Fantasy Football 2017 - Starts of the Week, Week 13 Matchups, Boom Boom

They want to know if you should pick up Aaron Rogers, bench Aaron Rogers, wait for him to come back. And then with that, there is the trickle down, right, of Jordy Nelson's relevance. If he's sitting out on your waiver wire, if Rogers came back on week 15 or 16 for some reason. I mean, if the Packers win this game, the 500.

Yeah, I mean... They should win this game. This is an absolutely winnable game and a very important game for the Packers. If they win this week, then the chance that Aaron Rogers might come back moves up a smidge. You saw him throwing over 50 yards in the air during the last game warming up. What I pick him up, I don't think I would pick him up in most situations. But if Jordy was on the waivers, which he...

It makes sense. I'm willing to cut Jordy in general. But I think I would be willing to pick him up as well if you want that hold. Because if Aaron Rogers comes back, I'm more excited about Jordy than I am about Rogers. I'm going to spell this out. I mean, look, this isn't hard to do at this point. They play the Buccaneers at home. They're going to win that game. That's my opinion. Okay. They play the Browns next week. Okay. Without Aaron Rogers, week 14. Then you're talking about the two relevant weeks, 15 and 16. At that point, your team is a game above 500.

So there's no point from now until then that I think they're going to lose ground on a playoff race. So if they're still relevant, assuming they beat the Buccaneers and the Browns, I think Rogers could come back. Now, you've got to come back and you've got to go to Carolina. Then you've got to come back and you got to play against Minnesota. So you're asking Aaron Rogers to come back and then put up otherworldly performances against the Panthers and the Vikings. And if you're in the playoffs, you probably have another option that makes you a little bit.

uncomfortable rolling Aaron Rogers out in Carolina his first game back I if he came back yeah I mean how comfortable would you be Brooks? Not very not very comfortable I can say that I would be pretty comfortable I mean I'm gonna put my trust in Aaron Rogers he's not gonna come back if he's not ready and if he's out there I'm not I'm gonna just say oh yeah he's first ballot Hall of Fame I'll I'll start him over most options yeah I guess there's only three auto starts right now yeah

All right, the Colts take on the Jaguars. The Jaguars lost last week to Arizona. They're 7 and 4. The Colts are 3 and 8. Jags are 9.5 point favorites. 48.5 point over under. I have seen a startling piece of information here. Oh. I do not like where Leonard Forenett is being ranked by the consensus of experts around the NFL right now. I agree. For this week, everyone sees an Indianapolis defense, and they just...

For some reason, they just want to kind of imbue fantasy points. And that hasn't happened when people face Indianapolis recently. And then Leonard Fournette, he's been banged up. You've had T.J. Yeldon on the field, three straight drives last week. How are we putting Fournett in the top ten this week? I don't understand that. Well, I mean, India has been bad. This is a low-scoring game. It's one of those things where you don't see a world where- The team's been bad, right? Is that what you're talking about? Yeah, so therefore.

If the Colts aren't going to be able to put up a bunch of points against the Jags Great D, then they will be able to continue to run the ball. We've seen massive, great games from Leonard Fournette this year, which matches his college tape. All of those reasons factor into it. I mean, when you look at the Colts on the season and you say, oh man, they're so bad against the run.

I agree with you, Andy. You need to be a little bit more realistic about what has happened over the last several weeks, because let's just look back. You had the Cincinnati Bengals with Joe Mixon, who is a good running back. They don't have the best offensive line, but he's a good running back. 17 carries, and Indianapolis gave up only 34 yards on those carries. You had...

Lamar Miller pretty much shut down. You didn't have a great yards per carry from Levion Bell. Last week, DeMarco Murray was pretty much shut down. So it's one of those things where I think you're going to start Leonard Fournet. You are. Yes. You know, if he shouldn't be top ten, then he should be 11, 12, 15. I mean, he's still a good play because of the volume. But you temper your expectations. All right.

