Starts of the Week + Week 11 Breakdown, Goose Burns - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/18

Oh. That's where you're crazy. It sticks right in the, right in the craw. Right in the craw. Yeah. That makes sense now. It makes way more sense than the bottom of the house. Where are we? So when you eat some crawfish, it goes to your crawl? Yeah. Oh, but you don't want to, you don't want to crawl stuck in the crawl. No, that'd be bad. Where are we? We're with the Texans playing football against the Titans this week. The Titans are 8 and 2.

They're 10 point home favorites on DK Sportsbook. The O'Runders, 44 and a half. But again, when you have a game with such a big line, that's an implied point total of almost 28 for the Titans. Texans are down at 17. The Titans are just set up to steamroll right now. They got Houston this week. They get to play Jacksonville, Miami, and Houston again the rest of this year. They have just found a way to stay dominant each and every week. And they never...

Some of these weeks, they just don't look it. You know, there's no statistical or fantasy evidence that this team is dominating. And here they are finding away. Yeah, I mean, they're obviously well coached. And in this matchup against the Houston Texans.

I don't expect them to have a letdown. They did lose to the Jets. That's absolutely fair. That would be incredible if two-thirds of their losses were the Tets, where the Jets and Texans, also known as the Tets. So, yeah. Yeah. Is that the new go-to line when something goes wrong? Yeah. I mean when something goes wrong. That was fired. You were just being efficient.

A.J. Brown is obviously someone you're starting, but I expect him to dominate. Mike, you are bringing us the fact that he is almost a T.Y. Houston. He has dominated the Texans. The Texans don't have a single player who can guard A.J. Brown. And I think the big question mark that everybody out there is, you know, hurting through is what Tennessee Titan running back to play.

Is it Deontiformin who looks like he has the most juice? Is it Jeremy McNichols if he clears Cushing Protocol because he's the pass catcher? Is it Adrian Peterson because he's the Hall of Famer? I'm not worrying about that decision anymore. It's deontaformin. I'm not even thinking about that. If they're all active, it's Deontiformin. If McNichols is out, it's Deontiformin. I feel like in a game where you're favored by 10 points against the Texans, this could be an Adrian Peterson show.

That show has been a bad. It's been 10 for 21 and 8 for 21. I've seen enough. Yeah. It's not a good show. No. They should probably take it off the air. Free tickets. It's not a good show. But he is a veteran who will come in, not lose the game against the Texans. Keep in mind, that was the Rams and the Saints that he was running poorly against. And obviously same teams for Deontza Foreman. No, it's pretty clear for me.

I'm not touching 8 for 21 for Adrian Peterson. That floor is nasty. Okay. The Antiforman was the running back 26 last week. Look, you had a big screen pass. Don't hear what I'm not saying. I love Deontiforman. You always have. I always have. He's one of my favorite guys coming out that year and I was devastated by the Achilles injury. So I hope it's him. I hope they do just make that transition and say you're the better running back. You're up. But we just see this from time to time where the wily old veteran.

Just, you know, he's not going to, you know, look at the Ravens, a well-coached team where it's like, Tyson is clearly the guy with juice, and they keep giving it to old busted Latavius Murray or Devon to Freeman because they know they're not going to lose the game for him. And so that's what I'm saying. It's just this to me has the chance to be an Adrian Peterson game. Yeah, it's confusing. And if your snap counts went up for Foreman last week. Yes, and the attempt share, it, it all, everything is trending towards Foreman through two games.

And I lean on the side of if I have to play one of the Titans running backs, I would prefer to play Foreman. But it is, it is super sketchy for all of these guys if you're going to start. Brandon Cooks and no one else on the Houston side, right? That is efficient. Correct. Yeah, we don't need to linger, right? No, next matchup. They are the worst team in first down percentage in all of football. 22% of their plays are first downs.

Uh, that's not good. Well, and Marcus Johnson is in, if you're in a deeper league, Marcus Johnson is a wide receiver for the, for the, yes, to flip back to the Titans to the, uh, for the tets. And he, he, he, he, he, he's the one who had the, the big game last week. Not that I think the AJ, I think AJ Brown's going to have a monster game, but he's interesting this, this week if you're struggling to fill a flex position. The Green Bay Packers at eight and two take on the Minnesota Vikings who are four and five.

The Drafking Sportsbook line Packers minus two, the over under is 49 and a half. I think the Vikings win this football game. Does that make them an almost upset? Absolutely it does. Andy's almost upset of the week. I don't know if I like the almost upset graphic because it looks like I pick the Raiders. The graphic's the same and it always looks like I'm circling the Raiders as my upset. I don't like that. Because it used to be.

where you were just always picking the Raiders. And we also can't predict the future. Yeah, there's that too. Probably make that a little bit more team agnostic. I agree with you, though. Minnesota, I like Minnesota in this game. Green Bay Packers, it is worth noting that their defense has been outstanding lately. Yes. And it has come, I mean, look at last week.

