Week 9 Matchups + Maximum Kubes! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/6

Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Hey, welcome in. Hey. All right. Hey is for horses. Lots going on. Lots of going on. Welcome into the show. The Fantasy Footballers, Mike Wright, Andy Holloway, and a cardboard bear. Coming at you Friday, November 6th. More matchups to talk about. NFL news breaking. We got some moments to go. It's a Foot Clan Friday. We had a Thursday night game. And sometimes you look at. We had a game, Mike. We broke this game down on Wednesday in the Thursday night preview episode. And sometimes you do it, and then the game just. It doesn't. It just takes a different turn. And it doesn't look at all like you thought the game was going to go. I don't know if I remember a game that has gone more exactly like we thought it was going to go than the 33-10 drubbing, the hapless drubbing of the Ravens. Jacksonville, we talked about, do you start Trevor Lawrence? We talked about the fact that there was a good possibility the defense, which had two interceptions, and the running game, which had two touchdowns, might cap the upside of Trevor Lawrence. He ends up 242-1. That's. You'd rather. Like, if you knew that going into a week, you'd rather take another option. Of course. And it was also very rainy. Yes, it was. Very soggy. Yeah, you had like a fumble by Trevor. Hunter. By Hunter. And the two picks, the weather didn't help. We also talked about, would you bench Zay Flowers, who was 3-for-6, Mike? This was the future. This is the biggest takeaway of this game, was watching this and yet again being so grateful that they traded for Jacoby Brissett, because this would have. This was a preview of your future. Yes. If that didn't happen. We got compensation updates this morning. The Cardinals got a 4-5 swap. Mm-hmm. And an outright 7 for Jacoby Brissett, which Mike was willing to accept just bus or airfare. Yes. To get him out of the building. Yeah, so for Arizona, it's fantastic. For the Ravens, you had to do something. It's a chance. If you didn't move for a quarterback, you're raising the white flag saying, we give up for next year. And now it's like, hey, what if Jacoby wins some. Because the defense forever. For how bad the offense was for Baltimore, in the first half, the defense was holding on. They're a decent defensive unit. And if you can get something from the offense, and you can just sneak out a few wins here or there. Especially some divisional wins. Then you get into this range of, does Lamar actually come back? Yeah. And the way the Ravens are looking at this is, we're going to make the playoffs. Our pick in the fourth round is going to be in the late 20s. And Arizona's going to be, what, a top three pick? So we moved back. 15 spots. Yeah. Something like that. 10 spots? That's the hope. I mean, yeah. So I think it works for everybody. If you played Derrick Henry, it was 17 for 57, no touchdowns. You had asked whether I thought they'd go over 14 with him. I thought they would. I think you have to in this situation. He'll get a lot of carries. The touchdown was Justice Hill late in the game, a 65-yarder. If you started Parker Washington, congrats on the one play. He was 2 for 61. Everybody else was no good. And then the leading rusher on this team was Amir Abdullah, 7 for 30. I mean, Basial Tootin, 12 for 29. Chris Rodriguez, 10 for 19. Both those guys scored. You were bailed out. And, you know, nobody won on Thursday night. Let's put it that way. No, nobody. You might have lost if you played Derrick Henry and Flowers, but you didn't win. So there you go. It was how we thought it might go. It's unfortunate. The Ravens just weren't going to be competitive. Mike was like, shout out to the Ravens fans. They go out. They go out. You have to sit in the rain knowing you have no chance to win the game. I would not have been there. So it is Friday. Well, every Friday we want to say thank you to the supporters of this podcast over at JoinTheFoot.com, and we give a $100 gift card away to fantasy champs. Today's winner, Dustin Dean, 4. Dustin Dean, 4 from the Foot Clan. Congratulations. Your gift card is in the mail. I mean, digital mail. Yeah, e-mail. All right. They're paper coupons. They're on the way. All right. Let's talk news. News and notes from around the league. Okay. Some injury updates and then a little bit of news. We already talked about the Jacoby Brissett trade finalization. Brian Robinson, Jr. ruled out again for the Falcons. Garrett Wilson, out this week. It was inevitable. Brees Hall, upgraded to full. Brees Hall and Braylon Allen going to share time. Right now, lay of the land, league of record. There's a lot of outcomes that can still happen. The trade deadline is not over. Mike won a championship last year, and I'm going to be really frank with you. Foot Clan here. I don't want him to win again. I have no interest in that. Al, thoughts? I'm in complete agreeance. Agreeance. See, this is the vocabulary problem we have. I don't think agreeance is a word. I want you to audit that. Agreement might have worked. We'll let Kyle vote. You have a miscellany of new words to look into. Oh, it is! Shoot! Did he use it correctly, Kyle? We are in agreeance. Okay. I stand 100% corrected. Thank you. You're a genius. Thank you. Harvard was it? I think you said a word that you misspoke, and then it turned out to be a real word. Oh, like an accidental Scrabble play? