Fantasy Football Today - Week 6 NFL DFS Main Slate -- Rams WR Cooper Kupp is expensive, and you should still put him in your DFS lineup| Daily Fantasy Advice

Episode Date: October 14, 2023

Sia Nejad and Mike McClure take you into week 6, and help you set up your Sunday DFS Slate 01:32 - 49ers (-6.5) at Browns (37.5) 04:05 - Panthers (+13.5) at Dolphins (48.5) 07:17 - Seahawks (+3) at Bengals (45.5) 13:20 - Colts (+4) at Jaguars (45.5) 17:49 - Vikings (-2.5) at Chicago (44.5) 22:06 - Saints (-1.5) at Texans (42.5) 26:00 - Commanders (+2.5) at Falcons (42.5) 29:48 - Patriots (+3) at Raiders (41.5) 30:24 - Eagles (-7) at Jets (41) 33:11 - Lions (-3) at Bucs (43.5) 35:22 - Cardinals (+7) at Rams (48.5) 40:50- Mike’s Top 3 46:13 - Sia’s Cheat Sheet 47:54 - Mike’s Cheat Sheet 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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Mike, how's it going? It's going, CF. Fired up for week six already. How about that Thursday night game last night? The Kansas City Chiefs are so good. They are just so boring to watch now. It's pretty incredible. What's incredible, Mike, what's incredible is that the line,

the side was 10.5 or 11, and they end up winning in such an unorthodox way and really covering for most people that got it at 10.5, 19-8. That was just so unusual. Very, very unusual. orthodox way and really covering for most people that got it at 10 and a half, 19 to eight. That was just so unusual. Very, very unusual. I know they had the, you know, some inefficiencies in the red zone, but it was one of those games that was just truly never in doubt. They're just kind of out there going through the motions. It's just what that team can do right now. So very interesting, but fired up for this main slate. Once again, a few players that I really, really liked this week. Love it. And I know last week you really really liked joe burrow and jamar chase and i know that paid off uh for a lot of our listeners i didn't listen as heavy as some people did so

like today i'm definitely going to just be dialed in on a lot of mike's calls here like for better or for worse listen these don't always hit but jamar chase was such a great play at 7800 last week i'm curious what you have to say about him this week five hundred dollars more expensive which really isn't that much of a hike right so let's start though with the game let's just get this game out of the way because we've got the 49ers at the browns it's a 37 and a half point total and by the way there are seven o'clock there's seven one o'clock games and there are four four o'clock games for those of you that are trying to play different slates and afternoon, early, all that stuff.

But this game doesn't have a lot of interest to me. It doesn't look like Deshaun Watson is going to play. There's really nobody on the Browns side that I want. To me, Mike, the only person even worthy of discussion here, because this Browns defense is formidable, is, of course, Christian McCaffrey. Are you interested? I mean, Christian McCaffrey is $9,500.

This feels like a game where, well, we shouldn't be playing him. But then again, that's what everybody else is thinking, right? So maybe that means play Christian McCaffrey. Where are you at on this? Yeah, McCaffrey did actually make it into my player pool. I think this projects as a game where he could certainly have the two touchdowns, right? He's such a force anywhere on the field. I do think that San Francisco does score,

but it's honestly kind of like that Kansas City game against Denver last night. One of those games, while it is a road game for the 49ers, it's a game that they should be able to comfortably win, not put too much more out there on film, and have a heavy dose from the running backs. So I think that McCaffrey, while he is very expensive, the ownership will be single digits. I think it's at that range where it's appropriate here.

You know, typically you're not wanting to play a player that expensive in a game that has a total of 36 points, which is fascinating, by the way. I'd love your take on that, knowing that a 20-17 game would get you over the total in the NFL here, which is pretty wild at 36. But yeah, McCaffrey is a piece that I am interested in. Yeah, and if you look on our screen, you see that the total is 37.5. But actually, it's actually down to 36.5. And I think that's predicated on a lot of things.

Maybe some weather, maybe the Deshaun Watson news. It looks like P.J. Walker would be coming in not dorian thompson robinson but so the line is up to wow the line is up to 10 okay so i just we just have that wrong on the screen i should have uh i should have modified that uh i didn't realize that that it had jumped that much so if you got in on the niners at six and a half or at six where it was earlier this week as well um you're looking pretty good so yeah that's the like this is a classic game you wouldn't want to play I mean like just for like just to put that out there just from a DFS standpoint you don't have the back and forth because you got the 10 point spread and you don't have the high total like this is to me a

stay away unless you just want to get frisky and play Christian McCaffrey knowing that a lot of people aren't going to want to do that at 9500500. All right, let's move on to the Panthers and the Miami Dolphins. I think this is a game a lot of people have interest in, and it makes a lot of sense. I haven't looked at the weather, but we know down in Miami, typically if there's no rain, you're going to have pretty good conditions, at least relative to some of these games up in the Northeast that are going to have some rain and some wind potentially.

A 13.5 point total, 48.5 point spread. It's actually down to 47.5 in some places. There's so many ways to play this, Mike. I think most people will just say, give me Mostert, and maybe on the other side, give me Thielen or just a pass catcher for the Carolina Panthers. I don't have a problem with that. At the same time, I think Tua and Tyreek are interesting

just because people are going to generally probably avoid that, go to a different stack, a cheaper stack, and take that Mostert piece out. How are you playing this one? Are you stacking it? And if so, which targets on the other side of the ball? Because the Panthers, you could roll out Jonathan Mingo. You could roll out DJ Shark.

These are cheap guys, $3,500, $4,000 respectively. What are you thinking in this one? Yeah, I'm not going to touch the Panthers a ton here. If I were to stack it up, it would likely just be like full-on Miami onslaughts, thinking it's a game where they put up 40, and really not concern myself a ton with the bringbacks on the other side. The only one I'm going to play is Adam Thielen. I like the volume.

