Week 15 Studs & Stinkers + Along Came Pollard, Hurts So Good - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/21

Yeah, it looked rough. He went down. I mean, almost like... I can't stretch that way. Yeah, I mean, he got forced down into the splits. They're saying it is a hip injury. I would not expect him to play over the final two weeks, which means I had a bet with a friend on Twitter. Chris, $100 will be going to Fantasy Cares because Clyde Edwards will not finish in the top 12. It was close, though, right? It was. But it also means Lev Bell is going to be... Well, Lev Bell also went down. We don't have an... I don't know if we have an update on... He came back in.

Did he? He did. Okay. Yeah, he came back in. He scored a touchdown after that, I believe. No, no, no. The touchdown was before it. Oh, he went down twice then? Yeah, like when they were, when they were just milking out the clock, he essentially got face mask slammed into the ground. Because he had left earlier in the game, too. Right. So, all right. Yeah, we'll monitor the running back situation there. Who knows? Daryl Williams could be relevant. Yes. James Robinson talked about it. Rahim Mostert, ankle injury.

Just brutal. This is just a part of every game he plays now. He looked great. I mean, he was the primary ball carrier. He had a ton more carries than Jeff Wilson through the first two quarters and then got hurt starting the second half. The 49ers have a type. You know, I was like, oh, he's not my type or whatever. Like the 49ers are really intrigued by super athletic people that are made of peanut brittle. They have to burn a little too bright. Yeah.

I feel like it's a chicken egg thing. Like, do you come to San Francisco to get hurt? Or are you already injury prone and they like you because of that? Yeah, they buy the dip. Jeff Wilson went down. Coleman's just barely come back, but that's another thing to watch. Kevin Coleman could get some play. Nick Mullins came out due to an elbow injury in that game. Stay safe. Stay safe. Yeah. Michael Gallup, forced from the game. Treyquan Smith, forced from the game, and Jamal Williams exited the first half with a quad injury.

James Connor questionable for tonight's game. I heard you on Sunday live. Nice job, by the way, Jason. I know you battled through an eyelash in one of your eyes. It was, you know, the heart of a lion is what I showed on Sunday live with that eyelash problem. Yeah. I mean, you could only see the questions with one eye. That's right. Impressive. You did mention, look, you just got to find a different option than James Connor. Hopefully you're not leaning on James Connor tonight. Yeah, I mean, at this point, your roster decisions have been made. If you've got James Connor in your lineup, best of luck to you.

would have been worried to do that myself. Would you play him over every option on Cincinnati? Yes. Okay. If he's active. Right. Yeah. That's still a question. Was it Tramon Williams? Or, um, now you, now you infected me. With the name? Trevion. Trevion Williams. Yes. Yeah. Um, any, any other news, Brooksie? Anything you got us to get in, uh, need to get into? Got nothing. Oh, he's got nothing. Hmm.

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Drain in a fatty over there. Oh, is this hole? I'm watching my figure. Holes, Kim. Please pass the blood light. Blah, blah, blah. It's one of those days, man. Oh, I hope, you know what? Oh, that was special. Mike, are you excited that, you know, Christmas can come down to what it's really about your fantasy championship? Look, I am so excited for Christmas Football.com. Can't wait.

All right. That's good. Wait, is that thing? All right. Is that a thing? He says like a dummy. You didn't know Christmas Football.com? I mean, I just checked it out. It's an incredible website. Yeah. Yeah. Domains available for sale. All right. Let's, uh, let's move on from Bloodlight to this week's fantasy stunt muffins. Uh, Jalen hurts. Oh, whole brother.

24 for 44, 338 and 3 at a rushing touchdown was Mike's start of the week, and he was great for fantasy. And 63 rushing yards in addition. I mean, the number one quarterback, he looks great. Oh, it hurts so good. Yeah, that is the best kind of hurt. I mean, this is, this is someone that, uh, I mean,

Goodness gracious. You're going to win championships because of Jalen Hertz if you picked him up and are streaming him. Well, let me bring one up. All right. There's going to be a lot of decisions. We'll talk about it all week. But the first one, Josh Allen right off of this monstrous game gets New England next week. Jalen Hertz has Dallas. Oh, man. How do you go Josh Allen over Jalen Hertz next week? And how do you not? How do you do either one? Yeah. I don't know if I don't think he's available in our league, but in my head.

Because I traded for Lamar Jackson for the playoff run. And back when I traded for him, part of that lineup was the Giants. And the Giants was not looking like a scary matchup, but their defense has really gotten it together. And I was thinking, would I have the stones to go, Jalen Hertz against Dallas instead of Lamar Jackson? Again, I don't know if I can make that decision, but people are going to be thinking about that too. People are going to be thinking about everybody.

versus Jalen Hurts. It's going to be intense. The one thing I would say is I wouldn't expect as good a game as he had against Arizona in the sense that, I mean, Kyler threw for 400 yards, had an incredible game himself. It was back and forth throughout. Exactly. And the Cardinals' offense was able to score on the Eagles defense. A divisional matchup with Andy Dalton, I don't think you're going to have the same high-scoring affair, but I do think he's awesome and a good play this next week. Well, maybe maybe.

