Fantasy Football Today - 🚨 Mike White Out! Sit the Jets? (12/17 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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Starting point is 00:01:16 Visit amex.ca slash business platinum. Mike White is out. Zach Wilson will start against the Detroit Lions. We'll talk about it right now on Fantasy Football Today. Welcome to this bonus podcast here. Adam Azer and Dave Richard. And man, this stinks. Everyone's favorite streaming quarterback.

Starting point is 00:01:37 He's out and he may not be able to play the following week because they have a Thursday game against the Jaguars. So really the question is about Garrett Wilson. Where was he in your rankings? Where will he be with this news, Dave? He will be a borderline low-end number two wide receiver. And if that's depressing to you, it should be because it's depressing to everybody. Look, this is a nightmare situation for fantasy managers.

Starting point is 00:02:03 I'd like to give you some quick stats, if I may, Adam. Yeah. 33 quarterbacks this year have attempted at least 175 passes in the National Football League. Zach Wilson ranks dead last or second to last in attempts per game, EPA per dropback, completions, completion rate, yards, touchdowns, touchdown rate, and quarterback rating.

Starting point is 00:02:26 Other than that, he's been okay. He's top four in interceptions. Good. He is bottom 10 in yards per attempt. He is top 12 in a dot. He's just not, he's not the answer and he's not worth trusting, obviously, even in a two quarterback league in the most important of fantasy matchups. And if he's not worth trusting, then it's going to be very hard to trust others who wear a New York jet uniform against the lions

Starting point is 00:02:58 on Sunday. Well, the last three games that Wilson played with Wilson, that Garrett Wilson played with Zach Wilson, he had 115 yards against new England. He had 92 yards against Buffalo. And then there was that game with the bad weather where Zach Wilson was dreadful and got benched. And Garrett Wilson had just two catches for 12 yards, but before that 115 and 92 yards. So that I guess gives you a little bit of hope. So who did you move ahead of him? I'm assuming that that means like Christian Watson's ahead of him now at this point. Yeah, yeah. I mean, Garrett Wilson was a top 12 wide receiver for me in PPR.

Starting point is 00:03:30 So now I've moved on. Zay Jones is ahead of him. Mike Evans is ahead of him. Michael Pittman. You guys were a little higher on Pittman than I am, but Pittman's way ahead of him now. Guys like Cooper, Olave, Jalen, well, I mean, you can pretty much figure out where Garrett Wilson ranks compared to other big name, high profile, wide receivers in fantasy. It is very hard to get excited about him and expect more than call it 15 or 16 PPR points.

Starting point is 00:03:59 Okay. Now Mike White is rostered in 67% of leagues. So people were planning on starting him this week. They're going to have to pivot. I was going to start him in a league. I have to start Ryan Tannehill. Now that's who I picked up. Tannehill at the Chargers.

Starting point is 00:04:12 That's probably the best guy that you can go and get now off the waiver wire. Who's available? Tannehill's available. That's the one. I can mention Derek Carr or Daniel Jones, but come on. Those guys are rostered in too many leagues. Right. So I'm going to name some players,

Starting point is 00:04:28 and you're going to tell me who you like. Tannehill at the Chargers, Taylor Heineke against the Giants, Tyler Huntley. Those are probably the top three right there. How about... 16, 20, and 21 in my rankings. How about Matt Ryan?

Starting point is 00:04:45 I'm not going to trust him against Minnesota, but I understand why some people would. Okay. I kind of like Brett Rippon against the Cardinals. Jerry Judy and Greg Dulcich against that defense. Let's talk about Zonovan Knight. Move him down? Of course.

Starting point is 00:05:01 Man, this sucks. It's a wear. Behind Foreman and Najee Harris. Oh yeah. He's behind him. Latavious Murray just behind them though. I'm sorry. Latavious Murray.

Starting point is 00:05:12 He's a little Latavious Murray, especially in PPR. Like he can benefit from short throws. He might end up with five catches in the game, but the odds of him getting a hundred total yards, you know, there was a little bit of discomfort ranking him just because the Lions defense had been getting better against the run. Now it's going to be even more obvious. They're going to dare the Jets to throw on them.

Starting point is 00:05:36 Tough. Tough, tough, tough. Big news for the Lions. And the Lions DST, I don't know if you'd like to know. Lions DST has catapulted into the top 10 for me. Oh, wow. So if you're streaming DSTs, consider the Lions DST, I don't know if you'd like that at all. Lions DST has catapulted into the top 10 for me. Oh, wow. So if you're streaming DSTs, consider the Lions. Who would I start them over?

Starting point is 00:05:51 I would start them over the Packers against the Rams. Panthers, mentioned them on the show earlier on Friday. Bengals, now the Jets defense. I'd start them over the Jets defense. They have been playing well lately. I think they've been on some kind of tear where they've been putting up double digit fantasy points. And like, I want to say four of their past five. I can get you the stats in about six seconds.

Starting point is 00:06:14 Five of their past six games, they've scored at least 10 fantasy points. It's good. They're not bad. They're playing better. They're worth starting with Zach Wilson for the Jets. Okay. Well, that's it for this bonus pod. It was quick. They're playing better. They're worth starting with Zach Wilson for the Jets. Okay. Well, that's it for this bonus pod. It was quick.

Starting point is 00:06:28 Hopefully it was helpful. And we'll talk about it more. I'll get Dan Schneier and Jamie's opinion on it on the mailbag episode, which will air Saturday morning, first thing in the morning, 3 a.m. Or if you're watching it, you'll see it's Friday afternoon.

Starting point is 00:06:41 Thanks to Dave. Thanks to Zach Brooke for setting up our bonus podcast. I'm Adam. Sorry, everybody. Thanks to Dave. Thanks to Zach Brook for setting up our bonus podcast. I'm Adam. Sorry, everybody. Talk to you later.

Fantasy Football Today - 🚨 Mike White Out! Sit the Jets? (12/17 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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