I think the price point isn't quite where it should be. You know, when we saw this volume once or twice, we still kind of were a little cautious wanting to see if this was actually sustainable. It does appear to be so far. We do expect Carolina to be in those neutral or trailing game scripts very frequently, certainly in this matchup as well. So I do like Adam Thielen a ton. In this particular matchup with the game script that I'm projecting, I do think that he should be back up in the mid $6,000 range. So I'll be playing him. Mostert, as you mentioned, the backfield's cleared up a bit again for him. So this is a great, great spot. And of course, Tyreek Hill. You got to mention him. he's so good on a PPR site like

DraftKings over here I think that he's really shown that you know we always have these worries about game scripts when they're big favorites like this when they get up big in these games it's typically because Tyree Kill has done something really good in the first quarter right so I think the floor even though they they do have blowout potential a lot I think the floor is still insanely high here. So I will have some Tyreek Hill this week. Will you have, you might have already mentioned this, will you have any Tua stacks with Tyreek or with Waddle for that matter,

who's obviously going to be lower on? I don't mind it. There are a couple of cheaper quarterbacks here that I still kind of want to get to. So I'm not going to jump all in on Tua. For example, Joe Burrow. I still like Joe Burrow again. He's $1,300 cheaper than Tua. That's still a significant, significant difference. So I don't mind it. Like I said, if I play Tua, it would be a situation where I'd probably be playing Tua, Mostert, and Tyreek all in the same lineup, betting on Miami scoring 40 points and

some lower scoring games across the league but as of right now it's not my primary focus and real quick do you like most dirt for cash and if the answer is yes do you like feeling just as much for cash yes both of those guys are cash game playable both going to be incredibly popular especially in most dirt this week but for very very good reason absolutely all right you mentioned Joe Burrow. So let's transition there. The Bengals host the Seattle Seahawks. Keep in mind, the Seahawks are coming off a bye. They are plus three. I think that's a really interesting line. I actually like the Seahawks here. I'd be interested, Mike, you put all your picks out on Sportsline. You're very active on CBS Sports HQ. I'm curious if you've thought about

this game from a sides standpoint. We have a 45 and a half point total. It's 45 in some places. So relatively high scoring and listen, Joe Burrow really clicked. Now granted last week that was against Arizona's defense. It's a little bit of a different ball game, especially with these DBS for the Seattle Seahawks. But with that said, it sounds to me like a Joe Burrow stack to Jamar chase is certainly in play

just like it was last week. Yeah, definitely in play for me. I really, really like Jamar Chase in the spot. I honestly, you know, the question is that you really have is Joe Burrow back or not? He looked pretty good against Arizona. I think that it's pretty easy to look decent against Arizona. As far as Seattle, I don't think Seattle is a great team. I think that they are a team that's going to find themselves in a ton of competitive football games. And I think that's going to help here. So I think these teams can definitely push each other and really make this kind of a higher scoring game. You know, Cincinnati has been really disappointing in the passing game

in terms of some of their coverage, ranking bottom third in the league for sure. I think think that is going to actually help i think that the back and forth in this game is going to help i think there's going to be a ton of fantasy points so i personally like burrow again i love jamar chase again it's a lock button play for me personally uh especially with justin jefferson not on the slate tyree kill in the matchup that he has. I think Jamar Chase is far and away wide receiver one again. And you're okay with playing Jamar Chase out like outside of a Joe Burrow stack. In other words, as a singular player. Yeah, I think I'm almost definitely just like last week. I had Joe Burrow. I mean, I had Jamar Chase in every lineup, regardless of Burrow. I think it'll be the exact same thing this week. I don't think I'll have a single lineup without Jamar Chase. There are a

couple cheap options on the Bengals. And I do want to talk about some options on the Seahawks that I really like. But I mean, Trent Irwin obviously got a lot of targets last week, which I think was a little unexpected. Tyler Boyd is in the mix. Are Mixon or Boyd or Irwin in the conversation? I know Irv Smith is on this team. You've previously liked him. Is it just Jamar Chase and get out? Or if you you're stacking burrow maybe you're doubling up beyond jamar chase yeah if you want to stack burrow i think that you can definitely start to look to double up um i think the guy that i'm probably most interested in is still going to be trent nerwin you know the the depth of target could be an issue but he still had eight catches

on 10 targets last week in that role um i think that the far more concerning thing is he he's fumbled in two consecutive games uh if that i don't think it's gonna cause him to not be on the field um but i really like him honestly at 3300 i think it's a really nice double stack because looking at the concentration of targets there, it's essentially, you're probably getting 20-plus targets literally between Twentin Irwin and Jamar Chase here. So I like it a lot. I'm not going to play Herb Smith. As far as Tyler Boyd, I think it's okay,

but I'd rather just have the salary savings down with Irwin. Absolutely. On the other side of the ball, so I really like Kenneth Walker, and I'm just curious what your opinion is here. I don't think a lot of people are going to want to play him because I think he's a little bit more expensive than people want to pay at the running back position, especially for a guy like Kenneth Walker, who doesn't have that pop like a Bijan Robinson did last week. But you look at the Bengals defense, they're allowing five yards per carry. And for those of you that don't know,

like that's really bad. That's close to bottom in the league, really close to bottom in the league. They're allowing a lot of explosive runs. We know Kenneth Walker can have some explosive runs, but then I look at DK Metcalf, who I think is healthy, although he sat out practice a little bit this week. So we'll have to monitor that at 6,800. We see Lockett at 5,700. I think there's a lot of options here. I like Kenneth Walker the best, but do you like any of those three guys or anybody else on the Seattle side that I mentioned? Yeah. I mean, I think that you definitely can like them. I do like Kenneth Walker. He's someone I've actually played a lot more than I thought I would, you know, throughout the season so far, he, he has some decent usage in the, in the red zone. For me though, it's Tyler Lockett 5,700. You know, I, he is obviously

aging. Like he's getting to that point in his career where the massive three touchdown games, things like that, I think are days of the past. But I do think this projects as a matchup where they could be pushed enough that they do end up having one of those games where he gets 10 targets. We saw it against Detroit. This matchup, Cincinnati and Seattle, to me, projects very similarly to that Seattle-Detroit game that we saw in Week 2, where we did see a little bit of a spike game. He did have his two touchdowns, but it was really more the target volume. I think we are looking at double-digit targets here for Tyler Lockett at 5,700.

