Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Starts of the Week, Week 13 Matchups, Boom-Boom!

we think he's going to play. Right. He's expected to play. I do expect him to play this week. And I think in a PPR format, certainly in that format, I think he's much safer. You worry that he won't be able to put the yards together with this new West Coast offense that they've been running. Now on the other side of the ball. So are you feeling the Beasles at all against the Vikings? You know, I think the Beasles is an okay flex play in pretty much any matchup because he's used. Yes.

You know, just like you see in a lot of games, right? When you go up against a difficult defense, sometimes you need to use guys like the Beasles a little bit more for the little stuff that the defense is allowing you to give up. Again, I always think that Beasles upside is capped. You know, I know he's had a couple big games, but I don't see in this game him having, you know, I can see him having a lot of targets for a few yards.

you know, maybe getting a touchdown. So that's why I put him in that flex category. For me, Des Bryant, though, is locked and loaded. He looks back. He looks back and he's starting to have a rapport with Dak. And, and that's the one thing. I mean, you never questioned whether Des Bryant could get it done ever, right? Once he was healthy, it's like, Des Bryant is a top 10 talent in the wide receiver, if not top five.

But the question was, will Dak go to him? Because they got on the roll without him. And now the answer is, yep. Yep, Dak's a very good quarterback. And he is looking to the best wide receiver. Go figure. Beasley, I just wanted to check this out. Beasley has been. How dare you call him Beasley? The Beasles has been under 50 yards once, once this season. So you're talking PPR machine because it's always.

It's the shorter passes. Right. Do you remember that Antonio Brown streak? Everyone loved that five for 50 because you knew that the baseline of Antonio Brown was so safe. Sure, but, but during that safe base line, I'm not comparing him to Antonio Brown. You, you kind of sounded like you were. I'm not comparing his ceiling to Antonio Brown. I got to sweep you off your feet there. Sweep out the leg. Sweep the leg is you have anything more from this game.

Uh, not really. You're going to start Zeke. You're going to start, um, I, I'm completely okay starting Dak here. If you're in a two quarterback, I think in a one quarterback, you're also okay. He's not going to completely crap your team. I do think his upside is a little bit limited here, but, um, I, you know, I would, I would be willing to start him. Definitely does. Definitely Zeke. Uh, Witten? I think Witton's okay. He,

He's okay. He, but that's basically just, but that's what he is every week. Yeah, you're okay. Jason wins, same as last week, same as next week. So just chop this up and we'll insert it into all future Dallas matchups. Yeah, there you go. He's okay. All right. Whoa, sorry, go ahead. I was just going to say, don't forget, um, as we look at the rest of the matchups, the Browns and the Titans are on by. And also, since we're talking Thursday night football before we move on, and this is.

Time to make the playoffs. Do not forget. If you've got a guy that you think is, you know, we talk about Beasles, right? He's a flex. He's a flex to me. But he's playing on Thursday night football. So if you're going to play him, you move him into your wide receiver slot. Or if you're playing, do not play.

a quote unquote flex player today, but put them in your running back or wide receiver so that you have flexibility as the week goes on to make more decisions later should injuries happen. Always a good reminder. Chiefs take on the Falcons. This is a 49 and a half point. That's not something you see with the Chiefs. That's surprisingly high for the defense like the Chiefs, especially the way that they're playing now that Justin Houston is back. I'm taking the under. I don't think Justin Houston allows for that kind of.

that kind of production. I mean, I will say this. The Falcons went to Denver, who I believe is a better defense and they have a better pass rusher, and they got it done. But over the last few weeks, I think they've slowed a little. They have not, the Falcons, I mean, they have not been on fire the way that they were those first five or six games of the season. They're still definitely a top, you know, top six offense in the league.

And I think they can get it done against the Chiefs. I'm fine playing Freeman. I told you he was, you know, a top 12, or he was the 12th running back. I'm not, I'm not personally going to throw Kevin Coleman in there until I see it. I realize the interview says he's back, but I, this time of year, week 13, I just got you taking the sure thing. I, I, I'm not taking the gamble because should he come out and.

you know, barely be used and needs to work himself back into game shape according to the coach. I just feel like I can't take that risk, especially against the chiefs. Yeah, that's very good. That's very fair. Good news. Jeremy Macklin has returned to practice. Is it? Is it really good news? I would say that's more bad news for Tyreek the freak. I think it's bad news for Tyreek. I think it's bad news for Zeus.

