Fantasy Football Today - Start or Sit (NFC), Rams-Seahawks Recap (10/08 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: October 8, 2021

Cordarrelle Patterson rocket ship emoji! Yes, we are expecting a lot from him and we'll get to that, but we start with some quick questions about the NFC home games and a recap of Rams-Seahawks (2:50). Russell Wilson's injury is the big story, but Robert Woods showed up and we may have gotten some clarity on the Rams backfield ... Let's talk about the Falcons offense with Calvin Ridley missing this week's game (9:15). And we've got news and notes (14:00), Beat the Waiver Wire (18:00) and the Startometer (22:00) for Dolphins-Bucs, Lions-Vikings and Saints-Washington ... Start or sit for 49ers-Cardinals (27:30), Eagles-Panthers (39:10), Giants-Cowboys (46:15), Jets-Falcons (54:30), Dolphins-Bucs (1:01:00), Lions-Vikings (1:06:00) and Saints-Washington (1:10:00) ... Email us at [e-mail] Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs, @BenSchragg Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/ Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletter You can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast." To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Touchdown. Oh, he's done it again. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, Heath, and Beck. Well, I hope you started Robert Woods. Three-fourths of his managers did start Robert Woods, so that is a good thing. Welcome to the show. This is the Friday edition of Fantasy Football Today.

We've got the NFC home games, including one in London that will not have Calvin Ridley. But this is going to be a pretty good game, and a pretty good slate, rather, and hopefully an awesome podcast. Adam Azer, Dave Richard, and Jamie Eisenberg. Happy Friday, fellas. What's going on, Dave? What's up, dude? How are you? I'm good. I really, even when it was kind of a low-scoring, sloppy first half,

I really enjoyed that game. We had a double punt. Never seen that before. It was a good game last night. It We had a double punt. I've never seen that before. It was a good game last night. It's been a great year. It was crazy how, you know, usually Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Mike Pereira, they're on their A game. But they weren't sure about whether or not the double punt was legal.

And then the referees missed that the punter was past the line of scrimmage when he punted the second time. If you slow it down, though, it looks like he actually was behind the line. Okay. Really? It seemed like all kinds of chicanery was going on, but I am all for the double punt moving forward. I have that. Let's see it again.

Let's see it again. I think they have to address that because if you cannot, the penalty is not severe enough. A 10-yard penalty or re-kick it with 10 yards deeper, 10 yards after the end of the play, you should not be able to punt the ball twice. It's like throwing a pass twice. If you're a quarterback, you throw a pass, it gets deflected,

and you catch it, you can't throw it again. What should the penalty be? He should be ejected? He should be down at the spot of the kick like he got tackled. You should not be able to punt the ball twice. What should the penalty be if the commissioner is not good in your fancy? I don't know. I don't have any experience with that. Let me give you five quick

questions. I mean, two-word answers. Ten-word answers at the most. For the NFC home games, then we'll get into the double punt game. Will a Dolphins running back rush for 15 yards against the Bucs? No. Malcolm Brown.

Okay. 16 yards on 18 carries. There you go. Will DeAndre Swift have one of his great games or one of his average games at Minnesota? Average. Better than average, but not great. You'll be happy.

15 PPR points on the nose. Will Corey Davis have one of his great games or one of his terrible games against the Falcons in London? Great game. Great game. Will Daniel Jones have a big game at Dallas? Yes. Is there a good sleeper wide receiver on the Falcons not named Patterson?

Olamide Zaki. Olamide Zaki. Yeah, that guy too. Alright. Good stuff. Rams 26. I picked up Olamide Zaccheaus in a league yesterday. Wow. Rams 26. Seattle 17. And again, the Seattle

Seahawks. Why is their run defense so bad? Get off the field. Their time of possession is terrible. 26 minutes, 57 seconds in this game. But the big news, obviously, Russell Wilson sprained finger. Stafford also hurt his finger, but obviously he played through it. So, Wilson, we can react when we get more news. We were talking before the show.

Dr. Chow said he thinks he can play in week six with a pin in his finger. But Rappaport said they haven't ruled out surgery. So we'll see what happens. But obviously our fingers are crossed for Russell Wilson. Jamie, major takeaway from this game from the Seahawks side. Besides the quarterback? Yeah. Alex Collins, I thought, played okay.

I wish he would have gotten more touches. I like when they used him in the passing game later in the game um but game flow you know i think was a little bit in his uh not in his favor especially once once russell wilson got hurt so we'll see what happens with chris carson moving forward but i wouldn't be uh i wouldn't be too down on alice collins despite the low fantasy production. Okay. And DJ Dallas got in there a little bit too, but mostly it was Travis Hummers.

Yeah. Go Canes. And by the way, if you didn't watch the game, what were you doing? Would you have plans last night? Come on. You didn't watch the game.

Tyler Lockett could have had such a big game. I mean, this guy was just flirting with production. What did he end up with? He ended up with five, five, five or 57 on 10 targets. I mean, that's a bad game,

but he drew a 47-yard pass interference. He was going to catch that ball. He had a touchdown catch called back late in the first half. He was open on a deep ball on the play that Wilson got hurt. Wilson missed him. And he tripped on the interception. He tripped on the interception. He also had almost a touchdown from Geno Smith

on their second-to-last drive. So he was so close to having this huge game. But, I mean, it's three bad games in a row now for Lockett. Which means next week he's going to go nuts. Obvious start next week? I mean, you've got to have better options, a lot of better options to start. Remember, we're getting to the buys next week.

Yeah, but we might have Geno Smith next week. You might have Geno Smith next week, so obviously take that into account. Or less than 100% Russell Wilson. What, Dave? And it's at Pittsburgh. Yeah, it's at Pittsburgh. Okay, Dave, takeaways from the Rams?

Matthew Stafford probably should have had a slightly better game. You got to love the yardage. You wish that he had more touchdowns. Obviously, one isn't good, but we saw the running game come alive, and Henderson and Michelle had a couple of short yardage scores. That's good to see for them, but I wish that Stafford had had one of them. I think the big topic is Robert Woods and the fact that Sean McVay came through and said that he would find more opportunities for Robert Woods,

and boy, did he ever. 14 targets, 12 catches, 150 yards. And a lot of the things that he was doing in this game were the same things that he was doing in previous games. Those in-breaking routes, he's a master. He gets open then. Stafford just wasn't looking for him. So, obviously, he got drilled into Stafford's head.

Get this guy involved. And he did, and they were able to move the chains. I think it'll make their offense better. If they continue to use Robert Woods, I would be very confident using Robert Woods moving forward. I would not see him as a sell high candidate. Okay. That's good to know. What did you make of the usage for Daryl Henderson and Sonny Michal. Now, some of Michal's carries came when Henderson left with a bit of an injury. Arm injury. Yeah. At the end of the game, it's 17 carries, 82 yards and a touchdown for Henderson.

It's 11 carries, 37 yards and a touchdown for Michal. They both had one catch. Dave, can we rely on Daryl Henderson for a big role on a weekly basis? He now has a touchdown in three of four games that he's played. Yeah. for a big role on a weekly basis. He now has a touchdown in three of four games that he's played. Yeah, he is a top 15 fantasy running back moving forward. He played 66% of the snaps in a game that he left with an arm injury in the second quarter, and he came back in the second half.

I just wish he had a little bit more work in the passing game, Adam. He had that great catch and run in the first half for 17 yards. Didn't quite get to 21 receiving yards and cost me a little chunk of change, but we'll get that streak going next week. Here's what McVay said about the running backs after the game, that this

was part of a longer-term plan for both of them. That's a good balance. They both did a nice job tonight. Each game is kind of its own entity, but I thought tonight they spelled each other and did a nice job tonight. Each game is kind of its own entity, but I thought tonight they spelled each other and did a great job. Jordan Rodriguez says that this is something you can expect moving forward as both guys play. I mean, remember,

they brought in Michel for a reason. They said he didn't know the playbook week one. Week three, he's forced into action, so clearly he picked things up by then, and I think you've got to expect that he's going to get more work moving forward. And Stafford said after the game, because they made a point of saying how they weren't finishing drives in the action. So clearly he picked things up by then. And, you know, I think you got to expect that he's going to get more work moving forward. And Stafford said after the game,

because they made a point of saying how they weren't finishing drives in the first half, that for him, he likes to see the way that the game unfolded last night. Not great for fantasy, obviously, but he said, we love throwing the ball to get down there and let the big guys, you know, clear the way and let the running back score at the end. So who knows if that's going to be a little bit more of Sonny Michel in those short yard situations.

