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Get ready for a big Ken Walker week as we tell you the players we love (1:20) and the players to avoid (5:07) in Week 16. Are we sitting Austin Ekeler and Aaron Jones this week? We also have a lot of news and notes (8:44) to catch you up on … One Question for Each Game (14:20)! Our thoughts on Tony Pollard, De’Von Achane, Amari Cooper, Dalton Kincaid and so many more … Start or Sit for Cowboys-Dolphins (25:12), Raiders-Chiefs (31:50), Browns-Texans (36:34), Bengals-Steelers (51:30), Commanders-Jets (59:18), Seahawks-Titans (1:04:20), Patriots-Broncos (1:09:20) and Bills-Chargers (1:14:05) … Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com

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1:20 Players We Love

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8:44 Injuries, News, and Notes

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36:34 Browns-Texans

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What’s up everyone it is Thursday week 16 is 12 hours away from kicking off with the Rams and the Saints tonight and we welcome you I’m Adam merer with Heath Cummings and Jamie Eisenberg start or sit for eight AFC home games and they are Dallas at Miami Los Vegas at Kansas

City Cleveland at Houston Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Washington at the Jets Seattle at Tennessee the Patriots at the Broncos are we going back to Ezekiel Elliot this week and buffalo is at the Chargers are we going back to Stefan Diggs this week how you doing Jamie Eisenberg I’m doing very well how are

You guys I’m good Heath you ready to rock the vote I just realized that you’re going to ask me a player that I love and I don’t have any idea who I’m going to say oh well you could love voting for us I’m gonna tell everybody

Wa it’s award season oh it is yeah yeah we’re nominated we’re a finalist for a podcast award Well a different sports podcast award I’ll tell you about that in a little bit today’s episode is is presented by Salesforce I am going to let jimie tell

Us who his player that he loves is and while he does that Heath will go through his rankings and figure out which player he wants to talk about Jamie Who Do You Love yeah our starter of the week for this week is Kenneth Walker II third um

Live the setup for him against the Titans with Jeffrey Simmons not there we’ve seen this run defense fall apart for the last two weeks Raheem moer two games ago not that he’s the best barometer because he scores touchdowns on everybody but he had 96 rushing yards two touchdowns against them the next

Week however Devin Singletary ran through them with over 120 rushing yards and I thought Walker looked pretty good in that game against Philadelphia obviously a very tough run defense and I thought um the involvement in the passing game is really something I’m curious about was that a Drew lock thing

Or is that now maybe part of what his game will entail moving forward uh but seven catches on eight Targets in his last two games again coinciding with a quarterback change but we’ll see but in any event um first touchdown on the ground last week since week six and I

Think he’ll score again I think he’ll be the Catalyst of the offense against the Titans and their run defense is very shaky right now so top 10 running back for me in all formats and I think you’re the only one there that’s that high on Ken walker uh

Who by the way is on the injury report with a shoulder injury actually know Dave has Walker in the top 12 Heath you do not as of now you’re not even close Ken Walker’s 23rd for you at Tennessee really trying to decide how much to just

The split in touches based on last week because I think if if the touches are the same as they were last week and the snaps were about even but if Walker’s dominating touches over Zack sharony like he did last week then then top 12’s absolutely possible okay uh yes we’ll

Keep an eye on the shoulder injury but it’s it’s early you know what’s funny we used to talk about you know we talk about a lot of things going into games I feel like we never talk about um long trips I don’t know I mean Tennessee is not exactly on the East

Coast but this is a Monday night team right they played Monday night or Sunday they played Monday night they played Monday and then they have to travel for a one o’clock start that you know I always hate that I know I know but we never really talk about that anymore I

Don’t know if it’s still a thing well I I think it’s it’s not necessarily as prominent I think as it used to be because travels become a lot easier for these teams um but yes usually you see West Coast teams with the one o’clock Eastern start there is somewhat of you

Know an issue yeah um but yes you’re right it used to be something like oh my God always yell at me it’s not that big a deal I don’t know if I I used to look into it and look at oh here’s what they’ve done last three

Years they’ve done this here but I don’t okay anyway Heath uh who Do You Love uh I’m gonna say Rashid rice this is a spectacular matchup we talk about how the Raiders play defense they take away the big play they give the underneath stuff rice has got an A dot under five

This season he has been one of the best wide receivers in the NFL fell in terms of yards after catch and while the Raiders are actually above average in terms of preventing receiving yards they give up the fourth most yards after catch so this is just a perfect matchup

This was the matchup one month ago where rice turned into the wide receiver one that he now is had eight catches for 107 yards and a touchdown in that game and has basically been a wide receiver one ever since he’s a top 12 wide receiver

For me this week I would start him over Koopa cup and puka nakua and Chris OLV tonight all right Rashid rice and you know I think Heath I think it extends to momes uh in terms of the matchup right I mean I kind of brought it up last week

Did you know was talking about him being a tough call at New England does he struggle against teams that don’t give up a lot of yak New England being one of them but I think he will suce this was his best game the Raiders game was his

Best game in a while I think it just plays into what the Chiefs do right I mean it probably depends on how many balls that hit his receiver in both hands turn into interceptions but if the receiver catch all of the balls that hit both of their hands he might score 40

Fantasy points stop throwing a Tony let’s transition now and talk about players to avoid and Jamie who’s someone to sit this week I would sit Austin Eckler um you know we saw a three-way split last week before the game got out of hand with him using Isaiah Spiller

Trying to get him involved uh we’ll see if the coaching change matters you know without Brandon Staley there and how the offense looks but buffalo’s defense is really good you know and they just shut down a great Cowboys defense I know it was in their building and and take that

For what it is how Dallas was looked on the road against some tough opponents but I think they’re getting right at the right time in terms of Buffalo’s you know run defense they shut down Tony Pard and so if you know it’s funny because like it’s easy to say oh Austin

Ekler is a great player think about what the last month has been he’s had one good game and it was against Denver and everybody does well against Denver so is he really just a set it and forget it type of a guy I don’t think so so I’m

I’m looking to get him out of my lineup if I if I had to I don’t have him many teams because the teams that drafted him are out of the playoffs um so this to me is not uh a slam Dum start I would I would try and bench him if you

Can he does not have a carry longer than nine yards in four straight Games Austin Eckler how about you Heath who are you trying to avoid another old running back and this one might be controversial because of the matchup but I am I’m not trusting Aron Jones um another guy that

Really since like he had those two incredible catch and runs in week one and basically whe When even when he’s been healthy hasn’t been very good since then 3.7 yards per carry since then only 4.7 yards per reception had 17 touches last week and produced 70 yards and no

Touchdowns I don’t like his chances of being efficient I don’t know that the Packers are going to throw the ball a whole bunch so that he has a bunch of catches and so it’s just kind of a a mess spot for me I would start Eckler

Over him he’s not a top 24 running back for me and I agree with what Jamie said about Eckler AJ Dylan also practiced yesterday so that definitely if he plays that certainly complicates things for Aaron Jones all right so we love Ken Walker at least Jamie does Rashid rice we are

Trying to avoid Austin Eckler and Jamie are you also trying to avoid Aaron Jones no I don’t mind Aaron Jones I I think you know you’re looking at a situation where first off Dylan Dylan’s injury matters but uh they may not have their two of their top receivers you know and

So how much they throw against this team matters but if they don’t throw a lot I can’t imagine they’re not running the balls I mean you know as much as Dylan may may be a part of this uh I think Aaron Jones is gonna get a lot of touches and so a

Lot of touches against Panthers usually lends itself to a lot of production so he’s a top 20 running back for me I would definitely start him over big news we need your help this is the easiest I know I’ve asked you to sign up for things and vote for us this

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Notes Trevor Lawrence is in the concussion protocol but he is progressing we’ll see at Tampa Bay this week CJ strad is likely out this week uh Kenny picket was limited they haven’t ruled him out yet for that game against Cincinnati and Gino Smith is going to play this week running back Jonathan

