Week 16 Start/Sit: Kyler Murray, Bijan Robinson, Austin Ekeler and more | Happy Hour (FULL SHOW)

Matthew (@MatthewBerryTMR), Jay Croucher (@croucherJD), Connor Rogers (@ConnorJRogers) and Lawrence Jackson (@LordDontLose) waste no time discussing the Falcons QB change (again) as well as recap their Week 15 QB2 draft in Superflex leagues, then touch on key injuries to monitor throughout the week. The quartet also analyze if Jordan Addison, Jaylen Waddle and Terry McLaurin can continue to produce at a high level before debating whether to start or sit Kyler Murray, Bijan Robinson, Breece Hall, Zay Flowers and others in “Keep it Open or Close it Out.” They conclude by highlighting sides and totals they’ve circled in multiple games, including Colts-Falcons and Cowboys-Dolphins. #NBCSports #FantasyFootballHappyHour #FantasyFootball

Chapters:
(0:00) — Hello and welcome
(1:00) – Examining the Falcons latest QB change and the crew’s Week 15 QB2 draft for Superflex leagues
(7:45) – Rotoworld Player News: Monitoring injuries to Trevor Lawrence, C.J. Stroud, Zack Moss, Jayden Reed, Keenan Allen and Nico Collins
(20:00) – Who’s Eatin’ Good: Breaking down if Jordan Addison, Jaylen Waddle and Terry McLaurin can build upon great outings last week
(31:00) – Keep it Open or Close it Out: Whether to start or sit Kyler Murray, Bijan Robinson, Austin Ekeler, Breece Hall, Devin Singletary, Zay Flowers and Jakobi Meyers
(40:40) – Last Call: Spotlighting sides and totals in Colts-Falcons, Bengals-Steelers, Cowboys-Dolphins and Seahawks-Titans

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With the news that Taylor hinek is starting uh over Desmond Ritter the line just moved three and a half points in Atlanta’s favor so that’s where Desmond Ritter is at at the moment three and a half points worse than than Taylor honey Falcon’s now one point bottom in most

Passing categor this year Des career someone get me Lawrence Jackson on the phone what you’ll see him tomorrow you’re good Lawrence will come defend himself tomorrow sure yes he will be here so wait join us tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. of course on peacock fantasy football happy hour with Matthew Barry served by Applebees welcome to the fantasy football happy hour that’s right it’s Wednesday Lawrence is with us as well of course as Jay and Matthew back in the house I am Conor Rogers I want you to be able to be here to defend yourself not far away I feel like that’s fair friend

To friend I mean just just be clear be clear be clear Desmond Ritter according to the market according to our friends at DraftKings right is literally seven points cuz it’s three and a half to three and a half right Still Still Desmond Ritter is three and a half

Points worse than Taylor hinei right so this is your guy this is your Desmond R you love for you it’s it’s Lamar Jackson Desmond R Desmond Lamar Jackson decide think is the best quarterback in the NFL I talk about Lamar Jackson and Desmond Ritter in completely different breaths

However you know you guys try to just pin this young man on me I think he’s a nice young you been defending him you loved him for a long time in when we’re comparing him to other guys you you never people watching and listening you will never find me saying anything

Saying Desmond R he going to do this and do that I just said hey give that go find the tape find all the tape Al yeah alternate producer Adam that’s your job after the show is to go find tape of Lawrence Jackson talking about Desmond R because

There is tape that exists of that yeah yeah uh so yeah Desmond riters bench uh the market you know the Market’s the market but you know hey congrats to Taylor hin you’re you’re the starting quarterback for the Falcons again the second as well I just I’m GNA say two

Things here very quickly sure um number one number one is is that I don’t think Lawrence addressed the issue at all well you just all you said was you know that does was a nice guy and uh what’s the issue and um and then you you said you

Know you’re wishing Taylor H luck the second thing is is that I don’t know when it’s going to be but when Lawrence runs for office I’m voting for you I want to I don’t care what office it is because that was the most political answer I’ve ever seen you just spent 30

Seconds talking about nothing you didn’t answer the question at all what’s the question but the the question is defend yourself for your your Desmond rer I have to defend I don’t have to your Falcons your beloved Falcons are now three and a half points but favored

They like that’s the swing in the line is that the the the markets consider the Falcons three and a half points better with Taylor hinei under Center than Des how do you know the the line didn’t move because they know how many touches or lack of touches bejan Robinson gonna get

That that could be I love I love how you keept inflicting uh Atlanta Falcons fandom on Lawrence when he said that off the 283 he slept like a baby was snoring in drooling um but listen hey J if the Falcons if the Falcons was 10 and four right now I’d be

Like this is great man I would even wear Desmond R Jersey I get one of my bootle ones I I just to show show show some appreciation but uh you know DES hey I wanted him to draft Anthony Richardson that’s what there is evidence of me saying there is evidence of me saying

Hey go get Lamar draft Anthony Richardson what Happ another chance with Jaden dams but Des R man hey I hope for the best man you know that’s that’s all I can say I don’t I can’t how can I defend the man I when he threw that pick

Against Carolina I said I said he could win an award for that interception it it was what would the award be I like one of them um look that that particular interception was so bad that no one even think about the fumble that bejon Robinson had that led

To Carolina points that’s like I could see it I I could just picture it Drake London was there wide open say hey it’s me I’m your best wide receiver right here then there was Kyle pitch we like him too but he was covered by two people

My man really said nah Pig I’m like damn look well part of the reason I’m torturing you uh Lawrence about this other than just it’s fun is that um is that I had Desmond last week we we you thought you was getting over on me but I

