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Welcome to the fantasy footballers podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.
Hi, it's football time.We're back.
Heck yeah, this is great football time.Last Thursday sucked.
But we're back, baby.We are so back.
It does seem on the surface like it'll be a more exciting experience this Thursday.
No, it's not surface.This is deep.
Yeah.I mean the Rams, the roots.Yeah, I will.Careful.I will not be careful living on the edge over here.
We got players returning from injury.So, you know, we don't want, we don't want to become a downer.
Well that's why it's going to be an upper.
We've got.I just don't want him to get hurt again.
Jason they can't get hurt on the sideline.No one wants them to not get hurt again more than yours truly.That is I have puka.
I don't know if you could handle it.
I you know what it would be a blessing in disguise because it would just it would confirm that the season is over.It's like move on trade for picks.
Yeah, this stage it feels like you have kind of singed cinched cinched.Is that a singed is a word.It's just not the one you're looking for.Hinged.You're like playoffs hitch.
There it is.There we go.First try.You cinch your pants.You singe your brows with a flame.Hitch your wagon.
Yeah.That's the one.To Puka Nakua in terms of like, you know, he's your glorious leader leading you to a championship.
Yeah I mean it just so happened he was you know already one of the the keepers in my keeper lottery in our main league and then in other in other drafts it was one of those situations where I was very happy that I preferred the running backs near that one two term we talked about during draft season
preferred those guys, which has turned out to be very wise over the wide receivers that were there that were very disappointing in the second round.
But the wide receiver I liked the most of that group when I was in that situation was Puka, who, you know, he looked good for a minute and then got injured.
So the news this morning is that Puka's not only got the 21-day window open, but there is a chance.There's optimism.There's optimism.There's a couple-day window.That he will play tonight.
so 1 p.m i believe pacific is the time that both hawkinson and puka nikua have to be activated um off of the ir so we'll we'll know well ahead of game time if they are playing right now a little bit of optimism that puka could suit up and uh skepticism that hawkinson will
Well, we'll talk about it.We've got matchups today.We got starts of the week.We have news beyond those two names.We have one week until the Halloween episode of this show.Very nice.Very nice.We have, yeah, that's coming up.That's always a good time.
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So Cooper Cup is good to go tonight.Optimism around Puka, Jordan Whittington is out, already been declared out.
Which I appreciate after last week's nonsense.
Yeah, and I think with Puka and Cooper Cup, we were not messing around with that anyways.Mike Evans will be, the MRI confirmed he'll be out at least four weeks, potentially back after the bye week. You know, that's shaky.
There are a lot of NFL buys coming up week 12 and week 14.
So the two of the three weeks where Mike Evans might be really valuable to you are weeks that you're going to have to sit there, like Mike said, and watch the practice reports after four weeks and say, is he going to play?Is he not going to play?
And is he going to get hurt again?Because he has frequently re-injured his hamstring and clearly doesn't know when he should be playing.
And is he going to be listed as doubtful?That kind of nonsense where it hurts your actual league having to have him on your bench, not in your IR.
Bryce Young will be starting this week for the Carolina Panthers against the Denver Broncos defense.Are the Broncos the best play of any position this week?
Yeah, I'd probably start them like over over Brees Hall.Yeah.
Like if it's in a super flex.
I used the QB one this week.I'd go with the Broncos.
there should always be the choice to start a defense in place of anybody else at all positions.
If you want to start five defense, always flex the defense DK Metcalf.So this is not a benching of Andy Dalton, Andy Dalton.I don't know if we reported or not that he was mentioned.So he was at a car X. Oh yeah.
We, we mentioned nobody went to the hospital.However, he did sprain his thumb in that car accident.
So this is an injury that we don't know the severity or the length of time, but it is not a performance of Andy Dalton is getting the bench and Bryce Young is back.This is Bryce Young, the back up getting the start because of an injury to the start.
Don't throw away your shot.He could definitely stay in this spot.It's not like Dalton's been playing well.If he performs, which he won't and I'm feeling return to practice.
21 day window open this week.I love your voice so much.Like it brings me joy.I know that other people have to enjoy it as much as I do.
It's just, there's something about every time that your Adam Thielen voice comes up that, that I see Adam Thielen waking up every, every single time.It's he's stirred awake from a sitting nap and I can't stop it.
Like, it's like a seance.I just, Adam Dillon's name is mentioned and he just, he shows up.
Well, he is historically been one of the few players Bryce Young can get the ball to.So helpful.DK Metcalf didn't practice on Wednesday.He's expected to miss Thursday's practice.You're going to be keeping an eye on him.
And if he was to miss a week due to the MCL, Jason and Lockett.
Oh, would be.They were going to go Bobo.No, no, no.You're not going to not go go for Bobo.Not a go go for Bobo.
It is funny whenever all I hear is Bobo the clown.That's it.Nothing else.
That's all anyone hears. I mean we don't pick our last name in like scatter.But you can change it.
Yes.You're letting people know.No that's not something you do reach out to chosen Robbie Anderson.He knows that he knows the way the laws.Oh sure.
He's changed before.Hasn't he flipped them around.
He was Robbie chosen.Yeah.Jayden Daniels didn't practice.
I didn't hear that.Sorry.
Jay Daniels didn't practice on Wednesday.He's going to be seemingly a really, you know, down to the wire type of situation.
It is such a brutal situation for Jay.No, he plays the bears.So the matchup is already rough. But Jayden Daniels, if Jayden Daniels were not hurt, okay, whatever, I don't care.I'm gonna play him against the Bears.But he is hurt.It's his ribs.
It just takes one good shoulder.
If you had Jayden Daniels, and you've probably won some games, right?For sure.And you've been reliant on him. And you had the opportunity.I feel like something weird is happening right now.
No, I'm just hypothetical.
Are you trying to trade for Jaden Daniels?No, no, no.He's trying to trade me a quarterback to replace Jaden Daniels.Gotcha.There it is.
And you need to kind of get over the hump.You'd probably give a very small amount up to fix your problem, right?For who?
So here's one thing I think is interesting just like Kirk Cousins is on the waiver wire.
Just like Kirk Cousins is one good game all year and he's been seven.
Who was that good game against.I forget.Oh is the team he's playing this week.Anyways the interesting thing like tonight's game the quarterback against quarterback that could be potentially traded for each other.That's so fascinating.
The Jaden Daniels versus Caleb Williams If he can get the start, if he does, there's still a chance he starts.You have to factor in like offensive rookie of the year.It's probably going to be one of those two players right now.
Caleb Williams is four and two and he got off to a slow start, but he's been playing some good ball.
He's actually scored more fancy points in both of his last two starts in Jane Daniels.
That's what I'm saying.Like by the end of the year, you know, right now it seems like, Oh, Jane Daniels running away with offensive rookie of the year or maybe Malik neighbors, but it's usually going to go to the quarterback.
this is a massive prime time.I think you're right.I think it's a good point.It's very important for Jaden Daniels is a beginning legacy, if you will.
