Week 9 Matchups + Wheel of Shame - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/5

speculation of where he might land. He'll go to waivers. He obviously could be a great addition to a number of teams or a potentially great addition. The teams that stand out to me are Atlanta and Las Vegas. I originally thought Las Vegas was the best home, but at the same time, I don't know if you want to bring another personality into that locker room with what they've gone through this year with Gruden and the rug situation. So now I'm starting to think,

Atlanta might be the best fit. You know, Calvin Ridley may be gone. They need somebody over the top. What do you guys think? The timing of the Raiders restructuring their cap space this morning with one of their players just screams to me that they're putting in a claim. Now, whether or not he gets all the... I think a lot of people are going to put a claim. Yeah, the Raiders are, you know, atop their division. So if other teams put a claim in, he'll never make it to... San Francisco.

He'll never make it to the Raiders. So, yeah, Atlanta is there. You know, I would love to see a team like the Jaguars grab them just to watch the world burn, love awful things like that happening. But yeah, I mean, I think, you know, the best situation for him would be to clear waivers, sign wherever he wants, go to Kansas City. But it does not seem like he's going to clear waivers to me. No, I don't think he will either. And it's, it's.

This is one of those things where we all play the game of human nature. Oh, if I just did this differently, if I made this change, it would be better. But that's not factoring in. You could have made that change. And things could get a lot worse. Like, Odo Beckham could go from the Cleveland Browns to the Detroit Lions. That's, that's in the ring. You know who needs a wide receiver and needs to win?

When a game boost him around, the Detroit Lions. For fantasy, though, I feel like that would be a very good destination. I mean, much better than him going to the San Francisco 49ers where it's okay, it's Debo, it's Kittle, there's still Iuke. There's, like, yeah. There's nowhere to go but up for his fantasy value, to be honest. Right. I'm talking just for O'Dell Beckham of thinking that he's, that this was like, I got out. I got out of the Cleveland Browns. You might end up on a.

completely losing franchise as you try to establish new value. I know there's a lot of opinions out there. And some people would want us to defend Odell Beckham in this situation. Other people are against him. I guess broadly, anecdotally, I'm just, it's like the whole story about if everyone around you's an A-hole, maybe you're the A-hole. Being driven out of two cities. It's not a good look. And in turn in 29.

Like, these are, his best days are formally behind him. I mean, like, there is no, there is no way that O'Dell Beckham Jr., unless he landed in some place where that quarterback is going to throw him the ball 15 times a game, I just don't, I don't see a future. I don't think there's a place. Maybe the, maybe the Lions would be the best spot for him fantasy-wise. I think Atlanta, Atlanta can give him 10 targets a game.

Atlanta would be fabulous for Odell Beck. Yeah, Atlanta would make sense for his fantasy value. I think most destinations he's going to go to. You say there's nowhere to go but up. And I would say I think he can stay exactly where he's at on a different team, which is frustrating. I want to start him. I shouldn't have started him. I did start him. Whoopsie doozle. I mean, in his defense, I've watched a lot of Brown's games. He's been very open.

He has been missed on long plays. Not that Baker, you know, Baker needs to move on from the distraction, but I don't know if, I still think he has something to offer if a team is willing to give him targets. Agreed. Let's blitz this news. DeAndre Hopkins, Kyler Murray, what are you guys hearing about their availability for Sunday against the 49ers? It sounds like DeAndre Hopkins is sitting on the side that more than likely he will be out.

Kyler Murray has a chance to play, but this is devastating news for the Cardinals and for fantasy value. Like if you're playing Kyler Murray, who's hobbled without a superstar wide receiver, I mean, that's a bad place to be. It's really sketchy, and that will be a very difficult decision for people of do you move forward with Kyler or do you pivot to a streaming option? Who takes advantage of the absence of Hopkins? Is it Zach Ertz? Probably.

I mean, AJ Green's on the COVID list, right? So he may be out as well. He's a positive test. And I don't, do we have a report on his vaccination status? I'm not aware. I think the assumption has been that he will miss this game. That's how it seemed from everything I've read. I mean, you would hope that Christian Kirk steps up into that role. And Zach Ertz is fine. But as far as Kyler, he's someone that is probably a quarterback two this week. If Kyler misses.

