've had really good production from Dalvin Cook. He will get the touches. I expect him to see at least, you know, 17 to 18 touches at minimum between rushes and pass catches.

[Andy Holloway]

That was a weird way to put it.

[Mike Wright]

It was between runs and receptions.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

That's much more eloquent. So yes, you can trust him. The ceiling, it's, it's lower though.

[Andy Holloway]

Is he a player that you would consider taking above some of those upper tier wideouts next year or is Dalvin Cook in the second tier running backs because him, Mixon, David Johnson, these are names that I, you know.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

I anticipate them all going behind the top tier wideouts, but I'm not sure, I'm not sure I would off the.

[Mike Wright]

Top of my head. I would prefer to take the top tier wide receivers over Dalvin.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, we've got to talk about the other side. What do you think of Jordan Howard's very consistent into the season.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he's, he's apparently back. They were just saving him up.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean he's very reliable right now.

[Mike Wright]

It's what a season. What a season for Jordan Howard who was. Looked like he like a top three guy those first three weeks when he was actually getting receptions. Then he vanished and people were dropping him and now he's back scoring in what, two straight games, been getting double digit carries. He's, he's a fine play, I guess the Vikings, it's a really, really tough matchup.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I agree with you. And it's hard to trust, you know, Cohen. After a 6 for 12 week and one target, Cohen has had this problem at times disappearing. He's so electric. He's. A lot of people view him as the, you know, better like next year do you want Tariq calling or Jordan Howard next year?

[Mike Wright]

Wow. I don't know. I think it's Tyreek.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, what happened?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, really? Breaking news. Breaking news. Tip of the wow. Congratulations. Foot Clan. Foot Clan. The fantasy pros. Accuracy results from weeks one through 16, which are the season have come out. My fearless leader, Andy Holloway, number five on the season.

[Andy Holloway]

Sweet.

[Mike Wright]

Number five. Goodness. Congratulations, Andy.

[Andy Holloway]

Thank you.

[Mike Wright]

And hold, hold the phone.

[Andy Holloway]

We got another name in that top 10.

[Mike Wright]

Jason Moore finished as number nine on the season, two in the top 10. I'm there somewh.

[Andy Holloway]

Hey, Mike, you're at 19 and by the way, they rank 130 experts.

[Mike Wright]

All right, I'll take top 20. But we have, we don't need to highlight that. We'll highlight the two in the top.

[Andy Holloway]

That's awesome. Congrats.

[Mike Wright]

Wow. What A season now.

[Andy Holloway]

You've got no excuse to stop listening to this show.

[Mike Wright]

No, really. Hey, congratulations, Andy.

[Andy Holloway]

Thank you. That's a. That's a great year. That's a great year. That is. I'm excited.

[Mike Wright]

A great stop. That's an amazing year.

[Andy Holloway]

Sweet. Sweet. Well, we'll keep. We'll keep doing it. We keep trying to get better.

[Mike Wright]

No, this is. That's my swan song.

[Andy Holloway]

There you go.

[Mike Wright]

I made my top 20. I'm out.

[Andy Holloway]

The six and nine Bengals take on the eight six and one Steelers who are 14 and a half point favorites. It's a 45 and a half point over under. Give me the Steelers minus the points in this game. I think they just destroy the Bengals at home. I don't see any way around it. You've got a destroyed wide receiver core for Cincinnati. Jeff Driscoll running for his life. Week in, a week out, but he.

[Mike Wright]

Had a few big scores. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Did you watch?

[Mike Wright]

Just needs one.

[Andy Holloway]

Miles Garrett was miked up for this last matchup against the Bengals. By the way, shout out. Miles Garrett's awesome.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

And first. First time Pro Bowler. I love the Browns, but Miles Garrett was talking about Driscoll and they just showed all these near sacks he had. And he was talking about how slippery Driscoll was.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, he's a slippery fella.

[Andy Holloway]

Slippery old Driscoll.

[Mike Wright]

That's his plan. I'll grease up.

