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

This week with the expected point total, the pace of play, I think I would lean Belage, because I see Drake as more of a running back two. And I see Belage as a running back too, but if I had to say, you know, who gets in the end zone or who gets more receptions. Yeah, it's Belage. I lean towards Belage. Drake or Bruce Wayne Galman. Oh, I would go Drake there for sure. The Cincinnati is surprisingly decent against running back. I'm Goldman.

See, when you play running back for the Giants, you cannot become Batman. You just stay Bruce Wayne. You have to fight crime as Bruce Wayne. Oh, no. I think he, but he at least has the cowl on. He has the cowl and the tuxedo. He borrowed it from Sequin? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, but Seikos, I'm not giving you the cape. Yeah, you're not giving them the whole thing. Yeah. No. You don't wear a cape. No, he's wearing that during rehab. Damien Harris at Running Back 22 on the week. Some question marks here if Sony Michelle is active.

Al Borland, any changing thoughts on Sunday Michelle? Never. So it doesn't like him. James White, I do like as a PPR start. If you look at Rex Burkhead, and I'll talk about this later in the show as well, but Rex Burkhead was averaging 30 to 40% of the snaps at the position. And those are high value four plus targets of game numbers. That's going to go to James White. It was double digits last week. He's not got a ceiling, but he's got a floor.

I agree. If you're in a full PPR league, you can play James White. Rex Burkhead makes a difference. I would say that, you know, what we've seen historically, we joke about, you know, the Cardinals not guarding the flat because they've been bad when past catching running backs have faced them the last couple of years. But I do want to point out rookie sensation who...

Couldn't get on the field, Isaiah Simmons, who's the speed guy who can guard players in the flat. He's actually now been worked in. He's over 50% of the defensive snaps. It's a miracle. Yeah, and so it gives me a little bit of pause. Chase Edmonds or James White, same game. Chase Edmonds, six opportunities last week, but yet still ended up the running back 14. I will go James White. I know that Chase Edmonds has the higher ceiling. He could have the boom, shock, a lock a game.

I'm looking at James White, his game log, and there's something pretty wild that stands out. He has been on the field for 50 plus percent of the snaps three times. In those three games, he's been a top 30 running back, including twice as a top 20 guy, because that turns into eight plus targets. All right, we won't linger here. Jacobi Myers, Demir Bird, Nikiel Harry. No, no, no. Yeah. Somebody will probably have a good game, but it's kind of hard to predict. Correct.

The Dolphins at 6 and 4 take on the New York Jets who are 0 and 10. Dolphins are 7 point favorites in this one. It's a 44.5 point over under. And this is one of the games where you look at it and you say maybe the Jets get that win. I mean, it's rare for a team to go in less. Miami last week, you've got some issues on offense. The Jets showed a little bit of life on offense. I did pick them to cover in our office pool, which didn't feel good.

I went and threw up afterwards. But does he get the win here? Does Adam Gays get in the wind column? No. No, I don't think so. I think the dolphins have been pretty well coached. And after an unexpected loss and a benching, I think the team's going to come out and play hard. And I just, I don't see the Jets winning ever. So, well, let's go through the schedule real quick because that's an interesting exercise. Okay, so you're saying no against Miami. Next week.

Vegas. Nah. Nope. Seattle. No way. Rams. Never. Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland. Possible. At home, too. Yeah. This game and the Cleveland game are your two shots. There are only six games from Trevor Lawrence, guys. Oh, man. Trevor Lawrence, please demand. It will not be gay. Gaze will be gone. It won't be Adam Gase. Yeah, but, yeah, I don't trust the franchise. Well.

The franchise that hires Adam Gase. It wasn't like before they brought in Gaze. We all thought he was good until he just let down. We knew beforehand and it was like, why would he have gotten a second job or a third or a fifth? It wasn't just the Jets looking at him. We were terrified out here in Arizona. Oh, man. Really dodged a beehole there. All right. Joe Flacco, we think, will be the starter again, which is good news for the Brashad Perriman dart throw.

