Starts of the Week, Wk 7 Matchups, Who Am I?

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary Episode: Starts of the Week, Wk 7 Matchups, Who Am I?
Release Date: October 18, 2018
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright
Platform: Draft.com Studios

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1. Introduction and Warm-Up

The episode kicks off with the hosts engaging in light-hearted banter about their personal fitness routines. Jason Moore shares his enthusiasm for staying active, mentioning a recent basketball game and a gym session. The camaraderie sets an engaging and relatable tone for listeners.

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2. "Who Am I?" Game

Segment Time: [02:34] - [05:16]

The hosts initiate the "Who Am I?" game, a fun and interactive segment where they challenge each other to identify NFL players based on specific metrics. Andy Holloway provides a series of clues about a quarterback:

• Clue 1: "I am the quarterback with 13 fantasy points per game."
• Clue 2: "I've topped 300 passing yards in four different games this season but have not thrown more than two touchdowns in any game."
• Clue 3: "I have thrown an interception in eight consecutive games dating back to last season, including two last week."
• Clue 4: "I have 203 rushing yards tied for second, behind Mr. Cam Newton."

Despite some humorous false starts and playful teasing, Mike Wright correctly identifies the player as Deshaun Watson at [04:26]. The discussion highlights concerns about Watson's consistency and fantasy value, especially in matchup-heavy scenarios. Mike comments, "Watson is basically what I've expected for him this year... it makes sense" ([05:16]).

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3. Fantasy Forecast and Week 7 Matchups

Segment Time: [09:07] - [33:00]

The hosts dive into the Fantasy Forecast, analyzing key matchups for Week 7:

• Rams vs. Week 7 Outlook:

  • Andy Holloway mentions that Rams' Cooper Kupp is out for Week 7 due to injury ([06:37]).
  • Jason Moore expresses regret over drafting Eric Ebron, anticipating limited production from him in upcoming weeks ([06:37]).

• Chargers vs. Titans:

  • Andy Holloway discusses the Chargers' favorable matchup against the struggling Titans, advising listeners to pivot away from Deshaun Watson in favor of quarterbacks like Jameis Winston or Andy Dalton ([05:59] - [11:25]).
  • Mike Wright elaborates on Corey Davis being a high-risk option, suggesting alternatives like Jermaine Kearse or Christian Kirk due to defensive shadows ([12:21]).

• Patriots vs. Bears:

  • The conversation shifts to the Patriots facing the Bears, focusing on tight ends James White and Sony Michel. Mike Wright anticipates Josh Gordon becoming more involved as the season progresses ([16:43] - [19:37]).
  • They explore the impact of Gronk and Khalil Mack on tight end usage, noting the Bears' defense struggles against tight ends ([16:02] - [17:40]).

• Colts vs. Bills:

  • Discussing the matchup where Colts are seven and a half point favorites against the Bills, Andy Holloway emphasizes the Bills' offensive vulnerabilities and suggests potential running back plays like Latavius Murray despite his inconsistent performance ([21:11] - [24:45]).

• Jaguars vs. Texans:

  • Analysis of the Jaguars facing the Texans highlights the uncertainty surrounding T.J. Yeldin's role versus Kerryon Johnson. Jason Moore confidently predicts a breakout game for Johnson ([29:00] - [35:55]).

• Lions vs. Dolphins:

  • The Lions take on the Dolphins, with focus on running backs Kenyon Drake vs. Frank Gore and wide receivers Kenny Golladay vs. Golden Tate. Mike Wright and Jason Moore debate the merits of each player's potential performance ([32:45] - [39:14]).

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4. Starts of the Week

Segment Time: [44:20] - [54:39]

The hosts share their "Starts of the Week," recommending top players for various positions based on upcoming matchups:

• Wide Receivers:

  • Andy Holloway endorses Robert Woods over Amari Cooper due to Cooper's injury ([44:37]).
  • Jason Moore picks John Brown for his favorable matchup against the Saints, highlighting Brown's ability to exploit defenses giving up big plays ([45:21] - [46:38]).
  • Mike Wright selects Jarvis Landry based on the Buccaneers' defensive weaknesses against wide receivers, anticipating a high-reward game ([46:41] - [47:45]).

• Running Backs:

  • Andy Holloway favors Tariq Cohen against the Patriots, citing the Patriots' defensive struggles against the run ([48:00] - [49:08]).
  • Jason Moore supports Kerryon Johnson for a potential breakout, emphasizing his high usage and favorable matchup ([49:14] - [50:23]).
  • Mike Wright recommends Philip Lindsay due to the Cardinals' poor run defense, despite some concerns about playing time and injuries ([50:36] - [51:56]).

• Tight Ends:

  • Andy Holloway advises stacking Andrew Luck with Eric Ebron, anticipating Ebron's continued touchdown pace ([52:27] - [53:22]).
  • Jason Moore opts for CJ Uzama, capitalizing on the Chiefs' tight end vulnerabilities and expecting increased targets ([53:20] - [54:39]).
  • Mike Wright considers both Evan Ingram and Austin Hooper, depending on their availability and matchup opportunities ([55:27] - [57:39]).

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5. Kicker of the Week

Segment Time: [57:50] - [59:08]

The episode concludes with a "Kicker of the Week" segment:

• Jason Moore selects Greg Zuerlein of the Rams, commending his consistency and reliability ([56:56] - [58:13]).
• Mike Wright jokingly expresses frustration as Zuerlein gets injured, hinting at future recommendations ([58:13] - [58:29]).

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6. Conclusion

The show wraps up with a promotional segment for a new podcast investigating the life and death of Aaron Hernandez. The hosts thank listeners and encourage them to engage with the Fantasy Footballers community on various platforms, ensuring a strong closing connection with the audience.

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Notable Quotes

• Mike Wright on Deshaun Watson:
  "Watson is basically what I've expected for him this year... it makes sense."
  (04:16 - 05:16)

• Jason Moore on Kerryon Johnson's Breakout:
  "I think he will lead the team... this could very well be the breakout game for Kerryon."
  (35:55 - 36:56)

• Andy Holloway on John Brown's Matchup:
  "Jermaine Curse is a guaranteed 12 targets in this game."
  (44:43 - 45:21)

• Jason Moore on CJ Uzama:
  "He is very safe with a high ceiling. I like him. I would start him over."
  (53:20 - 54:39)

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Key Takeaways

• Deshaun Watson shows signs of regression, making him a risky start in certain matchups.
• Josh Gordon and Andrew Luck are poised for impactful performances given their matchups and roles.
• Kerryon Johnson is a strong contender for a breakout game, benefiting from increased touches.
• Wide receivers like John Brown and Jarvis Landry are highly recommended based on favorable matchups.
• Tight ends CJ Uzama and Eric Ebron offer strong starts with high target potential.

This episode provides listeners with in-depth analysis of Week 7 matchups, strategic player starts, and valuable insights to enhance their fantasy football lineup decisions.

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

Fantasy Footballers podcast coming to you from Draft.com Studios with your hosts Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Andy Holloway]

Welcome in another great show on the horizon. Thursday, October 18, the fantasy footballers, Andy, Mike and Jason. We're back again and I'm excited to talk week seven. We got the fantasy forecast, the starts of the week. How you boys doing?