Much like Adam Thielen, I think that if we can replicate that at all, this is a $6,500 player. Yeah, love that. So consider Tyler Lockett in your stacks for sure. Trip O'Day Football DFS says, would this be the week to speculate on JSN after the bye? I'll handle that one. I don't think so.

First of all, you got to understand personnel-wise, he's just not on the field a lot. We're seeing a lot of two tight end sets, non-three wide receiver receiver sets so we're just not seeing enough of jsn to really lean on him granted it is after the bye maybe they're scheming for for him specifically but i kind of doubt it i think they're going to lean on their tight ends in terms of their sets but also just lockett walker and dk metcalf all right we got another really interesting game to get to um probably my favorite game which is interesting because it's certainly not the highest total, but Colts plus

four at the Jaguars, 45 and a half. But before we get to that game, let's hear a message from our partners. So like I said, we've got the Colts plus four at the Jaguars. Let me update the total here. Data sourced from the ORCGA 2023 Dirt Report. What I do like is that Gardner Minshew is 5K, and Trevor Lawrence has an excellent matchup against this Colts secondary at 6,500. We've got to check on Zay Jones to see if he's going to play. But if not, it narrows that sort of concentration of targets to Kirk, Ridley, and Ingram, and all of them, I think, present some value at their prices. I love Josh Downs on the other side, too. I think you could speculate on Pittman, but Downs would be the guy for me.

Mike, am I talking crazy here? Should I just be avoiding this game ultimately, or do you actually like stacking this game or taking several pieces from it? I definitely like taking some pieces from it. And I don't mind the stack. Depends on how the injury report really shakes out a little bit for me. But it comes down to, do you believe in Gardner Mincher or not? You know, can he push? Is he motivated against this team? Potentially, you know, 5K, if he can push them at all, is a potential to be an absolute shootout of a game.

I really am not a big fan of either team defensively. So it just comes down to how efficient you think Gardner-Menscher can be in this particular matchup. I personally believe that he's going to be okay at 5K. I think that he definitely has the ability to be one of the top value quarterbacks of the week. So I do like Travis Etienne. The volume is something you have to love there. As far as the receivers on the Jacksonville side, I like them all, honestly.

I think they're all priced pretty appropriately. Evan Ingram has had eight targets in four consecutive games. That's pretty good at tight end on a week where we are really lacking some of the upside at the tight end position. So certainly someone that I think could, you know, really be a good piece there. And then Calvin Ridley, you know, talk about the ups and downs of the season so far.

He had a game against Atlanta with just two targets, uh, Houston seven, eight against Kansas city, but only two receptions here. Uh, you look at week one and week five, he had big, big spike weeks overall. And then a lot of mediocre in the middle. I personally, especially as a Jones is going to be out. I personally believe that Calvin Ridley's talent level still maps to that 7700 price point not the 6700 price point yeah and by the way i have checked the weather in jacksonville and again it's it's early so hard to say really but we do have you know there's no rain but there's some wind potentially we're looking at

that like 15 to 20 mile per hour range is what i'm looking at which is i think what we saw in the kansas city game yesterday it certainly doesn't prevent you from throwing the ball downfield but it's it's it's not helpful either not necessarily the best playing conditions with all that said mike i'm surprised this line has gone down to 44 are you as well or do you feel like we're missing something here that's a pretty big shift from 45 and a half just a couple days ago yeah it is a big shift i think it's all kind of related to the quarterback move with uh with gardner menchu i think that's really kind of where it's at i'm going to quickly look and see where i have this game um yeah i actually had it under so i i

personally like to see that at 42 and a half is where i made it um but again a lot of that is the colt side lacking um offense so it really comes down to like i keep saying it comes down to what do you think of gardner minchu if you think he's serviceable you think that they can push then i think it makes a fantastic game environment uh if you don't think he's quite that level and gonna push then i think you look at travis etn absolutely right. So I'll tell you right now, I have the Jags featured on my cheat sheet. I only say that now because we do this time of year have to monitor weather. And because these cheat sheets come out a couple of days early, keep our cheat sheet plays in mind. But obviously, if you get more information after we do this show, when it comes to weather and things of that nature or injuries,

you're going to want to modify like, well, we would want to modify what we had. So just keep that in mind in terms of the information you pick up. Another game that might have some weather, some wind, and at least a slight chance of rain is a game that I think a lot of people are also interested in.

It's the Vikings at the bears. This has gone down to four. This total has gone down from 44 and a half to 44 in some places. Vikings favored by three. Listen, I think, you know, if you watch Justin Fields against Washington last week, you kind of like doing the Justin Fields, DJ Moore thing. And I have no problem with that. I think Cole Komet can get involved here.

Roshon Johnson looks like he's going to be the running back as opposed to Khalil Herbert, who was still injured. There's a lot to like here. Jordan Addison, who I liked last week, well, now there's no Justin Jefferson. Looks like Osborne is going to be running that X receiver, those Justin Jefferson routes. I think Addison's a great play. I think Brandon Powell's an interesting play at a flat 3K.

But then again, there's weather. Maybe we want to avoid this game. Are you invested in this game? I am invested in this game because I personally think it is a Deontay Foreman week. And the reason I say, I think Roshon Johnson is not going to play in this game. Gotcha. Okay. Herbert at the ankle. Roshon Johnson is still in the concussion protocol.

