Starts of the Week + Week 12 Breakdown, The Walrus and the Hare

He had a touchdown that came back. He did. And there was another opportunity at the goal line that Quadri Olison ended up getting that carry with a giant hole. So I agree. Brian Hill is not dead in the water here from last week. However, this matchup on the ground has been very tough for running backs against Tampa Bay. They've just been outstanding. They're number two on the year, and they've played a murderer's row of great running backs. Yeah, I mean, it took...

You're right. I mean, Arizona they shut down. Seattle, Chris Carson, they shut down. Derek Henry, they shut down. CMC had a number 15 finish. So upside is limited. Yeah, I would play Ronald Jones over Brian Hill. Okay. I think Mike and I said we're on the other side. I'll just take the known opportunity. Right. I don't like both of these guys to have any kind of high-level production, but I'll gamble on the touches. At the wide receiver position.

Julio's in your lineup, and my goodness, it might be the best week. He has 39.2 fantasy points. Be better. That's what Tampa Bay is giving up on average to the wide receiver position, making them dead last in the league. Too long since we've seen our last Julio just boom. Yeah. Yeah. It's not too long from now, though. I think Julio's going to have a monster game, and I would start all three.

of the Falcons wide receivers. Calvin Ridley is a must start to me in this matchup, but Russell Gage is a guy that, you know, look, you, you know, you had Muhammad Sanoo in your lineup, and now it looks like he might miss a couple weeks. Russell Gage is still available on a lot of waivers. He also replaced Muhammad Sanoo in Atlanta. Ironic. And he can absolutely play in this game against Tampa Bay. When is the last time Julio Jones scored a touchdown? Week two or three? Three.

Yeah. Come on, Julio. Yeah, he was on fire to start the year. Get that? We dubbed you Julio Touchdown Jones, which was a really difficult thing to do. Yeah. Yeah, he had the job week and, yeah. Come on, Julio. We'll see what happens. Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, they're in your lineup. No debate there. O.J. Howard, no, no. No. Austin Hooper. Is he officially out now, Brooks? Yes. Okay. So he's out of the game. That's why I like Russell Gage more. Exactly. This week.

And he'll have an opportunity. Jaden Graham is the backup tight-in, the pass-catching tight-in. He was two for 23. And look, I'm just saying he was too, as in his first real chance, he caught two passes for 23 yards. And the reason we're mentioning Jaden Graham just one, so you know who he is, but two, the Buccaneers is the second best matchup for fantasy tight-ins. I'm not advising to start him, just laying the land for people. So when Sunday rolls around.

And Jane Graham catches a touchdown, and half the country goes, who? You know who it was. And also so that you don't just go, oh, he's a thing now going forward the following week. If he happens to have a good week against. Like DFS, you want to roll out Jane Graham? That doesn't bother me. Well, I've been in enough deep dynasty leagues where there are needs that tied in a spot start. Brooks had to pick up Dwellie off of the Waverwire last week to play him. And that certainly worked out. Brooks, was that in Dynasty?

Yeah. So you played, let me just get this straight. Yes. And did you win? Yes. So you played Driscoll and Dwellie. Oh, yeah. Well, you are just, uh, that's why you got engaged this week. She saw that and she was impressed. Magic man.

Was that what you said when you got on one knee? Did you say, by the way, I just played Driscoll. I just played Driscoll and Dwellie. I just won with Driscoll and Jwellie. And she said, you're the one for me? Yeah. Actually, I got to give a really quick shout out. That was in Dynasty, but I was up against her in a league last week and she beat me by three points. Oh, man. Because you didn't have Driscoll. Yeah, that's right. Dummy. Yeah, we told you all week.

All right. The matchup was clear. Yeah, we knew it. All right. Dolphins at 2 and 8 take on the Browns at 4 and 6. The games in Cleveland. The Browns are heavy favorites. 11 points. It's a 44.5 point over under. Baker. Baker is going to be talked about later. But I like him. Let's put it that way. Ryan Fitzpatrick on the other side has been throwing the ball to one man, one man only. Devante Parker, top 36 wide receiver in seven straight weeks. You can play him. Beckham Landry.

