matchup. I like by the way, I like all the women throwing
their hat in the ring like just you know and I don't blame him.
Okay. Had no shame when it's time, right? All right. Like
you better. Shoot
shoot.
Shoot your shot with Brady or shot.
Throw my hat in the ring was very handsome
mistake. Honey, I'm sorry. But T, B12 is give me a call up to
the big leagues
and yes, I'm keeping it. Open on Tom. Brady, you had me At
Arizona.
Okay
there's only one team in the NFL that's given up more
touchdown passes than the Arizona Cardinals. Obviously
a disappointing loss for the Buccaneers last week, guys, but
what was
impressive to me is, yes, he had the turnovers,
the turnovers were tough, but I don't expect that to happen
against Arizona. The Bengals defense, much better than
the Cardinals and more importantly, like the offense will
competent.
They often silica? Oh, yes,
that's Tom Brady.
That's the Buccaneers look at Chris God when doing Chris God,
when things look at Mike Evans. Oh my goodness. Russell Gage.
You know, Russell gauge throwing up with two
touchdowns. Yeah, they have Julio back. By the way, Tristan
worse is practicing today. So the offensive line getting
healthier as well. So yeah, I'm keeping it open. There's six
point favorites in this game. Brady has at least two
touchdown passes and for the last five
top ten play for me this week. Yeah, QB % QB 10. Yeah,
give me ten for Barry warrants. Are you keeping this one? Open
as well? So I'm going to keep it open. It's been ugly for
the bucks. It's been ugly but we ain't gonna get cute. Like you
said, going against Arizona. This is not Joe burrow on
the other side.
I'd do the same Denver Broncos, just beat this team. What
Brett? Ripping, Arizona Cardinals, seventh worst
against quarterbacks and fantasy. Don't even think twice
about it.
Yeah, I there's six and by the way, the lines, moved up to six
and a half. So the betting public is on Arizona. Yeah.
Alright. Another open at 6:00 move to six-and-a-half. Another
one, the matchup is not as friendly. Dak Prescott verse
the Eagles who we don't know who's going to start at
quarterback for the Eagles in this one, but we do know DAC is
back
for the Cowboys and listen
under 15 fantasy.
Points in three of his last four games here guys. And it
concern over deck is it time time to call it after happy
hour on this one? I think it sort of depends on what you
need. I mean the the screen right there sort of shows you
right? I mean
starting in week twelve fourteen point eight 16.8 13.7
20.2 at the Jaguars and certainly the Eagles defense is
much closer to the Giants and Colts than his the Jaguars.
Like he couldn't even get to 14 fantasy points against Houston.
The issue with Dak Prescott isn't that? He's a bad
quarterback. He's a very good quarterback. The issue is that
the running game is also very good and their defense is very
good. And so doc isn't being asked to do that much. He
doesn't have to, he's running their offense,
but it doesn't have to get on, you know, say like all right
everyone jump on my back this is me and CD lamb and we're
just going to throw it 45 times a game. He
this year Dak Prescott has won top five finish.
Like just one you know it was week 8 against the Bears,
he's had three or fewer pass attempts in for the past five
games. Having said all that. He's Dak Prescott
Our favorite in this game Vegas, currently does not think
our friends have been jammed currently do not think Gardner
Minshew is going to play in this game and so the Eagles
who have allowed at least 19 fantasy points two starting
quarterbacks in back-to-back games who might be in poor
field position because Gardner, Minshew ain't Jalen hurts? And
does he throw a pick or two? He's got a little bit of
Gunslinger and I'm like, he's get sometimes
careless with the wall.
So Dak Prescott who's had two touchdown passes and six and
the eight games he's played. Since he returned
there, he's much more of a floor play, Then he is An
upside play. So it depends on your matchup. Are you in
the second week of a matchup? Are you heavy
underdogs? Like it depends on what you need. He's going to be
fine. He is. He is much more of a floor quarterback than
upside quarterback. If I need to swing for the fences,
see what else you have out there?
