Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Playoff Primer, Pump the Brakes, News

huge divisional game. To me, if the Panthers lose this game, you can officially declare them done for the playoffs. New Orleans heartbreaking loss probably should be five and four, but I guess you got to make an extra point. So this is one of the biggest over-unders we've seen on the year, 52 points. Do you buy into that, Jason, on Thursday night? And is there somebody you like especially more than anybody else tonight?

You know, I buy in a little bit less. What we saw is earlier in the year, Cam Newton, Drew Breeze. That game was electric. The shock at the time that the New Orleans Saints beat the Panthers in this divisional game. The highest, I mean, the scoring was back and forth. Cam Newton was, you know, great. Had 322 yards, two touchdowns. Drew Breeze was amazing. But now.

Now Drew Brees goes on the road. And we've said it many times, Drew Brees at home versus Drew Brees on the road. I mean, you could still beat Carolina's defense since the buy has been improved. For sure. They definitely have. So I think you're going to see a little less scoring than you did the first time around. I would probably lean towards the under on this game. But I do expect there to be enough fantasy points. I love Jonathan Stewart. Let's put you on the spot with Ingram and High Tower. Okay.

What do you want to know? Who would you take to the prom? If I had to ask for a date, I would ask Mark Ingram. Okay. I think Ingram is still going to be the starter. He's the more talented of the two, but it is certainly a split. And honestly, I don't really want either. Can you start both, though, on Thursday? No. No, I don't think you can start both. I would prefer to start neither.

Passing defense has been awful. Sure. But their running defense has been pretty darn good. Fourth best in the league. They just gave up, they haven't given up a touchdown on the ground since week four. So now you've got Mark Ingram in a split with High Tower going up against the fourth best. Okay. Okay. I'm going to ask you this now. All right. So you made your point about High Tower and Ingram. Do you start Thomas Rawls over Mark Ingram? No. You don't. Okay.

Now, he has Philly, so they're a tough run D, too. Do you start CJ ProCise overmarking? Yes, I would start C.J. Procise overmarking. I assume in half and full. Yeah. Okay. Maybe even in standard. Would you start, let's say you're flexing Ingram or Hightower, or you have to choose, um, Teryl Pryor against Pittsburgh. Torel Pryor. Devante Adams against Washington.

Devante Adams. All right. You've helped me decide my lineup this way. Thank you very much. Asking for a friend. But I love Jonathan Stewart in this game. I still like Cam. I still like Drew Brees. I like the passing weapons for New Orleans. Do we give up on Fleener or Hill, or Fleener particularly? I mean, he had the 24-point game four weeks ago. He's been single digits for four straight weeks. Would you rather barf with a different tight-in? I don't even know what that phrase means, but I'm trying to bring it all together here. Yeah, I think I would

probably look elsewhere. Here's the thing. I mean, we've said this time and time again, is that Fleener like a lot of, like a lot of tight ends is going to have bad games a lot. But when he explodes, it's going to be bigger. I mean, keep in mind, his 8 for 97, 2 touchdown, or one of his big blow-up games, that was against the Panthers. The Panthers are not good against the tight-ins. So this is...

This is a game where we could see Fleaner emerge again, and I hate to tell people to start him. Right. But I still would. I mean, I just think I always try to give the advice that I would give myself. And if I'm making the decision between a bunch of bad tight ends and make no mistake, Fleaner's been bad this year. He's been bad to the tune of the 13th ranked tight in. Exactly. Just because of his two big games. Because when he gives you a big game, they're monstrous.

All right, that does it for today's show. Thanks for tuning in. Hopefully you got that fantasy playoff energy flowing. We're excited for our listeners to bring in some Foot Clan titles. We're doing our best to help you out. And so to that end, we invite you to head over to join thefoot.com and join our fantasy community where you will get an extra episode of this show. Every single. Every single week, including tomorrow.

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