Fantasy Football Today - Start or Sit (AFC): Pierce, Pickens, Ridley and More (10/26 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: October 26, 2023

Fantasy Football Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts We love C.J. Stroud and Jahmyr Gibbs this we...ek and we are going back to D.J. Moore, but who are we avoiding (5:14)? Jamey and Heath tell you which players make them nervous this week. Then we've got a lot of news and notes (8:15) as Tyreek Hill, Raheem Mostert and Ken Walker were among the many significant players who missed practice ... One Question for Each Game (15:00): Do we trust Calvin Ridley in a good matchup? Diontae Johnson? Rhamondre Stevenson? D'Onta Foreman? Javonte Williams? ... Start or Sit for Jaguars-Steelers (25:15), Saints-Colts (32:45), Browns-Seahawks (40:22), Patriots-Dolphins (47:05), Falcons-Titans (51:55), Texans-Panthers (59:10), Chiefs-Broncos (1:08:00) and Bears-Chargers (1:12:40) ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dynasty/id1696679179 SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHlmMJw1m8FareKybdNfG?si=8487e2f9611b4438&nd=1 Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs Follow the brand new FFT TikTok account: https://www.tiktok.com/@fftoday Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday Get 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collection Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/ Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletter You can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast." To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ 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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Starting point is 00:01:16 Visit amex.ca slash business platinum. This is Fantasy Football Today from CBS Sports. What a play! Can you believe this? I know I can. It's time to dominate your fantasy league. This is going to go the distance. Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath.
Starting point is 00:01:42 Good morning, everybody. Welcome to your Thursday show. Week 8 begins tonight with the Bucs and the Bills. Chris Godwin and Baker Mayfield are going to play tonight. Vida Veya, their defensive tackle, will be a game-time decision. And we previewed that one yesterday, so let's get to eight mostly AFC home games. We'll talk about Jacksonville at Pittsburgh, New Orleans at Indianapolis, Cleveland at Seattle, Atlanta at Tennessee,
Starting point is 00:02:08 Houston at Carolina, New England at Miami. Did you know that Tua Tungabailoa has never even scored 19 fantasy points against the Patriots in six-point-per-passing touchdown leagues? Kansas City at Denver. Did you know that the Broncos have the lowest time
Starting point is 00:02:24 of possession and have run the fewest plays per game in the NFL? Hard to be good in fantasy with that. And Chicago is at the Chargers as well. And Heath, did you know that every week, I ask Jamie for one stinking favor to make Trevor Lawrence the star of the week so we can get some of those good vibes, and he never does it.
Starting point is 00:02:43 So Jamie, who did you shun Trevor Lawrence for this week? Who do we love? Who's our star of the week so we can get some of those good vibes and he never does it. So, Jamie, who did you shun Trevor Lawrence for this week? Who do we love? Who's our star of the week? Trevor Lawrence. CJ Stroud. I like the narrative. You know, guy who was taken second overall facing the guy who was first overall. And the guy who was second
Starting point is 00:02:59 overall has been significantly better. But it's a great matchup. I mean, I think we've seen the last two times the Panthers have played defense. They have not been good against opposing quarterbacks in Tua and Jared Goff and Stroud has had a couple of down games for him, but four of his starts this season have been for 18 or more fantasy points. I'm sorry, five of his starts, three of them have gone for 24 or more points. So I think he's got the high-end potential to be a top-five
Starting point is 00:03:29 quarterback. I don't have him ranked that way. I have him ranked eighth. But I love the upside, the narrative, the matchup. They're down Jeremy Chan. They're down Gross Matos. So down to key defenders as well. So it's set up for Stroud to have a big week. Yeah, I was going to mention the injuries
Starting point is 00:03:46 because not only have they struggled lately, and mostly the Panthers struggle against the run. They're arguably the worst run defense in football. So Damian Pierce will be an interesting guy to talk about. But they are down. Since the last time we saw them, two defensive players, as Jamie just mentioned, a pass rusher and a safety.
Starting point is 00:04:02 So even worse on paper for the Carolina uh carolina panthers and that is cj stroud's matchup and he is our start of the week heath how about you who do you love this week you know i've been literally the whole time you guys were talking i didn't hear anything you said i'm scrolling through the show notes to fight try to find some rankings dispute you've highlighted where i'm higher on a guy because I really strike I thought I'd say Jameer Gibbs because he's my number two running back this week but everybody's starting Jameer Gibbs that's not super helpful I thought maybe I'd say Jonathan Taylor because the highest
Starting point is 00:04:32 I've ranked him all season he's RB 14 everybody's probably starting Jonathan Taylor I was gonna say Adam Thielen he's back everybody's starting Adam Thielen um I had a hard time finding a guy like who was kind of tricky that I loved I agree with Stroud, and I think it's good that Jamie chose the better quarterback. But can I just say, Jameer Gibbs, top two running back this week? Yeah. You know what? I have an idea. Let's pivot to something.
Starting point is 00:04:56 I think all three. First of all, it's weird. When I look at ranking disputes, Heath is always lower. He's never higher on it. How is that possible? It's not. It's not possible. But he's always lower. I want to ask you it. How is that possible? It's not possible, but he's always lower.
Starting point is 00:05:06 I want to ask you guys about someone that you're all high on, and Dave, you can chime in too. Just kidding, Dave's not here. But you're all high on DJ Moore, and he's a guy who has had less than 60 yards in each of the last two games with Tyson Bajent. This is, I think, the last game I have scheduled for us to talk about today, so it's not coming up for a while.
Starting point is 00:05:26 You're all high on DJ Moore, and I know he had two almost touchdowns last week, one receiving, one rushing, but we're talking about a team that's thrown for something like 130 yards and 180 yards in each of their last two games. I understand the matchup's good, but Tyson Bajent won't throw downfield, really.
Starting point is 00:05:44 So should you really be that high on DJ Moore, top 15, Heath? Well, that's the funny thing, is based on the projections, I think I lowered DJ Moore like seven spots. Based on where he's performed for the season on a per-game basis, I think I lowered him like seven spots. I do think that this Chargers defense is just a disaster. I saw a chart from the Chiefs' pass attempts against them, and it was just so obvious they were attacking the middle of the field
Starting point is 00:06:15 because every time somebody caught the ball in the middle of the field, there was nobody within 10 yards of them. They're just getting torched. And so Tyler Bajent might throw for 200 yards, but 40% of them are going to DJ more. Okay. Uh, all right.
Starting point is 00:06:30 So start DJ more. Let's see who, how about Heath since you're low on everyone, uh, any players to avoid this week? I'm avoiding Joe burrow. Um, I just like,
Starting point is 00:06:42 there've been two quarterbacks who have scored more than 15 fantasy points against the 49ers. Burrow has not shown us yet that he's fine. And he's going on the road to play a team that's lost back-to-back games. We think one of the best teams in the NFL, one of the best defenses in the NFL. I think it's just a terrible spot. And I think Brock Purdy being out probably makes things worse for him. It probably means 49ers are going to run the ball and control the ball even a little bit more. Cincinnati's past defense has been okay. They're giving up over five yards per carry. So I,
Starting point is 00:07:09 I just, I don't like this spot at all for burrow. I'm staying away. Heath mentioned Brock Purdy Purdy's in the concussion protocol, not ruled out yet, but we'll be tough for him to get back in time. And actually a lot of injuries. I,
Starting point is 00:07:22 we went into the week. I feel like not in such bad injury shape. The Wednesday practice report was bad. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean much, but you got Tyreek Hill, you got Raheem Mostert, you got Ken Walker not practicing. So we'll talk about all those things and see which ones we're actually concerned about. So Heath says avoid Joe Burrow at San Francisco, and San Francisco needs to get their pass rush going.
Starting point is 00:07:42 Jamie, who are you avoiding this week? I would like to avoid Brian Robinson. I'll put Javante Williams in there, two questionable running backs that we kind of, you know, are on the fence, I think, almost every week. But Robinson has been so touchdown dependent basically the last month and scored against Philadelphia in week four,
Starting point is 00:08:00 but not a great stat line on top of it. I think he has in his last four games, if I remember correctly, I can look it up if you want the exact number it's like 100 rushing yards in four games it's it's not great um maybe it's three games but it's not great and philly is just getting better defensively so it's going to be i think a tough tough day for him if he doesn't find the end zone and then for giovante um you're now seeing him, I think, establish himself as the lead guy, which is nice. But they're still going to use McLaughlin.
Starting point is 00:08:28 They're still going to use Samaj P. Ryan. It's probably a negative game script because they're chasing points. I know he averaged five yards per carry in the game two weeks ago, but 10 for 52 is not going to cut it when you're not working the passing game. And the lack of touchdowns is clearly alarming. So I buy into this Chiefs run defense. Even without Bolton there, I think it'll be tough. All right. We got a new show to tell you about. It's from Sportsline. It's called Inside the
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Starting point is 00:09:21 This is every weekday, youtube.com slash sportsline, 1 p.m. Eastern. All right, this is really exciting. Check it out, youtube.com slash sportsline, 1 p.m. Eastern every weekday. News and notes. Okay, Brock Purdy in the concussion protocol facing the Bengals.
Starting point is 00:09:39 Jalen Hurts is banged up, but he's expected to play. Kyler Murray practiced in full. Do you guys think there's any chance we have Kyler Murray playing this week against Baltimore? I think from what we saw, the reports were
Starting point is 00:09:51 they're aiming for week 10. So either they're just trying to ramp him up and make sure he's good to go, or there is a legitimate chance, I guess. You have to put it out there. But he did practice in full last week also, so I'm going to guess, why throw him out there against Baltimore? Why not wait until it's a little bit of a softer landing spot?
