Starts of the Week + Week 15 Breakdown, Clown Ghidorah! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/12

You're going to lose by a lot. Miami is 6 and 7. Houston's 8 and 5. The Draft King Sportsbook line is Houston minus 3. The over under is 47. I think this is a fun game. Houston's coming off the buy. But I mean, who don't you start in this game? I mean, there's so many options on both sides where, you know, two has been playing great. A. Chan and Mixing are in. Tyreek, Nico, Waddle, who's receiving lines at 57.5. Play him. Johnny Smith, you got to play him. He's a must-play tight-in. He's number one. In total fantasy points since week seven, I was telling Jason the other day, I thought I had my tight-in spot fixed on my league of record team because I had the combo of Kate Otton who was on fire and Tayson Hill. So I gave Johnny Smith away. It was like four weeks ago. I really wish I had Johnny Smith back. So things change quickly, but.

That's what won championships last year, Ingram, Najoku. They were key cogs. They weren't necessarily, you know, a star the entire year. It's a small window you need for them to perform. So the real question would be somebody like, you know, on the fringes here, like a Tank Dell or even CJ Stroud. I don't know if people are making those decisions. I wasn't listening to you. Yeah, the waiver. Waivers ran and I've got to see. Who my savior is. I knew for a fact Chris Rodriguez was going to slide into your pickups and he's now on your team. There, as is Keon Coleman who has dropped yesterday. Their player, Jason, I mentioned there are there were guys on the waiver wire that I thought, how are you not picking them up? Chris Rodriguez is at the top of that list. Well, he got picked up. Now let me ask you this. Oh, boy. Stop it.

Stop it. Oh, man. Stop it. Number two. I could really use Breece to be active. We're talking about the Texans here. All right. Well, maybe we're not. I mean, take Dell was the name I brought up in C.J. Stratton, whether either one is interesting to you in a game that has the potential, you know, at home in Houston, off the by week, with them favored, with a high over under, it does seem like there's some opportunity there for somebody beyond Nico Collins to have a game. There should be. But we are heading into the 14th game of the season for the Houston Texans, and we have been saying that for 13 weeks. They've hit the over four times. The Texans games have hit the over four times, and we are heading into week 15. It's 100%. It could happen for Tankdale or someone else on the Houston Texans, but at this point of the season, I am not willing to do it at all. It's Nico.

Joe Mixin and Logger. I'm saying Stroud is out. Stroud's out for me. Give me Kyler. The Colts are six and seven. They're back off the buy. Anthony Richardson and company going to Denver mile high. They're eight and five. Denver's four point favorites. The overrunners 44. When we last saw Anthony Richardson, it was a lot of talk about, you know, the Detroit matchup where he really struggled. Then he gets to play New England. Had a good game. Played the Jetson had a good game. This is not a good matchup on the road against Denver. That's, I think, point one of this conversation. Denver in the fight for playoff seating, as is Indianapolis trying to fight for their division. But I guess I get really nervous about Richardson and week one of the playoffs against the Denver defense that is number two against quarterbacks in the last six weeks. You know, you just talked about a strout off the table.

Would you go Richardson just because of the running prowess over Stroud, even with the bad matchup? I would. Yeah. Gosh, that's tough. I mean, we did just see the shootout with Jamis in Denver. And actually over the last six games, the Denver secondary is allowing the most passing yards per game. It's not like they're not allowing, you know, huge fantasy points. But some yards are there and usually yards turn into. to touchdown opportunities. Stroud is rarely getting to 15 fantasy points. Yeah, I would, I'd go Richardson over Stroud. It's, but don't look away. It's Joe Mixen's team. So Anthony Richardson has the boom-bust potential, tough matchup. I'm not wanting to play him, but. And you certainly play Bonnitz over over him. So, you know, we're at the point now with the running back room in Denver. One, it's the worst thing to talk about every week. Two.

We're at the point now where head coach Sean Peyton is talking about Marvin Mims in an active way about using him in the backfield because of how kind of inept and disjointed the Williams Estimate McLaughlin MIMS situation is. Yeah, I mean, the Mims in the backfield is not a huge thing. He was saying that, you know, he wish he thought of it earlier because he's been doing it the last month. He's been giving Mims usually about three carries a week. So I don't think that factors in too much. The question here is just, you don't know who it's going to be. They will do a hot hand. We saw that the last game with McLaughlin when he had 14 carries and two targets. You want to hear something crazy about that game? Yeah. He was, that was his highest carry count on the year by far. Do you know how many snaps he played? I do. 36% of snaps. So when he was on the field, they gave it to him, but there was no snap count number that was different. Like he.

Yeah, and he still didn't score 10 fantasy points. He didn't? No, 8.9. So, I mean, this is not, you know, I don't want to play any Broncos running back. The matchup is good. And if I had to order them, I would put McLaughlin because he was the last one we saw get the work. I would put him first, but I don't want to play any of them. It's weird because this is a situation where we like, like they have a 24 point implied total. They're favored. They're at home. We like Bo Nix. And yet out of the discussion, there's only one player you play.

