Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast - Starts of the Week + Week 12 Breakdown, It’s Football Time! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/21

Episode Date: November 21, 2024

Week 12 is here! On today’s fantasy football podcast, matchup breakdowns and Starts of the Week! Plus, injury news, and Week 12 start/sit advice for your fantasy football lineups! Manage your redraf...t, keeper, and dynasty fantasy football teams with the #1 fantasy football podcast. -- Fantasy Football Podcast for November 21st, 2024. (00:00) - Intro (04:05) - NFL News (05:45) - Starts of the Week (05:55) - Wide Receiver Starts of the Week (08:55) - Running Back Starts of the Week (11:20) - Quarterback Starts of the Week (13:45) - Tight End Starts of the Week (16:50) - Fantasy Forecast (21:22) - Vikings at Bears (25:25) - Lions at Colts (31:50) - Patriots at Dolphins (35:55) - Buccaneers at Giants (43:25) - Cowboys at Commanders (48:50) - Chiefs at Panthers Connect with the show: Subscribe on YouTube Visit us on the Web Support the Show Follow on X Follow on Instagram Join our Discord Check out today's sponsors: News & Notes presented by USAA. Visit https://www.USAA.com/Insurance  Fantasy Forecast presented by DraftKings Sportsbook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This episode is brought to you by Mitsubishi. What does ambition look like to you? Suits, awards, money, fame? These are the things that most people think of but that's an incomplete picture because actually ambition is on the inside. It's an invisible grind, a pursuit, and it's yours. No one can take it from you. So that thing you love winning championships in your league, keep doing it. Even if it doesn't look like earning millions going pro or winning a Nobel Prize, Mitsubishi Motors is there to help champion your next goal, adventure or passion. Mitsubishi, drive your ambition. Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright.
Starting point is 00:00:55 Oh, welcome in. It's football time, yeah. Oh, I half expected Papa Josh to take over the It's Football Time after yesterday's performance. The glory days for Papa Josh. He was getting a lot of positive feedback on that. Which I would like to talk to the YouTube commenters. Our job, I think, is clear. Our job is to dunk on the deuces tell them what bad people at bad jobs
Starting point is 00:01:31 they've done but the YouTube commenters usually are very kind to the deuces and I'm pathetic sympathetic yeah wonderful people yeah it's like the make-a-wish kids stuff right and so you know I just want to thank our audience for being so Sympathetic. Sympathetic. Yeah. Wonderful people. Yeah, it's like the Make-A-Wish Kids stuff. Right! And so, you know, I just want to thank our audience for being so kind to such losers. Because they need... Oh boy, there it is. They build them up.
Starting point is 00:01:55 Build these little guys up. I agree. We do need that. Today is... So thank you. Yeah, yeah, Al. Al Borland. In the house, we've got a Thursday episode of the show. Oh, you're looking good in that white jacket. I like it. Yeah, yeah Al Al Borland in the house. We've got a Thursday episode of the show. You're looking good now white jacket
Starting point is 00:02:07 I like it. Thanks man. He doesn't wear non-black. So it's always a hand me down from a good buddy of mine Oh It's Jason's old jacket. Oh That's for I had no idea. I was complimenting myself. Why why'd you give him the jacket? Um, I think it didn't fit me, probably. Correct. It probably does now. But I think I wore it back. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:02:29 All right, well. Great show today, NFL News starts of the week. Fantasy forecast, parlay, partay. Lots going on. Big waiver day yesterday. And teams getting primed. I ended up getting Taysom Hill. Yeah. Took theed. I ended up getting taste some hill. Yeah took the shot. I Ended up to Al Borland's chagrin. I ended up in dynasty getting a mere Abdullah
Starting point is 00:02:53 So, you know, we each have our big wins. Yeah. No, you paid up Yeah, your dynasty Jason's dynasty team has no running backs to start they're all on by and so Amir Abdullah was your best choice which I read something this morning that Dylan Laub is going to be a big part of the offense I hope he is because that means it's Amir White and Alexander Madison aren't aren't playing so Abdullah would have a role exactly okay join the foot comm where you can find the ultimate dashboard a bonus weekly episode of the podcast, all of our premium tools and resources, the Discord community access.
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Starting point is 00:03:52 You can follow the show on YouTube. Watch it, youtube.com slash the fantasy footballers. Jay Grizz sitting in today. And already sporting the crown from last week, so we've got three crowns to put on today. Yeah, it feels good to be, you know, we three kings. You know, seven of the last nine have been hits, which is making me just more at peace
Starting point is 00:04:17 with who we are as human beings. Because I think in the beginning we were... We had a rough stretch. We had a rough stretch and we were maybe playing it too safe, less about... Conviction, more about lying. And now we're trying to find things we really believe in. Yeah, I think we're...
Starting point is 00:04:32 And it's working. Yeah, it's been fun. Let's jump into some news. ["Around the League Theme"] News and notes from Around the League, presented by USAA Insurance. I had not seen this news The first piece of news. Yes. Yeah, i'm not too worried, but I also don't have a miss my start of the yeah
Starting point is 00:04:56 So you saw that did you eagles wide receiver davante smith did not practice on wednesday due to a hamstring injury We'll talk about it more in a minute. Get to monitor that. Noah Fant didn't practice. He's missed the last two games for the Seahawks. Yeah, I mean, obviously, if someone's missing games, that's bad. With Devontae Smith, the Wednesday reports,
Starting point is 00:05:15 you take them all with a grain of salt. If he misses a Thursday with a hamstring, you start getting worried. George Kittle, limited on Wednesday, says he's going to play. Oh, he playing. He's for sure playing. He says he can't pass up playing against the Packers. He'll be out there for sure. Well there you go. That's good news. Zemeir White, Alexander Madison didn't practice. Monitor both of them and whether or not Abdullah and Laube are the...
Starting point is 00:05:37 Laube. The lucky guys getting to start for the Raiders. Tajay Spears didn't practice. It's gonna be hard press for him to get out there with a concussion. And then Ridley didn't practice due to illness. He should be okay. Josh Jacobs, limited due to quad and calf injuries. Also another one to monitor. And we have, go ahead. Marshawn Lloyd went on the NFI list for his appendicitis.
