Well , what is up , it's the rent , my name is Jeff Raccoon , it is Friday , December 10th Dalvin Cook . Oh , a lot of people created narratives
yesterday , but man , oh man , he was just back and that's what happens . I think we should know this by now . Minnesota just gives him
the rock when he plays , but hopefully you're not facing Cook . Hopefully you're not facing Najee Harris . Hopefully , you're off to a good
start here , but we'll get you set up with these match ups and I'm going to dive right in and start with Baltimore and Cleveland . We just saw
this game . This is like I don't remember in the regular season a team playing the same team in back to back games , but that's exactly what's
happening with Cleveland here . They're facing Baltimore and back to back games because they have their bye week in between . It's very
weird . I've seen it happen like you'll have a week seventeen opponent and then you'll face that opponent in the first round of the playoffs
. But anyway , this is what we're having and we know what we just saw . It was a bad outing for Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt because
, well , hey , the Ravens are pretty good against the run . They are the fourth worst fantasy matchup for opposing running backs seventy
point five rushing yards per game allowed to opposing backfield . But it doesn't mean we're off on Nick Chubb . Obviously , it's not the best
matchup , but even in a bad matchup , he can have plenty of volume and a potentially big day . So top 10 for him . Kareem Hunt actually
is a back end RB two . I guess you can use Jarvis because we saw some volume out of him last last time , you know , before the bye , and
he should be good enough to go here . But keep an eye on that . Austin Hooper also in streamer conversation because they are really banged
up at tight end . On the other side , about as straightforward as it comes , you're using Jackson Browne , Freeman and Andrews and pretty
much nobody else in this one . Hopefully , we get some more scoring out of that one than last time . Jacksonville , Tennessee Get excited
for the Jags . Not really . Man , it's been rough . And I'm sorry if you're a Jags fan because this whole Urban Meyer thing it it doesn't work
. And Urban Meyer , I mean , it's like , you know , they say the rising tide raises all ships . Well , he is not . He's the the tide's going out ,
man . Tide's going down and all these boats are going down with him , unfortunately . And that includes James Robinson , who essentially
is the only star edible option in an after last week . We can't even have that much confidence . They're still going to rank him as an RB .
Two talent still there , three out ability still there . But you know any mistake , he's also playing through injury . Uh-
Huh . Yeah . On the other side , I do expect to see Julio Jones back as of me recording this , I don't see him activated from injured reserve
, but I do expect him back . I'm going to use him as a wide receiver to front end wide receiver . Three , Let's call him that . I'm not quite up
to wide receiver to territory on him , but it's not that far away . The obvious challenge with Jones is seemingly any point he can get hurt ,
but at the same time , he will be the clear cut number one receiver for this squad . D.A. Foreman RB Twenty six for me . Dontrelle Hilliard
RB Thirty two But I am very reluctant on Hilliard . I am ranking Jeremy McNichols right now , but I mean , he's not guaranteed to play . Let's
call it that , but it does look like it looks extremely likely that he'll be back on the field and he was in that role that Hilliard is in now earlier
in the year . So one would assume that he is either going to be back in that role or they're going to be splitting in that role . So the only option
here worth really using and I'm going to use him in a key home league is Deontay Foreman . And I like what I've seen out of D.A. Foreman
so far . And obviously facing the Jags isn't a terrible matchup . It isn't a slam dunk as people might think it is . In fact , I would say , well ,
it's like mid-
pack . They're 13 right now against running backs Vegas and Kansas City . We saw this game fairly recently as well . In that one , I talked
about it yesterday , Tyreek Hill went off . I do expect a bounce back performance from Patrick Mahomes in this one . So , you know , hey
, if you're in a must win spot , you have Mahomes is your quarterback . I can't see going into battle with somebody else that can't see using
like a Taysom Hill or anything along those lines . I just it doesn't sit well with me . It wouldn't sit well with me in the off season , especially
if it backfired . So I'm using Mahomes here , obviously using who we normally would use Hill Kelsey and Clyde Edwards-
Helaire as an RB two on the other side . I love how this sets up for Josh Jacobs . So get this in 34 career games with Jon Gruden as his
head coach , he averaged two point one catches per game in four games now without Jon Gruden as head coach . He's averaging just over
five catches per game . Hmm . He also now no longer has Kenyan Drake out there , so there's a lot working in the favor of Josh Jacobs
for this one . I really like him here streaming Derek Carr . We're waiting on Darren Waller , but I'm not holding my breath on that one . New
Orleans in the Jets , Taysom Hill will be starting yet again , and he has the finger injury , but he's basically a running back playing quarterback
against a team that gives out the most fantasy points to running backs . So he's a top 10 option . But boy , is he not safe . Do you expect
Alvin Kamara back and right back up into the top five ? For me , once we got word that he , you know , he's practicing in full , I moved him
right back up . So I have met RB before right now , not using any receivers from the New Orleans Saints . I am using Elijah Moore . I'm not
worried . I mean , hey , if a guy's day to day , we got to be clear on this . A lot of people see somebody on an injury report . They freak out
