 Hey, everybody, what's going on? I am Greg Salsman. Happy New Year. We're back and we're previewing daily fantasy sports wild card weekend. What's happening, Jim Sannis? I'm all good, Greg. It is hard to be not good when it's a playoff time. We've got four pretty fun games for one reason or another on this slate. So I think it should be a pretty fun weekend for some football. How are you doing? I'm good, man. I am excited to talk to DFS. I'm also on this playoff pool. I desperately need help in and I'm hoping that today you can help me win money in DFS and win money in my playoff pool. That's the goal and I think that for playoff pools there are some teams this week that I wouldn't expect to go far if they do win. So that should help you out there as well. So definitely some guys who stand out in that perspective also. All right. So let's do let's start at the quarterback spot where you're going with your boy Kirk Cousins in a matchup against New Orleans. This is probably the last place most people would expect you to go. But why Cousins in the game? They're widely expected to lose the Vikings. I guess they'll be in comeback mode all game. It's partly that. But personally I don't care all that much about volume at quarterback. I want efficiency. And when you think of Kirk Cousins on the road in New Orleans where that bad offensive line will be exposed a bit, you may not want to go here. That's part of why I like Kirk Cousins who is actually the cheapest starting quarterback on the four game play tied with Tom Brady there as both guys are $7,600. But I think we've been kind of overlooking some injuries on the Saints defense because they haven't played anybody recently since that 49ers game. That's when those two big injuries occurred. Marcus Davenport and Sheldon Rankins. If you look at what the team has done this year without Sheldon Rankins, it's been pretty scary. According to the QAN edge, they have allowed 8.15 yards for pass attempt when Rankins is off the field this year compared to 6.11 when he is off the field. That is a massive two yard difference, meaning that when those Sheldon Rankins here this weekend, we should expect Kirk Cousins to be better than a normal quarterback would be against the Saints defense. It also helps that Cousins finally has everybody healthy in this offense. The last time they had all their three big guys. Stefan, Diggs, Adam Thielen, and Daven Cook play a full complement of snaps was week six. This is the first time they've all been healthy since all the way back in week six. And the Vikings have played pretty well outside of the past couple of weeks despite those injuries, which means that here in the spots on the road against New Orleans, it doesn't match up as being a spot you normally want to attack. But I kind of think that Kirk Cousins is a good way to save some salary. He is $7,600. I want to get to Daven Cook. I want to get to Alvin Camara, Michael Thomas. If I want to do that, I got to spend down a quarterback. And Kirk Cousins lets me get there while still having a good ceiling. The floor here is pretty bad. So if you're playing a cash game, I would not go here. I'd rather get to Sean Watson or someone like that. But I think for tournaments, Kirk Cousins should go overlooked and he does have some upside. And I think that he can take advantage of those injuries on the Saints defensive line. So it may not be the most conventional route, but it is one I like quite a bit for this weekend. If may not be conventional, well, you're right. You have to save money somewhere. And going down to Kirk Cousins in order to get a Michael Thomas in there, well, it makes a lot of sense in this game with the game flow going, hopefully, as we expect Kirk Cousins, a fine, sneaky undervalued option here this weekend on Wild Card Weekend. All right, let's move on. Jim into the running max and let's get Daven Singletary of the Buffalo Bills. He's been really good for a while now. Why do you consider him undervalued? He's not just undervalued, Greg. He may be my favorite play on this entire slate, once you consider salary, because the Bills were in a game that they desperately wanted to win back in week 16 against the Patriots. And when you look at games like that, it can kind of tell you what they're gonna do in the playoffs. And the Bills told us they're gonna make Daven Singletary a bell cow if they're in a must win game. Because in that game in week 16, Singletary played 96% of the snaps. That is a massive rate, probably the highest of any running back on this slate. And you're getting him for just $6,200 for the full four game slate. If we look at Singletary, since he got his role change, he's out at 16.4 carries and 3.6 targets per game. And yeah, J.J. Watt coming back does hurt Singletary's matchup. When you're getting as much volume as Singletary has gotten for this salary, I don't like care as much about the matchup. I want a guy who will be involved no matter what the game script may be and who will get goal line carries as a running back and gets in targets as well. And Singletary checks all those boxes. It is so hard to find a bell cow running back who is cheap in the playoffs, but Devin Singletary actually gives us that. So if you want to get to those expensive studs like Michael Thomas, Dalvin Cook and Alvin Camara, you need to find some value at running back for that third running back slot. And Devin Singletary brings you that without limiting your upside. You know, this Bill's team could struggle first playoff start for Josh Allen. There are a lot of factors working against him. But despite that, I still think