Taylor was listed as a full particip Zack Moss was listed as it did not practice are you guys ranking Jonathan Taylor yet yeah yes and where are you ranking him to are 12 yeah 10 10 to 12 I Think Bold prediction time he is going to be the first running

Back to score a rushing touchdown against the Atlanta Falcons in23 all right come on uh Antonio Pierce said that if he were a betting man and for those of you who don’t remember he’s the coach of the Raiders now if he were a betting man he would bet on Josh

Jacobs playing and also their left tackle Colton Miller so Jacob prob maybe should change that phrasing from now on if you’re a coaching like I’m not a betting man but like just clarify that you’re not you don’t want any investigations into this kind of stuff

No it’s so he’s in Vegas it’s fine I don’t I do not believe it is at all AJ on the NFL or been on the NFL in the building that’s true that’s true uh Ken Walker listed as a dnp Brian Robinson was working off to the side so

We’ll see if he’s able to get back for the game at the Jets uh samj perine miss practice I don’t think he like Russ Sprouts what’s that is he like brussel sprouts off to the side off the side oh still not sure I get it aside that’s okay it’s all right it’s

Geez uh ra Andre Stevenson miss practice still not expecting him Alexander me the Rudolph I haven’t gotten that game yet I totally plan on it Alexander Madison miss practice so uh still hopefully looking like a Tai Chandler week but a much tougher matchup wide receivers Tyreek Hill Mis practice but that doesn’t mean

He won’t play are we expecting Tyreek Hill I hope so we we are but like this will have a bit like if he gets to Friday and he’s not practicing and he’s just going to play without practicing I’m going to be super nervous well it it it there’s probably some people that

Have to make a puka versus Tyreek decision yeah or a Stafford versus Tua decision I start Stafford no matter what but sure so yeah I mean joshh McDaniel like I said he he said that mik Mike MC wait Mike McDaniel Josh McDaniel what he what

He even talking about I can buy the two coaches sorry he said that look at all this money I’m getting for doing nothing he said that Tyreek Hill was close to playing last week anyway Chris olve expected to play tonight Keenan Allen not expected is is he ruled out Keenan

Allen or just not expected to play uh you’re getting your Los Angeles is confused um the Chargers play on the weekend the Rams play t night I know so he just didn’t practice they they did not rule anybody out Saturday game it’s a Saturday game I think okay they

Haven’t ruled Keenan Allen out I I know he’s going Saturday um but he missed practice so we’re not expecting Keenan Allen Jamar Chase is likely out Nico Collins was limited in practice so that’s cool that’ll be a tough decision I think nicoo Collins without CJ Stout at Cleveland uh jayen Reed and Christian

Watson Mis practice Z flowers Mis practice but I think he should play Michael Pitman was listed as limited so let’s keep our fingers crossed that he continues to Trend in the right direction Michael Pitman and Maris Brown and Greg dorch miss practice with brown being a bigger concern there tight end

Hunter Henry Mis practice and Donald Parham is off the injury report which is if you were looking at Gerald Everett that’s not great news for him uh on the offensive line the Dolphins are super beat up on the offensive line Zack Martin missed the first practice of the

Week for the Cowboys Ryan ramch the right tackle for the Saints he’s out tonight Jacksonville getting some good news on their offensive line same with the Raiders Chicago offensive lineman tein Jenkins Mis practice on defense the big stuff here is that Jonathan henkins for the Cowboys the key to their run

Defense he miss practice so did their safety Malik hooker uh Miami’s got some injuries in the secondary to keep an eye on Houston’s still beat up Jimmy Ward Jimmy Ward is a big deal uh quarterbacks do well when he doesn’t play and he’s safety for the Texans he did not did not

Practice he’s in the concussion protocol Carolina’s top cornerback Dante Jackson he miss practice but the Bucks are getting healthy so keep that in mind uh the Bucks are getting healthy as they face the Jaguars vitaa was limited Devon white and Carlton Davis they practice in full that’s actually pretty huge news

Well Devon white we got to see if he’s playing he was healthy scratch last week oh wow okay really yep okay and for Detroit CJ Gardner Johnson practice he’s been out for a long time Jeffrey Simmons still out for Tennessee he missed practice um Steelers have a lot of

Injuries a lot of injuries they’re beat up and suspensions and the Bills starting safeties are not plank correct and uh Cameron haywards in the concussion protocol and the bills uh they got some good news with some key players Limited in practice all right time for a break and then one question

For each game we’ll be right back on fantasy football today the Fighting Irish make their second ever appearance at the Tony the Tiger sunball when they take on Oregon State Friday December 29th on CBS and streaming on Paramount plus let’s go to one question for each

Game we’ll start with a big one in Miami Dallas is at Miami who do you guys like better Tony Pard or Devon Anan I know Raheem Mo’s ahead of both of them but who you like better Pard or aan Pard if I was asked this question during one

Of our ask fft sessions I would say Pard for floor hn for ceiling probably but like they’re very very close I think I lean hn just barely but it’s they’re both rb2s okay are you optimistic about these guys because dolphins have been really good against running backs anan’s been

Not great since coming back except for two late touchdowns against Washington optimistic about them or kind of nervous about them nervous yeah a little nervous but there twos Las Vegas at the Raiders are we starting basically all of the key Las Vegas at the Chiefs are we starting

Basically all of the key players in this game um I I guess jacobe Meer is not a key player right no so it’d be Jacobs Adams Mahomes Pacho rice Kelce yes assuming Jacob’s Place Jacobs is probably the trickiest he’s in that that polar at aan

Range yeah I don’t think he’s a top 10 guy but he’s most likely starting yeah but what about that Adams versus Sneed matchup he shadowed him the entire game last time and Adams had 12.3 fantasy points yeah I mean he’s a number two receiver like who’s benching him in

The semi-finals at this point I I’m don’t feel super confident about finding more than 12.3 PPR fantasy points on my on my bench or on the waiver wire yeah like I like if if you were telling me this week for example Davian Wix was playing the bucks

Right okay maybe if Reed and Watson are out that I consider it but against the Panthers like that’s that’s the type of guys that’s available like Josh Palmer no Tyler Boyd no way you know like those are the guys that you’re picking up this week okay so Cleveland’s at Houston

There are a lot of flexy players in this game who’s the best flex in this game so among all the running backs tight ends and wide receivers who’s the best one so I guess the only must start guys would be Cooper and naoko assuming ncoo Collins is out well let’s say Nico’s

In um he was limited Nico would be a starter but I would go with the premise of Nico being out at this point point right so I would say the flex options would be Ford single ter Noah brown right that’s really no no Co like Cooper it’s not like you guys have Cooper

Ranked in the top 20 so he’s around 20 how can you bench Amari Cooper at this point well why is he so low then why is he behind a guy it’s not a bad weak at receiver it’s like I mean if if if if you would have show me one rank list and

Say Cooper’s 15 and one that says he’s 22 you know probably you know I’m sure Heath’s projections are like you know decimal points apart from each other yeah I like to yeah I think Cooper’s the best like if you’re just asking who’s the best running back wide

Receiver in this game it’s Cooper or who’s the best non well n joku is like he’s not a flex he’s he’s a top three tight end I just want to know who you have the who you think is gonna be the best quarterback who who’s going to be

The best running back wide receiver tight end in this game who’s gonna have a good game coer game jok and Cooper all right but in terms of the flex options I would say if there’s no niik Collins I would take Noah Brown over the two running backs

Yes okay um got or the seven running backs Right Touch the B negative stuff can we bench this question well I want to I guess I wanted to get a gauge of how you felt about this game is I I think why don’t you just say rank the

