Fantasy Football - Week 11 Matchups + Wheel of Shame, Mike Has No Pants - Podcast for 11/14

10:40Jason Moore:News and notes from around the league. presented by Progressive Insurance.

10:46Mike Wright:We like Thursdays because the Wednesday practice people, they come on back and make you feel better about how they're doing. Yeah, sometimes. We had Rico Dowdle coming back to a limited practice. Drake London returned from an illness. We do have news. Bucky Irving and Chris Godwin both limited but active around the practice field.

11:07Jason Moore:Yeah, I don't expect either of them to be active on Sunday, but they're getting close. This seems like one of those practice windows where you open it up, get them back to football shape, and then in a couple weeks they'll be playing ball.

11:21Mike Wright:Khalil Shakir limited on Thursday still wearing a non-contact jersey. That would be, you know, if you take Shakir off the field and Dalton Kincaid off the field. Oh, my gosh. I mean, maybe Dawson Knox is a real start player.

11:35Andy Holloway:He's a touchdown threat, but hey.

11:38Mike Wright:Keon Coleman maybe?

11:39Andy Holloway:A dart throw on Coleman this week? But that's the thing of like, I don't think Coleman can get it done.

11:45Mike Wright:Yeah, I'm just saying, I mean, he did it last week, so that's my best guess. That's how it feels. Dalton Schultz, though, didn't practice again on Thursday.

11:54Jason Moore:Jason started the week. Well, yeah, absolutely. That's a bad decision. Terrible. I brought it up. Well, there's two players that I was really excited for this week, both of which, you know, the middling lower tier guys that I think are good starts who aren't practicing even on Thursday. One is Dalton Schultz. One is Darius Slayton. I think with Jameis Winston, they're a great opportunity, but they have to play football in order to score fantasy points.

12:22Mike Wright:Yeah, Darius Slayton not practicing, that sucks. Roma Doomsday, DJ Moore, limited practices on Thursday. We weren't sure if DJ Moore was going to miss time or not. Still don't know, but coming back to practice, that's a big deal.

12:35Andy Holloway:They should let him heal. He's not doing It feels like he's doing so little in the offense right now. He's going to be healthy. Yeah, don't put too much of a burden on him. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Yeah.

12:47Mike Wright:And then we have some injury updates for the games we're going to cover today. We'll get into those as we jump into the matchups and make sure you're up to speed. But Brock Purdy will be back, and it looks like Ricky Pearsall will be as well.

12:59Andy Holloway:That one is – that's great.

13:01Mike Wright:Yeah, they were both in this kind of mystical land of – like Bucky, Hampton, Purdy, Pearsall. So it's like they could be back this week. They could never play again. That's how it felt. That was News and Notes sponsored by Progressive Insurance. Quote today at Progressive.com. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company affiliates and third-party insurers not available in all states or situations. Coverage of policy terms, limits, and conditions. Let's jump right into those matchups.

13:31Jason Moore:Fantasy Forecast, presented by PrizePix.

13:37Mike Wright:well well well we covered the commanders dolphins panthers falcons buccaneers bills texans titans bears vikings panthers giants or sorry packers giants bangles and stealers on yesterday's show seven more matchups today starting with the chargers seven and three taking on the five and four jacksonville jaguars the vegas line here chargers minus three over under 43 and a half first impressions of the line do you are you surprised does it seem

14:07Jason Moore:right uh see i would have probably guessed three and a half or four for the charge that would be

14:12Mike Wright:higher that's kind of how i was too actually so you know jacksonville off the 29 to 10 collapse last week trevor lawrence is trevor lawrence chargers offense has been humming along they've one four of five you gotta love where lad mcconkey is right now he feels like there was a point in the season where it did feel like every player was viable i'm not there anymore like i think lad is a very very must start and probably won't fail you huge is the next man up to me on on reliability standpoint and then it goes gadston and then it goes king yeah keenan i would agree with the order

14:50Jason Moore:Keenan is certainly, he's been, I don't know, one of those, we see it a lot of years where these older players, they come out really hot to start the season. It's like they're fresh. And then it's just like, it just kind of fade a little. Like, they're still there. He's still going to move the chains, but he's not going to just dominate and take over games the way he was, you know, the first month of the season. Adam, this is, we call it an Adam Thielen. No, it's true.

15:15Mike Wright:And I mean, and Keenan's had, he said a handful of years in the past too, where the second half he gets hurt or something goes wrong. Kamani Vidal. We are, if we're looking at the box scores. Oh no. We gotta be out, right? This would be a bad week. Did red light,

15:30Andy Holloway:green light keep going?

15:30Mike Wright:It kept going. Oh man. And the Jaguars defense, they're number seven against the running back position. That is their strength. Vidal though, I, you know, when you have a top 10 finish, that's why people play you the next week. You play Vidal. I mean, but just know this is the week where it doesn't work out.

15:49Andy Holloway:Yes. if the incredible, very predictive analysis of... 21-5, 19-3, 17. If that continues, he will be bad. But, I mean, last week, 93 % of the snaps.

16:04Mike Wright:If you follow the pattern, he should score one fantasy play.

16:06Andy Holloway:26 opportunities.

16:09Mike Wright:Would you play him or Woody Marks after last week's performance from Woody Marks?

