Starts of the Week + Week 14 Breakdown, Almost Upset(s)! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/7

Maybe Patrick Mahomes. If, you know, if the weather looks good there, which right now it appears okay, then, but he's in that tier right now. He's the number one and expected points per passing attempt. He's got the second highest yards per attempt of all time at 9.6. The 49ers just put up 31 points against Seattle on Thanksgiving, and this time they are at home. The weather seems fine there on the West Coast, so Rock Pretty should be started if you have him. unless you have one of those other guys. Which one of those other guys is Tua against Tennessee. The recipe for the dolphin success this year, they beat up the bad teams. They're at home. 30.3 team implied total. That's a struggle to find this week with the weather. And, you know, Tua's into season schedule didn't look amazing heading into the fantasy playoffs, but he's been producing. You can't stop Tyreek. Big plays around the corner. You got A-chan in the passing game now. I think Tua's going to be a weak winner again.

And I have confidence in Justin Fields this week against Detroit. They are 29th in schedule adjusted points to the quarterback position. The last three games facing the Lions, Justin Fields on the ground, 18 for 104, 10 for 13 for 147 and two Tuddies. He hasn't been, we haven't seen that. Oh, he's back. I mean, he did, I believe, had 100 rushing yards, but still not a tremendous fantasy output. But in this matchup, whether approving, I think that Fields gets back into that more top tier of a fantasy quarterback. I agree with you. I think Fields is a pretty good start this week. At running back, I've got Joe Mixen versus the Indianapolis Colts at home. Mixon last week got into the end zone twice. We're going to see what Jake Browning's got. He just has one of the most secure roles of any running back in football. 88% of the team's rushing attempts, that's second only to Josh Jacobs.

81% of the team's running back targets. He's on pace for 323 opportunities, and the Colts matchup is great. They've allowed the third most rushing touchdowns on the season, 133 rushing yards per games. That's the seventh most. Joe Mixon is a great play this week. Well, I'm staying in the same game. I'm jumping on board the Dolphins. Devon A. Chan, you need him in there. When he plays a football game, good things generally happen. He made it through unscathed, as far as we know, two touchdowns last week. There are, I mean, blowouts, you see Moster get time. He's the veteran. He needs time off so that the playoffs are a thing that Miami can hang around in. And so A. Chan got every opportunity in the second half, minus about four snaps from Mostert. It just means very, very good things. And Tennessee has been a red light, green light against running backs. They've had a handful of really good performances. And then...

over the last month, a handful of really bad ones. I love H&N this week, so I'm going to get in on that. My running back start of the week, it's a plug and play, as in plug your nose and play him. It is A.J. Dillon against the New York Giants on Monday night. Wow, no undies for that one? He's been a top 24 running back in three straight weeks. You don't put titanium underpants on to A.J. Dylan, it makes him slower. Commando is the way he needs to go. They don't make them that big either. We need to aerodynamic him as much as possible. The last three games where he's been top 24, 18, 17, 19 opportunities. Sorry. He gets to play the Giants who are 28th and schedule adjusted points to the running back. They've allowed 19 or more fantasy points to opposing running backs in five street games. New England, Washington, Dallas, Vegas, the Jets.

So I think that you are, I think you have a safe running back two with AJ Dillon. And he could, hey, he could score a touchdown. I doubt it. Yeah, no, no, he could. He could. He could do it. Yeah. All right. I doubt it too. But he could. Uh, wide receiver. I've got Brandon Cooks at home against the Philadelphia Eagles. Dak Prescott's ascension. It's also been correlated with Brandon Cooks being a legit fantasy wide receiver two over the last two months since week six. He's a top 24 wide receiver in five of seven games. He's the quarterback. He's the wide receiver 13 in total fantasy points during that span. He's the wide receiver 17 in fantasy points per game. The matchup against the Eagles is juicy. They are dead last and scheduled adjusted fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks. The total is 52 for the over under. Dallas, they've got a dome. And it's so cool.

Because they're going to be able to throw without. Well, it's not cool, Jay. It's actually room temperature. Oh, very nice. So the matchup is great. I mean, this is a player. Like Brandon Cooks, I would start over all these other bad weather, you know, Cooper Cup and Pooka Nakua and what are you going to do with the weather and Garrett Wilson? I'm so mad that this game is not the first week of the fantasy playoffs next week. Because I have DACC, and this is just. It doesn't matter to you. It doesn't matter to me this week. I'm just watching it. Just stay healthy. But it's going to be such a bonanza. I'm very jealous. And Cook's is a great play. I'm going with the risky Garrett Wilson against Houston. The Wilson to Wilson connection resumes. Not that it was special. But 10 target, 65 receiving yards, that's been the average when Wilson's been out there. The ceiling, it's never very high with Zach Wilson.

but he has a ton of targets. The target share is great. Houston been bleeding fantasy points to opposing passing games. They're 26th. I think Garrett Wilson can go back into your lineup. And my wide receiver start of the week, it's Cortland Sutton against the Los Angeles Chargers. He has a touchdown machine right now. And this matchup, look, the Chargers allowing the fifth highest rate of explosive pass plays in the NFL. And Cortland Sutton has 10 receptions of 20 plus air yards that is tied for fifth. in the NFL, a defense that allows explosive plays, a wide receiver that that's what he is living on this year. I think he scores another touchdown. My tight end start of the week is Cole Comet at home against the Detroit Lions. Commet is quietly the tight end six on the year. He's on pace for 79 receptions, 683 yards, seven touchdowns on 96 targets, and the lion's defense is kind of unraveling over the last month.

They're allowing 30.3 points per game. That is 30th in the NFL. They rank 25th in Schedule Adjustive Fantasy points allowed to the tight ends. And last time that we saw Cole Commet at home against Detroit last year, he was the tight end one on the week, seven targets, 74 yards, two tuttees. So Colquette seems like a decent play this week. I am going to target one of the weakest. tight-in defenses in football 27th in schedule adjusted fantasy points allowed to tight-ins. I am targeting the tight-in position that ranked seventh in fantasy points scored, sixth in receiving touchdown, six and yards per reception. And that is going to be Brevin Schultz or Dalton Jordan. I like it. It's going to be Brevin Jordan if Dalton Schultz sits again. And it's going to be Dalton Schultz, the doctor, if he is active. So I'm going Houston tight-in as my start of the week.

I'm going with Isaiah likely against the Rams. Before the by-week, we saw six targets for him. Didn't turn into a whole bunch of production, but he's running a bunch of routes, the second most on the team in that game. Lining up in the slot, a whole bunch and the matchup with the Rams is fantastic. They've allowed 60 plus yards or a touchdown to every tight end position over the last nine games, except the Steelers when the Muth was on, IR and the Seahawks. LA 32nd in schedule adjusted points to the tight end position. It's a great matchup. I know that the weather stinks, but if I don't have a top tier tight end, and I'm trying to find someone likely is there. And likely is I think still pretty available for people's waiver wires. Likely is going to start for like three of my seven leagues this week. Thanks again to our sponsor. Starts the week. It's over. But we want to thank Purina Pro Plan Sport. ProPlan Sport provides fine.

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