Championship Studs & Duds + Lucky Breaks, Owl Wins! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/30

He's going to. His was. Now. He went down. Right. Like. In the game. In that. No. Okay. The. Kyle. Do you remember the play? Does anyone else remember the play? Like. No. He broke free. He could have scored a touchdown. And. He looked like he was pulling up. To end the game. Like of the. No. I'm supposed to go down here. And then he ends up getting. Hurt on the tackle. On the one. Yeah. It. It was so. The. The end of the Bengals game. Was. That was insane. Was. It was insane. Absolutely outrageous. Because Chase Brown. Like. And Chase Brown intentionally goes down there.

He ends up getting hurt. It turns into a Joe Burrell. Like. Quarterback. Sneak. You were facing. Chase Brown. Right? No. I just. I had Burrell. I. Brooks has. Chase. Oh. That's right. But it's like. Those points. Should. Those points were. Done. The game was over. Chase Brown just runs this thing in. And the game is over. But he goes down. They end up getting a quarterback sneak with Burrell. And then the. The madness of overtime. That's what I was thinking about. You got the Burrell points out of it. Yeah. Is what happened. Including a missed. Easy shot. Where they kicked on third down.

You would be dead. Oh yeah. If Chase Brown runs into the. In zone. You lose two Burrell touchdowns. Two. Yes. Absolutely. Plus yards. Yes. And then it took up a miracle Mims touchdown. To send the game to overtime. It was. If you missed the end of that game. You missed a. Classic. I want Joe Burrell in the playoffs. I don't want Tyler Huntley and Tua in the playoffs. I guess Bo Nix in the playoffs is fine. But you know that they're going to lose. Right. Joe Burrell could run the team to the title. That's good. That's what I'd like to see.

Because that can happen. Deshaun Watson. There was a. You know. Restructured contract. He'll be back. They're going to bring in competition. That's. Okay. It's essentially an acceptance that. We're. We have to give Watson the 92 million that he's guaranteed. We're going to give it to him. And he'll probably be on the roster for the next two years. Genuine question for you. If you are. And I know. I know. This is not going to be the greatest thought experiment you've ever. You know. Had. If you were to Sean Watson. Yeah. And you. Took that contract. With that amount. Would you. This restructure.

I thought for a split second. That maybe. He would take. Just. Maybe he was given some money back. I know. I know that nobody. No agent. No person is going to advise that. Yeah. Are you saying would we have given money back. Like would you work it over like. A longer period of time for less money. Or like. Is there anything that you would do to. No. I would. I would stretch it out. Over the course of. Several years. For a lot more money. Give me an extension. And we can push that. We can push that down the road. Baby.

Just add 10 more million. If you're making. Let's just call it a hundred million dollars. And you could make. Sixty million. But you get to be the starter. Where you make a hundred million. And you're never starting again. The rest of your life. Because that could be the situation. For Deshaun Watson. Right. He could never start again. You're going to take the hundred. I'm going to take the one hundred. Yeah. I don't. Why do I walk into that. I don't think. It's your life. I don't think he's starting. Regardless. Okay. I think he'll just get the money. New question. I'm going to word it differently.

Okay. All right. You got a hundred million dollars. Uh-huh. In the bank. You can pay forty million dollars. To be a starting quarterback in the NFL. Ooh. For a career. And still have sixty million. Which is the same question. Asked differently. But you could do it right now. Uh. Can I. What happens with health? Can I guarantee that I don't get. You can't guarantee that. Exactly. Give me that money. All right. I tried. Aaron Jones. Quad contusion. They're supposed to have him back next week. But we'll see. They need him. James Conner. He exited early. Amir Abdullah left early. He was good.

He was dominating. Yeah. Kendra Miller left early. Because of course he did. Kendra Miller. Goodbye. Yeah. Jerome Ford. Ankle injury. He didn't return. Tajay Spears. No. He returned for a snap. Oh. Did return. Sorry. Yeah. Well. Kind of. That was it. No. He came in and he took one third down snap and then never seen again. Yeah. Jerome poured one out for your team. It was brutal. Tajay. Yeah. Spears was playing good. He was great. I mean he was twenty for ninety five. Looked great. As of right now he's the running back eleven on the week. Unfortunately he left with plenty of time left.

