Welcome back, everybody, to the Football Guys Daily Update. You give us 10 minutes and we'll give you everything you need to know to make you the most important fantasy football player in your league. Merry Christmas. I'm Mike Dempsey, along with Football Guys own Bob Harris and a Merry Christmas to you as well. Bob Harris, how are you? Thank you, Mike. Happy holidays to you and everybody out there listening. Ready, roll into some football. We got a triple header today. Let's do it, man.

We got a triple

header today let's do it man are we got a lot of news to get to we'll start with the washington

commanders marius mariotta had been ruled out for this one josh johnson gets the start at

quarterback great matchup for quarterbacks and pass catchers here above will super flex managers

who start josh johnson have having merry christmas today so the football

guys projection team have johnson at a reasonable 15 points that might be closer to his floor

than his ceiling which we've seen more people hit the high side than the low side against his

dallas defense so some of the skilled players projected in that same range r j harvey janez derrick

henry zay flowers corin sutton i don't know Do those guys have the same upside? Johnson's been around a while. He might be a journeyman, but he's apparently a highly valued journeyman. So has plenty of experience. I'm interested to see how it plays out. Yeah, I am as well. For the Dallas Cowboys, Javante Williams, not on the injury report. Bob, Where does he rank this week for you among running backs? So I think he falls on the football guy's projections like a running back 18 in that same 15 point range we just discussed. I like him a little more than that in this matchup. I think he has got great scoring equity. I'm probably closer inside my top 15 given the matchup against Washington.

All right, Kavonte Turpin, not on the injury report.

Malik Davis should be available for the Cowboys as well.

Questionable tag for Ryan Flannoy, who's been pretty good lately at times, Bob.

Now, granted, Pickens and Lamer ahead of him, but is he interesting at all if he is active today?

I think more of an emergency option than a reliable weapon. I mean, we know there's touchdown potential, but I don't know that the role is reliable enough unless we have issues with C.D. Lamb or George Pickens in the spots ahead of them. All right. Let's move through these Detroit and Minnesota going at it. I'm on Ross St. Brown. Questionable, any hesitation to use him provided he is active? We all know the concern here. The Vikings are raining holy heck down on the opposing quarterback. Since week 10, they've allowed the fewest points to opposing QBs, just 7.5. Not surprisingly, they've also been good against opposing wide receivers. They've allowed the second fewest points to the position since week 10. So I don't know how you get away from playing St. Brown or Jameson Williams, for that matter, but an outcome like last week's for St. Brown, single-digit scoring is within the range of outcomes here. I will note, Jared Goff was one of the last quarterbacks to have a serviceable week against the Vikings. He scored 19.4 in week nine since then. Been a lot of single digits.

But St. Brown also scored 18 points in that game.

David Montgomery missed some practice time with an illness.

He was limited yesterday.

He is questionable to go.

Is he a flex level player today if he is active?

Oh, what the heck flex in a game where the rushing attack might be important for the reasons outlined before. All right. Jordan Mason will miss the week. Aaron Jones was clear to play. RB2 range for Jones today. Yeah, he's right there at the tail end of the running back two range for me. Maybe benefits with T.J. Hawkinson out as well, assuming Max Rosmer, who gets to start with J.J. McCarthy out is looking to dump off on occasion. Any flex appeal for Tide Chandler, who has been activated? I just don't have a strong enough feel for this one. I will say, though, even though they just activated him, Chandler has been working fully the last couple weeks. So he might be ready for more than I'm willing to believe at the moment, but I don't know if I want to rely on it in the championship week. T.J. Hawkinson ruled out any love for Josh Oliver, Bob. Probably zero love for Josh Oliver in a championship game setting, right? DFS tournament play, I'll set a number of lineups this week. Oliver probably won't be a priority, but he might wind up if I'm looking for a low-end tight end. All right. For the Chiefs and Denver going at it tonight, the night cap,

Rashie Rice placed on injured reserve as was Taekwon Thornton. Bob, which chiefs, if any, would you consider in a typical 12-team league? Ideally, none of them, but I suppose Isaiah Pacheco becomes a possibility. He drew seven targets last week as on dump-off. So, I mean, if you're in a desperation play, he might be the one.

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