Speaker 1: Wow, it is Friday, which means it is time for
Speaker 1: another edition of Stardom Sit Them.
Speaker 2: Welcome to the show, everybody. I'm Marcus Grant, joined by
Speaker 2: Michael Floya, who writes the Start Sit column. You can
Speaker 2: find it at NFL dot com slash start Sit. How
Speaker 2: are we feeling in Week sixteen? I know you say
Speaker 2: you take, you don't take as big as swings? Are
Speaker 2: we feeling good? Because, look, I'll say this as somebody
Speaker 2: who writes the Sleepers column, it was tough trying to
Speaker 2: pull ten names for sleepers. I don't know how it
Speaker 2: is for you write and start set.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 3: This week I felt like I took a little bit
Speaker 3: maybe bigger swings you could call it on the sits,
Speaker 3: because like I have, you'll see as we go through it,
Speaker 3: I have some bigger names. It was harder this week
Speaker 3: for me to find starts because I'm like, we've kind
Speaker 3: of reached the time of year where I feel like
Speaker 3: a lot, like you know, with certain players, Okay, I'm
Speaker 3: starting this player no matter what. But I'm like, I
Speaker 3: don't want to be telling people to start a bunch
Speaker 3: of fringe guys. So I kind of had to to
Speaker 3: make it work with a combination of each.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: No, I definitely understand that at this point, because like
Speaker 2: people are not as willing to take risks at this
Speaker 2: point with the playoffs on. Yeah, right, exactly. This is
Speaker 2: not this is not the time to make weird moves
Speaker 2: when the simple one is right there in front of
Speaker 2: your face.
Speaker 4: So let's start at quarterbacks. Who you're starts and sits
Speaker 4: this week.
Speaker 3: I have jayde and Daniels as a start, and he's
Speaker 3: someone that I'm getting a lot of questions about. I'm
Speaker 3: sure you are as well, Marcus, because the last time
Speaker 3: he played Philly he struggled, but he was dealing with
Speaker 3: the rib injury then and he's been lights out for
Speaker 3: fantasy since then, so I think the upside is too high.
Speaker 3: You'd have to have a really good option to get
Speaker 3: away from him. Baker Mayfield, to me, feels like I
Speaker 3: must start this week because he has been playing really,
Speaker 3: really well QB one and I believe nine of his
Speaker 3: games so far this year. And then the Cowboys most
Speaker 3: passing yards allowed since Week eleven, just a favorable matchup there,
Speaker 3: and then I know Kyler Murray has disappointed. I'm willing
Speaker 3: to give him one more shot because of the matchup.
Speaker 3: We've seen teams could do whatever they want against his
Speaker 3: Panthers defense, So hopefully Kyler runs a bit more. That
Speaker 3: was something while watching his game last week. The announcer
Speaker 3: spoke a lot about, like people are asking Kyler, why
Speaker 3: aren't you running, and even Kyler was like, I don't
Speaker 3: really have a good answer for that. So hoping that
Speaker 3: he runs more. And then my CITs some big names here.
Speaker 3: I have Mahomes as a sit because he has taken
Speaker 3: a lot of hits eleven or more in the last
Speaker 3: three games, and the Texans generate pressure at the third
Speaker 3: highest rate, plus that ankle brock Perdy. I have as
Speaker 3: a sit less than four fantasy points in two of
Speaker 3: his last three games, Dolphins in the bottom three, and
Speaker 3: fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks one top ten QB against
Speaker 3: them all year it was Josh Allen. But at the
Speaker 3: same time, I have Tua as a sit because the
Speaker 3: Niners have allowed the fewest passing yards in the league,
Speaker 3: and as we've seen with Tua, he's very up or down.
Speaker 3: Feels a little too risky in this matchup for my liking.
Speaker 3: And then CJ Stroud like he hasn't been a QB
Speaker 3: one since Week four. He is purely a name at
Speaker 3: this point. But because of what he did last year
Speaker 3: and because of the name, people are like, can I
Speaker 3: go back to CJ. Stroud? And I would drop him
Speaker 3: before I would start.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I gave up on the Stroud thing several weeks ago.
