Starts of the Week + Week 10 Breakdown, Never Not Working - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/11

at the running back position in yards per touch behind Jonathan Taylor. So he has been an effective weapon. That's 6.6, I believe, per touch. 6.6 yards. It has been an unbelievable season for Patterson. And it has been an unbelievably consistent one. You put them in your lineup. You get double digits. You maybe get something special, but you at least get double digits. Since week two, there are only two running backs in the NFL who've been top 24 every single week. It's Najee Harris.

And Cordero Patterson. So you don't look at him anymore through the lens, at least I don't, of sell high, cash in. No. This is just Mr. Necessary in all phases of the game, the receiving game, the running game. Matt Ryan looked great last week. One of the highest rated passers over the last few weeks. He was the quarterback three in fantasy.

And then he spread the ball around. You know, you had Zekees with a couple of touchdowns. Russell Gage got back involved. You know, Kyle Pitt, since the by week, it's like 14.9 yards per target down the field. Like he is breakout worthy every week. So you have a fantasy relevant Falcons is my point here. Yeah. That's fun. Now, when you say you have fantasy relevant Falcons, there certainly will be points put up. But as far as reliability,

I still think it's only two players. It's Corderole and Pitts. I don't know that I'm putting Russell Gage in a lineup or Zakias or Tajay Sharp. I just don't think I can trust them, even if one of them is predictably going to have a decent game. Gage and Taj flip-flopped back the other direction this time where Tajay had the game two weeks ago. Gage was a goose.

Let's help people then. If you're flexing one of them, pick the name to flex. For me, it's Russell Gates. It's an easy Russell gauge because of history. You're going to have good weeks and bad weeks, but Russell's been there for years with Matt Ryan. Fair? Yeah, I lean that way too. All right. Dak on the other side gets to redeem the offense this week and gets the privilege of doing it against the Falcons defense, 28th in the league against the opposing fantasy quarterbacks.

They're also 25th against running backs. This game has a 55 or 54.5. Over under for a reason, right? We're expecting this game to be high flying and good for fantasy. So Zeke, Dak, Cooper, Lamb, and Dalton Schultz, I think. Yeah, I think you fire them all up. The expectation is good game for.

the Cowboys' offense, and you leave it there. That being said, I will say that I would be lying if there was not a worry in the back of my mind over Dak's calf. Because when you watch that game, Dak looked off, just looked terrible. Oh. It, yes, looked awful. And it creeps in my mind of, is the calf injury affecting him? You know, is that the reason why he looked bad? Now, obviously, for fantasy, he finished the game fine when the defense stopped playing.

But I just, like, I was building my DFS lineup for tomorrow's show, and I wanted to put DAC in there because of this matchup, and I was like, I'm a little afraid of the calf, and I, and I pivoted. So any worries from you guys are just? Well, he basically got a week of rest last week out there on the field, three and out, three and out. That's true. Yeah, not a huge worry. And then to speak to Michael Gallup, who is not, he's not activated just yet, but the expectation is he will play.

I think Gallup should be stashed to at least see what's going to happen. We haven't seen him since week one, where he played 60% of the snaps, but he did see 12% of the targets in that time. So it...

We don't know what the game plan will be. We know that Michael Gallup is a talented wide receiver, and this is a high-powered offense. So I think that he should be on the back of your bench. And I would not roster him. I would disagree just because last year he played 88% of the snaps. Okay. He was super involved in this offense. You had three start-up. I'll give him four, four startable games last year on the course of the whole season. And everything else was pretty much worthless. So that was with a rookie CD-LAM.

uh full healthy season i just don't know he's not the kind of player i want on my fantasy team yeah he could certainly come from a uh what do you call that like a consistency yeah i mean reliability archetype archetype that's what i that was next out of my mouth yeah and that's that goes for players like van jefferson too we're like obviously gallop can give you a good week van jefferson can give you a good week but i'm looking at players on my bench at the wide receiver position is

don't give me a bad week. And both those players can give me a bad week. I'd rather have a Hunter Renfro as an emergency start just because of target volume. But that's just personal preference. Certainly is talented. Certainly is a good option. So I see both sides. That's what I'm saying of the targets where 12% of the targets in just about half of the game, you don't know for sure if they were all of a sudden like, hey, yeah, we're going to put Gallup in. He's a focal point of the game playing now.

It could happen and you don't want Tuesday to roll around and you're like, oh, crap, now I've got to burn fat. If you're flexing Dalton Schultz or Michael Gallup this week. Still Dalton Schultz. He's the other name of like, does Michael Gallup come in here and steal targets away from Schultz? I believe Senator Wilson did not practice. So there is the, you know, he's another name in the mix, but if he doesn't play it, it would be helpful. If Gallup is back, Wilson is out.

The New Orleans Saints at 5 and 3 take on the 7 and 2 Tennessee Titans. Wow. Who started 0-1 getting thrashed at home. Yes. So they've run off a 7-1 record. They've lost Derek Henry and it didn't matter. And they look great. And they're defense. Their defense. I mean, double digits in four or five weeks for fantasy purposes. And they play the Saints with some combination of Simeon and Hill. Did the Saints score in the first half last week?

Camara could be limited. Tennessee's at home. Like starting with the defense here, isn't Tennessee a strong play? Yes. Tennessee is a strong play. It's one of those things where I, we look at the Tennessee defense and we don't like them because they have been terrible in the secondary. They've given up big plays, a lot of fantasy points. But as a scoring, sacking, turnovering defense, they've been great. And this has been against the Rams, the Colts, the Bills, and the Chiefs. That's like.

