Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast - Playoff Primer + Trade Targets & League Winners - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/15

Episode Date: November 15, 2023

Fantasy trade deadlines approaching! On today’s fantasy football podcast, a summary of the best and worst team schedules for the fantasy playoffs! Find out who is worth trading for or trading away! Plus, “Hungry For More” players and a preview of Thursday Night Football! Manage your redraft, keeper, and dynasty fantasy football teams with the #1 fantasy football podcast. -- Fantasy Football Podcast for November 15th, 2023. Connect with the show: Subscribe on YouTube Visit us on the Web Support the Show Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram Join our Discord Check out today's sponsors: News & Notes presented by USAA. Visit https://USAA.com/Insurance Hungry for More presented by Uber Eats. Visit https://www.ubereats.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I'm just going to tease it here because I know we got the show open to get to, but when we get to Hungry for More, I got some stuff that's going to blow your mind. Okay. It's blowing my mind. I don't believe it. That's what you're reacting to. That's what I'm reacting to. I wanted to look something up right before the show for our Hungry for More segment.

Mind blown. I wanted to look something up right before the show for our Hungry for More segment. Mind-blowing. I don't believe it. I literally am looking. I'm like, this is wrong. And when I present this information here in a few minutes and you clearly figure out why it is wrong and shame me for it, we can laugh at my expense. Because right now, my mind is blown. Right now, you don't believe what you just saw. I don't believe what I am seeing. Okay. That's's pretty good tease right that's a professional tease uh we have

hungry for more on the show today nfl news big time nfl news to talk about not just the thursday night preview but we also have one of our favorite episodes, the playoff primer. You want to talk about this is the episode you need because we're going to lay out the best and worst schedules, the players with them at every position heading into kind of the witching hour, so to speak, of the fantasy football season, the moment that you make your push, but then you want to win the championship. Look, we want to get there. A lot of you are already in the playoffs. Some of you are fighting for it, and this will matter.

But if you're in there, you want a chance to win. This year is a little bit funky with the Week 13 buy situation because I've looked at different trade options in our league, and that's really becoming a problem like the week 13 buy like trying to figure out how to navigate that week because there's so many important players missing in week 13 do you have an important matchup personally yeah oh yeah huge who are you playing papa josh fantastic yeah fantastic so i played jeremy yeah i know i and jeremy is uh he's he's moved on to 2024 yeah so uh i am thankful i get to play him the remainder of the season as well i did you know i tried to trade with him this morning that

didn't go well i'm happy to hear that because you have you i'm trying to trade with him this morning. That didn't go well. I'm happy to hear that because you have – I'm trying to trade with you too. I know, and I'm just mad at you because you're making your team very good and better and better. You just traded for CeeDee Lamb to stack with Dak, and probably only one of us makes the playoffs for where our teams are sitting right now, and I don't want you to get better. So yeah,

well, I look, I it's exciting. It'll be fun. It will all play out. Jason fantasy football. I'm hungry for more wins. Fantasy football is really fun.

Can I just say that? Like it's really, I almost tweeted that this morning. It's just cool. It's just like, I almost tweeted fantasy football is supposed to be fun. Please make sure it's fun. All the ups,

all the downs. When I get so upset and angry and full of vitriol, just always directed at you, it's fun. It's still cool. I really enjoy being mad at you. That makes me happy. I mean, I remember last year,

you made two moves that I knew were my death. And they led to your championship. And they were the trade for Devonta smith and they were the trade for dalton schultz and you made both of those moves with with great conviction and i won the championship with it and now that's how i feel about you and your stupid dac cd stack yeah we'll find out the big news today we'll talk about is going to impact a lot of fancy players myself included a reminder drop it like it's hot today's waiver day so those are going to go through soon in our league, and they've already gone through in yours. Make sure you check who's been dropped.

You're going to have some bi-week players that are probably hitting the waiver wire that you can pick up for the stretch run. A reminder, the Dynasty podcast. Jason, you were on it this week. You did a Trade-A-Palooza episode with Matthew Betts and Kyle Borgannoni. Yeah, I mean, people love episodes where there are trade for and trade away candidates. That's what we're dealing with. And we're dealing with it from a dynasty perspective.

Really valuable show this time of year if you want to have some targets. Yeah. So check that out. That is the Fantasy Footballers Dynasty podcast. Comes out weekly. New episode this morning. So when you get done with this show and whatever magic is

coming in the Hungry for More section, you can turn to that one for the rest of your work day. And it is one week until the Megalodon episode. It's going to be so long. It's going to be a big one. There are no buys for Thanksgiving. So there will be football

and pumpkin pie. And I will be very happy with that on Thursday. All right, let's do it. Welcome to Hungry for More candidates today. I don't even know your name. Okay. Well, look, should you go first because you teased it already, or should I go first to prolong the tease? I'm going to go first because I'm just so excited. I can't tease it out anymore.

My Hungry for More should be obvious. I'm starving. go first because I'm just so excited. I can't tease it out anymore. My hungry for more should be obvious. I'm starving. I've been fasting. I've been fasting for five weeks. It was a forced fast. A forced fast, and I am hungry for Devon A. Chan back in my life, baby. He's so good, and it's going to be a real hard decision this week of first week back. Do you put them in your lineup?

Do you not? But I want to play a game without a drop that's unexpected called Who Has More Fantasy Points Since Week 3? Keep in mind, Devon Achan has not played in five weeks. So his total games played is four games, and really it's three because one was a 10% snapshot. So don't look at anything there. Don't look at his stats.

Don't look at his production. Don't remind yourself, okay? So I just want to play. No way to validate if this is true. Got it. Right, right, right, right, right. You can, the producers keep me honest here. Since week three, so including the the so the last eight weeks five of

which he has not played who has more fantasy points I'll start a little bit easy here who has more fantasy points Devon Achan or Devin Singletary that's Achan it is how about Devon Achan or Tony Pollard well you wouldn't have this segment without that being A-Chan. That's right. He has scored more points since week three than Tony Pollard has. How about Devon A-Chan or Saquon Barkley? Who's scored more total fantasy points? Without this segment being laid out the way it is, I would have assumed Saquon.

It is Devon A-Chan. How about Alexander Madison? It's A-chan how about Najee Harris it's A-chan how about Ramondre Stevenson since week three who has not missed any games it's Devon A-chan how about Bijan Robinson Now we're just getting silly. Now it's getting silly. How about Joe Mixon? Derek Henry? Isaiah Pacheco? Jameer Gibbs? Brees Hall? Come on.

