Fantasy Football Today - 12/23 BONUS: Mailbag!

Episode Date: December 23, 2017

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This is Fantasy Football Today from CBS Sports. Here we go! Email us at fantasyfootballatcbsi.com. Here we go! It's time to dominate your fantasy league. Let's go! Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. One mailbag show here to help you get ready for Fantasy Week 16.

Got a lot of your questions. Of course, did not get to all of them, so what I'm going to try to do is answer them by myself. Just I'll reply to your emails. So, you know, keep an eye on your inbox over the weekend. We want to help you win. We want to make sure you're going home happy when you play fantasy football. And we want you to enjoy the ultimate football watching experience.

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Yay? Or yeah? Yeah, you're going to be the man there. Yeah. And I'll say yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't to be the man there. Yeah, and I'll say yeah. Yeah, yeah. I don't know what I'm doing. We have some special guests in the studio today, Dave, don't we?

My buddy Keith Londo is here from Chicago. We brought his son, Jason. Jason, I believe, is competing for two fantasy football championships this weekend. Well, his dad has none. We're just going to go ahead and go with that instead of, all right, maybe the opposite is true where Keith is going for two championships and Jace bowed out in the playoffs. But they are diehard fantasy football players and listeners to the podcast. Awesome.

And we'll hear from them at the end of the show, see what they have to say, good Dave Richards stories from when he was younger, that kind of stuff. You used to have Tim Tebow as your good luck charm You would tell people It's your championship week Put Tim Tebow on your bench He will lead you to a championship somehow Who's the new Tebow?

We can't pick up Tebow anymore He is no longer available in the CBS Sports Fantasy product So you've got to find somebody else And this has been a crummy year There have been so many injuries to so many stud players. And I know that everybody lost at least one guy along the way. So I want you to go back to that one guy that you drafted, that big-time stud. Or maybe you picked him up off the waiver wire.

And bring him back aboard your team for one last ride in Week 16. For me and my championship team, it's Deshaun Watson. I probably wouldn't have as many wins as I have this year without him. It stinks they tore his ACL. I am going to find him off the waiver wire, put him on my bench. He will be my personal good luck charm. And so if you lost Odell Beckham Jr., David Johnson, Aaron Rodgers, Carson Wentz, you know, the list is so long. Go find them, put them on your bench, bring them back for one more game and let them be a part of your championship team. For me, it would be David Johnson for sure.

Drafted him in a third of my leagues. I never draft David Johnson. And, yeah, I guess I learned my lesson. Never draft David Johnson again. You learned your lesson. You're not going to draft him next year? No, I can't. I ruined it for everybody.

Oh, no. You've got to go back to him next year. It's a wrist injury. He didn't tear his knee Yeah, but I drafted him, Dave, and then he got hurt I bonanzed him right from the start He didn't fall into a bottomless pit Or the pit of misery

He is going to be just fine next year for Arizona They need an offensive line next year That's next year Alright, dilly dilly Alan Hearns is questionable If he plays, what do you do with your Jaguars receivers in the rankings, Dave? I'm going to keep them where they are right now. I'm going to be more interested in starting Cole in Westbrook if he doesn't play.

Hopefully we get that news before, honestly, before Saturday afternoon's games, but preferably then. Otherwise, Sunday's games, we'll find out more. But he admitted he's not at 100%. I can't imagine he's going to be anything more than the third receiver for Jacksonville. So when they go to a three-receiver set, they'll line up on the outside. Cole will be in the slot. Westbrook is going to be on the outside.

I've said it before, and I'll probably say it again on this podcast. Great matchup for them against San Francisco. Samajay Pirine did not practice. He's questionable. Jamison Crowder is questionable. Pirine has a legit chance to miss the game. What about Crowder? I think crowder will play there's there's a good portion of the time where redskins players who are questionable end up playing it's not like he got hurt during

practice like p ryan did but we've we've saw capri bibbs do some good things last week certainly as a pass catcher maybe there's a chance for him to soak up 20 touches this week and if he does that that's somebody that you can certainly feel good about starting pass catcher, maybe there's a chance for him to soak up 20 touches this week. And if he does, that's somebody that you can certainly feel good about starting with a safe fantasy floor of five, six points and potentially well into the double digits. Good daily play, too, because his price tag is at the bottom. And now Kenyon Drake looks like a better daily play because Damian Williams is doubtful.

