Buy or Sell + Mailbag Hodgepodge, Reverse Haircut - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/30

They knock them out. Yes. So this is not just a pride against a divisional rival. This is actually, you were playing playoff spoiler against your division rival. Kenyon Drake, does he finish as a top 20 running back against the Los Angeles Rams defensive front this week? He has hit that mark in four of the past six games. One of them was against the Rams previously. His average finish over the last seven weeks is RB20, so I imagine that's where Brooks got that line.

This week I will buy that, yeah. I will buy a top 20 finish from Kenyon Drake. Chase Edmonds has been banged up. Drake gets a lot of unnecessary work around the goal line. Not unnecessary because he does succeed, but they certainly love running it right up the middle. What's the analogy of the old antidote? The blind squirrel? Yeah. Even the blind squirrel can get it done. And Kenyon Drake on the goal line,

When he spiked the ball this past week after trying 50 times at the goal line to get in, then he spikes the ball like he has triumphantly done something great. Get bothered you? That crap out of my face. You barely got in and you had been stuffed so many times before that.

It is needless. Stop running Kenyon Drake up the middle on the goal line. It is infuriating. That is 10 for 26, 18 for 45 of the past two weeks. Yeah, it is absolutely infuriating the play calling the utilization. But for fantasy purposes, it gets the job done. In fact, over the last 11 weeks, there have only been two games where he finished outside the top 25. So I think top 20, I'm going to lock that in. I will buy. I'm selling it. Okay.

Just figure he doesn't get into the end zone and that'll take him out of it. Yeah, I understand that they will have a backup quarterback and Cooper Cup is, Cooper Cup got put on the COVID list. Is that right? That's right. I believe he will not be there this week. Right. And so that, well, we don't know. We don't know if he is positive or if he's a contact so that I'm not declaring Cooper Cup out right now, but our offense is up against it. Their defense is still good. Yes. And this is.

win and get in. I'm betting against Kenyon Drake against the Rams. Kenyon Drake on the season, if it were to end today, is the running back 14. He has a chance to hit 1,000 yards for the first time in his career. And this would be his best fantasy finish, even though his stretch run last year was much better than what he's done this year as a whole. It is just speaking to his whole season. He's been pretty good. It is interesting to see his snap percentage in that...

beautiful, beautiful time last year was up at 70% and this year it's back at 54%. And the passing game work is what's held him back from being a top five, top six type of player. Corey Davis at Houston is he a top 20 wide receiver against that invisible Houston secondary? How much will he redeem himself after cooking up a Christmas goose in Green Bay?

Two targets, 5.3 targets over the past eight games. Been very boom-bust. I'm actually going to buy it. You know I'm not an apologist for Corey Davis. You're not. I watched that whole Green Bay game and, you know, the Blizzard played a part, but it really almost distracted you from what actually happened on the field, which is Jair Alexander stays on the left side of the field.

Corey Davis more often than not lined up on the right side of the field with AJ Brown out on the left. Jaya got more Corey Davis. They avoided Jair and the rest is history. Yeah, and I watched the Houston, Texas game last week. So I will also buy because goodness gracious they are so giving in this holiday season. I will buy Corey Davis top 20. And I will sell simply based on Derek Henry, the Yeti.

Oh, he's going to have a good time. Yeah, he's going to have a very fun week. Will that be a knife twist, though, for what happened last week. Yeah. I mean, that'll be very painful unless you are actually in a week 17 title game to have him do what he's going to do. Yes. All right, that was by yourself from our friends at pristine auction. Pristine auction. Pristine auction.com is the absolute best place to get sports memorabilia autographed, authenticated, the best in the business. And we've known that for the last four, five years now.

Use the code ballers. Get a $10 credit over there for your first sports memorabilia purchase. News and notes from around the league. All right. News for Week 17. The Rams have placed Cooper Cup on the reserve COVID list and Darrell Henderson on the IR. They already are going to be without Jared Gough. And...

This is setting up to just be humiliating for us as Cardinal fans. Yeah, we all know what's happening. The Cardinals will lose to the Rams defense. Speaking further on Cooper Cup, you're right, Mike. He is not officially tested positive that we know of. So his timeline would allow him to return, just not practice this week. If he's a close contact and continues to test negative. So there's the chance that he is out there, but we have to follow.

