Fantasy Football - Starts of the Week + Week 12 Breakdown, Jacobs Worries? - Podcast for 11/20

9:17Jason Moore:No, it's Bam Knight. they need Trey Benson and so when he comes back he's going to be very valuable down the stretch

9:23Mike Wright:I agree Bayshall Toot and Travis Etienne limited on Wednesday Brian Thomas Jr. as well for Jacksonville uh the big news that I don't see in here but I think is kind of the biggest headline news of all is um Joe Burrow has not been ruled out this week he as of this recording as of any news that I can find you're a full practice on Wednesday when Joe Flacco is limited yeah

9:48Jason Moore:why why are you doing i think he might play i'm starting to think he might as well it's funny i was talking to someone yesterday um and he was saying hey uh you know the full practice participant for burrow and i'm like well yeah but i don't i don't expect him to start yet then it was like joe flacco's limited so burrow's playing all the reps with the first team it's it's not it's at least possible yeah it's at least possible now i don't know if his first game back wants to be the game where he doesn't have jamar chase of course from burrow's perspective i'm sure he's thinking if we don't have chase i've got to be there for this game oh i mean every game right now is do

10:27Mike Wright:or die for that team for any chance of the playoffs bucky irving limited for tampa very

10:31Jason Moore:limited very godwin as well i was watching he wasn't in pads those guys aren't playing no no

10:37Mike Wright:And then a bunch of players got sick in Tampa, basically. Baker Mayfield, Emeka, a big boo, and a bunch of offensive linemen all out due to illness. Ooh. So they shared some tenderloin or something. Been there, brothers. And we'll cover some other injury situations. There's some running backs that we don't know what's going to happen. We'll do all that during today's matchup breakdown. So that was News & Notes, sponsored by Progressive Insurance. Quote today at Progressive.com. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company affiliates and third-party insurers not available in all states or situations.

11:09Mike Wright:Coverage is subject to policy terms, limits, and conditions. Before we get into the matchups, let's talk starts.

11:18Andy Holloway:Starts of the Week, presented by Tostitos.

11:24Mike Wright:Well, well, well, Jason, it's time for starts of the week. I have a rookie platter.

11:31Jason Moore:I saw that this morning. You're going all rooks. This is the time of year where the rookies come to help win championships.

11:39Mike Wright:Yeah, I wasn't necessarily trying to head that way, and then I ended up with a few starts that were rookies, and then I got the news. I had Goff in as my start of the week. He was my streamer. I'd love to give another name. And then you see the positive practice report, limited practice for Jackson Dart. I like it. And Jackson Dart will take on Detroit this week, so that's the Goff versus Jackson Dart. I like both sides of it. But you, like Jackson Dart right now in seven starts, he's averaging 23 fantasy points a game. He rushes for 45 yards. I did happen to catch the, did you ever see the conversation between him and Gruden?

12:15Jason Moore:Oh, yeah, where he basically called the perfect shot. He said, I want you to change your play style because if you keep doing this, you're going to end up injured or in the Kakusha Protocol. And then that video goes around while he's in Kakusha Protocol.

12:28Mike Wright:Yeah, and Gruden was brutal. He's like, this is stupid. So hopefully that changes, but he's been great for fantasy. I'll go with Jackson Dart as my start of the week.

12:37Jason Moore:I like it. I like it because I think people are worried with that first game back, but it's not a soft tissue issue, so I'm not worried about that. I'm going with Brock Purdy as my start of the week versus Carolina on Monday Night Football. Brock looked great. He's had three starts this year, two-plus touchdowns in each of them. He was the quarterback sixth this last week. And the Panthers, they can't rush the pass. They're 31st in pressure rate. From a clean pocket right now, the 49ers per D-E is pretty good. Nine yards per attempt. That's third best in the NFL. Tied with Drake May for ninth in fantasy points per drop back.

13:12Jason Moore:The drop back. Yeah, I was wondering what that was. The 49ers have 27.8 implied team total, fifth highest of the week. It's an environment that I think is good for Brock, and he's at home on Monday Night Football.

13:25Mike Wright:Even his little profile picture right there doesn't dissuade you? No, no. He looks a little like a weird toy. Like a weird toy? Yeah, like a – it's just not a normal smile. All right, Travion Henderson's my running back start of the week. Mike isn't here. He needs somebody to step up in his absence. Stay in the flames. Even if Ramondre returns, it's about the matchup as well. Cincinnati, that'll work because their rushing defense is poo-poo. It's a lot like their passing defense. Right. They compete. but 31st in expected points per rush, 31st in rushing yards per game. The Bengals, they're just not going to be, even if you have a better than average performance, you're not going to hold back the big play from Travion Henderson.

14:11Mike Wright:High expectations this week. We don't know if Ramondre's playing. It doesn't dissuade me from Travion this week, so I'll go another rookie.

