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

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Got off the first go-round of a roller coaster, and I'm saying, let's do it again. I'm staying on. Welcome into the fantasy footballers podcast. I'm Andy Holloway, joined by Jason Moore and Jay Gris. Mike will return very soon. He'll be back, actually, for the Sunday morning live stream. Brooks is here, and we got a great show. We had an incredible game last night. I learned something. I learned something about myself.

Oh, this is great news. I discovered something. We always want to keep learning about ourselves. Yeah, introspection is a key, right? You know, it's the only way to improve. I learned that as a fantasy owner, I really hate defense. I don't like it. I don't like it at all. I don't like defensive lines that are able to get to the quarterback. So you mean the actual NFL defenses? I don't like defense. Okay. Yes, because every time that the defense did something, I was mad last night.

That's right. Every time Joey Bosa pressured the quarter, every time Chris Jones swallowed up his offensive lineman and then sacked Philip Rivers, I wasn't happy. I wasn't like, yeah, defense. Well, for those people playing against Philip Rivers, I'm sure we're very happy every time that happened. Totally understand that. Yeah. Man, that. I know. Oh, oh, oh. I also hate injuries.

Yes. I learned that as well. Worst. I mean... It wasn't like it was the fantasy playoffs or anything. No, the Keenan Allen injury on what was almost a great touchdown. I mean, inches away just... All-timer. That was a fantastic catch just slightly out of bounds. And then he's out of the game. That stinks. I mean, I had Keenan Allen as the number two wide receiver on the week. And...

Judging by what Mike Williams did in his stead, man, Keenan Allen owners have to be so sad. But here's what I learned. Here's what I learned from last night. Fantasy football is outstanding. It is unbelievable. I mean, when you're in the playoffs.

And now this has nothing to do with the fact that the game was going to say you simply think this because Tyreek Hill didn't score against you. I was playing against Tyreek. We have different moods this morning based on last night. You mean Tyree Kill's worst game of the entire fantasy season in my playoff matchup? Yes. Yeah, against me in my playoff matchup. Yeah, but that's the point. It's so incredible that this Thursday night game, which was just by NFL standards, an awesome game, fantastic finish.

But like once you're in the fantasy playoffs, every single play of the game from the first quarter on is exciting. We're chatting on our slack message, you know, just talking every single play. The amount of times I wrote no hill, never hill is. And I wrote the opposite. Right. But it's just, it's so fun. The highs, the lows, the entertainment. People get frustrated that they can't just take projections and print them out.

But the game wouldn't be fun if you could do that. No. The fact that there is the unexpected, the fact that there is the unknown. I mean, Patrick Mahomes, second worst game of his season, fantasy-wise, incredible game by the Chargers in actuality coming back, winning that game. Now, what does it mean? It means that the Chiefs have to win out to keep what they got. But if you could just print the results out, one, you wouldn't, Twitter wouldn't need to exist anymore. No?

I mean, the whole purpose of Twitter is to complain about fantasy football. Right, only trolling. Yeah. And then, you know, you wouldn't have a shot, right? You're playing against a better team. You wouldn't have a chance. No, you lose. And here's the cool thing for a lot of fantasy players out there. The Pat Mahomes Tyree Kill Stack, they're in all the playoffs. Like, if you have one in your league, if somebody had that stack, they're in the playoffs. And, Andy, I know this is sad news because you have that stack. Correct. But.

Now, those are the teams that looked unbeatable, and now everyone has a shot. But the cool thing is they didn't, it's not like they imploded to the point where the. This wasn't Jared Goff related. Right. No, look, you can survive that. It just was, it sounds greedy, to be honest with you. You got an entire season's worth of glory from Pat Mahomes and Tyree Kill to say you're disappointed with mediocre performances sounds greedy. But in the playoffs, you'd like them. That's awesome.

I have some other news. Oh, no. Now, this Friday, which is, you know, December 14th, right here, right now. It's today. This is the final, the final day for baby Josh. Oh. Baby Josh goes home. Tears. To his parents. Tears of joy. To his nursery. And baby Josh, we appreciate the time you've spent here with us. Baby Josh, an intern from Bowling Green. And I want to give him a shout out.

Because he's had a great semester with us. Yes. He has contributed in many ways. And he has his own YouTube channel. Oh, yes, he does. He plays, he's a Call of Duty guy. It's a very good gamer. Yeah, Call of Duty. He's a Call of Duty referee. If you want to find Baby Josh and get, you know, give him a baby follow on YouTube. Just a little follow. He's Salvation's elite on YouTube. Salvation's plural.