It's also really important for my Chicago bears DST play.
You want the Mariota?Yeah.
Yeah I mean offensive rookie of the year it's Daniels the leader right now then Williams neighbors Marvin Harrison still the fourth highest opportunity.
Well there's still a gap.I'm sure I'm sure the it's a big it's a bigger odds there.
But it is interesting tied with Brian Thomas Jr.Get get out of here.
I mean, the Marvin Harrison reaction, this is the, this is the negative of our fantasy football universe is like, you know, good game, hall of fame, bad game, career over.And we, you know,
There's a long way to go on the Marvin Harrison story for Arizona.And there's literally no way that the rest of the season, if Marvin Harrison is healthy, they don't improve.That is a guarantee.
I will promise you that Marvin Harrison's performances will improve over time.And then you say, well, some players improve over time and their ceiling is capped.Where's Marvin's ceiling?That's why he's still in the conversation.
Yeah, this is a fantasy football problem, and this is why, you know, on our bust episode, Marvin Harrison Jr.was my bust pick.He was.Because he was going at the 1-2 turn, which was insanity.
You have to have a top eight wide receiver at that point, anything else, and it's going to feel like a bust.Marvin Harrison has not had a bad start to a rookie season.
He's had a horrific start to a rookie season for someone drafted at the 12th or 13th pick in your draft where you were relying on him to be a superstar.That is not fair to the young man.And then Malik neighbors kind of showing him up.
Yeah.And then, you know, neighbors finally has a bad game and that's a tough, I mean, every week you're going to be staring down this, who'd you rather have in a dynasty?
Do you want Harrison who hasn't performed yet with the quarterback who will be there or neighbors on the team where he has performed with a different quarterback on the way?
That's a great question, neighbors. That was the answer as well.
I heard the question mark after neighbors.Yeah, I liked it.Yeah, it was just I'm giving you props for what a what a difficult question.
But it's three sixty five from now.Let's return to it and see what happens.All right.The forty niners, please watch the practice reports today, Thursday, tomorrow, Friday.
Injury Blitz podcast from Matthew Betts, also part of the join the foot dot com perks, because Debo one John Jennings and George Kittle, none of them practiced on Wednesday. It's too early to be freaking out.
Has Kittle practiced this year?
He does his practicing on the field.
Yeah, I'm not worried about George Kittle.He's just been too consistent, too dominant.And if you didn't see, I think it was on IG, there was a kid worried about the injuries in his fantasy football league.It was awesome.It was really cool.
Deebo commented on this kid saying, he's like, I'm good!Three exclamation points.
Yeah the kid's crying about like Debo's in the hospital and then he's like C.J.
Stroud's done nothing.Did C.J.
He's going to comment with his play this week.I'm going to comment on C.J.Stroud in our parlay partay later.We're on opposite sides of that one.
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Where'd he go.Are you kidding me.The flap.The Falcon has flown the coop.The Falcon has flown the hoop.
I can confirm he's not pooping.What is.Oh really.He got a bloody nose.
Oh my God.You don't need to tell us.
I think you know you definitely needed to tell me because what you said with the excuse was I was going to judge it and say you're a liar, but right now the only the bloody nose.You can actually prove it.It's even so it's either a masterful lie.
I'm going to need to see some tissues here.
I thought he was showing me a booger at first.I don't want to see that.And then I realized it was blood.This is so grotesque.
It better be flowing like I mean, I don't want that nose in here.I suppose that's fair.
But I feel like you've got If you talk about like injury risk of football players.Oh yeah.I mean the Falcon is listed as D every episode.
What is the percentage of routes run for the Falcon.
He can't be he can't stay on the field man.I mean he's like he's okay.Jaylen Waddle of the show.He's got some talent but it's just like at some point we're going to have to cut him move on.
He's leaking from somewhere.
I mean if Dennis Allen were here he'd say I have no no idea. if this guy can produce.
That's right.Dennis Allen.
All right, Jason.All right.Starts of the week.So we just talked about CJ Stroud.We might be on opposite sides, but I have CJ Stroud as my start of the week.He has been very, very disappointing this season.
I think he's coming off like five fantasy points last week.He's had a couple big games.Um, one of them was in week one against Indianapolis.I was on the road.He completed 75% of his passes went, uh, two 34 and two was the quarterback eight
And this week he is at home.He is against the Indianapolis defense that has not been very good in three career starts against the Colts, 21 and a half fantasy points, 20.6 fantasy points and 18.7 and four point per passing touchdown.
So he has a safe floor.I think he truly does still have a ceiling outcome in this game and the Colts defense They're they're they're a train wreck.
I mean they're they are they're 28th and schedule just a fancy points to the quarterback 29th the total yards allowed per game.And we talked about this in the offseason.We talked about this yesterday and through this season.C.J.
Stroud one of the worries about drafting him so high where we did was his splits.Yes he can dominate a game. But if you look at his splits, both home and road and good defense versus bad defense, he dominates the bad defenses at home.
Very, uh, last year's Jared golf ask.Now we, we talked a lot of that up to being a rookie, you know, it's like, Oh, he, you know, obviously the easier matchups are easier, but so far this year when he's playing difficult matchups on the road.
It's been really, really bad.This is a great, easy matchup at home.I think CJ Stroud, like if I had him, I'm definitely starting him even though he's, he had a bad week last week.
We're not going to agree here.I think this is a, I think it'll be a down week for CJ Stroud without Nico Collins.You can't score with Anthony Richardson.The defense will be great and it'll be a Joe Mixon game. That's my take on it.
So we have a, we have a diametric opposition on the view of, of CJ Stratton.
Joe Mixon will also have a great game.The nice thing about Indianapolis is they aren't a run funnel.They aren't a pass funnel.They are just a, what would that be?That would just be a hallway, like a, like a tunnel.They're a tunnel.
They're not a funnel.They just let you can go any, any side of this thing to wherever you want.
I'm gonna go with Tua coming back from injury.Looks like himself at practice.That's good.He had the great quote from Tyreek Hill saying, here we go, start me, I'm back.And if you stashed him, this is the matchup.
Arizona's secondary on the road, traveling east.They give up the seventh most points to quarterbacks.They're second to last in completion percentage allowed. And they don't have the speed.They don't have the personnel to keep up with Tyreek Hill.
We've seen Jonu involved in the screen game.We've seen Waddle.You know, A. Chan.Look, I think you can just put two or right into your lineup against Arizona at home.The offense has like been, you know, waiting for something to happen for weeks.
And I'm not concerned about it.The Cardinals just gave up 349 passing yards to Will Disley. And I did say that on purpose.I mean, like it was Justin Herbert, Will Disley and strangers.They had nobody.
Yeah.I mean, it was just, um, it is what it felt like.It really is what it felt like.And I'll tell you what, man, I, I've never, ever, ever thought before last week, Quentin Johnson is an important part of an offense.
