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Week 17 Waivers + Nasty Boys, Full Stream Ahead | Fantasy Football 2022 - Ep. 1359

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Foot Clan titles are seized by Nasty Boys

The hosts insist that championship titles must be seized, possibly through a Trojan horse roster. They define Nasty Boys as unlikely waiver options who win titles, recall Jared Patterson, Sony Michel, Boston Scott, and Rashad Penny, and make Hassan Haskins the first emergency candidate for Jason's Derrick Henry-threatened League of Record final.

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Jason believes the false Frodo car-spoiler spoiler

Jason remembers shopping for a car with a friend who pointed to its spoiler and announced that Frodo dies. Jason completely believed the lie and watched the Mount Doom ending convinced he knew Frodo's fate until the character survived.

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The whole credited crew fills Ducers Alley

The opening card credits Brooks/Judge Giamatti, Jeremy/Owl Borland, and Kyle/The Borgogon. At the waiver transition the desk says the whole crew is present, and the program repeatedly cuts to Brooks, Kyle, and Jeremy together beneath the DUCERS ALLEY sign, including again at the close.

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Kyle challenges Dino Junior's back-to-back champs

Kyle says he is playing Jason and Mike in Dino Junior. Their shared team is identified as the back-to-back champion, while Kyle claims his roster becomes better if Derrick Henry sits. The champs answer with Hassan Haskins and JaMycal Hasty, then joke that a randomized lineup or an inactive Henry flex would turn Kyle into a puddle.

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A shrinking Week 18 poll tests the show's commitment

The annual poll reports that 95.4 percent of respondents hold championships in Week 17 and 4.6 percent in Week 18. The hosts joke about taking off or using a three-percent threshold, then admit they keep producing because the remaining Week 18 Foot Clan needs them. A funeral or parade for Jason's teams is proposed, and the closing share falls to 4.1 percent.

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Kyle watches one play and loses on that exact Pittman catch

After correcting a Joey Chestnut joke, Kyle's exhaustion is explained: he lost his main-league semifinal on Michael Pittman's meaningless final catch, started coffee around 3 a.m., stayed awake searching both lineups for a stat correction, and admits superstition kept him from the game until he watched only the fatal final play.

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Episode notes

Complete published-video review shows Mike, Jason, and Andy at the main desk throughout, dressed in ordinary studio clothes. The standard opening animation includes host cards and a WITH THE DUCERS card naming Brooks/Judge Giamatti, Jeremy/Owl Borland, and Kyle/The Borgogon. Later live cuts show those same three credited humans together beneath the DUCERS ALLEY sign; Kyle is identifiable in the center seat through the direct name, replies, glasses, and reference-photo match, with Brooks at left and Jeremy at right. The opening insists that Foot Clan titles must be seized rather than passively won, perhaps through a Trojan horse rostered with Nasty Boys. Jared Patterson, Sony Michel, Boston Scott, and Rashad Penny are prior examples, and Jason's threatened Derrick Henry absence in the League of Record final turns Hassan Haskins into the current emergency candidate. No Trojan horse, Nasty Boys art, or player vehicle is shown. During Russell Wilson discussion, Jason recalls a malicious friend pointing to a car spoiler and saying 'Frodo dies.' Jason believed the lie through the Mount Doom scene until Frodo survived; video stays on the desk with no movie image, lava, car, or spoiler graphic. The first waiver transition explicitly says the whole crew is present and cuts to the three-person booth. Kyle says he is facing Jason and Mike's back-to-back champion Dino Junior team, claims his roster is better with Henry out, and is told Haskins, a random lineup, or even starting an inactive Henry could reduce him to a puddle. The randomizer and puddle are spoken only. A yearly poll finds 95.4 percent of respondents using Week 17 championships and only 4.6 percent using Week 18. The hosts call themselves psychotic for continuing when industry friends stop, but say the remaining Foot Clan needs them; they invent a three-percent threshold and a next-week funeral or parade for Jason's teams. The poll is never displayed, and the funeral and parade are dialogue-only. Kyle then corrects a Joey Chestnut joke before the desk recounts his main-league semifinal loss: he drank coffee around 3 a.m., could not sleep, searched both lineups for a stat correction, watched none of the Chargers-Colts game until Michael Pittman's meaningless final catch, and lost on that one viewed play. The camera repeatedly cuts to the live booth while the hosts imagine a sword entering his heart and Kyle as a puddle; neither effect is shown. At the close, another real booth cut produces no additional news, and the poll falls to 4.1 percent. No fourth host, cardboard cutout, Jay Griz image, Jay-specific bear, Jay theme, or Jay sound cue appears; the generic animated bear in the standard opening montage is not identified with Jay.