14:17Jason Moore:Yeah, I like that you're doing that in honor of Mike, who's not here. In honor of Mike, who's not here, my start of the week is Kenneth Walker III. Wow. So, Ken Bone. Travion and Ken Walker being our starts of the week five weeks ago. Well, we have to do it while Mike's gone. We can't possibly give him the validation. Yeah, exactly. I would never. I hate those guys. Yeah. These guys suck. Ken Bone Walker III, he was running back 11 last week on 19 opportunities. That's been his most in almost two months. Coach came out and said what we've been wanting him to say, which is Kenneth Walker is earning more opportunities.

14:53Jason Moore:Andy, you went out and definitely traded for him recently. and it just completely fleeced the Falcon. The Titans rush defense, 29th in yards before contact allowed, 31st in rushing touchdowns allowed. The Seahawks are 13.5-point road favorites. So it's a perfect game script, and I think Walker breaks a big play just like Hindo.

15:15Mike Wright:Well, my wide receiver start of the week is going to be Tracy McGrady.

15:19Jason Moore:Nice. I like it. Not Tet.

15:20Mike Wright:Shooting guard. I'm not calling him Tet because he doesn't want to be called Tet. So T-Mac, Tadaroa, McMillan against San Francisco on Monday Night Football. You saw the ceiling last week, 8 for 1, 30 and 2 from the NFC's player of the week, Bryce Young. This game really moved the needle on the season totals, on the season total projections. It all transformed where he was heading. He is one of six rookie wide receivers since 2015 with a 26-plus percent target share in that rookie season. he is tied with Trey McBride over the last month for the most receptions in the league a true go-to receiver and I'm going to go right back to him in this uh matchup and I'm facing him this week this is does not excite I hate that I hate when I excite me yeah it happens sometimes

16:05Jason Moore:we're here for the foot clan first um my wide receiver start of the week Devontae Smith at Dallas okay I will never quit Devontae Smith uh I know last week he had one catch for eight yards Philly fans are upset at their Super Bowl champion team that is not losing many games. They're upset because their offense hasn't been good. Dallas is here to cure the ills. Dallas's defense is better. It is better. I don't want to just look at season-long totals with some of the additions they made after the bye week, getting some injured players back. they looked good against the las vegas raiders but they they now are not the cincinnati bangles they are now a bottom half defense and they are still a bottom half defense i i think what's

16:54Mike Wright:really improved for them has been the the running and rushing defense i think that's what quinnon brings to the table yeah you know quinnon's not been able to get to the passer as much but stopping the run that's what they've reinforced even with the parsons trade that's what they're trying to do. So that again lends itself towards maybe Saquon doesn't isn't relied upon as much if they can slow that down.

17:16Jason Moore:And the nice thing is this game is in Dallas. The biggest issue here is the Philly defense has been so good that they don't need to pass. But the fact that the game is in Dallas, I like the fact that Dallas might be able to actually score on Philadelphia a little bit and then they need to throw the ball. Devontae Smith is going to be in my lineup.

17:32Mike Wright:All right. I'm going to round out the rookie platter here with Colston Dogland. That's right. taking on Pittsburgh. I'm going Colston Loveland. Steelers, it's about the matchup. 30th in schedule adjusted fantasy points allowed to the tight end. He's right on the fringe of the wide receiver one even in our consensus rankings this week. What did I say? Wide receiver one? We'll see. I would be shocked. And Loveland is a big play type of player. I think you're going to get a big play this week against the Steelers. It's a huge game for Chicago. There's a handful of But tight ends I actually kind of like this week compared to some previous weeks.

18:11Mike Wright:Yeah. But I'm going to go with Loveland to round out the rookie run down here.

18:16Jason Moore:I'm going with what should hopefully be a layup in Hunter Henry against the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals defense is, as we all know, it's very bad. But while they're bad against the run and they're bad against the pass, they are worst, worst, worst, worst against tight ends. They give it up every single week to tight ends. there's a 29 point team implied total the second highest of the week i want pieces of this game and specifically i mean you against the bangles defense you can essentially blindfold yourself with a grenade launcher and you'll hit the target okay okay it's it's it's great to play the tight i mean the bangles are on pace to allow the most fantasy points of all time for the tight end position so when i say they're bad they're worst against tight end i mean they're worst of all time So, yeah, Hunter Henry, he's okay.

19:08Jason Moore:He goes out there, gets three catches. Three catches, 50 yards. He's a part of the offense. And then every now and then, every now and then, he's the tight end one on the week. And this is one of those weeks where it's like he's going to go out and end up with two touchdowns.

19:20Mike Wright:My only concern about this game is if, you know, you don't have Jamar Chase, if Burrow doesn't play and, you know, the game script flips and you don't get as much passing work.

19:31Jason Moore:Well, that's why you took Hendo. It makes sense. but I do think that they're still going to throw the ball for three quarters or at least for a half, and that's enough to exploit the giant gaping hole in the Bengals' defense.

19:45Mike Wright:Yeah, they don't see tight ends.

