Fantasy Football Today - 09/22 BONUS: Mailbag and DFS advice (Recorded Fri.)

Episode Date: September 22, 2018

Adam and Dave answer your questions and rank the replacement RBs this week as Latavius Murray has suddenly become a great start. Then we bring on Mike McClure from SportsLine to talk DFS as you get ready to set some lineups. This episode is sponsored by www.ZipRecruiter.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome, everybody. Friday afternoon, you're hearing this on Saturday. Adam Aitner and Dave Richard on Fantasy Football Today. Dave, big injury news to keep people updated on. Why are you saying big like that? I don't know. Because it's big, you know? You can't just say big.

You have to really sell it. I'll teach you a thing or two about hosting someday, Dave. Can you teach me the part about how to properly start and end a podcast? Definitely. That is the those are the two things that I absolutely cannot help you with. Those are my absolute weaknesses. Hi, Dave. Happy, happy weekend.

Happy weekend. Oh, my gosh. So amazing to have a weekend. Yeah. And we have a radio show tomorrow night. We'll tell you about that. But Dalvin Cook out. J.H.I. Darren Sproles out.

Marlon Mack out. Leonard Fournette and T.J. Yeldon are both questionable. I want to start with an email of the day from the superstitious dude from Seattle. He sent this to me a few days ago. Hey guys, can you please stop talking about how Dalvin Cook has to have a monster game this week? It's like when a kicker's about to kick a field goal and the announcers start talking about how the guy's

a great kicker and he never misses. And then he misses it. The announcers jinxed the crap out of Carlson last weekend if you happen to miss it. Stop jinxing Dalvin Cook, please. I need him this weekend. Uh-oh. And you know what I said to Superstitious Dude from Seattle

via email, Dave, a few days ago when he sent this? What's that? I said, Bonanza, in all caps, and now he's out. So you're jinxing players via email now? I guess so. I'm sorry. Look, I can't tell if you're happy with this development or

realizing the power that you have harnessed through these years. They said it was a cramp. I didn't think for one second Dalvin Cook wasn't going to play. But I bonanzaed him, so there you go. I think they're being smart with him. I know this isn't going to be popular

for fantasy, and now think about it. The first three weeks of the season, Dalvin Cook has been a disappointment. But the Vikings are thinking, we need this guy to help beat the Rams in week four. So the best way to do that is to not play him in week three against a Buffalo team we should be able to beat. And by the way, of all the replacement running backs that are out there this week, Latavius is my favorite and not P.P. Okay, good. Let's get into it here. So let me just promote a few things.

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And after Dave is done, I'm going to talk to Mike McClure about DFS, mostly FanDuel, basically all FanDuel, what to do, best lineup advice from Mike McClure. And we actually spoke a few hours ago. I already recorded the interview. And when we were talking, we were like, I'm not going to start Dalvin Cook because I don't think he's going to play much. We didn't know he was out. So just keep that in mind. But actually, there is some good advice about Latavius Murray in there. So with Cook out, with Ajayi and Sproles

out, and I'll throw in Mixon and Freemaneman four big time replacement running backs are you saying that latavius murray is your fave of those four he is my fave of the four because he plays for a team that's given him 15 plus carries before and he's taking on buffalo buffalo's allowed four different running backs to have at least eight fantasy points which means they're giving up a minimum of 16 fantasy points per game to opposing running backs i don't know who latavius will share with if anybody against buffalo on sunday right yeah so last year latavius murray had 10 games after dalvin cook got hurt 10 games with 15 or more carries He averaged in non-PPR 12.3 fantasy points per game. That's really good. He had three bad games in there, twice against Green Bay,

once at Cleveland. Cleveland had a great run defense last year. But the other thing is, in nine of those 10 games in which Murray had 15 or more carries, Jerick McKinnon had nine or more carries. So McKinnon's out. They're going to be playing with the lead. I understand it, why you like him so much.

I'm a little surprised that he's number one because I don't think he's the most talented of the replacements. You know as well as I do that talent only matters so much in fantasy. Opportunity matters more. And matchup matters more. Talent might be third on the list.

No, it doesn't matter more. Yeah. Well, opportunity is... You can't get fantasy points without an opportunity. I will rank them opportunity, talent, matchup. Go ahead. That's how I would rank them. Opportunity one, talent two, matchup three.

