FantasyPros - The Extra Point: Rest-Of-Season Evaluations, Tough Weekend Decisions, and Chat Q&A (Ep. 1766)

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Herd with Colin Cowherd – "FantasyPros - The Extra Point: Rest-Of-Season Evaluations, Tough Weekend Decisions, and Chat Q&A" (Ep. 1766)
Date: October 11, 2025 | Host: Scott Bogman, joined by Andrew Erickson

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Episode Overview

This episode of "The Extra Point" on FantasyPros focuses on midseason fantasy football strategy, including rest-of-season player evaluations, tough start/sit and trade decisions, and direct listener Q&A. Bogman and Erickson help fantasy managers navigate injuries, trade markets, and lineup conundrums for the stretch run, while answering live chat questions with actionable advice for varying league sizes and formats.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Rest-of-Season Player Evaluations and Trading Strategy

• Tight End Moves (02:09)

  • Listener with George Kittle (returning from injury) and Jake Ferguson (“Fergalicious”) asked if Ferguson should be traded.
    • Erickson: “I would definitely…go to whoever has the worst tight end situation in your league…” (03:25). He suggests selling Ferguson while his value is still high.
    • Bogman: “Just avoid your own headache… If you have Kittle coming back, trade [Ferguson] and get what you can.” (04:01)

• Combining Assets for Upgrades (04:10)

  • Trading for high-upside RBs like Derrick Henry is difficult with just a TE, but packaging players could land a top-tier player. Use trade analyzers for creative packages.

• Selling Injured or Uncertain Players (07:47)

  • Discussed the challenges of selling Brock Bowers in a trade for Bijan Robinson, with Erickson emphasizing not to “sell low.”
    • Notable strategy: Target managers desperate for positional help or who may be punting on an injured star.

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2. Listener Q&A and Start/Sit Debates

• Managing When Key QBs Are Out (09:32)

  • Marvin Harrison Jr. without Kyler Murray? “I’m still starting him with Brissette…they’re going to feed Marvin Harrison and Trey McBride.” (10:16, Erickson)

• Running Back Decisions (11:14)

  • Rashad White vs. Rico Dowdle: “I think it’s Rico... Revenge game, right? Let’s go.” (11:29, Bogman) Erickson adds that Dowdle is motivated for the matchup.
  • Flex Choice – Jamar Chase or Chedarro McMillan?: “In a standard league...if he’s ever going to score a touchdown, it would be this week, right?” (12:13, Erickson on McMillan)

• Rest-of-Season Trades/Valuations (13:27)

  • James Cook vs. Egbuka: “I think I still like Cook...just feel really good about Cook’s floor every week. The Bills offense is a juggernaut.” (14:01, Erickson)

• RB Handcuffs & Stash Strategy (21:04)

  • “Running backs are getting hurt every single week…I'd rather have Gordon, Harvey than Sean Tucker and Dontavian Wicks." (21:04, Erickson)
  • Emphasize stashing high-upside handcuffs over low-floor, low-ceiling stash WRs.

• Lightning Round Start/Sit Calls

  • Kamara (banged up) vs. Chase Brown (healthy, more volume): “I think I’m actually going to Chase Brown...given the optics of this scoring format.” (35:47, Erickson)
  • Ken Walker vs. Keenan Allen (flex): “Still Ken for me, I think he’s more likely to score a touchdown.” (37:58, Bogman)

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3. Notable Trade Advice and Market Moves

• CD Lamb, Bijan Robinson, Deebo Samuel, Nico Collins, and Others
  • “Trading both your first and second rounder for one guy is risky...go for the upside, but don’t overpay for injury questions.” (07:29, Bogman)
  • Listener lands Nico Collins for Deebo: “Nico is a true number one. Excellent deal for you.” (24:30, Bogman)
  • Rest-of-year asset allocation: “If you can trade Scatter Boo...[now] is a good time, I have legit concerns about this Giants offense with no neighbors.” (45:30, Bogman)

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4. Tight End Emergency Streams and Waiver Advice

• Streaming TEs: Kincaid Injury Fill-ins (27:15)
  • Erickson prefers Hunter Long if you can add a TE, “He’s an underrated player...wouldn’t surprise me if Long has a productive game.” (27:56, Erickson)
  • General advice: “If you want the floor, [take] Fanin for targets. For upside, start Barner or Long for touchdowns.” (28:36, Bogman)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Just avoid your own headache... if you have Kittle coming back, trade [Ferguson] and get what you can.” — Bogman (04:01)
• “Young, elite players tend to do it...especially if he’s not injured anymore.” — Erickson, on Brock Bowers’ potential ROS impact (08:25)
• “I’m still starting Marvin Harrison...they’re going to feed Marvin Harrison and Trey McBride.” — Erickson on backup QB impact (10:16)
• “It’s close...James Cook...is going to score a million touchdowns, right?” — Bogman on Cook vs. Egbuka (13:43)
• “Running backs are getting hurt every single week...” — Erickson on stash strategy (21:04)
• “Victory lapping after one week? The universe will humble you.” — Bogman on fantasy trade patience (58:11)
• “If you can trade Scatter Boo in a deal to get you Worthy or to get you CeeDee Lamb... find a way to do that deal...” — Bogman (45:34)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 02:09 – Trading Ferguson or Kittle, TE market discussion
• 07:47 – Trading Brock Bowers, handling injured assets
• 09:32 – Starting Marvin Harrison Jr. without Kyler Murray
• 11:14 – Start/sit: Rashad White vs. Rico Dowdle (Revenge Game)
• 13:27 – Trade: James Cook vs. Emeka Egbuka ROS
• 21:04 – Handcuff hold vs. waiver stashes
• 24:30 – Trade review: Deebo for Nico Collins
• 27:15 – TE streamer debate: Barner vs. Fanin vs. Hunter Long
• 35:47 – RB start: Kamara (injured) vs. Chase Brown
• 37:58 – Flex: Ken Walker vs. Keenan Allen
• 45:30 – Sell timing on “Scatter Boo” and Giants offense outlook
• 58:11 – “Victory lap” etiquette and patience in fantasy trades

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Tone & Language

Throughout, the show is fast-paced, conversational, and practical, blending light banter (“Erickson's all about the backup quarterbacks today!”), sharp analysis (“floor vs. upside”), and honest reassessment as the discussion unfolds (“the more we talk about this, the more we want...Chase Brown”). Both hosts maintain an encouraging tone, even when questioning user decisions or pointing out risky strategies.

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Summary

This episode is a robust midseason check-in for fantasy football players, covering nuanced trade judgments, roster management, and the constant balance between floor and upside in both small and large leagues. Listeners get actionable, league-specific tips, timely advice on injury pivots and streaming, and the essential reminder to be patient with trade results—after all, the fantasy gods always get their due.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

Welcome in, everybody. It's the Extra Point on Fantasy Pros. I'm your host, Scott Bogman, here with Andrew Erickson. Mr. Erickson, what is going on, my friend? Are you ready for another weekend of football?

[A]

Oh, I am ecstatic for another weekend of football. A lot of upsets last week, a lot of big fantasy performances and again, more injuries that we have to kind of combat with our fantasy lineups. But that's what we're here for. This is where we get to flex our analysis skills and tell you which charges running back start this week.

[B]

Yeah, of course. Because we all know exactly, exactly to start this week. Everybody does, of course. I want to remind you guys to join our Fantasy Pros Discord community. You can chat with other fans, get access to exclusive AMAs that wind up on our podcast feed. The current schedule is is Worm and Fitz at 5 Eastern on the first Tuesday of every month. Myself and Fitz at 5 Eastern on the third Tuesday of every month. Welsh and Erickson, Thursdays at 2. That would be this one right here that I am hosting for the Welsh. So come and get your questions answered and be on the [e-mail] chat now, Erickson, I know rules and regulations mean that I have to remind everybody that we are not asking Thursday Night Football questions today because this show is going to come up after the Thursday night show in your feet or the Thursday Night football game in your feed. So please know Thursday Night Football questions. But with that, let's go ahead and kick it off here with vans. Vans. What is going on, my friend? How are you doing?