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We are kicking off championship week with the all-important waivers. Maybe you're losing Derek Henry. Maybe you lost Jalen Hertz. Maybe you lost both of them like me. And you've got to figure out what to do this week. We're here to help. Make sure you like this video. Subscribe and enjoy. And let's go get the hashtag footland titles. The fantasy footballer studio is brought to you by Samsung Galaxy. Visit Samsung.com to learn more. Hey, this is Austin Eccler, and you're listening to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. To the Fantasy Footballers podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Welcome in. Tuesday, December 27th, the fantasy footballers, back in the building. Waiver episode today, championship week for many of you. Yes. Foot Clan titles to be...

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What would you say? What word would you use? Acquired? One? No, no, no, no. Seized. Ah, yes. Foot Clan titles to be seized. You don't passively win them. You seize them. Yes, you open the gates. Yes. And you seize that day. And some of you may Trojan horse this title with like a Deante Foreman or Cam Acres, but don't matter. Get ready. Win is a win. This waiver list. There's some nasty nasty boys on this list. Last year, last year it was. I mean, Jared Patterson last year. Yeah. So did Michelle. Boston Scott last year. Rashad Penny was a league winner. I mean, nasty boys win titles. Yes, they do. Nasty boys. Oh, man. This is why we say just get yourself to the playoffs. Yeah, figure it out then.

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Get rid of that Justin Herbert guy and get yourself onto a title. That's what we have always said, right? Yeah. What on earth? We were looking at Justin Herbert this morning. We can transition right into the recap of last night's gross football game. Chargers 20, Colts, three. I mean, three was too much. This was like tank eponymous. I mean, this was like, let's get Nick Foles out there who, bro. Has his feet in actual cement? Three interceptions. I believe he took seven sacks. He did. And now I'm just looking at the QBR, which I had, not that QBR is everything, but I believe that's a, that's a zero to 100. Yes. 3.4. No. I've never seen that. That is some impressive work there. I have not either. Turns out Nick or Matt Ryan, not the.

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The only problem for the Indianapolis Colts. Turns out, Matt Ryan, the solution for the Indianapolis Colts. The best, worst you could get. Absolutely. But Justin Herbert was somebody people played, obviously, with our endorsement. This season has been bewildering. I mean, they clinched the playoff spot. They've won consecutive games when he's been recommended. Austin Echler has scored multiple touchdowns in both of those games. And... Justin Herbert, we looked this morning. He went from, he had 41 total touchdowns last year, 38 through the air, three on the ground. This year he's sitting at 21. Yeah. He's got two passing touchdowns in the last four weeks. And here's the thing. He's not necessarily playing.

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poorly. They're winning games. It's all rushing touchdowns right now. And so for fantasy purposes, absolutely destroying you. He's been bad on the course of the season for fantasy. In the first half, it was, well, he was without Keen and he was without Mike Williams. Wait until he gets his weapons back. And not only that, but when he gets his weapons back, he's got a great strength of schedule for throwing the ball on these teams. And major, major, major letdown here. They're not attacking down the field. Not at all. Like we saw last year. And this is the variance and the danger when you're, for fantasy purposes, when you are a pocket passer. Because it's like you can have the season he had last year and then some things change around you and your touchdowns just vanish. Or you can be like Joe Burrow where he played out of his mind last year. And.

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The touchdown variance has continued in his favor. Look at Joe Mixen. Joe Mixen's volume is just pure insanity for fantasy football, and yet he has not been good because the touchdowns have bounced to Joe Burrow. Yeah, there's no deep plays for Herbert, and the offensive line is clearly affecting that a lot more than maybe we hoped. Maybe we figured he would just get outside the pocket, figure it out, still challenged downfield. That's not happening with Slater out. Echler's still great, 18 for 67, always gets it done. Although, you know, 12 receiving yards in the game, you know, could have been a lot better for him. Keenan Allen was the PPR pick of the week. I mean, 11 for 104, 9.5 a catch, but constantly targeted. Mike Williams ended up with 76 yards, but was mostly uninvolved. Yeah, it was disappointing. And then the other big storyline.

