Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Week 8 Matchups, In-or-Out, Garbage Bortles

Summary

Summary of "Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Week 8 Matchups, In-or-Out, Garbage Bortles"

Release Date: October 28, 2016
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright
Podcast: Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast

The Week 8 episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast offers an in-depth analysis of NFL matchups, strategic fantasy decisions, player evaluations, and engaging listener interactions. Below is a comprehensive summary capturing all key points, discussions, insights, and conclusions from the episode.

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Introduction and Giveaway Announcement (00:00 - 04:15)

Andy Holloway kicks off the episode by announcing an exciting giveaway for listeners. Fans have the chance to win autographed jerseys, gear, gift cards, and shirts by visiting jointhefoot.com.

Notable Quote:

• Andy Holloway [00:00]: "We're giving away some autographed jerseys, some gear, some gift cards, some shirts. Lots of good stuff for the fantasy football lover."

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Opening Banter and Episode Overview (04:15 - 09:00)

The hosts engage in light-hearted banter about the Jaguars' controversial honey mustard jerseys, expressing their disdain while also acknowledging differing opinions.

Jason Moore reflects on the negative feedback surrounding the jerseys:

• Jason Moore [01:40]: "I kind of like them."

Mike Wright adds his perspective on the color scheme:

• Mike Wright [01:52]: "My problem with them is that's the color."

Andy Holloway humorously suggests a gold leaf solution:

• Andy Holloway [01:57]: "They need to cover them in gold leaf, so you're reflective."

The discussion segues into the main topics of the show: NFL matchups, injury updates, and strategic fantasy decisions.

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Garbage Bortles Segment: Evaluating Blake Bortles (04:32 - 08:43)

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to analyzing Blake Bortles' underwhelming performance.

Andy Holloway criticizes Bortles:

• Andy Holloway [04:51]: "That's what Bortles is in right now."

Jason Moore shares his frustration:

• Jason Moore [05:05]: "People who hate Blake Bortles right now... all people who had to watch the game."

Mike Wright employs a vivid analogy:

• Mike Wright [06:22]: "Blake Bortles is the equivalent of in the Walking Dead when you have to smear yourself in the zombie guts."

The hosts collectively express skepticism about Bortles' future, hinting at potential coaching changes.

Notable Quote:

• Andy Holloway [07:55]: "I think Gus might get fired this week."

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Foot Clan Friday: Listener Engagement and Giveaway Winner (09:00 - 19:25)

Andy Holloway introduces Foot Clan Friday, highlighting a recent giveaway winner, Derek Atherton, who wins a $50 gift card to shopballers.com.

Notable Quote:

• Andy Holloway [09:14]: "Today's winner of a $50 gift card to shopballers.com is Derek Atherton. Congratulations, Derek."

The segment also promotes upcoming live interactions and encourages listeners to join the fantasy football community.

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In-or-Out Segment: Injury Reports and Roster Decisions (12:04 - 25:00)

The hosts dive into the critical In-or-Out segment, providing updates on player injuries and advising on roster decisions for Week 8.

Key Player Updates:

• Russell Wilson: Confirmed in but listed as "immobile" due to a strained pec.

  • Mike Wright [12:20]: "He's going to be in, but I have my concerns."

• Doug Martin: Declared out.

  • Jason Moore [12:43]: "He's out."

• LaShawn McCoy: Definitely out.

  • Jason Moore [13:05]: "He's out."

• Rob Kelly vs. Chris Thompson:

  • Mike Wright [13:24]: Prefers Chris Thompson.
  • Jason Moore [13:33]: Prefers Rob Kelly as a desperation play.

• Jamal Charles: Both Jason and Mike agree to avoid playing him.

  • Jason Moore [14:14]: "I have full confidence to not play him."

• Jordan Matthews: Confirmed to play.

  • Mike Wright [14:49]: "He's got a full practice in on Thursday, so yes."

• John Brown and Michael Floyd:

  • Jason Moore [15:04]: "John Brown is returning, but limited."

Additional Recommendations:

• Theo Riddick and Dwayne Washington: Both are practicing and set to play.
  • Andy Holloway [14:29]: "Theo Riddick and Dwayne Washington both practice fully and will play."

Notable Quote:

• Jason Moore [12:15]: "He was out clearly, now he's in."

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Forecast and Player Rankings: Strategic Insights (19:25 - 39:46)

The hosts move into the Forecast segment, analyzing player performances and making strategic fantasy recommendations based on Week 8 matchups.

Devontae Booker:

Andy Holloway spotlights Devontae Booker as a top running back pick due to favorable matchups.

• Andy Holloway [30:19]: "Jonathan Stewart is not very high. I really like Jonathan Stewart for the rest of the season..."

Jason Moore ranks Booker highly:

• Jason Moore [10:57]: "I have him top five, which is scary for a guy that, you know he hasn't done it."

Quarterback Strategies:

Discussion revolves around streaming quarterbacks and avoiding lower-ranked options like Philip Rivers unless necessary.

• Andy Holloway [31:37]: "We have rivers as our 22nd ranked quarterback this week..."

Wide Receiver Choices:

Larry Fitzgerald is highlighted as a reliable wide receiver against the Panthers' weak pass defense.

• Mike Wright [28:36]: "Larry Fitzgerald is a very safe option."

Randall Cobb and Devontae Adams are also recommended based on their recent performances and matchups.

Highlighted Matchups:

• Chargers vs. Broncos: Focus on Devontae Booker and cautious quarterback picks.

  • Andy Holloway [26:08]: "I like Booker a lot in this game."

• Packers vs. Falcons: Emphasis on wide receiver performances and matchup advantages.

  • Jason Moore [34:12]: "Jacob Tammy of the Barfy Titan..."

Notable Quote:

• Jason Moore [26:31]: "Not very. I'm still okay playing him as a expecting that running back to production."

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Mailbag: Listener Questions and Expert Advice (45:32 - 51:40)

The hosts address listener-submitted questions, providing tailored advice based on specific team situations.

Sample Questions:

1. Victor from Detroit:

   • Question: Trading Jay Ajayi and Jacquiz Rogers for Kelvin Benjamin.
   • Advice: Mike Wright advises keeping Jay Ajayi for his long-term value.
     • Mike Wright [46:38]: "I'd rather keep a Jai for the long term."

2. Scott from New Hampshire:

   • Question: Outlook on Brandon Cooks for the rest of the season in a redraft league.
   • Advice: Jason Moore describes Cooks as a "roller coaster" with high variance.
     • Jason Moore [46:56]: "He's going to be an awesome roller coaster of... ups and downs."

3. Kendrick from Louisville:

   • Question: Pending trade offer involving Kristen Michael.
   • Advice: Jason Moore recommends keeping the running back unless there's a pressing need.
     • Jason Moore [48:24]: "If you have Kristen Michael, I lean towards keeping him."

4. Steve from Desert:

   • Question: Opinions on ranking Ryan Fitzpatrick over Russell Wilson.
   • Advice: The hosts humorously declare Wilson as the "sin of the week" but emphasize strategic matchup considerations.
     • Jason Moore [50:31]: "We declare it so that Russell Wilson can just go get this season going."