Or Devon Achan, who hasn't played in five weeks. Who has more total fantasy points? It's Devon Achan. I'm hungry for more Devon Achan. Okay. You got a three-c courser in week three yeah you got 49 fantasy points on the the week heard around the world that is gonna define this season to remind everyone of just how insane his three games his basically his only three games of his career were, he is averaging, so like Ken Walker over this course of time, who has scored more fantasy points than Devon Achan,

Ken Walker's averaging 14.3 fantasy points per game. That's really good. Alvin Kamara, who's way ahead of him, is averaging 16.9 fantasy points per game. Devon Achan in those three games averaged 31.9 fantasy points per game. Every time he touched the ball, it was a chunk play. And so it's one of those things where. I have the question. Okay. I have a follow-up. We're all hungry for more Devon Achan.

I'm personally hungry for him next week, not this week. Right, right. Because I have to play the A. We're all hungry for more Devon HN. I'm personally hungry for him next week, not this week. Right, right. Because I have to play the HN manager. Oh, yes. Look, the matchup this week is a huge issue. Are they the Raiders? Yeah, I mean, it's a top matchup for Devon HN this week. He's playing.

Who's he playing? Raiders. Yeah, the Raiders. Sweet mercy. And it's at home. But the window's been opened, but we don't have reports yet, right? We don't know if he's going to be active for this game. The last thing I had heard from McDaniels was things are going according to plan.

Okay, so Kyle's confirming. We don't know for sure. So I have said my prayers. Yeah. And I am praying to avoid. Now, I was actually shocked at the Gibbs one because Gibbs' last three games are 23, 27, and 25 fantasy points. Right.

Which two of those three, you know, those numbers would have beaten two of devon a chance three games but that 49.3 is it's something special what he did against denver yeah so producers have you held me accountable was what was my math and i don't see anything wrong i was i was doing a little bit of checking insane yeah so look who Who's your hungry for more? What a loser that guy's going to be. Here's the question. Yeah, no, yours is a Devon, mine's a Devin. But my question was going to be, like, realistically speaking, do you want Gibbs or A-chan rest of season?

Because Raheem Mostert is a fundamental – literally, Raheem Mostert is the number one in the NFL in yards per carry still. So Raheem Mostert is a really, really talented player. Jeff Wilson's back. He's not being involved that much. Not worried about Jeff Wilson. But when you look at the remaining schedule,

if you just look at the playoffs, it's Denver, Minnesota, Dallas for, oh, that's for Gibbs. For, yeah, it's brutal. It's absolutely brutal for, and that's what this show is, but it's brutal for Devon Aitchin because it what the show is but it's brutal for devon hf because it's the jets dallas baltimore that's troubling yeah i mean because you're looking at like what's the potential for 30 and i i don't know if those are 30 games the jets are not great

against the run right now they're unbelievably great in the the secondary you can't pass to any wide receivers on them barely can pass to tight ends um but the running game isn't isn't that great dallas can be run on baltimore's tough that's it's on the road so yeah i mean championship so what's your answer i think because of the current injury i would rather have gibbs right now i'm more confident in his role this week and his health this year um but uh yeah that's where i want both that's where I'd be. And I would want both. And I look,

if I'm praying for Devon HN to take an extra week out of pure, selfish motivation this, this week, I am also praying that Damian Pierce takes another week because I'm hungry for more career highs from Devin Singletary, 30 carries last week, career high, 150 yards,

career high played 81% of snaps was the running back. Three was an exceptionally important player for a lot of fantasy teams. And he plays the Arizona Cardinals this week at home. And I will be checking the Twittersphere and all the beat writers and all the news to find out the practice habits of Damian Pierce this week. Now, I have both, and I would play Singletary if Pierce was active this week. Yes. The matchup is very good.

There's a decent probability they're out in front, but I am hungry for more opportunity for Singletary. They have a really good offense. They're playoff bound right now in Houston, and it's weird. You get to this time of year, and I've been, unfortunately, way too deep into fantasy football trade universe over the last 15 or so hours. I'm talking, like, levels that are embarrassing.

Oh, I am well aware. The amount of trade offers and conversations and trade partners that you have. Like, you have some kind of transmitted disease. I have seven trade offers out right now. And I made a big trade last night. And my wife, she had some stuff going on last night. And that was really bad for me because I could sit in my bed and just, I was looking at playoff rosters and I was looking at players to trade for. And what I realized and where I'm getting with this, and I'm sorry,

listeners, for taking so long, is that you do get to this part of the year and you look at people who won championship last year and there are the Singletaries of the group. You could sit here at the trade deadline and say, well don't like devin singletary's name relative to i don't know tony pollard's name but last year you had jerick mckinnon who literally set the league on fire for a three-week span and didn't do anything before that and there are players out there where like you everybody wants to like kind of get ready for the playoffs and so you want to build your list of names on your team. And sometimes it's going to be the move you didn't make or the player you went into the playoffs with. And I'm not saying Singletary is going to have long-term top 10 value,

him specifically. But there are going to be some names like that. There always are names like that. Every single year there will be a player who hasn't really been discussed at this point yet who is sitting on waivers who will help people win championships because it happens every single year that's why people that you know if you want to if you want to win your championship you're obviously you're listening right now but the people that keep listening to shows like this keep playing through the season, getting the waiver wire gyms towards the end of the year,

they just win more championships. It's just true. I now only have four trade offers out because three of them were actively rejected by Al Borland. Wow. Thank you, Al. Wow. Collusion.

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Order now on the app. Product availability may vary by region. See the app for details. Look, the hits keep coming. Big news. News and notes from around the league. Presented by USAA Insurance. news and notes from around the league presented by usaa insurance it it could have been coincidence that jason was the one that broke this news to our

our slack channel this morning but i choose to believe it was somehow you created the news yeah yeah i made this happen brown's quarterback deshaun watson will undergo season ending shoulder surgery an mri revealed or displaced fracture that will require i didn't even realize it was displaced that's insane that he played through that game uh he has a high ankle sprain as well he's done like he's not playing another down for the browns he played through this injury in the high ankle sprain and completed every pass in the second half and led them to a win. Wait, what? Yeah, are you reading what Jordan Schultz?

What? Are you reading what Jordan Schultz is reporting? Yeah, is this brand new news? Breaking news within the breaking news? Mm-hmm. It's crazy. The Browns are planning on starting Dorian Thompson Robinson. And I am planning on starting the Pittsburgh Steelers DST.

