Week 6 Studs & Duds, Rising Stars, Jordan OW!-ward

I mean, 222 yards, that's fine. But the yardage output compared to the touchdowns is not something that you generally see. Like you don't see a 198 and 3. It's difficult to make those things happen. Russell certainly can do it, but I'm not trusting him to be a top tier fantasy quarterback. He's fine. He's fine. Let's move into the studs at the running back position. Let me just say this.

You want to win? Find yourself one of these guys. Yeah. Todd Gurley, Melvin Gordon, Saquan Barkley, Kareem Hunt, James Connor. Gurley, career high, 208 yards rushing. Could have had more if they gave him the ball more. What a game. I mean, I thought I was running away in a league with Saquan. Gurley outscored him. Mike thought he was running away in a league with Gordon. Gurley outscored Gordon. This is just...

Otherworldly performances. It's really not fair. It feels great when you have it. Look, you focus on things, 12 targets for Sequin, game script proof. We talked a lot about him after Thursday. So who do you want to pull out of here? I mean, Sony-Michel had a great week. You finally saw a good week from Latavius Murray. You find this all a big week from Alex Collins. Yeah. And then my rising star Tariq Cohn. We'll talk about him in a little while. The Alex Collins game, I would see if people are interested.

and Alex Collins 19 cares for 54 yards. Meanwhile, Edwards, a third string running back. That would be Gus Edwards. Thank you. The third string running back for the Ravens is starting to get some play. It looks capable. And we know Alex Collins is always on the leash with the fumbling problem. Just one rush for Buck Allen. I'm a little hesitant on Alex Collins because.

coming through with that performance. Latavius, the matchup was finally juicy enough. If your running back is going up against Arizona or the Denver Broncos, you're going to have a good day. That's just the way it is now. Broncos, two straight games. Allowing a 200-yard rusher? Yeah, Isaiah Crowell and then Gurley. That's embarrassing. Yeah, and I'm going to include the Kansas City defense in that list. Sonny Michelle 24-4-106 and 2. Michelle's great.

Yes, he's been great for three straight weeks on the ground. Now he's not getting targets. So he's a little capped on that. Like if he got targets, he would have been in the conversation with the performances by Connor or Barclay or Gurley or Gurley. But he wasn't. Peyton Barber showed up again. They didn't use Ronald Jones. And then Ezekiel Elliott, nice game. Frank Gore. What do you do with Frank Gore? He is infinite. He is all. Yeah, what do we say? Kenyon Drake after that glumbled. He is finite.

It's over. He is nothing. Oh, man. He is not all. Frank Gore, 15 for 101. I don't know what you do with Frank Gore. I mean, the matchup against Detroit, are you, it's a fine matchup, but are you actually going to play Frank Gore? Frank Gore or Royce Freeman. Oh, that's, Frank Gore is at least getting double-digit carries. That's my point. Oh. Cover your eyes and put him in. Curse you, Royce Freeman.

No, I mean, you try to start that Rolls Royce, and it doesn't start. No, the engine's not turning over. No, I mean, all the hopes and wit. Now, here's the only thing I'm going to say with regards to Royce Freeman, who is it done. Things do change quick. Yes. It doesn't mean it will for him. But look at the perception of Sony Michelle three weeks ago to now, the difference of mindset for a fantasy owner. I think we all agree he's a stud rest of season. Sony? Yeah. Yes.

So things do change. An injury, an opportunity. That's what it took for Sony. Rex Burkhead went on the injured reserve, simplified the equation for the running backs for New England. If something happens from Philip Lindsay misses time, I believe that Royce Freeman will be a stud for fantasy football. All right, wide receiver studs this week. One of the puns that came in, you know, one of those metaphors was,

Losing to me was unavoidable. Oh. Tyler Boyd again, seven for 62 and 2 on nine targets. He has a touchdown or 100 yards in four of his last five games and seems as reliable as they come. Kansas City, Tampa Bay, the next two matchups for Tyler Boyd. I mean, delicious. Those are top 12 weeks. Yes. Yeah, it's in the range of outcomes. He's a safe wide receiver too.

Tyreek Hill, 7 for 142 and 3 on 12 targets. Ho-hum, he's fast. Yep. The closest doppelganger in the NFL to Tyreek Hill. Albert Wilson. Six for 155 and 2 on 9 targets. Look, Albert Wilson has the two longest yard after the catch plays of the entire season, 71 and 78 yards. He made Brock look good. A little short slant route. Turns a corner.

hits the nitro button, and if you want to play him, you're flipping a coin. Yes, you are. I am curious, so we talk about things changing. This was the most involved he'd ever been in a game for the Miami Dolphins. Nine targets. His season high before this, the last couple games, he's got six targets. Will? Mr. Butthole.

Adam Gates finally realized the weapons that he needs to use to have success. Will Albert Wilson be a more integral part of the game plan? I don't know because I don't know either. I'm just throwing it out. Yeah, because Brock Osweiler. Put it out in the universe using Oprah's secret. It was the quarterback, right? I mean, that was a part of the equation here is, you know, did they give him some higher percentage passes?

to Albert Wilson. The screen pass is something they use Wilson for. They normally give them a handoff or to a game. I don't know. I don't know if they will or not. I can't bank on it, but if you hit, you hit. Cole Beasley, Tyrell Williams. And you realize Tyrell Williams scored in back-to-back place. Yeah, on the same place. On the same exact route. But again, Tyrell Williams, Cole Beasley, Albert Wilson.

You can start these guys next week, and if you do, you might get two points, one point. I mean, if you had to pick one of those guys to pick up, let's say you had to. Are you interested in all of them? None of them? I'm not really interested in them. Yeah, I'm not really interested. Unfortunately. So we'll talk more about that tomorrow, guys, that you might. There might be a player that you would rather drop now than one of those guys. But Adam Thielen?