Starting point is 00:06:02 So it'll be a couple weeks before he's back as well. Yes, yes. So monitor those and we have an Injury Blitz podcast that's part of the Join the Foot perks. Comes out on Friday featuring our injury expert Matthew Betz and we'll have the practice reports the rest of the week. That was today's News and Notes presented by USAA Insurance. Learn more at usaa.com slash insurance Starts of the week Why don't you kick it off at wide receiver well, yeah, we're gonna start let's just do it. I mean the Devante Smith is Slash was I Guess currently still is my pick at start of the week plays the Rams now. It's Sunday night
Starting point is 00:06:50 so if there's doubt I would pivot out because you know there are other options and if you don't know going into I would say sat by Saturday if you don't know definitively that he's fine which look we could get a practice report in a matter of minutes that he is practicing today. It's been up and down for Devontae Smith we talked about him extensively yesterday. This is about the matchup. This is about a 49 point over-under. This is about the Eagles having a 26 point implied total. This is about the Rams being dead last against wide receivers. This is a opportunity to play a guy that's been up and down in a great matchup
Starting point is 00:07:23 play a guy that's been up and down in a great matchup, assuming he's healthy. Yeah, yeah. Montay Smith with an asterisk as of this morning's practice report. Yeah, I still expect that he'll play and be a good play this week. I don't think it's a bad start of the week. Obviously needs to play for that to come to fruition.
Starting point is 00:07:39 My wide receiver start of the week is a guy that people are loving, people are starting, but still undervaluing what Joanne Jennings is for the San Francisco 49ers he's their wide receiver one you've got Debo Samuel you got George Kittle you got Brandon Iuk's injury and all the names ahead of him Christian McCaffrey's back but Joanne Jennings in the games where he's been a full-time starter you're talking 12 targets 11 targets targets, 11 targets. His behind the scenes metrics, they're off the charts.
Starting point is 00:08:11 He's targeted on 27% of his routes. They tried to put him in the charts, they couldn't fit him. No, because they're off. They're off the charts. Ah, the printer didn't print far enough. He's averaging 2.84 yards per outrun. That's outstanding. 28% of the team's first read targets.
Starting point is 00:08:27 That is wide receiver one alpha type of stuff. In fact, those three metrics, those three great behind the scenes metrics, you wanna know the only other wide receivers who have hit all three of those this year? Nico Collins, AJ Brown, and Justin Jefferson. So, Juwan Jennings is like, not someone you can start. He is someone you can't bench.
Starting point is 00:08:50 Well put, well put. That connection's been there all year long, and if you dig deeper on the Debo metrics this season, they're not good. No, and you know, I went back and watched a little bit of film, and there were just plays where it's like, Debo always gets that play, and he didn't.
Starting point is 00:09:04 He's not playing well, and this is not out of character. He had a really down year two years ago and even talked about it after the season, just saying he played poorly. I believe I saw something about three of four, three of his four catches last week were against Prevent in the end of halves. So he wasn't even accumulating his minimal production against the primary
Starting point is 00:09:27 defenses. My, we'll pivot here. Running back, we'll go in a random order than we normally are. Sure. Running back's going to be Devon A. Chan against New England. I think he can be the number one overall running back on the week as my start of the week. He has averaged over 20 fantasy points per game when two has been his quarterback. That is near the peak in the league.
Starting point is 00:09:50 I believe Mixon's at 21.7 for the running back one. This is 20.6, he's right there. The reception totals, the fact that this offense just looks fundamentally different, the waddle downfield stuff not happening, Tyreek down the field not happening. They're willing to get the ball out of two his hands quickly and H-Hand is a perfect target for that.
Starting point is 00:10:11 New England struggling against running backs. This could be the best week of the year for H-Hand. Yeah, yeah, it really could be. I worry a little bit about the passing volume there just because they're not gonna need to if they are beating them and that's where H-Hand's done a lot. But H.A.N.'s so good. And New England with Drake May has been staying in games and throwing the football.
Starting point is 00:10:30 Yeah, I really hope that happens. Rooting for Drake May and Hunter Henry this week. My running back start of the week, Brian Robinson Jr. versus the Dallas Cowboys. B-Rob. B-Rob is back from his injury and he was fully back last week. There was no ease him in. He got a ton of opportunities. He's averaging a solid 13 and a half fantasy points per game on 16 opportunities a game. In fact, around the goal line, and this is really where I love Bryan Robinson, the goal
Starting point is 00:11:02 line, he's tied with Joe Mixon for fifth most touchdowns inside the 10 with seven. He has as many 10 zone carries as James Connor or Alvin Camaro despite the fact that he's missed three games. Now you look at the actual matchup against Dallas. The commanders are the second highest team-applied total of the week. They're 10 and a half point home favorites, that's
Starting point is 00:11:26 going to be leading to them running the ball at the end and Dallas is pretty much the worst run defense in the league. They're 32nd in expected points versus the run, 31st in rushing yards allowed per game, 30th in total touchdowns to running backs, 20th, I mean whatever whatever metric you want to look they suck against the run. What about the charts? Are they on them, off them? What's the situation there?
Starting point is 00:11:48 They're like a black hole right in the middle of the charts. It says target the running game here. All right, we shall talk quarterbacks. How about that? All right. Haven't got to say this name a lot with confidence. I am very confident this week. CJ Stroud.
Starting point is 00:12:04 Nico Collins back. You saw the difference already. Yes, it was touchdowns on the ground through Joe Mixon, but moving the football is a lot easier with Nico Collins. A full allotment of snaps expected this week. No luxurious need for the Tennessee defense. And at home, Stroud's over 300 yards, a 5% touchdown rate, he's very comfortable at home, Titans giving up a ton of points per game. I like CJ Stroud this week.
Starting point is 00:12:31 You have players on by, you are in a situation where you might be wavering between a couple of quarterback options, and I think Stroud's gonna give you his best performance of the year. I'm gonna give two starts of the week for quarterback. Is that because Mike's not here? Mike's not here.
Starting point is 00:12:48 And there's also a player because I'm- Just give them all. How about every player? Let me tell you all the players to play. It's called my rankings. You can see them at thefantasyfootballers.com. My start of the week is Bo Nix, who's been on fire. Bo Nix.
Starting point is 00:13:00 Bo Nix. He's been a top 12 quarterback five of his last seven games. He was already the quarterback nine versus the Raiders in week five. He had three total touchdowns. They don't really have a good running game, which is part of what I love here. But he's just been on fire. And the matchup against the Raiders, again, since week three, you're talking about really exposed secondaries.
Starting point is 00:13:23 28th that scheduled just fantasy points to quarterbacks, 30th and expected points added per pass attempt. Bo Nicks should be really, really good. He's got a good rushing floor, and he's actually throwing touchdowns. But I also want to shout out to Baker Mayfield. Coming off the bye against the Giants, who have a good front, he gets Mike Evans back. That is probable at this point. You know, I'm looking, yes, laser. My league of record team, Andy, and I'm still in it, I'm still fighting, because the reason I'm bringing up
Starting point is 00:13:56 Baker is because I've got CJ Stroud, and I've got Geno Smith, and I've got Baker Mayfield on the team. You have Stroud in league of record? Yeah, yeah, that was part of the Herbert trade last week. Oh, so you're making a decision here. And I gotta make a decision, and I've got Baker Mayfield on the team. You have Stroud in legal record? Yeah, yeah. That was part of the Herbert trade last week. Oh, so you're making a decision here. And I got to make a decision.