Totally related to that news. And the reason Andy is freaking out here is because one of his important pieces on his roster is Amari Cooper, who RIP. Because if Dorian Thompson Robinson is the quarterback, you cannot play Amari Cooper. Not with confidence. I was going to make the point here that while Watson has been subpar, he has been measurably better than P.J. Walker in every type of metric. It's true. But P.J. Walker has been measurably better than Dorian Thompson-Robinson in every metric. Cooper. Yes, that is a red alert. Now, Amari Cooper under P.J. Walker had a higher target share than he even did under Deshaun Watson. 25%. So you can look at that

and say, look, they played tougher matchups in those weeks. That P.J. Walker was the quarterback than they did when Watson was. And you could say, look, he took his shots with Cooper. Cooper comes down with some tough catches. He'll be fine. But Dorian Thompson-Robinson opens up a whole new universe of pain for

fantasy managers because he will run the football, which will eliminate running opportunities. And, and now I am, now I am worried about drum Ford because this offensive, it can't get first downs is going to be a huge problem. Now they're going to be able to play great defense. They're going to run the football,

but this is, this is really red alert. And here we are with another quarterback injury. Yeah, I mean, in... And Josh Dobbs was their backup to start the year. What are you doing, Cleveland? In week three, I'm sorry, week four, was when we saw Dorian Thompson-Robinson have the kind of unexpected surprise start.

In that game, he completed 53% of his passes. Three of the incompletions were actually completions to the other team. Three interceptions, no touchdowns. The team scored three total points that game. Now, granted, it was against Baltimore. And at the time, we thought Baltimore's defense was a little banged up and that they should have been able to. Baltimore has proven that their defense is just elite this year. They're one of the best. They are technically the second best

defense in the league, statistically speaking. And he didn't get the practice, the starting practice that week. So things are going to be better for Dorian Thompson Robinson than they were for that week four start. But he is not good enough to be good for fantasy assets. I mean, I would be scared of every Brown until proven otherwise. He rushed for 647 yards for UCLA, 12 touchdowns on the ground in 2022, completed 70% of his passes, 3,000 yards, 27 touchdowns. He was certainly a special player in college, but it's a tall task now.

Yeah. It's going to be very, very interesting. Goodness, I didn't see that DTR news until just now. I'm so happy to hear that. That was entertaining for me to watch. I don't know what to think right now. I would need to end this show. I got trades to make.

Oh, please stop it. Justin Fields expected to start in week 11. Should be back out there. Should be a seven-week trial for Justin Fields for Chicago because they are primed to potentially have the top pick in the draft. It's not just a trial. It's a showcase. Sure.

Right? Because they will either be keeping him and trading what is almost guaranteed the number one pick. I mean, maybe Carolina gets the number two pick, but they've got a top two pick coming their way from the Carolina one pick. I mean, maybe Carolina gets the number two pick, but they've got a top two pick coming their way from the Carolina Panthers. So this is, we either will use that pick and draft Caleb Williams or whoever they want and then look to trade Fields, or they're going to say Fields did so good at the end of this coming season that we are going to trade the pick. So TBD, but they're going to say Fields did so good at the end of this coming season that we are going to trade the pick.

So TBD, but they're going to want him to do his best to showcase him. The matchup against Detroit this week is pretty good for – it's not a bad matchup for quarterbacks. Okay. Pat Frymuth, 21-day window open. They expect him to be back out there on the field this week for the Steelers. And the Jets, Jason. The Jets have waived Michael Carter.

Oh, yeah. Which clears a pathway for Israel. A banacanda. A banacanda don't want none unless you got runs, huh? Thank you. Yeah, you're welcome. I really liked Izzy as a prospect this year. Very speedy, still weighty running back. That being said,

it's really bothered me to see third downs and two-minute drills with Michael Carter there catching a lot of dump-offs. There's been games where in garbage time, there's four or five checkdowns to Michael Carter. They should be going to Brees Hall. I do think some of those are going to Delvin Cook. I know you don't want to hear that, but I do think it's going to happen. But it is better to clear the way. Yeah.

What I know is that it won't go to Michael Carter anymore because he's not on the team. Yeah. He had such a good rookie season, 4.3 a carry. He looked really good last year. Not good this year. Only eight attempts and ruined more of a player to ruin others than anything himself. That was today's News & Notes presented by USAA Insurance. Learn more at USAA.com slash insurance.

Quick break. Back with the TNF preview and our playoff primer. I am still reeling that is shocking the DTR news I mean I guess there is the like PJ Walker is definitely the devil you know like there's not a there's not a world

that he's much better than what we've seen and there is the chance that DTR, because he's a rookie, because he has a great pedigree, because he'll have a week of practice, because they have a great defense, because they have good running backs. There's a world that their offense functions pretty well. Like we said, Watson was not a good player, but I'm a bit thunderstruck. Yeah, Brooks. Yeah, there's certainly a world where by the end of this season,

Amari Cooper is better with DTR than he would have been with Walker. Walker's very, very capped. Yeah, that was my thought. All right, TNF preview. Thursday night breakdown. Well, we have a rematch from week two. The Cincinnati Bengals this week at 5-4 travel to Baltimore to take on the 7-3 Ravens.

The Ravens just lost at home to Deshaun Watson and these Browns, or those Browns. Baltimore minus four is the line on the DraftKings Sportsbook. The over-under is 46. Baltimore won 27- 24 and week two. And yeah, I mean, this is a,

this was a really, really tough one for me to handicap. I was going through this week's matchups and like right out of the gate. This game is very interesting. Now, if, if, if you are the one handicapping it,

would it, would it be handicapping? It would be handicapping. No, that's nice. That's nice. I like it. Because to be fair, I don't want to toot your horn too much, but you're pretty good at handicapping most of these games.

I can tell you what I picked, and I'm not – I picked Baltimore. I'm confident in Baltimore. And the reason being is them losing two at home. Yep. Seems like a non-John Harbaugh type of thing. But we could get a really, really fun, exciting, not last week Thursday night football game. All four AFC North teams are in the playoff picture.

The Ravens, the Steelers, the Browns, and the Bengals. Bengals are the only team not currently in, and they're on the bubble, but they're the Bengals. Like we expect them to be in the mix towards the end of the season uh Burrow and Lamar I mean you're not you're not sitting either of those guys down in this matchup right no you're not and and I know that Lamar Jackson has gone back and forth on good games of bad games in fact more bad than good right for fantasy purposes Mark Andrews torches the Cincinnati Bengals. It's been a three-game bad stretch for Lamar, actually.