He did not practice at all on Thursday. Obviously, Thursday is not Friday. Today is Friday. However, just being so young and everything like that first real concussion, probably, I mean, I'm guessing he's had a concussion in his career potentially, but at this level, I think it's very possible considering he's still in the protocol, missed everything yesterday that he does not give it a go here. And I agree with you reading what I'm reading right now. I think you're right about that. So go on. Sorry. Yeah. So Deontay Foreman is someone we've seen in his career. There's a reason why this man

holds a job still. He's bounced around a lot, but he runs with so much energy. He is so aggressive. He jumps at every opportunity that he has. And I think this is an opportunity. And I think that it might be a little unfair to say the Vikings are ready to tank. But motivation in that locker room has got to be at an all-time low right now. Sloppy game potentially. I think that this is a Deontay Foreman spot. He's 4,400. It's an absolute free square, in my opinion, if he is ruled the starter in this game uh and personally that is what i'm expecting based on uh the reports that i'm reading right now so yeah i mean dionte forman

for those of you unfamiliar he runs like because you you kind of captured it you illustrated it really well he runs like kind of like isaiah pacheco like that running angry if you remember mary and barbara from back in the day that like Deontay Foreman seems to run a little bit like that as well. Now the Vikings are at least decent against the run. Are you interested at all in the passing for Justin Fields, DJ Moore, or really any other receiver? Cole Komet, like, is that a stack you'd be interested in tournaments, for example?

Yeah, I don't mind it at all. I think this is a good spot for Justin Fields overall. The thing that I would mention though, Deontay Foreman is someone who has been able to catch passes out of the backfield as well in his career. Again, I want to drive that point home. I'm playing Deontay Foreman this week. Even if Johnson is active, I'm still going to play some of it. I think he's going to have some action at 4,400, so I'm playing him. As far as stacking with DJ Moore. I think it's fine. If

you want to take that shot in a tournament, um, obviously don't expect the three touchdown game every time out. Uh, but I do, I do like the bears a little bit here is last question on the bears. Is there a scenario because let's assume Roshan Johnson is out. Is there a scenario where you'd play Justin Fields, Deontay Foreman, and then nothing else on the bear side? Yeah, I could definitely get there. I could definitely, definitely get there. Is there a favorite run back option or really a favorite option on the Viking side? Again, we've got Addison, we've got Osborne, we've got Powell. I'm not playing the running backs personally, but you certainly could play Alexander Madison. Of course, TJ Hawkinson as well. Yeah, for me, it'd be Jordan Addison. I like him quite a bit. We do have to watch with his ankle and at least note it. I think

he's going to play. He's a limited participant on Thursday, so I think he's going to ultimately give it a go. But something to monitor for sure. If he does play, I like him a lot. Yeah, Addison is priced up a little bit. Not too much, but he's priced at $5,700, FYI, on that. And then Cole Komet at $4,600. If you want to get cute with your stack, maybe throw Komet in there with a Justin Fields stack. I don't hate it at $4,600, although I think there's a lot of tight ends you can go to, both more expensive than Komet and a lot cheaper than Komet, which we'll get to on this show. Saints-Texans. Saints are one-and-a-half-point favorites.

I mean, this isn't much of a game to talk about. It's a 42-and-a-half-point total. We got to check on Tank Dell's status. I don't know that we know definitively on that, although I'll double-check before this show is over. Nico Collins in play if you want to stack this game. Obviously, Robert Woods at 3,800 makes a lot of sense too. Kamara, just in general, makes a lot of sense.. Kamara just in general makes a lot of sense. I

know you were on that last week, Mike, and he was, he became, it's funny how this show sort of happens, right? Because sometimes we, we sort of, we graduate to really liking guys just because we've talked to a show. And I hope when you're listening to this show, you kind of see that, that like, we don't all, we don't have everything planned out going into the show necessarily. Most of it, we kind of know what our plays are going to be, but sometimes we just sort of graduate in the middle of the show. And last week, Mike, you bumped somebody just to get Kamara in your top three, and it was a really wise move.

He's 6,800 now. I wonder, is that too expensive on this slate for you, for Alvin Kamara, or are you going right back to it? And anybody else in this game that you like? I'm going right back to it, honestly. I think this is a great spot to back him. You know, we liked him. That's the beauty of a guy like Alvin Kamara, frankly, right? So the reason why we liked him initially, at least I did last week, we saw that massive game from him in his first game back in terms of the passing volume,

14 targets, right? He only had three targets in this game, but the reason he had three targets is because they were dominating. They won the game 34 to nothing and his role shifted. He touched the football still that many times. He had 22 handoffs found his way into the end zone. I think this next game here is right back to a very, very competitive game where I think we see six to 10 targets in the passing game, 15 to 20 carries. I've been encouraged with the usage. You know, there was a time, you know, before some of the suspension and everything where it looked like he was going to lose a lot of work.

I think we're right back to Alvin Kamara touching the football 20 plus times every single game. So, yeah, I like it. I think the Texans are good enough to push. And I think this is an Alvin Kamara game. So yeah, I like it. I think the Texans are good enough to push. And I think this is an Alvin Kamara game. Are you interested in a Texan stack? I mean, let's assume Tank Dell is out because he didn't practice on Thursday. Again, these are concussions, right? With Roshan Johnson and Tank Dell. Usually we've noticed the NFL being a little bit more cautious, even though Roshan had the extra days because of the Thursday night game against Washington. It looks like he's trending towards out. I'm guessing Tank Dell is out. With that in mind, you know, Stroud 6K to Nico 5,600 or to Robert Woods 3,800 with a Kamar bring back. Is that in play at all for you or you

just like other stacks so much that you're just not going to get to this one? I like other stacks so much that I'm not going to get to it, but I will play a little bit of Robert Woods. Minor concern in terms of the ribs he's practicing. He's going to play. Just know that they're, you know, at his age as well, there are scenarios where he takes a hit and doesn't finish this game. It's priced in, though, $3,800. He's had a lot of targets in this offense, honestly. Coming off nine targets again against Atlanta.

