Fantasy Football 2017 - Starts of the Week, Week 7 Matchups, Bad Luck

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary Episode: Fantasy Football 2017 - Starts of the Week, Week 7 Matchups, Bad Luck
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright

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Introduction and Strategy Insights

The Fantasy Footballers kicked off the episode by addressing a listener's question about adjusting waiver, trade, and start/sit strategies based on a team’s record and the type of league (redraft, keeper, dynasty) they are in.

Andy Holloway emphasized the importance of cautious risk-taking for teams with strong records:
"When you are off to the races 5 and 1 and you are looking like you're a lock for the playoffs... it affords you the opportunity to take some risks"
(02:43)

Mike Wright discussed the nuances across different league formats, highlighting that keeper and dynasty leagues require a balance between immediate success and long-term positioning:
"In a keeper league with three or less, things change dramatically... but you still need to position yourself with next year in mind."
(04:35)

Injury Report and Player Management

A significant portion of the discussion centered around Andrew Luck's injury and its implications for fantasy managers.

Andy Holloway advised that without an IR spot, it might be prudent to drop Luck due to his uncertain return timeline:
"If I don't have an IR spot, then I think I would drop Andrew Luck at this point."
(07:54)

Jason Moore and Mike Wright debated the reliability of Luck versus maintaining depth with players like Corey Davis:
"You could take a Corey Davis or an Andrew Luck?"
(09:30)

Ultimately, the consensus leaned towards prioritizing more reliable assets, especially as Luck's return became increasingly uncertain.

Week 7 Matchups and Bye Weeks

The hosts delved into the impact of bye weeks on upcoming matchups, noting that six teams — Cardinals, Packers, Jaguars, Rams, Giants, Titans — have their bye weeks in the following week, presenting both challenges and opportunities for strategic adjustments.

Mike Wright highlighted the importance of preparing ahead for these bye weeks:
"Take a look at your league and your matchup next week and if you can make a waiver move right now... you can buy wins."
(11:40)

Key Player Recommendations and Starts of the Week

Quarterbacks

• Andy Holloway chose Matt Ryan despite his recent performance struggles, citing the New England Patriots' weak defense:
  "The Patriots are giving up an average of more than 10 points on top of every week, the quarterback that plays gets an extra 10 points."
  (48:43)

• Mike Wright favored Tyrod Taylor over other options, considering his dual-threat capability:
  "Tyrod's my start."
  (47:32)

Running Backs

• Andy Holloway recommended C.J. Anderson for his consistent workload and favorable matchup against the Chargers:
  "I think C.J. Anderson, don't be afraid. I'm giving you the confidence to start him, man."
  (50:28)

• Mike Wright supported starting Tevin Coleman, citing his involvement in both the running and passing game and the Patriots' poor run defense:
  "If I had Coleman and Freeman, I'd play them both."
  (50:04)

Wide Receivers

• Andy Holloway identified Alshon Jeffrey as a breakout candidate due to the favorable matchup against Washington and the questionable status of Josh Norman:
  "Alshon Jeffrey is going to have a party Monday night."
  (54:54)

• Mike Wright selected Devin Funches, expecting increased targets and utilization:
  "This guy could be a very wide receiver two level player this week."
  (53:21)

Tight Ends

• Andy Holloway advocated for Hunter Henry, leveraging his increased involvement and the Denver Chargers' leaky defense:
  "Hunter Henry can exploit that. He's my start of the week this week."
  (56:15)

• Mike Wright opted for Baby Hands Doyle (Jack Doyle), anticipating favorable matchups and target volume:
  "I'm going Jack Doyle. I think he can do it."
  (56:15)

Kickers

• Jason Moore crowned Graham Gano as the "Kicker of the Week," though brief mentions suggest agreement among hosts regarding reliability:
  "[...] Kicker of the Week."
  (58:53)

Special Segment: Water Bets and Audience Engagement

The hosts introduced the concept of "water bets," a playful mechanism to add stakes to friend interactions based on fantasy outcomes.

Mike Wright explained the term and its relevance:
"Some people, new listeners, they don't know what a water bet is... it's a free app."
(40:58)

This segment fostered community interaction and added an entertaining layer to their fantasy advice.

Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks

As the episode concluded, the Fantasy Footballers reiterated the importance of strategic starts and being adaptable to weekly changes, especially considering injuries and bye weeks.

Andy Holloway emphasized leveraging favorable matchups and being proactive:
"I think Jordan Matthews, who looked good in his very limited time. If you are in need of a wide receiver, he might start this week."
(14:54)

Mike Wright encouraged listeners to stay engaged through their platforms and promised continued coverage of the remaining matchups in future episodes.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Andy Holloway on Taking Risks with a Strong Record
  "When you are off to the races 5 and 1 and you are looking like you're a lock for the playoffs... it affords you the opportunity to take some risks."
  (02:43)

• Andy Holloway on Dropping Andrew Luck
  "If I don't have an IR spot, then I think I would drop Andrew Luck at this point."
  (07:54)

• Mike Wright on Tyrod Taylor
  "Tyrod's my start."
  (47:32)

• Andy Holloway on Alshon Jeffrey
  "Alshon Jeffrey is going to have a party Monday night."
  (54:54)

• Mike Wright on Devin Funches
  "This guy could be a very wide receiver two level player this week."
  (53:21)

• Andy Holloway on C.J. Anderson
  "I'm giving you the confidence to start him, man."
  (50:28)

• Mike Wright on Tevin Coleman
  "If I had Coleman and Freeman, I'd play them both."
  (50:04)

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Conclusion

This episode of the Fantasy Footballers provided comprehensive insights into Week 7 strategies, player starts, and the impact of injuries and bye weeks. The hosts combined expert analysis with engaging discussions, equipping listeners with the knowledge to make informed decisions and navigate the complexities of their fantasy leagues effectively.

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

Welcome to the Fantasy Football Ballers podcast coming to you from the Play draft studios with your hosts Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Mike Wright]

Welcome in week seven about to begin. And we're back. Andy, Mac and Jason, the Fantasy Footballers. Thursday, October 19, 2017 and we've got a game tonight and a number of games this week. So today is our fantasy forecast. Starts of the week. We'll get into the matchups, we'll get into the players we love for week number seven and hopefully we can help you win this week. We can be your guiding light.

[Unknown Speaker]

Sherpa.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

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Sherpa up the mountain.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And so I don't touch that rock. Yeah, that one's loose.

[Unknown Speaker]

It's dangerous.

[Mike Wright]

Jason, how are you feeling this morning? A bit disheveled.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm. Well, to be fair, that's pretty par for the course. Feel disheveled most of the mornings default state. I feel great. I'm so pumped for football tonight and I had virtually no sleep.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Your family is moving.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. It takes a lot of work to.

[Unknown Speaker]

What's that new address, Jason?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. 123 Sesame Street.

[Mike Wright]

Wow.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, we got.

[Mike Wright]

I've been there. Nice. HOA is bad.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, HOA is bad.

[Mike Wright]

Sesame Street. That's what people don't know.

[Andy Holloway]

This guy living in a garbage can.

[Mike Wright]

It takes a lot of money to pay random strangers to be nice on the streets of Sesame Street.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

Birds and. Yeah, that's snuffleophagus.

