Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 16 Christmas Episode Part 1, Starts, Sits, Matchups

No, no, no, I'm just saying that's what I saw. There was definitely bitterness there as well. But I'm speaking that more to Mike Evans' credit. There are so many passes that go his direction that he has to have a good game. With Vincent Jackson out, Mike Evans is just a surefire double-digit target.

guy. And when you've got a guy that's 6-5 who gets double-digit targets, you have to be confident that he's going to put up good fantasy numbers. James Winston threw for 363 yards last week. Mike Evans had 157 of them. Yep. Got to love that. That's a championship type of performance for your team. Got him past me. That's for sure. That was a big game. Al-Shon Jeffrey, if he sits, does somebody in the wide receiver court benefit? I mean, Royal had five catches last week, but...

31 yards, right? Yeah. So is this more like, would you have more confidence in Zagmiller like I had said earlier? Or is this just a ho-hum too bad for Al-Shon Jeffrey? I don't have confidence in that passing game if Al-Shon said. And we had said Cutler was a possible stream, but only if Al-Shan's available. Correct. Yes, for sure. The one guy that I get a little bit more confidence in weirdly would be Matt Forte. You know, Matt Forte is a scary guy to me. He's put up good weeks.

Three in a row, three good weeks, but they've come on the back of touchdowns. And he had 21 carries three weeks ago, 10 carries the previous week. And then last week, it went down to eight carries. And that's scary. But what happened is when Alshan kind of got pulled, he got six catches. And so if Alshan's out, Jay Cutler's got to dump the ball somewhere. And I think that that's- Fifty-seven through the air. Yeah, that's where Forte benefits.

If Alshan's in, I don't know. I kind of like that we did the sits and the starts before the forecast. Because some of these discussions have been had with certain players that lets us get through the matchups and focus on different guys versus kind of repeating ourselves about players. So the Browns and the Chiefs, the Chiefs are monster favorites, 13-point favorites on... The Chiefs still got a chance to win the division. They are playing so good. They have a... What are the records? Do you happen to know off your top of your head? Yeah. Between them and Denver? Yeah.

Yeah, they're a game behind. Hoof. Surgeon. Yeah, and the Broncos play Cincinnati this week on Monday night, and the Chiefs take on the Browns at home, and they have the tiebreaker. The Chiefs have the tiebreaker over the Broncos. I would rather play the Browns. You are a bold news. That's a hot take.

All right, this will be a cold game, but no big weather concerns at Arrowhead. We've talked about Alex Smith, the reasons why I'm not confident in him. We talked about Char West, the reasons why we love him in this matchup. It all stacks up. The Browns are the 31st against the run. There's 22nd against the past. They just don't play much defense. Let's talk Gary Barnage. Love him. Barnage. You love Gary Bernage. You love Gary Barnage. Even against the...

Gary Barnage has done everything he needs to do to get my trust and approval this season, including last week, the last few weeks with Mansell. They will move the ball a couple of times down the field. And just like Kamar Aiken against a Kansas City stout defense, the volume of passes, Barnage's dependability, I like him. I have no qualms about him. And I would start him over Travis Kelsey. That was my next question. I would definitely start Travis Kelsey against the...

Browns. Yes. You want that? Oh, my. Waterbed. I wasn't going to seek your approval. When you use a word, like definitely, the button gets pushed. I like it. So Barnage, Kelsey. That's fine. The Kelsey hate, if you want to call it, that shade, I guess is a better word. That just comes from the same argument I have for Smith. You just haven't seen it. Juicy matchups? Not a lot of points. I just think, you know, last week, Barnage in a good matchup, got three total catches for 29 yards. Against whom?

Seattle, who is a good matchup? It's a good matchup as far as the tight end puts a points, but as far as a total offense, it's a terrible match. Exactly, exactly. I don't look just at that micro stat there. I think you play Seattle. I'd rather Gary Barnish play almost anybody else. And he played well, so I'm happy with it. Anybody else in this game? Jeremy Macklin, are you starting him? I would start him, but he's got to be in the two. Spencerware owners, give them the quick injury rundown.

Spencer Ware is still hurting. He is available. He'll be practicing this week. He'll be in the game and he'll probably be used a little bit. In this matchup, he's a guy that could punch in a touchdown or two.

But I'm not going to play him, even in this matchup. I just don't think they're going to need him in this game. And so if you don't need a guy who's hurting, you're probably not going to force the issue with him when you've got Chalkandric West. I would not like to start where. I would play all those guys we talked about in that Christine Michael, Cameron Artist Payne, Woodhead category over. Over where. The perpetual pen tapper, the arbitrary fridge reorganizer, the holiday party planner that starts in May. Principal knows your star employees have their work quirks.

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