Starts of the Week, Week 7 Breakdown & Tight End Sniffing

Summary

Title: Fantasy Footballers Podcast – Starts of the Week, Week 7 Breakdown & Tight End Sniffing
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright
Release Date: October 17, 2019
Episode: Starts of the Week, Week 7 Breakdown & Tight End Sniffing
Duration: Approximately 67 minutes

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1. Introduction and Quick Banter ([00:00] – [02:24])

The episode kicks off with the familiar banter among the hosts. Mike Wright playfully teases Jason Moore about missing the introductory segment:

• Mike Wright ([00:22]): "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the podcast, the Fantasy Footballers Podcast."
• Jason Moore ([01:02]): "It's football time."

This lighthearted exchange sets the tone for the episode, emphasizing the hosts' camaraderie and humor.

2. Quick Question: The Sneakiest Start of the Week ([02:24] – [05:14])

Topic: Identifying the most underrated or "sneaky" start for Week 7.

• Jason Moore ([02:24]): Suggests Tavon Austin for PPR leagues, highlighting his consistent involvement despite team-wide WR injuries.

  "If you're a team that is good elsewhere and you just need like that PPR plug-in guy, Tavon Austin is on the field non-stop right now."

• Mike Wright ([02:50]): Analyzes the matchup, noting the Eagles' strong slot coverage but acknowledges Anthony Miller as a viable sneaky start.

  "Anthony Miller. And this time we will not chastise him for being a homer."

• Jay Grizz ([03:27]): Recommends Anthony Miller, emphasizing the favorable matchup against the Saints who are struggling against slot receivers, especially with PJ Williams suspended.

  "Anthony Miller. And there is a sound process here for Anthony Miller."

Conclusion: Anthony Miller emerges as the top sneaky start for Week 7 due to his advantageous matchup and increased opportunity.

3. News and Notes ([05:14] – [17:28])

Key Highlights:

• Darren Waller’s Contract Extension ([07:03] – [08:02]):

  • Mike Wright: Announces the Raiders' signing of Darren Waller, praising his resilience and comeback from personal challenges.

    "This is a story that really should be celebrated by everyone. It's a great feel-good story."

• Alvin Kamara’s Injury and Zach Zenner Signing ([08:04] – [09:05]):

  • Discusses Kamara dealing with a high ankle sprain and the Saints adding Zach Zenner to provide depth, implying potential reduced usage of Kamara.

• Raiders’ Tyrell Williams Injury ([09:05] – [09:43]):

  • Williams sidelined with plantar fasciitis, raising questions about the Raiders' WR depth despite recent acquisitions like Zay Jones and Trevor Davis.

• Todd Gurley’s Status ([09:43] – [11:20]):

  • Gurley is expected to play in a limited capacity, with hopes he can return fully by Sunday.

• Kenyon Drake Trade Rumors ([13:21] – [14:21]):

  • Discussion on the Dolphins' willingness to trade Kenyon Drake, emphasizing his value and the potential impact on fantasy managers.

    "I think Kenya Drake is a good back. It's impossible to be a good fantasy back on the Miami Dolphins and they're able to trade him because..."

• Packers’ Receiver Participation ([14:16] – [17:28]):

  • Updates on players like Devonte Adams, Marquez Valdez-Scantling, and Geronimo Allison not participating, influencing decisions on starting Alan Lazard.

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4. Fantasy Forecast & Start/Sit Advice ([17:28] – [64:44])

This segment provides in-depth analysis of various matchups, player performances, and strategic recommendations for fantasy managers.

a. Raiders vs. Packers Matchup ([18:44] – [26:40])

• Quarterbacks: Aaron Rodgers vs. Derek Carr

  • Jason Moore ([19:33]): Confidently starts Aaron Rodgers despite concerns over the Raiders' defense.

    "Yeah, I am this week. This is a matchup that's winnable."

  • Mike Wright ([19:16]): Highlights Rodgers' RB matchup against a top-ranked Raiders defense but maintains confidence in starting him.

    "Aaron Rodgers. And while The Raiders are 3 and 2, they're not exactly the scariest of matchups."

• Running Backs: Aaron Jones vs. Jamal Williams

  • Jason Moore ([21:04]): Views Aaron Jones as a starting asset despite his split usage with Jamal Williams.

    "He's a starting asset at running back that you pretty much are forced to start because there's not enough of them."

• Wide Receivers: Alan Lazard, Cole Beasley

  • Mike Wright ([24:28]): Recommends Cole Beasley as a sneaky start against Miami's vulnerable WR defense.

    "Cole Beasley has been seeing very, very solid target volume and Miami's very beatable as you would say."

b. Vikings vs. Lions Matchup ([26:40] – [36:58])

• Quarterbacks: Kirk Cousins vs. Daniel Jones

  • Mike Wright ([41:24]): Advises starting Kirk Cousins, anticipating a strong performance against the Lions' weak run defense.

    "This is a Dalvin Cook game. This is the type of game that I think you could see Kirk Cousins go out there and throw the ball 20 times."

• Running Backs: Philip Lindsay

  • Jason Moore ([60:52]): Selects Philip Lindsay as a start due to the Chiefs' poor run defense.

    "Philip Lindsay is electric. He's a great running back."

c. Saints vs. Colts Matchup ([17:28] – [30:34])

• Running Backs: Devin Singletary vs. Carlos Hyde

  • Mike Wright ([30:01]): Suggests starting Devin Singletary given the Colts' top-ranked run defense.

    "I think you can start Singletary."

  • Jason Moore ([30:09]): Agrees on starting Singhletary but expresses skepticism about Carlos Hyde’s role.

    "He's splitting that with Duke Johnson. So, you know, a flex if he's necessary to your roster."

d. Rams vs. Falcons Matchup ([34:23] – [46:34])

• Quarterbacks: Jared Goff vs. Matt Ryan

  • Mike Wright ([34:23]): Recommends starting Jared Goff, emphasizing the Falcons' weak pass defense.

    "Jared Goff is a great start this week."

  • Jason Moore ([35:40]): Initially hesitant but acknowledges the Rams' strong offensive line as a mitigating factor.

    "My worry with Goff is pressure. He doesn't do well under pressure."

• Running Backs: Todd Gurley vs. Darrell Henderson

  • Jason Moore ([35:35]): Prefers Gurley over Henderson despite limited snaps.

    "With Todd Gurley playing, I think that's your pivot."

• Wide Receivers: Calvin Ridley vs. Mohsin

  • Mike Wright ([40:09]): Chooses Calvin Ridley for higher upside.

    "Floor ceiling. If I want safety, I'll go with Mohsinu. If I want to have an actual real impactful fantasy game, we'll go with Calvin Ridley."

• Tight Ends: Darren Fells vs. Others

  • Jason Moore ([46:34]): Recommends Darren Fells due to the Colts’ poor performance against TEs.

    "I would rather start Darren Fells than those other. Just trash."

e. Buccaneers vs. Giants Matchup ([51:57] – [57:25])

• Quarterbacks: Daniel Jones vs. Carson Wentz vs. Jared Goff

  • Mike Wright ([52:20]): Parlays Jared Goff over Carson Wentz due to favorable matchup.

    "I would play Jared Goff over Winc."

• Wide Receivers: Michael Gallup vs. D.J. Chark vs. John Brown vs. Brandon Cooks

  • Mike Wright ([60:52]): Starts Michael Gallup and D.J. Chark based on strong matchups.

  • Jason Moore ([62:32]): Chooses John Brown and Brandon Cooks for their explosive potential.

    "You want speed, you want depth of target, you want air yards. And John Brown and Brandon Cooks are those type of players."

f. Miscellaneous Matchups and Player Picks ([57:35] – [64:44])

• Kyler Murray ([57:35] – [58:58]):

  • Jason Moore ([57:35]): Selects Kyler Murray as a start, predicting a breakout week with his rushing ability complementing his passing.

    "Kyler Murray should be thought of almost in that tier, I believe."

• Matt Breida ([60:06] – [61:30]):

  • Mike Wright ([60:52]): Recommends Matt Breida due to the Colts' favorable run defense.

    "Matt Breida can be locked in and should have a monstrous week."

• John Brown and Brandon Cooks ([62:32] – [64:44]):

  • Jason Moore ([63:15]): Emphasizes their big play potential against weak defenses.

    "The matchup for both of these guys, the Dolphins and Atlanta respectively are great."

5. Start of the Week Recommendations ([57:25] – [64:44])

• Jason Moore’s Top Picks:

  • Kyler Murray ([57:35]): Anticipates a high-scoring game with Murray's dual-threat capabilities.

