Starts of the Week + Week 10 Breakdown, Cake or Cupcake - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/12

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The dude more. I don't know. That's trying to find something and I landed on the dude. Okay. I feel like that's taken. It is. I mean, to be fair, I have multiple nicknames that I have called you throughout our friendship. That's true. Big cat? Big cat. I've called you a big gravy. It's always, it's always big. Well, I can't call you. I'm not going to give you the little John. Right. That's, thank you. I'm not going to patronize you.

But Little John was, for the record, very big. I know. It's hilarious. He's big, but we call him Little. Like, that's what counted for humor back in whenever Robin Hood was written. What was that written in, like, 2,500 BC? Yeah. Very old literature. It wasn't, whatever. No, it wasn't that. We won't get into Robin Hood. What we will be getting into today, it's Thursday. It is matchup time.

We're going to take it up to 100 with our special picks of the week. You know, we like to grab some outliers. Oh, yeah. We want to go deep, grab some players that maybe you're not expecting to have a good game that could pop off. Yeah, Andy's going real deep this week. Yeah, I can't wait. It's going down in the trenches. If you want to watch the show, we are available in the visual format, YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballers.

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All right. Last week, it was a little bit tough on the streets. Yeah, I mean, there were some good games there. You know, I wouldn't say that they were outright hits, but your darnel Mooney was a... It took it like to 70. Yeah, Robbie Anderson had a good game, and I picked poorly between the two Agilor and Rugs. Yeah, you picked the wrong Raiders wide receiver. So today, Jason,

To redeem yourself, who's taking it up to 100 this week? I'm going with a different rookie. I'm going with another one this week. Surely it will work out this time. I think it will. And I'm taking Jalen Rager, rookie sensation, hopefully, for the Philadelphia Eagles. He came back from injury and his first game back. Was it 73% of snaps? That's a great number because it says he's back, but he wasn't all the way back to what he was playing at.

prior to the injury. Then they get the buy week. So he's good to go now. You don't worry about the injury. He had a 21% market share. And I think it's time. You know, he's a first round rookie who's been watching all these. I mean, what a great year for rookie wide receivers in the NFL. And he's been watching all these guys drafted behind him playing, getting all this pub.

And his opportunity is going to come this week in a divisional matchup against the Giants. I think, you know, what you see with the snap percentages and the target share, Jalen Rager should be a decent start this week. And I'm going to go with John Brown from the Buffalo Bills. He is healthy. That's the number one thing about John Brown. He is healthy. He is ready to go. We saw him last week out on the field, seeing 29% of the targets. The Buffalo Bills.

Buffalo bills are taking on the Arizona Cardinals. I expect Stefan Diggs to see a Patrick Peterson shadow. And who, everyone's favorite revenge game narrative. Oh, yeah. John Brown has a chance to stick it to the team that brought him into the league.

And look, highest over under of the week, at least the last time I looked, it was over 56 points expected from the bookmakers in Las Vegas. I want in on that action. I expect a lot of points going down. That should definitely be a high scoring affair. I really like that. And then Andy picked a Jay Gris special. Yeah, we didn't. I forgot to introduce the cardboard bear extraordinary. Jay Gris is filling in over there with his big bear head.

He's got, I mean, I didn't want to, like, insult him. That's a big bear head. Dude, he's, you know, why do bears have such big heads? You see some people and you're like, oh, that's a huge head. That's what I think when I. And this is coming from a guy with a gigantic head. Yeah. Oh, it's tiny today, Mike. I need to bring him around with me. Yeah, put your arm over his shoulder. Who's got a big head now?

The bear, the fake bear. So who is Andy's taking it up to 100? Well, you know, it's a Jay Gris special. So we're going with Alan Robinson. He's been, you know, he's been good. He's been very good on the season. But if you look at the rankings, three of the last four weeks outside of the top 30, and he gets Minnesota 31st versus the pass. So he's expecting a monster game. It better be a monster game when you're saying Alan Robinson is going to take it up to 100. That's a, we got to have different.

Different thresholds here. Yeah, I've been going a little, a little more difficult. And instead, I'm actually, I am going to pivot to Dalvin Cook. So let's. But listen, Fookland, you could take your hair up to 100 with head and shoulders available at Walmart. Pick yours up today. Check out next Tuesday's episode to hear how are up to 100 picks of the week, week performed.

News and notes from around the league. All right. It's time for the daily COVID update. McColl Hardman from the Kansas City Chiefs. He was placed on the reserve COVID-19 list on Wednesday. Kansas City is on by. We don't know if he has contracted. We don't know if he was a close contact. Just something to be aware of. Because the lizard king could be.

