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

Yeah, I mean, I see it playing out how you do. I think it's going to be a close game. I think the Titans will keep it tight.

what that means to me when I look at the cold side of the ball is that Heinz can be in play. I still believe that I would start Jonathan Taylor ahead of Heinz. And Pittman is the wide receiver that I would want. Can't trust T.Y. Hilton at this point, I don't think Pascal is good enough or gets enough targets at regular volume. So to me, it's basically Jonathan Taylor, Michael Pittman. And if I'm looking at the tight ends, I'm looking for touchdowns, right? Because Moly Cox has been involved, but he hasn't really been getting the touchdowns.

Trey Burton, to me, is the one that they're going to use near the goal line the most. I don't really want any of them because, man, if two of these guys could just go on vacation. I mean, the role is great, you know, but they utilize the fact that they have three for misdirection, and it's why their tight-in position does so well, but it's not good for fantasy, so I'll probably stay away. I mean, week two. Remember Gigantor when he was like the only one? Oh, it was a gigantic week. And he was five for 11?

That was awesome. So Ryan Tannahill, are you steering clear this week? Yeah, I probably am steering clear. Ryan Tannahill or Lamar Jackson? I would go Lamar Jackson. I think the potential for the large upside game, the, you know, a 50-yard rushing touchdown or something. I'll take Tanyhill. Yeah, I like that you take Tanna Hill. I do. Man, even when I said Lamar Jackson, it didn't feel great.

I don't think Lamar can put a monster game up against Pittsburgh. Yeah. How about? You think Tany Hill can put a monster game up against the Colts? Well, look, AJ Brown. No, I don't. And it's a, I mean, it's a narrow margin here. There's not one I have, I don't want to play either guy. Yeah, that's, so for me, maybe we're spinning the wrong narrative here. No, no, it's a real question that I'm sure some people have. That's why for me, I don't believe that either of those quarterbacks is going to have a big game. So give me the one who is.

A higher floor. Safer option. You have the higher floor, which would be Lamar Jackson. Derek Henry is good. Oh, so good. At football. So you have more yards per contact than any other running back other than Delvin Cook has on this season? I mean, he's been phenomenal. You can't do anything about. Sorry, yards after contact.

Yes. Apparently I said yards per contact. I don't know what that means. Nobody does. Yeah, because Derek Henry has a thousand seventy-nine rushing yards. Dalvin Cook has a thousand sixty-nine rushing yards. And in third place, is James Robinson at 762. So yes, Derek Henry has more yards, more rushing yards after contact than the third place rush. That was a tweet from Ian Hartitz. Yeah. So pretty crazy. Antonio Brown, just try to tackle it. AJ Brown.

AJ Brown is who we're talking about. Oh, the Megalodon is starting to kick in, yes. Can you get me a smelling salt? Can we, can we get the smelling salts back in here? That's two mistakes in like a minute. Oh, salt break. Yeah, get it, get that over here. So, Mike, I only got like four hours of sleep. AJ Brown is in. I want to talk about Corey Davis here for a little bit. Do we have to? We do have to. I know. Because.

Do you realize how solid Corey Davis has been? He has two games outside of the top 40, which, I mean, one was against Chicago, a three target game that turned into a goose. And then, unfortunately, week three, did someone just throw a salt at me? Yeah, I threw a smelling salt at you. Excellent. And week three. Mega salt. I'm back. It's AJ Brown. Week three against Minnesota.

Five for 69. He was the wide receiver 41. Jason's going in. He has assaulted. But, like, if you look at the consistency of Corey Davis, it's been great. Like, he has been a very reliable wide receiver. He has the stink of the goose from week nine against Chicago. And, like, that's... The stink of the goose. You don't want the stink of the goose. The stink of the goose is brutal, man, because that sticks with people and it gets you freaked out from...

