Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 15 Review, Studs and Duds, MNF Preview, Fantasy News

I think Calvin Johnson has a better history. You've got one guy here who's a Hall of Fame guy going up against a bad defense, or at least a defense that can be scored on multiple times. That's who I would go with. But I see the difficulty of the question. It sounds ridiculous. You know, if we were talking about this five weeks ago, that'd be absurd. But it's a legit question. What do you guys think? I would still go with Calvin. You have to make up 17 points in a standard league for Hightower. I mean, you need 100.

You need 100 yards a score at the very least for Hightower to come close to that. So I would go with Calvin. I tend to agree. Especially, you know, depending on, for Hightower to get that, the game flow has to go perfectly right for him. For Calvin to get that, it might take a couple big plays, and that can happen later in the game even if things aren't going right. So a very tough decision. And if you're just asking me who's the safer play in terms of total points, it's probably Hightower right now with the carry count.

But that doesn't mean he hits 17. So I think Calvin's your better upside. I agree with these guys. All right. Rob and Long Island has the same question we discussed earlier. Should I start Chris Ivory or Belal Powell against the Patriots next week? He's in a half-point PPR league. I'd love to hear Mike's opinion on this because Jason and I kind of debated that. Ivory gets the volume. We said they about the same in touches this past week, but Powell was much better. I mean, just your eyeballs told you Powell was much better. So what would you do if you were in his situation? He's in trying to get to the title.

So I'm pulling up the number. Or win the title. So this is what Ivory did last time against the Patriots. He was 17 for 41, which that's not great rushing stats. He was 2 for 12 with a touchdown through the air. But I believe that was in the midst of the Belal Powell injury. So Ivory was getting all those passing down snaps. At this point, Edelman could be back. That's a situation to monitor because that's a big bump for the

the Patriots offense. If the Patriots are down Edelman and Amandola, I might be inclined to go with Ivory because I think that's, for how great Tom Brady and Granc are, when he's that limited on weapons, the Patriots offense doesn't move nearly as well, and the Jets are still a pretty solid defense. If he gets Edelman back...

I would go with Powell at this point. You got to stay in the flames with a guy who is producing at a high level. Yeah, Powell was out that game, the last game against New England. So that's why Chris Ivory got, you know, 17 carries. I will say this, the last three weeks in a half point scoring the way he has, Powell has 21.4, 17, and 18. And I don't expect them to be up. So that would be my argument for Powell. Yeah, I can see that for sure.

And I think if you ask me who's got the biggest upside in terms of total points, it's actually pal. So if you need that, I agree with you on that. That is the end of today's show. We'll be back tomorrow. Waiverwire chatter, some offense and defense plays you can do in terms of keeping guys away from your championship opponent. Hopefully you're in that final game. Hopefully you're still alive, David Johnson. My goodness, the Twitter feed blew up.

It was fantastic. It was absolutely outstanding. And for just an update of what are the footballers doing this week? What are they doing this week? So we will not be having a show on Thursday or Friday because it is Christmas Eve and Christmas, and we want to celebrate those days with our family. However, we have not forgotten the Foot Clan. So Wednesday return.

Of the Megalodon. Yes, the episode you've been waiting for since a few weeks ago when you got the last one. This time, it's personal. Right. This is playoff time. Playoff Megalodon. This is not a normal version. More spines. So Tuesday night, I will be going to sleep at 7 p.m. and waking up just before the show. We have to record the...

the Patreon Mailbag show that day as well. Yeah, I know. So we've got the Meglodon show and we've got the Patreon Mailbag show on JointheFood.com. I remember because I'm still exhausted from the last time we did it. Eat your Wheaties and not the big sinebuns you ate when you came into the studio this morning. Don't tell me how to live, Andy. I blame your wife. Any of the... When Jason said that Stevie Johnson signed with the Patriots, I blame the Cineabon. Yep. Well blamed. So, all right, that's it for today.

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