Yes, but I think it gets right for fantasy. I think Lamar has a good game on the back of Mark Andrews. Mark Andrews has the last three games against Cincinnati, scored a touchdown in each one of them, two different games, eight receptions, one of them 125 yards. You've been hammering every tight end that plays the Bengals, so you've got to be really confident with

Mark Andrews. Yep. But that's kind of where you get to the end of the line in the pass catchers, though, don't you, for Baltimore? I mean, Bateman's not a consideration. Beckham is banged up and Zay Flowers is not really valuable,

unless you're in a two-points-per-reception league. No, I'm not really looking to start any of the other pass catchers. I do think you can easily start Gus Edwards. Yeah, would you play Gus or Mitchell? I would play Gus Edwards over Keaton Mitchell because I think if they get around the goal line, they'll be able to score touchdowns. Keaton Mitchell just might not have enough work,

but I do think you can start Keaton Mitchell this game. He's going to get more and more work. Even though last week he only had three carries, turned into 39 yards and a touchdown because he's got that breakaway speed. Cincinnati has not been good at stopping the run. This is a bus versus a Ferrari. Like if you went to buy one of them, you'd be really tempted to get that Ferrari.

But it's a lot more dangerous. Yeah, you don't even need to buckle up in a bus. No, you don't even put the seatbelt on. Are there even seatbelts on buses? Maybe for the driver. Sure. We love one person on this bus yeah i don't i don't think so and and like you know keaton mitchell is just a small sample size and it's a divisional game and cincinnati is going to be ready to play i think yeah um on the other side on on cincinnati's, this is a really tough defense. The Ravens are top 10 across the board against every single position.

If you adjust for schedule, they don't give up a lot. And so, like I could tell you right now, Mike is out of town. Our champ, champ, champ team. We have the Joe Burrow v. Kyler Murray decision on our dynasty. You're going Kyler Murray. I'm going Kyler. Okay. Yeah, I mean, not having T. Higgins, which they're not going to have,

is a big deal because you really need playmakers to be able to make their mark against Baltimore, and you need Jamar Chase to be able to have somebody to take some of the attention off of him. And Trenton Irwin and Tyler Boyd are not going to be able to do enough, I think, to give Chase the opportunities that he needs. No, Tyler Boyd would be an okay flex option. Boyd over any of the Baltimore options? I would, yeah.

So mix in Chase, Boyd is a flex, end of story? End of story. End of story. I'm not excited to start Joe Burrow this week. I think there are probably better options out there. It's tough to bet. Would you go Sam Howell? Yeah, I think I would. Let me look at my rankings here.

I feel like there is definitely a cap when you face Baltimore and Baltimore. Yep. And without T. Higgins. I've got Sam Howell two spots ahead of Joe Burrow. I think that's going to be hard for people to do. I think most of them are going to go down with the ship because Joe Burrow is just that kind of guy, but I think it might be the right play. Final dicey one.

Would you play Joe Burrowrow or justin fields not fields on the first game back no i play burrow i'm worried i'm worried because fields his injury was a thump right on his grip strength issue and so it's like okay you're gonna come back and it's not it's not like justin fields does it every week when he's healthy. It's a real – like your floor is lower, I think. Your floor is lava with Justin Fields. I think the floor is super low for both guys, though. Like if it becomes a bad game for Joe Burrow, which prime time Joe Burrow is usually going to be great.

Yeah, that's why I'm staying there. Man, in Baltimore. You did have Deshaun Watson and the Browns put up 34 points last week. In Baltimore. Yeah, but Deshaun Watson, I mean, that was a defensive score. I don't think Deshaun Watson was overtly great. He had like 20 fantasy points. No, no.

You're right. Yeah. But if he can do 20, Burrow can do 25. I'm staying with Burrow. All right. Playoff Primer Alright I I'm excited to talk through these names Almost

Almost I'm excited and yet It will be you and I opening up You don't want to give away your beliefs It will be you and I opening up About You don't want to give away your beliefs. It will be you and I opening up about some situations here. Yeah, this is like we're playing chess. Would you consider clicking accept on either of my trade offers before this segment? No.

Okay. That's a shame. Last year, I mentioned it, Jarek McKinnon was the RB2 from week 14 on. Here were some other league winners from last season that highlight what we're looking at. Kirk Cousins was the quarterback 5-3 and 6 from weeks 14 through 16 last year. Huge fantasy players. Brady had a huge week 17.

CeeDee Lamb finished the year with four straight top 15 performances. George Kittle had a monster final run. And then James Conner was the RB6 from week 11 monster final run. And then James Conner. The whole second half of the year. He was the RB6 from week 11 on. So here we go.

Let's talk about quarterbacks. The best and worst schedules for quarterbacks. Right now. First of all, let's just come right out and say what you don't want to say. I'm putting you on the spot. What is it that you don't want me to be aware of? It's nothing that you're not aware of. It's just going to drive home.

Look, in trade negotiations in a league, everything is about leverage. And sometimes leverage is built on what's said out loud versus what is said in secret. And so, look, we're going to get to running backs later, and it's very evident. I'm coming after Austin Eckler on your team i'm the the only buyer left in the league and you want to give up saquon barkley and they and saquon has a bad schedule and eckler is a good one and there's a reason why i'd offer second round draft picks along with saquon to go do it and i'm looking long term i mean i

made a big bet yesterday and you know i I would have rather negotiated with you last night. That's all I'm saying. Dak Prescott has one of the best playoff schedules. Yes. He faces Buffalo. We know Buffalo has been troubled on the defensive side. It is in Buffalo. So that one I will illustrate. You could have weather.

That's fair. That is a weather week, potentially. But then he goes to Miami in a shootout extraordinaire. He plays at home against Detroit in championship week. Dak, it's more than these three games because every game prior to these three games is amazing for Dak. No weeks off. This is why we've highlighted Dak for a while.

He was Mike's second-half sleeper. There isn't really a better passing schedule in the entire league from now until the end of the season, but it does continue so long as that Buffalo game is not a weather issue and it turns into a snowball. The playoff weeks are

just as good as the weeks from here until then. And I know I'm biased because I have picked up and I'm playing Dak and he's like the centerpiece of a couple leagues. Listener League, I've got him. That's trying to earn everybody another spot in the Listener League. But I don't know if I would accept any trade for Dak right now, quarterback to quarterback. Oh, yes, you would.

