Fantasy Football Today - 11/15 Fantasy Football Podcast: Prepping for Playoffs, Fantasy Jeopardy!
Episode Date: November 15, 2017Quick thoughts on Austin Ekeler (3:40) before Jamey and Heath give their favorite buy low (6:10) and sell high candidates (7:28) ... Heath gives some revealing stats about TEs (14:20), and then we pla...y a painful game of Fantasy Jeopardy (19:40)! See if you can do better than Jamey and Heath ... Previewing TEN-PIT (33:10), discussing some high-end #2 WRs (41:20) and then looking ahead to Weeks 14-16 (44:33). We've got some QBs who may be worth stashing ... Your emails at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath.
Big show coming up today on Wednesday, November 15th.
Adam, Jamie, and Heath here on Fantasy Football Today.
Buy low and sell high.
Previewing the Thursday night game, Tennessee and Pittsburgh.
Updating you on the injuries.
Heath's got some tight end research.
Jamie has a surprise for us.
We're going to play a game, and we're going to talk playoff schedules.
If you've got a quarterback with tough playoff matchups, who should you pick up right now to cover yourself?
And I'm going to ask you guys a question.
Every single freaking week, Thursday, Sunday, Monday night, I get myself excited for the games, and they're almost always duds.
So I'm getting myself excited for Tennessee-Pittsburgh.
Will we see a good football game on Thursday night?
We've seen several good ones on Thursday night.
Yeah, what are you talking about?
But all the primetime games lately have been – I mean, last week was just awful.
Well, that's because the Dolphins have been on three primetime games.
I guess my question is, does it have to be high-scoring for it to be good football?
No, I just want a close game.
I think it will be a very competitive game.
All right, that's what I want.
These are finally two good teams.
I'm not sure it will be a high-scoring game.
That's fine.
I'm cool with that.
All right, you ready for the first part of the surprise?
Oh, already?
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay.
So it was the night before Christmas, and up in the tower,
everyone was partying except one wallflower.
John McClane missed his wife.
Things just weren't the same.
Oh, I know what this is.
Holly had moved west and changed her last name.
Yeah, uh-huh.
Right.
Okay, this is the Die Hard Christmas book.
Yes.
So we got it sent to us from Bradford Peck, I believe is his name.
Brad, I'm assuming, Bradford, was kind enough to send us the book, and he said,
Sending this to you who would appreciate it more than Adam.
Hope it keeps the debate alive.
It is such an excellent, excellent, excellent story.
Absolutely.
And in full detail, by the way, of the movie.
Not for children.
Yes, this is going home with me one night, and I'm sharing it with my children.
Only two of them.
They have two teenagers.
But it is a great description of a great Christmas story.
Die Hard Christmas.
I mean, it's pretty cool that they made a Christmas book out of it.
It's good marketing.
My stance is just that it doesn't really have anything to do with Christmas.
Christmas is just sort of a thing in the movie.
It's not a Christmas movie.
It's not about – it's – we don't have to get into it.
Well, let me – I'll just read one more line here. It's at a Christmas movie. It's not about – it's, you know, we don't have to get into it. Well, let me – I'll just read one more line here.
It's at the end.
Bearer bonds fluttered like fresh fallen snow as Holly embraced her blood-spattered bow.
So Merry Christmas to all.
Be kind to one another.
And most of all, yippee-ki-yay, mother –
Wow.
That's the end of the book? That's the end of the book that's the end of the christmas book that is freaking awesome
what a christmas book wow he said it oh he said it yes no it's a christmas book i'll give it that
but it's not a christmas movie well what no you know what i look forward to having this debate
later on um later on this holiday season.
I can't believe Thanksgiving.
It's holiday season, buddy.
It is holiday season.
Thanksgiving coming up next week.
And this is the last week of BioWeeks, by the way.
I forgot about somebody on waivers yesterday, so let's talk about him right now.
I don't know why I forgot this guy.
I'm not sure if I accidentally deleted him from the notes.
I made a big mistake, and I apologize.
We did not talk about Austin Eckler.
Well, luckily we talked about him on Sunday a little bit, but 24% owned now,
so that's obviously way up.
He had 10 carries.
He had five catches.
He had more than 100 total yards and two touchdowns at Jacksonville
for the Chargers in Week 10.
Did you guys claim Austin Eckler?
Do you think everybody should?
Like, what do you think?
I don't think everyone should. I made more waiver claims yesterday
than I have any week this season. And it wasn't because I was
particularly excited about the options out there. I had some buy problems and there were
a lot of players. So he was behind Jamal Williams, behind
Samaj P. Ryan, behind the New England running backs. But I did
end up claiming him in one league.
I'm going to have to start him in one league.
And I think if you wanted to make a case for Austin Eckler as a good person to have and to stash,
we've never seen Melvin Gordon play in week 16 or 17, right?
That's a good point.
He's played two years, and he's missed the last two or three games of the year, both
years.
Wow, so Mr. Anti-Handcuff is handcuffing somebody.
I'm going to have to add Austin Eckler to the stash rankings that will come out today.
And he's probably a good one.
Okay.
Do you think he's going to get more than five touches?
Well, he got 15 last week.
Yeah, I know, but it was completely unexpected.
I would guess that he, yes.
I don't think he gets 15 touches again unless Melvin gets hurt,
but I would expect he averages 10.
They talked about at the beginning of the year how they didn't want to work Melvin Gordon
like they did the year before, and we kind of laughed about it how they didn't want to work Melvin Gordon like they did the year before.
And we kind of laughed about it because they didn't have anybody else to use.
They found somebody else to use.
Okay.
Is he more of a passing downs guy?
Is he more of a PPR guy, Austin Eckler?
I think he's more of a – what does Pete call them?
Airback.
Airback.
He's an airback.
Okay.
All right.
I think, look, this is going to be a telling week for how good a fantasy option he could be
because it's a dream matchup.
They haven't stopped anybody since they traded Marcel Darius the Bills.
And so if he does get some shared work and does well with it,
then you'll be excited about him more so, I think,
than just what I would probably look at more as a fluky game last week than what is expected.
But their playoff schedule, Washington, Kansas City, New York Jets,
if something were to happen to Gordon, that's pretty fantastic.
Give me some buy lows or just one of each.
Favorite buy low, favorite sell high, however many you want.
Favorite buy low, favorite sell high.
Jamie, why don't you start with a buy low candidate?
Julio Jones.
I mean, look, you can't get any worse than what he's been,
given what the pedigree and the expectations were.
And so I don't think this matchup is as tough as it clearly was prior to last week
when Richard Sherman was healthy.
And so I think Matt Ryan will play well.
I think Julio Jones will have a good enough game.
And then I believe next week is Tampa Bay.
