Playoff Primer + Week 10 Buy or Sell, Fence Sitting

That will probably be the number at the end of the season. For Jamal. So I am going to sell this. I don't think he gets in the end zone this week. I am selling out of spite. Like you just don't want it to happen? Is this for Aaron? I am. No. Aaron Jones? Nope. It's because Jamal Williams danced like an idiot in the end zone when he was down 19 points at the end of the game. And so spite sell.

It's a strange way to put your fantasy analysis. Sometimes, Mike, we make choices with certain places. The heart wants with the heart wants. I don't like that guy's face. Cell. Not quite that level. But, yeah, I like how we're writing these down. And I think Al Borland put spite cell in for me instead of just tell. Well, we're historical men. We want to be accurate. All right, Mike. What are you doing here? I'm going to sell. Okay. Just regular sell, though.

Yeah, just a regular one. Not a spite cell. No. Okay. All right, that was Buy or Sell. Brought to you by Pristine Auction. You can use the code Ballers at pristineauction.com. We'll get you $5 towards a sports memorabilia purchase. Let's get into the news. News and notes from around the league. Presented by Sleeper. All right. Adam Gaze said Levy on Bell. Won't practice Wednesday. Won't practice. That's what he said. Oh. And they will see where he progresses after that. This is a...

It's not a good thing. No, this is, it's what we call a bad thing. This is a defcon, I don't know, three, whatever. Which is worse. What's like, what's like? Is one or five? Is it out of five or ten? One is worse. Is this, I think one is worse. Go red alert. I know red alert's bad. All right. I'm going. Defcon levels. See, I don't know if it's red, but here's my point. Yes, one is the most severe. All right. So I think a three is appropriate. Here's where.

We're at with Levy on Bell. They signed Josh Adams from the practice squad. They said, no, Levy on Bell is good. But they did it. Their transaction was that. He got an MRI for the second time this year. Okay. And now he's not... It was just routine, though. Sure, totally routine. I got one last week. He probably didn't even need it, right? No. Just like, this is for fun. And then he's not practicing. Those three things combined here say that you have to be prepared.

to not have Love Bell, and my expectation right now is I would operate on waivers, for instance, which probably already ran, with all three of these pieces of news, that Love's not playing this week. That's not to say he won't, but that's how I would operate. The difficult part here is that you don't have a clear and exciting alternative. Now, Bilal Pal would be the one I'd go with. Blah Pow. But I'm not excited about it.

Bilal Powell's best days are behind him and the running games. There were good days though. The running game in New York, look, look what Lev Bell was doing. It was not exciting. I feel like Blal Powell is this era's Fred Jackson. Like just that kind of vet who's behind the scenes waiting in the wings whenever he's gotten the opportunity has been very good for fantasy. So, you know, maybe fresh legs.

Not fresh legs. Fresh old legs. Old fresh legs. Well, that's what Fred Jackson had. He had old fresh legs. Yeah, I guess, look, it's Belage Powell. Yay. We've got starters. Maybe. So that's where we're at with that. Adam Thielen, expected to miss week 10 against the Cowboys.

Evan Ingram dealing with a sore foot following the loss to the Cowboys, missed the final drive, not practicing Wednesday. Monitor that. Red Ellison could be a streaming tight-in option. He's fine. If you want to just wait until the end of the week and break the glass for Red Ellison. For emergency, then Red Ellison. If you're the Evan Ingraham owner, you're saying. Yeah. And then we've got Cam Newton. Oh. Injured Reserve. Well, there's nothing wrong with his foot.

I mean, yeah. Oh, you Ron Rivera. Oh, you got me. Yeah, I thought that's who that was. Don't even ask about the foot. It's really. It's so fine. It's double fine. Really, really sad for me. It's sad for a lot of people. It's sad for. You know who it's sad for this. Cam Newton. Yeah, it's really, really sad for me. That's like you're on the bottom of the list. Panthers, Panthers fans, Ron Rivera, Cam Newton. I think it's worse for me than Panthers fans. Tell me why.

Because you made him on my guy? Because I got him in so many bestball leagues. And so I was like I, you know, I got. Yes. I thought I had him in a lot of best ball leagues. You put your foot in your mouth. And that that just runs. Oh, oh. Too soon, gentlemen. All right. Doug Marone announced Nick Foles will return as the starter after the week 10 by. I'm, you know, for fantasy purposes, Nick Foles is capable.

