Fantasy Football Podcast for Week 2/3

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary: Week 2/3

Hosts: Andy Holloway & Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright
Episode Release Date: September 16, 2014
Podcast Title: Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast

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1. Week 2 Review: Injuries and Player Performances

A Bloodbath of Injuries

Week 2 was a tumultuous one for fantasy football managers, marked by significant injuries to key players.

• Mike Wright opens the discussion highlighting the extensive injuries:
  "Week two is done. We are the fantasy footballers and this is the Fantasy Footballers podcast." [00:21]

• Andy Holloway reflects on his own team's resilience and the broader impact:
  "I was mostly unscathed but I'm still suffering from last week when that rock of a player, Ben Tate got hurt on the third play of the game." [01:06]

Key Injured Players:

• Jamal Charles: Suffered a high ankle sprain early in the game, with concerns about a two-month recovery.
  "Jamal Charles is hurting and we don't know how long. High ankle sprain is the report." [01:50]

• A.J. Green: Exits early with a toe injury, potentially sidelining him longer than expected.
  "A.J. green, his toe, he goes out early." [02:07]

• Rod Robert Griffin: Also injured, raising questions about his availability for upcoming games.
  "Rod Robert Griffin is the third." [02:09]

Implications for Fantasy Managers:

• Mike Wright emphasizes the rarity of such widespread early-round injuries:
  "I can't really remember when so many key early round draft picks went down in a heap or at least suffered some kind of multi-week injury." [02:07]

• Andy Holloway notes the strategic dilemmas faced by managers:
  "These were players who started and they weren't late game injuries. This was like A.J. green, Jamal Charles." [02:28]

Standout Performances Amidst Chaos

• Darren Sproles emerges as a top-performing running back, surprising many by outperforming expectations.
  "He probably won't say the number one running back all year but impressive through two weeks." [03:49]

• DeMarco Murray also shines, benefiting from increased opportunity and showing strong performance fundamentals:
  "DeMarco Murray is a pretty locked in top 3, top 5." [06:27]

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2. Waiver Wire Recommendations

In light of the injuries, the hosts provide strategic waiver wire pickups to bolster fantasy rosters.

Quarterbacks:

1. Kirk Cousins:
   "There are juicy matchups coming up against Philadelphia, Giants, Tennessee, and Dallas." [09:31]
   Recommendation: Consider as a backup, especially if current QB is injured.

2. Ryan Tannehill:
   "He has shown some stuff and has favorable matchups in the next two games." [10:24]
   Recommendation: Reliable addition with upcoming favorable opponents.

3. Geno Smith:
   "He looks like some things are starting to come alive, but he's mistake-prone." [11:22]
   Recommendation: Use with caution; potential streaming option.

Running Backs:

1. Niall Davis:
   "He's the type of handcuff you wanted, dedicated sole backup." [12:10]
   Recommendation: Immediate pickup for guaranteed role and impact.

2. Donald Brown:
   "A strong start for at least four or five weeks, with potential for more." [14:03]
   Recommendation: Valuable, especially in free agent budget leagues.

3. Roberto Rainey:
   "Potential RB1 based on opportunities with the new coaching regime." [16:00]
   Recommendation: High risk but high reward; consider based on team needs.

Wide Receivers:

1. Muhammad Sanu:
   "Sanu is a talent, though slightly injured." [20:48]
   Recommendation: Worth the pickup for his potential once fully healthy.

2. Brian Quick:
   "A sneaky pickup who showed productivity despite limited snaps." [21:21]
   Recommendation: Great depth option, especially in PPR leagues.

3. Aaron Dobson:
   "Primary downfield threat for the Patriots; needs to stay healthy." [21:26]
   Recommendation: Potential breakout if Tom Brady remains healthy.

Tight Ends:

1. Anthony Fasano & Larry Donald:
   "Both show potential, with Fasano dealing with issues but Donald showing promise." [23:12]
   Recommendation: Consider Larry Donald for stronger performance outlook.

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3. Matchup Previews for Week 3

The hosts delve into specific NFL matchups, providing insights and recommendations for fantasy starts and sits.

A. Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons

• Andy Holloway recommends starting Matt Ryan and Julio Jones:
  "Start your Falcons, start your Matt Ryan." [25:39]
  "Julio Jones is a start and never sit kind of player." [25:51]

• Injuries: Roddy White may miss the game, but Julio Jones is expected to perform fully.

B. San Diego Chargers vs. Buffalo Bills

• Mike Wright backs starting Ryan Tannehill and the Bills Defense:
  "Buy in on the Bills defense; start Tannehill." [27:35]

• Andy Holloway urges starting Antonio Gates:
  "If you drafted Larry’s Green, you need to immediately pick up Antonio Gates." [28:42]

C. Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns

• Steve Smith Emerges:
  "Flacco looked to Steve Smith four consecutive times in the red zone." [07:56]

• Running Backs: Start Terrence West and monitor Pierce's goal-line opportunities.
  "Start Pierce, but watch Lorenzo calls." [30:02]

D. Tennessee Titans vs. Cincinnati Bengals

• Mike Wright emphasizes starting Jeremy Hill and considering Geno,
  "Start your Bengals defense as well." [32:13]

• Andy Holloway suggests sitting all Tennessee running backs:
  "Sit every single one of them." [32:17]

E. Dallas Cowboys vs. St. Louis Rams

• Focus on Defense:
  "Start the Cowboys defense; they're one of the best against the run." [35:53]

• Running Backs & Receivers:
  "Stay away from Cowboys’ offensive players unless injury requires." [35:43]

F. Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions

• Fantasy Funhouse Potential:
  "This is a fantasy fun house game with lots of potential points." [36:51]

• Start All Key Players:
  "Start everybody on both sides – Stafford, Calvin, Reggie Bush." [38:19]

G. Houston Texans vs. New York Giants

• Arian Foster:
  "Arian is on pace for record-breaking carries; a must-start if available." [39:25]

• Giants' Offense:
  "Eli Manning is learning a new offense; cautious optimism on running backs." [41:08]

H. Denver Broncos vs. Seattle Seahawks

• Mike Wright favors starting key Broncos players despite Seahawks' presence:
  "Still starting them all." [55:08]

• Andy Holloway recommends starting Emmanuel Sanders and monitoring Steven Ridley's role:
  "Start Steven Ridley; Gronk’s health impacts the game." [45:35]

I. Kansas City Chiefs vs. Miami Dolphins

• Mike Wright suggests starting Ryan Tannehill and Mike Wallace:
  "Start Tannehill and Mike Wallace." [57:08]

• Andy Holloway aligns with starting Tannehill, highlighting the matchup against Chiefs' secondary:
  "Start Kelce if needed; Leroy is a keeper." [56:05]

J. Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Carolina Panthers

• Running Backs Under Scrutiny:
  "Don't expect monstrous things from Le'Veon Bell this week." [59:06]

• Wide Receivers:
  "Start Antonio Brown; Kelvin Benjamin is risky but a potential play." [59:26]

K. Chicago Bears vs. New York Jets

• Start Victor Cruz and Brandon Marshall:
  "Cruz had a quiet week, but Marshall is an iron man." [63:02]

• Running Backs:
  "Start Forte; he's equipped to perform even with a lead." [61:27]

L. Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints

• Don’t Play Saints Defense:
  "Most leagues have dropped the Jaguars solidly, but monitor Saints' defense." [43:50]

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4. Breakout Candidates and Key Recommendations

DeMarco Murray:
A top-tier running back, Murray benefits from increased touches and a favorable game script:
“DeMarco Murray is a pretty locked in top 3, top 5.” [06:27]

Keenan Allen:
Expected to have a resurgence, especially with defenses like the Bills struggling:
“I think you're finally going to see the real Keenan Allen this week.” [65:21]

Darren Sproles:
Continues to outperform expectations, making him a solid RB2 or flex option:
“I think he'll return to the mean. LaShawn McCoy will probably ascend." [04:18]

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5. Strategic Insights and Manager Tips

Sell High on Emerging Stars:

• Darren Sproles:
  "I think I'd be selling but that's my nature. I like to sell high when the opportunities are there." [03:55]

• Mike Wright advises trading high-performing assets before potential regression:
  "I'm not going to say he's going to drop off the map but I think he'll return to the mean." [03:55]

Buy Low on Underperformers with Potential:

• Eddie Lacy:
  "If he struggles this week, I'm launching a full attack to get Lacy." [38:54]

• Andy Holloway urges caution and suggests stashing rather than trading:
  "If you’re buying low on Lacey, I'd do it." [07:23]

Defense Streaming Strategies:

• Andy Holloway and Mike Wright discuss the challenges of streaming defenses due to early inconsistencies:
  Andy: "My streaming defense last week was not a good decision." [24:50]
  Mike: "I had Green Bay ready to go against the Jets." [24:53]

• Recommendation: Monitor weekly matchups and recent performances closely to make informed decisions.

Injury Management:

• Prioritize Handcuffs:
  "Niall Davis is the type of handcuff you wanted." [12:10]

• Monitor Player Health:
  "Steve Smith was impressive in week number two." [07:56]

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6. Listener Engagement and Support

Q&A and Personalized Advice:

Both hosts encourage listeners to reach out with questions about trades, player decisions, and specific team issues via email:

• "If you have a question about a trade, about a guy on your team, about a decision that you need to make, go ahead and send us an email." [66:09]

Subscription and Feedback:

Listeners are urged to subscribe on iTunes, leave reviews, and provide feedback to help improve the podcast:

• "Subscribe to us on our iTunes podcast and leave us reviews." [67:08]

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7. Conclusion

Andy Holloway and Mike Wright wrap up the episode by reiterating their readiness to assist fantasy managers through questions and providing strategic advice. They emphasize the importance of staying proactive with waiver wire pickups, monitoring player health, and making informed matchup decisions to navigate the challenging early weeks of the fantasy football season.