I've been around football so much to know that talent in fantasy is third on the list in the nfl talent is number one you know that talent is what it takes to make it in the national football league but a lot of talented players don't get the opportunity and sometimes they do do get the opportunity but it comes in a very tough matchup so rank the four running backs then uh murray clement geo coleman i'm gonna go murray coleman geo clement clement yes i always say it wrong and they are all top what top 20 fantasy running backs get them in your lineup they are better than anybody in washington anybody in denver anybody in tennessee anybody in Denver, anybody in Tennessee, anybody in New England, anybody in Tampa, Alex Collins, Austin Eckler, and anybody in Seattle. They're better than Buck Allen.

They are better than a lot of running backs, and they are going to be very, very popular in daily fantasy. Oh, yeah, very popular. In fact, I think we've gotten to the point where Gio is kind of old news now, and he might be under-owned in DFL. Oh, yeah. You know what? That is brought up.

That is discussed, and that was actually, I believe, said by Mike McClure, and he is in my FanDuel lineup, FanDuel.com slash FFT. All right, other news items. Marlon Mack is out. So any interest in Jordan Wilkins at Philadelphia? No. Or Hines? I think Naheem Hines is the better guy in PPR.

I did a breakdown of what kind of snaps they were getting, and it seems to me that it's going to be close to a 50-50 split between them. But Hines has the edge in the two-minute drill and in targets. So I think it's pretty clear that he'll be the guy that will catch more passes. Wilkins will be the more traditional running back. And it's not going to matter. You're not going to feel good about starting one or the other against this Eagles defense. Yep.

As I mentioned, the Eagles allow 2.68 yards per carry to running backs. But Eric Ebron, you are going to maybe be excited about because Jack Doyle is out. Well, I'm not that excited. Well, you got him 12th. I'm kind of. He's in my top 12 now. Jamie and Heath are excited they have him in the top five. Yeah.

I don't know. I can't speak for them. I'm sure they're thinking that now he's going to get 10, 12, 14 targets from Andrew Luck. I've seen this guy be very touchdown dependent through the first two weeks of the season. I believe in the Eagles' defense, and I think Andrew Luck is going to be very hurried on his throws. I've moved Luck down. Very nervous about him this week. And he will be without his left tackle, Anthony Costanzo.

Marquise Goodwin was limited in practice, Dave. If Goodwin plays at Kansas City, is he a start? Yeah, I think he'd probably make the cut as a low-end No. 2 receiver. I know there's concern about how healthy he is, but if he's out there playing, then San Francisco expects him to do a lot of the things that he's supposed to be doing which includes running fast eric berry doubtful in that game leonard fournette tj yeldon who plays fournette will start he'll get most of the work if it's a blowout you won't see him

otherwise you will carolina you won't see who fournette okay if it's a blowout they will rest him i'm sure they will spell him in certain situations, maybe a drive here or there. They'll go with Yeldon. Would you start a replacement running back over him? I would start some of them. I would go Latavius over him, and I would go Coleman over him. And I would start Matt Breida ahead of him.

Breida's not exactly a replacement running back, but he kind of is, right? Jerick McKinnon was supposed to be that guy, and now he's gone. You could throw him in as a throwback replacement. Now he's not really a replacement. Ezekiel Elliott replaced Emmitt Smith in some sense.

No, he never really did. He replaced Joseph Randall and Darren McFadden Carolina right guard Trey Turner is out Detroit cornerback Darius Slay practiced That's good news, bad news for the Bonanza That's not going to matter for the Bonanza Eli Apple and Olivia Vernon are out at Houston And let's read some emails

Fantasyfootballatcbsi.com Jimmy from Chicago. Kenyon Drake, Latavius Murray, Corey Clement. Who do I start? I'm going Drake. I gave some thought to moving Latavius ahead of Kenyon Drake, and then I came to my senses. It's too good of a matchup for Drake.

I know he's not going to get every single carry, but he should be in position to have a couple of explosive plays and find the end zone. From Nick, real quick, will Disley or Jesse James half PPR? I'm going to go with James. I know he hasn't had a huge target share. Disley really hasn't had a huge target share either, but I like the explosive plays from both of them. I'm picking the player that will be in the higher scoring game,

and that's James. All right, here's an email from Aaron Borg somewhere north of Tampa, Florida. He is in Lexington, Kentucky. My league has very specific roster specifications and its PPR. The Sean McCoy was just dropped. Should I drop Royce Freeman, Matt Breida, or Mark Ingram for the Sean McCoy? Who will be the best rest of year out of those four? I don't know if I'm ready to pick up McCoy ahead of those guys.

