 What's going on fan dual fam welcome and to the final regular season show here on the fan dual YouTube channel Thank you guys for tuning in. I'm Ryan Williams You can find me on Twitter at Ryan Alexander underscore W and we're here to talk about week 18 the the best week of the season because of all of the question marks that we have all of the Incentives that we have we got playoff implications coming through and hopefully all of your fantasy championships are over If you guys are playing fantasy championships in week 18, you can feel free to reach out to me DM me and I will reach out to your commissioner because that's an absolute travesty But I digress we're gonna get into week 18 here. Let's you guys come in I appreciate everybody who's been rocking along with the fan dual channel all season long You guys can subscribe to the channel. Make sure you're interacting with the videos We appreciate all the thumbs up even some thumbs down I've seen and we appreciate that so we know what we can do better Also hit that notification bell so you see every time that we go live We do it all season long throughout the NFL season We got NBA coming at you guys with Tom Vecchio a lot of fun stuff that we're doing here at the fan dual channel And that's only gonna continue as we get into the NFL playoffs But before we do that we got to talk about This week 18 slayed and this is gonna be a fun one as I said There's we've seen probably you've seen all week about you know What teams are playing for what and you probably think you know, okay? We got you know some situations here where like San Francisco is playing the Rams and you know That San Francisco is basically playing for their playoff lives and the Rams could potentially move seating depending on if they win Tampa Bay You know, they could maybe lock up the two seed there if something happens in that Rams 49ers game lot of things that to kind of discuss Baltimore and Pittsburgh are pretty much playing Long shot, but they could be going in to the playoffs here depending on how games go around them Indy as well at Tennessee as well. Excuse me. They're trying to lock up the one seed now with Kansas City having one yesterday So a lot of fun stuff to to kind of you know, go through comb through I'm here to do that with you guys if you want to talk player props on the fan dual sports book If you want to talk about DFS line-ups, we can get into that I'm gonna pull up my DFS lineup here as we kind of go through the day and I think the favorite spot for me Right now is is looking at Tom Brady Tom Brady is And let me hold on one second Let me get the right screen up here with you guys. So, you know, what exactly I'm talking about but want to talk about Tom Brady and We'll get it here. Here we go share that and so Tom Brady he comes in today and we just saw last night with with Dak Prescott who He, you know, we thought a lot about the starters resting in that Dallas game and and looking in hindsight You know, that's kind of the tough thing that people have to decipher if you're in week 18 is you think Guys may be sitting or may not be pulled or whatever But some of these things, you know Kind of mean a lot more to the teams than others Jerry Jones had been on all last week saying that they were gonna play to win Didn't matter they were gonna get ready go into the playoffs like hot warm Dak Prescott's playing Zeke's playing all the guys are playing and and not a lot of people wanted to play that Last night and we also looked at Dak Prescott who if he if he threw for five touchdowns He was gonna break Tony Romo's single season record for touchdowns for the Dallas Cowboys He actually ended up doing that and you know in in pretty powerful fashion Gets that there and so Tom Brady he has a couple things where he could go I think he needs just under 500 yards to be the single Season leading passer In NFL history like you don't think that means anything that Tom Brady after Antonio Brown's just running his name through the mud last week I think that means a lot. They could actually, you know They're gonna be in the same spot or playing in the same prime time or afternoon slate as the San Francisco Ram Ram's game So maybe they're a little bit scoreboard watching seeing how that's done But Tom Brady can come out here and really explode And we want certainty, you know at the quarterback position when we're talking about these guys I mean, we're looking at quarterbacks here and Josh Allen, you know, he's 8,800 Kyler Murray 8,400 I kind of talked about him in my Fan dual hurry up this week. If you guys check that out with my DFS studs Kyler Murray was one of the three players that I talked about Arizona's playing in a meaningful game there. Seattle doesn't have anything to play for but they didn't have anything to play for Really last week and they put up a 50 burger highest scoring team on the Sunday slate And then we're looking at Russ. This could potentially be his last game in Seattle Who knows but that game could be really interesting from a DFS standpoint Aaron Rogers don't know how much he'll play. He said he wants to play in VP's on the line He's 8,200 but he could easily rest We've already seen Aaron Jones ruled out and you can see AJ Dylan already in my lineup there They haven't elevated any running backs. So I believe it's it's Patrick Taylor or I'm gonna watch his name But there is a backup behind AJ Dylan, but AJ Dylan is gonna be the lead guy here So we should at least get a half out of him if not more We know Joe Burrow is not playing Lamar Jackson is not playing so then we get down to like take some help Russell Wilson Matthew Safford if you can feel like you can trust him I mean we want us we want assurances in our DFS line-ups for week 18 That leads me to Tom Brady and then who else to stack Tom Brady with but we got to go with the boy Rob Gronkowski Rob Gronkowski comes in at 7400 He just is coming off of a game last week against the Jets where he saw 10 targets seven catches for 115 yards now the interesting thing about Rob Gronkowski is that he has some Incentives that go along with this Gronk need seven catches to earn $500,000 he also needs 85 receiving yards for another $500,000 so a lot of money on the line for Rob Gronkowski there To have a good game today, and that is why we absolutely love pairing him with Tom Brady. It absolutely makes sense No Antonio Brown Mike Evans now he Mike Evans needs about 50 some so yards to hit a thousand yards Which would open him up I believe at nine consecutive seasons with a thousand yards. He already had the record For that but he could be in a situation like Devonta Smith last night Devonta Smith He needed a certain number of yards to pass at the Sean Jackson For the rookie receiving record for Philly as soon as he hit that he was pulled out of the game This could be the same thing for Mike Evans where they look to you don't take him out Maybe they want to get brashad Perryman some more looks Cyril Grayson who has been a DFS that actually he's not in my lineup here But I did put Kishan Vaughn here with the Tampa Bay D Depending on what happens In this earlier slate as my you know, you see my lineup here. I got a couple of guys in the early state I could pivot To Cyril Grayson there instead of Kishan Vaughn and then up Tampa Bay D to the Buffalo Bills D Which the weather in Buffalo is actually looking pretty dicey. So Buffalo D has me Has me a lot intrigued to play them against the Jets Especially when they're looking at what is it 16-point favorites 16-point home favorites So that could be a good way to get exposure to Buffalo if you're not playing any one of their lineups Shout out to jill pook who's coming in On the fan duel channel here on youtube asking about Montgomery Mitchell penny and foreman I believe donsa foreman picked to I'm gonna go with donsa foreman. You can see he's in my fan duel lineup right there Comes in at $6,900 price tag. It is on the road But this is a revenge narrative for donsa foreman played for houston for some time gets to return back there No Derek Henry