Week 16 Matchups, In-or-Out, Mirage or Barrage?

But I was bringing up the fact that all the hype and the juice goes to Corlin Sutton and to Dayshon Hamilton because they're rookies and they have all this inless potential. But I asked the question on last week's show. Is Tim Patrick the best wide receiver on the team? And does he need to be thought about for fantasy football purposes? Because he's pretty good. Yeah. And then the thing is, is, you know, the quarterback, Mr. Keenum likes to target him. Last week, nine points. The week before, 12 points.

Seven catches, five catches. I think that, I mean, I would, I'd feel a lot safer playing him than I would Cortland Sutton. Yeah. Oh, I would, I would feel safer playing either Tim Patrick or Deshaun-Hamilton than Cortland Sutton dealing with a quad injury. Because Sutton could give you nothing. Right, exactly. I like, I like that rhyme. Quincy and Nunei is out. Jordan Reed is out. So those are quick answers for you in and out, but.

It's good news for Robbie Anderson. Yeah, Robbie Anderson and Chris Herndon. Yeah, the Jordan Reed news, huge for Robbie Anderson. Yeah, his fancy team for Washington. Jordan Reed is out. Vernon Davis is questionable. Oh, no. It could be Jeremy Sprinkle time. You're going to sprinkle in some Sprinkle and championship week. No, I, you're not making me sprinkle nothing. If you start Jeremy Sprinkle and win a championship, you must celebrate with a cake. Yeah. You know what I mean? Tons of sprinkles. Yeah. Agreed. Yeah.

Yeah, I get it. I get it, Jason. Thank you. Because his last name is sprinkled. He's a delicious treat. All right. It is Friday. Put Clan Friday. All right, this week's winner, Foot Clan Friday, a $55 gift card to shopballers.com where you can get the beautiful fantasy football title T-shirt. The Foot Clan title shirt is up. And today's winner?

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All right, six games were previewed on yesterday's podcast. So if you don't hear it on today's, that's where they are. You can head over there and listen. We'll start off with the five and nine giants taking on the eight and six Colts. The Colts are nine point home favorites. They're on fire right now playing well. Pitched a shut out against the Cowboys last week. 47.5 point over under.

And look, Eli Manning, Sequan Barkley and company, they have to travel to indie, they have to take on the Colts who are playing extremely well. And what are we expecting from this game, storyline-wise? I mean, what decisions are you guys focusing on for fantasy owners? The disappointing Saquan game last week, probably no Beckham. And Eli suffered. The Giants are easy. There's no possible way you can play Eli Manning. Sequin Barclay is a must start. And Evan Engram.

is an absolute must start if Odell Beckham is out. And we had mentioned, you know, tight ends when we're going through all that, that Evan Engram probably not available. In my Money League, and now I'm completely out of it where we just play the highest score of the week, though, can win a cash prize. I just picked up Evan Engram this morning. So make sure you go, this was a full drop, it like it's hot. Someone had dropped Engram. So I've scooped them up.

chip away at next year's entry fee. Yeah, that's the giant's side of the ball. Pretty easy. On the other side, Marlon Mack, this is the storyline for me. I think we're going to have a Mac attack here because the Giants rush defense. The Giants rush defense is. That was Jason about to, he was about to join and then he realized he doesn't know any Billy Joel songs. Oh, I was going to ask who sang that song. Tina Turner. Yeah.

Diana Ross. The Giants on the season, they are the 26th best against the run, so they're not good. But over the last six weeks, they've been even worse. They got rid of Snacks Harrison, and they are second to last, third to last, against the run. I think Marlon Mack just has an awesome game. He's a must start. The worry for me, there's two games that I'm just, I'm a little worried about Baker,

Andrew Luck. I love both this week. They're high in my rankings. I think the matchups are great. The talent is there. The weapons are there? I just worry, are they going to be able to run the ball so easily that the quarterbacks just won't need to... That never bothers me, though. Because it's all about touchdowns for the quarterback. So if you can run the ball very well, your likelihood of scoring just goes up. Well, last week he did not throw a touchdown, and Eric Ebron did not catch a touchdown.

