Fantasy Football 2017 - MEGALODON Episode – Week 12 Matchups, Starts & More!

unbelievably they did. Well, unbelievably, they lost. I don't think that Washington gets the seven points. I mean, they're seven point favorites. So I'd be taking the Giants and the points in this one. Even if Sterling Shepard is out? Yes. Wow. He was out last week. They beat the Chiefs last week. They shut down the Chiefs. I think the defense, you no longer have Chris Thompson. That's a huge weapon that they've had in the offense. You're not going to have Jordan Reed. Josh Doxon is not consistent yet.

I don't think the weapons are going to afford Washington to run away with this game. I think it's going to be close, and I think you're going to be eating your turkey and nodding and saying, Andy got it again. The last time that I thought you were this crazy on your almost upset of the week was with the Washington Redskins last week when you said that they might almost upset the New Orleans Saints. They blew an 18-point lead. And they were crushing them and almost upset them. So I guess I will acquiesce here to whatever you are seeing there.

The Giants, they're going to need to call up the services. If they can get the services of Storm from the X-Men to come in and do what she did last week, then maybe. Maybe the Giants have a chance. But this is, it's Washington going away. Look, I really believe in the Washington offensive weapons. I think when we get to the starts of the week, we will see that we kind of all do.

For fantasy purposes, yes. So I agree a seven-point line. It's okay. Just disagree. It makes it more exciting. All right. We'll see. Darkwa, light him up. Yes, absolutely. Redskins are 26 against the running back position in fantasy, and he's getting a ton of carries. He's being spelled briefly by Wayne Galman or Shane Verene, but it's Orling Darkwa's backfield. Sterling Shepard, we don't think he's going to play. We talked about whether you might start somebody else. I think only Evan Ingram's the passing option.

is the only passing option. I would start. If Shepard is in, though, I will play him. Here's the thing. Eli is averaging 36 attempts a game. That's fourth highest in the league. So they are going to go somewhere. So if you have to take a shot in the dark, Roger Lewis made some plays last week. He would be the shot in the dark for me. But would you play Eli Manning himself against the Redskins? No, I wouldn't, especially if Sterling Shepard is out. You know, on the other side of the ball.

You know, so I'm starting Darkwa and probably Evan Ingraham, and then that's it. For the Redskins, if you look at what the Newark Giants, and I realized last week, they showed up. They played with much more effort than it looked like they had been playing with earlier after that team meeting with McAdoo. Genores Jenkins had, I mean, he looked like the player that we've been waiting to see or we expected to see coming into the season. But on the season.

As far as fantasy points given up against the position, the New York Giants are the 31st, so meaning the second worst, against quarterback. They're 20th against the running back. They're 32nd, meaning the worst, against tight-in. Feel the Vern. I mean, they're just across the board pretty much. They've been a bad defense. So this is why I think...

Look, you're starting Kirk Cousins. I think he's going to be great at home. Oh, yes. P. Ryan's going to get a ton of work. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Light him up. Oh, yes. I'm very excited. Oh, yes. I'm very excited. James and Crowder. Yeah, Crowder is interesting because he's kind of the wildcard with those Chris Thompson. He's the start of the week. With the Chris Thompson targets vacated, where will those?

And Vernon may benefit a lot from that too. Oh, man. I just want to throw this out as well since we haven't brought up the name, but Byron Marshall is essentially the only other running back now. For Washington? Who is activated because of the injuries to Rob Kelly and to Chris Thompson. If you're, you know, in a deeper league, waivers. No. No, I'm just saying if he's the number two guy. I mean, you're in a 20-man league.

I would, if you've got just a garbage guy on your team right now, I think just seeing if he is involved in the game might be worth it. Just throwing the name out there because we've never mentioned him yet on the show. Yeah. And we saw what Mike Davis did this past week for Seattle, having not been mentioned and coming up in the practice. Sometimes fresh legs at the running back position late in the season. They're just a little quicker than the defense. P. Ryan has a finger injury and he's had fumbling issues, so there are opportunities there.