Yeah.And we did.Yeah.Yeah.Absolutely.So Mike, who's your quarterback?
It's Jordan Love against Jacksonville.It's going to read off some numbers just for the matchup.The Jags are 31st and passing yards allowed per game.32nd and schedule adjusted fantasy points to the QB.32nd and unexpected points added per pass attempt.
And Jordan Love is playing out of his mind at 8.4% touchdown rate. Maybe that comes down someday, but I don't think it's happening this week.
He is like, I don't, I guess, I guess you stay with Lamar, but it's like, other than that, I was going to say who's sitting Jordan love.Well, it's just about playing him over.Literally everybody, literally everyone.
I, if you want to make him the number one quarterback of the week, I'm fine with that.Jordan love right now is on pace for 4,600 passing yards.And how many touchdowns Andy?Probably 38, 38.Mike, you got to guess. 51 you were close.Wow.
I mean he's I was just doing a bit.Yeah.No he's he's been on fire and I don't mind making him a start of the week when you're really saying he's the best quarterback of the week.My running back is not a good running back.
We made fun of him for the first three weeks of the season when it looked like this offense needed to move away from him when the coaches talked about getting other guys more involved.And then DeAndre Swift was like, Hey, no, just kidding.
The next three weeks before there by he, uh, he dropped kicked all of us.And, uh, he was the running back three, the running back three, the running back nine.He averaged 22 opportunities a game during that span as the clear lead of the Bears.
And now here's a great matchup, this Washington Commanders matchup we're going to talk about a lot this week.Chicago is a two and a half point road favorite.The Commanders are allowing 4.9 yards per carry to opposing running backs.That's 27th best.
They rank 21st in scheduled adjusted fantasy points to running backs.It's a good matchup.You're coming off of a bye.DeAndre Swift was on fire.I don't want to forget what he was doing before the bye.He should definitely be started.
I will go with J.K.Dobbins bounce back game against New Orleans, who is just incapable.They have, I mean, crumbled.Sure.You give up 147 and 2 to Saquon.Great.That's Saquon.How about 102 and 1 to Kareem Hunt?How about 203 to the Bucs running backs?
How about Javante Williams?Looks like a competent running back.Maybe even a star against you.They are dead last against running backs.They're giving up an almost 11 points above expectation. This is not the Saints defense of old.
This is an old Saints defense.And I think J.K.Dobbins bounces back in a big way this week.
Man, I feel like we're on opposite sides of this one, too.The matchup is wonderful.Totally like that.But I am worried about Dobbins because he has not looked good.Like the first two weeks of the season, he looked unbelievable.
Kept doing these breakaway runs.The last month.He's not looked good as a running back and and you worry about this Achilles coming back and you know we've seen it where he looked he looked okay against Denver.
Twenty five for ninety six.
Yeah I mean that's that's still sub four.It is.And he got the work.He's going to get the work.I love that.Getting the work this matchup.There's a lot of reasons to like Jacob Dobbins this week.
I just I guess I'm not saying that this is someone you shouldn't start.I'm just saying I'm throwing up the yellow the yellow flag of like I'm worried if he come put it this way if he comes out against the Saints And like, is bad.
I think you need to, I think then we, it goes to a red flag, like maybe sit him for a while.
Sure.But then I'm going to go with Javante Williams.Oh, I should, Javante Williams.Can't say it too loud.Uh, JW. What we're just, everyone's did.Yeah, yeah.But he's playing the Carolina Panthers 17 opportunities.That's what we love.
The, the Odrick estimate concerns that I had earlier in the year.He has fumbled on both, uh, both, both games where he had an opportunity and Denver's 25 point team applied total is their highest over their last 40 games.
The Carolina Panthers are bad.I liked this play even before it was Bryce young. You could handle the ball.
If you handled the ball to Gervonta every play, you'd win by three touchdowns.Yes.That's the way it feels in this game with Bryce Young starting in the defense.
Now, I don't think Sertan's going to be back unless there's an update in the last 24 hours that he's going through protocol and going to make it back.I don't think he'll be out there.
I'd take the week off if I were him.
I don't think it matters.I'm going to take a quick break, come back with wide receiver and tight end starts.
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now again yesterday hold on yesterday you made a statement to me and it was i get it but you don't have to do this right no i thought about this with this because it's identical you did not have to pick
Calvin Ridley is like your second half sleeper.You're doubling down.You don't have to do it.You're asking for pain, but you believe in it.And if you believe in it, you should do it.We don't have to do it.
In fact, I think maybe it's more... We need a disguise you can put on for certain parts of the show.
Yeah, this is... Just like a Groucho glasses?
Yes, just something I can put on so you don't know who's saying it.
Order that, Al.I think it is worth saying this part of it for the Foot Clan. When we do something like this, what I'm about to do, and what Andy did yesterday, we aren't trying to double down on our priors.
If anything, we want to get, you know- I'd like to be out of it.I would love to escape.Yeah.I would love to smoke bomb and be gone.Yeah, just be like, sorry, it was wrong.But it's because we believe it and because, you know, hopefully it is right.
So I'm going to need kind of some, I don't need unobtainium, Mike.You need some pants?I need like a second level of underpants.You want level two?Yeah, level two.
Yeah, that feels right.It's snug.It's a little, it's actually more comfortable than I thought it would be.But I'm going with Tank Dell.We just talked about CJ Stroud.It's the stack for me.It's now or never.
And I want to remind everybody that wide receivers outside of, you know, Justin Jefferson, you look on a season and most of them have about half their games good and half their games bad.When they come in a stretch, you're like, this guy sucks.
um but tank dell is at home in a good matchup this is where he starts the the half that are at good exactly right um last year against the colts that's where he started his breakout campaign with 10 targets 7 for 72 and 1 uh the colts are a pushover defense talked about that earlier if you throw away the last two games which were
throw away a bull, Will Levis and Tyler Huntley, they rank 29th against the pass, 25th against wide receivers.The matchup is really, really good for him at home.
Do you feel the same about him in this game that you were just saying about Dobbins against the Saints defense, like if the struggle?
Because the matchup's so good, make or break is right.
phrase, make or break.I think this is, but, but both of these guys, I guess I see the reason to have them in the starts of the week.
We're saying the process says you should still start this player, ignore the emotion, follow the signs and signals of a good opportunity.And then if they fail, if they fail, we will have Groucho Marx and we will, we'll strip the tape.
All right, I'm gonna go with Darnell Mooney against the Bucs.He has been pretty boom bust, but he's the wide receiver, 16 on the season.Hopefully the Bucs can do something, and that's the fear.
That's the fear here for anyone who is on the Falcons, but we saw him dominate the Bucs just a couple weeks ago, and the Bucs secondary still remains bad.So I think that he is a strong play.
Jaden Reed against Jacksonville is my start of the week on the other side of the Jordan Love start that Mike threw in there.We've seen the boom weeks, but we haven't seen them over the last three weeks.Still sitting at wide receiver six.