So Breida I would start this week. And he's leading the NFL in rushing. He looks like he's a pretty good player. He seems to be in a good situation. Mark Ingram is going to be back in a couple of weeks. Last name on that list? Royce Freeman. I think if you have to have LeSean McCoy

on your team, then that's who you drop. Who? Freeman. But I don't like it and I don't think I would do it. I think you let somebody else deal with LeSean McCoy who has the problems that we saw during the offseason about the issues at his house. Yes.

Girlfriend. They're starting to come back around. He's not 100 percent. Buffalo stinks. They do. This is starting to look like a lost year for Shady. More emails. More emails.

We got Larry. Larry from a town south of manchester in new hampshire uh we will go with poughkeepsie new york who do i select from the following three running backs pick one giovanni latavius cory clement there you go latavius we already answered that yeah rick from the same cleburne cleveland suburb as Drew Carey. I don't know where Drew Carey's from. I could Google it if you really want. No, that's okay.

He says, hey, Jimmy, Mitch, and Noel. Jimmy spelled J-I-M-I. I think these are, it's got to be Jimi Hendrix. Right. I don't know who Mitch, Mitchell, and Noel Redding are, but I think they may have played with the Jimi Hendrix experience. Sure, why not? Two-keeper standard league. I decided to bail on the drama and uncertainty of Le'Veon Bell.

I traded Le'Veon Bell and James Conner for Kareem Hunt and T.Y. Hilton. Gave up the two Steelers running backs, got Hunt and Hilton. What do you think? Fine with it. Fine with it. Totally okay with it. That's a good way to avoid the headache that will eventually come whenever LeBron Bell comes back to the Steelers. We've got an email from Nick from?

Topeka, Kansas. 12-team, half PPR. Two flex spots, half PPR. Pick one. Tyler Boyd, Ted G spots, half PPR. Pick one. Tyler Boyd, Ted Ginn, or Naeem Hines? Boyd. Hola, my name is Javier. I'm from a crowded city in New Jersey.

Edison. I need help with a trade offer in my 12-team PPR league. I first offered Will Fuller for Lamar Miller. He countered with Lamar Miller and Demarius Thomas for my Adam Thielen. Should I give up Thielen to get Lamar Miller and Demarius Thomas? I have Fournette, Yeldon, Rex Burkhead, Chris Carson, Austin Eckler, and I have Mark Ingram. I think you can make do with the running backs you have and not make this trade,

which is interesting because before the season started, I probably would have told you that this is a no-brainer. But I'm starting to become wary of Demarius Thomas. Me too. And given your running back depth, I think you can survive for a couple weeks. Dave, I haven't said this on the air, I don't think, because you and I are the only ones that feel this way, I think, about Demarius Thomas. But when Emmanuel Sanders had that touchdown catch in week one,

it was a long catch-and-run touchdown, I thought to myself, could Demarius Thomas do that? I think the answer's no. I don't think he can do that anymore. I think he could. The staple of, okay, the staple of Demarius Thomas in his game with Peyton Manning was the bubble screen,

right? Throw the ball at the line of scrimmage and he would take off running and get big plays out of it. I just don't think he's that guy anymore. I think a defense could get sloppy and miss him. Maybe. He could bring a tackle. He's not dynamic. His yards per catch is terrible.

Well, he just came off the worst yards per catch game of his life. Before that, it was like 6 for 60 in the first game. That's a lot better than 5 for 18. But that's bad. I mean, that's Jarvis Landry level. No, that's like, you know how we say sometimes, oh, I would do a better job behind the, or I could run behind that offensive line and get numbers. I think if I somehow caught five passes in an NFL game, I think my max would be 18 yards.

And Damarius Thomas just did that. So he just pulled a Dave. Well, Damarius Thomas... He's better than that. Okay, but I... Okay. So one more email here for now. We've got a lot more coming.

This is from Benny. Dear Morty, Helen, Frank, and Estelle. I want to say that that's from... It is. It is. Yeah. It's the parents. Yeah. 12-team non-'s from science. It is. It is. Yeah. It's the parents. Yeah.

12-team non-PPR league. No cook. I need a running back and a flex. So pick a running back. Lindsey, Peterson, Jamal Williams. Phillip, Lindsey, Adrian Peterson, Jamal Williams. I'll take Peterson. And a flex from Lindsey, Jamal Williams, Kenny Stills, Jamison Crowder.

