FantasyPros - The Extra Point: Gearing Up For Playoffs, Tough Week 13 Decisions, and Chat Q&A (Ep. 1870)

Summary

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The Herd with Colin Cowherd (FantasyPros - The Extra Point)

Episode 1870 | November 30, 2025

Theme: Gearing Up For Fantasy Playoffs, Navigating Tough Week 13 Decisions, and Listener Q&A
Hosts: Scott Bogman & Andrew Erickson (FantasyPros)

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Episode Overview

This episode focuses on critical Week 13 start/sit decisions as fantasy managers prepare for playoff pushes. Bogman and Erickson dive into nuanced player value shifts due to injuries, quarterback changes, and depth chart adjustments. They answer Discord listener questions live—with detailed takes on tricky WR/RB choices, tight end darts, playoff handcuffing, and defensive streamers, all while dissecting top narrative players (Joe Burrow, Taysom Hill, Lamar Jackson, etc.). The tone is fun, blunt, and analytical, with some playful venting and inside jokes throughout.

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Key Discussion Points & Listener Q&A

1. Michael Wilson vs. Chris Olave — Flexing the Right WR

• Listener "Devo": Can I start Michael Wilson over Nico Collins, Chris Olave, or AJ Brown?
• Erickson (03:01):

  “If Marvin Harrison Jr. comes back, you probably just bench Michael Wilson... But compared to those other options, you probably can't do it. I got him right next to Olave. I don’t think you’re taking an insane risk if you bench Olave... attached to a rookie QB playing Miami, which isn’t great.”

• Bogman: Agrees, with caveat to monitor Marv’s status.

2. Impact of Will Campbell Injury on Drake Maye, Stefon Diggs

• Caller "Serge": What’s the Diggs outlook after Campbell’s injury?
• Erickson (05:24):

  “It’s possible Drake Maye efficiency tails off... the cluster injuries up front are a concern... But matchups are still good rest of season. Diggs’ routes dipped with Booty back—didn’t expect such a big change. Likely a mid-range WR2 now, not WR1.”

• Bogman: Hopes for more quick passes for Diggs.
• Serge follow-up (07:55): Taysom Hill or Juwan Johnson at TE?
  • Erickson: Loves Hill’s upside with Kamara out, “Camara’s down... Who has more double-digit TD upside? Taysom Hill or Juwan Johnson? You know it’s Taysom.”
  • Bogman: Hill is boom-or-bust, Johnson has a higher floor, leans Hill for upside.

3. Start/Sit: Rico Dowdle vs Wan’Dale vs Diggs vs Olave vs McConkey

• Caller "Dreddis": Who to play in flex among McConkey, Olave, Diggs, Wan’Dale?
• Bogman: Hard to bench Wan’Dale (“11 targets a game”).
• Erickson (14:00):

  “Hard for me not to play Wan’Dale. Diggs might need to move down—rookie QB, on the road, Miami D sneaky vs. WR... Might fade Olave—the least likely to burn you.”

• Both struggle, ultimately lean toward benching Olave due to matchup risk.

4. Floor vs Ceiling: Waddle vs Harvey in Half-PPR

• Caller "Dreddis": Waddle, Harvey, or Neal at flex?
• Erickson (15:03):

  “For me, it’s Waddle. You should’ve known better than to ask me to sit Waddle!”

• Bogman: Waddle is safer, Harvey more upside—suggests watching Cowboys WR performances to decide if upside is needed.

5. Kenneth Walker vs Devin Neal (RB Decision)

• Caller "Maddox": If Kamara’s out, Neal vs Walker?
• Erickson (17:42):

  “Not over Walker. Not as a home favorite vs Vikings... Walker played his highest snap share last week, coach is bullish... Walker could see 20+ carries.”

6. Playoff Strategy: Two Defenses or Handcuff? Saints vs Steelers D

• Bogman/Erickson: Prefer to carry one D (fewer teams in playoffs), Saints D schedule is strong. If roster space is tight, handcuff a RB over second defense.

7. Burrow Hype vs. Bo Nix: Week 13’s Most Controversial QB Call

• Caller "DB": Start Joe Burrow (off injury, vs Ravens) or Bo Nix (vs Commanders)?
• Erickson (24:34, impassioned rant):

  “This one is really easy for me. I think it’s Bo Nix... I don’t understand Joe Burrow as QB8 in ECR. He’s coming off so much missed time. His last three week ones: QB28, 30, 31. Missing T. Higgins, on the road... Commanders are terrible.”

• Bogman: Quibbles about the consensus; understands Erickson’s arguments; admits Burrow’s rank should be lower.
• Later: “Look, I’ll eat the L if I’m wrong. It’s just too aggressive a rank.”

8. Kicker Streaming (Butker vs Patriots kicker)

• Both hosts: Prefer Butker indoors on a high-scoring Chiefs team.

9. Lamar Jackson vs Stafford (and Burrow)

• Caller "Bucksman": Start Burrow or Lamar? And Lamar or Stafford in a tight matchup?
• Erickson & Bogman: Both lean Lamar over Burrow (“Keep the faith”), but Stafford is safer than a banged-up Lamar in a projected-close game.

10. Flex & WR Depth (Michael Pittman, Michael Wilson, Jameson Williams, Shakir)

• Caller "Twitchy" (47:45): Start two of Pittman, M. Wilson, Jameson, Shakir, in playoff push?
• Erickson/Bogman: Bench Pittman, play Jameson and Wilson (even if Harrison returns), citing tougher matchup for Pittman vs Texans.

11. Streaming DEF/ST Rest of Season

• "Red Beard": Playoffs, Saints D or Texans D?
• Hosts: Texans D are “elite defense with elite matchups”—strong endorsement for Houston.

12. Judkins, Etienne, Devonta Smith, DK Metcalf vs. RJ Harvey

• RJ Harvey > DK/Smith if Devonta banged up (“Harvey over DK/Smith, especially if Smith is hurt” - 41:36)

13. Dynasty Trade: A.J. Brown for Garrett Wilson

• Listener "Jack": Offered A.J. Brown for Wilson in dynasty.
• Hosts: Decline the trade if you’re already dominant — Wilson is younger, longer runway.

14. Malik Washington (punt return yards) vs Yosivas at Flex

• Erickson: “If Malik consistently gives 9–16 pts with punt yards, he’s safe.”

15. Few Standout Tight End/Deep Flex Debates

• Henry vs Schultz/Johnson (57:42): Hunter Henry is favorite, but Schultz value up with Mills at QB and soft Indy TE matchup.

16. Quick Hits & Notable Quotables

• Taysom Hill Boom/Bust: “Never wrong, just early.” – Erickson (10:25)
• Burrow’s Week 13 outlook: “Just for this week, I don’t hate him... except against Purdy.” (56:32)
• Jameson Williams advice: “You gotta ride the donuts to get the big games... it’s the JMO experience!” – Erickson (49:09)

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Notable Quotes (with Timestamps)

• On benching Olave for Michael Wilson:

  “If you’re trying to jam in Michael Wilson... Olave is ranked higher in ECR, but I can get behind the case.”
  (Erickson, 03:01)

• On Joe Burrow ECR (lengthy rant):

  “I just, I don’t understand the confidence that oh yeah, he’s going to drop back in and fire on all cylinders...”
  (Erickson, 24:34 and ongoing to ~29:00)

• On Taysom Hill’s boom-or-bust:

  “Never wrong, Boggs. Just early.”
  (Erickson, 10:25)

• On Jameson Williams:

  “He’s given donuts before. It’s the JMO experience. You gotta ride the donuts to get the big games!”
  (Erickson, 49:09)

• On defensive streamers, playoffs:

  “Texans — elite defense with elite matchups, it’s the perfect storm.”
  (Erickson, 40:00)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:01 – Start/sit Olave vs. Michael Wilson
• 05:24 – Diggs & Drake Maye outlook post-injury
• 07:55 – Juwan Johnson vs. Taysom Hill
• 14:00 – Deep WR debates (McConkey, Olave, Wan’Dale, Diggs)
• 15:03 – Flex: Waddle vs Harvey
• 17:42 – Kenneth Walker vs Devin Neal
• 24:34 – 29:00 – Joe Burrow rant, QB rankings
• 47:45 – WR/Flex struggles, Pittman/Jameson Wilson/Jameson
• 57:42 – Henry vs. Schultz/Juwan at TE
• 63:51 – Pittman or Wilson; Texans D rest of season

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Episode Tone & Style

• Direct, data-driven, playful: Hosts cite ECR, snap shares, and matchup analytics, but also roast each other, drop inside jokes ("Never wrong, just early"), and sympathize with listeners’ fantasy tilts.
• Interactive: Focused on real-time listener dilemmas; the Discord/Q&A portion is the bulk of the show.
• Honest and bold takes (especially on Joe Burrow, Taysom Hill, defensive strategies).

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Summary Takeaways

• Joe Burrow is NOT a top-10 play this week—returning from injury, missing weapons, facing a tough defense.
• Play for upside (e.g., Taysom Hill, Hill over Juwan Johnson when chasing points).
• Focus on matchup and usage trends, not just names or prior results (Olave and Pittman both fade-worthy in tough matchups).
• Handcuffs and D/ST streaming is more critical approaching playoffs; Saints and Texans are prioritized holds.
• Trust volume—lean toward high-usage RBs and WRs (e.g., Wan’Dale over lesser flexes).

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For Listeners Who Missed the Show

This episode is a goldmine for last-minute Week 13 debates, offering sharp, actionable insights on every position—especially for those in competitive playoff races. The hosts’ frank (sometimes fiery) opinions, data context, and honest tilt make this a must-listen (or read) for anyone aiming to optimize start/sit choices and lineup construction as the fantasy playoffs approach.