Kenyon Drake, yeah, must-start guy at Kansas City. I think the Chiefs give up the six most rushing yards per game in the NFL, and they have given up exactly one rushing touchdown to a running back in eight of their last nine games, which is a weird stat. All right, it's time for our emails and our tweets. FantasyFootball at CBSi.com. FantasyFootball at CBSi.com. It's a lot of start-sit.

Throw in some other questions in there as well, some topics, but mostly start, sit. From Jake, Robert Woods, Michael Thomas. Would you start Robert Woods over Michael Thomas, Keenan Allen, or Leonard Fournette? I would not, but I want to talk about Robert Woods and that Rams passing attack. We know that the Titans secondary, they lost LaShawn Sims.

He was an okay corner, not a great one. Logan Ryan is a much better cornerback for Tennessee. We know that the Titans secondary, they lost LaShawn Sims. He was an okay corner, not a great one. Logan Ryan is a much better cornerback for Tennessee. If he doesn't play, that basically means two of their top three corners are not going to play. And just my opinion, Odori Jackson, their cornerback there, has been their best corner. He's also their fastest guy. And I think he would line up against Sammy Watkins. And they've been moving him around a lot more lately.

I think it opens the door for Woods to get some good numbers this week, and Cooper Cup too if they're both out. If Ryan – Sims is definitely out. But if Logan Ryan is out too, then I think the door is open for Cup and Woods to do well, and then for Jared Goff to be okay. This is from Pardeep. Dear Bubbles, Ricky, and Julian. Bubbles, Ricky, and Julian. I think this is the one from Canada, the Trailer Park Boys or something.

Okay. I get this a lot. Is it? Yes, Trailer Park Boys. You should know it then. Yeah. I've got a wide receiver slash flex dilemma. Half PPR.

Two wide receivers and a flex. Okay. Pick two wide receivers from this group. Gordon, Smith-Schuster, Rashard Matthews, Keelan Cole. The first two. Gordon and JJSS. Now I need a flex. Rashard Matthews, Keelan Cole, or Jarek McKinnon? Finishing the sentence, I think I'm going to take McKinnon. If Hearns is definitely out, and we know it before McKinnon

takes the field on Saturday, then I think I would go with Cole. But because Hearns could take some targets away from Cole, I will take my chances, especially in a half-point PPR with McKinnon. Here's an email from Kevin in Houston. You should have Dave rap the theme song for the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Well, it's up to Heath and Jamie if I lose my bet against them. But it's got to be a parody, right?

It can be. It should be. Last year it was. It was awesome. Well, I don't plan on losing this bet. I plan on Marquise Goodwin being better than Mike Wallace in a half-point PPR. Good luck, sir. This is from Corey, and he's from?

Dover, Delaware. Corey from Dover, Delaware is still alive in all three of his leagues. Okay. Ten-team half-point PPR. Sit three of the following. It's easier to say start two of the following. Okay. Kareem Hunt, Deion Lewis, Juju Smith, Michael Thomas, Kenyon Drake.

I like how we're getting lazy about pronouncing or saying Juju Smith Schuster. It's so long. Like we're going Juju Smith and JJSS. We should just call him Juju. I've got to sit. Start two. Hunt, Lewis, Juju, Michael. It's easy.

Who, Hunt and Drake? Well, no. It's easy. Who, Hunt and Drake? Well, no. It's hard. It's easy to get to three for me. Hunt, Drake, and Thomas. Yeah. I'm definitely starting Thomas. Half PPR.

