Fantasy Football Today - Week 14 Start or Sit: Braelon Allen, Isaac Guerendo, Zach Charbonnet and More (12/08 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Starting point is 00:00:00 Set in those lineups for fantasy week 14. Here we go with big running back injury news on fantasy football today express. Welcome everyone, it's Adam and Heath here on Sunday morning. All right, Reese Hall is out at Miami. Ken Walker is out at Arizona and Jordan Mason, Christian McCaffrey, they are out.

Starting point is 00:00:18 Isaac Garendo likely getting put into that starter's role for the 49ers. How are you ranking Braylon Allen, Zach Charbonne and Isaac Arendo Heath? So there are levels to this. Zach Charbonne is the most starty of the starts. He had a rush share of over 80% and a target share over 10% last time

Starting point is 00:00:41 that Ken Walker missed a couple of games and he didn't run efficiently. I'm sure that's going to be brought up soon, but it didn't matter. He still scored a bunch of fantasy points because he got so many touches. He's a top 10 running back for me. I'm starting Zach Charbonneau pretty much everywhere. Isaac Gurindo is not too far behind him. There's a little bit more mystery about how many touches Gurindo will get, but we've seen

Starting point is 00:01:00 earlier this year, they trusted him with pretty much a starter's workload and almost everyone over the last five years who's been a starting running back in this offense has been good. I view Gurindo as a borderline top 12 option. Braylon Allen makes me the most nervous. He's a low end RB too. I don't have complete confidence that he's going to handle the passing downs. Isaiah Davis is very good in that role and I think that he might have to share a little bit more than we would like. I do kind of like Davis if you're desperate for a flex, someone's asking

Starting point is 00:01:31 Braylon Allen, Zach Charbonneau or James Connor. I like your answer. That's a clear for me. Um, Zach Charbonneau. Uh, yeah. Um, and Braylon Allen, I just want to point out that Dolphins run defense has been fantastic. So he's cleared third on this list for me.

Starting point is 00:01:51 Would you go Charbonneau then Connor then Allen? Yes, yes. I've got Charbonneau, I think 10th, Connor 14th, Braylon Allen. I said at the beginning of the week, there were not 24 running backs I wanted to start. There still aren't. Braylon Allen's 23rd.

Starting point is 00:02:05 Okay. Uh, and now for Charbonne, it's, it's, uh, five games in the last two seasons with 14 or more carries. He scored 12.9 or more PPR fantasy points in four of them. He scored 16.9 or more in three of them. So, uh, you should be excited to get Zach Charbonne in your lineup. Alexander Madison is a part of, reportedly not expected to play, just saw that. So how does that, what does that mean for Amir Abdullah and McCormick at Tampa Bay?

Starting point is 00:02:34 And let's talk about the other backfield in that game. So, you know, Bucky Irving expected to play right now. So break down Bucks and Raiders. So I think this is one where I'm, I'm making a change this morning. I saw an Antonio Pierce quote, just talking about how well McCormick has run. And he had 12 rush attempts last week and Pierce was saying, hopefully we can bump that up a little bit this week. So I had it coming into the week, basically 10 rushes for a Bulo, which I think is what he's had the last two weeks, nine for McCormick.

Starting point is 00:03:03 I'm going to give McCormick a few more carries. They're both high end flexes. I'm starting sincere McCormick in a couple of leagues. I, I would rather start Braylon Allen, but he is closer to Braylon Allen than Braylon Allen is to Charbonne or Gurindo. Um, a high end flex for sincere McCormick and a fine-end flex for Amir Abdul and full PPR leagues as well. The reports we're getting on Bucky Irving is that he's fine. He was injured during that game and performing spectacularly last week. And so I'm going to trust Bucky Irving pretty much everywhere. Top 12 running back for me.

Starting point is 00:03:42 DeAndre Swift and DJ Moore are both expected to play. Moore has been so hot I don't know that you can get him out of your lineup. DeAndre Swift though, how does he compare to these running backs that we're talking about? Man this is probably one of the biggest swings of the week because the downside is that he's got a quad injury, he's dinged up and he has not been great this year as good as we'd hoped. The upside is Roshan Johnson's out with a concussion and Johnson's the guy who's been stealing Deandre Swift's touchdowns. If you gave Deandre Swift half of Roshan Johnson's fantasy points, we would love Deandre Swift.

Starting point is 00:04:17 I'd view him as a number two running back. I'd rather start him than Braylon Allen, I'd rather start him than Cyncyr McCormick, but I would rather start Charbonnet and Grendo over Swift. All right, let's take a break. We have a lot more to get to here. We'll tell you about Dalton Kinkade, George Pickens, Malik Neighbors. Are these guys, well, Kinkade's not gonna play,

Starting point is 00:04:36 but the other two, are we comfortable starting them? And we'll answer some of your questions after this on Fantasy Football Today Express. All right, moving on here to the wide receiver. So George Pickens expected to play. They're gonna test out his hamstring before the game. I think it's his hamstring. And he's a one o'clock Pickens, but neighbors,

Starting point is 00:04:56 I mean, I'll just read the tweet here from, this is who is, who has the neighbors. Oh, it's Schefter Rappaport, right? Schefter, Giants wide receiver Malik neighbors listed as questionable for Sunday due to hip flexor injury and a lingering groin issue will try to play versus the Saints, but the team wants to see how he feels in pregame warmups. And as one source said, it would quote,

Starting point is 00:05:19 would be more of a limited role and quote. So thoughts on Pickens and neighbors. So I had already downgraded neighbors to basically a high end wide receiver three. I think I may go a little bit lower that, put them right around wide receiver 30. Basically, if you have wide receivers that you want to start, don't start Malik neighbors.