• "Have a good one, guys." [67:34]
• "Good luck this week." [67:32]

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Notable Quotes from the Episode:

• Andy Holloway:
  "I was mostly unscathed but I'm still suffering from last week when that rock of a player, Ben Tate got hurt on the third play of the game." [01:06]

• Mike Wright:
  "I'm not going to say he's going to drop off the map but I think he'll return to the mean." [03:55]

• Andy Holloway:
  "If you’re buying low on Lacey, I'd do it." [07:23]

• Mike Wright:
  "Kirk Cousins, the aforementioned Kirk Cousins, and it's." [09:31]

• Andy Holloway:
  "Don’t take Michael. I would take Turban." [56:08]

This comprehensive summary encapsulates the key discussions, insights, and strategic advice provided by Andy Holloway and Mike Wright during the Week 2/3 episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Whether addressing injury impacts, waiver wire strategies, or matchup-specific recommendations, the hosts offer valuable guidance to help fantasy managers navigate the complexities of their leagues.

Transcript

[Mike Wright]

Foreign to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts Andy Holloway and Mike Wright. Greetings and salutations.

[Andy Holloway]

Week two in the books.

[Mike Wright]

Week two is done. We are the fantasy footballers and this is is the Fantasy Footballers podcast. My name is Mike Wright with me.

[Andy Holloway]

My good buddy Andy Holloway right here.

[Mike Wright]

We are correspondents for fantasypros.com Andy is a correspondent for the Baltimore Ravens. I mostly cover the Saints but I am also the NFC south divisional leader. So I make sure that everything's going smooth with the write ups for all for that division.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Big week.

[Mike Wright]

The, the bloodbath that was week two, major injuries. How did you, how did you come up unscathed? How were your teams with the injuries?

[Andy Holloway]

I was mostly unscathed but I'm still suffering from last week when that rock of a player, Ben Tate got hurt on the third play of the game. But, but watching the players in our league, some of the big names that are not helping players people right now.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it was. I don't in at least in recent memory but I mean when you're playing fantasy football your memory seems to be erased every single week. Just the nature of the game. But in my thinking back I can't really remember when so many key early round draft picks went down in a heap or at least suffered some kind of multi week injury.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I mean the big name is Jamal Charles. Jamal Charles is hurting and we don't know how long. High ankle sprain is the report. No. Shamarino. Right. After a great week.

[Mike Wright]

Oh man.

[Andy Holloway]

Dislocated.

[Mike Wright]

I heard two months.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

A.J. green, who knows?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And these were, you know what the worst part was? These were players who started. Oh yeah, they started and they weren't late game injuries. This was like A.J. green, his toe, he goes out early. Jamal Charles ankle sprain on the third or second or third run. And you had Rod Robert Griffin the third.

[Mike Wright]

Well, if you, if you started him, you deserved that.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes, probably. But still, still will not get a chance to get acclimated to that Jay Gruden system because he will be on the bench while Kirk Cousins potential waiver wire pickup there.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Which we will get to and. Well, I'll save the Kirk cousin for when we get to the waivers. Was there anything that you wanted to. What had stood out in week one? Anything you wanted to?

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I think we'd be remiss to not mention the obvious number one running back that we all saw before the season began.

[Mike Wright]

He was in my top five.

[Andy Holloway]

Darren Sprolls, the forgotten man. How many teams have to get Rid of this guy.

[Mike Wright]

What did they get to was a fourth round pick.

[Andy Holloway]

Wait. Oh yeah. To get him to acquire him for. Yeah. I mean it was nothing. It's the same thing. San Diego got rid of him and then New Orleans. It was like you don't prioritize this guy enough. And look, New Orleans is owing to.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

You know I. And that's not all Darren Sproul's but his value to these teams. I mean with. Without Darren Sprolz the Eagles don't come close to winning the game last night.

[Mike Wright]

No. It's not even a beast.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So didn't see those kind of fantasy numbers coming.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

But yeah. And obviously you want to show some caution. He probably won't say the number one running back all year but impressive through two weeks.

[Mike Wright]

Would you be looking to sell high on Sprouls or would you be keeping him?

[Andy Holloway]

I think I'd be selling but that's my nature in these, in these types of seller. I'm a seller. I like to sell high when the opportunities there. I do think he will be fantasy relevant. I don't. I'm not going to say he's going to drop off the map but I think he'll return to the mean. I think LaShawn McCoy will probably, you know, ascend a little bit Crazy is they both produced. I mean right.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

McCoy had a good game.

[Mike Wright]

Sprouls happened to out produce him but.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. It would if they're both catch passes. They both are high octane offense.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

More plays.

[Mike Wright]

So who knows that guy could be an rbt.

[Andy Holloway]

That's going to be a team where outside of Shady. I think you're going to see burst weeks from Macklin, from Ertz, from Cooper, from Sprols and they can't all go off week to week but. But yeah. They could not stop Darren Sprols yesterday and incredible performance.

[Mike Wright]

I think the surprise of the week. I don't know if it's the surprise his play but the opportunity I should say for DeMarco Murray, they're just feeding it. I mean we've all been saying this forever.

[Andy Holloway]

It's both. It's opportunity and he's feed Murray but he's playing so well and just getting.

[Mike Wright]

Tons and tons of carries.

[Andy Holloway]

Not just. Not just touches, but yeah, 20 carries. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that in the old regime I don't think that would have ever happened.

[Andy Holloway]

He passes. You know I watch all these games. You watch all these games. You see certain guys that are hyped. They don't pass the eye test. Sometimes they Come out. An example of that would be Monte Ball. Right. Like Monte Ball is actually. He's gonna be fantasy relevant all year because of the offense.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

He looks pretty pedestrian as a talent to me. Breaks some tackles but. But his. He doesn't look.

[Mike Wright]

I can. I can agree with that.

[Andy Holloway]

But a couple guys that have looked amazing this year pass the eye test is La'Veon Bell.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, big time.

[Andy Holloway]

And DeMarco Murray. They both to me look amazing.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. La'Veeon Bell with his. And I like watching him a lot because his style of running is different to me. Maybe it's just the way I interpret it, but he seems to move almost. He's fast. Slow.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Which by what I mean by that is he takes his. He is very patient when he gets into that scrum and then he'll hit the jump cut and spring out for six yards.

[Andy Holloway]

So those doubting Le'Veon Bell or DeMarco Murray are those in leagues where guys now. They're probably not selling DeMarco Murray right now.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

But I think he's as advertised. I think Demarco Murray is a pretty locked in top 3, top 5. Aside from injury, Le'Veon Bell looks really good. Guys that, you know, the lynch and Lacey owners this week were hurting. Yes, they were hurting Lacey's man.

[Mike Wright]

I don't even know what to think about Lacy anymore.

[Andy Holloway]

You know, they got down 213 to start that game and was in the shotgun for the whole game, but he's only had 12 and 13 carries.

[Mike Wright]

And then you look back at last year when he was really producing, it was not 25 carries. I mean, Rogers came back at the end and Lacy still put up good numbers. But he's a Bilo.

[Andy Holloway]

You have a Bilo candidate. I think I would absolutely buy low.

[Mike Wright]

I haven't given up on him.

[Andy Holloway]

But yeah, you worry about what it's going to look like with Rodgers. Yeah, I mean because he faced Seattle, he faced the jets and now he's going to face Detroit. Probably the top three run defenses in the league. So if you want to buy low on Lacey, I'd do it.

[Mike Wright]

One other guy I just wanted to touch on real quick who was just. Was a big surprise for me is the senior Steve Smith.

[Andy Holloway]

Not to me, I guess.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, they both. You did.

[Andy Holloway]

I told you he was the camp MVP and man, that dude can play.

[Mike Wright]

There was. There was lots and lots of talk of the X receiver and Kubiak's system gets targets and we are all. So a lot of people were talking Torey Smith up. But is Steve Smith the X?

[Andy Holloway]

I think what I liked out of Steve Smith beyond just his play is Flacco looked to him. I want one of those drives. He looked four consecutive times for him in the red zone four straight when he was already tearing it up. I don't know what the fantasy relevance of a Raven receiver is all year long. That's tough with inconsistency from Joe Flacco. But you're right, he was impressive in week number two.

[Mike Wright]

So let's move on and let's help out our brethren who are hurting from those injuries. And let's talk a little bit of a waiver news. We'll start with the quarterbacks. I have three guys who I would look to add if I was hurting or even if, let's say I'm a Romo owner. I'm very disappointed at what's going on.

[Andy Holloway]

Brady owner, maybe.

[Mike Wright]

Maybe even a Brady owner, a guy who. I'm not gonna cut Romo or Brady. Absolutely not. Do not do that. But maybe if I have an extra receiver who. I don't really care. I just was stashing and hoping maybe I'll add a QB just in case. But we have Kirk Cousins, the aforementioned Kirk Cousins, and it's. He. We have to cool it. I think on him, he was playing the Jaguars. Jaguars. And I mean, he did look great. But I think I feel like there's a lot of times when. When a team schemes for a quarterback and then the backup comes in, the.