19:46Jason Moore:No.

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22:04Mike Wright:All right, it's time for week 12.

22:06Andy Holloway:Let's do it.

22:11Andy Holloway:Fantasy Forecast, presented by PrizePix.

22:16Mike Wright:We get the Colts and Saints back from the bye. The Broncos, Chargers, Commanders, and Dolphins are taking a week off, and so you've got to find those starts and sits that make a difference. Pittsburgh 6-4, the Bears 7-3 that's our first matchup of the day Jason Vegas line here, Chicago at home, minus 2.5 over-unders 45.5 this is a battle between two division leaders shout out to the Steelers and Bears fans for coming this far, Chicago's defense 30th in yards per play but number one in turnovers forced they remind me of a handful of defenses in years past, Cardinals were like this a few years ago where they give up a lot of yards, but they make big plays, and they keep your team in the game, and they can do it that way.

23:02Mike Wright:We'll see what happens here. I mean, Aaron Rodgers didn't practice on Wednesday. I believe the quote I saw this morning was like, it'll be about safety is what he said with the broken hand and whether he can play safely, I guess, the game of football.

23:17Jason Moore:Yeah. I know he loves playing in Chicago. I watched him an interview of like how much he – He's basically smirking and talking about how he's owned the Chicago Bears as a Packer, and he hopes he can play against Chicago again. Chicago, my understanding, they love Aaron Rodgers. Chicago's a big fan of that guy.

23:38Mike Wright:I don't think you're being serious.

23:39Jason Moore:I don't think I'm being serious either. I mean, the whole world dislikes him, but I think there's a special kind of dislike and hatred for Bears fans.

23:49Mike Wright:Jalen Warren and in the running back room on the other side, I think those discussions start us off here. I mean, Warren didn't practice Wednesday. It seems like they're going to try to get him back out there.

24:01Jason Moore:Yeah, last I heard was he wasn't practicing. It'll be slow, but they're hopeful that they have him this week.

24:08Mike Wright:Which would put Gainwell on your bench? Yeah. Or in a flex?

24:12Jason Moore:No, no, no. The matchup is really good. I mean, the Bears for the last couple of years haven't really been good against running backs. The last six weeks, they've been better. So I do think that whoever the starter is needs to be started. Jalen Warren's been great. If he's there, I'll put him back in my lineup. Kenny Gainwell has been outstanding. And if Warren is gone, Gainwell's an excellent start. But I don't want to start. I feel like the only way Gainwell has a really, I mean, you can always get touchdowns. but I think it would take a re-aggravation to the ankle injury, and that's not a bet.

24:49Jason Moore:Like if you had to say Jalen Warren is starting, what percentage chance is it that he re-aggravates that ankle? I'd say 15%. That's not a bet I want. I don't want to put a 15 % bet on it.

24:59Mike Wright:And we have evidence here, right? He was the running back four in week four. They go into the bye week. Jalen Warren comes back. His opportunities on the ground, 6-3-5-3-0. So it wasn't, you know. And last week it really came down to the receiving game, right? like he had two receiving touchdowns it wasn't even i mean it was nine for 24 on the ground so it would be a really risky play i'd rather play a michael carter um in arizona than a second fiddle kenneth gainwell personally yeah deandre swift uh they keep limiting him on wednesday but he'll be back out there mononga is purely a touchdown or bus play which look that's worked out for two straight weeks where you got you got the touchdown um last week he actually had 12

25:40Jason Moore:carries on the ground just turned it into 23 yards yeah i wouldn't rely on that certainly not in your average week and and definitely not against the steelers defense adjusted for scheduled or fifth against running backs this year throw on the steelers easier than you run on the steelers

25:55Mike Wright:temperature check on dk metcalf alec pierce against the kansas city defense or dk metcalf

26:00Jason Moore:in this game against chicago oh that's really i i would go i would go met metcalf over alec pierce my temperature is very like chilly i'm not excited for for metcalf but i do think he is the alpha he's used around the goal line and the matchup against the bears is much much better than the

26:18Mike Wright:matchup against the chiefs it's wild i mean his yardage the last six games 50 55 6 35 49 that's a bad 55 that's why i whispered it roma dunze um i i guess i'm a little curious your perspective on the uh you know we saw what the Steelers did last week with Jalen Ramsey I you know you've had DJ Moore out there he's had the very very occasional good game good comments from Ben Johnson this morning around Luther Burden and the earned opportunities how are you breaking down this wide receiver room like I'm a little nervous about a dunes they have a top flight production

26:55Jason Moore:I am too with the Ramsey matchup I think that this is a good week to spread it around maybe that helps your Colston Loveland start of the week. I expect him to lead the team in targets, but he has led the team in targets a lot of weeks recently where he hasn't gotten it done. Last week, it's been a little red light, green light. Yeah. Six targets, only two for 41. Now Rome is definitely someone you can start. He's a target leader for a team against a, uh, in a matchup at home where the opponent gives up a lot of points to fantasy, um, wide receivers. So I, I believe he is a wide receiver two, but like a low end wide receiver two.

