Week 10 Matchups + Michael the Grouch - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/13

Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Oh, welcome in. Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. Oh, it's Friday the 13th. Is it? Oh, no. Doesn't that mean that one person you know has to get murdered on that day? Or what is the. I don't think that's the rules. Is that the superstition? I've been through a few Friday the 13th. Is it a purge? It's a purge situation? No, you're still. Crimes are illegal today. Crimes are still. What it means is that you're probably going to see a ghost. Oh, but you just don't know when. Right. Probably at night, though. Usually. We had way too big of a ghost discussion on. Enough of this. Spitballers. I am. Enough of your nonsense, Andy. Move on. It was a football game. Big game from Chigga Conquo? Oh, no. No. Ha-ha! Yes! Wait, Mike. Yes! Mike, come on. It's taking. Come on. Yes, I will. Many years late. I mean, anybody can score a touchdown. It's not just a touchdown. Four for 42. Oh, man. With a touchdown. Ben Sennett scored last year. Yeah. He did. Oh, man. It was so much fun. It was a good time. You know, I did take Washington when we do our little pick pool around the office. I thought it would be close. We got 45 points in this one. 24-21. Giants lose. Commanders score at the end. Diggs, a touchdown. Antonio Williams, a touchdown. Ben Sennett, a touchdown. Cam Scadaboo, two touchdowns. Yeah. Scadaboo and Likely both scored. Monster game from Likely. Monster game from Scat. And both of them scored. Both against Al Borland in our League of Record. Last week, he had to deal with, what was it, Higgins and Burrow on Thursday night? Yes, sir. Oh, boy. You can hear it in his voice. And then what happened is. I'm not sorry. I'm just going to kind of spoil this real quick. So, he had a miserable night. A second straight Thursday that he's very unhappy. And I don't like that. That's sad. And so, my whole big plot the last few weeks was I said I have something to talk to you about. It's been on the calendar. I've just been saying, ask me next. Next Tuesday, ask me next Tuesday. Well, last night, he tries to, like, calm himself down. And he's like, look, this week might be over, but I'm going to look forward a week. And he kind of spoiled what I was going to bring up on the show, which was next week, he and I play each other. Let me read you his roster. And this is what I was going to bring up. Jordan Love on the bye. Blake Corum, Quinshawn Judkins at running back. On the bye. On the bye. Okay. Drake London, Christian Watson at wide receiver. Oh, those are awesome. On the bye. On the bye. Oh, wait. JSN's also his wide receiver. On the bye. And then the Rams defense, also on the bye. Yeah, y'all might want to look at next week and make sure your team is good. Because Jeremy did it, and it's bad. So, he has nobody. I feel so bad for you, Jeremy, because I don't know. I mean, you can't feel the roster. No. You have to drop. He just created quite the predicament for the league. I don't know what you do. We talked about this this morning, because our rule has always been you have to put a full roster out there. However, that rule is in place for two reasons. One, neglect. Like, people just are dumb and forget, and they don't put a player in, and that's not acceptable. You've got to feel the roster. Two, anti-tanking. You've got to put a roster out there to not try to lose. This is a third category. This is a category of you can't force a guy. In my opinion, and this is not for my self-benefit. He'll, you know, whatever. Who's he play against? Me. Okay. In my opinion, there's a third category of, like, do you force a guy to do something worse for the long-term health of his team to have a 10%? Do you force a temporary player put in and drop a good player? I don't know. I don't think the answer is yes. Now, the reason I brought that story up instead of just letting it be quiet and die is because there is one more little surprise for Al Borland. Mike, take it away. Oh, we're going in there? Well, I mean, the time is now. Yeah. Hey, Jeremy, you know how we play next week in Dynasty? Oh, no. What? Do you know how much your rosters overlap? Yeah. Read it, Mike. Let's see. Kyron Williams is on by. Tucker Craft is on by. JSN is on by. Jordan Love is on by. Josh Jacobs is hurt now, but he is also on by. Puka is on by. I mean, he's hurt now, so that kind of washes out. But basically, everything from your League of Record team is also happening to you in Dynasty. I wish we had a solo cam for Jeremy. I wish I had a noose. Oh, no. So, look, fantasy is rough sometimes. And honestly, with the bye week situation, we've talked about this before. How much do we consider bye weeks when you go into the draft? And we say not at all. Yeah, not. And sometimes, if you do think about the strategy, you're like, would I rather just kind of have it all in one week? Right. We're going to find out. Because, I mean, I've had a couple big bye weeks happen. In one of them, I lost. I had a couple guys that I lost to Jason, which seems impossible for anybody to have done. Oh, yeah. I'm 27, baby. But, yeah, that's the situation. And we're going to – you know what? I'm going to take you golfing today. Thank you. Oh, man. That didn't help. I bet it's a really nice course, right? It's okay. There you go. There's your game. Nothing special from McCarthy. A couple picks for Jaden Daniels, but 249 and 3 got it done. And it is Friday. Somebody else can celebrate. Or did you want to bring up – Well, it was – There was a lot of points that went around. A lot of guys had