Week 6 Studs & Stinkers + Weekly Rewind, Mike the Tatman

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary
Episode: Week 6 Studs & Stinkers + Weekly Rewind, Mike the Tatman
Release Date: October 14, 2019

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Introduction

The episode begins with hosts Mike Wright ("Mike the Fantasy Hitman") and Jason Moore warmly welcoming listeners to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. They introduce the episode's focus on identifying the week's top performers ("Studs") and underperformers ("Stinkers") in fantasy football, along with a comprehensive weekly rewind of key events and performances.

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Injury News

Amari Cooper’s Thigh Bruise

• [05:16] Mike Wright: "Amari Cooper was diagnosed yesterday with a thigh bruise, which can be horribly painful. It knocked him out of the game."
• [05:25] Jason Moore: "This isn’t a long-term injury, so this should be fine."

James Conner’s Quad Injury

• [05:43] Mike Wright: "James Conner suffered a quad injury in the fourth quarter, missing some time."
• [06:15] Jason Moore: "He’s become a ticking time bomb."

Will Disley’s Achilles Tear

• [06:53] Mike Wright: "Will Disley has torn his left Achilles tendon. This is a catastrophic injury."
• [07:06] Jason Moore: "He’ll be out for the season. However, he remains a valuable asset for future seasons."

Emmanuel Sanders’ Knee Injury

• [08:21] Mike Wright: "Emmanuel Sanders injured his knee but is expected to play the short week ahead."
• [08:41] Jason Moore: "Add a bum knee into the mix isn’t promising, but it’s manageable."

Other Injuries & Updates

• Chris Thompson suffered a foot injury.
• Nikhil Harry is expected to resume practicing, though his impact remains minimal in fantasy settings.
• Josh Rosen remains the starter despite being benched in favor of Fitzmadrick.

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Weekly Rewind

The hosts delve into the past week's significant events, focusing on player performances, injuries, and strategic moves.

Matt Ryan’s Dominant Performance

• [11:09] Mike Wright: "Matt Ryan threw for over 350 yards and four touchdowns, solidifying his status as a top quarterback."

Lamar Jackson’s Rushing Prowess

• [11:34] Jason Moore: "Lamar rushed for 152 yards with a touchdown, showcasing his dual-threat capability."

Russell Kyler Murray’s Versatility

• [12:33] Jason Moore: "Kyler Murray is on pace for 4,437 passing yards as a rookie, highlighting his potential as a top-five QB."

James Conner vs. San Francisco

• [15:15] Mike Wright: "James Conner dominated with seven receptions, 78 receiving yards, and a receiving touchdown, along with a rushing touchdown."

Nick Chubb’s Consistency

• [15:57] Jason Moore: "Nick Chubb remains an absolute top-three running back with consistent performances."

Christian McCaffrey’s Utilization

• [21:47] Mike Wright: "With Christian McCaffrey receiving 22 carries, he secured a rushing touchdown, maintaining his elite status despite his team's struggles."

DeAndre Hopkins’ Struggles

• [50:11] Jason Moore: "DeAndre Hopkins is on pace for 931 yards but hasn't caught a touchdown in over a month, making him a buy-low candidate."

Jason Moore’s First NFL Reception

• [35:08] Mike Wright: "Jason Moore made his first career catch during the episode, receiving adoration from listeners."
• [35:54] Jason Moore: "Congratulations on my first reception. That was a big moment for me."

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Studs of the Week

Top Quarterbacks

• Matt Ryan: Exceptional performance with over 350 passing yards and four touchdowns.

  • [11:34] Mike Wright: "Matt Ryan has a high probability of ending up as the number one guy, and he did."

• Lamar Jackson: Dominant rushing performance with 152 yards and a touchdown.

  • [11:34] Jason Moore: "Lamar running like a beast yet again."

• Russell Kyler Murray: Achieved 340 passing yards and three touchdowns, demonstrating impressive rookie potential.

  • [12:33] Jason Moore: "Kyler Murray does end up as a top five quarterback."

Top Running Backs

• James Conner: Seven receptions, 78 receiving yards, a receiving touchdown, and a rushing touchdown against San Francisco.

  • [15:15] Mike Wright: "James Conner dominated seven receptions..."

• Nick Chubb: 20 attempts for over 120 rushing yards, maintaining his status as a top-tier running back.

  • [15:57] Jason Moore: "I still see Zeke as an absolute top three back."

• Christian McCaffrey: Despite limited carries, secured a rushing and receiving touchdown, showcasing his versatile usage.

  • [21:47] Jason Moore: "Christian McCaffrey continues to dominate."

Top Wide Receivers

• Stefon Diggs: Four receptions for 100 yards and two touchdowns against the Eagles, solidifying his reputation as a target machine.

  • [27:18] Jason Moore: "Stefon Diggs wants to run against the Eagles and thrive."

• Terry McLaurin: Four receptions for 100 yards and two touchdowns, ranking fourth in receiving yards through his first five games.

  • [28:50] Jason Moore: "Terry McLaurin is dominant."

• Chris Godwin: Twelve targets for ten receptions and 151 yards, maintaining his high target volume.

Top Tight Ends

• Hunter Henry: Eight receptions for two touchdowns, outpacing Travis Kelsey and becoming a central figure in his team's offense.

  • [37:46] Jason Moore: "Hunter Henry seems like he will be a big part of the offense moving forward."

• Austin Hooper: Eight receptions for 117 yards and a touchdown, on pace for 1,300 yards and eight touchdowns.

  • [38:15] Mike Wright: "Austin Hooper is crushing the dreams of all fantasy opponents."

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Stinkers of the Week

Underperforming Quarterbacks

• Mitch Trubisky: Struggled with ineffective passing, earning the nickname "Mitch the Trubisky."
  • [56:14] Jason Moore: "Trubisky is terrible at quarterback."

Underperforming Running Backs

• Joe Mixon: Limited effectiveness with only three targets and stuffed rushing attempts (28%), the highest in the league.

  • [40:10] Jason Moore: "Joe Mixon is a true level-down situation."

• Melvin Gordon: Inconsistent performances with a downturn in efficiency, making him a risky pick.

  • [42:16] Jason Moore: "Melvin Gordon is in a timeshare."

Underperforming Wide Receivers

• DeAndre Hopkins: Despite being highly targeted, only nine receptions for 55 yards with no touchdowns in the last five games.

  • [50:11] Jason Moore: "DeAndre Hopkins is a buy-low candidate."

• Allen Robinson: Limited impact with nine receiving yards and disappointment despite being a primary target.

  • [52:27] Mike Wright: "Allen Robinson gets some respect."

Underperforming Tight Ends

• O.J. Howard: Significantly underperformed, relegated to the "city dump" status by the hosts.
  • [53:06] Jason Moore: "He’s the city dump at this point."

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Listener Stories & Humorous Segments

• Jason Moore’s NFL Reception: Sharing his personal milestone of catching his first NFL pass during a game, eliciting humorous and congratulatory responses.

  • [35:08] Mike Wright: "Congratulations, Jason."
  • [35:54] Jason Moore: "Thank you. That was a big moment for me."

