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

Or maybe this is just a DFS call. Yeah, I think it's more DFS because I can't imagine, you know, those other names we brought up earlier with Tyler Higby that I would throw Dan Arnold in right off the bat. But it is a good matchup. He was getting the targets. So if you're setting a lineup and, you know, I don't hear he will play. Just, yeah, keep an eye on him. Pittsburgh, eight, seven and one, taking on the Baltimore Ravens at eight. Draft Kings has this line at the Ravens favored by five points. The over under is 42.

Both teams have slim chances to get into the playoffs. Pittsburgh, if they win and the Colts lose, they will get in, aka, I'm sorry, Pittsburgh, maybe next year. But it is, it's not a losing season. So now the stat of Mike Tomlin has never had a losing season. Yeah, I'm happy that it has stuck around. That's crazy. Really, really, really crazy. And I believe they are two.

more winning seasons away from the all-time record. So I hope they get it. It's good to be a Steelers fan. Not so much this year. Baltimore low chances. They need to win plus. They need losses by four specific teams, also known as, sorry, Baltimore, maybe next year. What are we doing here? Ben Rothlisberger, the Ravens matchup is juicy. No, no, no, no. I mean, Ben Rothlisberger is a shell of a, of,

a quarterback. I mean, he can't do... Probably without Deonté Johnson. Yeah, and he's without his top option. That's a no from me, dog. Now, without Deontay Johnson... What about narrative, man? This could be Big Ben's final game. This is Big Ben's final game. Well, I'm saying could be, because... The Colts could lose to the Jags. The Colts could technically lose. Okay, fine. It could be. But he will be playing as if this is his last game, and it will be. So...

No, no narrative is going to get me to start Ben Rothsperger. If I'm in a two-quarterback league, no, I will not start. Okay. So then are you getting Luth? Yes, I am getting Luth. All right. The Muth is Luth. Pat Friar Muth without Deontay Johnson will be a massive benefit this year. That's a good point. Without, you know, he's going to have those short intermediate cross the middle routes and, you know, maybe he ends up with only.

58 yards, but I could see him with, you know, 8, 9, 10 receptions. And at tight end, that's great. He's also one of the go-toes around the goal line. So I think the muth will be luth in the championship week here. On the other side of the ball, or we'll talk about it real quick. Chase Claypool, are you going to, is he an option if Deontay Johnson's out, go with that volume? Yeah, he's an option. On the other side of the ball, Lamar Jackson did not practice on Wednesday.

I don't think he plays. So, yeah, he'll probably be shut down. Tyler Huntley becomes a streaming option yet again. Devante Freeman had been trending down over the last couple weeks where Latavius Murray was starting to eat more into those snaps and the opportunities. He did, however, see 68% of the snaps. That's the highest since week 13, which was coincidentally against Pittsburgh. 15 opportunities, 14 for 76 on the ground against the Rams.

Looking okay. And the matchup is solid. The Steelers defense has completely collapsed against the run. 31st against fantasy running backs over the past six weeks, allowing over 27 points a game to the position. Yep. Is Freeman back in running back two categories? Yeah. He is a running back two, a low-end running back two, but he's ahead of those volume awful plays. He's ahead of the Dari Agumal wallace. P. Ryan? You play Freeman over P. Ryan? I think P. Ryan will catch passes. So I...

I might go P. Ryan over Freeman, but Daray, Rex Burke, had those guys, I would rather have Freeman. Because I think Freeman gets a touchdown in this game. Okay. Hollywood Brown, if he plays, one top 24 performance since week nine. I mean, the reality is he was great. He was consistent. He was awesome with Lamar Jackson. Lamar Jackson hasn't played in a while. Marquis Brown hasn't been good in a while. Yeah.

I'm going to say that the passing work all goes to Mark Andrews because that's what's happened. Mark Andrews has been incredible. I'm willing to play him this week. And we will finish. Oh, Mark Andrews? Yeah. I'm going to go out on the limb. That's hot, brother. All right. We will hit the rest of the matchups tomorrow with Andy, but now it's time for the starts. Starts of the week. Who's your quarterback, Jake? My quarterback is Russell?

Wilson. I have set it for the last two months. I'm going to wait until I see something from Russ where I feel like he's back, and then I will start him. I think he's back. He looked good last week with four touchdowns. He had his chef hat on. He was cooking. Over the last month, Arizona has allowed the third most quarterback fantasy points, the most for wide receivers. He lit up the Cardinals last year and forever, 388 and 3.

along with 84 yards on the ground. Russ is playing for his own pride, his trade value, a divisional matchup. I think he's a great start this week. My quarterback start is Taysom Hill against the Atlanta Falcons. I probably could just stop right there after saying the Atlanta Falcons. But the Saints, they still have a chance to get into playoffs. Taysom was the quarterback 13 last week, despite just coming off the COVID list, despite having a...