[Jason Moore]

Doing great. Doing great. Getting fit. Getting energy.

[Mike Wright]

You are, man.

[Jason Moore]

Went to the gym this morning after playing basketball last night, hyped.

[Mike Wright]

You're busting your butt.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Tearing it up.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason is 36 years old.

[Jason Moore]

Never thought I'd make it this far.

[Mike Wright]

Congratulations.

[Andy Holloway]

Came out to play some basketball last night with myself and I think we held our own for mid-30s, I would say.

[Jason Moore]

So. Shout out to Dre, our personal trainer who played on the other team. How'd you do? Oh, and four. Oh. Get bodied.

[Mike Wright]

I've learned some things in my life.

[Andy Holloway]

Huh?

[Jason Moore]

That's.

[Andy Holloway]

That's good.

[Mike Wright]

It's a few. A few things. And one of them is definitely the man who controls your physical training in your exercise regimen, it's never a good idea to publicly shame them and tell them to get bodied.

[Jason Moore]

See, I had not yet learned said lesson.

[Mike Wright]

You're about to.

[Andy Holloway]

Your personal trainer already is bodied. He's got a big body.

[Jason Moore]

That's true.

[Mike Wright]

And set your butt on fire.

[Andy Holloway]

Shout out to Dre, the best personal trainer ever. I did not say any of what Jason just said. You can follow the show on Twitter @ the FF Ballers. We're going to start with a game of who am I For the quick question today, guys. It's been a little while. Let's see if you guys can guess this player based on these metrics.

[Jason Moore]

All right, I'm really excited about this. It's been a while since we mine. I love these.

[Mike Wright]

I'm assuming that Brooks producer extraordinaire did not put the do you want to play a game? Drop.

[Andy Holloway]

No.

[Mike Wright]

Into the.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Good.

[Mike Wright]

Good prep work over there, buddy.

[Andy Holloway]

No, but he did prepare this.

[Mike Wright]

You failed me.

[Andy Holloway]

All right.

[Jason Moore]

Clue does upset me.

[Andy Holloway]

That's my favorite drop.

[Jason Moore]

That's one of them.

[Mike Wright]

Ridiculous.

[Jason Moore]

You've done this to yourself.

[Andy Holloway]

I guess we'll have to play it again. All right. Clue number one. I am the quarterback. 13 in fantasy points per game. Okay. I'm the QB13. Clue number two. I've topped 300 passing yards in four different games this season but have not thrown more than two touchdowns in any game. Okay.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. You ready for the next clue?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I don't think I'm. Don't think I'm ready to guess.

[Andy Holloway]

Clue number three. I have thrown an interception in eight consecutive games dating back to last season, including two last week. All right, not the biggest clue there, but painting the picture, this one, maybe you'll guess after it. I have 203 rushing yards tied for second. I got my guess among quarterbacks behind a certain. Oh, behind Mr. Cam Newton. So that's four clues.

[Jason Moore]

Let me ask you a question.

[Andy Holloway]

No.

[Jason Moore]

Does this man have a snake?

[Andy Holloway]

Nope.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, darn it.

[Andy Holloway]

That's your way of guessing. Blake Bortles.

[Jason Moore]

Blake Bortles. Blake the snake.

[Andy Holloway]

No, he does not have A snake, man. Quarterback, 13 top 300 passing yards in four different games, throwing an interception and eight straight has 203 rushing yards.

[Jason Moore]

All those clues really seem.

[Mike Wright]

I don't see.

[Jason Moore]

I had.

[Mike Wright]

Has Watson thrown up an interception in all those games? I mean, that's my guess.

[Andy Holloway]

You are correct.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, baby.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it is. Desean Watson. When I heard it, he said the last Clue was my ADP was the fourth round as the QB2.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, that would have done it.

[Andy Holloway]

When I saw the clues and I saw that I thought the QB2 off the board was Russell Wilson. So that was actually going to be my guess. But I know he hasn't been running to that degree, so. Yeah. What do you think of that picture of desean Watson there? That I guess that fits with our. Yeah, that's regression thoughts before the season.

[Mike Wright]

Watson is basically what I've expected for him this year. Why I was completely off of his draft price and the possibility of him busting or just being an average quarterback. One was so great when you broke down the numbers. So it makes sense. It makes sense.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. He's still going to have monster games, of course. And I think people are down on him because of this last week, which was pretty putrid. But I still expect good games going forward from, from desean.

[Andy Holloway]

It's funny because people were high on him because of the week before.

[Jason Moore]

Right. So we're a fickle.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And. Well, I mean, what do you do with him though, as an owner? Because here's what, what, what happens if his average opposition was a fourth round quarterback? Which means he was one of the few that was drafted to be an every week start. Russell Wilson's in that category too. He's a QB 13 through through six weeks. So you can kind of feel a little boxed into to starting him. Are you guys firmly in the look? It's going to be a matchup situation. You know, if you have him and Big Ben, you know, you're playing matchups.

[Jason Moore]

Now'S the time to look elsewhere. He's playing in Jacksonville, I believe. I know it's against Jacksonville. I think it's on the road and so this is a great week to pivot. You know, I would play Jameis Winston, I would play Andy Dalton, I would play guys like that over Deshaun Watson without any hesitation whatsoever.

[Mike Wright]

Agreed.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we don't really have a whole bunch of news to get into today, so I think we'll do it this way. Rams coach Sean McVay confirmed that Cooper cup is out. He gone for week seven. Jason, you had a bit of news.

[Jason Moore]

The pro football doc has gone back to video evidence on Jack Doyle. It looks like he's probably not going to come back before their week nine. Bye. Which makes me slightly regret my Eric E. Brana pump. I, you know, I didn't think that Doyle was back this week, but if we're waiting till week 10, week 11, if I can. If you're going to get another month of solid production out of Eric Ebron, I mean I'm, you know, it felt, it felt dirty from the get go because I've been an Eric Ebron believer since he was drafted. And you know Eric well, you like usually we apologize for nothing. I apologize to you.

[Andy Holloway]

You generally like to put yourself in the position to be right in all circumstances, all hedge on both sides if Ebron does well. It's like I've been saying this for years.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. But I did pump the brakes.

[Andy Holloway]

If Ebron does poorly, you pump the brakes.

[Mike Wright]

That's right.

[Andy Holloway]

Don't forget, check out Mike.

[Jason Moore]

You can't beat me. No wonder who you are.

[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

It gets a little weird on Sunday morning because it's just me talking into the camera.

[Andy Holloway]

I noticed you're a little sweatier.

[Mike Wright]

The filter is a Little bit thinner as well.

[Jason Moore]

It's a fun show. It really is. I have it on while I'm doing my Sunday morning rankings and I'm always entertained and enjoy your analysis because I know Sunday mornings are a little bit more hectic in the Moore household. You're down here doing all your last minute research. You've done all that prep work before going on. So I really appreciate it. And if you're, you know, if you're out there and you have not checked the Sunday live. Yeah. It's really valuable.

[Andy Holloway]

Now, Mike, you're hopping on one hour.

[Jason Moore]

Before that London game, right?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, totally. I'll be there.