good fantasy days. Then there was Malik Neighbors. You're right to bring this up. Five for 44 with a fumble. And then, in my opinion, as the Giant – If you weren't watching the game, Washington goes ahead. Very little time left. And the Giants are going for it. McCarthy loads up, throws a deep bomb to Malik Neighbors. And the ball was very good. Like, in terms – In terms of, this is a very catchable pass. Oh, you're coming down on Malik? That superstars catch that ball. Superstars at least fight the defender away from taking an interception. Like, if that's Jamar Chase and he didn't catch that ball, we would have been like, what in the freaking world? Jamar Chase didn't catch that ball? At the end of the game when you're the guy and it's the clutch time? Do you think he gets over this and next year, a year removed from the ACL, he's fully dominant? Malik? Yeah. I mean – Or is this who he is? I'm still in on Malik Neighbors as being a top-tier fantasy producer, but saying it needs – he hasn't been what people expected. And that – I mean, that one particular play to me was like – Dude, you – You're Malik Neighbors. You have to make that play. Stars win on that play. Exactly. I got you. Yeah. All right. Yeah, something to watch moving forward, what tier he belongs in for your fantasy playoffs. Also, man, Harbaugh watching Cam Scadaboo would be awesome. Had to just be – That would just be the worst for me. Oh, he had a bad time. Well, the trade deadline's over. He's real thrilled now. No, no. He still hates it. Do you think he's happy that they lost the game so that – Yes. Yes. He is. He can't really go, well, this works for us. Cam's such a good player. Cam is awesome. He's great. Yes. No, this is on Harbaugh. Yeah, we're saying Harbaugh sucks. No, I know. I know. I don't get why – He doesn't just go, oh, we've got a dog. We've got a superstar running back on our team. Why were you trying to trade for one? You had one. What's really funny about Harbaugh is that Harbaugh, of all coaches, is a player's coach in the sense that he builds relationships with players of all shapes and sizes and personalities. And somehow it seems like there's a disconnect between the backflip and Jim Harbaugh or John Harbaugh. The young and the old are not mixing well. All right. Let's move on. It's Friday. It's Friday. Putt Clan Friday. Putt Clan Friday. Putt Clan Friday. Putt Clan Friday. Extra special thank you to the mighty, the strong, the Foot Clan over at jointhefoot.com. Every Friday we give a $100 gift card away. This week's winner, Rick Baller, 10. Yeah. The 10th of his name. Long lineage of Rick Ballers. That's it. Congratulations. Every Friday we like to hook up a Foot Clan supporter. Let's talk some news. News and news. And notes from around the league. Well, yesterday it was reported that the Rams were not putting Puka Nakua on IR due to some procedural stuff. Which we reported Rams news yesterday because it came from Sean McVay. No, I don't think this did. Oh, 100%. Sean McVay said that they're not going to put him on IR. Oh, he did? Yeah. So because we reported that, that of course means that the follow-up day, we must report the opposite. Yeah, he's on IR. So there you go. Puka Nakua on IR. To be fair, when we reported it, we said that McVay is a liar. Yeah. And everything he says about his players is always a lie or wrong. Great coach. Yes. Just liar. The updates from the Patriots. Ramondre Stevenson pushing to play. I saw. Gross. He was a limited on Thursday. Why is that gross? Because of the. Because of the. Because it ruins. If you start two, you start none. Correct. Okay. It ruins everything for fantasy. AJ Brown limited. again on Thursday and, uh, Hunter Henry, Henry. was limited again with the foot injury this is the munich game yes so it's like romandre could have saved himself a big trip hunter henry needs dos boot okay well done well done that's not bad uh woody marks downgraded to a dmp you know who would be yes i do could get the start for the texans but montgomery could be back as well limited on thursday with the groin injury i think demarcato is going to get a start probably oh marvin harrison downgraded to uh did not practice on thursday with a hamstring injury also known as upgraded for the texans right oh yeah cj stroud's line moved up oh yeah with this news so that makes sense man the vindictive nature of humanity uh baseball student didn't practice again thursday they're really monitoring i hope they just sit him down they i feel like they should especially in a matchup where this is against tennessee they are um they should have sat him down last week agreed they they they traded for a lot of players they're not going to be starting those guys this week they're basically giving them a buy because they didn't have a buy um so they're they're giving them a buy time to incorporate and i part of that feels like it's because they're playing the titans and so yeah they should sit tooting down they should but if he's active you play if he's active you play him that that he did this last week he basically didn't practice hardly at all last week and then still played in that game carnell tate has been ruled out denzel boston did not practice hawkinson did not practice and travis hn was limited whether he comes back we'll see uh we still have a limited practice for george pickens i don't know if he's ready to go or not be better for the cowboys if he's on the field debo limited mike evans did not practice again i think evans is going to be out and join carnell tate i meant for another week away from football and did we get more specific questions from you guys about