Starts of the Week + Boom Boom Conclusion, The Oppersnap - Fantasy Football Podcast for 1/6

Look at last week. It's touchdowns. The Kansas City Chiefs are going to score a lot. Darrell may not score all of them, but he would just, you want scoring opportunities. Yeah, when you're implied for 27 plus points and you're a 10 point favorite.

you usually need to start those running back. So I think that's it for Kansas City Broncos. Yeah. Dallas Cowboys 11 and 5 taking on the Philadelphia Eagles at 9 and 7. DK. Their sports book has this line at the Cowboys favored by 6.5 over under sitting at 43 points. Philadelphia has nothing to play for. I believe Dallas has nothing to play for. Am I remembering that correct? They can improve their seed. Oh, okay. So they can, if some things go right.

Yeah. So there are ways in which I think that Dallas will be playing for something and Philly will be playing for nothing. It's always one of those questions of like, if you're playing for nothing, how long do you play Jalen Hertz? Right. Can you rely? And it's as fantasy managers, you're going to be frustrated. This is why we tell people not to play Week 18 championships or the final week of the year.

because it's really not fair. There isn't a way that we can analytically tell you whether Jalen Hertz will be pulled after the first quarter or not. If he's not, man, he could be a great option. He could be the number one quarterback on the week. And if he is pulled, he could score four points and then you lost your championship. So personally, in those situations where we're just not sure,

I'm going to always try to pivot to another option. What about, and it's pretty easy to pivot on Philadelphia side, but what about Dallas Goddard? Man, I think Dallas Goddard is, I mean, he's obviously in a similar boat, and the reality is. Which Dallas Goddard reminder was put on the COVID list two days ago, but with the new timing.

He should be back or eligible to play, I should say. Yeah, I mean, at Tide-in, it's tough because it's just are there guys you're willing to pick up off the waiver wire and go? If you could pivot to a Zach Ertz, absolutely I would do that. But what about a streaming option? It would be like someone like Cole Comett or Conklin. I would go Tyler Higby. Okay. But Higby is a streaming option. That's what I'm saying. He's probably out there available and I would go Tyler Higby over those options. And what will be interesting for this game is.

Generally, the Philadelphia Eagles have been a very tough matchup for opposing fantasy players over the last six weeks. Fourth against quarterbacks, ninth against running backs, second against wide receivers. But same questions. Do they do anything with the starters playing them full games, giving guys extra rest? And because of that, like, DAC, you're playing DAC as a top 12 option. I can't imagine moving away from those guys.

Are you moving away from any of the Cowboys or is this just full go for everybody? There's a full go for everybody on the Cowboys side. Even if the Eagles that we knew they're playing their whole team, it's a divisional matchup, they're going to play their hearts out, they're going to try to be the spoiler of Dallas improving. They're going to get in their reps and they play the best game they can. You're still not benching Dak. You're not benching Zeke. You're not benching Amari Cooper, C.D. Lammer Dalton Schultz. So those guys are just in. Okay. And then so Tony Pollard.

I was trying to pull up some. So would you play Tony Pollard or would you play the volume play of Daria Gumbawale against the Indianapolis Colts? I would go the volume of Daray. Would you play Melvin Gordon against Kansas City or Tony Pollard? Gordon. Okay. Seems to make it pretty easy. On to Sunday. And if you have those players, make sure you take them out of your flex and put them into your positional spots, especially with the craziness of this season.

Sunday games. The Cincinnati Bengals are 10 and 6th. They will be taking on the Cleveland Browns, who are 7 and 9 removed from the playoffs, and you've got some bad, bad stuff percolating in Cleveland, dealing with Baker Mayfield. Like, I don't know how substantiated these rumors are, but whispers of Baker possibly demanding a trade out. It is bad vibes right now seeping.

out of Cleveland, but Baker will not play. Who would trade for Baker Mayfield? I think a lot of teams would. Really? Yeah, I do. I think a lot of teams would. I mean, prices everything. We've said that, but going into, like, a rental of Baker to see if he could be the guy. We've, Baker has flashed plenty of times. Like, way more than, like Sam Darnold did. Sure. Baker has put up way, way more better.

put better film out than Darnold and Darnel was traded for. Baker would be my perfect example. I talked about this a couple weeks ago. This is going to be on the Things to Remember episode coming up whenever that is in the off season because I don't want to forget it. But he would be the perfect example of let's say that Denver or Carolina went and traded for Baker.

There's going to be a lot of hype, a lot of... Oh, Carolina does it again? Oh, yeah, and they could. But a team like that, there's going to be a lot of hype, a lot of positivity around what he could do for these great weapons for your Jerry Judy's and your DJ Moors and all those. He is not a quarterback that's going to take anyone to the next level. So I would view those wide receiving options as what they did this year, which was Jack Squat. Really? Yeah. I mean, the guy...

In not a full season. Didn't he break the rookie touchdown record at that time? I said this to you out in the studio a couple days ago. What happened to rookie Baker? Rookie Baker was great. Yeah. So Mac Jones has no guarantee he's going to be great. Mac Jones looks great. But so did Baker. There's so much evidence of Baker not being good enough. Perhaps there is just a disconnect between the Kevin Stefansky system and Baker Mayfield. Hopefully I like Baker's dude. He's fun dude.

Makes, yeah, makes good commercials. Just don't like watching them play quarterback. The Draft King Sportsbook has the Browns favored by six points due to no Joe Burrow, likely no Joe Mixin, the Bengals pretty much waving the white flag here. So what do we do for fantasy football? So here's the question. Everybody out there that has Jamar Chase is probably playing this week. He's been so good.

