Fantasy Football Today - Week 17 Start or Sit (01/01 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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Starting point is 00:00:23 Welcome to the show, everybody. We don't have a ton of news to get to today, but we'll update you on what you need to know. Let's start with the Arizona Cardinals. Heath DeAndre Hopkins out and David Blau is in. I know you're stressing a little bit about starting Greg Dortch. What about Marquise Brown? What do you think about this game at Atlanta?

Starting point is 00:00:39 Well, I think it's the nice thing is they're playing the Falcons secondary. So that makes things a little bit easier. We just saw Greg Dortch give us 20 fantasy points with a quarterback that the Arizona Cardinals think is worse than David Plough. So I'm going to assume that Dortch is still going to be in that slot role, which has been so, so valuable, whether it's been him there or Rondale Moore there. Marquise Brown even did a little bit there. I'm probably starting Dortch as a number two wide receiver, low end number two. Marquise Brown, a low end boom bust number three wide receiver.

Starting point is 00:01:10 Well, it's so interesting, though, because Marquise Brown in his first six games without DeAndre Hopkins was a top 10 wide receiver. So, you know, why not? Why not a must start just because of Blau? Well, I think, yeah, he's going to need the downfield targets more. And I don't know that Blau can do that. Listen, we've seen, I think a couple of times where David Blau has made a couple of big plays. So Brown might be okay as a high end number three. I might be a little bit low on him, but there's some risk there, especially with the way he's performed lately. Are you starting Tyler Lockett this week against the Jets? Lockett is right there in that Dorch range. Unless we hear something this morning that he's not expected to be a full go or something like that,

Starting point is 00:01:47 I'm just assuming that he's okay. They said when they did the procedure on his hand, there was a chance that he could only miss one week, and then he was back out there this week. So he's a low-end number two. By the way, Happy New Year, everybody. Forgot to say that. Looking at some news reports right now. I think the Packers are basically the most interesting team here this they're playing in the four o'clock window and christian watson's

Starting point is 00:02:11 going to be a game time decision aaron jones is off the injury report so you know what do you do with the packers wide receivers you know if you have to make decisions early i think it's really going to depend on who you have to have another option because Watson hasn't done anything in practice this week. So if he plays, he is right there in that Tyler Lockett range of could be a top 10 wide receiver this week, but has a little bit of floor concern. So a low end number two. But you can't go into the late games without a backup plan. Now, if Romeo Dobbs is out there, that makes a lot of sense. Just do that as your backup plan.

Starting point is 00:02:52 But the way I'm looking at it is just kind of look at the rankings. Is Christian Watson closer to the person that you would start over him in the early games or the person that you have as a replacement in the late games? Okay, and then what about the running backs? Aaron Jones was taken off the injury report, so who's the better running back in this game? I've had Aaron Jones as the better running back in full PPR all week, and I'm going to stick with that. It's been frustrating what's happened lately,

Starting point is 00:03:15 but it's not as if A.J. Dillon has seized this role and just taken off with it. He has 36 rushing yards in each of his last two games. I think Jones still has the most upside, and really in PPR, I think he probably still has the most for. Yeah, I'm nervous to start Aaron Jones. I just fear, well, I'd be less nervous in full PPR. I have to decide between him and Pacheco in half PPR.

Starting point is 00:03:39 I have Pacheco higher in half PPR. In full PPR, I've got Jones and Pacheco back-to-back. I also start A.J. Dillon in that league. So it's either both Packers or split it up a little bit. I'm just worried about making the wrong decision because that is one where we just don't know. So you're planning on starting Dillon over Jones? In half PPR, yeah.

Starting point is 00:03:55 And you know what? Dillon's had three catches a week, basically, for the last, what, three or four games? So I don't know. I guess I'm just nervous about another Aaron Jones dud after last week. Damian Harris is going to play, and we are getting a lot of Ramondre Stevenson questions. Where did you end up on Stevenson?

Starting point is 00:04:15 Just one spot ahead of Aaron Jones and Isaiah Pacheco. You were hitting all of the low-end RB2s. I think he is kind of the opposite of A.J. Dillon, maybe, although Dillon has caught some passes, but I like Stevenson a lot more in full PPR than I do in non-PPR. There's some risk in terms of who gets the rushing touchdown if Damian Harris is actually 100%. I think Damian Harris is nothing more than a desperation flex, and Ramondre is a low-end number two running back. Any interest in Chris Olave? We haven't talked much about him this week. Any interest in him?

Starting point is 00:04:46 He's going to play. He's in that same Marquise Brown boom bust number three wide receiver range for me, right around wide receiver 36. He's a spectacular player and he has plenty of upside, but it's his first game back and he hasn't been as good with Andy Dalton. And Chase Claypool is going to play today for the Bears. He's expected to play. Does that downgrade Cole Komet for you?

Starting point is 00:05:09 I will ding him a little bit, but I had him fifth at tight end, so he will still be a top eight tight end and pretty much a must-start guy. I'm not going to. He'll be ahead of Higby and Dawson Knox for me still. I'm going to answer some questions here. Do I bench Josh Jacobs for Cam Akers or Tyler Algier? I would not. Curtis Samuel, Zach Moss

Starting point is 00:05:28 or Tyler Higby? Wow. I would go with Tyler Higby. Dorch or DJ Moore? Yeah, I've still got DJ Moore just ahead of Dorch. If Christian Watson plays, would you start him over Brandon Ayuk and David

Starting point is 00:05:43 Montgomery? Definitely over Ay Ayuk and David Montgomery? Definitely over Ayuk, not over Montgomery. Is it worth it, though, if you have a situation like that, to wait to see? You just start Montgomery, you're saying? Yes. Over Watson. Okay. Fields or Herbert?

Starting point is 00:06:02 Fields. Ayuk or Waddle? Waddle. Richie James or Dortch? Dortch. Latavius Murray or Bam Knight? Bam. That's it.

Starting point is 00:06:12 We're done. Good luck, everybody. Go get a championship. We are going to have our typical recap show at 8ish p.m. Eastern time. YouTube.com slash fantasy football today. Of course, you'll hear it in the podcast feed as well on Sunday night or Monday morning if that's your choice. Happy New Year. And once again, good luck and a preemptive congratulations on your championship. See ya.

Fantasy Football Today - Week 17 Start or Sit (01/01 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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