Week 11 Matchups + Staying Water, Taysom Hill News - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/20

All right, one more question from the game, Mike. I'm going to put you on the spot. Matthew Stafford with the question marks and yet upside or Kirk Cousins in this game against the Dallas defense with the weapons he has. Okay. It's Kurt Cousins for me. And I just want to look in, in a world where in this tight end world, it's gross, but.

Dalton Schultz has to at least be in the conversation over the last three weeks the dude's averaging about 19% of Dallas's targets. I don't think he has to be in the conversation. You can't make me put him in the conversation. He's in the conversation. He is. I mean, he's in the conversation. The last six weeks, the Vikings are allowing 11 points to the tight end position, which is 24th.

Dalton Schultz seeing 19% of the targets. You can grimace and smirk, but that's what he saw. I'm nodding. I'm sadly nodding, Mike. I got one of you. He got smirking. I'm sad nodding. He got eight targets two weeks ago. He got seven targets last week. I love that. But those were with the other quarterbacks. You know, that's not when Andy Dalton was playing four targets the week prior. I mean, I've been converted. I've been converted. He was the number 10 tight in two weeks ago. Yes, with a totally different quarterback.

Well, it totally doesn't matter. I mean, he's the only, he's running 95% of snaps. And I think that they're going to blitz the socks off Andy Dalton. So I'm going to play Janu against Baltimore. Are you going to play Dalton Schultz? Yeah, I'll play Dalton Schultz. Oh, baby. Let's do it. Logan Thomas everywhere. Third one. Third bet, Jay. Let's go. Three bets. Nope. Nope. Yes. Water bet. I did not accept that.

The audio drops that you do. Okay. I accept that with Logan Thomas. Wait, you were so demonstrative against Dalton Schultz and you're not taking the Johnny Smith. But that doesn't mean a pro-Johnoo. Being against one person doesn't mean, oh, that means you. You're withdrawing from the Trinity of Waterbets. You love Caleb Ballas, so you must eat Calvin Cook. I just want to hear you say, I withdraw from the water bet. I withdraw from the water bet. Okay, there you go. The Kansas City Chiefs at 8 and 1, take on the Los Angeles.

or I'm sorry, the Las Vegas Raiders at six and three. Chiefs are eight-point favorites. It's a 56.5 point over under. If we remember, this was a great fantasy game back in week five. Las Vegas won it, 40 to 32. And this is, it's going to be interesting. I'm looking forward to this game. Divisional matchup. The Raiders seem to show up against the Chiefs.

But are they going to show up in your lineup, is my question. Are you willing to go out there and put in, send in the car when he had such a big game against the Chiefs last time? Send in the car. Send in the car. I would prefer not to. Like Kurt Cousins, I would play him over Derek Carr. Carson Wentz against Cleveland, especially with the news of Miles Garrett going on the COVID list. I would play Carson Wentz over Derek Carr. I think Kansas City is going to

boat race the Raiders here. I think they were embarrassed and angry at their last matchup. And when you say that the Raiders show up, they did this year, but that's not like the common thread. You look at last year with Der Carr and Gruden and this same team, you know, when the Raiders faced the Chiefs, they put up 10 points and 9 points. Coming off that loss from a couple weeks ago, I don't expect much from the Raiders. I think the Chiefs are going to be jacked up for this game.

Interesting. Okay, it is a nice over-under, 56 and a half points. Implied point total for the Raiders at 24.3. Josh Jacobs is in your lineup. He's the RB5 and fantasy points, RB7 and points per game. Darren, you play him every week because he is like... He's the Wallerous. He's the Waller's. Oh, go coo-go-go-go-choo. But Rugs and Aguilar are merely dart throws at this point where...

You hope for one big play. And if you don't get a big play from either of those guys, you don't get anything from them. I mean, that is the recipe for Aguilar and Rugs. They are desperation, deep league dart throws. Am I wrong? No, you're not wrong. You are right. Clyde Edwards Allaire. Let's hypothesize here. He missed the Thursday practice. I don't know if our producers have any more practice reports for us or information. Nothing yet. On Clyde. Okay, nothing. But.