Said hey I was going to let him pass to J I was going to let one of you take him I said n I’m gonna get that guy oor much like Desmond Ritter jumped on the grenade to protect Bean Robinson I jumped on the Desmond rter grenade to

Protect you and our bad quarterback draft uh take a watch right here this is last week where we did our brutal quarterback draft on happy hour Lawrence your team is so I got Zack Wilson bayy zappy and Aiden okono okay yeah wow that’s going to be tough to

Beat but uh it it is did you not see Zach Wilson actually quite like my team and it’s better than my real life team uh Mullins Flo and mchy I like that team better not too bad all right I got will Levis Mitch trabis and East stick

Started out fine didn’t finish off too hot yeah I think I like Jay’s team the best actually Tommy deito Desman Ritter and Bryce young you got screwed by draft position position picking fourth in the a couple of dudes that to run the ball though like Tommy DeVito was really good

With his leg other night the proud of New York I got Tommy cutlets here is our backup quarterback rosters Lawrence you got a negative Point uh from Zach Wilson a noell got you almost 26 points though for me I was just kind of Steady Eddy across the

Board 15 from Levis 15 from trabis 18 from stick J you did phenomenal I yeah yeah m 19 Flo with 20 Gardner MCH with almost 21 and Matthew yeah not so much not so much Tommy deito about 11 Ritter about nine Bryce young 7.6 but you know

What’s great is is that like it doesn’t even matter like even if I’d taken Flaco instead of Ritter like so it’s a 10-point swing I’m still fourth like just draft position just killed me but uh I correctly predicted that Jay had the best team so let’s hear it from me

Uh so so not not Jay who drafted the team and DRS free it should have been Matthew that drinks free been me but yes J Jake Croucher drinks free here at the happy hour congratulations no one is better at picking bad quarterbacks then J Croucher let the let the world know

What a lineup 27 Yankees Flo mu I’m very disappointed in that negative one for my man Z like that’s y’all know that’s my guy shirt with his face on it I own that and he got me negative one points I never wear that shirt again might be on

Your team next year who knows yeah F staring quarterback won’t be on my team it’s just you know and he’d be a commander except the commanders are heading in the right direction like under Snider we’d have paid a lot of money for Zack Wilson that’s what we’d

Have done with that let’s jump into the rotor World Player news of course the injuries we are tracking throughout the week CJ strad still in concussion protocol Gino Smith with the groin injury Trevor Lawrence with the concussion as well Tyreek Hill I think we be trending the right way he’s got

The ankle injury though we’ll see if he can play through Keen nowan with the heel Chris with the ankle he’s expected to go now for Chris chave so on this list it’s looking like Gino’s going in the right direction chrys is going in the right direction we’ll keep an eye on

Niik Collins Jaden Reed and Michael Pitman and then Zach Moss with the shoulder injury he intends to play in week 16 team uh the team will see how he progresses throughout the week so Matthew what stands out to you on this list a lot of lack of clarity here but a

Couple guys at least heading the right way yeah I mean look obviously I think if if AI can go and it’s the short it’s the short week he’s the Thursday night game against the Rams but I think if A’s AC of you’re starting him we feel good about Tyreek Hill um obviously because

He was out there warming up and he was a game time decision end up not playing last week but you feel good about getting Tyreek back here some of the other ones that are a little concerning right I mean the fact that with Trevor Lawrence in this concussion protocol I

Mean that was a shot that he took the Jaguar signing EJ Perry to the practice squad you know it was a little eyebrow raising like the fact that they feel they need that kind of depth that tells you at least there’s a chance that he could miss as well

Um to me the the one that’s the most you know and and with stoud just brutal like you the fact that the guy is still sensitive to light yeah is I’m like that’s awful my daughter one of my daughters had a concussion uh playing soccer actually and like she was

You know whatever she was 11 at the time and you know but out for like a month but like we had to keep her in all dark she had to wear dark sunglasses when she’d walk around the house like like it’s a real real thing and I mean again

Talking you know an 11-year-old girl versus a NFL quarterback but still my point is is that like like unless you’re TJ Watt and just throwing on a visor and who cares like that that’s is a scary I don’t mean to joke about CJ Str like

This is a very scary thing yeah and it’s something that you suspect may I mean for this week certainly doesn’t look very good in terms of his chances of playing uh and obviously if he’s still sensitive to the light he shouldn’t be playing but I wonder if this is

Something that the drags on even Beyond this week because this is I mean it’s serious it’s bad like two of Miss the month last year with the concussion this guy’s the face of the franchise he’s their quarterback for the next 10 15 years I don’t think they want to risk

His health for you know pursuing a wild card when you know they’re not going to win the Super Bowl this year yeah in situations like that with them type of concussions when you still having those those type of symptoms you want to see like a a string of days where there’s

Nothing going on you know what I’m saying so the fact that he’s not even close to being clear um doesn’t look like you know we’ll see him this week yeah the the other one that uh that sort of jumps out to me here uh there’s two

One is Zack Moss with the shoulder now Adam shef reporting that Moss quote intends to play in week 16 teams will quote the team is saying quote we’ll see how he progresses through the week but there’s also a chance that Jonathan Taylor could be back then you’ve got you

Know you’ve uh you’ve got Trey Surman in the mix you’ve got uh Goodwin in the mix right is it Tyson yeah yesterday we we had it the first name a little off I think it’s Tyson it’s Goodwin though right Tyson Goodwin that’s what I thought and then it was the graphics at

