Fantasy Football Today - Start or Sit (NFC) and Holy Cow Kirk Cousins! (10/04 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: October 4, 2024

What a game and what a performance from Kirk Cousins! We talk about the Bucs-Falcons game (3:45) and wonder if Cousins is back and if Bijan Robinson is going to be a bust. Then we'll catch you up on the news and notes (15:25) and talk about running back replacements if Jonathan Taylor, Devin Singletary, Zamir White and Brian Robinson Jr. are out ... One Question for Each Game (24:40)! Can we start Brandon Aiyuk, Garrett Wilson and DJ Moore this week? Are we pumped for Dontayvion Wicks!? We also play Beat the Waiver Wire (32:50) to get you ahead of the game for Week 6 ... Start or Sit for Jets-Vikings (35:40), Cardinals-49ers (41:25), Panthers-Bears (47:10), Colts-Jaguars (54:15), Packers-Rams (1:02:50) and Giants-Seahawks (1:09:00) ... Email us at [e-mail] Fantasy Football Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday SUBSCRIBE to FFT Express on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-express/id1528634304 Follow FFT Express on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6qyGWfETSBFaciPrtvoWCC?si=6529cbee20634da8 SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dynasty/id1696679179 FOLLOW FFT Dynasty on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHlmMJw1m8FareKybdNfG?si=8487e2f9611b4438&nd=1 SUBSCRIBE to FFT DFS on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dfs/id1579415837 FOLLOW FFT DFS on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5zU7pBvGK3KPhfb69Q1hNr?si=1c5030a3b1a64be2 Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr Follow the brand new FFT TikTok account: https://www.tiktok.com/@fftoday 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." Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos. 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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I had no idea. It's time to dominate your fantasy league. Off to the races, and he stays on his feet. He's just going to go the distance. Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. We welcome you on this Friday to Fantasy Football Today, presented by BetMGM, the sportsbook born in Vegas. Happy Friday, everybody. Is this the week that Andy Dalton turns into a pumpkin against

Chicago? Let's talk about Sam Darnold. Is this the week that Sam Darnold turns into a pumpkin against the Jets? Dontavian Wicks is the most added player in fantasy. Dave, is this the week that he turns into a pumpkin at the Rams? I have a four-year-old daughter. I watched Cinderella this week, and now I am ready to watch a lot of football this weekend. Dave Richard, what's going on? I thought you were making the pumpkin references because coffees, donuts, uh, hamburger buns, everything has turned to pumpkin as part of Halloween madness. Halloween's overtaken all of October. I thought maybe that's where you were going with it, but perhaps not. Look, I think it's, I think it's going to be an interesting and telling weekend.

I was at first very nervous about Darnold, especially, but I kind of settled in on Darnold being an okay start. I'm going to use him in a couple of leagues this week as a, as a bi-week replacement for Jalen hurts. Sam Darnold. Really good with a clean pocket. I mean, really good. Struggles under pressure, more than most quarterbacks,

but is amazing against the Blitz. So it's a weird series of stats there, and basically in four games, the conclusion is you have to get pressure on him with four. The Jets might be able to do that. It's a really interesting matchup.

And, I mean, Baker Mayfield got us started with, you know, one of those to do that. It's a really interesting matchup. And I mean, Baker Mayfield got us started with, you know, one of those quarterbacks that was written off having a big week. Obviously, Cousins, too. We'll talk about that. Can Darnold keep it going? Can Dalton keep it going? But before we get into those games, those six games that we're previewing today, and those are Jets at Vikings, Cardinals at Niners Panthers at Bears Colts Jaguars Packers Rams Giants Seahawks

What a game last night How improbable was that Dave? I mean Stealing victory from the jaws of defeat Trailing late Making history The Mets with a huge win, Dave Richard, and that three-run homer by Pete Alonzo, unbelievable.

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about with the baseball game. I was busy watching Atlanta steal yet another win. I feel like this is their third win this year that was kind of sort of gift-wrapped. And look, like some teams, remember that Vikings team from a couple years ago? It just felt like every game went their way at the end. I wonder if Atlanta is that kind of team this year where Kirk Cousins,

clutch Kirk Cousins, comes through with huge games at the end, or huge drives, I guess I should say, at the end of the games. But, I mean, I think we should give them credit, too. They put up a lot of points in the first half. And, look, I think this offense looks a lot better passing-wise than it did. Remember week one, how bad that was for Atlanta? Oh, yeah. But, dude, I've got some questions about Bijan and his usage and all that stuff.

This is starting to be kind of problematic. But, dude, I've got some questions about Bijan and his usage and all that stuff. This is starting to be kind of problematic. I mean, to think that Atlanta and Tampa Bay could play a 36-30 game, go to overtime, have this much scoring, have this really great of a game for fantasy, and Bijan Robinson is just not that involved. Twelve carries, three catches. I was so frustrated because he started getting going late in the game. And then on the next possession,

Tyler Algier's out there. Yeah, what's your message to Bijan managers? Well, I certainly don't want to sell low on him, which is like what one of your options is right now. So unless somebody comes at you with, oh, I don't know, Kenneth Walker III, you're probably going to keep Bijan Robinson. but there's too much of Tyler Algier. The snap share doesn't say it, though. Bijan had two-thirds of the snaps in the game. Algier had one-third. Bijan dominated on third

downs, 9-14 snaps. Only one snap. How about this? They scored 36 points, the Falcons did. They only had one snap inside the 10. Algier was in on that play. Some research needs to be done as to why Algier is getting so much work. But Bichon had that big run. It was in the third quarter. He only had five second-half carries. That's a little concerning to me. And they just – they rode Kirk Cousins' arm against Tampa Bay.

They must have thought that that's the best way that they could attack them. Look, I think if you've got a great running back, you use him. Maybe they're starting to think that they don't have that great running back anymore. I don't know, man. I mean, well, first of all, obviously, they were playing from behind. So they had to get away from the run a little bit, right, in the second half. But I was, yeah, I mean, they threw 58 times, 509 yards, which is unbelievable.

So who would you rather have rest of season, Drake London or Bijan Robinson? The fact that I'm even hesitating should tell you how far Bijan has fallen. I think next week's trade chart will sell a Bijan ahead of Drake London, but it's getting close between those two. Certainly in full PPR. Let's kind of go kind of rapid fire here.

Baker Mayfield. Is he start no matter what? Don't even worry about the matchup until further notice. That's how I feel about him. He's got new Orleans in week six. After that, it's Baltimore, it's Atlanta again, and then it's at Kansas City. So it's not like it's a cakewalk for him,

but the offensive line will actually get healthier as he moves along. This was another game without his starting right tackle, and the defense just continues to get trampled. I don't know how they get better. So, yeah, I think that there's going to be a lot of favorable game scripts and he's got two great receivers. Three. If you count Chris Godwin,

uh, no, it's, it's got one in Evans. I meant Sterling shepherd is in the mix and, uh, he'll get some of those younger receivers back as well. That'll give him some field stretching power.

Yes. To answer your question. Yes. Mike Evans, Chris, I know Godwin's coming off a disappointing game, but they only threw the ball 24 times. He actually led the team in receiving. So I think I'm still planning on starting him pretty much every week, but for Bucky Irving

and Rashad White, is it sit them until further notice? I think they're excellent as bi-week replacements. If you're picking between the two, I think Rashad White kind of proved that he's still the better bet for fantasy. He had a huge snap advantage over Irving as well. And he had three or four snaps inside the five, nine of 11 on third down. So yeah, we're, we're going back to Rashad White for now that fumbled by Bucky Irving isn't any good. So Irving still worth rostering Rashad White's going to be the one that you'll start first. Yeah. And Kate Otten, 37% rostered for him to have three for 44 on four targets on a day where Baker Mayfield through 24 times for 180 yards. That's really not that bad. So I do think you can continue if you're streaming Carolina next week. On the other side of the ball,

I mean, what am I even supposed to do with this Kirk Cousins game? 42.4 fantasy points. He's 63% rostered, 21% started. He still doesn't ever leave the pocket, right? He still doesn't get as much velocity on the throws. I mean, Kirk Herbstreet was talking about that. He's not pushing off on the foot. But he made it work.