If for some reason he missed this game, it would represent a pretty big opportunity for somebody else. No, is that Lev Bell? Is that Darrell Williams? I know that Darrell Williams also missed Thursday's practice with an illness. I don't know. You would presume that him and Clyde have the same thing. So if Darrell had not missed, I would say Darrell, but that would bump Lev up. I don't know what that turns into, though.

You could play Lev Bell at your own demise. Yeah, thank you. If Clyde is gone, I think Lev is someone you could plug in as a volume play on a team that's projected to win a lot, but he does look mostly washed. There was the whole question to begin the year, is Love washed or is it the Jets? And you can't answer that question any better than saying, well, let's put him on the Chiefs, see how he does. I think his days are done.

We've seen this already. The chiefs don't need to run the ball. Right. You know, if, if Clyde is not there, then you might see Patrick Mahomes throwing it a ton, and that would put maybe even a Sammy Watkins to play. Obviously, you're starting Tyree Kill. You're starting Travis Kelsey. And I know when I bring up Sammy Watkins, it's usually. Yeah, it's very scary. The lizard people are not.

easy to look at. Yeah, it's tough. I agree with you, though. My first thought when Clyde went down was not, who do I want to start in the backfield other than him? It was, oh my, Patrick Mahomes is just going to pass the ball more because he can. And Kelsey and Mahomes are every week auto starts for the rest of their.

natural lives. But there is opportunity. I mean, the Raiders defense gives up a ton of points to fantasy-wide receivers. So beyond Hill, somebody will be productive in this offense. And the one thing I will add, and I believe this to be the case, but illness is a little bit different this year. In the past, people have played through illness. They've gone through a game with the flu. And even if they're testing, you know, if they're testing negative for COVID, I'm pretty sure that if on game day you have.

COVID symptoms, you are not allowed to participate in the game. I think that's the rule. So usually when you see, oh, someone missed a practice with illness, you just assume they will be back. It's illness. At least on this, you've got to monitor and pay attention Sunday morning. Monday night football, the Los Angeles Rams at 6 and 3 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sitting at 7 in 3 right now. Buccaneers 4.8 point over under.

Yeah, we know that the Rams just lost Andrew Whitworth on their offensive line, which I think is even going to compound some of this 12 personnel we're seeing. I have, I don't know, Mike, if you had tuned into the series show yesterday and heard me talk about Tyler Higby. You know, I was very, very sour on Higby coming into the season, believing that we'd see the three wide receiver sets and that he wouldn't be productive. I am.

feeling the second half breakout on the way from... Now, it could be Everett just as much as it is Higby. I'm not necessarily loyal to Higby, but I did like the downfield throws I saw last week, and they're running more 12 personnel. That's why Reynolds is getting so many snaps. That's probably something they're going to have to do to continue to have that run identity as an offense without Andrew Whitworth, with the struggles that they've had at offensive line at times. So, you know, all that to say...

You know, you talk about dart throw Dalton Schultz. I'd play Higbee over Dalton Schultz in that case. I think Higby could have a productive week. But offensively, I want to hear you guys break down the wide receivers for Los Angeles because it's been a little bit disappointing of late. Snap count's going down for a cup. Reynolds getting targeted. Put them in order for me. How do you evaluate them in this matchup against Tampa Bay, who's a formidable defense? I would go Woods Cup Reynolds.

But I think Cup has certainly lost a tier, you know, in what we've seen going to 12 personnel, what we saw at the second half of last year. And Cup was still good, the second half of last year, but the snap percentage went down. The utilization of 12 personnel came up more. And it was very touchdown dependent last season. So maybe that does open up the touchdown opportunities for Cup. But I would rather, you know, touchdowns are the least sticky stat. So I think Woods is.

pretty much still an auto start every week. And then you've got to just look at the matchup for Cup and Reynolds. I've been really high on Reynolds lately. I picked him up this last week, was happy with, you know, what he did. But this isn't the matchup for him. You know, the Rams are just outstanding. They're number one on the season against wide receivers as far as points given up. They're also number one in the last six weeks. They've just been doing it the whole year. Well, he doesn't have to play against his own defense. He has to play against Tampa Bay. Oh.

