The Matt Thomas Show with Ross - Dr Roto Gives His NFL Week #15 Predictions

Episode Date: December 12, 2025

Dr Roto Gives His NFL Week #15 Predictions

Waiver claims have to be made And I've got trade proposals for lying my way My first round pick Turned to be a big flop I don't know which wide receiver I need to drive. Ooh, Dr. Roto, give me the news. I really don't know what I should do. My quarterback keeps getting sacked.

I've got a bad case of fantasy blues. It is the fastest 30 minutes in Major Market Radio. We say hello to our good friend, Dr. Roto, it's a final week. of the regular season for some summits playoff week number one dr roto let's get right to it i love when i go against somebody and they get a minus three on defense that's what the buccaneers gave our friend chris corda here at the radio stations i'm already up to a zero to minus three lead in my weekly fantasy football it's an offensive explosion they're empty but for some people if they played against kyle pitts Kyle pitts did this week what he's done all season basically and it's

It's so tempting. You look at the guy, he's 6-6. He runs great. Look, he was fantastic last night. Cousins played the game of his life. Mike Evans looked sensational in his first game back. Chris Godwin did a great job. I mean, Abuka suffered a little bit. Bucky Irving lost that touchdown.

I think a lot of people were shocked at that, but they really liked Sean Tucker by the goal line. I think the bigger problem was they, Tampa should have won that game. If Baker throws a better pass to Abuka there on third down, maybe Buka scores, and this game's over. To this week, Rodo, we got weather major issues, especially in the Midwest and in the east. I think Cleveland and Chicago might be 12 degrees at kick time. Tell me how that's going to affect the folks except just having a bundle up here.

All right. Cold doesn't bother me. Rain doesn't bother me. Wind bothers me, right? The more wind, that's a big problem. So, I mean, look, we saw Buffalo last week. Buffalo and Cincinnati put up a million points together in the snow. So I think people tend to overrate weather.

It's the wind. When you see 30 miles per hour wind, that means they can't throw the ball deep downfield. Shador Sanders has actually played decent football. I mean, you sit there and you save yourself, why do they go with Dylan Gabriel when Sanders is obviously more pro-ready than Gabriel is? If assuming, for example, Cleveland, if the weather's not that bad, Sanders is in play, Jerry Judy's in play, Harold Fennon Jr. is in play. DeAndre Swift's in play. So what I'm trying to tell everybody out there is Don't overrate the weather

Just look at the wind If it's raining, it's not a problem Cold is not a problem They have heaters on the sideline They'll figure it out We all watch Texans Chiefs last week Kansas City A couple of real boneheaded fourth down

Call actually one boneheaded call But a lot of drop passes Kelsey looked like disoriented Worthy wasn't a huge factor There were some drops Rashid Rice how nervous are we about using candidity players knowing that we don't know what emotion they got left in the tank between now and the rest of the season? Yeah, no, it's a really great question.

I think the problem here is that the Chargers don't match up very well with the Chiefs, and here's why. First of all, Herbert is not 100%. We see that. Secondly, the Chiefs play a lot of zone defense. And I think where the Chargers, receivers excel is against man. Ladd-McConkie, you can't stop him, man to man. he's terrific. Same thing with Quentin Johnson. He's got a lot of speed. But because the Chiefs run

that zone out there, it's going to be a little harder for them to find holes. On the other side, the Chargers play all zone coverage, which, hello, Rishie Rice, may be one of the top three guys in the league against that. So the Chiefs' backs are against the wall. It feels like a rebound spot for them so long as their defense plays well, they should be able to do it. On the other side, once again, keep an eye on Marion Hampton. He looked fantastic in his first game back. All right. Philadelphia, talk about a tale of two seasons. They're on a free fall, but they've got Las Vegas coming in. Tell me that if I'm, if I've got Philadelphia players, I'm going to get really fat and happy against that Raider defense. M.T., if you didn't use

the words fat and happy, I was going to use the word of fat happy. I figured, I figured you're still in my bit. I get it. Got to steal from the best, right? So what happens here is nobody wants to play Jalen Hertz after what we saw last week. It's exactly why you play Jalen Hertz. Nobody wants to play Saconne Barclay. That's exactly why Barclay is going to run for 140 yards and two touchdowns this week. You want as many Eagles as you possibly can.

The Raiders look like they've given up. This is a bad, bad spot. I could see a 40 spot here. I know Vegas has it at 25. I think they're off by 10. I just don't even see a pathway for the Raiders to be successful this week. This is one of those games where the Eagles need to figure out their offense right now. Start running the ball better.