You know who has the second most receptions in the NFL amongst tight ends? Oh, I don't, but I can't wait. Is it baby hands? It's baby hands. Baby hands Jack Doyle, 59 receptions on the year, bounce back week last week. Is he the one pass catcher you can start from Indianapolis? I don't know that there is one. I mean, if there is one, he is it. I mean, that's the one position they're the worst against. Certainly. But they're not bad against them. Yeah, the, the Jacksonville Jaguars, they're number one.

On the season, they're number one against the quarterback and number one against wide receiver. So that funnels targets to the tight end. And Jack Doyle is obviously, as you said, he's up there in targets and receptions. He's been good. But I just kind of don't trust it. I feel like it's a trap. You know, there's only two targets that. So Jacoby Brissette comes into a game plan, and this is his game plan. I'm getting the ball to Jack Doyle today. Or.

He's like, I'm going to switch it up. I'm getting the ball to T.Y. Hilton today. And that's like pretty much what he does. He just picks on the week, pulls out of a hat, and decides who he's going to throw the ball to. And I think Jacksonville is going to be able to be a good enough overall defense, especially with their D-line against the Indianapolis Colts offensive line. I don't expect a great game from Jack Doyle, but you could play him in a pinch and hope for the targets.

Yeah, I'm okay with Doyle this week. I mean, they're going to be playing from behind. We've seen Brissette when that situation arises. I'm okay with him. Frank Goret was pretty good last week. I don't love him this week. If you got to start him, he's a three for me. On the other side of the ball, people want to know. Marquise Lee going up against Devonte Davis-List Indianapolis Colts. Are you back on the Marquise Lee bandwagon? Is he a better start than D.D. Westbrook.

Yeah, Marquise Lee, I still think, is their number one option. It's really strange because Blake Bortles has not been throwing the ball deep. And when he does, he hasn't been throwing it deep. Well, that's where the Colts have their issues, is that deep ball. So maybe we see it this week, and Blake Bortles can kind of write that ship. Marquise Lee, D.D. Westbrook, what we've seen is just the kind of short crossing routes, Pepperum. And I think...

that doesn't play as exciting into what the Colts are bad at. So I'm kind of avoiding most all players in this game, both sides of the ball. All right. We're going to tackle the rest of the matchups on tomorrow's show. But right now, it's time for our starts. Starts of the week. By the way, Footcline, you might be excited to know Jason Moore is going to be hosting the DFS podcast this week.

with himself and Ben Cummins, Jake Seeley, or I'm sorry, Ben Cummings, Chris Meaney. And you might want to tune in. That'll be released tomorrow morning. So you might want to tune into that. Brooks is nodding, so you know it's good. Oh, yeah. The head bob is rocking. The show's going to be ruckus. It's going to be a good time. Yeah. Subscribe now. Subscribe now. Prepare yourselves. The Fantasy Footballer's DFS podcast on iTunes. Mm-hmm. All right. Starts of the week. Here we go.

Case Keenham. I'm going to go with Case Keenum. I'm going to stay in the offensive player of the week of the month. Flames. Yeah. Case Keesem against Atlanta. I love it. The weapons are too good. He can find some fantasy value in McKinnon out of the backfield, Diggs, Thielen, Rudolph. Rudolph had a great week last week. We didn't talk about him, but I still think, you know, Rudolph, two touchdowns last week. Case Keenom's looking good. I'm going to start him. I'm going to do it this week.

Yeah, I don't blame you. I'm going to also stay with the guy that's been really hot lately. I like him even more. I like him even more. Philip Rivers last week had 434 yards, three touchdowns. A great game. He's been targeting Keenan Allen the way he should, which is every dropback. And this week, you know, he's got that great matchup against Cleveland. They're 27th against the, you know, against quarterback on the season.

There's almost like a guaranteed two touchdown passes being thrown, especially when you, I mean, we'll get to it, but when you combine the fact that one of Cleveland's weakest points as a defense is a usual strength for the San Diego Chargers offense, I believe in Philip Rivers this week. All right, the running back position, I'm going to go with a little bit of a surprise, a little bit of a deeper start of the week. I liked it. I really. Cicah! Isaiah Crowell, guys. I'm going with.

