Fantasy Football Podcast for Week 3/4

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary: Week 3/4 Episode

Episode Overview Title: Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast
Hosts: Andy Holloway and Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Episode Focus: Analysis and insights for Fantasy Football Week 3/4, including news, waiver wire suggestions, start/sit advice, and listener questions.

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Introduction

The episode kicks off with a lighthearted banter between hosts Andy Holloway and Mike Wright, discussing the unpredictability of player injuries and celebrations in the NFL. Their humorous exchanges set an engaging tone for the episode.

Notable Quote:

• Andy Holloway (00:23): “Don't double check unless you want to be out for the season.”

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News and Notes from Around the League

The hosts delve into significant happenings from the past week, highlighting high-scoring games and notable player performances that impacted fantasy lineups.

Key Highlights:

• Eagles vs. Redskins Game: Described as a "fantasy bonanza" with explosive performances, particularly from Nick Foles.
• Kirk Cousins' Performance: Cousins showcased a stellar game against Philadelphia, throwing for over 420 yards and three touchdowns, making him a top fantasy quarterback contender.
• Seattle vs. Denver Game: Discussed the implications for fantasy owners, especially those who hesitated to start key players like Emmanuel Sanders.

Notable Quotes:

• Mike Wright (03:15): “That was a feast for anyone who had any shares in that game.”
• Andy Holloway (05:45): “Isn't that just beautiful when you need some extra points and a game goes to overtime like that?”

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Waiver Wire Advice

Andy and Mike provide recommendations for players available on the waiver wire, aiming to help listeners strengthen their teams amidst injuries and underperformance.

Recommendations:

• Running Backs:
  • Donald Brown: Increased carries due to Danny Woodhead's injury, presenting a valuable fantasy opportunity.
  • Alfred Blue: Low ownership (3%) with potential for increased workload if Foster is sidelined.
  • D'Angelo Williams: Viable RB2 option in Baltimore due to injuries affecting teammates.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Holloway (18:37): “Alfred Blue is available in almost every league right now. He's only 3% owned. Well then so he is a must acquire running back.”
• Mike Wright (19:43): “Foster's hamstrings are Stephen Jackson like.”

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Start/Sit Recommendations ("Pooped in His Big Boy Pants")

This segment humorously addresses players who failed to meet expectations, advising listeners on whether to start or bench them.

Featured Players:

• Quarterbacks:
  • Matthew Stafford: 246 yards, zero touchdowns, two interceptions.
  • Andy Dalton: Another high-profile QB who underperformed.
• Running Backs:
  • Eddie Lacy: Consistently low performance across three weeks.
• Wide Receivers:
  • Brandon Marshall: Minimal contributions despite past high performance.
• Others:
  • LeSean McCoy: Extremely low game performance due to concussion concerns.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Holloway (13:10): “That's a monstrous fantasy game.”
• Mike Wright (15:30): “If you were one of those guys going into Monday Night Football hoping that he put you over the top, he did not.”

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Streamers and Defense Picks

The hosts discuss potential streaming options for defenses and wide receivers, emphasizing the importance of flexibility and weekly adjustments.

Defense Streamers:

• Chargers
• Dolphins
• Lions
• Bills

Wide Receiver Tips:

• Jordan Matthews: Emerging as a potential breakout with increased targets.
• Allen Robinson: Under scrutiny due to Jacksonville’s unstable offense but has upside with Bortles playing.

Notable Quotes:

• Mike Wright (31:38): “The top four guys who I like that I think should be available. Number one is the Chargers.”
• Andy Holloway (32:21): “It's better to take a defense that's playing a poor offense if it's a middle of the road defense and stream it than it is to be stuck with a stagnant defense.”

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Fantasy Forecast and Player Rankings

Andy and Mike compare quarterbacks, evaluating their performance and potential, while also discussing wide receivers and running backs’ consistency.

Quarterback Analysis:

• Kirk Cousins: Highly praised for his recent performance, considered top 12 QB.
• Philip Rivers: Mentioned but noted as unavailable for many listeners.
• Comparison: Kirk vs. Andy Dalton and Kirk vs. Tom Brady, with Kirk often coming out on top.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Holloway (30:00): “Kirk Cousins or Russell Wilson the rest of the year? Cousins.”
• Mike Wright (30:12): “Cousins. Cousins."

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Listener Questions and Trade Advice

The hosts tackle listener-submitted questions, offering strategic advice on potential trades and roster decisions.

Sample Questions:

1. Trade Terrelle West for Wes Welker?

   • Andy's Response: Yes, if needing a wide receiver, trading away Terrence West for Wes Welker is advisable.

2. Drop Larry Fitzgerald for Brian Quick?

   • Mike's Response: No, Larry Fitzgerald should not be dropped despite a poor week.

3. Trade Travis Kelsey and Mike Evans for Keenan Allen?

   • Andy's Response: If not starting Kelsey, this trade could be beneficial to acquire Keenan Allen.

4. Drop Adrian Peterson in a Redraft League?

   • Mike's Response: Hold Peterson for at least another week due to his high fantasy potential despite suspension uncertainties.

Notable Quotes:

• Mike Wright (33:39): “Trevor West is going into a three-person timeshare and I don't know Wes Welker. As long as he doesn't get hit in the head, he's gonna have tremendous value.”
• Andy Holloway (34:23): “Larry Fitzgerald had another very poor week.”

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Start of the Week Picks

The hosts reveal their top picks for the upcoming week's games, highlighting players poised for breakout performances.

Featured Players:

• Colin Kaepernick (QB, San Francisco 49ers): Strong performance against a weak Cardinals defense makes him a top start.
• Brandon Cooks (WR, New Orleans Saints): Expected to have a significant role in the Saints' offense against Dallas.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Holloway (43:15): “I would not be surprised to see double-digit catches from Brandon Cooks this week as well as a touchdown from the shifty Brandon Cooks.”
• Mike Wright (42:04): “My start of the week is old Muscles from... Colin Kaepernick.”

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Conclusion

Wrapping up the episode, Andy and Mike reinforce the importance of strategic roster management and staying informed. They encourage listeners to engage with the podcast through reviews and social media to enhance their fantasy football success.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Holloway (46:19): “Send us your questions and we will answer them and then you will win your league.”
• Mike Wright (46:35): “You have to say fantasy football and poop jokes makes the world go round.”