I think you need a tap on the butt that Jaden Reed's going to be okay, and Jordan Love's going to make it happen against the Jacksonville Jaguars, who are dead last for wide receivers.
Yes.Yeah.Tight end Kyle Pitts.Mike you you had him as your start of the week last week.It was good.Pitts has been Pitt stress Lee late lately.All right.Let me let me be clear.
I don't know what you said.I don't even know the joke.
pits juror ask like oh like a picture.Yeah.It's a hard word.Difficult word.Anyways we're moving on.The last three weeks if you look at his yard 88 yards 70 yards 65 yards those are great.Two of those are seven receptions.
He's seeing 18 percent of the targets on a Falcons team that loves to throw on. I you know that that's been thrown a lot over the last month.Tampa Bay ranks 30th against tight ends.
I mean this is a game where I think I actually wonder if Kyle Pitts is becoming an every week start where you can have confidence in him.He is in the top half of tight ends that I would want right now.The matchup is also really really good.
So I I'm happy to start him.
I'll tell you I thought about trading for pits. And then I didn't do it because I knew that if I did it.You'd ruin him.I'd be sad that I did it, right?I'd be sad if I don't do it.I'll be sad if I did it somehow.Yeah, so just be sad.
So you know my start of the week this week is the guy that I'm playing over a pits decision.I made this choice earlier in the year.Both guys still feel shaky to me.Pits has felt better.But it's Dalton Kincaid against Seattle.
Their weak spot on the defensive side.It's the tight end. We're getting to the point where like Dalton Kincaid is one of the weirdest tight ends to have on your roster because he should be started every week.
He got dragged down on the two last week on a 25-yard pass.That changes the outlook, right?And it's one play there, one play here that makes the difference between a Pitts and a Kincaid.
Neither of them are in the tier so low that you're like moving on to a Colby Parkinson or a Noah Fant, but neither of, Kincaid more specifically, hasn't done enough to make you feel like, I'm excited to have him in my roster. on my roster.
So I'm going to go with Kincaid this week in the confidence play against Seattle, who, like I said, 31st against tight ends.They've given up at least five to Theo Johnson and Kyle Pitts and George Kittle.
I think that this is his opportunities are guaranteed.It's just are they going to be valuable?
And I am very excited that I actually get to fully endorse this player.
Oh, you've just talked him up for all of today.
I have, no, I've really liked the player, but I just couldn't get behind and support for fantasy, a player who had Deshaun Watson throwing him the ball with the last three years of what we've seen with Watson.But Watson's gone.Jameis is in.
It's David Njoku.Uh, 14 targets this last week.And like the Ravens, you have to throw on the Ravens.People are, you don't really have a choice there.
The Ravens are going to put up all of the points and to have any type of a game they're going to have to throw. And look, Jameis does wild stuff.He just, he takes chances that Watson will not take.The Ravens right now, 20th against fantasy tight end.
So I'm just, I am very, very excited that we get to play him with confidence.
All right, it's time to jump into the matchups.Very excited to talk about some pretty big games.
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Yeah.Go to the kids.Go to the camp.
Yeah.No no.I live in your eyes.I guess I swear I had a bloody nose.Don't you see this Kleenex.I can't do it.All right.
Josh hit you.What in the stomach.
All right.Philadelphia Cincinnati Eagles traveling to Cincinnati. They're 4-2.The Bengals are 3-4.The DraftKings supporters with the line, Cincinnati, minus 2.The over-under is 48.
Without seeing the line, I was definitely on the side of Cincinnati winning this ballgame.So them being favored, I think they're a better football team than Philadelphia is today.
I think Philadelphia has benefited a little bit from working through the kinks with a soft schedule. And I'll be really curious how they play on the road in this one.Joe Burrow, the DK passing prop on him is 260 and a half yards.
Without detouring too far, I've been in an interesting place where like I've got Kyler Murray and Caleb Williams on my roster in our league of record.And when I look out at the landscape of quarterbacks, and I'll see if you guys agree with me,
It seems a little more ambiguous this year to pick a player from that crop that you know is going to be better.
Than somebody in the middle.Like, Kyler's the quarterback seven.That might shock you.He's the quarterback seven.
It does shock me.He had two monster games.
He almost felt like he only had one monster game, but listen, he, the point is Baker Mayfield sitting at quarterback two, like Lamar, a hundred percent.I want him more.
I probably want Alan and Hertz more.
At that point, Dak. Well, look, not yet.No.I mean, Dak is like all promise and no... Yeah, Dak is it should work.It should work.Yeah.And it's looked really bad and they can't run the football.So it could work.
But last year is not indicative of what will happen yet.But I'm saying like, who would you really go and trade confidently for?And the question of Joe Burrow came up to me.
It was like, do I know that Joe Burrow is going to be a better quarterback than Kyler Murray rest of the season?I came up with no.I don't know that yet.
Yeah.Early before the, before the season started, I was concerned about the down the stretch schedule for the ball, the Bengals.So that is a little concerning.Like their playoff weeks are pretty brutal.
They've got Denver in the championship week, Cleveland in the week before and Tennessee, like those three matchups are just from a fantasy playoff perspective that scares me on the on the borough side.
But it's it's an interesting conversation when you when you talk about what are those quarterbacks we can confidently say are going to be significant contributors this year.Jordan Love comes to mind.Jordan Love's been on fire.
I mean Love might be like in the same tier as Allen for me.
That's fair.I mean, Lamar is in a tear zone right now.Jaden Daniels, you know, Jaden Daniels on a per game basis has been 1.5 points better than Kyler and he's hurt.So that was a tough one, right?Josh Allen, he's like three points better.
He's the quarterback for It's just like number three in points per game right now is Joe Burrow.He's at 26.1.He's got Tee Higgins.He's got Jamar Chase.They don't have a running game that you have great confidence in.More so, you don't lean on it.
That's not going to be how they win the ballgame, which is important.When you talk about like CJ Stroud right now, you can go win the ballgame with Joe Mixon.
You talk about Jalen Hurts, you can go win the ballgame with Saquon.Can't win the ballgame with Chase Brown.Zach Moss. So Joe Burrow this week, what is your confidence level going up against Philadelphia?It's gotta be pretty high.
Schedule adjusted, the Eagles are holding quarterbacks down, but it's at home.Burrow coming off the last two games on the road has been, he's been fine.The Giants, he was just under the 20 point threshold.
This past week against Cleveland was, that one was kind of a bummer there, he only hit 15 points. But so I put my confidence as like he's a top eight play this week, which is that I mean, that's a must start quarterback.
Must start is the way to describe Saquon on the other side.He is third in the NFL in points per game at the running back position.Can you name the other two?
ahead of Saquon on a points per game basis?Yes.Derrick Henry?Yes.Is it mixing?
It's mixing.Yeah.Saquon, 17 game pace right now, 362 on the opportunities, 2,155 total yards and 17 touchdowns.And Jalen Hurts and Saquon are going to be in, A.J.Brown's going to be in, and obviously we hope Devontae Smith kind of
You know, I personally don't hope he comes back to form because I'm playing that hurts Devante Smith stack, but I think he probably will.
