Fantasy Football Today - Week 4 NFL DFS Main Slate -- Why you're FADING Eagles QB Jalen Hurts in your main slate| Daily Fantasy Advice
Episode Date: September 30, 2023Join our Week 4 DFS game Sia Nejad and Mike McClure prepare you for week 4 of the NFL DFS Slate! (00:00) - Start (02:00) - Falcons (+3) at Jaguars (43) (5:00)- Dolphins (+2.5) at Bills (54) (08:06) ...- Commanders (+8) at Eagles (43.5) (11:25) - Ravens (+3) at Browns (40.5) (13:48) - Bengals (-2.5) at Titans (40.5) (18:38) - Broncos (-3.5) at Bears (45.5) (23:50) -Buccaneers (+3.5) at Saints (40.5) (25:42) - Rams (-1.5) at Colts (47) (31:26) - Raiders (+5.5) at Chargers (48.5) (39:27) - Cardinals (+14) at 49ers (44) (43:05) - Patriots (+6.5) at Cowboys (43) (45:19) - Mike’s Top 3 (50:51) - Mike’s Cheat Sheet (52:41) - Vikings/Panthers (54:44) - Houston/Pittsburgh SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dynasty/id1696679179 SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHlmMJw1m8FareKybdNfG?si=8487e2f9611b4438&nd=1 'Fantasy Football Today DFS' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our FFT DFS team on Twitter: @FFToday, @Mike5754 @SiaNejad Watch FFT DFS 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 DFS 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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Welcome, everybody, to Fantasy Football Today, DFS.
My name is Sina Jad. Of course, I'm joined by Mike McCorn.
Mike, you're not in the friendly confines of your penthouse in downtown Nashville.
I mean, quick update.
When do you get back home?
How are things going for you right now?
Well, I've been hotel living.
I'm actually in the Nashville office right now, though. I came in.
I've been doing some shows in the studio here.
Grabbed a little office to get this one recorded.
But I'm hopeful that I can be back in my place on Sunday, which would be the 14 day mark.
We'll see. We got a relatively positive update last night. They had 27 floors to test. 19 of
the 27 have passed. We're still waiting on all of them to pass before they can repower the building,
but we are hopeful we'll be back in
for Sunday. Wow. So it's been an interesting couple of weeks for you, Mike. Thank you. Listen,
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All right, Mike, what do you say we get started with the week four main slate?
I'm ready to jump into it. So yeah, I think there's a few very interesting matchups this week.
Me too. There's so many, honestly, it's going to be – this feels like a harder slate, I think,
for just the layperson, the average,
because there's so many different games to choose from
and so many expensive players to choose from.
So you're going to have to sort of take your stand somewhere.
And so I'm really curious to see where you're at with that.
And by the way, if you are watching us on YouTube, the link to the contest, our guy, our producer behind the ones and twos behind the screen, Nada, he actually has put it in the YouTube comments.
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So that's great. Good job, Nada.
OK, let's start with Falcons plus three at the Jaguars.
I don't think this one has a ton of appeal.
You know, obviously, the Trevor Lawrence experience so far hasn't been great,
at least not this year.
Calvin Ridley, we've seen him drop some balls.
Etienne's gotten a lot of production, a lot of work.
So that's interesting.
I don't know that in a 43-point total, people really want to get big pieces
of this game.
Bajon Robinson probably not going to be super popular.
Is this a game you're just taking a pass on, or is there somebody interesting in this game you want to get big pieces of this game. Bajon Robinson probably not going to be super popular.
Is this a game you're just taking a pass on,
or is there somebody interesting in this game you want to play?
Yeah, I'm mostly taking a pass on it.
You know, when I run lineups and everything,
I try to generate 50 to 100 lineups at a time and just generally get a sense to see, like,
what kind of exposure do I have to this game overall?
Is it, like, multiple players?
Is there one player that's sneaking in? Things like that. I think the only thing that we can talk about here, a couple of
things really. Number one, this is a game that's in London, right? Wembley Stadium. And then the
other thing to consider here is Zay Jones has been ruled out. Obviously not the number one wide
receiver in town, but certainly someone that can flash
and have decent games at times. So that is going to be interesting. The guy that's filled in for
him at times, Jamal Agnew, also potentially not going to play questionable with a quad.
We saw at times he had some big play upside. He's very, very fast. So something to monitor there.
I don't think that there's an
obvious plug and play because of the way this offense runs. But Zay Jones is out. And just
note that this game is a neutral site game, but the Jags are the one team you can still call a
home game for because they do have a pretty good fan base over there. Yeah. And I should apologize
because I wanted to point this out kind of as a singular game, because Mike, this isn't on the main slate, right? This is more of a showdown opportunity.
So yeah, my bad on that to the extent people want to play showdown here. I mean, is, is like,
I mean, I think Etienne is, is probably in play here. I mean, from a production standpoint,
he's also running a lot of routes, Atlanta allowing 4.2 yards per carry. And I don't think
we need to have a huge discussion here, but I think Etienne would be somebody I'd want to make sure I had in my lineup. Is that, does that sound good to you,
Mike? Yeah, no, I think it sounds pretty good there. And I will admit that would be why when
I ran 50 to a hundred lineups that I didn't get any Jaguars and Falcons in my lineup. So thanks
for pointing out that this one's not on the main slate for me. It makes a ton of sense.
Yeah. And so I, and I should have prefaced the game with that
because I did want to just kind of point it out
that it is a singular game.
You can play if you want to,
if you want to get some showdown experience
on a Saturday morning.
So my apologies there.
The main slate does actually begin
with Dolphins plus two and a half at the Bills,
a 54-point total.
Obviously, Mike, this is a game
people are going to probably want to get aggressive with.
The problem is everybody's really expensive and there's other games to go to.
So I'm just curious, are you going to have a lot of shares in this game?
Is this a preferred stack, whether it be Josh Allen to Diggs or somebody else or Tua to Tyreek?
Or are you not stacking it and maybe just grabbing a piece or two?
Obviously, Mostert and HN are in this conversation too.
There's just so many pieces, including James Obviously, Mostert and A-Chan are in this conversation too.
There's just so many pieces, including James Cook,
Jalen Waddell coming back.
How are you dealing with this game at a 54-point total?
Yeah, it's very interesting.
I think that it's too expensive to really go out and stack it unless we get a lot more value that opens up over the next 48 hours.
When I'm looking at this, I have a ton of interest in Tyree Kill.
I think that everyone probably has a ton of interest in Tyree Kill. I think that everyone
probably has a ton of interest in Tyree Kill. The guy is absolutely incredible. They're able to get
the ball to him. I think that continues. And I think that they're going to find themselves in
an incredibly competitive game here. I think that people looking at this game would probably be a
little stunned to see the line on this game. They might expect Miami to maybe be favored after what
we've seen so far from both teams
and really the strength of the competition
at quarterback that the Bills have faced so far.
But I love Tyreek Hill.