Tyler it’s a messy backfield right now sure it was Tyler Tyler I believe it’s Tyler is that we we said Tyson and then corrected it to Tyler I’m 98% have a feeling he’s not going to be active this week no offense to him but it sounds like they’re going to have apologies to

Mr Goodwin the fact of the matter is Goodson I’m sorry guys um It’s You Know listen you need a scorecard for the Colts backfield uh what I will say is here’s it just feels like a mess and it’s a good match up against Atlanta it’s not one that scares you but just

Because there’s just such a lack of clarity in this back field that again it’s the fantasy playoffs you don’t want to get cute you need you don’t want to get beon uh which I think should absolutely become a verb uh you don’t want to get or Arthur Smith but

You know beon rolls off Smith you don’t want to be Smith um smithed so I I feel like you’re just avoiding the Colts backfield here the other one the last one that stands out to me is uh is Jaden Reed we talked about Davian Wicks yesterday on the show but just if Reed

Were to miss this game along with the fact that we don’t expect Christian Watson to play Davian Wick suddenly becomes uh pretty interesting for the Packers in that game against Carolina even though even though Carolina does have a top five pass defense over the last month speaking of getting cute uh

What would you say to this you got these guys Keenan Allen you got ni Collins who if they’re both back this week they’re without quarterbacks who they’ve played with this whole year we saw Noah Brown he had a solid day8 for 82 in a touchdown but you know when you add

Collins back into that off it I mean case Keenan’s a vet you know he know what to do I’m more more so on Keenan Allen’s side cuz the offense looks so bad in that first game with E and stick like are we getting cute and just saying

N Keenan Allen despite what you’ve done this whole year you know I think so I think if you were to bench if you were to bench an active Keenan Allen I think that would be getting cute I get it they looked brutal on Thursday night they’ve got Easton stick at quarterback but I

Josh Palmer had a good fantasy day under East and stick it was all junk time but whatever they’re they’re almost 12-point underdogs in this game they fired the they fired the head coach I I feel like they will play with a little bit more emphasis you know I think it’s kind of a

Wakeup call hey we’re playing for our jobs here Keenan Allen’s a professional who has Pride if at this point in the season where it’s lost and Keenan Allen’s you know over the age of 30 if Keenan Allen is going to get out there and play it’s because he wants to

Compete and so uh I feel like Target share and volume just sort of gets him there I I if Keenan Allen’s active I’m starting him yeah I you have to start Keenan Allen with Nico Collins who I mean he was warming up on the field before the Tennessee game seems like

He’s trending in the right direction but uh I watched case Keenan play and I get that he he was okay enough against the Titans but I think he’s pretty done and to go up against the Cleveland defense which is going from you know one of the worst secondaries in the NFL and

Tennessee to one of the best pass defenses uh of the past 15 years in Cleveland I don’t feel good about Nico Collins don’t feel good about N brown don’t feel good about either of the running backs really um so I think ideally you’re not starting Texans if

You can get away with it and our last one as I said a thumbs up to Chris alve who is expected to make his return on Thursday night football against the Rams speaking of Thumbs Up yesterday’s show while Matthew was at home on Zoom what

The hell was this he he discovered I I still don’t know he discovered something and had to give a thumbs up take a look Sometimes the best offense is a good defense if you’re playing against somebody that lost to our Chase and they’re looking through the waiver wire

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Your arms around there maybe something will happen anyway umol Aid man just kicks the wall behind what happens if I do thumbs down I don’t know I really broke your brain yesterday yeah exactly old man versus technology right there I don’t know what maybe they just like they might have just liked the

Comment that you made and every time you make you know Zoom was listening they like oh that’s a good comment actually I think most disturbing is that when you’re making a point you put your hands up like this what kind of person do that exactly he was trying he was trying to

Figure out what smooth dancer what I get out on the dance floor where do you see me unbelievable yeah yeah very troubling very very yeah it was the whole thing was weird it’s good to have you back here I’ll thank it was just I don’t like Zoom scary does strange things it usually

Takes me about an hour to an hour 15 to get to the studio and I’d been driving for an hour and a half and I use ways every day and yesterday there was just some crazy accident here in Connecticut and they were like oh it’s another hour

And a half like I’d left my house at 10:00 a.m. to get here at about 11: hour before the show maybe 11:15 worst case scenario and uh you know at 11:30 they were like yeah you’re still an hour and a half away I’m like like I called you

Know backup producer Pete and I’m like I think my only shot of making this show is I turn around and a haul ass back home you know and we do it from home and Pete was like yeah and he’s it’s like he talked to Trisha our great director and

Trisha was like yeah yeah I think I can make it work and so we we hauled butt home and we we made it work the best part was was on the call the morning production call where uh the way you described it was look why says I’m going

To get there at 11:43 a.m. but this could get interesting guys yeah I don’t have any gas well just you said that you didn’t have no gas no exactly so I so then so then so then Pete’s like well why don’t you get gas and I’m like I’m in bumper

To bumper traffic Pete why did you just like I’m like guys I’m I’m in bumper to bumper traffic there’s some sort of crazy accident and I’m running out of gas like the lights on and um and pizza will get gas and I’m like I’m in bumper to- bumper traffic oh I hadn’t thought

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Driving all these back streets trying to get onto the you know the on-ramp strugging they can’t it it was a struggle I was driving the struggle bus yesterday and finally I’m just like F this and I called back a I know you was in your car windows up cursing like

