Fantasy Football Podcast for Week 7/8

Summary

Fantasy Football Podcast for Week 7/8 - Detailed Summary

Release Date: October 21, 2014
Hosts: Andy Holloway and Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright
Podcast: Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast

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1. Introduction and Host Updates

The episode kicks off with Andy Holloway and Mike Wright rejoining the show after a brief hiatus. Mike shares his excitement about returning to the studio, joking about missing "the smell of this studio" (00:30). Both hosts reaffirm their commitment to delivering top-tier fantasy football analysis, emphasizing their goal to help listeners "win your league—for sure and for fun" (00:41).

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2. League Updates

Andy and Mike discuss their personal fantasy football records, both holding impressive standings at 5-2 (02:37). Mike humorously mentions dropping a couple of players out of kindness to make the league more competitive, highlighting his struggling performance against the Atlanta Falcons (02:03 & 02:18).

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3. NFL News and Notes

a. Percy Harvin Trade:
A significant trade occurs as the Seahawks trade Percy Harvin, acquired last year with substantial draft picks and a hefty contract, to the Jets (03:17). Mike critiques the investment, pondering Harvin's impact on the Super Bowl and likening the trade to a "fantasy football trade" with no clear loser for the Jets (04:11 & 04:35).

b. Buffalo Bills Injuries:
The Bills face setbacks with key running backs Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller sustaining injuries (05:06). Mike describes the impact on Buffalo's backfield and anticipates potential waiver wire pickups to fill the gaps (05:20). Additionally, Pierre Thomas suffers a shoulder injury, sidelining him for two to three weeks (07:22), leading to discussions about his value versus emerging players like Travers Cadet.

c. Detroit Lions Struggles:
Trent Richardson's hamstring injury and James Starks' ankle injury exacerbate the Lions' offensive woes (09:31). The duo's diminished performance raises concerns about their fantasy relevance, especially with the team's offensive line issues and inconsistent goal-line play (09:44).

d. Miscellaneous Injuries and Team Performances:
Roddy White and Torrey Smith from the Falcons return from injury, displaying mixed performances (16:38). The discussion highlights the Falcons' offensive struggles despite White's consistent performance, leading Andy to express skepticism about the team's prospects (18:05).

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4. Fantasy Stud Muffins

Stud Muffins of the Week (10:23):

• Quarterbacks:

  • Ryan Tannehill (Miami Dolphins): Displaying improved performances with high QBR ratings (11:07). Andy praises the Dolphins' offensive line and Lamar Miller's role enhancement.
  • Kyle Orton (Buffalo Bills): Despite team injuries, Orton showed competence but doesn't reach high fantasy relevance (12:14).
  • Chris Ivory (Cleveland Browns): Delivered a standout performance with 170 yards and a touchdown (13:11).

• Running Backs:

  • Darren McFadden (Oakland Raiders): Showcased his versatility with 48 yards and a touchdown against a strong Cardinals front seven (14:29).
  • Denard Robinson (Jacksonville Jaguars): Emerged as a bell cow with 127 yards and a touchdown, highlighting his potential role in the Jaguars' offense (15:42).

• Wide Receivers:

  • Roddy White (Atlanta Falcons) and Torrey Smith (Atlanta Falcons): Both had significant games, with White achieving 100 yards and a touchdown (16:18).

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5. Start of the Week Picks

Quarterback:

• Andy: Ryan Tannehill (Miami Dolphins) – High QBR ratings and favorable matchup against Jacksonville’s defense (39:45).
• Mike: Carson Palmer (Arizona Cardinals) – Consistent touchdown throws and a game against a weak pass defense in Philadelphia (40:35).

Running Back:

• Andy: Jerick McKinnon (Minnesota Vikings) – Increased role in the offense and strong performance against Buffalo (41:37).
• Mike: Joey Bell (Atlanta Falcons) – Benefited from Falcons' poor run defense despite Reggie Bush's return (42:05).

Wide Receiver:

• Andy: Samuel Watkins (Jacksonville Jaguars) – High target volume and a touchdown against a weak defense (43:55).
• Mike: Doug Baldwin (Seattle Seahawks) – Reliable target count against Carolina's poor pass defense (44:31).

Tight End:

• Andy: Jason Whitten (Pittsburgh Steelers) – Potential touchdown opportunities against Washington's struggling defense (45:23).
• Mike: Owen Daniels (Pittsburgh Steelers) – Good matchup against Cincinnati's weak defense (45:48).

Defense:

• Andy: Houston Texans vs. Tennessee Titans – Favorable matchup with Titans giving up sacks and fantasy points (46:28).
• Mike: Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Miami Dolphins – Emerging defense with turnovers potential (47:56).

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6. Fantasy Footballers Versus the World

In this segment, Andy and Mike compare their start-of-the-week picks against the expert consensus from FantasyPros.com, analyzing agreement percentages and discussing any discrepancies.

• Quarterback:

  • Andy: Sticks with Ryan Tannehill over Carson Palmer, aligning with a 59% expert preference (50:34).
  • Mike: Follows Andy’s lead, backing Tannehill.

• Running Back:

  • Andy: Chooses Jerick McKinnon over others, supported by FantasyPros' expert consensus.
  • Mike: Agrees, reinforcing his selection.

• Wide Receiver:

  • Andy: Opts for Samuel Watkins and Sammy Watkins, with example confidence in their potential touchdowns.
  • Mike: Aligns with expert consensus, backing Sammy Watkins with 56% support (54:29).

• Tight End and Defense:

  • Andy and Mike discuss strategic choices, often aligning with expert recommendations to maximize fantasy points.

This segment highlights the hosts' ability to align their personal insights with broader expert opinions, ensuring listeners receive balanced and well-rounded advice.

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7. Mailbag

Listeners submit questions which Andy and Mike address, providing personalized advice:

• Jojo Jenkins: Pickup Dilemma - Chris Ivory vs. Tre Mason (58:44)

  • Advice: Stick with Chris Ivory as a known producer unless targeting Tre Mason for potential upside.

• Bilbo Baggins: Start Mike Wallace or Kelvin Benjamin (60:02)

  • Advice: Favor Mike Wallace based on expertise and game factors, despite Bilbo's whimsical nature.

• Sleazy E: Trade Ryan Mathews for Sammy Watkins (61:40)

  • Advice: Retain Ryan Mathews, citing his established role and potential return from injury.

• Handsome William: Trade Emmanuel Sanders for Ahmad Bradshaw (63:35)

  • Advice: Trade Emmanuel Sanders for Ahmad Bradshaw to capitalize on Bradshaw's high RB1 potential despite injury history.

• Defensive Streaming Question: Defense Picks vs. Specific Matchups (65:06)

  • Advice: Choose Baltimore Defense over Arizona or Philadelphia based on matchup strengths and defensive performance.

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8. Conclusion

Andy and Mike wrap up the episode by encouraging listeners to engage through email and social media for personalized advice. They reiterate the importance of strategic plays and staying informed to enhance fantasy football performance. The hosts sign off with humor and camaraderie, setting the stage for the upcoming week (68:07).

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Notable Quotes

• Mike Wright (00:51): "That's, I think, how I would describe."
• Andy Holloway (02:37): "It's a fantastic record."
• Mike Wright (04:35): "But it's kind of, it's, it's no lose for the Jets, I think."
• Andy Holloway (05:06): "I think his fantasy stock actually just maybe slightly goes up."
• Mike Wright (13:35): "Plan to win the game."
• Andy Holloway (67:13): "I'm ready to hit the road."
• Mike Wright (67:24): "He will not, not as in he will not, not force the ball."

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Key Takeaways

• Injury Impact: Significant injuries to key players like Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller drastically affect team dynamics and player value.
• Trade Evaluations: Trades involving high draft picks and substantial contracts, such as Percy Harvin's move to the Jets, are scrutinized for their long-term fantasy implications.
• Waiver Wire Strategies: Emphasis on prioritizing players with consistent performances and favorable matchups, like Tre Mason and Bryce Brown.
• Start/Sit Decisions: Detailed analysis of weekly performances and expert consensus guides the hosts' recommendations for optimal lineup choices.
• Listener Engagement: The Mailbag segment underscores the podcast's commitment to addressing specific listener concerns, offering tailored advice to enhance their fantasy strategies.

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This comprehensive summary encapsulates the pivotal discussions, analyses, and insights shared by Andy Holloway and Mike Wright during the Fantasy Footballers podcast episode for Week 7/8, providing valuable information for both regular listeners and those who missed the live session.

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Timestamps

For ease of reference, here's a list of key timestamps mentioned in the summary:

• 00:30: Mike misses the studio smell
• 00:41: Hosts' commitment to quality
• 02:03: Mike discusses his league performance
• 02:37: Both hosts' records
• 03:17: Percy Harvin trade
• 04:11: Mike's critique on Harvin's impact
• 04:35: Comparison to fantasy trade
• 05:06: Bills' injury updates
• 05:20: Waiver wire considerations
• 07:22: Pierre Thomas injury
• 09:31: Denver Lions' struggles
• 10:23: Start of Fantasy Stud Muffins
• 11:07: Ryan Tannehill's performance
• 12:14: Chris Ivory's breakout game
• 14:29: Darren McFadden’s versatility
• 15:42: Denard Robinson's emergence
• 16:18: Roddy White and Torrey Smith's performances
• 39:45: Ryan Tannehill's favorable matchup
• 40:35: Carson Palmer's start
• 41:37: Jerick McKinnon's increased role
• 42:05: Joey Bell's performance
• 43:55: Samuel Watkins' targets
• 44:31: Doug Baldwin's reliability
• 45:23: Jason Whitten's touchdown potential
• 46:28: Houston Texans' defense choice
• 47:56: Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Miami Dolphins defense
• 50:34: Amer Mohamed Sanu vs. Eric Decker comparison
• 54:29: Sammy Watkins vs. Emmanuel Sanders
• 58:44: Jojo Jenkins' pickup question
• 60:02: Bilbo Baggins' receiver question
• 61:40: Sleazy E's trade question
• 63:35: Handsome William's trade question
• 65:06: Defensive streaming question
• 67:13: Hosts' final thoughts

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Note: The timestamps are formatted as MM:SS for easy navigation within the summary.