  • Philip Lindsay ([60:52]): Capitalizes on the Chiefs' poor run defense.

  • John Brown ([62:32]): Targets the Dolphins' vulnerable WR defense for explosive plays.

  • Darren Fells ([64:46]): Exploits the Colts' weak tight end defense.

• Mike Wright’s Top Picks:

  • Jared Goff ([58:58]): Benefits from the Falcons' leaky pass defense.

  • Michael Gallup ([60:52]): Faces a favorable secondary with Amari Cooper out.

  • Calvin Ridley ([40:18]): Offers high upside against a vulnerable Falcons WR defense.

  • D.J. Chark ([62:21]): Takes advantage of the Bengals' depleted secondary.

6. Kicker of the Week ([64:44] – [67:01])

• Mike Wright: Selects Steven House from the Buffalo Bills as the Kicker of the Week, citing consistency and the Bills' offensive efficiency.

  "Cause coming off the bye, I'm going with the Bills. Steven House cuz."

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7. Conclusion and Sponsor Messages ([64:44] – [67:01])

The episode wraps up with guest mentions, promotions for sponsors like Pristine Auction and Roman, and encouragement for listeners to join the Foot Clan community for additional resources and support.

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• Final Remarks:

  • Mike Wright ([66:51]): Encourages listeners to support the podcast and tune in for future episodes.

    "We will see you tomorrow for the rest of the matchups and ballers on a budget. Goodbye."

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Key Takeaways:

• Sneaky Starts: Anthony Miller as a top sneaky start due to favorable matchups.

• Top Weekly Picks: Kyler Murray, Jared Goff, Philip Lindsay, John Brown, and Darren Fells recommended for Week 7.

• Kicker Recommendation: Steven House from the Bills stands out for consistent performance.

• Strategic Insights: Emphasis on matchups, player usage, and exploiting weak defenses to maximize fantasy points.

Notable Quotes:

• Jason Moore ([02:34]): "I would never actually want Tavon Austin to be on my. Like, I feel like that's just bad juju for your roster."

• Mike Wright ([07:18]): "It's a great feel good story. Congratulations. Darren Waller."

• Jason Moore ([57:43]): "Kyler Murray is on pace to be one of the highest passing yard rookies of all time."

• Mike Wright ([19:24]): "Aaron Rodgers. And while The Raiders are 3 and 2, they're not exactly the scariest of matchups."

• Jason Moore ([64:46]): "I would rather start Darren Fells than those other. Just trash."

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This comprehensive summary captures the essence of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast episode, highlighting strategic player picks, matchups analysis, and insightful commentary to aid fantasy football enthusiasts in making informed decisions for Week 7.

Transcript

[Mike Wright]

Foreign.

[Jason Moore]

To the Fantasy Footballers Podcast coming to you from pristineauction.com studios with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Mike Wright]

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the podcast, the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. If you're nasty, that's a little Janet for you, Jason.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, a little Janet Jackson reference.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Mike Wright]

That's for the what the people want so the people will get it. Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. I'm your host, Mike the fantasy hitman. Right. Joined per usual of the week by my goodest, bestest fantasy friend of all time, Jason Moore.

[Jason Moore]

You know, you, you have this beautiful intro, but you missed it.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, crap. What did I miss this time?

[Jason Moore]

It's football time.

[Mike Wright]

Oh man, it's Thursday.

[Jason Moore]

It's football time. You're embarrassed now, aren't you?

[Mike Wright]

I am a little bit. Well, I'm in a different seat. I'm in a different state of mind certainly. So I wasn't in the groove of.

[Jason Moore]

But you want to know what, Mike?

[Mike Wright]

What?

[Jason Moore]

It's football time.

[Mike Wright]

Thank you for picking up where I have left or let everybody down. Jason, on today's show got the quick question. Go through the news and it's fantasy forecast time. Break down these matchups, give our starts of the week and then ladies and gentlemen, make sure you stick around.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, you don't want to miss the boom boom.

[Mike Wright]

Kicker of the week is on today's show. And I have inside sources that have told me the research, the depth of knowledge, like ancient texts were involved, the prophecies were astrological signs have been consulted.

[Jason Moore]

But most importantly, this might be my worst rhyme of all time.

[Mike Wright]

Rhymedictionary.com was not used.

[Jason Moore]

Should have been.

[Mike Wright]

Let's get into the quick question. Who is the sneakiest snart. For the uninitiated, that's the sneakiest start of the week. So who, Jason, is your sneakiest start of week seven?

[Jason Moore]

If you're in a PPR league and you are you, you were just bringing up right before the show your league of record team. You have four wide receivers and basically they're all on by or injured.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

So you're, you're scraping the waiver wire for multiple ads. If you're a team that is, you know, good elsewhere and you just need like that PPR plug in guy, Tavon Austin is on the field non stop right now.

[Mike Wright]

The Eagles, if the Eagles are good at anything though their, their slot coverage is better than usual like comparatively to where you can beat them. And you, you saw it last week. Yes. Adam Thielen came away with a Touchdown. But the monster game was the outside receiver, Stefan Diggs.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, this is, this is why I say I would rather have Devin Smith. And also I would never actually want Tavon Austin to be on my. Like, I feel like that's just bad juju for your roster.

[Mike Wright]

Sure.

[Jason Moore]

All right, who you got, Mike?

[Mike Wright]

Well, actually, I'm going to pass it over to our cardboard bear extraordinaire, Jay Grizz. He wants to chime in. That's right.

[Jason Moore]

Wow.

[Mike Wright]

He says Anthony Miller. And this time we will not chastise him for being a homer.

[Jason Moore]

It's actually a great sneaky snark because.

[Mike Wright]

There is a sound process here for Anthony Miller. He plays against the Saints. They're already bad against slot wide receivers. And that's when PJ Williams, he was a player, a cornerback that we've loved to target for quite some time in fantasy football. Knowing that if you get a good slot wide receiver, great things are going to happen against PJ Williams.

[Jason Moore]

Up.

[Mike Wright]

PJ Williams has been suspended by for a few games. Here he is out. So apparently, apparently they will be starting Patrick Robinson.

[Jason Moore]

That's what I see. Patrick Robinson. Now you might be saying, who's Patrick Robinson?

[Mike Wright]

Cuckoo kachu.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And by when I say you might be saying who's Patrick Robinson? I'm talking to Sean Payton. He's like, who's Patrick Robinson? Well, PFF has him graded in the 30s, which is the lowest score I've ever seen. So.

[Mike Wright]

And the score goes to 100, I believe, right?

[Jason Moore]

Yes. When you're bad, you're in the 50s. I was like, wait, this can't be right. So yeah, Anthony Miller. I mean, look, we don't love the quarterback situation or the passing volume, but we're trying to go deep sneaky starts. These could also be players for, you know, if you're making a FanDuel lineup playing DFS and you want the very non chalk, the hidden gems that are super cheap could blow up. Those are some names for you and Mike, who you got.

[Mike Wright]

So in just a follow up, Anthony Miller has shed his shoulder harness. So it looks like. Looks like we'll get all systems go. We'll see. And my sneaky snar of the week, the newly crowned.

[Jason Moore]

This is my favorite one.

[Mike Wright]

The newly crowned because look, heavy is the head, right? And the Lizard King could not handle it.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, the Lazard King.

[Mike Wright]

Lazard King has had to take over. Part of the new section will cover it, but I'll move it up to now, the Green Bay packers, they didn't practice, but you all you still have to submit your report and of their projections. Devonte Adams did not participate. Marquez Valdez Scanling did not participate. Geronimo Allison did not participate. I project that MVS will play. But Geronimo is going to be out. Devonte Adams is going to be out.

[Jason Moore]

That means Lazard is going to be on the field, see heavy snap counts and whether he can do anything with that or not, that's up for debate. But you've got Aaron Rodgers who's spoken highly of him, who target him heavily when he came in the game.

[Mike Wright]

You have opportunity and then if you, if that one's too gross for you, I'll match Jason slot wide receiver with another one that I like. I like Cole Beasley against Miami. I they're going to be able to run all over them.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

But Cole Beasley has been seeing very, very solid target volume and Miami's very beatable as you would say.

[Jason Moore]

That was, I think that's the kind of.

[Mike Wright]

I was trying to, trying to pull.

[Jason Moore]

The punch a little bit. That was the kindest thing someone has said about the Dolphins this season. They are very beatable.

[Mike Wright]

All right, let's get into the news.

[Jason Moore]

News and notes from around the league presented by sleeper. Oh.

[Mike Wright]

You'Re very excited. I'm very excited.

[Jason Moore]

Just play the drop.

[Mike Wright]

I'm trying to find it.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, goo goo kachoom. The Raiders.

