Week 15 Injuries, TNF, Game Previews

to you. A week fifteen begins tonight, Greg My j E t s Jets, Jets, Jets going up against Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Reviews. Not really. I hope that I really sold that well because I'm trying here. I don't know what to expect in this game. We've got a huge spread. We'll see what happens. But e y back with us again. I'm assuming that you couldn't join us yesterday because you were so excited about Garrit Cole

joining the Yankees. You were just at a loss of words. Yeah, I had to take the whole day off from that news. You know it's uh staggering Coal, one hell of a player. What to get for the Yankees. I have no idea what I'm talking about, and I'm happy about it. Grey Cold Mayby Freak Gardner. Maybe he's back. He's back. He's back. A lot of baseball going a lot baseball needs to take a week off. They had off for a month. It's been great, like free ages, old month. Go away.

It's back, which is cool. It's a hot stove. Greg, No, but like there was a hot stove last year, there wasn't. It's back. It wasn't. There just wasn't. We didn't have any of these signings last year. But we've we've got some signings now, Greg, Yeah, we do, and thankfully it's with our team. Let's go tonight Thursday Night football. Ask Frank alluded to the Baltimore Ravens hosting the New York Jets. We have we'll have Virginia Zakis, who were by the way,

e y. She is on IR herself. She tore her a c L, so we'll try to find out what her optimal recovery time is to day. She joins us, coming up at twenty pm Eastern time. If you're listening live or watching US on Pluto T the Live Frank, I just sleep, man, How did I sleep? I slept very well. I had to get in bed a little bit earlier. Schedule changing a little bit around here, so I had to had to get in a little bit earlier. Here today, you got some do you feel you feel refreshed?

Some fun NBA content? No? Great, Just because you're getting bed earlier, it doesn't mean that you you fall asleep earlier. It's a lot of tossing and turning. It was all right, It is what it always is. I assume that you slept much better I got because I got off earlier. No, you just always sleep better than I. I just I don't sleep great typically. I'm sorry, man, I get in bed, my mind starts wandering all over the place. I have all these crazy thoughts and stuff. It's I don't know.

I need help, all right, that's another story. Um. Anyway, So on today's show, I mentioned, well, Virginia will be here today and we want to do what we did last week. We hit all the waiverwidre a little bits, a little leftover guys that are out there, just a bit um. But we also mostly kind of start previewing the games for this weekend. They're sixteen games on the schedule. Of course that starts tonight, so we want to start previewing all of that, and we will do so on

today's show. So Frank, let me start out with a bit of a Thursday night preview years the Ravens and the Jets. We've gotten some questions, including our own video producer Alex Passano is like, Hey, should I start Lamar Jackson tonight? Like are you freak kidding me? So he comes in, he talks about it in his update this morning with with Dane and like, what what are you doing? Dames? Like, oh, man, I agree, you got a tough decision. What is the

tough decision you have? Lamar Jackson? He's your horse, ride him. But I got Jimmy j Jimmy, she's facing the falcons? Like what am I doing? Like, you've got a number one quarterback in the NFL, You've got the m v P, you got a leading Fantasy point score. You're gonna bench him? He's got this quad injury. What are they get up? Thirty seven seven? And like, how do you think they're getting thirty seven points? Marketing just gonna score six touchdown, said,

he goes Marketing's gonna score touchdown. I go, all right, what about the other thirty points? Yeah? I mean, this is what we were talking about the other day. When when it when it comes down to this point in the season, the fantasy football playoffs, people start getting crazy, man, They start thinking all crazy kinds of things. And I get it. The Ravens are big favorites in this game, but for them to get up and potentially cover this spread,

they're going to have to score points. And mark Ingram might score a touchdown or two. But the Jets have been good against running backs all season long. You can't bench Lamar Jackson because next thing you know, this guy throws for two or three touchdowns, he rushes for fifty sixty yards, and he does what he does every single week. He finishes on the top five fantasy quarterbacks. So I understand Jimmy Garoppolo has a good matchup. There's things that

you could say about Jimmy g two. Who's to say that they don't just get up big and start running the football. There with Raheem Mostard, who has been great. So I understand that all these decisions are magnified, Greg, You know it's under a microscope. This is when things matter most. It's one and done. You either win or you go home. But don't overthink it. Man. You have the Fantasy MVP, you have the League MVP, and Lamar Jackson he's got the quad injury. You gotta keep him

in your lineup. You gotta go down with not everybody who's gotten you here, Greg, but you've got to go down with the Lamar Jackson ship. You just have to. I don't care about the quad injury. He's going to be fine. What say you if you have Lamar Jackson and you know you have books, aren't worry about his quad? Is rushing prop and a half tonight they're seventeen and a half point favorites tonight. Uh e y. What do you say for those that have Lamar Jackson and you

have a suitable option as you mean, g a Ryan Tannehill? Whoever? What do you say to those people? Do like Tannehill? Yeah? I mean, like Frank said, people get squarely at this time of year. There's you know, it seems like there's a lot more on the line, but this is just another fantasy game. And look at I mean, he's the number one point getter and fantasy you cannot bench this guy. Um, if you believe this is the only time that he's been hurt all year, then then you're insane, especially for