I think Devante Smith is.Someone you might want to go trade for right now.
Yeah.His, his DK receiving prop is 54 and a half, uh, receiving yards this game.That is just indicative that last game was a blip. And they won that game pretty handedly, even though they got sacked a bunch and it was really a Saquon game.
And then A.J.Brown had his A.J.Brown play he has every week, kind of like a Tyree kill with Tua.You know, you talked about how the Eagles had some easy matchups to kind of figure things out.
But I think also they were figuring things out without their star wide receivers.And so now with their offense healthy, this is going to be a great litmus test for both teams.We're going to find out a lot about the Eagles or the Bengals.
I personally have the Eagles winning this game.Um, I think their defense has been pretty good this year, but they haven't been tested.So now that's what I want to find out is this, this defense that has been statistically, you know, pretty good.
I mean, they're top 10 against quarterbacks, running backs, tight ends, but they haven't played a lot of great office.They played Cleveland Jones at Cleveland.
And yeah, I mean this is, that's where it's like Jalen hurts 114 passing yards last week. So when you look at the blip, two targets for Daunte Smith, 114 passing yards, they can finally win with the running game.They can win with Saquon.
So he's had three games under 200 yards, which is a risk when you have two top-tier wide receivers.Like that is, you know, you talk about Tua coming back, that's because you think he can throw for 250, 300 yards.
The week two, he was without A.J.Brown.Well, week two, he was also the quarterback two with under 200 passing yards.Yeah, and then week four was, was Brown back in that one?
So, box score hunting Jalen Hurts is really hard right now.There's so much context you need.
Other players from this game that you want to talk about?I mean, you're starting Higgins and Chase.Chase is on pace for 1500 and 15.Higgins has been really, really good.You would start Chase Brown over Zach Moss?
I would.Yes, I would start Chase Brown over Zach Moss.We've seen the involvement up and the explosiveness is there.The only other name, Grant Calcaterra, that is the backup tight end.This is not a pick him up and start him.
This is a DFS, like if you want to punt play at tight end. He should cost nothing, and I only bring them up because this is years in a row where the Bengals are one of those teams you absolutely target against tight ends.
They don't guard the tight end, so we've seen Grant have a little bit of work with Dallas Goddard being out.
I would also ask you, Devontae Smith or Tank Dell, one of our top start set questions on the website.
That's a great question.Tank Dell's my start of the week.I think he's a good start.I would not start him over Devontae Smith.Devontae Smith has been awesome all year other than last week.
And if you look at last week, it's forgivable in reality because they didn't need him.They won 28 to three and Saquon just ran all over them.
Baltimore five and two taking on the one and six Cleveland Browns the Nick Chubb Jameis Winston led Cleveland Browns Baltimore eight and a half point road favorites.
The overrunner is 44 and a half you are Making a bet on garbage time for the Browns in this game or on their defense kind of keeping them in it for a while
But ultimately, you're hoping that, you know, Najoku feels like the must start of the situation.But beyond that, I'm, you know, I'm not confident with a Brown.
I will say I am hopeful with the Browns.We saw Joe Flacco come in last year and allow the receiving options to go north.And we have also watched all season the inaccuracy and the frustrating playability of Deshaun Watson leading this team.
With Jameis Winston coming in here, this is absolutely no guarantee, especially against a good Baltimore Ravens divisional opponent.No guarantee that, oh, he's gonna fix things.
But there is hope there that's like, hey, maybe they throw the ball a lot more, which I expect them to do.They did when they came in.They said that they're changing the play calling duties.
This is going to be a much more pass over run team, I think, going forward with Jameis Winston with the Browns. And so I am not like starting Jerry Judy.It's Cedric Tillman.
Oh, I'm totally in on Njoku.He has a tight end with the targets.He's a wonderful start.
But I am watching, hopefully, on Cedric Tillman and Jerry Judy because I think there is a world that exists going forward where their weekly starts or one of them is if this offense actually works with a quarterback that can get wide receivers the ball.
Derrick Henry's prop is set at 98 and a half rushing yards.
He's on pace to break the all time record at the, and, and that's going to be the thing to monitor at this point, the Eric Dickerson record.So, I mean, he's on pace to break it right now.Yardage wise, Baltimore do it.
Zay flowers didn't practice on Wednesday.Something to monitor Rashad Bateman has been consistently Targeted for three straight weeks.He has I don't mind him in this game Browns defense 28th against wideouts I think he's a good DFS dart throw.
I think he's a good flex play and I'm in agreement, you know, this will be are we Are we on fire with Mark Andrews?Does he get back into the end zone?And if he does, you're going to have three straight weeks where he's probably a top five tight end.
I looked at the last two years, the matchups of Mark Andrews specifically against this Browns defense, which I feel like has been good for the last two years. He has had some monstrous games and some disappearing acts.
Generally speaking, this Browns defense does not give up a ton to tight ends.So I think it is one of those real big hold your breath moments for Mark Andrews.I would start him over likely personally.
What about Kincaid or Pitts?
I would start those guys over.
I picked up Kate Aughton off waivers.I have Mark Andrews.
Are you starting Aughton?
At this point, Aughton is in my lineup.
And in my dynasty league, I've got Mark Andrews and Hunter Henry.And it's a legit question this week.I think you could start either, but diving deep to make a decision at the end, it's So that's where Mark Andrews is for me.
Just because he got a touchdown in each of the last two games does not mean that he has been super involved in the offense, the yardage and the targets.They're not Mark Andrews of old.Like, just five.
Just give Mark Andrews at least five targets a week.And we're in a good spot.I want five or six.
His snap percentage is down from 70% last year to in the 50s this year.So that's one of those things that's gonna make him a slightly more volatile start on a week-to-week basis. Tennessee is one in five.
They're taking on the Detroit Lions who are sitting at five and one the DraftKings Sportsbook line appropriately Detroit minus eleven and a half at home.That's a fire over under what happened.
I don't know.That is so hot.Eleven and a half. I mean, I feel like that's, I don't remember lines like this since the, what year was Brady and Moss?
Those were like 14 and a half lines.Those were 16, 17, 18.11 and a half's too small. I don't know how the Titans score.I equally don't know how the Lions don't score.
Yeah, I mean, the Titans have a good defense, but it's in Detroit.Too many weapons.You won't have Jameson Williams.That's a storyline here.You talk about a DFS dart throw, Tim Patrick.
He's not part of the main slate, but if you're playing that matchup, heads up.Patrick could be more involved.Laporta could be more involved.Jameer Gibbs, was amazing last week.
Montgomery, he had his first game outside the top 20 getting banged up, but golf Gibbs, Montgomery, Amin Ra and Laporta, I feel like are all must plays this week.