Starting point is 00:10:10 So I think they go on the road next week, and then they come back home to play Atlanta. So that makes more sense. And plus, James Conner's probably back for that as well. So that timing kind of adds up to give him a better piece around him. All right. P.J. Walker's going to start for Cleveland. So Ryan Tannehill has this high ankle sprain. If he does not play, Will Levis is going to start for Cleveland. So Ryan Tannehill has this high ankle sprain. If he does not play,
Starting point is 00:10:25 Will Levis is expected to start according to a report, but both quarterbacks are expected to play. Speaking of players to avoid, we are avoiding DeAndre Hopkins this week. Yep. I would like to, yeah. I mean, look, Levis might be better for him than Tannehill. There's no, I think, way to look at it and say Tannehill's been great for him.
Starting point is 00:10:47 So maybe there's a benefit. But if they're shuffling in and out quarterback, did you hear what Vrabel said yesterday? What did he say? He said it could be every series. It could be every other series. It could be we're sending one in with a play. I mean, it just sounds like it could be a nightmare.
Starting point is 00:11:02 So, yeah, Hopkins does not feel safe at all. He's got to show off for Arthur Smith. You think you're funny. Watch this. Yeah. You didn't want to use your quarterback. Well, I'll use two. All right.
Starting point is 00:11:19 Daniel Jones still not cleared for contact. So not sure he's going to play this week against the Jets. Running back Raheem Mostert mispracticed with an ankle injury, and Ken Walker mispracticed with a calf injury. So, look, it's Wednesday. These guys didn't leave their games early, but they just mispracticed. But, you know, see if Jeff Wilson's available. See if Savan Ahmed's available.
Starting point is 00:11:41 See if Zach Charbonnet is available. He's available in one of my leagues. Mostert and Walker will be keeping an eye on. Roshan Johnson, practice in full. He's still in the concussion protocol, but trending in the right direction. Are you expecting Roshan Johnson to play this week, guys? We have not ranked him yet, but it's obviously trending in that direction. So, yes, at this point, you should be expecting him to play.
Starting point is 00:12:02 To what degree and what impact he has on Deontay Foreman, that's the million-dollar question, but I'm still starting Foreman at this point, even if Roshan plays. Miles Sanders practiced in full up against Houston this week. Aaron Jones missed practice. He should play, but they are easing him in. Alvin Kamara missed practice with an illness.
Starting point is 00:12:22 Zach Moss missed practice for undisclosed reasons. Kareem Hunt, I don't think he practiced, but he is expected to play. Kareem Hunt. All right, wide receiver. Tyreek Hill has a hip injury. So we'll keep our fingers crossed on that one. DK Metcalf is expected to play. Tyler Lockett mispracticed.
Starting point is 00:12:39 Christian Watson practiced in full. So now I do have to make the Gabe Davis-Christian Watson decision. We're going to take that right up until game time. Zay Jones mispracticed. Curtis Samuel mispracticed. Debo Samuel mispracticed. We're not expecting Debo to play. Houston wide receiver Robert Woods is not practicing.
Starting point is 00:12:58 At tight end, TJ Hawkinson mispracticed. Remember, he got beat up a couple times. Very funny moment in that game where Kevin Stefanski was saying, TJ, get down, get down, get down, get down. He finally got down and stopped the clock. But later in the game, he got beat up a couple times. Very funny moment in that game where Kevin Stefanski was saying, TJ, get down, get down, get down, get down. He finally got down and stopped the clock. But later in the game, he hurt his foot. He missed practice. I'm assuming he'll be fine.
Starting point is 00:13:11 Gerald Everett, not expecting him. He missed practice. And Luke Musgrave did not practice. Offensive line notes. The Dolphins are going to be without their left guard. Isaiah Wynn for a while, maybe for the season. But Connor Williams, their center was limited after he missed week seven. Laramie Tunsil practiced in full.
Starting point is 00:13:29 The Giants were without, I mean, a billion starting. It's hard to even know who a starting lineman was for them. But three clear starters they did not have last week against Washington. All three of them, Andrew Thomas and Evan Neal, their two tackles, and center John Michael Schmitz, they were limited, hopefully going to play this week against the Jets. And on defense, Ed Oliver for two defensive tackles, questionable for tonight.
Starting point is 00:13:53 Ed Oliver for the Bills, Vita Bea for the Bucks. If Ed Oliver doesn't play, would you be more optimistic about Rashad White? Does it matter at all? I mean, I'll go back to what I said yesterday. Dave was talking about him running up the middle. I don't care about that. You're caring about Rashad White and what he does in the passing game. His two best games this season have come when he's been involved in the passing game.
Starting point is 00:14:14 Last week was one of them. He had 13 carries for 34 yards. He had six catches. That's what you need from Rashad White. And I think that's still on the table. The Bills have allowed four running backs in the last four weeks to catch at least four passes. So I think White's not a slam dunk, but if you've been using him, continue to use him tonight, this week. And if you need a flex or a number two running back, I like him better than Javante. I like him better
Starting point is 00:14:39 than Brian Robinson, for example. So he's in that range. All right. I'm keeping an eye on the Seattle defense. This is one that might be really beat up for their game against Cleveland. They already lost their best edge rusher for the season. And now Bobby Wagner and Jordan Brooks, two starting linebackers were limited in practice limited on Wednesdays. Probably a good sign. They did sign Frank Clark for whatever that's worth. Yeah. And he's supposed to play past rusher. He's supposed to play,
Starting point is 00:15:04 but how much is he going to play? He's not even with the team yet. The Jets... Look what they're playing, though. I know, I know. P.J. Walker's been a disaster. You're down your starting running back, two starting running backs,
Starting point is 00:15:15 if you want to go that route. Yeah. I don't know. Seahawks defense still feels like a pretty good play. Well, if they don't have... They'll probably have Wagner and Brooks. But if they don't,
Starting point is 00:15:25 maybe we'd have to have that discussion again. The Jets are going to get their top corners back. Sauce Gardner and DJ Reed. Green Bay is very beat up on defense. Darnell Savage, their safety is going on IR. So is Eric Stokes, who's been a backup cornerback for them. Good news, though. Jair Alexander and Devondre Campbell
Starting point is 00:15:41 practice. Two key members of their defense. They get Minnesota this week. Let's see. Tyson Campbell, Jacksonville's cornerback. He was limited in practice. He missed last week's game. Eddie Jackson, Bears safety, same thing. He missed last week, but he was limited. Miami's two corners,
Starting point is 00:15:58 Jalen Ramsey and Zavian Howard, they were limited in practice. Ramsey hasn't played this year. Howard missed last week's game. Miami was really injured, actually, in that game in Philadelphia, hopefully getting a little healthier. And for Baltimore, we'll keep an eye on safety. Marcus Williams and linebacker Roquan Smith, two very important players for them, especially Smith.
Starting point is 00:16:15 They both missed practice. And Giants cornerback Adore Jackson was limited. All right, I hope that was not too much news and notes for you here. Let's go to one question for each game. Jacksonville is at Pittsburgh. Here's your question, Heath. It's a demand. I'm ordering you.
Starting point is 00:16:32 Rank the wide receivers, Jacksonville at Pittsburgh. I don't know if you know this, but I did that on Tuesday morning, and then I updated it on Wednesday morning, and I'll probably update it again before the game tonight. But I've got it. Pickens, Kirk, then a small gap then ridley then a small gap then dionte pickens kirk ridley dionte jamie ranked pickens and kirk are the two guys i have ranked as top 24 wide receivers ridley's top 30 dionte is a low in number three i have it almost identical, except I have Kirk
Starting point is 00:17:05 slightly ahead of Pickens. I will talk about this game shortly. It's our first game, but this is on paper the matchup for Ridley. Not that it's not for Kirk, but come on, man. This is a week. You got to get it done. New Orleans
Starting point is 00:17:22 at the Colts. They really struggle. It's hard to say must-start guy, though, right? Oh, absolutely. Colts. Yeah. I mean, they really struggle. It's hard to say must-start guy, though, right? Oh, absolutely. Of course. Yeah, I'm not making that case. But it looks like a better, certainly looks like a better matchup
Starting point is 00:17:32 than New Orleans last week. Speaking of New Orleans, New Orleans at Indianapolis. Okay, the Colts wide receivers, they came through in a tough matchup last week. Will they do it again this week, Jamie? Will the Colts? Wide receivers come through.
Starting point is 00:17:47 I think they're number three receivers. I don't think you want to necessarily call Michael Pittman a slam dunk because it is a tough matchup. He's a borderline guy, certainly better in PPR than non-and-half. Downs, I don't think, has earned must-start status yet against this type of matchup, but in three-receiver leagues, it's hard to get away
Starting point is 00:18:03 from him. Pittman's still over over downs, but both number three receivers. Yeah, I've got Pittman in the Pickens-Kirk range, and I've got downs behind Ridley and Deontay. See, you're high on Michael Pittman. All right, we found someone you're higher on. Cleveland at Seattle, rank the wide receiver. This is all about wide receivers so far unintentional here rank the wide receivers in this game cleveland at seattle metcalf
Starting point is 00:18:32 big space cooper lockett smith najigma i do not have a wide receiver in this game ranked in my top 30 but it is metcalf then a gap cooper and lockett are basically a coin flip and then jsn and it might be elijah over jsn but all right yeah jsn um very different profile last week without Metcalf. Played out wide more, ran deeper routes, scored on the busted coverage. But that was a good sign. Just, you know, we don't want him running like super, super short routes out of the slot all game.
Starting point is 00:19:15 That might happen again, though, this week. So would you guys start Calvin Ridley or DK Metcalf? Ridley for me. All right. Atlanta at Tennessee boy I really didn't mean to make these all about wide receivers start or sit Drake London who has an end zone target
Starting point is 00:19:32 in six straight games that's cool start or sit Drake London at Tennessee I like him better than everybody in the game we just talked about and I do like the fact that we're coming off a game where he scored 11 point something PPR points under 12.
