Week 16 Preview: Tua Benched, Trevor’s Test, and the Parsons-less Packers, With Ben Solak (Plus the Tufted Titmouse)

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🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Ben Solak returns to talk Week 16, Miami’s QB options, Trevor Lawrence’s massive opportunity in Denver, and how all of Green Bay’s injuries will impact the Packers-Bears rematch before talking about which birds he has been looking at outside his window. (00:00) Intro(02:54) Bengals-Dolphins(13:24) Jaguars-Broncos(20:29) Packers-Bears(28:29) Eagles-Commanders(36:34) 49ers-Colts(41:11) Punishment update(47:56) Bucs-Panthers(52:29) Patriots-Ravens(59:10) Raiders-Texans(01:01:44) Bills-Browns(01:02:22) Chargers-Cowboys(01:04:15) Chiefs-Titans(01:07:38) Vikings-Giants(0127) Jets-Saints(01:14:10) Falcons-Cardinals(0120) Ringer 107 Picks Discord link: https://discord.com/invite/WdtQNSdDUc Check out the 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings: https://fantasyfootball.theringer.com/ Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Ben SolakProducers: Kai Grady, Carlos Chiriboga, Ronak Nair, and Ryan Garcia This episode is sponsored by Chime. Bank Smarter, Progress Further. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ringer Fantasy Football Show.
0:21.6	My name is Danny Hyatt.
0:22.6	I'm joined by Danny Kelly and Ben Solak back in the flesh, baby.
0:27.6	He's back.
0:28.6	They call him Discount Craig.
0:30.6	They call him Walmart Holbeck.
0:32.6	Kirkland, yeah, so Craig, Craig is on vacation,
0:35.6	aka Benched after Monday in football.
0:54.0	But, uh, so luck, you're here. The conquering hero. Honestly, man, it's just good to see you. How are you? It's good to see you too. It's, it's so much is the same and so much has changed. Mostly camera quality. Every time, I mostly like listen to the pod when I'm walking around and and I'll catch the social clips.
0:54.8	I'm always like, man,
0:56.8	D.K.'s face used to be so blurry.
0:56.8	And now it is not, he has big face upgrade. And now it's crystal clear. Big face upgrade. Yeah, man. Yeah. I mean, that's the story of Darnold's crew, too. Just big face upgrades everywhere for everybody. But how many children have you had since we were last on this show, So, like? Two, right?
1:13.9	Yeah.
1:14.4	Well, yeah. Big face upgrades everywhere for everybody. How many children have you had since we were last on this show, So Like?
1:12.6	Two, right?
1:14.3	Yeah.
1:15.6	Well, yeah, I'm pretty sure too.
1:18.4	Anyway, I have two total kids, so it's two or one.
1:20.5	That's, we're going to be positive as one of those two numbers.
1:21.3	Two total.
1:23.6	Yeah, no, two little girls are home.
1:24.2	They're the bomb.
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