the football game on the lamar injury i feel like well it was he had the surgery so timeline is six to ten right that's what i yeah he did that's what i saw as the breaking news so it it i think they were hoping this would be man it's done um yeah so don't count on lamar for making a comeback for the the any sort of fantasy football maybe he hits that six week mark and he can help the rehab and get him back sooner but i guess they made the decision we got to clean this up okay let's jump right into the forecast fantasy forecast presented by prize picks all righty yesterday we covered the germany game patriots lions we also covered the chiefs falcons texans browns vikings packers jags titans dolphins colts panthers saints bills toots five more matchups today and we'll be right back and we also have fantasy face off seattle five and four raiders four and five the mendoza era begins seattle minus six and a half i can think of better defenses to start your career against in seattle uh over unders 40 and a half seattle with 23 and a half points should be drew lock versus fernando mendoza this is the uh first time ever that the first pick at quarterback will make his first start against the super bowl champs so interesting yeah you have some bad draws this week for the the rookie starters what is it carson back against rams yeah against smiles gara and now you got seattle against you know the players seattle defense we we uh we went on k adam's show this morning we talked about brock bowers what to expect from brock bowers moving forward for this team yesterday you also mentioned you know he moves from the one to the one that being said probably you know mike you illustrated this on on her show but just the fact that expectations for the quarterbacks you get fewer touchdowns fewer yards fewer opportunities for the goal line for running backs you're just not going to score at the pace you were with kirk cousins where he was literally at the league lead in touchdowns so um is that any actionable information not really well it's just a if a tip we give every year is don't fall too in love with your rosters like you're looking at it you're like it's week 10 the playoffs are are over a month away don't be looking at your roster right now thinking everything is okay and i wouldn't be looking at my roster with brock bowers thinking i have now i continue to have this huge advantage where that position is going to score so many of my points so perhaps the only action i would be taking is not with brock it's looking at my other positions maybe i need to focus on upgrading my flex play because brock will come down a couple points per game yeah i think that's a really important point to bring up right here going into week 10 is to adjust be willing to adjust some expectations for different players i'm facing that i'll just i'll just tell you where i'm at in my team i i want to win a championship i have a team that can contend for one yep i traded a lot for tucker craft you did and i have my concerns when a team puts up 400 passing yards scores 45 points and tucker craft's not involved right so i but but my brain is attached to the compensation for craft it's not attached like if i'm not involved in the i had just drafted him i'd be more capable yeah of realistic expectations but because i traded a significant draft capital of him being a top three tight end i am now finding myself more emotionally attached to him than i should be from a week-to-week start standpoint or if i were to trade him what i think i could get for him that type of situation so it's very it's important but it's hard to do because you want them to play up to where you drafted them play up to what you traded for them yeah he's your guy you want that's it you want him to come through and it's sad when you're like but that's me saying i don't think he's going to to the degree that you think yeah i'm just watching these games week after week oh yeah the utilization was the area of the field yesterday it was like the matthew golden stuff is 175 targets destroying tucker craft yeah again last week last week he was useless and he scored 45 points and the that's not the case with the big boys it's not the i can just shout at them from the couch because they're ducking and they're not doing the thing i think they should do they're watson and matthew golden are terrorizing the league right now yeah they they are and they look great i wouldn't i wouldn't overreact too much to to last week's game with craft and the success of those wide receivers the new england patriots we talked about this again our starts of the week right jameson williams great start because the wide receivers against new england are it's a great matchup on the year um fantastic and they're pretty good against tight end so if it's working to throw to the wide open guys but it's not always going to be that way in fact this season week that's how i'm not looking at it just one week i'm just saying the the hope was that the acl gets better and you get a acclimate you get more involved yeah he's the number eight tight end on the year which is basically saying he's the number 20 tight end on the year i mean at that point those guys don't matter i'm not saying he's not valuable i'm just saying my expectations for him you know what if it's bowers if it's mcbride those guys get it done yeah he's not going to be in that tier but i i do really expect craft to have a very good second half of the year and in in the fantasy playoffs um all right seattle has some running backs zach charbonnet 59.5 on prize picks jadarian price 42.5 yards on prize picks oh wait there's