Week 12 Studs & Duds, Rising Stars, Tub of Mashed Potatoes

Realized it was in the fireplace. Yeah. Andy Dalton has been diagnosed with a sprained thumb as day to day. This matters because you got Driscoll. You got Driscoll in there who threw 24 passes. And it doesn't make you come. Look, the Bengals are a dumpster fire. Yep. But for fantasy purposes. A huge dumpster fire. Yeah, a huge. Oh, I see what you do there. But what you want.

is you want consistency the same way you want Eli Manning, the quarterback of the Giants for O'Dowell Buckham Jr. You want Andy Dalton the quarterback of the Bengals for A.J. Green's return and for Tyler Boyd's consistent performances. I'm not going, yeah, I'm not going to risk the Driscoll life. No, I mean, man, the Driscolls are everywhere. The Driscoll's are everywhere. Arthur. Arthur.

I just need more time. Marlon Mack was forced from Sunday's game with a concussion did not return. We need to monitor Marlon Mac this week. He seems to get banged up and he could miss. And you could end up with a Jordan Wilkins slash Naim Hines mix in the backfield next week for the, what, the five straight win Colts? That's correct. Evan Ingram. This was bad. He suffered a hamstring injury and pregame warmups, did not play.

I was so upset. The Giants announced the injury after the first quarter started. Yeah. I mean, that's what was upsetting is this happened pre-game and there was no information, nothing on Twitter, nothing from beat reporters, nothing from because the Giants really didn't even release the information. It's like, look, I know you're playing a real football game that matters. You don't care about fantasy, yada, yada, but it's like this happened before the game. People could have made a move. People could have taken them out of the lineup. It sounds like Evan Ingram would have had to be the one to text.

everybody based on when it happened. I agree, Jason, that yes, they are, they shouldn't care about fantasy, but they should at least care that we are paying the bills and fantasy is really driving the success of the NFL. Like those contracts are in part due to us playing fantasy football. So if you get hurt before the game, just say, hey, this guy's not going to play because they got hurt. It's a good point. I honestly, I feel like I,

I am paying their salaries. I was going to say that's like the most fantasy football and titles they've never heard. I love it. It's terrible. The NFL does a lot for that. They get rid of the whole, what the, got rid of the probable dance that we used to have. And they give us support. I mean, this was just one of those really unfortunate last minute injuries. So Rhett Ellison had a game. Yeah. That's what happened, which is.

Almost more insult to injury because Evan Ingram hasn't been having games. But Red Ellison actually, I think was a top 10 tight in this week. The big news, Leonard Fournett ejected in the third quarter, was throwing punches, got kicked out. He was not in the play. He was not a part of what happened with Moncrief.

catching his almost touchdown, and then the weird wrestling match that ensued of a game of chicken, of refusing to let go in the ball. If you didn't see it, Dante Moncrief went up, caught a pass, simultaneous catch.

and laid on the ground with the DB fighting over the ball for maybe five minutes. Actually, they have set up right now a live cam. You can go watch. They are still holding onto that ball, refusing to let go. The play is blown dead. It's like that contest where you got to keep your hand on the car and the last one touching the car wins the car. And so they think, well, obviously.

If I let go, that means that I lose the ball. Even though the play has been over, the referees are like on top of them blowing the whistle. The play has been over for minutes. It was legit the funniest thing. After like four minutes had gone on, it was legit. I'm laughing. It was so funny watching these two grown men. Yes. Knowing that the play has been over four minutes just refusing to. No, you let go. Leonard Fournett did not find it funny. Well, as you said, if Moncrief lets go, then Leonard Fornett is probably not.

Oh, absolutely. And Fornett could be suspended next week. Very possible. We don't know. He'll be subject to further discipline. They also, the Jags fired offensive coordinator Nathaniel hack it this morning. Couldn't hack it. Yeah, I knew that joke was coming from you. I thought about saying it. I swallowed that joke. Yeah, I did too. But not everybody has that filter. Not everyone has courage to tell a good joke. Well, that might be true. I don't believe that is the.