Mason Rudolph, who we expect him to start another week for the Titans.His DK passing touchdown line prop is at a half
Yeah, 0.5.That's what they usually have for interceptions.The Detroit Lions.That's good stuff.They are on the main slate.
It is?Yeah.I know you looked up to try to put Tim Patrick in your lineup, but you didn't find him.I did it wrong.You must have typed Patrick.
Oh, Tom.Oh, I searched Fireball.
The last time the Lions closed as big of a favorite, 26 years ago.
Is that what was out then?
Do you play?I mean, what do you do?What do you do with Tony Pollard?That's the question, because Tony Pollard has been good.Let's find some names.This is a very difficult Lions defense.
Outside of Ken Bone Walker, no one has scored on the Lions in a long time.They're still second in schedule adjusted with Ken Bone on the season.
One of the Tampa Bay guys, Rashad White or Bucky Irving?I feel like I'd have to go. Pollard there.Uh, let's go Alexander Madison.He plays the chiefs Pollard.Okay.
I guess you can start them, but you can't expect big things.Yeah.
He's, he's low end running back too.
Okay.Um, all right.Anything else from this game you want to discuss Calvin Ridley, your superstar for the week?
Uh, he did not practice.Yeah.
He's got a foot injury right now.
Can't hurt you if he's hurt himself.
Wednesday can easily be a veteran day of rest, so monitor today's practice report, which we'll talk about tomorrow.
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The Arizona Cardinals at three and four take on the two and four Miami Dolphins, who have been reborn with a new quarterback, the drag king sports book line, Miami minus three and a half.The over under is 45 and a half.
So we get to talk about more exciting things in this matchup than we have in previous Miami weekends.
Yeah, there is a chance of some thunderstorms here, little bit rain, little bit wind.Don't tell me that.Yeah, I mean, it's not egregious.It's certainly not something that's going to move lines or make you completely pivot off of players.
Obviously, on the Miami side of the ball, I think you want just about everyone in this matchup.The Cardinals are, at best, when they're showing their best, they are a middle of the pack defense.Their personnel is bottom five defense. Tua coming back.
This is a home game.The excitement, the palpitation.Whoa.That's the bad guy in Star Wars.Senator Palpitation.Senator Palpitation will be leading.He'll be in the stands.Thank you, Mike.I think it's pretty easy on the Dolphins side.
The conversation is Raheem Mostert because everyone else is it.Is that.
Yeah Mostert is fine to flex this week I think.And Waddles he's limited.So Waddles still a risk because he keeps limping off the field.Is it his quad.For now.OK.Yeah.It's his leggings.
Yeah.Yeah it's the quad right now.He was limited in practice.He'll probably play.He'll probably limp off a couple of times and you hope he catches a big play.Tyreek though the receiving prop is at 82 and a half.
And like you said play all the dolphins. It's so nice to see his prop at a serviceable first-round fantasy pick value.
You would like to look at this game, at least I would, as the potential for a shootout.It's a three and a half point gap.It's a 45 and a half point over under.I'd like to believe that Arizona can keep up in this game.
The Dolphins' defense has been very good.I think some of that has been a product of, you know, That's all they have had to lean on.They have not been in games where it takes very much to get by them.
They have, you know, weren't they the ones that lost to Richardson 13-10 or something?
Like, there have been these... Yeah, so the defense
I don't know if they're as good as they show right now.
The numbers I think are fraudulent.Last week it was against the Colts.They gave up 16 points and lost.Before the bye week, they won, holding the New England Patriots to 10 points.
So we're talking Brissette?
Yes.And we're talking Anthony Richardson.Before that, Tennessee put up 31, Seattle put up 24, Buffalo put up 31, and Jacksonville managed 17.
Are you doing anything with Marvin Harrison I'm playing practically right now.
No, no, he's he it it's a I'm a I am practically adjusting my expectations for him of he's a he's a wide receiver to type of a play who does have a real ceiling.
Is Trey McBride the most disappointing tight end five.I don't think so.
I don't think so.He is doing his best rookie or Kyle Pitts where his involvement utilization yardage there.They're pretty outstanding for the tight end position.
You're just not getting big performances because he doesn't have a receiving touchdown this year.So I think you continue to play McBride with confidence.It's just difficult to know
All of the passing metrics against the Dolphins, you have to just kind of push to the side.They have to reset.
We don't know if it is extremely difficult to throw on the Dolphins or if the quarterbacks who have faced them as well as the need to throw on them is really what's causing the suffocation of those stats.
Jordan Love was on pace for how many touchdowns?
Kyler's on pace for 21. If you want to answer to the question of why Trey McBride doesn't have any, it's because Kyler doesn't have many.
James Conner has been the offense.I mean, the offense has been James Conner being James Conner. Very few players have a motor like James Conner to put up 101 yards last week against the Chargers defense.
Caught two passes, 51 yards through the receiving game.Didn't score, but still finished top 15.Conner has been so trustworthy.And in that game, you didn't see DiMarcato or Benson getting playing time.
This is an awesome matchup for Connor.Everyone's been able to run pretty well against the Dolphins.They might have Jalen Ramsey and some pieces that you worry about in the defense, but not to stuff the run.So Connor is 100% in.
And Kyler confidence this week? Kyler is confident in the sense that like, I don't have a ton of confidence in a lot of quarterbacks this week.So Kyler is my quarterback 11 right now.So he's started, but you're not excited.
You need to run the football.
Would you play Caleb Williams against Washington?I have Caleb ahead of Kyler.
That is my decision this week.
Those two players.What are you leaning right now?
I've gone back and forth.I think Caleb's in my lineup right now.I also am the Connor manager, so it would be a bit of a hedge against the Cardinals.
What's happened with the Cardinals this year is there have been games where they just are incompetent on offense.You thought Detroit could be a shootout.They scored 13 points.You thought Washington could be a shootout.They scored 14 points.
You thought Green Bay could be a shootout.They scored 13 points.All three of those games had high over-unders that they disappointed on.When they fail, They kind of just fall on their face and look incompetent.
So to me, for my team, I'm thinking I want to hedge against that.
I think they're going to fail this week.
I've look, the stat that came out on Monday night football was mind blowing.Kyler Murray has not won back to back games in 25 starts or something like that.It's 22 to 25 starts.When he wins a game, he loses the next week and he's done one last week.
Yeah.So I'm just, it's amplifying your point.The Cardinals implied team total is 21 points.I don't think they hit that.
So would you play Tank Dell or Marvin Harrison?Tank Dell.Whoa.Mike?I'm on the Harrison side.
But I don't like the Stroud week this week.
They're both in a similar tier to me of that low-end wide receiver two, but Marv can go out and Marv can be the number one wide receiver on a week.
Yeah, I've got Marv as my wide receiver 25, Tank as my wide receiver 21.
The Jets are 2-5.They take on the 1-6 New England Patriots, who have lost six straight games, and they look real bad.DraftKings Sportsbook line Jets, minus 7 on the road.The 2-5 Jets are 7-point road favorites.The over-under is 41.
