Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 17 Matchups, Starts of the Week, News

My biggest quarterback disappointment this year. Sad times. My running back still. I'll just do mine real quick because it ties into that game. Sure. So I'm going to go with Tim Hightower. If there's any doubt that he's the guy, C.J. Spillow was on IR and last week happened, okay? 27 for one. 22 and two, three for 47 through the air. And no good reason not to give him a monster workload. So I love Tim Hightower. Start him with confidence. Start him over almost any running back.

that you have. I think the only people I would start ahead of him would be Devante Freeman, Adrian Peterson, and, you know, right on the fence with probably Gurley and maybe one more. But High Tower is at the very, very top of my RB1 list. Consensus on our rankings this week, he's number seven. So if you have three running backs of the top six, then go ahead and start those guys. Right, right. Sure. My running back start of the week.

Rashad Jennings. Wow. Rashad Jennings has had over 100 total yards the last three weeks. Philadelphia is 29th against the run. They're allowing 130 yards a game on the ground. The Giants have finally, I mean, we're way to be a little bit too late here, New York, but they've finally realized maybe we should let a good player get into the flow of the game.

and get him some real carries. Now, I mean, this one's a little riskier, clearly, but you're in a situation where there's just not a, there's not a lot of great matchups for the middle tier guys that I'm liking, and Rashad Jennings is one that jumps out, so I like him this week. Yeah, one guy that I'm going to start this week. I actually have him slated one spot ahead of Tim Hightower, who I love.

is Darren McFadden, walk DMC himself. Walk DMC. So, Darren McFadden, casually stroll. Casually stroll DMC. Darren McFadden, last week I was touting the fact that he had two back-to-back 100-yard games, and Buffalo had given up four 100-yard games in a row. The trend was broken.

As he only got 99 yards. Oh, what a disappointment. He did not get into that triple digits. But this week he's facing Washington. He basically has 300-yard games in a row. Washington is resting their starters on both side of the ball. You know, towards the end of this game, you're not going to have their best defensive players out there. Washington doesn't need a win. The Cowboys need some respect. And I think it's going to come through the legs of Darren McFadden. I think Dallas... Right through his legs.

Dallas is going to be interesting for the running back position this off season. They were very interesting last year and nothing actually really happened. They added Derry McFadden. But will they, will they do it again? Will they punt and roll the dice and say, Darren McFadden, you're our guy? Or will they shoplift a guy from another team or something? Yeah. Jordan Matthews is my wide receiver. Start of the week. I'm hopping into the flames. You got to hit that button. Oh, the Garbage Land can.

Got no problem with that. I think Eli Manning's going to light it up. I'm sure there'll be plenty of time for Jordan Matthews to get involved late. The game after the game with Jordan Matthews. Listen, whether or not, I don't care where he gets them, eight for 159 and one, six for 104 and one, the last two games. Now he faces the 25th best defense against wide receivers in New York. He should be good to go. 25th worst, right? Yes. Yes, I'm sorry. Well, no, I'm right. 25th best. Yeah, you're messing it up.

Well, because it just sounds like... The 25th ranked defense against fantasy-wide receivers in New York. If the Saints Falcons game is a fantasy bonanza, then the Eagles Giants game could be a fantasy bananza as well. I'll tell you what Jordan Matthews hates. And that's litter. Yeah? He does not like garbage. Oh, the garbage man can. So he picks it up and he carries it into the end zone with him and scores... He stores all his fantasy points.

in one of those, like, the squirrel pouches until the end of the game. Oh, and his cheeks? Mm-hmm. And then at the very end of the game. The squirrel pouches? The cheeks. You couldn't think of the cheeks. They were squirrel pouches. You're literally... You're touching your cheeks. You're literally... These squirrel pouches here. The squirrel is not a marsupial. All right. I'll go with my wide receiver start of the week. Pooped in his big boy pants. All right.

All right, moving on. What's this thing on my face in this pouch? I'll tell you who doesn't. It's a mouth pouch. You don't know what a mouth. My mouth pouch. Breaking news. Jordan Matthews has mouth patches. Patches? Dude, we are getting up. All right. Let's talk about. You guys could just let it go. My favorite guy for any trivia, it's Eric Decker this week's start of the week. I'm pretty confident he's going to get a touchdown this week because he does it.

Every week. He's only had three games this year without a touchdown going up in a game that they must win to get into the playoffs against the Buffalo Bills, whose past defense has not been the best. I expect him to do what he does, which is going to get 75 yards in a touchdown, have a great game. He is, if you're talking about it, you know, your third wide receiver, your flex option, wide receiver two, he's worthy there. He's just so consistent. It's hard to...

do any kind of a flyer over a guy who has been that solid. Start him get a championship. If you run a half point or full point PPR league this year and you got to flex Eric Decker every week, you were living large. Eric Decker right now in a half point PPR is the wide receiver 12. Yeah. He is a number one wide receiver. And we read it yesterday. He also gives you a very consistent line every week. It's not an up and down Deshaun Jackson type of line. It's just a involved touchdown. In a half point PPR.

How many single digit, like 9.9 or less? I'm going to guess zero. You are correct. Yeah, zero. He has a single digit game. Not had a single digit game all year long. That's why I said. Flex wise, oh my goodness. I mean, wide receiver two, you're fine, but flex. Yeah, what do you want better than a guy guaranteeing you double digits? My wide receiver started the week. I'm also reaching a little bit lower for this guy with nasty, nasty Nate Washington. Cecil Shorts has been ruled out for the Texans. The Texans.

are playing a game that it's not a must win, but they are playing for the playoffs. It's a must win. Well, I'm saying... As of right now, it's a must win to make the playoffs. Sure, if they lose and then 15 other things happen, then they're out of the playoffs. But so they're playing to win is what I mean. So they are playing to win. They're playing against Jacksonville. The Jacksonville defense, similar to the Saints defense, likes to allow...

a large amount of points on a frequent basis. And so I just, I like Nate Washington, especially as a guy that I can almost guarantee is on your waiver wire if you are.