Elite. Correct. Salvation's elite. And if you're into Call of Duty and stuff like that, you can check out his channel. He goes back home today. So thank you for the great semester there, baby Josh. He's putting his hands up, set the binky down and said, thank you. Speaking of people in this studio, you know, you know what I realized? I was talking to Brooks earlier this morning and it dawned on me. Sorry, Jay Gras. You're not involved as much in this one, but.

We are set up as a show. So we've got our two main leagues, right? Our League of Record and our main dynasty league. Yes, we've got three main leagues, but those two are the ones we always talk about the most. You and Mike are on opposite sides of the bracket. And if you win this week, you're in the championship game against each other next week. Brooks and myself are in the opposite bracket of dynasty. So it's entirely possible. The next week,

We have all four of us facing head to head to head in those two leagues for the championship. That's fun. Which means the week after that, half the amount of people will show up to work. Right. And the other half will be in mourning. There's an official fantasy week of morning that takes place. All right. We should move it along. It is Friday. And, uh, well, Put Clan Friday. The only thing better than a fantasy football title is the Foot Clan.

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Yeah, I know. It's really embarrassing. Well, he made his own. He bought a white t-shirt, and he sharpied it, and it just says, King of the World for some reason. You guys know I had Keenan Allen in that league, right? I do. Yeah, but we also know you're playing the worst team that's ever been assembled somehow still in the playoffs. Hey, before we move on from the matchup, I do want to point out the Williams. Oh, the amount of Williams that contributed to last night's game. Tyrell, 71 yards, Mike Williams, three touchdown. Darrell. Darrell Williams had a touchdown. You get a touchdown.

Damian Williams. Touchdowns. Damian Williams, obviously, if you played him, you were very happy. If you played against him, you were not happy. He had a monster game. Did you want to... Yesterday was really strange because, one, we heard about this on Twitter about our Damian Williams hate. Now, you have always said you didn't like him, but yet on the show yesterday, you were higher than me on him. You had him in the teens, I had him in the 20s. Obviously, he belongs in the single digits after a 20...

plus point performance. Is he a great player now? Is he your favorite player? Are you in him? I think what I said yesterday is 100% exactly what I believe, which is he's a top 12 player when he is the guy, but he's not a talented player. Like, I realize.

He moved a pile on a play that looked awesome. And he got big chunk plays when he was... Oh, come on. He looked really fast. He looked fine. Like he was shot out of... No, he looked better than fine. He was fast, man. There were plays where he was wide open. There's not a defender on the half of the field and he gets 30 yards. That's great. I'm not... He had a fantastic game, just like I said he would have. But I don't think Damian Williams is anything special. When Spencer Ware comes back...

Sorry, your Damien Williams is over. My concern about Williams last night was just the unpredictability of Andy Reid and the fact that could Darrell Williams, you know, he scored a touchdown too. Could there be more of a distribution to the other players? If you had told me guaranteed Damian Williams was going to be the guy most of the game, I would have moved him up higher. You said he gets 16 touches in that offense. Yeah, he should have been very high. All right. Gordon and Ware didn't play. Keenan Allen, the injury.

Justin Jackson, you were disappointed most of the game, but once he got into the end zone, you were pretty happy. All right, Jason, this is all you today. What's it going to pay me to fly? Are you in?

We'll climb through these injuries. We already know Carson Wentz is going to be. He is out, and he is probably out the rest of the season. We'll have to see what the reports are. I've been reading on this to see if it has the potential of long term, which it could, or if it's a six-week recovery timeline. So we'll find out probably in the off season, but I expect him to be done for the year. Now, he is technically questionable. Right. He has not been ruled out. Doug Peterson said, quote, it was just a stress fracture.

Oh, if they're saying it's a stress fracture, that's actually bad. Not to Doug Peterson? Yeah, Doug Peterson wants it to be just a stress fracture. I'm going to have to look into that. I believe that is the one of the two options that we did not want, but I will regardless. Well, no surgery. Carson wins is not playing the rest of the year. I'll put my name on that. Really? Okay. In or out, James Connor hasn't practiced this week. Steelers' offensive coordinator said he doesn't need to.

practice to play. I would be shocked if he's in. Obviously, he's played a lot, doesn't need the practice, but I'm going to say he's out. Okay. Let's look at David Johnson. David Johnson is a little bit worrisome. He's going to play, but he missed practice on Wednesday, was limited Thursday. And if you're wondering if this is like, well, it's a veteran day of rest on Wednesday, David Johnson practices in full every week.