October 31: Matthew (@MatthewBerryTMR), Jay (@croucherJD), and Connor (@ConnorJRogers) get in the spirit of Halloween with an updated set and costumes for the holiday before discussing Travis Hunter being placed on IR Friday morning and recapping notable performances in Ravens-Dolphins. The trio also spotlight injury updates for Jayden Daniels, D’Andre Swift, and Rhamondre Stevenson prior to Denny Carter highlighting Cooper Kupp and Jameson Williams in the latest edition of “Flexual Frustrations”. The show concludes with Jay and Connor pitching Matthew on Josh Allen prop and a money line bet in Chiefs-Bills.
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Jay Croucher
Looks more like Chad Powers.
Connor Rogers
Yeah.
Jay Croucher
Yeah. My a all related to me. It's like if Peyton Manning was in the Basketball Diaries mixed with Nicki Minaj.
Matthew Berry
Peyton Manning. Yeah. I mean, that's a better Chad Powers. I agree with you. It's more Chad Powers. Yeah.
Connor Rogers
But Chad Powers didn't mess up his.
Matthew Berry
Neck and come back to be.
Jay Croucher
Unbelievable.
Matthew Berry (Intro/Outro or Announcer)
Fantasy Football Happy hour with Matthew Berry.
Connor Rogers
Happy Halloween. Welcome to the Fantasy Football Happy hour. Connor Rogers. Matthew Berry, Jay Craft.
Matthew Berry
Look at this.
Jay Croucher
So spooky.
Connor Rogers
Unbelievable.
Matthew Berry
So spooky. Yeah. The production crew, like, in terms of the graphics and just how the set looks, this is all under the supervision of director Trisha.
Connor Rogers
Absolutely.
Matthew Berry
She drinks free. She drinks free today. Director Tricia, Nice job. The set looks amazing. It's awesome. We went all out. Yeah. And you can sort of see CJ Stroud there. Also, scary part of the spooky decorations, we left CJ Stroud's jersey up as well. So what is everyone going as here?
Connor Rogers
You're gonna really like Mike. Yes.
Matthew Berry (Intro/Outro or Announcer)
Okay.
Connor Rogers
I'm a very scary ghost. I'm the ghost of Jay's futures. Bet.
Matthew Berry
Yes.
Connor Rogers
As you see, comeback player of the year, Joe Flacco. Saints Division winners 2024 giants NFC east champions.
Jay Croucher
They lost narrowly.
Connor Rogers
And the 81 Bengals to win the AFC. I am a very scary ghost. I'm here to haunt Jay and all of his bad futures tickets.
Matthew Berry
I like it. So you're like a bookie kind of a guy.
Connor Rogers
Degenerate ghost. A degenerate ghost, Yes. A scamming ghost.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, exactly. The only thing that costume is missing is like you should have gotten some dollar bills that are crying.
Dr. Denny Carter
Yes.
Matthew Berry
Sad money or just leaving Jay's wallet just flitting away.
Connor Rogers
There's plenty of time for I did really want tickets. Bet slip.
Matthew Berry
Yes, exactly.
Connor Rogers
But you know, it's harder to find real bet slips these days. Everything.
Matthew Berry
It is.
Jay Croucher
Well, it's actually funny because I would. You said you're going to have a surprise reveal.
Connor Rogers
Yes.
Jay Croucher
I would have made it a -900 favorite that the reveal was at Matthew's expense. Which would have been another losing bet.
Matthew Berry
Yes, yes. He could have added that as well.
Connor Rogers
Todd Zeal last year. So I had to get you back. This has been a year long in the making.
Jay Croucher
That's fair. So my costume. I'm the Yankees pitching staff in October. There's nothing more terrifying than that. But no, I'm Louis Seal, King of the heel. Which Louise Seal, a rookie of the year. One bet that did actually win. I bought this from Louis. Louis Heal Store. His personal store.
Connor Rogers
Personal store.
Jay Croucher
Yeah, his personal store which is called King of the Heel.
Matthew Berry
I don't know if it was a dot com or his personal store was like him in a trunk. And you just like. It's like you had to go to. Yeah. To actually go to us.
Jay Croucher
It may as well be because I bought this a year ago and it showed up about three weeks ago. So Louise Heel is running a very tight shift. His operation about as good as his walk rate. And then the New York Liberty themed Yankees hat to. To tap into the wnba. Goodness. What have you got?
Matthew Berry
So this is, this is obviously it's a red solo cup. I'm a flip cup is. Is obviously what I am. You know, for people that watch fantasy football pregame on Sunday mornings. Flip cup has been a. A tradition this year. Something that we are. We are so, so on.
Connor Rogers
But I've heard it's gone.
Matthew Berry
Well, for some it's gone. It's been a. It's been an adventure every week, Connor, to be perfectly honest. But yeah. So I'm, I'm a red solo cup which is obviously a staple of any bar, any drinking show. And what we do in flip cup, my wife actually. So producer Steven asked Me. What am I going for tonight? So there's also a. There's also a beer pong. A literally a ping pong ball costume that my wife's going to go as.
Dr. Denny Carter
Perfect.
Matthew Berry
We're going to go as beer pong together. But for this show, since I'm solo, I'm. I am merely. I'm Flip cup, basically.
Jay Croucher
You are flip cup.
Matthew Berry
I am. I am. I am. I am Flip cup. Yeah. Yeah. That's a good question. Heavy meat sauce wants to know if berries are red. Solo cup. What's the liquid inside? Gravy. Gravy is the answer.
Connor Rogers
Diet Coke.
Matthew Berry
Diet Coke and gravy.
Connor Rogers
Nice mix.
Matthew Berry
Cream gravy with a little white wine somewhere. Little Pinot, Matty, you know, there it is. Yeah. I like how you describe, by the way. I've never worn a skirt in my life. And, like, I. Now that surprises me. Well, yeah, thanks. It just. I feel bad. I now get, like, the struggle of women because it's like it doesn't move. And so it's like, it's. I think, for so many reasons. Thank God I'm not a woman. But, you know, add this one to the list. Yeah, thank God for everyone in America, by the way, not just me.
Jay Croucher
Yeah, I actually went. A friend of mine, a male friend of mine, once wore a skirt to a Chingy concert. You remember the Chingy, right?
Matthew Berry
Of course. Yeah, sure.
Jay Croucher
We went to the after party. My friend who was overserved, he goes up to Chingy wearing a skirt, trying to chat to Chingy in a skirt. It was very bad. That's my main.
Matthew Berry
Why did he. Why didn't he wear a skirt to the chingy? I don't know.
Jay Croucher
It was like a thing.
Matthew Berry
Was that a bet?
Jay Croucher
No, it was just like a strange fashion statement. It was like a phase where, like, rappers were wearing skirts and stuff.
Matthew Berry
Like, I get men wearing kilts because that's the thing, especially if you're in Scotland or whatever. I understand that, like, that's the closest thing.
Jay Croucher
Yeah, it was like a skilt. It wasn't good.
Matthew Berry
Anyway, Happy Halloween. Happy Halloween.
Jay Croucher
I know Chingy watches the show.
Connor Rogers
I believe we will be showing you. We will be trying to show some regulars costumes as well. This is a reminder. You still have time right now. You still have plenty of time.
Matthew Berry
All right.
Connor Rogers
We're not getting away from what we usually do on Fridays. We're going to answer your questions in what's on Tap. Jay and I have pickup lines for Matthew. Of course. Danny Carter will be joining us for flexible frustrations. And we're going to recap the latest on the injury front because we got some big news. Travis Hunter will be on the short term. It's keep coming.
Matthew Berry
Why can't we have nice things, a.
Connor Rogers
Practice injury of all things.
Matthew Berry
But that's insane.
Jay Croucher
Vintage Jags.
Matthew Berry
Why don't get hurt during practice. That means he was trying too hard. Nothing good comes from hustling.
Connor Rogers
Do you have any advice for the world?
Matthew Berry
Yes.
Connor Rogers
Do not hustle. Do not try.
