Fantasy Football - Week 6 Matchups + SKATTEBOOOOM! - Podcast for 10/10

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15:18Mike Wright:Alvin Kamara remained limited on Thursday with the ankle injury. We'll see if he continues to progress or not. Kyler Murray did not practice again.

15:28Jason Moore:Kamara was limited. This one is he's not practicing at all. So if he doesn't get out there today, it will be Jacoby Brissett, which Marvin Harrison said he'd be cool with that. Did you say Kyler? You said Kamara. I was saying Kamara was limited. Kyler was completely not out of practice whatsoever. Oh, wait.

15:47Mike Wright:He's practicing today.

15:48Jason Moore:Okay. Oh.

15:49Mike Wright:By the way, the line was sitting seven and a half during the week, and it hasn't moved from what I had seen. So it looks like he's going to play. Quentin Johnson remained limited Thursday. By the way, you want Kyler to play. I know you just booed. I know. You would like him to play for Marvin Harrison Jr.'s sake and for the offense and McBride. Chuba Harbor did not practice again on Thursday. It seems all but guaranteed he will miss another week. They are missing. The Panthers, a pretty important offensive lineman, did not practice as well, which could be a problem for the Rico Dowdle 200-yard repeat, but we'll see what happens.

16:28Mike Wright:Wait, are you saying? maybe not 200. Are you saying Rico's not going to get to 200? We're talking 160 to 180. Lamar Jackson did not practice again. Jose Flowers limited again. The big news that we saw this morning, Chris Godwin is not expected to play for the Buccaneers. And we won't have Mike Evans. We probably will not have Bucky Irving. So you're talking about just amplifying the Kate Otten opportunity at the tight end position. And Big Big Bo. and who who was that the uh emika a big boo uh would you play juan johnson or kate out and now with godwin out juan johnson oh oh i was sorry i was i heard juan jennings in my head i was like that's uh i would still go with juan you would go with juan jason he's your start of the week would you play kate out and or juan

17:24Jason Moore:Johnson oh man Kate Otten had 81 4 for 81 last week he does I'm not saying he's a bad play yeah

17:31Mike Wright:who else is going to catch the ball I think they're both fine I'm going to stick with Jawan Johnson uh what else do we have we have Jawan Jennings returning to a limited practice there you go Mike there you go Brock Purdy did not practice again on Thursday Mac Jones limited Ricky Pearslaw did not practice again if you had to bet right now I think it's going to be Mac Jones again and it's going to be I think Jennings will play I don't know that that would hurt your Kendrick Bourne yeah it would Xavier Worthy did not practice he was listed on sleeper as doubtful but I don't think he's officially listed as doubtful but he is not he did not practice Thursday after a full participation Wednesday I think he's dealing with swelling issues Xavier Worthy feels a little bit like a lay off the salt man like a nervous play right now with like the week to week how healthy are you argument so i don't know if juan jennings is back out there does it change your view on ton just by the way no just because he's so beat up ton just make basketball or k dotten um i think your i think your ceiling is better with ton just of like the fluky two touchdown game more likely for him but floor for k'don is probably higher 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 subject to policy terms limits and conditions we'll take a break and jump into the forecast if you're a smart business the right hire can be a make or break indeed sponsored jobs gets you quality candidates when you need them most.

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20:54Mike Wright:all right the rest of the matchups here we go

21:00Mike Wright:fantasy forecast presented by prize picks Yesterday we covered the Broncos-Jets, the London game, Cardinals-Colts, Chargers, Dolphins, Patriots, Saints, Browns-Steelers, Cowboys-Panthers, Seahawks, Jags, and the Rams-Ravens game. So you can scroll back and click on that episode if you want to hear those games broken down. But why would you when you have a chance to get into a 1-4 Raiders matchup? Las Vegas minus 4.5 over under 41.5. okay we're gonna play this one you wait we have to schedule says if you want to argue that somebody's been worse than cam ward this year the argument's on the other side of the field yeah nine interceptions for geno smith and taking sacks like crazy he he looks just washed it it is it is mind-blowing to me what has happened to geno yeah i mean geno smith was a I mean his passer rating the last five preceding years 94-103-100 92-93 75 now which is the second lowest of his entire career going all the way back to how bad he was in New York that's what I mean you didn't have to agree with me and be like I think Gino's very good he's played extremely well in Seattle you could just be like oh he's fine to go from that to what we are seeing is a catastrophic

22:28Jason Moore:The question to me, like obviously he doesn't have Brock Bowers, and maybe he just gets better. This is a five-game sample, and one of those games he – well, he was still bad. He threw three touchdowns to Trey Tucker in kind of garbage time, but he wasn't great playing in that game. But maybe he turns it around. I mean, if he's going to, this is a great chance to do it. My worry – he's 35 years old. My worry is it's just over. I mean, Peyton Manning, you know, he went from being as great as you could be, first ballot Hall of Famer in the conversation for best quarterback. And then all of a sudden when it was over, he had nerve damage.

23:02Mike Wright:There's no athletic thing that I think is impacting Geno Smith. Yeah, his processing. Unless you're saying that he's got a brain deterioration situation.

