Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast - Starts of the Week + Week 9 Breakdown, Snow Model - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/2

Episode Date: November 2, 2023

Week 9 is here! On today’s fantasy football podcast, Starts of the Week and matchup previews including an exciting Chiefs vs Dolphins game! Plus, NFL News, injury updates, and Jason’s Boom Boom Kicker! Manage your redraft, keeper, and dynasty fantasy football teams with the #1 fantasy football podcast. -- Fantasy Football Podcast for November 2nd, 2023. Connect with the show: Subscribe on YouTube Visit us on the Web Support the Show Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram Join our Discord Check out today's sponsors: News & Notes presented by USAA. Visit https://USAA.com/Insurance Starts of the Week presented by Purina Pro Plan. Visit https://www.purina.com/pro-plan/dogs/sport-dog-food?utm_campaign=prp-sport2023&utm_medium=display&utm_source=youtube_spotify_callout&utm_content=cr-fantasy_football_podcast_sponsorship_pt-na&utm_term= Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Oh, welcome in. It's Yeti time. Woo! I get it. Snow in Vermont. Sorry, I didn't give you space. Welcome into the show! It's all that matters tonight.

It's all that matters. The Yeti? There is snow in Vermont. I love this time of year because we receive lots of pictures and notes on Twitter about the weather patterns in Vermont. Shout out to, let's go, Taito2740. We got confirmation. Snow is on the ground in Vermont as of Novembermber 1st and that yeti season is open right if you are uh new to the fantasy footballers or don't have a long-term memory of last year at this time and the year before what we have found out through the scientific method is that when it snows in Vermont, Derek Henry goes bananas.

He has a great game, and he's going to have a banana behind center. So this is pretty cool. Yeah, welcome in, everybody. That is, I mean, that's pretty much our method right there. Yeah, it is. It's the Derek Henry snow model. Yes, trademarked. Trademarked. Well, we is. It's the Derek Henry snow model. Yes. Trademarked. Trademarked.

Um, well, we've got a lot today. We've got matchups to get into starts of the week and a full news to talk about Jason's lifetime fandom of the, um, of baseball is now over. Oh yeah, yeah,

yeah. I hate life. Your life, your lifetime fandom is, is over. I perhaps too wholesome sucks. Your lifetime fandom is over. Perhaps too wholesome for this show, but the truth is we are used to suffering in Arizona. We have now lost a Super Bowl, an NBA Finals, and a World Series in the last 15 years. I do actually try and fail to think of all the small children and happy people in the other stadium in the other

city because they like the rangers had never they have never won a world series and they 1961 1961 so that's what i tried that's what i try to comfort myself with but it didn't help my weeping son last night i'll tell you that all. We can move away from baseball now, though, permanently. We can move to football and to the game we were just talking about a second ago and to our personal League of Record waivers that just ran. Why are you? Oh, because Will Levis was signed. Because not just signed.

He was signed by my opponent this week to play against me tonight. Oh, my God. Yes, I am unexpectedly today rooting against Will Levis. That's just $3 for Will Levis. No. Yeah. Their team was in such dire straits. I think he had two quarterbacks on by.

He's got Trevor Lawrence and Russell Wilson as his quarterbacks. All right. So what's your reaction to finding out you're facing Banana Rambo? So I think I'm happy. I think I'm happy, but I don't want him to Justin Herbert and just be an awesome rookie, and he's calling it early. So, I mean, look, the matchup against the Steelers secondary is not a very difficult one this year.

Found out Hopkins is playing. He's going to be out there. I am super anti-bananarama tonight. Yeah, Yeti time. All right. Yeah, Mike is very pro-Yeti. Let's talk news. News and notes from around the league.

Presented by USAA Insurance. Josh Allen, good to go. Is that going to be the case? I mean, he didn't practice on Wednesday, but he's going to play. Yeah, against the Bengals, he says he's going to play. So, yes, he's good. That's good, because my alternate in the dynasty is Taylor Heineke. Damian Pierce did not practice on Wednesday.

Devin Singletary by himself would be very good. Yeah, I agree with that. It's just Wednesday, but always keep an eye out. We're seeing more of the rest days take form now. Every week now, Raheem Mostert is now not practicing on Wednesday. Every week. Deshaun Watson just doesn't really practice. He needs a lot of rest. I think he did actually better yesterday. He's taking a veteran weeks off. Daniel Jones limited on in Wednesday's practice. Uh, he's going to be back out there. Darren

Waller says it may be a little bit before he's able to return from the hamstring. It stinks, man. Yeah, I mean, this is a hamstring that's been bothering him for a year. They say it's related to the nerve. It's like different than a normal hamstring injury. If it's going to be a little bit, I wouldn't be surprised if before kickoff we hear that he gets added to the IR. Man, we were just heating up too. if before kickoff we hear that he gets added to the IR. Man. We were just heating up, too.

We had three weeks of averaging nearly nine targets a game. That's pretty disappointing. Yeah, it is. And we have Aaron Jones with his hamstring. Limited practice on Wednesday, as was Luke Musgrave. Limited. And P.J. Walker will start if Watson cannot play. Now, I don't have it in front of me, but I believe Watson practiced.

Yes. Yeah, he practiced, I think, limited. I don't think he was a full participant. Yeah, I already saw a quote today that he says he's feeling better, but we still don't know if he's going to play, which that says to me that he probably won't. I saw a report from Dr. Chow that the injury he's dealing with could be an issue for up to six weeks. So, you know, all the jokes about his rest aside, he is injured and dealing with a bum shoulder. So as of this moment, I'm still expecting P.J. Walker to start this week.

Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon said, Kyler Murray's fired up to potentially play this week. I saw interviews with Drew Petzing. That's how you say it, right? He said he was not going to reveal the starter for this week. They're doing the gamesmanship thing again. And James Conner, ready to go and excited to get back out on the field, could be back in week 10.

Yeah, next week would be. Because he was IR, right? Yeah. So he's healthy now, though. That's good news to hear the report that a week early he's ready to go. Yeah. Wait, and DeMarcato didn't practice? Uh-oh.

Because of a toe injury. Also, Michael Wilson with a shoulder. But that's just a Wednesday but that's just a wednesday so well that's just a wednesday for arizona yeah that's a lot of arizona news oh that was today's news and notes presented by usaa insurance learn more at usaa.com slash insurance uh do you have some demarcato dependency mike yeah that would be yeah that would be uh Yeah. That would be A.J. Dillon getting the call. Oh, man. Uh-oh.

Oh, you know it's week, what are we going into, week nine? In fantasy when your Dillon DiMarcato decision is taking center stage. Fantasy forecast. This week, the 49ers, Broncos, Lions, and Jaguars are on by. We got a lot of matchups to break down. It was the first week, like some of the teams that I have heading towards the playoffs. I did glance

at those playoff schedules with a little more attention. This is also a good reminder when you're looking forward at the schedule. We're coming up against trade deadlines in a lot of leagues.

