Fantasy Football Today - Start or Sit (NFC): Barkley, Demercado, Goff and More (10/13 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: October 13, 2023

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Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. We've got the rest of the week six late here, and we're going to get you ready for week seven. When six teams are on a bye, we're going to help you beat the waiver wire, get there before it's too late, and get those lineups ready for this week and next week. How about that? Welcome to Fantasy Football today.

Happy Friday, everybody. Remember, we have a mailbag coming up. If you want to send us an email, I don't know if it'll get on this week's mailbag, but you can always email us at fantasyfootballatcbsi.com. Dave and Jamie are here. I'm Adam. Which unit is better this year? Not for fantasy, just which unit is better?

The Kansas City Chiefs offense or the Kansas City Chiefs defense? Their defense. It's been fairly impressive. Yeah, well, that sucks for fantasy. Okay, they're boring. I started the Chiefs DST. That's fantasy okay they're boring i started the chiefs dst oh great that's good they're boring they don't produce the fantasy points we want and they don't give up the fantasy points we want anymore it's not like oh the chiefs are coming to town here's a shootout they've had

the broncos and the vikings the last two games and we can't get a big game from from patrick mahomes it's a little bit of frustration for fantasy managers here. What do you guys think about, Jamie, what do you think? Kansas City 19, Denver 8. Well, you probably thought it was the greatest game you've ever seen. A little boring, but I think there's a couple things you look at. First, Travis Kelsey's best game so far this season, so that was good to see, especially coming in with an ankle injury.

Then, Isaiah Pacheco's involvement in the passing game, six catches, was great. So he's doing things in different ways, not just relying on scoring touchdowns. And my gosh, the Broncos are a mess, absolute, absolute mess. You've got three guys in the backfield now. That's frustrating. Four. It's four. They were using their fullback as a passing down.

Yeah, it's three guys. Four? It's four. They were using their fullback as a passing down. Yeah, it's three guys. You know, the receiving core is, you know, I mean, okay, Cortland Sutton continues to produce, but, you know, it was ugly. Right. I hope they trade Jerry Judy at this point. You know, I mean, if Steve Smith will allow it. Oh, right.

Steve Smith. The NFL GMs are going to call Steve Smith and be like, hey. No, I think he meant one team in particular is going to call Steve Smith, the team that has already made it clear that they want to go get a wide receiver. Yeah. That he used to play for. So that was pretty obvious what he was talking about. Okay. Wow.

Okay. So, yeah. So it's just ugly. It's ugly. You know, play Marvin Mims more, please, and start to rely on your younger players if you're Denver. And that, I think, will hopefully be the case. Did Russ, to me, look like – and this is not just yesterday, but last week too, he looks

like the Russ of 2022. He's not trusting his eyes downfield. He doesn't trust his offensive line. It was either one of two things for him on most plays. He was either getting rid of the ball too quickly and not giving his receivers a chance to get open downfield, or he was holding the ball too damn long and he would get sacked. But did you see Dave the how many times they showed how covered all of the receivers were there were there were plenty of

those but there were also times where they were open a little bit they weren't wide open he just he just he's just not he's not good anymore I hate to say it a couple of throws on that scoring drive were good but he was late on the deep throw to Cortland Sutton. Sutton's touchdown catch was awesome. I want to give him props for that. But everything else, man, this offense is a mess. Woof.

Judy only played 65% of the snaps. That was disappointing. Kelsey played 69% of the snaps, so obviously not fully healthy. Amazing what he was able to do in this game. I don't know. I don't really know if's that much to say i mean did anyone's value change in your eyes you know it was a disappointing game for pacheco um it was a good game for rice but still only four targets he turned them into 72 yards and he played half the snaps which is typical for him dave did anyone's

fantasy value change in your eyes? I think that Rasheed Rice has a path to being a better fantasy receiver. You just look at the other wideouts that they've got in Kansas city. Who else is making plays for them? I'd be really happy if I had rice on my bench. And I think eventually what Jamie's talking about with the young guys in Denver, you're going to see that eventually where you'll see more McLaughlin and more Marvin Mims. Once they trade Judy see more McLaughlin and more Marvin Mims.

Once they trade Judy, you'll definitely see more of Marvin Mims. But will you see those guys with Russ? That's the problem. Because if they're starting to make changes, are they going to put us on the back? You go to sit him. Yeah,

it's possible. But we saw Stidham. There were two games last year. One of them, he was great. And one of them, he stunk. So there'll,

there'll probably be some inconsistency if he plays, but I, I would imagine they'd put him in a situation where he won't screw up. He might not screw up as much as Russ has been screwing up. Let's put it that way. You know, it's interesting. Starting, it's easy to sit Javante Williams,

Jaleel McLaughlin. I mean, you could obviously drop P. Ryan at this point. But can you drop... He's basically the hurry-up back now. Can you drop those guys? What are you going to get from them? I mean, I saw your face, Dave, and I get that. You've got this opportunity to get a guy who's going to get only 12 carries this week for 50 yards.

That would be awesome. But are they going to score? That sounds like Javante. I think McLaughlin's got a little bit more appeal than that. Yeah. I hate those types of players. I talk about it a lot. Too good to drop, but not good enough to start.

I hate those players. That was Tevin Coleman back in the day. It was the first player I said that about when he was the number two guy behind Devontae Freeman. It's like, I can't drop this guy, but I can never start this guy. It's like purgatory on your team. All right, we got to talk about Mahomes, Jamie.

Patrick Mahomes is QB what rest of season? I think he was QB seven or something going into the game. He scored 19.3 fantasy points. He had an interception in the end zone, kind of changed his game. But he's QB what rest of season? Say five. I mean, there's going to be some big games

coming from him, you know, so there's still top three. There's still number one potential. But look, the defense and the run game have been better than we thought. And that's a problem right now. The receiving core has not helped him. I don't know if this receiving core is dramatically worse than last year's receiving core when it was Juju Smith-Schuster, MVS, and, you know, Kadarius, Tony Skymore, Mikko Hardman. You know, he was getting some touchdowns there. But it's just a problem right now.

And there's certainly a buy-low window. You know, you should clearly be making trades to get Patrick Mahomes because if this offense sort of wakes up, and again, it's not like they've been awful awful. They just haven't been to the higher levels in the ceiling that we're used to getting. But, man, if you can get Mahomes cheap right now, absolutely do so. Would you rather Mahomes or Burrow rest of season, and how confident are you in this pick?

Mahomes and confident. Mahomes and I don't think I'm quite as confident as Jamie sounds, but yes. I would need to see Burrow do that again one more week, and he's capable of it, but just to make sure he's fully back and it wasn't just the Cardinals. Dave is way too high on Joe Bur one more week. And he's, he's capable of it, but just, just to make sure like he's fully back and it wasn't just the Cardinals.

Dave is way too high on Joe Burrow this week. What do you have him? Fifth? Yeah. Something like that. Why? What has he done to, to prove that he's healthier?

He's getting T Higgins back. And I think the weakness of the Seattle defense. There we go. And I don't really have a boy. I can't do it this week, but that's a game. You're off your way through the song. There we go. And I don't really have a boy. I can't do it this week. But that's the Game of the Week. You can cough your way through the song. Go ahead.

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I'll give you an A- on that. That was a good one. All right. Thank you. Back to this game. Do you actually believe it? Because you told us before the show that you didn't have a game of the week.

That was... I didn't. And then I was like, you know, let's do Cincinnati-Seattle. Yeah, I think it's going to be a really good game. I hope it's going to be high scoring and very competitive.

I shouldn't have said what I said about Pacheco. I think I said he had a disappointing game. He did have six catches. He had almost 100 total yards and six catches. So it was really good. I guess I was a little surprised he didn't score a touchdown. It's the worst game against the Broncos since week two.

How about that? No, I'm sorry. Well, yeah, since week two. Because Brian Robinson had 22 plus points. All right. I think that pretty much wraps up that game. Weekend programming, we got a lot of it. Of course, we have the mailbag.

And if you want your question right on the mailbag, the best bet is to give us an Apple Podcast five-star review and do that on maybe Tuesday or so, Monday or Tuesday with your question for a week, whatever week is coming up. It takes a while for that to populate in Apple. And of course, we have AskFFT on Twitter. Hashtag AskFFT.

We'll be answering your questions throughout the weekend. We got another London game. So HQ is at 9 a.m. Fantasy Football Today on CBS Sports HQ. You can watch it on the CBS Sports app. You should just get the CBS Sports app and you should be watching HQ all the time. It's free.

Yeah, it's awesome. Really great content. And then we have our live stream on YouTube at youtube.com slash fantasyfootballtoday starting at 11.30 a.m. Eastern, going right up until kickoff. Heath is on for the first half hour. Dave for the second half hour.