Running backs and receivers in this game I’m not gonna make you like rank six players but all right Cincinnati there’s a lot no I didn’t there’s a lot of there are a lot of interesting players in that game I think we’ll get we’ll get a ton

Of Amari Cooper questions we won’t get a lot of nooku questions but we’ll get Noah Brown and Nico Collins Deon single is coming off a big game Jerome Ford had his first bad game in a while um all right anyway Cincinnati at Pittsburgh how much stock do you put into what

Happened in week 12 when Pat Fri Muth and Naji Harris were good and everyone else was terrible oh I’d forgotten about that moth game I was so ready to just not even consider him exactly 120 yards yeah uh it’s tough to trust him but if you are

Desperate you say Okay match up because you know it’s not like the matchup it’s just a matter of his performance has changed and he’s had some tough matchups himself but he’s gone through three quarterbacks since then you know picket um trabis and Rudolph for me I actually think Naji Harris is

Going to play well and I hate saying that but DJ reader not being there is huge it’s absolutely huge and he’s got a great history against his team um so the fact that you have third string quarterback big piece missing on the defense for for Cincinnati I think we

See a lot of running from the from the Steelers not that that takes Deontay Johnson off the table but I think in terms of uh that week 12 game just to answer your question Naji had 15 carries for a touchdown I think that’s a similar stat what whatever he does yardage wise

You know you got to throw out because you just don’t know what to expect but I do think he’ll get 15 to 20 touches and I think he’ll score uh we got a question here Pat Fruth or Darren Waller Waller Waller all right it’s like the only thing that

Pittsburgh has going for it right now is Cincinnati it’s the matchup um all right Washington desate I mean look they need to win this game both both teams do but but yeah so to the Bengals uh Washington at the Jets you think this is a big offensive game for the

Jets that’s a good one did you write that joke yourself uh it’s hard to say big offensive game for them when Trevor simeon’s probably starting but I mean look Garrett Wilson should be starting for you and so should Bree Hall okay Garrett Wilson or Amari Cooper I go back and forth I think

Wilson in PPR is a little bit safer Seattle at Tennessee who’s a better option who do you have more confidence in this week DeAndre Hopkins or Derk Henry I I’ve actually gone back and forth on Henry and I’m settled on him having a good game this is they have two

Home games left uh he’s 140 yards I think away 120 yards away from a thousand yard season would not Shock me if they try to get it done this week and then depending on what happens because they’re eliminated they do get Jacksonville on week 18 so you

Know maybe that’s the swan song for him but um this is a team you can run on and I think he has opportunity to run well here so I would take Henry I’ll go Hopkins in full PPR Henry and everything else New England’s at Denver okay Heath are we going back to Ezekiel

Elliott 100% no doubt about it must start running back not even thinking about it this is the ultimate get right spot he’s still completely dominating touches don’t even don’t even think about it put him in your rb1 spot yeah all right we did see four carries from Kevin Harris

Last week and uh at 11 I think for Zeke but a lot of for Harris was when they were down by like 17 points or something so I don’t know but he need he needs to dominate he’s got now two weeks in a row the two worst run defenses in football

Chiefs last week Broncos this week Broncos are just in another class the I know we’ll get this in the game the tougher call for me is javante like Zeke is easy javante is tough just because they’re gonna have the ball so much the Broncos and that’s typically been when he’s had you know

Favorable game Scripts yeah but he’s just so tough to trust he really is yeah I was thinking that too he’ll probably have more than 15 carries but if you think that they’re gonna have the ball so much then why is Zeke easy you know receptions I mean it’s right

But but he had five catches last week he averaged 2.3 yards per carry against the Chiefs the Chiefs like I said they have the second worst run defense in football I just don’t I don’t know why he’s easy coming off such a bad game I don’t I don’t necessarily agree that he’s easy

He’s easy in comparison to starter sit but it depends on who you’re comparing him to like I think if if the if the question is are you playing him or you’re not playing him I’m playing him because the matchup but um he’s he’s gone from borderline top 15 guy to borderline top 24

Guy who Zeke yeah oh not for Heath right where do you have him Heath no no I’m just he’s a he’s a number one running back for me top 12 guy so you would start Zeke over Walker I would would you start him over say Travis CTN at Tampa Bay no

Okay uh all right last game is Buffalo at the Chargers do you trust Stefon Diggs Andor Dalton Kincade I think this is the Get Right game for Diggs I mean this team’s awful and there’s no weather elements there’s no reason to not take some shots down the field you just saw four touchdowns

Five if you want to count the passing touchdown but four touchdowns from the Raiders wide receivers uh two from Trey Turner I mean this this is should be as much of a layup as you could find and digs has been bad look uh some of it’s

Been game script game Flow you know some of it’s been matchups he’s had tough tough matchups um the fact that they’ve won two games with him not doing very much is I think telling it where this team is at under Joe Brady and how much they’re using James James Cook but I

Mean you want to quiet Stefan digs before he starts to get really pissy like this is the week to do it yeah Diggs is a top 12 wide receiver con Kate is not a top 12 TI he’s he’s he’s still top 12 for me but he’s 12th and again I think it’s just

The Bills should be able to do whatever they want to they really should and you know it it it’s like I have one League where we start two flexes and I drop Gabe Davis but before I realized I was the last team standing with Fab left so

I’m like you know I’ll just pick up Wicks and pick up Palmer and I had to drop two guys so Davis one of the ones I dropped but before I before I realized that I was like maybe I start Gabe Davis just because this feels like I mean Josh

Allen could go for 40 points this week yeah he certainly could all right let’s get it going Stefon Diggs and uh hope we’ll cross our fingers on Dalton concave Dallas is at Miami as we take a longer look at all of these games how about the lack of sacks Dallas has three

Sacks in their last three games three sacks combined but they do have the fourth highest pressure rate in the NFL in that stretch so just not getting home we saw similar stretch like that with the 49ers and they came out of that and it’s going to be tough for the dolphins

With all their offensive line injuries um the real stat of the game is something I already alluded to in their last eight games the Dolphins have held DeAndre Swift Pacheko Bree Hall twice Josh Jacobs and Antonio Gibson to fewer than 12 PPR fantasy points the only good running backs against the Dolphins in

The last eight games were the Titans guys Derrik Henry averaged two yards per carry but scored twice and Taj Spears had a big game receiving so you already said you’re a little nervous to start par but you’re going to start him so I’ll give so that stat was 12 points

Most of the running backs are struggling to get there in PPR against the Dolphins you think Pard gets 12 points this game yes yeah I think 12 sounds just about right I’ve got him I’ve got him projected for 14 it’s gonna be even better that all right uh your ridiculous

Stat of the game is that only two tight ends have more than five targets against the Cowboys and they are both named Tyler Tyler Conlin and Tyler Higg so I don’t think’ll happen in this game who do you like better Dak or Tua Heath uh

Dak by a lot Dak is a is a top three top four quarterback for me this week Tua is 10 or 11 and if Tyreek doesn’t practice on Thursday he might be 12 or 13 as I go into Friday because I’ll definitely move Stafford ahead of him right now I’ve got

Him just ahead of Stafford so you know borderline top 12 for Tua but what is your Tyreek Hill like how does that factor in Tyreek Hill he’s right now you’re Factor expecting Tyreek Hill to play okay um if Tyreek Hill doesn’t play Tua won’t be in my top 18

Quarterbacks probably I’d sit him for Nick Mullen if he didn’t have Tyreek my oh my Jamie uh Dak or Tua uh same Dak I think you know more more upside at this point from what we seen um certainly the second half of the season and you know

You you mentioned it before you you know when you asked about Pard versus atan and you said they’re both well behind moard moard is probably the safest play in this game know maybe CD lamb I guess and Tyreek Hill if you want to just go based on what they what they’re capable

Of doing but I mean you just I’m curious to see who’s going to finish more rushing touchdown moard or Christian mcaffry they’re both at 20 um I mean mostard it’s almost feels like he’s getting to a game at this point and that’s hard to overlook you know so you

