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

40 and a half point over under. Yeah, it makes sense. It does. So it just, it just, uh, it's very low. Verified all my feelings about it. Vegas is not thinking that this is going to be a high scoring game. Um, I, you know, the Ravens defense has been very good. That scares me away from almost, actually it scares me away from every pass catching option for the dolphins. Um, over the last, I, I believe it's since week seven, Jarvis Landry.

in PPR formats, right? He's a PPR machine. His wide receiver, 50. Whoa, man. 50 since that time. Basically, that's about the time that Jay Ajai took over as the starting running back. And Landry is, we talked about this on yesterday's show. Landry, he falls into that category of, I'm still chasing that name of Jarvis Landry where the St.

He's got to be good. He's Jarvis Lander. He's a PBR machine. He's 100 plus catches every single year. And he's an amazing talent. Yeah, he's a great wide receiver. But he's not getting the targets with this new offense, this J. Ajai led offense. And if I'm being honest, I'm not going to chase. This isn't the matchup that I'm going to say, hey, look, Devante Parker's been playing good, been playing well. And he's going to keep.

I think the rest of season, Devante Parker is a guy that we should have rostered and he'll play in the right matchups. But I'm not going to chase it with him. I'm not going to chase it with stills. I'm not going to chase it with Tannahill. This is, I'm staying away on what appears to be a low scoring game, but I will definitely still roll out Jay Ajai. There's very few running backs that get the workload. He has broken more tackles. Per game? Is it per game or per? I think it's per touch. Oh, okay.

per touch than david johnson who leads the league per game something something like that uh i wanted to talk a little bit about ryan tannahill which is this this matchup is unfortunate timing for ryan tannaniel who has really turned it on in the first five games ryan tannan hill had seven interceptions since that time he has won that's

One. Since week six? Yes. He only has one interception. Yes. I mean, he's been playing spectacular. Three touchdowns, two, two. He hasn't been just targeting one wide receiver to the. And he has a running game. So, I mean, things have improved for Antan Hill, but this is not a matchup where I'm looking to stream him. Definitely keep him on your radar because if they have, if they have a good game, then you know it's completely for real. I'm not going to in week 13 start against the Ravens in this matchup.

But if they have a bad game, I'm not jumping off either. I'm going to remember that the dolphins have been playing well and look to those past catching options next week. Terrence West, Kenneth Dixon, what do you do? The dolphins are 30th against the run. We did this a few weeks back, where it looked like Dixon was going to take over, and I said Dixon, I believe, is the better play than Terrence West. After that, Terrence West was still the predominant starter. Now...

I'm doing the same exact thing again. And I think we were just a couple weeks early because you saw the last couple weeks. They've kind of been the same. He finally out snapped him. Yeah, he out snapped him, but barely. And he got the exact same carries. And he's involved in the passing game. What do you have 17 touches last week? Something like that. And the reality is he is the far better back than Terrence West. When you watch the game, you know, it was like being a Cardinals fan.

you know, last year for a while, whereas like every time that David Johnson touched the ball, you go, he can make plays that the other guy can't. Why are you still using the other guy? Drives stopped. And I think at this point, that's what I see from Dixon, not David Johnson level, but he is a better looking back by the eyeball test. I am saying that I believe you can start Dixon this week. Mike Wallace is always a fine play. He's if you need a wide receiver off the waiver wire where he probably is.

Steve Smith's an or not a great game last week. I like Steve Smith this week. I expect to bounce back. A bad game happens to everyone. Go look at Julio Jones and Antonio Brown. You're never going to have a bad game and sit them. I think, you know, Steve Smith is very safe. The juggernaut matchup of the week. Monsters going toe to toe, face to face, schnaz to schnaz. The 49ers take on the beers.

and a 43.5 point over under the Bears are favored with Matt Barkley under center by a point and a half. I'm going to take the over on this. I think this game could end up being a real fun one. Now, the weather notwithstanding, I mean, it's going to be 38 degrees. It's going to be cold. If the weather turns worse, then yeah, maybe that under would be good. But I think both of these defenses, especially the 49ers when they're on the road,

and the bears with their recent injuries are going to be able to be scored on. And as soon as one team gets the ball rolling, you might have a slow first quarter, maybe a slow set. There's a crack in the dam. As soon as one team gets, you know, a one possession or if any team gets a two possession lead, all of a sudden points are going to start flying back and forth because the defenses can't stop people. I like Jordan Howard in this game. He has still been playing very well. If you go back, watch the tape.

Look at the matchups. Just not catching the ball. Don't watch, do not watch the film of Jordan Howard catching the ball unless you have a, uh, a bag or a trash bucket that you can just profusely vomit into because it is bad. Yeah, which is so weird because he started the year, uh, making some great. Well, he's still going to get targets, but he just, his hands are, they're, they're not delicate. He made some great catches, uh, the beginning of the year in college.

He was good as a pass catching back. I don't know what's going on with him. But it's not something that you want to count on. But 49ers, 32nd against the run. The 49ers are the rushing matchup you want for any fantasy running back. So Jordan Howard gets the long straw this week. The 40, moving over to the wide receivers, Jeremy Carly, Torrey Smith. Not just that. Jeremy Curley. Kaepernick's playing better. You got Marquis Wilston.

Cam Meredith. Yeah, on the other side. You got a bunch. You have like this giant slew of wide receivers that you go, someone's going to score fantasy points. And you know what? Wilson may have gotten picked up a decent bit with this week's waiver run. I'm going to give you those five wide receivers. Who are you playing? Out of all five of those wide receivers, I'm going to.