Okay. I think I'd probably go Hunt over Drake. We agree on Hunt, right? Yeah, Hunt and Thomas for me. It's too good of a matchup against Miami. And maybe you don't want to start two running backs in the same game So you can talk me into Thomas Okay, cool

You've done it, congratulations I don't have a name here Give me a name in a city I'm going to say Skyler Dear Holly, Pal, John, and Hans I like how Pal Is one of the greetings Instead of Al, it's Pal

I got the diehard Christmas of al, it's pal. I got the diehard Christmas book for my brother's gift in the grab bag this year. It's really funny. I'm a longtime listener. Just saw a clip of the podcast. Wow. Nobody looks like what their voice sounds like. I thought Heath was a 55-year-old fat guy.

That's me. Turns out to be a damn good-looking man. If Heath were here, he'd say, thank you. Dave, you're not 55. 41? 41. 41. All right, standard scoring league.

Pick one. DeMarco Murray, DeeDee Westbrook, Wayne Gallman. I'll take Westbrook. Thanks, and yippee-ki-yay and Merry Bleeping Christmas. Dave from Ontario with his last email of the season. All right. Half PPR. Ajayi, Murray, or Jamal Williams? Oh, I don't know which Murray.

I'm going to go with Ajayi. I don't know which Murray that is, though. Oh, that's true. I was assuming DeMarco. If it's Latavius, you've got to go Latavius. Love the matchup for Murray. Packers have allowed 4.7 yards per carry to running backs over their last four games. And Murray, in the last eight wins he's been a part of with the Vikings,

about 17 carries per game, about 70 yards, more than 70 yards per game, and six touchdowns. And I think Minnesota's going to win against the Packers, just a hunch. My career's on the line, so let's hope so. Me too. I want you to continue your career. Theoretic or Cameron Brait? Brait.

All right. This is from Julian. Crabtree or A.J. Green, PPR? I'm going to go with Green. I'm convinced that he's going to have a good game. There was an interesting story on the Bengals' website about how Green and Marvin Jones, A, have kept in touch all these years of being teammates, and now they're not.

And now they're both going for over 1,000 yards in the same game. And I think they're going to try and make a competition out of it as to who can do better. Cool. And I also think there's motivation for Cincinnati playing for Marvin Lewis in their last home game. And you were right about, what's his name, Mike Evans last week. Yeah, and I think it's going to be, I think it'll be both of them this week, but I

went back and I watched A.J. Green's all 22 from last week. Xavier Rhodes was all over him, aside from one of the first couple of plays in the game. And he still was able to break free a couple of times, and Dalton just didn't look for him. Dalton admitted this week that he wants AJ Green to have big numbers. Green looked frustrated last week. Wouldn't surprise me if he did squeaky wheel to Dalton and his coaches behind the scenes. I think he comes through for fantasy owners this week.

I like him in daily. Let's put it that way. Not only are you starting him in your seasonal leagues because he's A.J. Green, but in daily I think he's going to be worth it. All right, this is from Michael. Where's he from? Deerfield, Illinois. Should I go for the upside of Martavius Bryant or go with Dez or Latavius Murray?

I'd go with Murray. Again, I think he's going to get a lot of work. I think he's got a great shot to score. And he's a big part of the Minnesota offense when they're in games they are expected to win it. Matt Ryan, Keenum or Foles? I'm going Foles.

Alright, this email's from Matthew. Juju or Mike Evans, PPR? I'm going to go Evans. Okay. Howard or McCaffrey from Dustin, half PPR. Howard or McCaffrey from Dustin? Half PPR. Howard or McCaffrey? McCaffrey. From Mark, pick two.

Mike Evans, Marquise Goodwin, Robert Woods, Josh Gordon. Evans, Goodwin, Woods, Gordon. Pick two. I like them all. I think Evans is a must, and I still love the upside of Josh Gordon. I think his upside is better than Goodwin's and better than Robert Woods. This is Mike in the nation's fifth largest city. Fifth largest city, Dubuque, Iowa.

Phoenix, according to Mike. Start three in standard scoring. McKinnon, Martavis Bryant, Dez, DeeDee Westbrook. McKinnon, Martavis, Dez, DeeDee Westbrook. Sit one of them. The one I feel safest sitting in the standard league is McKinnon. Okay. All right, and then this is John in Boston.