Pencil them in for one touchdown and see how it goes and and and I know you know they’re getting a key piece back on their defensive line the Cowboys or potentially but I mean they could not stop James Cook and as well as James Cook has played in the last month rahee

Oer has been doing that all season so they should still despite their offensive line concern still be able to run on Dallas well I don’t know if henkins plays that would be a big deal but he didn’t practice on Wednesday so you know moard doesn’t catch passes James Cook

Does I’m saying run just run yeah yeah and by the way you said uh mcaffrey and moard have 20 rushing touchdowns and you meant they have 20 total touchdowns Mo 18 rushing mcaffry has 13 Rush but they both have 20 total so yes that is a fun

Race there um all right I guess my case for Tua would be he was awesome last week against the Jets and I know it doesn’t look like that because they only scored 15 fantasy points but to go 21 of 24 for 224 yards and a touchdown have a

Passer rating of about 120 without Tyreek Hill against the number one one of the best defenses in football I well against the Jets you know you can evaluate their defense differently but um I thought that was impressive so that was great uh that’s my case and then and

Then he should and then I think Tyreek Hill’s gonna play personally but I obviously don’t know uh so that’s my case for Tua little low like who are you gonna start you’re gonna start Jared gof over him Justin Fields Brock pie pie yeah yeah men Stafford too Patrick Mahomes that middling quarterback yeah

That guy that bust all right a lot of starts in this game are you sitting anyone that you usually start or is just this kind of a bonanza or what just start them all yep let’s do some H Brandon Cook you can sit him aan or oh you know what like how

About waddle Waddle’s been pretty disappointing this year and then obviously had the two big games against the Jets which was surprising one of them without Tyreek Hill but how do you feel about Jaylen Wadd um with or without you know in both scenarios Jamie in the Tyreek Hill scenarios I would

Assume based on how things have gone uh whoever is uh lined up across from Bland is going to see a lot of targets yeah um right but I don’t know who that’s gonna be I mean I I don’t think well look they move they move them

Around as much I just like I know and this is the best game and so we want to be thorough but I just don’t think there’s that much to talk about like we’re just we’re we’re starting Jaylen Wadd we’re starting we’re starting all these guys you wouldn’t start

Chris Godwin over Wadd would you I would not would you start rashy rice over waddle yes I would not would you start Zeke over waddle no I would not all right fine I’ll read some questions in the chat aan or Puka Puka Puka WD or auk Wadd

Auk um I’ll just read stuff for this game here that’s fine oh Dak or Lamar deck Lamar yeah I I think I think the complication with anything this time of year is you got La you got stacked teams right you got the final four so I do think there are some scenarios where

People are there are some though like I I went through um I have 10 semi-finals this weekend and I was like do drafting a quarterback make sense and you may have some quarterback decisions to make you know with Baker for example uh I don’t know how you feel Heath like Baker

Better than Tua this week and so um you know that’s one um you mentioned Nick Mullins I don’t think anybody’s starting M over these quarterbacks but there might be some questions so you don’t have every team’s not necessarily stacked at every position sure sure okay Las Vegas is at Kansas

City and we might be able to go through this one pretty quickly too but um one stat of the game is that Rashid rice has nine Red Zone Targets in his last four games that’s tied for the most in the NFL so he’s just been everything’s been

Great for Rashi rice the other stat is how great uh lerus sne has been basically and the Chiefs have held Calvin Ridley DJ Moore Garrett Wilson Justin Jefferson Keenan Allen Tyreek Hill AJ Brown and Stefon Diggs to 62 or fewer yards and only in that group only

DJ Moore has scored so yeah I mean again like Adams if you have a stacked team he scored 12.3 PPR fantasy points last time he based the Chiefs do you think Adams goes over or under that number 12.3 PPR over all right all you said maybe

Josh Jacobs Heath could be a tough call so talk about what you expect from him this week assuming he plays well I think the reason is because he’s coming off of an injury and so is he going to still get the same percentage of touches that

He has and we’ve seen a lot of really bad inefficiency if this turns into a game where the Chiefs just do to the Raiders what they did to the Chargers last week um and Jacobs is 70% then how much does he play so I think he safest

Just to view him as a low-n number two running back it’s probably a decent matchup but um like it’s not he’s not a must start this was the game correct me if I’m wrong uh where he was really good against the bad teams after Antonio

Pierce took over then he had a bad game I think and then we were worried about his role in the P game and he caught passes in this one he had a great game he had 20 carries for 110 yards and a touchdown and four catches for 15 yards

Against the Chiefs so he got he had everything going for him in that his only game since week five with more than two catches right that was our concern because the first two games against the Jets and the Giants he was just all carries yeah because because they were

They won those games right and we were like well if they play from behind is he going to get any catches and Aiden oconnell has been kind of up and down in terms of throwing a running back inconsist but they they lost to the dolphin and he had one target right and

They lost to the Vikings and he had two catches I don’t remember what how early he left that game but he had 13 carries most of it very late you know you mentioned the Dolphins game because I remember the Dolphins game was right before the Chiefs game and he had 14

Carries for 39 yards and one catch in a loss not a blowout loss but a loss to the Dolphins they were pretty competitive for most of the game and so I think we were actually pretty nervous about was going into the last Chief’s game as we thought they’re going to be

Playing from behind he’s not going to catch any passes and he went out he had an amazing game maybe his best of the Year 22.5 I think that’s when the Chiefs run defense started to fall apart right that I don’t know all right so so Heath um would you

Start uh oh uh hn or Jacobs I’d probably start hn same if what’s his name is out uh Madison is out with would you start Tai Chandler or Jacobs Chandler I go Jacobs how about Garrett Wilson or Jacobs Wilson Wilson and PPR Jacobs and non in half how about pcho guys how you

Feel about him top 10 running back yeah I’m a little bit more nervous about him as well but it’s just because that coming back off of injury and it’s Jerick McKinnon season in the Red Zone who are the quarterbacks are starting ahead of Mahomes uh pie Allen and Herz Allen Herz and

Deck and who are the tight ends you’re starting ahead of Kelsey all right yeah he’s Kelsey’s one or two for everyone with McBride and there too and uh rice is top 14 in both formats he’s been a stud as I mentioned jacobe Myers were sitting right yep yeah

I mean he had a great game against them the first time around but it’s just tough to trust yeah and that’s it oh Chiefs DST actually someone said I have the Chiefs and the bills someone in our chat who would you go with Chiefs or bills bills sure bills bills uh okay Mahomes

Or fields we have a question Mahomes for you guys Mahomes are close and rice or beans both uh rice yeah rice and rice Garrett Wilson r r okay to Cleveland at Houston I think we have a little bit of a rankings dispute here with Joe Flo Jam

You to rank the flexus yes Jamie’s got Joe Flaco 12 and Heath 20th is this right is this accurate yeah yeah I think that’s uh that sounds accurate go ahead Heath you’re avoiding Joe Flaco who has scored 20 or more points in Prett straight games yeah I

Just don’t really trust it and I like it’s maybe he’ll continue throwing 44 passes every game and he’ll get the the big production in that way but I just I don’t actually think he’s playing particularly well I think there’s been some pretty good fortune on a couple of the longer touchdown plays including

Last week and I think it could absolutely blow up like I get why he’s he’s I think he scored more fantasy points per game this season than Patrick Mahomes but uh I just don’t really trust it Jamie yeah I mean he’s over 20 fantasy points the last three games I would

Agree that he didn’t play well last week but I think the two games prior of that I thought he actually played very well uh especially for not having a lot of practice with this team um this match Up’s great five the last seven quarterbacks have been over I think 23

Fantasy points um and you mentioned they might be missing a key member of the secondary so I think Flaco keeps going I don’t think they could run very well and we saw this Texans run defense really step up last week and how they shut down Derrick Henry so their run defense is