Transcript

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[Scott Bogman]

Welcome back, everybody. It's the Extra Point. I'm your host, Scott Bogman, today with my man, Andrew Erickson. Erickson, Little under the weather, but you're weathering the storm here, so we like to see that. So if Erickson sounds a little different, it is because he's a gamer and he's showing up here to get it done. What's going on, Erickson? You feeling better?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, definitely feeling better compared to earlier in the week, but still a little nasally. So I apologize for those that are listening at home. But here to help people answer their questions, fantasy lineups need to be set regardless of health status. So even though I'm on the injury report, we're going to show up and we're going to show out. Let's go.

[Scott Bogman]

And we can talk about Thursday games on this one on this edition, finally. So, yeah, lots of fun, but let's dive in here. Before we get to the questions, let me remind you guys about the Fantasy Pro's Discord community. You can chat with other fans to get your questions answered that end up on our podcast feed. The current schedule right now is Worm and Fitz at 5 Eastern, the first Tuesday of every month, myself and Fitz at 5 Eastern, the third Tuesday of every month in Welsh and Ericsson on Thursdays at 2 Eastern. Except for today. Come and get your questions answered and be on the [e-mail] chat all right, first person up here with their hand raised is Devo. What is going on, Devo? How can we help you out today, my friend?

[Andrew Erickson]

Hey, how's it going? Got a. I'm probably just going crazy here and probably should just stick with my guys. But I really want to see where I can fit Michael Wilson in. But currently I have Nico Collins, Chris Olave, AJ Brown and Tet. So is there any way I'm starting Mike Wilson over any of them? If so, who?

[Scott Bogman]

What do you think, Erickson? I don't, I don't know that we could give us, give us those wide receivers. One more time, Devo.

[Andrew Erickson]

It's Nico Olave, A.J. brown, and then Tet.

[Scott Bogman]

Will you start Michael Wilson over Olave Erickson?

[Andrew Erickson]

Is it full ppr, Half pbr? Full ppr? Okay. Yeah. I mean, so Mars not coming back, right? Like, is he's out. Is he out this week? Do we know? I know reports.

[Scott Bogman]

I. I would think. Yeah, I would think that he's probably down one more week.

[Andrew Erickson]

Okay. So with that, we'll preface it with that. He's got to be out. If. If Marvin Harrison Jr. Comes back, I think you can probably just bench Michael Wilson. Although I don't think that he's going to go away entirely. I think compared to those other options, you probably can't do it. I'm looking at my rankings to kind of see I got him right next to Olave, so I think that probably would be the move. I don't think that you're taking on, like, this insane amount of risk if you bench Chris Olave just because he's attached to a rookie quarterback playing on the road. And Miami's kind of been pretty good against rookie wide receivers this year, so that. That would be the guy I would bench if you're trying to jam in Michael Wilson. Olave is ranked higher in ecr, but I can get behind the case. So I think that your initial read box with Olavi as the sit would be. Would probably be the move.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, I think I'm 100% with Erickson. If Marv is in there, you can't do it. Although we did hear Gannon say that even when Marv comes back, that Wilson is going to be higher priority, like in the pecking order. He's going to have more plays designed for him and things like that. But also he gives us this cryptic update on Marvin Harrison. It was like, well, if his mind, body, and soul are all ready for him to be out there, then he'll be out there whenever that is. So. Doesn't sound very positive. So probably. Probably roll with Wilson this week, Devo. So. But just make sure that Harrison's not playing anything else for us, Devo.

[Andrew Erickson]

Nope, that was it. I'll leave the Face off questions to the Face off guy when he shows up.

[Scott Bogman]

Awesome. Good stuff. All right, let's see. Jack, you are up next, my friend. What is going on, Jack? How can we help you today? You there, Jack? Jack park twice if you're in Milwaukee.

[Andrew Erickson]

All right.

[Scott Bogman]

Raise your hand again.

[Andrew Erickson]

We'll get it.

[Scott Bogman]

We'll get it figured out, Jack. Serge. What's going on, Serge? How we doing?

[Andrew Erickson]

Just working.

[Scott Bogman]

There we go.

[Andrew Erickson]

Good.

[Caller/Listener]

How are you guys doing?

[Scott Bogman]

Great. How are you?

[Andrew Erickson]

All right, two quick ones here.

[Caller/Listener]

One, just kind of want your guys thoughts on the outlook of Diggs rest of season after Campbell goes down. Doesn't look like it's season ending but.

[Andrew Erickson]

Going to be out for a few weeks and also Booty coming back.

[Scott Bogman]

That's your team, Erickson. I'll, I'll defer to you here.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, it's really unfortunate what happened with Campbell. Look, I guess it's possible you can see each of the Drake May efficiency kind of tail off a little bit. He's. But I mean to his credit like he's been overcoming like pressure most of the season. The cluster injuries are concerning them because it's not just Campbell, it's also Jared Wilson that also got hurt. But I mean the matchups are still so good for him rest of season like he just played like everyone the Patriots play is just bad. Every single team they play and I know that they're going to get destroyed in a playoff game this year because they're going to finally play somebody good. And so I'm just trying to keep that in perspective. Even if like they get the number one seed. I'm just very, I'm very tepid about like oh, I'm all in on this team just because they really have played just the absolute cupcake of schedule. So I don't think you can really do anything with Diggs. I knew. I do think that it was kind of concerning that his routes dipped so significantly when Booty came back. I didn't really think that was going to be the case, but I would say it was kind of a. Everything kind of bad. It was like the worst case outcome last week. The Bengals have been really good against number one wide receivers. As weird as that is to say. They're actually the number one team in terms of allowing fantasy points to wide receivers just because they're so bad against every other position.

[Scott Bogman]

It's just a one time the quarterback's just like hey look I. Everybody else look at this.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, they just don't cover tight ends. Like Hunter Henry was wide open by like five yards in every single attempt that he got, whereas Diggs is getting blanketed with coverage. So look, he still is the alpha in terms of the target leader in the offense. Still has been really highly efficient this season. So maybe he doesn't get up to low end wide receiver 1 numbers. Like at times we thought that he could do. He's probably just like more of a mid range wide receiver 2. And if Drake May continues to throw two touchdowns every single week, I mean, I think that he's going to be fine for the most part. So that's probably where I would rank him like in the 20 to 16 range.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, I agree. I mean, there's not much you can do there, but hopefully we just get more quick passes for him.

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[Scott Bogman]

Will Campbell went on the IR today, didn't he, this morning?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. I mean, technically he could come back. It's one of those like types of IRS IR you always have to like specify. Is it season ending is the four week ir, but no. Yeah, definitely a brutal, brutal loss.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah. He's been so good this year. So. Great question, Serge. Got any more or is that. That the one you had for us?

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, just one more quick one. So I had Tucker Kraft. Obviously he went down a few weeks ago. So I've been streaming Juwan Johnson most.

[Andrew Erickson]

Weeks, but I mean, with the increased.

[Caller/Listener]

Usage of Taysom Hill and kind of like his running role is. Is this the, the phantom Taysum Hill, go chase it week, or should I just stick with Juwan Johnson from the Saints tight end position?

[Scott Bogman]

What do you think about chasing Taysom Hill, Erickson? Because I just think it's a. I think it's a losing effort most weeks. Right. Like, it's just, it's kind of at random. I think you can see it sometimes. But even like when he had seven carries a couple weeks ago didn't amount to much. So I think it's hard to go, you know, chasing those waterfalls like Taysom Hill, right?

[Andrew Erickson]

Well, I would say that. I mean, last week he had 10 carries, so he had even more. I mean, his carries have gone up in four straight games, so 2, 4, 7, 10. Camara's down. Look, we always talk about playing for upside. In your opinion, Bogs, be straight with me. Who has more double digit touchdown upside, Taysom Hill or Joanne Johnson? You know, the answer is taste him.

[Scott Bogman]

It is. But in a PPR league, I think I'd still rather have Joanne Johnson week to week.

[Andrew Erickson]

Week to week. Right. But in this particular matchup against Miami against, like, I don't love that it's on the road, but yeah, no, Camara.

[Scott Bogman]

This is, this is a week to hunt him for sure. I just feel like as soon as I do it, It's. I look, one catch for 70 yards and four runs for three yards, right? Like, I don't know, but I guess.

[Andrew Erickson]

It'S like, well, what are you going to get from Juwan Johnson? Four catches for 60 yards. Like, is that like. So I get that. That's higher again. Johnson has a higher floor, but he.

[Scott Bogman]

Really pops off when Olava gets hurt, you know?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. And we want upside and taste some Hill again. Camaro's out. Like, this is. He doesn't get opportunities where he's going to get double digit, double digit carries, touches, whether it's pass attempts. I mean, last week he just ran bad again. I was watching that game closely because. Or at least like watching the box score because I had taste mill anytime touchdown and Camara goes down. I'm thinking, all right, wheels up. And he gets like. He gets like, like 17 attempts in the red zone that can't score and I'm just like tilting my face off. So what about.

[Scott Bogman]

What about this? Who would you want between A.J. barner and Taysom Hill because they run Wildcat near the gold line, the dish push with Barner so he has an extra, you know, he has an extra path to a touchdown. Would you rather have Barner, who's already out there getting catches, or would it be Taysom Hill?

[Andrew Erickson]

I think it's still taste and Hill. I think I'm ready to roll the dice. Look, I talked about it last week. I thought last week was Taysom Hill week. Never wrong, Boggs. Just early.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, okay. Yeah, right.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, I kind of like.

