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Fantasy Football Doctors Podcast Week 13: The Final Playoff Push!

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Your hosts: Dr. Vasu Vaddiparty & Dr. Charlie O

  • Who should you choose to replace Andy Dalton at QB?
  • Check that waiver wire for hidden gems that other players have forgotten about
  • Jameis Winston may be a big play again this week
  • Lamar Jackson from the Ravens may be the answer to your QB troubles
  • Marcus Mariota and the Titans face the Jets–that could be a good play
  • If you have Josh Adams, is he a starter this Sunday?
  • Austin Ekeler may be the right play for Melvin Gordon
  • Emmanuel Sanders is the right play this weekend
  • The Panthers Greg Olsen might be a numbers maker vs. the Bucs

Good luck this weekend and we hope to see you in the playoffs!

Oakland Raiders podcast with Tony Renteria: Raiders run into a buzz, saw with well-prepared Ravens and Jackson

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On the Oakland Raiders podcast with Tony:

#1 Tony talks about the Baltimore Ravens and their 2016 Heisman Trophy winner quarterback LaMar Jackson, who is making a lot of headway in the NFL. LaMar, before last Sunday’s game against the Raiders, had himself a career day on Nov. 18th, throwing for 71 yards, a touchdown, carried 27 times for 117 yards. Last Sunday, Jackson led the Ravens to another victory against the Raiders.

#2 Will there be a quarterback controversy in Baltimore between Jackson and Joe Flacco? That’s something that Ravens head coach John Harbaugh will have to decide, but the Ravens pounded the Raiders on offense last Sunday.

#3 Jackson, on Sunday, carried the ball 11 times and nine times in the second half.

#4 Raiders quarterback Derek Carr went 16-34 for 194 yards with a touchdown, but the Ravens defense got to Carr, sacking him three times.

#5 The Raiders, this Sunday, host the Kansas City Chiefs (9-2) a 1:05 pm kickoff at the Oakland Coliseum.

Tony takes a look at the Raiders each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Foster signs with Redskins; 49ers still struggle at QB

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By Jeremy Harness

Mere days after the 49ers cut oft-troubled and injured linebacker Reuben Foster, the second-year players was claimed off waivers by the Washington Redskins.

However, the Redskins have said that Fosters will have to clear a series of evaluations and protocols before he sees the field for his new team. There is no timetable for when he is expected to play again at press time.

The loss of Foster certainly appeared to have had an impact on the 49ers’ defense in a blowout loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last Sunday, a game that saw Tampa Bay quarterback Jameis Winston, who has had his share of troubles to go along with mediocre play, look like an All Pro.

On the offensive side of the ball, the 49ers were not much better, and quarterback Nick Mullens has visible regressed since his NFL debut in a sound beating of the Raiders a few weeks ago. He failed to generate any kind of momentum for the offense, and the Buccaneers got their first takeaways of the season last Sunday.

Meanwhile, former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is still without an NFL job.

It does not figure to get any better against the Seattle Seahawks this Sunday at Levi’s Stadium, which will serve as the first time cornerback Richard Sherman will see his former team since joining the 49ers in free agency this offseason.

The only consistent bright spot has been Matt Breida, who rushed for more than 100 yards at Tampa last Sunday.

Raiders return home to host divisional rival Chiefs Sunday at the Coliseum

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By Joe Hawkes-Beamon
SRS Contributor

After concluding a two-game road trip, the Oakland Raiders will return home this week to welcome in their divisional rival the Kansas City Chiefs at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Sunday’s Week 13 meeting between these two AFC West foes will mark the first of two meetings in four weeks, with the Raiders wrapping up the season in Kansas City in Week 17.

The two teams split last season’s series, with Oakland winning 31-30 in thrilling fashion on Thursday Night Football last October in Oakland. Kansas City won 26-15 at Arrowhead Stadium in Week 14.

Kickoff for the 116th meeting is set for 1:05 p.m. PT, with Kansas City leading the all-time series 61-52-2.

Last week, the Raiders (2-9) lost on the road to the Baltimore Ravens 34-17. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr completed 16-of-34 passes for 194 and one touchdown. For the second-straight week, the Raiders scored a touchdown on their opening drive, a 1-yard score by running back Doug Martin, his first in Silver and Black. Martin rushed for 51 yards on 11 carries (4.6 yards per carry) and also added three catches for 21 yards.

Tight end Jared Cook tied his career-high with his fifth touchdown grab of the year in the third quarter of the game. Cook finished with two catches for 32 yards and the score.

On defense, the Raiders recorded two interceptions in the first half in back-to-back weeks as the safety tandem of Marcus Gilchrist and Reggie Nelson each recording a takeaway. Both players have two interceptions this season for the Raiders.