Been a lot better than their pass defense which is a flip from a year ago but I think Flaco keeps it going so if uh if I had to pick him up I would be thrilled about it I’d start him over Russell Wilson i’ start him over Jordan

Love I would start him over Kyler Murray uh those are the three name guys if you’re looking at it I start him over Doo Smith um but yeah I I I like the setup for Joe flacker quite a bit Yeah so Jimmy Ward is the guy I talked about

He’s their starting safety and they’ve played seven games without Jimmy Ward or with Ward playing a fewer than 40% of the snaps and in those seven games six quarterbacks have scored 22 or five quarterbacks have scored 22 or more points against the Houston Texans I is

That all because of Ward I don’t know and the weird thing is they have given up a lot of rushing touchdowns to quarterbacks in those games so they’ve only given up multiple passing touchdowns three times this year the Houston Texans it’s it’s an interesting match up but they also will Anderson is

Not practicing either so he’s a great Edge rusher for them they’re they’re pretty beat up all right you’ve heard two sides of the coin there for Joe flacko there you go uh you guys are avoiding Jerome Ford this week byebye I would like to yeah I I I think it’s very possible

That you’re in a situation where he’s your best flex option but you think he’s rb30 for me um I’m going to go ahead and make him rb32 now looking at two guys I had him right behind so um not not an awful Flex if you have to but not

Somebody you want to start as your rb2 the streak was broken yeah now it won’t happen again well that’s the thing with these guys when they keep scoring fantasy points for him it was 11.1 or more fantasy points in I think eight of nine games before last week they keep scoring

It but it seems really fluky you almost feel like a little obligated to start him or consider starting him then he finally has that bad game 7.1 points last week against Chicago and now you feel like okay I can I can sit him but I always wanted to sit him but now well

It’s it’s look again you know the Texans run defense has been a little bit up and down um last week was great and I think just he’s still splitting so much with keman um and it’s basically the uh the offense has changed with Flaco you know they become more reliant on their

Passing game the offensive line has fallen apart a little bit that’s been you know an issue also and so how does he get there and that’s the thing it’s like you can’t say okay he’s going to do this you know you can say his role in

The passing game bo be three catches you I think he’s going to have five six catch game and so it’s just it’s just not necessarily the the best situation now I hope personally has a good game even though I said a s him because he’s my rb2 against Thomas in the baked

Burger semi-finals so I hope he plays Juggernaut the Juggernaut yeah I’m all on the Browns I got flacko Ford and and njoku versus him so hopefully that comes through all right good luck it’s it’s my Browns they become my Browns versus Thomas’s Vikings he’s got Mullins Addison I think maybe

One more yeah probably probably rather have Vikings in general but uh no actually I mean I know I have Cooper in that league but he’s not doing anything this week because I’ve been eliminated uh all right so no Ford if you oh Ford or Eckler uh Eckler Eckler and sit Kareem

Hunt if you can all right Amari Cooper who do better though Ford yeah Amari Cooper is top 24 and he has been just really good with anyone other than Dorian Thompson Robinson 77 or more yards in seven of nine healthy games without Dorian Thompson Robinson but I went back I

Watched his touchdowns this guy’s got the flakiest touchdowns man he had a 43 yard touchdown catch he was wide open busted coverage I don’t know if you remember the 11 yard touchdown catch was deflected up in the air at the line of scrimmage and it just somehow landed

Miraculously in his arms in the end zone then he had that long catch and run last week so touchdowns are hard to come by for him nooku is a must start he’s top six for everyone in both form I he’s top five in PPR uh Keenum we’re going to

Sit what are we even considering the possibility of Stroud playing right now I mean what if he does play how much would that change things um I don’t think it necessarily changes much to be honest with you outside of having another quarterback option because like you said we’re

Sitting Keenum strad plays he’s in that flacko Gino um Mullins range for me you know so like 13 through 15 uh not a SL dunk but you know certainly someone you’d like to have the real question is niik playing because Nico Collins and Noah Brown are tied in my opinion tied

Directly to each other when when Nico has been out Noah Brown’s been fantastic hasn’t been tank Dell it’s been Nico now you could say okay niik and Dell miss last week and and maybe that’s what helped brown but um I think that’s a tough call for me I’m sure it’ be a

Tough call for a lot of people how much do you trust niiko Collins with a calf injury against the Browns with Case Keenum so he would probably not be a top 24 he’d be just outside it so top 30 how much higher would Nico Collins rank if he

Plays than Noah Brown if Nico doesn’t play pretty simar yeah pretty similar because I want to talk about this a little bit first of all Nico Collins in tough matchups he has been so good I mean he he had 80 yards at Baltimore he had 168 yards in touchdowns

Against Pittsburgh who at different times of the year was good or bad so I don’t know if that counts he had 80 yards against the Saints on only six targets he struggled at Carolina and then he had 34 fantasy points against Denver and he was not shadowed by

Patrick certan in that game for some reason um now all of that obviously was with CJ strad uh and who is not we’re he’s not gonna play it’s almost certainly he’s not going to play Cleveland is Number Two Against wide receivers so it’s a tough match up so you you said if he

Played he’d be like 30th top 30 yeah like I’d start him ahead of Adam Thelen Tyler Lockett um Deontay Johnson those type of guys which is kind of where I have Noah brown right now so in there Noah Brown Heath I want to know what you think of this look at the big

Games he’s had he’s had big games huge games Tampa Bay Cincinnati and Tennessee they’re all bad against wide receivers and they all give up a lot of deep balls they’re all bad again they give up big plays the Browns do not so Noah Brown is

The new Gabe Davis yep so this is not look like a good matchup for him uh you’re so what do you think about him I just think he’s a he’s got if you start three wide receivers and nios out Noah Brown probably has too much upside to

Sit um but if Nico plays it’s easy to get away from him if it’s a two wide receiver League it’s probably pretty easy to get away from him he’s just like he’s the new Gabe Davis Gabe Davis isn’t Gabe Davis anymore uh but he’s right there in that wide right wide receiver

27 to 33 range depending on how you feel about a lot of those guys that Jamie said Adam Thelen range yeah the the three games you referenced were all three games that Nico Collins missed um is that true I thought it was just two games that we missed it might

Have been the the first one might have been when he first got hurt and left yeah it was it was uh week 10 he had a big game and Collins played in that game it was two of three games but he didn’t finish that game though he didn’t finish

That game at Cincinnati no okay tank Dell did play in that game yeah I’m telling you it’s it’s directly tied to niic Collins that’s the role that he plays but I would say it’s also tied to Tampa Bay Tennesse and Cincinnati very favorable matchups yeah but I mean you

Look in the other games he’s had like the last two games prior to this he had five targets and no catches like it’s his role is different we’ve got a request for the magic eight ball bronos though I could yeah right those games with the Jets and the Broncos you have

Two things at play there you’re right you have the niik Collins Factor you also have the matchup factor and this game is unfortunately could be no niik Collins was as good but terrible matchup all right but but also just keep in mind for the Browns no Grant delpit’s big

It’s true yeah yeah um I think Juan Thornhill was out last week too if I recall another safety for them I did you do the magic aable or did you I can for fun all right magic eightball if if wait for fun what was the other the prior

Like the the before this generally you use it for actually making decisions just for Gabe Davis okay yeah magic eight ball if Nico Collins and CJ strad are out should I start Noah Brown at the Browns oh come on now no doubt about it all right you’re on the record magic

Aall uh let’s talk lastly I know we spent a lot of time on this game but did you expense the magic a also that game is in Houston which makes it better okay yeah yeah sorry uh Houston running backs let’s why so low on Devon single T last I checked not in

