Week 16 Preview: Are you ready to win a fantasy championship?

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🗓️ 21 December 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

It is finally here. 15-and-a-half long weeks have led us to this point. It's nearly time for the 2018 fantasy football championship round!Did you make it to the title game?If so, you're probably dealing with a lot right now. Injuries, tough matchups, and regressing players have all come to the forefront of the fantasy playoffs. James Conner might not play again, and now Todd Gurley and DeAndre Hopkins — practically league-winning assets — are both dealing with injuries.Drew Brees and Michael Thomas have been anything but high-scoring the last couple of weeks, as the offense has practically shifted into a gritty, clock-killing unit buoyed by an improving defense. That said, the Saints are returning home, where fantasy fireworks have been the norm.Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs stars will travel to Seattle, where it's always tough to play — are you downgrading any of them?Liz and Dalton break down those and the other big Week 16 happenings in this latest podcast episode. (6:40)They also asked you about which players whom you've counted on all season — but are benching for the fantasy championship. Aaron Rodgers is a name being shared, as well as none other than Mr. 100-Yards himself, Adam Thielen! (23:20)Of course, we can’t forget about Andy and Brad going at it over their Week 16 rankings, and there are some differing opinions about Derrick Henry. (26:00)Liz and Dalton then wrap up with a couple bargains and fades for Yahoo Daily Fantasy. Speaking of which, don’t forget to enter Yahoo Sports’ special $1 million DFS contest here. (36:00)Remember to rate, review and subscribe on your podcast provider of choice and send us your questions for future episodes on Twitter @YahooFantasy.Follow Liz: @LizLoza_FFFollow Dalton: @DaltondeldonFollow Brad: @YahooNoiseFollow Andy: @AndybehrensIf you or a loved one are struggling with addiction you can call the national drug helpline at 888-633-3239. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Yahoo Sports Fantasy podcast. It's me Liz Loza because I am back. I'm joined by Dalton Del Don who did me a giant solid. I suited up on Sunday, but in pregame warmups, producer Brett just completely shut me down. Thankfully, next man up, Dalton came in and saved the day. Thank you so much,
0:23.4	Dalton. I really appreciate it. I was, I was hurting. Sure thing. Yeah, it was fun with Matt,
0:27.9	but it's great to have you back, Liz. I know, I've missed you. And, you know, so it's the holidays,
0:32.7	obviously, Christmas is coming up. We've had Hanukkah. So you want this to be a joyful time. But life happens.
0:41.2	And sometimes life isn't always looking at a calendar. And so there was an unfortunate loss to the fantasy community.
0:50.4	And Dalton, Laura Michaels, who is the person I'm referencing with someone you knew, and I know
0:55.9	you wanted to take a minute to remember him and talk about him. Yeah, I wanted to just acknowledge
1:00.3	the loss of Lord Michaels, as you said, a guy in the fantasy baseball community, not so much football,
1:05.2	but just a universally loved, great person, a friend of mine. There are others who are closer to him than I have,
1:12.2	and than I was that have written about him over the past couple of days, far more eloquently
1:16.5	than anything I could say. So you should search him on Twitter, Laura Michaels. Yeah, I just really
1:21.5	wanted to acknowledge his passing because it's really sad and his loss will be felt.
1:25.1	I read a really interesting article that was posted on USA
1:28.7	today about him and he seemed like I said, I unfortunately never had the opportunity to meet him,
1:34.3	but he seemed like such an incredible person and his partner, Diane, also seemed like a wonderful
1:40.3	soulmate and we want to send her a bunch of well wishes during this sad time as well.
1:47.2	Yeah, so he was really into music and definitely a unique guy.
1:50.0	A lot of unique people in this kind of industry, but more among the voices, he actually really
1:55.0	stood out.
1:55.5	Yeah.
1:56.0	And there's some more sensitive news we want to talk about.
1:59.2	Josh Gordon announced today that he would be
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