Fantasy Football 2017 - 500th Episode! Week 15 Matchups + Greatest Moments

I think I'd lean that direction. Would you go Ginn or Richardson? I would go Ginn. I really would. I think the Los Angeles Rams have been very good against wide receivers, speaking to Paul Richardson, and the Jets have not. All right. Well, Mark Ingram, by the way, 86 rushing yards per game, not to be forgotten. Since week 10, with the Camara hype. Right. Yeah, Mark. Ingram's been amazing. Don't forget Mark Ingram. The Eagles, 11 and 2, take on the Giants, 2 and 11.

Ooh, mirror match. Yeah, I think I heard something on the radio the other day that this year we may have the most teams that have ever gone from worst to first in NFL history. The two that come to mind right now, the Eagles, were the worst in their division last year, and the Panthers were the worst in their division last year and are competing for that.

So the Giants are seven and a half point underdogs at home in this one, 40 point over under, and Nick Foles takes the reins. Carson Went's had surgery, I believe, yesterday from all indications it went as planned, and now it's recovery time for the ACL tear. Alshan Jeffrey, outside of the illness causing problems, are you confident in Alshon Jeffrey? Yes. The Giants are bad. I mean, the Giants give up.

A lot of points. Everything comes down to where is your faith level in Nick Foles, the replacement for Carson Wentz. He knows the system. Nick Foles is an adequate backup quarterback, not not anything fantastic, but adequate. So I'm still comfortable playing Al Sean Jeffrey. The matchup is, it certainly helps that that the Giants have been 28th against fantasy wide receivers in the past six weeks. Yeah, that's.

That's where, you know. Remember the good year from Nick Foles and then the bad year from Nick Foles? Nick Foles was supposed to be the next best thing and then he was terrible. But he is good enough to get it done. I'm not super confident in Nelson Jeffrey. What? 27 touchdowns, two interceptions. Oh, the fluke here? In 2013. Yeah. But he should, Alshund Jeffrey should be fine. I think if there's a sneaky snort, as we say in this game, it's Nelson Aguilar. Because.

I have seen over and over and over and over and over and over. I need to say that at least 14 times because we're in week 15. The New York Giants defense given up broken plays when it comes to tackling wide receivers. And that's what Nelson Aguilar has succeeded at this year is getting the ball on some screen or some crossing route and just breaking free and running 75 yards for a touchdown. So the matchup seems prime for...

that type of a play for Nelson Aguilar, if you have to dig deep. If you've got someone that you're really not sure of in that flex position, I think you can play Aguilar this week. The Eagles defense, number one against quarterbacks, number one against running backs, number one against tight ends in the last six weeks. I was going to bring up Wayne Galman. Do you think he's at all, if you're struggling in a deep league? Is it worth a flex? I mean, the volume is there. The volume was there for a game because of the illness to Orleans Darkwell. Not only that, but.

I mean, I pumped the brakes on the entire Giants offense because I think Philly is going to be amped up to play. Are you willing to bench Ingram despite his huge games because of the matchup or are you just rolling him out there? I'm willing, put it this way. I would have a really, really, really tough decision if I could start Charles Clay or Evan Ingram this week. Man, I would play Ingram. I would just stick with it. Ingram is head in my rankings.

But if push came to shove, it does right now. Pick one. If they were both on my lineup, I would probably put Ingram in. Pushing has upgraded. The six and seven Cardinals take. Hold on, hold on. You got to talk about Jay Ajai, who since joining the Eagles is running for about seven yards of carry last week, 15 attempts, 78 yards. I like Jay Jai this week as a flex at.

at worst because I think they will have to lean more on the running game with Carson Wentz out. So if he gets the volume, he's going to be great. And I believe that he will. Zach Ertz returns? Yeah, you play him. Yeah, you definitely play Zach Gertz this week. Can we talk about the Cardinals now? Sure. Can we talk about Blaine Gabbart and Kerwin Williams and Ricky Seals Jones? Oh, oh.

I don't know what's more disturbing, the sound, Jason, or your face, but I actually... It has to be the face. I just decided it's your face. Yeah. Did you, do you see his face when he makes that sound? I look away generally. No, me, when I talk about Ricky Seals Jones? Oh, oh, oh, oh. I don't, it's like you're a... Seal. Basset hound. That's the face that it reminds me of. No, no offense. Oh, none taken, but I love Basset Hounds. Yeah, yeah.

They could find things. Yeah. Droopy-faced. They always look sad. The Cardinals take on the Redskins in D.C. The Redskins are four and a half point favorites, 43 point over under. Gabbert Williams and company, there's not a lot upside on this team fantasy points wise. I know Curwin Williams is a volume play, but that's it. So are you willing to roll him out? Like Jonathan Stewart or Curwin Williams? Oh, that's...

I think Jay Stu has the higher touchdown upside, but I'm fine playing Kirwin Williams because of the volume. And Washington has struggled mightily against the running backs, not just in the past six weeks, but the entire season. Would you play him over DeMarco Murray? Kerwin? Yes. I think I would. I think I would. As gross as that is, I would do that. And Ricky Seals Jones is intriguing this week because the Washington, while on the season there,

30th against fantasy tight ends. The past six weeks, they're 28. So still bad. Still bad. And that's Blaine Gabbard. Just he has a connection with Ricky Seals Jones. He looks for him. I do have a little bit of worry. You know, you saw Jermaine Gresham screaming at Bruce Ariens on the sideline last week. I think he was saying, you got to get Ricky Seals the ball, man. And then after that, they kept going to Jermaine Gresham and Jermaine Gresham.

was used more as the tight end. So I have a little bit of worry for the usage of Ricky Seals Jones, even though I love his name. I probably don't play him on the road. That's my take. The Redskins, on the other hand, they go up against the Cardinals' defense that's rank number one against wide receivers over the last six weeks. And it's been hard enough to pick a receiver in Washington. So Doxton, we saw him last week. He was shut down. This week, you know, Patrick Peterson.