Notable Quote:

• Jason Moore [46:00]: "I hate you have to lean. I'd rather keep a Jai for the long term."

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Conclusion and Closing Remarks (51:40 - 52:04)

The episode wraps up with the hosts thanking listeners, promoting their website and community platforms, and encouraging fans to engage via social media.

Notable Quote:

• Jason Moore [52:04]: "Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast."

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Key Takeaways:

• Blake Bortles continues to underperform, leading to speculation about his future with the Jaguars.
• Devontae Booker emerges as a top running back option for Week 8 due to favorable matchups.
• Larry Fitzgerald and Randall Cobb are recommended wide receivers against weak defenses.
• Strategic quarterback streaming is encouraged, with Ryan Fitzpatrick receiving praise over Philip Rivers for specific matchups.
• Listener engagement through the Foot Clan and Mailbag segments provides personalized fantasy advice and fosters community interaction.

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This detailed summary encapsulates the essential elements of the Fantasy Footballers' Week 8 Podcast episode, providing valuable insights and actionable advice for fantasy football enthusiasts.

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

Hey, Foot Clan. Before we start today's show, I just wanted to let you know we have a giveaway coming up at the beginning of the month. We're giving away some autographed jerseys, some gear, some gift cards, some shirts. Lots of good stuff for the fantasy football lover. So head over to jointhefoot.com if you want to enter.

[Jason Moore]

Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast, coming to you from the fantasyjocks.com studios with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Andy Holloway]

Good and happy. Morning, afternoon and evening. Whenever you're listening, we welcome you in. We hope you are enjoying your day.

[Mike Wright]

Or night.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm sure it's better than Gus Bradley's night.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, man.

[Jason Moore]

Or day.

[Andy Holloway]

Or day. Or morning.

[Jason Moore]

There is no day for Gus Bradley.

[Mike Wright]

Everything is night.

[Andy Holloway]

There is no darkness. It's all night. That is funny. You know, if the lights were out, we wouldn't have had to see the honey mustard jerseys. That would have been. They are terrible. They are bad.

[Jason Moore]

I couldn't watch it live and I'm listening on the radio. I watched it after, afterwards, but I was listening at first. And the announcers, both announcers were talking about how disgusting those jerseys were. Everyone on Twitter smashing them. They were like, you know what was worse? Blake Borrells or the jerseys. So then I go and I turn this game on to see these disgusting puke poop jerseys. And I kind of like them.

[Mike Wright]

I actually don't have a problem.

[Andy Holloway]

They should have.

[Jason Moore]

I didn't think they were that bad. I was like, why is everybody.

[Mike Wright]

My problem with them is that's. That's the color. I mean, the Jags have like some cool colors going on and that's the one you want.

[Andy Holloway]

They need to cover them in gold leaf, so you're reflective. And it just flakes off during the game.

[Mike Wright]

It turns into. Just shames them by the end of the game.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Well, we're going to talk a lot about this here in the quick question, so we'll get into it shortly. So much to say. I mean, look, you're talking to the former love child of Arian Foster and Gus Bradley, both of whom are soon to be very retired.

[Mike Wright]

Surprised you're alive.

[Andy Holloway]

And Jeremy Macklin. There was a trifecta and it's just not a good year for those guys. It's not a good life. It's night. It's nighttime for those guys. I knew it was coming. Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. Andy, Mike and Jason. My voice is about the same as it was yesterday, but I got it, you know, I got A good night's sleep. I'm here, I'm ready to go. We have a good show. We have a Foot Clan Friday on the show today we have NFL matchups part due, part due. So we'll go through the rest of the matchups on the show today. And we also have in and out. We'll catch you up on all the injuries, all the hard decisions that you have to make this week. And there are a lot of them. You know, the buys are here, six teams on by, lots of decisions to make. And the reality of fantasy sports is it's not as easy as a start sit tool. Right? Like, it's not just. You don't just plug in two guys. I mean, it'd be nice, but that's, you know, you don't just plug two guys into a system, hit a button and just start a guy. Because there are so many variables. There's the team you're playing, there's the other players on your roster. Do you need a boom guy? Do you need a steady guy? These are the type of decisions, you know, I was talking to somebody this morning, Tyreek Hill, really coming on in Kansas City, also returns kicks. They're in a return league. They're deciding between Tyreek Hill and Latavius Murray. And all of a sudden, you know, the decisions do you need that steady guy or do you need the upside? So those type of decisions we try to help you out with every day. So we thank you for joining the show. You can find us on twitter@the ffballers, find us on the web, the fantasy footballers.com and join our [e-mail]. get involved with the show. We'd love to see you over there. It's always fun. You know, I think one of the best parts was the Foot Clan leagues that formed this past year. Hundreds of leagues from actually passionate people. Somebody sent me a trade yesterday that happened in their family league. It was, I believe, Antonio Brown and Tom Brady for, I think it was Jacquiz Rogers, something like that.

[Jason Moore]

Some nonsense, some nonsense thing, you know.

[Andy Holloway]

In a family league, what are you going to do? I mean, you're just kind of.

[Mike Wright]

You're going to take.

[Andy Holloway]

You're going to go find a new league.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, you're going to. You're going to go make that trade and you're going to win that league.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, quick question of the day. Major takeaways from the game last night.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, the garbage land can.

[Jason Moore]

I know we are a long ways away from our episode where we give out our Footies. Our footy awards. But it's going to be stuck in a lot of memories. This, this level of garbage performance.

[Andy Holloway]

What's the opposite of a positive regression?

[Mike Wright]

A regular regression.

[Andy Holloway]

That's what Bortles is in right now.

[Jason Moore]

He was fantastic yesterday. So he finished as a. What is. He's going to be a top five quarterback this week, isn't he?

[Andy Holloway]

Absolutely gross.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, he will.

[Andy Holloway]

People who hate Blake Bortles right now. Let's name them Gus Bradley. Continue. Tennessee defense owners hate Blake Bortles right now.

[Jason Moore]

All people who had to watch the game.

[Andy Holloway]

People with eyeballs.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. People with one eyeball.

[Andy Holloway]

Alan Robinson.

[Jason Moore]

Poor Blake.

[Andy Holloway]

Alan Robinson hates. You know who loves him right now? Tim Tebow's throwing coach loves him.

[Jason Moore]

See, I told you.

[Andy Holloway]

I told you that was the way to do it. Let's throw it. I believe Roto World said it looked like he was throwing a fully baked turkey. Like that's how you would throw. You'd sling it.

[Jason Moore]

That's a good writer right there.

[Andy Holloway]

I loved it. I love it. So. But if you started him, you, as I tweeted, had sweet smelling garbage, you know, all over you.

[Jason Moore]

So every week there are plenty, plenty of players that get a lot of their production and garbage time and it's fine. You know, you kind of expect that if I've got a wide receiver or a quarterback, they're down, they're getting blown out and they haven't produced. I watched the game and I think, okay, whatever, maybe I'll get some garbage time stuff. This was a different level of like it, like normally it's garbage. What is. What's more, this was like vomit. Here's. Here's what, like sifting through dog.

[Mike Wright]

This, this is. Blake Bortles is the equivalent of in the Walking Dead when you have to smear yourself in the zombie guts and everything. You can trick people, right? You should. They don't kill you. You can walk among them. As long as you. You kind of look right, you smell right. But things can go haywire and sideways extremely quickly. And that's what Blake Bortle.

