Week 13 Recap, Monday Night preview, and more!

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the playoffs, So we will be getting you ready. We'll be talking about the trends from week thirteen, how to spin it forward for the first week of the playoffs in weeks fourteen. You know who won't be there in week fourteen? Rob Gronkowski. You know who won't be there in week fourteen, Bob McAdoo. You know who else won't be there in week fourteen? Jerry Reis for the New York Football Giants, and apparently Eli Manning maybe back in the saddle, though I actually don't think that is a

good football decision for the New York Football Giants. You know who else will be around likely for week fourteen. It is Josh Gordon. We'll talk about that. If I believe I got that right or wrong, You just heard the promo saying I thought he was gonna catch four balls. Well, guess what, Bovona, he caught four balls against the Los Angeles Chargers yesterday. We'll talk about that. Will also preview a big Monday night football matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers

and the Cincinnati Bengals. I'm gonna tell you right now, I think Andy Dalton is gonna do what Andy Dalton does in prime time. Will also let you know who I feel the worst for out of any player in the NFL as a result of what took place in Week thirteen. It is a name that is familiar to the show. I really do, in fact feel bad for him. We will also tip our cap to two future Hall

of Famers who moved up the all time list. And there's also a guy out there that I think surprisingly is losing sense of his team and his locker room and his still quasi competitive team that out there in the a f C West. We also, as always have poll questions for you in Week thirteen, where some people needed to win to get into the playoffs and join a guy like Spitting Speeds in his playoffs. Who is

your Week thirteen diamond in the rough? Blake Bortle service, Josh McCown, Steven Anderson, someone else who's a fugazi for you? Julio Jones only twenty five yards, Brandon Cooks twenty two, Mike Gevins thirty three, let me know, spitting speeds. You know, the Twitter hand will come all back. It's Fantasy Freestyle. Let's go pay. I'm Frank Standfeld and here is Greg Sussman of the Fantasy Football Best Friends Forever. What can you tell me about the d k MS Big Game Challenge.

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trying to get away tickets for you in Minnesota. It's a Big Game Trivia Challenge sponsored by d k MS, only on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Welcome back to the Fantasy Freestyle right here at the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, Dane Martin spees, that's been statistician holding you down as we look back at what was hopefully a lucky Week thirteen for you. A lot of people needed to get

w's in order to get into the playoffs. Hey, Bovona, I am very interested to see what happen and to my hashtag stats over beat Cipher in the next couple of weeks, because, to be quite honest, if you're not still in the playoffs, you're not calling the Fantasy Freestyle.

So hopefully this will be the true testament. We'll see who's still hitting me up on Twitter at spitting Speeds, who is still calling into the show because they still need to, you know, work the waiver wire and figure out who they need to sit and start for them to continue to actually win their leagues and win that cash. A lot of news coming out of Week thirteen, and let's start at the top. Today, the New York Football Giants have fired head coach Ben McAdoo. They have fired

their general manager, Jerry Reese. I think this was the right decision, and to be quite honest, the decision they needed to make. Okay, we knew it went south for this organization a long time ago. Jerry Reese can be held up on the ideas of signing Brandon Marshall instead of an offensive lineman, drafting Evan Ingram. I know the kid has had a good year instead of an offensive lineman.

You knew, And I tell you why you knew. You could have listened to Speeds because I told you a long time ago that the window with Eli Manning was closing. And what you need to do is protect him for as long as you possibly can. They did not. They

went elsewhere. Ben McAdoo then tries to assert his authority by doing things like suspending Genera's Jenkins, suspending d r C, doing other weird things, including publishedly talking about and then benching Eli Manning a hallmark and an icon for that franchise. I gotta tell you, though I think it's the right move. They're gonna have a second or third over you know, number draft pick, and they need to figure out what

that pick. Do they need to draft a quarterback, Do they need to draft an all or can they draft an offensive lineman? Could they may be drafted guy like Sae Kwon Barkley that would be could be there for them in the top five. Here's the other thing. I thought it was interesting. Eli said after the game yesterday that he plans to play in two thousand and eight teens. So you can now add Eli Manning to the list. This is gonna be a crazy easy merry go round

this year. Okay. A lot of teams will be looking for quarterbacks in New York, in Jacksonville, in Denver, in Arizona, in Buffalo. There's a lot of options for them. Whether it is Alex Smith, Tyrod Taylor, who will talk about in a second. You can Kirk Cousins, all three Minnesota Vikings quarterbacks. It is a great draft class supposedly with Josh Rose and Sam Donald, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Baker Mayfield and others that will probably pop. I find it

