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

No run game here, I believe, for Atlanta, and they're against a great running team. Godwin has the week removed from getting the screw out of his finger. Evans is a week removed from the injury that almost made him miss last week, another week for Antonio Brown, and the Falcons secondary sucks. I just hope that the Falcons can keep up to make him throw enough, but I think he's got a safe floor.

And we've seen the potential of a top five week several times from Brady this season. I think they'll have to throw a lot. So I like Tom Brady this week. I'm going with Jalen Hertz, the rookie quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. He is taking on the Arizona Cardinals. We saw 100 rushing yards from him last week against the Saints. Russell Wilson's biggest rushing game this week came against goodness. His biggest rushing game this year came against Arizona because Arizona plays a lot of man.

coverage. If you've played any sort of flag football, you know you cannot run man because the quarterback is just going to run all over you. And that's what Jalen Hertz is going to do. And on top of that, their secondary is just not scary if Hertz wants to pass the ball. Yeah, I mean, I think if Daniel Jones was healthy and could run, it would have been a different story last week against Arizona. 100%. I'm going to go with Deshaun Watson. And.

The reason why he's my start of the week is because of Mike's reaction when I said I'd talk about him later, which is a little bit of surprise, a little bit of worry. The Colts defense has an intimidation factor that's been established in fantasy. Look, Watson finds a way it's a 51 point over under. He has not somebody to pivot off of this week. You're not pivoting off of Deshaun Watson for Jalen Hertz. I absolutely love this call, Andy. I'm a little sad with myself that I didn't make him mind. I really like Deshaun Watson this week. And it's scary against the Indianapolis Colts.

Yeah, and here's one of the headlines. The Colts have actually been the seventh best matchup for fantasy quarterbacks over the last five weeks. They get back Brandon Cooks, QT, and David Johnson comes back, and it's a division game. There's a pride element. You know, you say, hey, Houston's not playing for anything. You know what division games are like. You're playing for something. And if anything, disrupt the Colts, screw them up out of, and take them out of a playoff spot. So I'm going to go to Deshaun Watson.

All right, I am going at running back with a rookie, as we all are, I just realized. J.K. Dobbins. Really? Oh, wow. Against Jacksonville. Last week, he was up to 62% snap count. And most importantly, he was up to 62% of the running back attempts. That is not a three-headed timeshare situation. Marking room got one touch. It didn't even register because it was a flea flicker. Jacksonville's given up.

Big games in three consecutive weeks against three star backs. Top five performances against Cleveland, Minnesota, Tennessee. They drafted J.K. Dobbins to be special. He's looked great on the field. They're giving him the opportunity. The matchup is there. I will be starting J.K. Dobbins this week.

All right, Mike. I'm going with the Rams Cam Acres. I'm taking the rookie running back. 22 opportunities right into 32 opportunities. The rookie has taken over. The matchup is incredible against the New York Jets. And you're like, well, of course, I'm playing Cam Acres. But I'm saying he's my start of the week, as in I'm playing him over Andy's start of the week. I'm playing this guy. I'm playing Acres over Montgomery, Josh Jacobs, Kenyon Drake, Chris Carson, huge names in fantasy football.

I am playing Cam Acres over these guys as the rookie has taken over the job for the Rams. All right, and mine is James Robinson. I've heard the fears people are afraid of all of his matchups to end the year, not just this week. But Baltimore, they've actually been atrocious against the running back position the last five weeks. They shut somebody down. His name was Benny Snell. I mean, that is not impressive. Eight straight weeks inside the top 24 for James Robinson. He is a matchup proof must start.

Gardner may get them closer to the goal line than previous quarterbacks have done. He may. He will. Gardner is better than the other guys. They've been trotting out there. Yeah, but he could actually throw touchdowns too. So it's probably neutral there. Well, maybe he throws him to James Robinson. I think you need to put him in your lineup. And I've seen so many questions. Like part of this decision making today is what questions are coming quickly. James Robinson is a player you just.

You don't pivot off of them. You don't have the luxury to bench James Robinson right now unless your team has Derek Henry, Dalvin, Cook, and Austin Echler. Okay, I'll allow it. And also congrats on your championship. Right. Wide receiver. Oh, he's going in. Ayokin. Oh.

Brandon Ayuk against Dallas. The targets are as assured as it gets. He is the passing offense. I don't expect Kittle to be there this week, but even if he is, he's just a major part of the game plan, especially with Debo gone. He's been in the top 20 at wide receiver. Five straight games played, and a wide receiver won in three of those five. The matchup is Dallas. I mean, that's all I need to say. And my favorite part is he's not Debo Samuel.

