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

He wasn't playing his normal amount of snaps. They brought him in when they wanted to pass. He had 77 yards looked healthy. Now he's a week further into that. If O'Dell Beckham sits, I think Evan Ingram, like I would rather play Evan Ingram than C.J. Usama or Ian Thomas or Ian Thomas is about the same level. Maybe I would go Ian Thomas more. But CJ Usama or Kyle Rudolph for Trey Burton, if O'Dell Beckham sits. I want to do our best to give.

the latest information to our listeners and then project off of that. A couple minutes ago, the Giants, Art Stapleton, Beat Reporter tweeted out that Beckham's at the facility today, not inside the field house during the portion of practice. He does not expect him to play. I don't either. I don't either. It does not, it's not going the right way. He's being reevaluated. He said something's wrong. In the event of that situation, the way it's feeling now, I'd play, I'd play somebody on Saturday night over at Beckham Jr.

a large gap difference in the projection. So let me ask you, you're dealing with this. Is that mean you're starting Robbie Anderson and not waiting for O'Dell Beckham? Because that's your literal situation. It's likely they all have that decision between Muhammad Sunu and Robbie Anderson. Okay. If Austin Hooper's out and Patrick Peterson's on Julio Jones, it's going to be a really hard decision. But I think we need to project the Giants without O'Dell Beckham Jr., which means...

Sterling Shepard is interesting. Evan Angram, as you mentioned, Sequin's going to carry the load in the passing. Sequin will lead the team in receptions. 100%. Seekwon, I mean, we don't need to talk about him too much because he's just one of the three best running backs this week. You play him no matter what. The question is, does one of the Shepherds step up enough to where you can trust them and start them? Sterling Shepard or Russell Shepard, you know,

Benny Fowler? Benny Fowler. Cory Coleman. No, you're not going to start any of these guys. Maybe Sterling Shepard. Maybe you could throw Sterling Shepard out there. He had a touchdown last week. But he hasn't had five receptions in a game since week seven. Yeah, something seems a little off there. I would basically not play a wide receiver. I'd play Evan Ingram. If you've got one of those middling crappy tight ends that you never like and you close your eyes, I'd pick Evan Ingram up, open my eyes.

and have fun when he, you know, catches the ball and he's faster than everyone. Uh, three for 77, four for 77. That's, that's in the realm of. Yeah. He only gets 77 yards, is what I'm saying. That's it. Um, on the other side, there is another triceratops that rumbled through the lines last week. Do you piggyback? Derek. Do you piggyback on Derek Henry, my pump the brakes? Do you ride him to a title? Oh, man. Is he going to be the person that is bronzed on the walls of fantasy owners?

uh jason i don't think he's going to be the guy bronzed on the wall but i am willing to start him this week when you're coming off of a game like that it's going to be hard for the coaching staff to look competent if they then pivot and don't give him the ball you know you're going to say what in the world he just you know broke all franchise records last week what are you doing so i expect him to actually because of that performance get a slight uptick in uh volume

Derek Henry or Sony Michelle? I would go Sony Michelle in that. Jalen, Samuels, or Derek Henry? This is assuming that, you know what? Actually, I'm going Derek Henry there. Derek Henry or James White? I would go Derek Henry over James White. Lamar Miller or Derek Henry? Lamar Miller. We got there. Thank you for letting me say not Derek Henry because the reality is we have a large sample on Derek Henry. He's not been good.

He's been bad. Yeah, Michael's secret, secret stuff. Is that what he had? From space jam. Here's one thing worth noting, and obviously the numbers are really skewed, but his home road before last week was still one of those things where he, Derek Kinder is much better at home than on the road. This game's on the road. Dionne Lewis has been the opposite. He's been, so, you know, I don't know. I don't really love starting either of these guys. I don't think you could start Dionne Lewis. Do you? Oh.

Um, probably not. Probably not. The Seahawks, eight and five take on the three and ten, 49ers, 49ers are three and a half point of home underdogs. It's a 44.5 point over under. We had the explosion from George Kittle last week. He's a must start. Nick Mullins and company, where else is the value? I mean, Dante Pettis, Marquis Goodwin, both banged up, burrito banged up. There's a little bit of ambiguity to...