Lindsey. Okay. Lindsey. Okay. That is a tougher question if it were full PPR, by the way. I think I'd still go with Lindsey, but I might move Stills into the flex over AP. Look at all the things that you can buy on TommyJohn.com slash FFT. 20% off for our listeners. TommyJohn.com slash FFT. 20% off for our listeners. TommyJohn.com slash FFT. Underwear. Boxer brief, relax fit boxer, trunk, square cut brief, three-quarter length legging, full length legging, long johns.

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Brita or Demarius Thomas? PPR. Brita. Nick in New Jersey. One running back, one flex in PPR. Clement, Latavius, Fournette, Brita. Pick one. Clement, Latavius, Fournette, Brita.

PPR. My goodness. My goodness, this is going to be an answer I can't even believe I'm going to say, but I'm going to say it. I think it needs to be Brita and Latavius. Oh, but also Allen Robinson. Yeah, I gave you my answer.

Okay. This is from Bob O. in a suburb of Chicago. Villa Park. 12-team half PPR. Which two running backs should I start this week? Sonny Michel, Alex Collins, Jamal Williams. Oh, boy, Bob. This is bad.

Collins is your best guy. I go with him, and I'm going to take the upside with Sonny Michel over Jamal Williams. This is from Ed, and where is he from? Burbank, California. Running back slot available and a flex spot available, non-PPR. Pick a running back. Jamal Williams, Rex Burkhead, Sonny Michel. Rex.

You don't like Jamal Williams, it seems. I don't like three-headed rushing attacks on a team that's had trouble running back. So let's take Rex Burkhead. It's not really that much of a three-head. He's a little bit better, and you're right. He's not really that much of a three He's a little bit better And you're right he's not that much better Oh I mean I think Ty Montgomery

He really hasn't been that involved Nope but it's another mouth It's another set of legs It's another human heart You know what's interesting Dave Jamal Williams right great in the passing game last year Do you know how many catches he had In the one game he played with Aaron Rodgers?

Zero. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's zero. And he's completely uninvolved in the passing game this year. So that was Deshaun Kizer's guy. From Brian. Oh, wait, wait, wait. So you picked Burkhead. Now I need a flex.

Michelle, John Brown, Jamal Williams. Thank God this guy's got John Brown. Okay. Brian wants to know who he should drop, if anyone, for Matthew Stafford. He has Andrew Luck. Should he drop Rex Burkhead, Phillip Lindsey, Alfred Morris, Chris Carson, Rashad Penny? How many teams are in the league? 10 or 12?

15. 15? I have no idea. That's a good running back core for a 15-team league. Burkhead, Lindsey, Morris, Carson, Penny. I'm not cutting the Seahawks guys or Lindsey or Burkhead. It comes down to cutting Alf or Luck. And if you think that no one's going to make a huge play for Luck,

and no one probably will if Matthew Stafford's on the waiver wire. Then drop Luck. Get Stafford. Keep Alf. Keep the depth at running back. I guess. From John, PPR, Brita, Lamar Miller, James White. Pick two.

Brita, Lamar Miller, James White. I'm sitting White. Eric from North Carolina. I am in a long-time league where the can't-cut list is turned off because the owners are pretty trustworthy and want to be able to react quickly to injuries. This year, we lost one owner and picked up a first-time player.

Naturally, he dropped Odell Beckham and Joe Mixon after week two. Of course, both guys were grabbed off waivers. The commissioner got Odell, and nobody agrees on what to do. The new guy says he just wants to learn from his mistakes, and the commissioner says, that's fantasy football. Is that just fantasy football, says Eric. I think you can still learn from your mistake

and be allowed to keep your star players. I'm thinking this person is a total noob to fantasy football. Apparently. And he thinks when you drop a player, that means that they go to your bench and not cut, and maybe he's just trying to be kind of cool about the whole situation and go with the flow and not cause any trouble because he's new to the league. The commissioner should give him back these players.

He should not keep these players. I'm not sure that he is complaining. I think the rest of the league is complaining that Beckham and Mixon were dropped. The new owner isn't complaining because he doesn't know any better. This is his first time playing fantasy football.

So you would reverse it? I would reverse it and I would let him know you want to keep your good players on your bench. Don't drop them. Make sure you know how the league site works, no matter what site you play on. And if you do it again, now that I've told you what not to do, I am going to enforce the rules and say,

sorry, you cut them. That's fantasy football. That's fantasy football. Here's an email from Daryl. Here's some combination of Jeff, Steve, Bill, and Mark. Gosh, why are we so bad at this now? We used to be great. Jeff, Steve, Bill, and Mark.

