Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups, Streaming Options, Playoff News

It's incredible how this works, but you saw it last night. The reason Breeze value is there is because of what happened last night. Their defense couldn't stop them. And the games that the Saints are in, they feel like they're about six quarters long. I don't know how these games, they feel like they last forever because there's just so much passing and the clock stops. So Pete Carroll said that the Seahawks, despite Christine Michael having a very good second half. I'm surprised we didn't have a special Christine Michael episode that might put out there. They're going to continue with an RBBC, but Michael's the guy you'd want to start, right?

Yeah, Bryce Brown did have a solid game, but Michael was the guy who was getting the touches. He had the hot hand. Certainly that could switch, but if you're playing the probability, you go with Michael. And as far as a special episode, I mean, the Christmas miracle is that people are going to play Kristen Michael in their championship week. That speaks for itself. That's all the goodness that I need in my soul. Just so I can recap.

Real quick, Christy Michael's season. Started on the Seahawks, cut by the Seahawks. No, no, no, no. He was traded. Okay, you always remind me of that. It feels like being cut. When you're traded for a seventh round pick, that sure feels like being cut. On the Seahawks, traded for a seventh to Dallas. Cut by Dallas, signed by the practice squad of Washington. Yes. Not worthy of that spot. Cut by Washington, signed by Seattle, now playoff relevant. Yep.

And how much of this does he owe to you? How much of that bonus? What he's getting paid should be sent to your house. It's not just me. It's the Christ and Michael Truthers have united. So you and one other guy. We did it. We did it, America. No, we did it, Steve. Whoever is out there. It's me and Steve. It's you and Steve. All right, Cowboys place Melvin Gordon on Injured Reserve.

cartilage damage to the knee ending his season. It should be okay for next year. It was a really interesting thing to hear him come out about two weeks ago and say, I'll be better next year. Like it wasn't, I'll be better this year. It was I'll be better next year because he said he starts slow on every level, whether it was high school, collegiantly, or whatever. So wait and see. He should be a high pick next year.

I mean, not a high pick, but he'll be a starting running back selection with upside. He will be a value. Melvin Gordon is the list I was talking about of guys to not forget. Melvin Gordon is absolutely on there. He's going to be a guy you can draft probably in the fifth or sixth round who will be a starting running back. And we'll talk in the, as soon as the regular fantasy season is over, we'll be talking about those guys, the undervalued guys that we see projecting going forward free agency. But right now Melvin Gordon's out. Danny Woodhead.

Upside play this week, right? Danny Woodhead? Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Him and Donald Brown will be talking about. Okay. So what's next here? We've got Jason Garrett confirming Des Bryant won't be shut down. Okay. So there you go. He did look. I mean, he's got more upside if you have a different quarterback in play. So if Kalimor is out there, Des Bryant's okay. Because he's going to target him because you know what? Smart quarterbacks do? They kind of target the giant guy that you can give him the ball. Even on a screen pass, he can take you to the house. Matt Castle has been.

It's very confusing as the Dallas quarterback, not focused firing at Des Bryant, where when he was in Kansas City, I mean, he was completely focused fired on Dwayne Bo. Yeah, it's a smart way to go. And he had success. You throw it to your best player. Adrian Peterson, ankle injury. According to Zimmer, he will be all right after the ankle scare. Any concern there? Limited workload concern. I would say slightly. The bigger concern is he's Sunday night football.

And if you're an Adrian Peterson owner, you best have a Sunday night option available. McKinnon, Aziata, or somebody else. Somebody who can at least put some points up. What you can do is you can sign one of the, maybe the Giants, maybe Shane, too, as a super backup option just for an emergency case. It's better to be safe than sorry in that situation. Amandola, Danny Amidola, knee sprain, not going to play, probably won't miss the real playoffs, but irrelevant for fantasy.

Marcus Marioo, we talked about yesterday. He's done for the season. Quarterback news for the Colts, Andrew Luck, not playing in week 16. Pagano said that Matt Hasselbeck is beat up from the feet up. Chuck Pugano is a soundbite machine. He is. So that is something you can never take away from him. I agree. So that being said, Matt Hasselbeck, if he's out there, he's a shell and he's trying to throw to Hilton. You cannot play Hasselbeck. I was watching.

a lot of that game on Sunday. You said he was dead and then like five minutes later you go, he's back in. Yeah, he went full Lazarus and returned to the game. Every time he goes down, I mean, you feel bad. So this week is not a good week for a receiver for Indianapolis. No. No. Okay, so Shady McCoy, Tornem, CL, week to week. How are you, how are you weak to week? I don't know. I don't know how that works. I don't know the knee. He, I don't know his knee. I'm sure Lashon McCoy is getting

He's on the phone day and night with Antonio Gates learning how do you play without an MCL when it is such a big part of what you do. Yeah, it's impressive. So John Fox has declined to update us on Alshan Jeffrey. This is actually a league record for the most times that he's declined to update us on Alshan Jeffrey for a season. He just broke the record, which is impressive. So if you own him in your annoying coach league, he is number one. Thanks, John. Yeah. John Harbaugh.

Said there's no way he's going to banish Buck Allen after fumbling in week 15. That was his second week in a row. He was banished in the game. He was banished from the score sheet if you're a fantasy owner. But this week, they play the Steelers. Do you have any hope for Buck Allen? Minimal. Yeah, me too. Ron Rivera said he's going to play his starters in week 16. Thanks, Ron. Well, yeah. I mean, people wondered, though, is our New England...

and Carolina best served to rest them for a couple weeks. We've seen injuries this year that have been crazy. But Panthers have not locked up the ones. If they win this week, then next week will be a very tough decision for Ron Rivera of go for undefeated or rest because you have the ones he locked up. He may take the temperature of the locker room for that one. That might have a lot to do with whether the players want to go or not. I would say he goes for it.

