Week 10 Studs & Duds + Fantasy Enemies, Trade McBride? - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/13

And including Devon Singletary here with the huge performance, not sure how many people were willing to go back with Singletary after his, you know, last week when he had all the opportunities and everyone in the Texans was great and Singletary was hot garbage. So congratulations if you got to start him. But, I mean, the Texans and Stroud. It was time. It was so incredible. I think it's been a long time since we did the party music. Oh. For us receiving DeAndre Hopkins from the Texans in their misery. Uh-huh. After watching C.J. Stroud, can you find that music for us, please? We're going to have a Stroud party? I'm giving a Stroud party. Hey, all right. Okay. Congratulations, Houston. Congratulations on ridding yourself of Deshaun Watson. Congratulations on picking the right quarterback. Congratulations on having the team above you pick the wrong quarterback right in front of you. Unbelievable.

And now, and now we Cardinals fans, we get Kyler Murray back, who came back, looked great. And this next week, C.J. Stroud v. Kyler Murray. Yeah, we didn't bring up Kyler because his fantasy line was around 20 points and not full stud category. But it's worth a brief moment to talk about what the Cardinals' offense was able to do. Number one, the most important thing. defeat Arthur Smith, the arch villain of the universe. You're welcome, America. He's trying to grow his mustache back. Yeah, yeah. Because he saw himself. And then he'll go and then he'll shave. It's just going to be a whole cycle. I mean, to be fair, he grew up faster than I could grow my hair back. So it's because of the tea, Andy. But number two, I mean, Kyler was exceptionally mobile, evasive. All the things that you wanted to see. The only thing you didn't get out of this game that you wanted to see was the involvement of Hollywood Brown because he had one catch.

Yeah. He was just missed on a bomb, but the Cardinals are going to move forward with Kyler, and I think he's going to be himself. Kyler is going to be a great fantasy asset. The Arizona Cardinals defense is bad. He looked fully healthy, 33 rushing yards, totally like Andy said, very evasive in the pocket, was able to connect with Tray McBride a ton. And currently he's the quarterback 12 on the week. I expect Josh Allen will probably make him with the quarterback 13. He should have had a, was very close to having a much better game. Michael Wilson touchdown called back on the inch line. And then they put in Clayton Toot for the push on the goal line to kind of, they're not going to have Kyler do the tush pushes right now. Back to running back. Singletary, you know, the Texans play the Cardinals, as you just mentioned. I have Singletary and Damian Pierce, and I am actively rooting for Pierce to skip another week. Oh, for sure. The Cardinals are a.

Tremendously bad defense against the run. And I would love Devin Singletary to get this much work. What do they do even if Pierce is healthy? Yeah. Because Pierce is not, he's not really flashed this year. We already saw, like when the last time Pierce was healthy, Singletary had kind of that one game where he overtook him in snaps and opportunities. Is Devin Singletary the starting running back? I mean, we are a week for now. We're a week from 13 for 26 for Devin Singletary as well. So I think he's got the, seeing the relationship he has with the head coach, like I've seen that behind, you know, in the locker room, Damien Pierce is beloved by this team. I have no doubt that he's going to get the majority of the opportunity when he's healthy. Yeah, I think it'll be 60, 40, where Pierce is the 40. That's at best. I think you're saying the opposite thing as me then.

You said yes, but Pierce is going to get the majority, and then you said, yes, he'll get 40%. No, I believe that it will be singletary. So no, no. No, I think it will be Pierce. In week one? No, when he's healthy, I said. So if he's healthy, then yes. But if he's not healthy, then no. And it's hard to know that in the first week you come back from an ankle. Week one, you're probably right. 6040 and week one, it makes sense. The last time we saw these two players together, it was basically a complete 50-50 split. They played.

one snap different between Devin Singletarian Pierce. Yeah. Austin Eccler. He's getting it done. Four for 48 through the air, 19 for 67 on the ground and a touchdown. Kenneth Walker, welcome back. 19 for 63 had the big 64-yard reception on his only reception. It seems like for Walker. Would you trade him after this? No, I think I would hold on to him, but he is, he's big play reliant. Oh, for sure. I mean, he always has been. He just usually comes through with him. I would be interested in seeing if I could capitalize on it. The Rams, the 49ers coming up and Charbonnet more and more involved. Charbonnet again out snapped Kenneth Walker. So if I could capitalize on a good performance and get someone I felt more confident in at running back, I probably would do that.

