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

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And Mike Wright. Ah. Oh. Oh. What? I caught a football. You did. Nathan Peterman just threw me a football. Oh. That's number six. Wow. I've always thought of you as a highbrow man. You know, I did bounce back and forth between absolute sadness for the human being and entertainment by what was taking place. And you decided no.

I will kick him in the groin. Look, I, more of a stomp because he's already, he's already on the ground in the fetal position. That situation has a lot of layers, okay? There's, there's Nathan Peterman, the man, and I feel bad for Nathan Peterman, the man. But you're responsible for what you do on a field, too. Some of those throws were just asinine, and he's been on the field earlier this year and looked okay for, you know, in relief.

Sure, sure. But the asinine layers in play there, there are five and four team with a quarterback that had only turned the ball over three times on the year in Tyrod Taylor. See, it's on the, I guess this is all we're starting the show, but sure. This is on the coaching staff. Oh, yeah. You can't a plus 500 team and go, ah, we're going to go with a fifth round rookie. Look, this is completely a magician act, right? This is a.

The magician is waving his hand over here. He's getting her attention over here. Meanwhile, his defense is freaking awful. The Bill's defense, like McDermott. His legacy is built upon defense. And he's just trying to distract everyone from the fact that his defense stinks and there is nothing he can do to fix it. So he has to go, well, if you look over here at the quarterback situation, just pay attention to that.

A big mirage on the year. They were opportunistic as a defense to start the season. It has vastly changed, which changes our opinions of fantasy players going up against the Buffalo defense. I agree with you. It was a disaster of a game. But vindication for Tyrod Taylor. Absolutely. Whoa. Not necessarily vindication. The decision has not yet been made. That's what I was going to ask. Let's weigh in. Let's weigh in. I believe Nathan Peterman will get to start. That is my belief. What do you believe?

I believe despite this previous decision that Sean McDermott is a good coach. So I believe Tyrod Taylor will be the starting quarterback. Mike? I don't even know what to think. I don't know what to think. I honestly, I don't know what to think. This is a team that, so they're five and five now. That's correct. They could still make the playoffs. What are you doing messing around with a fifth round rookie who.

Maybe Peterman has a long career ahead of him, but he's got to be shell-shocked. You can't come out, your first start, you're ready to go, you're amped about this, your dream is coming true, you're an NFL quarterback, and you come out and you do something in the horrendous category that hasn't been done since 1991 with the amount of interceptions he threw in the first half. Hope mom and dad didn't come to watch that big first team. Also, a hard-hitting analysis, Jason Moore style.

I mean he had six completions for 66 yards. Oh, oh. You can't play him again. Mark on the best. Well, um, welcome to the fantasy footballers. I'm glad that could come back two weeks in a row. Brooks. Brooks is here. The judge himself. Brooks. Who gets a start? Who gets a start? Peterman or Tyrod this week? Tyrod. Okay. That's the appropriate answer. I wish we had control of that franchise. I wish that that football had, uh, kind of hit you in the face. Yeah. Because we would not have started the show over.

Oh, I know. I know. That would have been a better start. But, of course, I caught it because sicky hands. Oh, yeah. Great hands. Great hands holloway. That's what they call you. Hey, great hands. Get over here. Get some balls. Stud muffins. Who am I playing football with? That's asking me that question. Someone from the 40s. Yeah. Stud muffins, rising stars on the show. Duds on the show. And lots of good questions. Hopefully you had a good weekend. It was a tough one for me.

You know, Larry Fitzgerald, he outperformed my expectations with Blaine Gabbard. He got that new contract bump. Eli Manning lost Sterling Shepard just like last minute this week, which really, really hurt his ability to do anything offensively. You had a disappointing week from Alex Smith. We're going to get into all of those on the show today. And a reminder, the Megalodon episode. It's coming. It's Wednesday. Are you ready for this?

Oh, man, I got to get my sleep in tonight and tomorrow. Get your sleeps in? Yeah, I'm two sleeps away from the Megalodon. Yeah, and if you don't know what that is, it is a gargantuan episode that we drop on Wednesday. We are not here on Thanksgiving and the day after, and therefore we give you a meal, a Thanksgiving meal worth of show on Wednesday. It's a giant show. We usually end up doused in sweats. Oh, yeah. And gravy.

And gravy. Ray for Thanksgiving. He sweats gravy. I do. It's incredible. If it's the morning, it's a condition. It's breakfast gravy. If it's late in the evening, it's just a brown-rich gravy. This is just true. It's just a medical condition. Yeah. I wouldn't make fun of it if I were you. Thank you, Andy. Quick question of the day. Which week 11 dud are you most concerned about going forward? So the next couple weeks in the fantasy playoffs, they're here. Which dud from this past week has you most concerned?

