Starts of the Week + Week 4 Breakdown, Air Yard Analysis - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/30

But you were saying Stefan Diggs, huh? Yeah, you should probably try and trade low for Stefan Diggs. He'll be the number. If you could get Stefan Diggs, you should be pretty happy about that. But fantasy football is all, it's completely a probability-based game. And this is just finding another edge of players that could be primed for a fantasy football explosion. The nice thing about using a statistic like unrealized air yards is that.

you can find it in both great players and affordable options because Diggs is a perfect example, right? He was the wide receiver three last year and he's been disappointing this year. He's the wide receiver 28. Emmanuel Sanders is on the scene. There's a lot of reason to think, oh, man, maybe he won't bounce back to where he was. And I could tell you, fantasy managers who have Diggs, they're worried. Like, is this the new normal? Right. But when you look behind the scenes and you go, wait.

But he's first in air yards. Like, this is, it's going to come. That can give you the confidence to pull the trigger on, on a deal like that. All right. Get up to 100% dandruff protection that is never not working with head and shoulders scalp shield technology available at walmart.com. News and notes from around the league presented by sleeper.

You guys mentioned the giveaway we got going on, right? We did. So we're giving away Darren Waller jersey. Googoo, goob. Over at Footclan giveaway.com. Check it out. T. Higgins ruled out for the game tonight. You guys kind of mentioned that there was a very low probability of him being available. It is lowered to zero. He won't be playing, so, you know, the matchup?

Against Jacksonville, there's an opportunity not just for Jamar Chase. He's in the headlines, but, you know, there's an opportunity for Tyler Boyd to make a contribution on offense tonight. And so pay attention there. If you need a desperation flex, just remember to put that desperation flex into your wide receiver spot if you're playing them tonight. James White is going to miss the remainder of the season with the hip injury. That stinks.

I think that that is, we don't know if that's the situation for Fitzpatrick that he's missing the whole year, but it's a possibility, right? Yeah, certainly. Same injury, and it's obviously worse for a running back than a quarterback. Darrell Henderson returned to practice, running back for the Rams. I love that Sean McVeigh quote. His quote was he had a good look in his eye.

And took part in the walkthrough just now. He had a good look in his eye. So when you go through a walkthrough, the best thing you can do is say it's the look in your eyes. His spirit looked strong. I looked that man. I looked right into his soul. And it told me he might play football. He's not 100% sure. But if Henderson is back.

Is he right back into your fantasy lineup? Yes. He is for mine. He looked outstanding in his work before the injury. He would be right back in my lineup. Aaron Jones and Jonathan Taylor were limited on Wednesday. Nothing to worry about yet. Nope. Dalvin Cook was limited on Wednesday. That is a good sign to me that he will be back in the fold for the Vikings who are at home again this week. Tyler Conklin held out due to glute and elbow injuries. Oh, man.

That glute elbow injury combo. That dead butt was working on Sunday. How do we not have a sound for the glute injury? It's just not that con. Have you been to glute index? It's not a safe place. You've got to turn your filters off to get there. Don't do it. And if you're new, if you're newer to fantasy football. How does that tie into the glutes? I'm going more to all these reports about people missing Wednesday practices. Wednesday is like the general.

Day off. Take it easy. I don't ever raise red flags over someone being limited or skipping out on a Wednesday practice. Thursday is where it really, really matters. What about if it's a glute injury, though? Is that any red flags? It's certainly newsworthy. Is this the first glute injury I know about? So I don't. This must be a glute bruise. I do think this is the first time in, what are we? What show? In 1,100 shows that we've said glute. Yeah.

It rolls right off the tongue. Oh, yeah. Probably easier to recover from than other injuries, too, I'm guessing. I have no idea. If he has a devastating glute injury, I'm going to feel really bad about this. Sorry, Tyler. He's a tight end. I'm sure his glute is fine. Yeah. Super tight enough. George Kittle didn't practice on Wednesday expected to play. Elijah Mitchell returned to a limited practice Wednesday. If he is.