23:14Jason Moore:I mean, we all get older and stupider, you know.

23:17Mike Wright:But the interceptions are out of control. So this offense is also starting to run more and more through Gente. Tennessee's allowing the third most rushing yards per game this year you always play Jenty right now and then you know I don't really have the confidence in Jacoby Myers that I thought I was going to have with no Brock Bowers Michael Mayer will be back Trey Tucker gets a lot of targets the offense like I said they throw the ball to Jenty a lot I'm someone will someone will

23:43Jason Moore:have fantasy value but you can't really dart throw and you don't expect the fantasy value to be an incredible performance. So this is Ashton Gentry, which is a great play. I mean, you said it, they're the third worst team against running backs. Last year, they were the worst. So this is just what we should expect is that Gentry will be able to run on the Titans. He's a must start, but I don't think I'm playing a single other Raider.

24:07Mike Wright:Calvin Ridley had a big week last week, 15.6 fantasy points without a score. Are you buying back into Ridley after what he did against the Cardinals? Not yet. Okay. And Tony Pollard? You can still play him. The matchup says it's all right. The work has been there, but the season low of snaps and percentage of carries, the moment that Tajay Spears was back, not that Spears was getting a ton of work. He played a quarter of the snaps, got four opportunities, but he – I think I'd rather watch and see what's going to happen to really – to the running backs, how it's going to shake out. Michael Carter, you'd play over Tony Pollard then?

24:51Mike Wright:Every week, Tony Pollard's phrase on the show is, you can play him. Yeah.

24:55Jason Moore:It's never like you get to. Tony Pollard feels like, basically, you're going to get 10 fantasy points. And there's a place for that. There's a place like, hey, I'll plug 10 points in on my flex, and you'll be fine. This isn't the scariest matchup against the Raiders. They're going to need him. They're going to use him. So I think he's a flex option. You can play him. Yeah. Yeah.

25:15Mike Wright:Exactly. Cincinnati and Joe Flacco, 2-3. They travel to Lambeau. What a nice treat for Joe Flacco. Just get off the plane. Here's the playbook. Figure it out and go to Green Bay. Get back on a plane. Yeah. Green Bay is 2-1-1. And the line is Green Bay minus 14. Hmm.

25:37Jason Moore:Now, two weeks ago, we saw Flacco play against Green Bay. Don't care. Get through for 142 yards.

25:44Mike Wright:Yeah. Different defense, different offensive line. And 142 yards. Wow. The over-under is 44.5, which means that Green Bay has an implied point total. It's got to be the highest on the week. 29.3? Seems so. And Cincinnati's at 15 points. Like Joe Flacco, let's just really quickly reprise what we said at the beginning of the week. He's been statuesque and turnover-prone so far. It's really going to be hard to expect him to come in here and be productive from a yardage perspective against this pass rush with a brand new offense. I would expect them to try to protect him a little bit in his first game, which means maybe a lot of inefficient opportunities for Chase Brown.

26:27Mike Wright:And Jamar Chase.

26:28Jason Moore:I think there's going to be a lot of screens in this game trying to get the ball out quick and into a playmaker's hand and do something. It does let me have hope for Chase Brown's future, that maybe the screen game work that he will get will be a little bit more efficient, better timed on the passes, better placement on the ball, allowing him to do something. Do you like gross questions? I love them. No. Oh, Mike does.

26:54Mike Wright:Okay, Mike, if you had to lock in Chase Brown or Ramondre Stevenson into your lineup. For this week? Nope, for the rest of the season. Oh, that's unfair. I told you it was gross. One team you like a lot, right? New England, you kind of like the direction. Which one would you do? They are... Are they back-to-back in your rest of the season rankings? In my rest of the season rankings, Chase Brown's at one spot ahead of Ramondre Stevenson. And what spots are those? 32 and 33. Okay. Well, then maybe the question is irrelevant.

27:24Jason Moore:They are back-to-back in mine. No, what? They are 32 and 33. However, I have Ramondre one spot ahead.

27:31Mike Wright:Interesting.

27:33Jason Moore:so you're going to Ramondre you're a big Ramondre guy huge obviously yeah Ramondre is huge obviously

27:39Mike Wright:okay Jamar Chase you talked about it are we waiting and watching on T Higgins right now he's been unstartable yeah I mean I prefer to yeah against the Packers defense with play Jacoby Myers you'd play Matthew Golden you'd play Romeo Dobbs those yeah ahead of him the I think I've I'm open to it. This is the matchup you want players. It won't work out for all of them, but you've got to get some tickets to this game of 24th against quarterbacks, 32nd against running backs, 20th against wide receivers, 32nd against tight ends. You're saying the Packers side, you'd like a ticket on that side. Yes, this is where multiple guys for the Green Bay Packers will go off this week.

28:27Jason Moore:They're implied for 30 points. they might smash that this is literally the team where you you take a shot on anyone obviously

28:37Mike Wright:Jacobs is is in could be good for golden yep gotta buy a week you're coming out of a week

28:42Jason Moore:Dobbs if you are a big underdog and you've dealt with injuries and just go get Dontavian Wicks off of waivers and be like I'll throw him out there and see if he can catch a bomb touchdown I mean, Tucker Craft.