[Mike Wright]

Raiders have signed Darren Waller to a contract extension through 2023. I read that it's about a 9 million dollar per year situation. And look this not just fantasy storylines of this coming to life, you know where we all bought into. Darren Waller said before week one it's like go pick up Darren Waller just in case something happens. The process is very strong. Saying that the target volume is going to be there. He's an athletic guy. But the positive news story about Darren Waller and these troubling times of a guy who he almost lost his entire career to, off the field issues, addiction, battling all that, all that stuff. He came back, he recovered. He is just, he is doing well as a man. So this is, this is a story that really should be celebrated by everyone. It's, it's a great feel good story. Congratulations. Darren Waller.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

On the Saints side of the football, Alvin Camara, he is dealing with that high ankle type of issue. But the Saints have signed zined.

[Jason Moore]

When it's Zach Zenner you say we have zined zach zinner 9. Yeah, look, it's never good news when a team goes out and just adds depth to a position. When the starter is injured but is, you know, look, he's got a good shot to play. You just don't usually go out and sign the depth because in order to sign the depth, you have to cut someone. They had to cut someone from their roster in order to make room for. To add Zach Zenner. And that just means it's, you know, I don't expect Alvin Camara to play. That's not to say you better prepare for it. Exactly. He is not like he's ruled out or anything yet, but you have to prepare as if you're not going to have him and then get better news if you do. I mean, obviously Latavius Murray is a fine play if you are the. If you're the Camaro owner, you already had both. You.

[Mike Wright]

You'll be all right by fine play. Jason, he does play the Chicago Bears.

[Jason Moore]

So volume, volume and volume and scheme I think are good. Obviously not a. Not a good matchup.

[Mike Wright]

Raiders wide receiver Tyrell Williams remains sideline. We have reports from Gruden, coach Gruden that it is the itis, the plantar fasciitis.

[Jason Moore]

Usually the itis when you say it is fumble is a fumbling problem. Is the fumble itis.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it's. It's a very.

[Jason Moore]

You can have two different itises.

[Mike Wright]

I can have so many itises. I've got the itis, Jason.

[Jason Moore]

And which itis is this?

[Mike Wright]

That's the diverticulitis.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, fantastic. I'm so sorry to hear.

[Mike Wright]

I have my old man disease in my bowels.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. All right.

[Mike Wright]

I just can go everywhere. Mason Rudolph has cleared the concussion protocol. I would expect him to play. Sean McVeigh speaking on Todd Gurley quote. He's going to participate in a limited fashion. I think he's on a good pace to hopefully be able to play on Sunday.

[Jason Moore]

I think he's on a good pace to hopefully play Sunday. Sounds promising.

[Mike Wright]

I had tweeted out yesterday that we hadn't seen the practice reports yet, but we knew Todd Gurley was dealing with his own thing. And then it came out later that Malcolm Brown was dealing with an ankle injury. Malcolm Brown did not practice on Wednesday. So I had tweeted out ghost, go look, maybe Darrell Henderson's on your waiver wire. You don't know for sure right now if you're going to be able to play him with full confidence. But if Gurley's out, it looks like Malcolm Brown is training to be out. Holy goodness. Darrell Henderson this weekend is going to go bananas. He's a against the Atlanta Falcons.

[Jason Moore]

He's a great back. It's a great matchup. We love them coming out of college. I mean, I am so scared of this offensive line issue that I, you know, I temper some of the upside. But he's a hard stash because he's the third guy and there's two guys ahead that aren't necessarily ruled out by any means. You know, they're, they're hopeful that both of them are going to play. It's difficult because a lot of times it's the girly owner that is, that has the Malcolm Brown. And then you're like, oh, now I need Darrell Henderson. Well, now you're taking up three roster spots on one team. And that's, that's a difficult task when nobody's ruled out. You can't move anybody to the IR yet.

[Mike Wright]

And speaking of, I tweeted it out. Make sure you're following us on Twitter because, look, we got the podcast coming out five times a week, but we recorded once. And then when late breaking news happens, I'm sorry, we can't alter the podcast. That's just not part of what we can do. So follow us on Twitter the ffballers. I am @ffhitman. Follow Jason, which congratulations to Jason. He was a top 10 top 10 in accuracy this past week. Crushing yet again.

[Jason Moore]

Thank you, sir.

[Mike Wright]

You follow him at Jason FFL. Follow the cardboard bear extraordinaire at J.Grizffl1z.

[Jason Moore]

That's right. I was wondering if you were going.

[Mike Wright]

To know and Andy, if you want to follow his ice cream escapades that have been happening at Andy Holloway and our Instagram handles are the same as our personals.

[Jason Moore]

This man eats way too much ice cream. I mean, there's just no other way to put it. Andy eats ice cream on a daily basis. Like, that's like a child's dream. I want. It's a day, so I get ice cream. He grew up and went, I can have ice cream every day.

[Mike Wright]

If he thought he could survive, he would be an ice creamitarian and eat only ice cream.

[Jason Moore]

He'd have the ice creamitis, as you say.

[Mike Wright]

Well, that's a problem if you eat only ice cream.

[Jason Moore]

And then he would have diverticulitis.

[Mike Wright]

No, you're gonna get the beetus. You go with that route. Mitchell Trubisky was a full participant in Wednesday's practice. He will likely be back. Chris Herndon reading the tea leaves of his activation. Maybe a bit presumptive. He is not practicing. Still with his hamstring. I'm expecting him not to Be out. Reports of Kenyon Drake being traded have intensified. They went from whispers in the in the bushes to full on shouting where Ian Rapoport is being the messenger for the team saying, hey, the Dolphins would love to trade Kenyon Drake, come send us offers.

[Jason Moore]

Ian Rappaport more than any other like mainstream NFL news guy I feel like does things for agents and for teams that are clearly they've, they've asked certainly.

[Mike Wright]

Jason, you are not accusing Rapoport of a quid pro quo.

[Jason Moore]

I would never do that. No. Yeah, I mean obviously the Dolphins want to trade Kenyan Drake and if a team has a running back need I think Kenya Drake is a good back. It's impossible to be a good fantasy back on the Miami Dolphins and they're able to trade him because hey, it's me, Mark Waltenberg. I'm balling out.

[Mike Wright]

I can't wait for Rapaport's tweets to have add. That's the end of them.

[Jason Moore]

Say hi to your mother for me.

[Mike Wright]

The Dolphins are willing to trade Kenyan Drake. Hashtag sponsored post.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

And again, Devonte Adams did not participate. Pay attention to what's happening for the Packers Thursday night updates. The OG Lizard king is not going to play. Sammy Watkins, that is Emmanuel Sanders is expected to play tomorrow on the show. We will have in or out if you want those Foot Clan game day alerts. We provide those as a friendly service for the supporters of the [e-mail] and do not forget Sunday Live one hour before Sunday kickoff. I will be streaming live wherever streams are available. Jason, wherever they are in the woods. Those are the J. Grizz streams. Yeah, but I'll go through the late breaking news. I'll talk through some start sit questions, go through the process. See me tilt my face off this week. It's. It's going to be fantastic of tilting your face off.

[Jason Moore]

And this news that you just covered the whole. Devonte Adams didn't participate Wednesday. You know, as a Devonte Adams owner, everywhere I had him, I mean he's probably one of my most common through all my main leagues. The piece I have in common the most. And when you are the Devonte Adams owner, it feels like he's not. He's never coming back. Yeah, he's out for the rest of eternity. I just, it, it's the worst when you've got a superstar. It's like you got a toe problem and I don't want to be like that because it's a serious problem.

[Mike Wright]

But like have you ever had an ingrown toenail.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, my gosh, no. I am way too big a baby to deal with something like that. Impossible.

[Mike Wright]

Well, you know, it's not you. You can't just choose not to get them. They happen.

[Jason Moore]

Well, no, I choose. I choose not to have them.

[Mike Wright]

My point is an ingrown toenail will is devastating. That and that's not turf toe. Just saying that a toe injury is. It's a real deal. News and notes is always brought to you by the sleeper app. Don't miss a single piece of impactful fantasy news. I get reports that you want to know what's going on with Devonte Adams. Sleepers. Going to let you know. And before we get into the matchups, want to thank today's sponsor, Roman. Losing your hair can be devastating, Jason. Regardless of when it happens, it's a crisis. But look, you're no less of a man if you don't have hair and you're no less of a man if you're concerned about hair loss. I'm concerned about it, but I have a full luscious head of hair. But I know that if things take a turn for the worst, I am reaching out to Roman. I can connect with a US licensed physician for a free online evaluation, see what my treatment options are. And they offer. Roman offers an FDA approved over the counter and prescription options. If the doctor decides medication is appropriate for you, boom. Roman's going to deliver it right to your door. Discreet packaging, free two day shipping. Go to getroman.comfootballers to start your free online visit. And Roman members, look, you want to get started with that free online visit, free two day shipping again, getroman.com footballers that's getroma.com footballers for a free visit to get started.