• On Accepting Trades: Jason recounts a humorous mishap where he accidentally traded away Terry McLaurin for Duke Johnson while on the toilet, highlighting the importance of careful decision-making.

  • [18:00] Jason Moore: "I was on the pot. So foot claim a poop stupor."

• Sponsor Segments: Brief mentions and humorous promotions of sponsors like Quip and Pristine Auction, interwoven seamlessly into the discussion.

  • [24:20] Jason Moore: "It's very instructive."
  • [27:03] Mike Wright: "Thanks to Pristine Auction for supporting the show."

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Final Thoughts & Closing

The hosts wrap up the episode by reiterating key takeaways, emphasizing strategic decisions for upcoming weeks, and encouraging listeners to stay engaged with the Fantasy Footballers community through various platforms.

• [56:35] Jason Moore: "On behalf of myself, Jay Grizz, and Mike the Tat man, we hope you have a great Monday Night Football game."
• [56:46] Jason Moore: "Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast."

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Notable Quotes:

• Jason Moore on James Conner: "I think the phrase you're looking for is a ticking time bomb. A ticking time clock is just a clock." [06:19]

• Mike Wright on Will Disley: "It's going to be a monster." [07:54]

• Jason Moore on Odell Beckham: "He's our pass-catching back. We don't need you." [23:15]

• Mike Wright on Joe Mixon: "This is a true level down situation." [40:57]

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This episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast offers a comprehensive analysis of Week 6 in fantasy football, blending insightful player evaluations with engaging banter and humor. Whether you're managing a dynasty team or a weekly roster, the hosts provide valuable advice to help you navigate the complexities of fantasy football effectively.

Transcript

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

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

[Mike Wright]

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the podcast, the Fan Tessie Footballers Podcast. I'm your host for the moment, your host for the week, Mike the Fantasy Hitman, Right? Joined as always by my bestest buddy in the business, Jason Moore.

[Jason Moore]

It is so nice to know that if things happen, I don't have to host. Sure. You know, there's comfort here being like, you better be prepared, Mike. I don't got to be prepared.

[Mike Wright]

Now, what you don't realize about that is. No, I don't.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, excellent. This is gonna be a fantastic show.

[Mike Wright]

I just say, hey, Brooks, hit the record button. Let's do a show. The big beautiful bear. He is here. Jay Grizz holding it down, missing his Chicago Bears this week. I'm sorry, J. Griz. They will be back. Welcome in one and all to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. It is Monday. Oh, my goodness. Jason, do you know what we do on Monday?

[Jason Moore]

I think we have a little bit of fun day.

[Mike Wright]

Prepare to get sophisticated. Oh, yes.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

It's Monday punday. So we reach out to the Foot Clan on the social media, and they let us know by twisting one's name whether they had a positive or a negative effect on their fantasy football team. Let's see if we can guess who did what.

[Jason Moore]

Yes, let's. How about Jared Gawfell?

[Mike Wright]

That's a pretty solid one. Cooper cup half empty. Oh, yep.

[Jason Moore]

Malcolm, if it's brown, flush it down.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, very sophisticated.

[Jason Moore]

Very sophisticated. You don't leave the brown in the bowl.

[Mike Wright]

We go. The violins are getting out of control. We got pooped in his big Boyd pants.

[Jason Moore]

Ah. And. And also, poo poo Smith Dumpster. It's all poop.

[Mike Wright]

Where does dumpster come from?

[Jason Moore]

I love it. I mean, I don't blame poo poo here at all. But it's a good name.

[Mike Wright]

We got. Oh, we got a combo here because we got a Merry Digsmas and then a Terry Christmas.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, or maybe a Terry Diggs. Miss.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. Yes. Smiles Sanders. Melvin Snore. Done.

[Jason Moore]

That's. That's bad.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, man.

[Jason Moore]

Noah, can't.

[Mike Wright]

They brought the fire this week, Jason.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And. And I would say that nine out of ten were Jared Barf.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Or just different Jared. Jared Goff. My team.

[Mike Wright]

Look, it was not good for Jared Goff. Wow.

[Jason Moore]

That. I mean, we're going to talk about the stinkers of the week here today. We will get into it, but goodness gracious, gonna need some odor eaters on that guy.

[Mike Wright]

An unlimited industrial supply for that. Welcome to the show. If you are listening to the podcast and you want to see the beautiful people of this show, you can Follow us on [e-mail] the Fantasy Footballers. Follow us on the IG look, we're hip, we're putting out cool content on the gram. You can follow that instagram.com fantasy footballers or you want to follow the personals. Our Twitter handles are also our IG handles. I am fhitman. Jason is Jason ffl. The podcast, if you need some last second help, is the fantasy footballers.com and.

[Jason Moore]

You get extra things there. Like perfect example, this last week we didn't get into Hunter Henry. The Hunter Henry news was coming out very late into the week. But that was, you know, we're all over that on socials, telling people, hey, if you're struggling for a tight end, go pick up Hunter Henry. You know, you don't want to miss out on that.

[Mike Wright]

Very fair. Well, if there's nothing else, Jay, we'll just get right into the rewind.

[Jason Moore]

Weekly rewind.

[Mike Wright]

First, the injury news. Amari Cooper was diagnosed yesterday with a thigh bruise, says a source, which can be horribly painful. It knocked him out of the game.

[Jason Moore]

Everything you're hearing about is just how much pain he's in. And you know, this is similar to the Todd Gurley situation, but thankfully it's not structural. There's no problems limiting him from, you know, this isn't a long term injury at all, so this should be fine.

[Mike Wright]

James Conner, running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He suffered a quad injury in the fourth quarter. He missed some time. Tomorrow we'll be talking waivers, but just a sneak preview to me, I don't think James Conner is out, but Benny Snell, he might be my number one priority grab of the week because James Conner now has missed time in a game because of an Injury he returned, but three separate injuries already for James Conner. It feels like we're on a ticking time clock where it's just a matter of time before Connor's going to miss some games.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I think the phrase you're looking for is a ticking time bomb.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

A ticking time clock is just a clock.

[Mike Wright]

Well, but it. No, not all clocks tick, Jason.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. All right. Digital. Digital clocks are fine, but I'm going to point that out.

[Mike Wright]

There's also analog clocks that are silent.

[Jason Moore]

I do think that James Conner could have came back in the game. You saw him dancing around the sideline. They were up by so much. And this, that play, though. Oh, my God.

[Mike Wright]

Where he got a full WWE body slam.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, not that one. I'm talking the one that he got the quad injury on. I literally hurt my quad watching that. It was that painful.

[Mike Wright]

The Seahawks. Oh, goodness. The Seahawks believe. They believe that Will Disley has torn his left Achilles tendon. If you, if you watch the play, it is a non contact injury.

[Jason Moore]

He goes down, just turns around in the end zone.

[Mike Wright]

His leg exploded and he falls to the ground. This is really unfortunate situation for a guy who had already come back from about as a catastrophic injury as you can. If he indeed has an Achilles tear.