ashton gentry below both of them 35 and a half yards projected on prize picks that is i can't no so we've got we've got the prize picks uh you know uh wheel of i didn't go with it but i was so tempted on gentry's 10 and a half rushing attempts to to go less oh my gosh i was gonna say to go more no i mean oh no with the yards i would go less against seattle yeah i mean with a rookie quarterback i mean maybe he gets that that would be a reason to go more for me is the rookie is why i didn't go less on that but three weeks in a row where gentry has not had 10 rushing attempts like that's crazy it's not good so charbonnet overpriced price over charbonnet i i think that's a tough one i think both are obviously awesome this week that the raiders are one of the worst defenses in football especially against running backs they give up 28.7 points per game over the last six weeks i mean one of those guys is going to be good maybe both i think both i think that might be the answer to the question i'm not why not both i'm charbs over price i would i would agree as well because i think we're so close around the goal line i expected to be charbs over price at least first opportunity and i think they will have goal line opportunities in this game and i do think charbs is acclimate like he's moving up in utilization since the injury so you guys are probably right there jsn play him because you always do and you always should and you always will and play play bowers but maybe don't play anybody else on this entire raiders no i mean gentry you're probably still going to have in your lineup it's like a low end rb2 i mean i would i he's probably not going to get a touchdown right so if he doesn't get a touchdown i mean you have to hope for the target yeah for sure that's it because he's not doing it on the ground you play him over like imari demarcato yes cory kiner yes i play gentry uh we'll take a break not by much and then we'll talk about the rams cardinals matchup oh boy carson beck good luck all right the beaten up and battered los angeles rams offense at five and four takes on the beating up and battered arizona cardinals team three and six games in arizona but the rams are nine and a half point favorites cardinals 15 points on the implied point total now on one hand at home i can tell you that will not be a very red stadium oh it never is i mean i think the fans will be excited to see carson beck play because i don't i i think it's gonna be overrun with rams fans yeah i mean that might be true i just i just mean cardinals fans in general i think beck having expectations for beck to surpass minshu is not a high bar yeah well it is when you consider who he's got to throw the ball to are you talking about uh simi fahoku or kevin duvernay or reggie virgil or harrison wallace the third yep those who i believe led uh kind of a rebellion in the highlands of scotland at one point in time yes yes um it's interesting how much the the the the raiders and the cardinals are mere reflections of themselves right now for fantasy purposes first week of a rookie coming in with a superstar tight end and absolutely no wide receivers with a bad defense yeah and i will play i'll play trey mcbride i that is it i think mcbride will be fine i am concerned i've tyler algier the volume the volume should be there but bam night was a full practice on thursday coming back from his concussion and the rain bams yeah well the matchup is terrible and maybe algier found himself it was supposed to be the mojo came back it was supposed to be bam night ahead of algier uh last game the concussion took him out two games yes two games ago um so the fact that it was a concussion not like a soft tissue thing he's got to work back from you could see bam night be the starter yeah i'm out on this because i don't know who i don't know who will be the better option of the two bad options in algier and bam night yeah the pass catchers though for the rams are a gigantic question mark yeah not only do you have no davante adams no puka nakua now but jordan whittington is on ir so that was another person that you could have brought up that has a history in the system terence ferguson who was coming back from ir and got hurt is not available so this is why mike likes tyler higby who he missed practice but it was an illness yeah um two to atwell has familiarity he has he should have some targets mumfield probably a little more unknown but also a little bit more interesting in my opinion than atwell in some regards because atwell's kind of a one-trick pony look they're gonna have to throw the football a little bit and maybe it's all higby parkinson but if you had to if you had to start a wide receiver from the rams in this game what's their name oh and it's a wide receiver it's a wide receiver um not a tight end it would be two two i guess i mean i who cares like well i mean it's a 25 point implied point totals we are in a really bad has to be somebody yeah it does not have to be i think one i think a wide receiver will catch a touchdown in this game i think that that is and that's my touchdown guarantee okay a wide receiver for the rams last week i'm gonna be honest if you take that as your touchdown guarantee i'm gonna be honest i'm still surprised i am there you go last week i am seeing that 22 was on 25 routes mumfield was 26 yeah uh slot percentage for 22 was 44 mumfield was 43 i mean mumfield is mumfield is 6-1 he's a bigger guy but i don't care you're right i don't care but i feel like both guys are a shot in the dark this week there are a bunch of wide receivers this week that are shot in the dark you can go to the cardinal