[Mike Wright]

Disturbing. All right, quick question of the day comes in off of.

[Unknown Speaker]

Take that Sesame Street. Got you.

[Mike Wright]

This one comes in from 36. He says how do you. How does your approach to waivers trades start? Sit decisions change based on your record and we could throw in there redraft keeper dynasty. How, how does your philosophy change? Maybe you're in a couple of leagues, maybe one of your teams is 5 and 1. In another league you're 3 and 3.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I mean, I think when you are off to the races 5 and 160 and you are looking like you're a lock for the playoffs. Now don't, don't ever assume that that is the case because you know, things can always go south quickly in fantasy Football with an injury or two, but it does afford you the opportunity to take some risks and maybe take on a. Let's say a player in your league really needs a win this week and they've got a really good player on buy. Well, they have to manufacture their win so you can go buy that player that they would not normally trade to you, for example, because they're not going to get any value out of them this week. And you could take that hit even if it cost you this week, if it's going to make your team take it to another level. But I would just caution people on that type of a strategy only do that, you know, take that loss only in the situation where you are truly. You don't think, I think my team's a little better, but you're going, okay, I might take a loss, but my team's going to be a monster team going forward into the playoffs.

[Mike Wright]

You got any thoughts, Mike, on how your philosophy changes based on your record?

[Unknown Speaker]

I mean, it's just, we're talking, if we are talking redraft, keeper, dynasty, I mean, you just as a, as a redraft league, no, nothing is particularly special. I'm just trying to win all the time. All the time. But in a keeper league, you do have to factor in how many guys are kept. Don't overemphasize it because in a keeper league with three or less, things change dramatically and in the span of a couple weeks, a guy who was, oh, I'm keeping this guy and no, I'm not so. But you still need to position yourself with next year in mind.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, look at Eddie Lacy in dynasty leagues a couple years ago. Looked like a locked and loaded superstar for multiple years. There is definitely a bird in the hand aspect to all of these league formats because it's fun to project. It's easy to project. Maybe you trade the world for Tree Cohen after week two and then he.

[Unknown Speaker]

Gets a new quarterback and everything changes for him.

[Mike Wright]

That's a good point. If you want to follow the show, you can check us out on the Web, the fantasy footballers.com our week seven rankings. They're up on the website. You can check them out.

[Andy Holloway]

They're great.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, these are the best Week 7 rankings we've put out so far, to be honest with you.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, no, I haven't worked on Week 7 rankings as hard for the 2017 season as I did this week. All year.

[Mike Wright]

Even the Grouch likes them. Did you know that? You can find us on Twitter heffballers. We're on the Fantasy Sports Network YouTube on Patreon, our communities JoinTheFoot.com on Facebook. We're on Instagram. Mike, you want to talk about the Instagram behind the scenes?

[Unknown Speaker]

Well, there's.

[Mike Wright]

Introduce people. What is an Instagram?

[Unknown Speaker]

It's a gram and it's instant.

[Mike Wright]

Sure, yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Sounds delicious.

[Unknown Speaker]

So, I mean, you know, photos can get some behind the scenes things, some funny clips from the show. Just another way to interact. We know that there are the visual people on the Twitter. It's mostly just. Just a block of words. It's text.

[Mike Wright]

Well, your. Your block of words is twice as big as mine.

[Unknown Speaker]

Well, you know, hashtag Club280. I mean, no big deal. No one's counting 280 characters. No, whatever. But of course. Instagram.com the FF Ballers or just search the FF Ballers. Come join us over there.

[Mike Wright]

Are you going to be. Is there going to be like a Mike's tattoo stream happening on that anytime soon?

[Unknown Speaker]

Maybe.

[Mike Wright]

Why have we. Why have you not gotten any fantasy football related tattoos?

[Andy Holloway]

Hmm. That's a great question.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, it doesn't make sense to.

[Unknown Speaker]

Me because things change too fast. To tattoo your body, you would have.

[Mike Wright]

Robert Griffin III all over your body.

[Unknown Speaker]

For a couple years. It's called mistakes are made.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, you want a signed Ty Hilton or Devonte Adams Jersey? Go to footclangiveaway.com. let's go ahead and get into the news.

[Jason Moore]

News and notes from around the league.

[Mike Wright]

That Beanie Wells tattoo.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah, I mean, I have a Beanie Wells jersey. I regret that enough. I can't even imagine permanently marking my body.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. All right. I just thought you were an all in kind of guy.

[Unknown Speaker]

I do have 11 on my back, though, for Larry.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

You got the full jersey tat on the back.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah, it's been long enough.

[Mike Wright]

I guess. We used to joke about Jeremy Hill.

[Unknown Speaker]

Being tattooed all over your body and then I had to like scrub it off with a rock.

[Mike Wright]

You'd rather have a big scab than Jeremy Hill on your body? At this point, yes. All right, Andrew Luck. This is big news, guys. Not good. Not good. If you didn't. I didn't want to talk about. He's experienced soreness in the. He's had a setback soreness in the arm, in the shoulder. So now is it the questions coming in. Can you drop Andrew Luck if you're in a redraft, do you drop Andrew Luck? And what are we expecting going forward? Because there are rumors of him not playing in 2017 now.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, if I don't have an IR spot, then I think I would drop Andrew Luck at this point. He has waited so long and they have taken every step along the way to be as cautious as possible and then to have the setback this deep into a season where I do realize that that division, even with how Houston's looking, the Colts are still in the mix. But I have a feeling three weeks from now, which would be, I imagine, like the earliest fathomable time that he would. That Andrew Luck would be back. The Colts are probably going to be close to out of the race for that division. So if that's the case, do you bring Andrew Luck back for the last, like, you know, four games of the season?

[Mike Wright]

If it's going to help you, that division's wide open.

[Andy Holloway]

No, I know it is right now.

[Mike Wright]

But the team, I don't think it's going to change. I mean, they're not that bad compared to the division. I mean, every team has a problem in that division. And you've had a defense in Houston that's gotten much worse. What are all the teams? Three and three. One's three and two. The others are three and three. I mean, you're right. The odds of Lux relevance have reduced tremendously, regardless of record.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And if you don't have that IR spot, then it's. It's difficult to take up a piece of you are playing handicapped against all of your league mates. One less flyer spot at a, you know, a great handcuff running back that could explode with an injury, you know, you. Would you rather have a Corey Davis or an Andrew Luck?

[Mike Wright]

Would you treat it the same way, though, if we thought Aaron Rodgers coming back for that same span? Potentially.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I think the problem is we don't know what that same span is. If we knew, okay, he's coming back in three weeks and I would keep holding him. But when you've had a setback after seven weeks missed with just practice.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it's unfortunate for Ty Hilton owners. It's unfortunate for Moncrief investors. For those that love relying on pieces of the Colts, you can't rely on them. We've seen Hilton have big games and then we've had him disappear. He's been very inconsistent with Brissette. Andre Ellington and Kelvin Benjamin not only didn't practice on Wednesday, didn't practice on Thursday, so both have missed time. Tomorrow's our official in and out segment. However, you know, Kelvin Benjamin missing two days a week, you know, not being on the injury report the last two weeks, I guess it adds to my Devin Funch's love for this week.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah, it's really interesting that he's appearing now. So at this point it's just watch him closely. We were not expecting this to happen.