What the I know you was in there L kind ofine be very happy on those back straights yeah a thumbs down situation was a thumbs down situation anyway then I went home and we did the uh we did the zoom and we got it all figured out and

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The most heroic man in America some people are saying the effort I put through yesterday for the show for the people you know uh for the fantasy football gods for all the people out there that have that are in the playoffs they need their advice they needed their

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Attitude Adam Sandler clearly eatting good today here on the happy hour we’ll tell you else who’s eatting good as we got three candidates here the top three wide receivers from last week who’s eatting good sered by Applebee’s look at the week 15 fantasy leaders at wide receiver number one was Jordan Addison

Number two was Jaylen wad number three was scary Terry McClaren Lawrence let’s start with Jordan Addison he comes in as wide receiver 26 for Barry this week how do you like Addison in a matchup against a lions defense that a lot of teams have been able to Feast on especially the

Secondary yeah um I like it a lot now this is Jordan Addison’s best game in about six s weeks but the thing what what I liked was that he did this in the presence of Justin Jefferson you wanted to see both of them you know able to

Have a good game together and it you know it came with Nick Mullins um you know Detroit has allowed a receiver to gain uh 95 yards or score a touchdown in five of their last six games so of course some of that will go to Justin Jefferson and TJ hackinson but with the

Game total between the Vikings in lines being 47 and the Vikings being three-point dogs you expect them to you know try to make their due uh in the passing game with those receivers Matthew I don’t think anybody’s expecting a 29-point week again but can Addison at least be a wide receiver two

In this matchup I as a wide receiver three he comes in at wide receiver 26 for me I think there’s a lot of POS positive signs right I mean so this is this is a guy that by hooker by crook Jay Croucher has found his way into the end

Zone he’s got nine touchdowns on the year that’s top five among all wide receivers as well and last week with d Mullins it was a 19% Target share which is the highest he’s had in a game this season where Justin Jefferson has been active I don’t think they were all well

Advised throws in fact many a lot of the throws that Nick wollin made to Jordan Addison you’re like no don’t do that what out to the touchdown awful throws awful throws but okay bad for the NFL but good for Fantasy wise if he’s going to force the ball to Jordan Addison we

Certainly like that and the matchup is favorable as well Vikings are underdogs in this game and they’re going to have to be throwing against Detroit over the last month the Lions bottom 10 in the NFL in terms of most fantasy points allowed to or I guess top 10 depending

On how you look at it but basically they’re among the 10 teams that have given the most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers they’ve also allowed the the second most yards on deep passes Nick mullen’s a little bit of a gunslinger mentality to him he’s

Not scared to throw it up even when uh he shouldn’t honestly uh yeah I mean I don’t think he’s the best quarterback on the Vikings roster right now but I’m not the one making the decisions and I do think this benefits Addison who again is a risky but viable wide receiver three

For me yeah I think Mullins is bad possibly very bad but he’s bad in a way that’s conducive to Fantasy he’s not the type of quarterback who goes uh you know two incompletions three and out and then no he marches you down the field for 45

Yards by making uh you know a high degree of difficulty throws or high risk throws and then he throws an inexplicable pick so I think that he will be able to put up yards similar to the Bengals game and yes the Bengals have a bad pass defense but so Detroit

So they should be able to put up numbers in this game even if he ultimately submarines the team with his interceptions which I am I in our show League I will be starting Jordan Addison against Jay Croucher as as the lineups have come through Jay Croucher and

Myself face off in the semi-finals of our league of asses not since uh dairo and Pino saw each other in the diner and heat such Showdown and I will put you down Matthew Mar as uh as chain I’m secretly nervous you’re I could tell he’s he’s the underdog is a team

Team of Destiny like again like it’s an awful collection of players that continues to win despite all indications that it shouldn’t I’m try stocking spamming RP no one knows what’s going on who qb2 for you this week uh Derek car I’m not great I’m I’m choosing between

Derek Carr and a stick stick man really uh tough decision then going to go car all right don’t feel good you have a real you have a good quarterback for one no I don’t Nick mull I Justin Herber he’s dead I got Mullins car and

Stick if I lose to this if I lose to this I’m turning Joe Flaco against you because I don’t want how against the you getting at least 45 passes you should have to sit jayen Herz it’s not a fair match up no I’m going to start I’m going

To start jayen Herz but I mean who knows Jaylen hers ain’t been I mean he’s been good fantasy wise but he hasn’t I’m just going to go all chaos like all the random guys who can absolutely go off like there’ll be no Elijah Mo like I’m going Josh Palmer going weird dudes who

Can can this why I’m scared want is going to have like three catches for 98 yards and two touchdowns and in my battle for fifth place this on my roster be very upset when I lose to Jay it’s going to be I’m going to chaos be an interesting show Tuesday Stefan Diggs

Is finally out of his first good in three months he’s my only good player digs oh yeah that’s what’s going to happen he’s going to explode for like three touchdowns yeah so he should charers two it’s coming onc our next player here Jaylen wad Jay comes in as

Wide receiver two last week he’s a top 15 play for Barry this week now the catch of course is no Tyreek Hill in last week’s game we expect Tyreek Hill to try to push to play in this one how does that change things for Wadd who looked phenomenal last week I think the

Main thing is he just looked fully healthy looked explosive he looked like the same guy that he was at the end of his rookie season alter out last year and that was the concern cuz he’s been banged up he’s been really disappointing overall this season but the fact that he

Was able to do this against the Jets defense are able to key in on him uh with no Tyreek and I understand that they just basically oh you’re just never getting lined up against s Gardner will go up against DJ Reed who was ill and