Jamie for the third half hour. Chris Towers, Frank Stample, they're on for the entire time. News and notes. Daniel Jones missed practice again, so we'll see if he practices today. But I guess right now we should expect to Rod Taylor at Bo Revenge Game for Taylor.

All right. Deshaun Watson will not play this week, according to our Josina Anderson facing the 49ers. He's 85. I'm still surprised that he's 85% roster. We'll talk about beat the waiver wire. I thought maybe Watson was a guy you could beat the waiver wire with,

but nobody's really dropping him. Jeff Wilson was limited in practice, but has a chance to play this week. So make sure he's rostered. Tony Pollard was limited with a shoulder injury. That was their first practice of the week there Monday night. Saquon Barkley still don't know if he'll play, but he continues to be limited. Elijah Mitchell back on the practice field and Miles Sanders mispracticed with a shoulder injury. So I think we talked about this game yesterday, but now he mispracticed again. So, Jamie, your thoughts on Chuba Hubbard if Sanders is out at Miami?

A good flex. You know, I don't know if you want to necessarily say must start running back, but he's going to get a lot of opportunities, a lot of touches, certainly work in the passing game. They're double-digit underdogs, so they're probably going to be chasing points against the Dolphins. He's already kind of been there passing downs

back and working in these, you know, fourth quarter garbage time situations and now get a chance to get more carries. So don't necessarily want to say he's great. He did have some good moments over the last couple of years when he did get double digit touches. So in that, you know, flex range, probably better than the guys like Jerome Ford, Rashad white, um, Damian Pierce, those types of guys.

And ahead of D Mercado. Uh, if there is no Keontae Ingram, I would go D Mercado, but I would too. But if there is no Sanders, I think you got to go with Chuba fly. Yeah.

Okay. Uh, how about Chuba Hubbard with Sanders out or Deontay Foreman? Foreman. Especially if there's no Roshon Johnson. Well, that's what I was assuming. I'm assuming there's no Roshon Johnson. I would assume there's no Miles Sanders either.

Okay. Roshon Johnson still hasn't practiced. That's another running back note for you there. Jonathan Taylor is going to get more work this week. Keontae Ingram. I actually didn't see the updated injury report last night. Still limited. So that's nothing new for

Keontae Ingram. And wide receiver news. Mike Evans got in a limited practice. That was good to see. Tampa Bay, they have this week, I'm sorry, Detroit? Detroit. That game's coming up. T. Higgins was limited. He's trending in the right direction.

For the game of the week. Zay Jones mispractice. Tank Dell mispractice. Devante. Did Zay Jones. Am I right about that? Did Zay Jones mispractice? He mispracticed.

Okay. Yeah, but I thought you were about to say Devante Adams didn't practice. No, he was limited, right? He was limited. Okay. Trending. Good. Chris Olave limited, right? He was limited. Okay. Trending. Good. Chris Olave practiced in full.

That was good. Darren Waller limited in practice. Sam Laporta might miss this week's game. He has a calf injury. Yeah, that sucks. Got to see what happens on Friday. Boy, we just can't get Josh Reynolds out of our lineup. Right?

I don't think that's a bad thing. No, it's great. Jameer Gibbs, by the way, I forgot about him. He also did not practice. Hey, did you get a chance to watch Derek Carr's game last week? Yes, I did. Thought he looked better, right? Much better.

Good. That's good for Olave. And Olave was this close to having a second touchdown on a deep pass. Yeah, yeah. Just hope he's okay with that toe injury. Right. That's why it was with that toe injury. Right. That's why it was encouraging that he practiced in full. But you never know what that means, right?

I mean, two weeks ago, I remember Joe Burrow was practicing in full, and he was horrible that week. You never know. Dawson Knox and Dalton Kincaid were both limited. But easier to see Knox getting back this week than Kincaid. Yes. On the offensive line, the Giants offensive line is still very beat up

and Buffalo will get, I'm going to set an honest over under here, seven and a half sacks for the Bills. Yeah, probably. What do you think? I would take the under, but it's probably close. I don't know what else. Any other big ones here?

Still the Rams. Joe Noteboom might miss the game, but Kevin Dotson came back to practice. I don't know. Are there any defenses or offensive lines that are particularly beat up in a sense that it's going to change fantasy this week? Do we know Jeffrey Simmons' status?

No. I'm checking right now. Okay. Because that would make the Ravens running backs a lot more interesting. Justice Hill? Yeah. He was limited on Thursday after missing Wednesday. I mean, look, they've already, you know,

they ruled out the guys that weren't going to make the trip. You know, like Traylon Burks, for example. They didn't send him to London. For the Ravens, Morgan Moses practiced in full. So that's good. That's their right tackle. Huge for them. They'll get him there.

Figuratively and literally. Yeah. All right. It's not one of those weeks, I guess, where we're looking at major defensive injuries. We'll see if, did Darius Slay practice? I'm sorry. I know I should know this. I think he did. I don't know

that it really matters for that Jets game. Let's go to one question for each game. Minnesota's at Chicago. Who's a better waiver wire? I'm taking it back. Thursday did not practice Darius Slay. One question for each game.

Minnesota's at Chicago. Better waiver wire flex, KJ Osborne or Deontay Foreman? PPR and half PPR, it's Osborne. None, it's Foreman. I agree. Arizona's at the Rams. I mean, the one question for this game has to be start or sit Amari DiMercato.

I would try and not start DiMercato because we don't know just how much he'll cut into the rushing workload. I am not a fan of Keontae Ingram. He is averaging below two yards per carry so far in his NFL career. He hasn't impressed in the preseason. He's just a physical grinder without a lot of juice. And DiMarcato's got a little bit of it. And he's a good pass catcher out of the backfield. I think they'll trail in this game against LA. And that'll give DiMarcato a chance for maybe five catches. I don't feel great about him this week. He's at best a low-end RB2.

You got three guys that a lot of people, I think, are going to have some tough times with. Chuba Hubbard, DiMarcato, and Deontay Foreman. They're all backups stepping into potentially big roles. Not the easiest of situations for any of them based on the defenses that they're facing, but opportunity is there. So it's a guessing game for sure. I would rank them Foreman, DiMarcato, Hubbard right now.

I have it right now too. I could see it switching though if there's no Sanders. We already talked about that. I apologize for how unprofessional this is. I have to step away for a moment. Can you guys continue? Dave, you have the notes. Can you read the one question for each case? You got it? All right.

We'll take turns. Detroit at Tampa Bay. How do you approach the Tampa Bay wide receivers, Jamie? If Mike Evans plays, he's a must-start guy, and Chris Godwin's a number three receiver. If there is no Mike Evans, Chris Godwin's a must-start guy, and you can play the guessing game on Trey Palmer or anybody else if you would like.

One word answer, is Trey Palmer worth stashing in deeper leagues? Not if Evans plays. Okay. You want to ask the next one? Washington and Atlanta, are you buying into the desmond ritter home road splits and adam has the notes in his career at home completion rate is 70 yards per attempt is 7.5 uh 100.4 passer rating on the road completion rate is below 60 and five yards per attempt 177 yards per game.

Do you believe in the Desmond Ritter, Amari Cooper, Jared Goff home road splits? Uh, I, I hope for his sake, he plays better at home because he does not play well on the road. Do I want to trust Desmond Ritter as a fantasy option? No, I just hope he gets the important guys, the ball. So that would be Drake London and Kyle Pitts and even John Smith. If we want to start to consider him borderline starter at that position. So that's the only thing I really care about where he's playing and how it impacts those guys.

Washington's been terrible against the deep pass. We all saw it last Thursday. I'm kind of hopeful for Drake London this week. Eagles at the Jets. Who's the best running back in this game? DeAndre Swift. I like that Brees Hall was back to being Brees Hall again, but this is not the game you want to say, okay, I'm going all the way back in. You're still starting him. I get that, the running back position being what it is, but no Elijah Veritaker taking on this defensive front.

There is a great buy low opportunity coming for Brees Hall if he struggles in this game because they have a buy in week seven. And so for the fantasy managers that might need some running back help, you can try and get in before the week eight schedule on picks up because it's a great finishing kick. So if he does have a poor game, then try and make trades for Brees Hall. If he has a great game, you're obviously loving the situation for him, but I think he's going to have a little bit of a downturn based on what we saw from last week. Four games after the bye. Giants, Chargers, Raiders, Bills. I know everybody's nervous about the Bills.

They're terrible against the run so far this year. Adam, Dallas at the Chargers. Josh Palmer or KJ Osborne this week? I got to go Palmer. That was my question to you guys, though. How about you? That's a tough one for me. I like these guys. I would go Palmer as well, but I agree.

