Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Week 10 Matchups, In-or-Out, #FootClan Friday

that's when you objectively that's my tiebreaker yeah this is a game that i really i really like most all players in this game things can get crazy on monday night football and considering how uh boring most of the monday night football games have been this year it's it's a little scary but i actually think look the bengals defense one of the things we've had to come to terms with is that they're not that good this year uh they've given up just a lot of plays that i i haven't seen them given up and you know

the previous three seasons. And it's happened so consistently week in, week out, that I don't see a reason to think this is the week that the Bengals defense is really going to get it together and lock the Giants down. And if that's the case, then this could be both offenses have the firepower to score on the opposing defenses. This could be a fun game to have fantasy options. Dalton, to me, is safer. Eli Manning always has those giant upside games because if...

O'Dell Beckham has 202. Part of the equation, too, is just the Giants run defense has been pretty darn good this year. And it's been a long time since I've seen these numbers. Bengals, 23rd against the run, 21st against the pass. It's just kind of not been what you expect from a Bengals front line. Not that those numbers are going to benefit the Rashad Jennings, Paul Perkins, whoever else rotation. But, you know, Perkins is that Dixon light right now for me. He's that. Yep.

I have a chance to be the future of a franchise, and if I am more efficient, I'm going to start getting more carries. He definitely, they draw up the screenplay for Perkins. I think if you need a desperate play, I'd rather play Perkins over a lot of guys this week. That's fair. You're starting, Evert, locked and loaded, love him. Perkins or Sammy Coates asking for a friend.

Perkins or Sammy Coates that, you know, if you need, if you're favored, in a half-point PPR situation that the scoring format is very similar to our league. Yeah, yeah. If you're favored, I'm playing Paul Perkins for the guaranteed points. If you need 20 or the chance for 20, I don't think is there with Perkins. And if it's just an even matchup and you can't make the determination, I would expect Coats. I would rather have Coates than Perkins. Okay.

Well, how many Perkins? How many Perkins did he have? Yeah, how many carries did Perkins have last week? I believe it was 11. I think that Jennings and Perkins had 11 each. It'll be very interesting. No. Really? Am I wrong about it? I don't know. I think you're right. It might have been 11 touches. That would make more sense because I thought he had, but I will. He had 7.3 fantasy points in our league format last week with 11. 11 carries. 11 carries. Not touches. And three catches. So I, look, like you said, I like him.

I think it's an interesting play this week against the defense. It still sounds like it's going to be great, and it's just not this year. So we're going to move on now to talk with Chris Meany himself for The Daily Dose, give you some fan dual knowledge this week, help you prepare for the weekend matchups and some good plays. Let's do that right now. The Daily Dose.

The fantasy footballers are excited to bring back Chris Meaney, the DFS Machini, getting it done with the fan dual picks every single week. How are you doing today, my friend? Doing good, man. Thanks again, as always, for having me. Looking forward to it. Man, not a lot of weeks left for football. It's depressing a bit. Yeah, I mean, we're in the double digits. It feels like we're coming down the stretch here. I mean, we still have...

you know, seven weeks and then some playoffs. So it's, don't shed the tears just yet because there's still some time left. There's still some cash that can be won over at Fandual. So let's start with the quarterback position. How are you approaching it this week? There's a couple guys that you could maybe just pay down for. But, I mean, every week with Tom Brianna, I just want to play him. I just always want to play him. And then he's down in price a little bit because he's playing Seattle, but they're coming off a buy.

You know, Tyrod Taylor was able to put up 20 plus Fando points last week against Seattle, and that was in Seattle. I know he moves around a lot, but I like Tom Brady at $8,300. Aaron Rogers, I get it. Like, this guy throws a ball a lot. Maybe James Starks plays in this game. Maybe they run a little bit more. But Tom Brady, for me, at 8300. Matt Ryan's been awesome. But I actually think, you know, that Jim Schwartz defense in Philadelphia has been pretty good. He could struggle a little bit in this football game. So I'm a little bit down on him.

moving down the list in terms of pricing. You could roll the dice on Simeon if you want. I don't love it. $7,200 in New Orleans, if that game's going to be a bit of a shootout. Who knows? Denver, great defense. So I'm kind of shying away from that, even though a lot of people are talking about that being a high pick. I think Carson Wentz, if this game does turn into a shootout, it's $6,800. You can certainly play him.