[Jason Moore]

He does. I mean, this is such an easy injury to diagnose. They knew it right off the bat. That means he's going to be out for the season and this is a terrible injury to come back from, similar to the patella injury he had. That being said, it gives you a little bit of. I mean, I feel so bad for the man, but it gives you confidence in the future. People are asking, do you hold on to Will Disley and Dynasty? Yes. I mean, assuming you're in a 30 man roster, tight ends are gross. I think he comes back next year and is involved. He's still, I mean, he was. He's still a young guy.

[Mike Wright]

And I'll do this for you, Jason, because clearly it's the last time we're going to be able to do this.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, we can still remember. Remember the Big Montana as you want to. Streaming down the field, catching touchdowns. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Remember Massey, one was not as he currently is.

[Jason Moore]

It's for you, Big Montana.

[Mike Wright]

Keep being big and keep being Montana strong. My man recovery. We wish you well, Bronco. Speaking of a guy who just came back from tearing his Achilles, Broncos wide out, Emmanuel Sanders. He hurt his knee and he did not finish the game. It appears it's not all that serious, but they're heading into a short week. How Are you feeling on Manny Sanders?

[Jason Moore]

I think you're feeling poor on Manny Sanders. Based on fantasy production over the last couple weeks, you add in a bum knee. A short week is not great, but you know the team's not concerned. Don't believe it's serious. Not a long term issue.

[Mike Wright]

Chris Thompson left with a foot injury. Oh, goodness, that guy. And then Ian Rapaport confirms that Nikhil Harry is expected to resume practicing this week. It's this, this world of fantasy football we live in, Jason. It's very funny because Nikhil Harry, wide receiver for the New England Patriots. For those of uninitiated rookie, he is. He was like the number one pick in rookie drafts.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, yes, he.

[Mike Wright]

And we've totally forgot he exists.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, you got Terry McLaurin, you've got Hollywood Brown, you have all these rookies breaking out and the number one guy going in with Tom Brady is an afterthought. It's forgotten. Are you. I mean, it's too early to me to pick him up in any kind of a redraft league. And in Dynasty, you already have him.

[Mike Wright]

Unless you have an IR spot. Like if you have an empty IR spot right now, I'm okay putting him on there.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, but if he's coming back and practicing, then he's not going to be eligible.

[Mike Wright]

Well, he still will be for a while, is my point. And you can, if you can pick him up and stash him for free, why not? Marcus Mariota was benched for Ryan Tannehill in the third quarter. Something to monitor. Speaking of being benched, Josh Rosen was also benched for Fitzmadrick and they almost won that game. They did almost win. But however, Josh Rosen is still the starter.

[Jason Moore]

Well, yeah, because they almost won that game. They're like, oh, we're going back to Josh. Josh Rosen is our starter moving forward. That was a little scary. We almost won.

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

Happy to report we beat Tim the tap man. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Eat it, Tim.

[Jason Moore]

Take that, Tim. Timmy, as I call you Timmy, I'm.

[Mike Wright]

The, I'm the tap man.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Mike the tap man. Yeah, take that.

[Mike Wright]

Take your moniker.

[Jason Moore]

But we beat him.

[Mike Wright]

We beat him down into the ground. So if there's not anything else, Jason, we'll get into the stud muffins. Do you have anything else to add for the news and notes?

[Jason Moore]

No, I just. The only thing I would add is that from here on out this week you are Mike the Tatman.

[Mike Wright]

I accept.

[Jason Moore]

This week's fantasy stud muffins.

[Mike Wright]

Couple of excellent starts of the week at the quarterback position. Matthew Ryan. Jason start of the week he was. Okay, look, when you, when you call for a start of the week for a player like Matt Ryan that you're.

[Jason Moore]

Already going to start, it's because you're.

[Mike Wright]

Saying Matt Ryan has a high probability of ending up as the number one guy and he did.

[Jason Moore]

Well. I mean there's still a game tonight, so if Aaron Rodgers without what are we talking about? Of course he's not going to overtake Matt Ryan.

[Mike Wright]

Considering that Matt Ryan threw for over 350 yards and four touchdowns, I do not believe anyone's going to get close. Lamar Jackson running like a, like a beast yet again. 152 on the ground with a rushing touchdown. He gets Seattle next week. Deshaun Watson continues to dominate for fantasy football. Russell Kyler Murray, he was my start of the week. 340 passing yards for Kyler Murray. Three touchdowns as well. This time he did it through the air on the ground. He was only 11 for 32. It's a nice little baseline to have those 30 rushing yards. Where are you season long for Kyler Murray, Jason? He gets the Giants next week. He's the quarterback. Seven on the season. Does Kyler Murray end up as a top five quarterback at the end of the year?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he does end up as a top five quarterback. Now we're being a little bit skewed here from the Falcons matchup. It's not always going to be this good, but this is a guy who is already basically a top 10 quarterback while not throwing touchdowns. You remember early in the offseason we were talking about some of the the Vegas props and I think fanduel had a prop on Kyler Murray's rookie passing yards at 3,100 yards and we're like.

[Mike Wright]

Oh my goodness, that's got it.

[Jason Moore]

You got to go over on that. Yeah, like I had him down for 3800. Currently he is on pace for 4437 yards as a rookie. The issue has been touchdowns. Even with the three touchdown game since he hasn't been throwing any 19. But look, if they can figure out some of the red zone issues and convert field goals into touchdowns, he's going to be a monster.

[Mike Wright]

It's going to be tough when it's our home Team. So we got to. We got to say it like it is. Coward. Kingsbury, some of those play calls on fourth down that dude needs to forget.

[Jason Moore]

Fourth down, when we were on third down. There's seven seconds left. We're on like, yes. The five yard line now.

[Mike Wright]

You should. You got to kick, you got to take the points. That's what Booger would say.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, thank you, Booger McFarland. No, you've got plenty of time to take a shot at the end zone. Kyler should have had four touchdowns.

[Mike Wright]

Also having great weeks at the quarterback position. Brady Wentz and Spleen Darnold. Sam the Spleen with his extra padding over his allegedly recovered spleen.

[Jason Moore]

First game back. No.

[Mike Wright]

Tough matchup.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, the tough matchup. And so scoop him up immediately because New England and Jacksonville are on the docket.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, I catch your sarcasm. It was laid on very thick. However, after these next two matchups against New England and Jacksonville, which are deaf and I don't want to play Sam Darnold. There's five games in a row where the New York Jets, I believe they play the Dolphins twice in that span.

[Jason Moore]

They have my attention.

[Mike Wright]

The jets are about to go on a. A tear, at least for fantasy purposes.

[Jason Moore]

Not about to. But you're saying they're going to eventually.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. In two weeks.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. To me it's three weeks.

[Mike Wright]

In about two. Okay, I find three weeks, but I stand by my time reference.

[Jason Moore]

I will stream him in three weeks.

[Mike Wright]

So in. In about two. Jason, how many weeks am I allowed when I say he's about to?

[Jason Moore]

He's about to. I would say you've got that whole week buffer. So if it's the week after next, you could say he's about to. It's not. It's not coming now. But it's about to.

[Mike Wright]

I apologize. I didn't know the rules on about to.

[Jason Moore]

It's all right, Mike the tap man. It's okay.