To the Fantasy Wiseman, do you have any suggestions on how to create more parity in a fantasy football league? In my most important league, it seems like the same teams always compete while the same teams always flounder. It's odd because for the most part, everyone gives the same effort and has the same knowledge. For whatever reason, some teams just seem to be more fortunate than others in terms of high draft picks,

avoiding busts, getting breakouts, close games, et cetera. Is it just luck? No, I would imagine that some fantasy owners prepare differently than others in that league.

It's that way in every league. There's guys that are really good at fantasy football. Yeah, it's true. It's just people who pay attention all year round, focus on guys who could be great for them during the offseason, and then they draft them during the preseason, end up typically doing well and paying attention to who the hot pickups on waiver wire are,

and those guys help cash in fantasy titles. Yeah, if you've got guys with the same knowledge base working as hard, it should be more even. I think it's a little fluky. Slash, I think you don't realize that some guys are just better at fantasy than the others. I mean, I don't know how waivers works in John's league, but you can always do waivers based on record each week. True, true. And that certainly would help the owners who don't always win because in a lot of leagues the ad drops are open 24 7 365 and so the fantasy

football nerd who is always on top of nfl news and gets their updates right to their phone they're going to run right to their league and pick up the hottest waiver wire like they're running to their waiver wire right now to get Capri Bibbs because they think Pirine's going to be out and Bibbs is going to be the every down guy for Washington. Yeah, good luck to them. They're probably not going to win. Well, I don't know if they're going to start Bibbs.

If it were like all 12 teams were playing in a league, then yeah, Bibbs. But I can't imagine a lot of owners in the championship or the semifinals are playing Bibbs this week. Bibbs or Elijah Penny. It looks like some – oh, Keith here says he picked up Capri Bibs. Come on. In a championship? Yeah.

Well, hold on. Are you going to start him? Maybe. Depends on what you guys have to say. What are your options? I think I'm down to Crowder and a couple other miserable options. Wow. If they're all miserable, then maybe Bids is it.

Just hoping. Maybe. Interesting. All right. I take back everything I said. Capri Bids is great. Good call. Hey, listen.

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Xfinity.com slash sports. And you're going to see it's really cool. I think you'll like it. Dave, back to the emails. Sean says, Dear Kylo, Ray Poe, and Finn. Kylo, Raypo, and Finn Kylo, Raypo, and Finn I wonder what blockbuster film they're from I have no idea

Oh, is that Star Wars? Yes I didn't know You didn't know? Have you seen The Force Awakens or The Last Jedi? I've seen I saw episode 4, the original Star Wars, a few months ago, and that is it. I haven't seen any of the others.

All right. So you'll be introduced to those characters eventually. Except I did see them when I was a kid, and I just didn't really like them. But we'll try. Okay. Pick one for my flex. Kerwin Williams, Demarius Thomas, Isaiah Crowell. I don't think Williams is going to play, and if he does, I don't know how effective he'll be.

It looks like Brock Osweiler has the best chance of starting for Denver. And if that's the case, then I would go Thomas over Crowell. And remember, we're doing this on Friday afternoon, so we don't know the news just yet. Well, I know that Lynch was called 90% by his coach. Okay. But I don't know if he necessarily named a starter. And Chris in San Antonio. Hola, Speedy Gonzalez and friends.

Need to sit two. PPR. Landry, Fitzgerald, Fournette, Tate, and Shepard. Sit two. Landry, Fitzgerald, Fournette, Tate, Shepard. I'm sitting the last two. Golden Tate just hasn't been amazing for PPR lately. And Shepard was last week, but he hasn't been consistent. just hasn't been amazing for PPR lately, and Shepard was last

week, but he hasn't been consistent. And I like the outlook better for Landry, Fitzgerald, and Fournette. Mark from Little Rock, Arkansas. Dear Manny, Moe, Jack, and Heath. Interesting. Been starting Keenum since Wentz went down, but Cam Newton's on waivers. What?