But, you know, I think you should feel good if you hold on to him. Anybody that dropped him was making a mistake because of the Henderson injury potential. But now you're looking at a scenario of maybe he can be a flex if they're going to give him enough work. They've got the Giants next week in Adams' backyard. And then after that, Lions, Texans, Titans, 49ers. Yeah, it's crazy.

It's a great— 49ers or Giants have to be their toughest matchup now. Yeah. The next model. Giants, I know Blake Martinez, probably not a very tough matchup. Right. Probably the Niners game. I appreciate Sean McVay featuring Robert Woods the way he did.

Made a lot of people some money with the props there. And DK Metcalf having a great game and staying under six catches, too. I appreciate Sean McVay featuring Robert Woods the way he did. Made a lot of people some money with the props there. And DK Metcalf having a great game and staying under six catches, too. I appreciate that also. Hey, nice. We need Sean McVay to say that he's going to find a way to give me opportunities to win the Powerball. It sounds like what's going on with McVay is every time he talks about getting a guy opportunities, he's actually telling the truth. I hope he keeps up. I hope he keeps up.

I hope he keeps being honest. All right, that is Los Angeles 26, Seattle 17. A reminder for you here, make sure you get those lineups set early because there is a 9.30 a.m. game. It is the Jets and the Falcons. It is in London. And those are always fun.

Yeah, a little breakfast, watch a little football. And Calvin Ridley will not play. He's not making the trip for personal reasons. So let's just talk about that real quick here and what did it do in the rankings, Jamie, for Cordaro Patterson, for everybody. How did it affect the Falcons when you learned that Calvin Ridley was not going to be playing in this game?

I bumped Patterson up a couple spots. I bumped Kyle Pitts up one spot. Obviously, you're going to expect some more targets for them. You hope that they deliver. Zaccheaus, obviously, is going to get a bump. We'll see what things mean for him. Tajay Sharp, we'll see if he's able to make some plays. You've got to downgrade Matt Ryan just based on not having Ridley in there.

So this is a game that they should be able to run the ball. I mean, the Jets' run defense stinks. So hopefully, you know, Mike Davis and Patterson on the ground, they get going in that regard. But it's just unfortunate. You know, you hope obviously everything's okay with Calvin Ridley. But in any event, should be more for Patterson, should be more for pitch, should be a little bit for the other receivers.

And Mike Davis hopefully picks up some additional targets in the passing game also. I got one more name. Hayden Hurst is probably going to see a lot more playing time for them. Zaccheaus was mixing outside and in the slot when Ridley was healthy or when Ridley was playing. We don't know if he's necessarily unhealthy. And now that Ridley's not there,

I would imagine that Zaccheaus will play a lot more outside. And Hurst is somebody that they've used in the slot quite a bit. So we're going to see Arthur Smith work his versatility magic with his offense and I bet it'll end up being a lot more work for Hurst if you're in a tight end premium league double check to make sure he's available even if you're desperate if you're streaming for tight ends in a PPR league Hurst should be on the radar, not necessarily a priority. Yeah, he I did pick him up in the Scott Fishbowl.

Now I just have to see if I can start him. But it's a good idea. Thank you, Dave. Calvin Ridley, by the way, out for personal reasons. So, yeah, again, like

Jamie said, we hope everything is OK with Calvin Ridley. He personally doesn't want to fly to London and lose to the Jets. Yeah, I still think the Falcons are going to win. No.

So there you go. I don't. But Cordaro Patterson, did he not become, is he just a total must-like top 12-ish kind of guy? Yeah. Yes. He was already there for me.

This solidifies it. Yeah. The Jets give up the most receiving yards per game to running backs. So that's something to keep in mind. And that might benefit Mike Davis more than Patterson because Patterson could be playing a lot of wide receiver in this game. This actually might hurt Patterson, to be honest.

I don't think anybody's benching him, but you might see a scenario where if they scheme him up more as a wide receiver and the Jets take that away, if he's not in a scenario where if they scheme him up more as a wide receiver and the Jets take that away, if he's not in the backfield because they need him, you know, so it's just something to take into account. Who would have thought through four games that the Jets would have allowed the fewest passing touchdowns in the NFL? Two. The Falcons have allowed either the most or the second.

I think they've allowed the most. All right, we're going. Acer versus analysts. Bet here. I'm taking the bet. What's the spread? I don't know if that changes. Let me double check.

I'll check with Caesar Sportsbook right now. The last time we made a bet like this, there were sandwiches eaten and mustaches not grown. Are we doing a redo here 12 years later? We'll break out the brown pants? Oh, sure. Whatever it is, man. But Falcons are going to win.

While you look that up. Falcons are three-point favorites. Three-point? I see two and a half at Caesars Sportsbook. Okay. So I'm not taking the spread. I'm just taking the Falcons. Do you want an edge while setting your DFS lineups?

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Dalvin Cook mispracticed. Are you guys concerned about him playing against Detroit? Not yet. Again, met with the media. That's a good sign. He says he's going to play. You got to be concerned about any, you know, re-injury at this point because it's, you know,

now last week he couldn't finish the game. So hopefully he'll be okay. Just checking on the practice reports on Friday. Brian Callahan, the Bengals offensive coordinator, said it will be running back by committee between Samaj P Pirine and Chris Evans if Joe Mixon is out against Green Bay. I think we did that game yesterday.

Yeah, it makes sense. Pirine, definitely more of a running down guy. He can catch. He was used as a passing down guy with Mixon, but I think Evans can fill in that role. I think that's a sign of how the Bengals want to move forward overall is by using a type of committee, not necessarily a 50-50 thing,

but running down sky, passing down sky. I hope that's not the case for Mixon, for his fantasy managers. It hasn't been a problem for his workload so far. So, I mean, he's averaging, what, 23 touches per game? Christian McCaffrey could play this week. He seems optimistic. So, let's cross our fingers there. A.J. Brown practiced in full. You guys are ranking him?

Yep. Cool. Darius Slayton and Sterling Shepard, I think they both got dressed, but they didn't practice. So we'll see if they practice on Friday. Giants left tackle Andrew Thomas. Apparently he's having a good year. He was limping during practice.

We'll keep an eye on that. Tampa Bay's Carlton Davis, cornerback, top cornerback. He's on IR, out at least three weeks. Could be a long-term thing for him. Such a banged-up secondary in Tampa Bay. According to reports, Pittsburgh will not be benching Ben Roethlisberger this season. Here is your San Francisco 49ers injury list.

This is like dictionary length. Jimmy Garoppolo mispracticed. Elijah Mitchell was limited. George Kittle mispracticed. Not that many, but they're always injured. Do you know what happened to Trent Williams? Did he practice? He did.

Okay. Good. Yeah, that is good. So right now, what are you expecting from the Niners running backs this week? Are you expecting Mitchell to play? If he does, are you expecting Sermon to still be the horse there, Dave? What are you thinking from the Niners' backs? I think you'll see Mitchell and Sermon split.

It'll be frustrating. And it's going to be a game. And Trey Lance is going to take some work away from both of them, by the way. And I still imagine that Arizona is going to take some work away from both of them, by the way. And I still imagine that Arizona's going to put some points up and maybe force the 49ers to move away from their run game, per se. George Kittle, by the way, we expect him

to play as of right now. We have him ranked. Chase Edmonds, any issues? Jamie, do you think Chase Edmonds has a... He had a mispractice with a shoulder injury. Are we concerned about this one? I think the fact that he went from not practicing to doing some work on the side is a good indication that he's probably going to be out there.

But check your waiver wire, especially in some 10-team leagues, if James Conner's available, because if he gets all the work, then clearly he's a must-start running back. If Edmonds is out there, I think he's number two running back in PPR and a flex in non-PPR. Chase Edmonds also said that the Cardinals are calling fewer design runs for Kyler Murray this season. And ESPN noted that Kyler Murray

is the most accurate quarterback in the NFL so far. That's taking his off-target percentage, basically. He is the most accurate quarterback. That's terrific. It's a big improvement for him. He's completing 76% of his throws. I don't know how many of them are, I don't know what his average throw depth is,

but I would imagine that it's a little bit shorter than where it's been in the past. Yeah, that's worth looking at for sure. Teddy Bridgewater was limited in practice, so he might play real quick. We did this game yesterday, but if Bridgewater plays, Jamie, would it affect your Sutton rankings,

your Fant rankings? Not much, no. I mean, Fant is, you know, I can't see him moving up anymore. I like the tight ends too much in front of him. And Sutton, not so much, no. Okay. Let's do some beat the waiver wire here. Dolphins DST is at Jacksonville.

