Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 10 Matchups, In-or-Out, Zeke Suspension

Yep, that is rough. It's a huge disappointment. That's a massive disappointment. If I have to make that decision, I'm going to go Murray. I think I'm going to go Murray over mixing. But I'm with Andy. I like the Bengals more than this four and a half points. And I honestly think that Andy Dalton is a streamable quarterback. Yeah, this week. There you go. I lean on the side that you think is going to win the game.

I mean, when you're talking Murray versus Mixon, if you, Andy, believe that the Bengals are going to win this game, then Mixon should have the better game script and, you know, not necessarily. Mixon's better when he's catching the ball. He's better in negative game script. I think that the Titans take care of this game at home. Could he just be better in general? Can we just ask him to be better in general? Yeah. Joe Mixon. And Tyler Croft. You got to keep firing him on. Tyler Croft's the tight end one.

With Andy Dalton as his quarterback, he will remain a low end tied in one. How many Tomb Raider games have they made? You could just keep rolling them out there. Yes. Vikings, six and two. They take on the Redskins four and four. The Redskins are actually one and a half point underdogs at home in this game. Makes sense. You know, the Vikings, their defense is outstanding. It's not generally good idea to start a quarterback running back against them.

And that's the same case in this game. I don't like Kirk Cousins. I don't like Rob Kelly. The wide receivers, they're too difficult to predict. If I'm taking a shot, I'm taking it on Doxon. Yeah, Doxon Overcrowder? Yes. Okay. This week. And Jordan Reed, we expect him to play, but do we expect to play him? Man, it's not a great match. Really, nothing's a great matchup against the Vikings defense 13th.

against allowing points to the tight end. And Vernon Davis got a little bit nicked up in that last game. So I, if Jordan Reed plays, if I have Jordan Reed and he plays, I will play. Yeah, I was going to say it's going to be very difficult for me to not start. You're in place. Yeah, it's in place. Yeah, I would start Jordan Reed. There's, you know, if you're looking at Tyler Croft or Charles Clay or any guy like that.

They don't have the upside that Jordan Reed has. And if there's one place you can beat Minnesota, which, you know, there's not really an easy place, but you're going to find a little bit more ease at the tight-in position than you are running back in wide receiver. So Jordan Reed would be the guy. If Jordan Reed is playing, I am starting him. On the other side of the football, Minnesota, the rolling case Keenham back out there. Stefan Digg should be back on the field, another game, you know, under his belt since the injury.

Adam Thielen's averaging 78.5 receiving yards per game as fourth best in the league. Diggs isn't too far behind him, but the Redskins are pretty good against wide receivers. So do you think that Norman is swallowing up Diggs's targets and then Dillon's the beneficiary? The thing is actually I talked about this last week. I don't know when I brought it up, but the slot receiver actually has.

more success against Washington due to Norman staying on the outside. So if Diggs is playing in the slot, then he is actually very interesting to me in this matchup. And Norman could go mono-imono versus Thielen, which for Thielen would not be the best situation. Yeah, I think if you look at...

I downgrade both digs and Thielen because neither one is exclusive to the slot or the outside. We've seen Thielen in the slot this year. We've seen Diggs in the slot. And it's hard to predict what Minnesota is going to choose to do against this offense. But if I just look and I say, okay, this Washington defense, they have been great. They're top five against the wide receiver position in fantasy points given up. But bottom, they're the 29th.

best. So they're bad against the tight end. Your start of the week this week and Kyle Rudolph might be able to get it done. I bump Kyle Rudolph up a couple spots. Who do you have winning the game? Minnesota. I got Washington. Really? Yeah. I'm going to start throwing that question in there a little bit more. All right. The Texans take on the Rams, the six and two Rams with Seattle now nipping on the heels. Rams are 12 point favorites against the Texans. Welcome. Welcome to the NFL in 2017. Wow. At home.

