Start or Sit (AFC): Dolphins Offense, Bo Nix, Drake London and More! (11/14 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Summary

Summary: Fantasy Football Today - Start or Sit (AFC): Dolphins Offense, Bo Nix, Drake London and More! (11/14 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Hosts: Adam Mazer, Jamie Eisenberg, Heath Cummings
Release Date: November 14, 2024

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Introduction

The episode begins with Adam Mazer greeting listeners and setting the stage for Week 11's fantasy football decisions. The hosts—Adam, Jamie, and Heath—introduce returning players like Anthony Richardson and Michael Pittman, emphasizing their potential impact on upcoming games.

Player Highlights: Start or Sit Decisions

Bo Nix (QB, Colts)

Jamie Eisenberg shines a spotlight on Bo Nix, advocating for his potential as a strong start this week.

Jamie Eisenberg [02:40]: "Bo Nicks... has done a nice job obviously, in four of his last six games over 20 fantasy points."

Bo Nix's consistent performance against the Falcons' defense, which has been susceptible to quarterback turnovers, makes him a valuable asset.

Drake London (WR, Falcons)

Adam Mazer discusses Drake London's value despite concerns about defensive shadowing by Patrick Sir Tan.

Adam Mazer [04:34]: "I think Drake London will... follow him around. So I am still starting both of those guys this week as number two wide receivers, not as the top five guy that London's basically been."

Najee Harris (RB, Steelers)

Najee Harris is advised against starting due to a challenging matchup against the Ravens' elite run defense.

Adam Mazer [08:01]: "I don't want to start Najee at all."

Heath Cummings concurs, highlighting Harris's limited target potential in the passing game.

Injury Updates and Their Impact

Dalton Kincaid (TE, Bills)

Jamie Eisenberg warns about Dalton Kincaid's shaky availability, urging caution in his starts.

Jamie Eisenberg [06:48]: "I would try to avoid. And this goes for Brian Thomas. You know, if you can avoid Jaguars, avoid Jaguars."

Gardner Minshew (QB, Raiders)

The unexpected return of Gardner Minshew over Desmond Ritter sparks discussions about the Raiders' quarterback strategy.

Heath Cummings [08:27]: "They went to Ritter and then they were like, nope, he's starting Minshew again."

Matchup Analysis

Colts vs. Jets (AFC)

The Colts' defense is scrutinized, especially regarding their ability to pressure quarterbacks. Anthony Richardson's role as a potential starter is debated, considering his dependency on the team's offensive strategies.

Adam Mazer [27:35]: "Anthony Richardson... he's been responsible for about 75% of their touchdowns this year."

Falcons vs. Broncos (NFC)

Bijan Robinson is favored over Cortland Sutton due to favorable matchups and consistent performance.

Jamie Eisenberg [19:04]: "Just for Bijan alone."

Workhorse to Watch

Kareem Hunt (RB, Bills)

Kareem Hunt is highlighted as a reliable workhorse due to his high touch volume, making him a solid start despite facing a tough defense.

Adam Mazer [23:59]: "He is the Energizer Bunny. Just keeps going and going."

Betting Insights

Chiefs vs. Bills

Heath Cummings expresses skepticism about the Chiefs' ability to dominate the Bills, predicting a close, one-score game with Josh Allen potentially scoring around 25 fantasy points.

Heath Cummings [43:26]: "I think he's [Josh Allen] going to score 25 fantasy points."

Defense and Special Teams (DST) Picks

The Chargers' DST is evaluated as borderline, with varying rankings among the hosts.

Heath Cummings [50:23]: "Chargers DST is borderline 12 for Jamie, 10th for Dave, 17th for Heath."

Notable Quotes

• Jamie Eisenberg on Bo Nix:

  "He's the top seven quarterback for me this week." [02:40]

• Adam Mazer on Anthony Richardson:

  "He's been responsible for about 75% of their touchdowns this year." [27:35]

• Heath Cummings on Tua Tagovailoa (Dolphins):

  "He gets the ball out of his hand very quickly... it's as if they've taken away everything down the field." [78:54]

Conclusion

The episode wraps up with final recommendations, emphasizing the importance of matchups, recent performances, and injury updates in making strategic fantasy football decisions. The hosts encourage listeners to stay tuned for future episodes covering additional matchups and provide promotional segments for various sponsors.

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Transcript

[Jamie Eisenberg]

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[Adam Mazer]

Apply this is Fantasy Football today from CBS Sports. What a play.

[Heath Cummings]

Can you believe this?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

No, I can't.

[Adam Mazer]

It's time to dominate your fantasy league.

[Heath Cummings]

Off to the races and he stays at his feet. This is gonna go now.

[Adam Mazer]

Here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie and Heath.

[Heath Cummings]

Welcome everybody to Fantasy Football Today presented by BetMGM, the sportsbook born in Vegas. Today on the show, Anthony Richardson returns and probably Michael Pittman too. What does that mean for the Colts passing game? Are you certainly going to be sitting Drake London this week? Haha. And are the Raiders actually a bad matchup for Tyreek Hill? We'll discuss it all on Fantasy football today. Adam Mazer, Jamie Eisenberg and heath Cummings. Week 11, it's crunch time, guys. You know I need your best analysis this week. Okay.

[Adam Mazer]

I. Yeah. I need first to know that the hat that Jamie is wearing, I need. I don't. I'm. It's going to baffle me for the entire show. So I need to know what this logo is.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Any guesses?

[Adam Mazer]

I can't.

[Heath Cummings]

No, it looks like. No, I have no idea.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Let's see if the audience knows.

[Heath Cummings]

First person to get it right is in the podcast. No, you're not. But see if you can get it right. In the meantime, we'll give you some players we love and players to avoid. Jamie, who do we love this week?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Start of the week is Bo Nicks. You know, just excited about the opportunity for him taking on Atlanta. We know it's been a very good stretch of games for, you know, opposing quarterbacks against the Falcons. And he's done a nice job, obviously, in four of his last six games over 20 fantasy points. I was impressed with what he did against the Chiefs, you know, going into arrowhead and scoring 20 fantasy points there against a really good defense. And I think he's just going to continue to use his legs as well. At least that's the hope. Four of his last six games, he's either got 60 yards of rushing or a rushing touchdown. And so I think that will come into play also against Atlanta. So good matchup, playing well. I think it's a week, you know, where we can certainly use some help with that position. And I like the setup for him. He's the top seven quarterback for me this week.

[Heath Cummings]

Falcons giving up the seventh most fantasy points to quarterbacks. It's good stuff. They've allowed 14 touchdown passes in their last six games. How about you, Heath? Who do you love?

[Adam Mazer]

You know, we were talking before the show and you said I should say Aaron Rodgers because I am higher on him than everybody else. And then I said, no, I'm gonna say Jacobi Myers because I'm a little bit more higher on him than everyone else. But then I decided I'm going to say Drake Lennon.

[Heath Cummings]

Oh, okay.

[Adam Mazer]

Because it does seem like a lot of people are getting away from him because of Patrick Certain. And I understand that. I am not. He's a number two wide receiver for me. And we were just like. I was just kind of going through the game logs and realizing there have been a lot of wide receivers who have been starting wide receivers against the Broncos over the last six weeks. I mean, remember the Zay Flowers scored like 200 fantasy points against them. The Panthers, both Xavier Leaguet and Jalen Coker topped 13 fantasy points. Jacoby Myers had 13 fantasy points. Cedric Wilson had 13 fantasy points. I'm not entirely sold with as good as Darnell Mooney has been this year. The Broncos are just going to completely forget about him and have Pat Sir Tan follow Drake London around. So I am still starting both of those guys this week as number two wide receivers, not. Not as the top five guy that London's basically been.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I believe the Panthers game, if I'm not mistaken, was the one Sir Tan missed with the concussion.

[Adam Mazer]

Could be.

[Heath Cummings]

I think you're right. It's. The issue is, like, not all these guys, like Zay Flowers didn't get Shadowed By Patrick Sir Tan. Right. I mean, he didn't and I'm not.

[Adam Mazer]

Sure that Drake London will.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Right, that's, that's your point. He does that. He's just going to stay to a side and, and take away one of.

[Heath Cummings]

Their guys because of Mooney. All right. All right. So what are you ranked like?

[Adam Mazer]

I, I'm a, they're both like 16 or 17. I do have London one spot ahead of Mooney, but I think like, we shouldn't overshadow how good Darnell Mooney's been this year in total fantasy points. He's wide receiver eight on the year. Like, he's been extremely productive. So like you just decide you're going to take, take London away. Arnold mooney might have six for 102 touchdowns.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah. One thing I like about London and same thing with McLaren who maybe, you know, I think he has a tough matchup tonight. They have, they get so many end zone targets. Yeah, it's just, it's an amazing role that they have, especially London. Just seems like Cousins throws to him in the end zone all the time. Most of his touchdowns are kind of short yardage. Okay. So Jamie loves Bo Nicks. He's sticking up for Drake London. And Jamie, who's a player to avoid this week?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Drake London. I, I, I, I also have him ranked as a low end number two receiver. I haven't completely downgraded him. Like I have some of these guys with, with certain, I'll go with, with Evan Ingram. He's coming off a game with, with 10 PPR points. So not awful. In the first game with Mac Jones had five catches. The thing that concerns me though is Detroit's defense against tight ends has been absolutely insane. They just do not give up production to the position. And I think what we'll see, you know, from, from this defense is this may be a absolute blowout, you know, with going on the road going into probably for Jacksonville next week. Mac Jones starting again. This could be the last game for Doug Peterson. I just would try to avoid. And this goes for Brian Thomas. You know, if you can avoid Jaguars, avoid Jaguars.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. We got a lot of Milwaukee brewers guesses.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yes, that is correct and somebody said it correctly. Exactly. It's the city connect. Milwaukee brewers at so my, my 12 year old, his little league team is the Milwaukee Brewer. So we won. We went to the championship game last night. I was walking out the door to walk the dog and I just grabbed it and I kept it on.

[Adam Mazer]

That that's fantastic. I, I did look up the area code So I was. I was guessing it was something Milwaukee related. Adam, I. I don't know if you can remember this from this far back, but whose bobblehead did the Milwaukee brewers send me? Because I talked so much so good about him.