And Denzel Mims, man. It's not just, if you're willing to take a shot on Brashad Perryman, I think you have to at least consider Denzel Mims. Mims has appeared in four games and has seen seven or more targets in three of them. His yardage totals have continued to increase. He hit, he was three for 71 against the Chargers. He didn't get the touchdown like Prashad Perryman, but they're.

He can't close the deal yet. He's not closing the deal. He's getting the air yards. He's getting the air yards and getting the deep targets just like Perryman is. But you're right. He hasn't come down with the ball on any of those really deep throws. And you want to see it. But I do believe that Mims can get it done. I get your argument, Mike. And if you ask me who's, you know, who's really more talented between Mims and Perryman? Mims is more talented, but he's more raw. He's a rookie.

He's a Perryman's a free agent, by the way. So, I don't know. The future could be brighter for Denzel Mims. Jason brought up Devante Parker as it started the week. And Frank Gore, we talked about him a little bit yesterday. He's infinite. He is all. Yeah, you can play him. He'll get 15 carries a somewhat okay chance at a touchdown. That's, I do want to bring that up. I want you to understand. He broke a streak of not scoring a touchdown. They went back to week three of last year. Yeah.

And he's been the starting running back for several of those games since then. So it was anomalous. You are right. He does have an opportunity there. He will get more snaps to Michael P. Ryan. He has absolutely a start that you can play and hope for 10 points. But it's been a long time. Yeah, I mean, it's been a long time. But he wasn't getting, I mean, the previous six games, he didn't have a single red zone carry. This last week he had six. So the opportunities weren't there. And with P. Ryan out of the way, I think that.

If they get, now here's the thing. They might never get to the red zone. So touchdown opportunities for the jets are not common. But if they get around the goal line, I think he'll have the opportunity. Frank Gore or one of the Buffalo running backs. I would take my shot on the upside of Zach Moss. Frank Gore or Gus Edwards against Pittsburgh. Gus. Okay. Yeah, I'd play Gus. Gore has no ceiling. Correct. 13 points.

If everything, if all the stars align, which is, by the way, stars align in that situation is Bashar Perman is Passing or Feared with on a deep ball. Right. Sure. Tua is going to start. You're not going to start himself in Ahmed. We don't have updates on Miles Gaskin. Ahmed is a very, he could be one of those guys that you feel really uncomfortable with. And all of a sudden on Sunday, you're like, okay, you can start him. Yeah.

Last two weeks, he's had 22 and 18 opportunities. It's like a downgraded version of Belage right now. It's a slightly downgraded version of Miles Gaskin. Yeah. If Gaskin's out, Akman can be played with confidence. Cleveland Brown, 7 and 3, Jacksonville, 1 in 9, starting a new quarterback. Doug Moron has had a rough go. Browns are 6.5 point favorites. It's a 49 point over under. And, you know, when you get in this situation where the quarterbacks are rotating, a lot of the times you settle in with,

Things can't be worse than Jake Luton. I mean, he had the lowest completion percentage. He was turning the ball over ridiculous amounts of time. Also played Pittsburgh. And Mike Glenn could be just as bad. We need to acknowledge that possibility. Do you like the Brown's defense, even though you don't have Ward and you don't have Miles Garrett, would you play the Browns D? Yeah, I would absolutely play the Browns defense. You might be down a couple of players, but you're playing the Jacksville Jaguars. So, yeah. Yeah, the matchup.

Even if this was Gardner, you would still be playing the Cleveland Brown's defense. And it's worth noting they went with Mike Glennon because you got a abandoned ship on Jake Luton. It wasn't Gardner yet, Gardner Minshue, because Morone wants him to get a full week of practice throwing the ball. So Gardner Minshue is going to be back sooner than later. All right. James Robinson, you play him.

Every week. He is productive. DJ Tark, we discussed it earlier in the show. He's risky. There is no way you can say he's not risky. He is. And that's where the list ends on the Jacksonville side. Nick Chubb, Cream Hunt, yep, play them. I don't play a wide receiver. I play Hooper on the Cleveland side. I agree. I think Jarvis Landry and a PPR you could pick up. So here's a perfect example, right? You've got Adam Thielen. You need someone. Jarvis might be on the waivers.

