Starts of the Week + Week 7 Breakdown, Weather Worries - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/16

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary

Episode: "Starts of the Week + Week 7 Breakdown, Weather Worries"

Date: October 16, 2025
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike “The Fantasy Hitman” Wright

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Episode Overview

This high-energy, information-packed episode is all about winning Week 7 in fantasy football, featuring the trio’s classic chemistry and sharp insights. The Ballers break down the must-start players for the week, analyze critical NFL injuries, discuss weather worries (including the threat of actual tornados!), and debate some big trade moves in their own leagues. The episode is overflowing with actionable advice, laughter, and their trademark playful banter—perfect for fantasy managers needing guidance and a good time.

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Key Segments & Insights

1. Injury & News Roundup

[03:31–10:16]

• Top Headlines:

  • Brock Bowers, Jacoby Myers, DJ Moore all miss practice.
  • Speculation about Myers trade was discussed with humor:

    "His head and shoulders are fine. Okay, maybe he didn't practice." – Andy [03:38]

  • DJ Moore groin injury, not participating in walkthroughs.
  • Puka Nacua and Chuba Hubbard's statuses questioned; if Chuba is limited or out, more opportunity for Rico Dowdle.
  • Several 49ers (Kittle, Purdy, Jennings) limited; Marvin Harrison Jr. concussion situation monitored.
  • Kyler Murray, Josh Downs, Enrico Dowdle: key statuses that could impact lineups.

• Deep Dive:

  • The hosts get into how injuries and contract uncertainties affect both player value and team motivation, particularly for Jacoby Myers and DJ Moore. They highlight trade rumors and contract years as factors for dwindling usage.

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2. Trade Debates: Who Would You Rather Have?

[07:51–08:59]

• CD Lamb vs. Gibbs & Zay Flowers

  • Andy poses: "Would you rather have CD Lamb or Gibbs and Flowers?"
  • Mike and Jason both lean Gibbs & Flowers for the combination of RB/WR depth and upside, with Jason noting:

    "Usually... I'd rather have the stud running back over the stud wide receiver. Then you add Flowers... I think I'm on the Gibbs side." – Jason [08:14]

• Zay Flowers as a Buy-Low:

  • Andy and Mike both encourage acquiring Zay Flowers now, highlighting his career trajectory and the Ravens’ evolving offense.

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3. Starts of the Week

[10:16–28:03]

Quarterbacks

• Justin Herbert (Andy) — Bounce-back week due to strong matchup and dome conditions [11:26].
• Jared Goff (Jason) — Touted for a “blow-up” Monday night game vs. Bucs, ideal home/dome setup [12:13].

  "This is a Goff week. This is a blow-up week." – Jason [12:11]

• CJ Stroud (Mike) — Streamer option returning off bye vs. Seattle’s air-leaky defense [13:13].

Running Backs

• Quinshon Judkins (Andy) — "Bounce back candidate" vs. Dolphins’ porous run defense, even with weather worries [15:12].
• Jalen Warren (Jason) — Great spot vs. Bengals’ soft rush defense; volume and trust trending up [15:50].
• Jordan Mason (Mike) — “Workhorse” potential against an Eagles team allowing chunk plays on the ground [17:27].

Wide Receivers

• Courtland Sutton (Andy) — After last week’s dud, strong rebound potential vs. the Giants [18:10].
• Rashee Rice (Jason) — Straight off suspension; “don’t wait and see, play him now” vs. Raiders' heavy zone [21:17].

  “I'm making him my start of the week. Because it's like, no, you don't wait and see. You've waited to see, but you want to see him in your lineup.” – Jason [21:03]

• DK Metcalf (Mike) — Four straight games with touchdowns; faces a vulnerable Bengals secondary [22:11].

Tight Ends

• Mason Taylor (Andy) — Strong target share, plus an easy Panthers matchup [23:22].
• George Kittle (Jason) — Healthy, great splits with Purdy, “just start him regardless” [24:13].
• Harold Fannin Jr. (Mike) — Najoku injury/trade rumors open up targets; role could be weatherproof in a windstorm [25:18].

Weather Alerts

• Miami/Cleveland: Major wind (up to 50-60 mph gusts) could force run-heavy game [14:38, 43:05].
• Chicago/New Orleans: Potential rain/wind; could suppress passing games [38:04].
• Advice:

  "Tune in to Sunday live... when we're talking on a Thursday about the weather, it can look catastrophic and it can really be okay and it can be the opposite." – Jason [26:18]

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4. In-Episode Dynasty Trade Bombshell

[19:00–20:11]

• Major Trade Alert!
  • Mike trades for Justin Jefferson, giving up injured Garrett Wilson, RJ Harvey, and a 2nd-round pick.
  • Immediate reactions:

    “Mike is dangerous. He acted like he was swing yesterday... and then he struck like a tornado at a football game.” – Andy [32:04]

  • Jason grieves losing Jefferson but expands his keeper options.
  • Mike justifies targeting Jefferson for both elite upside and a cakewalk playoff schedule:

    “It was an aggressive play... not just a great player, but go after a schedule run...” – Mike [62:13]

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5. Matchups and Game Forecasts

[30:43–70:02]

London Game: Rams vs. Jaguars

• “War horses” Kyren Williams, ETN locked in.
• Travis Hunter is a “sneaky trade-for candidate”; volume and role trending up post-bye [34:06].
• Jordan Whittington over Tutu Atwell as secondary WR play [36:44].

Saints vs. Bears

• Weather worries (wind/rain possible). Kendre Miller a desperation dart throw for deeper leagues [39:58].

Dolphins vs. Browns (Weather Game)

• Both teams 1–5; passing games are off limits unless absolutely necessary.
• Judkins and possibly Harold Fannin Jr. are the best plays [43:25].

Patriots vs. Titans

• New England RB workload: Rhamondre Stevenson volume is king, but tense RB situation (Henderson vs. Rhamondre) [47:14, 47:55].

  "I just can't imagine playing someone that is getting in the 30s percent of snaps over the person playing 70% of snaps..." – Jason [48:02]

Chiefs vs. Raiders

• Chiefs heavy favorites, Mahomes is a must-start QB1, and his rushing uptick analyzed [52:29].
• Rashee Rice’s return impacts Travis Kelce’s floor:

  “Travis Kelsey averaged two receptions fewer per game when Rice was a full-time player.” – Andy [56:24]

• KC backfield: Worthy/other receivers remain flex-only dart throws.
• Raiders: Ashton Jeanty’s heavy usage keeps him RB1/2.

Eagles vs. Vikings

• Saquon Barkley's lack of explosive plays and volume are a major concern but still viewed as RB2 rest of season.
• Vikings’ defense is top versus fantasy WRs; tougher weeks for AJ Brown/Devonta Smith, but don’t get cute [63:01].

Panthers vs. Jets

• Mason Taylor a strong play and Mike’s “Meow Mix” favorite; Jets down to backup-level skill talent [66:39].
• If Chuba is back, Rico Dowdle’s floor and usage are debated, and the infamous “12 fantasy points bet” is made [68:15].

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6. Lightning Round: Notable Quotes & Humor

• On defensive injuries:

  "We care about these great defensive players’ bodies... But don’t disrupt the offenses, please." – Jason [02:44]

• On weather worries:

  “Get a roof. Get a retractable roof, you dummies!” – Jason [10:38]
  “I don't care whether the weather. All right, yeah, don't put a roof on it.” – Andy [15:25]

• On fantasy tilt from target-empty performances:

  “He turned 13 targets into 43 receiving yards.” – Mike on Jerry Jeudy [43:41]

• On their league trade shenanigans:

  “There is an arms race at the top of our league right now. Wow.” – Andy [20:03]

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Timestamps for Key Sections

| Segment | Timestamp | |---------------------------------|-------------| | News & Injuries | 03:31–10:16 | | Gibbs/Flowers vs. CD Lamb Trade | 07:51–08:59 | | Starts of the Week | 10:16–28:03 | | Dynasty Trade Bombshell | 19:00–20:11 | | Matchups Forecast (LONDON) | 30:43–37:12 | | Weather Impacted Games | 38:04–43:05 | | Major Injury Return Debates | 47:14–49:49 | | Chiefs/Raiders Analysis | 52:29–57:43 | | Eagles/Vikings Breakdown | 57:17–65:16 | | Panthers/Jets/Meow Mix | 66:39–69:04 |

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Final Notes

• Action Items: Double-check weather right before kickoff, monitor inactive lists for all the key injuries, and use the bounce-back players highlighted as high-upside starters for Week 7.
• Trade Lessons: Don’t be afraid to go big if you’re chasing a title or need to reshape your keeper/dynasty roster.
• Weather Reminder:

  “Tune in to Sunday live... what matters most is not the forecast on Thursday but what happens right before the games.” – Jason [26:18]

The Ballers will be back tomorrow with more matchups and of course, the Wheel of Shame!

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This detailed summary captures the original tone, humor, and tactical advice of the hosts, making it an essential read for all fantasy managers prepping for Week 7.