I don't think I would. Yes, you would. I mean, maybe with keeper stuff considering. Well, redraft, you're telling me if I – I've got Jalen Hurts. No, I know. You're saying you would rather have Dak than Jalen Hurts. He might be the only one that I would do that because Jalen Hurts is in this category. Jalen Hurts has an amazing playoff schedule, Seattle, the Giants, and Arizona.

Jalen Hurts is the one that I would waver on and I probably would fold and do, but not maybe now that I have CeeDee Lamb. Like I might ride the Dak-CeeDee Lamb stack into the playoffs. Kyler Murray, really tough first week of the playoffs, but he's on rosters as often a second quarterback option. So if you can play somebody, he plays San Francisco in week 15 and a week 14 bye. So you need another quarterback for maybe those two games,

but then Chicago Philly? He's a perfect bye week. If you are on the way to the playoffs with a bye and you're not even going to play week one to to go chicago and philly in your championship weeks it's a really really nice schedule and you would presume those will be his healthiest his best you know he's going to be more in the system, more recovered from the ACL, more confident in everything. More Zach Ertz on the roster. Gross. I know, that hurts.

But Kyler's got a great schedule. Brock Purdy and Justin Fields do as well. You don't want Fields in the first week of the playoffs because it's Cleveland on the road. That would be a disaster. I also have Cleveland's defense. I'm looking forward to that. Oh, man, they're going to be so good.

But then Brock Purdy plays Arizona. Then you don't really want him against Baltimore, but you could do it. And then he plays Washington. Brock Purdy is a name that is worth bringing up because I don't know how much respect he's getting in fantasy circles. He doesn't run a lot, but he's been very, very good for fantasy football. In the three-game stretch where he didn't have Debo Samuel, he was 7 points, 12 points, 18 points. And so I think, you know, he's been dropped. They had the bye week after that. You know, you picked him up off of waivers, and I traded for him. But in all the games with Debo Samuel, he's hitting 20 points reliably at the quarterback position.

This last week, he had three passing touchdowns, 300 passing yards. He's been very good. So you combine that with a great playoff schedule for quarterbacks, and I think he's probably the sneaky ad of the group. Like, everyone wants Dak, Jalen Hurts, Kyler. You probably can't get them right now. Purdy is the – I won a championship with Alex Smith a couple years ago. Or not a couple anymore.

I mean, a long time ago because I had a major talent go down, and it was like Smith had a nice run. Purdy's got a pretty good floor in every game. Winnie has all of his weapons healthy. And then Justin Fields is the wild card that I – look, you could win a championship with him. You could lose one with him. I think Justin Fields is going to win people championships.

I really do. Well, let's put – you know, the good schedules aren't really illustrative until you contrast them with the bad okay and what you want to do there because tua has the worst schedule of basically any quarterback the jets you don't pass on then dallas uh-oh yeah then baltimore like i give me three teams that i don't want to face in those three games and that you did it yeah um two is going to get a lot of people to the playoffs too so this is going to be a playoff quarterback and that is where um I think he lines up perfectly with Brock

Purdy if you're the Tua manager just go go acquire Brock Purdy you can absolutely acquire Brock Purdy in a trade if he's not just sitting on waivers right now umine those matchups because the two worst matchups for Tua are the first and third week of the playoffs, and those are the great matchups for Brock Purdy against Arizona and Washington. You can kind of play the schedule and combine those two players together. I think if you ride Tua through the playoffs, you're not going to win your championship. It's tough because that's one of the reasons I traded him away was the thought of if I make the playoffs, I'm not going to want to play him in those games,

but I will feel pot committed to do so. When you look at other guys, Trevor Lawrence, he's off your roster, bad schedule. C.J. Stroud, Tennessee, Cleveland, Tennessee, what are your thoughts on Stroud? Because I've seen teams now that have Stroud trade away their other option because they feel confident enough in C.J. Stroud. Yeah, so it's funny.

Obviously, two games, this is going to be a huge playoff theme, is the Texans v. Titans because they play each other twice in these three-game fantasy playoffs. So, like, for Derrick Henry, running on the Texans, it's going to be great. For wide receivers against Tennessee, it's a great matchup. Total quarterback fantasy points, Tennessee hasn't really given up a lot. They don't give up a lot of rushing yards to quarterbacks, but I'm kind of in the middle.

I don't view this as a terrible schedule for C.J. Stroud. I know statistically speaking it is not good for quarterbacks, but I think Stroud's going to be able to throw on Tennessee. Sam Howell, Joe Burrow, tough ends to the season. Burrow has Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Kansas City. Statistically speaking, that's not great. I'm actually not that worried about that. I don't think the Minnesota-Pittsburgh matchups are ones I would care about.

Kansas City in the final week, I don't know if I worried about that. I don't think the Minnesota-Pittsburgh matchups are ones I would care about. Kansas City in the final week, I don't know if I care about that either just because the nature of Joe Burrow is like these could be some pretty high, that could be a high scoring game. Are you more worried than I am? I am more worried than you are. Not in the

first two weeks. Joe Burrow, so we're talking about fantasy schedules. It's important for us to say what I'm sure everyone listening hopefully already knows, but like you don't just bench your studs because they're in great matchups. When you've got a real stud, a great player, they're usually matchup proof. There's a reason why they're great because other NFL teams and players can't stop them. But the Kansas City Chiefs have proven to me this year, so many good quarterbacks have played against them and no one's gotten it done.

I don't think Joe Burrow gets it. Joe Burrow's had plenty of bad games this year, and I don't think he gets it done in championship week. Running backs with great schedules. Austin Eckler. Austin Eckler plays the Las Vegas Buffalo in Denver. I mean, you can't get much better than that. That's the 32nd defense against running backs, the 27th and the 22nd defenses against running backs. The only player that I think might have as good a schedule is Bijan Robinson and the Falcons.

They're playing Carolina, Indianapolis, and Chicago. But Chicago has gotten much, much better recently against the run. But Eckler, Bijan, those schedules are perfect. Where are you with Derrick Henry? Because the schedule, we've talked about it since week one. Houston, Seattle, Houston for the final three weeks of the season does Derrick Henry have a final you know uh mark to make on the fantasy universe yeah for sure he does Derrick Henry uh these are these are winnable games but they're also um easy rushing matchups so I I think Derrick Henry is going to be a league winner. In fact,

right now off of a really terrible game for Derrick Henry, he only had 11 carries this last week for 24 yards, scored two and a half fantasy points. If you ever want to try to trade for Derrick Henry, now is a good time. This week they're playing the Jacksonville Jaguars, who are a pretty tough matchup. So maybe if your trade deadline goes an additional week, if you don't have to make the move now, after next week, if he puts up two bad performances in back-to-back weeks, I would pick him up. His run after this next week is pretty much great the rest of the season. You've got Carolina, Indy, Miami, Houston, Seattle, Houston. It's perfection.