[Heath Cummings]

Oh, man. Who.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Who was.

[Heath Cummings]

I don't remember.

[Adam Mazer]

The mayor of Ding Dong City.

[Heath Cummings]

Oh, what was this? Who was that?

[Adam Mazer]

Travis Shaw.

[Heath Cummings]

Oh, I never would have gotten that. Travis Shaw.

[Adam Mazer]

The Travis Shaw brewers bobblehead.

[Heath Cummings]

We had a lot of fun with the dig dog term on the fantasy.

[Adam Mazer]

Well, it's Dongtown. We call them. We call them something different. The mayor of Dongtown, I think.

[Heath Cummings]

Mayor of Dongtown. Okay. All right.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

So left the shades open, so see if I have a day.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah, that'd be great. Heath did not give your player to avoid, did you.

[Adam Mazer]

Naji Harris? Absolutely awful matchup on the ground. The Ravens, by far the best run defense in the NFL. Naji has one game with more than two targets in his last five, so you can't really count on him catching passes. I think it's going to be a great week for Russ, a great week for Pickens. Maybe even, like, Jalen Warren might do a little something in the passing game. I don't want to start Najee at all.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. Now, if you have any questions about your games on Sunday, you know where to go. 11:30am Eastern, you come to YouTube.com fantasy football today. YouTube.com fantasy football today, we have a live stream from 11:30 till just about kickoff, about 12:55pm Eastern. Also, CBS Sports HQ beginning at 10am you get your football coverage there. You get your fantasy coverage, get your betting coverage, all that stuff. But either HQ@10 or YouTube.com fantasy football today at 11:30 or both. We'll see you on Sunday. News and notes. All right, Anthony Richardson's going to start for the Colts, and it looks like it should be his job rest of season. Take it with a grain of salt. But that's kind of what they're hoping for here. Here at the Jets. It's the first game we're going to preview, so we'll get to that shortly. Gardner Minshew is going to start for the Raiders. It was going to be Desmond Ritter, and they were like, nope, it's going to be G. Right? You're looking at me like it's not.

[Adam Mazer]

Yeah, that must have. I actually missed that news. It's great news.

[Heath Cummings]

Let me double check. I'm pretty sure.

[Adam Mazer]

No, I'm not saying. I think it probably is true.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yeah.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. So they went. They went to Ritter and then they were like, fool, you go back to Gardner Minshew. So he's starting week 11 at Miami. Trevor Lawrence is out this week, but actually Doug Peterson optimistic that Lawrence could be back after the buy. So that would be week 13. They're at Detroit this week. Sam Darnold was limited with a hand injury and they're at Tennessee. I think he hurt his hand. He did hurt his hand on Sunday. Aaron Rogers said he wants to play next season. Was not exactly 100% all in, but said he kind of indicated he wants to play next season.

[Adam Mazer]

When was the last time he was.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. Brian Robinson Jr. Is going to play tonight. Heath, your thoughts on the Commander's backfield now against the Eagles?

[Adam Mazer]

Well, it's, we say that's a lot, but I liked it a lot more when it was just the backup than I do when it's both the top two backs. I think I have Brian Robinson ranked as RB25. I would start him over Naji Harris. I would start him over Austin Eckler, but I, I don't really want to start him. I don't think it's a particularly good matchup. He's going to be sharing with Austin Eckler and for that matter, sharing rush attempts with Jaden Daniels. Great Flex, bad RB2.

[Heath Cummings]

Would you start Josh Downs against the jets or Brian Robinson Jr.

[Adam Mazer]

So I have downs in full PPR projected for 11.7, which is 1 point more than Robinson. So Robinson and anything but full ppr. Downs and full ppr.

[Heath Cummings]

Naji Harris actually missed practice, so, you know, he got, he got hurt. It's not a shock that he missed Wednesday's practice. We'll keep an eye on. He got hurt last week. He came back and I should say.

[Adam Mazer]

Like I was just kind of poo pooing Brian Robinson. I would definitely start him tonight over Naji.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. Aaron Jones was limited. That's a good sign for his availability this week. Isaiah Pacheco unlikely to play this week. I think it was kind of interesting that Andy Reid didn't just rule him out. Not that he's going to play, but maybe he's closer to a return than we thought. Or, or maybe that's nothing. But he's unlikely to play this week at Buffalo. That's Pacheco. Tank Bigsby missed practice. Wide receiver news. Devonte Smith is going to play tonight. Amari Cooper was limited. We don't know. Keon Coleman's out this week. Juju Smith. Schuster could be back this week. So that Kansas City Buffalo game could have Cooper and juju in it. Devonte Smith mispractice or Devonte Adams, pardon me, with an illness. Michael Pittman practice in full. T. Higgins was limited. Oh, come on. Welcome back. Hopefully you come back. T. Higgins, we want you back for this game. At the Chargers, the Broncos designated Josh Reynolds to return from ir. Does not mean he'll be back this week, but he can be back anytime in the next three weeks. DK Metcalf practiced in full. Saints wide receiver Cedric Wilson Jr. Was limited in practice. Tight end Dallas Goddard's going to play. So good. Good injury news in the Washington Philadelphia game with Brian Robinson Jr. Devonte Smith and Dallas Goddard. Dalton Kincaid missed practice. Sam Laporta, I think he was. He limited in practice.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Did not practice.

[Heath Cummings]

He did not practice. Okay. Sam laporta did not practice. George Kittle did not practice. But right now they're, they're seem. They seem optimistic about Kittle playing Isaiah. Likely he was limited in practice, so he could be back this week. And Hunter Henry was limited in practice. Washington. One bad thing for Washington is they, they were pretty thin. They're pretty beat up at offensive tackles. We look at offensive lines, so we'll see who's active tonight. Detroit could be getting left tackle Taylor Decker back this week. Jets left tackle Tyron Smith. But in the in the Colts jets game, both left tackles are going to be questionable. Jets and the Colts, both of their guys could be questionable. Seattle Abe. Seattle offensive tackle Abe Lucas has been activated from the PUP list, so he might play this week. And good news for the Saints center Eric McCoy is trending toward playing this week. Big news on defense, Kyle Hamilton missed practice. Baltimore superstar safety. So another reason why Russell Wilson and the gang could do well. And Legarius Sneed missed practice. So for those of you who listened to yesterday's show, Sneed not practicing today. You have my permission to start Justin Jefferson against the Titans. Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner missed practice. That would be a big deal. They are a much better pass rush with Buckner than without him. I mean, they're terrible rushing the passer without Buckner and they're actually pretty solid with him. If it's a coincidence, I don't know, but he's obviously a very good player for the Colts and that's pretty much. Oh, and yeah, and edge rusher Khalil Mack mispractice for the Chargers. I think he barely played last week. That's pretty significant. It's been one of the best defenses in football going up against one of the best offenses. We'll see if Khalil Mack's able to.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Play as the Milwaukee representative today. You continue to leave off the defensive injuries for the Packers. They're fully healthy coming off their bye week with Jair Alexander and Eric Williams back, Evan Williams back the safety.

[Heath Cummings]

I am sure there are other defensive injuries that I've missed, so if I, if I do, please let me know. But thank you.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I can only speak for the, the Wisconsin contingent, so. Okay, paying attention to the Packers.

[Heath Cummings]

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[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yes, it certainly should be. I mean, you know, you've seen some up and down performances against Colts like Josh Allen did not Have a great game against them, you know. So it's, it's, it feels like this is the type of defense that Aaron Rodgers typically has done well against. So I think he's a low end starter. Like I would start Bo Nick's ahead of him, Russell Wilson ahead of him. I still like Stafford slightly better than him, but that's a close one. I do think this is a breeze hall game, you know. Hopefully he gets going in this, in this matchup. But how can you feel confident in Aaron Rodgers right now? That's the question, you know. So do you want to start him? Probably not. Would it surprise you if he's got that 21, 22 point game? That's I think where he's going to live on a good day.

[Adam Mazer]

Yeah, I think like two of his. The two last two games before last week. The reason we were most of us pretty excited about him last week is because he had five touchdown passes in his last two games. He had a terrible game. He's playing a bad defense. I'm starting Aaron Rogers. I mean I've got still agree 100 on Bo Nicks. I would also start Russell Wilson ahead of him but it's there 9, 10, 11 for me.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yeah, I, I didn't like him last week because I, I think we, we haven't been giving the Cardinals defense enough credit. The one, the one thing about this is like their by week's coming up for the jets. Like it's, it just. I don't, you can't have a good feeling about. That's the problem. You just can't have a good feeling. Like I, I think that's awesome. You have him ranked where you have them. I have him in, in one league where you know there's people hoarding quarterbacks and I can't find somebody that I like that's better so I'm going to start him again but it's, it's with no confidence whatsoever.

[Heath Cummings]

I started him in a lot of leagues. Aaron Rodgers, he's one of my mo. He was one of my most rostered quarterbacks and I've moved away from him this week for Bo Nicks in one league. I can't remember off top of my head but he as the high guy on Aaron Rodgers. Would you start Bo Nicks over him?

[Adam Mazer]

I think I just said that moments ago. Bonix and Russell Wilson both and that's why I didn't say that Rodgers was the player I love because there were two quarterbacks on the waiver wire that I'm starting over. So I would have moved away from him for those guys, but if I couldn't get those guys, I'm starting.

[Heath Cummings]

All right, Atlanta's at Denver. I'm going to let you have a quarterback, running back, wide receiver combo in this game from either team. Which one do you like? Which, which, which trio would you take? The Broncos or the Falcons?

[Adam Mazer]

Falcons.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Just for Bijan alone.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah, but is that. But I looked at your rankings. There's a pretty big difference between Bo Nicks and Kirk Cousins, and I was wondering if that was enough to make up the gap.

[Adam Mazer]

There's a really big difference between Bijon Robinson and whoever the Broncos running back is.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay, then my second question. Cortland Sutton.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I mean, yeah, you're taking Sutton and like, I, I like Sutton better than the Falcons receivers this week.