28:54Mike Wright:Played 77 % of snaps before the bye, Dontavian Wicks.

28:57Jason Moore:Yeah, so I think Mike's right. These are just lottery tickets against a terrible defense for a team implied for the most points of the week.

29:05Mike Wright:Tucker Craft and Jordan Lover starts of the week for Mike and myself. And one of the top searches on our Start-Sit tool on the website, which go check it out if you have a Start-Sit question, thefantasyfootballers.com, it's Craft or Waller. Oh, man. Isn't there a weather situation going on a little bit for the Waller game that we need to talk about because that's the the the ones that i'm no the only ones i'm seeing that have some concern uh mild rain concern for the cleveland pittsburgh game the big one to notice and pay attention to is rams at baltimore of we have current models are projecting you know a decent amount of of rain and then wind where with like 15 and gusts to 25 and 30 that's the bigger issue now we talked about stafford he's the start of the week you gotta pay attention to it yeah you you can pivot yeah you might need to pivot and mike on sunday live will give you the latest breakdown like the rain i don't really care that's fine they go out go out and play in the rain but if you have rain plus gusts up to 25 miles an hour that's sketchy yeah statistically

30:13Jason Moore:speaking when wind crosses 15 miles an hour that's like it if it's windy and it's 12 miles an hour the passing game doesn't usually take a noticeable hit. When it's over 15 miles an hour, you start running the ball more, having the actual statistics that we care about in fantasy football, they start taking a massive hit to the passing game.

30:33Mike Wright:And I'm not going to say you have to pivot right this moment because weather patterns change. I'm seeing sub-15-mile-an-hour winds on my model over here, but it's close.

30:43Jason Moore:Just be prepared. Yes, have somebody on the roster. Even if you don't pick him up now, just look at the waivers and say, okay, I'm going to pivot to this guy if the weather looks awful that morning.

30:56Mike Wright:Like pivot to Mac Jones and the 49ers who are 4-1, traveling to Tampa to take on the Buccaneers. Tampa minus three over under 47.5. Baker Mayfield, he's been a top 12 quarterback in four of five weeks. It's wild. He's not on the insane touchdown pace of last year. He's been a tremendously great quarterback, but his touchdown pace is 34. I think he was at 40 plus, 41, 42 last year. 41. 41? Yeah. So, I mean, it's nice. He's giving you like – like last week was a great one. Obviously, he was the quarterback three on the week. But I don't know. There's still some ceiling for him when he gets more weapons back.

31:43Mike Wright:I don't know if that'll be this week in particular, but it's been a really impressive season. A lot of injuries. No Bucky Irving, no Mike Evans, no Chris Godwin. We've talked a lot about this already. You play Emeka Buka and you play him with confidence. I think he is my number four wide receiver on the week. With a smile in your heart. Yeah, it's just getting better. Like we know rookie has tremendous success early. you still like if they're not having success we come on the show and we say well it takes them a while to get going stay patient that implies you learn more right you you see opposing defenses you see things you've never seen i mean uh jackson dart they asked him yesterday you know what's the process like i'm learning every day i see defensive coverages that change every day the players that are already playing well now they can continue to learn and get better and learn about you know that rapport he's building with his quarterback is five games in it's going to be great for him Rashad White tons of opportunities he's in your lineup what about uh you know we talked about Otten is there anybody else in this lineup not from from Tampa Bay yes no no and then on the other side like I guess if you want to get super nasty it would be Sterling Shepard but I am super nasty that's it's super nasty yeah so far on the season

33:00Jason Moore:the 49ers have been pretty good against wide receivers so I think yeah Rashad White Bucky like buka oh and that's that's that's enough to fill your belly i would i'd be playing juan jennings or kendrick bourne over someone like shepherd yeah i would too and i unfortunately we

33:16Mike Wright:we might not get a lot from either one if they play together and uh we have demarcus robinson still out there jake tonjes they're on the road here mac jones he is banged up he should be their starter christian mccaffrey feels very safe this oh man every week well tonjes feels like you know he's pretty safe in terms of some targets for McCaffrey the Bucks have allowed the third most receiving yards per game to running backs uh oh hmm it's wild because over under nine and a half receptions if you told me they were the best team in the league against running backs who catch the ball I would not care I know but that's this one is just like extra tasty it is extra tasty is Mac Jones a viable streamer I mean 27th against quarterbacks the Buccaneers have given up a lot of points.

34:03Mike Wright:It's viable. Mac Jones has been good in his starts.

34:05Jason Moore:It's really tough because you've got two top 10 performances out of his three current starts and the matchup says yes. But I do worry about the injury. I was watching both of these players practice this week and we still got several days to go and obviously Mac Jones. I mean, what a man. After that game, most quarterbacks would have gone on IR. For sure. But that is my worry here with Mac Jones, is simply just like I've got the injury worry.

34:34Mike Wright:I think he could be a – I don't know what the game times are. Let me see. Sunday, 425 Eastern. When's the Baltimore game? Do we have that one? When you think about pivot options in a league where a lot of quarterbacks are rostered, maybe he would be one for Stafford. For the Stafford? If Stafford's weather was terrible. Let's see. Where is the – I can now – B-A-L for Baltimore. Ravens are 1 p.m.

