Week 6 Recap! Big Injuries, Bounce Back Games, Kimani Vidal and More (10/12 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Summary

Fantasy Football Today — Week 6 Recap

Episode Title: Week 6 Recap! Big Injuries, Bounce Back Games, Kimani Vidal and More
Date: October 13, 2025
Hosts: Adam Aizer, Dave Richard, Jamey Eisenberg, Heath Cummings
Podcast: CBS Sports — Fantasy Football Today

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Episode Overview

This lively Week 6 recap dives into a rollercoaster weekend of fantasy football, highlighting major injuries, surprising breakout performances, key regression games, and waiver wire gems. The panel — Adam, Dave, Jamey, and Heath — blend sharp analysis and banter, guiding listeners through the chaos and providing actionable advice for fantasy managers prepping for Week 7 and beyond.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Week 6 Headlines & Quick Hits

• Too Many Injuries: Jamey opens with, “Too many injuries in week six. I didn’t like week six very much.” (01:57)
• Biggest Bounce Back Games: Shout outs to Brian Thomas Jr., Derrick Henry, DK Metcalf, and others for finally posting big weeks after lackluster starts.
• Surprise Leaders:
  • QB1: Drake May
  • RB1: Rico Dowdle (first RB to post consecutive 30+ PPR games since Saquon Barkley last year)
  • WR1: George Pickens
  • TE1: Dallas Goddard
  • Kicker: Cameron Dicker

2. Winners and Losers of Week 6

Winners

• Kamani Vidal (LAC RB) — Overcame pregame reports favoring Hassan Haskins, dominated touches, and posted 130 yards, 1 TD, 22 fantasy points.
  • Heath: “That’s who you’re starting for the Chargers until Amari and Hampton gets back or they trade for somebody better.” (04:18)
• Drake May (QB, NE) — 33.2 FP, four games in last five with 23+, now must-start status.
  • Dave: “This guy’s going to be a must start moving forward. I don’t think you should have any questions about him.” (28:22)
• Rashad White (TB RB) & Michael Mayer (LV TE) — Emergent opportunity due to injuries, with Mayer as a top waiver add while Bowers is out.

Losers

• Justin Fields (NYJ QB) — Looked lost, scored only 4 points, sacked 9 times.
  • Dave: “Not only did he look like he’s never played pro football before, I don’t know how anybody can feel confident starting him.” (05:20)
• Travis Etienne (JAX RB) — Only 12 carries, low efficiency, struggles may create buy-low window.
• Ken Walker (SEA RB) & Chuba Hubbard (CAR RB) — Worrisome usage trends; Walker no longer a must-start with Zach Charbonnet’s snap gains.

3. Injury Roundup

Major names hurt or banged up:

• Lamar Jackson: Expected back post-bye (17:50)
• Garrett Wilson: Mystery lower-body injury (knee/hip/ribs), did return to game.
• Puka Nacua: Ankle, returned but Week 7 status unclear (LAR has a Week 8 bye).
• Amari DiMercado (ARI RB), David Njoku (CLE TE), Calvin Ridley (JAX WR, hamstring), Marvin Harrison Jr. (CIN WR, concussion), A Mecca Egbuka (OSU WR, hamstring).

4. Regression — Positive & Negative

• Brian Thomas Jr. (JAX WR): Huge week, nearly had an even bigger one but for a penalty.
  • Dave: “...went up against tough defenses … opened the door for Brian Thomas to have a good game.” (10:28)
• DK Metcalf (CLE WR): Broke out with a huge game after four weeks of no deep targets (“deep ball catch”). Jamey points to sustainable volume due to team’s passing struggles.
• Derrick Henry: Heavy workload returns (24 carries, 122 yds), but concern over consistency.
• Tedro McMillan: Low yardage, two TDs; “regressed” in fantasy after being scoreless despite solid usage.

Actionable Insight:
Several names saw “good” games that might not repeat—selling high is wise where matchups or volume may dip (see: McMillan, Thomas). Beware the “Dallas bump” for those coming off huge Cowboy matchups.

5. Waiver Wire Watch (Early Adds)

• Kamani Vidal — “He gets Indianapolis next week and they’re not that tough of a run defense.” (05:08)
• Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE TE) — Benefited from Njoku’s injury, double-digit targets, a must-add if Njoku is out.
• Michael Mayer (LV TE) — Next priority behind Fannin; solid role with Bowers sidelined.
• Bucs WRs: Very available; Tez Johnson & Sterling Shepard as volume-based upside plays.
• Bryce Young (QB, CAR): Streamer with Jets next week; especially valuable with Lamar and Allen on bye.

6. Rest-of-Season Debates & Dynasty Chat

• Dynasty Buy/Sell (Cam Ward vs. Jackson Dart): If contending, Dart > Ward ROS.
• WR Rankings ROS (McMillan, Metcalf, Thomas): Heath and Dave both highest on McMillan; consensus that Metcalf is now behind this group.
• Running Back Debates:
  • Is Rico Dowdle now the best CAR RB? (“Probably … I bet he’s like 60% of the workload.” — Dave, 53:25)
  • Would you take Dowdle over Javonte rest of season? (Intriguing, with some support from hosts.)

7. ‘Believe It or Not’ & Game-by-Game Nuggets

• “Forget Justin Fields’ game — just ignore it, bounce-back likely against CAR.” — Jamie (43:53)
• Bam Knight (ARI): Goal-line role, but not trustworthy as more than a low-end depth RB.
• Chargers Backfield: “We have an answer. Vidal is their guy until Hampton returns.” — Adam (56:38)
• DK Metcalf or Zay Flowers (PPR ROS)? — Consensus: Zay Flowers.
• Streaming Tight Ends = Whack-a-Mole: Discussion of Hunter Henry and weekly volatility.

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Noteworthy Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Not only did he look like he’s never played pro football before, I don’t know how anybody can feel confident starting him.” – Dave on Justin Fields (05:20)
• On DK Metcalf’s resurgence:
  “He’s gonna lead the team in receiving by a gazillion yards. Like he’s gonna score touchdowns. It’s gonna be fine. I just feel like I don’t really trust Rogers… just keep him and start him.” – Jamie (47:00)
• On Kamani Vidal:
  “That’s who you’re starting for the Chargers until Amari Hampton gets back or they trade for somebody better.” – Heath (04:18)
• On the injuries pile-up:
  “We don’t even know what their star player’s injury is… The Jets set a franchise record today. Negative 10 net passing yards.” – Jamie (06:59, 07:02)
• Rico Dowdle’s feat:
  “First running back to have consecutive games with 30 or more PPR fantasy points since Saquon Barkley…” – Jamie (02:49)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• [01:57] – Opening Week 6 Recap, top performers, “Who’s QB1?” Gameshow
• [03:35] – Position-by-position fantasy leaders
• [04:07] – Winners and losers intro, Kamani Vidal discussion
• [05:20] – Justin Fields struggles dissected
• [07:02] – Jets’ passing disaster
• [09:00] – FFT Dynasty mailbag preview
• [10:28] – Positive regression (Thomas Jr., Metcalf, Henry, McMillan)
• [12:57] – In-depth: Brian Thomas Jr. outlook
• [14:56] – Rest-of-season WR rankings
• [17:50] – Rapid-fire injury/news roundup
• [21:05] – Early Waiver Wire adds
• [26:32] – Segment: Winners—Fan favorites and statistical standouts
• [29:18] – Drake May as a weekly must-start QB
• [32:07] – Losers: Stafford, Etienne, Ken Walker, and others
• [36:56] – Stefan Diggs and Pittman rest-of-season value
• [39:39] – “Hail Mary” lineup wins (listener engagement)
• [53:41] – Carolina RB backfield debate (Dowdle vs. Hubbard)
• [56:38] – Chargers backfield resolved: Vidal’s role
• [64:12] – Fields vs. Darnold rest of season

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Takeaways & Action Items

• Waiver Priority: Kamani Vidal, Harold Fannin Jr., Michael Mayer
• Buy Low/Sell High: Consider selling high on low-yardage, high-TD WRs (e.g., McMillan after Dallas game). Buy low if owners panic on Travis Etienne or DK Metcalf.
• Start/Sit Trends:
  • Monitor the Seattle RB breakdown; Walker trending down.
  • Kenneth Gainwell and Jalen Warren both viable as flex options in bye-heavy weeks.
  • DK Metcalf, McMillan, and Thomas Jr. all startable, but context/rank depends on scoring format and injury news.
  • Hold patience with underperforming starters like Pittman and Diggs—usage and target share are mostly present, but team volume may cap their ceilings.

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Final Thoughts

Despite rampant injuries and some ugly stat lines, Week 6 produced crucial clarity in several ambiguous backfields and receiving corps, spotlighted regression candidates ripe for trade talks, and highlighted injury replacements destined for waiver wire gold. The FFT crew equips listeners with sharp analysis, debate, and humor, helping them separate fluke from trend as the fantasy season hits its mid-point.

(For more detail, see segment timestamps; skip advertising breaks and intro/outro for pure football talk.)

Transcript

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[Adam]

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[Jamie]

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[Dave]

It's time to dominate your fantasy league.

[Jamie]

Off to the races and he stays at his feet.

[Dave]

This is gonna go the distance.

[Heath]

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

[Jamie]

Hey, what's up? Sunday night recapping week six. Too many injuries in week six. I didn't like week six very much. Welcome, everyone. This is Fantasy Football Today, presented by BetMGM. Make it legendary. So today we're going to talk about some of the guys who finally showed up. Like Brian Thomas Jr. Derek Henry after, you know, Deck Henry didn't have that great of a fantasy game, but he still showed up. Good game for him after four straight duds. And let's go. Who is QB1?