16:12Andy Holloway:I would play Vidal. That's what I would do. I'm more comfortable in the work.

16:17Mike Wright:Travis Etienne?

16:20Jason Moore:um how are we feeling um meh we're feeling somebody's starting travis etn i am i'm i'm starting travis etn and in our league of record he's he's been pretty good for the season um it just hasn't it's not efficient which is not shocking and travis etn has really been like a touchdown guy the thing is is he he gets touchdowns so um i think that's a legit question is etn or Vidal. Those two guys are probably on the ETN side, but that's the tier that I think I see him in right now.

16:56Mike Wright:I think I'm comfortable with that. We know that the Chargers defense, the run funnel, the Jags defense very good against the run. I would go there myself, I think. Herbert's my start of the week. Jacksonville's allowed five straight top 12 quarterback performances, even to Davis Mills. And Brian Thomas Jr., limited. The ankle, probably not going to play. Parker Washington, fortunately, came back to practice on Thursday after missing with a hamstring, so I'm more optimistic there. He's been targeted on a team leading 25 % of routes in the last month. I was even with some Travis Hunter and Brian Thomas Jr.

17:34Mike Wright:out there. What do you do if Brian Thomas plays?

17:38Andy Holloway:Like, do you even play him? Probably. Yeah, I think I do. I mean, he's been – he's had 10 or more points two times.

17:48Mike Wright:No, I mean, Parker's been much better.

17:50Andy Holloway:That's like the – let me try and find some names here.

17:53Jason Moore:I mean, well, just ask the question in this game. Let's say Brian Thomas Jr. is back, and you have him and you've got Parker Washington. Who do you start? And that's a wild question. It's a wild question because – I mean, how many games –

18:09Andy Holloway:And Jacoby's going to be involved.

18:11Mike Wright:I mean, he was 3 for 41 in his debut last week. I thought he looked good. He'll probably be more involved. Like, there's a world where Thomas and Parker, like, Parker might go in limited on Friday. And then all of a sudden you ask, unfortunately I'm throwing another name in the ring. Jacoby. Jacoby's, like, kind of interesting in this game.

18:28Jason Moore:Yeah, I mean, the truth is the Chargers' pass defense is very good. So I'm not excited about any of them, including Parker Washington, with the hamstring issue, despite his great game last week. I think there are other players that are just better options this week.

18:45Mike Wright:A reminder, you always can find our rankings and start-sit tool, which is always being updated all throughout the week at thefantasyfootballers.com. Gadsden got a full practice in on Wednesday and Thursday. That's great news. He should be back out there. Jason was confident enough to trade for him and start him this week, so that should tell you what you need to know. We'll take a quick break and jump.

19:05Andy Holloway:Yeah, it's going to go terrible. Oh, is it? I know what happens when Jason trades for tight ends.

19:10Mike Wright:It hasn't been the best omen. Tight end has. It's a kiss of death.

19:14Jason Moore:Yeah, they've been getting injured. Sorry, guys. Yeah. Stay healthy, Gadsden.

19:18Mike Wright:Yeah. You cursed him. What's the opposite of Midas? Is there another guy than Midas? Where everything you touch turns to poop? Just like poop?

19:26Andy Holloway:Yeah. I mean, turning everything to gold is actually not very great. King chocolate or something? All right.

19:31Mike Wright:We'll go ahead and take a break. We've got another matchup coming up.

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20:59Mike Wright:i was actually picturing that like the the chocolate monster on the uh candy land board oh that's what i was which is kind of a gross thing to picture all right seattle seven and two if it's not chocolate uh at los angeles the rams seven and two that that's chocolate oh you're looking at a picture i'm looking at it right now it is it's candy land mike that

21:22Andy Holloway:Dude, that's not chocolate. That's not chocolate. That's doo-doo, baby.

21:28Mike Wright:Oh, that's disgusting. He's kind of a nasty creature, isn't he? Yeah. You don't want to get sent back to Chocolate Land. No, you don't.

21:37Jason Moore:In that game.

21:38Mike Wright:And he's towards the beginning of the board, I think. So you really don't. Are there professional Candyland players out there? Oh, there has to. That is so freaking funny. I think they're four years old.

21:49Andy Holloway:There has to be. I mean, a pro circuit. No, I'm saying like I've seen people play like high stakes Uno. Oh, baby. There's got to be Candyland. There has to be a high stakes Candyland.

22:00Mike Wright:Just pure, unadulterated chance. All right, the Seahawks and Rams. This is a fun one. It's a 48 and a half point over under. It's in Los Angeles.

22:10Jason Moore:It's for the division.

22:11Mike Wright:Yeah, I mean, L.A. minus three in this one. I love this game. I'm very excited about it. I think I would have probably gone with whoever was at home in this one. So I lean the Ram side. Matthew Stafford has been on fire, but the Seahawks have a great defense that's going to really challenge the run. He's on Puka and Devante should both be back out there. Kyron, you know, he is, he's been good. It's interesting to see what the snap counts have been. I mean, Kyron is not playing as much as he has in the past, but he's being just as productive. I mean, four of the last five weeks in the top 12, three of those top five, four touchdowns.

22:53Mike Wright:He's back into the touchdown groove.