back this week Tennessee in a game where they need to win to To lock up the number one seed there. I think that donsa foreman gets a lot of run Absolutely loved him now between montgomery mitchell and penny. I think really you're looking at mitchell and penny there Montgomery is just he's he's tough to He's tough to get behind when we look at let's pull him up here Just on the fan duel channel. He he comes in at $7,600 I don't have really any Montgomery exposure really looking at the past catcher mooney specifically in that game He has seen the attempts there, you know, you're lucky in that 22 21 I mean look at the targets nine six seven on three of his last four And you know putting up some relatively numbers, but if he doesn't find paid or look at this three touchdowns in the past two games um You could be left a little bit disappointed because he's not reaching that 100 yard mark hasn't done so Since the Detroit game in october. So for me, I like mitchell who's going to be you know San francisco has their fate, you know, they control their own destiny here in the playoffs I think they're gonna, you know really try to get him the rock Nobody wants to trust elie mitchell and he's been doing it all year and then rush out penny You know, I like the past catchers more in that game against arizona But I think he has some merit so for me down to foreman and then elie mitchell would be my too But penny would probably be a close second to mitchell I would probably avoid Montgomery in this match up here Let's bring in eric here on the youtube channel as well eric asking What do you think about the browns defense today compared to buffalo and Tampa Bay eric? I absolutely love the browns defense today. Um, you know, they were one that I was kind of looking at when When joe burrow got ruled out they're 4500 now They're kind of in an awkward spot right when you think about it because they're the same price tag as buffalo and they're only They're only 300 more than Than tampa. So I would really like to play the cleveland browns defense with the earnest johnson I didn't get to the get to that on this lineup, but I do have another lineup That's reeling when we look at dearness johnson Who comes in at 6200 here? I think he's going to be forgotten about and and we see you know Seeing kind of some middling action here, but we have no kareem hunt We have basically, you know a lot of starters on since and at east side Who aren't going to be playing or not going to be playing the full game I see no reason why they would run chubb A full allotment in this game. It just doesn't make that much sense to me But I think that we can still see a little bit of of reprieve with dearness johnson coming in So I like stacking the two of them there. I mean just you're getting in the back of quarterback for since and addy Some adjp runs very popular, but I don't really like his outcome Especially with all the other spots that we're getting opened up. So really like the browns defense today I think you could really you know get some action there with them Forcing some turnovers getting some sacks and absolutely love where they're coming in at because not a lot of people will be on them So love that question eric Wanted to touch on some other things On the lineup here as well. So I got down to form and didn't have a didn't have a run back there I do have some interest in brandon cooks and and Nico collins and actually let's let's talk about the quarterback position again because you know, we're talking about Certainty and it may be feeling uncomfortable in some of these lineups and I want to scroll down here He's all the way down, but let's talk about davis mills here davis mills has you know, look at look at his box scores He's not putting up, you know world beating numbers here, but at least we know he's going to be the guy I mean, he's probably going to be the future depending on what happens in houston and who they retain They drafted this guy to come in and kind of be that guy potentially After, you know, the the shan watson fiasco and what's going on with terra taylor who's getting older So davis mills he's been kind of in the mix and we know he has a huge rapport with brandon cooks And if tennessee is putting up points in this game, I do like down to form and I do like a j brown to a certain extent Even considering ryan tanahill, but on the other side, you know, let's talk about davis mills who nobody would want to play He opens up a lot of salary where you could you know Possibly get in a guy like, uh, jonathan taylor who's priced up at at ten two but feel confident about that You compare him with two pass catchers that I think you know in brandon cooks and nico collins who would really you know Really you could feel good about the target share going to those two guys So, um, definitely like that if you're looking to build around some things in that game I think people will just put in down to form and like I did and not consider a run back or not consider The other options on how he gets there, but an aggressive team on houston side Um, they you know, they they've been playing to win games. Uh, the past couple of weeks one seed One seed be damned. So, uh, they're they're interesting as well Wanted to talk about As well kind of the mini stack that I had with a j dillon and then running it back with amand saint brown But let's bring in ryan here who's coming in on youtube asking about antonio gibson or michael carter um Listen ryan. These are two guys that I looked at too. Let's let's pull them up here as we get into the running back position uh, antonio gibson who You know, he comes in at 6800 against the giants. Um, he's just been so injury riddled I just don't know I don't understand or I don't see a path to how they could be playing him the full allotment of snaps in this game Chance for re-injury there. Um, we've seen him, you know, really not even Barely reaching 20 touches, you know in games And that makes it hard for me. Whereas michael carter michael carter is going to be the main back for For the jets here today I think they I think they had some inactives come out and I want to pull that up as well But he doesn't have an injury designation coming in today and we've seen him Kind of explode in games whether that's in the passing game there You got to go all the way back to see some target shares That are really immense there for him, but they're gonna, you know, the weather is bad there They're going to run the ball I think and and maybe keep the ball to zacks wilson's hands for as long as they can him coming in at a $5800 price tag really opens up your your lineups a lot If you like the buffalo stacks or even if you want to play just him as a solo one off I think that can make some merit to play especially if we have inactive surrounding him Uh, I haven't seen let's see if they have it updated here as we get into the afternoon slate for them, but Ty johnson tevin colman. I'm not sure what these guys' status are but he he is gonna Are they activated tevin colman from from covet I see there so yeah interesting merit But I would I would lay michael carter for sure over antonio gibson They have jared patterson and and washington and and I believe jonathan Williams as well To kind of spell him so I don't see a reason why to run antonio gibson that aren't in week 18 But it it's possible that it could happen. Washington is six Six point road favorites going against the new york giants, which you do love Wanted to get back to this lineup here playing a month amon raw same brown 7500 this dude has been an absolute stud I'm hoping that people don't you know pay him or pay up for him because he's 7500 and when we're looking at The wide receiver state of the slate. Let's go here. Let's go back to all the games pull up wide receivers And where he's coming in at okay, so we don't know about jamar chase I don't think you know, we're gonna be going to play him with the backup Mike evans. I've already talked about him potentially resting So okay, he falls into stefan digs range if people are playing