[Andy Holloway]

His performance in the game yesterday had me questioning in the first half whether he was NFL quarterback anymore. Like whether this was going to be the beginning of the end. Right? Like, I mean, the throws were so off the reads, the decision making. Alan Robinson, I mean, you could just see it in his shoulders, the arms slumping at the beginning of the throw because he knew there was nothing around. And he's throwing his helmet on the sideline. You know, Robinson didn't crap your team last night because of garbage time. What were you saying about Alan Hearns? And remember the story from the beginning of the year?

[Mike Wright]

We had. There was a very funny story during draft time. A listener had sent in that one of their uninformed friends boldly proclaimed when it was their draft pick in the first round, Allen Hearns. And we laughed hysterically at that person's misfortune. But who's laughing now? I thought that the Alan Hearns owner, that's who.

[Andy Holloway]

I still think it's possible. I think Gus might get fired this week. I think, you know, the owner came out and I think he said he didn't want to make a coaching change right now, but I think it's still possible to happen this week.

[Mike Wright]

I hope he was twisting his mustache when he was.

[Andy Holloway]

They have a good roster.

[Jason Moore]

They do. And that's why I don't think it's the gm. It has to be the coach. I just.

[Andy Holloway]

Disgusting.

[Jason Moore]

I question. There are certain franchises that I feel like if you get the right coach, if you get a coach that could coach those players, they're going to be a bad coach. There's just nothing you can do in certain franchise situations. And maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they prove me wrong. I agree. I think they've got a very nice roster. They should be able to get it done. Andy, I think you should submit a resume.

[Andy Holloway]

I'll take it on. We'll change the jersey situation. I'll be going all black with gold highlights.

[Jason Moore]

I like it.

[Andy Holloway]

You don't need to go gray, Poupon.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that's what it is.

[Jason Moore]

There's got to be a nice. There's got to be a nice tone of gold. I mean, gold is a nice looking thing.

[Mike Wright]

Or the green, that turquoise green.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, the turquoise green.

[Andy Holloway]

That'd be hot. So many options. All right, it's Friday. You know what time it is?

[Jason Moore]

Foot Clan Friday.

[Andy Holloway]

All right.

[Mike Wright]

That's how you get happy every Friday.

[Andy Holloway]

Flush that gusto. We have a giveaway for a Foot Clan member [e-mail] today's winner of a $50 gift card to shopballers.com is Derek Atherton. Congratulations, Derek.

[Mike Wright]

You did it.

[Andy Holloway]

You did it. I mean, you didn't do anything to do it, but you did.

[Mike Wright]

He joined the Foot and he won.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

So congratulations. We'll send that over to you today. All right. Another reminder for the weekend. Mike is on periscope Sunday at 9am Pacific Time.

[Mike Wright]

Regular time.

[Andy Holloway]

Regular time. So, you know, at that point you'll be what in the midst of the Washington game. You'll be going on with the Washington game.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

So if you have questions for Sunday, you want to get those in on the periscope, Mike will be answering them fast and furious. Let's move on. Let's talk news.

[Jason Moore]

News and notes from around the league.

[Andy Holloway]

Big news. Big, big, big, big, big, big news.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I mean, that happened quick.

[Andy Holloway]

C.J. anderson to the I.R. underwent arthroscopic surgery. Candidate to return in eight weeks. The team hopes maybe for a playoff run, but will not be a factor for the rest of the fantasy football season. So maybe you, what, you book your ticket to paradise. You Booker. Your ticket.

[Jason Moore]

Booker becomes very, very good. We see this every year. There are a couple. This is about C.J.

[Andy Holloway]

Anderson get hurt. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

This is about the time of year where when people go down with injuries they could come back from. It's now season ending because we're halfway through the year for fantasy purposes. And those backs that were behind them, that come in to take over, they end up getting a larger portion than they would have had if it was early in the year. So I think Booker becomes a rest of season top 10 running back.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, that's an amazing statement because he wasn't and now he is.

[Jason Moore]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

And I agree. His next three matchups are gold. Where do you guys have him this week?

[Jason Moore]

Let's.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's share the rankings here. Do you want to look that up real quick?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I believe I have him top five, which is scary for a guy that, you know he hasn't done it. You haven't seen one. What he's. What his role is.

[Mike Wright]

I have him at in half point.

[Andy Holloway]

Where are we all at? What's our. What's our consensus?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, I just have my personal rankings.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, okay, cool. No, keep it to yourself.

[Jason Moore]

I really appreciate.

[Andy Holloway]

I have Mike.

[Mike Wright]

Very nice things.

[Andy Holloway]

That's cool.

[Jason Moore]

Care about your rankings. All right, I know. I noticed. I'll tell you right now, Booker, we have.

[Andy Holloway]

We have him as our consensus 10, and that's my fault. I have him at 16 right now, but that's going to change. I was just, you know, that was initial. That was before the CJ report.

[Jason Moore]

I have him at 4. Mike has him at 8.

[Andy Holloway]

Hugh Jackson has confirmed Josh McCown will likely start on Sunday. Here's the reality. I think McCown starts this week, but I don't think he keeps the job. I think it goes back to Kessler now. If he came out set the world on fire, they win. Maybe this, maybe the story changes. I hope it does Maybe, but they don't need. The reality is McCown's like 400 years.

[Jason Moore]

Old, and they need to do anything.

[Andy Holloway]

They need to groom Kessler, so.

[Jason Moore]

And they could accidentally win with McCown. They don't want that.

[Mike Wright]

That's not good.

[Jason Moore]

That's not going to help them.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, let's move on. Let's talk about injuries. Every Friday, we go through the inner out and give you our opinions on whether guys are going to be playing this week so you can make your lineup decisions.

[Jason Moore]

What's it going to payment fly?

[Andy Holloway]

Are you in or out? All right, this one's easy. In or out? Russell Wilshire.

[Jason Moore]

He's in.

[Mike Wright]

He's going to be in, but I have my concerns.

[Andy Holloway]

In, but immobile in a mobile.

[Mike Wright]

And a strained peck, which I've been told is not good for throwing a football.

[Andy Holloway]

I plan to get one of those once I get pecs.

[Jason Moore]

I am. I am making a note here on my own piece of paper. Paper.

[Andy Holloway]

Cool, bro.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. That I need to move Russell Wilson down.

[Andy Holloway]

Doug Martin, in or out?

[Jason Moore]

Clearly.

[Andy Holloway]

Lamar Miller.

[Jason Moore]

He's in. He's been practicing all week. He's. He's definitely in.

[Andy Holloway]

The Mike Wright special. LaShawn McCoy, please.

[Jason Moore]

Out.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I'm gonna. I'm gonna go without. He's not. He's not practicing again today.

[Jason Moore]

They just can't repeat. They cannot repeat that mistake again, right?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, they can.

[Mike Wright]

They certainly could. But if they want an actual legitimate chance to. To be a playoff team, they better let him rest.

[Andy Holloway]

So Mike Gillesley, is he gonna play?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he's been missing practice.

