Fantasy Football Today - 2026 Top 12 QBs and Wild Card Weekend Preview! (01/08 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: January 8, 2026

We briefly talk about the Wild Card games to start the show. Which players do we like this weekend? Which games are we excited about? ... News and notes (5:45) including our thoughts on Javonte Williams next season. Then we get into our Top 12 quarterbacks for 2026 (14:00). Josh Allen is #1, but that's about all we agree on. Does Jaxson Dart belong in the Top 6? Is Jalen Hurts still elite? How do we rank Matthew Stafford, Caleb Williams, Dak Prescott and Trevor Lawrence? ... A thorough preview of Wild Card weekend (40:00) including picks and predictions, which offenses we like this week and our DFS lineups. Can Drake Maye solve the Chargers defense? Is Saquon Barkley going to have a big game? Which discounted running backs should you put in your lineup? ... Email us at [e-mail] Fantasy Football Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts Watch FFT on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shop our store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shop.cbssports.com/fantasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dynasty/id1696679179⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW FFT Dynasty on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHlmMJw1m8FareKybdNfG?si=8487e2f9611b4438&nd=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUBSCRIBE to FFT DFS on Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dfs/id1579415837⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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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It's just going to go the distance. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. Ready for Wild Card weekend? We certainly are. We are excited for six games. Although, let's be honest here. Let's see how many games we're excited for. Are we excited for Rams Panthers?

Yes. No. Packers, Bears? Yes. Yes. Bill's Jags? Yes. Yes.

49ers, Eagles. Yes. Yes. Chargers, Patriots. Yes. Texan Steelers? Eh. Yeah, I'm on the fence on that one.

Come on, man. It's playoffs. You're excited for all them. Miami Ole Miss? Hell yes. Yeah. Oregon, Indiana. For Giants coach, Antonio Pierce?

That's not happening. That's not even funny. Why would you say that? Not cool. All right, welcome, everybody. It's like you're offended by the idea of Antonio Pierce being the head coach of your team. I never liked Antonio Pierce as a giant, even though he's a super- Wow.

You know, he just, I feel like he always had this chip on this shoulder. Like, nobody believes in us. And people believed in them. It was weird. Anyway, welcome to the show. This is fantasy football today, presented by BetMGM, make it legendary. It's great that we are How many minutes in the show?

A minute at 15 And Jeff's already asked the question Jeff Sills Hey, Jeff wants to know If you're wearing a new hat, Jamie No, it's a very old hat But I haven't worn it in a while Come on, man, what are you doing here?

All right, so today on the show Our top 12 quarterbacks for 2026 Of course, some news and notes And we'll preview the wildcard games Tell you some players we like Players that we're going to avoid Who's one player that has to be in your fantasy lineup? I'll go first

Christian Watson. Yeah. It's a very good one. Oh, thank you. What do you think? I just did start sits for the playoff games, and he's in the starting conversation. I'm going to go Stafford. I think he bounces back after the disappointing game that he had against Carolina the first time when he was miserable.

Do you know that there's only three quarterbacks, really? Three quarterbacks who had multiple touchdowns against the Panthers this year, multiple passing touchdown. Yeah, I know. They've allowed he's one of them. They've allowed 10 touchdown passes in their last 11 games. Yeah. it's bad he is so why why would we start matthew stafford because i think he bounced back big time i mean he should have the weather there one interception there's supposed to be rain

and potentially wind that could i don't think it's going to limit matthew stafford and i obviously love him if the weather's totally fine but that's part of the problem of what did him in last time that game was so weird between the rams and panthers i remember talking about it on the post game that week how like the rams were clearly the better team and just they made these very timely turnovers to help them out and they ended up winning the game. He threw a big six in that game. He threw a touchdown

in the end zone in that game. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was totally, totally a weird. He came into that game with I believe it was 28 straight, 28, 28 touchdowns and no interception at that point. Yeah, MVP stuff right there. In terms of the weather, the two Saturday games are the worrisome ones right now, according to Kevin Roth of Roto Grinders.

That would be Rams at Panthers and packers it bears different issues there rain potentially in carolina snow and some wind in chicago um which obviously would put a damper on the christian watson stuff uh but something to keep an eye on there looks like i mean great weather for buffalo at jacksonville that's the only and carolina you know is not going to be cold but it's going to be potentially rainy but buffalo jacksaville looks like you know the night the the best weather game jackson oh no no no no Oh, no, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Jacksonville's won eight in a row,

and in that stretch, they are number one in points per game allowed. Okay, second in yards per game, second in yards per play. Pretty damn easy competition, though. All right. Except at Denver, I guess you could say. They embarrassed the chargers at home, if you recall,

and they won by, I think, 14 at Denver. That was impressive. They held Denver to 20 points in fantasy. points, yeah. All right, that's coming up a little bit later. Let's go through your news and notes. Tampa Bay is keeping upset by the bills. Upset by the bills. Are they favored?

Bills are favorite. Bills were one point favorite. That's a tough one. Tough week. It is. Very tough. Okay. Anyway, news and notes.

Todd Bowles coming back for 2026 for Tampa Bay. Josh Jacobs says he feels as good as he's felt in six weeks. And he's got what a, run defense that's struggling a little bit in Chicago. Yeah. That's the player that I would want to have in my playoff lineups this week. Jacobs coming back with fresh legs against the Chicago team. Remember when we were like, oh, T.J. Edwards is there.

Everything's going to be great. Bears are going to stop the run. Hasn't been that way lately. Past five games, Edwards has been there for these games. It's 4.5 yards per carry. The only thing they slowed down was Cleveland. In their last two games, especially, an 8% explosive rush rate. over 4.2 yards per carry in each of those last two games.

I think this is where Green Bay attacks, and especially if their offensive line comes back as full strength as it can be, i.e. Zachom plays. I think Jacob has a big game. You remember the first game, or I'm sorry, the second game, that they were just dominating time of possession early in the game. They were. And that was the game that the Bears won in overtime.

That was also a bad weather game, not good for passing. Romo Dunseh was limited Justin Herbert says his broken hand is feeling better Omari and Hampton mispractice we may not get Omari and Hampton this week and related to that guy named Kyris Tonga

defensive tackle for the Patriots he missed practice he's missed some time basically what I was going to say the rest of the Patriots that have been missing are all going to be back. Robert Spillane Milton Williams was back last week he looked good against the run Harold Landry, one of their

pass rushers, he will help too. So Patriots getting healthy at the right time. Ricky Pearsall and Trent Williams mispractice. Boy, do they need those guys, especially Trent Williams against the Eagles on Sunday. Terrence Ferguson mispractice.

They have a Saturday game. Dallas wants to sign Giovante Williams to a multi-year extension. Jamie, I think Heath had Giovante in his top 12? He originally did, and then he forgot that he left the Martin Hampton out

and he swapped in Hampton. for Javante. Gotcha. What do you guys think about Javante for next year? If he's in that spot with that role, of course, we'll like him. But I wonder if Dallas, like, dares look at the free agent market and consider somebody like Brees Hall or Kenneth Walker instead of Javante Williams. I would love to see that happen.