He made it work. And this is now his second big, now his second good game of the year, but obviously, I mean, career high. I don't even know how to react to this incredible game from Kirk Cousins. So you tell me, how should I think right now? He broke Matt Ryan's franchise single game passing yardage mark on the night that they put Matt Ryan into their ring of honor. That's funny.

And it's a career high for Kirk Cousins as well. I think he continues to be a terrific bi-week replacement quarterback, number two quarterback. I'm a little bit more encouraged by the passing velocity. The throw to Darnell Mooney for a touchdown, really difficult throw. There were like three Bucs defenders around him and he pinned it right on Mooney. Mooney caught it, touchdown. It was excellent on the first play or on Mooney's first touchdown, rather. I think that Cousins can still continue to come through for solid numbers, but not necessarily outstanding numbers. You mentioned that he's got Carolina next week. After that, Seattle, Tampa Bay again, Dallas, his schedule's a little bit easier, I would argue, than what Baker Mayfield will have.

I'll still start Mayfield over Cousins, but I think you could consider Cousins as someone, if you're streaming quarterbacks, if you're unhappy with your quarterback, if you need a biweek replacement, absolutely he should be on the radar. I guess the last question is, is the Falcons passing game just something

that we're going to be starting? I mean, no one's sitting drake london at this point he's he's been good now but but mooney 71 rostered 35 started kyle pitts seven cat mooney had it had a huge game by the way nine catches 105 yards two touchdowns london had 12 for 154 and a touchdown um kyle pitts 88 rostered 53 started seven catches for 88 yards on eight targets and he looked good i'll give him credit and they said they wanted to get him more involved before the game and this time it actually happened but again it was 58 pass attempts and it was eight targets so that's not amazing but uh like is it all systems go for mooney and and pitt now? I think fantasy managers will gravitate back to Pitts

for at least a couple of games. Certainly the matchup against Carolina is one where they'll feel good about having Kyle Pitts in their lineup. Because, again, like, who are you going to put in there ahead? Oh, I'm sorry. That's, yeah. I said that was Otten's matchup.

Otten's at New Orleans next week. No, no. It's Pitts' matchup. Pitts is Carolina. Right, Otten's at New Orleans. And that's a tougher matchup, obviously. I mean, everybody's tougher than Carolina pretty much at this point. Maybe not Las Vegas.

That's besides the point. I think Mooney's going to continue to be one of these flex guys, but a high-end flex guy. I could see myself ranking him top 30 next week against Carolina. Next week better be dare I say, Adam, next week is the Joe Boo week for B. John Robinson against the Carolina Panthers.

This is one of the worst run defenses in the league. He better put up a big game here. And if he does, then yeah, that could cause a little bit of consternation for those that are going to start Mooney and Pitts and to a degree, Drake London and Kirk Cousins. But he better get it done. And if he doesn't get it done against Carolina, then I think that it could be panic time for fantasy managers who have Bijon. And one thing I'll say, I mean, if you were watching the game last night, there was just so little pressure on the quarterbacks. The Falcons cannot get to the quarterback. I think they're a really good matchup. They had a 20% pressure rate last night. That's

horrible. Tampa Bay had a 33% pressure rate last night. That's horrible. Tampa Bay had a 33% pressure rate. That's okay. They had four sacks, but a lot of times too many times their cousins just had no one around them. That is Atlanta 36 and Tampa Bay 30. Na, na, na.

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your team and community safe visit ontarioonecall.ca and avoid unnecessary damages to get the job done right data sourced from the orcga 2023 dirt report don't forget to check out our mailbag episode 2 30 p.m on friday if you want to watch it live, you'll hear it on Saturday anywhere you listen to podcasts. And if you want to email us, it's fantasyfootballatcbsi.com. That is the letter I, fantasyfootballatcbsi.com. Quarterback news, Anthony Richardson still limited. We're ranking him, expecting him to play. Will Levis has an AC sprain and he should be okay to play. According to Paul Kuharski, he'll likely have some pain when he plays, but expect Will Levis to play next week after their bye. Running back Jonathan Taylor, missing practice again, not ranking him, right? He's in there, but he's going to get moved down, obviously.

He'll probably get ruled out on Friday, and then Trey Sermon steps up. Trey Sermon is available in one second, one second, one second. Oh, crap, I hit the wrong button. Come back to me on Trey Sermon is available in one second, one second, one second. Oh, crap, I hit the wrong button. Come back to me on Trey Sermon's roster ship. Yeah, actually, we can do a little impromptu segment here, Dave, and talk about the injured running backs, right? Because you've got the Colts situation. You've got Brian Robinson Jr. missing practice

and Austin Eckler practicing in full. And I've seen some people picking up Jeremy McNichols. You've got Devin Singletary saying he has a chance to play, but it doesn't look great right now for Singletary. And you've got people picking up Tyrone Tracy for that matchup at Seattle. You've got Samir White leaving practice on Wednesday, missing practice on Thursday, and Alexander Madison now with a void to fill. And he was taking over perhaps anyway at Denver. and Nick Chubb is practicing, but I don't think he's going to play. I'm not sure if I'm missing anybody, but if we look at the Colts, the commanders, the giants and the Raiders, you want to just talk about the fill in running

backs there. And so in this scenario, we're going to, we're just going to say hypothetically, Jonathan Taylor is out at Jacksonville. Brian Robinson is out against Cleveland. Devin Singletary is out at Seattle. And Zamir White is out at Denver. How would you rank their replacements? Trey Sermon would be at the top of the list because I think he'd handle pretty much all the rushing downs work, all the short yardage work, and maybe even a little bit of the third down

work. Tyler Goodson would also get in there and Trey Sermon's available in 55% of CBS sports leagues. I'm sounding the alarm. Go get him. Find a spot for him on your bench. If you need a running back this week, he should be in consideration as a bi-week replacement. Maybe even a number two running back because the matchup is so good against Jacksonville. And if you're playing against Jonathan Taylor, absolutely find a way to carry Trey Sermon so you can play keep away from your opponent. Because the commanders are going to split reps between Eckler and McNichols, that's the belief. I think I'd prefer Alexander Madison next up because I think Alexander Madison has a

chance to kind of have that same role as what I talked about for Trey Sermon. And he's averaged two yards per carry more than Zemir White already this year. Not nearly as many carries as Zemir White, but I think Alexander Madison can end up being a pretty decent option. I just don't like his matchup nearly as much as Trey Sermon's. You asked about the commanders running backs. I think I'm going to end up being Eckler more so than McNichols, but I thought McNichols looked good last week. So either one of them would be fine.

McNichols is available in about the same amount of fantasy leagues as Sermon. I'd rather have Sermon, but if you're playing against Brian Robinson and you want to play keep away, McNichols would be somebody that you can go and pick up. You named one other team. Which one was it? I don't know if I want any piece of that backfield. Seattle's defense is going to get healthier. I don't think their rookie, Byron Murphy, is going to play.

But I think Leonard Williams is expected back. Their pass rush will come back. And I don't think Tyrone Tracy is going to get every single snap for them. So another running back on that roster, I would suppose it would be Eric Gray would work with Tyrone Tracy. These guys might catch some passes and maybe they're good for two or three catches each from Daniel Jones, but this is starting to look like a shellacking coming the Giants way. No neighbors, no Singletary, Seattle defense getting stronger.

Seattle's already a better team than the Giants way. No neighbors, no Singletary. Seattle defense getting stronger. Seattle's already a better team than the Giants. I have a tough time believing that the Giants offense will put points on the board. Okay, good stuff there. And so the only thing you said, Sermon, Madison, McNichols, Tracy. But what about Eckler? Is Eckler?

Well, listen, this is about, if Eckler's on your team you mean yeah I'm just curious I know he's not a waiver wire guy but we talked about this game yesterday and we didn't really talk much about Eckler if Brian Robinson's out I I think that the matchup isn't so good for Eckler and I still don't think he's going to dominate playing time it's going to be real close between him and Madison and full PPR maybe I'll give Eck Eckler... No, I don't think I'm going to. I'm going to give Madison the edge over Eckler. Not PPR, it's Madison for sure.