josh allen, you know No, they're gonna play stuff on digs. The fun digs actually has some incentives going along to that I can touch on dianthe johnson. I know this pulse this pittsburgh baltimore game catching a ton of steam Now with tyler huntley the mark angers Has a chance to be you know the the leading titan receiver in a single season AJ brown, I think we'll get some merit seattle receivers will definitely get get some steam and so will brandon cooks I think amar on safe brown kind of gets forgotten about and jerry active jerry golf was ruled active today Which we were not expecting to happen So you get that late news there and he's absolutely been a favorite target of jerry golf's look at this target share over the past couple of games 12 12 11 11 11 with you know No less than eight catches in any one of those games only hitting the 100 yard mark one time But touchdowns in four or five games putting up monster numbers there and we could get green bay Maybe not backups so to speak but green bay, you know with them Potentially not playing erin rogers for the full allotment of snaps. I mean this could just be you know Green bay could just go out there and if it's you know kind of a tough battle or if they get up to a big lead He could just you know go out that be out there and and kind of make a name for himself This rookie receiver has been absolutely stellar And I love building lineups around him because I think he'll go under the radar Shout out to game. I philosopher coming in on youtube channel. We appreciate you man. What's going on? What's a fan duel? What's up to you game? I hopefully you have a fun Day as well. Hopefully we can make you some money here on the fan duel slate guys. We've got about 15 or maybe 10 12 minutes or so left here. Make sure you're getting your questions I'll answer some dfs lines for you guys. We're gonna have jessica grid iron Grid iron and wine is where you can find her on twitter. She's gonna be joining here at the half hour mark To talk about some best bets for week 18. So that that's always fun to pick her brain get her leans on where she's Coming in that on some of these games here with all what we got a full sunday left the games I got some fun ones to talk about with her I want to see what she's feeling about temp of a and And that line I want to see how she's feeling about san francisco and the rams with san francisco Really having the rams number with shanna hen versus shaw mcbay there And then we got the chargers and raiders game that will definitely be talked about there with the winner getting in Um, I know there's been some interesting Uh narratives talked about with the chargers and the raiders there if they you know If if something were to go awry and they were to tie both teams could make it I think it's if the colts lose to jacksonville, uh, which is very very intriguing very interesting I know roger cadell probably hates that. Um, so that's that's fun to talk about Guys, let's get back to the dfs lineup here and please if you have any questions Feel free to ask. I'll talk about some of these other studs here, too But finally just closing out the lineup here Oh with michael pitman and dj more michael pitman is a guy that I kind of got on later on in the week And it was just on the sense that okay, so indy Indy has one of the highest implied totals on the slate. Uh, I believe coming in at 27 or so points They project them to be scored. Let's let me make sure I know 29 29 points projected for the indianapolis colts They come in at tops of the slate there with buffalo just right behind them So, okay, so we expect points to be scored if we're not having jonathan taylor in our lineup Like somebody has got to be in that lineup and let's just play michael pitman there the numbers haven't been there Um as of late, but he you know going up against this match up With the jacksonville jaguars on the road, you know It's secondary does not throw out anybody who we should be afraid of if karsten wintz can lean on michael pitman Here in the touchdowns go a different way than jonathan taylor I think this you know has real merit uh to be an excellent tournament play With michael pitman being in there as a one-off Um not running back any jacksonville guys if you don't want to have to guess on that and instead Let's run back dj more dj more coming in at 6100 dollars This is this is one of my favorite plays of the week, you know the the stats won't look there But okay tampa bay pass funnel defense I love the tom brady stack. So they got to do something on the other side I think we're still getting sam donald at quarterback here Today and he's been you know kind of targeting dj more and we don't have robbie anderson as well in this game I believe robbie anderson Let me pull up this game here that's coming in robbie anderson he he looks questionable now Game time decision, but I think he is going to get ruled out. Um, we know that they placed terrace marshal On uh on the ir so then we're looking at the likes of uh, I think it's brandon zilstra Yeah, brandon zilstra who's 4800 300 dollars over the minimum Uh, he saw, you know, just three offensive snaps last week, but he could be in line for for more work Um, and then there was another guy I saw being talked about as well too but basically You know backups to the backups who are going to be playing with dj more there dj more only coming in at 6100 dollars absolutely love him in this matchup As well and definitely, you know going to be real bullish on him if i'm able to make the swap here To grace and over vaughn, um, then the Tampa Bay Buccaneers talk about quiche on vaughn quiche on vaughn coming in at 5900, you know, we saw him kind of get a little bit of work last week But we know that there's no ronald jones. He was in a walking boot. He's not going to be playing today Leonard for net is not going to be playing as well on ir so we're looking at quiche on vaughn and levion bell now If you don't have a lean on that, um, I can I can agree with you because levion bell came in and he actually You know saw some of the red zone work there, um last week So they could be really looking to get him going, um, especially with how they're going to be, uh How they're going to be depleted in that backfield Going into the playoffs and we know that ronald jones has kind of upset tom brady in the past not You know doing good in past protection not catching balls out of the backfield. That's what led to playoff lenny last year So maybe they want to get levion bell the rock and go in a little bit. He's only 5200 He does make for an interesting play and leverages. I think more popular will be quiche on vaughn I'm still kind of playing around with that But quiche on vaughn was a guy that they drafted bruce arians Coach speak if you want to believe it or not He said that that was going to be their lead guy and they were going to give him all the carries that that he could handle So, you know, that's kind of what led me to to quiche on vaughn there Bring back eric here on the on the youtube channel eric asking about Justin jefferson breaking randy mas's record now. I want to pull that up. I think it's What was it? 124 ish yards. I think um is what justin jefferson needs in order to break Break randy mas's record and I do think that there is merit to that I know that he's been a very popular play in the fantasy community. Let's go to this game here He's 8500 that price tag, you know, it doesn't There's you know, I would try and find the 1500 or whatever it is to get up to cup But you know, there is some merit here to to play justin jefferson with this secondary Not really able to stop a lot of guys Uh for chicago and we saw in the earlier match up there. He did see, you know, 10 targets But it was kind of a rough game, but curt cousins, you know being active for this game I think, you know, they definitely are trying to play for something or whatever that is. Maybe mike zimmer's job I'm not sure, but um, you know, this this minnesota chicago game is definitely interesting and has been picking up some