Speaker 2: It just at some point you just realized it just
Speaker 2: wasn't gonna happen this year.
Speaker 4: So we will.
Speaker 2: We'll pack it in and try again in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2: I'll ask you a question that I got recently. Aaron
Speaker 2: Rodgers or Patrick Mahomes this week?
Speaker 3: It is crazy, but I would go Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: That's kind of where I went to, you know, against
Speaker 2: the Rams, which could weirdly end up being kind of
Speaker 2: an interesting game. You know, the Jets are giving up
Speaker 2: a lot of points, but they're moving the ball at
Speaker 2: the same time. I mean, this could be an interesting
Speaker 2: game between two veteran quarterbacks.
Speaker 3: So by with you, it's the most Jets thing possible
Speaker 3: for Aaron Rodgers to look like Aaron Rodgers again after
Speaker 3: the Jets everything is over for their season. All he's
Speaker 3: doing now is hurting their draft stock. But it's the
Speaker 3: most Jets.
Speaker 2: Thing in the world, the most jets thing in the world. Well,
Speaker 2: so we'll see how this goes. For sure, starts at
Speaker 2: running backs.
Speaker 3: Who do you like sometimes fantasy football is easy? And
Speaker 3: I know you love him Patrick Claybond loves him. I
Speaker 3: love James Conner. He's playing, He's awesome. He's playing. He
Speaker 3: gets a lot of work coming off of a huge game,
Speaker 3: and he gets the best possible matchup for a running back.
Speaker 3: I have Bucky Irving, who maybe doesn't bring you the
Speaker 3: ceiling to give you like twenty five plus fantasy points,
Speaker 3: but he feels good for like fifteen each week, and
Speaker 3: at this point in the season, that's what I want. Like,
Speaker 3: I want a safe RB that I could plug in.
Speaker 3: But I think because Gamescript could be on his side,
Speaker 3: he could bring RB one upside. Chewba Hubbard, I think
Speaker 3: is in a bounce back opportunity. Not only do the
Speaker 3: cards allow a lot of receiving yards to running backs,
Speaker 3: but top three and explosive runs allowed as well. And
Speaker 3: then if he plays and there's no reports that he's
Speaker 3: hampered or anything, I think you could play Tony Pollard.
Speaker 3: I know you like Tajy Spears as a sleeper. If
Speaker 3: something if we hear word that Pollard is limited or
Speaker 3: anything like that, then I agree. I think spears very
Speaker 3: much so becomes in play because it is a fantastic
Speaker 3: matchup against the Colts. And then my sis. A couple
Speaker 3: of big names here, I would say, but not a
Speaker 3: lot of production as of late. Isaiah Pacheco hasn't been
Speaker 3: the same since he's returned to the Texans are a
Speaker 3: tough defense. And then Naji Harris less than ten Fantasy
Speaker 3: points per game since Jalen Warren has returned and been healthy.
Speaker 3: And he gets the Ravens who have really lowis yards
Speaker 3: per carry and explosive run rate allowed to running backs
Speaker 3: in the league. So just a name at this point, Like,
Speaker 3: I don't want to go down with Naji Harris giving
Speaker 3: me like four points in my starting line.
Speaker 2: Right, go back to Bucky Irving because you like him
Speaker 2: as a start. I like him as a start this week.
Speaker 2: How do you feeling about Rashad White though.
Speaker 3: More of a flex play? I would say, like he's
Speaker 3: still going to be involved enough that he stays in
Speaker 3: that range, but he doesn't have the bursts like Bucky does.
Speaker 3: And they tend to like Bucky Moore and near the
Speaker 3: goal line, So that's why I prefer him. But yeah,
Speaker 3: like if you have White, like I think you could
Speaker 3: do a lot worse in your flick spotted in him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean just it's weird because we've wanted as
Speaker 2: many pieces of the Bucks offense as we could get
Speaker 2: this season, right, I mean between Baker and Shout White,
Speaker 2: Bucky Irving obviously, Mike Evans healthy, Chris Godwin, Kate Otten
Speaker 2: was a thing at some point. Jalen McMillan's starting to
Speaker 2: come to life now. So I don't know that we
Speaker 2: predicted that we would be as in on the Bucks
Speaker 2: offense as we've become, but it's been fun.