I'm going to start him over. I mean, Sermon, I get some serious... I don't think I said this on the air, but I get some Cam Akers vibes with Sermon. I just don't think he's very good. I don't think he's going to catch passes, whereas Madison is, and Eckler certainly is. Eckler's got double-digit PPR fantasy points

in every game he's played, and that's been with Brian Robinson. I don't know. I have a couple of leagues where I have Sermon, and I definitely have to start him in one, but I'm not super thrilled about it. We could throw Cam Akers in this discussion too because Joe Mixon and Damian Pierce are not practicing.

Would he be at the top of the list? I'm not sure if he would be. I think I might have a little bit more faith in Sermon. And a lot of it with Sermon is he kind of earned that number two role early on for Indianapolis. And that's still a good rushing offense. And I think it might also depend, and it might work out either way for him,

who the quarterback is. Although I do think that if Flacco starts Jacksonville probably won't play as much man coverage and they've been man heavy to begin with, which is kind of weird, but I wonder if they'll play a little bit more zone because they won't be blitzing Flacco as much as they might be blitzing and run blitzing the Colts offense with Richardson. All right.

Well, there's a little bit of a running back update for you there. Ken Walker was limited. I don't think that's a big deal where he most, or it was limited. See if he can play. Kendry Miller is back at practice for the saints, whatever Clyde Edwards,

he layers practicing, but may not come off. I are, and they have a buy next week. So hopefully he doesn't come off. I are, cause you can just keep them stashed or otherwise you're definitely, you know,

a lot of people are gonna have to drop Clyde. If they picked him up, Nick Chubb is practicing, but we're not expecting him to play this week at Washington. It sounds like he's a week or two away. Okay. And Cordaro Patterson and Jalen Warren continue to miss practice.

They are not expected to play as of now on Sunday night against the Cowboys. By the way, Chubb is a week or two away, so the window to buy sort of low on him is here. You could put in the offers now. And if a team has Nick Chubb on their bench and they're one in three, and if they're desperately in need of a starter this week at a position you can afford to give away, make the offer for Chubb because it sounds like he's looking like his old self. And so if you're getting the old version of Nick Chubb, even with all the issues that the Browns have on offense, you're going to want to have that player on your fantasy team, especially if you can give up.

It's going to have to be a quality bench player at minimum, but that'll help you down the line. All right, let's get to the wide receiver news. Rasheed Rice is on IR. Don't drop him yet. You're not out of the woods. He still might have the ACL injury, so we'll hopefully know next week. But Rasheed Rice is on IR. Don't drop him yet. You're not out of the woods. He still might have the ACL injury, so we'll hopefully know next week, but Rasheed Rice is on IR. Romeo Dobbs is questionable

due to personal reasons, so I hope he's able to play on Sunday, but if not and you're desperate, I don't know if that would mean Malik Heath or Bo Melton stepping in. I'd lean Bo Melton, but it's kind of a coin flip. Ricky Pearsall could practice soon for the 49ers,

but now here's the bigger news. DK Metcalf was limited. Bigger news, at least in terms of week five. DK Metcalf, he's fine. Malik Nabors, though, he missed practice, and right now is not expected to play for the Giants. Deontay Johnson is expected to play. Tank Dell is expected to play.

Khalil Shakir, this is a questionable one here. Khalil Shakir missing practice for the second straight game, and we'll check on him on Friday. This is why you got to listen to the mailbag show, and I think we mentioned this yesterday. Brandon Cooks is out this week. TJ Hawkinson's going to practice today. He's not coming back this week, but he's getting closer. Taysom Hill

has fractured ribs. Are you ranking Taysom Hill? I do not believe we are. George Kittle missed practice. Are you ranking George Kittle? Yes. Evan Are you ranking George Kittle? Yes. Evan Ingram was limited. Trey McBride, he looks like he's good to go. He practiced in full.

And David Ajoku mispracticed on Thursday. That was a planned rest day. Hopefully back out there. Ingram and Ajoku are the two that I'm keeping an eye on. I hope they can play this week. Offensive line, Teron Armstead practiced in full for the Dolphins. Laramie Tunsell's day-to-day for the Texans. Jack Conklin, Cleveland's right tackle. He practiced. He's not a lock to play, but they could

use all the help they can get. And on defense, Demarcus Lawrence is going to be out for many weeks, but Micah Parsons has been ruled out for Sunday's game for the Cowboys. San Francisco linebacker Fred Warner missed practice. Jair Alexander, I think he came back to... Yeah, I think he was limited in practice yesterday. Green Bay's cornerback. The Patriots secondary, the Giants secondary,

they're beat up. Patriots facing the Dolphins. Giants are at the Seahawks. Dave mentioned it. Seattle looks like they're getting healthier. They had a lot of guys return to practice. And Miami linebacker David Long, a very good IDP player, he was limited in practice after missing last week's game. All right, one question for each game. The Jets are at the Vikings. Very strange. The Vikings, in our minds, oh, this is a really good defense. Well, they have given up the most passing yards in football,

which shocked me, but they've also seen the most pass attempts in football. Start or sit. All right, do we like, I'm going to phrase it differently, do we like Garrett Wilson this week? I think we just like Garrett Wilson. I think he's a low end number two wide receiver. He's a little bit more touchdown pendant touchdown dependent than we'd like to admit.

The reason why the Vikings are giving up all these numbers, Adam is because of Jordan love last week. Love went crazy throwing the football. He attacked them deep. It worked out for them. Could the Jets emulate that? I don't think they'll do it to the same level that Jordan Love did. And depending on if Jair Alexander plays or not,

I would be a little cautious with Garrett Wilson. I'm also not sure that he's getting the type of usage and looks and reads that an alpha receiver would get. Well, he hasn't been. No, that that's a little troubling, but he's where we drafted Wilson, such a tough schedule. So I think the hope is that he's finally freed from these elite cornerbacks and we'll see Garrett Wilson also like route depth way down. A dot is a joke. Garrett Wilson should not have an 8.4-yard ADOT. Throw the ball downfield to Garrett Wilson. Next up, Arizona at San Francisco. Who do you like better, Brandon Ayuk or Debo Samuel?

That's easy. That's Debo Samuel. I'm nervous that I've got Brandon Ayuk ranked too high, and he's behind Garrett Wilson. He's a borderline No. 2 wide receiver receiver and it's because he's done nothing. His usage is, it's, it should be better than it is. And it's already pretty decent, but here are the 49ers. They've got another receiver that they can feed in Jawan Jennings and Debo's doing his thing too.

And Iuk who always struggles against, and not always struggles, but his numbers aren't as bombastic when he goes up against zone coverage defenses. And here comes another one in the Arizona Cardinals. So I'm a little nervous about Iuke. I think I might have to move him down a little bit. Currently 23rd in my rankings.

For now, he is definitely behind Terry McLaurin, Garrett Wilson, Tyreek Hill, Christian Kirk, Brian Thomas Jr. He's behind those guys, and he's going to continue to fall. This comment here, this is so relevant because I made a peanut butter and jelly yesterday. Adam looks like the kind of guy that uses two knives to make a peanut butter and jelly. I don't do that. I have a different strategy because I don't want to mix. I don't want to put peanut butter in the jelly jar. First of all, obviously, you put the peanut butter on first, right, Dave? Yes, correct. So then I put the peanut butter on first. I have extra, I will

get the extra. I'll put it on the other half of the bread where the jelly is about to go. And I get, that's how I get most of the peanut butter off. And then I put the peanut butter in and then I put the jelly. You don't, you don't rinse off the knife. I don't rinse off. No, I don't rinse off. Do you? Yeah. You're a rinser. I'm a rinser okay next game in one you have to draw you have to like shake it so that you don't get water into the jelly to dilute the jelly oh yeah well that's why i don't rinse because then i'm gonna yeah then i have to wipe with it yeah but then now you're getting particles of peanut butter and i bet you lick the knife sometimes dave i can't believe how off track you've gotten us. Jeez. Carolina at Chicago.