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hmm. It is classified as rare. According to Reddit? It is rare, archaic, or non-standard. You did not mean to say that word. That's not a real word. I did mean to say that word. Because you're archaic and rare? No. I digress. I digress. But my point was, I don't want Mike to win. That's like you banked it in. You banked in a three. Yeah, and you didn't call it. You guys are idiots. Facts. Facts. Let me get back to my point. My point was that I don't want Mike to win. One of Mike's situations is he is the Braylon Allen manager. So a Brees Hall trade equals a great start to the rest of the season. So, so far, that's not happening. No, and I don't think it will. I'm one thumb up. Number two is he's the Jonathan Taylor manager. And he wants him to go not to Indianapolis, right? He wants him to leave. To be fair, I want him, I think what the Colts are doing is stupid that they're going to play him this weekend. My fantasy team approves. You need him on the field. Against the Dallas Cowboys? Well, my nightmare scenario was Jonathan Taylor in Minnesota and Braylon Allen. And Mike singing songs through the office with no pants on. Yeah. So that hasn't happened yet, which Mike, I'm sorry. But Brees Hall is going to play Harold Fannin. All right. Red alert here. Yes. Harold Fannin was added to the injury report with a groin injury. I've already sent a note to Al Borland. I canceled our bet. I moved Tucker Kraft back into my lineup and I'm officially canceling Harold Fannin as a start of the week. Canceled. Canceled start of the week. This was unfortunate. A late injury report. Report addition with a groin injury. Not good. And he was recovering from a groin core muscle surgery in the offseason. So I don't like, I don't like hearing any of that. No. Giants updates. Cam Scadaboo did not practice. It's looking highly, highly unlikely. We've adjusted our rankings. He's probably not playing, which means Devin Singletary will be alone. I mean, they got to bring somebody up. Yeah. A practice squad guy. Like you can't just have your only draft. Dressed running back be Devin. Let's see. We got a, hold on. I want this chart up on the back wall. Not a chance. Um, the historical frequency of the word agreeance. It, it peaked in 1770. Yeah. It started dropping down 1850. It was still being used quite a bit. It really hit its basement in 1910 where almost nobody on earth used it. And then it has gone up since 1910, especially used by producers. I'm adding. Oh, there it is. There's the chart. The usage of the word agreeance. Did that just get updated? Like in real time? That was a real time when he said it out loud, that front part of the chart popped up a little bit from nothing to that one time. Okay. So I apologize for not knowing who this player is, but the running back I'm seeing on the giant step chart, Greg, the Rosie. Of course. Yeah. Yeah. Everyone knows that. So how about this? Mike Malik neighbors. did not practice on Thursday due to a knee hmm don't love that i am not in agreeance with that report is it i do not like is it the reconstructed one i would love to have uh matthew batts or kyle way in here get this man some i find out a little bit more for us because we just got this information get the swelling down uh on the note but no details um saquon upgraded to a limited they're managing him with the hamstring and backhoe play davante smith and don tavian wick still not practicing this team is host yeah joe milton good luck we might talk about him later oh oh nice i don't even know which direction i know because his projections are not very strong no you'll you'll be entertained all right my uh my selection there um neighbors did say he'll be good that is from the source right which is not the most reliable of i would like that from a doctor uh the vikings are starting carson wentz monday night against the bills kyler is week to week with the hamstring kyler is uh carson wentz production with his hamstring right yeah depending on how it goes a.j brown hunter henry travion henderson we did get an we did we got an update on the henderson situation which is he put out a public statement he has been experiencing quote unexplained neurological symptoms unquote from an unusual medical emergency it's not great he says testing has been put in place for a week and a half and a half and a half and a half and a half he says testing has been positive i read the full presser it it detailed that the neurological symptoms were impacting some things like coordination and so you know prayers up for travo yeah it's weird and uh no a.j brown this looks hunter henry it seems unlikely so um yeah neighbors is neighbors is going to play on sunday he should cmc returned to a limited practice with the hamstring i imagine he was going to play and then we got an upgrade for emeka abuka full practice he will now compete i have i'm reporting this he will compete for one of the six potential completions made by baker mayfield this week you're only giving him six six is high mike compared to last week i mean it would be an infinite it would be more than six but um i know and the the return of abuka helps the completions it's just um we'll talk about that game later too mike we'll talk about that game okay wow a lot of teasing going on yeah i'm i'm gonna send us to an early break here so we don't have any breaks in the forecast and then we'll uh we'll break down some matchups fantasy forecast presented by prize picks okie dokie yesterday we covered bangles falcons cowboys colts jets