Starting point is 00:19:48 And that's now considered a bad game for him. I also like him better than all the Seattle and Cleveland wide receivers. I had him ranked. I think I think I'm like five spots behind Dave and Jamie on him.
Starting point is 00:19:59 He's around wide receiver 30. I had him ranked a little bit higher before the switch to PJ Walker just because like or not switch. I would have him ranked a little bit higher before the switch to pj walker just because like or not not so much because i would have him ranked a little bit higher if ryan daniel was playing right but this game is like a over under of 36 and arthur smith might be able to get away with run at 72 times all right that's drake london houston at carolina is this the damian Pierce week? Yes. I see this situation almost exactly like the two teams that are playing each other almost exactly the same.
Starting point is 00:20:37 I think Pierce and Sanders probably both get the first series. I wouldn't be surprised if Chuba and Singletary get the second series. And if the backups are better, I wouldn't be surprised if they get more snaps. Okay. New England, and by the way, Jamie, it's not like a resounding yes for you on Damian Pierce. It's not like he's a must-start guy or anything. No, but he's not far off. I mean, you know, it's a week where we have everybody playing
Starting point is 00:20:57 and not a lot of significant injuries, at least as of now, for running backs. But I think he's still going to be the lead guy. All right. New England's at Miami. Starter sit Ramondre Stevenson, who has two straight games with six targets. Heath, starter sit Stevenson.
Starting point is 00:21:12 He could not be more on the borderline. I think he's right at RB24. So he's a fine start. If you need a flex, he's probably a good flex, but low in number two running back. And I think he's very, very similar in full PPR to Rashad White. It's almost the exact same hope. I feel like Jamie, you're a little higher on Stevenson. Am I right? Yeah, no, I like what I've seen the last two weeks. You know, I'm not worried about Zeke
Starting point is 00:21:38 stealing touchdowns. That's irrelevant to me. The fact that he's back involved in the passing game is huge. And so you play the narrative chasing points. They're probably going to be throwing. I think they'll be throwing to him. He already had a 15 point game against them earlier this season. He did that on the ground. So I don't think this Dolphins defense is one that you necessarily have to run away from. You know, we've seen guys like Chuba Hubbard, for example, have good game against this team. You know, they've been up a rushing touchdown, I think three of the last four games. So again, that could be Zeke, but I think just Stevenson in the passing game,
Starting point is 00:22:06 to me, that's what you drafted him for. And it's back. Does, does that narrative change at all? And I think that it's right now, the spread's nine. If we get to Friday and Tyreek's not practicing,
Starting point is 00:22:16 how far does that spread? I can, he moves at least three points, doesn't he? Uh, you would assume, you know, and then if most are out,
Starting point is 00:22:24 that just changes everything dramatically like if belichick can take waddle away and the top targets burrios burrios uh first off i think it'd probably be cedric wilson respect okay um uh or chosen or hold your breath no the top target will be waddle. I mean, he's still going to get the most targets. The second most. Well, I don't know if this matters to you, but if you think about the two games where they got absolutely destroyed,
Starting point is 00:22:55 Dallas and New Orleans, those were horrible games for Stevenson. Yeah, I don't think that happens. All right. He's had the five to six catches in three competitive games, Philadelphia, Las Vegas and Buffalo. All right. Still outside of last week. Trailing.
Starting point is 00:23:16 Chicago at the Chargers. I am nervous about Deontay. Oh, wait, I skipped the game. Whatever. Chicago at the Chargers. I'm nervous about Deontay Foreman. Are you? No, I'll be a little more nervous if roshan's back i think and i can look this up i think the chargers run defense in terms of efficiency has been better lately oh great like very good yeah yeah um it was funny my son came to me this morning embarrassed over an ad drop decision that he made and wanted me to tell him it was okay um because he dropped t higgins for adam phelan it's like it's like an eight team league and he just felt dumb i said no you get you got and wanted me to tell him it was okay because he dropped T. Higgins for Adam Thielen. It's like an eight-team league, and he just felt dumb. I said, no, you've got to do that.
Starting point is 00:23:50 He's three and four. You've got to get a win. And then he was really upset because my ranking said to start Deontay Foreman over Derrick Henry, and he can't imagine sitting Derrick Henry for Deontay Foreman. If Roshan is moved into the rankings, I will move Foreman behind Henry and into that Rashad White-R Ramondre Stevenson range for me. All right. I just wonder, though, Roshan having not played for three weeks and still being a rookie, do they want to trust him to the level of what they've been doing with Deontay Foreman?
Starting point is 00:24:24 I just feel at this point like he's going to be Darrington Evans, a better version of that. Maybe. Like just somebody that they're using in a secondary role, like for at least the first game. All right. Well, for me, it's not even so much about Roshan Johnson, but I'll tell you what, I'll tease it. We'll bring it up later when we preview the game. It's a little bit about Roshan Johnson. but I'll tell you what, I'll tease it. We'll bring it up later when we preview the game. It's a little bit about Roshan Johnson. Kansas City is at Denver.
Starting point is 00:24:48 Are you starting any Broncos in this game? No. I'd rather not. I mean, Sutton and three receiver leagues it's hard to get away from. We've talked about a lot of receivers we don't really like this week. Calvin Ridley and D.K. Metcalf, maybe Josh Downs.
Starting point is 00:25:04 Sutton over any or all of those guys? He's slightly ahead for me. I think I have it like Sutton, Metcalf, Ridley, 29, 30, 31, something like that. Okay. And I think I have it Ridley, Sutton, Metcalf. All right. This is a number three receiver. And we'll take a break.
Starting point is 00:25:23 When we come back, we'll start getting into the games with Jacksonville at Pittsburgh. And I'll tell you a little bit more detail why this could be a good game for Calvin Ridley. Fingers crossed. We'll be right back on Fantasy Football today. With Smartwater's pure, crisp taste, there's nothing to overthink. So while you may be spiraling over double texting your crush, whether your skincare routine is working because you look the same or is doing nothing because you look the same
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Starting point is 00:26:41 You want to do a projection for Kenny? How many passing yards do you have Kenny Pickett projected for, Heath? That's a good question. I've got it right here. He is projected for 219 yards. You've got to go a little bit higher than that. He has been between 222 and 235 yards in five of six games. He does your projections for you, Heath. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:27:03 Okay. Glad we're on the same page. Anyway, Pickett, you're not going to start. Jacksonville is 24th against quarterbacks, though, but kind of struggles against the good ones and does well against the not-so-good ones. Pittsburgh running backs, they both scored a touchdown last week. Anybody have an interest in Najee Harris or Jalen Warren? So I'm really curious if last week is a sign of maybe something
Starting point is 00:27:30 changing that Najee, I don't know in terms of the splits, but just in terms of the counting stats, more catches and more targets than Jalen Warren. The Jaguars now, a big part of it is what Alvin Kamara did last week, but they lead the NFL and receptions allowed to running backs and so jaylen warren prior to their buy was in the among the leaders of pass catching running backs he has 21 receptions at the time now he only has 22 so will he still do that to the same level because if he does this is a good matchup they've allowed five running backs to catch at least five passes so So that's something you can look at and say, okay, maybe that's still there. Now Heath alluded to this last week that does Deontay Johnson coming back, take away some of those opportunities for Jalen Warren in the passing game.
Starting point is 00:28:13 And that might've been the case from what we saw, but I still look at Warren as the better of the two in PPR. I'll take nausea and non PPR. He looked better last week, you know, for what it's worth. And we'll see if that's just a byproduct of the Rams or a byproduct of the bye week getting some things changed. There is a little bit
Starting point is 00:28:31 more reason for optimism for Najee, but the run defense for Jacksonville has been significantly better than the pass defense in terms of how they defended running backs. These guys are flexes for sure. Not number two running backs. I've got them sandwiched in between Damian Pierce and Javante Williams.
Starting point is 00:28:51 So I'd start Pierce over both of them, but I'd start both of them over Javante. I don't think I mentioned. I must have mentioned it last week, but Pat Fryermuth is on IR. So he's out for a while. So we'll go to the passing game here. And you guys like Pickens better than Deontay. Deontay only played two thirds of the snaps last week when they were both on the field for 37 snaps. Pickens had seven targets.
Starting point is 00:29:13 Deontay had six targets. Pickens had 107 yards. Deontay had 79 yards. You probably saw the long catch and run for Deontay. He doesn't do a lot of that. That's not really his thing. So you like Pickens better, right? Yeah. When did he last score a touchdown?
Starting point is 00:29:29 1990 something. Somewhere in there. Not last year. This is like we've seen a lot of times this year where something's happened one game and then the next week that wasn't actually the truth.
Starting point is 00:29:43 I think this is an opportunity for Pickens to validate as the number one wide receiver for the rest of the season on the Steelers. And there's still an opportunity that Deontay out-targets them. We shouldn't be that surprised. The big problem for Deontay is throughout his entire career, the only thing he's ever been above average at in terms of football stat production is earning targets. His yards per target has been disastrously bad,
Starting point is 00:30:06 and he doesn't score a lot of touchdowns. So if he becomes a number two wide receiver on this team, I think this consensus ranking of 36 is probably higher than you're going to see in most weeks. All right, and over to the Jacksonville side. How do we feel about Trevor Lawrence this week, Jamie? Start or sit? You're starting him, I think it's at this point, by default because of what the rest of the
Starting point is 00:30:30 position looks like. He's better than Stafford. He's better than Geno. He's better than Russell Wilson. I still like him better than Dak, although I do like Dak's situation this week. I would have said start him over Purdy. So he's in that, you know, 10 through 15 range, depending on how you want to look at it. He's been somewhat unlucky. We've talked about this quite a bit. You know, the lack of touchdowns have been alarming. And as I said yesterday, Travis ETN has more multiple touchdown games than Trevor Lawrence, which is rare for a running back to have more than the quarterback. Um, so, you know, you, you look at it and you sort of alluded to this with the Ridley matchup.
