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And Jimmy Garoppel is needed, and they need to come back in a game where they need to air it out, and then he fails. That's when you start worrying. Right now, you just haven't. It's been a shaky year statistically. And you're right. Everything you're saying is 100% right. But I don't know that he, we don't know if he can step up and do that. I mean, just looking at the last three weeks from a statistical standpoint, he has two touchdowns in three weeks and three interceptions. On the year, he's nine touchdowns, seven interceptions. Not great, Bob. No, I mean, and he's not.

He's not throwing for a ton of yardage, 175, 151. And like you said, their defense has been great. They haven't needed him. He's been a glorified game manager. I will say, though, he played in the slop bowl. Like, you got to take that game out completely for everyone who was involved. Right. And then the following week, 80% completion, 18 for 175 and 2. And he actually has a number one wide receiver now.

in Emmanuel Sanders. Combined that with George Kittle. That's a massive upgrade to me. And Arizona, I'm looking at our streamfinder for our Foot Clan supporters. Arizona is number one, man. That's where you want to be. You want to target the Cardinals for your quarterback position. They've given up a top two performance three times. There's only been two games this entire season. They haven't given up a top six option. I imagine that those.

top two performances all were when Patrick Peterson was not in the lineup. Is that correct? Yes. No, no, no. No. There was Drew Brees just went him. He was top two. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, the Cardinals stayed in the game last week into the third quarter before the offense gave the Saints a really short field. They're a better defense with Patrick Peterson. They've shown this. I don't think that they're a cakewalk at home for Jimmy Garapaloo who hasn't done it against anybody yet. So I wouldn't be playing.

Jimmy Garapolo outside of, you know, if you need to stream him, you could do worse because of the matchup, but we just haven't seen it. I just think it's interesting. We don't focus or talk about him a lot because they've run the ball and they've played defense. Would you rather play Kyler in this matchup or Jimmy Garoppolo? I guess I'd rather play Jimmy Garoppel. I would play Jimmy Garoppel. Yeah. Kyler in this matchup, and you talk about worst of all matchups right now on the season, the 49ers defense.

They're giving up 7.5 fantasy points per game to the quarterback. They are dominating. It's unbelievable what they have done recently. The San Francisco 49ers, listen to these fantasy points given up the last four weeks. Zero. That was a full week. They gave up exactly zero fantasy points. Who was that against? That was Baker. Baker. Then they gave up a whopping 1.1.

Fantasy point to Jared Gough. Fantasy points. If it's 1.1. What is it points? Is it multiple? I think you, whether it is or not, I think it's appropriate what you did. Yeah. I'm going to say that. Then Washington, you know, that was easy. 3.1 fantasy points and then 3.3, their biggest, I mean, that's a letdown. That sounds like a made up stat. Right. Because you just.

Like, just complete a pass. Like you complete one pass and you beat almost all those numbers. Right. Like just one 25-yard pass and you're at a point. I mean, that's just kind of unprecedented what they're doing on defense. Yeah. So, yeah, not exciting times for the Cardinals. Kenyon Drake will likely get 12 to 15 touches in this game. For the record, I did have to zoom in on my web browser to make sure it was 1.1 because that was such a tiny number.

And that's what their defense is making people do. So Kenyon Drake, do you on this, is he an RB3 this week? At best. At best. Yeah, I agree. I mean, you mix in 49ers defense with newly acquired. Exactly. If this was a super plus matchup, you know, then okay. I'll roll them out. This is like a low-end RB2, but no, thank you. Yeah. You've also had it, you know, Cliff Kingsbury's talked about he's not going to get, he's going to have a manageable workload.

Like he's going, you know, you're talking about. Zach Zander is far more tenured. Right. Exactly. But those guys will be splitting and they'll be splitting against the number two ranked, you know, fantasy points given up to running back. Larry Fitzgerald has put up two stinkers in a row. Yeah. One for 12, two for eight. Now it's extremely difficult matchup. Chris Conley or Larry Fitzgerald this week. Oh. It's likely Chris Conley.

