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

It's really fun when you can, so we've got this streamfinder tool for our Join the Foot supporters, and we haven't rolled out the new feature yet because it's still being developed, and it's unbelievable. But we've got it, ha, ha, and on our side, and so I can look at, okay, what's a good matchup for quarterbacks on the season? Sure, that's easy to find. What about the last three weeks? What about the last five weeks? What about the last eight weeks? No matter what button I push.

The best matchup is Arizona. So Jared Goff is a fine play. He's like, oh, who's the best matchup over to last three? Last five, last eight. Okay, it's always Arizona. Play the quarterback against Arizona. All right, Mike, I need your crystal ball because, yes, Gurley, start of the week, you play him. But David Johnson, Kenyon Drake, and now Chase Edmonds, who has returned to practice, that's the Cardinals backfield against this middle of the pack ram's run defense. What on earth do you do? They're at home. You play Kenyon Drake.

And no one else? And nobody else until you have a reason. Until I see otherwise, Kenyon Drake has been the best running back on the team. And Chase Edmonds has been, in my opinion, the second best running back on the team. Would you play Kenyon Drake or Miles Sanders? I would play Miles Sanders. I would as well. Just because of eliminating the risk of.

What if Chase Edmond gets half the work? What if David Johnson is the starter? And his Welp on Twitter gets in the starting job again. And he's, you know, they're coming off the buy. Maybe he was banged up. There's just too many question marks. It will be a committee of sorts. We don't know how it'll break down. And I'm with you. I think Drake is the one that's most assured for work. So let's move to whiteouts. I mean, Cooper Cup has struggled over the last six games. I mean, he's, he had that game against Cincinnati where it was.

200-something yards, but other than that, it has been the hottest of farts in your lineup. I mean, wide receiver 63, 41, 121. It's a burner. Oh, yeah. I mean, this is, don't leave this one under the sheets. No, it's the fire hazard. What are you? Here's the thing. Are we back to full confidence with Cooper Cup because of the matchup? Yes. Okay. That's where I was going to get to is just that you have to, you have to translate the same.

arguments to Cup, cooks, and Woods. And with Woods, your confidence is back? He was their best receiver last week. He did a little garbagey. Not all of it, though. He was involved in the screen game. He was involved, he had the first catch of the game. So, yeah, I think you just, two of these guys, two thirds of these are going to have a good week. So the odds are in your favor. Now, the crazy thing.

is you can't ignore the stats on the other side of the field. Arizona wide receivers have scored the most fantasy points per game over the last four games. So here you know there's going to be points there for Kyler at home. I trust Christian Kirk. Do you trust Larry Fitzgerald. Larry Fitzgerald is a very sneaky good play this week. Larry plays better at home. We've brought that up in the past. This is coming off of a buy, which for a player his age is probably not the worst thing. And you have Jalen Ramsey.

who is probably going to be more so focused on Christian Kirk than Larry. He was, you know, in my queue of waiver pickups to go into my lineup this week in my personal league. You know, your upside is limited when you're talking about Larry Fitzgerald. But I think he's a safe play to go out there and get, you know, a handful of fantasy points that helps you win this week. Rank these players. Larry Fitzgerald, Curtis Samuel, McColl Hardman.

I would rank them probably as you just said. Larry. I would go Larry Curtis McCle Hardman. Unless. Great. I'll tell my friend. I needed a monstrous upside play because I still think McCle Hardman, as silly as it is, he might have the most upside. We still need confirmation that Tyreek's going to play. Right now it's all roses that we think he's going to play. But.

You need that confirmation. Yeah, that advice I just gave was with Tyreek playing. If Tyreek is out, then obviously McColl Sky Rockets. Yeah, that's one of the big juggling acts you have to do when you have three Thanksgiving day games is, you know, you got McCole Hardman. He looks like a lot nicer start if Tyreeks another game. But you, if you're playing somebody else in Anthony Miller or a Thursday game, it makes it more difficult. Gerald Everett.