Tony Poller can reprise his role as the number one running back and keep the game close. Josh Allen is 28 for 40, 359 and 2. Man, I love this. I love his ascension. People starting to talk about the MVP situation for Josh Allen. Maybe, maybe. I don't understand how you could theoretically put him ahead of Patrick Mahomes. Oh, excellent. But Mahomes will have that whole, like Mahomes and Rogers are going to.

always have that, well, we're used to you being great. Sure. And it's the, you know, like Russell Wilson's probably falling out of that, right? Yeah. He's definitely out of MVP. I mean, he's great. He's having an excellent season. The ascension you're talking about of like of Josh Allen going from literally the most inaccurate passer in football to one of the most accurate? I mean, that is a transformation that you do not see that happen.

And I think, unfortunately, for the NFL, you're going to see a lot of NFL teams fall into this trap of, we saw what Josh Allen did. We can fix guys now. I started writing a tweet this weekend, and I'm not joking. It was Josh Allen is why Mitch Trubisky gets drafted. Josh Allen is why John Skelton gets drafted. It's why Logan Thomas got yes. Logan Thomas was drafted.

as a quarterback, not as a tight end by the Arizona Cardinals because he could throw it over the mountains. Yes. Just no accuracy. Josh Allen deserves all the credit in the world. The coaching staff and team deserves all the credit in the world. Yes, they do. They made the right pick. And he could win you ball games before he was an accurate quarterback. Now, it's just entertaining to watch him on the field, thread the needle, and have the arm talent to just disintegrate defenses. I'm looking at him. He's finished number two at the position two out of the last three weeks.

He's done it on the road in both of those times. Now he's on the road against New England. If he got you here, I think you're probably playing him. Ryan Tannahill was unbelievable. He had five total touchdowns in this game. Ridiculous. So can Derek Henry and Ryan Tannahill coexist? They can't exist without each other. If your play action pass equals Cordy Davis for 70 because you're so afraid of stiff arm Henry.

I mean, he claimed another body. His stiff arms are great. Most stiff arms. He claimed another soul. He did. Most stiff arms are the arm is straight. It's out. It's extending. It's trying to push you away. His is not like that. His, he lets you get close enough where he can actually push you. He grabs, like his elbow is bent at the start of when he's touching you. And then he throws you like a rag doll.

They are trying to hire him, actually, to dig grapes at the local cemetery because you don't need any equipment. You just throw it right in. All right, Kyler Murray. Huge game for Kyler Murray. Yes. 406 passing yards, three touchdowns. I think what I was happy to see in this game was the Cardinals decided that that DeAndre Hopkins guy was relevant for something other than a slant route. And they threw him the ball deep a couple of times. And guess what he caught it?

I can't believe it. Yeah, incredible. Lamar Jackson, the resurgence, QB6, QB1, QB5 the last three weeks. Man, I know one of the things that Mike did in our League of Record to get to the title game. He made two moves around the trade deadline. He picked up Lamar Jackson just in case he has a resurgence, and he picked up Calvin Ridley. So far so good. Yes. Justin Herbert, we had the Thursday night game. Matt Ryan.

Uh-oh. Are Rulio's made to be broken? I mean, this was unbelievable. He looked great for the first time without Julio. Very, very. Until the end of the game. That's fair. But, I mean, it was, it was very surprising. You had Hayden Hurst with a good game, Russell Cage with a good game, very not what we have seen without Julio out there. Yeah, people were really flexing against us on this one, too, that Matt Ryan's Rulio 11 doesn't come true this week.

We've had more games where it's gone sideways than, you know, it was fun. Drew Locke has a good game every once in a while, people. If you want to trust Matt Ryan. Without Julio. Without Julio, that's your business. Yes. You make the decisions. And Mahomes was really good. Oh, yeah, that guy. All right, running backs. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. David Montgomery.

This one was outstanding. 32 for 146 and 2. 32. I believe I saw, go ahead, Jason. Andy and I were having a debate in the studio. I was weeping in the corner because he's my running back and I got eliminated by Mike last week and I would have won going away this week. Yes, you would have. So we were debating because the way that I look at David Montgomery, I don't want to sway, I don't want to sway your opinion by saying what our debate was. So I'm just going to ask you the question.

How do you look at David Montgomery this year? Like 0 to 10, how happy are you with David Montgomery? Ooh, a 0 to 10, I would say. And how happy do you think people are about David Montgomery? I'll speak for myself. I can't speak for the people. I am a man of the people. So maybe I will. But your happiness scale with David Montgomery, I think, is off the charts. I would say.