Do we like DJ Moore this week? He's kind of in that same boat as Brandon Ayuk, where we want to trust him and we know that he's capable of good games, but he hasn't quite delivered that for fantasy managers. And this sounds a little funny given the Bears run game this season. This should be a week where they get that run game going and they did last week. So that should give you confidence in DeAndre Swift and Roshan Johnson getting some good efficiency at minimum. But do the Bears just completely put it back on Caleb Williams after one week of letting him hand off and check down. I don't think they do. I think that they'll do what it takes to win this game. It's a great matchup for

him. When Caleb does throw, there shouldn't be much pressure on him, but I think the running backs will dictate this game for Chicago. And I would be nervous about high target volume for everybody in the Chicago passing game. All right. Indianapolis is at Jacksonville. Why should I start Travis ETN? Because of his upside and what he's capable of doing. And the matchup isn't very tough at all. I mean, Zyra Franklin's still playing for the Colts and he's a good run stopper, but I still believe in ETN's talent.

We know that he's capable of three plus catches every single week. And I think Jacksonville is going to write their ship here pretty quickly on offense. I hope this is the matchup to do it. They're at home. Colts pass rush is beat up. Colts secondary is beat up and ETN will still be that lead back for the Jaguars.

Yeah. Those are two bad defenses, Indianapolis and Jacksonville green Bay at the Rams. Who are you starting? Dontavian wicks over and I'll start with Garrett Wilson, Brandon Ayuk, DJ Moore. Would you start him over those guys? So if you look at my rankings right now, 914 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, Wicks is behind those guys. I think I can make the case to start Wicks over both Moore and Ayuk. I know it sounds risky because those guys are studs and Dontavian Wicks

is just a guy that had a great game last week. But Dontavian Wicks, when he's had the opportunities without Christian Watson, he's been pretty good. And this Rams defense, not very good. So I think that there is an opportunity for Dontavian Wicks to potentially get more targets than DJ Moore, as many targets as Brandon Ayuk and put up better numbers and have better efficiency than both of those wide receivers. I'll take Garrett Wilson ahead of him, though. Okay, and we've talked about these wide receivers that people probably will start.

Wilson, Iyuk, and DJ Moore, but they haven't been that good. Would you start Trey Sermon over those guys? I don't think I'm there, not even a non-PPR. All right, Giants are at the Seahawks. DK Metcalf's number one. Who's the second best wide receiver in this game? Assuming neighbors doesn't play. I think it's Wanda Robinson and that's a catches count.

I think he's going to end up getting a ton of those short targets again from Daniel Jones in large part, because I don't think the Giants are going to be able to run the ball and they might not have been able to run the ball anyway with Devin Singletary, but it's going to be worse without him. And so if Singletary is out, that's the extension of the run and Wanda Robinson could end up with 10 catches. Again, I would bank on him. And then I'm going to tell you this, the last game we're previewing. So I'm going to ask a second question about it. Cause this one, this is the one guy who is tearing me up I cannot figure out how much I like him this week it's Gino Smith starter said Gino Smith I'm I'm in the same

boat as you Adam I think that Gino Smith has a chance to get you 20 I don't think he gets to 30 and I think game script is the reason why right once again the Giants offense no neighbors no Singletary no bueno I think we could see Geno Smith not have to do that much, especially a week after he had to do so much for the Seattle passing game. So could he have a game where it's 200 yards, two touchdowns, no turnovers? Yeah, I think that that's absolutely within the realm of possibility. And it would be shocking if the defense for Seattle was so bad that the Giants put up 14, 17 points,

and Seattle did have to score three or four touchdowns. I currently have them 11th. I've got them ahead of Kyler Murray. I don't see that changing. It's Sam Darnold and it's Patrick Mahomes is the two quarterbacks. Mahomes? Yeah, I would consider them over Geno Smith. I think Darnold could make that jump, but I don't know if Patrick Mahomes can. I just don't know if I can see that happening. I mean, look, obviously I could be wrong about this, but I would not start Mahomes over Geno Smith. Geno Smith is leading the NFL in passing yards,

but he has only four touchdowns. Yeah, we'll talk about this game later. I mean, it's all about the pass volume and whether or not the Giants can show up and make this competitive. But, I mean, Mahomes just hasn't done anything. And now Rasheed Rice is out. So I would go with Geno Smith. I was surprised that you had him.

OK, beat the waiver wire. We got four teams on by next week. Miami, Kansas City, Minnesota and the Rams. We have an entire FFT Express episode dedicated to this very subject. But I'll just give you a few names. It's not a great week for quarterback replacements. But then again, it's not like a week where you're missing stud quarterbacks.

But Deshaun Watson might be the best one. He's at Philadelphia. Running back, there are so many. Alexander Madison in shallow leagues. Antonio Gibson, let's see what happens with the carries this week. I think Tank Bigsby really could not. It's got a little bit of a Bucky Irving feel to me,

only maybe a few weeks behind that we'll see I hope Travis Etienne who I think had a very good game last week I hope he figures things out and just becomes Travis Etienne but you've got to guard against that and Tank Bigsby could be someone who starts taking goal line work too and then there's just like every handcuff but Ty Chandler's one I would prioritize. Ladd McConkie's on by. He's done some good things. He's 66% rostered. If you want us to ask Christian Watson, he's 56% rostered.

Wanda Robinson against Cincinnati next week. I mean, that should be someone that you're, you're missing Tyreek Hill. You're missing Jalen Waddle. You're missing Justin Jefferson next week. You're missing the Rams guys, whatever. So Wanda Robinson's a good guy to get. Xavier Liget, Romeo Dobbs, T Trey Tucker if Devante Adams gets traded Trey Tucker's 46 percent rostered and

then the only tight end I'll tell you about is Taysom Hill I hope he can play next week so go get him we don't know about the fractured ribs and how long he'll be out for Xavier Lee get 49 percent rostered on CBS so he's out there still. And he was impressive last week. I think he's, he might have staying power the rest of the season. This might not be just a Adam Thielen injury thing. He would be a priority for me. Wandale for the reasons you mentioned would be a priority for me too. All right. We're going to take another break and talk about the jets and the Vikings. When we come back, here we go to the six games we're previewing, starting with Jets and Vikings.

Two good defensive teams here, but the Vikings are fourth in scoring, seventh in yards per play. And yeah, this is the stat of the game that feels a little deceiving. The Vikings have allowed the third most fantasy points to wide receivers. They've seen the second most wide receiver targets

in the NFL. They are 4-0. You've had teams like the Texans and the Packers playing catch-up. Four wide receivers have scored 18 or more points against the Vikings. Jaden Reed, Dontavian Wicks, Stefan Diggs, and Debo Samuel. Not Nico Collins. He was good, though. But yeah, all right, we talked about Garrett Wilson. He's a number two wide receiver. We'll compare him to some other players. Start Brees Hall. What about the other guys?

What about Aaron Rodgers, Braylon Allen, Alan Lazard, Tyler Conklin? Are there any good starts on the Jets? I would consider Conklin a startable fantasy tight end. I know he let you down last week,

but I would give him another shot this week against Minnesota. I don't feel great about Lazard or Mike Williams. If I had to pick one, let you down last week, but I would give him another shot this week against Minnesota. I don't feel great about Lazard or Mike Williams. If I had to pick one, I think I have Lazard higher, but I don't feel really great about either single one of them. Braylon Allen might get you eight or nine fantasy points, regardless of format. Would you start Jordan Addison in this game? Would you consider starting him over Garrett Wilson?

I would not consider him over Garrett Wilson, even though he has more upside than Garrett Wilson. I think Jordan Addison is more of a flex play and a good flex play. Okay. All right. So, yeah, we spent a lot of time on Garrett Wilson and one question for each game. If you missed that, you can select that in the time codes here.

So let's talk about Sam Darnold. And I was reading, I think, Bill Barnwell, who does a great job with everything. He's so in depth. I think he said that Darnold, you know what, I'll try to find it. But he said, as you talk about him, Darnold's getting away with a lot of turnover worthy plays. Not that he's not playing well. And we've seen it too, right? We've seen it. We've watched Sam Darnold. Yeah. Anyway, where are you on Darnold against the Jets? I like that Sam Darnold has had strong games against the 49ers and the Texans. They run a similar defensive scheme as the New York Jets. What does that mean? They play a lot of zone coverage. They don't blitz very often. You mentioned earlier about teams that can get to the quarterback while only rushing four defenders, i.e. not blitzing.