[Jason Moore]

We'll be here. Right. Five in the morning. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

That is our reminder here. We'll get into the forecast. I will mention this, all the injury news will have on in and out tomorrow. So if we have any additional, we'll cover it in the matchups. But if we have updated news that I'll be part of in n out on the tomorrow show with the rest of the fantasy forecast. Let's get into it.

[Jason Moore]

Fantasy forecast.

[Andy Holloway]

Welcome back. Detroit, New Orleans coming back from the bye. And then the Packers, Raiders, Steelers and Seahawks are not playing in week seven. They're all on by. I know we were joking about the bye weeks in the NFL. Somebody, I wish I could give you credit, but somebody had a really amazing idea.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Did you see that?

[Mike Wright]

I did.

[Andy Holloway]

It was every division goes on by for eight consecutive weeks.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And that's for a week and it works perfectly. And then you just rotate those weeks over the course of multiple years. So I thought I was like, yeah, that's pretty common sense. All right. Guess what, Mike?

[Mike Wright]

What?

[Andy Holloway]

Got a London game.

[Mike Wright]

I mean we had one last week which was, it was fine. But over here on the west coast that means they're playing football at 6:30 in the morning.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. The Titans 3 and 3 take on the 4 and 2. Chargers overseas across the pond.

[Mike Wright]

That was really good.

[Jason Moore]

I mean I'm really impressed.

[Andy Holloway]

Minus 6.5. That's where we're at with the Chargers, six and a half point favorites, 45 point over under. And like Mike said that that game gets kicked off at 9:30 Eastern, 6:30 Pacific. You know, just like the advice we give you for Thursday Night Football, which by the way is tonight. You know, don't have those London players in your flex position. Put them in their regular position so that you have flexibility moving on into the other games of the day. And just remember you need to set those lineups early. Don't, don't wake up and say, I've got my hour before kickoff and then all of a sudden realize, you left.

[Jason Moore]

He's already started on my bench.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, if any of the Titans start on your bench, you're probably.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, you want to move them there now. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

You're not really regretting anything at that point.

[Jason Moore]

Here's what happens in London so often. Huge blowouts. I mean, we've seen so many over the last five or six years. It's not always, not every game is that way. But there's such an uptick on just monumental. One team shutting the other out. A team didn't travel well. One team did. And I think we're going to see that this week. I'm pumping all my Chargers up and I'm avoiding every Titan across the board.

[Andy Holloway]

That's fair. I mean, the Chargers are heavy favorites and the Titans offense looks atrocious and it's trickling down to everybody. You cannot trust Dion Lewis or Derek Henry or Corey Davis or Marcus Mariota right now. I mean, there is no one. And the Chargers defense is improving week to week. Right now, news broke this morning. Joey Bose is still out another few weeks, but they are getting better. He'll be back in time for the playoff push. And look, Marcus Mariota is not even throwing the ball enough to make anything relevant. Even though he's throwing it poorly. Pure volume's not working.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And you. So specifically for Corey Davis, I expect he will be shadowed by Casey Hayward. Hayward has shadowed three times this season and completely, completely shut people down. Kelvin Benjamin, Amari Cooper and Antonio Calloway are the three guys that he has shadowed. They've put up a combined about 35 yards or so between the three of them.

[Andy Holloway]

Which three?

[Mike Wright]

Kelvin Benjamin, Amari Cooper, Antonio Calloway.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah, they, they, they're covering themselves pretty good this year too.

[Mike Wright]

Well, just.

[Andy Holloway]

I get it. Yeah, for sure. And you can't count on Corey Davis. He's not even, he's not really even a flex consideration this week. I'd rather go after a guy like Jermaine Curse. Right. Or Christian Kirk tonight. I'd rather play over Corey Davis because of. You know, some news broke yesterday. Christian Kirk, 59% of his snaps outside got the rapport with Rosen. Corey Davis right now is just a high, high, high risk wide receiver once.

[Jason Moore]

Really.

[Mike Wright]

Unfortunately, yeah.

[Jason Moore]

The only player on the Titan side of the ball that I would even consider in. You know, if it's one of those. Okay. You know, I've got some buys issues, especially running backs are always Thinner. I would consider Dion Lewis. I realize he has not been playing great and nobody from the Titans has, but I think it will not be a close game. They'll be down and hopefully Lewis is more involved. I saw Derek Henry on the waivers in our league of record.

[Mike Wright]

Yep.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I know. Who put him there.

[Mike Wright]

Yep, I did.

[Jason Moore]

And that's right.

[Andy Holloway]

I did it as a little bomb.

[Jason Moore]

And I went, yeah, as a little bomb. The Henry bomb is an interesting, tempting. And as I'm looking at him, I go, this dude has had all the work necessary. He has gotten carries galore. I mean, 18 carries, 18 carries, 10 carries, 11 carries. Different games, tons of carries. Let me ask you a question. Who has more fantasy points on the year, Tavon Austin or Derek Henry?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, gosh, no two touch Tavon.

[Jason Moore]

Chris Ivory or Derek Henry?

[Mike Wright]

Well, Ivory had that one big play which did have a big play, which is the equivalent of all of Henry's plays put together.

[Jason Moore]

Kyle use check or Derek Henry. I mean, the answer is always not Derek Henry.

[Andy Holloway]

Wow.

[Jason Moore]

Duke Johnson.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Had a decent game. Ido Smith, everybody.

[Andy Holloway]

You're starting Keenan Allen. He's going up against Malcolm Butler, who's given up the most passing yards since the beginning of 2017. That's a 22 game span of failure for Malcolm Butler.

[Mike Wright]

Not good.

[Jason Moore]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

So is this Keenan Allen's big breakout game? Does he, does he do it in London?

[Jason Moore]

I think so.

[Mike Wright]

I would say so. I think he has a fine game. I don't think it's the breakout.

[Andy Holloway]

And after last week, what do you feel? You know, Austin Eckler had been kind of touched down or bust, but had been doing it most often. Austin Eckler, is he flexworthy in this matchup?

[Mike Wright]

I still.

[Jason Moore]

Eckler's never a guy I want to play. Always a guy that you can.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. The problem was zero receptions.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. This past week I was not good.

[Jason Moore]

And I think you're going to be up in this game. So you. Which means he might get some of that fourth quarter clean up, clean up touches, but not the passing game. And that's where he always is so effective.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I agree with that. Patriots 42 taking on the 32 Bears in Chicago. The Bears are 3 1/2 point underdogs. The game has a 49 1/2 point over under. And here we are. Yesterday we talked about Sony, Michelle and James White. There was a listener question asking, you know, is this Alvin Camara and Mark Ingram? In as much as I can start both guys every week, we all said, yeah, yeah, you can. You can start two guys in this backfield. You've seen this for years and years with New England. When you know it's a couple of players, you normally get a couple players worth of value. Birkhead and White last year, we've seen it before. So if you have Michelle, if you have White, start him up. How optimistic are we about the past catchers in New England? And, you know, can you start anybody beyond Edelman and Gordon?

[Mike Wright]

I'm very intrigued by this because the Patriots are a team. We've seen them when they're going up against a defense that's just extremely stout against something like against the run, which the Chicago Bears are very, very excellent against the run, they can't stop the passing game. We might see Tom Brady throw the ball 55 times. Andy.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah?

[Mike Wright]

Never mind.

[Andy Holloway]

Sorry.