[Mike Wright]

Thank you. At the running back position, James Conner.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, another toot toot.

[Mike Wright]

He had an excellent game as my.

[Jason Moore]

Start of the week. He was the running back one. Unless Aaron Jones or Kerryon Johnson can overtake, sure.

[Mike Wright]

The bye week is coming at a great time for James Conner to recover. But with Jalen Samuels hurt, it was the James Conner show and Devlin Hodges being highly allergic to throwing the ball more than 10 yards down the field. James Conner dominated seven receptions, 78 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown. Also had a rushing touchdown. Nick Chubb continues his dominance. 20 attempts over 120 yards on the ground. Added in A few receptions, the yards weren't great. But that PPR bump.

[Jason Moore]

Now what happens here in a couple of weeks for Nick Chubb when he gets the looming, looming Kareem Hunt? Are you, if you're a Nick Chubb owner, would you be willing to sell him right now they're going on the buy, so maybe you.

[Mike Wright]

Are you willing to probably not sell.

[Jason Moore]

While he's on a buy and about to get Kareem Hunt back based on the fact that he's been awesome or the probably not because he's been awesome.

[Mike Wright]

A move I might be willing to make would be Nick Chubb for Le'Veon Bell. I've mentioned the jets upcoming schedule. It's. I'm telling you, it is really juicy, especially for Le'Veon Bell and Robbie Anderson. So if you're going to pivot to Lev Bell, who I think is about to go on a real tear for fantasy purposes, and you get him next week, it's not a great matchup, but Lev Bell is safe for volume.

[Jason Moore]

I've been saying for the last couple weeks that Lev Bell was a great buy candidate. He's a guy that you don't want to trade away unless you get a wonderful trade offer that you then, you know, like, let's say just hypothetically speaking here, Mike, let's just.

[Mike Wright]

We're getting into this.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, we're going to get into this. So let's.

[Mike Wright]

I apologize, ladies and gentlemen. This is our, this is our job. This is our career in fantasy football. We are not above making a good old fashioned mistake now and again.

[Jason Moore]

A little mustache or two might come this guy's way. Now let me just ask this question for the Foot Clan. If you were offered, you. You send away this, this was last week. You. You Send away Terry McClaurin and Lev Bell.

[Mike Wright]

Right?

[Jason Moore]

That's two good options. I love Tara McClure and been saying to buy Love Bell, I had those players but would you send them away for David Johnson and Cooper Cup? Another. I mean look, maybe, maybe David Johnson, Cooper cup clearly an upgrade.

[Mike Wright]

Even though maybe Terry McLaurin's pretty awesome.

[Jason Moore]

Terry McLaurin's awesome. And golf was golf this week. But in general you'd take the David Johnson and you know, this was when David Johnson, you weren't sure he was going to play this week. The back concerns. Well, I was made that offer. I accepted that offer. Nice trade early. Thank you.

[Mike Wright]

Nice trade.

[Jason Moore]

And then this is in our listener league. So they're listening. So then Sunday morning rolls around, I go to double check My roster, make sure everything's good. And I'm like, Duke Johnson. I don't remember having Duke Johnson. When did I pick him up? Wait, what did I do? Because the trade comes in as DE Johnson. And yes, in little tiny text, it says the team name. But I. I was. I was on the pot. I was on the toilet. So foot claim a poop stupor. Yeah, you need to not accept trades on the toilet. Okay, do a little bit more digging. So I traded away left Pelletaire McLaurin for Duke Johnson. Talk about a real dookie situation. Mike the tap man.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, what an idiot. You are that.

[Jason Moore]

Look, I got to stay true to.

[Mike Wright]

My brand because David Johnson had had himself a game not necessarily efficient on the ground. 12 for 34 with a score, but 6 for 68 through the air doing David Johnson things.

[Jason Moore]

With a touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

With a touchdown. He is the running back. Five on the season.

[Jason Moore]

Not just a touchdown, but a touchdown. That very few running backs could make an NFL. I don't know how many wide receivers would be able. I mean, there's a still frame of the defender draped all over him, arm over his arms while the ball's falling down to the ground. David Johnson, absolutely incredible touchdown reception.

[Mike Wright]

Devonta Freeman got it done as you figured he would against Arizona on the ground and to receiving touchdowns. It says, look, it's the first time he's been over 100 scrimmage yards since week 14 of 20.

[Jason Moore]

Arizona will do this for you. And let me just say, this would be a real nice welcome back treat for Saquon Barkley if he could get back this week and face Arizona and.

[Mike Wright]

Be like and Evan Angream.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, my goodness. If you can sell Devonta Freeman high off of this performance, are you doing that or are you buying in that he's. He's getting utilized?

[Jason Moore]

If I could sell him high, I would.

[Mike Wright]

22 touches.

[Jason Moore]

I still don't buy into Devonta Freeman rest of season. The one thing that I could see, I was at the game, the offensive line for Atlanta, they suck. And yes, he was still fine against Arizona, but, you know, that's more on Arizona coming up here. You got the Rams, you got Seattle, you know, a bye week, the Saints, who are great against the run. No, I'm selling high if I can. I just don't necessarily believe you can.

[Mike Wright]

Zeke had a solid game. He's quietly the running back. Seven on the season. Are you disappointed with Zeke so far, Jason? Because to me, it feels like he is. He feels like he's out of that top Three tier right now it seems like he's real solid. He should be a top five guy. But is top three really in the cards for him?

[Jason Moore]

Top three is in the cards. I mean this last week, 28 carries. The Pollard, you know, encroachment on his touches is not real. Over the last three weeks, Pollard has not really been involved. 28 carries for 100 yards. You were really disappointed the previous two weeks, especially against the Packers. I can forgive him against the Saints who have a good defense, but I mean honestly he could be a buy low to me. I still see Zeke as an absolute top three back.

[Mike Wright]

Has a rushing touchdown in five of six games. Could see a higher target volume if Amari Cooper with his thigh bruises. Very, very painful.

[Jason Moore]

It hurts so much.

[Mike Wright]

Chris Carson had a great game. Christian McCaffrey came through on the studs list with a line of 22 carries gave. If Christian McCaffrey has 22 carries, can.

[Jason Moore]

I guess the yardage?

[Mike Wright]

You can.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, 22 carries. Probably breaks two or three. Let's carry the three. Okay. So he's going to end up with let's say 112 rushing yards, 22 carries.

[Mike Wright]

I would say that's a low guess.

[Jason Moore]

I'm trying to be conservative, but you.

[Mike Wright]

Are actually over by about 100. It was 22 for 31. Did have the rushing touchdown. 4 for 26 with a receiving touchdown. Unfortunately, if you've been riding the Christian McCaffrey train as the Carolina Panthers have, he's on by this week. A couple honorable mentions. Miles Sanders getting it done through the air. It was only three targets but three for 86 with a touchdown with Darren Sprols out. Miles Sanders is more interesting to me. I know it was only three targets this week, but it seems like he will inherit that role. Corey Clement also going to miss some time. So that really cluttered backfield. It's down to Jordan Howard and Miles Sanders if Sanders is going to get the passing work. Very interesting. Carlos Hyde they looked the Texans were able to somewhat duplicate the blueprint by the Colts. I didn't think they'd be able to do it but here we are 26 over a hundo and a score.