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

Foreign to the fantasy footballers podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway and Mike Wright, of course.

[Mike Wright]

What is going on, people?

[Andy Holloway]

Week seven is over. It is October 21st.

[Mike Wright]

I'm back, baby.

[Andy Holloway]

Andy's back.

[Mike Wright]

I'm back. Oh, I missed the smell of this studio.

[Andy Holloway]

That's an odd thing to miss.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I mean, football, man. I didn't get to talk about football for a week, actually. Had a good vacation with the family, but happy to be back here talking fantasy football with Mike Wright.

[Andy Holloway]

We are the fantasy Footballers. Welcome to our podcast where we are going to give you outstanding information above and beyond.

[Mike Wright]

That's, I think, how I would describe.

[Andy Holloway]

I thought you were going to go above average.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, above average, too. I mean, that's where it begins at above average. And then we ascend to beyond. Above and beyond.

[Andy Holloway]

If you're listening to this, maybe you've already subscribed, but please subscribe to our itunes podcast.

[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

What's the Internet's address?

[Andy Holloway]

That would be the Fantasy footballers dot com.

[Mike Wright]

There you go.

[Andy Holloway]

And that'll take you to a podcast page, I believe. We are working, currently working on getting a standalone page, so always working to.

[Mike Wright]

Get better for the people's.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, people want to know about us.

[Mike Wright]

That's right.

[Andy Holloway]

They want to know our attractiveness.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

As well as our football prowess.

[Mike Wright]

So we'll keep bringing it. We'll bring more to the web and always bringing it here on the podcast. And any.

[Andy Holloway]

Or how did. Let's talk. We could talk about our leagues or our teams. People would like to know, how did your week go?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Now you want to talk about it.

[Andy Holloway]

I do.

[Mike Wright]

You didn't want to talk about it the first five weeks when I was winning. Yeah. I've dropped a couple in a row, mostly out of just the kindness of my heart so that the league can feel like they can compete with me. The Falcons.

[Andy Holloway]

The Falcons are killing you.

[Mike Wright]

I've lost a couple. Yeah. The Falcons killed me. Julio's been slow. I had been Tate this week. Ben Tate didn't do very well. Brandon Marshall hasn't been Brandon Marshall yet. And my luck ran out. I'm 5:2, though, and that's a good record, right?

[Andy Holloway]

It is. It's a fantastic record.

[Mike Wright]

What's your record?

[Andy Holloway]

Because I'm also 5:2.

[Mike Wright]

It was.

[Andy Holloway]

It was a overall great week for me, but there you go. I don't really need to talk about my team anymore. So let's talk about some news. News and notes from around the league.

[Mike Wright]

Let's get right into it.

[Andy Holloway]

That has gotten so much more intense.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

So.

[Mike Wright]

Well, it's week seven, Mike. It's week seven.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man.

[Mike Wright]

The news and notes now matter, though.

[Andy Holloway]

And I forgot to write this down because we have actual separate news from. We always talk about the injuries. There was a trade in the NFL. A trade happened.

[Mike Wright]

Percy Harvin, locker room cancer, has been apparently shipped off.

[Andy Holloway]

He. The Seahawks just acquired him last year for a. What was a first, a one and a three or four.

[Mike Wright]

One, three, seven, something like that. Yeah. Really a lot of picks.

[Andy Holloway]

And, and then they gave him a boatload of money.

[Mike Wright]

They did. Although beyond this year, it's not guaranteed.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

But I mean, yeah, they gave him a big contract because that's what he wanted. That's why he got out of Minnesota. Yes, he wanted money. And now enjoy your Super Bowl. You don't even know. And the thing is, is you can't say that they made a poor investment because his impact in the super bowl and the threat of him in the super bowl was probably, you know, the special teams touchdown in the second half. He made an impact is the point. And so he did. You know, we always say go for broke. You know, you, you play to win the game.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I suppose that's fair.

[Mike Wright]

I, I, and apparently you cut bait when you know it's not gonna work.

[Andy Holloway]

I strongly believe they would have won that, the super bowl without him, but I get. Get it guaranteed. Lock it up.

[Mike Wright]

They might have won that St. Louis game this past week with him.

[Andy Holloway]

That's fair.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that was, that was a upset alert, but, yeah, trade. It's almost like it's fantasy football.

[Andy Holloway]

That was, that was a fantasy football trade.

[Mike Wright]

But it's kind of, it's, it's no lose for the Jets, I think. I mean, they're a dumpster fire anyway, so. Probably gonna give up a six for him. From what I understand is, I heard mid round. Yeah, what I understand is if he's not on the roster in 2015, that pick is a six.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, interesting.

[Mike Wright]

So if he's on the roster in 2015, it could be as high as a four. But that's, I mean, a four to six for talent like Harvin. Not bad. Probably means good things for his fantasy stock.

[Andy Holloway]

I think his fantasy stock actually just maybe slightly goes up.

[Mike Wright]

Not a lot.

[Andy Holloway]

He'll have more play time. He'll get more targets. But his targets are not as quality with Geno at the helm.

[Mike Wright]

So, yeah, that was big news. Like you said, this past weekend saw the rumbling Bills lose a couple of running backs in quick succession. CJ Spiller went down after Fred Jackson went down.

[Andy Holloway]

And how happy were.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah, we were talking about this.

[Andy Holloway]

Earlier, but how happy were the CJ Spiller owners when Fred Jackson went down? I mean, they were.

[Mike Wright]

All I thought of is the second I saw the news on Fred Jackson, because we're fantasy nut jobs. Was not. Poor old man. It was.

[Andy Holloway]

It was.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, my gosh, C.J. spiller, just his fantasy stock just went through the roof. And then you see. And I was looking, following that one on my phone, watching a couple other games, and then I see C.J. spiller breaks off a 52 yard run. And I didn't know that the end of that run.

[Andy Holloway]

You didn't know?

[Mike Wright]

Well, I didn't. I saw it, you know, shortly after. But the run I see, 52 yard run, I go, oh, here it comes. Here comes the Spiller. And sure enough, at the end of that run, head over heels, he broke his collarbone and he's gone. I think they put him on ir. Designated return. No fantasy relevance the rest of the year though, for owners heading into the playoffs. Fred Jackson, they said he pulled the groin off the bone.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it did not sound good.

[Mike Wright]

No, that is. That is. I'm gonna hit the panic alarm on these groin muscle.

[Andy Holloway]

That is very fair. We. We really need. I brought this up, but we really need that Simpsons clip of my groin.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah. Because it's happening. This just keeps coming up too often. So.

[Andy Holloway]

But with. They're saying two to four weeks, but we. You come on. So I don't. I don't see that being any shorter than four weeks.

[Mike Wright]

The landscape has changed in the Buffalo backfield and. And we'll talk more about. Yeah, as you see, we'll talk more about those guys that may step into that role when we hit our waiver wire section. What else is going on?

[Andy Holloway]

Pierre Thomas injured his shoulder, they're saying two to three weeks.

[Mike Wright]

I had no clue about this till this morning.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, really?

[Mike Wright]

None. I just. It was one of those things I just completely missed.

[Andy Holloway]

He was. He was my start of the week, so I was following him.

[Mike Wright]

Ah.

[Andy Holloway]

And it was. I blame it all in the injury.

[Mike Wright]

Well, you're also a saints correspondent for fantasypros.com by the.

[Andy Holloway]

By the way. We are. We are. We all, man.

[Mike Wright]

We forget to pimp the fact that we're fantasy correspondent.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, you're just trying to be a little bit Humble, but yeah. So you're listening to this because we're correspondence for fantasy pros. We do some write ups.

[Mike Wright]

That's right.

[Andy Holloway]

Check out our write up.

[Mike Wright]

You cover the Saints.

[Andy Holloway]

I do.

[Mike Wright]

And Pierre Thomas is a saint.

[Andy Holloway]

And I thought there was gonna be a big game for Thomas. He did okay, but he got hurt. And then Cadet came in and started doing exactly what Thomas does.

[Mike Wright]

Going to rant for just 15 seconds here. I've been so frustrated with people's perception of Pierre Thomas, as though the Kyrie Robinson and Mark Ingram situation was going to drastically impact it. Everybody's trying to say Mark Ingram's coming back, so Pierre Thomas is going down. If you look at Pierre Thomas carries over those weeks when Ingram's out, they don't change. They don't go up. He's not a between the tackles runner.

[Andy Holloway]

He got four.

[Mike Wright]

He put up like a about in our league. It was a 28 point fantasy day and he did it with four rushing carries.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. Two weeks ago.