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Final Thoughts This episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast provides comprehensive insights into Week 3/4 of the NFL season, offering valuable advice on player performances, waiver wire pickups, trade strategies, and start/sit decisions. Andy Holloway and Mike Wright blend expert analysis with entertaining banter, making it a must-listen for fantasy football enthusiasts aiming to gain an edge in their leagues.

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

Foreign.

[Mike Wright]

To the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway and Mike Wright. Welcome to the show.

[Andy Holloway]

Howdy. Howdy. All you hep cats, all you discount double checkers. Oh, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Might want to stay at a single chance.

[Andy Holloway]

Check. Yeah. Don't double check unless you want to be out for the season.

[Mike Wright]

You double check your acl.

[Andy Holloway]

Ouch, man. That's not a highlight. That's a low light from the weekend of football.

[Mike Wright]

Or as the Arizona Cardinal fans call it, we call that grammatic ing.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. After the bill Gramatica. I just made a field goal and my career's over. Celebration. Yeah. Don't get hurt while you're celebrating. It doesn't look so. You know, he said he has no regrets too.

[Mike Wright]

That's.

[Andy Holloway]

Everybody celebrates.

[Mike Wright]

He should have a lot.

[Andy Holloway]

Everybody celebrates.

[Mike Wright]

I think the. The new rule should be for a celebration. Maybe you keep your feet on the ground.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Don't discount. Double check Aaron Rodgers or. Yeah, you might. I know the end up on the ground.

[Mike Wright]

That eliminates them. The chest bump, which is. I don't know. I like that one.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm sure Roger Goodell will take that away soon enough.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, probably. I know. I've always been a big fan of the jump high five from like the 1980s.

[Andy Holloway]

Nice.

[Mike Wright]

Big fan.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Well, welcome to the fourth week.

[Mike Wright]

Have we even said the show name yet?

[Andy Holloway]

No. Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers. This is Andy Holloway with my.

[Mike Wright]

I'm Mike Wright.

[Andy Holloway]

There you go.

[Mike Wright]

I think this is. It's week four, but it's only our third show. But that doesn't really matter. It's week four of the NFL.

[Andy Holloway]

Attention to that. Yeah, we. We brought you the latest in fantasy football last week, bringing it again today. Gonna give you some news notes from around the league, give you some waiver wire information, some starts, some sits, gonna answer some questions.

[Mike Wright]

We are gonna try a little bit of a different format from last week. Felt like we had a little bit too much information to cram into one show, so we're gonna try and limit it.

[Andy Holloway]

Before we give you what's really important.

[Mike Wright]

We up our show count because we are. We are doing this for the love.

[Andy Holloway]

For the love. So if we got more listeners, we got more people, then we'll do it.

[Mike Wright]

For the love of money, right?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Or just if you beg us to, we'll do it as well. We like talking fantasy football as long as there are people to talk to. So if you have a question, don't hesitate to send that in to the fantasy footballersmail.com or you can go to our website at the fantasy footballers.com and submit the question there. We also have a Facebook page now.

[Mike Wright]

Did you know that? I do. I liked it.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So if you are on Facebook, find us the fantasy footballers and come like the page. Submit your questions and we will answer them and then you will.

[Mike Wright]

In the order that we get them right.

[Andy Holloway]

And you will win your league. So that is. That is one of the perks of listening to our show.

[Mike Wright]

That is 100% accurate.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. You want to get into it?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, let's do it. News and notes from around the league.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, so let's talk a little bit about what happened this last week. Something stick out for you in the fantasy world?

[Mike Wright]

Well, it's got to be that. That the. The monstrosity. In a good way. That was that Eagles Redskins game.

[Andy Holloway]

That was a fantasy bonanza.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, that was a feast.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

For anyone who had any shares in that game. Unless you are the LeSean McCoy owner. Sorry.

[Andy Holloway]

So weird to have a bonanza. That or Darren Sprols after the week before.

[Mike Wright]

Well, I mean I don't. I'm not. I'm not sure who of the Sprouls owners was. Was starting him over. More quality. Right guy.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. The running game wasn't there for Philly, but Nick Foles was and he's one of the stars of the week for sure.

[Mike Wright]

That guy. And I watched. I watched that whole game because I was trying to check out my. My shares of. Of captain Kirk Cousins because I wanted to see what was happening. But man falls when he got lit up first. First he got hurt and then he got Warnered which I will refer to it as on that.

[Andy Holloway]

As in Kurt Warner. Yes, as in blindside block.

[Mike Wright]

The completely unnecessary. I'm just gonna take a shot at the quarterback because I can. Brutal who he. And he got flagged for that. Which I mean, I guess you should.

[Andy Holloway]

That doesn't take away the pain.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

In his shoulder and the.

[Mike Wright]

In the. The pick didn't was. It was a drop. So that was all for it. But I mean I. My.

[Andy Holloway]

For a high scoring game, Foles tore it up. But Ertz, McCoy, Sproles.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Those are some painful. But yeah, I mean there was. That was definitely one of the headliner games you had. You had the Seattle Denver game, which was something of a sadness for a lot of the Denver player owners because some people didn't start Peyton Manning, some people didn't start their studs. They worried about Emmanuel Sanders because Welker was coming back and that proved to be a mistake. If you benched Emmanuel Sanders, who is off to a great start this year. But Marshawn lynch owners were happy certainly.

[Mike Wright]

Especially with the overtime gift.

[Andy Holloway]

Isn't that just beautiful when you, when you need some extra points and a game goes to overtime like that?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I was and that was very conflicted for me as the Cardinal fan where with them going to overtime and desiring a Marshawn lynch touchdown but not wanting them to lose.

[Andy Holloway]

Seattle, yes. Seattle not winning. Well, it should give a little bit of hope that maybe Seattle can be challenged this year. And obviously Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, they're the number one and number two fantasy quarterback backs again this year. Oh wait, no, that's Ryan. Matt Ryan and Andrew Luck are the top two fantasy quarterbacks right now. Andrew Luck is slinging touchdowns like a villain.

[Mike Wright]

He is. What was that? What was that? The movie with Emilio and Charlie where they're the garbage men with men at work.

[Andy Holloway]

You're gonna have to take this one all by yourself.