Well, the Jets rank seventh in pass rush pressure right there at 36%. The 49ers are higher. I think that that just tells you something about what Darnold is able to navigate. And I also like the fact that his coaching staff is just going to keep letting him throw. There were times last week where he had some bad throws and what did they do? They didn't, they didn't get shy and start running it with Aaron Jones and completely get away from Sam Darnold. They let Darnold keep throwing and that's a good sign.

And his receiving core is healthy. That's a good sign. And I know that everybody's worried. Oh, sauce gardener is going to shut down Justin Jefferson. He might win Justin Jefferson's lined up against him, but I wouldn't bet against Justin Jefferson. And I'm not going to say that Sam Donald's going to be a bad quarterback either. It's a question of upside, but there are so many quarterbacks. Think about what I said five minutes ago about Gino Smith. What's Gino Smith's upside this week. It's around 20 fantasy

points. You could say the same thing. I don't know if I agree with that. Tyler Murray and Patrick Mahomes. I think Darnold's kind of in that boat. I think with his rushing prowess, maybe he can get you to 22 or 23 fantasy points. So I'm okay with Darnold as a start this week. And I love him as a bi-week replacement. I think Gino Smith has more upside than 20 points. Just to throw that out there. I mean, all he has to do is throw two touchdowns, which he hasn't done in a game yet. But Darnold, yeah, Darnold scored in his last three games,

24, 31, and 26 and a half fantasy points and six points per pass and touchdown least. And he has done that with 26 to 28 pass attempts. But yes, Bill Barnwell talking about his four fumbles, which he put all on him. He's thrown more turnover-worthy balls than other surprise quarterbacks. So there are some issues with Sam Darnold.

Could be pumpkin week. No, but I don't feel like that's going to be the case. And by the way, I'm really curious to see, not that this would change any start or sit decisions, they did actually move Sauce Gardner around a little bit last week against Cortland Sutton. A little bit he shadowed Sutton, which is unusual.

Will he do that? Will he follow Justin Jefferson? I think it's fascinating. Start Aaron Jones. Addison is a flex. And don't start a Minnesota tight end. And then let's talk about the DSTs here, because it looks like all three of you,

Jamie, Heath, and you, would be okay getting away from the Jets DST. They're about 10th. But the Vikings look like more of a must start. Someone asked earlier, Vikings DST or Steelers DST? I have the Vikings two spots ahead. Vikings two spots ahead of the Steelers? Okay.

Seahawks or Jets? Seahawks are my number two DST. So Seahawks over the Vikings. All right. Did we do enough Brock Purdy ors? Brock Purdy or did you say Mahomes or Purdy? Purdy. Not Purdy. Sam Darnoldomes or Purdy? Purdy. Not Purdy.

Sam Darnold. Sorry. Sam Darnold or. I was wondering if you were setting me up for game of the week. No, no, I'm good. That's our next. Our next game is Arizona, San Francisco, my bad. So you'll set me up then.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Purdy and Darnold over Mahomes. Purdy and Darnold over Mahomes. Okay. Darnold or Kyler? Darnold. All right, you son of a B. I got to think of a different one now.

I got to think of a different one. No, don't do that to yourself. Arizona's at San Francisco. This game sucks. Nobody wants to see this crap game. We're not even going to preview it. Let's go to our next game. Now, Arizona at San Francisco. Yeah, we could start with Kyler Murray here.

And I'm going to give you some great Kyler Murray stats. But how do you feel about Kyler this week? Terrible track record against the 49ers. I think you have to go back to 2020 for his last good game against them and involve a rushing for him to get it done. And he hasn't been really that great. Three games this year under 17 fantasy points. That makes me nervous.

I do like the matchup a lot better if there's no Fred Warner for the 49ers because they've already taken a loss with Javon Hargrave at D-tackle. If Fred Warner's out, that does keep the middle of the field pretty open. And with Trey McBride coming back, that helps. So I'm not going to be in love with Kyler Murray, but I'm still going to start him out of guys like Mahomes, Dalton Richardson, Derek Carr, Caleb Williams. I'm not going to sink him because he's been so bad, but I do worry about the upside,

more so about him or with him than with Geno. I'd rather start Geno than kyler at this point you know everyone's making fun of me in the chat today for my shirt and it's hurting my feelings they say it looks like i'm naked basically you've had that shirt for 15 years no not really what'd you say purdue purdue yeah it does look a little purduey i well i was you know, Jamie ruined my blue shirt. I can't wear it anymore. It's a purchase that I just, it is done.

I'll never wear it. Someone said Kyler Murray is washed up. Let me give you some Kyler stats. Please. All right. This is crazy. He is averaging the second most yards per attempt in his career. He has the highest ADOT in his career,

or air yards per pass attempt in his career, by far. Fifth highest air yards per pass attempt in his career. He has the highest ADOT in his career, or air yards per pass attempt in his career, by far. Fifth highest air yards per pass attempt in his career, and his highest completion percentage of his career. Usually, you go higher ADOT, you go lower completion percentage, and he has the highest touchdown rate of his career. If I told you all of those things, you would think Kyler Murray is having a breakout season. And he's on pace for 518 rushing yards, which is a little low for him, but still good. So what's the problem? 27 pass attempts per game.

Oh no, he's on pace. He's on pace for 697 rushing yards. Last year he was on pace for 518. So the problem is pass attempts. The other problem is all those stats I gave you are heavily influenced by one great game against the Rams. He just hasn't been nearly as good in the other games. But he's had two games with 21 or 22 pass attempts.

You basically cannot be good that way. It's very difficult. So on paper, Kyler Murray is a very good version of himself. He's just not throwing enough. And I don't know if it's that simple. I think he's going to be good this week, though. You know, I'm going to start him. Sounds like you're making the case for him to be a good DFS option.

Well, yeah, I mean, I think we love Purdy. Purdy's the start of the week. Like, they should have to throw more than 25 times in this game. Throw 30 or more, I'm hoping. I would think so, but here's another thing about Fred Warner being out. That might incentivize the Cardinals to run, and there's no reason for them to get away from James Conner. Conner's been running very well this season.

Would fantasy managers get away from James Conner, or is he a must-start? No, he's a must start. All right. Marvin Harrison jr. Is also a must start. He's a top 12 wide receiver. He's a little bit lower on him in full PPR. I still,

I think that the route depth in the eight odd, it's just too low, too high, but whatever you're starting him start Trey McBride. If he plays Kittle or McBride, it's McBride Ferguson or McBride. It's McBride. All right.Bride? It's McBride. All right. Brock Purdy,

you have him sixth. Jamie has him seventh. Heath's a little bit lower. They talked about that yesterday. I've got him at seven. I moved Baker ahead of him before the game last night. Oh, mazel. Good job. Well, sometimes it works out. Maybe it won't work out. Maybe we'll get a 30-plus point game from Purdy. That'd be awesome

too. Here's what I find so fascinating about this matchup. I talked about this a couple days ago, or I guess it was yesterday when Jamie brought up Purdy. Different version of Brock Purdy this year. Usually the 49ers are a low ADOT team with the most yak. Right they, they may be like last in yak per catch, but Purdy is among the leaders. I think he's second in air yards for pass attempt. I might be a little off on those numbers, but it's high air yards, low yak. The Cardinals give up a lot of yak. They don't give up the downfield stuff as much. The 49ers are the type of team that typically, and I think they certainly can be a team that just destroys that. You give up a lot of yak against the Niners,

that's a terrible pairing there. It's great for Purdy. It's also great for Debo. I'm excited about him. It would be great for Ayuk if he could actually do that too. Well, Ayuk is not the yak guy necessarily. He's the more downfield guy. I disagree. I think he's definitely a yak guy.

Not compared to Debo. Not compared to Debo. Not compared to Debo, but still somebody who can win off the snap, catch a slant, and turn a 10-yard pass into a 40-yard touchdown. So rank Debo, Iyuk, and Josh Jacobs. I believe I'm going

to have Jacobs at the top of that list. And then Debo and then Iyuk. How about Chuba Hubbard? I believe I'm going to have, um, Jacobs at the top of that list. And then Debo. And then I, you, how about Chuba Hubbard? Chuba is going to be ahead of Debo and I,

you as well. How about Devon? A-chan. A-chan will be lower. I would make an A-chan sandwich with Debo and I, you. There you go. All right. And start George Kittle.

