SHOW 1000! Surprises, Show Moments + Week 14 Advice - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/9

Yeah. At least, oh. Spontaneous congratulations. I have a fantasy. And it involves three footballers. Can you name them? I can. Andy, Mike, Jason. Delicious. Boys, Lefco. I am so proud of you. One.

thousand that is insane i love you so much and i cannot wait until i'm in the same studio sweating with you legends congrats boys oh my goodness oh i sweat a lot when i was in studio with i mean a lot that's a clip for another time but you definitely want to check that out thank you adam we appreciate you uh yes you got inception mike

I guess. Or maybe I already had that idea and you didn't know about it. And I said in 10 years, I'm going to tell Andy. Oh, yeah. Wait for episode 2,000. Oh, spectacular. All right. We've got another question here. From Unlimited Butterface, a longtime footclan supporter. Yeah, what a butter show? It says Logan Thomas, with all the recent volume and success or Robert Tunyon.

with his nice schedule and recent touchdowns for weeks 15 and 16. What do you think? Robert Tunyon, Logan Thomas. Boy, it's hard not to chase that volume that you've seen from Logan Thomas. Yeah, and, I mean, Antonio Gibson, not that he was a target machine from Alex Smith, but we saw a few flashes of that. And so those targets are gone. Not that JD McKissick can't take all of the targets. This is so.

tight too because both of them have three out of the last four weeks inside the top 10 at the tight end position and I can't imagine Thomas not being part of the offense without Antonio Gibson. I can see a world where like the total target numbers are a little bit lower for Tonian. Tonian. Tonian. I don't know. I guess I lean Thomas by a nose. So the way that I view this is pretty clear to me.

The safer option, the higher floor is Logan Thomas, because the target volume, the snap percentage, the routes run, all of those. He is a more central part of a worse offense. The upside is most certainly with Tunyon. If you look at how many times these guys have been in the top six, where it really matters, a top 10 performance of tight end is like, okay, great. You know, week six, Logan Thomas was the tight in nine.

Well, that sounds great. He was three for 42. You know, that's not a great week. So Tanya has the upside. So it's about matchup, right? If you are going in, you look like you're solid. It's a competitive game. You just need to not have a nothing from your tight end. I think I would go, Logan Thomas. If I am playing against one of the great teams out there in the playoffs, and I really need to show up and have all my players scoring.

double digits, then I think I would go for the touchdown upside with time. I think that makes sense. Makes a lot of sense. All right. We have one more question. Why do you say I love Michael Keaton in the place of jinx? If you've noticed on the show, if we say something at the same time, we say I love Michael Keaton. And we actually have that clip ready to go along with some other footballers origins. But did you see the movie coming out with Michael Keaton?

No. It is a McDonald's movie. It is him. What? It looks great. What? It's the inception of the fast food world. And Michael Keaton. Is he a crook? No, he's not a crook. Like Ray, oh, Ray Kroc. Ray Kroc is that. I think it is. He's the founder of McDonald's. Yeah. Or he plays some part in the beginning of McDonald's in this movie. And it almost reminded me of a madman style because it's back in. All right. I'm in. I'm in. I love Michael Keaton.

Whoa! Did you guys just become best Batman? Batman! That was not goodbye for the season or his career. That was me saying goodbye from my rankings. Yeah. To his groin. No, I didn't. It wasn't to his groin. What do they call me on Twitter, Mike? They're calling you the Fantasy Reaper, my friend. You get high in Andy's rankings, you go down. People were worried about Alan Robinson. Every injury in the NFL is a fantasy reaper sighting. It is Thanksgiving week.

Yeah, and look, they call me double stuff mostly because I'm fat. Am I going to be able to withstand victories for the next few weeks? Did you say withstand victories? What does that mean? I can always withstand a victory. Five stars is titled Withstanding Victories. I have been able to withstand multiple victories since I started listening to this podcast. What do you think it's like for a new listener to the show to hear so many people reference Withstanding Victories?

Do they just think that we are dumb? My hair is gone. For the most part. It looks mighty fine. Well, thank you. Looks better than Jason looks today. I'll tell you that right now. The other news, hey Jason. Jason could not be with us this morning. No, he is. Ask him a question. Jason, how you doing? Voices of public opinion. What are your thoughts on this one? There are certain offenses where someone like Kyle Shanahan or someone like Adam Gaze in Miami.

Who, by the way. Is it a butthole? Wow. Whoa. Tell us what you really think. How do you feel? Is that because he put Kenyon Drake or Frank Gore on the depth chart? It's freaking nonsense. You're the starting running back. You want to give Gore carries fine. Just don't be a butthole. There's the nickname of the year award, which is the highest honors that you can possibly get from this podcast. Yes. Is Adam Gase, Mr. B-hole, going to be eligible to receive this award? Of course you will. Okay. Good.

The old sounds worse than you not zinsering it. Yeah. Oh, and he's still around. Still crapping on your team. I like watching the evolution of the set. Yes. My hairstyles are weight. Our weight. I'm just glad there were no clips of me stuffed into the Batman suit from Halloween. That was a real wake-up moment in my life. There are a few moments in your life where you're like,

Yeah, I got to make a change. And, yeah, Batman suit was wonderful. Marshmallows sticking out of the mask. All right. We're moving on. Thursday night breakdown. All right, the New England Patriots 6 and 6 taking on the Los Angeles Rams who are 8 and 4 playing some good football. And the Rams are 5.5 point favorites. And this one is a 44.5 point over under. So we're going to break this thing down. How complicated does it really get on the Patriots offensive side of the ball?