27:32Mike Wright:Okay. That was the end of that sentence. That was it. Yeah, it looked like you. I thought you were going to keep going for a second. Okay. Well, I think if you're planning on playing a Doonset, you probably

27:43Jason Moore:Would you play Roma Doonset or Michael Wilson? That's like, I'm looking at my rankings and those guys are really, really close. I would play Michael Wilson. I think I would too and that's not how my rankings are right now. I think that's what I like. I have Rome on my team, and if I had Michael Wilson, I would start him over him.

28:03Mike Wright:I think that because Harrison's missing another week and the yardage totals that you feel safe with with Jacoby, the fact that they can stop the run in Jacksonville, I lean that direction. And we've talked about Colson Loveland already. New England is 9-2. They take on the 3-7 Cincinnati Bengals. They've got such an uphill climb. Vegas line here, New England minus 6.5. half the over under is a beautiful 50 and a half points the line did shift from eight and a half to six and a half with the potential for joe burrow to return the game is in cincinnati like this would be one this would be one i actually think could be kind of up almost upset territory with burrow out there it's just missing chase is a big deal and coming back from injury to face New England I I just don't know if they can get it done and the Patriots are rolling now their schedule's been great but they've won all the games I mean you're just doing what you're supposed to do eight straight wins and Cincinnati's defense we've talked about it at length doesn't give you enough to really compete sometimes and so you know you play Drake May of course you play Travion I'm comfortable with Diggs I'm even comfortable flexing Mack Hollins if Kayshawn Booty misses

29:19Jason Moore:another week. If Booty is active, would you be fine putting Booty in your lineup?

29:24Mike Wright:I think if he's active, they're bringing him back because he's fully active.

29:27Jason Moore:And then I've got Hunter Henry as my start of the week. This is certainly a game script where, like I said, I want pieces of the Patriots offense. They probably all don't get it done, but I can see a world where they all get it done.

29:44Mike Wright:The Patriots defense in the last six weeks, yes, the matchups haven't been amazing, But do you look at it and say, I'm worried about Chase Brown because they've been so good against running backs?

29:54Jason Moore:Yeah, they have. I mean, that is like the one place where they've really shut people down. Both the last six weeks, even on the course of the season, they're number one against, you know, in fantasy points given up to running backs. Thankfully, Chase Brown gets a lot of the dump offs. And that hopefully will give him a high enough floor. But I, you know, he's been top 15 each of the last four weeks. 14 targets. Two weeks ago, eight targets this week. Yeah, and then if Jamar Chase is out, he's going to have a lot. So I expect him to finish around running back 15. He should probably still be started in most lineups.

30:28Mike Wright:Higgins is a must start in this game. He has always been great without Jamar Chase available, and they're going to need to throw the ball a ton.

30:35Jason Moore:Averages 8.8 targets and 102 receiving yards without Jamar Chase.

30:40Mike Wright:And Yoshivas? Yeah.

30:42Jason Moore:No, I picked him up in a league to play him. Okay. Andre Yoshivas, spelled with an I. if you're looking for him on Raiders. The I is for Yoshi. Right. I-O-S.

30:53Mike Wright:Yoshi. And then Mike did mention Noah Fant. I don't feel amazing about it, but I could see it working out. I get it.

31:02Jason Moore:I really do get it because in those games, if Burrow is back, I kind of like, I think I would play with Fant. Okay.

31:13Mike Wright:The Giants. Throw the ball around. Right. No, we got you. The Giants at 2-9 taking on the 6-4 Detroit Lions. Highest implied point total of the week Detroit at home in this one. I love all of the Detroit in this game. They're 10.5-point favorites. The over-under is 50.5. They're coming off a loss, which they don't lose a lot. But when they do, they come back with a vengeance. They do. I love Jared Goff. He is the honorary star of the week. He's the stream of the week. Gibbs, yes. Amon Ra and Jamison. Jamison has been the wide receiver 16-3-8 the last three weeks. I think it's great again this week.

31:51Jason Moore:Yeah, no Laporta means that both of those guys can have big games in the same game. Obviously, Jameer Gibbs is started in every situation always, but this is the game script where he could, maybe should be the running back one on the week. The only question mark on that entire side of the roster is David Montgomery. It really is a question mark, too. Yeah, I have David Montgomery on my team, and I'm still hemming and hawing as to whether or not I'm going to start him. Zero carries inside the five the last two weeks does not help. It doesn't help. Now, Dan Campbell came out and said that they want to get Monty the ball more.

32:23Mike Wright:I feel like they said that like three weeks ago.

32:25Jason Moore:They did. They said that. They know that they're the ones that control that, right? Yeah. But when you say it and then it doesn't happen. I just wish. And you say it again, I feel like it's going to happen. But last week was against Philly, right? Philly truly and utterly dominated their offense.

