Week 13 Matchups, In-or-Out, The Great Fog

He's got a little bit of the LeBron situation. What's that? Well, just, you know. LeBron gives it all. LeBron gives it all, but he kind of runs things. And LeBron, like, it's happening right now with head coach Luke Walton, where LeBron doesn't look to the bench. Head coach LeBron? Head coach LeBron. Like, Luke Walton just lets him call the game because what are you going to do? I would.

I would too. That's called being a good coach. Well, and that's where McCarthy. Who's going to coach? Yeah, if I was McCarthy, I'd say, all right, Rogers, what are you going to do? And then in the media, Peyton Manning wasn't the offensive coordinator everywhere he was. But then in the media, you blow it up. Be like, Aaron Rogers has proven so much. We're actually upping his responsibility. We're giving him full autonomy to call plays. And then when things fall apart, you just point.

Like Aaron Rogers' fault. Yeah. That's the only thing that's going to save McCarthy. Danny Mandola, in or out? Did not practice, Wednesday. Thursday. I'm going out. Evan Ingram. Out. I think he's going to be out for sure. Yeah. Agreed. All right. Without further ado, let's hop into the forecast. Fantasy forecast. Well, the eight and three bears traveled to New York to take on the three and eight giants. Huh. Huh. Huh. Oh.

Andy's almost upset of the week. Mrs. Daniel is really upset with you right now. Picking on her boy. This was not my, Brooks. You can attest to this. This is not the one I told you to pick out for me. But the heart ones with the heart ones. And the Giants are four-point underdogs at home against Chase Daniel. They've been playing well. They've been playing well. They almost beat Philly last week. I don't, they're going to break through. Like Odell Beckham Jr. in Sequin.

We'll do enough on off. Like 21, 20. That's the final score. So almost beating Philly. And Philly has been bad for weeks. Yeah, but they almost. That gives you the confidence that they're going to beat the eight and three bears who have been outstanding. Almost beat. Yeah. It's a person. Okay. Almost upset. 2120. I don't know who's on top. 2120. 44.5. Point over under Chase Daniel back at quarterback for the Chicago Bears.

That depletes your confidence in pretty much everybody on the Bears' offense. Not because Chase Daniel is incapable. Don't get me wrong, Bears fans. He's fine. But he's a backup. But he's a backup, and you just don't know where his, you know, who he favors, what the game plan is going to be. The head coach is probably going to go out there. Matt Nagy, smart guy. He's going to figure out where to exploit.

the Giants defense and he's going to do it. And you just don't have as much confidence in Alan Robinson being that guy or Anthony Miller or Taylor Gabriel. It'll probably be one of them. They are exploitable at the running back position. 25 against fantasy running backs on the season in the last six weeks. And that's what I was going to bring up because I'm not talking about Jordan Howard. I'm not inflating those tires anymore. They're done. They're ragged. There's nails in them. I don't know.

No, but Tariq Cohen is incredibly interesting. Jason. Jordan Howard fanboy. How's it going over there? It's not going well, Mike. Jordan Howard. Not great, Bob. Put it this way. I have a very important dynasty matchup this week against you, Mike, and I have Jordan Howard on my team. Are you happy about that? I am not happy. He is currently not in my roster. So Fookland, these are two players. Wait, he's not in your lineup?

As of right now, I have Theo. I have Theo Riddick and Dion Lewis ahead in the lineup over Jordan Howard. I am debating it, but I am not happy. Wow. What is going on over here? Andy is just stared down. Brooks. Brooks is well. I'm getting the stink eye from Andy. Is this for the matchup or Jordan Howard related? Maybe Tareke Cohen related.

Oh, Brooks has Cohen. Tariq Cohen, and he's the one player I like from that offense this week. And I just want you to know, I disapprove of the fact you have him and are playing him. I smirked and perked up when you said that. Yeah, I noticed. That's why you got the stink on. Eli Manning, Sequin, Barclay, O'Dell Beckham and Company. Look, Barclay and Beckham, they're always in. How do you feel about Sterling Shepard against the Bears? Not good. And then Rhett Ellison? He would have sneaky.

appeal if it wasn't the bears if it wasn't the bears who are very strong against fantasy tight ends uh did you guys i see i was staring brooks down for a long period of time did you guys talk about tray boo boo at all nope do people just try not to talk about him right now yes just kind of like hold your nose and play him he's like the uh he's like the like a family member that you just you try not to talk about right but they have to come to think yeah but they're there they'll be there yeah

And yeah, he's a back end tight in one. I mean, if you look at last, we have a one game sample with Chase Daniel playing last Thanksgiving, this past Thanksgiving, also known as last week. And you had Burton with four receptions, you know, which was more than Alan Robinson. Taylor Gabriel was really the seemingly the primary target. He had seven for 49. Yeah, I mean, I don't know who you could possibly trust.

It's not an issue. You said it well, and it's not that Chase Daniels bad. It's that you don't know who you could trust in such an important week to actually start. And his floor, because he's the backup, is low. So there is a world where he just can't do anything on offense. I mean, it started that way last week. It did not look good for Chicago. He found it, but...

