Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Pump the Brakes, Wk 16 Playoff Questions, TNF Preview

Would you consider adding Dorset as your emergency play? It's a dynasty league. Oh, yeah. And I do believe I have Dorset on the roster. Well, that's funny. So he had a big game last week. I would, well, he had one. This is what he does. Just saying with Moncrief off the field, it's a higher odds that Dorset gives you something. But Dorset is like Tyreek and Taylor Gabriel. His, his big game, it's one reception for a 50 yard touchdown. Next on the list. So we got Joe Gruden says.

Jordan Reed is expected to play Week 16. I'm not playing. You know, Fookland, you know that I am the captain of the Rule 86. I love Jordan Reed. I'm not going to let this happen again. Yeah, we're getting back to the original rule. If he's healthy, you play him. He might be on the field. He is not in any way, shape, or form close to healthy. Ladarius Green remains in the least concussion protocol. Ugh.

So that's trouble. Feelers out there for Jesse James. Yeah. Melvin Gordon did not practice on Tuesday. That's trouble. Short week. Most of the games are on Saturday. That's trouble. And if you're, look, the sarcophagus, Kenneth Farrow, he takes on Cleveland. I'm okay playing him this week. Sure. Kenyon Barner. I are. Darren's return to practice. Yeah, they've been going to bury Ryan Matthews again. So you like Sprouls? I don't.

like him but i don't really like any of them i if i had to play between the two i'd probably still go with matthews just searching for the touchdown all right um hey joe thomas 10th straight pro bowl he's good he's really good remember when we were supposed to draft joe thomas we being the cardinals yes well we know but uh the cardinals were supposed to draft joe thomas because cleveland was not expected to take him they they take joe thomas

And then we take Levi Brown over Adrian Peterson. Over Adrian Peterson. Yeah, good memory. Oh, great memory. Oh, the old Cardinals. Thomas says he wants to be in Cleveland when they have their, you know, Chicago Cubs type of moment. Yeah, I was going to say it's not like Joe Thomas says. He wants to be living there when he's 80 and then they've done it. Yes, that's correct. He wants to stay in the city. So any other news you guys think needs to be mentioned right now? Uh, nah. Mailbag.

All right, just a reminder to everybody. Playoff mailbag, yeah. I thought you were done. You surprised me. You're going to do the whole mailbag that voice? Yeah. So head over to the website, the fantasy footballers.com. That's where you can find all of our week. 16 rankings, flex rankings.

You can find our questions tab where you can submit questions to the show. Today we're doing a playoff mailbag answering voicemail questions as well with our voicemail hotline 302464 TFFB. And don't forget to follow us on Twitter at the FF Ballers. That's where we break a lot of news, share articles from our writing staff. And that's where Mike also does Periscope on Sunday mornings. It's usually Sunday. And now this week will be different because Saturday. Well, Saturday is Christmas Eve.

I'm probably not periscoping on Christmas Eve. Love the Foot Clan, but it's Christmas Eve. Got to take care of the family. So stay updated on the show. I'll probably do something Friday. Yeah, maybe we'll do it this week. Maybe even Thursday. I don't know. All right. All right. So let's go ahead and jump into the mailbag. We'll start with a voicemail question. Does that sound good to you guys? It sounds great. Hey, guys. Quick questions. I've got James and Crowder.

Michael Thomas, Sammy Watkins, Malcolm Mitchell, and Tyro Williams. I need to leave one on the bench. So between those, good, let's start. Thanks. Love the show. All good day. So he just needs to leave one of those on the bench. Crowder, Thomas, Watkins, Mitchell, and Tyrell Williams. I think it's between. Eileen Watkins. Yeah, as you say, it's between Watkins and maybe Crowder. I think I will sit Watkins this week.

Yeah, that's unfortunate. I agree. Just from a volume. I mean, it's just the volume odds. It doesn't mean he can't have a great week. His snap counts went down once again, and once again, they're in Buffalo meaning cold weather. So Watkins, he's got a, I think he's got the lower floor, even though he's got a high ceiling. Yeah, you said once again, this was the first time it's gone down. That's the thing. He had been incrementing up over and over again. He was a 92%. No, no, no, once again is for the weather.

I believe this is the third cold game in a row for Sammy Wonkins. Gotcha. Yeah, his snap count went from, what, 92% to 64%. Yeah, correct. That is not good. All right. Jump into another voicemail. Hi, guys. This is Casey from Reno, Nevada. I love the show. I listen every day of work. Thanks for helping me get to my first championship. Woo! It was a hard-fought season, but I'm stoked I made it. I have a trust question for you. I'll Sean Jeffrey with Matt Barkley or DeAndrene Hopkins with The Savage.

Also, I know it's not really addressed in the show, but maybe you throw out some IDP names that might be solid pickups for Week 17. Thanks so much, guys. Love you. I'm hoping to bring home a Foot Clan title. That's a... That is a great, great comparison between Hopkins and Jeffrey for this week. Did she say The Savage? Yeah. Oh, yeah. I love it. Fred himself. Fred himself. So, Matt Barkley...