[Mike Wright]

Yesterday could have been, you know, that Veterans Day off mindset. But it today.

[Unknown Speaker]

All the time. All the time. But when you miss a Thursday, then you go, oh, okay, let's. Let's see if he gets a limited practice in. Otherwise you. You're scrambling for an option at this point.

[Mike Wright]

DeMarco Murray didn't practice say like that.

[Andy Holloway]

That.

[Unknown Speaker]

Not worried about it. That's just a marker. Murray dealing with a hamstring, getting Wednesday off.

[Mike Wright]

Who would you rather start, DeMarco Murray or Derrick Henry this week against Cleveland?

[Andy Holloway]

DeMarco Murray.

[Unknown Speaker]

It's. I would still rather start Murray at this point.

[Mike Wright]

Guys, have any other news you want to get into before we talk matchups?

[Unknown Speaker]

No.

[Mike Wright]

All right, well then let's talk matchups.

[Jason Moore]

Fantasy forecast.

[Mike Wright]

All right, the week seven buys. It is Houston, Detroit. That's it. Next week is a big one.

[Andy Holloway]

I was going to say prepare yourselves.

[Mike Wright]

For next week by Apocalypse.

[Andy Holloway]

You don't understand scheduling. Yeah, it is worth mentioning. Take a look at your league and your matchup next week and if you can make a waiver move right now to prepare yourself or a trade right now ahead of this week to look for next week, you can buy wins because there's a lot of teams out there that are going to be missing three or four players on their, on their roster. It's going to be, you know, dumb luck right now as to which teams in your league are affected, but there's.

[Mike Wright]

Several teams on by Cardinals, Packers, Jaguars, Rams, Giants, Titans next week. So that's a six pack of bye weeks. All right, any further updates you guys want to mention for tonight's game? The Chiefs and the Raiders. Anything new?

[Unknown Speaker]

Go Mark Cooper.

[Mike Wright]

You just. Is that just trying to encourage, just.

[Unknown Speaker]

Trying to motivate, just sending good vibes.

[Andy Holloway]

Incredible motivational skills there, Mike.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah, I should be. I should be a professional motivator.

[Mike Wright]

When my, when my dad always encouraged me, he'd just say, go, Andy Holloway.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. And look how far you've come. Go where?

[Unknown Speaker]

Where am I supposed to go?

[Mike Wright]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers travel to Buffalo to take on the Bills. There's no line in this game yet because we don't know if Winston or Fitzpatrick are starting. Let's take a look at the other players and whether you guys, you know, downgrade them. If it's Fitzpatrick, if it's Winston, you know, Doug Martin, he's locked and loaded. LaShawn McCoy, he's locked and loaded. The running backs, you don't have to question that situation. Mike Evans, you're starting him.

[Unknown Speaker]

Absolutely.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. But we've talked a little bit about Nick O'Leary, the tight end for Buffalo. We've talked about Cameron Brait. Are those guys both must start plays this week. Week seven Nicoleary Mr. What is he Mr.

[Unknown Speaker]

Very necessary.

[Mike Wright]

Very necessary.

[Unknown Speaker]

Well, because when you replace Mr. Necessary, Charles Clay, you got to upgrade because if you lose a necessary piece now you're scrambling.

[Mike Wright]

If he got in trouble, you need.

[Unknown Speaker]

Something is very necessary.

[Mike Wright]

If O'Leary goes down, is it Mr. Accidentally? Is that the next guy that comes in?

[Unknown Speaker]

It's Mr. Very, very necessary.

[Mike Wright]

That makes sense.

[Unknown Speaker]

Quite contrary. Cameron Brateson, he's a weekly tight end. One start. Nick O'Leary. I'm okay streaming it because the Bucks, their past defense has just been. I mean, they're beat up at the. Their defense is beat up. You know, missing players but not performing. So I'll take advantage of that if. If I'm scrambling for a tight end. I've said the word scrambling many times today. I've noticed if I am.

[Mike Wright]

She has some eggs this morning.

[Andy Holloway]

I was wondering.

[Unknown Speaker]

No. Maybe that's why I didn't have the eggs.

[Andy Holloway]

I need the protein extra.

[Unknown Speaker]

Scramby. Nick O'Leary is an absolutely fine tight end play because I expect him to get five for 30 to 50 yards.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I mean, we've seen Tyrod Taylor always utilize that position with Charles Clay out and we joke that he's Mr. Necessary because there aren't good weapons there. Zay Jones has disappointed on every possible level so far and Jordan Matthews is out.

[Unknown Speaker]

Now.

[Andy Holloway]

I did want to bring up Jordan Matthews as a guy that I think you should look to pick up on your waivers. If you are in need of a wide receiver, he might start this week. That's too early to be determined. But I'm speaking more for the following weeks if Charles Clay is out. I think Jordan Matthews, who looked good in his very limited time.

[Unknown Speaker]

Right. Got the touchdown. Exactly. Went out with a thumb.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I think he's an absolutely worthy waiver wire pickup who's available on probably the majority of rosters right now.

[Mike Wright]

How do you feel about desean Jackson as a possible start? I think he's had double digits in three of his four weeks. But you have a quarterback situation that's rough. The Bills defense, they only give up 14.8 points per game. They've only allowed two touchdown passes on the year Their past defense. Do you start desean Jackson, Are you willing to flex him?

[Andy Holloway]

I don't think I am, really. The Buffalo Bills defense has been legitimately good and with the quarterback situation, not knowing who the quarterback is against a really good matchup, desean Jackson's always been one of those guys where you got to play the right matchup game and you know, you're either going to play with that fire and say, I'm rolling them every week, I'll take the booms with the bus, or you try to guess right. So far with desean Jackson this year, we've done a pretty good job of guessing right. You know, we've. The last two weeks we said he was a good start and he was.

[Unknown Speaker]

He wasn't a great start. Last. Oh, I guess he had the touchdown. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So, you know, yard. I look at this, I look at this game and I go, I don't know who the quarterback is. And I know the defense that they're facing has been great. DeSean Jackson could be great any game of the year, regardless. But probability says this isn't this. This isn't the game I want to take that gamble on.

[Mike Wright]

Quick question. Rashad Matthews against Cleveland or desean Jackson this week?

[Andy Holloway]

Rashard Matthews.

[Unknown Speaker]

I think I would go.

[Andy Holloway]

That one's easy for me.

[Unknown Speaker]

I think I would go D. Jackson.

[Andy Holloway]

I.

[Unknown Speaker]

We haven't gotten there, but I have legit Rashard Matthews concerns this week with Jason McCourty expected to shadow him. Jason McCourty nearly shut down DeAndre Hopkins last week. He can handle Rashard Matthews.

[Mike Wright]

All right. The Panthers travel to Chicago to take on the bears. Bears are three point underdogs at home in this game. 41 point over, under. And what do we expect from Christian McCaffrey? Last week he was filled up with targets. I mean, just a whole bowl full.

[Unknown Speaker]

Hey, guys, I'm running a little low. Fill him up. Fill me up with targets.