[Heath Cummings]

Question.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yeah, so give me Sutton and Bijan. I mean, sorry. Doesn't make sense.

[Heath Cummings]

You can't have that.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yeah, yeah. No, you can't have that.

[Heath Cummings]

Right? Okay.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Okay.

[Heath Cummings]

Not a terrible question. Maybe not as close for Heath because he likes Drake, London better than, than Jamie does. But. Okay. But my, my follow up question was, do you like Sutton or London? Jamie said Sutton. How about you, Heath?

[Adam Mazer]

I think I have it almost back to back to back. They're all number two wide receivers, but London, Mooney, Sutton.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. Kansas City at Buffalo. James Cook or Kareem Hunt. Khalil Shakir or DeAndre Hopkins?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Hunt and Shakir.

[Adam Mazer]

So I currently have Cook just ahead of Hunt, I think, but they are again, very, very close. Shakir is completely dependent on who's playing for the Bills. If, if both Cooper and Coleman are out, then it's definitely Shakir.

[Heath Cummings]

All right, Cincinnati's at the Chargers. Are there any must start Charger players?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Dobbins.

[Adam Mazer]

I'm starting Dobbins and I have Herbert.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Ranked As a top 10 quarterback this week, so I would start him.

[Heath Cummings]

You like Dobbins better than Kareem Hunt and James Cook?

[Adam Mazer]

No, I think I have it. Cook, Dobbins, Hunt. But it might be Cook, Hunt, Dobbins.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I'll put a caveat on Gus Edwards missed or was limited in practice with an ankle injury. I hope it's just rest for him, but if he's out, then, you know, should be good. This is, this is a good matchup for the receivers, though. It's just they can't say must start for McConkie or Johnson.

[Heath Cummings]

I know it's a really interesting game. Find out a lot about the Chargers in this game. But the Chiefs have not allowed more than 13.2 PPR fantasy points to a running back all year. Just going back to James Cook. That includes Bijan camara, Derek Henry, J.K. dobbins, Jordan Mason. None of them scored more than 13.2 PPR fantasy points. So James Cook has just a brutal matchup. All right, Minnesota at Tennessee. Good run defenses here. Can you trust the running backs in this game?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yeah. Well, let me. Is Aaron Jones healthy?

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah, I mean, he's gonna play, it seems like. Let's. For the purposes of this argument, he's gonna play then.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Love Aaron Jones and Tony Pollard.

[Adam Mazer]

I have these guys behind the. The Cook, Hunt, Dobbins group, but they are number two running backs.

[Heath Cummings]

Very strange. The tennis.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

They give a lot of touchdowns. Titans.

[Heath Cummings]

But, like, how fluky is this? They give up the most receiving touchdowns to running backs. My. That just seems so strange. I think they've given up five receiving touchdowns to running backs, but they give up the third fewest receiving yards and 3.84 yards per carry to running backs. That's. That's awesome. But somehow guys keep catching touchdowns against them. I don't know if that's fluky or scheme or whatever. All right, Baltimore's at Pittsburgh. Starter sit. Mark Andrews start.

[Adam Mazer]

He's a start. And yeah, it's. It is really weird because they also give up the fourth fewest running back targets. So I. That touchdowns thing is very strange.

[Heath Cummings]

That's Tennessee. All right. Yeah. You guys like Mark Andrews this week? Because Isaiah likely did practice.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yeah.

[Adam Mazer]

If likely is active, then Andrews will probably be around 12 for me.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. But as of now, he's like top eight, I think, for everyone.

[Adam Mazer]

Yeah.

[Heath Cummings]

All right. Yeah. I don't know if there were too many tough calls in Baltimore and Pittsburgh, obviously. We'll talk about Russell Wilson a little bit later. There's no game on this slate that we're doing today. That's just one of those throwaway. Oh, I know who to start, who to sit. So this is kind of a tough, tougher slate, which is good. I love that interesting slate. And finally, Las Vegas at Miami. Who is the best wide receiver in this game?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yeah, of course he might be. Yeah. Now that. Now that Gardner. I haven't adjusted my rankings yet with. With the quarterback news, but, yeah, Myers is probably the safest one.

[Heath Cummings]

I definitely think he's the safest. But when I have the guts to start him over. Tyreeko, because I do think Hill has more upside. Who do you have ranked higher, Hill or Myers currently?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Hill, but I think I'm gonna adjust that.

[Adam Mazer]

Myers.

[Heath Cummings]

Myers. And where do you have Hill 20.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

It'll be around 15 for me.

[Heath Cummings]

Now it's time for the Workhorse to Watch segment brought to you by Microsoft Copilot Plus PCs powered by Snapdragon, the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever. In this segment we'll identify a player whose battery just doesn't seem to run out, similar to copilot plus PCs. Heath who is our workhorse running back to highlight this week?

[Adam Mazer]

I mean it's got to be Kareem Hunt. You look at over the last five games now, at least 20 touches in every single. He's 21 touches in every single game. He's got a 28 touch game. He's got a 24 touch game. He's got two 28 touch games. He is the Energizer Bunny. Just keeps going and going and going.

[Heath Cummings]

And he and the bills allow the second most fantasy points to running backs. 4.66 yards per carry to running backs. The most receiving yards per game. The running backs. That hasn't always been a thing for Hunt, but seven catches last week and maybe what do you think? I'll give you over under his longest run on 125 carries so far this year is 15 yards. Does Kareem Hunt go over or under 15? 15 and a half this week?

[Adam Mazer]

Under.

[Heath Cummings]

All right. But we still like him because he gets all that work. That was the Workhorse to Watch segment brought to you by Microsoft Copilot+PCs. Whether you're multitasking like never before, working far from power outlets or sketching your own ideas into existence, you can do it with the new Microsoft Copilot plus PC powered by Snapdragon. Battery life varies by device and with usage and settings. Colts and the jets oh, Super Bowl 3 rematch guys. I didn't even think about that. Unbelievable. Jets are four point favorites. Updated Stat of the Game the Colts, they're the new commanders. They've allowed 78 yards or a touchdown to 15 wide receivers in 10 games. Jamie optimistic about Wilson and Adams this week?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I'm starting them. Last week was clearly frustrating and disappointing. You know, especially when you talk about Devontae Adams getting 13 targets. But you saw what they were capable of doing two games ago. I don't think this is secondary you fear and hopefully this is a a bounce back performance for both of them if you're going to buy into Aaron Rodgers. So it could also be a situation where both those guys do well from a catch and yards perspective and don't find the end zone because you go back to the Houston game for for Rogers and You got the lucky touchdown. I think not lucky, but you got the late touchdown for the jets for. For Devonte Adams. So I'm. I'm starting Wilson as a borderline number one, number two receiver. It's a. It's not a great week for wide receivers, and I'm starting Devonte Adams as a number two receiver.

[Heath Cummings]

How many of these guys. How. How many. How many of these two guys, Adams and Wilson do you have ranked ahead of Drake? London?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Both.

[Adam Mazer]

Wilson for sure. Adams is right in that wide receiver two range with him. I have Adams right behind London.

[Heath Cummings]

All right, so look, I'm not going to belabor it too much. These guys are starts. We're hoping for a bounce back here. Personally, if I have jets, I want DeForest Buckner to miss this game because even though the jets didn't give up a lot of pressures last week ever, I mean, it's like every time he is pressured, he gets sacked. He just. He's so slow. Cannot get away from anyone. But Rogers. I get. And you're going to start Breeze Hall. I know it's been tough for Breeze hall, and I got to say, there's some underlying issues here with Breeze Hall. He is not making the explosive plays, not even close to what he was as a rookie. He's got one of the highest rates of carries for zero or negative yards, and he only has three to four targets in three straight games. And that is directly related to Devonte Adams. But. But he's gonna. But he's not like. He's not like a top five guy or anything like that, so. But he's a starter. Rogers is, I guess, the question mark here, and we've already really talked about him, but heathew him 11th, Jamie 17th and Dave 23rd. You want to make one final case for Rogers, Heath?

[Adam Mazer]

I don't think the Colts defense is very good. He's been good in two of his last three games. Rogers has. They have an implied total of right around 24, and he's been responsible for about 75% of their touchdowns this year.

[Heath Cummings]

I like that. And Jamie's a little more cautious. So let's go over to the Colts where Jonathan Taylor is probably, I'm assuming the only must start for them.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yeah, I still think Josh Downs is. Is in the number two receiver mix. You know, let's give him some credit and give Richardson some credit. Last time these guys were together against Houston, it was, you know, four catches, but 109 yards and a touchdown on nine targets. You know, so the targets were still the Same that he's been getting with Joe Flacco. It's just a matter of the quality of targets are certainly not going to be the same. You know, for a guy that's completing 44 of his passes in Richardson. So it's not as slam dunk as it was. It's still, I think a matchup that can be exploited. The thing for we'll get to Rich in a second. But I. I think with Pittman coming back, it just completely eliminates any chance you have, whether you trust the quarterback or not, of believing in and trusting Alec Pierce, Radni Mitchell. So I think all three of those guys are basically avoids. Like I'd be sitting Pittman if. If I still have them.

[Heath Cummings]

Do you guys think as a question about. About my job, does it even make sense to be like, oh, should you start these two guys over Breece hall or Jonathan Taylor or just since Taylor is going to be started in over 90% of leagues, just kind of skip it. Am I waste. I don't want to waste people's time. What do you think?

[Adam Mazer]

Yeah, I don't.

[Heath Cummings]

I've only been doing this for 16 years, so I just, you know, I.

[Adam Mazer]

You said there's no games where it's almost all easy starts. And I feel like this, other than other than downs almost profiles, is that.

[Heath Cummings]

I kind of felt that way as I was doing this. I probably should have made this game last. But so many people are so worried about the jets that I really thought let's highlight them. But also this Richardson thing is just. It just stinks for Josh Downs. I mean, he's been really bad with Richardson except for that one game.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Well, to be fair, first two games down's in play Week three downs first came back with Richardson and then Richardson was in and out of the lineup.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah, he's got. You're right. It's only three games with with Richardson. But the first two were absolutely horrible. The second one was 22.2 fantasy points at Houston. Someone asked Josh Downs or Devonte Smith.

