Week 13 Starts & Sits - 'Bye-pocalypse' - News & Notes - Streams of the Week

Are you ready for a deep dive into the NFL's latest news and how it affects your fantasy football line-up? That's exactly what we're serving up in this week's episode of the Frankly Fantasy Football Podcast. We've got the scoop on big moves like Zach Ertz's release and whispers of Jim Harbaugh coaching the Bears. Plus, we're bringing you updates on essential player injuries and analyzing the Patriots' quarterback situation. Hang tight for our expert advice on who to start and sit for Week 13 and the best streaming options to consider.

Coming up, we'll be breaking down our top picks for Week 7, factoring in bye weeks and making sure your line-ups are packed with point-scorers. We've got our eyes on potential high-impacters like CJ Stroud, Courtland Sutton, and Jaylen Warren in 12-16 team leagues. Plus, expect an exciting shootout between the Texans and Broncos that could bring good tidings for Russell Wilson, Javonte Williams, and Devin Singletary owners. And we'll discuss the ripple effects of Damien Pierce's potential return on Singletary's performance.

For the running back enthusiasts among you, we’re laying out our top picks for various league sizes. In 12-man leagues, we're backing Rashad White and Najee Harris to shine, whilst you can't go wrong with Zach Moss in 8-10 man leagues. We'll also weigh in on the potential of Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in this week's match-up. But it's not all about the starts - we're also giving advice on who to sit this week and how to handle players who can't be traded or dropped. So tune in, take notes, and get ready to conquer your fantasy football league with Frankly Fantasy Football Podcast.

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Speaker 2: 0:11

Yeah, all right, all right, all right, welcome to the show. This is the Frankly Fantasy Football Podcast. We are your hosts, frankie and Johnny. Frankie. Welcome to the Week 13. Bipocalypse Starts and Sits. How you feeling, brother, feeling good, john Feeling good Feeling.

Speaker 1: 0:40

a little scary. It's a little bit nuts with these Bipocalypse coming up, but I think for you, listening and watching this, you got your back. I think you're going to enjoy what we have coming.

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Speaker 2: 1:13

All right, today, frankie, we got some good stuff for everybody. Today we got our starts and sits. If we've got a little time, we may look at some streaming options for Week 13 as well, but we're going to kick things off with a little bit of news first, let's see what happens if you all listen to this dumb. Next, back, let's get this thing down to about news and notes. All right, we got a lot of stuff to talk about here. I'm going to blast through a lot of this stuff. Interesting news came out this morning. Actually Cardinals release tight end Zach Ertz. Now he's got a clear waivers. He wants to play for a contender and, of course, all the rumor mills are going through right now. Frankie, what are you hearing about Zach Ertz? What are some of his ideal landing spots?

Speaker 1: 1:58

I suppose John there's two from what we're hearing right now, and right now it's looking as if it's Baltimore Ravens Mark Andrews going down Mandrews. They have Isaiah, likely the young cats, second year, but they want to share that up quite a bit more. So, john Baltimore Ravens could be a landing spot, or his old stopping grounds at that of the Philadelphia Eagles. With the issues that they've had with Dallas Goddard from an injury perspective, this makes a lot of sense, and so for me, man, the Philadelphia Eagles are the only one lost team in the entirety of the NFL. They're absolutely contender. Jalen Hertz is playing so elite right now it's beautiful to see, so if he's wanting to go to contender, why not look at the top two, in my opinion, teams right now in the NFL being that of the number one in the AFC Baltimore Ravens and that of the number one in the NFC Philadelphia Eagles?

Speaker 2: 2:54

How did that make you feel, saying that the Ravens are the number one team in the AFC?

Speaker 1: 2:59

I'm going to punch my face after this. Just a tad just a tad.

Speaker 2: 3:03

Okay, I'm going to smack it around, but it hurts it hurts, it does, and it's not even a hurt so good situation. It just hurts, just hurts, all right. So stay tuned for Zach Hertz. I did pick him up last week through on my IR because I knew he'd be coming back soon. Might be a good idea. If you've got him sitting out there, guys, throw him on your IR. Still, at the moment it doesn't take up a bench spot, so it could be interesting. He's assuming he's healthy after his injury. He could have some value for a team here. So really interesting stuff there.

Speaker 2: 3:33

Another rumor in the NFL Frankie the Bears apparently have had some conversations with Jim Harbaugh about coaching the team next year. Yeah, that's not really fantasy relevant, but I thought it was cool news and just wanted to throw that out there. But that that could be interesting. Man, very interesting. Can't do worse than what they've been doing, john. No, no, you're absolutely right, aaron Rodgers. So just you know he wants me to have him in the news every week, so I'm going to put him in the news every week. Apparently he's going to practice. We'll see. Listen. I think it's silly. I think he's just trying to. He's doing this for him. He's not doing it for the team, but I don't anticipate Aaron just playing this year. Why would you do that?