Your top 24 another one that I struggle with um he’s been fantastic outside of the one game where they decided hey let’s give Daman Pierce more carries again so four of his last five two of those were without Damen pierce the last two have been basically Pierce has just been

Sitting on the bench um love his involvement in the passing game you know and I think that matters here because of the lack of receiving threats without Nico Collins without tank Dell uh John met he’s banged up too so you know if if there is no Nico I think he’s a not a

Safe flex but a good Flex you know it’s like I I I put him in the same range as for me James Connor Eckler um Connor Eckler uh chuba you know so like 23 through 28 I think he’s he’s fine like it’s hard it’s hard to find

Flaws with him to be honest with you it’s um it’s a strange thing and I I wrote about about this in the running back preview earlier in the week but it running back’s pretty deep this week now there’s not a lot of guys that like

There are a lot of guys in this single T range where it’s really easy to see how they could be good starts but they’ve got pretty risky profiles uh so I agree like the difference between 30 and 24 for me is really really negligable okay got some questions here

From the chat oh we also have to talk about Dalton Schultz but don’t don’t let me forget Noah Brown Wix or Z Noah Brown Wix or Z flowers Brown if Collins is out Wix if Collins is in and Reed and Watson are out if everybody’s healthy for their respective teams Z

Flowers sure love flacko or Gino uh flacko love for me and you know Ashley Jame I have a confession to make when I first did the notes for this game I’m doing the notes and I I wrote sit the Houston tight ends and then what I said to myself like what

Am I doing I forgot him again is Dalton Schultz in your top 12 uh no but he’s again similar better than fouth um you know if you need a tight end look he he got he got targets last week hopefully that was a shake the rustoff game after missing two with the

Hamstring injury uh no delpit I’ll tell you what KT scored a touchdown Robert T should have had a huge touchdown if you’re just looking at the Bears tight ends last week you want to talk about big plays Justin Fields hit Robert tunan in the hands and what would have a 72

Yard touchdown or 62 yard touchdown um uh would have changed how you felt about Justin Fields I’m sure and uh I think delpit’s injury is important here plus the lack of potentially niiko Collins so he’s not bad man I just I’m just sour again now thinking about the game that I

Lost last week on DeAndre Swifts next to last carry that I had Justin fields and like if you lost by less than 10 points and you had Justin Fields you could feel like you really got the shaft has there been a stat correction yet on the first

Interception I have not seen one those are usually today right uh I think they’re Wednesday but yeah it could be today I uh I did lose on DeAndre Swift not scoring because I because I was facing jayen Herz who had this stupid tush push that’s just consequential play I mean it’s changed

So many fantasy ACS Flaco Kyler Tua start two of them Dylan uh not Kyler you’re starting flacko and Tua yeah all right uh Noah brown or Tyler Lockett Brown if Nico is out Brown’s DST or Bill’s DST Bill’s for me all right see this is why I asked

That question earlier about this game it’s so interesting I mean almost everyone in this game is ranked as a borderline start and I just think this is one of the toughest games with the most tough calls but I think we spent about 15 minutes on it so let’s take a

Break and come back with Cincinnati at Pittsburgh we’ll be right back on fantasy football [Applause] today the holidays are here got some fun out here and with the regular season winding down the playoffs are the gift on top of every team’s wish list Sunday the NFL is on CBS and streaming on Paramount

Plus if you’d be so kind and you’re watching on YouTube please hit that like button that’d be great Cincinnati’s at Pittsburgh uh stat of the game in their last nine games the Bengals have allowed 84 or more yards to eight wide receivers they have been a great matchup but the

Steelers have thrown for more than 190 yards in one of their last seven games starter sit Deontay Johnson a touchdown guy three straight touchdowns last time he didn’t score the game against the Bengals um I think he’s a good number three receiver I don’t want to you know say he’s a mustart guy

But I think he’s a good number three receiver you know he’s going to get targets they hate George Pickins at this point I mean that play last week that keeps making the rounds of him not blocking and then the excuse of I didn’t want to have the tank Del injury like

Who was it Warr I think Warren was the running back on that one y like if he had better standing on the team he should walk up to him and punch him in the face like honestly did you see what Warren said about it no he said like

Different guys play different ways you know he he diplomatically said like screw you basically he diplomatically said like that was terrible you know I can try to find the quote but Warren was obviously not happy but he was mature about should be happy like you know

TouchDown for Warren but it’s the team I mean look they’re struggling they’re in such a tail spin right now and then you see that guy repeatedly with the the uh the gestures and the gyration on on not getting the ball and the frustrations of of the quarterback plate which everybody

Can understand but then you do that like yeah come on man I don’t even I don’t even understand why he’s playing I mean that’s obviously their call but uh uh Warren said I see where he’s coming from it is what it is at the end of the day he was doing what

We thought was best for him and then he said some people play the game differently if I was in that position I would have blocked for him but we play differently so good well that’s the weird thing is like there’s there’s a handful at least of videos of him just

Dominating people in run blocking like occasionally he just decides to just like plant somebody it’s weird he’s really unhappy yeah he he could he could have he could have literally driven the guy back into the back of the end zone and avoided any contact yeah all right so I got a little

Off track here so Deontay Johnson is number three receiver we talked a lot about t Higgins yesterday but let’s do it again here T Higgins or Amari Cooper Higgins Higgins is one that I really struggle with but I think I’ve got Cooper I’m gonna pull it up this is one

I’ I think I’ve moved these two guys as much as anybody I’ve got Cooper just ahead of him right now Jake Browning you know three straight games with 23 or more fantasy points became the fifth quarterback to throw multiple touchdown passes against Minnesota starter sit Jake Browning lowend starter at best I you

Got lucky last week really with how he found his way into production in the fourth quar I think he had 140 yards in the first three quarters um it was not pretty uh this is an easier matchup I mean keep in mind you know the fact that they’re down Jamar chase the Steelers

Are down their two safeties that’s huge you know so no KY no no Fitzpatrick um cam hayward’s still in the concussion protocol if I’m not mistaken yep so you know interior pass rush not the same but you know how much is he going to throw down the field how

Many targets is Hagen’s gonna get can you trust the quarterback that does not have Jamar Chase that’s not Joe burrow like there there are a lot of things working against him here too so um he’s just outside the top 15 me I think I’m ranked 16 so I start Mullins over him I

Would start Flack over him and I would start Gino over him guys that and certainly Baker you know guys that may have been may have been available I think the the Browning flacko comparison is is a tough one to parse and I’ve got the I think I’ve got Browning at 16 and

Flacko at 20 and Jaime’s got flacko at 20 and Browning at 16 but you could you could make a pretty good argument those guys have been very they’ve both had some good fortune to produce the fantasy production they have they’ve both done some things that they’ve probably gotten

Away with they both have pretty decent matchups on paper this week um both on the road I think they’re both qbu yeah the difference for me would be um flacko has all of his weapons and I think Brownie’s got a better run game brownie brownie so Browning is 12

For or Browning is 16 for Jamie and 16 for Heath flacko is 12 for Jamie and 20 for Heath I’m not sure if we said that right just wanted to clarify there so they both have uh Browning 16 um all right yeah the running backs in this game

Is is mix in a must start cringe that yes okay fine yeah mix Mixon or par Mixon or aan what do you think mix Mixon are both especially if hayward’s not there and the safeties I know I know but he just he’s mixing he’s not good mix in or’s

Good Pard at least is on on the Cowboys you know that like Pard should benit that’s the funny thing he doesn’t really benefit he never scores touchdowns but uh no Pard hasn’t been that good this year I’m not I’m not thrilled about Pard but I’m not thrilled about Mixon either

Chase Brown uh Chase brown or Jerome Ford Ford Ford okay Chase brown or Jaylen Warren uh I think there’s more upside with Warren this week I I think Warren’s gonna be I like Warren this week do you like Nai or Warren better I have Warren higher Nai for