[Dave]

Isn't it Drake May Dak Prescott?

[Jamie]

It is Drake May Davis. David. I feel like is looking, but, But I looked early.

[Dave]

I looked early. Yeah, no, I, I, yeah, I know this stuff.

[Jamie]

Okay, who's RB1?

[Dave]

Am I not allowed to say?

[Jamie]

You're not allowed to say?

[Heath]

Go ahead, Dave, just tell us. Dave, Adam asked the question, you give us the answer. You read. It's a fun segment.

[Dave]

It's Hassan Haskins.

[Jamie]

It's Rico Dowdle. Rico Dowdle, the first running back. Unofficially, I try to look this up. First running back to have consecutive games with 30 or more PPR fantasy points since Saquon Barkley in weeks. I want to say 11 and 12 last year, maybe 10 and 11. I may have missed one, but I think that's right. Good job. Rico Dowdle.

[Heath]

That's just an Azers wide receiver.

[Jamie]

One is he had 168 yards in a touchdown.

[Dave]

Georgie Porgy pudding pie.

[Jamie]

Yeah. George Pickens, JSN was one point behind him and tight end one back.

[Dave]

It's going to make Pickens fantasy managers cry.

[Jamie]

See about that tight end one.

[Dave]

Oh, this is one. I'm not sure if I know.

[Jamie]

You won't get it. You won't get it, you bum.

[Dave]

Trey McBride.

[Jamie]

That is the correct answer for today, but not for the week.

[Heath]

Oh, Dallas Goddard.

[Jamie]

Dallas Goddard. Nine catches, 110 yards and a touchy.

[Dave]

All right, who's the top kicker of the day? Adam?

[Jamie]

There's no way. I know. I'll say. Aubrey.

[Heath]

Eddie Pinero.

[Jamie]

Cameron Dicker.

[Dave]

Cameron Dicker, the kicker. There we go, 17 PPR points.

[Jamie]

And who's our biggest winner? Dave?

[Heath]

Yeah, because I. You should always ask the person who sends the list in first.

[Dave]

Heath, please, the floor is yours. Tell everybody who the biggest winner is.

[Heath]

It's Kamani Vidal who you know, although overcame Hassan Haskins leading the backfield to completely dominate touches. That was the report before the game, Dave. Oh, looked fantastic. Broke long runs, 130 yards, a touchdown, 22 fantasy points. That's who you're starting for the Chargers. Until Amari and Hampton gets back or they trade for somebody better.

[Jamie]

Right. There was also the report from the same people who brought to you. Hassan Haskins will, you know, look, maybe they meant to have Hassan Haskins lead the backfield, but Vidal played so well early that he took it and ran with it.

[Heath]

But I'll had the first carry.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Started the game.

[Jamie]

Yeah, Maybe it was just, what a.

[Dave]

Good week to break news on backfields with a lot of uncertainty.

[Jamie]

True. So Videl is 56 rostered. He gets Indianapolis next week and they're not that tough of a run defense. Dave, who's the biggest loser? Yeah, exactly. Who's the biggest loser?

[Dave]

I've got Justin Fields as a humongous loser because not only did he look like he's never played pro football before, I don't know how anybody can feel confident starting him. And I feel like I've said those exact same words before. And it was Denver. It was tough matchup, but man, he just.

[Adam]

He.

[Dave]

He was like frozen. He would drop back and whether the first week was open or not, he would just stand there. Sometimes he ran, sometimes he got sacked. He got sacked nine times.

[Jamie]

I don't even know.

[Dave]

There are a number of like mediocre players who scored more points than Justin Fields. He scored four fantasy points, but believe.

[Heath]

It or not, you should just forget about it and start him against the Panthers next week.

[Jamie]

And the Bengals after that. No, I think you could wipe this game away.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Heath]

That leads us into the question. Go ahead, Dave.

[Dave]

In one of those games, he's going to be phenomenal. He's going to score 30 points and the other one, he's going to give us like 11 points. I do not know which one it will be. I am so flummoxed by this terrible jets team on both sides of the ball. They are just an absolute dreadful mess. I don't really. I would guess that Garrett Wilson is still going to have good games, especially against those opponents. I mean, same thing.

[Heath]

He has a knee injury.

[Dave]

Yeah. Hopefully he's fine.

[Jamie]

So is it a knee injury that got hurt?

[Heath]

They said it's not a hip, it's a knee.

[Dave]

Right.

[Heath]

Or is it an ankle?

[Jamie]

His coach said it was a hip. He said it wasn't a hit. Patrick Sir Tan said he was. Saw Wilson holding his ribs. Whatever he has, he has an injury. He came back in the game.

[Dave]

Don't even know what their star players injury is.

[Jamie]

The jets set a franchise record today. Negative 10 net passing yards. So that's passing yards minus yardage loss on sacks. Negative 10 franchise record.

[Heath]

Yeah, I mean, Justin Fields was terrible. I don't. But I just don't want to let everybody else off the hook. Like you did not put together an NFL receiving core. It's an unsurprise. You can't block people. It's unsurprising that you're taking a bunch of sex when you have a bad offensive line and one wide receiver.

[Dave]

I mean, what do they do all week long? They don't. Was there a plan in place to try and like get first downs? Well, and Mason Taylor was completely out of the plan. Just an absolute disaster of a game for them.

[Jamie]

This team is not suited to face the Denver Broncos.

[Adam]

That.

[Jamie]

That's. Yeah. Or the Buffalo Bills. They were horrible when they faced the Bills in week two. But the schedule definitely gets much, much better. All right, Heath, what's coming up on FFT Dynasty, if I may ask?

[Heath]

I think we got a one man mailbag on Tuesday. Everybody's got questions. After this wild and wacky week in which all of the players who used to be bad are suddenly good, we'll break down what it means for Dynasty.

[Jamie]

And yeah, I would love to hear my first question. I want you to answer one man because I asked you earlier today and I let the people think out there, who would you rather have in Dynasty, Cam Ward or Jackson Dart? And we'll figure it out.

[Heath]

I would anticipate I update my rankings generally on Tuesday after I update my redraft rankings. I would anticipate Ward is still a spot or two higher, but it's probably now moved to a. Are you contending or are you not? Because you'd certainly rather have darts rest of season.

[Jamie]

All right. This was in some ways regression week, guys regressing in a positive way. So for example, Brian Thomas Jr. Not only did he have eight catches, 90 yards and a touchdown on 10 targets, he also had a 54 yard touchdown called back on an offsides penalty on Travis Hunter who lined up offsides erased. Let's. What would that be? That would be 11.4 PPR fantasy points for Brian Thomas Jr. On one play. Plus Trevor Lawrence, DK Metcalf, he regressed in the sense that he had gone the first four games of the year without a catch on a pass attempt of 20 or more air yards. A deep ball catch. He had two of them in this game. He had four targets on deep balls in this game. He had one target in his first four games. So DK Metcalf with a big game, four catches, 95 yards and a touchdown on nine targets against the Browns. Derrick Henry, look, he wasn't great because, you know, one. One catch for eight yards, 130 total yards and one catch. It's a good game. But four straight games with 10.7 or fewer fantasy points. So just the fact that he got the carries right. He had 11, 12, 8 and 15 carries in his previous four games. He had 24 carries for 122 yards in that one catch. That was Derrick Henry. And then Tedro McMillan entered the game with the most targets in the NFL without a touchdown. I think we all thought he'd have more yards, 29 yards against the Cowboys, but he caught two touchdowns. He was started in 89% of leagues. So yeah, Dave, when you look at the positive signs we saw from Brian Thomas Jr. Against Seattle, DK Metcalf against Cleveland, Derrick Henry against the Rams, all three of them against good defenses, and then Tedmillan against a bad defense, Dallas, are we looking at just a one week blip or something we can take into the future and, you know, for good things to come?

[Dave]

No, I think it's a good thing. I especially like it for the guys that went up against tough defenses. Although is Seattle's defense really tough because they were playing without so many starters in their secondary that it opened the door for Brian Thomas to have a good game. And Tim Patrick caught a touchdown as well. And with Derrick Henry, it's, it's a week off and they expect Lamar Jackson back in week eight. And hopefully the Ravens offense can look like the Ravens offense we thought we were getting. Hopefully that defense gets a little bit healthier and a little bit stronger in the front seven and they can start competing a little bit more and that'll give Derek Henry the game scripts that we want from to go off and have 100 plus rushing yards and a touchdown as well. I kind of wish Tet had more targets. He only had five targets in the game. Bryce Young only threw 25 times. Just how it goes. But the two touchdowns were nice and I think he's evolving into the type of receiver that you're never going to put out of your lineup.

[Jamie]

I don't even know if you could sell him high if you wanted to off of a 29 yard performance. You know, with five targets, everybody was.

[Heath]

So much higher than what he had produced. Like he'd had a bunch of good games without a touchdown, so they weren't that good. And now he had a bad game with two touchdowns, so it was good. I think everybody's going to be extremely high on him rest of season.

[Jamie]

Are you? Should we be? Because there's the Dallas bump that we see for a lot of players and then they don't do as well afterwards. Sometimes they are. Russell Wilson and they a career ends two weeks after, you know, should we buy into tenorila?

[Heath]

He's a rookie first round wide receiver. I don't think he's going the Russell Wilson.

[Jamie]

Well, okay, I obviously exaggerating but what I'm saying is when a team plays Dallas, it's often a good idea to think about selling high after that game. You know, it's could be their. I don't think it's going to be his best performance but two touchdowns probably going to be his best performance in a game. All right, you're just, you're just gonna ride it out with Ted Roll McMillan. You're just, you're good.

[Dave]

Yeah. And I agree with Heath. I don't think you can sell that high on him.

