Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Starts of the Week, Week 4 Matchups, Debate

benching Matthew Stafford. If I've got Matthew Stafford or, you know, Aaron Rogers, I'm playing Stafford. You might, you might just have wanted to say, I'm going with Stafford this week. Yeah. Sure. Well, so you're telling me is Detroit will not be signing any moles or hedgehogs or go or gophers to go directly through the ground. Yeah. They will not be burrowing into the end zone. No, actually, yeah, I think they don't give up anything to those type of burrowing.

All right, Mike, quarterback. I'm going Blake Bortles. Indianapolis is allowing 312 yards per game through the air, not burrowing through the ground. I think it's, I think it might be nasty. You might be going through a first half going, why did I start Blake Bortles? And then the garbage man will come through with his stinky poo trash. And you'll love the fantasy points that he gives you.

terrifying descriptions of why you should start these guys so far. Hey, it happens. Here's mine. I'm going Kirk Cousins. You've got Cleveland at home. Right now he's averaging 334 yards a game despite the quote unquote struggles for Kurt Cousins, which is second in the league. He's at home, beatable opponent. No turnover's last game. Each.

game thus far the season. He's increased his fantasy points. I think it continues again. You're going to see him over 30 points at home against Cleveland. My man. I'm going to go ahead and move on to the running back. I'm going to give you Carlos Hyde against Dallas. If you play on ESPN, you've become accustomed to seeing those opponent rating. You got the green. Green means go. Green means go. You get the red. Dallas shows up red because Dallas has been deceptively good against the run.

They show up is 10th best against the run in the league. But here's the caveat. They've given up the most yards per carry of any team in the league against the running back. They've played nobody that has any, you know, no top-end running backs have gone up against Dallas as far. You've seen like the Washington running backs. I think Carlos Hyde is, you know, he had a game last week against Seattle was over 100 yards on 21 carries. I think Hyde is the only show in town for San Francisco. You're going to see the workload.

I'm very regretful of trading him and getting back a broken Des Bryant right now because Carlos Hyde's going to have a good week. I love all the Carlos Hyde that has been pouring in over the last few weeks. More or less than my C.J. Anderson love right now. Which one do I like more? Yeah. Probably the Hyde.

Probably the high love. It feels good. It feels good, man. I'm going with Isaiah Crowell. He's playing against Washington. This is what Washington is allowed on the ground. 149, 96, and 120. And in each of those games, running backs have burrowed in two touchdowns in every single game. So I'm going with the crow. I think that Cleveland can put up a fight against Washington's defense enough so that Crowell will get the work. We've seen him. He's been the man.

for cleveland and hugh jack minson

likes crow so i do too i'm going with him this week speaking of crow well and you know the the browns right now they are like the bengals light right they've taken a bunch of the bengals uh style they took hugh jackmanson and so they're trying to emulate that and last week you did see against the dolphins 148 yards on the ground and that is why my start of the week is a scary one i'm going with jeremy hill

I think Jeremy Hill is going to be just fine this week because he is playing those Miami Dolphins and he's doing it at home in a game that the Cincinnati Bengals are favored by seven points. The dolphins have given up 96 yards, 149 yards, and 148 yards in the first three weeks. They seem like they're okay, kind of like what Andy was saying, because they've only given up one touchdown on the ground. But if there's a specialty of Jeremy Hill, it's punching in touchdowns. And so in games,

Since Jeremy Hill's been in the league where the Bengals are favored by more than seven or more points like this game, he averages 13.48 points in standard leagues. And that's really good. He goes from 56 yards per game to 73 yards per game. So I think this is a winnable matchup. I think the game script was kind of given by Cleveland for what to do against the dolphins. And, you know, Jeremy Hill looked pretty good last week, so I'm going to throw him out there.

All right, my wide receiver's start of the week is Steve Smith, Signor. Look, he has Oakland, which is already a great reason to play. A great reason to play. We've all got it today. A wide receiver. Oakland is dead last against opposing wide receivers in fantasy football through three weeks. But look, his yardage has increased each of the last three weeks. He's getting acclimated. Coming off of the injury, we know that Joe loves him. Joe Flacco loves him.

