Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Wk 10 Studs, Duds, Rising Stars, Updates

That's just my thought from watching it. If you're a Houston owner or a Houston fan. Not an owner. Well, if you're an owner too. If you're a Houston fan, you've watched the games. You've seen what we've seen. All right. So let's go down through the rest of the wide receivers that poop their pants. You know, I expected a big week for Randall Cobb. I projected it that way. He didn't get it done. Four for 31, unlimited snaps. Alshan Jeffrey. That guy. I don't blame Jeffrey, man. Some of these throws from Jay Cutler had them in the back of the corner of the end zone, right?

Alston's a tall guy? Yeah. Yeah, I threw it at his knees. He's wide open. Just had to put it up and outside. Touchdown. It doesn't happen. Jay Cutler doesn't get big boy pants very often. But this last week, a lot of the fantasy community, not just our show, but so many shows, they looked at the matchup. They looked at the opportunity and they said, hey, Jay Cutler's going to have a good week. And he was given honorary big boy pants for this week. And he...

He used all of the room in those pants to fill them up. Because Alshan Jeffrey, I mean, he should have had such a monstrous game. He was on that rookie DB, right? Yeah. Hard Graves. Pathetic. Pathetic, pathetic. Here's a guy you don't need to worry about who did not have a good game. Mike Evans. I would worry a little bit about Alshan Jeffrey going forward. See how Mike Evans' bad game is 4 for 66, not 4 for 15, like Brandon Marshall?

Shut your mouth. All right. So let's talk about a guy who kind of pooped the bed a little bit. And you have questions going forward because of quarterback situation, because of other players getting healthy around him. Terrell Pryor is what the rest of the season? Because he only had 5 for 48 this week, which was about what he had last week, except he had a touchdown. He's a two, three. He's on the two three bubble with one upside because of who he is.

Because of touchdown opportunities where he could just go over the top of someone and go out. Yeah, I mean, he's probably what you should say about Hopkins. You know, maybe Hopkins is below Pryor, but you know what they can do on a good day. Right. If something bounces their way. I mean, Pryor, it would be nice if they used him and not Chris Hogan in the Wildcat, but now it's the Hogan show. So for Pryor, you move him down. You know, this week I started Pryor over Deion.

Devante Adams, and I, you know, I regretted it. So, you know, it's the offense. It's an offense problem. So we'll see who's starting this week, Kessler and McCown, because that'll help. I mean, if McCown is starting, it'll help. Yeah, I hope. I mean, McCown was, Terrell Prior looked like he was on the way last week.

He was on the way to a stud muffins game in the first half where he basically had this entire line. Spend that way for two weeks. And then McCown comes in. Yeah. So Michael Thomas had a bad week, four for 40 as soon as he got some big boy pants last week. And two fumbles, which should put him, you know, if you're not in the PPR, you're at exactly zero points. Alan Hurons. Turn the page on Alan Hurons. John Brown, J.J. Nelson, neither did anything. And I, you know, we're really optimistic about J.J. Nelson in this game.

For sure. I'm glad these are the last two wide receivers we're going to talk about because they're a great segue into Carson Palmer, who I also think definitely pooped his big boy pants. He had gigantic pants this week because of the matchup. He did throw for a lot of yards, I think 376. Third straight week with over 300 yards. But the fact, when you turn the ball over three times, that hurts most fantasy leagues, you get penalized.

You know, minus two for interception, minus two for a fumble lost. And you have a lot of ground to make up with those turnovers, and he did not make them up. Only one touchdown to David Johnson. Really disappointing week for the Cardinals, despite the victory. And you did see Michael Floyd, at least, emerge. Larry Fitzgerald was good, but the two little guys did not get it done this week. Yep, no doubt about it. Tom Brady didn't get it done. No touchdown passes last night.

Probably killed a lot of teams this week. Jake, you know, faces Seattle, though. I mean. Well, it was just a, you know, it was the flow of the game allowed Lagart Blunt in for each of those. The offense was fine. Tom Brady was fine. Tom Brady looked great. But they got down around the goal line.