I'll be jamming him in pretty much everywhere.
But when I'm doing something like that,
I'm not really getting to a lot of the other pieces.
So for me, it's Tyreek Hill.
If you want to take a shot on Stefan Diggs,
I think that's fine.
I think the game script's probably going to be there for him.
But the only other players that I have interest in are the tight ends.
Just high scoring game environment, a lot of passing volume on both sides.
So Dermot Smythe is someone that I liked a lot last week,
would have won a lot of money.
I had a great week last week,
but I would have won a lot more money if he had had anything really.
But he is on the field for nearly every single snap this season.
That is definitely what you're looking for at the tight end position.
So I like him, $3,000.
And then if you want to take a shot on the Buffalo tight ends,
I think that's fine too.
Yeah, absolutely.
JK, I see a question in here about Javante Williams.
It's related to FanDuel, but that's fine.
We are going to get to that Denver game.
I do think Javante Williams is at least interesting
in a potential blow-up spot for him,
maybe an initial blow-up spot.
I mean, we're seeing him kind of ramp up with practice.
And if the game script is right, Javante Williams is going to get a lot of carries.
So we'll get to that in a little bit.
But I think I agree with you, Mike.
I think I'm probably on Tyreek if I can get there, and then I'm kind of out of this game.
I don't think I want to deal with the Mostert-A-Chan experience.
I mean, just like it looks like they're going to be like splitting carries,
and I don't think we can expect what we saw last week.
But listen, that doesn't mean they're not going to do great.
I just don't think I'm getting there with him or with them.
I will say that if you wanted to do the Josh Allen dig stack,
it's about as expensive as the Tua to Tyreek stack.
So, you know, do that with i mean honestly
i'd probably want to be on the on the two side of that but i mike i kind of agree with you i think
i'm going to be stacking other games which which has me just taking pieces of this game but i
certainly wouldn't argue with anybody who wanted to stack it an argument i might make against
somebody who wanted to stack this game this next game commanders plus eight against the eagles 43
and a half point total.
I'm not in love with any stacks here, but I do,
listen, I think a Jalen Hurts stack really anytime is fine,
but I don't think I'm doing it here in this lower total.
I'm interested in DeAndre Swift here at 5,700 on DraftKings.
I'm interested in nobody on the Commander side.
How are you feeling about this one?
Yeah, I'm mostly off of this game.
I get the interest in Swift.
I think there are just a ton of running backs you could play.
So I have no issue with it.
I think the beauty of this week is there's so many running backs in that kind of price range that no one's really going to carry that significant ownership.
They're all going to be owned for sure.
So I don't mind Swift call it at all.
I could take a shot a little bit with Dallas Goddard if you need a tight end. Again, a position that's relatively weak overall on this slate. Again, we don't get Travis Kelsey here. They're
not on the main slate. So the tight end position overall takes a pretty big hit. So if you want to
bet on the Eagles, a team that should be winning here, I don't mind that. But overall, I'm mostly off of this game other than I think you could take some shots with,
frankly, either defense. Yeah, I totally agree there. I mean, I honestly, I feel like the
commander's defense just isn't there yet against an Eagles type offense, but you're certainly
getting a discount with that defense. One thing I wanted to go back to this Bills game real quick.
I wanted to just point something out, and I think it's relevant. The Bills so far this year, they faced
Zach Wilson, Jimmy Garoppolo, and Sam Howell. So to the extent you've seen either of those,
any of those teams move the ball, and we saw spurts where Jimmy G, at least early in that
game, was moving the ball at least a little bit. Sam Howell was moving the ball and then throwing
interceptions, you know, basically every single drive in the week three game
against the Bills.
But I just wanted to point that out because they haven't faced an offense
even close, even close to the caliber of the Miami Dolphins.
So it is potentially a blow-up spot there for two, in my opinion.
Mike, I wanted to ask you, the line here is like two and a half, three.
Do you have a play on this game?
Do you like either side here?
I don't have a play on it.
I do still give Buffalo a pretty big home field advantage overall.
So that's why it is where it is.
However, I wouldn't shock me if Miami ends up just being really,
really good.
It comes down to the health of Tua,
and Tyreek Hill is frankly playing out of his mind right now.
He's playing so, so good. down to the the health of tua and tyree kill is frankly playing out of his mind right now uh he's
playing so so good it's actually been fun to watch if you're scrolling over on social media today i
saw a uh a post about how the 54 yard touchdown that tyree kill scored he ran the wrong route on
that play yes it was a total busted play uh and pure adjustment on both ends, quarterback and receiver.
Absolutely incredible.
Yeah.
What's really funny about that.
I saw that clip.
And then I saw another clip where they were on like the six or seven yard
line against the Broncos.
They were already like kind of blowing them out and they were talking about
what celebration they weren't doing it in a cocky way.
They were talking about what celebration touchdown celebration dance they
were going to do before they even scored.
And they were just talking about it very matter of factly like, when we score, let's do this one.
And then, of course, on the next play, they score and they do the orchestrated touchdown dance.
So I just, this team is really good if they stay healthy, like, watch out.
Speaking of not staying healthy, Ravens plus three at the Browns.
The Ravens really kind of ravaged with injuries as usual.
This is just a tough luck team when it comes to injuries.
He's at the running back position, but defensively really injured as well.
You know, the Jerome Ford experience, I guess it went okay.
He caught that touchdown pass last week, but now he's been priced up a little bit.
He's at 5,400.
I don't know that I want to get involved in this game.
I know a lot of sharp people that are on the under in this game,
which right now it stands at around 40 and a half. So I'm not expecting a lot of points. I think the Browns
defense is interesting in this one, but I'm not really looking at any like skill position players
here. How about you, Mike? Yeah, very much in line with you there. You know, we'll get to a little
top three at every position. Sometimes I put the defenses, sometimes I don't. The Browns defense
are definitely in my player pool. So that's certainly where I would be. If you want to play one of the running backs,
I think that's fine. Honestly, it sounds crazy because of the injuries. It's a limited
participation. It's a shoulder injury for Deshaun Watson. That makes me a little cautious on some
of his rushing. However, to me, this projects as a game, especially when you've got a mobile quarterback on the other side.
That's where you see some of these mobile quarterbacks kind of, oh, yeah, I can run, too.
I used to be able to do that. Right. That happens a little bit more in these kind of matchups.
There's a strong correlation with a running quarterback and the team's defense.
So if you like Deshaun Watson like I do, I think he's fine at 6K. I think he's got
a floor near 18 to 20 points and he's got 30 point upside if he gets the rushing touchdown.
It's just, again, a matter of how does that shoulder feel in the running game for him.
But to me, this projects as a game where Watson could be a decent quarterback option at just 6K.
Yeah, very, very interesting there speaking of of rushing quarterbacks uh
we're gonna get to another one in a couple games that i'm really intrigued by uh that's justin
fields we're not gonna do that next but we're gonna do that really soon um i got an afternoon
slate story to tell you micah about that from from week three but before we get to any of those games
uh let's hear a message from our partners we are back here on on FFT DFS. Let's move to another game.
