Week 13 Waivers + Full Stream Ahead, Wanna Play a Game? - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/1

I would take James White out of those two. Yeah. I agree that they're both a little sketchy, but I would take Harris. Near the goal line, you know, you saw it with Rex Berkin, and James White has that role. And even though he only had one target this past week, you know that James White, I mean, he's had games even with Cam where he's involved in the passing game. They set up those great screens that go for 30, 40 yards. James White would be the one because of the PPR baseline. And I think, ironically, the touchdown upside over Harris.

But one other name that I would bring up, I know we talked about good news with Josh Jacobs. But Devante Booker is if Josh Jacobs were to be out of the game, which is still in play. If he goes out there, he's testing his ankle, his ankle isn't right. They're hopeful he's here. But if he's out, Devante Booker, who has been pretty good, very good, gets to play against the Jets as the...

you know, only show in town for the Raiders, I would certainly be taking a shot on Booker for the upside. Yeah, we will learn a lot with like the Benny Snell situation and some of these injuries. There are a number of players that are in that category of you should put them on your bench because what if something happens? Snell has like kind of the double effect there because Connor is injury prone, is already on the COVID list. Snell should be on rosters. Tony Pollard should be on rosters.

Jamal Williams should be on rosters. Jamal Williams, I mean, that's going to feel, speaking of an irritated GI tracks, like, I think Jamal Williams might be, he might just be a flex player moving forward. So he would have more value than Tony Pollard at this point. Yeah, it is possible. And there was, to the snail confidence, we'll see it on the field tomorrow. But.

There were talks about getting him more involved from the team, saying he deserves more carries ahead of the injury. So he will have an opportunity. McFarland is not a player, I think, that they would make any sort of bell cow. But it will be interesting to see the breakdown. That will be one of many things we're watching on the field tomorrow night. And I do think the game will happen. So that will be good for the NFL schedule if it can happen. Anything else at the running back position we should touch on? Do you –

Look at Boston Scott with his snap counts going up or just ignore him because what's the upside? Yeah, that's where I am. I'm ignoring him. His upside would be only in the case of an injury and then you still worry about the offense. Alexander Madison, I throw him out there with the Tony Pollards and the guys that just should be this is the time of year where you don't want them sitting on waiver wires. All right, guys, I need you to do me a favor. It's a simple favor. It's easy. It helps everybody.

and the Foot Clan needs it. So I need you to just conveniently offer up a league-winning tight-end in our waiver show. Tight-end position, easy to find talent, easy to find consistency, so this should not be a challenge for you. Okay. Well, guys who are available, it was a disappointment this past week, but Jordan Reed ran 25 routes. He was the primary tight-in and six targets.

It's hard to find a tight end that's going to see that on a regular basis. Granted last week really sucked. So I'm not out on Jordan Reed yet. Robert Tunyon is a bit of what was that, Jay? I'm the same. I didn't want to say it because obviously I told people I was up last week. And he was my start of the week. And it was a complete and utter failure. But I'm not off of Jordan Reed. You've got to, you know, we know this with fantasy football.

Every player has good games and bad games. And, you know, if he had been hit across the middle at one time, he would have been sadly fine. When I look at the names of everybody out there, you know, Logan Thomas had a good game, but he's got Pittsburgh coming up. It would basically be Jordan Reed, Robert Tunyon, and Trey Burton. But there's reasons to hate all of them. The speculative ad, I'm with Andy, Jordan Aikins.

You could put them on your bench and see what happens to the target share. Yeah, I put them in a different order. I don't have that level of confidence in Jordan Reed because of the snaps, Dwellie gets, and he ran 10 routes. I would go Tunian far and away, number one on this list. Tenion has the, you know, Jordan Reed leans on Mullins. There's a reason. I know we say if he got hit across the middle, he would have had a good game. Right. We're going to say that type of thing, unfortunately.

Due to, you know, this would be like saying prescribing Richard Rogers to people. I think it would be a little bit troubling due to the quarterback. Tunyon is getting deep shots every single game. It doesn't always connect, but I love that. I love the weak winning ability of that type of play. He would be number one if he's not rostered to me. And then all the rest are kind of in the same category. I do think Aikins is the clear number one on that pass catching list for Watson, but that is not somebody that.

Look, if you have no confidence there, I don't blame you. He hasn't done it yet. So I think it's Tunyan. Then I'd probably go read, I guess. I'm with you guys there. And then it's Burton Aikins and everybody else. Yeah. Yeah, I'm totally fine with that. All right. What are some defensive options for this upcoming week and the future? This is the time of year where if you don't have...

you know, like I have in League of Record, the Steelers who are just locked in, and I'm just going to play them every week. This is the time of year where I'm loading up my bench, right? If you're set up, this is the time of year where I've got two defenses on my bench, potentially, setting up my playoff weeks. Who do you like this week and moving forward? Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of good options. The Bears are out there in about half of leagues right now because of their bad matchup this last week.

going forward. They've got Detroit. And then Houston, we'll have a week to see what happens with Deshaun Watson without Fuller to see if maybe you would start them there. But the nice thing is whenever you can find a defense that is actually good in a good matchup, that's the best case situation, because then you look at longevity of being able to play them a future week. For instance, we've talked a lot about the Seahawks. I would pick them up. I'd play them. They've got a good schedule. But Seahawks are not.

as talented as the bears on the defensive side of the ball. Yeah, I'm with you, Jay. The bears are at the top of my list. And then it's probably the Seahawks next, but maybe even the, I would consider the 49ers. I know that the matchup against Josh Allen always, that's not necessarily what you want to attack, but the 49ers defense, they are a good defense. They can get things done.

