Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Starts of the Week, Week 14 Matchups, Boom-Boom!

dependent it's what you want and need from that type of it's scoring format dependent because i think you you've got you know more peppered short targets to boyd longer deep shots to uh fell in your normal game i agree with that but i just i think what lafell is jason i say mike has lafell as just outside the wide receiver two i think he's 26 i think he's safe

I like Andy Dalton a lot. It's the Rivers equation here where it's, you like Philip Rivers. Okay, I like Terrell Williams. It's Andy Dalton is going to score. That is why we'll talk about this in a minute. That is why I like Andy Dalton and I like his number one. And that's why my start is Tyler Eiffert this week. We'll talk about that in a little while. Gary Barnage, I actually moved him up my rankings quite a bit this week. I like Barnage's potential in this game.

Not as a high upside. Just as a consistent guy. I like the potential here, but in the playoffs, I don't, I have missed 12. So they're, even at 12. Keep in mind. Yeah, but would you start them over Vernon Davis? I don't think so. Kobe Fleener. No, for Jason Whitten. I, yeah, I can't be winning, but probably not. Dwayne Allen after last week. No way. No. I can't get behind that. How about, uh, remember game one when our about Austin's varying Jenkins?

Okay, there you go. You got me Barnage. Game one when RG3 played, and granted he didn't play the whole game. Push game to shove and it didn't work there. Those three tight end leagues. Yeah, Gary Barnage, that's true. Gary Barnage was a gooser week one when RG3 was out there. Over the last few weeks, he's caught one ball, two balls, and one ball. The dream is dead? He got banged up. Sure. So is he fully, did he get Wolverine healthy? Um.

I don't know. He's got Wolverine as a head coach. We'll find out. Give me some of that adamantium. Lions, bears. Oh, my. Tigers. The lions are eight point favorites at home in the dome. 43.5 point over under here. You know, that's a little lower than I would have thought. But, you know, you're talking about a bear's offense that really hasn't been able to get stuff accomplished. That's the worst analysis I've ever said.

Hasn't been able to get stuff accomplished? Very well. They have so many tasks to complete and they just can't. They can't get any done. They need a PDA to keep track of. They got to prioritize. They need a list app. So look, it's Matt Barkley. I think the reason this over under is not, it's not the lion's side of the ball. It's the fact the Lions defense is playing well. We all love the Lions defense this week as a streaming option. They've only allowed six rushing touchdowns this year, which begs the question, you know, Jordan Howard. How does he?

How does he perform in this matchup being such a workhorse, such a focus of the offense, and yet you have this, you know, three touchdowns last week. The Lions have only given up six on the year. I still like Jordan Howard. Yeah, me too. Because it's volume. Volume is king, man. Give me that guy that I know is going to touch the ball 15 times. And I think part of why the over under is so low is the lion's defense is surging. The Bears defense. They've not been a dormant.

They've been pretty solid on the year. Just look what they did to call it Kaepernick. Yeah, they held him to five pass attempts. I mean, they're sixth and past defense. They're 18th in running defense. They're okay. I mean, they're not a bad defense. So my question to you is, do you have full confidence in Matthew Stafford? Him, I do. In fact, I have such confidence in a great question.

with a matchup that people might question that. It's the division game against a decent defense. The Lions are fighting to keep this division. This is an important game to the Lions, and their running game is in shambles. You know, the injury to Dwayne Washington. They brought on Joyke Bell. So I think Stafford is going to need to win this game, and I have confidence that he will do that. Did you hear the good news, guys? Have you heard it?

Yeah. Is this the good news from yesterday or is there more good news? This is the good news about John Fox. He's going to be back, guys. Oh, all right. He's going to be back. That's good. I think that that's the right. Did they extend him? Yeah. Well, no, they didn't extend him. They just said that he's going to be back next year. I did see that. One of those not firing of things. It's the right call. I mean, the bears have lost like a hundred pieces this year. They're going to probably lose Vic Fangio. So they're best probably coach.