[Andy Holloway]

Backup looks and dominates during the time they come in.

[Mike Wright]

Especially if. Imagine you're playing Robert Griffin and then all of a sudden you're playing Kirk Cousins. What you have prepared for is out the window.

[Andy Holloway]

You got a pocket passer back there slinging it around.

[Mike Wright]

And last year when he came in for Griffin's injury, benching or whatever that was, Cousins had one great game and then two garbage games.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, the nice thing for him is coming up on the schedule, he's got Philadelphia, then the Giants, then Tennessee and then Dallas. So some possibly juicy matchups. If you are hurting at the quarterback position and you want to wait and see on a guy like Romo what that offense looks like depending on the matchups.

[Mike Wright]

Again, please do not drop Romo.

[Andy Holloway]

No, if somebody under Romo you need, please sign Romo.

[Mike Wright]

My number two guy is Tannehill. I think he has shown some stuff. He. And he has. I don't have in front of me, but he has a favorable matchup at least the next two games, I believe.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he's got Kansas City. And then he's got Oakland. Yeah, he's got Green Bay after that. Green Bay's defense.

[Mike Wright]

Three great games for if you need a guy. Maybe you're the Palmer owner who knows what's going on.

[Andy Holloway]

Or maybe you're Peyton Manning. He's on a week four buy. You need a guy.

[Mike Wright]

There you go.

[Andy Holloway]

Good chance.

[Mike Wright]

Or maybe you are scared. Richard Sherman, I don't think you're benching Peyton next week.

[Andy Holloway]

Not after what Rivers. That is.

[Mike Wright]

That is a courageous call of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't think you should do that.

[Mike Wright]

If you, if you bench Peyton and you play Ryan Tannehill, you need to let us know.

[Andy Holloway]

As you say. Yeah, write us. We will tell your story to the world.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, we will publicly sing the praises of your courage.

[Andy Holloway]

So any, Any other.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, one more guy. Quarterbacks. Geno. Geno Smith.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

I think. Remember at the beginning of the year when he said his goal was by next year he's gonna be a top five quarterback. And we all thought that was the stupidest thing we'd ever heard. He looks okay.

[Andy Holloway]

What makes him valuable? Where's his potential? Where's his ceiling? He's still a mistake prone guy. That first half was so different than the second half.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I agree. And if a Decker misses some time, that definitely hurts him.

[Andy Holloway]

Right?

[Mike Wright]

But I, I don't know, he just.

[Andy Holloway]

He did have that touchdown stolen from him.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. So he, he looks. He looks like some things are starting to come alive.

[Andy Holloway]

So Gino's a consideration. I don't think there's anybody outside those three. Those are the only guys that I'm looking at there. And you know, Bortles is going to get a start. He's not irrelevant in Bridgewater too.

[Mike Wright]

Who with that Castle abomination of a game. So let's move on to running backs.

[Andy Holloway]

The what are the obvious waiver pickups.

[Mike Wright]

Niall Davis. Everyone is going to be scrambling for Nile Davis, who to me will give you edge. Running back one, probably running back two.

[Andy Holloway]

He's the type of handcuff that you wanted.

[Mike Wright]

You don't want the handy handcuff.

[Andy Holloway]

He is a handy handcuff. He is the guy who. He's the dedicated sole backup. See these handcuff situations where you're like, okay, Ray Rice is out of here and Bernard Pierce and Forsett, you know, that's a. Not the ideal handcuff situation. You want something like Nile Davis to Jamal Charles, something like the Spiller Fred Jackson combo where one guy goes down, you know, the other guy's going to get the dedicated role. Niall Davis is a very talented back. Pick him up immediately. Start him this week.

[Mike Wright]

And if. If you were a Jamal Charles drafter and you didn't take Davis with one of your last picks, you have made a serious mistake.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And now you're paying the price. Because you're either gonna have to literally pay it when you go and trade for them or you're gonna be without.

[Mike Wright]

So next on the. An obvious one. And when I list these, I don't. These probably aren't in the order of. I.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no. Just say. Let's just say some names.

[Mike Wright]

Kyrie Robinson. Mark Ingram is out for reportedly a month. And we've. We've said that to really clear up that Saints running back mess. One guy will have to miss time. Well, now. Now, Kyrie and Pierre Thomas. But Pierre Thomas is probably owned in your league.

[Andy Holloway]

He's a guy you might be able to buy.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And get four or five good weeks out of. And Thomas has value beyond Ingram's return, too.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

So.

[Mike Wright]

And then a guy, Donald Brown, fragile glassbones. Ryan Matthews finally went down again.

[Andy Holloway]

And do you think Donald Brown's gonna make an impact?

[Mike Wright]

I love Donald Brown. If I miss out on when. I guess there's one more guy on this list, but Davis. It depends on your team situation, but Davis is the first guy I would grab just because he has immediate, absolute known impact. I think Donald Brown is going to be a strong start for at least the four or five weeks. And who knows.

[Andy Holloway]

Sprained mcl.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. When is he gonna. He's been a slow healer in his career. Ryan Matthews. And who knows? They gave Brown money, so they clearly believe in him. And I don't think. Woodhead. I don't think he'll change very much. There's reports that his. He. His role will not change that much. So I really like Donald Brown. I would spend decent. Fab.

[Andy Holloway]

If you're in a free agent budget league, you have some money to spend. You're saying spend some on Brown.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And if, depending on my situation, I'm spending anywhere between 20 and 25% of my fab on Brown. Next. Bradshaw. He's probably not available in your league.

[Andy Holloway]

But if he is, he's clearly taking the range.

[Mike Wright]

I think the Colts finally accepted that Bradshaw is a better player.

[Andy Holloway]

Problem is, Bradshaw's probably going to get hurt next year.

[Mike Wright]

He's going to get hurt, but I would still pick him up some.

[Andy Holloway]

Some other names I got here, too. Just a couple guys from last week's waiver wire. But if they're still available in your league because you didn't take a shot on them. Obviously. Terrence west should be owned. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Justin Forsett should probably be owned. He had another good PPR performance and then Chris Ivory scored again. So.

[Mike Wright]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

He's not. I don't like Chris Ivory, but if you. Hey, running backs are a tough position, so if you need a spot start, you could do worse.

[Mike Wright]

And then. So. But with Brown and Davis, the other guy who I'm very excited about is Roberto Rainey.

[Andy Holloway]

I was gonna say how. I was literally gonna ask you, how good is Bobby Rainey and how long will he get?

[Mike Wright]

Love Bobby Rainey.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm worried.

[Mike Wright]

I see. I. My worry meter is zero for Bobby Rainey.

[Andy Holloway]

What about Bobby Rainey, though?

[Mike Wright]

Reaney. Is that what I said? They come out Bobby. I think it's a new. It's a whole new coaching regime in there. They have no loyalty to Doug Martin. Their loyalty is. Is to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and getting wins.

[Andy Holloway]

I think they'll split.

[Mike Wright]

They look, they might split, but Martin when he was in was not effective. I think you ended with.

[Andy Holloway]

It's been about a year and a half since he's been seven carries for.

[Mike Wright]

Seven yards, something like that. There were. We. The reports were split on when.

[Andy Holloway]

What.

[Mike Wright]

Why was he benched? They said he could have gone back in. He was hurt. But then we also heard he was missing blitz pickups. He was not running the plays right. He was ineffective. Bobby Rainey just torched a St. Louis defense. Now, they lost Chris Long. That's a big loss for them. But they torched the St. Louis. He torched a St. Louis defense that contained Adrian Peterson.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. No, I love. I love the talent of Rainey. I just want to. It's a risk. I mean, there absolutely is. If he's out there, go grab him. If you don't have. If he's available in your league. He is a potential. You know, depending on Martin's situation, he could be an RB one and he's got talent. He did come. You know, he came over from Cleveland, hasn't had a lot of opportunities. He's undersized.

[Mike Wright]

The Martin is allegedly going to play this Thursday, so we might find out sooner than later what the plan is. But a timeshare would not surprise me. But with the timeshare favoring Rainey.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And so I would. I would look to add him a.

[Andy Holloway]

Couple other guys worth mentioning before we go on to the wide receivers on the waiver wire is probably keep your eye on Darren McFadden as a spot start this week. If Maurice Jones Drew is out, I think.

[Mike Wright]

I think Jones Drew is out this week.

[Andy Holloway]

Keep an eye on guys. Like it looks like D'Angelo Williams will probably be back, but Jonathan Stewart is still a guy that. Who played okay.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he wasn't great, but he still.

[Andy Holloway]

Put up numbers and Tolbert's banged up and Williams is banged up. And so he's. He's a name to keep your eye on. If Lamar Miller can't go. Damian Williams is the third string in Miami.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

He might be worth a flyer if you're desperate, if you're.

[Mike Wright]

If your league paid zero attention last week, Hatta might be available for.

[Andy Holloway]

He's not sexy, but he's. And then we're talking about Matt Asia. Asiata on he starts.

[Mike Wright]

If AP Vikings shut down or suspended, then you have a guy who's at least going. You have a warm body.

[Andy Holloway]

That's who can run the right direction.

[Mike Wright]

He can score sometimes. He did.

[Andy Holloway]

He had a good week. If you. If you picked him up, you had a good week with him.