All of that but still now I think he’s an an awesome option against Dallas even with Tyreek back is this Dallas team can be exploited defensively I don’t trust Stefon Gilmore and Duron Bland against the speed of Hill and W two-year point over the last last four weeks the

Cowboys have allowed the second most yards after the catch which is always such a big part of the McDaniel offense getting guys in space and letting them take advantage of that yards after the catch I like the uh clip that’s going around social media if you’ve seen McDaniel miked up basically saying like

I feel a oneplay drive coming up one playay drive coming up and that’s the very next play is the long touchdown to Waddle against your jets last week disgusting that was definitely edited to make him look amazing I thought you were going to say about the uh the speech

That he gave uh in Hard Knocks which is going around about uh he gives a a very expletive Laden speech to his team after the Titans win criticizing himself for his own play calls against the Titans it’s very good very good CA he’s a he’s a National Treasure Mike McDaniel he is

It must be protected at all cost that’s how it should go and and just this thing too um in the three previous games before this one uh with without Tyreek Hill uh he was averaging 81 yards and six catches in those previous games so it’s like you’ll you’ll take that but

Now that you you know you know he can do this like you feel good about it not counting the bills they didn’t have to pass against the Cowboys but AJ Brown Devonte Smith both has solid days DK metf uh jsn good days Curtis Samuel Terry M like there’s room for multiple receivers to

Get going against this Dallas defense which you said they’re not it’s it’s like they they still got game but it’s more named and game with that Dallas defense yep Matthew our last one Terry McClaren the week we’ve been waiting for last last week a lot of it came with

Jacobe brassette though and they have the Jets on Christmas Eve Terry McClaren comes in as wide receiver three where does he rank for you after that he’s wide receiver 33 for me and I think ideally if I could I would not play with him again this is he it was out of the

Buy the week before that he had zero yards on zero targets and to your point 70% of his fantasy points now you saw it at the top of the segment he was a top three fantasy wide receiver this week this past week but 70% of his production came from jacobe verette in Crazy

Comeback mode as as well he had a 33% Target share with brassette he’s had only one game with a 30% Target share on the season to the point in the past five games with Sam Howell and Howell of course is going to start against the Jets he’s averaging under seven fantasy

Points per game over the last month the Jets allow the third fewest fantasy points two opposing wide receivers Sam how is going to be under pressure quite a bit he’s going to see a lot of s Gardner and DJ Reid Terry mclen is is generally uh matchup proof but given the

Offense the way how kind of moved it around the other fact is I don’t know that under Trevor Simeon which is who we expect to start for the Jets this week that the Jets mve the ball in a significant way I think this is a very low-scoring game so it’s not like last

Week where they just had to Chuck it and where we’ve seen some scenarios where the commanders have been down big and how’s just gone past happen he’s throwing 40 45 50 times a game I don’t think that’s going to be the game script against the Jets where I think it’s just

Going to be a lot of punting a lot of running kind of an ugly back and forth game so in an ideal world you’re not using Terry mclen this week at least for me in an ideal we but uh I am using Terry McLaren against you because I

Don’t have any other good players and I have no options so Terry go he’s going to go off that’s right um the the thing that does worry I mean you mentioned the game script Matthew um in the two in their last two games now he hasn’t thrown the ball more

Than 26 27 times and that’s how they’ve been able to get this volume right even in the blowout loss uh to the Dolphins like he threw 23 passes like he came in two weeks ago he Sam how was averaging 40 passes a game um he’s thrown 49 in

The past two so it’s like if you’re not getting that volume you can’t really trust any of these uh receivers not even Curtis Samuel who who seems to be like the wide receiver one now so I don’t know it’s it’s scary for little terry the countdown is on for a very special

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Final three games now and not relenting into despair no I I don’t see that in this team well I know that’s not this team me personally that’s not a you know I’m not offensively I we won’t allow it it open or close it out an odd sequence with Kyler Murray how often do

You relent into despare con up whenever I go home right after the show every day super super weird I I same but when I sit at the desk it’s basically pretty much when I wake up I relent into Despair and it doesn’t go away until I fall asleep basically that’s every

Waking moment yeah I like how robotic though Kyler’s just like yeah push ridiculous question yeah yeah just all right let’s just get through this unbelievable Kyler Murray uh headlines are keep it open or close it out trying to by the way that’s a good fantasy team name despair relent to despair yeah

Should have been my teen name yeah exactly for our show lead time Stickman the stickman will I will be relenting into despair if I don’t be Jay and I’m I’m seriously nervous really bothering you I can tell I’m totally you’re a minus 250 favorite I have nothing to lose nothing to lose give

A you are you’re playing with house money you shouldn’t even be here like you shouldn’t even made the playoffs and now you absolutely got the ninth best team in a 12 team League exactly now two wins away baby from the ship it it’s nice that you understand that and you

Understand that I should be in your spot right now no your team was he said N Out of 12 teams yeah no he said which means there three teams worse than his and yours is one of them damn yeah relent and despair don’t car yeah you know you had Anthony you you

Had bad injury luck you had like just every big name I’m just trying to include myself in this playoff talk you know it’s you know I feel you can root for me how about that Kyler Murray Matthew the question simply is can you start Kyler Murray in

The playoffs this week he’s got the Bears the Bears defense has played extremely well uh and right now it looks like as we show the graphic here you have him right on The Fringe Quarterback 13 but not every body might have one of those top 12 quarterbacks yeah I mean I

