Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 14 Matchups, Daily Dose, Mailbag

I don't see a reason why it can't happen at least once. So Ted Ginn is an okay. Home run. Flex home run start for me. Okay. And then Matt Ryan, you're getting the sit down this week. Oh, yes. Oh, yes, Matt Ryan. Okay, and anything else there? Can we move on to the next matchup? That's all I see. Are you guys going to start Greg Olson? Yeah, yeah, he's in. All right, Titans at the New York Jets. Jets are favored by a touchdown in this game.

Marcus Mario is coming off a huge game, especially on the ground. Can you play Marcus Marioita this week? And if so, who would you play him over? If you, it's, this comes down to as maybe it's, I'm being silly, I don't know. If Derell Revis plays, which it sounded yesterday like he is trending to play, he was on the field. He had the red, no-contact jersey on, but he was out there. So I believe that speaks very positive to his ability.

or his chance to play on Sunday and clear the protocol. If Revis is playing, I don't stream Marriota. I think there's much better options available. There's, yeah, I think Marietta can have a fine week. I really do. I'm not worried about him, but from a fantasy football perspective in the playoffs, you see him have big games and have lousy games. There are so many options that I would rather start over Marietta this week. Hoyer.

I would rather start Hoyer. I would rather start Alex Smith, Winston. Alex Smith, Whee! Ryan Fitzpatrick, Blake Borrell, Tyrod Taylor, all those guys. I would have more confidence starting, even though Alex Smith, I don't think, has the same ceiling that Marriota has. But Marietta's floor is a terrible rookie game against a good defense that he goes out and gives you six points from the quarterback. You're not going to get that from Alex Smith.

Okay, so are you buying into, you know, Kendall Wright didn't practice. I don't think he's playing. You guys thought he would play hurt. I think he won't play. Okay. If he doesn't, hypothetically. Delaney Walker. Okay, Delaney Walker is the answer. We know he's basically a wide achiever. But what about Dorio Green Beckham? It gives him a boost. With no Kindle Wright. I mean, the hard thing is about Beckham, just being the rookie. We did seem good involved last week.

However... But you had a game two weeks ago where wide receivers caught five passes in the whole game. Yeah, and the Titans scored 40 points or so last week. So... Exactly. Greenbeckham got involved. I mean, if they're... And they're not going to put up those amount of points on the jets this weekend. Yeah. So he's a... He is a prey and spray type player if you want to put him in your lineup, but I'm not going to do it. Okay. Me too. Okay. So...

You're not starting running back from Tennessee. Are you confident with Chris Ivory because of the way this game flow is likely to go where they're leading. Ivory should be on the field. We talked about this on the last show where 27 of the 25 of the 27 plays or something in the fourth quarter were past plays. So Powell saw a lot of the field and their comeback against the Giants. Thoughts on Chris Ivory? Yeah, we all have him pretty much as a low RB1. You know, he's in that.

10 to 13 range for us as a running back. That's exactly what I expect him to do. If he's on my roster, he's probably almost definitely playing. He's playing for me. As far as Powell, if you're in a PPR, I'll flex Powell. I think he'll still get some catches and do some work in the game, but he's not a full confidence start. Raiders at the Broncos.

They head to Denver. Denver is a heavy favorite in this game. This is the alert for all Derek car owners. Hopefully you have a good streaming option because I just wouldn't touch him in this matchup. We've talked about it all year long, but the Broncos have given up one touchdown to wide receivers on this season. Number one past defense by far. Number five rush defense. I believe that one touchdown was that. It was to Crabtree maybe? Was it to the car?

It was the car. Yeah. So you're saying there's a chance he gets one touchdown to a wide receiver. That's pretty optimistic. So what are my chances? The real hard part about this, and I've gotten so many questions this week from listeners, it's still the Cooper Crabtree. Would you start them over, you know, another handful of guys that I have a hard time saying, yeah, I'd rather play Golden Tate over Amari Cooper? You know, I'd rather, yeah, I'm going to go throw out.

you know, Tyler Lockett over Michael Crabt. Those are the hard things to decide. Not lock it. Where I'm saying, even if they don't score a touchdown, isn't there some baseline of catches there that we can be okay with? Not really. Well, I'm just saying, I mean, you are right. I would start them over lock it. But the truth is it's not like they give up a bunch of yards either. You know what I mean? It's the Broncos D against the wide receivers is, is excellent. And yes.