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Andy Holloway]

Oh, you had me fooled, Mike. Yeah, you look.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, man, I forgot. Here's football time. Dang it. That's the joke.

[Andy Holloway]

That's okay. You. You looked so distracted. I thought you.

[Mike Wright]

That was. It was a. It was a trap.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you got me. It is football time. Old man river versus Old Man River. Well, Joe Flacco, the era continues. Aaron Rodgers, Thursday Night Football. You excited for the game?

[Jason Moore]

Sure.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. You never know.

[Mike Wright]

A little bit.

[Jason Moore]

I think it could be a pleasant surprise.

[Mike Wright]

We had an update of my hearing that there was optimism for Trey Henderson.

[Jason Moore]

I didn't see that update. That's a great update.

[Mike Wright]

Pessimism now as he seems to be on the wrong side of playing.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. It's a long shot, right?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

So we here at the Fantasy Footballers love when great defensive players take a break, take time to get healthy.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

You know what I mean? Like, we care about these great defensive players bodies, and we don't want you to have to play a rugged game of football. Please sit down and relax. Relax. Put your feet up. You're still getting paid, Trey. Take that money.

[Andy Holloway]

A lot of money.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. But don't disrupt the offenses, please.

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

News and notes from around the league presented by Progressive Insurance.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, Brock Bauer's not practicing. He seems all but seven days out for this week. And then Jacoby Myers, knee and toe. His head and shoulders are fine. Okay, maybe he didn't practice.

[Jason Moore]

There's a lot of rumors going around right now of, you know, trade rumors for Jacoby Meyer. So when you didn't know a guy was injured and then there's a lot of. Seemingly a lot of smoke.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's throw a bunch of things in there. We got the knees, we got the toes.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. So you don't want to overdo it. You want to. You don't want to be like, oh, man, he's so hurt. And then the trade partner is like, wait a minute.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, is that hurt?

[Jason Moore]

What about his head and shoulders?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, the team is saying they don't want to trade him. So we'll see. Yeah, we'll see what happens. D.J. moore, groin injury.

[Jason Moore]

Nothing for them.

[Andy Holloway]

Did not participate in the walkthrough.

[Mike Wright]

The Jacoby stuff is so weird, like.

[Jason Moore]

How he's not producing.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. How did. It's.

[Jason Moore]

I think it's more Geno and he.

[Andy Holloway]

Didn'T want to be there to start the season, so there's got.

[Mike Wright]

He wanted money.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I mean, he asked for a trade, so. Yeah, I know.

[Mike Wright]

Because he's in the last year of his contract.

[Andy Holloway]

He knows his future is not there. He has to be traded. They said no, he's playing. But they're not going to build a new offense around him. I mean, that's not going to happen when you're not part of their future.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he's in the last year of his deal, so he's just trying to get some more guaranteed money.

[Andy Holloway]

Darnell Mooney, Limited. On Wednesday, 49ers, most of them don't practice anymore.

[Jason Moore]

Ricky Pearsall, some don't play anymore.

[Andy Holloway]

Joanne Jennings, George Kittle, limited. Jennings, limited. Purdy, limited.

[Jason Moore]

So the Kittle and Purdy, limited, those are good news. You know, those aren't players that have been playing that now are missing practice. Those are players back at practice.

[Andy Holloway]

I was looking into this yesterday. Marvin Harrison Jr. Who left early with a concussion on Sunday, he was technically limited. He would need to practice on Friday. I think if he practiced on Friday in full, we could feel good about him playing this week. Kyler Murray, Ltd. We'll see if he misses another week or not. Josh Downs. This is a bit of a. Yeah. Was it. Is it an actual concussion?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it was a concussion and it was after the game. I think it was something in practice. So this.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, that means he's probably going to miss.

[Jason Moore]

Very likely he misses the game and.

[Andy Holloway]

He was sort of a waiver pickup.

[Mike Wright]

He was.

[Andy Holloway]

Puka Nakua officially did not practice on Wednesday with the ankle injury. He was also considered a long shot for the week. Chuba Hubbard Ltd. Dave Canales said Enrico Dowdle, he's earned the right to help this team and we'll find a way for him to do that. 5050 seems to likely better than we'll see.

[Jason Moore]

I'm really curious. Do you think Chuba plays this week? You think he's back right now? Because we've been talking about like, what do we do when Chuba comes back with Rico Dowdle. But there's a chance it's just Dowdle again and then obviously you play him.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And if Chuba comes back, do you feel like they give him a full allotment if he's recovering? You know, is it 75, 25 for a couple of weeks? There's questions there.

[Mike Wright]

I think I'm playing Rico. No, Met. Like, if you were going to play Rico, I'm playing him as usual. Like, you might have a lower ceiling if Truba Chuba is active. But I can't. I can't imagine with the calf injury that he has been recovering from that he goes right back into a ton of carries.

[Andy Holloway]

Terry McClaurin Limited at practice, could be back. Good news for Jaden Daniels. If he gets back out on the field, they need him. Especially if Debo is really dealing with the heel injury, which, you know, the first week he was dealing with it, he still produced, had that late fourth down touchdown that nobody expected. But last week, not productive. For the first time in a while, he could be hurting and then it's all of a sudden it's like if both of them didn't go. Luke McCaffrey, Jalen Lane, Zach Ertz, CD Lamb Ltd. On Wednesday's yeah Baby practice, Mike very excited for Kittle to return. You're very excited for CD Lamb to return.

[Mike Wright]

False.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

I'm very excited for both.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Because my Dino squad has CD Lamb and false.

[Jason Moore]

I am very excited for both because George Kittle is my guy that I really want to succeed.

[Mike Wright]

Everyone's excited.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. This is just good news to have these two guys back.

[Andy Holloway]

Trade offer. Here's a question for you. Would you rather have CD Lamb or Gibbs and Flowers?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, Gibbs and Flowers.

[Andy Holloway]

Gotta ask this one this morning.

[Mike Wright]

So CD Lamb.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm curious because it's like CD Lamb seems like he's got the maximum super value right now on the. On the return as well.

[Mike Wright]

I'm gonna. I'm probably gonna keep the Gibbs side.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason's eyes got really big.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it's. It's an interesting trade. I. I'm usually when you are near the same tier or in the same tier at running back and wide receiver, I'd rather have the stud running back over the stud wide receiver than you get flowers and then you add flowers. I think I'm on the Gibbs side. The question is just CD Lamb might be in the tippy top tier. Gibbs right now seems like he's in. He's kind of missing out on that, you know.

[Andy Holloway]

B John.

[Jason Moore]

CMC Bijan. Jonathan Taylor. Jonathan Taylor tier.

[Mike Wright]

I think flowers is a big.

[Andy Holloway]

I was going to say it. That was the next words out of my mouth. Zay Flowers should be a buy low with the return of Lamar Jackson. Right now he's just kind of faded into the mist. And then you have the history of not being as great of a player and fantasy wise and it's a time to get him.

[Mike Wright]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

Mike Evans expected to practice Thursday.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. Which is good because I mean that's.

[Andy Holloway]

Injured in week three.

[Mike Wright]

That's like a Wednesday. They are the Monday night game. So this is. This is a. On schedule.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. They're expecting him to play. What's going to happen this week is he's either he's going to practice and play or he's going to have a setback. I don't think there's a world where he's practicing this week and then doesn't play off the hamstring.

[Andy Holloway]

His hamstring always terrifies me for the setback. But hopefully they've taken the right amount of time. They may be feeling a little pressed.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

With no Abuka and no Godwin. So that scares me.

[Jason Moore]

But don't press too hard.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, Mike, you take it easy. You get back. Right. You make sure Baker wins the mvp. How's your hamstring, Mike? Are all Mike's hamstrings somewhat correlated?

[Mike Wright]

Both of. Yeah, we. We have a hive.

[Andy Holloway]

Hive.

[Mike Wright]

Hamstring.

[Jason Moore]

Hamstring.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So how are yours are good.

[Mike Wright]

Mine are actually getting worse. When's the last time you get better? A couple days ago I stood up. You stood up.

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

Well, it's week seven and we're getting into the matchups today. We're getting into the matchups. We, we got some weather news to talk about as well that we'll need to. What's that about to highlight? It's just, it's the way the world works, Mike.

[Jason Moore]

Get a roof. Get a retractable roof, you dummies.

[Mike Wright]

It sounds very much like get a room.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, get a roof.

[Andy Holloway]

Get a roof. All right, my starts of the week, we'll get into all of them. Mine are all bounce back candidates. All of mine. A little bit of a encouragement, right? We're so reactionary week to week. Jason's been pretty good at picking out these players that they have a down week and then they get it going. Lad. McConkey, two straight great weeks. An example of that minor bounce back candidates. And I'm starting with his quarterback. I'm going Justin Herbert this week bouncing back. He's not been very good. He's not been a top 10 quarterback since week three. This is a dome showdown. Jason, you'll be happy. It's the dome. They got a roof.

