Fantasy Football 2017 - New Year’s Resolutions, Week 17 Matchups, Blake the Snake

Can Cam Newton sustain Christian McCaffrey and Greg Olson and Devon Funches? I mean, I feel like someone's going to be left out. It's a party and there's only two pieces of pie. Oh, I'm getting both. Just to let you know, if you have a party and you only have two pieces of pie. It's very possible. Zero. I mean, Greg Olson is a mountain man. He might take both pies. Not if I'm there. Fair enough. Bengals, Ravens.

Very disappointing season for the Cincinnati Bengals. They get to take on their divisional opponent on the road. The Ravens are favored by nine and a half points. The Ravens would clinch the fifth seed with a win. So this is a big time game for Baltimore. Yes, super important game, a must win game. But it also means that Cincinnati is really going to get up for this game. Will they? Yes, they will. I truly believe Cincinnati is going to.

Can they? There you go. I do believe they can. I know that there's a nine and a half point spread here. So Vegas thinks Baltimore is going to handle their business, handle it well rather easily. And it is in Baltimore. But Cincinnati, you know, last week of the season, they've had some ups and downs. And lately, I mean, they, you know, they just went in and spoiled the party.

for the lions and nobody thought they were going to do that if they could go back to back finish the season spoiling things for a division that would feel pretty good yeah so i i think this is a this is more of a trap game i would i would say this this would be uh you know andy's not here to pick his almost upset of the week but i'm here to pick it for him

Oh, my goodness. I don't know where the drop is. Oh. Jason's almost upset of the week. Look, the running game for Baltimore. This is a hardest stone call by you. Yeah. I mean, it's who wants to bank on the Bengals? Not me. Not me either, but I'm still going to do it. The Baltimore Ravens have, you know, the last third of the season, they found their running game.

And Alex Collins was a revelation, and it helped their defense get, you know, to take it up even another level. But Alex Collins. Been very disappointing the past few weeks. He's gotten the carries. Yeah, volume is there. But the yards per carry, which he was leading the league in as of several weeks back, I mean, last week, 18 carries only 51 yards. The week prior, 12 carries, only 19 yards.

Mm-mm. That's not getting it done. If he can't get it done and he's getting the volume and the Bengals are able to shut him down, then that's where I see an almost upset coming here. Now, all of that said, the Bengals have not been great against the run. Nay, they've been terrible. And Alex Collins is a volume back at home favored by Vegas. So those things always point me towards Alex Collins. He's a great play. If you're projecting...

you know, probabilities. You say he's going to have a good game. But that's just where it's like I've got a worry of a trap, but he's going to be high in my rankings. He is. It's a trap. Yes. And I would recommend people starting him. Just be cautious. How can you be cautious? You play him or you don't play him, Jason. Stop hedging. Make a decision. You play in Collins. I'm playing Collins. Okay.

Now, the Bengals are also susceptible to fantasy tight ends. They're ranked 23 against the position in the past six weeks. Benjamin Watson? Benjamin Watson. As a streamer? Yeah, you know what? I mean, he's got nine receptions in his last two games, including a touchdown. I think Benjamin Watson is a fine streamer here. I really do. Over on the Cincinnati offense, Joe Mix and Gio Bernard.

This is how you have to attack the Ravens defense. The last six weeks, they are 23rd against fantasy running backs, giving up over 23 points a game. We will have to wait and see who's healthy enough to play. If Mixon is active, if both are active, I should say, then I would play Joe Mixon. I know that burned people last week, but that was an injury popped up and you saw the production Geo had of what could have been.

Right. It was also a, it was a new injury. It wasn't the injury that it kept Joe Mixen out. Really, this is, I mean, you just said it, but this is a monitor the next few days because that injury took Joe Mixon out of the game and it's still what he's dealing with. So the idea that maybe he doesn't make it back is a real one. He might not suit up. So you need to have both these guys on your roster. If, Gio is the better play. I mean.

I'd rather play Gio without mixing than mixing if he's in. Does that make sense? I think I followed you. Sweet. All right, AJ Green. He's been okay lately, but you still start your stud in championship week with the team that has not much to play for? Yeah, people were worried about the Darius Slay matchup last week. You had six for 81. You can't worry about matchups with AJ Green. Joe Flacco has thrown seven touchdowns just one interception since week.

13 is Joe Flacko on your streaming radar? Not so much this week. I think last week. He's at home. Yes, he's at he's at home, which is good for streamers. I think you can do better. Fair enough. Jimmy Garoppolo. Oh, so handsome. Jimmy GQ. Bill's. The handsome streamer. Oh, it's the handsomest. To be fair. Bill's traveling to Miami.

to take on the Dolphins where the bills are favored by two and a half points. The bills are also playing for their playoff lives. They need some help because they can't just win and in. They have to win. And some other teams have to lose, including the Ravens. If the Ravens were to lose and Buffalo wins, they are in. Do I have that correct? I believe so. All right. Good. On the Buffalo side of the ball, Tyrod Taylor.

up against the Miami defense. Would you rather stream Tyrod or Joe Flacco? Well, considering the Tyrod Taylor is my stream of the week. And I just said I would rather not stream Joe Flacco. I'm just putting it out there and black and white for the people. I don't want any doubt. Yeah, I think Tyrod is a good streamer in part because his number one best weapon when he has good games has not been a wide receiver. It's been Charles Clay. And the Miami Dolphins are terrible against

I mean, I would put them in that bottom five of teams that are really bad against tight in on the entire season. They're 28th. I'm sorry, 31st against the position. So I love Charles Clay in this matchup. I like Tiderot Taylor. The one question mark for me on the bill's side of the ball is Kelvin Benjamin, who has been completely and utterly untrustworthy. And then last week.

