Fantasy Football Today - Week 3 Start or Sit! Cam Akers, Tee Higgins, TE Replacements and More (09/22 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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Starting point is 00:00:32 3 on FFT Express. Good morning, everybody. I apologize for the sound of my voice. It's a little bit of woke up a half hour ago and a little bit of got a bad cough and my throat is hurting. But we're going to be fine by 1130. We'll see you at 1130 for our start or sit episode on YouTube dot com slash fantasy football today. 1130 a.m. Eastern. We'll see you again tonight at 8 p.m. ish for the wrap up of week three. All right, Heath. Let's start with the quarterbacks where Jordan Love is unlikely to play. It seems seems according to

Starting point is 00:01:05 reports and Justin Herbert is a game time decision and thankfully these are both one o'clock games Jordan Love at Tennessee Justin Herbert at Pittsburgh so let's start with the Packers not expecting Jordan Love any Packer that you're that you're excited to start? I'm starting Josh Jacobs. He's a borderline RB1, definitely a top 15 running back in all formats. And that is it. Jaden Reed goes right back to the bench. Christian Watson goes right back to the bench. I don't want to start Malik Willis, even in two QB leagues. Okay. And then for the chargers, you know, I'm going to be optimistic and say Herbert plays like, let's give me the scenario with Herbert play. It probably doesn't matter. Um, there's, I'm starting JK Dobbins and I don't have another charger in my

Starting point is 00:01:58 top 36 at wide receiver or running back lad McConkie and Quentin Johnston are guys that I want to stash. I would start those guys, um, over the Packers, but I really hope that I don't have to. Yeah. Well, I'll tell you this. I mean, I'm starting lad McConkie in a league because, uh, you know, AJ Brown, Puka Nakua are out for me, but if Easton stick is starting, I am not starting. I'll start Tajay Spears over him, and Dick is no. All right, let's go to the running back news. Joe Mixon and Damian Pierce out. Where do you have Cam Akers?

Starting point is 00:02:32 So he projects as a low-end RB2. I'm a little bit nervous about it, so I've moved him a little lower in the rankings. He is right at the borderline of an RB2 and a flex, which is the Zamir white portion of the rankings. I would start him over. Um, I'd start them over Zach Moss. I'd start them over Najee. I'd start them over Devin Singletary, but I would rather start David Montgomery or Zamir white or Brian Robinson than cam makers. Raheem most start out at Seattle this week. Any interest in Jeff Wilson or Jalen Wright?

Starting point is 00:03:07 No. After what we saw last week, I'm just assuming it's going to be all of the Devon HN. You probably want to stash both Wilson and Wright just in case, but I don't want to start either one of them. Kareem Hunt not activated for the game at Atlanta tonight. So where did you end up on the Chiefs backfield? Carson Steele over Samaj AP Ryan.

Starting point is 00:03:30 Both are flexes. Both are behind all of the running backs that I was just talking about in the Cam Akers discussion. Okay. And Tank Bigsby is questionable. And T. Higgins is going to play. We're going to get a lot of questions, I think, about T. Higgins this morning. So are you high on T. Higgins is going to play. We're going to get a lot of questions, I think, about T. Higgins this morning. So are you high on T. Higgins? He is a top 24 wide receiver for me.

Starting point is 00:03:50 A little bit lower than I was in draft season. But for the most part, especially when we've lost like half a dozen wide receivers anyway, they basically said he was fine yesterday. He's playing the worst pass defense in the universe. I'm probably starting T Higgins. All right, let's go. Michael Pittman's going to play with a back issue. I do not

Starting point is 00:04:11 really want to start Michael Pittman. And then tight ends. George Kittle's out. Taysom Hill is doubtful. Evan Ingram is out. I need a tight end. Where am I going on the waiver wire? I'll probably just go back to the worst pass defense in the universe and start Mike Gacicki. Even with T Higgins back, I think he's the best option if he's not available. I mean, you gotta lower your expectations because our favorite option was Hunter Henry, who scored

Starting point is 00:04:33 two fantasy points. Um, so like we're not getting great production out of a streaming tight end. We're not getting great production out of a tight end. We drafted in round five. Yeah, absolutely. I'm going to read some questions in a minute. Last note here is that Tampa Bay defensive tackles, Kalijah Cansey and Vita Vare are both out. They're facing the Broncos. Did you boost Javante Williams? I have not.

Starting point is 00:05:01 He's a high, high inflex. Right in the Zamir White, Cam Akers mix, but just behind those guys. Is that a West Coast to East Coast trip? Does that count? Denver to Tampa Bay? Yeah. You think so? Denver, you know, it's close.

