Week 13 Dilemmas + Buy or Sell, Fantasy Q&A - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/1

Most people thought he was going to not play that week. He rushed back. He got out there, and he was outplayed in that matchup, fantasy-wise and otherwise, by AJ Dillon. But he was on a first game shockingly back from an injury. I still think that Aaron Jones is the main dude. History is on the side. And when, you know, the caller said it seems like the juice is with...

AJ Dylan, I would say the Jews is with both. I don't look at Aaron Jones and be like he's lost a step or he's not a good player. I think that the more opportunities will go to Aaron Jones following the bye week. I am with you. I would play Jones. Yeah, I chalk it up to the rushing back from injury, a perfectly placed by week for rectifying that situation.

AJ in DC has a question for us. Now, if you're eating, I recommend you cease eating for a moment. It's gross. David Johnson against Indy or Alex Collins against San Francisco in a PPR league. Now, I will go DJ or AJ in D.C. I haven't seen it. I don't know what that cadence was.

It wasn't, and we didn't really mention it on a Monday show, but David Johnson got banged up in this game. Multiple times. Multiple times. I mean, he, he, I don't think he like left and never returned from an injury. He just, you saw it once the, once the injury happened, he looked slower than current version of David Johnson. And I don't know that if that's being reported on.

I'll be interested to see when their practice reports start coming out if he's, you know, limited or it, in fact, doesn't practice at all. But generally speaking, if David Johnson is going to play. Limited. And Alex Collins is going to play. Because of the PPR bump, David Johnson should give you two to three free points with a reception. So I'd go that way. Oh, or two to three points on the day.

What happened to Alex Collins? Well, I would say what happened to the Seattle Seahawks. Sure. I mean, they're a team that they put up 15 points this last week, just putrid. They could only muster 15 total points against the Washington football team. That was the best, the most points they've scored in over a month. Yes. That's crazy. And I think maybe the Alex Collins reality is that he's Alex Collins as well.

He just, he had, he had, he had a little stretch of being. Yeah, he had juice once upon a time. Yeah, not so recent. Well, like last year, I thought he was okay. I mean, in the last five weeks, three a carry on a, you know, on 180 attempt pace, he had a three week stretch where he kind of looked okay.

But I don't know. They're both bad options. They are both really bad options. The one thing I will say is that David Johnson has the more difficult matchup. The Colts have been as tough a matchup for running backs as anyone. Now, I recognize that last week they were dominated by Leonard Fournett. They gave up 17 rushing touchdowns in one week.

So on the season, now they look like they're a beatable defense, but that's a really difficult defense. And I don't see David Johnson do that. I lean Alex Collins, but I hope the waivers have been kind to you. Yeah. I should probably put some claims in, huh? No. What? No, you're good, man. Don't do that. I already took L's players last week. So let's go to a voicemail question. Hey, ballers. This is Freeman.

In Maine, two quick questions. One, Hunter Renfro or Tyler Lockett for the rest of the season. And the second question is, what is the action figure over Jason's left shoulder? Is it Ace Ventura or Andy Kaufman playing the bongos? Thanks, guys. Love the show. Bye. That's Ace Ventura. Thank you. And were the bongos the head of the miniature, Kyler Murray, that he saw? I can see that. Perhaps. Yeah, no, it's Jason is a

An illustrious Ace Ventura truther. Yeah, I would broaden that, but Ace Ventura. Jim Carrey. Yes, there you go. Oh, okay. Yeah, so that's the first part, or I guess that's the second part of the question, easy answer. On the first part, much more difficult answer between Hunter Rem fro and Title of Lockett. And I think both answers are right in a way, because if you have a team that has a, let's just pretend this is your wide receiver two. If you have a very high variant wide receiver one with big weeks, small weeks,

I would go Renfro. Like if you're wide receiver one right now is Jamar Chase. Yes, I would go Renfro. If I had a wide receiver one that was more like Deontay, I would go Lockett. Lockett still managed in this horror of offensive performances by, you know, Russ. He's, you know, 96 yards last week. He gets loose down the field. Over the last four games, Tyler Lockett is back to averaging 5 for 94.

Yeah, he's been... He's been very good. I've said, and I will continue to say, I will not under any circumstance start Russell Wilson until after he shows that he's back. But I do think he will get back. I tried to, you know, I was talking to Brooks today about this is the window if your dynasty trades are still open, which ours aren't to try to get Russ. But I think I'm definitely willing to continue to start Tyler Lockett. And he would be my...

answer in a vacuum. There is a world. I'm looking at the Seattle schedule and it's like, you know, they're at home against San Francisco this week. Okay. Then they get Houston, right? So if there's ever a time to be back, it's in Houston. But do you know who they end this championship week? Russ Wilson at home, Detroit. And if we're like up down, up down until that point, what a dilemma that's going to be for players because you could have a huge week. I mean, he has all of the.

You know, when you have Metcalf and Lockett and those guys downfield against Detroit, there's a lot to like about that. Twitter question from Kali, Zach Ertz or Logan Thomas rest of season. Oh. Oh, my. I actually feel safer with Zach Ertz. And that comes from a higher amount of red zone opportunities for this player. I have more confidence in their offense.