a running quarterback. There's definitely been games when he's been store. There's definitely been games where you been banged up. Um, maybe it wasn't reported or it wasn't said, but um, this one was. So they're talking about it quad injury. Anybody that's going to carry the ball and run the ball like that is going to be banged up at

some point. But it hasn't mattered for this guy. You start Lamar Jackson, no, if sins are, but there's no quarterback better than him this year, So there's nobody that you should be starting in front of him. Well, the way Nick Arcolano says, do you stop asking should I start Lamar Jackson this week? Alex? Did you hear all of that? Buddy? Okay, he heard all that? Will you listen to us? Really that's interesting, Lamar Jackson Greig is averaging the most Fantasy points per game by a quarterback

in NFL history. You should definitely guysure for Jimmy GJ definitely do it. I did give Alex from what are we doing? I did give Alex permission that if Lamar Jackson sucks tonight, he can come in tomorrow. Will tell me to ask myself. You're welcome. I want to be the next day Finn see millionaire. Dunk on your NBA DFS competition with Daily Rodal dot Com and dominate on

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Jackson's you can tell me to f myself tomorrow. So now I'm kind of rooting against Lamar Jackson, right nice, Why are you running against our our friend? Well, I can't fully do it because I have Lamar Jackson going in one of my playoff matchups. Tonight. So actually in two of my playoff mats up, so I do need Lamar Jackson to have a big game, but being able to see one of our video producers tell you off it'd be pretty fun. All right, Well, let's see what

happened live on the show tomorrow. I say that, Alex, you just do it anyway. It's where nation, No, yeah, all right, all right, if you say so. All right. Other than then Lamar and Jackson obviously starting mark Ingram tonight for Baltimore. What about the wide receivers and Ariel f Stein all in the morning after we was talking about how she likes Hollywood Brown in the prop tonight score touchdown, I actually like his yardage prop forty two and a half seems very low. You know, he can

get that in one playff. I feel like that prop is kind of reactionary to him having just negative three yards last week against the Buffalo Bills. But that was against the Buffalo Bills, and the Jets are playing without Brian Pool, They're missing another starting cornerback tonight that will be without Jamal Adams. So I do kind of like Hollywood Brown in this spot as a solid wide receiver three. But I really do like that prop over forty two

and a half receiving yards tonight. On the other side, Greg, I think Robby Anderson will see a lot volume, but again, the Ravens have been tough on wide receivers. Since Marcus Peters has joined this secondary, everyone else has gotten healthy. Jimmy Smith is healthy for the secondary as well. I like Robbie Anderson still as a low end wide receiver three just based on volume alone, because there's no Ryan

Griffin tonight. To Marius Thomas is doubtful. That is twenty percent of the Jets targets that is out of this game tonight. Greig, you know, it's interesting because Ventro was talking a lot about Robbie Anderson and what you do about him, and it's really tough. Robbie Anderson's come on as of late e y with both jests roll receivers. As Frank mentioned, no Ryan Griffin, nod Marius Thomas expected Jimmy Jamison crowd has been brutal, but without those weapons,

like maybe he sees more opportunity. What do you think about both wide receiver options for the New York Jets tonight, Robbie Anderson and Jamison Crowder. I mean he he hasn't been great as of late, but like you can think back to the game where he caught like a hundred passes with no Ryan Griffin and no Damerius Thomas there, I feel like they're going to rely on Crowder. Robbie Anderson is always a deep threat um, but like Frank said, the Baltimore secondary has been really good. This is a

really strong defense. Donald is a smart quarterback and he's gonna want to get the ball out of his hands. Uh. And I think Crowder is going to have a bunch of catches. I don't know if he scores a touchdown. I don't know if he has a bunch of yards, but he's gonna catch a bunch of balls tonight. That's that's my belief. Jamison crowd or someone who has led us down big time recently, Greg he hasn't been over

thirty yards in each of the past three weeks. Well, and again, the targets are going to be there for them. I've been there for you. Expect the Jets are gonna be trailing in this game. They're likely gonna have to throw once they get uh, you know, once they get behind. So I feel better about Robbie because this is like the time of year he always comes on. You know, he's had at least he scored a touchdown or has

had a hundred receiving yards in four straight games. So this is the time of year where Robbie Anderson usually likes to come around. Greg. I'm gonna read you where I have Robbie Anderson and the players right around him, and you tell me if this is egregious or not. Ready, Let's have Robbie Anderson wide receiver thirty five just ahead of him. I have Terry McLaurin going up against the Eagles,

Darius Slayton, and Zach Pascal just behind him. I have Curtis Samuel going up against the Seahawks, Chris Connley, who I'm really interested in at the Oakland Raiders, Sterling Shepherd at oh we'll not at but against the Miami Dolphins. So those are the three behind the three head. I actually like um Robby Anderson and three guys you have after him way more than the guys you have Adam way more. I think Zach Pascal. I know you like

the t Y Hilton's coming back for Zach Pascal. I don't Um when TiO Hilton has been in the line of I know Marshall Latimar's on him. Zach Pascal's targets go way down. So I don't like that UM at all. Tim mcclarin, I still don't trust with um. Philly is just so bad man, you know, I know they're really bad. I just got torn up. Not torn up, but Eli Manning through too deep touchas is horrific. Anything Terry McLarin does. Just before last week, you would have said the same

thing about Eli Manning. He is horrific and he's still threw two deep touchdowns to Darius lat I don't like McClaren this week. Who's the third guy? It was the one behind him? And then Slate we talked about off the air. Yes, Lain, I do like Slating against the Dolphins. I like Starting Shepherd more. Yeah. So look he's right in that mix. Wide receiver three. Curtis Samuels just behind him against Charis Samuel more like. I like like Curtis

Samuel more than Robbie Anderson. I think they're very similar, but I have the I have both of them above. Some of the guys that you mentioned would use Chris Connley ahead of Robby Anderson, like Chris Conley as well, for the same reason as that you were mentioned. I actually went to go see if he's a leftovers the leftovers a second caause, and then Chris Conny is the perfect guy. Um, it's a good matchup. It's very good.