Well, they're in London next week against Jacksonville. Packers DST at Chicago. Didn't really find a lot of good DSTs out there. I might rather have the Jaguars DST against Miami. I'm sorry, but Brissette next week or is Tua available? Tua is after the London game. After the London game. Okay.

I don't know if I really want either one because they're both not great. Yeah, I'll take the Dolphins defense. I think Jacksonville's offense is starting to click a little. Could certainly started to in last week's game at Cincinnati. Some players to just think about stashing Justin Fields, Darnell Mooney against Green Bay. Oh,

Cincinnati's DST at Detroit. I'm sorry. I forgot about that. There you go. If people drop them, Cincinnati's DST at Detroit. I'm sorry, I forgot about that. There you go. If people drop them. Cincinnati's DST at Detroit. Colts against Houston? Mm-hmm. Yeah. All right, and then, yeah, these are more long-term, not week six,

but how do you feel about these guys? The rookie wide receivers, Kadarius, Tony, Rashad, Bateman, Elijah Moore, Terrace Marshall. If you, one or two of them, you think would be the best long-term stash. Tony, Bateman, Elijah Moore, Terrace Marshall. You know, if you, one or two of them you think would be the best long-term stash. Tony Bateman, Elijah Moore, and Marshall. I saw one of the New York writers suggest that Tony's got to play despite them coming back

when Slayton and Shepard are healthy. So he's the easy one, especially since you can use him this week, at least the way it seems. You know, Bateman is just going to be so hard for him to get targets in that offense, just knowing how little they still throw and who's coming off the field because all the guys are playing well and healthy. So he'll get his opportunities, but who's he replacing? I think Elijah Moore makes some sense because he'll play over Keelan

Cole, hopefully. And if Zach Wilson continues to look the way he has, um, you know, he's probably gonna have a good game this week. So he'd be somebody that I have some interest in if you're talking about the top two.

Hunter Renfro is only 59% rostered. You could take him over every rookie receiver. Of course. That we just talked about. Not tomorrow, Chase. Please, no. Don't do that. Josh Gordon.

You could just see what happens. Yeah. I'm going to throw this name out there again. Taysom Hill. Winston did not play poorly in week four. It wasn't his fault they lost. But I just feel like if he has one bad game, it wouldn't take much for them to pull the trigger.

And what do you guys think about Sivan Ahmed? Do you think he could possibly be an answer for the Dolphins? Yes. Yes, but I don't see him doing anything unless somebody's hurt. Or unless they say, we're not doing anything with Gaskin, which they have pretty much told us

based on his usage, and they realize that Malcolm Brown is Malcolm Brown. Maybe they say, we got to give this guy a shot. He's got some juice for sure. You could definitely say that Ahmed is a good stash candidate. Deeper leagues, absolutely 100% yes. Cool. You can maybe pick up Sterling Shepard.

He's been dropped just in case he does go back to being what he was. He's at 69% roster percentage right now. One other rookie just in case he starts to play well again is Rondell Moore. He's at 69% roster percentage right now. Um, one other rookie, just in case, you know, he starts to play well again is Rondell Moore. He's at 58%. Um, and then Randall Cobb.

I mean, look, he came off a good game last week. There is no MVS for who knows how long, you know, he's on IR. He has another good game against Cincinnati. He's going to be popular.

So do it now. If you have a roster spot to play with, do it now, do it now. It should be a Mari Rogers, by the way, not Randall Cobb, but whatever I won't. It should be Amari Rogers, by the way, not Randall Cobb, but whatever.

I'm over it. By the way, if Chase Edmonds misses this game, Rondell Moore could benefit from that, maybe from a DFS standpoint. Okay, start-o-meter.

The last three games that we are going to look at today, Dolphins at Bucks and Minnesota at Detroit, or Detroit at Minnesota, and the Washington-New Orleans game as well.

So let's go start on meter zero to 10. Zero is no way. Am I starting this guy? Adam, you suck at your job. Why are you asking? And 10 is of course I'm starting him. You idiot.

Why are you asking? So zero to 10 Devante Parker at Tampa Bay. Six, six, Jalen Waddle, seven, seven in ppr four nine oh that's a lot how about mike is sicky ten eight it's just funny you got a six a seven and an eight to a ten on three dolphins pass catchers when jacoby brissett has not thrown for more than like three receiver leagues on the other two guys and gasecki plays a position that's so thin,

and he's got two straight games with Brissette doing well. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it. He plays the thin position of tight end. And those three guys should get the vast majority of the targets as well. It's not going to be Gaskin. It's not. Right.

And yeah, it's not like they have a third receiver mixing it up there. All right, Leonard Fournette against Miami. Ten. Antonio Brown. Nine. Eight. Cameron Brait. Four.

Six. Which would be how many fantasy points he gets in non-PPR. Gasicki over Brate? Oh, yeah. Yes. Yeah. DeAndre Swift at Minnesota.

Eight in PPR, six in non. Yep. Jamal Williams at Minnesota. Solid five. Four in PPR, three in non. Kalief Raymond. Raymond. Three. four in PPR three and none Khalif Raymond

Raymond three I have to start him in those deep 14 team leagues that I'm in with three flex spots just desperate for help Raymond or Zaccheaus

Zaccheaus Kirk Cousins against Detroit. Ten. Dave, you want to do a little exercise for me? Not like actual exercise. Oh, thank God. A little computer exercise. Let's do some jumping jacks.

And I'm going to be like, hell no. Can you look up Detroit's bad coverage percentage? Yeah. They were a heavy, heavy man coverage team under Patricia. And Kirk Cousins is arguably the best quarterback in football against man coverage i mean that is how good he is

i've got it you ready yeah that's how good i am adam i've already had the open anticipating that question and i'm even going to give it to you game by game they played 20 man against the niners 30 against the packers less than 10 against the Packers, less than 10% against the Ravens. That's expected. And 30% against Chicago last week. They are playing a good dose of man coverage. That's a lot. They will again against.

I would imagine they'll be in the 30% range. So what's a high number? I think anything over 25% is pretty high. I mean, like the Patriots played, I think it was like 60% against the Bucs last week. Right, and that's why Patricia was so heavy. That's kind of a Patriots thing. So heavy in man

coverage. 54% for the Patriots against the Bucs. And then you remember that Chargers Chiefs game from earlier this year? Sure. Yes. No. The one that the Chargers won? Yes. Chargers played man 68% in that game. They've been below 25%

man in all their other games. Interesting. Okay. Alright, yeah. So Cousins has had some really big games against Detroit recently and he destroys man coverage. Adam Thielen against Detroit. Ten. Tyler Conklin. Three. Five. Five Conklin. 3.

5. 5 at best. Jameis Winston at Washington. This game's in Washington, right? Why do I keep... 0. No, thank you. Taylor Heineke against the Saints. 2.

He's like a 6. 2, 6. Okay. All right. 23 or more points in three starts. Antonio Gibson against the Saints. Yeah, you should start Gibson. Seven.

Who do you like better, Gibson or Swift? Swift and PPR, Gibson and none. Gibson or Falcons running backs? Patterson over Gibson. Can you believe it? I can. I mean, the Saints have arguably the best run defense in football through four games and they faced McCaffrey Barkley

who else Aaron Jones they obviously that he did night like eight yards or something I agree on the Swift call on PPR over Gibson for sure but I don't know how far down we can comfortably go with Gibson. He's the number two running back this week. We just caught that.

JD McKissick against the Saints. Like a five and a half in PPR. I'll go six in PPR, two in none. All right, so let's get to the NFC home games. There were seven of them. Dave might be looking at the notes, so I'm get to the NFC home games. There were seven of them. Dave might be looking at the notes, so I'm going to let Jamie answer this. No, I'm not looking at the notes.

Okay, good, so you both can answer. We had... Let's go through the slate. I couldn't figure out which game to start with. Which should it be the headliner? So Jets at Falcons, Detroit at Minnesota, Dolphins at Bucs,

Saints at football team. Well, you already said those last three are later in the show. Yeah, yeah. No, you didn't start with them. All right, so it's either Jets at Falcons, Philadelphia at Carolina, Giants, Cowboys, Niners at Cardinals.