I mean, we don't know the future. Carr could go and have the game that nobody... Well, you two don't. I have to pretend. The car could go and have a game that nobody's had against Denver this year. I mean, he could do it. But I'm not going to say that he's the one that's going to come in and do what other guys... Brady had a good game against them. Well, exactly. Fantasy-wise. That's... Period. Period. End of list. Amari Cooper, four for 47.

last time against Denver, and that was at home. So we're just not excited. You know, Crabtree was 4 for 54. He did not have the touchdown. Who would, or was it? Maybe it was Teddy Bridgewater. You might have been right. I don't remember. It was Teddy Bridgewater. Teddy Bridgewater put up 250 and one against them. So. Of course he did. Because that Teddy Bridgewater is, he's garbage unless he plays a top passing defense.

So there's a hot, hot fantasy tip. Okay, I've got a sneaky gross start. I want you guys's opinion. Sneaky gross star. All right. Its name is Booger. His name is Booger. This is a guy who I once. I don't know if I liked it. I hated it. All right. Once upon a Friday. It's a Friday joke. Once upon a time, based on a matchup, I made a gentleman my start of the week. Don't do it again.

No, well, I haven't. We've already done our starts of the week. But I'm just saying, there's a change in quarterback. Hit the button. Hit the button. The listeners don't know who I'm talking about yet. Yes, they do. Okay, let's say, okay, if you're listening, try to guess who I'm talking about. I'll give hints narrowing it down here. He plays for the Oakland Raider. I'm sorry, he plays for the Broncos. He's playing against the Raiders. He's playing on the Broncos. He is a pass catcher.

He is a tight end. He is not the... Eligible for Social Security. Eligible for Social... I'm just saying Owen Daniels. He has... Owen Daniels, you know, ever since Brock Osweilers... He has plastic covering his couch. Brock Osweilers come in. He's throwing to the tight end. Vernon Davis might be missing. You've got hurt running backs. You've got the Oakland D. I'm just saying, maybe. Is there some, like, drop I can put to just...

on an island, like just separate him from the... Roll your chair to the corner for five minutes. We should have like a beach, you know, just a beach ambiance with some island music and say, yeah, you're by yourself. You're by yourself. You and Revis. All right. Cowboys at the Packers, the Packers are favored in this one. Weather shouldn't be an issue, but will the offense, the bipolar offense of the Packers be an issue? Ugh.

Because I hate to say I like Eddie Lacey. Oh, we're back? Well, we're not back. We're just... You like him. You like him. You love him. Hey. Not as much as you, buddy. You haven't at 13. No, I do. I don't disagree. I'm as a two. I would personally like him.

a little bit more if he had a different matchup. But I do think he's going to get the ball. He is talented. He's got a chip on his shoulder now. The problem is the defense he's playing against. I probably have him a little bit too high at 13. I mean, that's a running back two. That's where I expect him to play. I don't think the Cowboys can score on the Packers. And if they can't score on the Packers, this game's going to be run the clock out with Eddie Lacey. And that's why I like him in this game, even if the matchup from a yards per carry standpoint isn't great. You know, the Cowboys, their defense is all right.

Their defense is all right. They showed up against Kurt Cousins. But I just don't know if it's going to happen in Green Bay. Well, Sean Lee should get injured about halfway through the game. And that will help. He is amazing. But he gets injured. Cowboys cornerbacks have gone 510 passing attempts without an interception. That's a lot. That's a lot. And I doubt they're getting them against Aaron Rogers. Yeah. Yeah, I doubt that too. So the Des Bryant confidence level is low.