I think you can play both players in this matchup. Yes. I think you always play Beckham with a slight dreariness to your spirit. Jarvis Landry, though, has been very good. He's actually got a higher target share in recent weeks than Beckham does, both very high. 15 red zone targets for Jarvis Landry on the year. That's tied for fifth most among wide receivers and has a very nice pro football focus matchup against the cornerback.

Yeah, I mean, you could make the argument if you had to start one of these two guys that you should be starting Jarvis. He's clearly more in sync with Baker. This is a monster revenge game for Jarvis as well. O'Dell Beckham is the more talented, capable of just dominating a bad defense like this, whereas Jarvis is more of a possession guy than a real, you know, break a tackle. It's Beasley John Brown type of, you know.

Exactly. So right now we've got Beckham ranked higher because his ceiling is higher. But I do think the floor is clearly safer for Landry. And I would love to play both these players. All right. What about Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt? Are you playing both players this week? Absolutely. Yep. That was definitive. I mean, Nick Chubb is, he's an auto start. Miami's allowing 148 rushing yards per game. That's the second most in the NFL. He's absolutely in. Kareem Hunt, it will be highlighted at the end of the show. Well, oh, well.

I'm excited to have him highlighted. All right. Injoku, Gisiki, I'm not messing with either guy this week. No. No, I agree. Yeah. Isn't Djoku actually going to play? He might be watching. I will say this. When he does play, and I've been Mr. Injoku, a lot of...

mentions a lot of tweets about my love for Anjoku. Like when they break down, you know, word bubbles of all the words that Jason has said somehow. Djoku's like top three. David and Joku is a really big word. But there's no way you play him this week. Even if he is active, you don't play him because it's very, I mean, you've heard Kitchens talk about we don't know what kind of football shape he's in. You know, he could come out and end up getting 10, 15, 20% of the snaps.

You've got to let him get back into the NFL game before you start him. Yeah. So the most recent news is Injoku goes through his first practice, but he's unsure if he'll play. Yep. Giants, two and eight, bears four and six. Games got a 40.5 over under. Bears are six point favorites at home against the Giants. It will be very difficult for Daniel Jones and company to make.

to be able to move the ball against Chicago and Chicago in this game. These are one of those defensive matchups where as much as I like what Daniel Jones has done periodically through the year, it's a challenge to try to wade through a very talented defense on the road. We've seen what Mason Rudolph looks like on the road. It's just difficult. So I don't have high expectations for Daniel Jones. We as a group have them as the quarterback 19 on the week. It's just not one of those streaming Daniel Jones weeks.

Not with any confidence, no. No, certainly not against the Bears. And I hate to say this. I think this could be a good game for Mitchell Trubisky. Is he going to start? Yeah. Look, I mean, he was a full participant in Wednesday practice and the hip, while I don't believe it's made up, this is not an injury that should be sidelining a starting quarterback unless they're not worthy of being a starting quarterback.

But if you look back at the history of, you know, the current Nagy-Trabisky era, home games against bottom past defenses, that's where he's thrived. That's where his giant six touchdown game comes. And so this matchup is one where you're afraid of him, but I don't think you necessarily need to be because the giants are very poor against quarterbacks, against wide receivers.

The passing game is not good, and he's at home. So this is, I think, one of those games where it's like a real prove-it. You know, he just got benched. Yeah, they give up 321 yards a game on the road. That's the joint. That's most in the NFL. So they're just sitting there for you. Mitchell? He's one of those guys that when you're in a multi-quarter, you know, you're in a Superflex league, and he's your third quarterback. This is a week where you go.