Starting point is 00:05:18 And Tampa's on the west side of Florida, which is basically the Midwest. It's the West Coast. You know, West Coast to West Coast. All right, we'll take a break. Yeah, Midwest to West Coast. Let's take a break here and come back and answer your questions on Fantasy Football Today Express. Did you know 66% of utility damage is caused by not requesting a locate? Don't let your project become part of this statistic.

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Starting point is 00:05:56 It's the law. Data sourced from the ORCGA 2023 Dirt Report. All right, here we go. We're back, and you've got a lot of questions. So Dalton Kincaid or Brendan Strange? Dalton Kincaid. Amari Cooper or Cam Akers in PPR? I can't believe I laughed that hard at that.

Starting point is 00:06:17 Now it's definitely going to be Brendan Strange. Amari Cooper. Superflex, am I crazy to start any of the following over Trevor Lawrence? Yes. Waddle, Gervonta, Moss, and Steele. Okay. Jalen Waddle, Curtis Samuel, Brandon Cooks. Pick one.

Starting point is 00:06:36 I would go. Do I have Cooks higher? I am not excited about Waddle. He's a right around wide receiver. 40 for me. I would still start him over Brandon cooks. Okay. Javante Williams,

Starting point is 00:06:50 lad McConkie, Juwan. I'm sorry. We should talk about Juwan joining Juwan Jennings, Darnell Mooney pick two. I am not super excited about Juwan Jennings. I expect, especially with all the injuries,

Starting point is 00:07:00 the Rams have that San Francisco is just going to be a more run heavy approach. Jordan Mason's going to smash Brandon. Iuk's going to see all of the targets. Jennings is a fine desperation flex, but I would start Javante and Ladd. If Herbert's out, then it'd be Javante and Mooney. I thought you were going to say Mooney anyway, but okay. Super flex, Justin Herbert, Andy Dalton, Samaje P. Ryan, or Devin Singletary?

Starting point is 00:07:27 So start one of the quarterbacks. If Herbert's active, start him. If he's not, start Dalton. This is a tough one. I can't believe you have to make this decision. Higgins or James Connor? Man, doesn't your team have any injuries? Yeah, I think this is

Starting point is 00:07:41 projections-wise, they're very... I have Connor projected higher, too, so it's easy. Conor. Okay. Cam Akers, Carson Steele, Tank Dell, or Jerome Ford? I will go with Jerome Ford. Okay. Start two and half PPR.

Starting point is 00:08:01 J.K. Dobbins, Javante Williams, Shahid Etienne. Half PPR, I'd go ETN and Dobbins Rich says standard which running back should I start that's just that's the whole question yeah so in a non PPR league I would like to start Jordan Mason and

Starting point is 00:08:22 Saquon Barkley are those your top two running backs yes Jordan Mason that's amazing I Barkley. Are those your top two running backs? Yes. Jordan Mason. That's amazing. All right. I need to trade in half PPR. That's too much for right now. Sorry.

Starting point is 00:08:36 Chuba Hubbard or Deontay Johnson. Wow, man. I can't believe you did that to that guy. Let's see. This is a good one because they're on the same team. Even Chuba. I've got a 10.68 dionte i've got at 11.27 we're going to dionte johnson okay i ryan i would trade any of jefferson cup i would trade any of your wide receivers straight up for breeze hall i could try that if that gets but he's already played this week so you're probably

Starting point is 00:09:03 not going to be able to get that deal done. So I'd go with Gibbs. Yeah, but I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't trade Trade Cup for Gibbs. I'd trade Jefferson or Rice for Gibbs. I wouldn't trade St. Brown. I think Rice for Gibbs makes a lot of sense. Half PPR, though. I don't even know if I'd do that. Alright.

Starting point is 00:09:21 Alright. Sit 1. A-Chan, Gibbs, Mason, Jacobs. PPR. that uh all right well all right uh sit one a chan gibbs mason jacobs ppr i definitely sitting jacobs here jacobs didn't have a single target last week only 15 pass attempts for uh malik willis and this is a much much tougher run defense than he faced so yeah i'm sitting jacobs but he's still a top 12 guy for me yeah right i mean you have to have good options to sit Jacobs. All right, one more. Should I trade Drake London for Derek Henry?

Starting point is 00:09:50 Two of your favorites. Yeah, you're asking the wrong guy here probably, but yeah, sure. I would do that. I think Henry's probably gone from very overrated to a little underrated at this point. And London doesn't seem to have moved at all. Most people find so. That's true. All right.

Starting point is 00:10:07 Thanks, everybody. We'll talk to you at 11.30 a.m. Eastern. Also, you can watch CBS Sports HQ at 10 Eastern for some fantasy advice. And have a great day

Starting point is 00:10:16 and good luck in week three.

Fantasy Football Today - Week 3 Start or Sit! Cam Akers, Tee Higgins, TE Replacements and More (09/22 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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