very very interesting. I actually think what the Giants did was smart because now that they move on from Ben McAdoo and they move on from Jerry Reese, they can put the Eli Manning decision blood on their hands and move forward as an organization. With in raim coach Bagnola. You can say, oh, well, you know, I have directives, we gotta see the kids, and blah blah blah, Davis Webb will play, and so will some of the other

young kids. The other thing I gotta let you know about Tyrod Taylor was carted off yesterday and he is the guy I mentioned at the top of show. I really feel the worst for I feel so bad for Tyrod Taylor. He got a raw deal in Buffalo for years now. They didn't want to extend this fifth year option. They wanted to play Nathan Peterman. They didn't want to, you know, they wanted to force Tyrod into a scheme

that he is not a natural fit for. They traded away, you know, some of his weapons in the off season and kwon bold and flirted with them that he had nothing but shady McCoy. And now when he's about to hit the open market, he's gonna be dealing with what looked like a pretty bad knee injury. He is telling people that he avoid catastrophic injury, but still he's now a question mark in the open market. Let me tell you something about tie Rod Taylor. I feel really bad

from him. He is still QB sixteen right now, even though he hasn't played, you know, a game, and played a game less than other people. You know, his four interceptions are tied for the best in the NFL among anybody that's played more than eight games. He's tied with Alex Smith, the game manager. He's tied with Tom Brady, the best quarterback of all time, and yet still Tyrod

does not get the love that he appreciates. Tyrod, also with the rushing potential, is is someone that I think, in fantasy and in real football should be considered a lot better than the way he is. Let me tell you something, I'm a Jets fan. I would love it if Tyrod Taylor wound up in the Green and white. I think Tyrod Taylor is a playoff caliber quarterback, some

someone that you can win with. And I think he got a raw deal and now his status will be uncertain because of the injury he sustained for a team that wanted no part of him. On the Buffalo side of things, though, I think they are s o l because they're gonna be in this quarterback merry go round. But let me tell you something, they're gonna get the

dregs of this. If I was Eli Manning, Alex Smith, Tyrod Taylor high draft pick, you know a guy like oh, I don't no, Teddy Bridgewater who hits the open market, Kirk Cousins, Jimmy Garoppolo, any of these guys that have options.

And if my options were Denver with a Super Bowl caliber defense and weapons like DT and Manny Sanders on the outside, or if my other option was Jacksonville with a contending defense and maybe a returning Alan Robbinson and a Leonard four Nette behind me, or I wanted to maybe instead go to Oh, I don't know, Arizona, where I'd have a returning David Johnson, where I'd have Larry Fitzgerald. Well, I don't know, even the Jets with a top draft pick and an improving defense. I would rather be in

all these places instead of Buffalo. So you know what Buffalo is gonna wind up with. I'm gonna tell you right now what Buffalo is gonna wind up with. Buffalo is gonna wind up with Sam Bradford and Trevor Simeon as their options. That's what they're gonna wind up with. And I think it's good for them because of the way they handled Tie Rodd Taylor. Also, Rob Gronkowski is gonna get a one game suspension. He will appeal. But this hit onto devious White well after the play in

fact sent White to the concussion protocol. He's gonna miss time. I think Gronk should be suspended for as long as Davis White is in the concussion protocol. I am glad that they did in fact come down quickly, because a lot of people would have been, like, you know, hashtag all suspensions matter if he got a lighter thing than say, Mike Evans earlier in the year, A J. Green, who was ejected from that game. Other guys you know that

you keep to leave the Michael crabtree. If all of a sudden, you know, lovable Gronk got some other kind of sentence, I would have been very upset about that, and you would have been hearing me talk about that in light of hashtag all suspensions matter. He did, however, get one game for what was absolutely ridiculous. All right, let's continue to do a little bit of an autopsy here on Week thirteen. Matthew Stafford with that hand bruise,

he's gonna be day to day. But this guy has played with a broken hand, so I think he's gonna be okay. He's gotta taste the matchup next week versus Tampa and he's gotta right the ship for his lines if they want to stay in contention. Zach Ertz left Sunday Night Football with a concussion, they said, so waiting for some official word if he's in the protocol and what he will be then in a race against time

to be ready for Week fourteen. The Denver Broncos, who I just talked about with Trevor Simeon, They're gonna be in the market. They're gonna get an upgrade. Maybe they wind up with Eli Manning, but for the time being, Trevor Simeon will still be their quarterback in week fourteen. The Raiders are hopeful that a Maori Cooper can return in Week fourteen, thus bringing back their full compliment of wide receivers. They're actually saying that concussion is not the

main issue. It is that ankle that he was dealing with that is the issue. Um Also, Greg Olsen was held out of this game against the Saints yesterday because of fears about the astro turf. They said that playing on turf was a concern from him, and they cite some of the turf at MetLife Field up in New York and week what was that week twelve against the Jets as part of the reason why he reaggravated that foot injury. The Baltimore Ravens are worried now about migrains