steam Justin jefferson, I believe averages over 100 yards against the chicago bears team He's averaging over 100 yards in home games. Minnesota is at home this week They are favored by three and a half. I think it opened up for three and a half now So love justin jefferson. I would pair him with curt cousins Who's 7200 just because like if he's half I mean, I guess you could just make the bet on him breaking that record But if you're talking about from dfs lineups, you know, let's play curt cousins here Who had a rough go in chicago? Not too long ago, but whether kind of played a factor into that now getting to play, you know In the dome there at home against this team who they've already Bears beats are already talking about magnaggy has been told he's going to be fired after this game So, you know curt cousins pairing him with justin jefferson if justin jefferson's having that boom game to really pay off that 8500 price tag I think cousins could go along with with little to no ownership and then the run back there has to be darnell mooney I mean allen robinson. This is last game, but he's not really playing for anything He's going to probably hit the free agency market and see what he can get there Maybe dalton tries to get him a couple of looks but the looks have really been going to darnell mooney Who's been an absolute target hog with andy dalton in the lineup there Hasn't hit that 100 yard mark in quite some time But you know did see seven targets against minnesota the last time around Minnesota secondary cannot hang with darnell mooney. So love love getting to darnell mooney Even darnell mooney and justin jefferson mini stack But if you want to full stack that game, maybe you want to play dalvin cook Over an aj dillon or over, you know Pay down for him Instead of going to a jonathan taylor. I think makes a ton of sense there So love getting Exposure to that chicago minnesota game. Let's bring in irish here on youtube ppr You're asking about marvin jones kj osborne gave davis or a rob. Why just pretty much talked about why i don't like ellen robinson So he's probably going to be fourth for me there Gabe davis is is interesting It's just the weather there in buffalo um and beasley This kind of feels like a beasley game for me Just the way that the jets secondary kind of play you can attack them through the slot So I see beasley over gave davis having a bigger ink So really comes down to marvin jones at kj osborne now marvin jones He has some incentives going along I think he needs like four four catches to to hit an incentive for him 250 000 or something like that He's very interesting But you know, he's been so hard to trust this year. Let's talk about kj osborne kj osborne And we were just talking about justin jefferson and in the same game playing with kurt cousins playing against the chicago bears team at home He's been Absolute stud. I mean he he was even you know reeling in points last week with manion when everything looked dead You know, he was able to make some things happen So kj osborne has been filling in nicely for adam thieland as adam thieland went on the ir Love kj osborne this week in in ppr formats. I'll actually if you're talking about game stack there I would love getting maybe cousins instead of cook going kj and justin jefferson with the mooney bring back That should be an interesting one Talk about irish. I see you got another question here coming in um Crazy question, but with the cold weather versus a dome kyler or josh allen Oh, man. So this is one that I kind of had a tough one with as I was talking about my dfs studs I mean the weather whether be damned josh allen this dude is he's a stud I mean whether he's doing it on the ground whether he's doing it, you know throwing the ball Um, I think you know, he definitely has some merit kyler. He was my dfs stud. He is playing at home He's let me down. I love the the rushing upside that he's been seeing the past couple of weeks I had it written down here. He's had 20 percent design rush rush tips In the past two weeks per pro football focus I touched on that when when I was talking about that and we know that they are kind of playing for Playing for something there Against seattle at home. He's kind of struggled but still like getting to kyler murray Instead of josh allen, especially if you're talking about from a dfs perspective. I think single terry. We didn't talk about him But devin single terry Let's bring up his price very favorable. I thought yes 6700 at home against the jet 17 point favorites zack moss is pretty much an afterthought you love that he's getting, you know, 20 touches 18 touches 23 touches in the past couple of games and look at this You know touchdown upside that he offers there four touchdowns in the past four if this weather is not looking Great and buffalo that I think a lot of merit to get to devin single terry today. So I absolutely love him and probably Uh would make me lean kyler more because of the touchdowns, you know rushing touchdowns helped out josh allen last week If those go to devin single terry. We're talking about a different state. So I would lean kyler there. Okay guys about another Minute or so left and jessica will come in here. I appreciate you guys rocking along here with the week 18 We're getting our final final taste of regular season football here for the 2021 2022 season It's been a fun one definitely guys make sure you are checking out the fan duel Sportsbook four player props there a lot of props to be had and we'll kind of touch on these as well When uh when jessica comes in but you know boost props Rams patriots and chargers to all win is three to one plus 300 is what you're getting on that That's an interesting one and then jonathan taylor to have 100 yards and the colts to win is plus 100 So that's a fun one as well and also a lot of fun parlay is that you can do with uh With the players scoring touchdowns as well to kind of you know up the odds boots if you have some Leans on particular players just put uh bet on them to score an anytime touchdown and parlay that and that'll be fun Guys again, this is my the the dfs lineup that i'm rolling out here using all this salary got some pivots in the afternoon games that I can make potentially with quiche on van and that buccaneers d but uh Loving how the lineup is kind of shaping up right now with tom brady a j dylan down to formant dj more michael pitman Amon Ross and brown rob gunkowski quiche on van tample baby love that Um, it's going to be a fun one guys week 18 is weird. So feel free to get weird with your lineups ireless I'm going to bring you in one last time before we bring in jessica to talk about best bets on the fandall sports book And you got the last question a j dylan or jacoby mires ppr Well this one i know you want to probably lean wide receiver because it's ppr I'm the one that usually talks about that but jacoby mires is actually banged up. He's questionable We're not going to know that news beforehand. We do know that erin jones has been ruled out So I do think a j dylan for all intents and purposes, especially You know, we we think that erin rogers is not going to play the full snacks But if he wants to go out there and play if he wants to put the mvp pretty much trophy out of contention with tom brady We could see him out there a j dylan out there with erin rogers and that's always fun to think about there So I would love getting a j dylan over jacoby mires 100% Good luck to you areless and good luck to everybody with your dfs lineups and with your bets today and with that I'm gonna bring in jessica here with me jessica grid iron. You can find her on twitter at grid iron and wine and jessica Thank you so much for making the time. This is week 18 that we're talking about This is one that we don't usually feel confident in when we're talking about our bets There's a lot of weird things that can happen weird things that happened last night if you want, you know Kind of want to talk about the way the cowboys played the game We're really nothing to play for but they're