Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Sits of the Week, Stat Quiz, Week 14 Mailbag

from New York or that category of tight ends, but I'm not, you know, you need to win. You're playing a big seed. You might need to swing for the fence and play ASJ, play Richard Rogers, play somebody else that gives you a shot. Yeah, for me, I'm going to go with a guy who had a great week this last week. So you wonder, is this a trend? Can we see this again? But this, I believe, came out of nowhere for him. He had a long stretch run of nonsense games, and that's Charles Clay.

Yeah. And we don't put up a nonsense on this show. Charles Clay is facing the Philadelphia Eagles who've been giving up a lot of points through the air. But what you don't realize is they've been giving up very few to the tight end. It's all going to the wide receivers. Scott Chandler did get a touchdown this last week, but that was one of...

four touchdowns through the air. Most of them were going to the wide receiver position. You've got, you know, you talk about Sammy. I love Sammy. He'll probably be my start of the week. Right. So, I mean, and I see that. I love Tyrod Taylor and Sammy Watkins, but I'm not having the same love for Charles Clay in that matchup. All right, that does it for our sits of the week. Let's go ahead and get into the mailbag. Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, mail bag. That's pretty nice. Playoffs. I warmed up.

You did. It sounds so much better. Bumblebee. Bumblebee. Stop it. McKenna? Hey, Macana. In Atlanta. Hey, guys. I love your show. I was one in five to start the season. I'm now in third place in my league at eight and five. Oh, tremendous. And going to the playoffs. Who should I start in my flex? Is it Buck Allen against the sea chickens? Yeah, take that. You got them. David Johnson. You got them good.

David Johnson against the Vikings, Martavis Bryant, against the Bengals or Alan Hearns against the Colts. And it's a standard league. Because it's a standard league, I'm going to rule out Buck Allen. I don't think he's going to get it done on the ground. And his 12 receptions last week are going down as well, and you're not going to get points for them. I know who I'm starting of this group. I do as well. It's Martavis Bryant. It is Martavis Bryant for me, too. That's mine.

David Johnson would be second for me. I agree. I agree completely. All right, Mike in New York. New York City? No, just New York. New York. Oh, my goodness. Who has started running back. Hey, look, it's Buck Allen again versus Seahawks or Todd Gurley against the Lions. I'm really feeling Buck, but I'm terrified to bench Gurley. Now, this is a full PPR. So, Gurley, it really flips it on its head here. I'm sorry, Gurley.

I'm starting Gurley. I love the fact that they change their offensive coordinator, and I expect Gurley to get the ball 30 times no matter the game flow. I mean, that's a little hyperbolic, but I think they're going to give them the rock. Yeah, 29. It's hard. I understand that the defensive matchup is horrific, but PPR, a guy who got 12 catches last week, I got to go with Buck Allen. It's very fair. Now, what, you know, here's how I see some of the difference.

If you need a big blow-up game, I don't see Buck Allen doing it. I see Buck Allen being the guy that, hey, he's going to get enough catches where he gives you a baseline and is serviceable. And maybe Todd Gurley gets shut down again. And maybe, you know, this is just, hey, he had a bum knee. And he came back and this is rookie season. He's hitting the rookie wall. And so for a floor, I actually think Buck Allen's is higher in a PPR. But if you're in the playoffs, playing against a really good team and you need total points, I think, you know.

Girlie's got the better chance of going on. Can you live with yourself if Todd Gurley puts up 38 on your bench? Here's the yardage that Green Bay, or I'm sorry, Detroit is allowing on the ground to running backs. Last week, 41 yards, 64 yards, 44 yards, 42 yards. Those are the last four weeks? Yeah. Since the lines have made a change after their by week, they have shut down.

the running game. And they can stack the box against Gurley. I'm switching. Because of the full PPR, I'm switching. Persuaded. Persuaded. Not because I think he can have a bigger blog game, but because he's going to have an okay game. Okay. Now, here are the last three weeks of yards given up by the Seahawks. On the ground. 35. 29. 37.