You also want to look forward at your bye week schedule. Look forward at your matchups. If you're in a position where you need to purchase wins, sometimes you can look at who you're playing next week, and you can be like, oh, I'm playing against this guy, and I've got this player on buy, and he's got that player coming off a buy. Maybe I'll make a trade right now, and then next week, wham, it's a big swing in your matchup.

We do have the strength of schedule tool available on jointhefoot.com or for supporters at jointhefoot.com. First matchup here, Miami 6-2 taking on the six and two Kansas city chiefs. This is fun. Uh, DraftKings sportsbook line, Kansas city minus one and a half over under is 50 and a half. This is in Frankfurt,

Germany. Yeah. Home of a birthplace of the hot dog. I've asked. No. Is that really true? Yeah. Frank further.

No way. No way no way yeah the word frank just like hamburg yeah germany is hamburger the word frankfurter but that one's true comes from frankfurt germany where pork sausage is similar to hot dogs originated i have been to frankfurt germany did you get a hot dog and i did not get a frank oh man wait a minute you're telling me that hot dogs and hamburgers are german yeah like these are american foods yeah we have we have taken over the the hamburger hot dog world but with that that's wrong there's a clip of tom holland aka spider-man and he's defending his position of uh like American food is not that good.

And people are always like, well, yeah, it is. And he's like, okay, name me some American food. And they're like, hamburgers. And I'm like, yeah, that's German. He's like, French fries. And he goes, mm. Listen. Wow.

Hey, pizza. Turns out, I don't know what foods we actually created here. Not many. Cereal? I mean, I think that's our claim to fame. Anything with high fructose corn syrup because we got a lot of corn. Yeah. All right.

Back to Germany. Dolphins and Chiefs in Germany. Miami's offense, it's been great. Number one in points per game, yards per play. Kansas City's defense, number two in points per game allowed. Number three in yards per play allowed. Thus far, when Miami has faced a test, they haven't been able to pass the test. No, that's right.

I believe they have not beaten a team with a winning record this season. They've had a schedule that has allowed for that. On American soil, Jason. Okay, thank you. This will be a real test. We've been saying all year how good this Chiefs defense is and how you need to not view it how we viewed it over the last several years where it was a great matchup. Sometimes you get so excited about an opposing offense

that you love the matchup because you know okay the dolphins are going to need to keep up the truth is this is a tough tough team to play against right now uh if you adjust for schedule they're top five against quarterbacks running backs and wide receivers across the board, teams are not doing well against the Chiefs. It really doesn't affect your start-sit decisions with players like Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddell. I think our show yesterday, Mid-Season Review, we kind of slotted Tua in as a must-start player

just because the yards per game and passing touchdowns and his production has been there. And it was nice last week. I think the matchup, like New England slowed him down in the past. He still had a good game. Raheem Mostert, he's going to be back out there. It's a tough matchup. He finds his way into the end zone.

Like we're starting all of our dolphins. Yeah, I think because of the matchup, the only place where I am willing to just say, eh, I'm going to look elsewhere. If it was a good matchup, I only place where I am willing to just say, eh, I'm going to look elsewhere. If it was a good matchup, I think Jeff Wilson, who played enough snaps last week, and even Salvin Ahmed, like this is a committee backfield. They're not going to give Raheem Mostert 22 carries on the ground. And so I think in a good matchup, you can look at the other running backs against the Chiefs. I'm not doing that.

So it's pretty straightforward. Mostert, Tua, Tyreek, Waddle. You start, you don't, and then you're done with the Dolphins. Mahomes, Kelsey, of course. Isaiah Pacheco, you have to play him. The matchup's great. He, you know, it is frustrating at times

having Pacheco on your roster because the snap percentage fluctuates based on how these games are going you know only eight attempts last week on the ground shows you kind of where it was you know three catches for negative three yards that the receptions have been there for the most part over the year, 51 reception pace. This matchup's not great. You hope that they're in the lead because if they're not, if they're playing from behind, you're going to get a lot of worthless McKinnon snaps,

although he did not practice, right? So maybe those are worthless Clyde snaps. I don't know. But that's something to monitor. Maybe Pacheco stays out on the field a little bit more. receiver wise. What's the evolution like in Kansas city? Where are you looking for value? I'm looking for value in Rushie Rice. He has played his way more and more onto the field. You know, the beginning of the year, he was having good games, even with 30% of snaps, but we were really frustrated that he just didn't see enough time. Now, the last two weeks, he's been on the field 60% of snaps, and 60% of snaps, while you've

got a very nice targets per route run, you are very involved around the goal line. The opportunities are there for him. To me, in a matchup where you do still hope that the Dolphins can score on this Chiefs defense and keep up and make the passing game of the Chiefs have to you know keep the pedal to the metal I like Rushie Rice this week and um I'm I think what about Deontay tonight or Rushie Rice I'm gonna go with the upside the touchdown upside of Rushie Rice and then what about would that be the case with Josh Downs, Tank Dell, a couple other rookies? Yeah, I lean personally Rushie Rice on all those.

Has Tyreek had to play the Chiefs yet? Ever? Oh, is this the first time? Yeah, I don't recall if they played last year or not. There were some articles coming out about that situation. Kyle, see if you can find anything. Like, they had made a pretty good offer, the Chiefs did, to keep Tyreek. Yeah, he just wanted out?

No, he wanted to stay. He just wanted more? Yeah, I think his agent kind of played a little chicken with them, and they didn't. You know, he ended up getting, I think, another $15 million guaranteed leaving. And no taxes, no state taxes. Yes, no state taxes. $15 million guaranteed leaving. And no taxes. No state taxes. Yes, no state taxes.

Yeah, so they did not play last year. So this would be the first revenge. That's kind of fun. I wish this was a Thursday night game. I wish it was in Kansas City. I wish it was just not early on Sunday morning. We all have wishes. Minnesota, Falcons.

