Keep/Trade/Cut + Week 9 Buy or Sell, TNF Preview

And you're telling me, wow, I can go out and get, maybe I can get a Jordan Howard or even a James White. I think I like the idea of maybe I've got a diamond in the rough on my own team. I'm not going to go out and get a stalwart guarantee. You know, Austin Echler is a good example. Even if I traded him for Echler, okay, what does the new offensive coordinator do? Right. Echler's had almost no carries in the last few weeks. It's all passing game. So the possibility of David Montgomery being a second half.

you know, Kareem Hunt-esque type of player. That's intriguing enough to me to keep him. I mean, 27 carries is outrageous. He's not going to get that. This was a very neutral game script. But the five targets with the neutral game script, I'm very interested there. All right. Keep trade cut on one of the first half's biggest surprises. I'll go as far as to say stud wide receiver. Yeah. Terry McLaurin of the Washington Redskins, he is the wide receiver 21 through seven games.

12.8 points per game. Last week, you had the quarterback Swapski. He was only four for 39. Keep trade cut. He's got Buffalo. Then the buy week. Then the Jets. And he also plays for the Washington Redskins. I believe that Terry McLaurin is a stud. And he's going to have an incredible future and a great career. But he's a trade to me.

Because if you look at what... Not a trade to you, but you're saying you would trade him. If I have him, I'm floating him in trades because he's been so good in such a bad situation. The odds of that continuing for the season are less than 50%. The odds of Case Keenham being out there for the rest of the season are less than 50%. The new regime wanting to run the ball that we've seen the last couple of weeks have coincided with his...

worst games of the season. So if you can capitalize on what he did through the first six weeks of the season, I think trading him and getting value, you know, you expect him to have a worse second half than he had a first half. And that's, those are who you try to capitalize on and trade. You know, one of the things that happened for Terry McLaren in the first half is the ever unpredictable touchdown dependency. You know, the first three games of the season he scored.

And he had two touchdowns in week five. So I think you're right. He's a little propped up on a team with a lot of variables. Would you rather have Terry McLaren or Cortland Sutton rest of the season? Oh, man. That's funny because of the quarterback issue there. You certainly don't have Joe Flacco. So you've got to make a decision now. Someone offers you those two guys. I will take McLaurin. McLaurin as well. What we know is.

Callahan, well, he wants to be run heavy. There will be many situations where he has to throw. And he would like to continue to work in the NFL. So he's going to go to Case Keenham as long as he possibly can, in my opinion. Is McLaurin a keep or a trade for you, Mike? I'm going to keep him. All right. Here's a player that is actually, you can go keep trade or cut on. Finally.

Damien Williams running back of the Kansas City Chiefs. He's the RB 41 right now. Keep trade cut Damian Williams. Oh, man. I feel like there's a fourth option, which is, which is cry with him on your bench. Keep is usually reserved for like, no, I think there's better days ahead. You want to hold on to him. You know, I don't think I can cut him with all the buys coming up. And he, the.

The opportunity to... This would have seemed easy. Until LaShawn McCoy fumbled the ball, was benched, Damien Williams comes in, and then looked more like 2018 Damien Williams than we have seen this entire season. So it's very difficult. I would love to trade him, but I will reluctantly keep if I have to. Yeah, I mean, you're probably not going to be able to trade him.

maybe in some package, maybe to the shady owner. You know, it's indicative to me that the chiefs were, the chiefs were in the rumor mill for some of the big name running backs out there. Right. Bell or Melva Gordon. And if there was even a little bit of communication there, it says that the chiefs are going, man, I really wish we had a, you know, what they had to begin last year with Kareem Hunt, a real.

stud running back, what they had, what Andy Reid had with LaShawn McCoy earlier in his career. You know, someone that they could rely on and help this offense. And I don't think they... Doesn't it help to look at Damien Williams more in the handcuff category? Because when you're making decisions, I mean, would you rather have Damien Williams on your team or Alexander Madison? Would you rather, you know, if you treat Damien Williams as a handcuff to McCoy as a player that, okay, if McCoy goes down, Damien Williams by necessity, we'll have a ton of work on a great offense.

That makes them rosterable to me in the category of handcuff. Yeah. No, that's a solid point. That's why, I mean, you're saying there's that fourth option because you're not going to cut him. How could you cut a running back that has such an opportunity to get work for the chiefs? If you're the Dalvin Cook owner, do you cut Damien Williams to sign Alexander Madison? Yes. So that would be a circumstance that makes sense, right? Yeah, if I have Dalvin Cook, I would do that as I prepare for the playoffs. Otherwise, I would.

Prefer to have Damien. Okay. All right. Ty Johnson. Oh, the biggest. So disappointing. Waiver flop of the year. Yeah. So what's interesting, you come out, Trey Carson has seemingly the... Roll-la-la-la-la-la. Has the work. It's 12 carries to Ty Johnson, seven carries. He did get four targets. As far as the snap counts, though, you know,

It still was Ty Johnson 40%. I mean, that's not a great number, but that was better than Trey Carson. It's not going to get it done, though. You played 40% of the snaps. You were against the New York Giants, one of the most plus mashups for fantasy running backs, where it's difficult for Ty Johnson. This is take the lumps. Yeah, I was in on spending a good amount of fap to pick up Ty Johnson because you were trying to read the situation where early on,

The Lions cut C.J. Anderson. They're moving forward. It's just carry-on. It's Ty Johnson and J.D. McKissick. Carry-on gets hurt. Ty Johnson is the guy who comes in and plays 65% of snaps, getting all the work, gets the goal line work. Coach Patricia comes out and says, yeah, we're going to move forward with McKissick and Ty Johnson. And then it's four guys going right out of the gate. So he's a...