And don't lick the knife. 49ers. DST is pretty high in the rankings for you guys. Carolina is at Chicago. We'll see if the Panthers can do well against a good defense. The Bears have held the Titans to 17 points, the Texans to 19, the Colts to 21, the Rams to 18. They're eighth in yards in points allowed.

They're 11th in yards per play. But this game, Dave, looks great for running backs. Stat of the game number one, the Bears have allowed at least 82 yards and a touchdown to three running backs in four games. And stat of the game number two, the Panthers, 17.8 or more fantasy points to a running back in four running backs in four games.

So I know we're going to buy it with Chuba Hubbard. He's got to be just a must start, right? Yes. What about Swift? I've gotta be just a must start, right? Yes. What about Swift? I've got him as a top 20 running back. I'm buying back in one game where he saw design targets and was also a check down guy for Caleb Williams. It's almost like the coaching staff beat it into Caleb Williams had.

It's okay to check down. We can win the game. Don't try and play Superman anymore. And if he sticks with that and an easier matchup than what he had last week, think about that last week was pretty easy. This is even easier. Then we should see Deandre Swift put up good numbers again, minimum 15 PPR points. I have not been reading questions from the chat. Let me just go back to the last game real quick. Kyler Murray or Jaden Daniels? Oh, Daniels. Daniels is top three.

Even against Cleveland. Kyler or Dak and Dave looks handsome today. Oh, how nice. I will take Dak over Kyler. Okay, but back to this game now. DeAndre Swift, I don't know what to make of those catches. That was crazy. Seven catches on 23 pass attempts, something like that.

Did you go back and watch them? Yeah, I watched williams dropbacks i just it was so different than what he was typically doing and keenan allen and and uh doomsday both played you know but still not the goal line guy that's that's what really holds me back from calling swift a must start and he's been he was freaking horrible for three games like one game doesn't change that but you don't have him as a must start. You just have him in the top 20. I mean, that's pretty close to must start territory

in a week where there's a bunch of running back injuries and four teams on by. Are you starting the Bengals running backs or Swift? I have Swift higher. Bengals running backs are splitting and they're playing Baltimore. Baltimore allows 2.7 yards per carry. To running backs? Yeah. Baltimore allows 2.7 yards per carry. To running backs?

Yeah. Well, okay. Pretty good. Deontay Johnson, layup, stardom? Yeah. Off the back of the glass and through the rim. Yeah, look, it's tough. Nico Collins is the only wide receiver

to score more than 12.2 PPR fantasy points against the Bears. That would be the Titans wide receivers, the rest of the Texans, the Colts wide receivers, and the Rams wide receivers. They haven't really been tested that much this year. But Deontay's just been so good. It's too many targets. Too big to fail. I skipped around.

I went from Bears to Panthers. So you talked about DJ Moore. Would you start DeAndre Swift or DJ Moore? I think non-PPR, I'd be ready to go to Swift. Full PPR, still maybe Swift. Really? Okay. I mean, I really, listen, if you can't do it, you don't trust it, I get it, it's your team.

But it's not like DJ Moore has been racking up huge numbers himself. Not at all. Not at all. Not at all. Right. And so now think about the situation for the bears. Like we just had a week where the running backs were involved in the offense and it worked out for them.

They won the game. Do they get away from that because they think they can throw on Carolina and they just want to let Caleb Williams attempt 35 passes? Are they going to try and win this game with the path of least resistance, as my buddy PropStars likes to say? And if they do that, then that means there's going to be some good running involved for Chicago, or at least they'll try.

Yeah, I like DJ Moore having a 25.6% target share. So I just want them to throw a little bit more. But you're right. I mean, it makes sense. It makes sense for them to establish the run. So DJ Moore, let's see. DJ Moore or Wandale Robinson if Neighbors is out? I think I'll probably settle on Moore, but it'll be close.

It'd be Moore for me easily. But I mean, I understand the frustration. Moore or, how about, yeah, sorry, done with Moore. What about Keenan Allen and Roma Dunzey and Xavier Lee get, I think it's easy to get away from Keenan Allen and Roma Dunzey. We have the one game with a ton of targets for Keenan Allen and week one. And then last week he came back, not very many. Again, if the bears can run the football, that means they're not going to have a lot of pass attempts in the game. And if their defense can slow down Carolina in some respect,

that will help that cause. So I'm not excited about Keenan Allen. I want to be excited about Romo Dunze, but last week's game told me that the Bears didn't want to build on what he did in the matchup against Indianapolis. Keenan Allen came back and they got the running backs involved. Look, they were looking for a win. They got it last week.

Maybe that's part of their formula. That's my hunch. And so Keenan Allen and Romo Dunes are two guys I'm not as interested in, but I do think Carolina is going to keep throwing the football. And I think not every target can go to Deontay Johnson. And I think Xavier Liggett looked really good last week. He was against a bad Bengals defense. This week is a step up in competition, but I still think he's going to get some decent numbers.

I think he's got a safe floor of 11 PPR points. All right, I'm going to read some questions from the chat. Non-PPR, James Conner or DeAndre Swift? Conner. Liget or Sutton, full PPR? Sutton's probably safer than Liget. By the way, I missed that one, but no politics in our chat

please so if you have a avatar that's political or a name I'm gonna try not to read it uh Liget or Ferguson at flex um if you need upside it's Liget but I think Ferguson's the safer pick. Liggett or Jacoby Myers PPR? Liggett. And that's it for now for this game. Okay. Oh, Liggett or Keenan Allen. You've already answered that. Liggett. Okay, cool.

So anything else? Sitting Caleb Williams. Roshan's a stash oh commit start or sit don't want to use them if i don't have to let's call them a streaming tight end and bears okay well sorry let me pat fryer muth over cole commit yes fryer muth i would have started otten conklin, Brenton Strange, Zach Ertz, all ahead of Cole Komet. Bears DST a low-end starter. The Panthers have been a terrible matchup for DSTs with Andy Dalton,

but that was Las Vegas and Cincinnati. All right, Indianapolis at Jacksonville. Dave, air it out. These two quarterbacks are top three in air yards per pass attempt. They're also top three in off-target rate, which go hand in hand. And they both give up their share of deep ball completions. You've got

some bad defenses here, but some questionable offensive players. Who do you like in this game, Indianapolis to Jacksonville? At quarterback, who do I like? No, just in general. Which players are you jazzed about in this game? I am jazzed about Brian Thomas jr. I am jazzed about Christian Kirk, especially in PPR. I still think ETN is a number two fantasy running back. I wish Jonathan Taylor were playing. Um, who am I jazzed about in the Colts passing game?

Depends on who the quarterback is, right? it's kind of an all or nothing type thing if it's flacco i'm definitely going to be jazzed about pitman and josh downs i might be okay with downs if it's richardson but i'm still nervous about anthony richardson throwing the football four attempts last week at first i thought oh he made improvements he was getting his foot down as he as he planted and released the football. But his first completion was close to being picked off. He had an off-target throw, and then he got hurt. And I don't know how healthy he is.

If he's playing at sub 100%, does that mean he could run less? That could be problematic on two fronts. And then if he gets hurt again, that's going to be really problematic for fantasy managers who start them. So I don't want to trust Anthony Richardson. We'll find out what the status report is on Friday. I do have Joe Flacco in my starting lineup in a couple of leagues where I need a bi-week replacement. If Richardson's out, Flacco is going to be awesome. Top 12 type of quarterback. If Richardson's in, I've got him ranked outside of my top 15, and I'm going to have to go to my waiver wire.

I might have to start somebody like Andy Dalton as my quarterback as a bi-week replacement. It's not great. I'd rather have Trevor Lawrence. Maybe I'll make some trades to get Trevor Lawrence. Yeah, I'm sorry. I pretty much skipped Andy Dalton. He's been so good, and you are, I guess, not that excited.

