Week 15 Matchups, In-or-Out, #BenchEmAll

But he's been good in the past. It's not like he hasn't proven himself before. Is he finding himself in these cold weather games? Over 1,000 yards rushing the previous two seasons. And if you look recently, I mean, yes, 100% Jordan Howard is an option to play this week. He's at home, favored. That's usually a great situation. Then you add in the cold weather and the defensive matchup. Green Bay is not.

He's a triceratops too. They're not the, he's not, you know, Green Bay is not the worst against the run, but they're certainly not a team that scares you. And then you just look at volume. He might be inefficient, but I mean, here's his last, actually the whole season. 15, 14, 24, 11, 14, 12, 22, 14, 11, 18. He had one game, three games ago where he didn't have double digits.

only had seven carries, then 16-19. What do you want more than a running back that's getting over 15 carries a game as a home favorite? He can fall to a touchdown. He's got like a baseline, I feel like, of 60 yards, which you're going to be disappointed if all he gets is six fantasy points. Yeah, but if he's 60 and a touch, then you're happy. So Taylor Gabriel, you can't play him. Anthony Miller, he got goose last week. I don't think you want to roll him out there in your playoff matchup. The only wide receiver you can trust is Alan Robinson because he's been targeted seven.

times per game in four straight games, at least seven times. And Trey Poo-Poo, you leave them on the bench, hopefully. I agree completely. The three and ten Raiders take on the five and eight Bengals, Bengals three-point home favorites. It's a 46 point over under. O'Driscoe. And Tyler Boyd and Joe Mixing and company at home against the Raiders. This game is very interesting to me because if you want, if you're.

Let's say your name is just throwing this out of a hat, Jeremy. Yes. And somehow you're in the playoffs and your team. This hypothetical Jeremy. And your team just sucks. Right. I mean, it's just a dog pile of doo-do. If that's the case, look to this game because there are players that are almost exclusively on the waivers, right? Like there's...

There's very few people here that are even owned outside of Joe Mixon. Seth Roberts, Marcel Aitman. Jordy Nelson and Jalen Richard Richard. Not to mention both quarterbacks. Derek Carr and Jeff Driscoll. John Rock. The defenses are so bad in this game that the offenses might just be fine. This might be the time where all these players who, look, there's nobody. I talk about Damon Williams not being good. That's compared to NFL players. Everyone in the NFL is an unbelievable football player.

They're in the NFL. So this is their time to ball out and have fun. I like when two terrible defenses with offensive pieces from the past to get together. So I think this is a game that could be interesting. There'll be surprise value there for sure. Identifying it, that might be the bigger challenge. Now, Joe Mixon, this is a, you've got to start Joe Mixing, and you might expect, what, top five, top.

Top six performance from him against Oakland at home. He was the whole offense last week. Yeah, this is what you're hoping for, for sure. So Joe Mixing is a must start. I think Tyler Boyd, who was Mike's absentee ballot start of the week this week, is also a good play. He is the clear cut number one target, and in this matchup against this defense, he should be okay. CJ Uzama tied in for the Bengals.

Our editor asked when you consider CJ Usama every week, he said it's like asking, do you enjoy going to the dentist? No, but sometimes you have to do it. Yeah. And so do you go to the dentist this week? If you've got a cavity, you can put CJ Uzama in. That's the way I look at it. All right. All right. Derek Carr, multiple touchdowns in three of the last four games. The storyline is the bad defense. So if you find some value there.

your opponent's probably happy you're playing somebody from this matchup, but you may end up surprising. In the semifinals of the playoffs, most teams are going to have better options than this. But if you're playing DFS, if you're enjoying that and maybe you're out of the playoffs or you're in and you're still playing DFS, you can listen to the DFS, the Fantasy Footballers DFS show, which came out today. But these are the players that will be low-owned.

with higher upside. Sure. The six and seven Redskins take on the four and nine jags. Jacksonville is, they're seven and a half point favorites at home. It's a 36 point over under. That has to be the lowest over under of the year. 36. And why not? Cody Kessler versus Josh Johnson in a battle of Benchemal.

Battle of Benchamol. That is great. That is like the, you know, you've got Dunkirk and you got Benchamol. And Benchamol was a horrific scene. Yes. And they're going to make a movie of that. But, and it's going to, that movie comes out at 1 p.m. Eastern time this Sunday. Yeah. Where Linnor Fernette will probably find his way through the sludge. The Battle of Benchamel. The Battle of Bencham. I love it.

But outside of Leonard Fornett, genuinely, honestly, do you want to touch another person in this entire matchup? The only person that I have considered. I've looked at lineups in DFS or I've looked at deeper, you know, multiflex. And I question whether you can start D.D. Westbrook. In the one game with Cody Kessler, he had a good game. He was the clear cut number one target. The Redskins are their offense is so bad that their defense is bad.

So maybe, maybe Didi, but I think you're right. Look, Leonard Fournett should be a good play this week. I realize he's been disappointing you, but don't pivot off of him. I think you'll make a mistake if you don't play. He's seven and a half point home favorites against a bad team. Leonard Fournett, you have to put him in there. I mean, if I'm talking about I'm willing to play Jordan Howard because he's getting 15 touches.

I'm definitely willing to play Leonard Fournette. So other than that, yeah. I'll give you one sneaky start from this game. Vernon Davis. Jordan Reed will be out. Vernon Davis, maybe the escape valve for Josh Johnson. I have him in the CJ Usama tier. So. I hope you played Antonio Gates last night. What did he put up? It was like seven for 75 or five. No, it was less, less receptions. But I think he had like 75 yards. Every play was. If Keenan misses time.

