MEGALODON Episode - Week 12 Matchups, Starts, Turkey Day Awards & More! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/24

Wheel of shame. Okay, well, let's spin the wheel. I already feel shame, but let's just amplify it. What do we got here? Jester hat, bicycle helmet. Oh, good, good. All right, the winner here, I am going to be Merlin. Merlin the wizard. Oh, yes. Merlin. I can never think, when I hear Merlin, I think of the old cartoon.

Yep. And I think of the Sam Neal TV special. Do you remember? Dude, I love the. I do. I'm not familiar with the television special. Sam Neal TV special was big. Okay. I got to put on. I liked the Merlin television show that had five seasons. I actually watched that. And he's just got back of the day. The beard is going on. So huge beard. Oh my gosh. That thing is. And now the wig. Gandalf is going on. Oh, yeah.

And there. Now you look like the age you've always wanted to be. An old man. This is fantastic. Oh. Also itchy. Oh, is it? A little bit ski. This has been a lot of fun for me over the last long while. You are the king of second. This is so much hair. I'll take second place every week. I even talk to Kyle when we're making these. I'm like, I'm not.

Like, I don't need to win. I just need to not finish the last. That's my goal. Oh, when you're talking to Kyle when you make these, huh? Yeah, well, he's my sounding board. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. See a sounding board for anything else? Never. Looking good, Merlin. Yeah. Looking good. Why don't you guys tell me your lineups for this week? All right. Kyle, you go first.

That's rude. I'm going to start with Cam Newton. I'm taking the quarterback that... You dirty dog. Mike had last week. He only went for $5,100 to $5,600 this week after an awesome week, and he's playing against Miami. So I love the value there, opening things up. You've got him as well? All right. Who's your quarterback, Merlin? I do not have Cam Newton.

I have. What magical quarterback do you have? Jalen Hertz. Oh. Jalen Hertz against the Giants. That had to be a pay-up, right? 7300. Yeah. I love seeing you come around on Jalen Hertz. At running back, I have one expensive and one very cheap. I'm going Christian McCaffrey because he's Christian McCaffrey's 9,000, but I want the points stacked with Cam Newton. And to make that work, Ty Johnson.

The New York Jets running back against Houston. For how much? 4,300. Okay. I'm going to go, I'll go quick because I have Christian McCaffrey as well. Okay. And then I went $100 less than Ty Johnson for an equally disgusting. Rex Burkhead. Oh, yeah, baby. Disgusting. All right. I have the combo of James Robinson at home against the Atlanta Falcons for 6,200. And then Miles Sanders.

Coming off of the injury, the price did not increase. Who's your first one? I'm sorry. I was busy putting this. Their wig is very tight and my ears are very flat on my face now. So anyways. James Robinson. And what was the second one? Miles Sanders at just 5100. I really like seeing your mustache pop out above Merlin's mustache. Oh, that's better. All right. So at wide receiver, I have the denamed brothers.

I've got Devonta Smith. Okay. Deontay Johnson and Debo Samuel. Oh, my. They are 6,400, 6,600, and I paid up for Debo at 7,900 against Minnesota. Well, I have Debo as well. Okay. And I also have Devante Smith as well. To complete your stack with Hertz. With the stack with Hertz. Yeah, that makes sense. And then I also have Odell Beckham Jr. I'm taking a shot at 5,000 in this game that he gets.

an opportunity being worked into the offense. I have the Deontay Johnson overlap at just 6,600. I completed my stack. I didn't go McCaffrey. I went with DJ Moore at 6,200 against that Miami Dolphins secondary. And then I paid down. I went Brandon Ayuk at 5,300. So I have...

The other side of the ball. That will be really interesting, having different wide receivers in the same game. Give me your tight end, your flex and your defense. My tight end is Jared Keuk. He's all good about that. No, I don't feel good about that at all, but he's only, he's only 3,000, so I'm just praying for a touchdown. I've got, I paid way up over your Rex Burkhead, 4,500 for David Johnson. Give me the pass catcher in a full PPR. Okay. And I went with the Texans.

against the Jets, only 2,300. I'm so thankful you did that, because I did the Texans as well. They were the cheapest defense against the Jets, and I was hoping somebody else would do it so that it just washes out. Rob Grankowski's my tight end. I'm taking him at 4,400 against the Colts, liked what I saw, and then the cheapest player on my roster, I had to bargain shop to get here. One moment, please. Let me fix the mustache.

It was Chester Rogers at 3,500. I like that call. I also have Gronk as my tight end, and you guys are wrong. There was actually a cheaper defense. I will be rolling with the Jacksonville Jaguars, $2,200 at home against those Atlanta Falcons. Oh, and my flex player is Dalvin Cook at 8100, which you tried to do last week. You did that back-to-back weeks. You saved some ammunition. I did.

Okay. Now, see, Brooks is suggesting maybe we hit a little bit of mailbag here, but I am also wearing a beard that is uncomfortable. So someone hit the button. Before we do that, before we do that, I do want to thank Draft Kings for supporting the fantasy face-off. You can grab the app right now, use the code ballers this week. New customers can get a free shot at millions of dollars in total prizes as the code ballers only at Draft Kings. The official fantasy draft partner of the NFL.

Minimum $5 deposit required eligibility restrictions apply. The best. See draftkings.com for details. The best part of these is when Andy has to do like a professional. Yeah. You laugh at me every time. You look like an idiot. Looks like Merlin. All right. You guys want to do some questions? Yeah, let's go. I'm going to need to be like clean-shaven Merlin for the mailbag. All right. Do I have the drop? Yes, I do. Mailbag.

I have the drop, but I don't have one of my monitors in because it was tangled in the beard. Let's go here. Do we have any voicemails, Brooks, here or just questions? No voicemails. No voicemails. Okay. I also don't have any questions. I got it here. Cameron in Indiana wants to know Bills or Bears defense in week 12. The Bears have the ultimate matchup, but the bills are the bills. Yeah, the Bill's defense right now.

They are one spot behind the bears to me personally. The New Orleans, Trevor Simions, getting it done enough. No, they're not. Well, no, I'm not. Well, I mean, he has been putting up points. It's just coming garbage time. And maybe that's what happens. I don't think you're going to go wrong either way here. Maybe it's a Jared Goff decision. Maybe if Jared Goff is not the starter for Detroit, you roll the bears. Fine with that. Otherwise, go bills. I'm fine with that.

All right. Next question is from Jan. Oh, Janice from Germany. Oh, bonjour! Should I start Russ Wilson or Cam Newton in week 12? I am personally going Cameron Newton? Yeah, I'll play Cam. Because I don't want the floor of the recent Russ. Yeah. It's not that Russ can't outperform him. I don't mind that. I'm afraid of the floor. I do not mind that at all. Kyle in Vermont, should I trade away?

Miles Gaskin for Miles Sanders. Yeah, I would. And yes, I would absolutely do that. And the final question of the Maglodon. Caleb in Kansas City, it's a PPR league. Should I start Cedric Wilson over Tyler Boyd? I think so. Probably. I think so either way, even if Cideland plays. Yeah, I think I agree. Yeah, I think the assumption right now is that he's going to play, but that's certainly not a guarantee.

So that's going to do it for the Megalodon episode. Oh, we did it. Thank you to our fine producers. And in the spirit of Thanksgiving, thank you to all of our listeners who have supported this show over the years, who have subscribed and reviewed and support us at Jointhefoot.com. Very thankful. We were reflecting in this recent week. Like I get to dress up like Merlin and talk about fantasy football. And that is only because of the Foot Clan. So thank you very much. We appreciate each and every one of you. We hope your season has been.

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