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

I think it's between me and him for the buy. Uh-oh. Stupid Dylan. Uh, Dylan Duncan, uh, he played, what? He only paid four bucks? Hmm, someone didn't put all five dollars in, huh? My bid is gone. But I do. Oh, no! I don't think I ever saved it. Oh! I would have had him. I thought I put five dollars in. Yes, that's it. You didn't save it. Judge, judge, do I have any recourse in this situation? Can you let me know, please? Sorry, Andy. User error.

User error. That'll get you. Here, hot tip, fantasy tips. Fantasy tips. Press the save button when you put in your waiver claims. It might say submit. Sometimes I do those things just to give you an example. Right. I'm modeling what not to do. All right. So you start your Tennessee Titans. You know, you're not going to start Derek Henry or would you be willing to start Derek Henry in this game? Yeah, I would not either. But you start Marcus Marriota. Should have a great game. Start Murray.

Start Matthews, start Corey Davis, and start Delaney Walker. But let's talk on the other side of the ball. Mike and I, we both agree Jacoby Brissette. Although we'll bring up that, of course, was that most of it was that massive run at the end. But Derek Henry did, his big game was against the Colts. A lot of people's big game is against the Colts. You like T.Y. Hilton. Oh, yeah. I do. I like him a lot. I like Hilton. And I am the resident T.Y. Hilton. I think there's a lot of people that don't know who said yes.

Well, both of us did. Oh, you both like him? Yes. And Mike, you have them as a starting of the week? Nope. Jason? Yep. All right. I knew one of you did. Talk about him shortly. We're going to break up the matchups, by the way. Right in the middle, we're going to do starts of the week for this week, and then we'll get into the other matchups. We're going to do a couple more before we do that. The bills take on the Chiefs, Tyrod Taylor, once again behind center. LaShawn McQuino, questions. Had a great week last week. Get them out there.

Don't think Calvin Benjamin is going to play for me. It's Zay Jones. I really like Zay Jones as a streaming option this week against the Chiefs 22nd ranked past defense. I'm sorry, 30 second ranked. Against the wide receiver, yeah. Against the wide receiver position. That's bad. Somebody, you know what? Talk to people right now. Talk to people about Kareem Hunt. Talk to them. I want to talk to Andy Reed. Just give people the, they need some help because here's what happened.

You came out and you drafted Kareem Hunt after we told you to, hopefully, in the third or fourth round. And you were just a man about town. I mean, you were on the float waving to everybody as your fantasy points dripped down onto your league mates. You felt like Danny Zucco. Yeah. But now you're having to endure.

some disappointment and frustration. And you just, I think a lot of people in fantasy, when that happens, they just want to do something. They want to make a change. They want to make a trade. They want to make a start-sit decision. You get people right, even three weeks ago. Well, do I start playing this guy over him now, even though Hunt is still outperforming? Talk to them, guys. Calm them down. Do you need music? Look, here's how we can calm you down. The issue that we were seeing with Cream Hunt was that he was on the field less.

He was not getting the carries. Two weeks ago, it was the biggest scare, right? Nine total carries in the game seems outlandish. Seems insane. And it was exactly the fear that Andy brought up with what we've seen before from this coaching staff. And so Kareem Hunt comes out this last week and has a subpar game. But in reality, this was he had 18 carries, which you can't ask for more than 18 carries.

I mean, sure, you can be happy, but you can't ask for more. Plus, he got three receptions. It didn't turn out that great. And honestly, he has not been as good as he was in the beginning of the year. We've seen this with rookies in the past where they hit a rookie wall. That being said, an ailment can be cured with the right matchup. And yes, the New York Giants appeared like they were a bad matchup, but Andy, you brought this up that they played.

you know, a lot different last week after that coach meeting. Mike, you brought up the weather. Here, we have the Buffalo Bills who made that mid-season trade sending one of their best run defenders to Jacksonville, and both teams have completely turned around. Real quick, I just want to give you perspective on the bills. Last two weeks, you combine the points they've given up. It's over 100 points. Jacksonville has given up 97 points in the last eight weeks.

That's the Bill's defense right now. Yeah, that's the Bill's defense that allowed. How many rushing attempts was it in a row that the New Orleans Saints were 24? 24 rushing attempts in a row because it's like, oh, this works. Let's just keep doing this. But will Andy Reid do that? The last. Or will he go, well, it's working. I better throw the ball. Do you think Andy Reid thinks that passes are runs and runs are passes? Maybe. Like just from a like vocabulary standpoint. So he always watches these games and is like, oh, man, they passed it 22 straight times against.

Well, I got to do that. So the last three games, here's the yardage that the Buffalo Bills have given up two running backs on the ground. 181 yards. Decent. 294 yards. Okay. 139 yards. All right. That's great. Now, here's the touchdowns they've given up in those three games. Just on the ground. Two? Five. Two. Karim Hunt is a great play this week. He's got the volume. Does he break the touchdown?

Yeah, I mean, I think he does break the touchdown drought. Drought. Drought, that's the word. That's the word I was looking for. And if he doesn't, if he comes out and disappoints, you're still going to be fine. He's not going to disappoint with four fantasy points. He's going to disappoint you with 10 and be like, man, and then you'll be worried about next week, but you'll probably have still been able to compete in your matchup and win. Just a reminder, all of our rankings for the upcoming week. Going to be on the website today.

Medal of rankings. By the time you hear this with how long the podcast already is, the rankings might even be up. It's possible. It's possible. But let's talk about Alex Smith. Are you starting him no matter what this week? Are you going to have to make some decisions here? He'll be a top 12 quarterback, so yeah, I'm starting him. You like Rivers against Dallas? That's an excellent question. It is. I mean, that's a really tough.

