Starts of the Week + Week 14 Breakdown, Bread Pudding! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/9

Yeah, I mean, you just said it. It's they've been winning the games. And if you're winning or the game is close, Antonio Gibson becomes their offense. This one, they are not favored. Dallas could easily come out and jump out to a lead. But that's really what you're, I mean, you said you traded him when he wasn't getting the work. They lost four games in a row, went on by, and now have won four games in a row. And if you look at the stretch of success and failure for Antonio Gibson, it's just they were losing. They couldn't utilize him or.

He wasn't healthy. He couldn't utilize him. He was not healthy. He looks better. And just an update for McKissick. On Wednesday, he worked on the side. He didn't participate in practice, though, just off the side. So there's still no guarantee that McKissick makes it back to this game. And that has turned into not just a bunch of carries, but.

Some passing game work. Six targets last week, seven targets the week before that. I mean, that is a huge boost to the floor for Antonio Gibson. Washington has spent approximately $1.4 million per touch for Curtis Samuel this year. That's rough. Very nice. Ricky Seals Jones. Yeah. Are you interested? I am interested. We saw him step in the last time around. How interested.

How would you or rate that? I would say that he is a low end, tight end one. He is a decent. Oh, I get you. I'm sorry. You were looking for my. Now it seems manufactured. Yeah. I'm disappointed. I'm a little disappointed too than myself. Sorry, Mom.

But you were saying? Yeah, I mean, he did step in. When he was in, he was 100% of the snaps, and that turned into multiple top 12 performances. Yeah. So, and Dallas has not been a shutdown, tight-in matchup. So, yeah, Ricky Seals Jones is fine. I would not start him over the doctor on the other side of the field. Right. Would you play Conklin tonight? I would play Conklin. Okay. Over Schultz. Over both, but over Ricky Seals Jones.

Is Michael Gallup in every week flex right now? No, I don't think so. I mean, this last game, you still had... Is he in every third week flex? Possibly. I think one of the big categories of fantasy. I think he's a matchup play. This last week, you had Amari Cooper still coming back off of COVID, not having, you know, his gas tank on full. You could see that out there on the field. Another week removed, I think the expectation is Cooper should be...

Back up to full strength this week. We just had a quote on that, actually. Mike McCarthy said when he was asked, will he have a full workload? He said, I have no reason to think he won't. Beautiful. Beautiful. So Cooper's in, Lamb is obviously in. And then he said, but I don't really pay attention to anything around here. And then obviously Terry McLaurin, we talked about a ton on yesterday's episode. You can go back and listen. He is a borderline every week start. I'm still playing him this week. The matchup is there.

It's, what? Yeah, I mean, Cowboys are 23rd against Fantasy Wide Receivers the past six weeks, 27th on the season. It's Curtis Samuel Week. No, it's not. Oh, yeah, baby. It's never. Oh, yeah, baby. I would love it. I like Curtis, but are you guys. When's the last time we had a Curtis Samuel Week? Was that before the pandemic? Definitely before the pandemic. So for Terry McLaurin, are you guys playing like, let's see, Chase Claypool tonight or Terry McLaren?

McLaren. Claypool. The matchup is so good tonight. The matchup's good for Terry as well. Van Jefferson against Arizona or Terry McLaren. McLaren. Yeah, I'll do McLaren on that one. Brandon Iyuk against the Cincinnati Bengals. Okay. Hollywood Brown. McCollorn. Oh, man. That one's really close. McLaren. Hollywood. Hollywood.

McCallie, do we want to get into the starts now? Let's do it. Starts of the week. Can I just not have a quarterback start? I mean, I'm going to be transparent with the footclad. I like both of yours significantly better. I mean, Jason's is clearly a great start. And Mike, I like yours better.

I just, I couldn't get any. So what are your, get yours out of the way then? I couldn't get to full confidence, but I'm going to, I'm going to say Big Ben tonight. Okay. Minnesota, what I saw, yes, I mean, they lost last week to the Lions. Jared Goff won the offensive player of the week. Do you realize this? He did? Yes. Oh, I did not know that. That's delightful. And, and that feels like a sympathy. For sure.

That was, eh, you won a game. It feels like a sympathy. Give the Lions a trophy. A sympathy and a secondary. And the secondary for Minnesota is really bad. They've been the fourth best quarterback matchup over the last eight. It was even worse last week. These games, you know, fifth most yards per play, two viable game breakers in Chase Claypool and Deontay Johnson. You got the Muth. And here's the last, I want people to know when they reacted to the Big Ben. This is not.

Good player, good matchup. This is okay player, bad player, good matchup. But he's had top 12 performances in two of three weeks. So I think he can make it three of four in this matchup tonight. Derek Carr or Big Ben? Big Ben. Cam Newton or Big Ben? That one's really hard. I guess I would probably go, I think if I'm a favorite, I'm playing Big Ben. If I'm an underdog, I'll play Cam.

All right. I'm going with my start of the week, Aaron Rogers, coming back. Wait, you're going with your start of the week before your start of the week? Yes, I am indeed. Okay, got it. Look, if you remember the last game against Chicago, that was the game he was caught screaming into the stands. I still own you because he does. He's 21 and 5 against Chicago as a starter. He hasn't lost to them at home since 2015. He's been a stone cold killer.

for fantasy in Lambo this year, averaging 23 fantasy points a game, three top five finishes. In week six, he had three total touchdowns against Chicago, finishes the quarterback nine. This week, I expect even more. He's coming off the buy. He's going to smash this week. Must start. And I'm going with Tassam Hill against the New York Jets.

