Week 17 Matchups + Wheel of Shame, A Beautiful Trap - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/29

and got knocked out real early and his one opportunity after Cousins went down. In that game, what did he play? Like 15% of snaps. He was already running, though. He was running a little bit. A couple carries. That's what got him knocked out. He might run less. Jordan Love on the other side. Minnesota beat him 2410 at Lambo. The Minnesota defense is very good. They're at home. I think they'll be ready to play in this one. It's prime time under the lights for Jordan Love, who's been pretty good overall when you average it all out. But the swings have been severe. Christian Watson shouldn't be out there. What are we expecting from this one? Give me the main decisions for championship teams. Well, the main decisions are going to be like Ty Chandler, Justin Jefferson, Aaron Jones.

Those are the real big ones. Jefferson's not a decision. Well, Jefferson's in. But I do think that Jaron Hall starting being a mobile quarterback and being off the heels of basically opening it up for Nick Mullins. They have, they brought in Mullins and they let him throw. And he was great for fantasy. Jordan Addison had a monster game. Justin Jefferson had a monster game. But he threw a bunch of picks. And now they said, no, we're not winning games that way. Our defense is really good. We're going to go to the rookie. And so my anticipation, despite the fact that this coaching staff has already opened it up for quarterbacks to come in and push the ball downfield, is a little bit of fear that that's going to happen and that they're going to be more conservative. Run the ball more. Could be good for Ty Chandler, throw the ball less. Could be bad for Justin or those wanting, you know, KJ. Osborne was a big pickup this week because of the injuries to Jordan Addison.

who was limited participant on Thursday and Hawkinson, who's on IR, like, Osborne's out to me now. He's not someone I'm starting a championship week. It's tough because the Packers' defense is just so vulnerable. And the fact that they put this game with both teams over 20 points, I'm with you, though. I wouldn't be turning to Osborne without knowing what Jaron Hall brings to the table. So that makes sense. And so it makes Jefferson, Ty Chandler, We don't know how many snaps Madison will receive. Has he been practicing in full this week? Last I saw was limited. Limited. Okay. So they're still, you know, watching his snaps in practice. Aaron Jones was great last week. I think you play him. Yeah, yeah. There's no way you're not going to play Aaron Jones. 24 opportunities, 127 rushing yards last week. Tucker, Kraft or Durham, Smyth. Oh, Smyth.

I did it, guys. I persuaded somebody in this world to make a decision. The Vikings defense is really good. But for NFL fans, just, you know, paying attention to the game, the winner of this game, essentially their playoff percentage chance is about 50. If they lose, though, it plummets to 4% or 1% for the pack. So give me the call. Who wins the game? I will take, man. Um, because it's, wow, it's Minnesota minus one. So we basically have a pick-um. I will take Minnesota to win the game. That's where I'm on. I'm going Green Bay. Yeah? Yeah. It's not an almost subset because it's a pick-um game, but I'll take Green Bay. If Green Bay wins, does that mean that there's a good Jordan Love game? I mean, would you start Jordan Love? My, I, what I really think is going to happen here is a, no, like Tua versus Jordan Love? I'd just play Tua. Okay.

Yeah, I like the overrunner in that game. Can you believe Jordan Love is the quarterback six on the season? It seems unfair. I think he'll be fine. It seems impossible. Yeah. Like when you have that many just bad games, games, you should not be allowed there. Couple updates for you, Hollywood Brown, season ending IR. Who cares? It's about time. He's been on IR in our minds for weeks. Kyle and Murray back at practice should be fine to play with the illness. Josh Jacobs will be a game time decision. For week 17 like he was last week. All right. Zico Elliott returned to Patriots practice on Friday back from the illness. Nothing on Zayflowers. Got to move on. Fantasy face off, presented by Draft Kings. I had this moment just now where I thought I'd be able to see my lineup, and then I remembered I'm the shame again. We'll find out. I have decided to match your third place finish, Mike, with another one. Sorry, your three in a row. Yeah. With three in a row myself.

Jason sitting here in the, what do they call that? Not the bird's nest. I think it's the throne. Yeah, we'll go with throne. The crow's nest? Is that what you were going? No. What are you trying to do a? Something seat. It's not the hot seat. Nobody over there in Ducers Alley knows what I'm talking about. The something seat. The winters? The seat of power? No, not the seat of power. You dive into that. I'll figure that out while I suffer. I don't know what you're talking about. Will of. Shame. All right, spin the stupid wheel. I am excited here. So we got Viking safety first, pizza face. Megalashame. Megalishame. That's not okay. I don't want to hear megalishame. Megalashame. It's just baby shark. Yeah, it's a megalaton. He's stupid shark face.