I think they're both very, very similar. I agree that they're similar. I will take my chances with Osborne, knowing that I think he's locked into that role now moving forward. Palmer could come out of the bye week and lose some opportunities to Quentin Johnston plus Austin Eckler's back and Eckler will take some targets away. I'll go with Osborne. The reason I like Palmer slightly better and why I think it's going to be a fun game for the Chargers. Do you remember who Mike McCarthy

decided to move on from this offseason? Kellen Moore. Do you remember what he said about Kellen Moore? He plays too fast and throws the ball too much. And he likes to worry about lighting up the scoreboard. What do you think Kellen Moore is going to want to do in this matchup for this Chargers? So I'm all in on the Chargers this week. I love it.

That's a great narrative. All right, this last question for the one question for each game. I mean, I hope this doesn't sound crazy to people, but I'm nervous about it. Starter sits Saquon Barkley if he plays Giants at Buffalo. You know, so we had this conversation yesterday. I forget which running back we were talking, maybe Joe Mixon, I think it was like, who would you start over mix or Henry? I forget who we were comparing this to, but you know, you have Raheem Oster, David Montgomery,

um, Kyron Williams. Uh, I might be forgetting somebody, but that, that group of guys that were either drafted later or picked up off the waiver wire in some cases that it's it's somewhat easy to bench saquon barkley if you have those guys like you're not benching him for tuba hubbard and and demarcato and foreman and those guys but the offensive line is a disaster they're significant underdogs dave just said that the bills are bad against the run i don't know if they're really bad against the run they gave up you know a couple big runs to breeze hall in week one and they struggled against h chan in a 48 to 20 blowout win for them so you know i guess etn yeah yeah you know losing matt milano stinks so for them um but is saquon barkley a healthy enough and b does the offensive line give him enough opportunities that he's top 10 worthy. So I would put him like,

I probably would play Zach Moss over him to be honest with you. Oh, wow. Okay. All right. So I'm not crazy. Cause I, I have one league with Barkley and I'm sitting him for Pollard Walker and Swift.

Oh yeah. I mean, those are easy decisions. It's when you get to Alexander Madison, Brian Robinson, those types of guys. Okay. So he's in that range.

Well, that's the last game we're going to talk about, so in case people don't stick around for that long, Madison, Barkley, who was the other one? Robinson. Dave, give me your ranking of those players. I'll put those guys ahead of Saquon. All right. As bad as the Bills run defenses, and they could get worse

without Matt Milano there, the offensive line for New York, and then if there's no Daniel Jones, I just, I feel like this offense is going to hit the toilet this week. Yeah. I got news for you. Even if there is Daniel Jones, this is, this offense is going dead on the can this week. But I'll feel a little, I'll feel a little bit better about Saquon if Jones can get in a practice on Friday and play without restriction.

All right. We got to take a break. When we come back, we'll help you beat the waiver wire. Six teams are on by in week seven, so get ahead of the game. We'll be right back on Fantasy Football today. Did you know that across Ontario, utility damage happens 19 times a day? That's over 4,222 incidents a year.

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All right, Dave, you've already really planned for this. You have practically a column written about who to pick up. So who are the headliners if you need to get ahead of it? Well, which position do you want to talk about?

I think it's easiest to start with the DSTs and then work our way to the tougher positions. I like the idea of picking up the commanders and the Rams defenses because you can start them in week six and in week seven. Commanders have the Giants in week seven. They play at Atlanta in week six. Yeah, I think that they're okay to roll with the Rams this week, have Arizona, and then they've got the Steelers at home in week number seven.

Double-checking to make sure that's right. It is. So you could roll with those defenses, and then you don't have to worry about it for the next two weeks. But week seven DSTs, the Browns, maybe think twice about dropping them. They're at Indianapolis. Seattle is home against Arizona. Green Bay and Tampa Bay are also on the list.

Quarterbacks, I don't know how many of these guys you'd feel comfortable starting this week. Sam Howell, Geno Smith, Jimmy Garoppolo, Derek Carr. I like their matchups in week seven. I like Jordan Love's matchup at Denver in week seven coming off the bye. And I don't know if Deshaun Watson's going to be back or not. He's got Indianapolis in week seven.

The waiver wire running backs, most of these guys are already rostered, but if you can find Antonio Gibson, whoever's left over from Jeff Wilson and Savan Ahmed, Kendra Miller, maybe you'll be able to squeeze out a couple of points from those guys who could be worth a damn in week number seven and receivers. Maybe Josh Reynolds is still out there. Maybe Josh Downs is still out there.

I've seen JSN out there in more leagues than he should be. He's got Arizona in week seven. I wonder if he comes alive after the bye, he gets the post by bump and ends up being someone who could be a bi-week replacement for the week after next. Same thing with Michael Wilson and Brandon Powell, slot receiver for Minnesota moving forward. I don't like his matchup against San Francisco in week seven, but he might get you 10 PPR points. All right. That was pretty quick. I mean, that was a lot of names there,

but you got Garoppolo at the bears. I know I'm just going to repeat some Garoppolo at the bears. How will at the giants? Those are two guys you could look at. You didn't mention the bears running backs, but they've got the Raiders in week seven and Deontay Foreman is still 58% rostered and Roshan. Yeah,

he would be at the top of the list then. I think Roshan Johnson, 78% rostered. So you might be able to find him in some leagues and hopefully he should, I would think he'll be back for week seven. Um, Josh downs. I don't know if you said him,

but I just think he's under roster to begin with. Um, maybe Elijah talking about it for a couple of weeks now. Yeah. Elijah Moore. If Watson's back, he gets like eight, eight targets every game. Basically when Watson plays, not so good.

40 receiving yards. Yeah. Um, but you know, you could be desperate. And then Deontay Johnson is 71% rostered. I mean, that is the first beat the waiver wire right now is Deontay Johnson. Just go get them. Uh, I don't know if Logan Thomas at the giants in week seven, Logan Thomas, Luke Musgrave, and even Pat Fryermuth at the Rams. Okay.

All right, let's go to the games. Minnesota is at Chicago. Kind of weird. It's that of the game. The Bears, they're not terrible against wide receivers. I think they're 20th. Mike Evans is the only wide receiver with more than 65 yards against the Bears. No wide receiver has more than 65 yards against the Bears. No wide receiver

has more than eight targets against the Bears. And Evans, by the way, cheated. He had a blatant pass interference that wasn't called against the Bears for a 70-yard game. I love that. He cheated.

I'm sorry. It's just cheating. But actually, even if he took that away, he still would have had 100 yards. But anyway, it's kind of weird. They're such a bad defense, but for some reason, wide receivers don't really crush them.

But this team throws more than basically any team in football, the Vikings. That's the point. They did with Jefferson. So, yeah, I guess, what are your expectations for the passing game here, Jamie? I think that we're still going to get the high volume passing attack from the Vikings. It'll probably be a little bit of a downturn, especially if Madison gets going a little bit, you know, we saw that in the Panthers game.

I know there was a time of possession issue for Minnesota, but that was a game where Madison had what 17 for 95 yards. I think it was. So, you know, he was, he was running the ball well and maybe as well as he's run all season. So that could certainly happen this week against the Bears, whether it's Madison or the group with Cam Akers and Ty Chandler. So if the Vikings do get a little bit more conservative without Jefferson on the field, the thing about it, though,

is I think the Bears are going to score. So I think we're going to have – there's some shootout potential here because of the way Justin Fields is playing right now. And I know the Vikings' defense has played a little bit better of late, but they're still – the way Fields is playing right now. And I know the Vikings defense has played a little bit better of late, but they're still, you know, with the way Fields is rolling right now, I think the Bears offense will be able to put up some points. So Addison is a must-start receiver now, you know, until he proves otherwise. He's got three games with six targets. He's averaging over 15 PPR points per game in those three. He's probably going to get six plus targets. So hopefully that

continues and Hawkinson will be fine. It's the question of, you know, you asked us before about, you know, Osborne versus Palmer and just really Osborne versus a lot of wide receivers. How much do you want to buy into him and trust him in his first game without Justin Jefferson there? And, you know, Dave mentioned Powell and, you know, we'll see if there's, you know, more attention to just Hawkinson and Addison across the board. So there is some risk with, with Osborne. So he should be rostered, you know, comes down to who you have on your team, but there is certainly the upside of being the guy who gets some of those, if not all of the eight targets that Justin Jefferson has vacated. And if that's the case, then Osborne is going to be potentially really good. Well, I think with Osborne, you're hoping that he scores. I don't think he's particularly a burner. He struggled to separate from coverage as recently as last week. And the track record says that he's touchdown dependent. 20 career games with at least five targets. He scored at least 12 PPR points in 13 of the 20.

And in 11 of those 13 games, he scored a touchdown. Yeah. So I think he needs to score. And Chicago's second. Dave needs a second. Dave froze. I think the thing that we've seen from Osborne, he's benefited from having somebody great opposite him.

