Week 14 Matchups, In-or-Out, Sneaky Farts

And then Gates, whatever. You're not playing Antonio Gates in the playoffs. On the Cincinnati side of the ball, you're going to play Joe Mixon, but Andy, what's your level of confidence? Joe Mixon is averaging eight fewer touches in losses. And you were very bold over there saying that they're going to lose. Yeah, he is very cozy in the, you know, the back in one.

high-end RB2 area. So he's still a high-end two for you. Yeah, I mean, if you're talking about, I think a decision that you could discuss would be like, you know, Joe Mixon or Mark Ingram. We talked about Ingram earlier in the show. Sure. I'm going to play Joe Mixon in that situation. The workload's guaranteed for him unless something trends negatively on the injury situation. But he catches the ball. He runs the ball. They have to use him.

I mean, he does everything for that offense. Stunning analysis. Jeff Driscoll. Oh, Driscoll needs one big score. Yeah, he might not get it. But what about Boyd? What about Boyd? Yeah, Boyd's a fine start. Boyd is a wide receiver two. Do you guys see that movie? What about Boyd? Oh, that was a terrible movie. Were they the time to the front of the boat? That's not the sitcom Boyd Meets World? Oh, that's a great sitcom. But what about Boyd was awful? What about Boyd? Yeah.

So Tyler Boyd has been back on track now. We got him good. Tyler Boyd has been very consistent with AJ Green being out. He's the clear cut number one target. They're going to be coming back from behind. The Chargers have a good pass defense, but they're not, you know, they're not unbeatable. So Boyd is going to get his. Do you guys ever see Tommy Boyd?

Oh, that was awesome. With Chris Farley? Yeah. That was a good movie. That was a good one. No AJ Green in that one. Hey, let's run through some names real quick. Tyler Boyd or Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley gets to play Green Bay. I'm going to go Tyler Boyd. Yeah, I am too. Tyler Boyd or Adam Humphreys pronounced within Humphreys. I'm going to Adam Humphreys. All right. And last one. Tyler Boyd.

or Alan Robinson against the Rams with Mitchell Tribusky should be back. So I've got Alan Robinson ahead in my rankings. Your heart doesn't like it though. But, you know, I am concerned with the first week back from Mitchell Tribusky, if, you know, if anything goes wrong, takes a strong hit, just the worries there, I mean, that's a gut check, I think, for each owner to make themselves.

You know, you got to decide, do you want a Boyd and his dog? Or do you want Alan Robinson? The last Boyd Scout? Oh, very good. Yeah, get some Bruce Willis up in here. This shows stupid. If you're starting CJ Usama at this point, does fantasy football even matter? That is the question from our editor-in-chief, Kyle Borgogan. Yes.

Oh, yeah, Brooks. Brooks turns it around with his positivity. Not everyone has the luxury of those top five tight ends, and they've been scrambling. I agree with you. C.J. Uzama, he plays football. Six and six Broncos. They take on the two and ten, 49ers. The 49ers are four point home underdogs, 45 and a half point over under. Mullins has been ping pong ball in between good and bad performances, and the Broncos are trying to make the playoffs at six and six.

They travel to San Francisco. San Francisco has struggled particularly against quarterbacks and wide receivers, but generally they're not perceived as a very good fantasy defense. And look, Philip Lindsay, you're starting. Cortland Sutton is a must start. Yes, he is for me. Does the story in there for the Denver offense, are you willing to look anywhere else? Yeah, it ends there in the fantasy playoffs. I'm very excited to watch and see what Deshaun Hamilton does, but I'm not going to.

Not going to take the gamble and start them right away. I'm in the playoffs. I have better options. So, yeah, I think it starts and ends there. Royce Freeman, a talented back has clearly been put into a more distant second place. And over the last six weeks, the 49ers have been top 10 against the running back. So Philip Lindsay and Cortland Sutton. That's it.