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[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

Seriously? He eats a lot of salmon.

[Mike Wright]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Mike Wright]

Reminder teams on by the Browns, the Bucks, the Panthers and the Steelers. Let's get into it, Jason. The Raiders, somehow the winning Raiders, three and two. Congratulations, Oakland. They're taking on the Packers. The packers are five and one. It's a 46 and a half point over under. The packers are 50 favored by a field goal and a half. I guess not in a half because then that would be more than the three and a half line if it was a field goal and a half. You know, it'd be four and a.

[Jason Moore]

Half if it was a. Oh, you're saying a half of a field goal. Yeah, I see what you're saying.

[Mike Wright]

I just wanted to make sure people know I had. I can do.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I'm actually proud of that.

[Mike Wright]

Thank you. Quarterbacks. Derek Carr, you playing him?

[Jason Moore]

No, sir.

[Mike Wright]

Aaron Rodgers, are you playing him like, are you playing him against Oakland with confidence that he's going to be a top 12 quarterback this week?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I am this week. This is a matchup that's, that's winnable. He's right now my quarterback. 10 on the week. It's worrisome.

[Mike Wright]

What about the wide receiver situation?

[Jason Moore]

Yes, that's where I was getting. It's worrisome without Geronimo Allison, without Devonte Adams, but exactly. The Lazard King.

[Mike Wright]

Putting a lot of faith in an undrafted player who's played like 10 snaps in his career.

[Jason Moore]

But he's 65 and Aaron Rodgers loves him. I mean, look, there are, there is a little bit of depth to the wide receivers. I'm not trying to build up a Jake Kumaro and, you know, and the Lazard King into something they're not. But I do think in this matchup with Aaron Rodgers, you're safe. Ish. I mean, is he a must start over all options? No. If I've got Josh Allen against the Dolphins, I would look that way. But this is, this is still Aaron Rodgers. And while The Raiders are 3 and 2, they're not exactly the scariest of matchup.

[Mike Wright]

20Th against 20th against fantasy quarterbacks. 19 1/2 points per game at the running back position. Aaron Jones, he has the fifth most red zone touches in the NFL. He's seeing the third highest percent of carries with seven or fewer in the box. We like to see that. But what's your confidence level starting him? Jamal Williams came in, looked like the better back last week coming off of his scary concussion.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I'm confident enough in Aaron. In Aaron Jones to play him. I don't expect Jamal Williams to be the leader in the timeshare this week. When you say he came out and looked like the better back, I think both guys looked really good other than the two mistakes that Aaron Jones made and that's.

[Mike Wright]

Jamal Williams looked better on the ground though. Yeah, I mean, he is subjective, but to me he. Jamal Williams looked much better. He was also far more productive.

[Jason Moore]

But the thing is about saying he looked better is of course he was productive. He ripped off a really long run. So he was much more productive for that. And Aaron Jones was benched for the fumble and the drop. But we've got a large enough sample size to say Jamal Williams isn't the better runner. And I don't think just because he looked better on a couple of snaps last week. Now, here's the issue. We're talking about Aaron Jones, we're talking about Jamal Williams. The way that I see it is a 50, 50 or a 41, you know, 49, 51 situation. They are a real timeshare problem because, you know, this is a little shorter rest for them. I fully expected to be a 50, 50 split. And while the Raiders aren't a scary matchup for quarterback, they are top 10. They're number seven right now on the season as points given up to the running back position. So it's not a great matchup. I'm not slamming Aaron Jones in my lineups, in my dfs because I think he's going to have a great game. It's just he's a starting asset at running back that you pretty much are forced to start because there's not enough of them.

[Mike Wright]

And they could see even more usage the with with a game plan featuring both running backs. With all the injuries to the wide receiver Josh Jacobs, who, if you were playing the game, as a lot of us were that a few weeks, how.

[Jason Moore]

Have we not made a Josh Jacobs Jingleheimer Schmidt?

[Mike Wright]

I feel like I've done that before. I've at least done it around the office, but Josh Jacobs Jingle Iimer Schmidt.

[Jason Moore]

See, this is just fun.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, I'm down with that. That's. That's right on brand for me. But the game I'm referring to is a few weeks ago you could see that the breakout was coming because the schedule was going to open up a little bit for the Raiders, starting with the packers here off of the bye week. They are. The packers are 29th against running backs, 26.3 points per game. So it was going to be. Hold on, don't. You don't have to buy Josh Jacobs yet because he's going to play the Bears and he's got a bye week. You could buy him real low and then he explodes on the Bears and ruins all of that. So if you had Josh Jacobs, congratulations, because you still have Josh Jacobs. He is going to be fantastic.

[Jason Moore]

He is going to be fantastic. My start of the week that we'll get into later is one spot behind Josh Jacobs, who I see as an easy top 12 running back this week. The matchup is fine. His talent is great. They're coming off the by all systems go.

[Mike Wright]

Now. Oakland has their own problem at the wide receiver position if Tyrell Williams is out. Holy crap, man. They just traded for Zay Jones a week ago. They traded for Trevor Davis a couple weeks ago. Hunter Renfro. I mean, what do they do? Darren. And we wouldn't. Darren Waller doesn't need to be talked about because he's a absolute must play every single week. And now he's got the bag. Yes, but at the wide receiver position, what are they going to do?

[Jason Moore]

I think they are going to rely on the running game. And I think Zay Jones, you know, we open the show with who's a sneaky snart? Zay Jones is a sneaky snort. I actually think that he's going, that's so gross. It's gross. But, you know, I still think he's a tough.

[Mike Wright]

No, he's not good. Jason.

[Jason Moore]

I have.

[Mike Wright]

He has one of the worst catch rates in NFL history.

[Jason Moore]

I know he has one of the worst catch rates in NFL history. He has never had a good quarterback as far as accuracy throwing him the ball, but he has a lot of the itis on the drops. Can you do a drop itis? Of course.

[Mike Wright]

I've told you, the itis is very universal.

[Jason Moore]

You could do it anyway.

[Mike Wright]

Whenever there's a problem, you just say, oh, man, it must be the itis.

[Jason Moore]

So you would not plug in Zay Jones as a start?

[Mike Wright]

No, no.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, I will say this.

[Mike Wright]

I'll play Trevor Davis over Zay Jones.

[Jason Moore]

Really?

[Mike Wright]

Yes. It's hard to crown Zay Jones. We don't know is A Jones. How much is he even going to be on the field?

[Jason Moore]

Sure. I mean it's very fair. They might.

[Mike Wright]

He may not even play.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. He may not even play.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I will still as of right now, knowing that he may not get on the field, I will make you a Zay Jones. Trevor Davis. Yes.

[Mike Wright]

Hold on, I gotta find that button. I have no idea where it is.

[Jason Moore]

This is the. Yes. Water Batman. This is the lowest level bet in the history of the fantasy footballers. We just made Zay Jones B Trevor Davis. Yeah. Gross. But now we got skin in the game and a reason to watch the. You know, I will say this. I expect this game, which has one of those middle of the line over unders to disappoint in general. So maybe that speaks to. If you're Aaron Rodgers and I say, okay, yeah, you could start him as a top 12 guy. Maybe you do look for a higher upside because while I think he's going to be around that 12, I don't see him being able to have the A blow up game. You know, Would you. Here's a gross one. Would you rather start Aaron Rodgers or Jared Goff?

[Mike Wright]

Jared Goff. That one. Look, I get. Everyone's super mad right now at Jared Goff because he was terrible. I can't play in the Falcons, man.

[Jason Moore]

I cannot. I have, not this week. More than any player or situation that I can remember in the last half a decade we've been doing this show. I can't get Jared Goff and the Rams offensive line out of my mind. I can't stop thinking about the situation, reading up on it. I like, I don't know. I'm so terrified of this situation because. And we'll talk about it later.

[Mike Wright]

So let me comfort you with this, okay? I'm going to tell you about a quarterback. This was a line he, he just put up on the Atlanta Falcons three weeks ago. He completed 67% of his passes through for 227 yards and three passing touchdowns. A passer rating of nearly 130.

[Jason Moore]

Does he have alliteration in his name?

[Mike Wright]

That quarterback doesn't have a job anymore.

[Jason Moore]

It's Marcus Mariota. That's real helpful.

