Week 16 Buy or Sell + Championship Week Q&A, Mike Poops Himself - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/23

that Cam Newton has been rough. I would go with Mariotta. Yeah. I agree. Jason, you agree? Yep. Okay. Let's grab another voicemail. What's up, Ballers? This is Brian in Kansas City. I'm having a little trouble figuring out who to put in my flex out of my weapon box. Full PPR. There's play pool, but I almost want to start Sammy Watkins against Atlanta. Thanks for that. Oh, man. Oh, man.

Well, let's take a little look at, let's take a little look at Sammy Watkins here. I mean, we've got a consistency score of F. That sounds about Watkins. Is that for funky? It's for 6.3% of the time he exceeds a usable benchmark. Sammy Watkins hasn't been relevant in a really long time. There is no question in my mind that you should go with Chase Claypool. Yeah, the upside is there for either guys.

physical ability to take it to the house. Obviously, you've got the better quarterback with Pat Mahomes. There is a clear Big Ben problem. But Claypool is the better player. If you look, the targets have still been there for Claypool. You go back eight targets, six targets. He had a bad one with four, nine the week prior to that. There's deep shots every week to him. Yeah, I would stay with Claypool. I know it's been a bad month for him.

And it's just been a horrific month for the Steelers' offense. You don't have to say nice things about Claypool. You can just say mean things about Sammy Watkins. That's also acceptable for an answer. Okay. What if I told you that over the last month, Sammy Watkins has averaged more fantasy points per game? I would say it's irrelevant. If you get what he has averaged over the last month, you lose with him too. So you lose with either guy over the last month, right? Yeah. Yeah. You know.

A nickel is worth more than a penny, but you're still not buying a chocolate bar with either. Perfectly said. Thanks. From the man who brought us the weapon box yesterday. As Mama always used to say. Are there any waiver wire options that would legitimately be out there? Russell Gage, I'd play over both of those players. Gabriel Davis with Diggs, no. Not unless if Diggs missed. Hanson. Russell Gage, yes. Would you go, Mbap?

I would mbop this week over those two players, yes. Okay. I think I would. Yeah, I would as well. Think about the, I mean, part of winning a title is the journey and the process. And if you're mbop and all day long, that's not a bad place to be. No, if you get to mbop. Yeah. But if you don't get to mbop and you played him. Do you play him more, are you more likely to play him if, like, you're watching games with your opponent? Yes.

In championship week? Absolutely. Every time he catches. Yeah. Yeah, very nice. We saw those coming through Twitter. It's Chad Hanson. Yeah. Brooks wants us to mention the name. Chad Hanson, wide receiver for the Houston Texans. If you don't know. And drummer for the band Hanson. That's who the kid grew up to. He grew up to a white out. Yeah. We are old. Okay, Twitter. Laura has a question.

Rob, oh, great. This one is my team. Andy has your answer. Yeah. No, no, I don't. Robbie Anderson or T.Y. Hilton this week in a half PPR league. T.Y. Hilton has Pittsburgh. I know that. Robbie Anderson. I'm trying to remember all the good that he's done for my team and not the bad he did last week that I had to overcome.

That was his worst game of the year. Yes, it was. And he only had five targets after 12 the week before against Green Bay. It fell apart, though. I mean, that first half of offense for Carolina was like Big Ben watched that film. I was like, I can do that. Like, that was what happened. That's a tough call. I would love you two to tell me what to do there.

Thank you. Thank you very much. So you have this exact decision that you need to make. I will have to make this exact decision because right now, both are in my lineup, but I could get CMC or James Robinson back, and I will play those players over them. So that's bold. I mean, I could play both. Mike, are you playing T. By Hilton this week in your championship game? I have, if I can help it, I will not be. Although, I mean.

The Pittsburgh Steelers team has just, they are in an absolute free fall. And even though you didn't see, you didn't see it over and over from Ryan Finley and company, you saw, you saw a few lapses in coverage and T.Y. Hilton could take advantage of that. Yeah, with the injuries to the Steelers, the involvement that we've seen with T.Y. Hilton and the absolute.

shut down nature of this Washington football defense, I lean T.Y. Hilton this week. Here's the truth. Your ceiling's higher with Hilton than it is with Robbie Anderson. But I think your floor is higher with Robbie Anderson despite last week. Yeah, I just hate those snap counts for T.Y. Hilton, man. Let me illustrate what Jason's saying about using our team profiles and these last three losses by Pittsburgh.

I mean, this is a team that had been a top 10 defense every single week of the year but one against Tennessee for 12 straight weeks. The last three weeks against opponents that included Washington and Cincinnati, 21st, 17th, and then 26th on defense. So there is opportunity, and maybe that pushes the Hilton side. Yeah, I mean, how did D.K. Metcalfe do this last week?

And Tyler Lockett and all the receiving options against the Washington football team. Yeah. Not very good. No, not very good. I would like to believe that Pittsburgh will score and therefore, you know, you can be in a situation where the Colts have to score. Can Pittsburgh score on the Colts? I think Jonathan Taylor will have, well, yeah, Geo Bernard just exploited Pittsburgh. It's tough to change your view of that defense after 12 weeks.

Yes, it is. Especially when you have plus matchups. So, I would play Robbie. Oh, okay. You'd go Robbie. I would go Robbie. The, I have, you know, like I said, the snap counts for T.Y. Hilton. I know he got it done that three-game stretch, but we have far more, we have far more evidence of him playing 60% of snaps and not producing.