It doesn't get better than that. No, d J Chark, d D Westbrook dealing with the shoulder thing right now. I don't think is gonna be like because Robbie Anderson has been really hot as of late, and it's really hard to mentionment as you said, towards the end of every year, for whatever reason, he goes off. So my answer is no, Eric would say you, uh yeah, I mean that's a that's a mess. It's a mess. I think Haskins has improved and McLaren has been uh okay.

I feel like there is a real connection there. We know they played together in college and and I think the connection will grow and Haskins will get better and Philly hasn't been able to stop anybody. But this is it's Robbie Anderson time at this time of year, and I don't know what it is about him. UM was dropped and almost non existent at the start of the year, but really starting to come on. Uh. And Connolly is a guy, I mean the guy can he can flat

out fly? Uh? My question is the quarterback play there? So yeah, I mean, if I had to pick out of those guys, I think I probably lean McLaurin. At this point. Do we know for sure that t Why Hilton is gonna be backgreag because you're talking about it like it's a certainty, and I just don't know that that's gonna happen. Act just today, you practice today, But there's the first time they say. They always say will return to practice, right, and sometimes it gets updated later.

But I know that today's their Wednesday practice because they play Monday night and he practiced on the Wednesday practice and he was talking about yesterday. How you know if he if he kind of play, he will be out there. He's signed up for sixteen games player all that stuff. He wants to play. I'm playing him and that means Zack basket drops a bit. Yeah. Look, personally, it's definitely

gonna affect Zack Pascal if t Y Hilton plays. In regard to if you can actually put t Y Hilton back in your lineup, with your season on the line in Week fifteen. I understand that it's indoors inside the dome, but last time we saw t Y Hilton on the field, he was rusty, he dropped passes. There's a chance for re injury. Even if t Y Hilton plays, I don't know that he's a lot to get in your lineup in Week fifteen. Obviously depends who you have above him.

We'll see where you ranked to Y Hilton tomorrow. Yeah, I mean I'm usually very I rank things according to what do I assume is going to happen. So as of now, I would still assume, even with t Y Hilton practicing, that he's not going to play this week. We'll see if that gets updated over the next couple of days. But if it's looking like he's going to play, he will probably be in a similar place to where I have Robbie Anderson right now, a lower end wide

receiver three. There's just a lot of risk involved. Okay, Um, we mentioned Chris Connley, so let's get into some of these guys like Chris Conley that could be out there in the segment we like to call the leftovers. Didn't get your fill from the waiver wire. Now one more the BFFs has your leftovers watch this never mind, give me a whole lot of it, all right? Having the leftovers here on the BFFs. Chris Conley certainly part of that crew. Frankie, we talked a lot about Chris Conley,

the reasons that you liked them. But he's not the only member of the leftovers that are out there on the waiver wire. This is we man. Dion Lewis fits the bill as well. Dion Lewis. It just came out earlier today that Derrick Henry said I am going to play this week. You know, there was some concern that he is dealing with this hamstring injury. He has really commended the Titan's medical staff for helping him through this process. Last week basically playing on one leg, still rush for

a hundred yards, still rush for two touchdowns. I would say, like I have said this entire you know past month, Greg, if you own Derrick Henry, make sure you have Dean Lewis on your team, and if your opponent has Derrick Henry, then maybe that's where you also want to pick up Dean Lewis. But outside of that, just picking up Dean Lewis as a flex. I'm probably not gonna do that unless we get some scary news from from Derrick Henry. Are gonna go over to the Philadelphia Eagles, who god knows,

it's already outside wide receiver for them. Nelson Aghalore still banging up j j R. Thing on white side is gonna play, but he's banging up any injest him A man? Greg Ward? Your man Greg Ward? A week ago? Did you have any idea that Greg Ward played for the Philadelphia Eagles. He was not my man a week ago. He's my man now he spelled his name with three G. He does not. Yeah, I don't. I'm not interested in Greg Ward. Move on. Actually I haven't ranked higher than

the consensus. I have greg Ward rights. I don't know, somewhere like really crazy at wide receiver. Where he played in college? I do not know, but they were talking about him playing quarterback. He was the quarterback of the Houston Cougars. I will give you a legitimate leftover greg right now before the break, Danny Amandola against Tampa Bay. A legit left over wide receiver rate. Virginia Zakis joins us next. I want to be the next Daily Fantasy Millionaire.

