Week 3 Matchups + Wheel of Shame, The Yeti Rises? - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/23

It doesn't look optimistic. You need another plan. You can't wait on Dalton Schultz. You don't know how we talked about in the beginning of the week. The injury could cause him to be limited. Production could be limited. I think you've got to go someplace else with Dalton Schultz. Absolutely. If Zieg doesn't score a touchdown in this game. Oh, gosh. Are we just, Mike, what are you doing? You're a Zieg manager. He's on my bench currently. He has scored four straight games against the New York Giants. So that's, you know. That's a positive. But, like, the utilization is, it's very, it's very confusing of, like, and it's not, Pollard's a good player, but there's, like, Zeke has looked, Zeke has looked good. And, like, he's not, he was, he's not Zeke of four years ago. We all know that, but he's moving the pile. He's getting you four to five yards of carry. It, it.

most of the time, so I don't know why they've abandoned him and gone with this other offense. Zeke or Darrell Henderson? Zeke. Yeah, I would go Zeke over Darrell Henderson. Just based on the matchup. But I also think Tony Pollard is a decent play. With Dalton Schultz either being missing or hobbled, not being at 100%. He had seven targets last week with the first time we got to see him with Cooper Rush. If Pollard is involved to that degree in the passing game, I think in PPR leagues, Pollard is It's a pretty strong flex play. CD Lamb is a wide receiver what this week? Two. And I think he's a two going forward with. With no DAC. With no DAC. Yeah. Seven for 75. That has to be encouraging on 11 targets. That's great. The rankings, the starts it tool, all on the website, the fantasy footballers.com. A couple of injury updates. James Connor will be a game time decision. What? What? A game time decision.

I have moved from, I previously thought if Julio plays, I'm going to play him because of the, you know, the graveyard of other options there. But I think with his injury, I would be too scared of him running a route and getting injured. So if he's playing, he's on. Connor is not playing. Connor is a game time decision. That sucks. I think he'll play, but yeah, it puts you in a tough position. I mean, they're. Is that the afternoon game? They're at home in Arizona, which is the tech, are usually an afternoon game. So that will be, you're shaking your head. That is a later game.

Wow. So you got to have, you have to have one of the backups. Do we have the injury blitz, the injury blitz podcast this afternoon? After the Friday practice reports, yep. Okay. So for those of you that would like, you know, Matthew Betts' thoughts after all the practice reports, join the fight.com. The injury blitz podcast is available every Friday because these are tough situations to work through. Yeah. Fantasy face off, presented by Draft Kings. Well, well, well, here we are. Mike and I very close last week. Yes. 157 to 154. Jason ended up in third, which means he gets to spin the wheel of shame. Wheel of shame. You can't fake it through this one. So exciting. Oh, yeah, this is a bad one. Let's go. Spinning the wheel. We got a lot of options. Spartan, cartoon man.

Banana face. Oh, no. Or the 12th man. The 12th man. That's not good. I'm a Seahawks fan. This is. This is being recorded, Jason. Oh, man. For your friends, your family. There's still more. Oh, there's more. Oh, is this? So you might need to take the glasses off. Is this some eye black? Yeah, you got some eye black. So he's got a for, I don't know if you need me, but YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballers. So as of right now, there you go. Jason Moore has a sensational Seattle Seahawks bucket hat on and, uh, in an oven mitt that's taking the place of the, uh, number one here. So make sure you keep that up there. Oh, yeah. You can put your glasses back on if you need him, but wow. That is.

That is truly shameful. I just love the Seahawks so much. Go Seahawks. Gino's number one. Gino's number one. This is good. At least you don't have a horse face on. I can see. And that is amazing. Can you see yourself? Well, let's let the Seahawks. Let's let the Seahawks fan begin our lineups for week three. Who do you got a quarterback, Mr. Moore? We're going to begin at the top. He's been putting up 40 every week. I'm going with Josh Allen in the cash lineup. What's the cost? He is $8,200. A lot of the prices of the Buffalo bills from the previous week were locked in early. So I think he should be far more than this. All right. I'm going to go.

Oh, also as an example, just my confidence in Josh Allen. The DK Sportsbook right now has him at a one and a half passing touchdowns, which is like, oh, okay, that, you know, right. The over is at minus 220. Okay. I mean, it's juiced. Minimum two passing touchdown is what they're calling for. Make sure you get that number one Seahawks fan in there. He's trying to pick his nose. I'm going with Kirk Cousins. I'm taking Kurt Cousins at home. He's actually my number two quarterback on the week. Wow. That's the spicy meatball. 6,700 at home against Detroit. He's going to dominate. Number two on the week. Yeah. Forget about Jalen Hertz? No, no, I didn't. Am I almost upset of the week? No. Mike, who's your quarterback? Josh Allen. Nice. Okay. All right. I'm live there. I save some money. Kirk is only 6,700. Moving to running back. Who you got, Jason?

