Fantasy Football Today - Week 5 Start or Sit! (10/08 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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Starting point is 00:00:27 Let's get your lineup set on this Sunday. We got a London game coming up in less than 90 minutes. Zay Jones is active for that one. We'll talk about that in a bit. Saquon Barkley, he's not expected to play. How do you feel about Matt Breida at the Dolphins? He is a flex.

Starting point is 00:00:43 A fine flex. The guy that's kind of the benchmark at running back this week is going to be jonathan taylor because i don't quite have him as a starter um i would start taylor over brita i would start naji over brita i would start damian pierce over brita but if you don't have one of those guys if you don't have a decent starter, he's fine. Okay. So yeah, go right into Jonathan Taylor. The report, which is not a surprise that he's expected to be monitored today, but he got his contract extension. Things are peachy keen, I guess, in Indianapolis. What do you think? Yeah. I mean, put him in the sports business hall of fame. They said that running backs were not going to get money, and he played that one perfectly. I think he is a high-end, number three-ish type running back.

Starting point is 00:01:30 RB, 25, 26, 27, 28, somewhere in that range. I have moved both of the Broncos behind him this morning with the questions about Javante. I think it's a tough call between him and Brita, but I would prefer Jonathan Taylor. But I'd still start Miles Sanders, Ramondre, Madison, those guys over him. There's some risk there, and it's the worst matchup in fantasy. The Tennessee Titans.

Starting point is 00:01:56 Yeah, another team that's a tough matchup for running backs is the Lions. We don't have too many questions right now. You did say start Miles Sanders over him? I did, and I don't love Miles Sanders, but yes. Okay, well, let's look at the other side of that game here. The Lions will be shorthanded, it seems. Amadra St. Brown and Jameer Gibbs not expected to play. So what does this mean for the Detroit Lions?

Starting point is 00:02:18 A lot of moving pieces here. Yeah, David Montgomery might be RB1. Yeah. Like, not an RB1, the RB1. I'd expect 25 plus touches. I actually haven't ranked 7th, but he enough for me to push Josh Reynolds up into the must start category. I like Reynolds as a number three wide receiver. Jamison Williams is still a wait and see it hurts golf, but he's still a low end starter.

Starting point is 00:02:55 Okay. Would you start golf or Russell Wilson? Russell Wilson. All right. Speaking of Russell Wilson, he may not have Javante Williams. What do we do with Javante Williams? What do we do with Aaron Jones, Javante Adams?

Starting point is 00:03:10 None of these guys play in the one o'clock slate. In fact, Jones and Adams are Monday night guys. So what do you think about them? Yeah, I think Adams is, I'm more optimistic about him. He got a partial practice in on Saturday, which is better than Friday when he didn't practice at all. I would like to be able to maybe go get a Hunter Renfro or a Jaden Reed to wait

Starting point is 00:03:30 that one out, but I'm planning on waiting it out. Jones is more difficult because he's gone up and down with his hamstring injury. It is a fantastic matchup, so it's really, really hard to sit him. But we're not probably going to know for sure that he is playing. I think one of the other guys who's really interesting this week, the start of the week, Brees Hall, and how much work does he get? I'd start him over Aaron Jones. But I'm not going to go all the way down to the starting Miles Sanders or Jonathan Taylor over Jones just because there's so much upside for Aaron Jones. I think Javante, it's not just like we went through most of the week

Starting point is 00:04:12 not expecting Javante to start. So we had Jaleel McLaughlin ranked as a number two running back and P. Ryan as a high-end flex. I have moved both those guys behind Jonathan Taylor because if Javante shows up, we have no reason to have any confidence in who's going to touch the ball for them at all. Right. It might just be a situation to avoid.

Starting point is 00:04:32 And Cooper Cup, who's your highest ranked Rams receiver this week and where do you have him? It's definitely Cooper Cup, but I think I'm the high guy on Kukanukua. I've got them both as top 20 wide receivers. Cup as a top 12 guy in full PBR. There's supposed to be no restrictions for him.

Starting point is 00:04:50 I bet they get him at least one touchdown as a, as a welcome back. Right. I'm starting both Rams wide receivers and I think we'll find out. I understand if you want to hold two, two, I would guess by Monday by tonight's show, we're saying that a two,

Starting point is 00:05:03 two at well is droppable. Yeah. It's a, a Zay Jones active today for the London game. Does that change anything for Kirk or Ridley or even Lawrence? It definitely causes me to drop Kirk and Ridley. The guy I have one spot ahead of Lawrence right now is Jared Goff, and I'd still rather start him than Trevor Lawrence. Kirk is no longer a top 20 wide receiver. Neither is Ridley.

Starting point is 00:05:31 It's going to be really interesting to see who's playing in those two wide receiver sets between Kirk and Zay Jones. You might have like one hour left to trade Christian Kirk based on what's happened the last couple of weeks. But yeah, they're both low-end number two wide receivers. You might have like one hour left to trade Christian Kirk based on what's happened the last couple of weeks. But yeah, they're both low in number two wide receivers. I would start Michael Pittman over both of the Jags.

Starting point is 00:05:56 Yeah, I mean, I think if you go to week two, Zay Jones did play a decent chunk of that game. And I don't know that Kirk was super affected by it. I'd have to look further into that, but we'll see. Maybe it'll be more revealed this week. I guess I'm not sure that what happened in week one is going to happen again, but it's good to see. No, not at all. I didn't mean to say that I was. That's why I still have Cup ranked to the top 24 wide receiver. Okay. And by the way,

Starting point is 00:06:14 when Heath said he's dropping Ridley and Kirk, he of course meant in his rankings, not from his fantasy rosters. Let's go 30 seconds for questions here. Olave or Pittman? Olave. Zay Jones or Pittman? Olave. Zay Jones or Sutton? Sutton.

Starting point is 00:06:29 Mixon or A-Chan? Half PPR. A-Chan. Let's see. ETN, Kyron Williams or Calvin Ridley? ETN. Miles Sanders or Jalen Warren Warren

Starting point is 00:06:47 and last one here Warren or McLaughlin Warren alright that's it for FFT in 5 good luck everybody we'll talk to you at 11.30am for our live stream youtube.com slash fantasy football today

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Fantasy Football Today - Week 5 Start or Sit! (10/08 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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