Week 12 Matchups + In-or-Out, All Chewed Up

for fantasy points given up. Now if you've got this split with Snell and Jalen Samuels, then how do you really... Jalen Samuels. Jalen Samuels. No, no, no, we're trying to work through it. This is a technique. Sometimes you've got to over... Yeah. Okay. Go over the line to get to the line. Mentally, you need to put three Ss at the back of his name. Right. That's the important thing.

So, you know, I think you're right. You know, you get excited when injury news comes out and there's someone on the waivers that you can grab and put in, but you do have to temper that in reality, which is the offensive line has not been as dominant as in years past. Obviously, they aren't getting the job done for Jalen Samuels and is going to be split in time. Or can Jaylon Samuels just not get the job done? Sure, but can Ben Snell? Benny Snell, week six against the Los Angeles Chargers, 17 carries 75 yards.

A reception for 14 yards. You could definitely take the shot. I don't disagree. Vance McDonald, Benny Snell, Joe Mixon, Joe Mixon. Those are probably the relevant names. Oh, I think that's like, I'll play Joe Mixon over all these guys. Give me Joe Mixon, please. I thought you were asking what start. Joe Mixing for 500. And yes. Jason is Joe Mixins. Yes. Yes. I think we can really get down this rabbit hole and spin Jason up. Tyler Boyd has been a squeaky wheel.

Thank you. Tyler Boyce has been a squeaky wheel. And, you know, maybe he gets more targets. Are you going to play with the Ryan Finley flames? No, because you're going to get burnt. What flames? The ones that are coming right at your face. Okay. They're definitely like the flames on like a Guy Fieri shirt. Do you really have just not hot at all? Do you have excitement for James Washington because of the setup? Or is this team going to be able to win just by gaining two yards of carry with Jalen Samuels?

I have interest in James Washington. Yes. But when I say interest, I mean, like a wide receiver three, but he has, to me, in this matchup against the bagels, he does have wide receiver two upside. I haven't a hard time with this matchup hearing the right things. The Cincinnati Bagels is what I thought I heard you just say. Delicious.

Can we talk about food instead of this matchup? Yes. Because that would be entertaining. What would you like to get into? I heard you had some carbs last night. Yeah, I had carb aside after just, look, this is not my year in the League of Record. I'm switching over. I'm the champ in the Dynasty League. That's now the only league that matters from here on out. I wasn't going to bring up the League of Record situation. Good. But I do applaud our producer Borland.

for the way he listened to me all week about Jonathan Williams. I said that he's the only player you could play from that game on the series show, and he walked right out of this studio and put him in his lineup. Yeah, he did. And then I believe he just blew you a kiss. Did I see that correctly? Yes, yes, I did see that correctly. That was a 22, 23 point kiss in our league. Yeah, it was awful. As the Marlon Mac owner, knowing he would have destroyed your face after I traded for him from you to have.

Jonathan Williams destroy my face. No, no, no. Really hurt. Yeah, yeah. This is a better game to talk about. And I think the moral of the story over the last three games that we talked about was the fact that the upside is capped. The high-end upside is capped by the weapons. Or if anything, this year we've learned you need real backup quarterbacks in the NFL as well. They matter. Seahawks, eight and two, take on the Eagles five and five. The games in Philly. Here we go. And the Eagles are one-point favorites.

It's a 48 point over under. I think that's the right line. I think it's going to be a tight game. I like the Eagles by about a point. Yeah. Russell Wilson, Carson, Wince. We've talked a little bit about Wince. He's had a real difficult schedule. Dallas, Buffalo on the road, then Chicago and New England at home. Seattle's allowing the fifth most passing yards. Wins can be played this week.

Yeah, Wins can be played. I really do worry about the health of his receiving core. Coach Doug Peterson said that Alshan Jeffrey is trending in the right direction. I think that's important because Nelson Agalore, while we mock him, you know, because it's fun and because it's easy. He has missed the last couple of practices entirely. You know, I mean, Jordan Matthews, Andy.