[Mike Wright]

And I still keep my eye on Crowell.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

Saying that. Right. Is it Crowble or Crowble?

[Andy Holloway]

I think it's one of those two.

[Mike Wright]

But I keep my eye on him. He did.

[Andy Holloway]

Out of Cleveland.

[Mike Wright]

He didn't get out. Yeah, sorry. Out of Cleveland. He didn't get a ton of work, but the work he got, I believe he was 11 for 57 or something like that. I mean he was very productive and.

[Andy Holloway]

11 for 54 and he caught one pass.

[Mike Wright]

And people see undrafted 37% of snaps next to his name. But if you dig a little deeper on him, he was a highly touted recruitment to George and I'm doing all this off memory, which is not the smartest thing, but I. Highly touted recruit to Georgia and it was off the field issues that stop it. Yeah. So it's not necessarily his. And so I. And we didn't actually get to see what would happen in a goal line situation in that last Cleveland game. But so he's a guy to keep in. In ion. So let's move to wide receivers.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's get some names out there for wide receivers. Our goal, by the way, is to get through these waiver give you some. Give you some names to sign some guys to grab off your waiver wire for this week and then take a look at some of these matchups for.

[Mike Wright]

These for next week, the games next.

[Andy Holloway]

Week and give you some start some stick some sits, see how long those things go.

[Mike Wright]

So wide Receiver so we. There's not a ton of real sexiness to me.

[Andy Holloway]

You know who I thought was gonna be real sexy waiver wire pickup. Who I still think is worthy of a pickup was Muhammad Sinew.

[Mike Wright]

I still like Sanu.

[Andy Holloway]

I like Sanu too but it's looking at least I thought maybe greens out a while right. He's looking like not a major injury but Sunu's a talent.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know because these. These foot things guys think they're gonna put if you remember the MJD foot situation every week oh I'm going to play and the year before him, Derrick McFadden Every week we think he's going to play. No whole year goes by with that.

[Andy Holloway]

Eifert is out. Marvin Jones is out. If you were ever going to handcuff a wide receiver, this is the guy to handcuff. AJ Green.

[Mike Wright]

So guys I like Brian Quick from the Rams.

[Andy Holloway]

He 7 for 74 last week looked okay.

[Mike Wright]

I like the sneaky pickup because especially because he didn't do a ton was of Dobson Aaron Dobson from the Patriots because if Tompkins was inactive last week.

[Andy Holloway]

So you know what I was reading is how badly Brady has struggled throwing the ball downfield.

[Mike Wright]

There is no and that is the.

[Andy Holloway]

Concern for Dobson but if he can figure that out. Dobson is the number one downfield threat.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

Amendola is non existent so they want Dobson to be that guy. They just need him to get healthy.

[Mike Wright]

Andrew Hawkins. James. James Jones had a decent game. I I mean I think you got to be pretty desperate to add James Jones and wide receivers are. They pop up to me. Some people think running backs pop up. I think wide receivers a. A playable wide receiver they just. They pop up.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I don't have any other names.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Really? Yeah. Nobody else. I mean I liked what I saw from Marcus Wheaton Thursday night. He looked pretty good. He's probably.

[Mike Wright]

He's probably owned at this point.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know. I don't know. He wasn't in some of my leagues.

[Mike Wright]

So move to tight end tight ends.

[Andy Holloway]

Delaney Walker looked great again he did.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know. I don't know if I trust locker enough to but yeah I suppose if you're struggling sucked and well there was.

[Andy Holloway]

He had a. Walker had 10 catches 142 yards touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

A lot of those yards were one play but still you can't take that play away. If you listen to podcasts and you have your league mates do then Kelsey Travis Kelsey's probably gone but he maybe he might be on the Verge still.

[Andy Holloway]

Got an Anthony Fasano problem. I watched that game and he still has that issue. But Larry Donald's another name.

[Mike Wright]

And Larry Donald. Larry Donald from the Giants who looked good again. He looked good against the Cardinals who suck against tight ends. But he's. Eli's throwing him the ball and he's got to throw the ball to somebody. And now it's Paul from Washington filling in for Reed.

[Andy Holloway]

He looked great.

[Mike Wright]

He seemed to have an instant bromance with Cousins. Cousins, now Niles Paul. I didn't know a lot about him before he popped on the scene week one, but no, I feel like backups tend to like other backups because they practice with them. And so like you, I think I feel like I see a lot of time when a backup quarterback comes in, he almost tends to favor the backup receiver over the superstar just because he has that. That are a connection already. So I would look for Niles Paul as long as Cousins is throwing the ball.

[Andy Holloway]

Right on. Well, that's your waiver wire pickups.

[Mike Wright]

You want to just real quick on streaming for defensive streamers got the Saints hosting Minnesota. The Ravens are playing the Browns and the Colts are playing last week.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh man. My streaming defense last week was not a good decision. No, I had the Patriots defense that went out and absolutely dominated. They're sitting number one defense right now and I dropped them to pick up the Bucs defense against Austin Davis and the Rams and they just let me down. It's tough early in the year, man.

[Mike Wright]

I had Green Bay ready to go against the Jets.

[Andy Holloway]

You regretted not playing them?

[Mike Wright]

I went big and played Minnesota.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, that's. That's really weird. No one should listen to you anymore. Well, in my Mike Zimmer slash homer.

[Mike Wright]

Minnesota fan, in my defense, I blame Matt Castle for everything that happened in that game.

[Andy Holloway]

He was more than Matt Castle, but yeah, he didn't help.

[Mike Wright]

Alright, but let's. So let's move on to matchups for the upcoming week. Thursday night's game is a barn burner with the Tampa Bay Bucks and Atlanta.

[Andy Holloway]

Falcons and boy, the Bucks have looked bad.

[Mike Wright]

You think I'm kidding, but I actually see even though it's a Thursday game, I think there's going to be a lot of fantasy points doled out here on Thursday.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I can agree with that because the Falcons are at home. The Buccaneers defense isn't too bad, but the Falcons at home is. So start. Start your Falcons, start your Matt Ryan.

[Mike Wright]

I'm starting everybody.

[Andy Holloway]

Unfortunately, it looks like Roddy White might be out that game. He Missed practice again today. Two days in a row for the hamstring. The good news for all of you Julio Jones owners is he practiced in full today and he is a start and never sit kind of player set.

[Mike Wright]

Julio Jones.

[Andy Holloway]

What about the running back situation in Atlanta? Can you start anybody?

[Mike Wright]

Man, I guess I don't start everybody, but.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you don't start Stephen Jackson, devontae Freeman, Rogers, Jacques Rogers.

[Mike Wright]

You never know who's gonna hit.

[Andy Holloway]

Stay away from those.

[Mike Wright]

I think you're throwing the dice every time you throw at an Atlanta running back out there. So I would shy away from the running back. From the Falcons.

[Andy Holloway]

The Buccaneers.

[Mike Wright]

For the Buccaneers. Oh, man. Rainey. Bobby Rainey making it rainy.

[Andy Holloway]

Regardless of. Regardless of who else is whether Martin's back.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Oh yeah. I just. I don't care Vincent Jackson, you still got to start him. I mean there's just been no McAllen. McAllen McCowan had himself on his fantasy team last week and decided that he was going to run in two scores and not share the love with. With Vijax or Evans.

[Andy Holloway]

You know the Buccaneers offense reminds me a lot of the Bears offense with Lovey Smith just not very. Not very good.

[Mike Wright]

And we all. We were all hoping for the Bears offense, the Tressman offense when McCown came down. But we got the Lovey Smith who wins this game. Oh man. I think Falcons bounce back.

[Andy Holloway]

Me too.

[Mike Wright]

Chargers, Bills. What I will say is I am going to. It's only. We're only two weeks in but I'm buying in on that Bill's defense.

[Andy Holloway]

It looks really good.

[Mike Wright]

I think they are going to prove legit they shut down.

[Andy Holloway]

So you're starting them this week the Bills defense?

[Mike Wright]

I think I am. The. The. That game is in Buffalo, correct?

[Andy Holloway]

It is.

[Mike Wright]

So it's. I do put stock into west coast teams flying over to east coast for morning games. I'm still going to start my Chargers like Rivers and Allen. Maybe Allen. Finally Donald Brown does something and I like Donald Brown. But there is concern because I think the Bills D is for real.

[Andy Holloway]

Antonio Gates for real. Reborn.

[Mike Wright]

Not reborn but you know he was hurting. Yeah, I know that's.

[Andy Holloway]

And he come out the problem. Three touchdowns.

[Mike Wright]

The problem is his. The bum hammy. I think it is. Well, whatever. Leg. Leg injury.

[Andy Holloway]

I think you gotta.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. You have to play him.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

After three.

[Andy Holloway]

And he was the name we left off the waiver wireless. He is on waiver wire. Is he really for some teams. I mean for. For many leagues he was the Ladarius Green got to excessive.

[Mike Wright]

If you Drafted. Larry's green. You need to immediately pick up Antonio Gates.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And stop throwing these guys away before they're dead. And beg for forgiveness for the Bills. Unbelievably, they're two and. Oh, Sammy. Sammy Watkins. He is the name to. I think you got to keep starting him now.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, you probably do.

