Starts of the Week + Week 15 Breakdown, Keenan Tilt Time - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/17

I would expect he will not play. Yeah, we thought he was going to miss a week already. This, I think, just brings clarity to that situation. Matt Breed is off the COVID list, Salvin Ahmed, off the, or was limited at practice. You know Miles Gaskins on the COVID list. You know that DeAndre Washington's there. It's a mess. It's probably a mess to avoid. Yeah, I mean, it's... If Ahmed is the starter, are you... Man, I don't know. I'll say if Ahmed is out,

I'm still going to play DeAndre Washington with volume confidence, and it's not like the Patriots have been the best against running backs. So if Ahmed's out, then you have some clarity. If he is back, then I'm not going to play anybody. All right. Lamar Miller was claimed off of the Bears practice squad by the Washington football team, confirming Antonio Gibson. Good night to my champion. Not going to be seeing him. Julian Edelman back at practice for the Patriots. Do we care?

No. No, I don't think so. I can't imagine that you can't. I'm happy for Julian. Absolutely. Is there any chance he could throw for more yards than Cam himself? Is he going to throw for more than 50? Probably not. Okay, then probably not. All right. And we'll keep you up to date. You know, our social media will be keeping you up today with Keenan Allen and Mike Williams. I will throw out Tyron Johnson as a name to monitor. If both Keenan Allen and Mike Williams are out, Tyron Johnson, wide receiver for the Chargers.

had a big game last week and would be frequently targeted, I would expect, tonight. Yeah, last week, he had seven targets. He was six four, and he did score. All right, let's jump into the fantasy forecast. Fantasy forecast. Now, we have Saturday football this week. Oh, right? I believe so. Yeah, we do. Two of them.

So let's start there. The Buffalo Bills at 10 and 3 taking on the 5 and 8 Denver Broncos. Bills are six point road favorites. It's a 50 point over under. And look, I'll be honest. I was really, really impressed with Josh Allen last week. He was excellent. He was excellent. You scared me so bad there, Andy. I thought you were going to say I was really thinking about making this my almost upset of the week. And I just, I didn't see how that, I didn't see that playing out personally. How dare you?

I know you believe in Josh Allen. I believe in Josh Allen. I'm sorry that I thought you were going in that direction. If you thought I was going that direction, do you know what you were telling me to believe? That Drew Locke can somehow beat the 10 and 3 Buffalo Bills. Look, am I any irresponsible guy? No. Okay. And I don't align myself with irresponsible men. All right. Josh Allen.

You're playing him this week. Now, Mike, I was talking to Jason on the drive-in today about Josh Allen and Tom Brady. Do you just go with the stallion at this point? Oh, man. I know our rankings have Josh Allen consensus-wise just ahead, but it's close. And if you're looking for upside, I feel like you find it with Allen and not with Brady. Yeah. At this point, I would be playing Josh Allen ahead of Tom Brady.

What do you do with the running backs in this whole game? Melvin Gordon, Philip Lindsay, Zach Moss, Devin Singletary. Well, you're not going to play Zach Moss or Devin Singletary. They've pretty much been absolutely irrelevant the entire season. Melvin Gordon has, he's a player that you can throw in your lineup. If you've gotten to the playoffs with him, you probably have a solid team around him. In fact,

If you look, three of his last four games have been top 24 performances. He's a solid, if yet uninspiring running back. The matchup against Buffalo is not that bad. So I'm willing to play Melvin Gordon. I don't think I roll with any of the other running backs in these games, in this game. I thought that there was supposed to be some sort of court situation. It got postponed for Melvin Gordon. It got pushed into January, so he will complete the season. But next year, expect Melvin Gordon to be starting with a

two or three game suspension. I can't remember the mandate. If you're going to start a wide receiver for the Broncos, it's going to be Tim Patrick. Correct. He's been a top 36 wide receiver in eight of his last nine games, if you don't count the game, that a wide receiver from the practice squad play quarterback. Stefan Diggs, you play him. John Brown's going to be out, according to Sean McDermott. This is big news for your Cole Beasley confidence levels. Yes, it didn't work out.

last week, as in the actual production. But you have to look a little bit deeper than that. Cole Beasley had 10 targets, and he only caught five of them, which is bizarre. That's a very bizarre catch percentage for Cole Beasley, considering two weeks ago against San Francisco, he caught nine of his 11 targets. And considering every week of his career, he catches everything. I mean, look, the vaccine's not stopping the Beasles. That's for sure. I think the Beasles is in.

my lineup if I'm in a PPR. The efficacy is a 0%. That's right. That's right. Not against the Beasles. So, yeah, Cole Beasley's, I think, in, here's a real good question. Would you rather start full PPR league? Are you more confident in starting Cole Beasley or Tim Patrick on the other side? Cole Beasley. I agree. A higher floor. Yeah. Yeah. Because the Tim Patrick start, you still, you know, got an irresponsible quarterback throwing the ball. Noah Fant, I think you need to just avoid that.

ride this week. And, yeah, I would, I'd be looking at the streamers, Cole Komet from the Bears. I'd be looking at, uh, Irv Smith because it'll, I mean, it's trending that, that Kyle Rudolph is not going to play again. So I'd be playing Irv Smith over no fan. I also have one as my start of the week later on the show today that, uh, maybe will be a little unexpected for listeners. Oh, an optionette tied in. Dickens. What's that? This is Jordan Akins. Aikins is not a bad play again.