Matthew Berry
If the young kids can learn anything from me, it's, it's nothing good comes from hustling. Sounds like he was trying too hard in practice.
Jay Croucher
I felt like, I felt like he was going to explode as well. Second half of the season felt like it was coming.
Connor Rogers
Lean into him playing offense.
Matthew Berry
He was on. He was in my, you know, my 10 facts for, for, for week number nine. The column is up now on rotorworld.com nbcsports.com I'm a company man. Please ignore one of the facts, the ones that's about Travis Hunter.
Jay Croucher
Because, you know, now it's nine facts.
Matthew Berry
Oh, now it's nine facts. And you know, like we've talked about him. We've talked about him on the show this week as well. I agree with you. I think he was ready to sort of get going if but to me again, get well soon. Travis, we're rooting for you. I hope you're back on the field sooner rather than later. But when an injury happens, obviously there is a fantasy impact. And the result of this is I think Parker Washington suddenly becomes kind of interesting this week as a sleeper. No team gives up a higher catch rate to the slot this year than the Las Vegas Raiders. Hunter was one of the reasons why I had a Hunter on the list. Hunter runs 40% of his routes out of the slot. Parker Washington is their other slot guy and the expectation here is I think it'll be swimming. BTJ goes. It'll be BTJ and Diamond Brown on the outside and Parker Washington the slot. And I just think you like everyone against the Raiders secondary, but Parker Washington, I think is I prefer him to.
Connor Rogers
Diamond Brown, a peak slot merchant if there ever was one. When you think of the slot merchants, Parker Washington is in the band.
Jay Croucher
Yeah, absolutely. And look, they're still learning this Liam Cohen offense in Jacksonville, so there's still scope. Trevor Lawrence having had the bye week coming out of the buy, perhaps that offense can get a bit back on track. Brian Thomas Jr. Not a great game last time out for BTJ, but there's still upside there, even if he hasn't shown much so far, so it's not all die for the Jags, but this is very annoying.
Connor Rogers
Fran Time asked, is Travis Hunter droppable? I guess it really depends on your format. You'd have to be in quite the squeeze to drop him, I think.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, I'd prefer not. I mean, we're in week nine, so in essence, basically he's not back nine, 10, 11, 12. So he's not back until week 13 at earliest. @ the earliest. I mean, I don't hate the idea. Look again if you can, if you have an IR spot, obviously just stash him and see. But think about this like he's back week 13 at the earliest and it might be week 14 before he shows back up. You're not going to want to start him his first week back because you kind of want to see and then you're in the playoffs. And chances are if you're in the playoffs, you kind of got the team that got you there.
Connor Rogers
Right?
Matthew Berry
You know, so now again, maybe somebody else gets injured and that kind of stuff. And we love Hunter's talent and we saw like a hint of what was to come in the last game before the buy. So I think in an ideal world, you kind of stash him and see and maybe he's, you know, somebody that helps you out during the fantasy playoffs. But also like if you're like, hey man, like I got, I got Omari Hampton, I got other, I got bigger name players on by and on IR and I just need the spot. Like I don't hate it.
Jay Croucher
Yeah. You know, I think the thing too is that they like to speculate on injuries, but it's not his ACL because he'd be out for the season. So it's probably an MCL meniscus type injury which is usually four to six weeks and they put him straight on ir and if he comes back, I don't think that he's going to be earning 14 targets straight away like he did the previous game. So it's probably going to be a bit of a ramp up. So it's unlikely, I think, now that Travis Hunter is a fantasy game changer in 2025.
Connor Rogers
All right, let's get into the rotor world player news because we got to recap Thursday Night Football. The Ravens put on a beating on the Dolphins in this one so badly that the Dolphins and their longtime general manager, Chris Greer have mutually parted ways this morning. Here's the notable fantasy performances. Welcome back Lamar Jackson. It looked easy for him through the air as he throws four Touchdowns here, guys. And who did two of them go to, Matthew?
Matthew Berry
Mark Andrews. Look, I'm not saying we should get all the credit for this. I'm not saying we should.
Connor Rogers
We deserve a lot though.
Matthew Berry
I'm merely saying, I'm merely pointing out the facts that Mark Andrews had been disappointing in fantasy for a while now. We took him off the wall and then the very next game goes out and scores two touchdowns. Ipso facto, ergo, therefore, I mean, I think we motivated him. I think he saw that and like, damn, I gotta get. I was on those guys shows. I answered their dumb fantasy questions. I'm a friend of the podcast and they do me like that. I'll show them. And so I think Mark Andrews might need to get back on the wall. My Twitter blew up of people asking, Andrews has to go back on the wall. He came off the wall. Do we put him back on the wall?
Connor Rogers
Well, the chat is going to decide right now because there's a poll in the live chat. Of course. We are on YouTube every day at 12pm Eastern time. That's where the regulars hang out every day. Who should Mark Andrews replace on the wall? Cam Ward, Matthew or the option? Mark Andrews doesn't go back on the wall.
Jay Croucher
That's the question is what is the integrity of the wall? Is there going to be a reactionary wall or he has a bad game next week, he's off again, good game, he's back on. I don't know. We need to motivate him more by keeping him off the wall.
Matthew Berry
Here's the positive. Second high scoring, second highest scoring game this season. He's now had at least one end zone target in three of the last four games that he's played with Lamar. The three of them, the full of the four full games that he's played with Lamar Jackson this season. So you know, when they get in close, Lamar does like to look for him in the end zone. All that said, he scored two touchdowns and still only got 16.6 fantasy points. He was 2 for 22. Those two receptions happen to be touchdowns. So the usage still isn't there, which you know is not ideal. Right. So he's, he is very touchdown dependent. I thought to the, I still think to the eye test, Isaiah likely is the more talented player at this stage of their careers. It's just he's not getting the touchdowns. Charlie Kohler gets one as well. Rashad baseman as you see, 2 for 13 with a touchdown. Zay Flowers, worth noting, did not get 80 total yards from scrimmage and a Touchdown. As I forget who it was, but somebody wanted me. Whoever that person is needs to dress up as Kelly Kapowski because that was the bet. That's what we discussed yesterday, so. Sorry. Let's see it.
Jay Croucher
No, I either. Got to say, a lot of these costumes are coming in. I don't like this world that we're living in now. We have to verify in your mind whether something's AI or not. Yeah.
Connor Rogers
Terrifying.
Matthew Berry
It is going to be terrifying. At the moment, you can pretty much tell what it's like.
Connor Rogers
The technology is not there yet.
Matthew Berry
Two years from now, it's going to be super scary.
Jay Croucher
It's all over. Yeah, it's all over.
Matthew Berry
I mean, I read these articles about some of these. Some of these AI creators that, like, create AI models on the Internet that are, like, raking in tons of money. And this looks like there's these poor saps out there that are throwing money at. I mean, it's one thing that they.
Connor Rogers
Require the electricity of a small city to run.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, that's good, too. That's. Yeah, there's that.
Connor Rogers
We're big fans here, clearly.
Matthew Berry
Obviously.
Connor Rogers
All right, how about something on the Miami side here?
Matthew Berry
A little question before the regulars. Hang on. No, but let's. I just. I'm just curious. The regulars are ultimately going to decide.
Connor Rogers
They are right now.
Matthew Berry
Right. I know they're voting, but I'm just saying, if you had a vote. You're not a regular Jay. You're a cast member. But if you had a vote. Is Mark Andrews back on the wall or. No, this isn't enough.
Jay Croucher
Well, I just don't think it's. I don't think it's probably. You should be on the wall in the first place.
Matthew Berry
So.
Jay Croucher
Yeah, that's my show. I would have any NFL player on the wall over you because Barry 29, doesn't belong next to Jalen Hurst.
Connor Rogers
All right, here's the results. 375 votes. Who should Mark Andrews replace on the wall?
Matthew Berry
Yes. Okay, there we go. Where is Mark Andrews? Where do we have him? Do we have him?
Jay Croucher
No. It's all right. He'll be back.
