Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 13 Fantasy Forecast, Starts of the Week, News

Marshall and Decker, the experience, the Marshall Decker experience is nice right now for fantasy owners. So how high do you have Mr. Ryan Fitzpatrick this week? I have him very high. I mean, he's coming off a four touchdown game. I know. I probably have him too high. We do our stats and then we look, but he's been getting some yards on the ground. I expect him to be able to throw a couple of touchdowns against the New York Giants and...

plenty of yards. I think I've got him top five this week. So as a top five quarterback, you know, a little spoiler alert, he's my start of the week. He was my stream of the week. I'm confident with him. I don't see a situation where, you know, Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker get shut out by the Giants D. So the touchdowns are going to be there. And I think his baseline is safe. And his ceiling, you know, against this D can be very high. I have no problem with you having Fitzpatrick is the top five.

quarterback fluctuation happens, and Fitzpatrick is a guy who's shown all season that is getting it done. I have that slight concern of when is winter Fitzpatrick going to show up. I've had the same thoughts. Do you notice he trimmed his beard? That seems like a counter-winter move. Yeah, well, it's very unsamson-like of him. However, he trimmed it and threw four touchdowns. That's what I mean. His power grew. He's the opposite.

Shave your body. Go full Gattaca and you have to scrub everything off. Eight to ten touchdowns a game if you can do that. I like him. Let's talk Eli Manning. How comfortable are you starting Eli? The Jets. Secondary is not. I'm super comfortable. Okay. So the Jets, Steve, secondary was not what they were at the early to start the year. Dorell slash Darren Revis is expected to be out like we said.

So, and if you watched the game last week of Eli Manning where he ended up with an okay game, it started off horrifically. It started horrifically because of wide receiver caused interceptions. We really got to figure out that stat of attributing a pick to a quarterback when it is completely the wide receiver's fault. Just saying, I would like that to be figured out. Like a full, like a drop interception.

Or a tip-pass interception? Yeah, where he hits a guy right in the hands, and he bobbles it straight up, and it turns into a pitch. Or like that Cam Newton pick earlier, where he threw a completion, and when the guy went to tackle and he ripped the ball out of his hands, and it was an interception. That's not an interception. That's not a true reflection on the quarterback, and that's why stats can't be relied on every single thing. And you make a good point. Both those interceptions were ridiculous. They weren't Manning's fault, but he didn't play well to boot. I mean, the defense for Washington kind of had him on the ropes.

Other guys to talk about in this game, I don't think anybody at this point is relying upon the rushing game of the Giants to win their fantasy playoffs. Oh, no. Oh, no. If they are, they aren't in the fantasy playoffs. Flip a four-sided coin and then throw the coin away. Chris Ivory, though, I've seen mixed opinions about him because the match-ups great. I mean, the Giants are not good against the run. Ivory had a good game last week. He got it going on the ground again, but he's tough because he's not always out there, Bilal Pal's out there. A lot of the, you know, nobody.

you know, passes more touchdowns to the wide receiver than the Jets seem to do. So is this a game where if every scores, he's good for you? If he doesn't, he's not. No, I think he's got a decent baseline here. I don't expect this game to get away from the Jets too badly. I mean, it could happen, but I think he's going to be all right. I've got him as a running back one, and I wouldn't be afraid of starting him. He's had some bad games, and he's had some great games. But this is one where I think if he doesn't get in the end zone, he's going to end up having, you know,

65 yards and not put a one or two fantasy point total on your team. He's a running back too for me. Okay. All right. Well, let's go ahead and move on now. Get out of the matches. We'll finish the rest of them tomorrow and talk about who we really like in week number 13. Starts of the week. Now, Mike, you're starting with Austin Davis. Is that correct? Correct. Austin Davis. Oh, man. My start of the week. Quick, correct that before somebody likes before their podcast ends.