Isaiah Cruel, he had a very good week last week. He's still getting the bulk of the carries out of the backfield. We know that Duke Johnson has had relevance. Now, Isaiah Cruel, there was a little bit of news this week that he was limited on Wednesday, so you need to monitor that. But last week, Isaiah Cruel, despite the failures of this team as a whole,

16 for 95 against a pretty good Cincinnati defense, put up 12.6 fantasy points without scoring and did catch a pass. So I think this week against the Chargers who, that's what it comes down to. The Chargers are the absolute worst in the NFL against the running back position. They can rush the passer, but they do that at the expense of the running game right now. So I think he's good for 15 carries. He's good for...

75 to 100 yards in this game against the Chargers with a chance of a touchdown. Yeah, I like that one because of the matchup. San Diego has not been good against the run. My start of the week at running back is Jamal Williams. Ty Montgomery might be back. You've got Aaron Jones at practice today in limited fashion. I am saying you start Jamal Williams no matter what. I don't care if both guys are active.

You're going to start Jamal Williams. I don't expect both guys to be active. I very well might only be Jamal Williams. But even if Ty Montgomery is there, you're going to start him. Over the last three weeks since Jamal Williams has become the starter, he is tied for the league lead in rushing attempts. He's getting basically 20 attempts a game. The truthers are coming out, too. Oh, yeah. On Twitter, I had some of those people, the BYU fans that told me he's the best running back in all of Green Bay history.

I would go so far as that. All it took was an Aaron Jones anti-Mongommery injury for us to see it. But he has looked good. Last game against a very good Pittsburgh defense, he was very good. The last two weeks, each of the last two weeks, he's had four receptions. So I think his baseline is safe. And because of the matchup against Tampa Bay in a game where both you and I agree, I would, I would.

expect the over. More points to be scored in this game. I just really like Jamal Williams. He's safe start him. We do agree, Jason. We agree on the over. And that's why I'm staying with the Packers for my wide receiver. Devante Adams. I mean, it kind of hurts me a little bit. But I got to give Devante Adams credit. I give him a lot of, I gave him a lot of grief in the offseason. And now he survived the injury to Aaron Rogers. And despite that, he's been putting up fantasy relevant weeks. I mean, this is the DeAndre Hopkins situation liked.

in Green Bay. You lose your starting superstar quarterback to Sean Watson. Hopkins still found a way to relevance. Adams has done the same thing. He's been the most heavily targeted, most relevant, making plays. I got to give him credit. And this week against Tampa, come on, please. Tampa gave up 70-something points against fantasy-wide receivers last week, Brooks. 70. The week before, 45. That's a lot. Now, I think 65 of them were Julio Jones. But still, 70 fantasy points? Devante Adams is going to get his this week.

Yeah, yeah, I agree. I like it a lot. My wide receiver started the week, it's a little bit scarier just because he's such an up and down guy, but I'm putting my confidence this week in Tyreek the Freak Hill. He's been a, you know, the last two weeks, seven receptions, both games. You haven't seen the big long touchdown. You might this week. In a while, but this is a good week for that. The Jets, you know, they'll give up the big play.

And if he's continuing to get seven receptions a game and still being used, you know, a rush or two or three rushing attempts a game, I think this is the type of matchup where it's a get right game, hopefully for the Kansas City Chiefs and that offense. And the Jets have been, we've said this before about the Kareem Hunt situation, the Jets over the last six weeks, they're the second best against the run. Kareem Hunt might not be.

the one to get right, and therefore they'll need Tyree Kill against, you know, a position that's succeeded against the New York Jets. So I like Tyre Gil. Despite the losing streak, four to the last five games, he's had pretty decent fantasy days. So he is their number one target outside of Kelsey. Now, Jared Cook is my tight-in start of the week. Now, I know. I know what it's like to own Jared Cook. I know what it's like to start Jared Cook. It's not a good, it's not a good experience.