for their new stud running back Alex Collins, the River Dancer. Remember, migraines were serious enough to keep Sterling Shepherd out of a game or two this year, serious enough to end Percy Harvin's career. So keep an eye on that the River Dancer Alex Collins in Baltimore having migrains that could be more for you know, Buck Allen, Danny Woodhead and the rest. The Texans here have gotten um Brian Cushing

back from his pe D related suspension. He is back for the Houston Texans, and al Shan Jeffrey signed a four year, fifty two million dollar extension with the Philadelphia Eagles over the weekend. Hey, next time you're going out with al Shan, drinks are on him. All right, let's talk a little bit more about the headlines here of week thirteen. I talked about the Giants, and Ben McAdoo talked about Rob Gronkowski and how I'm excited and glad to be honest that it is fair that he got

his suspension. He didn't that suspended ejected from that game? Why did he not get ejected from that game? I will never understand. And then, like I said, I definitely feel for Tyrod Taylor. It is a shame that he will have his contract status up in the air when he is coming back from injury and this is brand new. Like for example, Alan Robinson, remember a R fifteen for Jacksonville. He's in the same situation. He's a free agent at the end of the year. He tore his A c L.

But I was at the beginning of the year. When he hits, you know, when he's looking to visit teams and sign a contract in March, he's gonna be able to prove what he can do. We only can hope that Tyrod Taylor is in the same situation. Check it out when we come back. Here's what we're gonna do. I'm gonna talk to you about other things that I saw in Week thirteen. I hold myself accountable here on the Fantasy Freestyle. What we're gonna do is I'm gonna tell you what I got right, and boy were there

are a lot of things I got right. By fading any running back named Murray. And also we'll tell you what I got wrong. There's a couple of people who put it in my I Some might say, Josh Gordon, did I beg to disagree? I'll tell you who did put it in my eye in the Cleveland Browns when we come back. And then also we're gonna have to tip our cap here at the fantasy freestyle of some guys that are moving up the all time lists. Will

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sports on ten's on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Stand up, y'all, it's a fantasy freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Game Martinez Speeds, the spending statistician holding you down on a Monday, as we look back at Week thirteen. I'll also give you my preview for the conclusion of Week thirteen as the Pittsburgh Steelers go to Cincinnati to take up on Bengals. I think that is a very interesting game. I'll give you my preview for that a

little bit later on. But as you know here on Mondays, I always hold myself accountable here on the Fantasy Freestyle. There are some things that Speeds got right. There are some things that Speeds got wrong. It's time to go through them. Okay. The first thing is I've been talking

about this for a while in Minnesota. I said that I actually like Jack McKinnon over Latavious Murray this week, and I said the reason would be because it would be a closer game, and in closer games they would go with McKinnon, and that Latin Murray is just the guy who grinds out the clock when the Vikings are up, and they have been up big in recent games. That

is exactly what happened. Okay, it was Jerrick McKinnon that got into the end zone via the passing game, and it was Jerick McKinnon who did in fact outscore Litavious Murray. So if you listen to Speed, you went with McKinnon over Murray, despite the fact that Murray had been a beast in the last couple of weeks. I will say this, on that last drive after the game and the outcome was said and done, lat Murray got three touches. They're even starting to pad the stats or as it would

have even looked better for Jerick McKinnon. I told you about that. But as it relates to these Vikings, man, they were impressive. I said going into this game, if they went on the road and shut down an improving Atlanta team, I would take them seriously. Well, here I am to officially take them seriously. They are now the number one seed in the NFC. They held, like I said,

in improving Falcons team to no touchdowns. Um, it could very well be a home game for the Minnesota Vikings that game up there in Minnesota in early February, with Justin timber Lake doing it. I told you I was fading all of the backs named Murray. If you go down to Tennessee an exotic smash mouth. I was also telling you about that. I heard that, you know, oh, Malarkey says that we have two starters. Will check out

what happened. They both got eleven carries, but the guy I liked better, Derrick Henry, had a hundred nine yards and a touchdown. DeMarco Murray only at sixties six yards. I told you about this and how the variance was there. We've been talking about this a lot. How Murray has been kind of saving himself in this competition with Derrick Henry because he has gotten into the end zone on multiple occasions, saving his day scoring via touchdowns. But Derrick

