00:00Uh, first one is Jalen Warren for Pittsburgh at Detroit or Michael Carter, Arizona. We've been
00:05talking about them a lot versus Atlanta. Who do I start? Who do I sit and why? Well, this one is
00:12pretty close and I understand why, because, you know, Jalen Warren's had a pretty good season,
00:15but it's weird because somehow Kenneth Gainwell became Jalen Warren and Jalen Warren became
00:20Najee Harris at some point in the season. I don't, I don't know how that happened.
00:23Uh, I don't, my brain doesn't compute it, but as we mentioned at the top of the show,
00:27Bab Knight is out, which means the full workload is basically going to Michael Carter and Mario
00:32DiMarcado. I don't see him being a big issue in this game. So I think Michael Carter gets the lion
00:36share. And because of the uncertainty of what's going on, and also the fact that it does feel
00:41like the Pittsburgh Steelers could be in a hole in this game, then it means you're probably going
00:46to be seeing maybe Kenneth Gainwell work a little bit more in that passing game. That's been the
00:49favor lately of Aaron Rodgers. So I'm going to go ahead and play Michael Carter, take the volume,
00:54take as much as I can out of that, and hopefully move on. I still like the over on the
00:57total in that game as well. I don't expect a lot of defense. I expect a lot of scoring. I think
01:02both teams get to over 24 points in that game. So I think we're going to be in a good spot here
01:06from Michael Carter. He has touchdown equity as well, perhaps even more than Jalen Warren,
01:11uh, in that scenario too. So give me Michael Carter and the full workload for the Arizona Cardinals
01:15over Jalen Warren, then week 16. All right, moving on. Buffalo is at Cleveland. The charges are at
01:22Dallas. This question is Khalil Shakir for Buffalo at Cleveland or Keenan Allen charges at Dallas.
01:29Which way, Joe?
01:31Again, very close here. Uh, Keenan Allen, uh, guys start off red hot and we talked a lot about him
01:36and a lot about, you know, well, you know, the older players, he's going to slow down a little bit
01:40and he has, but also Justin Herbert's injuries have kind of slowed things down along with all the
01:44injuries to the offensive line. So complicated there for Keenan Allen. And Khalil Shakir, I think
01:48has a bit of a, a ceiling of what he can do necessarily. Now, look, this is a trickier
01:54situation for him in the matchup against the Cleveland Browns. And I think I will give the
02:01lean here towards Keenan Allen, uh, Keenan Allen against the Dallas Cowboys for me as a player that
02:07I think whenever you have the Dallas Cowboys on that slate, you got to take your shots.
02:12There's going to be opportunities. Now QJ is back too. So it does get a little money there
02:17potentially for the chargers and Justin Herbert is not a hundred percent by any stretch of the means,
02:21but the Dallas Cowboys somehow continue to be that gift that keeps on giving. So this holiday
02:26season, give me Keenan Allen to be that gift. And I'll take my steady 12 points and get out. I think
02:31there's a floor with both these guys, but again, not too much of a ceiling. All right. Now talking
02:37about these Dallas Cowboys and the gift that keeps on giving, this next question is a tight end
02:41question involves Jake Ferguson, Dallas versus the chargers or Tyler Warren, Indianapolis against San
02:46Francisco. That's going to be a real telling game. I think it is, uh, the, the, the tricky part here
02:53with the Cowboys situation is whenever you get everybody on the field, when you get Pickens, when
02:58you get lamb, all of a sudden the Ferguson kind of disappears a little bit. Now, Tyler Warren,
03:03unfortunately has Phil rivers here, which isn't the greatest situation. Now he did have six targets
03:07in that game. That's a positive, but the last three weeks, he hasn't had more than 22 receiving yards.
03:13So I understand in the rankings, Tyler Warren and the consensus on fantasy pros is ranked higher
03:18than Ferguson. I'm going to roll my dice with Dak Prescott and see what happens here in this one.
03:23So I'll take Ferguson in this one. I think he's got more touchdown equity. Um, I just don't think
03:29that Tyler Warren, unfortunately is, that's not about talent, right? Like Tyler Warren is the guy
03:33that you want on your roster, but it's the scenario surrounding that talent. And I'm not trying to get
03:38too cute at the end or overthink things. I'm looking at this very brass tacks, which is,
03:43Hey, right. One guy's playing in the dome with Dak Prescott. Who's been great all year slinging the
03:49football capable of a 300 yard game easily this week against the chargers or a 44 year old quarterback
03:56who just came off, you know, the, the couch, actually not even the couch, the high school
04:00football field. Let's give them a little bit more credit than that. Uh, and then to the couch,
04:04but that's a tougher scenario. Even if Riley Leonard ends up playing at some point in this
04:07game too, or Anthony Richardson or anybody else they want to get at some point, Tyler Warren's
04:11fantasy value the rest of the year to me is highly questionable. So I'll take Ferguson in this scenario.
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