Starts of the Week + Week 10 Breakdown, Stiff Arm of Death

He's had five receptions across three weeks, two, two, and one. So last week I would have thought he would get involved and only had one catch. So I'm like, you're right. He's definitely a dart throw candidate this week. I'd like to see more than five catches over three weeks. Matt Ryan, limited in Wednesday's practice. Okay. You expect him to play? I do. I do as well. And if he does, I would have made him my start of the week, you know. Really? On the road in St. Louis?

I mean, sorry, in New Orleans? Hey, Matt Ryan, the game's insane. We'll see you there. No, I think that the matchup is really good. I expect the high-scoring game if I knew he was going to be out. But I don't think it's, you know, trending to play. I would guess he's in, but it's really, it's a tough situation to say he's definitely going to play. It's the second highest over-under of the week. So they're planning on him playing. The Sharps in Vegas.

think Matt Ryan's point. All right, bad news. AJ Green didn't feel well enough to practice now considered day to day. He came down with a, uh, my sources say it's called a Finley. Oh no. That's not nice. Actually in, in truth, what happened is once he thought he was okay, it swelled up again and now he's dealing with swelling. That's ridiculous. That is, yeah, because how long this has been, that's concerning. I mean, AJ Green is, you know, has been an unmitigated bus this year unless you've got an IR slot. And even still.

he's he's hurt but i mean you still have to hold him right like at this point he's so close especially when like earlier in the week coach zach taylor is saying a j green i expect him to make his debut yeah but he's hurting people yeah i mean we knew about the injury fortunately before the draft season so it wasn't like you were drafting a j green at the top of the drafts but you i took him in the back half of lots of leagues there's no

silver lining with AJ Green this year and of any kind. He was, I kept throwing this out and I'm very happy about it. He was my Doug Baldwin this year where I was not buying the injury dip because when you're at the tail end of the career and you have something that is creeping up going the end of the season, I'm just staying away from now on. James Connor limited in Wednesday's practice. Trey Edmonds, who filled in at running back last week behind Jalen Samuels, did not practice dealing with a rib injury. Oh, that's good.

Dwayne Haskins expected to start week 11. This is an early announcement considering Washington's on by. Haskins gets the seal of approval from the head coach. And now he's got two weeks with the first team to practice. I, I, this is a tough one because I commend Washington. This is the right football move. You took him early in the first round. Your team is not making the playoffs to continue to go with Case Keenum.

it seems like a move to simply get wins and, you know, get the tape for Callahan to get some kind of other job. The right move is to see if Dwayne Haskins is actually your quarterback of the future, or should you take one because you're going to have a very high pick? I am not, I'm more excited for McLaurin week by week because the matchups for the Redskins when they come back are the Giants and then, I'm sorry, are the Jets and then Detroit in week 12.

Good matchup, multiple weeks of first team practice, collegiate connection. We'll see. I think that they will begin to gel a little bit. And McLaurin, no, he wasn't a home run last game, but he got some targets and he's a really good player. So I'm optimistic that he can be involved. In New Orleans, Alvin Camara, Jared Cook, and Treyquan Smith all returned to practice, limited practice. But...

Sean Peyton says on Alva Camara, I fully expect him to be ready to play. I thought it looked really good yesterday in practice. So if you got Camara, celebrate, he's back. And this upgrade to Jared Cook is interesting to me as well. We've already kind of highlighted this matchup against the Falcons. It should be a lot of points. At home, Jared Cook finally back. Last time we saw him, he had a pretty good game. So he now jumps right back into that option of a tight-end streamer.

Latavius Murray, when he was starting, number two on the week, number three on the week at the running back position. They go into the buy week. Camara is going to be back out there, but there's been some equivocation on how much. Right. So with the matchup, is there any consideration? They're at home. They're against Atlanta. Would you consider starting both players? Yes. Alvin Camara and Latavius Murray and get production out of both.

In a pinch, I would. I still think it's going to be the Kamara show, his top three running back this week. Latavius Murray might be a little bit more involved than he was prior. But in those prior games, when Alvin Kamara was there, Latavius Murray wasn't doing much. So I'm a little hesitant to play. You're a lizard? Speaking of lizards. Oh, yeah. Alan Lazard. Cold-blooded. What is happening, my man? He's, look.

It's his name, sure. Sure. But I think we know who popularized the... The Lozzo. Oh. I think it's awesome. He has launched a Lazard King clothing line. It's fabulous. Good for you, man. Also, 10% please. Yes. Do you think he was called that? Of course he was called. It's so low. It's right there. Is it? I think it is. This has been the confusing thing with me for the Lizard King thing in general is.

Why would people, is it from the office? Is that why? No, it's Jim Morrison. Oh, okay. So that's why it's low hanging. Yes, the singer of the door is like, Lizard King has been a thing for 50 years. Oh, okay. Well, then I lay no claim to it. No, I don't lay a claim to it. Of any kind. I lay 10%. Yeah, a claim of 10%. I lay no claim of 10%. That's right. I lay no claim other than I want 10%. It's just a marketing fee. Right. We're his PR team.