[Mike Wright]

And he scored a couple of times in the last couple of weeks. So, Christian McAfee, what's the confidence level for a guy that really isn't. I mean, the carries aren't there. He's like James White on steroids.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I think the confidence is absolutely fine to plug him in and start him as your RB2. Most people are disappointed that, you know, his ceiling really hasn't been there. He's gotten enough total touches to be more valuable than he has been. And so you're. I think you're disappointed. But he is involved enough where you can rely on, you know, with James White, I Think you're going to see far more games where you end the game with five points, you know. You know what I mean? Whereas I think with Christian McCaffrey, his baseline is pretty high. I feel like his utilization in the passing game is far more consistent right now than even James White.

[Mike Wright]

I agree with that. That's why I would start him well ahead of James White. Here's an interesting question because we talked about Joe Mixon on the show yesterday. His touches have been consistent lately. Christian McCaffrey, neither of them have broken a big play. Who would you rather have rest of season between the two players in a half point league?

[Unknown Speaker]

And this is the story of the year. It's still Joe Mixon because you're chasing the, you're really chasing the dragon here and you may never catch him. But the possibilities of Mixing actually becoming a superstar for fantasy purposes I think is still greater than Christian McCaffrey.

[Mike Wright]

Do you agree with that, Jay?

[Andy Holloway]

I do agree with. I definitely agree that him becoming a fantasy superstar is higher odds than Christian McCaffrey because he'll have more of the. To be a superstar you have to have both. You can't just be a pass catching guy. You could be a good fantasy asset as just a pass catching guy. But I think Mixon has the opportunity to be both. That being said, if you, if you're just needing a plug and play RB2, I think Christian McCaffrey's floor is higher because. Really? Yeah, because his involvement in the passing game. I mean if you look at more.

[Unknown Speaker]

Targets than Devonte Adams, more targets than Alshon Jeffrey.

[Andy Holloway]

Exactly. You've got. Here's his reception counts on the year 5, 4, 9, 4, 5, 10. I mean Christian McCaffrey is so involved in the passing game and those targets are usually much more valuable than a rushing attempt that his, his floor is very high. But I don't think his ceiling is what Joe Mixon's is.

[Mike Wright]

Cam Newton, you starting him in this game against the Bears?

[Andy Holloway]

Yes, yes.

[Mike Wright]

Are you starting any pass catchers in Chicago?

[Andy Holloway]

Zach Miller, in a pinch, I mean, you know, low end one, maybe a high end, tight end two. He hasn't had the target or the volume that you want. He has scored a touchdown, got trickery.

[Mike Wright]

I like I would start Ed Dixon over Zach Miller.

[Andy Holloway]

I would, I would as well.

[Unknown Speaker]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. Devin Funches, we're going to talk about him in a little bit. You got to monitor Kelvin Benjamin situation. Obviously, if Kelvin were to miss this game, you could even have a further uptick for both McCaffrey and Ed Dixon certainly. Let's talk Titans and Browns because they're the next one that is written down here that I have to talk about. The Titans go to Cleveland to take on the Browns. Brown six point home underdogs in this one, 46 and a half point over under Marcus Mariota got it done without the ability to really get outside the pocket, extend plays, but he, he got it done in the. In the pocket. So, you know, last week we saw a big play from Taewon Taylor. We still don't have Corey Davis back. Eric Decker had his best game of the year. Mike, are we talking about Eric Decker later?

[Unknown Speaker]

Yes, we certainly are talking about Eric Decker later simply because of. I like the matchup. I think Marcus Mariota is going to score great fantasy points. He's a must start this weekend against the Cleveland Browns. But here DeAndre Hopkins, 12 targets, 12 targets, four targets against the Cleveland Browns. I know one of them turned into a touchdown. He's DeAndre Hopkins. That's fine. You play him every week. But Rashard Matthews is likely to see the matchup that Hopkins just had. So I'm just saying that the Deckard Love is really a pivot away in a. In a where I expect the Titans to handle the Browns.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, the Marcus Mariota looked pretty good last week even though he was immobile and stuck in that pocket. I think coming up against the Browns who have.

[Mike Wright]

Or as Carson Palmer calls it, normal, right?

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Coming up against the Browns, Browns have been surprisingly good against the run. Not great, but they've been middle of the pack, which for the Browns, pretty good. Fantastic. And you know, but when you look at how many fantasy points are giving up to the quarterback position, it's through the roof. So it's got to go somewhere. I think some of it is if DeMarco Murray plays. I like DeMarco Murray because of the fact that he's a pass catcher as well. Also Delaney Walker.

[Mike Wright]

I love Delaney Walker this week. He'd be my start of the week if he wasn't an auto start.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

But he's going to be great. Last week, Delaney Walker last week looked like he was trying to catch a knuckleball on every play because his fingers. He was just out of range on every single play. End zone targets, sideline targets. It seemed like he was targeted a ton. The results weren't there and he was trying so hard to jump a little higher, but it didn't happen. Deshaun Kaiser's back in the. What is that? The cockpit of the plane going down in Cleveland.

[Andy Holloway]

I Heard a stat from Adam Schefter. It was the Cleveland Browns have had 20 quarterbacks in the last 43 games.

[Unknown Speaker]

Oh man, that's incredible because my brain wanted to hear years and then you. And I was like oh okay, that's. But you're going with the games. That's what I'm talking about. I mean the flip flopping. But at this point versus the Titans who are beatable. Are you willing to stream to Sean Kaiser? He's had a couple of really successful fantasy games.

[Andy Holloway]

Only in a two quarterback league. I wouldn't take the gamble in a single quarterback league. There's just too many options. I would feel safer this week.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah, this week is pretty gross.

[Mike Wright]

Floor for Deshaun Kizer is basement level.

[Unknown Speaker]

It's the sub basement.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it's the negative two and get pulled. Cody Kessler.

[Mike Wright]

It's the journey to the center of the earth.

[Andy Holloway]

What about the running back situation for the Browns?

[Mike Wright]

For the Browns, Johnson and no one else right now. I mean Crow, you can.

[Andy Holloway]

I would be willing to start Crow.

[Mike Wright]

If you're the Abdullah owner. I mean sure, you're willing to start him.

[Andy Holloway]

I am willing to start him. I realize he's disappointed everybody if, but if he was drafted in the 11th round, people be saying you gotta, you gotta pay attention. He's getting double digit carries, you know, last week 12 for 58. And the Tennessee Titans run defense is nothing special. So I'm not saying you should start him.

[Unknown Speaker]

Hey, you want five points? Start Isaiah Cruel.

[Andy Holloway]

I think he'll get nearer to 10 points.

[Unknown Speaker]

Near to seven.

[Andy Holloway]

Near 10 points this week.

[Unknown Speaker]

Five to seven.

[Mike Wright]

Poor Isaiah Crowell. High praise.

[Unknown Speaker]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

No.

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[Jason Moore]

Andy's almost upset of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

We were in the middle of the previous matchup and my eyes looked down and saw that this was Andy's almost upset of the week. And my eyebrows, they went north.

[Unknown Speaker]

They're off your face, they explode. My face is exploding.

[Mike Wright]

Burton Ernie situation.

[Unknown Speaker]

They packed the bag and said, I'm out of here.

[Andy Holloway]

I'll tell you what, I. Your track record lately of your almost upsets of the week have been unbelievable. I mean, you're just, you're, you're on fire. So explain to me what you're seeing here, because when I see this, I don't know right now how I just don't see the Packers.

