Week 15 Buy or Sell + Semi-Finals Mailbag, Lizard Rules

surprise Malcolm Brown touchdowns where like I was with Jason that the first rushing touchdown of Malcolm Brown was absolutely shocking where it seemed like they got down to the one and then they were running and the television producers couldn't keep up the Rams explode into the end zone you're like oh sweet girl you got a touchdown and then it's just Malcolm Brown threw a smoke bomb down he's like guess what it's me Malcolm

Todd Gurley ripped off his face. I was like, ha ha, you thought it was Todd Gurley. It was me the whole time. Those plays are always rough, too, because I didn't, you know, I didn't see Gurley when he ran off the field. It was real fast. So it's one of those things where, you know, Gurley could have thrown his hand up and been like, I need one. But, you know, because that happens from time to time in a very annoying fashion for fantasy owners. But yeah, you never know. He has been playing well. And your odds for a good performance go up when you have.

increased touches, which is what's finally happening. I mean, we've seen the breakdown over the course of, you know, the last two years versus this year. He's like five or six touches fewer per game. They need to get back to that level because they were pretty good when Todd Gurley was running the ball. Yeah. All right. That was by yourself from Pristine Auction. You can check them out. Pristineauction.com. Use the code ballers to get yourself some sports memorabilia. Let's get into the news. News and notes from Around the League. Presented by Sleeper.

All right, the Redskins officially placed Darius Geis on injured reserve, a sprained MCL. This season is over. Is it the time of year when smallish injuries just, they all go to IR. You're going to miss a couple weeks. You're done, but it's so sad. Marvin Jones on injured reserve. Wide receiver for the Lions. See? An ankle injury. The smallish injury part? Yeah. It's just, you know, IR sounds so like terrible. Yeah, that's fair.

No Marvin Jones, though. That's disappointing. Kenny Gulliday, I was looking at the last, you know, since week eight, he's a like top five point per game wide receiver in that span despite the Driscoll Blau period of his life, which I'm sure one day he'll talk to a counselor about. And this week he has just the crim-de-l-l-crim matchup. So it's, it's, you know, full steam ahead.

Is it? Is the phrase? I think so, yes. I mean, you can take the narrative both ways of he's the only show in town, but he's the only show in town. Can Kenny Goliday and David Blow overcome that? I'm into Galaday against Tampa. He's too big, too fast, too strong. If this was a different matchup, I would say Marvin Jones going down could hurt Galaday, but I don't think Tampa can hurt Galaday.

I just don't, they don't have the personnel and they've even lost, you know, they were already the worst and they lost one of their major pass rushers. So it's like, yeah, I'm kind of done doubting him considering the fact that we've, we've gone through with the quarterbacks. Is there a sneaky PPR play on Detroit when you have to trust David Blow and.

but you are facing the Tampa secondary. You know, Danny Amandola, you don't have Hawkinson there anymore either. He's on IR, so there's Jesse James. I don't, I don't trust Blow enough to make someone like a Danny Amidola. Like Danny Amidola's had eight targets the last two weeks. That's great. Except they were David Blow targets and, you know, he's ended up with, I believe 60 yards combined in those two games, 66.

Alshan done for the season. I think we saw this coming, talked about it yesterday. Do we have an update yet on what that injury is? Hey, Giamatti, you got anything? I'll check on that. You've been on the phone with Alshan? Give him a call. Let us know. I'm just, I'm concerned, man, like long term. Yeah. He's older. Yeah, he's older. If it's a serious injury, if it's Achilles or if it's something. If it's an Achilles injury, he's done. He doesn't. He doesn't recover well from anything. No. I mean, he's.

Even when he has good games, you find out later that he had a severe shoulder injury during them. I mean, he is one of the most redundantly injured players that exist. So they need to completely fix their wide receiver core in totality heading into next year. If you want to know whether you have the future in Carson Wentz, you cannot be targeting Greg Ward for the duration of the season. I was thinking about this very, very selfishly.

as I am forced into playing Carson Wins in my playoffs this week again. You could always go rivers. It's Dynasty, so I can't, but also shut your mouth. No, but I was like, Antonio Brown is out there. Like, come on. Antonio Brown will go right onto the commissioner's list if he's signed. That's why no one has signed him. But I mean, if you're the Eagles, if you're the team and you're like, okay, we're.

We're being gifted playoffs here. We shouldn't be, but we're in. But we don't have anybody to throw the ball to. You are, I mean, forget Antonio Brown. You're looking at every wide receiver that is out there in the world saying, I've got to find people to come in who maybe I could sign off the street or something. And then there's Antonio Brown out there. You got to kick a tire, right? It's just my thought. Hey, there's a tire. Let's kick it. Yeah, I probably don't.

