The Halloween Show! + Week 8 Matchups, Candy Comps - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/30

I need a pillow. You need an equipment manager to. Yeah, on top of my head. If you're on the YouTube's, the helmet should be here. But when I let go, I just fall into it. You kind of look like almost like a kid in a Halloween costume as opposed to the real Rodrigo Blankenship. Almost. But I am the real Rodrigo. Keep an eye out for a possible trade low situation. For everyone on the Pittsburgh Steelers, they are.

Deontay, Juju. Yeah, and James Conner. I'm saying just keep an eye out because you've got to project and expect tougher performances here. Lower output from the fantasy options for the Steelers. But Dallas, Cincinnati, Jacksonville, those are the next three matchups for him. And people are already a little bit sketchy on like Giante Johnson. So just saying those are something you should keep an eye out for. All right.

Let's, by the way, I'm looking over there and I see Brooks. Did you dress up as Paul Giamatti for Halloween? Oh! Didn't have to dress up. Looking good, my man. You seem to do that every Halloween, and I don't get it. Los Angeles, the Chargers, two and four, taking on the two and four Broncos, divisional game. Chargers, three and a half point favorites, 44.5 point over under. Mike, are you ready for Justin Herbert again? You're darn right, I am. Yeah, you're putting him out there? Yes. All right. I see him in a lot of fantasy lineups this week.

The shoe's going to drop. You know that, right? The shoe is going to drop on Justin Herbert. Is it? It will. 100% will. All players in history, the shoe has dropped in this situation. And it won't be this week. Okay. This week is a funnel defense against the Broncos. The Broncos are outstanding.

in the run game. And they have been middle of the pack in the receiving game. This, I expect to be another good matchup for Herbert. There's no weather concerns. I, if I could pivot to Herbert over all of my other great options that I, that I just really liked this week. You know, I've got Josh Allen. You know, I've.

I've liked Derek Carr's matchup. But all of these issues this week with the weather, I would love to be able to put Herbert in my eye. I think it'll be good, not great for Justin Herbert this week. Same take of that I had on Teddy Bridgewater last night. This is a game that the Chargers low over under. Denver can't score right now. Denver cannot score touchdowns. They miss Cortland Sutton. I just think that Herbert's not going to have to do quite as much as we would hope.

But we'll find out. If you want to stay in the flames, I do not blame you one bit. I just don't think we're going to get a top 10 performance. I agree that the ceiling is a little bit limited because I don't expect this to be a high scoring game. And so his big 40-point fantasy weeks he's been doing, that's not what I'm projecting when I say the shoe doesn't drop. I just think he has a solid, around the quarterback 10. All right, Justin Jackson or Joshua Kelly in this one. Oh, man.

Justin Jackson. Yeah, I'm still going to stick with Justin Jackson. Hopefully a couple more days off have helped him heal up. Mike Williams, are you willing to take the shot, take the chance? Yes. Yes, I think you have to be willing to take the chance every week. You're going to get the duds. Tim Patrick, Mike Williams, same matchup. Well, Tim Patrick has also been beat up. He's not practicing the last couple days. Has Mike Williams ever practiced, though? That's a good point.

The decision might be made that we don't know if Tim Patrick is going to play. Jerry, Judy, Mike Williams. Judy. Okay. Noah Fant confidence level right now. First two weeks of the season, he was the tight and three, tight and eight. Lots has changed in Denver. Yeah, a lot has changed, including the health of Noah fans. I said lots has changed. Yeah. Lots has changed, including the health of Noah fans. He vented a little bit on socials. It sounds like people.

gave him the business, unfortunately. Oh, like fantasy players? Yeah. That sucks. Fantasy players. Don't give players the business. Stop tagging players. Don't end up like Adam Gase if you keep doing that. That is correct. If you see the video right now, it's not a place you want to be. No, it's not. It's not.

I think you can still start Noah Fant. You're chasing the targets, and the targets have been there. The last three games he's played, 10 targets, six targets, seven targets for a tight end. That's what you're looking for. You've certainly been disappointed, but you've been disappointed with tight ends. So if you don't have one of the great guys, I'm still throwing him out in my lineup. I think it would be a question. You know, I've had the question in the last couple of weeks, Jared Cook versus Noah Fant. What about Fant or Henry, this exact game?

I would go fant. Henry's been a disappointment as well. I would go Henry. Yeah. Man, what are Henry's finishes the last couple of weeks? I got that for you, Mike. His finish is the last, I don't. I have that for you. He was 29th this past week, also on seven targets. The buy week before. Three weeks ago, he was tied in 10 with eight targets and then tied in.

27 the week prior to that with four targets. Yeah, I'll go with no offense. The matchup is better for him. The Chargers, the last six weeks, 22nd against fantasy tight ends. On top of that, the Tim Patrick health concerns, I think they might have to rely on Fant a little bit more. Yeah, I think you guys talked me into it. And if one of those two players is going to break a big long play, it's a fan. It's not Hunter. No, no. He's still searching for the H.

New Orleans, four and two. Just a quick reminder, because we talked about it on the serious show. Player you want to trade for. I want to trade for Keenan Allen right now. Four full games with Justin Erbert, 10, 1911, and 13 targets. That is a historic pace for Keenan Allen. It's buying high, but the schedule is great. I think Keenan Allen is a player that you want to go after right now. Okay. I mostly believe you.

Little hesitant. Because of the shoe dropping with Herbert and because of Keenan Allen, you omitted the injured game, obviously, and that's a problem with Allen too. But I mostly believe you, Mike. That's good, right? Thank you. Well, I'll take mostly. Especially, I mean, the way you looked this morning. That's saying something. Do I look bad? Well, I less trustworthy based on the current outfit. You look happy, though. Yeah. Oh, thank you. Yeah.