Who's going to be out there for San Francisco other than the George Kittle must start? Yeah, I mean. And the Seahawks thus far have not been very generous to tie it in. Their fifth in the league against them, only seven and a half fantasy points per game. Kittles is a different breed. But they will scheme against George Kittle and make someone else beat him. Yeah, I mean, you're going to start George Kittle, period. He's just been too good this season. And look, if for some reason they don't have Marquis Goodwin, Dante Pettis, Pierre-Carsone, they're going to have.

You know, a hodgepodge of wide receivers out there, and every target's going to go to George Kittle. The thing is, is if you guard George Kittle well, George Kittle can still get the ball. You know what I mean? He's just bigger than you, stronger than you, faster than you. So, I mean, I would expect that to ruin his yards after the catch score because he'll grab the ball and just be tackled by five guys. But, yeah, this is one where you have to monitor. If I told you Mike Davis was going to get 12 carries in this game, do you care?

I don't really care. I don't. Because Rashad Penny hasn't practiced. Yeah, I mean, that could very well happen. If Rashad Penny doesn't play, he didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday, then Davis will be the backup. But I don't really care. I think this is the Chris Carson show. He's my start of the week. Yeah. Doug Baldwin, Tyler Lockett, David Moore. Moore has not scored in two straight weeks. Tyler Lockett last week.

by far the most targeted wide receiver. I believe he had two carries on top of five receptions. You're starting Tyler Lockett as a what? As a wide receiver too. I think he's a solid play this week. I would play him for sure with Doug Baldwin in, with Doug Baldwin out. That doesn't change the equation for me with Tyler Lockett. And Russell Wilson, I think you can start as well. I mean, you know, this was the matchup. Granted, it was in Seattle, but this is the matchup where what, he'd throw the ball like 12 times.

But he had four touchdowns. Yes. And I could see something like that happening again. This tweet came from Bobby Sylvester over there at Fantasy Pros. He said Nick Mullen's pro-rated to a full season right now. 4,700 yards, 29 touchdowns. Small samples. He had 414 passing yards and two touchdowns against Seattle in week 13. Is Nick Mullen's better than? No. No. Okay. The answer is no. No.

I mean, you don't think, you know, I think when you only play a, here's the reality, if you, if you have context for what Nick Mullins has done. Nick Mullins has, so like take that Seattle game, right? In Seattle, 414 yards and two touchdowns. That all came after they were down by a cajillion points and the defense changed. And I mean, if you watch the first half of that game, you go, oh, Nick Mullins is trash.

But then you get a lot of garbage time. Now, Nick Mullins or Nick Foles? Nick Foles. Okay. I would trust Foles more. The 9 and 4 Patriots take on the 7-5-1 Steelers in Pittsburgh. The Steelers are 2.5 point underdogs at home in a 52 point over-under. Vanity Steelers have to like that. This is a very important game for both teams, especially for the Pittsburgh Steelers, almost a must-win.

The Steelers, we don't think James Connor is going to be out there. It's going to be Jalen Samuels handling the bulk of the running back work with Stephen Ridley possibly mixed in around the goal line. You have must-starts with Antonio Brown and Juju Smith-Schuster. Mm-hmm. You have must-starts on the other side with Tom Brady, Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski. How do you feel about the running backs for New England and then Josh Gordon? Do you have any thoughts on those guys, Josh Gordon, five for 96 last week?

Josh Gordon. Leading the league in yards per catch. Yeah, Josh Gordon, I'm not a big fan of this week. Mike's brought up Joe Hayden all year, and that's the guy that I expect him to be on, which is why Julian Edelman is my start of the week this week, and I love Grunk. Grunk has destroyed the Steelers. Every time they've played, he's just been unbelievable. So I think you can play Grunk with full confidence that he's back, and Julian Edelman, I mean, do you remember the Steelers last week? Do you remember? Do you remember?

