Championship Studs & Stinkers + #FootClanTitles! (+ Week 17 Waivers)

He didn't go out there with the flu and drop 55. You know, he was out there. I feel like you set him up for that. Yeah. And so, yeah, it was very disappointing. Anybody else, David Montgomery. He had a few runs last night that I thought, I was like, oh, there's an NFL player. It's 13 for 57. Wow, I didn't see those plays. You didn't? He did actually have a couple really nice runs. I saw all of the others. Did you hear? I mean, they're the only team.

in the entire National Football League that has not had like a 40-yard play? Wow. But is there a 40-yard touchdown? Or is a 40-yard play? But what was insane to me was that that was also true of the Saints until yesterday. That's correct. But like McCall Hardman and Tyreek each have four already. Each makes sense. He didn't come through. He wasn't somebody that I really wanted to play this particular week. You might have been forced into it because he'd been so good. But Devin Singletary.

Only 15 for 46 against the Patriots. But I just want to highlight his name because the transformation is complete. Yes. He, I saw a number of he was, it was like 52 of 54 snaps or so. Do you know how many carries Frank Goran did the game with? How many? None. Yeah, that's what I mean. Devin Singletary. Do you know how excited I am to Devon Singletary in my Dynasty League and in my Keeper League? That's why I wanted to bring him up of.

His value is going up. This is why you pay attention at the end. Even if you were out of the playoffs, unfortunately, you need to be watching for these things of, okay, well, is Devin Singletary? Was he still kind of the bit part? Are they going to look for someone else? No. Singletary is their dude going forward. And they're a great team. Yes.

Let's talk about Tyler Lockett's. Oh, yeah. Let's talk about not locket. No, real quick. I don't feel like. 53rd, 60th, 135, 51, 6th, 6th, 90th. Five out of the last six weeks, he was unplayable. Now, here's the thing. When you come to a week like this, where everything comes down to your matchup, I don't feel like stickers of the week is a pro, like when I look at Tyler Lockett, he was a superstar.

He really came through. He really. Because you played against him. And so, you know, I want to be positive with these stinkers. MVP of your team. He was, he was, he might be. You know, I hope you played against all the players we're bringing up here. Yeah. Through the first nine weeks of the NFL season, let me see where Locket was here. Which.

was, by the way, when that Russell Wilson guy was a little bit better? Yeah, it's not a surprise. Wide receiver four through the first nine weeks. And Tyler Lockett were on fire. And when Russell is bad, Lockett is bad. When Lockett is bad, Russell is bad. It's a chicken or the egg situation. Was it the injury to Lockett the kind of? Remember last year when Thielen started, he was broken the season right in half. First half was amazing. Lockett's first half of the season was wide receiver three. His second half of the season was wide receiver 60.

And he didn't, like I know he got hurt in a game, but he didn't technically miss any. I will be all in on Tyler Lockett. Maybe the Minnesota game. You'll be all in on him? Yeah, because I think that, I mean, depending, I mean, we don't know where the average draft position is. But I do believe Tyler Lockett is a good player. And I do believe Russell Wilson is a good player. And so that's enough for me. It's just tough because in his career, you have not, more often than not, that decision would have been bad through his whole career.

Yeah, due to injuries, yeah. So maybe you look at the injury. We've been over this. It wasn't due to injuries. He plays. He doesn't, he has barely missed any games. He plays injured. Okay, fine. Every year? But, but, but the eight targets. Then don't play him. I mean, the eight targets and coming down with one for 12 is very disappointed. Is there a chance? And we'll talk about this ad nauseum through the offseason. But is there a chance of D.K. Metcalf?

becomes the one, just takes over it. Yes, he is... He's more prototypical. Exactly. He's drafted to be a star wide receiver, and he's shown... He's impressed me his rookie season. Not yesterday. Certainly not. He is also a goose. Only one target. At least Tyler Lockett, I don't know if there's a good thing or a bad thing. That Tyler Lockett had eight targets. Um...

