Fantasy Football Today - Week 5 Start or Sit! (10/06 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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Starting point is 00:00:32 time. Let's get those lineups set on Fantasy Football Today Express. Yeah, Adam and Heath here, early morning, and we got a game in an hour and a half, so let's get those lineups ready for you with Minnesota and the Jets kicking off in London soon. Let's talk about the Colts and the Jaguars. Anthony Richardson is doubtful. Yeah, you know, I picked up Joe Flacco in a league. Heath Cummings, Jonathan Taylor is out. Their center, Ryan Kelly, is likely out. And Shane Steich and their coach said it will be running back by committee. So who do you confidently start on the Colts at the Jaguars? I'm starting Michael Pittman. I think Josh Downs is a fine number three wide receiver and Trey Sermon is a high end flex or low end RB to Josh Downs is only 56% roster that is up from 54 yesterday. He's a guy

Starting point is 00:01:21 that I will be scanning all of my leagues to make sure that he's available or that he's not, you know, that he's rostered before the game starts. Wandale Robinson or Josh Downs? Wandale Robinson. All right. Let's see. Let's go to the Packers passing game here. Did you move Dontavian Wicks up as Romeo Dobbs is suspended for one game? A little bit, yeah. I think it will still be mostly like Jaden Reed and wide receiver by committee.

Starting point is 00:01:50 Wicks got all the targets last week, and maybe that's what made Dobbs upset, but he caught five out of 13. So I don't think he's a must start or anything. A good number three wide receiver, I would start Downs and Wandale over Wicks. Wow, okay. Wicks or Tyreek hill dante

Starting point is 00:02:05 wants to know i will go with tyreek all right so brian robinson we'll talk about some running backs here brian robinson will play according or it looks good to go i think was the term according to espn's jeremy fowler so he's basically in the must start category right he's a must start and alice neckler is back He's a must-start, and Alex Neckler is back. He's a fine flex. What about the Patriots running backs? Antonio Gibson's going to start. Ramondre Stevenson's been fumbling. They have a great matchup against one of the worst run defenses in football,

Starting point is 00:02:35 and Miami has allowed, I think, eight touchdowns to running backs in four games. Which Patriots running back would you start if you had to choose one? If I had to choose one, I would start Gibson. I've got him one spot ahead of Trey Sermon both of them behind Brian Robinson both of them ahead of Austin Eckler and Ramon Dre's a fine flex Zamir White is out so how about Alexander Madison versus the Patriots guys I would start Madison over the Patriots guys and he's just barely ahead of Trey Sermon as well. Let's go.

Starting point is 00:03:07 Oh, Devin Singletary is doubtful here. All right, how about let's throw Tyrone Tracy in the mix. We've been doing this for the last three or four days now, all these replacement running backs. Tyrone Tracy time. Yeah, he's ahead of Ramondre Stevenson, behind everyone else we've talked about. What about Cam Akers in this group group he's ahead of tyrone tracy

Starting point is 00:03:26 and romandre stevenson and behind everyone else we've talked about yeah it's i wish these replacement running backs were better or more appealing but well i mean they're they range from rb19 to rb30 so for a lot of people they are the most appealing option they have. And so who's RB 19 Madison. Okay. Uh, yes. Tight ends. Trey McBride is going to play.

Starting point is 00:03:51 And you know what? I mean, obviously you're going to start them anyway. If Fred Warner doesn't play for the Niners, that Fred Warner is going to play as well. Oh, well that's disappointing. David Njoku.

Starting point is 00:03:59 So what's the deal with David Njoku at Washington? He is expected to play. He is not expected to be 100%. I'm still, unless I have one of the top seven tight ends, which ends with Dalton Kincaid, I'm starting David Njoku. Okay, so Conklin and all those guys are starting Njoku over. Yes. It looks like they're going to get Jedrick Wills,

Starting point is 00:04:20 their left tackle, back as well. Browns are my favorite DFS stack this week. All right. That's the game. A good look. And also, I think, I mean, like a Flacco downs. I like the Jacksonville-Indianapolis game for some points, too. Taysom Hill is out.

