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Thanksgiving compresses the supporter schedule: the Footcast comes out early and Spotify Live's Party Room moves to Tuesday at 3 p.m. Pacific. Its unstoppable billing flows directly into a lipless-shark Megalodon sound.
A listener suggests naming the long episode after Megalabowl, prompting the hosts to insist that Megalodon came first and Megalabowl derived from it. They date the annual giant show to roughly seven or eight years, treat the genealogy as essential knowledge, and jokingly credit their years of Megalodon hype for the creature's resurgence in museums, Discovery programming, and Jason Statham movies.
Samaje Perine becomes 'Samage P. Ryan' and then 'Samajet 3Rine.' The exchange sarcastically awards Andy full originality credit, immediately points back to Twitter, and connects the joke to the similarly misguided mega-show suggestion.
The hosts accuse Mike of logging into other accounts to rage-drop Taysom Hill, then imagine a Sleeper button that removes Hill from every roster; Mike says he would have pressed it long ago. When Hill's quarterback snaps make him valuable at tight end, the debate declares the platform's eligibility unethical but exploiting its rule ethical.
Megalodon jams the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday shows into one pre-Thanksgiving episode. Listeners must survive the whole show to find a hashtag born from its shenanigans, try to trend it beyond a prior No. 2 finish behind Thanksgiving, and enter to win autograph gear selected by Brooks.
The show compresses its supporter schedule ahead of Thanksgiving: the Footcast arrives early and Spotify Live's Party Room moves to Tuesday because it cannot be stopped. That produces a key piece of show taxonomy. After a listener suggests naming the giant Wednesday episode after Megalabowl, the hosts publicly explain that the annual Megalodon came first, has run for roughly seven or eight years, and inspired Megalabowl—not the reverse. A shark's lack of lips excuses its poor pronunciation, while the hosts jokingly credit their own hype for Megalodon's resurgence across museums, Discovery programming, and Jason Statham movies. During waivers, Samaje Perine becomes both 'Samage P. Ryan' and 'Samajet 3Rine'; one host claims to have invented the latter before the others immediately credit Twitter. Mike's Taysom Hill grievance continues when he says he would press a button to drop Hill from every Sleeper roster. The desk then debates whether using Hill at tight end while he takes quarterback snaps is unethical, finally declaring the platform unethical but the manager's exploitation ethical. The closing announcement fully documents the Megalodon ritual: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday material is jammed into one pre-Thanksgiving show; listeners must finish it to discover a hashtag born from on-show shenanigans; the audience tries to make it trend after previously reaching No. 2 behind Thanksgiving; and hashtag users enter for Brooks-selected autograph gear. One host accidentally says everyone will win, producing 'we're broke' before the correction to an entry drawing.
He might be 75% of the targets. It will be six, but it will be 75%. Yeah, yeah, six of eight targets on that team. That's right. All right, quick break back with running backs. All right, let's dive into what running backs are welcoming into the fold this week. There are some options. There are some players out there. There are five names that are rostered in 60% or above. numbers. Rashad White, Isaiah Pacheco, Damien Harris, Elijah Mitchell, and Kenyon Drake. Those are all massively rostered, so probably not available. But if they are, you know, all of our waiver rankings in order are available on the website, by the way, the fantasy footballers.com. So you can see where we have them ranked. And we, we pull our roster percentages from Sleeper. That's right. So there's variability. If you play in a different platform, there's a different,
Rostered percentage. I do think it's important to focus on the lower rostered running back options. In particular, Samajai P. Rhine, who had three receiving touchdowns, just 30 yards on the ground, but it seems likely to get an opportunity against Tennessee with Joe Mix and potentially missing the week due to concussion protocol. Latavius Murray, just 25% roster taking on Carolina, Jerich McKinnon at 39%. roster percentage with the Clyde injury taking him off the field for multiple weeks. And then James Cook, who did get in for 11 carries 86 yards. That was very strange. Detroit is on the docket. And that's generally pretty good for even committees. Out of those four guys, who do you want to talk about? Well, I mean, Latavis Murray is the...
clear, to me, is the clear number one waiver wire pickup. Of the low roster guys. Of the low roster guys and potentially even over the high rostered guys. I think there's a debate to be had between Rashad White, who looks awesome, but is still dealing with, you know, Leonard Fournett isn't just gone unless the hip injury coming out of the buy is actually he is gone. But Latavius Murray was pretty good this last week. They have switched the offense to a new Cubs. And we know that the Cubex, they got a good run scheme. They know how to run the ball. They know how to call plays to run the ball. Raiders. He is all alone. Raiders. It was the Raiders. That's fair. That's fair. But they're playing against Carolina, who has not been good against the run so far this year. Going forward, rest of season, you know, it's like, okay, Samajai P. Ryan.