wide receivers you can go to any of the colts wide receivers you can go like those are teams that like who's a colt wide receiver yeah no the the colts as you're doing on treadwell there's a handful of teams that have absolutely no why do they they've gotten rid of all their players yeah tyron and quorum play them both blake quorum is on a run of runs it's so funny you ready for this touchdowns in five straight finishes in five straight rb 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 rb2 guaranteed yeah i mean it's it's really really crazy because he doesn't get that much work you know in that stretch is five carries nine carries 11 carries and 11 carries he had one game where he got the workload when they benched kyron um for the beginning of the game outside of that he's just been the most efficient running back on planet earth anybody else from that game you want to talk about or do we get to move on let's move on the 49ers are seven and one they take on dallas who are four and five the vegas line san francisco minus three and a half the over under a delicious 55 and a half it's the highest over under in 2026 wow so that's fun that's very fun and the wild thing kai went back and looked at the cowboys they literally don't know how to win back-to-back games if you go back and look at their last a couple seasons worth of performance is they they have one winning streak of more than one game in a row otherwise they just haven't done it loss win loss tie win loss win loss loss it it's going to be tough i mean this is one of the best teams in football brock purdy's been unbelievable dac has been underwhelming yeah i i would say that the um the cowboys have been a disappointment in general cd lamb has been great but dac has been disappointing dac has been a disappointment in general dac has been a disappointment in general um george pickens has been disappointing uh jake ferguson we should say disappeared this year dac has been disappointing based off of expectation like he it's not he has not been bad he has just been disappointing of like so the last three weeks 23 points just under 20 and just under 20 like these are good fantasy numbers it's just when if you were watching the game you're like this dac prescott should have a bajillion points right now but he looks terrified every single time he's in the pocket and they're running the ball like far more than they they have in recent history yeah yeah the uh i mean the one player you can count on each and every week right now with dallas is the number two fantasy wide receiver cd lamb prize picks projection for yardage in this game 90.5 only chase is higher this week so makes sense especially with george pickens limited hamstring issue so it's a good thing that dac has been disappointing you know the uh other start sit decisions i mean the wide receivers there's so many wide receiver rooms with question marks this week and the 49ers are another one of them i mean brock purdy's gonna have a great game right yes brock purdy's a great quarterback so he just figures it out so to who keenan allen i think keenan allen has in his first game in his first game i think he's fine i mean really yeah wow i i am always hesitant to start a guy in his first game i would be too work i would be too in general um like josh downs going to kansas city i think he's got to learn he's got to get into the system whatever but when you're talking about a player who you know who's he competing with unless unless debo samuels for sure back in which case then okay i'm i i wouldn't be as confident in keenan allen but there's really no other options and this is the second week in a row last week dude that's so jordan walkins was four for 86 in a touchdown last week well yes i'm saying jason's point of keenan is playing dallas again wait two weeks in a row yeah i'm still familiar with their defensive schemes which are none uh he didn't come through last week but he did have eight targets and if you give him eight targets from brock purdy exactly you will have success i don't think it's a high ceiling but i expect him to have to be involved to be maybe the number one target in this game i mean if you wanted to go jordan watkins fine but they they really don't necessarily need anybody but kittle and mccaffrey and then you just have keenan out there just doing the veteran third down things like they were doing with mike evans the if you had pickens back from the hamstring and you had ryan flannoy are you still starting pickens yes i i would as well i i will i will say if pickens does not play i think brevin spanford is a tight end that probably should be started that button you want what nasty oh yeah you know it is i don't disagree it's with jake ferguson in dynasty oh man what a flex so are you starting him brevin spanford maybe is i believe a second year tight end for the dallas cowboys he's been more involved this year in surprising fashion um but ferguson is gone if pickens doesn't play that's usually the weaker spot spot for the 49ers defense and dac likes to throw when he's under pressure to tight ends breaking news it's just in from the news desk uh what do we got fantasy football veteran jason has acquired via the waiver wire caleb johnson yeah how's it feel it feels tough in the 2026 streets my man i'm playing for 2027 i just you know my my roster is so funny it is it is oh brother it's not i have just keep good looking i keep trading for all my keepers that are injured so i've got a channel lamar jackson and puka i've got carnell tate out and then And Mekhi Lemon is on bye. And so I'm starting. I mean, my start. No, you shouldn't say this out loud. No, I shouldn't say it out loud. Is it better than Jeremy's starters next week? Yes. No, no. I don't think so. I think whoever you start next week. He doesn't have any. I don't have anybody to start next week. Yeah, but my guys could go negative. I mean, I started Devin Singletary. And that's my argument for not picking up people off the wire. Yeah, he got four-tenths of a point. He got.4? Yeah. Yeah, he did. Oh, no. I want to make sure I don't beat Josh this week. Wow. Are you tankopolis? No, I'm not tanking. This is. He's trading. Yeah, I'm trading myself into a hole. Pittsburgh 6-2. Cincinnati 6-2. This should be fun. Cincinnati minus 3.5 at home over under. This is great. 