Every ad drop in our league costs $5. Is Cam Newton? Yes. Alright, Cam Newton, $5. Go pay $10. Donate. Jeffrey from New Haven, Connecticut. Hey, Fred, Barney, Bam Bam, and Mr. Slate. Jetsons or Flintstones, Dave? Which do you

prefer? Flintstones. No, it's Jetsons. Drake or Juju at Flex? Drake. Why don't youuju at Flex? Drake. Why don't you ask the kid? Sure. Jace is here. Well, I don't know.

Jace is 10. Those cartoons are like 70 years old. Jace, have you ever seen the Flintstones or the Jetsons? No. No. He said no. Okay. Jace, what's your favorite cartoon?

The older kid says Flintstones. Flintstones. See, Keith knows what's going on. What are your favorite cartoons, Jace? I your favorite cartoon The older kid says Flintstones See Keith knows what's going on What are your favorite cartoons Jace I don't watch cartoons He's a mature He's a mature 10 Are you 10 years old Well I watch cartoons

I mean he plays fantasy football for crying out loud You think he's too busy playing with tinker toys And riding his tricycle down the street Saying mommy mommy give me some milk. Come on. Did we answer the question, Drake and Juju? Drake. Drake.

I watch Simpsons every night before bed. Does that count as watching cartoons? You're a child. Yes, I am. All right, Stu from a town north of Philadelphia. Let's go with New York. Sleepy Hollow, New York. Sleepy Hollow, New York That's way north

I picked somewhere in Jersey at least Dear Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Peach Me and the Commissioner have been at odds all year About the relevance of kickers I've been against them and I'm in the championship game The Commissioner is not My opponent lost Greg the Leg And I offered to play the championship game without kickers

Rather than him replacing him He agreed and the Commissioner's not happy about it. He's not going to do anything about it because it's none of his business. He's a good commissioner in that way. Is this okay, in your opinion, as long as both teams agree to eliminate kickers, even though it's not part of the rules and our lineups usually require a kicker? I'm fine with anything decided between two consenting fantasy owners for their game. Two consenting fantasy owners.

And you know what? The commissioner is doing the right thing too. Yeah. The commissioner could be a real jerk and say, no, you got to start a kicker. It's the rules. But you know what? It's fantasy football. These two owners decided let's just go without it.

I think it's noble. You know who's really dumb? You. Well, I mean I guess it's not his fault because he lost greg zerla okay you know he's not dumb he's not dumb but it sucks that he lost greg zerline who zerline who's 25 points better than number two steven goszkowski all right nobody's dumb i'm dumb from guillermo ppr uh robert woods demarius thomas mike wall. Pick one. Woods, Demarius, Mike Wallace. I think I have Wallace highest of the three.

Okay. And then for a flex, you've got Woods, Demarius Thomas, Jarek McKinnon, Evan Ingram, PPR. Yeah. I might go Woods if those injuries for Tennessee hold up. If Logan Ryan is out, I will go Woods. If Logan Ryan plays, I'll say Ingram. From Ben, two out of three here in standard scoring.

Josh Gordon, Carlos Hyde, Devin Funchess. I'm sitting Hyde. Don't feel good about Hyde at all. You know, the Jaguars haven't allowed a rushing touchdown to a running back in six straight. And Hyde has basically become a touchdown-dependent running back now. Yeah, he doesn't catch passes anymore. This is Jacob from a country in Scandinavia. Finland.

Okay. Dear Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heat, I lost Antonio Brown. Do you know where this is from, by the way, the genesis of this? No way. Somebody emailed us, Dear Adam, Dave Adam Dave Jamie and Keith a few weeks ago And Keith he's sitting right here Yeah right and I thought it was so funny that some people

Say Keith instead of Heath And now people are just giving new names For Heath like all the time so I sometimes I call him beef beef He beef All right so he's got DD Westbrook Mike Wallace Keelan Cole. Let's see.

Does he need – yeah, okay, a flex. D.D., Wallace, Cole, or Mike Davis at flex? Wallace. Bortles or Foles? Bortles. This is Herman from Odessa, Florida. Oh, same exact question. Bortles or Foles?