35:00Jason Moore:Eastern. Thank you. So you'll know the weather there. You could use Mac Jones as a pivot.

35:09Mike Wright:Detroit, 4-1 Sunday night football, going to Kansas City to take on the Chiefs. Oh, my. That is awesome. The Chiefs are favored. Two-and-a-half point home favorites in this game. Over-under is 52.5. Is there a – Oh, yeah. Hit it. hit it wait wait what do you want me to hit oh i was looking for the some something to talk about oh no no no i already did that okay i was just looking for a boom shakalaka or something no i can't can't find it uh 52 and a half point over under though yeah yeah there it is surprised we can get a 55 there uh oh you mean because al's yesterday yeah all right the lions and chiefs here we go Mahomes has been very good for fantasy he's got uh the question mark was Xavier Worthy but Taequann Thornton Hollywood Brown Travis Kelsey maybe it's better not to say the names he's throwing to and just take the rushing yardage from Patrick Mahomes these days yeah I mean Patrick

36:11Jason Moore:Mahomes is a is a good start you know in a high over under game where he's going to have to make something happen he doesn't have the weapons to throw to it's probably going to be him on the ground that is making up the fantasy value um taequan thornton is a legitimate startable player you know we would talk about you know the the kendrick borns or juan jennings i i feel like taequan thornton is is right there you've got games with five targets five targets and nine targets if xavier worthy is out yeah that's the big one yeah and then this is assuming that worthy is not going to play um he's he might suit up and then he's more of a dart throw but if worthy is out, Taequann Thornton becomes really just a legitimate flex option.

36:54Mike Wright:Yeah, the Lions are missing a couple of top cornerbacks and you always have a touchdown chance. Thornton has been a touchdown or 90 yards and four straight. Amon Ra, lock him in. If you, where are you with Jameson Williams in this matchup?

37:11Jason Moore:In the fetal position. Yeah. Weeping? Crying. In a closet.

37:17Mike Wright:That's a bad thing, right? Yeah, I mean, it's been... Because how do you... 52.5 points over under, they're road dogs. They're going to have to throw. If you want him to get a season roll and just bench him. That's about how it feels with Jameson Williams. Man, two weeks ago, eight targets. And they were... The ADOT was just so crazy. It seemed like he could have had eight touchdowns in that game. He had none.

37:43Jason Moore:It's so crazy because I feel fine starting Taequann Thornton, but scared starting Jamison Williams.

37:49Mike Wright:Jamison Williams is the better player. Well, I think that basically I feel the same about them, and that's terrifying for me with Jamison Williams, which is basically you feel like you need a big play from one of those guys. You need a touchdown. You're not going to get – like Tyquan Thornton's not going to PPR his way to success. So Jamison feels like the same category for right now, so maybe you'd take a break if you need it. But the high over under, you like pieces in a game like that. Yes, you do.

38:17Jason Moore:You certainly can start Jamison Williams. Process says that Jamison Williams is a fine start. It's just difficult emotionally when he has been bad in four or five games.

38:28Mike Wright:Gibbs and Monty in your lineup. Sam Laporta, how are we feeling about Laporta body? Still fine. Yeah, last week was... There's no reason not to play Laporta right now. Five for 92 and a touchdown last week. There's where Jamison Williams' activity went.

38:44Jason Moore:Yeah, it's not a very good matchup. Tight ends, that might give you more confidence in Jamison Williams, knowing that Jamison Williams and Sam Laporta, these are these guys that honestly, if they were needed, if they were like, I have to get this guy the ball seven, eight times a game, they could. and I think both would succeed. Sam Laporta is great. They just don't always need him and I think matchups don't always dictate that. This is a matchup where you're still starting Sam Laporta but it's not somewhere where you're bullish that they're going to really rely on Laporta here so maybe it does go Jameson's way.

39:19Mike Wright:The Chiefs are number one in the NFL in pass rate over expectation. Mahomes is on pace for 622 pass attempts. The Lions are 31st in pass rate over expectation. Goff is on pace for 493. So almost, you know, what is that, 130 more pass attempts?

39:38Jason Moore:Yeah, one of these teams can run the ball exceptionally well, and one of these teams can't run the ball well at all. So it makes sense. Kareem Hunt is ranked where for you this week? Man, I can pull it up. I don't know exactly where he is.

39:53Mike Wright:Seven attempts last week and two touchdowns.

39:55Jason Moore:I'm not wanting to start Kareem Hunt and chase the touchdowns. I don't really want to start any of the running backs for the Chiefs. You can get touchdowns and save your day. It's not the end of the world, but I don't expect good volume for any of them. From Andre over Cream Hunt? Absolutely.