Buffalo this week. And then in the playoffs, Washington and Dallas are their first two matches. Those are great. And they're getting healthier with Sherman back. Yeah, the 49ers are definitely a defense. I am looking to acquire, but not for this week. I wouldn't want to play them against Buffalo, but I am actively picking them up. I've already picked them up in one of my leagues because of the Washington, Dallas, and I expect them to.

be a very good defense. And the fact that they won against the Rams means that they are playing for something. They're still in the playoff hunt, which is also good news for George Kittle. Throw that name out there as the weeks go on. I don't remember what week he is eligible to come back. But he would only come back, I think, if they're in a playoff hunt. And maybe you've, you know, you sneak into that semifinals or the championship with a bad tight end. I'm not.

I'm not diametrically opposed to playing them against Buffalo this week either. This offense, unfortunately, without John Brown, has not been as prolific week to week. I mean, they don't have a great running game. They don't have options outside of Diggs. This past week wasn't that spectacular. So I'm not opposed to it. Cardinals have a very nice fantasy playoffs of the Giants, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. There's a chance you're literally facing backup quarterbacks in all three of those games. If Daniel Jones doesn't make it back by week 14,

He's kind of a backup in his own right. And then the Eagles could have moved on to Hertz at that point or else you're getting Wentz and then Mullen. So somewhat interesting. They're a playmaking defense. You see Isaiah Simmons getting more work on that defense too. There's a chance you get some big plays from them. Kind of interesting. So another team you could look at. Yeah. I agree. I think that the Cardinals are a very good option for the fantasy playoffs.

And the fact that they've been kind of struggling on offense, sometimes that can actually help the defense step up. All right. Anybody else do you want to bring up here? Nope. All right. Who plays the Eagles? Just throwing that out there because they're looking very bad. Yeah, no doubt. Full stream ahead.

All right, everybody, I want you to take your mouse or your track pad, and I want you to go click on Derek Carr. And do you have it up on your screen? And then everybody, on the count of three, I want you to drop him. One, two, three, we dropped. Dropped. And I know it's not as strategic as kind of doing the...

Waiver-wire exchange, but it feels better to just let him go right now and then sign a new streaming quarterback. Man, I cannot imagine the anguish inside of you right now, Andy, having to do all of this with Derek Carr. Yeah, I mean, it's a trust, it's a trust situation here. I mean, the head coach has to apologize. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, you go out on a limb for a guy who's having a statistically pretty good year and he.

He's going to destroy the Jets. And we all know that. Do not play him, but know that he's going, that it's going to happen. He's going to have a great week against the Jets. I just thought that that face he made at the end of the Chiefs game meant something. And it clearly meant watch, watch what's going to happen. Look, that's the same face I make when I got a poop, man. Yeah, maybe that's all it was. Maybe it was some bad Chipotle. Mike, streaming quarterback option for week 13.

I'm going with Kurt Cousins. The matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars is not scary in the slightest. And Kurt Cousins has been a pretty good... He's been scintillating. He has been a pretty good quarterback. The Vikings, I mean, what's wild is the Vikings won one, they won one game in the first six weeks.

That was it. They looked like a dumpster fire of a team. And since then, they have crawled back into the wild card competition. And a lot of that has to do with the way that the offense is playing with Davalcook and Kirk Cousins, who is the quarterback 12 right now on the years. And just, yeah, Justin Jefferson. I mean, he got it done. Kirk got it done last week without Adam Thielen.

He was the QB3 on the week, throwing 303 against the Carolina Panthers, gets the Jags. Cousins is like the streaming guy where usually he has a good game. Sometimes he has some bad games. That's why he's not just a weekly start and he's more of a streamer, but this is a good week and this would make, he is on fire. NBA Jam rules say that Kirk Cousins is on fire right now. When you have elite wide receiving options like he has,

And, you know, they're well-coached. They're a team after that start that has turned it around. The defense is not great, but they've figured some things out. It seems like that's the identifier of a good or a well-coached team. And Kirk is good. I stand always for Kurt Cousins. I think he's a good quarterback. Oh, great. You do stand always for him. Just, yes, hopefully doesn't Derek Carre you this week. No, I like Cousins. He won't because he's Kirk Cousins.

It kind of reminds me of old school Philip Rivers in terms of fantasy where it was like, you know, more often than not he gave you a good game. When you saw him opposing you in fantasy, you were like, oh, cool, I get to play Kurt Cousins. Oh, cool. I get to play Philip Rivers. And then they'd have their big game against you. So it's a good name to bring up. And you're right. They're five and six now. They're above the bears in that division. What a turnaround. Yeah.

That's crazy. Look, for my streaming quarterback of the week, I'm going to take a shot on Ryan Fitzpatrick being the starting quarterback this week against Cincinnati. If he is out there as the quarterback, then you have what I believe is a locked and loaded quarterback one. It's a great matchup, and pretty much the entire year while Ryan Fitzpatrick's been the starter, he was a quarterback one. You know, when he was the starter weeks two through five.

quarterback one every single week comes back this last week quarterback one he was the quarterback seven he's just been really really great now there's a chance toa plays when the injury first happened it was said that toa could miss multiple weeks and i'm going to take the shot i would i would be willing to take fitzpatrick knowing i might have to pivot later in the week but i would pick him up because i i think the upside is there in a matchup against cincinnati and i'm going to go with ryan tanyhill uh