[Mike Wright]

Jared Goff is a great start this week. You just got to deal with it. Moving on to the next game. Look up. Little peek behind the curtain. I'm playing Alan Lazard in our league of record right now and I'm playing him in our dynasty league. So if you want to go down with that ship. Oh, come with me.

[Jason Moore]

Go get Cold blooded.

[Mike Wright]

Come with me. Dolphins. Bills. That was the over. Under actually that I just vomited out. 39.

[Jason Moore]

But the bills are.

[Mike Wright]

No, is this.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, the Bills are favored by. They're favored by 17. 17 points. That is. That's just unbelievable because the Bills usually when a team is favored by that much which is not common. Right. Like that's a Patriot spread. It's pretty much exclusive for the Patriots or when the Chiefs are on fire. In a. In a. In a. But the point is it's a. It's a prolific offense mixed with a good matchup. But this is not a prolific offense. But Vegas is saying they're going to score a lot. 28 points. Now I do temper that.

[Mike Wright]

You know how many defensive scores are there?

[Jason Moore]

That's what I was going to say. I temper the Vegas line. When you're. If you're. If you make your own rankings or whatever and you're looking at projected team totals, you can't give the Bills offense the projected team total of 28 points.

[Mike Wright]

Quarterbacks have scored 24 or more fantasy points against Miami in every game except for last week. With that was Case Keenum. Josh Allen is a mighty fine start. Ryan Fitzpatrick will be taking the helm for the now bench Josh Rosen by the second half.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, Josh Rosen will be in.

[Mike Wright]

Josh Rosen might be back in at the running back position. Kenyon Drake, the possibly traded Kenyon Drake. Do you have any interest against the Buffalo?

[Jason Moore]

No, there's. There's no. There's no single player.

[Mike Wright]

Let's just get this out of the way. Okay. Dolphins running backs. We playing him?

[Jason Moore]

Nope.

[Mike Wright]

What about the wide receivers?

[Jason Moore]

Nope.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. Even with gunslinger Fitzpatrick, devonte Parker is.

[Jason Moore]

Actually exciting to me if Fitzpatrick can make it through this game and retain the starting role. But I don't think this is the matchup where I'm going to take the shot.

[Mike Wright]

Nor am I. All right. The Bill side of the ball. Running back Devin Singletary. It looks like he's going to be back.

[Jason Moore]

He is. Wow.

[Mike Wright]

He's tied for eighth among running backs with five runs of 15 plus yards and he hasn't played since week two.

[Jason Moore]

He is electric. He was my week two start of the week where he got a touchdown and everything looked like the arrow was pointing up and then he pulled the hand.

[Mike Wright]

Got the.

[Jason Moore]

Itis the hammyitis. I'm gonna say that one don't work the ham. Come on.

[Mike Wright]

He had. Look, he came down with a terrible case of muscleitis.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. Better still bad. He's electric.

[Mike Wright]

I've thytis.

[Jason Moore]

Al. Al. Borland. Can you mute his microphone? That was terrible.

[Mike Wright]

It's a play on words. It's for the sophisticated. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

I like it.

[Jason Moore]

Are you still working on muting his microphone? All right, so I've been trying to scoop up, and by scoop up, I mean trade for Devin Singletary. Everywhere I have failed. I've not gotten an owner to be able to trade him to me, but I do think he is. I feel like in general, in leagues out there, you should be able to get him. He hasn't really done any. He hasn't broken out. If you look at his carry numbers, they're pretty terrifying. I mean, he's. He's really not touched the ball.

[Mike Wright]

He has 10 attempts on the season, right?

[Jason Moore]

10. So, I mean, you should be able to trade for a guy that, going into week seven, has ten career rushing attempts.

[Mike Wright]

According to the Football Outsiders metrics, Buffalo ranks number one in adjusted line yards. Meanwhile, Miami is allowing the second most rushing yards per game. I think you can start Singletary and I think you can start Frank Gore if you're in a desperate spot. John Brown, Johnny B. Has been getting it done. He's. He's been. All right, nothing explosive yet, but he at least has a connection with Josh Allen. What's your temperature on John Brown?

[Jason Moore]

Look, my temperature is if you. He is a must play this week. We're going to talk about him a little bit later because, I mean, you've got a guy who is leading. He's got a great market share for the team. His depth of target is fantastic. He's got big blow up potential.

[Mike Wright]

I forgot he blew up week one. Right. 123 in a touchdown. But after that, it's just been real steady, though. 7 for 72, 4 for 51, 5 for 69 and 5 for 75.

[Jason Moore]

So he's getting enough targets in every game to be a startable asset.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he's a weekly. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

And then you get the matchup against the Dolphins. That's what you're. That's what you're taking to the bank and hoping for a big game. I would really not want to bench John Brown in this matchup.

[Mike Wright]

Cole Beasley, like I said, he's a sneaky start. I'm not expecting huge things, but maybe you're in a tough position. Dawson Knox, tight end for the Buffalo Bills. He's sort of interesting. The Dolphins are 22nd against Fantasy tight ends.

[Jason Moore]

I don't think you need him here. I mean, I don't think the Bills need him here as a, as a pass Catcher, you know, usually when you've got a difficult defense, you need to scheme things and sneak the tight end out for the touchdown or something. I think they're just going to beat, you know, beat the tar out of the Dolphins with base, with their base offense. Just, you know, their main weapons are just going to succeed. And so I'm not totally into Dawson Knox in this matchup.

[Mike Wright]

All right, crazy question, because here we are. Buffalo defense or the New England defense? Somehow you've got both. Somehow you were tearing it up with New England. You saw the Buffalo schedule and you. I'm going to leverage this. I'm going to pick them up. You've got both. Now you can only play one.

[Jason Moore]

This would be the first time I think you can actually recommend benching the Patriots defense.

[Mike Wright]

I would play Buffalo.

[Jason Moore]

I would rather have the Bills defense over the. Over the Patriots this week.

[Mike Wright]

Rams, Falcons. The Rams are coming in at.500. The Falcons are 1 and 5. But we do have a delicioso 54 point over under. The Rams are favored by 3. We've kind of talked about Jared Goff a little bit. We're going to cover him even more because he is my start of the week. I ain't scared to play golf in this matchup. Matt Ryan leads the league in attempts, completions, air yards. He's doing his thing. Matt Ryan is tearing it up. He's a weekly must play. Let's get into more interesting questions than the quarterbacks.

[Jason Moore]

Well, before we move on from the quarterbacks, I do want to point out one thing, because my big worry with golf and with the whole Rams offense is the offensive line. Their offensive line has been trash. And then they lost their left guard. They traded for a bust and have nobody to plug that hole.

[Mike Wright]

And when you put a bust on your starting lineup, they don't move around very much.

[Jason Moore]

Right. Because they are bronze, made out of stone. Yeah. Or stone for sure. That's a great point, Mike.

[Mike Wright]

Thank you.

[Jason Moore]

But what I was saying is that my worry with golf is pressure. He doesn't do well under pressure and he has nobody to protect him. But then the Falcons are like a soothing balm because an ointment. An ointment. Kyler Murray and Kyler Murray and Deshaun Watson were on record pace, both of them for sacks. And then both of them collectively, the two guys over the last two weeks have only taken one sack between four games. But each one of those guys got to play the Falcons.

[Mike Wright]

Right?

[Jason Moore]

And so it's like because the Falcons.

[Mike Wright]

Have five sacks on the year, yeah, they don't.

[Jason Moore]

They don't pressure anybody.

[Mike Wright]

Not scared at the running back. If Todd Gurley plays, do you play him?

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

What do you expect? Are you hoping for that 90% snapshare we saw before he had to miss a week or you think he's like a more of a timeshare with Mr. Henderson?

[Jason Moore]

I think he's definitely more of a timeshare. There's no way he's coming in getting 90% of the snaps. He come in get 65% of the snaps. But the matchup with the Falcons is pretty good, I think, especially if they're using him in the passing game the way they were before he went out. That's where you're going to beat the Falcons. The Falcons have been in the entire Dan Quinn era so incredibly bad at stopping passing to the running back position. And Sean McVeigh is smart enough to realize that and get Todd Gurley or Malcolm Brown or Darrell Henderson the ball in space. If you watched, there was a play last week where David Johnson snuck out. They just ran all their wide receivers just nine routes, just, just run to the end zone and the entire Falcons defense went. And then here's David Johnson catching the ball and there's nobody within his separation.

[Mike Wright]

Was, I think 30 yards.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, no exaggeration. It was at least 15 yards and some of the players was 30. It was unbelievable. It was like, that's not an NFL defense.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Jason Moore]

Delightful.