And it's not going to be pretty there for a while. Okay, we're moving on. Texan. We've got wide receivers. No, okay. For the lions? Yes. I might be able to name random names of individuals that you might not know is a Chicago wide receiver. No, Daniel Brown. We should play the game. Is he real or fake? Am I a Chicago bear wide receiver? Yeah. I think you mean Daniel Braverman. Oh, no. Daniel Brown is there too.

Both of those guys are on the Bears. Start him both. Point taken. But Golden Tate, he's a must start. Marvin Jones, if he's back, do you play him? No. I don't play him either. Antoine Bolden. If Marvin Jones is out, do you play him? I'd rather play Eber. I agree. Well, you probably don't have both. Here's the thing. I thought about what I want to do with Tate this week. And he's ranked...

I think he's a wide receiver one. Yeah, he's 12, 12 and 13 among us. But I don't see him in that top five contention this week. I don't see him having the kind of week he had last week. I don't think they're going to need it. I don't. I think they're going to be able to do enough against the Bears to where Tate is not, he's not got that top 10 upside to me. Yeah. I mean, the interesting. It doesn't mean you're not starting him. We also start him. He's a wide receiver one. Yeah. What's,

Theo Riddick, the last two weeks, he had the five receptions, but five for 13, five for 15. I know. I mean, not getting it done. Well, he's hurt right now. You could see it, too. Texans, Colts, my number one quarterback this week is Andrew Luck. I don't blame you at all for that. This game's at home and indie. He's riding on TY's boat. Dude, T. Ty Hilton is my number two wide receiver.

in half point leagues. These guys are... Standard leagues. Sorry, in standard leagues, number three in half point. I just absolutely love what I saw last week. I mean, he was always open. He was 7-Eleven last week. I mean, he was dominant. So I think those two combined for a great game. You saw the weapon that Alan can be. Moncrief is there. Really just love everything about the Colts in this game. I know the Texans have a respectable defense. I'm not really trying to say they're going to have a breakdown. I just think...

It's one of those things where you're at home and the Colts are going to be able to perform. Yeah, I agree. They're at home. The Colts are like the Lions. They're fighting for a division. They're fighting for that playoff spot to take home the division title. Are you chasing Allen's points? Is Dwayne Allen back? He looks healthy or was that a one time they found an exploit in the Jets defense? I'm not chasing. Jason, are you chasing?

I'm not chasing in the sense that two of his plays were just completely broken hapless defensive failures by the Jets part. One of them was a very contested excellent catch though. Yeah, but I'm not, I don't feel like I have to chase points to say he's an okay play. He had five receptions the week before at Pittsburgh, four last week three of which were touchdowns. He's always been a touchdown guy, right? Came out week one, scored a touchdown. That's his like bio.

Yeah, every back of his card. Comes out week one and scores a touchdown. So, you know, coming up against Houston, the real problem I have is the matchup. Houston's been very good against tight end. So in general, I think Dwayne Allen is someone we should remember, and he's an okay start maybe next week. Houston is, they're fourth. Allen or the hat man.

Oh, Fedorowitz by a lot. Yes, I agree. All right. Just checking in. Texans tight ends have been targeted most in the league and the Colts ranked 24th against tight ends. And Fedorowitz is just that. He's the comfy, cozy five catch guy with the chance at a touchdown. You know, Hopkins or Moncrief? I'm going to say, what about Hopkins? If it's Hopkins versus Moncrief, I think I'm going to take Hopkins. Are you? I think so. Let's see if my rankings probably don't reflect that. I think I take Moncrief.