[Andy Holloway]

He just got targeted so much and made big plays. He's a lot like Demaryius Thomas in the fact that you can get him the ball in space. Those little bubble screens. E.J. manuel, his right arm's best friend, has got to be these little teeny throws that show up on his stat sheet is 75 yard, you know, screen passes. But Sammy Watkins is their most dynamic player. CJ Spiller had a good fantasy week again, but that was if you got points for special teams.

[Mike Wright]

If you don't, then I'm sorry.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

All right. So anything else on that game?

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, no. I think. I think the Chargers probably win that game, but it's probably pretty close.

[Mike Wright]

I'm taking the Bills.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. The Ravens, Browns, Ravens at Cleveland. Both teams are sitting at 1 and 1 after the Ravens bounce back against Pittsburgh. Last week, we talked a little bit about Steve Smith already. I think you.

[Mike Wright]

You start.

[Andy Holloway]

Feel comfortable. You start Steve Smith.

[Mike Wright]

You.

[Andy Holloway]

Tory Smith has been invisible so far, so you wait and see. Yeah. And what about the running back situation in Baltimore?

[Mike Wright]

Now? I'm still going to start Pierce, and if you have four set, you were. You picked him up for a reason because you were hurting. So I'm going to start him, too. But after last week's just getting shut out on the goal line with Pierce, the. To me, the thing I'm watching most on this game is does that situation come up again with a goal line carry and does he punch it in? Because if he doesn't, I think the Lorenzo calls are going to start picking up steam, and that just makes that.

[Andy Holloway]

Ravens backfield even more of a mess.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Which I'm not saying don't rush out and pick up Tally Fiero and. But he is on the watch list. He's a name that you should at least be paying attention to. His. His attributes are very good for the. For Kubiak's run system.

[Andy Holloway]

So I would.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, if he's given the opportunity, he could take a. He could take it. But at this point, he don't pick him.

[Andy Holloway]

I would just watch him in Cleveland. I think first, Cleveland's defense could be a little sleeper here at home. Baltimore hasn't shown a lot of aptitude to score points. So far this year. Right. I'm not saying, oh, start Tucker if you need. Absolutely.

[Mike Wright]

Start Tucker.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, yeah. For Baltimore, great. But yeah, Terrence west is a good start again this week. Ben Tate's out again. Other than Terrence west, though, I don't think you want to be starting a lot of the offensive pieces unless you need to start Andrew Hawkins. I'm okay with that. Especially in a PPR league high reception.

[Mike Wright]

I would agree with that.

[Andy Holloway]

But I think. I actually think that. I think Cleveland wins this game at home. A very close game. But it's tough.

[Mike Wright]

It's tough because I will actually take the Browns too.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, so let's move on to the Tennessee Titans, which have been a bit of a two faced team so far at Cincinnati. And this just does not look good for Tennessee.

[Mike Wright]

Start your Bengals running backs.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

DeMarco Murray destroyed these guys, the Titans last week. I'm in a league. I am starting Gio. Not that you weren't, but if you have Hill and you don't have a surefire guy to start over him. I'm starting Jeremy Hill this week.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Is there anybody that you want to start at all from that Tennessee offense? Because for me, it's. It's sit them all. Yeah, sit every single one of them.

[Mike Wright]

My note is I'm sitting all Titans. So.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, no Locker, no Hunter, no Green, no Sankey. Maybe I guess Delaney Walker would be the guy that. If he's your tight end, he's your tight end. But Cincinnati's defense looks legit. That team looks legitimate and they're at home.

[Mike Wright]

Just. So a quick. Let's talk quickly about what do you think's going on with the Titans running backs? They seemed to have lost faith in Shawn Green last week.

[Andy Holloway]

I think Sankey's going to get his time in the sun here soon.

[Mike Wright]

McCluster, next couple weeks or you. No, no, I think just five weeks or further.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I mean, he's probably going to get dropped in a lot of leagues from those type of owners that don't, you know, they bought the hype of a preseason depth chart and drafted him and he puts up zeros. So you might be able to stash him.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, And I would absolutely stash him.

[Andy Holloway]

I was. Because he, you know, Dexter McCluster they brought in to be hurt.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And they brought him in to be this Woodhead, Danny Woodhead role and he's not performed. So Sankey's gonna get his time. I think last week was in a kind of a terrible performance by that team altogether. It's not like Green ran poorly. He was five for 40. So I would wait and see on Sankey.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

But yeah, that's a good question. Good thing to bring up.

[Mike Wright]

Who do you got? Who's winning?

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, the Bengals. I mean. Yeah. And start your Bengals.

[Mike Wright]

Start your Bengals defense as well.

[Andy Holloway]

Bengals defense. Green, if he plays, you play. Yeah, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

You play.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I do. You don't. If a guy. Perfect example is Brandon Marshall last week, he doesn't need to be a hundred percent to perform in the red zone against this defense, in my opinion. So I think if you got AJ Green, unless you have just an amazing other option, you play him.

[Mike Wright]

All right, let's move on. Cowboys, Rams. My note here. Who are the Rams?

[Andy Holloway]

I have no idea.

[Mike Wright]

Are the Rams the team we saw last week against the Buccaneers or they. That the dumpster fire that we saw against the Vikings?

[Andy Holloway]

I think they're the dumpster fire. And I think last week we saw exactly how ineffective and much of a struggle it's been for the Buccaneers so far. I don't think the Buccaneers are a very good team.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

And so. But yeah, they were kind of gritty last week. Austin Davis didn't even commit a turnover. He played okay. But to me, I think this. The Cowboys defense last week was a complete surprise.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, going on with that, I.

[Andy Holloway]

Mean, you have unbelievable.

[Mike Wright]

You have to believe it will crack eventually.

[Andy Holloway]

Mm. But right now they are the. They are one of the best three teams against the run. They are the third best team against the run.

[Mike Wright]

I think that's going to continue with Stacy. I was never a big Stacy guy.

[Andy Holloway]

Buy into the hype.

[Mike Wright]

No, the average was just too low for me.

[Andy Holloway]

And so is there anybody to start from St. Louis? I don't see anybody.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

Even if you take a flyer on quick, you don't start.

[Mike Wright]

I'm not. Oh, you're not starting. You're just picking them up to see what happens. And Cowboys, you're starting them. DEZ and I actually, I like Whitten. I think Whitten finally puts up a Jason Whitten type.

[Andy Holloway]

And I think this is a great streaming defense too. Which is the Cowboys streaming D this year or this week? Is. Which sounds ridiculous, but they're actually, right now they're in the top five against wide receivers and against running backs in terms of fantasy points given up and playing. You know, part of that's this. This alternate offense where you're. You're taking the clock up with demarco Murray and you're putting your defense in A position to be completely lit up. So, yeah, as far as Romo, you got to start him.

[Mike Wright]

If he's your quarterback, probably starting him. I don't blame you if you want to try your luck with Cousins or Tannehill this week. However, if I'm the Romo owner, I'm still playing Romo, especially against this Rams team.

[Andy Holloway]

Moving on, we've got the Green Bay packers in a divisional matchup against the Detroit Lions.

[Mike Wright]

Now, I am somewhat torn on this because instantly my mind says this is a fantasy fun house game. This is a motherload of fantasy points just exploding all over the board.

[Andy Holloway]

But it's a little Stafford Rogers explosion.

[Mike Wright]

It's a division game. And division games are always much. Not always, but generally are much tighter.

[Andy Holloway]

Then I think it will be a close game. I do agree with that. I just don't know if. I wonder what the over under is right now. I wonder. Yeah, for that game. I don't know if that's come out yet.

[Mike Wright]

But I. I'm gonna lean towards fantasy Funhouse. I'm starting everybody. Oh, my one sad face note is fantasy funhouse except for Lacey.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you know, I looked up Lacey against Detroit last year. He averaged 4.5 a carry, had 100 yards rushing. But yeah, right now, so far, he's had some tough matchups. It's gonna. It's gonna really depend on the way that the. The game flow goes. I think it's gonna depend on are the pack. I think these. This is gonna be a close game. So I've got the packers winning it. I start everybody on both sides, and that means Stafford, Calvin, Reggie Bush. I think when I said. When I say everybody on both sides, I have to say yes. It hasn't been good for bush, though. No 44% of snaps.

[Mike Wright]

The Packer defense is not good.

[Andy Holloway]

I think you can start. I think you can start him. And of course, flex.

[Mike Wright]

You have to play Lacy. If you do, if you have Lacey on your team. You took him in the first round.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

You still have to play.

[Andy Holloway]

I think he'll be okay. I mean, you had poor, poor performances so far this year, but you had a really weird game last game. In the first game, he got concussed. So I think you stick with him, he's going to get the goal line. He's going to get opportunities to catch the ball. Starks didn't get a carry last week, so I still think Eddie Lacy's a guy that you. If he struggles this week, I still think he's a guy you buy low on so, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, if he struggles this week, I'm launching a full attack to get Lacy.

[Andy Holloway]

To acquire him in all leagues. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. Moving on. Texan. Oh, you have Packers. I have packers as well.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Texans, Giants.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, this is.

[Mike Wright]

He's back.

[Andy Holloway]

Houston at.

[Mike Wright]

When I say he, who you talking about? Arian Foster.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Oh, my goodness.

[Mike Wright]

He has given the fantasy community the finger and said sock it for not believing.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you see how many carries he's on pace for?

[Mike Wright]

Is it. He's on page for like, 400 something.

[Andy Holloway]

440. He would break the record by Larry. Remember Larry Johnson got like, 410 carries and then died.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, poor Larry Johnson.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, poor Arian Foster. Probably. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

But good news for us if you've got him, congratulations. For now. Until that body breaks down, this is a. Yeah, exactly.