[Mike Wright]

Now on the other side of the field, Devonta Freeman. Jason, I keep trying to tell you that you can start Devonta Freeman and four straight weeks he has been very fantasy relevant. Can you finally acquiesce and agree that it's time to play Devonta Freeman with confidence?

[Jason Moore]

No.

[Mike Wright]

What does the man need to do?

[Jason Moore]

He needs to retire. I don't. I just. He hurt me.

[Mike Wright]

Over 100 yards, two receiving touchdowns last week. Two weeks ago, 70 total yards, a receiving touchdown three weeks ago, 100 total yards. Four weeks ago, almost 100 yards. Like you are a crazy person.

[Jason Moore]

Look, okay, I've got to give. I've got to give. Good analysis for you.

[Mike Wright]

Are the pen is blue right now?

[Jason Moore]

Yes. No, you start Devonta Freeman. I know. You start Devonta Freeman right now. I've got him ranked as a clear cut starter. He's my running back. 15. But you asked the question, can I trust him? And no.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, so you personally.

[Jason Moore]

I personally.

[Mike Wright]

What about the collective. You as in the listeners.

[Jason Moore]

The listeners should put him in the lineup. I mean, he's. He's my running back. 15. It's a fine matchup. The Rams are terrible.

[Mike Wright]

They're not 22nd against fantasy running back.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, but exactly. They're not. They're not great either. So it. Yeah, go ahead and start him. I want you to know while you do start him, that I will never trust him again.

[Mike Wright]

Fair. Julio Jones was waltzing, he was doing the tango into a delicious matchup. And then the Rams traded for Jalen Ramsey, who I have to assume will be out there. It seemed that all the back ailments, they disappeared when he put on a Rams jersey.

[Jason Moore]

Healing powers, they, they were incredibly powerful, that jersey. Did you see, did you see the introduction when he met Sean McVay?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, the hand. The, the professional high five. Like these guys have been best friends for.

[Jason Moore]

That couldn't have been the first multiple years. That couldn't have been the first take, right? No, they did that a couple times. We watched Take five like we're, we're, we.

[Mike Wright]

We've been friends for a decade.

[Jason Moore]

There's no way.

[Mike Wright]

We can't high five like that.

[Jason Moore]

There's no way we could go into that good of a high five. That was a whip crack. It was unbelievable. So obviously he's going to shut down Julio.

[Mike Wright]

He won't shut down Julio Jones. It just, it stinks that the matchup was going to be great for Julio and now it's a little bit more concerning.

[Jason Moore]

But you're still playing him well now that, that brings. So you have to pivot the other options. Your Calvin Ridley, Mohammed Sanu. Obviously Austin Hooper is locked and loaded in there. But if you had to choose between Muhammad Sanu and Calvin Ridley, who bizarrely keeps coming off the field, he's, you know, he should be pretty much an every snap player and his utilization has. He was on the field last week for 59% of offensive snaps against Arizona. While they're throwing the ball, it was. I was at the game and I was like, why do they keep bringing him out of the game? So who do you choose between those two players?

[Mike Wright]

Floor ceiling. If I want safety, I'll go with Mohsinu. If I want to have an actual real impactful fantasy game, we'll go with Calvin Ridley.

[Jason Moore]

So go with Calvin Ridley. That's your answer.

[Mike Wright]

Fair. The Rams wide receivers, meanwhile, will take on the Falcons defense, who they are ranked 30th against. Fantasy wide receivers. I think this is a get right game, but can Jared Goff, the king, Jared Goffrey, can he support all three of these guys in this matchup?

[Jason Moore]

The Falcons are going to say yes. The Falcons are going to say, do whatever you want to us.

[Mike Wright]

So all three are in play. What about. He was very disappointing this last week, but Gerald Everett.

[Jason Moore]

No, no. I said this two weeks ago right after the breakout that I did not trust that breakout. I don't think this is a level up for Gerald Everett. That was a matchup play against the Seattle Seahawks. Plus they lost Brandon Cooks in that. I'm not riding the Gerald Everett train. I never was.

[Mike Wright]

I think you can start him. I would go back to it. Vikings, Lions. The Vikings are 4 and 2. The Lions are 2, 2 and 1. Asterisks right. For the Lions on that loss.

[Jason Moore]

Right. Because they clearly it should be a loss when you tie the Arizona Cardinals.

[Mike Wright]

No, I mean them with. I'm talking about Green Bay. I'm sorry. I'm just trying to stir the pot.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Poke the hornet's nest.

[Jason Moore]

That's so stupid.

[Mike Wright]

All right. Over under is 45 points. The Vikings are favored by a point. Kirk Cousins, he has he. You have to say that he is heating up after these last two weeks. Especially last week when Stefan Diggs went nuclear against the Philadelphia Eagles secondary. NBA jam rules. Jason, is Kirk Cousins going to be on fire?

[Jason Moore]

Nope. This is. He's been top 10 the last two weeks. He's looked much better. That's all great. However, the Lions defense is bad against the run and what the Vikings want to do is run. The last couple matchups for Kirk Cousins have been very predictably good. Against the run batt against the pass. They were matchups where we streamed Kirk Cousins and plugged him in our lineup because you knew he was going to have success. I don't think he's going to have a great game. For fantasy purposes against the lions. They rank 30th right now against the running back position. So this is. This is a Dalvin Cook game. This is the type of game that I think you could see Kirk Cousins go out there and throw the ball 20 times and then you're like, oh, scratching your eyes out.

[Mike Wright]

Matthew Stafford leads the league in average depth of target and highest percent of 20 plus yard attempts. He is slinging the ball down the field like a man who actually has a healthy back this year.

[Jason Moore]

And he's slinging it to these routes downfield that are so. They're just so smooth. They're.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, we're talking about those things, you know.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, look, they are. Oh, there it is.

[Mike Wright]

Kenny G. Kenny G has leveled up.

[Jason Moore]

He is the. Oh, that's so smooth.

[Mike Wright]

He has leveled up in a way that I did not see coming. Kenny Golladay, he had the opportunity last year when Marvin Jones went down and he did not do it. But Kenny Golladay said, I'm not one of these year two guys. Yeah, I'm a year three type of fellow.

[Jason Moore]

He's got a 26.9% target share, the third most air yards, and he is the only wide receiver to have eight or more targets in every single single game in the NFL. So obviously, if you've had them, you've been starting them, you're going to continue starting them. The matchup is worrisome from yesteryear. You know what I mean? Like the Vikings defense has been this scary matchup for everyone always. Obviously it was fine last week for Carson Wentz. He had a great game and Alshon Jeffrey had a great game. You're not going away from Kenny Golladay the rest of the season. I agree.

[Mike Wright]

What about Marvin Jones, a wide receiver three play?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean you can do worse than him. You look at his results and you go, man, should I even roster Marvin Jones? But if you look at the he.

[Mike Wright]

Was almost on fire coming off of Games 101 and a touchdown, 77 yards. But then just 2 for 17 against the Green Bay Packers.

[Jason Moore]

And the 2 for 17 had so many giant air yard plays. Miscues. You know the one where it was like, oh, it should have been pass interference maybe, maybe not. But he was a couple breaks away from having another great game. So yeah, I think you could start Marvin Jones in this matchup as well as a 3.

[Mike Wright]

Kyle Rudolph is still a. Nope. TJ Hawkinson dropped another touchdown this past week. Are you rolling with T.J. hawkinson?

[Jason Moore]

No. T.J. droppinson needs to. Well here.

[Mike Wright]

Jason, here's the deal. People need help with the tight end position. Like they are struggling. There's the like O.J. howard. If you were still counting on him, he's on by. You got. People need a solution here.

[Jason Moore]

If you were still counting on OJ Howard, congratulations that he's on by. However, I will say this the craziest stat.

[Mike Wright]

Greg Olson's on by.

[Jason Moore]

The craziest stat that I saw this last week was that O.J. howard last week in the NFL ran the most routes of any tight end. They're just punishing in the National Football League. How could he run the most. There's no tight end last week that ran more passing routes than OJ Howard and he still was terrible.

[Mike Wright]

TJ Hawkinson or Gerald Everett?

[Jason Moore]

Jason Whitten. I mean that's my That's. That's my answer. When you're around this gross area, I think he is your pivot Play this week over. Because you're right, people do need help. I just don't want to help them with, you know, I'm not helping them by saying, go play someone that can't catch the ball. Sure, TJ Hawkinson should have a great line on his season right now, but he's got something going on in his head where he can't catch.