Speaker 2: 4:13

Trey McBride tight end for the Arizona Cardinals, the sole tight end now that Zach Hertz got released. He's questionable this week with the groin so maybe they could have waited one more week to release. Zach Hertz Didn't practice on Thursday. Keep an eye on him. If he does get out on the field on Friday for practice then he may be good to go. But keep an eye on him. He's been very, very good at the tight end in a terrible tight end landscape right now. Travis Etn running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars day to day with a chest injury. He plays on Monday night football so they are optimistic that he will go, but that there's that dangerous having your stud running back day to day questionable, playing on Monday night football. Make sure you've got backup plans. Look at Tank Bigsby, look at the Ernest Johnson. If you don't have him one of those two guys backing up Travis Etn, please do that because he is definitely questionable. The New England Patriots preparing for Bailey Zappy to start Cool, sweet.

Speaker 1: 5:14

Good for you guys. Welcome to hell, like all the rest of us. Oh, I don't have time for you Definitely not starting the receivers.

Speaker 2: 5:22

That I definitely wasn't going to start for the team anyway. So thanks for the heads up guys. Ramondri Stevenson smash plate this week. Zeke is also questionable. Looks like he's going to go, but he's questionable, which just means Ramondri will get a lot more out of the backfield. Ramondri is really the only guy you can play on this team right now. Right.

Speaker 1: 5:41

No question, you might be able to. You might maybe possibly Hunter Henry, depending on, from a tight end perspective, if you like, with the BIPOC, what's going on. If you have, like TJ Hawkinson or others, maybe you do have Isaiah likely things like that, maybe look to plug him in. But, john, to your point, that's it, that's it man All right.

Speaker 2: 6:01

Nfl Insider Josina Anderson reports the Panthers are expected to be interested in Lyons offensive coordinator Ben Johnson for head coach. So that's interesting news too. We're getting some getting some coaching rumors already here for 2024. So I like that man. That'll be fun.

Speaker 2: 6:18

Cadarius Tony practiced in full, so we might be able to see him this week as well. Keenan Allen did not practice with a quad injury. He usually gets Wednesdays off as a veteran rest day anyway. Monitor his status, though. Because he was banged up last week he's a little banged up this week not practicing, so see if he gets out on the field on Friday. Monitor Keenan Allen.

Speaker 2: 6:41

Rashid Shahid, wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints, likely to be out this week. Now. Chris Olave does have a chance. Most of the time seriously like 98% of the time somebody gets in the concussion protocol, they miss the very next week. They're saying Olave, he was in walkthroughs and practice. They're saying he does have a chance. Only a couple of guys have been able to do that within the week. Olave might be the next guy to do it, so keep an eye on him. I've got some shares of Chris Olave, so I'm really hoping he gets out there, but it looks like he may be out there. However, michael Thomas is out on IR. Rashid Shahid is out. So AT Perry rookie receiver. I don't know that you can expect a lot there, but there are a lot of receivers on by this week. We'll talk about that. Could be a sneaky start for you, just out of sheer volume. Just that there's no other receivers out there. So take a look at that.

Speaker 2: 7:40

Quinton Johnston, wide receiver for the Chargers, practiced in full. Kenny Pickett practiced in full as well. Traylon Birx returns to practice this week. Not really a guy that. Maybe a guy you could sit on to see if anything happens, but not really somebody you're going to throw out there for fantasy. Devon Achan All right, I had to get the story on this because this has really pissed me off the past couple of weeks here. He was supposed to be back then. He wasn't, had a little setback, he was limited in practice. He was held out all week in practice last week and in week 12, as a precaution, apparently. So see if he practices Friday in full. I have a sense that he will, but it looks like we should get Devon Achan out on the field this week.

Speaker 2: 8:22

The Browns let's get some news from the Brownies here. Frankie, let's go back to the drawing board. Let's just throw enough shit on the ceiling and see what sticks here. Browns have named Joe Flacco the backup to DTR Dorian Thompson Robinson. Yes, our savior. Yes, thank you. Dtr not likely to play, he's in the concussion protocol. This is very possible that Joe Flacco starts this Sunday versus the Rams. All right fantasy implications here, Frank, because we've got David and Joku, we've got Amari Cooper. People are wondering what the hell to do with these guys. I don't think anybody's really throwing Elijah Moore out there at this point, but does this help potentially Amari Cooper? I?

Speaker 1: 9:08

think it does, john. As crazy as that sounds, I think it actually does. You look at what Joe Flacco did with the Jets last season. When he was in there, he was throwing the ball a lot, and so Corey Davis reaped the rewards of that. Elijah Moore, when he was on the Jets, reaped the rewards of that. And so, john, this could be very interesting. And I know you mentioned Elijah Moore. It might not be a guy, but he actually might be, based on the synergy that they've already had previously.