But if you look at what they've done the last two years at that position, I think probably after realizing that they overspayed on Ezekiel Elliott with his second contract, or maybe he was third contract, even. They've gone so cheap at the position with Rico Dowdell and then Giovante Williams. And I wonder if they actually turn to the draft now they have some additional draft capital and not necessarily around one or two pick, round one or round two pick, but maybe some draft capital there as opposed to, you know, a Jaden Blue or a Phil Moff or somebody that they take late in the draft.

So I wonder if that's the route that they go. But I think resigning Giovante for a cheap deal makes sense. I saw another running back story this morning, Adam, where Rashad White is basically He said he's not coming back to Tampa Bay, he's a free agent, and is posting on social media that he would like to play with Jane Daniels in Washington. They were teammates to Arizona State. And so that's an interesting one there because, you know, it'd be a good pairing from Washington's perspective to go with Jacorri Croski Merritt and Rashad White, given their skill sets. You know, one is a passing downs back and one is a, you know, first and second down guy. But you wonder what that means for Ross Neckler if he's going to try and.

come back there. No, White would be the replacement for us. Yeah, yeah, totally. I mean, it just makes sense that that would happen. How much more will Breece Hall and Kenneth Walker get than Javante Williams on the open market? I would expect a lot more, given their pedigree and where they're at right now, but Javante's coming off a great season. I would guess that from Dallas's perspective, you want to reward Javante more so than paying those other guys, and you probably get Javante cheaper than getting those other guys. Because I think to get those other guys, it's going to cost more for them to leave. And plus, you know, it feels as if Breesall is getting a franchise tag, Ken Walker's probably

going to be with Leko. I, man, I'm kind of low on Javante. I don't know. Well, even know the context. Price is right. They'll re-sign them. Yeah. I don't.

If Brice gets a franchise tag, then obviously he's out. But if you can get Kenneth Walker, who's a year younger than Javante Williams and has a little bit more explosiveness a little bit around the same price i would i would rather have walker than williams he has a gazillion more explosiveness if he were a poli mon card and they had that like explosive is that a thing i don't know but he he's i mean that's the thing with givante he's not explosive at all that's why he's so bad catching the ball he cannot make anyone miss what he he averaged 3.9 yards per catch now that's by far a career low but he just looked terrible in that in that area and it was really frustrating you know he would get a ton of work and and do not really

that much with it in the second half of the season uh i don't know i had a lot of giovante and it was a guy that i started pretty much every week and usually it was fine but for the amount of work he got on that offense i felt like it could have been better i felt i feel i think that cowboys can do better at running back things oh i i i would 100% agree with that i think but you say you're out on Javante or you're, I don't know how you phrased it, but, um, low on him. I don't, if he's back there, he's still a very good number two, fantasy running back. Yeah, I just, I feel like he might go in the third round or something like that. Oh, that would be able to be there.

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We're going to take a break and talk about our top 12 quarterbacks when we're back here on fantasy football today. Is Josh Allen QB1 again? Let's find out. Dave, Jamie, is Josh Allen QB1 again? Josh Allen is QB1 for everyone.

Yeah. All six of us. Wow. So the six of us would be us three, Heath, Dan, and Jacob. And who's QB2, Dave? Drake May That's the one where everybody's a little bit different It's either Drake May

Joe Burrow Or I think somebody might have had One other person in there Alan May Alan May Alan Burrow Okay made me wrong Yeah it's just those two

I think you and I are Alan Oh no I'm sorry Dan does have Lamar Jackson too Yeah Lamar Jackson man Look at the way he started the season 33.4 fantasy points at Buffalo, 34.3 against Cleveland. These are not easy matchups, by the way. 33 fantasy points against Detroit.

He was incredible. And then 12.7 fantasy points at Kansas City in a game in which he left early with an injury and just wasn't really the same. Well, he did come back and score 34 fantasy points at Miami. And then he kept getting new injuries week after week, all to his lower body and just was not the same. And now a new coach.

Now a new coach. Is that a good thing or a bad thing for Lamar? I think we'll find out, you know, the Matt Nagy's interviewing there today. I think you've heard Cliff Kingsbury as potential option there as head coach, you know, given what Lamar is potentially looking for because clearly he's going to have some saying this.

If there's, the reporting is true that him and Harbaugh had some disconnect. So I would hope it's an offensive-minded head coach and someone that could continue to build off the skills that he started to show with, you know, Monkin. as a passer. So we'll see. I think another receiver would help.

We'll see what they do with Isaiah likely. You know, so there are some things that are in play here. You know, do they bring back Derek Henry? I'd be surprised they didn't. But, you know,

that's another thing to, he's under contract, but that's another thing to, yeah, I don't think they're letting him go. No, no, no, no, but I mean,

look, does he even want to play? You know, he's 32 years old. I would guess he comes back. But, again, you know, we have now a change for something that we haven't seen in Lamar's tenure in Baltimore.

So I think he's, for everybody, I think Dave's the lowest on him at six. But in terms of having him two, looking at what May just did, what Burroughs been capable of, obviously Lamar's got the ability to be the number one quarterback. Dan's just the only one that hasn't ranked there. Okay. And Jamie, who do you have two?

Burrow. You have Joe Burrow. Me too. Yeah. You and I are the same in terms of our top of three. I think you have May 3rd. No, I have Jackson. Okay.

I have Jackson before. I don't know why I have Drake May only fourth, but he's fourth, yeah. So, oh, look at this cool, cool graphic here. So I have Allen Burrow Jackson. Jamie has Allen Burrow. Well, let's do the top four. I have Alan Burrow Jackson May. Jamie has Alan Burrow May Jackson.

Dave has Alan May Borough Dart. Say what? I might have changed a few things since the rankings were sent in. Okay, who's four for you now then? Lamar. Okay, so everyone has Allen, Burrow, May, and Lamar Jackson in some order with Allen one and then Burrow, Jackson, May, 23, 4 in some order. Okay, five, I see Jaden Daniels for all of us.

Dave, is that you... No, that's Dart for me. That's Dart, and then where's Daniels? Right behind him at six. Okay, so Daniels is six for you, Dart is fifth. Jackson is fourth. Jamie, you have DART 6th. I have Hurts 6th,

but when A.J. Brown gets traded to the bills, I'll drop Jalen Hertz. Jalen Hertz, you know, so this year, he, let's see, where is he? He's QB8 overall. And it was kind of a weird year for him. I just kind of hoping for a bounce back for the Eagles.

But anyway, Jamie, Dave, talk about Jackson Dart. sixth, he's six for you, right, Dave, or he's fifth? He's fifth. Sorry, fifth for Dave, sixth for Jamie. Jamie, talk about DART. I mean, he was awesome. You know, eight of 12 starts, sorry, nine of 12 starts, 21.4 fantasy points or more. Did that without Malik Neighbors for the majority of it. He only played basically the first part of his start in week four, his first start in week four against the chargers with neighbors.