[Scott Bogman]

I like players and coaches screw it up. That's what it is.

[Andrew Erickson]

I like. I like Hill this week. So I roll the dice.

[Scott Bogman]

I mean, upside for sure. If you're, you know, if you're looking at that, those projections and you're 10 points or more behind, just roll Taysom Hill. That's what I would say.

[Andrew Erickson]

Play that especially in and a half. And half PBR touchdowns. More. Yeah, significantly more.

[Scott Bogman]

Yep. Thank you, Serge. Good questions, my friend. All right, it looks like we have. Who is this man? I need glasses. Zach. I'm not sure how to say your name. What's going on? What can we do for you, my friend? Is this working? I think I broke it. All right, how about Dredis? What's up, Dreddis? Dead air here. There we go. What's up, Dreddis Erickson, I raise your.

[Andrew Erickson]

Sick and raise you one laryngitis.

[Scott Bogman]

Oh, man, it's like. It's like I'm in a ward of the hospital here.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, I just had a. A few start sick questions, if that's okay.

[Scott Bogman]

I'll put it in the chat. Of course. Yeah, go ahead. Let's see. All right, full ppr. First one Erickson. Tyrod or shock?

[Andrew Erickson]

Let's See, man, whenever. It's these garbage quarterbacks movies. What does ECR think? Because I don't know. What if I have a lead? I have. I mean I got. I got. I got to Rod. No, ECR's got to Rod. I got to Rod. It's super flex. So I can potentially put somebody in there instead of one of those. Because I got Stafford as my main qb. I'd keep. I'd roll the quarterbacks.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, me too.

[Andrew Erickson]

They just have like. I mean like they get 15 points. That's like a bad game from a quarterback and like that's a decent game from most like skill position players. So I think the floor is too high. So I would just go with Torod.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, I would go with Shuck. But I mean flip a coin, you know, I think they're both in the same QB2, QB3. Borderline there. Strange or Henry Erickson. That'd be Henry against the Giants on and Strange at the Titans.

[Andrew Erickson]

Probably Hunter Henry.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, more like I think as well. And then here. Here's one sit one. Rico McConkey Olave Diggs and won Dale. I think it's Wandale. He's been so good recently.

[Andrew Erickson]

Man. Is it Diggs? Yeah, it's hard for me to sit one day. Gets like 11 targets every game.

[Scott Bogman]

He does.

[Andrew Erickson]

No, I don't want to set McConkey. Neither do I not think you could just. Man, maybe I gotta move Diggs down. Honestly, because I'm looking at this and.

[Scott Bogman]

Start Olave over him.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. I can't take. I mean, is it. Do you just. Can't say. I mean, you sit Rico against the Rams.

[Scott Bogman]

No, like, dude.

[Andrew Erickson]

I mean he's been like seating touches to chip A Hubbard though. Like, it's like his usage has not been that great the last couple weeks.

[Scott Bogman]

No. Yeah.

[Andrew Erickson]

Middle of the range.

[Scott Bogman]

Had the ball for 22 minutes.

[Andrew Erickson]

No, no, no, you're right.

[Scott Bogman]

I think if they have the ball for 30 minutes, you're going to get a full assortment of carries from Rico. So I'm not benching him. No.

[Andrew Erickson]

And I think the split honestly 75, 25 with him this last game. Yeah, I think it's probably a lot better than. I just. I just think that quarterback, rookie quarterback on the road against Miami who is just again one of these defenses that's like low key. Not that bad against fantasy wide receivers. Not because they're like particularly good, just the way that teams play them. You could see things go south for the Saints offense. Whereas Diggs playing the Giants, Wanda's playing the Patriots are bad against wide receivers. Conkey is the number one receiver for the Chargers. So again, if you like, look at like, which quarterback you want to fade again, we already talked about fading shock, so, so I guess I'd fade his number one wide receiver. So I guess it's a lot because I feel like he's the one that's like less likely to totally burn me, so that's what I would do. At least it's a good question.

[Scott Bogman]

We sat in him and hot on it for a long time, so obviously a tough one to answer. Very, very nice, Stratus. And then this last one is one flex, one Waddle. Harvey or Neil. I think I tossed Neil out so it'd be or Harvey.

[Andrew Erickson]

For me, it's Waddle.

[Scott Bogman]

Waddle. Okay. Yeah, I think so.

[Andrew Erickson]

You should have known better than to to ask Ericson to sit. Waddle. Hey, man. Hey. Look at the production.

[Scott Bogman]

The production speaks for itself playing Washington.

[Andrew Erickson]

That is true.

[Scott Bogman]

I, I, I still, I think Waddle's safer, but Harvey has more upside.

[Andrew Erickson]

So this half ppr. By the way, is there anyone else you can sit? There's got to be someone else. And I'm not sitting Hn or Cook.

[Scott Bogman]

Nope.

[Andrew Erickson]

Okay. Or Pickens or CD Lamb. So no.

[Scott Bogman]

Nope. It's a good spot to be in, though. That's a great lineup. So I think just go with Waddle. You have enough upside there already.

[Andrew Erickson]

Well, too. I, I think too. So to your point, Bog. So this is where the floor ceiling thing kind of play. See what the Dallas Cowboys wide receivers do this week. If they suck, then you got to know. Okay, I got to shoot for upside. Maybe that's Harvey.

[Scott Bogman]

Yep.

[Andrew Erickson]

You know, more likely to score twice. So sure, you can change your lineup a little bit depending. And then if they both smash, it's like don't risk falling into the Shane Payton shenanigans. Play Waddle. He'll be fine. Because you already you're up 40 points because Pickens and Lamb went off against the Chiefs. So maybe final decision. Hopefully CD won't drop the ball 10 times this time. Is he going to go three weeks in a row where he drops a touchdown? Who knows?

[Scott Bogman]

I think he's just allergic to the Eagles. So outside of that, he's been pretty good when he's not hurt.

[Andrew Erickson]

So thank you so much, guys. Have a good Thanksgiving.

[Scott Bogman]

You got it. YouTube. Dredis. Feel better, lady man. Yeah, and I see feel better. Banshee says, speaking of voice options, this stuff is going around bad this season. I can't remember my Wife or kid not coughing anymore.

[Andrew Erickson]

So sounds like tis the season, right?

[Scott Bogman]

That's right. We used to get. When I lived in Arizona, we would get summer colds sometimes this is still worse in the winter because that's when it's going around. But you get the summer colds because everybody's inside in the summer because nobody wants to go outside because it's so damn hot. So it's kind of the opposite effect. So it happened to me a couple times where I got a summer cold and it Arizona, but this is typically the time. Maddox, you are up next, my friend. What is going on? Maddox, how can we help you today? Looks like.

[Andrew Erickson]

Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

[Scott Bogman]

We got you now. Perfect.

[Andrew Erickson]

All right. Perfect. All right, so first question. I've got Kenneth Walker. I've got Devin Neal, half ppr. If Kamara is out, do I start Neil against the Miami defense? Mars not gonna play. So.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, so you're going.

[Andrew Erickson]

So he's going to start over Walker.

[Scott Bogman]

Over Walker, Eric.

[Andrew Erickson]

Oh, no, not over Walker. No. I thought you were just asking. Okay. No, I mean Camara's definitely not playing. He's definitely out this week. But not over Walker. Not as a 10 point home favorite against the Vikings who are just spiraling right now. Just being Brosmer. It's like, dude, poor guy.

[Scott Bogman]

Brosmer. Come on, man.

[Andrew Erickson]

It's. It's. No, it's Brosmer.

[Scott Bogman]

Brosmer. Of course it is.

[Andrew Erickson]

Well, I don't make. Don't make me bro you bro.

[Scott Bogman]

Bro. Bro. Smurt. Yeah, well, like it was Blake Brodles. Should have been Blake Brodles. If there was someone that I was ever going to be, bro, it should have been Blake Bortles for sure.

[Andrew Erickson]

But yeah, no, I would. I would play Walker. The Walker got pretty good usage last week. Played his highest snapshare of the season. And Mike McDonald in all of his press conferences since that game, he's been talking about how he felt Ken Walker on the field. And that's from the coach speak index. That that is pretty bullish for me that the coach is feeling his running back on the field. That. Okay, this could be sticky and a positive game script. I think Walker could see north of like 20 carries in this game, to be honest. So I think he could have a big game. Okay, awesome. Second question, last question. So I've got New Orleans defense, I've got Pittsburgh defense. Do you like the two defense playoff approach or should I stick with just one and if so, which one?

[Scott Bogman]

Typically I don't defenses. I just play matchups every single Week. And I understand knowing it. If you have the bench space for it, it's fine. But I would rather handcuff a running back even if it's not going to give me anything, then carry two defenses most weeks. What are your thoughts, Ericsson?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, I would just keep one defense and because again, you're going to be competing with less teams in the playoffs to get defenses off the waivers anyway. I don't know what Pittsburgh's schedule, rest of season is for defenses. I know that the Saints schedule is pretty good, so that's the one I probably be rolling with. Just based on your overall aggregate matchups.

[Scott Bogman]

Dolphins, Lions, Browns. In the playoffs for the Steelers.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, I mean, Lions is bad. I mean, obviously the Browns is good and Dolphins. So yeah, I guess. I mean, if you don't like anyone on waivers, I guess it's fine. But I mean, you could probably drop with the Steelers playing this week again, the Bills. Oh, yeah. So drop them. This. I mean, do you think someone's going to pick them up and start them? Probably not. So.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, not against Buffalo, most likely.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

So I'd rather grab like if a Brian Robinson is out there or who's another handcuff you'd want to just.

[Andrew Erickson]

Most would actually be me right now.

