Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Week 11 Matchups, In-or-Out, #FootClan Friday

brings, you know, we talked up Eli Rogers quite a bit. Maybe, you know, that gives a little bit of hesitation. If you didn't listen to any of the show yesterday, we went over the first half of the matchup. So if you don't hear one on today's show, that's because it was on yesterday's show. Go back. So go back and listen. And what a great show it was. The magic of On Demand. It really was. It was pretty much the best show ever. All four this week, thus far. Have been each one the best ever. We're setting new career highs. Yeah. I mean, just the.

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they're going to be competing for that same wildcard spot is my opinion. These teams are both wheat bread right now. They're just, you know, you eat it, but you're not really that happy with it. And you're kind of, it's just not doing anything for you. There's nothing special about both of these teams right now. You pretend that it's healthy, but it's still bread. Yeah. I mean, it probably doesn't get into the playoffs. So Cardinals, Vikings, Vikings are favorite at home. This game was a pick-um earlier in the week. I think it's pretty much a pick-um in my mind.

And to be honest with you, you know, low over under, 40 point over under right now. So, and I wouldn't expect a lot of points. The defenses are better than these offenses. That's for sure. Cardinals haven't put it together on offense to the point where, I mean, last year you were trusting Carson Palmer. There's no way you start him in this game and you're not touching Sam Bradford with a 10-foot pole. You cardinals are the second best past D and the Vikings are the sixth best. So is this game settled on the ground?

Yeah, I mean, it's settled on the ground, and I don't think you want the ground game at all for the Vikings. You don't want Asiata. You don't want McKinnon. McKinnon is officially worthless. He has had opportunity after opportunity weeks, and he has never done anything of fantasy relevance. Are you Mick quitting on him? What, Mike's gone. I mean, that was, that was Mike. That was for Mike. That was terrible. So Aziata? Yes, Aziata. I'm not starting any Vikings running backs.

And then the Cardinals and Vikings defenses have only given up. Is that accurate? That seems insane. Ten points a game about. Each defense has given up about ten points a game. Wow. That is. That's pretty good. That's not a fantasy forecast that I like. I would be willing to play either defense. Would you be willing to play the Vikings defense against Carolina? Yes. They're at home. I would absolutely play the Vikings defense. People ask me this week, would you drop them now? Move on.

You know, if there's a better matchup out there, sure, but I'm fine playing them too. I think I am as well. And obviously the Arizona Cardinals defense are going to play. So the real question in this game, you're going to start David Johnson. You're not starting any of the Vikings. The real question are the wide receivers on both side of the ball. What do you do with Stefan Diggs and who is the Arizona Cardinal wide receiver to have? Because I personally, I mean, he's my start of the week. I love Larry Fitzgerald this week going back home to Minnesota.

He has been dominant. He's been over 10 receptions, two games in a row. Yeah, I mean, for these type of games, I'll go with the PPR receivers. So Larry Fitzgerald and Stefan Diggs, they've averaged 7.6 receptions per game. They're both tied for second among wide receivers. So when in doubt of touchdowns and scoring opportunities, let me get the pass volume. And David Johnson's an auto start. Right. Yeah, absolutely. Would you start any other wide receiver?

Would you start a John Brown, a J.J. Nelson? I would not. I would not touch them. I agree. So you got three startable players in this game. Yeah. That's it. All right. Let's move on. The Bears take on the New York football Giants, 44.5 point over under. Giants heavily favored. We saw the collapse of Cutler last week. John Fox says he's sticking with him this week. We talked about Jordan Howard's health. He seems to be active, and therefore you can play him.

The big storylines for me, again, we talked about it last week. It's the running backs for the Giants and what do you do with them? It's the wide receivers for the Bears and what do you do with them? Well, the wide receivers for the Bears are going to be the biggest question mark. Nobody knows. I can sit here. You can sit there. I can argue for Royal. You can argue for Meredith or vice versa. Until we see what happens in an Alshan Jeffreyless world, you don't know. And the reality is,

I kind of lean with the logic you just had of if you don't know, you go with the PPR type of guy, which usually has been Eddie Royal. The problem with that is Eddie Royal is not healthy. Right. So it swings me to the Meredith side because Eddie Royal was limited on Wednesday. He's technically questionable for the game. So I think it pushes it into the start Meredith over Royal this week. Yeah. For me, the real benefactor of Alshon Jeffrey being gone is Zach Miller.

because Zach Miller is one healthy, two, talented, and three has already been a constant target from Jay Cutler. So if you're needing that outlet, I think he's going to continue going to Zach Miller in this game. Cameron Meredith, I guess he's okay, but the reality is, you know, the New York Giants defense has been really good on the opposing team's number one wide receiver. So I think for now I'm staying clear of Cameron Meredith, of...