That's the decision I had to make in League of Record. And I'm going Chris Conley against Houston in London over a Thursday night Larry Fitzgerald. Because the floor is bad right now when you face San Francisco. Yeah. Christian Kirk did come back last week. Had a pretty big week. Targets receptions wise. Are you taking a shot on Kirk?

So it's really tough here, right? 11 targets last week, eight reception, 79 yards. Kirk has been great when he's when he's been out there on the field. He's, he's been a good fantasy wide receiver. He's at home to an offense that runs a ton of plays. I mean, but you just wonder how good is this 49ers defense. And, you know, you can make some arguments that they really haven't faced anybody but golf. So maybe they're, maybe they're not.

quite as good. Kirk is pretty much the only player from the Cardinals that I think you're okay starting. Yep. I'm worried with fits. I would prefer to not start Kyler. But you can flex Christian Kirk. I think you can flex Christian Kirk. On the other side of the ball, Emmanuel Sanders made his debut last week. Not a lot of yardage or anything, but he did catch a touchdown pass. What are your expectations for Emmanuel Sanders in this game and then moving forward? In this game, you should see a lot of Patrick Peterson.

Not a lot of options on the outside, outside of Emmanuel Sanders right now. They're doing anything. You know, they're creative in the way that they use Debo Samuel in the running game and in screen game. But from a downfield threat standpoint, Sanders is kind of all they got. Yeah, I mean, so Patrick Peterson wasn't really used in a shadow situation last week against Michael Thomas. So, you know, because Kyle Shanahan will be equally creative with Emmanuel Sanders, I think you can start Sanders. Sanders or Kirk.

That's a great question. I would go Kirk based on volume. I tend to agree there. I expect more targets, more passing work from the Arizona Cardinals if the Niners are up and running easily. I mean, it's been the recipe all year for the Niners where they just don't have to throw the ball that much. It was very exciting, though, for Emmanuel Sanders' future to see that week one with this brand new team, he played on 82% of the snaps.

And if you look back at what wide receivers were getting back when Pettis was getting the number one snaps at the position, he would be in the 60s. They're ready. If you have Dante Pettis, you do everything you can to not have them on the field. Isn't that right, Brooks? Not totally agreed there. Not on your fantasy roster. It doesn't belong there. Okay. What about a dynasty fantasy roster? Wait, do you have them in Dynasty, Brooks? No, I do, but I'm going to trade them to Brooks. I do in another league. Brooks would trade up. I do in another league.

For lettuce? Dante lettuce? I want to have him in Dynasty. I trade him. I want to get into the mailbag a little bit. Let's go ahead and do that. Mailbag. Make one bag out. All right, Foot Clan. If you've got a question, go to the website, the fantasy footballers.com. Click the submit a question button. You can also dial the voicemail hotline. 302464 TFFB. Let's go to the voicemail hotline right now. Hey, this is...

Anthony Corny from Lancaster, Fier. I'm just want to know, man, what's going on with Titan, Zach Ertz? Do I start him? Do I sit him or what? He has been doing nothing all fantasy years. Give me some help here, guys. I mean, it's an unfortunate and pretty easy answer.

You play him. You play him. Unless you are someone that was able to have picked up Hunter Henry or you also drafted Darren Waller and you've got both these guys, then sure, there are, you know, within that top eight, there are guys that would start over Zach Ertz. I don't see Zach Ertz in any way, shape, or form the same way that you saw him at the beginning of the year where you say, well, he's a top three guy. No, if I had Darren Waller and Zach Ertz, I'm starting Darren. Zackertz has been a top 12 option twice.

I dug into this a little bit yesterday on a target standpoint since week five. Ertz is still in the top five in target since week five. He's still above Dallas Goddard in that span, although they're close. And Goddard's seeing a lot of playing time. But he's still somebody that you pretty much have to play if, like Jason said, you don't have one of the upper echelon options because of the targets. I mean, what else can you lean on at the position? And maybe this offense starts to find itself in the red zone more often with Sean Jackson's return.

Big game last week against Buffalo. Look, it doesn't feel good. No, right now. Because you bought him to be something he's not. And I mean, like, what's on your waiver wire? Darren Fells. Even if it's a guy like Johnny Smith, you're still playing Zach Ertz. Correct. All right, here's a question. I've seen a lot of this in our League of Record. I know the answer to the question. Megan.