[Mike Wright]

But regardless of that, like James White, he's going to see what, eight to ten targets this week. The passage. Too late.

[Andy Holloway]

I just want it to be horrible now.

[Jason Moore]

I'm.

[Mike Wright]

I'm super pumped for Josh Gordon.

[Andy Holloway]

Did I get it? Did I get the.

[Jason Moore]

Nailed it.

[Andy Holloway]

Your timing was hit the mark.

[Mike Wright]

Impeccable. Josh Gordon, who finally earned his way into some serious snaps. And this is not to say I'm concerned with Sony, Michelle. I will still 100% play Sony, even if I think that his workload will be a little bit lower. The question is with Gronk, what is the status of Khalil Mack, who got a little bit banged up this past weekend? Because if Khalil Mack is playing, then Gronk, I think, will have to block a little bit more, which is unfortunate because the Bears do give up touchdowns to the tight end position.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it's a fair question. And I think that if, you know, they haven't given up a touchdown to a running back this year, you realize that.

[Mike Wright]

Who?

[Andy Holloway]

The Bears.

[Mike Wright]

Whoa.

[Jason Moore]

Wow.

[Andy Holloway]

None. No rushing touchdowns. So through six weeks, they faced Jamal Williams, they faced the packers running backs, they faced Seattle. David, they placed face David Johnson. The Tampa running backs. Well, Miami running back. So it hasn't been, you know, an assortment of world beaters, but it's kind of something's got to give here. Where Sony. Michelle, despite being a rookie and having his workload increase progressively, he's still second in the NFL in red zone attempts.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that's. He's got the money position of the goal line back for the Patriots. Super lucrative.

[Andy Holloway]

But maybe you do see more opportunity for Gronk in the red zone, if that. You know, they're stout in that department.

[Mike Wright]

The interesting thing is on the Opposite side of the ball. The Patriots have only allowed one rushing touchdown this year. They've allowed. So they, I mean they're stopping huge games from the running back position. I'm not interested in Jordan Howard this week. He. Of course you might have to play him. That's. This is not a bench Jordan Howard. It's a crap. I have to start Jordan Howard this week.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I do. And that's not. It doesn't feel good. You're. You're hopeful with a. With a blindfold on because you're scared of what you're going to see. Tariq Cohen, this seems like a better matchup for him in a high scoring against the high scoring Patriots. You would rather have the pass catching back that you know, you just said they've only given up one touchdown on the ground. So if I had to pick between those two guys, I lean to re Cohen for this matchup. It's not rest of season but here in this game that, that's how I lean.

[Andy Holloway]

Seven receptions each of the last two games. 17 targets in that span and they've been successful when utilizing him in the offensive scheme. I think you do. I like Tariq Cohen this week. I think the matchup bears it out with the Patriots as favorites for. Anything else you want to talk about with Alan Robinson?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I was going to say highlight the Bears pass catchers. The one. They're all. They're all okay plays. I don't think anyone's a standout. If I have to pick of the three. Eileen. Eileen Anthony Miller, who should see his coverage against Jonathan Jones and if I'm attacking any of the cornerbacks on the Patriots, that's where I'm going to go.

[Jason Moore]

You know, obviously Allen Robinson would be the number one target. Yes. I'm always going to take the targets over the high upside. But if I'm taking. If we're picking a sneaky snart and this is not just in this game, I think this is, you know, league wide one of the people on my radar for a sneaky snort as we say, is Taylor Gabriel. I mean we, we've seen the Patriots get beat with speed. Taylor Gabriel, as we have established, still fast.

[Mike Wright]

He's been getting it done over 100 yards each of the last two weeks.

[Jason Moore]

He's got the targets and the opportunity. I think he could end up with a big game.

[Andy Holloway]

If you had Josh Gordon and Alan Robinson, who would you play?

[Jason Moore]

Josh Gordon.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. If you had Marvin Jones or Josh.

[Mike Wright]

Gordon, that's much closer because I do like Marvin Jones.

[Jason Moore]

I have Marvin Jones one spot ahead of Josh Gordon.

[Andy Holloway]

John Brown or Josh Gordon.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, wow. John Brown is a.

[Jason Moore]

It's John Brown.

[Mike Wright]

John Brown's a great play.

[Andy Holloway]

This week against the New Orleans Saints.

[Jason Moore]

We might talk about.

[Mike Wright]

I think I lean John Brown.

[Andy Holloway]

You guys have decided to. Yeah, we got starts of the week coming up. All right, the two and four bills take on the one and five Colts. This one's going to be fun. Colts, seven and a half point home favorites in a game with only a 43 point over under.

[Mike Wright]

This reminded me if you are a defensive stasher, the New England Patriots will be playing the Buffalo Bills next week.

[Andy Holloway]

Very smart.

[Mike Wright]

If you got a burner, you might as well be prepared because the Patriots are going to shut down the Bills next week.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, the Bills are going to start Derek Anderson. Maybe you've heard of him. He's been a perennial backup maybe 10 years. Look, if you don't know Derek Anderson that you don't remember Braylon Edwards and Derek Anderson.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, they did have an awesome year.

[Andy Holloway]

Together from like nine years ago or whatever it is. So we'll, we'll further dive into this matchup. I will pause for a second and say thank you to SeatGeek. Mike is heading out to the Cardinal Thursday night game.

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[Andy Holloway]

Footballers all right, Derek Anderson, by the way, that was 2007 when he had a relevant NFL season. 2007 was the 29 touchdown season. He's had seven touchdown passes in the NFL over the last seven years. That's where Derek Anderson is.

[Mike Wright]

So he's good for one this week is what you're saying.

[Andy Holloway]

He might be good for one, but look on the Buffalo side of the ball, regardless of whether it's Nathan Peterman or Derek Anderson or Josh Allen, there's only one man and one man alone that you can be interested in as a fantasy owner. And that is the player that has 35 touches over the last two weeks. 202 total yards. LaShawn McCoy.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he's. He's the only locked and loaded player from the Buffalo Bills. I will say, look, this is deep. This is a much deeper play. But Derek Anderson has been friendly with the tight end position and Charles Clay is known as Mr. Necessary on this show. He does have. In two of the past three weeks, he has at least five or more targets. What I remember about Derek Anderson is when he was the backup for the Panthers and he would produce with Greg Olson and then Cam Newton would come in and Greg Olson would do nothing. So that's just where that's coming from. I know it's, it's a, it's a deep shot. Maybe it's more of a DFS type of a play, but just mentioning his name for people to look out for.

[Andy Holloway]

On the cold side of the ball, Andrew Luck is playing at a very high Level for fantasy owners. He's been turning the ball over a little bit, but a lot of it. Yeah, a lot of it. But look, he is. He is making the best with what he has right now, which has been Eric Ebron, which has been Chester Rogers, which has been Ryan Grant. Now, Ryan Grant's not practicing this week. Ty Hilton is practicing in full huge. And look, no one's been better pretty much in football than Andrew Luck. I like the matchup at home. I know the Bills have been playing well. We'll talk more about Andrew Luck in a little while.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. So Andrew Luck is great with Ty Hilton. There is a little bit of worry I have with Hilton. I'm glad he's back. I think it's. He's going to be unbelievable. We said trade for Ty Hilton. I agree with all of that. This isn't necessarily the best week. First week back from an injury. Probably he'll be shadowed by Trevius White, who has done good work on Devonte Adams, Corey Davis and DeAndre Hopkins. So it's not a perfect situation. First week back from injury against a good cover corner.