And when they ran the ball, they didn't get stuck. They scored, yeah. Carson Wentz, bad week for Wins, no touchdown passes. It was kind of one of those weeks that you thought Wins could do something based on the fact that he had been getting the yardage numbers didn't happen. And running backs to let you down. There were quite a few. You know, Carlos Hyde started. DeWan Harris played behind him, and they combined for 28 rushing guards. That's not good. That's not good. Hyde's the guy to own here on out, but the matchup wasn't good in Arizona and he didn't do anything.

He danced too much, too, by the way. Time Montgomery, I think, was probably, I mean, if you put him in the running back situation, he had a huge disappointing game. Yeah, put him in both. He pooped both his running back and his wide receiver pants. One leg of each. He was my pump the brakes last week because the clock was running out on time Montgomery. He's not a good enough wide receiver to take away from Adams, who's playing well, Nelson and Cobb, and he's not.

enough of a running back to win Starks is active to steal carries from him. I agree. We thought that you would see one more big week out of him. But Starks was in that running back role. Starks got a touchdown. And it seemed like he was taking some of those time Montgomery situations away. Yeah, I thought we'd have at least one more week, but it's over. Yeah. So Kristen Michael has gone fully to sleep. He's about to enter hibernation mode. It was fun while it lasted. But C.J. Procise is the guy.

there right now that they like way more than Chris and Michael. He was, CJ ProCise was not a third down running back. He's not a guy they brought in in a two minute drill. C.J. Procise was a three down running back. He was in on firsts, on seconds, on third. And Kristen Michael, he got a little bit of use. He got five carries in the game. Now Thomas Rawls is, uh, the rumors are they should be back in week 11. This week.

So now you've got a three-headed monster. I'm not sure I really want any of them, including ProCise. But you certainly don't want Chris and Michael. He is on Ambien. I think the pathway for a two-down Thomas Rawls and third-down, C.J. Procise is right in front of our faces. I think that's the way. Assuming Rawls is back, now fibula injury, once you recover from that, you know, it's not a lasting fracture. You know what I mean? It's something that your leg heals. It gets better.

And you should be back out there and be able to be active and contribute. So I think it's going to be, I told some people, I said, I'm not guaranteeing it, but Rawls is going to win some people fantasy leagues. That's my belief. Oh, wow. I do. I believe it. Another situation, I want to ask if you think. He's a better runner than pro size. Yes, Thomas Rawls is an excellent runner. Another guy that is a question mark for me of whether or not he should be included in the pooped in his big boy pants.

Nobody was starting him. Nobody would have done that on his first week back. But what do you feel about the fact that Dionne Lewis was a healthy scratch? He was back to practice. He was activated. Do you think that it's indicative that James White is the guy until James White says that he's not in that role? Or do you think it was just he wasn't ready yet? It's a combination. It's exactly what the fear is for a Dionne Lewis owner and what we talked about at times about.

Not only do you have to get back from an injury, but you do have to supplant somebody that is part of a winning offense. And we all agree that a healthy Dionne Lewis is a better overall football player than James White, but that doesn't necessarily translate to the bulk of those opportunities. Twelve touchdowns for Garrett Blunt. He's not coming off the field in short yardage. He's not coming off the field for the majority of his snaps. James White has been somebody that, you know, four catches yesterday.

Bill Belichick's come out and endorsed his play. Oh, yeah. And now Dionne Lewis, healthy scratch. I'm not reading too much into the healthy because, I mean, this guy's been paid. When he's actually healthy, he'll be active. But will he be effective for fantasy owners? I don't know. I think it might be too little too late. I was on record saying I think Lewis might affect the NFL playoffs more than he does the fantasy playoffs.

Sure. We've still got several weeks to go. We do. And I wonder if it's almost a benefit to Dionne Lewis owners that the Patriots lost. The questions of, you know, they were down near the goal line. Dionne Lewis was so effective. Last year, and they didn't have that weapon they could have used. To be determined. I'd rather have somebody else locked into my lineup than I would dealing with the James White Dionne Lewis situation. That's for sure. Those guys can't be relied upon right now. Gurley.