So getting neighbors back, hopefully getting a offensive-minded coach. We'll see what they do to enhance. they're receiving core, whether that's keeping Wanda Robinson or not. I hope they bring in somebody that's going to be a good compliment neighbors. Obviously, we have some concern about neighbors, so that's something to keep in mind when it comes to DART. But third in rushing touchdowns, or tied for second rushing touchdowns with nine, third in rushing yards. We love that, obviously. And so he did that again, just 12 starts. So there's just a huge amount of upside for a player on the rise. Now, the concern would be is, is he going to be Jane Daniels,

you know, a guy who runs and runs into injuries. But that's the risk you take, I think, at a position that has so much depth because the upside is there. So, you know, you just potentially build in some risk factor for Dart who was in the injury tent as much as anybody last season. But, again, you know, so much upside for a guy that has the potential to be a top three quarterback. You guys bothered by Cliff Kingsbury leaving Washington? Is that something that might push Jaden Daniels down? I'd like to see who's there. Right.

Yeah. I don't want them to get conservative because Kingsbury is a guy that's going to let us, even if he's a mobile quarterback, we've seen it with Kyler Murray, lets him throw a lot, run a lot. Didn't really see it with Jaden Daniels this year, but we did see it in the second half of his rookie season. He just started throwing the ball a ton. So, all right, we'll see who they hire there.

I guess we're sort of giving Jayden Daniels a free pass. Everybody's got him in the top six. It is a little bit of a cautionary tale for Jackson Dart though because like Jane Daniels is great as a rookie. Obviously the rushing potential was there. He was so good.

I believe it was top two in rushing yards in his rookie season. And then, oh, wow, look, they just bring in Debo Samuel and they give him another weapon. And it was, okay, cool. That's going to be something that just makes him even better.

And so I hope the Giants, you know, you've been saying this for a while at him. I hope they draft somebody as opposed to spend money on somebody that's, I mean, look, Debo, you want to say it was washed up? That might be a fair argument. He had some good moments. We didn't really see a lot of Jane Daniels and Debo

because of injuries. But like, I hope we just don't get like, oh, here was Dark. Great as a rookie. Oh, wow. Now they gave him the, oh, wow. You know, all the, you know, all the, you know, flashing new toys, like we get too enamored with Jackson Dart and forget about, wow, Matthew Stafford was still really good.

And Dak Prescott was still really good. And, you know, we, because I know I fall victim to this all time. You know, running quarterbacks, they're just going to be so good for fantasy. And sometimes they're just not as good as we hope they're going to be. I have DART 9th. Maybe you're a Jada Giants fan, though. Well, I'm not expecting, I'm not expecting Malik neighbors to come back and be great. You know, I think he'll be good.

Obviously, this is subject to change. But also, you mentioned Jaden Daniels. How about C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson the year before that. They were top five or six quarterbacks in ADP, and they were huge busts. So I like to see a little bit more provenness. Dak Prescott is really proven. And, you know, most years, he is a top five-ish quarterback on a per-game basis. So he's ahead of him.

It's funny you say that because in our first draft, Prescott was the fifth quarterback off the board, not by one of us. It was by Brad, who was one of our listeners and won the leftover leagues. Oh, interesting. Yeah. I mean, again, if you're going to draft, C.D. Lamb was a first round pick and George Pickens was 24th overall. I think it's a pretty good case for Dak Prescott to be the top six-ish quarterback. I have Caleb Williams ahead of Jackson Dart. He's playing great. He runs. He can run too, not like Dart. And I have Jalen Hurts. So, all right. So anyway, top six for me is Allen, Burrow, Jackson, May, Daniels Hertz. For Jamie, it's Alan Burrow, May, Jackson, Daniels, Dart. For David, It's Alan May, Burrow, Jackson, Dart, Jaden Daniels. Yeah. Okay. And if you want Heath's, because Heath tends to be a little bit more conservative with some of these things, he's with you on Hertz.

He has Hertz third. So he has Allen 1, May 2, Hertz 3, Stafford 4, Jackson 5. Oh, I love the Jackson 5. All right, let's go to... Better than Maroon 5? uh hot take maroon five's album songs about jane which i'm pretty sure was their first album at least it was their first big one is a great album i mean great and then after that they just sold out like so hard okay anyway uh let's go through seven through twelve in the rankings

uh let's we'll do jamies seven is purdy at this point i mean i feel like it's there's going to be a lot of interchangeability. You could justify a lot of guys seven through 12. Some guys are going to get left off that deserve to be on. Jamie goes, Purdy, Hertz, Stafford, Prescott, Caleb Williams, Trevor Lawrence at 7 through 12. Purdy, Hertz, Stafford, Dak, Caleb, Lawrence. Dave goes Caleb at 7, Prescott, 8, Hertz, Stafford, Purdy, Justin Herbert. Is that right, Dave?

Nope. I've already changed that. All right. So what do you have at 7 through 12? Hertz at 7, DAC at 8, Herbert 9, Stafford 10, Caleb 11, Purdy 12. Whoa, you move Caleb from 7 to 11? I moved Caleb from 7 to 11. And I have Prescott at 7, Williams.

Caleb Williams. It's weird to call him Prescott. Dak Prescott, Caleb Williams, Jackson, Dart, Brock Purdy, Patrick Mahomes. and Matthew Stafford at 12. Now, it's a lot of stuff here. So let's talk about Jalen Hertz. Jamie, you have him eighth. I have him fifth.

Dave, you have Hertzware? Seven. All right. Do we feel like he can still be great? Is the shine off of Jalen Hertz? You know, Jamie, what's the outlook for Jalen Hertz? Safe, very safe. You know, you've seen enough of him during his tenure with Eagles

that there could be a great season if there's enough rushing production. There could be a little bit of a down season if the passing is not as good as it could be. And if you're right that they move on from AJ Brown, I think the passing numbers could be a little bit in jeopardy. I do think that depending on how far they go, there could be a coordinator change. So that's something to keep an eye on there because clearly the offense was struggling at times this season and a lot of questions about their play calling. So this is another destination for Cliff Kingsbury,

if you follow some of the rumors if they decide to move on from who they have in place. So just something to keep an eye on there That could be a good thing for Jalen Hertz Based on when he's had a good offense coordinator His numbers have been much better So I think he's going to be anywhere from 5 to 10 In terms of where he'll get drafted As we saw in our mock draft

Where quarterbacks just fall and fall and fall He went in round 10 Which is not something I think most people will expect So my guess is you'll get Alan, Borough, May, almost for sure ahead of him, and then potentially Lamar Jackson, and then I think he starts to come in to play

as early as five. Okay. Dave, what made you move Caleb Williams down? Originally seventh, then you moved Stafford ahead of him and Dak ahead of him, and I think Herbert ahead of him. Why did you move up Caleb down?