So it's like you're not unhappy if you started Tajay Spears. It was a good start. But you're disappointed that you didn't get all of it because it looked awesome. Mike was facing Spears though. So he was quite happy. That was today's news and odds presented by USAA Insurance. Learn more at usaa.com slash insurance. We'll take a break. We'll hit the studs. All right. It is time to celebrate the good. This week's fantasy stud muffins. Joe Burrow, Baker Mayfield. Who? Joe Burrow, Baker, Laser Mayfield. Laser. Yeah. This was. That was weird. This was the second time in three years where.

I got bounced in the semis of our dynasty league and would have won the title. Yeah. Oh yeah. Because of those stories. Mike Evans and Baker. The what if game we talked about. When Baker throws for five and he's your quarterback. It does come into your mind. That's. I don't know if you saw Mike and I's champ champ champ team. And you would have won. Oh we would have smoked both of the other people in the playoffs. Was this. Final bounces baby. Yeah. Was this. Third place. Tampa Bay allowing Baker to just really stick it to Carolina. Cause. They. Like.

They could have shut everyone down in like the third quarter. They. Yeah. I mean. There was one extra touchdown that I thought there would be. That felt personal. There was one extra touchdown. But. One of the things I love about Tampa Bay is that they have made the identity Baker Mayfield. He just set career highs and everything. In fact. You can go find the picture of Baker Mayfield. Yeah. Sam Darnold running next to each other. That's what I mean. Carolina. Wow. Like. I. Baker Mayfield. Is a good quarterback. Sam Darnold is a good quarterback. Geno Smith is a good quarterback.

In the NFL. The coaches. The. The surrounding cast. Yep. Those are the things that make the difference. And. You know. I. I think it was Albert Breer that put it out there. Someone should give Zach Wilson a shot. And I. I think it's true. I think it's right. I. You know who was better. For New York last year. Zach Wilson. And. Look at the dysfunction in New York. Oh man. Look how broken that entire organization is. And he was better than Rodgers. In that dysfunction. Like. He might not be that bad. That's. There's a reason some of these other coaches.

With Sean Payton. Who knows a thing or two about football. That put him on the roster. Sean Payton put Drew Locke on his. Or. Uh. Zach Wilson. Wasn't Wilson. That's what I just said. Yeah. That's what he said. That was literally. Oh. But I'm saying. The point of what I'm saying. Right. But I'm saying. He got a shot. You came in and you were. You could have taken that job. Well. I mean. He drafted a quarterback at 13. Yeah. But if you're good enough. You would have pushed the road. Rookie out for half of the year. Uh. Yeah. I mean.

I don't know about that. That's. That's what I would. Yeah. I mean. He also arrived later in the offseason. And. My point is. I think that. You're just seeing this resurgence of. Of top tier picks. That are becoming. Yeah. Sam Darnold's coming back to Minnesota. Yeah. That's happening. It's done. He's coming back. I mean. They'll franchise tag him. Or they'll sign him to a contract. You don't trade. A quarterback. That is leading you to games like this. Because you think. And hope. That the next guy up. That's coming off an injury. Is going to be okay. Yeah. What do you want more than to.

Have a chance to be the number one seed. I mean. Yeah. You know. What Kyle heard in all that. Is that it's Trey Lane's time. Nope. Any minute. Now. Baker Mayfield has 42 touchdowns. Yeah. He's got 39 passes. 39 passes. So he had three rushing touchdowns. I guess that's returning to my main point. Which was just that. Liam Cohen and the offense. They're never afraid to put the ball into Baker Mayfield's hands. Around the goal line. On. Traditional running downs. I just like how they play. They call plays. And Mike Evans needs. Eighty. Six yards. For a thousand. 85 to hit a thousand.

