Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Week 17 Matchups, In-or-Out, Playoff Decisions

is not favorable though against baltimore so it's it's a be a volume play for for burke in or out jonathan stewart not practicing the last couple days i would think he sits oh sean mccoy inter out i think he's gonna play he's he's a baller he returned to practice thursday i know the bills have nothing to play for but uh he's not gonna be like yeah just rest me for next year that's not shady's way matt forte blow pal pal

I don't expect him to play. Blah Powell, who was my start of the week, which is where I had my grand announcement plan for this portion of the show before my esteemed colleague stole it from me. Went Bolshevik revolution on me. You know, I can penalize him for that. There is a penalty. Can we? There's a very simple penalty. What is it? Anytime he does something like that, his start of the weeks at wide receiver and tight-in become Devante Adams and Greg Olson. No. Nice. So.

But Bilal Powell. Or he has to sleep. He has to bring the Devante Adams bobblehead into the bed. Into the bed with him. DeVos Balao Pau didn't practice because of his knee. He got a little bit banged up last week. Then Thursday sat with an illness. It's trending that he's not going to play. Spencer Ware, Chris Ivory, Theoretic, James Starks, in or out on those guys? Wherein, I'm going to go Ivory in, but I'm going to say Riddick and Starks do not play. I agree. Yeah, I agree as well.

Wide receivers, Alshan Jeffrey. He missed practice with an illness. He's going to play. He needs to play. He's playing for that money. He's a good start. Stephan Diggs. Yeah, I think he says. Oh, man. He cannot stay healthy. Oh, are we back? Wow, you took it up a notch. I got to use my false every now. You brought it.

You brought a way up. I did see videos of you doing some karaoke. No good. Here's a deal. Wife gets a birthday week. I get a birthday week. So I'm pretty much a slave this week. Do whatever. I ate a mouth full of wasabi because she said to. So she wanted to karaoke and I went full karaoke. You never go full karaoke. Your son received a karaoke machine, right? Yes, for Christmas. And so, you know, we went on a magic carpet ride and we went.

in summer through the movie Frozen. Oh, oh. Oh, you're saying Aladdin. Yes. I thought you guys actually sang Magic Carpet Ride. No, no, no. Aladdin. You don't know. My son got a karaoke machine. He's eight. Oh, he's actually not eight yet. He's seven. You got to get him the oldies, man. There are some on there. All right. Are we at Jordan Matthews? We sure are, but let's skip it. He didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday. Hasn't been that good. Don't play him. Enter out. Dante Moncrief.

That drop is out apparently. No, dude. 50-50 shot that things work. Score the technical difficulties on bingo. If you're playing footballers bingo, Moncrief, he's going to be out. Week 17. Just if you need more reminders of why week 17 is not supposed to be played for fantasy football, here you go. I feel like you guys have said that. But Mike. Oh, yes. Yes, voice of public opinion. But shouldn't you be able to, you know, play?

the guys that you have no freaking idea are going to be in week 17? I mean, that's literally the argument that you hear for week 17. Here's a new way to play week 17. Instead of playing live players, you just average out what everybody on your team has done during the previous 16 weeks and you get that score for those players. And then you never speak of week 17 again. I feel like because we've...

Because we haven't, like, wanted to answer those Week 17 conundrum, some of them, it's been like just vilifying Week 17 leagues. Yeah, well, sorry, man. So I feel like we need to, like, somehow do something to help people change their leagues to Week 16 finishing. Yeah. Well, we're going to help you win this week in Week 17. Yeah, we sure are. Bring you that championship. Your league is as legit as anyone else's, but I completely agree this offseason.

We have to make sure to remind people. I know how to do it, too. Beautiful. Just click the scoring leaders tab for Week 17 and then just screenshot the top 15 guys at every position and then submit that in your legal argument because it's not going to be names that you're happy with. It's going to be really, really weird names. When Fitzgerald Toussaint or, you know, leaves the way, you're going to say, okay, what are we doing here? All right, in or out, Robbie Anderson, Kenny Britt, Malcolm Mitchell.

Malcolm Mitchell was a guy I had some decent hopes for this week, but he has not practiced all week. I mean, it's, I can't imagine. If he doesn't get limited on Friday, he's going to be out. Okay. And also, Kenny Brett. Kenny Brett, he hit his thousand. He's going to be out. Robbie Anderson. Is Bryce Petty playing? No. Then Robbie Anderson is out of your fantasy lineup. What about Brandon Marshall this week with Fitzpatrick back?

I don't know that Brandon Marshall plays. Brandon Marshall is going to be sitting in the used clinics of his tears from having to send his car to Antonio Brown. And that's what he will be doing instead of playing football. You think he's out? Yep. I think he's out. And I think he retires. I think this is it for Brandon Marshall. Yep. I mean, it's strange when you have guys like Brandon Marshall, who's 32, Larry Fitzgerald 33.

You hear retirement talk about both of them. Marshall Moore, because he's just, he's kind of done it and he's got the... He's not on a contender. He's got the personality to do the NFL shows and stuff like that. But then you have Steve Smith, who's 37 and still dominating. And you can see a guy like Fitzgerald be like a Heinz Ward for another three or four years if you wanted to. I don't think Larry Fitzgerald, he keeps himself in good shows. I don't think he has to retire. I don't think he has to. I think he can play forever.