[A]

Hey, boys, how's it going?

[B]

Good. What's up?

[A]

Question. I got the old George Kittle coming back soon and I'm just wondering what to do with my boy Fergalicious. Should I try to flip one of them?

[B]

What do you think there, Erickson? Can you get anything for Fergie?

[A]

I think so. I think we had a lot of desperate tight ends or desperate managers looking for tight ends. I would hit up the Brock Bowers manager. Okay. Do you want to wait around for Brock Bowers to show up? Do you want to make a deal? That's what I would try to do, but I would definitely. I think it makes sense to sell high on Ferguson. You know, I think his production will tail off a little bit. With CD Lamb eventually coming back and you have a great alternative like George Kittle, I think it makes sense to try to capitalize on cashing out on one of those guys.

[B]

I agree. I think, you know, there are a lot of tight ends on the wire. Fans, how deep of a league is this? Is this 10, 12 more?

[A]

It's actually a 12 teamer.

[B]

12 teamer.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

So in a 12 teamer you should be able to flip Fergie for something. I mean, it may not be the best thing, but I don't know if you have Kittle coming back. Do you? Erickson, do you want a more. Maybe hold Fergie or. There are enough tight ends on the wire where let's go ahead and trade him and get what we can for him because tight ends are a dime a dozen on the wire.

[A]

I mean, I would definitely just float. I, I would very much go to whoever has the worst tight end situation in your league because that's where you're going to get the most back for. And if there's anything on their roster that interests you, then I would make the move. Now. Even if George Cattle doesn't come back until week seven, I think that trying to capitalize on Ferguson especially, like Bog said, there are a couple options of the waivers that you can kind of, you know, piecemeal an option this week, even if it's not like a ceiling play. But because I don't think you want to have both those guys on your roster at the same time because I think you're going to be flip flopping every week trying to figure out who to start and I think that could be kind of frustrating.

[B]

Yeah, just avoid your own headache. Yeah, that's. Yes, good, good point to be brought up. Got anything else for us there, Vance?

[A]

I think that's kind of it. I was wondering if it'd be one of those guys would be enough to even try to go get like a Henry or somebody. I'm a little weak on the running backs right now.

[B]

I can't imagine anybody trades Henry for a tight end. Yeah, especially, you know, like Kittle would make sense because Henry's down right now. But I, I wouldn't do that because, you know, Henry may be down right now, but at least he's not hurt. And Kittle is playing with an interest.

[A]

I mean, maybe if you package one of those tight ends with another running back on your team, an upgrade to Henry or something better receiver again. Go check out the trade central with a trade analyzer and that can give you some ideas of potential trades you can put together. Gonna do it right now. Thanks, boys.

[B]

You got advanced. Appreciate you, my friend.

[A]

Take it easy.

[B]

We got Sam up next. Here comes trouble. What's going on, Sammy? How we doing? How you guys doing?

[A]

How you guys? Go Bears.

[B]

Go Bears.

[A]

So I have had a few interesting things happen.

[B]

I had a trade that I floated.

[A]

Out there like a week ago, and it got randomly accepted and I was like, oh, what's this? It was David Montgomery for Debo, which I'm happy with it. I just wanted to see where you guys were at. It's a super flex half ppr. And then I also have another one where it's. I'm trying to. I have CD Lamb. I have Amon Rai. I have Brock Bowers. I got Debo. So I'm kind of good at wide receiver. I have Mason Taylor for Brock Bowers. Fill in for now. So I'm not really worried there. So I was thinking about piecing Brock Bowers and CD for somebody, and then I just thought that might be a little bit too much for somebody like Bijan. But I'm trying to go after Bijan and he wants cd so I'm trying to figure out where the median is.

[B]

All right, let's. Let's hit this trade first. It was.

[A]

Who was it again?

[B]

It was somebody for Debo.

[A]

Debo and David Montgomery.

[B]

That's it. David Montgomery. So your thoughts on that deal first, Erickson?

[A]

I think it's a fair deal. I think I probably prefer the Deebo side in a vacuum. Although I could see the argument where, hey, I'm really down bad at running back. Can. Can you flip me Dave Montgomery? So I. I could see how it works for both sides. Although I don't like Montgomery as much in this particular matchup this week at the Kansas City Chiefs. Yeah, I got Debo. Just to clarify. So, yeah, so like I said, so in a vacuum, I think Terry's still not back, like. And until he comes back, like, Debo is going to be like a top 12 receiver. I mean, things will probably tail off a little bit. He's also gets banged up a lot, especially in the second half of the season. That's why I Want Terry to come back? Yeah, I feel like Debo is one of those running or wide receivers that like, he makes the team better and doesn't really take much of a share away because he has. He's so versatile, like. And they haven't really used them as a gadget much this year, which I'm sure they want.

[B]

Probably going to start because they have so many injuries at running back soon too, so. Yeah, I like that deal. What about the other side, Erickson, where you know you're trying to get Bichon, but Lamb and Bowers, I don't know which way to go there. Like, obviously I think you would have to have a kicker. You can't, you know, an add on, I should say, not an actual kicker, but you have to have. Yeah, okay.

[A]

I don't really have add ons that are good. Like I have Tasha Spears, I have Kendra Miller, I have Tracy Jr. And Addison.

[B]

I meant for you, like, I don't know that two injured players for Bijan is a fair trade anyway, but I don't know. That's probably your first and second round pick. I don't know that I want to deal both of them for one player. What are your thoughts on this deal, Ericsson? It's pretty big one, I think.

[A]

I'm not sure that deal is even going to work, to be honest. I don't think that the B job in a piece, that's what he's thinking, realistically. So I'm just trying to figure it out. I mean, I guess you could try Bowers, but I feel like you're selling Bowers kind of low. And I know you mentioned you had Mason Taylor and like in theory that could be great, but if Mason Taylor goes out and goes three for 30, you're like, okay, I prefer Browers in the long run, so I want, I want to keep him, honestly, if I can. And I'm just trying to figure out like Jordan Mason and maybe CD for Bijan straight up. Is that too much? I think that. I don't think that's too much. I don't think that's too much. I guess like Bowers, I'm. I guess I'm trying to hold him if I can. Again, if you need Wins right now, he's not going to help you. So that's something that you need that anyone that has Brock Bowers has to kind of like figure out. But the thing with Bowers, I want to point out, is if the Raiders continue to keep losing games and like they become sellers, they could trade Jacoby Myers, remember, he demanded or he requested a trade right before the season started so he could get dealt. And then you're looking at Brock Bowers as like Trey Tucker, Deontay Thornton as like the guys for targets and then offense. And if he comes back healthy, like, remember what happened last year with Pukinakua when he got hurt at the beginning of the year? We're like, oh, like, how is he gonna be when he comes back? And then just came back and just like melted faces. Right. Like, so not again, not a one for one comparison with Bowers. I mean, young, young elite players, they tend to do it kind of. Especially if he's not injured anymore because clearly he's been battling a knee injury every game he's played this year. Yeah, I just want them to arrest him. And I'm going to go send that trade now. Thank you, guys.

[B]

You got it, Sam. Appreciate you, my friend. This one in from Bot Scogman. I don't know where this came from, Erickson, but he says, what are you going to do with Marvin Harrison if Kyler Murray doesn't play in your weak start?

[A]

Marvin Harrison going to start him.

[B]

You're still going to start him with. With Brissette?