Well, that's good for me facing Buck Allen in our league. But it sounds like both have bad matchups. That's what it really sounds like. So I'm going with the PPR aspect, and I'm going to sneak those catches. Because they're going to be down, and he's going to be on the field, and it's just going to be inevitable. He might Darren McFadden himself a decent game. All right. Stephen Charlotte, he wants to know, and we've kind of answered this inadvertently through our sits of the week. But who should he start? Alan Hearns against the Colts, Kamar Aiken against the Seahawks, or Amari Cooper against the Broncos. Hearns.

I agree. I agree. And Herns is in. Yeah, I was going to say, what is your feeling of Herns? He had a bad week and then got injured and missed a week. Is he just back? Yep. Yeah, I'll plug him right back. All right. I'll plug him. All right. All right, Nick in New York City. New York City. There you go. Bonjour. Kind of lost it. Bonjour. No, you're ruining Bonjour. Leave Bonjour alone. Do I start McFadden at the Packers? Or James White at the Texans.

Full point PPR. Also, P.S. Mail your bag, yeah. Yeah, he included that in text form, which, by the way, that is 13 Gs in Mailbag when you sing it. How do you... Mailbag. I'm going to go with... That's a hard vowel to... I'm going to go to the 13G. Darren McFadden here. The Packers defense has given up plenty as crazy as it is. The Dallas Cowboys are playing.

for the playoffs. This game matters to them, and they're going to be running the ball on Darren McFadden's shoulders despite the two fumbles this week. And in a full point PPR, I mean, it's still, you know, McFadden catches the ball too, so I'm going McFadden. I would go to McFadden just because it's, I feel safer that I'm actually, I'm going to get points. James White could easily outscore him, but James White could easily give you zero points. All right. I would go with McFadden.

Yeah, yeah. George in Glendale, Arizona, is there any reason to start Bilal Powell over Chris Ivory going forward in a PPR league? The snap count last week looked to be in Powell's favor. Well, you talked about this, that the snap count was in Powell's favor because the Jets were playing from behind. So I don't expect that to be the norm. I think Chris Ivory will still be the- This week against Tennessee, we expect the Jets to be leading that game. Yeah, I would.

There's almost no situation. Even, let's say they were playing, well, in a couple weeks, right? They're going to be playing the New England Patriots. They're going to be behind in that game, right? Would you consider starting Powell over Ivory? Because it's PPR, I would consider it. But this week I would still go with Chris Ivory. Okay, dokey. Sal and Connecticut. That's the championship week too, right? Week 16? Yeah. Well, for most.

Well, for most, saying that's when they play the Patriots. I'm not sure. Sal in Connecticut, hey guys, I have both Big Ben at the Bengals and Russell Wilson at the Ravens on my roster. Wonder who I should start for Week 14. Well, Russell Wilson is my clear set of the week. That is a really tough decision. That is really tough. I mean, you saw the last time that...

Big Ben and Andy Dalton went head to head that it was a lower scoring defensive struggle. And, you know, you get that a lot of times in those, you know, conference matchups. Russell Wilson at the Ravens, I mean, he has been on fire. How do you sit him in that matchup? Yeah, but here's a question for you. In the last four games started for Big Ben, how many times has he thrown under 330 yards? Zero. The answer is zero.

If this is a four, if this is a four point per touchdown league, he says it's standard, which I think that is what is foolishly still considered standard, then Eileen Russell Wilson. But I love both options, and I don't think you're going to go wrong. I'm going to go with Big Ben.

I don't feel 100% great about that. These guys are going to be very close in the rankings. AJ in Charleston, who do I play at wide receiver? Eric Decker versus the Titans. Jordan Matthews at the Bears, Marvin Jones versus the Steelers, or Deshawn, punt returner Supreme Jackson versus the Bills. Oh, that's a tough one. Marvin Jones is out for me on this list.