Listen, we're going to get to more exciting games, but there's a, you know, this game is,
is kind of like Ravens Browns where I don't have a ton of interest, but Mike, you might have a ton
of interest based on a couple of things I've seen from you. We've got the, we got the Bengals minus
two and a half at the Titans. This is another lower total 40 and a half. Now I look at this
game and I think, all right, you know, I could go to Joe
Burrow. He looked okay, at least in the second half last week, but I was pretty nervous about
how he was kind of planting his foot. But then again, he just hit Jamar Chase like every single
time and Jamar Chase caught everything. Is that a stack that might be worthy of playing? And is
this a situation where you'd run it back with anything or are you just moving on from this game
too? I love this game.
I love the Burrow stack.
You could play it with Jamar Chase.
You could play it with Tee Higgins.
I will likely have it double stacked.
There's one thing about this Titans team.
Their secondary is absolutely atrocious,
and Jamar Chase and Joe Burrow,
they did get back on the same page in the last game.
He was on the same page with Tee Higgins too, if you watch the game. Tee last game. He was on the same page with T. Higgins, too, if you watch the game.
T. Higgins was not on the same page with T. Higgins.
T. Higgins had some awful drops in that game, even left to go to the locker room at one point.
I don't know if it was more mental than physical in terms of just needing to take a break for a second.
But I think he bounces back in a big way.
I love this matchup for Cincinnati.
But when you look at Joe Burrow,
yes, he's been a little banged up. The mobility is a little bit of an issue. However, he threw
the football in that game 49 times. He threw it 41 times against the Baltimore Ravens. He's $6,500,
just the ninth most expensive quarterback. Jamar Chase isn't even $8,000. This is the cheapest you will see this particular combo of players.
They are still one of the best tandems in the NFL.
The Titans defense, again, absolutely atrocious in the secondary.
I think that Joe Burrow, again, if we can project anywhere near 49 attempts,
again, he threw the ball 49 times, 259 yards in a game that still was kind of awful, right?
That fantasy point performance can be a 30-point game very, very easily
if Joe Mixon isn't the one running the football into the end zone
from the four-yard line.
I think that there's a big breakout game here coming.
And, again, I think this is the lowest you will see the combo
of Joe Burrow and Jamar Chase together.
And speaking of low, I can't imagine,
especially when you're looking at this total
and people know that Joe Burrow is kind of banged up here,
I can't imagine his ownership is super high.
And frankly, I wouldn't think Jamar Chase's would be super high too
considering there's so many other receivers in other games
like Keenan Allen, Devontae Adams, Stefan Diggs, Tyreek Hill.
People generally aren't fitting Jamar Chase in their lineup
whether they're stacking him with Burrow or not, correct?
Yes, I have Jamar Chase projected to be the 13th highest owned wide receiver
on this slate.
And Burrow's got to be super low, right?
Yes.
Joe Burrow is around 14th.
One, two, three, four.
Yeah, 13th on quarterback as well.
And then if you think Chase is low
on, go check out where you think T. Higgins will be.
Link T. Higgins, he wears
jersey number 5. I would be shocked
if his ownership was that high.
Yeah, I totally agree with you there.
He looked completely out of sorts.
I mean, these were easy catches for him to make, too.
Like breadbasket stuff that he was absolutely
just fumbling. It was very strange, but we know T Higgins is a great receiver. So
obviously those drops, they're not super sticky. Like receivers usually is same with fumbles. Like
that's the type of stuff that just, you know, variance goes the wrong way sometimes. And
they bounce back quite easily. That's my favorite thing to point out when you're dropping wide open
passes, that's better to me than dropping contested passes.
If you're dropping wide open passes, it's because you had the skill set to be that open in the first place.
And that is what needs to happen. The rest of it, you've shown the ability to catch the football your entire life.
That's why you're here in this position. That will come back.
But once you lose the ability to be open all the time, that's a lot harder to get back than the ability to catch the football.
So I like to point that out because we always harp on people to drop passes in those situations.
They got the ball thrown to them for a reason.
So I was ridiculing my friends back in the day when the Giants poured all that money into Kenny Galladay.
And Washington was sort of in those wide into Kenny Galladay. And Washington was sort of
in those wide receiver Kenny Galladay sweepstakes. This was, of course, a few years ago. And the
argument from my friends was always, oh, he's so good at contested catches. And I'm like, why do
you think those catches were contested? He's a terrible route runner. He's not very quick. He's
just going to have to catch in traffic. So it's a really good point you bring out. If they're
dropping passes and they're open, the variance is going to go the other way. They're going to have to catch in traffic. So it's a really good point you bring out. If they're dropping passes and they're open, the variance is going to go the other way. They're going to catch passes
when they're open. These are professional receivers, and T. Higgins is certainly an
upper-tier professional receiver. All right, two teams that aren't super professional right now,
like if there was relegation, we might be looking at Broncos and Bears competing to stay in the
league. Broncos are three and a half point
favorites at the Bears. It's a 45 and a half point total, which is pretty high. It wouldn't shock me
if this goes up to like 46 or maybe it's already at 46 in certain places. I don't hate this game.
What's funny about this game is I played a lot of the afternoon slate last week, Mike, and I was
just like, listen, I'm either going to be first or last. I'm putting Justin Fields in all my afternoon slate lineups. And I had everything
else, which actually kind of hit. I had Kenneth Walker and a bunch of other guys that hit pretty
hard. But of course, I ended up finishing close to last because Justin Fields was all kinds of bad.
And so I'm just curious here, would you take the chance if you were making, if you were doing, let's say, I don't
know, people out there doing 10 lineups, would you take the chance to put like Justin Fields in
one or two of those lineups thinking to yourself, all right, well, it's the Broncos who just let up
70 points. And if Justin Fields was ever going to have a good game, it would be here. Or do you
just not waste that money? You go to the Justin Herbert stacks or the Sua stacks somewhere else or the Burrow stacks?
I would probably not play Fields personally.
You know, is he going to have one big game this season?
For sure.
You know, he had 47 rushing yards there.
He had 59 in week one.
I think it's possible that we see the game where he has 100 rushing yards and a touchdown,
which if he does that, he pays off his salary, no matter what he does with his arm.
However, it's, I like Joe Burrow too much. He's not going to play him.
I think more people will play Justin Fields still.
So I'm going to be off of it. I think it makes a little bit of sense.
I think this game will be very competitive back and forth.
I think that it's frankly a good breakout spot for Fields and Russell Wilson on
the other side. I think that they both could have some success here, which is why I think you see a total.
You see these lower tier teams like this right now.
You would expect a total around 41, 42.
Yeah, pretty telling here.
I think they're both going to have success moving the ball.
So if you like Justin Fields, you want to be there for the week that he erupts here.