Not, and I think it gets even less complicated because Damien Harris was the only spot at running back that, okay, I'll play Damien Harris. Maybe he gets enough work. He's not going to get the touchdowns, but maybe he gets enough work. It's a plus matchup. No, it is not a plus matchup this week against the Los Angeles Rams over the course of the season. They are the sixth worst matchup for fantasy running backs. The Los Angeles Rams defense is elite.

up against this Patriots offense who they are, they are completely one dimensional. The Rams have to stop one thing. And that's Damien Harris running or that is Cam Newton running. I mean, you don't have to worry about the passing attack from Cam Newton at this point. So I'm, I, this might be. I think this is the, this is a no Patriots. I think this is the easiest matchup.

as far as the Patriots side of the ball of the year. Every time we say, I think there's nobody to play from this team, there's like, well, you can put Logan Thomas. Right. You know, it's usually a tight end. Dallas Goddard, you might play from the Eagles. I cannot imagine starting a single player, including Cam Newton, who, yes, he can get it done on the ground, but I don't believe that that's going to be true against Aaron Donald, against this defense that's, you know, number one against quarterbacks, top 10 against running mix, top 10 against wide receivers. They are an elite of elite.

And this is one of those things where if you take the average of Patriots offensive weapons and then you subtract a couple of points because of the matchup, you're like, I don't want that. Their average is below average. I don't want below below average. That's called failing. So I don't think there is one single Patriot I am willing to plug in my lineup this week, period. No, it feels like you'd be threading the eye of a needle in this one trying to get. With one shot at it. Yeah, with one shot. In New England, they slow the game down, 31st and pace of play.

On the other side, kinkoff, free and company, I still, you heard me talk about Cam Acres. I understand that you can play them. Like, if you're going to play a running back on this team, that's who I play. Patriots are figuring some things out. They're figuring out what the recipe is to win ball games, slow the game down, try to control the line of scrimmage.

Acres is a flex option, I think, but you are not, I don't think there's a huge ceiling for him in this game. You always play Woods and Cup, but I don't think I want to throw Jared Goff out there in desperation mode at all. Jared Goff is maddening for fantasy purposes because he will, you never know which Jared Goff is going to show up. I mean, you never know which Los Angeles Rams offense is going to show up. Well, yeah, yeah, but the Cardinals, but I'm saying like,

against Tampa Bay. Week 11. Oh, on the road? Tampa Bay? No, thank you, Jared Gough. Quarterback three. The week before that versus Seattle at home. Oh, this is about as good as the match we could possibly get. You know, they're bleeding points. The quarterback's wide receivers. And quarterback 22 on that week. This.

So you're saying start Jared Goff because it appears to be a bad match. No, I am saying you cannot take Jared Goff at a face value for matchup. Just because a matchup is good does not mean he will show up. Just because it's bad doesn't mean he will be bad. But this is hands off for me. Jared Goff is out of my lineup if I can help it at all. Yeah, I expect this to be. Spontaneous congratulations.

Hey guys, it's Matthew Barry, and I just want to take a quick moment here to congratulate you, not only a thousand episodes, but everything you guys have accomplished. It is not easy to sit down in a small room in front of a microphone and entertain and inform thousands upon thousands upon thousands of people. And you guys have managed to do it for 99 episodes. I'm assuming this one's a clunker. Anyway, guys, it's been a pleasure seeing you guys rise.

I'm a fan of you guys. I consider all of you friends, and I'm thrilled for your success. Here's to a thousand more. Dang, man. Thank you, Mr. Barry. That means a lot. He is. Dang. He is the top of the industry. Wow. Yeah, that one's really cool. Really cool. Thank you, sir. Yeah, I appreciate it. I also like it when those cut us off in mid-sentence. So well done. That makes it more entertaining for me. I can't imagine how much fun they are having.

Back there with these interruptions. No, no. Once every thousand episodes, you get to do this. All right. A reminder to take your Thursday night players out of the flex spot. It's very important, especially with the various COVID-type situations you can get yourself into. And it's the playoffs. So do not forget it. That'll wrap up our Thursday night breakdown. And we have one final segment. Of course we do.

Now introducing the top five moments in fantasy footballers history so far. That's right. We asked on social media and to the official footclan on join the foot.com asking for their favorite moments of history. Let's count down the top five. Oh my gosh. Number five. All right. So we are going to get into the waivers. Now, before we do that, we've had some curiosity here at the studio.

Uh, we've, you know, sometimes we get in here in the morning, you know, and it's darker out now. Yeah. It's tougher to wake up. You guys are throwing the coffee back in the morning. And we made the joke. We're like, you should probably get some smelling salts. Because you see them on the sidelines in the NFL games. And we are athletes of our own, right? We are, we are vocal athletes. So Al Borland has acquired some smelling salts for us. And this is a pretty big waiver.

This is a really important show. Pretty big waiver show. Get hyped. All right. You guys want to get it? Yeah. All right. I snapped. Oh, pre-mature snap. Oh, that's not a premature snap. Give us a three count, owl. Holy. Ready. Three, two, one. Oh, golly. Oh, moly. Oh, right. The lightning, baby. Let's go. It's waiver time.

Put me in, coach. Let me tell you all of the waivers that you need. Mike's eyes are watering. That was intense. I got to get back yet. My sinuses are clear. Oh. Oh, brother. Well, that's why. Those do, uh, it's a different experience than I expected. Yeah.