They shut down Russell Wilson. Now, I talked about Russell Wilson looked completely off. He's coming back early on. Weird, but weird, sure. He was terrible. And we, I blame Russell. But some credit has to be given to the Green Bay Packers defense as well because the week prior was the Kansas City Chiefs. And Patrick Mahomes scored, what, seven points? So then what do you do with Adam Thielen? Because he's one of those.

more difficult decisions. You always play Delvin Cook and Justin Jefferson. But Adam Thielen, a couple weeks outside the top 30 in a row. He has a tendency. He can kind of hurt you and the matchup isn't great. Are you? Yeah, I would look. Like would you play Mooney or Thielen? I think it's a good debate. I would probably end up with Thielen because of the tendency around the goal line to.

be able to target him and, you know, just I think he's got a higher upside for touchdowns. But I could easily see Thielen having a bad game. And if you have good options on your team where you're always debating between two guys on the regular, I would bench Adam Thiel and tiebreak him to the end of my roster. It's worth noting that last year the two games against Green Bay, Justin Jefferson, just two for 26 and three for 26. So they have limited him. Limited targets could be a.

point in Thielen's favor there in that debate. Dalvin Cook, on the other hand, has dominated the Packers in recent history, 109-yard average with 1.6 touchdowns per game in his career against him. Where, shoot, did Rebes tweet it out? You're going to need to give me a little bit more. The Dalvin-Cook stat of he that he's been tackled. Oh, yeah. He's been tackled on the one five times and then in the ensuing, in that drive, then did not score.

Yeah. So I guess that's five times that Davao Cook probably should have scored at least two of those times. So you have some touchdown positive regression coming for him on the ground. They've thrown way more touchdowns than they've rushed in this year. It's been very strange. Yeah, because they try to run it in and then all of a sudden. Yeah. Tyler Conklin is leaking. Yeah, baby. And no one covers him. Kurt Cousins doll. That goose sound effect is working overtime.

Yeah, it's doing a lot of, I mean, it covers a lot of things. And I got to, the royalties to the actual goose are getting excessive for the show. Affleck is doing well, man. Kirk Cousins, though, are you willing to stream him at home against this Packers D that's been so good? Preferred not. So Derek Carr against Cincinnati, you'd play over him? Yes. Mac Jones tonight? Maybe. I'd play Mac Jones over him. Also, in the, in the wild world of our dynasty league where I bench Kurt Cousins at.

every suboptimal time, and I play him at every suboptimal time. Currently, I have Justin Fields in as my starter over Kirk Cousins. Okay, so fire up, that's bold. That's bold. Russell Wilson over Cousins? Yeah, I would. Against Arizona at home. Yep. On the other side of the ball, Aaron Rogers, Torch, Minnesota last year on the road, 364 and 4. As did Devante Adams, those things go together. Yeah, AJ Dillon. Yes.

He's a must start this week against Minnesota. And then is that the end of the story?

Yeah, it's actually really nice for fantasy when there is, we were talking about this with the Steelers, like their offense isn't good, but there's a consolidation of utilization where it's all, you know, a couple of players that do everything. And that's what's happening for the Packers, which is great. With Aaron Jones gone, it's clear it's Aaron Rogers, AJ, Dylan, Devante Adams, put them in your lineup and don't look anywhere else. Well, you have to kind of close that matchup down because you're eager.

and excited to talk about the Miami Dolphins at 3 and 7 taking on the New York Jets at 2 and 7. I've been waiting for the Tua Flacco matchup for most of my career. And now I get it. Isn't that satisfying, Brooks, to finally get the matchup you dream of? Oh, yeah. That's the, that's a Joe Flacco. Old busted versus new busted. Oh, no. But the dolphins are playing better football. In fact, they've been the best defense against running backs.

in football over the last six weeks. Defense has come alive recently, a couple big wins. So maybe some hope and optimism that they're turning it around. And when you see a team that was projected to be better that had a solid season last year, what were they, 10 and 6, I believe, there is some hope that it's sticky, right? It's not just an outlier performance, a win here, a win there. You hope maybe they're getting back to what they were doing.

So we have some players we like in this game from the Miami side. Yeah, absolutely. And I think it starts with the Miami defense. First and foremost, I would love to stream them against Joe Flacco and the Jets. And on the Miami side, while I joke about, you know, New Busted, too has been fine. I think this is a decent matchup. He's a good streaming option this week. And I love, I can't say that in the soundbite. I think it's going to be a good week for Miles Gaskin.

Um, so yeah, this is, uh, he, he is someone you really should be playing this week. You're trying to just avoid any, like, singular sound clips where you show your adoration for, you love Miles Gaskin. Ah, you can't trap me. You don't want people to know that you have, uh, you're starting the number 22 running back on the year. Oh, don't get me started. Uh, Jalen Waddle.

Absolutely. I think when you look at the Jets defense, it's something gorgeous for fantasy because it's not there. It's even gotten worse over the last six weeks. 32 against quarterbacks, 32 against running backs, 31 against wide receivers, 29 against tight ends. Are you redeeming the goose here? Is Mike Gisicki coming out from underneath your crawls? Gisciki is in, Waddle is in, Gaskin is in, Tua is in. It's a great week to be a dolphin. Got any problems with that, Mike? No, I do not.

What about Joe Flacco? Is he in your land? He will not be started. What about seven quarterback leagues? You have to start seven? You have to start seven? You probably look elsewhere. Michael Carter. Big questions. Michael Carter is a, he's been one of the most dynamic receivers at the running back position in football, actually. You know, when you look at Jonathan Taylor's averaging 12 after the catch at running back, Michael Carter's up there.

I mean, he is averaging almost 10 per catch. So the running, you haven't seen Flacco with Michael Carter, but if there's anything that Flacco can do is, and the reason they're playing him over Mike White is there's a recognition of the blitz, there's a recognition of defenses, and that should mean Joe Flacco checking the ball down. I'm not unwilling to play Carter in a flex.

Yeah, I think there's three players here. Carter, Jameson Crowder, and Elijah Moore.