MEGALODON Episode – Week 12 Matchups, Starts & TONS More!

It's a very low scoring projection. You don't even know yet exactly who the quarterback is going to be. Is it going to be Mario, is it going to be Bortles? Tennis. Bortles. Bortles. Bortles. Is he getting traded? Blaine. Oh, Bambard. They both start with the B. It works. You know, both bad. Both bad. We do not, for the record, we do not know that it's going to be Blaine Gabbard. No, that's what I'm saying. Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you said that he was. Okay, gotcha. But what I do know.

that Tennessee is great at doing this season is getting into just an ugly brawl. Just, you know, one of those, oh man, this is a, this is not a super fun game. Throwing mud. Yeah, just mucking in the crotch. Mud in the visor. And, you know, it's going to be a low scoring game. They'll fight dirty.

For Lamar Miller, who just really hasn't had the juice to come up against Tennessee, who's the third most difficult matchup for the running back position on the season, I mean, what are you really hoping for and expecting here? You know, even if he gets 20 carries, I can see it being 20 carries for 65 yards and no touchdowns, and then you're like, eh, that was, that was disappointing. So I don't think the upside is there with Lamar Miller. Let's just do a quick. Pump versus pump. Yeah, comparing him. Peterson, Lamar Miller, or Dionne Lewis?

Put those in order. They are literally. I have them 23, 24, 27, Peterson, Miller, Lewis. I have them, this was, I didn't even look at this before we started talking. I have them 22, which is Peterson, 23 Lamar Miller, 24 is Dionne Lewis. So we have the same order. Same order here as well, Peterson, Miller, Lewis, but mine, I've got Peterson up at 21 and then 23 and 27 for John Lewis. Yeah.

That was. Pump the brakes with O'Reilly Auto Parts, Better Parts, Better Prices every day. Let's go ahead and jump into the news. News and Notes from Around the League. This was a big surprise yesterday. Although we did point out on the show how odd it was that he needed a second opinion after a good report. Yeah. And this would be why. Buccaneers have placed tight-end O.J. Howard on injured reserve with foot and ankle injuries ending his season.

Yeah, I hope you got that Cameron Brate waiver wire put in. Yeah, Cameron Brate becomes, like I would, I would, if you're in need of tight-in help, which the majority of teams are, I would spend the first waiver claim on Brate because rest of season, he becomes a valuable tight end in my world. If this had happened before the waiver show yesterday, Cameron Brate would have been my top pickup of the entire week.

Over Gus? Over to the Gus bus, over any of those wide receivers, because I think Cameron Brate becomes an instant top 10 tied end on a weekly basis. Ryan Tannehill will return as the Dolphin starter for Week 12 against the Colts. Finally! Well, I mean, Brock Tober is over, so it's time for Tain Hill to get back in there. I like the Colts defense a good amount. Fair.

Rams coach Sean McVeigh confirmed that Todd Gurley was indeed limited by an ankle injury against the Chiefs. He's expected to be fine going forward. He gets two weeks off. I think this is actually great news for fantasy players because you were watching Malcolm Brown get drive after drive going, what is happening? Are they instituting a new game plan where they're going to try and give Todd Gurley more rest during the game? Because that would really, really suck. But it was just a light injury.

Bye week is perfectly timed. You're good to go with Todd Gurley. Yeah. But pick up Malcolm Brown, people. Yeah, turn to his ankle. I pick up Malcolm Brown if you own Gurley. Thank you. All right. We normally do this on Friday, but this is the Megalodon. We're going to cover the injuries right now. Let's place them in and out. What's it going to pay me me me? Are you in or out? And remember, these are project.

You got to follow the news. Way too early. Now there are a number of games tomorrow, so you need to project. You need to put guys in. But one of those guys, Mitchell Trubisky. It's not looking good. This is a big time report. I don't think that Trubisky plays on Thanksgiving. From the reports, it sounded like if this was a regular week of break for Trubisky, he would be all right to play. But because of the short week, they're going to have to err on the side of caution and not play him.

Yeah, I lean out for Mitch Mitchell Trubisky. That is going to hurt all Chicago Bears. Yeah, I mean, it's just, it's going to hurt the Thanksgiving Day watching a little bit. But, you know, hopefully Matt and Aggie can come up with some cool stuff. I did see a great tweet out there. I believe it was Jake Seeley was asked what was the wide receiver you want if Chase Daniel has to start. And I think he was correct in saying, no, Darius Slay.

cornerback for the Detroit Lions. That's pretty good. Chase Daniel would get the start. Man, that, if Chase Daniel is a quarterback for the Bears, this, are they the first game? Hopefully the first, they are the first and we can just get this out of the way. That's not going to be fun. Yeah, that'll be a pretty dirty game all the way around, no doubt about it. Let's go ahead and turn the page here. Marcus Mario, what do you think?

diagnosed with a stinger. Yeah, I'm not sure. And he's the Monday night game as well. Am I remembering that, correct? Correct. Yeah. So you weren't going to play him anyway. So let's just go with that. Joe Flacco, in or out. I'm going to say out. Carry on Johnson. Thanksgiving. Out. Just mark him out already, lines. Yeah, they're already talking up Zach Zinner. Yeah. Which, honestly, if you had Legerrier Blunt as your lead back, I would probably talk up Zach Zinner as well. Um.