I can't quit him. I thought about it, but I just couldn't. I couldn't do it. I couldn't do it. But you can. I would play, I would play Aiken's over Noah Fan. See, here's the thing with Noah Fan. I know he goose last week, but he went into the locker room with an illness and left. He didn't play last week. He wasn't on the field right off the bat. So it's not, I don't, I don't view Noah Fan as negatively as you guys. I would, I would.

probably play the streaming matchup of Big Irv. I don't know that I would go all the way down to Cole Commet personally. And I have no idea who your start of the week is. But we can talk about that later. Yeah, this is like, you know, a tease. I'm super excited. Even though like on a podcast, they could, you know, technically skip ahead. They would never, the Foot Clan is, uh, is an honorable piece. That's a dishonorable thing. You must listen. Except for the people listening to us at two times speed right now.

Which apparently like, my friends listen to that now. And I'm like, why I got to do that to me? Why got to do me dirty? Your friends listen at two times? Yeah. We sound way smarter on two times because of how fast we can talk. Although if you put us on half time, we probably sound like a episode. We've had some beverages. Yes. Or we sound like an episode of the Gilmore girls. Oh, yeah, because they're so quick-witted and smart in their high school days. Their retorts are unmatched.

All right. Carolina, four and nine, Green Bay, 10 and three. Games in Green Bay. Packers are eight point favorites. It's a 51.5 point over under. It's going to be cold. I'm just saying. I want that to be all you offer to this discussion. What was the other one? Oh, good news. The weather in Cincinnati is. That's right. It is going to be 30 degrees, very chilly. This is an Aaron Rogers game.

Yeah, Aaron Rogers, Aaron Jones. I think I will bring up Aaron Jones for a second because obviously you're playing him. But I did notice that in our rankings, you know, he's sitting right around that RB1 spot. But, you know, you look at what Derek Henry does at this time of year. You look at what Aaron Jones has done in the fact that he does cede some drives to Jamal Williams. Are you going to get the kind of explosive week-winning performance from Aaron Jones this week against Carolina?

I believe you do. I think that we know the floor is there. He's been solid the entire year. The matchup says that it's great for him, but I don't know that that really matters for Aaron Jones because sometimes the easier matchups, they could benefit Jamal Williams, and sometimes the difficult matchup is where you need to rely on Aaron Jones. But in this case, I think that Aaron Jones utilization...

will break off a long run, and he'll get in the end zone. I think you'll be very happy with Aaron Jones this week. This game is wild for the Packers side because I am open to playing basically every person on this team. Rogers is in, locked, Jones, locked, and Adams. Robert Tunyon is 100% in. Honestly, if you're in a deeper league, if you, like, in the...

our listener league in the playoffs. I'm in a situation where Julio Jones keeps trending to be out. My other options in this double flex are not inspiring. I'm willing to throw in Marquez Valdez Scantling at this point. He has a, he can give you zero points. That's in the range of outcomes. But we've also seen, you know, three big games in the last six weeks for Marquez. No, thank you. Pass.

That's fine. I know how hard it is. You guys can live in your, I don't, I only play six players leagues over here. I'm just saying it's hard to catch in the cold and it's hard for him to catch when it's perfectly. So if it's hard for, if it's a situation where it's hard to catch, the reverse psychology of. Kiki QT. Marquez Valdez Scanley. Yeah. If I had that decision, I would play Kiki. DJ Chark or Marquez Valdez Scanlon. Oh, that's great. That is a very good question. I would go DJ Chart. Hmm.

Man, what's the matchup for Jacksonville? I can't remember that one. Baltimore. I'd play MVS. Russell Gage gets Tampa Bay. He's got a very... He's the C... He is, like, and he is a clone of Marquess, where, like, you would, there's these spots all the time where you think Russell Gage is, he's going to come through. He's a starter now for Matt Ryan. And what does Russell Gage have, like, two good games over the course of the whole season? I play MVS over Russell Gage.

One last one, Tyron Johnson. If Williams and... If everybody's out, I would play Tyron Johnson. Okay. Teddy Bridgewater and company in this game. DJ Moore coming in, interesting. Robbie Anderson, you know he'll be frequently targeted. I will be talking about these wide receivers later in the show, believe it or not. The matchup for Robbie Anderson, it's going to be Jair Alexander. And spoiler alert, Jaya Alexander is really, really good. He's the number two ranked...

cornerback on Pro Football Focus this year. He is a shutdown guy, and he's going to be on Robbie for a majority of this game. DJ Moore, the health, hard to say. The matchup's really good for Curtis Samuel. So I like Curtis Samuel a lot in this game, and I think he's somebody, like I would smash Curtis Samuel over MVS. Yeah, I agree with that. I have a question, though, specifically for Jason. Would you play Mike Davis or Rahim Mostert this week? Oh, wow.

Too soon, Mike. That one was too soon. I feel like I spread them and you kicked me right where it counts. I'll go Mike Davis. Oh, good call. For 500. Everyone that keeps asking whether they would start Mike Davis this week, I just tell them, I think Jason would probably said him. You know what's super sad is my rankings and my advice all said.

play Mike Davis over himoster. I just didn't follow my own advice. Sometimes we are our own worst enemies. Yes. I hate myself. Mike Davis, you got to play him this week. You do. I think that wraps that matchup up. Yep. All right. Before we get to the next matchup, I want to thank Chrysler, Pacifica. Look, the Pacifica is a wonderful...

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