Starts of the Week + Week 17 Breakdown, Title Time - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/30

Elijah Moore is very good. Calvin Ridley, if he has been dropped by necessity in certain leagues, we don't know his future, but he could be back and obviously he's dominated. Gabriel Davis is not going to be on your waivers, but he's a name that...

His situation, I think, will be great. He's been fire when Emmanuel Sanders hasn't been there. Sanders was on a one-year contract. I don't think they'll bring him back. Cole Beasley is technically not under contract. So Gabe Davis is a part of the future for Josh Allen. I think Beasley is like they can cut him for very minimum. That's right. So he is under contract for, I don't think they'll cut him. But the point is, Emmanuel Sanders probably won't be back. No.

And then another rookie that showed a lot of flashes, Cadarius Tony. Sterling Shepherd is going to be gone. It's possible, you know, Russ Wilson has been like, I would accept to trade to the Giants. So if you had Cadarius Tony and then all of a sudden, quarterback got upgraded, and don't forget about Michael Thomas. Yeah. Remember him? Not really. Vaguely. But that's why you could just be chilling on your waiver wire because people, everyone, we forgot about him.

And then the final names here, Deshaun Watson at quarterback. Yeah. He'll have relevance in the future. And I just want to always, when we get an opportunity to talk about the muth being loose, I have to do it. Eric Ebron should be gone. He had a great rookie year. So let the muth be luth. I don't think you're going to keep him necessarily, but it's important to remember that the muth is luth.

Right. And Jared Cook's going to be a free agent. He'll be gone. Attached to Justin Herbert will be Parham. Barham. All right. That is it for never not working. Get up to 100% standard of protection. That's never not working with head and shoulders scalp shield technology available at walmart.com. News and notes from Around the League. Presented by Sleeper. All right. It's time for the daily COVID boogie. Delvin Cook, Travis Kelsey, Brandon Cooks. Taste some Hilt. Trevor Simeon.

MBS, Remandre Stevenson, Jalen Guyton, and Adam Trowmanall off of the COVID list, activated. That's great. It's going to be, you know, some of those guys are going to start no matter what. Dalvin Cook, Travis Kelsey, they're going to be in your lineup, and you hope they don't Tyree Kill from last week, who we know was, you know, Mahomes came out and said he was struggling. Exhausted. Exhausted. So.

You know, Brandon Cooks would have been my start of the week. Like his matchup is perfect. And I think he's someone you can start. But the COVID worries me. Coming back off of that is these are human beings. You just don't know which ones were really symptomatic or asymptomatic or, you know, somewhere in between where they're fine and get more time. So, yeah, it's a risk. But there are players that are locked in. Darren Waller was added to the reserve COVID list. So is Tim Patrick.

So there you go. Kyle Shanahan, known fabricator of the truth, said Jimmy Garoppelow is dealing with a grade three sprain in his right throwing thumb and has a chance to play in week 17. He does not need surgery. You liar, you liar. I talked about this on Green Room last night. I think he's lying.

I think he's lying here. And that I can extrapolate that from you calling him a liar. That's, yes, exactly. You read between the lines there. It's only based on all of the history of him lying. Not just that. Also the medical reality of the situation, plus the fact that they went and got a quarterback and signed him to the practice squad. There's, and he did not participate in practice while Trey Lance got all the first team reps. But what does Mike do when Jimmy Groplo runs out there for the first snap?

What does Mike the fantasy hitman do? Just melt. I mean, doesn't that seem like the exclamation point on your year? It certainly would be. Just shanahan dunking on you. And he's hanging on the rim. His fingers dripping off. Right down on your cold dead body. His fingers actively bleeding as he runs out there. I mean, yeah. And they just do a New England Patriots where he throws it three times. Oh, my gosh.

Yeah, so the likelihood, the medical reality, the moves by the team, the practice reports all indicate that Jimmy Garoppolo is unlikely to play. This is totally a budget magician type of a move. Gamesmanship. And this one actually like sort of makes sense that if you are trying to convince the other team that you have to get ready for Jimmy Garapolo.

And you also have to get ready for Trey Lance. Those are two very different quarterbacks. It's not like, oh, pocket pass where it doesn't matter. You're not putting a spy on Jimmy Gropa? Right. They would be very different game plans. They did this once, if you remember. He did this games when shipped ones with the Cardinals. Yes. When San Francisco was playing them, and you spent the whole week thinking Jimmy could still play. Oh, yeah. And then he didn't. He didn't. Oh, they did this once with Elijah Mitchell when he broke his finger and they said, hell, he's going to play.

Ah. But he didn't. He lies, but he lies more about fingers. That's right. From my count, he has eight left to put down. Okay. Just real vice. I can't tell the truth about a man's finger. No. Elijah Mitchell, now there's a knee limited on Wednesday's practice. There's a lot of question around this. You've had a couple of weeks where there was some optimism to start the week with Elijah Mitchell. But.

We'll keep you informed with every better news that we have. Right. It is a super important one because the matchup is great. If Elijah Mitchell is active, I would be willing to plug him into my starting lineup in a championship week and play him. I personally do not think he will be active. And if he is not active, I would love to put Jeff Wilson into my lineup and play him. The matchup is great. Jeff Wilson, if he's active or Cordero Paterson. I would go Jeff Wilson. Jeff Wilson, if he's active or Boston Scott, if Jordan Howard's out.

Jeff Wilson. And you mean if Elijah is not active, because Jeff will be active. Lamar Jackson. If you saw the video yesterday, returned to a limited practice. I don't know if he, you know, he's running like a guy who didn't want to use one of his ankles. What looked worse in the video? Lamar Jackson or the condition of the grass. I've been telling you guys about this field they play on. You can't call that grass.