Oh, these are like CEOs. Bezos, Jobs, Gates, and Zuckerberg. Okay. PPR, start one. Geo, Alex Collins, Brita, or Lamar Miller? If I'm starting one of these guys, it's Brita. All righty. I think he has the absolute most upside of that group.

Yeah, but he also splits carries. Like Gio Bernard. How are you not starting Gio Bernard over Matt Breida? I think Gio is going to split carries a little bit too. And I think the matchup is a little bit tougher for Gio. Oh, it is. It is. Than it is for Breida.

The thing that I'm expecting is that the Chiefs break out to a lead and the 49ers have to play from behind. There are two running backs that can catch passes. One is a fullback for San Francisco. The other one is Matt Breida. And I feel like Breida has shown enough playmaking ability in the first two weeks of the season that the 49ers have to keep him involved. Not to mention, don't they want to be able to run the football

in the early going of the game to keep Patrick Mahomes on the bench? They like Alfred Morris. They can make don't they want to be able to run the football in the early going of the game? I know, but they like Alfred Morris. To keep Patrick Mahomes on the bench? They like Alfred Morris. They can make him all they want. Isn't Geo safer? He's not going to break a lot of long runs. No, he's not. He stinks, but isn't Geo safer?

Yes. May I espouse my theory on fantasy football circa 2018? I'm already going to disagree with it, but sure. Upside matters more now than ever. The way that points are being scored in fantasy leagues, standard PPR doesn't matter. The NFL is becoming even more high-scoring. We're at the point where you need to really lean toward upside

in a matchup when it's close between two players like this. I actually don't disagree, but I think Geo has a ton of upside. Yeah, I'm not in that camp. Frida probably has more. I feel like Geo is safer. I think if you're looking for 12 fantasy points. In PPR, you're going to get more than that from Geo. You can get 15, 16, 17.

Yeah. All right, you know what to get more than that from Gio. You can get 15, 16, 17. Yeah. All right. You know what's not smart, Dave? Starting a Titan this week. You know what else is not smart? Dropping Odell Beckham and Joe Mixon after two weeks. I was going to say putting your hand in a beehive. Putting your hand in a beehive, not smart.

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We got the Mike McClure interview coming up in a bit Name and city please Dave Bob from Brooklyn, New York Bob is giving up Dalvin Cook and Kenyon Drake To get Michael Thomas in PPR That feels short-sighted I'm going to say that that's too much get Michael Thomas in PPR. That feels short-sighted. I'm going to say that that's too much for Michael Thomas.

Amen. I'm going to give that a D+. Dave? Yes. All right, fine. This is from Drew from the Music City. That's Tennessee. Nashville.

12-team half PPR league. I have Gordon, Connor, Gio, Collins, Brita, and Lindsey at running back. Wow. The Bell owner is one and one and needs some running back help. Is my Matt Breida for his Le'Veon Bell a good trade? Yes. Oh, yeah, especially as the Connor owner. Especially with your depth, it's a really good trade.

P.S., I love the regulators. As a commish for two leagues, I love listening to all the weird scenarios. And I do lean towards making it fun for people and being more lenient than Heath and Dave. That's fine. There's nothing wrong with that. You're probably a calm, understanding person that is willing to deal with other people's mistakes. This is from Tim. Dear Adam, Jamie, Dave, and Heath,

is it time to trade Isaiah Crowell? Who could I reasonably get for him? Would Aaron Jones be a fair return for Crowell? That would be a more than fair return for Crowell. Aaron Jones? I don't think you're going to get a lot for Crowell because a lot of people aren't interested in him unless they're relatively new to fantasy football

or they're just absolutely desperate for a running back but the the alternative instead of trying to trade crowell for just one player is take crowell pair him with another player and try and get one player For example, Isaiah Crowell and Demarius Thomas or – give me somebody in that wide receiver two range. Okay. So – How about Golden Tate? Only in PPR. How about Jarvis Landry in a non-PPR?

Well, I don't know. I don't think Aaron Jones is even close to enough for Isaiah Crowell. Like, not even close. The problem – that's why I think you'll get that trade to happen. It's a terrible trade. You're getting off the Isaiah Crowell escalator and getting whatever you can for him. In this case, it's a lottery ticket to the Packers. That's not enough for a guy who's been good so far.

But Crowell is probably on your bench. I agree. You probably want somebody that's got more upside for the rest of the season. I agree that I'm not saying it's a fair trade, but I understand where he's coming from. No, I agree with you that Crowell should be traded. We went through his upcoming schedule. It is brutal.