[Jason Moore]

Leonard from Leonard Fournette has been great for fantasy.

[Mike Wright]

He has.

[Jason Moore]

He's still not that efficient. 20 carries, 72 yards but the six targets he is involved in. He's not a great pass catching running back. He's really not. You watch him and you don't see any kind of fluidity there but they're like I don't care. He's our pass catching back. We don't need you. T.J. yelden. They got rid of him. And Fournette is just so safe.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, he is very safe. Hasn't given you much as many ceiling games as you've hoped for, but those will be coming. He gets the Bengals and Adrian Peterson.

[Jason Moore]

Had a fine game.

[Mike Wright]

If you picked him up, you're very happy.

[Jason Moore]

23 for 118. Shop him around everywhere you can because not only do you not get the Dolphins, but now you get the Niners that shut down Malcolm Brown, the Minnesota Vikings, the Buffalo Bills and then a buy. You're getting nothing. You can drop Adrian Peterson.

[Mike Wright]

My goodness.

[Jason Moore]

So yeah, so trade him.

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

I would say it's probably both.

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

The nice thing about when I got equip, I actually did learn more about how to brush because they have that little thing in there. It's very instructive.

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Jason Moore]

I mean Quip Draw was right there. Mike the time, man.

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

Thank you.

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

Oh man, it rhymes.

[Mike Wright]

Wide receivers who tore it up this week. Welcome back to the party, Mr. Stefan Diggs.

[Jason Moore]

I want to believe that this is more of an aberration like we knew this was would be a good game. You can't run against the Eagles and.

[Mike Wright]

They want to run seven for 167 yards, three touchdowns, 11 targets. A doink in the face mask as our producer has added in here. Actually, it was really funny.

[Jason Moore]

He kind of sucked. Like after his big two bombs, he hurt their team. He caused one of the, one of the interceptions. Then he had an awful drop. It's like what you just did all your work and you checked out Diggs. But what I was saying is I want to believe that this is not. This is a sell high. Not something that you can necessarily just completely buy into because this was the type of matchup where you knew this is good for the Vikings passing game. However you look at their upcoming schedule, it's a delight. Detroit's not that great. I think they're going to try to run the ball. But the following two weeks, you get the Redskins and you get the Kansas City Chiefs. I mean, yeah, I think Diggs is certainly bouncing back.

[Mike Wright]

And we had Terry McLaurin, scary Terry McLaurin, the F1. He was playing the Miami Dolphins. He was my start of the week. Four receptions, only four for a hundo and two touchdowns. If you played him, you're. You're very, very happy. Terry McLaurin has the fourth most receiving yards through his first five games of his career, only behind Anquan Bold and Randy Moss and the aforementioned Stefan Diggs.

[Jason Moore]

All right, we've been going back and forth talking about some of these guys. Trade Adrian Peterson, don't trade Stefan Diggs. And I don't think what you're. I don't think you're going to like what I have to say on Terry McLaurin, but I am. I would be looking to trade him now. If you do, make sure you read the full first name of the player coming in. Not just D. Johnson, like an idiot. Just.

[Mike Wright]

I don't think there's a lot of T. McLauren's in the league.

[Jason Moore]

No, I'm talking about who you get back for My worry with T. McLaurin at this point. Scary Terry is. I love him. He is dominant. He's been doing it in tough matchups. Right. He had a great game against Chicago. That's all well and good, but that is when Jay Gruden was running the offense. You just said it. Four targets, four receptions.

[Mike Wright]

Seven targets. Four receptions, seven targets is okay, but.

[Jason Moore]

This is against the Miami Dolphins. This is a team that wants to run the ball almost to their detriment. Now, yes, they won, but if anything, that gives them confidence to keep trying to run. But it won't work, correct?

[Mike Wright]

This plan will not. Of running Adrian Peterson against San Francisco, Minnesota, Buffalo. It will not work.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, but those names that you just brought up are what I want. I mean, the San Francisco defense looks as legit as it gets. Talk to Cooper cup and Robert woods and you know, every pass catching option from this week that had to face them. Then Minnesota, in Minnesota and possibly following that with the number one toughest matchup for wide receivers in Buffalo. And then a bye week like you can capitalize. Scary Terry could bring a lot right now and I'm worried about his next month. If not.

[Mike Wright]

No, I'm concerned about it. But he's really, really good. So I'm going to continue to play him, adjusting my expectations. I don't mind the sell high if you can really capitalize off of the name.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, don't sell to sell. Sell to capitalize. Sell to shop. Shop. And if you can get a haul for him, then that's great. I mean, you know, you look at these Guys and go. Okay. Scary Terry for the Redskins with Case Keenum, is he going to end up with 16 touchdowns? Of course not. But that's his pace, which means the absence of those touchdowns would be coming.

[Mike Wright]

It's not just touchdowns, though. He's been a yardage beast. He's never been under 50 yards in his career. He's.

[Jason Moore]

Look, he's great. I love him. That's why I'm saying so high, not just get rid of him.

[Mike Wright]

Chris Godwin, 12 targets turned into 10 receptions and 151 yards. He did have a little bit of that. A little bit of that stinky garbage there at the end of the game. But fantasy owners will take it. Tyreek Hill, welcome back.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, he's the freak.

[Mike Wright]

5 for 82 scores on 10 targets. 10 targets on limited play. 2. I mean, he was. He had the, I think the fourth fewest snaps at the wide receiver position. The other guys were playing a lot like DeMarcus Robinson and Nicole Hardman. They just didn't do anything because as soon as Tyree Kill was in, that's who Patrick Mahomes went to.

[Jason Moore]

Do you remember did Rock and Jock. Was that the one that had the hoop that was like. Yeah, the bonus points 20, 20ft higher.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. You're talking about the old school MTV show where it was celebrities versus athletes and they had wacky rules.

[Jason Moore]

Dude, that was awesome. I loved it.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, bring it back.

[Jason Moore]

But Tyree Kill could.

[Mike Wright]

We're ready, by the way.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

MTV Rock and Jock. You need people who are very, very important celebrities.

[Jason Moore]

Super important celebrities. I'm great at basketball. I'll break your ankles.

[Mike Wright]

I'd rather do the softball.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, I've never swung a bat in my life.

[Mike Wright]

You've never swung a bat?

[Jason Moore]

I mean, I would crush it. I'd be so good. But I just haven't done it yet. I believe I'd be awesome.

[Mike Wright]

We need to take you to the batting cage.

[Jason Moore]

Another video coming your way. My point was Tyree Kill can dunk on that 20 foot hoop.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, for sure.

[Jason Moore]

The way he went up for that first touchdown and just levitated while every other player went down with gravity and he stayed up there. That was crazy.

[Mike Wright]

Curtis Samuels. Jason sort of started the week.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, my. Sort of my secondary.

[Mike Wright]

Start of the week, the regression hit 4 for 70 with a. With a score through the air and a weird rushing touchdown. But we will take it.

[Jason Moore]

He was. Let's just say he was my. He was my fan duel.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, he was.

