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

I know Jason, I think you answered that earlier in the week. Yeah, yeah. I do like Marvin. I think he's a fine start this week. A fine man. A fine man, that Marvin. Dan Arnold. Yeah. Get him in there? Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Oh, we got a heck yeah. Heck yeah, man. We'll be talking about Dan Arnold later in the show. Oh. Why? He's my story of the week. Spoiler. I mean, his target.

It's great. Outrageous, man. Yeah. Like the last two weeks, 26%. 20% since going to Jacksonville, he's seeing right about 20% of all the targets. It's ridiculous. Help me make a decision, guys. All right. Okay. I've got my dynasty team. It's awesome. You know, seven and two. You guys are in that league. I've got to make a tight-end decision this week. I've got to go Dan Arnold or I've got to go Zach Hertz against Carolina. Ooh, that's a Dan Arnold for me.

Are you going, Dan? Dan the man? You don't even know who the quarterback is for the Cardinals yet. I'd play Dan Arnold. Okay. I just made the switch. Thanks, guys. I appreciate you. Carson Wince. Are you playing against me? Nope. Okay, yeah, stick with Dan Arnold. I like it. Carson Wince is Mike's stream of the week. He's been on fire. In fact, the Coulter have been exceeding their implied team total from Vegas since week four. They're averaging 31.5 points per game. Wow.

They're really moving the offense. If you pull up your matchup and on the other side is Jonathan Taylor this week, I'm very sorry. I am sorry for the luck. That's how I felt about Josh Allen last week. That was the only thing. That is that. I mean, but no, Jonathan Taylor is going to, he's going to mash. I mean, this is an early Thanksgiving feast for Jonathan Taylor. And, of course, at the wide receiver position. Oh, yeah. Pity City.

The mayor may have an announcement later on in this show. I mean, I feel like maybe you've locked him into like start of the week every week for the rest of the year. Start of the year. Yeah, but sometimes the matchup dictates that we highlight a player even more. T.Y. Hilton could be back this week. Obviously, it's a good match. No, I'm not saying it's going to hurt Pittman. I'm just saying if you're a team scoring 31 points a game and he does come back into a role as the 1B or 2.

To be, I don't know. He could have some. Or not to be. Yeah, he came back. Oh, okay. All right. You know what? Oh, the cards are coming out. Let's see the rating here for Mike's joke. Oh, he got a nine. That is as high as it goes on those cards. Yeah, T.Y. Hilton came back from his previous injury, had 80 yards, was relevant. Yes. 80 and a concussion. Well, no, the concussion. Oh, did it come that? It was the next week. Yeah, the next game. Unfortunately, that was against Houston.

This one is not, so I would not start T.Y. Hilton. I would start T.Y. Houston. Did it again, man. When does he play Houston again? Can we map this out? Yeah, week 13. Oh, okay. That could be helpful. Heel up. Brooks, can you put on our show doc notes for week 12 waivers? T.Y. Hilton, please. Cleveland at 5 and 4, taking on the 5 and 4 New England Patriots in New England. Draft King Sportsbook line has the Patriots minus two and a half.

The over under is 45 and a half, and New England is currently in the playoffs. We've got Billy B back in the playoffs. The defense is doing their thing. Yeah, and they've been getting better each and every week. They really have. They've made plays. And you're looking at a, this is not the ideal situation you want for Cleveland. You're going into a difficult environment. Low over under, you have.

You know, Jarvis Landry didn't practice. He's been banged up like he's been in and out of games. You have obviously no Beckham anymore. Nick Chubb is on the reserve COVID list. I don't like the situation here for anybody on Cleveland. I don't know if Baker can get it done on the road in this matchup.

with the weapons that he has, and it's going to be a tough one for De Ernest, in my opinion. 100%. The Patriots defense has been very, very solid. Nobody's really torching them. No position is a great play against the Patriots. They're top 10 against quarterbacks, wide receivers tied in. I would say if there is one play, obviously it would be the running game for the Browns. If Chubb plays, you play him. If Chubb doesn't play, you're still going to play Deerness Johnson. He's going to be high enough.

to me, to where he's pretty much almost locked in a start. I don't think he does what he did in his last start and just, you know, he's a top three running back on the week. But that would be the one play. Seven interceptions by this defense in the last three weeks. Yeah, they've been great. I have.

talked up Donovan People's Jones recently. I've acquired him and played him, and I will be benching him in this matchup. He's a good wide receiver. It could happen, but I trust the Patriots defense more than I trust Donovan People's Choice Award. Are any of you picking the Browns to upset the Patriots in New England? Not I. I am not. I don't think it's much closer than you guys do. What about about a two and a half point game?

Man, that it's a really tough line to call. But I'm expecting Nick Chubb to be out, and I think that Deerness Johnson is a fine play. Like when he, this, the strength of Cleveland is the running game. Like the scheme, it, and Deerness Johnson, he's proven to be a good player. It wasn't just the game against the Denver Broncos, who are a fine rush defense in their own right.

We've seen it now over the course of last year and this year. When Johnson gets an opportunity, he can come through and he should see a crap ton of volume because everybody, everybody's out right now for the Cleveland Browns at the running back position. They have given up quite a few points in recent weeks to the running back position. Yeah, I think, and that's the strength of the Browns. And I will say the one thing, you know, I say I'm on the Patriots side, the one thing that is kind of wacky. I don't know that it's sticky enough to matter, but it is true.

and pretty wild, that the Patriots, they have been crap at home and awesome. They haven't lost the road game this year. And the only home game they won this season was the Jets. So it's just so weird. Again, small sample probably doesn't matter, but if they were to lose another one at home, it'd just be kind of wild. Jacobi Myers has, I think, 46 receptions without a touchdown this year.