[Adam Mazer]

Downs.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Downs.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. Josh Downs or Drake? London.

[Adam Mazer]

London.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

London.

[Heath Cummings]

All right. And Anthony Richardson. Jamie, for you. Anthony Richardson or Aaron Rodgers?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Rogers. But this is what, this is what I said about Kyler. Last week it was three of four. Now it's four or five where the jets have given up a rushing touchdown to a quarterback. And you've seen it in Russell Wilson scoring a rushing touchdown, Josh Allen scoring rush touchdown. Kyler scoring two. And Drake May in that half before he got concussed 46 yards rushing in a Touchdown in all of those instances, granted, all those quarterbacks playing better than, than Anthony Richter right now, all of them scored as a group because you got to put the Patriots to the group. 19.9 fantasy points or more. Can Richardson do that? Well, there's no semblance of confidence saying he can't because Aside from week one, he's been 13 and a half fantasy points or less in every start. But you know, you wonder if, does he have two things in his favor? One, a defense that struggles to stop rushing quarterbacks and two, which is, you know, more of a concept and a theory than anything you could prove. Look what happened to Bryce Young when he got sat down, right? He maybe processed things a little bit better, came back and looked like a better quarterback. Does the same thing happen to Anthony Richardson? I don't know. And I would say probably not because I don't know if there's enough of a sample size to say that there's, you know, he learned anything because Joe Flacco was terrible. But you're hoping, you're hoping that, you know, the tapping out and the, the struggles with accuracy, that's not fixable. The tapping out is obviously something he can learn from. But I'm, I'm curious to see. I really would like to see. I think he said it best on, on Sports Network yesterday where this is a guy you want a roster. This is not someone you want to start. He certainly should be picked up obviously in any super flex or two Cuba leagues who's available. But if he does have a good game here, you know, maybe this is the start of something.

[Adam Mazer]

Do we have 15 seconds for a terrible Heath take, Adam?

[Heath Cummings]

Oh, yeah, sure.

[Adam Mazer]

The tapping out thing is overblown. Wide receivers tap out all the time. Running backs tap out all the time. Quarterbacks have never done it. Quarterbacks have never done what Anthony Richardson had to do on that play. Shaking off a 350 pound man and then running and getting tackled again after a 30 yard run. It's understandable. He was tired. Everybody else on the field would have been tired too.

[Heath Cummings]

I completely agree. Thank you for. That was a great Heath take. And I'll also say that I didn't.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Know it was that bad.

[Heath Cummings]

No, it was great.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I know you agreed his ankle hurt or something, that's why he wore it out.

[Adam Mazer]

Yes, yes. Telling the truth was his problem.

[Heath Cummings]

Right? Exactly. One of the things, one of the reasons he got the job back is that they said he did a, he did a better job the last two weeks of the in week before the Game preparation, that process that he really focused on that and made progress there. So that is something that could certainly translate into on field results. I will read a few questions about this game and then we'll move on from the chat. Downs or Waddle Downs?

[Adam Mazer]

Yep.

[Heath Cummings]

Richardson or Justin Herbert?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Herbert.

[Heath Cummings]

It's Herbert Richardson or Caleb Williams?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Richardson.

[Adam Mazer]

Yep.

[Heath Cummings]

Josh Downs or Cedric Tillman?

[Adam Mazer]

Tillman or Lockstep?

[Heath Cummings]

And that's it for this game. Oh, Jets. The St. Heath has him fifth. Dave and Jamie 16th. You're going to move them up with the Richardson news or not.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

You haven't refreshed this morning, my friend.

[Heath Cummings]

I just. I just refreshed. I just refreshed, didn't I? Yes, I just refreshed. Okay, so where are they?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Fifth.

[Heath Cummings]

Fifth. Okay. Should I refresh again? Let's see. Jets. I still have them at. Oh, wait, there they are. Now they're sixth. I swear to God, I just refreshed before I asked that. All right, there's six for you. They're so low for Dave. All right, let's move on to our next game. Atlanta's at Denver. Stat of the game. I think I said this one earlier. The Falcons have allowed 21 or more fantasy points to four straight quarterbacks. Geno Smith, Baker Mayfield. The combination of Cooper Rush and Dak Prescott and Derek Carr last week was just horrible. So here comes Bo Nicks. All right, we already talked about him. Jamie said that's the player that he loves. How high are you on Cortland Sutton this week, guys? Do you have him in your top 15?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

He's borderline right there. Top 20 for sure. All right. Yeah, three straight games.

[Heath Cummings]

I mean, I'm excited for him. So. Yes. So 15.3 or more fantasy points in four of his last five games and tough matchup last week and he came through. What about Audrey Gastime, 68 roster? Does anybody want to start Audric estimate?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I would prefer to just roster him at this point and see what happens.

[Adam Mazer]

Yeah, I just talked about how much I don't want to start Naji and I would still start Naji over electric estimate.

[Heath Cummings]

Estimate or Raheem Mostert from the.

[Adam Mazer]

Chat estimate I have, most are one spot higher right now. I don't want to make too much of that one game. It sounds like they're still going to use them, but it's. I don't really have a strong feel.

[Heath Cummings]

Jason asks to pick two of these three. Cortland Sutton, Nick Chubb and Tony Pollard and half ppr.

[Adam Mazer]

Sutton and Pollard.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Sutton and Pollard. Oh, no, no. I'm sorry. Nick Chubb. Nick Chubb and Sutton.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay, let's get your Bo Nicks questions, people. Bo Nicks. I'm looking for some Bo Nick Square. Oh, here we go. Knicks or Jaden Daniels?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Daniels. Daniels.

[Heath Cummings]

I will ask Nick's or Jared Goff against Jags.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Nick, I've got golf.

[Heath Cummings]

All right, he's top 12, though. Bo Nicks. So you can start him. All right, so that's the Broncos. Now let's focus on the Falcons. Sitkirk Cousins. Easy sit.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yes.

[Adam Mazer]

Yeah.

[Heath Cummings]

And start Bijan Robinson.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

He's had four good games this season. Two have been against Tampa Bay.

[Heath Cummings]

I know. And not just that. I mean, he's had like. I have it here somewhere. How many games are. He has single digit fantasy points? It's a lot. Or 10.2 or fewer. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4 or 5. He's got such a low floor. Okay, so sit him. Sit. Cousin. Start Bijan. Okay, now we talk about the receivers I saw. Drake, London or Juwan Jennings. Who do you guys have there?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I have Jennings, London for me.

[Heath Cummings]

Drake London, nine end zone targets, ranking fifth in the NFL. But I'm nervous. I'm very nervous. I do think he's going to get shadowed by certain. I think certain is going to win this matchup. I think it's going to be. I think it could be a 50 yard game, no touchdowns, just to go through it.

[Adam Mazer]

It could be a 50 yard game, no touchdowns, and it's still 12 or 13 fantasy points.

[Heath Cummings]

I could be generous there because DK Metcalf, George Pickens, Mike Evans, Garrett Wilson, DeAndre Hopkins, 41 or fewer yards, zero touchdowns, single digit PPR fantasy points against the Broncos. Only Zay Flowers has had more than 80 yards against the Broncos. So it's. It's brutal. It's a brutal. And it's not just certain, by the way. It's not like he's the only good player that they have. Like they just have a good defense. Yeah. All right, let's fire away with your Drake London questions. But you guys pretty much value. Here's one. London or Tyreek Hill?

[Adam Mazer]

Terry, I've got London.

[Heath Cummings]

You pretty much value Mooney and London similarly, right?

[Adam Mazer]

Yes. Back to back.

[Heath Cummings]

And Jamie, how do you rank them?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Mooney slightly ahead of London.

[Heath Cummings]

All right, how about like Drake London or JK Dobbins?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Dobbins for me.

[Adam Mazer]

London. I think it's funny on that Tyreek question, you know, the Raiders and Broncos have given up almost exactly the same number of fantasy points per game to opposing wide receivers.

[Heath Cummings]

That's why I said at the top of the show is it's actually a bad matchup for Tyree Kill. Here's what. Here's a question. Sit one of these guys in ppr. Drake, London, Tyreek Hill, Cedric Tillman or Calvin Ridley?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Sitting London.

[Adam Mazer]

Oh, I'm sitting Ridley.

[Heath Cummings]

You have Tillman over London, huh? Jamie?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I do.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. Cousins or Gino?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Whose last three games have been better?

[Heath Cummings]

I think London left one of them after, like, with like 12 of the snaps. Cousins or Gino?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Gino.

[Adam Mazer]

Gino.

[Heath Cummings]

London or Dell or Downs?

[Adam Mazer]

London.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

London.

[Heath Cummings]

London or Craft?

[Adam Mazer]

London.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

London.

[Heath Cummings]

Mooney or Sutton?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Sutton, Mooney.

[Heath Cummings]

And then he's just answered this one. But, Jamie, London or Ridley? You both can answer London or Ridley.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I did answer it when you gave a list of Ridley and London in the same question. And I said I would start Ridley over London.

[Heath Cummings]

Oh, you said. You said. You said you'd sit London in that.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yes.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah. Okay. Okay. All right. So I think that's pretty much it. Oh.

[Adam Mazer]

Oh.

[Heath Cummings]

Kyle Pitts. Forgot about Kyle Pitts. How we feel about Kyle Pitts this week.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Don't love him, but low end starter. I would start him over Ingram, for example.

[Adam Mazer]

Yeah, I'd start him over Goddard tonight.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I like God or better, but I can see that.

[Heath Cummings]

Would you start Tucker Kraft or Kyle Pitts?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Craft.

[Heath Cummings]

Heath. What'd you say?

[Adam Mazer]

Pitts.

[Heath Cummings]

Pits. Would you start John?

[Adam Mazer]

Who?

[Heath Cummings]

Smith or Kyle Pitts?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Only way I would start John who over pits is if Tyreke's ruled out by Kyle.