One of those. Start Jets at Falcons. That's the easiest one to do. No, I don't want the easiest one. I want the best one. I want the most exciting fantasy decisions. I want a good game here. What do I start with?

Cowboys. No, I went with Cardinals and Niners. Boy, you guys are... Oh, good for you not being so committed to your Homerism. Excuse me. I'm an Eagles fan now, and they are second on this list. All right, San Francisco and Arizona, let's get started. Stat of the game.

Number one, Chase Edmonds has 75 or more total yards in each game. Plus, you get the catches, so that's just good to know. Stat of the game number two. Imagine if he was scoring touchdowns. Yeah, no, I can't imagine it because it won't happen. Stat of the game number two. You look like James Conner. Let's talk about the—

Who scores first, Chase Edmonds or Jacoby Myers? Chase Edmonds. Edmonds, yeah. I like that. I think it's against the NFLonds or Jacoby Myers? Chase Edmonds. Edmonds, yeah. I think it's against the NFL rules for Jacoby Myers to score. Yeah, unless he's throwing it. Unless he's throwing it. All right, here's your other stat of the game. We're talking about Debo Samuel here.

The Cardinals have allowed seven touchdowns to wide receivers, seven receiving touchdowns to wide receivers. That's obviously a lot, but they have faced the Titans and their two studs, the Vikings and their two studs,

the Jaguars and the Rams and their studs. So they've obviously faced great wide receivers. At least give the Jaguars some credit. Don't call them studs,

but say something nice. They have decent receivers, right? They face this team and their studs, this team and their studs, the Jaguars, this team and their studs. Only two receivers at more than 75 yards,

and they're KJ Osborne and Van Jefferson. So that means A.J. Brown, Julio Jones, Justin Jefferson, Adam Thielen, all the Jaguars wide receivers, Cooper Cup, Robert Woods. None of them had more than 65 yards. This team does not give up big pass plays. Fourth fewest pass plays of 20-plus yards, one pass play of 40-plus yards. This team does not give up big pass plays. Four fewest plays, pass plays of 20 plus yards, one pass play of 40 plus yards. What does that mean for you now when you factor in that we expect

Trey Lance to start? Can you get away from Deebo Samuel? No, you shouldn't. It'd be silly to recommend that when he's been such a focal point of the passing game so far on top of the occasional brain fart by the defenses

that they've played that have led to big games for them 15 or more ppr points in three of four games and i i don't think the move to trey lance is going to completely shut down their passing game you want to and there's one last thing you want to talk about man versus zone coverage arizona so far this year has been consistently north of 30% in their man coverage. If they do that in this game, if the defensive backs turn their back on Trey Lance, he's going to get 100 yards,

but he's also going to be able to be in a position to move out of the pocket and throw downfield, and I would trust that if that happens, Debo Samuel would be able to escape his coverage

at some point and get open for a big play. So the reason they play man is because their pass rush is so good. And so is he going to have time to make throws downfield? You have a left tackle that's playing hurt. You have an offensive line that's been good, but I think it's still play better. Uh, will he change how he plays? Will Shanahan change how he plays, you know, with a full week to game plan for it. So it's going to be a very interesting situation to see how this unfolds. I think for

Samuel, just to answer your question, how you phrased it, can you get away from him? He was probably drafted in a spot where you didn't plan for him to be a starter. If you have options that are playing well, then yes, you can get away from Samuel. If you don't, then you should keep him

in there. Like Dave said, it's very hard to recommend sitting him at this point. Yeah, and by the way, the Cardinals, this really surprised me. They're actually kind of below average in pressures and pressure rate, and that's after that week one game where they were all over Tannehill. So I'm thinking in the last three games, they haven't really gotten that much pressure, but I don't know. Well, they played a very good offensive line last week. We'll see how things go this week.

Yeah, well, it's a good line. As long as they have Trent Williams, which they will, it seems. Okay, so starters to Trey Lance. Where'd you guys end up on Trey Lance, Jamie? Mid-tier number two quarterback. So he's obviously starting in super flex in two quarterback leagues.

One quarterback leagues, you got to be in a tough spot to trust him. But good DFS play. Lance burrow burrow i have burrow two spots higher right now and i'm gonna i'm gonna reconsider it i just think about how lance is going to be able to move and the 20 points that he gave you in the first half last week and yeah he was a disaster on some of those throws but i i think he's kind of upside to be a top five fantasy quarterback. It's hard to move those guys.

It's hard to keep them out at the top 12. Daniel Jones, Trey Lance. Lance. That's one guy I moved already ahead of, or moved behind Lance, is Jones. Yeah, Jones easy for me. Okay. And Trey Sermon.

Yeah, let's talk a little bit more about it. We mentioned it earlier, but breaking down the 49ers running backs, Dave. Arizona, they give up 5.2 yards per carry to running backs. Now, they have faced Derrick Henry, who they did well against, Cook, Robinson, and Darrell Henderson. But, yeah, I mean, this has not been a good run defense so far. So Sermon would be what if he's the lead guy? As in Elijah Mitchell doesn't play?

Yeah, let's start with that scenario. He'd be a number two fantasy running back if Elijah Mitchell didn't play. But I'm getting to the point here where it looks like Mitchell is going to play, and that would hurt Sermon's ability to have over 16-plus carries. If Mitchell plays, do we just avoid this backfield? I would try. Okay. If Mitchell doesn't play, Sermon or Mike Davis?

I think I would go Davis in PPR and Sermon in none. I think it's that close. Cool. All right, San Francisco wide receivers, Debo Samuel is top 20. He's top 8 for Heath, and he's top actually 14 in PPR, and he has a 31% target share, so that's always good.

Sit Brandon Ayuk, and then do you just start George Kittle if he plays? Yes, absolutely. You know, but people are going to ask, they might have Goddard, they might have Goddard, they might have Gasicki, something like that. Would you start any of those guys over George Kittle? I mean, you can.

I wouldn't, but you can. You got to, at some point, start to look at production versus opportunity. Opportunities have been there for Kittle, but he's not producing. Is he healthy? Is the quarterback situation becoming a problem? I mean, he had 11 targets last week. It's hard to overlook that he's not going to get those same chances this week. But non-PPR, we know he just doesn't score touchdowns a lot. He's yet to score this season.

Those other guys are certainly scoring much more. And in PPR, who knows if Trey Lance, I mean, you said it ahead of time and again that his throws were off target and probably will continue to be off target. And how much is that going to impact Kittle? So his best games in his career have come with backup quarterbacks, a lot of them at least. And hopefully that continues. But at this point, if he has another bad game,

you're going to see a lot of people starting Dalton Schultz and maybe Dawson Knox and those type of guys over him because they're producing. I think you could start Schultz and PPR over him now. I think we can call it safe that Schultz is going to get a lot of volume in that Cowboys offense. We know that the Giants aren't necessarily great against covering

targets or catches. Well, it's both, but certainly cash. We're getting more targets, though. The issue I have with Schultz is he has gotten targets the last two games at the expense of Cooper and Lamb, but they've thrown the ball like 26 times on average over the last three games, something like that. So it's so easy to just see a scenario where Schultz gets four targets and Cooper and Lamb have seven, eight targets or something like that.

You know, if they continue to run the ball as effectively and throw the ball as infrequently, I don't think you can expect a team like the Cowboys to just throw 26 times. It might be more like 35 or something. That would help. But God, the Giants are horrible against tight ends. That's another thing. Jabril Peppers, I'm not sure if he practiced on Thursday. I know he didn't practice

on Wednesday. I know he's got a hamstring. He did? No, I don't think he did. He's been so bad against tight ends that it might be better if he's out. I don't think it would be better, but I don't think it would matter He's been so bad against tight ends that it might be better if he's out. I don't think it would be better, but I don't think it would matter if he played. Put it that way. I'm okay starting Schultz over Kittle in full PPR. Okay.

Siki, Knox. I'd much rather start Kittle. All right. Kittle had a touchdown from Lance, knocked away last week. He had a bad throw from Lance. That was the thing. It should have been a touchdown, but it was knocked away because it was a bad throw. It was a little behind.

