Starts of the Week + Week 5 Breakdown, Squeaky Wheels - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/5

We got steel on, but we got to protect that steel because we are playing. Yes. This is the wildest. Zach Wilson against the Denver Broncos. The most points allowed per game at the position. The best schedule adjusted team to face at the quarterback position, 28 for 39. That is a 72% completion percentage 245 and 2 against the Kansas City Chiefs. I tweeted about Wilson and people are asking, can I do it? They're looking for the permission and I say, we ride. This is the one time, fellas. We have to take advantage of the one time in his career that we can ever start the week, Zach Wilson, and I will be the one to do it. Okay, so I could see starting him over like Russell Wilson against the Jets. Okay, if that's your option. But I'm going to give you a couple names to see if you're really starting.

So that means he's the top Wilson to start a quarterback. He's the top Wilson this week. Would you start Brock Purdy, Mr. Consistent, against the Dallas Cowboys defense, or would you throw Zach Wilson in there? If we're talking to one quarterback, if I need an actual ceiling, I would be willing to go Zach Wilson. Let me ask you guys a question. Has Justin Fields in his career thus far, but not last week, has he ever looked like a good passing quarterback? No. That was his first 300-yard game and 30 starts. Right. I'm saying he's so he's never, you never been like, wow. You're impressed by a couple throws, but you're never like, that's a complete game from Justin Fields. And he looked dominant. Justin Fields looked dominant last week. And Wilson's coming off of a momentum. You're just saying the Denver Broncos matchup is. That is exactly what I'm saying. Okay. Last one. Because I just want to see if it goes all the way. Trevor Lawrence, who's been bad in London against Buffalo. I don't know that I'm that courageous. Okay.

No. Titanium has its limits. You need a different set of underpants. Look, there is a third level if we ever need to get to it, boys. Oh, boy. That's frightening. I'm going to go right into wide receiver start because it's attached to your quarterback. Yes. It's Garrett Wilson, and the signs of life are there. The target counts for Garrett Wilson. They have increased every week. He is demanding. He is the squeaky Wilson. Five to eight to nine to 14 targets. He is due for one of those big time games. as he is one of the most talented wide receivers in football. I think you're going to get a big score from Garrett Wilson. In fact, I'm going to give you a touchdown guarantee from Garrett Wilson in this game. And the Broncos are literally begging you to score on them. I see howl right now taking care of business. I'll trail it. I'm going to go with Michael Pittman. We talked about him earlier. I think he's a very good start off of a bad week. You might be like, I don't.

Yeah, you think you might not be able to trust him. I think you can. 11 targets week one, 12 targets week two, 11 targets week three. And then his bad week this last week with only five targets. But he actually still had a 38% wide receiver target share. That was up from the week before. It just became the tight end show last week. He completed 11 passes total. Right. And so many of them were to tight ends towards the end of that game. This matchup against Tennessee, we talked about it. Tennessee is a pass funnel defense. They're going to encourage teams to throw more on them and run fewer times. Schedule adjusted Tennessee is 29th against wide receivers. They're giving up what equates to 37 fantasy points per game to the wide receiver position. And so Michael Pittman should receive the largest share of 37 fantasy points. I think you should be starting Michael Pittman against Tennessee Titans.

And it could be the final week for this play. We'll see how things go with Cooper Cup. But I'm going 2-2 at well against the Philadelphia Eagles. Wide receivers are running hot against that secondary. It is the second best matchup in schedule-adjusted ranking. You just saw Sam Howell come to life against this Philadelphia Eagles team. And I think that with it being Cooper Cup's first game back projected. I think that two-two still is in play. I almost made Cooper Cup start of the week. Wait until we get to my tight end, fellas. Joe Mixen is my running back start of the week. Great opportunity for him against an Arizona defense that is 30th against fantasy running backs. They could be without T. Higgins, but lean on the run game. And he has not been bad relative to the reality that this team has not been the red zone. Very often this year, Arizona is the...

is an opportunity for Joe Mix. And he's still sitting at RB19, despite the fact the Bengals are barely scoring any point. So I think it's a good week for Mixing. At running back, baby, we're starting our jets. Fire them up. Breece Hall, baby. I love Breece Hall. He's an insanely explosive. That statement doesn't need to be made. Well, yes, it does. I can't speak on Breece Hall without sharing my love. When you truly love something, Andrew, you need people to know. And you set it free. Is that why you didn't draft him anywhere? Oh, I've got him. What are you talking about? I've got, I've got Brees Hall. Did that you drafted this year? Dynasty, baby. Because I love, he's, he's, look, he's insanely explosive, like very few players in the NFL are. And I love the Broncos defense. They give up opportunities for explosive plays, like very few teams in NFL history. The Broncos gave up.

97 fantasy points to the Dolphins running backs in week three. They sure did. They also gave up 34.7, the third most fantasy points to the Washington Manders the week before that. And they gave up over 20 fantasy points to Khalil Herbert this last week, who's been putrid. If Breeze Hall gets chances against a team that gives lanes to run, he's going to be gone. And you have the head coach coming out saying, hey, all the restrictions on Bruce Hall, they're gone now. That means two things. One, they were restricting him. Two is gone. It's wheels up. Jets are flying. Did you hear the stupid comments, though? He made the same comments about Dalvin Cook. Dalvin Cook, who was on the field, 25% of snaps, only got five carries last week and looks terrible. Breece Hall is a great play this week. No, I wasn't saying. I was saying he made the comments about giving Dalvin Cook more work. No, I know. I'm saying that's just not playing out in real life. They, they...

They didn't want him on the field because he stinks. Yeah. It'll think you get what I'm saying. Go on. Yeah, I'm talking about upcoming. He said for the future weeks, but go on, Mike. It's David Montgomery. David Montgomery, excuse me, the Panthers, the third best schedule adjusted matchup for fantasy running backs. It's a home game. They are 10-point favorites. We saw last week what's going to happen when the Detroit Lions are dominating a team? It's going to be all Montgomery all the time. And that's what I'm projecting for this week. Zach Ertz is my tight end start of the week. Take the dirty, nasty targets. I have to agree. Just absorb the targets. The Bengals are one of the worst teams against tight ends. Ertz is on pace for 120 targets. You don't have to watch. Just playing. Yeah, when you're looking at tight ends starts of the week, you're really looking for the low end waiver wire type of guys who might get volume.

That's why I'm going with Tyler Higby. We obviously love Matthew Stafford this week. The matchup at home against the Eagles, I mean he's going to throw the ball a lot. Higby got the big contract, got 11 targets this last week. I think he'll be very involved. And the Eagles, they're against tight ends. They're 30th right now against tight ends. Schedule adjusted, they're still terrible against tight ends. This is an exploitable matchup in a game where you think Matthew Stafford's going to have to throw a lot. At the tight end position, he should be a top option. And it might surprise you.

But three out of the four weeks, Tyler Higby has been a tight-in one already on the season. I'm going with Darren Waller. Goo-goo-Gajube, everybody. Because he gets to take on the Miami Dolphins. The Miami ranking against tight-end, I don't think it tells the complete story of where they really are as a team. The first two weeks, it was fantastic. I mean, that's why I had targeted them with Gerald Everett. It was just happened to be Donald Parham that came through. So we've had those weeks. And I think it was Hunter Henry the next week. But then it was Denver, which... They don't have on right now. Exactly. With Greg Dulcich out, Adam Tramman's not going to get it done. And then Buffalo, it was just... Stefan Diggs had an explosive game. I mean, the tight ends didn't really have to do anything because Stefan Diggs was stealing all the fantasy points. I think we get right back to work in Darren Waller.

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