Me why do you Warren higher e um well first off he’s been better for most of the season um he can do it without a touchdown I think Nai probably needs a touchdown I think both these guys I think it’s possibility both of them are

Top 24 running backs by the end of the week I just think Warren’s ability to make explosive plays is better and probably more role in the passing game uh are you starting both of them over Austin Eckler no Nai over Eckler Eckler over Warr I think I’ve got it Warren Eckler

Naji so okay to me Eckler and Warren feel very similar you need you need the role in the passing game someone asking niji Harris or chuba hubard chuba they are very close over all the guys you just mentioned okay he’s been great like we keep waiting for him to stink ton of

Work uh VJ asks T Higgins Beckham or Anan or Ford who’s your favorite there Higgins Beckham H and Ford uh Higgins and PPR it’s it’s so I think the F most important thing here is not Beckham or Ford right right it’s it’s hn or t Higgins I would probably go hm but

Those guys are pretty close to a coin flip for me all right total this game is 37 points very low total and Pat frith is even though he had 120 yards last time he faced the Bengals uh he’s just not someone we’re trusting he would be

Higher for me if if picket was back would you guys start a DST in this game I think the Bengals are in play but not must start there’s so many better dsts out there like so bears are available still Seahawks you know yeah you know getting obviously the

Broncos for sure I would take the commanders over them yeah Heath I think you gotta change I think you gotta move the Steelers down in your rankings okay I think that people need to start the Steelers now they have the second they they will move down a little

Bit all right Washington’s at the Jets the commander stat of the game commanders have allowed 14.4 or more PPR fantasy points to eight running backs in their last eight games seven of those eight running backs scored 19.7 or more PPR fantasy points I think I mentioned this recently in a recent episode too

But in case you’ve forgotten not only are the commanders terrible against the P they are great for running backs can Bree Hall take advantage of that Jamie do you like love Bree Hall this week yeah I mean I I I like love um love Yeah

Well do you like or love I I forgot a word there um no I I I I think that’s the right way to put it because it’s it’s hard to love a lot of the Jets players right now especially with Simeon most likely starting which uh is even more scary than Zack

Wilson starting but look it’s a great matchup um Washington’s not the best defense you’re just hoping that they turned over Trevor Simon from a DST perspective but I think Bree Hall his involvement in the passing game the last month has been fantastic uh he should

Have a chance to run well here this is actually you know if you’re looking at it this is their last home game of the season they played the last two games on the road so if the Jets want to give their fan something to feel good about

In a match up that they should have a chance to feel good about did you hear the one about Mas and Rudolph I mean they don’t they haven’t given their fans much to feel good about no but this is one of those games you know and so um I I I think you’re

Starting Bree Hall and you’re starting Garrett Wilson but Bree Hall should be good yep so how does Bree Hall measure up with Mixon Anan and Pard better better than all of them okay how about uh Jonathan Taylor or Bree Hall Taylor I’ve got hall right now um

Probably Taylor in in non BPR in half though especially if Zach Moss doesn’t play like I don’t think they’re taking Taylor off the field for Trey Surman and Goodson right do you guys like any commanders um R is nice guy talked him a couple times yeah military hisory I’m

Asking actually if you like any commanders but in in this M’s a borderline number two yeah we should talk about mclen coming off that uh yeah I mean look mclen his touchdown came from jacobe brette you have to wonder how long you know how long is Howell stay in the game if he

Struggles it’s a tough matchup the Jets looked might be good if they benched him huh right the way brette looked it might be good if they bch him well that’s that’s part of it though it’s it’s is does Howell stay in the game if he’s struggling um again so I think McLaren

You’re starting him in three receiver leagues I don’t think he’s must start in two receiver leagues he’s in that Noah Brown Tyler Lockett Deontay Johnson you know number three receiver range top 30 yeah I always mention that the Jets just they don’t shut down good receivers

And I just don’t know if mclen qualifies to be fair a good receiver in real life but to be fair Tyreek a zero last week that’s true uh yeah I don’t know if mclen really good fantasy receivers Curtis Samuel what’s your interest level on him is he in that same range with Deontay

Johnson and mclen and all that or is he lower lower uh in the same range for me okay and you know one thing I just want to point out about Curtis Samuel Logan Thomas has been invisible and that has really like I feel like all the Logan Thomas targets are going to Curtis

Samuel I think it’s been been a big part of it he did have a touchdown callback last week he did he it was his F he he cheated he totally pushed off to get open but he did have a touchdown call back and I it was funny because the Rams

You know they’re so bad against tight ends Logan Thomas we’re talking about here but Thomas has just been so uninvolved lately and it’s benefited Curtis Samuel the thing about Howell though is that he just he’s unpredictable he had a tight end phase he had a running back phase this and

That a selfish phase for those of look who talk he’s not mononymous no he’s not um if Brian Robinson plays which seems like it’s a possibility would you start him would he be in the top 24 uh close but probably like he said this is a good week for running backs

So I wouldn’t start him over hubard I wouldn’t start him over Swift I’m thinking at the back end of my top 24 I wouldn’t start him over Nai so no he would not be a top 24 did did we hear anything and and I may have just missed

It about what happened with Antonio Gibson last week I think but or I thought the way it looked like it unfolded to me was that he had a different role in the first half and had most of the touches and then they just went to Chris Rodriguez in the second

Half I mean it must have been because he wasn’t doing very much with his touches but right okay moving on last question for this game Washington or the Jets DST who do you like better Jets yeah H yeah Jets both good though yeah uh commanders by default okay Seattle’s at

Tennessee why why should I not love Gino Smith in this game um it’s Gino Smith and should be hopefully please be a good week for tin Walker big week for Ken Walker um look he he’s had three games I think with multiple touchdowns maybe four at most

Uh last time we saw him he was fantastic against the Cowboys so that’s good but you know how much will they allow him to throw how much will he need to throw I mean you know I don’t know what the Titans offense does to M make this that

Much of a competitive game I mean the Cowboys game you knew was going to be competitive game they came out throwing from the gecko um but not a slam dunk and look we we’ve we’ve kind of crapped on the Titans defense a lot in terms of what their pass defense is they’ve

Actually held up fairly well against some quarterbacks yeah I was going to say they’ve they’ve uh they’ve let one quarterback top 20 fantasy points in the last month and they rank they given up the 11th fewest fantasy points to quarterbacks this season I don’t think it’s necessarily a

Great match up is there any chance with with the the way that their game finished last week if Gino comes out and and doesn’t play well in the first half that there’s a quarterback change I I don’t think so but I also think you’re overrating the Titans pass

Defense I think you know you got to gave I just gave multiple stats I did not say any I did not rate them at all well I think you implied something about them so but anyway no I didn’t imply anything I said they have given up the 11th fewest fantasy points to quarterbacks

And they have allowed one quarterback to top 20 fantasy points in the last month yeah and if you go back a little bit further than that Trevor Lawrence said 36 points Baker Mayfield had 22 points uh and then not another quarterback top 20 until weekly three I I I I do think

Part of it is Jeffrey Simmons not being there you can just run on them yes okay all right fine um Gino Smith or Jake Browning Joe flacko Nick Mullins flacko right now Gino Mullins Browning for me I might move Mullins ahead of Gino uh mullen’s Browning Gino

Flacko Gino Smith or Kyler Murray Gino I’m putting flacko ahead of Gino all right there we go uh DK meaf is a start any interest in jsn or Tyler Lockett number three receivers at best yeah good flexes okay Derrik Henry saquon Barkley who do you like better this week Henry S

One DeAndre Hopkins I I watched DeAndre Hopkins uh you what a statline last week two catches for 21 yards on nine targets that was really a will Levis issue last week Levis was bad uh Hopkins also had a 42 yard catch overturn it was underthrown it could have been like a 70