22:55Andy Holloway:Last week was, yeah, season-low snaps, 14 carries. Corham had 13. That was the dismantling of the 49ers. I don't look too much into that.

23:06Mike Wright:If you had Ken Walker and Charbonnet, are you still going Charbonnet?

23:10Andy Holloway:Yeah.

23:10Jason Moore:I think you have to. Only one of them can get a touchdown. Yeah, I was going to say, Walker can only get a touchdown if it's from like 25 yards away or something. I'll go 50 plus.

23:19Mike Wright:Yeah, right now, I'm pretty excited about this. JSN has been amazing. He must have like a contract bonus for touchdowns.

23:29Jason Moore:They're like, oh, we can't. Oh, Ken Walker? He's got some escalators in there.

23:32Mike Wright:Yeah, some escalators. Don't you let him get eight. Would you play the quarterbacks in this game?

23:37Andy Holloway:Sam Darnold, for sure. Yeah, and Stafford. Yeah, Stafford, he is on an eight. He's nuclear right now. He's a must-start. Top eight and five of six, yeah.

23:46Mike Wright:Devontae Puka combo has worked out really well. It's a wild one because Cooper Cup was on the other side of this one.

23:53Andy Holloway:So Devontae Adams didn't practice Wednesday, limited on Thursday with his old man back injury. If Adams doesn't play, it does change how I look at Stafford.

24:04Jason Moore:100%, because around the goal line, I mean, league-leading nine touchdowns for Devontae Adams, and those are obviously Stafford's. I don't think it happens without him there. They probably run the ball more, focus on Kyron. So I would agree with you that if Adams doesn't play. That being said, they came out and basically said that he should be good to go.

24:24Andy Holloway:Just to highlight what's going on with Stafford here, he already has more passing touchdowns than his entire 2024 season and his entire 2023 season. No, it's been unreal. This is why it feels like it could go away at any time because we've seen Stafford with the Rams for a long time, and it's really just one monster season. But that's why I'm saying Devontae Adams is – he's the difference.

24:51Jason Moore:Well, I guess the question that needs to be answered is – so he's an outlier right now in his touchdown percentage. He's throwing 8.1 touchdowns is his current rate. His previous career – Percentage. Yes, 8.1 % touchdown percentage. previous career high was 6.8. Yeah, that first year with the Rams. So then the question is, should we expect this to regress towards his average or is this that outlier season for him?

25:16Andy Holloway:I mean, mathematically, you should always expect it, but I would... He had... I keep rolling the dice.

25:22Mike Wright:I'll always remember his third season. Oh, yeah. Because that was the 41 touchdown season. He was at 6.2 that year. It dipped to 2.8 the next year, but it was a special year. Um... Ride it. Yep. Ride it while you can and enjoy the ride.

25:41Jason Moore:I also think that when you are in the MVP race, you know what I mean? Like, he is. He is in. The coach wants to give you a couple extra goal line targets. Absolutely. You might end up with a couple tap passes.

25:55Andy Holloway:Like the old Lamar's in the race at the end of the year.

25:58Mike Wright:Like, eh, maybe we play action a little bit more.

26:00Andy Holloway:Yeah.

26:01Mike Wright:Would you – let me give you a couple Ken Walkers here. No. Ken Walker, Kareem Hunt against Denver. Because we know Pacheco's hurt. Right. I've got him back-to-back. I've got Hunt one spot. It's probably Kareem Hunt. Because you're chasing a touchdown. Amari DiMarcato or Ken Walker?

26:20Andy Holloway:Walker. I think I'd still go Walker there.

26:22Mike Wright:Okay.

26:24Andy Holloway:That's way closer than it should be. Yeah, that conversation. Oh, that's disgusting.

26:29Mike Wright:Well, I mean, Mike, if you really want to keep your momentum, there's another. Whoa, dude, no. Ken Walker. Don't try and knock me off my cloud.

26:38Jason Moore:No, no, no. We want your cloud. Quatro this thing. Go lasso Walker. Show us your power. And pull him up on that cloud you're on.

26:45Andy Holloway:Guys, I can only do so much.

26:47Jason Moore:Don't leave him down there. It makes me want to bet on Walker now.

26:51Mike Wright:It does make me feel like Walker's going to blow up. It's all the various guys I love. If Walker blows up this week. If Walker has a two touchdown week, Mike will be levitating off the chair. Yeah. the 49ers are 6-4 and they take on the Arizona Cardinals in demarcato the Cardinals are 3-6 the Vegas line San Fran on the road minus 3 they get some weapons back over-under is 48.5 that's a nice over-under gives the Cardinals 23 points San Francisco around 26 San Francisco won a nasty one 16-15 somehow because the Cardinals had dominated the whole game and they came back and kicked a field goal to win it

27:32Andy Holloway:um marv just like his appendix will be out thank you thank you yeah the cardinals will not have

27:41Mike Wright:marvin harrison they will not have zay jones who has has had a big role on the team who tore his achilles they probably will not have bam knight if he is back he will be limited the marcato seems like the one to play from that group he can catch the ball he has breakaway runs frequently it's not a huge I mean you just heard the breakdown so it's in the Ken Walker tier yeah I can't imagine