Those are great offensive. Three of the four of those weeks have been three of the five best offenses in the NFL. So, yeah, you've got to give major kudos to the defense special teams for the Titans. So from an offensive standpoint, by the way, the Titans are two and a half point home favorites over under's 44. That's not high. Ryan Tannenhill is interesting in this matchup. The one area of the Saints are very vulnerable is.

to the opposing wide receivers and you have a couple of great ones on Tennessee. You know, the Saints are a great rushing defense. They're even better when Adrian Peterson's lined up against them. So it's going to come, like their success is going to come through the passing game. But at the same time, you know, much like the Vikings competing last week, the Saints, when they lose a ball game, they so often come back.

and surprise you with the resilience and, you know, the overrunner is very low. I just don't know if they're going to give up enough, me personally, to have confidence starting Tannenhill or Julio, who I know you guys both like this week. Yeah, I'm playing them both. I'm taking a look here. Just an interesting thing here of let's see if this trend continues. But you know how, so the New Orleans Saints, their game plan for the was clear.

When James Winston was the guy, it was limit how much he throws the ball, defense running. And in the last couple weeks, man, they threw the 11th most pass attempts against Tampa Bay. It was Tampa Bay, and James Winston was in for part of that game. And the 10th most passes against Atlanta, I mean, maybe that was, that's just a fluke thing where they had to keep up because their game plan didn't work. But that's a...

that's interesting to keep an eye on here for how the who has fantasy relevance moving forward like the the saints wide receivers could go from they're just no you're not even thinking about it too okay maybe i'll flex one of these guys yeah i have interest in the saints wide receivers this week and i guess this game is going to be my andy's almost upset of the week

I think the Saints can get it done on the road in this one against the Titans who are not going to be able to establish the running game against them. So we'll be on watch for Alvin Camara. Adrian Peterson, look, if you're picking one of the running backs, that's why I'm playing. I would agree with that because the only hope here is not yardage against the Saints. The hope is a touchdown, and he will presumably be the first up at the goal line. Yeah, he will. I...

Definitely agree with that. I still think if a negative game script turns out for the Titans, it will go to McNichols. He had the most snaps. He ran the most routes for the running back position. But this thing could, like, Deonti Foreman's play could make this thing a complete disaster because of the running backs on the ground, Foreman looks the best, and he's the one who received the fewest amount of touches. Foreman is the...

the Tyson Williams probably of this backfield. Could be. Maybe the process over the results is who they go with. You're right. It's a mess. And the Saints aren't the team to figure the mess out against. Neither were the Rams, to be honest. I mean, these are two brutal matchups after you lose Henry. Henry wasn't going to be, I mean, you always would have started him. Of course. But these were two games that you would have been concerned about. It looks like Trevor Simeon's going to be the starter.

for the Saints. And, you know, you listen to Sean Payton. He talks about he thought he played pretty well overall. That was his feedback on him. But you work, Taysam Hill Inn. You could see a transition midgame if they're not having success. Really, I like him being the quarterback for the upside of Callaway and Deontay Harris. If you need spot starts at the wide receiver position, nobody's giving up more points to the opposing fantasy wide receivers than the Tennessee Titans at 38 a game. So,

I like Callaway more than Harris, but I like both. And Ingram is a good start as well. Yeah, I have a hard time playing the roulette on the Saints wide receiver core. Obviously the matchup is good, but the matchup's good on both sides of the ball here. The secondaries of both teams aren't that great. You know, you talk about 38 points a game to the Titans, 34 points a game for the Saints defense given up to wide receivers as well. So there could certainly be fantasy.

relevance at the wide receiver position. Yeah, and this is the time of year, too, where, like, those numbers, those season-long numbers sometimes betray the trends that we just talked about. The Titans defense, you know, it wasn't great for Cooper Cup. You know, it wasn't great for Robert Woods in terms of their upside. Such a weird game. But, I mean, that's week nine. It was the Twilight Zone for everybody. Jacksonville at 2 and 6 takes on the Indianapolis Colts at 4 and 5. The Colts either win or they lose.

By last second field goal, isn't that there? I wasn't sure where that statement was going. Yes, either they will win or they will lose. No ties this year. They could tie. Drive King Sportsbook line Colts minus 10. How dare they? After the Jags knocked off the bills, over under is 47 and a half in this one. Isn't this the resurgence, the Urban Meyer breakout campaign? Aren't we on the way? Oh, no. No, we're not. No doubtful.

I do think we brought this up. If you're streaming a quarterback, Trevor Lawrence, I think is a fine play. The Colts are 30th against quarterbacks. They've given up a lot of good performances. Mike, you brought up in the Never Not Working. The fact that you're looking for a younger guy who has not thrown a lot of touchdowns who can also run the ball. Those things fit Trevor Lawrence. Well, he's not going to throw a lot of touchdowns if he doesn't throw the ball to Marvin Jones.

Agreed. That's part of the equation here. Look, Marvin Jones is just, he's no Jamal Agnew. I've said it time and time again. Yeah, different name. When Jamal Agnew is on the field, he demands targets. I think it's a good game for Marvin. I think Marvin's going to have one of the, he's always been a player that you have, that you often accidentally have on your bench during the breakouts, and then you put him in and he has a bad game.

I wouldn't make that mistake this week. This is a matchup where negative game script, 10-point underdogs, garbage time should be able to supply some value, a couple deep shots against a Colts defense that gives up some big plays on the back end. And Marvin Jones is a good receiver. So I think this is a Marvin week. If I'm looking at IUC versus Marvin, I'm playing Marvin.