[Jason Moore]

Fantastic.

[Andy Holloway]

Indianapolis, Daniel Jones 48 and a half point over under, Chargers favored and they remain a pass heavy team and they're going to continue to be without Hampton. It's not that Vidal didn't do a good job, it's just that they need to lean on their best player. And it's Justin Herbert, their third and pass rate over expectations or expectation. And teams are chucking it against Indianapolis they are 26th in terms of fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks. It's a good matchup for him. All right.

[Jason Moore]

My quarterback start of the week is Jared. Ah, Jared Goff. You can start him in certain matchups when you want gargantuan outputs. And this is one of those weeks. They are playing on Monday Night Football.

[Mike Wright]

I sure hope so because we like we've been calling for the golf weeks and it's, it's really just one you.

[Jason Moore]

Might have been calling. This is the golf. This is a golf week. This is a blow up week. Monday Night football against Baker, 52 and a half point over under. There's a difficult team to run on with Vita Vea there. You pretty much have to throw on the buccaneers and they're 26th in yards per attempt. 24th and schedule adjusted, fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks. This is at home in a dome. Huge. Everything is lining up to be perfect. And usually what I love about golf, and maybe it's been a couple of weeks where it's not that way, but over the course of his career, golf is predictable. Golf is like. You can be like, oh, yeah, this is. This is a golf game. And it works out well. We've seen this with pretty much every game Tampa Bay has been in. Baker's going to do enough to get stuff done. Hopefully Mike Evans is there. And if he does, if he can score on the Lions enough, the Lions are going to have to throw the ball. So if I had Jared Goff, I can't imagine benching him this week.

[Mike Wright]

All right, I'm going right back to it, man. C.J. stroud off of the bye week. I think he can be streamed yet.

[Andy Holloway]

Your name is. What's your name?

[Mike Wright]

My name is Jason Moore.

[Andy Holloway]

Whoa.

[Mike Wright]

No, I do. I like Stroud. It makes sense.

[Andy Holloway]

You got it last time you called it.

[Mike Wright]

It's a lot easier when you're calling it against a Baltimore Ravens that is playing juco guys and their secondary. But last time we saw him 244 and 4. He is completing 71% of his passes. He's also running a bit more. 3.6 rush attempts per game. You know, just a little tiny floor. Just maybe there's a mistake. Okay. We're covered up by 15 to 20 rushing yards and it's the matchup. Seattle is a good defense, but the way that teams have been scoring on them or getting fantasy points, it's through the air. Over the last month, 26th and passing yards allowed per game and 25th and completion percentage allowed it. I mean, and you're talking Arizona, Tampa Bay and Jacksonville all scoring above their expectations. So I think that Stroud is in play.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Last week, the big storyline. Quinshon Dudkins was one of the.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, nice.

[Andy Holloway]

The big punday commonalities bounce back. Week it's Miami Quintean Judkins, he was coming off three straight top 12 weeks. They fell flat.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, that's the wind.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, you're not throwing there.

[Mike Wright]

That's not a very strong wind, Santa.

[Jason Moore]

It's filtering it this pop.

[Andy Holloway]

That's much better, Mike. It's not that hard. So this is the game that is red alert on the weather front. Miami, Cleveland, this morning they said gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour.

[Jason Moore]

Which I don't believe with sustained winds.

[Mike Wright]

We're early, but you got to pay.

[Andy Holloway]

Attention Dylan Gabriel might blow away in those in those gusts but it's sustained 30 plus mile an hour winds with rain.

[Mike Wright]

Some sweet boomerang passes.

[Andy Holloway]

I think Quinch on Judkins alone in this matchup whether notwithstanding would be a great bounce back because the Dolphins rush defense might be the worst in the NFL.

[Mike Wright]

You don't care whether the weather is bad.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't care whether the weather. All right, yeah, don't put a roof on it. I don't care. Quinshawn Judkins is going to take care of business and I think they're giving up 130 plus yards a game to running backs and Judkins is so good. Like don't freak out like last week. I know it hurt and it stunk and that's going to be part of being a part of a bad offense sometimes. But let's go bounce back. Number two, Quinton Judkins.

[Jason Moore]

I like it. My start of the week this week is Jalen Warren. Tonight in the Thursday night football matchup he came back off of an injury, was involved quite a bit. He had, you know, 53% of the snaps, averaged 4.8 yards a touch. Looked great against a really tough Browns defense last week and now he plays against the Bengals rush defense that they're in contention for the worst rush defense in the NFL. 29th in rushing yards allowed per game, 30th in yards before contact allowed and they're dead last in schedule adjusted fantasy points allowed to running back. So whether it's on the ground or or through the air, Jalen Warren is in a great spot tonight.

[Mike Wright]

How can he possibly hit a ceiling knowing that Caleb Johnson is going to siphon all that work.

[Jason Moore]

Caleb Johnson is going to have one drive killing touchdown run but the rest will be okay. And that's part of why I wanted to make Jalen Warren my start of the week is so that people know to repent for your not to repent so that they know Jalen Warren's the dude there. Obviously he has been playing great ball and he never on the Aaron Rodgers trust. He's the one that Mike Tomlin trusts right now.

[Andy Holloway]

Never too late to repent though he's doing.

[Jason Moore]

It's never too late to repent. I love that advice.

[Andy Holloway]

You can always I'm not going to.

[Jason Moore]

Repent of my Caleb Johnson love. Not yet.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, we'll talk to you tomorrow. Jordan. On tomorrow's show, Jordan Mason vs. Philadelphia.

[Andy Holloway]

If Caleb Johnson fumbles, it's the funniest.

[Jason Moore]

Thing that has ever happened. The Best news is here we're set up for success. Caleb Johnson does nothing great. Dunk on me. If Caleb Johnson gets that touchdown right.

[Andy Holloway]

You'Re going to dunk all over.

[Jason Moore]

You're darn right.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. From half court, I'm going with Jordan Mason against the Philadelphia Eagles. It's a bye week you always love. That guy's getting a little bit healthier right now. Jordan Mason's at 31% of the team's total rush attempts and targets his workhorse percentage. Anything over 30% is elite. And I know Carter being out last week certainly helped camp Scatterboot, but it's just the Eagles right now are looking like a run funnel defense. 26th and rushing yards allowed, 31st in percent of runs. Stuffed at the line of scrimmage. Like guys are getting going. If Jordan Mason is not getting. He's one of these guys. If you're not stuffing him at the line, he's going to start ripping off chunk yardage. He's going to be hitting big plays. So I like Jordan Mason a lot.

[Andy Holloway]

Bounce back. Number three. He was Courtland nothing last week, traveling all the way overseas for one reception and 17 yards on just three targets. But I'm taking Cortland Sutton to bounce back against the New York Football Giants, who we're now excited to watch play football with Jackson Dard and Cam Scatterboo. But I'm taking Cortland Sutton. He had been a top 20 wide receiver in four of the first five weeks. He is the go to receiver for Bo Nix. If Bo Nix is going to get it going, it's going to happen with Cortland Sutton. And The Giants are 26th and schedule adjusted fantasy points to wide receivers trust in Cortland Sutton this week. What's going on? Jason, you are. Are we pausing the starts of the week for a second?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, we're pausing.

[Andy Holloway]

What happened?

[Mike Wright]

Why is that?

[Jason Moore]

We're pausing.

[Mike Wright]

Why is that? Why is that?

[Andy Holloway]

What did trade happen?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, trade happened.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, no. I don't even.

[Mike Wright]

I don't have.

[Jason Moore]

I got a breaking news.

[Andy Holloway]

We'll go.

[Jason Moore]

What breaking news?

[Mike Wright]

Whoa, baby.

[Jason Moore]

All this.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, sir.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, no.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, sir.

[Jason Moore]

Mike's team is very, very good. Mike and Josh are the two leaders.

[Mike Wright]

Jeremy, you're a gentleman.

[Jason Moore]

And Jeremy, pleasure doing business.

[Mike Wright]

Also part of the trade agreement. Across the face, Brian Ketron. You're an awesome dude.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, that was part. Oh, that's funny. That's part of the trade agreement. Here's the trade. Mike is sending away an injured Garrett Wilson and an RJ Harvey. Two Young, good players. And his second round pick finally strikes, which is the biggest ammunition we have in our league. And he's receiving Justin Jefferson and a later pick back.

[Mike Wright]

So, like, I mean, Garrett Wilson, great keeper. Obviously he's going to miss a couple of weeks and Harvey, I think, is a, in our format, a very good keeper.

[Jason Moore]

So, yeah, I understand it from both sides. I don't like it from my side.

[Andy Holloway]

There is a arms race at the top of our league right now. Wow. Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Did you pull that reference, Jeremy? Oh, I thought you.

[Jason Moore]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

I was like, it was really short. That was a.

[Andy Holloway]

What were you talking about?

[Jason Moore]

I was about to talk about my wide receiver start of the week, which is not Justin Jefferson. It is Rushy Rice right off of.