chiefs lions dolphins browns saints giants eagles rams commanders broncos panthers so if you want to hear those breakdowns as yesterday click on yesterday's episode today we have six more matchups remaining we also have a fantasy face-off segment with a delightful shame upcoming delightful because it is not me and it's also not the bear the bear is not getting shamed today although at some point i would like to do that's pretty selfish i would like to do that uh oh my god you don't always pick the right time but that was that was good that was the right time houston's two and five somehow and uh the chargers are oh and seven that's where we're starting games in los angeles vegas line houston minus six no no andy's almost upset of the week go chargers i haven't had one of those in a couple weeks right no i was gonna point that out yesterday yeah i uh those that want to know they'll be like you didn't do an almost upset if it doesn't hit me in the middle of the show i don't do it this is not a this is not some kind of you know this is real life this is not some kind of joke chargers it's not like the chargers okay uh houston minus six over under 40 am i remembering right they were the sixth highest odds for super bowl for the super bowl entering the season what about now i don't think they're at six anymore i think you can get really really good odds i think the book is like sure give us your money these guys suck yeah ten and a half wins was their window we can't we can't linger there we're talking about an almost upset here guys 40.5 on the over under okay so the headline here fantasy points might be harder to come by overall 17 implied points for the chargers their offense can't score houston their defense can't stop people right now coming off the buy chargers at home uh we have a stat from true media the chargers offense is 27 drives without a touchdown is the longest streak since the dolphins 30 drives in 2024 under mike mcdaniel they stink so yeah this is a a must win game for houston as well you you made the trade for marvin harrison you lose last week to you know or sorry two weeks ago and you're sitting two and five so this division's getting away from you um justin herbert has not finished inside the top 20 there are rumors of hampton getting more touches according to jim harbaugh they want to go away from a three-man rotation that is something i'm paying attention to that would be great news at least for fantasy football and maybe i don't know maybe for the chargers maybe what they need to do is to commit to one guy is hampton good enough i don't know lad mcconkey has done nothing he has been hurt all year long and the chargers suck how dare you he almost scored he did almost on a tipped gross listen this this uh almost upset is i think this game will be disgusting so i would play no chargers i would play two texans i would play woody marks with all the work yeah and i'd play nico collins oh really you're out on stroud i am out on stroud because i think the chargers are going to win the game i think that uh the matchup is you know the chargers defense number three in the league in adjusted fantasy points given up to quarterbacks their defense has been good their offense has been so abysmal that they can't compete so i'm actually out on stroud okay um are you fine with him yeah as a as a low-end qb1 starter sure okay uh no i'm not worrying about marvin harrison jr david montgomery's not going to play do you have any other like would you play hampton in a certain situation yeah would you flex hampton or lad in the same game oh that's a like you're in a league where like they make you start a church if i had to start one of them i would play lad because the the the wow kyle has that exact decision hampton or lad where are you going with that i was gonna say i would play i'm gonna play hampton but what are you gonna do kyle i'm gonna play lad and hate myself oh well you would what if you played hampton that's a that's a trap yeah you're gonna hate yourself no matter what so yeah with hampton i'll hate myself more so okay yeah the way i look at it is the texans defense at least on this year they are giving up more points to the wide receiver position not that they're stopping running backs sure but 30th uh schedule adjusted against the wide receiver position so they are giving up an extra five points above average to the wide receiver position and i believe that lad mcconkey's a good football player is hampton a good football player i still don't know and i i agree with you that lad is a good right now he's a hundred percent that's my only concern uh the green bay packers at five and three oh thank goodness we get to leave that game take on the five and three new england patriots this is exciting al you get to see your packers travel to new england they're playing good football vegas line new england minus three over under 44 and a half um since week four new england has the scored the most points in the nfl and drake may as the qb1 don't look at me when you say i'm sorry uh green bay leads the nfl and offensive epa fifth and explosive passes yeah yeah don't look at you because you traded the qb1 away no i didn't well he did he traded him to the wire just cold dropped him yeah oh that's right you you rage dropped him and then he he's been the qb1 since the moment you dropped him um the the defense for green bay has looked better and better as the season's gone on they're they're actually playing really well this is the first time