So will he have somebody great opposite him this week? I was going to say the Bears secondary, I thought they played better last week. I thought the whole defense played better last week. You can take the opponent into consideration. Jalen Johnson is expected back for them. He's their best corner. Well, it's also Ibrafluz is calling the defensive plays now, too.

That's been evident the last couple of games that they've looked better. They had the fourth quarter collapse against the Broncos, but they look much better against the Commanders. And so I think that's part of it, that they're getting healthy. They have probably better play calling. And so we'll see how that goes this week against Minnesota. Yeah, I think what's interesting about the way you guys are ranking the Vikings is that how many – Hawkinson is obviously a layup.

Is Addison a layup? Because Cousins, Osborne, and even Madison, who I think you have around 18th or so, you're not like shouting to the mountain, shouting to the hill, you know, running up and shouting on top of a mountain, start these guys. It's like, yeah, they're fine. But Addison, I guess, would he be like a slam dunk?

Yeah, he's pretty close to it. You know, I mean, yeah, I'll say it again. There's only two teams on a buy and we have a couple of injuries that we're dealing with. There's still 30 to 36 wide receivers that are must start guys. And you when you look at those players and then you see where addison is ranked you know i don't know where everybody else has him he's top 20 for me i think it's like 15 um you know there there's just a lot to love for madison if there

wasn't what we saw last week where cam acres was playing more you know and again we had the benefit of tom spencer joining us who's in the booth with Nance and Romo. And he said, because he met with the coaches, they're talking up Cam Akers, they're talking up Ty Chandler. And then we saw it from a snap count perspective. You know, that's a little bit concerning because we know Madison, while some of the fantasy production has still been there, the play has not been very good. So will they make a little bit more of a switch? So I hope Madison, like I said, comes out and, you know, sort of still is the guy, but you're starting him. I mean, as Dave said, and I would agree, you know, Madison over Saquon Barkley this week doesn't seem like it's an easy

call, but it might be just based on how healthy Barkley is. Yeah. Madison has now gone 33 straight games without a run longer than 17 yards. A lot of those games, he was a backup, but he just doesn't really make big plays, so he needs the volume or he needs the touchdowns. The Bears give up the third most fantasy points to running backs. They're not so bad per carry, but they give up the most receiving yards per game to running backs. All right, we love Jordan Addison.

Heath loves Kirk Cousins. He has Cousins fourth. You guys have Cousins 11th, so we can do some Cousins auras. By the fourth. You guys have Cousins 11th. So we can do some Cousins auras. By the way, we'll do the same thing that we did yesterday. If anybody in the chat has a question specific to this game, like this one right here, KJ Osborne or Josh Downs, PPR.

I have Osborne higher. Yeah, I do too, but I'm a little torn, you know, just based on how much Josh Downs has been getting so much attention from Gardner Minshew. So it's close. If you have more of a gut feeling on Down know, just based on how much Josh Downs has been getting so much attention from, from Gardner Minshew. So it's close. If you have more of a gut feeling on downs, I have no problem with it. Okay. Uh, we can do some more cousin stuff kind of as we go through the day, but you like fields better than cousins, I assume. Oh yeah. All right. Yes.

Another big day for fields and, uh, and DJ more. I think so. I mean. Until the wheels fall off. He's locked in right now, and he's locked in on DJ Moore too. So we'll see if Minnesota is going to stop him, but he's looked great the last two weeks. Minnesota's another team that gives up a lot of deep balls, a lot of big plays, just like the Commanders last week.

It was a great matchup for DJ Moore. So another one that could be a big day for DJ Moore. He's top seven for everybody in both non and full PPR. I'm not even going to ask DJ more questions. The answer for Dave Jamie and Heath is DJ Moore. Um, all right. Deontay Foreman. I'm sorry. Have you ranked Foreman as if he's the lead guy in Roshan Johnson's out. Yes. Yes. I sort of had a little bit of a, okay, this is kind of where he will be and maybe Johnson's playing.

I'll bump him up a couple spots if Johnson's ruled out. Oh, okay. And so he's right around 23rd, 21st for Jamie, 23rd for Dave and PPR. He'll be right in that low end RB2 range. Yeah, he's not going great. Volume and fresh legs. I wouldn't rule out him having, you know,

a couple of explosive plays. Zach Moss or Foreman? I have Foreman ahead of Moss right now. I'll take Moss. Damian Pierce or Foreman? Foreman. Yeah, I'm going to put Foreman ahead of Pierce. Okay. Okay. And Madison ahead of Foreman in Yeah, I'm going to put Foreman ahead of Pierce. Okay.

Okay. And Madison ahead of Foreman in this game. How much do you like Cole Komet this week, Dave? I like him a lot. I think he keeps it rolling, too. He's basically the number two receiver in this offense. Ever since Chase Claypool was dumped by the Bears, and I'm not talking about traded away,

just they've named him inactive. He's been catching fire. I've got him as a top 10 tight end. And Jamie has him, I think, sixth. So, all right, start Cole Komet. Cole Komet or Darren Waller? Komet. I currently have Waller.

All right. I think I... I hope I didn't shortchange this game. There's a lot of interesting fantasy parts we can once again we can compare as we get to the show through the show let's see addison lockett or mclaurin ppr formant these are all chat questions here foreman or stevenson half ppr and half PPR. Stevenson for me. I'll take Foreman. That's it for Minnesota and Chicago.

On to Arizona. What's that? Cardinals-Rams. Let's get this one out of the way. It's not like a great game on paper, but it's an interesting fantasy game because you have so many. You got Kyron Williams. The Cardinals are really interesting, obviously.

I feel like one of these teams, you can just start them all. The line is fishy, though. Like, are the Rams really seven-point favorites? Should they be favored by seven over anybody at this point? Probably not. It reminds me of the Commanders

being six-point favorites against the Bears two weeks ago. I don't think theyers being six-point favorites against the Bears two weeks ago. I don't think they should be six-point favorites over anyone. I think it's a byproduct of Arizona getting blown out each of their last two games. 19-point loss, 14-point loss. Public perception thinking that Arizona just isn't that good. What was the spread last night?

It was 10.5, wasn't it? It was 10.5, and the Chiefs won by 11. That sucks for me, you know. Great for some people. Arizona at the Rams, the stat of the game. You hit the Broncos? Yeah, I mean, I didn't bet on it. I just didn't pick them.

I took the Broncos plus 10 and a half. Arizona has the lowest pressure rate in the NFL. So that is awesome for Matthew Stafford. Because what happened, this is relevant for the Jets game too, really for any Eagles game. The Eagles have had a pretty bad pass rush this year. In the second half of week five though,

they got after Matthew Stafford. They pressured him on more than half of his dropbacks. The line, like everything was terrible for Stafford in the second half, but the Cardinals, they do have a lot of sacks. Ninth and sacks, but that's not telling the whole story. They played the Giants. You got to take that out. I don't know how many they had. They had three sacks against the Giants. They had six sacks against the Commanders in week one. Oh, okay. That's awesome. And last week-

Those two teams will help. Yeah. They played against Burrow last week, and you'd think that blitzing Burrow was part of the secret formula for beating him, especially when he wasn't throwing downfield that much. They had their highest blitzing burrow was part of the secret formula for beating him especially when he wasn't throwing downfield that much they had their highest blitz rate last week and it was only 23.5 percent it's really low they just do not blitz a lot and therefore they don't get a lot of pressure on the quarterback all right let's get some demarcato questions from the chat so we can talk about him but how about marquise brown uh is he a must start guy yes i think you have to i mean it's not an easy matchup the rams have given up only one touchdown to a receiver through the air so far this year but it's still one of those situations where he's been so involved and

and really so productive i know some of it's touchdown related but you know you still just take your chances with if they are chasing points and the way Josh Dobbs has leaned on him, I still would trust him. Number two receiver. You'd start him over K.J. Osborne and Josh Palmer. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's easy. Pick one in PPR.

Higgins, London, or DiMercato? Higgins. Assuming he plays, yeah. But you'd start DiMercato over London? I don't think so. In PPR, if there is no Keontae Ingram, I would, yes. All right. But you'd start Di Mercato over London? I don't think so. In PPR, if there is no Chianti Ingram, I would, yes. All right.

Di Mercato is in the same range as the Foremans of the world. He's basically right behind Foreman. The players that you should be trusting Di Mercato, Hubbard, and Foreanova are Damian Pierce, Rashad White, and Jerome Ford, for example. Those three guys are easy. I don't know why I'm a little higher on Pierce because he's gotten so much work the last two weeks. He's gotten more work. He's getting more playing time, but man, it's a tough

matchup. Yeah, it is for sure. All right. If Keontae Ingram does play, would you still rank DiMar Mercato higher? Yes. No. No. Oh, I'm sorry.