He's had nine or more targets in three of the five games so far, no fewer than six targets. Stroud's been good. And I think this is a game that, again, is going to be very competitive overall. So I like Robert Woods. I prefer the cheaper route with Woods over anybody else. Yeah, I got to give a shout out to C.J. Stroud because I have my opinions on quarterbacks going into the season. I wasn't super vocal about not liking C.J. Stroud, but I can just tell you, like, I didn't think C.J. Stroud was going to be a good quarterback in general. And I certainly didn't think he was going to be good this early. And I've watched a lot of C.J. Stroud. Like, I am very impressed. This is not smoke and mirrors like he has. That it factor, the accuracy that we knew

we knew we had at Ohio State. It's all there. I'm super impressed. A team I'm not super impressed with. It's our last one o'clock game. It's my team. You see over my oh, I should say over my left shoulder, Santana Moss holding up the 21 for the best safety ever. Sean Taylor. Yeah, I said it. Commanders plus two. I got to hang my hat on something, okay? Like, I haven't had a lot to root for. He's better than Ed Reed. I said it.

Commanders plus two and a half at the Falcons. 42 and a half point total. It's 42 in some places. You know, the Bijan experience didn't work out, and it's partly because Tyler Algier got a ton of carries, and I think Arthur Smith is just kind of showing us time and time again that there's really no predictability from a touch standpoint when it comes to these running backs. Now the Falcons, I would imagine we're going to see a lot of Bijan, but we like a lot of running backs

getting up to Bijan at 7,200. I'm not sure I'm going to do that. I think Kyle Pitts is really interesting because he's, he's down to 3,500 and we saw how much damage he did last week. Now I've been on the Johnnie Smith train FYI. He's a hundred less,500, and we saw how much damage he did last week. Now, I've been on the John Newsmith train, FYI. He's 100 less than Kyle Pitts, and he's been good this entire season. So I think both of them are in play. Obviously, Kyle Pitts has the bigger play factor, and against this Washington secondary, it would certainly make more sense to go for that big play guy, Kyle Pitts, over like a John Newsmith, for example.

I think Logan Thomas is kind of in play at 3,500. He caught nine of 11 targets last week. That's not going to happen every game. They were getting blown out, but certainly a strong option. I'm kind of looking at his props, FYI. Anything in this game that you're playing, like the only one that really sticks out to me is Kyle Pitts. Yeah, Kyle Pitts is the one that stands out. On a week where tight end is really kind of weak overall, I think you could definitely make the case for taking a shot there. You know, it was obviously extremely encouraging

to see the 11 targets against Houston. Pretty discouraged to see only four against Jacksonville, three against Carolina. So, you know, hopefully that gets him going a little bit. But again, you are still buying low, 3,500. I think that we all remember that too kyle pitts i think there's no doubt that his skill set and his upside has him as at least a five thousand dollar tight end i know he's splitting work i know there's a lot of unpredictability in that offense i'm willing

to bet on it still though at 3500 so that's really the only piece i could get to other than to say, I do believe Bijan Robinson until he's $8,000 is tournament viable in any game. And for the record, I assume there's not a lot of ownership on Bijan Robinson right now because of what happened last week and because there's so many running backs that seem to present value that are obviously cheaper than Bijan. Yeah, you know, he's still going to garner some, but it's middling for sure. I would say in terms of running backs, he will be like the eighth to 10th most popular back. Gotcha.

Okay. So not, I mean, still that's pretty good. Listen, this is commander's defense. Like this front four, they can rush the passer, but they can't really stop the run. We saw Thursday night when Khalil Herbert was healthy, they were running it on third and seven, getting 10 yards every time. And it was like kind of sad to watch.

All right. Well, we've got four, four o'clock games to talk about. But before we get there, let's take a break and hear a message from our partner. All right. We're back. And we've got a game that I don't. Oh, by the way, real quick, because I know people want to know about cash games. Mike, we talked about Mostert being a really good running back cash option we've obviously talked about other running backs

too but from a cash standpoint would you put kamara up there in the most dirt range in terms of like hey you're going to want to play this guy in cash for me yes uh i could tell you alvin kamara jamar chaser the two guys that are essentially going to anchor every lineup for me they basically did last week too um both of them are too cheap still yeah love it love it good insight okay uh patriots at the raiders i mean what are we going to do here uh patriots plus three uh it's a 41 and a half point total why would we want anybody on either of these teams right now i mean i hate to say it but like it's a low total i i just unless you're playing the four o'clock slate, maybe you want to get tricky with like a Josh Jacobs at seven thousand, for example.

Like I kind of get that. But is there anybody you're playing in this game? Like, no, there's not. I'm not getting anywhere in this game. All right. I honestly think we can move on. If you have questions about this game, I'd be really surprised. But you can feel free to put them in the chat. This next game is really interesting to me, and maybe it's just going to be an afternoon slate play. But when we look at this Jets defense, and of course I'm talking Eagles minus seven at the Jets, and this total is just sitting there right at 41 like it has been.

You look at the Jets defense, and I know how formidable we think they are, but they haven't been great and they've had some, some injury issues as well. It seems like an interesting time to play the Eagles other than the fact that, well, can the jets push back with Zach Wilson? Like, so that like, that's kind of the problem with all of that said, I just wonder is hurts on your radar at all. Obviously AJ, AJ Brown, 7,800 Devante Smith, 7,000 Hertz, 8,200. It's extremely expensive. Like you're really limiting yourself with a lot of the other players we've talked about Deandre Swift at 6,100. That seems like decent value, but I don't know that I'm getting there in this game. I do think

it's interesting though, because I can't imagine a lot of people are playing this game. Yeah. I don't think a lot of people are playing the game. Uh'm not getting to Hertz personally. It's just a little too expensive at 8,200. So I'm out on that. I do like his pass catcher, A.J. Brown, though. Shocking. A.J. Brown, still very, very good at football. $7,800. But look at what he has done recently.

