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

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Welcome in. Guess what? It's football time. Yeah. For reals this time. Welcome into the show Thursday, December 17th. We're back in the building. It is football time. Oh, man. Who knows what? It's playoff time. What chargers wide receivers will have tonight, but it is playoff time. Oh, I have. Fellas, I have engaged tilt.

Warps speed. I expected, yeah, you're dealing with the Keenan Allen question marks tonight. He is a game time decision, as is Mike Williams in a great matchup against the Raiders, who fired their de-coordinator and are depleted on defense. They are down four starters tonight. Right. And those starters, let's be honest, questionable to be starters anyway. But they were the starters. No, no. Is Abram one of them? Yes, he is.

That's a huge one. That's a big deal. I mean, we covered that show yesterday, but then the news came out. We talked about, like, because of the short week, you're not entirely sure if the injuries are just rest days or if they're actually injured. Now it's getting scarier. And the whole question, I think the most questionable player in that entire matchup is Justin Herbert. What do you do in such a great matchup with a bad defense, down for starters?

When, like, what if Keenan doesn't go or Mike Williams are both? If they both don't go, I would try to play somebody else. I would. I mean, hurts? Sure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, you have to stay water, even in the playoffs. And if you take away. Okay, let's say. I mean, we have Rulio 11. Right. And that's Matt Ryan in his number one option. You've got a rookie. He's been, you know, you got rookie wall. You've got, you've got the Patriot game example. And then you take away.

your top two receiving options, and it becomes a little questionable. I think it is about Keenan. I don't really, Mike Williams is good, but there are other options there that I think Herbert will be fine without. So it's a matter of if Keenan is not available, look to pivot. Would you go all the way down to, let's see, Philip Rivers against Houston? Yeah, I think so. I think he's just. Because at this point, if you had Herbert, most likely you're just like, oh, I'm playing Herbert. I'm not going to.

Go to the waiver wire yet. The last three games for Dustin Herbert, just to make sure people understand, it wasn't just the New England game. He was the 14th quarterback against Buffalo. That's not terrible. 30th against, well, not terrible, but not what you want this week. Sure. And then 17th against Atlanta last week with Keenan Allen for the majority of the game. So you are in. It's ironic because we call those finishes Philip Rivers. 14, 17. That's like where he lives. Yeah. So, but the ceiling is going to come down.

Without Keenan Allen. He's too good. Otherwise, we're doing a disservice to Keenan Allen saying Herbert will be just fine. So that's going on tonight. I thought I would be rooting against you, Mike, wanting you to experience pain the way that you brought it to me, to my doorstep. Yes. Delivered Express. I'm just kind of, I'm kind of neutral. If you lose, great. If you win, great.

Okay. That's fine. And you should be pleased with this place that I'm in. Who knows? By Sunday, I might be rooting for you. So I've never felt so supported by you. So loved. It's really, don't cry, Mike. Yeah. YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballer. Subscribe. Click the bell if you want to watch the show. We are a year-round podcast. So when the season ends, we're still going to be talking fantasy football through the NFL playoffs and the off season.

Before you know how this works. Yep. It basically, you know how the NBA season right now feels like, wait, what, huh? It's starting next week. And Brooks wants to remind everyone, number one, still outrageously wealthy. Right. Number two, the shows coming up in the off season. We got the footy awards. There is a none more higher esteemed award. Perfectly said, Mike. Yep.

Okay, okay. None more higher esteemed award. That's right. In the land. In the land. I'm not just talking about fantasy football. Jason Moore just made fun of the way you said something. Oscars get out of here with that garbage. Yeah, Oscar Schmossker. The footies are for real. We've got the truth series, the truth about running backs wide receivers tight as we look back at not just where they ranked, but how they did.

Obviously, we're going to be looking at rookies. And we're just talking football. We're all best friends. Let's talk football through the offseason. All right. Let's do it. And let's take it to 100. Taking it up to 100. Presented by Head and Shoulders, available at Walmart. My name is Jeff. All right. So let Jason go. Week 14 in the books. And.

I believe Mike is still ahead by one week. Yes, he has one game up on you, Andy. I'm only up one? That is right. Oh, crap. I thought it was two. This week will really matter to see which one of you will hoist the 100 trophy and take it up to 100. The 100 pound trophy. I will, yes, it better be 100 pounds. I'll kick it off here since I'm out of the running for the victory.

But my name is Jeff. Jeff Wilson, Jr. is... You were first to the show doc, so you got Jeff Wilson. Exactly. Jeff Wilson is a smash play. Even if Most are, you know, is active. He's not 100%. When he was 100%, it was a 50-50 split with Jeff Wilson against Dallas. It's a smash, smash matchup. And Jeff Wilson will most definitely take it to 100 this week.

