Fantasy Football Today - 12/21: Mailbag! (Recorded Fri.) (Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: December 21, 2019

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Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. Got a big surprise for everybody on the mailbag. I think for the first time this year, it's Dave Richard. What's up, Dave? What's up, Adam? Is this really the first time all year I've been on a mailbag? I think it is. This is usually a Ben Gretsch jam.

We had Jamie on a couple of weeks ago. Ben's doing something. I don't remember what it is. Something important right now can't be on the show, so Dave is stepping up to the plate. He's buying a Christmas tree. He might be. I have to go buy a Christmas tree after

the show's over. A little late, though, isn't it? A little late for a Christmas tree. You're probably going to end up with a Christmas bush or a very tall, lean type of a tree. That's just a guess. I'm saying all the best trees are probably gone. You know what my favorite breed of tree is?

You have a favorite breed of tree? Christmas tree specifically. Yeah. The plastic ones. That's the one I want to get this holiday season. I don't think it's going to happen though. Welcome everybody to the Fantasy Football Today Road Tour presented by Little Caesars. Pizza for dinner

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so we can read some questions on Apple Podcasts and via email at fantasyfootballatcbsi.com. Dalvin Cook and Alexander Madison mispractice. You know, it's so annoying that it's Monday, that the game's on Monday because we get so many Mike Boone questions. And as far as Mike Boone versus someone on Saturday, I don't see how you could possibly start Mike Boone

over someone on Saturday, Dave. We're not going to know enough. It depends on the depth of your running backs and what you have beyond Boone plus Saturday running back. Like, are you really going to start Peyton Barber? No, but I was thinking like we have a Mike Boone versus Brashad Perryman. I saw like five of those. I think you have to go Perryman. So in those cases, I think going with Perryman is fine. And I think you probably are going to go with James White over Mike Boone

if we don't have any clarity on the Vikings situation by the time that game starts. Devin Singletary? Yeah, I think you're probably going to end up going with Devin Singletary over Mike Boone then too. I think a big factor will be what we learn out of Minnesota by Friday night and into early Saturday morning. Are they spotted at practice Saturday morning? Will that report even get out before kickoff of the first game on Saturday at 1 o'clock? Yeah.

Well, we'll have to see. And it's obviously not looking good for Cook or Madison, but the report's been a little bit all over the place. So we'll have plenty of good questions. There's been a lot of talk. Right. Right. Cook is talking. Mike Zimmer has said that

Cook looks good and that there's a good chance with Alexander Madison. Keep posted to social media and CBSSports.com. I do an article on injuries every week. That'll be updated with the information with the Vikings running backs. Yeah, and watch HQ as well.

Saturday and Sunday. CBSSports HQ. Download the CBS watch HQ as well, Saturday and Sunday. CBS Sports HQ. Download the CBS Sports HQ app. Everything's free. Just tune in and get some get some fantasy advice. Detroit is going to be smart about carry on Johnson's workload

at Denver. What does that mean to you? Could mean anything. It could mean that they barely use him. It could mean that they lean on him for 50% of the snaps. It might mean that they really don't know what to expect out of him. And they're just going to potentially start him and see how things go and see how he

feels as the game goes on. How do you rank carry on Johnson? He might be a low end number two running back. Okay. I would, I would prefer to not use him in fantasy this week, but if you're really stuck at running back, here's somebody that has some upside. Might get 12 touches. I would not sink a lot of eggs into the Kerryon Johnson basket. Juju Smith-Schuster is not sure if he'll play. We don't really want to start him anyway.

DJ Chark is questionable. He actually might play. And how do you feel about DJ Chark at Atlanta? He'd be more of a flex that I'd be interested in trying. It really depends on what the rest of my I'm going to say this with every question. It depends on what the rest of my lineup looks like. He's not a must start by any

stretch of the imagination. I think he's probably 50-50 to have a good game with Minshew as the quarterback against Atlanta. On paper, it looks like a great matchup, but we saw the Falcons defense look like world beaters against the 49ers' receivers last week. They've been good for several weeks now.