I mean, I get it. I get it. All right. This is good news. Lamar Jackson. He's going to start Thursday's game against the Jets. They are Mondo favorites. We've got the preview coming up shortly. Quad injury, question marks. Holy goodness. I just looked at the line. Yeah, it's like, what, 14 and a half? Yeah. Well, they're out home against the Jets. That's the real crux of the argument. Still, man. Two tons. That is greater than two touchdowns. That is.

nowhere near high enough. I would genuinely bet that they cover that. Well, Lamar is going to be in your fantasy line. There's no real evaluation here. Yes. If he's active, you play him. He's active. You're going to play him. And this seems like the kind of game to me that the Jets, it is an actual scientific impossibility to win the game. Like, I don't think there's any possible way that they could do it. The quad injury is the way. I mean, this is like... Even if Lamar Jackson...

walked on his hands, I think they lose by 10 points. Because the defense, how are you going to score on Baltimore with Sam Darnold on the road? I don't know how it's going to happen. Lamar Jackson could not throw a single pass in this game and Baltimore would win. Yeah, after I said it, I regretted it. Robert Griffin could beat this Jets team with the defense and the running game. And that's not.

I mean, I don't know. I guess that's an insult to the Jets. It is, and it should be taken as such. But it's also just a compliment to that defense. There are just situations where, you know, you just can't do it. It's the same situation as, look at how Pittsburgh's winning games right now. Yeah. They're winning games with Duck Hodges. Ugly. And if the Jets were traveling to Pittsburgh on Thursday night this week, I would say that they should be 10-point underdogs regardless of Duck Hodges. All right.

Don't forget to check your waiver wire. I saw many of you. Congratulations, by the way. Releasing Aaron Rogers into the, into the pool. The plan is being executed. Please work. I was going to say, I realized today when I saw these screenshots from the play, play, play bench plan or play play cut, that this could turn very poorly for us as a show. If Aaron Rogers goes out and does like a.

And Brooks is nodding. I think I heard Jason saying this this morning. Did you really? You weren't in yet. And I saw someone screenshot that, you know, Aaron Rogers was cut. And I just, I said, we are going to feel something big on Monday. We're either going to feel really good. We predicted the future in advance and it worked out or we're going to feel horrific. Well, I saw a lot of, you know, Ryan Tanna Hill.

Yeah, 100% was the pick up for many of you when you dropped Aaron Rogers. Is that dependent on Devante Parker? I mean, if he doesn't have Parker, would you still play Tana Hill? I don't think he's going to have Parker. I was hearing Fitzpatrick. Now, what if Tanahill added Devonty Parker? Oh, we'd probably go up. Let me, what if I told you this, Jason, since week nine, Philip Rivers is averaging more points per game than Aaron Rogers. Keep saying stuff like this so that people know that we're not just insane.

I would believe it. That's a very low bar, though. Since week nine, Matt Ryan is averaging more points per game than Aaron Rogers. And Matt Ryan has been horrifically bad. Well, that's because Aaron Rogers has been horrifically bad. Yeah, for fantasy. Exactly. Aaron Rogers, since, in this time it's been I'm talking about, since week nine, Aaron Rogers is the quarterback 22.

22 is not a good number. How do you feel about this? And that includes a number two overall finish. Here's the thing about that. If you take a look at that number two finish, okay, that is the only, and this is since week nine, that's a, that's a lot of weeks. That's six weeks ago. He has one performance that, that quarterback two finish that is in the top 20. Yes. That's the only one that is in the top 20. This is what I will bet on. As you say, you're betting on that. Yeah. Now, the problem is that there's a,

QB2 performance in the middle of that run. Against the Giants. Is that who it was? Yes. Okay, so we didn't even go back to the Oakland game, right? No. Oakland game, he was QB1. Yeah. You know who we played last week? Washington. Yeah, I know. I know. Stick to the plan, everyone. The problem's going to be if... No, don't get nervous now. I'm nervous. As is often the case in fantasy football, Mitch Trubisky is the problem here. Mr. Trubisky is the real problem. If...

He mitches his way to some points in Green Bay. You'll have a problem. That's what I think. But you have to play the odds. And you need to win your week. And your odds on playing Aaron Rogers and winning at the quarterback position are lost. Against Chicago when he's been.

you know, five of six weeks outside the top 20. Yeah, you certainly don't want to put. We are rationalizing to ourselves now. No, I mean, it's just true. If you don't want to cut them and you don't want to go that far for the sake of the joke or for the sake of the landmine to your opponent, that could work out. Regardless, you should probably not be playing Aaron Rogers. You should look for a better option. I thought I had a playoff matchup against our friend Michael Butler in our Dynasty League because he told me that we were playing each other next week. I was so excited.

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