Kansas City holds the AFC’s best record at 9-2 and sit atop the AFC West. The Chiefs are coming off their bye week but lost their most recent game, 54-51 to the Rams in Los Angeles on Monday Night Football.

The Chiefs have on of the league’s most prolific offenses, ranking second in points per game (36.7), third in total yards per game (434.3) and passing yards per game (318.5) and second-year quarterback Patrick Mahomes is a big reason why the Chiefs put up astronomical numbers every game.

In his first full season as the Kansas City’s starter, Mahomes leads the NFL in touchdown passes (37) and is second in passer rating, a blistering 117.9.

With pass catchers like third-year wide receiver Tyreek Hill (65 catches for 1,106 yards and team-leading 11 touchdowns) and sixth-year tight end Travis Kelce (team-leading 67 catches for 914 yards and 7 touchdowns), to go along with second-year running back Kareem Hunt (181 rushes for 824 yards and 7 touchdowns), its hard for teams to stop the Chiefs when they are rolling.

Hunt is also tough to defend in the passing game, with 26 catches for 378 yards and seven touchdown catches this season.

Outside linebacker Dee Ford is one of the NFL’s most disruptive pass rushers. Ford leads the Chiefs with nine sacks and five forced fumbles. Fellow outside linebacker Justin Houston has four sacks and three forced fumbles.

Following Sunday’s game, the Raiders will face another tough test when they host the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kansas City returns home to take on the Baltimore Ravens in Week 14.

Headline Sports podcast with London Marq: Warriors coming back from string of losses; Fans want SF Giants owner Johnson to step down; How Foster release will impact 49ers; plus more

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On the Headline Sports podcast with London:

#1 The Warriors have certainly shown they can bounce back after losing three straight, they have on three straight as they prepare to face the Raptors in Toronto.

#2 After SF Giants owner Charles Johnson donated $2700 to Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith who won her run off on Tuesday night. Johnson had donated the funds to the Hyde-Smith campaign after she posed for a photo with a Confederate hat and a Confederate civil war era rifle. Fans and sponsors have either pulled their support and will boycott or plan to leave doing business with the Giants. The NAACP President and former San Francisco Board of Supervisor the Rev Amos Brown has said that Johnson sought his donation from the Hyde-Smith campaign and the NAACP boycott against Johnson and the Giants is over.

#3 After the release of SF 49ers linebacker Ruben Foster on Sunday the team went out and lost to Tampa Bay. Will the Foster release have an impact on this team? Foster signed with Washington some two days later after being released by the 49ers.

#4 The Sacramento Kings are trying to avoid a third straight loss this time they face the Los Angeles Clippers at Golden 1 Center on Thursday night. The Clippers are in first place in the Western Conference.

#5 The San Jose Sharks lost their third in four games on Tuesday night in Buffalo 3-2. The Sharks really got taken to the cleaners on Sunday night with a 6-0 loss in Las Vegas to the Golden Knights.

London Marq does Headline Sports each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: How the Foster release will impact the 49ers going into next week’s game

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On the 49ers podcast with David:

#1 San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ruben Foster was arrested on Saturday night for domestic violence in Tampa and was released by the team immediately where does this leave the team. If Sunday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was any indication the team for sure were embarrassed by this latest incident and did it impact them in their losing the game?

#2 Apparently, there was a October incident that never took a life of it’s own that was investigated by Santa Clara Police, but the charges were dropped. In the Tampa incident Saturday a neighbor at the 49ers’ hotel heard Foster and his girlfriend arguing and called police. It was reported that Foster hit the phone out of the girlfriend’s hands and pushed her in the chest.

David Zizmor does the 49ers podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Jackson roughs up Raiders in 34-17 win

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By Jeremy Kahn

With Joe Flacco on the bench for the second straight game, Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh turned to 2016 Heisman Trophy Winner Lamar Jackson for the second week in a row.

The rookie out of Louisville did not disappoint Harbaugh or his team, as he ran for 71 yards and a touchdown and the Ravens defeated the Oakland Raiders 34-17 at M&T Bank Stadium.

One week after carrying the ball 27 times for 117 yards in his NFL starting debut, Jackson carried the ball 11 times, including nine times in the second half.

Jackson attempted only seven passes in the second half, as he went 14-for-25 for 178 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.

Gus Edwards ran for 118 yards, as the Ravens won for the second game in a row for the first time since September.

Terrell Suggs put the finishing touches on the win, as he recovered a fumble after Matthew Judon sacked Derek Carr and Suggs ran for 43 yards for the touchdown.

Doug Martin scored his first touchdown as a Raider, as he scored on the Raiders’ opening series of the game.

Justin Tucker pulled the Ravens within 7-3 on their first series of the game, as he kicked 47-yard field goal.

