Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 11 Studs & Duds, Rising Stars, Kenny Lives

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You guys all saw me with much delight celebrating his each and every interception. That's because you had a fabulous Tyrod Taylor tweet you sent out that you kept retweeting your own tweet. Sometimes you got to retweet the tweet, man. And it was so, I was so torn because, you know, I don't want Peterman to fail. You just, you need the coaching staff to know that that was a stupid decision.

taking your winning team and blaming the quarterback for your defensive failures. Who's been very good. Yes. Yeah, it was all about the validation for Tyrod Taylor because we've all believed in him as a competent to good NFL quarterback. And that is not what Peterman was. All right, Chris Thompson. Fractured fibula. He's going to need surgery and his season is over. That means that's a displaced fibula. That's not even one of those quick four to six week things. He's going to need surgery. And that's a real big disappointment. Rob Kelly already on IR.

Chris Thompson, who's been so electric, now is out. And this has been a problem for him. Health. Time for the pain bot. Somaget P. Ryan. Yes. You might not want to use that nickname right now with Washington. That's fair. Considering the level of pain that every other running back is experiencing. I'm going to use it later, though. Calvin Benjamin exited week 11, some sort of knee injury. They did cart him off the field. Yeah, it's very strange. And do we really don't have an update on that? No. I haven't seen anything. Not as of yet.

Brooks is shaking his head. He doesn't have anything new. We do have an update. Give him a call. Yeah, why don't you call Kelvin? Just hit him up on the phone. But Deonti Foreman had his breakout game. Yeah. And unfortunately, on his long touchdown run after he got in the end zone, or as he got into the end zone, he tore his Achilles. Believed to have. I don't know if that's confirmed. I believe that is confirmed, but.

But maybe it's alleged, but he is done for the season. Yeah. And now you have the Dolphins, Jay Cutler. Hey, for those out there in the Twitter sphere and the podcast listeners, if you joined me in the event that was streaming Jay Cutler yesterday, which I did. I streamed him in the Money League. The matchup was great. There was a bunch of...

options like Eli Manning, who looked like a fine streamer coming into the weekend, but then you had the weather situation escalate, and then you had Sterling Shepard go out. You're like, well, let's go with Jake Cutler. Yeah, so he, uh, he, he was nice enough to throw three interceptions before leaving the game, uh, within concussion protocol. Thank goodness he had a touchdown. Yeah, so he kind of knew, that just washed it out.

He watched it out to give you a really nothing game. Then Matt Moore came in and lit it up. And by lit it up, you mean through to his best friend. Yes. As he always does. We'll talk about Kenny Stills and Matt Moore a little bit later. Matt Moore actually screams, I love you. Every time he hurls the ball at Kenny Stills. I love you. And whenever he throws to anyone else, he just says, you're not kidding. Not my first choice. You're not kidding. Third read.

Robert Woods was spotted with a sling on his left arm following the game. Not good. Not good. He had a pretty good game, too, but he got hurt towards the end of it, and we need to monitor his situation for this upcoming week. And then the Saints, they got beat up on defense this week. Alex Ocifer, four and a half sacks for them, been a bit of a pass rush monster. He's out for the year, torn Achilles. And then Marshaun Lattimore, he re-entered the overtime win, but he exited after one snap.

Re-injured the ankle. We need it. Yeah, they need him. They do. They need a lot more. Oh, my goodness. Oh, they're marching. Those saints. What an almost upset. I thought it was over. I thought that Washington had it in the bag. We're still going. Well, he's going to talk about it. I'm giving him background music. What a game. What a game. And Kirk Cousins was bawling out. All right. A number of players didn't play. Sterling Shepard had the migraines. That was a late scratch.

Otherwise, any other late scratches? I mean, Darren McFadden didn't play. The Darren McFadden one is, it's so strange. It is what it is. No, no, I get it. But I'm saying, why do you re-sign him in the offseason? You give him a million dollars. You re-sign him because you want the depth. Yeah, it's just a depth. That's it. Yeah. The only other. And Alfred Morris looked good. Oh, yeah. Certainly. I'm just saying why would.

Why would you give a running back a million dollars when if for depth you don't want him to play, then if you get in a depth situation, just go grab someone off the street. That's what a veteran like that's going to cost you. I also think, yeah. And I also, I don't believe when they signed him that they knew it was just depth. I think they thought he could come in. And in camp, he didn't win that job. Alfred Morris and Rod Smith kind of stepped up. So they ended up with a million dollar.

depth piece. The only other inactives that I think are worth speaking about. Mike Gillisley, that's back-to-back weeks now. There's a healthy scratch. We've moved on, Jason. We've mourned. Who? We've accepted. And Terrence West is worth noting because he was completely healthy. Full practice participant all week long. So with Danny Woodhead active. They do like Buck Al. There was a question of whether or not Terence West would, you know, impact this running back court. And there, nope. Mike McCoy.

has been fired as the offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos, the magic he once had with Peyton Manning. He could not replicate with Brock Osweiler. You know, Adam Gase. That's so weird. Adam Gase, he was really good offensive mind with Peyton Manning. That's the humorous part of any of these equations. I mean, Ken Wisenhunt. I was going to say, I call it Whizzenhunting is when you have a Hall of Fame quarterback and he earns you a lot of money. He makes you look really good. He also makes you start.