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of the NFL reminds you to always be celebrating. All right. And before we get into the fantasy forecast, one quick update, take it for what you will. Adam Gaye said Herndon looked very good in practice yesterday, optimistic about him playing this week. I really wanted to hear that. If he was limited in to practice, I wanted to hear Adam Gaye say, it's good to go. So now I'm, I'm all in on Herden. Heardin? Heardin. Heardin. Heard. You heard? He's hurting your lineup.

All in. So are we going to go from just being active to playing? Yes, I think he is. Plus matchup. Hearned in Gisicki. That's a great question. I'll think about it. All right. Give it some thought, Mike. We'll come back. Fantasy forecast. Also let me know super soon like before Sunday because those are my two tight ends in one of my leagues. Super soon before Sunday? Yeah.

So I have multiple days to figure this out. Super soon. I just didn't want you to take the Sean McVeigh approach, which is I'll let you know after they both play, and then I get the scores, and then I'll tell you. And then you'll say, call it. Yeah. Yeah. I realized something, by the way, when I, I don't know if you remember from the off season. I told you I could see the future and everything. Oh, yeah. The Eagles win the Super Bowl. That's true. But what I didn't know about time travel and seeing the future and things like that is.

The future is always based on absolutely no injuries. You never know who's going to get hurt. So when you travel to the future, no one got injured. Correct. That doesn't carry. It creates an alternate 1985. I was going to say, you have the out. It's the timeline because you've been to the future as soon as you come back to this inflection point.

And you refer to that future. You have changed the time. And they don't call him the Reaper for nothing. All those injuries are his fault. Yes. Right. There's one timeline with the Sean Jackson alive and well. And then there's one with them out. The only way you could not alter the timeline is if you just take the information, you tell no one about it. I'm saying profit from it. You go to Vegas. But you can't do a big bet. It has to be small enough that it flies under the radar. 10 bucks. If you do a big bet, they'll report it. Yeah. And Biff will come get you. You've altered the timeline. So.

Time travel can net you about 20 bucks. This is what I've realized. Okay. This is good to know. Raven, 6 and 2 taking on the Bengals. Oh, sweet mercy. This game's in Cincinnati, where the Bengals are still 10-point underdogs. The debut of Ryan Finley. It's a 44.5 point over under, but because of the line, the Bengals are only given 17.25 points. And this is going to be rough. The Ravens' defense.

has been putting up some good fantasy performances in recent weeks. They got Jimmy Smith back last week. That's huge. This is a divisional game. The Bengals were already giving up the second most sacks. That's what Dalton was suffering under. And here is a rookie. Ryan Finley. There's not a lot of positive narratives that I can try to construct for Cincinnati. No. And the weapons. Mixing.

Boyd, like even through this point in the season, Tyler Boyd is near the top of the target numbers. It's pulling of Corey Davis. As you say, it just hasn't really mattered very much, right? These are not high value targets. People have gotten by with some out and tape, flex plays. This is just kind of gross. What are you doing with Joe Mixing in this matchup where, you know, Mixing had a nice game before the buy? Are you talking about, like, on the season?

I'm just saying he's had a nice game. He's had a nice game during the season. Yes. But, you know, he's averaging 40 rushing yards per game. This is a funny stat. He has only two more rushing attempts than Lamar Jackson. But 317 fewer yards than Lamar Jackson. Do you flex Joe Mixon? If you have to. I'm treating him as a running back three at best. The fact that they can't protect the quarterback.

and Baltimore Baltimore is going to score. Baltimore is going to score a whole bunch of points. I am out on all Bengals, if possible. Unfortunately, for someone like Joe Mixing, you might not have that luxury of being out, but I would be very happy to pivot away from him. I'm sorry, I'm reading a brand new story here on Pro Football Talk with the title of Ryan Finley is nervous, but the right kind of nervous. Oh, no. The right kind of nervous? Oh, no. That's not true. He admitted some nerves, you know.

No, that's not the right kind of nervous. He says I'm more excited than anything. Oh, sure. Yeah, totally right. So why would you not just say I'm excited? The right kind of nervous. Because I would be, I'd be super nervous if I were Ryan Finley. He's going to get hit a lot. And the thing is, make sure your affairs are in order, Finley. Like, he's listed at 6.3, but 185. This is a Mike Glennon situation. What? Yeah. So.

The reality for fantasy is I don't know if you can start any Bengals. You could start all of them with the chance, right? They're an NFL team. They're going to put up enough yards to get some garbage time. Maybe Tyler Boyd ends up, okay, maybe Auden Tate ends up his number one target. But we have no history here to draw upon to know where he's going to throw the ball.

what the tendencies are, how much they're going to rely on mixing. Are they going to be able to? You know, you could start mixing and maybe get lucky. You could start Tyler Boyd and maybe get lucky. You could start Audentate and maybe get lucky. I want to start none of them. Genuinely, start no Bengals, get a week. Because I think that the odds for each player are much higher that they completely have a dud of a week than it is that they are the lucky one that ends up with.

Some fantasy. Hold on. It's a tough situation. Because Tyler Boyd only gave you two good weeks on the entire year despite being top five in targets with Dalton. What if I told you that Ryan Finley was born in Phoenix, Arizona? Oh, that doesn't do anything. All right. You mean, no. How are you 6.3-185 in a professional athlete? That's blowing my mind right now. Jarvis Landry or Tyler Boyd. Jarvis Landry. Well, Buffalo. Jarvis. Jarvis. Jarvis.