Multiple weeks of I'm off. I'm not playing Corey Davis. But what about the matchup? Like the matchup that he just had against the Baltimore Ravens where he was 5 for 113? Here's what I believe about Corey Davis, truly. I do not believe Ryan Tannahill has a preference between A.J. Brown and Corey Davis on any play. I think that both guys. I'm moving him up. Now, AJ Brown is more talented than Cory Davis. So he is more productive than Cory Davis. But when Tannehill...

Play action passes. I think he looks for both guys. And Corey Davis has been more consistent this year. So, you know, we have to change our opinion if we think that he can do it consistently. I'm glad you brought this up, Mike. You're enlightening myself and our audience. Yes. But what about Antonio Brown in this match? Well, I would not play Antonio. Not in this match. No way. See if we can get through another one. Carolina, four and seven, the Minnesota Vikings. Oh!

Go! That was the weirdest. Woo! You broke the smelling salt at nose level, and I don't understand why you did that. Because I'm back. I'm back. Oh, your eyes are watering. Oh, man. 85 minutes in, and you broke it at the nose. I've never seen that way. I wanted to break it into the microphone. Oh, I heard it, yeah. But my nose was in the way. Yeah, no, I mean, good to go. Holy Toledo.

Minnesota, four point favorites in this one, 48.5 point over under. I do like Minnesota in this game. Adam Thielen, we got to report mid-megadone that head coach Mike Zimmer said he doesn't know if he's going to be cleared in time. So it's up in the air, which is a tough place to be if you are leaning on Adam Thielen in his mandatory two touchdowns a week that he is giving fantasy players right now. What's brutal this year or this week is three matchups on Thursday.

And it's very possible that you have, like, you're, you have one of those wide receivers in that game, and you're going to be, your hand will be forced, that you have to play them. You look like you were shaking a little bit. Oh, dude, I'm, I am, good to go. I am awake. You are awake. Like Chase Claypool, you just play them on Thursday, then instead of waiting for Thielen? Yeah, I heard the Kristen Michael start there.

You also have Teddy Bridgewater's availability up in the air. We don't know if he will be playing quarterback. Does it much matter to you fantasy-wise? Are your decisions changing with Moore Robinson, Samuel? I don't think my decisions are changing. I won't play Teddy.

Sure, yes, that's actually one that would change. But as far as the wide receiver trifecta, you might have more output. I think it's better, obviously, to have Teddy Bridgewater than to have PJ Walker. But the gap between them and what we saw from week one says, I'm going to make the same decisions as to whether or not I'm going to start these guys. And really, I think you could take a shot on all three wide receivers. Did Kirk Cousins do enough last week to where you want to stream him in this game?

Yeah, he did for me. What about if Theelan's out? Then no. I was asking this question to Jason earlier, and Mike, I'd like to have you weigh in. Justin Jefferson, he has taken the league by storm. People worried about him being a slot-wide receiver. Oh, what will he be able to do? He's just like the best vertical threat in all of football. Yeah. Are you... Chase Claypool. He's in the argument, too, for the rookies. Sure, sure, sure. Statistically, I think Jefferson's technically winning on that one, but...

Is he? Not if you go touchdowns. Yeah. Yards per round run. He's number one. Outlandish. He's up there where only Julio lives. Which is a scary place on top of a mountain, a lot of stairs. What do you do? Is Jefferson better or without Thielen? No. Is the ceiling higher without Thielen? I mean, all the touchdowns go to Thielen. Jefferson's jealous. Yeah, but I don't. As great as Justin Jefferson has been, Adam Thielen is elite.

As a defense, you have to scheme for Adam Thielen. He changes everything. And even with all the schemes that defenses are trying to do this year, Adam Thielen is still dominating, especially in the touchdown area. But I can't imagine that it is actually better for Justin Jefferson if Adam Thielen is out. The whole offense gets a downgrade. Maybe he gets a few more targets, but you want.

the offense to move. And Adam Thielen is a big part of that. And I think Thielen is so good that I would, if I had pivots that were on Thursday because of the triple header of football on Thanksgiving. And those were my alternatives. And I'm not sure if Adam Thielen is going to play. I'm going to make a waiver wire transaction and find some other wide receiver I can pick up that is a wrong or two down for the hope of having Adam Thelan. Yeah.

