Week 17 Matchups, In-or-Out, We Are The Weegles

That was a game in which Stefan Diggs had 13 catches for 126 and 1. Oh, that was, wasn't that all garbage? It really was. At the end of the game, there was a lot of it. There was that drive where it was like five straight receptions for Stefan Diggs. Tough matchup for Vikings fantasy players. Dalvin Cook, 17 plus touches and four straight games. Can you trust Dalvin Cook in this one? And where's his ceiling? Because obviously the Bears, number one against running backs, four against white quarterbacks. They...

They're the best. You know what they are. You can trust Cook because the volume will be there. Since he came back from his injury, about for a four-game stretch here, we've had really good production from Dalvo, Cook. He will get the touches. I expect him to see at least, you know, 17 to 18 touches at minimum between rushes and pass catches.

Pass a weird way to put it. It was between runs and receptions. Yes. That's much more eloquent. So yes, you can trust him. The ceiling is lower, though. Is he a player that you would consider taking above some of those upper tier wideouts next year? Or is Dalvin Cook in the second tier running backs? Because him, Mixon, David Johnson, these are names that I, you know, I anticipate them all going behind the top tier wide outs. But I'm not sure. I'm not sure.

I would, off the top of my head, I would prefer to take the top tier wide receivers over Dalvin. Okay. We've got to talk about the other side. What do you think of Jordan Howard's very consistent into the season? Yeah, he's apparently back. They were just saving him up. I mean, he's very reliable right now. What a season. What a season for Jordan Howard, who looked like a top three guy.

those first three weeks when he was actually getting receptions. Then he vanished that people were dropping him. And now he's back scoring in two straight games and getting double-digit carries. He's a fine play, I guess. The Vikings, it's a really, really tough matchup. Yeah, I agree with you. And it's hard to trust, you know, Cohen after a six for 12 week and one target.

Cohen has had this problem at times disappearing. He's so electric. A lot of people view him as the, you know, better, like next year. Do you want Tariq Cohen or Jordan Howard next year? Wow. I don't know. I think it's Tyreek. Oh. What happened? Oh. No, really? Breaking news. Breaking news. Tip of the. Wow. Congratulations. Fookland. Fookland.

The fantasy pros accuracy results from weeks 1 through 16, which are the season, have come out. My fearless leader, Andy Holloway, number five on the season. Sweet. Number five, goodness. Congratulations, Andy. Thank you. And hold, hold the phone.

We got another name in that top 10? Because Jason Moore finished as number nine on the season. Two in the top 10. I'm there somewhere. Don't worry. Hey, Mike, you're at 19. And by the way, they rank 130 experts. All right. I'll take top 20. So we have three. We don't need to highlight that. We'll highlight the two in the top 10. That's awesome. That's great. Wow. What a season.

Now you've got no excuse to stop listening to this show. Oh, really? Hey, congratulations, Andy. Thank you. That's a great year. That's a great year. I'm excited. A great. Stop. That's an amazing year. Sweet. Sweet. Well, we'll keep doing it. We keep trying to get better. That's my swan song. There you go. I made top 20. I'm out. The 6 and 9 Bengals take on the 8, 6 and 1 Steelers who are 14.5 point favorites. It's a 45.5 point over under.

Give me the Steelers minus the points in this game. I think they just destroy the Bengals at home. I don't see any way around it. You've got a destroyed wide receiver core for Cincinnati, Jeff Driscoll running for his life week in a week out. But he had a few big scores. Yeah. Yeah. Did you watch? He just needs one. Miles Garrett was miced up for this last matchup against the Bengals. By the way, shout out. Miles Garrett's awesome. Yes. And first time pro bowler.

I love the Browns. But Miles Garrett was talking about Driscoll, and they just showed all these near sacks he had, and he was talking about how slippery Driscoll was. Oh, he's a slippery fellow. He's a slippery old Driscoll. That's his plan. I'll grease up. Look, I think you can play mixing and Yuzama if you need a tied in. Yuzama has been, he had a big touchdown last week. If there's one thing O'Driskel does to get his big score, it's...

try to overthrow people and Yuzama's big enough to occasionally circumvent his plans to be overthrown and catch it. But the Steelers are the story here. Now, James Connor, return to a full practice Wednesday. If he's out there... It's Connor. You're a Connor. Yep. Do you even look at Jaylon Samuels at the tight-in position? Maybe at the tight-in position over the, like that third tier of tight-ins. Because he should end up with, you know,

two to three receptions. But everything in Mike Tomlin's history, going back to Daniel Williams, says that if James Connor is back and healthy, he will be the guy. And he's been the guy all year, and this is winning in, right, for the Steelers?

No, it's not winning in because the Ravens have to lose. Ah, what, okay. Steelers have to win. The same motivation factor exists for them, yes. If they lose, then they're out. So I firmly believe that it will go right back to James Connor, being the guy, and the Bengals are probably my favorite defense to have a running back against. So if you're a week 17er and you've been stashed James Connor,

Congratulations, because Connor should be a top five option this week. Big Ben on the season, fourth and passing touchdowns, first in passing yards per game. We talked about it some on the footcast yesterday, which, by the way, it may not seem like it, but there's no better time to join our community at jointhefoot.com than right now, because when we go to two shows a week, you get a third show every single week, the footcast. So, um,

Join thefoot.com. Check that out. We talked about it yesterday, a little bit about what we thought about the Steelers. I think the Steelers, at a minimum, are walking on a very trepidacious line. I think if they missed the playoffs this year, there's going to be a lot of questions going into the next season, not just about the running game, but about Big Ben, how long is he going to play? Is Juju going to take over for Antonio Brown? Is Mike Tomlin secure? All those questions are going to come up. Because when you win, everything's fine. That's very true. Nobody questions anything.