[A]

Yeah. I think I'm looking at this a. In a very different way. Hasn't the thing with Marvin Harrison been the fact that Kyler's been his quarterback? Hasn't been that been like, the issue? Like, no, I'm like being dead serious.

[B]

You know what? As soon as I said two weeks ago, I'm done with Harrison now. Kyler Murray has a nice connection with him. So I think maybe it was just waiting for me, but I understand what you're saying. Yeah, that is, it's. It's true.

[A]

I mean, look, I. We saw last year who helped Brian Thomas blow up. It wasn't Trevor Lawrence, it was Mac Jones. I, I just. I would be open to the idea that, oh, well, maybe he can be better. I mean, it's not like the matchup is going to be bad. I mean, they're playing The Cardinals are. Yeah, they're playing the Colts. The Colts don't have good corners. Like, the Colts have been blowing teams out, but I don't think their secondary is really that great. So if Jacoby Brissette, they're dropping back to throw. I don't think that he's afraid of slinging into Marvin Harrison Jr. They keep talking about trying to get in the ball more. They're down to their third straight running back. If they're down by. I Mean, if they're getting killed, like, what else are they going to do? They're going to feed Marvin Harrison and Trey McBride. So I don't think it really changes, honestly, like, what I would do with Marvin Harrison again if I wasn't starting him anyway. I would probably not start him, but I think that he's probably a wide receiver, too.

[B]

All right, well, look, great question from our favorite bot bot Scogman. So excellent there, Bucks man. What's up, my friend? You are up next. What do you got for us?

[A]

Hey, fellas. How's it going?

[B]

Going well.

[A]

Good, good. I just got three questions here. Three quick ones. The first two, regarding the same team, standard league. Who do you for RB2, would you start Rashad White or Rico Dado?

[B]

Question. Yeah, I think it's Rico against Dallas for me with no Chuba. Didn't practice yesterday. I haven't seen yet today as we're recording, but doesn't seem like he's going to be up. I'd go with Rico again. Revenge game, right? Let's go.

[A]

Buckle up, dude. Rico is in on the revenge game. Like, he's the one talking about it.

[B]

He's ready to go. He wants some revenge. What's number two?

[A]

All right, so number two in that same. In the same league, for my flex spot, would you start Rashad White in there or Chedarro McMillan or Jamar Chase?

[B]

I think I'm still going Jamar, but I understand a pivot. Are you. Are you pivoting there, Erickson? Are you sticking with Jamar Chase as well?

[A]

I think I'm going with tmac. In a standard league, he's playing down. I mean, if he's ever going to score a touchdown, he would be this week, right?

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Really steady eight plus targets in every single game he's played. I mean, even if Bryce Young gets benched, boom. You get Andy Dalton in there. Let's go.

[B]

Erickson's all about the backup quarterbacks today. I like it. Well, what about Joe Flacco going to Cincinnati then? If we're talking about guys in weird.

[A]

Spots, I want to talk about that. That one I'm not nearly as optimistic about.

[B]

Oh, that is. I love it. But that's because I'm a Steelers fan. All right, Van, what's no. Or Bucks, man. What's number three?

[A]

Last question. So I'm in another league. Super Flexley and I lost Neighbors and Pierce Saw in this league, so I'm weak at receiver. I have. I have Tedro McMillan and Rasheed Rice. I'm Waiting for him to come back. And then I have both Quentin Johnson and Keenan Allen. I sent a trade to a friend. I have James Cook. So I offer James Cook for Igbuka. My running backs I would have left would be Javante, Williams, Rico and Chuba and then Rashad White. Which side would you want to be on rest of season?

[B]

Oh, that's a good one. James Cook versus Buka, rest of the year. Erickson, where are you going?

[A]

I think I still like Cook.

[B]

Just barely though, right? I mean, Igbok has been so good. Yeah, I'm with you. Yeah, it's definitely Cook because Cook is going to score a million touchdowns. Right.

[A]

I just feel really good about Cook's floor that he's offering every week. The Bills offense is a juggernaut. I know he didn't have a great game against the Patriots, but that was like the one week that the Bills didn't score 30 points. They score 30 points every single week.

[B]

His vision is.

[A]

But yeah, but it is close.

[B]

James Cook.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. I think that he's like. I think he just looks like he's a. Like he just looks better. Like he looks like a, like a full fledged three down running back. He looks way better than he did like his first couple years in the league. They paid him. He's their guy. And yeah, I think his floor is really, really high in the Bills offense. So Igbuka, like there's always the, you know, when their other receivers come back, if they come back, whether that matters or not. I, I mean, I think it probably, probably end up not really mattering. He's just, he's just that good.

[B]

I think. I think the big question here, Erickson, is, is your breakdown enough to convince Bucks man to trade a Mecca Egg Buka? So Bucks man, what do you think?

[A]

Oh, yeah, I would just keep them. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. Are you trading, Are you trading it? You were trading away Egg Buka to get Cook, correct?

[A]

No, I'd be getting a booker for receiver. Bucks man, what do you. I mean, just keep your Bucks man.

[B]

No, he' to get Egg Book up.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Okay. I mean, yeah, I mean, I think that's. We're gonna have to pay to get him. And I would say like Chris Godwin was on the injury report this week with a fibula injury, which kind of like a weird injury to like have like on like the Wednesday injury report. So I don't know. For some reason in the back of my mind, I just feel like we're never going to see Evans, Godwin and A book on the field at the same time. I don't know. I just have that feeling in the back of my mind just because those guys are older, they get banged up and so, yeah, I think it may be us being or those that are concerned about Igbuka and other receivers. It may have been a moot point where it literally didn't matter at all. So.

[B]

All right, Bucks man. So probably the price you got to pay is your best running back for Egbuca, but he seems worth it right now. So. Great questions, my friend. Let's see who we have now. We have Salt Erickson.

[A]

What a. What a great look for Drake May on Sunday, right? Oh, yeah. Drake, maybe. Finally. Let's go. Let's go. All right, I will put them in the chat. Blacks, half ppr, Michael Carter or Zach Sharp. Renee.

[B]

I'm gonna go Carter slightly on that. Probably gets a bump if there's no Kyler Murray and Sharps and Walker still splitting.

[A]

I'm gonna go with Zach Charbonnet. I like, I like Seattle on the road this week against the Jaguars. I think the Jaguars can get run on a little bit. We saw Cream Hunt have a good game against the Jaguars and I just, I don't think my car is very good. And that just scares me in a matchup where they're not facing the Titans at home anymore.

[B]

You think they give DeMarcato any touches this week?

[A]

I guess that's not. I guess that's not really my concern because I just don't know, like, what. How good is this Cardinals office going to be anyway? That's true. Like, that's my main concern. Where Charbonnet, man, like, the Seahawks aren't going to get shut out against the Jags.

[B]

No.

[A]

And Charbonnet gets a lot of red zone opportunity. So in half ppr, I'd rather roll with. With Charbonnet.

[B]

And it's an excellent question.

[A]

Plays the most snaps on the, on the, on the. On the Seahawks. It's super frustrating because he averages 3 yards of carry and Walker averages like 8.5 and then he scores all the touchdowns. But, I mean, we saw this with Kareem Hunt. He did the exact same thing last week. Not like the sexiest running back who gets touchdowns. So I'm going to go with Charbonnet here.

[B]

I will. I will just let you know that rankings currently have sharps at 31 and Carter at 24. Kind of a bigger gap than I imagine there, but I think that's aggressive on Carter. I think it is.

[A]

I guess for me I mean it's just a completely different situation than last week. Remember the Cardinals were like 8 1/2 point favorites at home against the Titans and now they're seven and a half point underdogs on the road against the Colts.