[Andy Holloway]

This is a Houston trap game, bar none. I think the Giants run away with this game, which maybe if people have watched the Giants, they think you're.

[Mike Wright]

Andy, you're crazy. No, I don't think you're crazy because I think Eli looked a little better. Eli is learning a new offense and.

[Andy Holloway]

Like a newborn babe learning to count.

[Mike Wright]

Right? A newborn. He looks so sad. He is slightly like a newborn baby, except a new baby is more mobile than Eli Manning. Stay. Fun stuff.

[Andy Holloway]

He's not comfortable right now.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he. But I don't know. He looked a little bit better. They moved the ball. Victor Cruz was dropping McDropperson last. Last week.

[Andy Holloway]

They're not.

[Mike Wright]

I feel like they. They gave the game to the Cardinals now.

[Andy Holloway]

Mistakes, turnovers.

[Mike Wright]

Of course, we all. When the season started, we all had the Houston Texans, two. And. Oh. And the Indianapolis Colts. Oh, and two.

[Andy Holloway]

Houston's a mirage. Do you agree or disagree?

[Mike Wright]

I thought they were gonna be better.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, they played Washington and Oakland. Right.

[Mike Wright]

But they are. They are a mirage. As in they still won't win the division. Yeah, I don't think that's.

[Andy Holloway]

So let's go down the fantasy rundown here. Tell me who you start from. Houston. Arian.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Andre. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, yeah. And Hopkins. I'm playing. I'm playing him, too.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Fitzmagic seems to find him. Find a way to score.

[Andy Holloway]

He's had a good start to the season. On the other side of the ball. I don't. I don't. Rashad Jennings. His only name. Larry Donnell. If he's your tight end, I think those two guys are okay. I'm. I'm waiting on this offense, though. I'm gonna. I'm gonna put him in my waiting booth and just hope he figures right out how to run this offense.

[Mike Wright]

Rant Ruben Randle not finally I guess it was week two but he that what I was expecting when I really liked Randle was touchdowns and he made Patrick Peterson look a fool and scored. And that's the role that I was expecting from Randle. But yeah, I agree. I'm starting Jennings reluctantly.

[Andy Holloway]

Fantasy wise. He's performed even last week. Yeah he in our league.

[Mike Wright]

So although Williams. Williams got a lot more work. He did not a lot but he got more work. So that's what I kind of what I expected throughout the season is Williams role to increase. But I agree. So who do you got? You got the Giants. I do. I am taking Houston.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

So go three zero.

[Andy Holloway]

So the Giants fire their entire staff after the game.

[Mike Wright]

Colts, Jags.

[Andy Holloway]

Is this game anything more more than what it looks like right now?

[Mike Wright]

It's not.

[Andy Holloway]

It's a destruction of the Jaguars. The 02 Colts.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Start all your Colts. There's nothing to think about. The Jags suck.

[Andy Holloway]

You know I've been disappointed in is Ty Hilton this year.

[Mike Wright]

Have you?

[Andy Holloway]

He's just not.

[Mike Wright]

He is doing exactly what I expected.

[Andy Holloway]

He's so talented. But that offense is. It's a little bit. It's spread. He spreads it around.

[Mike Wright]

I was a little shocked yesterday because he inside in a dome is. That's usually where he does his damage. So. And I expected maybe a little bit more yesterday.

[Andy Holloway]

But Ahmad Bradshaw is the guy to start. You know what he comes in on. On third downs he comes in for pass protection, catches the ball. Had a couple more opportunities to get into the end zone there too. So right now I think in this game you can probably start both guys if you have to. Trent Richardson and Ahmad Bradshaw.

[Mike Wright]

Are you worried at all about the fumble McBumbles?

[Andy Holloway]

No, because he came back in and he actually had a. He had his best game as a call probably in terms of your carry and performance. So sell high. Not that anybody wants him but that name might still have a little value.

[Mike Wright]

Vikings at Saints.

[Andy Holloway]

You just ignored the Jaguars completely which is what the rest of the league's been doing.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no.

[Mike Wright]

No one to start there. The only guy who I would even think about is Toby and I'm not doing it.

[Andy Holloway]

There you go. He's at the Saints.

[Mike Wright]

This one actually could be another fantasy fun house with I think for one.

[Andy Holloway]

Side at least, but probably both. Saints defense has not been very good.

[Mike Wright]

And Peterson is scheduled to play. We're not going to get into that.

[Andy Holloway]

But we're not.

[Mike Wright]

No, we. We We're a fantasy football podcast.

[Andy Holloway]

Social.

[Mike Wright]

This is not AM radio. We. He's. If he's gonna play and he's on your fantasy team, you play him. Unless you're taking some.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, no, I think ap. You start. You start Cordero Patterson and you start Kyle Rudolph.

[Mike Wright]

Rudolph.

[Andy Holloway]

And on the other side of the ball, this game's in New Orleans. The Saints are 0 2, and they're going to put a shellack. I think a shellacking offense at least. Yeah. Offensively, they're gonna win. I think they're going to win. Jimmy Graham, I think you can start. Obviously, you start Breeze, you start Graham, you start Kyrie Robinson, you start Pierre Thomas.

[Mike Wright]

Cooks.

[Andy Holloway]

I think you can start Brandon Cooks. Colston had a goose egg last week. That's what you get with that often. Sometimes, though. So I think you can actually start Colston.

[Mike Wright]

Interesting.

[Andy Holloway]

All the way across the board.

[Mike Wright]

Cooks or Colston?

[Andy Holloway]

Cooks. Cooks.

[Mike Wright]

I agree. And who do you got winning?

[Andy Holloway]

It's a good question. I've got the Saints winning.

[Mike Wright]

I tend to agree. I will not be playing the Minnesota defense in any leagues. This.

[Andy Holloway]

No. And don't play the Saints defense either, because unless you really want to watch Rob Ryan just stomp his feet, his.

[Mike Wright]

Hair around, if Peterson doesn't play, maybe.

[Andy Holloway]

That does change things. So keep an eye on that. Raiders at Patriots in just a great matchup.

[Mike Wright]

This is. Oh, man. Again. West coast team going east for them. And it's.

[Andy Holloway]

Go ahead and start Steven Ridley.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yes. Start Stephen Ridley, another guy who.

[Andy Holloway]

Because there might be a second half that they have to kill.

[Mike Wright]

I believed in him in the draft.

[Andy Holloway]

You did.

[Mike Wright]

I still believe in him until he fumbles. Well, maybe, but, I mean, there's always that potential and you. And they're very game plan specific. But the game plan, especially this week, is gonna. You're gonna see Steven Ridley, Gronk's health. I mean, his snaps. I think I heard he had 27 snaps. They didn't need him last week.

[Andy Holloway]

I didn't need him at all.

[Mike Wright]

So he's working his way back. You know, he's still. He's Gronk. You still play him. You can almost write him in for a touchdown.

[Andy Holloway]

Start Brady. Start Edelman.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm starting every. Even though I like Ridley, I'm still starting Vereen. I'm starting my Patriots, not Dobson. I don't think I'm playing Dobson yet. And for the Raiders, maybe if MJD is out, like we think, spot star from. Maybe you can throw DMC in if you're hurting. He's. He's a potential for a touchdown and I have the Patriots winning. Surprise. Surprise.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I've got the Raiders in a runaway. No. Yeah. This game's gonna be over by the end of the first quarter.

[Mike Wright]

Redskins at.

[Andy Holloway]

I wonder what the line is for that game. That's gotta be like a Patriots minus 13 or something. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

It's gonna be really high to cover the spread.

[Andy Holloway]

Redskins at the Eagles. The. I don't know what the Redskins are. I don't know whether a. Jax is gonna play.

[Mike Wright]

I don't think. Anyway it's a literally a brand new team now with Cousins.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. At the helm and we don't Divisional game. I think that Eagles.

[Mike Wright]

Eagles emotionally high on short week.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Which usually.

[Andy Holloway]

And their defense isn't very good anyway.

[Mike Wright]

Smells like trap.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Usually I think the Redskins you. You find starting Perry, Garcon Niles Paul if you need him. Cousins if he's your spot start here.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, Alf.

[Andy Holloway]

Alf is gonna stellar.

[Mike Wright]

We saw Trent. Two yards of carry.

[Andy Holloway]

They're gonna run all over the Eagles.

[Mike Wright]

Alfred Morris is going to feast.

[Andy Holloway]

And for Philly, you got to start.

[Mike Wright]

The number one running back in fantasy.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, you're talking about Lashawn McCoy.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

Talk about Darren Sproules. So start Darren.

[Mike Wright]

Are you starting Sproules?

[Andy Holloway]

He's a. He's a Flex RB2. For me. This.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I would. I agree.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't. You know, don't go trade Jamal Charles. Like if you see Darren Sprouls out there right now, don't go send Jamal Charles for Darren Sprouls. Okay. Because that's happening in leagues around the country.

[Mike Wright]

I can tell you everything's happening. Crazy things happen.

[Andy Holloway]

But I actually had. I had a guy yesterday tell me he was asking me advice. He's a first time player and he said, hey, I just traded for. I just traded Tom Brady for Jamal Charles. Is that good some. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

He goes, jamal Charles brain just exploded.