Henry is the better back. Yes, I know he had a big touchdown to ice the game, one of those long runs at the end, but let me tell you something. They are going to Derrick Henry and if you had that one, you had it like Speeds the spitting statistician in this game. I also told you guys that I was officially off the Corey Davis band bag, and I told you I cannot go back to Corey Davis. I saw him in a better matchup last week without Richard Matthews,

and he didn't do it against the Indianapolis Colts. I didn't think he would do it this week, and I told you you would not get the benefits of Corey Davis until two thousand and eighteen. And what did he do in another matchup where he could have gone off because there was no Richard Matthews and it was a close game. He only has two catches for twelve yards. I'm telling you Corey Davis is not going to see his blow up until two thousand and eighteen. I also

told you in DFS that I love DeAndre Hopkins. What I told you is I didn't care who was throwing him the quarterback because even if he catches only just fifty, it was still a good floor for de hop against Tennessee in this matchup, and that is exactly what happened. He caught eight out of fourteen targets. He got fourteen targets from Tom Savage. Okay, he got eight for eighty yards. He's still just slightly overt catch, right, but he still

leads the NFL and targets. He is still tied for third in receptions, he is still second in yards, and he has nine touchdowns on the season, making him wide receiver to Tom Savage. Has turned into a volume thrower. Okay, He's one of those volume throwers, which makes DeAndre Hopkins one of the top wide receivers. Remember how I talk about the fantasy heard, DeAndre Hopkins is the embodiment of the opposite. And think about this. I mean, we know

Antonio Brown, that's a special case, right. De Hopp is number two wide out two right now in PPR leagues, you know all wide out three is it's Keenan Allen. Same kind of thing. Now a true number one. As I told you how the charges are moving away from the fantasy heard, you know who number four is. Oh, it's Larry Fitzgerald. Same kind of thing. No herd at

play there. Okay, remember the inverses a guy like Mike Evans who's losing potential because of the other options, and in versus a guy like Michael Thomas losing his production because of the other offense. My theory on the fantasy heard maintains. And also listen, I told you guys, you now start both Alvin Kamara and mark Ingram. They are now in PPR settings RBS two and four in the entire league. I must have been though. For all those things that I get right, some people put it in

my eye. The first person that put it in my eye was Marky's Goodwin and Jimmy Garoppolo. I thought it would take time for them to build the chemistry, build a little bit of a relationship. That did not happen. Goodwin went eight for nine nine yards. And the important part of this to me was they were using him in the entire route tree, intermediate routes, shorter routes, and I think that bodes very well. I now believe that Marky's good. When is someone you could pick up. I'll

be talking about him in tomorrow's episode of Fantasy Freestyle. Also, Blake Bortles put it in my eye. Bortle Service. Check this out. Three hundred and nine yards, two touchdowns, no picks, along with another twenty seven yards on the ground. Blake Bortles and the Jacksonville Jaguars are putting it in my eye. But here's the thing. This is I think a matchup kind of thing because they were facing those Indianapolis Colts in that horrible past defense. I told you I fade

every body against the Colts. Well, apparently you can fade everybody, including Blake Bortles. You can go with him against this bad Indianapolis Colts uh past defense. The other thing I'd say, put it in my and like markis Lee had a great game also for Jacksonville. I thought they were going to ride it out with Lenon Fournette. That was not necessarily the case. Leonard Fournette only had I believe, fifty seven yards rushing in instead of this, It was the

passing attack with Mark Easley. I was I was off Mark Easley. He put it in my eye. Another one who did was Jared Cook. I was all over Jared Cook as a DFS tight end because Noah, Mary Cooper, no crab Tree, and the Giants had been given it up to the tight end. You know that narrative, You know that angle. Jared Cook laid an egg like my guy. The Fantasy executive Corey Parson says he called him like Bigfoot.

He never really sees him. He disappeared in this one. Also, only one catch for nine yards on the flip side with tight ends. Though I told you that I liked a bounce back for Evan Ingram, and I said that having Sterling Shepard coming back would actually help him. Evan Ingram did in fact bounce at seven catches, ninety nine yards and a touchdown. Let's get into it. Though some people are gonna say Josh Gordon put it in my I would say differently. I said he was gonna go

I believe Bovona, you could double check me. My prediction for him was four catches fifty seven yards he had. He had four catches. The only thing is they went for eighty four yards and he had one last one that was purely garbage time that went for forty five yards. For most of this game, Josh Gordon had something like three for thirty seven and I was like, oh, I'm gonna tell these mofos right, But then he got one last garbage time catch for like thirty yards. It was okay.

The thing is, though, here's what I put it in my eye. Corey Coleman got squaw douche. I thought Corey Coleman was gonna get opened up by the presence of Josh Gordon. That did not happen. But let me tell you why I'm still off Josh Gordon. It comes down to DeShawn Kaiser. DeShawn Kaiser completed fifteen balls yesterday. Do you really want You're really gonna think that, oh, you know, eight of them are gonna go to Josh Gordon. DeShawn Kaiser what he's also doing the second heat to see something.