You'd start Trevor Lawrence over Andy over andy dalton yes i mean i think it's a dangerous matchup for dalton it is he's not taking on the raiders he's not taking on the bengals bears defense is better he's playing really well isn't he what he's playing really well he's playing like andy dalton which is a lot of good there's some bad i don't know what bill barnwell has to say about how many turnover-worthy throws he's made. I'm not sure. But he's had some. I don't know if he's in the column.

It was like early MVP, early most improved, that kind of stuff. I am so excited for Brian Thomas that I have to sort of contain myself because the Colts have allowed 78 yards or a touchdown to six wide receivers in four games. They've gotten killed by outside receivers. Brian Thomas, as good of a game as he had last week, six for 86 and a touchdown on nine targets.

He also just abused this cornerback and was open for a 28-yard touchdown and Trevor Lawrence missed him. And by the way, Trevor Lawrence missed Christian Kirk on a 59-yard touchdown. It was horrible. That's like the low light of the season for this pathetic team. But Thomas, I'm at the point where I don't think I would do it, but my gut wants to start him over.

I'm not Garrett Wilson, but yeah, I think I would start him over DJ more this week. Yes, I'm starting him over Garrett Wilson. All right, so you're all in. I think that I'm being a little bit too optimistic, and I have to rein it in a little bit because this team has looked so bad. If you don't want to do that, the case

for Brian Thomas is so easy to make. Starting him over IU can DJ more and Garrett Wilson for you. I guess you're doing that. I'm doing that. I'm starting him over Debo. He's had nine targets in each of his last two games. He's an outstanding young receiver. And I don't see his role changing, even if Evan Ingram plays.

Or whenever. The game of the week, yeah. The Jaguars and the Colts. Two terrible defenses, Dave. That's why. The game of the week, hey. All right, you stole the original game of the week. You took it out for me.

I think this was a better choice anyway. I think Trevor Lawrence, there's actually a path here for him over his next three games to possibly do well and help Jacksonville get on a winning streak. Their defense is bad, so they've got to be able to work around that. But I think Lawrence does get back on track. He's close. Those overthrows, that's just not who he is.

And so it's just a matter of fixing those things. I'm sure that they addressed it in practice this week. And I would imagine that we're going to see good games against a bad defense that won't put a lot of pressure on Trevor Lawrence. This should be a win for Jacksonville. And Brian Thomas has a big game. Kirk has a big game. They're both top 20 for me. Trevor Lawrence should be higher in my rankings. Yeah. Kirk's the other one. I mean, Kirk's had 10 to 12 targets, two straight games, seven to eight catches a question here from Mike. Would you start Brian Thomas over George Pickens? And he's a non PPR. It's close and non PPR. I think I might take Pickens just because that Cowboys defense

has so many pass rush issues that it'll help Justin Fields locate and throw accurately to Pickens. Okay. That's how close it is, though. I've got Pickens 12th. I've got Thomas 15th. Brian Thomas Jr., Zach Moss,

or Terry McLaurin? Thomas. Okay. Just looking for more questions here. Brian Thomas Jr. or Xavier Worthy? That's definitely going to be Thomas. That's definitely Thomas. Yeah.

Trey Sermon or Javante Williams? I like Javante this week. I love the matchup. I'm expecting the Broncos to just have Javante and Jaleel McLaughlin in their backfield. And I think Javante can come through. He might actually get, hold everything, everybody, 13 PPR points. Wow. Wow, wow for Javante.

So Javante over Trey Sermon. Trey Sermon or DJ Moore? As of now, it's Moore. I can't be that excited about Trey Sermon. Right, right. And, yeah, it says rank Sermon if Taylor is out. So where do you think he'll end up? Looking at my rankings right now,

he's going to be in that range with Najee, Jerome Ford, Kareem Hunt. So a low-end number two right now. I'd take all those guys over him. I might as well, but that's the range that he'll be in. And yes, there is a chance. Rob asking, is there a chance Taylor plays this weekend? There is. If he doesn't practice on Friday, I think you could pretty much rule him out. But that's why we'll we'll keep you posted on our mailbag show, which will be out after the practices. All right, Lawrence, the opportunity is there. He's just not playing well, but this team is just so bad defensively.

For ETN, Bigsby, you can't start yet. ETN is like a top 17 running back. He hasn't had more than 13 carries in a game. There's not much else you can say other than he's still Travis ETN. I just hope he doesn't lose the goal line work because I feel like that was happening last week.

And we'll see. Okay, anything else? Oh, Evan Ingram. He's 72% rostered. Do you start him if he plays? And if Evan Ingram plays, does that lower Kirk and Thomas? I think it could lower Kirk. I don't think it

might lower Thomas a bit but not that much. And remember, it's going to be his first game back coming off of a hamstring. They might take it easy with him. Would I start him over Conklin? Definitely. Would I start him over Friar Muth? To me, that's close.

That's going to be about the range. So he's going to be a starting fantasy tight end if he's active. Okay. All right. Yeah. Man, I got a lot of it. My roster tight end waiting for this active. Okay. All right. Yeah, I, man, I got a lot of, I got a lot of my roster tight end waiting for this guy to get back.

And I just moved Trevor Lawrence to 12th in my rankings. Wow. Over who? Over Gino, over Kyler, over Mahomes. Over Macho Grande. Kyler. Okay.

Trevor Lawrence, Kyler. Interesting. Interesting. Green Bay is at the Rams. I know you're not starting. Did I miss anything there? Wait, sorry. Let's go back real quick. Sorry, Debo. Switch that lower third. We're still on Jaguars, Coles. There it is. If Flacco starts, where would Pittman and Downs be in your rankings? Pittman would be top 20. Downs would be top 24. And I think the win that I predicted for Jacksonville would be in jeopardy.

Okay. I thought the offense looked so different and so much better with Flacco last week that I can't help but think that it'll continue to be like Flacco came in off the bench and cut up the Steelers, the Steelers. All right. Packers Rams. Now we can switch it.

Jordan love is the number four quarterback behind Jaden Daniels, but behind Lamar and Alan, but Jordan love start him up. This is another bad defense. The Rams may give it the fourth most fantasy points to quarterbacks. Josh Jacobs. We're starting in this week. He's 11th for you.

I tried to make some Josh Jacobs trade offers yesterday. I'm still working on it, Dave. Better times are ahead for him. Let's hear a couple of them. Oh, one was I would give up McBride. This was a blockbuster that got turned down. McBride, Kamara, and Garrett Wilson for, I have Ferguson, by the way,

for Jacobs, CeeDee Lamb, and Khalil Shakir. And Darst thought I was ripping him off, but I wasn't. He just didn't want to do it. I think that'll come out pretty close on the trade chart. Yeah, and it's the thing. It's like I have McBride and Ferguson, so I'm desperately trying to upgrade somewhere else. Okay. Start Jaden Reed. Jaden Reed,

who is the wide receiver I just talked about? Michael Pittman. I don't know. Jaden Reed would be ahead of like Brian Thomas. He's a top 10 receiver. Yeah. Start Jaden Reed. And what about Wicks? What about Dobbs? If he plays. I don't know if Dobbs

is going to play, so I wouldn't consider him in our plans. Dontavian Wicks is a border Dobbs? If he plays, I don't know if Dobbs is going to play. So I wouldn't consider him in our plans. Dontavian Wicks is a borderline number two wide receiver because I'm expecting the Packers offense to be very, very explosive. They will do what they wish. Jordan Love will throw a bunch and he will complete a bunch. Yeah, I'm excited about Wicks, but they did throw 50 plus times last week. We got question here Josh Jacobs or Brian Thomas I love both those guys I I would bet I'll double check to make sure I'm going to typing I've got Brian Thomas behind Josh Jacobs in my PPR rankings okay good me too downs or Wicks Let's say, it's easy if it's Richardson. If it's Flacco,

Downs or Wicks? I think I might take Downs. Wicks or Hunt? Wicks over Kareem Hunt. Okay. What else we got here? So Dobbs, Dobbs is like 48th

in the rankings right now. So even if he plays, I think that you're underselling him a little bit here. I think he'll probably get, you know, about 10 to 12 fantasy points

with a chance to score, but fair enough. Tyler Kraft is almost a must start. I mean, it's crazy. You'd start him over Ingram and Njoku if they play. It feels a little knee-jerk-y because he had this huge game last week, but he's already been playing a lot of snaps for the Packers, running a lot of routes for the Packers. He just kind of put it all together last week when the Packers were playing from behind. If this is going to be a competitive game, Kraft should be fine. I think I might be a little too excited about Kraft and I might move him down a little bit. Still going to be top 10, but I don't know if I could say that he's going to get more catches and yards than Bowers and then Friar Muth as well. So top 10, yes. Top six, top five, probably not.