They've been playing well. They've been up and down for several weeks. There have been weeks where their pass rush looks like one of the 10 best units in football, and there have been weeks where the pass rush has looked dormant. And I'm talking about since the bye, because before the bye, they weren't very good. And then they just started to—I talked with Pete Prisco about this you can go ahead and drink now but Pete told me that they're just not thinking as much and they're not scheming as much basically on defense and they're just letting their guys play and it's made a difference Grady Jarrett has been a huge

factor for them up the gut there have been flashes of good pass rush from Adrian Claiborne, Tack McKinley, Vic Beasley, and the secondaries look better because of it. Which defense are we going to get against Jacksonville? I tend to believe it's going to be the better version than the worst version, partially because I think the Jacksonville offensive line just isn't very good. Okay, so

DJ Chark, let's talk about all the Saturday guys compared to DJ Chark. You've got... Most of them are going to be ahead of Chark. Okay. Well, obviously Hopkins is, but what about Edelman and John Brown? I'll take my chances with them ahead of Chark. Really? Okay.

Well, look, are we going to know for sure that Chark's going to play? In this hypothetical scenario, yes, but in reality, probably not. Then that answers that. Okay, then how about Curtis Samuel? He missed practice. And what would that mean for Greg Olson if Curtis Samuel were out at Indianapolis? I think it would mean good things for Olson

because he would probably move up to being the second slash third most targeted pass catcher in the panthers pecking order from will greer because without curtis samuel on the field i mean there would be another receiver that would get some playing time for carolina could be jarius right that ends up seeing more work although he had been their slot guy but i i would imagine that olsen will come back into a big role maybe they use two tight ends and they have olsen annie and thomas both play i i'd feel maybe

slightly better about using greg olson if uh if we learn that curtis samuel is out we're debating whether or not to pull him from the rankings right now okay julian edelman is expected to play and arizona gm steve kime said that the cardinals would love to re-sign kenyon drake interesting He signed Kenyon Drake. Interesting developments there. I wonder what they'd have to pay him. Probably money. Like U.S. dollars, I would think. Well, sure. I mean, they could try crayons and dolls, but I don't think Kenyon's into that.

And I'm sure we have some questions on Edelman. Not that many, to be honest. Okay. I mean, I can give you my thoughts on what I saw. Jamie was right when he brought it up earlier this week. He doesn't look the same at all. He just looks off when he runs his routes. He's not shedding coverage.

He's not moving as quickly as he usually does. I actually went back and I watched him play against Buffalo earlier this year, and he was moving around great in that game. He moves around great most of the time, and the Bills just played a bunch of zone defense. They kept Edelman in front of them, and then whenever he got the ball, they tackled him. I think he would need a lot of that in order to be effective for fantasy this week.

He would need to get a big dose of targets. Last week he didn't, and Brady didn't really throw a lot last week. I don't know how much Brady's going to have to throw this week. So Edelman has moved into flex at best territory and non-PPR and low and number two wide receiver in full PPR. Okay.

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It's going to be great. Apple podcast questions. Here we go. Grant needs to sit a running back. Chubb, Fournette, Mack, Sanders. I'm going to sit Fournette because I don't like how he's played for most of the last six weeks.

Jaguars are one in five in those last six weeks. They're not getting into the red zone very often. I talked about this earlier on the show this week, and I'm concerned that he's not going to be very explosive. So even when he's getting 15 plus touches, he just hasn't quite delivered, save for the game when he scored twice from short yardage. Now, I think that makes him a number two running back. I like the other guys that he had better. From Young Mart, two-week championship, I face Lamar, so

I'm down by 30 points. I don't know if he says... No, I guess he's assuming. Because I wasn't sure if he meant like... No, we talked about that. Like, which would you rather be... If you would take down 30 against Lamar Jackson right now, would you take it? Yeah, but I didn't know if he meant like he's in a two-week championship. That was last week and this week, and he's down 30 against Lamar Jackson right now, would you take it? Yeah, but I didn't know if he meant like he's in a two-week championship.

That was last week and this week, and he's down 30. Oh, maybe that's what it is. I think that's what he probably means. Let's go with that instead of your philosophical, would you take a negative 30 if you were playing Lamar Jackson? Yeah, he used the wrong tense there. I need upside. Pick two receivers and two flex.

DK Metcalf, Terry McLovin, Robbie Anderson, James Washington, Brashad Perryman, and Will Fuller. So he gives us two receivers and two flexes and they're all receivers. So pick four. Metcalf, McLaurin, Anderson, Washington, Perryman, Fullerman. So when I think of high upside plays, Fuller is one of the first names I think of because you know what he's capable of doing. And anytime the Texans go into a matchup where they might have a hard time running the ball or they're going to have to put points on the board, Fuller's an interesting play. Both of those things could happen this week against Tampa. They might have to put points on the board, and I think they're going to have a hard time running the football. So that makes Fuller one of the starts. I think Terry McLaurin is another one against that Giants defense.

