Week 4 Studs & Stinkers + Weekly Rewind, Bounce Back Bobby

lights the field on fire. It was unbelievable. And shockingly, it didn't feel this way through most of the game, but both Chris Godwin and Mike Evans could have a good game together. It only took 45 points. Four touchdowns and 385 passing yards. No, I mean, there was doubt as to whether Godwin would even play in this game. I would have gone Chris God mode for one of those puns. But.

Winston, with those two guys and Bruce Ariens and Bruce Ariens' willingness to drive the ball down the field, he had a great game. But we have seen great games from him before, and I don't think in New Orleans you're going to be able to start him. And I think Carolina's defense has been great as well. So the next three weeks is New Orleans, Carolina, by week for James Winston. So I am not chasing the James points. I just, I'm trying to give him some credit here. He deserves credit. The past two games, he's.

dominated for fantasy football. In the past three games, he's been a good quarterback. I mean, the game in week two against Carolina, he was more of a game manager, but completed 64% of his passes, had a pass a rating of 103. Just saying, like, it will be, it's interesting to watch because New Orleans, yes, they shut down Dak Prescott, but they have been allowing points. They have some suspect corners on that team.

I mean, technically. It's possible. I am just throwing it out that I think it is possible that he's figuring out Bruce Arian's system and he will, in fact, level up for fantasy. Yeah, the Saints have given up a lot of points on the season to quarterback and wide receiver this week notwithstanding. Yeah. Yeah. And we've only got a few weeks. So I bet against James Winston in a heartbeat this weekend personally. I mean, we've seen this 15 times for him, but not in succession. So we'll see.

It was very impressive performance for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the road in this matchup. So he does deserve credit for winning this one. And the Rams tried to bounce back multiple times. Jared Goff had 517 passing yards, three interceptions and a fumble, 68 passing attempts in this game, which is the third most all time, and they lost the game.

Rogers, Marietta, Brissette, Stafford, Flacco, all had impressive weeks. Anybody stand out as somebody you're chasing for future streaming purposes? Stafford's on buying next week. The name that I'll highlight is it's Jacoby Brissette. I mean, he now has the past, for the season, I should say. Three touchdowns, two, three, two. Multi-touchdowns in every single game. He's not putting up huge yardage.

But it's reminiscent of those, you know, the old school Aaron Rogers games where it's 250 yards, but he's giving you three touchdowns. So Jacobi Brissette is very interesting. It's on the road against Kansas City next week for him, which is not the, like playing in Kansas City is not the best. Yeah, if you have, if you're missing Marlon Mack and 2, I Hilton again, that would be a huge problem. As a streaming guy that you could still get off of waivers, I can't imagine much.

a much better situation than having a guy who's three weeks in a row a top 12 fantasy quarterback having to play catch up with the Kansas City Chiefs. All right. Nick Chubb went bananas, as did Leonard Fournett this week. Chubb 20 for 165 and three, the third most rushing guards ever allowed by Baltimore. You talk about defenses you expected to have good weeks. If you played the Rams, the Ravens, the Packers, you probably got negative points.

and they did not show up this week. So, you know, Nick Chubb went ham, the Browns, very impressive, important performance for them, beating Baltimore on the road. Yeah, their tackle, their defensive tackle Brandon Williams was out. That was kind of like a late addition to the injury report on Sunday morning. So, and when that news came out, it was, whoa, that's a big deal for Nick Chubb and he absolutely came through. Yeah, it was, it was interesting because this was a game.

that you finally saw the Browns with a big lead and able to say, hey, we're just going to, we're going to protect the lead and run the ball a lot. He did his damage later in the game, or as the game went along and they were up, their defense was playing outstanding. So it's one of those things where, you know, in a matchup where they're winning, it's good to see that they're not going to just continue to throw the ball like crazy, but they'll protect the lead and give it to Chup.

We've got Jordan Howard with the big game from Thursday. Christian McCaffrey doing his thing. Austin Eccler, maybe waving to the crowd. It was an awesome swan song. Yes, thank you, Austin Eccler, very much. Did he take a little lap around the stadium afterwards, high-fiving his fantasy owners? Wayne Galman did his thing, 18 for 63 and a touchdown six for 55 and one through the air. Six for what? Oh, no, schedule. Minnesota, New England, coming up for Wayne Galman.

But if he's the only back in town with the passing game involvement, he is not going to goose you. He's going to give you double digits, most likely, even in those matchups. It's the seven targets. That's very interesting. Yeah, you just won't have these touchdowns, which are pretty important. So Todd Gurley was 5 for 16 on the ground, had two touchdowns, 7 for 54 through the air. But I'm not going to...

