Starts of the Week + Week 8 Breakdown, Middle School Memories

But in particular, this matchup against the Buccaneers who are ranked 31st against fantasy wide receivers, I am very, very intrigued in both of them. Yeah, I think someone here is going to have a great game because everyone has had great games against Tampa all year long. The difficulty is knowing who. Is it Cory Davis as an A.J. Brown? I think A.J. Brown is the more talented guy, but I think Corey Davis looked to beat Tanna Hills first read. And so I lean Corey Davis in this matchup. But the thing is, is there's a difference between

being intrigued and then being confident to start them. I'm still not confident off the one game sample to start them in a pinch. You could do worse, but I would rather, I'd rather look elsewhere. But we're missing the real point of this game. This game is all about the backup tight ends. Ooh. That's where the fantasy gold's going to happen, Foot Clan. And what he means by that, O.J. Howard, who was all lined up.

Oh, he, yeah. To be my tight end start of the week, I liked him against Tennessee 24th against fantasy tight ends. Like there's many reasons to like him. The Titans have given up a top 12 total point for performance to the tight end position every week, except for when they played Denver. I was ready to rally the troops behind O.J. Howard this week. This is good news for you, Mike. Because I don't have to do it. No, not because you don't have to do O.J. Howard. The matchup is great.

The tight end is a friend of Jamis has been historically, and this is a matchup where the Titans are really tough against wide receivers and really bad against tight ends. So it lined up. That's why you were going to make O.J. Howard your start of the week. It was. And then coming out of the by week on Thursday, O.J. Howard did not practice. And it was a downgrade. So he, I mean, you know, when you see that, it's rare for them to not be out. So.

At this point, we, I know nothing. This happened while we were recording this. The news came out that O.J. Howard didn't practice. So we don't have any details, but based on the fact that you're coming off a by and then it's a, it's not limited like what happened to Darren Waller last week. This did not participate. You have to expect there's a chance he misses this game. If that's the case, I assume your pivot would be to Cameron Bray. I have no choice. But that would, but Cameron Brate without O.J. Howard.

is a better option, I believe, than O.J. Howard with Cameron Bray. Let me ask you this, Jason. Let's get conspiracy theory here. Is O.J. Howard about to get traded? Oh, my God. You're saying, you're saying this is not injury. I'm just throwing it out. There has been trade rumors. New England trying to get them. They've been adamant. They are not trading O.J. Howard, but the deadline is coming up. The NFL trade deadline, I think, is this Tuesday.

They did not, he didn't practice. Any chance? Any chance? There's always a chance, but I think this is an injury. All right. So we'll see. All right. And then. On the other side of the ball, Delaney Walker did not practice yesterday. Now, you might say that's a veteran rest day on a Wednesday. We don't have practice reports yet, but he usually is a limited participant in Wednesdays. So he's dealing with an injury. If he is out, my start of the week. Starts of the week.

Let's start at the tight-in position. Let's do it. Guess what? My tight-in start of the week is Tampa Bay. Whether I wanted to or not is now Cameron Brate for the reasons I have said earlier. Jason, you're up. So you're right in the sense that the Titans are a good matchup for tight ends, but they, you know, the Buccaneers are saying, you ain't got nothing on me. The Buccaneers.

are the second worst. They're the only team somewhat close to Arizona as far as a smash play against tight end. And Jonu Smith, the backup, but we have all been waiting with bated breath for Jono Smith. And in the fantasy community, especially the dynasty community, we've been waiting for the Jono Smith experience. And you're calling for it this week. This week I'm calling for it. He's my start of the week. The bucks have given up five.

Tight-in-one performances. Last year, Jonah Smith was six a month, or I'm sorry, yes, six a month tight-ins last week in yards per route run. And when Delaney Walker went out last year, you had a stretch of games where Jono Smith was really dominant. You also have him with four of his nine receptions going for 20-plus yards. You saw that beast run last year.

Jonas Smith will have a really good game if Delaney Walker is out, so he is my start of the week. If Walker's back out there, then Jimmy Graham would be, it never feels good saying Jimmy Graham, but he's always an absolutely fine play after those top eight. Sure. My wide receiver start of the week, I alluded to it a little bit earlier, but DK Metcalfe, I'm giving the confidence boost to the wide receiver two of the Seattle Seahawks.