All right, so Mike, let's start with you, though. Let's start at the quarterback position. Who is your start of the week? I've seen this name on your own fantasy roster. I'm going, yeah, it's so to start the week. It's Tanny. So, full disclosure, I was, Ryan Tannahill was my stream of the week. I absolutely still believe in Ryan Tannahill. I think he's a great option this week. I just wouldn't, when I broke down all the matchups, I saw Jake Cutler available on the wire.

And he is my start of the week for this reason. We think the San Francisco defense, you know, we saw him last week at home, hold the Arizona Cardinals kind of in check. Because the San Francisco defense, they give up about 16 points at home. On the road, they give up 35 points. Wow. To opposing offenses. And the bears, I think, will have no problem getting a solid amount of points. And if you need a ceiling.

Jay Cutler, it depends on if the touchdowns go to the running back. But there's going to be points scored for the Bears. I expect at least three touchdowns for Chicago with a great chance that they end up going to Cutler. Alshon Jeffrey is finally healthy. And that is a completely different passing offense with Alshon Jeffrey. So I love Jay Cutler this week.

And I love Al Jean Jeffrey this week. I'll say mine really quick because I just talked about him. Ryan Fitzpatrick is mine. We try to pick guys here that are, even though it's the start of the week that are not owned everywhere that you could grab off the waivers or you've already got him sitting on your bench and you're hesitant. Ryan Fitzpatrick should be safe this week. I think he's got a baseline of over 200 yards and two touchdowns. I'm not afraid of him.

Yeah, and I went with my stream of the week as well. Fitzpatrick was yours. I went with Alex Smith again as the start of the week. I like his potential here. The Raiders are 24th against the past. Alex Smith had a big week, and we've talked, you know, if you go back and you listen to the show on Tuesday, you heard why Alex Smith is running with more intentional drawn-up run play. So he's giving you a baseline there. And I just think that he has a lot of upside this week, and it should be pretty safe for you.

At the running back position, I'm going to start this off. I went with Gio Bernard. Giovanni. I think the matchup, big play potential against Cleveland. They've given up 130 plus yards to the running back position in 60% of their games. I think he's an RB2 very safely with RB1 upside. I know Jeremy Hill is ascending. I know the potential for Jeremy Hill is there if they get way ahead and they just start running out the clock. But I'm going to count on a big play from Gio Bernard and he's played so well all year long. I don't want to forget him and I think he's a worthy start this week.

Not bad. And I am going with, it was hotly debated over our chat system last night. I'm going with C.J. Anderson of the Broncos. He is healthy. He's got B.O. under center. Do you guys know that B.O.? That's not a great initial. That stinks. Oh. Brock Osweil. Thank you. So Osweiler's under center. We have seen that the offense.

This is a completely different offense than they were running the first three quarters of the season. The last two games, Brock Osweiler is literally under center, taking the snaps. It has improved the running game for both Ronnie Hillman and C.J. Anderson, and the matchup is with the San Diego Chargers who give up 100 yards essentially every single week. Let me pull up the exact amount here as we are discussing.

You made good points last night, and when we looked at the breakdowns between C.J. Anderson's start and finish in terms of yards per carry, it's been almost like two different players. The one point that I would make against C.J. Anderson was the fact that, you know, Hillman had 72 carries in the last five games, and C.J. Anderson had 50, but...

He's been playing great. Seven point something to carry last game with the 48-yard touchdown to end the game. And my problem with that is last five games. Brock Oswald was only started two games. And the offense is completely different. And like I was saying, so eight times on the year, the charges have given up over 100 yards to the running back. It's just a delicious matchup. And I do think that C.J. Anderson is back. All right, Jason, who's your running back start of the week? My running back start of the week is David. Oh, my gosh.

I almost didn't even sing it. I didn't sing it. No, I stopped. All right. My running back start of the week is David Johnson. I can't not finish that up. But here's the thing. David Johnson, a lot of people just went out. They spent a lot of money. They grabbed him. Now they've got them on their team and they don't know what to do. Do I start him? Do I not? We don't know. Well, let me tell you, start him. And here's why. The Rams, the vaunted awesome Rams defense last week.