Yep. So is it the Jameson Crowder experiment? Is it Ryan Grant shot in the dark? I mean, what do you do with those receivers and then P. Ryan, Vernon Davis, does Davis have upside this week? Davis has upside every week. Unfortunately, for fantasy, we've seen Niles Paul also getting in on the action, kind of splitting up that tight end production. Jameson Crowder is the go-to wide receiver.

Ryan Grant, we've talked, was that, maybe that was on the footcast, but I think that Ryan Grant is worth a shot if you're in a deep league. And I still am willing to play Somaget P. Ryan, the volume will be there. Byron Marshall, the replacement backup for Chris Thompson. He's now on IR as well. And you saw Samadjapirine showing some soft hands. Catch a little of those dump off passes. So I still have faith that the.

The volume will be there for P. Ryan, even if the upside is a little bit limited this week. Yeah, I, you know, I'm not sure I want to play any of the positional players for the Redskins. I'm not excited about them. I like Kirk Cousins still.

There will be, because he uses so many different weapons and we're not sure who it's going to be, if it's going to be Jameson Crowder or Ryan Grant or, you know, Niles Paul or Vernon Davis or Josh Doxon. He spreads the ball around so much that it makes it really hard with this matchup to choose a wide receiver to play. But I do think Kirk Cousins at home.

In a matchup, you know, the Cardinals have not been great against the quarterback. They're 25th on the season. And I think her cousins is an okay play. I agree. Mostly be in part, I should say, not mostly, in part because the Cardinals travel poorly to the East Coast. Yes. Like they don't know how to get there. They miss flights. Right. They might as well be. They end up riding the rails. Mm-hmm.

Yeah, by the time they get there, they got to run right on the stadium. Go, well, we're here. Throwing the pads on. We're here. I see them with the sticks over the shoulder. Their pads are inside of one of those. In a box car. I see where you're going. It's tough, man, going east. The Rams, 9 and 4, travel to Seattle to take on the Seahawks. Divisional game. The stakes are high. And the one thing we've learned about the Rams this year is that they score.

They just plain score points. And Vegas agrees. Despite the game being in Seattle, despite all the misconceptions or I guess preconceived notions about every game that you play in Seattle against Seattle, their defense is beat up. It's a 47.5 point over under. Now, there might be some light rain in this game. But what are the warnings for fantasy owners? And who are the players that you think are worth sneaking into the lineup? You know you're starting Todd Gurley. Say, I don't know if there's a warning, but Todd Gurley got himself a Christmas miracle.

That has been happening over the past few weeks as Seattle Seahawk defenders just continue to drop. We know that Sherman, Chancellor, have been missing time. Now they could be without Bobby Wagner. What is the status of Wagner? Not practicing. Yeah, not practicing. Wow, that would be huge for Gurley. That's what I'm saying. You hear that, Brooks. You're playing Gurley in the dynasty semis. Not ideal. So we taught Gurley who has.

One bad game on the season, and that was against Seattle when he was 14 for 43, very much held in check. That team that he played against, they're gone. They're gone on defense. Do you, the Seahawks are two and a half point favorites in this game. Do you anticipate they win this thing? I do. They're at home, and they have Russell Wilson. They will almost certainly be down because Russell Wilson will have to play the first three quarters.

But Russell Wilson in the fourth quarter has been unfathomably good. Because they're at home, they could get a hold of the clock operator and throw the fourth quarter up there? Yeah. Russell, the game's almost over. What? What's the score? Oh, we're tied, Russell. We're tied. We need you. I feel like they should just play Austin Davis for three quarters.

But Russell Wilson just save him in and they're like, oh, the fourth, and it's this big huge celebration of Russell coming in. If they can't stop the Rams on defense, it's great for Russell Wilson. He's going to be a great quarterback play this week. We know it. But Mike Davis. Mike Davis is very interesting. The Rams, they haven't been good against the run all year, about 22 fantasy points a game giving up. And, uh... The second worst on the year. Davis just looks...

Pretty good. I mean, he just... Yeah, he's got juice. Got some juice. So Davis, to me, he's an RB2 start. RB2 flex area. Doug Baldwin, when you're starting him. Pick one between Richardson and Lockett for a flex dart. If I had to pick one, I'm going to continue to pick Richardson. He's been the more involved player. I'm curious, though, if you would, if you pick one out of both teams...

sets of wide receivers. Robert Woods appears like he's going to be active. You have Sammy Watkins, Cooper Cup, and Paul Richardson. I'm not excited about any of them, but would you pick Paul Richardson over all of the Los Angeles Rams options or who would you start from the Rams? Yeah, that's a tough one. It's hard to know how healthy Woods will be coming back in this game. I'd probably go with Richardson the way I think the game script in this game is going to go.

but I guess I'd be back and forth between him and Watkins. Yeah, the more that I've been looking into it, the more I'm leaning towards Robert Woods. He was so involved and he was the clear first read. They've been cautious with his timeline and getting him back. So I think Robert Woods is a guy, you know, early in the week where saying you can't start him because first week back in Seattle. But with the injuries to their defense,

And, you know, more positive reports. If I get another positive report, if he's full go at practice, then I think I'm okay starting Robert Woods. Did you know we have four games left? No. We got four games left. The 10 and three Patriots, not enough. Take on the 11 and two Steelers. Steelers are three-point underdogs. This game is a big deal. 53 and a half points. Not just for fantasy. If the Steelers win this game.