Well, my bad. Well, we answered it. Bortles or Foles? Well, my bad. Well, we answered it. Bortles for Dave. Okay. Brian in Columbia. Hey, Smalls, Squints, The Jet, and The Great Hambino. Oh, yeah. That's – oh, my God.

I'm blanking on the name of the movie. I'll get it. Come on, Jace. You got to know that. Smalls, Squints, The Jet, and The Great Hambino. I can't believe – oh, my God. Dave, this is pathetic. It is. I admit this. Keith, doino. I can't believe. Oh, my God. Dave, this is pathetic. It is.

I admit this. Keith, do you know? Does Keith know? Oh, really? Keith doesn't know. Jason doesn't know. You want multiple choice? It's stupid.

I saw this movie in the theaters when it came out. You want multiple choice? I'll get it if you do multiple choice. It's the Sandlot. Sandlot. Come on. Unbelievable. That's so bad.

Like a total brain fart. That's so bad. Like a total brain fart. That's so bad. The whole world just – my friend and his son just witnessed me having a total brain fart. This is embarrassing. I am sorry. Brian needs you to pick two wide receivers in PPR. I am in football mode. Michael Thomas, Julio Jones, Jarvis Landry, Michael Crabtree. If you've got the guts, Brian, and I think you do, go with Thomas and Landry.

I do not love the matchup for Julio Jones. He just had 90 yards against them two weeks ago. And five catches. That's 14 fantasy points in a PPR. That's good. I expect more from him. I don't know if he's going to get it. All right.

Jason in Ohio, start four in standard scoring. Julio. Shepard. Martavis. Funchess. Aguilar. Fitzgerald. Goodwin.

I'll go Fitzgerald, Funchess. I'll take Julio here. And I'll take Goodwin over Shepard in a standard league. I might take him in a PPR league, too. And over Martavis and Aguilar. Yep. Yeah, you know how I feel about Goodwin. If you've been listening all week, Jacksonville's secondary has made some amazing plays this year,

but lately they've been giving up a lot of big plays. That's something Goodwin can do, and he's getting a ton of targets, meshing very well with Jimmy Garoppolo. And I think San Francisco gives Jacksonville a game. I don't think this is a situation where the Jaguars come in and just knock them around. We've got, let's see, we've got Scott in Seattle. Deer, Novak, Proceise, Foster, and Manuel.

Nick Novak, CJ Proceise. Which Foster is that? Arian maybe? I don't know I'm not sure what the next year is I don't know Standard scoring I have Juju Smith-Schuster as my number one wide receiver

Is it crazy to start Martavis Bryant over Josh Gordon, Mike Wallace, D.D. Westbrook, or Sterling Shepard? Yeah, I wouldn't do that I know what Martavis' upside is. It's probably right around 12 fantasy points, 60 yards and a touchdown. That would be a great game for Martavis based on how he's done this year. Gordon's upside is 16. I'll even admit that Wallace's upside is 16. And I think Westbrook's upside is around 13 or 14,

and Shepard's is in that same range. Martavis is probably last on this list. So, yes, it's totally bonkers. Dear some combination of Kenny, George, Run, and Seal, and those would be our musical inspirations, Kenny G for Jamie, George Michael, Run DMC for you, and Seal for me. Oh, that's very clever. Sit one of these.

Bell, Ingram, Freeman, Baldwin, Michael Thomas, Brandon Cooks. I got to sit one of those? I'm sitting Cooks. I think I'm sitting Cooks too. Foles or Breeze? Okay. Money's on the table. I'm starting Nick Foles.

No. Okay. I know. You know, Breeze has been – he hasn't been his usual dominant self, and I really believe that both the Falcons and the Saints will run the ball a lot in their game. And finally, Deion Lewis, Drake, Hunt, or Collins? I got to start one? Sit one.

Oh, Deion Lewis, Drake, Hunt, Collins. If I have to sit one from that group, it's going to be Collins. Okay. So we got about five minutes left, Dave. Let's go fast here. Okay. This is from Jeff in Long Island. Foles or Stafford?

