MEGALODON Episode – Week 12 Matchups, Turkey Day Awards, Starts, & TONS More! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/25

They've had a pretty nice schedule when it comes to playing quarterbacks. The only actual, like, good quarterback that they have shut down is Matthew Stafford. Otherwise, the performances where quarterbacks didn't show up against the Cardos, Gropolo, Week 2, Washington. Was it still Haskins at that point? The Jets, Dallas when it was a backup quarterback, Tua. Other than that, though,

People are putting up big points on Arizona. I expect Cameron Newton to continue his booty scoot. Okay. I like it. Cream Hunt is my start of the week at the running back position taking on Jacksonville. Jacksonville allowing the fourth most running back receptions per game. All right. And this backup, this second string running back is on pace for 235 carries, 1,000 yards and six touchdowns on the ground.

Another 35 reception, six touchdowns through the air. And what I loved last week that people might not have noticed because the stat line wasn't impressive for Cream Hunt last week. He snuck into the end zone at the end of the game, was pretty much not productive at all before that. But you might have missed the fact that this, it might not be prescriptive. He was the goal I'm back. He had all of the work in the red zone. And if that continues, the ceiling is even higher for Cream Hunt.

It always works out for Kareem Hunt. It just evens out. It's either high volume, low efficiency in a good, goodish game, or it's low volume, high efficiency in a good game. It just works out for him. Yeah, and he should have had two touchdowns. He was a centimeter away last week. I like it a lot. My start of the week at the running back position is Antonio Gibson. He has been phenomenal. Absolutely. No.

I know. It's like, how angry can Mike get in one second? Yeah, everyone knows that's, you know, Mike, it was his preseason MVP. And so well done. I mean, look, over the last five weeks, he's the running back six. And they have their buy week in the last five weeks. So that's in four games. So maybe after the running back six. Sorry, go ahead. And, uh, he's up over 50% of the snaps. And if you remember, he lit up Dallas for a hundred and twenty eight and a touchdown in week seven. So Antonio Gibson is a smash start.

And I am going with the vote of confidence for the Colts rookie. Jonathan Taylor, is he off the Schneid? We'll find out this weekend. But 26 opportunities last week. That is his highest opportunity share of the season. Yes, Naim Hines is still there. But Jordan Wilkins was down to 11% of the snaps and just 13% of the carries. The matchup is good. The Titans are a top 10 matchup for fantasy running backs.

And it looks like they made the change that we're going to feature Jonathan Taylor. I know it's just one game, but I am bought in that they will give him the world. Oh, man. Yeah. Yeah. He scored four points against these guys two weeks ago. I'm scared. I'm still scared. This is the trap that I'm worried about with Jonathan Taylor. But I hope you're right. I hope for fantasy players. I hope for Jonathan Taylor, you invest that kind of draft capital. I hope that that was a decision last week that was actually made, not just the Packers being generous.

wide receivers, Robbie Anderson. I'm going to do it. I like it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to go with process over the recent results. Taking on Minnesota 29th against wide receivers. Look, the targets have to pan out for Robbie Anderson. He's averaging 8.8 a game in the last five games. That's 100, and he's on 100 reception pace in that time. But he's doing the old DJ more magic trick, which is called not scoring touchdowns. Week one, he scored. He hasn't scored since then.

Teddy Bridgewater coming back. His first read on the majority of plays is Robbie Anderson. It's time for those targets to turn into production again. So I'm going to go out on a limb this week and hope we're all thankful for Robbie Anderson when it's all said and done. All right.

I like it. I'm going with Devante Parker, a player that since the changeover from Fitzmatrick, you haven't been sure. Can you start him or not? But if you look at, you know, those process metrics, the wide receiver target percentage since Preston Williams has gone down, 37%, 47%, 39%. He is the clear cut number one in this offense. And what we saw last week was good news. Here's what's going to happen. Two was going to play better, in which case...

Parker's good, or two is going to get benched and Fitzmagical come in, in which case Parker is good. It's against the Jets. The Jets are not a good defense or offense or team. And so I think you can play Devante Parker, if not now, when? And I guess we're all in the matchup against the Minnesota Vikings, because my wide receiver start is the other side of the ball from, or other side of the field, I should say, from Robbie Anderson. DJ Moore, Minnesota giving up 36 points per game to the wide receiver.

DJ Moore is heating up. Five of his last seven games. Five of his last seven. He has been over 90 yards. And one of those was with PJ Walker. Did you guys realize that now he has an extra game, get it that Carolina has not had their buy week yet? DJ Moore has the fourth most receiving yards in the NFL. This guy that we keep waffling back and forth, do I start DJ Moore? He has the fourth yards. It's...

It's crazy. And Robbie Anderson is actually ninth. It's wild that these guys are putting up so many yards without the touchdowns. The touchdowns should come. Should come against Minnesota. In fantasy football, early stink is worse than late stink on your perception. DJ Moore's start to the season is deceiving. I mean, the fact that he's outpacing Anderson by that amount, and he's consistently making big plays. And, you know, I...

I have a great deal of confidence that it will continue for DJ more. They have to get him the ball. So this will be very, very interesting to watch. And then we have tight ends. They play football too. I'm going to go with Austin Hooper against Jacksonville. So I've got a couple from the Jacksonville game. Baker Mayfield is targeting his tight ends at the third highest rate, 29% of the time. And for goodness sakes, he finally gets a game outside of the weather. He just felt like in the cartoon when it's just him.

And the Black Thunder Cloud is following him around. Yeah, E.R. Mayfield. And he just missed a touchdown last week to Austin Hooper. Jacksonville's giving up the second most points to opposing tight-ins on a weekly basis. And I imagine, as silly as it is, it's got to be better than Luton, right? To have Mike Glennon with more experience out there, the potential to move the football with James Robinson. I think Hooper can have a nice week.