Kyler Murray, stardom. He's two for Jamie, one for Dave, fifth for Heath. Jamie, Connor and Edmonds, assuming Chase Edmonds plays, what do you do here with these guys? Edmonds, it's hard to say he's not a must-start in PPR at this point, just the amount of opportunities he's getting in the passing game. Non-PPR, it's a to say he's not a must start in PPR at this point, you know, just the amount of opportunities he's getting in the passing game, non PPR, it's a flex at best,

just because you can't expect a hundred yard performance again, maybe ever with Connor still healthy. Connor's touchdown or bust. So if he doesn't score, like we saw the first couple of games, you're going to be really frustrated about it. If he scores, then he's going to potentially save your,

your, your week. So better in non PPR than PPR. But who knows? If Edmonds is not 100% and they don't feel comfortable putting him out there, maybe Connor gets more of an opportunity in all facets of the game.

So it could be a sleeper for this week. Would you guys start Corey Davis over these running backs? I would start Davis over both of them in non-PPR. I would start Davis over Connor in non-PPR. In full PPR. I'm sorry. Yes, full PPR. Gotcha.

All right. And then Dave, rank the Arizona wide receivers. Hopkins is one. Give me one second. I don't want to give you inaccurate information. Green is two. Kirk is close behind him. And Moore is fourth.

San Francisco, they don't appear to be so good against wide receivers here. So, I mean, what do you, obviously people are going to start Hopkins, but are you going to start A.J. Green? He's a borderline receiver

in three receiver league. Yeah, and probably a little bit better in non-PPR and half PPR than full PPR because his target volume has been maxing out at about six for a receiver. He hasn't had more than six in any game. Right. So I think that that's kind of where you've got to expect him. So maybe he gets four or five catches.

But he's giving you good numbers each of the last three weeks. Okay. Kwon Williams is the slot corner for the Niners. He hasn't practiced yet this week. That would be good for Kirk. I like Kirk in DFS because no one's thinking about him after he didn't do much last week. Sure. Cardinals DST

5th and 6th for Jamie and Dave and 10th for Heath and Max Williams is a flyer but he's outside the top 15. Alright, we're going to take a quick break here. When we come back, fly, Eagles, fly all over Carolina. We will be right back on Fantasy Football today. Did you know 66% of utility damage is caused by not requesting a locate?

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I think it's pretty hard to gauge how good Carolina's defense is because they were obviously great against the Jets, the Saints, and the Texans, and they got destroyed by the Cowboys, but a lot of teams would. So we'll see what the Eagles can do here. But your stat of the game is actually about Sam Darnold. 279 or more yards in all four games. 301 to 305 yards in three straight. And I don't really have a follow-up on that.

Let's start with the Eagles. You guys have Jalen Hurts as a must-start guy, top eight. What about the Eagles running backs, Jamie? Any interest in Sanders or Gainwell? The Eagles don't have any interest in Sanders or Gainwell. You know, Gainwell's gaining momentum. You know, you're hearing more reports about this becoming an even split between these two guys.

And Gainwell has been, if not as good, maybe better as a fantasy option, you know, with two touchdowns so far in the season where Sanders hasn't scored once. So we'll see how things go this week. I think it's hands off, or at least it should be. It's hard to sit Sanders unless you have better options, but I think all the free agents that you picked up this week, maybe you can argue some Ajay P. Ryan, but certainly, you know, I would have played Collins over him, even taking the outcome last night and Damian Williams. And so Sanders just is not getting the opportunities or the touches,

and it's just frustrating. So we'll see if that changes this week, but I doubt it. So at best, Sanders is a flex. Gainwell is just somebody I like to stash, but if you can avoid it, avoid it. Gainwell is a fantastic stash. I love that call. He's had a 72% route run rate over his snaps, meaning 72% of his snaps he's running a route each of the last two weeks.

That's more than miles Sanders over those last two weeks. And if you look at how they've been playing inside the five yard line, the Eagles have only had nine snaps from inside the five all year miles has played more six to three, but not only is Sanders not scored on the two touches that he has inside the five, he's gone backward on both of them. Meanwhile, on the two touches that gain was had. And remember, he's only played a third of those snaps. He's gone backward on both of them. Meanwhile, on the two touches that Gainwell's had, and remember, he's only played a third of those snaps, he scored both times, and neither one of them were at the goal line. They were like seven yards out, eight yards out.

I think we're trending towards Gainwell being the better back in Philadelphia, and I think the clock's ticking on trying to trade for him at a low value right now. I don't mind Gainwell in DFS. I think his price is actually pretty reasonable on both sites this week. Sanders is someone I have very little interest in starting in redraft leagues.

I'm going to ask Jamie a quick follow-up here on something you said. Alex Collins, you would have started over Miles Sanders. He scored eight PPR fantasy points. Let's see. In decimal scoring, it was like, I think, 8.7. I don't know. 9.2 maybe?

I don't think Sanders gets there. Yeah. Who would you start now if you could do it over again? I don't think Sanders gets there. That's how frustrating it's been. Okay. All right. Devontae Smith, start or sit?

I definitely start in three receiver leagues, depending on what you have in two receiver leagues. But look, he's playing well. Ten targets last week. He's had at least seven in three or four games. Hurts played really well last week. I don't know if we're going to really talk about him. And Jamie, I know you're happy with the end-of-game fantasy points for Hurts,

but he should have had way more. There were two touchdowns that were taken off the board that ended on field goals. Those drives ended on field goals. They should have been touchdowns for Hertz. Smith should have had a touchdown. He stepped out of bounds before he caught it in the end zone. He's on fire. The timing has gotten better between those two on longer throws. And I know that the Panthers have made some recent additions in their secondary. I don't think Gilmore's playing this week. I'm not sure what they're going to get with Henderson in the short term.

I'm going with the Devante Smith as a, as a top 25 type of receiver. Okay. He, I do have to point out that he has two games with fewer than 30 yards. Those were weeks too. I mean, that's the risk you're taking with him,

but the upside is too great. Okay. And Philadelphia tight ends. Which one do you prefer dallas goddard who has not had more than five targets in any game or zackerts who has 15 targets and 113 receiving yards in his last two games which one do you like better goddard or earths goddard should have had two huge weeks the last two weeks um Hertz missed them twice in in the Cowboys game and then last week as Dave alluded to uh one touchdown should have been to Goddard one should have been to Ertz as well uh but they just can't seem to connect completely yet in terms of her Hertz and Goddard so uh they're back to back for me I still like

Goddard a little bit better but uh I have no problem if somebody wants to deal with earths over goddard earths is probably that's another guy should be picked up wherever he's available to earths is earth yeah absolutely uh i'd rather of him than hayden hearst for example but i'm sure that in those types of tight end premium leagues earths is already long gone he's 3400 on draft kings this weekend 14th ranked 14th most expensive tight end he's myDuel tight end actually too. Yeah, Zach Ertz. He's 5,000 on FanDuel. On DraftKings, if he gets you 10.2 PPR points,

five catches, 52 yards, that's three times value. I think he's got a chance to do significantly better than that. Let's wrap it up on the Eagles here. Would you start Goddard or Ertz over Kyle Pitts? No. I've got Goddard one spot ahead of Pitts right now. Over Noah Fant?

No. I'd go with Fant. Over Macho Grande? Get that? No. Nobody gets that? No. All right.

Airplane too. Sam Darnold is top 15. So Sam Darnold or Trey Lance? Darnold. All right. I mean, look, if you're going to go with a rushing quarterback, you go with the guy who's actually going to get the job done. Five rushing touchdowns.

Eagles have actually seen the fourth fewest pass attempts in the NFL, but they do allow a lot of touchdowns. Eight in their last two games to Prescott and Mahomes, of course. Okay, we're going to start McCaffrey if he plays. If he doesn't play play Chuba Hubbard, will he outscore Alex Collins? Will he get nine PPR points? Yes.

Yeah. Okay. Would you start Chuba Hubbard or Devante Smith? Smith. Hubbard. Okay. Start or sit DJ Moore? We're going to start him.

Starters at Robbie Anderson. No. Not if you have to. And the Panthers DST is around 12th, 12th to 15th in the rankings. How many targets did he get last week? 11. How many fantasy points did he score all year? 11.