Since the Jets' buy week, they have allowed top 10 quarterback production in five of seven games, and that includes Gardner Minchew right off of the bench into a viable fantasy player. Benchew right there. Oh. Minchu off the bench, you? I mean, you could have. I mean, that's a joke for you. It's a joke for you, Mike. You would have made it funny. Oh, well, I mean, most jokes are very funny. They take some hill, like he had 100 rushing yards. He threw...

He threw four interceptions last week. Don't matter. Don't matter because fantasy scoring for quarterbacks is completely broken if they run. And he will run. The Jets, they're allowing the highest yards per attempt, the highest quarterback rating, the highest first down rate. Their defense is bad. And Taysam Hill is a cheat code for fantasy. And I think he's going to have great success against the New York Jets. My running back start of the week is Leonard Fournett. Okay.

The Steelers have been the worst against the run in the last four weeks. The Bills have been the second worst. The Leonard Fournett reality is he is a stud. He leads all running backs in receptions. He averages 4.8 per game. That's an amazing floor. This is going to be a fun competitive game. It's in Tampa. 60% of the touchdowns that Buffalo gives up are on the ground. That's number one in the NFL.

I think that this is a smash play for Lenny to stay in the flames. Yep. Running back, I am going with Giovante's Inferno. Devante Williams running back, beautiful running back for the Denver Broncos. Heck yeah. He's a gorgeous man when he's out there breaking tackles. Did we mention at the top of Melvin Gordon did return to practice? And I want to say that. This is a Giovante if Melvin Gordon is back.

If he is back, do not bench Giovante Williams against Detroit. He's going to have a great game. Obviously, last work, he had all the work to himself. 31 opportunities, had 178 total yards, 25% market share. But the lions are the bread pudding of NFL defenses. They are delicious. You keep going back for more and more. They have allowed the fifth most rushing yards, fourth most fancy points to the running back position.

Here's how good Javante's been. If you're not aware, I know we've been talking them up for a while, we knew the breakout was coming last week, but Javante has forced 47 missed tackles on his rush temps. That's second behind only Jonathan Taylor. He's only five behind Jonathan Taylor, who has 101 more carries to do that. Javante is great. Denver, or Detroit is bad. I'm starting him with Melvin Gordon active. I can't believe you went down to the bread pudding.

Like, Foot Clan, understand how much Jason Moore loves bread pudding. If it's on the menu, you got to get it. It's kind of a rule. And not only is it a rule, they say, sir, could I offer you some dessert? And he goes, bread pudding. That is what I do. It's not even a joke. No, it's not. Bread pudding! Oh.

Oh, delightful. My running back start of the week is Clyde Edwards O'Leary against the Las Vegas Raiders who are allowing top 10 production to the running back position the last month. Fourth worst over that time. I mean, right back into it, 51% of snaps and 17 opportunities. I feel like that is his floor. And like just to highlight how bad Vegas has been allowing the seventh most rushing yards and the sixth most points per drive, I think that the chiefs find some mojo and Clyde.

has a great game on the ground. And he's getting a couple targets here there. We all have wide receivers that we expect to bounce back this week. Mine is D.K. Metcalfe. He has been brutal, but Houston will have a problem with D.K. They're allowing the fourth most plays per game. But they stopped T.Y. Houston. Well, that's quite the accomplishment for them. Not for anyone else. They're a great matchup for D.K.

The team is going to force feed him this week. And he saw 50% of the team's air yards last week. They are piling up. It is going to happen. I think you'll score twice this week. Oh, very nice. At wide receiver, I'm going darnell Mooney in Green Bay in Lambo last week. What? Last week I did. Yeah, I did not recommend the strategy of mooning your opponent this week. I'm pants down, baby. With Justin Fields in, I'm willing to plug. Bread pudding.

Oh, no. Don't call that the bread pudding. That's not okay. Not okay. Pants up, bread pudding. Pants down is a Mooney. We are. Is that, is that Brit pudding? Oh, no. Here's the thing. Now be serious, Jason. Let's be real, be an analyst. Let's be. My bread pudding. Man, I might not.

order bread pudding anymore. At this point, that dessert is over. It's ruined. Hmm.

Oh, man. I hope somebody out there's eating bread pudding right now. Shame. Me too, for their sake. It's delicious. But Darno Mooney, he's been great. I recommended Benching him last week. This week, I think the matchup is good. Green Bay is seeing the highest percentage of 20-plus yard targets in the league. People are attacking there. His 4-38 speed will get it done. He's already gone 4-4-45 with a touchdown against Green Bay. And most importantly, I'm 100% so far on calling my shot on Mooney.

Benching last week. He was my start of the week on the Megalibon Show when he went 5 for 123. Put him in your lineup. He's going to have a good week. I'm going with Jamar Chase to have the bounce back. He had the touchdown in hand last week. He just bobbled it. San Francisco, the sixth best match for wide receivers over the past month. The targets are still there. We highlighted him and never not working that the variance has just hit the other direction for him. He still leads the team in end zone targets. I'm playing.

I'm playing Chase, and I expect the good week to be back. If you would like the opportunity to laugh at me, do it momentarily. Evan Ingram is my start of the week of time. I will never. Whenever someone supports Evan Engram, I support them. I was enjoying the inevitability of, I know how happy I will be in eventability? No, I thought. Oh, I fell off. Oh, bad. I'll do it.