Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast - Week 16 Matchups + Wheel of Shame, THE PUKA SHOW - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/19

Episode Date: December 19, 2025

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Welcome to the fantasy footballers podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Oh, welcome in. Huh. Well, well. Thursdays are packing a punch right now. Last Thursday, Kyle Pitts, Master of the Universe. All right. Last night, what was the over-under before the game? Between the two of the best defensive teams in football.

I would have guessed like, yeah, Kyle, look it up. I would remind me. Guess 43 and a half or something. We did that on Wednesday. They doubled that, Jay, almost. I mean, the game was. 38, 37? It was two different games.

Even this game, way too boring for Al Michaels. 43 and a half. Terrible. I don't know. Terrible. I don't know. There wasn't just that call. It wasn't just the Puka call that he barely realized was going to be like a huge touchdown.

He's just, his voice is always awesome. It's iconic and wonderful. I'm not saying it's not awesome. Oh my gosh. Kevin Harlan? Ian Eagle. Get those guys in there. is we have something different.

Like, what was, it was a, uh, uh, sayjack with Madden? First down. Like, like, this is what announcing used to be. Yeah, but he's, but it's, you can't have your inflection not change when a score happens. That's all I'm saying. You have to be able to tell when, scream a little bit. Pat Sejack is the host of. Yeah, that's Wheel of Fortune.

That's why I just let that one go. Summerall? Summerall, yeah. How about this? Help me out, guys. Well, I couldn't remember Summerall. know where you were searching. Get off my back. I'm saying, if you want to get on my back, talk about Colby Parkinson's failure.

This, well, we could talk about the entirety of the game. It's like, anything I saw happening in that game went the complete opposite. You didn't see Xavier Smith and Mumfield? pronounced with an umfield. No. I

didn't see my hero, my guy, Ken Bone Walker, on my benches everywhere. It's the freaking Rams, dude. Yeah. And it's just, it's been terrible. And then the game was so weird. You have the first half. Seattle's offense fully inept.

J.S.N. had zero. Goose, full goose. Jason was at zero points at halftime. The only reason the Seattle Seahawks had any glimmer of hope in that opening half was because of Ken Walker. It wasn't because of Sam Darnold in the first day. No, it was, I mean, they were not letting him throw. it was, you know, two big Ken Walker plays.

And then it really was the meme. I was like, oh, Ken Walker. Oh, get them out of there. We got to get charms in. Who then scores and succeeds. Yes. Rashid Shaheed had zero catches in the game. It might have been the most important player in the game.

Oh, he turned the whole thing around. He turned the whole game around. It was an instantaneous momentum shift. The two-point conversion off of the, you know, the lateral. Oh, the lateral. The failed two-point conversion that was caused. all dead because we all watched it and it wasn't and then afterwards they're like nah they did score it is that's crazy pass yeah uh puka puka was pretty mad i mean puka nakua 12 for 225 and two

we have al boarland Kyle pitts we have al borland in the office who in is in the dynasty league which his thirst for success there is proportionate to his run of ineptitude there that was a compliment and an insult do you like that It felt a lot more like an insult. He has Pooka Nukua and Jackson Smith and Jigba on his dynasty team. And both, the odds of both scoring in the extra period are astronomical. The odds of two touchdowns in an overtime is very rare, two in general to anybody. To both players on your team to get two touchdowns in overtime, crazy.

It's wild. And look, we said that. Matthew Stafford was not a great play. Guilty is stupid. Everything on that game went upside down. The beginning of the game, I'm watching X, 30-mile-an-hour wins. The wins were the talk of the town. It's going to be a nightmare.

Obviously, two of the best defenses in the league. This is going to be just a divisional slug fest, which it kind of was for a half. And then the, you know, the field caught fire, wind died down. and everyone went nuclear. Yeah, Colby Parkinson, I was in on this week. If you then told me ahead of the week that you'd have 457 passing yards and three touchdowns from Matthew Stafford, I would have doubled down on it. Yep.

He had two for 21. He dropped two easy catches. Terrence Ferguson was three for 33. Davis Allen, two for 34. This is a real Kincaid Hawes and Knox situation. And, you know, it was the Pooka show. 12. Nobody had more than three catches other than Pooka Nakuu. Seattle. There's one

guy. They were trying, man. They bracket him. They put two guys on them. There's one guy. He's not just one guy, Mike. He's one dude. You can't He was, every time that he catches the ball, he gets so many more yards

than the amount of defenders there are nearby. A two-yard catch is an eight-yard catch for Puka. It's unbelievable. He is a manimal out there. And unfortunately, like our Dino Junior League, we took our advice. We benched Matthew Stafford. Right. We played against Puka Nakua. Oh, we did? Yeah, so we're toast. Oh, okay. Oh, you're done. That's, well, yeah, we played against Puga. Josh, I believe your Dynasty League, you have. No, he's

League of Record. Oh, League of Record? Oh, that's way worse. Yep. That's where you've got Bucca and your opponent benched Stafford. Yeah. Okay. Well, one of the stories, there was so much plate quorum out there. Corum was somebody I felt good starting and I think I said something like I'd start him over Ken Walker or Charbonnet. So one of those was correct. One of those was right. One was wrong. Quorum 14 carries. Kyron 23 carries. Kyron did not get into the end zone.

But Corum still seems really viable right now on a week to week basis. 39 rushing attempts for the Rams. Has anyone ever gone eight for 96 and 1 after goosing in the first half? Like that's got to be to do nothing in the first half and then end up with a monster game.

Through that first half, and then even the second half same Donald's just throwing disgusting interceptions. You're like, holy crap. This is like four weeks in a row now of that happening. Minnesota, the executives over there are just like, ha, ha ha ha ha ha, ha, ha,

we told you. He obviously redeemed himself. Yes, then they won. But this is what I'm talking about for any player, not just Donald. One half of football in prime time when it mattered when it was high pressure. There's not even playoffs, right? This isn't lose and go home.

One half was enough to get a ground swell of all that helmet's starting to look green again like a Jets helmet. This is the same old Sam Darnel. One half was enough to be like, oh, he's not the guy. He can't get you there. Well, it was a one half compounded with the previous three weeks. Well, look, they're on the cusp of a buy. I didn't know. I can't understand.

I'm telling you. I'm telling you, that's setting you up even worse. If you have a buy and you have a home game and you win zero playoff games, I'm telling you, I'm telling you it's high risk for Sam Darnold, no matter what. It is. And the, what, it was, I don't know how to explain Seattle. That was an awful team and then somehow a great team that won. The, and I, a lot of three and outs in the second half for, for the Rams when the, when the momentum's shifted. And I know they won.

I get it. You can still criticize the team when they win. The use of Ken Walker and Charbonny blows my mind. Absolutely blows my mind. That a singular player kept you in the game. And then you're like, we should 50-50 these carries. It's so weird to me. So weird.

