Pump the Brakes, Playoff Q's + Breaking Wentz News

Jared Goff played the whole game finished with negative fantasy points. By the way, I'm a liar. So if Lamar Jackson starts him also? Oh, Lamar Jackson, yeah. Yes. Josh Allen, yes. Carson Wins, yes. Dak Prescott, yes. Kirk Cousins? Yes. Matt Ryan's at home against Arizona. Yeah. I'm struggling with the Matt Ryan. Right now I'm doing the Matt Ryan Carson Wins thing.

I know a lot of people don't like Wins, but I'm thinking... You do that every week in Dynasty. I do. But Wince, he's... I guarantee you picked the wrong one. That's true. That is true. It's fantasy football. All right. Yeah, I had to bring Rogers up because it's just one of those weeks that's wild for deciding on quarterback. He's only number nine on the year going into Chicago. If you need upside at all, you're not going to get it. That would be the overarching advice. It's just amazing that that...

phrase can come out like if you need upside rogers isn't your guy don't play aaron rogers right right that's the truth though grody uh if you have a question for this podcast go to the website the fantasy footballers dot com click the submit a question button or dial the voicemail hotline 302464 t f f b rankings are up start sit tool is up for week 15

We'll have the Thursday night preview on the show today. There's a couple of Saturday games this week. They're going to really stretch out your playoff matchup so you can figure out exactly what's going on one step at a time. Maybe more information will help you make a different start-sit decision on Sunday morning if you've got three games in the book. It can always help. Let's go ahead and jump into a voicemail question. Hi, Bowler. This is Stephen from Severna Park, Maryland. Love the show.

I just wanted to ask about your outlook for Adrian Peterson. Do you think he's a start of a play for the last two weeks of fancy playoffs? Thanks. Nope. No, I think Adrian Peterson is a guy that you're going to have a really hard time. Look, I realize Derek Henry just destroyed Jacksonville's rush defense to the tune of all of the yards.

But that's the matchup this week as Jacksonville. And it's in Jacksonville. So I don't think that defense is going to be rolling over. Adrian Peterson, look, the offense is just not good right now with a third string quarterback and third string guards. It's not helpful to Adrian Peterson. Chris Thompson is back. And then the week after, you're on the road in Tennessee. I don't think you can play Adrian Peterson the rest of the year. Would you play Derek Henry over him then? Yes.

See, if Peterson doesn't fall into the end zone, you're going to be destroyed by him. That's probably the situation right now. And the odds of him getting in there have been reduced with the quarterback and guard situation. Yeah, 100%. And I realized he had a 90-yard run a couple weeks ago. Adrian Peterson can break something off. But I'm not willing to take that risk, especially when you consider, look, he...

Two weeks ago, he had nine carries. Last week he had 10 carries. I play Chris Thompson over him both weeks. Right, because if the game gets out of control, what you expect it to with what's happened to the injuries to Washington, then Adrian Peterson's game scripted out. No, you can't play him. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Twitter question from Chad Johnson. I don't think it's the. Ocho? I don't think it's the Ocho. Could be. Can we trust James Connor if he's active? You have to.

If they activate James Connor, I'm going to have enough confidence that they're going to use James Connor. Yeah, I mean, it's one of those where it's going to depend on what's on your roster, but similar to the Melvin Gordon situation, you know, I would play James Connor. I'm not going to play someone like a Derek Henry over James Connor. But Gus Edwards, how would you feel about that? Gus Edwards against Tampa Bay. Yeah, I play James Connor if he's active. Yeah, I probably want to. I have more confidence in Melvin Gordon.

coming off the injury because I've seen it before. Yeah. But, yeah, I mean, trusting him, yeah, I think you have to. He's too high a priority for your team. I can't imagine you have somebody to pivot to that is much better. I mean, would you play James Connor if he's active or Sony Michelle? I would play Connor. Yeah, me too. Instagram, Nick Pretzel. Oh, sounds delicious. Yo, what am I to do with the pickup of the week, Justin Jackson? Have him on Thursday?