You said higher than Ingram? If Ingram plays, who's the highest-ranked Cardinals running back? Di Mercato. Di Mercato, but I want to stay away from both as much as I can if they play. And I would expect him to play, and you just don't know how it's going to shake out between the two of them. I don't think Di Mercato would play at the goal line, for example, because Ingram is the bigger back and the more physical guy. And I don't know, like you really have to hope that game script comes through.

Stafford has a huge game and Di Mercato and the Cardinals are chasing the scoreboard in the second half. And he falls into like, you know, the type of receiving line, strictly receiving line, that Pacheco had on Thursday. I think he had nine PPR points just from his receiving. The Rams did lose their nose tackle, Bobby Brown, for what it's worth. So that's, I guess, a good thing for Demarcato. Sorry to praise it that way. Bad thing for the Rams' run defense.

Right, right, right. I heard that he wanted to play, but the Rams said no, and that's their prerogative. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He was humping around, Dave. Starter sit Zach Ertz. You should sit him. I mean, it's not the worst of matchups,

but you kind of know what you're getting at this point. You got lucky last week with the touchdown. And he still, did he even have 10 PPR points? Nope, nine. Yuck. Yuck. the touchdown and he still did he even have 10 ppr points nope nine yuck yeah it's really good for me it's close between him and dawson knox and i might take knox oh i would play knox for sure if there's no kincaid if there's no kincaid yeah uh matthew stafford is ninth for you guys 16th for heath matthew stafford or kirk cousins i'll take Stafford. Stafford, yeah. He's my start of the week. Yeah, baby.

Matthew Stafford or Justin Fields? Fields. Fields. More upside. Matthew Stafford or Brock Purdy? Stafford. I have gone back and forth. I think the matchup is just that much easier for Stafford

that you give him the nod. Adam, how much did you love that stat? I found for you. Which one? What was the set? Jim Schwartz versus Kyle Shanahan. Oh, that was really cool.

That was cool. Yeah. So go ahead. I forget. I didn't find it. I saw somebody tweeted. I don't want to make it seem like I came up with it, but Jim Schwartz is as a coordinator,

head coach versus Shanahan as a coordinator, head coach Schwartz is eight and one against him and has really done a good job in limiting Shanahan's offenses. Now, this is going to be a really good test because the Browns defense has been playing fantastic, but some of their opponents are certainly not to the level of what the 49ers are. And San Francisco may have the ball all day. You know, if Deshaun Watson doesn't play, Batonio may not play, Najoku may not play. You know, they're just really beat up right now. And so it could be just,

just ugly, but will that mean good things for Brock Purdy, uh, to the level of what we've seen and what we've seen again, you know, it's 20 points. So I, I'd be a little bit cautious about saying he's better than a lot of guys.

And I don't think he's better than Stafford. A couple of questions from the chat, Stafford or Tua. Tua. Tua Tongavailoa. And this one is the one I have to make Stafford or Stanfordua? Tua. Tua Tongavailoa. And this one is the one I have to make. Stafford or,

oh, Stanford it says. Stanford or Borough? They're back-to-back for me. I would still go Borough. That's what I'm doing too. In this game, Ertz or Higby? Ertz.

Yes. All right, I got to, I saw some Kyron questions. Higby got cupped last week. Let's talk about Kyron Williams. You guys do have him right around 12th or 13th. He's still averaging 3.9 yards per carry. His longest run is 20 yards.

He's faced some very tough competition, though. This will not be that. You guys like, love Kyron Williams this week? Relatively love. You know, I mean, it's such a good matchup. The Cardinals have been so bad against running backs. The question is, he's probably going to have to score because we saw his passing game work kind of crater last week

with Kup back and Nakua still being great. And, you know, even Tutu Atwell getting his opportunities and Higby as well. So I don't think you should really fear Kyron in this game. But, you know, again, he could have a little bit of a trap back kind of game if he does not find the end zone.

I think the game script is better for him than it is than like last week's game, for example. So I've got him 12th in PPR among running backs. Kyron or Pollard, we have a question.

I think this is a Pollard breakout game. I think this is a Pollard breakout game. I think it's a Cowboys breakout game. It could have been the game of the week. Maybe it should have been the game of the week. Isn't that what he told you to do? I don't remember. I think so. Okay.

Rams wide receiver start cup, start Nakua. I always see so many Nakua questions because it's just a matter of like this one. Puka, Ridley, Hopkins. Pick two. The first two. Agreed. Yeah.

Is Puka in your top 12? Yes. All right. Any interest in Tutu Atwell? DFS. Bi-week replacement wide receiver. The Cardinals play a lot of zone. This is what I was going to say earlier with Stafford.

The Rams are playing the same type of schematic defense for the second week in a row, but it's with worse personnel, meaning they're going to see a lot of zone. They won't get blitzed too much. Stafford should have a much easier time. The receivers should get open a lot easier. And the receivers had a great game last week. And Stafford had over 20 fantasy points last week.

I would expect everybody to do better this week. Sit Tyler Higbee and sit the DSTs. Detroit's at Tampa Bay. I give this stat all the time. Going back to 2022. Now the Buccaneers have allowed 98 yards or a touchdown to 16 wide receivers in their last nine games. The only time this year that they didn't allow multiple wide receivers to have either 98 yards or a touchdown was when they faced the very injured Derek Carr in week four. You know, they're supposed to have a good secondary, but they just, they really struggle against wide receivers.

And Josh Reynolds is a guy that we get questions about all the time. So start or sit Josh Reynolds at Tampa Bay. I think with Amara St. Brown coming back, there's a little bit of a, you know, downturn coming. But if Sam Laporta is out, then that kind of negates it a little bit. So I think you just kind of treat Josh Reynolds as you have been if there is no Laporta with St. Brown back. You know, good number three wide receiver, not a must-start guy.

It depends on who you have on your team. And so, like for me, prior to St. Brown coming back with Laporta healthy, and again, I hope Laporta's healthy, he was like in the range of uh judy and sutton and lockett and mccorn and those guys you know so like ride receiver 33 through 36 you know so i i think that's kind of how you treat him for this week okay starter sit jared goff on the road last 14 games 13 of them he's been 17 fantasy points or less. And so what we typically end up seeing is the running game takes over. He just doesn't have that second touchdown for whatever

reason. So if he did have Laporta there and St. Brown, it's hard to say must sit, but I just don't think the ceiling is there based on what we've seen. It's a pretty big sample size. I agree with the ceiling part, but I think he can still get you around 20, but it's contingent on Laporta playing. Like you said, this, this bucks defense, they love to blitz.

They love to come after the quarterback. Goff has been better against the blitz and better against pressure this year than in prior years. And I think the offensive line has been a huge factor. They're giving him time. He's more comfortable. A comfortable Jared Goff line has been a huge factor. They're giving him time. He's more comfortable. A comfortable Jared Goff is a dangerous Jared Goff. I am a little uncomfortable ranking him as my number 12 QB. I think he's okay to start as long as he's got Laporta, St. Brown,

Reynolds. I wish he had Gibbs. I think Montgomery could have a little bit of a tough time. I'm starting Montgomery. He's a top 12 running back, but I don't think he'll run away with this game. No pun intended. Montgomery and take numbers away from golf. Kind of sounds like plus I think the Bucks will be competitive. Yeah, I was going to say it sounds like you're kind of into the Bucks this week. I am into the

Bucks offensively. We're sitting Jameson passing game pass, not the run game sitting Jameson Williams. Start him on with St. Brown. If Laporta plays, you're going to start him unless we get a report about him being limited or something like that. And then we'll talk about it on Sunday morning. Baker Mayfield's outside the top 20 for you guys.

Detroit, you know, they haven't been great against the pass. They just lost their best cornerback. But I understand you don't want to trust Baker Mayfield. Baker Mayfield does have three games with 20 or more fantasy points, though. So that's kind of interesting. Minnesota, Chicago, and then New Orleans without a couple of defensive backs. Yeah, you want to sit Rashad White, right?

Yeah, I would. All right. I mean, in PPR, at least he's got the chance of getting you a handful of catches. We'll see what his role is coming out of the bye, too. I don't think we've heard anything that suggests he's going to lose that workload that he has, but really tough matchup, man. The Lions' defense has been great up front. He's had one great game this season, which was against the Bears.

In two of four games, he's been seven PPR points or less. Now you're taking on a Lions team that's yet to allow running back to eclipse 43 rushing yards and I believe has only allowed one or two touchdowns to the position. It's just not something I think you want to buy into this week, especially knowing how this Detroit defense is playing. Did he leave or did he just...