All right. Yeah, last week, Mike and I both hit, so we're still, I'm still just one back. I'm actually going to go with Chris Godwin this week. All right. This has not been the year you hope for from Chris Godwin or anything close to it. No. One week in the top 12 for Chris Godwin. This is the best matchup this week that you can imagine against Atlanta slot cornerback, Isaiah Oliver. It's a huge advantage for Godwin in that one.

I think you're seeing 10 targets in this game. I think he's going to take it to 100 yards and for your fantasy team. You also have him a week removed from getting the pin out of his hand. That has to help. Yep. Yep. You remember me. Not for writing. On this podcast for that week after I got a pin out of my hand, how bad I was. You couldn't even talk. I could barely speak. All right. And I'm going with a player who I believe this particular week will take it up to an extra 100. I'm going on Juju Smith, Schuster.

The Pittsburgh Steelers' offense has been lackadaisical. That's very kind, Mike. Yes, I'm trying to be kind of my words here. But last time that... They stink! The last time the Steelers played, they've stunk really, really bad lately. But the last time they played the Bengals, Big Ben dropped over 300 and four touchdowns. And that was actually Juju's best game of the year. And I expect a bit of a replication here.

that I am playing juju with confidence this week. Juju Cincinnati. We'll just call all players who have a good game against a certain team. All right. Take your hair up to 100 with head and shoulders available at Walmart. Pickers up today and check out next Tuesday's episode to hear how these picks went. I had a big lead for a lot of this season. Mike's been on fire. Four out of the last five weeks. In fact, you're only with Mike is you chose the Miami defense.

And that was, they really should have taken it up to 100. Yeah. It is ironic because they've had so many great games right around where you took them. Yeah. Just not that one. Yeah. Into the news. News and notes from around the league. Well, what do you know? The 49ers designated tied in George Kittle to return from injured reserve. And there was video of him running around in practice yesterday. Well, that's good. You're going to need to run during the game.

Without question. So it's his 21-day window. It doesn't mean he's going to be active this week or next week, but it means he can be. Yeah. And I've said this before when we've had questions of do I drop kittle. Obviously, we're at the end of the season here. But if he comes back, he's in my lineup. The first week back, I will plug him in. Obviously, if you have...

Kelsey or Waller, okay, maybe not. But outside of those two guys, you're going to play Kittle and he can help you win a championship, even if you only get him for that single championship game. Does it, I hadn't thought about this still just now. We've been talking up Bannon Iuk and his 16 targets in the absence of Debo. Iyuk's a great play. Does it change his ceiling at all with Kittal and other target available? A little bit, a little bit, but not anything where I'm, like, abandoning Brandon Iyuk is a great play. Right, nothing that would.

define how you'd play him. Rahim Moster didn't practice on Wednesday, speaking to the Jeff Wilson point earlier. Nick Mullen's more likely to start in week 15 than C.J. Bathard, I guess. Kyle Shanahan coming out saying that. Drew Brees, a ways to go in his recovery. Is that because he broke like every single one of his ribs? I think that's why. I think it was all the ribs. I believe he's up to 82 ribs broken.

punctured long, lacerated spleen. He no longer has a liver. That was shocking when they found that out. Does this mean that Taysam Hill could be a playoff quarterback? Yeah, yeah. I mean, right now. I don't mean fantasy playoffs. I mean the NFL playoffs. Oh, yeah. He could. Possibly. I think they can win. Obviously, they can win with Tazim Hill. And in the first round, I think they could get by with that.

All right, Julio Jones is considered week to week right now. I wouldn't expect him out there this week, but we'll keep monitoring that. Robert Woods sidelined on Wednesday's practice. I read the comments from head coach John McVeigh. He says he's just trying to be smart with Robert Woods and that he expects him to be out there not going to affect his activity in the game. And then DJ Moore. Oh, my. He's going to play, Mike.

I had not seen that news yet. Matt Rule says he will play on Saturday against the Packers. So knowing you have a Keenan Allen situation on your team right now, there could be a pivot for your team. That's interesting. I mean, that's not necessarily the panic button you want to hit a player coming off of an ankle injury coming off of COVID. How much will he actually play? That remains to be seen. So even though you're like, oh, you could be excited that DJ Moore is back.

Ah, that's very risky business. Hollywood Brown, Ronald Jones, both placed on the COVID reserve list. There were actually three players on the Ravens that were placed on the list, including Miles Boykin. Do we have any more updates as to their expected availability for Sunday? We do not know yet if they tested positive or if they were simply a close contact. If they were close contact, Hollywood could still make it back in time. Ronald Jones, though, with this, the hand injury.