Over the last, listen to this, this is Graham Barfield tweeted this, most yards per carrying a single season over the last 40 years. You ready? Jamal Charles, 2010, we all remember, 6.38. 3.38 in 1997, number 3 on that list. In the last 40 years, Philip Lindsay at 6.08 per carry this past year. Last year it was Alvin Camara, who had the big 6.07. Lindsay on track to have the best rookie season for any undrafted running back of all time.

Congratulations to him. Yes. I mean, going out there and improving it and then doing it week in and week out with a fire. I mean, that can only be matched by Brooks. I mean, Brooks is. He is. He is. He's a competitive fire. Right, Brooks? Yeah, that's me. Yeah, that's me, guys. I want to test your Cortland Sutton love for the week with some names real quick. Test my love, Mike. Test it. You said it. Cortland Sutton or DJ Moore? I would go Cortland Sutton.

Cortland Sutton or Kenny G gets Arizona. Kenny Gallaudet. That is very, very close. I have Gallaudet up a couple spots. Agreed. All right. And then we'll go one more. Cortland Sutton or Jarvis Landry. Sutton. Breaking news. This is really important for Jason. He's the resident kicker expert on the show. Spence his time, boom, booming.

Graham Gunnell limited in Thursday's practice. He's likely going to be out this week. The Panthers have signed Chandler-Katanzaro. Oh, no. No, you didn't. Carolina, what are you doing? Start thinking about your Canton-Zaro rhymes right now. I'll tell you what, man. You lose four games in a row and you go, oh, that's your sign. I'll sign anybody. Why didn't they get Kelvin Benjamin? What, to kick the ball? Sure. I'm just saying, make bad signings. Make bad signings.

I liked Carolina. I no longer like Carolina. You're, the depth of your hatred for Taylor Cantanzaro can be. I will say this. Are you willing to arm wrestle him like, you know, like a live stream? Katanzaro, oh, heck. It would have to be a leg wrestle. No, no, no, no, no, no. Yes. No, I'm arm wrestling the kicker. That's for sure. You realize when you lose an arm wrestle, I'm trying to save your pride.

If you lose an arm wrestling match to a kicker. Oh, man. Yeah, okay, I'm down on the leg wrestling because, not because of that, but because of when I win the glory. You'll be the new kicker for the Carolina Panthers. Oh, I'm going to start doing squats immediately. I will say this for Chandler Katanzaro. While he has been out of the league, not long enough, I have.

I have missed being able to rank him dead last. Yeah, you couldn't because you couldn't put him there. Look, Deshawn Hamilton, a lot of news this week. He's going to get more opportunity. The answer for him right now is for fantasy owners. It's not now. It's probably not this season because this is the fantasy playoffs. Yeah, I agree. Even if he has a great game, are you going to start him in week 15? Probably not. Probably not, but I'm very interested. I think he can, I think he can be a four or five reception guy.

Coming right in being the slot for the Broncos. It just depends on what the coaches want to do with him. If he ends up with 10 targets this game. I won't be surprised. Then next week I think they've got a good matchup and I would be willing to start him. Jeff Wilson Jr. on the other side running back. I think Alfred Morris will be active again in this game too, by the way, to spell Jeff Wilson Jr. played on 72% snaps last week. No, not spell. No, no. Spell is up. It's a figure of speech, Mike. It means that he'll.

come in for a short period of time while Jeff Wilson rests. I see. I see. It's kind of like take a seat, right? You've ever taken a seat? You don't really take the seat home with you. You just go sit down.

Right? It's more of a figure of speed. Man, I have gotten that one wrong. I have so many chairs at home. I'm such a dude of you. I think Jeff Wilson's snap count will go down in this game. Last week, the aggravation to Matt Berita's injury happened pregame. He was active. He took a couple of snaps, but Wilson had to step in with an inactive Alfred Morris. I don't dislike Jeff Wilson. I just think that you're not getting 72% this week. What do you guys think?