It's a good time to trade Isaiah Crowell. However, for a guy, we have no idea what his role is going to be. Aaron Jones, that's not a good enough trade. Get something good. I love Dave's idea of going two for one. I'm sorry that I blanked and couldn't think of a good name, but yeah, two for one, trading Isaiah Crowell.

That's excellent. Tim says, hey, Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. Those are fantasy animals. He actually says they are actors Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. Those are fantasy animals. He actually says they are actors. I think he said – I forgot who he said for Adam. I know he said Heath Ledger. It was actually pretty funny.

He said those are actors. David Johnson, Gio, Corey Clement. I need two. I'm going to sit Clement. Dear Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. Oh, this is the guy who said they're actors. Heath Ledger, Jamie Foxx, Adam Sandler, and Dave Franco. I don't know who Dave Franco is.

I need your opinion on picking up players off of waivers that you don't need but have value to other teams. For example, I normally only carry one tight end, but I had two, Kittle and Burton. Someone dropped Evan Ingram. I decided to pick him up. I believe he's too good of a player to be on waivers. How do you feel about this strategy, Dave, essentially keeping good players from other teams? It is never a bad idea to collect good football players for your fantasy roster. That might be the easiest advice that I could ever give anybody on the subject. The NFL and fantasy football is a funny way of making guys relevant

and right now you might not think that you're you need these tight ends but an injury here or you know another bad game for george kittle or another low target low volume game for trey burton and all of a sudden you've got three tight ends that you're not necessarily sure which one to start each week, which will be a headache, but at least you have that problem instead of streaming. Consequently, you could also have guys that all go off this week. Kittle we like a lot. Burton we're kind of enjoying, and we think he can do even better than he has been. And Ingram caught a garbage touchdown last week and finished with really nice numbers.

If all three of them continue their success, you should be able to make a trade because there's enough people in tight end hell in every league that will give up something to get out of tight end hell. Yeah, I agree. And last one, let's read it from... Oh, who's got the last one here? Dave, I'm sorry.

We're going to go with TC from damn near Oregon. So is that California or Washington? I don't know. Would you start Brita or Lindsey over any of the following guys? Brita or Lindsey over any of the following? Saquon Barkley, Jordan Howard, James Conner. No, I'll take those three studs over Brita

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Get some DFS advice from our Sportsline.com expert. And yes, it is time for some DFS talk. And we've got Sportsline's finest, Mike McClure. Mike and I used to be on a podcast together. The Sportsline, what was it called? The Sportsline DFS podcast? It was the Sportsline DFS podcast. Tough name to remember,

you know? Yes, very difficult. And you've got your lineup set. I mean, I'm sure you're going to make some tweaks. You're going to have many, many lineups this weekend, but tell me a few guys that you're excited about playing this week. Well, how are you, Mike? Welcome to Fantasy Football today. I'm sorry for being so rude.

Welcome. Thanks for having me here. No, I'm excited for this. It's going to be a fun week. You look around, and by the time you get to week three, the pricing is a little bit more efficient. We don't have as many obvious values. So the first thing we're going to look at is just the injury news here three the pricing is a little bit more efficient we don't have as many obvious values uh so the

first thing we're going to look at is just the injury news here and uh just the breaking news jack doyle is not going to play for the colts uh so that's going to pave the way for eric ebron and this is a situation where early in the week i was actually maybe looking to fade eric ebron uh he's had a you know he's been on the right side of the touchdown variance early this season, but he's only played 53 of the 143 snaps, which is not ideal for daily fantasy. Now Jack Doyle, though, who is out, had played 136 of 143. So he's one of the most active tight ends in the league, actually number two only behind Zach Ertz. So now Ebron is going to have that opportunity to really keep those early efficiency numbers up. So Eric Ebron is someone that I think you almost have to lock into your cash game

lineups this week and not someone you want to fade, even though we know he's going to be highly owned. Yeah. Now I've got my lineup all set on FanDuel.com slash FFT. Mike, feel free to join. $5 entry, FanDuel.com slash FFT. Compete against the listeners and the podcasters for fantasy football today. But Patrick Mahomes is number one, is the most expensive quarterback. Are you going to have any Patrick Mahomes in your lineups? I will have a small amount of Patrick Mahomes. The thing is, you are paying at basically the ceiling, but he has certainly played like a quarterback that should be priced there.

