Starts of the Week + Week 16 Breakdown, Tannysee Titans!

Daniel Jones worked with the starters on Wednesday. It should be a rookie battle. Yeah. Yeah, I think it'll be Daniel Jones v. Dwayne, Twain Washington. Dwayne, Washington. Quarterback for. Might as well be on some of these throws, but Haskins had a big week last week. Best game as a pro, 261 passing yards, two touchdowns. Look, if you're looking for a reason why.

You look at the matchup, and now you've got another matchup that looks really juicy for Dwayne Haskins. I would never, in a million years, say you play Dwayne Haskins, but it does mean positive things for Terry McLaren. Yeah, McLaren is in a good spot here. I mean, last week, I bet against McLaren in a good spot based on Haskins. I thought, you know, I know Philly has been, you know.

beatable in their secondary, and I love Terry McLaurin, but I wasn't confident that Haskins can get him the ball in the right situations, and obviously that didn't work out. McLaren had a great game. Well, this is another fantastic matchup, and while Janoris Jenkins has been not a great cornerback this year for the Giants, they cut him and no longer have him. So I can't imagine it gets better for the Giants secondary.

So, yeah, I'm in on Terry, on Scary Terry on the F1. Yeah, right now the biggest cornerback wide receiver advantage goes to Terry McLaren on the week of any team facing DeAndre Baker, who's given up seven touchdowns. Seven touchdowns on the season and the seventh most receiving yards. And Terry McLaurin needs one play. So would you play Terry McLaurin or Will Fuller? I'd play Terry McLaren. You think Haskins is better?

than Deshaun Watson. You heard it here, Andy. That is, that was a quote, a direct quote. When I said McLaren, that was a vote for Haskins. Vote for Haskins. It kind of was. It was a vote against Watson. Sure, sure. Now, Terry McLaurin is just a special player. Closing in on 1,000 yards in his rookie season with that team. Well, to be fair, most of it came with Case Keenum. Some of it, didn't you? Not last week.

Not last week. But I stand by most of it because it's fact. No, he's been, yeah, you're right. You're not wrong. Daniel Jones gets to throw to Sterling Shepard, Darius Slayton, and Golden Tate. Every week we're staring down these guys. And, you know, two weeks ago, Darius Slate had the big game last week. Sterling Shepard, nine for 11. You just, you should be able to play Shepard. I feel confident enough to play as a wide receiver three flex type of player.

Outside of that, you know, Darius Slayton, you can take your shot on a deep touchdown. Slayton's been an impressive rookie. When you talk about, you know, there's a mirror in effect in this game. Yes. With Daniel Jones, Dwayne Haskins and Terry McLaren, Darius Slayton. You know, the over under is only 42.5 points. A little low for a game that you would hope to be kind of a 3-11 shootout situation. But Terry McLaren, would you play him over?

Shepard or Slayton? Yes, for sure. I'm not confident. I'm nowhere near as confident as you are that you can play Sterling Shepard. Sterling Shepard had a good game last week. That's great. It didn't come with who the quarterback currently is. When Daniel Jones was around, it was more of the Darius Slayton show. However, when that was happening, Sterling Shepard wasn't playing.

He was injured and gone. So it's like... And Golden Tate's still there. So who's it going to be? I don't know. And that means I'm out. I mean, that's just the truth. Yeah. It's kind of like the same thing with the Jets last week in a bad matchup. It was like, okay, Robbie's their best wide receiver, but is it Crowder? You know, who's it going to? I don't know. And I don't want to take the shot. One of those guys is going to have a good game. But nobody saw Crowder having a good game last week. Nobody...

At least you know McLaurin is the alpha. Exactly. I'm going to go with the odds on favorites. Sequin coming off his best performance of the season going up against the 26th ranked running defense in Washington. So Sequin's obviously in your lineup. Adrian Peterson has received 20 and 16 carries the last two weeks. Goes up against the Giants defense, his middle of the pack against the run. I've been saying it all week. Peterson's fine to play. Yes. He's totally fine to play. I like him more than Carliside.