Starting point is 00:14:09 Baker gets Mike Evans back. As of right now, I'm going Baker. Yeah, I get that. I get that. Don't make the wrong pick. Yeah, I hope not to. Tied in start of the week is going to be Hunter Henry this week.
Starting point is 00:14:23 He's run the most routes of all tied ends through 11 weeks, fifth in targets. Got a pile of targets last week, plays Miami, Drake May can throw it. We'll be talking par le par t' later, but I know Drake May plays a part in that. Hunter Henry's just been very, very solid, a 21% target share in this offense. Seven targets a game, and that's a weak area for Miami. Miami defense is 29th against the tied in position. Brock Bowers had 16 targets and 13 catches against the same Miami defense last week.
Starting point is 00:14:53 It's just where Miami chooses to let you work. So Hunter Henry I think is very solid. I love that play. He should be really, really good. Obviously these are the situations where all of a sudden maybe Austin Hooper ends up with four catches for 50 yards and you're like, ah, those are my hunter. But I do think-
Starting point is 00:15:13 Don't be a party Hooper. Well said. No? Okay, all right, poorly said. Yeah. My tight end, this is, Mike's not here to give me some special kind of underpants to put on, but this is for-
Starting point is 00:15:27 We don't have underpants control without them? Do we have control of our underpants? Do you have underpants? Turn that thing around. I can dig it up, but yeah, that'd be faster. Oh yeah, look at that. Pick your pants. I gotta find out where his pants are on this board.
Starting point is 00:15:39 Pick your under panties. All right, I'm gonna look and I'm going- Titanium underpants. Titanium. Titanium underpants. Oh, that's, yeah. So if you've got injuries, if you've got bi-weeks, and you need someone that's basically off the waivers,
Starting point is 00:15:56 into your lineup, I think it's Luke Schoonmaker. Schoonmaker. The Schoonmaker, he was fed in relief of Turd Ferguson last week. He saw. Hold on. Yeah, the relief of the Turd. That sentence, no, no, no. The scoon maker was fed in relief of Turd Ferguson?
Starting point is 00:16:16 Yeah. Got it. The people understand what I'm saying. Nah, I got it. When Ferg Daddy went down, he saw 10 targets. He was 6 for 56. He was targeted on 34% of his routes leading the team. And it's easy to forget.
Starting point is 00:16:32 I did forget this. I was talking to Mike because I was wanting to drop in our dynasty league that we co-managed together. I was wanting to drop the scoon man early before the season. And he's like, I forgot he was a second round pick. This was a really, you know, highly drafted guy that he ended up losing the job to Fergalicious. And so, Schoonmaker has his opportunity.
Starting point is 00:16:56 The matchup is really good against Washington. Since week six, their 24th and scheduled Justice of Fantasy points allowed to tight in. I think that Cooper Rush targets Schoonman a lot. All right, that's gonna be our starts of the week. We will take a break and jump right into the fantasy forecast. Should be a good one. That jacket pretty comfortable there, Al.
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Starting point is 00:17:39 I want, Jeremy, I want you to edit this out after we finish recording. Of course. But you producers are great, and you do a great job and we love you. Yeah consider consider it cut Thank you, but thank you make sure that's not don't let don't let the people hear that week 12 buys Bengals bills Falcons Jags Jets and Saints It's a lot I mean, I think that's why I got taste-some-Hill yesterday, by the way. It's because the bye week and people having needs and not being able to throw somebody
Starting point is 00:18:12 on their bench. Yeah, what's crazy is we have a bigger bye week in two weeks from now with more teams, but I think it is the specific teams this week that are gone that I feel like when I look around at all the leagues I'm in, and I'm in a lot of leagues, it seems like people that drafted a certain way all have these specific teams players. And I look because there's teams that have no issues with bye weeks or you have all of the bye weeks on your roster. I've got a couple of them that that are that way. So it's it's tough but it makes
Starting point is 00:18:43 it quicker to get through the matchups. Well, Minnesota at eight and two taking on the four and six Chicago Bears. I'm getting word that Brooks has been booted from the Zoom. He has no clue. He has no clue what's going on right now. Brooks is just fading into the dust. I thought he's been here, this has been a while.
Starting point is 00:19:08 Brooks has not been a part of the show for the last eight minutes. Whoopsies. Al's been too busy just soaking up your compliments. Yeah, he's just over there modeling that jacket. All right, all right, we got Brooks with us now. Okay, okay, Brooks is back. Minnesota eight and two, Chicago four and six.
Starting point is 00:19:24 The DraftKings Sportsbook Line, Minnesota, minus three and a half, the over-under is 39. You know what? Really? You know what? Wow. Andy's almost upset of the week. I don't know why, Jason, but that's the way I pick them. I pick them as I feel.
Starting point is 00:19:48 Yeah I mean three and a half Chicago I thought. Is it Thomas Brown? Is it Waldron being gone? It is it is the fact that the Bears were competitive last week against the Packers should have won the game on a last-second field goal. It is the fact that Minnesota has been good not great recently. They have won the game on a last-second field goal. It is the fact that Minnesota has been good, not great, recently. They have won three in a row. They have not all been smooth. And gross defensive battles, they have a way of being really close. Over-under is just 39 points.
Starting point is 00:20:19 I don't know. I don't know. I think I got it right last week. I think my almost-upset last week panned out because I think I had Pittsburgh over Baltimore and Pittsburgh ended up winning so we'll see what happens in this one. Really fantasy wise, you know, very disappointing week for Aaron Jones last week. This week his DK rushing receiving line's 81 and a half. I don't know if Jason he was dealing with the ribs. They're going to need him in this one. It's very difficult to throw on the Chicago Bears That's their strength and their defense, but where you can beat them is on the ground and I think this Minnesota Vikings Offense if they want to have a good performance get the W
Starting point is 00:20:59 They're gonna need Aaron Jones to look better than he has looked, really the last month. Week before Les, he was okay, but that was Jacksonville. But the last month, he has not been great. Pretty inefficient and ineffective on the ground. Yeah, he had a great start to the year. We've been talking a lot about the older statesmen at running back having big performances, but we have not yet seen
Starting point is 00:21:25 the end of the season from these guys with maybe more tired legs and a lot more to deal with in bumps and bruises. Aaron Jones will be started, but my eyes are going to be heavily on it. If he has another bad performance this week when they need him, when it's the softer part of the opponent's defense, I'm going to start kind of lowering Aaron Jones in my projections. Deandre Swift did not practice on Wednesday due to a groin injury. Groinindex.com is he still up there? Yeah I'm sure he is. Roshan Johnson much more heavily involved in the post Shane Waldron so this is one thing we got to keep in mind the Bears offense
Starting point is 00:22:02 changed and we we we see this every year where sometimes when there is an offensive coordinator shift, it's just like next man up, they're running the same system and sometimes they change things, whether it's for the better or for the worse. We saw it last year with Joe Brady. The Bills were one offense the first half of the year and a different style of offense the second half of the year. It's too early to know definitively after one game what you're going to have from the Bears, but we have to be willing to shift our beliefs here
Starting point is 00:22:30 of how the Bears function, maybe the pecking order of the wide receivers, and the involvement of the running backs. Roshan was much more involved. Now, I don't really love either of these running backs against Minnesota. They are number two against the run. They're number two, a schedule adjusted for fantasy points given up to running backs. Basically given up 14.4 fantasy points per game to the running back entirety. So if you split that between Deandre Swift and Roshan Johnson, I think without touchdowns
Starting point is 00:22:59 you're gonna be pretty disappointed this week. How are you feeling about DG More right now? He's receiving lines at 49 and a half in his first game without Waldron, seven catches, 62 yards. A lot of those were these little screen manufactured touches. Do you feel like he is a safe flex or a risky flex? He is safer without Waldron. The fact that they were manufacturing some of those touches,
Starting point is 00:23:23 I believe he had four screen passes. Yeah, I was watching that game and that's what I kept seeing. And four total receptions was the most he had had for the previous month. So it's certainly an upgrade. Also Minnesota, they are a pass funnel defense. Wide receivers usually have success against them because their offense has been scoring and you can't really run on them. So DJ Moore is a scary flex right now, but I think you can flex him.