Speaker 4: I'm cool with it. Let's move over to wide receivers.
Speaker 4: Who's up, Who's down?
Speaker 3: I have Malik Neighbors as a start. Look at it
Speaker 3: hasn't mattered who's throwing him the ball. He just continues
Speaker 3: to produce. Had a huge week last week and the
Speaker 3: Falcons have really struggled as of late against wide receivers.
Speaker 3: They allow a bunch of touchdowns. And then we spoke
Speaker 3: about him a lot this week. But Jaysen not only
Speaker 3: is he getting the vikings with all out the most
Speaker 3: yards and fantasy points two wide receivers. He's seeing so
Speaker 3: much volume twelve targets last week was the first read
Speaker 3: on fifty percent of their plays. Really looks like he
Speaker 3: might be the new number one option in Seattle and
Speaker 3: then sits among Cooper. I just don't want to trust him.
Speaker 3: Fourteen targets two weeks ago, zero last week fourth most
Speaker 3: snaps amongst wide receivers. And it's meaningful because that was
Speaker 3: the first game that Keon Coleman and Don Kinkaid returned.
Speaker 3: So I can't really trust his volume there, d hop
Speaker 3: because he's been very up or down, single digit fantasy
Speaker 3: points in half his game as a chief, only once
Speaker 3: has reached fifteen. So to me, I think the floor
Speaker 3: is too low and the ceiling isn't high enough to
Speaker 3: start him with a banged up quarterback. Tank Dell like
Speaker 3: purely a name at this point. He's averaging less than
Speaker 3: seven fantasy points per game when Nico Collins plays and
Speaker 3: Michael Pittman Junior. Once all year in a full game
Speaker 3: with Anthony Richardson has he scored double digit fantasy points.
Speaker 3: So with your fantasy season on the line, a trip
Speaker 3: to the championship, I'm not going with names here, I'm
Speaker 3: going with guys who can actually be productive.
Speaker 2: You mentioned you don't like Tank Dell. I mentioned earlier
Speaker 2: in the week that I'm worried about Joe Mixon.
Speaker 4: CJ.
Speaker 2: Stroud obviously on your sit list. Can we still rock
Speaker 2: with Nico Collins this week against KC.
Speaker 3: I don't think you have a choice. Like the even
Speaker 3: last week when he had seventeen yards, he had two touchdowns.
Speaker 3: So the volume, the explosiveness he brings, like we say
Speaker 3: it all the time, it could be one of those
Speaker 3: situations where like CJ. Stroud throws for two hundred and
Speaker 3: a touchdown, but one hundred of those in the touchdown
Speaker 3: could go to Nico Collins. So yeah, I think you
Speaker 3: have to start Nico.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's hard to get away from him, and we'll
Speaker 2: talk about it in the future. But I'm very curious
Speaker 2: as to where he's gonna go in early drafts next season.
Speaker 2: I suspect he's going to be a first round pick.
Speaker 2: It's just a question of how high up in the
Speaker 2: first round. I agree with Collins for sure. Finally, tight ends,
Speaker 2: who are your starts and sets?
Speaker 3: I have Trey McBride as they start, and I know
Speaker 3: some people might be like, that's an easy one, but like,
Speaker 3: I think this is the week he scores a touchdown,
Speaker 3: So I just really wanted to give that some love
Speaker 3: in the article John new Smith, because look, I know
Speaker 3: the forty nine ers on paper are the hardest matchup
Speaker 3: for tight ends. I don't care. The Texans were a
Speaker 3: really tough matchup. He finished as the titan one against them.
Speaker 3: Our boy Lakwan already bought the blonde hair dye. That's
Speaker 3: how well John new has been playing David and Joku.
Speaker 3: If he plays, I think you could play him because
Speaker 3: it's the best possible matchup for a tight end. I
Speaker 3: think even with dtr they're probably gonna be chasing points
Speaker 3: against the Bengals, so that could mean volume for David
Speaker 3: and Joku. And then Pat Freyermuth has been better as
Speaker 3: of late, still looks like George Pickens is very much
Speaker 3: so up in the air. This week could mean extra
Speaker 3: volume for him in against the Ravens team that has
Speaker 3: been better as of late against tight ends, but on
Speaker 3: the year still has really struggled. And then the sis.