Yeah, Walker is, I mean, Walker is Walker. He is always, always capable of explosive, amazing plays. and he's always, always capable of running laterally all the way across the field and out the side. I mean, he was awesome. He made two tremendously huge plays. You also had Charbonnet into the end zone. You had A.G. Barner with a great touchdown.

You had a game full of fantasy value, but if you bench Stafford, you're not feeling great. And you're not alone. And if you played Parkinson, I get it. I mean, I thought he'd be good. He wasn't. Weird. There you go. It's Friday.

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Congratulations. Let's talk news. News and notes from around the league presented by progressive insurance. Jamar Chase better have watched that game. why is that to be inspired by Pukunakua? Hmm. Hmm.

That's what he needs. He really needs to be inspired to play well. We need something. I just, I need. Didn't you have like 7,000 yards last week? Yeah, it's like 130. I'm just saying, I need, we need the true number one wide receiver to see that. I'd be like, no, we got to calm down on this book crap.

I'm Jemar Chase, baby. Uh, Jacoby Myers. Three year $60 million extension with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The implications here are significant, I think, for the long-term fantasy perspective of Jacksonville. They obviously love him. He's been great. He's turned their season around in a lot of ways. Sometimes having a player that is just consistent, always open, catches the football.

Jacoby is good. Like, he's not a prototypical, he's not T.O. But this is a guy like, you know, like what Michael Wilson has been doing lately, where you're just reliable. catch the football. Brian Thomas Jr., that was the problem all during the year. Travis Hunter, down with injury. Now you're going to have all, right now you're going to have all three of those guys. It makes you wonder if Brian Thomas is long for that team, but.

Well, I mean, he still has, what, up to three years? Because he was the rookie contract. He's the first-run pick. Certainly, but you can trade him. And it's an attractive trade. He was a trade rumor target around the deadline. And all I'm saying is is Duval brought in Jacoby Myers and extended him and drafted Travis It's a wild investment in the wide receiver position.

My big fear here is that ETN's going to be a free agent after this year and the fact that they just invested $60 million into their wide receiver three is like, you might not have enough money for ETN. I don't think the world gets better for ETN anywhere else. I think his best fantasy value is returning to Jacksonville. Josh Jacobs, Christian Watson, both listed as questionable. Jacobs went, did not practice, did not practice, did not practice, did not practice, did not practice, did not practice, will dominate. If, if, this is my only caveat, if he makes the flight, did he get on the play?

Like, you mean maybe he misses his alarm? No, I'm just saying, like, you know, he's got to travel with the team. Yeah, he, that's one of your. That's one of my prerequisites must be in the city where the game is. Should we add that to our player profiles? like travel on plane current location josh jacobs can 100% not practice the entire week go out and be great for fantasy it's a saturday game make sure you are aware of what is happening watson was limited limited limited he'll play Watson's going to give it a go i don't know how

confident you want to be with that play but i think he he probably have a big deep shot or two He's scary because I can very easily see Watson leaving the, you know, as soon as he gets a pass and gets tackled onto the shoulder, the chest collarbone area, which the way that he usually is downfield when you're getting tackled, it's the like, you know, the fall down, get crunched type of moves. And I could see him exiting the game after even a good play. So he's a scarier start to me. And yet in the shadows, two weeks ago against the same team.

team number six overall wide receiver with two touchdowns and 89 yards. Yeah. So it's really about the options that you have. Our rankings always being updated. Sometimes people write in and they're like, well, you said something on the show that's slightly different than your rankings. This show is a snapshot of an hour. And so sometimes the show informs and we change rankings after the show.

Sometimes, you know, we're changing rankings throughout the week. So our job is to inform you and give you all the information that you need to make a good decision the rankings are part of that the start sit tool that gives you all that information about the weather and the over-unders that's part of that and what we say on the show and share the opinions it changes our opinion sometimes but we're working on rankings right basically up until kickoff so check them late luther burden and romeadunes a officially ruled out that was an interesting sound this is bummed for burden missing the game dandre swift questionable this is it's dj Moore. It's Colston

Mr. Lovland himself. I am excited for Mr. Loveland. Devin Neal's on IR for the Saints. Alvin Camara didn't practice. So it's going to be Adric Estimee most likely starting at running back. The quote is Nick Underhill

Beat reporter says Audrake Esstime will quote probably start at running back. I don't really care if he starts or not either. I just know that he'll be the one that I'd rather play between him and my chips. My chips are on estimate. If I'm going in on that because I need I need a nasty start. Estimates who I'm going with over

Evan Hole. Please have a good game. Estimate. Please. Rashi Rice, Tyquant Thornton didn't practice. Both are in concussion protocol. Rashi Rice is really up in the air for this week. T. Higgins limited again on Thursday. See, if you're the Chiefs, the fact you got eliminated is so significant. And there's no Patrick Mahomes right now to the decision, not the decision on Rice, but onto the

the protocol you might take with a player that's a part of your future. Like putting Rashi Rice out there, had they won last week, and they are still underdogs to make the playoffs, but they're still in the fight, he's got to be out there, assuming he passes protocol. In this situation, you can give him another week.

There is, it's been a while since they have not been picking 31 or 32. You know, this is a team that is not used to having a decent pick in the NFL draft. Now that they're out, they're not like the average, you know, like the dolphins who are like, they're kind of used to, well, we've got to get a winning mentality.

We can't just try to tank. We can't just worry about draft picks. We've got to create a culture of winning. The chiefs got that on lockdown. The chiefs are like, dude, we should go get this pick. That's why maybe part of why you made the almost upset for the Titans. I mean, they're playing literally the- It could be no Mahomes, no rice, at home against an eliminated chiefs.

It's just... Yeah, right now they're picking 12th. They've got the 12th pick. That's wild. It's funny to even think about that. They could end up with a top 10 pick. And for T. Higgins, he was... I think the early reports were that he was not at practice on Thursday.

And then that got corrected that he was, in fact, limited. So for who? For T. Higgins. Like, it's not... I still am on the side of... I don't think he plays, but he might. All right, we got bad news, good news. Dalton Kincaid did not practice again on Thursday with the knee.

He has been really struck. struggling to manage that and then to be productive in the games he's playing in right now where they're using other tight ends. I thought the good news, bad news was about Marvin Harrison. No, the good news, the good news is Ted McMillan returned to a full practice on Thursday. That's exciting. Marvin Harrison limited on Thursday. He was running behind Michael Wilson, but it seems like he'll be back.

Just on like a sprint? Like they were, he's just lagging, lagging a little bit behind. I liked it. that one was for myself you'll have to explain it to me after the show I will Drake London Drake London Limited

well Kyle Pitts was added to the injury report That's not surprising to me though Because he was there last week This was part of why there was some doubt Going into Thursday about Kyle Pitts It was the knee And he was on the injury report And you got a little bit skittish

And then he went for 40 Yep So I'm not afraid I guess Where I am afraid Woody Mark's not practicing again for the Texans. Mike's start of the week is the Houston running back. It's a real murky situation because we don't know yet about Nick Chubb.