[Heath Cummings]

Pittsburgh. He is. I looked at 33 tight ends with 25 or more targets. Fifth in yards per target, second in yards per catch. Just doesn't get a lot of targets. That's. That's the issue here. It's target share. He's had a target share higher than 18.5 in only one game this season. Denver is 20th against tight ends. And I'm just trying to. Yeah, I don't know. I was trying to see if maybe they get a lot of tight end targets because they're good against receivers, but I don't know that they do. Kelsey had 12, but he's Kelsey. All right, that's it for that game. Unless you. Denver dst. They're top seven. You can start them. We're going to take a break. We've got Chiefs and Bills. I'm a little worried about this game. I feel like the Chiefs are going to kick their butt, but. But we'll see. All right. We'll be right back on fantasy football today. I know we've Got some football fans out there and I'm thinking hey, maybe you need some new cleats or your kid needs new cleats or someone you know. Let me talk to you about New Balance and a couple of awesome cleats that they've got. First of all, from the beginning, New Balance's goal has been to make the best fitting, most comfortable football cleat in the game. So let's talk about the Prodigy and the Fortress. The Prodigy is intelligent speed built for skill position players who turn split second reactions into game changing plays. The Prodigy is lightweight and supportive with a focus on springing off the toe, making a quick cut and then accelerating on grass and artificial surfaces. Now for the players with size, strength and speed inside the box, New Balance also has the Fortress. The Fortress is built to provide superior stability and midfoot stability for support on hard lateral cuts. The Fortress also features a high ankle collar and targeted heel support designed for fighting the game's toughest battles. Learn more and purchase New Balance football [e-mail] well I just downloaded a new game on my phone and it is awesome. It's called Marvel Snap. Marvel Snap is an award winning collectible card game that combines deep strategy, a unique snapping mechanic, your favorite Marvel characters and thousands of unique card art variants created by renowned artists to collect and use. And first of all it's just visually appealing. It looks awesome but the gameplay is what matters. So let's talk about why you're going to love Marvel Snap. The games are fast paced. Each game takes only three minutes. Your objective is to win two out of three locations by having higher total power than your opponent and as you win you earn cosmic cubes. I think my favorite part is the Snap mechanic. If you're feeling confident in your hand or maybe you want to bluff Snap to double the cosmic cubes or if you're not feeling confident you can retreat any time to minimize cube losses. So this is where the strategy component really comes in. I love that there are more than 270 cards in Marvel snap with over 2000 unique art variants to collect from beloved artists. And new cards are released every week. They keep it fresh. Download Marvel Snap now on iOS, Android and Steam to start playing the award winning collectible card game. What do you think Heath Chief's gonna go in there and kick their butt?

[Adam Mazer]

No, it's not January yet.

[Heath Cummings]

Bills are two point favorites in this game. I think. I don't know how you feel but like no Cooper and no Coleman last week and Allen was bad against the colts.

[Adam Mazer]

So he's 3 and 1 against the Chiefs in the regular season. He has multiple touchdowns in every one of those games. I, I my expectation because I think there's been pretty much all of their games are like this. Probably whoever gets the ball last is going to win. It's going to be a one score game and Josh Allen's probably going to score 25 fantasy points.

[Heath Cummings]

Why I went out and said why I said that, you know, because that's just leaving me open to so much criticism and they don't really like. I feel like they don't kick a lot of people's butts. I feel like they win a lot of close games. But I. Yeah, right. Yeah. So I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna stick with my original prediction. Tyler bass misses a 35 yard field goal at the, at the buzzer.

[Adam Mazer]

I would say one thing you could probably bet on is the Chiefs are going to be down by a touchdown at some point in the game because they pretty much are every week.

[Heath Cummings]

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[Jamie Eisenberg]

Mahomes? Yeah, he's definitely playing better lately. I mean, first off, he had two great matchups against the Raiders in the Bucks.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

And then he comes back last week against a team that he's typically struggled against and he played fine. He just didn't have a big statistical day, which is kind of what the case is with him. A lot of the times is he's not playing poorly. He's just not producing for Fantasy. Like there's a big difference. There's a reason why they're undefeated. You know, it's he said they're down 7. Okay, Patrick, go lead us on a drive. Okay. You know, it's like, yes, sir. You know, just go and do it. Yeah, he can do that almost anytime he wants to. It's just when they get inside the red zone, they're running and you know, they're relying on their defense. It's. I'm sure if. If he had to go throw it 50 times, he'd have 302.

[Adam Mazer]

But what is this Bill's defense good at? What is this Bill's defense bad at?

[Heath Cummings]

Well, they're obviously, they're always good at taking away Both teams here. They take away big plays right in the passing game.

[Adam Mazer]

And you can run on the Bills.

[Heath Cummings]

And you can definitely run on the Bills. You can't run on the Chiefs. All right, so we like. So we don't love Mahomes this week and we do like Kareem Hunt and he's.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

This will be interesting though, if juju plays because has he had now, not that these guys are great. They're not in their prime. They're not superstar receivers, but is he had a situation where he's had three healthy pass catchers that have some significance to their game?

[Heath Cummings]

No, no. But does I don't know that he has that. I mean, Xavier Worthy's doing nothing.

[Adam Mazer]

What will be. What I'm not sure about is like, what is juju gonna do? Because I don't think they're gonna move Hopkins to like a downfield role. I'm not sure JuJu plays that much.

[Heath Cummings]

Speaking of Hopkins starter sit number three.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Starting three receiver. League sitting two receivers. I mean, he's got three games with the Chiefs. You want to throw out the first one because he didn't have, you know, enough knowledge of the playbook and play enough. Fine, throw it out. Monster game against Tampa Bay. Two words. Tampa Bay comes back next week against Denver.

[Heath Cummings]

Two words. You know the words.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Patches.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

So Baltimore, I mean, Buffalo's past defense, you said it's been good. You know, they haven't given up a lot of big production to number one receivers either. So I don't know if you're saying okay. It's just he's escaping Patrick's return. He's going to be fine. I don't think so.

[Heath Cummings]

I'm not saying that Buffalo is much.

[Adam Mazer]

Much closer to Patrick Sir Tan than they are to Tampa Bay.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah. Travis Kelsey is the easiest start in this game. Josh Allen, you guys have in the top five four straight games with 23.8 to 28.4 fantasy points before a terrible game last week. 18.2 fantasy points. That's terrible for him at the Colts.

[Adam Mazer]

Can we play it? Play the game. Where does Josh Allen rank at quarterback in fantasy points per game?

[Heath Cummings]

I'm gonna say fourth.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I'll say three.

[Adam Mazer]

Five.

[Heath Cummings]

Oh, okay. And that's where he has them this week. All right. And okay. So James Cook, you know, like, who are some guys you might start over. James Cook again. I mentioned it. The Chiefs haven't allowed more than 13.2 PPR fantasy points to a running back all season. So give me some guys. You'd start over. James Cook.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Chase Brown. I think it's easy. Bries Hole, Kareem Hunt.

[Adam Mazer]

Kareem Hunt. I'm moving Cook behind Dobbins.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I would as well. And I'll give you one more. Nick Chubb.

[Adam Mazer]

Yeah, I'm. I hope. I hope that Jamie's optimism about Nick Chubb is right. I want to see Nick Chubby. Nick Chubb again. I'm going to have to see it before I go quite that high, though.

[Heath Cummings]

Chiefs run defense being this great. It started, and I'm not going to say there was some adjustment or anything or I have no idea. But it started last postseason against the Bills. That was the beginning of this stretch where they were. They have been dominant against running backs. And James Cook started that stretch with 18 carries for 61 yards, four catches for 21 yards. He scored 12.2 PPR fantasy points. All right, Bills Heath, break down the Bills wide receivers. Khalil Shakir seems pretty safe for about 11 PPR fantasy points. We're hoping Cooper can play. Keon Coleman's not going to play. There's Mac Hollins, who's had two good games in a row with the injuries. Break down the Bills receivers against the Chiefs, who are 10th best against receivers.

[Adam Mazer]

Khalil Shakir is the only Bills wide receiver that I really want to start no matter who plays. But if Cooper and Coleman are both out, then Khalil Shakir is a number two wide receiver that I really want to start. If those guys are playing, if one of those guys is playing, I'm viewing Shakir as a high end number three. Both Coleman and Cooper, if they're able to play, are probably like flex dart throws.

[Heath Cummings]

I'm sorry, I. I thought that Keon Coleman had been ruled out, but I think I'm wrong.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

So Keon Coleman is not expected to play. I don't know if he's officially been ruled out. I believe Sean McDermott said at the beginning of the week that they're not expecting.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Okay.

[Heath Cummings]

And he did not practice yesterday.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

So if they have their buy next week. So they're going to be cautious with. That's why I think it's also going to be cautious with Kincaid.

[Heath Cummings]

If. Sorry for asking this again because I asked it earlier to the show, but if Cooper plays, would you go? Who. If Cooper plays, who's the highest ranked receiver in this game?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Shakir.

[Adam Mazer]

It's probably Hopkins for me, but Ian. Shakir would be very, very close.

[Heath Cummings]

All right, so you guys are not going to want to start Amari Cooper if he plays and then Dawson Knox. This is one of the biggest rankings disputes. Let me just go to the rankings.

[Adam Mazer]

And I need to adjust my Dawson Knox. I wanted to see like who's practicing for the Bills before I put Dawson Knox too high.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay.

[Adam Mazer]

I think I've got him 24th right now. He's probably going to be somewhere between 13 and 17.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. And that's still going to be lower than Jamie, who has him not.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I'm going to drop him a few spots. I was a little too aggressive with my Dawson Knox ranking.

[Heath Cummings]

So he'll settle in round.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

He's going to be in the top 12.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. Okay. So you didn't like Evaning. You said you don't like Evan Ingram. Evan Ingram or Dawson Knox?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Dawson Knox. Assuming Kincaid is up, of course.