[Jamie]

What about BTJ here? Okay, so it wasn't that great of a target share. Trevor Lawrence threw 42 passes in this game. His, it was his third game with 40 or more past attempts. I believe Jamie is here. Oh, hey Jamie. Hey Jamie. You can talk about Brian Thomas Jr. So he goes for 23 fantasy points today. Dave brought up a good point, right. Two cornerbacks and a safety were out for Seattle. So is this what, what do you make of it with Brian Thomas Jr. In this big game started in 69 of leaks.

[Adam]

I mean obviously you're thrilled with it. I think you, you hope that this is still continuing part of the building process of getting him back to where he was last year. And there are clearly some positive signs. Also had a touchdown call back by penalty. Thank you. Travis Hunter, where you know, you, you like to see some of the things that, that have happened over the last couple weeks. Still another bad drop over the middle. So I hope there's still not some concerns about, you know, what he's doing when he's in traffic. But obviously there's, there's, there's signs that are encouraging here. So can you sell high? Sure. I mean if you're concerned that what we saw through the first five weeks of the season is the problem. Not an easy matchup next week against the Rams. But I think, you know, if you're just looking at it from the perspective of can he be a must start wide receiver, rest away. He's certainly gonna be a starter in three receivers. I don't think anybody said anything different. Even when he was struggling. Can he be a starter in two receiver leagues? I still think there's too much upside. So if you're selling him, you better be selling him for something pretty good.

[Dave]

Rams by Raiders, Texans and then the Chargers after That not the easiest of schedules for him.

[Jamie]

And I'm gonna tell you one more thing about Brian Thomas Jr. His playoff schedule. Sauce Gardner in week 16, Patrick Surtan in week 17. No, no, I. 15 and 16. Sauce Gardner, week 15, Patrick Certain, week 16, Colts in week 17. I, I really. You saw the game in London today. I really think you should take that into consideration.

[Adam]

That, that assuming those guys are healthy at that point. But yes, you should take into consideration.

[Jamie]

It's a big deal here.

[Adam]

Thank you, Adam. I appreciate that comment, brother. The commenter, Adam Lee. Appreciate it.

[Jamie]

Oh, yeah. Your start of the week picks have been great. You know, five out of six.

[Adam]

Four.

[Dave]

Six.

[Jamie]

Oh, okay. Well, you've been. Been fantastic. Rashad White. We'll talk about him later. By the way, Teddy McMillan does get the jets next week. Real quick. End this segment. Put a little bow on it. Rank Brian Thomas Jr. DK, Metcalf, Teterro, McMillan, rest of season.

[Heath]

McMillan DK, Thomas.

[Adam]

Oh, agree.

[Dave]

I think I'd put Metcalf at the end of that list. Give me a McMillan Thomas, DK.

[Adam]

I'm gonna say on. On. I was driving the radio. Is this the. I just haven't checked. Is season high in touchdowns for Metcalf already? No.

[Jamie]

For his career?

[Adam]

No.

[Jamie]

Because he had like eight touchdowns. Yeah. No. You tell the radio to shove it.

[Dave]

He had 12 touchdowns in 2021.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

He's got a lot of touchdowns, though, this year, that's for sure. Okay, we're going to take a break and we're going to come back and give you the big news. There's a lot of it. It's not great. We'll be right back on fft. Football season is fun. I love every minute of it, but it's busy and I get tired sometimes. And all of us are busy and all of us get tired. And we all need energy, focus and recovery. So let me tell you about Quicksilver Scientific, a US company that makes advanced liposomal supplements your body can use fast. And I recently got my supplements delivered. Quicksilver Scientific is a leader in cutting edge supplement science. Quicksilver has a lot of great products. I ordered the Ultra vitamin, a highly absorbable daily multivitamin in liquid form. It has vitamins for mood and energy, plus immune and bone support. It makes me feel energized and balanced every day. Quicksilver Scientific makes advanced liposomal supplements so you can actually feel the difference. Energy, focus, calm recovery. Get 10% off and free [e-mail] FFT that's tryqs.com FFT these statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or or prevent any disease.

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[Heath]

Quarter, but Najoku was in there. He came back.

[Jamie]

He only ran two routes in the fourth Quarter.

[Dave]

He left again.

[Heath]

Did he come back and then leave again?

[Dave]

Yes, I think so.

[Jamie]

He got hurt. You're right. He got hurt early in the game. Then he came back. Then he got re injured. I think re injured it in the fourth quarter, early in the fourth quarter and then left.

[Adam]

Keith, you have a new setup?

[Heath]

I'm working on it.

[Jamie]

Okay. So then we get to the wide receiver stuff. Garrett Wilson has some issue. Hip, rib, whatever it is.

[Dave]

Pissed off quarterback.

[Jamie]

Pissed off.

[Heath]

Might be a knee or an ankle.

[Jamie]

It could be.

[Heath]

It's all.

[Jamie]

They're all connected, but Garrett was George Pickens day.

[Adam]

He'll be fine next week. Yep.

[Jamie]

Got Carolina. Pukinakua left with an ankle injury. Then he came back. But Sean McVeigh did not commit to Pukinakua being ready for next week. He just didn't know. And they have a buy after that.

[Heath]

And he. He kind of came. He came back for a few plays, right?

[Jamie]

I don't know.

[Dave]

I think it was a full allotment of snapshot.

[Adam]

Right.

[Dave]

It looked bad when it first happened. The Rams are practicing at Camden Yards in Baltimore for a day or two before leaving for London, and it sounds like they're going to make a decision on Puka before they leave for London.

[Adam]

Right.

[Jamie]

Okay. A Mecca Abuka left with a hamstring injury, though, man.

[Dave]

No good. No good. Yeah.

[Jamie]

What a bummer. And Baker Mayfield still managed to score about 23 fantasy points.

[Adam]

Tez Johnson, baby.

[Jamie]

Tez Johnson. Both Johnson, Sterling Shepard, Kate Otten. We're going to have some guys to pick up on the waiver wire. They're at Detroit and then at New Orleans, and then they have a buy. We don't know.

[Adam]

I think I saw the early line on that game, and it's 85 and a half.

[Jamie]

Calvin Ridley left in the second quarter with a hamstring injury, and Marvis and Marvin Harrison Jr. Left with a concussion. They've got Green Bay and then a buy. Okay. Calvin Ridley, by the way, gets New England next week. News and notes. Other than that, Anthony Richards. You know, I'm take a break from the news and notes. We'll come back to the more boring news and notes in a little bit. Let's talk about early waiver wire. Why don't we do that? Jamie, have you made any progress on the early waiver wire?

[Heath]

No, but money by Dale.

[Adam]

Yeah, Vidal will be there. Bam. Night.

[Dave]

Trying to think, what's Bourne's roster ship at.

[Jamie]

68.

[Dave]

Okay, what about the Bucks receivers that we just got done?

[Jamie]

All of them are very, very available.

[Adam]

Jordan Winnington. If he's going to get some opportunities without Puka there, it's a good call.

[Dave]

Zay Jones. If there's no, Marvin Harrison Jr. Michael. You know all the guys that we were talking about as stash candidates back in August.

[Jamie]

Harold Fannon Jr. Is a big, big early waiver wire guy. I think 30, probably Heath, he's back foe. And then I think Bryce Young, you know, coming off the game and against the Cowboys, he was good. He wasn't great, but he was good enough. He's at the jets next week, so you could be looking at him. No Lamar Jackson, no Josh Allen next week.

[Adam]

Keisha Booty.

[Jamie]

That's one. I don't think I'm gonna go. I'm not gonna chase that.

[Heath]

The names you just said before you Dr. Yeah, absolutely.

[Jamie]

I mean, Booty's been completely invisible since week one. Why won't he be invisible for the next five weeks?

[Adam]

I should have. I should have realized. I believe he's from New Orleans or Louisiana. Yeah.

[Dave]

Yeah. He had a bunch of friends at the game.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Dave]

I should have paid a lot of money for tickets.

[Adam]

Should I realize that?

[Dave]

Yeah. He talked about that after the game. He only had five targets in the game.

[Adam]

Yeah, but we're, we're talking about all these teams dealing with injuries at their position. Like anybody with a pulse at this point you'd be happy with.

[Jamie]

If you're going to pick one Bucks receiver, who would you pick?

[Adam]

Taz against the Lions. Yeah.

[Heath]

Yeah. They both had three. He and Sterling Shepard both had three targets in the game.

[Dave]

Yeah. Nobody on the Bucks had more than six.

[Adam]

It's kind of what they do. Yeah.

[Jamie]

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[Adam]

I had a fascinating conversation today. I wish I could share the entire scope of it, but. So we have on our programming on, on hq and I believe he does some podcasting. Ran Carthon, former general manager of the Titans and I asked him, if you're in the situation like with a player like this with Camaro, who says he wants to stay and has been with the franchise forever, what would it take to part ways with him? And he told me just a great story about what he had to go through with Derrick Henry. It was unbelievable.

[Jamie]

Oh, interesting.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Well, thanks for, thanks for something, but kind of, kind of nothing there because I'm dying.

[Adam]

I mean, again, I wish I could share the, the entire. What basically what he said was, is like, when you have a player like this, like, it has to be the most overwhelming offer to, to clearly make that type of decision. So he said, like in the case of Camaro, like, if a team's going to overpay, like, you sit down with them and you say, listen, we, we just, we have to do this. Like, you know, we're going to give you a chance to go in and you're gonna, you know, hopefully, you know, help us out. And, and we wish it could work, but clearly it's, you know, better for both parties involved.

[Jamie]

Amari D. Mercado left with an ankle injury and Jonathan Gannon, the head coach, after the game, he said that, that did that. He said that was, quote, a big shift for them in their game plan when D. Mercado left Zay Flower, guys, that found.