Jalen Warren and Najee Harris were both dominant. Both scored. Both were efficient. Both caught passes. Jalen Warren, Ian Harditz put this out, another nugget. Jalen Warren among the 46 running backs with 50 plus carries this year, number 5 in yards per carry, number 7 in yards after contact, number 1 in missed tackles forced. I retweeted a post this morning. Jason had shared with me. And it was hilarious because somebody tweeted a video of Jail Warren and it said, he's just mashing buttons because he's in the open field and spins for no reason. Just a spin move. Like someone hit the spin button. Number one, an explosive run place. This is the new Rolls Royce. I mean, it really is. He runs with such reckless abandon. It is so fun to watch. But to get a fantasy production situation out of him finally, delightful.

It is nice. It was a little bit predictable, though, because the Green Bay Packers defense is extremely bad at stopping the run. That's why everybody succeeded. Going forward, they go to the Cleveland Browns, to the Cincinnati Bengals. I'm not excited to start these guys. Although it is worth noting, Najee now has three touchdowns in his last four games. Three of four weeks is a top 12 running back. And the temperatures are going down. Well, I mean, maybe he took a little bit of the cold weather magic from. from derelict Henry. Yeah. McCaffrey, Bijon, Rashad White, Foreman, all had good weeks. We just got to pause real quick on Christian McCaffrey. Special shout out. Yeah. To Kyle Shanahan. They were destroying the Jaguars 34 to 3. Christian McCaffrey had been pulled. Brock Purdy had been pulled. And then Elijah Mitchell took them down the field. And Kyle Shanahan knew.

The streak was on the line of Christian McCaffrey could take it and be in sole ownership of the touchdown record, the most consecutive weeks, and they put him in, and they gave him every touch. Every touch. So it was awesome. I mean, thank you. We appreciate, he didn't get in, so it was a little bit unfortunate there. But the fact that the coach was like willing to put McCaffrey out there. I mean, the game is done. Christian McCaffrey could get hurt on these touches, but it was... You see his comments? These records are important. The records are important to the players, so let the player try. Do you see him talk about it? I did. Yeah, where he's just like, it was really nerve-wracking because he knew he could get hurt. Yeah. Wide receiver studs, Keenan Allen. Third time finishing is the wide receiver one on the week, 11 for 175 and 2. He leaves the NFL in receptions. He's on pace for almost 1,700 yards. He's a beast. And, um,

Yeah, he's, he's, Kuge is not going to be taking a huge amount of his opportunities away. Kuge should have beat the line that you set for him on five for 55 if he could catch. He did draw two pass interference penalties downfield on those two drops. Yeah. CD Lamb, Brandon Cooks. Welcome to the party, Brandon Cooks. Nine for one 73. Lamb was 11 for 151. Both scored. CD Lamb is the first player in NFL history with three straight games of 10 plus catches and 150 plus receiving yards. He told AJ Brown's record earlier in the year to hold his beer. And I, you know, it's hard. Like Jefferson's one of them. Chase is one of them. But like Lamb, you know, he's one of those players that you can hyper target and he's always open. Like it doesn't make sense, but he just is. And so the schedule is so good for DAC, it is good for Lamb. Mm-hmm.

Amon Ra, machine. I don't think he's had a game this year that's under double digits when he's been active. Eight for one, 56 and one. There it is. Right there, 11 plus fantasy points in every single game. He has their Keenan Allen. Yeah, he's a younger, more explosive Keenan Allen. And I believe. That's pretty nice because Keenan Allen's great. Yeah, when Keenan Allen was performing this well this week. I believe Kyle the Borgogan said his pants were obliterated. Like they're gone. For sure. They're gone. Yeah. I mean, like, I feel like the pants, like in his dresser. Right. Also exploded. They just, they just combust it. It's a real problem because he's got to go to the store for pants, but he doesn't have any pants to wear to the store. He better have a long shirt. Yeah. Hope you got a nightgown. Nice moo-moo. He owns no pants, to be clear.

Jamar Chase, it wasn't looking good. And then it was Jamar Chase, seven or five for one, 224. Did you mention the Mike Evans? Mike Evans. Yeah. Six for one. I should have. He's my guy. Six for one, 43. A touchdown. The wide receiver nine. He has hit the byway. And the worst drop touchdown. Yeah, his was worse to Boyd. The worst drop touchdown. They were about the same. They really were the same play that you could possibly see. I saw a quote from him, and he said, like, what happened? And I didn't, I didn't see the clip. I just read the quote. And it was, he was thinking about which fan he was going to give the ball to. No, for real? I mean, I'm sure he's just joking around. Or was he? Oh, I don't think he was, man. He scored later, thankfully, but. Yeah, Boyd's was way worse because. Because of the impact in the game. You, Boyd's lost the game for them. Like Mike Evans was forward facing. Tyler Boyd had to.