[Scott Bogman]

Because I have Gen Z. Yeah, not bad. Just in case he doesn't.

[Andrew Erickson]

I don't know.

[Scott Bogman]

Right.

[Andrew Erickson]

Like, right, right.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, Yeah, I would rather do that as well. So anything else for us there, Maddox?

[Andrew Erickson]

No, that's going to be it.

[Scott Bogman]

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[Scott Bogman]

All right, let's get to the next person up here that is going to be DB what's going on DB what can we do for you today, my friend?

[Andrew Erickson]

What's up guys? Can you guys hear me?

[Scott Bogman]

We gotcha.

[Andrew Erickson]

All right, so I just had a few questions. Kind of like some start sit advice here. So I have a league where you know, I know. We know Joe Burrow's coming back this week and you want to play on Thanksgiving, but I also have Bo Nix against the Commanders. What do you guys kind of see who to start or any insights on that?

[Scott Bogman]

It's a good one. Where are you going there, Erickson? Between Bo Nix who is still a high score but seems to take three quarters to get going recently, or Joe Burrow coming off IR against Ravens on Thursday.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, this one is really easy for me. I think it's bonix. I get the Commanders and look, I don't know if I'm like taking crazy pills or something, but I don't understand Joe Burrow as Quarterback 8 in ACR. Like this guy is coming off so much missed time And Tom Strachan tweeted this out last week before we thought Joe Burrow was going to play his quarterback finishes in week one, the last three seasons. QB 28, QB 30, QB 31. Like, I just, I don't understand the confidence that oh yeah, he's going to drop back in and just fire on all cylinders like that makes no sense to me now. Now maybe I'm just wrong. Like I would be totally willing to eat the L if I'm wrong again. He. It's Joe Burrow and that's hard to argue against, but we got a pretty, we got a pretty large sample size of him coming back after a long layoff and doing absolutely nothing. He's also missing one of his best wide receivers and T. Higgins against the Ravens on the road and their defense has played significantly better so than they have to start the year.

[Scott Bogman]

So, so I don't, it's obviously, I don't understand. It's obviously Bo Nicks here. But let me ask you, now that we're here, how far down is Bo Nix on your on your rankings this week then? Because I'm sorry, not both.

[Andrew Erickson]

QB9QB Joe Burrow is QB19. Like, I'm not like, like the only guy that I would probably start him over of like someone that you like might have on your is Brock Purdy and that's because he's facing the Cleveland Browns on the road.

[Scott Bogman]

Okay.

[Andrew Erickson]

Like, I just, I don't know. Like, am I crazy Box? I don't because like I'm seeing like he's, he's ECR is QB8. Like it's just ahead of Dak Prescott.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, like, look, I understand that and I, and I moved him down as well. I got him at, I got him at 10. I don't have him at 8 so. And I have Bo Nixon 8, by the way. So just looking at that. But I think what you're seeing is, you know, this isn't week one. It's middle of the year. He has already played this year. He's been in practice every single week. Yes, you're right. He's coming off an injury, but he also looked good to go on Sunday. And they just decided not to plan because this game is on short rest. And we've seen Jackson Dart get dropped in with no experience and have huge weeks. We've seen Jacoby Brissette as a backup come in and blow up. We've seen Mac Jones come in and blow up. So I think that. I think it's.

[Andrew Erickson]

Those guys weren't coming off injuries, though.

[Scott Bogman]

I understand that.

[Andrew Erickson]

Those guys were coming off injuries.

[Scott Bogman]

I get it.

[Andrew Erickson]

Like, that's the thing.

[Scott Bogman]

But, but, but I. But I think that's what. But I think that's why the rankings are like that.

[Andrew Erickson]

Okay, so you're trying to justify.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, yeah. I'm not justifying it personally, but I'm saying, and you know, it is a decent matchup against the Ravens. They haven't put pressure on quarterbacks. Well, this year. The coverage hasn't been great. So, you know, I think it's the matchup, the fact that he probably could have been back last week and that we've seen other guys drop in out of nowhere and have huge weeks, I think that is what is leading towards this ranking. So.

[Andrew Erickson]

Okay. And look, again, I'll go credit to look. He's also, like, when I thought about, like, posting something about this, because I just. I just can't get on board with where he's ranked this week. And maybe I'm wrong because he is Joe Burrow. Right?

[Caller/Listener]

Right.

[Andrew Erickson]

Like, at the end of the day, like, you want to start Joe Burr because not Joe Burr. Like, I don't care. And that's how I'm wrong, because he is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL when he is 100 healthy and 100 right. I'm just very suspect of that being the case here in this matchup. Behind, again, this is still a bad offensive line they're playing on the road, which you don't like for bad offensive lines. He's missing T. Higgins. This is it. Just like we have a sample size of him without one of these guys in the lineup with Higgins, his efficiency falls off without T. Higgins in the lineup. So I get that Chase is back, but, like losing one of your main guys and replacing with Mike Gasecki and Yoshi Boss. Like, it's not the same thing. It's just. It's just not. It's just really not. So that's why I'm hesitant. Like, I just think that this is rank, is way too aggressive. I think that The Bo Nix vs Burrow is a total layup. I mean, he's facing the commanders. They're terrible. So bad. And there's no risk with Bo Nix. He's a mobile quarterback. He runs, he's healthy. He's been good in good matchups this year. So look, maybe in some other debates with. I could maybe entertain Joe Burrow again. It's like, Joe Burrow, Brock Purdy. Give me Joe Burrow. Like, I'll take the risk because I don't want nothing to do with Purdy against the Browns on the road. Like after his Monday night debacle.

[Scott Bogman]

You want three more receptions?

[Andrew Erickson]

I. I do. I do not. I mean, you could probably drop Brock Purdy because no one's going to pick him up or playing this week and he's also want to buy next week. So. So. So yeah, that's my, My art, my. My long soliloquy on Joe Burrow. I. I don't know. And maybe I'm. Look, I'll be the first one to admit eat the L. If he balls out on. On Thursday night. I'll probably be asleep during that game because I don't know if I'm going to make it to the whole Thursday night football game. But we. We shall see. We shall see.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, I understand. DB you see this hornet's nest you kicked up here? That was awesome.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, no, I just. I wanted to get a chance to talk about Burrow. I didn't get a chance to talk about any other shows this week just because I. I don't know. I. I just. I'm very much against the market here and I'm kind of interested to see what happens.

[Scott Bogman]

Great question.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, I mean, I definitely feel like Burrow is probably going to be a better start, like maybe further down if they keep him activated. Don't sh. You know. But yeah, my other question was I don't have to kind of. I mean, I. This position, I was a toss up, but I would just. So I have the Patriots kicker right now against the Giants. Do you guys have any strong opinions on any kickers this week? Like Harrison, Bucker is on my waiver, you know, against the Cowboys. So I don't know if I want to pick up a different, you know, different or just run with you. Know Andy Borgales against the, against the Giants.

[Scott Bogman]

I would say I'd take the Chiefs kicker indoors.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

You know. Yeah, should be a high scoring affair back and forth a little bit as well. So I think, I think I would just take the safer kicker and that would be Bucker.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, I agree.

[Scott Bogman]

If we offend your opinions, that would be mine.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, I think too. So I heard this on another show. This is like the first dome game the Chiefs have played in I think like eight weeks. So they haven't played indoors.

[Scott Bogman]

I wonder if he gets nervous about it and whiffs because of that then.

[Andrew Erickson]

Because now he's kicking under pristine conditions.

[Scott Bogman]

I will say what Buck does love to do because I have a Chiefs fan buddy that we go back and forth with Buckheart a lot. He loves to miss like a 42 yard field goal and then hit a 56 yarder. You know what I mean?

[Andrew Erickson]

Like, no, nobody loves to miss a 42 yarder. Like, but.

[Scott Bogman]

He loves to miss those mid range ones that should be automatic and then hit the impossible ones and every once in a while an extra point too, which is frustrating. But he's still a pretty good kicker. That's why he's been around for a while. Don't love his opinions on a lot of things, but as a kicker he's pretty good. So. Appreciate you, D.B. good questions, my friend. Obviously brought out the fire in Mr. Erickson here.

[Andrew Erickson]

I just, I, I'm just, I don't know, I just, I just, that one to me just, it just sticks out like a glaring thumb this week. And look, I, I, I'm very interested to see what happens. And again, I admit, I'll be the first to admit that. Oh no, Burrow's back.

[Scott Bogman]

Well, dude, when I, he wasn't, he wasn't at 10. He was at like 5. Like he was way up there. When I, when I started making my rankings and I did the. What are we doing here? He definitely needs to come down. So I was with you. Maybe not as fiery as you and I obviously didn't move him down enough, but yeah, I, I get it. Like you're coming off the ir. I don't care if it's a, you know, a matchup that you're familiar with or not. It's still the Bengals online, so definitely has to be a little bit lower than you see.

[Andrew Erickson]

And even like if you look at like some of like the betting stuff, like the Bengals team total this week, it's like 21 points.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah.

[Andrew Erickson]

So it's not like the market's expecting this.

[Scott Bogman]

Chase Brown's not getting any of those. They're all going to Jamar. Chase.

[Andrew Erickson]

Just so. So, so again, we'll see what happens.

[Scott Bogman]

It's 300 yards and three touchdowns. Surprised you didn't know that, man. What is going on, my friend? How we doing, Bucks man? You there?

[Andrew Erickson]

How's it going, fellas?

[Scott Bogman]

What's going on? How we doing?

[Andrew Erickson]

Doing good, doing good. So got. I have three questions.

[Scott Bogman]

First one is surrounding Lamar.

