Fantasy Football Today - LAST-MINUTE Week 5 Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em, AdviceActives/Inactives & Q/A! (10/05 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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Starting point is 00:01:25 Instacart, groceries that over-deliver. Rise and shine, everybody. Let's get those lineups set for Fantasy Week 5. And welcome to the show. This is FFT Express. Adam and Heath here. Wishing you a good morning and reminding you to join us at 8.30 a.m. Eastern for the first of our two live streams.

Starting point is 00:01:41 And then again at noon Eastern at YouTube. Atcom slash fantasy football today. Okay. It is a tough day with tight ends. Michael Mayer is out, so you can't even go that route. Brock Bowers is questionable, but looks like he is not going to play. That's what we're assuming right now. That's what everyone seems to be assuming.

Starting point is 00:02:00 So they're at Indianapolis. Meanwhile, the Saints, Joanne Johnson is questionable, and both Taysam Hill and Foster Morrow are going to be activated today. So what do we do with tight end, Eth? Well, I make another plan if you have Brock Bowers and maybe make another plan if you have Joanne Johnson.

Starting point is 00:02:22 If Joanne Johnson was 100% healthy, I would still have some concern about starting him with Taysam Hill, which the only report that I've seen is is he is expected to have a role. I don't know how large the Taysam package is going to be, but it's back.

Starting point is 00:02:39 And Foster Morrow generally has a couple of targets when he's active. So we are not ranking Brock Bowers right now, and I have dropped Juan Johnson outside of my top 10, still have them at 12. A couple of guys who are widely available. Tommy Trimble

Starting point is 00:02:56 still only rostered in 7% of league. And he's ahead of both of those guys for me. So I'd like to go see if he's available. Brinton Strange, 61% rostered, another guy that I would start over both of them. I think when you get to the group of, and I have all these guys very, very close, Harold Fannan, Mark Andrews, T.J. Hawkinson, Dallas Goddardt, who is also questionable. Like, I wouldn't argue with starting any of those guys over Joanne Johnson, but still have Johnson ahead of them right now.

Starting point is 00:03:26 I was even going to say a guy like Dalton Schultz who has gotten 5.8 to 8 ppr fantasy points every week. I know that you could just turn to someone that's going to score something. I'd probably stick with Joanne Johnson over him. I've got concerns about Hunter Henry. He's been terrible against Buffalo, but I'd start Hunter Henry over all these guys. And with Jaden Daniels back, I would start Zach Hertz over all these guys. Yeah. I think they're going to throw more with Jaden Daniels.

Starting point is 00:03:55 He's, they didn't throw much with Marioada. Daniel's, his two games, he had more pass attempts than Mario did. Obviously, Debo Samuel is out. So, or, nope, Debo Samuel's in. Debo Samuel's in. Terry McLoren is out. Excuse me. Debo Samuel is playing today.

Starting point is 00:04:11 Apologies for that. You're fine to start Debo Samuel. He should be very good. But that's your tight end news. And the other thing is that when Taysam Hill plays, that could be bad for Alvin Camara. Did you download Alvin Camara? I did not download him. I downgraded him.

Starting point is 00:04:25 just a little bit. I can't do these shows when the hurricanes have a night game. It's just late night. I went to bed at halftime, but congratulations. It was pretty obvious how that one was going. I think Camara and Tony Pollard were the two downgrades over the weekend for me. Camara still stays kind of at the start of the cesspool, not quite into that RBE. 21 through 29 range

Starting point is 00:04:57 Pollard was right in the middle of it and has kind of sunk to the bottom. So Pollard behind Ramandre Stevenson behind Michael Carter for me. Camara still ahead of those guys. Oh, wow. Yeah, that's the thing. I mean, I feel like Tajay Spears,

Starting point is 00:05:13 that's probably the other big headline today. Tajay Spears is being activated. So that's why we're downgrading. I mean, I'm going to look at my team that has both Joanne Johnson and Tony Pollard right now and try to get away from, from both of them. Joanne Johnson's a flex for me in that league. Pollard, oh, I'm going to sit him for Rico Dowdell, easy call.

Starting point is 00:05:34 Yep. And then Joanne Johnson, I'd probably have to sit for R.J. Harvey, and I don't know if I'll do that. That'll be a game time decision for me. But that's kind of where I'm at with those guys. Yeah, so Pollard, you said behind Michael, so obviously behind Rico Dowdell. You said behind Michael Carter, too?

Starting point is 00:05:51 Yes, he is my RB, 20. So the five guys just ahead of him, David Montgomery, Woody, Marks, Michael Carter, R.J. Harvey, Ramandre Stevenson. And what do you think about the Arizona running backs? Because we have Jonathan Gannon say they're all going to play. And Jeremy Fowler, VSPN, saying they're going to ride the hot hand. And we shouldn't maybe overlook Zonovan Knight. So I want to find out your thoughts on the Cardinals running back situation. after this quick break on FFT Express

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Starting point is 00:06:45 Okay, back to your thoughts on Arizona's running backs. I don't think that probably Jonathan Gannon knows exactly how many touches each of these guys are going to get, because it's going to depend on efficiency. I'm a concerned that if Carter averages 2.7 yards per carry, like he did in week 18 last year, that we will see some Bam Knight and some Amari Di Mercado, and it's going to be a complete disaster. There's also the possibility, though, that if Carter comes out and that is effective on that first drive, he might have 20 touches in this game. So he's right at the borderline of an RB2 and a flex for me.