it is a good spot here for Devin Singletary. And again, he may be my favorite running back or any player on this entire slate just because of the volume he brings you at such a low price tag. Really, really cheaply priced is Devin Singletary this week. And it allows you, as you said, to go up spend a lot for the other running backs on the slate. Devin Singletary has been great. He's very underpriced. And it is Jim's favorite value on the board yet Singletary in your lineup this weekend. Another running back that's worth talking about is Travis Homer. While everyone's talking about Marshall Lynch, you're pivoting at Travis Homer. Is this trying to be contrarian or you think you'll get more points at Homer this weekend? I just kind of like the way that Travis Homer was used in week 17 more than the way Marshall and Lynch was used because we talk a lot in this podcast about running backs, getting targets. And the reason we do that is because targets are twice as valuable as a carry in a half PPR scoring setting like Fandall. And in that game in week 17 where the Seahawks needed to win, they used Travis Homer quite a bit in the passing game. He had five targets there. He had eight targets week before that in that game against Arizona. Also had 10 carries in this game against the 49ers. So 10 carries, five targets while playing 67% of the snaps. We didn't see Robert Turbin a lot in that game. And Marshall did play but he only played 31% of the snaps while getting 12 carries and no targets. So straight up between the two, I think that Homer has a bit more juice because his usage is just in a better fashion than what we get with Marshall. Now Marshall is a more likely guy to score but I think that Homer, given the targets he has gotten is someone who could potentially pay off even without scoring, which is pretty attractive. Again, it's 67% snap rate last week. That is good. This Eagles defense is one that does stop the rush pretty well. There's no Dwayne Brown for the Seahawks. I don't think they're gonna be able to run the ball all that effectively which should lead to more usage for Travis Homer and potentially more passes which benefits him as well. I think that James White is in play at 62. Sonya Michelle is right there. Carlos Hyde, you could go to Marshall on as well but Homer isn't someone who should get a lot of attention. His usage is pretty good and I think there is a path to a really good gain here. So $6,100, a very fair price for Travis Homer in general. This Seahawks team is pretty cheap so we'll talk about them a couple more times here throughout this show today but Homer is someone I think we should make sure we're not overlooking in this lower price running back range. You're right. The Homer usage was really under reported story I think coming out of Sunday Night Football last week and how much he was out there and how many touches he got, how many yards he had, right? Homer was talking about Marshawn Lynch and talking about the Jacob Hollister play. Nobody's talking about what Travis Homer did with Rashad Penny out for a while. Homer's part of the future in Seattle and maybe part of your future this weekend. Let's move on to the wild cards, Jim, and wild card wide receivers that is. And we'll start with DK Metcalf. We'll stay in Seattle. We're Metcalf over the past couple of weeks. Well, he hasn't done all that much but he's found the end zone. Can he do it on Sunday? Based on his usage I definitely think that he can because he's been getting a lot of high leverage targets even since Tyler Locke got healthy again. You know, Pete Carroll said that Tyler Locke was healthy before week 15. So we'll take his word for that and set the mark here for DK Metcalf since for week 15 on and in those three games he had just one target in one of those games but his market shares have still been pretty good. He has 35% of the D targets in those three games. He has 26% of the red zone targets and given that frame that he has you would expect that red zone number to still stay pretty good. Not quite good as Tyler Locke's numbers in that time but overall pretty solid for DK Metcalf including 12 targets in that game against San Francisco which was a must win game. Now he gets to face an Eagle secondary which we know is not that good. Metcalf got open a couple of times the first time. These two teams met didn't quite haul it in but he could do so here. He has $6,200 and that's a really good number for someone who gets the high leverage looks both down the field and the red zone that DK Metcalf gets. He brings a lot of juice to the table. He's not gonna cost you a whole lot. Now he's in a range here with some other wide receivers I do like quite a bit. John Brown is awesome. He has $6,500. Adam Dillon is right there too. Cole Beasley is an option but despite that I still think that Metcalf is worth prioritizing in this range. Great matchup with the Eagles, high leverage usage and a player who can convert in that usage too kind of checks all the boxes. So DK Metcalf a way to spend down without limiting your upside. DK Metcalf has had a big rookie year. Let's see if he can finish it strong in the playoffs. A beat up, Philadelphia secondary, puts him in a prime spot. As Jim said, the touchdowns have been there. Let's see if they can continue here on Sunday in the late game, last game. Maybe it'll be the one that makes you the cash. All right, one more wide receiver to get to and that is Will Fuller. I know when our guys are putting together the graphics today they're like, oh man, Jim's going with Will Fuller. By the time this video comes out he may be