The Matt Thomas Show with Ross - Dr Roto Gives His NFL Week #17 Predictions

Episode Date: December 24, 2025

Dr Roto Gives His NFL Week #17 Predictions

Oh, waiver claims have to be made. And I've got trade proposals flying my way. My first round pick turned out 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 final and fastest 30 minutes in Major Market Radio for the one, the only Dr. Roto here on Sports Talks. but on a good doctor happy holidays to you and the family most importantly we might have like nine listeners because it's christmas eve and people are out shopping or actually spending quality family time so i'm going to take the first 10 minutes and just talking about my fantasy football team are you okay with that yeah did you make the finals i did all right wow so here we go when was the last houston toro championship empty uh that was about three years ago and uh you're alive oh i'm sorry oh when you made the championship sorry he's never We won it. Shut up. Oh, we're definitely got to get you to victory. Come on. You don't have to.

You don't have to. Had a 50-point game on the week 17 or 16, whatever it was, and I lost that game because Jamar Chase went ballistic. All right. Here we go. Drake May, no issue, correct? Yes. No issue whatsoever.

And actually. Jimer Gibbs. No issue. Hold on one second. Going to be a really good game for May because a lot of those Patriot receivers, Diggs, Hollins, Henry, all have huge incentives. so if these guys catch passes they're getting paid they are throwing empty yes jemir gibbs no issues correct no issues devon a chan please no issues i mean it's a little slight issues because

the bucks are decent and ewers didn't throw to him a ton but we're starting him we love him we're playing him all right keenan allen i'm not going to play did not practice yesterday but he is nothing more nothing about the fifth target for herbert so i'm not worried about that okay yeah we're getting t higgins locked in that lineup i'm going t higgins i'm going zay flowers okay whether there's more guys of course there's more dallas goddard my tie into over kelsey yes or no yes yes for sure r j harvey is my flex yes or no oh yeah for sure oh yeah for Sure. The Broncos need this game and want this game. Parvies look great. All right. My two defense I can choose.

Wait, wait, hold on. Do you have another receiver option besides Zay Flowers? I have Keenan Allen. That's it. And Jerry Judy. Ooh, I guess we're going Zay Flowers, but just know there's a chance Lamar. Lamar is like 50-50 right now, but I think he plays, but, you know, we've got to play Zay. Okay. Judy, not going to, I can't, I don't trust him. Yeah, no, me either. Yeah.

All right. Now, now. Here comes the dicey part a little bit. The only thing I'm really worried about. Chargers defense against amid Houston Texans offense, or I can go Packers at home against Baltimore on defense. What do you think? I think I like the Chargers because I can't imagine that the Texans aren't going to let up like three sacks. So if you get three sacks, maybe you get a fumble, maybe you get a pick.

It's not going to be generational. Can you make any ads or drops? I could. Of course. Is there a defense out there I should go grab? I mean, I don't know who's out there in your league, but I mean, the Saints play the Titans. That's an interesting one. Saints and Giants are both available. The Giants are interesting.

The Giants against the Raiders? Raiders' offensive lines is bad, really bad. I'm okay with the Giants. What I would do is I would drop the Packers, pick up the Giants, and then stew on the Chargers' Giants. Giants' Charger game, I mean, Giants' Raider game, loser gets them. number one pick in the draft so okay i don't i just did it i just did it i just picked up the new york giants defense all right so i'm going to probably okay shut up this is for this is important stuff here i'm giving information out there y'all be quiet i'm going to text you about chargers or

giants and we're going to have this conversation sunday morning yeah you got it i'm there Run the algorithm, Doc. Last thing. It text me Saturday. Last thing. I got Rico Dottle and Travis Kelsey both on my bench. That's correct, right, compared to what I have also. What else is out there?

Kelsey can't play. Kelsey can't play. Yeah, I mean, got a guy who's basically a third stringer in there. I'm literally playing that guy because in one of my leagues, I'm down to Josh Johnson or Ola Kudun. I mean, this is brutal, but, yeah, we can't play Chelsea. and Rico Dottle mixed as you talked about last week yeah not over Harvey not over HN not over Gibbs

so okay look at you you got a real shot MT do you know how insufferable I'll be if I win this by the way this is why he can't win that's why we love that's why we love Dr. Rottles giving me nothing but safe squad he should win

yeah but could and should have is giving you props. Even Ross is doing it. Yeah, I think he's doing it as he's trying to. No, I think you should win. You have the best squad. All right. Let's get to what has turned out to be a pretty lousy slate of Christmas Day games.

