🚨 Jacoby Brissett TRADED + Darnold, Watson INJURED & Milton STARTING 🚨 (11/4 Fantasy Football Podcast)

-Hey, I'm Vladimir G2. -And I'm Kelly O'Grady. -And we're here to tell you about our new show, Straight Up. -Every week, we're ditching the anchor desk to break down the story the internet can't stop talking about. -And we'll have a cocktail recipe to match the mood. Straight Up is out now, wherever you get your podcasts. -Bonus podcast, a lot of news for you at the quarterback position right now on Fantasy Football Today. [music] -What's going on? Welcome, everybody. All right, it's Adam Azer here, flying solo for this quarterback episode. We've got four news items. We got Jacobi Preset, likely being traded to the Ravens. They're working on acquiring him. It should happen over the weekend. He will not play tomorrow against the Jaguars, but he should be their quarterback going forward. We've got Joe Milton starting for Philadelphia. They have the Giants at home this week and then a buy. We have Sam Darnold out this week with Rib and Quad injuries. They have Arizona this week, then Atlas Vegas, then a buy. And we have the Sean Watson and the concussion protocol. He's not expected to play and the Saints are this week's opponent. They're 17th against quarterbacks. They've actually been pretty good. So let's start out with the long term thing. Start out with your cup. Actually, let's start out with this. If you're in a super flex league or even a 1QB league and you need someone for this week, if Drew Lock were healthy. Right now, there's a report that he's expected to start, but he has an elbow injury. He was the emergency third quarterback on Monday night against the Bears. If Drew Lock were healthy, he would be by far my favorite guy to go get in a super flex league. And he still is because, look, I've been saying it. And, you know, I'm just like the only one who feels it, it seems, but we got a Sam Darnold problem here. He's got a cracked rib that apparently he could play through, but it also has the Quad injury that he can't play through. He could play next week according to the Seahawks, but if you get a good game from Drew Lock, and I think you probably will, because he's already faced Arizona once. And he went 19 of 26, 235 yards and three touchdowns. He scored 27.4 fantasy points. And then he gets the Raiders and the Raiders are the fifth worst team against quarterbacks in week 10. If he does start in week 10 and Sam Darnold doesn't come back, you, it's not crazy to me that that Drew Lock is the quarterback for this team going forward. I don't think this is the last time Drew that Sam Darnold starts, but Sam Darnold could easily lose his job again. He is not playing well. He is throwing nine interceptions in six games. His last six games, not counting week one, we had two pass attempts. So remember, I was the genius on Monday morning or afternoon. I'm beyond the box score who said in my Super Flex League, I'm going to drop a manual Wilson for Drew Lock. And then I was the idiot that forgot to do it. So that's where we stand right now. So if you look at my bids right now and my Super Flex League, I like, I actually forgot about Gardner Menshu. I think I would go Menshu one, lock two, just because I don't know how many starts lock is going to get, but Menshu has a horrible schedule coming up and lock has two great games coming up. So if you just want to play the short term game, it should be lock. However, we have zero guaranteed stars for Drew Lock. That's the complication here. Best bet is that he starts one or two games, but he's got an elbow injury and you never know. So that's the issue. I would love to pick up Drew Lock if I felt comfortable with his elbow and with the fact that Sam Donald could be back next week. But you see where I'm going with this. I think there's long-term potential for Drew Lock. Now, let's go to the Raven situation. This is great news for them, I think. It's not going to be amazing for them, but I like, trust percent a lot more than I trust Tyler. Huntly is a passer. So if Zae Flowers was worth starting with Tyler Huntly, he's certainly going to be worth starting with Jacobi Preset. And it's good for Derek Henry just because it's not Joe Fignano for more than one game. So this is a competent quarterback. I know he wasn't having a very good year, but are they going to have a great offense? No, it should be good enough to stay on schedule. They've got Jacksonville, then the Chargers, that's not easy. Then the Panthers, then the Texans. It's actually a pretty damn tough schedule for Baltimore, but at least we have a real experienced quarterback here. For the Shawn Watson situation for the Browns, I don't really want to start any of them. I think Harold Fanon, that I'm talking Boston, Concepcion, Fanon. Fanon was really good with Shoulder Sanders last year. He scored 11 or more fantasy points in five straight games to end the season last year, including one game where Fanon left the first quarter with an injury. But most of that was touchdowns. He reached 50 yards only once with Shoulder Sanders. And is Sanders that much worse than Watson? Why have two thoughts on that? One, we all watched the preseason, and we thought, Sanders is playing better than Watson. I can't believe they made this decision. But then two, Watson's actually been all right this year. He's thrown for 300 and more yards in two straight games. The Browns are 21st and gross passing yards per game, which is not that bad. He has seven touchdowns to three interceptions in eight games. So I do think it's a downgrade for them this week. I'm less excited about them. And the Saints past defense hasn't been that bad. Their run defense has been so bad that they're past defense. Maybe they're just not getting thrown on that much, but they haven't really been that good of a matchup. So I'm not that excited about any of the receiving options. I'm hopeful for Quinch on Judkins in this game. I don't really think this changes much for him. He's got a great matchup. One of America's top true crime podcast 48 hours is back with a new season. Join us every Monday for a new episode and Tuesdays for a deep dive into that episode with post-mortem. He said, quote, "If