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was this supposed news we got just before the game that Dion Jackson had apparently been in some sort of screaming match with his head coach over involvement in the offense. The coach said, I'll show you and give him no carries. Yeah. That's how you do it, everybody. You let those players know. Well, it works. And I will take L's before I. Listen to you before I let a player boss me around. And L's he has taken. Jordan Wilkins had the same amount of snaps, eight snaps apiece for Dion Jackson and Jordan Wilkins. And the Colts did put up three points. So that worked. Because 36 snaps to Zach Moss. And I always say if you want to put up three points, get Zach Moss on the field. Yeah. It's crazy. It was really hard to watch. And we've had a lot of prime time games like that lately.

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The Cardinal game was hard to watch with Tampa Bay. Mm-hmm. Cool. It was brutal. And then we got this one. So moving on, getting you ready for championship week. A lot to talk about. Lots of matchups and playoff scenarios to talk about. Let's jump into the news. News and notes from around the league. Presented by USAA Insurance. Well, let's enter the mixing bowl here, Jason. Let's get you going. Derek Henry. Oh, yeah. Listed as a DNP on Monday due to a hip injury. Mike Vrable, I hadn't seen this quote yet, so this will be fun, said, quote, they're looking at how many guys they can realistically think can be back in a short week. Huh. Yeah. Interesting. Oh, Henry. It's a short week. I mean, Derek Henry is not going to play. Are we all in agreement here? I don't think it's a guarantee that he's out. I, man.

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I think that the... But you might want him to be. I think the best case scenario is you get a... Okay, right before game day, we're going to sit him down. Because if he plays, I think we can all agree. He's not playing a full game. That is for sure. And can he do enough damage in the one to two quarters that he gets. Yeah, I mean, if he plays, I'm going to play him because I can't have Derek Henry have a 60-yard... you know, touchdown on the first drive from my bench. But I really, I do not think he plays this week. I think they give him a full. It's a short week for Thursday night football for a game that does not matter where the following week is a win and get in the playoffs. So I believe I have lost Eric Henry for our League of Record Championship. The waiver wires that we're talking about coming up. Yeah. Pretty important. Nasty boy number one. Yeah. Hassan Hoskins. Yeah. Nathaniel Hackett.

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They just couldn't wait till the end of the season to get rid of this guy. Also called the, quote, perfect hire by this team. Ridiculously terrible season for Nathaniel Hackett coming over from Green Bay. There's been reports that the team wants to, quote, blow it up in Denver. I want. Except Russell Wilson is just like blowing out the fuse every single time. They're like, okay, here we go. And he's like, no, you can't get rid of me. No, I'm still here. There's no situation where you can't build around Russell Wilson and trying to lay it at the feet of every coach and scheme and situation he's been in. You have to build around him. You have to hire somebody that he wants you to hire. I mean, no one's going to try to figure out Russell Wilson's brain because it's too unlimited for the rest of us. Yeah, he's got the pill. But I would just go ask him who he wants.

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I mean, I literally would do that if I was the Broncos, because if you're going to commit to him as your quarterback, all that matters is that he succeeds. I mean, the Cardinals are in the exact same boat to me, except for, you know, you just got to get a mind that can compliment Kyler, not, you know, hand him a controller. I think the big difference there in whether or not you build around Russ or you can build around Kyler is Russ might be done. like inwardly in that unlimited head if you if you watched limitless the end of that movie was not good this this pill that made you limitless it came back to to roost and uh well for most but then bradles but then they figured it out oh so maybe they will yeah you turned it off early yeah you didn't you didn't see the real end of the movie did you worked out of the it yes but my point is i think russell wilson is just done he's toast and if that's the case

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building around him. This is the guy who thought Frodo died. Oh, man. Spoiler! This is the guy who... That story, you got to tell for two seconds. I mean, going back. So this was when the Lord of the Rings movies were coming out. You got a 20 year spoiler here. This is obviously a long time ago. I was with a friend. We were, I was buying a new car. He was helping me like pick out a car from a lot. And this was the type of friend who would just... You know, not the best dude. He would absolutely ruin anything and everything he could. And we're talking about cars. This one came with a spoiler. And his words were, spoiler. Frodo dies. And so I just flat out believed that Frodo died. And at the end of this movie, he's sitting, like, I'm watching this movie. He's sitting with the lava light going around him. Yeah. And I knew what the rest of the theater did not.

