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

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Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Ah, welcome in. Whoa! It's Friday, Mike. That one was hot. I never know what volume level I'm going to be at until it happened. I apologize to everybody who can't handle it. No, no. No, that wasn't 11, though. That was amazing. I mean, you not knowing your own volume speaks straight to my heart. I feel like I never know what is about...

To come out of my mouth. I'm having trouble controlling the volume of my voice. Or what has already come out of my mouth. Well, I mean, it fits that we do not know because who knew what was going to happen last night. I mean, what a surprising game. I remember asking on the show, I said, do you believe it's possible that the Cowboys can steal this game? And I believe you said, no, it is not possible. But football makes all things possible because you just, you know.

You have 11 on 11. And sometimes, I mean, that Dallas defense last night, it showed. They were legit. And that was, I feel like they found the cheat code on Drew Breeze. I really do. They got interior pressure on him. He couldn't step up in the pocket. It wasn't just Drew Breeze, though. It was the running game as well. I mean, Camara and Ingram were both incredibly inefficient, unable to get any big plays going.

The timing of that performance sucks or fantasy. People trying to get in, make the playoffs. You rode those guys, Camara, Breeze, Michael Thomas, and you should have played Kirkwood. Well, in fairness. I think the timing might be better than you think. Because if you rode those guys, maybe you're in. Maybe. Maybe you're not. Now, you're scared because you didn't think this was possible.

Yeah, much better this week than next week. But it's not the fantasy playoffs for most people. Fair. Yeah, the best play of the game for the Saints. Obviously, the touchdown was the Treyquan Smith deep target that Keith Kirkwood stole and got the touchdown. If I played in the NFL, that's like, yeah. That's not a bad strategy. If you were a low level wide receiver and you just running after Antonio Brown, you know that they're going to send Brown on a nine route just, I'm going there too.

I happen to run my route right in front of you, Mr. Brown. Yeah, it was the, I believe it was the lowest yards for the Saints since 2001. Wow. That's also probably, I mean, Treyquan Smith has to be in the annals of hate for fantasy owners because this is the second time that they have, people have started him. Yeah. And last night, you probably forced him in your lineup with the fact he was active and off the injury report. Off the injury report. And.

This would have been the second time that people played him and got a goose, a full-on zero. Oof. So, look, some things, some takeaways from last night's game. Fantasy-wise, Jason and I were looking at this in the office. He was reading the snap counts for me. Benjamin Watson's been phased out of this offense in a lot of ways. Josh Hills out there blocking on 70% of snaps. Benjamin Watson's snap counts down to the 30s. And, you know.

Dan Arnold. The postman? Yeah, the postman himself. He almost delivered. He did. He almost had a touchdown up the seam and then fumbled. And then they wasted the, maybe you could argue, they wasted their challenge there. And they could have used the challenge on the Beasley play at the end of the game. Oh, they definitely could have. But I think Arnold's interesting. I think you can look at him because they're targeting him intentionally. And when you have an emerging player, I don't know.

He'd be interesting to look at. Nope. Don't hate it. Zeke was Zeke, 23 for 76. Didn't get a lot going on the ground, but the Saints have been great against the run, but in the passing game, six for 60 and it touched him. All the fantasy owners both happy and so angry that at the end of the game on the first and goal from the one yard line because of the poor clock management, the rarity from Sean Peyton, that they kneeled it out and Zeke was denied that final touching. Amari Cooper.

Look, he didn't have the game that you were hoping for, but he was fine. He was very good. I mean, eight for 75, the clear cut number one. And, you know, this is where I was afraid because it's Amari Cooper that is you going to go out there and have a two for 14. This is a new Cooper. It is. It is. And I think you can trust Amari Cooper right now. Yeah, I agree. Not a great game from, you know, DAC in terms of fantasy production. Not a great game from Breeze, obviously. Breeze, Camara, Ingram.

Thomas, Camara saved you in a PPR, eight receptions, obviously, but it was an off game for the Saints all the way through. It's tough, but we move on. It's Friday. Foot Clan Friday. All right, today's Foot Clan Friday winner is Frank Overland. Frank. Oh, Frank! Thank you so much for supporting the show at Jointhefoot.com.

It's where over 7,000 listeners support this podcast, this independent fantasy football year-round podcast. Keep it powered up. And we give him a $55. $55. Not even a mouthful of water to stop me. Mike was mid-drink, and he didn't even bother swallowing before he let the 55 go. Nope, I just pooled it in the bottom of my mouth. Last night was all about 55, Mr. Banderec. Bandresh. Where are they going to put Sean Lee when he comes back?

I mean, yeah. On the back, if you play him on the back of Vandrex, not on the back. You can, you just put him right on his neck. Yeah, he's got the protection. That neck is amazing. You're really into his neck. I, look, there's not many necks that I've seen. Well, just imagine how tall he would be if he's riding chicken up on the shoulders. I mean, the swatted balls, there's no deep balls. Well, you can bat him down. The rule is you can play as many people on the shoulders of another.