The Jets last year under Zach Wilson were 4-3 at this juncture of the season.
They're 2-5 under Aaron Rodgers this year.Aaron Rodgers is dealing with head, shoulders, knees, and toes.He's dealing with being old. Yeah, I mean, it's the same stuff we feel, guys.Yeah.Romandre still didn't practice on Wednesday.
It's listed as foot slash personal.My feet are personal to me.Gibson has been awful. I have no confidence in Gibson, even in the solo role personally.Hunter Henry is more involved with Drake May.This game is not exciting to me.What if they lost?
What if the Jets lost this game?
I could see that as a possible outcome.Obviously, they're heavy favorites here on the road, the New York Jets are, but I mean, The Patriots at home to a reeling Jets who are not winning games and find ways to lose every week.
You've seen crazier things happen and if they lose this week.Oh my God.Season's over for the Jets.But it's OK.I heard.So Aaron Rodgers came out and said that after that loss Devonta Adams gave the best locker room speech he's ever heard.
So I think they're gonna be OK.
Adams has been quite comedic since coming over, because he's had multiple speeches to the media talking about the things that this team has done wrong all year long, after one week of being with the team, which I find to be very interesting.
It kind of feels dysfunctional over there.Adams, he's in your lineup.Garrett Wilson?He's in the lineup, 100%.
Aaron Rodgers.Where's his flexibility?Where's his spot start?Like in a two quarterback.Yeah.Or even, you know, I could see him being a lot like Sam Darnold tonight.
I would play Darnold.I would play Darnold easily.Rodgers is low.
Brock Purdy with all the injuries at wide receiver or Aaron Rodgers?Brock Purdy easily.
As the heavy favorite.Let me ask you, I've got three names for you that I... I mean, Rodgers has not been that bad for fantasy. So, would you play Rodgers here?He's been pretty bad.Yeah, he's been pretty bad.
Mike was just looking at me, waiting for me to correct myself.
I would play Bo Nix against Carolina over Aaron Rodgers.The two names that I'm not sure about, Anthony Richardson and Russell Wilson.So, that's the tier, Anthony Richardson, Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers.
I think I would start Anthony Richardson in the dome against the Texans where he already had a big monstrous game week one. You would take Richardson you say?I would take the upside potential.
Both these guys I think have the potential to go out there and dud.But I don't know if Aaron Rodgers has the chance to go out and do a 30 point game.I don't know if he can dud in this game against New England.I really don't.
I think here's how you dud.Most teams have run like crazy again.Yeah, just Brees Hall.If Brees Hall and Braylon Allen go, you could have a real dud here.
And he, you know, what do you do with Romandre right now?When he plays, he's not been good. Yeah, they're not going to be playing from ahead.
You try to bench him if at all possible.I mean, he's, I'm going to try and succeed.The, the, the matchup is awful.He, the, he's been hurt what I've been for, it feels like forever now.So I, he's, I'm trying to get out of it this week.
Atlanta's four and three.They take on the four and three Tampa Bay Buccaneers.It's a creamsicle Jersey week for Tampa.Oh, let's go.And Atlanta is two and a half point road favorites.The over-under is 46.
I don't think we're going to see near the fireworks we saw a couple of weeks ago with no Mike Evans, no Chris Godwin.Cousins went crazy.It was a back and forth type of game.This feels like we get to see the running game make a bigger mark for Tampa.
on the Tampa Bay side, this is the, let's find out what happened.I mean, we had to make the best guesses we could on the waiver wire, but it's how, or what wide receiver goes where?
Jaylin McMillan, Trey Palmer, Sterling Shepard.
They're all slot wide.They're all gross combo names.They all would do better as the slot player and the slot player for this offense is like that.That role is very valuable that they won't be as good as Chris Godwin obviously.
But that's how they scheme it.But the offense runs through the slot wide receiver, so it's who gets it?Is it Jalen McMillan, the rookie, who hasn't played there yet?I paid a lot for McMillan off of the waiver wire.
But as a hoping that he is actually runs in the slot after this week of practice, because once like he kind of took over for.For for Evans, you know, like he was an outside player.He's been an outside player the whole time, so it would be.
It would be a shifting of the wide receiver pieces to put him into the slot and I don't know what's best for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers here, but it's going to be.A lot of really good information this week while I'm trying not to play anybody.
Now, if I had to flex Otten or McMillan, I would flex Otten.
Otten I think is the... His line's at 47 and a half.
The most assured of... Agreed....easy catchable targets.If you're in a full PPR, Otten should be okay.I mean, he should have like seven or eight targets in this game.If I had to play one of the other three wide receivers.
I mean, I get, I get McMillan.Um, he has a much higher ceiling than Sterling Shepard because at 31 point, whatever years old selling Shepard has, his knees are 67 years.Yeah.
He was at the bottom of those three.I'd play Trey Palmer.
Yeah.To me, Shepard is, I think the, I believe he will have the next highest target amount.They won't be very valuable.
I have a, I have ramped up my confidence in Rashad White rest of season.After what we saw last week, he was a direct beneficiary.
We know when wide receivers go out, the target share gets distributed to running backs and literally Rashad White's one of the best at that in the game.They're going to lean on him.I believe that they're going to lean on him.
And you know, he had his, he had his best game of the week last week.Bucky Irving is currently not practicing. it's worth knowing.Yeah.And I think Rashad white becomes somebody that you no longer have to fear to start at least at this juncture.
Yeah.The receiving work is going to be there.I mean, he was six for 71 through the air last week.That's, you know, we were talking about Sterling, Sterling shepherd is praying.He can get six for 71 in the receiving game.
So plus the, the rushing work, uh, fine with white.
Tyler Algier in a game where they're favored against the defense's 22nd against the run.You willing to flex?Like would you play Tyler Algier over Ramondre Stevenson this week?
Oh my gosh.I personally wouldn't.You can still run on the Jets as well.The Buccaneers, if you adjust for the schedule they've played, they're still a really good run defense.And they had a couple games without Vita Vea.
I think that the between the tackles running style of Algier just matches up poorly in this matchup personally.
Okay.Anybody else you want to discuss in this one?I think we covered it all.
I mean, it's just, did we talk Baker?Laser?
I guess we should talk Baker and Kirk Cousins.
Do you have like a less powerful laser?
Oh yeah, which is pew, pew, pew.That's a sad laser.Yeah, no, it should be a sad laser.It is a sad laser.I'm sad about it.
Like a laser that when it shoots, it starts to trail off.You know how lasers have always got, like this one has limited.Yeah, it's light.This one has limited range though.It just, it's like a limp, it's a limp laser.
Right, Al?Yeah, no, he knows all about that.
Al, you know what I'm talking about?
Yeah, for sure.Totally.Yeah, man.Would you, uh, laser or... cousins in the same game.I'd go cousins.I was trying to find a like Gino Smith against Buffalo or Baker Mayfield Gino Gino.