28:03Jason Moore:wanting to start DeMarcato I know he's had some breakaway runs but he only had four carries last week um if I had to start a cardinal I probably would prefer DeMarcato over Bam Knight who was limited in practice this week but I'm not excited if if Bam Knight really doesn't play if he's absent from the game then DeMarcato becomes interesting Trey McBride is a lock for a uh

28:23Mike Wright:a high high floor this week with good ceiling opportunity with Jacoby who has been the quarterback 3-12 10-10 in four starts he averages 280 passing yards a game which means you should be able to find another player that's startable i mean the defense for san francisco is not good especially against the wide receiver position they give up 34 points a week and currently

28:47Andy Holloway:we've said no names so to me michael wilson it is at least of note jacobie's started four games yeah so the first five weeks of the season Michael Wilson with Kyler Murray was averaging 10 yards a game 10 receiving yards a game with Jacoby it's 45 so the that's nothing you know if you play it you're and get 50 yards or if you're not very happy but saying the the opportunity for someone who has been producing of late is there it's Parker Washington or Michael Wilson I think that's a good question. I would go... I'd go Parker. I'm not going to go away from that target totals. I think I'm going to go Wilson there.

29:35Andy Holloway:The injury on Parker scared me a bit.

29:37Mike Wright:Luther Burden or Michael Wilson?

29:38Andy Holloway:Wilson. Wilson. Okay. Yeah.

29:41Mike Wright:The Trey McBide story has been great. Ricky Pearsall, how confident would you be to throw him back out there? I'd be nervous.

29:47Andy Holloway:I'd be nervous, but I would do it immediately.

29:50Jason Moore:I think that's exactly where I am.

29:52Andy Holloway:Wow. So you would bench Jennings?

29:55Mike Wright:uh yeah for for pierce all yeah yeah i would okay george kittle keep it going cmc he's only on pace for 459 opportunities that's gonna oh man he just keeps going better be sleeping in

30:10Andy Holloway:some sort of mystical chamber right now 459 opportunities yeah he's he built different

30:17Jason Moore:are you you can't do that he is still a human like yes yeah certainly oh man this is their gonna be turning to mincemeat yeah i mean they just haven't had anybody else to lean on yeah no i i think this team really does need pearsall pearsall was i believe he's leading the league in yards receiving yards per game yeah and so yeah he was leading the league when he's receiving yards

30:45Mike Wright:but it was only a three-week sample before the injury.

30:48Andy Holloway:And the thing with Pearsall, Shanahan says he's going to play. I wouldn't put him in your lineup on Friday afternoon and walk away. Because of Shanahan again? Correct. I put it at high, high odds he's going to play. I'm just saying with the way that San Francisco does stuff. Oh! Oh, no!

31:10Jason Moore:Andy's almost upset of the week. wait a minute wait a minute what are you doing what

31:21Mike Wright:you don't have to do this I'm just hitting the button just hitting the button it's been a minute by the way are you going to care about Brock Purdy as a fantasy player before the end of the year yes or no yes Baltimore 4-5 Cleveland 2-7 the Vegas line Baltimore minus 7.5 half the over under is 38 and a half at least i'm getting the reaction i need for it to be right i just that's a that's a a it's a hefty amount of here here's do you want the argument or no sure the argument is the pass rush for the 49ers is the worst in football since they lost nick bosa they don't put pressure on the quarterback and if you don't put pressure on jacoby brissette he dices people up that's what he's done so and i have confidence in the cardinals defense you got brock pretty coming back from an injury i can you i think dice enough i think they'll do enough you

32:15Andy Holloway:guys don't have to believe no no you just have to watch i i the i recognize the sorcerer but i'm saying can they dice enough with michael wilson and greg dorch uh don't forget xavier weaver oh yeah yeah the guy who this year when we saw him on the field we went who is that yeah i mean

32:34Jason Moore:As Cardinal fans, as professional football analysts who live in Arizona are Cardinals fans. I've never heard of this guy.

32:42Mike Wright:With all due respect, he has diced without Marvin Harrison in some of those games. Two of the games where he diced up the defense, guess what the total yardage was for Harrison? 32 and 58.

32:52Andy Holloway:He can get it done. They still at least have to pay attention to Marv, though, even if he doesn't get the ball. Hey, look. I hit the button. This will be a fun one.

32:59Mike Wright:I've already introduced the next game. All right, moving on. Baltimore, 4-5. Cleveland, 2-7. Baltimore minus 7.5 on the road over under just 38. Gives Baltimore enough points, but not Cleveland. 15.5 there. Let's start with the Cleveland side. Baltimore smooshed them, 41-17 in Week 2. Lamar is going to play. He is playing well. The other side there, Quinchan Judkins against the world is what it feels like.

33:22Jason Moore:Yeah.

33:23Mike Wright:And the Ravens' defense in the last six weeks, Jason, very good.