Do I wait Connor status and then play Jalen? Yeah, this is... So this is a situation where they need to decide whether to start Justin Jackson, let's presume Gordon's out, or do you wait to hear about Connor and play Jalen, Samuels, if Connor's out? No, this is one where you've got to take what you know when you know it. So on Thursday, if Melvin Gordon is out, you're going to need to start Justin Jackson because you don't know.

what's going on with Connor versus Jalen. And I think we should weigh in on what we believe about James Connor, too. Do we believe he'll actually end up active? I don't think so. So because of that, I'm putting odds at 90-10, he sits. And here's another, I mean, you could follow this up and say, okay, let's say we know. Let's say he's ruled out before Thursday's game. So you know, Jalen Samuel, is the, you know, the only guy there other than goal line vulturing of Stephen Ridley.

Who would you rather start in that situation, Justin Jackson or Jalen? Yeah, I play Justin Jackson. Me as well. Yeah, yeah. Let's go to another voicemail question. What's up, footballers? This is Al here. Just wondering who y'all think the coolest guy in the NFL is, someone that y'all would like to hang out with on the weekends. Love the show, guys. The coolest guy. Someone you'd want to hang out with on the weekends from the NFL. Well, JJ Watts in that category.

I'd like to hang out with JJ YW. Awesome. That's a great one. I wasn't thinking about him. You know who I go to is Carson Wince? It just seems like a cool guy that we'd have fun. He'd joke around. And, yeah. Pat Homes. Oh, Pat. How about George Kittle? Oh. George Kittle would be fun. He loves fantasy. He's the next. That's true. He would be able to. That's what I want. Juju?

Come on. Oh, yes. Jason, you'd hang out with Juju. Get out of here, Carson. Play some Fortnite with Juju. Seats taken. I mean, Wince, you're not allowed in the car. It's one, it's two-seater and Juju's riding shotgun. Let's ask this question. Who do you want to hang out with more next year? Antonio Brown or Juju Smith? Shut your stupid mouth. Shut your stupid mouth.

Why would I need to shut it? You got a stupid mouth. Why would I need to shut my stupid mouth? Shut your stupid mouth. Because I am the Antonio Brown owner in Dynasty. Uh-huh. Yeah, and what's the big deal? He's really good, right? He's the best wide receiver, and there's never going to be in other riders. He's going to play until he's 80 years old. He's great, and I'm not afraid at all. He's about 10 years closer to 80 than Juju is. Shut your stupid mouth. Next question. Brooks, if you're in a Dynasty League,

Who do you want? Ray, now it's it's juju. Okay. Definitely. Oh, my gosh. It started a year. It was AB still. It is clearly juju, but that's incredible. Is it painful? It is very painful. It is genuinely very painful. I hate it with everything I have. You had Jordan Howard and you had Antonio Brown in your dynasty roster. Have. Half. Yeah. More of a had. It's like at the end of the year, at the end of the year.

I feel like I would be insulting someone to say, hey, I'll give you Antonio Brown for juju. It would be like, what don't I know? Yeah. And it would be like, you can't do it. But I'm going to offer it. You can't do it that way. I'm still going to offer it. Yeah, it's not going to work. And I'll get rejected quick. That's insane. I know, I know. A star has been born. Go on. Facebook question from Mark Holman. Hey, ballers. Kenny G has not been so smooth.

Can I trust him in a week in two of the playoffs? My only other options are Dante Pettus or Calvin Ridley. I would say yes. I would play Kenny G. over both of those players. I would as well. He faced up against Patrick Peterson this past week. And it wasn't just. And they didn't throw the ball because they ran the ball. Yes. I was just going to say it's not just Patrick Peterson. It's the fact that I mean, look, the Lions won the game and they passed the ball four times in the second half. Yeah. They play Buffalo this week. It's going to be a little different.

Yeah, I would play Kenny G over those two options. Twitter from Brian Wentworth, the second, not the first, the second. I love the second. You don't usually see that. I have a second. Usually you see the junior. Yeah. Skip the second they go to the third. What do you go with? Well, the second. The second is so much better. With the Roman numerals? Yes, I, I. You don't go like two indie? No, no, that would be.