Connor Rogers
All right, we'll get.
Matthew Berry
Cam will get it, and we'll do it. There we go. Oh, wow.
Jay Croucher
Some speed happening off camera, my friends.
Connor Rogers
Well, look at this.
Jay Croucher
Look at this.
Connor Rogers
Spring, you get to do the good.
Matthew Berry
Here we go. All right. Thank you. Well done. There we go. All righty. Oh, no. What could possibly go wrong?
Connor Rogers
We're all watching.
Jay Croucher
Disaster.
Matthew Berry
Yes.
Jay Croucher
All right, you got it down. Good job.
Matthew Berry
Although that's step One.
Jay Croucher
Can you put the other one up?
Matthew Berry
Yeah.
Jay Croucher
It's the other way around. Matthew. Oh, no.
Connor Rogers
We knew something would go wrong.
Matthew Berry (Intro/Outro or Announcer)
Wow.
Jay Croucher
Hunter on iron.
Connor Rogers
Off the wall.
Matthew Berry
Off the wall. Exactly. Oh, no. It's so naked. Don't shout that.
Connor Rogers
My goodness.
Dr. Denny Carter
God.
Connor Rogers
Well, you all wanted this. You all voted for this.
Jay Croucher
I think buried 29 is comfortable after the show.
Matthew Berry
Someone. Cam, you got to help me out here.
Connor Rogers
Oh, my goodness.
Matthew Berry
You got to. All right, Camel. Camel. All right. There you go. All right. There we go. Thank you, Cam.
Jay Croucher
That's shameful.
Matthew Berry
All right.
Jay Croucher
What a display of logistical information.
Matthew Berry
Somebody will get it up there.
Jay Croucher
Somebody.
Matthew Berry
Somebody. So not me, obviously.
Jay Croucher
Somebody who clean up my mess.
Matthew Berry
All right, well, during the break, we'll do it over the. Over the break. We'll get. We'll get. Not Cam Ward, but Travis Hunter. Like, you can't lose your place on the wall due to injury.
Connor Rogers
Yeah, fair enough. And you, I don't know.
Jay Croucher
Well, you're the one who killed him, right? You sent Travis Hunter to the IR for a second.
Matthew Berry
I'm like, I'm in a stupid costume. Here we go.
Connor Rogers
The excuse ler.
Matthew Berry
Excuse me.
Connor Rogers
The excusler. You can only hold him down for so long. It's the costume.
Matthew Berry
Small, not mine.
Jay Croucher
The costume.
Matthew Berry
I will say. I will say. You know what? I completely forgot about this. But this should have been a costume from one of the regulars. Or Jay, honestly, because your costume's brilliant. But somebody should have like, you know how the Riddler has like all the question marks? Like, you should have gotten a suit that's like an excuse ler. I'm going as the custom made. The custom made, like, excuse lure suit commander's colors. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, done. And it's just instead of the question marks, it's all just like it was somebody else's fault. You know, there was traffic, dog ate my homework and it's all of that.
Connor Rogers
I didn't know that Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt would get hurt.
Matthew Berry
Exactly. Or Joe Bart. Yeah. Or Joe Burrow. Right. Chase Brown. Whatever. Anyways, stop the draft.
Jay Croucher
What?
Connor Rogers
Stop the draft is. Yeah. The timer of the draft is why I'm 1 in 7. Fantasy One quick thing on the Miami side, guys. Little hope or cope. Hn and Waddle. Are they going to be able to keep this up just no matter how bad this team continues to fall?
Matthew Berry
Hn. Yes. Look, I mean, just the volume is there right through the past four games. At least 20 touches. He's averaging over 18 touches a game this season. And I think the most important thing is he's got a 27% target share on the year. Right. So they like he's 27% target share yesterday. At least 20% in four of the last five games. He's such involved in the passing game. I just think, I just think that is a floor that no matter how down they are, they're always going to be able to throw or dump off to Devon Hn. So whether there's a coaching change, whether there's a quarterback change, you know, if somehow Tua gets hurt and now they're going to, you know, Zach Wilson or Quinn Ewers, I do think I'm not worried about Devon Hn. Waddle's a different story. I think if there were a coaching change. I'm sorry, if there were a quarterback change, I'd be nervous about Jaylen Waddle. I'm not worried about a coaching change. They're going to run this even if somehow Mike McDaniel gets fired. And it seems like with the Greer move, they're basically saying, all right, McDaniel ride out the year and we'll see how it. We'll see what happens by the end of the year. And it's. Unless things turn around for Miami, he's probably looking for a job. But. But yeah, I mean two is going to be their quarterback unless he somehow gets hurt. Yeah.
Jay Croucher
Jaylen Waddle as well. His numbers last night, which were fine, he cashes our over. But he had a 40 yarder, about a 40 yarder called back by a very suspect personal foul on Ollie Gordon. So he's looked great since Tyree Kill has gone down, scored the great touchdown against the Falcons last week. So I think Jaylen Waddle is going to be. As long as Tour is the quarterback, he's going to be a wide receiver too.
Matthew Berry
Yeah. That was a ridiculous call on Ollie. On Ollie Gordon who clearly slipped. Yeah. And by the way, and I think Devon Hn caught it. Like there was also a one where like it looked like Dobbins are on.
Connor Rogers
The short end of about 3 to 4. Not that it changes the outcome of the game. No one's saying that.
Jay Croucher
But McDaniel was a broken man.
Connor Rogers
The most animated I've ever seen him.
Jay Croucher
It's just like to miss the field goal after the false side. Just felt like the walls were caving in on him. So a tough scene for Mike McDaniel.
Matthew Berry
Very tough scene. Very tough. I mean like again, they were trying, they played hard. Like again it's, it's not, it's not Mike McDaniel's fault that you know the Washington kid. Not, not Malik Washington, the other one. Taj. Taj Washington.
Connor Rogers
That was quite the surprise.
Matthew Berry
Yeah.
Connor Rogers
It's like an imposter.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, exactly. I was like wait. I'm like I thought Malik Washington was 6 and so anyway when I Washington 84. But yeah, I mean like so it's not his fault that like Taj Washington fumbles on the seven right. Or that the field goal kicker misses a field goal. Like all he can do is like like the offense looked good. The offense moved the ball down there.
Jay Croucher
I don't this doesn't like last year with the Jags. Like the London performance against the Bears is like this team just they're not the races at all. I don't think the Dolphins have given up on the season like they I thought that they largely on a play by play basis that we only like blow for blow with Baltimore in the.
Connor Rogers
First half finished drives.
Jay Croucher
Yeah.
Matthew Berry
That's really all it was. Yeah.
Jay Croucher
But yeah, I will say we'll see what happens with Mike McDaniel for our purposes. So long as it's tour it quarterback Jalen Waddle is a must start going forward.
Matthew Berry
Yeah. Another nice game by the way. Back to the Ravens for a quick second. Derek Henry, third straight game with 20 or more touches. I thought he got in. I thought like seriously like it was. The broadcast was weird because like he falls down and it's like his elbows on the goal line. It was close and I would have liked to like show me a replay. Does knee get down before and they just sort of like there was no replay. Just immediately like all right, here we go.
Connor Rogers
Right.
Jay Croucher
I don't get those ones. I'm still convinced Josh Allen got the first down in the AFC title game against the Chiefs. I don't.
Matthew Berry
I'm still convinced Dalton Kincaid got it to play before.
Connor Rogers
Yeah, that's the one that I think was more egregious.
Matthew Berry
Yes. No, we don't got to go down that road today.