Um, yeah, Travis Kelsey has been. Since Macklin has been out, Zeus has been getting targets up the wazoos. Yeah. The wazzoos of the wazzoos. I like it. Uh, Travis Kelsey right now is my number one ranked tight in for this, this up. I don't blame you. And, uh, if Jeremy Macklin is back in full, might move him down a slot or two because you have really seen him do do. Do what we have always wanted him to do. Or rather the offense has done what we want them to do, which is.

Pass the ball to the best talent on your team. Yeah. But I do think, look, Jeremy Macklin coming back, he probably helps the Chiefs. He probably hurts fantasy football because I don't think you're starting Jeremy Macklin. I don't think he helps Tyreek Hill. I don't think he helps Zeus. I like Spencer Ware a lot in this game. Certainly. I got a big thumbs up from Andy on that one. Look, Spencer Ware has been, he's, he's been good.

The problem is he's just been good. He's not been giving you these electric games like he did when he started the year. He's not getting touchdowns. I feel like there's there's positive regression that has to be coming for Spencer Ware. Completely agree. Because if you look at his last few games, right, in fact, the last two games have almost been identical. He's had 17 carries in both games. He was in the 60 yardage, 69, 64 yards. And that's not like world beating numbers. But then you look.

In the passing game, he's still been involved. 16 more yards, 32 more yards, a couple of catches. And you've seen those monstrous, you know, those Kevin Coleman type of weeks in the passing game with Spencer Ware. But he's had zero touchdowns in the last several weeks. I don't think that's going to happen. And actually, if there's one guy that is helped by Jeremy Macklin being back, it probably is Spencer where in the running game to give, you know, another passing option that the defense has to look to.

I like Spencer Ware a lot in this game. There's very few lineups where I would not be starting here. Right. Before we move on to the next matchup, I want to thank today's sponsor, pristine auction. The, the best sports memorabilia place in the entire known universe. The Hubble telescope has looked for a better one. Can't find it. They've searched the galaxy. It's not out there.

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initially you get this whoa or you know that initial reaction is sometimes very strong as i'm reading through the list here our next matchup dolphins ravens i immediately inside went like like you're riding a horse woe yeah like that's just how i felt you know what you know what here's what we're going to do then here's what we're going to do we're going to go back to the other matchup because uh i

Because that one's gross, and I think a lot of people have questions on the past catchers for Atlanta. When you come to Muhammad Sanoo. Okay. Do you really want to go back? No, I really do, because okay, people are going to want to know, and this game's gross. And Andy's not here to be like, oh, we've got to keep it moving. We've got to keep this show short. I mean, he's here, and he's probably grimacing in the other route, but Daddy's a way. The kids will stop us. The kids will play. We can do whatever we want. Maybe it'll turn into a megalodon. Who knows?

We can do anything. But seriously, Muhammad Sanoo, Taylor Gabriel, Kansas City's, you know, Kansas City is a good defense, right? They're, Marcus Peters is very good. Philip Gaines is very bad. Yeah. So here's, here's a stat. I think you were gone yesterday when I looked this up.

What rank do you think that the Kansas City Chiefs are when it comes to giving up fantasy points against wide receivers? Where would you guess they are? Who, man. Without any lead-in? Yeah, I'm going to go 19th. Oh, okay. So you think, you know, bottom half a little bit? Kind of in the middle. They're 32nd. Wait, what? They are the worst.

In the entire league right now, last week certainly didn't. No, no, it didn't. Now, I don't expect them to be, I don't look at them and think this is a defense. You can just exploit with wide receivers, but you can't completely discount that as well when you have Julio Jones and you have Mohammed Sanoo and you have Taylor Gabriel. So I want to know, Mike, is it Mohamed Sanoo or is it Taylor Gabriel this week? Who would you rather play? Sanoo.

It's going to be Mohammed Sanoo this week. Just the way that the cornerback versus wide receiver situation matches up, I would feel safer in Sanoo. Now, Taylor Gabriel can certainly, he's the one-play guy. All as it takes as the one for him, but I would personally, if I had to make that choice, I would go with Sanoo. All right. Let's get back to the. So the Dolphins, what I was getting into was that was my initial reaction. And then you look over.