Starting point is 00:23:53 The question, Keenan Allen, you can't, he shouldn't even be rostered in my opinion. I can't fathom having him on my roster. Keenan on your roster or Westbrook Akineini? I think Westbrook Hikini in that. I mean, neither is the neither is the real answer. I would not want either of those guys on my roster. But Roma Dunze in that first game, he had 10 targets, six for 65, led the wide receivers. And, you know, those two guys DJ Moore and Roma Dunze I think you can have as a scary flex option. How concerned are you looking at the Minnesota side looking at
Starting point is 00:24:30 you know Jefferson's in your lineup but Hawkinson was sub 50% of snaps for the third consecutive week just three targets you successfully pulled off a pump-and-dump last week on the show you moved him I'm curious your opinion now I mean awful play no the the the end of the season we talked about his schedule opens up for Titan matchups where they will utilize him I'm guarding here starting here 23rd against tight in last six weeks the Bears yeah there it's it's not a bad matchup for him it's not as good as it gets down the stretch, and the playoffs are just so juicy for him.
Starting point is 00:25:08 But he's still a definite start. I mean, yes. Do you feel like they're going to manage his snaps further, knowing the playoffs are in the horizon? So I do think that this is a player that they are obviously not having out there every snap. And I think that's more gas tank than anything. I don't think it's injury. I don't think they're worried about the knee or any of that. They give him a lot
Starting point is 00:25:27 of time to heal. I think it's getting him into football shape and you saw it in some of these plays where it was like he was really good, sat in the zone in the right spot, he's big, he's strong, catches the ball and then looks exhausted. As time continues to go, he'll only get better. Two weeks ago he was sub 50% of snaps and he was 8 for 72. They're bringing him in to catch the ball so I'm not worried about Hawkinson. I'm still very pro Hawkinson. Pre-injury his snap counts were at 81% so if they're working towards that that's where he ends up. Yeah he'll get there by I think by the
Starting point is 00:26:02 end of the year. The Detroit Lions at 9 and one take on the Indianapolis Colts in Indy Colts are five and six The DraftKings Sportsbook line Detroit on the road seven and a half point favorites Wow over under is fifty and a half that gives them a twenty nine point implied point total This is just to me not This is the whatever the if I had a button for the opposite. Oh really? Like the least possible upset this is the button for me because I think right now this matchup is just suboptimal for Anthony Richardson. What you have to do I mean you remember this from our old
Starting point is 00:26:41 flag football days I was a pretty good quarterback when the game was close But if we got down by a couple and then we'd get down by a couple more school Yeah, you knew you got a you got to take more chances if you threw up. I was Alex Smith I needed to play with a lead or near the near the yeah, if you threw a pick you threw four picks That's usually how the games go you throw four touchdowns or four picks. Yeah I mean it just feels a little bit like a problem to me in this one. I mean, Detroit's defense. So I popped the bottom is so good. I would be careful. We pick every week just for fun. We we pick against the spreads
Starting point is 00:27:22 in like a pool. And this was actually one of the most difficult games for me to pick because that that line being that large You know, I talked about on the hunger for more We don't know if anything has been fixed or improved with Anthony Richardson but he obviously looked better in his one single game against the Jets he's at home and There is a world where the offense is getting better here and Anthony Richardson and his tools can work. I ended up picking the Lions. I went on that side because in the end the Lions are just the best team in the NFL. Their defense is solid on all levels. Now it used to be they've got the best rush defense in the world but you can't throw on them. That's really gone away. You can't do much against them. They are very dominant but
Starting point is 00:28:14 they did lose their lasagna defender. Anzaloni? Anzaloni, there it is. Lasagna? Yeah. Poor guy, didn't he break his arm? Yeah, he'll be back and he's gonna be a huge part of their Super Bowl run. But for now, that hurts, obviously you lost Hutchinson. So. The Lions defense in the secondary, they play the highest percentage of man
Starting point is 00:28:39 in the National Football League. Anthony Richardson is dead last in the NFL in completion percentage against man coverage. And so that's the biggest concern is that can he, where he's the weakest, Detroit's the strongest, and then they'll be pressed. I just, I'm very concerned about it. Is there any, are you confidently starting Josh Downs then,
Starting point is 00:29:01 or are you thinking maybe you're gonna look and see if you've got a better option than Downs? I mean, I played Joanne Jennings over Josh Downs then or are you thinking maybe you're going to look and see if you've got a better option than Downs? I mean I played Juwan Jennings over Josh Downs. Well sure I'd play Juwan Jennings over almost everyone. Okay, I'm just giving you an example. I mean if you're looking at... Yeah, would you play say Almond Raul or A.J. Brown over him? Okay. Oh you would?
Starting point is 00:29:20 I'd play Jayden Reed, I'd play Marvin Harrison, I'd play Jameson Williams, I'd play Jackson Smith play Jaden Reed I'd play Marvin Harrison. I played Jameson Williams Okay, so Jackson Smith and playing Jameson Williams I think that's the if you'd play Jameson Williams in this same game over Josh Downs that says Josh Downs It's not an auto start. Okay, Jonathan Taylor is an auto play Jerry Rice over him Randy Moss so really here and and I guess the question comes up, so you would not play Anthony Richardson? I'd try not to, yeah. Okay.