I'm going to chase the points here with Wilson. I agree. I think Matt Barclay and Wilson had a good connection last week. Wilson, despite his monster game, still left quite a lot out there. That's how much he was targeted in that game. And if he keeps it going with Barclay at home, I think he's a startable player. We've also seen Wilson in the past. I think he's a decent wide receiver. So he can possibly get it done. Vance McDonald.

Uh, spoiler alert. He's going to be talked about later on in the show. Carlos Hyde, spoiler alert, he's going to be talked about later on in the show. Look, when the Bears defense has lost as many players and the whole team is just imploding on itself, you, you pick players that are playing against them right now. All right. We'll move on then. Eagles, Bengals, 42 point over under. The Eagles are favored. The weather looking 40 degrees, mostly cloudy. Now have, have these teams with this weather, it's,

Where it's cloudy. It's cold. Have they considered playing in a place that has better weather? Yeah. How about if you're in Cincinnati or Philadelphia, you build a dome? How about Minnesota did it right? You know, it's like, oh, they've got a dome there. It's freezing. No, it's perfect. Do they like being out there? You got some. You got some.

Sometimes, I mean, you got the crowd that just, they want the snow bowl. They want the rain game. They want that slosh and mosh pit and that, you know, that just mud coming up on the players and just this grueling, defensive running battle. But they're all over 60 now. The new generation. We want the finesse. Give me the dome. Give me that 80-yard bomb. You know who needs to be in a dome? San Diego. The weather.

Even that weather is not good enough for me. I want everything perfectly temperature controlled. There you go. Eagles, Bengals, Doug Peterson and his lying express at running back, Darren Sprouls, Wendell Smallwood, maybe Ryan Matthews. I would consider him doubtful. And you just, if the Eagles, what stinks for us is fantasy players, if the Eagles would just commit to one running back, you'd have a good running back. You would have a great production.

But they spread it out all over the place. Doug Peterson is not one to spread the truth. I don't expect Ryan Matthews to be back. He has never, ever, ever been a guy quick to recover from injury. When he gets a little nicked up. No Wolverine Powers. No, he takes his time getting back. And at his age right now and his contract situation, he's not old. Well, for a running back. What is he? 27? No, I thought he was almost 30 now. Well, you look that up.

Jeremy Hill, Rex Burkhead will round it out the running backs for the other side. Yeah, he's 29. Oh, really? Yep. Oh, I was way off then. But so Jeremy Hill, do you like him? He has the ankle injury, but he's the only show in town. I do like Jeremy Hill. I don't like the matchup. I don't like this game. I think it's going to be a lower scoring game. But lower scoring games generally favor running backs to continue getting volume. He is the only show in town. So I think you can start Jeremy Hill. There's just not.

You know, there's a dozen or so guys at the running back position that you can count on to get a certain number of carries. So I would certainly play Jeremy. You know what I like about Jeremy Hill? Six receptions. They pass to the running backs and Gio's gone. So that's great. If he can get in the end zone, which is his specialty, Jeremy Hill could.

be good. This isn't the best matchup. It wasn't the best matchup against the Ravens, and that's why he got six receptions. Jordan Matthews didn't practice Wednesday. He's still expected to play. And Nelson Aguilar, the healthy scratch, who he said, quote, it was eye opening. I really hope that Nelson Aguilar can figure out what is going on. He's got, he has a severe, I think there's a mental block going on. Because while I don't expect him to be Julio Jones.

Just be him. He looked pretty good in college. Honestly, when I watch him run his routes, he gets open sometimes. And then he goes Eddie Sizzarhands. Yeah, they hit him in the numbers and he tries to chop the ball in half. Yeah, I mean, I hope he gets right as well. I just hope they don't bring him back too soon. I think they should let him sit down for a couple of weeks personally. Let Doriel Green Beckham see what you have in him. Doyle Green Beckham had a very good beginning to the week last week. If Nelson Aguilar is out.

this week. Then you like Beckham? I think Beckham is a good enough player to start in that flex position. If you're in a pinch at the wide receiver and you need someone, he's got the size to have that touchdown opportunity. And if Aguilar's out, I think he'll take over that number one spot. Over on the Bengals, you have AJ Green willed. He's not playing. It's not happening. The doubtful is. I know Marvin Lewis was like, he's going, John Fox on this situation. Agent Green is not playing this week.

So you have to decide between Brandon LaFelle and Tyler Boyd where prohibited. I'm taking Tyler Boyd where prohibited. Did you just come up with that? I did. I like it. Yeah, I'm going to take Tyler Boyd because what I saw last week was Brandon LaFelle was the number one wide receiver. And he cannot. He absolutely cannot get it done in that number one wide receiver role. He is not good enough to create separation, to catch those 50-50 passes, to do what needs to be done.

So I'm going to take Tyler Boyd. Are you, Andy Dalton can't be any starting consideration. Andy Dalton is, I believe I ranked him bottom five. And I am Mr. I think Andy Dalton is a great quarterback. But when you don't have the options and you're going up against a pretty good defense, you're not starting Andy Dalton. I'm not starting Andy Dalton in two quarterback league right now. Eiffert must start. Zach Ertz, kind of getting involved, getting some targets. Do you like him at all? The Bengals are.

exploitable from the tight end position. Yeah, I think, I think Ertz is a fine play with, again, we'll have to monitor Aguilar. The sad thing with that is you can't really monitor practice. He's going to be practicing, but you don't know whether he's going to play, and you're going to have to be prepared for what you're doing on Sunday. So it's a little bit more difficult, but hopefully Aguilar sits. Texans Packers.

45 and a half point over under the Packers are favored by nearly a touchdown. You have... That's surprising. That it's only a touchdown or that... No, that they're favored by that much. It's in Lambo. Oh, okay. That makes sense. Brock Osweiler going to Lambo. I was reading that wrong. I thought they were in Houston. So...