Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 14 Studs & Duds, Rising Stars, Is Dak Back?

Yeah, we'll see what happens. I mean, McCown, he almost made it. Amari Cooper did not make it, aggravated the ankle injury, left the game early. He was a dart throw at best this week anyway. Hopefully you did not play him or have to play him. Kelvin Benjamin. Once a week, he goes out with the knee injury. Yeah, he'll be back. Tom Savage. You can't trust him. You can't play Kelvin Benjamin. He's going to, I mean, his knee reoccurring issues. He'll be back, yes, and don't start him. Tom Savage.

Left with a concussion, very, very scary play. Inexcusable, embarrassing ridiculousness that he ever got back on the field. NFL is investigating that. The referee was standing directly next to him and watched him. He basically had gone through the beginning parts of a seizure, came off the field, came back in, and then went off. And now TG8s is expected to start next week, which is appropriate. This was a week in which the matchups for the playoffs didn't.

impact players negatively. So we said real early, you know, don't overreact to them. You saw it this week. Todd Gurley going up against the number, you know, basically the best run defense in football, totally fine against Philadelphia. You had Russell Wilson going up against Jacksonville. It didn't matter if it. All four quarters count. Yeah. Unfortunately for those that bench Russell Wilson and he.

had a monster game. And this is the second year in a row we've seen this. And Big Ben against the Ravens, too. Yeah. Sixty-six passes, guys. Did you see that? That was unbelievable. That's a career high for him. Well, he was the, he's now the first player to have three straight, yeah, not three straight, but three games of over 500 passing yards. Yeah, he actually was the number one quarterback on the week ahead of Carson Wentz, I believe. Oh, did he make it past him? He did. So congrats on Big Ben out there. But this is the second year in a row. We've seen that.

during the playoff weeks, which obviously the playoff weeks for fantasy football, those are really important weeks in the NFL. You have playoff, you know, in or outs being decided in real life. And so this is the second year in a row where these difficult playoff matchups for fantasy did not cause problems. I mean, last year people benched Aaron Rogers and he went off in some of the most difficult matchups possible.

I think it's the time of year where you just, you have to step up. I mean, yeah. And if you're a great player, if you're a star, you're going to step up when it matters. Adam Thielen, got it done against Carolina, right? You still had, you know, players step up, like Jason said. All right, I think we're going to, anything else you guys want to cover real quick? Oh. Oh, yes, we need a breaking news. We do? We do. Breaking news. This just in. What?

What is happening? That's Carson Wins related. No, this is not Carson Wins related. Yeah, I don't think even Jason would not be. Oh, I'm not happy about it. My hope is that Carson Wins is just fine somehow. No, this weekend, I had to go to the Supreme Court because there was a judge ruling in this studio that has hurt my soul about one white fudge dipped Oreo. And the judge.

came over to the more household and... No, Brooks. ...tried one. Brooks. ...himself. And I need a ruling here, Judge. Has the verdict changed on your ruling against white fudge dipped Oreos? If the original verdict was on the actual white fudge Oreos. Not white... Not white chocolate. Just the Oreos. Ruling reverse. They're good. Because it's an Oreo. But I still don't like...

white chocolate. That's fine. That's fine. People out there of the world that don't like white chocolate. Try these. They're delicious. Okay, that was it. Here I was thinking Carson Wins, ACL News is coming. Oh, I thought you had hit the button. Sorry. We have the list, you know, of players. These guys did not play. And I just wanted to give a quick dynasty tip because people have asked me about it. Like, I'm out. What am I doing right now? And we don't often talk.

Other than weeping? Yes, other than doing a good, healthy shower cry. The legends of the fall. 48 hour cry. You are looking for players with expiring contracts and their teammates that will change their situation. I was reminded of it because Dante Moncrief did not play this week. Chester Rogers has been stepping up as the wide receiver too for the Indianapolis Colts. And Dante Moncrief is a free agent.

I've seen Chester Rogers readily available in multiple dynasty leagues. So guys like that, that's what I'm looking for, is these running backs like Charles Sims, who's, he's on the last year of his contract. He's probably not coming back to Tampa Bay. Maybe he goes and gets a better opportunity. This is how players like Rex Burkhead ended up on my roster because no one wanted them. But this is what the end of last year, Rex Burkhead wasn't a.

He was the running back three on the Cincinnati Bengals. So this is what you need to be looking for right now while you are, even if you're in it, this is what you need to be looking for for your Dynasty League. Yeah, absolutely. Let's talk studs. This week's fantasy stud muffins. Start with Brooks. Brooks is a stud due to that reversal. They're too good, Mike. They're way too good. They really are. I would rather die. Yeah, well.