[Unknown Speaker]

I fear. I fear for the Safety. I fear for the emotional well being, emotional health of Brett Hundley after this matchup.

[Mike Wright]

You both will understand soon. This is a five and a half point underdog at home in the Packers. This is Drew Brees on the road. Not just the road, this is the distant road called Lambeau Field. This is a week of preparation for a very smart offensive mind in Mike McCarthy. This is a very capable backup who has three years behind Aaron Rodgers, who has flashed in the preseason, has flashed and had opportunities to extend and create plays, who I believe is actually a pretty talented player. I told you yesterday that for whatever reason, my gut told me to avoid the Saints defense to the degree of making them a one, number two, number three option this week. I'm sticking with that. With the almost upset. This is a five and a half point dog at home against the Saints team that, yes, they're, they're winning games right now, but this is not an elite defense to me. You have an elite player in Cameron Jordan. They're a middle of the road defense to me. And look, my, I think the five and a half points is crazy at home. I think I take the under in this game. It's a 48 point over under and my, my heart says that this is going to be a close one.

[Andy Holloway]

I do agree with taking the under for sure because this is a game. You know, Drew Brees, he's good everywhere, but he's obviously not as good on the road as he is at home.

[Unknown Speaker]

Do you realize that his passer rating on the road is far superior than his home passer rating this year?

[Mike Wright]

You're saying for this season.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

But you also saw no turnovers from Drew Brees in the first five weeks. He finally had two interceptions last week.

[Unknown Speaker]

First four weeks.

[Mike Wright]

Anomalous.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah, I'm just, I'm just saying he's over.

[Mike Wright]

So you're throwing out his home road splits from just from how he's performing this year.

[Unknown Speaker]

He's not getting sacked. He's only been sacked four times. He's only thrown two interceptions on the road. His pass rating has never been below 104.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he's good, but I'm just an upset call. Obviously the arguments are going to favor the line and the line is five and a half points in the Saints favor on the road. So you're not telling me something I don't know. I'm just saying that their ability to win this game.

[Unknown Speaker]

He has a long, long history of the road splits being poor.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's for fantasy football. Not necessarily. It's not like he's bad on the road. It's just when the Saints travel and he. He's on the road.

[Unknown Speaker]

He's been great on the road.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he's a great quarterback on the road, but not necessarily as good for fantasy purposes when it comes to throwing touchdowns and a ton of yards the way he does at home in the dome.

[Unknown Speaker]

But I'm saying he's been better on the road this year. That's my only point is he has been.

[Andy Holloway]

We're.

[Unknown Speaker]

We're five games in for the Saints. He has been better.

[Mike Wright]

How many road games has he had this year?

[Unknown Speaker]

Three.

[Mike Wright]

So he's had three road games.

[Unknown Speaker]

Correct.

[Mike Wright]

And so what do you believe that he's going to have, like, what do you believe going forward he's going to be better on the road?

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm just saying it's to say Drew Brees, you're like, it's automatically. He's going to be bad on the road. Maybe this is a different year for Drew Brees. We see these. These years pop up where guys, everything just clicks for them and they buck their trends.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I mean, it's just so. It's, It's. It's hard for me on a small sample size where you've had two games at home total. That's the sample size. Whereas we've had a decade of data. I'm going to go with that one. This. This game is. There's a 50% chance of precipitation, colder weather. I'm just saying, when you travel to, you know, Green Bay, outside, if it ends up a rainy game, the under, you know, a couple weeks ago, you look at the Green Bay New Orleans game and you think, oh, there's going to be a billion points scored, and it's going to be, you know, a fantasy feast. But which game? It could disappoint.

[Unknown Speaker]

Which game?

[Andy Holloway]

The Green Bay packers and the New Orleans Saints.

[Unknown Speaker]

What?

[Andy Holloway]

I don't.

[Unknown Speaker]

I don't know what year you're talking about. This year. They're going to play this week. I'm sorry, I thought you were talking about a pass game that happened. That was disappointing. I apologize. I got lost there, all right?

[Andy Holloway]

I lose people.

[Mike Wright]

I think Mike is just trying to blow up this entire breakdown of this game. I am succeeding. You are succeeding. Ingram Kamara. Love them as starts. Michael Thomas. Disappointing week. Last week, rest of season. Michael Thomas is a wide receiver.

[Andy Holloway]

One.

[Unknown Speaker]

One.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

I tried to trade for him in our league of record last night.

[Mike Wright]

Keep trade.

[Unknown Speaker]

Cut.

[Mike Wright]

Willie Snead.

[Andy Holloway]

Cut. I'll pick him up off the wire. I'll pick him up off the wire once he proves that he's back and.

[Mike Wright]

Involved 20% of snaps last week.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I think one reception, right. I mean you just, you don't need to have Willie Snead until after he is fully integrated back in Kobe. Fleener is a flyer as he always is. He's just, you know, he is playing with a stick of dynamite and you just have no idea if the wick is going to work.

[Unknown Speaker]

You're just juggling.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Time. Montgomery, Aaron Jones, rest of season.

[Unknown Speaker]

Oh, man.

[Mike Wright]

And this game, do you start. Do you start either in this game and then rest of the season?

[Unknown Speaker]

That's.

[Andy Holloway]

I have these guys ranked both outside the top 24.

[Unknown Speaker]

I don't want to start either.

[Andy Holloway]

But still at a place where you could flip. I have Ty Montgomery one spot ahead of Aaron Jones. Man, it's really tough not having seen a game plan yet without Aaron Rodgers. If you can avoid having these guys in there, you know, if you're. If your roster allows that. I would lean that way if it was my team so that I can gather more data before gambling.

[Mike Wright]

The Jags and Colts play this weekend in India. Indianapolis. There it is. Three point underdogs are the Colts and Jacoby Brissette 43 and a half point over under. This is the Jaguars past defense is third ranked in the league. This is a very high volatility wide receiver core in Indianapolis. Do you have any confidence starting any of the options, pass catching Options in Indy 0.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm not starting Jacoby. I'm not playing Momcreef or Aiken. Hilton's one of those guys that you probably still have to play. But Jalen Ramsey, A.J. bouillet are just absolutely shutting people down. So it would. It's going to take a broken play for Ty Hilton. That's. So when you start him, you're going. Yep, one of these plays is going to break and he'll. He'll get 60 yards, maybe a touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

Jack Doyle. I like him. This week we're going to talk about him. The jets are the Colts defense. They've allowed 1.3 rushing touchdowns per game this season. That is worst in the league. All systems go for Leonard Fournette.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

Would you flex Chris Ivory?

[Unknown Speaker]

That's an interesting question. With Leonard Fournette dealing with that ankle injury, I mean nothing has popped up recently. So you would expect that he is good to go. But I mean he went. When he went down, I mean it looked awful. His reaction was one of tremendous pain. So you know, it wouldn't surprise me if Jacksonville does try to give him a rest because I think that this is they should be able to really grind this game out and I would expect to see a little bit more Chris Ivory this year.