trying to go out there and and get DAC records and things of that nature I'm gonna share my screen for the people So that they can kind of see what we're talking about but jessica How are you doing today and how are you feeling about? The state of the betting site here for week 18 last regular season I'm doing good. Thank you. And uh, yeah, it's definitely it's it's been rocky I swear just the beginning of these lines have jumped around so much And it's to be expected, you know what I mean? Who's gonna how much are these players the number one player is gonna actually play playing? How much are they not? You know, uh, just we saw yesterday. It was great watching that chiefs game But then the Dallas Cowboys, I don't know. It was like deck. You're still in um, they were just dominating I just was I mean it was it's fun to watch but at the same time you're like, all right. We already, you know, the It's just one of those things where It's it's gonna be interesting how these games are a lot of them Especially with some of these lines being so high. I just don't you know, I those were the ones I was kind of staying away from But we shall see there's a couple couple games though that I really liked Yeah, so let I wanted definitely pick your brain talk about that But we got it, you know, we got to get the shout outs here Miguel Lito coming in on youtube already talking about the legendary backdrop. Jessica has right there I mean, you got the you got LeBron James, you know, probably probably the baby goat to some people not the goat Here in chicago, but you know, I understand that love that jersey Got erin rogers there. I believe the sign erin rogers jersey As well too. So a couple mvps there. You got the dolphins rocking in the back there and I believe I'm not sure is that to tease there. Who's the baseball player? It is. Yes. Yeah, the sun's hitting on it. But yeah, that's to tease and then Unfortunately, and then I got my two in the middle. So we'll see how things roll but Oh, man Yeah, you know, because I am the dolphins fans there and uh, yeah, I'm excited for this erin rogers jersey Especially if he goes all the way mvp, you know, they go all the way. I'll see how much this is worth at the end Right exactly back to back mvps. I don't believe that's happened since Peyton Manning In 08 or 09 or something like that. I think Manning was the last one to do it So that's that's a great jersey to have definitely there. You got to keep that one safe Jessica I usually kind of, you know, go through the slate and kind of ask, you know, kind of what you're thinking But why don't you tell me just with the craziness of everything that's going on? What are what are bets for you that you're that you're looking at? In the in the noon game slates Yeah, so the Games that I like this like I said going into these matchups has been a little hard but games that I do like are I like the arizona cardinals And I like the bear. Well, sorry. I was originally really like the bears, but now that andy dalton's starting So I love your I love your opinion on that. I was almost going to message you and be like, does he really have it? Yeah, do I really lay money on andy dalton right now? Oh my goodness. I know I know That's not great. Yeah, I love the saints in this matchup. Give me the raiders monday night Let's see. I'm all over the Steelers too and Other than that, I have a lot of leans. Let's see. Um, I also I like the rams too at minus three And I am I'm still considering the bear. So tell me tell me if we're on the same side here Or if you should talk me off this choice Yeah, well, so I mean so the bears vikings game is interesting because it's already pretty much been reported that matt naggy's gone after this game um, so, you know The defense is kind of reeling with injuries The one thing about andy dalton is is that, you know, Listen i'm a fields guy fields truth or love that we have him love that we dropped him I think he's gonna be a stellar quarterback for us for years to come but for this season, you know, andy dalton's been really He's been I don't want to say great, but he's been good at you know Kind of keeping us in in games keep keeping things alive and taking advantage of the matchups as they present themselves And this minnesota secondary has not been great all season long. Um, so you do like that They are healthy to a certain extent. I mean mooney's coming back in the mix Co-com at still out there for him. Maybe, you know, alan robinson's been catching the tennis team I don't know how people can believe in him at this point Because he pretty much seems like he's done in chicago But for whatever, you know, maybe this is a show out game for him to kind of you know As he gets in the free agency He can still show that he actually does have it in that the season's kind of just been abysmal for the bears So that's kind of why he wasn't doing anything But I do think this game is very interesting I loved it when it was I think it opened at bears Four four and a half and I loved getting that number It's three and a half now that makes it a little bit weird But you're still getting the hook there with the bears and mike zimmer on the other side like he could This is one of those games where like if the bears win this game mike zimmer is fired tomorrow Like I I just kind of believe that in my blood just them being in the division at chicago and Knowing how people up there in minnesota are kind of tired of the same old same old with him I think even if they were to win this game, I think it's still in question But this is a this is a fun one to get action on especially for me as a bears fan Where we could you know get two coaches out of the division and and it'd be fun Yeah, all right. So pretty much all on the same page of the same thing. I was singing especially with the coach the coaching situation The only thing that honestly had me just not to fully pull that trigger was the just Justin field situation But hey, you're the bears expert. So if you're liking it, I'll I like it too Yeah, you know, the home the homerism might be kicking in a little bit there So that so that's uh, you know that take that with a grain of salt I think Justin Jefferson has a great game today. So maybe it's maybe the the vikings put this game out of reach for For the bears, you know the bear indy delton needs a game That's in a neutral game script or at least within a touchdown to really feel good about it If if the bears are down by double digits or more It's going to be tough for them to crawl out of that hole because they're going to want to run the ball They're going to want to you know get get short stuff and just take the points as they come So they're not an aggressive team if they get in a hole So that's going to be the worrisome thing. You want them to get out to a lead first and then feel really good about having those Those points there. Um, I wanted to ask you we're definitely going to talk about some of these afternoon games because I don't know if we're on the same page or not, but in the noon game you were talking about Pittsburgh who's laying three points or Baltimore's, you know laying three points Three point favorites against Pittsburgh at home There is some playoff implications here a lot would need to go Right in both of these teams favor, but you know, they need to win to keep playoff hopes alive So I know a lot of of people have been talking about this game from a dfs standpoint talking about mark andrew's mark Andrews could go out there and set the tight end single season receiving record Deontay Johnson on the other side looks like he's in a good match up Going against this baltimore secondary that's given up a ton of points To opposing wide receivers opposing quarterbacks, you know, it's interesting people want to talk about big ben But big ben's numbers this is could be his last game as a stealer So I guess that carries some weight, but his numbers on the road have not been great and actually, you know against baltimore I could really see this defense and team getting up So taking the