[Andy Holloway]

Look, I think you can play Mixon and Usama if you need a tight end. Yuzama has been. He had a big touchdown last week. If there's one thing O'Driscoll does to get his big score, it's try to overthrow people. And Usama is big enough to occasionally circumvent his plans to be overthrown and catch it. But the Steelers are the story here. Now James Conner return to a full practice Wednesday. If he's out there, it's Connor. You're a Connor.

[Mike Wright]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you do even look at Jalen Samuels at the tight end position?

[Mike Wright]

Maybe at the tight end position over the. Like that third tier of tight ends as he should end up with, you know, two to three receptions. But everything in Mike Tomlin's history going back to D'Angelo Williams says that if James Conner is back and healthy, he will be the guy. And he's. I mean he's been the guy all year. And this is winning in right for the Steelers.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. No, it's not winning it because the. The Ravens have to lose.

[Mike Wright]

Ah. What? Okay, so Steelers have to win.

[Andy Holloway]

The same motivation factor exists for them, yes.

[Mike Wright]

If they, if they lose, then they're out. So I firmly believe that it will go right back to James Conner being the guy. And the Bengals are probably my favorite defense to have a running back against. So if you're a week 17 or and you've been stashing James Conner, congratulations because Connor should be a top five option this week.

[Andy Holloway]

Big Ben on the season, fourth in passing touchdowns, first in passing yards per game. We talked about it some on the foot cast yesterday, which, by the way, it may not seem like it, but there's no better time to join our [e-mail] than right now because when we go to two shows a week, you get a third show every single week, the Foot Cast. So. Jointhefoot.com check that out. We talked about it yesterday a little bit about what we thought about the Steelers. I think the Steelers at a minimum are walking on a very trepidatious line. I think if they miss the playoffs this year, there's gonna be a lot of questions going into next season. Not just about the running game, but about Big Ben, how long is he gonna play? Is Juju going to take over for Antonio Brown? Is Mike Tomlin secure? All those questions are going to come up because when you win, everything's fine. Nobody questions anything. All right, let's go here. The Eagles 8 and 7 take on the 7 and 8. Redskins 42 point over under the Redskins plus six and a half in this game. Underdogs against the Eagles. Eagles need to win and get some help. Nick Foles, can you play him this week against Washington?

[Mike Wright]

Absolutely.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you know what his completion percentage is over the last two weeks, Mike?

[Mike Wright]

Probably huge.

[Andy Holloway]

73%.

[Mike Wright]

Nick Foles, he makes no sense.

[Andy Holloway]

He, you know what he is, he is a gamer.

[Mike Wright]

I guess he just. He makes absolutely no sense to me.

[Andy Holloway]

I thank goodness they have him.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah, of course.

[Andy Holloway]

I know that sounds stupid, what a Super bowl, but what I'm saying is it's like sometimes you look at these situations. Now the Cardinals, it didn't work out for them, but they had a situation where they spent quite a bit of money on backup quarterback play behind Sam Bradford. And that hurts. It kind of feels like you're wasting that money. But with the amount of quarterbacks that go down and the needs out there, it just having Nick Foles, obviously they won a Super bowl with him. Now they have him again with a chance to get in. And if they get in, they're playing good football.

[Mike Wright]

Hot. This is a dynasty aside because Jason was so sure. That Teddy Bridgewater is out there and I. But he's not. But you know who is out there? Nick Foles.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he is.

[Mike Wright]

And Nick Foles next year will either be starting for the Philadelphia Eagles, which I think that's a long shot. Yeah, that like a 2% chance. Carson Wentz is their guy. But the contract situation for Nick Foles is they either give him $20 million to be the backup quarterback or he gets to go forward.

[Andy Holloway]

That's his contract situation. What happens if they win this week in Minnesota, loses and they make the playoffs?

[Mike Wright]

That's why.

[Andy Holloway]

And then Carson wins. Is healthy because Carson Wentz. I think.

[Mike Wright]

Because they did not IR him. You mean. Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

And I think Carson Wentz technically could get out there right now. Now they got no reason to force him out there. But what do you do in the playoffs?