I don't know. He's been putting himself off camera for the last couple of days. When he coughs, right? No, when he blows his nose. Oh, okay. I appreciate that. I don't need to hear him blowing his days. When, when he coughs, right? No. When he blows his nose. Oh, okay. I appreciate that. I don't need to hear him blowing his nose. No, no,

no. I think it's good, but let's see. There's, there's a message in the chat. Let's see what he said. What did he say? I had to hop,

have to hop off again. So where are we at? So it's, his issues going on. All right. You want to just move on in the next game? Yeah. What do we got?

Washington, Atlanta, Washington, Atlanta. I believe. All right. So we got Washington. Let's start there. Yeah, what do we got? Washington, Atlanta? Washington, Atlanta, I believe is the next game. We got Washington.

Let's start there. Anybody you trust in this game? I kind of like Logan Thomas, but it's based on volume. And I think that he's just going to continue to see a nice dose of targets from Sam Howell. I think we know what the commanders are right now. And I think it further helps his case that Atlanta, I think Atlanta feels like they've got a good set of cornerbacks. Not only is AJ Terrell playing, and I think he's playing well, but Jeff Okuda's back. And I think they're

comfortable with him leaving him on an island at times. I think they like their slot corner. I think it'll make the matchup a little bit easier for Logan Thomas. I've got him as a top 12 tight end, even in non PPR. He's a little more touchdown dependent and non PPR, but I think he's going to continue to get a lot of work there. So that's, I would agree. He's bored in two of his last three games. And you know, you, you've seen so far already this season,

Dalton Schultz against his defense, best game of his season, Hayden Hearst week one, best game of his season so far against the Falcons. So there's a track record here of tight ends playing well. And the fact that Thomas is coming off the game that he had last Thursday against the Bears should make you feel pretty confident that Sam Howell will lean on him. Plus, we've talked about this a lot when Thomas was in and out of the lineup early in the season. They just leaned on the tight ends in general. So could be a tough game for McLaurin.

Very difficult to trust Jahan Donta at this point. The one that I struggle with the most is really Brian Robinson, because we've seen against tough defenses that he's had a little bit of struggles. He did score against the Eagles that sort of saved his production in that game. But if the Falcons are playing with any semblance of a lead, which at this point, hard to say that that's the case, but obviously the commander's defense is terrible. I think Robinson's got a chance to still be number two running back, but I don't think it's a slam dunk by any stretch. So for me, he's closer to the group of Hubbard, DiMarcato, Foreman than he is ahead of those guys. He's ranked ahead of those guys, but he's not necessarily slam dunk ahead of those guys.

Hi, guys. Welcome back. We did not talk Atlanta yet. We just got through Washington. Okay. Should we go back to Tampa Bay and talk about Kate Otten for a few minutes, or are we good? No, we're good. Okay.

Yeah, Brian Robinson. Unless you have like a million notes on Kate Otten. I've done. I think I said sit Kate Otten. Okay, yeah, so you're talking about Washington here. So is there anyone on Washington you're excited to start? Logan Thomas. Logan Thomas, that's it.

We talked about Logan Thomas. You're okay with Brian Robinson. I don't love McLaurin. I don't love Howell as a top 12 quarterback, but as a bi-week guy, I'm fine with him. See, the thing with him, I feel like it's going to have to take either a rushing touchdown

or a two-touchdown game from Logan Thomas because the way that the receivers have operated, plus this defense, and they've been good against really every quarterback. I mean, look, they slowed down C.J. Stroud last week, and he's been on a roll. I think this is a little bit of a tough game for Howell, personally. Brian Robinson, how would you compare Brian Robinson to K.J. Osborne,

Josh Palmer, Josh Downs, Josh Reynolds? Weird, all the Joshes. I'm probably playing him over. If Laporta is out, I would play all those guys over Robinson in PPR. Ooh, okay. Full PPR. All right, you need that touchdown from Robinson.

This should be a close game, right? I mean, they're not going to get blown out, you wouldn't think. So that's what really hurts Brian Robinson. They lost by 34. They lost by 34. They lost by 21 game. Those were bad games for him. When it's been competitive,

he's had 19, 18, and 14 carries, and he scored against Philadelphia. All right. So do we have to spend that? Like, all the Joshes that I just mentioned, are they ahead of Terry McLaurin and or Jahan Dotson? No. Yes.

I don't even know. I don't even know if all, any of them are ahead of McLaurin and I don't really like McLaurin, but I don't know if I love any of the other players. I guess you can make the case for Josh Reynolds. If there's no Sam Laporta ahead of Terry McLaurin, it's easier to pass up on Dotson just because he just hasn't been productive. Reynolds is the only one I would consider McLaurin better than if Laporta plays.

I take Josh Palmer over him. I take Josh Downs over him in PPR. Yeah, I'm not there. I feel like McLaurin's been barely better. He's been better than Dotson, but not really that much better. You know, he's averaging about more targets. He gets more targets, but he has more targets on the year. I think it's four or five games with just six targets. Like it's not like he's getting a lot. Sure. There's definitely that. And I think like the target share, I'm saying he

has more targets. I think it might be only by like one, two or three more targets than just then he had a 10 target game. Right. Right. Right. And Curtis Samuel isn't too far behind, or he's in the mix between those two. I don't have it in front of me, but all three of these receivers are really close. So they're spreading targets around to their three receivers, and they're spreading targets to their tight ends, and the running backs are getting into the mix.

It's Kansas City part two. It's like a fake Kansas City in Washington if they're not as good. Oh, I would love to see the commanders trade McLaurin or Dotson to the Chiefs. I mean, come on. We'd like any receiver to go to the Chiefs at this point. That'd be great. Okay, let's go to the other side

of the ball. One of the listeners actually clued me in on the home road splits for Desmond Ritter. So his career at home, 70% completion rate. Yeah. We talked about this earlier in the one question. Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I missed it. I read your notes. So I thought it was cool. That's cool that you got it from a listener. Just keep in mind, how many, how many games are we talking about? Desmond Ritter's played nine NFL games. Yeah, it's true. It's not that many,

but it's so much better at home. But did you talk about the whole deep thing, like the deep ball thing? No, what's the deep ball thing? Well, why you like the Falcons because the commanders are so bad against the deep ball.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. So we mentioned that Drake London is someone who could benefit from that. I know that Kyle Pitts has been getting deep targets. I feel like Kyle Pitts, last week week Kyle Pitts was a zone beater. There's no question about it. Houston played a ton of zone and there's a trust that I saw

between Ritter and Pitts against zone coverage. The commanders usually start out playing zone and then Jack Del Rio goes a little nuts and plays more man, especially when they're behind. I'm trusting Kyle Pitts, but I'm not loving starting Kyle Pitts, even though he had a season-best game last week. Jamie, how are you feeling about... Obviously, we're starting Bijan. How are you feeling about London and Pitts and Janu?

Pitts, I think you just start him based on what we saw last week and hope that there's those type of games or better coming ahead. And's, you know, those types of games or, or better coming ahead. And again, you saw the secondary while they were number one against opposing tight ends prior to last week,

commit still scored. So you have, you know, tight end beating this defense pits coming off his best game. Again, ride the momentum and hope that there's just, you know, more production like that for John Smith.

I think you just treat him the same way, you know, a low end starter, deeper league options, you know, certainly in play tight end premium leagues must start guy. And John O'Smith, I think he just treated him the same way. Low-end starter, deeper league options, certainly in play, tight end premium leagues, must-start guy. And so he's been very good. Can we get three guys producing in the passing game, or really four if you want to factor in Bijan

from Desmond Ritter? I don't think that's going to be the case. So somebody's going to probably be left out like we've seen from London more times than not. So one of these guys will probably struggle, if not two. So London is a borderline number three receiver at best. Okay. Would you start Demarcato or London? I think I asked you that earlier,

but do it again. Yeah. Demarcato. If there's no Keontan. Okay. Would you start, did you say Logan Thomas or pits by the way? Logan Thomas for me.

I'll take pits. Dave, Logan Thomas or Johnny Smith? Logan Thomas. Smith had a couple of mess-ups last week. He fumbled, dropped a pass. I'm a little worried that the Falcons can use Van Jefferson as a change-up as far as a short-area target goes for Desmond Ritter. Obviously, you're not going to see Van Jefferson play tonight.

I think it could happen as soon as this week. That would be the first time that Van Jefferson is a short area target in his career. I know, but he can do that. Based on what? Based on what we've seen from him and how good of a route runner he is. He can catch deep balls too. I think he's a pretty decent route

runner. I don't know. I'm really worried about his impact on this game. They play like two tight ends, you know, but all right. Which DST do you prefer commanders? It's a listen. I think it's okay to start John who, if you're in a pinch this week at tight end, like I've got them 12. Okay.

But I, I wonder, I'm thinking long-term more so than this week that van Jefferson takes a big bite out of John. Ooh, ouch. Which DST do you prefer? The Falcons. Ouch. Which DST do you prefer? The Falcons. Okay. Let me give you a few more. I'll take the Commanders, but it's very close.

