FFT Express - LAST-MINUTE Week 8 Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Advice! Actives/Inactives & Q&A (11/1 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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Not so much for this week. I love it. It is a great matchup. But really just hopeful that we see Jeremiah Love feeling good and healthy. And getting 15 to 20 touches and can just start him moving forward. But I would view him as a high-end flex just to be safe this week. Alright, Kyle Manongai is out. You know what to do with the Bears' backfield. But in that same game, I think even trickier than the Cardinals, the Seahawks running backs. They're all healthy, which is great, but not so great for fantasy. What the heck do we do with the Seahawks running backs? Somebody asked me this question. I was talking about the Seahawks and they asked about the Cardinals. And I just gave the Pam, they're the same picture, Jeff. Again, Jeff would prefer it if I did not have to start a Seahawk. If I did have to start a Seahawk, Zach Sharbinay would be the guy that I would start. And I do think that I would start Sharbinay over Jeremiah Love. Really? I have zero, zero faith in any prediction I can make on how those touches are going to be. And I don't like Jadarian Price has not been like officially activated. Yeah. And Mike McDonald didn't commit to that happening, but he is not hurt. So it's, it is a tricky situation, but it does sound like from my understanding, Sharbinay will be the best back. Okay. All right, Seikwang Barkley is going to play and reportedly will not be traded. How much do you trust Seikwang Barkley? I would start him over the Seahawks or the Cardinals. Yeah. He is a low-end RB2. Would you start him over Ramandrei Stevenson with Travion Henderson out? Ramandrei Stevenson was a guy I was a little bit questionable out in the beginning of the week with Travion out. Stevenson is a high-end RB2. I'd start him over everybody we've talked about so far. Okay. Would you start Seikwang Barkley or Tony Pollard with TyJ Spears out? I prefer Pollard. Okay. It's Tony Pollard or Ramandrei Stevenson. Stevenson. RJ Harvey is on IR. He's going to miss at least four games. Who's your favorite Broncos running back today and where is he ranked? I have Dobbins and Coleman back-to-back. I have Dobbins one spot higher. I have them ahead of the Seahawks and the Cardinals, both of them. But I also have them behind Seikwang Barkley. Okay. And a couple more running back notes here or a few more. First of all, more abuse allegations against Josh Jacobs. That's going to be looked into. Aaron Jones is going to play and I guess compare the Broncos running back to the Vikings running back. Vikings against Detroit, Broncos against the Chiefs. I'm trusting Mason over Aaron Jones. I'm trusting Mason over the Broncos, Cardinals and Seahawks. So Aaron Jordan Mason is a low-end RB2. Aaron Jones is a flex for me. What a slate we have today, seriously though, man. Those two games alone, Broncos, Chiefs, Vikings, Lions, awesome stuff. And Braylon Allen is expected to start. Right now we don't know if Breeze Hall is going to play. Obviously, you know, join us at 11 a.m. Eastern for the two-hour start or sit extravaganza from 11 to 1 at youtube.com/fantasy football today. 11 to 1 Eastern. We'll know more about Breeze Hall at 11.30 when the inactive are announced. But Braylon Allen, according to Ian Rappeport, is expected to start. So how are you approaching this Jets backfield? So, I think Braylon Allen is in the Saquon area if Breeze plays. But I would start Allen over Hall. And I'd start Allen over the Cardinals and Seahawks. If Breeze doesn't play, then Braylon Allen's a top 12 running back. Start of my work. One of the thing about Saquon Barkley is like. Yeah, it's just such a shame that he's obviously dealing with stuff here. But he's running so well. And the commanders just lost two defensive tackles. One of them for the year. But they're on pain and Javon Kinlaw. They're out this week and paying out for the season. So I mean, everything looks good for Saquon Barkley. It's so frustrating that we just can't fully trust him. Alright, we're going to take a break here. We'll give you the wide receiver updates and more. And there's a lot of them when we come back. The Strato Tech T from Viori is one of those shirts you put on once and immediately get why people love it. It's incredibly soft. It stretches with you, dries fast, and still looks sharp enough to wear from a workout to the ballpark without missing a beat. It's become my go-to-t for pretty much everything. Head to Viori.com/pod20 for 20% off your first purchase. Exclusions apply. Visit the website for full-terms and conditions. Okay, I'm sure a lot of people are like me looking at your lineups going, "Gosh, who am I going to start at wide receiver? I was going to start AJ Brown. I might be able to start DJ Moore. We'll see. Lad McConkey's back. I'm going to have to start him in my leagues here. But AJ Brown is out. We going back to Mario Douglas, Deft and Chisholm, anything like that? Uh, DiMario Douglas is the only Patriots wide receiver I really want to start. He is a high-end wide receiver three borderline wide receiver two. Like amongst the guys who are coming back from injury, I would rather start DiMario Douglas than Lad or Waddle or Rushy Rice. Oh, how come? Um, well, first off, like Lad and Waddle have not been very good. Rice is facing the Broncos. Lad was good for three quarters and week one. I should, I should say that, but he's also facing the Rams. Yeah. And this whole offense has been a dumpster fire. So. Uh, this could be a rainy game. By the way, the Patriots Dolphins game. We'll