He could be a sneaky week 16 pickup. Oh, gross. Oh, that's gross. Bitramal. Trying to keep it down. Trying to keep it down. Last question about this matchup. Do you forgive or forget Adrian Poopin Peterson after last week? Forget. I mean, look. As in forget him? Forget him. Forget him. Not forgive him.

Not forgive him. No, Derek Henry just carved up the Jacksonville Jaguars, but the Jaguars weren't at home. Teams that are reeling, teams that look like they are giving up and quitting. We've seen this with the Raiders. Those are the teams you want to play against on the road. At home, they're still in front of their fans. They don't want to roll over. They have a modicum of pride. Yes, they don't want to roll over, and the talent is still there. You can't argue that the defense doesn't have the pieces. Agreed. And these are two teams that I believe.

They're both at the basement over the last six games, bottom three in offensive points per game. I'll take the under. The seven and six dolphins take on the six, six and one Vikings. Yes, the dolphins have a better record than the Minnesota Vikings at this point in the season. The Vikings seven point home favorites, 44.5 point over under. Seven and six dolphins. Yeah, I mean, last week a stinker for Kirk Cousins. Miami's given up three.

30-point fantasy games to quarterbacks in a row right now. Multiple touchdown passes given up in seven of eight games. Kirk Cousins or Josh Allen, Jason? I would go Kirk Cousins or Lamar Jackson. Ooh, that one is tough. Kirk Cousins or Lamar Jackson? I've got him back-to-back of my rankings with Kirk Cousins one spot ahead. I'd go Lamar. Matt Ryan or Kurt Cousins. Yeah.

I'm answering a lot of Kirk cousins, but the answer is the same. It's Captain Kirk. I realize he had an atrocious game. So did Jared Gough. And I'm not off of either of them. I think they both go home. They get right and have good fantasy games. You just can't project last week on the next week. No, that is a that's called a normalcy fallacy. Yes. But what's happened in the past predicts the future, it's a whole new ball game here at home in Minnesota. They got that big horn.

Is that what it sounds like? I hope not. Oh, my gosh. Because if that's what it sounds like, that's embarrassing. That's the kid's version. That's the hand out to all the... That's the least intimidating horn. Hey, guys, you're ready to get jacked up for this game? Let's get on. Maybe that was what DeFilippo was. I think there was something stuck in the horn.

And it's too big. It's too deep in there. They're going to, in the off season, they're going to have to get that out. All right, Dalvin Cook, my running back start of the week. He's the R.B. 8 over the last three weeks. And by the way, leads the league in evaded tackles during that span. He's at home. They fired their offensive coordinator. Mike Zimmer wants to run the ball. They fired him for not giving Dalvin Cook the ball enough. Yeah. So. Dalvin Cook's getting hyped at that horn, though. Kyle Rudolph.

See you later. He hasn't caught a touchdown since week three. Frank Gore on the other side, the running back that gets a lot more work than Kenyon Drake. He has over 150 rushing attempts with no touchdowns. I don't want any dolphins. I really, really don't. The dolphins had. What's that? Flipper? I don't even want Flipper. No. You know, I don't want Finkl. I don't want Einhorn. I'm thinking that.

coming off of such a huge high, beating the Patriots at home on a miracle play. Now you go across the country as far, you know, you're going to Minnesota on the road to a team that also just lost, and they need to get right. I feel like this is a flip-the-script game. I trust the Vikings here, and I don't trust the dolphins. Kenyon Drake, he was my pump of the brakes, because...

Every week he's getting so few. I think last week it was seven or six carries, no receptions. I mean, no targets in reality. He technically got one on that lateral play. And you take that play out, he was bad. Frank Gore's going to get the work because of Kenyon Drake's shoulder. And he will get volume, but I don't know if you could trust the volume on the road against him.

Minnesota's rush defense. Any swing for the fences hopes with Kenny Stills after the eight for 135 in one week? He would be the wide receiver I would pick to swing the fence with. Swing the fence with? Man, that's hard to swing a fence. You're picking up a fence and you're swinging it. Well, it's stuck in my horns. You've never played baseball, have you? I, you want to know something? Yeah. I have literally never played baseball. Really? Never. You've played softball. I played t-ball. I played t-ball.

You've never played softball either? I... So when I say swings for the fences, you've just always been in a complete confusion. Don't you pick the fence up and swing it? Oh, you don't. No, you don't. Breaking news. No, this is more of a... It's a baseball analogy. Now, do you disagree here? Would you, you know, do you think Frank Gore could get it done or can he stills? I'll put it this way. I'm not going to make it my almost upset, but I think that the dolphins cover the spread. Interesting. So I, the dolphins are resilient. They're seven and six. They're riding the high.

The Vikings are going the opposite direction. When you talk about momentum, trajectory, pressure, I feel like there is pressure on Kirk Cousins. Now, you have some things that take that pressure off, like Adam Thiel and Steffen Diggs, being at home, the running game. But I'm not excited about Kurt Cousins in this game. I'm not.

The Titans at 7 and 6 taken on the 5 and 8 Giants. Giants are 2-point home favorites, 43.5 point over under. And we talked about Odell Beckham Jr. It looks like it's going to go right down to the wire. This would be another game where you could possibly find sneaky wide receiver of value. Eli Manning played very well last week. And if Odell Beckham Jr. sits out, you know, you could look at.

Evan Ingram. That's the name I wanted to bring up. Evan Ingram is absolutely, if O'Dell Beckham is out, he is, he's not necessarily the primary beneficiary to the point of he's going to have the biggest game. But for fantasy purposes, he's going to be the most relevant player that you can add off of waivers. If you're in the situation where you're starting these middling tight ends, he was injured, he came back last week and was limited.