[Mike Wright]

I can't remember the name of them but my, my reference is just. They just seem to be just garbage man.

[Andy Holloway]

Wait, who does?

[Mike Wright]

Andrew Lux.

[Andy Holloway]

Touchdowns, I don't think you know, when Trent Richardson cannot run the ball into the end zone, it certainly affects things so.

[Mike Wright]

And I don't, man, that's just the way that it's coming off to me. I mean you can't take. He's played well and Trent Richardson sucks and Bradshaw is a, is a good pass catching back. So it makes sense that that's how the touchdowns are coming. But I mean they ran it up on the Jaguars.

[Andy Holloway]

So from a stud standpoint, we have some wide receivers that had great weeks and I want to ask you which guys you think are sticking around.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Now obviously Julio Jones had a monster.

[Mike Wright]

That guy. He will. He's done after this week. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I was gonna say not much question to him, but sell high. Julio Jones is he odds on favorite to be top the top three.

[Mike Wright]

He was coming, coming into the season. He was in my top three. Where and which is it would be Calvin, DEZ and Julio. And to me it, to me any.

[Andy Holloway]

Any of those guys could.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Where, where people are when people ask me, I would advise like don't take Calvin in the first round because to.

[Andy Holloway]

Me if you get one of those.

[Mike Wright]

If you just get one of those.

[Andy Holloway]

Guys, you're perfectly fine.

[Mike Wright]

So take a running back or whatever.

[Andy Holloway]

I can agree with.

[Mike Wright]

So they're just really interchangeable. You don't know for sure who's going to be the number one overall. And Julio is looking nice.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Touchdown in half of a game.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And another guy, a couple guys worth talking about too and seeing their long. What's their long term value is the two wide outs from Washington that now have a revitalized passing game under the pocket passer Kirk Cousins. The dislocated ankle of Mr. RG3 has kind of put to bed any controversy there. And now we have big weeks from both of those guys this week.

[Mike Wright]

So I think it's good to point out Jay Gruden. Wow. I wouldn't say he's my favorite coach. I think that a coach should never try to fit his, his players into a scheme like don't, don't force your players to change how they play like he was trying to do to Griffin, which I think Griffin is a very talented guy. But that problem is gone now because Kirk Cousins is the perfect mold for his. What he wants to do offensively. And let us not forget what success he had with the Red Rocket in Cincinnati.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. He has a history of putting fantasy quarterbacks into a position or quarterbacks in a position where relevant.

[Mike Wright]

I don't think Andy Dalton is the best talent or anywhere I would put him. I don't maybe in the middle as far as talented quarterbacks, but for his system he was great.

[Andy Holloway]

And Kirk Cousins came out and albeit against a poorest secondary in Philadelphia. He was in Philadelphia and put up 429 or 427 yards, three touchdowns, a monstrous only one pick. Monstrous fantasy game.

[Mike Wright]

And Roy Helou shafted him. In my fantasy Roy Lou is a.

[Andy Holloway]

Lot slower than I thought.

[Mike Wright]

I thought Lou was really fast.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, he wasn't. What we're talking about is the 80 yard touchdown he would have had down.

[Mike Wright]

The sideline had he got chased down.

[Andy Holloway]

Your grandmother. Yeah. But big week from Kirk Cousins. So the question is, do you play Kirk Cousins going forward? Is he a top 12 quarterback this week for sure. And then he's got Seattle and Arizona after that. So that might be.

[Mike Wright]

That's where you're going to find out what can he actually do?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that'll be tough. And that that game is at least home against Seattle. But Kirk Cousins, he has made Pierre Garcon into a PPR monster last which he already.

[Mike Wright]

We already knew Garcon was.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, he had that capability. But because we saw him last year. Yeah. The question was will he do it consistently with Griffin or not and this year and under Gruden.

[Mike Wright]

So what do you think now with Cousins throwing? Do you think he is back to that?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I think, I think you have Kind of a. To be honest, a really similar situation to me to Reggie Wayne and Ty Hilton. Okay. Maybe last year where Wayne is in the garcon mold. Route runner, ppr, third downs, possession guy and Hilton is that boomer bust. So I still think you're going to see low reception totals from D jacks and probably big plays. But both guys are absolutely start worthy and I'd like to see, I think moving forward they're, they're good values at the wide receiver position.

[Mike Wright]

I would say I am scorching hot for Pierre Garcon.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And I'll give myself a lukewarm on dj. I'm still. I. I would lean to agree with you more than not. But I'm just, I'm not 100% sold.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, well let's, let's talk about a couple of the running backs that kind of stood out this week. We have Le'Veon Bell continues to look really good as does DeMarco Murray.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And Le'Veon Bell, I think I can't remember the exact number but he did something that has not been accomplished for a very long time which was. What's that was an 80 plus yard run that did not result.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And he still put up a monstrous.

[Mike Wright]

Fantasy week which we going into the year. I think a concern for Bell with, with especially because of the blunt conspiracy of what kind of touchdown value does Le'Veon Bell have. And he. It's very low at the moment but I think we've. I think the committee is. Is put to sleep done with that.

[Andy Holloway]

It's hard to say anybody's looked better than very hard him on the field and DeMarco Murray on the field right now.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, Murray. But Murray does have the itis at the moment.

[Andy Holloway]

So let's, let's go and move on towards a section we like to call.

[Mike Wright]

Pooped in his big boy pants.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh yeah, sure.

[Mike Wright]

To be everyone's.

[Andy Holloway]

Why don't you explain this section to our listeners here.

[Mike Wright]

He pooped in his big boy pants is where we take a look at some players who would be considered top their starters.

[Andy Holloway]

The really hard part of fantasy football. Oh, these guys that you just knew.

[Mike Wright]

Were studs and then they.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep. Then they pooped in their big boy pants and didn't put up the performance you needed and you probably lost if you started them. So let's go through some of them.

[Mike Wright]

Let's start. So at quarterback, the sloppiest poop of the week was. Was to Matthew Stafford. 246 yards. Not bad. That's not good for staffing.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, it's whatever.

[Mike Wright]

But zero touchdowns, two picks, one fumble.

[Andy Holloway]

Not man, that game did not pan out the way prognosticators saw it going.