So I'm probably keeping it open if you've been using him
till the show and yeah, but
but if I need to, like I said,
he's my QB 12, I think there's a reason why
solid ranking respect the bush, like you ain't putting them too
high. But it's like you angel, you go, you know, say like he's
like this, the thing, it's the yards, that's getting them. He
knocked on, for 300 yards, every game because two of
the last three games. He's through at least three touchdowns. So
it's like, you getting two touchdowns but not the yards
and he's still throwing at least 30 passes in his past for
gay. So while that's not crazy volume, it's not the bare
minimum, you know. So that's why we had to keep this open on
that
warrants. Let's stay with this game
with Mi Sanders on the other end of things.
We don't know. Know who's going to start a quarterback, which
you hinted at earlier, could impact, you know what kind of
effect smile Sanders has on this game, notably in the Red
Zone,
where are you at with him after? He's exceeded
expectations this year in fantasy but he's cooled off
the last couple of weeks. Yeah. And as you can see on the screen
area, sits up and down up and down. I will add though
a lot of his Russian success is due to the threat of jail and
hurts. Sure. Running the ball he'll get more opportunities
without Jalen. So it's like 50/50 there,
you know, and you know first up just in case y'all. See he
don't care about your tickets. Are y'all fantasy points or
whatever? You don't care, but we still going to start and we
going to keep it open right Travis etn, got back
going, he was, he was kind of,
he was kind of on the down side. He got back right vs
Dallas the week before that Damien Pierce had a good game
against down. So I want to keep this open our mouths and ears
and see what do you do?
Here's what I want to do.
I want to see whether or not Jalen hurts
or Gardner? Minshew is starting in this particular game.
because,
If Gardner Minshew is starting.
I agree with. I agree with Lawrence here. I'm keeping it
open right? Last year,
the second most fantasy points he had in the game last season.
Was with Gardner Minshew. As the starting quarterback
wouldn't Gardner. Minshew started week 13. Last year, he
had 27 touches that was a season high for him last year.
And by the way, one of the issues for Mi Sanders is he
keeps getting vultured at the goal line by Jaylon hurts of
Jalen Hurd, isn't there? It's got a much better chance of
getting into the end zone against Dallas.
However, if Jalen hurt starts, then I think I'm closing it out
in games this year, in which mile Sanders does, not score
a touchdown, it's got double digit touchdowns on the season,
but in games in which he doesn't get into the end zone,
he's averaging six point four fantasy points per game.
So and I think that there's a chance if Jalen hurd's plays
that he vultures a touchdown. Now again
Jalen hurd's. It if General hers is playing he's playing
with a bum shoulder and so maybe Nick's here and he says,
you know, no listen,
yes you're not going into the scrum there, you Headed off to
miles or Boston Scott or something like that, but there
is always still the chance at like, there's a bootleg run or
something like that
or even like one of the touchdowns we saw last week
which was a 10-yard run, where he just kept going because no
one is there and Brilliant play call by The Eagles.
So, I think that in the semi-finals where you can't get
cute, I think given the fact that he's struggled, he doesn't
have passing game usage, he struggled so much and it's
a tough matchup.
I think that if Hertz is starting, I'm probably closing
it out on Mi Sanders. But the expectation right now is that
Gardner Minshew is going to start. So I'm keeping it open
on Mi Sanders.
All right, we always start off with a couple of easy ones.
Basically, dollar beers for the first couple, not going
anywhere. Yeah, let's make this a little bit more difficult
right now and look at Leonard fournette. Sure mattress.
Great, Arizona's defense, not really much going there but
with Leonard fournette, right now,
the floor seems to always be there with Leonard fournette.
Yeah. The ceiling has not been what you hoped for, when you
take Leonard fournette, you know, early in fantasy drafts.
So Barry,
where you have fernette this week, where
the good thing is
Arizona's playing.