Starting point is 00:29:50 Yeah, because Richardson has shown us that even when the run that he had, he looked good last week. It was against the Jets. The Jets are circling the drain. I think your risk is very high. I think you could still get an okay game, but we haven't actually seen that. All we've actually seen from
Starting point is 00:30:09 Rich, we've not seen the middle game from Richardson. Right. We've actually only seen... Like for 11 career games, it's either he's awesome for fantasy or he sucks. Yeah, I mean his bad games, his five game stretch was 20 or lower in the finish, so if you are not a crazy underdog, I just don't understand you taking the risk of single digit points there. So Baker, you know, Nicks obviously, Stroud, I would go all those guys. It gets pretty easy on the on the lion side in terms of Gibbs, Monte, Amon Ra, Jameson Williams and then even Laporta the matchup is great if he's active and it looks like
Starting point is 00:30:50 the the reports that were coming out he was at practice and Dan Campbell said that it's still iffy but is leaning in the right direction so that's right I believe Laporta will play and I'm going to start everyone. The question is just golf. Yeah, and you don't really play him. You might miss a great game, but I mean to me that's... He hasn't had many great games. No, no, he's been on waiver wires.
Starting point is 00:31:16 It's tough when he's coming off of like a 40-point fantasy walloping to bench him. You know, you want to keep the hot streak going bench him. You know you want to you want to keep the hot streak going with him. The real question would you play him or Richardson in this game? And I'd probably play golf. I would play golf over Richardson. Jonathan Taylor it's gonna be a tough one. Detroit's defense stonewalls the running back position they have not let a running back hit a hundred yards and then now we know like last week when they're on the goal line, Richardson ran two in. So if you don't hit 100 yards and you don't catch passes
Starting point is 00:31:49 and you don't get a touchdown, it could be kind of. It could be rough. You're hoping that he gets to 10 points. 10 points, yeah. Exactly. Now, I believe it was Kenneth Walker earlier this year who had like, and he had a three touchdown game against Detroit, so crazy things can happen.
Starting point is 00:32:03 And obviously you're gonna bet on talent. John of the Taylor, one of the most talented running backs out Detroit. So crazy things can happen. And obviously, you're going to bet on talent. John and the Taylor, one of the most talented running backs out there. So you got to start them. Don't you remember? Hm. I don't remember. We built this city.
Starting point is 00:32:19 No Michael Bidman. No. Pity City is the pits. I thought of a different phrase. New England three and eight, Miami four and six, DraftKings Sportsbook Line Miami minus seven and a half. Heavy favorites at home over and under is 46 points. Miami beat the Patriots 15 to 10 with Tyler Huntley back in week 5 They have been scoring points. They scored 27 27 23 34 with Tua Do you feel really
Starting point is 00:32:52 Do you feel like there's anything that's going to change the way? It looks like this game is going to go. Yeah, I mean It can always change when you have a rookie quarterback that is that has shown enough To say to say oh he he could he could take you know he could elevate this team When I look at Drake may play Certainly, it doesn't always go well You know 19 points against Chicago two weeks ago 17 points against Tennessee two weeks ago, 17 points against Tennessee three weeks
Starting point is 00:33:26 ago wasn't, wasn't, you know, outrageously great. But he's a rookie and I do think that he could surprise here and keep them in this game. That's my hope. My hope is that they can keep the pace with the Dolphins so that the Dolphins have to keep scoring. You look at the Dolphins and how much they've given up to the tight end position and you've got Hunter Henry your start of the week, you've got Austin Hooper, you have the ability to attack that part of the field
Starting point is 00:33:53 for the Patriots and so I'm a little hopeful that they can keep it close. I think maybe the perception of New England is a little bit off right now. So they've won two of their last four games, right? So they won 25-22 and they won 19-3. In their two losses, they lost 20-17, so three points. Very close. And 22-28 against the Rams, six points. So they're not getting blown out. They haven't lost by even the line in this game.
Starting point is 00:34:22 No, I took the Patriots to cover this line in our picks. I do believe it will be a little bit of a closer game, and it's obviously a divisional matchup. Steven, since the running back 20 on the year, you can play him, especially on a bye week, riddled week like this one. You know, Hunter Henry, start of the week, we talked about him. Kaishan Butte.
Starting point is 00:34:48 Six targets in each of the last four games. Oh my god, I'm pissed. Playing a ton of, no, it's four straight games, Jason. That's six, six, six, six. Okay, but what's his last three? Mark my words. 82, 96, 97, 96% snap count. He's always out there. So if I'm taking a random shot, if I'm doing a DFS dart throw, I want him out there every
Starting point is 00:35:10 play. I do not. You want them on the bench? No, I want them out there every play. I don't want Boutte this week. You've got Pop Douglas over the last couple weeks as well, you know, games with nine targets, seven targets. He's involved as well. The Dolphins-
Starting point is 00:35:25 Boutte or Wattle? Wattle. The Dolphins past defense has been very, very good. Schedule adjusted, they're top three against wide receivers, top five against quarterbacks, and you usually beat them on the ground. So I feel like Hunter Henry is fine. Ramandre on a bye week is okay.
Starting point is 00:35:49 And then you check out from the Patriots side of the ball. John New Smith after the big week and he's been performing or Hawkinson. Do you like John New or Hawkinson? I still like Hawkinson better. Andrews or John New Smith? Andrews. Ertz or John New Smith?
Starting point is 00:36:03 John New Smith. Okay, Tyree Kills in your lineup, A-chan's in your lineup. Mostard is benched, hopefully. He has been doing nothing. And Jalen Wright's benched because he's been doing nothing as well. It's really been A-chan and no one else. And let me be clear, Jalen Waddle should be benched.
Starting point is 00:36:19 So I just answered I would play him over Boutte. But that is- That's not a sentence, that's impressive. We're talking wide receivers 40s, 50s, you know, not... The order of them at that point, it doesn't really matter. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 4 and 6, off the buy, traveled to New York and take on the 2 and 8 Giants, who will have a new quarterback. DK Sportsbook line here, Tampa Mine is six. Over-under is 41 and a half, so it's pretty low.
Starting point is 00:36:50 23 to 17 is the line, or 24, 18. Both teams coming off the buy, actually, and Buccaneers have lost four in a row. They've been close, they've been fighting, they've been trying. I can't believe they've lost four games in a row. It doesn't feel that way. All four of those games were-
Starting point is 00:37:04 They won our hearts during those games. They did. They played good football and took a bunch of L's. So there's a team coming off a bye who still has playoff aspirations, unlike the Giants. That's like L's League of Record team. Right. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:37:17 It's very similar. They're out there, they're fighting, they're doing a good job, but they can't play defense. Yeah, Owl, your team is like, you look good, you look like a scary team. You might miss the playoffs, but. But great team. But super good team.
Starting point is 00:37:32 Bad points against though. Yeah, I don't know why you're managing so poorly. He just upsets the other owners in the league, they score a lot of points against him. He just hypes, he gives them a lot of chalkboard material. Not friendly, you know what I mean? You're putting up posters about what he said. He's gonna shoot us.