Speaker 3: Look Travis Kelce I spoke about this on pods previously
Speaker 3: this week, but he has averaged nine fantasy points per
Speaker 3: game in the last five games. Doesn't have a touchdown
Speaker 3: because they're all going to Noah Gray. The short design
Speaker 3: stuff is going to Xavier Worthy. His quarterback is banged up.
Speaker 3: Texans have been really tough against tight ends. Lots of reasons.
Speaker 3: Not he must sit, But if you have another option
Speaker 3: you like, I would take it. Kate out and fun
Speaker 3: run in the middle of the season, but it's over.
Speaker 3: With Mike Evans and Jaylee McMillan now breaking out, there's
Speaker 3: just not a volume or production to trust him. Same
Speaker 3: thing with Jake Ferguson. Look, I was really excited for him.
Speaker 3: With Dak Prescott, it's just simply not happening. With Cooper
Speaker 3: Rush and then Grant Calcata caught a touchdown two weeks ago,
Speaker 3: didn't do much last week. The Commanders have been tough
Speaker 3: on tight ends. There's just options, streaming options.
Speaker 4: I like more than him this week.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I want to ask you about because I've been
Speaker 2: on the Briton strange train this week. I had the
Speaker 2: twelve targets last week. Is that a crazy deep play?
Speaker 2: Is it chasing the points after last week was strange?
Speaker 3: I don't think so. Like twelve targets. To me, he's
Speaker 3: like the new Evan Ingram there. I wouldn't bank on touchdowns,
Speaker 3: but he could get a lot of volume, especially from
Speaker 3: someone like Mac Jones who's not going to air the
Speaker 3: ball out deep a whole bunch or anything like that.
Speaker 3: Would you play Strange over else this week?
Speaker 4: Actually? I think I might. I actually might playin.
Speaker 3: I've gone back and forth all week on this. I
Speaker 3: was like, am I bold enough to say it? But
Speaker 3: deep down I kind of feel it.
Speaker 2: I would think doing it is even bolder than saying it,
Speaker 2: because it's one thing for us to sit here and
Speaker 2: actually just say it and talk about it. It's another
Speaker 2: thing for you to actually put Britain Strange in the lineup.
Speaker 2: And I really might consider that. I just think I
Speaker 2: think Kansas City Houston's gonna be kind of a low
Speaker 2: scoring game. You know, I don't have many points you
Speaker 2: get in Jags Raiders, But I think Britain Strange might
Speaker 2: be more involved overall than Travis Kelsey.
Speaker 4: I don't know. Maybe maybe recently Bias.
Speaker 3: Struggled against tight ends. That's the thing, Like I want
Speaker 3: to say it, but I know that when I'm looking
Speaker 3: if I had this situation looking at that lineup, it
Speaker 3: would be hard for me to actually hit it. But
Speaker 3: I think that's the way I'm leaning as of right now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think. I don't think that's completely crazy.
Speaker 2: You know, we could come back on Monday and be
Speaker 2: like that was a stupid idea, but for now, you know,
Speaker 2: there's some logic behind it for sure.
Speaker 4: So there you go. If you want some.
Speaker 2: More logic, can go check out the entirety of the
Speaker 2: Stardom Citdem column at NFL dot com. Slash start sit
Speaker 2: a more in depth analysis of some of the names
Speaker 2: we talked about on this show, so you can kind
Speaker 2: of get some more information there if you like it.
Speaker 2: The meantime, good spot for us to set this down
Speaker 2: for the week. That'll do it for this edition of
Speaker 2: the Stardom Centum Show. Appreciate you hanging out with us.
Speaker 2: Hopefully Week sixteen is a prosperous one for you you
Speaker 2: find your way through to Fantasy Championship Week. At the meantime,
Speaker 2: we appreciate.
Speaker 4: You chilling with us as always. That'll do it.
Speaker 2: We'll see you again next week. Take care, everybody
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