[Andy Holloway]

Can we talk about Rushy Rice's ridiculous hype video? Ridiculous hype video for multiple reasons.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, let's talk.

[Andy Holloway]

One, what you're returning from.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Was it an injury? Are you battling back from a tough rehab?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I like him.

[Jason Moore]

He's in.

[Andy Holloway]

Or a felony.

[Mike Wright]

Which one?

[Jason Moore]

A double. Which one is it? I think it was two felonies.

[Andy Holloway]

And then the second part is to use a customized logo in the Rashi Rice return. Oh, well, in the video itself.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, is that the return?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it's the return because.

[Andy Holloway]

Go on, you can now.

[Jason Moore]

Anyways, look, according to that video, Sean.

[Andy Holloway]

Watson's hype return video, Justin Tucker. Where's Justin Tucker's video?

[Jason Moore]

All right, Rushy Rice, he's been working out like crazy. According to that video, O.J.

[Andy Holloway]

Simpson coming back.

[Jason Moore]

You know, ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported that the Chiefs are going to allocate a heavy workload to Rice as soon as possible because he is coming off of a suspension and not an injury. There's no, you know, ramp up, no getting healthy, no worry about, you know, those type of things. And the, you know, the match up here is perfect. The Raiders are running an absurd amount of zone. They're running cover three or cover four at 62% of the time. That's the second highest in the NFL. Last year in those games we saw Rice dominated, he was targeted on 43% of his routes versus those coverage. So we've had a lot of questions already this week of like, do I wait and see with Rushy Rice? And this is. I'm making him my start of the week. Because it's like, no, you don't wait and see. You've waited to see, but you want to see him in your lineup. I'm putting him in my lineup immediately. Any wide receiver can dud you gotta just. You have waited long enough. Most likely you are not a 6 and 0 team. You are 2 and 4 and been waiting and so now's the time. Plug them in your lineup, get what you're going to get. And I think you're going to be thrilled with it.

[Mike Wright]

And I mean probably a puff piece, but the, I mean yesterday it was like Chiefs immediately going to heavy workload for, for Rasheed Rice. So I'm very excited for it. I kind of snuck it in. I think on Monday it was like, oh, you know what? DK Metcalf, I'm really liking the position that he's in. He's taking on Cincinnati. It's tonight. Touchdown in four straight games. No one on that team can handle his physicality since he's 30th in schedule. Adjusted points to the wide receiver position. I mean honestly, the, the, the Bengals are that team where you could put anyone in, but when you have top tier players like DK Metcalf and maybe you don't think of Jaylen Warren as a top tier guy, but he might be turning into one. And just all Steelers tonight.

[Jason Moore]

I'm pretty excited when it comes to the Trey Hendrickson injury. That favorite DK Metcalf, more, way more than Jalen Warren because you know they'll replace him with someone that might be better at stuff in the run. But if you, if you give Aaron Rodgers time to throw, he's going to find Metcalf.

[Andy Holloway]

My final bounce back. Start of the week, it's a be ounce back. What for Mason Taylor.

[Jason Moore]

That's good.

[Andy Holloway]

It's Carolina. It's Mason Taylor. It's no Garrett Wilson. It's probably no Josh Reynolds. It's an 18% target share on the season. It's a throw the last one out because they didn't throw at all. It's a meow mix. Start of the week, Mason Taylor bouncing back against Carolina and oh yeah, the Panthers are the worst in the league.

[Mike Wright]

Why don't we. Let's put that on social media. Andy Holloway, start of the week, Mason Taylor.

[Andy Holloway]

There you go.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Jason Moore]

This is like my Rushy Rice coming straight off of suspension. I'm throwing George Kittle in the lineup. What is this hype video straight off the injury. He didn't have a double felony. So you only really hype up those coming off of. You know, make sure that he's gonna. Yeah, I mean obviously you're going to play.

[Andy Holloway]

Is this whether he plays or not? You're still starting him.

[Jason Moore]

One of those, you know what I'm going to be so bold as to say yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

Whether he plays or not, I'm starting him.

[Andy Holloway]

George Kittle Sunday night with a Tonjasmick backup.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Nice.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Tonja Smith, backup on the Sunday night game. You'll be fine. I expect George Kittle to play and you. I don't care if the matchup is good, if the matchup is bad. Right now like Atlanta looks great against tight ends. They haven't faced anyone elite. It doesn't matter. George Kittle is going to finish this season as the tight end one in points per game. They need him so bad. And in his splits with Brock Purdy who looks like he might be trending to play, you know he is. He's averaging 12.6 fantasy points per game and 66 receiving yards a game over three years. It's not a small sample size. So Kittle right. Right to my lineup.

[Mike Wright]

Brooks, he makes a great point here. AJ Barner plays on Monday night. If should Jake Tonjas MC basketball not be there. AJ Barner is a fine pickup and play. Should you be waiting? Yeah, my start of the week I had this in before I got alerted to a weather situation.

[Andy Holloway]

This might be the one most okay.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah actually it could still work. Harold Fannin Jr. Against the Miami Dolphins. Look, David Najoku seems like he might.

[Andy Holloway]

Miss and might be traded.

[Mike Wright]

Oh I have not seen those.

[Andy Holloway]

There's trade rumors for David Najoku right now.

[Mike Wright]

Even more of a reason to go pick up.

[Andy Holloway]

Absolutely.

[Mike Wright]

If he doesn't have to split any of that tight end pie then he should be seeing a bunch of targets. But I like him. This week Miami's tied for the fourth allowing the fourth most receptions to the.

[Andy Holloway]

Tight end position with Najoku he's on pace for over 105 targets on the year. Harold Fanon and the average up to target for him with Dylan Gabriel. I mean he passed it 52 times. I think there were three that went 10 or more yards. He's built for wind games right.

[Mike Wright]

I mean he's. They use him short. These aren't deep routes so even if it's. If you get to Sunday and it's windy but it's not these catastrophic the hellscape of wins then you're probably you're going to be fine.

[Jason Moore]

It is really worth noting like you have to tune in to Sunday live with Mike an hour before kickoff because when we're talking on we're talking on a Thursday about the weather it can look catastrophic and it can really be okay and it can be the opposite. There could be a different game where it's like, oh, Chicago looks okay. And then, you know, it turns out there.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Chicago is on the.

[Jason Moore]

They're on the radar right now of caution.

[Mike Wright]

Man. Nothing I like talking about more than weather.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

What makes fantasy fun. It's what makes the NFL fun. It's what makes it a real man's game.

[Andy Holloway]

If you put a roof on everyone, we cannot have some games forecasted with a tornado like we do this week. Do you realize that?

[Mike Wright]

I do.

[Jason Moore]

I did not.

[Andy Holloway]

It is a. No, that's a game.

[Jason Moore]

In Oklahoma.

[Mike Wright]

I would actually say a tornado even with a roof is a pretty big problem.

[Andy Holloway]

That's fair. That's fair. Yeah. The roof is not really going to stop.

[Jason Moore]

The roof might be a bigger problem, to be honest.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, great idea. Sub terrain stadiums.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, you guys would love that. Why don't you don't even put the lights on.

[Jason Moore]

Well, no, I'm definitely going to need the lights. We could put electricity down. That's out of the realm. Why would you say something so stupid?

[Andy Holloway]

I don't like bad weather. I like some weather. I like the open skies.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, well, I mean, we are team. Retractable roof. It's just easier to say team don't.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

But yeah, retractable roof is where it's at.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

If you're going to push, I'm going underground.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I will too. I will too. I will be there with you. But lights on, Mike.

[Mike Wright]

It would be the world's most expensive stadium.

[Jason Moore]

Stadium.

[Andy Holloway]

Because that's a. That's called a hard dig.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Oh, you hit that caliche.

[Andy Holloway]

All right.

[Mike Wright]

They're going to tell you it's not there and then you're going to.

[Andy Holloway]

We know. Rocks.

[Mike Wright]

That's an Arizona joke.

[Andy Holloway]

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[Andy Holloway]

All right, it's week seven. Let's talk about it.

[Jason Moore]

Fantasy Forecast presented by PR.

[Andy Holloway]

Texans and Vikings coming back off the by. Bills and Ravens going to the bye. Lamar Jackson getting healthy. Hopefully the Bills defense as well. I do want to pan over to Deucer's Alley for a moment. I know Al's probably hard at work over there, but I need a first reaction. You've had Justin Jefferson for a while. He was part of your championship team last year. He's Justin Jefferson?

[Jason Moore]

Yes, sir.

[Andy Holloway]

First few moments knowing he's not a member of your team. How does that feel? Do you feel I'm settled. Are you comfortable with this trade?

[Jason Moore]

No, I think it was fine, but it sounded like you don't really like that. You traded Justin Jefferson to a potential champion.

[Andy Holloway]

I could see it going both ways.