Safe for quarterbacks, guys that I think will have an easier path to getting good numbers, at least on a week-to-week basis. That's DAC. that's Stafford. Herbert, I'm hoping, this is a silly hope. It feels like it's a silly hope that the offensive line will actually stay healthy for a big portion of the year. And if it does, then I think Justin Herbert can bounce back in a big way. I already talked about it's a tiny sample size, but four games with just Joe Ald on the field, he averaged over 26 fantasy points per game. By the time I'm interested in drafting these quarterbacks, at least in a one QB league, I don't mind taking a chance on any of these guys late. In fact, I'd like to get two of these guys, and that list of quarterbacks I would try and target would extend past my top 12. It would probably go, let's call it 15 quarterbacks deep. And so if I leave my draft with two late round QBs, what's up, JJ, two late round QBs, and one of them is Justin Herbert, I'd be ecstatic.

Okay. I had, let's see the, who is the one. So Dave had Herbert, Jamie and I did not, in the top 12. I have Mahomes. You guys don't. You're the only one that has Mahomes in the top 12. I imagine if you went to 13 or 14, you probably get Mahomes in there, right?

Yeah, I think that's fair. I was surprised that he didn't have him there. But look, once his rehab is, you know, getting close to putting him on the field, I'm sure a lot of people will be excited about Mahomes with a late-round pick. I don't think anybody's going to draft him to be a top five quarterback coming off this injury.

But assuming that there's no... Rashi Rice issue with what was happening the last 24 hours. And depending on Travis Kelsey situation, whatever else they do in the draft, like this could be a great season from Holmes, even coming off the A scale. Yeah, domestic violence allegations against Rishi Rice were made on social media.

So we'll obviously keep track of that. Sorry, I did not put that in the news and notes. I saw something interesting on Twitter about the Chiefs passing games from one of their beat writers. I can't remember who it was. But Andy Reid said that the run game wasn't good enough, and they weren't getting enough bite on play action this year. They weren't getting enough reaction from the defenses when they look back at it on play action.

So they have to address their run game, and it might make their passing game better. Okay. So Lawrence, you know, how do you, Jamie, you have Caleb and Lawrence back to back. You could make the case. They're pretty similar. They're on similar trajectories. They got head coach upgrades, and it all came together for them in the second half of the season. So you have them 11 and 12.

How do you compare them to the guys you have in front of them, the less mobile guys, especially Stafford, but the more established veterans. Like the order of you going 9, 10, 11, 12, Stafford, Dak Prescott, Caleb Williams, Trevor Lawrence, is a very interesting order there. Yeah, and purposeful. You know, Stafford coming off the year that he just had in first season with, you know, a combination of Devante Adams and Pooka and Akua. I just think that if everybody's back and Stafford is healthy, even at 38, it's hard to overlook what he still is capable of doing in Sean McVeigh's offense. And the same with Doc Prescott in looking at his receiving core, assuming that George Pickens is back.

So, you know, you kind of laid it out. I think the comp we made during the season several times of the Cowboys being the New Bengals makes a ton of sense. And then Stafford, again, just sort of reestablishing himself as one of the best passers in the NFL and the year that he just had in 2025. I think in the case of Williams and Lawrence, there's immense potential. The thing that I like about both is certainly the mobility, enough that it can give them that extra boost. And for Lawrence, the track record for Liam Cohen, Baker Mayfield had a great year running the ball when he was the coordinator. Trevor Lawrence, career season running the ball in 2025.

And so very curious to see what both of the off seasons look like for both of those quarterbacks in terms of what will the receiving course be because DJ Moore could leave Chicago. Do they bring in another young receiver that Ben Johnson covets or young pass catcher that Ben Johnson covets? What does the run game look like in Chicago for Trevor Lawrence? What's Travis Hunter's role going to be? Is Brian Thomas still there? You know, you talk about Buffalo as an A.J. Brown destination. I mean, Brian Thomas is going to be dangled out there from what I'm hearing. So we could see, you know, him off the team and do they draft another guy?

Do they get somebody else in free agency? You know, it wouldn't surprise me if there's another receiver in Jacksonville instead of Brian Thomas. But even if it's just a better Brian Thomas, which would be the best thing, then you get even more production from Trevor Lawrence the way he closed the year. So I think those two guys, along with Justin Herbert, you know, as Dave said, you know, if the offensive line's great, what Herbert showed us at the beginning of the season. I do think if the offensive line's great, then we get a little bit more running from

the chargers, maybe less running from Herbert. But still, all three of those guys with what they showed at times in 2025, along with Brock Purdy. You know, I'm probably a little bit too high on Purdy, but, you know, that three-game stretch that he had in the playoffs was certainly a little bit of recency bias for me in ranking him there, just seeing how good he is still capable of being in Kyle Shannon's offense. So I probably, you know, if I was going to redo it, I probably would put Purdy closer to Williams and Lawrence to just move her to. Stafford and Prescott ahead of them. But still, all four of those guys. Purdy, Williams, Lawrence, and Herbert, I think, are very good late-round targets at the position.

And wouldn't you love to have two of them and just have two shots at getting a quarterback that was great in 2025? That could be even better in 2026. Yeah, I think that just depends on your league. You know, if you know everybody's taking two quarterbacks, then you should certainly try and make that a priority. If you know there's going to be a lot of guys on the waiver wire,

I wouldn't waste the pick, especially if there's only four or five bench spots. Right. Or if it's an eight-team league, 10-team. league trying to figure out what purdy's upside is because he he did this in the playoffs fantasy playoffs last year too you know maybe not to this degree 32.2 40.9 and 43 fantasy points in the weeks 15 16 and 17 he crushed really easy matchups then he had a tough matchup against seattle and they had basically the worst game in kail shanaan's tenure did not have trent williams in that game trent williams and he didn't have him in week 17 either williams

played one snap and Purdy had five combined touchdowns. But Williams is older, you know? He's got to be the oldest left tackle in football, I would assume. I believe he's 37 now, so 38, come back. Right. So he's up there and Purdy runs. That's the thing. He might have huge upside.

He's probably going to be among the leaders and yards per attempt every year because every Shanahan quarterback is. He might have, he might have like massive upside, but I don't know. I haven't really seen it over a full season yet for any San Francisco quarterback. They just don't really throw that much. Kind of makes you a little more excited about the

upside for Trevor Lawrence and maybe even some quarterbacks we haven't talked about yet compared to Purdy. I think Caleb to me just, it's sky high. Don't we all have him ranked ahead of Purdy? No, Jamie doesn't. Okay. Well, I thought he just said that if he had to re-

No, no, I mean, again, you know, I'm not going to redo it yet from a week go. So we'll see how things go in next few months. Sure. I just think, obviously the talent is there for Caleb. He still misses on so many easy throws. So if he can clean that up, which I feel like he can, you know, that's going to make it more efficient. We haven't not seen him with O'Dunzee, Loveland, this version of burden on the field, healthy at the same time, right? Right. It's one of the reasons to be excited for the game on Saturdays because not only will you see him in that element with those guys, but without the type of pass rush that could inhibit him

because Green Bay's pass rush, it's clearly not the same without Michael Parsons there. So, and it's in his offensive line is still healthy, but one of the concerns I do have for Caleb, why I moved him down from seven is does the Bears defense, do they just go all in on defense this off season? And in that, in the event of that, does that change how some of their game scripts go? Maybe. And, I mean, they're going to have a first-place schedule. It's going to be a little bit more difficult for them.