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Virginia Zakis. Scratch a scratch the arms off. She's coming off. I are geez eligible on the return. It's our buddy, Reginia's eyes. What's going on, Virginia. It's good to be back. How are you feeling doing all right? This is a good distraction after a rough week or so. I'm gonna

be very honest with everybody. So we uh when we found out Virginia, So those who don't know, she heard her knee playing soccer to her a c L. So immediately Frank and I responded into supparate emails to Virginia saying your optimal recovery time is six to nine months should be out there, you're at peak health. Um. We left internally. We also left extra only to each other. Virginia did uh not respond to those emails or provide an l O L of any sort. Uh, And we

don't think we made her laugh? Rank Yeah, we hope that you don't. You don't hate as Virginia and y'all are spot on. We nailed it. We've learned a thing or too, Greg, we nailed it. Let's go all right, just staring. I mean that's uncomfortable. All right. There's a lot of players that we need your help with, Virginia, A lot of players that since you've been on I r uh, that are hurt and we need help desperately.

So let me start in Oakland where Josh Jacobs. We know I was like a fractured shoulder, but he practiced today. He did not play this past week. John Green's like, I don't know if I'm gonna play him. What's going on with Josh Jacobs? Yea, so he actually has apparently been playing through a fractured shoulder blade since week seven. UM didn't miss any games until last week. It kind

of came out of nowhere. UM, I think he had to have had some sort of an aggravation of his shoulder injury, because it doesn't really make sense that he could play through the injury for that long and then suddenly it's bothering him enough that you know he needs to take a week off. But he didn't undergo an m r I. UM, it showed relatively positive results. They didn't say that it was completely clean. Um. But there's

a chance he could play this week. Now, the risk here is if he plays, which I'd give him, you know, a fifty chance, there's a very good chance he doesn't end up finishing the game. So he's going to be a really risky guy to play this week. Um. You know it's a painful injury. UM, any big hit hard fall on that side, Um, it's not gonna feel good. So he could be in and out of the game.

They could manage his reps. UM. I just don't see his day going very well if he does suit up on Sunday, Greg, that is Uh, that makes us a very tough situation. I almost hope that John Gruden just rules Josh Jacobs out, protect him from himself, so that we can have DeAndre Washington all to himself in this backfield against the Jaguars, because if Josh Jacobs is active, you've got to use Josh Jacobs in your lineup. It's the best matchup for a running back right now going

up against this Jaguars defense. So I almost hope that they just rule Josh Jacobs out so that we can have DeAndre Washington all by himself here Virginia, I want to talk about an injury going into tonight Thursday Night Football. That is Mark Andrews. He is dealing with a thi knee contusion. Uh, he's expected to give it a go going into tonight's Thursday Night Football. So you know, what does that mean exact? Like what what percentage do we

give him? Like where is he rank right now in terms of his health like percentage wise, and what are his chances of him, you know, finishing out this game completely healthy. Yeah, So our algorithm is showing that this is a pretty minor, you know, soft tissue injury because it is a contusion. Um. But in this case, because he has the Thursday Night game, we're a lot more custimistic on him. Um. If he was gonna play Sunday,

he would actually be in the elevated risk category. But because he has just four days to recover, UM, he's going to be a high injury risk entering tonight's game. UM, and his health performance factor is below average. So it doesn't sound like, you know, there's any ligament damage or real concern that this be um, that he could suffer a serious aggregation of this injury. But anytime you're dealing with sort of a knee quad contusion, you gotta keep

it loose. UM. It might you know, sort of affect the way that you're running and jumping, which could lead to another injury. UM. You know, and it's one of those I think he could be sort of in and out of the game. UM. And a lot of it is just going to be about pain management. So it definitely hurts him that it's the Thursday night game, but it's not serious enough that he shouldn't give it a try. UM, it just might not go very well, right, I have market enters is my tight end ten? Is that too

high or too low? It seems about right to me. Um As originally said that you keep him out or we know that that he snaps normally limited anyway, so that he mus to be out of what he needs to be out there for. I think you gotta put him in there. Ten seems about right. The Titans I have just ahead of him, Tyler Higby, Jack Doyle, Austin Hooper and Jared Cook for those ones. I'm good with all those. Jared Cook plays. He left this game early

last week as well as concussion. I believe. Let me continue on for some other players that may return these week, Virginia. And that brings us to Adam Feeling, who's been out for seemingly forever with his hamstring. He's been nagging him and nagging him. Your practice today, and he feels better than ever. You wouldn't guarantee he plays Sunday. He's feeling good,

say you, Adam Feeling. Yeah. So he originally was hurt in Week seven, missed week, returned two weeks after his injury, which we thought was too soon, and then of course he hasn't played since then, and he did have another aggravation at practice along the way. Obviously, good to see him out there today. He said he went through some

individual drills and was moving a lot closer to game speed. Um. I would really like to see him get in a full practice though, and uh, you know, make it through the practice without any sort of a setback, because there's really no other way to fully test out your hamstring unless you're going full speed, and doing that for the first time in a game, especially when you've missed this

much time, is incredibly risky. So he actually has reached his optimal recovery time, but his injury risk remains very, very high UM, hovering right around thirty eight percent UM, just because you know he's already aggravated it a few times and this is just such a tough injury to fully recover from. His health performance factor just slipped back into the above average category. So if he plays I actually think he could play fairly well, um, but this

hamstring string could affect his explosiveness. UM. Ideally that keep him out one more week, get him a few full practices next week, slowly bring him back, UM, then hopefully