49.5. Cincinnati's been on a tear. I mean, their offense has been outrageous. For an AFC North showdown, that's a good total. Those are usually ones where we pull it up and you're like, 39. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, the Cincinnati defense has kind of slowed. It looked really good for a few weeks. It's kind of more middle to lower. They're back in the groove. They're back in there. They're in the groove for Burrow. They're in the groove for Higgins. Yeah. Higgins on pace for, I believe, 4,000 touchdowns this year. But, I mean, they're a pretty easy team in terms of start-sit decisions because you play Chase and Higgins. You play Burrow, who's on pace for 5,000 yards and 49 passing touchdowns. Which Mike did say at the beginning of the year in his bold prediction, Joe Burrow may break every record. And it's required him to stay healthy and Higgins to stay healthy, but it's all worked. Chase Brown is a just-stay-with-it-but-don't-expect-him-to-win-you-your-week guy. Yeah, the matchup is bad. Steelers, the last six weeks, the fourth-worst matchup for fantasy running backs. I mean, Chase Brown has to score a touchdown eventually. Someday it will happen. If you look at Chase Brown, he's been okay. Yeah. He's on pace for. 314 opportunities, 843 rushing yards with 82 receptions and 439 receiving yards. Just absolutely no touchdowns. What does he have on the year? Like two? One. One? Yeah. Wasn't that week one? I think so, yeah. His touchdowns keep getting called back. Yeah. But, yeah, you're going to keep starting him. I'm still playing him. Where are you with the Pittsburgh weapons? We've seen the ups. Oh, sorry. No, we haven't. We've seen the downs with DK Metcalf. We've seen the ups and downs with Jeremy Bernard. fryer muth and big darnell have both been involved aaron rogers has done well cincinnati he put up almost 303 against um what's the thought process there with the wide receivers or maybe the pass catchers in general so uh jeremy bernard i'm actually i'm very open to him as a lower level play this isn't like a i'm really excited for bernard this week but since he's kind of taking the job and and been a focal point of the offense since week five we have a 25 percent target share that's solid and the and the steelers are like this isn't a horrifically tiny passing pie like other ones where if you quote 25 it just is it's just hopes and dreams and the the the matchup of him running out of the slot versus cincinnati they are uh vulnerable at that position so i think bernard's a in flex consideration okay uh that was a good one should be i'm excited for this game i'm i think it's going to be super fun and uh coming off the bye for pittsburgh too preparing for their division mates is this a true story that michael pitman warmed up with his teammates or is this we're just rubbing salt in the wound he's on ir he's getting close to return that's that's what i uh i've seen recently so all right and if you just hopefully returns to like something else yeah i mean i i do think he is going to be a big part of this offense i mean they they paid him a lot of money and he's been injured this year so we haven't seen him i don't i think he might just be injured all year yeah when i say i do not mean this i'm not talking like he's going to come back and be important for fantasy if if that's what it sounded like i'm saying as a stealer like next year getting back when he's healthy um i i don't think they're just gonna completely move on if you want to feel alive uh darnell washington's pretty much 10 points every other week so which week is it well do you count the bye week as an off week this is these are important questions i do then this would be a 10-point week okay it is a good matchup cincinnati you know you that's always been a team you target the tight end the los angeles chargers are uh oh and eight and they take on the four and five baltimore ravens we get chargers on monday night football well like you jason yeah the nfl thought the chargers were going to be a good team baltimore with jacoby brissett minus four and a half over under is 38 and a half which look i there we go i think that there we go i think it's going to be gross this game's going to be gross i the chargers offense we've seen almost no signs of life from i i do think that the chargers on monday night football their defense is going to be the the piece that steps up a little bit jacoby getting it going for baltimore week one seems tough they're only projected for 21 points we already beat this team this is true he did with a totally different offense and a worse one so you you're going with my uh derrick henry who you know i think they'll lean on right yes and i like jacoby being there to make the offense functional the matchup is great derrick henry i'm calling my shot here we we get out of the slump okay zay flowers we're watching with bated breath zay flowers and jacoby brissett combo we brissett