[Dave]

Wasn't it in the second half?

[Jamie]

No, it was pretty early, I thought. Second half, I think it was pretty early. They said on the broadcast that Zay Flowers had never fumbled in his life and he fumbled twice. Put a call out to his playoffs peewee football coach and oh yeah, the playoffs, that's right, he definitely has fumbled in his life. Micah Sicki left with a pectoral injury and actually two tight ends got involved for Cincinnati. Baltimore got their left tackle back, Ronnie Stanley, and then he left with an ankle injury. Cleveland right tackle Jack Conklin left in the second half. And on defense, the big one is Fred Warner leaving in the first half with what looks like a season ending injury.

[Adam]

They've already ruled him out for the season.

[Jamie]

Okay, The Colts were down two cornerbacks. They were already without Kenny Moore. And then Charvarius Ward missed the game with a pregame concussion.

[Adam]

Do you See that? What happened to him?

[Jamie]

I missed it. I saw the aftermath. He just looked dazed. What happened?

[Adam]

It was a receiver running a route and like just ran into man.

[Jamie]

Let's see the Colts have the Chargers next week and there's other. There are other injuries, but we're going to do some more interesting stuff. Okay. Winners and losers. Heath had Brian Thomas Jr. I don't know if there's anything else you wanted to say about him or. Come on. If I know you found a couple.

[Heath]

Of segments to cover those. Good job.

[Jamie]

All right, we can move on to Dave's winners. Harold Fannin Jr. 7 catches, 81 yards on 10 targets. He had four catches and a touchdown in no. Did he score a touchdown? What's with me?

[Dave]

Last week he scored a touchdown.

[Jamie]

Oh, okay.

[Dave]

It's Minnesota.

[Jamie]

Sorry.

[Dave]

But he only had four targets. He had 10 targets in his last two games combined and then he had 10 today. And I think having Najoku leave the game had a lot to do with it.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And if Najoku, I mean I gotta give credit to Heath and Jamie on this one. Both of you were very big on Najoku this week. I was a little nervous. But you thought the tight ends were going to be a huge part of the, the Browns offense. It was. And it was Fanon who ended up benefiting because Najoku got banged up in the game. But if, if he's going to be the primary tight end if Najoku's out, then we can talk about him getting a good target share again and potentially putting up a bunch of double digit PPR games. He's a good player. We've talked about that already this season. We talked about it after week one and the opportunity is still there with Dylan Gabriel throwing a bunch of short passes.

[Jamie]

Yeah, the note I was trying to get to that I fumbled over was that like Zay flowers. He had four catches for 56 yards on five targets in the fourth quarter which David Najoku barely participated in.

[Adam]

You have to wonder if two things. First off, great matchup next week against Miami Will who's going to be the coach of the Dolphins after what Tua said. So we'll see what changes happen there. And do the Browns make a quarterback change?

[Jamie]

Yeah, right. They really need someone to try to push the ball downfield. I mean it's just too, too short, too many short passes. Drake May is Dave's other winner. 33.2 fantasy points. He's QB1 right now and in this week. He's fantastic.

[Dave]

He's great. This is now four times in his last five games. He's given us at least 23 fantasy points. And not everybody considers him a must start. I think he should. I mean, the Buffalo game was tough even though the Patriots won it. But his next few games are against Tennessee. Cleveland will be tough. That's at home. Atlanta, Tampa, the Jets after that, Cincinnati after that, the Giants after that. And then a buy. This guy's going to be a must start moving forward. I don't think you should have any questions about him. Even though his receiving core wasn't as predictable as we thought it would be. We thought it would be a lot of digs, thought Hunter Henry would be involved. They did the inverse of that and there was a lot of booty and Demario Douglas. The run game did absolutely nothing. If a team could use a running back, that's a playoff contender, it's this team. Sorry, Traybillon, but it's. It's rough right now with what they've got at running back and Drake May shouldering the load.

[Adam]

They can't run the ball and they give up on it. Susan?

[Dave]

They did this week. Yeah, 20.

[Jamie]

Only 26 past Dempster, Drake, May. You want to guess what his star percentage was?

[Heath]

65.

[Jamie]

58. Yeah, 58. Dave's. Dave's a big cheater.

[Dave]

No, I looked. I'm not going to pick a winner that was started in 95% of leagues.

[Jamie]

Fair? Fair point. Jamie's winners are Rashad White and Michael Mayer. And also Jamie, we have a question in the chat said, what did Tua say?

[Adam]

So Tua basically said that players have been late for meetings and he blamed leadership for it. So it sounds as if he is throwing his coach under the bus.

[Jamie]

They're still late for meetings. You know, it was the issue last year, apparently, and they got rid of the guys that weren't good for the locker room. The finding wasn't working. And bench these guys, man. Like, bench these guys.

[Adam]

I mean, it's clear at this point what has to happen. It's unfortunate, but.

[Jamie]

All right, Jamie's winners again. Rashad White, who is the start of the week, and Michael Mayer.

[Adam]

Yeah, I'm glad the mayor situation worked out. We talked about this last Monday, Adam, about trying to get ahead of any potential scenario of. Of what. What un unfolded of mayor coming back before Bowers and could he take that opportunity and run with it. And he did. And I didn't really love the matchup form. I didn't have him ranked very high, but I picked him up in a lot of leagues just with the opportunity of what this could potentially look like. And you got to feel good about it. You know, coming out of this, he'll definitely be one of the guys we're talking about on the way. We're probably the second priority at the position behind Harold Fanning because we don't know when Bowers is going to come back. And clearly this was going to be a big piece of in, in this offense. You know, we, we were hoping this was going to be what Bowers would do on a consistent basis. So I think Mayor's got a chance to be, you know, a waiver wire ad and a potential starter until Bowers returns. And obviously in the case of Rashad White, love the setup for him moving forward until Bucky ever returned. You know, this was I think as, as, as good as you could hope for. You know, he ran the ball a little bit better than last week and certainly was involved in the passing game. And now with the receiving core being what it is like he, he may be a candidate for five plus catches on a week to week basis until everybody's healthy.

[Dave]

I got one problem with Mayer and it's not. Has nothing to do with Brock Bowers because I don't think Brock Bowers plays next week but they play against Kansas City. So maybe that matchup, maybe we'll think it's favorable for, for Michael Mayer. After that it's a buy and I would imagine after the buy is when we'll see more of Brock Bowers.

[Adam]

Right.

[Jamie]

All right, let's go to the losers. Jamie's losers are Travis Etn, who had 12 carries, 27 yards, four catches for 28 yards. Just a bad game against Seattle. And Matthew stafford who scored 11.3 fantasy points at Baltimore. Go ahead, Jamie.

[Adam]

Well, Stafford is more mostly tied into the Puka Nakua injury, you know, so the momentum that he built coming into this game is gonna, you know, the, the air out of the balloon is, is going to happen. Unfortunately, you know, you don't have Puka against Jacksonville next week. You can't start him. So I think if you, you know, picked him up to be a streaming option, I guess you can hold him through there bye week with the hope that Puka returns. But if Puka's out next week, I'm not going to trust Stafford. Yeah. Even in a what I could still consider a plus matchup against the Jaguars and in the case of etn, look, I think we're gonna have these ebbs and flows with him. This is by no means a get rid of etn. I think he's going to be a good buy low candidate if people are panicked after this type of game. But this was just type of the type of struggles that you know, you see from him from time to time. I do like the fact that he had four catches so hopefully that's something that he can, he can build off of.

[Heath]

I think maybe the encouraging thing for ETN is he struggled so badly efficient in terms of efficiency and Basial toot and had two carries. They didn't really try something else.

[Jamie]

These games happen and going into this game, going into this week, you looked at running back target percentage, the quarterbacks, you know who the lowest in running back target percentage through their running backs. The fewest amount percentage wise Cam Ward was the lowest. And then the two quarterbacks in the Seattle Jacksonville game were the next Darnold, then Lawrence I think and the fact that he got four catches is really is good. And he had three last week. Now Jamie kind of brought it up. I didn't even think about it but maybe that was because of Brenton Strange who brought that up a few days ago. Maybe that was because of Strange being out. But whatever the reason is, seven catches in his last two games is nice to see after he went a three game stretch with a combined three gadgets.

[Adam]

And, and I guess just kind of to tie it into moving forward next week. He's got to face the Rams. I know that Derrick Henry ran through them, did not have a touchdown again. So you probably don't want to bank on him scoring maybe again the passing downs work will, will continue to help him. Their offensive line was beat to crap today. I mean the Seahawks demolished that line and run blocking, pass blocking like everything that Jacksonville tried to do. Like Trevor Lawrence running for his life.

[Jamie]

All right, and Dave's losers are Justin Fields we talked about and then Ken Walker. So he didn't get the catches. He had 10 carries for 34 yards and only one catch and that just seems to be week one. He had three catches. He has one catch in each of his last five games.

[Dave]

Big shout out to Zach Charbonnet who had a season high 61% of the snaps for Seattle's backfield. Continue to dominate on third downs. Had all four of their snaps inside the five. I can't look at Kenneth Walker and say he's a must start running back anymore. It's, it's really frustrating. It's clearly a coach's decision to try and I guess what do you think it is? You think they're trying to like protect Kenneth Walker a little bit, not overuse Kenneth Walker a little bit. And they. They want to lean into Charbonnet a little bit more at this time. I. I can't make sense of it. And they've got Houston next week, and Houston's coming off the buy. So if. If I'm starting Kenneth Walker, I'm gonna have a lot of these terrible games that he's had, and he's had a lot of them lately in the back of my mind when I set my lineup.