Get Hertz throwing the ball a little bit. Devanta Smith involved and beat the crap out of Las Vegas. Super sexy 325 game has Detroit at the L.A. Rams for as potent as the Lions offense has been this year, they're on the outset looking in. They need this game desperately. Right. The problem is I think they're playing a better team. The Rams are a really good team.

So here, you know, what I've been trying to tell everybody for weeks, it's always look at the matchups. Okay. So what's the matchup problem here? the Lions play man coverage. You can't cover Pookin. You can't cover Devante Adams. Not with that lion's secondary without Brian Branch. He's your best guy in the back there.

He's out with the torn Achilles. So the only way, the only way Detroit stops the Rams is if Aidan Hutchinson can get some pressure on him. But if Matthew Stafford can find time, he's going to pick apart that team all game long. Now, the other thing is Detroit stops the run pretty well. So this may not be a Kyron Williams week, but Blake Corum has looked like he's been shot out of a cannon, so he's in play.

Devante Adams, remember the touchdowns that he didn't score last week? Don't worry, he gets one this week. Pook is sensational. On the other side, I love St. Brown. This could be one of those St. Brown 10 catches for 120 yards weeks that we haven't seen in a while. And of course, Jemir Gibbs, you want to get him in. I don't love Jameson Williams this week, but I like the other two guys. But this is a game, 55 points feels of light.

Brought this up with you last week about teams that are not going to be in playoffs, and can we find some sneaky pickups or using a players? We saw Tennessee win at Cleveland last week. Will they have any sort of similar success, at least from a fantasy perspective in San Francisco? When Cam Ward doesn't get pressured, he's actually a decent quarterback. So Chimari D.K., their young rookie wide receiver, he might actually be decent. That's probably the guy that I'm Gunnar Helm.

He's a tight end who played at the University of Texas. So a lot of these guys down there might know him. He's pretty good against zone coverage, which what San Francisco likes to roll out. Maybe they're usable. DK is interesting because if your league gives credit for return yards, not only is he their second receiver, he's also their punt and kickoff returner. So if he gets a kickoff return, you might get double the points. That's interesting to me.

But really, the talk of this game is the other side of the football. You know, San Francisco had their by week. They're coming back rested. They're coming back ready to go. Brock Purdy is going to throw it. least two touchdowns this week. George Kittle gets the matchup of the century against Kevin Winston, who might be the worst cover safety

in all the league. He got McCaffrey, you got Joanne Jennings, load up on your 49ers. All right, let's get to the Sunday game. We have used the term trap a couple of times. Also, Jacoby Percett's probably best performances ever as an NFL quarterback, as limited as it is,

is against the Houston Texans. Now, I don't think history can repeat itself with different football teams, but size up for me, Arizona versus Houston, with the notion that if it does get ugly, would the Texans' offensive players not be of great choice? Also on top of that, the fact that the Texans don't score a whole lot of points and typically stay within one score of most of their opponents. Everything you said is true, except Stroud is better, as we all know, when he doesn't get

pressured. Arizona doesn't get pressure on the quarterback. It's their weakness. And their number one draft pick, Walter Nolan, has been out for most of the year. So if you give C.J. Stroud time. It's got to take. Hickie apart. And Arizona plays a lot of cover four, which is right up Nico Collins's alley. I mean, this doesn't get better for Stroud to Nico feeds families this week, right? You're probably looking at 240 to 260 yards from Stroud. Maybe 110 to 140 goes to Nico. Definitely one touchdown, maybe more. Right. So now the question is, will the Cardinals play enough to keep the Texan starters on the field? If they do, we love Nico. We love Woody Marks.

Schultz is fine, not special to me. Jaden Higgins is fine. I'm really sticking with Stroud, Collins, and Marks. On the other side, Marvin Harrison Jr.'s out once again. Michael Wilson is going to be out there. Now, I know the Texans have played amazing defense, but you know what happens to the NFL MT? Letdown weeks.

This feels like a letdown week. So I'm not saying the Texans are losing. I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying maybe they didn't do that same preparation for this week's game. and maybe the Cardinals hang out in there. Maybe Michael Wilson gets 80 yards. Maybe Brissette has another 250. Maybe Trey McBride gets 80 yards.

Maybe the game is closer than we think, so those Texans actually have a boom fantasy day.