I think that this certainly could be it.
It's also a spot where he's playing at home.
I think you have to consider that, right?
Chicago fan base, not very happy right now.
He's going to have that emotion.
He played on the road to Tampa, on the road to Kansas City,
so he hasn't had to deal with it as much there.
He should mentally be ready to go in this spot.
I think that he looks to run more so.
I don't hate it. I'm not going to run more. So I don't hate it.
I'm not going to do it, but I don't mind it at all.
So there's a couple of pieces in this game that I think on the Broncos side are certainly
viable, especially against this deplorable Bears defense.
I mean, they can't defend the run.
They can't defend the pass.
They put no pressure on the quarterback.
I mean, listen, if you want to do a rust stack, more power to you.
Like, I'm not going to do that.
But honestly, I wouldn't even argue with it if it was like a third or fourth stack you wanted to throw in there because he was targeting
courtland sutton a ton now courtland sutton lost two fumbles which is kind of strange but i i don't
think like they're going to like give him any less snaps than he had last week and he was he's really
been a target monster for russell wilson so whether you're stacking it or not do you like
courtland sutton in this somewhat high-scoring game at 5,300
and also Javante Williams?
It does seem like an opportunity for a sub-6,000 running back
like Javante Williams to kind of put himself back on the map,
which you know he's desperate to do.
He definitely is desperate to do.
Yeah, the short answer is I like both of them.
They're both playable.
I'm probably more interested in playing them as individual pieces
rather than trying to stack with Russell Wilson.
Having said that, though, it's not going to shock me at all if Russell Wilson has his best game of the season here.
Has three touchdown passes. I think he could definitely do it.
So I think this game is truly stackable on both sides.
I think for me to really get there, I'd be needing to play, you know, 20 plus lineups.
Then I would definitely have game stacks here. As far as Javante, I think that this is a very interesting spot for him. I've been wanting
to see more work out of the backfield catching passes. We saw that a little bit in week one
against the Vegas Raiders, four catches on six targets. The yards weren't there, just five yards,
just not what you want. However, I think he still has a ton of upside in that,
and I think that this is a matchup where we could see that.
So if you don't love a couple of those running backs in that 5,500 to 6K range,
which there are like six of them that are playable this week,
I think Javante is a great call out there.
It does feel like a spot, and this is credit to JK,
who had the question earlier in the chat.
Again, if you're new to the chat, just know that our FFTDFS contest is up at the top of the chat.
It's also going to be in the YouTube and podcast description.
But hit the like button as well.
But, yeah, I just think, listen, you can't sort of transfer one thing to the other.
Like the Miami Dolphins offense is obviously like a lot different.
But the way HN and Mostert ran against this, I guess that was against the Broncos.
But the way teams are running against this Bears defense, it just seems like a situation for Javante to break out.
So I think I'm going to be hopeful that even if he doesn't get the passing work, that he gets the touchdowns and he gets the yards.
A game where I'm not expecting a ton of touchdowns and yards.
This is the next one.
It's another 40 and a half point total Buccaneers at the saints.
It looks like it's going to be Jameis Winston as opposed to Derek Carr.
I'm really not interested in anything.
Jameis Winston related.
I'm curious if you are given that he's only 5,300,
obviously Alvin Kamara makes his comeback.
He's 6,100.
I don't know what,
what you're thinking from a workload standpoint.
Like, is he a guy that's just going to get the full workload,
which it's certainly possible.
They've been waiting on him to come back.
And then on the other side of the ball, like, I don't know that Baker Mayfield
or really in this matchup Evans or Godwin or somebody I'm looking to,
Kate Otten, a reasonably priced tight end at 3,100.
Anybody you're interested on either side here?
Honestly, not really. Again, it's one
of those games where you can play the defenses if you want. I think that there's probably something
to be said to be playing either one of the defenses, especially maybe going against Jameis
Winston while I'm there. I think he's still a talented quarterback. I think he definitely
has that muscle memory and can still go out there and play.
But there is a lot of new going on on that side. At this point, you bring Kamara back,
you've got the quarterback change likely a lot to deal with against a team that I personally,
I think Tampa's defense is still pretty legit. And just the way they're going to play a game,
I think they're going to limit possessions overall. So in terms of fantasy scoring, I think that there are significantly better options. Like I'm far more interested in Titans Bengals in a game that's only a point to
a point and a half higher on the spread or I mean on the total. So I'm going to pass on this one.
I really, I, yeah, I can't get anywhere here. Yeah, I totally agree. I'm going to pass on it
too. I think if people want to get to Alvin Kamara, I kind of get it, but it's just, it's not going to be for me. I'll probably just go a
little cheaper with the running back room, but listen, Alvin Kamara could get a full workload
and that, that really could matter in this game in particular, a game that has a really high total
that I think is very, very interesting. Rams minus one and a half at the Colts. It's a 47 point
total. I can tell you in week two, Mike, i thought i was going to be filthy rich because i went with golf stacks which worked out
and my only other stack my only other quarterback play was anthony richardson and so i had him in
basically half of my lineups which was which was quite a bit of money invested there and he had
two touchdowns in the first quarter it looked like he was going to have honestly against houston i
don't know five or six touchdowns, like running and passing.
And, of course, he went out with a concussion.
So now he's back.
And I'm really curious to see if you're interested in playing him this week
at home against the Rams in a high point total.
I'll point out that his running back, Zach Moss, had 32 touches last week.
He had 30 carries, three targets.
He caught two of them.
The Rams allowing 4.6 yards per carry. They're on a last week. He had 30 carries, three targets. He caught two of them. The Rams allowing
4.6 yards per carry. They're on a short week. It does seem like Moss might get fed, but then I kind
of want to do the Anthony Richardson thing again. And oh, by the way, Michael Pittman is getting a
ton of targets, cheap options like Josh Downs, getting a ton of targets. I feel like there's a
lot of ways you can go here, including the other side of the ball with Matthew Stafford, Puka
Nakua and Tutu Atwell and even Kyron Williams. Seems like there's a lot of ways you can go here, including the other side of the ball with Matthew Stafford, Puka Nakua, Tutu Atwell, and even Kyron Williams.
Seems like there's a lot of different ways to stack this in a nice environment in Indy.
Yeah, I think the thing that's important to point out, and I know you do a great job of doing it,
is playing in the controlled environment makes a huge difference in this league,
especially when you've got talented and big play weapons in the passing game.
It is so much easier to run routes, throw the football.
It's so much easier indoors, right?
It makes it harder to defend it as well.
So I like all the cause there.
It's a lot like that Denver-Chicago game.
Like this game's got massive, massive upside in terms of fantasy points
because I don't think either defense is going to have a ton of success
stopping them.
I think that these drives are going to move.
And it's just a matter of it comes down to some of that red zone efficiency.
But I love Richardson again.
The thing we have to be concerned with is does the scare with the concussion
and everything there, does that limit his playbook in terms of running the football?