[Jason Moore]

Ballers on a budget.

[Mike Wright]

Pick my Kool Aid, man. Started the week which was mocked relentlessly on this show. Alshon Jeffrey. He ended up with 10 for 76 and a touchdown. A very, very solid fantasy day.

[Jason Moore]

Every target seemed to be going his.

[Mike Wright]

Way because that's what happens. I don't know why you guys are so out on Alshon. He's a target machine.

[Jason Moore]

I wasn't out on Alshon. Did I disparage him or something?

[Mike Wright]

We can check the tape. Brooks is laughing because he knows I'm right. Welcome back. Robbie Anderson. 5 for 125 and a score. A 92 yard touchdown will do that. You will show up. What's like I talked about for the Jets. I'm very in on Robbie Anderson after these next two games. What sucks about this is now that he hit you can't wait to get him off of the waiver wire. People will go after him. So if you're going to stash him for this upcoming schedule, you're going to have to do it. Reminder to that Golden Tate was somehow.

[Jason Moore]

Good against the New England Patriots and he gets Arizona.

[Mike Wright]

Look, there was, I don't know who was watching the Monday Night Football game last night. I mean probably a lot of you. No one. I don't think anyone was watching the.

[Jason Moore]

Monday Night football game last night. If. Oh, that's a good point because that was Sunday Night Football. Oh, Brooks giving you the kiss. Get bodied, Mike the tap, man.

[Mike Wright]

You're right. Thank you. If you are watching the Sunday Night Football game at the. If you, if you stuck with it towards the end, you missed the debut or if you, if you didn't stick with it, you missed the debut of our good friend, you might know him, but we have some audio.

[Jason Moore]

Rivers deep that field. He's got a man open. And it is Jason Moore who would just activated off the practice squad, who makes the catch. Little behind him so he had to fall down. He'd gotten out in front. And so Moore makes his first career catch.

[Mike Wright]

Congratulations, Jason.

[Jason Moore]

Moment that I'll never forget. My first reception from my good friend Philip Lip, as we call him. It was an absolutely great moment. Lips Rivers. Lips Rivers. And look, I mean I told him, put me in, I'm ready, I go in and now look and you produce. I didn't stop there. I got another tiger, got another reception.

[Mike Wright]

So the fact that we were watching all the games or the game together last night, our editor in chief, Kyle the Borgogan made the trip to the FFB headquarters. We're watching the game. A feller named Jason Moore catches the pass in the NFL and Your Twitter mentions exploded.

[Jason Moore]

I don't think I have ever had as many, like, within one minute, there was probably 50 or 60. Congratulations on my first reception. And I just want to say it meant a lot. It meant a lot. Thank you. That was a big moment for me.

[Mike Wright]

If Jason can do nothing and yet still receive adoration for it, that's on brand. That's one of the best things in your life. Evans, Julian Edelman and Oda Beckham had solid games. Odo Beckham, 6 for 101 on 11 targets. Are we hopeful?

[Jason Moore]

Well, yeah, you're hopeful, all right. You have two choices. Are you going to be.

[Mike Wright]

Are you going to sell him?

[Jason Moore]

Am I going to sell.

[Mike Wright]

Are you going to sell the hope?

[Jason Moore]

I mean, you might have to sell Odell because if you have him and you've been losing, you have to. You know, assuming it's a redraft league, not. Not a. Not a keeper or dynasty league, then that's a situation where your record says you have to win. Now, Odell Beckham now showed his value where he's got the big name. He's coming off a good game. And if you need victories now, you got a bye week followed by the Patriots two weeks after that. Buffalo. Odell Beckham could score on anybody. But if you, if you have him and you've been losing and you need.

[Mike Wright]

Victories, there is a window at the tight end position. Welcome back. Hunter Henry, eight for a Hondo, two touchdowns, nine targets, has twice as many touchdowns as Travis Kelsey. Oh, my goodness. He seems like he will be a big part of the offense moving forward to the detriment of those Austin Eckler dump offs. He was looking downfield for Hunter Henry. Austin Hooper dominated, as expected, 8 for 117 with a touchdown. Austin Hooper is crushing. He is crushing the dreams of all fantasy opponents. He's on pace for 112 receptions, almost 1300 yards and eight touchdowns.

[Jason Moore]

He's not going to keep.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, my goodness.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, you're certain? Look, he's the real deal with this crappy offensive line for Atlanta. They. They are using him. He's running so many routes. I'm not saying Austin Hooper's going away. He's leveled up. He's a core part of this offense. It's bizarre when you watch Calvin Ridley, how often he's coming off the field even though he's such a talented wide receiver. They. This is the team they want. So until Dan Quinn is fired, which might be in about, I don't know, 30 seconds. Yeah, until there's A change at the coaching position for Atlanta. I think you have to assume you're going to get more of the same for Hooper. Just not so easy because they don't get to play Arizona anymore this year.

[Mike Wright]

George Kittle, we finally hit 100 yards. He gets to take on Washington next week. And then Mark Andrews, defying his injury status, coming through with big games. Eight targets hit six for 99. He did have a fumble, but you are still happy with him overall. With the good, Jason comes the bad. And prepare your nostrils.

[Jason Moore]

Stinkers of the week Presented by Odor Eaters Garfield. Oh, Garf jeer.

[Mike Wright]

We're one. We had the one year garfiversary recently on social medias and he did not respond well. Maybe he didn't like the nickname. So he was revolting or it was a rebellion of some sorts.

[Jason Moore]

He was certainly revolting. He was, he was putrid. I, you know, I had to go back and watch the game because I was, I was at the Cardinals Falcons game but while I was there I'm tracking everything. Watching a little bit of red zone. They weren't on it much. And looking at the stats and I'm just like, what is going on in this? Something froze.

[Mike Wright]

We've seen the stats freeze. Yeah, it Froze.

[Jason Moore]

He's at 49 passing yards and we're going into the third late in the third quarter. Clearly the stats have not caught up. But I mean, I don't remember a word like here's the deal. In real life, Jameis Winston had just as bad a game, right? Five interceptions was horrific, but golf was worse because he didn't do anything to help himself out.

[Mike Wright]

Jameis had 400 passing yards and a touchdown and a couple two pointers.

[Jason Moore]

He was actually okay for fantasy. Like Jared Goff. In the beginning of the game you're crying tears and then at the end you're like, ah, he's okay.

[Mike Wright]

Joe Mixon, my goodness, terrible game. 8 for 10 on the ground, only three targets. Entering week six, Joe Mixon has been stuffed on over 28% of his rushing attempts. That's the highest in the league. The league average is 18.6. He is 10 points higher. We talked about. Was this on? I think it was on our Sirius XM show. A player who is leveled down, at least for fantasy purposes. And you have to adjust. Joe Mixon was drafted at that fringe RB1. You are very hopeful because he was able to defy the expectations in the offensive line last year. Not so much this year.