The template there would be like an Alshon Jeffrey with a D-Jax on the outside. I mean, Locke is going to give you the monstrous plays, but the more and more that they can rely on someone like Metcalf on the, you know, the shorter prototypical routes. I think they will. It has nothing to do with these guys. It has to do with what the team does philosophically? Do they let the guy that they paid infinite money to, Russell Wilson, be the quarterback? Or do they continue to be a run heavy team?

You don't think that they do. No. It's baffling to me that they paid that much money for their quarterback and they want to be this 1990s running team. I mean, it's sort of working for him. Definitely. Yeah, I mean, it has worked for them. But then it just handcuffs your Lockett-Met-Met-Kaff consistency. Yep. Because yesterday, I don't know if you can get into a better game script. At home, downscores against Arizona. I don't know what else you could do.

DeAndre Hopkins, Amari Cooper. Oh, come on, man. Did nobody say that this is the championship week? Allow me. Amari Cooper, stinker of the week. 12 targets. You needed to present him to 24. It was worse than four for 24. That's how I, like when I was watching that game, Amari Cooper. Oh, that's so sad. He's, he's, he's hobbled. It's like Mike turned to switch.

Halfway through the year. He said, I don't want to be wrong. I will use all of my power. Is there a horrocks somewhere? I don't. What did you do? I toil, toil, boiled trouble. What is the witch's brew? I just stuck with the truth. I know. I know. Well, and Amari Cooper's not healthy at all. I mean, 12 targets. You can blame Dak. It's fair. But watch Amari Cooper try to jump. Watch him try to get open. Watch Randall Cobb.

make all the important third down plays. This was not the Amari Cooper. That was the wide receiver three through the first six weeks of the season. Nevertheless, you thought he would be. You thought you'd get that at some point. That's what baited you into playing him. Mercifully, we didn't play him in the leagues that we had him. But the thing for Murray Cooper, my entire argument this whole time has been he'll be a, he will be a top 12 wide receiver because when he explodes, it's 200 yards and two touchdowns. But.

His bust rate is, it's a 50% bust rate. I don't know what it is off the top of my head right now, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be right around 50%. But it'll be different this time. You know, the first seven weeks, he didn't bust, really. But over the second, like instead of it being ping ponging, you've got a first half, second half problem. Amari Cooper is going to be a very interesting draft name. Yeah. Very interesting. Yes, he will. And because it's going to come just to be clear. If he's there.

He got paid. Yes. He got paid big money. Yes. So wherever he goes is getting paid big money. T.Y. Hilton, not the same. A lot of players playing through like injury because if you look at Hilton, Schuster, he wants to let his team know. He wants to let him know that he can be counted on. Yeah. Yeah. There's a, there's that whole. That just happens. I mean, that's why Will Fuller's out there, guys. I mean, that's the NFL. If you want people to know you can be counted on.

But you only come through with like three for 26 and you're a, you're supposed to be a number one, like a top option in the NFL at the wide receiver position. Are you helping your case? I think you are. I think if Tywy Hilton's running deep routes, Juju's running deep routes, and DJ Charks running deep routes, you help your team. That's fair. That's fair. But I mean, yeah, TY Hilton next year is going to be interesting too with Brissette and coming off the injury and not having a good year. Yeah, and, you know, Brissette looked bad on a lot of those throws.

He did. I mean, he did. Yeah. Hold on, hold on. Let me, uh, let me set you up for a second. Let me give you the breaking news. Thank you. Would you like to elaborate? Yeah. So on some of the throws, uh, yesterday and the week prior, the Berset, when he had the ball and he was to throw it, then he, you would find the wide receiver and that wouldn't be where the ball goes. All right. Christian Kirk.

He was hurt. I was super concerned all week long with the injury designations in Arizona because he had already been dealing with an injury. He put up a goose on five targets. Darius Slayton, the surprise goose of the year. This was the fear. The fear, not that Slayton's bad, but that you don't know which, you know, you're rolling the dice. And like...

