Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Spooky Studs, Develish Duds, Rising Stars, News

plays that they needed to move the ball. He was looking to Eifford, and he was looking very often. So this is encouraging, because if you can get a player that can challenge for that Grankowski type of role, which Grancowski puts the yards and the touchdowns together, you're talking about a huge, huge advantage for your team. We'll also throw out just the little bit of shade here that Green was experiencing the Norman effect. It's true. And if you watched it, I mean, that was a great matchup.

The entire game. AJ Green deserves every bit of consideration as being the best wide receiver. All of the dollars he has paid, he has earned. That's, I'm just saying he's worth the money, man. He is such a great player. My favorite part of the game, though, was Norman missed a couple snaps. And they just, and they just, they fed green until Norman was back. And there's like, Norman, get back out there. That was Norman. And the truth was, Norman had to employ every.

strategic near penalty move. Didn't he have like five hands to the face? Along with a bunch of actual penalties. Yeah. Hands to the face was his favorite move of the week. I do give him credit. I mean, when you play up on the line of scrimmage and you're fighting with AJ Green on every play, that is a baller. That is a fighter. There are certain cornerbacks that prefer the, you know, these great cornerbacks. They prefer the small, speedy, fast guys. I think that's more Josh Norman versus the, the tall, big guy. Whereas Sherman for Seattle, he said, you know, he preferred.

playing those big, strong Mondo receivers versus the speedster shifting guys. So, you know, keep, we'll talk about that. And AJ is a speedy big guy. So that makes it very difficult. Jordan Reed, rule 86, nine for 99 and a tudge down. Yep. Very nice. Zeus.

Zootman. There you are. Here's all the 100-yard games. The running backs lost it, and Travis Kelsey found it. I think a big part of the reason that he was so good is because Alex Smith went out twice and missed half that game. It's a good point. They started throwing the ball a little bit more downfield. Yeah, it's not a bad point. And Grankowski, hopefully you started Rob Grankowski this week. He was a big sleeper for us. Yeah.

C.J. deeper leagues. C.J. Fedorowitz, five or 43. He was a sleeper who I mentioned a lot on the periscope on Sunday. Fedorowitz. Yeah. I threw shade on him early in the week, looked it up. And then I think in the middle of the week, I said, uh, I like him. I like Fedorowitz. You had, you were worried about Griffin, but it, Fedorowitz is clearly past Griffin. Yeah. You had the matchup of a, an offense versus Detroit, which is giving up just touchdowns galore. Brock Osweiler.

Couldn't get it done. But Fedorowitz continued the tight end streak against Detroit. They are, they are the, what is it? Blue is the new black because they are the new Oakland where you just want to start your tight ends against them. Yeah. Also, Jason, you were saying the kickers, man. What's up with the kickers just here? Honestly, the kickers are really just across the NFL. They look terrible. They have forgotten how to kick.

Field goals, obviously, extra points are a little bit more difficult. So now they have an excuse to miss them. Now, I know you take them out of your league. You spent the majority of your time this week studying the kicker position. Oh, that's all I do. When you selected your new kicker of the week. How did Mr. Venetary performed exactly how kickers perform when you think you can predict how they're going to do, which is he stunk and he will be good.

and he'll be bad and you have no control over it you're going to start him every week because he's one of the top guys stay tuned for jason's boom boom kicker the week take him out of your league i'll say this i had uh i don't recall where i heard it but it was they were talking about goskowski and his struggles throughout the entire year and they talked about how he had changed his swing because

because now with the new touchback rule, the Patriots are trying to take advantage of that by popping the ball in the air because they know the touchback goes to the 25. So kick it to the one because they're not going to get to the 25. So he's not kicking as hard as he can. Well, he just, you've changed his mechanics. And so, I mean, you're talking about a kicker. You're talking about a complete muscle memory situation where you don't want to have to think about anything. You just let your leg do it. Looks like we need three kickers on a roster. You got a punter.

A field goaler. Just saying that maybe that's what's going on because I agree with Jason that the kicking has felt pretty bad. All right. We're going to give you our three big names for this week's Raising Cain's Rising Stars of the Week. These are guys that, you know, there were stud muffins, but we want to, we think their success. We want to spotlight it. We'll continue. Raising Cain's Rising Stars of the Week. All right. I'm going to kick it off with the guy that was my start of the week. Now, you're probably.

much happier with him in a PPR format than you would be in a standard format because he didn't find the end zone on the other end of any of Aaron Rogers four touchdown passes. But look, Devante Adams has increased his production. He's increased his target share. He's increased the confidence of Aaron Rogers and I believe.

He was targeted on about half of the second half passes of Aaron Rogers, caught 12 passes again this week on 14 targets. So that has to make Aaron Rogers happy as well. And a couple of difficult catches, some going to the ground. I was very impressed with Devante Adams. He seems to have found a rapport with Rogers that he had not previously had. So I'm going to make him a rising star because I think Devante Adams is startworthy right now moving forward until...

something else happens. And I'll jump on that. I'll piggyback on a guy who I'm moving him up to, I feel comfortable starting him. That's Jameson Crowder, 13 targets that tied for the team high this week. There were my questions for James and Crowder who was kind of, he was heating up. We go by the NBA Jam rule. He had two solid games. He was heating up.