[Andy Holloway]

This one is an already and out. Matt Jones has been declared out.

[Mike Wright]

He's going to be out?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Rob Kelly. Rob Kelly will get the start. Do you like Rob Kelly or Chris Thompson more, though?

[Mike Wright]

I lean towards Chris Thompson, but I think that Rob Kelly is a fine desperation play.

[Andy Holloway]

Would you play? Oh, so you consider him desperation?

[Jason Moore]

No, I don't think so.

[Andy Holloway]

Rob Kelly or Mike Gillislee?

[Mike Wright]

Gillisley.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I would probably go Gilly there.

[Andy Holloway]

Gilly, yeah. All right. I like that nickname.

[Mike Wright]

Jamal Charles, limited in practice. I feel like even if he plays. Are you. Do you have any confidence playing?

[Jason Moore]

No. Zero? Zero. Less than zero. I have. I have full confidence.

[Andy Holloway]

That's not a real number.

[Jason Moore]

I have full confidence. I have 100% confidence to not play him.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

Is kind of more the point, like, I'm absolutely convinced you cannot play Jamal Charles. I would much rather play Robert Kelly than Jamal Charles, and I think he will be active for the game.

[Andy Holloway]

Jerick McKinnon.

[Mike Wright]

He's been seen in a walking boot not practicing on Thursday. I think that he's going to be held out. And this is like Charles. Even if he plays, I don't have confidence. So I hope you invested your stock in.

[Andy Holloway]

Here's a couple of ins. Here's a couple of ins for you. Theo Riddick and Dwayne Washington both practice fully and will play. I really like the upside of Riddick this week against Houston. Do you agree?

[Mike Wright]

I agree. All right, Bilal Powell, I think he's going to play.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, let's move on. Turf toe wide receivers. Let's talk about Jordan Matthews. Is he going to play?

[Mike Wright]

He's got a full practice in on Thursday, so yes.

[Andy Holloway]

John Brown and Michael Floyd, what's their situation, man?

[Jason Moore]

Michael Floyd has not practiced Wednesday, did not practice Thursday. You have to monitor that. If he doesn't practice again Friday.

[Andy Holloway]

Does that bump John Brown way up?

[Jason Moore]

Yes, but I don't know how high you can bump him up. Considering his sickle cell problem, he's been limited in practice. They've got things under control. It looks like he's going to play, but I still wonder this, this quick into it while he's had the pain in his legs from that. If he's not, if he's not, you know, fully recovered from the sickle cell problem, which I assume takes a little bit of time. I, I just don't know that he can have one of his gigantic blow up games. Even though the matchup is perfect with Floyd being out is there. So I do bump him up a little bit.

[Mike Wright]

Does this affect how you feel about Carson Palmer?

[Jason Moore]

Very much so. If Michael Floyd is not there and you only have a recovering John Brown with Fitz, then my start of the week at Carson Palmer would not. I will, I will pivot.

[Andy Holloway]

John Brown in or out or. I'm sorry, Dante Moncrief, in or out?

[Mike Wright]

I think he's going to play. I think he's going to play. He's returning. I love it.

[Andy Holloway]

Terrell Pryor, one of the.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, yeah, sorry.

[Andy Holloway]

Moving on. Terrell Pryor, did you want to say something about Mr. Dante?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I was just going to say that.

[Andy Holloway]

What's his peak exactly?

[Jason Moore]

Well, his peak would be great, I think. I don't expect it. But his peak is still a great game. I mean, he could go out and catch seven balls for 90 yards in a.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you consider Dante's peak to be about 7?

[Mike Wright]

Do you think Dante's peak could take out like an entire village?

[Jason Moore]

Dude, I think Dante's Peak could erupt. Yeah, I really do. Just magma. Like I just.

[Andy Holloway]

Pierce bros. I was just popping into my house going to a Pierce joke and you did.

[Mike Wright]

I ruined it.

[Andy Holloway]

What was it? Was it a pun joke?

[Jason Moore]

Yes, man.

[Andy Holloway]

Was it a Brosnan inside of the Pierce?

[Mike Wright]

It was going to be about piercing things, but.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, I'm glad I avoided that. Tyrell Williams in or out.

[Jason Moore]

I like that I didn't actually get.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, I love that you didn't get it either.

[Jason Moore]

Going to make to it.

[Mike Wright]

I'm not going.

[Andy Holloway]

I was just like, what's his peak? And you're like, well, his peak is very blah, blah, blah.

[Jason Moore]

All right, who we are. Prior is in. Who's next?

[Andy Holloway]

Tyrell Williams.

[Mike Wright]

He returned to practice on Thursday, so I think he will play.

[Andy Holloway]

But if he plays irrelevant.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, it's Denver.

[Andy Holloway]

Isn't it amazing? He's just like a cyclical player. Like every three weeks you should start Tyra Williams and then usher him into your the back of your closet for a couple of weeks.

[Mike Wright]

For Tyrell Williams, this is not the week, but he has some good matchups coming up.

[Andy Holloway]

Robert Woods.

[Jason Moore]

I think they need him. Yeah, they do because Marquis Goodwin is not sneaky start protocol. He what exact. Yeah, he was quote, very limited Thursday. Robert Woods. So Robert woods is. He's still questionable, but they need him desperately.

[Andy Holloway]

So Mark is good on. I don't think he's going to play.

[Jason Moore]

No, he's in the concussion protocol and does not appear to be through.

[Andy Holloway]

If woods and Goodwin are out, I'm telling you right now, I'll make the. I'll make the claim like I did with Cameron Meredith three weeks ago before anybody knew his name. Get ready for Justin Hunter. Justin Hunter will be a sneaky start against New England in a game that Buffalo will probably be coming back in. I'm just saying it's possible. Just get ready for the Hunter explosion. No, not really, but he'll be okay.

[Mike Wright]

Corner one catch for one touchdown.

[Andy Holloway]

Eddie Royal. I'm going to go out and then let's go. Tight ends. Eric Ebron. Do you think he plays?

[Jason Moore]

I do not think maybe. I think he plays and I think he's irrelevant. Where I was, where I was going was that I don't like his matchup. And so if he comes back, I'm not playing him.

[Andy Holloway]

A lot of pieces could be back for Detroit this week. Reddick and Washington and Ebron.

[Jason Moore]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, my.

[Jason Moore]

I don't think Washington matters.

[Mike Wright]

Jordan Reed, he's expected to play but still have your backup option because nothing has Been official yet? Yeah, there's no official in so you need to be ready.

[Jason Moore]

Andy said it right. Just you handcuff him with with Vernon.

[Andy Holloway]

Davis a an update. Lashama Coy did not practice on Friday. Yeah, just so that way. That way he can play for a couple plays on Sunday and also one addition as well. What did I want to add here? Tyler Eiford. ESPN reports that he's expected to have a much closer to full roll in week eight. Jason, start of the week. Yeah. Closer to full.

[Jason Moore]

I'll take him closer to full over a lot of the bar fee tight ends this year.

[Andy Holloway]

Doyle or ifrt?

[Jason Moore]

That's a good question. I would go Eiford.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, you guys ready to jump into the forecast?

[Mike Wright]

Let's do it.

[Jason Moore]

Fantasy forecast.

