Christmas Eve Extravaganza! + Week 16 Matchups, Fantasy Grinches - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/24

any sort of confidence. Right. I'm saying my Jalen Rager confidence is I don't really want to start him in a regular league. I'm just saying he's a sneaky start that I'm paying attention to. Maybe just you throw him in a DFS lineup. On the other side, Amari Cooper, what happened last week? One for five against Philly in Week 8 and then last week kind of disappeared.

Yeah, it's the targets, yeah, the targets went down, the snaps went down. It was not what we had expected, not what we had come to get used to from, you know, Andy Dalton looking his way first. That being said, we talked about this the whole year. Wide receivers are inconsistent. All wide receivers are inconsistent, except your Tyree Kill and Devante Adams types.

They have games where they have fewer targets. I still put Amari Cooper at the front of this group, and that's who I would start first. Yeah, Michael Gallup might not even be out there, so that will really help the CD-LAM, Amari-Cuper situation. I think Dallas wins the game. I'm just going to say that. All right. The Rams, 9 and 5, the Seahawks, 10 and 4. I get real quick, if Zeke is active, how are you handling that? I mean, you...

It's a tough run D, so I think I would put Zeke as middle to low end running back two. Okay. Yeah. I play Melvin Gordon ahead of him. But he's certainly someone that you can and probably need to start if he is active. Rams, Seahawks, one point favorites, 47 and a half point over under. NFC West at stake. My goodness, the Rams, that really hurt them to lose last week.

It really hurt the Jets and it really hurt the Rams. They should not have done that. They should have tried to win. Yeah. Yeah. The Rams did beat the Seahawks 23 to 16 in week 10. Look, Russell Wilson right now is a player that I don't think you can start. I would agree. There we go. There we go. There's a Grinch. Is your Grinch? My Grinch. Wilson. And we're going to play a game.

You must be so happy, Mike. I just, I like these games. This game is called Russell Wilson or Andy Dalton. Russell Wilson or Andy Dalton. Yes. Over the last six weeks, and keep in mind, Dalton only has five games in the last six weeks. Did you just say six weeks? Yes. Oh, ma. I mean, you know, that's about what Dalton's got. Over the last six weeks, who has more fantasy points per game? Russell Wilson or Andy Dalton.

It has to be Russ, right? No, put me on the, I don't care. Andy Dalton. It is Andy Dalton has more fantasy points per game than Russell Wilson. Passing yards per game. Andy Dalton or Russell Wilson. Andy Dalton. Yeah, go Andy Dalton. It's a tie. It's a tie. They're both throwing for 219. Look, that's a win for Andy Dalton. Yeah. How about this? Total passing touchdowns. That's Andy Dalton. Well, he only has five games.

Russ has six games. Oh, no. Andy Dalton. And it's Andy Dalton with 10 versus 9. That is correct. And the final one here. What? Quarterback rating on deep passes. Now, I'm going to give you the quarterback ratings. Mr. Moonball. Mr. Moonball. And you tell me which one goes to which guy. One of them is rated 62.6, which is the same as Mike Glennon. And one of them is rated 106.

Who has 100... Unlimited. Yeah. It's Andy Dalton has 106 to Russell Wilson's 62.6. Now with his highest interception rate of his career. Mr. MVP, Mr. Moonball has not been good. Yeah, you want to know what makes it troubling? He's not really good against a pass rush, huh? What's that Aaron Donald guy going to do? Yeah, that's a problem. I mean, I...

Sean McVeigh averages four sacks on Russell Wilson when they play. Personally? Personally, he gets in the game, crushes Russ from behind. He never sees him coming. I thought the Broncos prove that we can do that. But, yeah, I mean, Russell Wilson's a sit to me. Like, I'm not starting Russell Wilson in my championship against these ranks. Unlimited. And that feels so weird to say.

