Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Sits of the Week, Nando Di Fino, Week 15 Mailbag

I flip a coin on it. Full point PPR, Kamari can be fine. He went up against the, you know, the Seattle Seahawks this last week and got what, like five for 90? Five for 90. Yeah, and that was, if you watch the catches, those are Bon Jovi, living on a prayer, just Jimmy Claus is saying, please, come all right, can please. Hey, he came down. He did. So you're right, it could be, but I would go. Sure, sure. Josh in Harrisburg, what's up? Hey, Josh. Hi. He needs some help. Sean Drone against the Bengals.

Balal Powell against the Cowboys or Buck Allen against the Chiefs. He needs upside and he's in a full PPR. Full point. Ooh, man. So if you need upside in a full PPR, which guy are you really taking here? Is it Buck Allen because the workloads there? No. Could be. I mean, you got two high workload guys in there and I know he was.

Man, for me, it's the Sean Dron or Belal Powell for me. I'm trying to work out who I'd rather play. It's between Belal Powell and Buck Allen for me. I don't think Dr. Powell. Here's what I'm going to take Buck Allen, and I'm going to tell you why. Because two weeks ago, he scored 30 fantasy points. And so, yes, none of these guys excite me with their matchups at all. But if you're talking about an upside, like I probably, I think all three of these guys are scoring 10 or less. So I'm going to take the guy who did it.

Two weeks ago. And that's the only reason why. That's my logic. But I agree with your logic. And I am fine going with Buck Allen here. I would not. You would just sit them all. Yeah. Who would you take then? Are you going to go, Joan? Yeah. So we just know Josh. But two. You went two with Buck Allen. So you can go with that. Oh, okay. All right. Ralph in the semifinal. You did not read that correct.

Okay, how do you read it? Ralph in semi-final! Oh, I didn't realize that. It's in capital letters with exclamation points. Look, that's your job. We use these things for a reason so we can communicate tone of voice in the written language. Is that what three? That's what three exclamation points is? Yes. You back away from the mic and it's more of an announcer voice. If I went my full voice into this precious microphone,

Our listeners' ears would explode. Everything would explode. Melton brains. All right, all right. It would be Chernobyl. Well, help. It would be terrible for everyone, so I don't do it. You're welcome, America. I feel like fantasy Chernobyl happened last week to my team. I'm going in. I'm going to be starting. Who's the bottom of the little? Chris Polk is going to be my real key this week. Let me start some trash. All right. But I'm glad I'm in. All right. Des Bryant.

He needs a flex. He needs a flex. Half point BBR. Des against the Jets. Geo against the 49ers. John Brown against the Eagles. I'm going John Brown. John Brown all the way. Yeah. The Eagles have given up a lot of touchdowns. Carson Palmer's been on fire. This is the type of game that John Brown can get something. It's a start your Cardinals weekend again. And John Brown has major upside. I'm going to tell you, tell you what, I think Jeremy Hill's in my...

Start of the week consideration, by the way. Oh. Robert in New York. From the cellar to the penthouse. It happens. It's called fantasy football. I learned it from the book Eddie Lacey Adventures. So choose your own, where you've got to flip the page 65? Yeah, I can take this joke for 10 minutes after you set that up, but I'm just going to move on. That's one of the things we've got to do here. Robert in New York.

Man, I remember those books now. Now I'm thinking back. All right. Robert in New York with Dalton out, should I start Tyler Eifert, assuming he plays or Richard Rogers against Oakland this week? That's a tough decision. I don't think it's all that tough. If Tyler Eifert plays, I realize there's a change at quarterback, so you never know how it's going to pan out. But Tyler Eifert, to me, is a much better...

physical talent player weapon than Richard Rogers is. So I would go, Tyler. I agree. And Rogers crashed down to Earth last week. Even though he scored a touchdown, one catch, two yards, one touchdown, exactly what we saw from him all year long. That one game was more anomalous. If there's any Hail Marys going on in the Green Bay game, I'll go Richard Rogers. But I can't predict those. So I'm going to go. Hail Mary leagues? Yeah. I think we said we'd start Cordell Stewart, Doug Flutty. Those guys would be in there?

Hail Mary Leagues. All right, Ben in Seattle first. Thanks for your awesome advice because of it. I've made the playoffs and got past the first round. Awesome. Nice. Way to go, Ben. Anyway, after Travis Kelsey crapped the bed against some good matchups, I can't trust him. Well, you just talked about this, right? And you're set. Would you start Zach Miller, Ben Watson, or Jacob Tammy over him? I would. Wow, that is rough.

I would play, I play Ben Watson first. Ben Watson is at home against the lines, a team that they could have just, they could simply pack it in and show up, collect a paycheck, try not to get hurt. Monday night. Who, prime time? Primetime. Drew Breeze and Primetime is fantastic for fantasy football. So that's where I would go. I agree. And I'd put Zach Miller second personally. Yeah, I probably. I'm fine with that. I don't love the matchup against the Vikings, but.

I like it better than against the Ravens for Travis Kelsey. All right. Tommy in Seattle, okay, I'm not sure what to do at wide receiver. I am number one heading into a matchup against an up-and-coming team in my league. If you had to start two, who would you choose between, I'm guessing that's Randall Cobb? Is it? That's Randall Cobb against the Raiders. Travis Benjamin against the Seahawks, Des against the Jets, Aiken against the Chiefs, and Devante Parker against the Chargers.