Starting point is 00:31:06 It's a good matchup for quarterbacks and receivers. So can he get that second touchdown? I love the way he's been running. That's been great. And so that hopefully will be sustainable. But he's just not getting those multiple touchdown things, and that's tough. Yeah, all right. I think you both have him 11.
Starting point is 00:31:24 So low-end starter Trevor Lawrence, which is kind of like what he's been this year. There you go. and that stuff. Yeah. Yeah, all right. You guys, I think you both have him 11. So low-end starter, Trevor Lawrence, which is kind of like what he's been this year. There you go. Heath's higher on him too. Yeah. High guy on Trevor Lawrence. I don't know that it's really fair to say he's been a low-end starter most of the season.
Starting point is 00:31:37 He's been a QB2 this year. Okay. Yeah. He's usually around 19, 20 fantasy points. I think, I don't know. You want me to look up where he ranks per game? Does it matter? Does anyone care?
Starting point is 00:31:51 Uh, all right. So, so Christian Kirk is, is basically Christian Kirk or DJ more this week. DJ, uh, DJ. I will say that the Steelers allow the third most yards after catch per catch. So that could benefit Christian Kirk. But if you look at the guys who have done well against the Steelers, had big games, Ayuk, Cooper, both Raiders receivers, Devontae Adams and Jacoby Myers, Nico Collins, Pukunukua.
Starting point is 00:32:19 Pukunukua that week played 81% of his snaps out wide. Now, Kup was bad wide. Now cup was bad. Tank tail was bad. Those guys are also outside receiver. A couple play everywhere, but these are, I mean, they really struggle against these outside receivers.
Starting point is 00:32:32 So that's, what's given me a little bit of hope for Calvin Ridley is probably going to be in at least one of my lineups. I mean, a couple of leagues where I can't sit them really, you know, but yeah, it is what it is.
Starting point is 00:32:43 I hate better matchups. Yeah. It's not like, he's not somebody we're trying to avoid there's lots of people i'd rather avoid than calvin ridley he's just not not what we were hoping that he would be right okay uh would you start calvin ridley or trevor lawrence by the way is qb 16 per game. Just one-tenth of a point ahead of Baker Mayfield. Yep. And just behind Anthony Richardson. Anyway, what was I going to say? Ridley or Rashad White?
Starting point is 00:33:27 Ridley or Rashad White? Ridley. Yeah, I'm not even going to look at the projections because I feel like there's so much more upside with Ridley. If I had that decision, I'm just starting Calvin Ridley. Ridley or Damian Pierce? I'll go Pierce. Ridley or Devante Adams? Struggling Devante Adams.
Starting point is 00:33:51 Still Adams. Okay. All right, let's go to our next game here. Unless you're starting a DST. Pittsburgh's DST is a low-end starter for Dave and Heath. All right, New Orleans is at Indianapolis. Who do you think wins this game? We had a one-point spread. Saints Orleans is at Indianapolis. Who do you think wins this game? We had a one-point spread.
Starting point is 00:34:08 Saints are one-point favorites. I've done my picks. It reminds me. Me too. I would think I would pick the Colts. This one has bounced around a lot in terms of who's favored. Colts have lost so many close games
Starting point is 00:34:26 and I have a hard time picking them to win. I'll take the Saints. Forgot a full week. Forgot all my picks last week in my pick-em pool. That was bad. Here's your stat of the game. Oh, actually, wait. Let's have a rankings dispute first. Oh, good.
Starting point is 00:34:42 Yeah. Heath is lower on the passing game on derrick car and chris olave i don't think you have car in your top 24 you don't have olave in your top 20 of 23rd last i checked jamie has a lot of a 14th in ppr 12th and non-ppr you have derrick car 14th so uh jamie you have some more optimism about this passing game uh it's probably more of an olave thing anyway, but he's fine with him as a starter, just not in the top 15.
Starting point is 00:35:08 But yeah, Jamie, make the case for Carr and Olave. I mean, Olave's still seeing enough targets and has so much potential that I'm not going to even consider sitting him. I know there's been some concern with the Carr-Olave connection, but hopefully he'll speed up and take advantage of
Starting point is 00:35:25 it this week uh that was a joke there um i i think for uh you know you've kind of seen what he's done the last three weeks where he's basically living in that 18 point range i think he'll be there again you know i don't i don't see any reason that this defense that has been for the most part bad against good quarterbacks have given up big games. He's not a good quarterback, so he'll get to kind of where he's been. Two of those games he's been over 300 yards. So I just kind of expect him to be in that same spot this week against this defense.
Starting point is 00:35:55 Yeah, the Olave thing, like I might be a couple of spots low for him, but somewhere in that wide receiver two range, I wouldn't argue too much about whether he's a high end mid range or low end number two. I've been the anti Derek car guy for, for half a decade. So this is probably not a surprise to anybody. I just, I don't know that the Colts defense is particularly the secondary is a, is a great matchup anymore. They, they held Trevor Lawrence to 18 fantasy points. They helped Matthew Stafford to 17 fantasy points. It's been since week three, since a quarterback scored more than that against them.
Starting point is 00:36:27 And now they played a couple of bad quarterbacks too. I just, I think it's a low scoring game and I don't think car has to do that much. All right, let's talk about the Colts running backs here. Stat of the game. The saints have seen 13 to 15 carries from the following running
Starting point is 00:36:41 backs, Derek Henry, Miles Sanders, Rashad white, Damian Pierce, and Travis Etienne. None of them have gained more than 63 yards. Only Etienne scored. He did score twice.
Starting point is 00:36:52 It's a good, good run defense. We got a split backfield here between Taylor and Moss. Are we confidently starting Jonathan Taylor this week, Jamie? And what about Zach Moss? Yeah, I don't think it's going to be a split backfield. I mean, you see now three games of Taylor's snap count increasing and increasing and increasing. And then, you know, I think he's back to being Jonathan Taylor again. So Zach Moss is probably not going to see an even split.
Starting point is 00:37:15 He's probably now going to see at best a 60-40 split. And so I'm going to bank on Taylor. I'm going to bank on his talent. I'm going to bank on the fact that he just faced a really good run defense and had success against the Browns. So, yes, it's not an easy slam dunk starting him. If it was, he'd be a top five running back. But he's still a borderline number one guy. Certainly a guy that's going to be in your lineup.
Starting point is 00:37:33 And Zach Moss at this point is a flex at best. But I would certainly try to bench Zach Moss moving forward. Yeah, I've got 17 touches projected for Taylor, and he's RB14 for me. I've got 13 touches projected for Moss. I do's RB14 for me. I've got 13 touches projected for Moss. I do think it's kind of like the Detroit situation last year, and still this year, where there's so many running back opportunities available in this offense right now with Gardner Minshew running it that both the guys can be startable until Taylor becomes a 25-touch guy
Starting point is 00:38:00 or a 20-touch guy. So Moss is a low- number two high end flex in the Rashad White, Ramondre Stevenson, Aaron Jones range. Okay, start Camara. Olave we talked about. Do you like Michael Thomas better than either Michael Pittman
Starting point is 00:38:20 or Josh Downs? No. Okay. He figured out a way to get to right around his season average even though he only had 42 yards. He finally caught a touchdown.
Starting point is 00:38:30 Caught a touchdown last week. Season high, 13.2 PPR fantasy points for Michael Thomas. It feels like he's getting a lot more end zone targets lately. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:38:39 That's possible. Yeah. 9.3 to 13.2 points in every game so far in full PPR. 42 to 65 yards in every game so far in Possible. Yeah, 9.3 to 13.2 points in every game so far in full PPR. 42 to 65 yards in every game so far in PPR. Rashid Shahid is a flyer. He did have eight targets last week, but Carr threw 55 passes. I'll talk about Taysom Hill in a second,
Starting point is 00:38:56 but I want to stick to the wide receivers here and Pittman and Downs. I mentioned this, I don't remember when, Tuesday, I think, on the Waver Wire show. The Saints allow the second most yards to wide receivers out of the slot. So what do you think? That's Josh Downs. Again, I'll go back to what I said with the question. They're number three receivers, both these guys, Pittman and Downs.
Starting point is 00:39:20 So in a week without a bye, a week without teams on a bye, Downs has been great. Certainly ignoring what he's done the last three games. There's no ignoring what he's done with Gardner Minshew. But it still is a very good defense. And you're still asking Gardner Minshew against a very good defense to support two receivers being successful. He did it last week.
Starting point is 00:39:37 Can he do it again? I think you just treat these guys as you see the consensus rankings. Number three receivers, 26 for Pittman for us consensus-wise, 33 for Downs. That's perfect for what you should consider them now. Three receiver leagues are starting them, two receiver leagues, you could potentially bench them. Yeah. Downs, by the way, had something like a 60-yard touchdown, whatever it was last week. The Browns stopped playing on that play. It was a free play. I think they thought the play was going to get called dead. Two defensive backs
Starting point is 00:40:02 just didn't know what they were doing, and Josh Downs just got wide open. Pittman had one touchdown on a somewhat fluky play. He probably should have had two more, and Minshew missed him on two plays. He actually threw an interception on one, and he threw the ball behind him on another at the five-yard line. That seems very unlike Minshew. Yeah, Minshew had 30 points last week.