McLaurin! I think Rashad Perriman is another one against that Texans defense. And then that comes down to Metcalf versus Robbie versus James Washington. I think I'd prefer Metcalf if it's PPR, just because he's safe with a touch of upside. Otherwise, I'd go with James Washington if it's non-PPR. All right, next up is from Rick. Dear Hank, Scott, Logan, and Gene.

Those are X-Men. Pick two running backs in PPR. Kareem Hunt, Mostert, and Laird. I will sit Laird. Pick two wide receivers in PPR. A.J. Brown, Decaf Metcalf, Galladay, and Robert Woods. I think I'm ready to lean on A.J. Brown

and Kenny Galladay. All right. Sean. The Robert Woods thing, maybe it comes down to Woods versus Galladay for me, but the matchup is going to be tough for Robert Woods,

and I do believe that Jared Goff is going to have to spread the ball around a decent amount. I'm changing my answer because I think there will be more targets for Woods than there will be for Galladay. So Brown and Woods. It's still PPR. Okay, Brown and Woods.

Pick two. Sean from a city in West Michigan. City in West Michigan, Grand Rapids. Pick two. Mark Ingram, Melvin Gordon, Austin Eckler, Le'Veon Bell. I'm going to go with Eckler and Ingram, and it doesn't matter what format we're talking about. Okay.

From a city just north of Portland. I don't have a name here either, so you can give that. It's going to be Bruce from Vancouver. PPR Flex, Perryman, Miles Sanders, or Michael Gallup? I think Sanders is probably the safest of the three. I kind of want to say Perryman, but I think you're playing with a little bit of fire there. What if Jordan Howard were

to play? Then I think there'd be a little more fire with Sanders than there would be with Perryman, and I'd say Perryman. All right. And what else? Eknog. Pick two flex... Is that like Eknog with Ks? Pick flex

and a wide receiver two. A.J. Brown, Landry, Cup, Mack, Minnesota running backs, Perryman, and Sanders. I don't know which Sanders that is. So let's start with the receiver. I think A.J. Brown is probably the one that you'll start. Tough matchup, but he's just been playing so well, so I don't blame you for it. The flex is a tougher call.

I think Sanders is probably going to be where I land on that one, provided there's no Joe Ho. Okay. So, Miles Sanders, you mean? Yeah. What if it's Emmanuel Sanders? I'm not starting Emmanuel Sanders. Right.

I'd throw him out, and then it would come down to I think I would trust the matchup with Mac if it's non-PPR. All right. JP is in a half PPR league. Pick two. Mostert, Perryman, Cup and Peterson. I would pick the first two. Mostert and Perryman.

Aggie Jenna needs a second wide receiver. Mike Williams, John Brown or Perryman? Perryman. And tight end, Hunter Henry or Johnnie Smith? Double H. All right, from B. Wong. I hope I be right.

Full PBR league. Pick one. Mostert, DeAndre Washington, Mike Boone slash Alexander Madison. If we know that Madison's going to play and we're sure of it before Sunday. Actually, we got to be sure of this before Saturday because of Mostert. You know what? I'm going to take this chance because I know that Washington plays on Sunday.

We're going to leave Mostert on the bench for this one. If we know that Madison's going to play, it's going to be him.. If we know that Madison's going to play, it's going to be him. If we know that Boone's going to play, it's going to be him. If we're just not sure and it's Sunday and we're not getting a straight answer from the Vikings, I'm going to go with DeAndre Washington. But you've got a bit of a problem here. What if Dalvin Cook ends up playing?

Then I'm going with DeAndre Washington. Yeah, but what if we don't know and Dalvin Cook, we find out 6 o'clock on Sunday, on Monday rather, that he's playing, which really is not that unrealistic. Well, it depends on how they list him on the injury report on Saturday

or on Sunday rather. He's going to be questionable. Let's say he's questionable. No, on Saturday. The injury report will come out Saturday. Right, but what I'm saying is like... If he's questionable, then you're really not sure.

If he's a game time decision... You need Dalvin Cook to be ruled out. Yes, you do. If Dalvin Cook is not ruled out... It would be really helpful if Madison was ruled out as well for those of us who picked up Boone. If Dalvin Cook is not ruled out by Sunday, you have to go with Washington. I think you do.