I am going against Dak Prescott. How will Dallas do against the commanders on Thursday? Pretty darn good. I mean, DAC to Lamb feels like it's going to be a winner. I would think Dak gets about 250 yards, probably gets about two touchdowns. You know, you can run on the commanders. The big problem here is this. We need, you need, Josh Johnson not to suck.

Because if they just get blown out and now all of a sudden DAC is putting up, you know, it's 35 points, that could get ugly. So we just need Washington to be able to sustain some drives. But I like Dak. I like Lamb. I think I like Jake Ferguson. I think he goes, this is not a Pickens week. Last week was the Pickens, you know, rehabilitation week. I like McLaurin.

and Debo Samuel has incentives in his contract, too. I think they're going to try to get him the football. All right. Detroit is his prolific offense, yet they still lose games. They've got a slimmer, a slim, I should say, slim chance of making the playoffs. How will they do against Minnesota in Minneapolis? Well, they're going to crush them. I mean, Max Brosmer is not a real NFL quarterback.

That's a mess. Justin Jefferson has incentives. They want him to do well, but it's going to be really hard. Gibbs is a great, great play. I mean, St. Brown is fine. would keep it tight in this game i keep it goth i keep it st brown jameson williams and gibbs just like that on the other side i'd make it justin jefferson and aaron jones aaron jones i think vegas has him about 73 and a half yards because jordan mason's not even going to be there so i think those are the only two

vikings you you play with any confidence all right if you are playing a championship weekend or consolation round seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven one three two five seven ninety last probably the best of the weekend games will be Houston at the Los Angeles Chargers that Sunday night game between Chicago, San Francisco is going to be awesome too, but let's get to the Texans how the, look, the Chargers were scoring at ease against Dallas's defense. They're atrocious.

Texans' defense much better. Who's sitting, who is playing between the Chargers and Texans Saturday night here in L.A.? It should be a really great game. They really should be a great game. I think the difference, though, is that Dallas really didn't pressure Herbert. He was able to run at Will. He was throwing the ball deep. He won't be able to do any of those things against the Texans, right? And the Texans just need one win, one win to get the job done. So I think Herbert's going to struggle. I got to be honest with you. I think Herbert's going

to struggle. I think this a defensive game. I agree with you. I don't want Keenan Allen. I mean, Hampton's not a great start. Herbert's not a great start. Lad's not a great start. These are all guys who should probably get you the lower range of their fantasy points. So maybe Ladd-McConkie is getting a 10. Maybe Hampton's getting 8 to 12. I don't think you're winning with any Chargers. On the other side, I don't know if you're winning with any Texans either. I mean, is Stroud going to throw up 20 points against the Chargers defense?

I don't think so. Maybe Woody Marks is interesting if he plays. Nico Collins is the one guy I probably would play with any sort of confidence. I think this is a game you don't want to have many of your players in because it's just not going to end well. These teams are too good defensively, and I think you see a game in the very low 20s. And lastly, the Niners looked awesome at Indianapolis,

scoring at ease, or will they do it against Chicago Sunday night? They will. So the Bears have a lot of flaws, and to be honest with you, the Bears have been very lucky this year. Now, I don't want to say, look, sometimes it's being good and sometimes it's lucky. There have been games that the Bears have won that they shouldn't have won.

I mean, even that Packer game, Crazy things have happened. Not going to happen this week against San Francisco. First of all, San Francisco is going to throw the ball deep, and that's where the Bears can be beaten. Whether it's Ricky Pearsall, Joan Jennings, DeMarcus Robinson, Brock Purdy looked great. Christian McCaffrey is a great start.

The Bears have been okay against the run, but McCaffrey still should get about 20 fantasy points. This game is really about George Kittle. You know, George Kitt, how healthy is he? Hopefully he's out there. If not, Jake Tongass is definitely somebody, if we remember him earlier in the season, he's been really good.

On the other side of the football, Swift is in play, Manang guy's in play. Caleb Williams did a really good job at the end of that game. But for the first three quarters, he was super, super mid, right? I mean, he didn't have a touchdown pass. It's like 140 yards, but he's very mobile, right? Caleb Williams keeps plays alive with his legs. So he may have one touchdown, but if a doomsay's out and burdens out, I think this is a mess of a game for the Bears.

I really like the San Francisco.