I know that Philadelphia wants to run the ball a little bit more. That would involve actually Ryan Matthews getting on the football field. It doesn't seem to be the case lately. So Wentz is taking some deeper shots. I like him. And Jay Cutler, it's $7,000. Yes. Their price. Yeah, going up against Tampa, that whole division, they give up a lot of yards. They give up a lot of points to quarterbacks. They give up a lot of points to wide receivers. So at Jake Cutler, it's $7,000. I don't think it's a bad play this weekend.

We don't disagree. We do our weekly starts of the week. In between the three of us, I think we're starting the entire Chicago offense from top to bottom. So I'm glad you're on board with Smok and Jay Cuddy this week. What are you looking at for running back? Speaking of the Bears, do you like Jordan Howard, does he have interest to you this week? Yeah, Jordan Howard definitely does. I think we saw last week that he is definitely the most talented back in that backfield among the three guys with Kadim Carey.

and Langford, and I don't really care, but either of those two. So, yeah, Howard is a guy. I mean, look what he did. Last time we saw him on the football field is, what, 30 touches. He was all over the place. So I like him a lot. I have no problems, of course, playing up for David Johnson, but understand that the ownership is probably going to be pretty high if you're going to go in a head-to-head or 50-50 or double-ups.

Most likely everyone in that contest is going to have David Johnson, but, I mean, it's not going to hurt you if you have them. The 49ers, rather, just giving up a lot to running backs, a lot to everybody. And I actually don't mind Palmer, David Johnson, Fitzgerald. We'll get to wide receivers a little bit. I actually don't mind stacking Arizona in this football game. They should be able to score some points. Zeke Elliott, again, another great matchup against Pittsburgh. He's been fantastic. Going down the list, I mean, we talked a little bit about Denver.

Maybe people are going to be out on Booker because he didn't do anything. And then Capri Biggs, everyone wants to talk about him. But this is another opportunity for Booker. And he could be just lowly owned in this contest. So I'm looking at him a lot as well. And again, just going down the list here, running backs, there's just not a lot of people that jump out at me.

But I'm willing to roll the dice actually on Chris Ivory. Houston, they're really good against quarterbacks, against wide receivers. Ivory hasn't really done anything all year. Last week was his best week. He probably got burned. That was actually a touchdown last week. I think they're going to be able to run the ball a little bit on Houston. So I would trust Ivory maybe in a GPP in a big tournament, but not in a cash play. But I think he can provide some value at his cost. I believe he's like $5,400. All right. Let's move over to wide receivers. You mentioned.

Larry Fitzgerald, possibly the goat of Arizona. Is there anybody else you're looking at? JJ Nelson, does he have interest to you? Oh, yeah, J.J. Nelson, big time. A lot of interest to me. He's only $5,600. This guy's been heavily targeted the past couple games. Floyd has really taken a seat, a backseat.

And the last time we saw him, 12 targets, eight receptions. This is JJ 79 yards, two touchdowns. The week before that, he had seven targets and 84 receiving yards. Big on him. We talked about Chicago and Cutler. Why not play Alshan Jeffrey in this matchup? He's $7,200. Mike Evans roll him out all the time if you can afford him $8,500. He's always like one or two in terms of targets. Keep an eye on the situation in Green Bay. If Cobb doesn't play, Devonte Adams is just a touchdown machine this year, even though he didn't get targeted.

lot in the last game against the Colts. He still found the end zone. He was successful in my fantasy pros contest, even though he didn't do a whole lot. As I mentioned, he's still a guy that you can lean on. And I actually don't mind being a little bit contrarian here with some of these Saints receivers that people are going to shy away from. Drew Breeze is good at home. I know it's Denver. No Talib in this game. I have no problem with Michael Thomas at $6,400. He passed the test earlier in the year against the Seahawks. He had six targets, six grabs. I think he can get behind him.