Trace McSorley. They could fall behind in this game and
the Bucks are just running the ball, but will it be Leonard
fournette? Yeah, I mean, I think it'll be a split between
him and Richard white but in a game in which the favored by
almost a touchdown,
give me uncle Lenny in this one. Actually, he may show up
on love hate this week and others receive any boxes.
Something to keep it like he's had six straight games. With
double digit fantasy points, he plays, Arizona, that gives them
the seventh, most
fantasy points to opposing running backs. He plays
an Arizona defense that just made latavius Murray and Marlon Mac.
Did you see that is see Heroes. As you see that the like
running all over all over
them. And so again we talked about it with Brady,
their offensive line is getting healthier their favorites and
their favorites in this game. I think for net who you know has
gotten some passing game usage as well.
Yeah, I think for net is a viable Flex this week, I'm
keeping it open and uncle Lenny. Yeah, he's got the six
targets over the last three games is an average. We all are
we gonna start calling a Fantasy Playoff? Laney now.
Yeah, there you go. They, they definitely, you can't call them
Lombardi. Lenny know.
They look alike,
Marty team will call them Fantasy Playoff, Lenny, and
I got a prediction that you going to have Leonard fournette on
that Lovelace. All right, there you go. There you go.
All right, moving over to Deonte Foreman against
the Lions. Listen disaster, week for Dante Foreman. Last week,
10 carries nine yards, probably lost pumped. A lot of people
from the playoffs that started Deonte foreman
and we know bam night had no success against this Lions
front because the lines are defense is like this right now
guys. If you don't have a quarterback that they respect
and it felt that way against that.
Wilson will probably feel that way again, Sam Donald they will
load up the box and sell out Lawrence hearing that, where's
your confidence with form in this week? It's confident
enough to know. I'll close this tab and go home earlier than
that. 10:30 was talking about
earlier seeing what's on oven night went through against
that. Lions, defense was enough for me because he had been
successful for two, three weeks prior to that. You can throw
against this deep, this Detroit Lions
defense, but you cannot run
against them. So, think about that for the next guy. We
talked about, but
I gotta keep it close. Plus chuba Harbor. He's made himself
a factor the past two weeks,
so I got to close it out. But hey, I like you do Deonte for me
like him too, but the problem is that it doesn't seem like
Carolina does anymore, which is it's super weird, right? I mean
like he played, he played less than 30% of the snaps last week
as well.
He's had one reception the past five games. He has no passing
game usage at all, and so he's on the, he's appears to be on
the wrong side of a timeshare with chupacabra
I don't know why that's which happened, but to your point
about the Lions, they're a top three run defense over the last
month. And so you've got a guy that's got no passing game
usage in a really tough matchup on the wrong side of
a timeshare.
Like he's in my 40s.
After what you saw last week, you're in week 16 of
the fantasy playoffs. First up, by the way, if you started a last
week, you probably got bounced. But if you somehow if you
somehow miraculously survived last week
based on his point 1 or whatever it is, he got
why on Earth would you ever go back?
To the well for me,
right? Exactly. Like ain't no way. You're on live number 9.
Now like, you know, like you wasted. Hey, maybe it ain't
like, you know it. Ah, still one last week I'm going to be
leaving me.
I know. I'm closing it out and it's unfortunate because I've
got a poor man in a lot of leagues, but I'm closing him
out. Let's stay with that offense and look on the other
side of things. But DJ more, who listened
for all the good about the lions run defense,
a lot of bad about the past year. It's they give up a lot
of yards. They give up a ton of points on The back end, here,
we know the story with DJ more. This year, we don't have to go
back down that road, but Barry, he dare stardom and with this
matchup
in the fantasy playoffs,
you know, I'm at wide receiver, 27.
I this one's so tough. This one's so tough again.
He did have, he did have the touchdown last week, Sam
Donaldson. Donald did play, while it was a Nun, by the way,
that catch was a ridiculous, like it was like, it was like
that much of a corner of the end zone.