[Andy Holloway]

He's like, jamal Charles has an ankle injury. So I grabbed him for my backup quarterback, Tom Brady because he's got Andrew Luck. And I said, he's like, is that good? I got that text yesterday. I said, yes, that's very good, buddy. You did very well for yourself.

[Mike Wright]

He's like, I was walking around and I found a thousand dollars on the ground. Is that good?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's good, buddy.

[Mike Wright]

So congratulations to Andy's friend. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

For taking the number one running back for a quarterback. That's just crazy. But.

[Mike Wright]

But so I'm. Yeah. I'm not sitting Anybody here?

[Andy Holloway]

What are your thoughts on. Real quickly, what's the situation with Cooper, Macklin? Can you trust the wide receiver core out of.

[Mike Wright]

I am trusting Macklin. Macklin was a. That he was one of those guys where I passed on him in all my drafts knowing that I was. I would likely regret that, but that was. I was one of those guys. Like, I'm okay if I get this one wrong. Knowing that I would probably be wrong. And he's looked. He's looked good. Although Foles looked a little shaky, his deep throws was not very accurate last night. And that line is not very good right now with all the injuries and the Lane Johnson juicing or whatever he.

[Andy Holloway]

Did for the right side of that line looks terrible.

[Mike Wright]

But they'll get stronger. And. And I do. I like Macklin.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. And so Cooper hasn't shown me anything yet.

[Mike Wright]

No, not yet. So 49ers at cardinals.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, this is another game that looks like if you are a Cardinals offensive player owner, you've probably got a little bit of fear right now because the Carson Palmer situation. Let's update people on that. Being homers out here in Phoenix.

[Mike Wright]

So the. It's a nerve issue. It was going around today that Parson Colmer.

[Andy Holloway]

Parson Calmer. That's.

[Mike Wright]

That's my new band name.

[Andy Holloway]

That's his backup. When you get Jordan Palmer, because of.

[Mike Wright]

The nerve, he still can't grip a ball properly.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you need to grip a ball to throw a ball?

[Mike Wright]

I mean, usually. Usually that's not good, bro. Usually you have to be able to grip. So I'm not feeling comfortable. I hope he's back after the buy, but I don't think he's gonna put. I think Stanton's gonna come. And Stanton, he was okay. He knows. He knows the Aryan system. He's been in it for what, three years now?

[Andy Holloway]

Three or four. Stanton.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. He's not. What. What sucks for Cardinals skill players. Owners like. Well, not Ellington. Michael Floyd dumped Ellington, but Floyd, he. Stanton won't throw well.

[Andy Holloway]

You know, the funny thing is even Ellington, he only caught one pass last week. That offense changed.

[Mike Wright]

I did not.

[Andy Holloway]

Michael Floyd not involved after the beginning of the game. I think Larry Fitzgerald takes a bump up as a PPR receiver under Stanton because he's the safety valve.

[Mike Wright]

And Stanton. Stanton will not unload it. There's. He has a. He's too scared to do it.

[Andy Holloway]

What about. Sits on the 49ers side? This game's in Phoenix Davis, Glendale, Vernon Davis.

[Mike Wright]

Who would. The owners were just salivating. Getting ready. Getting ready for Week 3.

[Andy Holloway]

The Cardinals are very bad against tight ends.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And Davis historically has just torched them. But I. Davis. And Davis says he might play, but we'll see. Crabtree has owned Patrick Peterson in the past. Kaepernick likes to throw to the other team, though, is a problem.

[Andy Holloway]

Cardinals defense is forced turnovers this year.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

They're at home. 49ers coming off that bad game. I think this game's a low scoring game.

[Mike Wright]

I think you're right. The divisional. The Cardinals and the 49ers play generally tough games against each other. But I'm still. And you know what? I'm really starting Bolden. Bolden.

[Andy Holloway]

You are starting Bolden?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, absolutely. Bolden is a guy who. I love, Anquin Bolden, but this guy can carry some anger. It feels like.

[Andy Holloway]

I think he's still got some for the Cardinals.

[Mike Wright]

He's still mad at the Cardinals.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And so when he comes here, he wants to. He wants to dole out some hurt.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Yeah. Is Colin Kaepernick a starting quarterback?

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

In fantasy.

[Mike Wright]

No. Not to me. I'd rather have.

[Andy Holloway]

I'd rather play Andy Dalton and is. It's all Frank Gore. You start Francor.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. You still stay you. Yeah, I think you do.

[Mike Wright]

I guess you sit him if you have a better option like Jeremy Hill.

[Andy Holloway]

But Arizona's number five against the run right now.

[Mike Wright]

They. Even with all their defensive losses, they didn't lose much for run defense.

[Andy Holloway]

And we're still waiting and seeing on Mr. Hyde.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

Because he hid last week from fantasy relevance.

[Mike Wright]

He went full Jekyll.

[Andy Holloway]

Seriously, that. I like that. I like that Hyde went Jekyll as he. I think he ran backwards most of the game when he got his chances.

[Mike Wright]

But I'm taking the Cardinals. Even if Stan plays homer, that is a homer pick.

[Andy Holloway]

Homer for the win. I think with Stanton playing, it's going to be tough to beat the 49ers. So I'm going to take them.

[Mike Wright]

And then, you know, Broncos at Seahawks, the super bowl redone. Even worse.

[Andy Holloway]

Even worse for the Broncos.

[Mike Wright]

Not at neutral site.

[Andy Holloway]

It's in the 12th man will be present at this one. So what does that mean? Let's talk about this. Because everybody owns a Bronco, right? Peyton Manning, Wes Welker, Emmanuel Sanders.

[Mike Wright]

Welker is reportedly going to be back.

[Andy Holloway]

Mm. Back from the drug. The drug policy change from his Adderall, Ecstasy trip. Demarys Thomas, Julius Thomas, Monte Ball.

[Mike Wright]

And I'm still starting them all.

[Andy Holloway]

You start them all?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I don't think the Seahawks Were exposed as fraudulent by any means last week.

[Andy Holloway]

But very powerful Broncos offense.

[Mike Wright]

They were at least shown that they can be beat. The Broncos defense, I think is this is a much better defense than they faced last week or last week last year in the Super Bowl. And when your defense is better, it just. The whole game has changed. Your offense is better because your defense is better.

[Andy Holloway]

So you're starting all the Broncos.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I'm still starting.

[Andy Holloway]

What about Emmanuel Sanders? Does he go down with West Walter coming back?

[Mike Wright]

I think he takes a slight of hit. I would.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm still gonna start him right now. Yeah. But in Seattle we've got. Keep your eye on the practice reports this week just in case something pops up for Lynch.

[Mike Wright]

Lynch in his back.

[Andy Holloway]

This has been something that we've seen for years with his back spasms. He normally plays, but he might not practice. Keep a close eye on it. And if you need to maybe handcuff with Robert Turbin, it is.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Do not take Michael. I would take Turban.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, absolutely. Turbin actually scored last week. And then as far as Russell Wilson, Percy Harvin. Harvin is a dynamic threat, but last week that game got away from them. And he didn't get a touch outside of fumbling on the kickoff return after his long touchdown. His fraudulent run out of bounds touchdown. But he is. The Jet sweeps are running with him. His running opportunities, we'll see if they bounce back. They normally do at home. So Seattle, actually, I got Seattle winning this game. I don't think they're gonna lose it at home.

[Mike Wright]

I don't think so either. I think I'm taking Seattle. Chiefs at Dolphins.

[Andy Holloway]

Chiefs. We got three games left here. The Chiefs are facing the Dolphins. The Chiefs showed me a little something this past week. Being resilient and nearly putting that game into overtime against the Broncos. But from a fantasy perspective, I think the only relevant players here are Nile Davis and Travis Kelce.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I'm not starting any Chiefs receivers. No, I would actually. I'm still skeptical to start Kelsey even though I like him and I think he's.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's fair. Actually. I shouldn't just throw him in as a starter. But if you need him, if you needed him.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, maybe you're gonna roll the dice that this is the week it happens and then you look real.

[Andy Holloway]

If you're the Vernon Davis owner and you.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, there you go.

[Andy Holloway]

And you need a guy. Maybe Kelsey's your guy.

[Mike Wright]

And Dolphins. I like Mike Wallace a lot in this game. You just lost your top back in Noshon. Lamar Miller is banged up. You had to bring back Daniel Thomas. You have put Daniel Thomas back on the team.

[Andy Holloway]

Professional roster like desperate times. He knows the system.

[Mike Wright]

So. So I'm going with Tannehill and Mike Wallace.

[Andy Holloway]

So you think that was some success against chief secondary? Do you know Eric Berry's gone?

[Mike Wright]

I have not heard if he's.

[Andy Holloway]

He was in the same boat as Charles, so he. He's probably going to be out. And that's in Miami. So I, I don't. I don't mind those plays.

[Mike Wright]

I'm taking the Dolphins to win and I'm taking the Dolphins to win Fantasy. Oh, you're taking the Chiefs.

[Andy Holloway]

I am taking the Chiefs to win the chef. Yeah, I think the Chiefs actually come out and run away with it. So Steelers and Panthers Sunday Night Football. We got the one in Steelers prime time and the Cam Newton led 2, 0 Panthers.

[Mike Wright]

Well, Cam Newton slash Derek.

[Andy Holloway]

Derek Anderson led.

[Mike Wright]

Give him the credit.

