Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 5 Review, Studs and Duds, MNF Preview, Fantasy News

the Jaguars executed in a flawless smokescreen that Thomas is not going to play. And then he did. And he was a huge factor in the game. He screwed everything up for Tampa Bay. Now, Justin Forset has an ankle injury. I saw the play. It doesn't look serious. But if it's high ankle, you can miss a week or two, if not more. And he had a good game. They ran him. He scored. Let's say he's out and you're the Forset owner. Buck Allen. Yeah, that's what I was going to ask. By far.

Because Talley Farrow missed the game. My third running back on that team. I was just talking about his force. I am just so screwed right now. Yeah, well, at least you're not. All right. Kendall Wright has an apparent head injury. Yeah, he went down towards the end of the game. Very disappointing. He was down for a while, and we don't have an update on him yet. Now, what's the latest on now? On the same play, and I saw this, Aguilar and Miles Austin both got injured. So Aguilar...

He was limping off. He didn't look like, I mean, he looked very uncomfortable. Josh Hoff? Yeah, you know, Hoff did score. Yeah. That game, let's talk about that game for just two seconds. Did you guys, how much of that Philly game did you watch? Good amount? Bradford did not look good. What were you talking about the multiple picks in the ends? Yeah, man. He just, I don't know. No, I will say this. Drew Brees looked worse. Drew, Bris looked worse. Drew, Bris looked.

messed up. If Drew Brees didn't have garbage time, crazy late game touchdowns this season, he'd be like QB 20. He's going to be doing Rangler and Manning's going to be doing DirecTV and that's going to be their full-time job soon. So, all right, O'Dell Beckin Jr. had a hamstring injury last night. What's the latest, Mike? Well, he got pulled out or I guess he pulled himself out of the game. And the funny thing is he looked perfectly fine until he did his massive end zone celebration dance.

That was like way over the top. And then he went gimpy. Like, well, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, calm it down. I am all for celebrate. This is why I think you should be able to use the ball. If you use the ball, then you're less likely to hurt. You are able to use the ball. No, you can spike the ball. Yeah, you can't use it as a prop. Like, uh, what's his face, right, uh, the ram. Yeah, the guy laid down. Yeah, he got fined.

Did he? Yeah. Even though they didn't penalize him in the game. But he got a fine because the NFL doesn't like guys that fun. I'm not with you, though. Here's what I think. I like the Larry Fitzgerald. I've been there before. Every time Larry Fitzgerall scores a touchdown, tosses it to the refs, runs off the field. Yeah, get off my lawn, young kid. Dude. ODB, spend your effort, you know, scoring the touchdown. I'll be honest. I do. When I'm watching those games, I'd much rather see the John Brown touchdown and have him do some crazy sauce a dance. That's entertaining to me.

But so anyways, back on time. So he was out of the game for a while. The final drive he did come in, he drew a pass interference, and then Eli Manning and Donnell. That was a monstrous catch. What a catch. All right. That was super nice. So we don't know. The one thing that I would say about ODB is that this hamstring has been a lingering coming back, repeating injury. He missed four games last year. So it is, it is to me a mild concern as far as him.

being able to play all 16 games. So he would have been a good option, though. And also, also real quick, Matt Jones, we'll give you injury updates. We don't have a lot of information yet. So Matt Jones had a sprained toe injury. A quick note, Hulu Jones needs to be monitored. He seems fine in the game, but he only took a couple reps. He doesn't seem very fine in the game. He's always, oh, oh, that's him getting up after every catch. He's still fine, but he growls when he scores fantasy points. All right, go ahead.

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Portals McCown. Speaking of Amir Abdullah. Not. Oh, man. Yeah, we should add him below. You know, if there's one reason that the lions are on five, it's strike bells missing. Yeah. Because he's a little, he's got a little Tibo in him. We're not allowed to talk. He rallies the squad. We're not allowed to say that name while we're talking about fantasy stud muffins. No, we can. He eats a lot of muffins. That's true. I'll go ahead and talk about the quarterbacks. Of course you will.

You went undefeated in all your leagues thanks to the quarterback. You talk about it. In our main three leagues, I went three and O, and it was thanks to three of these four guys. I started Josh McCown, 36 completions for 457 yards, two touchdowns, and he ran another one in. Started Andy Dalton against the Seattle D. I was saying that Andy Dalton might be the truth with all those new weapons, and he had 30 completions for 331 yards, two touchdowns, and he ran another one in.

And then in the third league, I started Eli Manning, who had 41 completions, 441 yards and three touchdowns. And we can't forget, Blake Bortles, you had an amazing week as well with four touchdowns, 300 yards. So there's a lot of... Here's who was not named in these fantasy stud muffins for quarterbacks. Peyton Manning, Andrew Luck, Aaron Rogers, Drew Breeze. You see why we say...

In the draft season, stream these guys. And it's not like you can't. Now, wait, did you say stream them or were you the guy saying always start Matthew Stafford? I can't remember. I was definitely the stream candidate because all three of us. And here's the thing, right? We help you pick these guys. We picked Josh McCown this week. That was your stream guy. I had him ranked as my number five quarterback. That's a home run.