But Jordan Reed was not there for those games. It felt like... Put a little pause. Right. Like, let's see. Can he produce? It's like the Golden Tate with Theoretic. Well, look who kind of fell back to Earth, Golden Tate. But James and Crowder still had another monster game. And now you have G. Jacks struggling. D. Jax is hurt. James and Crowder, in Standard, has double-digit fantasy points in four of eight games. And one of those games...

of the eight was 9.9. So basically five of eight games in standard. Jameson Crowder. They PPR guy. Well, this is not a random, you know, veteran that's producing. This is a second year player. Yes, he is ascending.

He has really looked good. You see them use him on a lot of screen passes, and that's why sometimes his yards per catch are down. Yes. But he has been known to break some of those screen passes, and he's had, I think, two plays this year where they've had, they've been about the 15-yard line and give him a screen pass where he has broken tackles, made a great play, got in the end zone, and it was a flag, and it got called back. Right. And so I'm officially moving Crowder into my lazy boy recliner status. Oh, I like it. Wow. That means I'm comfortable.

I like it. I'll start it. All right. You're trying to get the, I saw someone call you the master of the metaphor this week. Wait, what are you guys talking about? I know, I know. Hey, I was pretty happy with my, I saw a couple of Photoshop show up with Alex Smith inside of a.

inside of a fire extinguisher container. And of course, in this week, you know, he goes out with the concussion. And just recently, because he just sent it to me, Justin Brill has created a Photoshop. He made an Asiata. He made the car. Very nice. Very nice. I miss Silicon Valley. When's the next season? Not until forever. Yeah. About when Red Dead redemption comes out. That's what every, that's considered the future for everything. Why are you going to do this to me? What? You get all sad?

Yes. We're announcing our game. It is going to be released in three years. No, they just announced Red Red Redemption 3 is in 2048.

November, though. November 24th. My Razzie Cain's Rising Star is a true star. It's rare that we have, you know, these guys with a big names. With a star on his helmet. With a star on his helmet. And that is Mr. Des Bryant. Because if he came out this last week and put up a three for 45 and no touchdown, we would be riding him off. And yeah, he only had four receptions. But what you saw is how he was used. He had 113 yards and a touchdown. There were four deep ball.

thrown his way. Some were miscommunications. He was used in the red zone. He was targeted in that beautiful painted area that is so good for fantasy football. Sure. Sure.

Des Bryant is a legit star. We wondered how he'll be used in their game with Dak. Dak looked for him on long balls and looked for him in the red zone. That's all I need. I don't need him to get 10, 12 targets a game. That'd be great. But so long as he is being used on deep balls and in the red zone, he is, I mean, the pass to Des, that was a touchdown wasn't even that great a pass. And Des just went over and grabbed this great ball. The defender had his arm and in between his arms. He's like, no, it's mine. Here's the schedule for Des Bryant.

He plays Cleveland and Pittsburgh the next two weeks. Those are pretty good matchups. Yeah. Fast forward to the playoffs. So you got a good stretch to start. The playoff matchups for Des Bryant are the New York Giants, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Detroit Lions on Championship Week. That's not bad. That is a rising star to me who I hope you already bought him. If not, you might have some owners that think, ooh, ooh, I got a week. Maybe I could sell him now. They were worried.

I'd make a play. I also want an honorary mention of Terrell Pryor who went over 100 yards again. I thought about him. And I think you just need to now just give him the credit that he's due. He is a wide receiver and he is an elite one. I think he's a top 15 guy. I agree. All right. Those were the Raising Cains rising starts of the week. Remember game day tastes better with Raising Cain's tailgates full of fresh 24-hour marinated hand-battered chicken figures and fresh brood.

Sweet tea. Visit Raising Cains to find, Raising Cains.com to find your nearest location. All right. Now it's time to shift gears. Pooped in his big boy pants. It's official. It is official. This was the week from hell for me. Because I also had Mark Ingram on this team. I believe you just traded for Mark Ingraham. I just traded for Mark Ingraham, guys. There is a situation with Mark. You should look into Tim Hightower.

Before I even knew he was benched, right? Like I was on the road when this game started. I saw the fumble, and I looked at somebody in our league I was with, and I said, you know, he fumbled at the end of the game last week. And now he fumbled to start the game. And then I get this slack update on my watch from Mike that says, hey, it looks like Ingram's going to be benched. And I'm like, okay, all right, he's going to be benched for like a quarter. Or like, then I saw them down on the goal line. And I saw High Tower get stuffed on the goal line two times in a row. And I'm like, oh, here we go.

Here we go. Ingram's coming. Ingram knows how to punch it in. And they didn't come back in the game ever. Only three running backs went over 100 yards on the ground this week. And one of them was his backup, Tim Hightower. So he will be talked about a lot. I'm sure on the Waver Wire show, the word out of town is that they are looking to do the splits. They are looking to have a running back by committee. And I don't blame them. Much like the actual splits.

Extremely uncomfortable for fantasy owners. Extremely uncomfortable. Now you have Mark Ingram. There were a few running backs in the league that you could consider, quote unquote, bell cow numbers. I mean, Tim Hightower two weeks ago was special teams only. This is the level of security that Ingram had in the backfield. And now, poof. It's like Gandalf just said, you shall not play. Yeah, pretty much.

I don't, Mark Ingram is not a fumbler. Before, before he's had two, so he had the back-to-back games. How many career fumbles does Mark Ingram have in those previous five years? The answer is three. He is not a fumbler. And then I don't think he gets benched if that ball isn't returned for a touchdown. I think Sean Payton went on tilt. You know who fumbled in that game? But it was recovered by the Saints. Tim Hightower. And then he went back in. And Tim Hightower has fumbled a few times. So it's just, but he ran well.