he's good to go. I told Greg during the break that ranking Adam Feeland has been one of the hardest things to do this week, just because a he's coming back from an injury, so obviously there's always a risk involved with that, especially with a hamstring, and he's going up against the Chargers the charges have been a really good defense against wide receivers. So I do have Adam feeling as my wide receiver twenty four. I think that that's the range he should be viewed a low and

wide receiver to high end wide receiver. Three Virginia, I want to ask you about t Y Hilton. We brought him up earlier in the show, and obviously if he plays, he affects the target share of Jack Doyle and Zach Pascal. So we've got to hear you know, what's the latest on t Y Hilton. He's still dealing with that caffe injury. UH. Supposedly returned to practice today on Thursday. Is this a week where he will be rested up enough good to go. Is this where his optimal recovery time kind of lines

up with everything? Um? So, because he returned in week twelve, which we thought was too soon and aggravated his cap string, his optimal recovery time got pushed back, um And we're actually showing a healthier return date around week seventeen. Um. And given the Colts position right now, they really should just shut him down for the season. It's such a

tough injury to fully recover from. Similar to Filin's hamstring strain. UM, these muscular injuries, once you hurt them and then aggravate them again and they get worse, it's just really tough to get back to within a few weeks. So I really don't think he should play. Um, he shouldn't play next week. Very very high injury risk right now. UM. And also when you're dealing with a calf strain, not only are you risking aggravating the calf, but the rest

of your lower bodies compromised. UM. You know, anything from a hamstring strain, ankle sprain. UM entering the achilles, he's just putting himself at a very high risk of suffering a more serious injury that would then affect him in the off season if he does try to play this week er next. It kind of reminds me of Kevin Durant too, right, as he was dealing with the calf injury throughout the playoffs, ends up coming back too soon

and he ruptures his achilles. You know, obviously we would never want something like that to happen to t Y Hilton, but if he does return too early, it, you know, he does put himself at risk for that. Greig absolutely. We've seen this a lot with t Y Hilton trying to push himself back in other players. Even if he plays in it and they say he's good to go, I don't think I can use him. I think it's way too risky. We'll see what happens. E Y, I know you have a question in regards see your boy

Derrick Henry. What's going on with him? For Virginia, Yeah, I mean banged up the hamstring thing. It's a it's a scary thing. Um. He's been unbelievable all year. Uh and when you need him most, this is the most worried that Derrick Henry owners have been all year. What do you think, Virginia. Yeah, So I'm actually not too concerned about his hamstring injury. Um. You know, he's had I think around two fifty cars this year, which is by far the most he's ever had in his career.

And there's still three games averaging almost twenty carries a game. Um, that's a lot for a guy like Henry who hasn't had this kind of workload in season's past. So my my guess is that his hamstring is a little tight. Um. You know, it's been cold sometimes, which can leave you a little more susceptible to suffering a strain. So I'm hopeful that they're just you know, being very cautious with him. I'm dealing with some streness and some tightness, but that

this isn't, you know, truly a strain yet. UM. You know, if you continue, if you miss his practice today and again tomorrow, I'll definitely be concerned. But the last few weeks he's been limited throughout the week um and has gone out there on Sunday and played well. So he's an elevated injury risk right now, so a slight bit of concern, but his health performance factor is in the peak category, so expects him to go out there and continue to play very well. Right, So, Derrick Henry should

be a right this weekend. For those that are playing against Derrick Henry. Dam I'm sorry, yes man, Damie Williams, someone I'm also playing against this week, and he was heard to practice yesterday with these real injuries. Damie Williams ready to go, Virginia. Um, yep, our algorithm is saying that he has reached his optimal recovery time. UM. I think we've mentioned this before that I believe his injuries.

A rib cartilage fracture not the same as a rib rib fracture, UM, but very painful to cartilage in between the ribs gets damaged. UM. It can take you know, five six weeks for a player to become pain free after this injury if it's on the more serious side. But he should be healthy enough to go out there and play. Might get an injection before the game. He might also have to wear some extra padding just to

protect that area. UM. Elevated injury risk, but his health performance factors back at peak, So as long as he gets enough touches, I think he actually should have a pretty good day. Virginia. I want to ask you about Gerald Everett, more so for affecting the value of Tyler Higbee back to back one yard receiving games for Tyler Higbye. Jerald Everett dealing with this knee injury. What do we expect heading its week fifteen, So he hyper extended his

knee in week twelve. They haven't said exactly UM what his injury is, but more than likely he's dealing with a bit of a nie sprain and possibly also a bone bruise. UM. Given that we're considering this a grade to knee injury and his optimal recovery time is around three to four weeks. Um, it's not looking like he's going to play this weekend, but I would give him

a pretty good shot at returning next week. Um. His injury risk right now is in the elevated category and will be again next week as well, as long as you know there's no sort of a setback between now and then. Um, but best I'm hoping he misses this week and then returns next week. And it is, you know, pretty close to a fire up. Tyler Higby over Mark Andrews tonight, Frank with a Monster fish Pump where you

didn't give out that news about Jerrold Everett Virginia. We appreciate the time you look in your recovery and we'll talk to you next week. All right, when we come back, we looked two weeks, we've seen you, begin our reviews and we start going over everything you need to know for this weekend. In fantasy, I want to be the next Daily fin see Millionaire dunk on your NBA DFS. Competition with Daily Rodal dot com and dominate on fandel