Okay. Every Green Bay wide receiver, except for Malik Heath, hasn't... I don't know if this is actually... I'm sorry. It was week four. Every Green Bay wide receiver, except Malik Heath, had an ADOT of 11.4 yards or more that's crazy Kraft is the check down guy 6.2 yard 8 out last week it's really like Kate Otten that's like a lot of tight ends I guess but okay that's the Packers someone asked

I think Wicks or Jawan Jennings and I just realized I totally skipped Jamar Jawan Jennings yeah Jennings. Yeah. Jennings is a flex. I think Wicks has a little more upside.

Is this true? Did I say, someone says, Adam, remember when you said Mooney or Tyreek the other day? Oh, yeah, I probably did ask that. I hope we said Mooney. Probably not, though. All right, on the Rams side of the ball, who do you want to start other than Kyron Williams? No, I think we're good.

Yeah, the receivers are pretty interesting to me. Atwell is 44% rostered. Whittington is widely available. Atwell is the downfield guy. Whittington is the easy, going to catch five or six passes kind of guy. The Cooper Cup replacement. What's the difference between Whittington and Wandale Robinson?

Wandale Robinson will get more targets. A lot more. Because his team can't run the ball. Wandale Robinson might have more than double the targets for Jordan Whittington. Yeah, and Whittington might have double the yards. You also use the word want. Who do I want to start on the Rams? I don't want to start any of them.

Would I use Atwell as a bi-week replacement or a number three receiver? Yes, he's in the conversation. Whittington could be too, but he's behind Atwell for me. Jipperton wants to know, would you start Wicks or Cortland Sutton in PPR? I have Wicks over Sutton as of now. All right. And Parkinson. I actually still think Parkinson's okay

just because tight end sucks and he gets targets. Heath agrees. He has Parkinson in the top 10. Dave and Jamie have Parkinson about 17th. So we're going to, oh, Green Bay's DST. You like them? I don't really.

I do. Yeah. All right. Yep. If Giles Alexander plays, that helps a lot. Let's take a break. We got one more game left. It's the Giants and the Seahawks,

and we'll be right back on FFT. Giants-Seahawks potentially or probably meaningless stat of the game. These two teams allow the fewest receiving yards and the fewest yards per catch to slot receivers. Well, that's interesting. Why do you think that's meaningless? Because I think it's just noise at this point.

I don't necessarily think like the Giants don't really have a slot cornerback right now, although I think they might be getting a little healthier. But yeah, it's something to watch. Like last week, Wanda Robinson went up against the Cowboys who going into the game were giving up the first or second fewest receiving yards to slot receivers. And he still had a good PPR game.

But he didn't have a lot of yards. What was his efficiency like? They did a good job. It was 11 catches for 71 yards on 14 targets. Anywho, we're sitting Daniel Jones. We don't want to start the Giants running back. Neighbors, if he plays,

you start him, but he's probably not going to play. Where's Wandell for you right now in your rankings? Right now, he's a number three receiver in full PPR, but a high-end one. He might creep to that border between number two and number three wide receiver in full PPR. Non-PPR, he won't even sniff it. Is he the best Giants start, better than a running back? I would say so. Okay. And then just in case you're desperate, Darius Slayton should definitely see an increase in targets. Darius Slayton, his last three games he played without

Malik Neighbors, which is just a funny thing to say, was the last three games of 2023. He caught a touchdown in each game. He scored 17.2 or more PPR fantasy points in all three games, three straight games to end the 2023 season. But so far, this is a very good defense giving up the eighth fewest fantasy points to wide receivers. Geno Smith, yeah, we talked about it.

He's been good. He's got bad touchdown luck, but then there's also this. He leads the NFL in pass attempts and passing yards. Gino Smith. He has one of the lowest touchdown rates, 15th in yards per attempt. I love that he's rushed for 30 or more yards in two or four games,

but when they, they lead the NFL in pass attempts, but when they get to the red zone, it's completely different. They are 23rd in red zone pass attempts, 17th in green zone pass attempts. For the season, the Seahawks are third in pass rate, but 22nd in pass rate in the red zone, 15th in the green zone. I don't know if that's going to continue, but that's kind of what's holding Geno Smith back. And that's why he's a tricky player this week.

I agree. And when they get inside the five, it just makes all the sense in the world for them to lean on their run game. Kenneth Walker should score. How do you feel? Yeah, Ken Walker, I mean, we love this week. How do you feel about JSN and Lockett? Because Metcalf's a must start. I don't feel great about them.

They're both outside of my top 36. I'd rather take the chance on Xavier Worthy or Jordan Addison, Josh Downs, whether Flacco plays or not, would be ahead of them. I know that JSN has been fun, but you mentioned how the Giants have been against slot receivers. I buy into that a little bit more. And he only has two games in his career with 15 plus PPR points. If you're starting JSN, what are you hoping for?

A game like last week? Okay, that's possible. But I think he could do even less than that because I think Seattle will be able to run the football. I don't think the Giants will be able to keep up on the scoreboard. So unless they leave JSN wide open in the end zone, I don't see him having a very big game. Six and a half point spread um which is not which is kind of big but i don't know without neighbors it just feels like the

giants from last year almost but we'll see i gotta say i mean the giants are one in three but they're not a bad one in three they lost to the vikings they they lost by one possession to the commanders they lost by one possession of the Commanders. They lost by one possession to the Cowboys. They beat the Browns on the road. But I think neighbors has been such a big component of that. So we'll see. Sit Noah. Yeah, right. I mean, sit Noah Fant. And

would you start? How many of those replacement running backs? Sermon Akers, Madison, Tyrone Tracy, or even Devin Singletary. Would you start ahead of Zach Charbonnet? Oh, pretty much all of them. I thought you were going to say over the Giants guys. No, I mean, look, Charbonnet, he catches the ball, right?

He can get you eight PPR points. I feel like he's got a very low ceiling as long as Kenneth Walker's healthy. All right, so then what do you last sum it up with how you feel about Singletary and Tracy? Just again, sorry. I'd be okay with Singletary as a borderline number two fantasy running back if he plays, because I think he'd still get a decent amount of work. I don't know what the efficiency will look like,

but maybe he can score and he'll certainly catch some passes. Tracy's been playing like 20% of the snaps as is. So maybe that jumps to 40%. And then another running back comes in and plays the rest. I wouldn't feel good about it this week against Seattle. Gino Smith or Dak Prescott? I read some chat questions. I would rather have Dak.

Gino or Mahomes? Gino over Mahomes. Someone said, oh, yeah. Wicks, JSN, or Xavier Worthy, half PPR? I've got Wicks at the top of that list. Okay. All right. That's it, Dave.

That's it for the show. What's it? That's it for the show. Wandale or Jordan Addison is our last question. Nope. You said that's it for the show. I'm done. Sorry, Race Mode.

You're done. I'm kidding. Wandale if it's PPR. Non-PPR, I'd go with Addison. Hey, Adam, how many leagues did you go up against Darnell Mooney in? I don't know. I haven't checked my scores. I feel like I went up against him in like half my leagues.

I have Baker Mayfield. I always go through my scores after Thursday night, and I'm just going, oh, God, unbelievable. Oh, no, I'm losing 36-0 to Jamie in FFT. Who did I face? Oh, not bad. Godwin, Otten, and Young-Wei Koo. That could have been worse.

Young-Wei Koo had a huge game, though. Oh, Jamie is going to crush me this week. But we see 36-0. I figured there was like an Evans in there, maybe a Mooney, something like that. Mooney! Mooney would have had that all by himself. We are done. Thank you for watching and listening.

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