Think he’s that I think fringy is right you know Kyler’s had back-to-back games himself with under 14 fantasy points and over the last month only one team in the NFL has allowed fewer fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks then the Chicago Bears are actually tied for the most

Takeaways in the NFL over that stretch they’ve allowed one or few were touchdown passes and three of the past five Kyler doesn’t seem to be running the way he was earlier when he came back and so this is a concern when you think about how strong that defensive line is

And how well this defense has played since they got montz sweat like they can really get after the quarterback and assuming they they stay disciplined like I don’t know that there’s going to be a lot of room for Kyler Murray to run having said that like you just may not

Have an option some of the other guys out there that I mean you know again you’re starting East and stick I mean like I’m in a I’m in a dynasty League playoff you guys tell me but like I’m in a real struggle here I have I have four

It’s a a superflex dynasty League I have four quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence Baker Mayfield Kyler Murray Jared gof Trevor Lawrence and Baker Mayfield out against each other that’s assuming Trevor Lawrence clears concussion protocol which he’s in that decision may be made for me but then you got so you got Baker against

The Jags Kyler against uh the Bears and uh Jared gof at Minnesota yeah I will say about so it’s that’s like they’re all sort of right there they’re all kind of fringy yeah it doesn’t seem like there’s a clear cut answer play golf yeah gol golf doors golf Minnesota would

Be first for me but meanwhile you see my rankings there I have GF a little bit lower just in terms of the numbers the projections spit out Kyler slightly higher you closing that out no no no no I’m probably still keeping it open on Kyler Murray I mean like again it’s just

Kind of like it’s on the it’s on the borderline you know I guess I guess he closing out a little bit because it’s outside my top 12 but like with the Bear’s defense as well I know it’s been it’s much improved particularly since they got sweat they’ve also played some

Bad quarterbacks lately they played Joe flacker they played Bryce young Josh dos uh Derek car and the Saints like they don’t they haven’t been it’s not like they’re playing Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen every week so I think they are a little bit inflated this is true but

They I mean but this game’s at home in Chicago uh where you know it’ll be cold right I mean and Jared gof they shut down Jared gof who then the next week yeah golf Outdoors is kind of like well exactly I I mean uh Joe flacko ended up

Being quarterback nine he threw those three picks but 374 and the two touchdowns Kyler did run for 49 last week so that’s kind of why and he’s my Quarterback 13 uh this week as well and it’s because of that uh upside the game too it’s it’s 44 and a half so it it

Might be some type of points in this game especially you get Justin fields on one side running the ball Kyler Murray on the other side they did the the Cardinals did go into Pittsburgh a couple weeks back beat them Steelers but again they had Miss trubisky but still

Um you know I like I feel the same way it’s like you you keeping it open like this open like that cuz he Quarterback 13 but you know it’s still K it’s like this it’s at the bar it’s closing time you’ve had enough nothing’s happening tonight you’re looking around you’re

Like you know whatever and like do I go home or do I have one more I probably should go home I’ll keep it open but I shouldn’t you I’ll have one more and then you end up regretting it something happens yeah you something happens and then it almost

Never does Something Good Can Happen too though yeah you never know 1% chance 1% chance so you’re tell me there’s a chance every once in a while Jay Croucher comes in it’s it’s Buffalo it’s cold yeah he needs a place to stay yeah things happen every once in a while one

Magical night one magical night Jay how about bejan Robinson Here season low on touches with eight and yards with 14 last week in the fantasy playoffs but if you have bejn Robinson seems kind of hard to sit him where do you stand on this one I think he probably have to

Keep it open but not with any confidence I understand the Colts recently have not been great against opposing running backs but I don’t really care about their past six seven weeks overall because all I care about is when Grover Stewart is in the lineup because he is

Their entire run defense and when he plays they have an above average run defense and when he doesn’t they have basically the worst run defense in the NFL he is their entire unit there and he is playing now and he’s had a couple weeks under his belt since he had the

Six week suspension so I think that spells bad news uh for bean in this match up but at the same time you know you drafted him in the first two rounds you probably have to start him I think you have to I’m going to keep it open as

Well I met you know I at running back 21 so just kind of you know borderline right there I mean if you you s if you are playing this week with Bean Robinson congratulations you survived like one of the worst fantasy failures of all time historic prop proportions negative

Fantasy points from a guy that was drafted in the first round of every single Fantasy Draft of a guy that had been you know this kind of top five guy for a month prior and then just insane Arthur Smith usage but to your point about the Colts uh Jay over the last

Month the team has the Colts have allowed the third most fantasy points to opposing running backs they’ve allowed at least 100 rushing yards to a running back in three of the past four and from weeks 12 through 14 bejn Robinson was you know was the eighth best running

Back in fantasy so I just sort of feel like if you’re telling me a running back’s going to get 100 yards against the Colts I feel like it’s likely bej Robinson clear the change of for all the author of Smith bashing that I can do

Will do and will do in the future you know listen it’s Christmas right so Ghost of Christmas Past G Ghost of Christmas present Ghost of Christmas future I want to redo that but all every single ghost is just me yelling at Arthur Smith Arthur Smith when he’s a

Coordinator the town Titans Arthur Smith now is head coach the Falcons and in the future Arthur Smith like offense coordinator for high school um stop it with the commanders no from high school River Al SM I exactly he’s going to be a coordinator some he’s going to be a coordinator like the Birmingham

Stallions Smith don’t care about Christmas either if he ain’t giving bejan Robinson ball you think he care about Christmas oh no absolutely not stocking full of coal for Arthur Smith what I will tell you though is is that clearly clearly Arthur Smith is sitting there looking at Christmas Past and