All right, let's look at Kenyon Drake, the shoulder injury. He was wearing a non-contact jersey at Tuesday's practice. Briefly exited in week 10, but returned. I think he'll play. Yeah. But this one, you need to monitor. I'm Ron Burgundy? Yeah, exactly. Doug Martin? I don't think the ankle injury will keep him out. I expect him to be back. Okay, all right. AJ Green. Man.

reported that he has a good chance to return. Do you think he's in or do you think he's out? I think he'll be out. Yeah, I lean that way as well, but it's too early to know. But they're purposely leaking a lot of positive information about him. We'll see if that's some more gamesmanship from Master Craftsman, Marvin Lewis. Marvin Jones. Out. Yeah. Treyquan Smith, didn't practice Monday or Tuesday. Yeah, the no practice on Tuesday is.

pretty scary because he is the Thursday night game. So I'm, you got to be prepared for him to not play. Yeah, I still believe he plays. Okay. Robbie Anderson. Yeah. It'd be, it'd be nice for Josh McCown to have Robbie Anderson or Sam Darno. We don't know if Darnold or McCown are going to be in. Do you expect it to be Darn? I expected to still be McCown. Rob Gruncowski, Jimmy Graham.

Gronk will play. Jimmy Graham, stop it. I think Jimmy Graham will play, will be active, but that's a big problem. I mean, you're on the field with a broken thumb. Yeah, and your specialty is a pass catching tight in, man. It's just stop. All right, it is fantasy forecast time before we jump into, dare I say, all the matchups. Dare you do? Dare I do. Let's think.

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There are a number of Thanksgiving Day games. Remember, get those Thanksgiving Day players out of your flex position. Put them in a running back wide receiver spot. Give yourself some flexibility for the weekend, especially if you're, you know, you're dealing with a lack of Chiefs or Rams. Let's talk about Chase Daniel, guys. Oh. Do we have to? We're doing a full biopic. Oh, that won't take long. Yeah, a five-part documentary.

No, the seven and three bears take on the four and six lions. The lions are four point underdogs at home. 45 point over under. This is your first Thanksgiving day game. And this is Chase Daniel versus Matthew Stafford. Both teams are a little beat up. If Trubisky misses the game, Karian Johnson injured, Marvin Jones injured. Look, Kenny Goliday is the question that I have because he was so smooth last week. He was so great. And yet...

I mean, this bear's defense in and of itself is fabulous. And instead of having to divert their attention in the secondary to a number of different weapons, it's really, can we stop Kenny G? And I think they're going to do it. I thought about pumping the brakes other than the fact that the volume is going to be so intense. The volume and Kenny G's sheer size. Yeah. This is such a great matchup to tell the tale of Kenny G. Is he as good as he has looked?

Because the, you're right, Andy. Oh. Can he beat that Bears D? And the answer is yes. We'll actually talk about him later because he is the opposite of a pump the brakes for this guy. I truly believe there won't be another option. But to have Kenny Goladay extremely involved in the offense get enough targets to where, yeah, it's going to be some difficult matchups.

Yeah, maybe you get a pass or two that's a little bit more difficultly guarded. But the reality is, Kenny G's going to sky up. He's going to get great. Sky up? Oh, yeah. I'm down with it. I'll go out. He's going to sky up, grab the ball, fall down in the end zone. I think he has a great game. And, you know, getting, there's nothing better than starting.

This is the first game of the week. This is the first game of the Thanksgiving morning. And I don't think there's going to be a lot of juiciness here. I think Kenny Galladay will be some dry turkey. He's, no, no. Kenny Galladay is going to be. I'm talking about the game. Oh, sure. He's the ham. Oh, the honey glaze. And he's going to go ham. Going to come through.

In their last match at Turrisky had 355 passing yards and four total touchdowns against the Lions. If Chase Daniels starts, how do you adjust your Chicago weapons? Alan Robinson, last time they played 6 for 133 and 2. There was a lot of points to be had. I mean, you've got Tariq Cohen to consider. Taylor Gabriel, Anthony Miller. What do you do with...

these offensive weapons with Chase Daniel because I don't want to just gloss over it and say, well, you know, Chase Daniel, look, you had. He is still going to be an NFL quarterback. Absolutely. And we've seen, you know, Nick Mullins come out and perform with, give George Kittle incredible value. The lion's defense, it sucks. They're 23rd against quarterbacks, 23rd against whiteouts, 21st against running backs, 16th against tight ends. It seems like this could be a trap, right? Like if you throw them all away. Right. Or even Chase Daniel.