To get you to the championship. When asked if Chase will play, week 18, coach Zach Taylor said, potentially. Zach? No. Zach. I fat-fingered, but I stand by my decision. Great, great job. I really like that. You got the whole band going. You got the drums. You got the horns. I like it. Mr. Conductor over here. Zach, if I may, Mr. Taylor, I apologize. Coach Taylor, please just.

Let us know that you're not going to play him. Please don't play him for your sake and ours. And let us know before the game. That's all I'm asking is for you to do exactly that and nothing else. I don't think that's too much to ask for. But let's say, because this is one of the most important decisions this week, if he is active, we have to say I would play him. But chase or.

That's the question. Okay. How far down? So I'm going to give you some names. All right. And we're going to say, would you play? Hit me. Would you play Jamar Chase or Odell Beckham? Oh, I don't like this game. I know. I know. It sucks because if Jamar Chase plays a whole game. He doesn't even have to play a whole game. He could take one catch to the house. He could. I guess I'd play Jamar Chase. O'Dell Beckham is in a very good spot, though, against San Francisco. I would go O'Dell. Hunter Renfro? Jamar Chase. I would go Renfro.

Waddle? I'm a Waddle against the Patriots. It will be Brandon Allen throwing the ball to Jamar Chase. I mean, like if you're answering those names over Jamar Chase, then you're not playing Jamar. Yeah, I mean, I'm looking at my rankings that I've got right now. I've got Jamar Chase at my wide receiver 19. So he's not unplayable as of yet, but I'm, you know, he's not a top 10 guy for me. And there are, if I've got a decent option, I'm going to play them over Jamar Chase.

Somaget P. Ryan, likely the next man up here if Joe Mixen is to miss time. They've used him as a pass-catching running back, so he has a three-down skill set. Let's see. I don't know if they'll use him that way. I don't know if one of the other backups, potentially Chris Evans, gets involved. That will be interesting to watch. I think that if nothing else, Samajie P-Ran will see a bunch of volume. Over on the Brown side, disappointing for Nick Chub, but you're going to play him.

Deerness Johnson was added to the COVID list. Does that put Kareem Hunt in a playable spot here to close the season? We'll have to wait and see. Based on the fact that they're playing for nothing, I can't imagine that they're going to force Kreme Hunt to get on the field. In fact, when I think about this game, this has an over under of 37.5 points. That is atrociously low. That is Vegas saying that neither one of these teams has anything to play for, which they don't.

and neither one of these teams are going to play for anything. They're not going to play the divisional head-to-head because it's not like if you're Cleveland, you're going to get any pride in beating the sitting, resting Bengals. I think you do. I think you still take something away from it. I'm not saying they're not going to try to win the game. They're going to go out there and whoever's on the field is going to try to be better than the people on the other side. But my point is as an organization...

You're not putting your best foot forward. You're not putting your best players out there. Vegas says this is going to have very few points. So I think guys like Samajé P-Rine, where you know volumes coming? Sure. I'm fine with them. I would play Samajé over Daray. They're both just the volume guys. But outside of him and Nick Chubb... So on the Cleveland side of it, we saw Case Keenham once this year. It was against the Denver Broncos. It was a win. And the Denver Broncos...

a very solid defense. In that game, he put up 200 passing yards, a touchdown and interception. And this is a winnable matchup here. How are you feeling about Jarvis or Donovan People's Jones? Not great. Not great, Bob. Yeah, I mean, Jarvis in a, I mean, you used to say, well, Jarvis in a PPR. But like, Jarvis is the last, here's his receptions. Four, four.

5, 6, 4, 4, 3. Like, he's not, he's not a PPR machine anymore. This offense isn't one of those that is great for the passing him. So I'm not starting Jarvis or Donovan People's Jones or Austin Hooper. Maybe Oslooper because he's a tight end. All right. Unfortunately, I have maybe a wet blanket here for Kishon Vaughn, Jason. Giovanni Bernard could return. Oh, you've got to pick him up. He could return and, and we're getting reports.

that the mustache is back. For real? The devastatingly handsome Giovanni Bernard mustache could be back. You're talking about the Wild West mustache. Yes. That thing was straight up white erps. This is a championship level stash. Keel. Thank you. Truly. Truly. No jokes. Giovanni Bernard has to be picked up. Pick them up right now in your league. JIC.

We don't know that he will be back. Right. But if he is back, he will run ahead of Keishon Vaughn. He will catch so many dump-offs from Tom Brady. They want the veteran over the, you know, like we were frustrated earlier in the season with, why isn't Tyson getting the ball for the, for the Ravens? They're giving it to these old men. My Tyson-William's wounds are still not healed yet. No way, man. Wow, you've had some time. But my point is, winning coaches a lot of times, they would much rather have the.

less athletic, less explosive, but veteran guy who knows where to be and is going to get the job done and isn't going to fumble or make the mistake or miss the pass protection. And so, Gio, if he is active and the other guys aren't, I think he's going to catch at least five passes, at least. All right. And Austin Hooper is in a very good situation here. Bengals dead last against tight ends. So desperation stream, perhaps. Yeah, he's.

Okay, because it's a tight end. The Green Bay Packers, 13 and 3. The number one seat is locked up. They cannot do anything to improve or move down. They will be taking on the Detroit lines who are 2.13 and 1, which sounds like a combination to someone's luggage. The Draft King Sportsbook line is, what? No. The Packers are still favored?

Well, yeah, because right now what they've said is that they're just going to play it like a normal game. Okay, that's fair. But so the Packers are favored by three and a half over under sitting at 45 points according to the DK sports book. Rogers. Rogers is the, he's one of the more difficult questions because of the toe. Like if anyone could use multiple weeks off and.