Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 15 Studs & Duds, Rising Stars, Christmas Wish List

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Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Oh, welcome. You went arms up during the entire primal intro there. And I imagine like you're the king of the castle. Yeah, well, many of you out there feel like the king of the castle this morning. Maybe you've locked yourself into a week 15 win, which means you're in the championship game next week. And you're feeling great, and maybe others of you, uh,

You know, got a bad break, a player that didn't perform. We'll be covering all of those today, and maybe you just need to be held. Yeah. You just need to rest your head into Jason's bosom. Oh, I've been preparing it, making it. It's ample. Making it soft. It's succulent. Brooks got a, Brooks liked the ample comment. Brooks is wearing a Santa hat. Yeah, because Brooks's rule is, it's now one week till Christmas, so he can actually.

start celebrating the season. Hey, Brooks. Are you in need of Jason's ample bosom this morning? Yes. Yeah. Uh-huh. Hey, guess what? Bluptuous. Guess what, Brooks? What's that, Andy? Court adjourned. Oh! Court adjourned. Get bodied. You know, Brooks, you ruined my perfect season, but I took it back. Yeah, yeah. So let's give a lay of the land here because... Yeah, let's talk. Let's talk about our own experiences. People can relate.

Yeah, you, Andy, you brought up some people, Twitter's being flooded right now with everybody saying, hey, I got in the championship, I'm so happy. And then there's the bad break, heart-wrenching stories of- There can be only one. Yeah. But Andy's got both of those from yesterday. I do. And I'm okay. I'm going to be okay because I've got one of them. I did play Brooks. And my team went.

bananas. So I took care of Brooks pretty handily in our dynasty league. And I will be facing head to head. Me and Mike. Yeah. Mike and I for the title next week. My very beaten up 13 and one team takes on Mike's very stout team. So we'll see what happens. I would have beat you this week, which gives me some hope for next week. Assuming that Julio Jones does not.

Best his already insane performance of the year I will be in. Yeah, you're fine. So many people this week are counting on who we ought to take them. This is also Mike and I's fourth time, not in this league, but fourth time overall fighting for a title. So this will be exciting. You guys will hear from us this week. And then in our other league, our league of record, 10 years running, I was, I'm in the semifinal in that league. And last night, I needed. You needed the impossible.

Yeah. So Jason, Jason's sick. Yes. Yes, I am. So that bosom is a little bit of virusy. It's a danger zone. You don't want to lay your head on my chest right now. No, or ever. So I needed 19 points from Michael Crabtree, who I boldly declared was a top 10.

wide receiver this week and the way that game started with the way Derek Carr was throwing the ball, I was terrified. Because honestly, you guys should know this. I'm far more concerned with what we say on this show and how your team does than I am with my team. However, I am invested with my team and Michael Crabtree on 17 targets put up 18.4 fantasy points. Good enough for number eight overall this week and good enough for a 0.6 loss to my...

brother-in-law, who is insufferable and terrible. So I had both ends of the spectrum this week, and it made for a very exciting night last night. I know these two guys were watching Crabtree's four targets on the final drive, of which he caught none. I needed one catch. For zero yards. So some of us are winners and some are losers, and in my case, I was both. In the listener league, this is important for the Foot Clan, right? Because...

whoever wins in the listener league every year, they get to come back the next year. Last year I took care of business and took it down, and we had every slot open. Well, I'm back in the championship. Yep. You can't stop this guy. You guys can root for me so that you have one more spot. However, I lost Antonio Brown. Oh. And my team is trash right now. It won't matter. You'll find a way to win. Magic. Magic. So.

Today on the show we have the stud muffins. We have the rising stars. We've got fantasy rewind, the duds, obviously. And we've got a lot to cover, a lot to talk about. And we're going to start it off with a quick question. Quick question of the day is, look, Christmas, Brooks is quick to remind us. It's one week away. And the championship game is one week away from any of you. And for those of you that are still hinging on tonight, we'll definitely update you on everything we know about tonight's game and talk about that. But...

One week away till Christmas. One week till the title game. What is on your fantasy wish list for the final week of the season? Oh, my wish for fantasy Christmas this season. I mean, of course, it's a championship. However, I'll get a little more granular than that. Deck Prescott has been very disappointing to my heart and to my soul. He's just, he's been a turd. Yeah. He's been a lump of coal in the stocking. I.