Foles. Evans or Martavis Bryant? Mike Evans. From Tim, sit one. Smith-Schuster, Demarius Thomas, Keenan Allen. Demarius. From Jason, hey, Demarius Thomas, Keenan Allen. Demarius. From Jason. Hey, Snap, Crackle, and Pop.

I need a replacement for Zerline. Gnober or Lambeau? If I'm picking from those two, I'll take Lambeau. But I would look for Phil Dawson off waivers. He's out there in 80% of leagues. This is Doggo in Santa Barbara. Needs a flex in standard scoring. Jarek McKinnon, Mike Davis,

Peyton Barber. McKinnon. I think you could also start Goodwin, DeeDee Westbrook, and Keelan Cole. Oh, then I'd go Goodwin. Okay. Brian in Chicago. Dear Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Leaf. Half PBR. Foles, Bortles, or Keenum?

Bortles. Mike Evans, Robbie Anderson. Mike Evans, Robbie Anderson. Mike Davis or Jonathan Stewart? Evans. Evans over Stewart. Those are your best two. This is from Jeff.

Standard scoring. Pick a wide receiver. Demarius or Diggs? Demarius. And pick a flex. Diggs, McKinnon, or Hyde. Standard scoring. I'm going to say Diggs. Real close between him and McKinnon.

From John, dear Snapple, Snap, Crackle, Pop, and DJ Milk. That's a good one. Chargers or Bears DST? Chargers. From Jared, from a town whose football team lost its quote O and its quote B, and now all they have left is an L. Seattle, Legion of Boom. Oh, nice. RB2, Gore, Pirine, Derek Henry, Kerwin Williams. From that group, it's Henry.

And I would take Henry over Bibbs and over Elijah Penny, over Wayne Gallman. Okay. I would just play it safe. Michael from Los Angeles. I made it to the championship. Thanks. Where do I send a gift? All right.

I'll let you know, Michael. Lamar Miller, Eric Ebron, Josh Doxson, Derek Henry, or Randall Cobb. Pick one. Lamar Miller. And he says, yippee cry-yay-ismous, mother, you know. This is from Kevin in a city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Okay. So he's got Flacco and Ben Roethlisberger.

Who do you go with? I like Flacco better. I think he's got a little and Ben Roethlisberger. Who do you go with? I like Flacco better. I think he's got a little more upside. And start three. Thielen, Tyreek, Martavis, Dez, Aguilar. Thielen, Tyreek, Martavis, Dez, Aguilar. I'm going to go with Thielen and Tyreek, and Dez is third best. This is from Daryl.

Key number foals. Fools. And PPR pick two. Kenyon Drake, Jarek McKinnon, Latavius Murray, DeMarco Murray, Lamar Miller, Marquise Goodwin, Sterling Shepard, Sanu. Oh, my gosh. I know. I think Miller and Drake are the two that I would go with here. All right.

From Josh, give me your top four Dave Bell, McCoy, Gordon Drake, Collins CJ Anderson The top four from that group Is Bell, Gordon, McCoy And Drake From Martel What chance do you give Eli Rogers To be a number two fantasy wide receiver

This week I'll give him a 20% chance to actually do it and a 0% chance of him doing it for my fantasy team. Not trusting Eli Rogers in week 16. Here's one from Nick. Sit one. Brandon Cooks, Larry Fitzgerald, A.J. Green, or Marvin Jones? If I'm sitting one of those guys, it's going to be—is it standard?

PPR. I'm sitting Jones. I don't love it. I like all those guys. And who do you like better, J.H.I. or Duke Johnson in PPR? Duke. From John, we've got Keelan Cole, Kendall Wright, or Cooper Cupp in PPR? Wright.

I love how the Bears have been using him lately. I hope it doesn't change. From Andrew, standard scoring, Gurley, Ingram, Elliott, Camara, pick two. Wow. Gurley and Zeke, right? Oh, my God. You're sitting both Saints running backs in the championship. Wow.