They do have weapons that have emerged, especially DJ Chark, who is, you know, outside of last week, been very consistent. Dude, if Nick Foles. And my sweetie came out. Yeah, Deity. My sweetie. Yeah, take a glance. He might be on your waiver wire. If Nick Foles came out as the starter this week with the Gardner Minchu mustache, I mean, it'd be so awesome. You mean, next week because they're on buy this week. Yes. Well, that gives him time to make sure it's prepared. He just tries to.

Get the goodwill from being the cool guy. He's got a headband. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, but your point is right. That would be like me showing up with the mustache and the jorts. Like, you wouldn't buy it. Now, does this hurt DJ Chark at all? Because obviously, I think Foles is a better quarterback. So you should say, well, no, but there has kind of been that first read, that mind meld that's been going on with Minchu and DJ Chark. Do you worry at all about, like, just change isn't good when...

the player you've had has been good. 100% of Nick Foles touchdown passes in Jacksonville have been to. I love that step. I've been to DJ Chark. I'm not that concerned because I think DJ Chark's an elite player. That's why. Yeah. DJ Chark has broken out. And we're going to talk about it. But Nick Foles' playoff schedule, he could be another fantasy hero yet again. Certainly if you're in a Superflex league, if Nick Foles had been dropped because he was, you know,

just someone you can't necessarily hold. He's an awesome pickup. Deshaun Jackson had core muscle surgery put on injured reserve. The earliest ticket return is the divisional round. For dynasty purposes, Deshaun Jackson's not dead. Deshaun Jackson's under contract for next season. And that speed will be there again next year. So you can be maybe hopeful, optimistic about what we thought we'd see this year coming back next year, but it ain't happening now. James Connor?

Running back for the Steelers. Mike Tomlin said he's limited again in practice to begin the week, but he is optimistic that Connor will be available for Sunday's game. So this is something Jalen Samuel's owners need to be aware of. And then if you're a James Connor owner. I mean, if he plays, you're kind of holding your breath for re-injury. Yeah, but if he plays, I play him. If he plays, I play him. If he plays, I also play Jalen Samuel. I'm not.

going to bench Samuel in this situation. I think he's going to have enough volume. The real issue here is if you were the one that went out and picked up Trey Edmonds. Why are you singularizing him? Dead. Did I say Jalen Samuel? Yeah, multiple times. That's his name now. Okay. This is really bad for me. All right. Sean McVeigh says that things are looking positive from Malcolm Brown returning. You got to read the whole thing though. Because look, his quote at the end is great.

Yes. He says, as for the rotation between Gurley, Malcolm Brown, and Daryl Henderson, quote, I could probably be better equipped to answer after the game Sunday when you see what our game plan is. That's awesome. That's how you handle it. Will it rain today? I will be better equipped after today to tell you whether it rains. But this is, this is at least funny and good spirited trolling and not the.

I'm not telling you my game plan. If you're going to keep it close to your vest, don't act like you don't know. Don't be like, I have no idea what my game plan is. You won't know what to plan for other team. Yeah. All right. And then an update on the left bell situation. Adam Gay says that it is a knee ankle injury. The MRI showed no structural issues, but he's pretty sore. So that's why he won't practice. It's pretty floor. Yes.

Thank you, Mike. Adam Gaze once again bringing us the news. A reminder, drop it like it's hot. This week may be the most important one of all. Look at your waiver wire. See how you did. And then see who was dropped because there is going to be an assortment of goodies potentially in your league that you can pick up tomorrow. And I think there's going to be a number of players from these six bi-week teams that end up hitting. Mohamed Sunu could be one of them.

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Did DaVinci do anything? No, he called it a day. So, Mike didn't make a drop for playoff primer is what I'm saying. Playoff primer. Oh, that was nice. That was, yeah. Was that an acoustic? That was just my voice. Oh, I thought that was a guitar. All right. We do this every year around this time of year, and it is, we're taking a look at playoff matchups.

and we're taking a look at some players that have ideal playoff matchups based on defensive statistics that we have at this point through week nine. And, you know, last year there were a number of players that we highlighted on the show that you saw the benefits of what they had lined up for the playoff weeks, weeks 14 through 16. Last year. Yeah, sorry, last year. Dalvin Cook jumped from being the RB 30 through...

Weeks 1 through 13. In points per game. To the RB5 for the playoff weeks. You saw the same thing with Amari Cooper, had a nice playoff schedule, jumped from the wide receiver 30 to the wide receiver 4 for the playoff weeks. And so there are opportunities to take advantage of playoff schedules. But what's the kind of general strategy that you guys take when looking at matchups versus, you know, you start your studs as a philosophy, right? You just start your studs.