He is running. He ran forty six yards yesterday, and that instead of hanging in the pocket and ducking and running, that is gonna tamper the expectations and the productivity of a guy like Josh Gordon as well. Okay, but Corey Coleman, I got wrong, Duke Johnson, I got wrong, Josh Gordon. I knew they were gonna work him in early, and I told you he was gonna catch four balls. What they do They worked him in only early, and he

caught four balls. And other people would also probably say that the Tampa Bay Bucks put it in my eye because Pop Quiz Jock Quiz Rodgers defecated the mattress. However, that's why you need to listen to Sunday Lineup Block live here. Okay, I'm hosting from nine am to kick off.

I don't have the opportunity to really respond to everybody on Twitter, but I hear on this desk at about eleven am or noon broke the news that Peyton Barbera would be starting instead of Pop Quiz Jock Quiz Rodgers, And I told you that I was fine with that as a volume play Last year Pop Quiz in limited uh you know starts. There was one game he got something like thirty carries. Peyton Barbera did similar work. He Peyton Barbera I'm talking about and I said to people

on Twitter. I said to people on air, you can just insert Peyton barber for everything I said about Pop Quiz, Jockquiz, Rodgers and what do you do? He went twenty three four hundred and two yards. He also caught four balls. We touched at twenty seven times. And I was on Peyton barber as a plug in play in for Pop Quiz when that news broke. That's why you gotta listen to Lineup Block live on Sunday mornings here on the

Fantasy Sports Radio Network. The other thing is listen. I said that I thought these Chiefs would bounce back a little bit, that they would show some pride, and I was talking mostly about the offense, you know, and then a lot of things did start to happen. We got worried on Sunday that Andy Reid gave up play calling duties, gave him to the offensive coordinator. We heard talk of Patty Mahomes not maybe coming back at the end of the season. What Alex Smith do. He turned into the

aggressive m VP candidate that we saw of him. Three hundred thirties sum our yards, four touchdowns, throwing down field, Tyreek Kill, blowing up, Travis Kelsey blowing up. That's what I thought was going to happen. What I didn't think was gonna happen with that. These defensive players, you know, even Durrell Reeves, that was sad bro They yanked him at halftime because he could not tackle, did not have the wind. But they unraveled. I'm talking about meltdowns. I'm

talking about penalties. I'm talking about throwing the officials flag into the stands. And I'm telling you right now, I think Andy Reid maybe losing control of what's going on. Remember, I believe that the Raiders and the Chargers. I said this at the beginning of the year. I said the Raiders and the Chargers would be first and second in this division. I said the Broncos would unravel and finished last. And I said the Chiefs would regress and finished seven

and nine and missed the playoffs. That's some of what is happening despite their hot start. Here's what's to embody this they're underdetermined, undecided on what they're gonna do to punish Marcus P. Peters. You know why because they actually still need him in that defense. All right, here's what we're gonna do. Those are some of my tips, some of my trends from week thirteen. We're gonna do now

is open up the phone lines. Okay, for our last segment, you can hollow at spitting Speeds if you're still in it. We're gonna test the stats over beat Cy Francie, who's still needs to get advice to keep winning because they're in the playoffs. You know the number to call, It's eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine. We will open up the phones. We'll see how many people are out there that still need advice and made it to the playoffs, like your boys, spitting speeds, Holler

at me now the phone lines are open. We're also gonna, like I said, tip our cap to some people moving up the ranks. We're gonna preview Monday Night football and we'll check in on the polls. Who were your diamonds and food gazes for week thirteen. All that and more and hopefully some calls. I want to still help you out. Let's find out. It's the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Have you ever wanted to have a fantasy expert in the palm of your hand, in the

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to your Fantasy Freestyle. Right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Dame Martinez speeds and spitting statistician, holding you down, talking a little bit about the big headlines coming out of week thirteen. We talked giants, Ben McAdoo, Eli Manning and the new regime. What's going on in New York. We talked about the Gronk suspension for one game. You

best believe he should have gotten suspended. You know, if they're gonna suspend Mike Evans, if they're gonna suspend you know, if they're gonna eject A J. Green, then lovable Rob Gronkowski needed to go for week four teen based on his actions with Radeveous White. Remember White is in the concussion protocol now, so obviously. And then at the same time I told you how I felt really bad for Tyrod Taylor putting it on the line for a team

that does not want him. And now because of that knee injury he sustained member he was carded off the field. He is now going to enter the open market with uncertainty around his health. I feel bad from my man t Mobile ty Rod Taylor. Okay, let me first talk to you guys about Monday Night football, because you know Week thirteen is not definitively over just yet. We got the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals. The first thing you need to know is that Antonio Brown is active tonight.