Speaker 1: 9:36

So for me, man, it's TBD and I know that sounds crazy, but it really is and it's because this Rams defensive front. Anytime you're lining up against Aaron Donald, good luck. Even if you have top tier Batonio and POSIC and White Teller, it's still going to be an absolute bear of a matchup when you come up against this guy. So for me, I would assume, if Joe Flacco is the guy, john, it's going to be quick hits. It's going to be quick hits. He knows there's going to be pressure coming off the outsides. Number one, with the tackles that we have, but number two, pressure up the middle from Aaron Donald. So I want to be able to see how Stephenski utilizes him.

Speaker 1: 10:12

So, with that being said, and Joe Coop could be really interesting this week in a positive way. Coop could be very interesting in the way he runs quick slants, and then we could see Elijah Moore running those short to medium routes. So it's too early to tell. We need to continue to monitor if DTR is going to be in or not. But if Joe Flacco is in at Q, I don't necessarily see it being a regression from that of when DTR was at QB. So it could be interesting.

Speaker 2: 10:45

Yeah, I totally forgot about the Flacco Elijah Moore connection. You're right. I mean those handful of games that Flacco played for the Jets. They look good. He threw the ball 40 times a game and was light in the field up. It was pretty crazy. So I guess the moral of the story is here with the Browns. Then start in Joku I think he's an auto start at tight end anyway at this point and keep an eye on. If you have to start a Murray Cooper, I suppose you could. With the buys and injuries and everything. I personally, if I had another option, I would wait. I would start someone else to see how things go. Also, elijah Moore, don't drop him.

Speaker 1: 11:21

Keep an eye on him, do not drop him.

Speaker 2: 11:22

Yeah, do not drop him. You may be able to play him in week 14 or potentially in the playoffs. Browns have very good matchups moving forward and if Flacco, he's a statue back there, I know, but he can throw the ball and he could make Elijah Moore kind of relevant these last couple of weeks here. So keep an eye on that. I like it, man. All right, let's see here. Jerick McKinnon may miss week 13. He missed last week. He may miss week 13 with a groin. We've seen that Isaiah Pacheco his targets went up when McKinnon's out of not in the game. So this week, with McKinnon probably missing again, expect Isaiah Pacheco's targets carries everything to go up just a tad. So that's really good news for Pacheco. Demario Douglas, pop Douglas, wide receiver for the New England Patriots inc. Concussion protocol may miss week 13. That means Juju Smith Schuster to be the number one with Bailey Zappie throwing to him. That is completely irrelevant to fantasy.

Speaker 2: 12:20

Aaron Jones has not practiced Really frustrating. Didn't play last week. Doesn't look like he's going to be playing again this week. Aj Dillon took the bulk of the load, did pretty well with it. He'll get the load again this week and I think he's a very strong start.

Speaker 2: 12:36

Noah Brown practiced in full. Baker Mayfield will play this week practiced in full. Tank Dell back to practice. That's great. So this is the first time, by the way, frankie fun fact First time all season that CJ Stroud has had his entire receiver room on the field. Everyone's healthy. Yeah, pretty crazy. Nico Collins, tank Dell, noah Brown, robert Woods they're all there. It's a good sign. It could be good. It's a good sign for CJ Stroud this week. I know, I know, man, although the bad news is Dalton Schultz missed practice on Thursday. So keep an eye on that. He's been awesome this year with CJ Stroud throwing him the ball, but it is looking like he could potentially be out. So keep an eye on him, see if he hits practice on Friday. All right, frankie Now.

Speaker 2: 13:22

Now we get into the good stuff. Let's get into some conversations here. We've got our smash or pass, our starts and sits or our hit and quit it. Baby, I want you to hit it. I want you to hit it. All right, baby. Let's look at your top starts here. We've got for week 13, bipocalypse. Now let's review who's on the by here, guys, we've got Buffalo, chicago, vegas, minnesota, new York and Baltimore all on buys, got it so brutal. So bad, so bad. All right, frankie, in your tier one, 12 to 16 team leagues, who are we looking at as your top starts this week, brother?

Speaker 1: 14:11

John, I'm going to stay here with what you just said. Our boy, cj Stroud right, he has his full team back outside of Dalton Schultz, which he could end up playing this week.

Speaker 1: 14:23

You get him back on top of having Devin Singletary running his nuts off the way he's been doing, and against a Denver defense that has in the past this season, except for last week when they played a competent quarterback they have been had points put up against them. I am starting in my tier one 12 to 16 man league. It's got to be CJ Stroud. Guys, don't overthink this. This is a guy that's the number six quarterback on the year at this point in time right now. Last week alone, against a very good Jags defense right, he ended up throwing the ball for 304 yards. He had two touchdowns. I had six carries for 47 yards, john, and a rushing touchdown.