[Andy Holloway]

Ivory really is someone that I think you could take a, you know, a shot in the dark there. If you're you've got bye week problems this week or running back problems, you could start him. He's getting just a fewer carries than Isaiah Crowell. I mean, you know, a lot of, you know, games where he's getting nine attempts, eight attempts, nine attempts. That's not last week with Fournette out. That's with Fournette in the game and if they want to rest him at all due to that ankle or the chance of the ankle being re injured. Regardless of that, he's getting enough volume where when you've got a matchup like this against the Indianapolis Colts, he could take 10 carries and turn him into 50 yards and a touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

We did see Tennessee put up 31 for 171 and two between Henry and Murray last week.

[Unknown Speaker]

What do you mean?

[Andy Holloway]

Strangely, Chris Ivory is also the past catching I was going to say he.

[Unknown Speaker]

Only had the two carries last week with the Fournette injury. Yet we had 10 targets for Chris Ivory. What do we make of that?

[Andy Holloway]

Nine receptions, 74 yards receiving and a touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

The game script played into that Fournette being off the field. But I think he's a flyer this week. No doubt. Bad, bad. You know, Colts run dust. What it comes down to Bortles, Hearns Lee, what are we thinking on the past catchers in Baltimore, Jacksonville.

[Andy Holloway]

I still lean Marquis Lee because of volume. He would be the guy I would take my my shot at.

[Unknown Speaker]

But and I in Bortles I agree with Andy that I think he's in this particular week. Bortles is a fine stream. This week it's and I apologize I did not give the warning that if you're operating heavy machinery we're going to say something positive about Blake Bortles and maybe playing him in fantasy football it's a little too late. You're already smooshed.

[Andy Holloway]

The actions were caused. I'm sorry.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm sorry.

[Mike Wright]

Great that you have a coach that always wants to avoid any fantasy football success for Blake Bortles. Like that's the goal every week is I want to come out here and make him as useless for fantasy as possible because then he's not throwing the ball. But yes, this matchup it's going to come down to whether Indianapolis can get on the board I think against Jacksonville's defense because then you have to throw the ball a little bit. Could be a back and forth game. If they shut down Brissette, they shut down the passing.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's my worry is because I do think they are going to shut down Indianapolis. And so if they are able to run the ball 100% of the time, then obviously the values cap there. On the flip side, Gore, Marlon Mack.

[Mike Wright]

Would you rather play Mack or Ivory? Because I think I'd rather play Mac.

[Andy Holloway]

I would rather play Mac. I Jacksonville.

[Unknown Speaker]

I just don't trust Chuck Pagano to do what seems like the right football move. And so my heart wants to say Marla Mack, if I'm looking at overload.

[Mike Wright]

Frank Gore though, if I'm looking at.

[Unknown Speaker]

That decision, I think I'm going to play Marlon Mack. But I'm just saying that Pagano makes the wrong move so much you joke.

[Andy Holloway]

That it could be Matt.

[Unknown Speaker]

That's what I'm saying.

[Andy Holloway]

And it really could be. Which is. And that just discussed.

[Unknown Speaker]

That's where we are. Like it could be Matt Jones, which is ridiculous.

[Andy Holloway]

If Matt Jones ends up as the second running back, then, then Chuck Pagano needs to be just straight fired on the spot.

[Unknown Speaker]

And I will not be surprised.

[Mike Wright]

And that's why you have the hesitation in your voice.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm starting Marlon Mack. I believe that he's going to fight his way in the Cardinals with fisticuffs. Yeah. If needed.

[Mike Wright]

Let's go to London.

[Unknown Speaker]

Oh, bonjour.

[Mike Wright]

The Cardinals take on the Los Angeles Rams in London this week. Three and a half point now. This game isn't a 6am game though. Right. Or is it confirmed it's 1pm I.

[Andy Holloway]

Thought that's why what 1pm Eastern. Eastern.

[Mike Wright]

So it's a 10am game in London. Do another confirmation. Yeah, just take another glance. I thought that was really strange.

[Unknown Speaker]

I don't have to set my alarm for it. Nice.

[Mike Wright]

The Rams are three and a half point favorites. Both teams are on the road. Adrian Peterson fresh off of an offensive player of the week performance. The Rams run D 29th in the league. You start Nadrin Peterson. Is he a running back one this week?

[Andy Holloway]

I think you start Adrian Peterson. I've got him as a running back two this week.

[Mike Wright]

But.

[Andy Holloway]

But he certainly has the upside of a one. We just. We don't know yet. Exactly. We don't know yet what happens when game script. If we're. If the. If the Arizona Cardinals are down by two scores. We have no idea if they will still continue to try to run the ball with Adrian Peterson or if it then turns completely back to Andre Ellington, which I expect, who is hurt. Yeah. So missing practice, I definitely play. I definitely play Adrian Peterson this week.

[Unknown Speaker]

I play him as well. But just don't expect what happened last week to be the new normal for Adrian Peterson.

[Mike Wright]

So some people, new listeners, they don't know what a water bet is. They hear us talk about water bets. And we have an app that you can [e-mail] it's a free app. It's a way to punish your friends when you make some casual bets during the week. We make them often on the show. I'm about to make one right now. And so I'm just letting people know what the context is. Jason, you pumped the brakes on Larry Fitzgerald this week, right? I vehemently disagree with the pump. So what is the fantasy football finish for Larry Fitzgerald that makes this a water bet? And maybe Mike, you can give us a number since you're unbiased in the situation, and Jason and I can make a little bet. Ski.

[Unknown Speaker]

All right, here's my line. Here's my over under that I'm going to set for you. That I think is very fair.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Unknown Speaker]

Because I too like Larry Fitzgerald.

[Mike Wright]

Are you interested in going in on this bet? Maybe.

[Unknown Speaker]

Quite possibly, but I'm setting the line. So I don't know if he's willing to take that, but I'm going to go top 17. Top 17.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Now, for the record, I pumped the brakes on Larry because he has been an absolute wide receiver one. And I think that he's going to do more what he's done on the road. I have him at my wide receiver 19 right now. That's outside of my line, but I'm gonna take it.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yeah, there we go. I was gonna say you are. You're not much of a man. Gotta be a man.

[Mike Wright]

Is that just a. That's a blanket statement?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

You're just not much of a man.

[Unknown Speaker]

Well, not much of a man.

[Mike Wright]

I know, I know. We have the bye weeks. What do you think Larry Fitzgerald's current rank is?

[Unknown Speaker]

He's a one. He's probably 11th or 10th.

[Mike Wright]

Four. What?

[Andy Holloway]

What? Old man? Larry.

[Mike Wright]

Wide receiver four. So I'm starting him with confidence. Jason's obviously starting him as a more of a two candidate with some tempered expectations this game. We've had a lot of debates on the show. I really don't want to touch Sammy Watkins. I don't care if Patrick Peterson is in or out. I'm not touching him. But you guys have a different opinion if Patrick Peterson sits in this game.

[Unknown Speaker]

If Patrick Peterson's out, I think that Sammy Watkins is worth the flex as a wide receiver. Three with upside.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I agree. I am actually starting Sammy Watkins in one of our leagues.

[Mike Wright]

Doesn't make it right.

[Andy Holloway]

It does not make it right. That's true. The news on Patrick Peterson, he traveled. He was pleasantly surprised with how his leg did in travel, is what he said.

[Unknown Speaker]

And seeing crumpets.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, they are. They are.

[Unknown Speaker]

Rub it in.