And they worked out. That one worked out. And I changed mine. Hopefully you guys are following us on Twitter. A lot of times we give you, you know, I had Jay Cutler this last week as my fantasy stream of the week. But we pick those really early so you can get them on the waiver day. And then, of course, Alshan was out. And Royale was out. So I posted on Sunday morning, you know, don't play Cutler, play McCown. And Cutler still had a great game. He did very well against that awful Kansas City secondary. Man, they held up for almost the whole game. Yeah.

I am done doubting Andy Dalton. Yeah. I'm done. Are you getting your, no, I assume you're going to die your hair red? You have the Jeremy Hale tattoo. Well, see, I already have the Bengals. That's what I mean. Yeah. So you're going to convert the Jeremy Hilt?

On your jersey to Dalton, Red Rocket? All I have to do is I'm bringing in a picture of Ronald McDonald's. They put this hair on this guy. Okay, all right. Wide receivers, we talked about Andre Johnson. Mike said he would not go and sign him off of waivers. No, I would not. He had a big game on Thursday night football. Now, Alan Robinson.

Another fantasy stud muffin type of week. Two touchdowns. Alan Hurons played very well. Five for 116 and a touchdown. As long as that team is in these matchups where he's going to throw the ball a lot. And, I mean, even more, if Julius is back to kind of pull the defenses to the middle of the field and Yeldin this injury, be watching. Because Hearns is an every week's start. He got started against me, and he beat me in one league. So.

Brandon Cook's got a... Hit the button. Oh, the garbage land can. Do we really? I mean, if that's the case, why are we putting him in the fantasy stud muffins? Because, like you said, garbage, you love garbage production. It's your favorite. Five for 107 and a touchdown. Yeah, it's your favorite. It's okay. There are probably, aren't there another seven or eight guys we could have put in there like that? Nope. All right, Willie Sneed. Oh, yeah, the need. Don't, dum, dum, don't. I got the need.

For Sneed. For Sneed. Six for one, 47. Looks like the dude. You got to shout this out. Our, our residence Photoshop fan, Rumballs. Oh, man. The Need for Sneed one was, that is the most legit Photoshop we've seen. You, yeah, your photoshops are giving us the dedication we need to come up with more horrible puns. There.

I mean, or the motivation we need to come up with more terrible puns. We will. Trust me. There might be some with Gary Barnage and a barn somewhere, but I haven't figured it out yet. All right. Julian Edelman, monster move in the middle of the field. Reminded me of a Jordy Nelson cutback. Yeah. Took it to the house. They took care of business. All right. Let's go ahead and look at running back. Well, let's hold on. All right.

We can hold on. We got to, Willie Sneed. Are we buying into Willie Sneed? 100% I am buying into Willie Sneed. Week after week after week, he's been on the field for more snaps. He's had more targets. He's earned the trust of Drew Breeze, and I'm 100% on board. He is the number two guy there for Drew Breeze. I believe he is the number one guy there for Drew Breeze. Even better. So you're completely in. Yeah. Oh, you know, you take away, I know.

I'm not saying it doesn't count on the fantasy board, but the last pass of the game to Brandon Cooks for the touchdown. I believe. Cooks has four catches, no touchdown. Sneed has by far the best game. Sneed did get quite a bit in the same drive. I think three of Cook's catches were on the last drive. Yeah, I was. All I'm saying is Sneed looks, the reason you can buy in, just for fantasy owners out there. When we, this is a perfect contrast. Andre Johnson, six for 77, two touchdowns, okay? Mike's not buying in. Willie Sneed six for 147.

We're buying it. Why? Because Andre Johnson's old, and Willie Sneed is a rookie, and his role hasn't been established, which means that there is upside there. There isn't the same upside for Andre Johnson in terms of snaps, targets, all those things. Sneed, we don't know what his upside is, right? Am I explaining that correctly? Yes. Yeah, well, Sneed is us. So if you had to choose. Sneed is us ending. Right. Andre Johnson, Andre Johnson's not even descending. Andre Johnson is down.

Yeah, so, well, he had a good week. I'm going to give him credit for that. And for those, you're like, oh, the revenge game. How did C.J. Spiller do against the Saints? Yeah, exactly. Against the Saints? Yeah. He's playing himself? C.J. Spiller? Oh, oh, who am I? Now I confused. Oh, not C.J. Spillard. Sprouls. Oh, sorry. All right. Sorry, I had, uh. Yeah.

Brain fart. It's okay. It's kind of the same player. They switch teams. Man, now I'm just, now I've confused myself. So Willie Sneed over Andre Johnson in the waiver wire. Yes, 100%. I would rather have Willie Sneed. All right. Put it this way. Next week, I will start Willie Sneed if he's on my roster. I would not have any trust to start Andre Johnson. All right. We've got the running back spot and I have to hit the button again. Mike, you owe my second one. Oh, yeah. Yeah, you really do. All right. All right.