I won't fight you if you want to take the Falcons. Sam Howell might get sacked six times in this game. Drake London. The one thing about the Commanders, I'm sorry to cut you off. After this week, they play the Giants next week. So if I'm picking between those two, at least I least i know with the commanders i can just use them for two weeks straight and not have to think about it uh garrett wilson or drake london wilson uh wilson kj osborne or drake

kj osborne or Drake London? Osborne. KJ. Very exciting news when we come back. No, no, no. I do have London higher. I'm sorry. They're very close. Okay.

Very exciting news when we come back. Can't wait to talk about it. We'll be right back on Fantasy Football today. So, you know, we have the mailbag coming up later. Got a text from Dan Schneier. I don't know if I'm allowed to read this on the air. I'm going to read it anyway. He said, I got a terrible haircut.

I'm mad about it. So there's that. Yes. So I'm really looking forward. You better not have a hat on. I'm really looking forward to just because he trashes my hair every chance he gets. And he's had the same hair every day for his entire life. So I'm sure his haircut looks exactly the same as it did before.

But I'm looking forward to this show. All right, guys, I think we got three games left. Philadelphia's at the jet stat of the game. No running back has rushed for more than 53 yards against the Eagles. The longest run they have allowed to a running back is 15 yards. It was a Brian Robinson touchdown.

Starters at Brees Hall. He's a start, but again, I'll go back to the list of running backs that we talked about. Kyron Williams, you should start over him. David Montgomery is easy to start over him. Um, who was the third guy? Uh, why am I blank? Oh, most are most are easy. Start over Brees Hall. Uh, he's, he's a number two running back for this week. So it's very difficult to bench him based on what we saw. He's he's back, but this is one of those situations where if he has a bad game,

please, please, please buy low on him. If there's a panicked fantasy manager that all he, Oh, all he did was just take advantage of the Broncos. Right. But because they can't use them in week seven, cause he's on a buy.

So their schedule coming off the buy is fantastic for B'sSol. The Jets' run offense should be great. But this game, I mean, against the Eagles, first game without Elijah Veritaker, he's going to have a little bit of a tough time. So I hope it's just that his talent shines through, but it's a really brutal matchup. But that's what you're banking on. You're banking on him getting opportunities

and having him break a couple of big plays. And so I like him. I don't know if I like him as much as I have him ranked right now. I will probably keep him as a top 12 running back. Oh, wow. But I do think that there are going to be a lot of opportunities for him. We can't say that for many running backs this week, unfortunately. That's an aggressive ranking.

Okay. Right now you have him ahead of Ken Walker, David Montgomery, Travis Etienne, and Kyron Williams. Yeah. I think those guys, it's going to be hard to keep them there. Okay. ranking okay uh right now you have him ahead of ken walker david montgomery travis etn and kyron yeah i think those guys it's going to be hard to keep them there okay and it's probably i think jamie's right i think it's hard to keep him ahead of kyron williams too especially given kyron's matchup that might be where i draw the line the the thing really with with brie saul is not so much i think the running backs there's a lot of receivers i'd play over okay oh yeah i get that but you'd start br Brees all over Barkley.

Yes, I would. We've got a question here. Garrett Wilson or Michael Pittman? Pittman. I like Pittman, especially in PPR. If Darius Slay doesn't play, would you move Garrett Wilson up? Yeah, I think so. You know, you got a scenario where they're going to struggle to run.

So that game plan, I think, gets thrown out the window got a scenario where they're going to struggle to run so that game plan i think gets thrown out the window early especially if they're chasing points and look while wilson was bad last week yeah garrett wilson the previous game he was fantastic against the chiefs and that's a really good secondary you know so 9 for 60 14 targets zach wilson was doing what you want which was giving him chances and so while the the quality of targets aren't great he also missed a 30-yard touchdown. Zach Wilson did. I don't know how much it was Garrett Wilson's fault, but they hit on one of those.

You know, it certainly gives you the opportunity to feel good about that. And what we just see, we just saw the Rams receivers, clearly much different level of quarterback play, but the Rams receivers take advantage of this, you know, Eagles defense as well. That's a good point. You guys have Garrett. I'm sorry. I just want to go ahead. Go ahead.

My bad. Well, I was going to say is one of the reasons why Garrett Wilson didn't have a good game last week is because the Jets didn't throw as much last week. And I think they're going to have to throw a little bit more. I am nervous about little Zach Wilson running for his life when Jalen Carter and Brandon Graham and this Eagles front gets to him because the offensive line issue that we brought up with Brees Hall, I think it's going to impact the Jets more when it comes to them dropping back. And so we've already seen a third of the targets from Zach Wilson to Garrett Wilson be considered uncatchable. I still think there's room for him to maybe catch seven passes in this game, Garrett Wilson. I think the volume we've turned up a little bit more, and that makes me have a little bit more faith in him, but it's as a flex. It's not as a number two receiver. Garrett Wilson or Zay Flowers?

Flowers. You guys have Garrett Wilson around 28th right now, so he's a flex. Devante Smith or Chris Olave? Who do you like better? Asks Kenny in our chat. Right now, it's Devontae Smith, but

if Olave has no issues with the toe, I might put him in. I have Olave higher. I wonder if... It feels like we're rotating between who gets the numbers between Devontae Smith and Dallas Goddard from week to week. And Goddard just got his number, so maybe it's Devontae Smith's turn this week.

My question for the Eagles is are you worried about them against the jets defense? I think they're going to be on the field so much. The Eagles are offensively that they could do whatever they want to. And it's easier to run against the jets than it is to throw against the jets. So we liked the Andre Swift a lot. Jalen hurts is a must start obviously. Um,

and then you can't get away from AJ Brown. And the good thing about AJ BrownJ. Brown and Devontae Smith is Sauce Gardner doesn't move. And not that the Jets are bad otherwise in the secondary, but Gardner doesn't move. Those guys move. They play about 50% of the snaps on the left side, 50% on the right.

Sometimes they'll be in the slot. So they're not going to get shadowed. I really don't think so by Sauce Gardner. And D.J. Reed is back to practice. Uh, that was the, I was, did not know that actually that their number two cornerback,

he missed last week's game. Uh, AJ Brown, you're starting. I get that. Devante Smith. He had one catch for six yards last week. Jets allowed the second fewest fantasy points to wide receivers.

They've allowed one touchdown to a wide receiver. Um, but they haven't, I wouldn't say they've really stopped any good receivers so far this year. They just haven't really faced that many. So... DJ Reed's been limited in practice, but I believe he's still

in the concussion protocol. Like, would you start, would you start Brees Hall or Devante Smith? Smith in PPR, for sure. I think so. Kyron Williams or Devontae Smith? I'd go Kyron there.

Same. All right. Start Dallas Goddard. I mean, you know, what are you going to do? The Jets actually allow the most fantasy points to tight ends. A lot of touchdowns. Yep. And that's it for that game, I think.

Any interest in Tyler Conklin? He's got 50 or more yards in three of his last four games. He is the poor man's John New Smith. So right behind him. All right. Start the Eagles DST. Dallas is at the Chargers. Okay.

Tough calls in this game, Jamie. Who are the tough calls? Michael Gallup for the Cowboys. I think you should consider starting. Well, I guess let's start with the obvious ones. Tony Pollard and C.D. Lamb are obvious. So for the Cowboys, do you want to buy into Dak Prescott in a game that's expected to be 51 points?

Do you want to buy into Jake Ferguson, who's coming off a bad game? And then do you buy into Michael Gallup, who's coming off a bad game. And then do you buy into Michael Gallup is coming off a bad game. Also, I'm going to throw out the 49ers game because that defense is great chargers. Not so much. So Gallup has some sleeper appeal here this week. Like I would consider starting Michael Gallup over Terry McLaurin this week. That's how much I think this game is going to be high scoring. And McLaurin has been that tough to trust. And two of the last three games, Gallup is better than Terry McCorn.

In terms of the Chargers, I think it's kind of all systems go with the three main guys of Herbert, Keenan Allen, and Austin Eckler. And then I think you put Josh Palmer kind of in that Michael Gallup range, but better because what we saw the last two games without Mike Williams, 15 targets, he did kind of get saved

in the game against the Raiders by the late catch late in the fourth quarter down the field. I think it was 30 yard catch, but there's so many opportunities there. And so I just hope Justin Herbert's fingers, not an issue. And we see some sort of level of concern. He said he hasn't taken a snap out of, uh, from under center yet. Not that that matters by any stretch, but, um, Eckler coming back, maybe changes some, some things for the auxiliary pass

catchers aside from Keenan Allen. But I think, again, Kellen Moore against the Cowboys in a game that Vegas is telling you is going to be high scoring. I don't think the Cowboys defense is going to slow down the Chargers. It doesn't matter, really. Is Brandon Staley going to slow down the Chargers? So there's just a lot to like about a lot of players in the game. Yeah, well, they're going to go for on fourth down when they're up by three at their own eight-yard line.

