Week 12 Studs & Duds + Monday Punday, Injury Tilt! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/29

Tom Brady's. Tom Brady was a dud this week. Yeah, it was. And Jalen Hertz was as well. Jalen Hertz was way worse. Jalen Hertz, when we were doing our draft king's lineups, you know, for the Wheel of Shame. Yes. When I approached the lineup this week, I was like, you know, there's kind of a cash game thing going on with us. Like I just can't finish last, which thankfully another reason Jason is not here. He lost that. But I picked Jalen Hurts because I literally tried to be the safest I could be.

I tried to go with the safest quarterback imaginable. And Jalen Hertz throws three picks, no touchdowns. I mean, statistically to that week, that would have been the safest bet. All these articles started coming out Sunday morning. Maybe the Eagles don't have to compete for a quarterback. Maybe they got their guy. I was talking about it on Sunday life. Do they have their guy? Do we still not know? We still. I mean, they lost. It was a bad game. His QB rating was 17.

When he plays like this, Devante Smith is irrelevant. It's so tough. Yeah, the team is irrelevant. I mean, I think Boston Scott ended up with an okay game. Yeah, and then Tom Brady, by the way, getting back to him, only one touchdown, 226, 11 fantasy points, not a good week. I want to give a lot of credit to the Colts, though, in this game. The Colts are playing great football, especially on the defensive side. So I think that they're going to be somebody that's viable in a tough defensive matchup in certain games.

They still got it done on offense. Their defense is good, and the Buccaneers took care of it. But Brady, not a big week. Running back duds. Oh, let me go with the two guys that I started in our listener league. Naji Harris and Nick Chubb, who combined to score like five fancy points each. Just completely gone. The Naji Harris won. If you watch the game, it makes sense. It was just a complete blowout. And then at that point.

But that hasn't made sense all year for him. Like he's always at least PPR'd his way to victory. Right. But I'm saying it got out of control so quickly that they put other running backs in. That's what I'm saying is what happened. Right. Really unfortunate. The Nick Chubb one is, that one is shocking. Like, I know that, you know. Eight for 16. Landry was having himself a fine game. Great.

You're a running team. You have Nick Chubb, you know, one of the highest paid running backs of football. You have Cream Hunt, one of the better running backs of football, and you gave them a combined 15 carries. It was very bizarre. And again, that was pretty close for a long time. Yes, very strange. And then now you have this news that Jack Conklin is probably going to miss the rest of the year. So there could be some, you know, Nick Chubb's always been a better real.

runner than a fantasy like because he doesn't catch any passes yeah i mean if you just translated nick chub the regular runner he'd be the number one you know in fantasy or arguably but it's not that way for how his NFL game translates to fantasy points and now you have conklin's injury where if you need him to be effective only on the ground this could be problematic going into fantasy playoffs for new chub managers

The other side of the Dillon game, I mean, Aaron Jones, 10 for 23 on the ground. He was a last second active in this game. It seems like he should not have been active. I mean, not good. Sequin Barclay, 13 for 40. I mean, and he had a big run in this game, so the rest of his touches were worthless. Four for 13 on the ground, disappointing. Considering they won the game, Philly has been. He had a 32-yard run. Which means, what, 12 for 8 on the other carries?

Yes, that's what it would mean. And then two games on the road, Miami and the Chargers coming up. I don't know. I don't know. Yikes. Let's just spread Christmas. What's the opposite of Christmas? Cheer. Jir. Jir? Yes. This is Christmas jeer. Devante Freeman, 16 for 52. That's fine. Yeah. I mean, he's still the main running back. Ramandre. Not a big week for Ramandre. Couldn't have not good flex numbers. Has Buffalo next week in Buffalo. Damien Harris got the touchdown. So Ramondre is.

It's a tenuous start. You know, Bolden had all the catches in this one. No catches for Romandre. Is he a bench? Yeah, probably. The bigger question for me is, what do you do with, like, I mean, Damien Harris scored, but other than, but he had 11 carries. In a game that they were. Yes. It had on. Yeah, it's the whole Patriots backfield looks like it might be back to the, uh, the old tricks. They threw the ball. Yeah. Rex Burk had 12 for 27.

What do you know? I mean, that's Texan stat line right there. David Johnson, Tim, for 39. 3.9 a carry, under 2.7 a carry for Rex. The Jets finally found a running back combination. They could stop. They did. They did. We knew that it was bad rushing defense meets bad running backs. Yes. And there you go. And the Jets took the victory there. Jamar Chase.