With that toe injury, he was a true game time decision. He did fly with the team. That was a positive sign. He is active for them. I got hit up on Twitter by T Craig at Incredible Mr Ed. He says he's down by four. Should he play Antonio Brown or should he go with Martevis Bryant. I say, now that a b is active, you have to ride with Antonio Brown. If he's in your lineup, you gotta start your studs, and Antonio Brown is definitely one of them. Now the

Bengals are home dogs. They're getting five and a half points against the Steelers. Forty three and a half is the total. Let me tell you something. This will test the Pittsburgh hot streak, the Pittsburgh offense, the Pittsburgh you know road narrative about Big Ben and the Steelers not being able to produce as much. But here's the other narrative that I'm going with. Andy Dalton defecates the mattress every time in prime time games, and I think that

will actually continue. I like Pittsburgh in this one. I think Pittsburgh is real. I think Pittsburgh is angling to try to get that one seed in home field and what many people think are an eventual clash with the New England Patriots in January. I think they're playing hard because they need that one seed. I think that's part of the reason Antonio Brown does is in fact go. My diamond for tonight is Martevis Bryant, though, because I'm not sure how long Antonio Brown is gonna go, how

physical this game is gonna get. Remember, this rivalry can be pretty dog gone physical. I wouldn't be surprised if there's bounties out there for guys like Antonio Brown or levy On Bell. So I think Martevis Bryant could have some value. Remember Juju Smith Schuster also just now coming back my fool Gazey as any Dalton. Like I said, I don't think he does well in primetime games, and the Steelers are actually second in the NFL in terms

of points allowed. As it relates to the trick that I always tell you Martevis Bryant man, if Antonio Brown has any kind of complication, Martevios Bryant is the guy who's stepping right in. This is why the Pittsburgh Steelers did not trade him with all that drama just in case. Also, John Connor is only owned in four percent of leagues. This rivalry has been so physical that I wouldn't be surprised if guys like Vonte's Perfect, or Gino Atkins or pac Man out there are trying to do a little

bit of harm to a stud like Levan Bell. You need to get James Conner on your squad if you have Levy on Bell. Ultimately, though, I think the Steelers win this game. I think they continue their hot streaks. I like them in this one. Call it call it T twenty. I think they win this game, and it is a one score game, but they do cover as a road team the five and a half point spread. I like the Pittsburgh Steelers, all right. Remember I asked, I asked like, oh, will the stats over beat Cipher continue?

Will people keep calling the show? I know my stats over beat cipher. Though, these are teams that managers that make the playoffs, so they are still viable. They are still interested in They still want to know how to win their leagues and win that cash. If you listen to other shows, you may have fell off, but not with the hashtag stats over beat Cipher. Let's open them up right now. We start with a friend of the show, Dilly Dilly to Steve in Massachusetts. Was lucky number was

a week thirteen? Lucky for you, Steve. Well, I'll find out. I'll find out tonight. And first of all, let me uh do it right back, man, Dilly dilly man. Yeah, so I have mix I have mixing and Juju Smith usually going to this. I'll find out if I want this beat, and like I'm fourth seed right now and i'll go. If I lose, I'll be the sixth seed. Two questions, yes, yes, all right? Uh. My first one is a start sick question, and the second one is I want to try beating the wavele while with this pickup,

and I just wanted to get your thoughts on that one. First. My first, all right, start sit is uh, sit Russell Wilson against the Jaguashs to play Matthew Stafford if he's healthy. And the pick up is I was thinking about picking up the Cincinnati Dangeos defects because they're playing, uh, the Chicago Bears next week. Because I've been streaming defenses and it's been working, and I don't know if if anybody else is gonna go after like maybe like Dallas or

like green Day. So I was just thinking that maybe I could try beating it out. I just want if you're streaming, if you're streaming defenses, I don't think Cincinnati is a bad idea next week against Chicago. Chicago will be in the nonconference road spot, and you've seen they haven't been able to do much. You know, Cincinnati. Here's my only problem though, Cincinnati is not great against the run, and that means Jordan Howard might be able to do

a little bit of work. I think Levan Bell is gonna gash them tonight as well, and that's the only way the Bears can do anything is by trying to use Jordan Howard as their bell cow, and I think since he maybe a little bit susceptible to that. On your other question, yeah, I like Maddie Stafford going up against Tampa Bay next week because Tampa Bay has been giving it up to everybody. If Stafford is healthy, I understand that. As you mentioned, Russell Wilson has a very