Oh, for sure. I like him more than Carlos Hyde. I think Peterson is a safe floor play because he's going to, they're going to try to get him up to 20 carries. And I mean, he's, he's just still. He's fine. He's still a really good athletic human being. Here's a real question for you. Would Adrian Peterson be performing better in the Chicago Bears backfield than David Montgomery would? Yes. I genuinely believe that 100%.

All right. Bengals, one and 13. Dolphins, three and 11. Oh, superstar matchup. Yeah, they, in many leagues, do you have your toilet bowl finals? And this would be in contention for the National Football League's toilet bowl finals. Bengals at one and 13, dolphins at 3 and 11. Bengals are one point favorites. Who are you picking? Who you got for this game? I have the Bengals. Okay. Yeah. Miami is really, really.

challenged on defense. I mean, they just each and every week, it's the same old story. John Ross is back. Tyler Boyd, I love Tyler Boyd this week. His matchup is outstanding. Tyler Boyd's funny because he came out, I think it was last week. They played New England, right? And he came out and said, he won. I mean, he won.

over and over again against Stefan Gilmore. I did not hear that. He just, he won all those matches. He was getting open and just didn't get the targets. That's not true, though. But Zach Taylor was like, I don't know about that. Like his own head coach was like, I'm not sure you're right. I'm not sure you're right about that. He's not. I mean, I guess it's good. But he's a competitor. As a wide receiver to think you're going to win, like believe in yourself. I believe in both Boyd and Ross as surprise plays this week, believe it or not, with some upside. I mean, this.

33.3 fantasy points given up by the Dolphins defense. Andy Dalton is competent. That's all you need. Competence goes a long way against Miami. If you break up that 33 points, I think about 25 of it at least goes to Boyd into John Ross. So I just feel confident that Boyd is by far the better play, but Ross has sneaky upside. Okay. So do you think Ross has the same upside that a Will Fuller has or is Will Fuller?

I actually think it's pretty close. Yeah. I mean, I have more confidence in Will Fuller because I have more confidence in Deshawn Watson, and that matchup is as good as he gets against Tampa Bay. What if John Ross had Dwayne Haskins, though? Well, then it would be a much better. It would be a much better. Yeah, you love him. I love, what? No, this is not a thing. Oh, it's a thing. This is not a thing. It just happened. Dwayne, Duane Haskins is a bad quarterback. Yes, he is. I want that on record. All right.

But Ryan Fitzpatrick on the other side mean Dalton and Fitzpatrick, who do you like more between those two if you're in a two-quarterback streaming situation and you like pain? Well, I don't think it's going to be that much pain. I like Ryan Fitzpatrick better. He's been, look, he's leading the dolphins in rushing, and we've talked about this. Rushing yards in fantasy is a really, really valuable thing for quarterbacks. Yeah, but let me illustrate something. If, for instance, I don't know, you and I had a little.

steps competition around the office and I and I had like 30 steps and you had like 25 steps I'm the leading I win I win the prize right you know what I'm saying I see what I win but I still only had like 30 steps right I see like Ryan Fitzpatrick's leading with like the 200s on the year or something of that nature yeah but he has certain games where you know he's putting up 40 50 60 rushing yards and when you do that if you if you get 50 rushing yards you know that's that's five

extra points as a possible baseline. And if you look at the Bengals specifically and who's beaten them when Kyler and Lamar have had their big games, a lot of that's come from the rushing opportunity given to quarterback. So that's why I bring it up is because of this matchup. I like Ryan Fitzpatrick here. I think the real headline should be that the leading rusher on the Miami Dolphins has 219 rushing yards. Yes. I think that's the real. It's impressive work what they're doing over there. But Ryan Fitzpatrick.

is a streaming candidate with a healthy Devante Parker. Parker has been absolutely outstanding. And when you meet the Fitzpatrick Parker connection, you know, it's a lot like James. I mean, they're just going to put it in Fitzpatrick's hands to do what he wants to do. And maybe Ryan Fitzpatrick in yet another revenge game, because all his games are revenge games against former teams. It's so fun that he's played against or played for. Every single week, there's a note in Ryan Fitzpatrick that just says revenge game.