[Mike Wright]

We thought big points were coming from both sides.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I mean, because really, you can put Aaron Rodgers into this.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he was up for consideration.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Andy Dalton's another guy who. No touchdowns now last week. So some of these big names, I mean, those three guys are in the top five last year at the quarterback position and all three of of them ended up pooping their pants this week.

[Mike Wright]

So who do you got at running back?

[Andy Holloway]

Well, it shames me because I'm such an advocate for this man, but Eddie Lacy has just not performed. No, he's got a three week bowel movement going on here. That's just.

[Mike Wright]

He's constipated.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, he is. The running game is constipated in Green Bay. Everything's constipated in Green Bay. And he's not helping the cause. And for all the people who, myself included, made big moves to get him high in the draft since his price was high. But there is hope. Did you know that?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, please, educate me on this.

[Andy Holloway]

There is hope because Eddie Lacey has had three of the most difficult run matchups and three kind of awkward situations to start. Now. This is the positive spin. If you're a Lacey owner, please, I'm begging you right now, don't sell low on Eddie Lacy because the value you're going to get for him is disgusting compared to what you paid for him. Okay. In week one, he had the concussion issue, played a Seattle defense that's kind of known for playing defense. And he still put up. He still put up eight or nine fantasy points in week two. They went down 21 to three against the Jets. Limited carries. McCarthy.

[Mike Wright]

Jets are great run defense.

[Andy Holloway]

They're great run defense. McCarthy came out and said they need to get in the ball more. And then Lacey decided to reward that endorsement by fumbling the first carry of the game this past week against another good run defense in Detroit. So here's the benchmark for Lacy next week. Chicago Bears defense, a game that Lacey has to perform in. If you see him struggle next week, if he struggles, start to panic, you'll start to panic and start to worry about James Starks eating into his carries because they have to get the run game going if they're going to get Aaron Rodgers in that offense going. So Eddie Lacy pooped his big boy pants this week. Who else?

[Mike Wright]

You got a wide receiver through some fault of his own some fault of injury, injuries and penalties. But Brandon Marshall, one catch, six yards.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. If you were one of those guys going into Monday Night Football hoping that he put you over the top, he did not. And you probably screamed into your pillow if you watched him catch the touchdown pass that he caught last night and had it called back with an irrelevant illegal hands to the face by an offensive lineman. So Marshall did not perform. I. What are your thoughts on him? Because he's kind of venturing into the category that. Well see Allison, Jeffrey had a good game so I'm not as worried about him. But he's venturing into this category of like CJ Spiller last year where Marshall plays no matter what and that is good unless he plays no matter what and is hurt. So do you have any concern or is this just an abnormality slash? He missed seven minutes of game time last night coming off the field going into the trainers room I would say yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Because we were all riding. You were still coasting off of that three touchdown game which if. If you remember that's really what he did. He just happened to catch three touchdowns and touchdowns.

[Andy Holloway]

It.

[Mike Wright]

If you. If you've played fantasy football for any touchdowns are the hardest to predict.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Of the game.

[Andy Holloway]

Absolutely.

[Mike Wright]

And so that it. An ankle injury does carry some concern for season long if he keeps playing through it. But I would say as a wariometer I would be at a four so I'm not.

[Andy Holloway]

Well their bot is not till week nine either so he does not have a reprieve coming. So let's hope he gets healthy. He will have a short week to prepare as well this as they go into Green Bay. So keep your eye. Or actually as Green Bay comes to Chicago. So keep your eye on that as well. Any other thoughts on the. On pooping duds of the week?

[Mike Wright]

Pooping. We. I put. I put Ertz. Zach Ertz in here because I think he was.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I would say all of those. Those three Philly guys probably right.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

LaShawn McCoy certainly didn't do much for owners but he's.

[Mike Wright]

I think he still crossed the ten point thresh.

[Andy Holloway]

No, he had a really, really bad week. Yeah, it wasn't even close. He. Well, lucky for him three points. Oh let me check here. He's oh my 3.1 19 carries for 22 yards. No catches out of the back. So we had a little bit of the concussion scare in that game if you remember. So that's something to worry about. But.

[Mike Wright]

But that's a sloppy. Yeah, that's a Sloppy one.

[Andy Holloway]

So let's, let's move on here and.

[Mike Wright]

Put me in coach.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's talk some waivers, let's talk some waiver wire. Let's get you some players on your team so you can come in maybe recover from some of these injuries we've seen. And who do you like this week?

[Mike Wright]

Who looks like let's go with the juicy position.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Okay.

[Mike Wright]

With running back. Hopefully you listen to our podc last week when I was on the podium for Donald Brown.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Now Donald Brown received downtown a few carries this week.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he didn't do a ton of them ton with the carries but he the. The Danny Woodhead injury makes my proclamation look a lot better than it did. But when a guy is getting that kind of volume good things are going to happen fantasy wise and he's got.

[Andy Holloway]

Reminds me a lot of years ago when Cedric Benson was getting huge quantity and good things are going to happen like you said.

[Mike Wright]

And he had a great matchup this week against the Jaguars.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And he's up to about 90% owned so he's probably not a free agent option for many of you but he's looking really good if you picked him up last week in terms of other guys that are looking up.

[Mike Wright]

Trending up but trending.

[Andy Holloway]

Alfred Blue has to be in the discussion.

[Mike Wright]

Hopefully hopefully running back.

[Andy Holloway]

You are a Texas.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. Yeah, sorry back up for the Texans. Hopefully you scour the news to and you heard that Foster was highly questionable and then was actually inactive and you were proactive and grabbed him.

[Andy Holloway]

Blue is available in almost every league right now.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

He's only 3% owned. Well then so he is a must acquire running back.

[Mike Wright]

Why he's I think he is an average talent but the system. O'Brien likes one back. He's. He seems to be old school in that thought process. That which I if you have the guy who's the talent can do it. I agree with it because I think the, the. The positives are going one back are let them get in the game flow, let them see what's happening, let them adjust to what is happening and eventually.

[Andy Holloway]

They'Re gonna get into a rhythm.

[Mike Wright]

It's like if you watch. No, no, no no. This isn't a funny movie I was gonna say but. But Adrian Peterson, while he does do damage in the first half he. Whenever I'm watching it it tends to be the second half because the defense is worn down from just from trying to tackle him and him figuring things out. So that's where the one back benefit comes. If you have A guy who can hold up.