[Andrew Erickson]

He ruined my week last week. I had Jameer Gills and because of Lamar, I lost by four points. So can I stop Burrow or Lamar this week? I mean, Bucks man, you just listened to what I just said. I mean, I'm starting.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, I go with Lamar too. And I understand your frustration, Bucks man, but I also think that it's like, you know, you have. You have Lamar for a reason and he's going to go when he gets. He may not be right this week, but when he gets right, he's going to carry you. So I understand the trepidation and you know, even because of this, you know, he didn't practice day one, but he practiced in full yesterday. I think he'll be better 100%. I don't know about that, but I think 75% of Lamar is better than 100. A lot of quarterbacks out there. So give me Lamar still.

[Andrew Erickson]

Keep him in that lease.

[Caller/Listener]

And another lead half ppr.

[Andrew Erickson]

Would you do Lamar or Stafford?

[Scott Bogman]

Ooh, that one's closer. What do you think between that one, Erickson?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, man. This one definitely is tougher because Lamar feels like he's definitely more risky just because of the injury stuff in Stafford. Dude McVeigh is trying to get this guy as many touchdowns as humanly possible.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, I know he wants him to win mvp.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. So. And he's facing the Panthers, who lost like three of their secondary starters last.

[Scott Bogman]

Week, but they picked off pretty a bunch. Come on.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, yeah, it's. Yeah. And then. And now all those guys are hurt, like, so, like J.C. horn's probably not going to play.

[Scott Bogman]

Are you projected to win this game or is it a tight one? The one where you have to. Tight one. It's a tight one. Then just give me Stanford, give me the safety.

[Andrew Erickson]

I think, I think you gotta play. Probably play it safe here with Stafford again, it's just like I get like the Nuke. Like, like the 35, 40 point game is, is Lamar. But Stafford, I mean, does he have a game? Like, does he. Has he busted at all this year? Like, does he have a, like A bad. I don't. Like. I don't think so. Like.

[Scott Bogman]

So he had.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

If you're one below 10 points the.

[Andrew Erickson]

Whole year and I don't think Lamar. Lamar doesn't have 10 points back to back weeks. 7.7, which is very, very sad.

[Scott Bogman]

That's correct. Yeah. Yeah.

[Andrew Erickson]

So I would say just don't be on tilt if we do see Lamar go off against the Bengals because Stafford will still give you a top 10 performance.

[Scott Bogman]

Yep. That's. I haven't at like 4 and 6, so. Yeah, if it's close and I want the safety, just give me Stafford. So that's how I would work as well.

[Andrew Erickson]

Got it.

[Scott Bogman]

All right, one more question.

[Andrew Erickson]

In a deep, deeply half ppr, would you go Addison or Yoshibots this week?

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, it's got to be Yoshi because Brosmer. Yeah.

[Andrew Erickson]

You can't.

[Scott Bogman]

You cannot play anyone.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

Like Jefferson was. Jefferson was. Probably got the overreaction from Brosmer on the. The ecr. But Addison definitely had an under reaction. I. I moved Jefferson up and moved Addison down.

[Andrew Erickson]

So Addison is wide receiver 47 and ECR and that's. He's. He's buried.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah. No T. Higgins. Joe Burrow back. It's got to be Yoshi.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, you got to do Yoshi, boss. All right, cool.

[Caller/Listener]

Thanks, fellas.

[Scott Bogman]

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[Caller/Listener]

Awesome. I had a couple of questions. My first one is a start. Sit. I have one spot open in my flex.

[Andrew Erickson]

I have Rico Dowdle, Darnell Mooney, Cortland Sutton, and Aaron Jones.

[Scott Bogman]

So it's. It's Rico Jones Sutton and Mooney.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. Two receivers and two running backs.

[Scott Bogman]

And we're so. We're starting. We're starting one of these guys.

[Andrew Erickson]

I'm sorry, you're sitting one player. You're starting one of these guys.

[Scott Bogman]

Rico.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. Rico.

[Scott Bogman]

Rico, easy.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay, and then my next question.

[Andrew Erickson]

I know you guys talked about it.

[Caller/Listener]

A little earlier, but I kind of cut out during that time. But about the whole Drake, May, Will Campbell situation.

[Scott Bogman]

Is he still startable?

[Andrew Erickson]

I'm kind of projected for playoffs, and I kind of want to line up my run. My quarterback, before it starts, May still startable.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, he's definitely still startable. Yeah. Yeah, you got. Especially this week against the Giants. It is just. We'll have to. We'll have to see the adjustment. I don't think it's going to go, you know, back to how horrible it was last year, but it does suck that Will Campbell and Jared Wilson went down at the same time. So it's frustrating, but he's absolutely still startable.

[Andrew Erickson]

Awesome. Erickson, before I head off, just some good news for you.

[Caller/Listener]

I had Burrow stashed, and on the deadline, I traded him away just for.

[Andrew Erickson]

Scraps, just to get him off my roster.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, that's right. Get rid of Burrow. He sucks.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, I sold him as soon as I could. This is gonna be so bad. Thank you, guys.

[Caller/Listener]

Perfect.

[Andrew Erickson]

Dennis.

[Scott Bogman]

Thank you so much, my friend. You're the Burrow hater now. Did you know that?

[Andrew Erickson]

No, I don't want. It's just this week, man. Like when it's Week 17 against the Cardinals, he'll be up. He'll be back in my top five quarterbacks.

[Scott Bogman]

So let me ask you something. Just this week, why do you hate him so much? You just. Are you a big Alabama fan? Can't stand anyone to lsu? What's the deal? Why do you hate Joe Burrow?

[Andrew Erickson]

I can't. I don't hate Joe Burrow.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, guy.

[Andrew Erickson]

I take the spot. Ate the spot, man.

[Scott Bogman]

Red Beard. What's up, my friend? How we doing?

[Caller/Listener]

Doing all right, y'.

[Andrew Erickson]

All.

[Scott Bogman]

How are you doing? Good. Redbeard used to love it when Andy Dalton was a quarterback of the Bengals back in the good old days. Before that idiot.

[Andrew Erickson]

There you go, the Red Rocket.

[Scott Bogman]

That's right. That's right. Your cousin. So, yeah. What's going on, man? How can we help you?

[Caller/Listener]

Not much. Two quick ones. First one, prepping for the playoffs.

[Andrew Erickson]

I should have a buy in week 15, so it's just 16, 17. And New Orleans.

[Scott Bogman]

And Houston's on waivers this week.

[Andrew Erickson]

Houston which one would you. Houston. Elite defense with elite matchups. It's the perfect storm. That's where I was leaning, but I wasn't sure with the matchups that New Orleans had. My other question would be a quick sit start with Bucky coming back. Are we waiting to see what he does for a week or. Because I would play him either. Would you claim ahead of it Quinn, Sean Judkins, Travis Etienne, Devonte or dk?

[Scott Bogman]

I wouldn't. I wouldn't play him ahead of.

[Andrew Erickson]

I play more dk probably. Okay. I also have Woody Marks and RJ Harvey. Any of those worth throwing in on top over one of those four.

[Scott Bogman]

Oh, give me the four again. I'm sorry.

[Andrew Erickson]

You're good. But the four that I've got at the moment in my flex is Quinn, Sean Judkins, Travis etn, Devonte, Smith, DK Metcalf.

[Scott Bogman]

Three that I might potentially swap out.

[Andrew Erickson]

Was Bucky, but I kind of feel.

[Scott Bogman]

Like waiting on him like y' all said. And then RJ Harvey and Woody Marks. I think I would start Harvey over DK or Devonte. Smith is banged up. Right. So I might start a little bit.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, he didn't practice it. Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

If something happens with Devonte, obviously Harvey goes in. But if devonte's up and good, then I probably go with Harvey over dk. What do you think, Erickson?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, Harvey over DK and yeah, Devonte. Yeah, he's banged up. Especially if the Bears get some of their cornerbacks back, you might not see a ton of passing volume from the Eagles just because the Bears are so beat up at linebacker. The Eagles just don't stop talking about we got to get Saquon going. Got to get Saquon going. So this could be a jalen hurts like 15 pass attempt game. And when that happens, someone gets left out, whether it's Goddard, A.J. brown or Smith. And if Smith's injured or he's paddling an injury, I could see like we look up. Oh, he only played like half the snaps. It's like because they just ran the ball 35 times. So I think Smith, you might want to try to grab it gravitate away from this week. I know. I bet the under on his receptions prop already. So I did realize I've got. I got Minchi also.

[Scott Bogman]

I don't know if.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, she's great. Don't play. Don't play Jets. You don't have to.

[Scott Bogman]

We're not putting him in over.

[Andrew Erickson]

I don't.

[Scott Bogman]

But you have. Yeah, I. Yeah. Yeah, that's good. Questions. Red Beard. Appreciate you, my friend. Let's see who's up next. Jack. What's up, Jack? You're back.

[Andrew Erickson]

Hey, guys. One dynasty question. 10 teams. Guy is tanking and I'm like 400 points over everyone else and he offered me A.J. brown for Garrett Wilson. I know Garrett Wilson might come back for a pretty decent playoff matchup. Just curious your thoughts on that value.

[Scott Bogman]

I mean, if you're 400 points better than everybody else, I'm not taking. I'm going to keep Wilson and just, you know, wait on him to come back. So if your team is that much better than everybody else, this isn't a move that you have to have, in my opinion.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

So I think I would keep Garrett Wilson because he just has a much longer Runway for success. Obviously, he's much younger than A.J. brown, so.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. All right, one starts sit for this week. ECR is kind of right on top of each other with this. It's Debo, Kenny Gainwell and Aaron Jones for a flex.