[Andy Holloway]

He also might not be 100%.

[Jason Moore]

Exactly.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, he said his own quote was me at not 100% is still better than most people. Yeah, but that doesn't give you confidence that, oh, I like his confidence that re injury can't happen. I think it's a middle of the road start with Hilton. Would you rather start Alan Robinson or Ty Hilton this week?

[Jason Moore]

I would rather start Allen Robinson because of the injury. I want to. I want that weak buffer because what I don't want to have happen is have Ty Hilton come out re aggravate something and give me a goose egg.

[Mike Wright]

Are you willing to start play Hilton?

[Andy Holloway]

Are you willing to start Chester Rogers this week? Mike, with Hilton back and a game where look the Colts low over under.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I guess if.

[Jason Moore]

If you're absolutely desperate.

[Andy Holloway]

But Christian Kirk or Chester Rod?

[Mike Wright]

Christian Kirk. Here's the first three weeks when Ty Hilton was actually playing. Here's what Chester Rogers was doing. Three receptions, three receptions, two receptions. All three of those matchups under 20 yards.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's not great.

[Mike Wright]

Hilton's the alpha of this team. The passing game goes through him. It will go through Eric Ebron, Naim.

[Andy Holloway]

Hines, Marlon Mack and company in the backfield. Mack last week had a great game statistically on the way back, 87 yards rushing on, I think 12 carries. Naim Hines has been pushed to the sideline. This is not a game where you're looking at the Colts Having to come back necessarily so Naim Hines. I do not feel confident starting this game.

[Jason Moore]

You cannot start Heinz. Not this match. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

This is the game script. If you're. This is the game script for Marlon Mack. He you expect the Colts to be winning seven and a half point favorites at home.

[Andy Holloway]

Just three carries last week for Hines with Mac back just two receptions.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, Mack, that was the game they lost. In certain situations Mack will lose playing time because when they're. The Colts are coming back, it's still Heinz. That's what they did last week. But this week I'm not expecting them to be coming back. So Marlon Mack is interesting.

[Andy Holloway]

Naim Hines or Duke Johnson rest of the season?

[Jason Moore]

Duke Johnson.

[Mike Wright]

Wow.

[Jason Moore]

With the. I answered too quickly, but I still think.

[Andy Holloway]

I think it's Duke Johnson as well.

[Mike Wright]

I probably Duke Johnson, but the possible emergence of Nick Chubb gives me.

[Jason Moore]

I don't think Chubb would really eat into what Duke Johnson's role is and what he's successful at. Those two actually complement each other really well.

[Mike Wright]

It's the possibility of a three headed. Yeah, that's. That's all I'm talking about.

[Jason Moore]

Where Heinz doesn't go away.

[Mike Wright]

Heinz role is secure to me.

[Jason Moore]

He's.

[Mike Wright]

If they're coming back, it's. They go to Naheem Heinz.

[Jason Moore]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

The three three Texans take on the three and three jags in Jacksonville. Jacksonville is a four and a half point favorite. It's a 42 and a half point over under. You guys were talking earlier about the kind of troublesome matchup for Watson. Right. Watson was the who am I this. If Jacksonville struggles at home this week, their defense, you know, another 30 point plus defensive failure. Are we going to stop looking at.

[Jason Moore]

Them the same way we should if that happens for another week in a row? Yeah, you. You have to stop just viewing them as this lockdown can't play against them because they haven't. And we've talked about this before a lot. It's just such a different team with Leonard Fournette and without Leonard Fournette they can't run the ball as well as successfully. With TJ Yeldin who is a little banged up right now.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he did return to practice but he is dealing with his own injury.

[Jason Moore]

So you know, if their offense can't. If their offense has to run through Blake the Snake Bortles, it's not been able to. It's not gonna be great for their defense.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't think Bortles really gets back on track until we see Fournette back in the lineup. It's been a struggle for him trying. You know, I haven't seen it. I haven't seen him step up, even drive to drive when they need something. TJ Yeldin's banged up on this offense right now. I have. I think this game is going to be under that 42 and a half points. I think it could be a very low scoring game. I don't have confidence in any past catchers in Jacksonville. I don't. I. People want to know, do you start T.J. yeldin? Right?

[Mike Wright]

I still start him.

[Andy Holloway]

I think you have to.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

But he's really banged up like they're. Jamal Charles could see some actual work this week. Like, I think 10 to 12 touches for Jamal Charles is in the cards and Yelden is not an elite enough talent where he doesn't need the volume to give you that production. So I'm a little bit scared about Yelden being a trap in this game against that front for Houston. DeAndre Hopkins. People may be concerned about Jalen Ramsey.

[Mike Wright]

You still play him.

[Andy Holloway]

You still play him. Will Fuller's been struggling. Yes, immensely.

[Mike Wright]

Kiki. The emergence of Kiki QT to Will Fuller has really been devastating. Three targets the past two weeks for Will Fuller.

[Jason Moore]

Me, he.

[Mike Wright]

He needs more than that. I know he's a one play guy. He's. He's a one touch man, but we got to get him some more volume. The coaching staff said they're not even. They're not really sure why Will Fuller is not getting targets. Classic, classic coaching talk there where I just don't know what's going on my team. I don't know why he's not getting targets.

[Andy Holloway]

Had a bit of a hamstring problem.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. So I'm. I'm not really interested in Fuller or qt, at least as high level plays this week. The Jaguars are. They're still limiting big plays, which makes me not excited for Will Fuller. And I know that Dakota came in and had a big fantasy game, but his numbers were not outrageous. They were just. They were good for fantasy purposes.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, moving on. Let's Talk about the 2 and 3 lions taking on the 4 and 2 dolphins. This game's in Miami. This is interesting. So are the Dolphins. Is that right? Let me check that line again.

[Mike Wright]

Three point dogs at home.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. That doesn't make sense to me.

[Mike Wright]

Brock.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. That is why. Yeah, I had a one point spread. Maybe it's up to three now, but yeah, Brock was. Brock Osweiler is going to be the starter again for Miami despite The victory last week, Vegas not expecting a repeat Brock form. Brock performance. Yeah, it was crazy. I mean, 380 yards passing, most of that. Albert Wilson, yak attack. What are you looking at in this matchup between the Lions and the Dolphins? What are the big decisions for fantasy owners?

[Jason Moore]

I think one of the big decisions is going to be Kenyon Drake because he's always on that bubble of can I start him, can I not start him? And I believe this is a matchup where you can. The Detroit Lions have been pretty good against wide receivers, pretty poor against running backs. Maybe that, maybe that actually speaks more to.

[Mike Wright]

I was just going to say, would you rather start Drake or Gore? Because I would rather play Frank Gore.

[Jason Moore]

That depends to me on if I'm, if I'm a favorite and I'm a. I look like this is an easy matchup. I'm going up against the, you know, a loser of a team. Then give me Frank Gore. Give me the sure carries against the poorest defense.

[Mike Wright]

11 carries, 12 carries, 15 carries.

[Jason Moore]

Exactly.