Starting point is 00:37:50 Yep. Tommy DeVito will start for the Giants. Baker Mayfield is your bonus start of the week, Jason. And you'd play him over Gino, you'd play him over Tua, you'd play him over Love? Yeah, yeah. Do you love, too? Well, no, no, no. him over love yeah yeah I think I would
Starting point is 00:38:08 I think I would we've got to remember how good Baker has been this year he is the fifth ranked quarterback in fantasy on the course of the season I believe he's quarterback for but maybe scoring changes the last two weeks he had slightly down weeks that was against Kansas City and against San Francisco and that was without Mike Evans. You got to give the guy a little bit of a break with a bad toe. Now he's coming off a bye with Mike Evans. I'm going to keep assuming that Baker has it. And they need, I mean this is a must win game for them. They are truly a team still competing for the playoffs and they're playing against a team who's seemingly trying to get the best pick
Starting point is 00:38:49 they can now. Kate Otten, very solid start although the Giants have been the best team against the tight end position. His line is 51 and a half. Jalen McMillan a full participant on Wednesday. This is great coming off the bye maybe a little bit bit. I honestly don't want to talk about Jalen McMillan ever again. Like Jalen McMillan has done jack crap for anybody ever since he's been talked about. Like ever since the injuries. He's done nothing. Three for 15, four for 35, missed a game and then was a goose because he was active in week 10, but didn't play a snap. Yeah, I mean You know like I just don't think he's worth talking about till he has a game. I genuinely think so Here's here's why let me make with Evans bet. He didn't do it without it. Let me make the argument for it
Starting point is 00:39:38 I realized he didn't have big fantasy productive games However, I think he's a good wide receiver, good tape rookie coming in. He had eight targets and then seven targets post Chris Godwin. Then he got injured and we haven't seen him since then. You say, oh, he was active and it was basically like, you call it a healthy scratch, but he was injured. He didn't play.
Starting point is 00:40:00 I understand that he had targets in those two games, but he did not have production. And they have other players that have also, they've also started to work into the offense. Sterling Shepard's been out there a lot. Otten has taken over. Mike Evans is coming back. Rashad White started getting more reception.
Starting point is 00:40:16 I don't, I just think it's not worth. You don't want him hurting your Kate Otten. I see right through you. He can't, he's proven he can't. Okay, well. He can't hurt them, he's helped him by not being good. Well, we'll see. I don't think he's going to end up hurting Kate Otten. I don't think he's going to hurt Kate Otten. Kate Otten, I believe, is established wrestling. He's not hurting anybody. But I would still, like Jalen McMillan, if he was on waivers, I would want him on my team.
Starting point is 00:40:40 A rookie with opportunity could surprise. On the other side of the ball, I almost made Malik Neymar my start of the week. I think he is worthy of that because I wanted... You know, you worry. Like, he hadn't been producing much with Daniel Jones, and now you go down to Tommy Danny DeVito, and you're like, can I start him? Yes, I believe you can start him, especially in this matchup. There's really no secondary for the Bucs.
Starting point is 00:41:05 And that's why they've lost these games. They've lost four games in a row. It's because their secondary is non-existent. Tyrone Tracy is a definite start this week, averaging nearly 19 opportunities a game. I think he could play both Irving and Rashad White. That's been an area the Giants have become softer and softer in, defending the running back. Buckeye's been an area the Giants have become softer and softer in defending the running back. Bucky's been getting more and more praise from the head coach. 68 and a half is the rush receiving line. Bucky's look good.
Starting point is 00:41:32 Bucky's had big fantasy production as well. He's, he's actually been kind of under the radar really good since about his opportunity, you know, when it started up in week three on pace since then for 51 receptions, 170 attempts on the ground, almost nine touchdowns. Yeah, I would be playing both of those running backs because I think it's funny, Bucky came onto the scene and I feel like got a lot of publicity
Starting point is 00:42:01 while Rashad White was looking poor at the beginning of the year. And now under the radar is both of them because Rashad White was looking poor at the beginning of the year. And now under the radar is both of them because Rashad White's been good. Rashad White's, you know, for the last month before the buy, he was double digits in all of those games, had one game where, two games where he was a top 10 running back. So I think you start both players. All right, let's take a quick break and then we'll jump into a couple more matchups. Before we move on. Alrighty.
Starting point is 00:42:31 I want to, I want to, well hold on here. Let me look here at these underpants. What is happening? What is going on? I'm just saying, I think Tommy DeVito is going to be an okay play this week. He had five games started last year as a rookie. In those games he was on pace for over 500 rushing yards, which is great. The matchup is good against Tampa Bay. And I'm not saying as a single quarterback start, but in super flex leagues.
Starting point is 00:43:08 You can keep things in your head, man. You can keep things in your head. I have on a premium underpants, man. You don't have to put them on. They're already on. I can't get them off. I don't know how to take them off. Who on earth? You just want this out in the ether? You just want the world to hear you and Tommy Davida? There are, Davida? Davida Loca, what are we doing here?
Starting point is 00:43:31 Yeah, that was in my head. No, there are leagues where you are, I mean, I've had multiple Superflex leagues where I don't have a quarterback to play because of bye weeks or, if you had picked up Tommy DeVito and you don't have a second quarterback I think he's okay in a superflex that's that's what I'm saying this isn't like a must-start you know
Starting point is 00:43:55 Tommy Cutlets but I you know I think he's gonna be a top 20 quarterback this week Dallas is three and seven the commanders are seven and four it's in Washington and Washington ten and a half point home favorites the overrunners 45 and a half it is becoming increasingly difficult to create a hypothetical world in which Dallas can do enough on offense to defeat its opponent on any given week that is the challenge it just their implied point total here 17 17 1 1 2. The overrunner's 45 1 1 2. That gives the commanders almost 30 points.
Starting point is 00:44:33 You know, Dan Quinn, you've seen his departure and the impact it's had on Dallas. They are the worst team in the league. Or rather, let's put it positively, everyone's favorite team to run on. Yeah, when you talk about the running game, I mean, this is why I've got Brian Robinson as my start of the week. His DK rushing line is 69 and a half yards. Very nice. You know, on the other side, you can make the argument, OK, Washington commanders who came out and shocked the world with how good they were are, they've lost the last two games in a
Starting point is 00:45:09 row. So, if for some reason this game goes awry and the Dallas Cowboys, you know, with Cooper Rush coming to beat them, I think people are going to start freaking out about the commanders. But that's probably not going to happen. The commanders lost by one point against Pittsburgh. They lost by one score against Philadelphia. I get it, I get it. I mean, they're gonna win.
Starting point is 00:45:29 You're not wrong, you're not wrong. They'll panic. I think people want to see Jaden Daniels return to form in terms of fantasy production. Yes. You know, he's only hit 20 fantasy points once in the last five games, and the truth is, is when a rookie quarterback
Starting point is 00:45:41 comes out and is on fire like that, we want to believe that the rest of his career is predetermined and it's not, it's just not the case. The last five weeks, I mean he hasn't finished, what's it been, highest finish was quarterback nine on a week, that's the first time, since week five that's his highest finish.