Not the easiest matchups after that,
but you're still
hoping that Julio becomes Julio as they
try to make a playoff push in terms of the Falcons.
If you get him cheap, do it.
I'll go high end as well, and I
will say you've still got a little bit of time
left to buy low on Kareem Hunt.
I think it was easier before last week
when somebody had him on a buy, but
still, whoever owns him hasn't seen him score a touchdown for almost two months.
And he's my number one running back this week.
So I expect him to have a monster game.
Wow.
All right.
Kareem Hunt at the Giants.
It feels so bad for a buddy of mine who has to go to that game.
Like, wow.
Why?
I mean, it's cool to see the Chiefs, I guess.
But cold weather, that team.
Favorite sell-high candidates.
Heath, you want to kick it off?
Favorite sell-high.
I won't use Jamie's because I know who that is.
So I'm trying to find a running back.
And I think I would be interested in selling high on Amir Abdullah.
Oh, okay.
All right.
A couple good games in a row.
A couple good games in a row.
I'm still not sure that I totally buy Amir Abdullah, feature back.
So if I could get some type of good value for him,
no, I'm not just giving up for nothing.
I mean, look, good games are relative.
He's got 48 and 52 yards rushing in those two games.
He's just scored.
Right.
And he only had 11 carries against Cleveland,
which is interesting coming off 21 carries but two fumbles at Green Bay.
They did trail in that game for a while, though.
I don't know. Yeah, I feel it.
I'd see what I could get from Abdullah.
Jamie, how about you? Who's the guy that Heath wouldn't steal from you as a sell high?
I'm going to guess it's Robert Woods.
Or hashtag any Rams.
Not named Todd Gurley.
We talked about this for a while now. It's just a tough schedule
moving forward.
So, I think
if you can get something great in return for Woods,
that's probably the – Woods and Watkins are the most logical sell-high guys.
I think Goff can still be good enough.
Like I'm not really running away from him this week as a must-sit guy.
I don't know if he's a slam-dunk top-ten guy.
They're at Minnesota this week.
Yeah, it's a tough matchup, but I think you just look at the receivers.
Robert Woods has never been what he's been the last two weeks.
He wasn't even like that to start the season.
And so while they need him because Sammy Watkins may or may not ever turn into a true featured number one type of guy,
and while Cooper Cupp kind of is who he is, I just don't see him ever being this productive again the rest of the season i could be wrong but i just don't expect it
and i've got one more sell high okay but you're gonna have to do it in like the next five minutes
before everyone else sees the news oh what happened any bills wide receivers tight ends or
any anything else related to the bills oh no you think it'll be that bad? I don't think he is good, and I think Tyrod Taylor is good.
Yep.
And so I would rather just get rid of him.
The Bills have benched Tyrod Taylor for Nathan Peterman.
Oh, are you kidding me?
Are you kidding me?
Well, remember tank mode?
They're in tank mode.
Like, this is a team that was 6-2?
Oh, my goodness.
I cannot believe that.
And traded Marcel Darius?
I said that.
It's so funny that I felt like on the Fantasy Podcast, we always felt like Tyrod.
I feel like national football fans think Tyrod Taylor is better than Bills fans do.
The Bills fans never, ever seem to buy into Tyrod Taylor.
There must be something to that.
They know Tyrod Taylor better than we do.
And I guess I shouldn't be that surprised, but I just – wow.
I mean I didn't see that coming, and that sucks because last week we talked about Kelvin Benjamin having arguably the best wide receiver matchups
down the stretch of any wide receiver.
He can still be good.
Maybe Peterman will be good.
We don't know.
And you know the type of receiver that Benjamin is.
It's not like you have to have pinpoint accuracy for him to be successful.
Oh, boy.
Wow.
How about that?
Okay.
So I have a segment that included Robert Woods.
It's called Number Two Looks Like Number One,
where these number two wide receivers are playing like number ones.
It's good you're talking fantasy.
What's that?
It's good you're talking about fantasy football.
I know.
It's a play on words.
And we'll get to that a little bit later.
Let's do the news and notes.
In case you haven't heard, Tyron Taylor has been benched, so that's weird.
But Devontae Freeman not expected to play this week.
CJ Procise is on IR.
Rob Kelly is on IR.
Greg Olson is expected back next week, and he's only 71% owned.
They have a bye this week, then they're at the Jets in Week 12,
and Olson should be back for that one.
Curtis Samuel out for the season.
Good news for Greg Olsen, I guess.
Jay Ajayi set for more work this week.
You're ranking him ahead of LeGarrette Blount, right?
Yes.
Yeah, I think I'm the low guy on Jay Ajayi, and I've got him like 15 spots ahead of LeGarrette Blount.
There is a lot of Jay Ajayi love going into this week.
Yeah, no Sean Lee.
That's the biggest reason for me.
I liked him before the Sean Lee injury,
but I just think that without Lee in there,
you've seen the two-game sample size that he missed already this season.
You go back just the course of history with him,
but Todd Gurley ripped him up.
Aaron Jones beat them up.
I mean, LeGarrette Blount could still have a good game here, too.
It is a big deal.
What about
DeMarco Murray or Jay Ajayi?
We're going to preview that Thursday night game.
Oh, I'd Jay Ajayi for me.
Where do you have Jay Ajayi right now?
Seven.
Sean Lee's absence is just tremendous.
My only question is, there's not a lot of guys we rank as top 10 running backs that we expect to get 12 to 15 carries.
Well, I mean, there's also the narrative coming out of Philadelphia that he's going to get potentially a lot of work.
Yeah.
So.
I would go to Marco.
If you were to say 18 carries?
Oh, I'd take a Jai, I guess, in that case.
Yes.
But I don't know.
That sounds high to me.
It very well could be.
But I would expect 15 at the minimum based on what they're saying and based on how this game should go.
They should.
I don't think anybody doubts that that's the direction.
Unless they blow him out and they just give 15 carries to Corey Clement again.
Very well could.
Well, it's a national TV game, so, you know, probably will.
No timetable for Jameis Winston, but Dirk Cutter said he thinks Winston will be back this year,
which probably means he ain't coming back all that soon.
D.D. Westbrook expected a play this week at Cleveland for the Jaguars,
and now here we go with the Do You Expects.
Do you expect Danny Woodhead at Green Bay?
Yes.
Ty Montgomery.
Same game.
No.
Drew Stanton.
No.
Phillip Rivers.
Not sure, right?
Yes.
Yeah?
All right.
But we're still on the concussion protocol.
Jordan Reed.
Jordan Reed.
No.
We should really play the Do You Expect game on Thursday.
We play it all the time.
I know.
The game on Wednesday, though, is just complete and utter guesses.
Terrence West, Chris Hogan?