[Andy Holloway]

So Alfred Blue has a chance to step into Hootie. Who possibly a long, long term role.

[Mike Wright]

I would, I will venture this week.

[Andy Holloway]

With the chance of Foster re injuring himself.

[Mike Wright]

And Foster's hamstrings as we know are Stephen Jackson like.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he's. He's getting the workload and it's, it's. What did they say today? That it's been a couple month of an issue for him? Yeah, well, he had kind of a career issue.

[Mike Wright]

I think he had it in training camp and I don't know. He gave the dude 50 plus carries in two weeks. For a guy who already has a bum, bum muscles and just. And he already has lots of mileage on those tires.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

So I.

[Andy Holloway]

So Alfred Blue somebody to pick up. I like that. Let's talk Ravens backfield for a second.

[Mike Wright]

Let's do it.

[Andy Holloway]

In case you were a Ray Rice former owner, a current Bernard Pierce owner, a current Justin Forset owner, a man that we start.

[Mike Wright]

We mentioned this man last week.

[Andy Holloway]

Big Z Lorenzo Tally Fierron. I don't even know how to pronounce.

[Mike Wright]

Taliaferro.

[Andy Holloway]

Taliaferro.

[Mike Wright]

Taliaferro.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, we've been talking about him. We've been wondering when his time is gonna come because that John Harbaugh led team does not like Bernard Pierce.

[Mike Wright]

They don't. And now he's hurt.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And I think what we were. What I wanted to watch last week was if they got in a goal line. Did, did Lorenzo get a carry? Yeah, well, Bernard Pierce, he decided that he just wasn't going to play at all. So he gave him an opportunity and Lorenzo looked pretty good.

[Andy Holloway]

They were happy with his performance. I think he was 18 for 91 with a touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And he.

[Mike Wright]

And he had a 34 set, a 30 plus yard run.

[Andy Holloway]

See, people last week were coming up to me going, oh my gosh, Justin Forset is just going to blow up this week. And I said no. I said no because Justin Forsett's a known commodity in the NFL.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

He's been around the block. He's a reliable change of pace running back. He is not a between the tackles runner and he has not ever proven he can do that. And so when a guy like this that you spend a draft pick on comes in and performs, I would not be surprised if Lorenzo maintains a fairly significant role the rest of the season. So go out.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I would absolutely grab him.

[Andy Holloway]

So what, what are you talking fab dollars with him? How confident are you with.

[Mike Wright]

I am depending on your situation. But probably 15% is what I would.

[Andy Holloway]

Of your fab budget that you have left.

[Mike Wright]

I would look at. Well, I'm saying 15% of 100, not necessarily what you have left. So. But about 50 if you have. If you started with a hundred, I would put about 15 bucks on because we're not sure that he's going to take the job. That's. Pierce could come in and screw everything up.

[Andy Holloway]

He's probably available in your league so he's worth a flyer especially at the running back position, which is a desperation position.

[Mike Wright]

But it was sounding today like the Pierce injury will at least be this week as well.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

So if Zo comes in and has another mediocre to strong game, I don't. There's no reason to look back.

[Andy Holloway]

So is he a start for you this week even though he's got Carolina.

[Mike Wright]

If Pierce is out?

[Andy Holloway]

Yes, he is. Okay. So there's some running backs I think some guys not too worry too much about is. Don't. Don't be the guy that runs to the waiver wire and signs Joe McKnight.

[Mike Wright]

No, no.

[Andy Holloway]

That's a enigmatic performance. A couple catches for touchdowns. Only got one carry.

[Mike Wright]

That was very coonian.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. John Kuhn got to qualify that one.

[Mike Wright]

By being too obscure.

[Andy Holloway]

No, but then. But then Jamal Charles will be back this week. Another guy. You know, we talked about Lacy already. If you need. If Starks is on the wire, you might want to handcuff your Lacy ownership with Starks so that you don't freak out too much. And then another guy just to keep your eye on. He's probably not available. But D'Angelo Williams is a pretty good start this week.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Because Mike Tolbert's hurt.

[Mike Wright]

They're all. And Tolbert.

[Andy Holloway]

Tolbert's on IR to return, so Stewart probably will be. And then they're not running 0. 0 runs for Cam Newton last week because of his ribs. So.

[Mike Wright]

And he's banged up even more now.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, the only. They do have Baltimore this week. But. But Williams is a viable RB2 this week. I think so. How about wide receivers? If you're hurting, who's the guy that you can go out and pick up? Well, is there anybody that you're really excited about?

[Mike Wright]

I think that. Well, I'm not sure how. What his ownership is because I think Jordan Matthews was drafted. He might have been dropped.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he's actually. He's barely owned. He's almost 4%. Well then it's Jordan Matthews eight for 59 and two touchdowns, which was mostly Jordan. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that was that one game. And I know Riley Cooper just. I haven't even heard his name at all this year. Who. Exactly. So if Jordan. It wouldn't take. I don't. Would not surprise me if in a few weeks Jordan Matthews has either taken his job or at least made the case that they need to go three wide and he's gonna get some. That's. That's a. They. They run a lot of plays, they score a lot of points. So I like Jordan Matthews. I man.

[Andy Holloway]

Now, now some of the other names of guys that have been pretty good so far are on by this week. So names like John Brown and Brian Quick are guys that you could snag but also aren't.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

You better have start for you this week.

[Mike Wright]

You better have a spot.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

Because they're not instantly impactful for you.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

So what are your thoughts on Allen Robinson?

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, probably Jaguars. Probably in line with the rest of my thoughts on Jacksonville in general. I do think that his. He gets a bump up. You know he started this past week. The staff likes him and Bortles is coming into play and Target monster. Yeah, yeah, they like him there. He was a 7 for 79 last week. We'll have to see the progress of, you know, short scored as well. And I, I'm just not too excited about that passing offense because I think you're going to get into a situation where Bortles might provide a little bit of a spark but at the same time he's a rookie and he's coming in into San Diego this next week. So. Yes, I don't think Alan Robinson is the guy that you necessarily need to stash right now.

[Mike Wright]

Now for me, I, I like target targets.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. For sure.

[Mike Wright]

And with Bo, I think Bortle just the Bortles show now he's in even though they didn't want to play him. Henny forced Bortles to come in and so I would not, I would not overlook Alan Robinson. I wouldn't go crazy.

