MEGALODON Episode – Week 13 Matchups, Turkey Day Awards, Starts, & TONS More!

Are you playing them with a grimace, or are you actually benching players like Emmanuel Sanders and Debo Samuel? I, yeah. If I can pivot away. Debo, for sure, I'm going to pivot away. I'm benching both. Yeah, I'm going to try to bench them both. But I think Sanders still has the potential to me to have a serviceable day. Yeah. I am so hesitant with him right now. I get it. Yeah, we haven't seen anything since the injury to make you think Emmanuel Sanders is.

someone you should play on the regular, and this is a terrible match. Yeah, I guess I always feel as though Kyle Shanahan wants to run it 10 times to throw it once, if he could do it. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers traveling to Jacksonville to take on the Jags. The both teams are 4 and 7. Jags are one-point home favorites. It's a nice 49 point over-runner. We've talked a lot about players in this game already. Mike start of the week, Nick Foles. Mike started the week.

Ronald Jones, both featured in this game. The question mark, there's not a lot of question marks. Four net Evans Godwin, Chark. They're all in. I mean, DJ Chark should have a great week against this Tampa Bay secondary. I think James Winston has earned himself. He's pretty much a must-play quarterback.

Right? I mean, you're not really pivoting from him very often because even when he makes mistakes, he's potentially going to lead the league in touchdowns and he throws for 300 a game. Just know that it's not if he makes mistakes. He will. Yeah, don't feel bad, man. When he comes out and his first two drives are picked sixes or just terrible plays, just go behind the back pass. This is fine. I signed up for this. He's the quarterback seven on the season. Yeah, that's just James. It's just James. Yeah.

So then the only name that's kind of jumping out to me then is actually the upside of a player that Mike is a little sweet on. Oh, my sweetie? And then it's D.D. Westbrook. He was, he had nine targets last week. That's right. He's coming back to life because Nick Foles is here. I think he's a flex wide receiver three play this week. Would you rather play Dedy Westbrook or A.J. Brown for the upside? PPR. I'll take D.D.R. I'll take half D.D.D.

That's D. That's D. Westbrook. That's just D. Westbrook. But in a half PPR, A.J. Brown's upside or D.D. Westbrook, what do you think? I think I would. Are you just asking Mike? No, I'm asking both of you. He's asking both of us for his lineup. What? What? No, this is. I'm going to play Westbrook. I'm on the Westbrook. Buckingiers. They're.

brutal, man. Brutal against wide receivers. They're so brutal that Calvin Ridley had a nice game without Matt Ryan last week. They're so brutal that if you are in dire straits, I think you can play Chris Conley. That's how bad the Tampa Bay Buccaneer. That's fair. Chris Conley's the type of guy who has two big games a year and this is the type of game. And he had a lot of targets this last game early on. I like Chris Connolly. Four for 49, six for 58.

And sandwiched in between two awesome games is the two for 32 against Houston. He really let you down in week nine. And that's, I think, kind of when people are starting to really buy into Chris Conley. But he's been serviceable, like the past six weeks. Do you guys worry at all? I mean, you're going to start him, but do you worry about Leonard Fournett? Because I do. No. I mean, who's scoring well against Tampa Bay, the running back position? Like when I'm going to sleep, I have Leonard Fernette check for the boogeyman for me. Like, he's safe.

He's my safety blink. He checks for you? Yeah. I'm scared on the bed. But Leonard Fernette's there, so I know I'm safe. Okay. You feel very content with him watching. I'm like, oh, the closet's still a little bit open, Leonard. Just to be clear, does he? No problem. Does he stay awake while you sleep and watch you sleep? Yeah, that part's a little weird. That part's always, he becomes the boogeyman. I wake up in the morning and you're fine. And I give him his $5 and I say thank you.

I mean, you know, it's just one of those things. I live another day. No problem, Mike. I don't think he's safe. Then he puts his helmet on and it goes and plays. I just don't, I don't believe he's safe in this matchup. I think he could be the book. I'm not saying you're not going to start him. I mean, you have to. But it's really difficult. You just look at, you know, Tampa Bay's schedule, who they've played, you know, twice, two times on the season. Two times. Have they been in the top half of the league as far as fantasy points given up on a week?

One was to the New Orleans Saints and one was to the Rams. That's it, the whole season. All right, we should water bet this. I know you said you're going to start and that's not the question. The question is you said that. Okay, so top 15. I don't think he's a top 15 running back at all this week. That's a good line for a guy who's pretty much a top three. There is a good line. Let me check him of rankings though. Yep. I mean, I'm willing to. 50, 50 on top 15 this year. I'm willing to take it. All right, you guys can do it. Waterbed. Oh, but the trick is.

It's the Meglodon show, so it's gravy instead of water. Ooh, fantastic. Wait, poultry or beef? Got to know, because I got... Is that like PPR, half PPR? I want the poultry gravy if it's on clothes. I want the beef gravy if it's in my mouth. I thought you were going to say if it's shirtless. Sure, that's fine, because then I'll open my mouth, and I don't got to worry about the stains. To be clear, is that the difference between white and brown gravy, is that beef gravy versus poultry gravy?

Well, white is not poultry. White is usually more like a like a sausage, like a breakfast. But yeah, poultry is the lighter. I like, so brown gravy is the beef. Beef. Beef, beef gravy. Don't you normally make brown gravy from like the turkey? Turkey. Don't you make it from like the... They're both brown. It's just the lighter color brown, the turkey gravy, that's poultry.

I need to learn about gravy, apparently. I think Jason has a degree in gravy. I'm riding the gravy train. Yeah. All right. The Browns, five and six, take on this dealer. Six and five. Oh, by the way, don't play O.J. Howard. Oh, that's good. That's good advice. I'm here for the people. I feel like that needs its own drop. And we don't say it. We just push the button once a week. Just a reminder. Don't play O.J. Howard.