Six straight games with 100 plus yards receiving. Unbelievable. 15 targets a game. That's what I just want to call Adam Thielen. I mean, he's winning weeks. He's winning fantasy titles for people. Yes. Alshan 8 for 74 and 2. We talked about him. And Emmanuel Sanders, 7 for 1, 15, and 1. Almost had a second one. Emmanuel Sanders, by far the most reliable guy on that team. 100%. Juju, another nice week. At the tight-in position. Austin Hooper!

What is going on? Nine for 70. With Austin Hooper, I mean, he's, is he becoming what we have hoped for years that he could be? I don't know. 12 targets, 10 targets. Past two weeks, nine receptions, 70 plus yards. I will answer in the affirmative. He faces the Giants next week and you have injuries to Sunu and Ridley. Hooper is a must play right now. I agree. Right? I mean, at that point, that.

You can't argue with it. And this is great. We need more tight ends in the fantasy party. More of them not named Eric Ebron. Four for 71 and one again. Seven targets for Ebron. Keeps getting it done. David and Joku, seven for 55 and one on 12 targets. O.J. Howard, hello, welcome back. Four for 62 and a touchdown. Yeah, I mean, it is Hooper's third season. Right. That little third season, you know. The third season breakout?

And if he's earning the trust of Matt Ryan, if the target counts are up there, you're going to get production every week. It's just so strange that it's seemingly out of nowhere. Because if you bought in to the third season, okay, Austin Hooper, let's roll with him at the beginning of the year. Three for 24, five for 59, three for 23, one for 19. And then just, I don't know, the key fit finally. Yeah.

I mean, it was a great game. Jason started him two weeks in a row, part of his first victory in League of Record. Yep. Let's get into the Rising Stars. Rising Stars of the Week. Some of our listeners may have thought we avoided this player, but we're just saving him up. He's Mike's Rising Star. Yeah, my Rising Star of the Week. Josh Gordon.

Oh my goodness. When Josh Gordon was on the field to start the game, I shared my jubilation with our company chat channel on Slack. 81% of the snaps. Only Julian Edelman played more snaps at the wide receiver position for the New England Patriots. A team high nine targets. I get it. He only came through with 5 for 42. Josh Gordon. It wasn't a great fantasy game. There's still a learning curve. You saw...

While the Patriots were trying to come down and win the game, Tom Brady, yet again, looked to Josh Gordon, and it seems like Gordon didn't do what Brady thought he was going to do, which was continue streaking down the field because he had, there was no safety on him, and he just had the one DB to beat, as well as the end zone target. Josh Gordon overran it a little bit for what Tom Brady would prefer him to do.

But the trust is building. The snaps are finally there. Nine targets. It's only a matter of time until Josh Gordon explodes for fantasy. I am extremely excited if you have Josh Gordon and you held on for just hopes and dreams the entire season. I think that things are finally starting to solidify for the fantasy purposes of Josh Gordon. On the road the next two weeks, Chicago Buffalo, then Green Bay, Tennessee before the buy.

Do you expect to see double-digit performances those four weeks? At least a few of them, yes. Look, I'm optimistic about them as well due to the snap count. The reason you couldn't play them or you hesitated to play them is because of opportunity. The talent superseded the opportunity the week prior with the 50-yard touchdown. They didn't connect. The volume you had in your excitement normally is attached to fantasy points. They didn't have the fantasy points this week. But the snap, I get it.

It's rising star. And this wasn't the, we're holding on to the hope of Chris Hogan who was playing all the snaps because he was not getting targets. Nine targets. And at least a few of those were Tom Brady forcing it to Josh Gordon saying make a play for me. My rising star this week is Toree Cohen. He's back. The dinosaur hunter is back. We don't have to do that. Jason's not here. That's true. Look.

seven receptions in each of the last two games. If you're a Jordan Howard owner who's sitting there and I'm going to look this up real quick because Graham Barfield tweeted the snap percentage for Jordan Howard over the last four weeks. Not good. I'll have to find it. I retweeted it. But it's not good. And look, Tariq Cohen is doing what you don't want him to do if.

You're a Jordan Howard owner. So snap rate, 73% to 62% to 54% to 51%. I don't think there's anything wrong with Jordan Howard. I don't. I think that Jordan Howard is not everything that they want at that position. And when a guy like Tariq Cohen comes in and makes monster plays...

and gives them electricity in the passing game. Look, it's one thing to say Jordan Howard has taken a step forward, and now he can catch the ball. But that doesn't mean that the catch turns into a monster play, right? You know, that's the difference between passing the ball to the Garrett Blunt or passing the ball to James White. It's after the catch. And Tariq Cohen has the ability to make a game-breaking play. It's just kind of...

It's unfortunate. You know, you're not going to get 1,300 rushing yards from Jordan Howard this year. Correct. And it was. It feels like not like a rising star, but like a, like a, like a, what do they call a sun when it, when it, a white dwarf? I don't know. He's whatever, whatever the sun is that no longer shines so brightly, that's Jordan Howard. Well, he went, he's supernova. And now it's, now he will implode onto himself and be a.

an inescapable black hole of doom on your roster. And this is one of the big questions. You have to play him. Well, that's one of the big questions for this week that I have for a lot of players. Maybe we'll get into it tomorrow. Maybe that'll be the quick question tomorrow. But what would you do? What do you do players? Jarvis Landry, Rob Grankowski. Brock saved his day. He did. He did. But, you know, Jordan Howard has had single digits in three or five weeks.