Just That DJ more came down with and to your point. Like
I don't think they're going to run that successfully against
Detroit there. A bottom
there, a bottom three pass defense of last four weeks.
That's how you attack them.
I am reluctantly, keeping it open with DJ more reluctantly,
very like again, oh, am I clapping like this? Like
I said, shoot, he's brutal.
He's twenty-seven. I just again because the matchup because Sam
Donald's looked competent. The last two weeks. I I am
if I'm put it this way,
I keep it open, I assume you've been playing them this whole
time. So if you've gotten to this point with him, I assume
you're like in a 12-team or deeper League where you don't
have a lot of other great options. Again, he's a wide.
He's a risky wide receiver three. Yes,
I'm going to I'm going to reluctantly. Keep it open on DJ
more. Yeah. I don't think
anybody should really had the audacity at this point in
the fantasy season. To bench him verse the lines. If it was
somebody else maybe but
we just saw that Wilson throw for over 300 yards against them
board. So it's
You know, Sam don't know, he could do that, you know, they
got similar traits, you know, so
they can't, they ain't going to run against like,
you know, use that Mobility. Sam Donald
make those big throws that you can and hopefully they are
caught by DJ more. Yeah, so
yeah, exactly. I the one thing I will say though is just as
you sort of look through your lineup, just understand that,
like when DJ more is bad, he is bad. He is absolutely brutal.
He's had single digit fantasy points
and over And fifty percent of his games this year. He's got
six different games with under seven fantasy points. Like so
when he kills you
he absolutely kills you but it's been a little bit better
recently. There does seem to it's a good match like you
start them but you can't be mad if he don't, if he does do KB,
man. He is his a textbook definition of a risk-reward
wide
receiver three this week.
All right, our last one here. Amari Cooper against
the Saints, eight points per game in the three games. He's played
with the show and Watson this year. Obviously, it's not
gotten to that double digit territory as you see on
the screen right now.
Out, here's a stat. Since Watson was named the starter
Lawrence with that trickle effect, it's crazy Cooper was
fine, but you're coming for set this offense has not been that
same as the same way as Watson tries to shake the rust off.
Are you closing it out on a mark Cooper?
That thing is gonna be so close.
This we not only got to look at these stats, right? I just know
it's going to be cold, Amari Cooper day and that don't ever
go. Well,
then you take it to the fact that it's this. The game total
is set at 32 and a half, almost in like ten years. Years. Yeah,
tenure this is a thousand eight, that's good. Gasps. I
like it don't even look real. When you look at your whatever
sports book at using you look at it don't even look real Iowa
Northwestern that's the kind of thing.
You might write purple exactly my kids high school games are
set with a higher over auditor, right? And a half. Yeah,
I just,
by the way, and what he means, what Sportsbook have, you're
looking at Bed MGM, where you've used from, how do you
want, that's what they should
use, it should be doing nowadays,
but, you know, something,
How to get him to come over to our side.
Exactly. I appreciate that. I agree with you. It doesn't look
real.
So, not only is gonna be cold. It's going to be windy 40.
Mile-per-hour, wind gusts are expecting this game and we've
seen it over the years every once in a while,
especially as we get late in the season those windy games in
Cleveland, like it's where that stadium is, and where that's
like, it just gets like
brutal. And then you think about the fact that I'm already
Cooper. Traditionally has not played well in the cold. He has
not looked good or on the same page with the Jean Watson since
they since
since he has started
as quarterback for the Cleveland Browns
and and a tough matchup as well,
against the New Orleans, Saints
will see if Marshawn Lattimore is active for this game.
I don't know. But there's a chance that he might be. I just
all of it just screams.
No, no we're closing it out where you could be covering
the mark you could you could be covering Amari Cooper this
week.
Trust me on that,
it'd have to be a Zone coverage
and I think
I need some help over the top and candidly underneath is
hotter. Got you over there?
d..
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