[Mike Wright]

I do not envy the Philadelphia Eagles who will have to make that decision because how do you possibly bench Foles if he continues to play at the high level? And Carson Wentz, what does he has a broken back?

[Andy Holloway]

He does. He does have a broken back.

[Mike Wright]

How do you make that type of a decision? But my point was there's a great chance that Nick Foles is just out there. If you're in a one quarterback league, he's going to be a starting quarterback for a team next year. I don't know if he's actually good.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

But he's been great for fantasy for a long stretch now.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I remember not wanting him in Arizona and I wanted Sam Bradford and I think I would like to undo that decision. Darren Sprols, can you play him? Big week last week. 50% of snaps. I think you can pass catching, man. It helps.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Oh, of course it helps. But I mean, how many total touches did he have on the week?

[Andy Holloway]

12. So that's hard. That's different. Would you play him over Josh Adams?

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

Because I would.

[Mike Wright]

I would not Darren Sprouls.

[Andy Holloway]

I would.

[Mike Wright]

Three receptions each of the past three games. Except it was 3 for 34, 3 for 16, 3 for 76. So I know the variance is there for him to hit the big play. The.

[Andy Holloway]

The Redskins at home. Incentive to keep the Eagles out of the playoffs here too. You know, it's a six and a half point line. I would not be surprised if this is a three point game. You know, I know the Eagles need to win, but every time I've counted on the Eagles or the Wiggles, either one to kind of give me that super performance, that's actually.

[Mike Wright]

That's on the Bulletin. That's the bulletin. Materials. Washington's calling them the Wiggles.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, you see, if. If someone's calling me a weegle, I would be motivated to win.

[Mike Wright]

You sound like a. A child's entertainment program.

[Andy Holloway]

A hundred percent.

[Mike Wright]

We are the Wiggles.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, they come on right after Barney. We are the Wiggles. Led by Todd.

[Mike Wright]

My name is Will. Will Weagle.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's stop Adrian Peterson. Would you play him? He was.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Nine for 98 and a touchdown against Philly in week 13.

[Mike Wright]

Old man strength.

[Andy Holloway]

Any interesting? Jameson Crowder, who's been the target leader for a couple weeks?

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

Right answer. Right answer. The 11 and 4 Chargers take on the 6 and 9 Broncos. The Broncos are 6 1/2 point underdogs. Against the Chargers, it's a 41 1/2 point over under. Look, if I believe if the Chargers win, Kansas City loses, they can win the AFC West.

[Mike Wright]

So that's.

[Andy Holloway]

Otherwise, you're on the road in the wild card around as the fifth seed.

[Mike Wright]

That is madness.

[Andy Holloway]

So I don't think that Kansas City is going to lose against Oakland, but this is the NFL. Stranger things have happened, right? They're obviously they need to win this game.

[Mike Wright]

Like San Francisco beating Seattle.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I mean this stuff. And Oakland beating Pittsburgh. If Oakland doesn't beat Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh's in the playoffs.

[Mike Wright]

That's crazy.

[Andy Holloway]

So what a world. Because the line is very fine in the NFL. It's a fine line, Mike.

[Mike Wright]

It's the finest.

[Andy Holloway]

The finest case Keenum and company Royce Freeman. Is he a Week 17 glory play?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, he's not just a glory play. He's a.

[Andy Holloway]

He's a good player.

[Mike Wright]

He's a strong play. They've. Yes. Devonte. Booker will get in there and get his absurd workload that he should not be getting.

[Andy Holloway]

Should he be considered Booker? Yeah, sure.

[Mike Wright]

As an absolute panic running back 3.

[Andy Holloway]

I think you can fly as a looker. Yo, is he a looker this week? Cortland Sutton, Daeshun Hamilton, Tim Patrick. Who do you start? Who would you start? I would start Cortland Sutton.

[Mike Wright]

I would start Sutton and Hamilton. If it's a ppr.