33:28Jason Moore:So much better. I mean, they are shutting down the run. Quarterbacks aren't doing much better. Mike brought this up a couple weeks ago, talking about how early in the year with all the injuries to the Ravens' defense and when they were losing most of their games, anyone could do anything they want. They went to their bye. They came back. They got healthier, and they also schematically just changed things. They've really been locked down, and I don't expect the Browns with Gillen Daybriel. As you would say. As I call him. I don't expect them to be the ones to revert Baltimore to a bad defense so yeah I mean it's Quinch on Judkins and I think that's it I'm not sure I even want to start Harold Fannin who is awesome you know I think that's it just Judkins

34:17Mike Wright:I just took a quick look in our league of record if Jerry Judy was rostered is he? oh yeah that guy back there that's the Judy manager you're back there.

34:27Jason Moore:I just picked him up on waivers. Oh, did you really? Is he in your

34:30Mike Wright:lineup? Yep. Okay, alright. That's how bad it's going for last year's jam.

34:38Andy Holloway:Gill and Gabriel's going to have to throw that ball a lot. I did see one other

34:42Jason Moore:person had a claim on Jerry Judy this week.

34:44Andy Holloway:Oh, no.

34:45Mike Wright:Oh, no. Who was it?

34:47Jason Moore:Jason, you care to fess up? Oh, Jason! No! What are you talking about? Oh, Jerry Judy. no i earlier in the week i had no players to marry him so i you're under the bus too no no

35:03Mike Wright:no he did he had two bi-week situations he told me he had like calvin austin in his lineup yeah and i i made trades and i fixed my lineup because i would never the baltimore side you love lamar you play derrick henry but do you really want to mess around with tight ends when you know andrews and likely are both going to be kind of tight end or bust situations they flowers is one top 24.

35:25Jason Moore:But they're always tight end. So I don't think they'll bust. If it's tight end or bust, they're always going to be a tight end. You meant touchdown or bust, idiot.

35:38Mike Wright:I did. I did mean touchdown or bust. Did I say tight end or bust? Yes, you did. Okay, that was pretty dumb. Jay Flowers, though, one top 24 finish. I wonder if you'd play him or DK Metcalf against Cincy in that high over-under.

35:50Andy Holloway:Yeah, this is my everlasting every week struggle. Oh, yeah, you have both those dudes. Zay Flowers or DK Metcalf.

36:01Andy Holloway:DK Metcalf is in my lineup right now just based off of game script. You want pieces of that Pittsburgh game. I know what will happen because it's DK Metcrap, but process-wise it still says I'm going to play him.

36:18Jason Moore:Yeah, you usually love playing guys against Cincinnati. Yeah, you do. Try to play people against Cincinnati and against the Cowboys and don't watch.

36:28Andy Holloway:Try it with the home. Metcalf against – it was three for 50 last time. Against Cincinnati. $100 bajillion, multiple draft picks, three for 50, against the world's worst defense. Unbelievable.

36:46Mike Wright:Candy diet. Kansas City 5-4 Denver 8-2 in Denver Kansas City favored by 3.5 on the road here no respect 8-2 division leader

36:59Jason Moore:over under 44 Denver's not been playing good on one side of the ball I mean their defense is absolutely outstanding they're shutting people down they are winning ball games for them but I mean the last two weeks you're talking about putting up 18 points

37:18Mike Wright:and 10 points the chiefs have a higher point differential at five and four than the eight and two damn wild the chiefs we know are much better than five and four and i think we know that denver's not an eight and two team and no no disrespect to them they are an eight and two team but i just mean from a threat standpoint right now they are a little bit like philly and the fact that they have a good record but you want to see their offenses play better um bonix is weird because he's not getting pressured. He's pressuring himself. He's getting out of the pocket too soon. He's throwing on the run for no reason.

37:52Mike Wright:He's only completing 61 % of his passes despite being pressured the least in football.

37:58Andy Holloway:If you want to know what the wise guys think of Kansas City, they are currently the betting favorite for the Super Bowl. It makes sense. It's like, what a wild world we had where those first three weeks, you're like, holy crap. Is it done? Are the Kansas City Chiefs, has it finally hit a point where they can be stopped? And now they're 5-4, and they're the favorites to win the whole league.

38:24Mike Wright:Mahomes on pace for 4 ,400 yards and 32 passing touchdowns. It has been very nice to have Rashi Rice back on this offense. We're not sure if Worthy will be out there. He's been limited in practice this week, and he's only got one top 24 finish. If he was out, is there a dart throw you care about? Probably not against Denver. Probably not. It would be Thornton for me, but no. Now, you're going to have Kareem Hunt all alone, pretty much, starting for Kansas City, but it's against, again, the Denver defense. RB2? Yeah.

38:57Andy Holloway:Yeah, that's fair. He was RB11 and RB16 last week. Last week was the no Pacheco, 78 % of the snaps. Only 13 opportunities, but high likelihood of scoring.