I feel like I learned what I needed to learn in one game, which is that the team's not, you know, willing to give him the majority workload. I think the team realized they don't trust Ty Johnson as much as they thought they did. Yeah, or you're just managing a player that you felt is more complimentary and not, I mean, if you bring a practice squad player and bring him in and give him nearly double the carries of a guy that you dump C.J. Anderson for. Yeah.

Unfortunately, I feel like we know all we need to know. So he's a, it's hard to spend that fab and cut him. But the lot, the sunk cost fallacy is you've got to, you've got to cut ties with once new information comes, hey, we're wrong from time to time. Yeah. But why stay in the grave that you've dug climb out? And the truth is, you're not starting Ty Johnson this week. That would be borderline impossible to say based on last week.

you know, seven carries for 25 yards. He's in your lineup. So, okay, you keep him. And now he goes out and has a good game. Okay, you didn't get that game, but now you go, okay, well, maybe he's, maybe he is the guy. Well, now it's starting him there. You're starting him against Chicago. So now it's like the next couple weeks. And then it's Dallas. While you're needing a start, he's pretty unreliable. So while I'm not ever like a must cut for any running back that has, you know,

a path to touches. I would rather keep Ty Johnson than a hopeful wide receiver. He is cuttable. Yeah. All right. A couple of really highly requested players, a situation I think people want us to get into a little bit. And that's the running back situation in Arizona consisting of David Johnson, Chase Edmonds, and now Kenyon Drake. David Johnson, keep trade cut.

San Francisco, we haven't really seen any public indications that David Johnson will be active. He did not practice yesterday. Other than head coach Cliff Kingsbury calling him day to day again. But we say this in the offseason with the follow the money. Well, you got to follow what the Cardinals have done. There are three and four, three, four and one team. They are in a division.

where they're not going to beat out the Rams Seahawks or undefeated 49ers. The path to the playoffs is pretty much non-existent for them despite having an okay record. And so then you say, why did you trade for Kenyon Drake on a one half-year rental? Right. And that's the answer is so that you could fill a roster. That's the answer. You brought him in because you've got problems with David Johnson and Chase Edmund. David Johnson, to me, is a trade.

For sure, because you can still get, even while he's injured right now, he's being told he's day to day. And look, that's not to say. You're saying he's being told that by Cliff? He's like, my ankle is the size of a house. No, you're day to day, David. Get back out there tomorrow if you can't go today. No, but the news on him is still day to day. You know, he's, he's, I think our audience, we've followed this a little bit tighter.

And we realized that he's not going to play this week. And, you know, you've got a rough schedule coming up. San Francisco. Then a nice one at Tampa. Actually, Tampa Bay is terrible. No, it's not. It's deceptive. It's a trap game. Yes. Because they're actually great against the run so far. Then San Francisco again. Then a buy week. Yeah. So, you know, you're not going to enjoy David Johnson for the next month. If you can capitalize on him, trade the name. I've seen a lot of David Johnson trades going down.

on Twitter right now. And, you know, don't, you know, don't trade him for garbage. But go out there and let people know he's on the block. Let them come to you because some people think I'm going to buy low on David Johnson and get something good. But you're not going to be happy the next month. And if something comes out where he goes on IR, I don't think anyone's going to be unfathomably shocked with a back injury or...

He's not been a model of health, right? Well, you definitely have an injury risk, even if he comes back because of the nature of the injury. If I'm a team that's, you know, about 500, I'm still clawing. My playoff position is not looking great. Then I'm going to trade David Johnson. We're talking when you roll out that schedule and the by week, week 13. That's when you'll actually be glad.

Possibly. That's when you may be glad that David Johnson's on your roster. So if I'm trying to get in the playoffs and I'm fighting, I'm going to trade him away. If I have an undefeated team, a one or two lost team, I would be willing to buy low on David Johnson. And trade for him? Yeah. Okay. Just for the... That's a very particular situation of if he's back week 13 and he's healthy, I'm going to be happy that he's on my team. Chase Edmonds keep trade cut. Cut.

Cut. Cut. I mean, try and trade him, but you're going to have to cut him. Yeah. Talk about a quick change. Yes. That was a roller coaster. That's just injury, though, you know? Yep. Let's go ahead and get into the Thursday night breakdown. Thursday night breakdown. All right. The 7 and 0 49ers. The team with the number two pick in the NFL draft.

is undefeated. And they travel to Arizona on Halloween to take on the Cardinals. Cardinals three, four, and one. And the 49ers are nine and a half point favorites. It's a 43 point over under. How are we looking at this game? You know, for the first time in a while, I abandon all hope. Ye who enter. For the Cardinals? Yes. Well, I was actually going to start with Jimmy Garoppolo because.

You know, a lot of quarterbacks that have been hyped up over the course of the season have seen those bubbles burst, Baker Mayfield, players that you kind of, you look to to put up big numbers, and you're like, okay, that's not the reality about them. When you're seven and no, nobody pays attention. Isn't that the truth? Oh, yeah. I mean, we didn't really, we're not looking at Jimmy Garoppola. I mean, maybe he's been a streamer once or twice on the show, but we've practically not said his name.

You haven't needed him in the real NFL. The San Francisco 49ers have not needed one more iota from him than he has given them. So he hasn't disappointed them. So you're not talking about him as underperforming. And from a fantasy standpoint, while he's done jack squat, you also wonder if you don't count him out because he hasn't been needed. You know what I mean? Like if push comes to shove.