[Jason Moore]

No, this is a true level down situation. And you know it's not all his fault. We're not saying that Joe Mixon himself has lost a step. I don't believe that. When you get him in space, he still looks very good. But this is similar to when Todd Gurley, going in his sophomore year, had major offensive line problems and couldn't get it going. And then the next year was great when they brought in Andrew Whitworth and Sean McVeigh. Their offensive line is garbledygook trash, and their passing game can't stop people from focusing on the run because A.J. green's been out, John Ross has been out. So if you're a defender going up against, you know, the Bengals, you just have to stop Joe Mixon, and that's about it. And they go, oh, this is really easy.

[Mike Wright]

Which Los Angeles Charger running back do you start? Melvin Gordon or Austin Eckler? The correct answer was neither. You should have played neither of them because they both stunk. The passing usage of Austin Eckler was very surprising to me, especially with that game script. It felt like he would get a few more dump offs, but he only managed four targets. They get to take on Tennessee next. They lost their superstar center. Where are you at with Melvin Gordon?

[Jason Moore]

I tweeted this out early in the week that I was really scared about Melvin Gordon. I would have been trying to trade him before this game. I don't think Melvin Gordon gets back into that upper, you know, the top tier, even the top five or six on a weekly basis. This is a back that now looks like he's in a timeshare. I mean, he's still getting the bulk of the work, but for an offense that's sputtering without their superstars center, the rest of their line isn't that good. And when you watch the game, and granted, some credit definitely needs to go to the Steelers. Their defense is much improved. They look great from here on out and. But without Mike Pouncey, I mean, we've seen it so many times, and it doesn't get enough credit. But we've talked about it. We've seen teams trade a star center from one team to another, and the running game miraculously goes from one team being great to the other team being great. The center makes a huge deal for some of these teams that want to run the ball. So I'm very worried about Melvin Gordon.

[Mike Wright]

Speaking of a defense that has turned things around, Derek Henry was held to 28 rushing yards on 15 attempts. Jay, this. This team that got torched by Leonard Fournette when they played The Jacksonville Jaguars. The Broncos gave up nearly 270 rushing yards.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

They lost Bradley Chubb.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And then got good at stopping the run.

[Mike Wright]

And then not just, not just good, but elite. They allowed 35 rushing yards to the Chargers, 39 rushing yards to the Titans over the first four weeks. They had not turned the. Created a turnover at all. Three each of the last two weeks. What's going on with this Denver Broncos defense?

[Jason Moore]

Well, coming into the year, you expected Denver to have a very good defense. They had great pieces, enough talent, and then you bring in a head coach who is widely considered one of the best defensive minds out there in big Fangio, who orchestrated the Bears defense last year. That was awesome. And then we're like, what is going on? So I think the fact that they're meeting expectations now just a couple weeks into the season, I think the truth is going to be in between these two. But if I had to, if I had to say they're a good D or a bad D, I would say they're a good defense because they've got the pieces, they've got the coaching.

[Mike Wright]

We'll find out next week because they get to play the Kansas City Chiefs.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, they're a bad defense.

[Mike Wright]

And then the Indianapolis Colts. Just saying this. You got to beware of these defenses where you have the small sample size of just the first quarter of the season. Because a couple weeks ago you're, you were drooling. You were drooling looking at the matchup of the Denver Broncos. Maybe not so much anymore. Malcolm Brand, who had 40 rushing yards on the opening drive against San Francisco.

[Jason Moore]

What a great drive.

[Mike Wright]

He ended the game with 40 rushing yards and was very disappointing. Jordan Howard, 13 for 49. You knew he would struggle against Minnesota. He's. Despite how well he's been playing and how well he's been playing for fantasy football, he is still a touchdown dependent running back to me because he's not using the passing game. This can happen. 13 for 49. Dallas, Buffalo, Chicago. Upcoming for Jordan Howard. No, thank you.

[Jason Moore]

I told you so. Last week. He was a, he was definitely a trade high candidate for me, someone I was not wanting to deal with over the next month. To go back to Malcolm Brown.

[Mike Wright]

Sure.

[Jason Moore]

Malcolm Brown is probably my early start of the week for this upcoming week. If people are dropping Malcolm Brown because.

[Mike Wright]

You'Re assuming that Todd Gurley will not play.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I think Todd Gurley, I mean, right now what it's being said is that he has a chance to play in week seven. This is really early to be using. He has a chance to play in week seven. Now, medically speaking, he should. He should be able to. But this is a pain thing. And so my point is that I think that Malcolm Brown was the clear leader in volume. Eleven carries to six. The Atlanta Falcons are not a scary defense and I think there's a bounce back. I'm not worried about the long term, you know, effects. Obviously, the Rams aren't the rushing team of the last two years. Their offensive line has gotten worse. But I do still believe Malcolm Brown in a plus matchup. What the Niners came out and showed the world is that they're not a plus matchup anywhere. And we knew they weren't a plus matchup. But you still wonder because they hadn't really faced anyone. Great. Was this just a matter of the schedule? And they said nope. This Bosa kid, he's pretty good.

[Mike Wright]

The running backs for the Kansas City Chiefs usually like a long, historic career of absolute fantasy gold at the running back position because head coach Andy Reed goes with one guy as the predominant player. It is looking rough. It looked like it was right back to that. On track with that with Damian Williams, came back last week from his injury, received 90 over 90% of the running back carries, was heavily involved. But this week was an absolute hodgepodge. And Damian Williams, two opportunities on the entire game. One carry for six yards, one target, one reception. Now that reception was a 14 yard touchdown. So he saved his fantasy day. What's your heebie GB level on the Kansas City Chiefs running backs right now?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean, it's got to be through the roof. Who should. Who's going to get the.

[Mike Wright]

When you GB through the roof?

[Jason Moore]

Oh, you get injured, you get hurt.

[Mike Wright]

You get hurt. You get a lot of. You got to hire a roofer.

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

Because you broke it.

[Jason Moore]

Hope you don't have a popcorn ceiling, bro.

[Mike Wright]

Get that asbestos everywhere.

[Jason Moore]

That's. Look, I mean, who has the most carries next week for the Kansas City.

[Mike Wright]

Chiefs because Shady McCoy had the most this week. He was 8 for 44.

[Jason Moore]

So who gets the most carries? You don't know?

[Mike Wright]

I don't know.

[Jason Moore]

Who gets the most targets out of the backfield? You don't know?

[Mike Wright]

I don't know.

[Jason Moore]

I don't know. You don't know. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

This has turned into a mess quickly and very, very unfortunate.

[Jason Moore]

You're fine to keep these players and continue taking shots on them, but the same way that you've been taking a shot on DeMarcus Robinson.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

And these guys is like you. You might have to roll. I would rather roll with someone like that than a Benny Snell. That's like you Hope gets you 10 points but maybe he gets a lot of work. I'd rather throw. I mean obviously that's going very low. But say Royce Freeman. Royce Freeman is a guy that pretty much week in, week out, if you're in a half point scoring about a 10 point, it gets you about 10 points, that's okay. But I feel like I would rather take the shot on a Damian Williams who could come out and get two total touches, but could also one of those touches be an 80 yard touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

Wild man. So it's a wild world. The Rams wide receivers also disappointed. Cooper cup and Brandon Cooks, Keenan Allen. Oh, now we have a few more few disappointing games in a row. He was double teamed for a lot of this game. The schedule is not great for him though. Tennessee and Chicago. Up next, juju Smith Schuster. He is not only playing against defenders, he is also playing against his quarterback on his own team.