What would you do for saying? Matt Barclay's at home with Alshan Jeffrey against Washington. And then you have Houston, which is at home against Cincinnati. That is a tough call. I think I'm going Alshan Jeffrey on the trust side. I've seen more of Matt Barclay. Matt Barclay made three Chicago Bear wide receivers relevant last week. Three. Thompson, Meredith, Jeffrey. Bear. Bear?

I have seen more from Jeffrey this year that I like. I have seen more from Barclay than Savage that I like. I think there is more about the Chicago game plan here against Washington, the propensity for them to put up bigger numbers versus Cincinnati putting big numbers up against Houston and Houston to force a passing game. So that's where I'm leaning. I'm going to give you a number. The number is 42 because that is the percentage of targets from Tom Savage or I apologize. The Savage.

That went to DeAndre Hopkins. Nearly half of all attempts from Savage went to Hopkins. He knows where he's got to throw the ball. I will go with Hopkins. I'm going to tie break here and go with Alshan Jeffrey. Alshan has, you know, he's a bigger target. Look, all those targets, if you look, I think you got 17 targets last week. It took that for him to be fantasy relevant this last week because he's not the type of target like Alshan, where, you know, you're this big.

You know, big body tall guy. So, yeah, okay. For me, I prefer Alshan. Plus, if you're going to look for a tiebreaker, the matchup with Washington, 46 point under, over under, more points put on the board. I think Alshan, but it's a great question between these. Wait, so in where's the show? You want to know what's in Chicago, right? Yeah, they both are at home. What's interesting is that one of them's in a dome. Who had more targets last week, Cameron, Meredith or Alston Jeffrey?

Cameron Meredith, I think. Cameron Meredith. Who had more targets? Deontate Thompson or Alshon Jeffrey. Really? Yeah. Wow. 13 for Meredith. 10 for Thompson, 9 for Jeffrey. I'm still going with Jeffrey. All right. Fair enough. Before we get to any more of the questions, we'd like to thank today's sponsor, 5-4.

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What do you think about that? Tyreek Hill, Alan Robinson, and Kenneth Dixon. What are you doing? Where does your pump the brakes travel to, Jason? Does it travel to the realm of starting Alan Robinson or Kenneth Dixon ahead of him? Here's a deal. If I could make Alan, if I could make Alan Robinson my pump the brakes, I probably would. I feel like when a guy has been disappointing you as much.

It's hard to punt the brakes on a guy going five miles an hour. Yeah, exactly. So for me... But don't you like Blake Bortles this week? Yeah, look, the upside is there for Alan Robinson, but the downside is there as well. I mean, this is tough. It's definitely for me between Alan Robinson and Tyreek Hill. I mean, those guys are similar situations in a standard league. I'm going to play Robinson and Dixon. So I'm going to go with your pump.

I'm going to go with Hill and Dixon. That's fine. I think I go with Hill and Dixon as well. The only reason is because it's standard. If it was PPR, you've got more volume going Alan Robinson's way. But Tyreek, I think, has a greater opportunity of that complete home run ball than Alan Robinson. Okay. Eric Eber and Jason Eberon or Jason Wendon or Jason Wendon or Jason Wendon or Jason Wendon or Jason Wendon or Jason Wendon or Jason Wendon against one another for the championship.

Jason Whitten, I believe, had 10 catches last week. Yeah, but it's a standard. It's a standard league. I'm going Eric Ebron. Dallas, their defense is not very good against tight ends. Eric Ebron has disappointed people the last few weeks, but there's very few tight ends who haven't disappointed. If you're looking at a championship matchup, I think that you're...

Higher upside play here is Ebron. And while the floor is probably has a higher percentage with Jason Witten, I don't, you know, that's just how I see it. I would prefer. I think that they're going to need Eric Ebron to be good. I don't think the Dallas needs Witten in this game necessarily to be good. Yeah, Witton's problem is always touchdowns. He only has two on the year back to back in week eight and nine. That being said, Detroit, you know, they're on the road.

Witten's at home. He had 10 catches last week in Detroit's 29th against tight ends. I'm going to lean Jason Witten. Mike split the difference for us. Oh, I lean Witten. All right. Kevin and Michigan, who should I start between Derek Carr or Marcus Mariotta? Ooh. It's a good question. I would, I'm going to go with Carr, and I think they're both good options. No, I mean, car, with that finger. Yep. I mean, things have not been very good for fantasy.

Yeah. And, you know, Mario has had two bad weeks in a row. Tough matchups. Tough matchups. I don't know why I keep talking about this. I don't know why you're talking. Just pick one, bro. Jason, who are you going to play? I'm going to go Derek Carr. I like the game better. There's a 53 point over under. And I could see it being much more high scoring than the Tennessee Jacksonville game. So for those reasons, I'll go car. Now that you've made your decision, well, Mike, go ahead and make yours. Marioota.