Russell Wilson or Baker Mayfield. It was the perfect example. I would play Baker for sure. What about this exact game, Jared Goff? Oh, man. At that point, you've got to play Russ, right? You've got to hope you get the big game from Russ. Right, exactly. We know what Russ can do. He can throw it to the moon and back into the arms of DK Metcalf. It is not impossible for him to have a good game. I would play him over Jared Goff. But when you're talking about, you know, all the top 10, top 12 options, I don't think Russ is in that.

He doesn't belong there. Well, and it's a trickle-down, you know, chicken or egg thing. D.K. McCaff was the wide receiver two through the first nine weeks. He has the wide receiver 23 over the last five, averaging the same fantasy points per game as Russell Gage. That's where D.K. McHaff is, I think, a sit. Yeah, I mean, he's certainly someone that you don't.

need to start. I've had so many questions online at jointhefoot.com that are pick out of these wide receiver groups and Lockett has often been the bench. So he's not an automatic lock in your lineup. Tyler Lockett or Hollywood Brown? Neither have a good matchup. So I would go with Tyler Lockett there. One of them's on fire. I was going to say I'd probably go with the guy that's been producing over the last four weeks. Sure. But I mean, it's close. It's a good question.

And Tyler Locker, DJ Moore. DJ Moore. Ah, we did it. We did it America. Definitely. Backed him into a corner. All right, Darrell Henderson, the start of the week on the Ram side for Jason. He's the RB 23 in our consensus rankings. Chris Carson is a start, of course. Robert Woods, Cooper Cup, they, I feel like the storyline for them every week is just you keep playing their two past catching options. That's right. You play both of those guys and they can be fine. You can, but.

I mean, Cooper Cop has been an uninspiring wide receiver 23 on the season. He's the wide receiver 23 because he had a week of 11 for 145. But, yeah, I mean. And a nine for 10. He has, he's not scoring. He's got three touchdowns. Right. That's what made his entire 2019 season relevant. He had 10 touchdowns last year. He's three this year. I mean, Cooper Cup on the season, unfortunately, it.

It hasn't just been, well, he's been fine for you. He hasn't been what you wanted. When you drafted him, he hasn't been last year, but he is actively hurting your team for the majority of the season. Right, because he's locked in. Yeah. And Robert Woods has double the touchdowns that he has. And last year, Robert Woods had no touchdown. 20, man. Robert Woods. Yeah. And then Tyler, Tyler Higby, I brought up. I like him as a tight end solution for your team this week.

I think my friend across the desk might be playing him this week. I don't know. I don't know because I do like Tyler Higby. I agree with you. The matchup is there, the Seahawks the last six weeks, 26th against fantasy wide receivers. But I also really agree with Jason on Austin Hooper that we were talking about it that the Jets feel like last year's Arizona Cardinals, where it didn't.

eventually you got to the point if you just trust the process, it doesn't matter who's playing the Cardinals. I mean, that's where Will Disley became a household name in fantasy football because he played against the Cardinals. So it's a tough, tough call. It's a really, really tough call, but it's my tight end streaming position is between those two guys. Higby and Hooper. Yeah. Yeah, I get it. And then in the end, it'll be Harrison Bryant, who you should start it.

Or Gerald Leverett. Yeah, one of those two. I look, if I can handle it being Harris and Bryant, but. All right. The Tennessee Titans at 10 and 4 take on the Green Bay Packers at 11 and 3. Packers are three point, three and a half point favorites. It's a beautiful, wonderful, 56 point over under in this game. That puts an implied point total of almost 30 for the Packers, 26 for the Titans. Delicious.

This is what you want for fantasy football championship week. I wanted Ryan Tannahill to be my quarterback start of the week. I was a little bit worried about the weather. That's why I went with Deshaun Watson. It's going to be very cold. It's in the 20s, supposed to feel like teens. And that doesn't usually affect fantasy production that much cold weather unless it drops well below freezing. Historically, Aaron Rogers has...