Let's say he's active and Trace Sermon is active. You got the codes. Who's the guy? Well, it's Elijah Mitchell based on how Trace Sermon looked on the field. However, this is such an uncomfortable, awful weekly experience to try to identify. It's like walking through a thornbush every week. It's just not your odds of getting it right seems so low.

Yeah. But Eli Missel would be the one I'd go through. I would agree. I think if they are both back. Until Jeff Wilson's back. Right. Until Jeff Wilson is back. But if they're both active, which seems reasonable, would you be starting Elijah Missile? Over the other San Francisco backs? Well, yes, and in general. Would you start him first week back from the injury? I'd flex him. Okay. With terror. With a look in my eye that is full of terror.

Rob Grancowski did not practice on Wednesday. It looks likely to play. They're going to let those ribs heal up. And then Antonio Brown activated from the reserve COVID list. You know, it is a return to a former team for him as well. Oh, another revenge game. For those, what, three weeks he was active? I think it was one. Was it only one? Yeah. Okay. But he was good. He was. Do you believe that he is flex-worthy immediately?

activated from the list. Yes. All right. Gerald Everett's on the COVID list. Oh, no. That means there's one gigantic tight end left. Now, what do you think about? It's a big boy from Montana. Oh, Disney, the big Montana himself. It's been too long. It has. It's been way too long.

You know what's really, really sad about this? What's sad, Jason? You really can't play him? Is it ever who's looking really good? He was. I guess I should stop this. Yes, thank you. Do you play him? Do you play Will Disley? I think he's a great... Against San Francisco? Great DFS dart throw. All right. That's the end for me. That's fine. But yeah, Gerald Everett was like the snaps are going up, the targets are going up. Everett is interesting moving forward.

Curtis Samuel is designated to return from his injured reserve. Okay. That's good news. That means he's eligible to. Right. They have three weeks to bring him back or else he'll spend the season on IR. But you don't designate him if you don't expect him back. So hopefully that means his injury is healing well. Now is today's news and notes presented by Sleeper, the leader in breaking news alerts. So look, you've got a podcast from us every day in the morning.

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Fantasy Forecast. All right, we talked about the Thursday night game on yesterday's show. Well, I didn't. These two gentlemen did. Thank you for holding it down. I've heard it was the best Thursday night breakdown that this show has ever had. And to be clear, I was thinking Jake Gris, not you guys. Well, he's very educated for a cardboard bear. Yes. Thank you. He's still here? He's in the background. He got a new microphone as well. All right, Washington at 1 and 2, taking on the 1 and 2, Atlanta Falcons in Atlanta.

Drafking Sportsbook line is Washington minus one in this one. The over under is 47. And, well, what are we going to get in this one? Oh, brother. We've got Matt Ryan as our quarterback 20 on the week. Heineke is the quarterback 17 on the week. And, well, that's kind of wild to have Matt Ryan ranked under Taylor Heineke at home. Because Taylor Heineke is a streaming candidate.

Since being the starter, he has been a top 12 quarterback both times. That includes QB9 in Buffalo. He slings it out there. He looks for Terry McLaurin, and he has rushing in his arsenal. It's not like it doesn't blow you away when he takes off and runs. It's like Alex Smith used to be. He does it from time to time. He had a rushing touchdown this past week, and Atlanta is terrible.

Yeah, defensively this year, 29th against opposing quarterbacks, 26 against opposing tight ends, 22nd against whiteouts. Bad, bad, bad, bad. And amazingly, Washington has been bad. I mean, they are 32nd against opposing fantasy quarterbacks. That's the worst in football. Yeah. So bizarre. What, I don't know what happened to this Washington defense. Yeah. There's an investigation. The personnel on the D line should be great as seen by.

last year. But they are not getting through. The pass rush is not causing problems.

You know, I don't expect them to stay the worst out there in football by any means, especially if you actually put context to that. And look at who Washington has had to play against. I mean, when you play against Josh Allen and Justin Herbert, those guys are going to beat you. Matt Ryan? Maybe. I mean, obviously he's been great in his career. But this year, man, he's averaging 235 passing yards a game. This is not the...