[B]

Yeah, my rankings are 27 and Sharp's at 31. So I have, I have Carter closer to, you know, or actually an RB3, not an RB2 this week and understand a 12 men.

[A]

I like Charbonnet.

[B]

Got anything else? Salt?

[A]

All right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I put some really nasty quarterbacks for you guys to rank in the chat because R is sitting on my ir. We got two Rogers and Gino, real winners.

[B]

Two of Rogers and Geno this week. Erickson, what do you got on those?

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[A]

Dude, you just can't play Gino. I would just play Tua. At least they're playing at home. So like, that's like the thing with the Dolphins is you have a semblance of hope offensively if they're at home or they're playing a bad team. Now you don't get both this week because they're playing the Chargers, but they are playing in Miami. So I'll go to a. Yeah, me too.

[B]

I mean, I, you know, I'm a Steelers fan, but Aaron Rodgers against the Browns. Browns defense has been pretty legit so far this year and I don't know if you could pay me to start Geno. So yeah, I think I'm going to it as well.

[A]

Okay, cool. And then just more general. Like, you know, I've got these high upside handcuffs on my bench since the draft like Ollie Gordon and RJ Harvey. I'm wondering like when y', all, I guess, drop or give up on them. There's people on the wire like Sean Tucker who's kind of in the same spot with Rashad White. I know people are talking about Don Tavian Wicks, but I don't know if Watson's 21 day window changes that at all. So what's kind of the. The longer term, how long are you holding on to those guys?

[B]

What do you think on that one, Erickson?

[A]

I think that I'm going to be holding those players just compared to the people that you mentioned. Like, I'd rather have Gordon Harvey than Sean Tucker and Dontavian Wicks. I look, running backs are getting hurt like every single week, right. And especially with the two guys in front of Gordon and Harvey. J.K. dobbins, we know, has never played. I can't remember the last time he played a full season. And Devon Hn, we know, can get banged up too, so I would keep those guys. And Sean Tucker, again, he is the Rashad White handicuff now. But when Bucky Irving, he goes back to RB3 and then his value is nuked at that point. So I would just keep the guys you have.

[B]

I'm in the same spot. They suck, but they still. They suck with more upside. So I would stick with them for now. And you know, I just think the upside is there for those guys and it's kind of not with some of the guys on the wire. So stick with them. Salt, you got anything else or is that everything for you?

[A]

Well, now y' all got me stressing about Godwin on the injury report. So if Godwin's out. Am I gonna flex Carter or are we gonna put Sterling Shepard up as the next Baker?

[B]

Beating targets to someone, definitely Carter in that one.

[A]

So, Gardner. All right, perfect. Thank you guys so much. I appreciate it.

[B]

You got it, Salt. Appreciate you. Good questions today. Let me remind you guys before we go on the next one about my plea, my playbook. You can sync your league instantly to my playbook to get custom advice on how to manage your team throughout the season. You can see your league's top available players, power rankings and more for free. Check the are they playing tool each week to get the latest game day availability odds for all injured players. If you're premium, you unlock all kinds of helpful waiver trade, lineup and league analysis tools. You can even auto start your team's optimal lineup each week with autopilot. Sync your league and dominate every week of the season with my [e-mail] myplaybook or on the fantasy pros app. Check it out today. All right, we got Sammy. Aces, Sammy. What's going on?

[A]

Hey, guys. I'm in a half PPR 14 team. League sent over a trade that got accepted. Debo. I'm giving away Debo and getting Nico Collins. So I think that's a win. Hopefully you guys agree, but that's putting me in a tricky spot this week with my lineup. So I need to figure out my double flex position and my options are Raveon Henderson, Jameson Williams, Jalen Coker, or I could pick somebody up from a waiver. Some of the options there are like Isaiah Pacheco or Mims or Wix Oranges. Yeah, you don't have to go through the waivers for me.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. Travion and GMO for me as well. I know they've been frustrating, but they're big play guys, you know, so you're hoping for the big play and then a little bit more volume for both, but they have way more upside than the other guys you mentioned. So I'm with Erickson, jmo and Treveon for me.

[A]

Great. And my Debo for Nico. It is a positive total win.

[B]

Yeah, I love Debo, but Nico is a true number one. So excellent deal for you, my friend, Sammy. Very, very good. Way to work the trades there, Divyar. What's going on, my friend? How are you?

[A]

Doing well. Yourself?

[B]

Doing great. What do you got for us today?

[A]

Finally got my mic working. So happy on that one.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Trade question. CD plus Piersaw for Tet and Rice. Half ppr. Weird situation. Every one of those is my number four except cd, who would be my number three?

[B]

What do you think on that one, Erickson? I'll let you go first.

[A]

CD And Pierce, all for Ted Interseed. Right. And Rice.

[B]

I still want Layman Pierce all, but I understand getting the other side. Like, there's no injury risk on the other side. So outside of, you know, I feel like.

[A]

I guess, like. Well, I guess McMillan, he's the only one that's actually not injured at all.

[B]

You better be knocking on wood over there, Erickson. I got too many shares over here.

[A]

Yeah, this one is really tight. I feel like this one's close. It's a good trade, I think, for both sides. I could see the argument for both sides winning. And you're getting the rice. I guess I would be getting, actually the CD side. Okay. Right now, Ted's my receiver, four behind. And Buka, JSN and Drake London.

[B]

I mean, just go for the upside, then just get lamb.

[A]

Right.

[B]

If MacMillan is your four.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's my four. Yeah. And a two receiver, two. Flexwood. Yeah.

[B]

Go get them and wait on him. That's what I would do.

[A]

Yeah. And then same league. The other option I'm considering is packaging ETN and Tet or in Buka. For who? If anyone, those two. I'm benching junkins right now.

[B]

I better be getting an upper echelon player, right? Probably two players.

[A]

Get Genty. The Raiders vibes are just terrible. Even though, like, he's. The Raiders have a pretty good schedule. The rest of the season for running backs and Genti's all they have left, so.

[B]

Yeah, maybe Genti and an add on a bench player.

[A]

Yeah, I could see you meaning that. Or Derek Henry.

[B]

It's tough to know, like, who to target, but at least float them and see what offers you get back. Do that.

[A]

Awesome. Thank you, guys.

[B]

You got it, Div. Appreciate you. All right, who is next? We got the Red Beard. What's up, Redbeard? How you doing, my friend?

[A]

I'm doing all right, y'. All. How are y' all doing?

[B]

Doing great. What do you got for us?

[A]

I got two questions. I just saw that Dalton Kincaid, he's. I got Hawk and Dalton Kagan, and he just popped up on the injury report about a no contact jersey. Who would you play if he's out this week? AJ Barner or Harold Fannin are on the waiver.

[B]

Oh, that's a good. That's a good debate there, Erickson. You go on Barner, who keeps scoring touchdowns, or Fanon, who keeps getting targets.

[A]

Can I go behind Door number three. I like Hunter Long a lot this week.

[B]

Hunter.

[A]

That'S a great matchup. We just, who just. Okay. I, I just think that's a really good matchup. So I would go with Hunter. I think he's an underrated player. He was with the Rams with Gladstone. I brought him over for a reason to Jacksonville. Strange is obviously going to be out reserve. So although like I, I guess for me it's like if you already have Fan on your roster, I would probably just start him because I don't necessarily want to drop Fan in.

[B]

Right.

[A]

But if you're just looking to add someone just for this one week because have been using Kincaid and honestly wouldn't surprise me if Long has pretty productive game.

[B]

I like the long call. I gotta be honest though. It could be any of these tight ends that you start and I think they're all kind of in the same bucket. Right. Like, I think if you, if you want the floor, take Fan in for the targets. If you want the upside, I would probably start Barner along for the touchdowns. So that's how I would order it. My second question is going to be.