You don't like your options. I think Nasty Nate could give you some nice upside this week. When Cecil Short's short. When he was out earlier this year, you saw Nasty Nate Washington have some great games, and I believe he had them with Brian Hoyer, who's back. And I'm going to make this official. I'm changing my stream of the week from Sam Bradford to Brian Hoyer. He is my stream this week. I would stream him over Bradford. My tie-in start of the week. Zach Gertz.

People, listen. Listen, Zach Gertz, this is what he has done the last three weeks. 98 yards, 72 yards. He's broken out. I mean, this is a pretty quiet breakout that I think is not getting enough due, even from myself. I will put some, I will shoulder some of his blame. Should have been pushing him harder. He's a guy that we have, we loved. In the off season, he was a top.

tight-end target for us before he got hurt. So he's really getting it going and I expect that to continue in a game that could have a lot of points scored. So Zach Gertz, my tight-ins start of the week. Yeah, he's a talented guy. Him and Andy's start of the week where the two tight-ins preseason that we were talking about the most.

There's a segue. Okay, yeah. My tight-in start of the week is Travis Kelsey. He's taken on Oakland. He's only started right now in 58% of leagues. And last week he had, last two weeks he's had six catches each week. He actually got in the end zone last week.

We know we had high hopes for Kelsey, but that doesn't mean you can't roll them out there as a reliable target right now. Oakland is 30th against the tight end. And this is an important game for Kansas City. They can take the division only if they win this game. So I like that start with Travis Kelsey. Yep. What's hilarious for Travis Kelsey, he was a guy that I loved. I tried to get him everywhere. And yet I felt disappointed, but the guy on the year, 71, 865, and 5.

That's a good tight-in stat line, but you're just disappointed. Well, you're disappointed simply because you thought top three, maybe. Yes. But it is a great year, and I cannot unsee the windmill air guitar down the sideline. For week one? It should have been given bonus points in fantasy leagues. For sure, at least a plus two. If you haven't seen that, make sure you look it up. Travis Kelsey is the number six tight-in right now. He's the top half. Yep, that's why you're like, man. I think you're more disappointed than owners probably are.

Because, sure. Unless they drafted him really high. All right. The guy that I'm going to start this week is really a boat of confidence because he. A boat of confidence? That's what I heard. As opposed to a vote of confidence? No. You're coming in on your boat. Yeah. You're dingy. Write it in. It's a canoe. So you're on a boat of confidence. I mean, it's a boat of confidence. The confidence canoe. The confidence canoe is coming in. And guess who I got on it with me? Who? Benjamin Watson.

That's strange. Well, he's a better rower than I am. I better be a big canoe. Yes, it's a very big canoe. It's not a kayak. It's not a kayak. All right, so here's a deal. Last week, he came out, one reception for five yards. If you're in a half point PPR, that's one total point. That is not a boat of confidence. That is not a boat of confidence. You're out of the canoe, Ben. The truth is, he has been very consistent for a long time. He's involved in the passing game. There's going to be a lot of points coming up.

And if you watched the game, this is one of those things you don't see on the stat line. He had several plays uncharacteristic of Benjamin Watson where he dropped good passes and that he has very good hands. Just an outlier performance. Just an outlier performance. I mean, he was still involved in the game. He wasn't, it's not one of those things where it was like they were running the ball so much with Tim Hightower where Benjamin Watson couldn't be valuable. He was actually very used. He had himself a bad game.

I'm fine playing him against Atlanta. The canoe of confidence. I like confidence canoe. But either way. I like boat of confidence. Because it sounds ridiculous. Some kind of a water vessel. Fantasy forecast. Mouth. Mouth pouches. Also, for reference, I was saying bode. A bode? B-O-D. That's not any better. But that's not the phrase. Yeah. No, it isn't.

Bode is... No, it's not the phrase, I'll give you that. It's vote of confidence. No, but when you... No, what does Bode mean? Do you guys... Heavy C's... Yeah, Bode is negative. Yeah, Bode is to be an omen of. Heavy C's boated trouble for the small craft. Oh, to be an omen of a particular outcome. That's what the definition is. It's generally used in a negative context. Yeah, I would say grammatically...

It was right on par with most of it. It does. You can say something bodes well. Something bodes well. There you go. But you don't have a boat of. And you definitely said boat. No. All right. Hey, we got the confidence canoe out of it. And the confidence canoe is going to be riding into town often. As long as it can distract from the mouth patch. Me and Ben Watson. All right. Fantasy forecast. Going down the stream.

The lions take on the bears. All right. Well, we've got Stafford. Like Stafford this week? Yes. I enjoy Stafford very much. Hold on. We're getting back to this. I want a Twitter poll up today of which is worse. The boat of confidence or the squirrel pouches.

mouth pouches. We'll go to Twitter today. We'll see... Bigger flub? Yeah, sorry. Go on. What's this? Is this a fantasy football show? I thought the Twitter poll would be more ingenious. I thought that was the... All right. You couldn't script it. All right. Stafford. You were talking about Matthew Stafford. Yeah, Stafford has been... He's been great. Since the offensive change, we've talked about it time and time again. Calvin Johnson finally showed up again.