This is from the call record, Need Help Losing My Mind, Higby or Hooper? I thought he just needed help losing his mind. Which I would say, listen to some really bad 80s music, I guess. I'll go Higby. And I know I'm on an island with Higby, but he's played too well the last three weeks for the Rams

to just completely put him back on the bench. I don't see that happening. And I also know that the 49ers, didn't they give up three touchdowns to the Saints tight ends a couple weeks ago? They did. Didn't they give up a touchdown to a Ravens tight end the week before that? They did. Didn't Austin Hooper nearly have a touchdown last week against the Niners?

He sure did. So I'm, I'm going with Higby. Okay. Uh, running back Connor Montgomery, Peterson, Washington,

Ronald Jones, Boone. He needs to Connor Montgomery, Peterson, Washington, Jones, Boone. I'd be a Connor, Montgomery, Peterson, Washington, Jones, Boone. I'd be... Connor, I would put in.

And then we can say the same thing about Boone and Washington that we said with the previous question. Okay, would you start Washington over Hooper? Because you can flex Hooper. If it's PPR, I'd probably still go with Washington over Hooper. I'm not supremely confident in Hooper. I like him, but not

supreme. This is from Aaron and Karen. AJ Brown or Devante Freeman, PPR. 10-point bonus for 100 rush receiving yards. I'll go Freeman. Yeah, but that's the thing. I would too, but that bonus is interesting because Freeman

is almost certainly not good. Well, I wouldn't say that. Against Jacksonville, you never know. He's unlikely. He hasn't had 100 yards rushing or receiving once this year. He's not a burner like he used to be, but you never know. If he ends up getting a lot of work,

he might be able to crack 100. He might be. He might be. But I think if I had to gamble on somebody getting 100 yards, it would be A.J. Brown over Freeman because it's not 100 total yards. You've got to get it either rushing or receiving. But still, go with Freeman.

And this is from jdub24. Starter sit in a standard scoring league. Two running backs, Mostert, Washington, Connor, Fournette, Mack. Mack and Connor. Connor over Mostert, eh. Mack and Connor. Connor over Mostert, eh? I think so. And one wide receiver.

Sutton, Parker, A.J. Brown, Robert Woods. Parker. And a flex. Washington. From everybody that you already said. Uh-huh. And it's standard score. You've got to have Marlon Mack in there.

Yeah. Oh, wait, didn't I already say it? Yes, you already did. I'm sorry. Mostert? Mostert? A.J. Brown? Mostert or A.J. Brown.

I think I might go... No, I'd go Sutton. Sutton. Okay. I like Sutton this week. I like the Broncos to just lay a heap of points on the Lions. Oh. Okay.

That was an interesting noise. Well, I don't really like the Broncos to lay a heap of points on anyone. Well, what's your definition of a heap? 25 or more. Okay. They won't get that many. So, a Broncos version of a heap, which is like 21. Gosh, I have such an issue right now, Dave.

What's the matter? I have to sneeze, but it's not going to happen. Why? Just tickling my nose. It's just not going to happen. Get out. It's gone. No, it's still there.

Well, anyway, let's do some regulating. One fantasy regulator, then we'll read your emails at fantasyfootballatcbsi.com. Sounds like you need to do some regulating on your nostrils. Yeah, sounds like it. This is from Jason. He's writing us out of desperation. Will you read this on the air as unbiased parties? Please help my Dynasty League recently moved platforms. We copied the scoring from the previous platform

and imported it to the new platform and reviewed it as a league best we could tell. Reviewed it as a league best we could tell. In our constitution, it reads that we vote on any changes to scoring format. The previous format read there would be a three-point passing bonus, quote, at 300 yards. The new platform had a range that said 300 to 399 yards. I assumed, and I assumed

the rest of the league assumed, that passing the 300-yard mark, those points would still be given. Well, Jameis Winston finished with 458 yards in Week 15, and I lost by.7 points. But the three points were never awarded as they were not in the 300 to 399 range. My goodness. They were 458. The mistake has not been caught. This has happened, by the way, four previous times

and nobody caught it. So that's kind of an argument against him getting the points. So what do you think should happen? Should he get the three points or no? He should get the three points. Absolutely. This is a technical error. It's clear that the commissioner or the league voted that

if you got over 300 points, you get the bonus. this is over 300 yep that's that's a really funny like oops i messed up the setting situation but yeah you got to get the points and i heard another story that regulated kind of similar to this where my buddy was supposed to get two points for his dst and uh the league never actually set that it's a long story, but he should have had two points, but there was a league setting that was done incorrectly

and it needed to be done now and they did it and he fixed it and he got to advance in the playoffs. Good, good, good. That's almost as good as a hot Little Caesars pizza. Have you ordered a pizza online from Little Caesars yet? If not, you're missing out on Pizza Portal Pickup. This is so cool. What is Pizza Portal Pickup? It's like getting a pizza right

