Fantasy Football Today - Week 15 Start or Sit (12/18 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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Starting point is 00:00:27 The Browns-Ravens game, whatever. Let's hope we get more of the same on Sunday. I'm Adam Azer with Heath Cummings. Let's go over the starts and the sits. Dallas Goddard is out, Heath, so I think people can confidently start Devontae Smith. But Darren Waller is going to play, and so is Hunter Renfro. What do you think about the passing game for the Raiders against the Patriots?

Starting point is 00:00:47 I've got Waller as a low-end start, right around tight end 12. Renfro, I am not that interested. Most of the wide receiver targets go to Devontae Adams. I'm not even sure that Renfro will be better to play than Matt Collins. The Patriots running backs, we know Damian Harris is out, but that's about all we know right now in terms of Stevenson obviously being the biggest one here. Obviously, if Stevenson plays, you're going to start him. What if Stevenson does not play?

Starting point is 00:01:10 Pierre Strong would be my favorite. He would be a high-end flex in full PPR. Kevin Harris would be a low-end flex. In non-PPR, they'd be much, much closer, but still I think I'd favor Pierre Strong. We just don't know how big of an edge Harris will have on the ground, and I feel pretty confident that Strong's going to have a major edge through the air. So a big edge to Strong in full PPR, a slight edge to him in non-PPR, neither of them top 24

Starting point is 00:01:34 in any format. Where did you rank Jacoby Myers? He's expected to play and got the Raiders, obviously. Good matchup. Yeah, right around wide receiver 30, wide receiver 35, I believe, just behind Juju Smith-Schuster, Deontay Johnson, just ahead of Adam, well, guys that played yesterday, but Tyler Boyd, Elijah Moore, those guys. Why so low on Juju? A little bit concerned with Juju, with Mecole Hardman, back with Kadarius. Tony back, the Chiefs are expected to be back. We don't know that for sure, I guess, yet. But I'm projecting a little bit of a target crunch there in Kansas City.

Starting point is 00:02:13 So I don't think Mecole Hardman is going to be back this week. Tony is expected to play this week. Hardman, according to Schefter, is expected to play next week. Does that change anything for you? Juju's still going to be somewhere between wide receiver 25 and wide receiver 30. I mean, he's been around wide receiver 25 all year long. Okay. Marquise Brown is going to play.

Starting point is 00:02:34 So there's really not a ton of injuries, thank goodness, this morning. But Marquise Brown was on the injury report. He's going to play. Is he behind Juju? I think he's maybe one spot ahead of him. He is right in that same range. Okay. Chris Moore.

Starting point is 00:02:48 Chris Moore. 100-yard game last week. No Brandon Cooks. No Nico Collins. Facing the Chiefs. Let's go. He is right behind Jacoby Myers, who is right behind the guys we were just talking about.

Starting point is 00:02:59 A low-end number three wide receiver. I think there is a risk of a five catch 20 yard game and the upside similar to what you saw last week. All right, let's talk about the backup quarterbacks or, you know, previously they were starting quarterbacks in some cases, but the Broncos, the Steelers, the Jets will all have different quarterbacks this week than what they had last week. So how does that change things for you? We'll start with the broncos against the cardinals not a huge deal for me just because we saw brett rip and support both jerry judy and greg dulcich the only other time that he started this year in fact it was dulcich's highest target game of the season so i still

Starting point is 00:03:37 have judy as a low end number two wide receiver and dulcich is a starting top 12 tight end and what oh sorry low end number two you you said for Judy? Yeah. Okay. How about the Steelers situation with Trubisky? The thing that makes me nervous is that they're talking about if Trubisky throws a pick early, he might get pulled because the interceptions are really the only way that he's been worse as a passer

Starting point is 00:03:57 than Kenny Pickett so far this year. He's been better in terms of yards per attempt than Pickett has. And we often see mediocre veteran quarterbacks outperform mediocre rookie quarterbacks. I think Trubisky is a slight upgrade for Deontay Johnson if he can hold onto the job. I have zero interest in George Pickens and Pat Fryermuth remains the top 12 tight end. You starting Fryermuth or Waller this week? Fryermuth. Okay. And then finally, Zach Wilson for the Jets. What do you think? I don't like it, but it's just mystifying. This line has really not moved. Vegas doesn't see much

Starting point is 00:04:29 of a difference here. And we have seen Wilson in the right spot, throw a bunch of passes and pick up yards. I'm still starting Garrett Wilson as a high end number two wide receiver. I'm not getting away from him. I'm still starting Zonovan Knight as a number two running back. This was enough to get me off of Tyler Conklin. I do think there's a risk of a 25-pass attempt game, but what's going to have to happen for that to go down is for the Jets to shut down the Lions' offense. Let's read a few questions here. Devontae Smith or Rashad White, PPR? I would go with Devontae Smith. Kirk, Judy, Juju, Garrett, Wilson, you need to sit one. I would sit Juju.

Starting point is 00:05:10 Myers or Pierre Strong if Stevenson's out? If Stevenson's out, I would go with Pierre Strong. All right, we needed some super flex help here. Ritter, Zach Wilson, or Trubisky? I'm going with Wilson. Okay. Well, I already going with Wilson. Okay. Well, I already answered that one. Darren Waller or Jawan Johnson? I would go with

Starting point is 00:05:31 Waller. Burkhead, Pickens or Slayton? Half PPR. That's disgusting, and I'll say Darius Slayton. Go Giants. Dang you, Jonathan Taylor. Yeah, I get it. ETN or Bam Knight? Bam.

Starting point is 00:05:47 Marquise Brown, George Pickens, Chris Moore, or Elijah Moore? Non-PPR. Marquise Brown. Marquise Brown, okay. Last one here. Pacheco or Olave, PPR? Pacheco. All right, thanks, everybody.

Starting point is 00:06:03 Start of the week. Start of the week, Isaiah Pacheco. 82 or more total yards in I think four straight games. Three straight games? I don't know. Maybe five straight games. We'll be back after the games wrap up. Actually, we have the live stream at 11.30am Eastern on YouTube.com slash Fantasy Football Today.

Starting point is 00:06:18 You can also check out Fantasy Football Today on CBS Sports HQ beginning at 10am. Good luck everybody. Talk to you later.

Fantasy Football Today - Week 15 Start or Sit (12/18 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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