Starting point is 00:46:03 That's a long run. Yeah, he has not. Like he's the quarterback six on the year still. Through the first month of the season, he was top 10 three of the four times. You know, he was the quarterback three, the quarterback four, the quarterback seven. And since that month, the first month of the season,
Starting point is 00:46:19 like you said, he hasn't been higher than the quarterback nine. It's been kind of a middle- Would you worry about that going into the fantasy playoffs if you had them as your quarterback? I would not because I think that the first week against the Saints and the championship week against the Falcons are good matchups. This matchup is one where you have a path to worry because they're 10.5 point favorites, that's great, they should score a lot of points, but Brian Robinson in the running game can just eat up the Dallas Cowboys and
Starting point is 00:46:49 now all of a sudden if you don't get a second half from Jaden Daniels because the game's out of hand and... Yeah, I mean, I just... I'm not that worried about that. I'm starting him. Jaden Daniels got 28 point implied point total, I think he's gonna be a big part of that. Well, at least he you know the rushing defense that is so bad against running backs It will also be bad against Jaden Daniels himself back on the horse with Terry McLaurin Yeah, yeah for sure. I mean you talked about the lockdown Nature of the last opponent for Terry McLaurin. He's the wide receiver six on the season
Starting point is 00:47:24 Last week was a huge dud game, but that was the first dud game since week two comfortable with Austin Eckler last opponent for Terry McLaurin. He's the wide receiver six on the season. Last week was a huge dud game, but that was the first dud game since week two. Comfortable with Austin Eckler, he's been putting up great numbers, running back 16-6 and 14 last week, even with Robinson back. Flexworthy?
Starting point is 00:47:37 I mean, he's looked great all season as far as on film, so I am fine in this matchup. 10 and a half point favorites, that's where you can share duties and put them in. Like next week they play the Tennessee Titans, I think a much better run defense. I wouldn't start, I wouldn't start Eckler there. Speaking of duties, the Cowboys offense.
Starting point is 00:47:58 The Schoonman is your titanium underpants start of the week if you are desperate, but really it at CD Lamb and that's it. Yeah, I mean that- In terms of confidence plays, CD Lamb seems like the only one to talk about. Six and a half reception line, primary target. Well, in honor of Mike, we've got to discuss Rico Dowdell. Rico Dowdell-
Starting point is 00:48:23 I just did when I said that CD Lambs your only star. Okay, alright. That was my way of speaking about Dowdle. Dowdle was not good last week. Only two receptions, only ten carries. I don't think you can start him here, especially in a game where you are down. I will say that my...
Starting point is 00:48:40 Single digits in the last two weeks. Yeah, my schoonmaker started the week. If I had to decide between him and Zach Ertz, I would actually go schoonman. Because while we talk about, hey, Jaden Daniels has a 28 point implied total and so he could get his, I don't think it has to come in the passing game that much, and I don't think they're gonna need to be area... Like, how many times do you think Jaden Daniels throws the ball this game? You know, not, I don't think he goes north 30 and so yeah probably 30 33 34 so it's like it's a small pie whereas for the whole game you're gonna have Cooper
Starting point is 00:49:15 Rush I think you're gonna end up towards the end of the game with some prevent defense where schoon man just has four or five receptions of the fourth quarter the Chiefs are nine and one the Panthers are three and seven and the Chiefs get to go play them in Carolina the sportsbook line here Kansas City minus 11 over under is 43 Jason was disturbed maybe that's the wrong word displeased when I outbid him for the Chiefs defense this week Yeah that was really upsetting. I needed them. I want to, every waiver where I like it when each like everyone in the studio is unhappy with me. That means I did my job. Yeah good job good work. But the Chiefs this week it
Starting point is 00:49:55 looks really good against Bryce Young and company. His passing line at the time for touchdowns is 0.5. Yeah 0.5. it's like, will he throw one or will he not? And I'd probably take the under. Yeah, it's not great. It's also hard right now to have any confidence in any wide out, especially in this matchup. So this is the Wait and See week. Does stealing get a lot of opportunities in PPR?
Starting point is 00:50:18 We'll find out this week with him on your bench. Xavier LeGette worked into the offense as the centerpiece. Find out with him on your bench is Xavier LeGette, worked into the offense as the centerpiece. Find out with him on your bench. Yeah, exactly. And Jonathan Brooks expected to make his long-awaited debut rookie second round running back draft pick. And we'll learn about him. From your bench.
Starting point is 00:50:37 From your bench. And the only player you can play on the entire team is Chuba Hubbard. But even his rushing line is 49 and 1 half. Yeah, that's not great. Isn't that below Bucky Irving? And you don't know how much Jonathan Brooks is gonna eat into that. I fully expect Chuba Hubbard to have the lead role
Starting point is 00:50:53 in this game. I don't think Jonathan Brooks comes in and makes it 50-50, but you're gonna lose, I think, some of the passing work to Jonathan Brooks. And this is a terrible matchup. How bad? Well, over the last six weeks, Chiefs are number one against running backs.
Starting point is 00:51:08 Over the season, they're number one. But if you adjust for schedule over the course of the season, also number one. So they do not give up a lot on the ground to running backs. And what would you defend against if you were facing the Carolina Panthers? Like of all their scale position players, what would you possibly try to stop?
Starting point is 00:51:24 I would focus on not Bryce Young. Yeah, I'd focus on the run, it's troublesome. Mahomes? I would prefer to not start him, to be honest. Now he's been much better. You'd play Jordan Love, you'd play Bo Nicks. Yes, I'd play Bo Nicks, I'd play Baker Mayfield. He has, he's thrown some touchdowns, you know? He threw three touchdowns this last week and going back two weeks before that,
Starting point is 00:51:49 three touchdowns. So there's some light, there's some light there. But at the same time, he's not hitting 20 fantasy points. He's literally only hit that once this entire season. And this is the type of game where it's probably not gonna be competitive. Any renewed excitement about Xavier worthy after his four for 61 first drive last week, he then inexplicably did the thing where he catches a long pass and has the
Starting point is 00:52:16 it's super easy to get both feet in and he doesn't still somehow. I mean, he would add another like 40, 50 yards down the field all alone doesn't get his feet in. But it was a little nice to see in so much as I think that's the packages going forward now that Juju Smith Schuster was back and Hopkins Wasn't the like rushy rice roll and they kind of just utilized Xavier worthy in I think slightly better ways, but I don't want to start him Xavier Worthy in I think slightly better ways but I don't want to start him. I'm not gonna start him in this matchup. Are you learning about this new Kareem Hunt Isaiah Pacheco rotation with either of them on your bench because Pacheco could
Starting point is 00:52:56 be back out there. Andy Reid said they're gonna find a way both are good players in terms of getting them snaps. Try to get them both in there. Are you scared? I don't think Pacheco plays this week. I will be very surprised he's eligible. The reports last week were he's aiming for this week to play. So I mean, be prepared. It's just my presumption after following this for the whole season.