[Mike Wright]

So to me. And obviously this injury is going to impact moving forward. Somebody has to be on probably Travers Cadet. But Pierre Thomas has value outside of his role between the tackles, and he always has. That's just something that's been bugging me because people are saying, oh, his value's gone now that Ingram's back. Well, you saw it on Sunday. Aside from the injury, it's not. It's the same exact role.

[Andy Holloway]

I completely agree. I think that. I think Ingram and Robinson are competing and Thomas and Cadet are competing.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

But there's no competition anymore. Now it's Cadet. Trent Richardson left the. The blowouts of the Cincinnati. What are we even.

[Mike Wright]

Are they. I guess we'll call them division leaders. Were they. Oh, my goodness. They. Their offense is abysmal.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, they. Apparently they. On their bye week, they said goodbye to any kind of good football.

[Mike Wright]

No. Where they had no first downs for three quarters. Something like that.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that was a. That was a tough watch. AJ Green, please come back. But Trent Richardson left with that hamstring. He's getting an mri. They. They're saying he could have gone back in, but the game was a blowout, so he didn't go back in.

[Mike Wright]

It's looking like a minor injury.

[Andy Holloway]

We'll see. And James Starks left with an ankle injury.

[Mike Wright]

Probably just a tweak.

[Andy Holloway]

Similar situation where they were way up, so they didn't put it back.

[Mike Wright]

If you're a Lacy owner, you wouldn't mind that lingering. No, you.

[Andy Holloway]

You probably would not.

[Mike Wright]

But. Any other news and notes from out in the league.

[Andy Holloway]

That's all I got.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

This week's fantasy stud muffins.

[Mike Wright]

Oh. Oh, I love it. I love it. I'm amped. I'm amped for some stud muffin.

[Andy Holloway]

Talk up the intensity after that.

[Mike Wright]

That's right. So fantasy stud muffins of the week. What we try to do is we don't. We don't try to bring you what you already know. Peyton Manning is a good quarterback. Mike.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Breaking news.

[Mike Wright]

Peyton Manning is a good fantasy quarterback. We don't try to bring you what you already know. DeMarco Murray ran the ball well. You should start him.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

But what we do is we bring you guys that stood out this week and we talk about whether they will have prolonged value. What should you think about them?

[Andy Holloway]

So. Absolutely.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. So what do we got for quarterbacks?

[Andy Holloway]

We got a man. We talked about him a couple weeks ago and then as soon as we talked about him then they said that he might not be the starting quarterback anymore. I think that nonsense is gone. Ryan Tannehill put up 277 and two touchdowns.

[Mike Wright]

What do you think of Ryan, your old buddy?

[Andy Holloway]

I really like what I'm seeing from Tannehill. The since Pouncey came back, the line really seems like they've got it together. They have. Their running game is strong right now.

[Mike Wright]

Despite yards per carry seem high every week.

[Andy Holloway]

And this is despite losing Moreno. Lamar Miller is filled in fantastic. And now that you, you have that the threat and the balance that they can actually run, then things are always better for a quarterback.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I was going to say would Tannehill's performance actually mean more fantasy wise to the Miami run game going forward? The fact that the run game can continue to be successful because not a lot of people are probably starting Tannehill.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. He's. I would say he's other than a.

[Mike Wright]

Bi week fill in.

[Andy Holloway]

He's still bi week backup to two quarterback leagues. But if you're that Matt Ryan owner and Ryan Tannehill is there really, I would absolutely think about it.

[Mike Wright]

Just that o line play is such a difference between the two of them.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

So maybe consistencies there. Another quarterback that had a good week was the former police officer Mustachio. Kyle orton had a 283 yard day, a couple touchdowns brought the Bills back at the end. I watched a lot of that game. He looked okay. He's certainly more competent than E.J. manuel was in that. In that role. But I still think even with the loss of. I think, I think the loss of Fred Jackson and the loss of Spiller actually hurts Orton because a lot of those yardage comes out of the backfield in the form of passes to Jackson, big play screens, those type of things. So good week for Orton, but again, he's not in the category of to me, fantasy relevance.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I put him still as a good bye week option. Consider when you look at his. If his matchup is good, I'd fire away a pretty decent. He's had a great year, but he had a couple down games, so that's why we're bringing him back up. Chris Ivory, 21 carries for 170 yards with a touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he looked strong and they looked committed to the run in that game. And. And if you notice, they almost won it.

[Andy Holloway]

They did.

[Mike Wright]

And so when teams do something and then they almost win.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. They tend to go back to it.

[Mike Wright]

So I. And Ivory. Now the one thing that was surprising me is Ivory was having such a good night, but at the end of the game, Chris Johnson was still getting a lot of carries.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And I didn't know what to make of that in the fantasy.

[Andy Holloway]

It's. That's a difficult one because Chris Johnson has not really been getting carries lately.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

So.

[Mike Wright]

And he looked okay. Like you could have started both guys and been okay. Fantasy wise. We had somebody in our league actually do that.

[Andy Holloway]

Ivory is the much better player. He.

[Mike Wright]

What is he to you? Is he an RB2 going forward or an RV3?

[Andy Holloway]

I would keep him as a high level RB2. I like him that much.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. DMC. Run DMC.

[Andy Holloway]

He was on the list last week.

[Mike Wright]

But I'm bringing it back just because Darren McFadden.

[Andy Holloway]

We got to talk about this.

[Mike Wright]

So 14 for 48 and a touchdown against a really good Cardinals front seven.

[Andy Holloway]

Exactly. And the Raider pass game did not exist last week. So I mean he's doing this against a tough defense who can't throw the ball.

[Mike Wright]

And Maurice Jones. Drew came in for a handful of carries and looked at absolutely awful.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, so the. So what do you. Do you think moving forward? Because what Sperano said.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I like the ball. Yeah, he's. He's a sneaky play. Now moving forward, I like what I saw from DMC against that defense and I like the lack of MJD. So I would say RB2 cat, RB3.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Category to me it's a high.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Running back three, maybe low running back too because if.

[Mike Wright]

But there's a value there now for him that didn't exist under the former.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. And I still like, I still like Derek Carr, despite his. The junk fest he put up, it's a good defense that he's. He's still a rookie, so he's going to have those on and off types of games.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, Denard Robinson.

[Andy Holloway]

Shoelaces.

[Mike Wright]

Shoelaces.

[Andy Holloway]

Shoelaces.

[Mike Wright]

Shoelace. 22 carries for 127 yards and a touchdown in his opportunity. Now the third running back in Jacksonville to get the kind of bell cow opportunity which I'm surprised they gave him it.

[Andy Holloway]

You might as well.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I think. And then they won and they won big and he ran well. But he's little and hey, man, Chris Johnson's little. So he's. He's somebody we'll talk about again in the waiver wire segment. Big game for Denard Robinson and then you had a couple of. I guess I would call these resurgent. Resurgent wide receivers.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes, I would agree with that.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Do we have the welcome back button? Do we have that up the.

[Mike Wright]

No, I don't have that. But sorry about that.

[Andy Holloway]

Welcome back. Welcome back. Welcome back. We don't need the button.

[Mike Wright]

There you go. But yeah, we can welcome back at least for this week. Roddy White and Tori Smith. Roddy had a. His best game of the year.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

Nine receptions, 100 yards, touchdown. And Torrey Smith had three for 81 and a touchdown. Any thoughts on those guys?

[Andy Holloway]

Smith. That was the second good game.

[Mike Wright]

They seem to want to get him involved again.

[Andy Holloway]

They do. And I would. I didn't. I. Torey Smith is. He is an enigma where he is ultimate boom bust where.

[Mike Wright]

Well, even in this game his fantasy relevance was gone until I think it was 39 yard over the shoulder catch touchdown for Smith at the end of the game. Really great catch. It was at the end, but it was towards the end of the game and. And otherwise he had not a very good game. So.

[Andy Holloway]

But at this point he has. You have to think that he's. He's moved up to a two.

[Mike Wright]

I think Tory Smith is a guy that you'd love to start on a bye week. You'd be okay doing that. So.

[Andy Holloway]

And Roddy, what do you think of Roddy?

[Mike Wright]

That offense is something very hard to watch right now. You know, Julio wasn't very involved this past week. Matt Ryan I think has three straight weeks of one touchdown pass.

[Andy Holloway]

He does.

[Mike Wright]

The offensive line lost another member to their.

[Andy Holloway]

The center.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I can't think of his name right now.

[Mike Wright]

And so I am concerned and I would not look for reliability from Roddy White, but I would still probably have him a tick above Tori Smith right now.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I have. I have massive concern for the Falcons. Unless your name Ryan rhymes with Shmulio Schmoans, I am not playing you if you're.

[Mike Wright]

I mean and even he is not proving to be matchup the last couple.

[Andy Holloway]

Of years, you still have to play him, unfortunately because he's so good.

[Mike Wright]

Dynamic. Yeah. Big play plus quantity. But yeah, it's. I. You got to be worried. Nothing worked for Atlanta this week at all. They actually look. Dalton and Ryan look awful lot.

[Andy Holloway]

I think the Falcons are done.

[Mike Wright]

I think they're done too. And the crazy thing is is that division is so wide open that it's possible they're not but so anybody else on the.

[Andy Holloway]

We had a. We had a Clay man.

[Mike Wright]

Clay man. Oh, Charles Clay.

[Andy Holloway]

Finally.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Last year's fantasy tight end, darling for some.

[Andy Holloway]

So 4 for 48 with a touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

He's playing football still.

[Andy Holloway]

He is nice and I don't know. I like the Dolphins. I like Tannehill. Clay is.