You've got big play potential in Deshawn Jackson. He's probably your highest upside guy. But I'm going to go safe here because it's not just safe with a crappy game. He's been good all year. I'm going to go Eric Decker. You got to go with the guy who is, his name sounds like a dysfunctioning system in ED with Eric Decker. Wow. That was a long road to mediocre humor.

I thought it was one of my better jokes. I'm sure the listeners. Well, it was one of your, but it can be mediocre humor and one of your better jokes. That's not mutually exclusive. Thanks, guys. You're going with Eric Decker. Yeah, Eric Decker. All right. Let's move on to the next question as fast as we can. Leroy in Tampa. James Winston versus the Saints or Ryan Fitzpatrick versus the Titans. Do you take the upside that is the Saints matchup?

Or do you stay in the flames with Ryan Fitzpatrick, who also has a nice match? Start of the Week versus start of the week. It's a very, very close match with me. I would play James Winston. I would play Ryan Fitzpatrick because I know what I'm going to get with Fitzpatrick. Ryan Fitzpatrick is safer, higher upside as James Winston. Okay. No, what? I disagree? I don't know if safer is exactly what I would use with Fitzpatrick. Really?

I would say it's been pretty darn safe to play a quarterback against the Norland Saints over the course of this year. And Ryan Fitzpatrick has had, you know, he had a 19, 20, I guess he's safe, but I mean, Winston's been around that range. I think it's a coin flip. So for me, I'm going to take Winston. It's okay. I mean, either way. I mean, Tennessee's passing defense is like top five. They weren't top five against the week. I know they weren't last week. I'm just saying, but New Orleans has the whole year been terrible. Yeah. If they're similar.

The quarterbacks, the weapons. I'm going to take Winston. That's fair. It's very close. Yeah, I agree. It's very similar with Winston and Evans Jackson and Fitzpatrick. In six-point touchdown leagues, there has only been one game all season that New Orleans has not given up 20 points, and that was still 18. So, yeah, I guess I lean with my own start of the week. James Winston. James Winston? Okay. We got Frank in Ann Arbor. Hello!

I am playing my wife in the first round of the playoffs, and I cannot withstand and possible embarrassment of losing to her in my flex should I start Jeremy Macklin versus the Chargers. Notorious, Javorious, Alan, his name is apparently not Javorious. Javorous. That's just not as fun. Javoris. Yeah, thank you. Doesn't work. Buck Allen versus the Seahawks, or Doug Martin versus the Saints. Wait.

What? I was like tracking with Jeremy Macklin, okay, it's all right. Javoris, all right, well, that's a bad matchup. Or the great option, the top five back on the year with a great matchup. Frank, don't worry about losing to your wife this week unless the rest of your roster stinks. Doug Martin is going to be fine. Yeah, there's no way I'm shine away from Doug Martin in this situation. George in Tampa, hey guys, it's playoff time.

Thanks for the breaking news, George. Appreciate that. Need one more receiver to start on my team for playoffs. Who do you suggest? This is standard scoring. Brandon Cooks versus the Bucks. Danny Amandola versus the Texans. John Brown versus the Vikings. Devante Parker versus the Giants. I'm gonna go. You got to? Yeah, that's where I was thinking. I feel like this is pretty easy. I would sit John Brown down. Okay.

I would sit Brandon Cooks down. Really? Why would you sit Cooks down? He's been on fire. He has been on fire, but the bucks are a good pastee. I mean, they don't... You know who else is the good pastee? The Carolina Panthers. Sure. Here's what I would do. I would play Danny Amandola versus the Texans who are good, but the New England Patriots, they score a lot of points. When they're playing bad, they score a lot of points. When they're playing great, they score a ton of points. Danny Amandola has been used. He's been...

tried and true, he's getting the receptions. So I don't see why I wouldn't play Amandola. Six. Six touchdowns in the last five games for Brandon Cooks. Breaking news, in our scoring system, Brandon Cooks is a wide receiver one. I'm taking Brandon Cooks. Because of all the reasons I like James Winston against New Orleans, I think the Saints will be back in that shootout. I'm going to bank on a shootout here. I'm going to go with Cooks as well.