I made it easy on them this week because another week. I'm doing this because that way I can talk. Next week. Next week. It's marshmallow face again, guys. If you lose next week, Andy. And you're the first ever for Pete. Yeah, don't do it. You don't want to do it. I'm just saying. Yeah, I know. I'm rooting for your lineup, buddy. Yeah, yeah. All right. Let's start at the quarterback position where I probably rotated through about 30 of them. I'm going Derek Carr 5500 against Tampa Bay. I have Derek Carr 5500. Yeah, when looking at the quarterbacks, I really wanted to, you know, let's just yolo, let's live and put like Stidham in or somebody. And just the price difference was. Too small. It's not enough to make a huge impact in your lineup. So Derek Carr at that price point. What happens if we all have the same exact lineup? Do I get shamed again? Yeah. We all do, but yours will be the worst. Okay.

All right, running backs then, guys. Christian McCaffrey, 9600. Do we all have him? If you don't have Christian McCaffrey in a cash game, or probably in any game, I don't know how you win. So I'll have Christian McCaffrey, and then my second running back is DeAndre Swift at 6,500. DeAndre Swift. Ooh, that's a good one. Are you riding without Swift? I do not have DeAndre Swift. Against the Cardinals? I know. I had them in my lineup and my flex for a while. But my running back is. uh kairn williams okay at 8300 against the new york giant oh you got to be naked everywhere else yeah i mean that is christian i tried to do that line i tried and i forced it to happen so i got i got some yucky butt in my lineup some yucky butt yeah all right my wide receiver my wide receivers my wide receivers this week puka nukua 7900

Chris Olave, 6,800, and Richie James Jr., the 3,000 in my lineup. All right. I also have Pook and Nakua at 7,900. I didn't want to go both of the Saints wide receiver. So I have Rashid Shahee at 4,600, and then Rishi Rice at a very nice 6,900 against the Cincinnati Bengals at home. Okay, well, I do have the stack with Christian Olave. Chris Olava is in there at 6,800. I've got J.S.N. Jackson Smith Najigba at 4,800. And here's my yucky butt. In Jigba. In Jigba. Sorry. Yeah. Blame David. Marvin Mims Jr. Woo, baby. I hope Cortland Sutton is not playing. He was originally a Stidham Marvin Mim stack just to get nasty.

But I left Marvin Mims in there. So Marvin Mims, J.S.N. and Chris Olavet. All right. Sorry, let me get out of the shark mask. My tight end, I mentioned it, Durham Smyth, 2,900 for Miami against Baltimore. My flex position is a conditional one. It is Amir White for 5,100. If Josh Jacobs is active, it is, it becomes magically. It transforms into Drake London immediately at 5,000. And then my defense is the Carolina Panthers at 2,700 against maybe C.J. Bethard or maybe a banged up, Trevor Lawrence, in Jacksonville. All right. I have at tight-in, Gerald Everett, kind of my streamer option of the week at 3,500. I, too, have Zamere White at 5,100. My pivot option should Josh Jacobs be active, will be Noah Brown at the same price. And then I have the defense you said is your favorite of the week. Andy the Broncos.

at 2,900 against Easton Stick at home. I have, this is where the butt gets yucky for me. The Cardio King himself, Mr. Cade Otten at 3,100, and the flex, Juan Johnson. So I will have that Derek Carr. Dual tight inset, 12 personnel. Yep, 3,400 for Joanne Johnson. And then I'm going with the Patriots defense against the Buffalo Bills in. What will probably be a gigantic mistake. However, it's at least going to the projection is freezing temperatures. My favorite part of you saying you're going with them is like you had a choice. I think the Patriots are the second cheapest of the week, aren't they? I did. Yeah, they are. I had them in for a long time. I did too, yeah. I have $200 left over. And so it's either, well, I could go the Cardinals. Well, that's not a good one.

Or the Giants against the Rams. No, I'll take someone who could actually surprise. Yeah, a divisional game. Yeah, I get it. All right. All right. Great. I like taking it easy on me is making me look like a ridiculous shark head. But thank you. It's fun. That was Fantasy Faceop presented by Draft Kings. Download the Draft Kings app now and use the promo code. Ballers. New customers can play free for a share of millions in prizes with your first $5 deposit. All right, and big news. Should have said it at the top. I will be here for Sunday live. So, Championship Week, if you want to come tilt with me, I'll be here one hour before kickoff for about 30 minutes, chatting with you, answering questions, going through all of the latest news, updates, and information. Because look, as you get more info, all these practice reports, you want to react to them, get the right guys into your lineup ahead of Championship Week. That'll do it. Take care, everybody. Good luck.

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