[Mike Wright]

His workload is going up, but he's still.

[Jason Moore]

Is not that good. I mean, genuinely, he's had a couple. No, I know he's had a couple really great games where he's broken through, but he's also shown games where he hasn't.

[Andy Holloway]

And so 6.7 a carry, 5.2 a carry. But when you say not that good, you mean it in the fantasy context. He's not bringing you a lot. Not on. Not the on the field context.

[Jason Moore]

He's not blowing up. And I do think Drake still has the higher ceiling this week in this backfield. So if I need to swing for the fences, I would lean Drake. But this is a week where you can look at the Dolphins running backs. I believe so.

[Andy Holloway]

It's the one we. I mean, Gore only has four receptions on the year, so that's why those numbers aren't up. Drake will catch the ball. Still needs to break a play. Albert Wilson, you chasing points with Albert Wilson?

[Mike Wright]

I'm okay with it. It's. Look, Albert Wilson, his, his cornerback matchup is not terrifying this particular weekend. So it feels really, really like the futile chasing points. But I'm okay with him. In your flex, how confident are you.

[Andy Holloway]

In Kerryon Johnson on the other side at the running back position? Kerryon coming back from an injury. The Dolphins have missed a tackle on 27.9% of rushing plays. That's the worst injury in the National Football League. They've been very bad against the run and. But they are at home and carry on is a bit of a wild card. I know that you love him, Jason.

[Jason Moore]

I do.

[Andy Holloway]

You would marry him if you could.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. You know, I've been waiting. I said this is going to be a second half of the year player who has shown very well. Every time he touches the ball, he looks clearly like the best back on the team. Theo Riddick has been missing some practices. Carry on. Yes, he left the previous game with an injury, but he had an entire bye week. He's practicing in full. We're actually going to talk about him in a little bit. I think that this could very well be the breakout game for Kerryon. I am extremely confident in starting Kerryon Johnson this week. The matchup does not scare me. The opportunity coming out of the buy with the rookie to get more work is a common thing that we've seen before. And I think he will lead the team. And we saw last week before he got injured, he was the starter. He came out and started that game. Had he not got injured, I think the breakout would have been one week before the buy. So I think it's coming this week. Oh, it's so smooth.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's talk about Kenny Golladay, Kenny G and his friends. Golden Tate, Marvin Jones, Kenny Golladay. How smooth will it be for those three?

[Mike Wright]

I'm interested in playing all of them. Regardless of the Dolphins, their metrics against fantasy wide receivers, they're. They're 13th, so, you know, on paper, it seems if you're not one of.

[Jason Moore]

The great or the elite bad, it's just you're. You're an NFL defense.

[Mike Wright]

Kenny Golladay averaging over eight targets per game. Golden Tate is being overshadowed by what Kenny Golladay is doing because Golden Tate has been incredible. Incredible. 51 targets, 33 receptions, 430 yards. He's leading the team. He's. He's a great play. Marvin Jones was the man last year. He's. He is the third option on this team.

[Andy Holloway]

Would you play Tate or Golladay? Golladay has been more consistent than Tate. Tate's had the one monster game.

[Mike Wright]

I would still play Kenny Golladay over Golden Tate.

[Jason Moore]

I would lean Tate, but I can get the argument for a higher ceiling.

[Mike Wright]

We're going to get you eventually on the Kenny Golladay train.

[Jason Moore]

Why you think I don't love Kenny Golladay?

[Andy Holloway]

Why don't you love him?

[Jason Moore]

My. My belief in Golden Tate is not mutually exclusive from also liking Kenny Golladay.

[Andy Holloway]

So at some point you might like him someday.

[Mike Wright]

You just. You always have a hesitance.

[Jason Moore]

I do have a hesitance and the hesitance is not Kenny Golladay. The hesitance is golden Tate and Marvin Jones, you can't always know where that ball is going to go. So I'm going to go to the guy who's the number one target, who's worked into more of the screen game, who's a great yak Guy who's done it for the last four years. He's always a 90 reception thousand yard guy.

[Andy Holloway]

Kenny Golladay is a four for 80 and hopefully he's scores guy.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

But he's good. He's good. Reminds me a little bit of. I've heard the comparison to a even stronger AJ Green type of body. Yeah, you know you see him make those hands catches at the top watching. Not as refined of a route runner as green, but he's got positional.

[Jason Moore]

I mean he's sturdy.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Watching the film on Kenny Golladay can get you real hyped because some of those catches he makes are just, they're, they're awesome. I mean you worded that beautifully. Like his body positioning is exactly what you need as a wide receiver and that's great for any wide receiver. But then when your body positioning is that on point and your body is. What is he like six?

[Andy Holloway]

He's a monster.

[Jason Moore]

He's like six, three, like then, then it's really hard to defend well and.

[Andy Holloway]

We may have to 6, 4, 2, 14. You might have to readjust your view of him in terms of trades and things like that because cashing in on him could be a mistake.

[Jason Moore]

Agreed.

[Andy Holloway]

The three two and one Vikings take on the three and three Jets. The jets are at home. They're only three point dogs in this one. They've been playing very, very well.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

46 and a half point over under. And I want to start with Dalvin Cook because this is the headline news for everybody practiced in full again this week. I had somebody DM me this morning. They said TJ Yeldin or Dalvin Cook. Why would you all say Yelding? Because that's where our start sit tool right now on the website, the fancy footballers.com. that's what it says.

[Mike Wright]

It's just hesitance of. Is Dalvin Cook actually playing? Because we saw this last week. Dalvin Cook was practicing in full and then they decided the best thing for him is to sit down. I think he'll play.

[Andy Holloway]

But you had pitch count Dalvin Cook the week before.

[Mike Wright]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

Killed fantasy owners. You had a really good week from Latavius Murray and you have a situation where hamstring re injury is a possibility. That's why Eileen Yelden as well. If you need a baseline of points, 10 points, it feels safer in the.

[Jason Moore]

Hands of TJ Eldon Dalvin Cook is currently. And this, this is a hedge against injury. Is currently my running back 44. Because the idea of playing him terrifies me. You know, if you played him a couple weeks ago when he was dealing with this injury and re aggravated it, you're you. He has the potential. Kind of like I was. I was saying with Hilton. When you're coming back from an injury like this, a hamstring, you just have the potential to goose egg or give you one or two points and those things dive bomb your week. All of a sudden now a matchup that you would have rather just gotten eight points if you could have just got a good game. Now you've got to make up somewhere else. You got to get lucky with stupid kickers because you had a guy go out. And I don't necessarily think that the upside is there for this week. I don't think they're going to have him come in and touch the ball 20 plus times and he's going to have a just monster Dalvin Cook game. So I'm hesitant to start him.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I hear you. Adam Thielen, number one fantasy wideout Stefan Diggs. You can play him.

[Mike Wright]

The jets are giving up the most yards in the league to sleep lot wide receivers. Adam Thielen about to hit his seventh straight game.

[Andy Holloway]

He's just been unbelievable. I mean, the target yards are incredible.

[Jason Moore]

Can it count as eight straight games this week? If he hits 200 yards, is that how we count?

[Mike Wright]

All right, you get to bank them.

