Week 5 Waivers + Droppable Names, Hamstrung - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/6

From your star. This was the classic Mike Evans. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it was bad. And I took a poll on Twitter because I was curious. Matt Ryan, Carson wins. Who'd you rather have as your quarterback for your franchise? What do you think the results of that poll was? Wow. Oh, that's interesting. That is really interesting. I think this is just a fan saying which quarterback do you want? I would rather have Carson. The question was which would you rather have as your home team's quarterback? Yeah, Carson wins.

Is what you believe the poll answer? Let me tell you this. The poll answer is and is also my answer. I think the poll would have said Matt Ryan. The poll was 70-30. With over 14,000 votes, 70-30, Matt Ryan. Wow. I'm factoring age into mine. I don't know. I'm factoring a quarterback play into mine. Sure. Todd Gurley was at the lone bright spot with two touchdowns. 16 for 57. Trade Todd Gurley.

Immediately. I get it. He got the two touchdowns. He came through with a fantasy day. He does not look like Todd Gurley. This is a guy who is, the cliff is here and he's passed. You want to know one of his best attributes, though, this season? How not Edo Smith he is.

That's one of the things that stands out to me is how much he's not Edo Smith in this offense. It seems like they're monitoring his knee and they don't want to overwork him, but every time they put Edo Smith in the game, it's like they're trying to stop their drives. At least when they hand the ball off to him. If he's in there and they don't use him, then...

At least it's 10 on 11 football, and you have a chance. Let me end with the best. Save the best for last. Robert Tonian, six for 98 and three. Oh, man. Huge downs. Now, did you see all the pictures of him, best friend George Kittle? Yeah. And both of them wearing those sweet hats on the sideline and wearing the man buns. Mike, how do you feel about this? Man bun check.

Oh, dude, I'm all in. If you want to rock the man bun, absolutely. Get that thing up. Is that up in his fantasy production? You tell me. I was not hurting him right now. 98 and three touchdowns. I mean, we talked about the idea of starting a Packers tight end. And we said, well, Lewis, Mercedes Lewis had two, what, a touchdown last week. And we also had Sternberger get involved. Tanya's the guy. Apparently, I mean, the dude got tackled.

while running around, got back up, and then scored a touchdown on that play. It was amazing. How much is Tanya and how much is Falcons? I think you also have to add. The recipe in addition to that is.

Alan Lazard and Devante Adams being out and then definitely a healthy dash of the fact that Aaron Rogers is the quarterback. It was a perfect storm for Tanya. The great news, sorry, Jay, the great news is for Aaron Rogers here that if he's missing his top option, you have at least somebody else who will step up. Yeah, and it's not.

No, it is not. In fact, nor will it ever be. We talked about this before the game. I was a little upset when it seemed like the taking it up to 100 was good because he had the shot. I was really sad when Lazard went out because he is so clearly not a one that if you're going to guard him with the best fenders, he's just flat out not good enough. Before we move on, I see ready push this button. I do want to, I want to circle back to Julio. Okay. I am super worried about Julio.

Like, I personally am looking at maybe trading him for 75 cents on the dollar to someone who will take the name. I mean, this is an older wide receiver who's dealt with a hamstring problem from before the season that's now re-aggravated it. We're in mid-season. How many more weeks are you going to miss? And then when he comes back, are you going to be able to play him? Now, maybe he helps when.

a championship for someone in weeks 15, 16, you know, hopefully not 17, hopefully your championships aren't in week 17. But I think you're going to have a really rough stretch. I mean, you look at, I mean, we had so many conversations before the season about, well, AJ Green's the same age as Julio. Well, Julio's awesome. He's been dominant. He's looked great entirely. But when you're older and you're injured, it's not as easy to come back. So I'm just.

Do you guys share my concern or do you not because Julio's been so unfathomably dominant? It's a compelling argument when you take the Falcons as a whole, Calvin Ridley's kind of emergence and then the injury in the middle of the season. I mean, last year, Devante Adams won people championships, but he missed a four-game stretch, came back and gave you nothing, and then you finally got the production. That could be the Julio situation. You might have him out for what?

Two more weeks? So let's put this into actionable advice, Jason. So you're, if I'm reading what you're saying, right, if you are a average team or an average to a losing team right now, you have, you've got one win, you've got two wins. You would trade away Julio Jones right now, try to see if you can make something happen. But then if you were, let's say you're four and oh. And you got depth. Are you taking on the risk?

putting Julio Jones on your bench and hoping that he comes through later. Yeah, I mean, I think that's a good trade for both teams in that type of a situation where you need wins. Julio's not going to give it to you right now. Julio's still great, but it's going to be a while, I believe. So, yeah, I think that's an actionable piece of advice. If you're two and two, are you trading Julio Jones for Odell Beckham Jr.? Yeah, yeah, I would trade. I mean, I don't think the O'Dell Beckham Jr. manager is going to trade him for...

a currently injured Julio, but if I could do that, I would do that in a heartbeat. Okay, let's talk news. News and notes from around the league. All right, he was breaking news yesterday, Nick Chubb, short-term IR with an MCL sprain. Everything I'm reading says Nick Chubb could be pushing a more like five to six-week timeline, not a three-week timeline. Oof. Yeah, it's not like the short-term IR is a minimum of three, but that does not mean he's back of three. This is a six-week entry.