[Andy Holloway]

You're playing Keenan Allen. You're playing Melvin Gordon. You're playing Philip Rivers.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

What about Mike Williams? He's probably not on the season. He is big playboy.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

39 for 599 and nine. He's a. I had him in a preseason. My bold predictions. 10 touchdowns. He needs to drop a touchdown in this game or he's only got nine.

[Mike Wright]

I thought he already hit ten did.

[Andy Holloway]

He is this horrible, horrible analysis?

[Mike Wright]

No, no, he's. I'm checking pro football references. They got him at nine.

[Andy Holloway]

Man. I went real quick.

[Mike Wright]

I really thought he had 10.

[Andy Holloway]

I went so quick to burn down our analysis, our researchers here. I mean within one second I was ready to throw him under the bus.

[Mike Wright]

My bad.

[Andy Holloway]

Who's going to be the Denver quarterback next season?

[Mike Wright]

Wow.

[Andy Holloway]

You remember how much Jason like Case Keenum?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

You remember how much I didn't like Case Keenum?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he's.

[Andy Holloway]

He's definitely a zero. Top six games.

[Mike Wright]

He is a game manager. Well, Andy, did you clarify if it was receiving touchdowns?

[Andy Holloway]

No, I said total touchdowns. He's got, then he's got.

[Mike Wright]

That's why he had 10. That rushing. Touchdown.

[Andy Holloway]

Boom shakalaga.

[Mike Wright]

Nice. Great call. So Case Keenum next year would be $21 million against the cap.

[Andy Holloway]

He could be a wiggle next year or he could be up the backup in Philly. That's what I think.

[Mike Wright]

He could be the backup to the wiggles.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

But he would be a 10 million dollar dead cap hit. If they decide to cut him, which they certainly may. It's going to be what I expect, a house clearing at the management position.

[Andy Holloway]

You ready for Nick Foles in Denver?

[Mike Wright]

That 100% could happen. And you know what? If Nick Foles goes to the Denver Broncos, then I'm going to be super happy I picked him up in our dynasty league.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, you got him.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I got him.

[Andy Holloway]

You know, like a week ago. I should have kept him. I had him last year. He won me a title last year in Dynasty. Here's the thing. If I had a choice, and this has nothing to do with fantasy football, but if I have a team and I have a choice between the high ceiling, low floor, Nick Foles as my quarterback on a football, that's how I look at him, right? He can be a disaster or he can throw for 450 yards. I'll take that every day of the week over Case Keenum. Sam Bradford, middle of the road, you can't win a shootout with this guy type of player this, in this NFL. I don't want to know that I've got a quarterback who when he's two scores down, the game's over.

[Mike Wright]

I don't want to know that we're down by 10.

[Andy Holloway]

I just need. I'd rather have the Derek Anderson esque type of, you know, chuck it and pray player. I'm personally that's just sure. Neither here nor there. The 4 and 11 49ers take on the 12 and 3 Rams. The Rams are 10 point favorites. 48. 48 and a half point over under. Look, you can play CJ Anderson. We don't think Todd Gurley is going to be out there. Anderson is the play. If Gurley is out cooks woods, put him in your lineup. Jared Goff? Yep. Gerald Everett. I think you can stream him at the tight end position this week. He's my start of the week. He is my Chris Herndon of the week this week. So you're kind of on board with Mount Everett.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, of course. He's an absolute beast of a man. I mean he is a mountain of a man.

[Andy Holloway]

What about Josh Reynolds? Can you flex him?

[Mike Wright]

It's.

[Andy Holloway]

It's been hard to predict because he's gotten some of these games with his.

[Mike Wright]

Targets are what happened though. What happened two weeks ago. I mean he was. It was a. The Rams were playing wide receiver 3 wide on 90 plus percent of their snaps. Last week was a massive transition and I don't know if that's a Todd Gurley transition for this team, but that's why Gerald Everett became such a. Such an interesting play last week. Or not that you projected it, but his snaps went from 44% in the game against Philadelphia up to 75%. Even Higby, the other tight end for the Rams saw a huge increase in snap while Josh Reynolds saw his absolutely plummet. It's hard to project if that's the way forward for the Rams or if that's just a Todd Gurley thing. Either way, if it's one of those things, then you would expect it to continue, at least for this game.