[Mike Wright]

He's okay.

[Andy Holloway]

I would just keep an eye on.

[Mike Wright]

Let's see what he's doing.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm not going to put him on my roster, but I got an eye on him.

[Mike Wright]

Not bad. Not bad.

[Andy Holloway]

From the good to the bad. Pooped in his big boy pan.

[Mike Wright]

All right, well, this is. Yeah, this is the inverse of that last section. We're looking at guys that performed poorly this week. And do you need to cut bait? Do you need to drop them, move them, trade them, freak out? What do you need to do? Because most of. Just so you know, most fantasy owners freak out.

[Andy Holloway]

Wait, what? No.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, we like to freak out and we like to do things like sell really low on guys and go after that, you know, monster game by, you know, Charles Clay getting a. Getting trade action this week or something. But yeah, there's some guys that did not have good weeks that you need to be worrying about.

[Andy Holloway]

Start us with some quarterbacks. Who do you got?

[Mike Wright]

Well, I'll tell you, people thought and see, I'm not one of them. But people thought Jay Cutler was a reliable fantasy quarterback.

[Andy Holloway]

I am guilty. Yeah, he had. He is.

[Mike Wright]

And he has been.

[Andy Holloway]

He has been good.

[Mike Wright]

But you see what you've always seen with him this week, 191 touchdown, one fumble, one interception.

[Andy Holloway]

That's not good.

[Mike Wright]

And a whole meltdown. I mean just a meltdown of the offense on that team. He will not. He will not, not as in he will not, not force the ball. He will force the ball all the time. And you don't. I mean, it's Just frustrating when you have a guy like that. He's not reliable enough to me. So I think some Cutler owners might be panicking.

[Andy Holloway]

The not not is actually part of why I like Jay Cutler. I don't like my quarterbacks to get scared.

[Mike Wright]

So you want the gunslinger.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I'd like maybe just a little more. A little more caution, but I don't want the guy who throws the pick and then freaks out. But Cutler's. Cutler still a top 12. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Startable every week.

[Andy Holloway]

Great. Every week. So I am not panicking on Cutler. I think this was. I think it's a blip and will be the outlier of a great season.

[Mike Wright]

Got a couple of poorly per. Poorly performing Bengals. There you go.

[Andy Holloway]

With zero points.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Andy Dalton had a. I don't know, like a peewee football game performance.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. This is. These are high school numbers.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. 126 yards and 126 yards. Nice. And Gio Bernard was just not existent. Pretty much 7 for 17.

[Andy Holloway]

Two catches for negative yards.

[Mike Wright]

Does this offense. Do you have to ask yourself, are they going to perform at all without AJ Green? Because Muhammad Sinew is on that list, too. There's three of them.

[Andy Holloway]

I think you have to ask. That is a very fair question. This. This reminds me of not this year because they went out and they picked up Golden Tate talking about the Lions, but years passed.

[Mike Wright]

When Calvin's out. When Calvin's out, that team is just, goodbye, Matthew Stafford. Goodbye, goodbye, running back play on that team.

[Andy Holloway]

Because the. The whole offense relies on that one person.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And that's how valuable we have seen that AJ Green is to that team. Now, to be fair, the Colts are very good. I think to me, what I'm seeing is they are a very good. They are a complete team.

[Mike Wright]

Fair.

[Andy Holloway]

You're not.

[Mike Wright]

No, I'm nodding. And I'm just thinking about it because at the beginning of the year, they're. Their defense didn't look the part. And so I'm coming around to them now.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I'm the same as you. It took me a while to come around.

[Mike Wright]

So maybe. Maybe some of it has to do with that. I mean, I. I don't know what the game plan was. I don't know if, you know, the Bengals forgot to practice this week. I don't know if. If it was just. If it was just Mohamed Sanu getting covered up and so he didn't have anywhere else to go with the ball. But when you don't pick up a first down as an offense and Jermaine Gresham picks up your first first down. You have to wonder what's going on.

[Andy Holloway]

Indy is currently the. The number eight ranked defense.

[Mike Wright]

Fantasy wise.

[Andy Holloway]

No. Just as a NFL defense.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, no, they've. They and they have no Robert Mathis and so they've really. That's. They've overperformed, I think, from what people saw in the beginning of the year and what they expected. But overall, I would say you're not benching Gio Bernard.

[Andy Holloway]

No. You have to.

[Mike Wright]

You're probably not starting any Dalton yet and you're not going to anytime soon. And there's rumors that A.J. green is going to play this week.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't think he is. Well, I'm not buying it.

[Mike Wright]

You should have a little bit of fear on that offense until he comes back because they just did not look good.

[Andy Holloway]

Who do we got?

[Mike Wright]

I've got a panic alarm to say. I've got a guy, that man, Alfred Morris.

[Andy Holloway]

He is dear to my heart too.

[Mike Wright]

Alfred Morris. This is his third consecutive week with under 10 fantasy points.

[Andy Holloway]

18 for 54.

[Mike Wright]

What do we make of this?

[Andy Holloway]

Man? It.

[Mike Wright]

Because you could go a lot of ways with it. You got quarterback problems. You got a new coach. Is it Alfred Morris or is it the team?

[Andy Holloway]

I would prefer to put the blame on the team. Oh, this brings me to a good point. Need to. To issue a formal.

[Mike Wright]

You do have a formal apology?

[Andy Holloway]

I have a formal apology. Colt McCoy, from the bottom of my heart, I'm very sorry. I mocked you and I said there was no way that you'd ever be playing, that Captain Kirk would get benched for you. I'm sorry, Colt McCoy, but Jay Gruden.

[Mike Wright]

Had something to say and it was to squish all of the confidence that Kirk Cousins has left.

[Andy Holloway]

And he's got to be done after that.

[Mike Wright]

He's done. So.

[Andy Holloway]

But.

[Mike Wright]

So Alfred Morris, if you're an Alfred Morris owner right now, are you. I mean, what are you relying on? You. You relied on him as an RB one.

[Andy Holloway]

You did. You are. You are sending healing vibes through the airwaves to Robert Griffin iii, saying. Please, please.

[Mike Wright]

I was gonna say, because otherwise you're relying on Colt.

[Andy Holloway]

Please, please, Robert, come back. We're sorry for what we said about Kirk Cousins being taking your job.

[Mike Wright]

It's not happening.

[Andy Holloway]

No, I would say it's a strong percentage chance that Colt or Cousins will not take the job.

[Mike Wright]

What I want to see, for the full meltdown in Washington to happen, I want to see RG3 to come back and play poorly and Colt McCoy to just take the job. It's Colt McCoy's team.

[Andy Holloway]

That would be.

[Mike Wright]

Wouldn't that be funny for. And perfect for Washington for us?

[Andy Holloway]

That would be great. I would feel really bad for my Washington friends.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, I know. I know. So a couple weeks for RG3 probably. You know they're talking about this week. But I think you just have to be insane to bring them back on the road against Dallas on Monday night.

[Andy Holloway]

But I've got a panic alarm. I need you to hit the button.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

Franklin Gore.

[Mike Wright]

Ah. Do speak to me about Franklin Gore.

[Andy Holloway]

It's his name. I hope it's Franklin.

[Mike Wright]

It's. It's probably not Franklin. It's Franklin.

[Andy Holloway]

Franklin tank. 9 for 20 against the.

[Mike Wright]

That's not good numbers.

[Andy Holloway]

Superstar Broncos. They are very good.

[Mike Wright]

Finally running out on him, don't you think?

[Andy Holloway]

And it was. Was it before this week or before last.

[Mike Wright]

He was born Franklin, by the way.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Fantastic.

[Mike Wright]

Franklin Delano Gore.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, that is a name.

[Mike Wright]

He's a president.

[Andy Holloway]

That is a very official name.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. Franklin Delano.

[Andy Holloway]

But the news leaked out that they were saying that Frank Gore had to earn his spot this year where he.

[Mike Wright]

Was at the beginning of the year.

[Andy Holloway]

At the beginning of the year. He was on the chopping block.

[Mike Wright]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

The 49ers, they're. They're still fine. Or they're 4 and 3. They're still in the hunt. But it would. They're. They're in the bye week, correct? Yeah. I think they're in by this week.

[Mike Wright]

I believe so.

[Andy Holloway]

And double check that coming off of that loss, it would not surprise me.

[Mike Wright]

Changing to the guard to see Carlos Mr. Hyde.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

Probably something for fantasy owners to pay attention to here. Hides available in a lot of leagues. Still.

[Andy Holloway]

I am not by any means proclaiming I think this is factual going to happen. But it.

[Mike Wright]

Keep your eye on it.

[Andy Holloway]

It is. It makes sense. The timeline lines up and Frank Gore has been not producing the last couple weeks. Not that I think Hyde has been doing world burning events, but.

[Mike Wright]

Right. No, he hasn't. And.

[Andy Holloway]

But if you're gonna. If they're all. If they were already talking about moving on, then why not start getting the. The kids some. Some real reps that matter?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I think what you said about what happened earlier in the season before the season matters a lot now because if you don't hear that news, my, my inclination is that they're just gonna stick with Gore because they did win a couple games in a row by being run dependent with Gore. So you don't. You know, they were down so much in this last game. I wouldn't overreact. And if you were counting on GORE as an RB1 or two, you're probably in trouble anyway.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

But yeah, keep your eye on it heading into, heading into the next part of the season.

