Week 4 Matchups + The Wheel of Shame - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/1

I'm going to take the home team here. I think it's going to be a very, very close game. The Ravens coming off of their incredible...

66-yard field goal victory over the lions. They didn't look impressive to me. And like I said, we don't know exactly who the Denver Broncos really are because they haven't been tested. But I think they're wanting to show the world that they're legit. I think that they are. Their defense is very, very good. And they have so many pieces on offense. Granted, they've lost K.J. Hamler and Jerry Judy. But.

Yeah, I think they'll get it done. And the Ravens rushing defense has not been great. So Melvin Gordon and Javanta Williams, I think we'll do enough, not necessarily for fantasy, but for the Broncos. It's a wild world that you don't think of the Denver Broncos as they're not the Kansas City cheese wars. I want to start every single person on that offense. But you're kind of fine with it? But Teddy Bridgewater is a stream. But yeah, Gordon, both Gordon and Javante Williams. They're sharing.

Everything pretty much 50-50. I think that they're both worth playing. Cortland Sutton, I mean, it was a down week after the huge week to explosion, but 23% target share. And then you have fireballed Tim Patrick, who has over his last 16 games scored in double digits 10 times. Like he's just a good player. That's crazy. And no fan. Like, this is, this is a really strange situation that I am comfortable playing every single fantasy piece.

of the Denver Broncos against the Baltimore Ravens. Yeah, but you're not excited about any. You're just, they are decent options. Would you play fan or gronk? Grunk. Okay. Going back to New England. Fant or Pitts? Fans. All right, Lamar Jackson in your lineup, what do you do with the running backs? People want to know, Tyson Williams. This week we haven't ranked the highest of the running backs, but.

Through three games against inferior opponents, only given up seven points a game, the Broncos defense, to opposing running backs. Tyson didn't get the work despite the snaps. The confidence level has to be low on Tyson right now. It is very low. I do think you can flex him. It's so tough when you look at the Broncos defense because coming into the year.

I believe they were a good defense. Like, this is going to be a team that's tough to score on. And all they've done is super back that up, but against nobody. So you don't know where to go. If you want to start one of the running backs for the Ravens, though, it is Tyson. He has easily the most explosiveness. He's the only one kind of somewhat involved in the passing game, minuscule as it is. And he's...

His snap percentage has been the same. He's out there half the snaps. Tyson or Tony Pollard against Carolina? Pollard. Tyson or Mike Davis against Washington? Mike Davis. Tyson or Damian Harris against Tampa Bay? Tyson. Tyson. Okay. So that's the line. Yeah. Latavius Murray is a touchdown desperation play? Yep. If you play in touchdown only leagues, literally where that's the only thing that scores, he's fine.

Look, I have no problem with Latavius Murray, but if he could just, like, miss his alarm clock, you know, like on game day. You just want Freeman to get a ton more work? Well, I mean, I assume that he has the hotel room with Devante Freeman because it's just like, oh, you want to both miss the alarm? Lock the door on the outside. Oh, Mike. I don't, I don't wish ill upon him. I just wanted to get, catch some, catch some Zs.

Not a great matchup this week for Hollywood after the drop Pocalypse. I'd still blame. Rashah Bateman's back out there. I'd be trying to find another option than Hollywood. Yeah, I've got a couple leagues where I've got Hollywood. It's certainly to play Patrick over him. Yes. And I have made the move to bench him. You've been pivoting? I did. Unfortunately, in one of the leagues I benched him for Marvin Jones. Oh, not a great. I don't think that works. What about for?

Henry Ruggs? I would play Hollywood. Yeah, I think I would play Hollywood as well. Hollywood. Hollywood. Man, the ping pong ball of Rondale Moore has been hilarious for fantasy. Well, what happened? Because I was realizing it this morning. He was beloved before last week. He was beloved because his snap percentages and everything just super increased. So week one, as a rookie, it was it was minuscule and he did stuff. Week two, they got him so much more involved. And it was the arrow trending up where you thought,

Week 3 was even more involvement and it went backwards. Yeah, as a rookie, too, it's hard to get a gauge of what the team's going to do week to week. I don't know if anybody saw that game, but if you want to see the highlight, he muffed the punt. But what actually happened in that game was the linesman threw a flag and it hit the ball in the air. You couldn't do that if you tried a hundred times.

And it would have been a live play that they lost the ball on. Luckily, the fumble went to Arizona. But it did cost fantasy players a point. Yeah. So people that played Rondale, which was a lot of people, might have lost on an errant flag throw, which is not the best way to lose fantasy. The Pittsburgh Steelers at one and two take on the two and one Green Bay Packers.

Green Bay is six and a half point home favorites, according to the Drafking Sports book. The overrunners, 45 points. I see heads shaking this morning from offensive coordinator Matt Canada. The American. The quote was, we're going to stick with what we're doing. Nice. Losing. That, all I can picture was a, like an ostrich with its head in the sand. Like, please don't stick with what you're doing. What would you have them do, though? I mean, I,

A genuine question. With this offensive line and this quarterback, this version of Big Ben, there isn't an answer. It's not like. How about some movement? How about some motion? How about some like designed plays that aren't just lining up in 11 personnel every single play? How about like involving players creatively in the offense? I mean, this is the same thing we saw last year. And maybe that speaks to your point that.

there's one thing you can do with Big Ben right now. But you can snap the ball and get it out of his hands as quick as possible. That's pretty much what you can do. He will be just sitting in a chair behind centered at this week. This week he will not be getting up. Just scoot it forward. Now it's an, it's an art chair. So it's, it's like a stool. It's, you know. Oh.