[Jamie]

All right, let's get Heath. We didn't steal your. Your losers in other segments.

[Heath]

There we go.

[Jamie]

All right. Stefan Diggs and Pitman. Digs started in 72% of leagues, Pitman in 92%.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Heath]

As Dave referenced, Drake may look like one of the best quarterbacks in the world. And Stefan Diggs had three targets. Keisha Booty was awesome. Demario Douglas had a long touchdown. Diggs was mostly uninvolved. And I think you're still starting him next week as a number three wide receiver on the hope that the last two games are more indicative of what's to come. But we were kind of building towards must start Stefan Diggs, and this is definitely a step back from that. And then Michael Pittman. I. I said this morning, I got. Daniel Jones has been so good, but the last couple of weeks, Pitman hasn't really been a clear number one target in this offense. Josh Downs was getting more involved. Alex Pierce was back, and there wasn't a big role for Michael Pittman.

[Jamie]

Yeah, he had a 23. What do you think about a 23.3% target share? Because that's what good. It's good, right? Pittman had that going into this week. Brian Thomas Jr. Is right around there. I don't know that you can be great with that.

[Heath]

I think it depends. A 23 target share on a team that throws 36 to 40 times a game is great on a team that throws 27 to 30 times a game. It's gonna lead to weeks like this.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Diggs rest of season. Are we, generally speaking, optimistic? Cautiously optimistic. Pessimistic. Are we feeling optimistic?

[Dave]

Agreed.

[Heath]

I think he's a wide receiver. 3.

[Jamie]

Dave and Jamie, wide receiver. 2. On digs or three.

[Adam]

I think with the B.

[Jamie]

Now, Jamie.

[Adam]

In the bye weeks, he'll be in the conversation to be a wide receiver, too, depending on the matchups. Will be a wide receiver, too. With all the injuries, he could be a wide receiver, too, but he's in that blob.

[Jamie]

He did have maybe A season high in route participation rate. Stefan Diggs was over 70. Last week was 50. He had a great game. Go figure. But at least he played more. All right, one more break. We'll break down all the games and tell you what you need to know. Around the goal line, the almost touchdowns who was used in the tush push formation today. We'll tell you when we come back. Fantasy football has a lot of ORs. Start or sit, draft or bust, buy or sell. But you don't have to pick because Nationwide is so much more than a great insurance company. They're one of America's largest financial services companies, too. Insurance and financial services. Game changer. For your insurance and financial needs, Nationwide is on your side. Nationwide Investment Services Corporation member Finra, Columbus, Ohio. Carolina basketball isn't just a program, it's a legacy. I'm John Henson and will be the host of Tar Heel247, a UNC basketball.

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Is on your side. Nationwide Investment Services Corporation Ember Finra, Columbus, Ohio. Going to give you guys 30 seconds for this little impromptu segment. It was a week where we had to start, guys. We never thought we'd be starting. What was one hail Mary that you threw that was actually completed in terms of someone in your starting lineup that you can't believe? They came through?

[Heath]

Dave Vidal Heath, I guess bam counts.

[Jamie]

Jamie.

[Adam]

I had almost hail Mary where I had Keisha and Booty starting until this morning. And then I replaced him. Was throwing Shepherd. Oh, no.

[Heath]

I started case on Booty against Thomas in the baked burger league.

[Jamie]

Oh, nice.

[Heath]

I should have used that one.

[Jamie]

Thomas. Thomas, I think got a little too confident in the big burger league.

[Heath]

There's been so many great teams that have turned to crap this Year because of what we know has happened. And I started a team with Bam Knight in my super flex spot and K Sean Booty is one of my starting wide receivers.

[Adam]

I did start Bam in a couple leagues and I started Michael Mayer in the fishbowl.

[Jamie]

Oh, perfect. Perfect. Yeah. All right. Well I started Josh Downs in a league and when he scored a touchdown I was like, well, maybe I'm going to win. Who's we'll see the goal line work. Bam Knight seems to have that role for Arizona. Alvin Camara got two carries on first and goal and second and goal. He got down to the one yard line and then Taysom Hill came in and scored a one yard touchdown run. Ramondre Stevenson. What'd you say?

[Heath]

He's back.

[Jamie]

He's back. He is. Ramandre Stevenson was. Was with different coaches.

[Adam]

Third coach now he's really good at it.

[Jamie]

They should keep him that way. But Ramandre seems to be had had the role today and Charbonnet of course had it. Mark Andrews tush push. How about that? It did not back to back to his pushes, right? Yeah. And then on fourth and goal from the one they gave it to Henry and he lost two or three yards. But it was not a good sequence. I pretty much the game deciding sequence right there.

[Dave]

Did you see the Tush push play? I'm gonna air quotes on Tush was played by the Colts. No, they're right up against the goal line. They are looking like they're sitting up for the tush push. Except Jonathan Taylor is awkwardly three yards behind Daniel Jones so he can't actually push him. Jones takes the snap, tosses it to Jonathan Taylor. He walks right into the end zone. The Cardinals were just completely discombobulated.

[Jamie]

I saw the touchdown. I guess I didn't notice the formation. Matthew Stafford overthrew devonte Adams on consecutive plays wide open in the end zone.

[Heath]

Devonte Adams has missed about 40 fantasy points in the end zone.

[Adam]

We had a. We have a co worker who had a anytime had an eight player anytime touchdown parlay that would have won him $5,000 if Devonta Adams scored.

[Jamie]

No, no.

[Adam]

On a five dollar bet.

[Heath]

Oh my gosh.

[Jamie]

Oh, that's brutal.

[Adam]

Yep.

[Jamie]

Jerry Judy had a lot. You know, he had a chunk play callback on a penalty. He was overthrown wide open in the end zone. He had two drops, one of them in traffic. Harold Fannon had a bad job. The Cleveland Browns dropped a lot of balls. All right, let's enough of that almost touchdown stuff. Let's talk about the actual touchdowns. Denver 13, Jets 11. What a game.

[Dave]

Singular.

[Jamie]

Yeah. One touchdown in this game. Heath, what do we got on Believe it or not?

[Heath]

So I used my believe it or not early when Dave had Justin Fields as a loser. So I, I guess, believe it or not, you should be careful with the Broncos against the Giants. Suddenly good defense.

[Jamie]

Not.

[Dave]

I don't believe it.

[Heath]

The Broncos offense isn't that good.

[Jamie]

Is it? Not Knicks hasn't been that good, but Dobbins has delivered. Sutton's been good. Not today.

[Adam]

They'll bounce back next week.

[Dave]

Yeah, the passing game, I feel encouraged by. Kind of encouraged by the usage for Evan Ingram too. Like that's starting to grow a little bit more.

[Adam]

Revenge game next week.

[Heath]

And the schedule maker's so bad at this. Like, how do we have for the second week in a row a team on extended rest playing against a team coming back from overseas?

[Jamie]

At least this one's going to be a road game for the Giants facing the Broncos. Whereas you're talking about the Browns today.

[Heath]

Browns and Steelers, right?

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Browns coming back from London and going to Pittsburgh. It was coming off a buy. Second time in NFL history that's happened. But I, you know, I would say just believe it or not for this game, forget this game for. In terms of fantasy, just forget it like it never happened.

[Adam]

It's a good call.

[Jamie]

Yeah. All right, good.

[Dave]

I would mean there's so much bounce.

[Adam]

Back potential for both these teams with who they play next week. Right.

[Jamie]

Giants for. For the Broncos and Carolina for the Jets.

[Adam]

Yep.

[Jamie]

The Giants aren't that bad on defense, though.

[Adam]

No, but I mean, look, this was a, this was a huge letdown for the Broncos because the way the jets had been playing defense, I think a lot of people thought that this would be a much easier situation, maybe for everybody except for Sutton. We thought, you know, we spent a lot of time talking throughout the week. I know Heath and I were on the Troy Franklin potential, you know that. I know Dave was a little anti bonic. So that played off. He got off to a great start, you know, and then just couldn't do anything after the fact. And the biggest disappointment, I think is probably Dobbins just, you know, the way that he had been running with, you know, a touchdown or 100 yards rushing in every game so far this season, the way the jets run defense had looked. So give the jets defense some credit. Obviously, Breece Hall's disappointment. We knew that Justin Fields would struggle. We knew that Gary Wilson was struggle. So I think you just kind of chalk it up to, okay, jets defense Played much better than they've shown all season long. And the Broncos defense just did what they typically do to most teams. And so next week you just got to feel confident that these guys for the most part will bounce back. I think Knicks is the one that you got to have some questions about. Okay.

[Dave]

Indiana.

[Jamie]

Indianapolis 31, Arizona 27th.

[Heath]

Trey McBride's the only Cardinal you can start next week against the Packers. Bam Knight. Thank you. Goodbye. Not my starting lineup.

[Dave]

Yeah, I believe it.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

I mean, right. This is a good day for Bam Knight, but what he had 11 carries compared to nine for Michael Carter. I think he's the. The goal line back, but it's not like he is really trust them. He is.

[Dave]

It was almost an even split between Knight and Carter in terms of snaps. Knight played 49, Carter 46, but bam Knight, four. Four snaps inside the five.

[Jamie]

Okay. On the other side of the ball. Anything there? Not really.

[Heath]

Daniel Jones must start next week against the Chargers in Los Angeles.

[Adam]

Borderline. I did my QB rankings already, just the outline of it, and he's just outside top 12.

[Jamie]

He's been pretty good. You know, when Jonathan Taylor scores three touchdowns, Daniel Jones struggles. Other than that he's.

[Dave]

Or.

[Jamie]

Or when. Two, two out. Well, I mean, sorry. Not too. Too when he fumbles the ball going into the end zone, you know. Yeah, he's been pretty damn good.