i've seen him play in the nfl and drake may as the qb1 green bay has played new england since 2018 that was a brady rogers matchup um so here we go prize picks projection for i heard the name brady rogers and i'm like who's that who is that uh good old brady rogers yeah you know the old punk was this like 1930 that's right he was a punk kicker um 274.5 that's the prize picks projection for jordan love cool only burrow is higher only burrow is higher this week yeah i had seen that and i was like man so love with that projection with the way their offense has been playing with the big play potential of golden and watson sure yeah i mean watson and goldner every week starts right they are they are it a reminder watson does have a broken rib He, I'm sure, he'll get the magic sauce that'll alleviate some of the pain. But guys don't play as well with Proven Red. That's one ibuprofen. That's all they take. That's what he takes, yeah. He's tough. Tucker Kraft since week four, 11 fancy points a game, 5 for 49. Submerge me. In ibuprofen? No. Oh, okay. No, the good stuff. Oh, the good stuff. I don't want to feel anything from my neck down. I'm just going to be out looking like rubber bands. Doctor, do the epidural. Do the epidural. You know how cartoons used to look? Yes, yes, yes. That would be me. You have no feeling anywhere? If I had to play in the NFL, I would prefer no feeling before I started playing. Jacobs, Mike, where are you with the 2.3 yards per carry Josh Jacobs who finds his way into the end zone? My thoughts on Josh Jacobs are well documented at this point. You're going to hope for a touchdown. This one's even worse because the Patriots are currently third in adjusted points. To the running back position as in the third worst matchup. So, if he falls into the end zone like he did last week, you'll be happy. If he doesn't, you will get 30 to 40 yards. So, Matthew Golden right now, third most targets among all wide receivers in football. First in air yards, first in deep targets. It's such an interesting thing to hear. Christian Watson's one of my my guys. Been amazing. Yeah, he's been one of the best picks. In all of fantasy football. Slightly better than Ladd. To get a player who's putting up points like he did in the fifth, sixth round. That's league winning stuff. Somehow his teammates is a better pick. Yes. Due to him going in the double digit rounds. Wow. Just value. Yeah. Yeah. So, good work Packers. All right. Drake May. The past five weeks. QB 1, 1, 3, 2, and 6. He has been pressured. He's been pressured more than any quarterback and has overcome it. I think this is going to be a fun game. Is Jordan Love like a must play for you? I know the price fix projection is insane. We're in a world now where like, you know, we have expectations. I mean, like Lamar is hurt. He's not a part of the equation anymore. Trevor Lawrence, we didn't love this week. Yeah, I think Jordan Love is a must start among the starters. So, who was the other guy? Oh, Stroud. So, you're. Oh, big time. Big Uter. Yeah, I'll take that 274 points. I think this one has more potential. The defense is not being able to do as much to stop the offenses. Ramondre. He's going to get everything. Trayvon will not play. Corey Kiner stole his stash. A.J. Brown will not be out there. DeMario Douglas. Let me tell you this. Top 10 wide receiver in three of four weeks. What happened the one week I played him? That would be the one of four weeks that he did nothing. But with Hunter Henry likely to be hurt or out. I mean, out or limited. Yes. I mean. That does help. I think DeMario Douglas is an actually great play. I'm okay playing him. If I say that, he might not be good. The problem is he's Pop Douglas. And he's a slot wide receiver who is not getting volume. He's a slot wide receiver that the offense does not run through. Correct. This week or this past week was three catches. He just happened to rip off a 48-yard reception and a touchdown. Because the week before that was three receptions for 26. I think you're playing a dangerous game. With Hunter Henry out, it makes it a bit safer. Would you play him over your start of the week, Caleb Douglas? No. I would not. Would you play him over Keenan Allen? Probably not. No. Would you play him over Ladd? I'm okay with that move, yeah. Okay. Yeah. I don't think. I mean, if you really are desperate and you need an emergency start at tight end, Eli Raridon should do some stuff this week. He's normally part of the team. He's going to play the offense four targets, four targets, three targets, five targets. That's with Hunter Henry. I think he's my sneaky snart, if we want to bring that back. Someone thought I said that the other day on the show. Oh, again? They remember the early days, and they thought they heard me say that. So, my sneaky snart is Eli Raridon. I don't. I mean, the matchup is not great. Packers, second on the year in totality, sixth in schedule adjusted. Are you going to force me? Are you going to force me to Raridon touchdown guarantee? Because I will not do that. Okay. I will not. I mean, I'll try to force you. No matter what you do, I won't. Because I like when you say stuff and it's dumb. But he might score. The Raiders at four and four are taking on the six and one San Francisco 49ers. 49ers, Mike, 10-point favorites. Over under a delicious, majestic 51.5. It's good. It's great. This will work. It's great. The Raiders have been a party. Like, Jason's famous, I want this game. When the Raiders play, it works out. They've hit the over, all the Raiders games, the last six times. So, over 51.5, you're going to be very happy for fantasy. But happy with who, Mike? Are you going to be happy with Jenty? Right now, the. Oh, my gosh. I'm looking at the projections, the prize picks projections. 