If Nick Chub is active along with George Jordan, who was their little breakout pick last week, it becomes where I'm not sure who to start. I'm really not sure whether you want to, as a team, see what you have in this guy who went 15 for over 100 last week, and now you're you're just figuring out your pieces or look chub has obviously been the starter he's he's gotten work he's just been injured and you're a team that is you know wanting to win this should be an easy win um i don't know who to play now obviously if chub and woody marks are gone then i'm completely an undwar jordan having a great game but if chub is active are you wanting

your start of the week is this team so are you starting both are you starting chub like where how do you sort that out. I can see the like the thought exercise you're going through but it's this is a Texan team that's they want to establish the highest playoff seat that they can get. This is this isn't a team

trying to figure out what's next year. They need to win right now and yeah it should be an easy win but the NFL is crazy sometimes so I would think that if Chubb is active he will be the guy who's getting the bulk of the touches. I mean he's

and for a reminder, Jordan is, he's a smaller guy. He's a 510-186. So maybe he gets worked in a little bit as the relief running back, but I still think that Chub will get the high-value touches. That was News and Note, sponsored by Progressive Insurance Quote today at Progressive.com, Progressive Casualty Insurance Company affiliates and third-party insurers.

Not available in all states or situations, coverage, subject to policy terms, limits, and conditions. We'll take a break. We'll jump right into the matchups. Fantasy Forecast, presented by prize picks. Well, we took care of the Saturday games yesterday in terms of the matchup previews, the Eagles, commanders, Packers, Bears. Those will be fun. Bill's, Browns, Chargers, Cowboys, Chiefs, Titans, Bengals, Dolphins, Jets, and Saints,

also covered on yesterday's episode if you want to hear our breakdown of those games. You can click on you. yesterday's show, and it'll just play. We set it up like that. Yeah, automatic. One click. You don't have to do anything else. Eight more matchups today. Minnesota at New York.

Minnesota 6 and 8, the Giants 2 and 12. Vegas Line, Minnesota minus 2 and 1 half, over under 43.5. The Giants have lost eight straight games. I believe Jackson Darts record as a starter is now 2 and 7. They have lost four straight since Daibble was fired. They're 1 and 6 and 1 score games. they are you know there was a point in this season when i was kind of like and it was probably when dable was the head coach to be honest when i felt like their fight proportional to

talent like they were out kicking their coverage so to speak um you know they've had they've suffered the scataboo injury and the neighbor's injury and it's been tough but they currently have the number one pick even over the raiders yeah yeah so right now they don't feel like there as fun of a bet to produce something in fantasy for even even jackson dart makes me nervous right now it's a tough matchup yeah it's a tough matchup i don't last week he got he got to go on late sort of and was fine i mean top 10 he scored 22 points he was top 10 yeah was ahead of brissette yeah i mean 22 points even if you're like hey i'm the qb 10 but at 22 points that's you'll take that it did scare me though not producing and then now having this

matchup yeah five top 10 finishes in his seven starts is i i do think you could start jackson dart and i realize that the matchup is tough with the vikings um they obviously did not give up a lot to you know deck prescott last week but again they gave up 300 yards and and the the the touchdown just came on the ground i'm okay i'm gonna give you some start sits with this uh because they're in the dock here. Dart versus Caleb. Caleb's going to start of the week against Green Bay. I have Caleb ahead. Let me go just confirm where everybody is. I have Dart ahead. Herbert against Dallas or Jackson Dart. I got to go Herbert. I've got Herbert. And then this one's is still in the show dock here and Kyle's like, oh crap, this was in yesterday's show. What about Stafford? Oh,

I'll definitely go Stafford. Yeah, I would go Stafford. Would you go Stafford? Would you go Stafford? Yeah. What do you think now? If I get all of Stafford's points from yesterday, I would go that direction. Now, that's not to say Dart couldn't outscore him still. Now that we've gone firmly on the Stafford side, right? DART's going to go nuclear. We should start doing our Thursday night previews on Friday morning and then cut

them back into the show on Wednesday. You know what I mean? Go back and listen. Yeah, Parkinson. Huge dud. I don't know, guys. I feel like the first half's got to be terrible. And then there's going to be about 70 points scored the second half. I think Stafford against this defense on the road, he's set for about 450 yards.

J.J. McCarthy has been a top 10 quarterback of his own in his own right the last two weeks, completed 66% of his pastes, five touchdowns, and he's proven he can do it all without utilizing the best wide receiver in football. Just imagine. Just to show what he's capable of. Imagine once McCarthy chooses to throw the ball to Jefferson. Yeah, to be fair, it was really Jefferson's fault last week. J.J. McCarthy, hopefully you don't have to do it, but he, he's startable against the Giants.

Aaron Jones, 15 opportunities averaged over the last six weeks. Is he better than a start of Tracy on the other side? I think he is. If you're getting the opportunities... Oh, better than Tracy. Well, the matchup against the Giants, you expect... I mean, right now, the Vikings are favored.

So if you're just saying touchdown opportunities, probably lean towards him, but it's very close. I think both players are decent starts. I just like what I've seen from Aaron Jones. It was really surprising. when he hurt his shoulder again he was just going to be shelled for the year and instead they're like giving him more work than ever and the matchup i mean 30 first against running backs on the

course of the season are the giants so i i would like to play against them yeah i agree i think the vikings are the running back room is interesting i just i would play tracy over erin jones but i like jordan mason coming through with a with a couple touchdown game wouldn't be the weirdest thing here either. I was just asking Kyle if Aaron Jones has any contract incentives because he fits the mold of the contract incentive type of player that I would

pay attention to, which is playoff eliminated team, veteran leader where you're kind of catering towards helping that guy accomplish a goal. I'd be curious about that type of a dude. Well, that type of the situation is still true for Justin Jefferson, who, you know, we've

brought this up and they brought this up on the broadcast that the head coaches come out and said that their goal is they have to get Justin Jefferson a thousand yards this year. Like that is one of the most important things to them. He is far enough away where to get a thousand yards means he's got to have a couple big games. You don't think the four yards, 11 yards, and 22 yards were really helping? I don't think that was helping and I don't think that's going to stick.

He's on. Justin Jefferson over the last three games on pace for 209 receiving yards. 34 catches on 102 targets. I don't think that's going to That catch rate brother Oh man Anybody else on the Giants that you want to talk about You 28% target share for Wondell Robinson

Darius Slaten can just Eat a butt because Tell us how you really This dude is like always On the cusp of mattering And then he just drops passes He shouldn't drop or runs rounds He shouldn't run

Is that a little too strong? Look at this We have cared about Darius Slayton in some capacity since about week eight. And we have been happy, like really, really happy, never. I mean, one catch, two catch, four catches. I think you're being too rough on him. I mean, for what I consider to be, I'm happy in Darius Slayton. 10.9 to 13.1 for playing Darius Slayton?