I'll start it off here and the answer is Doug Martin. No, not which Doug makes him. Oh, Dudd and Doug. The answer to both questions is the same because it's Doug Martin. Volume is king in fantasy football. All you want is your players to get an opportunity. Doug Martin getting loads, loads of opportunity. I mean, we all remember.

That sensational game, his first game back after the suspension. 13 for 74. He had a touchdown. Since that point, if my calculations are correct, he has run 99 times for 269 yards. That's 2.7 yards per carry. Say what you want about the yards per carry stats. You know, some people argue for it, against it.

But at 2.7, there is nothing you can possibly argue. And at 100 carries, you're not talking. That is horrendous. That is, why does he feel the need to be such a man of extremes? Why does he have to lead the league in rushing or be a disaster? Well, the point is, you know which version of Doug Martin it is now. So I don't see that change. I agree with you, Mike. In fact, when we sat down, my pick, Brooks, Judge Giamatti himself was like, he thought it was a little too low hanging. And so when I thought about, okay,

Let me think of someone else. I immediately went to Doug Martin. So for Doug Martin, the question is, do you drop Doug Martin? Do you try and set up a landmine situation for your opponents to go, ooh, Doug Martin? I'm going to pick him up my point. Or do you just bench him and hope that there's something of relevance here if you ever have to start him? If you have one of the next two guys we're going to mention, you might not have the option to drop him. I would probably not drop Doug Martin. You would just bench him?

I would bench him until something changes. He's still getting 20 carries a game. But how long can the Buccaneers continue to give him 20 carries if these are the results that he is giving the team? However, there's a lot of players like this right now in this category. Not getting 20 carries, getting 2.7. Yeah, it's bad. You definitely have to bench it for sure. Yeah, there you go. I'll go with my low hanging fruit, but I've got a backup as well.

The one that's the most concerning to me, and we kind of said this before the week, was Buck Allen. Buck Allen is a guy that. That's Givorius Allen. Gavorious Buck Allen. Thanks, Judge. He's all about legal names. He has a strange correction there. Yeah. You know who he is. Yeah. So Gavorious Buck Allen running back for the, or I should say former running back for the Baltimore Ravens.

He inherited a role that they seemingly did not want him to have. He was behind Terrence Wesley. He was behind Danny Woodhead. And as everybody in front of him got injured, he came in and he was pretty good. And so people have had a long stretch, you know, a good solid two months of being able to start Givorius Allen and have a pretty decent showing. But Danny Woodhead was activated before the game. That is his role. They brought him in to have it. And the only reason Buck Allen was...

utilized in that past catching back role was because Danny Woodhead was gone. And now that he's back, unless Danny Woodhead gets injured again, it's bye-bye Buck Allen. Witness protection for Buck Allen. We don't, yeah, I mean, he's gone from Giovarius to Buck. Nobody knows who he is. I will also throw out Kenyon Drake, just as another name that's scary. Really? He's been great, but he only got seven. How can you only give seven carries to a guy who has been?

somewhat electric the last two weeks, being able to break off long runs. Are you talking about CJ Spiller? Nice. Game script says you've got to go to the past catching back. And for Miami, that's Damien Williams. And but Damien Williams was, he was ripping off huge runs. So I don't know that I would panic yet on just a little break. Okay. Yeah, I'd be worried about seven carries. You can't rely on a 57-yard run every game. Right. I'm going to go with Adrian Peterson.

He concerns me quite a bit. I mean, you just don't know what you're getting, and generally you're not getting a middle-of-the-road situation. You're getting 20 carries for 30-something yards. What are you talking about Doug Martin? Yeah, exactly. Or Joe Mixing? Look, it's one of those situations where, yes, you're happy about the workload, but you have a quarterback situation that's up in the air.

an offense that struggled and an offensive line that hasn't been able to open holes for him in three of his five games. He's had two monster games and three really bad games. He should. This was lined up. The defensive matchup against the running back position was set up for him to have a big week and he failed. Well, the Texans are pretty great against running backs. Yeah, not fantasy wise. Yeah. Am I remembering that? I think you're remembering it wrong. I think you might be remembering it exactly opposite.

Yeah. They're actually one of the best in the league. But we saw the week before that teams that had success. And with that many carries, you expect it. All I'm saying is the quantity of carries doesn't. I was remembering it backwards. It was set up for failure, and he failed. He did not beat those, you know, next week it's Jacksonville. I'm not excited. Then it's the Rams, not excited. You know, you've got Tennessee at home. Okay, maybe. Washington on the road. The Giants at home. Okay, maybe. You're playing.

He's not a locked-in starter, is my point. He's not a guaranteed performer. And so when I'm looking at my fantasy playoffs right now, I'm hoping I don't have to lean on him, but I will if I have Doug Martin or Buck Allen. So those are the answers for that today. Buck Allen, Adrian Peterson, Doug Martin, some concerns. We'll get into more of the weekly rewind, the studs, the duds on the show. Twitter at the F.F. Ballers. You can follow us over there. Follow everything with the show.