28.5 rushing yards. That means that Mike Washington is higher. That means Kalen Black is higher. Where things could go right for Jenty, is last week, let's say they used that as the soft benching, the wake-up call. But also, Jenty is being used as a wide receiver out of the backfield. And San Francisco is the team that people are targeting their running back more on average against the 49ers over every other team. So, I'm still fine. I'm still fine playing Jenty. Even if you're like, he's not going to get carries. He might not. But I'm still okay playing him in this matchup because of receptions. Oh, this nickname's going to stick. Start-sit question for Jenty, Mike. As Kyle calls Jenty, Fancy R.J. Harvey. Yeah. Or Algier. So, Fancy R.J. Harvey, a.k.a. Ashton Jenty. I would. Or Tyler Algier. I'd play the Fancy boy. Okay. I don't want to play Algier. I don't want to play Algier against the Seahawks. I will be watching to see the distribution of work and whether Mike Washington Jr. gets a lot of work again. Trey Tucker goosed last week. He is a dart throw that can work out. Brock Bowers is a player that always works out. Yeah. This matchup, I'd play him even with the lack of weapons. If you turn over to the 49er side, you have Brock Purdy who's playing great. But it's slowed down. Yeah. Yeah. Mike Evans' injury. Mike Evans' injury has slowed it down. Mike Evans being out is devastating to this offense. But. This week in particular. And he's not expected to play. Debo's not expected to play. I'm just saying of. You know, we listed like Stroud. Kurt probably won't play. I'm going to play Purdy over those guys still. Yeah. They have so many injuries. And if McCaffrey is limited and you see more Kalen Black, which could happen, this is a weird game where. It is. I mean, they're 31 point implied point total. Kyle, is that the highest on the week? Let me check. Yeah. I think that's got to be it. It's got to be up there. Oh, it's definitely up there. So, yeah. And we get to. Is this we find out who the ultimate Kubes is? Oh. Maximum Kubes? Yeah. Hmm. It's probably going to be. Because Clay Kubiak is the OC for the 49ers. Mm-hmm. Clint Kubiak's the new head coach for the Raiders. Yeah. So, it's a cube off. It is. I got to be. You got to be careful here. I got to workshop that stuff in my head. George Kittle. Second most red zone targets among tight ends. Play him. Play him a lot. Play him twice if you can. Highest of the week, yeah. All right. On the implied point total. So, I mean, that's very good for Kittle. They'll probably be a. Like, if you had to find. Is it Brandon Cooks? Is that the, like. Oh, am I trying to find a sneaky guy? Well, if they have the highest implied point total of the year and Debo and Evans are going to be out. The week. The week. Oh, the week. I mean. No. No. No. I'm not searching. How are they going to search? How are they going to score that many points without a wide receiver? The thing is, somebody will, but I'm not going to search after it. Hmm. I mean, George Kittle will be great. I mean, it could be just Kalen Black and McCaffrey. Okay, the Cardinals. Mike, three and five Cardinals. They've rid them. In one week, they've gone from Jacoby being their starter to Jacoby being their third stringer to Jacoby being off the team. So, things are going well. The Seahawks, four and four. Seahawks, eight and a half point home favorites over and under is 39 and a half. It might be a real tough week for Mr. Gardner Minshew. I project it to be that way. So, what do you do with the Cardinals? Talk to me. Okay, so, look, Michael Wilson. Oh, man. I'll come back to him. That's like the hardest one. Couple of broken ribs. Yeah, McBride is in. If you spent the money on Tyler Algier this week for the waiver wire, you probably play him because you're. If you spent on Algier, you said, I really need some running back production. Like, I just. I need someone who's going to be on the field getting touches. He will do that. Do we have any Bam Knight updates? So, did not practice Wednesday or Thursday. He's probably out. He's probably out. I mean, it's going to be all Algier and it's going to be a lot of running game because I don't think. I mean, it's. So, I would. It's not. It's just volume. It's like Henry last night. Not unlike Derrick Henry. Yes. of last night. where 17 for 57 maybe no touchdown you don't want to do it but like you might be forced into it mike mcdonald has not lost to arizona they're 5-0 against the cardinals they're at home their defense is really just it's going to be way too difficult for arizona but so michael wilson oh yeah let's so you're reading these quotes uh have you seen have you seen these read them for the people i'm ecstatic that we won but physically i'm not too good pain is temporary glory is forever i'll take the rib pain for a win the organization's paying me a lot of money so if i can muster up the strength to go play at 60 i'm going to you're going to need about 300 michael wilson to get get points in this game i'd try to set him is that is that good no i did i read that as that was a wild ride yes but i think dog that's dog yeah yeah yeah but that's scary yes i would not play michael wilson this week i'd play mcbride yeah i'd play