ruled out and yet you're going back to Will Fuller. That's really, really dangerous because you can start, play one play and leave while you're comfortable going with Fuller. Yeah, I mean, if you're playing one lineup and you don't want to go with that risk Will Fuller is very much not your guy but the upside is still there. And I think that's intriguing because his salary at $5,600 I think helps account for a lot of the imperfections that you mentioned because $5,600 is the range we're getting to guys like Greg Ward, like Mohamed Sunoo, like Nikhil Harry and these guys who don't have a lot of yardage upside. Will Fuller, when he's healthy, does have that. And we've seen him in six games this year alongside Kenny Stills. In those six games, Fuller has 22% of the overall targets in those games and 32% of the deep targets. Those are both really good numbers for anyone on this slate but especially for a guy who is $5,600. Now Bill's defense is very good and they want you to run on them but every defense on this slate pretty much for the most part is going to be good. There is a reason these teams made the playoffs so we can't really worry as much about matchups as we would elsewhere. Will Fuller is playing at home. He is indoors. That is the type of situation where you want to use high A dot wide receivers which is exactly what Will Fuller is. So if we don't get word before Saturday that Will Fuller is good to go, I can understand being lower on him, being lower onto Sean Watson as well as a result. But if we get word like one of those Adam Schefter bombs that midnight on Friday night that Will Fuller is good to go and expected to play then I think you can light him up at $5,600 and feel pretty good about him. So I would base my sentiment around Will Fuller around the news that we get. If we get word Friday night that he is good to go, fire up Will Fuller as often as you want. If we don't get that, maybe you want to pivot to someone with a bit lower upside like Greg Ward or something like that but I do want to go to Will Fuller if we get the green light because the salary is just way too low for someone that's good. He is really good when he's on the field. That's been the problem in the entire career for Will Fuller. If this weekend is any different, well, you may win a whole lot of money. That's how you can do it, right? Like when Will Fuller's out there, we've seen him score four touchdowns and have over 200 yards. That is the upside with Will Fuller, especially with Junerius White on Deandre Hopkins. So Will Fuller, the opportunity is there. Is the health risk worth it? It's a question you have to ask yourself when building your lineups this weekend. One last player to get to is at the tight end position. I know a lot of you are going to look Dallas Goddard's away without Zach Erts there, but you're pivoting to Jacob Hollister. How come? Because tight end is bad, and I want to spend as little as possible at this position while still using a guy who will be on the field quite a bit. And Jacob Hollister will do exactly that at $5,700. If we look at those three games that we referenced before with DK Metcalf, since Tyler Lockett got healthier in those three games, even Lockett being more involved again, Hollister still has 19% of the targets in that time. That is really good for a tight end who is below $6,000. He also played 89% of the snaps in week 17. And again, you want to look at games where teams had a lot on the line because it shows you what they're going to do in these playoff matchups. And when the Seahawks needed to win, they leaned a lot on Jacob Hollister with that 89% snap rate. So I'd love to get to Dallas Goddard. I think that Josh Perkins is also in play, assuming that Zach Erts does not go. So you've got options at tight end. Jared Cook is also really good, John U. Smith. It's not a bad slate for tight end, but Jacob Hollister is very cheap at $57. He gives us some upside. He'll be on the field pretty much no matter what. And it's a good matchup too with this Eagles team. He was wide open in the end zone in the first match between these two teams of the Russell Wilson is kind of air-billed. If he hits him that time, Jacob Hollister just needs a touchdown to pay off and very well could get that here. So it's kind of risky to have this many Seahawks in the value plays. Given that Dwayne Brown is not going to play this weekend, that is certainly scary. But I think given the salaries on each guy, they are still worth it. I think that Hollister is the one who makes the most sense because he fills a terrible position in general and he does bring a good amount of juice. So Jacob Hollister, if I had to pick one Seahawk as a value play, he would be it. Jacob Hollister was this close to finding the end zone multiple times on Sunday night. He is the one guy there in Seattle. And I get it, you want to limit the value plays in Seattle because we don't expect their offense to put up 40 points or anything like that. Jacob Hollister is a startable tight end, a usable tight end and someone we kind of like. Hollister, a fine option at a small and weak position. That's going to do it for us here on The Fan. Do a hurry up, Jim. Good luck this weekend. I feel smarter already. I appreciate it, Greg. Good luck to you as well. Good luck with your playoff fantasy as well. And hopefully we can win some money and talk to you again next week. Absolutely, I cannot wait. So let's do it for Jim Saunders. I am Greg Sausman tomorrow. We'll be joined by Gabe Marenzi to give us the six favorite bets from Wild Car Weekend. Have a great night. We'll see you tomorrow.