They're still a world where they score three points. Who's a better defense? The Detroit Lions or the New York Giants? This week? The Giants. Just a general because they played the Lions last week. The Giants. Yeah. Hmm. Yeah. Okay. And my act. A little shout out to Maddie P. The 6 and 5 Panthers take on the 4 and 7 Buccaneers. We're going to get into the fantasy forecast. Before we do that, I want to thank Pristine Auction for sponsoring today's podcast. One of our longest term partners.

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And enter the code Footballer's 60. It's like receiving six meals free when you go to Hellafresh.com slash Footballer 60 and enter code Footballers 60. All right, the 6 and 5 5 Panthers travel to Tampa to take on the 4 and 7 Buccaneers are 3.5 point home underdogs. This game's over under is 54.5 from what I understand that rounds up. That is a, look, it's a great line. It's a great game. You're starting, Cam Nude.

You're starting, James. Oh, you are booty scooting for sure. You are booty scooting. You are starting Christian McCaffrey. You're starting. DJ Moore is my start of the week. Yeah, DJ Moore himself. Greg, Wicka, Wicka. Oh, no. Oh, no, we did not go to the Wicca Wicca. Oh, yeah. He is a budget wedding DJ. Just for the record. I do my own beatboxing. No, you're the wedding DJ. Wow. Wow, that's you DJing.

and you heaving sounds very similar. All I know is when I DJ my glasses fog. This is a fact. Yeah, no doubt about it. Because you bring the heat. He's a red giant. Goodness gracious. You ever been at a wedding where the DJ tries to be a little too involved? Oh, yeah. You know what I mean? Like a good DJ fades into the background. A bad DJ wants to get everybody going. It's his show. It's his show. His.

family comes to these weddings. You know, it's like, oh, to watch him DJ. I think he would do that, Jason. Oh, you're darn right. I would. Come see DJ more. I can't see anything. He's fully fogged over. Go to the Jason camp. Just full fog.

How do you build heat over time after working out? It's been an hour and a half. I think I moved up to a class four. Oh my goodness. This man. I can see better without glasses. I mean, it's cold in this room. Yes, it is. It's 62 degrees in here and you're on fire. You're covered in sweat, man. Yeah. You're an amazing man. Did you have a steak? I worked hard. I worked hard at the gym trying to get it.

Fit, get right. But wasn't that like two hours ago? It was a while. It was a minute ago, yeah. All right. All right. Mike Evans, he's in. Yep. What do you think of Peyton Barber in this matchup against Carolina? This is, I mean, a 55 point over under. The Panthers defense, the only shining spot has been against the running back position. Peyton Barber's been tough to trust, but he's giving you surprising games. How do you feel about Peyton Barber? He was 11 for 31 against the same Carolina defense in week nine.

Yeah, I don't love Barber here. I realize it's a huge over-under and they're at home. Usually those two things stack up well. The matchup isn't that great. I think this turns into more of a shootout. Now, you can start him. He's got back-to-back 18 carry weeks. They're clearly going to give him the ball, but I'm not excited. I don't think his upside is, you know, I don't think he's got the potential to be a top 15 back. If you had Peyton Barber on your dynasty team.

Would you be playing him over Jordan Howard? Yes, I would. I would 100% be playing Peyton Barber over Jordan. Volume? Yeah, it's just, it's a lot of things. At some point, Brooks, maybe, you know, in the offseason, we need to do a dynasty segment of players gone wrong because the perception of certain players in dynasty at the beginning of this year and what you thought you had for the next 10 years and what you actually have. Yeah.

It's like bait and switch. That's what we'll call the segment, bait and switch. You know who Jordan Howard is? Bitcoin. So he's going to come back? I thought you were going to say Eddie Lacey. No, no, Jordan Howard. Bitcoin. The bubble bursts. Yeah. It's the problem. You thought you had something. These two teams played each other in Week 9, Carolina won 42, 28, but Ryan Fitzpatrick threw four touchdowns against this defense. Winston.

You got to start in this week. Yep. If Deshaun Jackson is out, which we do not know, I mean, he's been practicing. But not catching football as well. Yeah, he's not catching the ball while he practices. He's got a brace on his hand, much like the Jimmy Graham brace. If he was out of the way, it'd be a lot easier to project Humphreys and Godwin. But you can probably look at them if you need a dart throw regardless. I agree. I think Humphreys and Godwin, even if Deshaun...

Jackson is out there. I'm willing to start them. I mean, the Panthers have not been great against wide receivers. They're 23rd on the year, 23rd in the last six weeks. And there's going to be a lot of yards thrown around here. And, you know, and I love Cameron Bray as well because, you know, I brought this up. The Panthers are the worst in the league or among the worst in the league against the tight end position. So I'm, and that's.

Obviously, all of those things factor into Jamis. Jamis right now is the top five quarterback this week. Something else to mention. I mean, we brought him up early in the week, maybe Tuesday, Curtis Samuel. He plays 92% out of the slot out of the slot. And Tampa gives up the most points to slot-wide receivers. So keep him in mind, if Funches is out. Yeah, I was just going to say. Curtis, if he's healthy, I mean, he's very sneaky. It's also about.