Because the matchup is... I think I play Alex Smith. Oh, man. At home? I think I play Alex Smith at home. Yeah, I think I would as well. Would you play him over Matt Ryan against Tampa? No, I love Matt Ryan. Did you play him over Drew Breeze against the Rams on the road? I think I'd probably play him at home over Breeze. Oh, yeah? Yeah, I would. Oh, man. I feel like I'd love to... You're wanting to put the... He's got the finger up towards the water bet button. I kind of want to... It looks too late.

Waterbed. No, no, no, that was inadvertent. I'm not trying to back you into it. That was inadvertent. Well, you inadvertently backed me into it because I agree. Okay. I just want to kind of root- It's already in the blockchain, man. Oh, yeah. It's secure. It's already in the block. Sorry. Completely secure. Ferry. Kelsey was the one player that actually did perform in that weird match against the Giants last week. You're obviously playing him. And look, we can.

We can move on from this matchup. I think we covered all the relevant pieces. Tyree Kill, I mean. Tyree Kill is you have to play him every week. This is the life. We talked about him on the show yesterday. It's not been as bad as you feel like it has been. He actually, you know, we had talked about the good week, bad week. He's double digits the last two weeks in a row. Oh, no, two bad weeks. No, that was the bye week in between, right? No, I mean, like back-to-back weeks. He's actually had.

double digit points. I mean, he's actually, he's had no dead weeks. It wasn't just the by week. Nope, you're right. Yeah, so we're, but that's what we had talked about. We said that the by week was the bad week. Yeah, so that means this week. Oh, oh. Oh, great. No, he should be fine. And we did mention this earlier, but in this matchup, Charles Clay, you can, you could definitely start Charles Clay with Tyrod playing. All right. One more matchup before starts of the week.

The Dolphins, take on the Patriots. Oh, man, I was curious about the line. Yeah, me too. What would Vegas say they would win by? Now, this is the betting line, not what they think, but, like, just the average probability. I'm going to give people a second to come up with it in their mind. So, like, is it more than a touchdown? Do you think it's like seven and a half? Is it more than two touchdowns? Is it, yeah, is it 12? 14. That would be insane. Think about it in your head right now. Brooks, you already know what it is, right?

Yeah, I almost quizzed you guys yesterday because I had the same reaction. 16 and a half points. This is old school Patriots. Remember when they had to set the lines, the rainy moss year when Tom Brady had the 50 touchdowns. And they kept doing this. Are you guys willing? And they would cover. Last week, you guys had me, you guys bet me, both of you versus me, I bet that the dolphins wouldn't get to 17 points. 17 points. I said 17 was over and they scored 20.

Are you willing to double or nothing me on the 17 points in this? No, because I'm watering you today. Yeah, and the Patriots have been. You're going to your feast just with soggy bottoms. The Patriots defense did what we said they would eventually do this year. In the beginning when they were just the worst, we said there's no way they don't turn this around by the end, but you just have to wait until it's official. It's official. It's official, okay? The Patriots defense is good. Is that the turduckin?

Is it ready? Yeah, well, the Turduckin, usually that bell has gone off hours ago and you forgot about it. I know your house is burned down. It's been terrible. Happy Thanksgiving. Absolutely terrible for Miami's offense. The defense, if you listen to the show yesterday, we talked about the points given up by the Patriots over the last five weeks. It hasn't been a lot. I don't think they've given up 20 points at all in the last five weeks. So you can double check that, but it's been real low. And...

They're on fire offensively right now, Brady and Lewis, Brandon Cook. Who's your favorite running back of the week? Deanne Lewis. Okay. Yeah, I like the, I mean, the volume has now swung so high in his favor that I'm willing to throw Deon Lewis out there, especially against the dolphins. And, you know, if I have to pick between Drake and Damian Williams on that side, I guess you go Williams. Oh, you got to go Damian Williams. I think that for the dolphins, the, it depends on if Matt Moore is in, then you, I mean.

You have no choice. You have to have confidence in Kenny Stills. That's just the way that the world works. That's what I'm going to say. If Matt Moore's in, you know you're starting Landry because Landry's an auto start. So then what do you do with Devante Parker now? Can you not be started if it's Matt Moore? He can still be started. Legally, yeah. But I would prefer Jarvis or Kenny Stills over Parker. Just to speak to the Patriots because you brought that up. So last week they gave up eight points to the high scoring Raiders.

They gave up 16 to the Broncos the week before that. 13 to the Chargers, which is a pretty good offense the week before that. Seven to the Atlanta Falcons the week prior to that. 17 to the Jets. 14 to the Patriots. So you're talking about the last... They gave up 14 points to themselves? To the Buccaneers. It was a mere match. So you're talking about six games in a row here. Boyer versus Brady. Where...

The opposing team has not got 20 points, and most of the time they're under 14. All right. Other storylines from this game, guys, other decisions fantasy owners are trying to make. Rex Burkhead, Danny Mandola. Even Martellas Bennett has been. Yeah, no thanks. Yeah, I would say no thanks on Martellis. I just tried. No, but Amandola is, I mean, he's all over the place, but because he siphoned Gronk's points, right? I mean, Amandola had the big game. Gronk did not. So I don't.

I would still put my chips on grunk siphoning the points. So. Well, the dolphins are also very poor against tight ends. There's the 28th team against titans. So, yeah, I agree with you that Amandola is less exciting because gronk should get it done. If it comes out that somehow Chris Hogan does play, do you automatically put them in your starting? Absolutely. Yeah, I would too. I would too. All right, we are, we're going to press the pause button, guys. I have a little something special I want to tell you about. Look.

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