By extension, last week, one for eight on three targets. Are you pulling the slot machine lever and hoping it comes up sevens for Eric Ebron? I'm playing Eric Ebron, but I wanted to say it would have been far more impressive if he had caught a touchdown, and Andrew Luck had not thrown it. Hey, you could have a Christian McCaffir's situation there. But you're playing Ebron, Luck, Mac, Hilton, he's averaged 110 receiving yards per game in the last four home games. You're going to play him. Yeah, the matchup actually stinks.

against the Giants for fantasy-wide receivers, ranking ninth in the past six weeks. But T.Y. Hilton, you play him. Just like last week where you had the questions of the injury to T.Y. Hilton, do I play him? The answer is yes. Okay. And you brought up Evan Ingram, who I do think is the big beneficiary right now from Odell's absence. Yeah, eight targets. Eight targets a game when Beckham is out. I don't know why you'd put Beckham out there. I don't either. Be a real AJ Green situation. Yeah.

All right, the four in ten Jags take on the seven and seven Miami Dolphins. The dolphins are four-point home favorites, trying to move to eight and seven. So let's behold the behole. Oh, no. What does he do with Ceylon Belage and Kenyon Drake this week? I think a lot of fantasy owners, they want to ride the high that was Kalin Belage last week.

You guys are always really against the fact that he runs in a straight line towards the end zone. He was a hot waiver wire ad. Do you add him? Jacksonville, allowing 156 rushing yards per game on the road this year. That is the second worst mark in the NFL for what was a formidable front. What do you think? 251 yards on the road to Derek Henry a couple weeks ago.

You move up the ranks or down the ranks. Yes, you move down the rankings. Kaelin Belage is an interesting play. I mean, I think he's worthy of grabbing and I think he's worthy of starting. Look, last week he got 12 carries and Frank Gore is out. I realize that it's not the best matchup despite what Derek Henry did to them, but I mean, neither was the Minnesota Vikings, right? No Mirage. Oh, not the Bellagio. He's no Luxor.

No, no, no. So more of a barrage. Yes. And here's the thing that I think he's a good start. He definitely carries risk. The reason I am at least hopeful and willing to start him is the fact of Kenyon Drake, once Frank Orr went down, Kenyon Drake did not get work. And Mr. Behole came out and said this was not injury related. He wanted to go to Kalin Belage. All right. Now, why have we given the nickname Mr. Behole?

Yeah, that's the... To Adam Gaines. Can we remind ourselves real quick? Because he's a butthole. Because you... Thank you. Yes. Okay. Thanks for the clarity. That is clearly the answer I was looking for. No, I think you should probably illuminate there just a little bit. The reason that we've been frustrated with Adam Gase this year is because what it appears he might do... Can we say Mike more than anybody else? Well, I'm in on that. Yeah, I'm just very vocal. Mike and I. You certainly love the name a little bit more, but...

Every time that you thought he would give the ball to Kenyon Drake, he should give the ball to Kenyon Drake, he did not. He was so frustrating. He never did what it seemed he should do. So trusting Kalem Blage, benching Kenyon Drake appears to be the right call, which just might mean this is going to be Kenyon Drake's biggest game of the season. You don't think his beholeness is related directly with Kenyon Drake and Kenyon Drake alone?

Because it sure seemed like it last week. I mean, we'll find out this week. Devante Parker definitely agrees with us. I would. Mike goes full junior high on Adam Gaze. He's in my burn book. He's in my burn book. I would start Belage over Drake this week. Oh, yeah. But it's. Plus he's so good. He just feels like a trap. Don't forget how good he is. Kenny Stills flopped last week after the big game the week before. You guys were both.

pretty off of him, despite the 8 for 157. Leonard Fernette, the last two weeks, it's not been pretty. 25 rushes, 82 yards. That's the last two weeks combined. He's also recently admitted he could be in better shape. Yeah, his film has admitted that as well. D.D. Westbrook, three for 21 last week. There's not a lot of excitement or potential for the Jacksonville side. Hyde was a scratch last week. I mean...

If you're starting a wide out, for me it's still Diti. If you're starting Leonard Fournette, you should expect low-end RB2 type of numbers against Miami. Miami's still fighting for a playoff spot here, and they're at home. So, you know, do you guys have any other thoughts? I would probably, if you're forced to play the Jacksonville game, I would play Moncrief. You would? Yeah. Okay. That doesn't mean I want to do it, but.

Yeah, here we are. It's been a rough year for Jacksonville. I look forward to hopefully talking about Leonard Fornett in a much more positive light next season. But it'll be interesting where he goes in drafts, don't you think? I mean, if they don't pick up a quarterback, which I think they will. You know, they could have Joe Flacco or Matthew Stavre or somebody at quarterback next year that we're not expecting. Whoa, Stafford? Yeah, yeah. Wow. Never know. Just snuck that one around. Yeah, I did sneak it in there. Before we. Aaron Rogers and, you know, who knows?

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