No, for both.
Okay.
Those are just guesses.
All right, Heath.
Strut your stuff.
Time for your tight end research.
Strut my stuff.
I don't know why you think I'm going to strut my stuff.
Maybe I did a bunch of research and found that you were right and it is the year of tight end.
I just wanted to share that with you.
That sounds like me, doesn't it?
Over the past three years, there have been nine, ten, or eleven, in that range, range tight ends that have averaged at least seven
fantasy points per game so basically you needed to average around seven fantasy points per game
to be a number one tight end this season there are seven that are averaging seven fantasy points
per game actually make that six there are only seven that are even averaging seven fantasy points per game actually make that six there are only seven
that are even averaging six fantasy points per game the number eight tight end in fantasy
on a per game basis is austin hooper at 5.6 fantasy points per game okay tight end production
is way down now that's sort of different than what I meant.
I think what I meant, because it's relative to everything, to everyone,
is that there are – like I don't see teams that are – I can't trade.
I can't trade tight ends because everybody's got one.
That's because you don't have any good ones.
No.
I have a league with three tight ends.
I can't trade them.
Right.
Yeah, but they're good.
But the thing is –
They're all averaging five fantasy points a game.
That's not good.
Like I know what you're saying.
There's this wide range of like 20 tight ends you could start.
Right, right.
But none of them are actually good.
Well, the fate of the argument I was going to say would come down to three players.
Now, Charles Clay might be Cook now.
That's just – he was one of them.
Charles Clay, Jared Cook.
Charles Clay was in that group of seven tight ends averaging six fantasy points per game.
Yeah.
Well, Charles Clay, Jared Cook, and Hunter Henry are guys that I thought would sort of decide the argument.
Because I don't know that we've seen the best from those guys in terms of per game
because Cook is a late bloomer, and I still believe in Hunter Henry, but he's making me lose faith in him.
But I don't know.
It just feels like you got your top four, right?
You got Kelsey, Gronk, Ertz, and Graham.
And then you've got a Redskins tight end, so maybe Jordan Reed's good down the stretch.
So that's five.
And then Evan Ingram is clearly six. You've got a Redskins tight end, so maybe Jordan Reed's good down the stretch, so that's five.
And then Evan Ingram is clearly six.
And then Delaney Walker, three weeks in a row, he's been really good in PPR, he just can't score.
And you've got Safarian Jenkins.
I don't know, it just felt like people were picking guys up off the waiver wire, and they were actually useful this year.
I was just saying the numbers do not match the felt like. But it feels like people are okay at tight end because they're not losing as much compared to everyone else.
You're right.
You're right, and maybe I said it wrong.
Tight ends aren't doing better this year than they were in the past.
But perhaps there's just not that big of a gap anymore, and nobody's really dying because their tight end sucks.
It's catcher.
It is – yeah, right.
No, it's shortstop.
There's a bunch of startable tight ends because there's really not any good ones.
Maybe it's more like shortstop though because – fine.
It could be – yeah.
All right.
I see your comparison.
There are three good tight ends.
There are four low-end number one tight ends,
and then there's a bunch of garbage.
Do you feel like there are any leagues that you're in
where you're losing because of your tight end?
I don't really feel that way,
whereas I do feel that way at quarterback.
Yeah, I don't feel like I'm losing
because of quarterback either, though.
I feel that way in a couple of leagues.
Okay.
You know, myaron rogers league for
example i have tyra taylor as paul harvey likes to say now you know the rest of the story okay
great now i know the rest of the story all right that was good stuff jamie uh was your entire
surprise that the diehard poem or it was did you do parts one and two you want more no i don't know
you said part one earlier i allotted time for the rest No, I don't know. You said part one earlier.
I allotted time for the rest of it.
I don't know if you wanted me to read more.
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Alright, guys. We usually play
The Feud or Name That Player
or something like that. Let's do some Fantasy Jeopardy!
Ooh,
this is my favorite game. Really?
Yes, by far. Alright, we have three
categories. So we'll
get some players and then we will
talk about them. We have quarterbacks,
running backs, and pass catchers. Each of them for $200 and $400.
Okay?
Clarification on the pass catchers?
Wide receivers and tight ends.
Wide receivers and tight ends?
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
So like Javorius Allen is not a pass catcher.
Wide receivers, tight ends.
Thank you.
Okay.
Six questions here.
$200 and $400 in each category. Who won
last time? Do you remember?
Jamie won the feud, but the last time
we played Jeopardy, he didn't score,
so I think we should let Jamie go first.
Did I score?
I think you just shut out. I think you're right.
Jamie,
quarterbacks, running backs, pass catchers
for $200 or $400?
Let's go quarterbacks for $200.
With only three more touchdown passes than interceptions,
he is somehow currently the number three quarterback in fantasy
in six-point-per-passing touchdown leagues.
Three more touchdowns than interceptions.
You guys are both eligible to guess here.
Right.
Number three quarterback in fantasy,
three more touchdown passes and interceptions.
Nobody, huh?
Alright, your time's up. Who is
Cam Newton?
Cam Newton. He runs. He does run.
Mm-hmm.
Still zeros.
Still zeros.
How do you feel about Cam Newton, the number three quarterback at Fantasy?
I like that he runs.
And there are some remarkable numbers out there on Cam Newton without Kelvin Benjamin
and Cam Newton with Kelvin Benjamin and how much better he's been without Kelvin Benjamin.
And that just continued, so we'll see how long it lasts.
You're starting him. That's a good long it lasts. You're starting him.
Good point, actually.
You are starting him. He had this huge game, and he's known for that. I mean, 43 fantasy points.
The previous three games, it was 7,
14, and 19 fantasy points.
Alright, so Cam Newton's the number three.
By the way, he's number three if you use decimal scoring.
If you look at a CBSSports.com league
and you don't use decimal scoring, he's tied for fifth.
And you should absolutely use decimal scoring.
Jamie, the board is still yours.
Go pass catchers for 200.
Pass catchers for 200.
This is the yards per catch for the NFL's leading receiver in catches, Jarvis Landry.
How many yards per catch for the guy who has the most catches in the NFL?
To the decimal point?
I'll let you be within one yard.
We both hit.
Who got first?
Jamie.
Under five.
First of all, phrase it in the form of a question.
You're terrible at that.
What is under 5.0 yards per catch?
Heath.
What is six yards per catch? Heath. What is 6 yards per catch?
You're both wrong again.
What is 7.7 yards per catch?
Oh.
For the guy who has the most catches in football.
So we're both at negative 200.
Yeah, you guys are both terrible.
Can you freaking believe that?
Jarvis Landry, how about this?
We can believe it.
We thought he was worse.
He's the number 20 wide receiver in standard and number six in PPR.