You know, he was very vocal about being upset. Since then, he's been rewarded with a ton of action here. In week three, 14 targets, 131 yards action here uh in week three 14 targets 131 yards 13 targets in week four 175 yards 127 yards on eight targets last week uh now a game that could get a little competitive because of how good the defense is on the other side i i think that this is still a matchup where aj brown is somewhat matchup proof. And I think that when push comes to shove, I think that's where Jalen's going to want to go with the football if it is a little competitive. I don't think anyone's going to play him. I think we're talking four to five percent

ownership here on a guy that is routinely scoring 25 to 30 fantasy points. What's interesting is that's the same price Jamar Chase was last week, and nobody really wanted to play Jamar Chase, right? And I shouldn't say nobody, but not a lot of people did, even though he was 7,800 because of what we saw the weeks prior. In this case, it's not what we saw the weeks prior with A.J. Brown. It's just the fact that I don't think people want to touch this game for a lot of reasons, and one is because they see the 41-point total

and they're like, I just want to move on. But AJ Brown, we know how concentrated this target share is. So if they put up, I mean, their implied total here, I mean, I could do the quick math, but it's decent. And AJ Brown is usually the beneficiary of those targets. It's him. It's last week, it was a lot of Goddard. I think that was sort of a squeaky wheel game for Dallas Goddard, but yeah, I kind of agree. AJ Brown at 7,800. It seems very low. Interesting spot there. Certainly if you're playing the afternoon slate, I think you got to get him in your lineup. Lions at Bucks. That's our next game. By the way, you don't like anybody on the jet side.

Do you? I mean, at Brees Hall, I just can't imagine playing even though I played him last week. Yeah. Nope. Not playing, not playing anyone on the jet side. Yeah. We certainly crushed with, I mean, a lot of people liked Brees Hall at 5, him last week. Yeah, nope, not playing. Not playing anyone on the Jets side. Yeah, we certainly crushed with, I mean, a lot of people liked Brees Hall at 5,400 last week. So we certainly checked that box last week on this show. Lions minus three at the Bucs. Not a lot I like here.

Looks like Amon Ra is going to play. You know, obviously David Montgomery is always in play. It's only a 43 and a half point total. Not a very interesting game. I think Rashad White at 5,500 is at least interesting. But again, there's lower options that are all – we talked about Deontay Foreman, for example. Like there's plenty of options.

You don't have to go to really anybody in this game. Is this like the Pats Raiders game where you're just out? Yeah, I'm mostly out on it. I would say the only thing that I could see myself getting to would be Brock Wright, the tight end, $2,500, just a total punt. Laporte is someone we have to monitor. I think they might be extremely cautious with him. He took part in the walkthrough practice dealing with the calf injury.

We'll see. It is a calf strain. You know, being on the official injury report on Friday, not typically a great thing overall. But just the fact that he's been so good for him, I think that it might be one of those situations where they want to maybe give him a week because you don't want this to be something that does tend to, you know, that lingers a bit. So if he is out, I think everyone's going to be on it,

kind of like the Foreman situation. But Brock Wright on a week where tight end is kind of weak, he's getting targets anyway. I think that you could do worse at tight end. Yeah, absolutely makes sense there. And by the way, quick shout out to the chat. Buffalo Woes says, what's up, boys? Best DFS show on.

Love that. Island Eric asks, James Jameson Williams when will he break out is he worth keeping in Dynasty well certainly worth keeping in Dynasty as far as your breakout game with any consistency I think you're waiting until next season for that personally but that doesn't mean he's not going to have a couple spots I just wouldn't be playing him anytime soon but yeah he's super talented and I'd hang on to him in Dynasty for sure this next game Mike and by the way if you're new to this show, one thing is hit the like button, whether you're new to this show or not.

But if you're new to the show, just so you know, we do our cheat sheets and Mike's top three at each position after we get through all the games. We only have one game left, so make sure you stay tuned for all of that. But this next game is going to have a lot of interest, not just to me and probably you, but really to everybody. We've got the Cardinals plus seven at the Rams. It's a 48 and a half point total double checking that. Oh, by the way, the, the bucks total went down to 42. We had it at 43 and a half. It has

now gone down to 42. Just so everybody knows Cardinals Rams, 48 and a half. This is, has a lot of intrigue for, for so many many reasons mike uh obviously cooper cup came back last week and we saw what happened both cup and nakua got all the targets they needed stafford looked great he gets this arizona cardinals defense that got absolutely lit up by joe burrow and company and and the reality is they just don't have the secondary to keep up with whether it's jamar chase or nakua at well, like they just don't have it. So I think a lot of people with Stafford only being 6,100, they're going to want to play this stack. I'm curious, are you playing this stack and how are you playing it? Because Nakua is expensive

at 8K, Kopp is expensive at 9K. Tutu Atwell gives you some salary relief if you want to take that chance, but his target share is certainly a lot lower than the other guys. He's 5,100. You got Dobbs on the other side. I don't think people are really super interested in playing him, but he's only 5,200. Marquise Brown, we got a monitor. I think he sat out of practice yesterday with an illness. He's 5,300.

Ertz, 3,600. So many pieces to play. I'm just curious, how are you playing this one? Yeah, I love it. Honestly, I'm stacking Matthew Stafford. I'll prioritize Cooper Cup, but I will still play Nakua as well. It is an expensive stack, but I think there's going to be enough value. We've already talked about Foreman and some of the other cheaper pieces that you could throw in there. So I do like it a lot. I think that this

projects as a game where the Rams aren't strong enough defensively to make this a massive blowout. I think they're going to be pushed to that level just enough where they keep the foot on the gas, which I think is going to lead to a big, big fantasy day. Very similar to what we saw from Cincinnati, frankly, as you mentioned. So I like Matthew Stafford a lot. I'm going to be pairing him. I'm prioritizing Cooper Cup still. I know we've seen a lot from Puka Nukua so far this season. He's been great. I think that they can coexist. I think he's going to continue to do that. But I think what it's ultimately going to do is I think it's going to take just a little bit of pressure off of Cooper Cup in terms of the defensive attention. I think that, which is very, very scary, frankly. You remember what Cooper Cup has been able to do

recently. Having a guy like Nuku'a on the other side, I think is going to help him tremendously. I do think the chemistry with Matthew Stafford is still there. It was evident in that game that he just came back in. I think Cooper Cup is going to be the best fantasy wide receiver in the league the rest of the way. And I don't think it's going to be very close. Wow. That's a big statement. So your favorite, your preferred stack, and we'll get to the running backs in this game in a second, but your preferred stack would be Stafford to cup. Are you adding in a preferred stack? Are you adding anybody in there and are you bringing it back with anybody? It'll just be Stafford to cup. I will have another one with, uh, with Nakua as well.