More than 11. He had more than 11 in week one but not not much more than that yeah all right here we go giants at cowboys here are some stats i'm just gonna rattle off giants are eighth in yards per play offensively but last in red zone touchdown percentage dallas sees the fewest running back carries in the NFL. 11.5 per game. That's wild. A quarterback has thrown for 300 yards in every game

against the Cowboys. You could see a scenario where Daniel Jones is throwing a lot, moving up and down the field, and hopefully, hopefully scoring touchdowns, but it's hard for him. Giants have allowed a touchdown to a tight end in all four games, but it's usually the number two tight end. Alberto,

Ricky seals, Jones, Lee Smith, Jawan Johnson was last week. And this stat is terrifying as a former giants fan. The giants got zero quarterback hits on Jamis Winston in week four. So good luck getting to Dak Prescott. Yeah.

All right. So Daniel Jones, why is this game, and Heath should be the one answering this question because he has him the highest, but you guys can either do your Heath impression or just not answer it for him. Why is this game different than the Falcons game when last time we bought into Daniel Jones

and he had his only bad game. He had scored 15 points in that game. But, and what do you think Heath? I, I am concerned about that offensive line continuing to play well. Now, listen, they, they went into new Orleans and there were a couple of bus and the pass rush did get close to Daniel Jones, but they really did a good job protecting him. And I think that that's the the that's the whole ball of wax for daniel jones if he has time to throw he can be excellent in fantasy and i'm just not i'm not convinced that

the offensive line is going to be as good as it was last week i think they could take a step back there and that could make jones a little bit more problematic. Okay. He's running, which is obviously nice. So 27 or more rushing yards in every game this season. He has played better on the road, mostly in his career, but certainly this season than he has at home. I think you just look at what this game shapes up to be.

You know, Vegas is telling you it's going to be a high scoring affair. So hopefully the giants keep up their end of the bargain and you're seeing other guys emerge. I mean, you know, the fact that he's getting, you know, Kenny Galladay for whatever it's worth, you know, maybe he's healthy now off the injury report, looked better last week.

Kadarius Toney was more involved, looked better last week. You know, they got something out of John Ross last week. Saquon Barkley in the passing game the last two weeks. And so you're seeing, you know, guys just giving him opportunities to help. He's not a slam dunk. I think Heath is a little overly optimistic about Daniel Jones, but what he's done so far this season, it's hard to argue with because he's a top 10 fantasy quarterback on the year. And so in a game where they're probably going to have to

chase points, I think it's a good opportunity to trust him as a low-end starter, mostly in deeper leagues. My guess is that Heath sees that Brady had 35, Sam Darnold had 35, Jalen Hurts had 24, and Justin Herbert had 16, but should have had at least two more touchdowns on top of that. And he thinks that Daniel Jones can get in that neighborhood. And he might. That's why he's not a top-12

guy, but he's absolutely in the conversation and I think he's not going to be a very popular DFS option. So if you want to roll in a tournament with him and stack them with either Galladay or Tony, it'd be very popular in DFS. Do you think so? I'm not sure.

Yeah. I know he loves him in DFS. Everyone's going to start Saquon Barkley. Last thing on, on Jones. I mean, the Cowboys are making their living on interceptions and Jones has thrown one this year.

He's thrown two in his last 10 games. One of them was dropped by Evan Ingram. One of them was a Hail Mary. That is a huge, huge part of this game. Can he continue to avoid the turnovers because the Cowboys are ball hawks right now. Start Barkley. Is Kenny Galladay a must start? I kind of feel like he's going to see

a decent amount of... No, he's not a must start. He's not? Okay. He had 100 yards last week and he saw a decent amount of Lattimore he's not a must-start. He's not? Okay. He had 100 yards last week, and he saw a decent amount of Lattimore. Why is he not a must-start? For what you just said. Diggs? Okay. Yeah. That's going to be a little tough on him. Okay, would you start Devontae Smith or

Kenny Galladay? I'm just going to say, I am a Canarius Tony guy. I love him. I'm all going to say, I am a Canarius Tony guy. I love him. I'm all in, Jamie. Go Gators. I'm all in. You look great.

You shouldn't be that all in. If the other two guys are out, then he's going to be in three of my lineups, or my seasonal lineups, and DFS as well. But obviously, it's one game. You can't get too excited, but this is an opportunity. The Dallas Cowboys allow the third most fantasy points to wide receivers.

Tony's probably not going to see much of Trayvon Diggs at all. He had 78 yards on nine targets at New Orleans. So where would you rank him? Well, where do you have him ranked, assuming Shepard and Slayton are out? He is a wide receiver four in full PPR. Yeah. Okay.

I would take the safer play of Hunter Renfro. I might be willing to put him ahead of Juju and Allen Robinson, just because those guys don't seem as exciting. They don't seem to have as much upside. But Tony also, listen, if a defender can wrap his arms around Kadarius Tony and tackle him as soon as he catches those short passes, he's going to have a bad game.

You can't do that. You can't do that to Kadarius Tony. He's that good. Flipperous. I just looked it up just to wrap it up with the ownership for DFS. According to Pro Football Focus, their projected ownership, Daniel Jones is the number two quarterback on both sides for FanDuel and Drakken.

Interesting. I'm looking at the fantasy football calculator when he's not even on the list. Interesting. All right. Evan Ingram is outside your top 15, even though the Cowboys are terrible against tight ends, so you just can't trust it? Yes.

Can't trust it. Can't trust this. Dak Prescott is eighth for Jamie, eighth for Heath, sixth for Dave. Prescott or Hurts? Hurts. I think I have Hurts higher. I do not. I have Prescott higher. My bad.

Prescott or Rogers? Prescott. Prescott. All right. Start Zeke. Sit Pollard. Cooper and Lamb. what do we think Cooper in his last two games has

last three games he has no more than five targets Lamb in his last two games has a combined eight targets are they easy starts

this week or what not easy but they're still number two receivers I feel better about Lamb just based on the target volume than two receivers. I feel better about Lamb just based on the target volume than I do Cooper. I feel better about Lamb because he's healthy. I feel like Bradbury

is going to be on Cooper a lot. That's not something we should completely overlook. Bradbury's not having the same year he had last year, but Cooper, we mention this a lot, he's a guy that can get shut down by a good cornerback. I don't know. Thoughts on that,

Jamie. I think again, it comes down to who you have on your team, you know, so you can get cute and bench him and it could have worked out for you a few times in the last couple of weeks. But at some point, like you said,

Adam, these, these guys are going to go off because Prescott's volume is going to be higher. Yeah. So yeah, the giants offense scores, we're going to have, we'll see the Cowboys score as well.

And just take into account, Zeke is banged up a little bit. So I wouldn't necessarily completely dismiss Pollard as a flex play, because if the score gets lopsided, which it obviously could as well, maybe he's playing a little bit more late in the game. And then maybe they're throwing the ball a little bit more too this week. Coopers had one really great catch the last three games. It was the 35 yard touchdown last week right so uh you have a wider view of him over the last three games and

and you might be more likely to sit him cordial patterson or uh cooper patterson patterson or Lamb Patterson Debo Samuel or Cowboys receiver Deeb Debo Maybe Debo overall Definitely in PPR I'll take Debo You guys are very high on Dalton Schultz Giants allow the third most points to tight ends

And as I mentioned they've allowed a touchdown to a tight end in every game If it is Blake Jarwin, that would be just very weird. But predictable for the Giants, I guess. But yeah, alright. Start Dalton Schultz. He's 88% roster. This should be a good week for him. And the Dallas DST is

in play. They're top 12 for you guys. They're 21st for Heath because he loves Daniel Jones. They're gonna need some interceptions. And they get those. Jets at Falcons. Let's go to London. Weird stat of the game. Jets have allowed two passing touchdowns this season. I already mentioned that. Fewest in the NFL.

Not weird stat of the game. I already mentioned this. They've allowed the most receiving yards per game to running backs. That would be McCaffrey and James White. Understandable. But 33 yards to Javante Williams. Eight catches. 74 yards to Jeremy McNichols. So we can rehash that. It's one of those things that's so skewed

because think about who they faced, the Jets. They get the Titans without A.J. Brown and Julio Jones. They got the Patriots in there with their passing game being what it is. But you can draw some parallels from the Titans last week to the falcons this week 100 yeah and you can see davis being very involved in the passing game out of the back yeah or patterson falcons are tied for the league most passing touchdowns allowed

wow so which quarterback do you like better wilson or ryan they're very close for me um i i still have ryan ranked higher but it would not be a surprise if Wilson's better. I could be talked into Wilson over Ryan. I really like the way that he played in the second half last week. Ryan played better, too. They were both okay. Yeah, but Ryan not having his best receiver stinks. I think in terms of Wilson, and we're going to probably see this a lot,

it's not going to be often, but last week he had no pressure, and he was able to play free, and this week's going to be the same thing. Okay, let's go through this game here. Michael Carter's a sit. He's had one game with more than 34 total yards. Corey Davis and Jamison Crowder are more interesting here. Corey Davis or a Cowboys receiver? Still the Cowboys, but I'm very close with Davis and Cooperison Crowder are more interesting here. Corey Davis or a Cowboys receiver? Still the Cowboys, but I'm very close with Davis and Cooper in my rankings.