Both teams 4-4. Atlanta minus 4.5 on the DraftKings Sportsbook over under 37.5. What's your quick reaction to this Heineke-Jaron Hall battle? Disappointments. Take the under? What do we got? 37.5. So Atlanta's favored by 4 and a half it makes sense it it the the Minnesota Vikings side is extremely difficult

Hawkinson is in for me uh he's running such you know a lot of short routes the tight end is not always the security blanket for young quarterbacks but the way that they use Hawkinson, I think that he will be. Addison has been just such a good player. What level of wide receiver do you need to sit him down? Yeah, the aforementioned Rashi Rice, I would play him over Jordan Addison personally. It's like kind of a puka situation to a degree where it's like Addison's been very impressive but some of these throws and catches the rapport with

cousins was really good yeah I mean look if you've got a bad quarterback that can't get you the ball well you're probably not gonna have a touchdown in the game. And, you know, you'll end the game with enough targets. Addison is not a player that you have to say, I can't start him. Same with Puka. Like, you're going to start him, but your expectation needs to completely shift. And when you're looking at your start-sit decisions, you need to see him as, at best, a flex option. And you're expecting probably, you know, six to nine fantasy points and half ppr that's

that's not shooting for the moon and i i think the biggest problem here isn't really just the floor because these are nfl offenses they're going to have enough passes and receptions i the the the issue is the ceiling there is almost no ceiling when you've got these backup quarterbacks in there you're not going to have a a great fantasy game I agree and and it's tough because the game plan for Minnesota is going to change they have an implied point total of 16 points in this game so you you could you get lucky yeah I mean it's possible but Jaron Hall put up negative 1.2 fantasy points in relief last week so So the confidence level is minimal. Do you disagree, Mike?

No. No, I'm stuck with it looking at names. It's like, would you play Michael Thomas against Chicago? Christian Watson. Yeah. Probably. Rashid. Maybe you got Rashid Shahid off of the the waiver wire probably there i think i'd take

the chance i mean both guys feel similar i go to addison in that one okay yeah um but that's that's the level that that you're looking at and and to speak now wasn't kj osborne limited a little bit in practice he was yeah yeah um to speak to the the, the Minnesota Vikings defense has been much improved. Yes. It's worth realizing that the pace of play of Atlanta is very slow. Minnesota has hit the under in seven of eight games, and Atlanta has hit their under in six of eight games. So I'm not expecting happiness in this matchup.

Are you expecting hope for the pass catchers in Atlanta with Taylor heineke taking over um kyle pitts he had a couple of games that were better like i thought hey maybe i'll look at targeting him in some trades and then i saw the snaps i mean he's not playing as much as johnny smith and so even if you improve the quarterback situation a little bit, I don't have trust in that. The downfield targets are what Kyle Pitts gets. They're very, very valuable, but we've seen years of exceptionally bad targets,

uncatchable targets. It hasn't been his fault. If you look at air yards, things like that, Kyle Pitts should be dominating. So on one hand, you could say, hey, this is a really important thing for Kyle Pitts specifically. Drake London, you know, has the groin issue. You need a downfield wide receiver. Kyle Pitts is basically playing kind of that wide receiver role. So there's a lot of optimism here, but I don't want to make Taylor Heineke something he isn't is he better than Marcus Mariota yes is he as good as a Derek Carr no he's not he's a you know I think we often get too much hope in these like oh this quarterback will fix it

feels a little bit like the Winston to a degree. Sure. You know, Heidenke is willing to challenge downfield. Drake London's health, what's that situation like right now? The groin injury did not practice on Wednesday. Okay. Because he missed the back half of the game. Yeah, he would be on pretty high alert for me. Man, the more we talk about this game, the less I want to watch it. I will say if Drake London plays, he should be a good start.

Obviously, you worry about the groin re-aggravation, but he would be a decent start. I do think Kyle Pitts, you could throw him in there. You probably will if you've got him on your roster. And Bijon, you're going to start every week. Still waiting for that big one. Yeah, and it's probably not going to be this week. Arizona Cardinals, 1-7, taking on the 4-5 Cleveland Browns in Cleveland. The DraftKings Sportsbook line here, Cleveland minus 8.

Over under 37.5, and the Cardinals have, well, let's just say that their line right now is, it screams Clayton Toon to me. 14.8 points. That's wild. Cleveland at almost 23, whether it's PJ Walker or Deshaun Watson, they're going to be playing from ahead. Usually when you don't know who the quarterback is going to be, the game lines are off.

You can't bet. And they're like, that's no problem. It doesn't matter't matter uh i think it's they know yeah they they know but i will say obviously if if it turns out that kyler was the quarterback i think the line would move significantly you're right andy this says that clayton toon is what the expectation uh from the sports books are looking like there's also a chance of rain, 15 mile an hour winds. So this isn't set up to be a great passing game. Assuming Kyler doesn't play and Deshaun Watson doesn't play, I think you're going to have a lot of groundwork in this one. I like Kareem Hunt a lot. He's been really solid the last three weeks. You've still got Jerome Ford coming off a high ankle

sprain but I even think you could play Jerome Ford I know he wasn't good last week but I mean you saw what the Gus bus did against the Cardinals that's fair and Amari Cooper has been getting tons of targets he's been double digit fantasy points two of the last three weeks eight targets eight targets 11 targets they're not the best targets. Catch percentage is pretty low considering who he is. If P.J. Walker's out there versus Watson, does it make a difference on your view of Cooper? Not really. I see Cooper as a decent play with either guy.

But, I mean, right now if Deshaun Watson's there, I assume it's a bad version of Deshaun Watson, the way that he looked before leaving the last game. What other decisions in this game are you looking at? Trey McBride and the wide outs for the Cardinals. So David Njoku, if Walker is the quarterback, I'm more willing to play him because the target share has been great from Walker, and we haven't seen that rapport yet with Watson.

On the other side, I don't know if I had said it out loud on the show, but it was of like, did something happen to DeMarcato? And I was looking and looking. I could not find anything because he got 20 carries. He was getting workhorse usage, and then in the second half, Keontae Ingram was the guy. got 20 carries he was getting workhorse usage and then in the second half didn't like a key on to Ingram was the guy he didn't didn't get a touch until there was 40 seconds left in the third quarter talking about Ingram and then he played all but two fourth quarter snaps so I think

there is a chance that DiMarcato is actually is actually hurt uh so that is not that look it's a desperation play to to have DiMarcato in here regardless against the Cleveland Browns with Clayton Toon. So hopefully you can avoid that, unlike my team currently. Trey McBride. It's the only way that you can play DiMarcato was knowing that he was going to get all the work. Yes.

Because then he could volume his way to eight to ten points. So Trey McBride, 39% of the targets last week. Absolute domination for fantasy football. The matchup stinks. You probably have a late-round rookie making his first start. Where are you at with Trey McBride? Like, are you going to play – would you play Trey McBride or go back to Jake Ferguson against Philadelphia?