. It's week 14 . These guys are dinged up , so he's being called day to day . Then he's going to be good to go . We're waiting to see what
happens with Tevin Coleman . But here's the deal , of course , with the concussion , it popped up on a Wednesday . Typically not good ,
but sometimes that just means the injury didn't or the the info didn't get out there . However , here's the challenge DNP DNP . That almost
certainly means he won't be playing this week , so be careful there . Don't expect him to play and really isn't anybody to fill in in that backfield
? All right , let's take a quick break when we come back the rivalry game at Dallas and Washington . I love this matchup between Dallas
and Washington and Washington team that certainly has a fight in them , Dallas is a team that obviously they they want to make a strong
push this year , no doubt about it . If Jerry gets his way . That's what they'll do . Of course , we're starting all the usual suspects on the Dallas
side Dak Prescott , CeeDee Lamb , Amari Cooper , Ezekiel Elliott . So Tony Pollard has he has a torn plantar fascia . So is that an injury
you can play through ? Yes , it's not optimal , though . And so far this week , he has yet to practice on recording this early on a Friday , so
I don't actually have a Friday practice report . As for Elliott , he's acknowledged he's not going to be a hundred percent through much of
the final stretch run of the regular season . But if power doesn't go , it's hard to see a scenario where Elliott doesn't see enough volume even
inefficiently to get his way to RB to production . So starting him there with with some confidence , I'm not as down on Elliott as some other
people are . I'm acknowledging the efficiency has tailed off , but I'm also going to acknowledge which a lot of people have failed to do that
. He faced a saints last week . That's a really good run defense . On the other side , Taylor Heinicke , he could be streamed . I love the volume
for Antonio Gibson . He's a top ten play . That's even if McKissick does get back on the field . It does look like he's making progress through
the concussion protocol . So there is that , but still love the volume for Antonio Gibson mixed score in his wide receiver too . And you could
possibly stream Ricky SEALs Jones because it does look like he'll be back here . Atlanta , Carolina On the Carolina side , they want to run
the football . Who's going to run the football because it's not Christian McCaffrey ? Well , Chuba Hubbard would figure to be the lead , the
most obvious name . But here's the problem . Chuba Hubbard will also have Amir Abdullah in that backfield , and we could see a little bit
of both . I don't think would surprise anybody if it ends up being more Abdullah than Hubbard . I mean , Hubbard is the assumption . But
remember when we saw Hubbard in that lead role earlier in the year when McCaffrey had his first stint on injured reserve ? Abdullah wasn't
on the team for a good chunk of that . So and it's not like Abdul is a rock star , obviously , except for that one play in preseason in his rookie
year . But Hubbard isn't either , so we'll see a bunch of those guys . I mean , can you can we say Cam Newton is going to run a bunch ?
Yes , I can say that definitively . And I actually have my quarterback , 14 , this week . I'm going to use him in a two quarterback league on
the other side . Yes , Cordero , Patterson , of course . Kyle Pitts , of course , locked in as well . Otherwise , maybe Russell Gage . But there's
not much appeal there on the Atlanta offense . Seattle , Houston speaking . No , not much appeal . I have one suitable option for Houston
as Brian Cox . He's a wide receiver to back end . Otherwise , on the other side , Russ , I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt because of
the matchup . And I do therefore also like D.K. and lock in this one . I think you could stream ever . It was an ugly line . Last week was four
catches for seven yards , but four catches . Seven yards is concerning , but four catches , so there's that . But I had to start one running
back in this backfield . I guess it's Adrian Peterson , because I think he's the most likely to get a touchdown , but it's close between him and
Rashaad Penny . It is not . Alex Collins , however , would not surprise me in the least if if Rashaad Penny came out of this , those as looking
like , Oh wow , he's getting touches . So I would scoop him up if he's out there just in case . Detroit and Denver on the Detroit side , we are
not looking good here for D'Andre Swift . Dan Campbell didn't didn't essentially say it , but he said he's improving . Usually when I hear improving
, it's like , Oh , OK , yeah , he's still a week to week , OK , this improving , but he's not there . So it'll be another week of Jamaal Williams
. Not the best matchup for him , but he'll see some volume . We are keeping an eye on T.J. Hockenson . Dealing with a hand injury went
limited DNP , which is not a good practice sequence . He's got to get back to limited here on Friday . For us to have confidence , don't bank
on him being out there , so have a backup plan just in case . Otherwise pretty much not using anybody else , not going to use a man . Ra
St. Brown On the other side , you've got Williams , but Melvin Gordon should be back . So be careful with Devonte Williams . It's easy to
fall in love with the last two weeks of production . I'm not saying don't start him , but just make sure your expectations are in the right place
. Nothing drives me more nuts than when people come in . Oh , it was awesome the last two weeks , but no , it sucks . And I'm not saying
you're going to do that , but you know what I'm talking about here . Make sure your expectation is the right place . Jerry Judy is the best
option of the wideouts , and I don't really want to be using Courtland Sutton if I can get away with it . Moving on to the Giants and the Chargers
, I have talked about this earlier in the week , but Saquon Barkley has a favorable matchup . I couldn't keep him up , you know , in the top