Connor Rogers
Let's get into the week nine injuries. The week nine injuries we're tracking, of course, Kyler Murray trying to work his way back from that foot injury. He has been doing some stuff this weekend. They're preparing him as the starter hopefully for Monday. Brock Purdy's been limited but, you know, not really expected to play right now as Mac Jones has been shouldering the load for that offense. Joe Flacco with the shoulder is going to be a very interesting situation. Josh Jacobs has been dealing with a calf. Deandre Swift hasn't practiced this week and we know he's had this groin injury now for a couple weeks, but he's usually limited by now, so you want to keep an eye on that one from Andre Stevenson. Drake London. Travis Hunter, we already mentioned, goes on ir. Calvin Ridley still dealing with the hamstring. Dalton Schultz has not gotten a lot of work in this week as he's dealing with a knee and shoulder. So let's jump right back to Jacksonville. We already talked about Travis Hunter, But Brian Thomas Jr. Has been limited with a shoulder on Thursday. But Matthew, you mentioned it's no matter what. It's just more work for Parker Washington.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, I mean, he's the guy that, he's their slot guy. Right. You know, he, you know, he's got targets per route run in the slot is the leader on the Jaguars is Parker Washington. He's had six career games. Six career games with a target share above 15%. And you expect with Travis Hunter out, he will get above that again this Sunday. Well, in those six career games, he's averaging 13.1 fantasy points per game. How about them apples again? Raiders struggle against the slot quite a bit. Diamond Brown is available about 80, 98% of leagues. He's out there, you know, big play threat. He'll be on the outside. But I would rank them Brian Thomas Jr. Parker Washington, Diamond Brown as in terms of the wide receivers for Jacksonville.
Jay Croucher
Agreed. And Trevor Lawrence, who's always on the fringe of being a viable quarterback to start a fantasy. This definitely knocks his ceiling down a little bit, too.
Matthew Berry
I like, I like. We got spooky sound effects.
Jay Croucher
Lawrence particularly, he was kind of a scary quarterback.
Connor Rogers
Okay. Gemma asks, can jags go back to using ETN more in the passing game?
Jay Croucher
I don't think so.
Connor Rogers
They don't seem interested in that.
Matthew Berry
They can. The question is, will they? And it doesn't seem like they want to for whatever reason. I wish they would. They certainly have the ability to k Gemma. They, you know, they, they can, they can do whatever they want. They're a professional football team.
Connor Rogers
In some early injury news, Terry McLaurin already ruled out for Sunday night's game. Matthew against the Seahawks. Commander's backs against the wall.
Matthew Berry
No.
Connor Rogers
Scary Terry.
Matthew Berry
Yeah. Which is a bummer. But it is literally just got this alert as we're sitting here. According to Dan Quinn, Jaden Daniels will officially play against the Seahawks this weekend. We expected that as well. But good news for my bosses here at NBC Sports. You know, we're going to have Jayden Daniels on Sunday Night Football on Peacock and NBC Sports Football Night in America starts at seven. Just before that, I'm a company man.
Connor Rogers
Two of the best quarterbacks in the.
Matthew Berry
Nfc, Sam Darnold and Jaden Daniels.
Jay Croucher
I don't know what we do with Sam Donald in these quarterback rankings now because he's been an elite quarterback for a year and a half. At some point he's just like a, just a really good quarterback.
Matthew Berry
At some point he's the guy that he was drafted to be. Yeah, it's a top three overall pick.
Jay Croucher
Yeah, it's been a bit circuitous, but he's, he's playing in the, he's the number one PFF graded quarterback at the moment. And the thing with Donald too is that like he makes every throw like he can do everything he can create. It's outside of structure. You suspect that he's not going to keep playing at this level going forward, but that respite is probably not going to come from Washington's defense.
Matthew Berry
I think the question here is that there's one game this year that was week five in which Jaden Daniels was starting and Terry McLaurin was out. Talk about the other side of that ball now, right? And in that game Deebo Samuel went 8 for 96 and a touchdown, 23.6 fantasy points per game, 48% target share. My question to you, Connor Rodgers is. So We've got this one game sample size of Daniels at quarterback and McLaurin out, but Deebo's been bad the last couple of weeks. Right. You know, and he's dealing with the heel injury. Any concerns on Deebo? Are you, are you right back in on Deebo with El McLaurin or are you kind of like ah, not sure.
Connor Rogers
With Jaden playing, you have to start him. It just feels like with Jaden's quick passing, quick pass game ability and his ability to extend plays and just how much space it opens up for the offense and the fact that Terry's not playing like Deebo being on the injury report, that's just what he's been for four years. You were either committed to that experience or you didn't want to draft him at all because of that. So I find it very unlikely that you're able to bench Deebo for a better option. In terms of upside, I'm at wide.
Matthew Berry
Receiver 18 this week, so I agree with you. I'm as a low end wide receiver too. Again, Seattle has actually struggled against the pass somewhat. Their front is really good, but teams have been able somewhat to pass against them this year.
Jay Croucher
Yeah, the commanders being three point dogs at home with Jaden Daniels at quarterback is pretty stunning to me. I understand that the defense is not good and that Terry McLaren is not out there, but still, Jayden Daniels, who was a, I think a top five quarterback in the NFL last year and I think should be reasonably expected to be of a similar caliber. It's a tough matchup, but I don't know. That's a. That's a lot. Not a lot of respect for the offensive.
Matthew Berry
I mean, the other thing about the Commanders, they're back home, obviously. They're three and five. This is their season. Gotta have it.
Connor Rogers
This is gone offense.
Matthew Berry
When you. When you see the Eagles, how they're playing and where they are in the division, like, yeah, this is a gotta have it game. You can't go to 3 and 6.
Connor Rogers
You gotta be aggressive. You'll see them going forward a ton. You'll see them take chances. I. I know it feels like it's very easy to be like, oh, Seattle's gonna roll over them. But going back to what you said, big travel for Seattle, desperate Commanders team, and Jayne Daniels is playing. Not saying they're gonna win.
Matthew Berry
Right.
Connor Rogers
But I think it'll be a highly competitive game.
Jay Croucher
I think that feels like a coin flip game.
Connor Rogers
Right? Yeah.
Jay Croucher
This is Jaden Daniels, kitchen sink.
Matthew Berry
Yeah.
Connor Rogers
The next one here, guys. DeAndre Swift.
Matthew Berry
I'm going to have to. I'm going to have to pick the game. I think I will pick the commanders.
Jay Croucher
Yeah.
Matthew Berry
On football night in America.
Connor Rogers
Because if you don't. And then they win.
Matthew Berry
I know it looks hot.
Connor Rogers
It's not going back for you.
Jay Croucher
It's bad luck.
Matthew Berry
Yeah. Bad luck.
Connor Rogers
The regulars will never let you.
Matthew Berry
But the other thing, I mean, you know, we. We keep track of our picks. You know, all the. And then me and Jason Garrett are tied for first among all the Football night in America analysts and everything like that.
Jay Croucher
They'll probably pick the Seahawks.
Matthew Berry
I know this might be a. This might be a big. Yeah.
Connor Rogers
The battle for it all.
Matthew Berry
Battle for it all.
Connor Rogers
You and Jason Garrett.
Matthew Berry
Jason Garrett.
Jay Croucher
Wow.
Matthew Berry
You love to see jg. JG won last year. Rodney Harrison won the year before. I won the first year. The first year of the three years I've been here.
Connor Rogers
This is the battle of the Titans.
Matthew Berry
Yes.
Connor Rogers
Right here.
Jay Croucher
I didn't know his friends called him jg.
Connor Rogers
Yeah.
Jay Croucher
Unbelievable. Okay. I like it.
Matthew Berry
His. His name is Jason Garrett.
Connor Rogers
I would only call him Coach if.
Jay Croucher
I say the Vision.
Matthew Berry
Sometimes they call him Coach, sometimes they call him jg. And the other people. The other people. On football night in America, you know, you know, Devin Sims, Maria Florio, whatever. Half column. Jg. Half column coach.
Jay Croucher
Interesting.
Matthew Berry
Yes. There you go. Okay. He's a lovely man.
Connor Rogers
Seems very nice.
Matthew Berry
He's great.
Connor Rogers
Very pleasant on television.
Matthew Berry
He's awesome. He's a great guy.
Connor Rogers
All right. DeAndre Swift did not practice on Thursday. He did not practice on Wednesday. And you might be saying, well, DeAndre Swift hasn't been practicing much the last couple weeks.