And you don't have to take it out. No, I don't think they do. I don't even know that they vet this and that he's ever played for the other team. They just leave it in because it's usually right. Well, he picked the right division too because you get, you get two Buffalo Bills revenge games. You get two New York Jets revenge games and now you get Cincinnati. So it's almost every week. Any confidence at all in Patrick Laird? Any desire to play him this week against the Bengals defense. You know, they're at home. Bengals 28th on the year.

I'm not excited for Laird. That's another one where I would rather go Adrian Peterson than Laird, even though Laird gets the passing work and usually passing work is much more valuable than the rushing work. I'm going to be putting my confidence in the Hall of Famer rather than the sixth string Dolphins running back. Joe Mixon's the running back four over his last five games. He is a smash this week. He's just, you watch some of these plays.

and he gets yards that no one else in the entire NFL would get. He's been so good. What does this look for? It's just me. I like hearing my, you know, you're talking about my Valentine. You have a total man crush right now on Joe Mix. I do. You watch the games. I know. I've said some stupid stuff. I see your smile. I see that glow in your skin.

There were a couple plays last week where he only ran like a yard or two on the play, but I'd be like, nobody could get that yard or two with Joe Mixing. Yeah, I like Joe. I hope they get better because he's going to be great. All right, tight end. Mike Gisicki has had a double-digit target share in, I think, three or four consecutive weeks. He is not a terrible desperation play at the tight-in position. There are worse options out there. But...

You know, hopefully you have better ones. But there are better options out there. The Saints at 11 and 3, take on the Tennessee Titans. Or is what we said on the footcast yesterday, the Tennessee Titans? Oh, the Ryan Tannessie Titans. Yes, yes. Because his name's Ryan Tannahill. It's so good. Yeah. The Titans are 8 and 6th. It's not that good. It's not good. No. The Saints are 11 and 3. Saints are three-point favorites on the road. It's a 50 and a half point over under. Push coming to shove here.

Two very good teams. The Titans just lost last week. And Ryan Tannenhill has been absolutely outstanding. So, you know, since week eight, here's fantasy finishes for Tannenhill 13, 11, 5, 11, 2, 22, 6, 4. I mean, that's a top five fantasy quarterback. He's been excellent. And now, this is a much more difficult matchup. I mean, if you really look at who Tana Hill has played,

We haven't really brought that up much, but think about the defenses and if they're good at stopping the quarterback. Houston, obviously not. Oakland, no. Indies okay. They're pretty good. But then they did kind of stop him. Jacksonville, no. You know, so it's like. Kansas City, Carolina, Tampa Bay. Yeah, I mean, he's doing what he's supposed to do. He gets credit because not every quarterback can come in and do that. Right. But he, you know, he hasn't had a good defense in his face. Now, the New Orleans Saints are a good defense, but they specialize against the run.

which is interesting because Tennessee is trying to establish dominance with Derek Henry and run the ball. And that opens up those deep passes to AJ Brad. It's a 50 and a half point over under, but what's interesting is these two teams, they are slow. Yeah. Tennessee is the fourth fewest plays per game. New Orleans is the second slowest. I don't like that. I want more plays, not fewer plays. Yeah, that's bad news here. And...

I take the under in this game and this 50 and a half points. I can't believe that it's a 50 and a half point line. That just seems. Do you want to mortgage our houses? Oh, man. I would love to put my entire future in jeopardy. Oh, man. I thought you did that yesterday morning. With breakfast? Yes, I did. And I didn't feel good yesterday. That was definitely the joke. Yeah. Yeah.

All right. Alvin Camara, Derek Henry. Derek Henry was limited on Wednesday's practice. He had 86 touchdown less yards last week. But on the season, oh my gosh. A lot of touchdowns less yards. 1329 rushing yards on the season, 13 touchdowns. You're playing. I thought you were talking about Camara. Oh, no. Alvin Camara is averaging 16.1 touches per game.