Day to day with a knee injury. Unfortunately. I'm just stepping away from him myself. What about Higby? What about Tyler Higby who's actually been involved? I mean, this is the Arizona Cardinals who love saying like, hey, tight ends. I'll give you a three second head start. They don't care if it's Ross Dwelly. It don't matter. They don't care if it's Red Ellison. Red Ellison came through. I mean, if Gerald Everett was out, which we don't expect him to be. He continued playing in that game, then Higby would be my start of the week. But.

He's going to play on limited snaps. It's so hard. And he's trying to. I'm just grimacing because it's Tyler Higby, guys. Here's the, yeah, I would think about him. I'd play. If Higby was alone, I'd play him over Doyle. Sure, if he was alone, but he won't be. Everett will be out there in limited snaps. Maybe a DFS play. Maybe. Yeah, all right. The Raiders take on the Chiefs. Is that true, Brooks? We have four matchups left. Yeah. Holy.

Moli. This is the longest megalobole of all time. It's a megalobole now. Megalodon. Megalodon. The Raiders at 6 and 5 take on the 7 and 4 chiefs in Kansas City. Chiefs are 10-point favorites. It's a 51 point over and under. I'm bummed. I thought this would be two 7 and 4 teams taking one another on, but then the Raiders laid a big old... Well, they could still both be 7 and 5 at the end of the matchup. Still for the division lead, right? I mean...

Yeah, it's still going to be an interesting one. Patrick Mahomes, Derek Carr. What are the big question marks for you in this game? We know Josh Jacobs started the week, Darren Waller started the week. Those guys are locked and loaded. I have confidence in Tyrell Williams, to be honest, on the Raiders side as well. So...

You're really looking at these. Ah, Brooks. We finally got a Damien Williams update. Yes, sir. 19 minutes ago. Damien Williams is not practicing. After the by not practicing. And they brought in another running back Elijah McGuire to work out. Jason's fist pump is LaShawn McCoy related. LaShawn McCoy is currently in my lineup. Oh, nice. That's got to feel good. That feels good having Damien Williams up. I think it's Marlon Mack.

Get back soon. Yeah, I think Shady and Darrell Williams. If Damien's out, both are placed. Yes, I agree. And it's a coin flip on who has the better game, but both have great opportunities against the Raiders' defense. The Raiders' defense is not good. It's bottom third everywhere. And there's going to be great opportunities in the passing game for both teams, I think, but my goodness, Darrell Williams, LaShawn McCoy, you can play them both.

Elijah McGuire has been signed to the practice squad. Oh, all right. What about the, so the matchup is great against the Oakland Raiders pretty much across the board. Fantasy wide receivers, they are 25th, giving them over 31 points a game to the position. The Lizard King are. Never. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever. You got to take those.

disgusting yams. Yeah, I'll take, I'll take the slap on the face once every 11 times you start him. And then you all look at me and be like, I told you so. And I'll be like, I don't care. Yeah, I mean, there's a guy that at this point, you don't want on your roster. He believes he's a lizard as well. You don't want him to go off on your bench. You want to know how to avoid that? Don't have him.

Don't put him on your team. Yeah. Let's go. Then you don't get really upset that you didn't start him. You never want to look at any of the snap count metrics with Sammy Oakis because they'll try to talk you into starting. Don't look at the targets. No. He's getting them. Yeah. Tyroquil did practice in full today so he's expected to play. All right. That's good news for the Tyreek owners named Jason as well. Kelsey's in.

Yeah. I mean, question mark. Derek Carr, are you taking a chance on the road here with him? He's the biggest question mark, and I am not. We've seen a couple of different times where the quarterback seemed like a great play because you're like, oh, Kansas City is going to be this great. They're going to be up. You're going to have to throw the ball. It doesn't always work out that well. Obviously, Josh Jacobs, your start of the week at running back is a great start of the week. I wanted him, but he was already in on your slot, Andy. But the reality is Derek Carr has not been good at Arrowhead.