Somaget P. Rine, if Joe Mixin is out. Somaget, what we call him. Oh, that's, that was even better than Samajet 3 Rine. Yeah. I'm taking all the credit. Oh, yeah. Definitely not Twitter. You just made it up right there on this fucking incredible work, Andy. Yeah. Same person who had that megalah suggestion. But Samage P. Ryan, another. Big time pickup this week. If Joe Mixon is gone, he plays against Tennessee. Tennessee has been completely shutting down the running game. Thankfully, Samarge. That's not what Pyrine does best. I was going to say, Samage is going to do some work through the air, so it should be okay. But like a little bit of a trap. Latavius Murray, I think rest of season is at worst in RB2. And I think he'll have RB1 weeks when he falls into the end zone. So I'm actually really interested in Latavis Murray. I would probably drop.
35% of my fab on him. I think he's going to be start worthy for sure, but in a Brian Robinson kind of way. Yeah, yeah, it's gross, but I think he'll get more targets than Brian Robinson. That's fair. Like, there's, there's no one left on this roster. It's going to be just, it's going to be super nasty Latavius Murray. But you said Mike Boone's coming back, right? Yeah, but that would steal away those targets. It will. It absolutely will. But, I mean, it's going to be. What, 20 plus opportunities a week? And you're just hoping that he falls in the end zone? I don't think so. No? No, I don't because they're going to lose most games. They don't play the Raiders every week. And if Mike Boone takes passing down work and they're in deficits. I actually do think it'll be near 20 opportunities a game because while they might lose these games, they don't give up a lot of points. They're not in double digit deficits usually. Their defense is so stinking good. And if I have Russell Wilson and I've got that defense.
I know what I'm trying to do, and I'm trying to establish it and run the ball. Derek McKinnon and James Cook, where are we with those players? McKinnon is, I think, more reliable than Cook in the sense that with the new injury to Clyde Edwards-Alair, it becomes a two-man committee for the Kansas City Chiefs. McKinnon is the passing downs guy. That's going to be really valuable as you go forward. So I would rather have a McKinnon than Cook who... I love rookie running backs. I love getting these rookies in the second half of the year, and he's obviously on a great offense, but he still seems like a really distant to me. Obviously got in more this last week. Do you guys, would you rather have Cook than McKinnon? Nope. Okay. Yeah, I think I'd take McKinnon. Cam Acres could be good for a spot start with the Darrell Henderson injury taking on Kansas City. I think he's a good bet for at least 10 to 15 opportunities.
But it would be hard to watch. What's difficult is, like, Kyron Williams was the one running the routes, and they're up against Kansas City with probably a backup, maybe even a third string quarterback if Wolford is not ready to go. So that's desperation for either of those guys. All right, let's dive into what tight ends we're welcoming into the fold this week. Heavily rostered, but take a gander, you know, David and Joku. Three targets just coming back from injury. It'll probably be better for him soon. Dawson Knox, seven for 70. I think there will be a mad dash for Dawson Knox by your leaguemates that sort by most recent points scored. It's a trap. And usually it's a trap, but Detroit is. Oh, it's not a trap. I don't think it's a trap. It's an opportunity. I think it is an opportunity. Dawson Knox.
I believe he's a really, really good start this week. Six targets the week before as well. Yeah, he's certainly on my radar of players that I would be trying to pick up for a weekly spot start at tight end if this was my roster. Touchdown or 57 or more yards in four of the last five games for Dawson Knox. That's not terrible. Greg D. D. The Dolchich. I almost went Doris. Dolce. I messed it up. Yeah. He's not the Dorch. He's the Dulch itch. He's the Dulch itch. He's the itch. Four for 30 last week. It's not a good time with Russ. It's not. No. Because what happens is you see a play.
I remember last week, Jason, you told me you saw some catch by Cortland Sutton. You're like, he should have a great game. Yep, it was early in the game. He actually had two early in the game. He was like, okay, here we go, Corlin Sutton Week. It's the same story for all these guys. You can't string together multiple drives. You just said they want to establish it. Greg D. will have his chances. He's young and athletic. Trey McBride, Mike. Four catches last night. It turned into a tough defensive matchup. An incredible 14 yards. But I was very encouraged to see it jump up to four targets, the injury to Rondale Moore. We like the dors to come in in replacement if he needs to, but Trey McBride also replacing those middle of the field targets. So I think that there is a chance. If you're in a deeper league, I don't mind putting him on the back of the bench and seeing what happens. Yeah, Max Williams did come back, catch at least one pass himself.
