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

It does. But, you know, the reality is... Boom, Shakalaka! I don't expect much from Jared Keuk while Tasam Hill is the quarterback. 49ers at 4 and 6 take on the Los Angeles Rams who sit at 7 and 3. Rams are 7-point favorites. It's a 45 point over-under. San Francisco won this matchup with a different team back in week 6 where Kittle went 7 for 109.

And Jared Goff was hashtag bad. Oh, yeah, he was. Less 19 for 38 passing. Oh, he was bad. I am still not over the fact that Jared Goff was a on-paper smash start against Seattle and did absolutely nothing. Worst game in the year fantasy-wise. And then comes back last week and gives you that performance. Jared Goff's on three straight games of 300 plus passing yards.

Right, which includes that game where he was the worst fantasy quarterback. It hasn't turned into fantasy output because it did against Tampa Bay because he had three passes. But he had a dry spell of touchdowns there. Here's a stat for you. First five games never surpassed 32 pass attempts. Last five games every time. Throw on the football. Cup, Woods got confidence boost this past week, won you weeks.

big games from both of those guys. You saw Josh Reynolds take a step back again in that one. You can't really pick a tight end on that offense because both guys get targeted and it's just not predictable. So I probably avoid that and San Francisco's been good against them over the last six weeks. Agreed. And I, what do you do with golf based on all that hype there? I think you can stream him if you need to.

I would rather not stream him because it's a divisional opponent. You know, it's a different San Francisco 49ers team. They've lost a lot. They haven't been able to play the great San Francisco 49ers defense that they were the first half of the year. But if there's a game that they're going to get up for it, it's going to be the divisional opponent against the Rams. Jared Goff or Kirk Cousins against Carolina. I would go Kirk Cousins. Jared Goff or Daniel Jones. I'll go Daniel Jones. Okay. And last one.

Jared Goff or Carson Wentz versus Seattle. Matchup is so good. I was ironic because I just did this with golf. I played him against Seattle. I was asking Mike while we were doing our rankings. I was like, what do you do with Carson Wins? I mean, this is a smash play. And I can't tell people to play him. I wouldn't play him myself. But at the same time, I mean, everybody throws for 300 plus yards against Seattle.

Just say no. Just say no to drugs. Just say no. I think it proves the point, though, that I'm not excited about golf in this matchup. Every quarterback in the NFL in the right matchup can have a nice fantasy game. But we have to probably stop thinking of Carson Wins in the category of will have a great fantasy game in that matchup. And it sucks. I'm thinking about that in a lot of leagues where he's been.

I'm streaming quarterbacks. I'm like, ooh, ah, I'm going somewhere else. I'm playing Derek Carr. All right. All right. It's tough in the streets on the San Francisco offensive side of the ball. They have five running backs that are in questionable status. Maybe Jared McKinnon isn't, but Raheem Oster is, and Tevin Coleman is, and Jeff Wilson is, and Jim Michael Hastie went to IR. So if Mostert-McKinnon

and Coleman are all active this week. Are you playing Mostard against the Rams defense? No. I'm going to wait. I'm going to wait a week. I think this is a full on other than trying Jordan Reed out. I think you can just not play 49ers and be okay with your life. I agree. I think, you know, I've brought up Jordan Reed. We've talked about him. The opportunities should be there. But this, this Rams defense has been phenomenal. I don't believe this, you know, Nick Mullins is going to really.

give a lot of touchdown opportunities. I mean, this is a PPR play for 6 for 60 from Jordan Reed. You know, I don't think Moster or Coleman or McKinnon or Wilson or, you know, hasty are going to get it done. If Moster is activated and is the starter, I'm willing to play Moster. I mean, we're talking about playing guys like Frank Gore. Sure. But Mosterd is the only one. I was going to say.

If he's active, all that tier of players, Melvin Gordon, Frank Gore, all those guys down there, Latavis Murray. I'm certainly going to play most sort over them. All right, the Kansas City Chiefs at 9 and 1 take on the 7 and 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This game's interesting because of just how schizophrenic Tampa Bay seems to be. Chiefs are three and a half point favorites. It's not a lot. It's a 56 point over under. It doesn't, it's not super complicated on the Kansas City side. You play Mahomes, you play.

You can play Clyde with maybe like running back two flex type of thoughts. Tyree Kill every week. I guess the question becomes, do you, is there a second wide receiver you're willing to play? Because Byron Pringle kind of took the lunch money of McCull Hardman this past week and was the more featured wide receiver.

But Byron Pringle has been placed on the IR, so he is out. Sammy Watkins, I believe, is eligible to come back. Oh, bloody. Everyone thought he was back last week, and they're like, no, we don't want you. Yeah, because they had Byron Pringle. Right. But they don't have Pringle anymore. That should answer your question. Yeah, and even to Marcus Robinson, who, look, you got eight targets last week. I mean, you can't ask for much more than that.

This is not a secondary option, by the way. This is the third or fourth option for the team. They are optimistic that Samuel Watkins will be back this week. I think Andy's right. This is the easiest offense out there to say what you do with fantasy because there's no nuance. If you have Mahomes, you always start them. If you have Tyreek, you always start them. If you have Kelsey, you always start them. The only nuance is Clyde Edwards-Aler, who you're probably going to start in almost every situation. So, yeah, and then you move on. Tom Brady.