[Andy Holloway]

Choking over here. You ready to. What's the kickoff game here? We're going Raiders, Bucks, Raiders. This is a pick them game right now.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, then let me do you a favor and pick them.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Jason Moore]

It's the Raiders.

[Mike Wright]

It's the Bucks.

[Jason Moore]

The Raiders have been great on the road. They are almost better on the road and the Bucks are not as good as the Raiders. Those, those reasons make it the Bucks.

[Andy Holloway]

I am. I'm on the fence.

[Mike Wright]

You're the pick them.

[Andy Holloway]

What I can't do is I can't do an almost upset in a pick them game.

[Jason Moore]

No, you can't.

[Andy Holloway]

So I have to choose something else. All right. Are you confident in Derek Carr on the road this weekend?

[Jason Moore]

I am.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I still like him. 49 and a half point over under we did not mention that is spectacular. You want it on that. So Derek Carr, Jameis Winston are both solid plays to me this week.

[Jason Moore]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

Latavius Murray seems to have a hold of the lead back role. That only seems to mean, you know, 12 to 15 carries but opportunities around the goal line. Buccaneers are 19th against the run.

[Jason Moore]

He also gets worked in in the passing game. So I think you can count on for 15 touches. And because he's a big play potential guy and a red zone threat, I would be happy to start a 15 touch guy against a somewhat porous offense who has a nose for the end zone. Sign me up.

[Andy Holloway]

Let me give you a perspective. I had Cooper ranked very high. I'm going to make an adjustment on Cooper. I actually think this is more of a Crabtree game. The Bucs defense have allowed the most receptions in the NFL but they are. They've given up almost the least amount of 20 plus yard receptions. That's why I consider Cooper's forte that down the field versus Crabtree's ability to get loose underneath. It's an interesting dynamic there. I think both guys are good starts. I just think this is one that may play into Crabtree's strengths.

[Mike Wright]

Jacques Whiz is a must start running back one. And the question for that. Everyone. Everyone wants to know about this. You go with Humphreys or do you go with Shepard?

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know if everybody wants to.

[Mike Wright]

Know, but they need to know.

[Andy Holloway]

Shepard had a big game last week.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. We didn't mention him on the waivers. I regretted that because while he could be one of those guys that you see very often that just comes pops in for a role, stops in, hasn't comes out of nowhere, has a good game, goes away, you still should know who he is and have the opportunity to pick him up because he has the opportunity to step into Vincent Jackson's role. That's what we saw last week. Vincent Jackson, he's done. He's on ir And Shepard steps up into this role. Now Shepard is not.

[Andy Holloway]

How did Vincent Jackson do with it?

[Jason Moore]

He did like an old man as opposed to an incoming young guy.

[Andy Holloway]

Sure.

[Jason Moore]

And Shepard had a very nice game, but he's an unheralded undrafted, you know, 6:1. But he looked. He looked good in the game. Maybe. I believe in Shepard mostly because I had Cameron Brait and every time I was watching this game going like get braight the ball and I kept seeing this big guy catch a great pass and it was never braid. It was always Shepard.

[Andy Holloway]

Get ready for Brait, Humphreys and Shepard to rotate good fantasy performances and disappoint all fantasy owners. That's my prediction. I water bet Humphreys over Shepard.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. With me because I've got Shepard over. Sure.

[Mike Wright]

And of course Mike Evans is a play every single week. Pay before we jump into real quick.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, I think. I think that you might be able to start Peyton Barber in this game.

[Jason Moore]

Ooh.

[Andy Holloway]

Because he had 12 carries last week. The Raiders are a terrible defense. This is at home. And I think because he broke that long touchdown run, had a successful day sharing the load with Jacquiz. With the rookie, I think what do they want to see? They want to see what they have in Barber as well.

[Jason Moore]

So I don't dare you say that they're a bad defense. Did you see what they did to Jacksonville last week? Okay, joke's over.

[Andy Holloway]

Nice. All right, Go on, Mike.

[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

Love it.

[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

All right. Speaking of David Johnson, let's talk Cardinals Panthers. This is a 47 and a half point over under. The Panthers are favored in this game. Coming off the buy, you've got Cam Newton, Jonathan Stewart, Kelvin Benjamin and Greg Olson. Is the fantasy relevant Panthers, are there any narratives there that we need to pay attention to? How confident are you in Jonathan Stewart in this matchup against the Cardinals run defense on the road?

[Jason Moore]

Not very.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, not very. I'm still okay playing him as a expecting that running back to production. But J Stu just does not get involved in the passing game. We've seen historically him be capped by at the end at the goal line because Cam Newton's been vulturing. I know he had the two touchdowns two weeks ago so maybe that changes with. With them trying to protect Cam Newton a little bit. But still to me against a great defense we saw the woke one get held very in check last week. They've been holding nearly all running backs.

[Jason Moore]

Jonathan Stewart reminds me a lot not when I watch not in style necessarily but in. In type of role in the offense to Kristen Michael. He's that runner that they are a running team first. He, he has been used over the last, probably the last calendar year around the goal line quite a bit as Kristen Michael has and Chris and Michael just got shut down. So my confidence level in starting Jonathan Stewart is not very high. I really like Jonathan Stewart for the rest of the season but he is, he's going to be in my flex if he's in there. Meaning, you know, I've probably got a better running back, a better running back too that I. That I like this weekend and then maybe I'll flex him in over some wide receivers and maybe I've got a better option.

[Andy Holloway]

We have been waiting for the awakening of sorts for Cam Newton in this offense. They're 1 in 5 right now and this is an opportunity where Vegas sees them as the winner of this game. The Cardinals have to travel across the country. I do think it'll be a competitive game. You know, I want to remind people Greg Olson averaging 101.7 yards per game. Pretty much the most consistent locked and loaded guaranteed tight end you can get. Probably not the upside of a Gronk, but he does score. He's been great on the other side of the ball. We've already talked about Michael Floyd and John Brown. What do you think about Larry Fitzgerald in this matchup? The Panthers secondary has been atrocious. They're 26 in the league against the pass. Are we just starting Fitzgerald with RB? Army, sorry. With wide receiver. 21 thoughts?