Speaker 1: 15:08

So even against good defenses, this guy is not out by any means and it's strictly because they're putting the weight on his shoulders and he's accepting that. They're not relying on the run game, they're not relying on that of a tandem backfield with Damian Pierce and Devin Singletary to get him to where they need to be. It is truly on CJ Stroud and the way he's dispersing this ball. So for me, man playing against the Denver defense, denver is going to that of the Texans, which makes a huge difference, instead of going up into Mile High Stadium. I love it. Fire of CJ Stroud Watches boy work, absolutely.

Speaker 2: 15:45

I mean, based on the news and what I was just talking about. You know I'm a big fan, but yeah, man, fire his ass up.

Speaker 1: 15:51

John. The next guy again we're talking 12 into 16 man leagues is I'm firing up Cortland Sutton. John Cortland Sutton has been very surprising, very quietly, the number 22 receiver and half PPR. He's almost top 20. Very quietly, john, outside of the matchup with that of the Cleveland Browns which, by the way, he still had 61 yards receiving and three receptions on six targets. Prior to that he's had 14.6 points, 12.3 points, 9.9, 16 and 12. It's a very good stat line for a flex player.

Speaker 1: 16:30

So when thinking about this, it's more than likely isn't going to be your receiver to, unless you have Jordan Madison, unless you have maybe OBJ God bless you if you do or maybe you have Stefan Diggs or somebody like that. This is a very good plug and play individual for maybe a receiver to our flex. So they're playing against the Houston defense that has given up passing yards. Russell Wilson looks really good this year. I think he's been getting not enough attention Not enough attention from the national media alone for the turnaround that he's done. So for me, man, it's absolutely Russell Wilson's number one guy playing against a good, an opportune defense to where he can score and at least get the targets needed. And I think, based on what CJ Stroud is going to have to do, john, in terms of their throw in the ball, so will Denver. This is going to be a battle of the quarterbacks, in my opinion. That's why I like Cortland's on this week.

Speaker 2: 17:24

I agree. I mean you look at this game and the schedule in the preseason or early in the year, you're like God, what a shit game, Shit game. These teams are coming around. These are two of the hottest teams in the AFC right now. Man, and I do agree, I do think this game, I think there's going to be fantasy points go around. I really do. Yeah, I think it's going to be a shootout. I mean, we never would have thought Houston versus Denver the way Denver started the season that this could be a shootout, but I really do think it's going to be. I think you're right. I think it's going to be quarterbacks on display, which is going to be wonderful for the receivers on. Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2: 18:01

And the running games I think the running games are going to do very well. I think Javante Williams and I think Devin Singletary are both very, very good starts, although I think they're going to work in Damien Pierce a little bit. They're. I think they're out of respect to giving Devin Singletary the start because of what he has done in Damien Pierce's absence and I don't think the gap between those two have been very big. But they are. Damien Pierce is healthy. He played a little bit last week. I think they're going to work him in a little more, so I like Javante better than it was I just talking about.

Speaker 2: 18:35

Devin Singletary or Damien Sears, devin Singletary, yeah, but I think all the, all the teams, all the players on these teams, I think there's going to be fantasy points. Go around for sure, definitely, definitely.

Speaker 1: 18:46

John, this next guy here is somebody we've talked about at length and it's almost like all right, stop putting a measure, start Well, stop fucking performing so well. Ok, that's my caveat to that. Ok, we're talking Jalen Warren and yeah, he had it down week last week, but it's not. The points don't necessarily reflect the stats, which is which is kind of rare, and what I mean by that is Jalen Warren is the number 25 running back on the year. He's averaging in half PPR double digits, 10.3 points a game right now. So yeah, he had a tough go against Cincinnati, but before that, john, he had three games in a row, double figures. And now they're walking into, they're getting Arizona at home.

Speaker 1: 19:26

Arizona is traveling across the US, coming to Pittsburgh, which is difficult for West Coast teams, let alone going into a hostile environment like that in Pittsburgh. So for me, man, I think that the Pittsburgh Steelers are absolutely, with Kenny Pickett, a little bit banged up new OC. He's not going to want to throw everything at Arizona and really showcase, maybe, some things that he's been hiding. So I personally think it's going to be a lot of Najee and a lot of Jalen Warren. So for me, I think you can absolutely start up Jalen Warren again. I know you might be hesitant based on the last experience, but again he did play against a decent opponent. So for me, man, I think that I really like Jalen Warren this week.

Speaker 2: 20:09

Listen, man, this. I think this could be a fantasy redemption for all the Pittsburgh Steelers. I really do. I think this is a perfect matchup. You've got a team exactly what you said coming from the West Coast to Pittsburgh. They're playing at home. Obviously, the new OC usually get a little juice when a coach gets fired anyway, everybody kind of rallies around, but I mean they, they had the most yardage they've had all season last week with with the new OC. So I do think that they're on the upswing, believe it or not. I hate saying that about the Pittsburgh Steelers. Being a Browns fan, but this week in particular, I love all of the Pittsburgh assets. If you've got the Kenny Pickett, george Pickett and Stack, now is the time to play that. I think Deontay Johnson is a wonderful play and Path Friar Muth I mean dude tight end streamer of the week. If you don't have him, get him. But yes, play him. He's hugely important to Kenny Pickett in this offense and we saw that last week upon his return.