So, that would be shameful. Yeah. Or are you put the second at the front? At the front? Yeah, you just say the second Jason Moore. Well, then you'd have to have the word the in there, which is fine. Okay. Is Tyler Boyd dropable? No. No, Tyler Boyd's not dropable. I'm not, I'll say this. He's not dropable. He's also not very exciting to me. What if you're dropping him for a week 16 defense? Well, I mean, that,

Do you have another wideout to play? Right. Yeah, assuming he's a, I'm assuming he's a bunch of players. Look, this week, you've got Oakland for Tyler Boyd and the Cincinnati Bengals. I think they're actually going to be able to compete in that game. Yeah. And Tyler Boyd, I mean, 7 for 85 and a touchdown three weeks ago, six for 97, two weeks ago. These are great games. He's a wide receiver two. And then last week, three for 52, he disappointed you, but he still had over 50 yards.

He's the clear cut number one read there for O'Driscoll. I think I read he has 70% of the vertical passing targets in the last two weeks. So if you're getting that volume, that targets there, and the throws are downfield, you have to take your chances. Put it this way. If you drop Tyler Boyd, I am going to pick him out. Yeah, right, right. Let's go to this question here from Instagram, Cabley Hall. Oh, sorry, Caleb, not Cable.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but you have this name very close to your family. Yeah, that's my son's name. Okay. My son's name is cable. But you spelled it cable. Yeah. Caleb spelled cable. It's Caleb spelled cable. Who has more value in a keeper league? Aaron Jones or Nick Chub. Nick Chub. I believe Nick Chub has more value. Here's why. He was drafted to be the next main running back of this team.

by the current regime, arrows pointing up. There's not going to be a huge changeover. In Green Bay, you're going to have a different head coach. You're going to have different, you know, if they draft a running back, I'm not going to be surprised. This regime is not the one, I believe, responsible for Aaron Jones. It just doesn't not seem to me as guaranteed. That's not to say Aaron Jones isn't as good a player. Couldn't be a better fantasy option, but I would much rather have Nick Chubb in a Keeper League.

than I would, Aaron Jones. You realize that Cleveland still has a chance to make the playoffs? I do. So does Green Bay, identical chance. I believe they're tied in record. Yeah, I think it's a little bit easier in the NFC right now. I have Green Bay with a 3% playoff chance. Cleveland under 1%. There you go. But it'll be interesting. I mean, Denver's still alive. 5% chance to make the playoffs.

The Giants still alive. Not dead yet. What's the Giants record? Isn't it the same? The same is. Giants are 5 and 8.8. Wow. So, Green Bay could end up 8, 7, and 1. Who's the biggest disappointment in the NFL this year? Well, is it Jacksonville? It has to be Jacksonville because Jacksonville was like you might want to say Green Bay or Minnesota. High expectations, definitely disappointing. But the expectations for Jacksonville were.

potential Super Bowl. And they've gone from not like, oh, they might miss the playoffs. They've gone to, we're going for a top pick. We need to replace our quarterback that we are probably going to cut in the offseason. Our man upstairs who's not had coach is maybe just going to take over everything because of the implosion. No, Jacksonville has to be, they won the award for biggest disappointment. I figured I wanted to say this on the show at some point. Every good thing.

that I have ever said in any capacity about Hugh Jackson, I take back. I'm so happy. Oh, that deserves the golf. I mean, this is a celebration moment. Yes. The realization has come full circle. He's like a plague. He is good at losing. Like talented. Like that is actually, like here's on a resume. Yes.

Jeff Fisher gets a lot of grief, but Jeff Fisher can go 500. Right. Hugh Jackson has a special talent. He has a wheelhouse. And that's to lose all around him. How have the Bengals done since bringing him on board? Yeah, they haven't won. Oh and four? They're not doing well. How have the Browns done since Hugh Jackson left? Yeah, they're real good. It doesn't make sense, but yet it's starting to make sense. But what you have just done is a great service to our listeners to know.