He already leads the team, right? In yards, catches and targets through three games coming back from the injury. The touchdowns are coming. This is a game of averages. He hasn't scored in three games, which is why you haven't been hearing as much. Publicity about Steve Smith. Rest the season, I take Steve Smith over Mike Wallace. That's just me. I don't think Wallace is going to be bad. But it's Steve Smith, Senior, this week against Oakland. I think you can roll him out there as a flex or even a wide receiver, too, if you need him. If you have a packer.

Right this week on by or a Jordan Matthews on by. Go throw Steve Smith in there on your wide receiver two and feel confident. All right. I'm going a little bit on a ledge here. Maybe I'm going on the pirate ship. I'm walking the plank. But did you know, did the footland know this? Brian Hoyer was the quarterback 11 last week. He was pretty darn good. Did you know that? I did. Brian Hoyer, who was very good for fantasy purposes last year with.

the Texans and DeAndre Hopkins. I am going to flex Kevin White. Last week, 14 targets. They're playing against Detroit. I think there's going to be a lot of points going up on the board. And Chicago, they are three-point dogs at home. So they're not even favored to win in their own building. The wise guys are saying they're going to have to score just to keep up with Detroit.

And I think that Kevin White has a connection with Brian Hoyer. And I think this is kind of the game where we see Kevin White emerge and he becomes hot topic off of the waiver wire. I want to put you on the spot here. Kevin White, as you start of the week, or Will Fuller at home against the... Oh, my. I probably go Will Fuller there. Okay, asking for a friend. Are you actually making that decision? Yeah.

All right. So for me, I'm going back to the well of Travis Benjamin. Last week, I was down on Benjamin. I said that I didn't really want to start him. I like Terrell Williams better because of the matchup. I thought that Benjamin could get a little bit shut down. And if you were a Benjamin owner, you were scared all game long as he was sitting at...

19 yards for the whole game until the very end of the game. But this week going up against the New Orleans Saints, Travis Benjamin has a great matchup. He's the number one target. He's led them in receptions. He's led them in yards. He is a very confident start. And he's another one of those guys where when you drafted him, you probably have other options. And you're saying, who do I start? Do I go with, you know, these middle tier guys or do, you know, of one of which is Travis Benjamin? I'm saying, yeah, throw Travis Benjamin in there.

If he had a huge blow-up monstrous game, none of us are going to be surprised. Sure. Okay, I'm going to give you my tight-in start of the week. It's Kobe Fleener. Reverse, Samson. I believe he's woke. I believe that Drew Breeze is on pace for 9,000 yards. I believe that San Diego can cover the wide receiver better than the tight end. And I believe that Kobe Fleener showed us last week that him and Drew Breeze are getting on the same page.

We said it was a tough process for Ben Watson and Drew Brees last year. We see Kobe Fleener in a high volume passing offense. Who knows if Sneeds back out there, but even if he has, I like Kobe Flaner this week. Sure. And I'm going with D2HP. That's Dennis Pitta when he's got two hips. He's taken on Oakland. I mean, and you want logic of why do you play Dennis Pitta against Oakland?

Because it's Oakland, and they stink against the tight end, and they stink against all sorts of passing weapons. And Joe Flacco, much like he loves Steve Smith, Senor. He loves Dennis Pitt. Pitta is getting targets out the wazoo, and I want in on that action. Yeah, I don't blame you there. My start of the week this week at tight end is actually... He is almost mine. He is a guy that right now, as you're listening, after waivers have already cleared, he is still...

available in half of your leagues. So you might want to think about grabbing him and starting him if you don't have a good option. And that is Zach Miller. Yeah, Brian Hoyer, as you were talking about with your Kevin White, he was good last week. Look, he has not been a bad quarterback for fantasy football purposes. He's really been a pretty okay option. And so this week, he's my number eight quarterback. And what we see is...

his matchup this week against the tight end. This is what Detroit has given up against the tight end. Three games. In three games. They have given up 88 yards, 91 yards, and 37. Three touchdowns one and one. That's in three games, five touchdowns. Last week we saw Zach Miller grab two touchdowns. We saw him over 80 yards. I think he's a safe option with a high upside. Zach Miller or Kyle Rudolph this week? Zach Miller.

All right. There you have it. All of these starts that we've gone through will be on the website, the fantasy footballers.com. So make sure you visit. You can take note of those guys. Share your thoughts on the website as well.

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