Are we getting a little slowdown here? I mean, he's the wide receiver 41 since week 8, just three targets, three for 39. It's a big slowdown. I mean, finished wide receiver 27, 48, the buy week, 27, and 50. Over the past month, Jamar Chase is averaging under four receptions and 38 receiving yards. Woof. Yes. But, I mean, I'm going to stick with Jamar Chase. I'm going to keep playing him. He's very, very good. Kenny Ghaladay.

No, no, don't. And? Are you done with Kenny G? Yes. Michael Pittman. Yeah. Three for 50. Oh, four for 53. It's not that bad. I mean, 10 targets. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a lethal secondary. It's not that bad, but I really wanted to sneak in a bad pitty drop. That's fair. I mean, I'd.

You know, he's been out, he's been 30 or lower for the past three weeks. Houston next week? Yeah, let's get back on track. Is I going to fix it? We'll rebuild that city. I will say he had a couple of plays where it was his fault, too. He did. Mike Williams eight targets for 39. You know, these games where this office just poof. You know, they lost to Denver. They couldn't get it going. It was a very...

We said at the top. It was a very, very strange Sunday of football that was topped off by the injuries at the end. Emmanuel Sanders, just three for 28. This has been a lot of weeks in a row. In fact, this week eight, he's the wide receiver 61. I think he's dropable with Dawson Knoxback. Would you agree? I, yeah, he's not someone that you don't have to drop him. I mean, we'll give you some options tomorrow on the waiver show. But Patriots.

Bucks, Carolina. Those are three pretty tough matchups. Who else? Devante Smith, four targets, two for 22. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, and then you had the two. Godwin and Evans were bad, too. So a lot of correlation between these bad quarterbacks and bad wide receivers today. Elijah Moore, I don't know what to think of the game. I mean, it was a disappointing fantasy output, but he did have eight targets from Zach Wilson.

Corey Davis was out, but Zach Wilson seems like a problem. Would you agree? I don't disagree. Elijah Moore moving forward. T. Higgins or Elijah Moore rest of the season? Oh, my gosh. Probably Elijah? Not by much, though. You should probably throw to your best wide out more often. Eight targets. How many times does Wilson actually throw the ball? Mike, I need help. I'm here for you.

Kyle Pitts. Two for 26 on six targets. There were several that he was open. Matt Ryan just missed guys. But he's averaging five fancy points per game. I mean, are you just riding him into the playoffs in hoping for the athleticism to trump all the big games to help you? Are you actively looking to find a better solution? If you, I think you're locked in. I'm so disappointed. At this point, yeah, I don't blame you because you got the taste.

I got two huge games. Back to back, 163 yards. Yeah, I mean, I remember because we played each other. So Kyle Pitts, two good games. I have magical powers this year. But you got, you got the taste. 119 and 1 followed up by 7 for 163. I mean, I understand you chased that dragon for for multiple months after that. But at this point, I mean, trade deadlines are.

likely through and off the waiver wire, I don't know who you're going to find. Nobody. And then some of the guys you'd find off the waiver wire are in this segment. Tyler Conklin, two for 25. Noah Fart, Fant, no fan, three for 12. Austin Hooper, no catches. Zero. I don't like this week. Hunter Henry didn't score, so he's two for 16. So to me, you still have to go with hopes and dreams, I guess. Yep. I mean, Tyler Higby, one for three.

George Kittle won for 13. I mean, that one was surprising. In a game where Debo has one catch, you also had George Kittle with one catch. I mean, Brandon Ayuk was viable in the receiving game. Yes, he was. Dallas Goddard. Dallas Goddard had one target for, or wait, one catch for zero yards? No. That is correct. No. That's what they paid for. Jalen Hertz can make you disappear. He's a great magician.

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I would have let, I mean, if you had just come to me before the match and said, hey, I want the W or else. I would have, I might have complied. You didn't get the ransom note with all the magazine cutout letters? I didn't even get the choice. And now I don't have any running backs. Sorry, man. I don't understand. We employ you. I know you don't need the money. Oh, yeah. But at the same time, I just feel like you could play it straight up. You could play fair. I don't, I don't get it, man. I'm disappointed.

bummed out. Not mad. Not mad. I'm just disappointed. All right. Jason will be back for tomorrow's episode. He is traveling. He is coming back into town today. He thought he was going to get back in yesterday. He is back in town today. And then he'll be back on the show tomorrow. But he'll be spinning the wheel of shame on Friday. And that's really what matters. That's the important part of fantasy. It's shame. Shame. Shame is the most important part. The one thing that is not bringing shame upon my household this week. Everything else is.

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