[Mike Wright]

I'm fine throwing him in as a wide receiver, too. He's been absolutely spectacular in Half point in our format. He's the number nine wide receiver on the year because he's just. He's so consistent. And you know that Larry has that ceiling. Every now and again he's going to get you two touchdowns to go along with that 60 to 80 yards, which is, I mean, you can basically guarantee that. His low point of the, of this year was 49 yards against the Jets. Every other game above 60 yards. So he just, he's. He is a very safe option.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, Larry. Larry, I think is locked and loaded. Obviously, David Johnson is a start in any situation. I still think he's got to be tired from this last week and a little worn down and the Panthers are a good run d. But he's so used in the passing game. So Larry's locked and loaded. You're starting him, you're starting David Johnson. I know we talked about it a little bit, but I just want to throw out a narrative. I am. When I look at this from the Carolina Panthers side, I'm going to be watching whether or not Michael Floyd plays, because I think if Michael Floyd does not play, you're going to get a stagnant Cardinals offense that might not be able to continually move the ball because they're missing Jaron Brown. They've got a hobbled John Brown and Michael Floyd gone. So if they're not able to move the ball, you're going to see the Arizona D out there a lot. And while the first half might look really bad for the Panthers, if Michael Floyd's not out there, yeah, I'm back. If Michael Floyd's not out there, I could see a game script where the Panthers get it going the second half even against a good Arizona defense. So Michael Floyd, surprisingly, I think, changes a lot in this game.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's talk about the Chargers and the Broncos. This game's in Denver, a low over under a 43 and a half. And look, this is One of the reasons we like Devontae Booker in this game. The Chargers defense is allowed 1.3 rushing touchdowns per game. I was pretty impressed with the bounce back game by Simeon in his last matchup. You obviously saw the running backs go wild against the Texans. Now you have Booker and Capri Bibs kind of filling in for him. I do think Bibs will get more work than you guys probably think. But Booker's the headline act here. The Chargers are. They've been okay against the run, but this is a pretty, you know, powerful Kubiak led running game. And I like Booker a lot in this game.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I completely agree. I like Booker. The I'm staying away from both quarterbacks in this matchup. I know that The Chargers, they're 24th in past defense right now. I just don't see it for Simeon who have that one fantastic game. But other than that he's just, he's a one touchdown guy which it caps demarius and Emmanuel Sanders even though I still think they're. They're fine plays this week. But I'm not expecting one of those guys to just go bananas at least.

[Andy Holloway]

This week for a lot of Philip Rivers owners because you just said you're sitting both quarterbacks.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

They wonder like who do I start over? Philip Rivers. I want to give some perspective on that. We have rivers as our 22nd ranked quarterback this week and this is pretty much, I mean that's our consensus rank but we all have him in the 20s so we're talking starting Tyrod Taylor, Dak Prescott, Alex Smith. If you started Mariota last night over him, you would have been happy. Kirk Cousins, these are the guys that we're talking about. Ryan Fitzpatrick. Yeah. Even Brock Osweiler, you got to be proud of that. Look, I don't know what rule number it is but when you, you know you can start quarterbacks against Detroit secondary.

[Jason Moore]

So especially at home, especially without Darius Slay who's good. So they don't have him.

[Andy Holloway]

I just think you have better options. That doesn't mean you drop Philip Rivers. I think that means you could hang on to him but you can stream somebody else.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, completely agree.

[Andy Holloway]

Gates. How do you feel about him this week?

[Mike Wright]

I'm okay with Gates. He's getting healthier. We have Hunter Henry in the concussion protocol. They think that he's going to be cleared to play. But that concussions we will wait and see. And I still think that, I mean Gates, Gates is still involved in those, those short passes which they're going to have to do. You have the Broncos defense averaging a sack every nearly 11 pass attempts, which is terrifying. If you're a quarterback, you're going to want to get rid of the ball. And that's what we saw from Philip Rivers that first quarter of two weeks ago. Because they played this game was two weeks ago. Ridiculous. But Philip Rivers was very precise with the short passes and I think Antonio Gates will be a benefactor of that.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, Gates is a good play, I think. And if I'm. If I had an almost upset of the week, I think I would go with the. With the Chargers. Chargers.

[Mike Wright]

You don't have one, Jason.

[Jason Moore]

That's why I'm not going.

[Andy Holloway]

The Chargers did beat the Broncos two weeks ago ago. So we'll see what happens in this matchup. Look, we're going to move on now. Packers take on the Falcons. The Falcons are favored by three points and it feels weird, but.

[Jason Moore]

Andy's almost upset of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

You know, I don't know why it feels weird with certain teams picking them as an upset, but I'll take the packers putting it together against the Falcons in this game. I mean this is just confidence in, you know, last week seeing the offense actually move a little bit. Not that I love Rogers rest of season, but it's easier to love them against the past defense that's ranked 31st in the league like the Falcons currently are.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

So I have some confidence here that the packers can put it together, win this game. Niall Davis should be more involved. You know, you're going to have Ty Montgomery running that dual threat role of running back and screen pass catcher and slot pass catcher. So talk to me about the decision making process here in this game for some of these, you know, the Devonte Adams, the Jordy Nelson. How do you make start sit decisions on these wide receivers for it is Packers.

[Mike Wright]

It is brutal picking between these guys. Usually you have, you know, I got a 1, a 2. If things are terrible, you're like they're. I have a 1, a 1B kind of like D. Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders where it can go either way pretty easily. You got four guys here. You got Montgomery, Nelson, Cobb and Adams. And the wheel landed on Devonte Adams last week. I think of the four though, Ty Montgomery is going to be the safest. You're talking 20 receptions in the last two weeks. I think that role is locked in. But if you're saying I got to make that decision, I have Nelson and Cobb. Who do I put in? I have Nelson and Adams.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean Arkansas Franks have Montgomery, then Cobb, then Nelson, then Adams.

[Mike Wright]

Cobb has been getting it going in the last three weeks.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I think Cobb is kind of the overlooked man here because there's been a lot on Jordy. Right. He started the year off so hot with all the touchdowns. Then he's kind of.

[Mike Wright]

He's so hot right now.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And then last week in this crazy epic passing game who is completely irrelevant, crapped a lot of people's teams. This week you've got him getting trufant. So we've seen the number one wide receiver against Atlanta kind of not be always the guy there. Cobb has been getting it done. He has. We said it before, but there's about three touchdowns he's left on the field or for one reason or another someone.

[Andy Holloway]

Should go pick him up.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And he might just do that this week. So I actually like Randall Cobb this week. We all like devonte Adams. I mean we've got two starts of the week. I see here why you're making them the almost upset. What about. I mean for me, I'm starting all of them. I'm fine. If. I mean you're not going to have all of these guys on your team. I'm not saying start all of them at once, but if you've got time Montgomery, if you've got Randall Cobb, if you've got Jordan Nelson, if you've got devonte Adams, I'm taking all of those guys for a team that's not going to be able to run the ball with Nile Davis that's in a game that's 52 and a half point Vegas. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

You want, you want the upside of. Maybe that guy's the guy. Maybe he's the Devonta Adams of last week with 13 for 100 plus and two touchdowns.

[Mike Wright]

Are you going multiples though? If you, if you have Nelson Cobb, you're putting them both into your.

[Andy Holloway]

I would play Nelson.

[Jason Moore]

I think I would. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. You'll combo.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Matt Ryan, you're starting. Devonta Freeman looks juicy and great. He looks juicy. That's not really not, not a normal moniker description thing that I would give to a player.

[Mike Wright]

That's usually something that cannibals say.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Jason Moore]

Julio is our consensus one for all three of us and probably every.

[Andy Holloway]

Welcome to being a deep threat again. Julio, he's gained 20 or more yards on 16 of 40 receptions. That's 40% of them love it. Big play. Which means he's scoring touchdowns. Something that we didn't get for parts.

[Jason Moore]

Here's the question with the Falcons, right. If we're projecting all of this all of these Green Bay Packer wide receivers to do good. Obviously, Julio is going to do good.

[Andy Holloway]

To do well. To do well.

[Jason Moore]

To do well. Okay, come on, grammar police. I know who is. Who are. I should say the. Well, no, I was going to go one. I didn't speak poor grammar. I changed my question. Dang it.