The news on that. All right, Mason Rudolph will start at quarterback for Pittsburgh in Week 17 against the Browns. So. It's a big deal. Say goodbye. Deontay Johnson, Judeo, Ms. Schuster, Chase Claypool confidence. Yeah, you're losing 100% of confidence in all of those players. But you're also losing confidence in the Buffalo Bills because now it looks like the expectation is that the Cleveland Browns should be able to win this game. And that gives more reason for the Buffalo Bills.

who are locked into their position should that happen to say, yeah, let's maybe rest our starters. We saw what happened with Cole Beasley going down at the end of the game. And just to roll it back for a split second there, the reason that, so Pittsburgh's kind of giving the Browns a chance to win the game. If Pittsburgh loses, that means that the bills don't need to win to secure the two seed. Correct. And therefore they may be less incentivized Beasley's down. Exactly right. And they play at the same time. So they are both morning games.

So this could be a situation of scoreboard watching where Buffalo looks up at halftime and they see that Pittsburgh is down two scores against the Browns with Mason Rudolph as the quarterback. And you go, okay, well, Josh Allen, you played a great half. You should sit down. Stefan Diggs. You should sit down. So this creates a really unfortunate murky situation. Now, in terms of like, will I still play?

Diggs and Alan, because they could get it done in a half. I mean, I remember years ago back when Kirk Cousins was on Washington. Tom Brady could do it. Why can't you, Josh? Yeah, when Kurt Couss was on Washington. And it was, I think it was week 16. Kurt Cousins ended up playing a half, but he still finished as one of the top quarterbacks of the week. So Alan can get it done. But this.

This stinks for if you were locked and loaded to play Allen in your championship. It's risky business. Yes, for sure. Matt Barclay could see a lot of playing time. Yeah, I will remind you of week 17 last year where Josh Allen was the active starter. Right. And he played, let's see, 11% of the snaps. He was like one drive done and you got absolutely jack squat. Yeah. So McDermott has the history of resting his starting quarterback. If I had.

You're not moving into the Walford tier of quarterbacks, but if I had a guaranteed starter like Derek Carr for an entire game, I'd probably pivot away from Josh Allen this week. Sure. Just to give my own advice. Ronald Jones activated. Kyle Rudolph out. Bill Belichick, quote, would imagine Cam Newton starts week 17. We're going through that right now. I wouldn't if I were them. I'd play sit them and see what you have for a game.

Doug Maron said Mike Glennon's going to start. I would start Josh Allen over Mike Glennon. That's fair. Yeah. Against the Colts who are playing for a playoff spot. Okay. The Colts are so funny. I don't know if you guys realize this. Like ha-ha funny? Like jokes-wise? Like their outlook. If they win their game, which is a must win for them, they can either win the division, barely sneak in.

or be completely out of the playoffs at 11 and 5. So they can be out of the playoffs even with a win against Jacksonville. A win they beat Jacksonville, I should say. Yes, when they win. Yeah, there's no chance that, like, I know the NFL's funky, but if there's a lock in the universe right now, it's the Colts against Jacksonville, right? Right? Yes. Right. Say that to week one. There's a lock. The Rams will beat the Jets, right? Right. Dwayne Haskins went unclaimed on waivers. He has a free agent.

X first round quarterback drawing some small interest from Carolina right now, but ew. Yeah, it's unfortunate. Did you guys see the Bill Belichick quote on Sam Darnold? No. It was just very funny. I would love to hear. Bill Belichick being Bill Belichick saying that Sam Darnold is getting the best coaching that he possibly could get right now.

Oh, I got to look that up. Little gamesmanship here by Belichick trying to convince the Jets to keep Adam Gase, which there are unconfirmed reports. But some guys on WFAN up in New York said they had it on good authority that after the game, Adam Gase will be flushed. And he will no longer be coaching the Jets, which there it is. Thank you. It's sad.

happy all the same i'm happy for the jets fans i'm sad for the rest of the nation yeah i mean it's just a big day for this show all right before we get into the mailbag want to thank today's sponsor talking about hymns look 66% of men start to lose their hair by age 35 you know you got to ask yourself is that is that hairline going back or any bald spots yet because the best way to do something about it is

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And it won't be quick for me if you continue to blast our Slack channel with the fact that you were the sixth seed and the fact that I was the whatever, the three. I was going to say that the good thing for you is I will constantly remind you that I won. And I will constantly pretend that league doesn't exist and the Dynasty League is the only one that exists. Because that is what we do as fantasy players. That is. We cope.