But if the defense is better, if they can get to the opposing quarterback more often, maybe this is a team that wins games more like 21-17 instead of 38-34. And that would obviously hurt Caleb's numbers just a little bit. And maybe they improve their run game. There's just a lot of things that I wonder could take away that volume that we've loved from Caleb Williams. But he's still a top 12 quarterback. I don't think there's any question about it. Okay. And Matthew Stafford has QB1 this year. And he's the high, where do you have him, Dave?

Ten. Yeah. He's ninth for Jamie, 10th for Dave, and 12th for me. He does the high. He does the high. He's done. The only one in the top five. Right. It just reminds us. This is his first year in four years where he's averaged more than 19 fantasy points a game. And he has about an 8% touchdown rate, which is insane. It just reminds me of Jared Gough last year. but a better than golf but just when you when you have almost zero rushing you have to have this kind of year to to be a standout you know we'll see if he gets the MVP if they win a Super Bowl how much does that change sort of the approach next season you know they clearly have been trying to tinker with their backfield I do think you know look first year with

Devante Adams, have to factor that in. Offensive line was healthy for the most part this season. Have to factor that in. That's not always the case. I saw one stat. I don't know if it's three straight years in a row, but it's certainly three of at least the last five years. Fewest penalties of any team.

And so like those little things where they're not losing yards or and the turnovers for the most part, minimal, like they're huge. Like we don't really take that into account like how much those extra possessions matter at times. I mean, I know we love, hey, gunslinger. He's going to throw the ball a lot. He's going to throw into traffic. He's going to give his receivers time to make plays.

Aaron Rogers was so good at it for so long when he was at the top of his game of not throwing interceptions because he didn't want to. He didn't like to take those chances because he felt, okay, I don't turn the ball over. I still give my team a chance. And staffers started the same way. You know, so those lack of, you know, taking those extra hits from the running quarterbacks and it just it goes overlooked a little bit sometimes yeah sure does all right so let's uh let's recap our top 12 davy can go first allen number one drake may two joe burrow three

give me lamar jackson at four jackson dart at five jane daniels at six hurts seven dack eight justin herbert nine stafford 10 Caleb 11 and uh jamie will wait months to tinker with his rankings i'm literally doing mine while we're sitting here And I move Trevor Lawrence ahead of Brock Purdy. So give me Lawrence at 12 ahead of Brock Purdy. Jamie, your top 12? It is Josh Allen 1, Joe Burrow 2, Drake May 2, Joe Burrow 2, Drake May 3, Lamar Jackson 4, Jane Daniels 5, Jackson Dart 6, Brock Purdy 7, Jalen Hertz 8, Matthew Stafford 9, Dak Prescott, 10, Caleb Williams 11, and Trevor Lawrence 12. And I'm Alan, Burrow, Lamar, Drake May, 1 through 4.

Jaden Daniels 5, Hertz 6, DAC 7, Caleb Williams, 8, Jackson Dart 9, Purdy, 10, Mahomes, 11, Matthew Stafford, 12. Okay. And if you want to see all six of the rank list, they are all on CBSports.com. There you go. And if you want to hear who you should be putting in your DFS lineups this weekend, stay tuned. We'll be right back with our wild card previews on fantasy football today. Okay, here we go. So who are some players that we like this week or love this week, Jamie?

Who should we be targeting in these six games? For DFS or just in general? Well, it's kind of the same, isn't it? Or you're talking because of price? Yes, but also, at least the way I did it, I didn't do any weekend DFS lineups. I did day by day. So Saturday, DFS, Sunday DFS. Fair enough.

Well, who do you like? So for Saturday, I love, love, love, Jordan, love. You know, I think the narrative of they're taking personal, they're taking a personal, the hit that he took to get the concussion. You've heard some Packers talking about that. The first time that these two teams met, he went for 25 fantasy points against the Bears. I think Christian Watson, he said, is in line for a great game.

In that game, he had four catches, for 89 yards and two touchdowns on only four targets. So that's an easy stack if you want to go that route of those two guys. You come back on the other side with Luther Burden or Colston Loveland. The tight ends for Saturday are not great unless you want to buy into one of the Rams guys. So I actually prefer Higbee to Parkinson based on what I think will happen with Devante Adams now back. But what I did on the Saturday slate was I did a love Watson packer stack, come back on the other side with Luther Burden,

through Tyler Hig being there, the way that I did the, had the money work, got Pooka in the lineup as well. And then I think Kairn Williams against the Panthers is an easy bet too, you know, just looking at how the Panthers run defense has been.

So I think in this type of scenario where Blake Corman will still get his touches, this feels like playoff run, being on the veteran guy a little bit more, the more proven guy a little bit more. So Kiron feels a little bit safer to me. and then I came back with the Andre Swift as well just based on how he should perform.

So I did different lineups for different sites. So that's, I think, my fan do lineup on Draft Kings. I did a, um, Josh Jacobs, I agree with Dave. You know, I think Jacobs fresh legs should have an opportunity to play well. So mix it up a little bit.

Like the guys that I feel like I want to, the cheap options that I like, Jalen Koker, a big game against the Rams the first time around. Are you just talking Saturday here? This is just Saturday. Um, four catches, 74 yards and a touchdown. Luther Byrd is really cheap, you know, so he's an easy guy to go with.

Again, Tyler Hig would, be somebody that I would, uh, try and get in there if you can. And then, um, if you want to go with either burden, excuse me, a quorum or monongai, just knowing that they're going to get work, they're also cheap at that position, too. So I can go Sunday too if you want to. No, I mean, I think if we look at the, the overall slate for the weekend, right? We do have a lot of good defenses. So, yeah. So I think, you know,

Dave, where are the matchups that you're looking to exploit? This passing offense versus this passing defense, this run offense, you know, et cetera. What do you think? So you can start with the Carolina Rams game and the Panthers defense. They've got some good cornerback play, but I'd still, if Matthew Stafford has Puka and Devante Adams, I don't think that that's crazy to go after them. I do not like the matchup for the Panthers running backs.