Texans Savage on offense last week. Oh. Lamar Miller, DeAndre Hopkins, the disappearance of Will Fuller due to Deshaun Watson being injured. Look, you can't be excited about anything on the savage side of the ball. Now, do you think that Savage gets, is there a chance Savage gets pulled in this game? No, I don't think so. What's that face for, Jason? Oh, Andy said something that was really.

true and clear and obvious when he said you can't get excited about anything on the savage side and you said uh well and i'm really excited you're not excited you're not excited to match up against the 31st oh you're against the running back sure lamar miller yeah that's what i'm saying so there is something to be excited i guess i i interpreted savage as you know the the the passing ah well i'm including but you're right he is on that side of the ball yeah okay we're on the same page lamar miller should have a good week yeah i like lamar miller

Hopkins, if you have him, if you've not been able to trade him, you're starting him. And you're hoping that he gets another 16 targets. Yeah, you're going to have five receptions. Yeah, I was going to say you're going to need 16 targets. And just so people are aware. The currency exchange of Tom Savage targets is not very good. Yeah, just so people are aware, 16 targets is.

268 target per your pace. Yes, 268 target per your pace. That is not, you can't just go, oh, man, Savage is going to give them 16 targets. That is not a realistic expectation or number impossible to keep that out. However, however, the recipe for success with a bad quarterback in DeAndre Hopkins in the past was predicated on the defense's inability to stop the offense. The Rams are the number one scoring team in football. They're at home.

So if you are telling me that I can have DeAndre Hopkins coming from behind from the entire game, I can live with it. I don't care if I get it all with I don't care if it's garbage time. But there's a divergence here. I have Hopkins right now is my sixth ranked wide receiver. Mike, you got him eight. Jason, you got him 13. You're feeling a lot better rolling out a guy like Demarius Thomas in the New England matchup than you are DeAndre Hopkins. Yeah.

I honestly am both bad quarterbacks, but one has a great match. Well, it's interesting for these two defenses, at least talking fantasy terms. They're the exact inverse. Yeah, they are the exact inverse where the Texans are only good against running backs. And they're great. They're number one. And the Rams are only bad against running backs. So it's, it's definitely going to be an interesting matchup, but I will start, like I said, Miller.

Hopkins, if you have. King Goughrey is great, but what, fantastic play this week? What, who are you taking? I mean, you've got Cup, you've got Robert Woods and you've got Sammy Watkins. Can all three get it done? And how do you order those three guys? If, if, let's say you have those three guys on your roster. Cup Woods Watkins. I'm going Woods, Cup, Sammy Watkins. I hate you both. Hey, well, because we're right.

Yeah, I think because you're right and because Sammy Watkins is third on that list. It hurts so bad, Mike. Todd Gurley, though, you're not benching him. No, you're rolling him out there. You are going to roll him. Timper some expectations. Yeah, this isn't the type of, well, I've said that they're number one against running backs. There's still going to be a very positive game script for Todd Gurley. 12 point favorite. Give me that. Yeah, absolutely. Give me those 22 carries for 29 yards. Yeah. Yeah. No. Yeah. We'll see. Adrian.

All right, the Zekeless Cowboys, five and three, traveled to Atlanta to take on the Falcons. Falcons are three-point favorites. Interesting. At home, 50 and a half point over under. That's a bonanza game, if I've ever seen that line. Has that line been updated, Brooks, since the Zeke news? Yes, sir. Okay. Was it higher before? Do you know? I don't. It was not. It was the same. Yes. All right. Oh, take that, Zeke. Your suspension does not move the line.

Yeah, we'll see. That's got to feel bad. Changes before Sunday. Dak Prescott, Alfred Morris, Darren McFadden in the backfield, Des Bryant. I think he'll suit up. I think that muddies the water for a streamer elsewhere at the wide receiver position. And then Jason Whitten, I actually think there's some upside for Jason Whitten in this game. I know that the Falcons have been pretty good against the tight end. I think that tight-in number is always very subjective because you face teams that utilize it, you face teams with talent, and then you face teams that have nobody. So...