Speaker 1: 21:10

John, the next guy, the last guy. Again, we're talking tier one, 12 to 16 man league. Who are we hitting? Who are we starting? I'm going to go with the number eight running back on the year and half PPR. Number eight who do you think it is, sean? You think it's, you know, I don't know. Is it Austin Neckler? Is it right? No, it's Rashad White. Rashad White and half PPR is the number eight running back guys. He's walking in and having Carolina come to that of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. By the way, tampa Bay is still not out of the playoffs. They still have things to fight for because the division is so bad. So they are literally in the thick of it.

Speaker 1: 21:51

Rashad White, john, something I did not notice. Literally since their bye week in week five, he's had every single week, double digit fantasy points and FPPR, but one but one every single week since week five, buy, and he's exploded, man, I mean it's. He's averaging 13 points a game. And when you're saying they're going to go against that of the Carolina Panthers in, knowing that Baker Mayfield's banged up right, they had to bring in Kyle Trask, knowing that they're still in this and showing what he has shown in terms of physicality over the last few weeks, john, this guy should probably even be started in an eight to 10 man league, right? That's how good he's been playing. So for me, this is this is the start of the week. Rashad White against that of the Carolina Panthers, who just fired their coach and complete turmoil trying to figure it out. Their defense has banged up. Their offense looks like shit. You bring in Rashad White. The game script could be absolutely beautiful, right? So I love Rashad.

Speaker 2: 22:55

White this week. You know it's fun going back and looking at one of our first episodes this year. We did a would you rather? With Rashad White and Kenneth Walker and we both said Rashad White on the opportunity and how things went. It was very, very close, very close, but everything we said really came true with his receiving work, with the safe floor.

Speaker 2: 23:14

This is not a sexy player that everybody talks about at all. Yeah, I mean you just you never hear his name. He's never on any of the things because he's got such a safe floor but he doesn't have much of a ceiling. That's the issue with him. You're not going to see the 30, 40 point games, the multiple score games, but he's been so good and consistent We've got him as an RB two. That is just a foundation Gold anchor to your team. Yeah, you could throw in those guys that have those boner weeks and help you win a week, but to have a guy constantly in double digits, that's gold on your team. Man, yeah, I love it. This is a great matchup for him. So this is the time baby, everybody's healthy Baker's going to play. Receivers are healthy. I really like a lot of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this week. I think Baker's a sneaky start if you have to stream this week. Yeah, I think the heavens almost guaranteed to score a touchdown this week. Slam dunk.

Speaker 1: 24:07

I would love to see those odds on any time score. It's got to be so high.

Speaker 2: 24:09

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 24:11

It's got to be good.

Speaker 2: 24:11

Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Speaker 1: 24:13

Shanna, I need to dab a little bit. I need to check that out. I have to crank that one up.

Speaker 1: 24:16

I have to crank that one up a little bit, john. We're going to shift gears. We're going to go tier two here. We're going to go eight to 10 man leagues, right. So this is where everybody's team is looking real nice. So we have to really sift through and really understand who's going to be the guys that we're starting, first and foremost, going back to the Steelers and in eight to 10 man league.

Speaker 1: 24:35

I like Najee Harris. This week, john, something that was interesting and I hated Najee Harris all year. Right, I think he's been really really kind of bad all year until the buy week occurred. Once the buy week occurred, in week six, he's had 13 points, eight, he's had 14, 17, four and then 16. He's really done a decent job. And when they are playing the Arizona Cardinals is what we just mentioned I'm telling you this is going to be a heavy dose of Najee. And with this new coordinator, literally his first week, john, was he had 15 carries, 99 yards and a touchdown. He averaged 6.6 yards a carry. So I think and that's against the Cincinnati defense much better than Arizona. So I think that this could be absolute feast time for that of Najee and that of Jalen Warren. So if I have either of these guys, I'm starting them up for sure.

Speaker 2: 25:30

Did you notice once they named Jalen Warren the starter, najee, he looks like he's got something to prove Totally. I mean he was. You want to talk about angry runs? I mean the guy. The past two weeks since Jalen's been named the starter, he's had his best games of the year. He's just been running like a goddamn maniac. So maybe that was a smart move. Maybe Tomlin is kind of a genius and says, hey, I'm going to motivate this guy in any way I can, and that means I'm going to make him number two and that comes out in plays like a number one. So it's been dominating.