[Andy Holloway]

They're going to let him rest. He's going to be limited this week and try it out in the game. My worry with him is that he could, you know, you just. You can't avoid a quad injury if you're, you know, sprinting after a guy and the quad goes. It's out of your hands. You can't really do something to stop that from happening. I'm also not 100% convinced that he would shadow Sammy Watkins in this game right now. I mean, if, if I was the defensive coordinator, I'm. I'm not sure if it's. It might be better to shadow Cooper cup, who is clearly the, you know, has more rapport. So I think Sammy Watkins on talent alone could get. Could get the job done.

[Unknown Speaker]

I think as the Cardinals, you have to put Patrick Peterson on the big play guy. Cooper cup, that's not his job. I like Jared Goff in this game. So, I mean, it's. There's not a pass catcher for the Rams who you feel great about starting because Goff has been spreading it out. It's this guy one week, this guy the other week. But I'm perfectly fine streaming Jared Goff. As I'd said earlier in the week, I wanted to circle back real quick. John Brown, he is off the injury report. He has had a couple solid fantasy games, mostly on the back of touchdowns.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I think you can play him.

[Unknown Speaker]

You play him. I do, Jason.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Yeah. You can certainly throw him out there. He's getting enough touchdown, enough targets, and he's always a touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

And I want to say this now. Robert woods is going to have the best game for any wide receiver on the Los Angeles Rams this week.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I don't doubt that. That's. That's a. He's a really good sneaky play this week.

[Unknown Speaker]

Sneaky snort.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, sneaky snort. I mean, if you look at his receptions, three of the last four weeks, he's had five or more receptions. That's. That's quality. And if you're in any kind of ppr.

[Mike Wright]

All right, speaking of starts, it's time.

[Jason Moore]

Starts of the week.

[Mike Wright]

By the way, we will cover the eight remaining games on tomorrow's show. So for all of the YouTube commenters out there that say, why didn't you talk about this game? That's why it comes on tomorrow show. And that is the voice of all. That's the voice of YouTube commenters.

[Andy Holloway]

You don't want to do that. And we covered tonight's game yesterday.

[Mike Wright]

That is correct. Didn't mention that earlier. We do this show every day. It's a five day a week. All right, starts of the week. Let's start at the quarterback position. Mike, who do you got?

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm going quarterback. Starts the week are always tough because you know when you're in a one quarterback league, there's just so many guys who you feel like they're not a start. But you got to stay in these flames of Kirk Cousins. The Monday night matchup. I'm not going to fear the prime time with Kirk Cousins and I've heard from people. Kirk Cousins, I saw the meltdown of Kirk Cousins in primetime and I say I also saw him on Thanksgiving torch the Dallas Cowboys. So I'm not scared of him going up against the Philadelphia Eagles in this divisional matchup. Kirk Cousins, the QB 6 in points per game, he's doing it. It feels like he's got a crew of nameless, nameless weapons.

[Mike Wright]

He's pulling the Tom Brady.

[Unknown Speaker]

Yes, that's a good point.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

Kirk Cousins is as good as Tom Brady said by my friend Andy Holloway. That's a bold statement.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know what if I said that my start of the week is.

[Andy Holloway]

Check the tape.

[Mike Wright]

Tyrod Taylor against Tampa. Just look at what Carson Palmer did last week. They have given up 10 passing touchdowns to quarterbacks in their five games. Talking about Tampa Bay, Tyrod, you've got the floor with the rushing attack. I think you're going to have a pretty competitive, interesting game here. And Tyrod Taylor to me on a week where stream options, they're not there. I'd play him over any of the quarterbacks on Tampa, for example, whether it's Fitzpatrick or Winston. So Tyrod's my start.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I'm not going to overthink this one this week. It's Matt Ryan for me.

[Mike Wright]

I thought it was Sammy.

[Andy Holloway]

I have thrown. I have thrown shade on Matt Ryan coming into the year and you know, look, a lot of people, Andy thinks, you know, everyone in the world is going to start Matt Ryan. I think there's going to be people out there that, because they've experienced what Matt Ryan has done lately, which is really not help your team. He's got six touchdowns in the last or six interceptions in the last three games. Only six touchdowns on the season and we're entering into week seven. So he has not been good. He's the 23rd ranked quarterback on a points per game basis on the season. But don't overthink this. The New England Patriots defense has been super bad and we keep waiting for them to get it fixed. But every time I watch the game and look at the film, I go, they're just, they just suck. I mean they're, they're broken plays. You go, oh, well, that was because of a broken play. But you say that every five minutes. So if they're, I mean, their defense does not have it together.

[Unknown Speaker]

You just got that piece of the, of the vase glued back on.

[Andy Holloway]

They are.

[Unknown Speaker]

Then it breaks again.

[Andy Holloway]

The Patriots are the 32nd out of 32 teams against the quarterback position. They're giving up an average of more than 10 points on top of the like every week, the quarterback that plays gets an extra 10 points on top of their average. I'm starting Matt Ryan. Fire him up.

[Mike Wright]

Couple of updates for you. Marquis Lee did not practice again on Thursday. So that would be a rotation to Alan Hearns if Lee were to miss the game. Blau Powell not practicing again. Sterling shepherd is practicing and is expected to play against the Seahawks. And Jordan Matthews is practicing as well. So Sterling, he's not more than a wide receiver. Three with maybe two upside against Seattle. It's not a good matchup.

[Andy Holloway]

Correct.

[Mike Wright]

All right, running back start of the week. I'll kick it off. I'm going to go Tevin Coleman. Look, Kevin Coleman at least nine carries in the last two games. He vultured a touchdown from Devonta Freeman last week and he gets to take on that very breakable New England Patriots defense. Look, he normally makes his hay in the passing game and the red zone. The Pats are 29th in the league against running backs. You can do a lot worse than Tevin Coleman this week. If I had Coleman and Freeman, I'd play them both.

[Andy Holloway]

I'll go with C.J. anderson this week. A lot of people aren't excited to play him.

[Unknown Speaker]

They worry about eyebrows are up, my eyes are wide.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you worry about the three headed, you know, beast, the timeshare. What's going on? He only got nine carries last week. He still has three games with over 20 carries in three out of the five, they had their bye week already.

[Unknown Speaker]

Can't take those away.

[Andy Holloway]

And they can't take those away.

[Unknown Speaker]

Still got them.

[Andy Holloway]

Last week was this really weird week that, as Mike says, you have to crap up and get rid of. The thing is, is they were down and they brought in the pass catching role with Booker and tried to shake things up, but they lost that game when they only gave C.J. anderson nine carries. This week they're going up against the Los Angeles Chargers. They are very, very beatable on the ground. When you look at the amount of yards given up, not, you know, when you look at like points against the running backs, certain teams they give it up on the ground and certain teams, they give it up through the air to the running back position. So they look like they are, you know, really bad against running backs. But the reality is they've got a good, you know, good game to stop the run. They just lose on those screen passes. But this is a matchup that I think fits CJ Anderson perfect. There's only been one game all year where they haven't given up over 100 rushing yards to the opposing team. There's been a game where they give up 200 yards rushing on the ground to the opposing team. And three, three out of the last four weeks, a touchdown on the ground. I think C.J. anderson, don't be afraid. I'm giving you the confidence to start him, man.