[Adam]

The one. The one thing is, is he's been better at home than he has been on the road.

[Jamie]

Yeah. All right. Pittsburgh 23, Cleveland 9.

[Dave]

Oh.

[Heath]

We should stop doubting. We should stop doubting. DK Metcalf, believe it or not, just a must start wide receiver.

[Adam]

He is next week for sure.

[Jamie]

You have to say his matchups.

[Adam]

When you say Thursday against the Bengals, he's. He's a must start wide receiver.

[Dave]

Yeah, but he's, you know, Rogers to start next week.

[Jamie]

Is Rogers start next week.

[Adam]

He's not in my top 12, but he's certainly somebody that I would have interest in if I need a quarterback.

[Jamie]

But no to Heath's question. Right. This was the highest a dot of the year for DK and for Rogers and it was only for Rogers. It was 7.5 yards, something like that. Air yards per pass attempt, not that high. I had made the point that with DK Metcalf it's not sustainable for him to be this low adot guy and never get any air yards. And up until today he had had one target all year of 20 or more air yards. Day he got four. So I don't know that they're Going to go back to throwing the ball downfield to him. That's what we need for, for him. So I sort of felt like I was, I knew he would come up on the show and I put him in that other segment. To me, he's the whole most hold, right? Not buying or selling, just holding. He's gonna lead the team in receiving by a gazillion yards. Like he's gonna score touchdowns. It's gonna be fine. I just feel like I don't really trust Rogers so like there might be some bad weeks for Mecca, but I just, just he's on my lineup, he's on my team. He's just, I'm just gonna keep him and start him.

[Adam]

Here's one for you. PPR rest of season. Knowing that Lamar Jackson's coming back, who would you rather have, DK Metcalf or Zay Flowers?

[Jamie]

Zay Flowers, I would agree.

[Adam]

In ppr.

[Jamie]

Dave Heath, is there a.

[Dave]

Format where you would rather have Metcalf half and none. Okay.

[Jamie]

You can't ignore the touchdowns that Zay Flowers never scores.

[Adam]

Right.

[Jamie]

Wow.

[Dave]

Hey, what about this run game for the Steelers?

[Jamie]

Yes, thank you. Go on.

[Dave]

Well, Warren played 52 of the snaps. Gainwell played more on third downs. The Caleb Johnson got some run in the fourth quarter, but in full PPR Gainwell was better than Warren.

[Adam]

I think Warren has a bounce back game next week again Thursday against the Bengals. So that's a great opportunity for him to get going, you know. And then I think in the, in the case of Gainwell, it's a PPR flex option at best.

[Dave]

While Warren week eight, they've got Green Bay so they're going to go from an easy match up against Cincinnati to one of the toughest ones where they're probably not going to be able to run the ball. And if we know Gainwell is already playing on third downs, they can both catch passes.

[Adam]

Right.

[Dave]

Do you. And there's six teams on by in week eight, I'm thinking what do you, what do you do with Gainwell after his first game? After the buy it was 9.6 PPR points. He had six catches. So he really didn't have that great of a game. He just cheesed his way to almost 10 PPR points. Do you drop them? Do you consider him as a possible bi week replacement in week eight when Absolutely six teams of running backs on by? I think so. I think that Rogers is. Remember this is a pretty big game for Aaron Rodgers. He's going to be under a lot of pressure and I don't think they're going to be able to run the ball. And if Rogers is getting the ball out quick, both running backs can end up catching a bunch of passes.

[Jamie]

I think that was a bad day for some starting running backs. It was a. It was a bad day. I mean, it wasn't a great day for Jalen Warren. Gain was obviously got a role which he had before. It was not a good day for Tony Pollard. Right.

[Adam]

Like he.

[Dave]

There was a running back in the Steelers Browns game who had a miserable day. Yeah.

[Jamie]

Yeah, we can talk about that. But just to finish my thought, it was also a pretty bad day for Chuba Hubbard, you know.

[Heath]

Right.

[Jamie]

I mean, but I don't like the developments in Tennessee. We can talk about that later. But yeah, we'll finish up here with your thoughts on Quintean Judkins. 12 carries, 36 yards. Did not have a catch in this game. Just a horrible game for Judkins after three good ones in a row.

[Heath]

It was really gross. Who's the the best rookie running back rest of season?

[Adam]

Genti.

[Dave]

We're changing it after one week.

[Jamie]

Why you like Judkins better than Genti?

[Adam]

Something did a segment on Thursday where it was Genti or Judkins.

[Jamie]

Oh, I would. I would have said Genti. I feel like Genti has had a pretty easy schedule lately. If I'm not mistaken, it didn't look very easy.

[Heath]

The Titans dominated the line of scrimmage for a lot of that game.

[Jamie]

He just, he just played Chicago, the Colts and the Titans and he gets the Chiefs. It's not that hard going forward. But he did have a pretty easy schedule because like the first two games, New England and the Chargers, he stunk. And then Washington, he stunk. Right when he had tough matchups, he was bad. Something to think about here.

[Dave]

Judkins bounces back next week against Miami.

[Jamie]

All right, next game. Carolina 30, Dallas 27.

[Heath]

I'll give one for each running back room. You missed your sell high opportunity on Javante Williams.

[Dave]

Don't believe it.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Heath]

Top 15 running back.

[Dave]

Yep.

[Jamie]

This is really his first bad game. Right. And it was bad, but he had five catches.

[Adam]

Rico short week. Yeah.

[Heath]

Rico Dowdle is the best Panthers running back rest of season.

[Dave]

Yeah, I believe that too.

[Jamie]

But how good. How good are we talking here?

[Dave]

He's gonna have 200 total yards every week.

[Jamie]

This is a huge story. I mean, this guy has been so good. What happens to Rico Dowdo when. I don't know when Chuba's coming back, but when that happens, let's say Chuba Hubbard, hypothetically, was back next week. Rico Dowdles placing the jets right. Where are you ranking Rico Dowdle?

[Adam]

Dad will probably be 23, 24 ish. And Chuba will probably be like 26, 27.

[Heath]

Yeah, I would expect pretty close to an even split if it's just one more week.

[Jamie]

I think this comment in the chat is so outlandish, Dave. I might take Rico Dowdle over Javante rest of season.

[Heath]

There we go.

[Jamie]

Is that outlandish?

[Adam]

You know, should have done that.

[Dave]

Jared. Remember this is the same coaching staff that picked Chuba at one point last year to overtake their backfield.

[Adam]

Well, they really didn't have a choice.

[Dave]

Yeah, I guess you're right.

[Adam]

I mean, Brooks was coming back from the injury and then got hurt again and yeah, Miles Sanders was Miles Sanders. Like, you know, Chuba was kind of their guy and then he just took off from it.

[Dave]

Yeah, I don't know how. I don't know how they put this toothpaste back in the tube. Dowdles look so good the last couple weeks and it's been favorable matchups, bare minimum. I Bet he's like 60 of the workload and Chuba's 40, maybe even less.

[Jamie]

CD Lamb or DK Metcalf rest of season.

[Adam]

Lamp.

[Dave]

Lamb.

[Jamie]

Okay, like you know why I'm asking.

[Adam]

Well, I think you should ask Pickens or Metcalf rest of season.

[Jamie]

Oh, God. Did I say Lamb?

[Dave]

You did.

[Jamie]

Sorry.

[Dave]

That's why I was like, what do you.

[Jamie]

Pickens or Pickens or Metcalf rest of season. My bad.

[Adam]

You know, could have made that decision.

[Jamie]

Yes, I know who made it. I know. The Steelers already made that.

[Adam]

Pickens was so awesome today. Like he was literally like a man among boys.

[Jamie]

Two Pickens and a vote for DK. Okay. Chargers 29, Dolphins 27.

[Dave]

Oh.

[Heath]

Adam's a jerk for not including lad McConkey in the guys who positively regress this week.

[Dave]

That's an auto.

[Adam]

Believe it.

[Jamie]

Yeah, I. Because of Quentin Johnston's absence. I think that's. That's why I didn't. You know. So what do you make of that?

[Heath]

Glad McConkey is the best Chargers wide receiver rest of season.

[Adam]

I don't believe it. But I think we're going to have a road, a rotating schedule of who's going to be the best receiver on a week to week basis. I got one for you. Believe it or not, the Chargers don't need an offensive line.

[Jamie]

They don't what?

[Adam]

Need an offensive line joke today. And look what these guys did.

[Dave]

Yeah, it's true.

[Jamie]

It's the Dolphins there.

[Adam]

I mean, touched the ball. He must have. I don't know what his yards before contact was. It looked like he was probably 12 yards down the field before anybody touched him.

[Dave]

Every time there were a bunch of runs like that, man, where just. It looked like the. The interior offensive line was blocking well for him and he just had tons of space. He had three runs in a row. I think it was in the third quarter. We're just like gaping spaces of room for him.

[Adam]

I'm. I'm gonna do my running back rankings in a couple of hours just to get ahead of it. Quinton Judkins is number one.

[Dave]

Quinn Johnson because he's taking on Miami.

[Jamie]

Right.

[Adam]

I mean, I changed my answer. Best rookie running my recipes.

[Jamie]

Come on, come on. Everybody averaged 3.3 yards before contact per carry, which is insane.

[Dave]

He also would have had a higher rushing average if he didn't get the last three carries of the game for the Chargers when they were just killing the clock and forcing timeouts before their field goal. And he still averaged almost 7 yards per carry. It's not that he's unreal. He's not. If you go back and you watch him play, you're not going to see top end speed. But he got a great opportunity against a terrible defense. And I just, I don't want to rank him too high overreacting to this, but I do think he does lead the Chargers backfield for the foreseeable future.