points for pittsburgh does not have me as excited as it might have you But what what are you seeing just because that could lean people to get some money here on pittsburgh side? Yeah, I mean just a lot of things you're saying Biggest thing is ben's last game, you know, uh, and the fact that uh, tyler huntley is going to be starting So this stealer's defense has is is hungry and they are playing extremely well And I feel like they're gonna come out and be ready to give it their all And then you especially look at last week They the stealers held nick chubb to 58 yards and he really broke away for a 32 yard Run which was more than half than the total yards that he had in his game last week So they did a really good job containing chubb where this is you look at the raven's offense And they're definitely a run heavy offense. So this goes to show you that they have the ability to be able to contain the run Uh, now when you look at the other side of the ball, like we said, this could be big ben's last game So, you know, they could the whole team could just be have that energy that excitement the feeling that you know They still can make playoffs things like that and then another player. I wanted to highlight was nausea harris Who has just continued to play extremely well his rookie season and kind of a cool little thing? I found out. I just wanted to touch on is about running backs Is a stat with running backs with 300 plus touches by the season. Okay, so you have 2000 to 2007 where they averaged 11 to 19 2008 to 2013 they averaged 8 to 11 Then you have 2014 to 2020 they averaged 4 to 9 And now we're in 2021 and there were only three players Or sorry, they averaged three and it's uh nausea Jonathan taylor and joe mixon. So that just goes to show you You know, how well he's been playing as a rookie even though with their offensive line being such an issue this season So he's just getting so many touches. Um, you know, even that last match up chubb had 12 touches nausea had 28 So just goes to show you like they're gonna be able they're gonna feed him the ball when it comes to the raven's defense They're just middle of the pack. So we could really see a big game on his side as well I don't even know. Um, what are the lines for him or yeah, I see. Okay. You have it up right now Um, it's to me. I even like that too as an over As an option because I feel like they're just gonna keep feeding him the ball and then big ben He was throwing big bombs last week too and they were almost caught by his wide receivers There was just drops and things like that and so you're just like you had a oh my I don't know He has ways to make games exciting and uh, I feel like for a last hurrah You know, that's why I like the Steelers in this game No, that that's fair. Yeah been Been, you know, it was fun. I had some action on on the Steelers there early on the money line So that was fun but had a ton of raffles burger props for passing touchdowns and Deontay johnson props and that that was just so infuriating I mean five six red zone trips and you can only put up that that number of points and the nausea breaks one late Of course, uh, when the game's out of reach just hilarious So, you know Pittsburgh leaving a bitter taste in my mouth, but yeah, this will be a fun one I think this is a great one just for watching purposes You know just so much on this game. I just love Love what the two teams bring to the table and I actually mark andrews I did want to kind of touch on him because just with the incentives and everything been made about incentives for players this week I mean him catching a touchdown at plus 160. Absolutely love that number I mean that is that that is very juicy, especially with Tyler Huntley being back there Um, I courted back. He's had explosion games with Huntley and one of his favorite targets If not his favorite target. So that is a fun one to get after on the sportsbook Um, as we get here, you know, I can't let some of these go I'll bounce around back to the noon games here But we got to talk about the afternoon slate with a lot of juicy games here and you're talking about the rams here You talked about getting them Minus three they're now minus three and a half. So the hook got added there But Kyle Shanahan has had Sean McVeigh's number Pretty pretty much since they've both been, you know at San Francisco and in LA respectively What are you seeing with the rams that makes you confident in having them get the points here? Against the San Francisco 49ers who I believe jimmy grapolo is going to play today So, you know, we could possibly boost up kittle and and diva samuel and brandon iu those guys I do like elie mitchell. I do like, you know, who doesn't like cup with what he's been doing He actually has some incentives for him or not not even incentives But he could actually break some records here if he has a big game which, you know He's been having a big game all season. So what's to not say of that? Matthew Stafford had a rough game against baltimore last week But he you know, maybe he could be in a get-right spot against San Francisco What are you seeing just because that makes you want to lean rams here? Yeah, so I just give me Matthew Stafford and all of his weapons. I mean, I know the Niners Have been playing really well, but their defense. I'm not completely sold on their defense put it that way And I feel like the rams have all of the weapons I got announced that cam acres will be starting as well Um, so I know he's not going to be wow, you know, he's From what I read it's going to be limited, but still they want to get his feet wet And I think that's great. Um, I don't even know. Yeah, is he on the slate there? I'm like, yeah, I just I just wanted to look to see yeah 350 That even could be something. I mean, I don't know they might plug him in the red zone And it could be a chance for him to get you know get a touchdown Um, which I really you know, I think that's pretty awesome Uh, and then you got jimmy g who's you know coming off of injury It's like the Niners every they were so high, but keep in mind that was with trey lance last week and Sure As much as you know, they they have some quit not everyone's kind of a hundred percent especially in the run game Even though that's what they're known to do How much are you even going to really see When it comes to some of these specific players and I just feel like the rams they just want to clinch that number two Seed so they're going to come in they're going to be ready to play and I feel like in the end that They'll be able to handle this game Yeah, no, I I love that. I mean they've kind of disappointed Some people um in recent weeks, but they could definitely you know, they listen they they got to show something coming into coming into the playoffs You know, they're going to um, you know likely I mean everything is going to be going through green bay Right, so they could find themselves in a situation where they got to travel into lambo And you know, you got to be beating the teams that you're supposed to beat So um a lot writing on Matthew Safford and and his you know legacy here with the rams is they pretty much, you know Jeopardized the future to bring him in with trading those first round picks. Um, so this is an interesting game This is also one that you know, probably is going to have me glued to the tv And a lot of people as well too as as we uh get into the afternoon slate there before we talk about the sunday night slate Let's talk about the seattle and arizona game here. Uh, you know, this game has been talked about At nauseam in the dfs community here with pretty much having the highest over under on the slate By a long shot. Um, you know, we've seen in the past we've seen actually some high Week 18 scores. Um, so this people this year has been a lot of low scoring games When you when you look about the state of the season and this one coming in at a total of 48 so a lot of people are leaning to this game, but I think it You know, I talked about kyler earlier on the week and and just the more I think about