Back in action sooner than later? He should be back. I mean, obviously they're on bice, but he was questionable for this past week. And I think the expectation, the thought was that he was going to play. But keeping him out of that game, allowing him to get the extra buy week, he will be back when they are back. His tail has almost regenerated. That's right. He lost his tail early in the season, and now it's after the bye week, I think it should be fully grown.

Christian McCaffrey is now listed as doubtful, much to the chagrin of fantasy football players everywhere because you still cannot put him in the IR spot, even though the entire world knows that Christian McCaffrey's not going to play. He's not playing. They've literally come out and said that he's got a chance to play next week. Yeah, a chance. He's got a second opinion and now he has a chance to play next week. And they're not talking incorrectly and saying the word next.

They don't mean this week. They mean the next week. And I can't move them to my IR to pick someone up off of waivers because he's got a doubtful on his name. Status makers do the right thing. Do the right thing. What would it hurt? Let me just throw this out there because, I mean, I don't run the ins and outs of the fantasy football platforms and the decision makers. If you mark Christian McCaffrey is out right now, helps us out. Yeah. I mean, we're helping sustain your.

your business. Oh, yeah. Fantasy football is a big part of NFL revenue. Yeah, do it for the people. If he's marked out and then suddenly he's in on Sunday, what happens? Well, then you just have to activate him. Be no problem. Come on, guys. Markimo. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said it's uncertain whether Chris Carson will play in week 10. Status will be determined later this week. Hopefully Carson is ready to go. Brown's running back. Nick Chubb is.

practicing. Nice. Head coach Kevin Stefanski said the call will be made on Friday whether or not he can play. Oh, he's playing. I mean, it is. And the matchup, the Houston Texans, juicy. Yeah. It's the only game this week that could have some bad weather, which is, I mean, that's a Nick Chubb specialty. If you're saying, oh, we're going to have to run the ball more against Houston.

Yeah, give me Nick Chub. Yeah, so be it 49ers. Coach Kyle Shanahan has said Rahim Mostert will be out. Mostert was eligible to come off the IR. And he could have played this week. Mostard himself said he had hoped that he was going to be able to be activated. I would say it's trending towards next week. Kevin Coleman is also expected to be out. We haven't heard about the Rames wide receiver Cooper Cup. We know that two weeks ago.

He had a wrist injury. I mean, he was, he bawled out. Yeah, 21 targets, which is very nice. In like multiple games, right? Not just one game. No, no, 21 targets in one game. That is absurd. It was. But he did suffer a wrist injury. It didn't knock him out of the game, but it was something of, hey, we need to keep an eye on this. We know we're not going to get news, though, throughout the by week. But the wrist injury has been acknowledged. John McVeigh.

Coach of the Rams believes the wide receiver is on track to play. I expect him to play, but just make sure you're keeping an eye on it. Jason, Eagles wide receiver. It's finally happening. I mean, you're, if anything can stop Jalen Rager from taking it to 100. It's all. It's only this, only this person could stop. Al Sean Jeffrey was a full participant on at Wednesday's.

practice. Oh, baby. Now, this sounds like, oh, so he's going to play. But he's actually been a full participant at practice in the past. And then what happens is he got hurt again. He got hurt. And he goes, oh, this calf is not fully healed. So we'll monitor and see too early to tell if he's going to be in. But it is something to keep your eye on. Would you, is this something that for fantasy managers are, is there a chance Alshan comes back? And.

regains the number one role. I mean, Fulgham has gone full ham. Rager, they drafted to be something, you know, special dynamic as a speedster in the offense. Could Alshan Jeffrey come back and be a very fantasy relevant player? I think you need to leave the possibility open. I'm not going to project that. But when Alshon Jeffrey, I mean, even go back to last year on the, when he was on the field and healthy, Target Machine got some, he had some games.

Carson Wentz trusts Alshan Jeffrey. So you have to leave that possibility open. I'm not going to project it. I don't even know if he's going to play this week. Right. But he certainly helps Carson wins. Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn said he's leaning toward resting Justin Jackson this week in practice. They'll make the decision later if he's going to play versus the Dolphins. Yeah, when I read the first report, it seems really.

Like they're not going to play. Like he's going to practice, but he's not going to play this week. That's the way that I took it. And Trumane Pope is back. Yeah, running back, backup running back for the Chargers. It's a murky situation. Joshua Kelly is the only one who seems like we know for sure he's going to be on the field. He's going to get opportunities. It's funny because he is the number two running back.