Matthew Berry
No, sir.
Connor Rogers
He's at least been limited on Thursday. So this is a change that he didn't do anything yesterday. You have to wonder if the groin injury is getting worse and if it does, Matthew, fire up Kyle Manon guy, right?
Matthew Berry
Yeah. DeAndre Swift was on the love list last week. Oh, indeed. Very.
Connor Rogers
Look, keep that one around all year.
Matthew Berry
Yeah. Neck brace nation Lawrence as their avatar is unbelievable. Manangai top 10 RB ceiling this week. Let's go. I agree with you. If. If DeAndre Swift is out against a Bengals team that has given up at least 20, has given up 20.6 fantasy points per game on average to running backs that see at least 12 touches against them. And so if Swift is out, you would expect Monongai would get at least 12 touches against the Bengals. They've allowed at least 87 yards from scrimmage to a running back in every single game this year. So I think Monongai becomes an interesting flex this way this week because even if Swift is out there, maybe he's limited. But if Swift can't go and today will be very telling, Manangai becomes very interesting. And I don't know if I'd put him top 10, but he's definitely top 15 because he would be the guy that would get the majority of the work here. We just. We haven't seen a lot of Roshan Johnson. What happened?
Connor Rogers
I forgot he was even around.
Jay Croucher
Yeah.
Connor Rogers
Common Ungai came to town. We warned people. It took you like a month to pronounce his name, but you, like, you were excited about him.
Matthew Berry
I was excited about him, yeah.
Jay Croucher
Yeah. We just can't get him on Sunday Night Football. It could be the end of Matthew Berry.
Connor Rogers
Oh, he's got it now. We've talked about him so many times. He's got it now.
Matthew Berry
Yeah. You know, and Manung guy is a Rutgers guy. So is Devin McCourty. Like, my guy. Devin will help me out. Like, if I'm struggling there, I'll just.
Jay Croucher
I'll give him a shot.
Matthew Berry
I'll look over at Devin and Devin jump in. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Devin's my buddy. But so we'll see about this on Deandre Swift. So like I said, he was on the love list. Obviously, if he's not going to play, I would take him off the love list. But Monongai would go in there. Again, it's just the offense, the offensive line of the Bears, the scheme they run and of course the matchup of Cincinnati.
Connor Rogers
Andre Stevenson also did not practice on Thursday here. Jay with a toe injury. Everybody's been begging for more Trayvon Henderson. It feels like this is the only way we would truly get that.
Jay Croucher
Yeah, couldn't have a nicer landing spot as well for Travion Henderson going up against the Falcons porous run defense that's been eviscerated on the ground lately. The Falcons run defense with the only defense that was able to conjure up an efficient, dominant game on the ground for Christian McCaffrey. It just this is a perennial thing where they just don't have the beef up front. And so Ramon Dre, who seems to be trending in the wrong direction, I think Travy on Henderson, Matthew, just becomes a must start if there's going to be no Ramondre.
Matthew Berry
There's no question, you know, I mean again, we saw one, we saw signs of, we saw signs of life last week. We've seen it in college, we've saw it in the preseason. We know the explosiveness is there. We like this Patriots offense quite a bit. You're certainly not scared of the matchup against Atlanta. Again, the strength of the Falcons defense is that secondary. So I would think you would actually want to run games in New England, which is nice as well. So yeah, Travion Henderson pretty interesting this week, especially if Ramondre Henderson misses this game. Breakout game potentially, by the way.
Connor Rogers
Live update here. Mike Reese that's covered the team for a long time is out of practice. No sign of Ramondre Stevenson for the third straight.
Matthew Berry
Oh boy. So Ray beyond season Trayvon rocket emoji.
Jay Croucher
Yes.
Matthew Berry
Trayvon fire emoji.
Jay Croucher
Yes. To the moon. It's only second nine weeks but maybe we'll start justifying it.
Matthew Berry
Yes.
Connor Rogers
Our next one here, guys. Woody Marks was added to the injury report as a limited participant on Thursday with a calf injury. But I would imagine Matthew, this is just precautionary.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, it.
Connor Rogers
Although we'll keep an eye on it today.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, exactly.
Connor Rogers
Like seeing a guy added to the report later in the week. So you don't like to see a player added to later in the week. But I don't know who else they even turn to if he can't go that's how bad it's been.
Jay Croucher
It's Chubb. La tie.
Connor Rogers
Yes.
Matthew Berry
Chubby.
Jay Croucher
Somehow he's still hanging around Nick Chubb.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, I guess. I guess that would be the answer here. They do get Nico Collins back. You know, we saw signs of life, obviously from Higgins and Noel. So I think they would just go pass heavy. Yes. I mean, Nick Chubb would be there. I think Dario Gunbawale is still there. Right?
Jay Croucher
He's still in the same.
Connor Rogers
Woody is out there right now.
Matthew Berry
Okay.
Jay Croucher
Okay.
Connor Rogers
So the updates are rolling in like we do every Friday show really good sign that Woody Marks is back and Dalton Schultz are both back out there.
Jay Croucher
Is it underrated that Nick Chubb had 17 carries in the NFL game against the Niners? Now, he only took it for 56 yards, which is a little on brand. He got two targets as well, two receptions. Nick Chubb is a viable flex guy.
Matthew Berry
I suppose. So if Marks is less than 100%, I mean, they're playing Denver. They're at home against Denver. Defense has been pretty good.
Jay Croucher
Texans favored minus one and a half.
Matthew Berry
That's a weird one.
Jay Croucher
It's Bo Nix against a great defense.
Matthew Berry
Is that what it is?
Jay Croucher
Yeah.
Connor Rogers
The books have caught onto a trend.
Jay Croucher
I think the books know that Bonix might be a Cowboys defense merchant.
Connor Rogers
Him and Russell Wilson.
Jay Croucher
Yeah.
Connor Rogers
Not the company you want to be in.
Matthew Berry
I like that.
Connor Rogers
All right. Our last one, guys. As mentioned before, Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon told reporters he is preparing Kyler Murray to start in Week 9 against the Cowboys. Obviously, a great matchup. If this is the. The return spot for the question is.
Jay Croucher
Is he happy about it? Is he happy about.
Matthew Berry
Are we happy about it? Are we as people that might have. Marvin Harrison and Trey McBride would prefer Jacoby Brissette.
Jay Croucher
Yeah. The thing is, Tyler, is. I remember when Kyler initially had this injury, got ruled out against my Colts a few weeks ago. Matthew, you made the joke that. Does this really change anything? And the line moved. It moved like two points, but it moved through seven, which is a big move, a key number. And I thought you were being a little facetious. Like, it's Kyle Murray. He's better than Jacob Brissette. Now I lean more in your direction where I'm not sure there's a difference between these two guys in terms of how they impact an NFL offense. I think that. That Brissette has established enough of a rapport with McBride and Harrison that I think for fantasy purposes, I don't think really anything changes except the fact that Kyler may run more Right. Which is a detriment to the pass catchers, if anything.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, but that's. Yeah, that's super interesting. I mean the line. Dallas is two and a half point.
Jay Croucher
Favorites moved at all this week. Yeah, it moved substantially for the Colts game with the initial move, but I think that the market has caught up that there's not that much difference.
Matthew Berry
Difference between the two of them. Right. Yeah. Kyler has more. More chances to extend the play with his athleticism, but also he's less accurate. Honestly, I don't think. I don't think. Less rhythm than Jacoby Bursa that's going.
Connor Rogers
To drop back and throw it.
Jay Croucher
Yes. Very nearly. Very nearly beat both the packers and the Colts.
Connor Rogers
Right.
Jay Croucher
Who might be two of the four best teams in the league.
Matthew Berry
Yeah.
Jay Croucher
So he played perfectly fine.
Matthew Berry
Brissette. Brissette is also at that stage of his career, sort of like Flacco, where he just has zero Fs left to give. Like he doesn't care. Like he'll just chuck it.
Connor Rogers
Yeah.
