Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 14 Waivers & QB Streamers, Flip-Flop Thoughts

You might want to grab them right now. The Detroit Lions will be at home versus those Chicago Bears. The bills get Miami, but once again, that's questionable with Peterman. And the Colts will be at home against Denver. Then championship week, Rams are on the road against the Titans, the Chargers. Me, these are pretty heavily owned guys, but lower-owned teams. Chicago Browns, week 16, which side would you guys want? Do you want the Chicago Bears?

Or do you want the Cleveland Browns? I'd rather have the Browns. Would you? Yeah, because Josh Gordon is throwing a little wrench in the potential circumstance there. Not that Cleveland's going to be amazing, but look, they take shots down the field. I want to throw this out there, too. Defenses, you need to watch, drop it like it's hot this week. Yes. Because people that are going to pick up these good matchups, if the Eagles hit the waiver wire this week, they get the Giants next week, okay?

They're fighting for a number one seed. So they're a team that nobody wants to play necessarily this week when they play the Rams, but they will be great next week against the Giants could get dropped, should pay attention to them. I think the Cardinals of a DST that's available in more than half of leagues, the Cardinals are looking pretty solid right now with the home game in week 14 against the Titans and then the home game championship week against the Giants.

I think that they're very interesting. If you didn't listen to me weeks ago, say, pick up the Baltimore Ravens. Okay. All right. Well, we're going to move on another drop-up like it's hot candidate. It might be the Panthers, by the way, so pay attention to them. Let's talk quarterbacks. Full stream ahead. All right. Last week, it was a two-man show. So we had Josh McCown, Case Keenum. Oh, Josh McCown. Lighten it up right now. Eleventh ranked fantasy quarterback on the year. He's only at 11? Yeah.

QB1. At 38? Yeah, 38 years young. Josh McCown is my stream of the week this week. Is you still available? I'm staying with him. Okay. Traveling to Denver. Denver is 22nd against the pass on the year. On the year now. This is Denver. Four touchdowns three, three, two, two over the last five weeks. I can do that math in my head. That's 14 touchdowns over the last five weeks. Jake.

Cutler just succeeded against them. In a big way. And Josh McCown, he's playing with a lot of heart. He's got a... Oh, that's what he is. He is. I mean, if you could see his actual characteristics, his heart is over 100%. Yeah, like if you were building a character in one of those video games. The last time we saw Josh McCown come in right after Jay Cutler, it worked out really well. Yeah, look. That's a stretch. That's... You are...

So are you referring to the Chicago Bears? I'm referring to the Chicago Bears where Josh McCown took over for that team. Yes, and he was awesome. And now you are using that logic to explain why a completely different team. Flip-flop thoughts from Jason Moore. Flip-flop thoughts. Thoughts from the beach. Thoughts from the beach with Jason. Hey, is it? Is it 40 degrees out there? I'm taking McCown. I actually love McCown. I have no problem with that. Denver is falling apart.

I have no problem with that at all. I'm going to go with the guy who was almost my start this past week, James Winston. Look, James Winston does some of the dumbest things on the football field I've ever seen. He did it last week. And you know what? He was still fine for fantasy. Did he help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win? Usually he doesn't. But that doesn't matter.

If you look at the season, he has the majority of his games where he's played, you know, the whole game, which is important, he has multiple touchdowns thrown. Last week, 270 yards, two touchdowns, and an absurd interception decision.

And you'll get those. You'll get those this week. But Detroit, this game is at home for James. It's against Detroit. The Lions against the quarterback, especially recently over the last six weeks, they have been the 29th best. 29th best. And I'll just say this. You get to follow it up by picking up Winston. He also follows it up at home against Atlanta.

the next week, which is, you know, over the last six weeks, the 26 best. So I like Winston. He's available in the majority of leagues. I would grab them. There's a lot of good stream candidates this week. Not my official streamer, but Jimmy Garoppolo gets to take on the Houston Texans, Deshaun Kaiser. And look, regardless of what you think of Kaiser's play as an NFL quarterback, he's fantastic for fantasy. Tyra Taylor?