[Mike Wright]

I really, really don't have the confidence in C.J. anderson. What's the line for a waterbed on that one? I would say finish inside the top.

[Andy Holloway]

What you give me the line?

[Mike Wright]

Top 15. Start of the week. He's your start of the week?

[Andy Holloway]

He is my start of the week. We got a 17 on Larry. Let's go 17 on CJ.

[Jason Moore]

Waterbath.

[Mike Wright]

I went back and forth in my head. I'm like, do I just let you say your piece on CJ and we move on. I just want to voice my own opposition to it because it's a three headed monster and I don't think that there was a report this morning that they're going to ramp up carries for Jamal Charles. So I'm just not as confident as you. We'll see what happens in Los Angeles. Mike, who's your running back? Start of the week.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm giving an atta boy, an atta boy to a man who's kind of in the shadow right now after Mark Ingram had his monster game. But it's Alvin Camara, running back for the New Orleans Saints. 10th Most targets at the Running back position over the course of the year. This is the first time he actually got double digit carries with Adrian Peterson out and people are looking. Well, the targets weren't really there last week. Don't worry, they're coming. The Green Bay packers will be beats handedly, like I said, handedly by the New Orleans Saints. And Alvin Camara will be a benefactor of this. Drew Brees is having a great season. Like I had talked about earlier on the road, we're getting, we're actually getting good. Drew Brees. So Alvin Camara will be a benefactor of that. I like him a lot in this.

[Mike Wright]

Mike, I love your start.

[Unknown Speaker]

Thank you.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

Great job.

[Mike Wright]

Why would you like that?

[Unknown Speaker]

That was actually a backhanded compliment to Jason.

[Mike Wright]

That wouldn't be a compliment.

[Andy Holloway]

That was just a backhanded slap.

[Unknown Speaker]

I couldn't think of the right phrase, but it's like a. You shook my hand and on the release, backhanded Jason.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I felt it.

[Mike Wright]

I love your start, Mike. Devin Funches is my wide receiver start of the week.

[Unknown Speaker]

Great start, Andy.

[Mike Wright]

Last week he matched Kelvin and Snapshot. He had nine targets. He only had three catches, but the targets were there. I love seeing them line up on every single play. This is something we aren't used to seeing with Devin Funches in years past and without Greg Olson, maybe without Kelvin Benjamin. I mean this, this guy could be a very wide receiver two level player this week. So I think a touchdown, I think a touchdown is coming his way.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, my wide receiver start of the week is Alshon Jeffrey. Been disappointing a lot of guys right now. He's the 23rd ranked wide receiver, which is pretty good considering who he has faced literally this year. We are coming into week seven and he has had great opposition week in, week out. He's already faced Josh Norman once. Marcus Peters, Janoris Jenkins, Patrick Peterson, Hayward. Now this week, it's Washington again. Josh Norman. There's rumors that he might be able to get back in this week for the Monday Night Football game. That being said, he has not yet resumed running. So I'm, you know you haven't resumed running, right? But you're going to play.

[Unknown Speaker]

Does he know how important running is to the game of football?

[Andy Holloway]

Pretty important. So if you're without Josh Norman, I.

[Unknown Speaker]

Plan on skating this year.

[Andy Holloway]

Or if you're with a less than 100% Josh Norman.

[Mike Wright]

He's at a folding chair.

[Andy Holloway]

Alshon Jeffrey is.

[Unknown Speaker]

Don't throw it to this spot. This spot is on lockdown.

[Andy Holloway]

He's a beast in general. I think he's going to break out this week. You know, Carson Wentz has just been on fire. It's a home game in prime time. I think Alshon Jeffrey, he's going to have a, he's going to have a party Monday night.

[Unknown Speaker]

The. The image of a DB pulling out a lawn chair and plopping it down and just. But in full uniform, just sitting in the chair in the second.

[Mike Wright]

You're enjoying it.

[Unknown Speaker]

It is incredible. Join me, Join me on this vision quest. Ladies and gentlemen, my start of the week is Eric Decker. I've already kind of given my piece on why I'm not a fan of Rashard Matthews. This week I am chasing the Eric Decker points. I think that Marcus Mariota's limited mobility also plays into Eric Decker. He's the short and intermediate guy. He's going to get targets because Mariota has to get the ball out quicker. And I'm not saying Eric Decker is a wide receiver one this week. I'm just saying he is a startable wide receiver. 3 has upside 1 of the most prolific touchdown pass catchers of the past five years. I like Eric Decker this week.

[Mike Wright]

All right, tight end. I'm going with Baby Hands Doyle.

[Unknown Speaker]

See, I cannot, I cannot approve of Baby Hands Doyle. Have you seen him hold a cheeseburger despite your hate?

[Mike Wright]

Last week he was 7 for 50 and a touchdown.

[Andy Holloway]

Cheeseburger looks gigantic.

[Mike Wright]

He was a focus of Jacoby Brissette. The week before his concussion he had five receptions. Jackson Ville covers up the wide receiver well. So I'm going Jack Doyle. I think he can do it.

[Andy Holloway]

Baby Hands is a great nickname. Almost as good as the Goose and I am starting the Goose. Now keep in mind this is, this is, this is a little dangerous because the reason the Goose got the nickname the Goose was his, which is Hunter Henry. I don't know if you've said that. Hunter Henry tied in for the Los Angeles Chargers Week 1. He goes out against Denver and they game planned against Denver apparently without remembering that Hunter Henry was on the team. He was 0 for 0, barely ran routes, was around a 50% snap count.

[Unknown Speaker]

39.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, 39. You watch the second half and you're like, where's Hunter Henry? He was not involved. Since that time they have gotten him more and more and more involved. Especially once Antonio Gates caught his record touchdown that they've been trying to get him for the last two years. Now. Hunter Henry has been very involved. Touchdown. Two out of the last three games. He had 90 yards, five receptions last week. Denver in general is extremely beatable. At the tight end position. Their cornerbacks are so good that you kind of have to feed to the middle of the field. I think Hunter Henry can exploit that. He's my start of the week this week. I think the rest of the year look, every tight end is going to have duds, but I think Hunter Henry is going to be a relatively safe option rest of season.

[Unknown Speaker]

My start of the week Kyle Rudolph Tight End, Minnesota Vikings with digs out and limited the last couple of weeks with the groin. Nine targets growing nine targets followed up by nine targets and Baltimore's given up the third most points to the tight end position. So this is a move Kyle Rudolph up with Diggs limited or out.

[Mike Wright]

Definitely agree with that. That's what happened last year. Yes, was when Kyle Rudolph had relevances.

[Andy Holloway]

Nice start Mike. Interview oh.

[Jason Moore]

Jason Moore's ironclad locked and loaded. 100% guaranteed. Boom boom. Kicker of the Week.

[Andy Holloway]

Graham Gano.

[Mike Wright]

That is it for today's show. Thanks for tuning in to the Fantasy Footballers. We'll be back with tomorrow's MA or the rest of the matchups on tomorrow's show.

[Unknown Speaker]

Fun fact, that was two more words than should be spoken about kickers.

[Andy Holloway]

Goodbye.

[Mike Wright]

Draft.comballers thank you for listening to another.

[Jason Moore]

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