Matthew Berry
You know what I mean? Whereas, you know, Kyler might be a little bit more cautious. But either way, it does appear that Kyler Murray will make the start against Dallas. And 54 and a half is the over under. We like, we like getting pieces of that game.
Connor Rogers
If you're dealing with one of these injuries, here's a couple waiver targets for week nine that can help you out that meet our threshold, of course. Sam Darnold because of the commanders. Trevor Lawrence because of the Raiders. Bam Knight against the Cowboys. Tajay Spears against the Chargers. Kyle Manungai, you should have prepared in case Swift doesn't play. For sure. Troy Franklin coming off of a huge performance. K. Shambooty has been really good the last couple weeks. Shimray DK's had a really good team. Two weeks here as the Titans embrace the youth movement. Theo Johnson and Juwan Johnson at tight end. All right, guys, as we are joined every Friday, it's Dr. Denny Carter time.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, I was at a bar last night and I saw somebody that had, well, a big back and you know, I'm a big believer in Baby Got Back. It's my favorite song of all time. As I was checking it out, it occurred to me, should I go with a big back like Tyler Algier this.
Dr. Denny Carter
Weekend against the Dolphins? You should listen. In my research and you know, in my degree, getting in the area of flexuality, I learned first and foremost there is no body shaming in this area. Okay. We're not going to body shame if you Like a big back. That's okay, you know, and sometimes the bigger the back, the better. And that's what we have with Tyler Algier. He's a big old back.
Connor Rogers
Flexible. Frustrations with the doctor himself. Happy Halloween, Denny.
Jay Croucher
Oh, wow.
Connor Rogers
Scary.
Dr. Denny Carter
I like this here.
Matthew Berry
I'm not sure why.
Jay Croucher
Not sure about this?
Connor Rogers
Yeah.
Dr. Denny Carter
So the. The big back thing didn't. Didn't work out. But you shouldn't be ashamed, because liking a big back is fine. It's fine for Barry. It's fine for me. It's fine for everybody.
Matthew Berry
It's. It's about experimentation, right? Never. You know, you. You try stuff. You try it, See if you're into it, see if you like it. It's all about exploring your flexuality. That's what we do here. It's all about exploring your flexuality, indeed.
Connor Rogers
You're up first.
Matthew Berry
Am I up first? All right, great. Dr. Carter? Dr. Carter, we got an email in.
Jay Croucher
I'm not taking.
Matthew Berry
This is for you, Dr. Carter. My name is Mary, and recently I broke up with my girlfriend. She writes. I'm sorry? She writes, I was out with my girlfriend, telling her how I recently broke up with my boyfriend. I was complaining to her about how things were going, and I said, you know, the scoring has been a bit dry. It's gone a bit barren on my fantasy team, of course, just haven't scored recently. And my girlfriend said to me, she goes, well, you need. You need to get some new dk. You need some strange dk. So is Shamari DK somebody I should consider for my lineup this week?
Dr. Denny Carter
You should always try new things. This is something that I have actually preached, you know, to folks who have come to me with their flexual frustrations and. Yeah, I mean, DK get weird. Let's get weird this week. It's Halloween. Okay, we're getting weird with DK. Last week, seven catches for 93 yards on nine targets against the Colts. He was targeted on 22% of his routes. He saw 21% of the team's air yards. The Titans, as always, are heavy underdogs. They should be dropping back to pass quite a bit here against the Chargers. I like to get weird with this guy. Dk.
Matthew Berry
Okay. Exactly.
Jay Croucher
That makes sense. Danny, something new?
Matthew Berry
Yeah.
Jay Croucher
I want to talk to you about cupping. Cupping is an. Is an ancient form of alternative medicine that involves placing glass or plastic cups on the skin to create suction. According to Google AI, there's dry cupping, which is the most common form. And there's also wet cupping, which I'M not going to get into on the show, but Cooper Cup.
Matthew Berry
I feel like I'm kind of a wet.
Jay Croucher
Yeah, you're a cupping sensation, too.
Matthew Berry
I really am.
Jay Croucher
Via nominal determination. Danny. I suspect the Cooper cup will be doing some cupping on that suspect hamstring of his that has him limited but expected to go for now. Can you start Cooper cup in your flex, Dr. Carter?
Dr. Denny Carter
Dry cupping, wet cupping, Cooper cupping, it's all the same in the end, okay? And this week, Cooper cup goes up against a Commander's defense that has been really soft against slot receivers. They're allowing the fifth highest completion rate to the slot this season. We've seen slot guys get away with it time and time again against these Commanders. If Sam Darnold can look anywhere else at JSN this week against Washington, I think it could be the Cooper Cup. Seattle has an implied total of 25.25 points. It's quite high. I like this game as a potential shootout.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, slow. He said soft. So soft cupping as well as the slot defense. Yeah, wet cupping.
Dr. Denny Carter
Whatever you're. Whatever you're into.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, whatever you're into. I'm into wet cupping, obviously. Gravy cupping as well.
Connor Rogers
Danny, one more for you here. Fantasy managers that have just been trying the Jameson Williams thing all year, they've been stood up over and over and over again and keep talking themselves back into it. And if there was ever a week, Minnesota is allowing the third highest completion rate on explosive pass plays of 15 plus yards. Could you really give Jameson Williams one more try here?
Matthew Berry
Yeah. Can there be an explosion? I think is what he's asking.
Dr. Denny Carter
There could very well be an explosion. And I know you've been waiting. You've been very patient with it. Okay. You've been sort of hedging toward that, and now you might. You might actually get it against the Vikings. You know, you took the stat right out of my mouth. The Vikings are getting scorched on downfield shots. Johnny Morton, the OC of the Lions, came out this week in a very dramatic way, and he said, hey, everybody, I have failed Jameson Williams this season. I have failed him. And so I think we actually could see a change in usage for Jameson Williams. Maybe he gets more short area stuff, maybe he gets some deep stuff. Who knows? But against this Vikings defense, it could be good.
Connor Rogers
All right, for more of your flexual frustrations on this Halloween Friday, you can join Denny's Q and A right after our show and ask Dr. Carter for help with all of your problems.
Matthew Berry
To be clear, Denny's, the one not wearing a helmet.
Jay Croucher
Wearing a wig.
Matthew Berry
No, he's not wearing a wig. Exactly. If you're looking at it straight on Denny's. The one to the left.
Jay Croucher
Just Denny's thought heading towards an extra explosion.
Connor Rogers
Thank you guys. All right, we got some more costumes to roll in from the regulars. Yes, they are showing up and showing out. This one from Bran. Scariest sight for a Bengals fan. JoeStoe hashtag TurboToe.
Matthew Berry
FFHHalloween so he went as Joe Burrow's turf toe. It's pretty good.
Connor Rogers
That is quite the scary costume. Our next one here from Reed. Happy Halloween. Wish it was the day after a win.
Dr. Denny Carter
I believe he is a I like.
Connor Rogers
The pants with Mike McDaniel.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, that's pretty good.
Connor Rogers
Mike McDaniel Capris. That's a pretty good Mike McDaniel for sure. Heavy meat sauce always brings it on the show. Slow and steady wins the Fantasy League Sea Turtle season. Ffhhalloween.
Matthew Berry
There we go. A spooky, scary fight. Look at our decorations. Director Trisha outdid herself. Unbelievable.
Connor Rogers
We're taking our one break here. When we're back, of course. What's on tap? Answering your questions after the break.
Matthew Berry
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Connor Rogers
All right, we are back. As the regular costumes continue to roll in, things are getting very scary on our set.
Matthew Berry
Very spooky.
Connor Rogers
This one from Ryan Oswald Connor J.
Matthew Berry
Rodgers costume, complete with the jersey of his favorite sports hero, Todd Zeal. He's wearing a Todd Zeal Cardinals jersey. Well done.
Connor Rogers
Very good, Ryan.
Matthew Berry
There we go.
Jay Croucher
Free the.
Dr. Denny Carter
Yeah.
Jay Croucher
Yeah.