No, I can because I live in Arizona. I recognize that grass. Right. We have that for six months of the year over here. That's dead grass. But it's devastating to go into that grass because the second you step in it just spores fill the air. It explains so much. I don't believe that that is what I think this is artificial turf that is just a weird color because there's no way in an NFL franchise would allow these players to play on dead grass. You have the money.

Just grass. This is doable. And if you can't get grass, put some fake grass out there. We've had to tighten up the budget. But also, the 60 or 70 year old coach that was with Lamar Jackson looked a lot more agile, came back and helped him run. So I just got word. That is actually concrete. That was a concrete field. So.

If you watched it, Lamar Jackson did not look like he's going to be able to play in a few days. Which does bring, I mean, if you like Trey Lance, you should like Tyler Huntley. Absolutely. He returned to practice from the illness. And if Lamar Jackson is out, I mean, Tyler Huntley was the quarterback one in his last start. Not as much as Trey Lance because they're playing the Rams. And I would prefer that my mobile quarterback is against Houston. Okay. Adam Thielen placed on IR.

Season ending ankle surgery. DeAndre Swift returned to a full practice on Wednesday. Dan Campbell said he felt Swift will be ready to play. Again, this is a lot like Elijah Mitchell, where you have had several weeks where Dan Campbell has alluded to Swift's return. So we'll see. This one seems like. I think he'll be out there. I think he will be out there. If you actually listen to him talk, you know, he was joking about they're going to rest him after week 18 because they're not in the playoffs.

But I think he'll play. And RB what? RB2? Yeah, and RB2. And RB2? Yeah, I think so. Jared Goff said he's dealing with the knee injury. Could miss week 17. That's significant if you want to play the Seattle defense. Sure. Cliff King's race at James Connor will be a game time decision. Justin Fields Limited on Wednesday.

No starter announced by the budget magician. Sam Darnold will start for the Carolina Panthers against the Saints. Will not finish the game. Is that your own report? Yeah, I mean, he will start, but there will be four quarterbacks that play. Anything else in the news category you guys want to talk about before we get into matchups? Just that Elijah Moore should be off the COVID-19 list. And like I was saying at the top, it's possible that he is back.

Still has hurdles to clear with the quad injury. Yeah. I don't think I would be willing to roll them right out there. I would not either. Okay. Now is today's news and notes brought to you by Sleeper, the Leader, and breaking news alerts. We also want to thank today's sponsors for keeping this podcast going, and we're starting with Rockstar Games. Hey, look, hashtag a sponsor. Oh, yeah. Yeah, remember long ago? Yeah. Wow. Rockstar Games presents an all-new story in The Contract.

The latest free update to Grand Theft Auto Online available now. It has to be the most popular game series ever. They're doing well. Experience a brand new adventure set in the city of Los Santos. As you partner with Grand Theft Auto 5's Franklin Clinton. I almost said Clifton. Okay. That would have been a horrible mistake. Yes. To build a personal security agency for the rich and famous. Who's your first big ticket client? It's Dr. Dre.

Oh. It's Dr. Dre. That's awesome. Dre's in the game? It's Dre's in the game. What? Play now on PlayStation 4 and via backward compatibility on PlayStation 5 rated M for mature. We also want to thank Pristine Auction for being the best sports memorabilia site of all time. Pristineauction.com. Get gear that is signed by your favorite celebrities, your favorite athletes, like currently on the wall, a Super Camaro and Alvin Cameras signed jersey.

We got it there, and I think back in the day when we got this, I won this thing for like $60. You can get signed gear that looks like it is worth, or it looks like you paid, an unbelievable fee, but it's an auction, and there's hundreds of new ones every single day. So you can slip some incredible deals out there like this. A Darnell Mooney signed jersey, $29. A Stefan, it's currently sitting at $29. A Stefan Diggs signed a mini helmet currently sitting at just...

$36 a Justin Jefferson signed mini helmet sitting at just $50. Go check them out. Pristineauction.com. If you are brand new to the site, use the registration code, ballers, because if you use that code, you will get a $10 credit to your first auction. It doesn't cost you anything to bid. So if you're like, I want to try to get a jersey for $65, just bid on them until you get one for whatever price you want. But when you register, use the code ballers. Fantasy Forecast.

The Atlanta Falcons is 7 and 8 take on the 9 and 6 Buffalo Bills in Buffalo. The Draft King Sports Book Line here, bills minus 14 now. That's gotten bigger. A lot of points. I think we have our picks around the office, and it was like 13 and a half when I looked at it. The over under is 44 points. That gives Atlanta 15 of them. So.

You know, Buffalo, I know that they've had their struggles on the ground, but you have to be concerned about dependency on the Falcons in this game. When they've been given 15 implied points, when Buffalo's at home, they have 29 points. I, you know, the conversation comes back to.

the running back position in this game, you know, nobody's starting Matt Ryan right now. And everybody's starting Josh Allen. It's a great matchup and he could deliver fantasy championships yet again here against Atlanta. He probably will. But Patterson and Singletary. Oh, man. Where Patterson has been a hero for fantasy football players throughout the year. But in recent weeks, it's been a struggle. He's losing his superpowers. And you made the point, I think.

two shows ago about just, you know, the season is worn on. And if his hyper-efficiency is what was getting it done, you know, touchdowns in the receiving game, and it's just all kind of waned. Yeah, I mean, if you look at how he's performed recently, 11 carries for 18 yards, seven carries for 14 yards, that's atrocious, but he salvaged some of that with a touchdown. So I think that you're looking at the passing work,