[Andy Holloway]

Put me in, coach.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, oh, oh.

[Andy Holloway]

Put me in.

[Mike Wright]

Put me in. Waiver wire.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes, let's talk waiver wire.

[Mike Wright]

There's a lot of guys.

[Andy Holloway]

There is. I think it's a, it's a big.

[Mike Wright]

Help some fantasy owners out.

[Andy Holloway]

It's a bigger waiver wire week. So we have gone to fantasypros.com which is a fantastic tool. If you haven't checked out fantasy pros, you really need to do it. They have really all the information you could ever want. Expert consensus picks on who you should play.

[Mike Wright]

You know what I like about fantasypros.com everything. Well, it's what you said. It's a tool. It's not one guy telling you what to do with your team. It's a resource site where you can compare and contrast opinions of tons of experts. And so you use it as a tool to make your own decisions. And it's a lot better than going to a site and subscribing to Joe Bob Fancy Fantasy Pants. And because. Have you ever been there? It's really nice.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Dot com. But no, it's a lot better than one guy just giving you his opinion. So we went there, we grabbed a list, right?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. We grabbed their waiver priorities.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Consensus ranks.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So let's hit it. Clearly, the top two, I think this will be universal across the board are going to be Tre Mason from the Rams and Bryce Brown of the Bills.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. The default Rams running back for the Buffalo Bills now most likely.

[Andy Holloway]

So do you. Are you a Mason? Are you a Brown guy?

[Mike Wright]

For me, and we talked a little bit about this earlier, for me, I'm a Tre Mason guy. And I'll give you a couple reasons for that. Obviously, St. Louis invested a pick on Trey Mason. We saw what happened with fantasy relevance for Zack Stacy last year. Yeah. Towards the end of the year where they're willing to move a new guy into a role if he's producing. And the other part of the equation right now, this minute for me is the longevity of the relevance. You know, there's a chance Trey Mason is going to be a fantasy relevant running back the rest of the year. Whereas if Bryce Brown or Anthony Dixon steps into that role and performs in Buffalo, their roles going away when Fred Jackson returns, If he returns. And so we don't know and have enough clarity to that future Buffalo. So for me it's Tre Mason. I think he's the guy you got to get.

[Andy Holloway]

I am a Bryce Brown man. I have to preface this with. Before the season started, I was very high. Bryce Brown was one of my ultimate sleepers for the year. The Bills also used a draft pick to acquire Bryce Brown. They gave a fourth round pick.

[Mike Wright]

They did.

[Andy Holloway]

With which unless you're getting a first round pick for Trent Richardson, a fourth round pick for a running back, that's a pretty high price to pay. We saw what Bryce Brown could do.

[Mike Wright]

He burned bright for a little while.

[Andy Holloway]

He had a couple stinkers and a couple huge games for the Eagles and making him inactive. The. That's the.

[Mike Wright]

The question mark. Yeah. The fact he hasn't been active recently.

[Andy Holloway]

It's very strange to me that they would do that. But.

[Mike Wright]

So you're, you're. You're looking at Bryce Brown as your top waiver claim of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. I'm taking him with the okay. And why. Why I do that is just the. Just gambling the gambler tendencies of me. I think Bryce Brown has the much higher ceiling. Tre Mason's upcoming schedule is brutal. Although he did. He ran well against Seattle. And I'm still not convinced that Zach sta. This is a lot of double negatives. So let me say I think Zach Stacy might be hurt and they're just not really talking about it.

[Mike Wright]

One carry. One carry last week for Zach Stacy.

[Andy Holloway]

To me it's not necessarily that Zach Stacy is terrible now. I think he might be hurt and that's why he's not getting the work. And Trey Mason has not yet at least proven that he's going to catch the ball. So Cunningham's going to come in on third down. I think Bryce Brown could kind of do it all.

[Mike Wright]

What do you think about the Anthony Dixon? Because he's another guy on this list. How does Anthony Dixon work into the Bryce Brown equation? It's because Mason obviously has Cunningham and Stacy. So it's not like there's not competition there too. But is there any chance Dixon runs away with this?

[Andy Holloway]

There is. That is. There is a chance of that.

[Mike Wright]

Literally, yes.

[Andy Holloway]

And I think. I do think it'll be a timeshare. But I think the timeshare favors Bryce Brown.

[Mike Wright]

He's the more complete back. It's really more shifty, more. More high end.

[Andy Holloway]

It's very interesting how similar these teams are in. In balance of how those teams are created. They're. They're both run teams.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. They don't have high powered offenses.

[Andy Holloway]

Both of these, both of these guys. We don't know what the timeshare is going to be. So it's a very interesting. This is a. I was going to say it a Twilight reference, but I don't even know the names of the characters.

[Mike Wright]

You were going to say a Twilight.

[Andy Holloway]

Reference because they, because they have the team. Team Wolfgang.

[Mike Wright]

Team. That's.

[Andy Holloway]

Listen to me here. Listen.

[Mike Wright]

Hold on. I don't think we need to listen anymore, buddy.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. It's. I think it's a proven fact that our demographic.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, you were gonna say like Team Tre Mason and team Bryce Brown.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

So jump on my bandwagon if this is what we're doing. We're bringing you pop culture into your life.

[Andy Holloway]

That's all I'm trying.

[Mike Wright]

That's all you're trying to do. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And I think the demo of who listens to our show. They're big Twilight fans, right?

[Mike Wright]

Most of our listeners are obviously they're.

[Andy Holloway]

13 year old girls.

[Mike Wright]

Flip a coin between Twilight and Turning on the NFL. 13 year old girl. That's right. So which name sounds cooler?

[Andy Holloway]

No, I'm a Bryce Brown guy. So the next shoelace made the list. Donald Robinson. Yeah. Let's just go through.

[Mike Wright]

I would say let's go through these pretty quick and just kind of give quick hitters on them. So we said Mason, we said Bryce Brown, Robinson, Denard.

[Andy Holloway]

I would give him another go. He would, he would not be my, my first waiver through. I wouldn't put a lot of fab on him. But if I got a spot, sure. I'll throw him on there just in.

[Mike Wright]

Case we mentioned Anthony Dixon.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. The highest big boy, highest wide receiver this week is Doug Baldwin.

[Mike Wright]

Dougie, I think this is just obviously Percy's gone, so. Yeah, Doug Baldwin's. But he's been, he's burned bright in the past too. I mean he had, he had like a little. I remember back half of a year he looked pretty good. I think he's. I mean he's their number one.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Oh yeah.

[Mike Wright]

I would say so with. Yeah, Golden Tate's obviously gone and Percy's gone now and the days of Sidney Rice are long gone. So now you have to throw in Doug Baldwin who was there with all of them and is now by default number one. You got curse as well. Jermaine curse. So I think you're gonna see, I mean on this list you see Baldwin above Jermaine curse. But I think you're gonna see a lot of alternating weeks of who's more productive in that offense.

[Andy Holloway]

I would agree. But I would still gamble on Baldwin.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. Yeah. Probably a little bit more consistent. A couple other wide receivers on the list. Andrew Hawkins of Cleveland had a better week. Allen Robinson.

[Andy Holloway]

I like Alan Robinson. I still like his targets. He finally scored Jacksonville one. Maybe they get some confidence. Who knows.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I think those are really the only headline names worth mentioning. Do you have anybody else you want to isolate and talk about for our listeners?

[Andy Holloway]

Devonte Adams is still on this list. He the wide receiver for Green Bay.

[Mike Wright]

I've been involved.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know what his ownership is. He seems to have one catch every week, but that catch is always a touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

And I just. I think it really speaks to. If Jordy or Cobb go down, there's a guy there will be a scramble to get Adams.

[Mike Wright]

He's only. He's had only a handful of catches this year, but they've been for scores a couple times and six catches the. The week before.

[Andy Holloway]

I would say another guy. This might be pretty specialized for the touchdown heavy leagues. Stefan Taylor, what are your thoughts on him?

[Mike Wright]

Did you read about that? So if you don't know who Stefan Taylor is, he's the Vulture of the Arizona Cardinals. He got two touchdowns this week in the red zone.

[Andy Holloway]

Also called the backup.

[Mike Wright]

Right. Right. He's also the backup now that Jonathan Dwyer is in handcuffs. But Andre Ellington had a monster game, ran it up and down the field and then took himself out. Did you know that? Did you see that? Yeah. He said he took himself out to reward Stefan Taylor for his hard work and practice.

[Andy Holloway]

And I think.

[Mike Wright]

Which is literally something that probably made some losing fantasy owners that needed a few more points out of Ellington pull their hair out of their head.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I'm sure it did.

[Mike Wright]

You know, but. But I. Touchdown only leagues. I can see that maybe.

[Andy Holloway]

And I really. I like that for Ellington's long longevity and just throughout the year, if he doesn't have to worry about that short yardage, cram it in and you just let Taylor handle it. I think he's going to have higher.

[Mike Wright]

We want touchdowns, Mike. Fantasy owners want touchdowns.

[Andy Holloway]

I just. He's not that guy.

[Mike Wright]

Fantasy owners hate the Lindale whites of the world that steal from Chris Johnson. And. And no, we. We. I'm curious. I don't. I don't know if that's going to happen every week because we've seen Ellington get a couple goal line carries and we. I don't know. I'm not thinking that Stefan Taylor's gonna be super involved here on Out.

[Andy Holloway]

He may or may not keep an eye on it.

[Mike Wright]

Sounds good.

[Andy Holloway]

Starts of the week.