Your love affair man, Jordan Matthews, who you think is the best wide receiver has ever played. Mac Hollins, these guys are not good enough wide receivers to sustain a good fantasy game from Carson Woods. I think Elshon Jeffrey needs to be out. If Alshan was out, I would be weary starting wins, even though this is a plus matchup. Okay. I think that's fair. I think Miles Sanders will do a little bit of work. Jordan Howard, yet to be cleared. So.

Philly hasn't really found five or six drives in a row type of this whole season. You think you got something, then you don't. You think you got something then you don't. So there are question marks there, but Seattle is vulnerable. Russell Wilson, Chris Carson, they're in your lineup. Tyler Lockett, Mike. If he's active... Yeah, I'm going to play him. Okay. I've got 29% targets here over the last month. Tyler Lockett is the... He is the receiving offense for the Seahawks. If he's not active, are you playing Josh Gordon? Oh, my goodness. Are you willing to...

Take the shot. You know, Metcalf will probably be in your lineup for sure. Right. Josh Gordon, he's had some time now. If Lockett is not active, I think I would be willing to play Josh Gordon. I think I would too. That will force his snap count to be up. This is a great situation for him with a phenomenal. I mean, you know, we talk about playing Hollister because of Russell Wilson. And so if Russell Wilson has Josh Gordon on the field a lot, then Josh Gordon's going to have some really nice balls fall right in his lap.

Yeah, yep, he will. Jacob Hollister, Zacherts, Dallas Goddard. Goddard is my start of the week. The number three starts sick question. Dallas Goddard v. Ryan Griffin. I lean the Goddard side, but Griffin has been so good. I like both players. I don't see a reason to fight over this. You don't need to disparage either guy. They're both startable. I would go Ryan Griffin. No, this is news to me. So.

The return of Red Dead Dixon was apparently very overstated. Yeah, because he's on IR. What happened? He came back. He tested it out. He thought he was good. Obviously, it went the wrong direction, and they said, well, you're done with us, even though you never got started. You know what they call that? That's the herndon. Yes. That's right. We got herndon. He got herndon again. He got herndened.

But that does secure Hollister. It does. You have to like the opportunity there. Well, Hollisters always have great locations. I mean, the real estate in the mall. They're always right there. Honestly, if Tyler Lockett is out, we talk about Gordon getting an uptick, but I think that the short screen games. Oh, Hollister gets a huge uptick. Yeah, Abercrombie is going to have a real nice time out there. Absolutely. Philadelphia hasn't allowed a lot of rushing production, but that's not going to slow you down with Chris Carson. He's been one of the leaders in total touches.

That can offset the, you know, defensive front of a, you know, for fantasy purposes. So there you go. Anybody else from this game you want to talk about? Uh, is, is Nelson Aguilor have any worth to you? No, Nelson, I mean, you know, he hopes to practice today, but missing. We talked about the passingers, the fifth most passing yards allowed by Seattle. Nelson Aguilor. Yes. If Jeffrey misses, I will play Aguilar. Okay. That, that's what I was trying to get at it.

Aguilar, I know it was many moons ago now in the fantasy season, but when he was the last man standing, he came through with a big game. Yeah, it's just comfort level. You can see it on the field. He'll get targets. When these guys are missing, Carson Wince is going to look Nelson Aguilar's way, and then Aguilar is going to look into the stadium lighting when he attempts to catch a pass. So that's what's going to happen. The Jacksonville Jaguars at 4 and 6 take on the Tennessee Football Titans at 5 and 5.

It's a 41.5 point over under the games at home for Tennessee. They're favored by three and a half. Ryan Tannahill, he has an opportunity to continue to surprise for fantasy purposes. It is strange. I brought him up on the series show. It's a strange thing, Mike. You brought it up. When you don't know who his best passing option is, yet he's finished. His last four starts, QB13, QB11, QB5, QB11.