Yep. It's Cortland Sutton. You just play Cortland Sutton. He's got a receiving line of 70 and a half and log out. And then on the other side, for goodness sakes, I mean, just get on your knees and pray. What's your confidence for Johnny Taylor? It's not that, I mean, he. Charbonne Zone or Johnny Taylor. With no Ken Walker, it's Charbonne Zone. Yeah, I would agree. James Cook against Detroit or Johnny Taylor. James Cook? Yeah, probably James Cook. 25 carries for Taylor last week. And James Cook was the Grendo line. So Isaac Garendo. Yeah, Garendo. I would go Garendo as well. Here's where I would play Taylor over those guys. And it would be if I'm a heavy favorite. Because I think the total workload for Taylor will be there. His efficiency might not. His touchdowns might not. But that's where I'd go. Yeah, it's just a matter of whether he has the opportunity to get the touchdown.

Or, you know, is he going to be vultured at the goal line? It's a very tough defense. We've seen him last week, 25 carries had an awesome game. 17 fantasy points and half PPR. A couple weeks before that, 24 carries. That's awesome. Six fantasy points. You know, if you're playing against a good defense, the floor isn't as high as you think. And, you know, the passing work just isn't there with Anthony Richardson. We did get an update from Mary Kay Cabot on X, David Nogoku, likely to sit. Oh, come on, man. Breeze Hall. We zoom in on Jason here. Come on. It's just not fair. It's like every week I lose more guys. You want to know how I'm in this spot where I'm talking about McLaughlin. I just wanted the solo camp so people could see his face. It's just weirdos. It's like whoever I have gets injured. Ugh.

But my defense has been great, so watch out, Jeremy. Any confidence with any whiteout? Well, I'm curious about Josh Downs. He was a limited participant prior to the by week. They said that they would expect his injury that he wouldn't be playing this week, that he might miss the week following the by week. But, I mean, because they were on by, there was no new information. If he's feeling good in practicing, I'm curious if he was active what your confidence level would be because he's been very good. whenever he's been on the field. I would have almost no confidence. Okay. Coming off an injury against number two past D. It would make me nervous. Yeah, that's tough. Well, then let's say he's out. Pittman, are you starting him? No. Okay. So he's like a wide receiver four-ish. As in not the wide receiver four. No, no, no, A. More like in the 40s. Yes. Gotcha. Yeah.

There you go. It's an uphill battle. All right, it's parley partay time, Jason. Hand out the crowns. You're very good at handing them out. Yeah. Also, did you just like- Did you lower your chair there? Your chair go down to you? How did that happen? Yeah, my foot hit it. Okay. Let's get the crowns on Mike. These are already pre-fit for us from last week. Yeah, it's on size double X-L. Look at the guy in the middle. Put up the king Godora again. There he is. There it is. Jason with the tongue. Yeah. Do you want to keep this off, Jay? Or do you want the real? Well, we should reflect, right? I mean, oh, yeah. Tray McBride, 60 plus receiving yards. Took him 14 targets to barely get there. He got there. And then Mike, you had Mike Evans over 60 yards. Yeah, he just barely snuck in there too. Yeah, but my guy just when you talk about barely didn't get there, he had two receptions. Aaron Jones was two and a half.

He also caught a screen pass that was scored as a rush as a Dell. I watched it. I watched it. I thought I hit. I thought I hit. And so it was scored as a rushing attempt. He caught three balls, but one did not count as a reception. I'll kick us off this week. I'm going to go not with a running back over. I'm going to go with Jameson Williams. His reception line is three and a half. He is in this crazy 54-point Buffalo Detroit Lions game that the expectation is monstrous amounts of points in this game. He's been over this line for straight games. I mean, his targets have been great, and I just think if they're going to be scoring back and forth, three and a half, his targets the last four weeks, six, seven, seven, eight. You know, that's a low line to me in a game with a 54.5 point over under.

Give me Chase Brown, the key cog of the Cincinnati offense, 25 plus receiving yards against Tennessee. He's cleared that mark in five straight, and he looks great in the passing game. So Chase Brown, 25 plus, lock it in. I'm going, Devante Adams against the Jacksonville Jaguars with 60 plus receiving yards. He's hit that in four of his last five. The targets have been increasing. It was Garrett for a while when Adams first got there, but now it seems like the mojo is. It's stirring. It's mixing back up for Rogers and Devante Adams. So I'll take 60 yards. I like it. That was fantasy forecast presented by Draft Kings Pick Six. Download the new draft Kings Pick Six app now and use the code ballers. That's the code ballers for new customers to play $5 and get $50 in Pick Six credits. Jason, what more time? Can I get the King of Dora for us? Can we give the people? With the with the wig. It's just over the top. A special one to watch on YouTube today.

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