Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Week 13 Waivers, Streams of the Week, Mailbag

Well, I've got you selected a quarterback that makes a lot of people go to sleep. Yes, yes, I did. Yes, I did. This is not a super high ceiling guy, but I think this is a very safe streaming option this week, and that's Alex Smith. He's been a great streamer for years. Unfortunately, he hasn't been running a lot this season, which is usually what's helped him. But he plays Atlanta, and Atlanta should be able to score.

on Kansas City, which most teams lately have not been able to do. Atlanta is still the 32nd against quarterbacks for fantasy football. So if Atlanta has a lead, then you put Alex Smith in a position where he has to lead, you know, an offensive drive and score a touchdown, and you get to do it against the Atlanta defense. I think the game script is going to be one where you're going to get that 20 points out of Alex Smith.

I don't see him throwing a three touchdown, 300-yard game. No team has been worse against fantasy quarterbacks in the Atlanta Falcons. And that's why I'm going Alex Smith. I will say I'm very curious. The only thing I'll argue with, and it's not really an argument, just curious about Justin Houston was amazing. My goodness. Three sacks, played great, love that guy. Before he got hurt mid-game, I mean, I don't remember a half.

Where it was just that dominant. It was like, it was honestly the equivalent of the Denver Broncos playing against Justin Houston. Yeah, well, it was it. And it went both directions because Vaughn Miller was ridiculous. Yeah, the second half, it flipped. Just a reminder for people, when we're giving you a stream, we're looking for low ownership, quarterbacks to have good matchups this week. I'm going with Ryan Fitzpatrick. Yes, Ryan Fitzpatrick.

He's at home this week. He had his best game of the year last week with two touchdowns, I think 269 yards, somewhere right around there. He's at home against the 31st ranked defense against fantasy quarterback. So right next to Atlanta is the Indianapolis defense. Andrew Luck should be back. We know that he'll be able to put up points against New York. I think there's an opportunity here for Fitzpatrick to what I'll say.

Bortles, right? I think he has a chance to get some garbage time points in this matchup. I am personally, I'm going to go out there right now, assuming he goes through my waiver wire tomorrow. I'm going to play Ryan Fitzpatrick ahead of Cam Newton this week in my playoff battle in the listener league.

Now, saying that out loud means I probably won't get Ryan Fitzpatrick right now. No, this is what you do. You look him in the eye. You tell him this is what I'm going to do. Listen, I'm telling the listener league, I'm playing Ryan Fitzpatrick. I'm not playing Cam Newton against Seattle in Seattle after a loss. Okay, I just don't want any part of that. I'm playing Ryan Fitzpatrick on Monday night. All right. Sometimes there is a bold move cotton. Sometimes. Sometimes there is a ripe fruit. And it's right there at.

at hand level and you snatch it out of the tree. Yeah, let's see who, who, who, who, let's see if the listeners can guess who picked their streaming quarterback first. Colin Kaepernick. Look, he's the ripe fruit. Yeah. He is low hanging, he is. He is right now. He is succulent. Okay. Because Jason talked about this yesterday, this seventh best fantasy quarterback since taking the job. He's available on.

still the vast majority of waivers. Gets to take on Chicago. Talking of James Winston as a guy who could, you can potentially ride him through the playoffs. Colin Kaepernick looks like that as well. What's even better for Colin Kaepernick, it doesn't matter what the matchup is. There's garbage time available for Kaepernick. And he runs the ball over 100 yards on the ground. That's just unfathomable. I got to put you on the spot here.

Asking for a friend. Okay. All right. Kaepernick's been on fire. Yes. Andrew Luck's coming off a concussion against the jets in New York. Oh, my goodness. Do you stay in the flames of Kaepernick? Possibly out. Yeah. Do you stay in the flames of Kaepernick? I mean, look, last four weeks for Luck, 37, 25, 17, 25. Last four weeks for Kaepernick, 33, 28, 23, 43. What do you do? Oh, that's a good one. I've got my answer.

All right, you guys both think about your answer. And on the count of three, I want you to say the last name of the player you'd start. One, two, three. Kaepernick. Ah, great. Yes, we did. No help. Wow. Isn't this the funny world? We're talking about Kaepernick and Luck in the same sentence and we can't even come up with the same name. Ron Jaworski would be so proud. So I'll say this too. It didn't work out for Jason trying to quarterback block his opponent.

But if you have an extra spot on your roster and you're looking forward, I, Kaepernick is the kind of guy that I would grab him. If you were watching the video just now, this is a tough day. Jason is, he put his head down on the desk when he's talking. But anyways, Colin Kaepernick is a guy who I would block, or I would pick up just to make sure no one in the rest of my league could pick him up. Do you want to, I agree. Do you want to close the show out for us, Jason? Yeah.

Foot Clan, if you don't make the playoffs, if you don't win your championship, we're here for you. We're the every man. And even champs, champs gonna lose sometimes. No more champs gonna champ. Oh man, this stinks. Hey, if you are the champ, you can always go to fancy jocks.com, get your trophies. Apparently I got a trophy to fix because it's going to someone else. Goodbye. Goodbye.

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