12 , but he's still an RB to play and it's a favorable matchup as of right now . It's either going to be Jake from or it'll be the the very tall Mike
Glennon . Either way , it's great for the Chargers defense and on the Chargers side , fairly straightforward in terms of using Austin Ekeler
. But things get interesting from there , don't they ? So as of right now , Keenan now and I would say , is extremely unlikely to play . That's
my take on it . Based on what we have seen out of wide out of any player in the COVID protocol who's vaccinated takes about a week for
them to get back . That would put it back early next week . As far as Mike Williams is concerned , he's being called a close contact and did
not actually have a positive test . At least that's what the report suggests . Therefore , he could be activated off of the COVID list , maybe
even today , but likely tomorrow if all testing goes well on his end . So we shall see there now , even if he is activated . I do still think there's
some appeal to Jalen Guyton as a sort of desperation flex . That's it . Do we still use Justin Herbert ? I think so , yeah , I do . I don't really
care . If he doesn't have those two guys because he still has decent role players , he still has Austin Ekeler and he still has , you know ,
Jared Cook as at tight end along with , well , palm could be a red zone presence for you . So no , I'm still using Justin Herbert San Francisco
. Cincinnati On the San Francisco side , we're keeping an eye on Elijah Mitchell . Definitely have a plan in place here . He was dropped DNP
. He's in the concussion protocol , but honestly , the second DNP , it could be one of two things it could be he's not making progress through
the concussion protocol , which in that case , he's not going to play . Or it could be . He was DNP because of the knee and has made progress
through the concussion protocol . Either way , both of those scenarios are not particularly good . I would expect him to not play in this one
, which would mean we would see Jeff Wilson , who's practicing in full as the lead back . We've already seen this once before JaMychal
hasty serving in the passing down role . Jeff Wilson would see enough work to be at least a fringy RB to not using . JaMychal Hasti does
not look promising for Deebo Samuel as well . He went DNP DNP on the other side . Joe Mixon has not practiced so far this week with a
non-
COVID illness . That doesn't sound particularly good , but Friday will be telling if he does in practice again today . I would be very concerned
. If he is limited , he'll be fine . So keep an eye on that one if he doesn't go . It's the major prime time Buffalo and Tampa I have . I'm avoiding
the buffalo backfield like the plague , and that is basically the analysis that I have here because we're going to start the rest of our studs
. We're starting out Diggs , Dawson , Knox , we're starting Gronk and Godwin and Fournette and Brady and Evans . And that's it . Like ,
this is a straightforward game and just a void that backfield because it is a mess . Absolute mess . Let's see Chicago and Green Bay second
to last game here , the penultimate , if you will . Justin Fields will start David Montgomery , who missed practice on Wednesday and then
managed to get limited here on Thursday , so I think he should be good to go . He's an RB two , as we know . Don't get too cute with Allen
Robinson getting far too many people asking if they should pick him up . Like , Let's just remember , this is the same dude you wanted to
drop like crazy for the first , like six weeks of the season , at least . I know , and I'm going to I'm going to Allen Robinson apologist . But just
be , let's be clear here . All right . And he's not even guaranteed to play . On the other side , Aaron Rodgers will play regardless of his love
. Davante Adams , A.J. Dillon and Aaron Jones are a little tricky over Jones right now at 11 , Dylan at 21 , and I've said it many times I really
wouldn't want to have to use both of those guys . I really wouldn't . I realize that some people have to , but I don't like using two running
backs from the same backfield in a lineup . A lot of volatility with that . A lot of volatility . Otherwise pretty straightforward there . Rams and
Arizona are right on the Rams side . Let's talk about Darrell Henderson . So here is what we know . Darrell Henderson is dealing with a thigh
injury . He was limited in practice . That is good news . If he is going to be limited throughout the entire week and comes back , we could
still see plenty of Sony Michel . I don't know what's going to happen here . Make sure you have a plan in place for both , of course , is the
Monday game . So not not that easy . Cooper Kupp dealing with a toe injury , but he should be fine . You still have Odell and Van Jefferson
as wide receiver three options and Matthew Stafford still very starter with Kyler Murray on the other side and a great spot . He's my number
two quarterback right now . I did move Allen ahead of him , but you know , splitting hairs there and you're not going to be decide between
the two of those unless you're playing in a dark guillotine league or something . Anyway , DeAndre Hopkins wide receiver Fifteen don't love
the matchup , but should see enough volume here . James Conner remains an RB to play for me . If Chase Edmonds is in fact back in this
game , I don't care . I'm still using Connor and I'm not going to use Chase Edmonds if I can get away with it . Christian Kirk , a wide receiver
. Three Zach Ertz A borderline tight end one . I have met tight end 13 for the week . All right , that wraps it up for today . I will catch you on
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at Jeff Radcliffe on Twitter and very sad news , by the way . Rest in peace , Demaryius Thomas . So sad . Thoughts , prayers , positive
vibes . Going out to anybody impacted by that too soon . Far too soon . Anyway , I will catch you on Monday , and we'll be heading into the
first week for fantasy football playoffs . Enjoy a weekend , baby . I'm Jeff Radcliffe and I'm out .