Starting point is 00:05:41 But there's still a lot of upset side for a guy like him. Um, so I, I don't want to say that I'm going to start someone like a Roma doonsay or a Nick Westbrook or, or even a Jalen Waddle over Malik neighbors. Um, he's kind of just the definite mission of that borderline starter. Um, as for Pickens, it's an early game. If he tests it out and he's active, they say he's fine, I'm starting. And they're both early games. You know, neighbors is an early game too.

Starting point is 00:06:13 So at least we don't have to deal with that. Cedric Tillman is out. So that boosts Jerry or Judy and Elijah Moore and David Njoku for that matter. Lad McConkey is a true game time decision apparently. So I don't know what to tell you, but at Kansas City on Sunday night, it's a Sunday night game.

Starting point is 00:06:30 Is there any, I mean, Quentin Johnson's pretty rostered. Is there any backup plan here that we could use if we want to start with McConkey? I think Josh Palmer's the backup plan. I don't think he's a very good one. Another backup plan that you could have would be Brandon Cooks. Um, so if you could get one of those two guys and wait it out, otherwise, I think if Malik neighbors is active, you have to play him over lad McConkey.

Starting point is 00:06:54 Um, I'm sorry. Would you start brailing Allen over these guys, neighbors in McConkey? So I probably wouldn't start brailing Allen over Malik neighbors. If he's active. I probably would start Braylon Allen over Lad McConkey just because we're not going to know if he's active. That's assuming I don't have a backup plan. Here's a good question. Neighbors or Keenan Allen? Keenan Allen.

Starting point is 00:07:18 Okay. See where you're at there on Malik Neighbors. And by the way, for those of you who heard me say 80 yards and a touchdown for Malik Neighbors on Friday show, you can disregard that disregard I'm not sticking with that Dalton and Cade is out Keon Coleman is questionable Dallas Goddard's going on IR the Bengals are gonna be without both Logan Wilson who's out for the year and Sheldon Rankins that's who they were missing last year they got run all over last week they got run all over so that's good news for Rico Dowdle Jake Ferguson and CD Lamb

Starting point is 00:07:44 will play that's good news for Jake Ferguson and CD lamb and kicker news. Will Reichard is going to play for Minnesota They so you if you have Parker Romo You can get rid of him and you can start will Reichard because whoever Minnesota's kicker is is someone that you can you know? You can start Alright, let's get to some questions here Nick Isaiah Pacheco or Nick Westbrook-Akine, who would you start? Wow, I do not really want to start either one of them.

Starting point is 00:08:12 Westbrook-Akine, I've got projected for 10 points. Pacheco, I've got projected for eight and a half. So I'll go with Westbrook. Would you start Lad McConkie or Jawan Jennings? Definitely going to start Jawan Jennings in that situation. JSN or Garrett Wilson? I'm going back to Garrett Wilson. I'm not starting JSN over him. Could you please rank Tyreek Hill, Jacoby Myers, and Bucky Irving and Jacoby Myers is expected to play? So I'd go Bucky, Jacoby, and Tyreek. I'm sorry. Let's see. Derek Carr or Aiden O'Connell? That's Carr for me. Tyrone Tracy Jr. or Zach Charbonneau PPR?

Starting point is 00:08:45 Charbonneau. Charbonneau, you answered this one at the start of the show, but Charbonneau or Gurando? It's Charbonneau. Marvin Harrison Jr. Malik Neighbors or Calvin Ridley, half PPR? I am going to start Harris. No, I've got Ridley one spot ahead of Harris. I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris.

Starting point is 00:08:53 I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris.

Starting point is 00:09:01 I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris. I'm going to start Harris. Marvin Harrison Jr. Malik Neighbors or Calvin Ridley, half PPR? I am going to start Harris. No, I've got Ridley one spot ahead of Harrison. Okay, but both ahead of Neighbors. I will have that as soon as we get done with this. Gotcha. Jerry Judy or Marvin Harrison Jr.

Starting point is 00:09:18 Judy. Cooper Rush or Drew Locke, Superflex? Rush. Nausea or neighbors? It's gotta be nausea. Dowdell or Braylon Allen or Isaiah Pacheco? I am going with Rico Dowdell. Okay, and how about this one?

Starting point is 00:09:44 Garando, Braylon Allen or Brian Thomas Jr. at Flex? I am deaf, I'm going with Garando. ETN or Braylon Allen? I've got Braylon Allen higher. Jerry Judy or Devonte Adams? Judy. Last one, Winston or Mahomes? That's a great question.

Starting point is 00:10:05 They are very close in the projections. I'm going with Jameis. Okay, thank you, Heath. We'll see you all at 1130 AM Eastern. YouTube.com slash fantasy football today. We'll be answering your questions. See you then, good luck everybody. You Paramount podcasts

Fantasy Football Today - Week 14 Start or Sit: Braelon Allen, Isaac Guerendo, Zach Charbonnet and More (12/08 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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