I think something happened to Rico Dowell last week. On one of his first carries of the game, he slipped. It was a rainy field and or a wet. field rainy game and I don't know if he was the same after that he came looking better they said in the broadcast all three running backs changed their cleats right after that play so maybe it's not an injury but just I felt like he kind of took a step backward and I think this ram's run defense can be better than they've been uh over their past few weeks um and I I can't help but think that unless it's a breakaway run they're going to be fine against

Carolina. So I think a lot will fall on Bryce Young's shoulders. That makes me a little bit more excited about Teteroa McMillan, especially if the Panthers have to chase points. So Rams offense for sure, but the passing game should be good, provided that the weather doesn't mess with them. I don't know if there's any good defense in the Green Bay Chicago game. Could be a really high-scoring game. If Green Bay decides to take it conservatively and lean on Josh Jacobs, that can mess up the game scripts for everybody else in that game. But ultimately I don't mind one bit anytime Jordan Love plays against a defense that can't get pressure on the quarterback I love them and so that's the layout that I think this game will have

so Jordan Love is good Christian Watson is an interesting play I don't know DFS prices or anything like that I'm just naming off names and it makes me nervous to trust guys on Chicago because I think they'll just continue to spread it around it's not that the Packers defense is necessarily good at anything I just don't know what to really expect when when Chicago plays against this team. They'll play a lot of zone and the track record for Caleb when that happens is spreading the ball around a lot of targets to his running backs when he's gone up against Green Bay's defense this year. Okay. So don't want to focus just on Saturday. The entire... I think to answer your question, the defensive matchups you want to avoid, I think San Francisco's in for a really

tough day. Agreed. Especially without Trent Williams there if he's not going to play. The Eagles defense has been so good against quarterbacks for the entirety of the season. Last time I quarterback got multiple passing touchdowns against them was week four, or maybe one since week four. It's just been brutal for quarterbacks. And Purdy coming off the game that you just saw without Trent Williams against Seattle, it's a very similar type of defense, aggressive, going to be in his face, going to be tough for him.

So even though you might want to, and it's hard to go against those guys, Eagles are great against tight ends. Kittle still should get his numbers, but you just saw him in a tough game where he still was, you know, targeted heavily. I don't know how healthy his ankle is, you know, coming back from the injury last week, he's still been on the injury part this week.

McCaffrey will get his touches. He's hard to bet against, but still tough defense that he's facing. The Steelers' offense against the Texans' defense, that's going to be a tough matchup for them across the board. I do think Kenneth Gainmoles in play. When running backs have gotten targets against the Texans defense, they've given up numbers.

There's seven running backs on the season, or I'm sorry, eight running backs on the season, have scored 7.3 PPR points or more with just their receiving totals alone. So Gainwell has been so good in the last two months. Six of his last eight games, over 16 PPR points. A lot of that, obviously, from his receiving total. So he's my favorite stealer.

The Texans, though, like there's not anybody aside for me from Dalton Schultz that I like. Fully, talking DFS, Nico Collins is expensive. I mean, obviously, if you're playing any sort of, you know, head-to-head, matchups in fantasy for this week. I think you're playing Nico Collins. But Dalton Schultz against the Steelers are fourth in terms of fantasy points allowed to the position. Schultz has clearly been great. Three of his last five games over 11 ppr points, two touchdowns in that span.

So Schultz is in a great spot. Yeah, they think so much better. They've been so much better against tight ends though lately. Other than the two. They have been better against tight ends lately, but I think just look at what Schultz's role is for this team. And when you're talking about six games and which tight ends have the chances to play well, he's hard to overlook. He's in my, he's in my fan to a lineup for the entire slate.

I don't really like the tight ends this week because Kiddle. Right. It's not great. You know, I'm a little nervous about him. I think there could be, like, Schultz is probably more obvious. Colston Loveland's obvious. But I think, like, once you get past Kittle, like Goddard to me is one of my favorite plays. I hope he's healthy. I hope Kincaid is healthy.

Jaguars at times have struggled with tight ends this season, and you know what he means to that team. You're going to say the same thing, which I'm sure is the Jaguars They've been much better against tight ends lately than they were earlier in the season. Eight weeks. They've been much better against everyone over the last eight weeks. Like I said, they're the number one scoring defense in the last eight games. Yes, they definitely have been better. I think, though, when you're looking at it, like, Tyler Higbee is very interesting to me because he comes back off IR and is so involved, even though the other two guys played more snaps than him, doesn't look like Ferguson's going to play.

I think Parkinson is so almost, I don't want to say tied to Devante Adams, but most of his better games have come. in the last three games without Adams on the field. And then one guy that's, I'm curious just to see how he's going to perform. It's Tommy Trembal. You know, he's picked up his play since Chetabian Sanders went out. The Rams at times it looked bad against tight ends. And so he's somebody that's really cheap that could get some targets.

If, as Dave said, which I agree with, that we may see them throwing a little bit more if the run game is stagnant. But like, I don't want to play Brent Strange against the bills. That's an easy one to avoid. Hunter Henry, I think, is interesting. The charges have been really bad against tight ends lately. Yeah. Henry's been on fire, you know, so it's funny because I always look at when you see guys facing their former teams.

You know, he he must be at this point the last player to have, no, I guess Kenan Allen, I'm sorry. Those two guys last are still in the league having played in San Diego. So I went and looked, he's played against Chargers three times since leaving them and has not had a good game against them once. But I just think he's been so good lately. And three of the last six tight ends against the Chargers have scored at least 14 PPR points. So Henry's in, you know, somewhat of a decent spot. But they, Chargers play a ton of zone and his efficiency is much better against zone than man. There's a lot of interesting plays here, Adam, from, you know, the standpoint of, like, who can you trust?

Like, one guy that I'm, I'm struggling with because the Chargers run defense has been so good lately, but they haven't played a lot of tough competition. Ramandre Stevenson is absolutely in fuego right now, 17 or more PPR points in his last three games. He hasn't had more than 13 touches in a game. game over that. I'm sorry, maybe he's 11 touches in the game over that span, but he's got six touchdowns in his last three games. And in each of those three games, five point nine yards per carry are better, 11 yards per catch are better. And he's just making such explosives that it's like, can he get more work? Because some of those games, they were blowouts, they didn't

use him. Yeah. So I think, look, there's some cheaper running backs, Remandre being one of them. I'm looking at Fandul. And let me just see. compare him to Trayvion. Trevion is $6,800, and Ramandre is $6,300. So there's... I play Stevenson all day. Gainwell is $6,000, but Fandu's half-P-R, so keep that in mind. So there's two other guys that I wanted to bring up that could have big, big roles.

Woody Marks, because Jawar Jordan left week 18 with an injury, I think, or left week, whatever. Jamar Jordan's hurt. I don't know what the injury report is. They play Monday. Do you guys know Jowar Jordan's that? We won't know it until Saturday, hopefully. Okay, so Woody Marks is 6,500, and Kamani Bidell is the cheapest by far of this group of 5,600. There's also Menangai at 5,500, but Vidal, if Hampton doesn't play,

I mean, you could be talking 20 touches for Kamani Bidel, but they could be really bad touches against New England. What's quorum? Corum is, um, uh, sorry, 57. 700. Yeah. Corum, I mean, the three straight games with single-digit carries for Corum. He was in at the goal line when Stafford threw a one-yard touchdown pass to Colby Parkinson last week.