[Andy Holloway]

You can bank them for next week. Look, Sam Darnold's been playing well, averaging 17.2 yards per completion on third and long this season. That's second best in the league making plays is what I'm saying.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And you've got Jermaine Curse and I just have. I just got a feeling about Jermaine Curse, man. I just feel good about him. I told you I'd spend fab dollars on him. You've got an injured Quincy and Newell who won't be playing. You have Terrell Pryor who hasn't been practicing and even Robbie Anderson has been banged up, just returned to practice today. So Jermaine Curse is to me, he's a guaranteed 12 targets in this game.

[Jason Moore]

I have hesitancy with Kearse this week just because of the matchup.

[Mike Wright]

No the matchup is actually great for Jermaine Curse. Mackenzie Alexander who will be guarding the slot position for the Vikings similar to Adam Thielen versus the jets in the slot. Curses curse is very safe to me this week.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I guess where I come from is it, you know, will, will they be shadowing Robbie Anderson or do they not see Robbie Anderson as that good? Because you know, Xavier Rhodes has, has been great. He is one of the few shadow corners they usually use shadow knows every week to truly lock someone out and I just don't know if they're not.

[Andy Holloway]

Going to do that to Curse. Curse is going to move around.

[Mike Wright]

I know, I know he's talking about Robbie.

[Jason Moore]

I'm saying I don't know if they're going to do that to Robbie Anderson and so if they use him in a different way.

[Mike Wright]

No, I think you have to put Xavier Rhodes on to Robbie Anderson. You have to try and stop the big play. The Vikings defense, they're allowing 20 plus yard completions on over 13% of passes. That's third worst in the NFL. Big plays are killing the Vikings and you cannot allow Robbie Anderson to do that.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, we're going to talk about Jermaine Curse a little bit more in a minute. Oh, I've, I've decided to pivot a little bit. Let's get into it.

[Jason Moore]

Starts of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, let's start there. Let's start at the wide rece. I did want to give a little pat on the butt to Robert Woods. I don't. Look, he's the sixth ranked white out right now. You probably don't need me to tell you he's a start.

[Mike Wright]

Nope.

[Andy Holloway]

With Cooper cup out. So I'm not going to. But what I will say is I'd start Woods over Michael Thomas if I had to make that decision. That's how high I am on Robert Woods.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, if you could see Brooks's face. He just ate a lemon. Including the rhine.

[Andy Holloway]

This is true. But my start of the week is Jermaine Curse against Minnesota. This is a game that is built for a peppering of comeback targets for Jermaine Curse. The jets defense is not going to stop Minnesota. Sam Darnold is going to have the game in his hands every week. He's getting a little bit more control of the offense and I think Jermaine Curse is a solid, solid start this week. Who do you got as your start of the week, Jason?

[Jason Moore]

I've got John Brown. Give me some smoke because look, Smokey has been on fire this year. I know he Had a little bit of a down week this week. Every wide receiver.

[Andy Holloway]

It does actually the last two weeks.

[Jason Moore]

It does not matter if you are Antonio Brown or anybody so far not named Adam Thielen. You will have down weeks at the wide receiver position, especially when you are the deep threat guy. But his air yards have been out of control and the matchup is perfect against New Orleans. He's going to be going up against Ken Crawley. It is a major. I mean, the matchup specifically with that cornerback. John Brown's skill set will torch him. I think that New Orleans will be able to score in a way that Baltimore has. You know, Baltimore's been shutting people down. Their defense is great, but New Orleans offense will get it done enough to where they're going to need to air it out. And people have been beating them. I don't think Marcus Lattimore is going to be an issue for John Brown. I think that's more of a Michael Crabtree guy. I'm starting John Brown if I've got him this week.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he's like you said, he's the A dot master. And the New Orleans Saints are allowing a very, very deep target. So it's a perfect marriage.

[Andy Holloway]

A dot is average depth of the target.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

In case you haven't.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Thank you.

[Andy Holloway]

Heard the slang. Thank you, Mike. You've got an interesting name. I struck out on him last week as the start of the week, so good luck to you.

[Jason Moore]

It is. It is funny you mentioned that because every time I hear adot, we're in Arizona. Yeah, that's the Arizona Department of Transportation. Like, you see a dot everywhere. So it's like. It's weird. Everyone's playing fantasy.

[Mike Wright]

My wide receiver start of the week is Jarvis Landry. Cleveland Browns, going to get against those Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Six teams, six defenses in the league have allowed 10 or more touchdowns, receiving touchdowns. One of those teams is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers have only played five games compared to the others who are playing six. I think this is when Baker, Mayfield and company get things back together. The Bucks are just hemorrhaging points to the wide receiver position. And I think that Jarvis will be the biggest beneficiary of this.

[Jason Moore]

I.

[Mike Wright]

This is the week. This is the week that everyone was waiting for for Jarvis.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I thought that was last week. I'm just so scared because something isn't working, like, between Baker and Jarvis.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And I keep leaning on the matchup, so I know. I know I'd be starting.

[Mike Wright]

It's about to turn up.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

We'll see a lot of times when teams fire their defensive coordinator, their offensive coordinator, that first week. That first week is a little bit. They rally. They rally.

[Mike Wright]

Good luck.

[Jason Moore]

There's two things that just make me slightly worried there. The ankle with Baker. I want to make sure he's able to move around and be mobile. And I. And that rallying. But other than those two things, which are kind of narrow, didn't they fire their defensive coordinator?

[Mike Wright]

Tampa Bay.

[Jason Moore]

Tampa Bay. I thought so.

[Andy Holloway]

I got you. I thought you were talking about the Cleveland side.

[Jason Moore]

No, no, no. So, you know, I have a little hesitancy there, but it's got to happen. I mean, come on, Jarvis.

[Andy Holloway]

If it doesn't, you got to bless. If it doesn't, there's. There's going to be some panic in the streets.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. The running back position, I'm going with Tariq Cohen against New England.

[Mike Wright]

Love it.

[Andy Holloway]

Game script, recent performance. No reason to not believe in Tariq right now. Look, New England can give up a big player too. They didn't deal with the speed of Tyrique. I don't think they're gonna deal with the speed of Tariq the dinosaur hunter.

[Jason Moore]

Thank you, Rock.

[Andy Holloway]

Sorry. So Tariq han my start of the week, Jason. Well, hold on, let me just.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, hit it.

[Jason Moore]

Start him.

[Andy Holloway]

Call him for the breakout.

[Jason Moore]

I am calling for the breakout. I have him this week as my running back. 12.

[Andy Holloway]

Whoa, whoa.

[Jason Moore]

I believe it's going to happen. Look, the guy has been on fire. He's averaging 5.72 yards per carry. The matchup is great. He's coming off of a buy with a hobbled Theo Riddick.

[Mike Wright]

That's the biggest thing for Kerryon Johnson to me is they had the bye week. You had a long time. You could rest a player. And then Wednesday, Theo Riddick had to sit out of practice. And if Theo Riddick is not there to soak up the targets, Kerryon Johnson's floor goes way.

[Jason Moore]

I believe Kerryon Johnson has north of 15 touches in this game. Total between rushing and passing.

[Mike Wright]

North being up.

[Jason Moore]

Yes, that is correct. If you have a map, north is up. And so if he gets more than 15 touches, he's going to have a fine game. Yes. He's not going to bust. He's not going to be bad. He's going to be a startable asset. But he has the ability to also have a blow up game. So that's where.