That is a huge, huge difference.
He's got five touchdowns, though, which ties the career high.
But hardly any – I mean 7.7 yards per catch?
I've never seen anything like that.
What's your reaction to that?
That's kind of who he is, though.
Not that.
To the extreme.
That's amazing. who he is, though. Not that. To the extreme. That's amazing.
I don't know.
Is there trade value for Jarvis Lantry, or do you just hold him?
I don't know what you'll get in return for him.
Either you're in a PPR league where he's still very valuable, or you're in a standard league
where nobody wants him.
Is that how you feel about him?
That he's very valuable in PPR?
If he's on my team, look,
he's been probably better than you expected with the touchdowns.
Yeah. Alright.
So you're negative 200 to negative
200.
You can have the board. It's still
Jamie's board. Alright, Jamie, it's your board.
Alright, we'll go pass catchers for 400.
Pass catchers for 400. This former
first round pick is the number three wide receiver in standard
and number four in PPR over the last three games.
Yet for the season, he's outside the top 30.
Former first-round pick.
He's top five last three games, which includes buys,
but he's outside the top 30.
Top five in fantasy?
Yeah.
Okay.
Over the last three games.
He's a former number one pick in the NFL or fantasy?
Yeah, in the NFL.
In the NFL.
Oh, my God.
Five, four, three, two.
These are that hard?
Who is Amari Cooper?
Who is Amari Cooper?
He's had two games this year with more than five fantasy points,
and he's gotten the targets.
He's got 19 targets each of the last two weeks,
and he's managed 48 yards and 58 yards at Buffalo.
These questions are so vague.
You did a really bad job with these questions.
I ran them by Dave.
Well, he's not going to be on the show.
Of course he liked them.
I mean, a former –
Those guys look stupid.
A former first-round pick.
I knew that the Jarvis Landry one would be tough, but a former first-round pick who's
outside the top.
I don't know.
I didn't think that was that bad.
All right, fine.
What do you think about Amari Cooper?
He's got Denver in a couple weeks, but he's got some really good matchups aside from that.
But, man, he's just having a bad year.
He's just having a terrible year.
Yeah, I'm just going to keep ranking him as a number two wide receiver,
knowing that he's never going to finish as a number two.
He'll either be a number four or a number one.
Who would you rather have, Amari Cooper or Jarvis Landry?
Cooper.
Cooper standard. Yeah. At least you know what Cooper or Jarvis Landry? Cooper. Cooper standard.
Yeah.
At least you know what you're getting with Landry PPR.
All right, Jamie, the board is yours.
What are the other categories?
Tight ends?
No, you already got pass catchers.
We have running backs for 400, and we have quarterback for two and 400.
No, I think we did quarterback, didn't we?
Yes, sorry.
We have quarterbacks for 400.
We have running.
Oh, we have both the running backs.
You are not only a terrible producer of this game, you are a terrible host of this game.
Let's go running backs for 200.
Running backs for 200.
He is the top 10 running back in standard scoring leagues with the fewest carries and
the highest yards per carry among the top ten.
Heath.
Who is Chris Thompson?
All right, repeat the question, please.
He is the top ten running back in standard scoring leagues with the fewest carries and the highest yards per carry among the top ten.
Dave got it.
Dave got it right, so I don't want to hear it.
No clue.
Who is Alvin Kamara?
Good guess, Heath.
Chris Thompson's 11th.
We did favorite buy low and favorite sell high candidates.
I feel like Alvin Kamara would be my favorite sell high candidate.
I almost said him.
Yeah, he's a sell-high option.
He's good.
I mean, his total yards in five games without Adrian Peterson are awesome, as follows.
87, 107, 76, 152, and 138.
Plus, you throw on about four or five catches.
You got a good player.
If we feel like Drew Brees Is going to eventually Start throwing touchdown passes
Is that going to hurt
Alvin Kamara
You know
Could he still
Like he'll be a number two
I don't know that he's going to be
A number one running back
Or top eight
He's currently a number two
He's also a Mark Ingram injury away
From being a top three running back
Well I don't want to
Base my
All my
Trade values on injuries
No but
I mean you're getting Great production now with the potential of, you know, I mean, Ingram prior to last year has missed time, if I'm not mistaken.
Yeah, but we did call Chris Thompson a sell high, and it turned out to be a really good call.
Chris Thompson, yes, but he doesn't get, I mean, Kamara still gets more carries than Chris Thompson.
Kamara, yeah, he gets about 10 a game.
And he's in a much better offense.
Yeah.
He's in a great running offense.
All right.
So, 0-0.
Jamie, the board is still yours.
Running backs for 400.
The Daily Double.
How much of your negative 200 or 400 do you want to wager?
No, you can't wager the Daily Double.
Okay.
All right.
So, Jamie, for $400, since it's the Daily Double,
you get exclusive rights here.
Okay.
Averaging just 3.8 yards per carry,
this top 10 running back has 40 receptions
but is still looking for his first receiving touchdown of the season.
Averaging just 3.8 yards per carry,
this top 10 running back has 40 receptions,
but still looking for his first receiving touchdown of the season.
Do I get a chance to steal this one?
Yeah, of course.
But I have to wait for him to guess?
Uh-huh.
No idea.
Okay, incorrect.
Heath?
I'll go with LaShawn McCoy.
Okay, I think you mean who is LaShawn McCoy.
Yeah, you are incorrect.
The answer is who is Le'Veon Bell.
How about that?
Did you know he was averaging 3.8 yards per carry?
Yes.
Well, I didn't.
I just thought that was fun.
He is on pace.
Le'Veon Bell is on pace for 391 regular season carries, which would be 10th all time.
I will give you guys 800 points if you can tell me who holds the single season record for carries in a season.
Is LaShawn McCoy not a top 10 running back?
Does he have 40 catches?
He has 41 and no receiving touchdowns, and he's averaging 3.8 yards per carry.
Okay, well, he and Le'Veon Bell have almost the same.
So I should get points for that.
I said 40 catches, not 41.
You gave us a question with two correct answers.
No, I said 40 catches.
Did not say 41.
He has 40 catches.
You said 41.
He's not a top 10 running back.
Take that, Heath Cummings.
I have a question. What is the next part of the diehard Christmas story for 400?
Oh, I have it.
When out in the lobby there arose such a clatter, he sprung to the door to see what was the matter.
When what to his wondering eyes should appear, holy crap, there are terrorists here.
John hid under a table where no one could see and watched Han's question, boy.
Oh, my god.
So much better than the Jeopardy game.
What a great children's book.
All right, listen.
We got one more left.
And by the way, the all-time leader in carries in a single season is Larry Johnson with 416 in 2006.
We've got quarterbacks for 400, right?
Okay.