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And for some reason, one thing I know about Dave, he does not like mushrooms on pizza. It's disappointing. Yeah, he always has that reaction. Alright, here you go. Your email is fantasyfootballatcbsi.com From Paul in Baltimore, Raheem Mostert or Mike Boone? Full PPR.

I would lean toward Boone. But this is the thing. You gotta go Mostert. Sure. If we don't know the status of the Vikings running backs by Saturday, then Mostert is who you have to start. Even if there's a question. Unless they tell me. If I have Mike Boone and Mostert,

and they say Dalvin Cook and Alexander Madison are out, then I'll play Boone. If they say anything other, if there's even a chance that one of those guys plays, I've got to go Mostert. It's got to be most. I agree. I understand.

There were reports out of Minnesota at around noon Eastern time on Friday about whether or not the Vikings running backs were practicing. So I would think that they'll practice at the same time on Saturday. So I would, right around 12 o'clock, start looking for reports on Twitter, for example, for Vikings running backs and their participation levels in practice. Because you don't want to not use the Mostert and then have to play catch-up with Mike Boone.

Then you're going to be starving for points. From Matthew, what do you think? What do you think about those buds? I missed it. Mostert, ketchup, starving? I'm sure you relished that joke. Big time joke right there. All right.

From Matthew, pick two half PPR. John Brown, John Ross, Darius Slayton, Boston Scott. Oh, my God. You poor thing. I think Slayton and Brown are the two that you'll start. From Anthony, half PPR, pick a flex. Mostert, DeAndre Washington, Mike Boone. And that's it.

Mostert, DeAndre Washington, Boone. You'll start Mostert for sure. And then you'll just wait and see. Only one. No, he just needs a flex. Crap. So in this case, maybe you leave Mostert on the bench because Boone's upside would be great to have, and if not, you go with

Washington. Hopefully you've got an answer to the Vikings' running back situation by Sunday afternoon. Sit two in PPR from Andrew in Portland. Sit two. A.J. Brown, D.J. Moore, McLaurin, Edelman, Boone The last two

I'll sit Edelman and Boone From Steve Dear Wendy's, Burger King, and McDonald's Referring to a joke Dave made during the podcast A couple of weeks ago that I still think is very funny Thank you very much Steve I don't remember the joke We were talking about all the

I can't remember exactly what it was No I can't remember exactly what it was. No, I can't remember, but I know that I made a joke. Steve will probably remind us. He'll send in an email. Was it when I recanted the I'm loving it story? I don't know. It might have been. Okay.

It feels like I made the joke three years ago. I lost Godwin last week. I've lost confidence in Cooper Cup, so I need two of these three. Cooper Cup, Cortland Sutton, and A.J. Brown. Sit the guy that you've lost confidence in in Cooper Cup. And I'm not being funny. I think Sutton's got a great matchup, and I think

A.J. Brown's got too much upside to sit. From Omar, start two, half PPR. Mike Boone, Devante Freeman, Kenyon Drake, and Patrick Laird. Freeman and Drake. Even if the Vikings running backs are out? Are we going to know?

You know, I'm almost wondering, since we have so many questions with Boone, if we should just kind of approach it as if he's the starter. Because obviously if he's not, you're sitting Boone. And you just have to know how to find that information out. And I think we've laid out what to do and when to look for it. All right. Well, Freeman and Drake are good options anyway. And I would assume that by, let's say by 5 p.m. Eastern on Saturday,

the Vikings injury report will be out. This is from Mike. Dear Herschel, Darren, Robert, and Adrian. Vikings running backs. Yeah. Who's Darren? The Darren threw me off. Who is that? I'm not sure.

Darren. I'm going to tell you his name, and you're going to go, Oh, Darren. Yeah, I don't know. You couldn't find it. So, pick two. Connor, Fuller, T.Y. Hilton, DeAndre Washington, Michael Gallup.