If he plays against Indies. I don't think he's going to play. See, I do think he plays. Hmm. But to each the room. But Kaiser, uh, and my official streaming this week is the blonde bombshell, Blaine Gabbert at home against the Tennessee Titans. So he's home. He gets that, uh, you know, that home. Larry Fitzgerald action. Jason's new favorite player in the NFL, Ricky Seals Jones. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Catching some touchdowns. I think that he is a.

a great choice this week. And then if you want to hold on to him, he gets the Giants in championship week. It's going to be amazing. Ladies and gentlemen, when Blaine Gabbert and Blake Bortles, both of them, win people fantasy championships this year. It will warm my heart. Happens every year. Those are our quarterback streamers this week. We are going to take a second and get into the mailbag. Oh, Mike. Hey, hi. Let's do it.

Mailbag. Mailbag. Oh, yeah! You play to win the game. All right. Mailbag time. If you have a question, go to the website. The Fantasy Footballers.com. You can also hit Twitter at the FFB or dial our voicemail hotline 302-464 TFFB. This one comes in from Sean in Erie, Pennsylvania. Is it Erie or is it Airy? It's feeling iry.

Yeah, it's one of those. Through the fantasy playoffs, should some consideration be given to teams still playing for their playoffs versus teams who are out of contention. Example, I own Evan Ingram and Delaney Walker at tight end. Most would say play Ingram, but Tennessee is still playing to advance. In other words, Ingram or Walker. You're talking real life. He says cookie, butter, or oils are the best. I have not tried those yet, but I did.

I imagine they're good. That sounds like something that needs to happen soon is the trial of that cookie. Aside from that, I always take into, I mean, when you look at... They're cookie butter cookies? Yes. Sounds delicious. I heard you like cookies. In your cookies. No dog. Sorry. I heard you like cookies in your cookies. And you were correct, so yes. Put your pizza in your pizza. All right.

Yeah, I mean, look, when you're standing out players and you're looking at the defenses and the cornerbacks and the wide receivers, you know, you try to take in everything into account. One of those things is, what is this team playing for? What are the, you know, are there good vibes or bad vibes with the team? So like the Denver Broncos right now, they're collapsing and falling apart. They're out of the run. It makes me fearful to play.

virtually anybody, especially at the running back position. We thought, oh, it was going to be Devante Booker. They're going to look for the future, but they just have no idea what they're doing right now. That's what it seems like. So my point is, when I take a look at is a team playing to win or are they out of the running, the vibes, I take that into consideration. Do you guys? I agree with you only in the extremes. So I, you know, a situation like Evan Ingram, for example,

Look, I'd probably play Delaney Walker over him, but you heard news of Walker's ankle injury this week. Evan Ingram's a young player. They're trying to get more and more involved and established. I'm not concerned there. He's not the extreme case for me. Right. Mike is nodding his head. Yeah, I completely agree. Engram's a rookie. They're getting him experience for next year. And Eli Manning is playing for a job for next year. That being said, I just realized that Brooks has hung an AJ green jersey on the wall today. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Is that to rub in the fact that he needed one catch? He's so nasty. One catch Brooks to get the by week or the fact that you owned him on your team that beat me and made me 12 and 1 instead of 13 and 0. That's the reason. I like that also you're fired. Andy is so disappointed in AJ Green's what was a hundred yard two touchdown game or whatever. I will say this. I should have been 161 and two at three. Yeah, I tweeted out someone said that to me and I know you were on tilt from.