39:11Mike Wright:is it gonna be Harvey and bidet only or are we gonna get a third is McLaughlin still on that

39:16Andy Holloway:roster yeah he might be involved but the we had some more Sean Payton talking about uh Harvey I'll talk about Pat Bryant which was nice but Harvey is like this is this is it this is his room is a uh Travion opportunity RJ Harvey's a good player and he's excellent in the receiving game as well and it i think that's where he's gonna have to be utilized this week what are

39:44Mike Wright:your thoughts on courtland sutton i feel like would you would you rather start cream hunt or

39:48Jason Moore:rj harvey in this game they both have the injury ahead of them wow they're both playing tough

39:52Andy Holloway:defenses i'm on the rj harvey i think i'm on the harvey side yeah three of our our top 20 most popular start sick questions involve harvey harvey or come on even dal is number four i'd go vidal

40:04Mike Wright:Harvey or Rashad White is number eight. I'd go Harvey. I'm okay going Harvey there. Harvey or Woody Marks is also on there. I'd go Harvey. I think it's Harvey there. And then a flex question, Jameson Williams or R.J. Harvey? Harvey. Wow. I think I'm in on Harvey this one. Okay. You think? I think it's like a 44.5 point overrunner, two good defenses. I think that's the only threat to all of this production is that you get into one of those 16-15 type of games. you know i'm definitely worried about courtland sutton he's only averaged three receptions per game honestly sutton has been basically denver metcalf yeah yeah yeah i mean it's nice it's been the case he not enough work on not enough touchdowns on the season he has been much

40:49Andy Holloway:better than dk metcalf like through the first seven weeks you had two extremely disappointing games and five games where you're very very happy but the trend of like the trend of six six targets going to your number one guy who's got the money it it makes no sense well the catch percentage

41:12Mike Wright:has been down too because bo nix has been one of the most inaccurate intermediate passers the last three games if you plot that out for sutton over the year it's not impressive it's 45

41:20Andy Holloway:for 600 now like if my confidence that Sutton gets it going over the second half versus DK

41:27Mike Wright:is heavily on the Cortland Sutton side okay all right um Travis Kelsey sure just play him yeah yeah we'll take a break we got some more matchups Sunday night football Monday night football and a

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44:02Andy Holloway:know it was it was a tie between jason and i yeah we went down our tie breakers were insane so close Because I missed my two by one catch and then I think four passing yards.

44:14Jason Moore:I was seven total yards away from hitting everything.

44:17Andy Holloway:You guys should have just hit everything like I did. I'm going through this week. It's a lot more fun when you do. But so the tiebreaker just was that Jason made us think that he had perished.

44:31Jason Moore:I'm worried about this.

44:32Mike Wright:He was in a better place technically.

44:34Jason Moore:I'm worried about this one. Romeo Dobbs would agree. because I got in and Al asked me for my lineup, which he does not ask the person. Oh, no, did you? Yeah, he's like, hey, can you just send me? Just in case. Yeah, just in case. In case what? In case I can't see, read, breathe? We'll find out. Stay tuned. Nice.

44:57Mike Wright:Oh, the irony of thinking you were dead on Tuesday and maybe killing you on Friday.

45:02Jason Moore:You're just going to give me a piece of old tenderloin.

45:05Andy Holloway:Eat up. Eat it. Food poisoning. Before we jump, we're in the Sunday night game? We're about to be. I just, guys. Remember when Henderson had three touchdowns last night?

45:19Jason Moore:The pure, real joy is amazing. You had such a good night, Mike.

45:25Mike Wright:Oh, man. I'm happy, man. I'm happy for you.

45:28Andy Holloway:That was the best. That was the best. After the two, it was like, oh, we're done. We're done.

45:34Mike Wright:I was driving next to Mike on the drive-in, and I was matching his speed. He didn't see me for a little while. And I looked over, and I saw a happy person. I just saw a glow. He has no resting angry face.

45:47Jason Moore:He always has a resting angry face. Not today. Not today, baby.

45:51Mike Wright:It was impressive. All right, Detroit, 6-3, Philly, 7-2. Here we go. In Philly. Yes. This is a fun one. Sunday night football, this will be great. Philly, minus 2.5, over under 46.5. it's a pretty important game in terms of the NFC playoff picture. The Detroit games this year, we've loved them. I mean, they have been the third most points per game in the league in terms of combined total points in Detroit games. I do think Philadelphia, we've said this this week, I've made my efforts to trade for them. It didn't work. I do think A.J. Brown's going to get it going over the second half of the year.

46:30Mike Wright:Jason, you made him your start of the week because of your confidence in A.J. Brown, the Lions defense, I think you can beat them for some big plays here. So Devontae Smith, A.J. Brown, I play them with confidence. Lions giving up 32 fancy points a game to wide receivers. So it's not very complicated from a start-sit perspective in this game. Hurts, Barkley, play the big two wide outs. You can dance with Goddard if you want to dance with the devil.

46:59Jason Moore:yeah but would you rather have someone like otten where you're a little bit more i would

47:03Andy Holloway:confident in the involvement yeah i i goddard's gonna be high in the rankings because he's been getting it done but in terms of just this the the the chance of a big whiff like a big swing and a miss it's more on the goddard side than on i don't know the exact number maybe kyle has it

47:23Mike Wright:But Jameer Gibbs is on the cusp of breaking like a total rushing touchdown record at his age. I think it's very, very close. He's been awesome. Three touchdowns last week. He really has. You know, it's amazing to break a record like that or be near a record like that when you're in a committee.

47:41Jason Moore:It's also amazing to be near a record like that when you're in a committee and you're an undersized back. This isn't Derek Henry. Touchdowns are the goal line, big body bruising guy. and this is like the little speedster.

47:54Mike Wright:Yeah, he gets listed at a weight that I don't agree with. Weird.

47:59Andy Holloway:Too high or too low?