The same exact career average in bad weather as he does in good weather. This is a Lambo Rogers game. It's obviously cold season for the Yeti. This is a Derek Henry. Was he Derek the abominable snowman this week? I think he might. Is that more formidable than a Yeti? That's the king of the Yetis. Well, they're really? Yeah. I thought that they were kind of synonyms. They are. But the Yeti is a forest dwelling Bigfoot. Really? Abominable snowman.

is a mountain dwelling Yeti. And this has been fact-checked by our team of experts? Look, I am a certified- He said it so confidently. I think it has to be true. And which one's the Loch Ness monster? That is a completely different type of animal. Okay. Bigfoot is not a Yetty? Is he? Yes. Bigfoot's like his surname. No. No, sorry. Look, I liked it, but I was already talking. No, it's fine. We don't need, I mean, this is a long show, a Santa La Don.

At this point, it's just us three. There's no one here. Derek Henry should. Say what you want. Whatever creature he turns into will score a ton of fantasy points. That creature will be great. The matchup is awesome. The weather is perfect for him. I expect monstrous things for Derek Henry. And I do think Ryan Tannahill will be good, A.J. Brown, Corey Davis. I'm going to start almost all of these pieces.

Yeah, let's hope A.J. Brown can do more over against Jair Alexander than Robbie Anderson did last week. Aaron Rogers is a must start this week. Tennessee on the road, bad defense against opposing fantasy quarterbacks. Devante Adams, you know, we were so disappointed in his 11 or 12 fantasy points last week. I'm expecting big things this week. And I think Aaron Jones is a great start as well. Yeah, yeah. I mean, and Robert Tonion, Tunyon is a great tight end. TD Tunion.

According to one producer. TD Tunyon. Yeah, I mean, I don't think that there is any questionable asset on either side of the ball that is regularly started in fantasy that I'm going to sit. Like, Corey Davis is absolutely in my lineup. I'll take him over all the T.Y. Hilton groupings. That's amazing. We've gotten to the point where that sentence came out of your mouth. Corey Davis is absolutely in my lineup.

Well, and you expect. Dash, Jason Moore, 2020. You expect Jeyer Alexander. I expect him to be more on A.J. Brown. Watching last week, you know, it's just a matter of, I think he lines up on one side of the field. And if they move, they were flipping Robbie. Robbie was not always on Jaya last week. It was Teddy Bridgewater issues too. All right. Buff. It is amazing, though, what Tennessee can do. They can run, run, run, run, run. And then that play action, it's like a play action.

supercharged play action. It's one that's like... They charge it by running. Yes, every run. And then when they use it, the defense is like... All at the line of scrimmage. Oh, it's all 12. It's like a goal line defense. And then all of a sudden... They have no choice. You do not have a choice. Derek Henry is unbelievable. Yeah. The Monday night football game is the Buffalo Bills at 11 and 3 against the New England Patriots, yada.

That's a game. All right, we're moving on. I do not want to talk about this game. I do not want to talk about Josh Allen. The more that I have looked into. Yeah, we've been talking, right? Yeah. I mean, I've dug so deep because this matters. You were very confident at the beginning of the week. And I am super less confident. You were, dare I say, insulting to my good friend Andy Holloway. If I had Josh Allen and I had Tom Brady, I would play Tom Brady. What? Yeah.

Now, oh man, don't. On the tunes of table. Don't hear what I'm not saying. Josh Allen's not a bench. Josh Allen is not someone that I'm saying. Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson? I would take Josh Allen. I would take the fire that he's been in. And not the fire that Lamar Jackson has been in. One has been a lot longer and more frequent this year than the other. So yeah, I'll take the.

instead of the brush fire, I'm taking the forest fire. If I am repeating myself, I apologize. I think it was set on the footcast yesterday. So I will say why I want to play Tom Brady over Josh Allen. I do, I'm with Jason. I do not believe Josh Allen is a Grinch. He has not a bust. He will not score 40 against the Patriots this week. I want a shot at 40. I need a championship winner at the position. I think Josh Allen.