[Adam Mazer]

I think like part of it for me is on a per game basis this year. Dalton Kincaid is What, tight end, 15 or something? Maybe he's higher than that now. 19. Tight end, 19. Like, I. I'm not sure. Like, hopefully Dawson Knox scores a touchdown. But Dalton, Kate hasn't been any good.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Kincaid has not been any good. But if Kincaid was playing this week against this defense, I would like Kincaid a lot. Especially if Amari Cooper joins Keon Coleman sitting. There's a lot of factors here at play. If plays, then Knox goes from 12 to probably 15 and I would start Ingram over him. So there's a lot of things we have to keep an eye on here. But the thing that I like about Dawson Knox is he's got such an opportunity here and it's, you know, and this is, I think, where Heath and I differ in our process. Like, I, I buy into the hope more so than. Than Heath does typically when we have these conversations. So with what he's got in front of him, if there is no Kincaid, if there is no Mark Cooper playing against his defense, which has given up a lot of production to tight ends, like, we can't sit here and say we like Josh Allen without saying we're going to like somebody helping him. Now, it could be Matt Collins, it could be Shakir, it could be Ty Johnson for all we know. I mean, Ray Davis scored a 63 yard touchdown, you know, two games ago to help him and his production and his legs will be there for him also, but somebody's gonna have to catch some passes here. And so I think when you just look at Knox's scenario, everybody is gone, you know, so it's six of the last seven games. Kincaid has had six plus targets. The one game we didn't was last week when he left. He had five. You know, so you're looking at six to seven targets against this chief defense. I probably go back and look at and say how many guys have had six plus targets and what have they done is probably pretty good. So if Knox gets those chances, if, if, if he should have the chance for a good game, you got to bind to the if.

[Adam Mazer]

I, I think like the real thing that we have to decide today is Amari Cooper's a partial participant at practice again today. And you have to make a decision. You're starting Dawson Knox or Dallas Goddard. You're starting Dawson Knox or Zach Ertz.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

So I think in the case of Ertz, for me at least, if those are my choices, look, if I'm starting Earths all season, I'm going to stick with her. But if, if those are my choices, like as a pivot play, I probably. And Kincaid misses and, and Cooper's limited again. I may just wait it out and go get Will Disley, who's gotten right, you know, nine plus points in three of his last four and has a great matchup also, you know, so like, that would be the, the move I think I would do.

[Heath Cummings]

And I want to bring this up because, because last week I gave a stat last Friday, Thursday or Friday about Dalton Kincaid getting five to seven targets most weeks. And there had been a few tight ends that had had five to seven targets against the Colts. And I think four out of five of them had big games and Dalton K didn't. He had two catches for 24 yards on five targets, but he was wide open for a touchdown and Josh Allen missed him. And if he had caught that pass, I would have said, look, even with five targets against a great matchup like the Colts were, he could have been really good. And by the way, he had a 50% target per out run rate last week. Dalton Kincaid with Amari Cooper and Keon Coleman out. So if Kincaid might play this week. But I think there's. If Cooper does not play, then you could see him throwing to the tight ends a lot. And you would have. If Alan didn't miss him on a wide open ball, you would have seen a good game from a tight end in a great matchup. And they have a great matchup against the Chiefs. Obviously, it's maybe a little bit of a stretch, but reason for optimism, it's this.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

This is the type of thing that wins you your week or loses you your weekend in some cases because of how you buy into these guys and what their expectations are or their failures have been. So if Knox catches a touch, look, he could have two catches for 10 yards and a touchdown.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

And then we're, we're, we're, we're straddling the fence here on. Did he have a good game or not? You know, because he's a tight end. So it's just a matter of who you're comparing him to. So I'm more aggressive with it because of. I don't like Ingram's situation. I'm, I'm tired of the Pitts frustration. I'm tired of, you know, whatever other tight end you want to throw into the conversation here who hasn't been.

[Heath Cummings]

Did somebody brought up Jake Ferguson? Would you start him over? Ferguson?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Yeah, Ferguson. Not somebody I want to trust right now in that matchup against Houston, statistically number one against opposing tight ends. And he didn't have a great game with Cooper Rush, but again, he's going to get probably more chances if Josh Allen does not lean on his backup tight end.

[Heath Cummings]

All right. All right, let's move on to our next game. And the DSTs are in play here. You can check the rankings. But this game, that was a long time. That was. All right, so let's go to Cincinnati and the Chargers here. Let's. The Chargers against good offenses so far this year. The Chiefs and The Cardinals scored 17 points, but this is going to be the toughest test so far. The Bengals against good defenses, they scored 25 points at the Chiefs. They scored 14 offensive points at Cleveland. If they were a good defense, they scored 17 points against Philadelphia. So this is a much different, different challenge than Baltimore. And I don't know how this game is going to play out. And this is such an interesting game here.

[Adam Mazer]

I think I heard that this is the first game this season the Chargers have played against a team, a top 10 offense.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah, they've had such a cake schedule, but they've been fantastic defensively. So you guys have no hesitation On Joe Burrow, he's top four. Doesn't seem to be a lot of hesitation. On Chase Brown, he's top 12 in PPR, he's like top 16. Dave's a little bit lower on him, but you guys are very high on Chase Brown. Jamar Chase, you're going to start. Just want to give you this stat here, just for fun. Just for fun. Jamar chase has averaged 48.4 points per game against the Ravens in two games and 16.1 points per game in his other eight games. So that. Thoughts? That was interesting. Starter sit T. Higgins, if he plays Heath.

[Adam Mazer]

Man, you hate Jamar Chase.

[Heath Cummings]

I know, I know.

[Adam Mazer]

It's last week. Yesterday you wanted to sit him in the fantasy championship because of a bad matchup, and now he's terrible against everyone but the Ravens.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

He's going to get luxurious needs. Sit him everywhere.

[Heath Cummings]

I know, I tell you, man. But T. Higgins, if he plays starter.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Sit must start receiver.

[Adam Mazer]

Yeah, I think you'd have to start him. It doesn't seem like he's playing at 50 if he's not fully healthy. So I'm going to assume if he's playing. If he's playing, he's fully healthy.

[Heath Cummings]

Here's one of my stats of the game. T. Higgins has seven or more targets in four of five games. There have only been five wide receivers who have had more than seven targets against the Chargers, but four of them scored 14.3 or more PPR fantasy points. So that's one of the reasons why the Chargers have been so good against receivers. They just don't get thrown on. But we've seen in kind of recent weeks, they, they have been thrown on a little bit more, and there's been some success there. And T. Higgins, again, seven or more targets in four or five games. If we're, if we like Higgins, what does it mean for Kasiki? Jamie?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

If Higgins plays, you can't trust Kosiki. If Higgins is out, then Gocki is going to be in a lot of my lineups and, you know, I went through, you know, waivers the last two days of Tuesday and Wednesday and, you know, all 30 of my leagues and where I have Goseki, I'm just holding him, you know, and, and trying to find, you know, other options just in case. So, you know, Dawson, Knoxville, Destiny will be pivot plays for me if Higgins is in. And I don't have another tight end that I like, but I think you just look at it, you know, nine targets last week. He just didn't have a big game. He was still heavily involved, should continue to be heavily involved. I can't imagine that, you know, just because of, I'm blanking on the time Tanner Hudson, you know, just because the, the game that he had, it's going to be bad for Gosecki. So yeah, it's, it's Higgins in, Goseki out. Higgins out, Goseki.

[Heath Cummings]

And someone's asking Gasicki or will Disley if Higgins plays this league. Okay.

[Adam Mazer]

Yeah.

[Heath Cummings]

All right. Justin Herbert. Getting a lot of Justin Herbert questions and I love it. Right. So he's playing pretty well. He's got, he had 279 or more yards in three straight games before only throwing 18 passes last week against the Titans. Herbert or Love in a four point per passing touchdown league. Question from Dan.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I would go Herbert. Herbert ran for 32 yards last week.

[Adam Mazer]

I've, I've got love. My biggest problem with Herbert is like there's not, I can't find anything in his game log that suggests any sort of trend at all. He, Jamie's right. He ran for 32 yards last week. He ran for two yards the week before that. We had this two or three weeks. We had a three week stretch where he threw at least 32 passes in three straight games and he's thrown 45 passes in his last two games combined. He has three games all year with two passing touchdowns. I think he's very good. I just don't like I've got him as a high end QB2 and I don't have any confidence in ranking him higher or lower.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

And I think that's the, the people who are concerned about Herbert, how they'll approach it. And I started the week that way also. But it's, you know, looking at Cincinnati's defense, the hope again, there's that word that I know you don't like and I'll buy into is that there's a shootout, you know, because the Chargers defense doesn't necessarily play like it's been performing statistically. And it's Joe Burrow on the other side and Jamar Chase and hopefully T. Higgins and Chase Brown. And that offense just comes into town and puts up points and then Herbert has to throw. So I'm hopeful that's the case. And in the case of Jordan Love, I mean, look, if you want a roster quarterback and only go with one of these guys, you're going to want to go with Love over Herbert because it feels like the ceiling's higher for him. But you got to give the Bears some credit, you know, they haven't given up big games to quarterbacks many times this season, and so I think they'll frustrate love a little bit. So I, I look at Herbert having slightly higher ceiling. They're a few spots apart. Both are number one quarterbacks for me. So if you want to go with love over Herbert, I'm not going to fight anybody on that.

[Adam Mazer]

Yeah, I think I'm lower on both those guys. I would start Bo Nicks and Russell Wilson over both of them.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I would start Knicks over both. I have Herbert ahead of Wilson.

[Heath Cummings]

The way I feel about Herbert, I have a feeling you'll agree, is if he can throw 30 or more passes, he's probably going to have a good game. And I'm just hoping that the Bengals put enough pressure on. And not only that, the Bengals have a good run defense. They started out with a terrible run defense, but they were very injured early in the year. Now their run defense has really come around and you know, just double check like last week, Derrick Henry, 16 carries, 68 yards and a touchdown. The week before that, the Raiders running backs were terrible. The week before that, Barkley was good. The week before that, Nick Chubb averaged 2 yards per carry. Tyrone Tracy averaged like 3 yards per carry. So they've come around. Their run defense is good. So I'm just hoping for a lot of points because the Bengals give up the fifth most fantasy points to quarterbacks. That's really been four games where they've been crushed by Lamar Jackson twice, Jaden Daniels and Jalen Hurts. They haven't been bad against kind of fringy quarterbacks. But that's my hope for Herbert is that he has to throw more in this game because this will be the first time they give up more than. I don't think they've given up more than 20 points all year.

