Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 15 Fantasy Forecast, Starts of the Week, News

Four touchdowns. One of those was on the ground last week. And now he's going up against Atlanta, who has a decent past defense, but they are just, they're imploding. I mean, they are, they look bad, they're playing bad, it's in their heads. Obviously, Cam Newton ripped them apart last week. I think that this is a game where you can trust Blake Bortles. Let me ask you, though. I mean, who at this point is not starting Blake Bortles? Because for you to make him your start of the week,

I need to know who that's helping. You want to know what is crazy is that Blake Bortles was started in 56% of leagues. So a lot of people aren't starting Blake Bortals. And I'm saying, what are you doing? He's been on fire. He's a great option. He's a top half. QB1 this year. I'm clearly starting Blake Bortals over Big Ben this week. That's me. Aaron Rogers. Aaron Rogers. Cam Newton.

If you weren't watching on YouTube, you saw my life flee my body at that question. That's the second time in the last 10 minutes. Drew Brees. I think I've got Blake Bortles ahead of Drew Brees. You do. I was testing your might. All right, we got to get moving. Running backs. This is the longest show in the history of the world. I wasn't doubting the start at all when I brought that up. What I was saying was I'm trying to think about the guy who's actually...

got Blake Bortals because a lot of people grabbed him when they had Big Ben and they had other guys. And they're saying to themselves, well, how confident can I be? And I appreciate that you gave them that confidence. I was just trying to think about the other guys they're thinking about. Yep. Which is the guys we mentioned. Most owners of Blake Bortles, I believe most owners of Bortals have another quarterback option. They're not just rolling one guy. They're not a Rogers team where they say, I don't need a backup. So I, I, I,

I'm fine with it. All right. Running back starts at the week. Let's try to get through these. Who's your guy, Mike? I'm going with Darren Sprouls, and this is especially in a PPR focus, because edge speed is the Achilles heel of the Arizona defense. We've seen it week after week after week. The linebackers cannot get laterally to the edge. The Minnesota, when they tried to go up the middle.

were not successful, and as soon as they started going around, even tight-end screens to the edge of slow bohemoth men like Kyle Rudolph were having success. So if they game plan properly, and we know that the running back position up in Philadelphia, is a complete influx of, they're just stirring the bowl, they have no idea what's going on. So I think that they will game plan, sprawls, and I got him down for five or six catches. I think he's going to be great.

For me, I'm sticking with the Jaguars over there with Donard Robinson. And the reason that I'm making him my start of the week is because there were so many running backs that looked great during the waiver period. You had your Brandon Bolden. You had, you know, Fossey and Cap.

Bryce Brown, an amazing start. Denard Robinson, he's really the only guy that I want to start from the majority of waiver claims this week. The Atlanta run D has not been good, and I think you're going to get a good week from him. And I'm going to go to Tim Hightower. I cannot get the number 28 out of my head. 28 carries last week. And more than Ingram had all year.

No competition. They don't believe in Spiller. Spiller won't be back. Hightower's paid his dues in practice, and he was okay last week. He scored a touchdown. I can't throw 28 carries out the window for very many other options. So I'm just starting Tim Hightower. If I have him, the line probably ends at about forte for that situation, but I like Hightower a ton. I'll just jump over to my wide receiver. My wide receiver is Michael Floyd.

He is playing, even this morning Bruce Ariens came out. He's playing at an elite level. Last four healthy games over 100 yards. He's scoring touchdowns. He's a big play receiver. And we've seen Philadelphia get tors before. A perfect matchup for him. I was so upset because I went to make Michael Floyd my clear cut number one start of the week. And you had already had him in there. I really love Michael Floyd this week. So instead...

My real start of the week is Ted Ginn Jr. Oh, I thought it was Dwayne Bo. Well, Dwayne Bo. Hey now. Dwayne Bo Truthers Unite. Ted Ginn Jr. It's just you, buddy. Has been doing it all year. He has big upside. In the playoffs, you have to have a guy that has top-end potential that can put up a big game. Wait, who did you say your start was? Ted Ginn. Oh, okay. Okay. So with Ted Ginn.

You've got them in back-to-back weeks with two touchdowns. He's been on fire. He's done it through the year, and he's facing the New York Giants that have given up those type of big plays. So I feel confident. I mean, I'm not telling you, you can't get a four points out of Ted Ginn Jr. You can, but you can also get a 30 points. And if you need a high potential guy, Ted Ginn is a guy that is still on waivers. He started in almost no leagues, and he should be.