I will be looking a little more towards the other side of that game, though, with Jimmy G at a significant discount. But I'm not completely fading Mahomes. I don't think you can at this point. He's a pretty safe bet to score three touchdowns again this week. I just want to say I had Dalvin Cook in a lineup because we just kind of tackle some more news. Dalvin Cook says he's going to play. I think they're going to blow out the Bills say I had Dalvin Cook in a lineup because we just kind of tackle some more news. Dalvin Cook says he's going to play. I think they're going to blow out the bills. I had Dalvin Cook. I thought he was an amazing value on FanDuel at 6,500. Priced with Marshawn Lynch, Philip Lindsay. And he's a guy who people were taking in the first or second round of fantasy drafts. So I'm done. I'm out with him. So if he's inactive, I imagine Latavius Murray is going to be one of the most –

let me see what his price is, but he's going to be chalky as hell. Latavius is at $5,200. I'm not sure I want to play him if Cook does play, but my suspicion, Mike, is that if Cook plays, they're going to blow out the bills. He might get 10 carries. It's too scary for me. Yeah, I don't see any reason. I don't see why the Vikings would play him here in this spot.

17-point favorites, they're at home. Latavius Murray is fine as a replacement-level player. They've got enough weapons. So even if he does suit up and play, like you said, I can't project more than 10 carries. Complete fade on Dalvin Cook. I have a lot of interest in Latavius Murray, especially if Cook is out. But even if we don't get word that he's out, I don't hate the idea of throwing Latavius Murray in one of the Sunday Million lineups. At 5,200, he's definitely worth a shot in those tournaments.

All right. So what's your overall take on this week? What are you thinking? So overall take on this week now is we've got this injury news. It really does depend. I'm going to operate as if JGI is not going to play. And if we get this news on Dalvin Cook, then what that means is everyone's going to be playing the cheap running backs, going to try and load up at receiver or pay up for Patrick Mahomes.

So in tournaments, it's going to give you a good opportunity to look for some of that mid-range value at wide receiver, look for that at running back to try and pivot away from the chalk. But in terms of cash games right now, it's Corey Clement, Eric Ebron, and that's going to give you enough cash to pay up for some of the big wide receivers right now. I don't know. I mean, maybe this guy is not super cheap, but I like Giovanni Bernard's value. It's $6,400. As I mentioned, in non-PPR, Carolina's already given up double-digit fantasy points twice in two games.

They did that four times all of last year. Maybe they're missing Thomas Davis. And it doesn't really matter what the matchup is. When Mixon's out, Joe is going to get a ton of touches. I imagine he'll be in a lot of lineups as well, but I've got him in my lineup right now. Yeah, I like Gio Bernard a lot. I was chatting with some people on Twitter earlier about this. I think he's going to be significantly under-owned now. He was in that range with Dalvin Cook. We're obviously not playing him. But if you look for $100 more, it's Chris Thompson, who I know it's only half-point

PPR here on FanDuel. But Chris Thompson is still putting up some pretty nice numbers, and he's clearly the number one receiving option for Alex Smith in that offense. You've also got Lamar Miller right there. Tevin Coleman's just a few hundred bucks or more than that. We've already mentioned Corey Clement. So I'm right there with you on Geo. I do think he's going to be one of the lower-owned options in this range. Geo and Thompson are actually my two running backs.

Well, I have a third. I have a flex. I have Melvin Gordon. So let's talk about some studs with tough matchups here. You know, I had a lot of money left over, and I said, yeah, maybe people are going to fade Melvin Gordon this week against the Rams. I still think he has a great chance to find the end zone. But is Melvin Gordon, who has been certainly one of the nice

fantasy assets thus far, and he's the third most expensive running back on FanDuel behind Gurley and Kamara, is he too rich for your blood, Mike? No, I actually like it a lot in tournaments. I can't get there in cash games this week, but in tournaments I like it a lot.

I don't think anyone's going to own him. He's only 300 less than Alvin Kamara against the Falcons, who actually allow the most receptions to running backs over the last two years in the NFL. So I'm right there with you on Melvin Gordon. I think he's a fantastic tournament play. He's got a knack for finding the end zone. He's got pretty much all the market share he could want when it comes to getting in the red zone there. So I'm right there with you. Melvin Gordon, excellent tournament play. Who are some guys you're not playing?

Too expensive. Alvin Kamara is a guy that I'm not playing this week. Just, again, too expensive. I think that there is enough running back value as these injuries are rolling in. And then even guys you mentioned with Gio Bernard, Chris Thompson, they do have relatively high floors in their individual matchups here. I'm going to be fading Alvin Kamara. I'm not really interested in paying that price point for him. Nobody's playing David Johnson. Does that make him interesting? I assume.