Darren Nelson is who I think he meant because he belongs in the same echelon of Vikings running backs as Robert Smith, Adrian Peterson, and Herschel Walker. I would pick I would pick Connor and Fuller. From Adam. Dear Miles, Jordan, Boston, and Jay, this

question has nothing to do with Eagles running backs. Start one PPR. James Connor, Robert Woods, Devin Singletary, and Brashad Perryman. I think I would tempt fate with Woods. I think he's got the most upside in full PPR. From Travis, PPR, start one in my flex.

Mike Boone or Tyler Lockett? Lockett. Who would you start if you knew the Vikings guys were out? Also Lockett. From Brian, dear Pete, Roger, Keith, and John. Who? I think so. I know.

I was saying like... It says so at the end of the email. It is the who, but I was saying like, you know, who? You know, like who's on first. Half PPR championship game. Help is needed.

Wide receiver. One wide receiver, one running back, and a flex. Keenan Allen or DJ Moore? Moore. Mark Ingram, Marlon Mack, Phillip Lindsay, and DeAndre Washington.

Oh, it's so close between Ingram and Mack. I kind of want to say Ingram. I know Mack's got the great matchup, but I think I feel a little bit better about Ingram. And then pick a flex between Keenan Allen, Mack, Lindsay, and Washington. Well, then I could start Ingram and Mack, right? But then I'm leaving Keenan Allen, Mack, Lindsay, and Washington? Well, then I could start

Ingram and Mack, right? But then I'm leaving Keenan Allen on the bench. I think that's what I would do. Okay. From David, would it be crazy to start O.J. Howard over Mark Andrews or Austin Hooper?

I think it would be because I just think there's too much uncertainty when it comes to O.J. Howard. How much work he'll get, how effective he'll be. I'm tough to trust him. And would you start Jordan Aikens over Jack Doyle? No.

And pick two running backs. Aaron Jones, Austin Eckler, Devontae Freeman, DeAndre Washington, and Kenyon Drake. Freeman and Eckler. Pick two wide receivers, Sutton, Keenan Allen, Anthony Miller. I'd sit Sutton. Is it PPR? It's half PPR.

Then I think I'd sit Miller. Now, one of these emails was from David. I've been reading all these questions, and I don't know that all of them are from David. Some of these are from Nilesh. So pick... What'd you do? You combined two people's emails into one mega mail? I didn't put a space.

Meg email? Meg email. Pick a tight end. Is it Zach Ertz or Darren Waller? Ertz. Okay, thank you. From Garrett, should I replace Dalvin Cook with Tyler Lockett, DeAndre Washington, or Raheem Mostert? Half PPR.

I would plan on replacing him with Lockett. From Eric in Houston. Looking for the question. Okay, there it is. I need help deciding who to play as Dalvin Cook is looking more and more doubtful. This decision is probably the most important one of the season and may win or lose me the title. You're kidding.

All right. Would really appreciate your opinion. So pick one. DeAndre Washington, Brashad Perryman, Mike Boone, Alexander Madison, Adrian Peterson, Carlos Hyde. Not going to be Hyde. I don't think it's going to be Peterson. You've got both the Vikings running backs, right?

Yeah, yeah. Let's do that. Let's do that. Let's go with one of the Vikings running backs. Thank you. Eric from Houston. Let's see. We've got a few more.

We've got a lot more, actually. This one comes from Anthony in Virginia. I'm in the finals in a half PPR league. That's also four point per passing touchdown. I have Dak and Zeke. I'm worried about Dak's shoulder and going all in on the Cowboys. Should I start Fitzpatrick, Dalton, Rivers, or

Minshew over him? I would take the chance on Rivers over Prescott. They're back to back in my rankings. I think Rivers has a great matchup, great track record against the Raiders, and I could see him go off. I'm a little worried about Dak having a big game. Path PPR, pick four out of these six.

Julio, Diggs, Woods, Beckham, Edelman, Gurley. I would sit Edelman and Beckham. From Bill, PPR, Perryman or Boone? Yeah, see, we kind of addressed that. You got to go Perryman there, most likely.

Mm-hmm. Did I ask you this yet? I'm not sure. Okay, let's say we get a report Saturday morning, Dalvin Cook and Madison are out. Would you go Perryman or Boone in PPR? Perryman. Okay.

This is from John. Dear Jimmy, Bing, Chevy, and Bruce, those are, according to John, incorrectly, Christmas movie stars. Oh, stop. That's what he said. He said Bruce... They are Christmas movies.