Yeah, Tyler Boyd was like three quarters for 117 and should have, should have had the touchdown. If he had the touchdown, Jason might not even be here this morning. No, I wouldn't be. Because he would have been in, in jeopard. He would have been depending on Gabe Davis for about 10 points. Yeah. As of right now, all I'm depending on is for Gabe Davis to not get negative points. And I'm scared going into tonight. Can you imagine a world where they throw him a screen and he fumbles in? Oh, I can. Oh, I certainly can. And then on that fumble, the reason he fumbled it is because he got concussed and he's out the rest of the game. So follow along, Fookland. Tankdale, Noah Brown. Dude. Noah Brown has been a monster. And he is, he was the recipient of every target where Stroud would extend the play, scramble around, and then Noah Brown would just find space. Yeah, Nico Collins was out. But I mean, what do you do with this? 72% or greater snaps in three straight games. He's been.

very, very good. I think it's a matchup play and it based on the help. But the matchup against the Bengals would be like, I had him in. Here's what I wanted. I'm like, I don't feel good about this. I wondered about Noah Brown last week on the waivers. No, I wasn't in on the waivers show. But I wondered about him because we didn't get to see what the real plan was for him because he got hurt. At the beginning of the year. At the beginning of the year. So we didn't ever, him coming back, all the evidence we had was limited.

But it was like while he's active, he gets targeted a lot. What were you going to say, Jay? Well, it's tough. When I say a matchup play, I guess I'm not speaking of just the opponent on the other side of the field, but what's going on in their locker room? At first it was no Robert Woods. And it was like, oh, okay, so Noel Brown is getting opportunities he might not usually have. And it's like, oh, Robert Woods has come back. But now it's no Nico Collins. If Nico and Robert Woods are back, does Noah Brown stay? 70%. You know, at that point, I don't feel like I could start him if the rest of the wide receiver core is healthy. Tyler Lockett, Jason, started the week with an 8 for 92 and 1 performance. Got that touchdown late. It was nice to see because he got hit pretty hard early in the game. Alavi with another touchdown. He had zero, zero points in the first half. Dude, Derek Carr, get out of my life. Derek Carbage. Oh, yeah, yeah. TJ Hawkinson, 11 for 134 and a touchdown.

All in the first half. 15 targets. And we got the old, well, T.J. Hawkinson's dealing with some injury. He'll maybe unlimited snaps used in important situations. The important situations were, was the first half where every pass was going to T.J. Hawkinson. And he was not stoppable. He's a 44% target share with Joshua Dobbs. Joshua Dobbs targeted. 47%. That's insane. That's insane for a wide receiver. It's impossible for a tight end. But Joshua Dobbs targeted Zacherts way too much. Yeah. Targeted Tray McBride like crazy. Appropriately. Appropriately. Yes. And then now is hyper-targeting T.J. Hawkinson. You could be completely confident in, I mean, this might be better for Hawkinson than Kirk Cousins. It could be, yes. The amount that he's throwing them. Obviously, it'll change when Jefferson comes back.

Jefferson will be the one, but Joshua Dobbs getting it done. Kiddle had the big touchdown, went three for 116 in a touchdown, and Trey McBride. There it is. Nine targets, eight for 131, the first Cardinal tied in with over 100 yards receiving since 1988. Since the 80s. Yeah. What, I mean, what year were you even born, Rap? 88. 88. So pretty much like almost wraps whole life. Yep, that checks. That's crazy. Trey McBride, who's a player we talked about. Is that Jay Novichick? I mean. As an absolute must pick up and stash through last week's Clayton Toon experiment. Rest of season, I don't have confidence in many more players at the tight end position. I mean, obviously you got all the big names, but he is going to be in the weekly start category with Kyler. At least.

until Zacherts comes back. When Zacherts comes back, they will put him on the field. They better not. They will. They will. They will for sure. And they shouldn't. Yeah, when you posted a poll, Mike, about what is Tray McBride? Is he the next big thing? Is he something to just ride temporarily? Is he not? Zacharts will be getting opportunities. And I believe when Zackertz comes back, Tram McBride will receive the majority of snaps, the majority of targets, the majority of yards between them. But Zackertz is going to take some. What if you-Zerz isn't going to come out and just get no targets, no yards, and they're going to come at the expense of Trey McBride. I agree completely. Now, what if we were to send like a bunch of us? Like, I mean, like a lot of us. Congratulations on your retirement cards. Ooh. Oh, to Earth. And maybe he could be convinced that he had made an announcement that he didn't remember making.