You know, 11 targets is great. It's great that you saw that. He had 68 pass attempts in this game. They were getting blown out. So, sure. I mean, it's good to see him involved in the passing game for the first time this year has Seattle on Thursday. Todd Gurley, did your thoughts on him change all this week? Yeah, I mean...

I guess my thoughts were more confirmed. I believe that they were going to make a concerted effort to get him more involved in the passing game based on what was being said after the loss and or the victory, but after the criticism in week three about Gurley's utilization. Obviously, they weren't able to give them the ball on the ground a lot because this game got out of hand really quickly, but they were passing the ball to Gurley. That's the thing I've been missing. That's the thing I've been wanting to see. So yeah, I think Gurley is going to be a fine option.

if he's not injured. Chris Carson, 145 total yards, did not score, had 26 touches against Arizona, looked every bit the guy and did not fumble. Yeah, you did it. You did it, Chris. We had the privilege of going to that game, spending some time with the NFL League 1 team and the Arizona Cardinals team and being down on the field and watching the Cardinals, our team.

get manhandled and destroyed at home once again. But we got to watch Chris Carson in person and every single play, an extra yard, an extra two yards, an extra three yards, involved in the passing game. So it was a good bounce back game for him. Some of those bounce back players, Carson, Robert Woods, it was nice to see that this week. You know, it's only week four, guys. It's week four. The whole season has not been decided. And you look at...

You brought up, you know, James Winston, he made a really bad week one impression. He stunk week one. Yes. Had three good games afterwards. The inverse is true of Sammy Watkins. Monstrous game one. Three bad games afterwards. Yet the impression from week one, because of months and months and months and months of anticipation, it's a strong one. If you're not smart as a fantasy owner and willing to adjust beyond week one, you're going to lose. I mean, you have to be able to make changes to your team.

Anybody else do you want to mention it running back? They had a nice week. Darrell Williams saved his week with a couple of touchdowns, but that was kind of the recipe for success. I wanted to bring up Kerry on Johnson, who had a monster game on the ground. And the number that's more important to me. And shout out to Adam Levitton for highlighting this information on Twitter since C.J. Anderson has been released.

73% of the snaps, 79% of the running back carries, averaging nearly 25 touches per game. For Carry on Johnson. They let CJ go, and they have unlocked Carry on Johnson. They almost won this game, too. But he lost them the game. The one red flag for Carry on Johnson was an extremely costly goal line fumble. You saw him on the goal line again. That was...

Fantastic news for Carrion Johnson's fantasy value. They win the game if he doesn't do that. But have to wait and see what Matt Patricia and his axe will decide. Will he bring the axe down on Carry on being the goal line back? And my axe. I doubt it because I don't think he's got an option. Right. That's part of it. Which is kind of what happened in Seattle. That's why I had confidence in Carson. It wasn't so much. Look, if Rashop Henney had been fully healthy, I'd been.

scared of my mind about Chris Carson, not getting the opportunity to reestablish. But carry on. Who are you going to hand the ball to in that situation? 26 carries 28 touches. All right, we'll get into the wide receivers. But first, I want to talk to the football fans out there. Are you an Amazon Prime member? Did you know that you have Thursday night football if you are? That's right. Thursday night football has returned to Prime Video for a third straight season.

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Because of the fear of the questionable tag, the hip injury, return to practice Friday. You said a lot did. A lot did. I mean, I had late Sunday, I had moved him down in my rankings. This was a guy who was genuinely hurting, missing practice in a terrible on-paper matchup. And it's like if I had a better option, you know, or what was perceived to be a really good option.

I could see myself having done that. Now, I was lucky. I got to play Chris God whenever where I add him. But I could see making that move. I mean, he was the number five wide receiver in week two. He's, I assume the number one wide receiver this week. He might be the number one on the year at this point. 104 reception pace, 1544 yards, 16 touchdowns, 136 target pace.

Outside of week three, which he was like five and a half fantasy points, he's been an absolute force for your lineup. Everything Bruce Ariens is bringing to the offensive system is benefiting Godwin, which we saw with Larry Fitzgerald in his time in Arizona. And I mean, the goblin eats, man. The goblin eats. Chris Goblin. A.J. Brown, three for 94 and two. Do you make much of that performance? This is kind of what you saw week one. Big play by him.

But he only had three targets. I think it's a mirage. It's super hard to start any wide receiver for Marcus Marieto with confidence. But it is good to recognize that the talent of A.J. Brown, which we all saw in the draft season, I think he was like top three for all three of us pre-draft, looked amazing. And then out there on the field, this is a rookie. And he makes these NFL players look like tiny little guys. I thought this was a tight end at first.