[Adam]

Yeah. I think the. The two things that you're happy about, forget about who you picked. You're obviously happier if you picked by doubt. But we have an answer. Like, right, we went into this with uncertainty, and we have a very clear cut answer. You know, so this is their guy until Marian Hampton comes back.

[Dave]

And it should be noted that they rotated drives. It was Vidal on the first drive, and then Haskins started off the second drive, but by the. Somewhere between the third and the fourth quarter, they started to lean into Vidal a lot more.

[Jamie]

All right, let's go to our next game. It is the Rams and the Ravens. Los Angeles 17, Baltimore 3.

[Adam]

I got a good trivia question for you. Oh, go Adam. Chapter just tweeted this, so I'm just going to read you. Rico Doddle is the sixth running back in the super bowl era with at least 225 scrimmage yards and. And a touchdown in consecutive games. Can you name the other five? No.

[Dave]

I would guess Barry Sanders is in there.

[Adam]

Barry Sanders is not O.J.

[Jamie]

Simpson.

[Adam]

No, there are four guys that we Drafted in every league. And one guy that was pre. Before we played Fantasy. All right.

[Jamie]

Derek Henry.

[Adam]

Nope.

[Jamie]

Christian McCaffrey.

[Adam]

Nope.

[Heath]

Okay, what's the question? I wasn't listening.

[Adam]

Rico Donald is the sixth running back in the super bowl era with at least 225 scrimmage yards and a touchdown in consecutive games. Can you name the other five?

[Jamie]

I said three terms. McCaffrey.

[Adam]

No.

[Jamie]

Have we drafted all these guys?

[Dave]

Yep.

[Jamie]

Oh, I thought you meant this year we just.

[Dave]

Payton.

[Adam]

Walter Payne has won. Dave's cheating.

[Heath]

He's reading his screen, literally.

[Jamie]

How do you.

[Adam]

How do you. Dalvin Cook in 2020 with the Vikings. Le'Veon Bell in 2014 with the Steelers. Deuce McAllister in 2003 with the Saints. Marshall Falk in 2002 with the Rams, and Walter Payton with the Bears in 1977.

[Jamie]

My mamma mia. All right, Heath, Rams, Ravens.

[Adam]

We drafted all these guys this year. He has that. It's historical that.

[Jamie]

Yeah, I got James Cook. Yeah. Heath, go ahead.

[Heath]

Oh, we're on the Rams and the Ravens now.

[Jamie]

We are. We don't have to talk about this game.

[Adam]

I.

[Heath]

Is there. Does somebody have a Believe it or not for this game? Because I am really struggling to think of one.

[Jamie]

Yeah. Believe it or not, buy low on devonte Adams.

[Adam]

Who's going to sell him low at this point with Puka out?

[Dave]

Yeah, it's.

[Jamie]

But. Okay, fine. So believe it or not, there's a lot. The performances are going to be a lot better for devonte Adams.

[Heath]

I believe that.

[Dave]

Believe it. Okay.

[Jamie]

He's been a little disappointing.

[Dave]

He has been. But you can count on Adams and Stafford to get their act together. And that. That's not just for next week. That's for the rest of the season. Believe it or not, you can cut Mark Andrews, Ravens going into their buy.

[Heath]

Yeah, I believe it. I think I already did in the league. This. This week.

[Dave]

I did, too.

[Jamie]

Next game. Patriots 25, Saints 19.

[Heath]

This one came courtesy of Twitter. Dave pointed out to me, believe it or not, Trayvon Henderson is droppable.

[Dave]

No, don't want to believe it.

[Heath]

I don't believe it at all.

[Dave]

I really. But here's the problem. At what point are the Patriots coaches going to say, all right, Ramandre is not giving us anything. Let's just, you know, play the kid a little bit more and see what happens. Lean into his strengths a little bit more. He only has two targets. It's very frustrating what's going on in New England.

[Jamie]

Yeah. All right. Don't drop them, but it's getting a little frustrating. But Ramon DRE Stevenson had 13 carries for 18 yards today. We talked about digs. I don't think we're buying into Demario Douglas. Buy or sell or believe it or not, Hunter Henry is droppable.

[Dave]

I feel like we go through this with him every year.

[Heath]

We do tight ends, period.

[Jamie]

But I drop them for fantasy next week. I, I would drop him for Fanon or Mayor, you know, just to win one week.

[Heath]

But the problem is, and this, I think I tried to say this last week, this has been the problem with streaming tight ends is that guys score 12 fantasy points and we say I gotta win next week. I'm gonna go pick them up and drop the guy that scored three fantasy points. And then the next week it changes. It's the, I mean, yeah, but the position is just so low scoring and so touchdown dependent that it's really hard to do the week to week thing, I think.

[Adam]

I mean look, you're, you're trying to, you know, catch lightning in a bottle and find the one that's going to be sustainable, you know. So the guy in this game that we said to drop last week was Juwan Johnson, you know, and he was the guy early in the season who had three solid games to start the season. So okay, was this going to be the one that's may be sustainable? Henry, I think to Adam's point is going to pop up every now and then with these good games and you're looking at the matchup against the Titans to Dave's point, like, you know, Michael Mayer just did that against them. Certainly Hunter Henry can as well. So he may be somebody that you hold on to if you can't find that pivot player. So clearly Fanon is going to have a lot of attention if David and Joku is out and he's going to miss time, especially with that matchup against Miami. I think everybody who picked up Darren Waller, for example, is thrilled with what they're getting right now, you know. So to your point, Heath. Yes. You're, you're, you're gonna have these players that are gonna disappoint you and then when you move off of them, that's when they have the good game. So are we dropping Hunter Henry? Okay, you might be dropping him and then you pick up Fanon and then the Joker plays and Fannin does nothing and Henry scores a touchdown against Titans. And now you go back to Henry and then he disappoints you the following. Like that's just unfortunate nature of the position. But like, how many must start tight ends do we have? And again, like, I think Waller's now in that conversation. I think for the people that either drafted and dropped or held on the pits as a second tight end, you got to feel like hopefully he's, you know, become that guy. Kincaid, I think has become that guy if he's healthy. It's just the, the. The nature of what you're dealing with here. It's, it's. It's tough to say, you know, who's going to be the sustainable of the guys that you're picking up week to week.

[Jamie]

All right, we got a few more games left. I will point out Alvin Camara. As disappointing as it is that he can't score. Sorry. He's. He has five to six targets in four of his last five games. What's up?

[Heath]

You should make fun of me and give Mike his donations worth.

[Jamie]

Oh, yeah. Drake May is really good.

[Heath]

He paid for the whole season, didn't he?

[Jamie]

He did. He did it. Mike is dismayed that he is dissing Drake. Maybe. Yeah.

[Heath]

Good job, Mike. You're right. Drake May is generational.

[Jamie]

Seattle 20, Jacksonville 12.

[Heath]

Sam Darnold to top 12 fantasy quarterback.

[Dave]

I believe it. He has been.

[Jamie]

On the fence. Sam Darnold or Justin Fields rest of season.

[Adam]

Fields.

[Dave]

I want to be done with Fields.

[Jamie]

He just had. He's had three massive games.

[Dave]

I'm tired of the roll roller coaster, but I don't want to be on the roller coaster.

[Jamie]

Predictable.

[Adam]

I'll be more excited about Justin Fields next week.

[Jamie]

It's a matchup thing. I mean, to be fair, in the last two big games, he had garbage time touchdowns that like, made his game, but. All right, fair enough. All right, you're saying Darnold overfield. You're not saying that officially. You're just thinking it. Dave, what's the answer? Darnold or Fields?

[Dave]

I just answered your question.

[Jamie]

No, you said, I want to be done with Fields. I think he's.

[Dave]

Yeah. So I want to be done with Fields. I don't think I'm gonna cut him in my leagues necessarily. Unless I need the roster.

[Heath]

Spot somebody. Sam Darnold and trade for Justin Fields. After hearing this podcast, are you accepting it?

[Dave]

I don't have Justin Fields on anybody.

[Jamie]

Oh, you. This would not hold up in court. You are evading the question. Okay. Anything else from this game?

[Dave]

Exhibit A is Justin Fields play in seven of the last eight quarters that he's been in and if I'm starting them because I'm hoping that he gets garbage time, production It's a bad reason to start to put him in your lineup.

[Jamie]

Still haven't heard.

[Dave]

Especially since eventually the time will come where he will get pulled in the fourth quarter of a game, and you'll see Torod Taylor finish the game of garbage time. If not, start in place of Justin Fields without injury being a reason why.

[Adam]

What. What reasoning would that be, though?

[Dave]

Because they can't win with him and they're desperate to win a football game.

[Adam]

He's the reason why they're not winning.

[Dave]

He's one of a myriad of reasons why they are not winning football games.

[Jamie]

He. He's playing poorly. I mean, the throws are off target, they're not on time. The sacks that he's taking, it's not all on the offensive line, but he's never been that great of a quarterback, and he puts up big fantasy numbers. Anyway, this is supposed to be about Seattle by Believe it or not. Believe it or not, Jackson, Smith, and Jigba is the number two wide receiver rest of season.

[Heath]

Might be number one.

[Adam]

Yeah. Why not number one?

[Jamie]

Well, let's say.

[Dave]

Let's say Puka, especially if Puka is banged up. All right, he's numero uno, baby.

[Heath]

But top two. Yes. Believe it.

[Jamie]

All right, so you take him over Lamb right now.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Okay. Absolutely. He's healthy and he's great, and this team can't run the ball very well, and he's the best thing they've got. And their quarterback is playing well.

[Jamie]

To the late Games. Las Vegas 20, Tennessee 10.