Just one other note on goal-line work. The Jaguars, they were up 34 to 7 at this point in the game, late in the game. Travis E.T.N. got a carry. First and goal from the three. He lost two yards. Second and goal from the five, they tossed it to Bejel Tootin. His first game back, and he scored a touchdown. So Tudin's always a threat there.

But otherwise, ETN, I think, would be a really good-looking play at 7,500. He's the sixth most expensive running back on Fandul, going against a Bill's run defense that struggled all year. I think if you want to build a team that has Josh Allen, for example, you know, so if you want to go with the expensive options, like the cheap options that running back make a lot of sense, you know, so Gainwell-Stevenson, Monongai, Quorum, Vidal, if there is no Hampton, you know, those type of things. like it's really easy to get away with because outside of really i don't know how much you want to trust mcalfrey especially at his price you shouldn't barclay we know has been tough to trust and the san francisco run defense is very up and down throughout the course of the season but barkley is up and down throughout the course of the season right um you know if you don't want to go with kairn for example but like it's it's easy to get away from the high end running backs like you can go

with you can go with Swift he's really reasonable you can go with Jacobs he's reasonable again I think you go to the next tier and gain well and Stevenson make a lot of sense you know but if you want to spend on the running backs I mean I think James Cook I know the Jaguars run defense is

good statistically I think James Cook I think the bills win the game so I think James Cook and Josh Allen have huge roles no surprise there in anything that the bills do successfully and the one concern I have about the Jaguars is their left tackle may not play.

And that's something that we have not seen from them in this stretch of poor offensive line play, mostly because of who they've faced. Denver was bad against them for where Denver typically is. But they hit Trevor Lawrence in that matchup. So we'll see if they have to put Walker Little at left tackle and how that impacts what Buffalo is able to do defensively. And Buffalo's pass rush has been coming on over the last couple of games.

All right. So here's what I want to do. I want to go through each game. And I just want to tell me, do you think these teams do well offensively? Do you think the Rams do well at Carolina? Yes. Maybe not to the high standard that we normally think, but yes. Do you think the Panthers do well against the Rams?

No. No. Do you think the Packers do well? Do you think the Packers and Bears' offenses do well? Yes. Packers more so than the Bears. And the thing is, I mean, I just did a Fandu lineup, and I have three Packers in there. But you've got to be careful.

this is one of the games that might have bad weather. So I'd have to pivot. But Jordan Love at 7,200 is a huge discount from Josh Allen at 87, from Jalen Hertz at 8,200, Stafford, 81, May 8,000, Lauren, 7,900, Caleb 78, Justin Herbert, 76, Brock Purdy, 73, and then Jordan Love, 7200. All right, next up, do you think the Bill's offense does well at Jacksonville? This is the highest total on the board, by the way, at 52 points, by far the highest total. Yes.

I know that Alan and Cook should. I don't know if there's anybody else that I would genuinely trust. Maybe Kincaid if you're in a tournament. Okay. Do you think the Jaguars do well? Because they are implied to have about 25 points in this game, 25 and a half. I'm a little nervous. Okay.

Man, it's interesting. Okay. And then do you think the 49-9? do well at Philadelphia? No. What if they have Trent Williams? No. A little better if it's Trent Williams plan.

Yes, but no. Do you think we haven't talked about the Eagles yet, but the Eagles, the 49ers, basically the M.O. is solid run defense, although I don't think it's been great lately, really very vulnerable against the past. Do we think the Eagles do well? I think they're going to be vulnerable against everything, especially with Bethune now out.

So they're turning to older veterans at linebacker. their pass rest hasn't been the same since week two. So I think that this is a get right spot for the Eagles overall. And they're arrested and Lane Johnson's coming back. I know that Jamie talked a lot about cheap running backs. And I think a lot of people will do that in DFS. I would invest in Saquan Berkeley because I don't think a lot of people will do it. And it wouldn't surprise me if Saquan Barkley is a monster game.

I love Dallas Goddard if he's healthy. I don't know how much of. I don't like the fact that he's on injury report. I know he missed the game technically in week 18. with a knee injury, but they were resting starters, but he's still on the injury port, but Goddard was so good prior to week 18.

Three of his last four games with 12.2 PPR points or more, four touchdowns over that span. 49ers have struggled with tight ends at times this season. He mentioned no Bethune, so that's, you know, another strength, I think, for him. I do think if you want a cheap optionate receiver with huge upside, Devante Smith, is four of his last seven playoff games.

He's been over 15 PPR points. So he tends to rise the occasion in these big moments. And the San Francisco secondary has not exactly played great consistently. I'm going to guess if Lenore wanted to follow JSN, he may want to follow A.J. Brown. Not that that worked out well for him overall. But still, I think DeMonte Smith could have a good game here. It's just clearly tough to trust two games in his last seven

with over 14 PPR points. The rest have been miserable. But, yeah, I think the San Francisco defense is going to be in trouble. And I think the Eagles defense should, on paper, dominate the 49ers. Yeah, it's funny. I mean, the 49ers going into Week 18 had a chance at the number one seed. And now this podcast is not really giving them much of a chance. But the thing is, like, the Eagles, they just haven't, they've been stuck in the mud all year.

Offense has been bad. Offense, yeah. So from a DFS standpoint, I want to believe in that. them, I believe in A.J. Brown. That's, who do you feel most comfortable with if you were going to pick one Eagles player to start this week? Seguanne. Seguan Barclay. I'm with you, Adam.

I don't go ahead. J. Brown. Okay. Um, all right. Uh, do you think the Chargers put up points at New England? Some. Maybe, maybe they get to 20 points. So, as Dave said, the Patriots defense is getting healthy. They're very similar to the Jaguars and the teams that they've faced and the quarterbacks that they've beat up.

And since week 10, only one quarterback over 17 fantasy points. It was Josh Allen. But the last three that they faced was half a game of Lamar Jackson. The only good quarterback really that they've done well against was Jackson Dart. That was his first game back from the concussion. But also they're just getting healthy right now. The only good game Justin Herbert's had since week 10 was against Dallas. And he's been 17 points or less in all of those other ones.

he is the third most sack quarterback he's off by being number one by two he is the most hit quarterback for the season at 129 times it's just tough to trust him at this point with the offensive line being what it is and the Patriots at home so if Hampton doesn't play I don't know if that's a positive because now you really take away the threat of a run game because as good as Kamani Baidal has been at times I don't think that scares it's kind of like what you said about the chiefs like I don't think the Patriots like I don't think the Patriots The Patriots fear the Chargers run game. If they get behind, I think it's bad news for the Chargers.