Yeah, I didn't see enough from McBride to roster for me. And then you've got the buy week after this week. So if I'm not starting him this week and I'm just holding on to them, then that means I'm waiting for three more weeks. The receivers are going to get healthy. If you want another good spot start, Foster Moreau. There's three teams that we're targeting defensively against tight ends. It's been Seattle and Arizona and now Detroit has been firmly added to that mix. Those three teams. And Foster Moro plays against the Seattle Seahawks this week in the absence of Darren Waller, tight end for the Raiders. Let me ask this question before we move on. If you're dropping Kyle Pitts after the injury, what's the best long-term potential start here? We didn't mention Juan Johnson, but John Johnson has been...
Really, really good. He's a touchdown machine. The Titan 8, 4 and 4 the last three weeks. The Saints have said they're going to keep getting Taysam Hill more work. I don't know what Taysam's rostered percentage is, but you just take a peek. Someone could have rage dropped him, rightfully so. It was Mike. He logged into your account and rage dropped him. Look, I... I did it for you. You imagine if you could push a button and drop him from every roster and sleeper? Oh, he'd push that button. Like if you had that, I would have pushed it so long ago. But with the news that the Saints are saying, we are underutilizing him, which for the amount of money, they are giving him, yes, he needs to be on the football field more. But if he's really going to get more and more quarterback snaps, he's going to throw the ball. You need to play him at the tight end position, which is.
It's unethical? Oh, come on. It's not unethical. If a player is taking the majority of his snaps from the quarterback position and you can play him as a fantasy tight end, it is unethical. No, no. If the tax code says you can write this thing off, you can write it off. That's not unethical to follow the rules. It's the platform. Jason knows it. It's the platform that's responsible. You're telling me that you can't be an ethical person and play him? That's not the right word. I know what you're saying. I agree with both of you. It is unethical of the platforms to allow us to do this ethical thing. Correct. How dare you platforms keep him at tight end? He isn't one. You'll be unethical not the plane. It is a really good name to bring up because if you didn't watch that game, he was behind center a lot. They brought him in a ton and if you could play him at tight end.
And he's on your waivers. He's the number one pickup. And the only other name I want to bring up again in response. You said you lost kind of pitch. You're looking for it. Long term. Long term. We glossed over him a little bit. But I picked him up in two different leagues. He's mostly rostered. But in Joku coming back from his injury, having a bad game. I still believe in him rest of season. So he would be the guy that I would like to replace. All right. Defense is that we are welcoming into the fold. Very important. And please, please, please. Number one on the list by a lot. Miami.
Oh, really? Okay, they're not number one. Okay. To me. Kansas City's number one. They play the Rams and potentially Bryce Perkins. And the Chiefs defense is, they have playmakers. So I think that there's a chance that's a really, like the Rams are the number one team to play your defense against. And then Miami's right there because Houston, Houston is the safest team to play your defense against. Yeah, Houston's not going to do anything. But the Dolphins defense has also been just so bad. They're getting better. They are getting better. They're off the by week. Could have made some changes. Mr. Chubb going after Davis Mills. Yeah, they made some trades. And the fact that they were on the buy week, they're available in the vast majority of leagues. Yeah, I actually have a different number one defense on the week. Oh, my. And it's the Denver Broncos because I want a great defense.
in a great matchup. I would agree that the Kansas City Chiefs matchup is awesome, but I don't think their defense is phenomenal. Same with the Dolphins. Matchup is great. Their defense isn't phenomenal. The Broncos defense is phenomenal. No, that's fair. Against the Carolina Panthers, and we don't even know who the quarterback is. It could be Sam Darnold, another quarterback in two quarterback leagues. You might want to look at picking up because I would expect them to be the starter this week. PJ Walker's injured. Baker's career is over. And timeline-wise from, you know, he was activated last week for his 21-day window. So if it's not this week, it has to be next week or else they put him back on the shelf for the rest of the season. Bronco is the highest roster for sure. Still available in the majority of leagues, though. I don't know about that. Well, roster percentage is 41% that I'm seeing. That's the information we have. So that would be the majority of leagues. I mean, I get it. Not in your league. They're not available.