[Adam Mazer]

I do think I, I think your theory is exactly right. And I quickly agreed that if he throws 30 passes, he's going to be good. And then I looked and he's thrown 30 passes in three games and he was good in one of them.

[Heath Cummings]

He also doesn't have great receivers. I mean, it's, it's true. Like, these guys are good. They're not great. But you're right, it's. It's nothing set in stone. So, Damien, Jamie, do you also have Bo Nicks ahead of Herbert?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I do. I, I think, you know, looking at the. The floor probably is a little bit safer for Nick's just based on what we've seen over the last six weeks. By comparison to the last, you know, three of the last four or three. I'm sorry, three in a row for Herbert. But I agree with you. There is the chance for a higher ceiling for Herbert here because of what he could be in this game. It. It's just a matter of, you know, will, will he get to that point? And so I like Nick slightly better, but both are top eight quarterbacks. I think I have it. Golf is somewhere in the mix also, but Knicks is seven. I think Golf might be eight and Herbert nine or Herbert's eight and Golf is nine.

[Heath Cummings]

All right. Herbert or Tua.

[Adam Mazer]

Herbert for sure.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay, Chargers running backs. We're not gonna start Gus edwards, but he's 39 rostered. You can still pick him up. JK. I'm going to double check on that. I think that was as of yesterday. I'm going to double check on that roster percentage for Gus Edwards. Dobbins is a low end starter. He's around 20th in the rankings. This is a good defense. He doesn't do well against good run defenses. A little nervous here. You guys nervous about Dobbins?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

A little bit. You know, I think Dobbins, Cook, James Cook, Tony Pollard, they all make me nervous as, you know, low end, number two running backs. Like, I wouldn't be surprised if Nick Chubb is better than normal.

[Heath Cummings]

All right, Gus Edwards is Now rostered in 47 of these. How do you feel about the Chargers wide receivers?

[Adam Mazer]

Both race.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Both good number three receivers. I wish there was something to say. This is why you should start them with confidence.

[Heath Cummings]

Right?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

But there's, you know, you're not going to chase the touchdowns for Johnston the last two weeks, you know, you, you've said this a number of times. If Denzel Ward doesn't fall down, does he have the big game against the Browns or. Forget about him, whatever it was. Yeah, his busted coverage, you know, busted coverage. But look, he's, he's played what, like eight games and he scored in four of them.

[Heath Cummings]

He gets a touchdown every seven targets. Quentin Johnson.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

You're right.

[Heath Cummings]

That's the real stat.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Right? That's, that's, that's something to hang your hat on there. So I think number three receiver and McConkey was, you know, 11.1 PPR points or more into his last three. The one he didn't is where Herbert threw 18 times. So I'd like to, I, I would, I would not be afraid to start them in three or leagues without question.

[Heath Cummings]

All right, we got some questions in the chat. Quentin Johnston or Cedric Tillman? Till, man Quentin Johnson or Romeo Dobbs.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I'll go. I'll go. Quinn.

[Adam Mazer]

I have dubs.

[Heath Cummings]

Would you start the Chargers guys over the Bills guys or Hopkins?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Shakir, if Cooper is out, then the Chargers guys. Chargers guys over the Bills guys. If Coleman.

[Adam Mazer]

I've got Hopkins over the. Hopkins over the Chargers.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. And then Will Disley is someone that you could pivot to. The. The. The Bengals allow the fourth most fantasy points to tight ends. 42 yards or a touchdown to eight tight ends in their last six games. That includes guys like Isaiah Likely, Charlie Kohler, Jordan Aikens, and Grant Calcatera. So Disley's an okay option. Chargers DST is borderline 12 for Jamie, 10th for Dave, 17th for Heath. That's. These could be outdated. Sorry. But let's just call. I'll get you the updated rankings on the Chargers dst, but let's just call them a borderline start. They are 12th, 13th, and 17th. Okay. For Jamie, Dave, Heath. Our next game is Minnesota, Tennessee. We're gonna go a little bit faster here. Starters hit Sam Darnold, low end starter.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Behind Herbert, behind Knicks, behind Wilson.

[Heath Cummings]

Behind.

[Adam Mazer]

Yes, I think I. I have him one spot ahead of Herbert, but agree on the other two.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. And Jamie, talk about the running backs. You said you're nervous about them. I don't know if. If you said you were nervous about Aaron Jones, but definitely not nervous about Aaron Jones.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I am nervous about Tony Pollard. This Minnesota run defense has been good. You know, we saw Ty J. Spears come back last week. Tony Pollard's numbers took a little bit of a hit. Obviously playing a tough defense as well. I think you just look at Jones, he's been a little touchdown unlucky, and now he's facing a team that's just giving up touchdowns. Talking about you, you mentioned it's a lot of passing touchdowns. It's also a lot of rushing touchdowns lately. So since week seven, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 rushing touchdowns to running backs. You know, so with the amount of work that Aaron Jones typically gets, if he typically gets that, you know, we're talking about 20 total touches here. I like that against this defense.

[Heath Cummings]

And he also has had some tough matchups. And he had 19 for 102 yards against Houston. He had 14 for 93 and a touchdown against Detroit. 17 carries for 88 yards last week at Jacksonville. It does have a good run defense. So Jones has been a guy, unlike Dobbins, that's been efficient even with tough matchups. Okay, but Pollard. And here's how it worked with Pollard, because Dave Mentioned this on Sunday, I'll just reiterate it. He was actually really not dominating but clearly ahead of Spears in touches for the first three quarters. But they got behind big playing catch up and Taj Spears played like. I don't know if he played every snap or most snaps in the fourth quarter but when they were playing from behind it was all Tajie Spears. So they're in a competitive game. Last week it was. Pollard had a significant edge just in terms of touches and snaps and all that certainly snaps. So I just want to bring that up if you have anything to add about the, the running backs in this game.

[Adam Mazer]

No, they're both number twos for me. I do have Jones higher but Pollard's kind of ahead of me. For me that, that group of guys that I don't want to search like I, I do feel a little bit nervous about him but I'm probably just starting them.

[Heath Cummings]

Justin Jefferson start Jordan Addison, starter situation.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

That's it.

[Adam Mazer]

Yeah, I'd like to see him.

[Heath Cummings]

T.J. hawkinson, is he a layup this week?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

He's a top 10 tight end. I'd start him over Ingram, I start him over Ferguson, I start him over Pitts, I would start him over Dawson Knox but I, I like the setup for him. Look, you gotta expect, you gotta expect a lot of targets based on what we saw last week. You know, first game back shake off the rust, second game back dominant, looking like TJ Hawkinson again. So this Titans defense has not been great against tight ends lately and hopefully Hawkinson can continue to, you know, build off what he did last week.

[Heath Cummings]

Minnesota's time of possession the last two weeks, 36 minutes and 54%. 42 minutes and 19 seconds. They have run 71 and 82 plays and it has finally led to some pass attempts from Sam Darnold. 34 and 38. But they're not, they're still kind of a run heavy team. Hawkinson has not played 50% of the snaps yet that we would like to see that get up. But nine targets last week on like half, you know, 48% of the snaps or something. That's pretty awesome. Sit Will Levis we talked about Pollard Spears, you know, is a flex. Calvin Ridley coming off a big game start or sit Calvin Ridley against Minnesota who gives up the third most fantasy points to wide receivers.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I'm starting him. I mean I haven't said that very much this season but you know you got the, you got the performance you needed to see. You know. Touchdown on the first drive. Touchdown in garbage Time you could see something similar happening, you know, not, not counting on that, but you could see him being involved early and you know, maybe Minnesota adjusts and then they're chasing points and he's still going to get his chances. The, the numbers bear it out that they're, you know, giving up a lot of production to opposing wide receivers and the targets have remained constant for him since DeAndre Hopkins has been gone. It's eight plus targets in every game. Like that's hard to overlook.

[Adam Mazer]

Yeah. This is definitely one of those things like Dave was talking about on yesterday's show where like they have given up a lot of fantasy points to wide receivers. Do we think they're a bad pass defense? Not at all, no. So I, I think Ridley's a must start in the three wide receiver league. He's an okay start in a two wide receiver league. It, I think there's a correlation probably the last two weeks that we've seen the Vikings finally run a bunch of plays, we've seen wide receiver production against them fall off a cliff because teams aren't throwing the ball 40 times against them because the Vikings have the ball. So I have a hard time believing that Will Levis is going to be throwing 35 to 40 pass attempts. He's going to need one big play, but he makes a lot of big plays.

[Heath Cummings]

Start Ridley or Lamb. Question from Lance here.

[Adam Mazer]

Oh, Lamb for sure.

[Heath Cummings]

And question for me. Start. Ridley or London?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I would actually start. Really? Overlay.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. Really? Or London Ridley.

[Adam Mazer]

Man, this is I think the fourth time that we've answered this question.

[Heath Cummings]

Oh yeah, you're right.

[Adam Mazer]

You're right. Really?

[Heath Cummings]

Or Naji Harris. Really?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Really?

[Heath Cummings]

Okay, looking for some more questions here in the chat and don't see any for this game. Sit Chigo Conquo and sit Nick Westbrook Akine and start the Vikings DST. They're top two Baltimore's at Pittsburgh in the last 10 meetings. All right, going back, I looked at the last 10 meetings. There were some high scoring games. But in seven straight games between Baltimore and Pittsburgh, no team has scored more than 20 points and no team has scored more than 17 in five straight games. Does this game get a little loose? The over under is 48. So do we think that we get some points in this game or is this going to be a Baltimore Pittsburgh Struggle. Struggle. Rama.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I think we'll get some points. You know, I, I like that Dave is banking on the theory of, you know, these two teams just go back to what has typically been the, the rivalry here and you know, you can argue it's, it's the best rival or best rivalry in football since Mike Tomlin and you know, Harbaugh have been there. But it's hard to expect that with what Lamar Jackson is doing and how that Steelers defense may or may not perform. It's hard to expect the Ravens defense to hold up from a past perspective, past defense perspective given how poorly they've looked all season and especially if Kyle Hamilton doesn't play. So I don't know. I mean, I'm gonna trust Russell Wilson based on the small sample size as a low end starter. I don't want to buy into him fully. So I'm not going to get crazy with who I'm starting him over. But you know, 24 plus points in two of three games and against this defense, why not? George Pickens is a must start receiver. I think he said it best. You know, you want to avoid Naji Harris if you can and Jalen Warren. It's, it's funny, like, I don't think anybody's going to rank Naji Harris, rank Jalen Warren ahead of Naji Harris because we haven't seen like a big spike in the passing game. But this feels like a game where he's going to have a better opportunity to have success than Naji does. So, I mean, yeah, I, I would rather look at what's happening this season as opposed to historically.