Jerome Ford. Jerome Ford has a Chicago, Houston, and then the Jets matchup to end the season. He was a trade for a candidate mentioned on the Dynasty podcast today. And I personally think that he has shown that shown that this team that he's their guy, like over 64% of snaps for two straight weeks ran for over a hundred yards last week against Baltimore on the ground on 17 carries a very explosive, very fast guy and could be a league winning type of candidate. Yeah. And Jerome Ford isn't going to cost a ton. Obviously we've got to wait and see what Dorian Thompson Robinson does for this

offense. That makes me less bullish, but he has been good. Jerome Ford has looked great. The team is relying on him. They, the, if they're going to win games, which is obviously their goal, it's going to come from their defense and running game. So that means Jerome Ford is all of a sudden the center of this offense. We actually highlighted him on the Dynasty podcast as well as a good Dynasty asset to try to trade for that might be a little bit sneakier long-term play than people are giving him credit for.

Give me some of the worst running back schedules out there. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. I know you want to skip it, but we need to bring up the Steelers. The Steelers have a very good— Oh, okay. Yes, Jalen Warren and Najee Harris. No, I don't want to skip it. Okay.

I traded for Jalen Warren recently. Najee and Jalen Warren, like the offensive line is moving people right now. They play Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and then Seattle. The only negative there is that unlike Jerome Ford and Kareem Hunt, which is a starter and a backup slash goal line, Najee and Warren are very much a split. They are. It was like Jalen Warren got announced as the starter.

Hooray, you ran out of the tunnel. And I think Najee had the first five carries. And they're both running well. If Najee was running poorly right now and Warren was on fire, I think I'd be dying to get him and dying to play him. But the schedule's great. So I think both will be in play, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Seattle. So both of them, this is how they're winning.

They're 6-3. And Najee, he did it last year,ed the first half and was great the second half. Maybe it gets colder and defenses get tired. Saquon Barkley has one of the worst schedules for the running back position. He also has a week 13 bye.

New Orleans, Philadelphia, Los Angeles. He also has no quarterback or hope. He's all alone. Saquon, so you have Saquon in the League of Record. He is. You are shotgunning offers to trade him away because this is a very bad schedule. It's hard to see a ceiling for him. Yeah, while his floor is high, you pretty much expect in these three games you're going to get 10 points. And that's not terrible, but that's not winning you a championship

against the best teams in your league. So Saquon's name and his current run has been good. I think you're right to try to go try to do like Saquon Barkley plus something for Eckler. Yeah. Unfortunately, in your league, I have Eckler. I'm probably not doing that deal. What about a couple twos?

Oh, man. Maybe. Don't do that. Do not offer me that. Saquon. Do not offer me that, and I'm serious. Saquon and a couple twos. I'm going to go send that through.

No. I'm going to go send that through. Oh, my gosh. No. Just go ahead and click this button right here. Really, really don't. I really, really will, because I want you to know that you turn this trade down at the end of. Hold on.

Hold on. Let me say that. Please don't. No, I mean, just talk about what you're thinking and what you're feeling. I am thinking that as a 500 record with no draft capital next year, it would be insane to not take that deal. But if I take that deal, I'm not winning the championship. All right. It's sent.

And so I want. Oh, this sucks. So I guess we'll deal with this. I want to win the championship. I'm the current champ in the League of Records. Sure. My team is very good. And I believe if I make the playoffs i can i can

win the championship um i also think my upcoming schedule is winnable yeah and i think i mean we play in a couple weeks we play in a couple weeks and that matchup will very likely could determine who makes the playoffs you definitely could and i believe our two teams have really high odds of winning the championship. Like one of us. One of us won't make the playoffs and one of us might win the championship. If I make this trade for you, my draft capital gets so much better for next year. Oh, yeah, you got two twos.

That's what the offer I just sent there. And just for those at home, we can't trade ones in our league. So twos are the highest draft capital. They're gold. It's the golden bullet. And how many do you have right now? I've got zero. Okay. I've got zero. Okay.

I traded mine away. But if I make that deal, I am saying I'm putting up a white flag. And I don't think I can do that. I don't know if you're putting up a white flag. You're just hedging. I hate Andy Holloway. I hate Andy Holloway. I hate Andy Holloway. Kenneth Walker, Damian Pierce in Singletary.

Joe Mixon and James Conner also have very difficult end-of-season schedules. It's relevant because the Cardinals not only have a week 14 bye, but he's a target. I think he's out there and a lot of people are targeting James Connor, but San Francisco, Chicago to start the playoffs and then Philadelphia for the championship. Maybe this isn't the year for James Connor to win you a title. No, I don't think so. What you saw last year at the end of the season was even though the team was bad and they lost Kyler Murray and they lost the games because of necessity, James Connor became everything. He touched the ball nonstop and was great for fantasy

football. This season, it seems like the exact opposite is going to happen. It seems like Kyler's going to be back. They're going to be able to throw the ball. These matchups are actually good for throwing on, like Philly in championship week. They're one of the worst teams at stopping quarterbacks and wide receivers. Their secondary is depleted, but you can't run on them. And so James Conner, to me, I think is a really bad play. And even though the Chicago matchup, we've talked about this a couple times, the Chicago matchup on paper looks good. You look and say, oh, it's a plus matchup. It's really not anymore.

They have turned their defense around, and recently they're just not giving up a lot on the ground, which is, you know, James Conner can catch the ball, but this season he's been more of doing the groundwork than through the air. The other conversation is with Kenneth Walker because he has big plays, but I just posted a tweet yesterday, and I didn't know the answer to this question before I looked it up, but Kenneth Walker's in the bottom five of yards after contact. Kind of a stat that he dealt with last year. Right. he has big plays but he also has a committee problem and now we know they play Philly in the first week of the and Philly is the number one defense against the

running back position minus 8.2 in terms of whatever the basically the base average baseline of the opposing team what what the other opponent usually scores at the running back position, they will score on average eight fewer than that against the Eagles. That is not good. And so Walker maybe trade high after that performance. I think Walker and Barkley are the two big-name, great players who have been succeeding, who carry a lot of value in fantasy,

where you could trade them for a different running back with a better schedule. Here's a wild one, and we're going to turn to the wide receiver position and bring up, I'm going to do it reverse order here. Okay. I'm going to start with the worst wide receiver schedules because I think that's where the biggest conversation has to be had. Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddell, they face the Jets. wide receiver schedules because I think that's where the biggest conversation has to be had. Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddell, they face the Jets.

