The Matt Thomas Show with Ross - Dr Roto Gives His NFL Week #10 Predictions

Episode Date: November 7, 2025

Dr Roto Gives His NFL Week #10 Predictions

Be a big floto. Give me the news. I really don't know what I should do. I've got to. It's the fastest 30 minutes in Major Market Radio. We spend that time with Dr. Roto here on Sports Talk 790. Dr. Roto, let's get right to it. We've got some really good football teams,

i.e. the Denver Broncos record-wise, that have lousy fantasy stars. Beyond anybody wearing Denver gear, who also be concerned about that plays for a good team that doesn't give us numbers in our fantasy football league? That's a really good question. I think Darnel Mooney, for example, right? You're like, oh, yeah, he's going to be, the Penix is going to find him.

Pennix doesn't find him. Trying to look at other teams here. The bills, Kiann Coleman, yeah, Josh Allen, this guy's a great second year player. Hasn't done anything, right? So sometimes you want to be looking at teams that have concentrated touches, like where are they going exactly? Like, you want to be able to predict that. If it's too spread out, it becomes a nice. The Broncos, I mean, that game was a nightmare, but in itself.

But you've got Angram, you've got Sutton, you've got Franklin, you've got Harvey, you've got Dobbins. Good luck figuring out week to week where it's going to go. So you really want as concentrated lineups as you can find. All right, let's get to the Sunday slate. The Colts, they rare step back just their second one. Do they go to Berlin and fix things against Atlanta this Sunday morning? I think they do.

I think, look, last week was, it was kind of predictable. I think we talked about that. We said it was going to be a pretty close game. Why? Because you're talking about. a team who everybody thought couldn't lose and a team that everybody thought couldn't win. Well, it's the NFL. So it all changes.

Here, I think the Colts play a much better game. The Falcons, their defense is good. It's fast. It's not big, right? And I think the Colts are going to impose their line. I think they're going to run the ball real well. I think that the Falcons have some problems in the back end here. Falcons aren't a bad team.

They're much better. But the Colts, I think Daniel Jones throws for about 220 in a touchdown. Taylor goes back for another one to two touchdowns and 100 points. 100 yards. I really like Michael Pittman Jr. as well. Are we back on all the Ravens now that Lamar Jackson's under center? We are back on the Ravens. Okay. So firstly, we love Lamar. I mean, you get him into all your lineups. We like Derek Henry a lot. I don't know if he's, you know, the greatest start, but I think 60, 70 yards and a touchdown feels right. Minnesota plays a lot of zone defense. I think

Zay Flowers is in play. Take a shot. If you're desperate, and you might be, the Bengals are out, the Cowboys are out, the Chiefs are out, that's a lot of firepower. Rashad Bateman, there's worse guys out there to take a shot on with for a touchdown. I think he could be in play. All right. The Panthers are sneaky. I mean, ridiculously sneaky at 5 and 4. Rico Dottle had a big week last week.

I know he's been splitting time. I didn't use him last week. Got hurt. Now he's questionable for the game coming up. Are we okay with using either one of those Panther running backs against the Saints this Sunday? I think Rico plays. I think you start them. I mean, M.T. If he's playing, you start him for sure against the Saints.

We're looking at, I don't know, 20 to 25 touches, 85 to 95 yards and touchdown. I mean, look, what the Saints just, they got rid of Shaheed. They got rid of an offensive lineman. They're done. I mean, the defense will try a little bit. But the Panthers are well-coached. They are. They're a well-coached team that doesn't beat itself. McMillan has been terrific. They love Rico Dowell, who is better than Chuba Hubbard for that offense.

So Rico Dado is playable and McNeillan's playable. I was going to ask you, big picture with all the trade deadline moves, anybody raise a fantasy flag in terms of, oh, I like him in a new spot that should help, whether it's a skill position player or maybe somebody getting some better work, maybe a defense gets better? Is there anything that you saw from the deadline that made you go, okay, this guy, fantasy, for a fantasy perspective, is now in play. Well, look, I think Rashid Shaheed is in play.