Currently fourth in the NFL in both pass attempts and passing yards,
this quarterback married a cheerleader for his college football team
and is the number nine quarterback in fantasy this season.
Fourth in pass attempts and passing yards?
Uh-huh.
Jamie.
Matty Stafford.
Incorrect.
Heath.
Can you please reread the question?
Sure.
He's currently fourth in the NFL in both pass attempts and passing yards.
This quarterback married a cheerleader for his college football team
and is the number nine quarterback in fantasy this season.
Who is Kirk Cousins?
Incorrect.
Who is Matthew Stafford? who is matthew stafford who is matthew stafford sorry
jamie you're gonna have to respect the jeopardy rules i cannot allow you to not state it in the
form of a question you know you should say sorry to who everyone has listened to this for the last
10 minutes i'm really disappointed oh for six now jam JB got that right. But you don't get points.
Matthew Stafford, people have brought up his playoffs, his rest of season schedule. He's
throwing a lot. He's got the fourth most passing yards. He should have more touchdowns. It just
hasn't been there. But playing really well lately. So he's got the Bears. They allow the sixth fewest
fantasy points. The Vikings, they allow the ninth. At the Ravens, they allow the second fewest.
At Tampa Bay, that's good.
The Bears, again, at the Bengals, tenth fewest fantasy points.
And then week 17 is Green Bay.
Give me your thoughts on Matthew Stafford rest of season,
on who is Matthew Stafford.
He's the number one fantasy quarterback.
Yep.
Stafford or Cam?
I didn't know he married a cheerleader from his college.
He did.
I did not know that. Stafford or Cam? Did you know he married a cheerleader from his college? He did. I did not know that.
Stafford or Cam?
What do you think about the schedule?
It's got to matter.
Stafford in six-point-per-pass touchdown leagues, Cam in four.
Yeah, I'll take Cam in either just because the floor for Cam,
now that he's running like he is, gives him such a nice base to start with.
All right.
All right, well, that was Fantasy Jeopardy!
Perhaps never to be played again.
Let's preview Tennessee at Pittsburgh.
And your stat of the game.
Listen up, Juju Smith-Schuster owners.
What is Juju Smith-Schuster?
He's a number two, looks like number one.
Oh, I thought you were still playing Jeopardy.
Oh.
All right.
It's that or the game.
Multiple wide receivers have scored seven or more fantasy points in standard scoring leagues
in the same game against Tennessee six times in nine games.
That would be Oakland, Jacksonville, Seattle, Houston, Baltimore, and Cincinnati.
I mean, you've had some real garbage there doing very well.
So multiple wide receivers have scored seven or more fantasy points in standard
in the same game six times in nine games against Tennessee.
And 14 wide receivers have had seven or more targets against the Titans this year.
Twelve of them, 12 out of 14, have either had 76 yards or caught a touchdown.
In other words, if Juju Smith-Schuster gets seven targets, which is what he's done each
of the last two weeks, he's had 17 total targets, he should have a good game.
So yeah, starters at Juju Smith-Schuster.
I've got him right around that seven-point mark, which means you're probably starting him,
but I'm not forcing him into my lineup over...
If you have him on your roster, there's a good chance
he was your fourth or fifth wide receiver,
so I'm not forcing him into my lineup
over a lot of guys that I've been starting all year.
But he's a borderline number two.
Are you going to start Juju Smith-Schuster
over, let's say,
Keenan Allen or Amari Cooper?
I am not.
Not this week.
Okay.
What about over Des Bryant?
Yes.
I started two.
I had Des ranked pretty low,
and I know we're going to talk more about that game later,
but if you get ten targets against the Eagles,
you have been really good this year.
I'll just put the asterisk on it. If Tyron Smith plays, then I would take Des Bryant.
If Tyron Smith is out, I don't want any part of Des Bryant if I could avoid him.
Yeah, now we probably won't know that by Thursday.
Can I give you real quick the wide receivers that have had 10 targets against Philadelphia?
Just keep in mind, Ronald Darby's going to play this week, but yes.
Demarius, 870 and a touchdown.
Kelvin Benjamin, 9 for 99.
Keenan Allen, 5 for 138.
Tyrell Williams, 5 for 115 and a touchdown.
Sterling Shepard, 7 for 133 and a touchdown.
Odell Beckham, 9 for 79 and two touchdowns. And then Terrell Pryor and Larry Fitzgerald sucked. Okay.
All right, so that's Juju.
The Steelers are easy in terms of Roethlisberger and Brown, starting them.
What about Ben Roethlisberger?
Which quarterback do you like better in this game, guys?
Ben, easily.
Ben. All right, Roethlisbergerberger No more than 21 fantasy points in a game
This season
Which is exactly what he scored at Indianapolis last week
Will Ben Roethlisberger get you
22 or more fantasy points
And 6 points for passing touchdown leagues
No
No
Yes
Well you say no
Well Heath's got him 12th
Jamie and Dave have Roethlisberger 9th.
So I think it's interesting, Heath, that you have cousins ranked one spot ahead of Ben.
Yes, I do.
Talk about that, sir.
Ben has not done it this year.
He's not been good.
He just had a very good matchup, and I said all of last week,
this is when things are supposed to turn for Ben Roethlisberger.
And he was fine.
He was a borderline number one.
I don't know that there's a lot of hope for him to have the big bust out.
Okay.
Tennessee has held five straight quarterbacks to 18 or fewer fantasy points.
That's Cutler, Brissett, the Cleveland guys, Flacco, and Dalton.
So it is what it is. Flacco scored 18 fantasy points on That's Cutler, Brissett, the Cleveland guys, Flacco, and Dalton. So it's, you know,
it is what it is. Flacco scored 18 fantasy points on 52 pass attempts. Dalton scored
18 on 35 pass attempts. They've
gotten a little better, but they've faced some
lousy competition. Roethlisberger
or Eli Manning this week?
Roethlisberger. Ben? Roethlisberger
or Jared Goff? Goff.
Roethlisberger.
Alright, so that's kind of, the difference in the rankings, those three spots.
Jamie 9th, Heath 12th would be Kirk Cousins, Jared Goff.
Jamie's got them behind Roethlisberger.
Heath has Goff and Cousins ahead of Roethlisberger.
And Bortles.
And Bortles.
Yeah.
Bortles.
That's it.
That's bold.
Bortles over Ben.
Wow.
Fantastic matchup.
Yeah.
Not a fantastic quarterback.
He's not a fantastic quarterback, but he's been in the 17-18
range each of his last three games.
He's at Cleveland this week.
All right.
We go to Tennessee.
Mariota, start or sit?
Nope.
Pittsburgh?
It's kind of
sneaky, though, because Pittsburgh, no Joe Hayden.
Mike Mitchell's going to be questionable.