Yeah, I think I'm ready to put Davis ahead of Cooper. And he'll be close to Lamb. I really love this matchup for him. Atlanta's defense is rotten. Yeah, it is. Jamison Crowder is more of a number three or four, like kind of a four-ish. In PPR only. Yeah, PPR guy. Elijah Moore should be back this week, right? Yes, practicing. Should be back. Will probably work on the outside, like Jamie mentioned.

Could split time there with Keelan Cole. I wonder if they don't feel pressured to put him on the field so fast, though. And to the Falcons, yeah, I guess we could just do some mike davis ors because cordero cordero is going to be a start for a lot of people um so mike davis or deandre hopkins still hopkins yep mike davis or kenny galladay? Davis. I'll take Galladay in PPR.

Mike Davis or LaVisca Chennault? I'll take Chennault in PPR. Davis and non-Chennault in PPR. I feel like Davis has, what, 15 catches? How many catches does he have this year? He's got 16 catches this this year but he's averaging like two yards per carry yeah yeah he's 3.1 he's a long of 12 yards and if i'm going to trust a falcons player to catch passes out of the backfield it's easily going to be patterson ahead of davis

i don't know again just how many times you can line up in the backfield now right i mean what if they what if patterson's really playing wide receiver and davis yeah i don't know about that. Again, just how many times they can line up in the backfield now. Right. I mean, what if Patterson's really playing wide receiver and Davis, yeah, I don't know. It's a speculation. Then I think they're misusing him based on how they've put him on the field. But they might not have a choice. I mean, their top two receivers are out. Listen, it's not like Patterson hasn't lined up as a receiver this season.

Does he do a lot more of it in this game? Yeah, it's possible. But I bet they utilize him. Here's what I think happens is I think they give him a lot more playing time. Last week, Patterson played 30% of the snaps. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if that doubled this week because there's no Ridley. Yep.

Okay, then let me do running backs with Mike Davis. Mike Davis or Leonard Fournette? And to your point, that might mean more lining up outside if he's playing 60%. Fournette. Fournette over Davis. Mike Davis or Leonard Fournette? And to your point, that might mean more lining up outside if he's playing 60-point. Fournette over Davis. Mike Davis or Clyde Edwards-Ziller? Davis. Clyde. Clyde Davis. Zach Moss, last one.

Moss. Davis. All right, so it seems like Jamie's a little higher on Mike Davis. And then Zaccheaus is... No, I think Moss is still over Davis. All right, Moss. So Zac Jamie's a little higher on Mike Davis. And then Zaccheaus is... No, I'll take Moss over to him. All right, Moss. So Zaccheaus is a gamble here. Kadarius, Tony, or Zaccheaus?

Zaccheaus has four games with six or more targets, and he's given you 12 PPR points in three of them. He's a big play type of receiver. He's got good speed. And if he's going to get more opportunity in this matchup against the Jets defense, look, they've allowed only two touchdowns. I don't think we're sitting here telling you that they are a good pass defense.

I think they've been fortunate. I think Zaccheaus can wind his way to a decent wide receiver three type of game. And I think he'll be extremely popular in the single game DFS format for the London. I'll take Tony in PPR, Zaccheaus in none. Okay. And would you start... Oh, Kyle Pitts. Kyle Pitts. Like him or love him this week without Ridley?

Just like. Like him more. Are you going Goddard and Ertz over Pitts? I think I asked you that, didn't I? You did. Okay. My bad. Are you going... I probably ask you this too gosicki or pits uh i'll start gosicki over pits in ppr i'll take pits and non-ppr um this is going to be the game where pits has a breakout performance and we're going to say next week next game he struggles

and we're going to say he's only going to play well, not in America. I hope you're right. We've been waiting for that big game from Kyle Pitts for a while. Kadarius Tony is better than Kyle Pitts. Go Gators. Miami at Tampa Bay. All right, we got three games left and we already start-o-metered them

so you can check that out earlier in the show. The Giants had all three available on draft day. We know you were pissed about Devontae Smith going to the Eagles. Oh, yeah. If it was Pitts, Tony, and Smith, you would have gone Smith, Tony Pitts? No. At 10? No, I'm just kidding about

that. I would have taken Smith over Pitts. Nah, I would have taken Pitts because Smith is so small, but yeah, you know I love Devontae Smith. The guy's awesome. All right, Miami at Tampa Bay. You know, the stat of the game is about these two teams against tight ends.

Five tight ends have had five to six targets against the Bucs, and they have all scored double-digit PPR fantasy points. They were Schultz, Pitts, Higby, Henry, and Jonu Smith. So Gasicki's had at least six targets in three games with Brissette. Based on what that means against the Bucs, it should mean double-digit PPR fantasy points. Yeah, Winfield's now out. Carlton Davis is on IR.

This is just a mess for them. What's Rondé Barber up to these days? Maybe they can get John Lynch to come out of the front office of San Francisco and play. There you go. It's hard not to say Gusecki's... It's hard to say Gusecki's not a must start tight end at this point you know just based on

the matchup and the opportunities that he's getting so it's and no fuller you know I mean that's always been the case to them when somebody's missing he plays better so everything is kind of you know opening up for him to trust him whether he delivers that's another question because of Jacoby Brissett but

you've seen enough of a sample size with Brissett there that it's working for Gusecki. Yeah, and on the other end. He has the second most targets among tight ends over the last two weeks. Brissett's thrown to him 24 times, 18 catches, 184 yards, one touchdown. He leads the Dolphins in all those categories from Brissett. He should have had a second touchdown. Parker's touchdown was really, I think, for Gusecki.

Yeah. Yeah. And Cameron Braid, on the other hand, this is not so bad either if you're desperate. He's had five to six targets in two straight games, and there have been three tight ends who have had five to seven targets against the Dolphins, and they all scored nine or more PPR fantasy points.

I think if you bought into Braid last week, I would just kind of overlook that game because the weather. I think if you bought into Bray last week, I would just kind of overlook that game because the weather, I think, was a big problem for how they threw the ball. And this is a much better matchup. Do you have a couple of young targets in that game?

We may have. Let me get through this. We're not starting Brissette. We're not starting a Dolphins running back. You guys like Waddle a little bit better than Parker. I would go Parker over Waddle in non-PPR. Okay, yeah, I was going to say in PPR. But they're number three, number four kind of guys. And all three of the Bucs wide receivers are ahead of them, right?

Yes. Okay, any hesitation at all on Tom Brady? This is one I forgot to look up but don't former belichick assistants have a decent track record against brady and you can bet your bottom dollar that the dolphins will try and emulate the game plan that the patriots did and play a lot of coverage to try and contain brady and i i don't know how well that's going to work, but I would be a tad nervous. Like, Brady's not a top three fantasy quarterback.

The receivers are not top 10 fantasy receivers. You're probably in a position where you can't get away from Godwin, Evans, or Brady. I'm not sitting here saying that they're absolutely going to be disgustingly bad, but I do think that you will see some sort of replication from the dolphins to try and contain Brady like the Patriots did. And they've held Josh Allen to 20 points, Derek Carr to 25 points on 43 pass

attempts. Allen could have had a much bigger game, but you guys do have Tom Brady in the top five, so we're not that worried. Hopefully a nice bounce back for him. Fournette is the start of the week, and he's top 16 in non-PPR. He's top 18 in full PPR. He has three to five catches in every game.

Is there anything that scares you, Jamie, about Fournette? The matchup is great, obviously. Yes, it's Leonard Fournette. All right, but he's a start this week i mean he's he's dominated snaps for this team you know i know ronald jones had the rushing touchdown last week that was unfortunate uh but that was impressive you know that they gave him 20 carries he's still even if geo plays i still think he leads them in receptions out of that spot uh as dave said i think that's a a great point of they will try and make them run slow the game down

and and you know dare brady to be patient uh bruce arians to be patient which we know that they don't love to do so you know this run defense has been bad i mean you know they've already given up 300 yard rushing performances they've given up four guys going over 90 total yards they've given up six touchdowns on the ground so i think for that gets his first touchdown whatever he does on top of that is going to be fun. I don't think he's going to be under 50 total yards. So he's a number two running back that you should feel comfortable about this week.