48:00Mike Wright:Too low. You think he's no longer 200 pounds? No, he's not 200 pounds. He's probably 215.

48:07Andy Holloway:He's a very svelte young man.

48:09Mike Wright:Amon Ra, of course. Gibbs, of course. Laporta, I think you need to monitor the back limitations in practice this week, but if he's active, I'm okay you know if you've been playing him I'm okay with it but J-Mo he's been heating up um they've been getting the getting him the ball closer to the line of scrimmage

48:31Andy Holloway:yeah his opportunities to run his a dot has been much different uh as of recent you know the past two games compared to the the way that the game or the season started for him which that will turn into a much safer Jamison Williams with ceiling. So the yardage has been up there the last two weeks. I think the difference is real. The fact that it was talked about and then they put it into action and now we're at two weeks. NBA Jam rules are heating up.

49:02Mike Wright:Was that conversation about – did that happen during the bye?

49:04Jason Moore:I think so. So coming out of the bye, much better. Yeah, and then last week, obviously, the play calling changed where Dan Campbell took it over. so he's actually you know facilitating what he wants to have happen gives you a little bit more confidence in Jamison Williams I I still don't see him as a must start simply because he's got you know two good games in a row play Metcalf or Jamison I'd play Jamison I think I would go

49:28Mike Wright:Metcalf there against Cincinnati yeah it's actually I'm looking at our start set tool right now we have them 19 and 24 so Metcalf is in the lead right now just because that matchup is so juicy and the over-under is a little higher. They're favored, but it's close. And if you've been burnt by Metcalf a bunch of weeks in a row, I don't blame you for mixing it up here because I think the Sunday night game is going to be pretty fun. We have a Monday night game between Dallas at 3-5-1 and the Las Vegas Raiders, who are 2-7. Vegas line, Dallas minus 3-1. The over-under is 50-1. I have gotten the impression via Twitter and StartSitTool and this office and other people's lineups that I've seen there is a surprising amount of relying upon the Raiders going on for this week.

50:16Jason Moore:It's really relying upon the Cowboys defense.

50:19Mike Wright:Right, which I do, I recognize has been a really, really good bet, but also a good bet has been anti-Gino. So I do, I think you are still, you're playing your odds right that they should be able to have some success. It's nice that they're at home. It's nice that Dallas can't play defense. but you're still playing some roulette, right? You're still, of course, you're still, I mean, to have Brock Bowers come from the week he had off the injury dominant to a catch, that is the, the Gino roulette, right? And when you are now mixing in not established wideouts like Trey Tucker, Jack Besch or Thornton and established, but retiring Tyler Lockett, it does add some fear into your brain.

51:06Andy Holloway:These are lower probability plays, but this week, if you need someone, I both lock it. And Tucker? I strapped on the unobtainium underpants for Tyler Lockett and Trey Tucker. They're both in play. Two weeks ago, the first week back with Brock Bowers, that was against Jacksonville. Good defense, but beatable. Then it was on the road against Denver. That one is like. You understand. You expect more from Brock Bowers each and every week, but it at least makes sense. And now you're at home against Dallas.

51:44Mike Wright:I am facing Trey Tucker in a matchup. Oh, that has to be hilariously terrifying. I am simultaneously happy and afraid. Yes. I'm like, cool, I'm playing against Trey Tucker.

51:55Jason Moore:Also, he scored three times earlier this year. Yeah, this is going to be really, really cool to see because Dallas has added defensive pieces. They had a bye week to implement it, so they're coming off the bye, and they're getting a mediocre, at best, offense to face in the Raiders. Yeah, yeah. And so we're going to learn a lot this week because if Geno goes out and looks great and Trey Tucker has a good game and Lockett's fine and Bowers is – then delicious, delicious. The Cowboys still stink. If the Cowboys are able to go from historically bad defense to meh,

52:33Mike Wright:defense which would be terrible we'll find out this week they gave up uh 27 against arizona but they did sack jacoby five times yeah it will be you're right we'll find out this week las vegas they can't pressure you right now and dak your start of the week lamb pickens javante ferguson are we just yeah you're starting your cowboys uh we did get the official word that don kincaid has been ruled out for week 11 we thought that was coming but that Khalil Shakir's ankle is quote in a good spot it's probably where all of our ankles are uh according to head coach uh Sean McDermott expects to see him out there all right I don't think we have any other updates do we

53:17Andy Holloway:I don't see the uh Tyler Lockett was limited on Thursday but they're the Monday night game so that's his Wednesday practice. But still pay attention due to him being ready for ARP. Yes.

53:33Jason Moore:Have a good weekend everybody. Sorry.

53:40Jason Moore:Fantasy Face-Off presented by PrizePix.

53:47Well,

53:49Mike Wright:Jason's got a little fear going on right now. Yeah. He gets to spin it.

53:57Jason Moore:Wheel of Shame.

54:03Jason Moore:All right. Let's see. So close last week. Jason's mustache is on the wheel. Oh, gosh. Please just be a razor. Make him shave his mustache. Oh, that would be so good. Rainy day. Peace out. Peace out. Peace out. Like you did on Tuesday? Yeah, like I did. Oh, my gosh. You bring me a plate. You got a plate of tinderloins here. Oh, my gosh. What is this? Raw beef? Is that Salisbury's steak? Oh, these look disgusting. These aren't real, right? No, those aren't real. Oh, okay. I was like, do I have to eat this?