Starting point is 00:40:23 31 points really did not play well, but he played a terrific defense, and now he gets another one here. I'm assuming you're sitting Gardner Minshew. Go ahead, Heath. I want to make one point in Pittman's favor with your slot stat. Pittman is running routes out of the slot at a career-high 29% rate, so almost a third of
Starting point is 00:40:39 his routes are coming out of the slot this year. All right. Sitting Gardner Minshew? Yeah. In one quarterback league, sitting Gardner Minshew. Yeah. In one quarterback leagues, you should. Yeah. And what do you think about Taysom Hill? Taysom Hill,
Starting point is 00:40:50 the last two games, he's run 33 and 42 routes. He's had a target share of 17.4%, which is very good. And nine was as good anyway for tight end 9.4%, which is not right. But Jawan Johnson's coming back. Right.
Starting point is 00:41:03 Two, two things. And I, I think I've let the, like, we're still not ranking Jawan Johnson. coming back. Right. Two things. I think I've let the... We're still not ranking Jawan Johnson, I don't think, but maybe he should be. Sean Payton said he... Or not Sean Payton. Dennis Allen said he expects him to be back this week.
Starting point is 00:41:14 So I've definitely let that affect my where did I rank him versus where do I project him with Taysom Hill. Because if Jawan Johnson's out, I think Hill's a borderline top 12 tight end. If Johnson's back, then I think he's somebody you probably can ignore. All right. Saints DST is top 10 for everybody.
Starting point is 00:41:30 They're not the best DST, but Minshew's a little bit. Minshew fumbles three times a game. Yeah. They're not a bad DST. They've had some touchdowns, though, and you don't want to count on that from a DST. Cleveland at Seattle. A couple of encouraging signs of the game for Cleveland and Seattle. Geno Smith, his last two games.
Starting point is 00:41:50 He threw for 326 yards at the Bengals. That's really good. Didn't have a touchdown in that game. Threw two picks. Last week, he only threw 219 yards, but he averaged 9.1 yards per attempt. And more importantly for Geno, 8.5 and 9.5 air yards per pass attempt in his last two games. That's what we want to see. We want to see him throwing the ball downfield more.
Starting point is 00:42:11 All right, as we look at this Cleveland and Seattle game, I want to ask you, who are the tough calls in this game? And I kind of feel like it's almost everyone. Everyone but Ken Walker. I think for Kareem Hunt, he's a borderline starter just based on his opportunity. And the Seahawks run defense I know is good, but he's still going to get so many touches. It actually has been arguably the best run defense in football. They do give up points to fantasy points to running backs. So they give up points in form of touchdowns, sometimes in the passing game.
Starting point is 00:42:47 A running back has four or more catches in four of the last five games against Seattle. So there's that. But yeah, if Kareem Hunt, he is expected to play. So who are you going to rank him ahead of, Jamie? Kareem Hunt. Again, the two that I keep referencing. I'll start him over Javante Williams.
Starting point is 00:43:02 I'll start him over Brian Robinson. I'll start him over DeMarcado. I'm trying to think of guys that I keep referencing. I'll start him over Javante Williams. I'll start him over Brian Robinson. I'll start him over DeMarcato. I'm trying to think of guys that are like starters. I'll start him over both Panthers guys. I will start him over... Derrick Henry. No, I'm not there. Aaron Jones.
Starting point is 00:43:17 Not there yet. I think I have him one spot over currently. But if Jones could get a full practice in on Friday, I might change that. All right. All right. So, all right, Kareem hunt,
Starting point is 00:43:26 we can go. Would you start him? Would you start Kareem hunt in a full PPR league and keep in mind the Browns have thrown to their running backs a little bit. Would you start him over any of the wide receivers in this Cleveland, Seattle game? Any of the wide receivers in this game? Yeah,
Starting point is 00:43:44 I think I would probably not Metcalf, but the other ones. Yeah. Yeah, I think I would. Probably not Metcalf, but the other ones, yeah. Yeah, I think a little bit Metcalf. All right. Amari Cooper. It's, you know what? Like, I watched his routes, and I was like, man, he's running really deep routes like every play.
Starting point is 00:43:57 And indeed, he had a season-high, almost 13-yard average route depth last week. That is too high. Okay, P.J. Walker is not going to hit him if he's running deep routes every time, but it was 8.3 yards in week six, which was a season low. So let's not run...
Starting point is 00:44:13 I don't know what he's going to do this week, but the bottom line is there's just too much working against him. If you take out the 58-yard catch and azerstat his numbers without Deshaun Watson, in his last three games, six catches for 88 yards. Yeah, it's bad.
Starting point is 00:44:30 It's just you can't trust it. Seattle does allow the fourth most fantasy points to wide receivers. But it's more about the offense than the defense here. What about Njoku? He's been good. Better, anyway, without Deshaun Watson. He's getting those targets now. Any interest in him? I think if you're stuck,
Starting point is 00:44:52 you don't get cute and start him over Kittle because you're concerned that Kittle's got a backup quarterback. Don't start him over... I'd start Ferguson over him coming back off his bye week. I'd start Kincaid over him with his opportunity. The way I view it, he's like Logan Thomas
Starting point is 00:45:09 in that range. High end number two, tight end. Starters at Geno Smith. I would sit him. Maybe in a 2QB league. That was very emphatic. You were very excited about you know what i just feel like this game is kind of boring i'm trying to spice it up a little bit let's talk
Starting point is 00:45:30 ken walker uh is this is this a scary game for you for ken walker against a team that's 10th against running backs they allow 3.8 yards per carry. Jonathan Taylor's the only running back to rush for more than 57 yards against the Cleveland Browns. Anyone nervous about Ken Walker? As long as he's healthy, you play him. All right, you play him. Okay, which, ooh, here's a good question. Here's a real noodle scratcher.
Starting point is 00:46:00 Which DST do you prefer? The one playing PJ Walker. Which one is that? I always mix that up. Well, you know, the Browns DST is, they have a better defense, but they have a worse matchup, I guess. Yep.
Starting point is 00:46:18 Okay, well, Heath prefers the Browns DST. I'm just moving the Seahawks ahead of the Browns right now. Oh, fine. I'm trying to start a little controversy here. We'll take a break. I think... Oh, the big DST. I'm just moving the Seahawks ahead of the Browns right now. Fine. I'm trying to start a little controversy here. We'll take a break. Our best use of time might be to go to the next game. Let's go to the next game. We'll do that after we take a break. Atlanta, Tennessee is the
Starting point is 00:46:35 next game. You always have tough calls with Atlanta. What are we going to do with those tight ends? It's good that you go from one boring game to another. I'm going to switch the order. Let's talk this out. We're going to move. We're going to bump Tennessee down. How about you know what? I'm going to switch the order. Let's talk this out. We're going to move. We're going to bump Tennessee down. How about Houston, Carolina? I think Atlanta, Tennessee is really interesting.
Starting point is 00:46:50 It is, but they're boring games. You want to do Dolphins, Patriots? Yes. All right, we'll do Dolphins, Patriots because the Dolphins always have difficult start-sit decisions. We'll do that in like four minutes. Yeah, we'll do that. I'll take the under. All right, we'll do that. I'll take the under.
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Starting point is 00:48:07 Data sourced from the ORCGA 2023 Dirt Report. It's really ideal when the best NFL games are also the most interesting fantasy games, but that is not the case this week. But New England's at Miami, and we already talked a little bit about Ramondre Stevenson earlier. We can get back into it. But your stat of the game is that Tua, I said this earlier,
Starting point is 00:48:27 he has never scored more than 18.7 points in a six point per passing touchdown league against the Patriots. He has never thrown multiple touchdowns against the Patriots. Also, if you look at what they've done to receivers, now I was very skeptical about the Patriots when they lost Judana Gonzalez
Starting point is 00:48:43 and I still am a little bit, but on paper, Devontae Smith, 47 yards. Tyreek Hill, 40 yards. I've already played this year, by the way, Dolphins-Patriots. Garrett Wilson, 48 yards. Lamb, 36. Olave, 12. Adams, 29. Jacoby Myers, 61. Stefan Diggs, 58 yards. Gabe Davis, six yards. It's impressive. So Tua has actually been a pretty hit or miss quarterback, start or sit. I guess if you're looking at it and saying, who do I have on my roster that's better than Tua? Like maybe Stroud, you can make that argument. Maybe Goff, you can make that argument for what they're looking at this week and how they performed at times this season but I mean do you really want
Starting point is 00:49:30 to put two on your bench and watch them go off for for 40 points it's easy if Tyreek's out then you're sitting to it but if Tyreek plays like there's no way I'm doing it I yeah I I was I was so lost by the this it's not the case that the best nfl game is is an interesting fantasy game because are you saying this was a great nfl game no the biggest spread the games no no i'm just no no this is neither a great nfl game or nor that interesting of a fantasy matchup i think because like everyone's most think, because two is going to be started in over 90% of leagues. Right now he's 86%, so maybe he won't be. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:50:11 But I think he'll be way up there. And then Waddle, I'm starting Waddle. Everyone's going to start Waddle. I know the yards haven't been there, but last week he was in and out of the lineup. Well, that's a good question, right? I just told you how good they've been against wide receivers, the Patriots. Waddle actually has had a lot
Starting point is 00:50:28 of you. Had like 80-something yards, I think. Do you have any hesitation starting him if Tyreek Hill plays? None. He's a low-end number two for me. It's possible that I could have three guys. Definitely, with the way people were drafted, that I could have three guys that
Starting point is 00:50:43 I'm starting over waddle, but actually he's 16. So he's not even that low end. I Jamie walk, walk me through or run me through, I guess the running backs for the dolphins. If most are plays and if most of it doesn't, you're obviously starting most or if he plays,
Starting point is 00:50:58 if most or doesn't play, then we get the guessing game of Jeff Wilson and Savan Ahmed based on how they've been using Ahmed. I would guess he's going to be the lead rusher, but it would be a split. You would hope that Wilson's talent maybe shines through a little bit, so flex is at best for both guys, but I would lean Ahmed over Wilson slightly.