[Adam Mazer]

I, I hate to, to step on your toes, Adam, but you messed up the stat of the game.

[Heath Cummings]

Oh, what is it? I didn't even give this out of the game yet.

[Adam Mazer]

What is that of the game? Russell Wilson has played three games for the Steelers this year and throw in six touchdown passes. Kenny Pickett led the Steelers last year with six touchdown passes.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah, I did read that in your comments.

[Adam Mazer]

Like the last seven games between these two teams. Who's been playing quarterback for the Steelers? It's been an awful quarterback or the ghost of Ben roethlisberger.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah. And four of the last six quarterbacks to face the Ravens have thrown for 334 or more yards. That's in insane. The Ravens give up the most big plays. Russell Wilson has the highest adot since becoming the starter. I think only Anthony Rich. I, I don't know. Maybe there's one guy, but he basically, he throws the ball downfield a ton. He's making big plays. It's a good matchup for him. And you said, you know, Dave, Dave brought up the possibility that this is a low scoring game.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

But yeah, yeah, I mean, he's not.

[Heath Cummings]

He has Russell Wilson. 11th. You guys have Russell Wilson 11 or 10th. He has George Pickens, top five. So Wilson, if any. Wilson questions? Yeah, Wilson or Daniels, we're going Jayden Daniels there. Wilson or Darnold?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Russ Wilson.

[Heath Cummings]

Flowers or Ridley?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Ridley Flowers.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah. Any hesitation?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I'm sorry, Flowers. Excuse me.

[Heath Cummings]

Lamar Jackson. Yeah.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

For some reason I was thinking Pickens when you said Ridley.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. Lamar Jackson, George Pickens, Derrick Henry. Piece of cake.

[Adam Mazer]

Starts Zay Flowers, pieces.

[Heath Cummings]

That was my follow up. Go right back to him.

[Adam Mazer]

Yes.

[Heath Cummings]

Okay. Mark Andrews.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

He'S a must start guy for me. If, if likely he's out. He's still a start for me. If likely, then yeah. I mean, you can't, you can't ignore the production he's had for like the last five games. Four of the last five have been really good.

[Heath Cummings]

He only needs five targets. He's good. And then any interest in like Deontay Johnson, Rashad Bateman, Mike Williams, any secondary receivers?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I mean, if you're desperate, I, I would lean toward Bateman, you know, just based on his body of work. But you know, three games now with the or two games now with Deontay Johnson on the field. One good, one bad for Bateman. The game before that was the sun game in, in Cleveland where he had the, the drop. The, the tough call, I think for me is, is, is Friarmouth, you know, just because of how bad this secondary is. He just hasn't getting target, hasn't been getting targets, you know, with Russia. And so you don't want to chase the touchdown. But I think if you're gonna, you know, hype up Dawson Knox, you gotta, you know, put Pat Friarmouth somewhat similar because they probably both need touchdowns to be successful.

[Adam Mazer]

We joked about it with Arthur Smith at the beginning of the year, and he's kind of done it like Darnell Washington got in Pat Friarmuth's way and I really hate it. But let me pull it up here. I think over the last month, they both have a 10% target share.

[Heath Cummings]

And here's one other factor, though, that's a positive for, for all these guys, you know, for Pickens. What? Not that you need it. Russell Wilson has thrown 28, 29 pass attempts in all three games. This is just like the Justin Herbert thing, right? Like, but you got a game where they may not be able to run the ball at all efficiently against the Ravens. So is it. Can we get 35 pass attempts from Russell Wilson? That would help.

[Adam Mazer]

What's, what's 10% of 35?

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah, I know, but I'll take three and a half targets.

[Adam Mazer]

No, you won't.

[Heath Cummings]

No, I won't. I won't. But, but just there's, there's opportunity, I think, for more pass attempts for Russell Wilson. Steelers DST is a sit this week. Yeah. Self explanatory. All right. Should we save the Dolphins Raiders for tomorrow or you want to just knock it out here?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Knock it out.

[Heath Cummings]

All right. Who do you trust on the Dolphins?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

It's almost tomorrow anyway, so let's just keep going.

[Heath Cummings]

Yeah. Who do you trust on the Dolphins?

[Adam Mazer]

Hn.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Hn. I'm still starting Tyreek Hill, but trust is a tough word right now.

[Heath Cummings]

Tyree Kill or Zay Flowers.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Flowers.

[Heath Cummings]

Well, what do you not like about Tuo? Is he in top 12 for you?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

Just outside. Good matchup against the Raiders, but you know, it's not like they're giving up 25 plus points per game. It's more like 22, 21 to three of the last four quarterbacks. So low end starter.

[Adam Mazer]

What I don't like about Tua is his intended air yards per pass attempt. 5.8 yards, the lowest of his career.

[Heath Cummings]

It's pathetic.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

The one thing though, just to go back to this and the, it's the hard argument because of the, the Rams game. Arizona's defense is good. That was his first game. Buffalo's defense is good. Yep. That was the second game. Back to back road games, they're terrible in prime time. To me, this is the game that I'm looking at. If they do not play better offensively, it's a nightmare moving forward. If they come out and play well this game, then it's like, okay, I'll buy back in.

[Adam Mazer]

Did the league figure Mike McDaniel out?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

So I, right before we did the show, I do a, a podcast for Jonathan Zaslo, who's a local guy in South Florida. And we, we talk a lot of Dolphins, understandably. So. That's exactly what it feels like. It just, it feels as if they've taken away everything down the field. And why are there not four or five targets just specifically to each wide receiver behind the line? Scrimmage, nearly scrimmage. It felt like that was the case in the start of the game with Jalen Waddle last week and then completely went like 54 yards receiving to open the game. 55 receiving yards. What he finished with like, why are you not giving these guys consistently 10 plus targets?

[Heath Cummings]

I have a take. I watched the, I went back and watched and Tua is getting the ball out of his hand very quickly. One of the quickest in football, which isn't a huge surprise. But I think their offensive line stinks. And I think that he, you know, like last week, every time there was pressure, pretty much he went down. It's kind of like what I said about Aaron Rodgers. I think he just doesn't have time to let these plays develop. And he's relying so much on Devon H and heath. You mentioned 5.8 intended areas for past attempt. It's 5.1 since he's come back from the injury. That's unbelievable. That's pathetic. It's ridiculous. So I think, like, it's just one man's opinion, but based on what I saw in the Rams game, that Rams have, they get after you. They have a really good defensive line, but like this guy, he doesn't have time to let plays develop. When he tried, he kept getting sacked. So he just gets rid of the ball really quickly. And I have gone from this being one of my favorite offenses to watch to this being one of my least favorite offenses to watch. It drives me crazy to see this team with all this talent just throw like, I love Achan, but he shouldn't be getting the ball eight. He shouldn't be catching eight passes a game. It's ridiculous.

[Adam Mazer]

So to that point, he has is tied for the lowest amount of time in the pocket with last year. He has his lowest career pressure rate, but his second highest career sacrament.

[Heath Cummings]

Oh, that's interesting. Right. And the pressure rate's low because he's getting rid of the ball so quickly. The problem with my theory is what you said. He also got rid of the ball so quickly last year, and Tyreek Hill was incredible. Why isn't it happening this year? I don't know. Anyway, to the. To the Raiders. Here start Bowers. We like Jacoby Myers quite a bit. He's our favorite. He's our favorite receiver in this game. Right? Yeah, we established that. Would you start a running back? Madison or Zemir White?

[Jamie Eisenberg]

I'm curious to see what's going to happen because, you know, you. You go into a bye week with a coordinator change, and it's not like Madison has been dominant. You know, he's had a couple of good games, but you wonder if they go back to Zemir White who had the groin injury and missed time, and is he going to be the. The workhorse that we thought going into the season, at least in this matchup. So I want a roster Zemir White, if I have an ability to stash somebody on my team because he's available in well over 50% of leagues. But I'm not starting anybody here. I mean Madison would be the closest. If you're going to start somebody as a flex just because work in the passing game should be there for him and the ability to still get some either goal line chances or fourth quarter work. You know, there's a lot, a lot of ways where Madison can be involved, as we saw earlier in the season. But I would like to, I'd like to read something, you know, I, I hope someone will ask, you know, what the situation is there or somebody will report it. But I, I don't want to trust.

[Heath Cummings]

It if I don't have 30% rostered. Samir White, not a bad player to stash if you're desperate for running back help. And John who Smith is like a mid range number 2, 15, 16th ish in the rankings. And I already said start. Brock Bowers, Dolphins DST is in play this week. You can start them. We like them this week. All right, that is it for fantasy football today. This is your AFC home games. We'll give you the NFC home games tomorrow and we'll recap what's hopefully going to be a really exciting Thursday night. We'll talk to you tomorrow on fantasy football. Paramount Podcasts I've been eating at Chipotle for at least 15 years and for me, chicken burrito, white rice, guac salsa. That's my order. But I tried something new the other day. It's Chipotle's Smoked Brisket and I'll be trying it again and again and again. It's so good. Seasoned with Mexican spices and finished with a smoky sauce with Chipotle peppers. It's got so much flavor and it's got spice, but it's not too spicy. Now you trust me for fantasy advice, I give even better food advice. Go get Chipotle Smoked Brisket. But Chipotle Smoked Brisket is only here for a limited time, so you need to go try it. It's available in all Chipotle restaurants, the Chipotle app or chipotle.

[Jamie Eisenberg]

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