[Jason Moore]

So I'm just going to hang out here on the fence.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, you see, you're the. You were half of it. Yeah. Do you. I mean, he's not. Was he going to be a franchise player? He was. And now Garrett Wilson will be okay.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, man.

[Andy Holloway]

Kyren Harvey and McBride will be my keepers.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

So he's got another guy for his lotto now though.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, that is correct. That was part of it.

[Jason Moore]

I only had a franchise and two keepers prior to this trade and so now it filled out my keeper situation. Man, I can't believe you got that.

[Andy Holloway]

Mike is dangerous. Mike is dangerous. He acted like he was swing yesterday. He was just like, oh, everybody's trading their twos away, their threes away. And I, I'm feeling really good. Even if things go bad, I don't have, you know, when I get to.

[Jason Moore]

The trade deadline, I got all my.

[Andy Holloway]

Picks, I got the trade deadline. And then he struck like tornado at a football game.

[Jason Moore]

Jefferson for a two, you strike because you can't usually get that done.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's go to London again. The Rams 4 and 2, Jacksonville 4 and 2. Jacksonville just basically lives in London every year. Vegas line, Los Angeles minus three over under is 44 and a half. Jacksonville lost last week. The Rams lost Puka Nakua last week. The start sitting this game does feel fairly straightforward. I guess the debates are around some of the peripheral flex options. Brian Thomas had the big bounce back last week, almost had two touchdowns, still went 8 for 90 and 1. Devonte Adams and Brian Thomas locks, right. Kyron Williams, he's a lock.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And you have. Blake Corum did not practice on Wednesday with an ankle injury. I mean, it's six opportunities per game, but if Kyron gets four more.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean we've seen Kyron last year get 90% snaps. He can do it. Yeah, he can do it and he'll be great doing that. This has not been an easy team to run on on both sides of the ball. Here you got Travis ETN and Blake Corum who are looking like true workhorses for their teams. They have workhorses. War horse Corum gets more touchdowns. ET gets more.

[Andy Holloway]

They're looking like war horses.

[Mike Wright]

No, that's a Conan o' Brien joke. Clip, clap, clappity, clue.

[Jason Moore]

But. But neither one of these guys has an easy matchup here. So I'm not. I mean Kyron is like locked in, but I'm not very bullish on ETN in This matchup, I'm going to make.

[Andy Holloway]

A statement that I don't feel is very safe, but I do believe in. I think you want to trade for Travis Hunter.

[Jason Moore]

Wow.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

I didn't see. I didn't see that coming.

[Andy Holloway]

I think that you're going to see it get a lot better, a lot faster than you might imagine. He played 78% of snaps after a week of 67% of snaps, then 56 before that. Like the work is going up. Liam Cohen came out this week and he said Duvall, but he also said that he wanted to draw more first read plays for Travis Hunter. You got to understand this is an acclimation process. This is a guy that they, I think, have tried to split the fence on. But when you don't get the practice time you need sufficiently on one side of the football, I do expect it to come along slower. You saw the big play two weeks ago. Last week wasn't good, but the snap counts went up, the targets went up, and I. It's what I believe. I just believe that Travis Hunter might become a bona fide flex play every week.

[Mike Wright]

I would the question for that then, Andy, is this week he plays the Rams. They are currently 8th against fantasy wide receivers. So the matchup is already really tough. Next week is the bye week for Jacksonville. I can definitely see after the bye week, Travis Hunter really seeing it up.

[Andy Holloway]

And maybe that's your moment. So I just worry about the big game.

[Jason Moore]

He's probably dirt cheap, honestly now.

[Mike Wright]

But after this week, if he has another dud and then has the bye week, probably he'll be on the way.

[Jason Moore]

If he had. I was just going to say if he has a bad week this week, he will be dropped by everybody because they don't want to hold a guy who is currently on pace for 500 yards, you know, has not had a single decent game and then is going into a buy, you're going to drop him, but that might be the right time to scoop them up.

[Mike Wright]

So the replacement guys over here, he.

[Andy Holloway]

Made one big catch that won a matchup for Jason over me.

[Jason Moore]

Thank you, Travis Hunter. Yeah, thank you, Andy, for trading me Travis Hunter.

[Mike Wright]

The replacement guys of Jordan Whittington, who played 92% of the snaps. Tutu Atwell was limited with the hamstring, but we know that Tutu. Tutu is just made so much money in the NFL and he keeps sticking around on the Rams and honestly, when they find themselves deployed, he's one touch man.

[Andy Holloway]

Two. Two.

[Mike Wright]

One touch.

[Andy Holloway]

Tutu just.

[Mike Wright]

He can show up so are you.

[Andy Holloway]

Have Tutu and Tootin in the same game? Is that right?

[Jason Moore]

That's a lot.

[Andy Holloway]

That just seems like the kind of thing we'd focus on.

[Mike Wright]

But so like the Ram or I'm sorry the Jags are. You have to beat them through the air. Do you have any interest in the replacement of Whittington or Tutu? Do you feel strong about one or the other?

[Andy Holloway]

Whittington is the one that I would definitely play over two two. You're waiting for a bigger play. I think Whittington, you're going to see almost 100% of the snaps. So it's what.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, you should.

[Andy Holloway]

You know, that is to me very interesting.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, Whittington should be okay. I do have like the little worries in the back of the mind of just being this London International game that so often produces a dude overall. But Whittington would be the guy ahead of. Ahead of Atwell for me.

[Andy Holloway]

New Orleans 1 and 5 taking on the above.500 at this point in the season for the first time in a while or so it seems. But we'll see if it keeps going. Chicago bears who are three and two. The Vegas line. Chicago minus four and a half. The over unders 46 and a half. The Dennis Allen revenge game we've been waiting for. You get the defensive coordinator of the Bears who was the former head coach of the Saints who Jason loved. Just loved him.

[Jason Moore]

I just thought he was a really solid head coach who built up his team and wasn't just, you know, like demoralizing them. Demoralizing.

[Mike Wright]

Man, I don't know if he ever.

[Andy Holloway]

Hit one of them.

[Mike Wright]

Kendra Miller.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, Kendra Miller.

[Mike Wright]

Kendra Miller will be playing with the fire of a thousand sons.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Oh man. So it is worth his true revenge for Kendra.

[Jason Moore]

It is worth noting. I know we talked a lot about the game in Cleveland with the Dolphins and the Browns being a bad wind and a bad weather game potentially. This is another one that has the potential to be 20 mile an hour winds, you know, rain right now. It's projected just before the game. But this could be a bad. A bad weather game which when those winds get above 15 miles an hour, especially if they're above 20, that's where you see more work going to the running game and less work in the. In the passing game.

[Andy Holloway]

Caleb Williams is the quarterback. Seven so far in fantasy points per game. DeAndre Swift had the monster week last week. 14 for 108. You had Roma Dunes a who he had his first kind of down week. Had the touchdown called back. You know, you're kind of on lookout for what's going on with DJ Moore this week. Does that give Luther Burden more opportunities in the offense who is still running behind Mr. Zakias in snaps and routes? I I have this simultaneous like will it, won't it happen with Luther Burden? Sometimes I want to believe the dj More injury could lead to more work. He's a really good player that I like. It's just a matter of how consistent it could be for Luther Burden.

[Mike Wright]

I think I'm very hopeful. I'm optimistic here for for Luther Burton to to get it going as the on the second half of the season.

[Andy Holloway]

Chris Olave was limited. Alvin Camara limited or actually he didn't practice on Wednesday, but that's Alvin Camara Chris Olave limited on Wednesday with a hip injury. He is leading all wide receivers and expected fantasy points per game. Expected fantasy points per game. Eh, whatever. That's kind of a product of actual so Juwan Johnson, we're kind of done there. Colson Loveland, just keep an eye on him. But he, you know, he finally overtook commit and routes. He's getting healthier. Are there questions on this start sit situation?

[Mike Wright]

I mean this game I feel like there's a lot it's just based off of of bye weeks and injuries. Is Kendra Miller playable? I mean the Bears, you can beat them on the ground. He has seen 39% of the snaps the past two weeks.

[Jason Moore]

He can be a DFS dart throw because you don't expect people to play him and whatnot. And he' But I can't imagine in most leagues that you're going to put someone in not getting enough work. I mean the matchup is there and the revenge is there and all that. So you can see kind of the narrative for it happening. But throwing him into a starting lineup right now, it feels like you've got to have more options. More options guaranteed for opportunities.

[Andy Holloway]

So I tried to take advantage of Mike's trading mood during the show.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. What'd you offer?

[Andy Holloway]

And I sent him an offer. I thought it was a good one. Remind me.

[Mike Wright]

It was. I counted. I had to push back.

[Andy Holloway]

Counter was. I'm thinking about it.

[Mike Wright]

I get Ramon Dre. Yeah. And Andy gets a third round pick.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, I countered with I get Ramon Dre and the remainder of Andy's fab and he doesn't get anything.

[Jason Moore]

So which I consider him to be honest.

[Andy Holloway]

It seems maybe reasonable.