I mean, for the last month, he hasn't had fewer than 70 yards. Who? Hilton. T.Y. Hilton. So, Mike, you're Robbie and Jason, you're Hilton. Yeah, I'm Robbie. So you guys are really helping Laura and you're really helping me out. You congratulations. Hey, we detailed the situation and now you get to make the decision. Brooks, who do I start? Robbie. Okay. Okay. You said that pretty. Jeremy? Robbie.

Oh, I was really hoping he went to Y, just to make it split again. Huh. Even after all that stuff I said about the Steelers D, huh? Yep. All right. All right. Let's grab another voicemail. Hi, this is Brendan from Detroit, Michigan, and I just picked up Darrell Henderson, and I'm wondering if I should start him over DJ Moore. Thanks, guys. Keep up the great work. My answer is a big yes. Yeah, mine is as well. Everything we just said about Robbie Anderson in the matchup, it's also true of DJ Moore.

Same team. So I think that's a really difficult matchup, whereas Darrell Henderson should get a ton of work with Cam Makers out of the way. We had a stretch of really solid fantasy production from Darrell Henderson when he was the guy when Cam was gone before. So I'm with Henderson here. Yeah, Henderson had a five-week stretch where he was a top 24 running back four times, the top...

10 or sorry, sorry, top 12 three times when he was getting the work. Yeah. Well, he's splitting the work definitely. In the game against Seattle, he was a top 24 running back, but that was only eight opportunities. It was because he scored. If you remember that game against Seattle, Jared Goff took, Jared Goff did everything. It was all passing yards. Everything except the touchdowns. That's the only one. I remember.

that the running back, yes, you did. He was your start of the week, that's right. And Jared Goff, if Jared Goff just gets the touchdowns that the running back stole that week, then he would have been an absolute smash play. I lean the Henderson side, but I don't think Henderson is locked in. Like, if Tony Pollard, you know, if Zeke is out and Tony Pollard is the guy, he's going to get all the work. Henderson, I imagine it goes back to him splitting time with Malcolm Brown.

Yeah, but again, while he split time with Malcolm Brown when Cam was gone, he was very good. I'm playing Daryl Henderson this week as my answer. Final answer. Jason? Yeah, same. All right. YouTube, Tyler Lockett. YouTube wants to know this? Yes. YouTube subscriber L.B. Coolen. Sorry, YouTube, the, yeah, the platform. Tyler Lockett for smooches. Would you bench Tyler Lockett for?

J.D. McKissick. I mean, Jason just shrunk down to a very small level in his chair. Yeah, look, fellas, we've, we've discussed, you know, how the audio drops come through when you're on remote. And we have also discussed at length how startling and terrifying that the smooches drop is. I feel like...

Someone just took a cattle prod to my brain. No. Someone has pooped in your pants. Mike, if you want to know. Who's poop is this? If you would like to know, definitively, I did not push that button today, Mike. I have more respect for you as a person. I appreciate that. I did not. I did not poop in your pants is what I'm saying. Someone did. Hal Borland pooped in your pants. It's J.D. McKissick. It is McKissick. Yeah.

Assuming Antonio Gibson is out, which that's what I assume. I want you to say this sentence, L. Ed. I want you to say I'm starting J.D. McKissick over Tyler Lockett this week. I will not give you that audio clip. All right. Instagram question. Just say yes if it would be J.D. McKissick over Lockett. Mm-hmm. Whose poop is this? All right. Jenkowski underscore Bree on Instagram.

What are your thoughts on Richard Higgins this week in a PPR league, or should I go with someone like Jeff Wilson in my flags? Ooh. Shard Higgins finished as the wide receiver eight, then 15, then 38 against the Giants. But has the Jets this week. He's been involved. Very involved. Ten targets, nine targets in those two weeks. He's a fine option. I think that you can play.

him this week. But if you have an option, I think that Jeff Wilson is a better option than Higgins is. So I would go Jeff Wilson, not an indictment against Rashad Higgins. If Wilson practices in full and looks set up, I agree with you. Yeah, I agree. But Rashard Higgins, I'm with you guys. He's, he is in play, especially in a PPR format.

All right, Jack Harrigan from Facebook. Start George Kittle, if activated off of the IR. This is one of the more popular questions out there. Yes. If he is active in that game, he is going to be one of the, you know, centerpieces of that offense. It's him and it's Ayuk. And the thing is, you're starting him over garbage. I already know that that's true. Because if you don't have, I mean, I'm not starting him over Darren Waller.

I'm not starting him over. Travis Kelsey. You're going to give you the list and we'll just figure out where he slots in? I think I just finished. If he's active. I mean, I, I, you're not starting him over, Mark Anderson. No, I was, I was going to add Andrews to that. Are you starting him over? That's, that's the line for me where it's difficult. I think I would play. No, I would. I would play Kittle. Logan Thomas, who's just blistering. Yeah, I would play Kittle. T. J. Hockinson? Kittle. Kittle.

So, I mean, yeah, if you don't have one of those big three other tight ends. And Tonyo Gates? Gates, for sure. Which version? He's with Tony Gonzalez. Yeah. If they go to their former quarterbacks and if Dallas Clark. I'm just dropping all the oldies. I'm just bringing the oldies back. What about Jermichael Finley? No, Al. Tunyon has taken over. Yeah, I'd start TD Tunion. Oh, okay.

T.D. Tunyon? Is that what the people in Green Bay are calling him? It's a producer nickname. That's fine for a producer nickname. It's just one of the producers nickname. Oh, Brooks with the Get Bodyed. Oh, he disclaimed it quick. Oh, man.