[A]

Consolidation question to alleviate a spot for another tight end. Who do you think I need to.

[B]

Put together with Pollard?

[A]

Potentially?

[B]

There's a guy that's 0 and 5 and I'm 5 0.

[A]

Who do I need to put with Pollard to try to go after George Pickens? I got on the lower end of my receivers.

[B]

I got.

[A]

DK Matthew Golden, Fonte Smith. Those are all ones that would either.

[B]

Be rotated in the flex or on.

[A]

My bench right now.

[B]

Think Eric's Erickson. You think golden gets that deal done?

[A]

No, I mean, if I'm an 05 manager, I'm not trading George Pickens for Tony Pod and Matthew Golden.

[B]

Well, you're all in five though.

[A]

Yeah. So why would I trade away George Pickens?

[B]

Because I have to have depth to, to get out of this hole. I don't know. But like, I, I, I, I think you're. I, I don't think it works either. I think it's a little light, but.

[A]

I think, I think you got to do. I think it has to be Metcalf like this if this guy needs to win. Now Metcalf's already had his bye week. He's the number one. He's not going to lose. You know, there's no one coming back in the Dallas offense. So it would probably be Metcalf and Pollard because yeah, that, that's where I think gets it done. If you really want Pick Try golden.

[B]

First, and if it doesn't work, say, fine, I'll give you that calf. You know, do one of those, because I'm definitely deep.

[A]

I'm definitely deep at running back. Pollard's like my number five, maybe even number six when Bucky comes back.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, I would. Yeah. Add on to that and see if you can get picking. So. But, yeah, I mean, low ball and then go from there, so.

[A]

All right, sounds good. Thank you.

[B]

You got a red beard. Take it easy. Speaking of Trouble, here comes McTunda. What's up, McTunda? How we doing, my friend?

[A]

Good. How are you folks doing?

[B]

Great. What do you got for us?

[A]

All right, so In a full PPR league there, I offered Christian McCaffrey and Brian Robinson Jr. For Gustin Jefferson and JCM. How do you feel?

[B]

I want. I want the Jefferson and JCM side because I think that McCaffrey is going to end up getting hurt. But, you know, here we are, week six, he's still not hurt. He had a million carries, and everything seems to be coming up McCaffrey. So I would want Jefferson and JCM, but I understand wanting McCaffrey since he's the best player right now. What are your thoughts on that one, Erickson?

[A]

I think I. I agree with your sentiment about kind of valuing the situation. I think that every week that goes by with McCaffrey, like, you know, maintaining this, I mean, he's on pace for 442 touches. Like, it's. It's. It's just like something eventually is going to give and, yeah, it's Achilles. Look, I think that if you're looking to move off of McCaffrey, I think that this is the exact deal you want to get back. You're getting a Justin Jefferson, who has been a stud this year despite having, like, not the greatest quarterback play. I mean, he's basically just showing. When I'm in this offense, like, I'm going to eat no matter what. It doesn't matter who the quarterback is.

[B]

Can you. Carson Wentz. That's right.

[A]

Yeah. So Wentz, McCarthy. It doesn't matter. Like, he's going to produce, so I like getting him back. And jcm, it feels like you're buying high. But the Commanders have the number one easiest schedule rest of season for running backs. He's facing the Bears this week. He's been an absolute monster with Jaden Daniels. That was something that kind of flew under the radar, too, with his usage. He didn't play a lot in the two games that Jay Daniels didn't play. So that, that was kind of interesting. But then when Daniels comes back, he's immediately entrenched back as the RB one in the Commander's offense. I think that he is a, he's like a superstar in the making with JCM the rest of the season. So I think right now it seems like you're, you're feel like you're selling those guys at their peaks, but I think this is a good return. In like a month from now, you may be like, wow, I'm really glad I made that trade. So I think both sides can win here, but I think that you're getting ahead of something. You're selling high on McCaffrey, which I think is a sharp move to make.

[B]

Same right there. Anything else, Mikta? And then last, the other trade I.

[A]

Had there in another league, there was. I moved CD Lamb and jcm, funny enough there for Jameer Gibbs. Do you feel like that was enough value or did I give up too much?

[B]

No, I think that was fair. Like you're giving, you're giving an add on on top of an injured player. So I, I think that's a fair deal. What are your thoughts on that one, Erickson?

[A]

Guys like Gibbs, I don't think that you feel like you're always going to overpay for them, quote unquote. But if they put up those 30, 40 point games for you, it doesn't matter what you paid to get them because those win you your weeks. So same. Cool.

[B]

You got it, McTunda. Appreciate you, my friend. Let's see, we got herbs and cheese up next. What's up? Herbs and cheese. How we doing, my friend?

[A]

What's up guys? Got a few questions for you real quick. Kamara, if he ends up playing this week or Chase Brown, it's full PPR and you also get a quarter point per carry.

[B]

I like that one. So say it one more time. Say one more time, herbs and cheese.

[A]

Kamara or Chase Brown and then full PPR and quarter point per carry.

[B]

Camara against your Saints and Chase Brown at the Packers. What do you think, Erickson? Gimpy Camara or Chase Brown on a weak offense against the Packers?

[A]

I don't. I think, man, I was ready to be like Camara. Like, I don't, I don't feel nearly as confident now that I'm actually thinking about it. The Patriots are actually a good. I mean, both matchups aren't really great.

[B]

I'd say go with the healthy guy, right?

[A]

Yeah, that's true. If Camara is banged up, he's in more of a committee versus Chase Brown, who's not really in a committee. And I don't know how good Joe Flacco is going to be. I'm not optimistic, but I feel confident that Chase Brown might get more targets than Camara because Camara's targets have been really up and down this year. The Patriots don't have a good pass rush, so you don't necessarily expect Spencer Rattler to check the ball down a lot. He doesn't do that really much anyway. So I think I'm actually going to Chase Brown. Just given the optics of this scoring format, full ppr and the fact that you're getting points or a quarter point per carry, I mean, Chase Brown's gonna have more carries in Camara, probably.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So I think that just kind of pushes me towards Chase Brown. It's a good question, though. And I'm kind of like rethinking Ask tomorrow.

[B]

The answer might be different on that one for sure. But I agree with you. I just think that, you know, it makes a lot of sense knowing that Camara has this ankle thing now that Kendra Miller got more carries last week. But if that was the case, then I would just expect. They seem pretty comfortable with Kendra Miller. Right. So I think they just give Kendra a little bit more. And I think if you're the Bengals, your strategy with that horrible defense should be to control the clock. So I think. I just think Chase Brown's going to have a decent amount of volume, even if it's ineffective volume. Right. Even if it's 25 touches for 78 total yards. If he gets in the end zone a time or two, that'll just be pretty significant.

[A]

So also, also to Chase Brown, he's not a plotter. Yeah. So he could always, you know, he just makes a guy miss. Maybe, if anything, getting more targets, getting him in space, maybe that can kind of help him generate some big, big explosive plays for the Bengals. So I think. Yeah, I think it's Chase Brown. Yeah.

[B]

And we know Joe Flacco's favorite move. 60 yard Hail Mary pass interference. Down to the one Chase Brown. There you go.

[A]

That is. That is true. That is true. Yes. Chase Brown, maybe he's really the actual winner from the Joe Flagout train.

[B]

The more we talk about this. Yeah, the more we talk about this, the more we want.

[A]

It's none of the receivers that are actually gonna benefit. It's just actually just Chase Brown. He's gonna smash now, which is good because I know that a lot of people drafted Chase Brown because we all thought he was going to be good.

[B]

Can you imagine if Flacco gets hurt and they have to go back to Browning immediately? How hilarious.