All right. Let's go here. The Eagles, eight and seven, take on the seven and eight Redskins, 42 point over under. The Redskins plus six and a half in this game. Underdogs against the Eagles. Eagles need to win and get some help. Nick Foles, can you play him this week against Washington? Absolutely. Do you know what his completion percentages over the last two weeks? Mike? Probably huge. 73%. Nick Foles.

He makes no sense. You know what he is? He is a gamer. I guess. He just, he makes absolutely no sense to me. I, thank goodness they have him. Oh, yeah. Of course. I know that sounds stupid. They want a Super Bowl. But what I'm saying is it's like sometimes you look at these situations. Now the Cardinals, it didn't work out for them. But they had a situation where they spent quite a bit of money on backup quarterback play behind San Bradford.

And that hurts. It kind of feels like you're wasting that money. But with the amount of quarterbacks to go down and the needs out there, it's just having Nick Foles, obviously they won a Super Bowl with him. Now they have them again with a chance to get in. And if they get in, they're playing good football. Hot, this is a dynasty aside, because Jason was so sure that Teddy Bridgewater is out there, but he's not. But you know who is out there? Nick Foles. Yeah, he is. And Nick Foles next year will.

either be starting for the Philadelphia Eagles, which I think that's a long shot. Yeah, that's like a 2% chance. Carson Wentz is their guy. But the contract situation for Nick Foles is they either give him $20 million to be the backup quarterback or he gets to go find. That's his contract situation? Yes. What happens if they win this week in Minnesota loses and they make the playoffs? And then Carson wins is healthy. Because Carson wins, I think. Oh, because they did not IR him, you mean. Yes. And I think Carson wins technically could get out there right now.

Now, they've got no reason to force him out there, but what do you do in the playoffs? I do not envy the Philadelphia Eagles who will have to make that decision. How do you possibly bench Foles if he continues to play at the high level? And Carson, what is he has a broken back? He does. He does have a broken back. How do you make that type of a decision? But my point was there's a great chance that Nick Foles is just out there. If you're in a one quarterback league, he's going to be a starting quarterback for a team next year.

I don't know if he's actually good, but he's been great for fantasy for a long stretch now. Well, I remember not wanting him in Arizona, and I wanted Sam Bradford, and I think I would like to undo that decision. Darren Sprouls, can you play him? Big week last week. 50% of snaps. I think you can't. Pass catching, man. It helps. Yeah. Oh, of course it helps, but I mean, how many total touches did he have on the week? 12. So that's hard. That's difficult. Would you play him over Josh Adams? No.

Okay. No, because I would. I would not. Darren Sproles. I would. Three receptions each of the past three games, except it was three for 34, three for 16, three for 76. So the variance is there for him to hit the big play. The Redskins at home, incentive to keep the Eagles out of the playoffs here, too. You know, it's a six and a half point line. I would not be surprised if this is a three point game.

You know, I know the Eagles need to win, but every time I've counted on the Eagles, or the Eagles, either one, to kind of give me that super performance. That's actually, that's on the bulletin. That's the bulletin materials. Washington's calling them the weagles. Oh, see, if someone was calling me a weagle, I would be motivated to win. You sound like a child's entertainment program. A hundred percent. We are the weagles. Yeah, they come on right after Barney. Blip, blip, blip. We are the weagles.

led by Todd, my name is Will Will Weigle. Let's stop. Adrian Peterson, would you play him? He was nine for 98 and a touchdown against Philly in Week 13. Old man strength came through. Any interesting James and Crowder, who's been the target leader for a couple weeks? No. Right answer, right answer. The 11 and 4 Chargers take on the 6 and 9 Broncos. The Broncos are 6.5 point underdogs against the Chargers. It's a 41.5 point.

over under. Look, if, I believe, if the Chargers win, Kansas City loses, they can win the AFC West. So otherwise you're on the road in the wild card around is the fifth seat. That is madness. So I don't think that Kansas City is going to lose against Oakland, but this is the NFL. Stranger Things have happened. Right. They're obviously, they need to win this game. Like San Francisco beating Seattle?

Yeah, I mean, this stuff, and Oakland beating Pittsburgh. If Oakland doesn't beat Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh's in the playoffs. That's crazy. What a world. Because the line is very fine in the NFL. It's a fine line, Mike. It's the finest. The finest. Case Keenham and company, Royce Freeman. Is he a week 17 glory play? He's a, he's a good play. He's a strong play. Yes, Devante Booker will get in there and get his absurd.

workload that he should not be getting. Should he be considered? Booker? Yeah. Sure. As an absolute panic running back three? I think you can flex him. That's a looker? Oh, yeah. Is he a looker this week? Cortland Sutton, Deshawn Hamilton, Tim Patrick, who do you start? Who would you start? I would start Cortland Sutton and Hamilton if it's a PPR. You're playing Keenan Allen. You're playing Melvin Gordon. You're playing Philip Rivers. Yeah. What about Mike Williams?

He's probably not. On the season, he is a big playboy. Yeah. 39 for 599 and 9. He's a 9. I had him in a preseason, my bold predictions, 10 touchdowns. He needs to drop a touchdown in this game, or he's only got 9. I thought he already hit 10. Did he? Is this horrible, horrible analysis in this? No, no, he's, I'm checking pro football references. They got him at 9. Man, I went real quick. I really thought he had 10. I went so quick to burn down our researchers here.

I mean, within one second, I was ready to throw him under the bus. My bad. Who's going to be the Denver quarterback next season? Wow. You remember how much Jason like Case Keenum? Yeah. Do you remember how much I didn't like Case Keenum? Yeah, he's definitely a game. Zero top six games. He has a game manager. Hey, Andy, did you clarify if it was receiving touchdowns?