54:31Mike Wright:That's a prop. Oh, man. What's real is your peace out mask. Oh, yeah.

54:35Jason Moore:I won't see anything.

54:36Mike Wright:Yeah, we'll read your lineup for you there, Jay. You peaced out on us. We'll peace out on you.

54:42Jason Moore:Okay.

54:43Mike Wright:It kind of looks like rabbit ears. A little bit.

54:46Jason Moore:I thought at first.

54:47Andy Holloway:What in the world is that thing?

54:49Jason Moore:Oh, my gosh. That's the finger. There's not even holes.

54:52Andy Holloway:There's no holes. there's slits

54:54Jason Moore:we need to stay on Jason's camera oh my gosh why in the world is that I can barely breathe you've got a breath hole I think it only lets air out oh peace out bro yeah I will be peacing out very soon

55:11Mike Wright:we better get through have a tenderloin alright quarterback I'm going Joe Flacco more than 262.5 passing yards. Oh, I love it.

55:27Jason Moore:I'm going, this is gross. I'm going Geno. Geno Smith. I'm taking more than whatever his projection was because 223.5 passing yards. You said receiving yards, but yes, passing yards.

55:40Andy Holloway:Yeah, I like that. I'm going back to the well on this one.

55:44Jason Moore:That is sensational. At first, I really thought it was on middle finger. It's a monstrosity. Did you? I thought we were just going straight bird.

55:53Andy Holloway:Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, hey-o. We got Gillen D 'Abriel. Okay. That's going to be a less. Yeah. No, you're thinking the wrong direction. Okay. 32 and a half passing attempts.

56:08Jason Moore:Oh. Okay.

56:09Andy Holloway:So we're going to go the more on. He's going to have to throw the ball like 30 times in the second half.

56:15Mike Wright:My running back this week, Ja 'Cory Krosky-Merritt.

56:20Andy Holloway:Uh-oh. That's a less.

56:21Mike Wright:Hold on, hold on. I don't have a good vibe here. This dude has not been getting it done. I think the other guys are going to get more work. 32.5 rushing yards, I'm taking the less. That's his projection. It is. And he's been under that a lot.

56:39Jason Moore:I'm going to go with one that I like. This is probably the one I like the most this week. It is Chase Brown. Oh, I already like it. I believe it's 19.5 receiving yards. That is correct. and I'm going more than that, baby. He's been crushing that with Blackwell. No, that's a good one.

56:54Andy Holloway:I was able to jump in on this one a bit earlier on the week. We got R.J. Harvey, ladies and gentlemen, at two and a half receptions. I am taking the more. All right, wide receiver.

57:06Mike Wright:It's Jason and Al Borland's guy, Jerry Judy. No way. Oh, my gosh. No way. What are you doing? 40.5 receiving yards. I'm taking the more. Okay. You're going more? I'm taking more with Judy. Wow. Oh, you did that on purpose. This man.

57:23Jason Moore:Yeah. You're living recklessly. I did it on purpose. I got Gillen D 'Abriel. This is going to be my Green Goblin. I'm going with a player that I just, I really, really, really have loved, Taz Johnson. What is his Green Goblin? It's like, where am I? 19 and a half receiving yards. 19 and a half receiving yards. Give me that.

57:42Andy Holloway:Oh, yeah. I'm going more. Yeah, that's not bad. I'm realizing I probably should have found a tire of the locket one, But I got T. Higgins, 59 and a half receiving yards. I'm taking them more.

57:52Mike Wright:Tight end, my Green Goblin, 19.5 receiving yards. I'm taking them more. It's Jake Ferguson.

57:58Andy Holloway:Oh, 20 yards. That's all he needs, huh? Yeah, 19.5.

58:01Jason Moore:See, I got a higher line. Mine's Zach Ertz. I think he's at like 41 and a half receiving yards. I love the speculative. Well, because I'm doing it all from memory. I can't see anything. It's impressive. And I'm ready to pass out. I'll take less on 60 seconds of me surviving. But, yeah, I'm taking more than 41.5 receiving yards for Zach Ertz.

58:25Andy Holloway:What was your goblin, Andy?

58:26Mike Wright:Ferguson.

58:27Andy Holloway:Oh, yeah. The 19.5. Yeah. My green goblin is my tight end position as well. It's Trey McBride, T. McBee. Oh, boy. We got five and a half receptions, boys. Oh, boy. So we should probably double that this week.

58:40Mike Wright:Probably doing okay. That was Fantasy Faceoff presented by PrizePix. Join millions of users and sign up for America's number one fantasy sports app. Use the code footballers and get$50 in lineups when you play$5. Can I get one of them tinderloins, Jason?

58:56Jason Moore:This will be my final show.

58:58Mike Wright:All right. That'll do it for the fantasy footballers. How much carbon dioxide is bad? There's a hole. It's not working, is it? All right. Join Mike on Sunday Live Sunday morning. We'll catch you this weekend.

59:10Jason Moore:Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. Join our fantasy football community on jointhefoot.com and follow us on Twitter at the FFBallers.

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