I don't know.
I have no idea.
I think that it's always concerning when you have a concussion that early into the football. I don't know. I have no idea. I think that it's always concerning when
you have a concussion that early into the career. My guess is, is it doesn't change things much
initially. I think that the weapon is so valuable in the red zone that he's probably still going to
get some goal line carries. When you looked at it, he wasn't running a ton to begin with,
only three rushing attempts, 10 in the first week, but it's not like he's trying to run 15, 20 times a game. It's more
strategic. And I think that that's what happens is they tend to just use it in the red zone only.
I think this is probably one of the last weeks though. If he did this matchup is great. It's
on the home field. If he has that decent game again, we won't see him under $7,000 again for the rest of the season.
Yeah, totally agree with that. I mean, he's, he's an absolute beast,
extremely hard to stop. And by the way, the last game,
I think I referenced Javante Williams as 5,700 on DraftKings.
He's actually 5,500. And just so you know,
how kind of inexpensive some of these pieces are in this Rams Colts game,
which again has a 47 point total, it's moving around. It might be down to 46. So like, just keep that in mind. These totals do
move around a little bit, but Kyron Williams, only 6k Zach Moss, only 6k Michael Pittman,
6,500 Josh downs, 3,500 Puka Nakua. Now he's getting priced up, right? 6,700 to two at well,
a reasonable 5,500. And then of course,ony richardson 6700 and matthew stafford
5700 i mean the stafford stacks make sense if you think the colts are going to push the rams which
it sounds like we all do all right we got a few oh go ahead mike oh yeah you might have been looking
at the same question i see the question in the chat do you think richardson will take away carries
from moss even though he was the only running back. So I don't think he necessarily takes away carries in the sense that you see a drastic,
drastic drop, but he does take away touchdown equity, which is what's most important.
You know, volume is important, but touchdown equity is still really, really important with
those running backs.
And I think no matter how you look at it, I think you have to assume that Richardson
takes away touchdown equity from his running back, for sure.
And for the record,
that's why,
speaking of running backs
that are 5,700,
DeAndre Swift is 5,700.
And that's, you know,
it's always an issue
with DeAndre Swift
because when he gets tackled
at the one or two yard line,
like Jalen Hurts,
he'll sneak it in.
So, like, you always have
to keep that in.
That's why, you know,
we didn't bring up James Cook when we talked about the the Bills game I think he's a viable play but that's another running back where either Josh Allen or maybe Damian Harris comes in
or they just throw the ball like so these are all obviously things you need to consider now on
FanDuel it's an even bigger deal uh but the long and short of it is you know you have to watch out
for these things the reason I like DeAndre Swift is because I think if the Eagles really poured on Washington,
which is certainly possible, particularly in the second half,
I think we're going to see some long DeAndre Swift runs from like 10 yards out,
from eight yards out, from 15 yards out, because those holes, when they open up,
they really open up.
And there might be a point in that game where Washington just kind of submits.
So something to consider.
But you always want to consider that with these types of running backs
that have the quarterbacks like Anthony Richardson for sure.
All right, a few 4 o'clock games to talk about.
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I think one of the biggest attractions, I mean, listen,
there's a couple games that obviously have high totals.
And one of them, of course, is that Bills-Dolph of games that obviously have high totals. And one of them of course,
is that Bill's dolphins game that people are going to be paying a lot of
attention to. However, it's this game,
the Raiders plus five and a half at the chargers with it's creeping up
almost it's getting towards 50. We have 48 and a half here,
but it's 49 and a half in some places it's looking like.
So this is a game that I think is going to be more palatable for people to
stack.
And it's because there are some cheaper pieces that I think people are really going to gravitate to, like a Josh Palmer, for example, with Mike Williams out for the season.
I guess my first question is, and we're going to get to your top three, so we don't need to spend a ton of time because we're going to get to your top three at each position.
After we get through these four o'clock games, we're going to get to our cheat sheets.
But would you say the Justin Herbert stack is your favorite stack?
And I'll qualify
it would it be your favorite stack for cash and tournament or just for cash if the answer is yes
um i'm personally mine is burrow no matter what i'm playing burrow and cash um but it would be
right below it um it's yeah it's herbert i'm gonna have of it. I'm going to have a lot of this game mixed in. But, yeah, I like it a lot.
I think it's either one.
It should be one or two for you for sure.
So my next question is, and then I mentioned this on the Tuesday show,
which Megan Schaup joined us for.
I liked the idea of just whether it's cash or not, cash or tournament.
Granted, in tournament it's a little chalky,
but I liked the idea of just doing,
let's just talk in the context of cash,
of doing Justin Herbert to Keenan Allen
and throwing Josh Palmer in.
And I know from a cash game perspective,
the old school thought is,
oh, you don't want to stack too much in cash games
because you don't need to do that in cash.
And on this show, we've kind of come around to the notion,
well, actually, that's not really true.
Over the last couple of years, we have been stacking.
Would that be overreaching in cash to have that double stack, Mike?
Definitely not.
Definitely not because of the price points as well.
Palmer's just 4K.
Palmer's a piece that, frankly, can be in any of your lineups.
So, yeah, I think that if you've got a piece like that at 4K
and you're likely, like, say you're playing lineups
that aren't Justin Herbert lineups,
you're probably considering playing Joshosh palmer in those lineups already if that's the case you're playing
him in the in the lineup that you've got as quarterback as well um and i know that you're
not trying to necessarily win a tournament with a cash game but if you're playing justin herbert at
that salary you are betting on him having a pretty big day. And unless you think all the touchdowns are going to Keenan Allen, you definitely need an additional weapon.
Keep in mind, Keenan Allen scored 48.4 DraftKings points last week without a touchdown
and losing points on a fumble. Yeah, it's amazing. He had 20 targets, Mike. He caught 18 of them.
Insane. And on the other side of the ball,ante adams by the way he was the only other guy last week to get 20 targets he
only caught 13 of them of course there's there's quarterback considerations to to go with that
conversation before we get like you know there's so many things to ask here so let's go to the
raiders side because it looks like to me that j that Jimmy G is going to play this week does does your play of Devante Adams is it contingent upon GMG excuse GMG Jimmy G actually
playing um I think if you want to play Adams you you could play him no matter who's playing a
quarterback I think the answer for Vegas is throw the ball to Devante Adams I know Jacoby Myers has
been decent at times there.
But with a quarterback change,
I would think that would impact Myers more than Devontae.
So I don't think it really matters.
If you like Devontae, I think you want to play either one of them.
You want to play him no matter who's playing quarterback.
I think that with Jimmy in there, the game's certainly more competitive.
If Jimmy wasn't playing, which, again, I do think he's going to play, but if he wasn't, you know, the spread will balloon a little
more. They're even in a more, they're in more of a negative game script, which is likely easier
targets forced that way. So I think Devontae, if you like him, he's in play no matter what here.
Okay. And if Jimmy G plays, do you consider going the Josh Jacobs route?