Bruce Willis. They are not. Three of them are. Which one is not? You're saying Bruce Willis is not. Yeah, of course. We had the guy who wrote the movie on our podcast. And you admitted to him that it was a Christmas movie.

Be polite. When he wrote... I can't believe you. When he wrote Die Hard, he said he didn't think it was a Christmas movie. Right? Didn't he say that? It wasn't until he was on set and he saw the Christmas stuff that he thought it was a Christmas movie. It's a Christmas movie.

Okay, whatever. Who are you, the writer? Pick two. Devin Singletary, James White, and Brashad Perryman. I would say White. From? No name here, Dave. It's probably from Santa.

Dear Dasher, Dancer, Comet, and Vixen. I better get this right. Otherwise, I'm going to get coal in my stocking. I have a bunch of running back choices. I need three non-PPR. Devante Freeman, James Conner, Kenyon Drake, Raheem Mostert, DeAndre Washington, Alexander Madison, Mike Boone, and Kerryon Johnson. I'd go Freeman, Conner, and a Vikings running back.

All right, just hope Cook doesn't play. From Ryan in Iowa. Hey, John, David, Butch, and Jimmy. Hmm. John, David, Butch, and Jimmy. Struggling here. I feel like I should know this. Butch Davis and Jimmy Johnson.

Right. That's why I was thinking, are they Hurricanes coaches? But I don't think they are. I don't know if there's a John or a David that coached in Miami. Could it be just coaches that were on? I don't know. All right. I'll hit the Google.

PPR, pick a wide receiver and a flex. Well, David could be Wanstead. So who's the John? Because Wanstead, Butch Davis, and Jimmy Johnson coached together. Yeah. I don't know who the John? Because Juan said Butch Davis and Jimmy Johnson coached together. Uh, yeah. I don't know who the John was. Thanks, John. Good call.

So this is kind of funny. Well, not really. I thought this email had some humor in it, but it doesn't. But never mind. Neither does this segment of the podcast. This is terrible. Pick a wide receiver and a flex. A.J. Brown. This is terrible. Pick a wide receiver and a flex. A.J. Brown.

This is terrible. Danny Amendola, Rashad Perryman, Darius Slayton, and DeAndre Washington. I would go with Brown and Perryman. From Craig, non-PPR. Ingram, Mack, Boone, pick two. Ingram and Mack. Yeah. I don't care about the Vikings, who's playing or who's not,

when it comes to those three. Yeah. John, David, Butch, and Jimmy. I just don't know. Are you Googling while I'm answering questions? No. Yes. From Kevin.

I have a wide receiver three and a wide receiver tight end spot to fill. So pick two. Christian Kirk, Adam Thielen, T.Y. Hilton, Mike Williams, and Jacob Hollister. Hollister is giving me bone-chilling nightmares. I think they're all giving him... Yeah, deciding between these is giving him bone-chilling nightmares.

It's bad. I like Mike Williams the best. And I think Hollister might be it. Might be the other one to go ahead of Hilton, Thielen, and Kirk. I kind of have a feeling that T.Y. Hilton can be okay this week. I've been thinking that too. Yeah. But I'll take Hollister just because I think that it's probably more likely

he scores than Hilton scores. Yeah. Hilton had nine targets last week, and he played half the snaps. So I'm getting a little more optimistic about him. I have to make a decision about Hilton. Probably going to leave him on my bench, though. I don't blame him. From Casey, hey, Dennis, Charlie, and Mac.

Dave, you know that. I do? Yeah. When is it? It's always sunny in... Philadelphia? In a city south of New York. Okay.

Continue on with the unfunny part of the podcast. Oh, come on. Nick Chubb, Chris Carson, Leonard Fournette, and Melvin Gordon sit one. Chubb, Carson, Fournette, Gordon. I'll sit Fournette. Okay. Dave, sit a running back from this group. Let me see.

Frank Gore, Miles Gaskin, Leonard Fournette. You want me to say the start? Tevin Coleman. Are you going to sit Fournette in that group too? No. Okay. Definitely not. I sit for that group too? No. Okay.

Definitely not. I just thought you hate. How much upside does he have? He has plenty of upside. He's got some upside. I don't have a name or a city here. It's probably Leonard from Jacksonville. Dear Buddy, Santa, Leon the Snowman, and Miles Finch.

This is Elf. This is Elf. Great movie. Full PPR. Pick two wide receivers, two running backs, and a flex. All right.