algier if i'm in a pinch and need need some opportunities because he could score yeah i guess i am trying to but i mean seattle's defense 37 straight games without 100 yard rusher you're not going to have the big breakaway dallas cowboy run from algier so i i am i'm trying to avoid cardinal the cardinals are implied point told do you know what it is uh 15 yeah it's not great so michael wilson or pop douglas pop okay so then you're not going to say a name i don't say over michael wilson this week devon bailey against cleveland bailey no i don't know about that i don't know about that one i'm probably bailey i mean there's no tyson back right i mean yeah probably bailey yeah we have we have not heard if tyson's look it's tough because because wilson will get if he plays he's going to get all i'll stick with wilson i'll stick with wilson he'll get all the targets it's just you know this is the number one team in the nfl against the wide receiver position and number two against quarter back mckay lemon with bazooka joe against the giants yeah just give me mckay okay um drew lock's gonna start for the seattle sea chickens got him got him well they're four and four i can get them right now they're gonna win though what do you do at the running back position did darian price zach charbonnet don't love it price is projected with way more yards than charbonnet look jadarian price led the backfield last week with a total of 10 carrybacks uh it was not efficient but jadarian does have the juice compared to charbonnet do we i don't remember what happened in the red zone they took the well there was a halani snap here there but they took the player that was producing and ran well in emmanuel wilson yes and they did not give him an offensive snap and they gave it all to price and to charbonnet so that's fun play jsn play no one else in the wide receiver or tight end room for seattle are you playing jsn any of these running backs like it should be well you're gonna be you're gonna whoa i'm shocked to see this number the cardinals are sixth and adjusted points to the running back position yeah i didn't know it was i mean they're a team that's so bad that receivers and quarterbacks score all the points on them i didn't realize i don't like the fact that you know it's going to be two to three guys snap wise yeah and i'd love to say like if i knew charbonnet was 100 i'd be like just play charbonnet he'll probably get red zone opportunities but it could be holani i think price is the one to play if you're gonna play one i agree but i don't love it no no let's talk about the run first tampa bay buccaneers they're three and five taking on the chicago bears who are on a roll they're six and two this is a really fun interesting game i think this is fun we get another chicago in prime time i'm all for it yes they are it's a fun prime time team they are yes exactly they're going to give you a show and it's another let's see can the offense keep beating up on really strong defenses yeah chicago minus six over under is 47 and a half this is the top two rushing teams in the nfl through eight weeks tampa bay is number one bears are two um rushing first downs tampa's number one bears are fourth bears are number one in rushing touchdowns and the bears lead the league in average time of possession something that tampa lately has been doing well uh because of the fact that they just the football they play at a slow pace bucky has been on fire he's been the best fantasy running back the last four weeks top 10 running back in three or four he's in your lineup no matter what but it's a push comes to shove situation jeffrey simmons coming in they were already good against the run it's kind of you know you're going to get the volume and he's a bigger play kind of running back so one or two big runs can do it but i'm not messing around with kenny gainwell his his backup and i don't i just don't know what to do with any of the passing games game in tampa mike i agree the the numbers like the bears right now 28th adjusted against quarterback so it's like matchup wise it makes sense for baker but it's been quite a it's been quite a while since we've really seen baker giving us anything of of value would you play baker or stroud because you were i would play i would play stroud and i i would not touch baker in any situation like i might go gardener over here but i would play stroud and i i would not touch baker in any situation like i might go baker like i just don't like the possibility of you know i don't think they win this game gardener and baker we need a third we need a third occupation yeah yeah the candlestick maker oh i see what you're saying a gardener a baker a candlestick maker i don't know three men in a tub rub-a-dub-dub-dub something like that got it sorry man these these games are wild are you playing abuka no no no i don't this is wild yeah i like playing i think bucky's the only player you play i like my players in a matchup against the bears not anymore but i don't not anymore man yeah we're gonna that's gonna change i mean the bears are the bears are improving on the defensive side jeffrey simmons is a difference maker caleb yep yeah you can't bench swift you can't bench caleb you can't probably can't bench burden right now no you cannot and you should probably play colson loveland well that's leading the team in target position and you should probably play colson loveland since week four if you look at the buccaneers yeah fourth against quarterbacks second