How many of the Bucs receivers would you start over Fournette? None. You'd start Fournette over every Bucs receiver? Yeah, this week I would. Wow. Okay. Yeah, I don't have to think that way. How about you? What's your answer?

Oh, it would be Godwin and Evans in PPR ahead of Fournette. And Tampa Bay's DST is top two. Detroit at Minnesota. Minnesota's run defense has been so bad, but if Anthony Barr plays, that should help. I know I talk about these guys all the time. Well, I just read this. There was an article on ESPN about their run defense has been so bad, but if Anthony Barr plays, that should help. I know I talk about this guy all the time. Well, I just read this. There was an article on ESPN

about their run defense, and it just so happened to mention that Nick Vigil has been one of the very worst linebackers in football against the run. He's been that way for a while, unfortunately.

Anthony Barr. His offensive line's a mess, too, for Detroit. Yes, it is. Well, is he still going to play or what? Because Anthony Lynn said that he wasn't going to practice,

and then I think he was out there practicing, wasn't he? He did, yes. But we'll see how healthy he is. Losing Ragnow is a big deal. He's one of the best centers in the league. The other injury to keep an eye on for Minnesota is Michael Pierce, their defensive tackle. He has an elbow injury.

But if he plays and Barr plays, this might actually be a tough matchup for the Detroit running backs. You're not going to start Jared Goff. He's 19 or more fantasy points in three or four games, so at least you get the garbage time stuff. But DeAndre Swift or Leonard Fournette? I'm going to make the change and go Fournette over Swift.

And Dave, you're Swift? Well, not when I run, but yes. But when you're looking up man coverage stats, very Swift. Oh, yeah. You better believe it. Jamal Williams, start or sit? I would stay away. Yeah, I'd make the case against him, too.

I think the Vikings Vikings run defensive bar plays will certainly be a little bit stronger. And if they're trailing a lot in this game, then you're hoping for a touchdown from Williams. My guess is that we see Swift play significantly more snaps. All righty. Quintez Cephas, or I mean, you have Raymond as your highest ranked Detroit wide receiver? I do.

Yes. Alright. Is he a top 40 receiver? Top 40? No. Okay. I'd have to double-check, but I think he's sort of in that range. Just as a... What the heck? No, he's outside of my top 50 at receiver. He's

small, very fast, doesn't have the best hands. Last week was just a really good game for him. If they're trailing against Minnesota, he'll have a chance to score. I don't think he's going to get two. Does anybody love Raymond? Okay.

Thank you, Jamie. TJ Hawkinson. I'm good. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't hear you laugh. You're laughing at my Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joke. Maybe because it's not very timely anymore. When did you make a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joke. Maybe because it's not very timely anymore. When did you make a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joke? When I said Frank Ragnar was one of the best centers in the league

right up until the beginning. I didn't hear that. That was really good. Thank you. Hawkinson or Schultz? Hawkinson. Schultz for Dave, Hawkinson for Jamie. Hawkinson or Goddard?

Hawkinson. All right, start Hawkinson. He's top seven. Uh, Hockinson. Schultz for Dave, Hockinson for Jamie, Hockinson or Goddard? Hock. Hockinson. All right. Start Hockinson. Uh, he's top seven. Kirk Cousins is top 13. He's 10th for Jamie,

13th for Dave, 12th for Heath. And yeah, he's Kirk Cousins. He owns this team. My goodness. Yeah. He's had some,

he has had some huge games. I think it's, uh, his last five against him. It's like 1400 plus400-plus passing yards, 14 total touchdowns, and no interceptions. Wow. Yeah, and they're not good.

It's stunning that a quarterback's got that kind of track record against the Detroit Lions. That's good, even against Detroit. Whoever's starting at running back for Minnesota, you're going to start. You're going to go with both wide receivers. You're not going to go with Conklin, so I'll just finish up.

Trey Lance or Kirk Cousins? Cousins. Cousins. Cousins or Darnold? Cousins. I think I have Darnold ranked higher. All right. Minnesota's DST is in play.

Eighth for Jamie, seventh for Dave, twelfth for Heath. Final game is New Orleans at Washington. And the stat of the game, the Saints are 9th best against running backs. They give up 2.86 yards per carry to running backs. And Gibson isn't always involved in the passing game. So, you know, is he a slam dunk, Dave Antonio Gibson?

I think you have to use him just because the usage is going to be good for him. He plays two-thirds of the snaps for Washington. He doesn't get a ton of catches. That frustrates us, but we've seen some upside from him. He scored each of the last two weeks. There was the fluky catch and run two games ago. Last week was a little bit more believable.

And just as far as the running back landscape goes, not a lot of guys that can get you over 15 touches per game. I think he's one of them. And the matchup's not easy, but I still think Gibson's a good number two option. I think McKissick's a great DFS play. You got Gibson banged up. So he's been limited in practice.

Didn't practice on Wednesday, limited on Thursday. He's going to play. At least that's the hope. But McKissick is going to be their guy when they're chasing points, and I think they're chasing points this week. Well, that's the question. McKissick's best game is the Giants game. The Giants put up a ton of points. The Falcons put up a ton of points.

Most teams do against Washington, but can the Saints? I don't think they're down two touchdowns, but I think they're down probably one score, and we know Gibson's not going to be on the field late in the fourth quarter, if that's the case. You might be surprised to know, by the way, because everybody thinks, oh gosh, the pass defense

has been so bad for Washington. It has been, but it's because of attempts, more so than anything. I think they're like 15th, 17th in yards per attempt allowed, but their run defense is really good. So the teams are throwing all over them,

but the Saints, they throw 23 times a game, basically. So this will be an interesting matchup here. Can the Saints stick to the run with Alvin Kamara? You got to figure they're going to throw the ball to Kamara this week after no targets last week. It's another squeaky wheel situation. Sean Payton is too good at that. Yeah.

Is Kamara the only Saint you're starting? Yes. Yeah. And the DSD. Heineke is a top 20 guy. He's around 20th. And yeah, we talked about Gibson. More on Gibson real quick here. I didn't call him a

moron. Just more information on Gibson. Gibson or Damian Williams? I've got Gibson rated ahead of Williams. Yeah. I might go Gibson rated ahead of Williams. Yeah. I might go with Williams and PPR. Yeah.

How about Curtis Samuel? Any interest in Curtis Samuel? I saw a report that says he might not play. Oh no. That would be bad. Yeah. Check the practice report today. I would not be surprised if he's out.

And so. Yeah. Heineke down Logan Thomas and down samuel could be bad for them but maybe it's good for antonio gibson and he's involved more in the passing game so that'd be a hope i i was about to say it could be really good for mckissick actually yeah it's another reason i like mckissick too yeah groovy all right mclaurin's a stud start terry mclaurin and which dST do you like better? Saints. Almost positive I have the Saints rated higher. You do. But Heath doesn't.

That's it for the show. I want Washington's DST to be good. Sorry to blow your ears out like that. It's so frustrating how bad they've been. Yeah. I want to see. Let me just see here.

Are they just seeing a lot of plays? Is that the problem here? Let me see. They're not getting pressure. Yeah, exactly. Okay, there are two teams in the NFL who have seen more plays run against them than the football team. Do you know which football teams have seen more plays on defense

than the main football team? The Bucs? This is a very easy question. The Texans? No, the Seahawks and the Rams. Oh, come on. Well, so they've probably seen the most plays per game.

They don't get off the field because they can't get to the quarterback. That's true, but they're only 11th worse in yards per play. So it's kind of an interesting perspective there. All right, everybody. We're out of here. Thank you to Jamie. Thank you today. Remember, 9 a.m. Eastern on Sunday,

CBS Sports HQ. We also have the Mailbag Show coming up on Saturday. You can see it on Friday on YouTube. Are you going to change your clothes for the Mailbag Show? Yeah, I am because I have to be on HQ for the Mailbag Show. Oh, that's right.

You'll be dressed up. You'll be fancy. Yeah, I am because I have to be on HQ for the mailbag show. You'll be dressed up. You'll be fancy. Yeah, I got to shave. I got to shave. Lame. That's Jamie. I'm Dave. Bye.

Just goodbye. Bye.