I've been working on my smile. Doesn't smell great, though. New Orleans, 4 and 2, the Bears, 5 and 2, low over under 43.5 points, Saints are 4.5 point favorites in this one. Implied point total for Chicago, just 19.5. It does not look good on offense lately. And then New Orleans could be getting Michael Thomas back in this game. We already know Alvin Camara can drive this entire offense.

So here we are with Drew Brees, decision-making out of a game against Mahomes. Outside of a game against Mahomes, Chicago's defense has not allowed a top 12 quarterback performance since week 11 of 2018. Holy Toledo. So that is a steer clear of Drew Brees, no real reason to play him. Yeah, and then this is one of those.

now four games that project to have extremely bad weather for the passing game. It's not bad weather in general. It's not going to be raining, only 6% chance of showers. It's not super cold. So this is, you know, you're not scared of Alvin Camara, but the reason why the line has come down so much across a couple of games is because people have been betting the under due to the wind. This is one of those. When you add the matchup, I don't love...

Any of the receiving options on really either side of the ball, depending on Alan Robinson. Has he, do we have an update on the concussion protocol? Didn't practice on Thursday. Yeah, so he's not going to, I can't imagine he plays, in which case, yikes on this game. Weathering, very weathery. Yeah. A little bit rain. Alan Robinson, yeah, a problem. Could you find value someplace else? I mean, they're playing from behind Anthony Miller spot start, darnel Mooney spot start. Yeah, darnel. Cry yourself to sleep.

Spot start. Darnel Mooney, I think, can be a spot start if Alan Robinson isn't there. He's looked good as a rookie. The secondary has been, you know, a problem for the Saints on the season. Someone has to catch a ball. It's like Denzel Mims. Desperation, yeah. I'm not saying, hey, go get him. He's a great play in the high wind. But he's got enough talent to get it done when they have to play 60 minutes of football. You can play Jared Cook. You can play Jimmy Grandpa, Mike, start of the week.

If you are, you know, in the pray for touchdown tight-in category. Yeah. David Montgomery is the pray for touchdown running back category. Yeah. If you're praying for a touchdown from a tight end, you might as well take the one who leads all tight ends and red zone targets. And that is Jimmy Grandpa. The 49ers at 4 and 3 take on the 5-1 Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks are three-point home favorites. It's a 54 point over-under. We've got a note in here.

From our staff, it says, this ain't your mama's Seattle defense. They have allowed the most yards through six games in the last all years. That is NFL history, the most yards through six games, which is why Mike is playing the matchup with Jimmy Garoppolo. He hasn't shown us that he's willing to overcome a matchup, but he doesn't have to here. He's got laid out before him, and with Seattle favored in this game, the passing game should be heavily involved.

Yeah, like the last matchup, Drew Brees. No, I'll play Jimmy Garoppolo over Drew Brees this week. I would as well. Jimmy G or Josh Allen. Josh Allen. Okay, that's me too. Unless you wake up on Sunday and things look really bad up there. Burrow, Tanna Hill, still playing them over Jimmy G? Tanyhill for sure. Borough. You're right on the line there? Yeah, right on the line. 49ers running back situation is still a mystery. Kevin Coleman.

He was designated to return. He's got a 21-day practice window. But we do not have a status update unless somebody around me knows something I don't. No, I haven't heard. If he's active, are you benching hasty? Are you benching McKinnon? This one's a little bit tougher when you're talking about, like last week it was Coach Shanahan made the comment. Hopefully we get Jeff Wilson back. My name is Jip.

And then Jeff got in limited practices the entire week. Kevin Coleman's coming back from the IR. He has been practicing, though. Right. But I'm saying like Jeff didn't miss a whole bunch of time and then got in the limited practices. So this isn't an identical situation, even though on the surface it feels like. It just wanted to clarify it. It is slightly different. And.

You have to account for the fact that before the injury, Tevin Coleman looked like trash. Yeah, he did. It's like 12 carries for 14 yards. Then he got injured. That being said, if he is active in this game, I'm certainly playing him. If that happens, I don't have the fortitude to start to Michael Hastie. If Coleman is active, to Michael Hastie is not a player I'm willing to start. If Coleman misses this game, then I'm...

full steam ahead with Michael Hastie. Funny thing is that Jeff Wilson was complete trash before last week, too. That is. So, yeah, it's a risk. I mean, it's a risk at that position. It's a risk on a team that runs the ball incredibly. And as Jason has said all week, if you get the right guy, it's a home run. It's incredible. These backfields are facing one another because you have Carson Hyde Homer is Hyde the safest play right now. It seems like it. Because if Carson's back, he's not getting all the work.

Well, not only is he not getting all the work, but he could very easily leave the game with re-injury. He's pretty much off my startability board. I agree. Because of the late start, the game time decision, you already have the fact that if you don't have a late game pivot in a bad matchup, that if he's active, he could.

be re-agravated. He is on my bench for sure this week. And if he goes out and has a surprise, great game, I'll just take my lumps. You've got to be fine being wrong every now and then. Carlos Hyde is, or not Carlos Hyde, Chris Carson is on my bench. All right. Brandon Ayuk. Mike has him as a taking it up to 100 player. I still think Kendrick Bourne is somebody worth mentioning as a desperation play. I'd probably play Kendrick Bourne in this matchup.

over any of the other Chicago options at wide receiver, for example. Lockett, Metcalfe, yep, and Kittle, for sure. Sunday night football, the Cowboys at 2 and 5, taking on the 2-4-1 Philadelphia Eagles. Eagles 9-point favorites, 43 point over under, gives them an implied point total of 26. Cowboys just 17 points.