[Jason Moore]

Gotcha first. So for him to be allowed to release Ramondre. Yes. You must pay Me, he's got to.

[Mike Wright]

Give you fab so I'll put him on my roster.

[Andy Holloway]

Some live trading here on the show. Miami, Cleveland. The wind will howl in Cleveland. Both one in five teams. So the wind is already howling in the locker rooms for these two franchises. You had to come and apologize for all of his comments from last week. Kyle was very fascinated to find out this is the first time in 19 years that two left handed quarterbacks will start and NFL games each other. Oh what Jason finds left handed throwing.

[Jason Moore]

Gross. So ugly.

[Mike Wright]

I got great things.

[Andy Holloway]

It doesn't.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

If they're both left handed you can just watch this game in a mirror. I will do that and everything is okay.

[Jason Moore]

That's great man. Thank you.

[Mike Wright]

If just one of them is then you got to.

[Jason Moore]

Then I'm just switching teams.

[Mike Wright]

Just watch backwards.

[Jason Moore]

No, that's great man. Thank you. I don't. I don't like it. This shouldn't be allowed.

[Andy Holloway]

Why does it weird you out? You're left handed.

[Jason Moore]

I know.

[Mike Wright]

That's the best part.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean he's gross then you're gross.

[Jason Moore]

I am gross.

[Mike Wright]

Just self loathing left hander.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Dylan Gabriel to a tongue of iloa. The matchup we never really wanted. Cleveland minus two and a half favored at home over under is just 39 and a half. I had shared this morning and I will go and find the direct quote so that I am. Yeah. Andy Slater had tweeted they could have 50 to 60 mile an hour wind gusts. National weather Service says this is a system worth keeping an eye on as a stronger storm may materialize. In the current forecast. 94% chance of rain, 36 mile an hour gusts 65 degrees.

[Jason Moore]

So I don't know who that is. The sources that I usually look at different things are not having it be that high but it certainly is. I mean this is just. You put the. You put the red flag up to make sure you come back and look at this that you're prepared for.

[Andy Holloway]

Ready things change. Weather changes. Devon HN, RB4 on the season. He's been great. Judkin started the week bounce back week. In my opinion with the matchup the bigger question marks. You don't play pass catchers for Cleveland. You just don't do that unless it's Harold Fannin and the tight end position is different and he could be fine.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I agree. It makes it very, very easy. It's Judkins and a potential fanon on the Cleveland side.

[Mike Wright]

Do you realize how many targets Jerry Judy got last week?

[Jason Moore]

What have we talked about these Cleveland Brown targets?

[Mike Wright]

No, no, I just want you to know the number.

[Jason Moore]

I don't know.

[Andy Holloway]

If you've asked Jason, it is a thousand times. His targets don't matter.

[Mike Wright]

He turned. He turned 13 targets into 43 receiving guys.

[Jason Moore]

That's impressive work. Yeah, I couldn't do that.

[Mike Wright]

Good grief, man.

[Andy Holloway]

No, you couldn't. Yeah, we have Darren Waller. Four receiving touchdowns in three games. We're feeling. How are we feeling?

[Jason Moore]

So I have Darren Waller. I made that trade to acquire him as my attempt to fix my tight end position. Because of the weather and a good Cleveland Browns team, I picked up Meowson Taylor, your start of the week. And so I've got a real decision coming down on that will probably not be made until Sunday. As of right now, Darren Waller's in the game. If the, you know, if the weather goes really, really bad that morning and it looks like, wow, it's going to be so hard to throw in this, then I will pivot off of Darren Waller.

[Mike Wright]

And to comfort people out there with Darren Waller because it was only 2 for 12. He did have the touchdown. So it wasn't horrifically bad. But the snapshot were up very nice. So he would. Yeah, he was at the 69th percentile of the snaps. So it's like he is still ramping up. The ramp is endless.

[Andy Holloway]

No, this ramp is. It's a long ramp. Very comfortable to walk on. This is not some.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it's a smooth grade.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, the grade is.

[Mike Wright]

No, no walking.

[Andy Holloway]

Imperceivable.

[Mike Wright]

A handrail. Not on this ramp.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, no. You don't need it. New England 4 and 2, the Titans 1 in 5 Vegas line. New England -7 on the road over unders 42 and a half. Also have some rain and wind chance in this one. Mike McCoy taking over the Titans.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, boy.

[Andy Holloway]

I really want Cammore to look better than he does, but he doesn't look good.

[Mike Wright]

No, it does not look good.

[Andy Holloway]

And so, you know, seven and a half point home favorites is where you end up with the way this offense is playing, you know, it's kind of getting messier I think in Tennessee because it's an offense you don't love. But now you have a backfield that is going to be shared. Tajie Spears played 59% of the snaps last week. Tony Pollard just 43%. So now you have to split like Tony Pollard was at least this solid. 10 points due to volume. Calvin Ridley didn't practice, not likely to play in this one. Maybe you start to pay Attention to Chiga conquo a little bit. But you can't trust this offense. So I had brought up Alec IO Manner. Maybe he's the number one target. Still not trustworthy. There are a lot of players on the other side of the ball. I'd feel way better playing like K Sean Booty last week who took advantage of the, you know, Stefan Diggs kind of, you know, they played the slot really well and booty took advantage, scored twice. Would you play booty? Would you play Sterling shepherd with no.

[Mike Wright]

Abuka and no, I think I'd play. Are you staying over Titans?

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, no. I'm sorry. I'm saying K Sean Booty or Sterling Shepard.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, okay. I got you.

[Andy Holloway]

With no booty, no godwin or sorry, no a buka. No godwin.

[Mike Wright]

I'd be tracking the Mike Evans news. If Mike Evans see if Mike Evans plays what I play shepherd over booty. I know I'd chase the fire.

[Andy Holloway]

Give me three words. Three words to describe your current feelings on Travion Henderson. Three words situation. Three words. Either of you can contribute to the pile.

[Jason Moore]

Frustrated with talent.

[Andy Holloway]

Frustrated with talent. So yours is more of a sentence with. Was one of your words. Yeah. Mike Vrabel.

[Mike Wright]

Eat doo doo.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I had two other words. I had two other words there.

[Mike Wright]

Hence the boss had to had to cycle through the Rolodex real quick.

[Andy Holloway]

Ramon Ray Stevenson led the team in or led his season high in snaps last week. 72%. The Titans are 30th against running backs this year. If you had to start travy on a ramandre, you're playing Ramon Dre with that snap count.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I think you have to right now.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean you have to have some words.

[Mike Wright]

You don't have to.

[Jason Moore]

I just can't imagine playing someone that is getting in the 30s percent of snaps over the person playing 70% of snaps. Even if the person behind him is more efficient, which they are also scored.

[Mike Wright]

More fantasy points last week.

[Jason Moore]

I mean the who's going to get the opportunities if they're around the goal line?

[Mike Wright]

Ramondre probably right.

[Jason Moore]

And so I, yeah, I would play Ramondreville.

[Mike Wright]

Both are difficult plays. I think I'd still play Henderson.

[Jason Moore]

You're going to get some value at the running back position against Tennessee Titans. I mean they are down in the vast majority of their snaps the second half. It doesn't matter if they've got a good defensive line or not, which theirs isn't the worst in the league. But they get worn out. The other team's going to run A ton. And when you run a ton, that to me says it's a Ramon Dre game, not a Henderson game.

[Andy Holloway]

Now, if it's a blowout, I'm with you on that. I think that that's what's going to happen.

[Jason Moore]

I could see a world where if it's a blowout, all of a sudden, hey, let's get Henderson more work at the end. But you know, I have personally, I took the first week coach Bump against the spread, which at the time was seven and a half points. So I don't see it being a blowout. That's where I'm on the ramondre side.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. You know, if you need to start, Hunter Henry's always someone you could take a look at, but it's not been great. He's the tight end nine on the season. If he catches a touchdown, you're happy, which is basically all the tight ends.

[Mike Wright]

But the matchup is not there.

[Andy Holloway]

No. And Drake May, it's been great. Drake May is playing very, very well, completing 73% of his passes, 20 plus yards down the field, which is wild because the league average is 40%. And you love that. You love that they can trust him to go downfield. It's going to be a game that I think is not close.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. May is currently the quarterback six. He's been excellent.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, he's one of the, you know, there were some names in the off season, those later round picks that you were looking at saying, you know, you take the shot here and there and he's been one that's worked out. So we'll take a break and we'll jump into some more matchups.

[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

Today the Las Vegas Raiders at 2 and 4 take on the Kansas City. What are we at?

[Mike Wright]

3 and 3. Something going on behind the scenes Maybe.

[Andy Holloway]

I just know Jason. Jason's just kind of.

[Mike Wright]

Are we still trading?

[Andy Holloway]

Jason's just kind of got this look on his face. He's mentally working through some things. Damn.

[Jason Moore]

I don't know.

[Mike Wright]

Lock in, man.