Look pretty darn good. Five for 70 and that's including the touchdown or that's excluding the touchdown that a lot of people feel like he scored and was taken away from him in New England. So would you start Kelvin Benjamin this week? Oh man. I would find it very difficult to start him on top of the fact that the Miami defense.

second against fantasy-wide receivers in the past six weeks. I think that makes the decision easier for me to say, I don't want to mess with that. Right. Shady McCoy, monster season yet again. He's averaging over 92 rushing yards per game since week 13. That's third best. You play him. Coming into the season, I remember there were two guys constantly being compared against each other right next to each other in drafts.

About the same age, about the same volume of career. Kerry counts, which do you remember the two guys? Are you talking? LaShawn McCoy and DeMarco? DeMarco Murray. One of those is the right choice. The battle has been won. Yes. I was going to say that the real question for Shady is just, this is projecting for the future. He's going to be 30 years old. He does not appear to have lost anything in his game. Shady McCoy, 30 years old, Jason, way too early prediction. Are you?

Are you in on Shady McCoy next year? I was thinking about this this week, based on the DeMarco Murray shady stuff. And I think I'm going to be in next year. He does have Wolverine healing powers. Yeah, because he gets injured every game. And then he's like, I'm back. I just needed about 10 minutes for my body to heal. All right. On the Miami side, smoking, Jay Cutler, no thank you against this Buffalo defense. Kenyon Drake? Oh, fire up Kenyon Drake. Okay.

This is one of those defenses where the running game, ever since they made the trade with Jacksonville to make Jacksonville a good running defense and Buffalo a bad running defense, you look at points given up by position. And you go, man, Buffalo is really good against quarterbacks and wide receivers. No, no, they're not good again. It's because you don't need them. They're so bad against running backs that teams don't need to throw touchdowns. They just rush touchdowns. I think Kenyon Drake is, it's Andy's start of the week.

He's a great play, and he's, you know, I'll take Jarvis Landry because he's been unbelievably consistent. And Kenyon Drake, and that's it. Is there anybody else that you would even toy with? Parker stills, no, I would not. And there's Keem Grant? Maybe. I mean, Jakeem Grant, he's got two touchdowns in the last three weeks, his deep player. But then again, in the last.

three weeks you're talking about what seven total receptions you can't you can't trust that it's he's just giving you big plays and there's a storyline here that says this is likely the last game for j cutty on the dolphins before he signs with arizona in the off season this is coming from what from the judge i think the judge is trolling us wait yeah oh okay i was like this is not a real report right please no i remember uh i think it was two or three years ago

I wanted. Oh, would have taken him. Jay Cutler for the Cardinals. And I'm glad my desires did not come true. He just, he does not care. Yeah. And like you said, just to highlight Jarvis Landry, seven receptions a game since week 13. He, he has been. He's balling out. Do you think Jarvis is a Miami Dolphin next year? Yeah, I do. I do. Do you think they re-sign him? Yeah, maybe a franchise. Saints, Buccaneers.

It's in Tampa Bay. The Saints are favored by seven points, but 50 and a half point over under. And James Winston, then playing some good ball. He's been playing very well. Just, I mean, just the fumbles. Stop fumbling the ball, James. Yeah, the fumbles are killers for his actual fantasy production. But aside from that, throwing the ball is completion percentage, 72 percent.

since week 13 third best he's looked sharp he's he's able to hit into tight windows once again so he he james wins we'll just let's just start with him do you do you start him with any confidence this week against the saints super bowl bound norleans saints uh i i i think i do i james has been very good if not for that sounded more like the intro of final fantasy yeah that was than the saints get give me a there you go

Oh, you just. All right. All right. Yeah, I think you can start, James. Now, the New Orleans Saints defense has been very good over the course of the season. So I don't think you can expect things like years past where you just fire them up because there's a large Vegas line. We'll say with Marsha and Lattimore in and out of the lineup.

On the season, the Saints were 17th against Fantasy Wide receivers with the past six weeks. That dropped down to 30th. Yeah, and with the way James has been playing with the game in Tampa, I am willing to start James in a championship matchup here. I think he'll be a low-end quarterback one this week. All right. Mike Evans needs 54 yards to surpass 1,000 yards for the fourth season in a row. So he would have a thousand yards.

plus every year. Yeah, of his career. That's pretty good. Yeah, it's pretty impressive for the, for as much as we feel like Evans has been a disappointment. Well, I mean, you didn't draft them to get a thousand yards. You drafted him to get $1,500. Well, you draft him to get 10 touchdowns as well. Right. So fair enough. But you like James. Any interest in Deshaun Jackson or Chris Godwin, whoever is starting? Not really. Other than, you know, a glory play. If you're.

If you're needing a lot of points, for instance, I think Deshaun Jackson, if he's in there, you know, you can always throw him out there. We've seen, I can't count how many plays where he's been behind the defense, he's been open, and James has missed him by a yard or two. It wouldn't surprise me if the last game of the season, they finally get the connection. Because it seems like every year going into the next year, Tampa Bay is like, ooh, I think they're getting it together.