Starts of the Week + Wk 13 Matchups, Ninja Smoke Bombs

in fancy points giving up against quarterbacks, against running backs, against wide receivers. So it's not, you know, like I've got the decision in my, you know, in, I'm head to head against Mike in our dynasty league. And I've got to decide between Matt Ryan against Baltimore or Carson Wins, who has just been so.

upsetting and frustrating to me. Trying to like, I'm throwing word that so that profanity doesn't come out again. Yeah. So as of right now, I am going Carson Wince, if that gives you an example of what we think of Matt Ryan against Baltimore. For Austin Hooper, Falcons tied in, the Ravens, the highest percentage of their passing yards that they're giving up. It is to the, uh, the tight end position. That's the only place really that the Ravens are allowing fantasy points these days, 19th.

against fantasy tight-ins, are you, where is Hooper in your rankings? I'll ask it that way. Hooper is in my top 12th. He is a streamable, startable tight-in this week. I mean, when you have that whole group of your Austin Hoopers and Vance McDonald if he plays and Trey Burton and Kyle Rudolph, they're all able to play, and I would probably start Austin Hooper over most of those guys. He's my number 10. Sunnu or Ridley in this game?

I would go Ridley, but I would go neither. Yeah, I've been encouraged to see Mount Ryan Target, Ridley, in the red zone lately. I would go Ridley as well. Yeah, it's tough. I mean, he is coming off the monster game with 13 targets, but it was two 30-yard games before that. With a big game mixed in there and then two, three games in the 30s and 40s. Did we go to New then?

Because you might have to decide between one of these two guys. That's a perfect ceiling floor play for me. I think Calvin Ridley can have the explosive game. We've seen it. And Sunu is just safer. He's on the field more. He's running more routes. So the opportunity is greater for him to get you that 60 yards if that's what you need. Yeah, I feel like the floor is close enough. And the ceiling is far enough apart that you should go Ridley. Kevin Coleman.

We talked about him yesterday. I believe he was one of your two pump the brakes. He is my pump the brakes. So light him up. Put him in your lineup. Have some faith in your process. Omar Miller's pump last week. Didn't work out. But I mean, look, the Ravens have been a tough matchup. And Kevin Coleman has not been great. Again, I said he's just outside the top 24. So he is a startable, flexible running back this week. But he's not someone you're excited about.

The five and six Broncos take on the five and six Bengals. Two teams going in opposite directions. The Bengals are five-point home underdogs, which tells you everything you need to know about the direction they're heading. We know that Andy Dalton is out for the season. Jeff Driscoll will get the start for Cincinnati. A.J. Green is questionable, although very good news towards the end of yesterday's show. He was going through the walkthrough, and he says that he's coming back this week.

That obviously helps Driscoll, helps Mixin, helps Boyd. It helps the offense in general. I think our ratio, though, of players who swear they're coming back this weekend, where I think we're a good offer on them actually coming back. Yeah, I can't. Melvin Gordon has pushed through the coaching staff before. Right, but I'm saying the players who are actually talking, saying, no, I'm going to play this. I mean, it was just Trey Kwan Smith last week. It would.

I can't recall who it was right before that. Yeah. Not that that's any scientific research or anything. We've got in or out on the show tomorrow, so we'll let you know what the practice reports and all the indications for AJ Green. Because obviously, if you have AJ Green on your roster, you've been making it work without him. And it could be a really important week for you. Now, we've got to take on a Broncos defense this week at home. Look, you're starting Joe Mixing. He's the only auto start on that.

Offense or is Tyler Boyd in the auto start category? Well, Tyler Boyd, we've, at least I've been talking about, I think he should be okay because he's the slot receiver for Driscoll. But Chris Harris Jr. is essentially the somehow the best cornerback on the Denver Broncos and somehow because he's the slot cornerback. So the matchup is not super favorable for Boyd. I think you still play him though. Yeah, if AJ Green is out there, I.

I think that is good for the offense, but I don't, with Driscoll, I think that that could hurt Tyler Boyd. I don't think Driscoll's going to be throwing it as much. And Mike, you've brought up earlier in the week that while you start Joe Mixin and you look at the season-long defense of the Broncos and you say, okay, they've been, you know, middle of the pack. The last six weeks, they've just been dominant against running backs, stopping quality running backs.

On the Broncos side of the ball, I think we all agree. Case Keenum is a really nice streamer this year. When I look at my rankings, the one quarterback that has the biggest jump right now is Case Keenum on my rankings compared to some other people. He was almost my answer to your question of Colt McCoy or Chase Daniel. My answer should have been Case Keenum. The Bengals have a lot of quarterback one performance.

every week of the season except for one week to Ryan Tannahill. So if you play the Bengals D right now and the way that the Broncos are playing, they're just playing really well. Emmanuel Sanders, Philip Lindsay and company. I got a note here from Kyle. He's one of the guys that does some research for. He's the editor-in-chief of our articles in the website. And he has a note in here. He says, tight-ins for Denver and Cincinnati are going down like a 90-slasher movie. Because on the Denver side,

First it was Jake Butt, then Jeff Hirman, both out for the season. Now Matt LaCose is starting, and actually interesting. And then Tyler Ifer, Tyler Croft both went down, and C.J. Uzama is the starter for Cincinnati. Again, interesting because I think Uzama has an opportunity in this game, being a checkdown guy against the Broncos defense to give you a PPR floor at the position. But Philip Lindsay and Auto Start, Emmanuel Sanders.