this game It's like, okay, you know They could be This game could go in a weird way where like, you know, seattle They had an offensive it was supposed to last week again, detroit But what if they come out here flat in arizona? You know, doesn't really need to do much and they're just trying to get into the play house healthy and I don't know. I don't know how I feel about this game So maybe you can talk some sense into me on how you're feeling about this arizona five and a half point favorites Here at home against seattle. Is there any lane that you have in this game specifically? Yeah, so I like the cardinals at minus five and a half and it's funny You mentioned the over and under because I was at first really liking the over in this game, um, but I Definitely decided to stay away because um looking at their earlier matchup in the season and it being a divisional game I really see this game ending more 27 20 or 30 17 So right under that 48 So I decided to stay away even though it was very intriguing in the beginning but The reason that I like the cardinals is Look at their their defense. It's legit. They have the sixth best defense overall They can stop the run and they can stop the pass and even though russ is coming off a season high performance last week Let's remember now that was against the lions and they have a terrible secondary and Even though russ and company put up 50 points the lion still put up almost 30 So that just goes to show you how bad their defense is and they rank fifth worse against the pass So I expect kyler to tear apart the secondary in an attempt to win the nfc west You know, they have a solid run game in james connor and chase edmonds. So as much As you know, again might be one of those weird games and the next thing you know, someone's bench It's halfway. They've got such a big lead. Well, I mean we shall see but I still feel like The seahawks are gonna want to be able to keep this game a lot closer than some people might think but Give me the cardinals in this matchup No, I yeah, I do like the the cardinals still in this matchup. So Five and a half even I'd be willing I'd be willing to lay it down there But uh, but yeah, that's that's an interesting one. We could see it could be russ's last game as a seahawk A lot of narratives to be said there. So interesting one there if you have leans get some action there on the fandall sports book Definitely wanted to ask you about two of these other games here in the early slate I'll spare you with the new england in miami game Although if you have a lean go ahead and and throw that down there But we have the jets visiting buffalo carolina visiting tampa bay here now tampa bay Is 10 point favorites here against carolina. I mean carolina with sam darnold has not shown me anything that they can do The one thing about carolina is they have Talked about matt rule. I think he I think it's official But matt rule is coming back as the head coach here For the carolina panthers. So I mean pretty much everything is going to be status quo with them heading into another year And we could see that on display here in the final seat final Game of week 18 tampa bay on the other side, you know If something happens in the in the san francisco 49 or san francisco and ram's game The bugs could lock up the number two seats So they I think have a lots of play for love tom brady Talked about him as like a guy who has been around in dfs as of late now because so many implications coming in Uh, how do you feel about the tampa bay side of things? Do you think they could cover this game? Or is there some kind of weird stuff that carolina could do to kind of you know backdoor here and cover? Uh, it is it's it's quite possible and the bugs have you know, I mean they were almost lost to the jets last week So it's uh, you know, but if I was to make a play in this game I would lean the bucks. I mean you look at the panthers. They have lost six straight against the spread They've only covered the spread once since october Um, we could see an early lead from the bucks and then them letting off the gas So the game could be a little closer than you think However, you know the panthers they have so many issues to address in this matchup And it should be an easy win for tampa And then when you look when they played each other earlier earlier on in the season The panthers only put up six points and the bucks put up over 30 And that was even with key players out on the buck side of the ball So I But I still have a hard time betting on brady because he always finds ways to like not cover Just for matchups and things like that. Um, even like again like last week So it's one of those things where again, it should be an easy win for the bucks But this could be a game where something weird could happen Yeah, absolutely. I mean look at the look at these prop lines here So, I mean like even, you know, everybody's pretty much plus money rob grunkowski Plus 105 evans 115. We don't know how much you'll play kishan van and levion bell the next Two favorites at 135 and 195 bell is interesting there Because I think they try and get him Right before they get into the playoffs here They might need to lean on him if they're gonna, you know Rojo has not shown that he can be the lead back That's what kind of birth playoff lenny as I alluded to so Levy on bell could be in line for more work and basically, you know, just just change out Your stealers your former stealers there, you know, you lose antonio brown. Oh, no problem We'll bring in levy on bell. You can just replace that for us So yeah, lots of interesting stuff to be had there. Uh, let's just look at what brady's passing props are So 277.5 for brady's passing props. That's an interesting line to have it set at I mean, you've got to be thinking he plays the full game if you're going after that So interesting one there. I just wanted to pick your brain there. But what about the buffalo game? They're 16 point favorites against the jets here at home. A lot of weather has been made. I've seen on twitter I'm talking about the rain and just, you know, kind of ugly game there 41 and a half is the line here. Do you have a lean on the over or under or, you know Taking that hefty of a point total with buffalo Oh gosh, that's just so many points especially for a divisional game Even though I know it's the bills and they love to never let off the gas The weather can definitely be an issue in this game I mean the bills they have the edge in this game all across the board all across the board plus their home and they have the fans You know, it's also possible that we'll see the starters playing this whole game But the jets can still put up a fight and just like we saw last week Against the bucks team, it's you know, I bet the bills I feel like their defense is better It's just one of those things it's probably it's at the end of the day It's a stay away game for me just because again, just these points are just too high as much as but if I had to make a play I would say I would take the bills That's fair. Yeah. No, it's it's It's tough to to get behind that number But this is it, you know the bill the bills are a team that they could you know Definitely get up there big and and the jets could have no chance of Getting back getting this close and Buffalo D could make things interesting as well too So I wanted to talk about that and as we you know, we're gonna be getting towards the end here Wanted to make sure I hit on everything before we got to the game I don't know if we talked about it But the tennessee houston game just in the this morning slate here tennessee now 10 and a half point favorites against houston I actually I talked about this on the dfs channel here before you came on just like for dfs purposes I don't mind taking a shot on davis mills with the double stack here I mean tennessee they do have a lots of play for and I and I get that tana hill, you know, he's kind of looked A game manager, you know, he hasn't shown anything otherworldly to make us think that they could be You know close to 