they're going to die, I'm going to see them die." Plus, hear episodes from the 48 hours archive Wednesdays and Thursdays. Follow and listen to 48 hours wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to 48 hours plus on Apple Podcasts or ad-free listening. And then there's the Eagle situation, which is really interesting. Joe Milton is maybe a guy. I haven't put in a bid for him yet in the Superflex league that I'm in, but I'm going to because you could easily see. He goes out and has a good game. He's got to stay the starter. We'll see what happens. They get the giants this week and then the buy. Now, the giants have been an interesting matchup. Only one quarterback's thrown for more than 200 yards against the giants. It was Matthew Stafford. They played pretty well against Shuck, even though he had a great game. They didn't play that well against Jane Daniels and he ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns, I think I don't have it in front of me. Milton, I think he can do okay in this matchup. I don't think he's going to have Devonte Smith. My guess is he's not going to do that well. Here's the thing about Milton. We all want to get excited about him because he's got tools. He's got a really good arm. He can run. He's what you look for in a fantasy quarterback from that perspective. But there's a reason why he's been on the Patriots and then the Cowboys and now the Eagles. And I went back. I watched all of his dropbacks from his two games where he got extensive playing time. A week 18 game in 2024 for the Patriots against the Bills. He played the Bills backups. This was essentially a preseason game. And he looked really, really good, I thought. I mean, really exciting and encouraging. And he had a solid game. But week 18 against the Giants last year, he came in in the second half. And he played with the Cowboys backups. I don't know how many backups, but I know Lamb and Pickens were not out there. And he played against a lot of Giants starters. And he was really bad in this game. He had about a 15% off target rate. So I've seen now good Joe Milton and bad Joe Milton. But I'm enticed enough. Because he can run and, you know, he could throw 30 some times a game, hopefully. I probably not, maybe like 30. And there's some good matchups coming up. You know, you've got Dallas and Arizona and Indianapolis in a few weeks. So he's intriguing from a two quarter back, a two quarter back league standpoint. What does he mean for McKay lemon? What does he mean for Devante Smith, Dallas Goddard? I mean, I don't think he's going to support more than one guy. But I think he's better than McKay. I think it's an upgrade for them. And I think it makes sense to at least see what you have here. So I hope that gives you some clarity. If you have any questions here, BC says, "I'm an Eagles fan, this is about to get real bad." I mean, I don't think it's really going to get any worse. The thing is, McKay just can't escape any pressure. And he's faced two teams with bad pass Russia so far. He starts to face teams that can get to the quarter back. He was going to be a real problem. Do I drop Lamar 4% in a super flex league? Is Lamar Jackson not yet on IR? This was a big problem for me yesterday. I tried to drop Lamar Jackson. He's not on IR yet. It's pretty annoying. So yes, if you need to, yeah, you have to drop him, I think. And even in super flex, and Berset's going to be a starting quarterback for the rest of the season. Is Dallas Goddard viable? Do I need to make a trade? I think you need to make a trade. I don't think this is going to be great for Dallas Goddard. I mean, viable. I think he's going to be like the nine to 10 PPR range. Now, I assume he's going to have one more game without DeVante Smith. My guess is Smith misses this game. This is just based on the fact that Smith didn't practice today. And then they have their buy. And then maybe he comes back. This is a total guess. I have no information on this. But after he comes back, after Smith comes back, I don't think you get much from Dallas Goddard. And yes, basal tuton is questionable tomorrow. And Roderick. No one's talking about that. We talked about that a lot today. Yes. Go get Chris Rodriguez. And did Adam look like Henry Rowan Gardner when he was young, absolutely Ryan. I did. I got that a lot. That's probably the best doppelganger for me. And last question here from Philip. No, Jacobi Presett is not starting tomorrow. The trade hasn't even gone through yet. It's expected to go through over the weekend. So you can make your own decisions. Right now I'd go Gardner, Min Shu, then Locke, then Joe Milton. I'm not locked first because this is I'm saying super. reflects by the way here, my waiver wire priorities. Why not lock first? Because I don't know if he's even gonna play this week. I assume he will. I don't know how long of a leash he has. He's got an elbow injury. I don't know when Darnell's coming back. Minshu should be the quarterback for a little while unless they wanna go to Beckett some point. And Milton, intriguing guy. But again, there's a reason why he's on his third team in three years. Thank you everybody for hanging out with me for a bit here. And I don't know if they missed any good chat questions. - No, just dropped Matthew Stafford for Joe Milton. No, that is the worst, it's a terrible situation. Milton's gonna be better than most think. I mean, I understand where you're coming from because you know, you like quarterbacks who can run. But you can't drop Matthew Stafford for him? Dude, come on Brandon. Would I drop Tyler Shock for Jacobi Berset? - No, I definitely would not. And a Hertz and Dart Draftor, sorry about that. You're streaming, you've been streaming Darnell then Bonix, would you go with Drew Locker? Malik Willis this week, what a great question. If Drew Lock were 100% healthy, I would go with him. But there's a chance he plays, re-injures his elbow and has to leave the game. So I would go with Malik Willis who I think is a perfectly fine start this week against the Detroit Lions. - All right, that was a little longer than I thought it be. Thank you for the questions. And we will talk to you tomorrow on Fantasy Football today. (upbeat music)