I, I have the hardest time playing Kirk cousins any week because his lows are, he has five games outside the top 20 at the position.He has two games in the top 10.
There have been lots of times when he, and I don't care that, yes, he had a big game against them last time.That is not how it works.They don't always have big games against the same team.He doesn't have two of his best wide receivers.
So it's very concerning to me that the low can be that low. Yeah, I think he has one game above 20 points.
Two over both, yes.The low can be very low for Kirk Cousins because of the one-two punch of Algier and Bijon.
We've seen that when those running backs get the touchdowns, like a couple weeks ago when they had three combined touchdowns, Kirk played a great game, but his low was terrible for Fantasy.
The matchup-wise, it's not that he did it before against his team and so he's always going to be great against Tampa.It's more to me about the fact that Tampa is a pass funnel. It's very difficult to run on them and it's pretty easy to throw on them.
So I think if the Falcons have a good game, which I think they should, then it will be more towards Kirk Cousins in this matchup.That's kind of how I view it.I think Kirk Cousins is an okay play.
I think that Aaron Rodgers will have a better game than Kirk Cousins.
Oh, let's do that one.Oh, let's put that one up.
That's not the side I want to be on.You're betting on Rodgers.Betting on Rodgers. Green Bay five and two Jacksonville two and five.Oh yeah.Green Bay minus three and a half.The over under is 49 and a half.That gives Green Bay 26 and a half points.
Jacksonville 23.There have been times this year though, that Green Bay's defense has made a, an exciting game.Not excited.They're often should be fine.They're often love Jacobs, Reed Dobbs and Tucker craft play, play, play, play, play, play.
And Wicks is in the, if you need to.Wicks and Watson are both in the, if you need to.
I would play Wicks over Watson.I'm totally fine with that.They are basically identical players.They're each going to get half the opportunity for that role and keep the other one fresh.
That seems like what the game plan has been, where it's like Reed and Dobbs are out there, and then they're kind of rotating Wicks and Watson and a little bit of the Bowdoin man, Bo Melton.
but both everyone knows who the butter man is jason i know everyone knows everyone knows andy uh wicks has been the better player yeah wicks wicks has been the better player that's why i'm fine putting him just above watson but i see i don't want to play either one honestly yeah i would agree uh this match-up though kind of makes it tempting yeah no no doubt i mean you could definitely like one of it's probably
Wicks or Watson will probably get to touchdown.Put it this way.One of them probably will.I don't know who it is.
Over under three and a half touchdowns for Jordan Love.
You'd probably take the under three.I think he throws.I think it's all three.I think he throws four and I think he could throw five in this one.But my point is I guess six against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
It's just you should have at least three passing touchdowns.
Brian Thomas is in. Evan Ingram was limited, but his receiving line is at 48 and a half, he's in.
People asked me this morning if ETN's active, would you play him or Bigsby?My answer to that for this week was I would play Bigsby and I am waiting on ETN to prove to me he's healthy on the field.
I'm at the juncture now where I'm not going to risk a limited workload based on the marginal difference that it might represent.Bigsby, to me, will play the whole game.ETN could get hurt and go out early.
It's a hamstring that he keeps trying to play on.
I hope ETN plays, and my advice would be to take a week off. in that situation from both ETN and Bigsby.My logic for that is the antithetical logic to last week, which was Dearness Johnson.
Dearness Johnson is more of the pass-catching back here, at least when ETN was off the field.We saw that when they were down, when they were trailing.They didn't use Tank Bigsby a lot.
They're not using Tank Bigsby in the passing situations, hardly at all.I mean, he's out there for a pass or two a game.No, it's Dearness Johnson.It's Dearness Johnson, or it might be Travis Etienne if ETN's back.
Tank is really who they're using as a tank when they've got that lead.And like last week, they had a lead against the Patriots.It worked.I expect them to be way down in this game against the Packers.
So to me, I would love to have an excuse to bench Tank Bigsby this week.I don't expect a big game for him.
Injury updates.Jaden Daniels not seen practicing again Thursday.Plans to attempt to practice Friday.
He's going to give it a good college try.He's going to think about attempting to practice.That's what he's doing right now.
All right, we're going to jump into those VR reps right now.
Visualize.Yeah, he does do that.He does do that.Attempting to practice.
Parley partay time.This was the brutal.
Well, you know what?You know who you invite to parties?Clowns.
Three clowns. three.Well, clowns, clowns, when Evan Ingram needs 40 told the yards and he has a what?
34 in the second quarter.
When Gino Smith needs 250 yards and he's at one 80 at halftime and he finishes a clown with two Oh seven.
And when Dino, when Deontay Johnson has one catch for 17 yards, yeah, you're a clown.I am a clown.A triple clown.I'm not having the first triple clown of the year.
It is.I'm not having fun at this party.It's going to be the last triple.
Look at us on the screen right now.We look slightly better than that guy.
We still got the still got the tissue.You still have that in there is no chance.It's still bleeding.He's really selling them.This is a prop at this point.
No, this is where he takes out just gushes blood just ruins our our production computers.Okay.All right.
Listen, I was very vocal earlier that I was going to bring up CJ Stroud. The number here, I'm going under 255.5. passing yards.He's been under that line in four of seven games.
He simply does not have the personnel to do this right now and doesn't need to.
He doesn't need to in this game because this defense is, Anthony Richardson is not going to put up a ton of points and Joe Mixon is running out of his mind and Nico Collins is the engine that makes this offense go in the passing game.
CJ Stroud showed me a new low last week What was it?85 passing yards.Tank Dell right now is not reliable enough to me.I don't think they're going to need to throw the ball to the tune of 255 and a half passing yards at all in this game.
I'm taking the under on C.J.Stroup.
I believe as I've got Stroud at the start of the week, I think both can be true.I think he can be a start of the week, have three touchdowns and 225 passing yards against the Colts.So that's fine.
I don't have a problem with you taking the under on that.I'm also going to take an under.And it's sad.This one feels bad because we love the man.We're happy for him. Nicholas Chubb.Nicholas.I've got him under 50 and a half rushing yards.
He came out last week, got some work, got 11 carries.It was great, great to see him.Got a touchdown.He averaged two yards a carry. that's he had 22 rushing yards.This is against the Baltimore Ravens.They're varied.
Teams are thrown 67% of the time against the Ravens.Expect a lot of James dropping back sling in the rock.I don't know how involved Chubb will be yet in the running game.
So I think right now week two, while they're progressing him back towards Nick Chubb status under 50 and a half feels, feels pretty safe.Especially if they get down in this game, that that's not the type of game that Chubb gets a ton of work.
I'm putting my start of the week into the party.What could go wrong?Javante Williams over 55 and a half rushing yards.Every opposing running back.I have clown hair in my mouth.
Yeah, no, it's part of part of the price.
It's Oh, what is happening?Every opposing running back not named Zamir white has passed this line against the Carolina Panthers.Let's go.
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Yeah, you, you will want to miss it.All right, goodbye.Goodbye.
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