Royal. I'll start Zach Miller and Jordan Howard from the Bears. And that is it. Yeah, I agree with that. And I'm tempering expectations for Jordan Howard as well in this game because you have been able to pass on the Giants. You really haven't been able to run on this year. They're one of the better running defenses. So what do you do with the Perkins and Rashad Jennings circumstance or situation?

Last week we saw Jennings kind of come alive at the end of the game, but we saw heavy snap counts for Perkins at the beginning. So how do you feel about this matchup? And I'm looking this up right now. Last week, it was a 60-40 split between those two guys, no carries for Dark War or Rainy. Perkins, you know, they both actually had 45. Is that true? I think they both had 45 snaps.

Yeah, their snaps were about equal. Yeah. But at the end of the game, it was Rashad Jennings. And I kind of mentioned this in our early week show. What we saw was a real true 50-50 split up until the end when they were running the clock out. And as soon as they started running the clock out, that's where Jennings took over. I don't know if they were just saying, hey, you know, put it in the veteran's hand. So there's no fumble because rookies tend to, you know, cough up the ball a little bit more.

Early in the game, it was like 9 to 9 carries to carries. Then Paul Perkins, he stayed at 9, and Rashad Jennings went, you know, took the next six snaps, got 15 carries for 87 yards. I expect the same exact kind of thing to happen here where it's going to be a 50-50 split. That to me says that I'm not really loving either guy. I did not think that Perkins looked especially better than Jennings last week.

When they were running, I thought they looked near the same. Yeah, I would, you know, I guess when I watched it, I did think Perkins looked a little bit better. One last question on this game. If Victor Cruz does sit, what's your confidence level in Sterling Shepard? And would you, you know, where would you slot him in? Is it three? Would you play him? Yeah, I think he's in the playable category of Victor Cruz does miss. We saw last week Sterling Shepard got the touchdown in Victor Cruz's absence. The problem here is that the Chicago...

Passing defense has been pretty good. You like them more or less than Eli Rogers this week. Because those guys seem like they're in the same category for me. I have Shepard a little bit higher than Rogers. I would rather have Rogers because of the matchup. I realize the weather might be a factor, but I'll tell you have it ranked. Give me the Browns as opposed to the Chicago Bears. I don't know. We can debate that. You know what else we can debate? Let's thank today's sponsor.

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That sounds like something Mike would say. 40 point over under in this game. I might take the over just because of pick sixes. Just for the chance of the defense on these two teams. Should we not like hedge here? Can you give golf a chance at competing in this game? I will say this. Usually when a quarterback takes over that they've had in this situation where they're saying, you know, he's not ready.

They're going to come out and they're going to script things to get him involved. They've got Tavon Austin. First 10 or 15 plays. Exactly. They've got Tavon Austin to get some screen games going after that fails. You know, and if they get down because the Miami Dolphins offense has been clicking, they've been looking pretty good. Jared Goff does have, you know, a strong arm. There's a reason he was the number one pick overall in the draft. I think a Kenny Britt type of player. If.

You know, if they allow Jared Gough to open it up, Kenny Britt has the matching skill set. I'm not really confident in starting Tavon Austin or Kenny Britt, but I guess there's a glimmer of hope there for, I would say, Kenny Britt. Kenny Britt has been extremely reliable over the last five weeks. 10, 10, 30, 6, 12, 15. Fantasy points per game. Those are great. And now the question is, can you?

Does that happen with golf? Exactly. I would have started him automatically this week and kept that street going if you had Keenham. But with the quarterback change, you just don't know. It could be better for him. But I, you know, I prefer to always wait and see, especially right now where you have to make the playoffs. I'm not looking for glory plays right now. I'm looking for, give me the players that I know are going to perform. Here's an interesting stat nugget for you. Jason, you, I believe you talked about on this show. Maybe it was the Foot Clan show. The fact that Todd Gurley.