[Mike Wright]

That's right. We're bringing you our very favorite gourmet starts of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

It's a gourmet.

[Mike Wright]

It's a gourmet start of the week. This week we're gonna bring you. Mike and I both have picked out a player at every position that we think has the potential to win you your fantasy week. And we've done pretty good on these in the last couple weeks. So who you got at quarterback? Mr. Mike.

[Andy Holloway]

We've. We've talked about him earlier in the show. My man, Ryan Tannehill, the quarterback looking good this week. The Miami Dolphins lay it down for me. So stat. The last two weeks have been the highest QBR ratings of Tannehill's career. Now, just in case people don't know what qbr, that's the newfangled ESPN as.

[Mike Wright]

A modified quarterback ranking quarterback metric. Supposed to be a little bit more true. Yeah, maybe that's what they tell us.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know.

[Mike Wright]

But it's not bad to be at the top of that list. No matter what it is.

[Andy Holloway]

That's never bad. So he's had the two highest. And now he gets to play Jacksonville, who I believe are giving up the most passing yards of all defenses.

[Mike Wright]

Interesting. And they look pretty good against Brian Hoyer this past week.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, because Brian Hoyer sucks. Oh, and the. That was kind of harsh.

[Mike Wright]

I didn't know that. I didn't know that.

[Andy Holloway]

And the Jags. The Jags are actually. They've been pretty stout against the run. They have the last few games, But I look for Ryan Tannehill to have a big game. Who do you got?

[Mike Wright]

I'm going to bring it to Carson Palmer. He's taking on. Yeah, he's taking on Philadelphia at home. Big game. 2, 5 and 1 teams every game Carson Palmer started this year. Obviously he's coming off the nerve injury, but he's been back two games and, well, he's throwing two touchdown passes in both of those games and every game he started this year. And Philadelphia is pretty bad against the past. They are 28th in the league against the pass in terms of fantasy points given up to quarterbacks. And so I like Carson Palmer this week. I like the chance of that game being a little bit more high scoring than what you might expect from a normal game from Arizona. So Carson Palmer's getting my start of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

Running back. I'm going to Jerrick's.

[Mike Wright]

You're going to Jerricks.

[Andy Holloway]

He Went to Jerricks, Jerick McKinnon. He's got the job. I don't think the Vikings are going to look back. There's no need to. Tampa Bay is giving up 128 yards a week on the ground.

[Mike Wright]

It might be time. You think he can score?

[Andy Holloway]

I. Absolutely. He has a chance to score because. So it's the last two weeks. Jericho, 19 runs for 103. Yeah. That was against Buffalo. Who Buffalo is. They have a good run defense.

[Mike Wright]

Absolutely.

[Andy Holloway]

And against the Lions, 11 for 40 plus six catches for 42 yards.

[Mike Wright]

They do look to him out of the back. I love this pick for you. I think he's a great start of the week. Did you. I read something about Jerick McKinnon this week too, that Zimmer had challenged his running backs to get three yards after contact.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Did you tell me that? Yeah. And the league high is like 2.58 yards after contact. And McKinnon actually pulled it off this past week against a really good run defense. So he's the guy. I think they know that they need him to win in Minnesota.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, there's. There was no reason. 1. Now that he's getting assimilated into the offense. We knew it made sense to go to oziad earlier because McKinnon wasn't ready, but now that the Vikings are, they're moving on from Peterson.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

Why would you not play the guy who's. Now you're going to be a running back?

[Mike Wright]

Yep. Sounds good to me. My start of the week at the running back position. And I like yours. That's very nice. Mine is Joyk Bell taking on the Atlanta Falcons.

[Andy Holloway]

Going back to this.

[Mike Wright]

Back to what?

[Andy Holloway]

Joyk.

[Mike Wright]

Joyk.

[Andy Holloway]

It worked out pretty well when you did him last time.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah. Joyk is looking good again. He got 18 carries despite the return of Reggie Bush. Atlanta is the worst team against the run in terms of fantasy points given up. I got all green lights on starting Joyk Bell this week. He might win some people some fantasy leagues. I think this year he might.

[Andy Holloway]

He very well.

[Mike Wright]

He don't sound as confident, but.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, no, that was actually. That was the. The bitterness. I really liked Joyk Bell, but he was kind of one of those guys that never lined up for my slot.

[Mike Wright]

Oh. In the draft.

[Andy Holloway]

In the draft. Where he would be.

[Mike Wright]

You're just sad that.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

What you knew about him didn't get to.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. He'd be my next breakout.

[Mike Wright]

On your own.

[Andy Holloway]

And then he would get taken right before me.

[Mike Wright]

So. So who's your wide receiver?

[Andy Holloway]

Wide receiver. I got Samuel Watkins who busted out with Rook with Mustachio. Less Orton.

[Mike Wright]

He looked good. He scored the game winning touchdown last week.

[Andy Holloway]

He looked. I was going to say Kyle Orton looked not as good without mustache. Yeah, Sammy Watkins looked great. The jets are giving up 26 points a game and last week Sammy went for 9, 122 and 2.

[Mike Wright]

I'd call that a breakout.

[Andy Holloway]

That's a good stat line.

[Mike Wright]

That's. Yeah, he's their go to guy. I mean you have to. And you, you know, like you said, less dependence on the running game and.

[Andy Holloway]

They might have to lean on.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I'm going with Doug Baldwin. I'm going to hope he repeats his performance from last week. He's taking on Carolina. We kind of saw the shakeout of how the depth chart would look from the wide receiver position for Seattle. I think Wilson's going to be responsible for a little bit more of the offense, which means throwing the ball a little bit more.

[Andy Holloway]

Wait, a little bit more than 300 yards.

[Mike Wright]

Well, I'm saying he carried them this past week and he's going to keep doing it. But yeah, Carolina's been pretty bad against the pass. 28th versus the pass. And so Doug Baldwin seems like a pretty safe start this week to me. So I'd call him my start of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

So for tight end, I will thoroughly admit this is completely a gut call. I don't have fanciness for this one, but I'm going with. Did I write Jeremy?

[Mike Wright]

Jeremy Whitten? Who's Jeremy Whitten with?

[Andy Holloway]

What's.

[Mike Wright]

I want to know. Who is that? His brother.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm going with Jason. What's really funny is I'm like, I'm trying to. To write this in. The only name in my head was Dallas Clark. I could not get Dallas.

[Mike Wright]

Now that would have been bold. Dallas Clark would have been real bold.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. He will get signed and he will get signed and play Jason Whitten. They're playing against Washington. Washington is not good. And it's just one of those things where we saw Escobar had a two touchdown, big fantasy game last week.

[Mike Wright]

We did.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason Whitten has been a great teammate. He does. He's not outspoken.

[Mike Wright]

It's his turn.

[Andy Holloway]

He doesn't go diva. You know, I just, I think it's the, the balance just of life that Jason went. He has a do game. The do is the basically the stupidest thing you could say.

[Mike Wright]

But you're just expecting the numbers to balance out a little bit. So you must be expecting Whitten to get into the end zone this week.

[Andy Holloway]

So this when you're expecting do you usually get do do but I'm still going with Jason.

[Mike Wright]

What about Jeremy Whitten?

[Andy Holloway]

No Jeremy. Jeremy.

[Mike Wright]

You're starting both he's my backup start of the week. I'm going back to the Baltimore well here I'm taking Owen Daniels versus Cincinnati for nothing more than the fact that Daniels had a good week last week and Cincinnati is the dead last against tight ends. They have. They have lost it on defense and they sure have and they're not going to get better with burfect out and they're still missing Ray Maliuga and so Owen Daniels seems like a good start this week so I'm gonna go with him.

[Andy Holloway]

He likes to when he's my start of the week he likes to wait a week to have his huge game.

[Mike Wright]

Hey, that's how he wasn't due then.

[Andy Holloway]

No. We got the do do defense. Let's see defense. I'm going with the Texans against the Titans. The Titans are giving up two and a half sacks. I think there's talk that Lockhran might play again. Lockner is a turnover machine and it Clowney did not play but I expect him this week and we will finally get to see Watt and Clowney. It is just going to be devastating. I like it especially the way that Watt is playing right now. He is just a monster.

[Mike Wright]

Good. Yeah, I like it. I'm going to go with this is bold.

[Andy Holloway]

This is bold. I'm going to take be bold.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, this is right. This is the Jacksonville defense. The Jacksonville defense.

[Andy Holloway]

Jacksonville anything.

[Mike Wright]

The Jacksonville defense versus the Miami Dolphins, which flies in the face of your quarterback start of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

Sure does.

[Mike Wright]

So we'll have to bring this back up next week and see who's right. Here's the reason why the Jaguars had a big week on defense this past week. Like you said, Hoyer sucked but they also shut down the run a good I think Cleveland's one of the top running offenses in football. The Miami Dolphins have given up four or more sacks in three of their games. They commit turnovers and right now they're giving up I think the ninth most points to fantasy defenses. And so this game's in Jacksonville. That also impacts impacts my decision here because they were at home this past week and they got their first win against Cleveland. Their defense is coming alive now. They did lose Paslowski, their linebacker, which.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, the lead tackler.

[Mike Wright]

Good. But I still like the Jacksonville Jaguars and you know what? If I know anything about The Miami Dolphins is.

[Andy Holloway]

They let you down.

[Mike Wright]

They let you down. Yeah. You know, they give you a good week to give you a bad week. So I would not be surprised. Multiple turnovers.