But this is the situation where you'd do it. This is from Vincent. Big money league! James White or Charles Clay? Standard or PPR? I don't know. It's probably going to be Clay either way, I would say, today. Ravens or Jags?

Ravens are my number one defense this week. From Cadu in Brazil. Two wide receivers, Mike Wallace, Juju, Funchess. Yeah, Wallace, Juju, Funchess, and I think Keelan Cole. And Didi, sorry. And it's two of those guys? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Funchess and Juju.

And the last one here is from Travis. Goodwin or Marvin Jones? I'll go Marvin against that banged up Cincinnati second. Do we know what Drake Kirkpatrick's status is? No, I don't know. Let me see if I can find out real quick. Sure. By now, everybody else is going to know,

so I doubt I'll have anything that you guys don't know already, but I'll check it out. No, his status as of this podcast is not out yet. Still limited in practice, still hasn't been cleared. But maybe by the time you're listening, you already know if he's been cleared or not. Dave, let's hear from our guests. Let's do it. All right, so Jace is here.

Jace played fantasy football. How many leagues were you in? One. One? I don't want to miss a word of what you're saying, so make sure you talk right into the microphone. Who was the biggest bust that you drafted, the guy that you wish? DeMarco Murray.

DeMarco Murray. If he were here right now, what would you say to him? I don't like him. Oh, my gosh. He'd probably say he doesn't like you either. Now, you can respect him for being a good football player and a guy who's been great for a long time. He just let you down a few times in your fantasy league.

You still don't like him? Now you like him. Would you ask for his autograph if he were here? And then would you throw it in the garbage because he let you down so many times in fantasy? Maybe. Okay. All right. Well, we're not going to say if he would or if he wouldn't.

All right. So ask your dad if he's got any questions for his fantasy team. Do you have any questions for your title game? I guess they're for you. You can ask Chase. You want to take control of this podcast all of a sudden? I'll just walk right out, I guess. No, I'm out of options now,

but I'm going to try and go with Flacco over Winston in Mariota based on your confidence in him. So we'll see. It's all on you, Dave. Oh, so it's my fault if he doesn't get the job done. I need a scapegoat. I understand how that is. What do you think?

Would you go Winston or Flacco, Jace? I don't know. You want to say Winston, don't you? You do. You don't want to go against him? All right, so for the record, Jace says Jameis Winston will be better. I say Joe Flacco will be better. We'll see who's better.

We'll do a bet, and somebody will have to rap. I don't know if we'll do a rap bet, but we will definitely remember this one. Hey, Keith. Adam, who do you think, Winston or Flacco? Man, I think I'd go Winston. Really? Okay. Yeah, but it's close.

I'm on an island here. Wait, Keith, how long have you known Dave? Probably about 15 years. Yeah, something it's close. I'm on an island here. Wait, Keith, how long have you known Dave? Probably about 15 years. Yeah, something like that. A long time. So we know each other through our wives. Okay, cool. My wife went to school with his wife.

Any fun stories? Nothing that can be shared on the internet. Thank you very much. Nothing that great, but good friend, great guy, nothing that entertaining. Agreed. I'm a boy. He is a good friend, a great guy, and he's not that entertaining, 100%. Thank you.

I'm happy to be here on the day that the diehard was finally resolved, so that's done. Yeah, I don't really know how I'm going to keep that argument going. You can't. I don't think I can. Keith's ready for it to die, believe it or not. I'm sure a lot of people are. I think it may have. So thank you, everybody, for listening.

Good luck in your championship. Don't go away. Keep listening to our show, okay? We're going to recap the action on Sunday night, and we've got a full week of podcasts for those of you playing into Week 17 next week and then two per week for the offseason until we crank it up as we get closer and closer to draft time. It's a secret to winning in fantasy football. Yeah, absolutely.

Get ahead of the game. And we have fun, too. You know we have fun. For Keith, for Jace, for Dave, I'm Adam. Let's win some championships. Talk to you Sunday night. See you. I've got Le'Veon Bell.