is honestly he's one of the the situation for in fantasy on a weekly basis. There have been games in Arizona where they score a ton of points. He moves the ball a ton, tons of yards, looks good. There have been games where he's looked like a fourth stringer. And, you know, pressure, inaccurate, weird decision making. The one thing he never did in Arizona was win a lot of games. He's got a much better situation here, but this is a team that's lost four straight. So I'm watching Monday Night Football as an experiment. Yeah, I'm still starting Zay Flowers. I think that this is a situation where Jacoby Brissett will be able to get Zay Flowers the ball. And Zay Flowers will be open. That combination is enough for me. The way that Flowers plays and the way he's playing, especially this year, you just need someone who can actually get the ball to him. Because then he's going to make all the rest happen. And usually, I mean, we saw this with Trey McBride. We saw this with Michael Wilson. And Jacoby Brissett just kind of really hyper-targets his best guy. And here, it's very clear that Zay Flowers is their primary receiver. Yeah, yeah, that makes sense. Jacoby Lane probably have to start him in League of Records. Oh, okay. He's in. Hey, the matchup is there, Jay. Yeah, look. Big, big question, guys. Can you play a Los Angeles Charger? All right, let's go through this. Did not participate in practice for Ladd. Ladd is the one guy that if he was healthy, you'd be like, well, okay. But he hasn't been healthy all year. And obviously, currently not healthy. So, man. I don't think so. Do you take a shot on – if you had to start one guy, you have to start someone. It's a rule. You can start any position. You can start any running back, any receiver. You can start any receiver, but it has to be in your lineup. Tell me why it's Quentin Johnston. It's huge. It is because he's – of anyone on this team, he's the one who can actually hit the home run. Would you play him over some of these other weird decisions this week? Quentin Johnston over – oh, like – Like Keenan Allen. No. Oh, man. Because my confidence is different than Jason's on that, so I don't know where you are in that mix. Or what about, you know, the Adlai Mitchell, Omar Coopers? No, not the Jets guys. What about – Any of the Colts guys. Yeah, the teams we – What about Caleb Douglas? I could play Douglas. Yeah, I could play Douglas. We don't need to talk about the – Yeah, well, I was saying the no-namers, the people who cannot be identified. Four teams on by. A lot of people are starting these random – Yes, I'd play him over – Yeah, you've got to be able to start – Mack Hollins or Quentin Johnston? Mack Hollins. Yeah. Yeah. I'd play him over the Cardinals receiving career. I agree with that. I'll play him, I think, over – well, I might play Doolin over. Huge. Not Treadwell? No. Treadwell's not getting targeted. Treadwell gets – he's the new Alec Pierce, just doing cardio. I really was about to take – I believe his Treadwell was at nine and a half receiving yards for his – Yeah, see, that's what I'm talking about. That's so easy. Treadwell, the last three weeks, one target, two targets, two targets. Yeah, but how many times over nine and a half yards? Two out of three. There you go. Go back further. It's great. Some injury updates for you. A.J. Brown, Ramondus Stevenson listing questionable. For week 10, Hunter Henry not listed on the injury report. He will play. Phew, that's good. Aaron Glenn is confident Garrett Wilson will play, and Omar Cooper will play as well. So yesterday's start of the week update, it was Garrett Wilson. If he plays, it's Garrett Wilson. The other two, flip a coin, pray, whatever it takes. Oh, Texans. Woody Marks practice. Wow. Woody Marks and David Montgomery both practice. The Amari DiMarcato. That's not good for my DiMarcato bet. Denzel Boston was back at practice today. Tell me DiMarcato's in your price picks. No, no, no, no. Oh, okay. No, no, but in the listener league, I had to choose, do I play Devin Singletary right now? Or wait for DiMarcato? Or do I? You made the right decision. No matter what, you made the right decision. Still don't know how much they practiced. They're just at practice, so we'll see what their reported status is. Like hitting the vending machine? Probably a little bit more than that. Grabbing a Snickers? I don't know. I mean, we saw David Montgomery. They're checking their tickets for practice. It is first practice yesterday. He's basically just doing the band stretch walking. He was not doing much. All right. We'll take a break, and we'll come back with the face-off. All righty. It's time. Fantasy Face-Off, presented by PrizePix. Well, last week it was Mike v. myself versus Al Borland, right? Oh, this is. And it didn't go well for one of us. And. I am. Foot Clan, it wasn't all that suffering. Ice cold. It's funny. On the Kay Adams show this morning, she was saying, who's been, you know, who's just been getting things right? And it's you. You've just been dominating. Season long has been very good. But not. No. Not here. PrizePix is not working for me right now. So Mike is going to have to spin it. Wheel of shame. Mime. Yeah. Oh, this is. This is. Your fingerprints are all over that wheel. Yeah, we're going to spin it. I see a space spud. I see a frog prince. Lord of the Fries. Oscar. Oh, you're an Oscar winner. Right? Oh, is he a great actor? Oh, no. I think this is more Oscar the grouse. Is this a hat? No. Yeah, that looks like a hat. It does look like a hat. All right, this is going to take me a second. Is there a hole in there for him to. Yeah, there's a head and