It counts as one person. It's the old trench coat rule. Two feet on the ground. You have to have the trench coat on, though. I mean, that is. For sure. Otherwise, you can tell it's two. Look how tall Sean Lee is. With the legs of Vanderas. Twitter.com slash the fantasy footballers. Follow us on there. We're on YouTube, Instagram. Subscribe on Apple Podcast. Wherever you're listening, we appreciate your reviews. And we're going to get back into.

Well, we'll get into in and out. We'll talk through some of the injuries for your fantasy teams, and then we'll get into the rest of the fantasy forecast. Got my almost up set on the show today. We've got daily dose. It'll be a wonderful Friday. Oh. Let's talk injuries. What's it going to be me fly? Are you in or out? All right. Let's fly through these in or out. Sam Darnel. Yeah, speaking of flying through them, he was limited on Thursday.

think he'll sit one more. But also, who cares? I agree. Running backs, Gus Edwards. He returned to practice, so he's on track to play. Him and Alex Collins will both play. Marlon Mack? Actually, a full participant in the concussion protocol, so trending upwards. Carry on. No. No, Karen's out. But the Marlon Mac news is pretty big. If he was full participant, I mean, he's going to, he should be cleared. Do you like him, though?

Because we talked a little bit about the difficulty of traveling, what, Jacksonville? Yeah, it's not the best matchup. But if he's a full participant, I think he continues the pace he's been on. And yeah, he's, he's all right. For the YouTubers, I can't stop chuckling over here because Jason's fresh off of a hefty workout where he worked him to the bone and a hot shower in his glasses. Oh, I'll just keep fogging up forever.

I can't handle it. Why don't you do the, like, tip of your nose? You look really smart. Oh, yeah. The librarian. Does that, they still fog up? You give off that much heat? Dude, I run hot. You're like a class three star. Yeah, I am. I don't even know what that means. I don't either. I have no idea. I thought there was some... Some scientific term I didn't know. No, no, no. He's a red giant. That's what he is. There you go. There you go. Um...

You look both smart and stupid at the same time. That's kind of my cup of tea. That is your wheelhouse. Oh, wide receiver. Stefan Diggs, in or out. Did not practice Wednesday or Thursday, but. He's expected to play. I think he's going to be in. T.Y. Hilton? He was expected to play instead he was going to play a couple weeks ago and did not. So be prepared. Hilton, I think, will play. Emmanuel Sanders? He will play. AJ Green? In or out.

I'm going to go out. I think most people are going in. He's trending in. Limited practice Wednesday and Thursday. What's your call? Yeah, what's your in or out? In. Markies Goodwin? Real quick. What's your call on that, Andy? In. Okay. Markies Goodwin, in or out? It's weird. It's a personal. I tried to find more information on this. There's some personal reason he was given last week off. I assumed there had been.

You know, usually this is like there's a death in the family. You go to take care of something like this. And I can't find any information. But to have a multi-week personal reason. Hopefully, everything's all right. I would have to imagine out. Dealing with family matters again, excuse from practice. Devin Funches, Curtis, Samuel, both could affect DJ Moore. DJ more playing the hits. Oh, why is that DJ? That was Marne Miller. Don't steal my riff.

Get out of here. Look, he's a very limited DJ. He's got a couple that he plays. I think Devin Funches and Curtis Samuel will both be in. Agreed. He plays that and just all Phil Collins. The rest is Phil Collins. Look, I'm cool with Phil Collins. Any Phil. A little sous studio. Uh-huh. Sammy Watkins. Peter Gabriel, too. He plays a little Peter. Oh, yeah. You're talking about my jams right now. I know. Sammy Watkins' foot injury did not practice. Wednesday, Thursday. In or out? Out.

Calvin Ridley, in or out? In. In. Kiki QT. In or out? In, but you do not play him. In for one quarter. Yeah, do not play him. Oh. Multiple hamstring injuries in a season. No good. How many hamstrings does he have? Multiple. Yeah. He's got a lot. At least two. Randall Cobb. Hey. All right. He believes he's going to return, and I think he will. I think he's in on Sunday. Cool.

It's actually, does this help? Does this finally help Aaron Rogers? It's the only person that could help. It doesn't help. Rogers really needs to help himself. I can't recall who it was, but someone on Twitter was breaking down film of Aaron Rogers. He's been playing sloppy, sloppy mechanics. It seems like it's one of those situations where, you know.

The less confidence you have in your receiving court, the less confidence you have, the less confidence you have in your receiving court. Do you think he's morphing into Jay Cutler? I've heard that reference. Don't care. I've heard that reference. He's got that demeanor, that don't care demeanor. And I, you know, I was like, is this one of those things where he knows if he plays well? They still lose? He sticks around. It's like, I got to go out there and give it a salt 30%.