I'm pretty happy with that. Yeah, and three, eight, two, and seven the other games. Yeah, no, three are rough. I'm not, you heard me. Oh, I did. We all heard it. Eat? Yeah, no, Vuk, yeah, we got it.

We got it. All right. I wouldn't play Slayton either this week. And the matchup is, it's rougher for Theo Johnson, but six top 12 finishes in his last 10 games, him and DART just, they got something going on. So I'm not afraid to play Theo. Are you afraid to play Addison? He hasn't been in the top 24 since week seven. Even with the matchup being what it is, I would be afraid.

Tampa Bay is 7 and 7. The Panthers, 7 and 7. Oh. So many 7s? Tampa Bay minus 3 on the road. No respect. Super important game. Over under 45 and a half.

Tampa Bay still three-point favorites with Carolina in the driver's seat, but they play twice in the next three weeks, and this is the playoffs. I mean, this is who's going and who's not. Mm-hmm. So we have, I think, some questions in this game. Baker is really not a startable quarterback right now. Yeah, I mean, you have the hope narrative that now that he's got Mike Evans back and the whole core is together, that he can get it together and look like he looked to open the season, look like he looked all of last year. But you pretty much have to wait and see it before you put him in a lineup. And I don't know that we have time. So I agree, you're not starting Baker right now.

He's definitely not a top 12 play if you're in a single quarterback league. You're starting Mike Evans, right? Yes. 38% targets here in the first game back? It went right back to it. We thought maybe they'd temper the snaps. They didn't. No, they tempered him for Emeka and Buka.

You know, what's funny is they did temper his snaps. But what happened was, and I think they should just continue to temper his snaps. So they gave him 55% of the snaps. Whereas he's usually, you know, an 80, 90% snap player. But it was basically, it felt like every time Baker, would get in the huddle or break the huddle, he'd look out and go, oh, okay, I got Evans on this play. And so he'd throw it to him every time he's in the game because he's not sure how often he's going to be in the game. So it's like whenever Evans was out there running

a route, he got the ball. He just connects better with Evans, which makes sense, a second ballot hall of famer in Mike Evans. He is now because he can't get a thousand yards this year. Emeka, Abuka, or Jaden Reed, Ladd McConkey, and DJ Moore? my gosh wow uh i think i'd play dj more just trying to hit a ceiling chris godwin did not practice on thursday oh neither did mike evans wow but they marked it down as rest what is godwin's dmp marked as kyle do you have that it says fibula slash rest okay so the rest he's resting his fibula you gotta rest those bones evans is resting his collarbone. That's what it's listed as. Collarbone

slash rest. So it's double rest. This fibula has been worked, guys. You never been put on bone rest? Yeah. You gotta have a little bit of bone rest today. Drink some milk. And they're probably doing milk ibis. And lay down, oh, a milk ivy straight to the blood for you. I do chocolate

milk IV, but whatever. Yeah, no, it's good. It's veteran. It's veteran rest while they are banged up. And it makes sense. That means they're going to play. I think I would go. The other fibula though. Active. I don't know. I'm working that thing. Work it out. I agree

with Mike. DJ Moore to me is like he's in. I just see the pathway with now that Burden and O'Donzee are out. There's got to be enough work for Mr. Love Land. Oh, Mr. Lovela. And DJ Moore. And then

I want the Dallas defense for Lad McConkey. I would play both those guys over Big Bo. Tedderall McMillan, practicing in full. He's in. I'd play him over it. Big Boo. Yes. Yeah, Tedaro had the kind of the down game

last week against New Orleans when they lost a very important game that they needed, just two catches. That's the kind of wild thing about the last... He has five catches in his last three full games. Five, total. Crazy. Not each game.

Two, one, two. Yeah. It's been a little slow here. Yeah, there's a world where Jalen Coker is an okay start in this one. I agree. The defense for Tampa Bay, We thought, like, about halfway through the year,

this would be a great playoff situation. It's not really. They're just giving up too many points. 32nd, dead last against opposing quarterbacks. This is why Mike brought up Bryce Young as a streaming candidate. It's why I thought about making him a start of the week. Didn't do it. Now, but if I would have, and he does good.

Yeah, speaking of that of, like, what we did with Stafford, could I replace Rico Dowdell, who I started over, Ken Walker? Could I move Ken Walker in? Are we doing that for all the players? No. Oh, man. Only Stafford. Dowdell, I think, will be okay in this game.

I really do. I played him over Ken Walker, so I thought he was. You can't be mad yet. Yeah, I can. Oh, okay. I can be mad because I did this. I did this to myself. I betrayed.

Well, you just never believed in Ken Walker. Your whole career as a fantasy analyst. My boy! I've betrayed my boy! I think Ken Walker is on What's the line most? Doubtle is your boy too, okay? Not over Ken Walker.

If you had to just pick one son. I've abandoned my son. That's what the line is. Yeah. Yeah, well. I'm sorry, Ken. You know. You went Rico.

We'll see what happens. Yeah, I deserved it. Jacksonville's 10 and 4. They take on the 12 and 2 Denver Broncos. The Vegas line, Denver minus three at home. the overrunners, 46 and a half. How many games have the Broncos one in a row right now? Is it 12?

Is it really? Goodness gracious. I don't think they went 0 and 2 to start the season. Maybe not 12. I think they've won a bunch in a row, right? I'm waiting for Kyle to jump in. They definitely have won a lot of games in a row. He's got a milk IV going over there.

They started 1 and 2. All right? Then the math says 11, right? Yes. Okay. 11 straight wins for the favored Denver Broncos. and um here we go this should be a fun one we said we've complimented uh Trevor Lawrence way too much agreed potentially yeah I mean I brought up his recent schedule and while he has played

outstanding especially this last week where he was I mean 63% completions for 330 yards five passing touchdowns add a rushing touchdown was absolutely incredible his matchups against the Jets, the Titans, the Cardinals, like his recent month has not been very difficult. To go on the road to Denver, they're undefeated at home this year, 7 and 0, is a real, real test. And I think a lot of, this is one of those questionable starts where people are like, how do I, how do I not start him? He's been so good. He scored over 40 fantasy points last week.

but it's it's a dangerous start i think i i think i'm okay with it here's a crazy way of basically explaining how we have watched dember and been confused by them despite winning all their games they're the only team that has led in every single game that they've been in this season they've also trailed in 13 of the 14 games so like their games are up and down and all around and they find a way to finish and bo necks gets it done when you don't expect it sometimes but Jacksonville, they're on a hot streak, five and oh, plus 99 point differential over the last five games.

Both of these defenses, they are run stoppers, which is why there's a differing of opinion on Travis E.T. and in this game between Mike and Jason. There's also a very obvious desire for Mike to have E.T. and struggle, and Jason to have him dominate. Sure. Because you're facing each other.

And I have E.T.N. Yeah. I mean, the truth is he's going to get a lot of work. And so I think you're going to start him no matter what in every league. He should touch the ball 20 times. You play players that touch the ball 20 times. Whether or not he gets a touchdown, whether or not he is efficient, that's TBD. But the volume will be there now with the injury to Bechal-Tooten.