I'll tell you right now, I'm putting Cobb in based on the new play calling eight catches last week. I think that I'm going to play Devante Parker for upside at that point because of the snaps. I agree. Wow. I'm going to play Aiken and here's why over Parker. Obviously Cobb is in. He's the number one team heading into a matchup. It seems like he is the number one team?

He said, I am number one heading into a matchup. Oh, I got you. I thought you meant Aiken. I'm sorry. The Ravens are number one. Haven't you checked the standards. So if he's favored, I think Aiken, you know, he's going to at least get targets and work. No, that's a good point. So that's a good point because Parker showed you. He can give you two. If they're play calling. Ryan Tannihil, he'll throw the ball to Parker. If you do need upside, Parker, Parker would be the way to go. All right. John and Toledo, which two wide receivers should I start this week? Well.

Okay, the first name is Odell Beckham Jr. Hey, he's in. But he's against the Panthers, so there's hesitation. Josh. People are not sure. Calvin Johnson against the Saints. Everybody says the Saints stink. And Doug Baldwin against the Browns. Oh, man. This is actually tougher, but I'm not, I'm not sitting ODB. I'm going, O'Dell Beckham Jr. Dougie Baldwin. And Doug Baldwin. Wow. We are going to start Doug Baldwin. You heard it here first. Doug Baldwin over Calvin in a juicy man. Calvin's finished.

Wow. Man, that is, I am having a hard time with that. I have no problem doing that. I actually think Calvin's going to have a good game. Not just because of the matchup, because I think they'll try to force feed him a little bit. He could be. What's funny about the Calvin Johnson question, here I've got to pull it up. But I was playing a game with the guys because we were trying to figure out our sits of the week. And it was, you know, how bold do you go with the sit of the week? A playoff time. And so I gave him some statistics of this, I'm a player a.

This is what I've done the last two weeks. Four catches for 60 yards with only one touchdown. And that's Calvin Johnson. Over the last two weeks. Yeah. Yeah, that's not good. And like you said, they look like a team that kind of maybe moved on last week. That could be wrong. It could have been the matchup. Now you've got two teams that are not going to make the playoffs fighting against each other on Monday night. I think prime time for Calvin, that could bode well for him.

But man, we just started Doug Baldwin, and I don't know how you don't. The guy's got eight touchdowns in three games. Against the Browns, at home. Peter in D.C., he needs to start two, okay? Devante Freeman against Jacksonville. Alshon Jeffrey against Minnesota. Mike Evans against St. Louis, Michael Floyd against Philadelphia. And he says thanks for getting him to Week 15 in the playoffs. Excellent, Peter. It's a low-value PPR. Point two. So that's not really in play here. Catches. For me, this one's not.

very hard. I'm playing Devante Freeman and I'm playing Alshan Jeffrey. Yeah, that's exactly. I was wondering if you were going to go Evans, but I think he's much less reliable than Jeffrey. So I'm definitely going Freeman and Jeffrey here. I would go Jeffrey and Evans. Yeah, Jeffrey was number one for me on that list. So I'm not going to sit Freeman down though. I'm willing to sit him down because it's not a heavy PPR. It's actually very difficult for me to sit Michael Floyd versus Philadelphia. Like I said,

Four games, four of his last five games, over 100 yards. And Larry Fitzgerald, it looks like he's slowing down with the possession. And this is a perfect matchup where Carson's going to go deep. Well, Larry has one. The Cardinals are the top offense with touchdowns every week, and he's only got one Larry does over like eight weeks. So they're going somewhere else. Somebody's catching a touchdown. When the matchup is they need to play underneath, that's when Larry excels and he gets his eight to ten catches that week.

If you can go over the top, John Brown and Michael Floyd are worth playing. Yeah. All right. Larry, by the way, Larry's the number three in the league in receptions this year behind Julio and then Antonio Brown. Mike in Gainesville, Florida, I need to play two running backs. I have the big salad, Sean Dron. Yes. Matt Forte, Latavius Murray, and Tim Hightower. This is interesting. Halfpoint PPR. Matt Forte is in.

For sure. Yes. That is a done deal. Vikings are a little beat up. Forte's been playing very well. For me, it's between Latavius Murray and Hightower. Right. And I'm actually playing Hightower. That game's in Green Bay. I'm playing Hightower. I'm playing Hightower in Forte. Yep, let's do it. All right. Tim Hightower. Are you playing Tim Hightower this week against me, Jason? I might be. We will post a picture of our somewhat set lineups.

today. Well, I mean, the game's Monday night is what I mean. So you've got the potential to have, you know, you're probably going to be down by 40, 50 points. Can Hightower bring you back on Monday night football? I can't wait to see how it plays out. Yeah, yeah, we'll see. We're in the semis now. You know what, Andy, let me just say this to you. In our league of record, our league of pride. One of us is going to the championship game, and I wish you the best. And if you win, I will be rooting for you for a championship. May the best team win this week.

What is going on? He's being, uh, playing some kind of fantasy carmic game with me. Got to find the angle here. The look on his face says, I am not genuine. I'm going to sit. Really? Oh, I was trying to be as genuine as I could be. I see through it. I see through the mask as you try and take a refreshing sip to hide your, your evil intentions. Hey, I have no bad. We'll find out what happens.

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