Starting point is 00:53:21 You think next week, week 13? Yeah, I think week 13. Well in that case, Hunt is in. Yeah, TBD, Hunt is in. Hunt is in either way. If Pacheco is active, Hunt is 100% in. The question is, if Pacheco is active against the Panthers, 30 second against Running Backs, a game you're gonna be up,
Starting point is 00:53:39 could you start both of them? I'd like to give it a week, because I don't know how much work they'll give Pacheco first game back. Especially if they don't need him. Exactly. Yeah. I mean, so Hunt is no matter what in Pacheco is like a prayer if he's active, but I don't
Starting point is 00:53:55 think he's going to be active. There was a lot of excitement around Deandre Hopkins three weeks ago when he went 8 for 86 with two touchdowns. Unfortunately, what we've seen from Hopkins in the last two to three years is he has those games. Even with Tennessee, he had those games. With Arizona towards the tail end, he had those games. It looked kind of vintage.
Starting point is 00:54:15 Hopkins always makes a competitive catch great around the red zone. The last two weeks, four for 56, no scores. Three for 29, no scores. A snap count down to 47% last week against Buffalo with Juju's return. We talked about Worthy. Yeah, I don't.
Starting point is 00:54:31 Are you worried about Hopkins at this point? Yeah, a little bit worried because Juju coming in and kind of splitting the role there, which allows Xavier Worthy to have an elevated role himself. You just don't know where the targets are gonna go. You're seeing McCall Hardman out there again. And I fully expect Travis Kelce to stay very, very involved.
Starting point is 00:54:51 Obviously last week, two catches for eight yards. Noah Gray? Huge letdown. Noah Gray was the one at the tight end position that got it done. But the previous three weeks, you had Kelce with 12 targets, 10 receptions, 16 targets, 14 receptions, 12 targets targets 10 receptions 16 targets 14 receptors 12 targets 8 receptions so you're not you're not moving I'm not
Starting point is 00:55:09 terrified there let me ask you this just giving you some names to compare with Hopkins in your confidence level tank Dell against Tennessee or Deandre Hopkins those guys are back-to-back in my rankings this week this week against Tennessee I'm gonna go tank. What about Waddle or Deandre Hopkins? I'll go Hopkins. What about DJ Moore? I'll go DJ Moore. Okay. Calvin Ridley? Ridley. Josh Downs? Downs. Okay so that's where we're at with Hopkins. You can see all of the weekly rankings on the site the fantasy footballers.com where you can get the app,
Starting point is 00:55:45 the Fantasy Footballers app on iOS or Android, and see the rankings on there, start, sit, tool. I think that covers that game pretty well. Does that mean it's time to party? I think it's time for some parlay, partay. Can I get a crown, please? Yes, sir! Thank you very much.
Starting point is 00:56:03 It is good to wear the crown. Yes sir. We three kings. You're looking good, J. Grizz. This week was good. This week was good. J. Grizz has got the crown on too. So this last week, Andy, you had Calvin Ridley
Starting point is 00:56:16 more than 50 receiving yards. He had 58. I had Bijan Robinson over three and a half receptions. He had four and Mike with George Pickens over 60 receiving yards, he had 89. We both, this is the second straight week you had a panic attack because you thought you didn't get your number and then you just
Starting point is 00:56:33 checked the box score and then Bijan had one more catch than we saw. Yeah, eight chan two weeks ago, Bijan this last week where I'm counting the catches just watching the game and feeling like I'm one behind and it just, what was crazy is like To start the game B John had like three receptions like right off the oh, yeah the first drive He had he had first two drives
Starting point is 00:56:53 I think 90% of the game to get another catch and I had apparently I missed that catch until way late in the game I was tilting. I was I was like throw the ball. All right this week we do have Mike's pick for him as he's out of town He is going with Nico Collins unsurprisingly 70 plus receiving yards against Tennessee He looked really good last week scored on the first play the game didn't count But a full allotment of snaps is in the cars. No luxurious need we talked about it difference earlier and It's a good matchup. So he's going 70 plus with Nico. I'm going 25 plus receiving yards for Devon A. Chan against New England.
Starting point is 00:57:33 With Tua this year, he's been over that line in five of six games. He is how this offense moves the football. Well, and the nice thing about that is that could be one reception. Like with a guy like Devon A. Chan in this matchup. That's why I took that instead of his total reception line. I just feel like I like the receiving yards
Starting point is 00:57:49 more than the total reception. I'm always always, I'm almost always a volume over yards type of player, just personal conviction, but on this line it makes complete sense and I love it. My pick this week is I'm taking Brock Bowers over five and a half It's a high line However, five and a half reception. So he's got to get to six
Starting point is 00:58:12 He's averaging seven receptions per game last week. He had 16 targets 13 receptions Good gardener mentioned and against these Broncos his matchup this week in week five He went eight for 97 and a touchdown. And then my favorite part about how good a game he had against the Broncos is they lost the game. Like, it wasn't close. So this isn't like, how do we fix it? It's just like-
Starting point is 00:58:37 And they're stuck with Minchu. Yeah, just repeat week five and let Brock get his catches. Yeah, that was Fantasy Forecast presented by DraftKings, pick six, download the new DraftKings pick six app now and use the code ballers. That's the code ballers for new customers to play $5 and get $50 in pick six credits. I don't know if there's a player I'm more afraid to play
Starting point is 00:58:56 in the fantasy playoffs than the team that has Brock Bowers. I'm genuinely afraid of them. That's like, if your tight end doesn't show up and you're facing the Brock Bowers manager, you're toast. The thing is about Brock Bowers is he's gonna have maybe one more dud game the rest of season. His touchdown-less domination is so incredible that you don't even, you don't need,
Starting point is 00:59:23 usually for a tight end to have a great game, they've gotta have a touchdown. You just don't need that with Brock Bowers. And then, what if you get it? He is simultaneously the check down guy for the team and their number one wide receiver. Yeah. And, God forbid he starts scoring touchdowns.
Starting point is 00:59:38 He's a deep, oh don't worry, Gardner will take care of that, he won't. Yeah, yeah. But yeah, Brock is so good. Yeah, he's a really good football player and the Raiders were smart to have taken him even though it didn't seem like the pick that they needed to make.
Starting point is 00:59:54 There are certain players who just make things look so easy that you almost question if they're really great. And I know that sounds really, like when I watch Justin Jefferson I know he's great I watched the sideline catch he's unbelievable but also he's just always wide open like why does it the defense decide to guard him ever yeah no I get it it's it's him yeah no it's what Kelcey looks like he's doing nothing for years 100% Kelsey's just like casually walking down the field always open and faster than everyone alright Thank you for joining us today
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