from not getting a reception the entire second half. And so I tweeted out, yeah, there's a lot of people upset with this. My goodness, the response was universal. Everyone responded to that tweet going, dude, if you needed more, you didn't deserve to win. Let me say that here's literally what happened in my house last night. I was upstairs watching the game in my office. And my wife was downstairs and the kids were down there. They got put to bed. And my wife was kind of like,

beat and she wanted to watch a show or something and i was like you know what babe as soon as i get this a j green thing figured out i'll watch the highlights i'll tape it watch the second half i'm upstairs they throw the bomb i don't see the flag throw the third touchdown the third touchdown i turn the tv off upstairs i come downstairs and i'm like i've got a pep in my step and i'm like

Got the bye week. I come downstairs. I tell my wife, she's asking about Ryan Chazir because she had heard about the injury. And I go, yeah, you want to watch a show? Let me just turn the TV on downstairs and we'll watch a television program. And I look, and there's no points. Yeah. And then I had to watch. AJ Green ruined the night for my wife because I had to watch the rest of that game then waiting for that touchdown. Thanks, AJ Green. Yeah. All right, Armand in Long Beach. Drop Doug Martin and try to pick up Mike Davis.

That's a great question. I would do that. I've had this question fielded a lot, and yes, I agree. I would. Yeah, I would do it too. Matthew and San Francisco, is it time to drop Devante Parker for the playoffs? Yep. It's certainly not time to start him in the playoffs. And that's exactly the point is at this time, you need those extra defenses. You need a handcuff. You need to be prepared for future weeks. You need to steal people away from your opponents. You're not playing Parker. Yeah, you're not going to play Parker. If he has a great game, whatever.

Yeah, I would agree. Those are the type of players. You move on. You utilize their roster spot. Ken and Philly. I have Philip Rivers as my QB1 and my opponent has Keenan Allen. Do I go for James Winston on the waivers or is it too risky due to his injury? Should I go for a different quarterback on the waivers? No, you just have to suck it up and you play the better quarterback. It doesn't matter. That's the reality. It's perception. If you look at Rivers and you think he's a 30-point quarterback this week and Rivers is a 20-point quarterback,

It doesn't help you if Rivers scores 30 not on your team. Right. You know, it's 10 less points. You just hope that he finds Mike Williams or Hunter Henry or Melvin Gordon. Exactly. You play the best player. Yep. Yeah, that being said, do you really? Who's Rivers take on? I do not know. Yeah, Rivers is at home against Washington. Yeah, I play Rivers. He's on fire. Yeah, I would play Rivers too. They're going to win that division, by the way. See, I'm just throwing this out there. My rankings will probably be.

I'll bet they're back to back in my rankings when all is said and done. And when they're back... Because I was high on... If they're back to back, I don't mind you making the pick on Winston. That was the point I was going to say. Because you want highest possible upside. And the best case scenario, right? If Keenan Allen has a terrible week, it's likely that hurts Philip Rivers. Right. So you want the possibility of Allen having a terrible week and Winston having a big week. So for me, if they're back to back, I'm going to go with...

what the guy I just considered to be the safer play. James Winston at this point reminds me of, you know the scene in the Goonies or Andy doesn't because he has not seen the Goonies. He's not a true American. But you know at the beginning of the movie, they know, they want this map open. They want this picture frame open. Don't spoil it. They say, okay. Time is. So they give this picture frame to chunk because they know.

He's going to drop it. He's going to ruin things. So if we, if you have, that's what you see. If you have Rivers and Winston back to back, I'm going to go with the guy that I don't think is going to drop my picture frame. Yeah. I guess I'm just going to go with my stream of the week. Because you can't stream Phillip Rivers. By the way, there is a 33 year rule for spoilers. And we're not there yet for Goonies. It's only about 32 years old. I can't believe you didn't see the Goonies.

I just didn't see the Goonies. I mean... But it's... The magic is gone. You cannot watch it as a child. For you guys. It's still going to be interesting and entertaining for you. But the magic of the Goonies as a child... The judge is shaking his head. It's not worth watching now, Andy, at all. I mean, I mean, I didn't watch it growing up. But when I went back and tried to watch it. That's what happened. It's not my... It's terrible. Blame my parents, man. We just didn't, they didn't rent it. You have...