two arms. Oh, that's awesome. You gave him a very nice garbage dress. And what a cool outfit. Looks like something Lady Gaga would wear. It does. All right. Oh, did you cut a big enough head hole? Yeah. Because he's got a noggin. Probably not, but he could rip it. Oh, he's good. He's in. And you look good. Oh, this is. Look at you. This is like perfect summation of the last few weeks. This is good. You're a trash can. Oh, man. You look like a trash samurai. Did we make this? Yes. Yes, I did. This morning. Al had to make it. Yeah. This is bespoke. Oh, very nice. All right. And we'll throw some trash away during the course of the. We'll throw garbage at you. I love trash. All right. Let's start it off. Give me your garbage. All right. We have. We'll start at the quarterback position. Okay. I'm going to go Cam Ward. Longest rush. 8.5. That's ridiculous. You're going less than that. I'm taking less. All right. Against Jacksonville. I like that. Oh, that's a big throat. Yeah. Sorry. I'm going to take this garbage and throw it at Mike. And then I'm going to tell you that Bryce Young, whose projection is 249 and a half passing yards. I'm going more. Yeah. I really want that game. It's a big week for him. It's a big week. And I want that game. Start a darn burner. All right. I got Drake May 262 and a half passing yards. And I don't think they're going to be able to run, but they will have to keep up. So I'm going more. Oh, okay. I was not sure which way you were going on that one. All right. Running back. Ollie Gordon. I'm taking his rush attempt. 17.5. I'm taking the more with Kyle McCord behind center. I think every offensive possession is going to have two or three, four, hopefully more than that with the first down. Ollie Gordon attempts all game, every game or all game long. So there you go. 17 and a half. I'm taking the more. Okay. I'm going with a Russian. Shut up. Garbage. I love garbage. You see, the problem is you're like, oh, I'm going to, I'll humiliate him throwing garbage. I love garbage. Yeah. Well, to be fair. This is. This is not garbage yet. This is some fresh fruit and veggies that turn into, turn into garbage later. I'm going with the rushing attempt projection as well. I'm going with Jalen Warren. His. That's not loud at all. His projection is. Okay. 13 and a half. Sorry guys. What? I'm going more than 13 and a half rushing attempts for Jalen Warren. Is that a, that's not a green goblin. No, that seems like that's not a green goblin. No, that's it. That's that's just a good find. Oh my God. Shut up garbage. Mike, you got me in the throat too. Uh, Brees Hall, uh, against Buffalo. I'm like, I'm not super sure how this split is going to shake out between Hall and Braylon Allen, but they are playing Buffalo. They're going to Brees Hall is going to be able to run. So we've got 54 and a half rushing yards. I'm going more. All right. Wide receivers. Oh, my hat's still go back to my camera. Now it's very fashionable samurai. I'm going to a gala. Yeah. You look like a French garbage can. Oh my God. We, we, my green goblins, my wide receiver. I'm on Ross. St. Brown 5.5 receptions. I'm taking the more my wide receivers green goblin. I know five and a half is so many. I know. Uh, I'm going with a goblin as well for my wide receiver. DJ more, more than 19 and a half receiving yards. 19 and a half. Yeah. You are. You got some good fines here. Yes, sir. You're not garbage. No, I'm not. I'm not garbage. He's garbage. Shut up. Garbage. Garbage. These are so hard. I know. We're throwing these rock. You're going to break his new laptop. Uh, oh my gosh. Hold on. Oh, that's good. I like it. This is what we're doing now. Yeah. Uh, we're going with borrowers. McLean lemonade's newest edition. I knew it. Jordan. I knew it. I, I wanted to put Jordan Tyson in because I knew you were going to like have him explode. I thought his projection was, it scared me. That's why I went with the goblin. Oh, okay. 14 and a half. Oh, that's awesome. More. Yes, for sure. Wow. That is low. I have my regrets. Okay. Moving on. What are we left with? We have a tight end position. Well, I'm going to go back to the well. I lost on this one last week. I'm going back to Tyler Warren. I'm taking eight receiving targets. I'm taking more. I'm doing it again. A lot. Yeah. He got to like seven last week. Okay. But, uh, no, I don't worry about it. I am going with your trash. You're garbage. You shut up. Trash man. Um, I'm going. I'm going with Dalton Kincaid. Really? Two different bills. Two different bills. Uh, receiving yards. 41 and a half is his projection, but I'm going less. He's a little banged up. That's why, you know, go more on more and less on. Oh, you're trying some correlation. I'm going with a stack here for Drake May. I got Hunter Henry. Thank goodness. The foot is okay. Oh, wow. 35 and a half. I'm going to go more. He's been very good for them. So we'll see how it turns out this week. That was fancy face off. Presented by prize picks. Download the prize picks app now and follow our profile at the FF ballers. Today. We'll be dropping our week 10 fantasy footballers player pack lineup from our top face off picks prize picks. Run your game. Eat it. Trash can. That is going to do it for today's show. Good luck this weekend. Don't forget injury blitz podcast later this afternoon for Matthew Betts and Sunday live with the trash man with the trash man coming up on Sunday morning. Don't think about garbage. Goodbye. Bye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the fantasy footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on join the foot.com and follow us on Twitter at the FF ballers.