But who's going to take Marshall? Who's going to take on that baggage? Well, and then this report about him creating a raucous locker room at halftime. Yeah, that does not help. That's what I mean. There's so much baggage associated with him. You have to give him at least a decent amount of money. He doesn't have a car anymore. Yeah, he can't drive to work. No, reliable transportation. Troubles. Sammy Coast, does he play? Do we care? No, we know. Randall Cobb. He's not practicing again. He's going to be out. There's no reason to, well.

Oh, there's reason for him to play, but he's not going to. I don't think there's reason. I think you just get him back for a playoff. Yeah, he's clearly. He has just not been the same this year. Anquan Bolden does he play? Uh, probably. He's Anquan. Talk about a guy who will play. Yeah. It's Anquan Bolden. Who did I say it was the new Anquon Bold? Oh, I feel like I just mentioned the name that was, I thought one of you guys would remember. Nope. It was really good. But, uh, moving along. No.

It wasn't monkey. Monke gives the opposite. Well, yeah, as far as he playing, but he's just his play style. No, well, it's a crowd. I'll think about it. Yeah, we'll figure it out. All right. Tight ends, in or out. Greg Olson, Jordan Reed, Charles Clay. I think Greg Olson is going to play because he is an Iron Man, has a monster streak. But he didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday. But I think he's safe. And if Cam doesn't play, that's good news for Greg Olson. It's not a joke. It really is. Jordan Reed will play.

I'm personally not going to start him. No, I'm not either. If he's there, I just, that shoulder injury needs an off season. And Charles Clay returned to practice Thursday. He is my start of the week. I will obviously start him. Makes sense with the start of the week. Before we jump into the rest of the matchups, want to thank today's sponsor, pristine auction. Footcland, you're getting ready. You're getting ready for those victories for those Foot Clan titles. There is no better way to celebrate than.

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Oh, my goodness, week 17 time. Fantasy forecast. Got to push through. Got to push through, man. All right, the bills. Take on the Jets. The Jets are three and a half point underdogs. Ryan Fitzpatrick takes over under center by default. E.J. Manuel's going to be starting for the bills. What are the fantasy storylines people need to know about from this game?

We know how the Jets defense has struggled against the past, but you do have EG Emmanuel just stepping in. I don't have confidence in the passing game for Buffalo. I am with Mike on the willingness to start shady and Charles Clay as just kind of staying in the flames. So you would jump off of Watkins then? Yeah, I don't have enough confidence in Watkins. Jumping off isn't the right way to think about it. It's just...

Who would you start over who? I have Watkins ranked lower. I think we saw him go from an okay game to a down game to a good game. I don't want to mess with that kind of up and down with E.J. Manuel, myself. I'm still okay playing him. Makes sense. You guys have them both much higher than I do. Regardless of E.J. Manuel being the quarterback, I'm still fine playing him. This Jets defense, I mean, it would be like even E.J. Manuel can have.

Success against the Jets defense right now. Would you play Watkins over Larry Fitzgerald? Oh, man. At the Rams? Probably would. I don't think so. I mean, that's a real dependent move. I think Sammy Watkins is the higher upside because you could end up with two bombs against that jet secondary. But if you're in a PPR format or you want more.

secure points. I'm going to go with the guy leading the league in receptions. Let me ask you this. Would you play Watkins over Odell Beckham Jr.? Well, he will be after this week where Antonio Brown, who is first, is not playing? Would you play Wonkins over Odell Beckham Jr.? Because obviously you have the variable of those guys might not play the whole game. And those are the actual decisions that owners are making this week. I would. I would not. Okay. I am still a little bit. I am still more confident. Jason has them back to back in the ranking. I am still more confident in.

Odell Beckham. I know he might not play the whole game. But I just think, look, they've come out and said that they're not going to rest their starters. And that doesn't mean that they won't. I don't believe anybody anymore. Sure. Sure. I mean, they very well might. And it doesn't mean, I mean, not resting your starters means, hey, I pull them for the fourth quarter maybe or maybe the, you know, at halftime. We saw the Washington Redskins last year play a half with their starters and it was enough. Right. That's my point is that Odell Beckham, a half is.

probably just as good as Sammy Watkins's whole game. Yeah, I agree with that. It's possible for sure. We've actually talked a lot about the Jets already. We talked about the Forte-Powell's situation. We talked about Brandon Marshall and Robbie Anderson. So I don't know if there's a storyline on that side. There's nobody. Nobody. I'm starting no Jets. If Law Powell is out, I'm starting no Jets. If Brandon Marshall plays, I'm fine starting Brandon Marshall with Fitzpatrick and what could be his last game. Eh.

I don't think he retires, by the way. Just put it on the record. I don't think he retires. A lot of money to be made. All right. The Cowboys take on the Eagles. We talked about this game already, too. I mean, Dallas has the number one seed clinch. They're not going to be playing Dak and Zeke and Des and probably any of their important players for a long period of time in this game. I said it on the last show. I'm very confident in playing Darren McFadden in this game.