Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 12 Studs & Duds, Rising Stars, JULIO-splosion

re-aggravation of injury? I don't think so. I think it was just Fournette wasn't getting it done and they wanted to try to use a better pass catching back in those situations. I mean, it's situational football. If the Jaguars are going to be up, I think you're going to see a lot of Leonard Fournett. Okay. I mean, that's what people need to know. I think that the confidence level on Fournette is dropping. I'm going to say something that you are going to love because I'm joining where you've been for about a month.

But I'm sorry, CJ Anderson's dead to me. Oh, my goodness. I think you have to have an entry here. CJ, Anderson. I don't know if it's completely on you. I think the coaching staff is truly to blame a lot. Your contract is not a good situation. You're gone at the end of this year. Sorry. They don't like you. They don't want to pay for you. And they want to see what they have in Avanti Booker, who also pooped his pants.

CJ Anderson, you're dropable at this point. Now, in my Dynasty League, I'm going to hold on to you to try to trade you. But I'm not starting you. I had seven players I could have started to get the win over you, and you let me down, you're dead to me. Oh, man, that is emotional. Just emotional. Are you tearing up a little? Yeah, I'm talking. Do you need another box of Orioles? Oh, four. Okay, so.

Commercial break or otherwise. Jerich McKinnon, third straight game under 10 points. 13 for 23, 1 for 31 through the air. But right now, Latavius Murray is. Yeah, I'm going to say it's not a commercial break. Me too. I think what you're seeing here is just a television program that's gone down in season two. It's just not as good as it was. The ratings are down. The ratings are down. And the reality is the writers have made a change. Oh.

There's a new guy in town on the show. Latavius Murray is what all the ladies are looking for Latavius Murray. All the ladies. Yeah, I mean, he's getting written in. Murray. They love Latavius. So, yeah, I mean, Derek McKinnon, he's still going to be involved in the past catching role. He's somewhat startable, but he's not on fire the way he was those first two games. And I believe a lot of the reason why is Latavius Murray. He's getting so much work.

He's the goal line guy, and the truth is he's looking great. I mean, he is, he looks like a very good running back. So why would they say, hey, let's stop utilizing the guy that's really allowing us to play the type of game that the Minnesota Vikings want to play, which is a run the clock down, play solid defense, control the ball. We saw this last week, though. The snap counts are still in the favor of McKinnon, but.

Murray is solidified his goal line role. He looks good when he's on the field. And I still think McKinna is going to have a great game here or there. I think next week he gets... Atlanta's a perfect game for McKinnon because if Atlanta can score... Sure. If the Vikings are going to be up... It's all McKinnon at that point. But they've been... I'm sorry, it's all Murray at that point. They're not getting behind. So you're right about that. I think they're going to be some good games for him. Would you rather be playing Cream Hunt or Jerry McKinnon? That's a great question. I...

Oh, man, gross. I would still lean Cream Hunt over McKinnon. But I wouldn't blame anyone for saying. We're going to have to blit. You ever blitzed the poopers before? Oh, yeah. I had four boxes of Oreos. Let's blitz this. Brooks, you ain't on that, that one? No. No, he's not. All right, we're going to have to blitz the wide receivers.

T.Y. Y. Hilton. T.Y. Hilton. T.Y. Hilton was my start of the week. Unless the matchup is otherworldly. You know, it already was. So flip a coin? I mean, T.Y. Hilton right now, most of the time you can't start him. Doug Baldwin, strangely bad game against San Francisco. Two for 25. I mean. He does this sometimes. Commercial break. Yeah, commercial break. And he was on the road. Doug Baldwin is much better at home. Do you sit Demarius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders for the remainder of the year based on?

Sanders looking injured and Thomas getting nothing. No. If you get Simeon back in there. I think if Simeon's back, this is a commercial break that's actually about to get better. All right. Des Bryant, three for 37. Until he's a flex wide receiver three. Yep. I agree. I bench Devante Parker this week as soon as the Matt Moore, Devante Parker, they are not on the same page. One for five. Poopped his pants. It's funny. You were saying like, where's Kenny Stills at one point in that game? Because we gave all the Kenny Stills love. And he had had like,

One target, no receptions, and then on that drive. Three for 47 on that drive. On six targets. And it's touchdown, right? No, did not score. Still, still had a pooper game. Corey Davis, super disappointed in Corey Davis. Very much. Richard Matthews was out. They played Indianapolis. I'm going to tell you this right now. We didn't get into DeMarco Murray and Travis. I'm going through every Henry. I know. Hunter Henry, Travis Henry, Derek Henry. There is what I'm talking about. Nailed it. First try. I am hands off on that.

the Titans offense right now. They are absolutely unpredictable. Mario is playing poorly. I don't know who to start. DeMarco saved you with a fullback touchdown in this game. I mean, that's what it was. Derek Henry was in on the goal line, then he was in on the next play. Murray lined up as a fullback and got that little John Coon handoff and lucked into a touchdown. Unfortunately, you don't have any consistency in this offense. So Corey Davis, you don't know.

DeMarco Murray, you don't know. Derek Henry, you don't know. He's the better runner. But on third down, and if this team's losing because their defense stinks, now they're still 714. Yeah, I'm still on DeMarco Murray. He did not look good. I agree with everything you say, except he is involved enough in the passing game to where the fantasy points end up coming. And that's what we saw. I mean, he wasn't rushing the ball well. But if they're down, because their defense stinks.

DeMarco's always catching those screen passes. And if you're in any kind of PPR format, half or full, he gets, you know, eight yards a chunk on those little dump-offs. He gets four or five of those. You're having a fine fantasy day, and then you still have the touchdown opportunity. Larry Fitzgerald, off week, had Jay and Ramsey. They did everything they could to stop him. Complete commercial break. You've got the Rams and Tennessee at home the next two weeks. Start him up. He's going to be fine.

And then you have the greatest goose that maybe we've had this year. Vernon Davis. Oh, man. Everything looked like it was going to be fine. The Giants were the worst team in football against tight ends. Yeah. And Vernon said, watch me. Watch me do nothing. That was unbelievable. He was high in every analyst ranking across the board. I think consensus wise over 150 analysts, he was like the tight end four. And he gets nothing.

Yeah. Nada. And then Evan Ingram, another down week really looked bad. Three for 18, but had brutal drops. Are you confident starting him in the fantasy playoffs? No, not unless Sterling Shepard is back. Now, when Sterling Shepard gets back, I think Evan Ingram is fine. He needs one other option out there to help move the offense and to help take coverage away. We've seen basically Evan Ingram has synced up his sucking with when Sterling Shepard has been out. Okay.

Brooks, did you have a good Thanksgiving? We're going to close out with a Thanksgiving story from Brooks. Tell me something that happened on Thanksgiving. On the spot. It was terrific. I'm from Michigan, so it's weird being out here. It's too hot. Just seeing the sun in general. Shorts and flip-flops on Thanksgiving. Yeah, so watching Thanksgiving football from a cabana by a pool was a bit different. That is different. We had a record high, tied a record high in Arizona, 87 degrees on.

Freaking thanks. I believe this coming weekend is going to be in the 90s because... Come on, man! I know. Thanks for listening. Thanks for following along. Jay Gris, since his regards, we'll see you tomorrow for waiver wire. Draft.com slash ballers. Take care. You for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on join thefoot.com. And follow us on Twitter at the FF ballers.

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