[Andy Holloway]

And I just think you're going to see a rotation between him and Hearns and Shorts in relevance and leave when he. Yeah, I mean because Robinson had seven catches. Hearns, he didn't do much. He only scored a touchdown 63 yarder. But he scored a touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

It seems to be what he does.

[Andy Holloway]

So yeah, Jacksonville is a scary, scary place.

[Mike Wright]

I'm looking at and Toby, I think.

[Andy Holloway]

Out of those guys he's the guy.

[Mike Wright]

And Toby Gearhart owners the don't jump off the ledge just yet. I think Bortles is going to. Maybe not significantly, but he'll at least increase the value of Gerhardt.

[Andy Holloway]

Can we not talk about Jacksonville anymore?

[Mike Wright]

But they're the, they're terrible. They're good.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't want to talk about. Oh, wait. Because I predicted them to be good.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, yeah. When you, when you put, when you put bets on the line that Jaguars are gonna be good.

[Andy Holloway]

You know, I just, I really believed in Gus Bradley and he has got, he's got nothing in that deck of cards. I mean, just nothing.

[Mike Wright]

So let's move on.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, let's move on. At the quarterback position.

[Mike Wright]

That was the doors opening.

[Andy Holloway]

Was that for Captain. Captain Kirk. Oh, are you giving him a new moniker?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, man, if I. Captain Kirk. If I had the Star Trek music or a phaser sound effect or. Oh, now I should have lived with that. Let's redo. Set phasers to stun.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, my goodness.

[Mike Wright]

Captain Kirk.

[Andy Holloway]

Did you be more on his bandwagon? Well, when you've got a guy that throws for 427 yards with a pass, a pass. Heavy offense, pocket heavy, good wide receivers, he's probably gone. But if he's there, I think he's out there right now. I think most, most people, I would.

[Mike Wright]

Say even if you don't need a quarterback, someone's gonna want him.

[Andy Holloway]

Let me give you some. Let me give you some Kirk Cousins questions. All right. You ready for this?

[Mike Wright]

Ready.

[Andy Holloway]

We'll call this the Kirk Cousins around here. Kirk Cousins or Andy Dalton the rest of the year?

[Mike Wright]

Cousins.

[Andy Holloway]

Kirk Cousins or Russell Wilson the rest of the year?

[Mike Wright]

Ooh, Wilson. Cousins. Cousins.

[Andy Holloway]

What? All right. Kirk Cousins or Tom Brady the rest of the year?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, Cousins.

[Andy Holloway]

Kirk Cousins or Drew Brees the rest of the year.

[Mike Wright]

Brees.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, so there is a line. Captain Kirk cannot ride, has to perform a little bit longer. What about him? Or Romo if you're a Roma owner. Are you.

[Mike Wright]

You're a Romo owner. You. You are picking him up as some protection. I think Romo's gonna.

[Andy Holloway]

He's coming into form a little bit.

[Mike Wright]

But you. I would get protection.

[Andy Holloway]

Another. Another guy that's just performing pretty well fantasy wise again this year. 7th ranked fantasy quarterback is Philip Rivers.

[Mike Wright]

But he's not available.

[Andy Holloway]

No, he's not available. I was just saying. I'm just looking at this list of guys. I, I'd say Cousins, Cousins or Rivers. I got a little distracted. Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. I would.

[Andy Holloway]

Rivers was a stud again this week.

[Mike Wright]

I still take Rivers.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Okay. All right. Well, at quarterback. Anybody else? Not really. Anybody worth starting in a 12 to 14 team league. No, a couple guys coming into, you know, Eli Manning had a better week and Mike Glennon's taking over that role with him. You have Bridgewater taking over. The rookies are coming into play now, right? Yeah, Bridgewater and Castle broke his foot.

[Mike Wright]

Or his ankle or something.

[Andy Holloway]

He's done probably to the joy of.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know. We'll see on Bridgewater. But yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

So cool. That's your waiver wire.

[Mike Wright]

Let's talk streamers real quick.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, for defense.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. So you need a defense to start this week. Who's your top four?

[Mike Wright]

The top four guys who I like that I think should be available. Number one is the Chargers. You have to play the Chargers.

[Andy Holloway]

If they're there with Jaguars, Jaguar offense.

[Mike Wright]

Then the other three, I like Dolphins, Lions and Bills.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, so there's some streamers for you if you need a defense to start. I. We could talk really quickly, philosophically on defenses. I have seen this happen more and more this year than I have other years. The teams that have one of the top five or six defenses in the league. Seattle. Right. Cincinnati, Carolina, San Francisco. These guys that are perennial good defenses. I've seen those teams in fantasy football get. Pay the price for not streaming defenses more than ever.

[Mike Wright]

Oh. With the. They think their defense is match well.

[Andy Holloway]

Or they don't want to drop them and so they play. Yeah. Match up proof. You play Seattle, you play Carol. I mean if you played Carolina's D this last week, you got negative eight. Now, I'm not saying that was a perfectly easy thing to see against Pittsburgh, but I have seen, I mean Seattle a couple weeks ago, negative three against San Diego. I just sometimes think that it's better to take a defense that's playing a poor offense if it's a middle of the road defense and stream it than it is to be stuck with. I mean, am I off here? Is completely disagree.

[Mike Wright]

I. I ride the stream. Yeah. I mean almost every single.

[Andy Holloway]

And what that takes is not being a lazy fantasy owner. Yeah. Means you have to sign guys every week you do. Well, if you want to win, you're gonna do that. If you don't want to win, you can play, you know, San Francisco's D and ignore the fact that they're a dumpster fire right now. So let's move on.

[Mike Wright]

Fantasy forecast.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, let's enter some answer. Ander.

[Mike Wright]

Ander.

[Andy Holloway]

Ander.

[Mike Wright]

Mr.

[Andy Holloway]

Acres. David Akers. No, let's answer some questions from the world of fantasy football.

[Mike Wright]

Just from around the world.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's Answer some questions that people have here. What's. What do you got there? Why don't we take turns answer.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, I will, I will. I will ask, would you trade Terence west for Wes Welker?