I would definitely go Jake Ferguson. Trey McBride is a player – Jake Ferguson against Philadelphia? I would definitely go Jake Ferguson. Trey McBride is a player I talked about. I want him on my roster. He was maybe my number one pickup this week, but that's for Kyler Murray. I think the next two weeks you're going to have Kyler Murray and no Zach Ertz, and you're going to have an opportunity for Trey McBride to be a real breakout star. This matchup, now if it's Clayton Toon against a really, I mean right now on the season, 5.9 fantasy points per game

to the tight end position. That's top three. That's what the Browns are doing. The Browns are at home. Maybe you could PPR your way to, you know, he gets enough targets. I think it's okay, but I'm not trying to play Trey McBride this week smash him in my lineup I do think bright bright days ahead but not how bright are they brighter than Dallas Goddard moving forward did I ask this yesterday you did ask it yesterday is that one of those

situations where you'd be trying to pick up Trey McBride even if this week goes bad? Yeah, yeah. I want him on my bench this week. And, again, he might PPR his way to something relevant if you don't want to roster two tight ends. But if there's another good one, I would grab him. All right, let's take a quick break and come back with the Rams and Packers. The Los Angeles Rams at 3-5 take on the 2-5 Green Bay Packers. The DraftKings Sportsbook line.

Green Bay minus 3.5. The over-under is 38.5. You know, a lot of these games this week are really they're just not fun to work through. It feels like going through, this isn't like a walk through a meadow. This is like a spooky forest.

Yeah, or a swamp. It's a swampish. There's got to be some kind of dangerous animals. You're either walking through a desert where you know there's a lot of snakes or the swamp and there's some gators. Rodents of unusual size? Sure. I mean, it's not the Rams.

They've lost three of four and Matthew Stafford isn't practicing. The Packers? They've lost four in a row and they never hit their implied point total, so they don't even score. We got, I think, some brief positive news from Matthew Stafford. I thought I saw yesterday there was a report that they are now not considering IR for him. Okay. And that they, I mean, I'm not expecting him to play.

I think it's Brett Rippon against the Green Bay Packers this week. Rippon it. Yeah. Can he rip it good? Probably not. Probably not. But long term, that would be such good news for Puka and Cooper. Yeah, because it just feels a little bit dire there.

I saw Ian Harditz, who's a great follow over on X. He shared, let me see if I can pull it up. He shared the current landscape when it comes to the quarterback injuries. And I don't know. Yeah, here we go. Aaron Rodgers, the Achilles, Cousins, the Achilles. I can't even read you all their injuries because it would take too long. But Richardson, Fields, Tannehill, Kyler, Stafford, Deshaun Watson, Daniel Jones, Tyrod, Purdy, Goff, Lawrence,

on by this. Okay, so those were all by weeks. But you have all those injuries, and you have Purdy, Goff, Lawrence, and Russell Wilson on by. And that's why Will Levis was just picked up to play tonight. It's a brutal week. You will know that from my quarterback start of the week if we try to find someone, please?

Yeah, it's tough. And in this matchup, again, when the quarterback position isn't stable, you start to look at Daryl Henderson, right? I took a look at his numbers earlier this morning, and he's not running well. He's sharing time. He has gotten into the end zone. He's caught some passes.

My confidence level on him is not very high with Brett Rippon at quarterback. Yeah, Royce. I mean, 2.6 a carry last week, 3.4 the week before, and the defense is going to be able to stop that. Meanwhile, I don't know the situation of the, like, was the box heavy or not. I don't have those numbers in front of me, just the raw numbers. But Henderson, since, you know, the opportunity, he's running at 3.1. He's the one getting far more carries, though.

You know, we're at 30 attempts. And then the past two weeks, Royce Freeman is at 21, but Royce Freeman is running at 5.2. How much time does Daryl Henderson keep getting to be the lead

ball carrier when Royce Freeman is statistically playing better? Now, there's stuff that the coaches look for that we don't in fantasy football, but Royce Freeman out-snapped him last week. He had more snaps? Yeah, he had 53% of snaps compared to 47% for Darrell Henderson. I think the difference here is that Darrell Henderson

has been a little bit more involved in running routes and in the passing game. We don't know if Brett Ripien is there if he's going to pass to the running backs a lot or not you know Stafford utilizes them in that way but I think you've you've got two different things one if you're if you're down uh and you're running more routes then you go towards the Henderson route on the goal line we did see Roy Royce Freeman brought in there. Royce is a beef boy. Yeah, he's a beef boy.

And so maybe touchdowns lean more towards Freeman. Receptions lean more towards Henderson. Touchdowns I don't think are going to be a ton to go around in this game. So I lean towards Henderson in this matchup. Yeah, I'm definitely on the Henderson side of who I'd start. It's just a matter of – it just makes me sad because I think the ceiling, like you talked about with Addison, I think the ceiling gets kind of taken away for Daryl Henderson

unless you lock into a couple of touchdowns. Nice thing is the Packers are not good at stopping the run. They are 26th right now in schedule-adjusted fantasy points given up to running backs. Jordan Love, Aaron Jones, A.J. Dillon, Christian Watson, Romeo Dobbs. You could do better. You could do worse. You could do worse.

Romeo Dobbs got back into the end zone the last couple weeks. He's a touchdown machine. Yeah, but they're just. Oh, and the yardage is not there. He's just catching. This is like. Give me Rashi Rice. That's just catching. This is like it's. Give me Rashi Rice, that's for sure.

It's the ghost of James Jones. Yeah, it's been. Nothing but touchdowns. It's been rough. Like Jordan Love or Will Levis, I think it's a fair conversation. Oh, man, that is a fair conversation. I think. Because the Rams have been pretty good. Yeah, I think you go Will Levis over Jordan Love right now.

Jordan Love has just looked like he don't have it. Yeah, yeah. And then Christian Watson, he ends up being one of the most disappointing busts in fantasy this year. Well, yeah, when you start the first month injured, you come back, you get excited, you still deal with some of the injury, and you're not getting it done. He had eight targets last week. He's playing 80-plus percent of the snaps,

and it just hasn't resulted in actual yardage and touchdowns. 27 yards two weeks ago, 33 yards this last week. I still think you can actually put him in a lineup. I'm not too scared to do that because he is the type of player that exactly you just need one big touch from a guy he's on the field enough getting enough targets like the behind the scenes numbers are there so and his athleticism is there I you know I'm not like got us, you know, throw him in your lineup for sure. But Hollywood with Clayton Toon or Christian Watson in this matchup?

I think I go Christian Watson just because of how good the Browns. Are you playing Hollywood in your league of record team? I probably am. We have like eight players to decide four spots, and it's not easy. Have you seen that Sleepers updated their matchup pages now to include like they show your average points per week, and they show your start set accuracy? Ooh, no. I have, yeah.

On the actual slides, when you look at the matchups, it'll be like 83.5% start set accuracy, averaging 117 points a week. Their maximum would have been 139 a week had you played it right. That's fun. That's kind of cool. Where are we with Aaron Jones? We are not in a good place. Okay.