Christmas future and saying like I you know what I I went from desm or Taylor H it didn’t work last week I went on the road to Carolina and I lost a game that I should have won by like you know a touchdown and I lost it um so I do think

He changes up what he did last week which starts with a quarterback and also starts with oh yeah that’s right I’ve got this guy on my team that’s insanely talented he’s going to get the rock so I don’t feel good about it because it’s still Arthur Smith and he devis all

Logic and you know he should have gotten him last week and I you know who the hell knows and he’d probably sit here and be like yeah well corn pass and scor the touchdown that wasn’t why we lost and that that play right there got no problem with that particular play of

Course not it’s tou right but it’s like yes and be had a bad fumble okay but whatever like but there was a whole it was a whole game before yeah it was a you know so I don’t know can’t trust him we leave it like I got him at running

Back 23 I’m going leave it open though because I have them at running back 23 and not 43 I just don’t know that you’re going to have it in week 16 I don’t know that you’re going to have an option on your team that has the upside and

Potential volume of bejon Robinson that feel better than bej Robinson if you do you know God Bless but I just so I’m I’m I’m nervously keeping it open you you spoke about people making it through with bej I’m one of those people you know who I benched Raheem oer you know

Who I’m not benching this week for bean Raheem Rahe oer thank you Kyon Williams for you know he he carried my running back group there so there you go our next one here Austin Eckler kind of an interesting comment from Eckler on the end of the season he said I know I’m the

The same player but that doesn’t matter when it comes to the contracts when it comes to the media when it comes to betting it’s making sure I prove it to you guys Lawrence singled digit fantasy points in four of his past five games for a guy that’s a Fantasy legend in

Austin Eckler can you keep this one open um I’m actually GNA close this one out um no no Justin Herbert we saw Easton stick in his first start you would have like to see something besides garbage time against the Raiders I don’t know how that off well I kind of got an

Inkling how that offense is going to Faire against the the Buffalo Bills um speaking you you spoke on four of his last five games I just mentioned Kiron Williams he just ran for 152 yards in week 15 Austin Eckler has ran for 174 yards his last five games and he’s

Getting three and a half catches in that in that span so it’s not like he just killing it in the receiving game either so that coupled with the fact that Isaiah Spiller getting carries um Josh Kelly’s getting carries um I’m I’m afraid of that start this week

Especially in this match up it might be different if it was a different team but the Buffalo Bills is knocking out everybody in their way right now yeah I will say with that CL at least past two games in particular he’s looked better physically he’s looked more explosive uh

He was able to come into the game late break off a little 10 yard run uh which he was very excited about uh in the fourth quarter I think he is very aware clearly with his comments of just his statistical production particularly this time of year and I think that he wants

To perform clearly uh it’s just a matter of whether they keep the game close enough that it doesn’t become the Isaiah Spiller show but he he’s a fantasy football player himself he’s a friend of the show by the way he’s an investor in Fantasy Life it’s one of the reasons why

We wanted him on the cap table candly is just because of his awareness of fantasy football and betting and everything else and statistics and the fact of the matter is is that I was encouraged by the fact that he was getting he still was getting some touches in their game

Last week they’re down like 50 points yeah he was in the fourth quarter he was in the fourth quarter like that game was over by the first quarter but he was still out there and so again the bills over the last month are a bottom 12 run

Defense I do think Eckler gets enough volume I’m keeping it open on him again the same way with Bean like I don’t feel great about it but the just the potential volume and upside I don’t know that you have better options than him

He’s a he’s more of a flex than a rb1 or two which is crazy to think about given you know what a legend he is but uh I do think I think he’ll have a little bit more success he wants to finish strong and it’s not a matchup that scares you

Our next running back Matthew Bree Hall against your commander season low 18 yards on just seven touches last week which was a disaster class of a game for the Jets offense against the Dolphins but the reality is on Christmas Eve Bree Hall has his maybe best matchup of the

Year everyone’s best match up is against my commanders they’re they’re brutal uh I’m keeping it open on Bree hem is a top 10 play this week over the last four weeks only one team in the NFL gives up more fantasy points per game to opposing running backs than my beloved Washington

Commanders they’ve given up a 100 yards in from scrimmage to a running back in six straight games six straight games a running back has gotten at least 100 yards from scrimmage against the commanders you assume Bree Hall will be number seven when he sees at least 15

Touches this year he’s averaging over 18 fantasy points per game they don’t want Trevor Simeon throwing it and they’re not going to need to against the commander so yeah give me some uh Bree Halls a top 10 play this week yeah going lead this open they’ll throw it but

It’ll be in a short game to Bree Hall uh the commanders have uh have allowed seven touchdowns to running backs in their last uh four games so yeah we’re keeping it open there’s not much to add here it’s the commanders our last running back Jay motor single ter last

Week was his first game with more than 13 touches since week 11 he’s got the Browns which can be a tough matchup in general but if he gets that kind of volume can you keep this one open I think so reluctantly but just with the volume with the fact that he clearly has

Taken over this back field from Damen pierce with the fact also that they are not going to want to have case Kum drop back and throw 40 times in this game and also the Cleveland Browns their run defense is very solid it’s not the same unit though as their pass defense so I

Think that they will be running the ball as much as possible and single ter is the beneficiary yeah and prior to week 15 the Browns had allowed a touchdown to a running back in five straight games and so single ter who’s uh averaging 76% of the Texans Russians over the last two