[Andy Holloway]

So I'm the Terrence west owner. Would I trade him for West Walker? Obviously that the first qualification there is what does my team look like? I guess I will take that and say I need a wide receiver if I'm being proposed that question. So, yes, I think Terrence West's value is on the way out in terms of startability. He's got a buy this week, as does West Walker. But Terrence west is going to be part of a committee in Cleveland starting in week five. Ben Tate's returning Crowell ran better than Terrence west this past week. And so if I was in that situation and I needed a wide receiver, yeah, I take a chance on West Welker and I'd pull the trigger on that trade and kind of cash in on the Terrence west value.

[Mike Wright]

I agree. I would move West. I think he's going into a three person timeshare and I don't know Wes Welker. As long as he doesn't get hit in the head, he's gonna have tremendous value.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Let me, let me ask you this question here. This is an interesting one because of the names involved. Would you drop Larry Fitzgerald, Drop to waiver wire for Brian quick. Would you make that change? Oh, Larry Fitzgerald had another very poor week.

[Mike Wright]

I would not.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, if we're talking so you're not bailing.

[Mike Wright]

We're talking real strategy. No, there's no way I would drop him. I would try and package Larry.

[Andy Holloway]

Don't lose the name value of Larry Fitzgerald.

[Mike Wright]

He's. Someone will still trade for him if you're including something else with him. But if, if, if we're talking, these are the only options. Drop Larry to pick up quick. I'm still not doing it.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. What else do we have?

[Mike Wright]

A. So a trade question.

[Andy Holloway]

A trade question.

[Mike Wright]

The. The up and comer who's been labeled as Gronkian by some Travis Kelsey and.

[Andy Holloway]

Tight end for the tight end for the Chiefs.

[Mike Wright]

So would you trade Kelsey and Mike Evans for Keenan Allen?

[Andy Holloway]

Would I trade Kelsey and Evans for Keenan Allen? Allen's off to a slow start.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. Which is why I think the only reason why this trade would. Could be looked at.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. If you're not starting Kelsey, this is a fine trade for me. I actually would be on board for that. I think this is probably a good time to buy Allen, he was one of my potential start of the weeks this week, actually, as San Diego faces Jacksonville at home. And Allen's had some tough matchups. He's gone up against the Seattle and Arizona defenses, which are stellar and stout and at a minimum don't give up a lot of points. So I think this is the week that Allen breaks out. And so, yeah, if you had these assets, I would definitely unload them for Keenan Allen.

[Mike Wright]

Now. I, I want Kelsey and Evans on my team.

[Andy Holloway]

I think, Kelsey, you would not do this.

[Mike Wright]

No, I would not. I think Kelsey is. I believe he's joking. I believe he's on the way up. His snaps are increasing. Andy Reid's, I think he's a smart guy. He's. He knows he has to get him in there. He's got to figure out a way to scheme and do it. And oddly enough, I think Mike Evans value is about to go up with Mike Glennon coming in.

[Andy Holloway]

It's possible, but I think, yeah, I mean that, that's an upside versus yous know, buy low opportunity.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

So, yeah, that's some good thoughts. Let me ask you this question. A lot of people are in this situation. They have a player called Adrian Peterson. Maybe you've heard of him?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I'm in there.

[Andy Holloway]

If you're in a league that doesn't have, you know, he's on suspended right now.

[Mike Wright]

Correct.

[Andy Holloway]

And so he's taken up a bench spot for a lot of, a lot of teams and those are valuable, especially as injuries come, as bye weeks come. Would you drop Adrian Peterson? And I mean, I know I'm asking you this. You have Adrian Peterson in a league or two.

[Mike Wright]

Our league is a little different because ours is a keeper league.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

If you're in a keeper league, you do not.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. If you're in a redraft league, which most people are, would you drop Adrian Peterson or would you hold out?

[Mike Wright]

If I am in a redraft league, let's say five, maybe six bench spots, I'm gonna hold him at least one more week. With all this, with the, the whispers in the wind of his legal team pushing for expedited trial, maybe he, maybe he takes a plea bargain and then he gets a. We don't know then what his suspension looks at is, is his suspension automatically six games. Are the two games that he's already missed taken into account and he gets a four game suspension. So I would still wait on Adrian Peterson. He's just too good.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's tough. I think it really just is gonna depend on the makeup of that person's team. If they're pretty desperate for that spot, I don't blame you for dropping him, but that's tough to do. That's just really hard.

[Mike Wright]

Let's say your team is. You're an above average team. You're two and one. Maybe you're three. Zero and someone drops Peterson. I'm picking him up.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, because you want.

[Mike Wright]

You can already. You can absorb a couple losses. And then if Peterson comes back, I mean, you're. You're looking at being a team that maybe you drafted lynch in the first or second round, whatever, whenever you got him. And you're looking at lynch and Adrian Peterson, or maybe you're demonic.

[Andy Holloway]

O'Murray, owner I know that they want him back. I just. From what I'm reading, he doesn't. I don't think he understands the legal process that's taking place. And he will receive punishment from the league, and I think that's the issue that's. Well, I in hand here.

[Mike Wright]

He. Let's say he. Somehow his legal team is able to force an expedited trial.

[Andy Holloway]

You're saying he's exonerated?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, let's say that takes a month.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, I still think he's. I still think he'll face punishment from the league, and I hate to say that because. But the league is not paying mind to due process in its entirety. It's going to pay mine to its image and to what takes place with his players. And. Yeah, it's possible, but. Yeah, yeah, that's. That's a tough question. I think. I think it really depends on your team.

[Mike Wright]

All right, let's go. Let's go. One more. One more trade question.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Drew Brees and Marquis. Colston 4. Captain Kirk and Jeremy Macklin.

[Andy Holloway]

Drew Brees and Marquis coast. And for Kirk Cousins and Jeremy Macklin, I do not come close to making that trade for the.

[Mike Wright]

You're keeping Breeze?

[Andy Holloway]

I'm keeping Breeze and Marcus Colson, even.

[Mike Wright]

Though Breeze has been very medium down the road. Quarterback?

[Andy Holloway]

Yes, absolutely. We've seen guys flash in the pan like Kirk Cousins is flashing right now, and we've seen it probably 20 times over the last three years, right. Where a guy comes out and, you know, if you ask me this question in four weeks and Kirk Cousins is the next Nick Foles instead of the next John Kitna, then maybe my answer is different, but.

