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

Just fine. Tough game against Denver in Denver. I mean, didn't he have like... The week before it was Jacksonville, right? He almost had 90 all-purpose yards. Yeah. This was a terrible game. No, he did. He did have 90 plus. See? 95. He fumbled. He didn't score, and that's what it came down to ultimately. Brooks is quick to remind me he still 95 yards because he wants me afraid of him next week. The fumble was the killer because it was a huge run. They were driving down to score and the fumble was... So he faced Jacksonville last week, then Denver.

He has the Chargers next week, and then it lightens up with Oakland. So we'll see how that goes. Mark Ingram, not what you wanted on Thanksgiving. David Johnson could not overcome all the disgust around him. That team is struggling. James Wyatt, LaShawn McCoy, Duke Johnson, Adrian Peterson, fantasy owners that are looking to make a change this week. Is there anybody in that list that you're ready to punt? Duke Johnson, would you cut him? Yes.

Uh, Jordan Howard. Would you cut him? Oh. Yes. Jalen Rashar. I don't think I would cut Jordan Howard, but I'm benching him for sure. I would cut him. I'm going to let someone else pick him up. That's been the question. I look. Jordan Howard is one of those at this point in the season. I am okay cutting Jordan Howard and then, and then he goes off. I accept that this is in the realm of possibilities for Jordan Howard. Would you rather have le Garrett Blunt? What's fun?

What's far more likely for Jordan Howard is that someone else picks him up, waste a bench spot where they could be stashing a handcuff or a defense, or maybe they even play Jordan Howard. I mean, God forbid. They were playing the Detroit Lions without Mitch Trubisky and Jordan Howard carried the ball seven times. He is not in the plans. Here's something that has, when you talk about not in the plans, we've talked about Baker's ascension.

The dominance lately. Here's the last four weeks for Jarvis Landry. 8 for 39, 6 for 50, 2 for 22, 3 for 30. Not in the plans. When Baker steps back to pass, what's up? What's up with Jarvis Landry? No clue. Because you want to talk about a correlation and trend. That's frightening for fantasy owners that Baker was really, really bad.

But Jarvis Landry was getting double-digit targets. Baker has been great for a month, and Jarvis Landry is not sniffing anywhere near double-digit targets. Yeah, it's kind of frustrating. Alan Robinson had a down week, two for 37. John Brown, you can punt him away if you haven't already. We told you last week you can, but he's just got no potential with Lamar right now.

Anybody else in the punt cat? Would you cut Cortland Sutton? I mean, like, are you out on it with the Cincinnati matchup next week? I was wondering, would you play Sanders and Cortland? I'm willing to give him another week. Likewise. I would, I would, I'm ready to move on from Marquez, Marquez Valdez Scantling. He's a guy that we talked about this last week that his previous two poor weeks, he has moved into the slot. Like, he,

Not this past week. This past week he was on the outside and he only had one catch. But everything started going, you know, EQ's way. So I mean, I don't think you can trust him. You can throw him out there as one of those, hey, maybe he gets a touchdown because Aaron Rogers' quarterback plays. But you can't be confident. I would, you know, if there's a, if there's another wide receiver that has more assured volume on the waivers, I'd be fine to swap him out. Trey Burton, Greg Olson, Vance McDonald.

Jimmy Graham. Four poops. Yeah. Yeah. Tight end is tough. Hopefully you ended up with Cameron Brayt because I think you're going to have a starter with Cameron Brate. Yeah. Vance McDonald, he did have the terrible drop in the end zone. He also left the game for injury. Speaking of drop, Ben Watson had a big drop. Easy touchdown for Ben Watson. Horrible drop. But he is a boom bus. There's so many of those guys that are in the...

Touchdown or bust category. Hopefully you have somebody that is not. Somebody in the volume category. I mean, that's what we were talking about a lot last week with tight-ins is, hey, if you can give me four or five catches. Now, it would have been Denver's tight-in. Hireman. Hireman this past week, he was banged up. It turned out to be Lacoste that caught a bunch of passes. So you got to keep your eyes looking there. Let me ask you guys this. This is for just for next year.

I think that when I'm talking through draft strategy, Ertz, Kelsey, and maybe Kettle. Kittles probably in that range too, but I'm going to highly prioritize these guys. You're willing to take one in those first. Generally speaking, I don't like that. I mean, I did it with Gronk this year. And it didn't work out. Because the value was so good. True. It didn't work out. But there's like.

having Kelsey and Ertz on your team is such a difference this year. And I mean, it has been for a couple years. So I think I'm going to change up my draft strategy that I'm willing to give up that laid third round pick for one of those tight ones. I don't know that I will do that solely because of what you've experienced with Gronk. Because it's a one Z position, if you get an injury or something, you're just kind of, you know, that then you've lost out on your, you know,

Running backs and wide receivers where you need multiple positions. It's tough, but look, if you have Ertz or Kelsey, you're feeling great. You've got a positive winning record. So, I mean, that definitely says that there might be something there to that strategy. Hey, Foot Clan, don't forget about the Omaha Steaks deal this holiday season.

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to your cart. I think it really is just those two, Mike. I think it's Kelsey and Ernst. Sure, just those two guys? Yeah, I mean, the attachment that they have with young quarterbacks that you can have confidence in and offensive coordinators that you can have confidence in and the gap between those two on points per game, they're both 15 a week. That's their points per game. Even Kittles down at, you know, like 12. So you gain a huge, huge advantage, 10 points advantage over those streamer guys.

Kettle should have the handsome one. But I don't know if that's good or bad. Yeah. I love Michael Keaton. That's fair point. I do love Michael Keaton. I just saw him on that Norm McDonald's show. Oh, it was great. He was great. He was funny. Hey, check out draft.com slash ballers, the studio sponsor. Good luck tonight, Footland. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on Jointhefoot.com.

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