At running back, I mean, Rashad Penny, right? Oh, yeah, my man. Oh, he's going to Penny and Walker. At running back, I have Penny and Walker. I want all of the wonderful points. You are the 12th man. I am the 12th man. No, at running back, I have DeAndre Swift, pass catching running back that I think in a full point PPR. He's only 7,200. And David Montgomery, who looked good, he is at home in a favorite matchup against the Texans, and he was only 5,900. Well, I have David Montgomery as well, Jason, at 5,900. My running back, though, with a DK Sportsbook line of 98 and a half rushing and receiving yards is Joe Mixing against the Jets. I like it. Yeah, he should be in a good spot. I have Miles Sanders costing $500 over on DK Sportsbook. His line is at 63.5 rushing yards. I think he is going to absolutely dismantle that number.

Saved a little bit of money here, too, with my other running back. I'm going Damien Pierce, who saw a big uptick in work. That's against Chicago. And they are playing the Chicago Bears. So game script-wise, I think we have a pretty even matchup, which Houston Texans can win this game, which let's get Pierce in the end zone. Interesting to watch running back versus running back in that matchup. I mean, I'd rather have Montgomery, but for 5,000, I had to pay down for Pierce. All right. Three wide receivers, Jason. Three wide receivers at my first wide receiver, Stefan Diggs. You got to match him up with Josh Allen. I'm going to Curtis Samuel at 5100. He's still, what? Yeah, 5100 for Curtis Samuel, despite two back-to-back good weeks in, and he's almost upset. That's madness. Yeah. So my third wide receiver, I went back and forth and back and forth and back forth between three guys, but I am going with Mack Hollins.

3,800. He is a freebie if Hunter Renfro is gone through the concussion protocol. 3,300. 3,300, sorry, even cheaper. Yes, I was, he was in my lineup. He is not anymore. So it was very close because my three wide receivers, Justin Jefferson. Nice. At 9,300 to match the Kirk Cousins. And then I went with Amun Rae St. Brown in that same matchup. I have a lot riding on Detroit, Minnesota. Ammanra is 7200. And my third shot here. For New Orleans is Chris Olavé at 4,500. So I also have Matt Collins, the, I mean, if you got Josh Allen in, which that means I also have Stefan Diggs in, you'll have to save money somewhere. And if Renfro does not play, Matt Collins will see an uptick at work. And he's already seeing a whole bunch of targets. It's outrageous how much he is involved.

So who did I? So I got Diggs, Matt Hollins, and the sun got Ammon Ross St. Brown. Oh, you got him as well. I mean, $7,200 for what that guy is producing is. I'm going to tell you, as a Seahawks, as a Seahawks fan. Yes. I'm very scared of you guys both having Alman Ross, St. Brown. Yes, you should be. All right. Final three. Jason, your tight end, your flex, and your defense? My tight end, my flex, and my defense. I'll start at the bottom. I have the jets. At only 2,400, they are home against the turnover machine Joe Burrow right now. I'm hoping they can keep the bad vibes going for the Bengals. At tight end, Irv Smith, only 3,100. He was priced down in the breakout last week, did not get priced in. And at Flex, Leonard Fournett. Oh, the dump truck. The dump truck. Dump's like a truck.

PPR machine at 6,500. All right. Here's where all my savings was because I have some pretty high-end running backs. I had the Jets in. I pivoted. I went to the Raiders for just a little bit more taking on Tennessee. That offense, the Vermont. I know the Vermont narrative is there for you, Jason, but the Raiders defense, Tennessee has not been able to do a lot. I had Mack Hollins in. I pivoted. I ended up spending 100 more buckaroos for Skymore, who I think will be on the field and have an opportunity to do some more explosive things than Matt Collins. And then my bargain basement, bottom of the barrel, tight end is Isaiah likely, who had five targets last week. He's 2,800. If he doesn't play, because he is questionable, but has been practicing, I will pivot to Kylan Granson for 100 fewer dollars. Sure.

The Hig Beast as my tied in, I think he will be a PPR machine that those targets will continue to flow. My flex is actually Mack Hollins. So that means, but you had already said it. So I just wanted to, you know, I had it. So that means my other wide receiver is T. Higgins. Ooh, nice. At just 6,100 continues to go target for target with Jamar Chase. And the price is nowhere near that of Jamar Chase. And I completely punched my defense off a bridge. For the good of the fantasy footballers, I am playing the Arizona Cardinals at home against the Rams. Let's see if, uh, well, how much is that 2000? Yeah, well, 2,400. Okay. So we'll see if, uh, rocks in the elbow, Maddie Stafford can throw. You guys have any budget left? I have a hundred left. Um, I should have a hundred plus, uh, 500. I have 600 left. I pivoted on show from Romeo Dobbs to Mac Holland. I see, I see.

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