talk about the weather in just a bit. Rainy, rainy day in Florida, shocker. And there are three games in Florida today. So, um, all right, AJ Brown out. Carnell Tate is out. We start Wanda Robinson or DiMario Douglas. I have DiMario ahead of one deal, but one deal ahead of Lad. DJ Moore is questionable. And I think, you know, if he's out, then that obviously puts Keon Coleman in play. He's been pretty damn good when DJ Moore has been out or left with an injury. If DJ Moore plays, where are you going to have him? Uh, he will be a number two running back. And I'll start him over all the wide receivers with dot or wide receiver. And I'll start him over all the wide receivers we've talked about so far. All right. Mecca Buka is out. Any interesting Chris Godwin or anyone else? He is in that DiMario Douglas one deal Robinson group of, um, you know, I don't know if you saw this or not, but he had a 45% target share last week. And so I think you have to, you have to consider him. Yes, four screen passes, though. Wasn't as encouraging as I thought. Uh, yeah, Jalen Waddle is trending in the right direction. That is a late game. So that's not a certainty that Jalen Waddle is going to play. But he is trending in the right direction according to in rap report. And Rishi Rice is going to play as he mentioned. Traylon Berks is expected to play for the commanders tonight. Jacobi Myers is going to play according to in rap report. Don Tavy and Wix and Devante Smith are out. How do you feel about Makai Lemon and Darius Cooper? So I'm not, I don't really want to start Darius Cooper. And non-PPR, he is a solid number three wide receiver, um, who is also ahead of Ladma Conkey for me. And a tight end Colby Parkinson is questionable. Dalton Kinkade is questionable. I would think Kinkade's going to play and, yeah, sorry. Did I cut you off there? I didn't say anything. No, okay. And Kansas City is going to be without two cornerbacks in this game, by the way. Yeah. Manser to Lane and outside corner. And Lajerius need a slot corner against the Denver Broncos. So we'll see if that opens things up for the waddles of the world if he plays. All right. We'll get your questions now. Flex one. Nope, not that one. Flex one, Jeremy Bernard, Jonah Coleman or Ladma Conkey. Would be Jeremy for me. Roshan. Oh, that's me. Don't pick on Heath for Roshan. Yeah. Well, does it really nice have you to click on it? Right. Honestly, I did not see that was the question. I thought it was a lead. He's probably going to score a touchdown this week. So I'm going to laugh, I'm going to laugh at you when it happens. Not you him. Kiner or P Ryan. Oh, I actually, I did pick up Kiner in a couple of leagues. And it could be a big fourth quarter for him. If this game goes the way we think it's going to, I have him just barely ahead of P Ryan. Bernard or Pollard? I would go with Tony Port. Yeah, I wonder if Pollard will catch more passes without tape. Maybe one or two more passes. Maybe not. But it's possible. DJ Moore, Stefan Diggs or Jeremy Bernard. If DJ Moore plays, it'll be him. If he doesn't, it'll be Bernard for me. Half PPR, Jeremiah Love, Rashad White, Omar Cooper or Jordan Mason. I would go Jordan Mason. Really? Okay. Who would you go? Oh damn, I don't know. I don't know. I would go this sucks. I would go with Oh Mark Cooper Jr. Okay, that's that's the fun one. Yeah, man. Just don't be surprised if he has four targets in the game. Yeah, I wish I'd like to go with Jeremiah Love, but I don't think I'm quite there yet. Judkins are Pollard and Godwin or Hunter Henry. I would go Pollard and I, ooh, Godwin and Henry is very close. Hang on, check the projections on that one. And I have Henry. Chase Brown or Swift? I would go with Swift. Geno, Brazett or Penix? Geno. I'm feeling it. I would also go with Swift because I just you have to, but I mean, no Jeffrey Simmons now for the Titans. Like, this has to be a good Chase Brown. We could have. Yeah. Come on. I've got Chase Brown ranked as a must-start running back. Yeah. And it's a brutal matchup for Deandre Swift, but I think they're going to throw to him a decent amount. Luther Burton or McCuy lemon, PPR. Burton? Emmanuel Wilson or Marian Hampton? I would go with Hampton, no. All right. Well, I think I can make that decision. I just feel like, I just feel like Charbonne may not play that much, but he's probably going to be the goal line back. Would you agree with that? I would agree with. He's probably going to be the goal line back. I have, they've waited a pretty long time since they started practicing Charbonne to play him. So I kind of think that he's brought, like, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets half the touches in the backfield. Yeah, but Wilson's been pretty good. That's the problem. I did look, and I can check it right now, if you'd like, at the lines for their rushing totals. When I looked last night, Charbonne had the highest. So it's currently 32 and a half for Charbonne, 28 and a half for Price, 18 and a half for Wilson. Those are yards, not carries, by the way. Yes. Flex will finish with this. DiMario Douglas, Trey Tucker or Rico Dowdell. I think I go Douglas. Tucker's good too, though. If you prefer the swing, I think Tucker, I think Douglas maybe has a little higher floor than Tucker, and Tucker has a higher ceiling. Okay. All right. You know what? I might just sit out the 11 to 1 show, because there's plenty of tough calls today. I don't know, man. I'm looking forward to you up to break ties and just like having no idea what to say. It's going to be a lot. All right. I mean, no, have confidence in us. Join us. So we'll talk to you in a couple of hours. For Keith, I'm Adam. Good luck in week eight, everybody. See you.