32:44Mike Wright:15 carries the week before, which is the second highest of the year.

32:47Jason Moore:Yeah, they had to turn to the passing game, which didn't work either. And so David Montgomery ended up six carries for 27. I think you should play him.

32:56Mike Wright:Let's play him. The Giants, 27th against the run in the last six weeks, 31st on the year. Monty's getting a touchdown in this game. I do hope that the Giants can, like I hope Jackson Dart comes back, and I hope that they can keep up a little bit. We don't know about Darius Slayton's availability. I don't know if you saw this. You know who was out there getting all the work in lieu of Slayton, which should be on the radar, especially with Dart returning? Isaiah Hodgins. I mean, he had the majority of five or six catches in that game. If Slayton is out and Dart is back, I like Hodgins more in this game than I like Yoshivas.

33:32Mike Wright:Really? I do. That's just my opinion. I would go Yoshivas, but. But I think Hodgins, we saw him. We've seen him before. He's just a dude that can step up into that role and be super, kind of like Sterling Shepard when needed or something. You get production. And who else is going to do it?

33:50Jason Moore:All right.

33:51Mike Wright:I am starting David Montgomery. You made that call. I made that call. Right here on the show. On the show. All right. Well, Jackson Dart, start of the week here. I think the opportunity is there. Dart is just too automatic with the rushing totals. What about the Tracy Singletary situation?

34:07Jason Moore:I'm going to avoid both of them. They are splitting work, and they've both been pretty good. I think both will be pretty good going forward again, but when you're splitting work and you're playing against the Lions, who usually for years now have shut down the run on the vast majority of their games, I don't want 15 points split up between two players.

34:27Mike Wright:Menongai or either starter here?

34:28Jason Moore:Either starter here. Menongai is out for me. I only brought it up because I feel like the only way you're happy

34:35Mike Wright:with these two guys is going to be them falling into the end zone like Menongai. I'm not really messing around with tight ends in this game with Laporta out. I think Brock Wright would be like desperation town. No one needs to go to Brock Wright. It's all the seven targets. Yeah, you don't need to. Minnesota's 4-6. They take on the Green Bay Packers and Lambeau. 6-3-1, and Green Bay 6.5-point home favorites. Over-under is 41.5. All right. Here we go again, JJ. Nine.

35:12Mike Wright:I don't like the vibes, man. What do you mean?

35:14Jason Moore:He is rewiring neurological pathways, Andy. That can't possibly be a quote from him. That is a quote from him about what nine is doing.

35:25Mike Wright:And he makes the analogy of a cork just about to come off the bottle.

35:28Jason Moore:It's just about ready to pop. Andy, man? Hey, I hope so. I really do. I'm worried. the mental aspect of the game is very legitimately important the things that made tom brady or michael jordan better is not just the it wasn't the physical tools it is the mental aspect of the game it is that neurological thing that they have that others don't well it's like you you had all the physical tools right and it was just like we were held back of my mentally weak of mind yeah And so I do love players working on the mental side of the game. This feels a little Russell Wilson mental side of the game, like danger witch.

36:14Jason Moore:You know, it's like I'm just not confident. It feels like this is real tryhard, real, real. Like I don't have a tough guy in me. Unlimited. Yeah, so I'm trying to come up with it.

36:27Mike Wright:It's all stuff we can buy into. if the results are there yeah it really is true and you watch last week and you see how inaccurate and how many times he missed these receivers and then you see justin jefferson how frustrated he is you know mike told me in confidence that he regrets his jefferson trade yeah he's going for

36:47Jason Moore:a championship he traded his his highest his largest bullet if you will the the biggest piece of ammunition he had for justin jefferson that was his move to put him over the top and now it

36:58Mike Wright:feels like he traded for a wide receiver too yeah and then a bet on jefferson is a bet on mccarthy so again you have confidence in kevin o 'connell like he if there's ever like if you were in any situation mccarthy was on any other team and you're like this dude's struggling you'd be like i i it'd be nice if you had kevin o 'connell yeah so i i don't think that the i mean it would be the most sports media garbage to like a couple games were done you know what i mean that's ridiculous.

37:25Jason Moore:I think all three of us believed in McCarthy coming out of college. The college tape, he was highly accurate. He didn't throw that much because with the team he was on, they were usually in a lead and he was more of a game manager. But when he threw, he was outstanding. He has not looked the same. And now he's talked about how they have really, really, really worked on changing the mechanics. How he throws the ball, they want it different. And I think he's struggling they don't like the straight up into the sky i think i think that's the struggle right now um i do think brighter days are ahead are they ahead nope as soon as this week in lambo

38:03Mike Wright:yeah probably not so no i didn't talk about a tough environment with that defense and michael

38:08Jason Moore:parsons bearing down on you and probably i found a way to play brock right tight end for the lions You did? Yeah. If I had TJ Hawkinson on my team. Oh. You don't have to do TJ Hawkinson.