[A]

I mean, the thing is, like, Jake Browning, I mean, he very gets another shot, he just has to realize, hey, I just got to take more risks because that's all Joe Flacco. Let's just rip it.

[B]

Seriously, just chuck that thing. I mean, throw it down there. Somebody will get it. You have Chase and Higgins put it up. Someone will get it. Anything else? Herbs and cheese. What else you got for us?

[A]

Yeah, a couple quick ones. Ken Walker or Keenan Allen in a flex spot this week?

[B]

Still Ken, for me, I think he's more likely to score a touchdown. What do you think, Erickson?

[A]

Yes, Ken Walker for me. And then last one. If Jalen Coker's active this week, I might have to play him if QJ is out, but I'd have to pick him up off waivers. Would you drop Manangai or DJ Giddens first? I'm not the JT owner, if that makes a difference. On dropping Giddens.

[B]

Yeah, because Manangai is getting run and I think he might be better than Swift already. So I would keep.

[A]

Yeah, I would. As like a PSA to everyone, you know, looking for stashes. I would try to make sure that there's. None of these Bears rookies are on the waivers. Luther Burden, Colson Loveland, Kyle Manongai, we see this all the time with teams that go into their bye week. They come out and then the rookies have bigger roles, especially under a new head coach with Ben Johnson. He picked all these guys to be part of his offense for this year. It would not surprise me if one, if not all of them have larger roles out of the bye week. So if you have space on your roster, try to hold them at least through week five or through week six to get an idea of, oh, wow, now Luther Burton is the starter over Alamine Zakias, which wasn't the case heading into the bye week. So that's just something to keep in mind. Would you then start an on guy over RJ Harvey as my last flex spot in that league? Because again, it's. It's speculative. Like, I can't guarantee you, like, oh, yeah, well, he's going to be the starter this week. Like, unless we get more concrete information about that, I'm not gonna throw him into the lineup. I mean, RJ Harvey, he's facing the jets, right? And if they're winning by a lot of points, he should get run in the second half. So I would still start RJ Harvey, but you want to at least hold Monongai see if his role changes.

[B]

Yep, I'm right there. Same exact answer. So appreciate your herbs and cheese. Great questions, man. These questions have been killer today. You guys are doing a great job producing the show for us, so all we have to do is answer. Appreciate that, everybody. Plum, what is going on? What can we do for you?

[A]

Going once, going twice, my second favorite fruit.

[B]

All right, we're going to move you to the back of the line. Plum, just raise your hand again if you want to come back. Before we get to the next question, remind you guys about the fantasy pros. Twitch out of Bounds with Joe the Welsh and myself returns to Twitch on Mondays at 2pm Eastern. The Welsh and bogman spend two hours tackling your fantasy questions and we play a game of Madden at noon Eastern each Tuesday. That was an hour. This week our structure is we answer questions for an hour and then we play a game or two of Madden. And I got to get back on this because Welsh beat me twice the last time we played. So got to get back on that. Seth and Debro will be here on Thursdays at 1pm Eastern and Fridays at 2pm Eastern. We've also got a fantasy football Q and A for you every Sunday at noon Eastern. And last we recap Sunday's action at 7:30pm Eastern, head over to Twitch TV. Fantasy pros give us a follow so you never miss a stream and ask your questions live. When was the last time you played some Madden there?

[A]

Erickson might have been at Joe's house last year and I remember it vividly because I got up on him 7 nothing or 147 with an Isaiah Pacheco touchdown. I hit the gritty and then I got blown out.

[B]

It was all over after that.

[A]

Yeah, no, I hit the gritty and then immediately it was all downhill from there.

[B]

Hey, you know, at least you got to hit the gritty.

[A]

So yeah, that's all that matters.

[B]

That's right. Serge, what's going on? What do you got for us?

[A]

Appreciate it. Guys, I got three here for you. First one up, Jordan Mason. Rest of season because I'm looking at their schedule and it seems favorable for like the actual early down running back. But obviously we've seen Scott in this, like, receiving role and how does Jones factor in?

[B]

What are your thoughts on Mason for the rest of the season? Erickson?

[A]

I think that he kind of had a bad run out when in terms of like the scheduling and Opportunity. So they're on a bye week this week. They have cuff tough matchups coming out of the bye week. I think they have the Eagles. I'm pretty sure that's not ideal. And then by the time the schedule like really gets easier. Aaron Jones is coming back. So on one hand the offensive line should get healthier, but I think it's just going to be him in a committee. I don't know how much receiving upside he has with Jones. And you know, Scott still also involved as pass catcher. So I think that he's a fine candidate to trade away. I know I have him in a lot of spots, but I think he's probably like a back end RB2 flex play rest of season. Unfortunately.

[B]

Same.

[A]

Yeah, I think that that that's probably where I would need him if I need him is maybe a flex on a bi week or something. So thank you. Next one is Tet or Diggs. Rest of season still going to be.

[B]

Ted A roa for me, I think. I love the fact that we've seen Diggs be better, specifically last week, but still McMillan for me. What are your thoughts on that one?

[A]

ERICKSON Still Tetra McMillan for me. I still think that he hasn't hit his ceiling. He's shown a really high floor for the first five weeks of the season. Eight plus targets in every single game that he's played this year. Just hasn't scored a touchdown yet. The big game is coming for him and it could be this week against the aforementioned Dallas Cowboys. So yes, Diggs has looked fantastic the last couple weeks, But I think McMillan hasn't even hit his ceiling yet. So TMAC for me. All right, thank you. And then last one is a quick trade option. I put my wide receivers and running backs in the chat here. I have a lot of options and I can't start them all. So I'm kind of looking to consolidate here and I'm looking to go after cd. Do you think Diggs and Tet for CD is too much? If I can still start Jamar Chase and London every week and then the other option could be if I go get Worthy for Scaboo straight up and then Flip Worthy and either Tet or Diggs for cd.

[B]

So essentially stick with the Teto and Digs. Right?

[A]

Right. But if you're saying if you can do the other trade where you're essentially just going to be trading Scatter Boo for. So it'd be Scatterboo and Digs for Lamb, essentially like assuming that you can do the Worthy thing, but you're basically trading away Scatter Boo. And.

[B]

Yeah, that's true.

[A]

Yeah, that was my original offer. And he's like, I don't really want a running back, but there's another team that I could maybe go do one running back for a receiver for and then pair them with Diggs to go get Lamb. So is that the way that you guys would suggest going?

[B]

Well, let me ask you this, Erickson. If you're doing this deal right, would you rather just do Ted and Digs and then keep Worthy, or would you still rather go Tet and worthy and keep digs?

[A]

Tet and Worthy and keep digs? Because I do have some concerns about Rice coming back. Okay. How that affects Worthy. So that's. Yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I think it'd be a good time to sell Worthy.

[B]

Yeah, I. I think it could be. I'm. I don't think I would have been with that had Worthy not been hurt week one, but I am at this point in the year. So, yeah, I think I would. I think I would do that trade if I were you, specifically because of the guys that you can start while you're waiting on cd. So.

[A]

Okay. So I guess, Boggs, I have your permission then, to trade away Scatter Boo?

[B]

I guess, if you have to. I actually kind of think it's a good time to sell Ion Scatter Boo because I have legit concerns about this Giants offense with no neighbors. I mean, he just. He adds so much. They're going to stack the box and they don't have. Especially this week with Slayton down. I mean, I think the Giants offense could get ugly, so we'll see. Dark should open them up, but if you have to trade Scatter Boo, I guess now, you know what? If you're trading Scatter Boo in a deal to get you Worthy or to get you CD Lam. Excuse me. Find a way to do that deal. That's what I say. Even though I'm the biggest Scatter Boo guy in the world, so. Still like CD Lamb way more. So. Appreciate it.

[A]

Thanks, guys. Appreciate it.