[Andy Holloway]

Jeff Wilson, running back for the 49ers. Matt Burrida is out. Would you rather play Jeff Wilson Jr. Against the Rams or Royce Freeman in his matchup? Ooh, Jeff Wilson offers you the majority of all the snaps and the pass catching. That's where I lean.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I have Jeff Wilson a couple spots ahead of Royce Freeman this week.

[Andy Holloway]

Is Marquis Goodwin sneaky because Dante Pettis is out in this game?

[Mike Wright]

No, but you know who is. Kendrick Bourne.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he's a good player.

[Mike Wright]

He is. He's a good player and he is the replacement for Dante Pettis who was starting to really flash for this team and you had. You saw his snaps skyrocket up to 94% this past week and he had a good game. He had over. He had 73 yards, four for 73.

[Andy Holloway]

I feel like it's important for him to have a good game so we can get some Matt Damon related jokes. In studs and ducks.

[Mike Wright]

Matt Damon.

[Andy Holloway]

I just. His identity. I think it would come up. The three and 12 cardinals take on the nine and six Seahawks.

[Mike Wright]

That's. That's what made you top five.

[Andy Holloway]

You're right.

[Mike Wright]

Those kinds of sneaky puns.

[Andy Holloway]

You're darn right. Because puns are the key to analysis. They can be. The Seahawks are 13 1/2 point favorites. It's a 38 1/2 point over, under. AKA the Cardinals aren't scoring a lot of points in this one. And no, they're not. The Cardinals can secure the number one pick in the NFL draft with the loss. So based on their long track record of making fans sad, they might win the game.

[Mike Wright]

Are you referring to the Josh McCown?

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

Game knocking the Minnesota.

[Andy Holloway]

Believe it or not, Josh McCown. Brooks, you probably don't know this.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

But Josh McCown has never not been in the NFL. He's played for over 40 years and back in the what, the 90s?

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Josh McCown, who was the Cardinals starting quarterback.

[Mike Wright]

Now.

[Andy Holloway]

You don't know this story, do you? They were playing the Minnesota Vikings. They were in. They were one of the worst team.

[Mike Wright]

Cardinals were awful.

[Andy Holloway]

Cardinals were going to be the number one pick in the draft. The Vikings needed to simply beat them to make the playoffs with Dante Culpepper, I think.

[Mike Wright]

And I think that's right.

[Andy Holloway]

And the Cardinals on a last second 40 yard throw into the corner of the end zone won the game.

[Mike Wright]

Literally walk off. Hail Mary, touchdown.

[Andy Holloway]

Running off the field celebrating. And every Cardinal fan knew that they had destroyed their chance at the number one pick and knocked the Minnesota Vikings out of the playoffs.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Although I do think. Didn't we.

[Mike Wright]

That was the Larry.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, we drafted Larry Fitzgerald. That was fine.

[Mike Wright]

But. And this is a side discussion, my dad and I were just talking about that play because we could have had Philip Rivers, which we in the draft still could have had him. We took Larry over Philip Rivers at the number three.

[Andy Holloway]

We did?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I thought Philip went number two.

[Mike Wright]

No, Philip went four.

[Andy Holloway]

Really?

[Mike Wright]

And then they swapped the Giants and the Chargers traded picks.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Yes. Because Eli did not want to play in San Diego.

[Mike Wright]

Correct. Oh, the history of the NFL is so fun.

[Andy Holloway]

That was. Yeah. Eli, Robert Gallery, Larry Fitzgerald, Philip Rivers, Sean Taylor. Interesting. Big Ben went 11 in that draft.

[Mike Wright]

Whoops. Whoops.

[Andy Holloway]

That could be the motto of our home team, Arizona. Whoops. Whoops. You had the first pick, then you beat the Vikings.