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No. Right. Of course. He's about to die hot. If only there were like source material. Liquid magma. Well, right. Other than the people that read the book, Mike. But the spoiler was a lie. Frodo survives. Yeah. There you go. Anyways, Russell Wilson sucks. That's the message. Yeah. I feel like like imagine being, imagine taking this job. Like you're going in knowing that. your chances of succeeding based off of what they have to do with Russ are really poor. If you're the Broncos, you're going to swing for the fences. You're going to try and get the highest profile coach you can. But at the end, maybe you just find the cheapest guy you can because you know he's going to be here for two years and then you're going to have to move on. I mean, I can't imagine Sean Peyton saying, yeah. Oh, no. Sign me either. Well. You also have to trade for Sean Payton, which is something I don't know that the Broncos can do. Just remember that every year.

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a ton of coaches get fired and a ton of things don't work out for real teams. So when you're making fantasy decisions based on rational coaching, rational general managing, drafts, all those things. Professionals make mistakes. So you're going to have to go with the punches because they come every single year. And no bigger one than the expectations for Russell Wilson, Cortland Sutton, the Denver offense, the situation there. Judy looks all right. Yeah. I mean, when you're compared, when you're held up. Against everybody else looking pretty good. I just got work, J.J. Watt, to retire after this season. That just came through. Playing really well. He had a fantastic game. Yeah. So we've got Tony Pollard missing Monday's practice. Jerry Jones says he's going to play. So right now, nothing to change in your expectations. Tunga Vailoa placed in concussion protocol. What? He reported delayed symptoms. This is not good. This is the third concussion this year, second time in protocol.

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Wow, that means Teddy Bridgewater will almost certainly play. Yeah, I would assume for sure that he'll be the starter. That's an interesting. It's a downgrade for Waddle and it's a downgrade for Tyreek Hill. Yeah. Just from a big play perspective, we looked at it like Bridgewater can think and dunk it around the field, but does it not concern you against New England? It certainly does. Yeah, it, I mean, you're not to the point of I'm looking for different options other than Jim Waddle and Tyree Kiel. But it's just another factor when you're setting your lineup. For Tua, though, I mean, this is, like, this is some scary stuff. Three concussions in a year. I don't pretend to be a doctor, but it's like we saw, you know, some, we saw twice him on the field, the, the repercussions of the concussion. And it's like, this is some scary stuff. So hopefully he's okay. No, it is. It's long-term concerning. It is.

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Christian Watson day to day with a hip contusion. Nick Siriani won't rule out. Jalen Hertz playing in week 17 against the Saints. So Jason, you won't rule him out either. I will definitely not rule him out. I would love to have him. Mike White cleared for contact. We'll start. Joe Flacco back up. Zach Wilson inactive. He's on laundry duty, I think is what I heard. Yeah. Sorry, Zach. And that was today's news and notes. Brought to you by. As always, USAA Insurance. Learn more at USAA.com slash insurance. Welcome to the fold, presented by Samsung Galaxy. Well, it is time to turn our attention to the waiver wire. Welcome some guys into the fold. I should throw it over to Deucer's Alley for a moment, just because we have... Doose Streets back? Yeah. All right. All right. The whole crew is here.

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Any of you guys playing for anything this week? Oh, my gosh. You are the meanest person. You are the meanest person in the show. Yeah, I'm going to have some awesome DFS lineups in. All right. All right. That's a lot of fun. I am playing Jason and Mike and Dino Jr. Yeah. Okay. So we're ready to rumble. And you, I talked to you this morning about this facing off against the back-to-back champs over here. Champ champ. And I've been saying for a while, someone needs to step up in this league and just stop what's happening. Because it's, you know. Yeah, no, I get it. It's this. I mean, who needs? Can't stop destiny, my friend. I mean, and so you had great deal of confidence. You, you said verbatim, your team's better. Yeah, with Henry out, I feel way better with my team. Oh, you must not know about San Hanskins on our roster then. Yeah. Or Jamichael hasty, nasty boys. Yes. Yes.

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The nastiest squad. I know you're winning. I know you're winning. Yeah, so does Kyle. I mean, everybody knows you're winning. You could, I mean, you don't even need, you could hit like a randomizer. Put all your names in a randomizer. Throw them in your lineup. We might just start Derek Henry either way. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Just a flex. If you did that, Kyle would be a puddle. All right. Wide receivers. Where are we looking? So guys that you're going to walk him into the fall. You're throwing out the name Jahan Dotson. Pretty highly rostered at this point, but this guy is just coming through in the clutch. Even the difficult matchup where you were, I would have been nervous to start Dotson against San Francisco. But six for 76 and a touchdown, we don't have real clarity with who the quarterback will be, but the beginning of the season when Dotson was having that success and Terry McLauran was not.