situation we are dealing with here. Andrew Norwell also carted off, left guard. So it's not looking good for Fortnite. Yeldin could be a get yourself in the fantasy playoffs surprise pickup next week. Carl's hide or hide. We'll talk about that when we get some more news. And I mean, there's so much to cover. We've got studs and duds on the show today and a lot more, a lot more fantasy news to talk about. And the thing is,

is sometimes things just don't go right in fantasy football. Sometimes you do everything you can do, and then injuries happen, or your opponent scores the most points possible, and you have to come in on Monday, and you have to reassemble your atoms, right, from the melted pool of depression from the day before, and the sadness of all that has gone wrong in this world. Brooks, earlier this year,

was losing week after week in our dynasty league. You remember that, Brooks? Oh, yeah. I think you got a shout-out on the show. I think I was a one-and-four. His team was great, and he was losing to the highest score every week. He just won the division. He bounced back, won the division because he pulled himself together. Good for you, Brooks. And he accomplished his goals. But that happens, and now everybody's fighting for the playoffs, and we're here to help.

He does, he is forced to listen to the show every single day. Well, that obviously helps. I actually just read a Apple podcast review. Guy started 0 and 5. He's rattled off seven straight. Oh my man. From the, he subscribed one seven straight. Woo. It's like the inverse of the Hugh Jackson effect.

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play the football tonight and they're the titans defensive coordinator uh if you remember left last uh last week left mid game oh yeah hospital he is back he will be uh on the sideline coaching their defense tonight that's good to hear yes all right stud muffins you mentioned it start of the week for jason the number one quarterback on the week as of right now kirk cousins 29 for 38 342 and three

We had just talked about the fact that Cousins hadn't thrown three touchdowns in quite some time. And he's like, watch this. Watch what I do. Game a little pep-tack. But some big weeks from some not-so-big names in fantasy. Dak Prescott, Josh Allen, Baker-Mayfield, and Andrew Luck. Well, Andrew Luck, he's just Andrew Luck. But what did you think of the, I mean, we didn't reflect on the Dak Prescott game after the Megalodon, right? Thursday night or Thursday afternoon played Washington.

had rushing touchdown, two passing touchdowns. Amari Cooper is changing the future of Dak Prescott right now. And I'm surprised, but it's the case. Yeah, it has, the trade has worked out well so far.

For Dallas, they are in the thick of it in what appears to be a poor division. And Dak, for fantasy purposes, has been good. He's rushing the ball enough, and now he's got a weapon that can do something on his own. It opens things up for the ancillary pieces like Michael Gallup to be able to get free. But it's really been Amari Cooper stealing the show. Just coming in. Stealing the show. A newcomer? Yeah, there you go. Mike.

No, so Dax's been great, but the guy that I wanted to talk about, who I don't think has got the love, certainly not from Mike or myself, preseason got some love from you, Andy. But Josh Allen needs to be talked about because the way that we discuss Lamar Jackson is that when you have a rushing quarterback, and I hate this so much in fantasy, but Russian quarterbacks get so much value.

from, you know, every 10 yards rushing is 25 yards passing in normal scoring systems. And so that's why Lamar Jackson is a must own, a must play most weeks when he's the starter. And Josh Allen had over 100 yards rushing before two kneel downs, took him to 99 yards. And this is coming into, you know, if you go back and watch his college tape, he was referred to a lot like Cam Newton's type of runner. And he is a physical.

athlete, a freak, just a big, strong, fast guy. So, I mean, should we be looking at Josh Allen as a legitimate streamer, or is this just a one case? It's interesting. He has four rushing touchdowns on the season, and you've got to remember he missed a number of games. He didn't start the season as the starter, and then he missed a number of games due to injury. So in his last...

Five starts, he has four rushing touchdowns. So I think we can't ignore that. Now, his passing yardage in those five games never surpassed 200 yards. So. Same with Lamar Jackson's two starts, right? I think the floor is really low for Alan. He had 245 against the Chargers. I said the last five stars. Oh, I apologize. But the floor is lower for Alan than it is for Lamar Jackson. And the ceiling is lower.

for Josh Helm than it is for Lamar Jackson. But you can take a shot at him. You have to get the rushing yards, though, because the three previous starts, he only had 1919 and 20 rushing yards and ended with basically basement fantasy numbers. So it's interesting. 13 for 99. Maybe they unraveled something there. Jacksonville is unraveled in and of itself, that defense. But yeah, he had a big week. Baker.