[Mike Wright]

Whoops. You know how they all. They have the stairs going down to the field and has the sign like Keep hammering, you know, crush the opponent. They. Everyone jumps up and slaps it on the way. It's a whoops. Ours is just oops.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, you know what, here's the thing. The Seahawks are a playoff lock, but they're fighting for a better playoff matchup. You talked about the fact if they win, their matchup is much better.

[Mike Wright]

Their matchup would be the Cowboys instead of the Bears or the Rams.

[Andy Holloway]

So Pete Carroll, at least he's come out and said he's not going to rest anybody. I think they. I'm thankful. They need to win for the Cardinals sake, for that draft pick. But we talked about it. You can play Doug Baldwin. Chris Carson's Mike's number one running back on the week.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And Russell Wilson's playing great. So, you know, that's the lay of the land. David Johnson, if you. If you got to start him, you start him.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

He's been okay. Larry Fitzgerald, Mike, I think, or I think Jason pumped the brakes on him this week. I think he's going to be okay. But at the end of the day, the Cardinals don't score a lot of points, they don't move the football, and you can't trust them.

[Mike Wright]

Agreed.

[Andy Holloway]

Sunday night football, the 9 and 6 Colts take on the 9 and 6 Titans, 43 and a half point over under. A win for the Colts gets them a playoff spot and possibly the AFC south title if the Texans lose against Jacksonville. But if they lose, they could miss the playoffs entirely. So the Titans, they need to win and make the playoffs or they can miss the playoffs entirely. A lot on the line. It's a. That's flexed into Sunday night because it's a, It's a big boy game.

[Mike Wright]

What's interesting is you said, okay, Sunday Night Football, Colts, Titans, and in my head, I instantly went, oh, I did too. Oh, seriously.

[Andy Holloway]

But now I'm excited.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Now I'm for it. This is fun. Elimination game.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So what do we expect, fantasy wise? Derek Henry's out there. Marcus Mariota, can you play Mariota or Corey Davis?

[Mike Wright]

Is Mariota going to play?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's the, that's the question. And I, I don't know if he will.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Even if he does, I'm not going to play him. The Colts defense is legit, so does.

[Andy Holloway]

That really make Derek Henry the only start for the Tennessee Titans?

[Mike Wright]

For me, yes.

[Andy Holloway]

And then on the other side, Marlon Mack, Ty Hilton, Andrew Luck, you're fine with them. What about Eric Ebron coming off the concussion? You just got to watch that.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. If Eric Ebron plays you play him. Even in this tough matchup against Tennessee.

[Andy Holloway]

By the way, for the Texans, an update to the injury report there. Bill O'Brien came out, talked about Lamar Miller. It says he's good to go against Jacksonville. They need to win. Odell Beckham Jr. Still sideline on Friday, which fits with Mike saying he thinks he's going to be out and then Leonard Fournette, who I thought was going to be out. He didn't practice again on Friday. You got no reason to set him back again. He normally needs a good six to eight months to recover from every injury. You don't need to set him back heading into the offseason if you want to build your team around Brooks.

[Mike Wright]

I think the biggest update I need is the status of Gigantor Mo Ali Cox if Eric Ebron is out.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, stop.

[Mike Wright]

Give me the Giants. Give me. Give me the update on Mo Ali.

[Andy Holloway]

Cox while you're looking that up. Mike and I have to go head to head in the final daily dose of the year.

[Mike Wright]

Let's go. The daily dose brought to you by draft.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we're going head to head. Everybody's available. Is this right, Mike?

[Mike Wright]

That is correct.

[Andy Holloway]

Our final daily dose of the year.

[Mike Wright]

Bananas.

[Andy Holloway]

You know, strategy wise in a head to head. I'm happy with, you know, a lot more than two running backs this week and a lot more than two wide receivers. So I can tell you right now the draft doesn't start for another 25 seconds. Draft.com ballers by the way, if you want to play some Week 17 DFS.

[Mike Wright]

They got playoff best ball too.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes they do.

[Mike Wright]

So check them out.