I might be able to put him in over some of the other options. Montgomery did play with the hurt ankle last week. It was a reduction of snaps in that game. He played a tough defense. Do you roll him back out here in this one? I imagine you do. Yep. And then Tariq Cohen, is he playable as well? Is he in the top 24 for you? He got the slight bump this past week because of the David Montgomery.

injury, his targets went up by two from the previous week. The rushing carries did go up by six. I mean, you saw a somewhat uptick of usage for Tariq Cohen. He did score again. I think this was his best fantasy day of the whole year. But if David Montgomery, if you're projecting him back to his, let's see, 80% of his role,

Then no, I'm out on tree cone. I think Montgomery gets into the end zone this week. It seems like a good situation, a good setup for that. Saquan Barkley, over under, one yard. Over. Okay, we've got the over? I will take the over as well. Bye. Copy yours. Do you believe in adding Wayne Galman to your roster, even if you don't have Sequin? Yeah.

just on the basis that maybe Barclay's not. If you have a spot and you're looking like for a real hide upside stash and all the other handcuffs are gone, sure. Yeah, I'm, okay. I just, I think the schedule at the end of the year, we've talked about this for the Giants is pretty great. Yeah, but I don't understand why people aren't more in on Wayne Galman as the must add situation. I mean, he, okay, so here's, here's my rationale. His one game, he got one game without sake on. He's the number six running back on the week. I, I, I just think that.

the offensive line, the offense as a whole is not the one that I want to invest in, whereas you look at a Pollard or you look at a Madison, and not only that, but those players are more talented. Galman's never really... But you might not get that choice. It's just whether or not you put Galman at the back of your bench. Yeah, I mean, that's a matter of who else are you dropping and do you have the luxury. I'm not saying Wayne Galman shouldn't be rostered. I just assume that there are better, more necessary options. For instance.

Would I rather have Wayne Galman or have start setting up my playoff defense? Well, I would rather have the defense. You know, I'd rather have the Baltimore Ravens on my roster, even if they're my second defense, then Galman. Well, for me, the reason Galman is more attractive than others is because you don't, it's not, you're not just hoping for an injury blindly. Sequin Barclay is dealing with or coming off of and dealing with an injury existing.

Right. So then you're not just saying, I hope. It's like Tony Pollard. I'm adding Goldman a thousand times more than adding Tony Pollard. Because I'm not just hoping that, you know, Zeke twists an ankle. We don't hope for that. You know what I mean? I'm not preparing for that. I'm saying, oh, he already tweaked his ankle. That's kind of my thought process. And Barclay, it's unlikely, but just living in the world of hypotheticals and probabilities. I mean, it's me, Dave. It doesn't seem like the type of guy who's going to shut Barclay down at the end of the season.

because it's the smart thing to do, but the Giants are out. And if you get down to those last two weeks of the season and Barclays banged up, it's in the realm of possibilities that they just shut him down. And Zeke's not getting shut down. I think the reason that I might be a little bit on the other side of the fence from you guys is because, like, Sequin to me, he is a, he is a trade for candidate. If your trade deadline is still open. Oh, he is a, I mean, he's.

an answer to the beginning question. Who's going to help people win championships? I think Saquan is going to have a great rest of season. And obviously, based on your, oh gosh, you do not. No, I don't have confidence in his health, the same way I don't in Amari Cooper right now, and some of those players that I wouldn't be acquiring risk at my running back position when we haven't seen any of the Saquan upside at all in quite some time. So, yeah, we do see things differently on that front. But we can move on to Alan Robinson.

Who you like very much and would start this week. I sure do. I mean, look, if I actually speak kindly towards Trubisky for the first time ever, then that's going to coincide with his wide receiver one in a plus matchup at home. And we'll talk about him later. Do we make anything of Anthony Miller's 11 targets this past week? Or was that just a product of Jalen Ramsey on Alan Robinson? It's never benefited fantasy owners to make much of Anthony Miller or Taylor Gabriel's targets on any given week. Fair.