[Andy Holloway]

The Panthers defense is. Is. Is tough, man. They are a really great defense. And the Steelers last week showed us.

[Mike Wright]

That their defense sucks.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, well. And they showed us nothing on the offensive side of the ball either.

[Mike Wright]

So are you worried about Lev the Leviathan?

[Andy Holloway]

I. If you don't set Le'Veon Bell?

[Mike Wright]

No, but I think you're worried.

[Andy Holloway]

But you're. You're worried that he's going to have a low, a poor performance. This is any will. I think this is in Carolina. You're going to have to deal with Luke Keakley. Don't expect monstrous things from Le'Veon Bell this week.

[Mike Wright]

It's probably going to have to come in the air.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I think pass catching from him, which he can do. I think for Pittsburgh in general, it's going to have to come in the air. So you're talking Antonio Brown and Marcus Wheaton.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. You're not sitting Antonio Brown. That guy is matchup proof to me.

[Andy Holloway]

He is the least respected superstar in fantasy football.

[Mike Wright]

I love Antonio Brown.

[Andy Holloway]

And then for Carolina, it's kind of Kelvin Benjamin.

[Mike Wright]

What's your temperature on Kelvin?

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, wow. This is what people call very scientific.

[Mike Wright]

The fantasy footballers drop the science and the literature references.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, my goodness. My temperature on Kelvin is probably stay away from him because he's gonna have Ike Taylor on him and he had the dropsies last week and he's a rookie, so I'm playing him. What? There you go.

[Mike Wright]

I am playing Kelvin Benjamin this week.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. So you got a hunch that the Kelvin.

[Mike Wright]

Sometimes you got to follow the gut.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, you know, there you go. And Speaking of guts, Jonathan Stewart may be playing.

[Mike Wright]

Are you talking about like metaphoric guts.

[Andy Holloway]

Or as opposed to the one hanging out at the front of it? Oh, no, that's Tolbert. I was picturing Tolbert in my head. That's the gut I'm talking about.

[Mike Wright]

But I'd stay away from the Jonathan Stewart's family.

[Andy Holloway]

Jonathan Stewart's got some heft on him too. But. But yeah, the Panthers offense. Stay away from the running backs. Stay away from everybody but about Greg Olson to me. And if you're, if you're with Mike, you'll start Kelvin Benjamin and be disappointed.

[Mike Wright]

If D'Angelo Williams sits out. I'm starting Jonathan Stewart as a spot because if he's on my team, that means something went wrong.

[Andy Holloway]

But all the indications are D Will's playing. Yes, that's what we've heard. And it's a Sunday night game, so you don't. If you're taking a chance there, you better have somebody to play on Monday night like Chris Harvey. So that's that game and I've got. I think Panthers win that game at home.

[Mike Wright]

I agree. I want to take the Steelers but in a upset, but I just don't think it's going to happen.

[Andy Holloway]

And then Monday night we got our last game here.

[Mike Wright]

The Chicago Bears smokin J. Cuddy.

[Andy Holloway]

Duh.

[Mike Wright]

Bears throwing NonStop Marshall touchdowns.

[Andy Holloway]

2. And they're playing in New York against the jets and Geno Schmidt Schmitty.

[Mike Wright]

So let's see. Are you scared to start anybody?

[Andy Holloway]

No.

[Mike Wright]

What about Forte? Obviously you're starting him, but do you.

[Andy Holloway]

What is your sentiment on him? Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

What's your. What's your feeling?

[Andy Holloway]

I think Fortes just has the skill set to perform in this circumstance. Out through the air he had a really.

[Mike Wright]

He got shut down.

[Andy Holloway]

He got bottled up last week, but he didn't. It wasn't for lack of targets and attempts.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

So I just think it's a matter of, you know, this game to me is not one where they're going to be throwing. I mean, they're going to throw the ball, but they're probably going to have a lead. So I would expect fine things from Forte. I think you get an extra day for Marshall and Alshon to be healthy. I think Alshon looked bad running around or limping around the field. But keep your eye on those guys. And if you don't have a backup, you're talking about Monday night, you better.

[Mike Wright]

Have San Antonio Holmes on your bench.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. Have Santonio Holmes on your bench. If you're playing him out of the flex, have Martell spin it. Ready? Or one of the running backs from New York.

[Mike Wright]

Prepare yourself.

[Andy Holloway]

Otherwise, just go with somebody else this week. If you're the Auchan owner. Let's get an example here. If you're the Aushon owner and you've.

[Mike Wright]

Got Kelvin Benjamin, I'm going Kelvin Benjamin.

[Andy Holloway]

You're starting Kelvin Benjamin? Yeah. If you're the Brandon Marshall owner and you've got.

[Mike Wright]

Doesn't matter.

[Andy Holloway]

Doesn't matter.

[Mike Wright]

You're starting Brandon Marshall. Brandon Marshall is an iron man.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So that guy.

[Mike Wright]

I heard. I don't know if this is fact. I heard he played after a leg amputation.

[Andy Holloway]

Was this. This past week?

[Mike Wright]

No, this was.

[Andy Holloway]

You just. You're saying if he's hurt, he's playing.

[Mike Wright]

I'm saying.

[Andy Holloway]

And it don't matter.

[Mike Wright]

I'm saying you remove his leg and Brandy Marshall's gonna. He's gonna go back out and he'll score a touchdown.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he probably will. Yeah, he's. He's one of the top wide receivers in Fantasy right now and will be throughout the year. On the other side of the ball.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah. I guess we should talk.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. On the other side of the ball, you got you starting any of the jets at all?

[Mike Wright]

Who? Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Offensively.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. If I got one of the running backs, I'm starting them.

[Andy Holloway]

Because of the Bears defense.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. So let's take a look here.

[Mike Wright]

But who would you rather have? Would you rather have Johnson or Ivory?

[Andy Holloway]

This is. My gut tells me Chris Johnson, which I know he had an awful week, but I still think Chris Johnson's the guy to own out of the backfield.

[Mike Wright]

Even Ivory seems to get the goal line. Goal line, that is. Yeah, I. But I'm still. I don't really have one.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

I'm still gonna start him.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, well, that's the match. You know. Goodness, the Bears have been an enigma. I don't know. I. Probably the Bears.

[Mike Wright]

I have the Bears winning the division. I have Smokin J. Cudi as a top five fantasy quarterback. So I'm taking the Bears.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. I thought you were gonna come back. And I got dead Jets. So let's. Let's talk about guys that we really like for this week.

[Mike Wright]

Sure. I mean, kind of already done that. But.

[Andy Holloway]

But I mean, you're talking. Who do you have the best feeling about?

[Mike Wright]

I've already said it, but I love Geo and Jeremy Hill this week. I think they're going to be a.

[Andy Holloway]

Scoring Gio and Jeremy Hill. Okay.

[Mike Wright]

I can't think of a good.

[Andy Holloway]

At home In Tennessee, I think DeMarco continues his huge week. DeMarco's a start for me. I mean, one of the, one of the best starts of the week.

[Mike Wright]

And I hate to do like obvious names, but I think if Peterson plays against that Saints defense with he, I think he'll put, he'll, he'll take everything and he'll put that on the field and he's going to play even angrier than he normally plays.

[Andy Holloway]

So I got a breakout candidate for you here.

[Mike Wright]

All right, let's do that.

[Andy Holloway]

I think you're finally going to see the real Keenan Allen this week.

[Mike Wright]

I can get behind that.

[Andy Holloway]

Even though the Bills defense has been good, I think you're finally going to see Keenan Allen have a week that makes you happy that you drafted him in the top few rounds instead of.

[Mike Wright]

Depressed the Bills after you see Antonio Gates score three touchdowns. You have to adjust your. You have to be a little worried about that. Which opens it up for Allen who has been played two of the top defenses in the NFL.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Especially on the passing side.

[Mike Wright]

So I, yeah, I like, I can, yeah, I can get behind that.

[Andy Holloway]

All right.

[Mike Wright]

But other than that, I mean, we've gone. I don't have anyone else that I really want to focal point on, but. So let's see. Is there anything else we really want to talk about or we just want to say thanks?

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I will. Yeah, I think that that covers kind of the preview for the upcoming week. Hopefully you're able to snag some of those waiver wire guys and get going in your league. The big thing is we want to be here answering your questions.

[Mike Wright]

Absolutely.

[Andy Holloway]

If you have a question about a trade, about a guy on your team, about a decision that you need to make, go ahead and send us an email. Email [e-mail] you can also go to thefantasyfootballers.com and submit a question to us directly. We will answer those things. Subscribe to us on our itunes podcast.

[Mike Wright]

And I will go as far as say we are absolutely willing to answer questions outside of the podcast. We like to give fantasy advice. We like to talk fantasy. So not only will we likely read your question and answer it on the air, but we will because we are a right now we are currently a once a week podcast hoping to up that eventually. But we will answer your questions to the best of our expert.

[Andy Holloway]

There you go. Absolutely. Hopefully you enjoyed the show. Send us your questions. Subscribe on itunes. Leave us reviews. If you liked what you heard and even if you don't let us know. But more like give us the good ones too.

[Mike Wright]

But yeah, so the fantasy footballers.com thefantasyfootballersmail.com all right, so I'm Mike Wright.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm Andy Holloway. And good luck this week.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, yeah. Have a good one, guys.

[Andy Holloway]

Thank you.

[Mike Wright]

And gals, thank you for listening to another edition of the Fantasy Footballers podcast.