[Mike Wright]

And you're getting Macklin over Colston.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, And I don't. I don't think that that gap is that big. So I think that that Colton we.

[Mike Wright]

Were talking about Colston. I put up zero points two weeks ago.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he scored a touchdown this past week. And I still. I still hold on to the. The value piece of that trade is. Is Drew Breeze. I don't. I don't give them up yet. Not yet. Sorry.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

Not for Captain Kirk yet. Do we want to do any more?

[Mike Wright]

My phasers are set to kill. I've just upgraded, by the way.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know if I'm. I have.

[Andy Holloway]

Were you gonna try to do a Captain Kirk impression?

[Mike Wright]

No, I was trying to. I was trying to force myself to say I would make that trade, but I. I don't know if I can.

[Andy Holloway]

Your answer is no. I'm taking.

[Mike Wright]

I'm taking Breeze and Coulston.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. Well, you sold it pretty good. You made me thinking I'm stupid for a second. I was like, I'm sticking to my guns here. So do we want to do a few more questions or how?

[Mike Wright]

I think we do. Let's.

[Andy Holloway]

We're getting towards the end. All right, let's. Let's move on to start of the week. All right. Hey, who's your start of the week?

[Mike Wright]

My start of the week Better not.

[Andy Holloway]

Be a guy I'm by is Andy Dalton. Oh, Beast.

[Mike Wright]

My start of the week is old Muscles from. Oh, he's not from Brussels.

[Andy Holloway]

Where's muscles?

[Mike Wright]

Colin Kaepernick, quarterback from the San Francisco 49ers.

[Andy Holloway]

Here's what Colin spelled out to me.

[Mike Wright]

This is what he did last week to a good Cardinal defense. He was 29 for 37. 245. Your 245 yards. Yards. He had a touchdown pass. And the good news, he started to run again. 13 for 54.

[Andy Holloway]

Now I see difference maker right there.

[Mike Wright]

So in that 54 yards, how many passing yards does that equate? Because that's five points. So 125.

[Andy Holloway]

That's 125 passing yards on top of first standard league, pretty much, right? Yes. On top of what he threw for.

[Mike Wright]

And they have. I think they've been embarrassed. They were upset with the officiating, and they have a great matchup at home after being embarrassed. They're playing Philadelphia, who clearly just gave it up to Captain Kirk last week. Philly is 26th in defense, allowing 386 yards a game and 26 points.

[Andy Holloway]

Colin Kaepernick, start of the week.

[Mike Wright]

I'm starting Colon. Kaepernick.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I'm having a hard time with my start of the week. I don't.

[Mike Wright]

I don't this is Andy's. Maybe I'm going to start of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I'm actually going to. I'm gonna change my start of the week.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yes. Mid show change.

[Andy Holloway]

Please do this. Let me say this. I was my start of the week was gonna be Eddie Lacy and that's bold because he's been. He's been the sit of the last three weeks. I made a joke this week that he is going to report to the team very soon and that he is still in camp because that's about the production he's given. So I do think Eddie Lacy is a really good start this week against the Bears. The packers have come out and said their run game has got to improve and I think they're going to feed the rock to him. But the question is, will he drop it? However, I'm going to make my start of the week a one Brandon Cooks.

[Mike Wright]

Ooh.

[Andy Holloway]

Because I like the way that this is shaping up for New Orleans. They're going to be indoors in Dallas primetime game. They need to get their offense together. And Dallas's defense, although it's been good so far this year, I think you saw in the first half of the St. Louis game, it is also vulnerable.

[Mike Wright]

We saw Austin Davis, third string, hanging it up.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I would not be surprised to see double digit catches from Brandon Cooks this week as well as a touchdown from the shifty Brandon Cooks. So he is my start of the week.

[Mike Wright]

The PPR players who listen to our podcast probably just pooped a little bit when you heard.

[Andy Holloway]

They heard double out of excitement.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

See, it's confusing because poop is just a little. It's a bad thing for the players to do. It's a good thing for the owners to do. Is that what you're saying? If you own a guy and you poop a little bit, that's a good thing because that means you're excited.

[Mike Wright]

We're talking. We're talking poop volume.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, so it's a bunch like Eddie Lacy. That's too much.

[Mike Wright]

Too much.

[Andy Holloway]

But if it's okay, this is too much. Something we're gonna have to really work out over the next few weeks on the show.

[Mike Wright]

Too much doo doo.

[Andy Holloway]

Too much doo doo. Yeah. So those are our starts. Colin Kaepernick and Brandon Cooks. Like it sounds good. So any concluding thoughts before we wrap it up here this week?

[Mike Wright]

Heading into week four, I got nothing.

[Andy Holloway]

Thursday night game, Giants and Redskins coming up.

[Mike Wright]

I'm actually excited for this. Why?

[Andy Holloway]

Because you have Captain Kirk?

[Mike Wright]

Because my phasers have set to Annihilation.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, we're gonna have to add some sound effects just to satiate your Star Trek.

[Mike Wright]

Even if he sucks, I'm gonna start playing sound effects.

[Andy Holloway]

That's right. So, hey, if you enjoyed the show, write us a review on itunes.

[Mike Wright]

And how could you not?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you. I mean, at this point, we've talked about poop enough.

[Mike Wright]

You have to say fantasy football and poop jokes makes the world go round.

[Andy Holloway]

So find us, subscribe to us on itunes, give us your feedback, let us know what you want to hear about, send us your questions and we will answer them correctly. And you will win your league. Is that too strong of a guarantee.

[Mike Wright]

You'Ll win your week?

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I'll tell you, our agenda is that you'll win your league, not finish second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth. You're always going to get advice from us that is centered around going all out, winning the league and then having 11 other fools to insult for the remainder of the year so you can be on the top of the mountain.

[Mike Wright]

If there's no cash prize for second or third, then what are you doing?

[Andy Holloway]

What are you doing?

[Mike Wright]

You make you go big or you go home.

[Andy Holloway]

That's right. So, yep, send it. Visit us the Fantasy footballers dot com. We're also on Facebook, the Fantasy Footballers. And you can email us at the fantasy footballersmail.com we'll see you next week.

[Mike Wright]

Thanks, everybody.

[Andy Holloway]

Take care.

[Mike Wright]

Thank you for listening to another edition of the Fantasy Footballers podcast.