Connor Rogers
There it is.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, of course.
Connor Rogers
Nicely done, Ryan.
Matthew Berry
Well played, Ryan. All right. Oh, here we have the happy hour regular power rankings. Clark Brady still in the number one spot.
Connor Rogers
Nobody has unseated him yet.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, not yet.
Connor Rogers
Ryan Oswald though, makes his debut at number four.
Matthew Berry
Well, that was a very strong possibilities.
Connor Rogers
You deserve to be in with that kind of effort.
Matthew Berry
Yeah.
Connor Rogers
Johnny Dangerly back in.
Matthew Berry
Yeah.
Connor Rogers
Aloha bricks is just Steady Eddie.
Matthew Berry
Climbing, climbing. He had a strong week over at raised the flags.
Producer Adam or other crew member
You see.
Matthew Berry
Ved down to nine. Johnny Dangerly makes the. How about Holly Mark three two three. Who also he had the Jay Croucher. He's the one that had the Jake.
Connor Rogers
Croucher with the Sparks jersey.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, with the discount WNBA jersey. Right.
Connor Rogers
And Jay's favorite beer, Foster's.
Matthew Berry
Exactly. Yes, exactly. With the Australia.
Connor Rogers
That's because he's Australian.
Matthew Berry
Valiant Vincent Tej, of course among the others receiving votes as well, Heavy meat sauce. With a strong week, up three spots to number six.
Connor Rogers
What's on tap is brought to you by Bud Light, the official beer sponsor of the NFL. Sundays are easy to enjoy when they are full of football and the fridge is filled with beer. And we're going to make it even easier for you by taking some of your best questions. This first one rolls in from Johnny Dangerly, Drake May or Danny Dimes this week.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, I think, I don't think you can go wrong because I like both quarterbacks this week. But for me it's Daniel Jones of your Indianapolis Colts. Jay Croucher.
Jay Croucher
I love it. It's getting smoky here on set.
Matthew Berry
It is you.
Jay Croucher
I hope none of you guys are allergic to smoke. Daniel Jones, your third ranked quarterback this.
Matthew Berry
Week by Patrick after Lamar Jackson. It was four to start the week. Lamar Jackson obviously played last night, so you remove him the rankings.
Jay Croucher
Anyway, Danny Dimes, very favorable matchup against the Steelers. Their past defense which cannot cover anyone at the moment, it appears three point games. Also the thing with the Colts and their players from fantasy perspective is that they just haven't been playing fourth quarters because they just destroy every right in three quarters. This I suspect on the road. Pittsburgh, while they are three point favorites, you'd expect that they're still going to need to be doing things in the fourth quarter. So Daniel Jones, who still has scope to use his legs more which may happen if there are closer games to come. So yes, I would go Daniel Jones as well.
Matthew Berry
Quarterbacks facing the Steelers this year are averaging 293 passing yards per game. Five of the last six to face them have thrown at least two touchdowns. We saw Jordan Love kind of eviscerate them last Sunday night. And I do think to your point about the fourth quarter, I think the Steelers show up in this one again. They just saw that. They know the Ravens are coming. Like, you know, like the Steelers can't just be like, oh, we've got this division. They lost last week. They know the Ravens are coming. Right. You know, so I, I think the Colts win this, but I think the Steelers put up a pretty good fight.
Jay Croucher
I think they show up. The issue Is they're playing the 07 Patriots. They may just get run out of the building anyway.
Connor Rogers
The greatest show on turf.
Jay Croucher
Rams 07 Brady or 25.
Matthew Berry
That's the Cincinnati Bengals. He's still got the 80 to one on. Yeah, yeah.
Connor Rogers
Those Cincinnati Bengals.
Jay Croucher
80 to one.
Connor Rogers
Yes on this one.
Jay Croucher
It hasn't been great at a loser.
Connor Rogers
Comeback player of the year Joe Flacco.
Matthew Berry
So good. I thought you were going to just wear a Flacco jersey.
Connor Rogers
The ghost is here on all Jay's futures tickets. All right, the real commish asks pick two PPR ETN Dowdle and Ramondre. Well, the problem is this one might have been decided for you, my friend because Ramondre Stevenson is not out at practice for the third day.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, but if, if I will say if Ramondre is active, I think it's ETN and Stevenson ETN's the easy one. Right. He's had only one game this year with fewer than 15 touches. He's got almost 70% of the Jags running back touches. Raiders have allowed eight touchdowns to running backs over just their last five games. And so again with Travis Hunter banged up, maybe they lean a little bit more on the run game here in a favorable matchup. So ETN to me is the easy one. It comes down to Stevenson or Dowdle. I'm nervous about Dowdle as you know, double digit underdog here. He could get game scripted out a little bit. But yes to your point, if Ramon Stevenson doesn't play then we would recommend Rico Dowdle.
Jay Croucher
Yes.
Matthew Berry
Hashtag analysis. Yeah, I think I'm not the best in the business for nothing there, Jay. No, there you go.
Jay Croucher
No, you're not. Travis Etienne. Yeah, I think he is the clear choice. Like this isn't part of the question but I'd have Travian Henderson over all these guys if from Andre is out. I think Travian Henderson is a legitimate RB1 type. If it's just going to be him and no one else for New England against the Atlanta's run defense Defense they're.
Matthew Berry
Run Falcons are a bottom three run defense over the last month.
Jay Croucher
Yeah. And at that three I think also run defense is fairly stable. Past defense can be a bit flukier I think with just long receptions and tip balls and stuff like run defense. It's like do you have big people up front or do you not? Tampa Bay's front defense is awesome every year because they have Vita Ver and he's massive awesome. Like the Falcons just have small people on the defensive line so it makes sense that they're not going to be great at stopping the run.
Connor Rogers
Our last question from Penguin Lamont noticed.
Matthew Berry
When he said small people he just sort of glanced at you. Did he yeah, he did a little bit.
Connor Rogers
Interesting.
Jay Croucher
A little bit.
Matthew Berry
I gave you some side eyes.
Connor Rogers
I wonder who the strongest person is on this desk. Penguin Lamont, Aaron Jones or Bill Crosky? Merritt in the flex.
Matthew Berry
Depends on how we're measuring strength. If it's an ability to down beers, it's me because I'm impervious to alcohol. But to answer the question here. To answer the question, Aaron Jones or Bill Krosky? Merit in the flex, I'm going to say Aaron Jones. I'm at 24 this week. I have JCM at 29. Obviously concerned about JCM. Hasn't really been there. Productive. He hasn't been that productive recently. Seattle so good against the run. Meanwhile, Aaron Jones led the backfield for the Vikings his first game back. Last week he led the Vikings in touches and snaps. In terms of the backfield in his first game back. He's played only two completed games this year, but he's got a 14% target share. Vikings 8 1/2 point underdog here. So you expect that we passing a lot and just. I feel like J.J. mcCarthy. The other thing I would say is like, Kevin O' Connell's no dummy. Former coach. Former coach of the year. Kevin o'. Briennell.
Jay Croucher
Coach of the year.
Matthew Berry
Yes.
Jay Croucher
Friend of the show.
Matthew Berry
Friend of the show. We've had Kevin o' Connell on the show as well. He's no dummy. And so he's going to sit and go like, I don't have anyone that can block. My offensive line is all for decimated or maybe throw tbd. So we'll see. But like, I just, I. I just, I could see. I could see Kevin O' Connell especially to try to take some pressure off JJ McCarthy dialing up a lot more sort of quick dump offs to Aaron Jones as kind of a substitute for running game. Because I just don't think they're going to run given how strong the Lions defensive front is and just how bad that offensive line looks for Minnesota.
Jay Croucher
Yeah, I like the lions minus 19 and a half old line. I think it's weird. I just think that's like the. I'm with the variance with McCarthy. Yeah, this could be an absolute mess.
Matthew Berry
I just think this could be. This could be like 40 to 7 or something.
Connor Rogers
What is that, like +210?
Jay Croucher
Yeah, I think it might be a bit longer than that. The line right now is only eight and a half, which.