tough matchup in Jacksonville. If you've been riding Russell Wilson, he's been a fantasy m v P. But at the same time, he's got the worst matchup possible for your playoff week. Um so yeah, I don't hate that. Steve up next on the Fantasy Freestyle, we go to Hector in Chicago. Was lucky? Was Week thirteen lucky for you? Hector? Yes, sir, well, I'm gonna see tonight I'm up against a d let's

hope that he's just a decoy tonight. Let's hope he's just a decoy tonight, Hector, how canna help you moving forward? Share that man, uh Man, Timo broke me this week, but you wanted to say thanks for uh for for the Drake advice earlier last week. Yeah, he blew up against Denver right, he had a big time game, yes third and I had Hill as well, So I just wanted to call him. Listen, listeners know the freestyle is real and hopefully I'll give you a calling tomorrow with

with some waiver wire picked up. See who you like. Absolutely, Hector, you are welcome and part of the stashtags. Stats over beat Cipher absolutely anytime. That's what we do. Help you win your league's and win that cash. So hope you keep on advancing, Hector, and we'll keep on trying to help you out. They Bevona. We gotta clip that when my man just said he told you about how to cipher and Fantasy Friestyle, Fantasy free Style is the realist there it is up next on the Fantasy Team Style

the Stats over Beat Cipher. We welcome Route in Florida. Hello, everybody, we have people over here, holiday parties, chilling out here. Rock and Riley's rude down in Florida. You gotta get up to New York. Man. We're doing big things over here. Rock and Riley's Studio fifty not fifty four. It looks like Studio fifty four, but it is Studio thirty four. Was week thirteen? Lucky for you? Ru, Well, yeah, we'll

see a league because I'm hunting. Yeah, urge man it urgs one, I P And then he went into the cold, dark, quiet room. That's unfortunate for you. I own zach Ertz myself. I am very upset about it. At least I gotta buy So. I hope he's okay by week fifteen, though. What can we do to help you? Rule? Okay? Real quickly, Remember when we talked about the case Keenum and Breeze, I started Cave Keenum and it worked out nice. Remember Breeze, the Saints are a running team now. That is definitely

what we talked about. So I'm glad you went that way. Can we help you moving forward? All right? Man? So? Uh got a B plan? Okay? Uh? My famous Brian on my bench earlier you said, yeah, if a B is active. You gotta have him in your lineups, Like, are you down in need points tonight? I mean I'm up, my Oh, you're good to go. You're good to go. Man,

you got let's see, you got three players? He got mixed him don't and do do all right, But I still would go a B. I would still go a B. If AB's active, you gotta go him because you know Big Ben is gonna force him the rock. You got any other questions rude? Yeah, for the real question is like killing me man. I'm like, man, do I go in Barbara? I know it's earlier in the week, but Barbara or h Yeah, I think you could go Peyton Barber.

You gotta figure out what happens first. If Doug Martin comes back though, okay, because Doug Martin, if he's out of the concussion protocol, then he's gonna get that back and that'll severely you know, handcuff what Peyton Bartner does. Okay, But if if Martin is out, if Martin continues to be out, and they don't you know, hanything good about pop quiz and yeah, I think you can in fact make that change. With everything on the line, you can't

be ridding with Kareem Hunt. Thanks to remember, guys, I was saying Studio fifty four, it's really Studio thirty four. But I gotta tell you there is holiday party season in full effect here at Rock and Riley's, and today it is Style Magazine having their holiday party. There are some ridiculous outfits right now. I don't know if it's anything I would rock personally, but people are using this as like a runway or something. Hey, up next, we're

going to Chris in Tampa. You are on the Fantasy Freestyle. We're dropping stats over beats, hoping week thirteen was lucky for you in your playoff chase. What's up, Chris? Oh? My week? My week? So let's keep it moving. Quest question, quick question shot right, Jared off next week inst Philly. And then my second question is I'm not playing Hunt. I put Drake and Ma Rvey two for next week. So my question for flex Uhepa, Gordon Hunt, Anderson, Robbie

Anderson Man, Robbie Anderson. If it Robbie Anderson, Yeah, definitely, Robby Andson. Robbie Anderson is like White Out seventeen overall these days, I'm going with Robbie Anderson, And yes, I think you can stay with Jared Goff next week. I think that is a decent matchup for the Rams. Last caller here on the Fantasy Freestyle, John is in North Carolina. Hey, John, we're up against the break, so do me a favor. Get your question out and I'll answer it right after

we hit commercial. What's going on you in the stats? Over beat cipher? John? How can we help you? Hoping Week thirteen was lucky for you? Hey? What's going on? So? Um? Quick question? I gotta I got a quarterback question? I would be because Tyrod went down. Um uh. The options I have are Josh mccohen Case, Keenum or Jimmy Garoppolo. Those are the top available in my opinion on the wire.