We can do more. He's on fire in the wrong way. It's almost like a joke. Yeah, and I know that, I mean, they are well aware of it. They celebrated when he caught the touchdown that the touchdown that wasn't. So they're going to try to get him the ball there, but I'm going to predict it's not happening this week. Damien Harrison and Remandry Stevenson are both in the concussion protocol. Brooks, do we have anything new on either of them progressing through that protocol this week? Not right now. So we'll be watching.

monitoring. Don't know if either guy is going to get back. I guess. We need a flow chart here. Of the protocol? We know. We need a flow chart of if, so if Damien Harris is in, let's say everybody clears. Yeah, if Harris is in, Harris is in your lineup. Agreed. If Stevenson is back from the protocol, he's not in your lineup. If Stevenson is back from the protocol and Damien Harris is out, then I would be willing to start Ramandre Stevens. If he's active. Right.

Yes, that is. Which is the thing you have to say with him. He could clear protocol and be inactive, in which case I do not start him. But then you would start Brandon Bold and both are out. That's right. The flow chart matters here. That's what I'm saying. And then obviously, JJ Taylor would end up with the big game. In all these situations, J.J.T. Taylor will have four to five touchdowns. Make sure that you get those points on your bench. But are you starting other options here? I mean, Jacoby Myers has kind of slowed down in recent weeks. Kendrick Bourne has a game here. Then Aguilar. I mean, Hunter Henry can be in your lineup, right?

I think you have to believe he can be in your lineup. He's been, you know, since week four. There's one game where he has not been a tight end to one. So yeah, you can start him. I mean, it's all touchdowns. It's all touchdowns. The last month, two receptions of one touchdown. Two receptions, one touchdown. One reception, no touchdowns. And he was the tight end 27. I think there's a decent chance that zero players from this game end up in the top 24 at their positions.

I would agree with all of that except for whoever the starting running back is for the Browns. The Buffalo Bills at 5 and 3 get to, I don't know, reckon with their demons against the New York Jets in New York who are 2 and 6. Yeah, but unfortunately for the Buffalo Bills, he's back, baby. Mike White is going to play this game. Look out. Yeah, Colt Classics Mita.

Sad demise in this game. The bills are 11. Tell that to Urban Meyer. 11 point road favorites. Weren't they that? Weren't they more? Were they heavier favorites last week? Yes, they were. Over under is 47 and a half. I have consistently tweeted. I will take the under. Tweeted Mike White, greater signed Mike Wright in recent weeks. I did not realize you look identical to him. But I mean to tell you, it hurts. That hurts my feelings. Every time I tweet that? Yeah. I'm sorry.

But it's, I mean... Well, it's the truth. You've seen... Facts over feeling. Yeah. Mike White is awesome. Now, here's the thing. I wish I was Mike White. Here's the thing. I think if there is something to pay attention to from last week. Okay, there's... They lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars and you want to just say, okay, throw that game in the garbage. It doesn't matter. And I would usually say that. If not for the week prior, against the Miami Dolphins, where for... Half...

At least half, maybe two-thirds of that game, the Dolphins were shutting out the bill's offense. And then the bills came through and did what they need to do. So the two big takeaways here are one, even though they lost the game, their defense was outstanding. That's what I was going to say. I mean, their defense is unbelievable. The Jets aren't doing anything against the bills. They're number one across the board. They're number one against quarterbacks, number one against running backs, number one against wide receivers. I'm not.

I'm not playing a jet other than an emergency kind of like Michael Carter Flex. Sure. Or an emergency PPR league, James and Crowder, maybe. No, stay away from the Jets. I think that the bills get right in this game on offense, but I am a little bit worried because it's two weeks stretch. They get white. They get white in this offense. Well, you know, defense.

So, I mean, you're not going to not start them, though. Josh Allen's going to be started. At last I have heard, Zach Moss has not practiced is in the concussion protocol. If he does not get into practice today, it is more, you know, it is trending towards him missing Sunday. That is not a guarantee with concussions. I need you guys help. Okay. I need you to, you know, we're halfway through the year. I need you to.

Tell me how you're valuing Stefan Diggs and trades on both sides, trading away, trading four. Because I've had discussions with people about Stefan Diggs. And, you know, this is a player that was an elite option at the wide receiver position last year. He has been fine. But he's been the number 22 receiver so far this year. And last year was the number three overall. So, you know, the catch percentage is down. Last year was a very special year.

But how do you look at him rest of season? Do you look at him as a top 12 bona fide stud in your mind? I view him as a top 12 bona fide stud. I do not necessarily view him as one of those top three guys. You know, he's not in the tier with the Adams and the hill, you know, but he is to me a top 12.

A guy, his utilization has been great. The offense is still very good. So I'm not worried about Stefan Diggs being a wide receiver two rest of season. Mike? Yeah, he's still top 12, but that top five ceiling where he was drafted. Diggs are Metcalf for rest of season. Oh, that's a really good question. Diggs for consistency. Um, I, if.

Russ is for sure back this week, right? Metcalf is like the number six receiver on the year. Diggs is a 22 right now. I think I would take D. Jefferson or Diggs? Jefferson. Okay. Keenan Allen or Diggs? I love Michael Key. Okay. Emmanuel Sanders in this matchup? Diggs. Oh, okay. The game's over. Got it. Are we? Are we?

Sergeant Emanuel? Yeah, we are. Cole Beasley has not been practicing. I think that he will play, but he is injured. And there is still a chance of Cole Beasley misses. He's ribbled. Yes, he is. He is ribbled? Oh. So, yeah, I think Emmanuel Sanders, Stefan Diggs, should be played for sure. And we cannot forget how bad the Jets are against running back. They are not.