Starting point is 00:51:17 And then if you're looking at the backups with most are playing, I would just avoid it. What do we think about Kendrick Bourne who is 60 as of yesterday was 63% rostered. I'll get the updated start percentage or roster percentage there for Kendrick Bourne. How do we feel about Kendrick Bourne this week? A very,
Starting point is 00:51:37 very wide receiver three. Yeah. The, the concern would be is Juju's back. And so if Juju's taking away those opportunities as we alluded to earlier this week then he's going to struggle but four games with at least nine targets three of those 16 ppr points or more the one that he had nine targets and struggled week two against miami so you know their their cornerbacks are really beat up right now for the
Starting point is 00:52:04 dolphins and i think if you just look at it if you want to view him as the number one guy, number one receivers have done a number on the dolphins. So will he follow suit? That's the question. Cause he's not the traditional number one type of guy. Yeah. His a dot in the last two games has been two yards, both games, Kendrick Bourne and Juju Smith Schuster is off the injury report. So you should expect Juju back, which, you know, like we say, is Juju having a good year? No, but he averages five targets per game and he runs those shorter rally. He, you know,
Starting point is 00:52:33 Kendrick Bourne has sort of taken on his Juju's role a little bit and, and had some success there over the last two games. Would you start Kendrick Bourne over Calvin Ridley, DK Metcalf or Amari Cooper? Cooper. Over Cooper. All right. And Ramondre Stevenson, Jamie is higher on.
Starting point is 00:52:53 He's got him 17th in PPR. Heath has him 25th. And we already had that debate a little bit earlier in the show. And I think that's it for this game. Dolphins DST, any interest? Low end start. Okay. Let's go to Atlanta, Tennessee.
Starting point is 00:53:12 Stat of the game. I gave kind of all of this. So, Drake London, end zone target in six straight games. I didn't say this. He has a target share above 23% in four straight games. It was 32% last week. He's really their alpha.
Starting point is 00:53:29 Two touchdown catches this season. The Falcons have only thrown six touchdowns this season. But anyway, Drake London. Drake London or... Let me get you. Or Ramondre Stevenson. Ramondre. I'll go London and full PPR Remondre and everything else
Starting point is 00:53:46 although depending on how this game script goes Remondre might have as many targets that's an issue right is this going to be a 22-25 pass attempt game for Desmond Ritter they've thrown the ball a decent amount
Starting point is 00:54:00 and they're not bad it's hard to run on Tennessee. You know, I know that's not necessarily carried over to the exact degree that we thought it would be, but they're still a pretty good run defense.
Starting point is 00:54:11 And so can can be John stay on the field? And if he's on the field, will he have a dominant game? Will Algier have a dominant game? Will they have a dominant game together? So they may have to throw. I didn't say this
Starting point is 00:54:26 earlier, but if you're in the chat right now on YouTube and you have any questions about the game we're talking about, in this case Atlanta at Tennessee, please fire away and I'll read some of your questions. There's not any chance that Tennessee is going to protect Henry and Hopkins this week because they are trying to trade them, right?
Starting point is 00:54:42 Wow, that's a good point. It's not really something that you can plan for. No, but we may hear something. Yeah, we might. All right, someone just asked, should I start Bijan Robinson? Do you guys feel good about Bijan? Yes.
Starting point is 00:54:59 You got to start him. All right. Although Arthur Smith hates fantasy football. Tennessee's got a good run defense, but Bijan will catch some passes. Drake Yeah, we know although Arthur Smith hates fantasy football. Tennessee's got a good got a good run defense, but Bijan will catch some passes. Drake London, we
Starting point is 00:55:08 talked about Kyle Pitts and Jonu Smith. Who do you prefer? And by the way, Jonu's had a better season than Kyle Pitts.
Starting point is 00:55:15 He's had eight fewer targets, but three more catches and nine more yards. So slightly revenge game. And it's a revenge game.
Starting point is 00:55:23 Who do you prefer? Pitts or Jonu? Pitts. Would you start Pitts or dalton schultz uh pitts i think i have pitts one spot higher so pitts schultz john who uh schultz pitts john who schultz okay pitts schultz john schultz john Jonu. Schultz and Pitts are not names I should say back-to-back. That is going to get me fined, I think, if we do that. You're afraid you're going to say Pultz? Yeah, exactly. Nobody wants to hear that.
Starting point is 00:55:56 How about Jonu Smith or Jake Ferguson against the Rams? Ferguson. I like Ferguson better than Pitts. I've got Jonu. Jonu or Taysom Hicks? Hold on, I'm sorry. Pitts better than Ferguson. Pitts, Ferguson, Jonu. Jonu over Taysom for me.
Starting point is 00:56:17 I do have a question from the chat. Any guesses on Heath's Halloween costume tomorrow? I bet Adam dresses up as Dan. Bad haircut, tight shirt, big muscles, no answers on movie trivia. I could do that. I could be Dan. That would be okay.
Starting point is 00:56:31 Maybe I'll dress up as Dan on Monday. I'd be on the box score. I am guessing that Heath is just going to go as Otto Hightower, which really would just require a shirt of some sort because he already looks just like him. And Heath's wife will be one of the main blonde
Starting point is 00:56:49 dragon lady, whatever her name is. He's growing the mustache, so I'm going to guess he's going to do Kelsey and Taylor Swift. Oh, that's so obvious. How did I not get that? It's so clearly going to be Kelsey and Taylor Swift. Alright, so let's go to the Titans here. Sit the quarterbacks.
Starting point is 00:57:06 Derek Henry. I think, you know, he hasn't had that bad of a year. He scored 13.9 or more points PPR in four of six games. He was terrible at Cleveland. He was bad at Indianapolis. But basically, I think the biggest number for Henry, 25, 22 carries in their two wins, 15 or fewer carries in their four losses.
Starting point is 00:57:27 And they are underdogs in this game. So, Heath, how do you feel about Derek Henry? I think you're probably starting him. Like I said, I've got Deontay Foreman just ahead of him right now. But if Roshan was back, that wouldn't be the case anymore. I've got Jonathan Taylor ahead of him, which I haven't i've got um i've got jonathan taylor ahead of him which i haven't had all year i've got isaiah pacheco ahead of him like it's it's possible you could have a couple of guys raheem mostert obviously that you drafted after him that
Starting point is 00:57:52 would cause you to sit him but he's a mid-range number two running back still has the possibility to score from basically anywhere on the field probably Probably the most likely Titan to throw a touchdown pass. And he can catch a pass or two at some point as well. So you're probably starting him as a number two. Okay, let's see some of the guys you have Derek Henry ranked ahead of. Madison, Henderson. We've got three guys who are really, really tough for me this week. They're 17, 18, and 19.
Starting point is 00:58:30 It's Jacobs, Henry, Mixon. Jacobs, Henry, Mixon. Yeah, Henry would be last for me. Probably has the best matchup, right? Yeah. Jacobs. Yeah. Jacobs. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:58:49 I am worried about the Titans is getting blown out in this game, but I got to say a running back sucks this week. Doesn't it? Well, considering there are no buys, man, I am not enjoying running back right now. I don't think it's this week. It feels, it feels yucky to me. It feels like there are 15 running backs. I don't think it's this week. It feels yucky to me. It feels like there are 15 running backs I like.
Starting point is 00:59:08 Can the Falcons blow somebody out? I don't know. I mean, I don't know. The Titans are bad. They've not scored. They scored 24 points against Carolina. That's a good point. So how do you rank them, Jacob's mixing Henry that way.
Starting point is 00:59:28 Jacob Henry mixing Jacob's Henry mixing. Okay. Hopkins. We talked about a lot of receivers. We don't like today. Like Deontay Johnson. I know you guys don't really want to start him. Would you start him over Hopkins?
Starting point is 00:59:43 Uh, I would start Deontay Johnson over Hopkins and PPR. I'd start Hopkins and none. Atlanta's giving up the sixth fewest fantasy points to wide receivers. They did get pretty beat up by Mike Evans. They haven't been so good lately. Kirk, 84 yards.
Starting point is 01:00:00 Curtis Samuel, touchdown. McLaurin, 81 yards. Evans, 82 yards and a touchdown. Godwin, six for 66. But Hopkins has had one good game all year, and he has not caught a touchdown. All right, Falcons DST. You guys don't love that much. I think Jamie has them 10th.
Starting point is 01:00:15 Dave and Heath, not starting the Falcons DST. Houston's at Carolina. And I don't know if you want to get into it again, but Damian Pierce rankings dispute. Jamie's like 10 spots higher than Heath is. They talked about it earlier during one question for each game, but we can bring it up again because the Panthers are giving up the second most points to running backs.
Starting point is 01:00:37 Six running backs have scored 15 or more points against the Panthers in six games. Every running back that's had 15 or more carries has gained 75 or more rushing yards against the Panthers, and four of them have scored, four of the five have scored at least one rushing touchdown. It could not get any better than this. Jamie, you have more optimism for Damian Pierce. I hate to make you repeat yourself, but you can repeat yourself. I just think that if Singletary had been great in the game before the bye, then we're going to see a switch.
Starting point is 01:01:08 Singletary is definitely going to play more. To what degree, we'll find out. I'm going to just bank on this matchup and the fact that he's been their guy for the majority of the last two years, still carrying enough weight that you can buy into him as a number two running back. As you see, there's not a ton of confidence because he's just 24th, but I still think that there's an opportunity here. After all of those miserable matchups, this is the one landing spot that we said.
Starting point is 01:01:32 Remember, we said if you're going to trade for him, trade for him before the buy, get him for the buy, have him through the buy, you have this game, and then maybe you sell him after he has his game. So I'd even toyed with the fact of him being the start of the week. If Singletary had not had the – if Pierce had not had the game that he had in week six, I would have considered it because this matchup is fantastic. So maybe they both have a good game and then we sort of see what comes out of it.