[Andy Holloway]

I didn't speak poor grammar.

[Jason Moore]

All right, here's the question. We're moving to.

[Andy Holloway]

Alert. Alert. Brooks, I want Brooks, if you're listening, I want that cut. I want that exact video cut on Twitter before the end of the day or you're fired. Or you're fired.

[Jason Moore]

All right, who are the other pass catchers for Atlanta that you would start? Because if this game is going how we project, there have to be more than just Devonta Freeman and Julio Jones.

[Mike Wright]

I will. I will play Jacob Tammy of the Barfy Titan.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, come on.

[Mike Wright]

I will chase the point if. If you're streaming. Tight end. I will chase.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm not starting another one. I'm not starting any other pass catchers in Atlanta.

[Jason Moore]

Not Sanu.

[Andy Holloway]

No. Nope. Not me. Not me.

[Mike Wright]

How many yards do you have Matt Ryan going for?

[Andy Holloway]

I. I'm saying I don't know how to predict who's going to do it, so I'm not going to start him. I mean, there. Every quarterback, including Blake bortles, throws for 300,000 yards nowadays. I don't. Did you see number 83 catch 16 passes? I don't even know what his last name was on the garbage time drive. It was the same number 83 tight end. That's what I see this. I don't. I don't know who's gonna. Maybe it's Tammy. Maybe it's anew. Maybe it's hardy. Maybe it's. You know, it does. I don't know. That's my take. Sunday night football.

[Mike Wright]

Eagles.

[Andy Holloway]

Cowboys. I gotta be honest, I'm super excited about this game. Super excited. Two teams that have played well this year, competitive division. Prescott wince.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, the matchup.

[Andy Holloway]

Everyone expected Des Bryant's return. Most. You know, looks like it'll happen. I. Look, the Cowboys are favored. I think the Cowboys win this game. And I actually really like the Cowboys defense in this matchup. I've seen some regression from Wentz, you know, maybe some teams adjusting, seeing some game.

[Mike Wright]

You got that tape?

[Andy Holloway]

So some mistakes were made last week by Carson Wentz. And I think, look, the Cowboys defense is good. The Eagles defense is good. I would play them both. But I'm excited to see this matchup, how it breaks down. What Are the. What are the fantasy narratives you guys see?

[Mike Wright]

I agree that I think this is an exciting NFL game, but there's not a lot of guys that I actually want to start from this game. You have. Elliott is an automatic start. I personally am okay streaming Elliot. I'm okay streaming Dak Prescott. I know the Eagles. Jason loves them as a defense. I just think that Dak is safe when it comes to fantasy at this point. Dallas is not wide receiver 1. I'm okay playing him and I might.

[Jason Moore]

And who is?

[Mike Wright]

Well, I'm getting to it. I might be okay playing DEZ Bryant as well.

[Jason Moore]

I completely agree with what you're saying.

[Andy Holloway]

He's talking about bezels.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I know.

[Andy Holloway]

We should just say it because Mike's ridiculous.

[Mike Wright]

Everyone knows who it is.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, look.

[Mike Wright]

No, Colby, wait, wait.

[Jason Moore]

Everyone knows who it is, but you say bezels for those who don't know who it is.

[Andy Holloway]

I assumed you would have Beasley. I assume you would take that as an introduction into just talking about the player, Cole Beasley.

[Mike Wright]

Look, Cole Beasley is safe if you're in a PPR and half point ppr. He is a safe low end wide receiver too.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I guess he's okay. I don't like a lot of the options here. I like Ezekiel Elliot and Beasley. If you need, you know, a safe flex option to try to get you eight, nine points. Let's say I would rather play Des this week.

[Mike Wright]

That's going to say. Let's say you. You have survived the Des Bryant apocalypse because you have found good options to plug in at wide receiver. Are you willing to throw Des Bryant in over those decent options?

[Andy Holloway]

That's an easy question. Does Bryant. Will Fuller. What would you do there?

[Jason Moore]

Will Fuller? Yeah, I think the matchup is juicy. Will Fuller shown that he's destroyed?

[Mike Wright]

That's. That's a great question.

[Andy Holloway]

We have them consensus wise, 18 and 20, Fuller ahead, Fuller behind des. 18, Fuller 20. But I mean, that illustrates that's about the range where, you know, DEZ Bryant or Devonta Adams.

[Mike Wright]

I'll go DEZ there.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. Desert Terrell Pryor.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, those are some tough one.

[Jason Moore]

Those are tough questions this week right now. The way that things are leaning, I think Terrell Pryor should have a good game.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Go Prior.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. All right. Let's talk about the Monday Night Football matchup. We've got Vikings and Bears.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, my.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

The Bears offense, very good. Not good. Not good. Scored 9.4 points per game this year. But.

[Jason Moore]

But they.

[Andy Holloway]

Smoke Stack is back.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And they're playing a bat and they're playing against a really. A really bad defense. So you got a good offense against a bad defense.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, wait, are you like layering sarcasm on this? Nobody's going to understand how in the world we're analyzing this game.

[Jason Moore]

Look, the Bears offense is bad. The Vikings defense is great. Stay away. I would still be willing to play Alshon Jeffrey because Cutler is there. I think that he's going to see eight.

[Andy Holloway]

He's the only player that I would start in this entire Bears.

[Mike Wright]

The one disgusting thing I will throw out from this game because we were talking about Philip Rivers, another name I'll throw out that I am okay starting over him. Sam Bradford. I would play him over Philip Rivers this week.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, yeah, I would as well. I thought for a second you were going with Cutler and my.

[Mike Wright]

No, no, no.

[Jason Moore]

Brain was about to tell you what.

[Andy Holloway]

41 point over under in this game. I am taking the under by a lot. I don't think this is a high scoring game. I think you've got a Monday Night Football game here that, you know. The Bears defense has been just fine. You saw the Vikings offense struggle. Diggs is either not healthy or just not producing. McKinnon might miss the game. I mean, I think this game is a. Keep your hands off.

[Jason Moore]

I'm playing Asiata. I'm playing Kyle Rudolph. Terrible. Not wanting to stream. But in a very pinch, I might look at Bradford and Alshon Jeffrey. Other than that, I'm away from this game. And with those options, I don't expect huge things. I'm not putting out Kyle Rudolph thinking, oh, good, I've got a top three tight end. I'm putting out Kyle Rudolph thinking, someone has to do something. Breaking news.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Adam Schefter reporting that LaShawn McCoy is now doubtful. Oh, so that means he most certainly won't play until the next report in 10 minutes. No, but doubtful. Okay, so now we have an inch forward in knowledge here. Is Jealously. You're confident there?

[Mike Wright]

Yes, I would be far more confident. Doubtful means that he is trending towards a under 50% chance of playing. So that's at least good for clarification. Heal up, Shady.

[Andy Holloway]

The last.

[Mike Wright]

The last thing I wanted to throw out on the Minnesota game before we move on is I'm not playing him this week. But this is a. This is. I'm watching Stefan Diggs very closely to see if he can actually get things going.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, you have Corderell Patterson, who's probably going to be out, also officially ruled out was Marquise Goodwin in the concussion protocol. So you're Justin Hunter.

