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

over under, I'm going to take the Vikings on the back of Adrian Peterson to win the division. Yeah, I don't have any problem with that. I'm surprised that this isn't a pick-em game anyways. I guess they're just giving the Lambo. I'm not because the Packers are leading the division and they're at home. Those are reasons to be favored. Yeah, but they also are coming off of a devastating loss. They have been not themselves recently and the Vikings.

are coming off of a crushing victory. So that's... Right. So any wide receiver you want to start in this game on either team. That is crazy town. Crazy town, because the answer is no. Crazy. I mean, who would you rather start Randall Cobb or Stefan Diggs? Cobb? And that's it's... Maybe.

You know what? I think the best start of the game. The best start of the game is James Jones. At wide receiver. At wide receiver across both teams. James Jones is the guy. Highest touchdown chance. And yeah, longer plays, seemingly, you know, targeted regularly. You know, Stefan Diggs, he can do it. He showed he could come back and do it a couple weeks ago. He'd be the next on the list for me, and I would leave everybody else on the sideline. Yeah. Yeah. And I would throw my head back in.

wonderment because it just didn't seem like that would be the case for these guys at the beginning of the year. Eddie Lacey, what is the tale of Eddie Lacey? What is he doing this game? Oh, Eddie Lacey. Fantasy owners need to know who to start Eddie Lacey over to win their week, 17 weeks. We have him one spot behind Rashad Jennings in our consensus, two spots behind Jeremy Hill, three behind Bilal Powell, and just ahead of James White, Jeremy Langford, Javory Salon. I think that's exactly where he should be. If you're in a PPR, though, I would put White ahead of

white ahead of Lacey. And I have that, I want to have confidence in Eddie Lacey this, Eddie Lacey this week that just seems like it's going to be cold, it's outside. At home. At home, Eddie Lacey has just dominated in these circumstances, yet I don't have full confidence in him, which is, it's really unfortunate. Since week one, when Minnesota got gashed, remember, by Carlos Hyde in that crazy game. Since then.

Minnesota has given up three total touchdowns to the running back on the year. Let me put it this way, Mike. Would you start C.J. Anderson and your hunch about him this week against San Diego? Would you rather start Eddie Lacey this week? Oh, man. I think I'd go Anderson there. Anderson, to me, has a better touchdown opportunity. I mean, it's a similar situation where him and Hillman are splitting and Lacey and Starks are splitting, so I guess I would lean to the matchup against the Chargers.

Final words on this matchup before you hit the mailbag? No. Stay away from the receipt. What a world we are in. This is what we say, hey, guys, which Packers receivers are you starting? None of them. None. Oh, that makes me sick. Mailbag. It is a weird world. It is. It is a weird world where, you know, we're sitting here saying, okay.

Most weeks lately. Do you start Doug Baldwin and Tyler Lockett? But you don't start James Jones and Randolph. What a weird year. Maybe that'll be part of our New Year's resolutions. Just things change. Be ready for it. Jeremy in Eugene, Oregon. All right. You got me to the title game, he says, and I'm going for the win. For the most part. That's good. Yes. You should always try.

Go for the win once you're there. For the most part, I'm sticking with my studs, even though they've been up and down, see Miller, Lamar. Need to know who to play at my flex spot. Golden Tate against the Bears, Carlos Williams against the Jets or Kamar, not Clay, Aiken against the Bengals. This is a PPR league. Help them out. Wow, that's tough. Ooh. Golden Tate's been on fire. Carlos Williams has a tough matchup and is somewhat splitting, not too much. And Kamar's been consistent.

And solid. I am going to say Carlos Williams. I would say Golden Tate. And for the tie break, it is close. But because it's a half-point PPR, I'm going to go Golden Tate. He's getting enough receptions lately that I think his baseline is high enough. And he's been getting in the end zone. It's probably good advice, good logic there. I think he's a little safer than Williams, too. Bort in Springfield. Bort. In Springfield, nonetheless. Bort.

I've got a pool of running backs in my championship game that all seem to be the same level. Will you help me pick three of them? Buck Allen, Tim Hightower, ding, ding, ding, ding. Yeah, he's not the same level. Frank Gore, Carlos Williams, and DeNard Robinson. Full point PPR. This is easy for me. It's the first three. It's Buck Allen, Tim Hightower, and Frank Gore. To me, it's easy. You can give me a question between Buck Allen and Carlos Williams, but I would, in a PPR, go Buck Allen.

I completely agree with everything Jason said, and that also feels gross.

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