[Mike Wright]

Well, maybe he breaks through this week. Texans, Colts. The Texans are 4 and 2. The Colts are 3 and 2. They are coming off of there by a 48 point over under. The Colts are favored by just a point. Desean Watson. Look, you're playing desean Watson. Joe or Jacoby Brissette. Jason, where's the beef?

[Jason Moore]

Beef Brissette.

[Mike Wright]

Is it. Is he streamable?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I think he's streamable. He's been a pretty solid. He's not an upside guy. So when you say you're streaming, it depends on. It depends on your roster. You got a loaded roster and you just need someone to not go out there and put one and a half points up last week like Jared Goff did then. Yeah, Brissette is fine. He's been a top 12 quarterback. But three of his five games.

[Mike Wright]

It's also been on the strength of an outrageous touchdown percentage that you saw kind of drift into the nethers.

[Jason Moore]

You didn't see that drift into the nethers. What you saw against Kansas City was them dominate the ground game against Kansas City in a game plan to come out on top. And they did. They won that game. The three previous games, Tennessee, Atlanta, Oakland, those were three games where he. I mean, you're right, it's an outrageously high touchdown rate, but I don't think that came screaming to a halt because of regressing to the mean. And I give a lot of credit to head coach Frank Reich and this is a team coming off of a buy. So Frank Reich with extra time to Prepare. I think DeSean Watson is just nuclear. He's. He's going to be able to beat the Colts defense. And so, yeah, I think you could start Kobe, Jacoby, Brissette, Carlos Hyde, three.

[Mike Wright]

Games in a row with 15 plus touches. Are you trusting Carlos Hyde in this matchup?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I mean, this is one of those running backs where he's an RB3 for me, which means you can start him. I've got leagues where I'm starting less and I wish I had Carlos Hyde, but I don't you know you're never excited about Carlos Hyde. This isn't a great matchup. The Colts are top 10 right now, only giving up 19.6 fantasy points per game to the running back position. And Carlos side is splitting that with Duke Johnson. So, you know, a flex if he's necessary to your roster. Sure. I hope I can go elsewhere.

[Mike Wright]

Marlon Mack, if you've got him, you got to be excited that he is. He's back off of the bye week. He's averaging over 20 carries a game. The matchup against the Texans, it's beatable. They're right in the middle of the road at the wide receiver position. DeAndre Hopkins?

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

You're playing him. Will Fuller, he was. He had his breakout game, one of the best of all time. Followed that up with a bit of a disappointment. But if you watched what happened, he dropped two touchdowns. Now, they were more difficult receptions. So this isn't a TJ Hawkinson situation. But he did not come down the regression hit. He didn't hit on his big plays. How are you treating him this week? The Colts are 18th against fantasy wide receivers.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean, he's a big play guy that you can throw in your lineup and hope for a monstrous week. You know, we said this before the season about Will Fuller. He's boom bust, and that's what you're going to get. Unfortunately, if you look at the rate of boom bust, he's got six games and five pasts. That's not. It's not. That's not good, Bob.

[Mike Wright]

35% of his targets are going for 20 or more yards. That's outrageous. Of the big play. Ty Hilton, is he going to be back? Are you going to be happy that you played Ty Hilton?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. You're going to be very happy. The Texans are 26 against wide receivers. He has been a key component to Jacoby Brissette. He's got the extra time to have rested. Yes. You're thankful as the Ty Hilton owner, you're like, yes, I could finally play him again.

[Mike Wright]

All right, okay. What do we do, Jason? What do we do with Darren Fells or Jordan Akins?

[Jason Moore]

Darren Fells, I mean, there's almost my fantasy production. Darren Fells was almost my start of the week. And if you're out there and you're saying, I've got to play Gerald Everett or Darren Fells, I'm playing Darren Fells right now. The Colts are not good against tight end. I mean, they're, they're very bad. They're 30th against tight end. You've got Darren Fells, who has been balling out. I mean, he was. When on our buy and sell, it was the line set kind of at five receptions, which. I mean, that. That could easily happen against the Colts. So I would rather start Darren Fells than those other. Just trash. Trash.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, well, what about the. The Colts side? Eric Ebron, Jack Doyle or Darren Fells?

[Jason Moore]

Darren Fells.

[Mike Wright]

All righty.

[Jason Moore]

And this is because of the matchup difference. I think the Texans match up better against tight end than the Colts do.

[Mike Wright]

Cardinals, Giants. It's going to be interesting. A 49 point over under. The Cardinals are 2, 3 and 1. The Giants are 2 and 4, 2 and fro. The implied team total, the Giants 26, Cardinals 23.

[Jason Moore]

Close game. The Giants favored by three at home two of their last three games. Now with Danny Dimes, they have one. The other was unwinnable.

[Mike Wright]

Now. Did you just call him Danny Dimes?

[Jason Moore]

I did.

[Mike Wright]

I thought you were. You were the one pushing the train.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. I don't.

[Mike Wright]

You're in the back.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that's my bad.

[Mike Wright]

But in your.

[Jason Moore]

We need it proliferated. We need a. We need a pivot. I mean, we've got Manuel Jones, but I'm not a big fan of that.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, so that was a fun pun, but.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, but like foot clan.

[Mike Wright]

Daniel Jones.

[Jason Moore]

Let's do something with Daniel Jones here.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, we need to figure that out. But Daniel Jones, you can play him. I am streaming him in our league of record after I was denied Josh Allen. The quarterbacks have allowed or the Cardinals have allowed five QB1 performances. You know, do you know the only quarterback who had was not a top 10 guy?

[Jason Moore]

Who?

[Mike Wright]

Russell Wilson.

[Jason Moore]

That's because Chris Carson said, russ, you take the game off.

[Mike Wright]

There was also a defensive score. Quickly. Jason. Daniel Jones or Kirk Cousins.

[Jason Moore]

Daniel Jones.

[Mike Wright]

Daniel Jones or Carson Wentz against Dallas.

[Jason Moore]

Carson Wentz.

[Mike Wright]

Daniel Jones or Jimmy Handsome Garoppolo against Washington.

[Jason Moore]

Daniel Jones.

[Mike Wright]

All right. And Kyler, you're starting him every week regardless of matchup.

[Jason Moore]

Well, you're very much starting him in this one with the matchup. We'll talk about him in a little bit.

[Mike Wright]

Saquon Barkley is practicing in full. We rejoice from the hills that the beast is back. You got to be very happy as you have Saquon. Arizona is allowing 140 yards from scrimmage to the running back position.

[Jason Moore]

Remember when I was like Chris Carson said, hey, Russ, take the game off.

[Mike Wright]

Sure.

[Jason Moore]

Saquon. I'm going to. I think Saquon is better than Chris Carson.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, so that's a hot take.

[Jason Moore]

Thank you. I'm here to spit, spit fire.

[Mike Wright]

Number, number two overall pick better than late seventh round draft pick.

[Jason Moore]

That's what I believe in my heart.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. David Johnson has been sensational. His backup, Chase Edmonds. How? There's the back injury. It's still going on for David Johnson. They're still talking about it. Chase Edmonds, 5 for 34 on the ground. He has been a monster. He's, he's getting that. The, the backup running back. Those, the, the huge yards per carry we've seen for guys like Alexander Madison as well, this does frequently happen. Also. 2 for 33 through the air and a receiving touchdown against the Atlanta Falcons.

[Jason Moore]

This is another great matchup and it's the same situation as last week. We were saying if you need a start, you can start Chase Edmonds, but he's not a guy. You know, if you told me I have to start Chase Edmonds or Carlos Hyde, I would still go Carlos Hyde because you're talking about a backup role here. David Johnson, while he's being given some practice off and missed practice last week, he wasn't limited in pretty much any way last week. The matchup is good, though. I mean, the only position that the Giants are good against is tight end. The Cardinals barely even sniff their tight ends. Is that a phrase?

[Mike Wright]

It just put a real strange image into my head. They're just gathered around.

[Jason Moore]

You never want to sniff the tight end. It's getting trouble.

[Mike Wright]

Flagrant sniffing on the defense. Larry Fitzgerald, we've got him as Our consensus number 18. Five or more receptions in every game. A near 23% target share. You could play him. Christian Kirk, we don't know for sure if he is playing, but if he is in, is he right back into your lineup? Jason, if he.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean, if he's practicing and active this week, which we'll know more tomorrow, then I would plug him in. This is a juicy, juicy matchup for all the Cardinals involved.

[Mike Wright]

The latest report from Cliff Ek is he wants Kirk at 100% sure.