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Who's random? I have mark Ingram, Philip Lindsay, Alvin Kamar just ahead, Joe Mixon, Austin Eckler, David Montgomery just behind. The reason I asked, is someone in the chat legitimately asked Levian Bell or Patrick Laird, l On Bell or Patrick Laird, But there are other people in the chat actually saying Patrick Laird. That's why I wanted to bring it wrong. Well, we don't know for certain that it's wrong. We do know we knew it. It's a wrong call. You have been processed of a results. I could see

why you would have pause though over Levian Bell. You don't know where his head at, where his motivation is at his heads he was all the two fifties, so I'm sure rocked. He's locked in. He should be good to go if he can. If he can do that on the lanes, you should be able to do that on the field. Right. But the way the Jets should attack the Ravens tonight is actually on the ground. It's easier to run against him than it is to throw.

I mean, since they've gotten all these corners back and they traded for Marcus Peters and everyone's healthy, it's harder to throw against him. And teams have had success running against the Ravens recently. Uh wh he Moser had a big game against him. Devin Singletary ran for like eight yards last week against him, So me personally, Baal Powell is not going to play in this game tonight. Levian Bell and Time Montgomery are might be the only two

running backs actively. I guess we'll see if like Josh Adams is active or something like that, but I expect a big workload for Levian Bell once again tonight. I agree, man, I totally agree. I like lady on Bell way more than like I like Patrick laird Um, but An the way you haven't certainly seems fair. While we were looking at them, I guess it was a straight sex time celebrity league yesterday is dominating in that league. I believe

Seth Seth Rawlins is going up against delln Batant. It's hilarious. And then the miss is going answering to somebody too. Yeah, I forgot who the miss is going up just showing up fantasy football, man, very good fantasy It's a big thing. It's definitely a huge thing. Um, both of those guys are eliminated in in the real league that all w W guys play in. A'm still in that in the playoffs. Uh but yeah, I mean Miss and Seth both die

hard football guys. Know they're fantasy. Love fantasy football. Um when I run into them, you know, I run into Seth weekly, and that's what we talk about. We talk about fantasy football. Yeah, that's that's what matters around here, right, Like I come to work talking about fantasy football, you go to work talking about It's all that matters. Literally, all that managed What was we're talking about here? All right, Greig, you can have the show back now the same breakdowns.

I don't know, I don't really want the show back. Come on, he's doing a great job. The Bears at the Packers, Greg, the Green Bay Packers five point favorites a forty one point total in this game. Greg, I have Aaron Rodgers ranked as my QB twelve on the week. He is at home where he is aid better in his career. He's been very inconsistent this year. He's got five games over nineteen Fantasy points this year. The other eight games he has been held under fifteen Fantasy points.

So he's had some big games when he's really had some clunkers because they've been running the ball more. What say you? Yeah? So for me, if I had another option Ryan Tannehills of the world, have Ryan Tannehills my QB four? What can go wrong? In Week fifteen? I haven't ranked the head of Patrick Mahomes. That seems dangerous. I like to live on the edge here, Greg, clearly do um starting him in the pit league? Boys, I'm the only BFF left. Let's let's get behind this. Too soon?

You want too soon? Man? Do come? I do have Baker and Ryan Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick ranked ahead of Aaron Rodgers. Um, where do you? Where's Baker and Ryan fits Patrick? Right? Acres my QB nine against the Cardinals Fitzpatrick QB eleven, one spot. So I agree with that, Um, I I'm looking at Aaron Rodgers. Gaelog Into somebody that has not really had Aaron Rodgers this year. I had him in one spot, but it's been very annoying. He has not

thrown for three hundred yards in like six weeks. That's a really long time not throw three hundred yards if you're Aaron Rodgers. Um previously this year against Chicago that was the opening day Georgia yards one touchdown, and that's like kind of what I expect on a weekly basis from Aaron Rodgers, right about two hundred yards one to do touchdowns. In fact, he hasn't thrown more. He's thrown more than one touchdown just once in the last six weeks.

It was four touchdowns against Giants, which doesn't really count. So to me, I don't love Aaron Rodgers. I think the other guys that you could choose from Tannehill, Fitzpatrick, Mayfield, I'm much more interested. I have no problem bending Aaron Rodgers. Why do you agree? Are you starting Baker Mayfield at the Cardinals who have allowed the most fantasy points and most passing touchdowns this year? Ryan Fitzpatrick going up against the Giants, even through Kyler Murray. And this makes because