[Andy Holloway]

But I can tell you right now I'm going to be drafting Patrick Mahomes. He will be my quarterback and that will be my first pick, Mike. So in a way you have tipped.

[Mike Wright]

Your hand and I will figure out what I am doing.

[Andy Holloway]

I was going to say you won't need to worry about quarterback. That's kind of the disadvantage of doing that. But I want the best quarterback on the board in this head to head. So I'll let you make the tough decisions at other positions. You get back to back picks. Right now I took Pat Mahomes with the first pick and it looks like you are making your two selections.

[Mike Wright]

You went Saquon, I'm taking the two running backs. And you would say what? Didn't you just say Chris Carson is your number one? Yes, and I drafted him. Saquon was just ahead of the queue so I drafted him first. So I went back to Back rbs Barkley, Chris Carson.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah. And so based on look, it's an interesting week because making decisions on players is tough. I am not going to draft any running backs. You took both of yours, obviously. So I'm going to take Tyree Kill, stack him with Pat Mahomes, try to give me that quick win that way, and then I'm going to actually go. Hopkins scares me against Jacksonville a little bit. And Jalen Ramsey, Antonio Brown with the injury, man, this is actually a tough call on this second starter at the wide receiver position. Yeah, I'm going to take juju. I'm going to take juju Smith Schuster against Cincinnati.

[Mike Wright]

That's upsetting because I was going to take him.

[Andy Holloway]

Were you?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

So I'm very happy that you're upset.

[Mike Wright]

So then I will take his counterpoint. I will. I will take Antonio Brown.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And then I'm just. I'm going to play some strategy here. I'm going to try and get some of your points. So I'm going to take Zeus, Travis, Kelsey, see if I can siphon a little bit away from your Patrick Mahomes advantage.

[Andy Holloway]

One of the most annoying things that can happen now, looking at running backs, I look at Christian McCaffrey. I want to take Christian McCaffrey, and I'm not taking Christian McDonald.

[Mike Wright]

No, no, no, no.

[Andy Holloway]

But then I have the same concerns about Alvin Camara in that situation. I'm going to go with Ezekiel Elliott and trust. Oh, that's a bad decision. I actually really regret that decision because he's in the same boat. Shoot, maybe I'm going to go Nick Chubb. I'm going to go Nick Chubb with the second pick. And I'm going to hope that Dallas wasn't lying because I've already made the pick.

[Mike Wright]

So, yeah, Nick Chubb is.

[Andy Holloway]

If I could go back in time, I might. I might change that.

[Mike Wright]

So I'm going to stack Antonio Brown with Big Ben Roethlisberger.

[Andy Holloway]

So you got Big Ben, Antonio Brown, Travis, Kelsey, Saquon and Carson. I like your team a lot. Mahomes, Elliott, Chubb, Hill, Schuster. I'll be honest. I think you're gonna beat me. I think you're gonna be me.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that's right.

[Andy Holloway]

But we'll see. We'll finish up the year. Brooks just shared a tweet with me. It is a picture of Mo Ali Cox's hand size. It is very large.

[Mike Wright]

It's giant, as you would expect from Gigantor.

[Andy Holloway]

Moyli Cox is. He's enormous. He's over 40ft tall.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, that's a fact.

[Mike Wright]

He once got in a fight with the Jolly Green Giant.

[Andy Holloway]

He won.

[Mike Wright]

And he won.

[Andy Holloway]

He won. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

So the update, though, Brooks. This is great. He's not on the injury report. Injury report?

[Andy Holloway]

You're not playing Mo Ali Cox if Eric Ebron's out.

[Mike Wright]

No, but I want to.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, okay.

[Mike Wright]

I should have just taken him. I should have taken him in this.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, my gosh. It should have been a troll. It should have been a troll draft is what it should have been.

[Mike Wright]

Story of the Gigantor.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we'll be back next Monday footing nominations.

[Mike Wright]

Good luck. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. Join our fantasy football community on jointhefoot.com and follow us on Twitter the FFballers.