He's been really banged up.
He's had an Achilles issue.
Now he's got an ankle injury.
I'm going to guess he doesn't play, and if he plays, it clearly won't be 100%.
That's two-fourths of their starting secondary.
That doesn't – I mean, you guys have Mariota really low, like 19th or something.
Yeah, I don't know that this is a really high-scoring game.
I feel like this is the last game where you sit Mariota, and then he just explodes.
Okay, so you'd start Cutler and Bortles over him?
Yep.
Yes.
And Fitzpatrick.
And Eli.
And Keenum.
Tennessee running backs, go.
I mean, you've got to continue to go with Murray until he's out.
And Sid Henry?
This just doesn't feel like a game where they're going to be ahead in the fourth quarter
where you see typically where Derek Henry's had his best performances.
Yeah, I view Murray as a number two and Henry as a boom-bust flex.
Doug Martin or DeMarco Murray?
Murray.
Doug Martin for me.
Martin's our star of the week this week.
Ooh.
Very excited about his matchup.
Yeah, he's got the Dolphins.
They are terrible.
So Murray or Orleans-Darkwa?
Murray.
Darkwa.
Wow.
They're all in the same kind of range, like 15th-ish.
Murray's an okay start.
We're going to try to avoid Derrick Henry.
And then what do you think about the wide receivers for Tennessee? No, thank you. but they're all in the same kind of range, like 15th-ish. Murray's an okay start. We're going to try to avoid Derrick Henry.
And then what do you think about the wide receivers for Tennessee?
No, thank you.
Yeah, not this week.
All right.
Davis and Matthews are number three, guys.
It's just interesting because if you're basing it on Pittsburgh in the past,
they've been pretty bad.
The last two games, they've really had lapses.
They're giving up some huge plays.
Marvin Jones, Golden Tate, TJ Jones, all over 80 yards.
Chester Rogers, Dante Moncrief, big plays.
T.Y. Hilton did nothing, of course.
Those games were both on the road too, right?
Yes, yes. A night game at home, I just...
But it's the injuries too.
That's part of it.
All right.
I understand you're hesitant on the passing game.
And Delaney Walker.
Delaney Walker is ninth for Jamie in standard,
11th for Dave and Heath.
In PPR, he's eighth for Jamie, ninth for Dave, and 12th for Heath.
And he's been really good in PPR the last three games,
five to seven catches, 63 to 71 yards.
So you're talking about 12 fantasy points on 10, 5, and 9 targets in PPR.
No receiving touchdowns this year.
Doesn't get red zone targets.
So not nearly as good in standard.
All right.
Should we do some Delaney Walker ors, I guess?
Sure.
Delaney Walker or...
Oh, I hate this.
Vernon Davis.
As long as Reed sits, Davis.
Davis. Davis.
Yeah.
You might have to play that one safe.
Delaney Walker or Jared Cook?
Cook.
Cook.
Jason Witten.
Witten.
Davis.
Walker.
Travis Kelsey at the Giants or Delaney Walker?
What?
No, I'm just kidding.
Travis Kelsey or Rob Gronkowski this week?
I'm still going Gronkowski this week? I'm still going wrong.
Kelsey for me.
Yeah, I mean, you could – Travis Kelsey.
I hope I'm not playing Travis Kelsey this week.
That's all I have to say.
Watch this.
This would be such a bizarro year in fantasy football.
This would be the week that Travis Kelsey gets shut out.
All right, we've got some schedule talk.
We've got some emails.
We'll get to that in a second. Let's look at the number twos who look like number one this year. And I've got
Adam Thielen, Marvin Jones, Juju Smith-Schuster, and Robert Woods. I know this is an easy answer,
but to start, of the number two who looks like number one, who do you have the most faith in
going forward? Thielen, Marvin Jones, Juju, and Robert Woods.
Thielen.
I got a Thielen.
He does have – look, four of his next five opponents rank in the top ten
in fantasy points allowed to wide receivers.
Does that matter for you with Thielen?
It's the Rams, Lions, Falcons, Panthers, Bengals.
The Falcons are the good matchup there.
I think they're mostly
You attack almost
All of those defenses better
From the slot position
So it doesn't matter
Doesn't bother me
Of those four, Thielen, Jones
Smith-Schuster, and Woods
Who do you have the least confidence in?
Jones
Yeah I know Smith-Schuster have the least confidence in? Jones.
Yeah, I know Smith-Schuster I would have the second most confidence in.
Woods and Jones I kind of feel pretty similarly about.
Which is what?
I think they're probably better served as number three wide receivers.
I'm so disappointed with Marvin Jones last week.
I just don't get it.
What?
What we shouldn't have got was what he did the couple weeks before.
No, I don't agree.
I think he was emerging as the number one receiver on Detroit.
He had three straight games with double-digit targets,
three straight games with 12 or more fantasy points than standard. He was great,
and he didn't even do it against tough
matchups. It was at New Orleans, Pittsburgh,
or against easy matchups.
At New Orleans and Pittsburgh, they ranked well
against wide receivers, and at Green Bay
was a great matchup.
So, I mean, this week it's tough
at Chicago,
and then Minnesota, and then Apple.
It's very tough, actually, the next three or four weeks.
I don't know.
I was just disappointed.
I couldn't believe it.
It's not like Kenny Galladay got a ton of targets.
He had three targets.
He came back.
So that wasn't the reason for it.
Well, what was Golden Tate's health situation like during that three-game stretch where Marvin Jones was awesome?
He was fine.
He was fully healthy for one of them, right?
I don't know, but he was still playing and very involved.
He himself had three good games.
Yeah.
I don't know.
And then Woods, here's the one thing I wanted to point out from Woods.
So he's got these four touchdowns in his last two games,
and his only four touchdowns of the season.
And he had great matchups at the Giants and home against Houston,
so he took advantage of it.
But Woods does lead the team in targets, and two of the four touchdowns were like really long and fluky.
And two of the four were from four yards out and 12 yards out. And that's a good sign. So
just want to point that out. Not that I, of course, don't disagree that Woods and the Rams
are sell highs after those two matchups. But it's nice that he's getting targeted in the red zone and inside the 12.
Yeah, hooray for him.
You want to do Jeopardy again or what?
No, let's talk schedules.
So people have been asking to look at playoff schedules, weeks 14 through 16.
We did this last week.
I encourage you to go back and listen to it.
I'll sum up some of what we talked about.
But I did want to bring this up. Potential free agents in weeks 14 through 16. And I think the Russell Wilson owner needs to pay attention to this because he has tough
matchups. And I think the Kirk Cousins owner has to pay attention to this. But Jay Cutler,
I won't go through week by week. Jay Cutler, Drew Stanton, and Blake Bortles.