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That was Carson Wentz. So I don't think it really matters to me who the quarterback ends up being. He would be, I think he's my top priority just because he is such a good player. You cannot keep him out of the end zone right now. So I think he's at the top of my list. He's a big play potential guy that they're taking more shots on. They need something explosive in the offense. He's at the top of my waiver wire. Yeah, oh, absolutely. Jahan Dotson is my number one pickup. He's probably rostered and that's the single issue. If he is available, I would pick him up and I would play him and I would echo what Mike said. It doesn't matter who the starting quarterback is. The last three weeks, we've seen it with Heineke. And it looked for a while like Heineke was a bad thing for Dotson because Wins was spreading it around more, not just, you know, locked in love.

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eyes with Terry McLaren. Terry McLaren. So, yeah, he's number one. But if he's gone, then I think there's a few player pickups that are all a tier or two down that are okay starts. Well, Isaiah Hodgins continues to emerge in the necessity category for the Giants' offense who, you know, when you look at what's taking place with playoff scenarios, the Giants are right on the cusp this week. They need a win. And Hodgins 11 targets is what you need to pay attention to there. Eight for 89, a touchdown. He's been good for four plus receptions in four straight games and is rostered on only 7% of leagues. Hodgins is a very adequate pick up and play. Sure. Yeah, I mean, I don't love the matchup. And that's something we need to address here. The strategy of this week, right?

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You are obviously not picking up any stashes. This is, can this guy start or not for your, and look at your opponent as well, because you want to play keepaway. Does your opponent need this player? If they don't need them to go in their starting lineups, then don't even worry about them in championship week. Once you've got your roster set and your opponent has his roster set, some leagues, the tiebreaker is total bench points. Drop guys pick up quarterbacks just for that, you know, outlier situation where you tie. But with the matchup against Indy Annapolis, I'm, you know, especially with what we're seeing from this team, three points yesterday. It's just like you don't need to do much. And the giants aren't this high-powered offense where I worry that this game is very similar to what we saw last night. You know, it'll be 20 to 3 and hopefully Hodgins gets a touchdown. Now, last week you had situations, a lot of them, with weather, that you had to make.

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You know, you bench Zay Jones and you play a Darius Slayton. If you have Darius Slayton, are you just staying with Darius Slayton? Or are you willing to move to Hodgins for that spot start? Personally, I would rather have Slayton just because I think the big play opportunity is what you're looking for in championship week in a matchup like this. I don't expect Indianapolis to be out in a big lead. A player that I'm interested in, and this is a little dicey because we don't know the full health situation that would allow him to start. Romeo Dobbs has a great matchup, right? Minnesota's playing for the number one seed. The best matchup. Green Bay is playing for their lives. Like, you know, this is in Green Bay. If Christian Watson cannot start because of the hip injury, Romeo Dobbs, in the best matchup that exists for wide receivers in a must-win game with the opportunities to play.

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you know, the primary role or at least the wide receiver two next to Lazard with Christian Watson gone. If he misses, that would be my favorite pickup in play. It's the third highest over under of the week. Currently, we're talking about Minnesota versus Green Bay, 47 points over the past couple weeks since returning from the four-month or four-week absence and the bi-week. You know, Dobbs was at 32% of the snaps. That jumped up to 61% of the snaps against Miami. So you would... I mean, I would project that should Christian Watson miss this game, you'll see him up in that high 80s, maybe even the low 90% of snaps. That's a huge opportunity against the worst perimeter secondary in the league. Are there other opportunities on that, in that wide receiver room beyond Romeo Dodds? Yeah. Yeah. He was only one for five last week, so no. No is an acceptable answer.

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Yeah, I was trying to think through it and pull up his actual, you know, stat sheet. He has the one week against the New York Giants where he had 13 targets. That was week five. But other than that, you know, he's getting basically four or fewer targets a game, averaging 4.2. So the Giants in a must-win game, the Packers in a must-win game. Rashid Shahid, New Orleans wide receiver, despite the weather, five targets, four-for-41. I believe a snap percentage was seven or in this game it wasn't high because of the too tight in running situation. But the week before it was up in the 70s. He's like he's last man standing right now. Yeah. And you want this situation where you are the number one target. And that could very well be his situation. He's explosive. Alave seems likely to miss another week. Yeah. And Jarvis Landry had you miss that news, he went on the IR very recently.