They gave up 106 yards. The week before, 96, so almost 100. The week before, 129. The week before, 120. What? They're giving up 100 yards every week to the running back. So, now, I'm not saying that David Johnson is going to go for 100, but he has six touchdowns on the year as the third string running back. Now you've got Chris Johnson out of the way, Andre Ellington out of the way, a high power offense. David Johnson could finish as the number one.

running back this week. I'm not saying he will, but he is a guy that should be in the roster. I see a parallel between David Johnson and Carlos Williams. I mean, if Carlos Williams was the guy in Buffalo can catch some passes, has a nose for the end zone. Very similar situation to me. Yeah, so if you got him, start him. All right, I'm going to go with Martavis Bryant as my wide receiver started the week. And I love it. At home against Indianapolis. When Indie travels, they give it up.

And they give it up to the wide receiver. Huge games yardage wise to the wide receiver when they've gone on the road. And, you know, Martavis Bryant, you can't hold him down. You really can't. I expect big plays from him. So I feel extremely confident starting Martavis Bryant. I feel like because of his name and because of the fact he's probably started in a lot of leagues, I want to give you some context for that pick. I'm going to start Martavis Bryant over Larry Fitzgerald if I had to face those two this week. I'm going to start him over Alan Robinson. I'm going to start him over Jarvis Landry.

I'm going to start him over Mike Evans, okay? So I want some context there because those are the decisions you're actually making. I like him a lot. I have him, you know, around the 8 to 10 range with big upside if he can get a couple touchdowns. You know, if he can just grab a couple. Yeah, well, that's what he does. All right, Mike. Who do you got? Because yours is bold, man. Mine is a bit bold. I'm on a little bit of a ledge here. I'm going with Devante Parker. Richard Matthews is going to be out with those ribs.

Parker got 10 targets last week. Now, a lot of that was ketchup slash garbage, whatever you want to call it because of the game flow. Mustard, relish. You're right that relish is garbage. So thank you for pointing that out for me. So because of the game flow, I understand that. But he's going to get a chance. He was a highly, highly touted rookie coming out into the draft. You haven't met that two, three?

You haven't right in that 2-3 range. That's pretty high for a guy. I mean, that's bold. And I understand that he is not proven, but the Baltimore pass defense, we saw it again with Travis Benjamin last week. It just big plays happen against the Baltimore Ravens, and they happen weekly. I look for Parker to be that guy who can stretch the field. Landry is a perfect underneath.

Guy Landry is not a big play down the field guy. That's going to be up to Parker. So I just, I have confidence that at least one is going to happen this week. I love it. That is bold, but I really like it. I'm so excited for the Dolphins game this week. For me, my start of the week is coming off of an injury, so people might be a little bit hesitant, but it's Danny Amandola. He is to me a borderline wide receiver one. What are you chuckling about? I don't know. I feel like it was like a poem he was starting.

He is to me. Danny Amadola. I've got him ranked 14. So here's, here's a thing. Here's to me a swollen knee. In the four games without Dionne Lewis, here's the receptions, not the targets, the receptions. Seven, eight, nine, ten. Yes. That's pretty good. Ascension. But Jason, my league gives negative points for receptions. Oh, well then don't start Danny Amandola.

But Jason, aren't they facing the Eagles and they've got a good pass defense? No. No, they don't. I think even the public opinion understands that the Eagles are not a good defense anymore. Well, the first half of the year, they were so good. Here's what they've done the last four weeks. The last four weeks. The last four weeks, they have given up 11 touchdowns to wide receivers only. What?

They're giving up four, three, three every week. And now Tom Brady's there. He's going to be throwing touchdowns. He doesn't have grancompanus. You are going to see Danny Mandola, and I even think Brandon LaFell get in the end zone, score, and have great weeks. So I agree. I agree. All right. We're going on to the tight end. Yeah, let's finish this. Hey, tight in start of the week.