Starting point is 01:01:53 But I still think Pierce is the better of the two and I would start him as a number two running back. I do still have Pierce ranked higher than Singletary. I just have less confidence that he's going to be the guy. The snap trends going into the bye were moving in Singletary's favor. Singletary played more and his highest snap rate in their last game. And so just coming out of the bye, I don't have confidence. Again, I think there's still upside for Pierce.
Starting point is 01:02:22 He's just a wide range of outcomes. I think there's upside for Miles Sanders because I think it's a upside for Pierce. He's just a wide range of outcomes. I think there's upside for Miles Sanders because I think it's a decent matchup for him as well. And if these guys come out and look like themselves from last year, then I don't know that Singletary or Chuba Hubbard is going to stand in either of their ways. But as bad as the matchups have been, I'm pretty sure that against almost every team,
Starting point is 01:02:41 Damian Pierce's efficiency has been worse than what those teams give up to his 3.5 yards per carry against Baltimore was his highest mark of the season. Yeah. Um, 24 carries for 81 yards against Pittsburgh. That was very inefficient. Um, and, uh, let's see. And what did he do? He had, uh, it doesn't matter. But I said you guys were like 10 spots apart. That's not the case. You're five spots apart on Damian Pierce. 24th.
Starting point is 01:03:11 I'm sorry. We know he went to college. You're counting. 29th. Look, don't blame me. I knew they should have taken a knee. I could do the math. 29th for Heath, for Damian Pierce.
Starting point is 01:03:22 Nico Collins and Tank Dell. How do we feel about them, Heath Cummings? I think that this, another one of those situations where we're going to find something out, and it relates to Dalton Schultz, it relates to Tank Dell, it relates to a guy that I didn't think was going to matter, but Noah Brown played in their last game, right? When Tank Dell was out, he came back off the IRR
Starting point is 01:03:44 and was pretty involved. Dalton Schultz has pretty much only been good when Tank Dell was out. Tank Dell's only been good when Noah Brown was out. Robert Woods and Nico Collins are probably still going to run the most routes. So I'm starting Nico. I am starting Schultz. I'm kind of taking a wait and see approach with everyone else. Let's see how the routes and targets work out for everybody else. I definitely want to have Tank Dell on my team. I don't want to start him this week. Do you consider Nico the number one receiver for the Texans?
Starting point is 01:04:15 Yes. I do. I do as well. Here's what number one receivers have done against the Panthers since week two. Chris Olave, 14.6 PPR points. DK Metcalf, 17.2 PPR points. Justinlave, 14.6 PPR points. DK Metcalf, 17.2 PPR points. Justin Jefferson, 26.5 PPR points. Josh Reynolds, when Amara St. Brown was out,
Starting point is 01:04:31 17.6 PPR points. Tyree Kill in their last game, 28.3 PPR points. Let's go, Nico. Yeah, it's true. I mean, unfortunately, you do have Justin Jefferson and Tyree Kill in there,
Starting point is 01:04:44 but still, I mean, Metcalf with 100. Yeah, Reynolds had 76 yards and a touchdown on only five targets. It's a great point. And like we already said, they have two more injuries, a pass rusher and a safety. So, Nico, the problem with Nico is like I've said, I think last time we spoke about the Texans, I can't find a rhyme or reason to when he has his 80-yard games
Starting point is 01:05:06 and when he has his 30-yard games. It's just Stroud just kind of distributes the ball around, and sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad for Nico. Do we have some Nico questions? Nico or Kirk, half PPR? Nico. Nico. Nico or Christian Watson?
Starting point is 01:05:23 Nico. Nico by a lot. Nico or Zay Flowers, full PPR? Nico. Nico. Nico or Christian Watson? Nico. Nico by a lot. Nico or Zay Flowers, full PPR? Nico. They're both pretty close to must starts for me. I think I'd Nico just barely a little higher. Tank Dell or Christian Watson? Watson.
Starting point is 01:05:43 Watson. Okay. These are good questions here. Yeah, that was a good one. Dalton Schultz is top 12 in both formats. Three straight games with 42 or more yards and a touchdown, and it has coincided with the absence of Tank Dell. But Dell's only just missed one of the games.
Starting point is 01:06:00 He's missed one and a half. Like three games ago. Like three games ago, but three games ago, Dalton Schultz had three catches for 42 yards and a touchdown, but he only had three targets. The last two games where Dell got hurt in one and missed one entirely, 17 targets in two games
Starting point is 01:06:17 for Dalton Schultz. Sit Bryce Young. Sit Miles Sanders, right? Yeah. He's a flex. Adam Thielen's top 12. And that's it. Jamie likes the Houston DST.
Starting point is 01:06:35 I think Chuba's a flex too, though. Jalen Warren, Najee Harris, Miles Sanders, Chuba Hubbard. Who's the best running back in that bunch? Jalen Warren, Najee Harris, Miles Sanders, Chuba Hubbard. Who's the best running back in that bunch? Jalen Warren. I have no idea. Literally no idea. If I was giving advice, I think I'd say Najee Harris. Dylan says, Jamie looks exquisite today.
Starting point is 01:07:02 Thank you, Dylan. Dalton Schultz or Taysom Hill? Dalton Schultz. Yeah.om Hill? Dalton Schultz. Yeah. Jamie looks cold today. Is it cold out, guys? It's a little overcast. It's a little breezy. But I'm displaced from my home currently, so whatever I
Starting point is 01:07:17 find when I came back here to do the show, I just grab it. I got you. I got you. Yeah, we have... It's 70 degrees today in New York. It's gorgeous. And it's going to in New York. It's gorgeous. And it's going to be basically 70, it's highs of about 70 for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. And then on Tuesday,
Starting point is 01:07:36 when all the kids have to go outside and put their costumes on, it's going to be a high of 50 degrees. You know what they did here, which is nice, but also a pain in the butt, is they made Wednesday, November 1st, a teacher work day. Oh, that's great. They should do that for the Super Bowl. Listen, they should do that for the Super Bowl,
Starting point is 01:07:54 but also it's so obvious that Halloween, like no one cares that it's October 31st. Just make it the last Friday or Saturday of October. Just Thanksgiving it. It makes too much sense. I just have all these great ideas and nobody will listen to me. Kansas City is at Denver. I got an idea.
Starting point is 01:08:14 I'd be a great president. You and Dan. Let's start a campaign. We would be great presidents. We would definitely be the shortest ticket in the history. I really thought, like he talked to Dan on the podcast. I thought Dan was taller.
Starting point is 01:08:30 No, he's not taller. He's my height. I lowered the spread on the basketball game. To what? It's like 17 and a half now. You're playing at 21, right? Yeah, yeah. I got to figure out my implied point total there.
Starting point is 01:08:45 I don't think I like it very much. Four. Could Dan and Adam beat Heath and Dave in basketball? Zero percent, I think. If we played full court, we could basically be two on one, I think, and just run Dave on four. How many times do you think you're going up and down the court in a full court two on two game? You really you underestimate me.
Starting point is 01:09:09 No, you you think you have the endurance and speed from like 20 years ago the last time you ran. I don't need to run, bro. I'm just I'm fit. All right, let's go to Kansas City at Denver here. As I mentioned, Denver is last in time of possession in plays per game. Week six, these two teams played. Kansas City won 19-8. Start Mahomes. Start Pacheco.
Starting point is 01:09:33 Start or sit Rasheed Rice. I feel very similar to him like I do about Josh Downs. In a three-receiver league, he should be starting at this point. In a two-receiver league, he's not there yet. We'll see. He had four for 72 last time these in a two receiver league. He's not there yet. And we'll see. He had four for 72 last time.
Starting point is 01:09:46 These two teams met. I think that's a safe number. I would start him over down. I'd start him over Deontay Johnson, but it's like wide receiver, 37, 38, 39 or something.
Starting point is 01:09:56 Uh, Calvin Ridley or is she rice? Really? Not there yet. Ridley. Would you trade from Jarvis wad, and Rice for Puka Nakua? Yep. I think you have to. Okay, I'm looking for more questions about this game here.
Starting point is 01:10:13 Cortland Sutton or... Hey, you know what? I'm not sick right now, everybody. People are killing me for saying that I'm fit. Yes, I've been sick. I had a bad run. I'm good. I'm good. Would you start Cortland Sutton over Rasheed? One elbow to the ribs and you're done. Oh, forget it. One cough. I'm good. I'm good. Would you start Cortland Sutton over Rasheed? One elbow to the ribs and you're done. Oh, forget it. One cough and I'm done.
Starting point is 01:10:28 I'm sorry, but the elbow is probably not going to hit you in the ribs. I meant from Dan. From Dan. Rasheed Rice or Cortland Sutton? Sutton. Yeah. Rasheed Rice or Jerry Judy? Rice. Rice. I'm not going to be... Yeah. Uh, Rashi rice or Jerry Judy. Uh,
Starting point is 01:10:46 right. Right. I'm not going to be like, Matt says I'm going to be wheezing up and down the court right after the tip off. I'm not, I'm not that bad. Sutton or Josh down.
Starting point is 01:10:55 You do a tip off in one-on-one. Yeah, exactly. How do you think you know? Like, I don't understand why you think that you could just run and play basketball for 30 or 45 minutes or 10 minutes. You remember when I joined a gym? You don't understand why you think that you could just run and play basketball for 30 or 45 minutes or 10 minutes. Do you remember when I joined a gym?
Starting point is 01:11:08 You don't ever do that. Remember when I joined a gym for two weeks? And didn't ever go? I went once. I played basketball. I wasn't tired. I was just shooting around by myself, but I was running up and down the court a little bit and pull it up for Jays. I would pay $1,000 for the security footage.
Starting point is 01:11:30 I airballed the first shot, but I did get pretty good by the end. I was surprised. How far away from the basket were you? Two feet? All over the place. I was shooting everything. No, on the airball.