Speaker 1: 26:03

They've been looking very good, very good. So good call, john. So, guys, what we're also looking at here too is I'm going to go with Zach Moss. I'm going with Zach Moss here in an eight to 10 man league. It's scary, and I get it. It's really nerve-racking because you're looking at, okay, who do I start here? Do I literally start? You know one of my studs that are having an insane week or playing against you know a really tough team, or am I really plugging him in over somebody else, knowing that I might have James Cook, or maybe I had, you know, saquon Barkley or Gus Edwards? Right, with those teams on by Absolutely, john, what we have seen from Zach Moss.

Speaker 1: 26:41

Before Jonathan Taylor went out, he was the number four running back in fantasy football and he was dominant. He wasn't just good, he was dominating teams. Look at that. And so, john, for me, man, knowing that they're playing the Tennessee Titans, it's not necessarily a shoe Right, and I get that, but what I can tell you is the volume that Zach Moss is going to get, knowing that they're not going to put the entire weight of the world on that of Gardner Mintchew's shoulders, and knowing that they are in the playoff hunt as we speak today. They need a balanced approach. Zach Moss could have a monster week. I like him this week.

Speaker 2: 27:21

Zach Moss has played the Tennessee Titans in week five at home 35 and a half fantasy points. He was the running back to on the week. He had 23 carries for 165 yards and two touchdowns. So crazy, yeah, yeah, start them up. Great call, man. Still sad I dropped him.

Speaker 1: 27:41

Set that to the side. Set that to the side. Okay, so, guys, number three here, isaiah Pacheco, and in eight to 10 man league, we're firing up Pacheco. Start his ass. You know why? Because he's been running like a madman. Jerick McKinnon is going to be potentially out, he's getting an uptick in receptions and targets and, in addition, the team needs the running game to be effective.

Speaker 1: 28:07

This is not the same old chiefs that we've seen for the last few years. They are absolutely depleted from a receiver perspective. Thank God they drafted Rishi Rice, because I think they would be in a whole world of shit outside of that of Travis Kelsey. So for me, man, knowing that they're going against the Green Bay team, yes, it's going to be cold as shit. I believe this is even the Sunday night game, john, if I remember correctly, or it's a prime time game. So what that means is it's going to be frigid, cold, it is going to be freezing, and so usually when that happens, there is a heavy dose of running back play. So I personally love Isaiah Pacheco against the defense that, honestly, has given up. We look at what they just did against that of Detroit. Gibbs looked good, david Montgomery looked good. It wasn't their reason why they lost. I can tell you that much. So I think Isaiah Pacheco could be a great start.

Speaker 2: 29:01

It is Sunday night and Isaiah Pacheco has been so solid he's running back 12 right now. He's running back one on the season. He's just been very, very solid, very consistent Double digits all but four weeks so far this year. I mean that's fantastic, man. I mean we weren't really expecting that out of this chief's offense. But you're right, because of the way their defense has been playing, the way that they're playing in general, they don't have that just number one target other than Travis Kelsey. They need Pacheco. You're 100% right, man, and he's doing well with it. Absolutely Love it.

Speaker 1: 29:34

John, the last guy here for the tier two is actually going to be Travis Etienne. And now Travis Etienne, if he plays, there's an asterisk next to this If he plays, if he doesn't play, in an eight to 10 man league, I'm not starting Durnist, or I'm not starting Tanks Bigsby, because you probably have other running backs that might be better, or even a flex player, that's better. But if Travis Etienne is playing, I am firing him up in an eight to 10 man league. The reason being, john, is because we just saw what Cincinnati, what happened to Cincinnati against that of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh strictly relied on their run running attack, and so you saw Najee with 15 points.

Speaker 1: 30:11

Yeah, jalen Warren didn't have as good of a fantasy game as what it showed from an actual NFL stat line, but when you combine them it was a 20 point game. So for me, man, knowing the ability that Travis Etienne has, knowing the chemistry he has with Taylor, trevor Lawrence, right, it truly could be a nice check down, play couple receptions as well as just getting a bulk of a load. So for me, man, if Travis Etienne plays, he's a must fire up, especially since what is even crazier to say out loud he's the number three running back on the year so far for half. Ppr Number three let's just bask in that for a second. And Rashad White eight.

Speaker 2: 30:53

Nobody guessed that coming into the year and Isaiah Pacheco at 12. That's crazy man. There's three of your RB ones for the year. Think about that's nuts. Yeah, wouldn't have guessed that. Wouldn't have guessed that, yeah, so.

Speaker 1: 31:07

John, we're going to shift gears and we're going to see who the hell are we sitting this week Are?

Speaker 2: 31:11

we sitting down.

Speaker 1: 31:12

My sit of the week is easy it's Damian Pierce. Damian Pierce versus that of the Denver Broncos. I don't know if they're losing faith in him or I don't know if it's just the way. Devin Singletary has come out and pretty much taken that job. So for me, a lot of people that I know have been asking me what do I do with Damian Pierce? You can't trade them. Trade deadlines past, certainly can't drop them. So you hold them. You hold them in case that injury happens. You hold them in case you absolutely see that it becomes more of a 50-50, 60-40 type of split, like John, like this to me, against the Denver defense. You know, from a rushing perspective they looked pretty darn good against that of the Browns, but the problem is the Browns actually had a really poor game plan for the worst rushing defense in the league against that of Denver. So yeah, it's a risk play, but I'm going more in the factor of. I don't think they're going to utilize him as much. So that's why I'm sitting Damian Pierce this week.