And then again, with this Philadelphia passing attack, Jordan Matthews at $5,900. If this game is indeed going to be a shootout, Atlanta scoring more points than anyone, they're also allowing 28 points per game not doing well against quarterbacks, giving up the most fantasy points against quarterbacks and the most fantasy points against wide receivers. So I have no problem targeting Jordan Matthews in this game. All right, strap on the clothes pin on the nose, put on the safety shoes. We're going to wade into the tight ends.

Are you paying up for Gronk against Seattle or are you taking a chance on someone else? Yeah, I'm paying up. You know what's funny when you were talking about like no Gronk, no Reed, no Miller, no effort last week? It was 12 different tight ends caught a touchdown last week, which is pretty crazy. Some of the guys who did good, like Ebron and Ertz, who had productive days.

Didn't find the end zone. I'm going to go back to Ertz and this Philadelphia passing attack. I think there's something there in this game. Gronk's certainly a no-brainer. You want to pay up for him. Travis Kelsey, sure, but you're right. I mean, it's just, it's hard to trust any of these tight ends. I mean, Jason Witton was great last week, but it was a great matchup. So I'm kind of shying away from that. But Zach Miller, again, if you want to stack Chicago, I think you can get away with this. Cutler is cheap.

Zach Miller has been a beast this year, even though he's only had three touchdowns. He's been very productive, heavily targeted. And Alshon Jeffrey, I have no problem stacking teams. A lot of people don't want to do that. They don't want to go all in. But I think this is an opportunity for Chicago to score some points. All right, let's run through some defenses. I mean, the normal you pay up for Seattle, but you can't possibly pay up for Seattle against the great Tom Brady, can you?

No, I'm not. I had no part of it for me, $4,500. Yeah, maybe Sherman gets one interception. I don't care. Yeah, you're right. It's the great Tom Brady. They just, they're scoring at will. They're coming off a buy. You know, they're just prepared. So I'm not going to pay for them. I might have a one lineup, which is just all Arizona guys, and I have no problem with that. $5,200 for the Cardinals. You know, we like to pick on the Jags a lot, so Houston could be okay. Maybe, you know, I've talked about some of the struggles.

opposing quarterbacks and wide receivers have had against Houston's defense. So them. And you know what? The Chargers are a team that has a lot of takeaways. 8.3 fandal points per game. It doesn't blow you away. But in terms of just everybody who's playing this weekend, you look at it, and they're a top seven defense. They have the second most interceptions, the second most fumble recoveries. You can throw on them and you don't think that they're a great defense. But at $4,600.

That's basically the cheapest that you can go. I think maybe that they can just, maybe they can get a couple of turnovers from TANL even though they're running the ball a little bit. It could be a sneaky under the radar defense to play. But my money is going to go on Arizona. I just want them a lot in all my lineups. Love it. Chris Meany from the Fantasy Sports Network. Hey, where can the Foot Clan find you for DFS questions on the Twitter? Yeah, at Chris Meany. Meany. Meany, Mee, Mee.

But yeah, Chris Meena, you can tweet me anytime. I'll always get back to you on some questions for sure. And a lot of DFS coverage on Fantasy Sports Network live a couple hours before kickoff. We really take care of a lot too. But I'll always answer the questions. And good luck to everybody playing this weekend. Appreciate it, Chris. Appreciate it as always. We'll talk to you next week, my friend. All right. Enjoy the weekend, man. All right. Thanks to Chris Meany once again for joining us. Also a reminder. You can go to the website, the fantasy footballers.com. We have a DFS section.

It's actually in the header in the menu. You can just click DFS. There are articles in there written by our staff of writers. Brandon Sanders, Ben Cummins, have two DFS articles coming out today. A plethora of options for you and opinions. And if you haven't jumped on Fandu, you're thinking, hey, this is the weekend. My team is a little lacklist. I want to increase the interest on Sunday.

Fandul.com slash footballers, and there's some incentives there too. You've got it. Yeah, you can get some free entries. All right. That is it for today's show. Good to have you back here, Jason. Good to be back. Mike, have a safe trip. I will. We'll take care of things verified style around these parts. And look, we'll see you in a little bit. Everybody will see you on Monday. Make sure you pay attention to Mike on Sunday morning at least. Yeah, well, I'll be on that Twitter account. That's a good reason to follow the account because you don't know when the...