Do teams think it's a guarantee they're back in three? That'd be nice, right? Minimum of three. Chub could, they have like a bi-week lining up where he could be out to week 10. Austin Echler, a grade two hamstring strain. I've never seen an injury quite like this one. I expected to miss four to six weeks, but he's getting a second opinion. He's also a tough guy. It's just, you can only be so tough. You can't put your hamstring back on the bone. Yeah, I mean, this is as good of news as I could have hoped for.

I put the odds of season ending at about 90 plus percent. So if you can get him back in a couple months, then fantastic. All right. We have LaShawn McCoy with an ankle sprain. Are you actually looking into Keishon Vaughan Vaughn right now? Yes, absolutely. It's a Waverware show. Okay. I need to, I took a little poll, so I know this is appropriate. The Texans have fired, head coach, GM.

President, owner, um, season ticket holder. Play caller. Play caller. Bill O'Brien. Uh-huh. And I asked, I asked the Houston fans. I said, are we happy? And they said, here's the problem. Oh, yeah, dance. They are thrilled. Yeah, I mean, look, they are please. I think it is good for your franchise to not have.

Bill O'Brien being your general manager, your head coach, he has not done great things there. But look at this from a dynasty fantasy roster perspective, right? The new general manager is inheriting a team from a bad former manager. And those things take time to turn around. Now, thank goodness you've got to Sean Watson. Yes. That will help.

tremendously. But you know, you've got a team that's 0 and 4 and it doesn't have its first or second round pick this year. What GM wants to go into that job? It actually concerns me a little bit from a functional head coaching standpoint. Bill O'Brien had taken over the head coaching or the play calling this past week, but just philosophically with David Johnson, one of the things we leaned on was David Johnson is going to get all the work because it's Bill O'Brien and that's his former recipe for success. Maybe you see a little bit more of a committee. I'm not sure.

It's going to be some work. I mean, Bill O'Brien won exactly zero games without DeAndre Hopkins. And Hopkins is a good dude, but he had to have smirk just a little bit that morning. Yeah, he probably did. All right. Laviscus Chanel, somebody I really like this week dealing with a hamstring injury. Hamstrings, man. Hamstrings. Hello. I just, it's me. Hamstring.

I just, why can't scientists and doctors go into the preventative ACL and hamstring care? Oh, you just want them to fix it. I don't want them to fix the broken one. I want them to stop it from getting broke. What if you like, you know that flex seal?

Oh, yeah. The tape? Do you put the tape on the back of the leg? No, I want the spray can. Okay. What have you just sprayed the back of your legs every single, right before the game? You know how Alvin Camara tapes up his arms? I've seen cloudy with a chance of meatballs. Those spray shoes, that works. Yeah, they work. The dude's on a boat, man. He's floating just fine. Put that on your hamstring. I've seen cloudy with a chance of meatballs. That's my factual basis. Steve.

Real quick, Cam Acres is going to return in week five. Ryan Fitzpatrick will start in week five. The fact that's news, though, makes it interesting with Tua potentially making a start at some point. Sam Darnold, not planning to play Sam Darnold in week five. So Joe Flacco against the Cardinals in what could be, we won't be here the next week. If the Cardinals lose to Joe Flacco and the Jets. Guys, you got it. We just got to get ready. We're done. It's happening. It's Brooks. Brooks is sitting here at the table.

By himself. And we're done. Cardinals are going to win that game, guys. That's what people keep telling me, and I have no confidence. Thank you, Brooks. And in really important news, the Jets waved Kaelin Belage. Oh, no. Gore Belas. The wall is. The wall has been torn down. Jason brings the slide whistle back out. But also, Kaelin Belage being released speaks heavily to that Levi-on-Bel will, in fact, return.

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Thank you, Jason. He took it up to 85. He did. We're not going to talk about Marquez Valdez Scantling. We're just going to talk about I am also two and two and Andy. Our dude's got flakes for sure. Here's who took it up to 100. Melvin Gordon. I mean, he was the running back three on the week. Great call, Andy. That pulls you up to two and two. And we are tied going into week five. Where do you think Melvin Gordon was before that final play?