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

I think there are plenty of Anthony Miller tier of wide receivers that are later on Sunday. Yeah, where you can wait. I wouldn't be throwing Anthony Miller out. So would you asking for a friend, would you play Anthony Miller on Thursday, Mike, or would you wait on and then just play McCall Hardman? I'd play Hardman. To wait on Hill. I would wait. So if Hilton's, let me ask that, if Hilton's active since we brought him up in the news, does that mean that you're playing them no matter what, regardless of the pitch count situation? Not.

Not no matter what. But I'm playing him over Anthony Miller and McCle Hartman. Yeah. All right. Yeah. But on the other side of the ball, let's look at a world where David... I already talked about all those guys. But we didn't talk about it if David Blach is the quarterback. I'm just lying. I didn't. I was just trying to get together. Like, are we playing Goliday and Marvin Jones with confidence if a vampire is throwing them the ball? No, bears give up 21.7 fancy points in total. This game's indoors, right? It is indoors. Yeah. Sun, sunlight. Sunlight. It would be...

That's the only thing that's going to hurt him. Yeah, I mean, this, look, let's say that Jeff Driscoll is out there. He gets to start. This is already a matchup. I don't love for wide receivers. I don't love either of these wide receivers with Jeff Driscoll. Yeah, he's gotten the job done enough in certain weeks, one week for Kenny Gulliday, a couple weeks for Marvin Jones, but it's really been a dangerous ride.

So if I can pivot off of the wide receivers in this matchup, I mean, Vegas has this thing at 38 points. This isn't a game I want my, my, you know, entry into the playoffs hinging on. I will just remind you that the Jeff Driscoll's first game was against Chicago. Sure. And he surprised everyone. Kenny Galladay got the late touchdown saved. And Marvin was 5 for 77. And that was in Chicago. I don't think it's dire straits here.

for the Lions wide receivers if Driscoll plays. All right. Well, let me ask you this, Mike. Adam Thielen coming back or Kenny Galladay? With the vampire or Driscoll? With Driscoll. I think Driscoll is going to be out there. Then Adam Thieling. Yeah, I'm Adam Thieling. I was going to say I'm Adam Thielen in all situations there.

All right. Good news for you, Jason. A little breaking news. Nelson Aguilar and Alshon Jeffrey both practicing in full on Wednesday. They hope to combine forces and become one competent, healthy, wide receiver. I like that. How much confidence you have in Nelson Aguilar. I like having. Desperate times, Mike. My comparison here is Jordan Matthews or Nelson Aguilar. And I will take Agilor over Jordan Matthews. Fair.

You prefer watching him drop the ball than Jordan Matthews drop the ball. Yes. All right. I do too. Bills, eight and three at the Cowboys Thursday game. Thanksgiving Day Cowboy matchup. Cowboys have an implied point total of 26 points. Bills at 19 puts the Cowboys at seven point favorites. It's a 45 and a half point over under. And I think there are lots of question marks in this game. The bills have been playing well. They have a very good defense.

Do they travel here on Thanksgiving short week? And are they able to hold back Dak and company who have been excellent at home? They, you know, yards per game wise, Dak is leading the NFL. This is one of the best scoring offenses. So push coming to shove here. I like the Cowboys players in this matchup. You're never benching Zeke. So he's in your lineup. But there are question marks around.

You're probably not benching Amari Cooper at all. But Gallup, Cobb, Prescott, what do you think? Yeah, Tredavius White is a tough matchup for Cooper. You're right. You're probably not benching him. Obviously, if you took that stance last week and benched Amari Cooper in bad weather and a bad matchup, you were thrilled. But we've talked about Cooper's home road splits.

being very significant. This game is at home, and the short week where the bills have to travel gives you hope for Amari Cooper. Like I said, I moved him down to about wide receiver 20. So could you bench him, yes. That'd be great if you could, because that means you've got three great options. But if you don't, then that is a wide receiver that should be started. I don't think he's going to get shut out, but I certainly don't expect a big monster game from him here. The other options, Gallup has been...

pretty serviceable. And if he doesn't have Tredavius White, then Gallup, I think, is going to be, I see those two as almost near plays, you know, very similar to each other. I would, based on history, if I had both those guys, I'd probably still start Cooper, which feels illogical. No, I mean, there are very few players that have the upside and high end that Amari Cooper has where he can win you a week.

against anybody and at home you know his performances have been very good he's still the wide receiver six on the year so i just don't see how i could sit him down with the upside that he provides your team because he's he's a kind of guy that can go two hundred and two yeah i'm still playing cooper yeah but with that attitude right yes you have to have that voice that's and that's i stand by this um any other question marks on that side of the ball um john brown's been great

over the last, well, really the whole season, but coming through with big plays, Josh Allen on the road here, what kind of performance are we going to get from this? That's what I wanted to ask about Josh Allen. Dallas has the highest pressure rate in the NFL, and Josh Allen is one of the worst quarterbacks as far as pass-a-rating completion percentage, win under pressure. Under pressure. I was waiting for it. I was just waiting for you to say it.

But does that cause him to run more? He's also one of the most mobile quarterbacks in the league. So if he's under pressure, does he scramble and end up with a 30-yard run, which is like throwing for 200 yards? Yeah, I was going to say it's a double-edged thing. If he chooses to throw the ball under pressure, he's not been great. But he has weapons downfield. He's got a guy that can win in one-on-one coverage and John Brown. And Josh Allen has earned this start for me and my fantasy roster. Devin Singletary, averaging 5.9 yards per carry,

gotten into the end zone recently, but I'm playing him in this game against Dallas. He feels like the most productive yet unproductive fantasy player right now. He's basically David Montgomery, except for he looks good and he's got great yards per carry, but still doesn't get into the end zone. That's what I mean? 15 for 75. That's great. That's a great day. Except you're disappointed with it fantasy wise. 21 for 106 on the ground. These are great numbers.