40:13Mike Wright:Monday Night Football, we have a doubleheader for Mike. They did it for you, Mike. Hey, thank you. I mean, they're just giving me everything I need. 6.30 a.m. games. We told you that we split screen it, Jason. Yes. It's wonderful. I have a different provider. But you have a phone, right? yeah so you could like split screen it yourself one on your phone i could but i'm also give it a go mike but i'm also on the using my phone to be on the twitter machine and talking to you guys

40:43Jason Moore:you got a computer but yeah you got an ipad a laptop somebody there are ways you watch a little little tv tray an apple vision pro laptop on a tv tray next to the tv i don't have a tv tray You don't have a TV tray? Oh, that's the problem, Jason You still have TV trays? Heck yeah, man

41:02Mike Wright:It's not 1987, man Yeah, it's a little strange You have a TV tray, Jay?

41:07Jason Moore:Yeah, I got

41:07Mike Wright:Is it got the fake wood laminate on it, too? No, no

41:10Jason Moore:It folds up nice It, like, comes out And you use it? Yeah, if I want to watch TV and eat Go to the Deucer camp Do we have TV trays back there? I do not For your TV dinners? Bro, I'm the oldest And I don't have one of those This isn't an old thing Yes, it is It's a little bit of a Popping your dinner in the microwave. Okay, hold on. Got a little brownie dessert for you. If you want to watch TV. Got a penguin on the box. So at your house, I don't know how you guys do this. You want to watch TV and you want to eat dinner. And let's say it's a steak. You got to fork and knife this thing. Okay? So you're steak at your TV tray?

41:45Jason Moore:Wow. Heck yeah. Whoa. I said dinner. Anyways, so what are you putting your plate on? I said at the kitchen table. The table. Yeah. You can see your TV at the kitchen table? Yeah, I see it pretty good. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I guess I got to move my kitchen table to my living room. Do you ever get the... Weirdos. Do you have like the big kids TV dinners?

42:05Mike Wright:That's what I was saying. With the Salisbury steak.

42:07Jason Moore:Kid cuisine. Kid cuisine. Those are delicious. Oh, man. He makes kid cuisine and also... When I said steak, I meant Salisbury steak. What, like Hungry Man? Oh, yeah. Dude, I used to... Ultra. I used to love TV dinners. Man, they had one? Have you done anymore? No. They're so unhealthy. I can't eat that crap. Okay.

42:28Mike Wright:I don't know how we ended up shaming somebody for a TV tray. That's really not that big a deal.

42:33Jason Moore:We were shaming Mike for not having the ability to split screen.

42:36Mike Wright:That was judo throw. You did. How did I get dunked on? You distracted the whole thing because Mike's complaining about not split screening. He's got 40 devices. I had a great idea with the TV tray. Yeah. Yeah. Buffalo's four and one Monday night double header. They're taking on the Atlanta Falcons who are two and two. Buffalo minus four and a half on the road over under 49 and a half. Buffalo coming off their first loss of the season. Generally, that's bad news for the opposition. I never want to be in the position where I'm, you know, taking on a more focused Josh Allen. But I also would have said the same thing about Philadelphia yesterday.

43:14Mike Wright:And it didn't happen. So Josh Allen, James Cook, their locks. Dalton Kincaid, we need to flag this because he is, I believe, is he the tight end one? Well. On the season? Currently it is Dallas Goddard. He's a tight end three on the season now. Okay. But Dalton Kincaid's been pretty much an auto start, but he was limited on Thursday with an oblique injury, wore a non-contact jersey in practice. I have a couple leagues where I'm like platooning the Kincaid-Pitts situation, which is on the other side of this game. I'm just going to – That's handy for you. I mean, Darnell Mooney's not practicing, so like you take a piece out of this offense, I feel a lot safer with Kyle Pitts personally.

43:50Jason Moore:I got bad news for you, Andy. Do you know who's number one against tight ends? The Bills. You know who's number two against tight ends? The Falcons.

43:58Mike Wright:Yeah.

43:59Jason Moore:It's just not a great matchup. It's just ironic that those are your two tight ends and you're deciding between those. They both got the most difficult matchup ahead.

44:08Mike Wright:They do. But I'm going to go Kyle Pitts in that one with the oblique injury. And if Dalton Kincaid were to miss, maybe it raises the floor for Shakir and Keon Coleman. Maybe. In a game where they're implied to, you know, it's 27 points and the Falcons are the best defense in football against the run. You saw James Cook get slowed down last week. Maybe. Maybe this is a chance for Keon Coleman or Khalil Shakir to have a big game. I can see nobody getting on board with that.

44:38Jason Moore:I mean, everything you're saying makes sense. If Kincaid is hurt, you're projected for 27 points. You've got a tough run D. Someone should get involved, and Shakir should have the manufactured touches, so his floor is probably higher. I think the ceiling is higher with Coleman, but I'm not excited about either of those guys. I mean, this is still a team in Buffalo that spreads the ball around. You know, they talk about it on every broadcast, right? It's everybody eats. That's their phrase in Buffalo. Everybody eats. It's no selfishness. No one cares about. With those TV trays. That's your philosophy, too.

45:11They call that eating. That's Keon Coleman showing up to the school pizza party, and that's all he's getting. He's getting that real thin slice.

45:20Jason Moore:Everybody eats a little bit. Over the past four games, he has 114 yards in four weeks. Week one, he was at 112.