Yes. I'm concerned like the ETIN on the ground, it comes and it goes. I mean, it's on the ground the last, I mean, really since the by week, it's been rough. The volume is there. He's getting so, so, so many carries. No, he's like 3.8 to carry since the by week. One good game. The Jets should have been a great ground game and he only had 32 yards rushing.

And then up until this past week where E.T.N had the three just insane receiving touchdowns, you realize before last week for the entirety of the season, Travis E.T.N. Through the air, averaging two receptions for 14 yards. Like, the work through the air has not been what we're used to. The Tooten injury is significant for me in that regard. Could be. Especially with their, you know, they're going to have to run through the air a little bit in this game. I think E.T. and catches some passes.

I think he's productive enough. I think he, I guess I'm playing him. So I'm not trying to warn people that, no, you got to find another option. but I feel like if ETN doesn't score a touchdown, you will be upset with the performance. Well, I didn't do it, but one of my prize picks was going to be 0.5 touchdowns more for Travis Eton this week.

That's a little risky. Do you feel more confident with E.T.N or Harvey on the other side if you had both on your roster because... Definitely E.T.N. Harvey has been so good on a per touch basis, but he has not touched the ball enough, especially we thought that... 23 opportunities, 20 opportunities? the last two games?

That's not enough? I mean, I don't know for Jason. It wasn't enough immediately. Like when the injury happened to J.K. Dobbins, I felt like it was really slow getting this player involved. But the matchup against Jacksonville,

I think it's more difficult to run on Jacksonville than it is on the Broncos. I know recently the last six weeks, the Broncos have really been good against the run. Some of that to me is a little bit of matchup. Because I don't believe that's scheduled just the data. The Jacksonville Jaguars have been, you throw on them. don't run on them a lot. Now, RJ Harvey's great in the receiving game. So, um, they're,

they're very difficult to choose between the two of them. There are two spots different in my rankings. I have ETN slightly ahead. I, I think though that RJ Harvey, just like my analysis of the game, Harvey's probability of a touchdown is slightly higher than ETN's, if you're chasing that. But the volume, I'm a more secure in ETN getting the, you know, 15 plus opportunities and Harvey had the he got a little bit banged up he had the the rib injury but he's he's practicing in full just don't know if that will affect anything you know who else is practicing in full pat brian yeah baby oh we're back kind of i mean it really stinks for fantasy oh it's terrible you can't start pat bryant and now it means you can't start nobody can't try franklin and this is a

matchup where there should be a lot of passing yards and you know fantasy production in the air i think it's terrible. I think you were probably feeling pretty confident to go out there and say play Sutton, play Franklin. And now you do have the inconsistency of all those players. I mean, every single receiver in Denver

despite the record has been completely unpredictable. Yes. There have been times that we've come on this show and it looked like Troy Franklin was taken over. I mean, there were times at the end of last year Marvin Mims was taken over. There were times that Pat Bryant's snap counts up to 70, then it goes to 40 and he's out. Well, it went to 40 because he got knocked out of the game.

He was knocked out in the middle of that game? Yeah. Pat Bryan had, like, up until that point, Pat Bryant had taken the wide receiver two spot because he's better than Franklin. How dare you? You know it to be true. Yeah, I don't have any confidence.

I'm not playing Pat Bryant. I'm not playing him. I probably am not playing Franklin either. Cortland Sutton would be the one that I play. Pat Bryant being there is better for Bo Nix, though, to have all. all those guys. The other side of the field, that wide receiver. This game has a lot of players of importance. I think on the other side, you can play Jacoby Myers and you can play Brian

Thomas, both of them. Brian Thomas, the big play hopeful for a massive playoff performance. You know, he's got that skill. And then Jacoby for that floor, you know, when you're averaging, he's just very reliable. He's always where he needs to be. And he catches the ball when you throw it to him. That's not always the case with Brian Thomas Jr. But the big, big playability. You know, in this game, what is the over under here? The over under is 46.5. They're two good defenses, but the way these teams have been playing,

I think this game hits the over. Really? Yeah. Mike's start of the week. Britain's Strange. Yeah, I mean, this game is, it's a big one. We just watched a, what, a 43 and a half point over under, turned into 80 pretty quick.

70, 77, whatever it is, 75. Arizona, Atlanta, not exactly the game, a game with the same magnitude. Arizona is at home, Vegas line. 48 and a half. Yeah, Atlanta minus three over under is 48 and a half. The defenses are actually not traveling this week with the teams. So they're going to be playing 11 on none and see if they can break the all-time record. So we're excited?

I think we are excited. For fantasy purposes, the way that these two defenses have been playing lately. And it's funny because both of these teams, early in the year looked like, man, they're figuring out the defense. Like their defense is hard to run on, hard to pass on. And then I think it was a combination of injuries along with losses that have really just kind of folded the defenses, folded the teams, folded the morale. These two teams, what are they playing for? they're both playing for a higher pick. I mean, not the Falcons, I don't believe they have their pick.

Well, they're first. They're first. And you still want your other picks to be as high as possible. But, you know, the Cardinals really need to lose this game, which is why. Well, Gannon doesn't. Iron clad. There's one man. I mean, Jonathan Gannon is playing for a chance to coach again next year.

There's no way the Cardinals lose this game, just because it would be the worst thing for them. I know the Falcons are favored and the Falcons should win. The Falcons are the better team. But that's how I see it. realize on a podcast out there somewhere there is people saying the exact opposite that are saying that there's no way the Falcons don't win

this game because it's the worst thing that could possibly happen to them. Yeah, these are two franchises that love misery. They really are going to tie. Let's tie this game. But for fantasy purposes, a ton of value. Obviously, Bejohn is going to be in.

Brissette should definitely be in. Has not not been a top 12 quarterback. the entire season. And I don't know how you can sit Michael Wilson. Andy, your start of the week. He's been way dang too good, even if Marv is there. If Marv is there, I think you can play him.

Yeah, you can definitely play Michael Wilson. High over-under, play Tray McBride, play Kyle Pitts if he's active. Yes, even if Drake London's back. I think you're fine doing that. Play Drake London if he's back. Probably, probably. I mean, I would, I think the Drake London, if he's back, from the injury versus Michael Wilson

question is interesting. That one is very interesting. So if Marv is out, Michael Wilson is started, period, even over Drake London. If Marvin Harrison is there, I would start Drake London over Wilson. We also have had the debate very early in the week

about whether DiMarcato or Michael Carter's the better start. The press conference comments from Jonathan Gannon about Michael Carter leading the way have probably swayed me over to Mike's side of Michael Carter's probably the better start. I think he's a perfectly fine start, yeah. I just wouldn't be shocked if DiMarcotta ruins that for you somehow. With a big long touchdown run.

But I'm with Mike. I'd go Michael Carter if you need an emergency start, and then Bejohn, of course, play him. We'll take a break and talk more matchups. I'm not going to hit the button for it, but Woody Mark's scene participating in practice on Friday. That's big. That's big.