He's had plenty of chances. His last five career games in Arrowhead, 186 passing yards on average. Yeah, it's a tough place to play. And it's a tough position. Let's say, you know, like you said, if Patrick Mahomes does get out to a lead, that's a lot of pressure. You've got a pass rush coming. You're on the road at Arrowhead. I think it's best to stay away. I agree. Yeah. Kansas City won.

28 to 10 in week 2. Mahomes had a mere 443 yards and four touchdowns. Chargers. All that came in the second quarter, I believe. Just one drive. The Chargers at 4 and 7 take on the 3-8 Broncos. Man, this is the other half of that division. The Chargers, three-point favorites in Denver. Denver implied point total of just 17 points, 38.5 point over under. You know, the one place that...

the Chargers give up fantasy points is the running back position. So maybe you look at Philip Lindsay and where his, you know, he's ascending when it comes to running back touches. So you look at Lindsay and say, he's your one play on Denver. Yes. And I love him. But as I brought up earlier, we have seen that he is going to get the work. He is going to be efficient with the work. He's going to do a good job. But his upside is limited because of Brandon Allen. I just wish that he had, I mean, I'm wishing for Flacco.

What a world. You know, it's one of those things where... That's what I always try and tell you guys. Well, it can't possibly get worse. You're like, yes, it can always get worse. Is Haskins the backup? Yeah. It could get worse. Can it get worse from Brandon Allen? Can Drew Locke be worse? Yes, it's possible. Yeah. It's possible.

He could be worse. Yeah, so Philip Lindsay, I'm okay. He will be worse. Royce Freeman, definitely not. Sutton is another question mark player. I am not in on Sutton this week. We brought it up earlier. The Hayward matchup, the Brandon Allen matchup. That feels more like a matchup than, you know, it's like it's Cortland Sutton versus Brandon Allen. That's how it feels. Gotcha. Gotcha.

Yeah, it's unfortunate. And, you know, Noah Fant, I think, in a different circumstance, when you see the snap count and the target chair, you're like, okay, let's ride this. Let's move on up. Let's get some upside athleticism at tight end. But you have the hindrances at the quarterback position. So you can take the shot. You know he's going to be out there. That's step one for tight ends. Be on the field. He could always catch a touchdown, always break a long play. But you are rolling the dice with him in a very...

You know, low over-under matchup against the division, you know, rival. Melvin Gordon last five games, RB 20, 23, 3, 5, and 24. Yeah, he's in. He's in. I mean, he's just disappointing. It's a rough year for Gordon owner. It's been a very disappointing, yes, very disappointing season overall for where you had to draft Melvin Gordon. You had to hold on. Then he was terrible for the first few weeks. He's just now an actual startable player, but you do play him.

Things are trending the right way for him. Austin Echler, you continue to roll him out. That's the biggest question to me in this entire game is Austin Echler because he's been so good. And I think you do continue to roll him out here as what he is, an RB2 or a flex. But it's not a great matchup. You know, this has a 38.5 point over under. That's extremely low. I don't know how it gets to that point unless the Chargers have a good game because the Denver Broncos defense is great and they're in Denver.

And the Denver Broncos offense is terrible. So I just, you know, I don't see a lot of upside. So Echler's worrisome, but especially in a PPR league. He usually gets it done at the end of the day. Hunter Henry is the tight-in one since returning from his injury. He's been awesome. Yeah. So he's going to be in your lineup regardless. Not many players have the old 10-year sample size with Philip Rivers. Over the last 10 years, averaging 210 passing yards a game in Denver. Never again. That's nice. Yeah. No.

Philip Rivers. Are you interested in Philip Rivers over your current options, Jason? Would you like to get him back into your lineup and redeem him? I would play Brandon Allen before I would play Philip Rivers. Oh, my goodness. He is no longer an option for this guy. What did I get you as a little office present? We have a little like a four-foot Christmas tree in the office. You got a Christmas tree ornament of Philip Rivers. And the only thing that is good about it is that it looks like the little...