That is great news. I got mixed around there. You are right about the Rams and that has implications for Godwin Evans and Brown. And the Buccaneers are 10th against the opposing fantasy wide receiver. So it's still a tough matchup. I've got him on my... But do you have the same opinion knowing that he doesn't have to play himself? So I've got Reynolds on my roster right now. With Jalen Rams, he shuts down Josh Reynolds. Don't come crying to me. It's going to be embarrassing.

Look, so here's the situation. I have the worst three wide receivers to choose from in my league of record, one of which is Josh Reynolds. You want us to help you out? Please do. I hate the matchup this week when I looked into it. And that is against Tampa Bay, not against his own Rams defense, but knowing that I hate the matchup, I looked at the Rams defense, got confused there. But I don't like, you know, Josh Reynolds, he's getting the targets, but I don't think I could trust him in this. And so let me give you.

my roster, and you two can set my line up here. Let's do it. Jerry Judy, Josh Reynolds, or Michael Pittman Jr. Waver Wire. I would go, the waiver wire is not going to have a better option than that. I would go with Josh Reynolds. And if I have to order the Rams wide receivers, I probably still go Woods Cup Reynolds. But, I mean, you guys are talking about the snaps.

Cooper Cup was on the field barely over half of the snaps. 53% of the snaps. He's dealing with that wrist injury. I don't even think it's that. I really don't. Like McVeigh acknowledged that Cooper is a bit banged up. And you could see it when you're watching the game. You could see him shaking it out, flexing it. It's bothering him. Yeah. And another part of it is just run blocking. I mean, they said they pull Cooper Cup off the field to run block and 12 personnel. And that's part of the snap count issue. So if you combine.

He's not going to block with a bum wrist. Right, the wrist and the blocking. So on the other side of the ball, I don't know if you know this. The Rams have been great against wide receivers. They're number one on the season, number one over the last six weeks. So when it comes to the actual wide receivers playing against that team, Godwin Evans, Antonio Brown, it makes it really murky. I'm playing them all. Really? I'm playing them all. I love it.

I'm confident Brady and the Buccaneers and what this offense is doing to the point where I'm not running away from any of those three options. If I did have to order them, I'm putting Evans at the bottom of the list because he has a tendency to disappear and he's going to get Jalen Ramsey on the outside situation, I think. I would put Godwin and Brown both ahead of him. But, you know, look, Vegas has them as four-point favorites. It's 26 points need to get up on the board.

And I'm not running away from this matchup. It's one of the reasons why I agree with Mike. I think I would play Josh Reynolds if I was you. Because I think that this is going to be a game that hits the over. I think we're going to see a good Monday night football matchup. And that's why I'm still willing to play Brady, you know, coming off the last week as well. Now I'm not, but I was before Al Borland hit that button. And Grancowski. Grancowski is somebody you have to play at the tight-in position because, come on.

We're talking about Dalton Schultz, and we're having to talk about players like Dalton Schultz. Yeah, I mean, is Gronk right now the tight-in three? I mean, is he, it's a Hawkinson and Gronk right now? I mean, once you're... Rather play Gronk than Hawkinson. Yeah. So, yeah, he is. You'd rather play Gronk than Hawkinson? I would. I would, I would not. I would rather play Hawkinson. I mean, maybe this week, Shane, I'm talking...

holistically here. Maybe this week is different because everybody's banged up for Detroit. But like rest of season, who would you rather have? Gronk or Hawkinson? That one's tough. I might lean Hawkinson still. I go Hawkinson there. But this week, Gronk does project good. I mean, the Rams, if you look at where they give up fantasy points, it's not to the quarterback, running back, or wide receiver. It is to tighten in. Superman projects good. All right, Daryl Henderson.