Cyrus Jones gave the Ravens the lead for good in the second quarter, as he returned a Johnny Townsend punt 70 yards for the touchdown.

After the two teams traded field goals to close out the scoring in the first half, Jackson scored on a five-yard run on the first series of the second half to stretch the Ravens lead up to 20-10.

Carr then drove the Raiders down the field, and it culminated with a one-handed touchdown catch by Jared Cook to cut the Ravens down to three.

That would be the Raiders only possession of the third quarter, as Jackson and the Ravens took the ball and held for the next 8:53 that ended with Jackson finding former Raiders wide receiver Michael Crabtree for the eight-yard touchdown pass.

Carr ended up going 16-for-34 for 194 yards with a touchdown, he was also sacked three times on the afternoon.

Martin led the Raiders in rushing with 11 carries for 51 yards with a touchdown, as the Raiders fall to 2-9 on the season.

Both Martin and Rookie Marcell Ateman led the Raiders in catches with three, while Ateman gained 16 yards and Martin gained 21 yards.

NOTES: Raiders backup defensive end Jacquies Smith was forced to leave the game with an Achilles injury, while defensive tackle Mo Hurst left in the third quarter with an undisclosed injury.

Carr went into the concussion protocol tent late in the second quarter, and was replaced by A.J. McCarron, who kneeled down for the final plays of the first half. Carr eventually returned to the game in the second half.

UP NEXT: After a bye, the 9-2 Kansas City Chiefs head to the Coliseum, as the two rivals will face each other twice over the final weeks of the season.

49ers Cut Foster, Lose to Bucs 27-9

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By: Joe Lami

Sunday marked the most incompetent game of the season for the San Francisco 49ers as they lost their fifth straight road game 27-9 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The 49ers now stand at 2-9, clinching their fourth straight losing season, with five games remaining. The poor outing coming off of the bye week wasn’t the story though.

Before the game Sunday, general manager John Lynch announced Linebacker, Rueben Foster has been cut. The announcement occurred all while Foster was still in a Tampa jail following an arrest Saturday night for domestic battery after an incident at the team hotel.

The 49ers clearly showed their zero-tolerance policy with Foster with the separation. In the off-season, Foster saw legal trouble and was arrested for domestic battery at a home in Los Gatos. After a long legal battle, the charges were eventually dropped after the accuser admitted in court she lied to ruin Foster’s career.

At that time, the 49ers made Foster promise it was the last time and to cut ties with the accuser. But on Saturday night, it appears she may have returned. According to The Athletic and the Tampa police, the party involved had a tumultuous on and off relationship with Foster.

She wanted to press charges after she claimed to have had her phone slapped out of her hand. The Tampa police also revealed she had a one-inch scratch on her collarbone.

Foster, a 2017 first-round pick, has been released on $2,000 bail. His NFL career is now in jeopardy as he faces up to a year in prison if he’s found guilty of the charge set forth.

Regardless of his guilt, the release was going to be inevitable because of the promise he broke with Lynch and the 49ers. Lynch later admitted that this was a team decision to help shape culture.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Sunday a second incident occurred in October between Foster and the victim. The 49ers were unaware of the October incident at the time of release.

The result of Sunday’s contest may be caused by Foster’s situation, or maybe the team finally has quit on the year. Regardless, Sunday’s contest may be the worst following a bye week in franchise history. The 49ers were awful from the start of the game. Unable to do anything, struggling on third down, converting 1-of-8; the 49ers couldn’t move the ball.

Nick Mullens has sunk back to mediocrity and continues to have issues with throwing the ball down the field. Mullens finished 18-of-32 for 221, one touchdown, and two picks.

Tampa Bay native, Matt Breida, put on a show in front of friends and family. The only 49er able to do anything ran for 106 yards on 14 attempts.

Jameis Winston earned the starting position again this week and threw for 312 yards and two touchdowns.

Tampa Bay won the battle between the two worst teams at taking care of the football. The Bucs defense forced two interceptions while sacking Mullens four times with consistent pressure.

With five games remaining, the 49ers sit at 2-9, appear to be a sure lock at the top pick in the draft.

The Sunday Spotlight: Rookies and the defense aid Ravens in 34-17 win over Raiders

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By Joe Hawkes-Beamon
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Rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson threw for a score and ran for another, and linebacker Terrell Suggs returned a fumble 43 yards for a touchdown helping the Ravens dispatch the visiting Oakland Raiders, 34-17 on Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium.

Rookie running back Gus Edwards rushed for 118 yards on 23 carries, his second-straight game that he’s rushed for over 100 yards. Edwards, who went undrafted in this year’s NFL draft out of Rutgers, rushed for 115 yards on 17 carries last week in Baltimore’s 24-21 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.