I think you probably should. They're on a role, man. They're on a roll. And they're already going to have a buy, so you're going to have a week. You'd have two weeks off. It's a lot of time to get... Now, a guy like Jonathan Stewart who's banged up, you might not see him on the field. Yeah, I agree with that. And I don't know if you're going to see him this week. ESPN, I noticed they're projecting Jonathan Stewart and not Artis Payne and those other guys. I think it'll be Artist Payne. So he's a sneaky guy that you can grab. We'll talk about him here soon. And then the fantasy...

Oh, the big salad. The big salad. The big salad. Sean Dron is going for an MRI on his knee. Yeah. I don't think it's looking too good for the salad. So Tavares cadet is the primary backup in San Francisco. Unbelievable. Hey, that's good to know. Yeah, which we, I mean, they got the bills. The bills didn't show up last week. He caught, I think, four of six targets or so. So PPR.

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But sign and dine is delightful. So would you sign and dine Willie Sneed? He's back. He's back, everybody. Ten catches. PPR machine. 10 for 76, he's owned in about half of leagues, and he gets to play Jacksonville. Hopefully with Drew Breeze, though. If he's out, that changes the equation. Oh, yes. Yeah. If Drew Breeze is in, which I, I don't know, because I don't know. I think he will be in. That would be the Luke McCown show, right?

Is it Luke McCown or Chase Daniel? I don't remember. Or is it... It's got to be... Or would they even go to the rook? Luke McCown is out for the season, isn't it? Yeah, I believe they have... Garrett Grayson is their rookie. So would they let him take a couple games? I don't know. I'm not sure who they would turn to at this point. I was going to say, I think the message there. Yeah, Grayson would be the next in line. Because McCown's out for the year and then it's Flynn behind Grayson. Matt Flynn? Yeah. That guy is like...

He's a cockroach, man. He will not ever go away. At the end of the nuclear holocaust, there is nothing around except for Matt Flynn. That's ridiculous. I don't know why I was thinking Chase Daniel either because he's in Kansas City. He used to be there. All right, let's, but yeah, you got to monitor Breeze. I wouldn't feel confident starting, streaming Willie Sneed unless Breeze was there. But if, and these guys are, these are actually important guys for Odo Backham owners.

I mean, if. At the wide receivers. Yeah, if Willie Sneed is available and Drew Brees is going to play, I think Sneed is a great option this week. I'll tell you who my favorite guy is, and it's still Tyler Lockett this week because of his quarterback. You know, there are variables with Willie Sneed. Kamar Akins is another guy on our list, but we don't know if it's going to be Jimmy Clausen or it's going to be Ryan Mallet. It's just so weird. Why is there even talk of Ryan Mallet? Claussen's been okay.

He was very capable last week. But Tyler Lockett was 5 for 55 and another touchdown. These are all guys in the 50% range of availability on your waiver wire. Another guy, Ted Ginn Jr., six for 85, two touchdowns again this week. He is owned in 58% of leagues. So would you rather have Lockett again? I would go big. I would go big with Ted Ginn. You feel like that's going bigger? Yes. Just because they take more deep shots to him every game? Yeah.

Is both guys have big play potential? So Ted Ginn is owned in only 58% of leagues, and our league is the 18th ranked wide receiver. He's been incredible. Who's available in almost half of leagues. And I think you've seen a trend where Cam's relying on him a little bit more. It's not just the deep pass. I mean, one of his...

Both of his touchdowns last week were not bombs. They were, you know, one was in the corner of the end zone. One was like a little screen pass that he ran in. So Ruben Randall's another guy that had a good week again, 444 or 447 and a touchdown. But the big news there is Beckham. Beckham. If Beckham's out, Randall moves up the chain. Yeah, which is dangerous. It's dangerous. Because it can be too tempting to.

Well, it could be when Ruben Randall has to shoulder the pressure of that situation in a must-win game against Minnesota, who's a good defense, then I don't know. There could be problems. Wouldn't you say that Dwayne Harris would be a benefit there, too? I mean, would... He could be, yeah. I mean, because Dwayne Harris has had some good games. His shoulder didn't seem to be a problem coming back last week. I kind of like the upside of Harris, too, because he can break a big play.

on the kind of play that O'Dell Buckham Jr. breaks, which is, you know, half the time it's a slant that he takes to the house. So Ruben Randall and Dwayne Harris are guys to keep on your radar at the wide receiver position. Let's move over to running backs. This is a desperate time for running backs for a lot of people. Last week, it's what cost me my matchup. I had lost rolls, and I had lost Jonathan Stewart, and I had to roll other guys out there. Now, I chose Cameron Artis Payne. He's a guy I like this week if Jonathan Stewart's out. Do you like Artis Payne?

Or do you like an option in Seattle more? Now, obviously, the Falcons are at home taken on Carolina. That would be where Artist Payne is. The Seahawks have the Rams in Seattle. Yeah, I think I would lean to, I would go Michael. Okay. Because the Rams are, ah, that's tough. The Rams play Seattle tough, but their rushing defense has been just gashed the last few weeks. So outside of Christine, Michael, and Artis Payne, who are the guys that are more at the top of your list?