[Jason Moore]

So I mean, that, that's the thing. He's. If he's active, then, you know, okay, he's ready to go. And they're not going to limit him because if they're going to limit him and by not playing him, this is a game. I believe the reason that I was higher on Daniel Jones and some of these other quarterbacks that you were asking about other than wince despite Patrick Peterson coming back is the Cardinals defense is trash and the Giants Defense is trash. This is one of those games where I fully expect a bonanza, a back and forth high rate of play. I think there's going to be a ton of fantasy points to this game.

[Mike Wright]

And I think that Golden Tate is a fine start. Arizona is giving up the second most points to the slot position. That's what Golden Tate is. You said it. Patrick Peterson is back. That's helpful for other matchups. But considering that the best two wide pass catchers on this team right now are Golden Tate in the slot and Evan Ingram, who Patrick Peterson will not be guarding.

[Jason Moore]

No, no one will be guarding. Fair.

[Mike Wright]

Very, very fair. Evan Ingram is going to go off against the worst ranked defense against fantasy tight ends. Jason, we're going a little bit long today, but those things happen. We're going to get into our starts of the week.

[Jason Moore]

Starts of the week. I'll kick it off right away with Kyler Murray as my start of the week. He's going to go nuclear this week.

[Mike Wright]

The Giants three nuclear references in this show. For those counting at home, bomb the Giant.

[Jason Moore]

The giants have allowed 285 passing yards per game. Kyler Murray is on pace to be one of the highest passing yard rookies of all time. We've been saying if the passing touchdowns can come, then he takes himself from already being a top 12 quarterback to being a top three type of quarterback for fantasy. And the big difference is because he's been rushing the ball. That's why his baseline is just so good. The first two weeks of his season, you know, his career, he didn't run the ball and you were like worried, oh, is he going to not use.

[Mike Wright]

One of these guys, use that skill.

[Jason Moore]

Set in the NFL? Well, that's been out the window.

[Mike Wright]

He's got the skills. Come on, man, if you got the skills, you got to pay the bills.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean that, that did not last the last month. The last four games he's on pace for if that was a 16 game stretch for 884 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns. This is a perfect play. I expect points back and forth. Kyler Murray is, you know, there's very few players I would start over. I mean, you know, you got Mahomes, you got Watson, but Kyler Murray should be thought of almost in that tier, I believe.

[Mike Wright]

Announcing Jared, Jared Garf, my quarterback start of the week playing against the Atlanta Falcons defense. They've given up five QB1 weeks. The fourth most passing yards, the lowest sacked percentage.

[Jason Moore]

I have Carson Wentz and Jared Goff and I played Jared Goff last week. Whoops. Thankfully I still won. You have to convince me right now. These are start of the week.

[Mike Wright]

I just did.

[Jason Moore]

You think you did with just that five QB1 weeks.

[Mike Wright]

Jason, we're on week seven.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, that's fair. But wince. Wince has. I mean, would you start Jared Goff over wince?

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. Wince has 5 QB1 weeks. So Goff has. You want me to look at Goff?

[Mike Wright]

No, he was the. Don't look at it. Okay, so don't look at it.

[Jason Moore]

It's hard to. It's so hard. I just like, this is selfish. I'm not thinking about the foot clean. I'm just thinking about my lineup. I need to know who started those two. I've been toiling and I can't make a decision.

[Mike Wright]

It's like when you're looking in the mirror and you. You see what's actually there. But playing the Atlanta defense, that's like looking in a funhouse mirror. Things get very distorted. You don't. It's not a normal. Not a normal reflection. Your head gets all gigantic. Jared Goff is going to ball out my running back. Start of the week is Matt Burrita. He's also going to ball out. San Francisco has the number two run blocking offensive line according to Football Outsiders. Meanwhile, Washington, their D line ranks 24th against the run. It's a match made in heaven. A run heavy team and on top of that, a great matchup. I think Matt Breida can be locked in and should have a monstrous week. Who you got, Jay?

[Jason Moore]

My start of the week is Philip Lindsey. The Kansas City Chiefs without Chris Jones who isn't going to play this week, have not been able to stop the run. And this is the recipe for beating them. That's why they've lost the last two games. And Philip Lindsay is electric. He's a great running back. Boogie woogie. He was a top 12 back last year. He got off to a slow start, you know, but he's been a top 12 guy three the last four weeks he has rushed for 20 plus yards on about 5% of his carries. That's the best of all qualifying running backs in the league. And you know how my league of record opponent has blown just been.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. Let's say they're the magic eight ball.

[Jason Moore]

Nuclear. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Oh.

[Jason Moore]

Four. My opponent has Philip Lindsay. So.

[Mike Wright]

So start your Philip Lindsay, my wide receiver. Start of the week, Michael Gallup. He gets the Philadelphia secondary at home. Amari Cooper is projecting to be out. Currently Michael Gallup is seventh in yards per game. He is eighth in big play percentage that's going to happen to this team. And then my honorary. Because I struggled with this, I was wrestling myself all night. That sounds really, really bad.

[Jason Moore]

Well, well, well, that's. This is a family show, Mike. Oh.

[Mike Wright]

Jay Grizz does not approve, but it is DJ Shark. Doo doo doo doo. Oh, goodness. He's taking on the Bengals and they will be without their starting corners.

[Jason Moore]

Their.

[Mike Wright]

Their secondary is just depleted. So I'm good. DJ Chark is a great play, this one.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. All right, well then I'll give two as well. I'm going to go with John Brown at wide receiver because this is.

[Mike Wright]

Wait, you're going to. Because I went to.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, because I wrestled with. I wrestled with this. There were, there were two guys I originally had in. Before I had John Brown. The player that I was going to put was Brandon Cooks. I mean, we've been talking about this matchup against Atlanta and when I go, you know, for the start of the week and you're looking for a big blow up play, you want speed, you want depth of target, you want air yards. And John Brown and Brandon Cooks are those type of players. And the matchup for both of these guys, the Dolphins and Atlanta respectively are great. So I think you've got huge blow up potential from those two super fast guys. So John Brown and.

[Mike Wright]

Who's your tight end?

[Jason Moore]

My tight end is Jason Whitten. Yuck. I get it. But the thing is, is this is an extraordinarily important game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles. They have to move the ball, they have to score. They. I mean, the Cowboys are at home and Jason Whitten is a safety valve. They don't have Amari Cooper in this game. They're. The Philadelphia Eagles are good at stopping the run. And I think that when you get to just about every third down, you're going to have these Jason Whitten leak outs. And Philly has not been great against tight ends. So this is just one of those plays where the targets are going to be there for Jason Whitten. I think he's going to have seven plus targets and at tight end, that's all you can hope for.

[Mike Wright]

Tight end is difficult at the start of the week. It's a problem for us every single week and it's crazy. I'm looking at my rankings right now. You. There's eight must start tight ends.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

Normally we look at tight end and go, oh, it's disgusting. But let me go through this list for you. Travis Kelsey.

[Jason Moore]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

George Kittle. Evan Angrum.

[Jason Moore]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

3. Austin Hooper. 5. Darren Waller.

[Jason Moore]

6.

[Mike Wright]

Mark Andrews.

[Jason Moore]

7.

[Mike Wright]

Hunter Henry, 8. I mean, those are must start guys and Evan Ingram is being very selfish and hogging the Arizona matchup. So you can't just go with that. And because of that, I just want to mention this tight end.

[Jason Moore]

It's.

[Mike Wright]

It would be a 100% glory play. But things are trending in the right direction for Dallas Goddard. Since week four, he's at about 70% of snaps and if you remember, he was hurt early on in the season. There was a whole bunch of talk in the off season that the, that the Eagles are going to go two tight end sets. Then that got ruined because Goddard got hurt last. He is. He's still third in yards after contact at the tight end position. Last week he had the third most targets at the position. I'm just saying things are trending in the right direction for him. You may want to look at him and in a world where there are eight, at least this week, eight must start. Guys, if you're reaching for the bottom of the barrel, Dallas Goddard has upside. He has upside every week and he has upside. If, if Zach Ertz were to miss time. Jason, are you prepared?

[Jason Moore]

Oh, me, me, me. Jason Moore's ironclad locked and loaded. 100% guaranteed. Boom, boom. Kicker of the week. Oh, go ahead and take this one to the house. Cause coming off the by, I'm going with the bills. Steven House cuz. House cuz.

[Mike Wright]

Did you multiply his name?

[Jason Moore]

I had to to make it work. I did my best.

[Mike Wright]

That's your best?

[Jason Moore]

That you look.

[Mike Wright]

People are relying on you for your kicker analysis for my kicker rhymes.

[Jason Moore]

And you got a hot one right there.

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

Them out of your flex.

[Mike Wright]

Get him out of your flex and into your starting roster. We will see you tomorrow for the rest of the matchups and ballers on a budget. Goodbye.

[Jason Moore]

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