Weeks I think volume gets him there he comes in at running back 25 for me but I’m keeping it open I think he is a you know a better than average Flex based on volume Lawrence our first wide receiver Z flowers he’s got the ners in a tough

Matchup and he’s coming off a week where he had a season low two Targets where does he rank for you uh this week I got him at wide receiver 29 uh still going to keep it open though uh San Francisco we know they’re great overall defense in

Terms of like real football on the fantasy front though they’re 17th they’re only the 17th best out of Lou fantasy points to receivers uh we saw DK metf and Tyler Lockett have solid days against them recently we saw the same with AJ Brown and Devonte Smith both of

Those guys were able to get uh over 95 yards and you just versus this San Francisco defense you’re not just going to you’re not just going to run the ball down they throat you’re going to have to throw that ball against that defense so I’ll leave it open for Z he been pretty

Consistent outside of his last game so and he’s he’s their guy you know Odell’s coming up he’s been coming up but Z flow he’s still a guy so I’m going to keep it open Yeah couple quick things on Z One the internet was a blaze yesterday with

Rumors that Z flowers was in a walking boot with an MRI now that turned out not to be real but it was reported more reputably that he does have foot soreness so there is something there and he only had the two Targets last week which is really weird considering so I

Would suspect there is an actual injury even if it’s not going to keep him out of this week so that would just be one thing to know to be a little bit wary of with Z flowers it’s must win game for both of these teams like the potential

Super Bowl preview I have met wide receiver 27 so I’m keeping it open but again somewhat a little bit reluctantly but I’m going to go there just because I think the Ravens will have to throw they’re they’re uh five five and a half they’re fiveo underdogs on the road at

San Francisco and it’s worth noting that in every game this year except for two opponents have thrown at least 31 pass attempts against the Niners like you can throw against San Francisco I think that’s what Lamar is going to have to do Lamar not only does they want to win

This game obviously but more importantly this game is a referendum on the MVP race we’ve talked about this it has really come down to Pie versus Jackson and so the quarterback that wins this game is most likely your MVP at the end of the year and I think Lamar after the

Big contract wants to prove like I’m the guy and so he’ll be throwing I think he’ll be he’ll be wanting to show off not the pretty won’t be but uh if if Lamar Jackson is going to have a big game he’s likely going to need Z flowers

To be heavily involved in that our last one here jacobe Myers Lawrence again against the Chiefs we saw jacobe Meers throw a touchdown last week he’s got 15 plus fantasy points in two of his past three games this one been a fringe most of the Season can you keep it open with

The playoffs in the line I’m definitely closing that out with the playoffs in the line he’s touchdown dependent how many times is he going to we’ve seen him throw touchdowns quite a bit but how do we expect that again he’s got uh less than 50 receiving yards and six in his

Last seven games although that one game was against the Chiefs but h no he’s not in inside my top 40 this week seven games in which Aiden oconnell has started a quarterback so far this year and uh uh jobi Myers has been under nine

Points in four of them uh as a whole He averages just 10.7 fantasy points per game in all the games that AO Connell has started AOC is going to start again this week as well so M Myers who’s averaging under 40 yards a game to me

I’m closing it out he’s my wide receiver 41 against a Chief’s defense that allows the six Fest fantasy points per game to wide receivers this year to recap Matthews keep it open close it out rankings Kyler Murray at QB 13 is a fringe but we’ll call it a close here

Bejan Robinson rb21 open Austin Eckler rb20 against the bills open Bree Hall against the commanders rb10 open motor single ter also stays open against the Browns rb25 Z flowers wide receiver 27 against the ners he’s an open Jobe Myers is a certified close at wide receiver 41

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That one yeah what’s that about it was so good yest get you next time maybe next time happy holidays everyone last call it’s Wednesday so it is our early line alert Jay we’ll start with you which line are you looking at to start the week here going with my Indianapolis Colts for the

Shoe minus one sorry plus one great they dogs the Atlanta Falcons keep pounding now uh going from h r to hinei that’s a change it’s not worth three and a half points like I think that H is better than R that’s a massive swing I don’t think that the Colts should be underdogs

In this game I think they are the vastly superior coach team in this matchup they need this for their playoff lives Jonathan Taylor expected back defense playing much better with Gro Stewart back my man Juju Brent on the outside I think they take care of uh the Falcons

In the D and I’ll just say very quickly this is this is the dumbest thing and there’s probably no math behind this but uh I’ve talked about this before but like just a dumb betting rule that was taught when I was first getting into it was just sort of like one of these

Things is like when a team with a winning record is getting points from a team with a losing record after like the first three weeks of the Season you take it no matter what like no matter how ugly it looks on paper you you hold your nose you’re take it usually works about

Two-thirds of the time same thing the Colts have a winning record the Falcons have a losing record and yet somehow the Falcons are favored in this game I did this last week and the Texans who had a losing who had a winning record were getting points from a losing team and

The Titans give me the Colts um I’ll just very quickly give me the under on 51 for the Cowboys and dolphins here Dallas on the road is a thing like they’re averaging just 21 points a game on the road uh compared with 40 points a game at home dolphins have actually been

A top three Rush pass and scoring defense over the last month they played some suspect defense but give me the underrun 51 money line Jackson what do you got for I’m going to push the uh Bengals minus two against the Steelers to minus three and a half at plus 121

They’ve been just playing better overall football you got Mason Rudolph coming in for the Steelers his best place getting hit with that helmet Conor I like to see minus 2 and a half against the Titans Seahawks are desperate Titans are really really beat up Seahawks will get right

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