[Heath]

Sorry, I was watching.

[Jamie]

Yeah, that was. That was Juju's. Break it away.

[Heath]

Look, Trey Tucker is the best wide receiver on the Raiders.

[Dave]

Don't believe it.

[Adam]

He's been the most productive. Right?

[Heath]

By far.

[Jamie]

Far.

[Adam]

Well, yeah, his one game was better than anything. Myers.

[Heath]

His one game might be better than Joey Myers season.

[Dave]

No. Like, I want to check this out because I. I'm sure you're right.

[Jamie]

Remember when I removed Trey Tucker from Fantasy Feud?

[Dave]

Yeah. Tucker's like four PPR points per game better than Jacoby Myers.

[Jamie]

All right, so Dave's not believing it. Jamie, are you believing it?

[Adam]

I honestly think, like, if the Raiders are doing themselves into Kobe Myers a service, like, they trade him, right? He.

[Jamie]

He did request to be traded before the season started.

[Adam]

Yeah, he wanted a new deal. He wants to be traded. Like, it's a perfect situation. Like, let him go be somewhere where he can be productive and help a team out. And now you can play your young receivers. Play Tucker, play Thompson, play Beck Bash. And they're Bash And. And let them. Let them see what they have. He's going nowhere.

[Jamie]

Are you believing it, Heath?

[Heath]

I think I believe it.

[Jamie]

That Tucker is better than Myers recipe.

[Heath]

I actually had Tucker ahead in the projections this week and just lowered him because it's looked and felt dumb. But, yeah, I think Jacoby Myers is the guy that needs to be lowered in the projections, not Trey Tucker.

[Adam]

And you wonder if. If now they're getting tight end play, is that really hurt Myers as well?

[Dave]

Well, it did today.

[Jamie]

Seemed to hurt Tucker earlier in the year, but, you know, I don't know.

[Dave]

But.

[Jamie]

So I'm gonna say when Bowers was healthy, but what was I gonna say? Oh, on the Titan side of the ball, believe it or not, there's not a single startable Titan now.

[Adam]

No, believe it.

[Dave]

I believe it.

[Adam]

Sucks.

[Heath]

Feels like it.

[Jamie]

All right, next game, what do we got? We got Green Bay 27 in Cincinnati 18. It's a pretty good game, actually. What do we got here?

[Heath]

Well, I think it's got to be. Believe it or not, Joe Flacco saved Jamar Chase and T. Higgins.

[Dave]

I believe that going into the week.

[Jamie]

So.

[Dave]

Sure, I believe that now.

[Heath]

Best yardage game of the season for T. Higgins.

[Adam]

You got to be encouraged, especially against his defense on a short week for Flacco, like, it's not gonna be easy next week either against Pittsburgh, but.

[Dave]

Nope. Especially since it's on a short week. I thought that he had some good timing down with Jamar Chase on a couple of out routes. The touchdown that Jamar Chase had kind of had to adjust for the ball. But Jake Browning doesn't throw with that kind of accuracy. And Flacco did.

[Adam]

I mean, he did against the Lions. For Chase.

[Heath]

I. I was gonna say, I think that touchdown was. Had very little to do with the quarterback. It was a wide receiver just making an insane play between two defenders.

[Dave]

You don't think that ball's out of bounds or two yards in front of Chase?

[Heath]

I think 75 of the receivers in the NFL has an interception.

[Adam]

Oh, you're low. Sorry, 95.

[Jamie]

No, but. But he's saying. Okay, maybe. Maybe. Yeah. All right, I'm.

[Dave]

Look, I. I thought the ball was maybe a tad under thrown, if that's what you're getting at, and that Chase had to adjust to it. That's fair, but I don't know if Browning is making a throw like that.

[Jamie]

45 pass attempts for 219 yards. For Flacco. Not great, but his first game, new team, short week to prepare. Not bad. Yeah. On the other side of the ball. You know, pretty interesting. Golden gets five targets, three catches, 86 yards, two carries for 16 yards. It just was very spread out. But Dobbs did get nine and Kraft only got two. So I think you've got a lot to consider here with the packers going forward. You know, Heath, what do you make of the jumbled mess?

[Heath]

I think Kraft and Waller are kind of in the same spot to where, thank goodness, they scored a touchdown this week. And we liked them as must start guys before this week. So since they scored a touchdown, they.

[Adam]

Get to stay there.

[Heath]

And there may not. There may be some target problems for both of them, but they've been so good at turning targets into fantasy points that you just start them anyway. I think right now, Dobbs and Golden are both kind of boom, bust number three wide receivers, but here comes Christian Watson.

[Jamie]

Dave, I'm gonna move on to the next game, but if you wouldn't mind. Can. Can we look up. Did Matthew golden play a season high in snaps or anything like that?

[Dave]

Sure.

[Jamie]

Tampa Bay 30 in San Francisco 19 ask game.

[Heath]

I saw this one in the YouTube chat. So believe it or not, Juwan Jennings is droppable.

[Adam]

Five broken ribs and bad ankles. Yeah.

[Heath]

And he was fighting. I couldn't figure out, like, there was some sort of drama with him and Shanahan on the sideline. I would think if a guy was playing through all that, you'd just be happy with whatever he was doing.

[Adam]

I. I wonder how much. I mean, again, his contract extension has a lot to do with playing time.

[Heath]

Oh, that's true.

[Adam]

So.

[Jamie]

Played a lot, though. He played. According to what I'm seeing here, he played only three fewer routes than Kendrick Bourne. He basically played all the. All the receiving routes. Close to it.

[Heath]

And he was blocking like I.

[Jamie]

And I was surprised because I saw. Yeah, I saw mvs on the field. I was like, oh, maybe Jennings just isn't playing that much. But no, he played a 79 route participation rate. Kendrick Bourne led the way with 85.1%. So did Jake Tongas.

[Adam]

If you can find somebody to be a trade partner for Kendrick Bourne, I'd be selling him now.

[Heath]

Yes.

[Jamie]

I don't know that I want to drop Jennings, but I probably won't.

[Adam]

Well, you have kittle expected to return in week seven. You have Pearsall, hopefully coming back in week seven. From the report we got this morning, you now have Kendrick Bourne. So depending on the quarterback, Mac Jones loves Kendrick Bourne. That's pretty obvious. So, yeah. What are you expecting from Jennings? From a high end potential like the game we had against New Orleans, we had 10 targets and look great. He's now really banged up. A lot of competition for targets. Like, it's hard, it's hard to justify, like, at what point you're going to start him.

[Jamie]

It's a good point.

[Adam]

You're right.

[Heath]

I, I'm still expecting though, like, Brock Purdy is going to be healthy soon and Brock Purdy is going to be the unquestioned starting quarterback.

[Adam]

Oh, I don't disagree with that at all. But yeah, I, I think again, it's take. Take the Mac Jones Kendrick born relationship out of it. Like Kittleback Pierce, all healthy. Ayuk. Maybe at some point back McCaffrey's still involved. Like, I know they're throwing the ball out, so that's going to be a benefit to him, but I don't think Bourne just goes away just because Mac Jones is gone.

[Dave]

Agreed.

[Jamie]

All right, Dave, anything on.

[Dave]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. He played 70.8% of the snaps in week three and in week six, he played 70% on the dot. That's unofficial.

[Heath]

Okay.

[Dave]

But he had a good game. Probably should have had. I don't know if he should have had more yardage, but he was easily their best wide receiver. And if you've been sticking with Matthew Golden, I think great days are ahead.

[Heath]

If, if you were wondering, Taylor Swift and Caitlin Clark are at the Chiefs game.

[Jamie]

It's a great album. It really is.

[Dave]

Caitlin Clark's album.

[Jamie]

Yeah. It's so good. What's the song? It's the. What, does she have an Elizabeth Taylor song or something? No, no, no. It's. It's the Ophelia song. Yeah, that song is great, isn't it? Wow. The thing my daughter came home and.

[Dave]

Told me, dad, you need to listen to the Wood song. It's about Travis Kelsey.

[Jamie]

Yeah, that's a good song, too. That is a good song too. It's a really good album.

[Dave]

I passed on that opportunity.

[Jamie]

No, it's not.

[Adam]

So we've.

[Heath]

We've done the. We've done the Travis Kelsey Taylor Swift Halloween costume a couple years in the past. I'm trying to get my wife this year to go as Taylor Swift and I'm just going to dress as, like a tree.

[Jamie]

Yes.

[Heath]

You like that?

[Jamie]

Yes. That is so good. And no, I'm not a swifty. I people. I'm not a swifty. I'm allowed to like her album. It's not a pop album anymore. She's really like. It's not even appropriate for little kids anymore. It's she's. She's dark. Dark Taylor. But it's good.

[Adam]

I am. I am, for Halloween, going to make like a tree and leave.

[Jamie]

Okay. All right. If he got the reference, he'd be laughing. We're out of here. We will talk to you tomorrow with beyond the Box Score. We'll do another word about Jordan.

[Dave]

Love.

[Jamie]

Oh, yeah, sure. We can talk about it. Forgot about the Packer.

[Dave]

He's stunk. I wish he had a better game. He will have better games moving forward.

[Heath]

That's worth it.

[Jamie]

I didn't drink much more than this.

[Heath]

Much more valuable than my costume.

[Jamie]

Yeah, there you go. All right, see you later, everybody. Talk tomorrow.

[Heath]

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[Jamie]

Until our names are cleared, we're fugitives from interval. Like Bonnie and Clyde.

[Heath]

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[Jamie]

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[Heath]

You still as good a shot as you used to be?

[Adam]

Better.

[Dave]

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[Heath]

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[Jamie]

We make up our own rules.

[Heath]

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