The Steelers last week, how much they put, when Keenan Allen was in the slot, they kept putting these linebackers on them like dummies, and then Keenan Allen just ate them up. Don't do that to Julian Edelman, or Julian Edelman's going to make you look like a fool, and if they do, that'd be great because he's my start of the week. So that's how I feel. I'm not big on Josh Gordon. Love Julian Edelman. You could start Josh Gordon in a pinch because, like you said,

He's the deep guy. One deep touchdown, and your week is good. Graham Barfield tweeted this. James White's weekly snap rate over the Patriots last six games. Ready? 80%. 78%. 64%. Less? 53%. Less than that. 45%. Oh, that's not good. 40%. Rex Burkhead has impacted the snap counts in recent weeks. Can you trust Sony Michelle or James White? I mean, this was part of the enigma that the Patriots backfield.

creates for fantasy owners that I pumped the brakes on last week. It wasn't that they can't perform. It's that you don't know who will. And you don't, I mean, James White, two weeks ago, dominated on the field. Target after target after target. Now 40% snap count. Do you have a reason why? Sure. But I don't know what will happen week to week. I mean, Julian Edelman being back, being healthy, being utilized in that role with Rex Burke head there, James White.

was not this fantasy superstar coming into the year, even though he was a very talented player for them in real life. He was a fantasy superstar when Rex Burkhead went out and Julian Edelman was injured and he became their primary target. He's not their primary target. The one guy, I think you can start with confidence, is Sony Michelle. The last three weeks, you know, this is with Rex Burkhead. This is with, you know, the full complete gamut of running backs. 21 carries, 17 carries, 20 carries.

No, he hasn't had a touchdown, but he's had red zone work. He's a talented guy on a good offense, getting the work that is valuable. I'm fine starting Sony Michelle because eventually the touchdown will come. By the way, Jalen Samuels, don't forget to get him in your tight-in spot if you're in Yahoo. He out snapped Ridley 48 to 8 last week. In some ways, it's better for fantasy owners if we know that Connor's not in there. Because if Connor does play coming off an ankle injury, there will be question marks around snap counts for him.

Jan Samuels will be mixed in. It will be a little messy with a guy that had a high ankle sprain that comes back in two weeks. Yeah, I don't expect him to be back. But if Connor is back, I'm starting Connor with pretty much full confidence. The Eagles are 6 and 7. They're taking on the 11 and 2 Rams. This is Sunday night football. This is back in Los Angeles. It's a 53.5 point over under. That is a very high implied point total for the Los Angeles Rams and Jared Goff, who we expect to bounce.

Back at home this year, 367 passing yards. Love Robert Woods, Brandon Cooks. Love all Rams. Do we not? No, I mean, it's really, really simple. There's almost no situation where you're not starting Jared Gough. There is no situation where you're not starting Todd Gurley. There is no situation where you're not starting Robert Woods. And there shouldn't be a situation where you're not starting Brandon Cook. So that's, they're all.

They're all in your lineups. The questions become on the RAM side of the ball. Josh Reynolds. Purely Josh Reynolds. Can you trust him? Can you take that, can you pick that fence up and give it a heave? Can you swing it? Oh, can you swing that fence? I get it. Can you swing that fence on Josh Reynolds? I'll be honest. While you were talking, I did check our League of Record to make sure Josh Reynolds was rostered. So if that tells you anything, he does have potential for a surprise big game, but he's, you know.

He's not the number one option on that team. He's the fourth option on that team at best right now. So maybe. He's flex consideration. Hey, guys, in Dynasty, can I swap him in for Keenan Allen? Oh, you mean after the fact? Afterwards? Because you got zero from Keenan? It's like Keenan wasn't even started. Can I do that? Did you bench? Did you bench? Did you bench? No, never. Oh, okay. Did you bench Keenan?

knowing that that was going to happen? No, I did not. I just thought I'd ask. I told you this, Brooks. The way you've been strutting around the office demanding that you are the clear champion, which just so everybody at home knows. It is a strut. It's just unbearable. It's called peacocking. He's peacocking like crazy. Pluming. I wonder what the people think is the truth. Well, if they know Brooks by now. They don't because we hide him. That's true. A lot of people can't, they can't see the cage right now that we have them in, but.

I wouldn't call it a cage. I'd call it a compound. Right, sure. Compound with bars. With locks. Yeah, and locks. But baby Josh has been in there with him. That's not like he's alone. No more solitary confinement. You know what they say. If you lock up two or more people, it's not locking them up. Right. That is what Mama always said. All right, the Eagles. Yeah, they've given up 35 fancy points a game to wide receiver. Start your wide receiver. Here's the thing. It's the Christmas season. Uh-huh.