The problem is he's only had one reception each of the last two games, but you cannot, you can't look at that and say, well, you know, he's not a passing downs back because, you know, prior to that six targets, four targets, six targets, it just hasn't happened to last two. I still really like Singletary. I'm playing him in this matchup. Yeah, I agree with you. And he has been the passing downs back. He's just been on there just not had the receptions. Cole Beasley, John Brown's going to be in your lineup, but Cole Beasley.

Last week, 6 for 76 and 1, do you buy into this revenge game narrative for Cole Beasley? Because we saw Jarvis Landry absolutely smash it against Miami last week. Does Beasley get a few more opportunities than normal as they try to keep up? He might, but not just because of the revenge, but because of the pressure rate where Cole Beasley is the short-yardage slot-wide receiver. Josh Allen may have to check down to Cole Beasley more than he wants to.

Josh Allen's DNA is he wants to throw the ball as far as he can. But Beasley's interesting. He has never finished in the top 25 except for this past week. His ceiling is incredibly limited. So very similar type players in their offenses. Would you rather play Cole Beasley?

Would you rather play Randall Cobb, who's had at least 86 yards in the last three games? Definitely Randall Cobb out of those two. I think the upside is there. Cole Beasley's not exciting. While we talk about Buffalo's past defense being gray and Tradavius White locking down the number one, the Dallas Cowboys defense is really good. They're number four against wide receivers. So if you're talking about, okay, here's a really good defense. It doesn't give it up to the wide receiver position a lot. And then you're like, well, I want to go with this guy who doesn't get long, you know, passes and maybe he'll get.

six for 54. Oh, six for 55. You got me edgy, man. I know, but that's good. I would rather you hit the button than not hit the button. You know, it's just one of those things where you look at Colby's game log all year. He's been involved. He's had targets, but you're not happy with the vast majority of these games unless he gets a touchdown. And I just don't see, you know, I'm not going to put the odds on the favor of him getting a touchdown against Dallas.

Yeah, I think what happens with Cole Beasley is that fantasy betrays reality for him all the time. Like we all know and acknowledge that Cole Beasley is like an asset to an offense, whether it was with Dallas or Buffalo. Right. And we feel like he deserves the respect and you watch what happens. Then you go look at the stat sheet and you're like, well, that didn't do much for my team. Sure. Right. And the last kind of note for me on this game is Dawson Knox. I don't want to play him necessarily in season long, but there are special Turkey Day.

things happening in DFS, like if you're playing over on Fandul, and the Dallas Cowboys does give it up to the tight end. They're 25th against that position. So Dossanox, I think, is in play as a cheaper option if you're playing that slate. All right, this is an interesting matchup. The New Orleans Saints at 9 and 2 take on the Atlanta Falcons in Atlanta. The Falcons are 3 and 8, and the over under in this game is 48.5 points. Now, Saints are 7-point favorites.

Kyle, our editor brought up four out of the last five games in this rivalry. It's hit the under. But we've had big boy games in the past, too. And these division games are difficult to predict. We've seen the Falcons defense step up in two out of the last three games in a big way. They are at home. There's pride in the division. Mike, you were saying yesterday, I think in the footcast, we said like,

You know, these divisional games are weird 80% of the time. That was how you handicapped. It was a really arbitrary number I threw out. 74.9% statistically. Much more accurate. But it does make this game interesting because it's easy to kind of imbue the Falcons offense with kind of, you know, that over under and the high flying capabilities that they have with Ridley.

Julio and company. One is Julio Jones playing? And the last time these guys played, which was a few weeks ago, it was in New Orleans, but Matt Ryan, 182 passing yards with two touchdowns and an interception. I mean, not a great fantasy day. Let's start there, Mike. Is he a play at home in this game? People got really burned by him last week, probably lost if you started him. What do you think? I feel like I'm pulling a Jason here, but.

Julio Jones matters so much to Matt Ryan. I get that Calvin Ridley is a nice wide receiver who's emerging and could be a great player in years to come. But you take the alpha number one wide receiver away from Matt Ryan and bad things happen. And Austin Hooper still gone as well. I will be out on Matt Ryan if Julio Jones is not playing and Julio Jones did not practice on Tuesday.

Not great news for a game that's on Thursday. So Matt Ryan is very much, you better be paying attention to the news in your turkey coma. Yes, Sam Darnold against Cincinnati or Matt Ryan, even with Julio back. If Julio's there, I'll play Matt Ryan. Yeah, I think so, too. But if Julio Jones is out, I will pivot away to Sam Darnold. Sam Darnold or Ryan Tannahill. Oh, okay.

Give me the, it's a very weird question in the middle of a Saints Falcons matchup. Very specific question. Didn't even want to wait for the other matchup. We're running up against a waiver, wire clock. I've got to have your advice. Sam Darnold on the road in Cincinnati or Ryan Tannahill, who's been hot fire. Of course, Sam Darnel has also been hot fired in a dome against Indianapolis in Indy. I would play Darnold.

This is the waiver wire clock question. Yes. Here's something worth mentioning. Marshawn Lattimore practiced yesterday, whereas Julio didn't. Marshawn Lattimore has been one of the best corners shut down corners in the league. If you have a limited Julio and a little bit of Lattimore on top, that could be a problem. Drew Brees on the other side. You're playing Drew Brees. Yes, you are. You're playing him. Alvin Camara. We're getting Super Camario this week.

What do you think? I think we are getting Super Camario. I brought it up in whatever show. I think it was our footcast yesterday.