That might determine the spread, to be honest with you. That's ridiculous. All right, so Dak Prescott or Brock Purdy this week? They're back-to-back for me. I would not be surprised if Prescott's better. You should be starting Purdy because of what he showed you, but I would not be surprised if this is the breakout game we've been waiting for for Dak Prescott.

I'm going to rock, rock, rock with Brock, Brock, Brock, Dak Prescott or Brock Purdy last week. Who would you guys take? Dak Prescott or Jared Goff on the road? I'll take that. I'll take off.

All right. Um, Jake Ferguson, Jake Ferguson or Logan Thomas? Thomas, but it's close. Agreed. Ferguson or Earths? Ferguson, but it's close. Agreed. Ferguson or Ertz?

Fergie Ferg. Ferguson or Komet? Komet, but I would start Ferguson over Pitts. I currently have it Pitts, Komet, Ferguson. I'm debating moving Komet ahead of Pitts. Okay. I think I've already done that in non PPR. I think that's suffices for this.

Oh, what about the Dallas DST? Yeah, I would try and stay away. I know that like a rebound game is kind of what happens in situations like this, but I kind of buy into the chargers being able to compete on the scoreboard and they have a bye next week.

So I don't know. Are you dropping the Cowboys? I don't know if I want to. That's the thing. I don't think I'm cutting them unless I feel really good about a plan for DSTs moving forward. After the bye, they've got the Rams, the Eagles, and then the Giants and Panthers and Commanders. So they've got some great matchups down the line. I wonder if you cut them, do you see them on the waiver wire

before they play Philadelphia in a couple of weeks? And that's when you go back to them. I think you might. All right. You could. Hopefully they get some sacks, at least in this game. Pad the stats a little. Giants at the Bills, our last game.

This is an interesting game. Actually, from a game script standpoint, for maybe Gabe Davis, who's had three gamesants at the Bills, our last game. This is an interesting game, actually, from a game script standpoint for maybe Gabe Davis, who's had three games with four targets or less. The Giants have allowed only three completions of 20 or more air yards. That's second fewest in the NFL. And they've allowed only one completion of 30 or more air yards.

It was the 69-yard touchdown catch by Tyreek Hill in week five. So their defense has played, I think, a little better. And even though they got smoked by the Dolphins. And they are not giving up the deep ball. I feel like that was the case last year, too. So look, I mean, this game, like we talked about Barkley extensively in one question for each game. So I'm going to kind of skip him here. But you can go back to that segment if you want one question for each game. So I'm going to kind of skip him here, but you can go back to that segment if you want one question for each game. We've talked a lot about Barkley.

He's an okay start if he plays. Darren Waller we'll talk about, but Gabe Davis for the Bills, you know, start or sit? Flex. I'll say what Heath says every week. He's the number three receiver that you like to have in your lineup

because if he goes off, you're going to be thrilled about it, but you got to understand that there may not be a huge performance if he doesn't catch a touchdown and certainly doesn't get the targets. So he's, he is the definition of a boomer bus fantasy option. And so it just comes down to who you have. So better than McLaurin for me, uh, better than Drake London. Uh, I would have said, start them over both the Broncos receivers. Um, what about Amari Cooper who now has Walker? I would start Gabe Davis over

Amari Cooper. I would too. Garrett Wilson? I would start Garrett Wilson in PPR and half PPR. I would start Davis in non-PPR because we've seen him score more touchdowns. I have Davis one spot higher, but I do have Davis in PPR behind Hopkins, Pittman, and Zay Flowers. What about the Joshes?

Reynolds, Palmer, Downs? I would start Davis over those guys for now, but I may move Josh Downs a little bit higher, so I may put him ahead of Davis. You getting a bounce back from James Cook this week, guys? Should. Yep. Here's another stat.

The Giants, this is unbelievable. 23 straight games. No running back has more than 34 receiving yards or a receiving touchdown against the Giants. Very strange. They are elite against pass-catching running backs. What did McCaffrey have that game? 34. Oh, so you moved the number up a little bit.

Yeah, it was 30. It was like 29 or 30. Then McCaffrey had 34, but still. I think because after you did that for HQ, I did that as a prop. Take the under on it. Did it work? No, because it was like under 28 and for HQ, I did that as a prop. Take the under on it. Did it work? No, because it was like under 28 and a half, something like that. Oh, no.

Yeah, sorry. Sorry, dude. But still, I mean, it's weird. They're just really good against that. They're really good against the deep ball, apparently, and it's middle of the field, I guess. They must get smoked. We like Diggs, obviously.

Josh Allen. Oh, Dawson Knox. If Knox, if Kincaid is out and Knox plays, where are you ranking him? We have it ranked that way right now. So he's like tight end 14 for me. Yep, right in that range. Touchdown or bust tight end.

Starters at Darren Waller this week. As long as he's healthy, and I believe he practiced yesterday. He did. I think they said it was a rest day for him. Even with Terod Taylor, I think he's still a top 12 tight end. So I would start Kemet over him. I might consider Logan Thomas over him. But really, for the most part, I don't think you're making a move to drop Darren Waller to pick up these guys.

So you just kind of hope that last week's game was a sign of things to come. Chasing points, no Matt Milano. You know, there's got to be some upside here for Darren Waller as long as Terod Taylor or Daniel Jones can stay upright behind that offensive line. Terod Taylor has a career target share rate of 22% to tight ends. That's higher than to his running backs. Last week, Terod threw 12 passes. Four of them went to Waller.

That's a pretty good target share. I think the Giants know that the ball has to get into his hands. All right, last question. And there's no Matt Milano for Buffalo. That's true. That's the giants know that the ball has to get into his hands. All right. Last question. There's no Matt Milano for Buffalo. That's been the guy that shut down tight ends for a long time. Dave,

how was the microwaved fruit and yogurt? It was disgusting. It was, it was, everybody saw it happen live. It was disgusting. You microwave fruit and yogurt. Oh,

wait till you hear about this one. This is what I have. This is, this is a hold on. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no what i have this is this is hold on no no no

this is adam's favorite nightly dessert jamie no it's not my favorite stop right now he takes greek yogurt and he takes frozen fruit he microwaves the frozen fruit so it gets juicy adds it to the greek yogurt and adds a banana and mixes it all together and that's his mana from heaven. So the yogurt is still cold though. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The yogurt is cold. The banana is room temperature. So you're defrosting the frozen fruit.

Yeah, but the point is- He's basically flavoring the Greek yogurt with the frozen fruit. And you know what? It sounds like a delicious treat if you use regular yogurt, but Adam's trying to cut down on his sugar. Right.

And so he uses this Greek yogurt, which tastes like sour cream. It's bitter. It's bitter. I get it. Yeah, I like that if it's real fruit. I don't know if I'd be using frozen fruit. Oh, frozen fruit's really good. I mean, the thing is, it's just the yogurt that Dave didn't like, which I get.

You have to get used to the taste of Greek yogurt, but everything is like, there's no sugar in it. It's all organic. It's a very nice dessert. It takes a little while. Would you like me to make it up, Jamie, and bring it to you on Sunday? Want to try this? No, I mean, I've been having that myself. So, oh really? Yeah, no, I don't mind at all. What's your process? I'll just take, you know, um, just fresh fruit and drop it in yogurt. Fresh fruit. See, I actually think yogurt, hold on, wait. Greek yogurt or yogurt? Either or.

See, I have fruit with yogurt all the time, but Greek yogurt, that's going too far. No, that's fair. If you don't like Greek yogurt, you don't like Greek yogurt. I get that. I like the frozen fruit. The point of the frozen fruit is to get the juice running and to really flavor the yogurt.

The fresh fruit, I don't think really does that as much. No. I'm trying to help. You could put a little granola in it too. Oh fresh fruit, I don't think, really does that as much. No. I'm trying to help. You could put a little granola in it, too. Oh, yeah, I could definitely do that. Yeah, but then you're putting sugar back in. Right, I try not to do that. Okay.

Why not just gnaw on a carrot? You should all be taking health advice from me, obviously. It's the game of the week. All right, we got to go. We'll talk to you on the mailbag. Have a great weekend, everybody. What do you think Dan's hair is going to look like? Let's take a look. It's going to look exactly the week. All right, we got to go. We'll talk to you on the mailbag. Have a great weekend, everybody. What do you think Dan's hair is going to look like?

Let's take a look. It's going to look exactly the same as it does every single week. I'm going to guess he's so concerned about it he's wearing a hat 100%. No, he won't wear a hat.

He looks terrible in a hat, I bet. All right, talk to you later, everybody.