It'll be very expensive, but I do like it as far as bring backs. I think you can get to to natural. The most natural one for me is going to be Zach Ertz. I just think the volume could continue to be there. Tight end is very weak. The price point works. Otherwise, probably mostly just going to be betting on the Rams scoring points here. Yeah. And by the way, Amari DiMarcato, Keontae Ingram, I still don't think we're exactly sure what the touch share is going to be there. I think that's something you're definitely going to want to monitor over the weekend. I'm not going to make a call on those guys one way or the other. But for those of you that are not familiar with who they are, obviously, James Conner's out for a little while. So Amari DiMarcato, 4,900, Keontae Ingram, 4,500. They're certainly in play if we know that one of these guys is getting a target share or excuse me a rushing share that's going to be significant uh karen williams though on the other side mike i think he's at least interesting in a game that's likely going to be very high scoring he's 6500 is he fitting into any builds at all whether it be stacks or whether it just be taking pieces from the game so for me no should he be probably he probably should be um and i think it's a great

play i'm electing to just go all in on alvin kamara personally so i'm just not gonna have the room for it most likely um that's just the decision i'm making that's where i'm going uh would it shock me at all if he's involved in the passing game still has the two touchdowns? Not at all. Um, I think he's a fine play. Uh, I'm just, I'm going to play Alvin Kamara until he's $7,500. Yeah, I get that. And so that's the thing, you know, when we go through these games, it's like, well, you know, whether it's Karen Williams or anybody else in, in Mike's making a very definitive

statement here. He's not saying he doesn't like Karen Williams and I'm not saying I don't like Kyron Williams, but I personally, I'm probably not getting to win either because I like Alvin Kamal, because there's a few other running backs that I really like. I might overplay Kenneth Walker. In DFS, especially when you're playing tournaments, you have to make these decisions.

You can't just water down your player pool by kind of playing everybody. So you got to make your decisions with conviction and just hope that you're right. Sunday afternoon, speaking of Sunday afternoon, let's get to your top three.

Let's get to Mike's top three at each position. And Mike, we're going to start at the QB position. Joe Burrow. Love Jamar chase again this week. Love Joe Burrow. I personally think he is back or very close to it. We will see if he shows

up again this week number two matthew stafford the guy we just talked about for the rams uh just the incredible receiving core that same matchup that joe burrow and jamar chase exploited last week um i think it's going to be a big big spot for them and then gardner men's shoes who i listed here uh 5k i do think that he can push I think he's got some motivation against the Jags. At 5K, it just opens up a lot in that lineup. So what I mean by that is if I play a Gardner-Minshew lineup, I could stack it with downs and I could still get Cooper Cup, Jamar Chase, Alvin Kamara, you know,

and have seven touchdown upside with those three players essentially in their ceiling games to where if Minshew does go off, he goes off and we're, we're looking good. Right. As far as the running back position, I think you've guessed it at this point. It is Alvin Kamara. I was extremely encouraged with the blowout last week. We saw the one result where they were trailing. He got all the passing work. We saw the result where they were blowing out a team. He got all of the running work, 22 carries.

This game should be in the middle, which means I'm expecting 20-plus touches again. Raheem Mostert, number two, makes a lot of sense, I think, for everyone. I think he's going to be extremely popular. And then number three, Deontay Foreman. Unfortunately, we don't get a ton of advantage for making this call-out right now. Everyone will know about Deontay Foreman by the time the game starts on Sundayay uh i don't believe roshan johnson is going to play in this game i think this is a great spot for deontay foreman this is the reason why he's on the roster they will run run run him and throw him the football uh frankly not caring how much damage

he takes in one week here they need him for a week so hey and before you get so wide receiver um and by the way if roshan johnson ends up playing it sounds like mike you're gonna you might sprinkle in some deontay foreman as well but obviously keep that in mind he's probably mike is it safe to say if roshan johnson is active deontay foreman gets bumped from the top three he'll get bumped from the top three but he will still remain in my player pool gotcha uh real quick question from gray goosees. We talked about some cash options, especially at the running back position a little bit when it comes to the wide receiver position.

But Stafford, would he be your favorite cash game option this week? He is, yeah. I like Burrow overall for just kind of everything. But yeah, Stafford and cash is certainly where I would look to go. Just looking at what they've done with those wide receivers, I think that they're very clearly committed to slinging the football around. All right. Speaking of slinging the football around, let's talk about your favorite wide receivers, top three.

Jamar Chase. Surprise, surprise. Once again, back to Jamar Chase. He is going to receive double-digit targets, nearly a lock for that. I think they're back. I think it's a great matchup for them, honestly. I really, really think this game gets competitive and starts to shoot out. Jordan Addison is listed number two here. You could make a case for Tyler Lockett. You could make a case for Adam Thielen. They're all the same price.

I like them all. I think this game is going to be competitive with Chicago. And we know no Justin Jefferson. I think they're going to continue to focus Addison. I wouldn't shock me if he starts to see some Justin Jefferson like volume in this game. And then finally Cooper cup, he's expensive. He's expensive for a reason. I was extremely encouraged to see how quickly he bounced right back.