No, I'm completely off Josh Jacobs.
I don't think that he is quite the same as he was before.
I think the offense is drastically different here.
And I think just this game script overall,
I think it's going to dictate one where they're likely going to end up
throwing the football, which, again,
Jacobs is more than capable catching passes out of the backfield.
Just not something I'm going to get to when you consider price points and everything there.
I can't get up to the 7K range on Jacobs.
Right.
Speaking of price points on the Chargers side, like we know that Keenan Allen's going to
be popular.
We know Josh Palmer's probably going to be popular. Any other pieces? I see somebody in the chat, it's Frank, who says, is Parham a lock
at tight end? I think he's interesting because he doesn't get a lot of targets, but he certainly
gets the touchdown equity for whatever reason. It's not usually Gerald Everett. With that said,
I think Everett's really interesting at 3,600. Now, Parham is 2,800, just so everybody knows.
And then, of course, we have this conversation about Eckler. Maybe you know more than I do. It looks like he might play this week, which I think is a surprise
to some people, but maybe he doesn't play. And then you have Joshua Kelly. I don't think anybody
wants to play Joshua Kelly, but the long and short of it from a question standpoint is,
any other pieces you'd consider pairing Justin Herbert with outside of Keenan Allen and Josh
Palmer? Yeah, so I like the tight ends. Parham, definitely not a lock at tight end.
It's a true punt.
You're looking for touchdown equity.
He's a massive threat in the red zone.
There's no doubt about it.
Certainly a favorite target down there,
and that has to do with the fact that everyone knows
they want to get the football to Keenan Allen.
As far as if Austin Eckler plays,
that definitely dings the touchdown equity on Parham
because Eckler is a valuable asset in the red zone. Running the football, catching the football,
it changes their play calling significantly. Having said that, I'll probably still play Parham
because it's legitimate punt and I'm trying to get Keenan Allen, Jamar Chase, and Tyree Kill in my
lineup. Just telling you that right now. So I need a guy like Barham.
Everett's fine as well.
Quentin Johnson, I think someone we're not talking about enough.
We've been a little maybe disappointed with his role.
I think it was very clear that Josh Palmer was above him on the depth chart, right?
And that's to be expected a little bit with some of the rookie receivers.
He's going to have more opportunity going forward.
Will it be right now this week? It's possible. You might see defensive schemes change to
not allow Keenan Allen to catch the football 18 times. That might happen. So I think there's
definitely merit to playing Johnson. I think there's Palmer, either one of the tight ends.
The only call out I'll make on Austin Eckler,
I think it would be very interesting.
I know they got to win games, right?
They have to win games.
Fortunately, they got that last one.
It would be very interesting to me to play him in this spot,
considering they have a bye next week.
They get their bye out of the way earlier.
Like why you're at home, you're playing the team you should probably beat.
We'll see.
Medical staffs do a lot of questionable things sometimes.
Players want to be on the field.
There's a lot going in there.
Personally, I would not risk it with a guy like Eckler who takes such a beating throughout the course of a season
when you know you could give him one more game,
which gives him an extra two weeks of time off.
So we'll see what they ultimately decide.
Yeah, absolutely.
I think we can move on from that.
There's just so much you can do with that game.
And I know it's going to be super popular.
And I do think Jacoby Myers is worth a look.
Maybe you're bringing two guys back.
And, you know, Josh Jacobs, I mean, he would be contrarian, right?
Like people aren't playing Josh Jacobs, right?
Okay.
So there's something to be said for that too.
So just keep that in mind.
All right, let's go to, we got two more games.
One of which is really interesting from a DFS standpoint, in my opinion,
it's the Cardinals plus 14 at the 49ers.
We're looking at around a 44, 45 point total.
Listen, like, you know, the Cardinals are pushing back now,
even though this is a 14 point spread.
I don't think there's any sort of perception on Kyle Shanahan's part that like they're like they're going to have to take their foot off the gas in the third or fourth quarter because it's going to be such a blowout.
That might be the case. But to me, it seems like all systems go for 49ers to the extent you want to play guys in DFS.
And, you know, it kind of reminds me of what I would want to do with a typical Chargers game, which is like a Justin Herbert-Eckler stack, and I just bottle up all of the points through the running and the passing game.
I'm not doing that this week for the Chargers game, but I kind of think Purdy and CMC stacks are in play, whether it be afternoon slate only or maybe on the main slate.
Are you interested at all in that?
I don't mind it.
Yeah, on the afternoon slate. Are you interested at all in that? I don't mind it. Yeah, on the afternoon
slate for sure. Full slate, I don't mind the Purdy stacks. I like the McCaffrey call out if you want
to make that spend there. I'm probably still going to spend on wide receiver a little bit more.
But the one piece that I like in this game, honestly, I like George Kittle a lot.
The price point, 5,100 on George Kittle. He's a guy that at some points
was routinely up as high as 6,500. He's been getting targeted. He had nine targets last week
against the Giants. Hasn't landed in the end zone here yet. I think he's got some of that upside
here, especially if this game somehow gets a little more competitive. But I think the game
could be a little more competitive because I think we could see the play calling change a little more competitive, but I think the game could be a little more competitive because I think we could see the play calling change a little bit if Debo Samuel doesn't play in this game.
When there are 14-point favorites like this, Debo Samuel, again, the mission for San Francisco is
Super Bowl or bust. You've got to keep a guy like Debo Samuel healthy. We saw Brandon Ayoub not play
in that game. I think that Debo Samuel is a real candidate to not play here. He did not practice yesterday dealing with multiple injuries. It's the knee and the ribs. If you watch that last game,
he took a shot over the middle of the field, came out of the game, ultimately came back in.
But this wouldn't shock me if it's a spot where Brandon Ayoub returns. It's Debo Samuel's turn
to go ahead and maybe take the week off. And when they do that, that leaves a lot of opportunity
for George Kittle.
Yeah, I don't mind that.
On the run back, if you were to stack this game,
I do think James Conner is interesting at 5,900.
He's getting a lot of work, and he's been very efficient with it.
By the way, against that allegedly vaunted Cowboys defense,
he averaged seven yards per carry, which on plenty of carries, by the way,
it wasn't like he had a 70-yard run to make the number weird.
His longest rush in that game was 26 yards. He was just gashing them. But Marquise Brown is interesting, I think, by the way. It wasn't like he had a 70-yard run to make the number weird. His longest rush in that game was 26 yards.
He was just gashing them.
But Marquise Brown is interesting, I think, at 5K.
Rondale Moore, who actually got a couple backfield carries,
but I think he's interesting if you need salary relief at 3,300.
Any of those guys you're interested in,
whether it's a run back or just standalone?
I'm not going to get there, but it's totally valuable.
I think it's honestly a great pivot from some of the others.
Like you could speculate on even Josh Palmer.
I think Palmer does have, you know, much higher floor and has got upside.