His playoff schedule is the fourth best in fantasy. I brought a Baker yesterday with a great playoff schedule. Taniel has a great one. Oh, man. And he's throwing the ball around. I just want Ryan Tanyhill Baker and Ryan Fitzpatrick just as like the top quarterbacks over the fantasy playoff weeks. Just be strolling down the yellow brick road. Oh, that'll arm in arm. That'll warm my heart on a cold winter's day. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

You just want to watch the whole fantasy world get turned upside down and sit back with some popcorn. I expect this game to be a pretty interesting one, but a big bounceback game for Leonard Fournett touches wise. It wasn't a great first game with Nick Foles back. Well, they got boat raced. That was a lot of it. They basically, Doug Moran came out and said, look, we needed to score quick. Of course, they didn't get back into the game doing that.

But getting boat race, that would be, I don't think that's going to happen against Tennessee in this one. The over-under seems to imply that it won't. And Leonard Fournett is the motor of the offense. And I think Doug Morone has said he wants to get back to it. Do you agree? Yeah, I mean, I, look, they lost last week. They weren't giving Fournett the ball because they felt like they couldn't. I think they're going to make a concerted effort. Now Nick Foles is back second weekend and.

They're going to get four net the ball more. They need to. I mean, and this is a really even matchup. These are like the two most averagey teams in the league. Their defenses are pretty good. They're not great. They're not bad. They're okayish. The running game is pretty good. It's not like outstanding, but it's not bad. I mean, they both have good running games. I've seen worse. I've seen better. Their quarterbacks are.

Pretty good. Not bad. Nick Foles, Ryan Tanner. They're getting the job done. They're not bad. Not hot. No, cold. You know, medium. So, I mean, that's, this is a game where I think you're going to get average games from a lot of these players. Fournette, Henry, Chark. Those guys are obviously going to be. You got an average game from Henry? Jaguars 20, allowing the 24th best.

at the fantasy running back position, and Derek Henry has just been smashing people? Well, and specifically, if you remember, Derek Henry loves to smash the Jaguars. So maybe you get a great game against, from Derek Henry. But, yeah, I mean, I'm looking at these three as you're clearly starting Fournet Henry and Shark, right? Is there anybody out there not doing that? No. And is there anybody else you're starting from this game? What about Delaney Walker? If he's active, would you put him in there? No. No. No. Nope.

No way. Not. Can I interest you in D.D. Westbrook? Pass. A.J. Pard pass. Yeah. So it really is. This game has no decisions. No. They've all been made for you. It's four net starting. Henry starting. Tark is starting. Don't start anybody else. Unless you like Ryan Tano Hill at home as a streaming option. I'd play Tannelho over Driscoll, for example. I would play Driscoll over Trenahoe.

I will not make a bet if you want it. You did want a bet? I did want it. A Driscoll Tannahill bet? Those are my favorite kinds. Water bed. All right. Man, that's fine. I've got a plane. It is getting colder out here. That's a toilet water bed. In Arizona. So these water bets are getting a little bit more expensive. It's like in the 60s. I like it's getting a little bit colder in Arizona. Only Arizona.

Yes. The rest of the United States, not getting colder. And you know, when I think of where it's coldest, it's usually Arizona. Do you realize? Look at your beanie, Mike. I know, like, but I want people to realize it's 54 degrees. Oh, I mean, it's practically snowing. By noon, it'll be, uh, all right, cowboys. Burr. Cowboys at six and four. Take on the Patriots at nine and one. The games in New England.

You might as well have thought the Patriots lost last week the way that Tom Brady was acting in that press conference. But it was a disappointing offensive performance, and there has to be a little bit of concern about, I would say, predictability in the offense. You don't really know where production, if any, will come at the running back position for New England. You don't really know outside of Edelman if you have any other options.

in the passing game with Jacoby Myers, Nikiel Harry, and injured Mohammed Tanu, who, by the way, reports have said he could miss multiple games. Reports are saying he might try to practice on Friday. We don't know. I think those things can both be true. I think he can miss multiple games while getting in limited participation in practice. Yeah. And then Philip Dorset, who could be a kind of interesting play of Sanu sat down dealing with a concussion? And Dorset is kind of, you know, he needs that one big play. Last week it was a pass from Julian Edelman.