Two wide receivers out of Devontae Adams, DJ Moore, Edelman, Sutton, Perryman, and Fuller. Adams and Moore. Two running backs. Fournette, James White,

Singletary, and DeAndre Washington. Oh. Will Fournette make the cut here? Fournette, James White, Singletary, and Washington. He's going to make the cut here. Fournette and Singletary, and DeAndre Washington. Oh, will Fournette make the cut here? Fournette, James White, Singletary, and Washington. He's going to make the cut here. Fournette and Singletary. Now pick a flex.

You've got Edelman, Sutton, Perryman, Fuller, White. I'll go Sutton. Sutton over Washington. All right, from Lalo. My coworkers and I run five parallel 10-team PPR leagues. Each of the leagues end in week 15. Week 16 is a five-way battle between all the champions, and the champion and runner-up win money.

This is very cool. This is great. Do you get what they're doing here? Yeah. The same 10 people, five different leagues. The same 10 people, five different leagues? Right. No. So the same people draft five different leagues. The same 10 people, five different leagues? Right. No.

So the same people draft five different times. No. Yeah, I'm pretty sure. Unless you think it's 50 coworkers. I think it's 50 teams. Otherwise, you could have multiple of your teams in the championships. Well, that would be the idea is that if it's a parallel league, you could win more than one of the leagues. Oh, you think so? And have more your teams in the championships. Well, that would be the idea, is that if it's a parallel league, you could win more than one of the leagues

and have more chance to win the championship. I interpreted parallel as just like, you know, they're connected and side by side, which, you know, only half of that is what parallel means. Yeah, but I have a hard time believing that there's 50 people organized enough to play in five parallel universes. Well, this is the first year that

Lalo has made the finals. So, pick a wide receiver and a flex in PPR. Devante Parker, Anthony Miller, Raheem Mostert, Mike Boone, and DeAndre Washington. I'd go with the receivers, Parker and Miller. Last email is from Colin in a college town in Colorado.

Boulder. Colin in a college town in Colorado. Boulder. Colin in a college town in Colorado is good alliteration. So is this. Dear Dion, Dante, Desmond, and Devin. Hmm. I mean, I'm thinking like defensive. Dion Sanders, Desmond Howard. No, I have no idea.

I have a 10 team. I have a team in a, excuse me, I have a team in a tiny eight team league. I know you've argued about this on the pod before, but I think tiny leagues are very tough because start your studs doesn't narrow things down enough. So pick two running backs, two wide receivers, and a flex in PPR.

Barkley, Bell, Gordon, Jacobs, DeAndre Washington. I'd go with Barkley and Gordon. Pick two wide receivers. Cooper, Keenan Allen, Parker, A.J. Brown, and Perryman. Allen and Parker. Flex me. Tempting to go with A.J. Brown as the flex over Amari Cooper. Let's do it.

Let's have some upside. Wow. Wow. Who would you go with? You'd go with Cooper? Yeah, I'd go with Cooper. I mean, wide receivers have plenty of upside against the Eagles. I know, but this guy has a quarterback whose shoulder isn't doing so well.

That's fine. He's also got Marshawn Lattimore. Let's go tit for tat. Sure. Well, then maybe the answer is Brashad Perryman. doing so well. That's fine. He's also got Marshawn Lattimore. Let's go tit for tat. Well, then maybe the answer is Brashad Perryman. Isn't the answer always Brashad Perryman? The answer is definitely one of the wide receivers. Although DeAndre Washington is really

not a bad option here. Barkley, Bell, Allen, and Parker are the musts. Barkley, Gordon. Thank you. Barkley, Gordon, Allen, and Parker are the musts. And then you Barkley Gordon. Barkley Gordon. Thank you. Barkley Gordon, Allen, and Parker are the musts. And then you, sir, have fun out there in Boulder. Woo! Dave, good job.

Thank you. Happy holidays. And have fun on the radio show tomorrow. I'm upset that I won't be on the radio show with you. It's going to be a lot of fun. We should have a little bit more clarification on the Vikings running back situation by then. So 10 p.m. Eastern,

Saturday night, CBS Sports Radio, CBSSportsRadio.com, Sirius Channel 206. Keith and I are going to give everybody a DFS lineup to use in a cash game so you can make a little extra money this holiday season. That works for me. I could use some of that.

Alright, I'm off to buy a Christmas tree. Hopefully one of those plastic ones. For Dave, I'm Adam saying...