45:29Mike Wright:Yeah, yeah. I'm not saying you should be confident. I'm just saying it's lining up to where somebody might do it.

45:35Jason Moore:What you're saying is Josh Allen's going to throw the ball to someone. We just don't know who it is. It's Ben Kincaid. Kincaid is hurt. So you can take your shots on these guys, but I'm really not excited.

45:44Mike Wright:Michael Pinnix, Bijan Robinson and company, what do you have for the Falcons' side? Drake London, probably without his running mate, Darnell Mooney. eight for one, ten, and one before the bye week. You know, we talked about Pitts. Bijan's a lock. What are you doing with Drake's a lock, too?

45:59Jason Moore:Yeah, Drake is an absolute lock. The targets will be there without Mooney with Pitts in a tough matchup. I think Drake London is in, Bijan is in, and then Pitts is playable.

46:11Mike Wright:Yeah, I think he is. We'll take a break. We'll talk about the other Monday night game.

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47:21Mike Wright:All right, before we jump into our final matchup, I do want to encourage you head over to jointhefoot.com and get access to all of our premium tools and resources, the lineup optimizer with a spot start tool, which is becoming more valuable with the weather situation.

47:34Jason Moore:What that does is it'll take a look at your specific team and your waivers and say, hey, look, there's someone on waivers that you could put in your starting lineup right now that you might just score more points.

47:46Mike Wright:Yeah, and...

47:49Jason Moore:Breaking news.

47:51Mike Wright:Anytime that a major player is now moving to questionable on a Friday, Zach Taylor saying Jamar Chase got sick last night. He's questionable to play against the Packers.

48:03Jason Moore:I have brought this up a few times this year, um but it is the team the week after playing the lions they get they just they are destroyed i mean we saw that happen with the ravens the week after the lions uh hurt them and so now that that is the bangles and so i i'm not saying the lions caused him to get sick but i'm i'm not not saying it you he doesn't have uh flaccoitis yeah so that would be not good for i mean if joe flacco doesn't to have Jamar Chase and no offensive line against this Packers team. That's just sad. Yeah, just run it three times and punt.

48:46Mike Wright:It'll be tough. It'll be tough for Judkins to volume his way there. We're going to count on it, but it's still going to be a tough one. The Chicago Bears at 2-2 take on the Washington Commanders who are 3-2. I'm excited for this game. Vegas line, Washington minus 4.5. Over-unders 49.5. it's an exciting group of fantasy football players in this matchup i mean oh man this was the game

49:10Jason Moore:this was the hail mary this was the game that ruined everything for the four and two bears and they couldn't ever recover from the hail mary oh man yeah it's it's uh jayden daniels

49:23Mike Wright:who we'd like to see get going he's uh he's only played three games this year he was injured very disappointing i you know what i was encouraged about was he still ran for 39 yards last week on his first game back with the knee injury. So I'm at home in this one, a week removed from the return from the injury. I don't know. I think it'll be a pretty good game for Jaden Daniels in this one. Do you guys disagree?

49:49Jason Moore:No, I agree. I think this being Monday Night Football prime time, you're going to have these two quarterbacks do whatever they can do. And, you know, I expect big fantasy performances in this game. So a popular start-sit question has been Caleb Williams or Bo Nix. I'm on the Caleb Williams side. But the same thing with Jaden Daniels. Like right now, he's my quarterback three. I expect him a wonderful – Yeah.

50:15Mike Wright:I do think it'll be a good week. Now, Debo is going to be his number one guy. Debo is a must-play at this point. Yeah. He's sitting as the, I believe, wide receiver seven on the season. And, you know, to Corey Krosky-Meritt, Mike, your start of the week. Yeah. Big week for JCM. Big week for Bill.

50:33Jason Moore:Bill.

50:37Mike Wright:Bill Krosky, that is.

50:39Jason Moore:Oh, I said I'm going to be prepared for the Krosky, but he's got to have the game. Oh, is that what you said? Yeah, Tuesday. Stay tuned. Stay tuned.

50:47Mike Wright:Stay tuned. Caleb Williams, DeAndre Swift. Freaking DeAndre Swift, man. He's productive. He just is. He is. Last three games, 12.4. He can't keep getting away with it. He is. 2.5 a carry, 2.7 a carry, and 3.1 in three of their four games.

51:06Jason Moore:He's not good.

51:08Mike Wright:But he gets 20 opportunities, 17 opportunities, 15 opportunities, 22 opportunities.

51:13Jason Moore:He's doing exactly what he has always done every single year of his career.

51:18Mike Wright:He averages 11 per game points, fantasy points.

51:21Jason Moore:Exactly. The last three years for three different teams, 11.4, 11.2, 11.9 fantasy points. It's like he's going to go out there and score you about 11 fantasy points, which there's a place for it. And Kyle Monongai, their backup, Monongai, just keeps getting banged up. And hasn't done much with his opportunities either. It feels like to me every time you think, hey, Monongai might seem like, oh, pops up on the injury report. Yeah, he might not play. Because Swift is injuring him.