[Scott Bogman]

It's not gain well for me. So for me it's either Debo or. I'm sorry, who was the other person?

[Andrew Erickson]

Aaron Jones.

[Scott Bogman]

Aaron Jones Debo or Aaron Jones Erickson?

[Andrew Erickson]

I mean, I like Gain well, so. So here's nothing. Not Debo for me. Okay. Yeah, please. So.

[Scott Bogman]

So here's my thing with Gainwell, right? It's the fact that it was Mason Rudolph last week, so they were going to run a lot regardless. Plus Jaylen Warren was coming off the ankle injury, which they said wasn't major and obviously wasn't because it was about 50, 50, I think with Aaron Rodgers back. Aaron loves Warren in there. He doesn't get the ball to gain well as much. He will if. If Warren goes down. Right. So I think we'll still see seven to ten touches from Gainwell. And it's just he had a 55 yard fake tush push, almost touchdown in that game. That was 55 of like his 96 yards. So I think most weeks Gainwell is not going to be doing this PPR league. He catches a lot of passes, so that's nice. But for me, if it's not, it was gain well, it was. I'm sorry. God, my memory is so bad.

[Andrew Erickson]

And Aaron Jones. I just. I got a bad feeling about Debo with no Jaden Daniels. And I also kind of feel like, I mean, Rogers has a broken wrist, like he's not gonna like I come back healthy.

[Scott Bogman]

I like.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, I like. I still. Even to your point about some of the Gainwell stuff, you mentioned it's the Bills run defense so bad they can't stop anybody. Like the Texans ran over them. Texans are terrible at running the football. So I think Gain well, again, I just don't like the other guys really like Debo. Like his efficiency is falling off a cliff because he's much older. He's been dealing with some injuries. Terry McClure might come back this week.

[Scott Bogman]

It's going to be.

[Andrew Erickson]

I don't want any part of that again for Aaron Jones against, against Denver. The Denver defense off a bye week, like, no thanks. And then Aaron Jones is just tough spot. He can't like him. And Kenneth Gain will both catch passes because like with Aaron Jones, you're on the road as 10 point underdogs to the Seahawks.

[Scott Bogman]

I just think way more touches with Aaron Jones. So that's why. So I would go with. I, I honestly, I'd probably go with Debo for the upside because they'll run short passes and reverses with him too. So I would probably go with Debo. But I understand, I mean, I understand these arguments for sure.

[Andrew Erickson]

It's the one same league that I'm winning by a ton in the Dynasty league. So like even if I lose, I still lock up a bye week. So it's not like I'm shooting for. It's not a painstaking massive upside. Yeah, yeah, right. It's kind of like whatever. When I look at these three guys, what I'm most confident in efficiency bet against the Bills run defense. Like that's what I feel most confident about. And that benefits Kenneth Gainwell the most. So. Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

And if it's not that big a deal. Yeah. Roll with Gainwell in the weak matchup then.

[Andrew Erickson]

So sweet. Thanks, guys.

[Scott Bogman]

You got it, Jack. Take it easy, my friend.

[Andrew Erickson]

Thank you.

[Scott Bogman]

Let's see. Twitchy. What's up, Twitchy? How we doing, my friend.

[Andrew Erickson]

From Twitch?

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah. Hey, how's it going guys?

[Scott Bogman]

What's going on?

[Andrew Erickson]

Good.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, I got two questions. So I'm trying to. Trying to steal a playoff spot. Right now I'm chasing two people and right now I'm five and seven. Actually, no, I think I'm five and six. I can't do math. Regardless, I got a wide receiver problem and a QB problem. So first off is my wide receiver problem. My most consistent. My best wide receiver by far is Michael Pittman Jr. But he's going against the Texans, so that makes me nervous because. Because the Texans defense looks great.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah.

[Caller/Listener]

My other three receivers are Michael Wilson, Jameson Williams and Khalil Shakir. So I gotta Start two out of the four.

[Scott Bogman]

Who are you going with?

[Caller/Listener]

So what are you, Should I, should I go with Pittman anyway?

[Andrew Erickson]

No, I would not do that. Okay. I would start Jameson. I would start Jameson. And who was the first guy you mentioned? Michael Wilson.

[Caller/Listener]

Even though Harrison might be back.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, I don't think Harrison's kind out. But, but even if he does, they said that they're going to prioritize Michael Wilson more because he's been so good. I mean, he is really developing a good rapport with Jacoby Brissette. So I'm with Erickson. I'd probably sit Pittman out of that group. Okay.

[Andrew Erickson]

I mean, I think that he's the lowest ranked in, I mean he's lowest ranked in ecr. So like, even if you know Marvin Harrison comes back, you probably play Shakir then.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah.

[Andrew Erickson]

Michael Pittman's the guy that's ranked last.

[Scott Bogman]

I do, I have Jameson one spot ahead of Michael Pittman in my rankings as well. But Michael Pittman is one of those guys where you look at his ranking this week and you go, what's he doing down? Oh, they're playing the Houston Texans. Yeah. Okay. Yep. And then you don't really mess with them. I think that was kind of how I saw Pittman this week anyway, so.

[Caller/Listener]

The only thing that makes me nervous about Jameson is because of that donut that he gave me last week.

[Andrew Erickson]

I mean, he's given donuts before. This is nothing new. This is the JMO experience. You gotta ride the donuts to get the big games.

[Scott Bogman]

Just.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Andrew Erickson]

Part of the process. And if you get too ping pongy, you're gonna miss out on the spike again. I, I get it. It sucks when he puts up a donut, but this is the first donut.

[Scott Bogman]

He's the Maryland of wide receivers. If you don't, if you can't handle me at my worst. Is that what it is, Eric?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, basically. Because look, week seven donut weeks 9, 10, 11 wide receiver 12 wide receiver 3 wide receiver 5. Like it's just, it's just part of the position with ride receivers. So she's got a plan.

[Scott Bogman]

Boom bus.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Caller/Listener]

My, my only like copium with Michael Wilson is even if Harrison comes back. I think Harrison would just steal the touches from Dortch. But I may be wrong.

[Andrew Erickson]

No, no, I, I, I agree with that. I think that it would be Dorch that kind of fades out completely with Harrison kind of filling in those gaps.

[Scott Bogman]

Harrison is quickly going to throw number three in Arizona. Right. Like it's Trey McBride is one we know that for sure. It'll be interesting to see the targets between Harrison and Wilson, but, you know, if he doesn't get. If he comes back and plays this week and he doesn't get as many, everyone's going to be like, well, it was the first week off injury, whatever. I don't know. I don't think it is. You know, he is just down in the pecking order.

[Caller/Listener]

I actually have both McBride and. And Wilson, so it's been pretty great, actually.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah. Last week was good. Last week was good, even though neither of them scored a touchdown, but.

[Andrew Erickson]

Oh, well.

[Caller/Listener]

And then my. My QB issue is right now I have Purdy and I have Brissette, so I made the mistake of not starting Brissette last week and because Purdy played well his first game back off injury. So I'm going to start him this week because I don't think Birdie's going to have a good game this week, but I may be wrong.

[Andrew Erickson]

Oh, all right. No, you're. No, let me stop you there. You're playing Brissette. You're playing percent don't think twice about it, man. Don't.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, no, I'm not.

[Andrew Erickson]

I'm not.

[Caller/Listener]

I'm definitely starting Brissette.

[Andrew Erickson]

He's. He's.

[Caller/Listener]

He's doing really well, and he has a. I think he has a pretty good matchup.

[Andrew Erickson]

And.

[Caller/Listener]

But my problem is the bye week for Purdy, right? So I. I'm losing Purdy and cmc because I have CMC as my number one running back. So. And that. That week is my most critical week. If I lose it, I'm out, basically. So. And I'm right now like 54% maybe favored. So I. It's either I. I risk Brissette and he's going up, up against the Rams, or I pick up a. A third QB right now in preparation for that week. And I have a. I have a decent amount of options to pick up.

[Andrew Erickson]

What are they?

[Caller/Listener]

I'll tell you right now.

[Andrew Erickson]

Or. Who are they?

[Caller/Listener]

I got Bo Nix. Yeah, I. I got Jared Goff.

[Andrew Erickson]

Who.

[Caller/Listener]

Is going up against Dallas actually that week.

[Scott Bogman]

Pick up golf.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. Yeah, you can just drop 30. Yeah, you don't need. Just drop him for golf.

[Scott Bogman]

Yep.

[Caller/Listener]

Wait, wait.

[Andrew Erickson]

Hold on. Hold on, guys. Hold on, guys.

[Scott Bogman]

We don't need to.

[Andrew Erickson]

Hold on.

[Scott Bogman]

We don't need more options. Golf is good. Is that Prescott available?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. Right.

[Caller/Listener]

No, no, no, no.

[Scott Bogman]

Then just pick up.

[Caller/Listener]

It's golf. Baker Mayfield. Bo Nicks.

[Scott Bogman]

Baker Mayfield, too. Yeah, it's golf.

[Caller/Listener]

It's Golf against golf.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, they're secondary like, they made improvements to the defense. Quinn Williams with Kenny Clark, it looks dangerous to stop. The run over shown back is great for them. They didn't fix the secondary, so. Yeah.

[Andrew Erickson]

Drop, drop Pie. He's playing the Browns, then he's on a buy. No one's going to want him, especially if Goffs on the waivers. Yep.

[Scott Bogman]

Bring it back.

[Andrew Erickson]

Okay. All right.

[Caller/Listener]

All right.

[Andrew Erickson]

All right.

[Caller/Listener]

Well, rest of the season, how do you guys feel about the Rams as. As defensive team?