Gets the Atlanta Falcons. He projects to see Isaiah Oliver in coverage most of the time. Falcons giving up the third most points to the wide receiver, giving up the third most passing yards per game. I want in on this Seattle offense this week. And I might have to take the back door because Chris Carson and Tie Lock at Russell Wilson are they're owned everywhere. I've seen DK Metcalf on multiple waiver wires.

across my leagues. You could pick him up and play him this week and expect a huge, he has a huge ceiling. The floor is still a little crumbly, not the safest, but the ceiling is massive this week. Sure. My start of the week, I've got two starts of the week. Andy's out. I wanted more because these two guys are guys that I think you have to get in your lineup for sure. One is Kenny Golliday. Don't be stupid.

Two targets last week. He disappointed. He's been a smashing success. There's only been two weeks. Smashing. Only two weeks on the season that the New York Giants have not been in the bottom 12 as far as fantasy points given up to wide receiver. The five most, you know, passing yards, the fifth highest passing yards given up. And look, the matchup, the specific cornerback matchup for Kenny Gulliday.

He has the strongest advantage of anyone, according to pro football focus, over DeAndre Baker this week. The Giants have given up the second most 20-plus yard passing plays. Stafford has the highest percentage of 20-plus yard passing plays in the NFL. So start, Kenny Galdi. The other one is John Brown. Against the Philadelphia secondary, we've seen it over and over and over and over. You can get beat by them. John Brown has just been so consistent. He's going to, you know, he was my start of the week last week, got a touchdown.

So I've got the duo, Kenny Galladay and John Brown. Get them in your lineups. They're both going to have great weeks. Shady McCoy is my running back start of the week. He gets to play the Green Bay matchup, which has been very kind. Second most points to the running back position, four top 10 points to the position already allowed by the Green Bay defense. And he's the guy. Damien Williams has been thrown off of the boat. And LaShawn McCoy is...

The starting running back, he is the primary running back. Yes, it's a timeshare, and Darrell Williams will be in on third down, but LaShawn McCoy will get the goal line carries. Perhaps they need to lean on him in a plus matchup a little bit more if, in fact, Matt Moore is the starting quarterback for the Chiefs. Yeah, my running back started the week. It's another bounce back like Kenny Gallad, a guy who disappointed you big time last week, but he's going to have a great game. That's Marlon Mack.

Marlon Mack this week, look, you look at the carry counts on the season. He is, do you know what his pace is? Do you have any idea? I don't. He's been solid, but he's on pace for 317 carries. That's a lot. That is, I mean, that's a lot. From memory, I believe that would have led the league last year. If not, it would have been top two. So Marlon Mack is getting the ball a ton. This is, I believe, a very winnable matchup.

people are worried about him off of running for 2.4 yards per carry last week. Denver as a matchup, right? The beginning of the year, we're like, oh, you've got to play a running backs against Denver. Then they got a little bit better. But the reality is they're not a great team. And last year, a lot of the complaints about Marlon Mack where he puts up so much of his points in those games where they're up and they win by... He was a game script back. Yeah, he was a game script back. And in those games where they won by...

14 points. Oh my gosh, he just had these monster games. Do you think that the Denver Broncos are really going to be super competitive? No. This is one of those games where at the end of the game, they're going to win by 12, 14 points and Marlon Mack's going to crush them. My quarterback started the week. I'm going back, Jason. King Guffrey, Jared Guff.

I'm squeezing the orange. I'm squeezing out as much juice as I possibly can from Jared Goff. It worked out in the plus matchup against the Falcons. Another juicy plus matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals. The third most points to fantasy quarterback. Three top six games already. Top six performances, three of them already allowed by the Cincinnati Bengals. Jared Goff's in a good situation. If you streamed him last week, you can do it again.

Yeah, my quarterback start of the week is going to match up with John Brown. He's Josh Allen. Last week he was the quarterback 10. The Eagles are, you know, two games on the season. They have not allowed a top 10 quarterback, not just a quarterback one. And one of those was Luke Fault. Somehow they were able to stop. Good for them. Outside of that, I mean, look, the Eagles have been terrible. And you've got a high rushing baseline with Josh Allen.

With John Brown being able to get deep, I'm going to start, I'm going to start Alan in almost every situation. I like Josh Allen a lot. I'm going to make this up on the spot just because I'm gauging this off of the fab money that Andy spent yesterday. But Andy's wide receiver start of the week has to be. It's Kenny Bills. Kenny Stills, Kenny Bills.

I don't know if he agrees with that or not, but he's not here to defend himself. All right, the greatest segment in the history of podcasting. Jason Moore's Ironclad, locked and loaded, 100% guaranteed boom, boom kicker of the week. This week's locked and loaded boom boom is sure fine. He'll finish the week number one because he's Greg freaking Zerline.

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