It is the kind of confidence level that a superstar gets with Matt Castle. I still think he's the, I mean, he's the wide receiver, the pass catcher I would start from that whole team. Who would you rather start? Des Bryant or Jeremy Macklin? Oh, Jeremy Maclin. Like, leaps, bounds, and rivers. That one to me is a little bit closer. Really? Really?

Well, I don't like Macklin that much this week. I actually just moved because of what we were talking about. I don't think that that was something that was going to, I thought that was like perspective. That wasn't something that was going to move the needle on a guy that has like 200-something yards in the last two weeks. I tuned out because I wanted to verify a reference. I was going to drop. That was going to be really good. But now we've got to move on. Yeah, we do. Was he saying Des Bryant? He was saying Des Bryant or Macklin is close. Yeah. And I just don't think it's close. Is Los Angeles close to New York City? New York City. I don't think.

I mean, I don't, I'm at a loss to think that you guys actually think that Macklin and Des are going to be separated from the east as to the west. I mean, I got lots of reasons to think that. You've got Des, Des Bryant, what's his baseline of catches? I got them at 19 and 39. That's the two different. That's the difference. Like, what's the floor for Des Bryant and catches? Yeah. Zero. Yeah.

It was zero through three and a half quarters or something last game. I mean, he has two games over 50 yards. Here's the problem. This is like, I have Macklin as a two as a number 19. Tremendous, tremendous upside against the bad defense at home, on fire. Alex Smith driving the ball down field. What's the upside for Des Bryant? Touchdown. Red zone looks. A. Maybe. Can they get to the red zone? How many touchdowns does he have on the year? Well, I mean, he missed.

the majority of the year, but he's got two? I mean, this is just kind of a fruitless argument and not very helpful, because we're just arguing about how much we like one more than the other, and it's just, yeah. Start Jeremy Macklin, start T.Y. Hilton, Golden Tate, Devante Parker, Brandon Cooks, Michael Floyd, all above. Okay, so Michael Floyd played yesterday. We've got to hash this out. How close do you see Des Bryant finishing in points compared to Jeremy Macklin? I think that Macklin will have him beat by,

At least six points. I will take that water bet. Yes. Water bet. Stupid bet, but whatever. That's how you get two people to agree to water bet. I could tell what you were doing the whole time. All right. The New England Patriots head to Houston to take on the Texans. The Brady Hoyer reunion. Nobody's excited about that, huh? No. No. I...

Now, J.J. Watt, that wasn't in our news, but J.J. Watt broke his hand at practice. He's going to be playing. I don't think it was news to J.J. Watt. I think he just wrapped it up and went back on the field. He missed the practice, so no, he didn't. Well, he got to cast it. Yeah. He'll play. He will. He'll be okay. He'll be clubbing people. You know, he may not, you know, if he puts the arms up to catch an interception, that might be hard. That might not happen.

But yes, JJ Watt did get injured in practice this week. I think a lot of people want to know what the Texans defense can do. They've been playing very well. They did lose last week. They gave up three touchdowns to Tyrod Taylor. So they've been a little up and down. If the pass rush can get to Brady, and if Brady doesn't have reliable weapons, we saw LaFeld drop passes. We saw late drops from some of those key targets. And if Gronk isn't on the field, is it going to be James White? Who's going to fill in the gap there?

I still have strong confidence in Amandola. White is an enigma, man. I don't know if I would trust him. I can understand if you're in a situation of, let's say you're... White or blunt? Blunt. Really? I'm going to go white. I would go white. I'm done. In standard? No. What's scoring for me? That does make a difference. I think you've got the any, any...

form of PPR, half or full, I'm going white. That's fair. Standard, I'm going blunt. Because I don't expect white to get, you know, a ton of yard. You know, I expect both of these guys to get about 50 yards. Touchdowns are probably about the same. It's just a matter of who's going to get, if you get points for catches, he's going to get a... I'm going to go with white. The problem with both of blunt and white is the same that it has always been when it was not Dionne Lewis as the running back is...