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, they've been awesome.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. I mean, they're probably going to win the super bowl, so, like, it's there. Just a frigging juggernaut on offense, on defense.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, they look great right now. Absolutely.

[Caller/Listener]

I got the ranch and I have Landman. You think I should just ride that out the rest of the season? If I make it?

[Scott Bogman]

Yes, I think so, too.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

All right.

[Caller/Listener]

Thank you, guys. Thank you, guys. Appreciate your advice, you guys.

[Andrew Erickson]

Thanks, Richie.

[Scott Bogman]

Take it easy, my friend. All right. Good questions. Absolutely. J. Chow, what's up, Jay Chow? How are we doing, my friend? Jchel, you there? Going once, going twice. All right, raise your hand again. J. Chow, we'll come back to you. Zach, you did.

[Andrew Erickson]

You did.

[Scott Bogman]

We figure it out.

[Andrew Erickson]

Hello? Can you hear me?

[Scott Bogman]

We got you. What's going on?

[Andrew Erickson]

Awesome.

[Caller/Listener]

I wanted to ask two questions. One, my full PPR league.

[Andrew Erickson]

I need to choose between Neil More and Matchy.

[Scott Bogman]

Neil More.

[Andrew Erickson]

Which more Neil? DJ.

[Scott Bogman]

Oh, man. This is a good question. Yeah, I think it's Neil. I think just take those guaranteed touches.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yep.

[Caller/Listener]

We're in, like, a race for highest points, and you get paid for that. And we're all within, like, two points.

[Andrew Erickson]

Of each other, I think. Or might be better for me there. Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

Well, then you'll get it with Neil for volume for touches. If Camara's okay, it's going to be out, so.

[Andrew Erickson]

All right.

[Caller/Listener]

The second question was for my Dynasty league. With Higgins out, I'm wondering if I should flex Yosevich or Washington, the one from Miami.

[Andrew Erickson]

But we do part return yards in that league.

[Scott Bogman]

Malik Washington.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. What. What has he been scoring in in the format? Like, I'm just not familiar. I'm not as familiar with the punt.

[Caller/Listener]

Return yardage in between, like, 9 and.

[Andrew Erickson]

16 points, like, pretty consistently. I mean, I think that's something. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

I don't know.

[Caller/Listener]

With Burrows coming back and Egan's being out, if Yoshi's gonna be, like, a.

[Andrew Erickson]

Pretty good start or not or. I mean, I think that. I think what we got from Yoshi last week was. Is like prototypical, like what we would expect. So like not amazing and then just depends if he catches a touchdown or not. Is like it kind of makes her breaks if it's like a high upside play. Because they, I mean, they were really trying to get Gasecki involved last week. I was like, oh, no. Like this is like full on Mike Gasecki mode going on right here in the first quarter for the Bengals. And we've seen pretty, pretty strong splits when T. Higgins missed like last year, Mike Gasecki had like these monster games. So also it could be a lot.

[Scott Bogman]

Of hunts for the Saints. Right?

[Andrew Erickson]

Saints. Yeah. Yeah, that was really good point. Yeah. So I think with the, with the punt, I think it's close enough just like straight up that you're then adding in the punt return. I think that does very much in favor of Malik.

[Scott Bogman]

Agreed.

[Andrew Erickson]

Okay. Also, actually, maybe I guess the third question you kind of.

[Caller/Listener]

You're saying you had a bit of trepidation with Burrow this week?

[Andrew Erickson]

Joe Burrow?

[Scott Bogman]

A bit, yep.

[Andrew Erickson]

I'm sorry.

[Caller/Listener]

In my league, unfortunately, I have to choose between him and Brock Rudy.

[Andrew Erickson]

That's the one. That's the one guy I would play Burrow.

[Scott Bogman]

That was the example that he gave.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

If you didn't hear that party, it's like, I mean, if it's Birdie, I'll play Burrow.

[Andrew Erickson]

That's the only guy. Like, that's. So, yeah, you have convinced me as. As much as I have basically piled on Joe Burrow on the show. You have give me an answer where the answer is yes. Start Joe Burrow.

[Caller/Listener]

It's the one time it works. All right, thanks, guys.

[Scott Bogman]

I appreciate it. Of course, my friend.

[Andrew Erickson]

So. So for your sake, I hope that I'm wrong about him being a bad start this week.

[Scott Bogman]

Fingers crossed. J. Chow is back. What's going on, J. Chow? How are we doing, my friend? Nope, still can't hear you. Sorry, Jay Chow. You can put your question in the chat. We'll try to get some of these here in the chat at the end. Let me just scroll back through and see if we have some questions up here. Thank you, Dredis, for helping people out with the microphone today and for posting this Madden thing. Really appreciate your help here. I don't know if I'm seeing it. I think it's just a lot of comments. Here we go. Here's one from J. Spar. Juan Johnson, Hunter, Henry or Schultz. Full ppr. What do you think there, Erickson?

[Andrew Erickson]

Is this in the Chat.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, I see it's way up. It's at like 1:30.

[Andrew Erickson]

Sorry. Okay. What. Who are the Titans?

[Scott Bogman]

Joanne Johnson, sorry, Juwan Johnson, Hunter Henry and Dalton Schultz.

[Andrew Erickson]

I think it's under Henry for me again if, if they got to get the ball out quick tight end, underneath option. I mean, I'm really interested to see what the pat's offense does to adjust without Campbell Jared Wilson, but you know, we would think that that means more quick passes, so less splash pace. Splash plays for guys like Booty Mack Hollins and more underneath stuff which benefits guys like Diggs and Hunter Henry. So I think that you'd stay in the flames. Henry was also really good last week. I know it was the Bengals, but I think that they continue to ride him. So Henry, for me, what if I.

[Scott Bogman]

Told you that the Indianapolis Colts are allowing the second most fantasy points to tight ends? Would that change your mind with Schultz at all?

[Andrew Erickson]

You definitely piqued my interest.

[Scott Bogman]

Right now they're averaging 6.4 receptions allowed, 72.2 yards to tight ends and half a touchdown. So the touchdown is kind of. They're not the Bengals. Bengals are the only team averaging over a touchdown allowed to tight ends all year, so. But the receptions are there against the Colts because their linebacker has not been playing great.

[Andrew Erickson]

No, that is a good point because Schultz, again, I'm trying to not take really much stock into what happened last week because the Bills are just this like elite team against tight ends.

[Scott Bogman]

Right.

[Andrew Erickson]

They basically shut down everybody. So I wouldn't like don't like downgrade Schultz like too substantially so actually in full ppr.

[Scott Bogman]

Let me see where the Giants are.

[Andrew Erickson]

They're like, they're kind of like mediocre. They also have like a ton of injuries in their, in their secondary. Yeah, I guess it's like, I guess it depends. Like is it going to be Davis Mills again? Because Schultz has been on heater with Mills, like been a top 10 tight end in three straight weeks with Davis Mills.

[Scott Bogman]

I don't really trust Schultz on a week to week basis and I feel like the quarterback issue makes us go, okay, is this going to be Higgins? Is this going in? Higgins is getting more snaps as well, so. And so is Noel and Kirk was great last week as well. So I just think there, there are fewer options to get the ball. So I think I would rather go with Hunter Henry. So. But yeah, I just wanted to throw that.

[Andrew Erickson]

I think Henry. Yeah, but again, to your point, I think that again, if you are. You got Schultz and you're kind of are you concerned about last week? I wouldn't be concerned about him busting last week because it was a really tough matchup. And like you said, the Colts is a much better matchup, so he should be fine. But I think. I think Henry probably has more upside test to Drake, man.

[Scott Bogman]

And then he asked us to rank the flex options. Pierce saw Higgins, Strange and Trey Tucker. I'm going to assume this is Jaden Higgins because T. Higgins is down. So Pierce all Jaden Higgins, Strange and Trey Tucker.

[Andrew Erickson]

Higgins and Strange at the top. I mean, dude, Trey Tucker sees like.

[Scott Bogman]

So many targets and Pierce all doesn't.

[Andrew Erickson]

Like, you can't start. You can't start Pierce. All right? He hasn't been consistent enough, so you can't start him. Higgins has been pretty solid. The Colts have good corners. But if Sauce is going to be on Nico, then that should give Jaden Higgins some opportunities. And he's been. He's been pretty good over the last couple weeks. So Higgins Strange, it's full ppr. He's kind of been the guy for Trevor Lawrence. It's the Titans. I think Strange is pretty solid as well. I mean, it's like Higgins versus Trey Tucker.

[Scott Bogman]

Ugh.

[Andrew Erickson]

Like, I'm just like, like, I mean, Tucker had 10 targets last week. That's the thing. Like, and there's no one else besides Brock Bowers. But is the Raiders offense. The Chargers are pretty tough defense. I think I'd probably go with Higgins and Strange. So agreeing with Jay Sparks leans here. I'm not. I mean, I'm not convinced. I can't like come up with a better argument to be like, oh, well, it's obviously Trey Tucker as the play here. Yeah, I know. He had like, he had a boatload of air yards last week. More like yards. Because it's just like Geno Smith's just like chucking is.

[Scott Bogman]

Dude, he had him wide open twice. That could have been 150 yards and two scores for Tucker.

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[Andrew Erickson]

So then maybe, maybe it is Tucker. Then it's like again, this is why. This is like the typical buy low, like air. Air yards model thing. Right? Like the guy gets like 200 air yards and the next week he goes off.

[Scott Bogman]

So I do think that's a ridiculous. Like, you know, you would have to have a different quarterback for those to come to fruition.

[Andrew Erickson]

Right?

