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

to put a seven-game losing streak and a seven-game winning streak together in the same season. They're in the playoff hunt. Titans can clench the South with a win. You have pieced it together if you're Tennessee since losing Derek Henry. But getting AJ Brown back, it made a big difference. It's massive. 16 targets 11 for 145 and 1. He finally looked healthy. Is there any player? I mean, I know D.K. McCaff is huge mungus, right? Yeah. But like, AJ Brown's the same.

Huge mungus. Yeah, very close. Like every time I watch him, he just looks like he could just like flick away the DBs. Like he's so much bigger than them. They learned how to work out together in college. It's really crazy that they were college teammates. Yeah. And then when they were next to each other, it kind of seemed like. AJ Brown was tiny. Yeah. So.

What are the big, like Deonta Foreman, are you going back to that well against the singular best run defense in football over the last six weeks, the Miami Dolphins? I am trying not to. We've seen, you know, the other players getting involved lately. McNichols saw 42% of the snaps, which is, that's the highest snapshot. He has seen since returning from injury. And the matchup is just is so brutal. This is over under a 40.

I think I take the under. This is going to be a heavy, heavy defensive battle. Tua and the Dolphins haven't played a, well, I guess they did just play The Saints. And like they sort of, that game is just so weird. I don't know if I fully count it. The offense did. Virtually nothing. Yeah, they did put up 20 points. I get it. But when you're playing against another team that can't move the ball at all.

And some of those points were a defensive score. I'm concerned here for Miami. I was more forgiving than you guys in that game. Because the Saints are an amazing defense. Yes. So it's like, okay, you didn't, you weren't amazing. You didn't dominate the same. But I'm saying, because you didn't need to. I mean. Right. But my greater point was that of going there was they put up 31 points against the Jets. They put up 20 points against the Giants. Like, yeah. Their offense in this win streak.

It's fine. They haven't been running up against a complete matchup. I'll frame it that way, a complete matchup here. You think this game's going to disappoint overall from a fantasy perspective, all the options? Other than Waddle. Yeah, Waddle is in. And Brown and A.J. Brown? Yes. Waddle is in for the Dolphins. I would prefer not to play Mike Gassicki. Honestly, if Mike Gisicki is my number one option.

I am open to Colquette. I'm open to pivoting away to someone like Colt Comet or Gerald Everett. And Parker, how do you play Parker in this particular matchup coming off of the goose, even though on the season, the Titans are, you can target them with your fantasy wide receivers. But I can't imagine you go right back to that in a championship matchup. Yeah, this is a, this is a brutal.

game. I think it will be defensive. Like, AJ Brown is someone you're going to start. We're not going to talk you off of that. We never would. And you could see it being a very rough game because this is the guy who, I mean, last week, he had 73% of the wide receiver. You tell me that the dolphins with their great defensive personnel aren't going to just like double cover your one good wide receiver, but whatever. You're going to start them and hope for the best. Any other?

You're not starting Miles Gaskin or Duke Johnson are playing with the fire there. I wouldn't. The running backs in Miami have been targeted six times since week 13. It's just not a part of the offense. Because Jalen Waddle is the running back target and frequently lines up as a running back and then goes against the target.

The Las Vegas Raiders at 8 and 7 take on the 9 and 6th Indianapolis Colts, the DK Sportsbook line here, Colts minus 6 and a half. The overender is 44 and a half. Carson Wins did not come off the COVID list today with the other Colts that did. Derek Carr versus Sam Mellinger. Maybe. Carson Wins, with the new updated rules, I expect Carson Wins will be back. I expect every player to be back.

Like that's not really a joke unless they are ruled out like or or hit the list on Saturday or Sunday. It is doable to get over. You don't even have to test negative. So I expect Carson Wentz has a good chance to be back. I'm not viewing this game as it is Sam Ellinger. If it isn't Carson Wentz, Michael Pittman's off the table. Agreed. And really it would be a one.

man to start there for Indianapolis with Jonathan Taylor. It's the only one you need. If Carson Wins is back, the Raiders have been really, really good at reducing the total number of fancy points to the wide receiver all year. Pittman was 8 for 82 last week, so I imagine you'd probably be willing to flex him if Wins is back. You do. Yeah, I would still play Pittman, but it's like a low-end wide receiver two, where...

A ceiling game for Pittman in this matchup would be pretty surprising. I do like Josh Jacobs. Watching the game last week, I thought he looked great. I thought this was, he had the most juice that I've seen all year long. He ended up 27 for 129, and the Colts do have a bit of us, or at least recently.

have struggled a little bit. They do get Leonard back. So it might not be a complete, you know, RB1 type of play, but seems like a solid opportunity play. Yeah, he's getting enough workload, averaging 18 opportunities a game. He had over 100 rushing yards in the second half last week. So I like Josh Jacobs. Hunter Redfro, I'm fine with Hunter Renfro as well. I know it's been two down games, but he is.

A chain mover, he's important, he's talented. And, you know, I think I would be fine with him in my lineup. Anybody else from this game you want to talk about? No Darren Waller. I really like Foster Moreau in this match. Going back to that, Mike Gisicki, if you're rolling with Gisci and Morrow was out there on the waiver wire, I would make that move. Okay. Yeah, the Colts 30th on the year against tight-ins 28th over the last six weeks.

Jacksonville's 2 and 13. They get to delight, the privilege to get on a plane and fly to New England and play the Patriots.