Eighty six to break it. Oh man. I will go right now. And bet. Eighty five and a half. They're. They're in the playoff driver's seat now. Right. Yeah. I think they still have to win. Right. But they control it now. Because the Falcons. Right. Yes. They control. And. They're going to. Try their very best. To get Mike Evans to a thousand. Jayden Daniels. Finishing strong. For Al Borland. And for fantasy managers. He was on fire the last month. Lamar Jackson. Pat Mahomes. Sam Darnold. Continues to. I mean. Yeah. But Mahomes. Mahomes on that list. Okay. Yeah. I put a. Every once in a while.

Christmas morning Mahomes. Herbert. The most passing yards in history. Through five years. I just broke that record by Peyton Manning. Josh Allen got enough done this weekend. And Bo Nix. Mike. Start of the week. Three touchdowns. Hubba hubba. You did skip one. You did skip one very important name. Pro bowler. No. He's going to say Drew Locke. I'm talking about a guy who outscored Jayden Daniels. Drew Locke. I skipped him on purpose. Not for the purpose of Drew Locke. But for the purpose of the apology for the Indianapolis Colts from the entire world and the organization. What in the world was that?

The Monday Punday submissions. I didn't use any of them. But I felt like. Indianopolis. Yeah. I mean. It was the Indianapolis Colts catastrophe. Yeah. I mean. This is a team who was on the playoff hunt. Yeah. And they just gave up 40 plus points to the lowest scoring team in the league. I mean. This was. You know. We heard a lot of feedback because the Colts are a high rated defense this week in our rankings. You just heard what Jason said. Like. Nobody saw this coming. Three games. This was the worst scoring offense. Go ahead, Mike. Three games prior, Drew Locke, as the starter, was averaging 205 passing yards and .3 passing touchdowns.

.3. 0.3. Yeah. 0.3. That was his average in his three starts. It was an embarrassment for the organization. Of riches. I mean. Just unbelievably. Gross. Jonathan Taylor. Touchdowns. Got it done at running back. Henry Bijon last night. Bucky Irving. Start of the week. Bucky Irving. He's that. He's that guy. He is. We've. Dude. He's so good. There is just. There are some players that you don't need. You just need to see a little bit to know. And Bucky Irving was that by about week seven. Yeah. You knew it. And down the stretch. Seven. Three. One. 14. 16. Three. And it's six starts.

I mean. That is. He is. And he will be in the future. He has this weird. Perfect combination. Of like. For his size. He's really strong. But his size is. It's. Just perfect. Of like. People can't find him. Yeah. Like he can get small. He can get skinny. And find creases that are smaller. Like Derek Henry can't fit through some of these things. Right. But Bucky Irving. Number one. He can fit. And number two. His. His acceleration. And breaking speed. Of which he can go. To 100. To zero. Back to 100. Is. Kind of shady. Yeah. Sure. I've never seen.

An arm tackle. Anybody. Wrap him up. With. A single arm going out. Like he breaks every. He's leading the league. Crazy. For a guy who's. Sub 200 pounds. You just don't see that. He doesn't play small. He does not play small. Not at all. He plays like their big back. And Rashad White plays small. You know. I'm usually against the breakout. Fourth round running back picks. So like last year. Damian Pierce. It was seemed like. Or. You know. The season prior. Yeah. It seemed like he was going to be their future. At running back. And it was like. They're not invested.

Tyrone Tracy. Has been really really good. But I'm not like. Sold that he's their future. Bucky Irving. That's a done deal. Bucky Irving is good enough. To where he's. He's got a career. And I'm. And I'm confident. Yeah. He's more on the. Camara was a third. But he's more of the like. Yes. Passing the Camara eye test. Saquon. Another 167 on the ground. Although two picket. Tush pushes. Imagine Saquon's season without a tush push. Can you comprehend what that would be like? Be one of the best. If not the best season of all time. I mean. 2,005 yards on 345 attempts.