38:22Mike Wright:Well, I mean, TJ Hawkinson was wide open last week down the sideline. Didn't you see that play? He just, you know, the ball was just about 45 feet over his head. But, yeah, don't play Hawkinson. That ship has sailed. McCarthy, if you want to take pressure off him, maybe some utility of Aaron Jones, right? I mean, that would be the one area where the Packers defense is slightly average as opposed to above average.

38:44Jason Moore:And it's a legit revenge game for Aaron Jones. He's had a couple revenge games against the Packers since he left the Packers. All of them have been pretty good. Not like, you know, number one running back on the week, but certainly a top 15 running back. I think Aaron Jones is a good play. 22 opportunities last week. That's fantastic.

39:01Mike Wright:Yeah. And then where are you with Addison? Like Jefferson gets the start no matter what because you just don't bench him. Yep. And you hope you get a special game.

39:09Jason Moore:Addison is the one that you're allowed to bench and feel okay about it.

39:12Mike Wright:Alec Pierce or Jordan Addison? Alec Pierce. Yeah. Dang. Yeah, we were on fire with Addison for a little while there. Who would have thought how much people love Carson Wentz? Yeah, yeah, he's got a little Winston in him. On the other side, we're monitoring the Josh Jacobs situation. Do we have any news on a...

39:34Jason Moore:He did not practice Wednesday.

39:35Mike Wright:Right, but any Thursday updates here? We're getting to the point where we might be able to find out a little East Coast information. We'll take a look. Is Green Bay East Coast?

39:45Jason Moore:That's not East Coast, is it?

39:48Mike Wright:Wisconsin? They're probably on Central. I'm on it. They're probably on Central. I don't actually know. They are Central. Okay. Yeah. It's weird, though, because like Brooksy, Brooksy's on East Coast. Right. And he's not too far away. He's in Ohio, right? Yeah. I don't know. And to me, they're all clumped. They're all together. Right in the middle, upper part of the country where there are no mountains. and there are frigid lakes.

40:14Jason Moore:And they call it West. Cheese. They make cheese out there. It's the Midwest, but it's way north. And not West. So it's only west of the ocean.

40:25Mike Wright:Right. It's west of where they founded the country. Exactly. Yeah. And that's where they thought maybe it all ended. Yeah. We are historians here. Christian Watson, I'm down to clown. Yeah.

40:36Jason Moore:I think that that's the one wide receiver I would play with. Romeo Dobbs has been the higher targeted player. He had some drops. Romeo drops last week. No, I play Watson over him for the big play. I agree. The big play and the touchdown opportunity is usually Watson.

40:54Mike Wright:And obviously you're all about Matthew Golden. You start him in all situations.

40:57Jason Moore:I have finally. Like, I don't usually cut rookie high-drafted wide receivers or running backs. I'll roster them all year waiting for the breakout. out but with Matthew Golden it's like confirmation bias because I never thought he was good and he shouldn't have been a first round pick but I was willing to just be like

41:16Mike Wright:I dropped him and picked him up a handful of times nobody cares that he's sitting out there on the way you are by the way we did get an update Josh Jacobs stayed limited on Thursday I'd be shocked if he didn't stay limited right up to game time and we've been here with Josh Jacobs he generally plays he fights through injury I would think game time decision I bet you is what we hear tomorrow

41:36Jason Moore:So I would agree that that could happen. I worry about his workload. Like when he was struggling with some injuries a while ago. I do too. He's usually a 20-carry guy or somewhere up there. And he came the other week and he had like 13 carries. They worked Emmanuel Wilson in. And I would expect that to be the type of guy. I think you're not going to be happy without a touchdown. Yeah, he'll be like the running back 20. You're going to play him? If he's active, I will play him. Okay. Let's take a break. Wait, wait, wait. Would I play him over David Montgomery? Should I play him over David Montgomery?

42:08Jason Moore:If he was active, I would. He's Josh Jacobs. Yeah.

42:13Mike Wright:Yeah. All right. That's probably what I would do. All right. We'll take a break. We'll come back and see if Sam Darnold can get it done against Tennessee.

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43:41Mike Wright:Seattle, 7-3. Tennessee, 1-9. And to be clear, should be 0-10. The Arizona Card is donated.

43:51Jason Moore:Amari DiMarcado donated a game to Cam Ward and his family. That was a game of historic collapse. You know, it was like never before seen. What was it, 19 points in two minutes or something like that in the fourth quarter?

44:05Mike Wright:I mean, the Cardinals were running into the end zone on a 73-yard touchdown to put the game away when DiMarcado dropped the football, and it was still from that point on impossible to come back, and the Cardinals gave it up.

44:14Jason Moore:And then it was still impossible even when Cam Ward threw an interception. Oh, yeah, that we fumbled into it. That we fumbled into their end zone, and then they laid on it for a touchdown. Right. That was how they got their touchdown was we intercepted their ball. Yes. Yes. So, look. The Titans are.