He's just done what Gurley does this year. He's another guy we're going to talk to Eric Dickerson about the effect of that offensive line on Todd Gurley, what Dickerson sees in Gurley versus these other young backs like Elliot, like David Johnson. The Ingram High Tower combination fell flat this week against that Denver defense. It might be worth noting that, you know, Ingram was far more effective, 11 for 50, where High Tower was 8 for 21. I still would rather have Ingram moving forward. And then some wide receivers will let you down.

Some other honorary guys, you know, Emmanuel Sanders, we thought he might have a good week, didn't really perform. I think that kind of covers it. Jordan Reed, tight-in-wise. Jordan Reed, Greg Olson. Gronk. Kelsey, Gronk. I mean, it was not a strong tight-in week overall. So you probably, if your guy pooped their pants, your opponent's guy might have pooped their pants unless you had Delaney Walker. In which case, hopefully you had him and didn't play against him. So let's preview the Monday night football game. The Bengals traveled to New York to take on the Giants this evening.

You've got Dalton, who I think a lot of bi-week fantasy owners are starting this week. I know I'm one of them. Eli Manning on the other side, who we said is the nitroglycerin of the fantasy quarterback position where you just don't know if he's going to blow up or if he's going to, you know, and if that's good or bad, right? He can blow up, but is it good or bad? So what are the storylines of this game for you? You're obviously rolling out green. You're rolling out Beckham. Those guys don't need to be discussed. But how do you feel about...

Shepard and Eifford. Let's put those two guys out on the table. I think Shepard, Victor Cruz, I believe, is a game time decision. So if Cruz is not in there, Shepard, I think, is a good play. The problem is, we're on Monday night. Your roster's are pretty much set, and I doubt you have Cruz and Shepard. So I hope for those that are relying on Shepard that Cruz is out tonight, in which case he should be a strong play. On the other side, Eifert is a guy that you're going to start, you know, I think week and week out. It seems like a lot of fantasy owners own two tight ends.

They own Eiffurt and because they had to hide Eifford on their bench for a long time. And they've had to make decisions on starting those guys. Yeah. And so you've got two different. Everyone who has Eifert usually has a second tight end because they had them already. And maybe they found a successful tight end, a tight end that was getting the job done and they didn't want to necessarily drop him. But most people in that situation are still probably playing Eifert. I think he's the right play. I think he's fine today. I mean, you saw so many of the top.

tight-ins poop their pants. Well, we still have one more option left for a top tight-in to get the job done. I think I for does. The guy that I said on Fantasy Pros was an outside the top 105 who might have a good game was actually Brandon LaFelle. We forget because his last game, I think he had one for five. And then he goes to a buy week. So we forget that, you know, because it was three weeks ago and on when he was doing well, but he had.

You know, three touchdowns and three games and, you know, lots of targets, lots of yards. So he could be an okay play. The question for me is the running game. Well, as you say, make a determination here. Or maybe I'll go first. The Hill, Bernard, and then Jennings and Perkins. If I had to choose out of both of those circumstances, I would be taking Bernard and Perkins tonight.

I would be taking Bernard and Jennings tonight. And that's very fair. You know, we know the storyline behind Cincinnati's defense has not been good. They're in the 20s for passing and rushing defense. On the other side, though, the Giants front line has been able to stop those inside runners more effectively. That's why I think I like Bernard more than Hill tonight. But tell me why the Jennings Perkins. Is it just opportunity? You just think the opportunity is going to be there for Jennings more tonight?

Yeah, I mean, what we saw last week, 11 carries last week, both Jennings and Perkins had 11 carries. Right. Completely even split. And I think Perkins is actually the better player. He's younger. He looks good on film. So I have no problem with selecting Perkins in that. But the Cincinnati rushing defense has not really been very good this year. And I still think Jennings gets first opportunity. So if he gets first crack,

and their defensive line isn't looking that good, and he's rolling. I don't think they're going to, you know, force the hand over to Jennings. Either one could be better. The reason I like Bernard more than Hill, you can never count Hill out, right? Because he's always the guy that goes up against the hard matchup and just gets two touchdowns because that's the way the game went. But this is a game that I'm expecting and hoping.