In Ashtonville, North Carolina wants to know, should I pivot from Lamar Jackson this weekend against the Patriots and pick up a streaming option because they don't have a backup? Or do you just trust Lamar Jackson? If I could pivot, I would. If I could pivot, I would. Example, Josh Allen. I would play Josh Allen this week over Lamar Jackson. How about Gardner Minshu? I would. Against Houston? Yeah. I would probably play Gardner. I would play Gardner. And that, it's hard because Lamar's got you to this point.

Yeah, let's go down the rabbit hole. Kirk Cousins against the Chiefs. I would play Kirk Cousins. Derek Carr. I would play Lamar. Over Kirk? Okay, so we've found the end of your maze. Yeah. I think Gardner and Josh Allen and then I'm probably out. Derek Carr, Lions? No. I'll go Lamar. Yeah, I mean, Lamar can score points without scoring points. If he throws no touchdowns, he could still have a fine fantasy game and that's just not normal.

Yeah. They do have two weeks to prepare as well coming off the buy. That matters more for some teams and others. Games also at home. That matters a lot too. Yeah. Some teams, you know, they've got one of those coaches. You give Andy Reid, you give Bill Belichick extra time to prepare. They always crush. And Harbaugh is one of those coaches. He's really good coach. He's got two weeks to prepare the team for this matchup. You can't crush the Patriots. Nobody can crush the Patriots. Certainly not. No, you're not going to crush the Patriots.

you could pleasantly surprise. Lamar Jackson in a six-point league has never scored under 15.7 points. I expect a game far more like the matchup against Pittsburgh, though, 161 with a touchdown, but he had a bunch of turnovers. Of course, he had the 70 rushing yards, which kind of salvages it, but I just don't see a ceiling against the Patriots. Neo. Yes, Neo in Washington State. Wait. The one. From the Matrix? Yeah. Nice.

Did he ask this inside of the Matrix or outside? It looks like outside. I think it's outside because we can see it. Robbie Anderson or Curtis Samuel rest of season. Unless we're in the Matrix. Oh, no. Oh, man. Maybe we are. Oh, man. What's his question, Neil? Robbie Anderson or Curtis Samuel rest of season or Lawrence Fishburn. Robbie Anderson, Curtis Samuel, or Lawrence Fishburn. Whenever you have a chance to get Lawrence Fishburn on your fantasy team.

He's another one of those Hollywood actors whose heads keep getting larger and larger. Oh, totally. Do you know what I mean? Like John Travolta is the big pinnacle example of like twice the size head as he used to have. As one who will soonly be inductive. Soonly. Soonly be. To the big head committee. Yeah, you are on your way. Dude, I can't imagine you. You watch what you say.

About those of us. But the cool thing is like when you go into the ballpark early and it's like Mike Wright bobblehead night, it's actually like realistic. It's like life size. A Mike Wright bobblehead would not. That's a lot of plastic. It wouldn't function. The first time you go to bobble, the head would break. It would topple over. All right. So if you throw fish, fish burn out, Robbie Anderson, and Curtis Samuel. I'm taking the shot on Robbie. I will take Robbie as well.

Both of these guys, as far as they're upside, but I'm going Robbie, so it's unanimous. All right. Last one, Nelson, in Alaska. Burr. Should I train? That was one of the dumbest things. You even threw in the arm actions. You're darn right. You were shivering. I'm nothing if not committed. Have either of you been to Alaska? I have not. I would love to go. I would like to go there, too.

Everybody gets a moose there, right? That's right. You get a moose. Yeah, you get a moose. That's what they rent out at the airport. When you get off the plane? There's no cars. No, enterprise rent a moose. Yeah. All right. This is great. Never look him in the eye. No, no, no, no. Just hop on the back. It's safe. Should I trade Josh Jacobs to acquire Lev Bell? What about Chris Carson? Ooh. Both are our number one running backs in separate leagues. I think this probably illustrates that we've talked a lot about Love Bell schedule over the second half.