I haven't ranked one spot behind Aaron Rodgers. Kyler Murray going up against Ker Mayfield. Here, we've got the clash of the past two Heisman Trophy winners. Would you use Kyler Murray over Aaron Rodgers this week? Eway, I think I would seriously think about it. That that offense has kind of got it down. It doesn't really matter. They're playing at home, uh indoors Cleveland. Um hasn't been the defense. I think a lot of people thought they were going to be. And I think that Baker is gonna be

able to move the ball. I've got an interesting decision. I've got Mayfield and went so I'm not sure what to do there, but out of out of Murray and Mayfield, I think I probably probably lean Baker. I think, yeah, I had Baker ranked the high outset of all of them. Greig, would you use Kyler Murray over Aaron Rodgers? That one's closer, Um, because Murray's floor is also not He hasn't been playing well, but he did have two tough matchups against the Steelers

and rams Murray just for Kirk Cousins at Los Angeles Chargers. No, So I think Aaron Rodgers is I think Aaron Rodgers is ranked well. But I think that I think that really for the first time because I didn't do it last Remember we had it was the Tom Brady versus Nick Foles debbe? Was that what it was? Tom Brady? It was? It was not Nick Foles women Nick Foles in terms of we start one week. It was either that or I know we had Jared Golf like two years ago or something like that. Sure, I think it

was Nick Foles last year. And I always was saying, dude, it's Brady or it's Rogers. Strip the name off the jersey. I just don't feel that way anymore. And it just shouldn't feel that way about Rogers. I've watched enough of the Packers this year, and even enough of the Patriots, Like, where's Tom Brady on your list this week? Um? QB there you go, Right, that's Brady and Rogers not in. Rogers barely as a QB one this week, Brady barely

as a QB two this week. I think both of those guys this season not really consistent fantasy starting quarterbacks. I think that's I think that's fair to say. Look, I think Aaron Rodgers has that upside game in his back pocket, but predicting when it's going to come, like Aaron Rodgers has been the perfect best ball quarterback this year because you don't really know when he's going off. I actually had a league where I benched him in that monster game against the Raiders where he had like

six touchdowns, So that was not fun. Greg. On the other side, Mittel Trobiski coming around. He's the QB five and fantasy points per game over the last five weeks. Just rush for sixty three yards against the Dallas Cowboys last week. I love David Montgomery. You've been able to run on the Packers all year. I think Montgomery is a very solid RB two this week, Alan Robinson, I don't see how you can get away from even in

a tougher match up against the Packers. Greg, I think the ones that I really want to ask you about here are Trabisky as a super flex and Anthony Miller. I don't know that that Taylor Gabriel is gonna be back. He hasn't practiced yet this week. Are you going back to Anthony Miller? And would you trust Trabisky as a super flex quarterback? The reason that I do trust your Whisky as a super flex quarterback because he's just runs some much more in the pastoral of the weeks. That

part of his game has come back. And when you do that, as we've seen with Josh Allen throughout the season, when you do that, the floor is just so much higher. And because of that, I'm okay in the super Flex only starting true whisky. When it comes to Anthony Miller, Listen, I'm not an Anthony Miller truth. I drafted him before the season started. It didn't work out. E Y did the same thing. It didn't work out. Whenever, since Taylor Gabriel has gone down over the past couple of weeks,

he's been pretty good. You haven't touchdown last week and save this day. Thirteen targets the week before, targets over his last four weeks. Great, Yeah, I mean last year the touchdown and say this day. Let's let's be very fair about that. Um against Green Bay the first time when I started him in the league, he had one target. That was it. They were still figuring out the offense.

I think you can start Anthony Miller. I think the question, like the perfect question I have is Anthony Miller Zach Pascal, Like that's a question that I think it's legitimate. I have Pascal ranked higher personally. I have Anthony Miller wide receiver forty three. I'm not as excited about him this week as I have in the past couple of weeks. I would use Alan Hearns over him, Danny Amon Dola.

I don't know what Alan. This is assuming that DeVante Parker is not that because he didn't practice again today. Well he was in stage four. He actually did practice today. Well if he did, then it's like a limited but he's still in concussion party. Yes he is. Well, him and Albert Wilson or anything that I say about the Dolphins receivers not named Devanta Parker is assuming that DeVante Parker would be out e y. You were the Anthony Miller guy, I mean, are you going back to him

this week? Would you use him over someone like Robby Anderson tonight? People might have that decision. I don't think i'd start him over Robby Anderson, but but I think this is what what people that were drafting Miller early. Um, he's one of my biggest boss. I had him way up my board, especially because of what he did with basically one arm last year. I think he had seven touchdowns. Uh,

he's starting to show up. He's starting to look like the wide receiver that I thought he was going to be uh, and I don't know why it took Taylor Gabriel being out for this to happen. I mean a lot of this coincides with Mr Risky not being an absolute tire fire, you know. I believe that's a big thing. Um, he's making some plays. Uh, he's using his feet, making the defense guess what he's going to do, and the wide receivers are reaping the benefit. Alan Robinson has been

good no matter who is that quarterback all year. He's been really really good. But Miller his starting to step up. So he's a guy. I mean, I think you can stream him this week. I don't think I put him over Robby Anderson, but I would think about it. Allen Robinson has four touchdowns in his last three games. He's a low end wide receiver. One for me, I think that he has matchup proof at this point. The Broncos

at the Kansas City Chiefs. Let's see if we get one more game in here before tomorrow, greg The Chiefs are laying ten points in this game forty six and a half total divisional matchup. Big point spread for a game that is a divisional matchup. Here I've got to ask the question because if people are having questions about Lamar Jackson, and of course they're gonna have questions about Patrick Mahomes, which is still crazy. But he posted ten

touchdown passes in his three games. Since then, he has ten touchdown passes in his next seven games that he has started and finished. So he's clearly playing hurt right now. He's banged up. Greg As of now, I have Ryan Tannehill ranked ahead of Patrick Mahomes. I have Drew Brees ranked ahead of Patrick Mahomes. I have Patrick Mahomes as my QB five on the week. Would you dare play Ryan Tannehill over Patrick Mahomes? Now, all right, how about you?