Starting point is 00:04:36 Evan Ingram is likely out. And Brandon Cooks is on IR. Any interest in Jalen Tolbert or anyone like that against Pittsburgh? He's a top 48 wide receiver, but not a top 40 guy, so desperation flex. Just seeing if I missed anything. I don't think I did.

Starting point is 00:04:54 Oh, Cooper Cup should return after their bye week for the October 20th game, according to Adam Schefter. That's good stuff. We'll take a break and answer your questions. Oh, and before we do that, let me remind you, we're alive at 9 a.m. 9 a.m. Eastern this morning. YouTube.com slash fantasy football today.

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Starting point is 00:05:37 A quick locate request can save you from unexpected downtime, financial penalties, and keep you safe. Don't let avoidable damage cost you time and money. Click before you dig. Ensure your next project is safe. Okay, we are back. Wix or McLaurin? That's very very close I think I just barely have Wicks yes okay and we're answering questions from the chat right now Flacco

Starting point is 00:06:14 or Kyler Kyler I do not want to start Joe Flacco yeah I'm starting him in one league I was I have Jalen Hurts on a buy I was starting Deshaun Watson who is yeah I'd much rather start Watson I'm starting him in one league i i was i have jalen hurts on a buy i was starting to sean watson who is appealing yeah i'd much rather start watson i'm starting flacko over watson but um you have watson on like seven other teams so you want a little diversity i have only on uh one or two super flex teams i'm not starting watson at any one qb leagues um okay let's see

Starting point is 00:06:43 i would go with craft over no joku so i said that uh kinkade was the end of it i guess craft is the end of it okay there you go chase wants to know pick two flowers jsn josh downs brian thomas brian thomas and josh downs addison jsn tank dell justice hill we need Addison, JSN, Tank Dell, Justice Hill. We need two. Oof. That's not great. I will go with JSN and Justice Hill. Akers or Odunze? Akers.

Starting point is 00:07:17 Okay. This guy is giving up on Tyreek and Ayuk. He's got Connor and Wicks in the line. I know Heath wouldn't agree with that, but it's what he's doing. Now he needs Madison T Higgins, Lazard and lock it. Like you can't, it's two of those guys.

Starting point is 00:07:32 Yeah. He should start Tyreek. I, you, um, but if, but I understand like we, we like,

Starting point is 00:07:41 so if you are going to do that, then I would go with Madison who I think I probably have ahead of Iuke anyway. Um, I don't have, Iuke's not in one of my top 25 wide receivers. Okay. Um, and I'd go with T Higgins.

Starting point is 00:07:52 Okay. Uh, T Higgins or Brian Thomas jr. Uh, Thomas for me, Sam Darnold or Dak Prescott. Dak. Tyrone Tracy or trey sermon sermon

Starting point is 00:08:08 nope that's not a question olave or deontay johnson i'm going deontay yeah deont Tough one, but the Chiefs are good. Let's see. Pick two of these. Garrett Wilson, Dontavian Wicks, and James Conner. I'll go with Conner and Wilson. And Brian Robinson Jr. or Kareem Hunt? Yeah, I understand why the injury has you spooked, but I'm still starting Brian Robinson Jr.

Starting point is 00:08:45 Shahid or Flowers? It's Shahid for me. Watson, Carr, or Flacco? It's Watson for me. My projection is Watson's the top five quarterback this week. I wouldn't rank him quite that high, but he's 10 spots ahead of those guys in my rankings. Yeah, and I'll just say real quick,

Starting point is 00:09:03 I'll say why I'm hesitant, and you can get plenty of Watson questions. I'm sure today he's already played the second worst team against quarterbacks and he scored 15 and a half fantasy points against them. So he's just playing so poorly, but then that was Jacksonville, by the way, then it gets the worst team and they're horrible.

Starting point is 00:09:19 Let's see what he can do. All right. Thank you. Heath. Thank you all for watching and listening. And we'll talk to you at 9 a.m. YouTube.com slash fantasy football today and CBS sports HQ on the CBS sports app.

Fantasy Football Today - Week 5 Start or Sit! (10/06 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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