[Jason Moore]

His quarterback is winning and that fight.

[Mike Wright]

His quarterback is winning. Tyler Boyd did not come through. DJ Chark. We knew the matchup was going to be tough against Lattimore. It appears that Marshawn Lattimore got the better of DJ Chark and really that that game was a slug fest. If you were watching what was happening. It was tough for everybody.

[Jason Moore]

The afternoon games were trash for fantasy for like scoring. Other than the Cardinals game, it seemed like every game was like three to six at halftime.

[Mike Wright]

Michael Gallup and Jarvis Landry returned to Earth. DeAndre Hopkins. Here we are again. We have going on about a month of buy low on DeAndre Hopkins. Nine for 55.

[Jason Moore]

50.

[Mike Wright]

Oh my goodness. Oh. 12 targets turned into 55 yards for Hopkins. He was being used as a possession wide receiver. He's the wide receiver. 19. So he's not totally and completely busted.

[Jason Moore]

But well, put it this way, where are we? If you take out that week one and you look at the last well over a month, you know, the last five games, he's on pace for 931 yards. Now that's not a bad number for a wide receiver, but that is a terrible number for DeAndre Hopkins and during that span has not caught a touchdown. You say is he continually a buy low? And I say yes, of course.

[Mike Wright]

Like he is for me too.

[Jason Moore]

He feels bad but he got 12 targets. His team is balling out.

[Mike Wright]

To truly buy low on someone, the thing that I that's not really talked about, to truly actually buy low on someone, you have to, you will feel hesitancy inside of you as otherwise it's not actually buying low on a player. You're buying a player who has been disappointing for a long period of time and you aren't, you aren't sure they're actually going to turn it around. Now you. With a player like DeAndre Hopkins who's an elite level wide receiver and has an elite offense and elite quarterback, you can feel mostly confident, but it's, it still feels bad. There's no way, almost no way you could trade for DeAndre Hopkins unless that the person who has him on his team has not been just stung repeatedly like a hornet in his butt cheeks on a weekly basis.

[Jason Moore]

And then you're like, I need to get rid of these hornets in my butt cheeks. At that point, you don't want that.

[Mike Wright]

You ever had hornets in your undies?

[Jason Moore]

Oh, it's not a good experience. I speak from no experience at the tight end position.

[Mike Wright]

Gerald Everett, he went in for the dunk and then Mutombo rejected him. He is not on fire with the rest of the Rams team. Only nine receiving yards. If you played him as I did, you are highly disappointed.

[Jason Moore]

Now real quick just to throw these two names out because I just want to discuss Keenan Allen and juju Smith Schuster. Juju, to me is a guy I'm worried about from here on out. Yes, I'll play him in a great matchup. So he's going to the bi week. He comes back, he's got Miami. Oh, fantastic. He's going to get a 70 yard touchdown.

[Mike Wright]

Look like even Devlin Hodges can get it done against Miami.

[Jason Moore]

Exactly. But if it's not a plus matchup, he's a guy that until I mean going to the buy, I assume coming out, he's not going to have Devlin Hodges.

[Mike Wright]

I assume you think Mason will be back?

[Jason Moore]

Mason will be back after the buy.

[Mike Wright]

And is that really that much better?

[Jason Moore]

But it's not that much better. So you know, but Keenan Allen, are you worried long term? Are you buying low?

[Mike Wright]

I would be willing to buy low. This is pretty much the history of Keenan Allen. When he goes off, it's a string. It's four games in a row where he just annihilates everyone and then he, he pulls a Houdini and he vanishes for a little bit.

[Jason Moore]

It's weird that that's really what he's done for the last like five years. He has stretches where usually it's half the year and half the year.

[Mike Wright]

Right. But when he's on the stretch, it feels like he's going to go forever and then you run into this. So I'm willing to go and get Keenan Allen. I think better days are ahead.

[Jason Moore]

How do we have O.J. howard on the. On the stickers of the week?

[Mike Wright]

He's saying his. His big boy pants are. Are not. Yeah, he doesn't worth being on here anymore.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, he's, you know, like, when you go to the city dump, sure, it stinks.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

But I'm not surprised. I'm not like, oh, my goodness. Did you smell that? No. You're at the city dump. That's O.J. howard gets. Oh, no, I'm just saying he's the city dump. He's the city dump at this point. And. Yeah, so. But Delaney Walker, that's disappointing.

[Mike Wright]

It is very disappointing. Those have been the stinkers of the week. Presented by Odor Eaters. Odor Eaters, the best in foot odor defense. O.J. howard is going to need a lot.

[Jason Moore]

We're going to have to send some Odor Eaters out here to a lot of these players. Jared Goff, we're getting the stink out. We're getting you a lot of Odor Eaters.

[Mike Wright]

You're welcome. An update for the Monday Night Football that actually has not occurred yet, unlike the one I was talking about. I mean, I was talking about last week.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, sure, yeah, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Don't worry about it. T.J. hawkinson, he's in. He's cleared the protocol. Will we get hockey leaves? Will we get the hawk strap? We'll have to stay tuned to find out. Before we close the show, want to thank our studio sponsor, Pristine Auction. We talked about him in the middle of the show. But a little reminder here. A Matt Ryan signed Atlanta Falcons alternate speed mini helmet. That's very specific.

[Jason Moore]

It's very. It's like a collectible that.

[Mike Wright]

Well, that's what Pristine offers, but just 61 bucks. Remember, if you go to pristine auction.com you make a new account, use the registration code Ballers. Ballers turns into dollars.

[Jason Moore]

Whoa. I'm just looking at this sheet here. Alan Robinson signed jersey yesterday.

[Mike Wright]

Did you call 30 Alan Robinson, maybe.

[Jason Moore]

But 36 bucks. 36 bucks for a signed Alan Robinson?

[Mike Wright]

Allen Robinson gets some respect.

[Jason Moore]

I feel like he. He signed it and decreased the value in the jersey. Like, oh, this has a smudge on it.

[Mike Wright]

Now the. Speaking of the stink, the stink of Mitch Trubisky is so strong that even when Allen Robinson is balling out, he still can't get any respect. Can this man get a quarterback?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, please. Bears fans and Jay Grizz, as we leave the show. I do just want to remind you that Trubisky is terrible at quarterback.

[Mike Wright]

You may have forgotten because the bye week happened, right?

[Jason Moore]

He was like, oh, it wasn't so bad this week.

[Mike Wright]

It's just Blake Bortles right into Mitch Trubisky. Like, come on, how did he throw.

[Jason Moore]

Six touchdowns in a game after I threw shade on him? I will never forgive Mitchell for that.

[Mike Wright]

Because that's just how things go. And that's how you can stream a quarterback, Jason, because you see a bad matchup coming.

[Jason Moore]

On behalf of myself, Jay Grizz, and Mike the Tat man, we hope you have a great Monday Night Football game.

[Mike Wright]

See you tomorrow. Goodbye.

[Jason Moore]

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