Euy No, No, I don't think I'd be doing that, um, but but I do have you you mean, I have them high. I think Ryan Tannehill is going to have a big game. This is do or die, and when he's been leaned on and he's been, I mean, the Titans needed this guy and he's showing up. He's been, you know, arguably other than Derrick Henry, their best player and the recipe for this offensive success. So I like Dan Hill this week. I think it's a big game. Uh,

they want to win it. They want to beat they want to beat Houston and take that number one spot. And I think they're gonna do it. Yeah. So I mean, if anyone's out there asking, oh well, Frank, would do you actually do it? Would you actually start Ryan Tannehill over Patrick Mahomes? I really would, Greg, I really would. I don't think that Patrick Mahomes is a percent. I still think that's lucky. You're lucky to wear out, and

I would not let you do that. We don't. We didn't have Tannehill as their back, and we had Sam Donald, we wouldn't have had that question. But I actually legitimately would. I think Patrick Mahomes is playing through some stuff right now. I think you could still have a solid game, something like you know, to S and two, which will put him in that you know, QB five QB six discussion. But I think Tannehill's upside is much higher. Greg, You've got something I do. I want to just ask you,

how high do you have a J? Brown? This week? I have a J. Brown. I'm pulling it up right now. I have him as my wide receiver, twenty receiver too. Yeah, he is a wide receiver too. So yeah, if I like Tannehill, I got to like the people that he's story him throwing the ball to Greg on the other side here if No one fan is healthy, The Kansas City Chiefs have been a team to target all shore

long with tight ends. So would you start in No A Fan or more, Andrews says e Y. I would start Mark Andrews because I don't know if No A Fans gonna play. I don't know if is gonna be effective tonight. I still do like Courtland Sutton. I think a bounce back game here this week. I think he's a wide receiver too. I do like Lindsay as an RB two as well, Royce Freeman. Nothing but a desperation flex for Eric Young and Frank Danville. My name is gregs. Going to join the game tonight. We'll see you back

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dunk to learn more. Here's what you missed on the BFFs. Let me start out with the bit of a Thursday night preview years the Ravens and the Jets. We've gotten some questions, including our own video producer Alex Fasano was like, Hey, should I start Lamar Jackson tonight? Like? Are you kidding me? So he comes in, he talks about it in his update this morning with Dane and like what what do you do? And Dames like, oh, man, I agree, you got a tough decision. What is the tough decision you have?

Lamar Jackson? He's your horse? Ride him? Like, but I got Jimmy, j Jimmy, he's facing the falcons? Like what am I doing? Like, you've got a number one quarterback in the NFL, You've got the m v P, you got the leading Fantasy point score, You're gonna bench him. He's got this squad injury. What are they up? Thirty seven seven? And like, how do you think they're getting thirty seven points. Yeah, Market, you're just gonna score six touchs down, he said, he goes More's gonna score touchdown.

I go, all right, what about the other thirty points? Yeah? I mean, this is what we were talking about the other day. When when it when it comes down to this point in the season, the fantasy football playoffs, people start getting crazy. Man, They start thinking all crazy kinds of things. And I get it. They evens are big favorites in this game. But for them to get up and potentially covered this spread, they're going to have to score points. And mark Ingram might score a touchdown or two.

But the Jets have been good against running backs all season long. You can't bench Lamar Jackson because next thing you know, this guy throws for two or three touchdowns, he rushes for fifty sixty yards, and he does what he does every single week. He finishes the top five fantasy quarterbacks. So I understand Jimmy Garoppolo has a good matchup. There's things that you could say about Jimmy G two. Who's to say that they don't just get up big

and start running the football. There with Raheem Mostard, who has been great. So I understand that all these decisions are magnified, Greg, you know it's under a microscope. This is when things matter most. It's one and done. You either win or you go home. But don't overthink it. Man. You have the fantasy m v P, you have the league MVP, and Lamar Jackson. He's got the quad injury.

You gotta keep him in your lineup. You gotta go down with not everybody who's gotten you here, Greg, but you've got to go down with the Lamar Jackson ship. You just have to. I don't care about the quad injury.

He's going to be fine. What say you if you have Lamar Jackson and you you have like books, don't worry about his quad is rushing and a half tonight there's seventeen and a half point favorite tonight, U e y. What do you say for those who have la Moore Jackson and you have a suitable option at Jimmy Gia, Ryan Tanney Hill, whoever, what do you say to those people? Do like Tannehill? Yeah, I mean, like Frank said, people

get squarely at this time of year. There's you know, it seems like there's a lot more on the line, But this is just another fantasy game and look at I mean, he's the number one point getter and fantasy you cannot bench this guy. Um, if you believe this is the only time that he's been hurt all year, than then you're insane, especially for a running quarterback. There's definitely been games when he's been stored. There's definitely been

games where he's been banged up. Um, maybe it wasn't reported or it wasn't said, but um, this one was. So they're talking about it quad injury. Anybody that's going to carry the ball and run the ball like that is going to be banged up at some point, but it hasn't mattered for this guy. You start, Lamar Jackson, No, I have sins are, but there's no quarterback better than him this year. So there's nobody that you should be starting in front of him.