Fantasy Football Today - Week 12 Start or Sit (11/29 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: November 29, 2020

With all of the breaking news we've seen this week, let's figure out who we're starting and who we're sitting in Week 12. We'll discuss Benny Snell, Kendall Hinton, Nyheim Hines, Brian Hill, Matt Breida and more. Listen to the brand new Fantasy Football Today in 5 podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-in-5/id1528634304 'Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow the new FFT Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/FFToday Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @BenSchragg Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviK78rIWXhZdFzJ1Woi7Fg/videos Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/ Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletter To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ 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

We've got a lot to get to, so let's get to it right now on Fantasy Football Today in 5. Good morning. It has been a wild few days in the fantasy football world. We're here to help you set your lineups. This is Fantasy Football Today in 5, a podcast that gets you caught up fast on the fantasy news and advice you need to know. Follow us and stream us on Spotify. Tell your friends. Help us grow.

We'd really appreciate it. I'm Adam Azer. I'm joined by Heath Cummings. He has made a lot of projections updates. It has been wild. But first of all, Heath, how are you dealing with your Steelers and Ravens? Are you putting them in your lineups and expecting them to get the game in?

I am hopeful that I don't have to. Like right now, I think that there's a better chance they play on Tuesday than don't play on Tuesday. So I'm not saying that you definitely shouldn't use them, but it's a matchup between two very good defensive clubs. Now, they may not have all their good defensive players. Both teams have been impacted offensively

by the COVID list in one way or another. I really don't want to. The hardest place, obviously, is with the tight ends, Mark Andrews and Eric Ebron, and I'm probably just starting them. Although what I might do is roster one of Jacob Hollister or Will Disley or Richard Rogers. And if you get to Monday and there's still any uncertainty at all and you only need a couple points to win, just plug those guys in. That's a great idea you know kyle rudolph is only rostered in 13 of leagues but irv smith is out adam phelan is out

and i'm honestly i picked him up in a couple leagues this morning where i have mark andrews and i might just prefer him to mark andrews i'm not sure how i feel about that yet heath because rg3 is a quarterback so i i you know i'm i'm just less obviously less excited about andrews to begin with but i want to throw that name out there if you need a tight end kyle rudolph has a nice opportunity against carolina this week uh all right kendall hinton could play some quarterback will apparently play some quarterback broncos are hinton that he will be the start there you go he's wide receiver eligible where is he in your wide receiver rankings um he is projected for nine fantasy points he has not worked his way into

my wide receiver rankings as you can tell this morning um he's going to be in the 40s still this is this broncos team has an implied total of 10.5 this morning. I have never seen, like, through all the things the Jets have pulled off over the years, I don't recall an over-under being that low. He didn't get any practices, really, with the team as the number one quarterback, and Royce Freeman is expected to play some plays at quarterback as well. So I would like to not use any Broncos. Yeah, and he's not going to catch any passes most likely, too.

So in a PPR league, it's kind of weird. It's like he's almost worse because you don't expect a ton of passing. He's definitely worse in PPR than he is in non-PPR. Yeah, no, I mean, he's just worse than you might think. Oh, I've got to get this wide receiver in my line. He's playing quarterback. Well, he's not going to catch. In all likelihood, he's not going to catch passes.

All right, so we've got Benny Snell, Anthony McFarlane filling in for Connor. We've got Gus Edwards and Justice Hill. We've got Naeem Hines and Jordan Wilkins. We've got Brian Hill and Ido Smith. We've got Nat Breida. I don't know what they're going to do at running back for the Dolphins. We've got Royce Freeman, and Kendall Hinton is not a running back, but he's a wide receiver.

He's a flex option here. Who are you excited about among these replacement running backs this week? I'm pretty excited about Brian Hill. He's shown a little bit more juice than Todd Gurley running between the 20s. He's pretty good as a pass catcher. It's a good matchup against the Raiders. Both teams have, I think that game has an over-under of 54, one of the highest on the slate.

And so I'm the most excited of all those guys about Brian Hill, and I'm starting him as a number two running back. Snell? Edwards? Again, it's that Tuesday night game. Let's say they play. Where would you be on that? Gus Edwards would be a number two running back in non-PPR, a good number two running back in non-PPR, and a high-end flex in full PPR.

Benny Snell is a mid-range high-end flex in non-PPR and a mid-range low-end flex in full PPR. I thought you'd be higher on him. I mean, you're just not sure if he's going to get all the work that Conor gets. I don't necessarily expect. I mean, what's all the work that Conor's got over the past month? All right, fine. So you think he's going to split with McFarlane, I guess is my better question.

Yes, I do think they want to get McFarlane more involved. I think McFarlane has better pedigree as a running back. He is someone that I think has a better chance of developing into a full-term starter in the future. Pick a Colts running back. I'm going to go with nine minds. He has at least shown the ability when he's received double digit touches to be good for fantasy purposes.

We know he's going to be the primary pass catching running back. He was good against the Titans as recently as two weeks ago. He's not far behind Brian Hill for me, at least in PPR, as a number two running back that I feel okay about starting. We're going to fire through the rest of these now because we're already past our five-minute goal. I knew we would be today. Julio Jones not expected to play according to one report,

game-time decision according to another. Your reaction? I really don't want to start Matt Ryan. He's a number a high end number two fantasy quarterback. Austin Eckler could play today. Won't get the full workload. Kalen Balazs likely out.

Eckler is a low end number two running back. Better in PPR, but I do have him behind Brian Hill and Naeem Hines. San Francisco has activated Mostert and Jeff Wilson. Don't know what the situation's going to be, though. Mostert is a low-end number two running back. I prefer him to Eckler in non-PPR. I prefer Eckler in full PPR.

Ryan Fitzpatrick starting. Yeah. I've had Devontae Parker as a number two wide receiver for most of the week. I feel better about that call. And Fitzpatrick is a borderline number one quarterback. I would start him over Matt Ryan. Would you start him over Taysom Hill? I would start him over Taysom Hill.

Jalen Hurts will apparently play more, getting first team reps at quarterback for the Eagles this week. I really don't want to start any Eagles besides Miles Sanders and Dallas Goddard. And this is an Apple podcast question from JT. Give me one in PPR, Tyler Boyd, Damian Harris,

or Kalen Balazs, Kim Balazs, not expected to play. So Boyd or Damian Harris, PPR. I'm going to go with Damian Harris. I don't feel that much differently about the Bengals receivers than I do. The Broncos receivers.

Oh, even in PPR. I don't know. Brandon Allen is their starting quarterback. Yeah, I do that. That's true. I'm surprised. I thought you were going to go with Tyler Boyd. Thank you very much to Heath Cummings. Thanks everybody for listening to this extended

version of Fantasy Football Today in 5. Hope it was helpful. Good luck in Fantasy Week 12. We'll talk to you Sunday night on the Fantasy Football Today feed. Make sure you follow that one and stream it on Spotify.. We'll talk to you Sunday night on the Fantasy Football Today feed. Make sure you follow that one and stream it on Spotify. And we'll talk to you tomorrow morning here on Fantasy Football Daily 5.