I hope that's a fool. not a limited well it's an effort to be out there yeah so if you're if you're planning on a Texans running back that you've got to take that thing up to Sunday it's an ankle injury so if he's out there

participating in practice with an ankle injury you would expect they'll know how it responds tomorrow and and if it goes well if he practices limited it doesn't swell up and it's better he has a legit been knocked out of the last two games

like actually had to leave the last two games he's played last week he did he did in the one before but he came back right he does that's quite a lot yes is the answer he's a waddler in that game two weeks ago it was 87% snaps so he still he had to come back but he I'm just

saying he's been knocked out hurt so it's a risk yeah oh yes yeah it is definitely a risk and it's a risk I would personally take Pittsburgh's 8 and 6 Detroit's 8 and 6 Vegas line Detroit minus 7 over under 51 and a half. If Pittsburgh, who is the fourth seat in the AFC, wins the game, they have a 77% chance to win the division.

If Detroit, currently the eighth seed in the NFC wins, they have a 46% chance to make the playoffs. A loss pretty much eliminates Detroit from the playoffs. They'll be down at like 14%. They'll need so much help to get in. It's a huge game. It's in Detroit. They're heavily favored. 51.5.5. It started at 49.5. So the people think this game is going to be an offensive onslaught. And you look at your start-sit decisions right now. You know, Jared Goff, we know how he plays in a dome.

You have no T.J. Watt on the past rushing side. Amon Ra and Jameson Williams have been too good to sit. Jamir Gibbs, of course, you're playing him. This is the three touchdown week, right? If you want to go, like when does Gibbs do that? Well, the back and forth. He's been scoring three touchdowns, no touchdowns, three touchdowns, no touchdowns, three touchdowns, no touchdowns. And here we are.

You're right. This happened three times. It's insane. Yeah. And you play Gibbs. You hopefully didn't need a huge game from him last week and you made it through. David Montgomery is a real break glass type of player, not a must start at all. I saw Dan Campbell talking about David Montgomery and his new role.

And that David Montgomery is. a pro and he is basically he was talking up David Montgomery as a true professional in the sense that he's he spent dealing with this rule saying I got to get Montgomery I don't care what he says about Montgomery

so but the thing is is your favorite you're at home you're favored by a touchdown Montgomery is also in his own right a touchdown machine so can you start David Montgomery do you want to start David Montgomery no can I give you a couple start sit decisions to see if you would start David Montgomery

Hold on. www.jason's roster. Topcom slash my lineup. David Montgomery or Tony Pollard, who's been hot playing against the chiefs. Paulard. Okay. Easily. Not for me. All right.

David Monk. Why would you sit Pollard after he's been on fire and they're giving him that much work? I'm just curious. Because. Like Montgomery is just, if you score, you're happy. You are, but I think that the Kansas City defense is going to stop the Titans offense dead in their tracks. What about the other side?

Kareem Hunt for the. Kansas City Chiefs against the Titans or David Montgomery. I'll play Montgomery in that situation. Yeah, I'm going to go Montgomery. And then final name, Audric Estime or David Montgomery. Yeah, okay, now we're at the website. Yeah, it's Estimate. Okay.

It's Estimate unless you're a heavy, heavy favorite. And you just need six points because Monty can get you six. But the lines have the highest implied point total of the week. I think they're going to just demolish Pittsburgh. demolished them. Yeah. That's the argument for Montgomery. Did you see with T.J. Watt off the field for Pittsburgh, their 31st and completion percentage given up in 32nd and yards per pass attempt allowed? Sheesh. And you get to go up against basically two top 10 wide receivers right now. Jameson Williams is on fire. He's got four top 10 finishes since the bye week. And then

Amman Ra. This is also why I really like D.K. Metcalfe this week. Everything you just said, you expect the lines to score. You expect them to be in the lead. Have you seen how many points? The Lions are giving up to wide receivers right now? Yeah, they've... 38 a game. They have not done well against the past. So you're going to need D.K. McCaff,

if you can target him enough, you'll succeed against this Lions defense. Kenneth Gainwell, Jalen Warren, Kenneth Gainwell is literally the singular toughest type of player for me to ever start in a game. Understandable? He feels a little bit like the old school Darren Sproles,

where, you know, he was never the starter for New Orleans, but he just kind of always had points. And you're like, well, how's he going to do it? I don't know. He just does. He's been double digits 26, 15, 5, 13, 16. It doesn't make sense to me.

The targets. I mean, you look, who has more targets in the last five weeks for this same team? I genuinely don't know the answer. D.K. Metcalfe or Kenny Gainwell? In how many weeks? In the last five week? I would say Kenny Gainwell. Because D.K. just had that monster target week.

Gainwell has the most receptions. 31 targets in the last five weeks for Gainwell. Yes. And he has more receptions than any player on the team. I mean, when you're that involved. He just had 20 opportunities with Warren active. Now, that's an office. Well, Warren did have the illness.

Some of these games, Warren has been coming back from injury and played fewer snaps. Is illness and played fewer snaps? Warren or Gainwell. Who do you play? And that's a great question. I think it's Gainwell. I think it's Gainwell. I have, look, I've got Warren on my roster, so I am in,

incentivized. I want Warren to do well. But even with all those things, he's coming back, sick. Kenny Gamewell has been the better player, watching the Steelers games. He's looked really good. I have them back to back in my rankings. Kenny Gamewell one spot ahead of Jalen Warren. Wild. Wild one. I think that's it by starts-it decisions in that game. The Raiders, 2 and 12. Guys, you're not going to believe this. You're not going to believe this. They play Houston. That part you can believe, because teams play other teams sometimes. Houston's 9 and 5.

Yeah. The implied point total for the Las Vegas Raiders. It's unbelievable. I've never, I've never seen this. It's the second lowest of any team since 2013. It is the lowest of the year of any team. It is 11.5 points. And how do they, how in the world do they get an 11.5 points?

This was when we had the Ashton Genty question yesterday. It was like, this is why? Ashton Genty is not a must play this week. Not to me. well I don't think he's a must play by any stretch I think um I think it's just those decisions and how how much do you attach to his name and don't overemphasize yeah it's funny when I'm so all these players we just talked about so let me tell you where my rankings come in I have Michael Carter ahead of Ash and Genti Ash and Genti ahead of Audrake Estimay who is just ahead of Kenny Gainwell it's like but that's the tier that you're talking about yeah it's like Tyrone Tracy, Aaron Jones, Rico. I've got both of those. I'm playing all those guys ahead

of Ash and Gentie. Yeah, I mean, he is obviously the talented player that could break off a long run. Hopefully you get him involved in the passing and we've seen games where he is really involved in the receiving game and then

he disappears. What are you laughing at? He caught four passes last week, guys. Was it for zero? No, he got seven yards. Oh, okay. He caught two passes last week for eight yards. Yeah. I mean, there's... Okay.