51:55Mike Wright:Yeah, Swift is just throwing banana peels. regrettably Mario Kart style productive he's like take this turtle shell well at least they're

52:03Jason Moore:coming they're coming out of the bye so we'll see if things change in the running back room I mean right now we're going to expect it's going to be a lot of swift and that's what it is but when you come out of a bye those are the opportunities for changes so we'll see if if Mononga is healthy enough to start having more of that workload maybe Roshon Johnson for all we know is like hey you know what we got to do there he is he is still there he he's not playing a whole lot of snaps but he is technically active he is uh by the looks of it playing none of them yeah but active active and not playing he's not playing a lot of snaps i mean in you could say infinity this is that's what he would say to his his mom yeah not getting a ton of opportunity right now oh yeah

52:48Mike Wright:how much are you getting not a ton not a ton oh could be more me one of the plays just watch me

52:55Jason Moore:warming up i just got a new video be warming up could could it be could you have less opportunity

53:01Mike Wright:well not exactly but i've been active yeah um roma dunes is a lock debo's a lock but on the the other wide receivers you know dj moore this year it's been weird oh man it's been it's been awful it's been basically phase out kind of weird yeah um four for 38 four for 21 5 for 46. 3 for 68. You know.

53:23Jason Moore:Dude.

53:24Mike Wright:That's not really startable.

53:25Jason Moore:On the Dynasty podcast, we were talking like long-term value. I think Betts brought up like maybe he won't be on the team. Yeah, I wonder that too. Oh, you don't need to wonder it. He will be on the team. Oh, yeah. The contract? They can't trade him? Well, I mean, they could if someone else wants this contract. But they gave him a contract this year. Like it's a brand new contract.

53:48Mike Wright:He was also applauded on this show.

53:50Jason Moore:Yeah, 60 million dead cap next year, 35 million dead cap the year after that. So, like, he's not going anywhere, but he sure seems like he's gone someplace.

53:59Mike Wright:Yeah, that would be the trait. Like, to me, he could go into an offense and be your number one. It's just wild that they're not using him as one. For DJ Moore, like, Rome has, for fantasy purposes, Rome has been great. Yes. He also has five receiving touchdowns. The yardage for Rome, week one, 37. Week two, that was the huge 128. Awesome game. 62 and then 69 yards. Those are fine. 62 and 69. But I'm saying like DJ Moore, 68, 46, then the 21, 38. So it's like their averages, he's averaging what, 43 yards a game and Rome is at 74. Yeah, it's the equivalent of 750 for the year, 1200 for the year.

54:41Yeah.

54:42Mike Wright:So, I mean, DJ is just not a player that you have confidence playing. Oh, yeah. the upside i'm not saying to play more it's just it's not while we talk about one big game difference

54:52Jason Moore:coming out of a bye is where you sometimes see those changes um i don't know that they've you know roshan and mononga they might not have the ability to make the changes to the backfield but luther burden yeah um colson loveland if you play the passing game and this is going to be a game like obviously it's prime time it's monday night football it's off of a bye week and I think there's going to be a lot to learn in this game from what the Bears look like. It's a perfect litmus test for them. It's a matchup that's like, the other team's going to score. Their defense is good, but it's not unbeatable.

55:29Jason Moore:So what do you got, Bears? I'm really excited to see this game.

55:34Mike Wright:Any other players you want to mention? Just that the longer term, I'm going to keep my eye on Colston Loveland. The injuries have really derailed things, and he was limited on this Thursday. So the injuries may just completely destroy his rookie year, but there was a plan for him, and give it a couple weeks, and then we may see what the plan was supposed to be. One thing to note, just to amplify the mic start of the week of Ja 'Cory Krosky merit, Washington is number one in football in yards per game rushing, And that's even with missing Jaden Daniels for a couple of weeks. The Bears defense is 31st in rushing yards alone.

56:17Mike Wright:So they're averaging 156 rushing yards, and the Bears are giving up 164. That is a very, very nice situation at home. It's a good spot. It's really the most optimal matchup coming off of the last week breakout to do this and then just secure it. Yeah, like in front of everyone on the island game. Well, not a fully island game. It's a lot like Scadaboo last night. Exactly. Like Scadaboo's game last night, you win the game, you score three touchdowns, and then you go on the post-game show and you rip your shirt off, and you're like everybody's favorite player for the evening. The same thing can happen for Bill on that night.

56:55Jason Moore:I know that he is a strong NFL player talking about Cam Scadaboo, but was anybody else impressed that he – like the sports shirt material, the collars – I feel like you could do it. nice try nice try you're tempted a little bit you're wrong he couldn't do it oh you're right we got another segment rip off your shirt but I was very impressed because I think that would be hard to do

57:25Mike Wright:it's not cotton did you see his back flip I mean the dude is pretty strong I thought you were going to talk about how his size and then Fitzpatrick was like, Fitzpatrick was a beast. By the way, fun fact, Scadaboo remembers nothing of yesterday. He's kind of like a bait fish. He woke up without his shirt. He has no idea. He's memento. He writes it on his arm. I am a running back. He got to about 18. Run hard. Got to 18, and then every day is a new day. To quote his teammate, guy's an idiot. Physicality! chuba is out as an injury update jalen coker game time decision along with jatavian sanders and then kyler murray status will be determined in the next few days but he is out there practicing jalen coker and jatavian sanders coming back would be excellent for bryce young yeah for carolina and moving the football yeah all right um yeah somebody find the lineman situation there who they're missing because i think it's one of their better players but i don't want to misspeak on that but that that would uh that would hurt though on the other side that would hurt bryce young a little bit sure uh let's jump into the face off

58:42Jason Moore:fantasy face off presented by prize picks

58:50Mike Wright:is it even possible to miss any of these dude i don't i i mean i i haven't missed one in a while so I'm not spinning the wheel. I'm not spinning the wheel either.