Can I throw a little hot stat for your way? I'll allow it. About Brandon I. Yeah. He's 267 receiving yards away from breaking the franchise record by Jerry Rice. For a rookie. A rookie record, yeah. Wow. The rookie record is 927 receiving yards. 1985. Impressive. So, and he's rooting for him. Jerry Rice wants him to break it. All right. Sure. Go get it. That's a real nice thing to say.

My wide receiver started the week. Houston has a problem, and it is T.Y. Hilton or T.Y. Houston, as he has now been named on this show, we're talking NBA Jam rules say that T.Y. Hilton is on fire, 80 yards and a score in three straight games, plus all of the history of him just destroying the souls of the Houston Texans. I saw Field Yates referencing something that he had heard from Frank Reich saying that,

They start all their game planning saying, how are we going to get the ball to T.Y. Hilton? And how are we going to get the ball to Naim Hines? And it's a new quarterback with Philip Rivers. Maybe it just took longer than they wanted. They've been winning along the way. And now they are hitting on all cylinders, Philip Rivers, the connection with T.Y. Hilton. So you are playing him and enjoy. All right. It's my turn, right? Yeah. All right. Curtis Samuel.

I'm going to bring Curtis Samuel to the table this week. The Packers are actually giving up quite a few fantasy points to the wide receiver position now. The ninth best matchup over the last five weeks. He is squaring up with Chandon Sullivan, who is outside the top 100 in terms of cornerback grades, who's actually banged up after last week. And I mentioned Jair Alexander will be outside with Robbie Anderson. Don't know how healthy DJ Morris. And Curtis Samuel has given you some...

Not good, but great fantasy weeks. I think one comes this week for a team in need of a playmaker in a game where they're going to be down and throwing the ball a lot. So I'm going to go with Curtis Samuel here. Yeah, I like it at a tight end. I'm going with Jared Kuk. Kuk. Jared Cook has two back-to-back good games with Taysam Hill. And most importantly, the Kansas City matchup is fantastic. Kansas City's not great against tight ends.

and they can keep up. They can make Tayson Hill throw the ball. The problem with Jared Cook has been what you got to do the kickin by the Burke. The problem has been Tayson Hill. What they want to do is they want to have him complete seven of ten passes and call it a game. Look. They're not going to be able to do that against Kansas City. Kansas City will be able to score on the Saints. And if they're going to throw the ball, Tayson Hills.

Best target against this defense outside of Michael Thomas is Jared Cook. He'll get targets. He's always a threat in the end zone. So I will be starting Jared Cook. What I like about our tight end starts of the week, these are, I think good options if you are not locked and loaded at the top of the tight end. So that's what we're talking about here. We're not starting these guys over T.J. Hawkinson or Tonyon or Waller or Kelsey or Andrews. These are streaming options for the fantasy playoffs.

And the guy I want to highlight Cole Comet from the Chicago Bears. He has taken the starting job. That happened about four weeks ago when the snaps transformed into the low 30s all the way up to the 70 percentile. He's running more routes than Jimmy Grandpa. And now the last two weeks, we've seen those snaps turn into opportunities. He's seen seven targets two weeks in a row. That's a 21% target share. He's taking on the Minnesota Vikings. It's an average matchup.

tight ends don't get seven targets. And Colcomette is, he's finally emerging. He's blossoming. He was a second round pick. So it's not a shock that it took him this long to get integrated to the offense. But I think that's where I think we are there. Clossoming into a fine young man. Yes. You think he can make it happen this week? I do. Okay. I'm going to go Tyler. Jason approved. Tyler Higby.

Believe it or not, is my tight-in start of the week. I don't believe it. And I'm going to give it a seven. The can make it happen. Can make it happen? All right. Tyler Higby of the Rams, this is a deeper league upside play. Mike set the table with how we're looking at tight ends. If you're not locked and loaded, look Tyler Higby's way. The jets are on a hot streak of sorts. Yeah, they are. Namely, four straight weeks giving up top ten performances to fantasy tight ends.

Higbee is back above the 85% snap count over the last two weeks. Could be interesting as a touchdown option. Had a top 12 finished two weeks ago. And the Robert Woods not practicing, bend up thigh, just a little licing on the Higby cake. My fantasy points allowed above opponent's average says that the jets are the best. And by that I mean the worst. Yeah, for fantasy tight ends? Yes.

So Higby could be an interesting deeper play. Mike, I feel like with your Dalton Schultz situation, you're probably paying close attention to your own words here and ours as we look at these tight-in pivot options. So one more very important segment. Jason Moore's Ironclad, locked and loaded, 100% guaranteed boom, boom kicker of the week. Listen, I'm a big guy.

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