Me, day through the air because he runs. Last year, he started against Atlanta twice, quarterback four, quarterback eight, and the Falcons allowing the seventh most rushing yards in the NFL. He is in play as a streaming option. At running back, I'm going with an opera snap king. Deontza Foreman.

at Houston. Deonteforman has scored a touchdown or gone over 100 yards in five straight games. The Titans are set on running the ball at 47% of the time they have the highest rate in the NFL. The Texans have allowed the most rushing yards in the NFL and the most 10 plus yards, which is kind of like Deontah Foreman, he's that little, he's that chunk.

King, where he just loves ripping off the 10, 15 yards at ease. I think he's a smash play. It's a must-win situation for the Titans. Devin Singletary takes on the New York Jets, ladies and gentlemen. He's scored in three straight weeks. The opportunities are going up. He's averaging 19 carries over the past three weeks. And I'll say it again, he's playing the Jets. The bills are 17-point home favorites. Yeah, I would.

love to have him in my lineup. I'm going with Pity City. We're back, baby. Michael Pittman. We've been on vacation at Jacksonville. It is time to establish residents in Pity City.

He is too important to this offense in an absolute must-win game. He hasn't scored since week nine, but the targets have really, really been there. And against the Jaguars, Jacksonville is allowing the seventh most wide receiver fantasy points, the highest expected points added per pass attempt. In the NFL, get those bags. Pat go on vacation to Pity City with Michael Pittman. I'm going with Darnell Mooney.

Cardboard very extraordinary. Jay Gris loves it. He's 71 yards away from a thousand yards season. The Minnesota secondary stinks. It's that easy. This one, don't overthink it. Darno Moody is in play as a high-end starter. And at tight-in, I'm going Zach Ertz. Zach Ertz has been dominating the targets. I know he hasn't done a ton with them, but for fantasy...

In any kind of PPR, half PPR, I am certainly in on Zach Gertz this week. He's been so necessary with DeAndre Hopkins out. In the last three weeks, he's leading the team in target shares of 22.9, 33.3 and 24.3. And Seattle's allowed the seventh most tight-end fantasy points, the highest target success rate to the position in the NFL. Zachertz is, you know, he's just to me, if you don't have one of the top guys, he's like my favorite.

next tier up guy. And I'm booking an appointment with the doctor, Dr. Schultz, aka Dalton Schultz, taking on the Philadelphia Eagles. He's back. He is on fire, tied in 5, 2, and 10 over the past three weeks, seeing a huge target share at 8, 9, and 10. The matchup is there against the Philadelphia Eagles who have allowed the most fantasy points to opposing tight ends. And the issue with Schultz,

was a concern when Michael Gallup came back, would the targets start to siphon away from him? Unfortunately for Michael Gallup, he tore his ACL last week. So the doctor is back in full play for me. I mean, when you tear at ACL, what do you need? You need a doctor. You need a doctor. Yeah, you do. It just makes sense. All right. Here it is. Oh, man. Make sure you are in a comfortable position, somewhere where you can really focus, really concentrate. Somewhere where you can leap.

I think you're going to probably jump. Really? I think you're going to get excited. I think, you know, you just got to have ceiling room here because you're probably going to get up out that chair right now. Last week on Boom Boom. I haduk and Jake Elliott and Robbie Gold. Let's go. Jason Moore's Ironclad. Locked and loaded. 100% guaranteed boom, boom, boom kicker of the week.

victorious the crowds were sanctimonious as i was carried through all of the mass i came to a throne it was my own knighted by the bills tyler bass raised on a chair there was joy in the air for a champion was given much thicker i was rightfully crowned fully endowed as the one true boom boom kicker

I'm the boom boom. That's right. We did it. You were the boom boom all along? Mm-hmm. The one true. Huh. Really, uh, really towing the line on that one. No, it's week 18. So we get a little, we get a little risky. Between this and yesterday's green room faux pot. Oh, yeah. Which will.

I mean, that's the party room. It's the party room. If you weren't there, you don't get to know what happened. You get one more chance. We're on green room next Wednesday. Oh, man. What a incredible, incredible conclusion for the best segment this show has ever seen. Thank you. Oh, that's going to do it. We want to thank today's sponsor. Like pristineauction.com, the best sports memorabilia site of all time.

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