58:59Jason Moore:Four for four week, my friend. I went three for four, but I still made that shmoney. Yeah, I had Quentin Johnston and Alvin Kamara. They both missed for me. Weird that they popped up on the injury report.

59:12Mike Wright:Actually, that was Jason's miss too. Darius Slayton left early in his game. But we'll jump into it. But, you know, we got to do this. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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59:47Mike Wright:yeah I think that might be more of a bearded dragon that's a lizard though right Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's got air holes in everything, Mike. I'm sure I'm going to be able to breathe and see. Yeah, and your head will totally fit in perfectly.

59:57Jason Moore:It looks huge, which could possibly fit you. Oh, that's perfect, Mike. Actually, this is a good look for you. Yeah, I like it. I'm not joking. You look better. Thank you.

1:00:08Mike Wright:It's a little tough to stare at you with that on. I love it. You're looking pretty good. And I think you can breathe. So that's a step up from some of our other punishments. At least for a few minutes. All right. we're jumping into the lineups. We'll start at the quarterback position. This is my green goblin, the easiest one on my slate. Um, I'm going Dak Prescott. I'm going more than one and a half passing touchdowns. That is my green goblin against Carolina, which one and a half. That's still a good amount. Yeah.

1:00:40Jason Moore:Um, your quarterback, my quarterback, I'm going with Jordan love. We have been taking his rushing projection and going more. But I'm actually going passing yards on this one. 239.5. I think he has more than that. All right, Mike. I don't have a mouth hole. You don't have a mouth hole. You have to talk through one of the nostrils. Hello. There you go. My quarterback is my green goblin. I'm going, look, prize picks is, hold on. There you go. Because prize picks is really fun because they offer, like, different ways to play. I'm going Bryce Young. more than six and a half completions in his first 10 pass attempts okay so the scripted you start yeah i think i think he can hit seven of ten okay that's like that's fun i or more he could do 10

1:01:29Mike Wright:of 10 and then it would still work too yeah no thanks mike go back into your into your lizard lizard head i will actually move to the wide receiver position because i also took a different projection than kind of the standards. I'm actually going with Travis Hunter more than 17 and a half yards for his longest reception. Okay. For Travis Hunter. I think they will get him down the field this week more than 17 and a half yards. Yeah, for at least one play.

1:01:58Jason Moore:I'm going to be honest with you. I don't like that one. I'm just going to be honest. For my wide receiver, my wide receiver is my Green Goblin. It's Jackson Smith and Jigba more than four and a half receptions it it just seems like he's gonna have eight so i'm not too worried about this one okay mike you're wide receiver i have a mika a big boo uh a mika a big boo i got a mecca more than 78 and a half receiving yards okay yeah yeah like that my running back

1:02:34Mike Wright:Ramondre Stevenson. That's right up your alley. More than 43.5 rushing yards. Oh, yeah. That's going to be a sweat.

1:02:44Jason Moore:Your running back, Jason. My running back, I personally love this one, which means it won't work out, but I have Jalen Warren. His projection is 48.5 rushing yards. He has not done that once this season. He is coming off of an injury, and he's playing against the Cleveland Browns, so I am taking less than that. Oh, it would have been amazing if you had taken them more after that whole argument. That's a good line. My running back, I got Ken Bone Walker. Oh, boy. I'm going with combo rush receiving yards more than 62 and a half.

1:03:18Mike Wright:Okay. Yeah, it's great. This is really fitting what we would do, Ramondre and Ken Bone. My tight end is going to be Darren Waller. I am the Waller-ess.

1:03:35Mike Wright:more than 39.5 receiving yards really which you what a loser i'm more than 38 and a half my

1:03:45Jason Moore:projections better than yours i'm the same one darren waller baby so if he if it's 39 if it's 39 on the dot i'm a winner you're a loser you and i locked in at different times yeah i'm going with Andy's tight end start of the week. I'm taking Tucker Kraft, 47.5 receiving yards more, baby. He's our number one

1:04:02Mike Wright:consensus tight end on the week. Get back in your lizard head. Yeah, I'm here. That was Fantasy Face-Off 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. Unless we have any other news updates. You got anything over there, Al? Was it Taylor Morton? or yeah i think he's out oh he's officially out his last name sorry okay what's his last name again uh m-o-t-o-n oh darn all right i tried all right well we'll uh we'll be back with you sunday morning join the lizard head on sunday live go over to youtube.com slash the fantasy footballers and we'll see you there good luck this week goodbye

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