I think he's a strong volume play. The matchup stinks against the Denver Broncos, but I think that he's a RB2 play. Let me ask you this. So Jeff Wilson, LaShawn McCoy, and Justin Jackson. I've got those guys back to back to back in my rankings in that order.

I'm not sure. You have Wilson at the top of that order? I do, and I'm not sure I like it. Yeah, he's at the bottom for me because of the Denver matchup. Denver needs a win. Denver's playing well. Their defense is playing well. And I'd rather play the other two. I mean, all three are startable assets this week that I like. So I'm not anti any of them. But yeah, I mean, if you look at the Broncos the last six weeks, they're the second most difficult matchup for running backs. Jeff Wilson or Chris Carson versus Minnesota.

I think I would go. I'll play Carson. Jeff Wilson out of fear for both the matchup and the injury. You know what? I would like to bet that. Let's do it. You guys want to get a waterbed on the books? You guys take Jeff Wilson. I'll take Chris Carson. Let's do it. Waterbed. Twitch. Twitch. Twitch. Sounds like you're, I imagine you saying that to Van Halen's jump. Twitch. Twitch.

All right. The last person to discuss in this matchup, Dante Pettis. Can you start him now that it looks like Goodwin is going to be back? You can. Yes, you can probably flex Dante Pettis. I would flex him, yes. It's hard because I feel like no. He's in my 40s and I'm like the Pettus truther and lover. Well, you're in your 40s, aren't you? No. Twitch. Twitch. Twitch.

What did that even mean? I don't know. All right. Let's go to the next matchup. You might not want to after I get to it. The four and eight lions take on the three and nine cardinals. Oh, yeah. I'm trying to actively plan a children's concert during this one. I'm trying to get all the parents together, get the kids up there singing a few songs. Four and eight lions, three and nine cardinals. I tweeted that picture of our concert, and there were a lot of fathers. There were some fathers that sent me back a picture of the concert. They were at one. That night.

Cardinals are three-point home underdogs against the Lions. It's a 40-and-a-half point over and under. There's not a lot of fantasy juice in this game, to borrow Mike's favorite phrase of the year. But Kerry on Johnson, not likely to play. Kenny Gulliday is the guy that you can start for the Lions in this matchup, sheer volume, talent, ability, red zone prowess. I'm not excited. I'm not playing Matthew Stafford against the Cardinals. The Cardinals defense has been...

surprisingly good at times this season. They're number two in the league in terms of fantasy points given up to the quarterback position. So they're not giving up big games and they're at home here. So you guys agree. Stafford is a sit. Yes. He is a sit for me. And just to finish up the wide receivers, Bruce Ellington, you can flex if you're in a PPR. Since he showed up just right off the street. Super important distinction. Yes. Because he gets you maybe 30 yards.

but he's averaging at least six receptions a game. The Cardinals are depleted at the wide receiver position. Christian Kirk is on IR. Larry Fitzgerald has been, he's been fine. He's been a victim of circumstance. Their number two right now is Trent Sherfield. Who? I mean, that's unbelievable. He had 50% of snaps in week 13th. Don't do that to Trent. You thought it was Gary Sheffield, Mike. Just admit it. I did.

But normally this is the part of the Arizona Cardinals matchup, Mike, where you go, all right, well, Ricky Seals Jones, are you interested? That's your voice. Wow, I'm annoying. Hey, Ricky Seals Jones. Why am I Andrew Dice Clay? I don't know, but that's how the Ricky Seals Jones inquiries are starting to hit me, Mike. I'm a no, a no show for Ricky Seals Jones. No, Ricky Seals Jones is, there's only two possible options here. David Johnson is.

is a start. He's going to get a volume play. I don't have him low enough. That's the truth. I have him at, I've got him at nine. So you're probably right. I have David Johnson right now at 14. That seems better than nine. Look, the Arizona offensive line is decimated. All five starters are gone. They are starting three rookies this coming week. So.