[B]

You got it.

[A]

I just wanted to say one thing, too, with Jordan Mason. Just want to read off, like. So they're on a bye week. They have the Eagles at home, and then it's at the Chargers, at the Lions, and then you have Ravens and Bears. Those are both home games, so those are good matchups for Mason. But by the time we're in week 10, Aaron Jones is probably back. So that's. That's kind of what I meant with. It's like, if those are right out of the bye week, you'd be like, yes, like, this is perfect. Mason, like, he can be an army one right after the bye week. But besides the Chargers, I mean, Eagles and Lions aren't necessarily the best running back matchups and it just is unfortunate. Now, he can still produce in those games, but not to the level or ranking that we had him right after Aaron Jones got hurt when he was what he was RB3 against the Bengals that week, which is just going to be hard to project when Jones is back.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, Mason is definitely a little bit better than I thought he was coming into the year, but I. I'm. The schedule doesn't do them favors, so, like, to earn that extra playing time, it's just going to be an uphill battle. So let's go back to Plum. Plum says they got their. They got the mic working again, so we're bringing you back up. Plum, are you still. Are you with us, Plum? There you go. Oh, it says you just need to unmute your mic.

[A]

It says, sorry, it's my first time doing this.

[B]

I'm learning as I'm going. We got you. You're here.

[A]

I just had a quick question for you boys. I have the problem of having too much good on my team and I don't know who to start this week. I'm in a 10 man's 10 man.

[B]

Super flex with an additional flex instead of a defense.

[A]

So right now my starting receivers are.

[B]

JSN and Devonte Adams. And then for my flex, I'm between.

[A]

George Pickens, TMac or Quinshawn Judkins.

[B]

Ooh, good question. Here. Who are you going between Pickens, TMAC and Judkins this week? Erickson?

[A]

I think it's got to be Pickens, right? You only have so many weeks. You can start him without CD Lamb. So I think you just have to take advantage of those. Dak is playing so well right now, and it's a good problem to have. I mean, you have three great options, but I would go with Pickens.

[B]

Yeah, Pickens.

[A]

Judd Judkins would be the other one. Yeah, that's the one. I was. The other one I was contemplating. I definitely would do Pickens over T Mac. Same both wide receivers. I have him ranked just higher than. Than TMAC this week. I'm trying to see the bear. And so the other thing too is like. And Bob, correct me if I'm wrong, the Steelers defense shouldn't. Shouldn't be as bad as it was start the year because they're getting guys back.

[B]

Well, Derek, Carmen came back in that London game and you saw the run defense improve a lot, so.

[A]

Yes, so. So that's one thing like to point out about their, their season long stats. Oh. Like they're, they're so bad against the run. Like I don't know if that's nests are going to translate. Now Judkins, it doesn't really matter with him because he just gets so much volume and he's good but they're not like a punching bag. I would say against the.

[B]

Ron's got a pretty good history against rookie starting quarterbacks as well.

[A]

That's also true. So. Yeah, I think, I think it's Pickens. Like.

[B]

Yeah, I'm okay with Pickens. I love, I love Judkins because he's getting so much volume right now, right?

[A]

Yes. I think he has a really high floor.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. So I think I would lean maybe slightly towards Judkins, but Pickens has a great matchup. No CD Lamb. The upside is all there for Pickens. So with the rest of your lineup being great and this being a flex spot, give me the upside. I'll roll Pickens as well. Okay. And then just another lineup question because I have all that good.

[A]

Something bad had to happen and I.

[B]

Have Brock Bowers so I'm looking for some tight end help. I picked up Godare last week and he ended up scoring for me.

[A]

How do we feel about him tonight though?

[B]

Goddard? Yeah, I mean Goddard is a good option, specifically against the Giants. Teams like to pass against the Giants because their past defense is horrible. They've had injuries to the linebacker core already. I'm good with Roland Goddard. What do you think, Erickson?

[A]

Yep, that's fine. Okay. Yeah.

[B]

Because my, my next best option would.

[A]

Be Theo Johnson on the waivers and I'm just, I like the touchdown upside.

[B]

But that's just about all he has. Well, yeah, well, he actually led the Giants in first reads last week, but we're not supposed to talk about Thursday night game because it's going to come out after that, so. Oh, that's right.

[A]

I apologize. It's your first time. You're good.

[B]

They're fairly even too. So like Goddard, Theo Johnson, it's kind of a coin flip. So I am fine with you sticking with God. I would do that as well. So thank you. Plum. Great question.

[A]

Great call by us, Boggs. We were so right. Dallas got.

[B]

Oh my God, look at how right we were. We were so good on, on that tight end call. It's amazing.

[A]

Johnson just like Dropped three balls in the end zone.

[B]

Can you believe he did that? I can't believe he did it. The thing that he did, man. Crazy. Awesome. Dev, what's going on? Awesome. What's up?

[A]

Hey, guys, hear me.

[B]

We got you.

[A]

All right. Awesome.

[B]

I put my team in the chat.

[A]

Just to help make this clear. Got a couple of questions. It's a super flex and I have a limit of only three quarterbacks here. So I've lost Lamar for at least definitely this week. And I think they're going to hold him out until after the buy. So I'm not getting him back till after, I guess, week nine. I get him back.

[B]

So last week, T. Law pulled one out for me.

[A]

I couldn't believe. He played the best I've ever seen. And by tripping into the end zone, for me, that worked out great. But I can't trust that. So I see that Mac Jones is on the wire and right now in my league, he's still listed as zero points because he's not technically a starter. So I could grab him. So I guess my question is, would we trust Mac Jones to start this week and next to kind of get me through? I think actually Lamar is by week seven, so I only need it, like for a couple of weeks.

[B]

So I guess my first question is.

[A]

Is Mac Jones someone I could rely on for a couple of weeks?

[B]

What do you think of that, Erickson? Are you relying on Mac here?

[A]

I think you could. I mean, in the super flex, you should have pick him up like, regardless. Like, he's a starting quarterback. That can be.

[B]

But he can only keep three QBs max.

[A]

Yeah. I would have to drop T. Law to make that happen. Oh, then now. Sorry, can't do it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. This doesn't have the longevity. Like, I. Look, I get some people like Wombat Jones to be the court. Like, it's not gonna happen. Like, I. I don't think it's gonna happen. I think they're gonna go back to. They paid Purdy. I think they're going to go back to him when he's healthy. Right. I would only need it for a couple because I have Drake, May and Lamar as my main quarterbacks. Right. So I just got to keep Floater.

[B]

You got to keep.

[A]

Yeah. Lawrence is going to be okay. What are you going to do? Like, because, like, what if another quarterback gets hurt? Like, you need to have another guy that's going to be. Mac Jones's value could just evaporate if he's not playing.

[B]

And I know you said you can't trust it and I'm not. And I'm not going to sit here and try to sell people on Trevor Lawrence this deep into his career. But I'll tell you something that I've been saying for his entire career is let him run. And they finally did and they beat the Chiefs. So maybe they're going to put more of that in the game plan. You saw Baker do it with Liam Cohen in Tampa Bay, so I think they're going to add that rushing element to just give them another piece in this offense because he did it in college. I don't understand why Meyer and Doug Peterson never let him run. It just made no sense. So hopefully Cohen is releasing the reins on that a little bit. So. And he's just a guaranteed starter in a league where you can only keep three. You drop him, he's like number one waiver priority for somebody. So yeah, that, that.

[A]

And that's been holding me back that.

[B]

So 1 thought I have is like.

[A]

I have Chuba in my ir. So at some point they're going to Mark Lamar is out. I can swap him into my IR and then do like, if I can wait that long, I'll. Is Mac. Is Mac Jones still a starter over T Law this week? If I can make that happen, yeah. So like Lamar doesn't count as one of your three quarterbacks if he's on injured. Exactly. I can pop in the IR and then I open up a QB spot. Yeah. Yeah, just do that. You should have started with that.