Like if he gets enough cards from the public. I am for whatever plan necessary to prevent the Cardinals from themselves. I already know that he's going to get at least one card from Trey McBride. So if we can get him to pile up, I mean, he's got his whole future ahead of him. And I mean, just watch the McBride highlights too. Like these are these are grown man. receptions that he is handling. I don't disagree that when Zackert comes back, he will be on the field. It just is at this. All right, new plan. The season's gone. Let Trey McBride keep getting better for next year. If we make Zachary, it's a podcast offer, like to be a host. Okay. Because you know, Greg Olson, you know, he got dragged away by the broadcasting offer. What do you think? Can you work with him? I will produce his show. Would you? Yeah. Oh, yeah.

The Zach Ertz daily podcast because he needs, like, to fill his time. I'd let him be in Ducers Alley. Well, you want him on our show? Are you cool with that judge? Are you cool with Zach back there? Maybe for one segment per show. Okay. Oh, right. Zach's thoughts. Hey, Zach, how good was Trey McBride this week? I will say this is a team that is clearly playing for the future. Maybe there's hope that. So there is a little bit of hope that maybe they just say Zachertz is not our future. In fact, Zachertz right now has a $16 million dead cap for this year. If they cut him in this off season, it goes down to a $5 million dead cap. I would assume Zachertz is not on this roster. I'm going to lock that in. Let's play a new game then. Let's play a game called Trade McBride. Oh. Okay.

You just come up with that on the spot. Yeah. Would you trade McBride for George Kittle? No. No. Would you trade McBride for Sam Laporta? Yes. That's a yes. Yeah. Yeah. Would you trade McBride for Jake Ferguson? That is a really tough one. I'm going to say yes, I would trade McBride for Ferguson. I want. the flames that DAC has been in, the upcoming schedule, and Tert Ferguson's done it longer. So that means Hawkinson, Kelsey, would you trade McBride for Dalton Kincaid? There we go. All right. Trade Mick Bride. Welcome to Trade McBride. I would rather have Tray McBride. I'd rather have Dalton Kincaid. So.

But they both have the same situation, right? Like Ertz and Knox will come back. They will not take it all, but they will take some. The schedule for the Buffalo Bills is slightly better when looking at schedule. Schedule adjusted points. The schedule? No, no. Oh, wait, no. I forgot to click the adjust. Schedule looks better when looking at the schedule. I was trying to find the right verbiage here. That was just in points allowed. So schedule adjusted. The bills are one. spot easier than the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals have two difficult matchups for the tight-end position of Pittsburgh in week 13, then the buy, in week 15. Sir, we have to go to a commercial break. Could you just answer the question? What was the question?

Tray McRide or Dalton Cuncade. I will go Dalton Cade. I want that to be your Jeopardy answer as well. All right. Thanks again to our sponsor, NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube and YouTube TV. With NFL Sunday ticket, it's never been easier to keep up with all your fantasy players. Watch the rest of the NFL season for half the price at 174. When bundled with YouTube TV, sign up at YouTube.com slash fantasy footballers. Terms and embargoes apply, no refunds. Let's get into the deads. Pooped in his big boy pants. What was the question? Expensive back Prescott. Go ahead. Yeah, you got the floor, Mike. What? The quarterback dud, Trevor Lawrence, who was completed 17 passes for 185 yards. What do you have two fumbles, seven rushing yards?

And a hot stat here, good friend of the show, Scott Barrett, C.J. Stroud has exceeded C.J. Stroud, rookie quarterback, has exceeded 335 passing yards and back-to-back games. Trevor Lawrence has exceeded 335 passing yards just once in his 43 game career. There's a reason Calvin Ridley's in the duds every week. There's a reason. Or is there a reason that Lawrence is in the duds? Both. Like the Calvin Ridley, that is a real chicken or egg. Trevor Lawrence has got to be one of the most rostered quarterbacks on sub 500 fantasy teams. He has been an unadulterated disaster. And very disappointing. Whatever the inverse of Jalen Hertz stepping into his own last year was, that's Trevor Lawrence. And look, they're still a winning football team. Yeah, they are a good team. But Trevor Lawrence is winning more like Kenny Pickett's winning than he is.

the way that C.J. Stroud is winning. Yeah, I mean, on the course of the season, the entire season, Trevor Lawrence has not hit 20 fantasy points at the quarterback position. That's unacceptable. So T-Law, T-Drop. Yeah, I mean, the-Law T-Drop. I think it was like a lot-y-da. Yeah, you got it. I love dunking on Trevor Lawrence just because of the sound bite of the. Well, it's funny that DAC is exploding while Lawrence is imploding. I do defend Trevor Lawrence in the fact that the touchdowns just, this game was terrible for everybody on the Jags, but it's the San Francisco 49ers who upgraded their defense at the trade deadline. But the touchdowns have gone to Travis ETN. If you take Travis ETN's rushing touchdowns like of what's happened to Tony Pollard, Trevor Lawrence would be dominating. You'd.