I think you can pick him up and play him in a matchup where there, I mean, we haven't seen Baker be able to have the ability to throw with weather. So, you know, clear skies, hopefully. And, you know, Jarvis has been a good one receiver in the past. Not that this year, though. No, not this year. I think the name is kind of the, I mean, I think Higgins or Hodge has the same argument that Landry would have in that game. And Landry's been dealing with injuries.

Would you play them, Mike? No. Okay. Let's talk about the New Orleans Saints at 8 and 2, taking on the Denver Broncos. Melvin Gordon, nice game last week. Saints are six-point favorites, by the way, 43.5 point over under. That gives the Broncos just 18 and a half points. Melvin Gordon, nice game. Touchdown dependent. Do we expect a reprise? No. Is he a sit-worthy player? Would you play Frank Gore or Melvin Gordon, Mike? We're going low.

I would play Melvin Gordon in that case. But not with confidence. That's about where he is, though. I think he is a sick candidate. And, you know, it's funny. You talk about Melvin Gordon as bad and Frank Gore is good, but that's relative to who they are and what their expectations are. I don't expect either to be a running back too. I think they'll both be outside the top 30 running backs. They will get some volume.

And we've just seen too many weeks where Melvin Gordon was irrelevant once Philip Lindsay was on the field. He was great last week. Fine, but the Saints defense has just been on fire. And I think they're only going to get better with Taysom Hill slowing down the offense. If you want to feel pain and you have to decide a Denver Bronco wide receiver to start, his name is Tim Patrick. Oh, yeah, Tim Patrick for sure. All right. And then Noah Fant, he has not been a top 10 tight end since week two.

This is probably not the week to do it against the number one defense against tight ends. Find another option. Yeah, I mean, you know, earlier in the year, the Saints were beat up by tight ends, left, right, and center. The reality is they're number one against tight ends because they're so good against the quarterbacks and their defense has just been great. I would look for a different option. You can throw them in there because, you know, if you want four for 40.

The Saints for context last six weeks, second against opposing fantasy quarterbacks, first against opposing fantasy running backs, first against opposing fantasy tight ends. Yeah, they've been locked down. Tatum Hill, it's my stream of the week. He's a good play this week. Nine out of ten on play action passes last week. Alvin Camara, yep. Latavius Murray. Is he more interesting than he should be? Yeah. I think so. Frank Gore Latavius Murray, Mike. Frank Gore. Frank Gore. Okay.

I think I would go Latavius. I'm looking at Latavius versus Melvin Gordon, and it's interesting to me because one of these defenses recently has been, well, the best against running backs, and one of these defenses has been beat to heck by running backs on the ground. And Latavius Mari last week was up over 50% of the snaps. But that's still only turned into...

running back 26. I mean, he was 12 for 49. He was two for 36 through the air. Really? Latavius had 36 receiving yards. Yeah, I'd be playing Gordon in that situation just for potential upside. But I get what you're saying. I mean, Murray has settled. Like, if you need to shoot for the running by 30 on the week, Latavius has a real shot of getting there every week. Yes. Yeah, I do think he has, he probably has more goal line.

opportunity than Frank Gore, just because the reality of them being in the red zone, being in the five zone could be there. Maybe. We haven't seen, let's see, we got three. They haven't turned to Murray there, have they? Yeah, we have three carries inside the five for Latavius Murray over the course of the year. And it's been since week seven that we saw one of those attempts. Michael Thomas, yep, you can play him. What about, what do you do with Jared Cook? I think you cut Jared Cook.

open up your roster for someone. You cut him or do you cut him? Oh, I think you would have to kid him because Jerk Kuk is, he's good. He's obviously someone that around the end zone could get a touchdown and maybe there's nobody else that's pivot worthy on your waiver wire. Maybe Jordan Reed wasn't there or you got sniped by some jerk. You know, that happens. It happens.