[B]

Well, it's not.

[A]

It's not available yet. Well, when you can do it, do it. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So. Well, and here's why I didn't start with that.

[B]

So I have a five running back.

[A]

Limit in this league too. So it's like you're in this league, you're playing with an anchor and Woody and Manangai are on the, on the wire and I'm wondering, do I drop.

[B]

One of my guys to pick up.

[A]

Either Woody or Menangai or just leave that alone?

[B]

Just dump Hunter Henry because you have Tucker Craft. I have a five running back limit.

[A]

So that doesn't matter. Yeah, the limits are killing me here, but this is like one of my first leagues ever, so I've been playing with these guys forever. Oh, it's a, it's a good.

[B]

But wait a minute, but aren't we dumping Hunter Henry to pick up Mac Jones?

[A]

No. Well, you're. No, you're doing. He's dumping a running back, I think.

[B]

Oh, we have to dump a running back I would have to dump a.

[A]

Running back to put Chuba back on the. On my bench to make room for Lamar and the guy. Yeah, this is chess. We're playing chess here.

[B]

Then it's Kendra Miller. So, like, that's the last guy. Yeah, because you're not dropping Charbonnet or Trayvon Anderson. You dump Kendra, you dump Kendra Miller, Stick Lamar on the IR and then switching. Pick up Mac Jones and then pick up Mac Jones for 100. Henry. Yep, that's what I would do.

[A]

And then one. One final question. This league, and this will be an easy one, I promise. I have Shakir on my bench. Both Coker and Bourne are available on the wire. Would I grab either one of those over Shakir?

[B]

Nope.

[A]

No, sorry.

[B]

Stick with Shakir.

[A]

That's it.

[B]

All right, Dev.

[A]

Appreciate you guys. No other wide receiver anchor limits. There's six, but you know what? I can't have everything, so there. I'm fine.

[B]

Only one guy named Khalil on the team at a time. All right, so we have five minutes left. Four people. We are going to go lightning round here on the questions because I do have to get out of here right on time. So, Ronan, you are up first, my friend. What do you have for us?

[A]

Just a sit start for my two flex positions. Carter, etn, Charbonnet or Dobbs, and a half PPR league.

[B]

Carter, how many Sharbs and Dobbs. How many?

[A]

Just 2.2etn and then probably so Dobbs, Carter and then so probably. Probably Charbonnet, probably etn, Charbonne.

[B]

Now I go ETN Carter, but we're. Well, Erickson is higher on Sharbs and I'm higher on Carter, so. But I would definitely go ETN as.

[A]

Well, so appreciate it.

[B]

You got it, Ronan. Appreciate you, my friend. Moon. What's up? Moon?

[A]

Moon.

[B]

Moon.

[A]

Hey, can you hear me?

[B]

We got you.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Okay, cool. I made a trade a couple weeks ago for Derrick Henry. It was Scatterboon and Dobbins. And of course, my trade partner taunted.

[A]

Me this last week saying, are you.

[B]

Happy to be that trade?

[A]

I think down the road they'll have more positive game scripts.

[B]

I see two games against Cincinnati for playoff time.

[A]

Am I being delusional or do you think he's. He's gonna have a little bit of a bounce back?

[B]

I mean, you probably overpaid a little in that deal, specifically if Scatterboo is going to be the starter for the Giants the rest of the year. But Dobbins breaks down. I think you're right. I think. Come Playoff time. You're going to be happy that you have Derek Henry. What do you think, Erickson?

[A]

Yeah, I think this guy might be singing a different tune later in the year. Because, I mean, victory lapping after one week, like. Oh, yeah, like, really glad you made the trade. Well, like, you know, well, when you could set him your fantasy football championship after week 17 and see how he feels about that.

[B]

Is this your first day? Yeah. I mean, that feels like a first day move because it seems like the universe will humble you whenever you do stuff.

[A]

Yes, yes, exactly. That's. Couldn't. Yeah, the perfect way to say it.

[B]

Thank you, Moon. Great question, my friend. Thank you. You got it. Let's see, we've got a. Rice pudding. What a great name. Rice Pudding. What's going on? It looks like your mic is muted.

[A]

There we go. What's up, fellas?

[B]

What's going on, Pudding? How we doing?

[A]

Doing well. Hurry up. Great. I'm just gonna. Just got a few quick ones here for you. So Haskins or Charbonnet in my second flex position.

[B]

Charbonnet over has Hampton.

[A]

I got Hampton, so he's down. Charbonnet. Charbonnet fall into the end zone.

[B]

I think I'm gonna go with Haskins. But you know what? You know what you have in sharps? That's what I'll say there. So may go the upside. But you know what you have in Sharps. So.

[A]

Okay, and then what is that? Scatter. Henry. Who or Henry?

[B]

Scatter.

[A]

Boo. Scatter. Boo.

[B]

Scatter. Boo or Henry. I'm going Henry.

[A]

Yeah, Henry. Okay. Yep. Okay, and then Scatter or Camara.

[B]

Camara's banged up. Got to be scatterable.

[A]

Okay, and then that's it. Thank you, guys. I appreciate it. You have a great day.

[B]

Guys are killing the lightning round here. Appreciate that.

[A]

Not even a question, just a thank you for the trade earlier of Tet plus rice for CD and Pierce off because I just shipped them and got puka. Okay, let's go. Let's go.

[B]

Yeah, this is. I always mention this metaphor or whatever, but it's like, what was that game that you played in elementary or middle school where you start out with a pencil and you have to trade up and whoever traded for the best thing at the end of the month or whatever was the winner. Somebody in my class got, like, all the way up to, like, a car with that. Start with a pencil and started. I was like, how did you do this? Like, you know, you can't wrap $100 bills on the pencil. You know what I mean? And but yeah, that is.

[A]

Yes, I feel like I just did that. So now my four receivers are and I always on a receiver fan. So Fuka, Jason, Drink, London and Fuka.

[B]

Oh, man. All right, well, good luck rest of the league.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Yeah, great work, Divyar. And by the way, if you guys want to buy any of DVR's essential oils, he's going to start selling them pretty soon here, I think because he is a snake oil salesman. But hey, that is everything for us today. On the extra point, Erickson, let everybody know what you got coming up and what they should be looking for going into week six from you.

[A]

Yeah, just all the content. You have the beyond the waiver wire piece already. On the fantasy pro side, you have the betting pros primers coming out week for every single game, the primetime games, more shows, more podcasts for props. Everything to get you set for week six. It'll be in the discord answering more questions throughout the weekend. Check out the rankings. The rankings are doing really well this year. Myself, Fitz and DBRO are all ranking really highly. I think DBRO is in the top five through five weeks. So shout out to dbro. Crushing it with the primer as always. Fitz doing great job as well and I'm just trying to not embarrass myself.

[B]

There we go.

[A]

So, yeah, so good stuff coming around the coming up.

[B]

All right, excellent. I'm gonna be on the the YouTube show on Sunday night this week, so check that out for fantasy pros. That'll be me and Seth and of course Deepak Chona talking about all the injuries for the week. Also, if you are college football into college football. I will have my show on Friday going into Saturday with all my favorite bets for the weekend and props. So check that out. But that is it for us. We will see you guys next time. Take it easy, everybody. Thanks for listening to the Fantasy Pros Fantasy Football podcast. If you love the show, the best free way to support us is by leaving a positive review on Apple apple [e-mail] review or on Spotify. Follow us on X Instagram and TikTok at Fantasy Pros and subscribe to our YouTube channel at YouTube.com fantasypros.

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