Does that make him interesting in tournaments? Because he's the fourth most expensive running back, and I just don't think that's justified right now. Yeah, it's certainly not justified. I mean, it's looking at his long-term career projection there. I'm probably not going to play him. You mentioned Melvin Gordon. I actually prefer Melvin Gordon over David Johnson this week. For me, with David Johnson, it's just a wait-and-see approach. Until we see more out of that Arizona offense. I'm just not interested there. How do you feel about...

So we're talking about high-priced guys. How do you feel about Beckham? How do you feel about Julio? How do you feel about the elite wide receivers this week? So the elite wide receivers, I'm looking at the top two. Michael Thomas, Julio Jones have a ton of interest in playing both of those guys. I'm not going to be playing Odell or DeAndre Hopkins. These games are going to be awesome to watch because they're playing against each other, the top four receivers here. But I'm not playing Odell Beckham. I think that Julio Jones is by far the most interesting here. This is an interesting matchup for him.

He's going to be probably shadowed by Marshawn Lattimore in this game. Lattimore is one of only six full-time cornerbacks last season to not allow a touchdown. He played Julio twice, didn't allow a touchdown, but Julio wasn't exactly shut down in those games. I'm not fading Julio here. I think he's probably going to be under-owned because people respect Lattimore, but Julio is a guy I want. I mean, he went for 7 and 149 and 5 and 98. The only problem was he just didn't

find the end zone. So I'm all in on Julio Jones this week. I will have him in a ton of lineups. What's your tight end strategy? Ebron? Ebron or bust? Yeah, like in cash games this week, it's going to? Ebron or bust? Yeah, like in cash games this week, it's going to be Ebron or bust. I will have some George Kittle lineups where I'll

be handcuffing him with Jimmy Garoppolo. I am very high on the 49ers, as I think everyone should be. Yep, I got Garoppolo. For sure. The Kansas City defense is just absolutely miserable. They've put up 80 points so far this year. They're 2-0, and they still rank third to last in the NFL

with a negative nine-plus yards on the net drive every drive. They're just getting destroyed defensively. They are truly a bottom three defense in the NFL. So I think if Marquise Goodwin plays, I might want Marquise Goodwin, but I wouldn't mind him sitting, and I would start Pierre Garçon. What do you think about the Niners wide receivers? Yeah, so we've got to watch for that news on Goodwin. If he plays, you've got to play him, I think.

But I'm with you, too. I actually kind of hope he sits. I don't think people are going to reach for Pierre Garçon. They're just going to look to other teams and other situations. But I love Pierre Garçon in this matchup. I will definitely have Garçon handcuffed with Jimmy Garoppolo and possibly the double handcuff with George Kittle in there. Who is someone that you could just see having the Stefan Diggs,

Todd Gurley game from last week, like the highest score non-quarterback this week? I'm going to go with T.Y. Hilton. I think T.Y. Hilton is going to be in a prime spot. Against the Eagles. Yes, against the Eagles. I don't think a lot of people are going to play him there. He is starting to get, you know,

the problem we used to have with T.Y. Hilton is he just, you know, he'd have these five-catch 90-yard games, just didn't find the end zone. He's definitely going to get some more red zone targets. It's kind of been evident over the first couple weeks. But, you know, the big question here is Jack Doyle being out. Jack Doyle, he's playing all these snaps. He is a big target for Andrew Luck,

even though we haven't seen him really score touchdowns early this season. I don't know that I think that Andrew Luck really trusts many of the other players on this team here. So I'm looking for a big multi-touchdown game for T.Y. Hilton on the road in Philly this week. Yeah, I'd love to see. He could have 15 or more targets. They could be chasing points. Can't run the ball against the Eagles. Makes a lot of sense. Mike, thank you very much for your time. If you want some more advice, how can we get that from you on Sportsline? Yeah, head over to Sportsline.com. You can look for the articles there. And if you

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And there's a lot of strategy that goes into that. So it's a lot of fun. Do we still have a promo code? We got Fantasy for Sportsline? Yeah, promo code Fantasy, promo code Mike. Both of those are going to work. They're going to get you your first month for one buck over there. So, yeah, go use those promo codes. All right, thanks, everybody.

I hope you enjoy your weekend. I hope you win in fantasy. And we will talk to you on Sunday night with a recap of Sunday's action. For Mike McClure, for Dave Richard, I'm Adam Azer. Take care, everyone. When I wake up in the morning, CBS gives out a warning About a Jai's bank of offensive line. Injury to Brandon Cooks, and before I even look, my opponent rags his back up off the waiver wire.

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