Snaps, I mean, we've only had him back for two weeks. The snaps did go up from 36% to 51%. We haven't had him back. The opportunity, I did go up from 36 to 51 percent the opportunity the opportunity I'm saying no I know but got more but the opportunities actually went from 13 to 12 he five targets in each of the last two games so we that's that's a nice PPR floor but it is it's a full-time share with him and AJ Dillon right now and LeFleur's quote is have to be smart with Jones because he isn't 100% by any stretch yeah and he doesn't look 100% uh that being said I mean he played more snaps this last week uh no more snap percentage than he did in week one when he

was the running back one so you don't expect Aaron Jones to be a 70% snap player. He's going to be in a timeshare. You just are waiting for him to get his juice back, to get healthy. This matchup isn't good. I certainly, I mean, if I had Daryl Henderson or Aaron Jones, there's no question I'm playing Aaron Jones. But you are waiting. It doesn't look good right now.

The Commanders at 3-5 take on the 2-6 Patriots. The DraftKings Sportsbook line, New England minus 3, over-unders 40.5. Sam Howell, like I said in yesterday's midseason review episode, 4,500 yards, 28 passing touchdowns. That's the pace, along with taking a sack every play. Mac Jones, you get an opportunity with mac jones here he's been better where you know i like new england in this game they're favored the defense has been uh had a couple of their best linemen uh sent off and you know they're giving up a ton of fantasy points Washington is to quarterbacks

and wide receivers on paper there's an opportunity now one of the problems with Mac Jones and starting Mac Jones is that he doesn't have elite weapons Kendrick Bourne was arguably the best one he had toward his ACL week. Was getting into the end zone regularly. You get your shot. Demario Douglas gets his chance here in this game. Juju's back. Still underutilized. That's my worry is that we're going to say, hey, this is an amazing opportunity. But no one can take advantage of it.

That's my concern. And I would echo all your concerns. Totally get it but the like this particular week is it's the kind of this yeah will levis has hopkins for tonight but he's still i mean he's a rookie making his second start against mike tomlin and even though the matchup like the steelers haven't been great against quarterbacks and wide receivers, my point being you can go across the entire NFL and basically all the options that aren't those locked-in top six quarters we talked about, you can poke holes in every single one of them. And the thing that stands out here is over the last six weeks,

Washington dead last against fantasy quarterbacks, and Sweat and Young are no longer on that defensive line. Yeah, it is a pretty good matchup. I'm not in love with Mac Jones, but I am kind of in love with Pop Douglas. Dirty Pop. Dirty Pop. Demario Douglas has been good. He has a 25% targets per outrun on the season

and now is in a matchup that should be very exploitable in a time where his snaps should be the highest this week that they've been on the entire season. So if you're in a half PPR full ppr i'm fine playing playing pot okay yeah i mean the matchup's great you mentioned it remandre uh very disappointing last week this week i feel like remandre and zeke are both in play i agree i think uh you have a game of profiles is a chance that new england's ahead They're at home. The defense has been pretty good statistically. I know there's a lot of weapons on the other side that we'd love to see

get involved fantasy-wise with Dodson and McLaurin and Logan Thomas and such, but I do think that Zeke and Ramondre will have opportunities. Yeah, yeah, I agree. I think you could start either one of them, and even though the Manders' rushing defense has been middle of the pack, they got rid of two of their defensive lines. So TBD. Are you chasing the last two weeks of Jahan Dotson?

I think this is going to be one of your bigger start-sit decisions. Maybe even people deciding between two guys they picked up this past waivers, which would be Dotson and Demario Douglas. Yeah, I think you could start either. I would rather start Demario Douglas. If I had both on my roster, Pop would be in my lineup. Interesting. Okay.

It's so hard because Dotson's story, the movie this year. You know, he's in almost every scene. You know, he's always on the field. You just don't know it. He's that good of an actor. He's in the background in costume. And like every time he goes to talk, the scene cuts away. It cuts to another.

Yeah, and sometimes he fumbles the line. But, yeah, I mean, I think both guys will probably be out there quite a bit this week. Assuming that Curtis Samuel will be out, which I don't know if we have that information just yet, but if he is out, I'm going to play Dotson. I know that Dotson's good. Damari Douglas has an incredible opportunity, but he's a six-round rookie.

I'll take the guy who I've seen him before. And I'm going to throw Jamison Crowder's name out there because last week Jamison Crowder scored seven receptions. And when you have the offensive line situation, there's a reason like Curtis Samuel was producing. Right. And there's a reason Jamison Crowder did it on limited snaps last week. It's so wild.

It's because Sam Howell is running for his life. And there's a reason John Dodson's situations don't develop down the field it's because he's running for his life there's a reason Logan Thomas is getting targets it's because the underneath stuff is what you have to let the ball go to when you are almost on your back so I'm just saying I don't think I'd be shocked if Jameson Crowder had a productive game without Curtis Samuel. Gotcha. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. And, you know, I think if you're in a redraft league, harder to throw him in your lineup. If you're getting value in DraftKings or something, that makes sense.

He's probably 3,200. I really like Logan Thomas for all the reasons you just laid out. You expect him to have seven-plus targets in this matchup, especially if Curtis Samuel's out. Yep, absolutely. Anybody else from this matchup that you would like to discuss? Brian Robinson. Yeah, you've got to discuss Brian Robinson.

It's a middle-of-the-road matchup for the Manders. Robinson or Henderson? Henderson. I'm going to take the matchup. Robinson or Najee tonight? Robinson. I have a strict policy there. Yeah, this question's not for Andy.

Yeah. Well, I still answered as Andy would have. Yes, you did. You're welcome aboard. This policy, really easy to adopt, easy to execute. Been very successful. Almost works all the time.

I think in a real good plus matchup, I'm still fine with Najee. We saw that last week? Two weeks. The Texans. Yeah,ee. We saw that, was it last week? Two weeks, the Texans. Yeah, exactly. Against the Titans, not so much. Chicago Bears, 2-6, take on the 4-4 New Orleans Saints.

Somehow it feels like every matchup is between losing teams, which shouldn't be possible. But the Bears, 2-6, Saints, 4-4. That's kind of the peak record-wise today. DraftKings Sportsbook line, New Orleans minus 8.5. The overrunner's 41. The Saints are running a ton of plays per game. Bears games lately, you know, they're hitting the over.

Maybe this game will be more exciting. Tyson Bajent will start. Bilbo. Yeah, Bilbo will get more exciting. Tyson Bajent will start. Yeah, Bilbo will get the opportunity. And Derek Carr somehow, somewhat,

four consecutive top 15 games, which only Jalen Hurts, Josh Allen, and Carr have done. Wait, what? It makes sense because if you really think about what he has at his disposal camara over the last four weeks okay this is what i'm saying um camara michael thomas rashid shaheed is a deep threat that generally comes down with one every single game.