All right, the Buccaneers. Take on the Falcons Sunday. And the Falcons coming off a big win, 48.5.5 point over under, eight and a half point favorites in this game. I'm not questioning anything about those lines myself. And it's not good for Tampa right now. I know they won last week, but you played one of the worst teams in the league. I mean, the record for Miami doesn't reflect the stats for Miami. Miami is actually one of the worst teams in the league statistically. They have stolen wins. I don't know how they do it. They really have. And so.

I don't think it's going to be very easy sledding for Ryan Fitzpatrick, Mike Evans, Deshawn Jackson, only three targets last week. Doug Martin has struggled. Cameron Brade is now three straight games with only one catch. I really don't want anybody in this matchup. I know there's some logic there that says, hey, you know, the Falcons, they're not a top-in defense, but at home, I just, I don't think I want anybody. You're saying even Mike Evans?

Other than, yes, you're going to start Mike Evans because he's a must-start guy. But I don't, I'm not enthusiastic about, I don't want to stream Fitzpatrick. I don't want to play Martin. I don't want to play D. Jacks or Bray. Yeah. That's just, that's where I'm at. I can, I can agree. At least you know with Evans, you get nine targets a game. Well, and the, do you buy into all that the pendulum has swung over to O.J. Howard, who had the, he had four targets, three for 52 with a touchdown. I don't think so. Any interest there? No, I mean.

If you're staring down Howard or Brate, are you going Howard now because of the ice? Man, I guess. I don't want either. I still lean towards the Brate's side, but yeah, I mean, the truth is I don't want either. We just don't have Fitzpatrick having a career of throwing to the tight end. I mean, you know, whether it was in New York or now here, he's had pretty much one game that I can remember where he's highly targeted a tight end.

over his career. And over on the Atlanta side, I mean, it's, I love Matt Ryan this week. I love Matt Ryan against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Devante Freeman. Heck yeah, man. Thanks. Thanks, Jason. Yeah, no problem. Just wanted to throw my support your way. I appreciate you. Devante Freeman once again monitor his situation. If he is cleared to play or not. If he's out, Kevin, Kevin Coleman gets a huge, huge bump. What did he, I believe he had 20?

carries, yeah, 20 carries against the Seahawks. Not a great yards per carry, but that's kind of to be expected. And Julio. Julio will be the number one wide receiver this week. Whoa. Okay. Yeah. He'll finish this week as the number one wide receiver. That's my prediction. He'll be number one in my rankings for sure.

All right. Interesting. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, I mean, they have just been so bad against wide receivers. I'm starting Mohammed Sunu. I think he's a great play this week and Julio should be able to exploit it. You know, you wait for these big blow-up games from Julio, but they come and you know they're coming again. They've been here before this season and this just strikes me. They're throwing your chips down on this game. I'm saying, hey, I'm betting on red. What about Austin? Shoot, both teams are red.

But Austin Deucer, who he returned to his two target ways. No, you can't start Austin Hooper. Before that, he had three straight games of six targets. No, thank you. Next year. All right. No, not next year either. Maybe. Is he going to change into Tony Gonzalez? Well, I'm just saying, it's only year two for a tight end who looks to be talented. I think going into the third year, he could step it up. Here's the thing of those games I'm talking about.

Two of his last three games, I guess, two of his last four, because the game against Seattle was awful, negative one yards. But 47 yards, a touchdown. Six for 49 and a touchdown. He's a talented player. On a good offense. But I still think he's a little too raw and young. That's why I say maybe next year he'll be valuable. Okay. So you would play Hunter Henry over Austin Hooper? Yes. I realize they're both second year players, but Hunter Henry has the proven track record already.