running back third against wide receivers and then what's this what's this little guy 19th against the tight end position you're hoping for some uh yes mr love yes very very much okay monday night football the buffalo bills at six and one taking on the six and one minnesota vikings without kyler carson wins getting the start buffalo minus three over under 44 and a half how do we how are we in a world where we're rooting for it no it's just i know how the starting quarterback we're you know very frequently in football what is it the the phrase that the backup is like the most popular guy in the to fans because the starter you get to see if they're good or not the backup is always hope but we're watching the vikings and we just know we know the team would be better if they played carson wins and we just know we know the team would be better yeah i got i remember seeing some people they were really like usually usually those are all just false hopes of maybe the backup could be better than what we're getting we just we know well we on an nfl level we we we think we know for sure carson wins is a flawed i'm not and this is not carson wins is great like i don't kyler has been so bad like it's buffalo's favored by three on the road to a six and one team that has the number one defense so that should tell you the confidence level in carson wins from an nfl standpoint is not very good very high but we are a fantasy football podcast we want to see justin jefferson return to relevance yes we want to see uh the minnesota offense be something you can count on on a weekly basis so carson wins he's played two games this year they've won both those games they're a good football team they have the number one defense in the league kyler being out of this game is i is a really good thing for for fantasy football because everyone now on the minnesota vikings is a really good thing for for fantasy football because everyone now on the minnesota vikings i think we're in play like every well it's such every major play that's what the matchup is great every major player though if you had kyler i'd be talking about the run game of you know jones had more snaps than jordan mason the touches were about equal no one really did anything and i mean i know the matchup is good but i don't feel great about it but with carson wins i'm okay putting jordan mason in the lineup okay with aaron jones yeah the one player i have question for you on it has had the rapport with kyler and that's hawkinson hawkinson had been mostly an irrelevant player for a year and a half kyler seems to like him kyler's out he's leading the team in receptions i have jefferson as my start of the week hawkinson now enters a more mysterious category for me it's still a good matchup but not like that's the one spot the bills have slowed down a little bit so like would you go dalton kincaid on the other side of the field over hawkinson is dj moran he should be yeah then i'd go kincaid what about kyle pitts or hawkinson pitts against cincinnati i probably pitts the bangles is such a plus matchup for tj hawkinson at least this year we have week one where kyler was knocked out almost immediately and tj hawkinson got five targets which that's what he has had the past two weeks with kyler murray so carson wentz at least threw him the ball he didn't avoid him this is crazy because the uh the buffalo games all the buffalo games this year have a have averaged 59.1 combined points per game All the Minnesota games this year have averaged a combined 33.3 points per game so it's a push comes to shove the line is 44.5 I hope we get some offense, I hope Carson wins isn't a disaster so we'll see, James Cook, Josh Allen easy plays, to me if DJ Moore is healthy I have a hard time not playing him even though the matchup is tough so what is Shakir? is Shakir a fantasy algebra if DJ Moore is out, I play Shakir do you just play him regardless? yeah, I do think with the pass rush of the Vikings what Shakir is he's a release valve he's a PPR guy he's had 6 or more targets in 3 or 4 games in 5 of 8 games or 7 and so I think Shakir is a PPR play that's going to get you 10 points regardless of the DJ Moore situation and then Dalton Kincaid, it just depends on the options you have, with the Fannin injury with the fact that man, it's a tough matchup I'd be trying to find somebody else than Hawkinson and Kincaid this week if I'm honest so like what level of player here so well Brenton Strange already played and wasn't great Dallas Goddard against the Giants with Joe Milton, no spin the wheel of the Rams tight ends, no Okonkwo against who is Okonkwo I would think about Chigokonkwo by the way we had a fun little update from the press conference for Nick Sirianni I just thought I'd share this in case you want your magic cards but he was pressed as to why Tanner McKee he said was his starter early in the week for there to be a change to Milton he implied that he did it on purpose and his quote was I'm going to tell you guys what I want to tell you guys. I don't think you understand how the NFL works brother you tell us stuff because we buy tickets to the games bro and this is an entertainment product and reporters have a job to do and you have a job to disclose I mean I understand some competitive advantage but Mike always has the magic cards out that's just that's a dude that's 2 and 6 yeah your competitive advantage when you're dealing with the likes of Tanner McKee and Joe Milton I mean I guess they're they're different they're