And if it's more than one, it's a great game. And then even like, you know, Taysom Hill's involvement, and Jawan Johnson coming back, like on paper, like I'm not shocked New Orleans eight and a half point favorites in this one. They should, there's no way Chicago can keep up offensively. I think it'll be a repeat of what we saw with the Chargers and the Bears last week. I would agree. I think, and they're not of what we saw with the Chargers and the Bears last week. I would agree. I think, and they're not able to run the ball very well.

Everything to Kamara has been a pass. And so that goes to Derek Carr's stats. Now, against the Chicago Bears, you pretty much want to target them. You want to put those players in. So obviously Kamara's in. Obviously Olave's in. I think Michael Thomas should be fine. He's been a first-read target pretty much the entire first half

of every game it seems. Oh, man, I don't. Unless I was a heavy favorite, I don't want to play him. You don't want to play Michael Thomas? No, I don't. Because the continuity with Rashid Jahid has been there, getting juwan johnson back camara's involvement in the passing game like i feel like michael thomas is sitting here and he's like i will give you between eight and nine points yeah that's and he's just like and i promise you i will get you so if i'm a favorite

i love it but if i'm not like i played to Mario Douglas for the upside sure if I was in a neutral or negative matchup that's just my opinion yeah I mean it's funny because you know he hasn't scored fewer than seven fantasy points all really yeah perfect like like seven is a decent you know it's that's not something you're looking for but it's a sturdy floor yeah to to say that we're going into week nine and he hasn't scored at wide receiver fewer than seven fantasy points also he hasn't scored more than 11 fantasy points he is he's got his window and if you want right around 10 points what are those right around nine points this is the restaurant that has the meal that's just like it's it's it's the one you get and it's probably

okay but you know what you're getting. Because we're not big city folk here in Phoenix, Arizona, very suburban. In the cities where it's like the sub-basement, there's the one where there's apartment buildings, but you have to go down, but the roof is very, very low on you. I see them when they're renovating on the TV shows. You're saying when you take the stairs down to get into that apartment? Yeah, because it's a basement, but it's not a full basement.

It's like half a basement. If you want to make a real stretched kind of analogy, you really got to know what you're talking about. I was trying to throw it out because we have a lot of people in this room. A lot of people in this room that A lot of people not chiming in. Well, that's because we are all real lost. Twitter will help me out here. Sounds pretty cool.

There's a type of building that's not a basement. But it's got a low ceiling. Is that what you're saying? So you're just saying that the ceiling is low. I see Deucer's Alley desperate to not be talked to right now. So, yeah, and we're a pretty big city, Mike. We're the fifth largest city.

Yeah, but we're suburbs. So, Andy, asking for a friend. Yeah, let's move on. Asking for a friend. I am favored pretty heavily. If Will Levis goes out and puts up a stinker tonight, do you think I should start Michael Thomas in my matchup? Well, it depends on your alternative.

Who's your alternative? Oh, man. Hollywood? I would start him over Hollywood with Toon. Yeah, that would be one of them. Yeah, because there's a chance Hollywood catches zero passes with Toon. Puka. Yeah, I'd play Michael Thomas.

Crazy. Michael Thomas is automatically putting seven points in your lineup. Josh Downs. No, I'd play Michael Thomas crazy Michael Thomas is automatically putting seven points in your lineup Josh Downs no I'd play Downs yeah Downs is more explosive Michael Thomas has lost all of that and he may never he may never have had it

like Michael Thomas was just he had to have more than he has now he had to he was that's true but he never really he never made his money on explosive plays. He made it on Drew Brees and that kind of – he was Drew Brees' Travis Kelsey. Yeah.

Which was like he knows where to be. And he misses Drew Brees, and he says a little prayer wishing he'd come back every night. Is this the week Olave breaks out? Maybe. We say every week. No, it might be. I'm actually really sad because I've tried to get him,

and people are not down on him enough. That's good. I expected them to be. They should for me to get him cheap. Correct. Yes. Don't you know who you've been playing? Now just give him to my team.

You're not veiling anything here. That is exactly right. I expected people to be more crestfallen. Yeah. And they're not. And Olave is probably going to break out very soon. He's one of the few players that have the level of targets that he has with only one touchdown.

And also his floor, to speak to Michael Thomas' consistency, it's higher than you think. He only has one game with fewer than seven fantasy points. He's been okay. He's just not being a superstar because he's not getting the touchdowns. They will come. Rashid Shahid is the inverse play of Michael Thomas. If you are a massive underdog, you are not playing Michael Thomas. You're playing Rashid Shahid because he could have 174 yards and two touchdowns.

That's my, I mean, that's my take on that is, is underdog Shahid because he could have 174 yards and two touchdowns. That's my take on that is underdog Shahid, favorites Thomas, Taysom Hill, yes. Derek Carr, yes. Kamara, of course. And now we're on to the Bears. Mike, I'm going to hand you this beautiful platter to talk about. Yeah, I mean, it is easy. It is you. You bench all running backs.

If you got the Deontay Foreman weak, cherish it. Hold it in high esteem. It's done. It is a mess for a bad team. They just fired the running back, Coach. Did you see that?

I think it was an off-the-field situation, if I recall correctly. Gotcha. But Deonta Foreman, 32% of snaps. Roshon, 36%. The combo of Travis Homer. Wait. Who had the 27%? Darrington scored last week.

Yes, he did score. So he had 27%. So either Homer or Evans. last week yes he did so he had 27 so like that that uh either homer or evans but the point being it's three players for a team that's not going to score a lot of points against a very strong defense so uh abandon all hope and then dj moore i'm i'm still gonna play him d. DJ Moore or Amari Cooper rest of the season? Cooper. Man. Yeah. No, I changed.

DJ Moore. DJ Moore or Hollywood rest of the season? Stop it. Stop making good questions that are hard. Yeah. I think Hollywood's going to be good when Kyler comes back. Do we have any updates on Fields? I heard he's still week to week was the last I had seen. Week to week, and we know pretty early on that he's not playing this week.

So I would imagine it's going to keep going. I think we're going to be without him a little bit longer. And then Cole Komet, I mean, what, 10 for 79 last week? I mean, that's not too shabby. Yeah, Bajent was checking it down. That was against the Chargers, but, I mean, the previous game of Bajent was a grand total of 0 for 0 for Cole Komet. I would expect it to be far more like that this week.

The 0 for 0? The Saints are good. The Chargers are bad against tight ends. The Saints are good against tight ends. I think he'll look elsewhere. DJ Moore should have around 10 fantasy points, and then you check out of the Bears. Seahawks are 5-2, taking on the 6-2 Ravens.

Yay! DraftKings Sportsbook line, Baltimore minus 6. The over-under is 44. Ah! Ah! Oh! Oh, the Baltimore. Your hatred for the Ravens is going to continue to flow.

That's what people think. That's only because you say only negative things about the Ravens. No, it's just because they're favored too often. They're six and two. They're favored too often by too much. What are you going to do? You got to make your decision here. This six and two team is favored too much.