That might have to be arranged. Your dessert takes are pretty awful. Yeah, that's true. Carson Wentz, dominated. We talked to Adam Big Ben. How about Dak Prescott? He had, I believe. Yack Prescott, as one Twitter follower pointed out to us. 332 yards passing, and I read only 184 or something were air yards. So the rest of it is complete yards after the catch. It don't matter.

It still counts if you pass five yards to Rod Smith and he runs it in for a touchdown. So monstrous game for Dak Prescott. My almost upset did not come to fruition there unless you threw the fourth quarter out, which you're not allowed to do. Brett Hunley, hello. Very impressive. Yeah, I wouldn't chase those against Carolina next week. Well, what do you do with Dak? Do you buy back into Dak? Because I know my answer, but I'm curious your guys' take on. I buy back with Dak against Oakland. That is back.

And I agree. I think DAC is back. And just to point this out, you know, once. Back on track? Dak on track. Ooh, Dak Street boys are back. Yeah. We're going to deck. We're going to the future here. Right. And if you look at his two horrific games back to back and the-to-back and the-back was bad back-to-back? Yeah. It was back-to-back. Well, they're cracks in DAC, you know, if you look at the numbers. Right.

Right. So you had, you had him facing. It could be a heart attack. Yeah. A heart attack? All right. Anyways. We are buffoons. His two terrible games. Don't turn it off. Don't turn it off. We're going to stop. We're, uh, his two terrible games were against Philadelphia who has shut down a lot of people and the Los Angeles Chargers who have also shot down. They've been playing great. Yeah. So, you know.

I'm just saying that maybe the matchups were more of a problem than they were given credit for because the last two. Cut him some slack. Yeah. You got to cut back some slack. If you cut him some deck, I think he'll be fine. Cut him some deck? Yeah. I got to give him a little bit of deck here. Oh, okay. I'm lost. Dr. Seuss. Russell, Wilson, dominant performance. Philip Rivers was very good against Washington. We expected it. Case Keenum was very good. 280 and two. Did throw two picks.

just a little outside of his, uh, M.O. Deshaun Kaiser. Yeah, baby. Lighting it up. And then Blake Bortles. Yeah. Again, another good game for Blake Bortle says Houston next week. Deshaun Kaiser has Baltimore. It's not just a game, my friend. Blake Bortle has been turning it on. It really is to pay attention. Look, this is going to. Please stop. Westbrook helps a ton. Please stop operating your heavy machinery, finish chewing. If you have lost Carson Wentz.

You can pick up Blake Bortles and win a championship. Absolutely agree. Houston, San Francisco. Perfect matchups for quarterbacks. D.D. Westbrook has been great for that offense. As has Keenan Cole. Cole, man. Cool is tearing it up. They've got it together. Really, Philip Rivers, Case Keenham, and Blake Bortles. The rest of the way, through all legitimate playoffs, they have great matchups. Can I get two for one, though?

If I lost wins, do I get to pick two of those? You can pick up two if they're on your waivers. You can pick up all three if you want, if they're there. Anyways, before we go on, we definitely want to thank today's sponsor Sherry's berries. They are absolutely delicious. We were just talking about chocolate-dipped goodness. And look, this is, you're approaching. Footland, you're approaching the time of year.

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Jonathan Stewart against the Minnesota Vikings. Jay Stu, all he did was 16 carries for 103 yards. If you started Jonathan Stewart, tweet us. Yes. If you started him in that game, tweet us because- Or it didn't happen. Pictures or it didn't have. That's just an incredible, if you're going against the player that started Jonathan Stewart against Minnesota and you lost because of it, send us that too. Can you imagine?

sitting in your fantasy playoffs going over the roster you're looking at what's my opponent they're playing jonathan stewart yeah andy oh andy brought up uh that's when you start looking like i'm i'm gonna look at next week's matchups who's my opponent gonna be oh yeah in his league of record matchup he was so upset because he lost joe mixon and his opponent had geo bernard so it was like the worst thing ever for him but then it turned out that geo bernard went in the lineup

to replace the terrible play of Jonathan Stewart, who went full ham with three touchdowns. Unbelievable. Yeah. And we'll talk about Jonathan Stewart in a little bit against my will. All right. Jordan Howard big game. Jamal Williams. I want to see for Jordan Howard. I mean, it's an up and down. It's a very bumpy road with Jordan Howard, but he does get the Detroit Lions next week. See, I don't know if I like that.

You don't? Well, here's the thing that I've noticed is that these matchups for Jordan Howard, they don't always come to fruition. That's a fair point. And look at Cincinnati, they have given up, right? Last week they lost the close game to Pittsburgh. This week, huge letdown against Chicago. Next week you've got Detroit fighting for a playoff spot in Detroit. I'm just, I'm not saying you don't start him. I'm just saying maybe not expect, what is this? 23 for 147 and 2. I expect a big game. Okay. All right.