I feel like we've talked enough about Carolina. We broke down Robbie Anderson, DJ more in the starts of the week. If Christian McCaffrey's back, you play him? If he's not, you play Mike Davis. That is correct. Easy peasy. What about Curtis Samuel? Came back last week. Nice game after Stank. He's a shot in the dark. Would you play Curtis Samuel or Marvin Jones? I'll play Marvin Jones. I got one for you. Curtis Samuel.

or Christian Kirk against the Patriots? Oh, that's really good. I would take the matchup in that case because I see them as somewhat similar, Kirk being more of the two. But lately, Larry Fitzgerald's been more involved in the offense, and sometimes Kirk is the three, just like Curtis Samuel can be. So I'm going to take the matchup against the Minnesota Vikings. Small update to an earlier matchup, Kenny Stills Randokov both out officially. Okay. So it will be all Brandon Cooks and all Will Fuller.

Talk about consistent, dependable, mashed potato style. Will Fuller has been that for fantasy players this year. And Dependable and Will Fuller, could you imagine I would have said that before the year? With all of his injury problems. He was the definition of high variance. And now it's like, no, he's the steady rock. I mean, even last week when you talked about the Patriot shutting down the first option, he was double digits. By the way, free agent, nice year to have this year. Yes, it is.

Anything else here? We want to talk about. Move on to Arizona. Let's move on. Cardinals, six and four, taking on the Patriots, four and six. Oh, yeah. Cardinals, two-point favorites? Really? Okay. Two-point road favorites. I think that's fair. It's appropriate. 49.5 point over under. These are a battle of the goal line quarterbacks. Murray has 10 rushing touchdowns. Cam Newton has nine. And slightly different size.

between them, but both getting into the end zone. Patriots, we know they want to run the football. You talked about Cam Newton earlier, Mike. Kyler, you play every week. He, you know, heard some interviews around the valley here. He's sore, but he's fine. They're trying to limit some reps. He throws the football a lot, but he's going to be out there. I did hear they're wanting to activate all three quarterbacks for this game. That gave me a twinge of worry. I'm still going to play Kyler, and there's nothing you could, you know, could say to.

You know, obviously if I had Kyler or Josh Allen and I have both of them on the same team, okay, sure. I'll go to Josh Allen because of the shoulder worry. Yeah, but like what if it was Justin Herbert? I would go Herbs. Oh, I'd play Kyler. Herbs. Whoa. I mean, just because the threat of the shoulder injury getting reagravated or worsened or injured, I mean, they're both good. Cardinals traveling east hasn't always worked out. Yeah.

Tough, you know, tough defensive team at times. Obviously, Watson got done last week. It's tough. I mean, one of the things that you're looking at, too, is like, are you hyper-confident in DeAndre Hopkins again this week? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I mean, it doesn't matter if he hasn't had. I'm going to be honest. That was just for me. I have him. I just wanted to hear somebody say that they're super confident in DeAndre Hopkins. I mean, Gilmore. I'm super confident about Hopkins. Okay. All right. That's good.

I mean, you should be. There's nothing. And you know what? If he's terrible this week, coming into next week, I will be super confident on Dianne. I'll just go watch the bills catch again. I'm sorry, Jason. I never should have doubted. But Kenyon Drake, what do you do with Kenyon Drake this week? 15 touches last week. Yeah, you start him. I mean, Kenyon Drake is, he's been a very relevant fantasy option.

the majority of his weeks. They haven't been, unfortunately, the top five finishes that you want. He hasn't been breaking off chunk plays left, right, and center. But he's getting the volume. And whenever he gets in the end zone, then he ends up with actually a really good thing. What about Drake or your guy, Belize? Oh, that's an interesting one. I feel like.