I don't know, Jay, are you playing Tom Brady? Yeah, yeah, I think Tom Brady's okay. I mean, it's, I worry about Chris Jones because that that center pressure up the pocket has been hurting. But remember, I just, I just, I just brought it up, you know, when I was talking about Matt Ryan, the fact that he was.

downright horrific against the Saints. The following week, he was the quarterback one. He has the weapons. He can get it done. We saw this worry before the game against the Rams. We knew he was going to not be a great fantasy option. I think with the Chiefs here in a high-scoring affair, I think Tom Brady can get it done. He's fine. I'm not saying he's a must start. I've got Brady and Josh Allen. I'm not going to start Brady. Just to reflect on your Monday thoughts on Brady and when he's bad and when he's good. This pass rush has not been good.

for the chief. It's underperforming. Chris Jones included, the big contract, but not getting as much pressure, as you said, up the pocket. So I think Brady has an opportunity. Ronald Jones is annoying, so annoying. Because, you know, I had leagues where I had them on the bench during the breakout game, and then I'm like, oh, I've got to get him back in, so I don't miss points. And he does nothing last week. He will have every opportunity to get it going. But if they...

It just gets complicated in this one, and I would probably try to avoid him because you're underdogs, and we know who the nickelback is. Look at this back. It's Leonard Fournett. Even though he can't catch the ball. You know who he reminded me of this game? Ronald Jones. I mean, how frustrated are you if you're Tom Brady? When these guys are running under the field, I have to believe that Bruce Ariens.

grabs them by the jersey, looks them in the eye and says, whatever you do, don't drop a pass. And then they go out there with that in their head and they can't catch the football. Any chance that they start working Kishan Vaughan in?

Does they get ready for the playoffs? I don't know. I mean, it would make sense if you're really, really frustrated. He's the best pass catching running back on the team. Yeah, because you've got two other guys that are bad pass catching backs. But I think they want the veterans in there. I think they want the pass protection for Brady with the offensive line. If they bring in a rookie who also whiffs on something and Brady gets hurt, it's just not worth the risk because he can catch the ball.

Sorry, Jason. To just finish the thought on Ronald Jones and echo what Andy said, this is a game you project to lose against Kansas City Chiefs. When you look at Ronald Jones and you say, okay, well, when has he been scoring, it's in the wins. It's pretty simple. He's literally scoring double the fantasy points in games they win, 14 versus 7 in the games they lose. I expect them to lose this game, so it's not a Ronald Jones game. Yeah, and just to echo your point on the pass protection, the offense isn't built to throw the ball to the running back.

They want a running back. They can toss it to even in an emergency, but they just need somebody to block for Tom Brady, and that's Ben Fournette. Evans-Gadwin, Brown, put them in order in this game. Brown Evans-Godwin. You're putting Brown one. I just think the targets are there for Brown. He's seemingly the number one target. It's close. It's not like he's the one and, you know, everyone else's fodder. But he's the one, and unlike Godwin.

They're both used as possession guys, but every game, Antonio Brown's getting a deep shot or two. And they haven't connected yet, but, I mean, they should connect at some point. Bears at 5 and 5. By the way, Rob Grancowski, you can start them. You can't. It was a dud last week. Yeah. But that was Tom Brady. And that was tight end. Chicago Bears, 5 and 5 taken on the Green Bay Packers, who are 7 and 3.

and the Packers are 8.5 point favorites in this one. It's a 45 point over under. Is it going to be Nick Foles? Is it going to be Mitch Trubisky? I don't know. Is it going to be David Montgomery? I think that's the real question. Well, he is out of the concussion protocol. Oh, fantastic. So it is going to be David Montgomery. Would you play David Montgomery fresh off of the concussion protocol?

Yes, 100%. Hold on. Hold on. I know why you're answering the way you're answering, and that is you're looking across the field. And you're saying, well, the Packers, they just give up a ton of points. Yes. Yes. We've talked about this, Jason. Let me look at you in the eyes. David Montgomery doesn't take advantage of matchups. Exactly. He will have no quarterback. Yep. He doesn't take advantage of good matchups. That's right. Why are you playing him in this game? Because he's an RB2. He's always an RB. The matchup. Yeah, but.

can be pretty much irrelevant. I mean, he's going to be somewhere in the, he's going to get the volume, and he won't take advantage of the matchup in the sense that he's not going to run for five of carry and have this big 120-yard game and two touchdowns like you should have against Packers. But it is still a weaker running opponent, which with the volume, I think he will end where he always ends. Kalen Belize or David. I would go Belage because Belage has the upside that I don't think Montgomery has. Okay.

But they both, to me. Rahim Mostert, if he's active or David Montgomery. Oh, that's a great question. I would go David Montgomery. I would go David Montgomery or, I don't know, Antonio Brown. Oh, that's actually super interesting. David Montgomery or Antonio Brown and half point PPR in the flex. Yeah, just hypothetically. I would probably take Antonio Brown. I would take Antonio Brown. I would take Antonio Brown.

All right, Alan Robinson. I have my fears for him in this game. Jair Alexander, a Packers defense that is stout against wide receivers, and Alan Robinson that is probably good for six, seven, eight receptions, but is that going to be 42 yards no touchdown? That's the concern for me. I am choosing Antonio Brown over Alan Robinson this week right now. I am...

just hesitant with the upside in this specific matchup on Sunday night football. Also, I will throw out the latest reports I had seen specific to the quarterback. Nick Foles is beat up. He has the hip pointer type of injury where he's still in pain. Trubisky is ready to practice. I lean that it's going to be Miss Trubisky back under center. Wow. I don't know what I want to happen. It is a grass is greener.

permanence there in Chicago where whatever quarterback's in, I'm like, boy, if they could just get that other quarterback in, maybe Alan Robinson could get to do what he wants to do. Breaking news. Well, the NFL is postponing tomorrow night's Ravens Steelers game. That will not happen. So there are only two Thursday night games. We do not have the details on when it is postponed to? It's to Sunday. We do have the details. Yes. But what time of the day, Andy?