Look, I don't find anything wrong with what I'm doing. They were favored too much against Pittsburgh when I took Pittsburgh to cover, and they did. Last week against the Cardinals, they were heavily favored. Okay, by too many points, when you're saying they're favored too much, it sounds like we're predicting the Ravens are going to win the games too many times. This is not an almost upset.

I'm not going to take it. I'm not going to take it. Six seems like a lot, but the Baltimore defense is really, really good, and they're at home. They control the game. The offense for Seattle has been weird on some levels. I mean, they are fighting, and they added a huge piece to their defense. Leonard Williams.

Yeah, and so. Welcome aboard. Their run game will be better. Much better. Run stopping game. Yeah, and so is this a complicated game? Zay Flowers is reaching the point now where I do not consider him. An auto start.

An auto start at all. He's more like, I think he's just like Purple Wandale. I mean, he's maybe closer to that than he is a superstar. Yeah, I would agree. Which I don't hate the Ravens. I'm sorry. These are the numbers. They are utilizing Zay Flowers in a very curious fashion.

And you don't play Bateman or Beckham because the targets aren't there. Yeah. Are you going to stay in the flames with Gus Edwards? Last week obviously was an advantage over the Arizona Cardinals. This week you've got what on the season has been a middle of the pack run defense but they add Leonard Williams the Gus Edwards is currently playing a little bit more and more but still around 50 percent of snaps 21 opportunities last week are you favorite at home I'm in okay I'm in I'm I'm gonna to live with that decision. Kenneth Walker, 41% of snaps last week.

It was our first disappointing game. Yep. Follow him on the injury report, although it's hard to find someone you would play over Kenneth Walker, even if you're a little worried about his hurt. Charbonnet, is he in flex consideration this week against a brutally difficult defense? don't think so i i think there are are better options at flex at wide receiver than having charbonnet in there he looked great last week 53 yards on only five

carries but only five carries like it's just not enough to be fantasy relevant. So, nay on Charbonnet. Correct. Not if Walker's playing. Metcalf, Lockett, JSN. JSN, two touchdowns in two weeks, which... 16 targets over the last three games. Yeah, four last week. Got into the end zone, but three for 36.

It's a little bit scary in this one. I think I'm trying to bench him. I am not starting him against the Baltimore Ravens their defense is great they're on the road um too too low a floor and Geno Smith we're going to sit him down yeah I mean we we talked about the the difficult other options this week isn't a great week so you might not be able to might not have someone you like more but I would will love Mr or Geno Smith? Geno.

Okay, just making sure. In the last three games, three interceptions, two turnovers on downs inside the red zone. They cannot punch it in lately. Nice to see Lockett finally have a game last week. It seemed like we needed that to have any confidence that he exists. Yes. But nine targets, eight eight for 81 and a touchdown

that's a that's a good week and if they're playing from behind then maybe you even if they lose maybe that's garbage time production metcalf full practice he's not been good i've seen him on benches some teams have like had to you know through waiver wire you've picked up some other players are you playing dk mack out 14 targets yeah i'm playing my. Are you playing DK Metcalf? 14 targets? Yeah, I'm playing Metcalf. Are you playing like, you know, over the Roshies and stuff? No, no, I'm playing Metcalf. Obviously last week didn't turn out well, but 14 targets. He's DK Metcalf.

He's practicing in full now. He is DK Metcalf, but you realize his highest finish of the year is wide receiver 21. Yeah, yeah. It's disappointing, but that's not going to stay the same feels a little bit like olave like both of those players are probably going to have and the i mean the first month he was it was still over 10 points a game for in a half point scoring format but that's man that's that's that stinks come on

welcome to starts of the week presented by Purina ProPlan. All right, it's a dirty week. Time to get into the starts. I am going to go with Dak Prescott on the road. Yes, please. Love it. Against Philadelphia. These are going to get progressively worse. Yes, please. Love it. Against Philadelphia. These are going to get progressively worse.

Yes, they are. His last three games against Philly, he has not had fewer than three touchdowns. 3-47-3, 2-95-5, 2-38-3. It's one of those games where you just trust that both offenses are going to get into the end zone, despite the fact the defenses are good. It also could be a struggle on the ground, so both quarterbacks are going to have to throw the ball. I'm excited about the potential this week, and I think they play again.

Don't they play again soon? Or did they already play them this year? Dallas and the Eagles? Yeah, I'm trying to. I think the other one's coming up. I might be misremembering. I thought they had a couple. No, in week 14.

Okay, yeah, they've got a couple of these. That one will be at home, obviously, but I'm going to go Dak. Yeah, I love the Dak start this week. If you are struggling and you need a middle-tier quarterback that you can start, we talked about it on today's episode. Derek Carr is my start of the week. You can send in the Carr. Send in the Carr.

Send in the Carr. Carr. Over the last month, Carr and the Saints have had a very high floor passing the ball. They are averaging 287 passing yards per game. That is the fourth most in the NFL during that time. And the Bears have allowed the second most passing yards in the NFL, fifth most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks. I think Carr is a fine play in a bad week.

Titanium underpants. You're going to need some protection for this particular start. It is Mac Jones. And this is, look, some of it is Mac Jones playing better because he is, over the last three weeks, he's completing 74% of his passes. Pour one out for Kendrick Bourne. That stinks.

But two passing touchdowns in back-to-back games, and it's all about the commanders. From worse to even worse-er. They were already allowing the third highest yards per attempt, and those two superstars are gone. I think that in this particular week, I hope you don't have to, but if you're desperate, I think that Mac Jones can give you at least a passable fantasy game.

All right, my running back, you know, there was a time when titanium underpants, steel underpants were required, but I don't think they're required anymore. Zach Moss. You may not need any underpants at all. You could go completely nude. I was going to say commando, but all right. No underpants, no pants.

Donald Duckett. He's not going away. He's the RB7 in points per game. He's been a top 24 guy in all but one matchup, and he plays Carolina. It's absolutely crazy. He leads all running backs, not named Devon A. Chan, in rushing yards per game. That's more than Saquon and McCaffrey and Montgomery and Henry.

And there was no world where that seemed possible. You play him against Carolina, 31st in schedule, adjusted fantasy points to running backs. I don't know if Jonathan Taylor's hurt or not. He says he's not. He was doing toe raises. It doesn't matter if he's – I mean, they were willing – if he's not hurt, they were willing to give Zach Moss the second half.

If he is hurt, Zach Moss is going to be fine, so play him. Is Ursa getting – is he, like, happy when these things are happening? What a weird revenge that would be. Here's all this money, but you're also not playing man Zach Moss has been so good I I got into the doc first and I wanted to make Zach Moss my start of the week but you're a man of high character yeah and I also knew if I did if I finally went went in, I would curse him. The injury report so far for the Indianapolis Colts does not have Jonathan Taylor on it this week, so that does scare me a little bit.