Witten could be heavily involved if Des Bryant is limited. Do you guys find playing Witten? Yeah, I'm fine playing him. It's not a... Would you rather have Hooper on the other side with the Cowboys defense, you know, middle of the road? I would probably rather have Witten over Hooper, but...

I would prefer neither, to be honest. I think there's better options out there this week. Tyler Croft or one of these two guys. Yeah, I would rather have Tyler Croft over both of these guys. Now, the Cowboys, Tyron Smith, the left tackle, stud, left tackle. He's not expected to play. This is going to be really interesting to see what happens with Zeke. Zeke has come into the league behind, you know, what's been the best offensive line over the last couple years, and he's been protected.

You're talking about Dak Prescott. What did I say? You said Z. I was letting you go because I didn't know what you were saying. There you go. Yes, Dak Prescott to see how he's going to be able to perform if they're able to get pressure. And, you know, the Falcons, they can get pressure on you. You know, if you've got a backup left tackle in there, that'll be interesting. Is this a get right game for Matt Ryan in the offense facing the Cowboys defense? Yes. At home. I think so.

So Julio Jones, high expectations, Devonta Freeman, Tevin Coleman. Yeah, let's get Freeman on track. Let's get Freeman on track. Let's work on that. Yeah, I think this is a good game to get Freeman on track because if you look at Freeman's home road splits, he is much, much better at home, especially when it comes to touchdowns. Next matchup, the Giants. They take on the 49ers. Oh.

What's so glorious about this? The teams are a combined one and 16 on the year. But I love so many players in this game. Well, talk to me about that. Maybe you need some happy music. Oh, look at, because look at the defenses. You know about all sad fantasy happy? This is what you have to look at is the fantasy points allowed. The giants are, I mean, they're green. They are green for everybody. You want them?

Green for days. That doesn't mean I'm playing Bethard. But Carlos Hyde, absolutely. Marky's Goodwin, the new number one wide receiver. Take shot. 12 most air yards in the league. Yes, please. Against that defense. Garrett Selik, the Giants defense has given up at least one touchdown to every single tight end they've played. It reminds me of a really, really, really bad restaurant. This game's a bad, bad, bad restaurant, but the restaurant's a buffet.

So you just get to keep going back, and it's quantity over quality. This is the, this is what, the Golden Corral? Oh, don't you call them out by name? Golden Corral is fantastic. I agree to disagree. Oh, my goodness. Want to tee over quality, my friend. Oh, my goodness. Want to tea over quality. Yeah, I mean, the truth is, Eli Manning, you can. This is a great stream. I think the best player in, in this game might be Orleans Darkwa. Yeah.

The 49ers rush D. They're the worst against the running back for fantasy points. Not only are they the worst against the running back for fantasy points, but this goes back now to last year. This is a team that is not going to correct the ship. They don't have the pieces to do it. And it's so prevalent that, you know, look, I don't care who. I don't care who the starting running back is against San Francisco. You have to get them in the lineup. And then you pair that with the fact that Orleans Dark was been...

pretty darn good since he has become the lead rusher for the New York Giants. And I see him as pretty much like a top 10 running back this week. Yeah, would not shock me. Okay. Any other guys you want to bring up before you get into Sunday night football? You got to play Shepherd. You're playing Shepherd. You're playing. That's what I'm saying. Angram. He's a top five tied in right now since back of his left. If Garoppolo is a surprise start in place of Bethard, are you willing to stream Garoppola? No. In his first game. No. Okay.

I don't think. Would you? At home? No, look, I'm willing to stream Bethard. I've already said that. Like last week, he was very, he was pretty good against the Cardinals. And he's at home. I think I'd be willing to go for the big play with Goodwin if I had to. So in that case, I, you know. I think DFS. This is just such a great game for DFS play. If Garoppolo starts, take a shot at him just destroying this terrible Giants defense. And I agree with Bethard, too.