And. You know. He's scored 13 times already. So next. Next week. Needs 101 rushing yards to break the record. We'll have to see what they choose to do. Yeah. That's a tough choice. Earlier this season. Saquon could have. Broken his own career high. And he's like. Nah. Give the other guys a chance. Which is. Two sided. One side says. He cares more about like. He's going to be out there. And he's going to break it. And it's against the Giants. Yeah. He's going to break it against the Giants. Oh my gosh. And then the building will catch on fire. Yes.

It's against the Giants. You let the guy go. And then. And you have. He's going to break the all time NFL record. That has stood for what? Like 40 years. You let the guy go. And you filmed it. Yeah. You filmed the whole catastrophe. Oh. Hold on. And then they released it. Yeah. You could have held on to that. If I'm the Giants. I'm like. I know we agreed to this. It's Daniel. We're shutting that down. It's Daniel's time. Yeah. It's Daniel's time now guys. It was. I could do that job man. We could do that job. The general manager job.

Yes. That job is more. Don't drive your car into a brick wall. Than it is anything else. Don't try to out think everybody. Everybody else in the world. You're not that guy man. You're not that guy. Amir Abdullah. 20 for 115 on the ground. It was not Madison. I didn't see this coming. J.K. Dobbins. Comeback player of the year. I think. 19 for 76. And a touchdown. He has been markedly better. Than every running back. They have on the roster. All year long. Which is saying something. Considering. Harbaugh. Roman. They generally make things happen. In the running game. Hasn't really worked with anybody.

But J.K. Dobbins. No. And it's nice to see. That him coming back. He looked fresh. And good. He's got the Raiders next week. So if you're in the week 18. Championship. Hopefully you got Dobbins. All right. T. Higgins. Start of the week. Number one wide receiver on the week. Pretty amazing. And with Sertan. On Chase. That was part of the start. It was part of it. Yeah. And then. You know. A lot of people asked tons of neighbors questions this weekend. I think most of those. I said I didn't want to be caught with neighbors on the bench. But this was a monster week for neighbors.

In the embarrassment. I didn't know the Colts were only going to send four guys out there. Right. I didn't realize that was going to be part of it. Is blow your playoff shot against the Giants. Who. Are on the cusp of the number one pick. Devontae Smith. Oh. Who's number four Jason. Number four. Give me the hundred dollars right now. Take your wallet out. And give me the money. You have a hundred dollars. He always has got money on it. I do not. I've got forty dollars. What are you. Seventy four years old. He normally has bills. He does. I do.

I usually got. He never knows. You got a coin purse over there too. I'll pay you in the other room. He never knows when a blackjack game. That's a hundred percent what it is. I know that's why. It's one hundred percent because I don't know when we're going to sit at the tables. Yes. I know. But I ain't going to be found unprepared. You know those ATM fees. Dude. Outrageous. They are outrageous at the casino. I mean it's better to hold two thousand dollars cash on you at all times. No. The Marvin Mims. Just in case. Troy Franklin. J.I.C. Blackjack.

Oh man. Yeah. You're going to owe me a hundred bucks. You can save it till the end if you get a Troy Franklin legacy game. Like he needs about 60 points in the final week. It could happen. But Marvin Mims. Twenty six point two. Mike Evans. Twenty five point seven. There you go. Those. Dude. The Mike Evans. Second touchdown. Where Bucky has this humongous run. On the field. It's called a touchdown. Then they go back like. Oh no. He stepped out at the one. And you're like. Coach. Do the right thing. Yeah. Give it to the man. Reward your money.

And they were like. No. Baker. Faith. It's. If you're Bucky. You're. A little bit mad about that. My. Old man. Would have got it done for me. In the final of dynasty. Because Evans. Evans. Two touchdowns. I'm back baby. Feeling five for one. Ten and two. When will you give him a young voice again? Because he's. He's. In heaven. He's only getting older. Andy. I get older every day. But he's. He's like one of those guys that's biohacking. Because look at this performance. Yeah. Because he didn't have to play half the season. Well that's part of the strategy. If this.