But if this week Jonathan Taylor practices in full and it's still 50-50, then congrats, Zach Moss managers. My start of the week at running back is Kareem Hunt. I'm rolling with it again from last week. Worked out well, despite Jerome Ford's miraculous returning from a high ankle sprain. Hunt saw 15 opportunities. The last three weeks has been the running back 10, 11, and 16. He's just a solid running back.

Even in an RBBC, he will have enough opportunities to beat the Arizona Cardinals at home in a highly favored game. Arizona, last week, they went, they laid down in the middle of the road, and they let the Gus Bus just drive all over them. Yeah. And so, you know, the Cardinals, their 28th in schedule adjusted fantasy points, the highest rate of rushing first downs in the NFL. Kareem Hunt should be an easy play. And I'm going to go back to Chuba Hubbard because this time it will work for sure. 67% of the snaps last week.

There was only two touches for Miles Sanders. And this is the best matchup for running backs since week four. And the Colts, not only are they giving us a good matchup, but pace of play. They play fast, so we get a whole bunch of more opportunities. They've allowed 15 rushing touchdowns. That's the most in the NFL. And Chuba, despite last week, is number one in running backs in rush success rate. He's been playing very, very well this year.

T. Higgins against Buffalo, my wide receiver start of the week. Oh, baby. Coming off the bye. Oh, baby. Came back to life a little bit against San Francisco. You know, the matchup is Buffalo, who has been quietly destroyed through the air since the injuries they suffered.

29th in schedule adjusted fantasy points allowed to wide outs and must start a confidence play. Somebody that might carry you this week, T. Higgins. Yeah, I love Higgins this week. At wide receiver for me, my start of the week is going to be Rushie Rice. I believe he's on a lot of benches. I think he should be in flex consideration as a starter this week. You might not want to miss him in a game against the Dolphins.

If the Dolphins can score and keep up, Rushie Rice could have a breakout game. There's a 50.5 point over under. Rice has actually been the wide receiver 23 over the last month. He's up to 60% of Kansas City Chiefs snaps. He's being targeted on 26% of his routes, which is a great number. Four plus receptions in four straight weeks. He's had a reception of 15 plus yards in seven of eight games, and since week three, the Dolphins are schedule-adjusted 29th against wide receivers. So the matchup is there. The snaps are starting to be there.

The quarterback is there. Yeah, he's got that fluidity out there. You know, when he gets the ball in his hands, really good after the catch, you definitely see elite talent in that regard. I'm going Nico Collins.ins oh we're coming back red light green light all year long and we're on a green light week everybody stunning analysis but the reason is he's home versus the bucks which has actually been the third best matchup of the last month uh he is averaging seven targets a week 12.1 average depth of target. Those are juicy, juicy numbers.

And he still ranks top five in qualifying wide receivers and yards per route run. I think this is a bounce-back week for Nico. Taysom Hill against Chicago is my tight end start of the week. Taysom keeps doing Taysom things. He does. Tight end 9-5-1 the last three weeks. It doesn't always come the same way.

It's sometimes the running game, sometimes the passing game, sometimes he shouldn't be out there, but he is. And, you know, the Saints, this is crazy, guys. 17-1 when Taysom Hill has seven or more carries. 17-1. Causation or correlation? Who knows? Who knows?

At tight end start of the week for me this week, it's going to be a monstrous week for Dalton Kincaid. I absolutely love this matchup and love what we're seeing. Dalton Kincaid, rookie tight end. I thought you were a man of high character. For the Buffalo Bills. I am. Dalton Kincaid's great.

Dalton Kincaid is a great player. You know, we said, I said early. We said, I said. We said, I said. You said. Early on in draft season that rookie tight ends are going to have good games, not necessarily be a good pick for the season. This is going to be a great game.

When Dawson Knox went down, all of a sudden the Bills, because they're a good, well-run organization, they changed their scheme. They basically abandoned 12 personnel and went with the players they have, and Kincaid shot up to 84% of snaps. He was 5 for 61 on a touchdown on Thursday night. His 39 routes were the fourth most amongst tight ends last week, and the Bengals are dead last. They are the best matchup so far on the season adjusted for schedule against tight ends. It's an exploitable matchup where he's going to be on the field all the time.

Kincaid is a smash play this week. No question. I'm still kind of targeting him. Kincaid? In trade. Absolutely. With Knox out of the way, play this week no question I'm still kind of targeting him Kincaid in trade absolutely with Knox out of the way now he can be what people thought he would be to start the season go with Logan Thomas it is not a sexy pick but he's had a 17 percent target share over the last month and

the Pats well they've actually been the fourth best matchup for tight ends over that time period Thomas is sitting at tight end seven and fantasy points per game. We're talking four receptions a game and a lot of routes. The fourth most routes run per game amongst tight ends. So he's out there getting opportunity and Washington is going to have to

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One more, very important. Well, questionably important segment. Jason Moore's iron clad Locked and Loaded 100% Guaranteed Boom Boom Kicker of the Week. Last week on Boom Boom Kicker, we went on trial. The judge tricked me. Jailed by the magistrate, the inmates tried to seal my fate by ganging up and flinging their poopy. But like Bane to Batman, I shattered a back, man.

And there crumbled the Saints, Blake Groupie. Yeah, I rhymed poopy. One of my favorites. He also rhymed man with man. One of my favorites as well. Mike, any thoughts? Any commentary? I'm out. I'm just going to let that one sit there.

I'm out of words for this one. For the record, Blake Groupie, whose? I'm out. I'm just going to let that one sit there. I'm out of words for this one. For the record, Blake Groupie, whose back I just broke. Yeah. Yeah. He weighs in at 156 pounds. Wow. That's an easy back to break. Yeah.

Lightest kicker in the NFL over the last 35 years. That's the kind of research you're looking for. Wow. Wow. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. That'll do it for today's episode of the fantasy footballers

goodness gracious thank you for joining us you can check out dfspass.com if you're going to play some dfs this weekend tomorrow we'll have a little spin we're better we'll have a spin of the wheel oh yeah oh yeah yeah it's not me not me either i got first mike you this is you won i got first yeah first time for everything and uh so fantasy face off tomorrow more matchups some news i mean we got injuries that we are watching in fact damian pierce did not practice yet again no so devin singletary could have a huge opportunity this week. I'm wondering if there's a chance since Mike won and I lost, and last week he said, I'm going to remember this. Am I getting mummy face tomorrow?

He's just doing right, Matthew. It's actually just duct tape over your mouth. Yeah, it was. I call it the hostage. Last week Mike's nose was in a jar position for a long period of time. It was three or four days. It's back now. It's been set.

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