[Andy Holloway]

There you go. There's some updates. No daily dose today, but we do have two DFS articles on the website from Brandon Sanders and Ben Cummins. So check those out@the fancyfootballers.com get your DFS. Goodness, those picks, those GPP picks. If you're playing FanDuel, the GPPs from Team BB, Brandon and Ben.

[Mike Wright]

That's right.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, I got there. All right, we are going to jump into the mailbag today.

[Jason Moore]

Mailbag.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. If you have a question for the show, go to the fantasy footballers dot com. Click the Submit a question button. You can also dial us on our voicemail hotline. 302-464-TFFB. Let's jump into a voicemail question to kick this thing off.

[Mike Wright]

Hey, footballers, Victor from Detroit calling. I got Jay Ajayi and Jacquiz Rogers on my team. I'm looking to trade him actually for Calvin Benjamin. Which one would you trade? Thank you.

[Andy Holloway]

So would you trade Ajayi or Rogers?

[Mike Wright]

I'll tell you what.

[Andy Holloway]

For Kelvin Benjamin.

[Mike Wright]

This is very, very dependent on my record because. Okay, explain because Jock was Rogers is playing this week. Jay Ajayi is not playing this week. So as we would say on the show or as Jason would say, if you can withstand the victory, then I'd consider moving Rogers. But breaking down just the players. I feel like you, you, you have to lean or for me, I hate you have to lean. I'd rather keep a jai for the long term.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

Just because we don't know when Doug Martin is going to be back.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean, I think you said everything I was going to say.

[Mike Wright]

Excellent.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, here's a question from a question from Scott in New Hampshire. What is your outlook on Brandon Cooks for the rest of the season in a redraft league? What are you guys thoughts on that?

[Jason Moore]

He's going to be an awesome roller coaster of. I mean, he's got some matchups coming up in the playoffs that I just love. I think he's going to have monster games that win you weeks. He's got plenty of times that I'm going to sit him and put mediocre players ahead of him because I don't like the matchup or especially on the road.

[Andy Holloway]

I really like the roller coaster analogy. I mean, because you're saying at the end of the ride you're happy you got on but there's probably parts of that ride you're throwing up a little bit.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that's exactly right. You got ups, you got some downs, but it's going to be fun. He's going to be good. But you've got to make sure that you open your eyes at the right moments and you close your eyes at the right.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, like open them for the 87 yard touchdowns every other week.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

There's not many players in the league where you look at them, you go, okay, well, on this week, he could be anywhere from a wide receiver one to a wide receiver four. I mean, that's the range of outcomes for Brandon Cooks.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, this question comes in from Kendrick in Louisville. He says, hey, guys, listen to your podcast on Spotify while at work.

[Jason Moore]

Good.

[Andy Holloway]

Well done. I have a. I have a pending trade offer. I have Kristen Michael. They want to give me Jordy Nelson and Jordan Howard for him. Should I accept or decline?

[Jason Moore]

So first, you've got to kind of view this a little bit more as Jordan Howard. Maybe there's a glimmer of hope that something breaks his way and it's okay. But I look at this trade, basically Kristen Michael for Jordy Nelson.

[Andy Holloway]

As do I.

[Jason Moore]

So whenever you've got a running back for a wide receiver, I lean. If all things are the same, I'm going to keep the running back because they're harder to come by. You can't replace them as easily on the waiver wire. But if, if you are stacked, I mean, if. If Kristen Michael is your fourth running back in certain weeks and you've got a hole at wide receiver, then, then sure, I still believe in Jordy Nelson. I'm not off Jordy Nelson in the slightest.

[Andy Holloway]

And I would.

[Mike Wright]

I'm a gambler, so I would. I would ride it out. I'd let C. Mike go torch the Saints for another two touchdowns and say the price has gone up and go get a higher tiered guy than Nelson.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, final question. Steve in dessert. Desert. He's in the desert right now.

[Mike Wright]

All right, looking at your rankings, Stephen Burning Man.

[Andy Holloway]

Looking at your rankings, right, two of the three of you have Ryan Fitzpatrick ranked ahead of Russell Wilson.

[Mike Wright]

You darn right.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm sure I have them by the rankings. He says. You're telling me if you have Russell Wilson as your starting quarterback, you would drop a player to go get Fitzgerald for this week?

[Mike Wright]

That's not what.

[Jason Moore]

Good, good.

[Mike Wright]

I didn't. I know. Where in the rankings do we say drop a player? Although, I mean, you have. If you have Lamar, you can't drop Alfred Blue at this point. He's already banged up Corey Coleman because.

[Andy Holloway]

Of the two players he would have to drop to get Fitzpatrick. Look, the way that the rankings break down is how we see this week playing out. It doesn't necessarily mean. Look, you have to put guys in an order, right? It's not like there's 10 quarterbacks that are number one and 10 quarterbacks that are ranked number two. And that's it. You have to put guys in an order. So the difference between Fitzpatrick and Russell Wilson might be small, something that you can happily withstand because you'd rather have Russell Wilson for the rest of the season. You don't want to make roster adjustments. But we're saying we believe Ryan Fitzpatrick has a very good week. He was Jason's stream of the week. He was my start of the week. We think Fitzpatrick is on, you know, with the matchup with Cleveland. Looks good.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I still think Russell Wilson has a good week.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I would say I'm the most concerned about Russell Wilson. I don't think he destroys your team this week. I think he's a fine. You know, I don't know where I could look.

[Jason Moore]

You have him 16, I have him 13 and he has him six, which it could be.

[Mike Wright]

That's fine. That's. That's still a playable quarterback. The way it rolls out. I think that Fitzpatrick ceiling is much higher this weekend. So maybe you need that ceiling. And dropping Cora Coleman is the right move to make and that's why I wouldn't drop.

[Jason Moore]

You know what? Let's just do this. Since he's. Since he's got Russell Wilson already. We will officially declare Russell Wilson sin of the week. Of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

For him.

[Jason Moore]

For him.

[Mike Wright]

Because that's quite an honor.

[Jason Moore]

We declare it and we haven't done it yet, but I think we need to. Let's declare it so that Russell Wilson.

[Andy Holloway]

Can just go get this season going.

[Jason Moore]

Just. He can torch the.

[Andy Holloway]

He's been waiting Orland Saints.

[Jason Moore]

So Russell Wilson.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you think that wherever.

[Jason Moore]

Unofficial sit of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you think that wherever he is right now when you said that. I'm picturing the brace exploding off of his knee and just. He has been healed.

[Mike Wright]

He ascends up into the air like the beast.

[Jason Moore]

Very nice.

[Mike Wright]

The light beams are just as he spirals.

[Andy Holloway]

You're welcome. Russell.

[Mike Wright]

He's gonna. He's just glist.

[Jason Moore]

So you heard it. You heard it here.

[Mike Wright]

Oiled up.

[Jason Moore]

Russell Wilson set him.

[Andy Holloway]

Man. That brings back good memories from last year. We were all very good at sitting him last year. So this is. This is set up for glory. So hey, thanks for tuning in. Thanks for following subscribing listening to the show. Check us out over on YouTube if you want to watch this madness. Jace is dancing right now. He's about to break out a brand new move that we've never seen before.

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

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