Now he gets the same matchup that Jamar chase has. The only difference is difference is he has another really good receiver getting attention opposite of him now absolutely love it and by the way we did mention adam feeling sort of at the front end of the show from a cash game standpoint would you have feeling ahead of jordan addison just slightly as of now yeah just slightly ahead of uh ahead of him right now okay and now speaking of cash i gotta think you got your top three tight ends here i gotta think zacherts who who leads the pack here is probably a cash game option as well he is um zacherts will start it off here i i think it's just such

natural bringbacks i like the volume uh they're committed to getting up there i think he's got a lot of respect with josh jobs as well I think they really respect each other, which is important. So I think he does see some of those targets. The other guy we didn't mention at all, which was my fault when we talked about the Texans game, Dalton Schultz has come alive a little bit. We've talked about how impressed we've been with CJ Stroud. I think this is a competitive game with New Orleans personally. Extremely encouraged to see the 10 targets. i know some of that was a product of playing atlanta uh however i think that it's a comfortable comfortable look he scored touchdowns back-to-back games yes we've only seen you know a few games with only three targets um but he's

3600 it's priced in i keep harping on how tight end is extremely weak in week six here i think this is the perfect time to take shots here. So Dalton Schultz, someone I'll be playing a little bit. And then Kyle Pitts. I was tossed up between Kyle Pitts and Evan Ingram. Evan Ingram has seen the consistent volume, and I do like the matchup against Indy. But I'm going to go with Kyle Pitts.

We saw the spike week in terms of targets, 11 targets. He's got a ton of upside. He just has to get the football in his hands um and if he does and can see anywhere close to that target volume again he should be at least five thousand dollars all right absolutely love it we are going to move to our cheat sheets real quick before we get out of here i'll start with mine uh so this stack is a little bit predicated on the weather and kind of on Zay Jones being out. But I don't think the weather's really a huge concern in Jacksonville. So not super worried about that, but just something to monitor.

I've got Trevor Lawrence at 6,500 or Christian Kirk at 5,400. Why Christian Kirk over, let's say, Calvin Ridley? Because I just want the savings. And I know Kirk, even though he's the less talented of the two receivers, has the potential to go off against this Indianapolis secondary, which I'm really trying to expose. And for the record, I think you could add Evan Ingram into this, and I think you could bring it back with my value play, Josh Downs at 4,100. Listen, this is just a really talented receiver. And with Gardner Minshew at the quarterback position, I think we're going to see a lot of Josh Downs until Anthony Richardson comes back.

So really like that value at 4,100. Chalk play is going to be Raheem Mostert at 6,400. I think a lot of people are going to play him for very good reason. I do think Salvin Ahmed might steal a carry or two. I mean, I'm not 100% sure if Jeff Wilson's going to be active. If he is, I can't imagine him getting a ton of work in his first game back, but it's wheels up for Raheem Mostert at 6,400. Kenneth Walker's my contrarian play. I'm kind of hoping this game is very competitive, which it should be with a three-point spread. I think there's going to be some back and forth,

and I think Kenneth Walker's going to bust a couple big runs. And if that's the case, he's really going to pay off at 6,700 at a relatively low ownership. My fade's going to be Joe Mixon. I mean, I literally haven't played him all year. I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about him. A lot of weeks we're talking about Joe Mixon with high ownership, and I'm just not about that at all, to be honest with you.

So I'm baiting Joe Mixon at 7,000. Mike, your cheat sheet. All right. So we're going to start it off at quarterback Joe Burrow to Jamar Chase. No real surprise there if you've watched the show so far or really paid attention this year at all. I've been on this one. I'm going to continue to be on it. I really like the matchup. I think they're back. I think the concentrated targets to Chase are a very, very good thing

overall. Value play, Deontay Foreman. I don't think Roshan Johnson plays here in this game for the Chicago Bears. I think they're extremely beat up. We've seen Foreman fill in admirably a lot of times in his career in situations just like this. He's fantastic when they need him for a week or two at most where he can just take all the hits, take all the volume. I think that's what we see here. Alvin Kamara, my chalk play, $6,800. I think the price point here, honestly, is $8,000. I think that's where he should be. Considering the volume, again, I want to talk about how encouraging it was to see drastically different game scripts in his first two games. One, they were trailing big, got all their target volume. One, they were

blowing them out, got all of the rushing work. I love a competitive game for Alvin Kamara. I think he's got so much upside here. My contrarian play, A.J. Brown. I think that he's been absolutely incredible. Love the target volume. Jalen Hurts clearly trusts him and wants to work with him. Now they get a matchup against a defense that's pretty good. I think that's where, and the price point, right? $7,800. I don't think anyone's going to play him. I'm talking 5%, 6% ownership max. And then my fade, Josh Jacobs. I'm still showing and projecting for decent ownership it makes a little sense uh just considering he's only seven thousand dollars uh very playable uh playing one of the worst teams in the nfl in the new england patriots right now wouldn't shock me

if he had some decent volume uh but i i can't pay more for him than alvin kamara at this point so uh pretty easy fate for me i like it and. And by the way, I'm just reading now that Browns have ruled out officially Deshaun Watson for Sunday's game versus San Francisco. P.J. Walker drawing the start. We discussed how that was very likely since the line jumped from six and a half to 10.

And just FYI, this doesn't affect the main slate, but the Giants did rule out Daniel Jones. So it's going to be the Tyrod Taylor show. They also ruled out left tackle Andrew Thomas thomas center john michael schmitz and um some somebody uh a few guys on their defense but uh good luck tyrod um that's going to be very interesting all right well speaking of interesting hopefully we have some interesting screenshots from all of you on sunday evening i'm hoping whether it's the main slate or the afternoon slate or the early slate, again,

try to diversify your portfolio there. Just try other stuff out. But I I'm really feeling pretty good about this main slate. Mike, Mike, I like your cheat sheet. I like your top three at each position. I like some of the guys that I'm focused on.

We'll, we will be doing our Tuesday recap. It's going to be me of course. And Megan shout. Well, of course also really focus that show on the early look to week seven. So really looking forward to that. But let's cash some tournament lineups.

Let's cash some cash lineups. This is Fantasy Football Today, DFS. We'll see you on Tuesday.