Fantasy Football 2017 - Playoff Primer, Keep/Trade/Cut, Pump the Brakes

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Ah, welcome in to the greatest show you're ever going to hear today. Oh, all right. That was a clarification there at the end. It doesn't matter. I'm still nervous and sweaty now. You've got performance anxiety. I've got to bring it. Yeah, it's going to be a jaw-droppingly good show.

I mean, just. Come on, man. He's so sweaty now. The best show. Pump the brakes over there. In the world. Well, we got pump the brakes on the show today. Yeah, we'll pump the brakes on your jubilation. My hype? Yes. This is a six-star show today. Oh, man. I got Judge Giamati in the house, Andy Mike and Jason. The fantasy football is back again. Welcome in. We are always here talking fantasy football, preparing your team for fantasy football glory.

And it's a good one. We got Pump the Brakes on the show, Keep Trade Cut. Very special episode today, our playoff primer. We're going to take a dive into those playoff schedules, give you a lay of the land in terms of, you know, quarterbacks and quarterback streaming options and how important you should value playoff schedules. And so I'm very excited. I'll tell you this, the pump the brakes is going to be a little controversial today. There's some controversy. So you want to stay right here on the greatest show you're ever going to hear.

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All right, it is Wednesday, which means. Oh, oh, oh, O'Reilly. O'Reilly. Oh, Rale. Oh, Bart. Yes, it is pump the brakes. That was sensual. Yeah, there's a little. Get away from those breaks.

All right. This is Pump the Brakes with O'Reilly Auto Parts. Every Wednesday, we pump the brakes on some of the big performers of the week before telling you not to overreact. Mine is Corey Clement running back for the Philadelphia Eagles. It was comedic to me because if you read the blurb on ESPN about Corey Clement this week, it was all about how it's impossible for him to have relevance because of J. Ajai's arrival, Ligarup Blunt, the backfield situation.

And then he has the best week of his career, a couple of touchdowns. And he's sitting out there on your waiver wire. Waiverwires go through today. I'm sure he'll be picked up in a lot of leagues. I'm pumping the brakes on him. It was an outlier game. It was a strange game where they had blown out the opponent, Denver, and he got on the field more. J.I. He wasn't integrated into the offense. So I think this is the greatest game you're ever going to see from Corey Clement on the Philadelphia Eagles. Therefore, I am pumping the brakes.

and would not start him. Now it's the buy, so I would definitely not start it. Nice. I will say, though, for Clement, do you guys think it's possible that he is passing Wendell Smallwood on the depth chart? He already passed. Sure. Yeah, I do. I do believe that. Like, is there a world now moving forward where it's J. J. Jai and Corey Clement? Yes.

I do agree with that. The weird thing about it is that you'd expect Corey Clement because the fact that there was La Gere Blunt and Jayae both involved last game, you'd expect Corey Clement's damage came through the air. He was the pass catching back. I mean, he did have a touchdown through the air, but that was his only reception. It was double-digit carries, so I don't see how that's going to happen once Jaya. I agree with this pump. Right. But he might be worth a stash to see how the backfield.

plays out over the next few weeks. It's a good offensive line there. Certainly. I'm going to pump the brakes for this upcoming matchup. DeMarco Murray and Derek Henry. Ooh, people aren't going to like that. No, they are not. And listen, as always, a pump to breaks does not mean I'm going to bench this player for anyone I can find out for the waiver wire. It simply means that I am adjusting my expectations from both of these players for the weekend. Perhaps I adjust my flex play.

and I go for a little bit more upside. The problem is the Bengals, they are a bottom 10 matchup for fantasy running backs. And on top of that, you have DeMarco Murray who's just been hurt all year, and yet they keep putting him out there. And what Derek Henry needs to really get going is a full workload. Derek Henry's skill set, as we have seen throughout the year, does not manifest itself strongly.

for just put him in every once in a while and see what he can do. No, he's Adrian Peterson. He needs to grind down a defense where you just accept that he's going to get one, two-yard carries for a while before the defense wears down, and then he starts gashing and getting these 10-plus yard runs. So I don't want to play either of these guys. I mean, there's the Henry Truthers out there like, I'm going to play him. This is the weekend.

Certainly not. DeMarco Murray, I will play if I have to, but once again, I'm adjusting my expectations. Yeah, that's fair because of the matchup. I benched him in our league of record. Yeah. For Joe Mixing this week, I liked Murray in the second half, but the knee injury. Same game. The knee injury, I'm concerned.

Is that like revenge game? But it's just they're just in the same playing at the same time Sunday. All right. Well, speaking of you mentioned several minutes ago, Adrian Peterson. Yep. I'm popping. It was like 30 seconds ago, but that's all right. I'm pumping.

Those breaks. You remember when I said that you're pumping the brakes on Adrian Peters. You're darn right I am. Now, you remember a minute ago when I said that this was going to be a controversial pump the brakes? I think I'm about to find out why. Ooh. The fantasy court. Oh, I'm in on this with Judge Giamatti. The plaintiff, Andy Holloway, is accusing the defendant Jason Moore of reckless endangerment of fantasy football rosters.

By pumping the brakes on Adrian Peterson. Oh. Jason. Let's go to court. Let's go to court, my friend. You're pumping the brakes on Adrian Peterson. Another nickname that he has is the only running back with over 100 yards in week nine. That's a really convoluted nickname. Yeah, it's a weird one. Would you like me to begin or would you like to start with? You take the reins. Yeah, I mean, I feel like you get the last word. Judge, Giammati, did you put the robe on back there?

Always. Okay. Yeah, that's always, that's always all he has on. Shows in the robe. Last week, Adrian Peterson, 37 carries for 159 yards. An RB1 in two of his three weeks in Arizona. And more importantly, the one down game he had only received 11 carries. They were boat raced in London against Los Angeles. And that was with Carson Palmer, a quarterback that Bruce Ariens could put his trust in and play that.

past first type of situation, a comeback situation. The other two weeks, he's played in Arizona, 26 carries, 37 carries, forced his way back out on the field when they tried to bench him. I think it's reckless. Rest. Yes, when they tried to rest him. Yeah, on the bench. And I thought it was reckless of you to put him in this category. Yes, it's Seattle, but the game is at home in Arizona.

I think he's going to receive 25 plus carries, and I don't think they're getting boat raced at home. Their defense is okay. And I think you're going to hurt people, Jason. I think you're going to hurt them deep. Well, let me say this. As a man who will be going to this game as an Arizona Cardo fan, I hope that you are correct. Unfortunately, you aren't. And Adrian Peterson needs a serious...

pump on those brakes. Now, just like Mike said, this does not mean that you have to bench Adrian Peterson. He is the volume back. But he needs to have his expectations greatly changed, especially because last week he was the only running back over 100 yards. He had his, I mean, it's unfathomable that at his age and his workload, he had his career high in carries last week.

But there are so many reasons to say, whoa, whoa, whoa, Adrian Peterson is not a top 15 back this week. It's just not happening. It's not possible because he's coming off of 37 carries. Okay. He's a little up there in the age range for a running back. And this is a short week. Okay. Last time, I mean, you, you know, you gloss over the Los Angeles Rams game. Well, you know, one of his last three games as a Cardinal,

And that was after a great game, he had 11 carries. That was it. And he turned those 11 carries against a good rushing defense into only 21 yards. That's really not good. This week, he plays Seattle. Now, Seattle over the last five weeks has been a dominant...