Fantasy Football Today - Week 13 Start or Sit! (12/06 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Starting point is 00:00:00 Let's get into the playoffs to wrap up that first round by on Fantasy Football Today in 5. We're going to help you set your lineups right now. It is Sunday. It is a big day. We are fired up for three straight days of big-time football. Adam Azor and Heath Cummings here on Fantasy Football Today in 5. Follow us and stream us on Spotify as we get you caught up with the news and advice you need to know in the fantasy world every single morning. All right, Heath, let's start with the Ravens.

Starting point is 00:00:24 We don't exactly know who's in and who's out, so if you're setting your lineup on Sunday morning and it's 8 o'clock in the morning right now, there might be updates later in the day, but how do you go about your Ravens versus anyone else? One thing I did see was that Vegas had released a number on it finally, and it had the Ravens as pretty significant favorites, so I wonder if that means they think Lamar Jackson's going to play.

Starting point is 00:00:46 As of right now, I'm not planning on having Lamar Jackson. I am planning on starting J.K. Dobbins. I'm not planning on having Mark Andrews. And I'm pretty much treating Marquise Brown like the boom-bust flex he is. All right. Ben Roethlisberger on Monday night, this popped up. He's questionable. Are you confident that he is going to play?

Starting point is 00:01:10 What do you do if you have to start someone today or Roethlisberger tomorrow? I would, I mean, it depends on who that someone today is. If it's Mitchell Trubisky, I'm probably just starting Trubisky. If it's Taysom Hill, I'm probably just starting Taysom Hill. If I have to drop down to someone like Tua Tagovailoa, Tungavailoa, or Drew Locke, then I might just go see if I could pick up Alex Smith and wait it out. Okay. All right. That works.

Starting point is 00:01:41 Miles Gaskin and Tua Tagovailoa look like they are going to play today. If they're both in, I don't think you're going to be excited to start Tua. I know that. But what about Gaskin? I mean, it's a great matchup for him and maybe a nice opportunity. We just don't know what the workload will be against Cincinnati. Well, the injury report had DeAndre Washington as doubtful, Zavon Ahmed as doubtful.

Starting point is 00:02:02 I think their only other running back might be Patrick Laird. So I think he's going to get as much workload as he can handle. And with their starting two, they're going to want to hand the ball off as much as possible. So I am starting Myles Gaskin. He's a top 12 running back for me. Oh, wow. So you'd start him over like Jonathan Taylor?

Starting point is 00:02:21 That might be the breaking point. I've got Taylor really close to top 12 this week as well. Let's talk about the Eagles. Would you start them over Miles Sanders? Let me start with that. I would start both Miles Gaskin and Jonathan Taylor over Miles Sanders. All right, what do you make of this Jordan Howard thing? He's going to be active today.

Starting point is 00:02:37 I don't think it probably matters too much. I mean, they've been trending a little bit towards they want to share with their running backs. But Miles Sanders really hasn't made his hay this year by grinding out four yards of pop 20 times. He's done it with enormous plays and he still has the enormous play potential. I'm still starting him as a mid range to low end number two running back, but I would start David Montgomery, Antonio Gibson, Clyde Edwards-Ziller, Jonathan Taylor, guys like that over Miles Sanders. So Zach Ertz, we see the Eagles say they're going

Starting point is 00:03:11 to be smart with Zach Ertz. They're facing Green Bay, and we're going to be watching that on the home team watch party presented by Lowe's on Twitch, twitch.com slash FF today. Come join the fun 4 p.m. Eastern. Are you going to be smart with Zach Ertz? Are you going to, well, what is smart with Zach Ertz? Is he a starter? Is he a sit? Are there any streamers that you'd start over him? It was much easier to say he's definitely just a sit. And then we got the John U news was out and

Starting point is 00:03:33 Mike Gasicki is now catching passes from Tua instead of Fitzmagic. So it's not quite as easy, but I'd like to sit Zach Ertz. I would start Jordan Aikens over Zach Ertz. What about Ferkser and Gasicki? I've got Gasicki higher than Ertz in non-PPR, Ertz in PPR, and I have Ertz over Ferkser. You are a little hesitant with

Starting point is 00:03:55 Chris Carson this week, and it seems like Carlos Hyde is going to play against the Giants. What are your thoughts there? Yeah, it's just I think we're going to look at pretty close to a timeshare. There's only been one running back since week five and only two since week two that have rushed for more than 60 yards against this Giants defense. You've had success catching passes against them, and he might catch a couple of passes, but I don't feel confident in him as more than a low-end number two. I would start Miles Sanders over Chris Carson as worried as I am about Sanders.

Starting point is 00:04:24 Phillip Lindsay looks like he's going to play, and Todd Gurley, same thing here. Number two, I would start Miles Sanders over Chris Carson as worried as I am about Sanders. Phillip Lindsay looks like he's going to play, and Todd Gurley, same thing here. So I know you're going to, you know, Melvin Gordon is the lead guy there. Are either Melvin Gordon against Kansas City or Todd Gurley against the Saints worth starting this week? And would you start a Lions running back over them as we don't expect DeAndre Swift? I am more likely to, of that group,

Starting point is 00:04:42 I would say I'm most likely to start Todd Gurley and then Melvin Gordon and then the Lions um I don't want to start Philip Lindsay really just you're gonna have to hope he breaks one long run I think because they're using Gordon in the goal line and they don't really throw to Lindsay much so I would go Gurley then Gordon then carry on and Peterson. Okay. Last question. Devante Booker.

Starting point is 00:05:08 Where do you have him ranked? I've got him projected like fifth, but I think I dropped him down to eighth or ninth in the rankings just to try to be more reasonable. But this is a fantastic situation. I think he's going to get close to 20 touches. I expect him to score a touchdown. I'm starting Devante Booker. I said I had Miles Gaskin top 12. I'd start Booker over Gaskin.

Starting point is 00:05:24 Right. Yes. I'm fired up. I've been recommending I said I had Myles Gaskin top 12. I'd start Booker over Gaskin. Right. Yes. I'm fired up. I've been recommending him to a lot of players, a lot of fantasy players. Let's get a big day from Devontae Booker. Thanks to Heath Cummings. Thanks to all of you for listening. I'm Adam Azer. Make sure you listen to the Fantasy Football Today podcast. Follow that one and stream it on Spotify.

Starting point is 00:05:39 We will talk to you tomorrow morning, recapping Week 13.

Fantasy Football Today - Week 13 Start or Sit! (12/06 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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