[Andy Holloway]

I would be very surprised. Ryan Tannehill to Torch Jaguars.

[Mike Wright]

Your team, Tannehill. I'm team Jaguars.

[Andy Holloway]

Hey, let's. Let's take on the world.

[Mike Wright]

Let's do it.

[Andy Holloway]

The fantasy footballers versus the world. Yeah, I know.

[Mike Wright]

I feel like you gotta finish it. After you.

[Andy Holloway]

Wow. Okay. We'll look to add that next week.

[Mike Wright]

Fantasy footballers. I think we need to put those in, though. That gets our. That gets our fantasy blood pumping.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Fantasy footballers versus the world. We take. I grab some start six calls from fantasy pros. What I estimate, right? Our close calls from fantasypros.com we talk about who. Which player, which team are we, which player do we like? And then we check fantasy pros and we see what the expert consensus is to see how we stack up. Are we dark side or are we the light side?

[Mike Wright]

That's right. So the first one we have here, it's a good one. Muhammad Sanu this week or Eric Decker.

[Andy Holloway]

Now you got.

[Mike Wright]

Isn't this totally dependent on whether A.J. green plays?

[Andy Holloway]

That will have a large.

[Mike Wright]

Are we presuming he doesn't play?

[Andy Holloway]

I am presuming he does not play. I don't know what the experts are saying, but I don't. I just.

[Mike Wright]

I'm going Sanu.

[Andy Holloway]

You're going with Sanu.

[Mike Wright]

I'm going Sanu.

[Andy Holloway]

Because, say, just a quick AJ Green note. The things I'm reading from injury experts on Twitter, these are not the. The mainstream people. They're saying that there's no way, Right? Like, even if he plays, how effective is he gonna be? Because which is so funny about toes is that sounds like you need your toe. It sounds like the smallest, most insignificant injury. But anybody who's broken a toe knows.

[Mike Wright]

You can do nothing.

[Andy Holloway]

You can't walk on your foot.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

So Eric Decker with the jets, who. He's. He has had, I think, a pretty good season considering what his scenario is.

[Mike Wright]

And he's taken on Buffalo. Sanu's taking on Baltimore. Who you got? I make the call, brother.

[Andy Holloway]

And they just. They added Percy Harvin. I don't know how much he can do this week, but. But I'm going to lean Eric Deckard.

[Mike Wright]

All right, let's go to fantasypros.com, get the expert consensus rankings. And Mohamed Sanu takes it at 59% of experts agree Mohamed Sanu over Eric Decker.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, so Derek decker was at 41.

[Mike Wright]

41.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. I try and keep it within the same.

[Mike Wright]

I know you try to. You pick good. You pick good.

[Andy Holloway]

If it's over 70, I feel like a failure.

[Mike Wright]

Right. What's the next one?

[Andy Holloway]

You got number two. We have the sensational rookie sensation.

[Mike Wright]

Is that what we're calling him after a game and a half?

[Andy Holloway]

It's been more than a game and a half. It's been two and a half. Three.

[Mike Wright]

Brandon Oliver.

[Andy Holloway]

We talked about this. All it takes is one week in fantasy football sensation Brandon Oliver versus the the other one week sensation, Shane Vereen.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, this is a. This is a tough one.

[Andy Holloway]

And the Broncos are playing the Chargers on Thursday nights. And who are the Pats playing?

[Mike Wright]

Did you say the. The Bron. You mean the Chargers are playing the Broncos?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Is that not what I said?

[Mike Wright]

Maybe.

[Andy Holloway]

Maybe I said Broncos are playing Chargers, which is confusing because all the results.

[Mike Wright]

Confused me a little bit.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, so the Patriots are playing the Bears.

[Mike Wright]

Ooh, this is a tough one.

[Andy Holloway]

Patriots are at home.

[Mike Wright]

I Chargers. It's funny because this is. This goes with whether or not I would want to start them or whether or not I think the experts are picking them. But for me, I pick Brandon Oliver because they're a run dependent team and I think that they're just going to keep giving them the rock.

[Andy Holloway]

They are. And they've. They're coming off a loss. I think I'm going to roll with Shane Vereen. I think he's just going to get the snaps. Brandon Bolden was usurped by a guy.

[Mike Wright]

Who was Jonas Gray.

[Andy Holloway]

Guy who was added from the practice.

[Mike Wright]

That's got to feel good on your psychic.

[Andy Holloway]

You got to be really sad about that.

[Mike Wright]

You want the number?

[Andy Holloway]

I do. Give it to me.

[Mike Wright]

All right. Brandon Oliver, 67%.

[Andy Holloway]

This game's stupid.

[Mike Wright]

And Shane Vereen at 33. Well, it makes sense that the experts would agree with me because I'm an expert. Let's move it on. Brandon Oliver wins again. Emmanuel Sanders vs. The Chargers or Sammy Watkins.

[Andy Holloway]

Now, I strategically did it this time at my start of the week.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, you did it on purpose.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Well, because I keep messing it up.

[Mike Wright]

I bet you're going with Sammy Watkins.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm taking Sammy Watkins to the bank.

[Mike Wright]

Boy, this is tough for me because I was. I'm not so sure I agree with your start of the week on Sammy Watkins. So for the sake of probably agreeing with the experts again, I'm gonna go ahead and go with Emmanuel Sanders.

[Andy Holloway]

It would not surprise me however, Sammy walk, if I was correct, is what I was going.

[Mike Wright]

Sammy watkins wins. On fantasypros.com 56% of experts agree with you, Mike. Unbelievable.

[Andy Holloway]

The. Well, you have to. You have to factor in the Broncos. It's a short week.

[Mike Wright]

It is. That doesn't impact them.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, what.

[Mike Wright]

They're going to score 50 instead of 55.

[Andy Holloway]

But it's also a division game.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it is.

[Andy Holloway]

Which changes things a lot, as we know. And they're coming off of a. Least Manning, he's a robot, so he's probably gonna be fine. But that. That had to have been the emotionally. Emotionally, where you don't see Manning get excited about anything.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

He was visibly excited right when he broke the record. So I'm looking for a bit of a letdown for the Broncos Thursday.

[Mike Wright]

This is an interesting one. I guess this is start sit of a. You know, if you got a flex. Right. Ronnie Hillman, who had a big week last week, or Golden Tate. Nice.

[Andy Holloway]

Both of these guys have been on fire.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, this is a no brainer for me. I'm taking Ronnie Hillman.

[Andy Holloway]

Who are the. I forgot to write it in, but who are the Lions playing this? The Lions take on the Falcon. Oh, I'm taking Golden Tate.

[Mike Wright]

You got Golden Tate?

[Andy Holloway]

I'm taking Golden Tate.

[Mike Wright]

All right, well, let's go to the experts here. And the experts, once again, they say I'm correct. Ronnie Hillman, 63%. Golden Tate, 38%.

[Andy Holloway]

We'll see.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, we will.

[Andy Holloway]

And I don't think I finished that sentence.

[Mike Wright]

I'm like, what, three and one now?

[Andy Holloway]

But the Lions. The Lions are taking on the Falcons. I didn't finish that sentence that's in that impacted.

[Mike Wright]

Ronnie Hillman or Golden Tate. Take your pick. We just did. So Andre Ellington or Joy Bell? Andre Ellington or Joy Bell? The Cardinals playing the Philadelphia Eagles at home. And the Joy Bell's taking off the Falcons. Falcons. So I'm gonna stick with my hometown boy, Andre Ellington on this one.

[Andy Holloway]

Over your start of the week.

[Mike Wright]

Well, you know, I think everybody's starting Andre Ellington.

[Andy Holloway]

I just caught you in a trap, my friend.

[Mike Wright]

Hey, if you put a DeMarco Murray or Joy Bell, will you have to go with my start of the week?

[Andy Holloway]

No.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm just saying.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I'm gonna take Ellington over Joy, even though I think Joy's gonna have a big week. There you go. And you've failed us miserably on the percentages here, just so you know.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, well, actually, now looking at it, it's gotta be heavy. Ellington. I Don't know it. In my brief, just going through the list, I thought, oh, that looks like it would be even. But I'm going to go with Andre.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And it's 78%. 78% of experts agree. And Andre Ellington, he's just playing too well. I mean, that's the only reason I wouldn't pick. My start of the week is Ellington's playing at a top 10 fantasy level. So there's our fantasy footballers versus the world segment. If you have any questions about who to start, feel free to go to fantasypros.com put in both of those player names and you will see it's as easy as.

[Andy Holloway]

That position does not matter.

[Mike Wright]

No, it doesn't.

[Andy Holloway]

And you can get standard half ppr, full ppr. They got it all at fantasy.

[Mike Wright]

They do. All right, let's move it on.

[Andy Holloway]

Mailbag. Mailbag.

[Mike Wright]

I like it. You gotta. You gotta drop that now. Yeah, let's go to the mailbag. This is where you can mail in.

[Andy Holloway]

Your questions to us atthe fantasy footballersmail.com.

[Mike Wright]

That'S right. And we will answer them on the podcast for you. It's an incredible free service that we do. And when you ask the questions and we answer them, you'll win your league and you'll be everybody's favorite person and you'll be able to lord it over them the entire year and it's pretty much win, win.

[Andy Holloway]

And this week, I will admit I was heavily influenced by listeners who used funny names.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. So you picked out five questions. Now, they're good questions, but good questions, funny names.

[Andy Holloway]

If you had a. If you had a good name, I moved you up the list.

