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

When you look at the actual, like, routes run, it really, it's very close to even between Dalton Schultz and Blake Jarwin. And I'm not saying that, like, I'm a Blake Jarwin apologist. The point is it could have eased, that coin could have landed on Jarwin on certain plays. It's so it makes it tougher to go all in on Dalton Schultz. Don't Schultz definitely looks like the better pass-catching options. He's just out there a lot more.

That's the reason I like him more than Jarwin is that he's on the field for more plays. So it feels like the probability is higher. But maybe you just stay away from the tight-in room in this game against the defense that's been really good so far. Yeah, I mean, would you rather go one of these guys or Dawson Knox? I would play, I'd rather play Dalton Shultz. Over Dawson? Yeah, because Dawson's had some flash games before. Like I'm worried about chasing the Dalton Knox this week.

The Dalton Knox. What did I say? Did I combine them? You did. Maybe I'm worried about playing either one. I would chase him. Tony Pollard. Snap counts 24, 34, 38. They are going up. Yeah, and his carries were double digits again. He obviously was not the guy. Zeke was the guy last week, but he is someone that you could flex. You talk about.

Cordarral Patterson, his involvement, he's kind of that level to me of a flex option. On the other side, Chuba Hubbard will get the start at running back. He will share the work with Roy's Freeman. Is 15 touches a given for Chuba, and would you play him over somebody like James Robinson? Yes and probably yes. Yes and yes for me. Okay. What about if he's in your flex position? We'd rather have Tyler Boyd tonight or Chuba Hubbard. Chuba.

Miles Sanders after the three-touch performance going up against Kansas City or Chuba. Chuba. Chuba. So we're pretty confident in Chuba this week. And just the way that Matt Ruhl has talked about how they're going to utilize him in the offense. He's going to be the guy. You saw him catching passes last week. That's part of how they set their game up. And you saw last year.

when Mike Davis had to step up, Mike Davis is not something special. Chuba has more, you know, straight line juice than Mike Davis. So if you're not familiar with Chuba Hubbard, track superstar. Yes. And a couple years ago, he was supposed to be like the guy, the running back to have. And then he came back for another year of college and.

just completely collapsed, became, you know, an afterthought. But he has talent. This isn't to me like some absolute scrub getting his chance. This is a talented player getting a chance. 16 opportunities in about half of the snaps last week. That included five targets. So I think you can chase the volume against Dallas. And while Andy, you're like, you feel confident that Dallas is going to.

blow them out. I mean, that turns into more targets for Chuba. But there is a world where both teams score a bunch of points in this one. So I'm certainly interested to play Chuba. In that world, do you play Robbie Anderson? Yes. Because how do you not?

Play him here if you have him on your roster. Yeah, I mean, I do think that this is a fine game for Robbie Anderson with Christian McCaffrey out with Dan Arnold being traded against the Cowboys, throwing the ball a lot. Yeah, I mean, if you can't play him here, you can't play him anywhere. And I think you're going to be able to play him. They did not pay the amount of money that they paid this man this season to just because they think he's bad or he's not a part of the team. Like, he's going to have.

much more relevance as the season goes on. I tend to agree. It's hard to argue with those things. But meanwhile, Terrace Marshall is just creeping up into that workload. He saw five targets this past week. He caught four of them for 48 yards where Robbie was, had one catch. I mean, we've now seen two of the three games where Robbie Anderson had one reception. One of them.

was a 57-yard house call, but his role in the offense is so tough. Even though this is the only game that you're like, hey, if I was ever going to play him, I think it's okay as a fantasy player, too, to not drop him, put him on the bench because you've been burned, and then see if this is his return to glory and gives you confidence moving forward. That's probably how I don't have to play him.

Yeah, I mean, it's always going to depend on your other options. But I guess in my world, I'm thinking if I wouldn't play him here. Robbie Anderson or AJ Green? Robbie Anderson. Okay. Robbie Anderson or Fireball Tim. Tim. Tim Patrick.

Detroit. Is that the same guy as Fireball Jones? Yes, Fireball Jones. If you weren't in the green room last night, we were trying, we were workshop and trying to rebrand so people actually know who he is. But Fireball Tim Patrick for the Denver Broncos. There is. Fireball Jones are Darnell Anderson. All right. The Indianapolis Colts at O and 3 take on the mind. No one's going to know anybody is what we're talking about. That's fine. They don't know what we're talking about anyways.

The Colts at 0 and 3 taking on the dolphins at 1 and 2. The Draft King Sportsbook line is the Dolphins minus 2. Don't do it. Don't do it. Andy's almost upset of the week. Andy loves Carson. Andy loves Carson. Tell us about why Carson wins is going to win this game. I think they just, they need a win. And the dolphins. Dolphins also need to win. With Jacoby, I,

I think it'll be close. What I don't like is trying to figure out how these fantasy options, how the landscape lays out here in this game, especially on the Miami side, because confidence is difficult. 42.5 point over under. Dolphins minus 2 is what the D.K. Sportsbook line has. Look, Miles Gaskin.

gets enough targets and involvement that I think, you know, at home you're going to put him out there. Yeah, he's a solid play. But, you know, Will Fuller didn't practice, came back, had a couple shots that, you know, I think we're having a conversation about Will Fuller this week. If that deep pass by Jacoby Brissette just, he comes down with it after the return that he had last week, which was solid, not spectacular.

