Week 12 Ballers & Bums | Week 13 Gearing up for your Fantasy Playoffs
Buckle up, fantasy warriors! Bombo's back with the Week 12 Ballers & Bums breakdown that's as unpredictable as a squirrel in traffic. From quarterbacks creating fireworks to the ones who threw interceptions like confetti, this episode is your one-stop-shop for fantasy highs and lows.
Did Jalen Hurts and Josh Allen just redefine the QB position with a touchdown extravaganza, or did your star QB leave you questioning your life choices? Dak Prescott's proving he's not just a meme; he's a top-tier fantasy quarterback, but hold up – Trevor Lawrence is heating up like a hot pocket in the microwave. Can he survive the fantasy playoff microwave with a sizzling performance against Baltimore?
Running backs are flexing their muscles too, with Bijan Robinson bulldozing his way to RB stardom and Kyron Williams making defenders question their career choices. But not everyone's riding high – Joe Mixon's looking like he misplaced his mojo, and Josh Dobbs hit a fantasy wall harder than a bird on a clean window.
Wide receivers are doing the cha-cha between Baller and Bum status. Nico Collins and Tank Dell are the Texans' saving grace, while Jamar Chase might need a GPS to find his former glory. Cooper Kupp's ankle is giving us more drama than a reality TV reunion, and DK Metcalf is having a year so forgettable, even Google won't remember it.
And as if the fantasy gods weren't dramatic enough, injuries and unexpected plot twists are shaking up team dynamics. Juwan Johnson and Taysom Hill are in a tight race for your fantasy affections in New Orleans, while Elijah Moore gets a golden ticket with Joe Flacco taking the Browns' QB reins.
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Week 12 Baller & Bums | Week 13 & Beyond
[:[00:00:25] This was week 12. We're going to get right into our ballers. We'll start at the quarterback position. I'm just going to rapid fire some of these off on you because it was a great week for fantasy. So let's get right into it.
[:[00:00:51] Dak, again, 331 yards and four touchdowns means, like we were saying on the show all year, he is a top five quarterback going forward. Never leaves your lineup.
[:[00:01:17] Jordan Love, 300 yards, three touchdowns, which included 39 yards rushing. If the Packers are trying to go for a playoff push, Love can be started in a pinch. He has sneaky good matchups in the playoffs with Tampa Bay and Carolina on the schedule. He's definitely not a must start, but good to roster.
[:[00:01:51] Ramondre Stevenson, Jonathan Taylor and Josh Jacobs all broke 100 yards with a touchdown on the day. Stevenson is close to a much start. Taylor. Um, rumor has it that he's probably going to miss the next two, if not three games, uh, he might be shut down for the rest of the year. Who knows? Zach Moss is back in play, uh, as an every week starter,
[:[00:02:37] At the wide receiver position, Nico Collins goes off for 7 catches, 104 yards and a touchdown, as well as Tank Dell going off for 5 catches and 50 yards, adding a touchdown. Depending on what your depth looks like, these guys are must starts. Texans wide receivers, must starts. Don't think about it. The Texans offense is official like a referee whistle. They're here to stay.
[:[00:03:19] Mike Evans just keeps on catching touchdowns, six catches for 70 yards and two touchdowns in week 12. He's a locked in flex slash wide receiver too, as long as Baker is upright.
[:[00:03:59] Now are week 12 bums. Starting off with the quarterback. Tua had 243 yards, one touchdown, two picks. Good players sometimes have bad games. You just have to chalk that up. Tua still stays in your lineup going forward.
[:[00:04:29] Brock Purdy had 209 yards, a touchdown and an interception on Thanksgiving Day. This was more of a game script. Purdy is a top 10 quarterback, and if he is somehow your backup quarterback, you have one hell of a tradable asset if your trade deadline has not already passed. Make a move, get a haul for Brock Purdy.
[:[00:05:03] Running back position, Joe Mixon, 60 yards and two catches. not good. Bangles don't look good. He's going to be hard to trust as your every week RB2. Uh, you may need someone on your bench to bail you out depending on the quality of your running backs.
[:[00:05:55] The next guys, if you haven't already permanently benched them, go ahead and permanently bench Damion Pierce, Miles Sanders, A. J. Dillon, and Khalil Herbert. I'm not saying cut them, they're definitely break glass in case of an emergency, which means a better running back getting hurt in your lineup, but those guys should not be starters.
[:[00:06:47] and additional bum wide receivers from Week 12. Adam Thielen had one catch for two yards. The story was good while it lasted. There's just too much tape on the Panthers now. Thielen will get smothered by the defense. They're gonna make Bryce Young beat him in other ways. That doesn't look like that's gonna happen. You cannot trust him in the fantasy playoffs.
[:[00:07:19] And again on this list, Jamar Chase, he has four catches for 81 yards in week 12. Uh, those were on the accident. A couple of those big gains were just off of tip drills. I don't feel good about Chase going forward. We don't know if he's QB proof. If he is QB proof, he still holds wide receiver one value.
[:[00:07:58] Both tight ends could possibly win you your week and staying in New Orleans. That also makes Alvin Kamara a. Bonafide RB1 getting the dump offs, especially with Derek Carr throwing the ball
[:[00:08:30] Los Angeles Chargers could be calling it a season There's already rumblings of the coach getting let go expect a huge dose of Eckler and Allen when all else fails Just give it to your playmakers outside of Allen and Herbert. There is no other chargers that need to be rostered.
[:[00:09:04] And for the Cleveland Browns, Amari Cooper's hurt. Uh, DTR is hurt. And it looks like Joe Flacco is taking over as the starter for the Browns. That means Elijah Moore gets a huge boost and is now in starting flex. But keep an eye on those injury reports, uh, to see exactly what is going on with Amari Cooper. But for sure, DTR is out, FLACO is in. Give a boost to all Cleveland pass catchers, Elijah Moore and David Njoku.
[:[00:09:50] On behalf of producer extraordinaire Sweet T and the football encyclopedia, RW King. I'm your boy Bombo. See you next time. We out.