11 point favorites. I do love danza form in here There's just the revins narrative with him coming back into houston and tennessee being those favorites I I like him but still a road, you know road favorite. That's always, you know, kind of Weird to take but davis mills on the other side I like getting houston plus 10 and a half. Am I crazy for thinking that? Uh, no, not at all. I I'm just I like it too. Just in the fact because the titans, you know destroyed my dolphins last week. So It's true. Yeah, but yes Actually in this game, I kind of lean the over. I just feel like Okay The just like you were talking about with davis mills Um, I feel like it's possible that brandon cooks could have a good game. I don't even know what his Is there any prop bets for him? Yeah, let's look here So he's 64 and a half receiving yards. Um, Which is which is pretty nice. I mean considering how davis mills has has favored him and that secondary there And he's plus 250 for an any time touchdown Oh, see that's something I that's me that I like that and then just that you were talking about foreman on the other side of the Ball with the titans. It's a good. I mean, he's been stepping. He's not dara kenry, but he's been playing extremely well Um, and I feel like this could be a matchup where things could kind of be going on both sides of the ball especially because Uh, the titans, you know, they don't need to have all their starters the whole time I mean most like it's possible There's so many scenarios where it's like, all right, and then just like we saw last night with, um, The cowboys game, you know what I mean and the eagles like it's just We could see a lot more high We could see a lot more points being put up because uh, key players are not playing. So Um, if I was to make a play on this game, I'd lean over No, that's that's fair. And I think, you know That that's where it comes down to. I mean the the houston texans, you know, they We we've seen pretty much what this team wants to do all season. I mean, they've been dead in the water since Week six. So like they there's no reason to believe that all of a sudden now, you know Nothing to play for. Well, yeah, they have nothing to play for basically all season But they've still been competitive and uh, you know, the number one seed for whatever it's worth You know, it doesn't mean much for them and they want to see what davis melz has going into next year You know, this could be a great way to showcase him on a team That's playing pretty much for everything as they could play for the number one seed, tennessee. That is uh, with You know, all the a of c teams having to go through tennessee to You know to to reach the super bowl. That's very interesting for me. So I like getting those points there at 10 and a half Okay, guys, we're about appreciate everybody who's been rocking along I know we've kind of been throwing a lot out there, but we appreciate you guys coming in joining us here for the Last regular season breakdown here the fan duel countdown to kickoff show Myself friend williams and jessica gridiron you can find her at gridiron and wine who's been great Joining me on sundays to talk about the best bets for you guys to win money here on the fan duel sports book So we appreciate that appreciate everybody who's getting the questions and jessica We cannot you know leave the show without talking about this sunday night football game That pretty much has everything that we would want in it both teams are playing to get into the playoffs I mean they have to win to get in Uh, I know a lot's been made about you know, if the colts lose to jackswell, they could tie First of all if the colts lose to jackson ball, they're they're not playing for a tie That's just no way that they're playing for a tie on sunday night football I just doubt that that will happen both teams could get in On a tie with the colts losing. I don't think the colts lose So to speak but you know regardless. Okay, we got the raiders who are uh, you know three point dogs here At home against the chargers. This has been an interesting one an interesting matchup for both of these teams Um in the past couple of years And and you know Derek Carr, you know this guy I don't know what he has to do to get some love Listen, I picked the chargers to to make the playoffs pre season. Uh, I like their you know options But now they find themselves having to win in the last game herbert going on the road I mean it screams chargers, but how many times have we seen the chargers in a letdown spot here I know not so much with herbert, but philip rivers here is like that was always kind of a thing and like You know the raiders, I don't want to say they deserve this But the way that their season went, you know just losing gruden earlier on. I mean who you know, do we remember that? It's been 18 week season But you know at some point in this season they did lose their head coach And now they found themselves in a position here where they could be in the playoffs You know with everything that they've been dealing with all this craziness And at home, you know to do it on their home turf. There's three point dogs I know you said you like them. What what reasons are getting you to take the raiders points here? Yeah, so you have derrick car and his accuracy you have the run game and josh jackups And then you got cross me on the defensive side of the ball the raiders fans. They're hungry for this win And at the end of the day the the raiders it's pretty easy on how you can beat the chargers You just got to run the ball non-stop in this game So Give me three points In a divisional matchup when the chargers would they can't stop the run as much as even if the chargers were to win this game And they were to go onto the playoffs. I just their defense will not they They're not going to go all the way It's because of their defense at least to me when it comes to who's going to super bowl It all it all comes down to the defense and I feel like the raiders have the better defense in this matchup Even though Justin Herbert has been playing extremely well I feel like uh derrick car and company will be able to get the job done I I I like it. I'm liking getting action on that. I mean we look at just I mean the money lines plus three Or plus 136 so we absolutely love that but if you want to parlay, you know taking the three getting the over there Plus two two ninety four. I think that that has some interesting merit to it. So that's fun guys Uh, we're gonna get ready to wrap up here on the fan duel Countdown to kickoff show. This is absolutely a fun one. Uh, make sure you get your bets in We're pretty much at the time now of lock here with it being noon central time one pm eastern time But we appreciate everybody again who's been coming along with this guys. We're gonna be getting into playoffs There will be a little bit of a hiatus but not much here on the fan duel channel Make sure you guys are tuned in following us on twitter Following us everywhere so that you know what we're gonna be doing for the playoffs as we get you guys Some content there as some money will still be able to be made in the playoffs And just because this is the last regular season week doesn't mean we're saying goodbye. We're just see see you later So good luck to all you guys here with your week 18 bets week 18 lines Jessica, thank you so much for coming along and and participating this year with me and in pretty much, you know Helping me out with my bets as well on the fan duel sports because we had some pretty successful weeks there So shout out to you definitely want to get that in Thank you so much. It's been fun Absolutely, it's been fun and guys that's gonna do it for the fan duel countdown to kickoff show again Dfs action if you didn't get it in for for you know the full game slate You could check out the afternoon slate There's still gonna be some fun goodness to be had and also single game slate there for the Raiders and Chargers game But for now, we're gonna sign off. 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