Connor Rogers
Oh, wow. So it's got to be like.
Jay Croucher
Yeah, I'll look it up.
Connor Rogers
That's a fun one.
Matthew Berry
All right. I like that. One.
Jay Croucher
Yeah. Because like this is the where like the tail outcomes are so in play. JJ McCarthy could be anything. Maybe JJ McCarthy is awesome and they win the game.
Connor Rogers
Right.
Jay Croucher
I think it's more likely though that he's very bad and they get blown out.
Matthew Berry
Right.
Connor Rogers
Do you get the fourth quarter against the Bears, J.J. mcCarthy, or do you.
Jay Croucher
Get the other seven quarters?
Connor Rogers
Exactly. Right.
Matthew Berry
You take Vikings plus 19 and a half, right?
Jay Croucher
Yes.
Matthew Berry
Not all, though.
Connor Rogers
Yeah. Minus 800. All right, that'll do it for what's on tap. Presented by Bud Light. Easy to drink, easy to enjoy. More costumes rolling in. And these are some really, really good ones. Jay, you might want to look at this.
Matthew Berry
There we go.
Jay Croucher
Yes. These are my three beautiful daughters. Left to right. Remy, who is paw patrol with the PJ masks kind of operation on top. And then Rio, my 3 year old and Ella, my 7 year old, both going as Wednesday Addams. Not a lot of creativity from little Rio. She just wanted to copy her older sister. And they both have thing.
Matthew Berry
They're thing on the. On the shoulder.
Jay Croucher
Yeah. So that's what we'll be dressing up as tonight. I'll be going as Gomez, the father.
Matthew Berry
Oh, I like that.
Connor Rogers
Producer Adam's kids, Kyler and Kinsley. Okay, well done, gang. Like it a lot. Ghostbusters and Taylor Swift. Well done. Tyler Kinsley.
Matthew Berry
Love it.
Connor Rogers
Where's back at producer Pete? Interesting.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, he has to spend time with the kids to take a picture of him.
Jay Croucher
Just do a Photoshop too.
Connor Rogers
We're taking our last break.
Matthew Berry
Coming up next, we're going as pirates.
Connor Rogers
Nice.
Matthew Berry
You know, so I'll be out there trick or treating with them later tonight and then my wife and I, beer.
Connor Rogers
Pong couple pick up lines after this.
Matthew Berry
I should play beer pong in the beer pong outfit.
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Connor Rogers
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Jay Croucher
Wow.
Matthew Berry
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Jay Croucher
Sorry.
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Matthew Berry
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Connor Rogers
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Matthew Berry
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Jay Croucher
Deal.
Dr. Denny Carter
What?
Connor Rogers
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Matthew Berry (Intro/Outro or Announcer)
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Jay Croucher
Well, I was going to take Travis Hunter over 46 and a half receiving guys. I don't like that one as much anymore.
Connor Rogers
There you go.
Jay Croucher
When in doubt, when you need a friend, call on Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Money Line against The bills they're minus 130. Kansas City's defense has vaulted into being a top 10 defense. The offense is rolling on all cylinders.
Matthew Berry
This quietly.
Jay Croucher
Josh Allen not having the season that he was last year. He's really struggling under pressure. He's taking more sacks than he has in many years. I think that Patrick Mahomes levels up. They start to get more control of the division. They beat the Bills straight up.
Connor Rogers
I'm looking at the same game Jay, and I'm going Josh Allen over seven and a half rushing attempts. The last seven games he's played against against the Chiefs, all seven of them he's had double digit rushing attempts. When Josh Allen plays the Chiefs, it's a little bit of desperation. Not that he's afraid to run anyway, but he runs a lot against Kansas City. So I think this number closes closer to nine and a half by the time kickoff comes around.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, I like both these and I but you know the Bills have been pretty good against the Chiefs in the regular season. I'm going home with Connor obviously. Keep your phone on. I May text you when we're done and see if I can drive by. We had a good night last night. Waddle cash the under cashed as well on Thursday night so. So there you go. So I like both these bets but I'm. I like Josh Allen over seven and a half rushing attempts for a good one. Well, I hope everyone has a safe Halloween. Give out good stuff if you're at home and be safe out there. Please send us pictures if you haven't done it already. If you do dress up in costumes this weekend, send us pictures on Monday.
Jay Croucher
Ffhh.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, Ffhhalloween as well. And Sunday morning for fantasy pregame as well. We'll show some as well.
Connor Rogers
So for the ghosts of futures past.
Matthew Berry
Yeah, exactly.
Jay Croucher
Same in my nightmare season.
Matthew Berry
Thank you director Tricia. For Jay and Connor and Denny Carter, I'm Matthew Berry. We'll see you Sunday morning for pregame. Peace out.
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Connor Rogers
Wanna try the cheese pull?
Applebee's Commercial Voice
Yeah, I'll take this side.
Jay Croucher
Wow.
Matthew Berry
Now this is a cheese pull.
Applebee's Commercial Voice
Sorry, I can't believe you get this. And another entree like the chicken parmesan.
Matthew Berry
Fettuccine plus an appetizer for just 25 bucks.
Connor Rogers
Excuse me.
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This is incredible.
Matthew Berry
That's why I always come to Applebee's for the 2 for 25.
Connor Rogers
Deal.
Dr. Denny Carter
What?
Connor Rogers
Limited time, price, participation in selection may vary. Tax and gratuity excluded. It's still going.
Matthew Berry (Intro/Outro or Announcer)
Tis the season of gifting and holes to deck. And the who's in who Louisville were in love with new tech. Where can we find Sonos and Samsung and Nintendo. Nintendo. They shouted. Would they find it in one place? This they questioned and doubted when suddenly a who yelled, walmart's the place to start. And each who added headphones, TVs and games to their carts. With Walmart, their shopping was done in a flurry. They cried out, who knew? And ordered their gifts in a hurry. Shop the latest tech gifts in the Walmart app.
Episode: Ravens at Dolphins Reaction + Travis Hunter placed on IR
Date: October 31, 2025
This Halloween edition of Fantasy Football Happy Hour brings trademark fun and fantasy expertise as Matthew Berry, Connor Rogers, Jay Croucher, and Dr. Denny Carter recap a slew of NFL news and react to Thursday Night Football (Ravens vs. Dolphins). Major injury updates, especially Travis Hunter’s new IR designation, are front and center, alongside real-time fantasy advice, start/sit debates, and spirited banter. The crew also keeps it festive with costumes, fan interactions, and the show's quirky "wall" tradition.
Starts 01:51; Ongoing Comments
First Mention: 06:44 | Deep Dive: 07:03–10:31
Core Segment: 10:31–14:48
Ravens dominate Dolphins; major implications:
Ongoing debate about the show’s “Wall” visuals:
Memorable Moment:
“He scored two touchdowns and still only got 16.6 fantasy points... He is very touchdown dependent...”
—Matthew Berry (12:12)
Dolphins shake-up:
Injury/Tactical News: 17:05–35:05, Key Players Throughout
Jaguars:
Commanders/Seahawks Preview:
Eagles RBs:
Patriots RBs:
Other Notables:
35:05–40:44
Throughout Show; Costume Segment Highlights at 44:50 & 45:00
46:13–52:26
55:05–End
The Halloween theme brings an extra layer of humor and camaraderie—the hosts riff on each other’s costumes, commiserate over lost bets, and lean into the show’s ongoing traditions (the “wall” and regulars rankings). Despite the laughs, the fantasy analysis remains sharp, actionable, and responsive to breaking news. Direct listener engagement, rapid-fire mailbag answers, and character-driven segments (like Doctor Denny Carter’s “flexuality”) keep the podcast as entertaining as it is informative.
Fantasy managers prepping for critical late-season decisions, DFS players seeking the latest injury pivots, and any fans who appreciate a blend of football knowledge and lighthearted showmanship.
Summary prepared for listeners who missed the full episode or want a comprehensive breakdown of all key fantasy football insights and entertainment.