[Andy Holloway]

Why not? Jay, let's do it. Let's do it.

[Jason Moore]

I'm pegging him.

[Mike Wright]

Mike, you're running back I'm going with Philip Lindsay. He pushes the microphone away and it discussed because he cannot make a decision on who because you guys both, you.

[Andy Holloway]

Guys have both made my two flex options, John Brown and Philip Lindsay. Your starts of the week. I mean, well, either we're giving you get into Philip Lindsay and then I'm going to ask Brooks to make a decision.

[Mike Wright]

Either we're giving fantasy advice or we're just playing mental warfare against your team. But the Arizona Cardinals have. They're giving up the most points to the fantasy running back position. They, they can't stop anyone. Latavius Murray, who has looked atrocious. He came in and said that was his best game of all time.

[Jason Moore]

Right?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Career high in your rushing yardage.

[Mike Wright]

The Cardinals are putrid against running backs and even with the timeshare with Royce Freeman and company, I still think that Philip Lindsay is a. It should be locked in as a running back to. For your team.

[Andy Holloway]

If by chance they are getting boat race and the quarterback changeover happens and Mr. Chad Kelly makes his way on the field, does that change your outlook to the offensive strategy or how they use the running back or anything?

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Jason Moore]

Probably use the running back even more.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Jason Moore]

And I, I agree with everything you're saying in the matchup. I lean towards Royce Freeman, but I would start both. Both players.

[Andy Holloway]

Brooks, who do I start in my flex? John Brown against New Orleans. Great matchup. Philip Lindsay against Arizona is basically they're facing the worst against that position. So is John Brown against the worst at the position? Better than Philip Lindsay against the worst of the position. Barely go John Brown.

[Jason Moore]

So this is one of those, you know, we give advice all the time, those players. I like John Brown more than Philip Lindsay. Andy is a very heavy favorite playing a team that, you know, he should beat. That's where I would go. Philip Lindsay, because the floor is higher.

[Andy Holloway]

John Brown could explode, but he could.

[Jason Moore]

Also have two receptions, 34 yards.

[Andy Holloway]

My start of the week at the tight end position. I'm going to go ahead and stack Andrew Luck, my quarterback. Start of the week with Eric Ebron. I guess we start. We didn't go through quarterbacks yet, did we? So I'll give you both. I'll give you both. Eric Ebron. Is that my tight end? Andrew Luck is my quarterback. I want to give you a vote of confidence in Andrew Luck. He's been the number two quarterback over the last three weeks. He's also playing against a defense that's third best against the quarterback position, which could be troublesome. Not a High over under. But I think Andrew Luck gets it done this week regardless and he does it in part thanks to Eric Ebron and his torrid touchdown pace. I think Ebron's good for another touchdown in this one which will be number seven on the year for Ebron. Quite the quite the season thus far. Look, start both those guys against Buffalo despite their ascendant defense.

[Jason Moore]

My tight end start of the week is CJ Usama available on plenty of waivers and should have Bengals tight end. Bengals tight end. Yes. Maybe you don't know who CJ Usama is. He is the next man up after the Tyler and Tyler twin tight ends have gone down for the Kansas City Chiefs. The Bengals. The Kansas City Chiefs, their opponent, where they will be this week that they have not been able to stop. The tight end position in general. It has been since week one, so five straight weeks in a row that they've given up at least 74 yards to the tight end position, which is a lot. I mean you're talking most of the weeks. 97, 92, 86. How about 164 yards in week two? So given that they are giving up a lot to the tight end, which, you know, their defense is giving up a lot to all positions because their offense is scoring and the other team has to come back and the fact that CJ Uzama is now the only cat in town at the tight end position. Stack that with Andy Dalton's propensity to throw to the tight end position not only between the 20s but also in the red zone. I think CJ Uzama is very safe with a high ceiling. I like him. I would start him over. A lot of options this week.

[Andy Holloway]

And your quarterback.

[Jason Moore]

My quarterback. I am, I am telling you, if you had a down week last week from Jared Garf, King Garfrey, he was awesome last week in a putrid fantasy performance. Yes, he scored fewer than 10 fantasy points, but if you watch the game, they just didn't need him. He was lights out. He was playing great. Todd Gurley was just rushing for over 200 yards, got all the touchdowns. It was not a big worry. Golf has been unbelievable against San Francisco. They're 28th against the quarterback position. Golf's going to get a couple long bomb touchdowns. You're going to be super happy you started Jared Goff. Don't, don't be too overreacting from the last week and a half.

[Andy Holloway]

A lot of people bitter with Jared Goff last week. Yeah, I noticed that. I mean on Twitter. That was probably one of the top 10 things I saw reaction wise people played him, they were disappointed despite the obviously the big win. Mike, your quarterback and your tight end.

[Mike Wright]

So my quarterback start of the week I'm going to go with the red rifle. I'm going to take Andy Dalton who's in the matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs. This is, it's both, this is matchup and quarterback who is playing very, very well. Andy Dalton, I mean he's been a multi touchdown machine this season. And the Kansas City Chiefs of course they score a lot of points so it just absolutely makes sense. And then the tight end, I kind of, I have two here because Evan Ingram, I want him to be my start of the week but he's on Monday night so it's, it could be difficult for some teams to lock into Evan Ingram and be ready to go. The matchup is great. I think that Eli Manning who is my stream of the week is going to come to life. Evan Ingram could shock you though as being a surprise out. He is on track to play Monday night but if you don't have Austin Hooper then you're going to be in a really bad position with your tight end. And Austin Hooper is actually my other start of the week. NBA Jam rules. Austin Hooper is the breakout real. I think we're going to find out this week. The New York Giants are not a defense that can shut down the tight end position. So Austin Hooper with the double digit targets the past two weeks figure out.

[Andy Holloway]

What week three looks like.

[Jason Moore]

Here's a great question then and this is a legitimate question. A lot of people will have this situation. Brooks and I on our league of record had this situation. You lost Evan Ingram, you picked up Austin Hooper. They both play Monday night. Both good options. Evan Ingram's in the game. Who are you playing between those two players?

[Mike Wright]

Angre.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Evan Ingram, if you don't remember. I mean it's been a while. He's. Week two was his last full game and he was an absolute monster. 70 yards with a score, only 19 yards in the game when he was knocked out. But Evan Ingram is, he's a very.

[Andy Holloway]

Unique and special talent.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, he is a great pass catcher. He is a great player. And the New York Giants, they need him. They need him.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, our final segment of the day. Those were the starts of the week. But more importantly.

[Jason Moore]

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[Mike Wright]

What have you done, Jason?

[Jason Moore]

Ha ha. Take that, Mike. Enjoy your boom boom.

[Mike Wright]

Greg Zurline comes out and gets hurt again. I'm going to be furious with you.

[Andy Holloway]

Locked and loaded though, Mike. Locked and loaded.

[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

All right, that is it for today's show. We'll be back with more matchups tomorrow. Thanks for tuning in, supporting the podcast, and don't forget to check out draft.comballers if you want to play some DFS.

[Mike Wright]

We'll see you tomorrow, Footland. Goodbye.

[Jason Moore]

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