Where the Draft King Sportsbook line has the Patriots is 15 points, and the over-under is only 41 points. That gives Jacksonville 13.3 points. Are you taking the over-under on 13.3 points? I will take the under, please. We know what Bill Belichick does against rookie quarterbacks, and we know what this rookie quarterback in Trevor Lawrence has done, which is Jack Squat. Over his last eight games, which would be half a season, he would be on a 17-game pace of...

two touchdowns on the season. You could make the argument that, you know, we always talk about Bill Belichick taking away your best option. Now, James Robinson's not going to be there because he tore his Achilles. So there's an argument to be made that LeQuan Treadwell is the senior player you try to stop in the office. Am I wrong? There's nobody to say. I think what they're going to do is they're going to stop Trevor Lawrence from being able to finish this game. I mean...

I don't see any piece. Does he just take a knee? Yes, that's their best strategy is try to win it on defense. And the Patriots have lost two straight games. This is going to be just cathartic smashing. There's no one on the Jaguars that I would start. I wouldn't, you know, we talk about Dare because opportunity, volume will be there. And in a pinch, his floor is high enough.

where I think he could get six or seven receptions and be okay, especially in a PPR league. I would prefer to not start him. If I could, all these other names that have kind of been in the mix. Kishon Vaughn. Kishon Vaughan or Darre. Oh, man, that is so tough. I think I would go Kishan Vaughn. I want the opportunity for touchdowns. The floor is much higher with Dari. But I think if you want, if you're in a championship game and you need the chance at touchdowns.

It's probably the Bucks against the Jets over the Jags against the Patriots. And Trevor Lawrence is about to lose three games to rookie quarterbacks. Woos. Yeah. Yeah, I mean it lost to Zach Wilson. Lost to Davis Mills. Yep. And now we'll lose to Mack Jones. I don't know if that's been done before. Congratulations. They're going to lose to Damien Harris as well. Last week's RB1 on the week, Damien Harris with three touchdowns. They do get Ramandre Stevenson back.

But he's coming off the COVID list. He will be there to spell Damien Harris. And he was sick. I mean, he was, Stevenson was missing practice all week long because he was ill. So I, and with Harris going out and putting up the numbers he did on that hamstring, you have to have confidence in him. They're going to score. And it might be more than Damian Harris. So do you take a shot with Hunter Henry, Kendrig born, Jacobi Myers? Hunter Henry would be the first man up if I had to bet on who gets a touchdown. I think that, um,

You know, Mack Jones throws a couple, and they're usually looking at Hunter Henry first around the goal line. All right. Tampa Bay at 11 and 4 takes on the New York Jets at 4 and 11. Boy, you got some real matchups this week. Lopsided issues. The Draft King Sportsbook line, Buccaneers, minus 12 and a half. The overrunner is 45. So what, you got a 12 and a half? You got a 14 and you've got a 15 point line this week. Goodness. And that's a...

That's a 12.5 point line against the Jets when you don't have Mike Evans and you don't have Chris Godwin and you don't have Leonard Fernett. So you do have Tom Brady. And people want to know, can you trust him this week? That is the headline. I mean, I've seen it more than almost anything else. Can you trust Tom Brady this week? No, I don't think you can, but I don't know how far you are able to go down to start someone else. This is a real...

issue because this is the type of game where you could very easily have all your points come on the ground. You could end up where, you know, Antonio Brown's getting his between the 20s. And you're hoping Grant gets a touchdown. Or Antonio Brown gets a touchdown. But it could be Ronald Jones with two and Kishon Vaughn with one. The Jets rush defense has been so bad. And once you're up, once you're up by 14.

20 points without your main wide receivers and the ability to easily run the ball on the Jets. I just worry, you know, are you going to have any points in the fourth quarter from Tom Brady? Justin Herbert against Denver. Yeah, Justin Herbert. Really? Okay. Yeah, I agree. I'm still playing Tom Brady. Yeah, I'm not going to sit him, but I agree with that game script situation. Gronk is a strong play again this week. I know last week was a disappointment, but you're talking about the tight end position.

Antonio Brown's a strong play. And these are the games when I'm watching them. If I have Tom Brady or these options for Tampa, I'm rooting for that fumbled kickoff that gives a 20-yard field to the Jets, and they get the early score. Because one touchdown, one score from the Jets changes like, it gives you an extra quarter. It would enrage Tom Brady. Of passing the ball. Zach Wilson, by the way, 22.4 years old. Tom Brady's 44.4 years old. So Tom Brady.

is double the age of Zach Wilson. I mean, that's just, it is, I know it's been talked about ad nauseum, but it is, it's just incredible. Like, I'm, like, we played, we played a lot of flag football, about five years worth. Right. We stopped when? Oh, man. Five years ago? Yeah. And, early 30s. Yeah, early 30s. We're like, eh, I can't do this anymore.

If I throw a football with my friend for, I don't know, 20 minutes. I'm pretty sore to the next day. The arm is aching. It really is unbelievable what he's done. And don't hear what I'm not saying. I think Tom Brady could have a very good game. Two touchdowns to drunk. The reason they could be up is because easy touchdowns. It's just the possibility for a bad game script is right there. It's very.

worrisome. Yeah, he's not going to need to put up yards, so it's going to be an efficiency-based thing. He's going to need, when you get inside the 15, you're going to be watching with bated breath going, you don't hand it off the rojo. You don't want them to get to the 10-yard line. You want all scores to come from outside the 10-yard line. That's your goal if you start Tom Brady. Ronald Jones is a great play. And I do think, Sean Vaughn, if the game script goes like that, the way you're talking, he may get a quarter and a half to himself in the second half. She gets the ball 10 times.