But it's like a ticket ripper at a movie theater. He'll be in one of those stools. It's so that he can move around quicker. You know, they put wheels on the bottom. Oh, man. No. Honestly, the only way to improve this offense is just throw the ball more to the muth. Just get the muth leuth on the field. Deonté will help. Deonté being back will help. He will absorb 12 targets in this game. They will need to throw the football. I'm not.

that excited about the nausea ground game. You're going to be sitting and hoping and praying for what we've seen recently, which is two weeks ago he was relevant because he had a touchdown in the passing game. Last week he was relevant because he had 19 targets. So you're going to be hoping for a screen pass that goes the distance. You're going to be hoping for targets. And you're going to be.

praying this offense figures some things out. I just traded Saquan for Najee. I wonder where you, I didn't hear you guys weigh in. Who would you rather have rest of season? Saquan Barclay. You'd rather have Saquan? It's tough because I think like week to week, Najee will be more reliable and like a more foundational piece. But he, but Saquan Barkley just has weak winning upside that Noggi doesn't have right now. All right. Aaron Jones, yeah.

Devonzi Adams, yep. Yep. NBS is questionable in this game, but you're not touching other whiteouts. No. And I think there may be a Robert problem in football. Robert Woods, kind of disappointing. Robert Tunyon. Robert Tunyon, kind of disappointing. Are you finding pivots on? Robbie Anderson? Is that short for Robert? Yes, Robbie. Oh, Robbie Anderson's the other one. So, I mean, what do we think about Robert Tunyon?

It's been eight targets in three games. He had the one touchdown to salvage. He would be a complete bust without that one pass. Right. Yeah, I mean, it really is. You know, coming into the season, it was basically, we knew he was a touchdown dependent player. He doesn't get volume. He doesn't get yards. This is he's going to score. And with Aaron Rogers, there's a good chance of that. But if you compare that to, like, Will Disley, who's alone now? Like, who's got the greater chance of a touchdown this week?

I think is Will Disley. So I would probably, like, I would rather start Evan Ingram than Robert Tunyon. I mean, that's way down the list. I think most, you know, people drafted Tunyon to be your guy through the year. So you're talking about would you cut him? Because if you have to sign an Ingram or a Fant or somebody, or not Fant, but Ingram or Disley or. If there's a good option on the waivers that's better than. You cut him for Gissiki?

Uh, yeah, this, this week I would. Robert Tunyon is not a guy to me that, um, is a must smash play every single week. I would be happy to, if you don't have a option better, cut your guy and pick up Tunyon or cut Tunian. I would not roster two tight ends to keep Robert Tunian. Are you benching Claypool and Juju in this game with the injury question marks, the ribs, the hamstring? I, I would not. I'd play them. Both? Yeah.

Tampa Bay 2 and 1 against the New England Patriots 1 and 2, the Brady Bowl. Drafking Sportsbook line, Tampa Bay minus 7. The overrunners 49 points. I mean, this is a land of narrative street if you want to live there. I think we don't need to live there. We can just talk through these players, the decisions, and the stats we've seen so far. What are you doing for New England? I mean, do you really play anybody in this game? They're at home, yeah, but...

I think Jacobi Myers is, we brought him up the air yards and the, he's actually been. Everything is there. Targets per route run, yards per route, run. Like, he should be a good player. And I think he was a good one to stash. The matchup is there this week against the Buccaneers because the way you beat him is through the air. If you're in PPR.

Then yes, I am more than willing to play Jacoby Myers this week. Is there anybody else on this team, including Damien Harris, that you want to mess around with? No. No, Damien Harris is very similar to, ironically, what we saw last week from his former teammate, Sony Michelle, which is when you're not a guy who's super involved in the passing game, and he did get, I think, two receptions last week, Sony did, and you're going up against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, you don't have value in fantasy.

So, no, I'm looking to pivot off of Damien Harris. I was really disappointed in the output, fantasy-wise, for Leonard Fournette last week. When he got the start, you thought he'd get more work. Now, Geo got some passing game work, scored a touchdown, got hurt. Ronald Jones has been irrelevant. And the Patriots are a formidable defense. So thus far, they've been really, really good. They stopped tight ends. They've stopped their top 10 at every important position. So.

Would you just avoid the backfield this week for Tampa? Okay. And then Evans, Godwin-Brown, all in your lineup? Yep. Brady in your lineup? Yep. And then Grunkowski, you know, coming home, he's been good so far. You can play him. I just think that there is a chance you get a dud game from Gruncowski this week. I think it's certainly possible. He took the major shot to the ribs this last week. He did come back in the game. He's a little bit ribbled. He's a little ribbled. We know he took a...

a limited practice on Friday, so he's going to play. I imagine he will, you know, do the things that trainers do to make your ribs hurt a little bit less during the game. Right. But I would, I would play him. There's, for this, this is a narrative I'm willing to, to chase of the Brady and Grant going back against Bill. It's funny. Trying to prove that they're the reason that the success happened.

more so than Belichick. Don't forget Antonio Brown. Bill wants to prove it too. Oh, yeah. Yeah, but one team has a lot more talent. It's like it's not really fair to say, oh, Bill can want it as much as he can, you know, maximize his desire. The defense is strong in New England. The only, the last thing I'll say on this game is we need to keep an eye on the Ramandre Stevenson, JJ Taylor situation. James White is done for the year. This is a game that I expect the,