44:31Mike Wright:This game is over before it starts. This game is the lowest implied point total of any team on any game the entire season. So, the Tennessee Titans, they have scoring 13.5 points. So, here's the simple solution to that problem. I was on. You start 0.0 Tennessee Titans, and I do mean including Tony Pollard.

44:51Jason Moore:I was looking on prize picks making a lineup for this week, and I was looking at passing touchdowns, and the 0.5 projection, it was a red demon. Oh. It was like, this is going to be tough, man. So they said that's a tough game.

45:11Mike Wright:Yeah, no, I look. One. Seattle's defense is amazing. They're coming off of a loss. cam ward has no options in the receiving game and the ones he does have are hurt or limited right dk and ioman you just lost ridley again pollard is probably the most dull and uninspiring fantasy start of the season yeah who last week was 10 for 22 on the ground and just biding his time until he can leave this team and tajay spears i don't want to start him either no

45:43Jason Moore:Tony Pollard is the absolute starter. Only one game this year that he hasn't had at least 10 carries, double-digit opportunities the entire year, and hasn't scored 10 fantasy points since week five. We're in week 12. I mean, I don't know. He hasn't missed games. This is just every week. It's like seven, four, five, six points. That's what you're getting from Tony Pollard. I mean, I'm playing Sean Tucker.

46:11Mike Wright:I'm playing.

46:11Jason Moore:Absolutely. Sean Tucker would be ahead of Tony Pollard.

46:14Mike Wright:Everybody I can ahead of him. Michael Carter, Bam Knight. Would you play Tajay Spears ahead of him just for the hope of a big play? Yes, because Spears will catch five passes. And you hope one of them does something, which it probably won't. But it might. And don't hear what we're not saying.

46:27Jason Moore:Don't play Tajay Spears. I'd play Omarion Hampton over Pollard this week. And Spears, right?

46:33Mike Wright:Yeah.

46:34Jason Moore:Yeah, because Omarion Hampton's injured on a bye. Yeah, I mean, he's not. But still higher upside. Huge upside. Huge upside. I mean, he's not doing nothing. He's training.

46:45Mike Wright:There's a better chance of him scoring six fantasy points is all I'm saying. On the other side, you have Kenneth Walker as your start of the week. I think the opportunities will be there. It was great to see the coach come out and say he's earned them. It's not going to be hard to maintain them because he's a better runner than Charbonnet. They do trust Charbonnet in a lot of situations. I think Sam Darnold, he's probably not throwing four quarters, but two in this game might be enough for the fantasy production. I think you could go back to that well.

47:15Jason Moore:Yeah, I figure in a six-point league, you should be around 18 fantasy points from Darnold.

47:20Mike Wright:Lay of the land at the wide receiver position, unfortunately, it's just JSN still. Rashid Shahid is just... Did you say unfortunately? I'm saying unfortunately in that there was optimism. Mike brought it up. He thought Shahid could be relevant there, and he's only three for 30 in two full games since coming over.

47:36Jason Moore:I think he will be relevant there on some deep shots in important games.

47:40Mike Wright:But, I mean, that's the same for Horton. That's the same for Cup.

47:42Jason Moore:Sure, yeah. I think this is fortunate because I didn't want Rashid Shahid to come over here and take away my sweet JSN. I don't think he can. JSN's so good.

47:52Mike Wright:I think he can only help. So, I mean, right now JSN is just a dominator, so it's not complicated. I do not have confidence that Barner will give you a back-to-back tight end week. I looked into this a little bit this week. um they they obviously he played great last week he had 10 catches for 70 yards this is not the game that i think they need him that's all i'm saying like the week before he had no catches he had one catch two weeks before that he could get into the end zone but i don't expect it i think the running game will get it done against tennessee running game plus jsn is the equation that i'm looking at so i would not actually like barner is a like would you play schultz tonight I'd probably play Schultz even though I know the matchup's not great I'd probably do that

48:34Jason Moore:over Barner personally yeah Schultz has been super involved I hate that matchup like I you know Schultz was my start of the week last week I want to keep riding the the flame that he's in with Davis Mills but yeah I would probably take him over Barner the Colts do you know how many

48:49Mike Wright:receiving yards JSN is on pace for I do not I can I take a shot uh I guess yeah you you thought

48:57Jason Moore:about not letting me guess. I don't know why you thought about that. You were like, maybe I won't let you guess. Alright, guess. A 1700. So that's what Jamar Chase did last year. 1700. Which, obviously, Jamar Chase won everybody their fantasy league. He's on pace for 1 ,948. That's a lot. That's near the all-time record. Imagine how much better that would have been

49:19Mike Wright:if you not let me guess. The Colts are 8-2. They take on the 5-5 Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City minus three and a half at home the over under is 50 and a half this game's crazy this game is this game so this game's crazy when I'm making my price implications my my price