Starting point is 00:07:20 I think very similar profile to both Woody Marks and R.J. Harvey, who you could see having enormous days and who you wouldn't really be that surprised if they had 10 carries for 35 yards and didn't score very many fantasy points. So there are B. 25, 26, 24, 25, and 26 for me. I would definitely start Montgomery, Dobbins. I'm still starting Jordan Mason over those guys. I'm still starting Chase Brown over those guys. I'm still starting Ken Walker over those guys. so just a few other news items before we answer your question let's see Alec Pierce is out for the Colts but Adonai Mitchell may not play Mitchell does well gets a lot of work with the absence of Pierce but he fumbled the ball going to the end zone they haven't committed him playing

Starting point is 00:08:06 what I saw this morning I believe was that he is going to play but he's going to have a limited package okay so that's a shame he's a talented player there are two teams that are going to be without three offensive linemen one is Minnesota We've been operating the whole week, you know, knowing that. And the other one is Dallas. We pretty much knew that, except their offensive tackle, Tyler Geithen, is not expected

Starting point is 00:08:31 to play, I believe. So that would be three starters for them. I think they play without two starters and did just fine last week against the Packers. Any downgrade of Cowboys players against the Jets? A small downgrade this morning because that line did move from Dallas being a two and a half point favorite to a one and a half point favorite and their team total came down a little bit but it nothing really changes jake fergusons must start um javanti williams is must start just like we all expected at the beginning of the year george pickens is must start and i view deck as kind of a borderline

Starting point is 00:09:09 number one quarterback i would start um bryce young as a streamer and tua as a streamer over deck and I think I'm a little bit lower on him than some, but he's right in that range. Okay. And Tyler Guyton is officially out with a concussion. Okay, let's read some questions here. DAC or DART? Dack for me.

Starting point is 00:09:34 Gentie or Rashad White? I would, what? I was going to say, the absence of Bowers could definitely be a boost for Gentie. I mean, they've got to throw to someone, but go ahead. I do have Rashad White ahead of Gentie for the time. Yeah. Okay. Warren or Ferguson at tight end?

Starting point is 00:09:56 Go make a trade. I would start Jake Ferguson. RJ Harvey or Michael Carter? Everybody's just going through my rankings now and giving two names that are back-to-back in the rankings. That's lots of fun, guys. I would start Harvey, but it's very close. Start one, drop one. Chub, demarcato.

Starting point is 00:10:21 I would start Chub. I dropped Nick Chub for doubt all this week, and I'm not, I don't know, no one's picked him up. Right. You know, at least you said you'd start Chubb. I'd start Chub over DiMarcato. Yeah, so you'd have to drop DeMarcato. Okay, it just, you might be giving yourself a chance at a good running back with Demarcato. I don't know that Chub's ever going to.

Starting point is 00:10:45 really do much for your team. But, all right, E.N or Dowdell? That's going to be E.T.N. for me. Javante Williams or Debo Samuel? Tough one. That's another good,

Starting point is 00:10:59 you got a good roster there. It's a nice brag, and I would start Javante. Michael Carter, Trayvion, Henderson, or Darius Slaten? That could have also been Jameson, and if it was, I would start Debo over Jameson Williams.

Starting point is 00:11:10 Yeah, all right. So it goes Javante, Debo, Jameson. Good call. Yes. Michael Carter, Trayvon, Henderson, Darius Slayton. That'll be Carter for me. That's, okay, Carter versus, I think definitely over Trayvion, Carter versus Slayton.

Starting point is 00:11:27 Not that I love Slateon so much, but do you feel like with Carter, you have a chance of getting like two fantasy points, something horrible? I always feel like that with Darius Slayton in a game where the, I mean, if the Giants are competitive, they might throw 15 passes. Competitive. The Saints have to be competitive here because we're winning. Oh, the Saints are favored. Well, that's wrong.

Starting point is 00:11:46 Another thing is that I tweeted this out earlier this week. I've heard a lot of people talking about the fact that Darius Slateon, I think, average 79 yards per game in the two games that Malik neighbors missed last year. But Darius Slatein also played like 75 football games without Malik neighbors before last year. This doesn't matter. Justin Herbert or Justin Fields will finish with that. Man, I have to make this decision, and I am going Herbert. but they're both top four quarterbacks for me. All right.

Starting point is 00:12:16 Yeah, I'd go fields. Tough call. I'd go field. So let's, uh, let's end it there. If you have more questions, join us at 8.30 a.m. Eastern at YouTube.com slash fantasy football today. And then again, noon Eastern YouTube.com slash fantasy football today. Thanks for hanging out.

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Fantasy Football Today - LAST-MINUTE Week 5 Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em, AdviceActives/Inactives & Q/A! (10/05 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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