He builds up this confidence that you're a better coach than you are. Yeah, maybe you don't focus. And then you're like, hey, I can start Derek Anderson as my starting quarterback and win because I'm such a good coach. Give me Jake Cutler. I got to the Super Bowl. Yeah. All right. Well, implications of that change, though. Are we expecting, I mean, improvement would be nice from the Denver offense in any way, shape, or form. Manuel Sanders, Demarius, Thomas, C.J. Anderson, Devante Booker. Those are players that would be impacted by the change.

We just need to wait and see. We don't know if it will be Paxon Lynch or Brock Osweather. Osweiler's 0 and 3 as the quarterback. So we're going to get into the stud muffins. Before we do that, I want to thank pristine auction. Here are some of the auctions that completed yesterday and how much these fine pieces of sports memorabilia went for. And Amari Cooper signed Raiders pro-style jersey, $73. A Jerry Rice signed 49ers career.

Highlight, stat jersey, 95 bucks. Evan Ingram. You want to get on that Evan Ingram train, early, $57 for a signed jersey of Evan Ingram. They had a Christian McCaffrey jersey. Oh. 91 bucks. That would have been a nice one to snag. Yeah. Lev Bell, signed photo, $60. So there are hundreds. I'm just reading you a couple. There are hundreds of daily auctions at pristine auction. Including one today that is a Bo Jackson signed photo.

It's a Tecmo Bowl. Touchdown Bo Jackson. That's what I like. It is glorious. And it's Christmas. So if you want to give somebody something cool for Christmas, that's unique. That's a neat thing about it. Just back away from my Bo Jackson. Just don't touch Mike's Bo Jackson. Pristineauction.com. Let them know the fantasy footballer sent you when you sign up. It's free to sign up into bid. Pristineauction.com. P-R-I-S-T-I-N-E auction.com. Yeah, the holidays are certainly here. Another great gift to get for men.

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Before we get into the stud muffins, there was an article going around, you know, one of these viral Facebook articles. I just, I really needed to mention it for the listeners of the show, specifically Brooks. It talked about how when people put their Christmas trees up early, it actually brings joy. It makes people happier. It improves mood. Hey, Brooks, would you say that having your Christmas tree up, which I understand that your girlfriend put your Christmas tree up? Is that right? Oh.

Is that right? Yes. Did that help with your mood after watching what happened to Dak Prescott and your hometown cowboys? No. No, it didn't. No, tinsel could wash away that pain? No. Okay. Sorry, Mike, your study has been, your Facebook study has been debunked. The study is still accurate. I can't speak for the do-do cowboys. The do-do cowboys. That's right. By the way, one last piece of news.

Greg Olson's practicing today. Oh, he's a must add. Pick him up. Pick him up. All right, stud muffins this week. Big Ben. Hello. Hey. Thought about making him my Raising Cains Rising Star today. Just because the offense was moving along. Looking good. Juju's legit. Antonio Brown. Oh, hey, Antonio Brown. How you doing? You're good. Kirk Cousins, Tom Brady. Blaine Gabbard. The blonde bombsill. 22 for 34, three touchdowns for Gabbard. Drew Brees. Nice day.

385 yards in the comeback affair. And then Andy Dalton, he got it done. Not a lot of yardage, but three touchdowns. Has Cleveland on the docket next week. So that's an interesting start. He'll be a streaming option. I may lay claim to him right now. Do you think that Blaine Gabbard will start in the revenge game next week against Jacksonville? Oh, that'd be nice. Yeah, I do. I think so. I hope not. What do you mean you hope not?

Well, here's the deal. I think Blaine Gabbardt is better than Drew Stanton. So as a Cardinals fan, I would rather have Blaine Gabbardt as more of the future than Drew Stanton. And so therefore, whoever the Cardinals quarterback is next week is going to fail against the Jacksonville Jaguars. If you want to peer into the souls of three Cardinal fans.

You just heard them talk about Blaine Gabbard and part of the future. That's where we're at. That's no, it's not a good place. It's a dark, dark place. Carson Wince got it done last night. Man, some of the plays he makes. Yeah, they're pretty incredible. They're pretty amazing. You know, throwing the ball with guys draped around his legs, some of the jukes on these defensive ends to get himself the opportunity stepping up in the pocket. And he didn't have the greatest accuracy night.

but he still got it done. Yeah, and this is including the first half, which was he really did nothing. I think you've had, what, 80 passing yards? Yeah, he had 70 yards in the first drive, and then his next 11 passes, he only completed one. It was rough, but a memo to the Eagle staff and Coach Peterson, if you want to keep going for two, I know this was a matter of circumstance that your kicker was hurt, but if you want to just keep going for two, the fantasy community supports this. They were 100%.

On their two-point conversions? They failed on one because it was Ertsy fumbled it. Yes. Oh, that's right. But that play should have been touched. Yes. Should have been a two-point conversion. If he would have just had stronger hand. He was doing his best Jack Doyle, baby hands. So Jake Elliott was concussed in this game, and they had no place kicker. Right. So it worked out for fantasy owners in that regard. Shout out to the linebacker who still was place kicking.

forced a touchback. I mean, that was incredible. Speaking of shoutouts, I feel like we need to give a little bit more respect. I know it's Tom Brady. And you, and we all just assume, well, Tom Brady's going to be great. But do you realize what he's doing at 39 years old? He's on pace for 5,000 yards, 35 touchdowns, and three interceptions. Well, it's because all he eats is beans and caterpillars. Is that why? Yeah. So all I have to do is the TB12.