49:36Jason Moore:picks lineups because of the implications because of the implications yeah that's what I'm saying yeah when I was making my price picks lineups I'm going to all these different stats and I'm and I'm scrolling through and um every time I saw all these players I mean this game is chock full of there's there's so many projections fantasy options everywhere I just skipped it oh yeah I just was like not touching this game not touching it because you know how important this is to Kansas City and to the Colts I mean this is an important game between two teams both who have right now Super Bowl aspirations like the Colts certainly believe they can win a Super Bowl whether you do or not the Chiefs going into last week were the Super Bowl favorites the Chiefs defense at home oh man they're number on the season when you adjust for schedule they're number three against quarterbacks number eight against running backs number three against wide receivers number seven against tight ends they have no holes they have no weakness they are at home they are coming off a loss in a must-win game but the Colts have overcame pretty much every opponent even the difficult ones and they've showed up and so I'm like man I don't know I don't

50:46Mike Wright:know what happens here i mean my first thought on this game is that this is the type of game daniel jones really struggles in which is i completely road game super confident defense that throws different looks at you that you know they can kind of unravel a player like daniel jones and that might be what happens but i'm also a little bit you know colts are coming off a bye week right i mean you you're coming off a bye week with two weeks to prepare for kansas city who does have their own problems in their own right, starting with a running game that really hasn't been successful enough and options that aren't really producing outside of Rashi Rice.

51:27I don't know.

51:28Mike Wright:It's just a very interesting game to me.

51:30Jason Moore:Here's the truth. When I was looking at all those lineups, I wanted to take the less on everything for the Colts. I think the Colts will really get handled by the Chiefs. That's kind of how I view it. but I don't personally want to bet against Colts at all. Like they've, every time we've thought like maybe it's not for real and they're coming off a buy, like I could see them showing up and just shocking the world. And if the Kansas city chiefs are five and six after this week,

52:01Mike Wright:Oh darn.

52:03Jason Moore:I mean,

52:03Mike Wright:what a shame right now.

52:05Jason Moore:They're not in the playoffs. Oh man. That would be so bad. Give them another loss. That's,

52:10Mike Wright:that's tough. Uh, Daniel Jones, Patrick Mahomes for fantasy. Mahomes has been crushing at Arrowhead 260 in almost three touchdowns. You play him. That's an easy Mahomes, yeah. Daniel Jones, it's a little more nerve-wracking. Like, if I had him and Brissette, I'm playing Brissette, right? Yeah. I'm playing Brock Purdy.

52:26Jason Moore:Would you play Sam Darnold over Daniel Jones? I think I would play Sam Darnold over. There's four games this year where he has been outside a top 12 quarterback, and some of them have been pretty bad. That's the range of outcomes for Daniel Jones. He's not a must-start. Jonathan Taylor is he is a must start the matchup is brutal and you just don't care Alec Pierce

52:49Mike Wright:Michael Pittman who do you like more and do you like them both more than like a Michael Wilson

52:55Jason Moore:so Michael Pittman I love Michael Pittman he's the wide receiver 11 on the season if I had to play one of these two guys I think I might go Pierce just because of the big shot opportunity for a play I don't love either I am playing so my decision that I made of playing Jonathan Taylor it is over Michael Pittman. I'm sorry, not Jonathan. Look, I'm going out on a limo to start Jonathan Taylor over Michael Pittman. No, David Montgomery over Michael Pittman. It's going to be tough sledding for the passing game here. I think if the Colts win this game, it has to be on the back of Jonathan Taylor.

53:30Mike Wright:And some Tyler Warren. Yes. And that's an area where – Tyler Warren has started for sure. You can beat the Chiefs a little bit. Last six weeks, giving up 12 points a game to the tight end. That's 18th best in the league. on the other side you know rashi rice it was a down week last week you play him kelsey quietly the tight end two on the year so i guess you stay there wow what yeah that you talk about quiet that blows my mind that's with a bye week that's with a bye week 50 for 6 31 and 4 okay and you look at the game log the game log is like i mean his consistency right now is a B. It's fine.

54:08Mike Wright:And you probably need him in the running game again.

54:11Jason Moore:Now can you start Xavier Worthy? No. No silly goose. But there's still four starts. You're starting Mahomes. I think you should start Kelsey. You should obviously start Rice. And you should start Kareem Hunt. See I didn't even know the name

54:27Mike Wright:you were going to say because we got what full practice from Pacheco now?

54:30Jason Moore:Oh did we? I think so. If Pacheco is back then I'm then I'm you're down to three starts yes then I'm down to three starts but if Pacheco's gone I mean Kareem Hunt had 80 percent of the snaps last week um you know right now the Chiefs are favored they're at home he's been used around the goal line so yeah four starts if Pacheco doesn't play if Pacheco plays no starts I was just I was just curious if there were Pacheco start

54:54Mike Wright:sit questions coming in and there are like in the popular list Rashad White that is perfect

55:01Jason Moore:Rashad White or Isaiah Pacheco I would go White with Pacheco coming right off the injury

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