It doesn't quite. Lyrically, you did the boom boom was a little better than that. I rhymed it perfectly. It won't be okay. Don't play O.J. Howard. Hey, Siri. Remind me. Don't play O.J. Howard. Every week on from Thursday through Friday. All right. Brown Steelers. Browns are favored against.

Oh, my gosh. Kyle wants our best attempt at a duck call. I don't know what a duck sounds like. I feel like you got to use your hand. Because Devlin Hodges is playing. Oh, you guys just put both. Oh, Mike, that was a fart, Mike. That wasn't a duck call. That was a butt call. Oh, man. That's a real bad attempt. See, it's not so easy. What, I didn't say it was easy. I don't know what it sounds like. I don't know what I'm trying to go for.

Quack. Whoa. Whoa. Is there a duck in here? Well, you better talk about Devlin Hodges. I got to go hunting. That's what I thought my mouth was going to do. But it farted. But it did. It did not. No, duck farts are a special thing.

Oh, my gosh. Duck Hodges, what do you think? I think it's smart. This game's going to be chippy, and we all know it. Now, the refs are going to be all over this game. This is a reminder. It's two weeks after the just horrific fight with Miles Garrett and Mason Rudolph and the... This game can't be chippy. You can't afford to get chippy. Oh, these are the Browns. And this is a Freddie Kitchen Run team that seems to be unfortunately not...

Discipline? Discipline. I will say this. I think that, you know, for fantasy. What was that one? That's choking. Yeah, I've heard that. You're about to die. What is the sound of duck makes when it chokes? That's the real question. It's the same thing as it's quacking. Okay. You know, we don't talk about it for fantasy often enough. It's too.

Too many layers too deep, but referees can make a big difference on certain games. I've seen, especially in the DFS world, where certain referee teams that are known for calling much tighter games, you kind of steer clear of those, you know, a lot of plays take it away, things like that. And I do think this is a game that's going to be...

I don't know. I just, I've got like, not great advice here, not good analysis, but just personally, I've got like the bad vibes on this game. There are certain assets you're going to start. Yeah, Nick Chubb is in. Benny Snell should get 15 plus attempts. Jarvis Langer is my start of the week. I mean, he's got to be in. And Beckham's in your lineup because he always is. And so is Kareem. Is Kareem Hunt in your lineup? Yes.

Yeah. So why such conviction? Why such conviction with Cremont? Why? Because he's on the field. He's averaging 55% of the snaps. Oh, thank you. And he's getting targets. So he's a, he's a PBR specialist. He came through with the rushing touchdown this past week. I mean, it's not a ton of work, but it's enough that he is a playable running back. He was the, yeah, I guess, I guess you're right. Well, you were going to give me his ranking last week. He was 30. I think it was Pittsburgh the last time they played.

So I just don't know if I have the level of conviction that you have with 30th. That's about the same as I see happening this week. So he's a guy that I think you can put in your lineup, but he's not by any means a must start. Yeah, this is a staunch Steelers defense at home that gives up 16 fancy points a game. Break up that 16 average across Chub and Hunt, and there's risk with Hunt. Yeah, I'll admit that there's risk. And yes, he catches passes, but there's risk there's risk there.

But he's just, man, he's been targeted so much that I'm fine playing him. Yeah, you know, and just to bring this up, uh, because, you know, I'm the resident, uh, because you have to contractually contractually obligated.

I don't, Beckham to me is not an absolute must start. You're probably starting him. He's been solid enough. Obviously, had a good game last week. That was against Miami. You know, last time against Pittsburgh 37th, another good defense a week prior who's 37th. So 37th at wide receiver. That's not someone that's busting and terrible. But there are possibly options that are better. And this is a really, really difficult matchup. And Odell's not been great this year.

I think this is one of those games that could end up 1610, 1916. So are you benching Baker? Yeah, I probably don't want them on the road here. I mean, the Steelers put on so much pressure. And Baker is like the worst quarterback under pressure, 25 passer rating under pressure. And at home with that crowd, Jason talked about the chippiness. Look, you're going to feel it in the crowd as well. I'm benching Baker. Fair.

He was the quarterback nine last time he played Pittsburgh. It was in Cleveland, though. It was a much different situation. I think that Duck Hodges might be the reason that Baker Mayfield has a fine game. Yeah. Okay. Any other players who want to talk about? I mean, James Washington had the big week last week. Jalen Samuels has had big weeks, but he's now playing second to third fiddle. James Connor is, I'm sorry, not James Connor. Benny Snell is.

going to get the workload. The Browns are not a great matchup, but if you're telling me someone gets 20, 22 touches, you've got to start that player unless it's Kalin Belage. Agreed. And it's not. The 6 and 5 Rams just got destroyed in prime time. Head to Arizona to take on the 371 Arizona Cardinals. Cardinals.

Well, there are three-point home underdogs to the Rams. Cardinals coming off the buy week. It's a 47.5 point over under. Kyla Murray at home has finished as the quarterback 11, 14, 12, 5th, and then 7th in his last home game. He's been good. He's been great for fantasy. You're playing him here against the Rams. 100%. All right. On the other side, you got Jared Goff, my start of the week at the quarterback position.

He's been bad. How many touchdowns does Jared Goff have over the last three weeks? Let me do some calculation. All of November. Zero. Yeah, that'd be no touchdowns. Start of the week. Yeah, exactly. That talks you into it, doesn't it? But Arizona is just, they're just bad. I mean, they're just bad, bad, bad. Against fantasy quarterbacks to 32nd in the league, it's just going to be easy for Jared Goff to get some production. Todd Gurley, Jason started the week at running back.