But there are certainly scenarios where those guys equal or outperform Josh Palmer,
Quentin Johnston, things like that.
So I definitely think that that's viable.
Having said that, I like the 49ers defense a little bit.
And for me, again, it's probably solo George Kittles.
If you're not punting with Donald Barham or whatever situation at tight end,
I think that George Kittle, I think it's a pretty good discount here at 5,100.
I think it's a great matchup as well.
And not a lot of people are playing George Kittle, I imagine.
Yeah.
All right.
Speaking of not playing a lot of people,
I don't know that people are going to play a lot of Patriots and Cowboys.
This is our final game.
It's the third game of the 4 o'clock slate.
The first one, by the way, Raiders-Chargers, just so everybody knows,
it's 4-0-5.
The next two, Cardinals, 49ers, Patriots, Cowboys, 4-25.
I say that because of late swap, particularly in the afternoon slate.
Maybe you've got your lineup in time, but just know you still have 20 minutes to change two out of the three games if you feel so inclined.
Plus six and a half, like it's plus seven in some places.
I actually put this out on Sportsline.
I like the Patriots plus seven quite a bit.
I'm not really interested in playing anybody on either side of the ball here.
Obviously, Tony Pollard is a big name.
He's going to be in play.
I respect this Patriots defense, though, personally.
And for the record, I don't want to play Ramondre Stevenson, even though I think he might actually be successful.
I just don't want to pay for Ramondre Stevenson on this slate.
Anybody you're looking at in this game?
Honestly, no, I'm not going to end up playing Pollard either.
It's a game that I think there's a great betting opportunities, as you pointed out.
I think the Cowboys, you know, they're better than the performance that they put out
in the last spot. And I think you see an inspired effort and that typically starts defensively.
But the Patriots are so good at scheming in some of these games to at least give themselves a fighting chance in these games.
I think the possessions could be a little limited here,
and the price points, you know, I'm not paying $6,200 for Ramondre
when I've got seven different backs at that same price or cheaper.
So, yeah, I'm, you know, it's boring to talk about,
but I'm mostly off of this game.
Tony Pollard, you know, he's got 30 fantasy point upside for sure,
but I'm willing to ignore that at a $7,800 price tag.
Yeah, totally agree.
I think I'm going to get to Ramondre in the afternoon slate only,
but I'm not going to get to Tony Pollard.
I'll probably have a, let's say, I mean, I'm not going to tell you
because I don't even know what it is yet
because the Chargers-Raiders game is going to certainly be involved, but I'll have some Herbert. I'll
have some Brock Purdy. I'll have some CMC. I'll have some Ramondre. Then I'm just going to look
for some cheap options, maybe in that Arizona Cardinals game. And even of course in the
Chargers game as well. So something to keep in mind that I think that three game four o'clock
slate is actually quite interesting. All right, Mike, we've gotten to the point where I think a lot of people are always curious about. They want your top three at every position. So let's start
at the quarterback position. Who are your top three? All right. And I have just changed one
of them at one position, but quarterback, it's going to be Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, and Anthony
Richardson. Again, I'm very big on Burrow. I think he played fine in that last game. I think a few
drop passes and touchdown variants at the goal line certainly impacted his score. So I love how
often he's throwing the football. Justin Herbert, what's not to love? Great matchup against the
Vegas Raiders. Got a guy like Keenan Allen, some really great stacks. And then Anthony Richardson,
I think that game's a shootout with the Rams. Playing at home, I think it's a controlled environment.
I think he's going to have the goal line rushing upside, so I like him a lot.
Wide receiver, it's big names, but I love them, and I'm going to play them all.
Keenan Allen, Jamar Chase, Tyree Kill.
It is possible to build lineups with all three of them in your lineup.
You could legitimately have, I don't know, 40 targets with those three players.
Probably pretty likely close to 40 targets in the passing game.
So Keenan Allen, not much to say there.
He's going to get targeted.
Now that Mike Williams is out, it wouldn't shock me if he breaks the record
for the most receptions in a season in the NFL this season.
Jamar Chase, way too cheap, way under-owned.
Titans secondary, absolutely atrocious
Tyreek Hill, doing his thing, don't need to say much there
Tight end right now, it's Donald Parham Jr.
Just an absolute punt, presence in the red zone
That's what we're looking for is red zone touchdown equity
With a cheap, cheap tight end
George Kittle, talked about him a little bit just recently there
I like this matchup for him. I think Debo Samuel sits.
I think that changes the game plan a little bit.
And then Chigokonkwu for the Titans.
I think the Titans are going to find themselves in a game script
where they have to throw the football.
Also, natural bringbacks to my burrow to chase stacks.
And defense, I don't normally fill it out, but I do like the Cleveland Browns.
Let me ask you this because i i didn't get to it
on those chase stacks is is chig the only bring back for you are you considering like a i don't
even know treyland brooks i don't know if he's healthy but um when we have derrick henry like
would it be just like a really cheap bring back in that situation or have you considered other
bring backs there uh just the just the tight end position uh with chig akonku otherwise i'm not
going to look to bring it back i'm mostly just going to focus on that isolation of Burrow to the pass catchers
and kind of fill in with other games.
Because I don't necessarily think this game shoots out,
but what I do think happens is Burrow gets his three touchdowns,
likely two to Chase or one to Higgins, whatever it may be.
I think he has success that way.
I don't know that – you know, I think broke
and have this kind of game while the team just scores 24 points. Right. I think it could be a
24, 20 win game just slightly goes over, but he still has a great fantasy day is what I'm looking
at here. So I'm not interested in bringing it back. I think that Derrick Henry, because it's
a home game for the Titans, I think they run with Derrick Henry a little more. Okay. And I'm not
sure you might've skipped the running backs and maybe I'm wrong, but for the Titans, I think they run with Derek Henry a little more. Okay. And I'm not sure, you might've skipped the running backs in,
maybe I'm wrong,
but if you did,
I got excited with the pass catchers,
running backs,
Miles Sanders,
injury tag too cheap.
I think that he's going to have some of the opportunity.
We'll have Bryce young back.
Just,
I think Sanders gets leaned on a little bit there.
Kyron Williams.
Again,
I think that game's a shootout.
I think he's got some upside in the passing game, honestly.
If you look at the targets he's been getting in the passing game,
now you're again in that controlled environment,
a shootout with the Colts.
And then Alexander Madison.
Madison is someone who has drastically underperformed expectation
in terms of when we look at expected fantasy points
and expected some of those situations.
He's definitely due for a little touchdown regression.
I think that Madison is someone going forward, I think, has a big game in him,
and it could be this week.
All right.
And honestly, you're kind of convincing me with all the kind of Williams and Colts talk
that I'm going to have to throw some Stafford lineups in there,
some Stafford correlations and bring it back.
There's so
many good bring backs, whether it's Zach Moss or, or downs, or of course, Michael Pittman.