Speaker 2: 32:11

Yeah, I agree with you. There's no way you can throw him out there at this point. You need to see him getting at least 50% of the snaps before even consider putting him in a flux.

Speaker 1: 32:21

John, the next guy that I'm sitting is going to be interesting. It's Drake London, and Drake London has actually been decent. You know, this year it hasn't been great, but he's been okay, serviceable, you know, in some aspects. And so for me, man, when they're going up and playing against that of the New York Jets, they are just dominating that defense, is dominating opposing receivers and opposing quarterbacks. Knowing the quarterback situation in Atlanta is, I mean, this is the Quinn and Williams and that defense should be feasting this week. The defense might score more points than their offense might, as crazy as that sounds. So, john, I don't want to roll out Drake London, who's going to be matched up against Reed or Saul Skartner. I think it's a really bad matchup, knowing that they're probably going to stack the box on Bijan. You got to fire a Bijan, absolutely no question about it. It's a tough start anyways. But Drake London, man, I'm sitting in this week.

Speaker 2: 33:25

They're going to struggle in the passing game, no question about it. I think the leading receiver will be Bijan in this game. I think that's the best shot they've got us to get him out of the backfield, get him in space, do some screens. I think, unfortunately, Drake London is going to be doing a lot of cardio and being a lot taking the safety away from other people. Unfortunately. Could be a Kyle Pitts game, though Interesting Could be, Could be.

Speaker 1: 33:49

But guess who? The third guy I'm sitting is John John. Who's that? Kyle Pitts, we're going to sit his ass down. You won't sit down Kyle Pitts. Kyle Pitts against the New York Jets.

Speaker 1: 34:00

John Kyle Pitts, you want to know what he's done. It could be an interesting start. I mean, yeah, you're looking at him, he's an athletic build. He's like absolutely nuts. But here's what he's done over the last few weeks. Let's just go back to week eight Five points, seven points, four points, five weeks three points. And now you're playing against that and, by the way, you want to know he played here. Let's go one more week before that Tampa Bay six points. Tennessee five points. Vikings seven points, arizona Cardinals four points and then the New Orleans Saints three points. This defense in the Jets is 10x any of those defenses and it's not close. So for me, man, I actually think Janus Smith might be a better option this week, being the number two tight end comparatively to that of Pitts, because I could see the Jets defense keying a little bit more on Pitts, shutting him and Drake London down. So I'm not a fan of Pitts this week. Look elsewhere. Stream another tight end.

Speaker 2: 35:02

He's the ultimate decoy and it's so frustrating it is. It came out talked about how important he is to the offense and it's because he draws the attention in the middle of the field. That's why you see, when they're both out there, janus Smith getting touchdowns because everybody sees this super freak athlete and they end up double teaming him, they end up shutting Drake London down and that leaves Bijan out of the backfield or it leaves Janus Smith in the end zone by himself. So it's really interesting. It's frustrating as a hell in fantasy. But yeah, man, god, get that team a goddamn quarterback so we can see Drake London fulfill his destiny and his exact and you could see Kyle Pitts actually be a goddamn freak of nature, like he should be.

Speaker 2: 35:47

It's frustrating, I know.

Speaker 1: 35:48

It's frustrating. Who knows, maybe Justin Fields could be a Falcon next year, maybe there's interesting, you know, something like that could happen. Kirk Cousins maybe he doesn't go back to the Vikings, maybe he's an unrestricted free agent, to your point. Falcons are desperately needing a quarterback, desperately. Taylor Heinecky wasn't the answer, and certainly not Dude from Cincinnati. I'm drawing a blank on his name. Oh, desmond Ritter. Thank you, desmond Ritter. Yes, has not been the answer, john, the last sit for us. This one hits home. It's going to be Kareem Hunt.

Speaker 1: 36:24

Kareem Hunt unfortunately just hasn't been right from a health perspective. Something's been up the last few weeks. Didn't practice on Wednesday, right Going against that of the Rams defense. They're traveling across the country. Jerome Ford is looking a little bit more healthy. You're strong. Might be seeing a little bit more uptick and play. So, john, I just don't like this matchup, in addition to if Blacko does start, or DTR again, I see them stack in the box a bit. So this is a week to where I'm not really excited about Hunt. Over the last two weeks, man, he had 5.2 points against that of the Steelers and two points against that of Denver, who again has the worst rush defense in the NFL. So again temper expectations on Hunt. Look elsewhere.