And then I got a comment for you after the break If that's cool, all right, We'll see what we could do after the break, but I'll definitely answer this question for you. John in North Carolina, come all right back for this answer and a whole lot more. It's the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, Fantasy Free Style. How can I help you moving forward? Jam Over broke me this week, but I wanted to

say thanks for the Drake advice earlier last week. Yeah, he blew up against Denver right had a big time game and I had Hill as well, So I just wanted to call it a listeners. No, the freestyle is real. Hopefully I'll give you calling with the wavey wire picked up. See you like you are welcoming part of the Stashtags stats over Beat Cipher weekdays from seven to eight p m. E.

Stern on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Well back to the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, cap a Bone Know. I like that promo. We gotta play that a lot people calling in, letting people know that they won their leads and won some cash because the speeds. The spitting statistician before we went on and we had John John out there in North Carolina had a question about some quarterbacks. He talked about Josh McCown,

case Keenum and Jimmy Garoppolo over to break. Let me tell you something. I looked at their schedules and I think it's really interesting. I got a two part answer for John out there in Carolina. Honestly, for Week fourteen, my guy would be Jimmy Garoppolo. He's facing Houston, and I think that is a much better matchup. McCown and Keenum have been incredible, and I love these guys moving forward. But McCown and the Jets they have Denver not a

good matchup. Keenum and the Vikings they have Carolina not a good matchup. So I like Jimmy G for week fourteen, but then in weeks fifteen and sixteen, I would go to case Keenum they got Cincinnati in Green Bay, I would do that over Josh McCown and the Jets who still have New Orleans and the Clippers. So I would try to get Jimmy G for right now for week fourteen, and then I would go to case Keenum if you could, UH for weeks fifteen and sixteen when they faced Cincinnati

and Green Bay. I wanted to let you guys know that I had to tip my cap to some people. Okay, First, first of all, Frank Gore, what is sixty one yards? Yesterday he went into uh fifth place all time in rushing yards. Okay, my man has thirteen thousand, six hundred and nineties seven yards and thirteen seasons, obviously most of them with the forty nine is the last three with the Indianapolis Colts. I think at the end of the year.

By the end of the year, if he gets another three hundred and five, he goes into fourth place all time, surpassing Curtis Martin. Frank Gore is a Hall of Famer not to be outdone. Yesterday, Larry Fitzgerald became fourth highest in NFL history in receiving yards. He passed Isaac Bruce and he has fifteen thousand, two hundred and six seven yards. That is fourth all time, and I believe next week he will pass Randy Moss for third place on that list. He only needs twenty six yards to pass Randy Moss

for third best all time. I told you Antonio Brown is active tonight from Monday Night Football, so I said, you gotta play him. I understand the concern you might have. You gotta hope he doesn't turn into a gazy. Some people undermine, like Julio Jones would only twenty four yards, Brandon Cooks would only twenty two yards, Mike Evans would only thirty three yards. Well, right now, Mike Evans of the people say Mike Evans ruined their Week thirteen and

their playoff potential. Some other people are talking about, uh, Brandon Cooks and Julio Jones. Ricky Seals Jones, I told you did not go with that, that that was not a real thing as of yet. And listen, we were talking about a guy, this guy, Carl Anderson, Santra guy and his leek has both Julio and Cooks, but still can win uh if he gets seven point four points out of Joe Mixing. I told you, James Conner, I'm

gonna pick up Martavis Bryant someone to pick up. I think Andy Dalton will continue to defecate the mattress on Monday Night football. Hey Danny is down there in the fantasy pit of misery. Hey Danny, we got any questions from the YouTube people? Are they still in their playoffs? Or have they faded away? Because they are not in contention anymore? Danny, I think a lot of people might have been out of it now. But I do have

a couple of questions. It's really important down thirty three points in a half point PPR, he can pick two out of these three. Mixon Bell or I would go with the Steelers. I would go with Levyan Bell and Juju Smith Schuster I think the Steelers produced today. I don't think Andy Dalton or Joe Mixon or the Cincinnati Bengals do. I know, I'd be continuing to not listen to my own advice. The week started by me picking against a home dog and being wrong. This week is

gonna end with me picking against a home dog. As I like the Pittsburgh Steelers to put up twenty high twenties, low thirties of points, so I would go with lev Bell and I go with Juju Smith Schuster. Tomorrow, I'll give you all my waiver wire ads. If you're still up in this and into the playoffs for Week fourteen, I'll be giving you my waiver wire ads. We've got a lot of good nominees for hashtag Game of Inches

as well. I hope these people didn't get bounced out of the playoffs, and I hope Speeds can get his by Let's see what Pittsburgh does. I'll see you tomorrow. It's the fantasy free style which your boy Speeds