Would you trust them in your fantasy playoffs?
Cutler has the Patriots, the Bills on the road, and the Chiefs on the road in weeks 14 through 16.
Stanton has Tennessee at Washington and the Giants.
Bortles has Seattle, no. Houston and at San Francisco.
Is Seattle a tough matchup anymore?
It's probably too tough for Bortles.
We're going to find out this week, yeah.
Well, not necessarily because they may not have Cam Chancellor this week.
They'll have Earl Thomas, but they may not have Chancellor.
But if they have both safeties, they're probably not a good matchup.
Is Thomas definitely playing?
That's what I read this morning.
He's expected to play.
Okay.
But anyway, that's nine matchups there, and at least eight of them are good.
Cutler, Stanton, and Bortles.
I don't know.
You got Russell Wilson with tough matchups.
You got Kirk Cousins with tough matchups.
You got Matthew Stafford.
Do you think it makes sense for those owners to pick up another quarterback,
one of those kind of scrubs?
I think these are all
kind of different levels. So I'll start off with
I worked too damn hard to get to the
fantasy playoffs to trust my
fate to Drew Stanton.
Yeah. There's no chance on Stanton.
Okay. No.
You may not even be the quarterback. Right.
No.
Bad.
Russell Wilson is probably not somebody I'm sitting.
So none of these guys over Russell Wilson for me.
Okay.
Cousins and Cutler, I think, is the interesting pairing.
If you have Kirk Cousins, Cutler's team is not just facing good matchups,
but they also have a terrible defense,
and they're facing really good offenses, so they're going to be way behind,
and he's shown us.
He's done a pretty good Blake Bortles impersonation this year.
Yeah.
Look, he's got multiple touchdown passes in four straight games, I believe,
Jay Cutler.
He scored 18 at Carolina, which really isn't bad,
and they don't run the ball well.
I want to see his fourth quarter QB ratings.
I bet it is amazing.
Right, and I'm banking on that.
But that's my issue with Cutler this week is I just don't know if he gets the garbage time.
Against Tampa Bay.
But they're so bad.
Their past defense is so bad.
Well, they're facing Ryan Fitzpatrick.
No, no, I mean the Buccaneers.
Yeah, I think the Cutler-Cousins combo could make sense.
The one thing I want to caution here with some of this looking at schedules
is that the Patriots have gotten a lot better.
And I wonder how you guys feel about the Patriots as a matchup now.
That's one of Cutler's three matchups.
Do you still feel like that's a favorable matchup for quarterbacks?
I do.
If they shut
down Derek Carr and the Raiders this week,
then I'll change my mind.
That game is in Mexico,
Mexico City. So it won't be cold.
High altitude, could be a lot of scoring.
It won't be cold, yeah.
Alright, so look,
that's a little nugget for you
And Tyrod Taylor was another guy
That had great matchups
So if you're the Tyrod Taylor owner
Maybe you're desperate
Pick up Jay Cutler
Or something like that
And also keep an eye
If Derek Carr gets dropped
It's not out of the question
I saw him in one of our leagues
Just a couple weeks ago
If Derek Carr gets dropped
He has good matchups
In the fantasy playoffs.
He has at Kansas City, home against Dallas, and then at Philadelphia.
You probably won't start him there.
But weeks 14 and 15, really good for Derek Carr.
Yeah, and there you go.
And Nate Peterman has the Colts, Dolphins, and Patriots.
Good luck.
Let me recap a little bit of what we talked about last week.
Quarterbacks with good schedules.
Ben Roethlisberger's got a really nice schedule going forward.
Phillip Rivers has the great schedule beginning this week.
I mean, it's really, really good for Rivers.
Check this out.
Buffalo at Dallas.
Cleveland, Washington at Kansas City at the Jets.
Oakland in Week 17.
That's incredible for Rivers.
So there's still time to get.
I mean, now is the time to get Phillip Rivers.
Dak Prescott has a good schedule coming up.
Marcus Mariota after this week at Indianapolis.
Houston at Arizona at San Francisco.
The Rams, that's an interesting one.
It's a home game.
That's week 16.
Jacksonville week 17.
I don't have to worry about that.
Carson Wentz has a pretty good schedule.
Who cares? It's Carson Wentz. a pretty good schedule. Well, who cares?
It's Carson Wentz.
This is a great time to trade for LeSean McCoy.
Great time.
At the Chargers.
At the Chiefs.
Patriots.
Colts.
Dolphins.
At the Patriots.
And then at Miami in Week 17.
And last week, Heath, we talked about Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch.
You said get what you can for them right now.
And that was before his terrible game against Seattle, Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch, you said get what you can for them right now. That was before his terrible game against Seattle, Adrian Peterson.
Take a look at their schedule.
For Peterson, it's at Houston, Jacksonville, Rams, Titans at the Redskins, Giants in Week 16 at Seattle.
You still feel that way about Peterson?
Well, I think now you're not going to get much for Peterson.
What you're hoping is the fresh legs thing.
He's had 10 days to regenerate his cells, and he gets to go against the Texans.
You're hoping he has one good game, and then you can trade him.
You can't get anything for Adrian Peterson right now.
Okay.
And then Marshawn Lynch has the Patriots in Mexico, the Broncos, the Giants at home,
at Kansas City, Dallas, at Philadelphia.
You're just hoping with Marshawn Lynch that Michael Crabtree,
Amari Cooper, Jared Cook fall down inside the five
so that he gets a touchdown.
Where does he rank right now?
For me this week?
No, no, no, no.
Where's his standing among fantasy running backs?
He's got to be top 25, doesn't he?
Oh, I don't know about that
I'm going to say no
I'll look at standard
I mean, he definitely isn't in PPR
I will look right now
Should I use weekly scoring or total scoring?
Use total scoring
Total scoring, alright
While we do that
While I do that
Why don't we read some emails and tweets?
This one is from Justin
What is Devin Funchess' value going forward with Greg Olson set to return?
I still think he's a solid number two.
Yep.
31, 2, 32.
I've got him at 34, but okay.
You have the decimal scoring or you have the non-decimal?
One point ahead of Mike Gillisley.
I have him tied with Mike Gillisley, so you have decimal.
So, yeah, he's outside the top 30 in standard, Marshawn Lynch.
Yeah, go ahead.
What a group there.
Marshawn Lynch, Mike Gillisley, Matt Forte, Adrian Peterson.
Exciting.
Who's your favorite?
Who's your favorite?
Rest of season?
I'll go with Marshawn.
Even in PPR?
Or would you take Forte?
I don't know if Forte is going to play again.
Is that serious for Forte?
Who knows?
You know him better than we do.
Forte said he hopes to return after the bye.
So do I.
So you said Devin Funches is at number two.