So I would try to avoid the Chargers if you can. And don't forget, I don't really care too much about this, but Justin Herbert has a really bad playoff history. It's the biggest knock against him. He's been bad in the playoffs. The next question to me is the toughest one. Do the Patriots put up points against this Chargers defense that has been so good? I think Drake May is one of the tougher calls because he's a,

expensive. He's, but he's not, he's the fourth most expensive quarterback. He's $700 cheaper than Josh Allen, but quarterbacks just don't do well against his team, but Drake May can do well against anyone. So do the, Dave, do the Patriots score against New England, against I think they do and I think May is the reason for it. So how's that for a curveball? Because their running backs have done so well, Romandre, Jamie talked about, he's been explosive. He's done a lot of it through the air, too. But I, I feel like this game plays out where May helps the Patriots build a lead. And then maybe the ground game cracks the Chargers late. And that's what ends up helping the Patriots win the game. The Chargers play a ton of zone. Drake May isn't quite as

explosive against Zone than man, but boy, is he very effective. And his AdD is higher against zone than is for man. This is over the course of the season. I could see Drake May doing all the great things that he's done lately to help the Patriots put up points and to really put the Chargers in a tough spot. I also like that the charge, well, I don't know if I like this for the Patriots, obviously I don't, but for the charges it'll help that Denzel Perryman will be back, and that helps

their run defense, and I think that's the strength of their unit right now. This feels like a 20 to 10 game, like low scoring. How about Houston? I feel like it could be a little bit better than that, like maybe like 2720, but not like a crazy high scoring game. And it's probably

you know, if you want to just avoid Houston and Pittsburgh, that's probably a good idea, or the easiest game to avoid, let's say that. There's only three players I would consider. 39 and a half is the total. That's so low. That makes me want to run toward their defenses. I do have the Texas DST.

Four games have a total between 44 and a half and 46. That's Rams, Panthers, Packers, Bears, Niners, Eagles, Chargers, Patriots. The Bills, Jaguars, I'm leaning under on this game personally, but 52 points is the total there. Oh, I take the under, too. I think almost all the unders are in play this week. And 39 and a half on Texan Steelers is pretty low. All right.

So my fan will line up is Packers heavy. It's Jordan Love, Christian Watson. Josh Jacobs is my flex. It can be my running back, whatever. He was just the last guy I used. I decided between Jacobs and Devante Adams, and I went with Jacobs and half PPR. Just Adams hasn't played in a little while.

I want to make sure he's healthy. I think he's healthy. But I love Watson, Jacobs. I have Luther Burden to kind of run it back, the reverse stack. James Cook and Kamani Vidal. James Cook is my most expensive player tied with A.J. Brown. So it's Watson, A.J. Brown, Luther Burden. I did have Dalton Schultz, but then Jamie, you talked about Hunter Henry,

and I think that makes a lot more sense. I went with Hunter Henry. He's $300 more expensive than Schultz. Jacob's my flex, Texans, DST. So again, it's love. James Cook, Kamani Vidal, Watson, Burden. A.J. Brown, Hunter Henry, Josh Jacobs, and Texans DST. So what I would do just to give yourself less of a headache is I would put Jacobs in your running back spot because if Hampton plays, you want to swap out Vidal.

Right. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, I almost wonder if you should swap out Vidal anyway and go with just a different player at a cheap price point. Okay, well, so I've got Vidal at Flex. Now, let's say Hampton plays. What are my options there? DJ Moore, Romeo Dobbs, Jaden Higgins, Blake Cor. him. Jalen Coker. I don't like these options. Dallas Gawker. I don't mind Coker. Kyle Monongai. Coker scored three touchdowns in his last five games, and he's really been playing better

for Bryce Young. Again, I'm not feeling it. Well, I mean, you're trying to look for upside here. I think I'd rather have Colson Loveland. I think I'd put Colson Loveland in there. Oh, you can get Colson Loveland. That's the move. I would also consider, again, you're trying to go for the most upside you possibly can that's going to be different. And so one aspect that I'm doing a head-to-head for the record. I'm not doing a tournament.

No, I'm doing a 50-50. I'm doing a 50-50. Okay, then you want to be a little safer. I was going to say, like, if you want to go two tight ends. Yeah. I would be pretty excited about burden because the thing about, not burden, Loveland,

Loveland's target per route run rate has been very high for about a month and a half. He just hasn't run that many routes. But the last three games, his route run rate has been over 80%. So now you're combining, what's that? That was without O'Donze. It's true. I don't know that's going to affect his, coming back. I'm with you after how much work he gets.

I'm with you, Adam, I'm just mentioning it. That was all without O'Donzee. That was the second half. Like, I'd be super fired up about him, but we're thinking O'Donzee's going to play this week. It's just a big curve ball for the entire offense. It is, but we don't know how much Adunzee is going to play, how effective he'll be. And how does this coaching staff ignore what Loveland has done? and just such a matchup nightmare that he's been

that they pull him off the field just because roams back. It's not pulling him off the field. It's target distribution and how teams are now going to defend each of these teams. Okay, so Dave, do you have any lineups or anything else you want to share?

I don't. Do you think you're going to use a Patriots running back? If I did, it would be Stevenson because he's going to be cheaper. Jamie, do you have any other lineups who'd like to share? I don't have it in front of me. me um i have uh seven lineups that i'll be putting on the site that you can see okay seven

seven so better than rocky that's awesome okay yeah uh my lineup is for the full slate jamie's got lineups for individual days no no i i i as we were talking i i just why i didn't do one for the full slate so i haven't posted the story yet so i'll do one for the full slate on each site on uh it's for phandal and drafting so i give you suggestions for both cool all right everybody enjoy the oh let's do some picks let's go uh i'm not going to do with the spread that's for sports line rams panthers rams rams rams by seven or eight packers at bears packers my family's going to kill me packers by three going bears uh bills a jaguars bills bills by seven I think it's the fact that the Jaguars

have just not played anybody other than the Broncos lately and they did great I'm going to go with the bills but I really think it's a toss-up I really do that's the toughest game to pick I think Packers Bears

the second toughest Josh Allen's never won a playoff game on the road Johnny Airport says I don't need to see Jamie's lineups to know they're better than Adams that's from Dan Eagles 49ers

Eagles Eagles by two touchdowns. Patriots Chargers. Yeah, Eagles for me too, by the way. Patriots. Patriots by a touchdown. Yeah, I like the Patriots. And Texans, I think they blast the Steelers personally.

I don't know if they have the offense to do that. That's a problem. But I'll take Texans. I'll lean Texans. Let me say. How many games have they won by, let's say, 14 or more points? The Houston Texans won. They beat Tennessee 26-0.

They'd be Baltimore, 44-10, without Lamar. 13 points against Jacksonville 20 points against Arizona That's it Yeah The Steelers Lost four games by 10 points all year Four of their seven losses

The Steelers are better than I give them credit for I think But I think they're going to get humbled All right Have a great weekend everybody We'll talk to you on Monday For those of you wondering Pete's on vacation Should be back next week

We'll talk to him then We'll talk to you then and yeah goodbye that's it see you