[Mike Wright]

So keep that in mind if you're.

[Andy Holloway]

Mailing, because you know what, it's our show and we could do what we want to do. That's right. So the first question coming in, it's coming in from Jojo Jenkins. Jojo.

[Mike Wright]

Thank you, JoJo.

[Andy Holloway]

He has a pickup question, which is interesting, considering the waivers, but would you pick up Chris Ivory or Tre Mason? The up and coming Tre Mason or Ivory, who seems to be great even though. But he did have those two very down weeks in a row before exploding again.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, this is a tough one. I'm gonna give you some straight advice on it. Stick with Chris Ivory.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I would. I would agree. I would go with the. The known commodity Ivory is.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Despite those two bad games, he's still been producing at a. I liked what.

[Mike Wright]

I saw this past week. He's.

[Andy Holloway]

He's not. He's not kicking the door down by any means.

[Mike Wright]

But if this is steady, I guess you'd say if this is purely a flyer, if this is your fifth running back on your bench, I'm about Trey Mason. But if you want to start this guy, and I think it's Chris Ivory.

[Andy Holloway]

Ivory's a safer start. Now the, the next question I apparently is from Mordor. I don't know because. Because Bilbo Baggins has written in.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, good.

[Andy Holloway]

I didn't know he played fantasy.

[Mike Wright]

Everybody plays fantasy football and everybody listens to our podcast.

[Andy Holloway]

Now, is it a different kind of fantasy football? Because he's in a different kind of realm.

[Mike Wright]

So what does Bilbo Baggins have to say?

[Andy Holloway]

I was shocked and a little bit sad that this question contained no dragons. But he was a start question, which he could go to fantasypros.com but he wanted these.

[Mike Wright]

Well, he's gonna get a little bit more from.

[Andy Holloway]

Should he start Mike Wallace or Kelvin Benjamin?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, this is a. This is a pretty good question. Mike Wallace has been to me. He's waiting for the shoe to drop. He's had touchdown in every game but one this year, but no monster games and he's just been double digits every single week. Touchdowns are so unreliable. So for me, I think the targets and attention for Kelvin Benjamin, I lean the Kelvin Benjamin side.

[Andy Holloway]

Does it affect you? Just to remind you, the Panthers are playing the Seahawks. Does that change anything for you? That grimace on your face tells me that you forgot that fact.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I did forget that fact.

[Andy Holloway]

And the Dolphins are playing the Jaguars.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Mike Wallace. It is. Yeah, it's tough. I mean, Seattle's defense has obviously been more porous this year than in the past, but Kelvin's kind of their only outside weapon and they're probably going to be focusing on him. So I will go Mike Wallace. Thank you, Mike, for pointing out my stupidity.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I just wanted to make sure that you took all factors into account. I would lean Mike Wallace against the Jaguars as well.

[Mike Wright]

There you go.

[Andy Holloway]

Because I like Ryan Tannehill.

[Mike Wright]

Nice.

[Andy Holloway]

This week, question number three from Sleazy E. He has a trade question. Would you trade Ryan Matthews for Sammy Watkins?

[Mike Wright]

Why don't you answer this one?

[Andy Holloway]

Now this on the surface seems like a no brainer for you to get Watkins on your team, but if you are low running backs for your team makeup, I think you have to hold on to Ryan Matthews. We don't know when he's going to be back. Brandon Oliver has played well.

[Mike Wright]

They want to run the ball there so badly.

[Andy Holloway]

But Ryan Matthews, when he comes back. He has a role.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And it's still a good sized role to me. He. When you put. Ryan Matthews was a big part of their playoff push last year and I don't think you're just gonna throw all that away.

[Mike Wright]

No guy happened to hurt. Yeah, I'm with you on that.

[Andy Holloway]

So that's, that's. This is really team need dependent.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it is.

[Andy Holloway]

If. But let's say you're in a vacuum. Oh man. What would you do if you're.

[Mike Wright]

I don't think. I think you stick with Ryan Williams even in a vacuum.

[Andy Holloway]

Brian Matthews, right. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Sorry. Ryan. Ryan Williams.

[Andy Holloway]

That would be. That would be very bold to go.

[Mike Wright]

Oh man. Old Cardinal running backs. Ryan Matthews. Yeah, I stick with him. Sammy Watkins has had a good week but he's been up and down.

[Andy Holloway]

I would. I would like Ryan Matthew running back. So very valuable.

[Mike Wright]

Got a couple. Couple more before we close down the podcast.

[Andy Holloway]

Email number four from Handsome William. Oh, he is a. He is a chap. He is debonair and he has a mustache.

[Mike Wright]

Sounds like a sophisticated fantasy player. I like those.

[Andy Holloway]

What if he had written in his handsome bill? What do you think of him then?

[Mike Wright]

A little bit less. A little bit less of him. Handsome Williams about that's a little bit better for me.

[Andy Holloway]

Another wide receiver running back trade. Would you trade Emmanuel Sanders for Ahmad Bradshaw?

[Mike Wright]

This is a great question because I was killing myself this whole week about making a play on Ahmad Bradshaw. I was on the cusp of making trade offers for him and it's so hard. He's so high on the running back list right now and he's so touchdown dependent, yet he's never had more than 13 carries in a game. He's not getting the ball a bunch.

[Andy Holloway]

And Sanders is getting the ball.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. The answer to me is that I would trade Emmanuel Sanders for Ahmad Bradshaw. I am going to say that I'm all in on a mad broad Ahmad Bradshaw being relevant the rest of the year.

[Andy Holloway]

So yeah, even this, the hamstring for Trent Richardson is probably nothing but as we know, hamstring injuries.

[Mike Wright]

He looks like he's been running with a bad hamstring for about two years.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Yeah. And if anything were to happen to Trent Richardson, Ahmad Bradshaw is high RB1. He already is already RB1.

[Mike Wright]

So I mean, yeah, he goes to the top of the list. Pass catching, running high octane offense. He's got everything you want other than the fact he's probably going to break a leg in the next two years.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he's. He is injury history.

[Mike Wright]

Do you do this trade, yes or no?

[Andy Holloway]

Once again, I will bow to the team dependency. But if I'm in a vacuum. Yeah, I want Branch. I want the higher ranked running back.

[Mike Wright]

Do we have any more questions?

[Andy Holloway]

We do. We have a defensive streaming question.

[Mike Wright]

Oh. Oh. What? Defenses, dude.

[Andy Holloway]

Defenses defensive win championship. They also win fantasy championships.

[Mike Wright]

What is it?

[Andy Holloway]

See, well, he's aptly named McStreamy. See what he did there?

[Mike Wright]

It's kind of a frightening, weird name. Yeah, mcstreamy. Because he likes to stream defenses.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And he also wants us to believe he's very attractive. Like Mick Steamy.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, okay.

[Andy Holloway]

I think that was Desperate Housewives. Because I do. I'm killing it.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Between Twilight and Desperate Housewives with the references pop culture. Bring in the demographic. That's right.

[Andy Holloway]

We moved up to 19 year old girls.

[Mike Wright]

I've got it here. It says Philly versus Arizona or Baltimore versus Cincinnati. Well, this is. I neither.

[Andy Holloway]

Neither.

[Mike Wright]

That's. No, that's my play. I say neither. I don't think either are very good plays this week.

[Andy Holloway]

I like Baltimore. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

If I had to pick, it'd be.

[Andy Holloway]

Baltimore's been inept.

[Mike Wright]

Arizona's at home. They don't turn the ball over.

[Andy Holloway]

And Philly has just. Yeah, they've been doing it weekly, which makes me.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, but Arizona, one interception on the year.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I'm saying Philadelphia keeps scoring off of blocked punts and their special teams are scoring at a. At a really, really high clip. I would. I don't know if it's historic, but it's. I can't remember the stats. Like 30% of their touchdowns are special teams.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it's defensive touchdowns. They had a game with three of them this year too. This year. But you're taking Baltimore.

[Andy Holloway]

Absolutely.

[Mike Wright]

So am I. Yeah. So that concludes our mailbag section. If you'd like to ask a question of the fantasy footballers, email [e-mail] you can also hit us up on Facebook and ask us questions. On Facebook. We will answer them. And it doesn't even have to be on the podcast. We'll just answer your questions on the Facebook feed so you can make quick decisions. If. If we can. If there's not too many of them, I guess. Yeah. And you can visit us [e-mail] the fantasy footballers. I got that. Right, Right.

[Andy Holloway]

It sounded right in my head.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. There you go. So any concluding thoughts for this week or. You ready to hit the road?

[Andy Holloway]

I'm ready to hit the road. I just would like to again apologize to Colt McCoy.

[Mike Wright]

That's. He will really appreciate that. Yeah, well, because when he's back on the bench this week, he'll need something to listen to.

[Andy Holloway]

I heard, I heard that what I said fueled that that garcon touched him.

[Mike Wright]

That that play was about 1% Colt McCoy and about 99% Pierre Garcon.

[Andy Holloway]

But right when it was done, it was a really, really short clip. But there is the camera captured it. He turned to the camera, he pointed and he said he had mouthed the words. Eat it, Mike.

[Mike Wright]

There you go. Well, Colt McCoy is fantasy gold at this point.

[Andy Holloway]

He is an avid fantasy footballer listener and he did not like what I had to say.

[Mike Wright]

All right, everybody, have a good week. Be sure to check us out on the web and we'll see you in week eight.

[Andy Holloway]

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