All right. The team is so catastrophically bad that you, I mean, you can name whoever you think is the best running back in the league and you put them in this environment and they are

pretty much unstartable for fantasy right now. Yeah. Yeah, this is not good. No. They've lost eight straight games. Texans have won six straight. It's a big game for, it's a big game for Houston.

Yeah, I do think even in this bad. Is he playable in this game? Stroud is scary, a little bit scary to me because this could be a game. Stroud or Stafford? Stafford, for sure. Really? Yeah. It's the same thing as last week where you knew Houston was going to beat the crap out of Arizona.

CJ Stroud was still good for fantasy. That's because the touchdowns came early. The Nico bomb touchdown. And, you know, obviously if he starts, C.J. Stroud can do what he wants against the Raiders. If they want to run the ball, they'll succeed. It's just a matter of once you're up by two scores, you're not forced to continue throwing the ball. I think Brock Bowers, we brought it up yesterday. He's still a very good play.

All the bad things about the Raiders, you're still going to have to throw the ball. And when you look at the Texans defense, they're not bad against anything. They're good across the board, but they are weakest against tight ends, which is the strength of the Raiders. So Bowers, you'll start. And that's really a Gentie you can. On the other side, Nico, yes. Mike has the Houston running back spot. Yeah, I hope it's Woody.

And then we talked about Stroud. Otherwise, Dalton Schultz, not a bad play. Correct. He is the doctor. But if they get it down on the ground, they may not need to utilize. And we saw Nico Collins last week as an example. He was great against Arizona.

But it was not via volume. It was one catch to start the game. No catches for a long, long, long, long time. And then at the very, very end of the game, he got back into the end zone. So just be mindful of that. from a volume standpoint. If they don't get the early points through the air,

you may not get a lot late. Yeah, I can agree with that. And it's, Nico's in, but I'm not like, like Jaden Higgins. He was, oh no.

He played 72% of the snaps. He was a victim of the game script with just one catch for four yards. Excited about this one, New England, 11 and 3 on Sunday night football against the 7 and 7 Baltimore Ravens on semi-final week.

Baltimore minus 3 over under 48 and a half. okay yeah this will this will be a fun one this feels like just such a humongous game for Baltimore but also new england coming off a loss it should be a fun one are you confident in both quarterbacks in this game yes yeah yeah i am i i know lamar has really struggled this season but he's still lamar jackson and you know the the last game it was such a weird game against the Bengals. Right. It was bizarrely weird, where he completes eight passes in the game, and they went 24 to nothing.

They just didn't need him. The Bengals didn't show up. Like Joe Burrough said, he was, if any other NFL team played him, they would not have been able to win the game with how he played. He had a very down game, and so Lamar wasn't needed. I expect the Patriots to show up, to score, to put it on the Baltimore Ravens. And this should be a back and forth affair. I want pieces in this one.

Man, Drake May was QB 13 with 20 and a half points. We just had some high score in quarterbacks. He hasn't, he's been good, not great from a fantasy perspective. Yeah, quarterback 11, 12, 12, 10, 13. Those are not bad performances, but those aren't like, oh, I won my playoffs because I have Drake May. Yep, exactly.

Touchdowns the last four weeks. One, one, two, zero. So he didn't have the two rushing touchdowns. The way that Baltimore is playing defensive. defensively, at home. I do feel like May has more risk to me than Lamar in this game, and that's how I have them ranked this week. So let's see.

Like I played Jacoby. Yeah, over May. Yeah, how about Stroud? I don't think so. I think I'd look for a little bit of a little Drake May upside in that one. And then how about Herbert? Jason. I think I go Herbert against Dallas.

I'm hopeful that, you know, that you can throw some touch. against that defense that loves to have touchdowns thrown on them. J.J. McCarthy-McCarthy just was fine. Jacoby Resett, Lamar Jackson, the number four search on our website on the Starzit Tool, which you can get to the Fantasy Footballers.com if you have more questions. Zay Flowers, the last two weeks has been pretty good. Wide receiver 8 and 18, despite the low passing attempts last week. I think Zayflower is at home is not bad.

It's wide receiver 2, probably this week, don't you think? Yeah, wide receiver 2, 3. That's fair. Trevo, Derek Henry, you play them both? Yep. Four touchdown runs of 50 or more yards from Trayvon Henderson, who Mike would like you to know, is currently the betting favorite for offensive rookie of the year.

Oh, that's weird. That's weird. I have expected you to pull out a cup of tea. There you go. You can go ahead and, oh, you've got to get pinky up, don't you? There it is. Oh, boy. Yeah, I mean, Trayvion.

Imagine if his coach letting him play more. Impossible. You're messing with tight ends here, Henry, likely, Andrews? Not really. No, I mean, Mark Andrews would be the one of the three that I would play just from a, you get a touchdown standpoint, but I'm not excited. And we've we've talked about there are a handful of really good stream type of options to play at tight end this week. So I would be out on all of them. I think the real question is the Patriots wide receivers, someone's going to get it done. You know, booty.

why don't you just tell us who it is I mean I still think I still You were going to say your name And then you're like well maybe I don't want to say that name I mean digs has been Diggs has been 20 yards 26 yards 26 yards I still like booty

You like Diggs Mike You want to take somebody back Hollins I was going to make it the worst It could be kind of the It feels a little bit like Denver right now Yeah I mean They keep winning games At least Denver has Sutton

Here it's like you just have no idea. As from like Sutton, you are starting. Yeah. Monday night football, a rivers runs through it. San Francisco, 10 and 4, Colts 8 and 6. Vegas line, San Francisco minus 5 and a half. River trickles through it. This is not going to be a fast running river.

This is a little stream. Don't drink that water. No. It's P. River. Over under is 46.5. Okay. They give the Colts 20 points. That seems.

That's nice of them. They are at home. They do have Jonathan Taylor. The Colts are at home. They keep in mind that Philip Rivers had a few days of practice with the team, right? So they had a game plan that looked like it was completely and entirely physically limited by Rivers' ability. And that could be the case. But it could also be the case that's like we're playing against a very good Seahawks defense on the road.

And you've been here to practice for four days. So we're going to run the ball a ton and just do a little checkdowns and see if we can win the game with defense. So maybe this is like we're going to open it up a little bit. The Niners are not a bad defense, but they're not nearly the defense that the Seahawks were. I think that's right on the money. You could get surprised with a little more utilization,

a few more downfield passes. Tyler Warren is who's everybody, you know, who everybody is worried about. We can tell you, Kyle made the Warren not Parkinson decision. He went with his gut on Warren. He did lead the team in targets last week. Another week of practice, like this is the positive spin for the situation.