Would you rather have Funches or Jarvis Landry rest of season?
Funches.
Heath?
Yeah.
Funches?
Yeah.
P.S. Heath and Jamie were wrong.
Zeke returned two weeks ago, but Jamie made the comment when reflecting back to the week prior
while talking about whether your lack of bonanza required a bean boozle.
So there you go.
I'm off the hook.
Jeremy from a city.
You make rules that fit you.
It's okay.
Jeremy from a city south of Vancouver.
Fort Lauderdale.
Fort Lauderdale and Seattle both qualify.
I think we just answered this.
Sorry, Jeremy.
So should we be concerned about Russell Wilson's playoff schedule at the Jaguars, home against the Rams at Dallas?
Look, I don't think we're starting him week 14 at Jacksonville.
Who?
Russell Wilson.
Is Jacksonville 100% the same by that point?
Why wouldn't they?
I can't answer these questions.
I can't project injuries.
I mean, why are we making start-sit decisions three weeks out?
Well, I think you have to.
I think you have to, as a Russell Wilson owner,
be prepared to sit him in week 14.
Yes, you should have a potential backup option.
You don't need to necessarily say, I'm sitting Russell Wilson
yet. He'll probably be in the top
12, but I don't think he'll be in the top 5
that week. I'm starting him.
I have something for you.
More poetry?
Ellis told Hans,
Bubby, I'm your white knight.
Hans shot him dead, giving the hostages a fright.
Hans went to go check on the explosives fuse
and saw that poor John wasn't wearing any shoes.
John fled from Carl and Hans,
but alas, he had to run barefoot over sharp, broken glass.
His feet how they hurt, his soles oh so bloody.
John crawled to the bathroom and called his good buddy.
Oh, that's good.
Is there a fantasy team name of any fantasy-relevant player that would work with Shoot the Glass?
I've always wanted to name a team Shoot the Glass, but there's nothing.
Shoot the Glass?
Yeah, it's the best line in Die Hard.
Well, I think you could use it on a basketball team.
Shoot the Glass, yeah, but I need like a name, like a player.
Hooter.
Yeah, I don't know.
We'll work on it.
This is from Matthew.
What is your bench strategy after bye weeks?
I don't know.
Have good players?
Yeah, I'm on upside.
Well, does it change?
Once you're done with byes, you don't roster a guy.
I tell you what.
I had somebody come to me and ask me a question that kind of fits in with this.
And they said, do you ever use a bench spot to block your opponent?
Yeah.
And my answer is I absolutely do, yes.
Right.
I actually picked up Greg Olson yesterday in a league in which I have Jimmy Graham.
I don't know what I'm going to do.
That's not a bad move.
No, no.
I'm going to try to trade him.
But if I can't, even if I'm not going to start them both, there's no way I'm dropping Greg
Olson or Jimmy Graham because you don't want to have to compete against them.
If we had deeper benches in our FFT league, waivers ran and nobody picked up Justin Tucker.
Yeah.
And I have Greg Zerline.
I was like, I'm going to pick up two kickers, but we don't have enough spots.
We got a question from Nick.
Do I start the Eagles defense against the Cowboys,
or do I go with the Lions defense this week at Chicago?
Eagles or Lions?
Lions.
The Lions, but the Eagles probably have a higher ceiling if Tyron Smith is up.
Jeremy in Australia.
The nervous Hunter Henry owner not going to stream this week
because pickings are slim, but should I drop
or should I pick up Jack Doyle
who's been dropped?
And if I should, then who would I drop
for Jack Doyle?
Devontae Adams, C.J. Anderson,
Jared Goff, Kirk Cousins.
Or I suppose you could drop Hunter Henry.
Well, no, you need a tight end this week.
Jack Doyle's on the back.
Oh, right. Yeah.
You could drop C.J. Anderson.
That's all that Adam dropped his boy C.J. Anderson in a league.
Who did I drop him for?
Deion Lewis?
Deion Lewis, I believe, yes.
I looked at that for like a good 30 seconds.
Do I do it?
I had it up there.
Do I hit submit?
And I did because he gets 10 carries a game.
They're the same player.
Yeah, they kind of are. Yeah, one's in a much better offense. I guess I'll just a game. They're the same player. Yeah.
They kind of are.
Yeah, one's in a much better offense.
I guess I'll just go with the guy in the better offense.
This is from Rob.
Do you think it is – oh, we'll end on this.
We've got maybe two more, but maybe we'll end on this.
We'll see.
Do you think it's okay to lose intentionally to a specific team or two to dictate who makes the playoffs?
I'm currently the number one seed, highest scoring team in the league,
and basically he can throw a game to influence his playoff matchups
and face weaker teams.
Do you think that's okay?
I mean, that always feels like it comes back to bite the person that does it.
Yeah, but do you think it's okay?
Because I struggle with this.
I say no.
I say don't do it.
But you're right. I don't. I say don't do it. But you're right.
I don't know. It's not
collusion.
No, because you're doing it
yourself. I don't think
it's something that should be punished
or forbidden.
I also don't know if it's
very smart.
Well, I think it's smart.
I think you look at teams and you say this one's better than the other.
It happens in professional sports to a degree.
I mean teams do intentionally lose.
I don't know if they do it for seating purposes of other teams, but they rest guys in week 17.
I don't know.
I would never personally do it myself, but I guess I wouldn't.
If I were the commissioner, I wouldn't sanction anyone for it.
In the words of the very great opposing coach in Teen Wolf,
I've got records to think about.
This is from Andrew.
Dear Sam, Aaron, Carson, and Deshaun.
Andrew and quarterbacks.
Oh, okay.
I know you always talk about not letting your opponent's lineup influence how you set yours,
but my opponent has Antonio Brown.
So do I go with Big Ben or Cousins this week?
I'm going with Cousins.
Yeah, I'll go with Ben.
Just better matchup for him.
The Antonio Brown thing doesn't really matter, right?
No. Nope. All right, that's it for Fantasy Football today. Thank Just better matchup for him. The Antonio Brown thing doesn't really matter, right? No.
Nope.
All right, that's it for Fantasy Football today.
Thank you, everybody, for listening.
We'll come back tomorrow and preview the AFC home games for you
and talk about DSTs that you might want for your Fantasy playoffs
if you're interested in rostering two DSTs.
That's tomorrow, and that's it for today.
Anybody get that reference?
Talk to you later. See ya.
At Nakatomi Tower, Sergeant Powell appeared.
He checked the whole lobby and saw
nothing weird. He was pulling away
but didn't get far before
Marco landed on the hood of his car.
Powell drove away backwards
screaming in fright.
Welcome to the party, pal!
John yelled with delight. screaming in fright. Welcome to the party, pal. John Yell with the light.