Starts of the Week + Week 6 Breakdown, Bye-pocalypse is Coming! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/14

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Not expecting a tight matchup tonight? I think it should be a good game, actually. Hertz can get it done for fantasy. It's a weird one. I mean, it's a shared fantasy for Philadelphia that, like, they can play fantasy football and then fantasize that their team could actually beat Tampa Bay. Take that Philadelphia. Mike stands alone, putting you on blast. No, I think, yeah, obviously.

We previewed the game yesterday. And, you know, you go into every week thinking the favorite's going to win, right? I mean, that's how it works in the NFL. And there have been quarters here or halves here where the Philadelphia offense looks like you can get it done or their defense looks like he can get it done. So who knows? We've been getting great primetime games. Yeah. Oh, man, we sure have. Their defense is very confounding because sometimes it looks legitimately great.

And sometimes it looks legitimately awful. Not like in between like, oh, they're okay. It's like they're either shutting fools down or they're like, I have no idea what our scheme is here. We have so much to talk about today. Injuries to catch you up on the fantasy forecast part one. So we'll be in the week six matchups, news like I said. And then starts of the week and the boom boom kicker. The story continues. Oh, I cannot wait. What did we do last week? He had been dancing.

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It's time for Bipocalypse. I don't like that song at all. No, it's kind of it's sung happily, but it was a terrible, Bill. It's a terrible, uh, yeah, Cowboys, Vikings, Steelers, Chargers, Jags. I looked at my dynasty team yesterday and I looked at the byapocalypse next week and the first seven players on my team are on a bite. Yeah, six teams.

On by is a large amount. Those are those weeks where you've got a plan. But it just so happens this year that the six teams are chock full of fantasy relevant players. Only the Jaguars are out here. They're like, you know, wanting to be part of this. Great group of fantasy relevant teams. So this is the time for fantasy players to, this is the time to.

plan ahead a full week, not just for this coming matchup. I know you got buy weeks and you got things you got to do for this week, but you need to plan on your waiver wires right now for what to do about next week. Take a look at your roster. You might be fine. You might be, but you might be like, oh my gosh, I have no quarterback the next week. And guess what? When you have no quarterback, neither does the Josh Allen, the DAC Prescott, the...

Herbert. Those managers, like, they're all going to be looking for quarterback. So grab them now if you can. So at quarterback, you've got Josh Stallion, Dak, Herbert, Cousins, Lawrence Big Ben gone. Here are the names to pick up. Ryan Tannahill. Yes. He plays against Buffalo this week. He probably doesn't have Julio. Nobody's playing him. He cut him. He's on the waiver. Oh, next week, he's probably got Julio back. He's got Kansas City. Heck yeah. Yes. James Winston is on by.

half of his weeks. He's on by. But he's cut. He's on waivers. He's coming back possibly with Michael Thomas. Someone you could stash now. Hope that you get that great New Orleans offense. Matt Ryan has Miami. And then, you know, if those guys aren't out there, Ryan, Ryan Fitzpatrick, could be back. Any Calvin Ridley updates? I know he had the personal situation, so he missed the game. But I haven't heard.

anything yet. Have you guys seen anything? No. Okay. Nothing new. Wasn't an injury. Regarding for Ryan Fitzpatrick, not sure he's getting his job back. Yeah, he very well might not. I mean, that one is not one I'm running to pick out, but those other guys are available in about 40% of leagues. So.

Tanna Hill's the number one target for the bipartisan. Yes, he is. For sure, for sure. And getting him now costs you no fab. You have to sign him next week on Waver Day. You're going to have to spend on him. Absolutely. And at running back, this is more difficult because running back is sparse. The guys that are out there, guys like J.D. McKissick, who's got Green Bay in week seven, the New England backfield, remanderee Stevens, and Brandon Bold. And you could take a look at those guys. The one name I wanted to bring up is Elijah Mitchell. He is on by this week.

People might have to drop him. He hasn't done much and he's not playing. If he is dropped, pick him up. Because we look this up. My name is Jeff Wilson, Jr. Not expected to be back until late November. They will be back in Indianapolis. And Michael Carter also on by this week should be, you know, on waivers and is playing next week. To be clear, those are potential fillings for Eckler, Zeke, Dalvin, Najee, J. Rob.

Zach Moss, if they're parts of your lineup. And then on the wide receivers, no digs, no Sanders, no Cooper, no lamb, no Justin Jefferson, no Thielen, no Deontay, no Claypool, no Mike Williams, no Keenan, no Marvin, no Liviska. I have Marvin and I was like, didn't realize he was on by a couple weeks ago going, oh, he'll fill in for my starters. And no, he won't. You know the scene in the dark night where the Joker.

breaks the pool queue in half and he throws it down. We're having tryouts. Yes. And he throws it to the two guys. It's like. Yes. One of you has to kill the other. That's what waivers will be at wide receiver next week. And we're simply giving you the pool cue. Yeah. We're trying to give you a way out. Like you want to leave the room before he throws a pool queue down. So James is a crowd of Brandon Ayuk. Those guys are going to be on a lot of waivers because they're on by this week. I know I yuk. I said I would cut him. That's fine. He doesn't need to be rostered.

But if you have the ability to hold him and he was cut, coming in next week, no George Kittle. But T.Y. Houston, maybe this week. T.Y. Hilton is another name who should be back by week seven if he's not back this week. Look at those guys now and prepare for the Bipocalypse. And then at tight end, you got the Dawson Knox and Dalton Schultz.

the waiver wire heroes that will be gone. Ricky Seals Jones. We'll talk about him later. He would be my pickup of the week. And I guess we'll throw in some defenses too. Don't ask about kickers. I ain't doing that. Wait till the end of the show. But the Cardinals and the Patriots defense, they've got bad matchups this week. But in week seven, the Houston Texans, the New York Jets, respectively. Go look at waivers for next week today. All right. That is never not working.

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I think that the, just be careful not to swing the pendulum too far here with like PTSD from last year. Yeah, but I don't like it.

Yeah, I don't like it, but I don't think anything's wrong. It's significantly wrong. That's my take. You guys have a different opinion? I'm not freaking out about Kyla Murray. I'm not freaking out, but I did bring up on Spotify Green Room last night that he is someone that I would maybe try to sell high on. If you can get a haul, Andy, you brought up, you've never regretted getting a haul for a stud quarterback. You traded Patrick Mahomes for a hall plus Justin Herbert a couple of weeks ago. That's...

been great. I mentioned maybe targeting like a like a Jalen Hertz plus other important pieces where you're fine at quarterback, but you're adding a running back. You're adding a wide receiver just because if he is injured more than you think, obviously we know the starting center Rodney Hudson is going to be out tough matchup. Maybe just capitalized now, but I agree with you. This isn't like a, oh no, the world's on fire. Get rid of Kyler Murray. But if you can get a haul, I would.

Hopkins missed practice due to an illness. We'll keep you updated. Dalvin Cook limited on Wednesday. That's a good sign. Yes. He had not been practicing. And ironically, Alexander Madison didn't practice at all because of his shoulder injury. So Dalvin Cook, I would expect him back out there this week. Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen didn't practice. It could be maintenance days. We'll find out soon and out a lot. It was just Dalvin Cook running some laps by himself. The Vikings weren't there. Christian McCaffrey.

Matt Rule says he's 50-50 to play. Doesn't sound 50-50 when you hear the 50-50 report. It doesn't. Because you need to put him back out there and risk anything is just not worthwhile for this team with the record that they have. So you need to go into the week, I think, believing that Christian McCaffrey is 100% to go to put him out there if I'm that team. And I think we think Matt Rule is a smart guy.