I mean, the Cardinals' offense is dynamic. They're going to score more points over the rest of the year. And Ertz has been amazing. Yeah, I have confidence in both of these players, which is rare at the tight-end position because you're just not confident in many. I think both will be good, but I agree with what you're saying. I would take the offense and the quarterback play of Arizona Cardinals over Taylor Heineke and the Washington football team. Mike, I lean, I think I would take Logan Thomas.

It wasn't a huge week. We talked about the touchdown. Zach Gertz, since his stint in Arizona, two great games, three math games. Only Kyler for one game. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And so it's, I just, I lean the, I'll take the more necessary player. It's a very fair argument, offense over being the,

being a higher option in the wide receiver or in the targets, but like Hopkins is going to be back and they will be back to full strength very soon. And we don't know exactly what that will shake out for. Chase Edmonds too, right? Yeah, there's a lot of players coming back. And with, to speak to that side, McKissick, we don't know. I haven't heard an update on his injury. The last, the last thing I heard is that his agent proclaimed he was okay. So it could be a.

Okay. It could be a short absence for something that looked real scary, but maybe it was just like a stinger. And so you... And the agent is his doctor as well. I don't know. I'm just passing along information that I have seen. There was Stefania Bell had reported that. On, Mike, I want to know this answer. It's very important that you give me a definitive yes or no. That's what I'm here for. Instagram question from Mark Timothy Evans says, will Sequin Barkley ever be a lead again? Oh, my. Um...

Will he ever be elite? It comes down to will he, will they get a pocket passing quarterback? That's exactly my thought as well. Ha ha, ha, then it's a good thought because I instantly went to the quarterback and thought to myself, can you get, who's the next man up in, I mean, Gettleman's going to be gone too. Right. Yeah, it's going to be an overhaul here. It's me.

Yeah, Dave's going to be unemployed. Sorry, Dave, you had a run. I won't say it's a good run, but he had a run. And he needs targets. Like, it's a, it is a faster rebuild to his value to get a quarterback that will check it down to him over and over and over than it is for the New York Giants to completely rebuild their offensive line. Because Sequin hits big plays, but.

If you don't have multiples of those in one game, then all you have is him running for like two to three yards per carry. And he needs the big splash plate to counteract that. Jason, this question comes from Rico on YouTube. It's an important one. How do I face my children and my wife knowing that I am absolutely garbage in fantasy football? Oh, brother. That's tough. You don't do it with pride. You move out?

I think you've got to stay at home. You've got to just, you know, put one foot in front of the other and you just do that over and over and over. And then you're walking. And then you're walking. And the thing is, is if you play long enough, you'll get lucky. So one of these years, you are going to be able to stand proud. Don't quit. Don't give up.

Eventually, your opponents will all get injured and you will win a championship. I'm sure of it, Rico. So just one foot in front of the other. Don't abandon the family. No, never give up. Never surrender. That's pretty good, Al. You found that one. Thank you. It's been a crazy year, especially for all of us in fantasy football. If you had a pick in the top six,

Or seven, I'm trying to pull up an ADP chart as fast as I can. But Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, Derek Henry, Camara, Zeke, Chubb. Like, if those were your first pick, it's been tough. It's been tough for the streets watching, you know, Johnny Taylor have himself a year. Yeah, I agree. Tim Allen, Jim Carrey.

Oh, there you go. There you go. If I have to pick one, it would be Jim Carrey, but those are the two men who raised me. Yeah. Those were your, and my pops. And your father. Yeah, I mean, he was there. Your father. Which would you have? Or Jim Carrey. Oh, man. How many good movies has your father made? Ooh. That is a good question. Like nice comedy. Yeah, not even one. What a loser. Yeah.

Now, is that answer the same if it is, you have to pick one to raise you? Yeah. You still go Jim Carrey? I would still go to Jim Carrey. You want that life? Yeah. I feel like Tim Allen's, he was the more steady hand for sure, a more fatherly figure. I mean, you get the eclectic Jim Carrey. You learn how to paint. That's right. I mean, look, sometimes you're raised by wolves. Oh, my. Jalen Waddle or Amari Cooper rest of season. That Instagram question comes from Joshua. Waddle. Waddle.

Waddo, Waddle. Oh, Jason's up against it. Well, no, I'm not up against it. It's Waddle, but I guess I haven't really, like, that is a great comparison to just see where both of these players are. Mari Cooper's been very disappointing. I still worry about, you know, first week back from COVID, which he missed two games already for. Cooper is, I think, a great player. I still think, you know, down the playoff run.

could absolutely win people championships. But you have been able to rely on Waddle so much over the, you know, since week six, he's been on a tear. He's been very consistent, would be on pace for over 1,200 yards, seven touchdowns, 121 reception 17-game pace. So he is like, he's just so good as a rookie. He's, he,

The situation is he is doing this without showing up in like a top 10 plays of Sunday. Like there aren't generally speaking like, wow. Until this past week. Yeah, yeah. He did. What I'm saying, which he ended up to watchiever one. But before that, very, very solid for fantasy football. Just not in the, in a sensational spectacular way. It's just just steady. Yeah. If you have not had Jalen Waddle, you've.