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I mean, with the afterburners that he has, the matchup against the Eagles on the road, it's not the greatest. But again, this is, this is nasty boy time. And she heat could hit a big play. Hey, I got a nasty boy for you. Someone that started the year really, really hot, disappeared and now might be back. Talking about a dork. Oh, no. Just, I don't know. I know it's tough. I know. But if Trace McSorley is the Cardinals quarterback again this coming week, which we don't know for sure yet, if that happens, we saw Greg Dorch as the only, the only player that McSorley is able to get the ball into his hands. Like Hopkins, Hopkins had the targets. I thought you were saying if Cole McCoy's back, you might turn to the Dorch, which in that case, I would consider it.

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Yeah, ironically, I feel like it is the limitations of McSorley to get the ball to the perimeter successfully. He could throw it there and give you Hopkins targets, but it's really just the manufacturer touches that McSorley is able to do. And you've got to move the ball a little bit. So through the course of this game, I mean, that's what you saw. You did say nasty boy. You did say nasty boy. That would be as nasty putting your trust in McSorley. And the Dorch. I mean, the one thing about Cole McCoy, too, is he gets, he gets the ball out of his hands really, really fast. So I think the Dorch could, in a full PPR, in a full PPR, he had, yeah, 11 targets, 10s catches, 98 yards, it's going to be off. That's Atlanta. Yeah, the matchup is there, but it will be so sketchy. Because we had a couple weeks ago where we thought, hey, you know, the Dorch is going to be back here. And then it was, it was Robbie Anderson.

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And it was, I don't know that you could say for sure that he will be the game plan. If for some reason Jacobi Myers is out there, which we doubt, he has 78% rostered. Please pay attention to him near the tippy top of this list. Sure. They're in a, you know, a very important six for 83 and one last week for him in a very important game for the Patriots. Do we have news on Lamar Jackson? Because the last I heard is that he could practice this week. Okay, because DeMarcus Robinson, you know, we haven't really wanted any of the receiving options while Tyler Huntley has been the quarterback, just hasn't been able to get the job done. But if Lamar Jackson could be back this week, I think we need to peek at the Ravens receiving room and say, oh, you could have an actual really good quarterback plan for you. All right. Any other names of wide receiver you want to throw out there before we move on? Michael Gallup.

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Probably rostered. He's super rostered, but he would be a fantastic, should he have gotten dropped. Russell Gage from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he's been usable the past couple weeks. I mean, he had the spike game a couple weeks ago. This one against Arizona's five for 65. You could do worse than Gage. What's the matchup? This week is Carolina. Boy, that's a must-win game for both teams. I believe they clinch if they win. Yes. Quick break back with some running backs. Before I move into running backs, I do want to poll you guys for a moment. I have a question for you. Okay. I do this every year. I hope. You know, everybody wants to see society change in positive ways. Sure. Yeah. We want to see people grow, mature, look out for the betterment of one another. Yeah. Okay. So what percentage of fantasy football players have a week 18 championship game? Oh.

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Oh, did you put a pole up? You bet I did. Oh, okay. So I want to know how our society is maturing and growing or whether we're just, we're just willy-nilly. We just want chaos. I'm going to go with, I'm going to go 10%. 10% with the stupid week 18 championship. I was going to go 15. As of now. Okay. 95.4% week 17. Oh, beautiful. All right. 4.6%. Yes. Now, do we have... Sounds like we're taking next week off, everybody. I was going to ask you, when's the threshold when we take off? Because at some point, we have to be...

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The example, right? Yeah, we're facilitating this. Part of the problem right now. And I think we're the only ones, guys. Everybody else takes it off? All of my fantasy industry buddies are like, well, this is our last show. Because we're almost facilitated. We're psychotic over here. I have been noticing that. I've seen around, you know, the Twitterverse and everywhere else where it's like this is everyone else's last week. We're here for these week 18ers. Because we want to be here for the foot claim. We really do. We discuss internally. We're like, we don't want to do next week. We, the three of us, are not in a week 18 league. We're either super happy. We want a championship, super sad and burnt out because it's over. But we're like, we have people that need us. We cannot leave on the championship week. But those people are, they're shrinking. They're shrinking. If we get that to 3% amount. That's what you say we need a threshold here where we're going to have to get weird next week.

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