Rather lock about 15 quarterbacks into your lineup over Trevor Lawrence right now. At this point, Stroud, Dobbs, you know, Purdy, golf, howl. I mean, you'd be on the edge with Josh Allen. Russell Wilson, you'd be on the edge with that after, you know, and we'll see what happens tonight. What do we do with the next guy? Lamar Jackson. Oh, man. 13 for 23, 2, 23, and 1. He did play the most difficult defense in the league this past week. And he dominated them. The Baltimore Ravens came out and humiliated the Cleveland Browns. I mean, just absolutely wiped the floor of them. And then lost. And then lost the Cleveland Browns who came back. Yeah. That was a crazy game. It was insanity. The Baltimore Ravens as a team have three straight weeks, actually four, four straight weeks of scoring 30 or more points. But the last three weeks, 31 against Arizona, 37 against Seattle, 31 against Cleveland. And.

It has been a team victory in terms of the fantasy points are not going to Lamar. The last two weeks, Deshaun Watson's been the quarterback 8 and the quarterback 13. Lamar's been the quarterback 18 and the quarterback 14. Oh, man. So there you go. And there's a lot of frustration. Make it fair. And you can't bench Lamar. No. Like that's not in the cards. You know, unlike Trevor Lawrence. who you just named all these. Convention for DAC. If you got DAC out of the waiver wire, you can do that. Sure, sure. Convention for Purdy, if you'd like to match it better. I would have a hard time bench it up for Purdy. I mean, before the season I was bringing up the fact it's been, it's been an eternity since Lamar Jackson was the MVP season. Yeah. Over the last. And it's still been an eternity. Over the last seven. He's still the QB five. I know. I know. Because his highs are high. His highs are high. And that's where.

You know, you're going to keep starting him. And you're not, that's why I wouldn't start Brock Purdy over him. Dak can go out there and score 50. He just did. You know, I don't think that's in the cards for Purdy, whereas obviously Lamar can do that. But consistency-wise, it's really tough with a team that's good at running touchdowns in over the last 17 games. There it is. I know where you're going because I was about to bring it up. Lamar Jackson's consistency rating. on the fantasy footballer's website is a D-35.3.3% of his last 17 games. Gabe Davis drops back to pass. Yeah, it feels very Gabe Davis, except that quarterback. I think, I think this is one of those things we're going to have to have a real off-season discussion. Do you try to trade Lamar for back plus a bunch of stuff? Absolutely, dude. You can get that done. As a person who I was the only doubter of the offense.

of Baltimore going into the year. And as that person, if I see Lamar on the other side of a trade offer, I'm tempted because the highs are so high and he's so fun to watch and the team is so good. And the offense is dominating. Right. Just not the passing game for fantasy. He, I mean, he got, he had one big play, the Beckham touchdown too. I mean, this could have been way worse. It's crazy that 223 came along with. that one play. Running back duds this week. It's some names that you didn't really expect to be here. Big boy names. Travis E.T. N. Derek Henry. Tony Pollard. Saquan Barkley. You poor chap. Great news for Sequin. He is done playing the Dallas Cowboys. It's amazing that, I mean, he was 13 for 66. He was actually, that's shocking. He did great. He did, I mean, Sequin genuinely, like.

I'm proud of you. I'm proud of you as a human, as a man you went out there and you did. That's five a carry against Dallas. You did your absolute best. It was not fair. It is not fair what they're doing. They franchise tag you and then they just say. Yeah. How do you, you brought it up, Jay, but how, like if you're San Juan Barkley, what does the week of practice look like? I mean, you're out there really busting your butt. staying in shape, like mentally preparing to go out on a football field. He's trying to make money, man. Every time you're on a football field, you know that physically you are going to leave in a worse situation than once you stepped in. And you know you're going to lose. And you have no chance to win. None. Three of those four guys are free agents, right? Henry, Pollard, Barkley, all three of those free agents? Yeah. Pollard was a franchise tag. He's on a franchise, yes. Barkley's a franchise tag.