Great last week. What do you do with Cortland Sutton at this point? Jason, you have him down at 42 this week. He has not caught more than three passes in a game despite the hype. 42 against the Bengals? No, I mean, this is just the fact that he could end up dominating. I've said he's not a drop to me. He's still a guy that I'm wanting to hold on to. I love the schedule. I love the talent. But he hasn't been performing yet. That has been, you know, admitted clearly and openly.

They're on the road. I think they're going to be able to run the ball. No problemo against the Bengals. So this is where it's like, do you want, when I look at Cortland Sutton, it's not just a matter of how is he doing, but those players that are around him in rankings, would I rather start them? And Cortland Sutton is more of a hold than a play this week. He could have a great week. I'm going to call it a Joe New.

He has the potential to do a Joe New, which is a one-play, 60-yard. All of a sudden you go from terrible week to great week. And there are certain players that with their volume, it just takes one play to be wrong. And it takes one play to be right. I've got him down at 33. So. Okay. He may get a bump. We'll see. Philip Lindsay. Oh, yeah. I mean, the Bengals defense.

Yeah, we'll be talking about. Oh, of course we will. And then the like kind of like the last part of the game. CJ Usama, uh, uh, he's gotten 27% of Driscoll's pass attempts that has amounted to nothing for fantasy. Last week, 13 targets. Six for 39. I mean, what do you mean of Driscoll's past attempts in the one game? You know, just when he's, he's come in a few times.

If you gave me 6 for 39 compared to some of the other options and the risks that I have, I'm okay with. In a PPR league? Sure. Give me a break. I mean, that's what, 10 points? Sure. The top 5 side in. Yeah. It's 13 targets is turned into only 6 for 39. This is rough. He had 13 targets from Drisco? Yeah, this last week. Or was that from Dalton and Driscoe in the game? This was last. So game total. The whole game total. Okay. I thought he's.

We're going to talk about him. You put it that way. You're nuts, man. You call me whatever you want. Nuts. All right. Before we move on to the next matchup, I want to thank 23 and Me for sponsoring today's show. With 23 and Me's Ancestry Composition Report, you can explore where your DNA is from out of 150 regions worldwide. And they have this deal right now. They're now through Christmas. 23 and Me DNA kits are on sale, so you can give the gift of genetic...

discovery and it was kind of funny because right after the show yesterday because we had we were talking about them on the show yesterday we all pulled up our uh our profiles and you can share and compare so mike myself jason we all shared our profiles so we could both see uh genetic traits and our ancestry and the differences between them it's pretty cool and so you can go behind the scenes with your genetics um it's neat you can

check out the composition report, see what genes you have. And we're not talking, you know, Wranglers. We're talking about your DNA. So now through December 25th, get 30% off any 23 and me kit. Order your DNA kit at 23andme.com slash footballers. That's the number two, three, and me.com slash footballers. Again, that's 23Me.com slash footballers. And footclan.

This is the time of year to go to the most incredible live events. These games are the football. This is when it matters. This is when you've got to show up. And getting tickets online can be far too complicated. You can waste so much money. That's why we recommend Seekekek as the way to go. That's what we use. It is so simple and it is so, look, every ticket on there.

is fully guaranteed. And they source a bunch of different sites to make sure you are getting an awesome price on your tickets. It doesn't matter, you know, look, we're a football show. That's what I think most people are going to. But you want to go to a comedy event, a concert, something cool like that. We're going to hit up Gaff again. Yes, we are going to Gap in a couple weeks. Seat Geek is the place to get it best of all. Our listeners get $10 off your first Seat Geek purchase. Just download the Seat Geek app.

and enter the promo code ballers today. That's promo code ballers for $10 off your first seat geek purchase. Life is an event. And they have the tickets. The 10 and 1 Rams take on the 4 and 7 Lions. The lions are 10 point home underdogs. The over under in this one is a big over under, but that's a lot of Rams points is what that is. I am very happy because I was.

I was looking down as you're talking about the matchup, and just in my peripheral, I see your hand go up. For a moment, I thought you were about to hit the almost upset button, and I had a mini panic attack. I did my... What are you doing? I did my cursory look over all the game lines again this morning, and here's a hint. Our almost upsets, not on today's show. It's on tomorrow show. Okay. But you go through these games, and I was mentally in my head, I'm going, nope.

uh nope uh nope and then i got to the rams at the lions and i go no no way no way no how um no if you give me lions plus 30 i i'm in oh i might bet on that one no this is uh look stranger things have happened but uh the lions being 10 point home dogs not surprising and golf girly coming off the by brandon cooks robert woods josh reynolds

You've got to be excited about this offense. I think Josh Reynolds is the name that's worth bringing up as a, you know, do you want to play Josh Reynolds or do you want to play Cortland Sutton? I would play Josh Reynolds. I would play Josh Reynolds. So, I mean, that says a lot about where the Rams offense is and what you can trust. I mean, obviously, Cooper Cup leaving that offense and what Cooper Cup was, it's a void. Now, part of that's been filled by Gerald Everett. We saw Everett with a couple touchdowns, but Reynolds has a role in the offense.

I think I have Reynolds trying to figure out kind of where we have him compared to some other guys. I have Reynolds at 28, so I have him just outside of a wide receiver too. So look, your confidence in a guy like Alan Robinson with Chase Daniel quarterback, or do you go with Josh Reynolds over Alan Robinson? Yeah, I think that's a great comp because if you need the upside, if you are needing a huge game, I do think you go Josh Reynolds. I don't see Chase Daniel.

bringing some massive fantasy output for Alan Robinson. If you need the safer play, you know, Daniel did target Alan Robinson as the clear cut number one target. And so Josh Reynolds could disappear, could be not needed if they're up by a ton and they just girly all over the lions as a verb. But the thing is, is Josh Reynolds now, now that it's official.