Cole McCoy is a more capable of backup than many others. So I wouldn't, I wouldn't, it's not the situation where I would say, okay, I'm not starting Zach Kurtz or I'm not willing to try a Christian Kirk out. I think Rondale Moore, regardless of quarterback, is a dart throw in DFS just with available targets disappearing. I mean, six targets a week for AJ Green, Hopkins, obviously the number one receiver, and, you know. I would pivot away from James Connor.

If possible. He's been an incredible, just throw him in. He's probably getting a touchdown. And like the thinking could be, well, they're going to have to run more. They're used James Connor. And I just, I think the offense will be not nearly as productive. Tassum Hill upgraded to a full practice, but the Saints are going to start Trevor Simeon. This does not surprise me. Simeon is a more prototypical quarterback. And.

With the decision to go with Winston earlier in the year, Simeon looking okay. Hill will be involved, but I wouldn't play him. Yeah. I don't know if they can use Hill like they want to, though. I mean, if he's now the only backup on the team, you can't risk that he's going to get hurt. Devante Adams, activated from the COVID list. Nice. Should be back. Elijah Mitchell.

Return to a limited practice. Here's breaking news. John Lynch, GM of the 49ers, said Jeff Wilson could be activated from the pup and play this week. Oh, man. So we've been saying it for many weeks. Get him. He could be somebody that helps your team. I don't know if it's this week. If you have another option, I certainly would play it. But he could be making an impact before you know it. And with Elijah Mitchell being banged up,

Like he could leave this game and we could be talking about Jeff Wilson as like the number one waiver ad for next week. Yeah, the whole backfield is you don't know for sure what to do with Elijah, Jemichael Hasty, Jeff Wilson. Like someone's going to have a decent game, I think. I have no idea who to possibly.

say Kyle Shanhan loves. It's going to be Trey Serman at the end of all this. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. George Kettleback of practice on track to play, not been formally ruled in for this game yet. But if he is, you're playing him? Yes. James Robinson did not practice. Second consecutive day on Thursday. Are we expecting to be without Robinson? Yes. As the expectation. Colby Easley. Missed practice again on Thursday. Seems up in the air whether he'll be available. Correct.

Devante Parker, this was big news this morning. It sucks because we've been talking a lot about the upside here and how good he looked in his return. Setback this week with the shoulder and hamstring, he's not going to play this week against the Texans. So that's unfortunate. I mean, Mike Gisicki is a smash play. He already was, and now the target is a guaranteed for Gisiki in this game. Yeah, Gisiki has already been someone that you're starting, but.

Absolutely. DFS, you know, throw him up. Sequin, he is back at the facility. It was a false positive test, but you still have the ankle to deal with. Are you guys leaning one direction on whether he'll be back out there? I think he'll still miss. With the week 10, they have the buy week next week. Am I remembering that correctly? They do. That's correct. I'm almost positive they do. Yeah, so I would think he'll be out for one more week. All right, Giants wide receiver update. Kenny Gulliday.

limited in practice. First time he's been back in a while. Cadarious Tony limited. Sterling Shepard didn't practice. Dante Pettis was placed on IR. So is there a chance Kennedy Holiday has relevance for fantasy owners or manager's rest of the season? Yes, absolutely. If he ends, if he's possible he's on your waiver wire, I would go scoop him up. All right. Any other big pieces? Did you hit the David Montgomery News? That he is eligible to return.

And it has a chance of being back this week. But where are you guys leaning with that? Again, with Barclay, I lean that he'll be out. But if he's in, that's a big momentum shift for two starting running backs. Because like Khalil Herbert goes from the dude to you have no idea what the timeshare is going to be. On Monday night. Yeah. And they very well could, if they're bringing him back this early before the bye week, you could see.

what people fear, which is like a 50-50 timeshare, just giving them a little bit of work. But I don't think that that would necessarily mean that after the buy week, it would still be that, you know, complete shared backfield. Yeah, don't freak out just yet. Wait and find out if Montgomery News comes through later today, tomorrow. But if you go into Monday night and you don't know, are you trying to find a pivot option from Herbert already? I don't think so. I think even if Montgomery is there. You just write it out.

Against the Steelers? I think you probably try to pivot. That would be my case. But speaking of the Steelers, Eric Ebron did not practice on Thursday. So he will continue to be Luth. I don't know if you can, once you're, once you're Luth, can you be put back in, like fully Luth? When he hits 35, I think he'll be, he'll start to tighten up. Start to slow down. Yeah.

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