Truly believed that Dak Prescott would be fine with Ezekiel Elliott out of the lineup. I thought he had grown enough as a quarterback to be able to handle that to still put up good fantasy numbers, to still have a competent offense. But alas, that was not true. So my Christmas wish is that upon the return of Ezekiel Elliott, we get not only Zeke back, but we get Dak and Des Bryant back into the fantasy fold of week.

feel that they are reliable options. You won't have time to find out. You'll just have to go on that Christmas hope that they're ready to play. That's a magical time of year. Yeah, that's the present that you open last right there. I mean, if you get the entire Dallas Cowboys offense for fantasy back, that's, wait, there's one more we forgot about. My Christmas wish, I guess I have two if I want to be greedy. I've been very good this year.

But my first wish is that I get one more week, just like this past week from Nick Foles, quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, who got it done. And got it done for me in Dynasty League. He has a good matchup next week, and I need him against Mike. So my wish is for you, all you wins owners that picked up Foles that had the guts to play him, that you get another special week from Nick Foles. And then I'm going to throw in if Santa's feeling generous.

Maybe a Thursday stat correction in my favor. So I actually am in two title games. Jason, what do you think? Yeah, that's another thing. For everyone out there that won by the skin of your teeth or lost by a super close margin, be aware that the week is not over. Thursday stat corrections come out and tides can change. For me, I was going to ask for Case Keenum to continue his hot streak, but I already know my parents got me that because he's great.

So instead, I'm, look, I'm out there for someone else this year. I want. This is so noble. I want Damien Williams to be as healthy for Christmas as possible and enjoy this week. Like, you know, look, this is Christmas this week. Damian, my Christmas wish is that you just take this week off one more time because, hey, Drake, Kenyon Drake, he is, I need him this week. I need him.

You want him to enjoy his time with his kids, his family? Yeah, don't hurt that shoulder, man. You got to take practice off. Take the week off, bro. Okay. You can find us on Twitter at the FF Ballers. Share your Christmas wishes with us over there. We're on YouTube as well. Thank you to everybody for the incredible notes, comments. Congratulations on our 500th episode last Friday.

They meant a lot to us. You know, the comments on the throwback video. Brooks, well done. That was great. Going back in time, hearing some of those original inside jokes, moments on the show. Jason swallowing his throat, which he's now done on today's show. Today's the Blue Jeans episode. So thank you to everybody for that. Also, thanks to everybody who voted for us at Footclanvote.com. There were many of you. I know that. We'll find out those results in January.

And thank you to everybody for the support of Jointhefoot.com. So a lot of gratitude going around this week. Mike, you won the water bet this weekend with the defense, the trifecta water bet. The Ravens defense was much better than the Saints defense, which was much better than the Eagles defense. How about them, Cal? How about them giants? Oh, man. We'll get into the pump the brakes fails. And a final reminder, if you want to grab a piece of gear.

something with our logo on it, something with a nickname shirt, or we'll have the Foot Clan title shirts up there later this week. You can go to shopballers.com. Use the promo code Rudolph, who made a miraculous Christmas recovery and played this weekend. That was ridiculous, man. Wasn't it? So Kyle Rudolph, if you didn't follow the story, just real quick, here's a summary. He goes from missing practice to doubtful, which to out. Technically, to an out report first. Yeah. Then a doubtful report. Oh, it went out? I missed the fully out report. So he was out.

Then he was doubtful, which even at doubtful puts you at 10% chance to play. Less than that. And then he goes to questionable. Then he's playing. Then he's knocked out of the game. Then he's back in catching a touchdown. Unbelievable. Ridiculous. So if you played him, it might have been on accident because he didn't swap him out. Christmas miracle for Carl Roodle. Let's talk about more news. Weekly rewind. Does that sound you warming your hands in front of the microphone? Yeah, this is, I got a very seasonal, Mike. I got to prepare.

In Foot Clan, you know what's coming because there's a lot of news, but there's really only one news blurb that matters in fantasy football right now. Maybe this is why I don't feel so bad about losing that one game, because I was facing the Antonio Brown owner, and Antonio Brown went down, and I just felt bad. He's such a good player. He's such an incredible asset to the NFL, and he went down with a partially torn calf muscle.

Look, it could have been worse. This could have been a broken tibia, fibula. This could have been an Achilles. It looked like all of those things. X-rays were negative. He's unlikely to play next week. Oh, he's supposed to. Yeah, he's. There's no point. And he is expected back for the postseason. So if you're a Steelers fan, congratulations on him not having a severe injury. If you're a fantasy owner that needed him, I'm sorry. This isn't what it should come down to. Last week I went on another show.

And they asked me for my grievance in the Seinfeld tradition of Festivist, the grievance from this year. And it was all the players taken away from us by injury and how it should be versus how it is right now. We've lost so many. I couldn't even go through all the names. But losing Antonio Brown at the end of the season is as bad as it gets. So the good news is he will be back for the postseason. It doesn't look like a long-term injury. The bad news is you're not going to have them, Jason. Yeah.