But that's what he is, right? He's a deep threat. He is a down-the-field threat. He's not Jalen Wada with 10 catches for 58 yards or whatever he had. 12 catches. 12 catches for 58 yards. I don't know if I've ever seen that. Would you play Miles Gaskin with the disappointment? Or would you go back to Tyson Williams, the Baltimore running back against Denver?

I would play Miles Gaskin. The involvement in the passing game, the utilization, I think he had 13 carries last week. I would, I think Gaskin is a, is a fine play because his floor, I feel like his floor and ceiling are near each other, but it's, it's, you know, around that 10 points. Yeah, I'm with you on that one. Man, I want to see Tyson emerge again, but I have more confidence in the workload for Gaskin.

Um, he's, he's tied with Nick Chubb right now for the most 15 plus yard runs. Yes. So, uh, he just hasn't gotten into the end zone. There's, he's one of those players with a lot of work with no touchdowns. Mike Gisicki did have a big week last week. He is very sneaky. Brissette seems to look his way, a ton of targets. So I do think you can throw him out there if you are looking for a tie. Dalton Schultz or?

Mike Gassicki. Mike Gassicki, yeah. Mike Gassicki or Kyle Pitts. Yeah, I'll play pits. Yeah, that one is. I abstain. I think I would play, I would play pits. With a very depressed voice. Carson Wentz on the road here. Jonathan Taylor, you know, he's staying in your lineup.

Mike is optimistic of a breakout in this game. Mind you, he was limited with a knee injury today. Wednesday rest. Knee rest, ankle rest, glute rest. Michael Pittman. He's heating up. What was his stout line last week? I'll be honest. I didn't, I don't remember that off the top of my head. Michael Pittman was six for 68 last week, but he had 12 targets. Only got 50% of them. 12 targets the last two weeks.

Dolphins middle of the road so far this year giving up 30 fantasy points to opposing wide receivers. It seems like Pittman is a flex this week. But beyond that, it's, you know, Naim Hines is a flex kind of every week right now. Marlon Mack will be inactive again, so it'll be Taylor and Hines.

The over-under is not big in this one. It's 42.5. So I wouldn't be looking at, I don't think that there's a lot of explosive upside in this game, to be honest. No, the question, I think really the biggest question in this game is just Jalen Waddle. He had so many targets, so much forced utilization. You know he's going to touch the ball. He did nothing with it last week. But I think their concept, if I'm putting my, you know, my galaxy brain on and saying, like, what were they trying to think?

If we give the ball 12 times to waddle, like he is the type of player that can get the ball behind the line of scrimmage and whoop, he's gone and nobody can catch him. That still exists. You know, if they do it again and give him another 10 catches, I wouldn't expect him to have.

50 yards again. Certainly not. And in a PPR world, especially against the Colts. If you're full PPR, he's in, right? Because just the baseline of those receptions. In a half or a standard, I think he's in that flex play. I would rather play Michael Pittman over Jalen Waddle, but that's, you know, he's. It's the Waddle after the catch that we need to see. Waddle. We need him to go into full sprint. Yeah, we need him to waddle away. Yeah.

Browns 2 and 1, Vikings 1 and 2. The Browns going to Minnesota. Obviously, the defense was outrageous last week for Cleveland. But, I mean, I like Minnesota in this game. The D.K. Sportsbook line is Browns minus 2 on the road. Well, even with Stefanski coming back, knowing how they do things in Minnesota. Yeah, I mean, the overrunners 51.5. Let's.

Regardless of who wins this game, because, I mean, even the D.K. Sportsbook has it as a close one. It's going to be very interesting for fantasy purposes. I mean, Dalvin Cook should be back out there. You don't bench Dalvin Cook ever. And then Kirk Cousins, Jefferson, Thielen, they've been so good so far this year. You know, I was sharing with these guys on the Green Room show yesterday.

Like Mike Zimmer's praise for Kirk Cousness's leadership. Adam Thielen's praise for how he's even more in his own right now. Like this has been a very impressive offense, and it's really a push comes to shove situation with how Cleveland's defense has been playing. It's a little bit difficult to say, hey, okay, the Browns are third against opposing running backs and six against opposing minor receivers when, you know, one third of their accumulation was the abysmal brand.

Bears offense last week. It's probably a little bit of an exaggeration. They're going to face a much more experienced offense this week on the road. I think this is going to be an exciting game. I like Beckham. You obviously play the whiteouts on the other side of the ball. Nick Chubbs in your lineup, Cream Hunt's in your lineup. There might not be that many question marks on who to start. It's an easier game. Kirk Cousins has been playing out of his mind. And I was saying it, you know, just more of a.

with a jocular attitude. But Kirk Cousins has been, you know, the last couple of years, great. But if anyone knows what Kurt Cousins struggles with, I think Stefansky is going to be one of those people. Okay. So it just, that'll be, not that I'm, I'm not benching Kirk Couss, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying for real life football, this is going to be fascinating to watch. Who do you have in the game, Jay?