Speaker 2: 37:08

Yeah, I mean he's had in the past five weeks he's had four targets, that's it. I mean that's where Kareem Hunt did a lot of his damage, where the passes out of the backfield. He's only caught three passes in the past five weeks. Last week zero target, zero catches, 26% snap count for Kareem Hunt. You can't throw a guy out there that's playing a quarter of the game. I mean you just can't. And only seven carries for 22 yards. It's Jerome Ford's backfield. The backfield has shifted here. They'll put in Peer Strong, they'll put in Kareem Hunt for some third downs and things like third and longs, but it's Jerome Ford's backfield and I just don't see a world, unless you just need a body on your team because of the bi weeks you can't start. Kareem Hunt no, definitely not. All right, man, Anybody else you want to sit this week?

Speaker 1: 38:01

I think those are pretty good. I think those are pretty solid for this week man.

Speaker 2: 38:06

I think it's really good. All right, yeah, we got a minute or two here. I just we got a couple of streams of the week we talked about for quarterback. You're desperate. You've got some bi-weeks happening here. I think Kenny Pickett is a great stream this week. We talked about it. He's at home against Arizona. We talked about the Steelers. You know, with the new offensive coordinator he's got his weapons all healthy. We saw some juice out of him. I think there's a little bit of promise there and this is the right defense to feel much, much better about Kenny Pickett. So I think he'd be a decent stream for you this week.

Speaker 2: 38:38

When it comes to tight ends because I know a lot of people are streaming tight ends Trey McBride, if he plays, he is banged up. I monitor that for Friday. I think he'd be a very strong start and I think Evan Ingram is a wonderful tight end versus Cincinnati. Cincinnati is the second worst against tight ends. So that's really good information to have. Fire up Evan Ingram if you've got him, or pick him up off of waivers.

Speaker 2: 39:01

A couple of defenses this week Streaming defenses. I mean, all right, we're going to pick on a couple shit quarterbacks. I mean that's what I do what you do when I'm looking at streaming my defenses. I'm looking at there's so many bad quarterbacks playing right now. I'm targeting those guys. There are a couple of those that we can look at that you normally wouldn't start the defense. But Jacksonville at home versus Cincinnati on Monday night yeah, man, fire that defense up.

Speaker 2: 39:28

I think the Chargers is a really sneaky start as well at defense. They're playing at New England, bailey Zappi starting the number one receivers, juju Smith, schuster, who probably hasn't caught a pass in about six months. I mean, it's just, it's going to be bad, not a great defense, but we have seen them dominate a team before in prime times, so the Chargers could get it done. Another one that I think is really sneaky is Miami. Miami at the Washington commanders. Washington's going to have to throw the ball to keep up with Miami in this game. Their defense is depleted. Miami's probably going to score at will. The good news of that is that Sam Howell is going to be throwing the ball a lot, which he'll do well. He'll throw the ball a lot. He's going to complete a lot of passes, but he's also going to complete some passes to the Miami defenders as well. The guys got the most interceptions per passes thrown in the NFL right now.

Speaker 1: 40:24

So yeah, yes, he could be very generous to that Miami Dolphins defense All right, right, and Sacks, john Sacks too, and Sacks, he's the most sacked quarterback and if you guys are playing in a league that has Sacks, that give you a point or two could be nice, could be a nice little cherry on top.

Speaker 2: 40:41

Yeah, yeah, all right. Ladies and gentlemen, that is our week 13 starts and sits. Good luck to you. This week, my God, a lot of teams on by, a lot of tough matchups. We got some great games out there the Eagles 49ers so we can't wait for that game. Man, that's going to be awesome. Yeah, all right, baby, anything else? Anything you got bud.

Speaker 1: 41:03

Guys, keep the questions coming. If you, right before the games hit, send us over a couple of comments on the YouTube videos, we'll be happy to jump in and answer as they come in and then, as always, continue to pay attention to the injuries in the waivers, as things change throughout the week. If you start seeing a couple of your players not available or they're out, immediately be active. Now is not the time to not be active and just say, hey, I'm going to roll at the bench, somebody might get hurt this week. Pick them up, put them in and win your week.

Speaker 2: 41:33

That's right. Next week's, get tuned into us, guys. Next Wednesday, episode dropping we're going to do a little review of week 13. We're going to talk about our Island of Misfit toys. What the hell do we do with some of these guys about how they performed in week 13? We're also going to start really talking playoffs. This is the time, guys. Next week for most leagues is the last week of the regular season for fantasy football. I can't even believe that's possible. Crazy, isn't that, nuts? We're going to be talking a lot about the playoffs. This is the time of year where you need to start picking up defenses, planning your quarterbacks, any positions you're streaming, look at that first week at least at the playoffs, and start getting your lineups and team planned out for what you're going to do that week. Long live everyone. Have a great weekend, enjoy your Sunday football and we'll see you guys all next week. May the fantasy gods smile upon you. Bye.