But thinking Philip can throw it down the field and him being able to throw it down the field are two different things. The lack of a pass rush for San Francisco will be super helpful to Philip Rivers. Last week, it did feel like part of it was self-preservation. It wasn't just ability. It was also like, let's just get the ball out of your hand. immediately so that you don't have to fall down. San Francisco's 31st in pressure rate, 32nd, and sack rate

and did not get a sack on Cam Ward last week. That is what Philip Rivers very much needs. Now it does feel like there's one wide receiver to play in the entire matchup, which is John Jennings. Oh, yeah. And then it's probably no Pierce on, no Pittman, no Pierce. If your name starts with Pia

and you play a wide receiver, take a seat. Josh Downs also, didn't practice. It looks like it's a personal thing. Alec Pierce didn't practice. He have a child. A personal problem as we call them? Yeah. Yesterday on the footcast somebody wrote in and they're like

I had my first personal problem this week. How do you deal with fantasy football and being a new dad? I like that joke so much. So do you guys agree though? You're not taking a shot with the other whiteouts other than John Jennings? I don't think so. No. Certainly not Alec Pierce. He's like toast.

If you had to start someone else, it would probably be Pittman in hopes that it gets a little bit better. But no, I'm not wanting to start Pitman. I've got him benched on my, in our League of Record matchup. You know, he's not really in strong consideration. I've been deciding between David Montgomery or Roderick Estimate, but that's in a flex. It could be Pittman as well. And it's just, it's hard to say I'm going to rely on what we saw from Philip Rivers last week. Yeah, I'm not, I'll let that happen on my bench. And it's like, What, I just don't feel like you're going to miss out on anything.

You know, when you take chances with higher flying players, like Stafford, that sucks, we missed it. But this offense with Philip Rivers, just could anyone actually hit a ceiling? I don't see that happening. Your locks of the game, CMC, Jonathan Taylor, and George Kittle, of course. And some injury updates as we close out the, Jason is convulsing. He doesn't even know what we're going to say. No, I was looking at Jonathan Taylor. Just dreaming.

Like you was looking at his name? Santa Sinal little prayer, dude. I'm just seeing, like, look, the last four weeks have been rough for Johnny Taylor. And he's not been bad. He's, you know, double-digit points every week because he's Jonathan Taylor. But it's been Kansas City and Houston and Jacksonville and Seattle, four of the best rush defenses. Uh-huh. Okay.

Come on. All right. Come on. T. Higgins, practicing today. Dalton Kincaid, practicing today. not sure he's playing or not. Gannon confirmed Michael Carter's the starter. And Aaron Glenn announced that Garrett Wilson

will not play the rest of the season. Dude, dude, not wanting to play for the rest of the season. He's out with, I don't want to. Fair enough. We do have another segment. Oh, yay. It's so fun. I love it. It's my favorite segment of the world. of presented by prize picks I love this segment I am on a cold streak

It happens I felt so good when the year started I felt like I'd never get shamed And now it's just my It's sponsored by me All right Let's do it We got to spend that wheel baby

Wheel of shame Yeah, I do, Oink, oink. Okay, go ahead. Star man, spin it. Spin it. Spin the wheel. Oh, I can't wait, guys. Merry Christmas, everybody. You smell that. Sniff a fart.

Be presents. We want you to be present, Andy. It's Christmas. It's Christmas time, Andy. Oh, look at you. We're going to wrap you up. You're going to become a present. Are you recommending that? You're going to be mummified here. You're recommending that maybe. keep my

yeah I would keep your line up on your screen because I don't know if you'll just use the chair too I mean go ahead just take your time just go as slow just do one arm for an hour yeah this is they're going to be doing this for a while you guys can go ahead and start okay I'll start up I'm going to kick it off

at the quarterback position it's Jacoby Brissette his projections at 243 and a half yards where do you think I'm going to go guys I think you're going more that feels easy yeah we're going more I like that they're focused on the arm that's off camera but go on yeah yeah keep rapping you can't keep rapping boy get that face get the face that's not the microphone oh my gosh this is great you are the worst producers oh we've got a

tag tag tape them up oh man I feel like I could have wrap myself better than this all right my quarterback is is Caleb Williams okay Hey, you're going, you're in on it. He is my green goblin. Oh, passing yards 174.1. Wasn't super sure had to go green goblin, huh? I'm taking the 174. I am taking. This is working out great.

I am taking Caleb Williams. I had fun with this one because we're going to be, because we are at the Christmas party while this game is going, I picked only this game for fun. I'm going Caleb Williams as well, but I'm taking his rushing yards. Okay. projection is 16 and a half rushing yards. I'm going more than that. He can do more than that on one

play. All right, you want to go to running back? Yeah. Tony Pollard 51 and a half rushing yards, less. Oh, this would be great. Pollard's going to stick it up your butt. Audric Estimate. Oh, yeah, baby. 28.5 rushing yards. I'm taking the more. Okay. Oh, man, that's nice.

I wish I had seen that one. You got in early. My running back is, of course, Josh Jacobs. I can't believe you haven't gone to my solo camera yet. Josh, well, they've been wrapping you. They're the ones that change the camera and they decide to take the rest of the time off. Like present the hut. That's present to hut.

Totally. Oh, ho, ho, oh, so low. Josh Jacobs' projection is 62 and a half rushing. Oh, where are we going, Jason? No, I'm going more, baby. 162. Who is your backup running back when Jacobs doesn't play? I'll figure it out if he doesn't travel.

All right. Oh, Andy had to estimate. All right. At wide receiver, I got Michael Evans, 56 and a half receiving yards against Carolina. I'll take the more. I did this one a little bit earlier in the week. I don't know what DJ Moore was at. I probably would have gone there.

Instead, I went Jaden Reed. Guys, I did it again. Oh, you don't have. And you don't have hands. I sent this to every one of our production team. Oh, my gosh. Are you two days ago? Where is the quality control here?

I'll tell you what. Where is the self-accountability here? I'll tell you what. Since you are on a cold street. I'm good. I'm good. No, no, no. I have another lineup.

So I'm good. All right. I just can't access it due to being wrapped as a present. Having no arms. Jaden Reed, 35 and a half receiving yards. I'll take them. I don't know. I'm good.

I got this. Give me two seconds here. No, I don't. It's in my, it's in my phone. Hold on. he's trying to reach his phone it's in my phone I can't move this is the worst time for me to be wrong again

I went one week and everybody stopped checking my lineup what do you mean Al can read them for Andy I'm wrong Brooksie there's nothing to read hold on I'm almost there Jamar Chase 86.5 receiving yards I'm taking more

yeah okay sorry about that we love to hear it. Also, very warm in this present. Love to hear it. All right, tight ends. Sorry about that. Dallas, Goddair.

He is my green goblin. Two and a half receptions. You know, he's my pick as well. He's not my green goblin, but I have Dallas Goddard. More, by the way. 40.5 receiving yards more. All right. I've got Colson Loveland, also my green goblin.

Mr. Lovelin? More than three and a half receptions. Oh, that's easy, peasy. It gets four every week. That's so easy. I can't access. That was Fantasy Face Off, presented by prize picks. Hey, they have a great boxing max discount this week like Anthony Joshua needing just a half a punch against Jake Paul. We're all pretty excited to see Jake Paul get more than

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