The Jets are just not – they just drag the game out, and you don't pass on them. Now, Tyreek Hill is special, but the Jets are really, really good, and then they play Dallas, and then they play Baltimore. And so it's really hard for me to say that Miami is going to go into – like so far we've seen Miami struggle against good teams, Dallas-Baltimore. Those are concerning games. And then the Jets are a great pass defense. So is this helpful at all to know this information about Tyreek Hill?

Like would you actually try to move him when he has been the linchpin of basically like the best player in fantasy? No, no, I wouldn't. No, this is an example. The example where you don't overemphasize. You do not overemphasize. Now, Jalen Waddle. Sure.

Right. Jalen Waddle is more concerning to me than Tyreek. Tyreek is unguardable. It doesn't matter. Sauce Gardner. You're great. You can't guard Tyreek. Do you want to know why you can't guard Tyreek?

You're a human being. And there is not a human being that can't guard Tyreek Hill. So Tyreek could have a down game. You know, Tua I'm concerned with, obviously. And, you know, they are connected a little bit. The Jets' pass defense is great, but it just takes one play for Tyreek to be special. Would you rather have CeeDee Lamb or Tyreek Hill?

I think CeeDee Lamb. You whispered that. I whispered that. I have him, actually. Oh, dude. Have you thought about that tradeoff yet? I'm just trying to – I'm talking to the other managers, trying to figure out how to cut you out of this league.

That's all I'm doing, just trying to figure out. I mean, there's a decent chance they don't even make the playoffs, Jason. You don't even need to worry about me. Well, the way that you don't make the playoffs is me in week 12. That's how you don't make the playoffs. That's how I make the playoffs. Not if I swap you running. I'm sorry, listeners.

I'm sorry. Maybe you enjoy this banter i hope amari cooper terry mclaurin and john dotson that that one's bad and then kirk and ridley those are three wide receivers that i'm not here's what i'd say about the wide receiver position with bad schedules. Don't expect these guys to win you the week, other than maybe Tyreek. Sure. But don't expect Kirk to win you the week against Baltimore or Carolina. Don't expect McLaurin to win you the week against the Jets. These are players that I think you can still put on your team as baseliners, but maybe you need to ramp up your wide receiver position in order to have enough firepower to get through the playoffs.

You don't have to get rid of them necessarily but i don't look i'm trying uh yeah i'm trying with amari cooper that's the one he he is the one that i think fantasy managers will do themselves a disservice if they don't trade them away this week before you see dorian thompson robinson out there again the playoff schedule is not good for him and that would be with Deshaun Watson you say okay whatever it is not so what so what who cares but with a rookie quarterback in bad matchups that's not how you win championships so if you can trade Amari Cooper plus something for a better player or even just you might not need to go plus something like for instance would you trade

Amari Cooper for Marquise Hollywood Brown just straight up because he's been much better than hollywood hollywood has a great schedule for the fantasy playoffs i would much rather play hollywood than amari cooper i mean i'm still reacting to that news but probably it's weird though because i look i mean trust me i've looked at every single player in fantasy football over the last 16 hours. I've looked at the box scores from Hollywood Brown. Oh, yeah, they're gross. I was looking at your schedule and what you're facing and whether I would want one of your wide receivers in a deal.

And it's been real bad. Like, and the games that he was okay in was just okay. It was like, and Cooper's been really, really good. Yeah. And he's still going to get all the targets because there ain't nobody else to throw to. So that would be a tough one. Yeah.

I've got to hold it. Mm-hmm. I know. He had one catch last week. You had to have been thrilled. The Seahawks. You're looking at best schedules. I'm looking at best schedules now.

The Seahawks have an amazing run. You can't get much better than this. In fact, if you were to say, what's the best possible chance, statistically speaking, it would be to play the 32nd, the 31st, and the 30th matchups, right? They almost get that. They play the 30th, the 31st, and the 28th best defenses against wide receivers. So Tyler Lockett, DK Metcalf, even Jackson Smith and Jigba, those players I think have the potential for massive playoff performances. When you've got good players and great matchups,

you know that they're going to be on those weeks. They're going to be starts you want to be making. What about mediocre players and good matchups like Cortland Sutton and Jerry Judy and Marvin Mims? They have a pretty decent schedule. How dare you you courtland sutton has been a revelation he scores touchdowns every single week and is the definition of greatness it didn't sound right no no it didn't i mean he's not that good yards 53 29 76 53, 29, 76, 43, 13. Yeah, but let me read you touchdowns.

I know. One, one, one, one. I mean, he is the go-to guy. One. I think Sutton's good. Yeah. Sutton might be a sneaky add, but not Judy. And, you know, CeeDee Lamb, Brandon Cooks,

they have a great end-of-season schedule. Buffalo, Miami, Detroit. Hollywood Brown, you mentioned it. Cooper Cup and Puka Nakua. Washington. Then New Orleans and the Giants. Nice way to start the playoffs. If Matthew Stafford's back, that'll be a really under-the-radar league-winning type of addition. Yeah, you could see Cooper Cup and Pukunukuwa taking people to titles

if you get to the playoffs with them. And the Texans as well. We talked about that Texans-Titans matchup, but the Titans are not good against wide receivers, and the Texans have – this is why I'm not that afraid of C.J. Stroud because where the Titans get beat is the only place the Texans go. Like Nico Collins, Tank Dell, Noah Brown, even Robert Woods, they're going to be able to get theirs against the Titans.

Yeah, it makes sense. Other names to mention, Deontay Johnson and Pickens have a nice situation to end the year. The Zay Flowers, OBJ Bateman, I don't care that much about that. Do you? No, no. You can't trust the Ravens. matchups are irrelevant good matchup bad matchup I don't think you could trust starting Ravens wide receivers right now they run the ball

too well and Mark Andrews is their primary target we you said his name but I think that if there's one like target that I think is sneaky and easily acquirable after this last week, it would be Deontay Johnson. I think that the Indianapolis Colts, the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Seattle Seahawks are all good offenses that can score on the Steelers and bad defenses that can be thrown on. So Deontay Johnson, to me, is an affordable, acquirable, really good baseline guy through the playoffs. I'll have to look into that. I hate you.