On two sides there's a shepherd and then there's like a Tate on one side. I was going to say between Tate and Shepard and Slayton, someone's getting it done. But there isn't a clear cut one. There isn't a primary target of first read. You don't know who the defense is going to be playing who on who. And so it's really tough on a weekend, week out basis to put your faith and your trust in any of those guys. I mean, look, you were happy if you played Sterling Shepard.

Yeah. Darren Waller, as soon as Hunter Renfro came back, Darren Waller, four for 37. Look, Darren Waller has been a superstar for the show. The ride has been absolutely incredible. He was a free tight end that will finish as a tight end one. But we're kind of looking at next year. Darren Waller next year. Top 12 tight in. Yeah. Top 12 just has draftable. Upside built in. But.

kind of vanishes when Hunter Renfro. See, I'm going to look at the split. I worry about Waller in the sense that when he has been super valuable is when they really needed him. I, I 100% think the Raiders are going to go out and get another big capital wide receiver, either pay for it in free agency or draft one high. I don't think they're looking at their wide receiver core thinking, oh, we're good here. No, they expected to have Antonio Brown.

Exactly. So when they add another piece, if they add another piece, I think that will 100% come at the expense of Darren Waller. I don't necessarily disagree. There are only a few players in the NFL that are athletically gifted enough to make the kind of big plays that can win you a week, and Waller is one of them. Darren Waller is over 1,000 yards. Yeah, exactly. He's had a monstrous year. He's been great. Like I said, there's only a few athletic guys. Noah Fant is in that category next year where you're like, oh.

Noah fan could catch three for 80 in a touchdown any week. Certain players can't do that, and Waller just got paid big money. So my confidence level is, no, he's not a one. I mean, he's not your, he's not Kiddle, Kelsey. He's not in that category, right? And we thought he might be at the beginning of the year. Yeah, the draft price will be very interesting. I really don't like looking at these, this list of tight-in stinkers, Greg Olson, Noah Fant, Jack Doyle. This is your team? Those were my three options. Your championship team? Yes. Those were by three.

options because early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, almost late last year, let alone early this year. Go on. You and I made a trade. Yes. I got John Ross. Uh-huh. That's not too bad. You got a tight end. You got Mark Andrews. Oh. I had forgotten. It's all right. You're about to win a back-to-back title. That's true. You got literally nothing to be sad about. Stinkers of the week presented by odor eaters, odor eaters, the best in foot.

odor defense defense versus offense presented by head and shoulders and walmart all right let's close this thing out defensive streamers if you're in week 17 the colts play jacksonville jacksonville they cut another ring they're so close to the end of the season they're trying to finish this ring calendar yeah we mentioned it on the serious xm show they've got a little they're counting it down to the end of the year and the colts

Get to play Jacksonville. You just don't have a lot of risk with Indianapolis because Jacksonville can't put up a big week. Then you have the upside of freaking Naheem Hines being a punt return monster. That's pretty cool. What's happening? That worked out as a good streamer from last week. For me, I want to play a team that is three out of the last four weeks giving up a top five performance. I want to play against, you know, this is defense versus offense. I want to find an offense that has a quarterback that can't do anything.

And I've found it. It's David Blow, the Detroit Lions. Why you got to do him dirty like that? He does himself dirty. In division, the Packers have a kick a bath, wow. And the Packers have a great passing defense. You know, they're susceptible on the ground, but their pasty is good. You want to talk a pick six opportunity and, you know, win a week 17 championship on defense. I'm playing the Packers against David Blow at Detroit. Yeah. Yeah. And I will say I like your two.

More than mine, I think they carry less risk. But if you want some high upside, Falcons are playing Tampa Bay. They're playing against James Winston. It didn't work out the last time that they matched up. But James Winston's, he's going to throw. He's going to throw at least one interception. He's contractually obligated these days. At least one? At least one. At least one. You're starting, that is a low bar for James. Per quarter. It's at least one. It's at least one.