Yeah, I probably, you talk about it's close. I have them, I have them basically at the same point total, and I'm going to bump up Hopkins just a little bit to put them over the top. There, done. No, I like Hopkins a little bit more. You know, there's no volume there from Oncrieve. You probably get, you can get in the end zone, but this is the playoffs. I think the Colts defense being 28 against the pass and what Hopkins.

got away with last week. I'm going to take the shot. Yeah. For me, I would take Moncrief. I don't blame me not doing it. You've got your number one quarterback this. I'm going to go ahead and take a guy who has. Oh, Hopkins Moncrief? Oh, you were looking for this. Moncrief. Yes. Your number one quarterback. I just waterbedded with DeAndre Hopkins guys. Yeah. Congratulations. Maybe take my temperature. Mistakes were made. I'm okay with it. I'll take the guy who's had a touchdown in.

Five straight games. Cool, cool. You mean the unsustainable, like sequential touchdown totals? That's what he does. That's what we said about Eric Decker once upon a time. Yeah, well, Hopkins has touchdowns in his last one game. 100% of his last game. That's true. Yeah. My word smiths you. Um, okay. I don't think there's, Lamar Miller. You're starting it. Yeah, you're probably starting. But you're doing it like, yeah, wincing. Yeah, it's like you took a big bite of a lemon.

But you have to start him. Yeah, it's still a fruit, right? There's still vitamin C. There's still nutrients in that lemon. It's hard to get down. You don't feel good about it. Frank Gore. Gives you a tummy ache. Frank, yeah. It's the same thing. Frank Gore is, I think, a decent play. It's the lemon battle. Houston's run defense hasn't been as great as their defense on a whole has. Certainly not as good as their past defense. We don't know the health of Jadavia on Clownie yet, but he missed last game.

I think Frank Gore is an okay play. And the Colts, before mysteriously shutting down Matt Forte, most likely because there was water bet on the line for our league and that just magic happens for those circumstances. But the Colts are just, you're straining your spaghetti. Since these guys are playing each other and we just talked about Frank Gore, Lamar Miller, you have to start one, who you're starting.

I'll start. Who you start, Mike? Miller. Okay. And on the season, so far to this day, who is the higher ranked running back in fantasy football? Probably Gore. Miller. It is Gore by one spot. All right. I have them back to back in my rankings, too. It's really close. That'll be an interesting game. I want to see what Houston has when they go to Indianapolis.

Uh, the Vikings and Jaguars are the last matchup we're covering before our starts of the week. So stay tuned for those. Vikings, Jags, um, I don't, this is a tough game. The over under is in the 30s. Yeah. 39 points. I mean, how, who's, who scores and how do they score? Well, when they initially released all the lines, it was that the emoji face of the, the shrug. Yeah, the shrug emoji.

Was the over under? It turned into the poop emoji. Let me say this. I want to believe in Alan Robinson's potential in this game. I want to believe this talk of Bortles and Robinson meeting privately and getting on the same page. I want to believe that they're going to force feed Robinson to satiate him to make him happy at the end of the year. I want to believe it. And I have no confidence. I don't.

I don't blame. There's been a couple questions where I have cited with Alan Robinson over other options. He is someone that in a pinch, you can still start and hope that something breaks his way because there is talent there. But in most situations, you're not playing Alan Robinson this week. And Harrison Smith, the Vikings safety, stud safety is likely out for the year.

I haven't seen an update saying that things have gone better. You have to expect them to miss at least this week. So slight upgrade for the Jags passing offense. I mean, I still expect Alan Robinson to get a healthy dose of the X-Man, Xavier Rhodes. And that's not good for fans. You know, Hurts is out. It looks like Julius Thomas is going to be out. Yeah, if I'm taking another pass catcher, it's Marky's Lee for the Jags. Yeah, but you're not. Oh, not. No. What about running backs in this game?

Well, look, Mike, you talked a little bit this week. You said it under your breath or you tried to throw your voice somewhere else when you said it, but you said that there's some upside for TJL in this game. And it's volume. Volume combined with the... Incredible talent? No. Okay. Just check. Volume combined with a man who is a professional football player. Okay. That's solid. And the Vikings have allowed, they've given up some serious...