He can win you a week this week. And my other honorary mention was Doug Baldwin. He's only started in 60-something percent of leagues. He's going up against Cleveland. The running game is in shambles. That'll be up this week. I know. But I'm just saying if you've got him, have the confidence to start him personally. Doug Baldwin or Antonio Brown this week. I knew you were going to do something like that. Oh. Antonio Brown against Denver. Doug Baldwin against Cleveland. I know my answer. Okay. I know my answer.

And my answer is Doug Baldwin. Antonio Brown. I'm in Antonio Brown as well. Makes me want to gouge my eye out. With water! No way. No way. All right. Mike, who's your wide receiver start of the week? My wide receiver start of the week is Golden Tate. He is getting 10 targets a game. Something weird is going on with Calvin Johnson. Add in the fact that they're in New Orleans. They are on prime time.

And you know who shines on prime time? Mr. Drew Breeze. When the lights are on, Drew Breeze is always fantastic. And why is that this for the guy in the Lions? Because the lines will have to keep pace with the score of Drew Breeze and his wide receiver core. So I like Golden Tate a lot to get targets, possibly get in the end zone. Might as well let you continue down the line here with your tight end start of the week based on what you just let it. Same game, Ben Watson.

They are at home, and it's prime time Drew Breeze. And Watson has been great when they're at home, so I'm firing him up. And if you're saying, who am I going to fire up? If I got Ben Watson and I got Travis Kelsey, I'm playing Ben Watson. Gross.

But I'm doing it. My tight-in start of the week seems a little obvious at first glance, I hope, to our listeners. It's Gary Barnage. He's been as consistent and as good a tight-in as you found in the league. He still only started in about 60% of leagues, which blows my mind. And so if that's what's happening, you've got a roster with a lot of people out there where you've got Barnage and someone else. And then you've got the matchup of Seattle, which a lot of people think is really scary. We've said it on the show a lot. Seattle.

is terrible against the tight end. It's going to be Cleveland's main option. So I really think Gary Barnage is a safe play this week. I'm giving full confidence. Don't be afraid of Seattle. Start Gary Barnage. He's going to be fine. What cannot be seen by the Foot Clan on the video or in the podcast is that you had actually spelled it Gary Barnage. Oh, really? And I think that is a fantastic. Gary Barnage. Very fancy name for Gary. Gary Bernage.

That's an international spy. Gary Bernas. Gary Barnage. Hey, he got paid. You can call him whatever you want. Heath Miller is my start of the week with extreme excitement. Now, I am going to conditionalize it because he was, no, listen, listen. I'm very excited to maybe play Heath Miller. That escalated quickly. Go on, go on, go on. He didn't practice yesterday, guys.

He played great last week, but he didn't practice yesterday. So my condition is that he plays. That's pretty good. If he plays, he had 10 catches last week. Listen, the Denver defense, for all of its glorious ability, has given up double digits to the tight end position three straight weeks. They're 23rd against the tight end in fantasy football, and the past Russ of Denver puts Big Ben in a position to throw short. Those 10 catches last week were on 10 targets.

He catches what's thrown at him. He's reliable. Big Ben loves him. I really like Heath Miller. You're an Eifford owner, who, by the way, breaking news, didn't practice today again. All right? I don't think Eifford's going to be on the field. Heath Miller. Heath Miller's a great story. So you're telling me if Heath Miller doesn't play, you're not going to start him. Correct. Yeah. I'm going to conditionalize my starts on them playing. Well, you know who I don't like this week? John Stewart.

Jonathan Stewart. I'm going to conditionize Thomas Rawls. All my starts. Jamal Charles. That if they have bad weeks, they were not my start of the week. How about that? I think that's going to give you good odds. I'm not surprised. All right. That does it for this ever-lasting episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. We'll be back with the rest of the matchups. And a very good, we've got daily dose tomorrow. We'll give you some DFS knowledge.

break that down for you and an assortment of injury updates, get you ready for the weekend. We want championships for the foot clan. We want to see them on Twitter, by the way. You bring home the title. I want to see a picture of that trophy and you. And if you want to interspers some very defeated, dejected leaguemates in the background of the photo, that'd be great too. Yeah, that can't hurt. Maybe they're being watered using the Wheel of Water app. I don't even know.

Don't know what's going on. A clan for life. Any parting words? A friendly reminder. Be kind. Keep the spoilers off of social media. Yeah. And may the force be with your team. Yeah. Goodbye. For listening to another edition of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Don't forget to visit us on the web at www.com. And follow us on Twitter at theFF ballers.

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