Guys, you want to watch this Browns-Bangles matchup? Oh, boy. This game's in Cincinnati. I hear you get tickets, and they'll pay you. I hear they'll pay you to attend. 38.5.5. Under the Bengals are 8.5 point favorites. Look, I like Andy Dalton. He uses the stream of the week. I know we all like Andy Dalton. Absolutely. I like A.J. Green, like always. I'm okay with Joe Mixon. I know that the Browns have been good against the run, but I think 20 touches is guaranteed for Joe Mixon in this game. And if you're.

winning. He's going to get those touches. I know he's not sexy, Mike. It's unfortunate because he seemed like he was going to be sexy. Absolutely. He did. But their offensive line is bad. And then the Tomb Raider, Tyler Croft, your start of the week last week came through with a touchdown. Yeah, he's holding it down. And in case you didn't know, the Browns, they love giving up points to the tight end position. Yeah, they are 30th as far as points given up to the tight end position. And I...

I don't know how they're not 31st because obviously the Giants are going to be 30. Because the Broncos are there. Yeah, but I mean, you start tight ends against the Browns, Tyler Croft is a must start type guy unless you have one of those elite, you know, Zacherts type players. The guy that I'm most curious about in this game is Corey Coleman. Corey Coleman, an elite.

collegiate wide receiver drafted to be a superstar showed some signs of that last year and then got injured was gone. Comes back finally after more injury. Show signs of that. He came back to 11 targets. He came back to 11 targets against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Six for 80. Had 80 yards. The only other guy to have more than 75 yards this year against the Jaguars is Antonio Brown.

But this is, again, a bad matchup. I mean, last week was too, and you were fine starting Cory Coleman. But the Bengals are the fourth best team against the wide receiver position. So do you just hold Cory Coleman another week? Or do you take that shot this week of being able to start him against the Bengals? As a three, I can see you playing him as a wide receiver three. I know this seems crazy, but I mean, we know that the Browns, they can play the run a little bit.

Brandon Lafell is coming off a 10 target and then a five target game. Would you play Coleman over Lafell? That is an interesting. I was checking the target totals for Lafell. I would play Corey Coleman over Brandon Lafell in this game. Yeah, man. I think I would go at the volume, but I think Coleman seems safer, but I would also say that the touchdown upside probability has to be Brandon Lafell. I guess with the eight and a half point, you know, favorite that the Bengals are,

I think that the Browns will have to throw the ball. I mean, that's usually their case. So I, you know, I don't think the Bengals, the way that you've seen some of these last two games where, you know, they were down and having to throw, I don't think that will happen in this game to cause Brandelafel to be very valuable. This is kind of how I see it. Would that be like a 2414 game if things came true? Two touchdowns for Cleveland? Yes. I mean, math. Yeah. What about Duke Johnson? He's been targeted 60 times.

60 times. With him being banged up and the Bengals defense, I'm okay. But I'm okay with it. If you've been starting him, you probably keep starting him if he's active. If you haven't started him, I don't think this is a reason to start starting him. I'm continuing to start him for sure. I mean, he's just been, you know, if you're plugging in a flex play, he's as solid a floor type of guy as you can get from the Browns. And he runs.

On the ground, right? No levitating. Yes, but most of his work is done through the air. Oh, yeah. The Titans. They take on the Colts. The Colts are at home, 40 point over under. Colts are four and a half point underdogs. I think. Hey, look, you can play Frank Gorgon. Uh, yeah. Yeah. Sure. Sure you can. Mr. Simpson? Um, I think, I think the Titans are going to blow them out. Yeah, they probably will.

So I know you guys like Brissette as a possible streamer just because when he plays, he puts up fantasy points and he's going to be losing in this game, most likely. And the Titans are 20 seconds against the quarterback. Colts are a weird team, though. I mean, they put up that great performance against the Steelers a couple of weeks ago. I think the Titans, you start them all. Yes. But what does that mean at the wide receiver position? Because Mariotta, Murray, Delaney Walker's been good. Those three players, you can start with confidence against the Colts. I think this game, you start Richard Matthews, and you start.

Corey Davis. I would agree. And I would, even though I said them in that order, I would, if I had to pick one of those guys, I think this is the breakout game for Corey Davis. That's disheartening for me in my listener league. Somebody dropped Corey Davis in the listener league yesterday. And I put in my highest bid that I could. I did as well. I had zero dollars fab and I knew I wouldn't get him. I put in, I only had like five bucks. So I did not get him. So Dylan Duncan, shame on you. I used to like you. Dang it.