Tight ends. Best schedules, Jake Ferguson. Oh, you don't say. David Njoku, although the Watson injury maybe throws it out the window. Gerald Everett, he's not getting enough action for me to care. Pat Fryermuth is pretty good. Fryermuth is interesting because you could get him on waivers today. He's been sitting there while he's on IR.

You should be checking. And the fact that they opened his window right away, they say he's going to practice or play this week, I have a waiver claim in on. I wondered, did you spend fab? No. Okay. Yeah. I did a non-fab bid as well. Yeah. He's worth a roster spot. And with his playoff matchups coming up, I would certainly add him to the roster if you've got a burnable spot. Tight ends with bad schedules and the begging question of does it matter to you?

Dalton Schultz, terrible. The worst. Basically, real, real bad. George Kittle, real, real bad for two weeks with Arizona and Baltimore. Evan Ingram, not good. Three negative matchups. Dallas Goddard, not healthy right now

and doesn't have good matchups coming up. And then Cole Komet, who, look, it's fun to kind of hope for Cole Komet. You've got to play Cleveland in the first week of the fantasy playoffs. Yeah, you're not going to want to. Who's the number one against tight ends? You're not going to want to start him. Cole Komet and Dalton Schultz, these guys have been on fire. If you're on the way to the playoffs and you can turn those into, you know, other, you know,

turn them into Jake Ferguson. I would much rather have Jake Ferguson than Cole Komet or Dalton Schultz, and that seems like with what those two players have done right now today, Dalton Schultz and Cole Komet, you can get a trade done with those guys for Ferguson. Maybe not straight up. Maybe the fantasy manager is aware of the playoff schedule or just likes Ferguson better. I like Ferguson better than Schultz and Komet, but I think if you ask 10 people to put those three guys in order, you'd get three different orders a lot.

You pair up Schultz or Komet with someone for Ferg Daddy, and I think you can get that deal done. The defense is you want to target the Jets. They play Miami, Washington, Cleveland. And they're great. You know, yeah, that one is, yeah, they're great, obviously. But, man, Miami and week one is a little nerve-wracking. That is.

Maybe you stack them with another defense. Yeah, that's what you usually want to do is you don't look for three weeks always. You know, you look at who has the best schedules for the first week of the playoffs, for the second week, and you grab a couple of defenses. But the Jets, those second two weeks against Sam Howell and Dor thompson robinson or whoever the quarterback's going to be in that final week that's going to win that's going to score so many points uh a defense that has really not put up fantasy points this year but i am targeting for one specific matchup is the philadelphia eagles because they play the new york football giants they do it at home and they do it in week 16. I traded for them yesterday

because I am targeting that single week against the Giants because I can't wait. They have a good, they're okay. Seattle, Arizona on the front and back of that. But that's the target. The Chiefs, New England and Las Vegas, those are amazing.

You can figure it out in your championship week if you get those first two, which I'm sure is why you have them on your roster. Yes, and the Chiefs are my favorite. Well, no, the Browns are probably my favorite defense, although I wonder how much the quarterback change hurts their defense with shorter fields and issues like that. But outside of that, the Chiefs' defense has been so good for fantasy. They are turning the ball over.

They are scoring touchdowns. They are sacking the quarterback. You want Aiden O'Connell to go into Arrowhead in Week 16 and take on the Chiefs? Yeah, I would love that. And I would love to play against Mac Jones or Bailey Zappi. The stretch run before then, you get Aiden O'Connell again next week. You also get Jordan Love. So there's a handful of great matchups from here to the end of the playoffs with the Chiefs.

The Browns have arguably the best opportunity because they've got two home games against Chicago and the Jets. And then Houston in between, which is fine because they're an elite defense. The sneakiest one is the Falcons to me because you play Carolina and the Falcons defense is all right. And you play Chicago in the final week. And you play Gardner Minshew in between. So that's not bad if you don't have

a top option. And they're out on waivers. So Falcons are a good pickup if you're preparing for the playoffs. And I have three defenses. We've talked about this a lot. I have three on my roster. It's okay to hold multiples if you feel like you're deep enough elsewhere. This is the time of year where you probably need

to do it. I had three defenses on my roster last week. I had to drop one of them. But look at your, not just playoffs. Playoffs are pretty far away for, this is the playoff primer, so we're looking at them. But if I'm in my league, I'm looking at who do I play next week. I'm always one week ahead on defenses. I'm picking up whoever's going to, I know who my defense is going to be next week. 100%. And currently, I think I paired them perfectly, depending on how waivers went through today, to where I think I've got my guys set for the rest of the year.

I think the Chiefs and the Jacksonville Jaguars pair perfectly going forward. You got the Minnesota Vikings. Oh, yes. Perfect. The Vikings have a great stretch run for – You're looking at like Chicago-Las Vegas? Yep, Chicago-Las Vegas. They were the team that pairs perfectly with the Chiefs.

You did. You picked them up. So there you go. Pat Frymuth went for 20 fab in our league. 20. Wow. I did not get him with my zero bid. Mm-hmm.

Me neither. Pretty interesting. Okay. Well, that is going to do it for today's episode. As a reminder, we have the Strength of Schedule tool up on the website for supporters that join the foot.com updated weekly. Brooks, do you have any other news or any other quarterback changes that I have to

worry about live on the air? No changes. No, not seeing anything. I just really, I want to ask you guys about the Cowboys defense playoff week. I was just going to bring it up. Yes,

it does concern me because it's the reason I didn't spend on them on Fab a couple weeks ago. And the Cowboys defense has obviously been outrageously good. They've won you some weeks. They are good in real life. Yeah, and they could surprise those weeks for sure. But I don't want them. I would much rather have an amalgamation of these other teams we've talked about.

It's Buffalo, Miami, Detroit. Buffalo on the road, Miami on the road, and then Detroit. Those are scorers. Yeah, I don't want to play the Cowboys defense. So that's the one elite defense that you're holding on to right now. I mean, you could go swap them for one of these other ones. You can and you should. There you go.

All right, tomorrow we have starts of the week, the matchup previews, and a whole lot more. Friday, the fantasy face-off, Wheel of Shame. And hopefully we'll reflect on a very good Thursday night football game. That is my desire. I'm going to put that out there, that I enjoy the football on Thursday. Maybe that will happen. I'm hoping.

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