[Andy Holloway]

How do I remember yesterday when we thought something really dangerous was happening and he's on his phone like. Is the family okay?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

He's betting on Caleb Johnson to score a touchdown.

[Jason Moore]

Priorities matter, man.

[Andy Holloway]

It was great. It was great.

[Mike Wright]

Are we going to have to pause the show?

[Andy Holloway]

Is everything all right? But he got the bed in.

[Jason Moore]

My family's okay right now, I think. I don't know. I haven't heard from him forever. But that's. That's probably a good sign, right? If you haven't heard anything forever.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. No news is good.

[Jason Moore]

No news is good news here. So.

[Andy Holloway]

I can't find them. All right. The Raiders 2 and 4. The Chiefs 3 and 3. The Chiefs 11 and a half point favorites. Over under is 45 and a half. In the games in which the Chiefs have been double digit favorites, which is 29 times in the Mahomes era, they are 26 and three with two of those losses coming against the Raiders divisional matchup. So do you want to get a quick bet in on the Raiders then money line?

[Jason Moore]

No, no, thank you. I. I do believe I picked the Raiders to cover, but I certainly wouldn't put money on it. The Kansas City Chiefs have looked awesome. You know, they're getting Rushy Rice back. Defense is playing well. Mahomes is playing outstanding. He's running the ball so much. He's obviously a must start. Right now he's the quarterback one on the season he's on pace for 4,300 yards passing, 32 passing touchdowns and 630 rushing yards. Now I am curious and this will be telling. Like a lot of his rushing attempts come because I feel like he has nobody to throw the ball to on a lot of the plays.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, seems like.

[Jason Moore]

And now he's got Rushy Rice. So it's like does. Does this make the Chiefs better and Mahomes worse for fantasy because instead of rushing yards it's like oh, you know.

[Andy Holloway]

He went rushing yards instead of rushing yards.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, exactly. Rushing yards are worth less.

[Andy Holloway]

It's an interesting and it might hold true. Although he is, you know, the passing touchdowns could go up. Having more weapons. He's on pace for 4,300 yards right now. But he had never hit 400 in a season. Wow. And he's on pace for 630. Wow. Rashi Rice, your Start of the week where does that put the other guys.

[Mike Wright]

On the receiving room Worthy is still startable the other guys it will be the the ancillary one of them might do something nothing predictable. I wouldn't be chasing it. Kelsey I think remains who he has been which is. It's okay. It's a decent tight end play. The running backs I think are what's interesting here of with Rice back with an 11 and a half point being favored I think that they like Kareem Hunt could be playable of. You know you got to pick your spots here but predicting game script can make you look like a buffoon a lot of the time. I don't think it will here. I think that the Chiefs are going to smoke the Raiders here which could put Kareem Hunt in line for like a bunch of second half work of just run out the clock.

[Andy Holloway]

You have Ashton Genti sitting at the RB11 on the season with a 19% target share the last two weeks. Talk about what happened to Jacoby Myers. Well you got 20% of your targets going to the running back position now and it's worth it for this team in this offense.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, this is what you want to see. You know we complained after three weeks and we as fantasy community with the utilization, the workload because it was deserved. That was when we had Genty as one of our trade four candidates and since then he's had 23 opportunities, 21 opportunities, 27 opportunities. He is necessary if this team wants to do anything. So he's obviously going to be started but I think he will should be very good pretty much rest of the.

[Andy Holloway]

Season and bench the rest of the pass catchers. Right? No Jacoby, no Tucker, no Besh, no Bowers is going to play. Won't even play. But no. What about Mayer?

[Jason Moore]

Mayer is potential like that could be a pivot if the weather is super bad elsewhere. Mayor last week targeted on 35% of his routes and you know he's. He's a good tight end in his own right. Like he was drafted in the second round. He was you know he was in a weaker tight end class but he was one of the, you know at least two best in that class. And then they went the next year and got Brock Bowers and so Michael Mayer disappeared well in the game. We only had one game because Mayer was missing with a concussion. When Bowers went out last week was the first time we saw Mayer and no bowers. He had five for 15 a touchdown. So I think he is in that, you know break glass in case of emergency.

[Mike Wright]

Do you like Meowson or Mayer?

[Jason Moore]

Meowson is all alone. At least here. Mayor. While he doesn't have Bowers, he still has Myers and Trey Tucker and Jack Bash and Thornton.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, but he didn't. Meowson has Justin Fields. Justin Fields.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. Michael Mayer has Geno Smith. We can do this forever.

[Mike Wright]

It's a good counter.

[Andy Holloway]

And pay attention. Travis Kelsey averaged two receptions fewer per game when Rice was a full time player.

[Jason Moore]

He's so I have moved him down in my rankings and he's still at the point where you're pretty much going to have to start him. But he scares. He scares the tarnation out of me because what we saw in the three games with Rice last year was a 14% target share was unusability from Travis Kelsey. They work in the same area of the field and so my eyes. He's going to be in my lineup. My eyes are going to be all over Travis Kelsey. If he comes out and has a dud, I will be, you know, if I have Travis Kelsey, I'm looking to pick up someone in case his season is put with. With Rice in place, The Eagles are four and two.

[Andy Holloway]

Minnesota's three and two. The games in Minnesota, the Eagles one and a half point road favorites. The over unders 43 and a half. The Vikings coming off the bye week. Eagles currently two straight win or sorry, two straight losses.

[Mike Wright]

That's very different.

[Andy Holloway]

They're different. You know the Eagles reeling a little bit. It doesn't take much to make the entire Eagles like the media storylines in Philadelphia. Terrible. Like you just want a championship. You're four and two. Everything the sky is falling situation. You got to remember last year they didn't look great in the first half of the year. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

But this is a team that can get it going.

[Andy Holloway]

The Eagles defense last week it was no Jalen Carter. Right. And that was part of the key to scatter. Boom.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. It was three touchdowns definitely.

[Andy Holloway]

But on the year the Eagles 26 and rushing yards allowed. It leads to your Jordan Mason start. We have, you know, Jalen hurts V. Carson wins. Probably.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

You're saying probably. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Oh no. J.J. mcCarthy's not.

[Jason Moore]

It will be Carson Wentz this week. J.J. mcCarthy will play, you know, again the season. Carson Wentz isn't going to hold the job over him. I can't imagine that world.

[Mike Wright]

His ankle is just not good. I mean there was all the. It was him talking about it yesterday about his ankle saying the ankle is getting there. I wouldn't say it's 100% right now. So they're going to, they will. Wait.

[Jason Moore]

When you say, selfishly, I want to play, but we have to be smart here, that says I'm not playing.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah. That means the smart thing is not playing.

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

So.

[Jason Moore]

So if he plays, it's like if he had said, I'm doing the dumb thing.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, if he had said selfishly, I want to play but we have to be dumb here, I would expect him on the field.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Saquon Barkley just averaging 52 yards rushing per game, third fewest rushing yards per game by a reigning rushing leader since the merger. So the big concern in the off season, which, look, it was a terrible and scary thing to utter when you have a season like that was like the cumulative effect of 400 plus opportunities on the way to a Super bowl, statistically speaking, doesn't lend itself towards a huge season the next year. That's a tough, unrepeatable career making season. That's. It's a hard thing to do. It doesn't mean he can't get it going, doesn't mean that he can't cruise into the playoffs. But, but right now it's not been a good ride for Saquon. And are you adjusting him tier wise in your mind when he comes to.

[Jason Moore]

Trades, tier wise from where you drafted him like James Cook? No, I don't think so. I would still be on the Saquon side, but you know, I would certainly be on the Jonathan Taylor side. Like it, you know, in draft day you, everyone took Saquon well ahead of Jonathan Taylor and that adjustment has been made. But I still believe like he hasn't looked bad. And that's the difference is sometimes you watch these players after these massive workload years and they kind of fall off. They don't break tackles, they don't look great. You know, the last two weeks, 5 yards of carry, 4.8 yards of carry. He had a 58 yards receiving two weeks ago. He doesn't look bad to me now. Their offensive line isn't as strong as it was last year. They, they've had an injury to their guard and you know, the team's offense is not creative. It is hurt without Kellen Moore. But I also think this is a, obviously is a well coached team from the top. They have been in the super bowl two of the last three years. If you look at super bowl odds, they're not being looked at as some bad team. So you know, I'm not, I'm not concerned with Saquon as like A. I think he's a running back to rest of season.

[Mike Wright]

It's. You're getting Saquon but you haven't gotten a big play yet. His long on the ground this year was this past week at 18 yards which he had.

[Andy Holloway]

He had six of those last year. Six like 40 plus yard touchdowns like that.

[Mike Wright]

He doesn't have a 20 yard run yet.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's the difference. And those are hard to repeat.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, they just are.

[Andy Holloway]

Mike, any thoughts on Justin Jefferson?

[Mike Wright]

I like him a lot. I like that he's on mic.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Oh, what happened? Mike, where'd you go? Oh, how did. Oh, I'm standing on your mic.

[Andy Holloway]

We're looking over to the producers points right at my Jason.