No, you're talking to me? I'm talking to the listener. Oh, no. Because they're all shouting, I can't get the Broncos. Yeah, they are for sure shouting that. Yeah, it's tough because I was only saying that because we don't know if there's a lot of leagues without defenses and I don't know if roster percentages count in those. Okay, that's interesting. So, um. Broncos are, I think, the best pickup because they're a great defense against Carolina. So I do agree with that. If you're looking at a spot start, it would be, you know, Kansas City, Chicago against the Jets, Minnesota against New England, Miami against Houston, and Pittsburgh, they take on Indianapolis. And I actually think that flips both directions. Indianapolis against Pittsburgh as well. The Colts, they are very stable as a defense. You know, they have not run into negative this year. They're kind of a four to eight point defense every single week.
And, you know, Pittsburgh is not a threat to, you know, go into Indianapolis, I think, and put up more than 20 points. Oh, there will be turnovers. There will be turnovers. There will be turnovers for sure. Andy, I think you are right. Who would you say is the number one most rostered defense? The Denver Broncos. I'll go with the Cowboys or the Eagles. The Cowboys or the Eagles were the first two I searched up and looking at their roster percentage. Oh, at the roster percentage. They are at 72 and 78%. Actually, the number one roster defense is the Buffalo Bills at 82%. So that does seem like there's like 20. You need to add 20% on to these numbers. Might need to, yeah. Is what I'm looking at. But still, I do think that the Broncos could be out there. Put them at the top of the list. Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. All right. Well.
That's a lot of names. That's a lot of players that you need to pay attention to and put in waiver pickups and make the extra effort this week. We are making it very, very easy for you. Go to the fancy footballers.com. Go to the rankings tab and then there's waiver wire rankings. That page has everything we just talked about today. And more. And more. If you're a supporter, it will show you our individual rankings. It will show you. What the fab percentage we recommend dropping on them is, it will show you their next three matchups coming up, whether they are good, it's all at a glance. It is very easy. If you've got a bunch of screens handy, you got to open the fold and then put the platform on the right and put your waivers on the left. If you're like me and you've got a bunch of leagues, you just put one league on the right. You put this little tool on the left and boom, bam.
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He was over 20 fancy points. His first three starts and then the last two weeks had bad matchups for completely different reasons. Houston is a bad matchup because you just don't need to throw the ball. Last time he played against Atlanta last year, 290 and three touchdowns finished as the quarterback five. I think Taylor Heineke has looked good and the matchup is perfect. And I've got... The handsome one, Jimmy Garapolo against the Northern Saints coming off of a big game, had the four touchdowns, not that you're expecting, four touchdowns a week from Jimmy Garoppolo. But aside from that, he's been a very safe streaming option, which he has the upside because he's surrounded by absolute incredible talent that can carry him, completing over 70% of his passes, the Saints allowing the eighth most points per game. So the matchup is there.
And I think I'd go, the Gino and Hineke to me have higher upside. But if you just need a good floor, Jimmy Garoppolo is there. I think that, you know, when you play Jimmy G, you are hoping for the yards after the catch players to do their thing. And I think there's going to be more games like this for Jimmy G this year. There's going to be two or three more games where. He drops the ball into Christian McCaffrey or Debo or George Kittles' hands and they just do the rest. The talent is ridiculous. It is 49ers. And they are very, I mean, knock on wood, 49ers fans. They're very healthy right now. Their line, incredible. Their line is awesome. Debo did look a little bit banged up at the end of that game. I haven't heard anything new on that, but, you know, he was going to the sideline laying down looking.
Looking hurt. That's just what happens when you're that big and you can run that fast. You can't not get hurt. That is fair. Hopefully stay healthy. Yeah, stay healthy. All right. Well, that's going to do it tomorrow. The Megalodon show. Do not miss it. Just in case you're brand new. The Megalodon, it's the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday show all jammed into one on Wednesday ahead of Thanksgiving Day and the weekend. And make sure you listen to it in... It's entirety because at some point there will be a hashtag that comes out of some shenanigans from the show. We will ask you to tweet that and try. We will try to get that trending. We got up to number two. Right behind Thanksgiving. Yeah. This, this year, Turkey Day is going down.
Okay. To our hashtag, but also we give, we do some like prizes and stuff. Yeah, anybody that tweets with that hashtag is going to win some autograph sports gear, Brooksie. Well, they're entered to win. Yeah, not everybody. What did I say? You said anybody that tweets that's going to win some gear. Oh, well, that was a bit of a snafu. And we're broke. Enter to win. I got ahead of myself. I was just thinking about Brooks. He picked out some pretty sweet gear this year. Yes. So, um, very excited. And Spotify Live is tonight. It's usually Wednesday, but the party room cannot be stopped. So we put it on today. Yeah. That's 3 p.m. Pacific, right? Yes, 6 Eastern. All right. Take care of Foot Clan. Good luck on the waivers. See you tonight. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on join thefoot.com. And follow us on Twitter at the FF ballers.