We try to go a little bit lower down in the tight-in ranks here so that you have an option. Yeah, I love your pick because I do think this is going to be a good week for Baker, not necessarily start him for fantasy good, but just he's not going to be as bad as he's been. I wanted to go with Jarvis, actually, is my start of the week. I think he's in play, but I can't move him all the way up to being a start of the week. Who I can start for sure this week is Jordan Reed. Now look, there it is. It's Dicey.

He could very well go down on that first play. We all know it. But, I mean, you could have a tight end who plays every snap of the game and ends with a goose because that's the tight end position. Boom, Shakalaka! I'm playing Jordan Reed. We brought this up in his last game before the buy. He was still getting healthy because he was barely used. Only on the field 44% of the time, still received 15% of the team's targets. Finished as the tight end six with six.

targets for five receptions, 62 yards. And now he's playing the Rams who, yes, they're a lockdown defense. They're stopping everybody. They're top five against quarterbacks, against running backs, against wide receivers. But where you beat them is against tight ends. They're middle of the pack there. And the 49ers receiving options are all kaput right now. So I think Jordan Reed is definitely someone you should start. And because I...

I don't like myself. My tight-end start of the week will yet again be Evan Engram from the New York Giants. The Philly game was a major disappointment. I totally get that, but it's the tight-end position. And he still had those right before that three games straight of nine or more targets. And the matchup against the Bengals is premium. I'm playing Engram if I've got him. Yeah, I mean, Thanksgiving Day, all about glutton-glotony, right? You eat a lot and you're a glutton for punishment. So Evan Ingram is the start of the week.

That's right. It's all set up. Very Thanksgiving-e. Because Thanksgiving, it's about gluttony. Well, I mean, yeah. I'm not saying it should be, but. All right, all the rankings, the Sartsit tool, make sure you check it out at the fantasy footballers.com. Jason, it's time. Jason Moore's Ironclad, locked and loaded, 100% guaranteed boom, boom kicker of the week.

For the Megalodon show, I need to kick some butt. So I'm going with the bills kicker, Tyler Bass. Yeah, baby. A different kind of rock. Now, I see what you did there. I like it. A little bit. I don't like it. You did it backwards, man. That's what I thought.

You have to start with Tyler Bass and then say you're going to kick some butt. I completely agree, but the kicker always comes second. What was a man to do? You make the rules. Do better. These are the rules I wrote at the beginning of this segment. I can't possibly change them. Oh, my gosh. Well, Tyler Bass was the headline there? Is that the headline? Yes, Tyler Bass. Okay, locked and loaded. Let's get into the forecast. Fantasy Forecast.

You guys ready for this? Buckle up. You guys ready? The Los Angeles. I started it terribly. The Las Vegas Raiders at 6 and 4. Taking on the Atlanta Falcons at 3 and 7. Raiders are three-point favorites. It's a 55.5 over under, just like we like it. And this should be, on paper, a great.

situation for fantasy players. Las Vegas is allowing the fourth most fantasy points per drive. The second most rushing touchdowns allowed. Atlanta is giving up the second most passing yards, most yards per play. Both teams very generous, very charitable during the holiday season. Just the season. Exactly. But Derek Carr, Matt Ryan, we've already talked about them. They both starts the week. Put them in your lineup. Josh Jacobs, yes. Every single week you play Josh Jacobs. Todd Gurley, however.

I wanted to make Todd Gurley my start of the week at the running back position, but I already had Evan Ingram, and I couldn't have two players in there to really make me hate myself. Right. You would hate Thanksgiving even more. Oh, yeah. It would not go well. But Gurley, last week was a total disaster, but this is a much better matchup. I guess some of this really depends on the health of Julio Jones because Todd Gurley.

goes as far as the offense goes. He needs to score. He needs to score. But I think that he's got a good opportunity this week. All right. And then what opportunity will Julio have to play? Do you think he will be out there? Eileen, no. Eileen, yes, obviously, due to making Matt Ryan my start of the week. Otherwise, pivot to Tayson Hill. I do think he will be there since he was able to finish the game and has a history of.

knowing how to deal with these things. But it's a big deal. We've seen the Falcons offense completely struggle to be relevant regardless of the matchup if Julio is not there. So I think everyone is hoping Julio's there. If he is, you play him. Calvin Ridley, you play for sure. Oh, baby. But if Julio Jones is out, Calvin Ridley, absolutely. That's again, how much of that is the same argument for Gurley, though, where it's like if Julio's out, we know Matt Ryan doesn't have.

I mean, he averages like nine fantasy points. How can that be enough to provide Calvin Ridley? Because Calvin Ridley gets everything. Okay. Nelson Aguilar, six for 88 and one last week. Atlanta's allowing the most 20 plus yard completions in the NFL. That's the Nelson Agalore special. Do we like him this week? Yep, I'll start him. Absolutely.

I would have taken him as I almost made him my start of the week. I would have taken him up to 100, but I felt like he's been too good to be one of those players. So Nelson Agalore is absolutely a flex option. Nelson Aguor or Juju Smith Schuster. I would play Nelson Aguilar because of the ankle injury. What about if Julio misses Russell Gage or Nelson Aguilar? I would go Nelson Aguilar. Okay. Darren. It's nice to see him have another big game last week. Yes. And then...

Hayden Hurst is, I mean, you are, you can play the game. Yeah, I mean, and I think you can. Again, last week against the Saints, at the beginning of the year, they were one to target for tight ends, but they have locked it down. Over the last six weeks, they're number one against tight end, and they've played against some good tight ends. We've seen Hayden Hurst disappear in those Julioless games. This is a matchup that you can win. I think Hayden Hurst is absolutely in play as.