Maybe not this week, but in general. I mean, what was Seattle missing? They're missing a downfield threat. So he's certainly in play. I think, look, the Jets got worse on defense. So you're going to want to start every team against them, like Quinshan Judkins is a great start this week. But the Jets will be better in a couple of years with all those draft picks.

Look, A.D. Mitchell is also in a good spot. The guy was buried on the bench in Indianapolis. Now in New York, he's their number two receiver. So, I mean, take a look at a guy like that. Jack Bess did nothing for the Raiders. That's kind of a mess. I think what happened in Jacksonville actually hurts the AMI Brown. It hurts Parker Washington because Jacoby Myers are going to go in there

and he's going to get some touches right away. Rodo, we know the commanders at 3 and 6 have been hurt by the second year and the injuries with Daniels and he's obviously out this week. Are we losing much on a fantasy perspective or are they just a byproduct of just not having a good enough defense? And again, they're going to score a bunch of points that they're going to try to beat the Lions this Sunday. And they're not going to score a bunch of points, right? It's a mess. This game has mess written all over it.

Marcus Marriota is in trouble. Devo Samuel maybe is their best look. You can't really run on the Lions. So Bill Kroski Merritt's not a terrific start. Chris Rodriguez, Jeremy McNichols. It's just bad. I mean, really, it's bad. And, you know, look, the Lions are going to come in.

The Lions did not run the ball very well last week. I think they're going to try to run the ball this week. I think Gibbs has a much better week. I think Montgomery has a good week. Amara St. St. Brown is in a great spot. He was good last week. He'll be good again this week.

I mean, the commanders are just overwhelmed here. So this could be a mess. Seahawks are going full-time to Jacoby Brissette. Obviously put up some decent numbers against the Cowboys this past weekend. Can they do it? Back-to-back road games going to Seattle this Sunday. Said no Cardinal fan ever, right? Jacoby Brissette is better.

He is. I mean, I've told you about Kylobara in the past. The guy just runs too much. He takes too many sacks. And the arm angle has a lot to do with it. So, for example, when my. Penix throws a football. It takes his receiver's time to see the spin because he's a lefty. Well, Kyler's stolen from a different arm angle than Jacobi Percette. Kyle's like 510.

Jacobi Peret's 6'5. So guys like McBride, they're seeing the ball better. I think McBride is an outstanding start this week. Marvin Harrison, I don't like him as a start this week, but I think he's been playing better with Jacoby Brissette there because Jacoby Perciette's not afraid to take chances down the field, which Kyler Murray is. I think the Cardinals are a week away from getting Trey Benson back. So you're going to have that demarcato. You're going to have Bam Knight. Maybe DeMarcato's in play,

considering that the Seahawks let up a lot of passes to guys out of the backfield. But Bressette's absolutely in play, and Trey McBride's a great start. All right. I teased we had Ian Eagle on the show earlier today. He's going to call the Texans Jaguars. And I said, you've got to get your punter notes ready

because this feels like to me the punters are back in play. Do you see anything sexy from a fantasy perspective in the Jaguars? Houston game Sunday at Energy Stadium. Look, if Davis Mills can find Nico Collins, that would be great. I mean, you have a number one receiver there. I'm not even going to talk about the Christian

Kirk, a revenge narrative, because there's just not enough going on here. I don't like Woody Marks, really. I don't really like Nick Chubb. I think you're looking at Schultz. I think you're looking at Nico. I think so long as Jacksonville, the pass rush, you know, doesn't really get in his face. If Mills has a little time, those two guys could spike up a little bit. On the other side, look, Texans defense has been terrific. I don't think this is a great week for ETN. We don't even

know if Brian Thomas is expected to play. Jacoby Myers is in a new place. Who knows how long that's going to take. And by the way, Trevor Lawrence is not good. Let's just call it what it is. Kyle Lomori's not good. I'm telling you, Trevor Lawrence is not good. He's not very accurate. So Jacoby Myers is not going to really love playing for this guy. So I think this game feels a lot like last week, a dissentive mess.