[Jason Moore]

You put your mute button in my range. Talk about your stupid Justin Jefferson. Jeremy, we got to talk about our friendship after the show because it's. It's on tonight.

[Mike Wright]

We do too, Jeremy.

[Jason Moore]

New best friends.

[Mike Wright]

We are. We are great friends who's FaceTiming each other.

[Jason Moore]

Tune in Monday to the spitball.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, the thing we went after Jefferson because I mean number one, he's just Jefferson. Of course you want him on your team but it's the rest of season wide receiver schedule is number one is Minnesota.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, gosh.

[Mike Wright]

It was an aggressive play. Well, Jason didn't think it was aggressive. I felt it was to go after not just a great player but go after a schedule run here at the.

[Andy Holloway]

End a cakewalk of a playoff schedule.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, boy, oh boy.

[Jason Moore]

Perfect.

[Andy Holloway]

Perfect. He's happy. Jason's happy.

[Mike Wright]

You knew I was going to go in at some point.

[Jason Moore]

I didn't think you would be able to acquire like the best wide receiver in football with a second rounder. I mean it's rare also like usually when those grab in our league, usually when those grab a player of that caliber, it's because they're in. It's a Malik neighbors. It's like you don't get.

[Andy Holloway]

No, those are for a four.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Maybe you got to learn how to trade.

[Jason Moore]

I guess so. Man, you can get them every day.

[Andy Holloway]

For a four straight up. But you do have TJ Hawkinson now. TJ Hawkins.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, did we make a trade?

[Andy Holloway]

Just one target inside the 10 this year, TJ Harkins.

[Mike Wright]

I see Jefferson and I raise you a TJ Hawkinson.

[Jason Moore]

I got to make moves. You know, if you're. If you're over here getting Justin Jefferson.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, yeah. Viking for Viking.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. You don't want to know what TJ Hawkinson's target is going to go way up when Jefferson goes down.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, come on now. Watch out. Be careful now. He's fighting with injuries. Let's not do that. We like Jefferson. You play him.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

A.J. brown, Devonte Smith, the target chair has been amazing for A.J. brown. I still think it's going to work out fine.

[Mike Wright]

I think AJ Brown is someone to trade for. It's been horrifically bad. He may have already been traded in your league, and I still think it might be worth going after him.

[Jason Moore]

Really tough matchup this week. You know, the Vikings, they are number one on fewest fantasy points given up to the wide receiver position, including number one if you adjust for schedule and who they've played. So it doesn't look like. Like this is. The Vikings are more of a run funnel. Yeah. So it seems more like a saquon game than A.J. brown or Devonte Smith. Not that you're not going to play those guys. I mean, devonte Smith is probably on the bubble where you're looking at your other options and you say, okay, I agree, you know, with Josh Downs, if he doesn't play, would I go Pittman or devonte Smith? I'd probably go Pittman without. I agree.

[Mike Wright]

What about freaking Dallas?

[Andy Holloway]

So I was gonna say like the two weirdest tight ends on the season are Dalton Kincaid and Dallas Goddard, because they are players that keep performing that no one believes in. Goddard has been the number one tight end two of three weeks. And it's not like the week he didn't do that, he still scored 9.4 points like his last three weeks have been.

[Jason Moore]

And to be honest, which we've talked about the touchdowns, bailing him out because. Or not bailing him out, but amplifying what he's done. He has had seven or more targets, which is an outstanding number for a tight end in three of his five games played, which is a product.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, we have a different offensive system and coordinator. Like maybe this is more something to buy into is all I'm saying.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I don't mind that at all. I almost. I was kicking myself last week because I almost picked him up and started him in efforts. But he played early in the week and I lost out on his massive game.

[Andy Holloway]

Carolina 3 and 3. New York. Oh, and 6. The Jets.

[Jason Moore]

All you needed.

[Andy Holloway]

The Jets. Did I put an S in there?

[Mike Wright]

No, you put an extra T. A Jets. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Like just like Justin. Like jettison.

[Andy Holloway]

Like, oh, and six. And lost their best offensive player.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And Garrett Wilson and may have you.

[Jason Moore]

Right where they want you. Not believing.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't believe they are only One and a half point. Home underdogs to Carolina.

[Jason Moore]

Home underdogs.

[Mike Wright]

They opened his favorites. So that has.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, maybe the knowledge that Josh Reynolds would also miss their only productive wide receiver from last week at all that caught a couple passes. I mean, you didn't even have Alan Lazard play last week. Arian Smith, rookie. Doesn't matter.

[Mike Wright]

Alan Lazard did not play. It was personal.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, that's right. Yeah. Yeah. Wasn't injury. But he didn't. He didn't play. And so no, no Garrett Wilson, no Josh Reynolds. Breeze hall is tweeting free 20 he may get traded at some point soon. Could Mason Taylor. That's, you know, that's the one guy you can take the shot on.

[Mike Wright]

Mason Taylor's going to get a lot of targets. And I have seen the comments upon the incredible social media post of me saying weird things about Mason Taylor that I didn't actually say.

[Andy Holloway]

By our own team.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, by our own team. And I mean the comments, shockingly, very negative for a team that put up the game they put up last week. But that was last week. This is a much different situation. Justin Fields, for how awful he can be. He can also be excellent and complete a bunch of passes the previous week.

[Andy Holloway]

12 targets, nine catches, 67 yards for Mason Taylor, five for 65 the week before with a 27 yard catch. Still hasn't gotten into the end zone. That's always possible for a tight end.

[Mike Wright]

Well, that's a dog zone. Okay, so I don't know if Mason's allowed.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Meowson.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. He may be the perfect start.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, we're back.

[Andy Holloway]

You never know. Rico Dowdle, please play him. You gotta keep doing it. Tetaroa McMillan. Play him.

[Jason Moore]

Man, I still worry you have some doubt if Chuba is active. I'm going to take a look at who I have on my roster.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, I. If Rico Dowdle ends up with 50% of the work. This is a good defense. You're playing against the Jets. Only chance in this, let's not call.

[Mike Wright]

It that, it will be malpractice.

[Andy Holloway]

It is a defense.

[Jason Moore]

Malpractice.

[Mike Wright]

No, it'll be. No, I'm not doing puns right now. I'm saying it will be malpractice by the Carolina Panthers to not get. Not give Rico another go.

[Andy Holloway]

There is a big gap between 30 and 31 points, which is what he's done to irrelevance almost 400 rushing yards the past. I would bet you. I'll make you a bet. I'll bet you 12. 12 fantasy points or more. Rico Dowdle. I'll bet you $100.

[Jason Moore]

Half PPR.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Half PPR.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

The only format. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Thank you, Mike. It needs to be said. We haven't said it enough. That's only if Chuba's playing. No, I mean, obviously, if Tuba's not playing this week.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, sure, sure, if Chuba's playing.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Jason Moore]

Under 12. I'll take less than 12 and a half.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. I set the line at 12. That's the bet.

[Jason Moore]

Well, I won't take that.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. All right, now you can. There's a true meow right there. All right, Ted McMillan, you can play it.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Justin Fields is the. Roll the dice and find out. Do you get three? Number three, number six, number eight or number 35? Number 30.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, look, Carolina's the matchup.

[Andy Holloway]

Play it.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, the matchup is not scary, but the fact that wide receivers. Yeah. Garrett Wilson. Once Garrett Wilson is back, then I will be comfortable.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm going to go bench. I'm going to go bench.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Like I'm. I'm deciding between my every. Every week is Bo Nix or Justin Fields. This will be Bo Nicks.

[Jason Moore]

Feels like Justin Fields in this game is going to have 80 rushing yards and a bad fantasy game, which is darn near impossible. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, that. That is the other side of just he. He goes. Old Chicago Bears, Justin, he doesn't have people to throw. Yeah. And he just. He gets over 100 rushing yards.

[Andy Holloway]

Breeze Hall. How about we throw him the ball one time?

[Jason Moore]

Breeze is going to get a ton of targets in this game. He's going to get all the workload like he. He'll be focused on by the defense. But I think Breeze hall is a great play this week.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. All right. That was Fantasy Forecast presented by Price picks mix and match players from football, basketball and baseball to build your dream lineup today. Use the code footballers to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 tomorrow, more matchups. I guess we'll do the fantasy face off with the wheel of shame.

[Jason Moore]

I'm not shamed again. Oh, man.

[Mike Wright]

Finally, I'm safe.

[Andy Holloway]

Bring it on. I want it. Yeah, I need it. I need to pay the penance from last week and. Yeah, we'll have. We'll have a good day. We'll update you on the news tomorrow morning as well. Any injury updates that we have. Maybe we'll see Marvin Harrison out there practicing and we'll get some final word on some other players. But that is all for tomorrow. Thank you for supporting the show and for listening. Make sure you click that Follow and Subscribe button wherever you're watching or listening. It helps us out. Leave us a review if you have a few minutes and we'll catch you on tomorrow's episode. Goodbye.

[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

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