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Right.

[Scott Bogman]

Like Geno Smith overthrows guys constantly Kelly, so.

[Andrew Erickson]

But they did get Chip Kelly. They axed him. So he's gone. Got Greg Olson coming in here. Where do I have these guys ranked? They're Back to back in ecr. Where do I have Higgins? I mean I got Trey Tucker pretty strongly. I mean he had 10 targets last week. Like he's got eight plus targets back to back weeks.

[Scott Bogman]

I got pretty steady top of this list.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, I think it's. I think you gotta go Tucker. You just kind of, kind of like close your eyes, press the button. Trust spreadsheets.

[Scott Bogman]

Just take the tussin stink. Mangioni asks Nicks over Lamar.

[Andrew Erickson]

No.

[Scott Bogman]

No. So it's still okay.

[Andrew Erickson]

I would rather just.

[Scott Bogman]

I'd rather be go down with the.

[Andrew Erickson]

Show a week too early on Lamar than a week too late. I do it. I cannot stomach a Lamar 35 point game against the Bengals and I have to watch the entire thing on Thanksgiving night. I could not do it.

[Scott Bogman]

I want to go especially because, you know, I don't want to have to watch this nonsense because you know how.

[Andrew Erickson]

Bad that defense can be. And look, last week again Lamar banged up his toe, says he's feeling much better and there were opportunities for him to have a much better game. Last week he almost scored a rushing touchdown and Mark Andrews, like he had a red zone touchdown. He just didn't catch it. So I think that there are some things to be optimistic about. Maybe he never gets healthy. That's always a possibility. But once he is quote unquote healthy, I mean you, you see the guy that scores 30 points per game in fantasy.

[Scott Bogman]

So a couple more here. I think one from Fernando and then we' get to J. Chow to end us out here. Fernando ask full ppr, Pittman or Wilson? I think it's Wilson this week, right?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, Michael Wilson.

[Scott Bogman]

Also Texas still worth the start this week. Jags, Falcons, Dolphins are available. I think I just roll with the Texans. The defense looks incredible right now, so.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, and I don't think that we're. We're not afraid of Daniel Jones.

[Caller/Listener]

Bogs.

[Andrew Erickson]

I don't think.

[Scott Bogman]

No, I mean, listen, maybe they score, but he could still turn all over six times, right? They may.

[Andrew Erickson]

They made Josh Allen look like Daniel Jones last week. I mean, I'm obviously being tongue in cheek. Daniel Jones has obviously played much better this season, but I don't think that he's a.

[Scott Bogman]

Six turnovers against Pittsburgh, so.

[Andrew Erickson]

Except for quarterback. A quarterback to be feared. Especially if the Texans open up with like a lead or something. You see, Dan Jones can get rattled at times and then that creates opportunities for turnovers. I mean, the Texans are so good defensively that I mean, I don't want to say they're like matchup Proof. But I think they always have a. Like they're live to score fantasy points in any matchup even against like the best offenses in the NFL. So yeah, roll the Texans keep them, especially with their playoff schedule. So, so good. I was so bummed. They were on the waivers in one of my leagues and I just missed out on them. I was so pissed. It's like, oh, man. So I'd pick up the Buccaneers instead.

[Scott Bogman]

Oh, and then they got torn.

[Andrew Erickson]

Dude, with their playing Jacoby, man, they'll get 50 pass attempts. I'm hoping for some interceptions, maybe some sacks.

[Scott Bogman]

Dude, I had Zion. I had Zion McCollum last week in my IDP league thinking, man, Devonte is going to torch him. He's going to have something.

[Andrew Erickson]

Oh, dude. He didn't have tackles because they were.

[Scott Bogman]

All in the end zone.

[Andrew Erickson]

So I was getting cooked, man. I felt so bad.

[Scott Bogman]

Cook like Thanksgiving dinner. J. Chow asked us. He put his lineup in here and he's asking about a flex specifically if Genti misses this week. Right now he's got Makoni and flex the bench. He's got Genti. Obviously he was questionable to play. I think if he plays, he slides in that out Pierce spot. But would you play dk C Rod? Like if. If Gen Z doesn't play Pierce saw C Rod. Dk Alec Pierce. Is it Alec Pierce for sure?

[Andrew Erickson]

Probably. It's probably dk. I know he's got this ankle injury thing, so we gotta.

[Scott Bogman]

No Shamira dk.

[Andrew Erickson]

Oh, sorry. Sorry, sorry. No. Yeah, Pierce.

[Scott Bogman]

It appears pretty easy. Yeah, he's got Manangai as well. You throw him on guy over Pierce?

[Andrew Erickson]

No. I don't want Bears running backs this week, to be honest. On the road against the Philadelphia Eagles, I don't love that spot. So I think. I think I'm cool with leaving those guys on my bench.

[Scott Bogman]

He said, who should I drop Panero for? He's got Parker, Washington and Mechi on waivers. I think I want Metchie because Brian Thomas is going to come back.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, that's what I'm concerned about. Washington just came back.

[Scott Bogman]

Right.

[Andrew Erickson]

So yeah, eventually the like the Parker Washington experiment might end soon or. Or else Brian Thomas Jr. Is never going to get targeted again. Like I mean when we're talking about. Okay, like lock of the week. If Brian Thomas Jr. Plays, there's no way his. His under over reception is four and a half. There's no way he's catching five passes. It's not happening.

[Scott Bogman]

One more question. Who deflects if Devonte is out this week in Another league. He's got Wilson and on guy, QJ Higgins, Sampson and Videl. Videl and Michael Wilson back.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah, those two. We still don't know that Hampton's gonna play, so.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, yeah, I think if. Yeah, if no Hampton, I think Vidal. So what are the chances Aiden o' Connell replaces Gino now that he's off IR and practicing in full? I think they would go to Kenny Pickett before they go back to Aiden o', Connell, don't you?

[Andrew Erickson]

I mean, Gino hasn't played great, but, I mean, I think that Chip Kelly was like, a lot of the problems with this team. Like, like, I don't. I don't think putting o' Connell back there is going to magically fix, like, a broken offensive line. And like, the play calling we do is so bad. Just terrible. Whatever. They were saying, like, the one of the tackles was getting, like, no help, like, at all last week. And that's why he, like, he got sacked 10 times.

[Scott Bogman]

You have no Mississippi. Yeah, yeah.

[Andrew Erickson]

So I don't. I don't. I think Aiden o' Connell is an interesting guy. I think that he's been kind of. Kind of underrated in his starts, but, I mean, maybe they do that to kind of evaluate him. But I wouldn't anticipate Gino, like, get straight up benched unless he just throws more interceptions. So it seems like the coaching staff is still pretty behind Gino, but then again, like Pete Carroll, is he really there for the end?

[Scott Bogman]

I don't know.

[Andrew Erickson]

So o', Connell, I think is like an interesting, like, super flex stash in some of these deeper leagues, especially in Dynasty. He shouldn't be on waivers, but besides that, I think it's probably going to be Geno for most of the season.

[Scott Bogman]

I think so, too. And I think they'll get Mr. Outside higher for next year. I'm not nearly as high on Aiden o'. Connell. I think that's why they traded for Pickett is part of the reason. Obviously o' Connell went down, but I just. I'm not Aiden o' Connell believer at all. Dredis asked IDP question between Miles Garrett or Jack Campbell, both great options, it's got to be Myles Garrett. Like, the dude is getting four or five sacks a week. Way higher floor for Jack Campbell. So if you need the floor, take the tackles, which at Campbell specifically against Green Bay, they're going to run up the middle a lot, so Jack Campbell is going to be involved. But if it's a swing play at all, this IDP spot, it's got to be Myles Garrett. If you can play both of those. I want to play them both. Garrett is going crazy right now.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah. IDP is. So this is such a curious thing, because it's like, dude, Miles Garrett's gonna break the sack record, and he may not even be the most valuable player in IDP leagues. It's just like, come on, we got a different scoring. No, no, no, no. I know, I know. It's just like, we. We have to make it so that. No, if this guy's gonna break the sack record, he has to be valued way higher. We got to change the scoring to make sure that he's getting more points than everybody else.

[Scott Bogman]

Well, regardless of the scoring, he is the highest value because of rpv, right?

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

You cannot. There's no other lineman that's anywhere close.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

I will say next close is. And he's not as a.

[Andrew Erickson]

An IDP comment, because I do play in two leagues with IDPs. Guess who my starting. Guess who my starting defensive back was? Who? Is it the guy that punched Juwan Jennings in the.

[Scott Bogman]

Trevor.

[Andrew Erickson]

Yep. So, like, I'm watching the game because I'm like, all right, Morgan's getting some tackles. Like, this is great. And then at the end of the game, I see him punch Joanne Jennings. I'm like, dude. And then I get, like, the notification on Tuesday. Trevor Moring Sus.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, well, imagine how I felt because I had Jamar Chase this week and couldn't start him and beat in two spots. So, yeah, don't spit and punch on people. It's not that hard, so figure it out. But appreciate everyone asking questions and hanging out with us today. Remember, you can follow us your Twitter. Erickson.

[Andrew Erickson]

Give it out at Andrew Erickson, Underscore.

[Scott Bogman]

Andrew Erickson Underscore. And at Bogman Sports for myself. We will be back. Same, I think normal schedule next week, right? Thursday at 2 Eastern. Correct. So just a little early for the holiday here. So wishing everybody a great holiday, everybody. Get healthy, Erickson. Take your time off, drink all the tussin you need, and get better, my friend. You too, Dredis. On the mend, everybody. Let's get better. So that will do it for us this week, and we'll see you guys next week. Take it easy, everybody.

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