Yard touchdown or I don’t remember where the line of scrimmage was but he beat he beat his man badly and then it was underthrown knocked away from at the last minute anyway uh Hopkins Heath last I checked I he might not be updated but you had him in the

Top I think he’s a number number two wide receiver for me yeah yeah you have some optimism here for Hopkins what do you think about the tanah hill thing assuming that it’s tanah Hill does it matter I kind of think I don’t know that it does like Levis has done some good

Things and there’s been a couple good games for Hopkins with him there’s also been some absolute stinkers like last week and I just kind of think that if Ryan tanah Hill gets a chance to start this game he’s playing for his 2024 livelihood like he’s should be fresh

Should be healthy I wouldn’t be surprised if he comes out and has a decent game just because he’s he’d like to have a job next year okay so I’m not starting right in t Hill he’s not a top 24 quarterback for me but I don’t think he’ll be a

Disaster guess I’ll ask some questions here from the chat uh Aaron Jones or Ken Walker Walker easily Walker see we have any more any more for this game any more for this game please fire away I don’t see anymore so I’ll ask some uh there’s one no thank you Jaylen Wadd

Or um or DeAndre Hopkins w w Henry or bejan Robinson be Bean but it’s close all right I think that’s it for for this game yeah Seahawks DST Jamie likes them the other guys don’t likes you can do better I think Jamie has him 12th yes but they have a favorable matchup next

Week I believe so if you are looking ahead they have Pittsburgh yeah at home okay New England’s at Denver I don’t know how much we want to get into Zeke should we just not get into Zeke I think you should give the negative Zeke side it’s it’s sort of a

Pro like the Broncos have allowed 21 or more points to a running back in two straight Games Austin Eckler and Jamir Gibbs before that they really hadn’t been that bad because they have as a defense had been very good and they just weren’t giving up a lot of touchdowns

One thing that has never changed is they are terrible per carry I mean absolutely terrible they’re the worst run defense in football maybe the Bengals can give him a run for their money now without reader but I don’t know just the the the game from Zeke last week did leave a bit

Of a sour taste in my mouth I do think he’s a start so I’m not telling people to sit him but my guess is I would have him lower than Heath I’d probably have him in that I’d probably have him in that Pard you know Henry Barkley range I

Starting but not super confident about it um that’s where I am on Zeke I I and it’s this could be wrong I just I feel like last week we probably saw the floor and I think a 10-point floor is pretty or 9.6 Point floor is pretty similar to most running backs

Like there’s a few guys a handful maybe even 10 that have a higher floor than that but he still had what five catches in the game the week before he had 29 touches the week before that he had 21 touches this passing game has been pretty running back Centric like for the

History of the New England Patriots so I don’t think the targets are going away he’s the type of guy who’s going to show up really well on the projections maybe I’m a couple spots too high on he had again the floor feels safe because of the passing game work sure

Absolutely if that went away he’d be no no chance yeah right know I that’s why I like him it’s it’s I hate taking a position where I sound like I’m telling everyone to sit Zeke not that so just start him I’m sure you’ll have some tough calls with Zeke but Heat’s the

High guy Dave and Jamie like Zeke too he’s he’s a start um okay the wide receivers cor and Sutton’s probably the only wide receiver we’re considering obviously the Patriots have a good defense so who do you think is a better Flex Zeke or Sutton Zeke because you’ve seen Sutton

Without a touchdown very rarely but you’ve seen touchdown last week fluky that he had what seven for 52 I think it was five for 71 five for 70 whatever sorry I flipped it sorry yeah um that’s not a normal game for him no one of the highest yards games he’s averages he

Averages 52 yards per game and uh I will just say like that’s true but his last what six games 71 62 77 61 66 like the yardage has been better it’s been up as of late but it’s been with not the same amount of catch volume though that that’s the problem it’s like

Right makes a big play I think he’s a he’s one of those guys who’s a lot better this week and non and half PPR than he is in full definitely because the catches are are miserable fourth most End Zone Targets in the NFL you like Sutton or javante Sutton Sutton

Yeah Jamie talked about gavonte earlier I mean the good thing is he does get a lot of work the bad thing is he’s averaging 3.8 yards per carry I think his longest run is 21 yards he’s just not doing a lot with it usually gets three catches a game hopefully he can

Score Patriots were absolutely lights out against running backs until last week and last week they weren’t even that bad you know I mean they gave a touchdown catch to McKinnon and and Clyde a touchdown pass from McKinnon it’s not like those guys but they they

Give up like a 30 yard play to Clyde Edward Lair like that shouldn’t ever happen they did but they have a good run defense I mean I feel confident saying that um all right I think that’s pretty much it for this game any Demario Douglas or anyone else any sleepers

Jerry Judy anyone you like here no desperate right yeah they’re they’re flexus um I would go Douglas is my favorite non Sutton wide receiver I’ll look for some questions here javante or Chandler Chandler Chandler Sutton or olve olve yeah um Broncos or bears DST uh Broncos Broncos yeah for sure I

Almost skipped I almost skipped Russell Wilson Russell Wilson or Nick mollins Mullin I’ve got Russ has been four straight games under 20 fantasy points that’s with some rushing touchdowns mixed in there I just don’t know how much he has to do this week you know what we didn’t mention this is the first

Home game after three straight road G for the Broncos oh it’s going to feel good to get home and they’re on a bit of a long week as they played on Saturday Buffalo is at the Chargers our last game your stat of the game is a

Simple one Stefon digs has scored 8.8 or fewer fantasy points in four of his last five games but we already talked about him we’re starting four those under 50 yards too James Cook fire him up he’s like top six is start them all sit them all um no because you’re not starting

Davis or Shakir you’re maybe starting Kade so it’s really just the three main guys for Buffalo of Allan cook and Diggs and I’m the only one probably that’s sitting Austin Eckler I think Dave and Heath I know Heath does obviously but I think Dave likes him still yeah I am I’m

Sitting Eckler in non and half PPR but in full PPR I will still start Eckler as a number two running back I mean there’s certainly situations where you might be sitting him there’s there’s guys that were free agents who were drafted later that you’d start over him yeah

Oh I wish I could sit him I actually am going to sit him for Swift and Walker I would too easily yeah and PPR I couldn’t start Swift over him like that is a half PPR League I don’t know if that matters probably well don’t forget Boston Scott will

Score right and like Swift’s I I don’t know has Swift been better for the last month than eer has uh probably game for the Denver game for Eckler and there’s probably two like if I was going to rank the games I’d say it probably goes Eckler’s Denver game then probably two or three

Swift games that may add up to the Denver game it’s close been they’ve both been disastrous yeah uh cam Hayward has been cleared by an independent neurological consultant good nice and Tamm Hill or Dalton concade uh concade and in full and half PPR and Hill in none I mean if TM Hill

Is not a magic eightball guy I don’t know who he is I’d probably conade I did this I don’t know if you want to say it for tomorrow but Boston Scott’s numbers against the Giants yeah say it for tomorrow Keenan Allen when I tweeted by the way people were like are we’re

Playing Boston Scott like no no no no just that Keenan Allen if he plays where where would he rank uh uh not where he normally does but top 20 receiver yeah he’d be a start this is a Saturday game and he hasn’t practice so I’m not expecting him

But I was him I’d probably just rest of year off yeah someone ask Keenan Allen or Ty Chandler in half PPR Allen yeah but I don’t think Allen’s gonna play so probably Chandler all righty yeah you can’t you can’t wait anybody in tonight’s game not that you

You know the three main receivers you’re starting them over Keo I think I’m good with this that’s it for today’s show while ask this one too King Kade or or Hunter Henry if he plays if Henry plays King Kade k k sorry I was going to warn you that

Somebody was sick in my house and I was afraid that you were going to catch it on today’s show and it sounds like you did yeah I don’t know what that was something in my throat I whatever I’m out of here we’re done we’ll talk to you tonight on our

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