And of course the Anthony Richardson stack still in play in that game as well. Let's do our cheat
sheets. I'll start. I've got like, this is going to sound familiar. I mean, we've talked about a
lot of the stacks we like. So, I mean, you know, if you think this is too chalky, I get it, you
know, move on to another stack to we like. We just mentioned Stafford.
We mentioned Anthony Richardson, Joe Burrow.
I kind of like the two-a stack to Tyreek Hill.
So there's a lot to choose from.
My favorite is going to be Justin Herbert, Zakin and Allen.
And my value, oh, by the way, it's another charger, 4,000.
So I'm going to obviously have these double stacks in play in a lot of my
lineups, including my cash game lineups.
Chalk, it's going to be DeAndre Swift at 5,700.
I'm hoping not only does he gobble up all the yards
and Gainwell kind of takes a backseat
like he did last week,
but also that DeAndre Swift gets in the end zone.
And frankly, I'm expecting that,
particularly in the second half
when things potentially get blown
a little wide open against my commanders.
My contrarian play, it's Javante Williams at 5,500.
I think this is the game for Javante Williams.
So I'm going to put my money there. And my fade, I'm actually going to go against Mike on this one. It's going toante Williams at 5,500. I think this is the game for Javante Williams, so I'm going to put my money there.
In my fade, I'm actually going to go against Mike on this one.
It's going to be fading Miles Sanders.
This is me really just fading Carolina in general,
especially when Bryce Young is the quarterback.
It would be a completely different conversation on that Carolina game
if Andy Dalton was the starter,
and it's looking like it's going to be Bryce Young.
So guys like Adam Theon, they're still in play, of course,
but they'd be much more in play for me.
DJ Shark much more in play for me if if Bryce Young was not starting.
But I do want to point out both of those guys. Pretty cheap.
DJ Shark in particular at 4K. Certainly viable if you want to go cheap there.
All right, Mike, you're cheap. All right. I've already talked about Joe Burrow a little bit.
I love Joe Burrow and Jamar Chase this week. I love the value of the stack.
Not often do you get Jamar Chase under 8,000, Joe Burrow under 7,000.
I think it's a great, great matchup against a very weak secondary of the Tennessee Titans.
Value play, we're going to list Donald Parham here, 2,800.
It is a legitimate punt with one of the best stacks.
If I'm going to play Burrow and Chase,
I want to get as much possible exposure to Justin Herbert still as I can. One way to do that is to punt a very,
very weak tight end position. My chalk play, Keenan Allen, 20 targets, caught 18 of them,
48 or whatever, yeah, 48 fantasy points without a touchdown. We're not expecting that again,
but I do think the floor is insanely high. The highest floor of any player in the National Football League this week.
Love it.
Contrarian play, T. Higgins.
We talked about this earlier.
Anytime you've got a player who wears a single-digit jersey number
and his ownership is likely to be there or lower, sign me up.
I like this spot for T. Higgins.
I think he will not be owned at all. I'm talking like,
I think it could be as low as two to 3% ownership on T Higgins.
I think he's got massive, massive upside. And then I'm going to fade Tony Pollard.
I think it's a price point play. You see that I want to play chase.
You want to play Keenan Allen. I like Tyree kill.
It doesn't leave a lot of room. There's cheap running backs out there.
So I'm going to fade Tony Pollard against a pretty good New England defense
that is typically very good at limiting possessions in football games.
So I'll fade Tony Pollard.
So, Mike, that's good stuff there.
I actually need to – we need to hang on for two more minutes
because I skipped two games, one not as important as the other.
So let's just really quickly, let's cover Minnesota Carolina.
Again, that's that Bryce Young game.
I actually forgot to touch on that.
So that's on me.
Bryce Young looking to be the starter there.
We have value options in Adam Thielen at 4,500, DJ Shark at 4K,
but it's the other side of the ball against this really beat up Carolina defense
that I think we could expose.
Alexander Madison, you mentioned at 5,800,
but we also have Kirk Cousins at 7100
Justin Jefferson Jordan Addison and of course TJ Hawkinson is this like I know it's not in your top
three because we already went over that but are any of these guys making it in there are you just
kind of avoiding this game altogether I like the running backs I like Alexander Madison a lot
again I think he's due for some touchdown regression I think he's going to have the
football in his hands Miles Miles Sanders as well.
I just think they still lean on the running back situation a bit as long as he plays.
He does have a questionable designation ahead of this.
But I think that when you've got a rookie quarterback like Bryce Young,
who's probably still going to continue to struggle,
they're going to lean on the running back just a little bit more.
So that would be my only interest.
If you're a narrative street player, you want to bet on Adam Thielen revenge game, go for it. Not going to be something I do. And then of course, we can't leave without
talking about Justin Jefferson. The price point is high. The ownership is not, it's not going to
be high. Tyree Kill, Jamar Chase even, and that's, it's going to be higher than him probably. But
Keenan Allen and just the stacks, the way people want to go.
I don't think Justin Jefferson is going to be owned.
And it's very possible that he has multiple touchdowns in this game.
Yeah. And it could be. Listen, this is one of those situations where if he's low owned, it really is a good situation to maybe peel off of one of those guys that you jammed in like a Tyreek Hill and just hope it goes to waddle.
And then you got Justin Jefferson in while everybody else is playing Tyreek Hill.
So those are some things to consider there.
And I honestly think a Kirk Cousins stack is in play too.
This Carolina defense super beat up.
Listen, it's not going to be the first or second stack I get to,
but it's certainly in play to Jefferson.
You can double stack it.
Hawkinson's a little expensive, but Addison not so much.
Osborne not so much.
You can bring it back with an Adam Thielen or a Miles
Sanders depending on how you think that game's going to go with Bryce Young and then finally
Pittsburgh at Houston this is only a 41 and a half point total Pittsburgh's favored favored by
three going to Houston I don't have a lot of interest in here other than Tank Dell at 4600
I think he's always interesting he's just such a target monster I don't think I'm doing the CJ
Stroud stack thing against Pittsburgh although I don't think that's a terrible play. On the way back, I'm not interested
in any of the receivers for Pittsburgh other than Calvin Austin at 3,300. We know he can get deep.
We know with Deontay Johnson out, he's going to continue to get some targets. Any pieces in this
game, whether it's salary relief or stack potential that you like?
No stacking, but I'm glad you mentioned Calvin Austin.
That's the piece I have interest in.
I think it's a fine pivot from guys like Josh Palmer, Quentin Johnson, things like that.
I think Calvin Austin as a one-off is a decent callout.
We've seen at least four targets in every game, um, six targets in week one and week three.
Um, I think that they're going to be in another competitive football game.
So I, I definitely, I like that call it a little bit.
All right.
Well, I think we covered the two that I missed.
So sorry about that.
And that's why you got to listen to the whole show.
Sometimes I screw up, but, uh, that's going to be our show.
If you have any questions, obviously go ahead and message me.
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Hopefully next time I talk to you, you'll be back at your place.
I hope so.
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