Ravens backup cornerback Cyrus Jones took a punt 70 yards to for a touchdown that helped the Ravens (6-5) win for back-to-back games for the first time since September.

The Ravens would carry a 13-10 halftime lead into the locker room.

On the Ravens’ first drive in the third quarter, Jackson would lead the Ravens on a 13-play, 75-yard drive in 6:50 that ended in a 5-yard scoring run by the Louisville product that pushed Baltimore’s lead to 20-10.

Following a Derek Carr 16-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jared Cook (who made an unbelievable one-handed catch as he’s falling to the ground) that cut Baltimore’s lead to 20-17, Jackson would engineer a 17-play, 71-yard drive that chewed up 8:51 off the clock that was capped off by an 8-yard slant-route touchdown catch by former Raiders wide receiver Michael Crabtree that extended the Ravens’ lead to 27-17.

Crabtree, who was cut in the offseason by Oakland, finished with three catches for 21 yards on six targets.

Baltimore relied heavily on the running game that kept the Raiders off balance for most of the day, as Jackson led Baltimore on two touchdown drives that consumed 16 minutes of game time stretching from the third into the fourth quarter.

Oakland’s 31st-ranked running defense couldn’t stop the Ravens on Sunday, allowing 242 rushing yards on 43 attempts.

Jackson, who started at quarterback for the second-straight week in place of regular starter Joe Flacco whose been dealing with a injured right hip, did throw two interceptions on passes that were tipped but otherwise, played efficiently for Baltimore.

After not recording a sack through three quarters, the Ravens finally started to get pressure on Carr, sacking the Raiders starting quarterback on three-straight plays in the fourth quarter. Ravens linebacker Matthew Judon, who entered Week 12 with just three sacks on the season, recorded all three sacks on Carr.

Judon’s first sack resulted in a Carr fumble that was quickly scooped up by linebacker Terrell Suggs who then raced 43 yards for a touchdown that made the score 34-17, ending any hope for the Raiders.

Carr threw for 194 yards and one touchdown on 16-of-34 passes for Oakland (2-9), who scored a touchdown on their first possession for the second-straight week. Carr led Oakland on a 12-play, 81-yard drive in 6:15 that included a 30-yard completion to backup tight end Lee Smith on fourth-and-1 that was capped off by running back Doug Martin’s 1-yard touchdown run.

The scoring play for Martin was his first of the season for the Silver and Black. Martin scored his last touchdown last October as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Martin recorded 72 yards total (51 rushing and 21 receiving) on 14 touches (11 rushes and 3 catches) for the game. Second-year wide receiver Marcell Ateman was the only other Raider with three catches, finishing with just 21 yards. Ateman led the team with 10 targets.

Wide receiver Seth Roberts led Oakland with 54 yards receiving on two catches. Roberts’ 44-yard catch from Carr in the third quarter would setup tight end Jared Cook’s 16-yard touchdown catch that made the score 20-10 following a 5-yard touchdown run by Jackson to begin the third quarter.

For the second straight week, the Raiders’ defense recorded two interceptions with safeties Reggie Nelson and Marcus Gilchrist each notching a takeaway.

Linebacker Tahir Whitehead recorded 14 tackles and linebacker Nicholas Morrow recorded just the 10th sack by Oakland this season in the first quarter.

On Sunday, Dec. 2, the Raiders return home to face the Kansas City Chiefs for the first time this season. Kansas City (9-2) who is currently on a bye week, leads the AFC West and are coming off a wild 54-51 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Nov. 18 in a game that was originally set to take place at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.

The Ravens will travel to Atlanta to take on the Falcons in Week 13.

The Fantasy Football Doctors Thanksgiving Weekend Show: Finish off the holiday a winner!

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Your hosts: Dr. Vasu Vaddiparty & Dr. Charlie O

  • Fitzmagic is over. Is Winston a good play this week?

  • Tom Brady is nursing his knee. Should you still start the “O.G.”?

  • How well will Russell Wilson play in Carolina?

  • How will Cam Newton fare vs. the Seahawks at home in Carolina?

  • Can “Big Ben” keep it going in Denver against the Broncos?

  • Is Eli Manning the sleeper QB play of the week?

  • Matt Breida is a must start at RB vs. the Bucs

  • Peyton Barber may be a strong start in the backfield vs. the 49ers

  • The Pats’ Sony Michel could be a big play with Brady having a bum knee

  • Look for Doug Baldwin to be a prime target for Russell Wilson

  • What will Josh Gordon do on Sunday for the Pats vs. the Jets?

  • DJ Moore should see lots of targets from Cam Newton

  • The Steelers’ Vance McDonald will have another productive game at TE in Denver

  • The Broncos’ TE Jeff Heuerman is expected to do well versus the Steelers

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