Starting point is 01:11:40 Oh, at least two feet. At least two feet. This is 100% The Office episode. Oh, gosh. The basketball game. least two feet. This is 100% The Office episode. Oh, gosh. The basketball game. Yeah, I'm Jim. Start Kelsey. Sit Russell Wilson.
Starting point is 01:11:50 Heathfield Wilson, 14th. That sounds about right, yeah. Just don't like quarterbacks this week. Let's see, who do you have him ahead of? You have him ahead of Sam Howell, Joe Burrow, Baker Mayfield. Why does football suck? Can we have any good players? Youell, Joe Burrow, Baker Mayfield. Why does football suck? Can we have any good players? You start Russell over Burrow?
Starting point is 01:12:08 Yes. Yes. It's a tough matchup for both of them, right? Maybe. It's been a bad match. The Niners haven't been very good lately. All right. Well, I'm in Jamie's camp.
Starting point is 01:12:20 I'm not starting Wilson over Burrow. To be clear, the Niners haven't been very good lately. They gave up 25 points to Cousins. Mostly because Jordan Addison stole an interception. It's true. The game before that when they lost, the opposing quarterback scored three. Yeah, okay. It was PJ Wong. Their defense has not been bad lately.
Starting point is 01:12:36 Well, they have no sacks in their last two games or something like that. They're not getting pressure. I don't think they'll get sacks here either. It's as close as healthy as it's going to be. All right. Denver. Oh, Denver running backs.
Starting point is 01:12:49 Okay, so Javante Williams would be the favored one. Would you start Javante or Ramondre? Ramondre. Stevens. Yeah. Javante or Rasheed Rice? I might go Rice and PPR, yeah. Rice and PPR, but Javante everywhere else.
Starting point is 01:13:08 Javante or Deontay? Same, Deontay and PPR. Yep. And the thing about Javante is he does not play on passing downs, but he's still catching. Well, he caught three passes last week. He caught zero passes the week before. But he usually gets three to four targets, two to three catches.
Starting point is 01:13:26 Who do we, and I think it's like completely up in the air who the running back is if they get inside the five or ten. I would think Javante. McLaughlin's still the only guy who scored a touchdown for him. Well, that doesn't count the almost touchdowns because Javante had one called back last week, but he was in inside the five yard line.
Starting point is 01:13:42 I think he had a three yard touchdown run. It was called back on holding, I believe. All right, again, we're just not super enthused about Denver. Kansas City's DST, you're starting. Chicago is at the Chargers. Okay, let me talk to you a little bit why I'm concerned about Deontay Foreman because we talked earlier, and it was Rashawn Johnson coming back, and that is a bit of a concern. But really, if you look at Deontay Foreman,
Starting point is 01:14:02 he is an extremely inconsistent player. In fact, in two games with the Bears, he has had 7.7 points and 33 PPR fantasy points. That's a hell of an average. Yeah. But last year when he took over basically after the McCaffrey trade, he had four games with 16.5 or more points, all PPR. One game with 11.3, six games with 8.5 or fewer. That's just what he is. He usually doesn't catch the ball,
Starting point is 01:14:32 although with the way Tyson Bajan is barely throwing the ball downfield, I think maybe he will catch some passes, but three would be a blessing. And if he doesn't score, you could easily be looking at 15 carries for 60 yards and really a six or seven fantasy point game. I still consider Foreman a touchdown or bus player. He scored three of them last week. But, but I, one receiving. Yeah. So I just can't be comfortable starting him. Like I have to choose
Starting point is 01:14:58 between him and I think Jerry Judy in a PPR league and Judy, I think is going to get 10 points. I'll probably go for him and much better chance to score. But I, I see seven point potential here for Foreman. Unfortunately, I see that downside. It's definitely there. I mean,
Starting point is 01:15:16 and you go back two games ago against Minnesota, right? When the first game that he got an opportunity to play and it was, you know, fields getting hurt. So take that into account that they lost their quarterback mid-game but i think you just look at it the chargers yes their their defense has seemingly been a little bit better against the run for the most part though and brandon staley's time there they've been bad against the run
Starting point is 01:15:35 you know foreman's probably looking at even the roshan plays 16 to 18 touches i don't think they're going to give roshan a huge workload coming back from the concussion. Again, he's missed two games for a rookie. So if he gets involved in the passing game like we saw last week, which I think he will, two or three catches I think is safe, then he's got an opportunity to still make some plays. So matchups still somewhat favorable. Production and opportunity I think is favorable. So I'll still consider him a top 20 running back. And that's even if we do get Roshon back.
Starting point is 01:16:07 Question. You're Foreman or Jacobs, Heath? There's a group of probably seven or eight running backs that will be, is Roshon back or not? Jacobs is one of them. If there's no Roshon, then it's Foreman over Jacobs. If Roshon's back, then it's Jacobs over Foreman. I can't tell if this is a
Starting point is 01:16:26 joke or not. Adam looks like the guy that used to get slimed on Nickelodeon when I was a kid. That was my brother who hosted Slime Time Live. James Cook or Aaron Jones is the question. I don't know. We can answer that real quick. I'll get back to the Chargers game. But that comment caught my eye. Cook? Cook.
Starting point is 01:16:43 Back to this game. Sorry. All right, so that's Foreman, Sit Bajent. You guys said DJ Moore, you're starting him. Top 15 in both formats. The Chargers allow the most fantasy points to wide receivers. And by the way, the Chargers have been good against the run. Why are they still giving up points to running backs? They give up the most receiving yards to running backs and the most fantasy points to wide receivers.
Starting point is 01:17:05 They just stink against the pass. And they've given up the most big plays in the NFL, the most 20-plus yard completions in the NFL. I mean, they are—I'm sorry. There's too much talent on this team for them to be this bad. I don't understand. It's inevitable what's going to happen there. Starter Sid Cole-Komet, who did not have a target last week. That's it.
Starting point is 01:17:29 Do you guys like Justin Herbert this week? Yes. Start. All right, he's top six. Bears allow the fourth most fantasy points to quarterbacks. I got to give the Bears credit. The last three games, their defense has been a lot better.
Starting point is 01:17:42 They're two and one. They're one of only two teams allowing less than 3.5 yards per carry. Yeah, it's weird. I mean, they replaced their defense coordinator. It's true. But last three weeks, 20 points against Washington, 19 points against Minnesota, 12 points against Las Vegas, and they are 2-1.
Starting point is 01:18:01 But still, we like Justin Herbert. Just start Eckler and Keenan Allen. And what about Josh Palmer? I gave this stat last week. Palmer had a tough matchup last week, and he came through. Gets seven to eight targets every week, but the Bears, let's see. Mike Evans is the only wide receiver with more than 65 yards against the Bears. Starter set Josh Palmer.
Starting point is 01:18:23 High-end number three receiver, but yes, you should consider starting him. Yeah, I'll take the 7-8 targets. Rasheed Rice or Josh Palmer? Palmer. I would start Palmer over Ridley. Yes, agreed on both. Palmer or Pittman? I would go with Palmer and non-PPR
Starting point is 01:18:43 and Pittman and PPR. But it's close. All right. I am not Stanley from the office basketball episode. No, you're Michael. 100%. Complete confidence. I don't need to run.
Starting point is 01:19:01 I'm fit. 100% Michael Scott. Jamie, grade my basketball skills. I don't need to run, I'm fit is 100% Michael Scott's quote. Jamie, grade my basketball skills. I mean, considering it's been, what, 10 years since I've seen you play basketball? They're all the same, Jamie. All of his athleticism is exactly the same
Starting point is 01:19:14 as it was a decade ago. I would say as a guy, like your air yards would be great. You run up and down the court very well. Thank you. No wheezing. You have, I'd say, scale of 1 to 10, your jump shot's about a 4.5.
Starting point is 01:19:33 Finishing at the rim, 3.5. Finishing at the rim, you're being way too kind. I don't even go near the rim. I'm the guy who gets the wide open layup off a turnover and misses it. And your defense, you, your scrappy defender, but you definitely, definitely, definitely should not be playing anybody down low.
Starting point is 01:19:51 No, but I'm a solid seven on defense. I have a few Palmer questions here from the chat. Palmer or Chris Godwin? Palmer. Okay, I just... Yes, Palmer. The Bears last three games, and they're against bad running teams,
Starting point is 01:20:07 but 38 carries for 99 yards to running backs. Wow, that's really good. They do, however, give up the second most receiving yards per game to running backs, so maybe we can get some... I don't have Eckler as a number one running back. He's a high-end number two guy this week because he's been struggling,
Starting point is 01:20:24 and he's not 100% in the matchup. I don't think it's a slam dunk, one running back. He's a high-end number two guy this week because he's been struggling and he's not 100%. And the matchup, I don't think it's a slam dunk. But it's got to be in the pass game. That's where it's got to come. Yes, I did see Kristaps. That was good. You know what? I'm fine with it.
Starting point is 01:20:34 The Knicks obviously show they can compete with arguably the best team in the Eastern Conference. Four-point game. And Milwaukee? The Knicks blew it. They blew it. They couldn't make a free throw. They missed like 12 free throws. We're fine. I'll tell you this right now, and I'm not even going to let Heath get in a word. I mean, the Knicks blew it. They blew it. They couldn't make a free throw. They missed, like, 12 free throws.
Starting point is 01:20:45 We're fine. We would have beat. I'll tell you this right now, and I'm not even going to let Heath get in a word. I'm just going to end the show. The Knicks would have beaten the Celtics in the playoffs last year if they had gotten past the Heat. And the only reason they didn't make the NBA Finals is because Julius Randle hurt his ankle. And we can leave it on that. We'll see you tonight with our live stream, 7.30 p.m. Eastern.
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