different play styles I would reckon it doesn't really matter maybe not but he's in it right now we'll take a break we'll jump into the face off fantasy face off presented by prize picks alrighty Jason's not here today so Mike and I will square off with Al Borland Jason wasn't the loser it was me no Mike lost he spins the wheel we'll do it right now but we're going to face off against Al this week and see if we can shame Al Borland wheel of shame the bear with the wheel looks funny to me alright spin the wheel drama llama taco bell count snack smoking oh we've got you just need to take your hat off put a little something on there a little baklava baklava what do you call that how do you say that word whatever you wear when you're skiing I just said like a dessert yeah you said I thought you were making some joke that I didn't understand Mike please put your mask on in the NFL we would call this a shysty let's see what we got oh you look good does it go over my nose yeah it goes over your nose but you got to pull that down a little bit you got to make it line up a little bit I'm trying man got to fix the nose oh you look great you look outstanding thank you you all look like you also might rob a bank in an entertaining way alright we are into this week's oh yeah I'm very happy about it though yeah your teeth have never looked better you look like you might reside in in whatever place the general manager or the president of the 49ers went to huh oh oh okay okay sir alright quarterback this week oh yeah you got to stay on that camera please Mike you need to pull that top down a little bit I do yeah you just need to line and then get that nose lined up you got to get your nose lined up what are you talking about man just the other direction it's in my eyes it's in my eyes it's in my eyes this is the best I can do the bottom half to your left yeah you got to move you got to move the bottom half over so it looks like your actual mouth there we go yeah now you look great alright quarterback this week Mike I told you I was going to do it I'm taking Joe Milton 10.5 okay longest rush longest rush yeah I'm taking the more okay okay I looked at it I saw it did you really yeah that's funny I'm going with my quarterback is Malik Willis okay I almost went Malik this week and I was like man looking at these because I love it with Detroit I'm like what but I don't know which one to pick and I went you know what it's a fantasy football show let's just do a good old fashioned fantasy score oh 16.5 points more yeah I thought you'd go the more on that one Al Borland at the quarterback position I am taking Jordan Love shocker oh no are we getting four packers and no no okay but we are getting two oh of course we are I'm taking 23 passing completions I'm taking the more okay moving on to the running back position this is my green goblin okay this is Bucky Irving this is 11.5 rush attempts I'm taking the more on the man getting the ball oh 10 bazillion times a day that makes sense it's a green goblin so it's easy my running back Indianapolis I'm calling your bluff oh what are you doing are you taking Jonathan Taylor Jonathan Taylor really 61.5 rushing yards against the Dallas Cowboys oh it's Dallas we're going more oh we're going more well this is risky business oh it's risky business oh you gotta you gotta stay are you gonna are you telling the truth are you telling the truth Indianapolis he's part of your team he's the foundational running back that we're building upon maybe it's 61.5 he should do that in his sleep Al what do you got I am also taking Bucky Irving I'm taking his full line at the rush attempts at 15.5 I'm going more oh that's funny so we did you just took the normal one okay that makes sense he's been getting the ball a ton wide receiver I'm going Jamison Williams he's been on fire the Miami game Jared Goff in Detroit I'm gonna take 52.5 receiving yards that's normally about two catches for Jamison Williams I'm gonna go more for Jamo all right I got Nico's Nico Collins and when I got it it was at 68.5 I think it is now Al is it officially at 67.5 that is correct so I get a free yard nice so Nico Collins 67.5 I think we're getting a bounce back here we gotta feed our number one guy okay we're going more all right and I'm going Matthew Golden more than 67.5 receiving yards okay there's your packer I knew it was coming that's right okay we've got we've got one more he might not catch them they might not be good ones but Tyler Warren I'm taking eight receiving targets I'm taking them more Tyler Warren one of the last men standing on that team 10 targets last week I'm gonna I'm gonna believe that in that Dallas game they're gonna need it to throw the football yeah and so they don't have many guys to do that with so I'm gonna take Tyler Warren more than eight receiving targets not catches targets my green goblin is my tight end it is Kyle Pitts senior senior 19 and a half receiving yards so we'll go more it's the it's the bangles it should work okay and the tight end position is also my green goblin I am gonna trust Gardner Minshew to get the ball into Trey McBride's hand more than four and a half times his hand or his hands I would go with his hands but yeah I mean either way so you wait what was the four and a half receptions so four and a half one handed receptions for Trey McBride yeah I heard that I'll go less yeah all they have to be one handed yep I'll be watching you said it and I'm sure you're 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