Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 4 Studs & Duds, Rising Stars + Biggest Surprises

blow to that offense. Michael Crabtree is a huge part of what they do. He didn't play. But even still, the Broncos have just shut down Derek Carr. And I know for fantasy, Carr was somewhat okay because he had that long bomb touchdown. But I mean, Amari Cooper shut down. Marshaun Lynch shut down. It's just, if you're playing Raiders, you're playing matchups.

And there you go. That's unfortunate. It's a great, great take. For a high draft capital to be like, well, I got to bench this guy now. This is what? Last week, we said tradeaway Derek Carr with the slate that he has. Last week we said pump the brakes on Marchand because of the Denver matchup and because of his involvement. I felt like watching that game, the only way that something was going to happen was some crazy big play. Yeah, that's what happened. And that was, you're right, Mike. You're right. Oof.

Marcus Mariotta left with a hamstring injury. He's going to undergo an MRI today. Do you have any updated news on Marioita? Because I'm concerned about this offense as well. I don't have an update. But at the same time, if he had a, you know, a strained hamstring and the team is just getting absolutely blown out. As a coach, I know that players, they always want to go back in. But as the coach, you're the franchise quarterback. I personally would pull him out. Now, like I said, I don't have an update.

that says Mario is possibly missing this week or if it was just that light strain. Yeah, he was ruled out. He was ruled out very quickly. And usually when there's a hamstring problem, you know, you don't just get immediately ruled out. But when he went out, they were just getting blown out. And I agree with you, Mike. We haven't heard things yet that there's huge concern. So I think it was more a matter of.

I'm a little bit concerned. I mean, it's still a hamstring injury that could be. I'm going through the MRI. I'm worried about maybe a one week absence for Mario, but we'll find out. Yeah. Julio Jones left with a hip flexer. He's not expected to miss any time, according to Adam Schefter, but welcome to Julio Jones in the existence of owning Julio Jones. He's not been the difference maker you need thus far this year. He looked like he was on pace to have a very solid game. He went down. Muhammad Sunu.

also went down in this game. And they have the week five by. Is that correct? That is correct. If there's a chance that Julio and Sunu are going to miss time, do you have any Matt Ryan concerns? I think that that's fair. I would say that we're talking two weeks in advance. Kevin Coleman, Austin Hooper.

They get the minor bump. I don't really translate it to Taylor Gabriel's target share, but maybe he goes up a little bit. But, yeah, the offense obviously struggled this week. Austin Hooper and his seven targets ruining everything. I think this was another, you talked earlier, Andy, about how we're still learning. And I think one of the things we learned is that Buffalo's defense, I realize.

Julio left during the game and Mohammed Sunu left. But I think Buffalo's defense is legitimate. You're talking about the division leading Buffalo Bill. Yes, I am. Speaking of the Buffalo Bills, Jordan Matthew, he's going to undergo thumb surgery to have a pin inserted, could miss a month. Yeah. Chris Carson, carted off with a leg injury. The report now is that a broken ankle. So he was in an aircast, and then this morning they updated that. Looks like a broken ankle.

You're toast at that point. You're not probably coming back until late, late in the season. And he hasn't earned kind of the auto start once he's back. So who actually is the beneficiary there in a very struggling offense? Is Eddie Lacey? Eddie Lacey looked pretty good. McKissick. Yes. I mean, he only had four carries. And he's more of a scat, isn't he?

Yeah, well, because he's a converted wide receiver. He took the place of process. He would have had those carries and that role no matter what. Just saying, I mean, he looked. When he came in on his touchdown run, I was like, holy crap. Yeah. That's the first run from Seattle that I can think of this season. Who's that guy? That guy ran like an animal. And then to hear Collinsworth and, you know, the announcer's talking about how in practice that week they kept going, who's that guy? And he did it.

You know, he's definitely a guy that will be on my waiver claims as a flyer. Really? Yeah, really. I agree. He looked too fast on the opportunities there. Rawls was a healthy scratch, pro size is injured, Lacey was active. I think it's a mess, obviously. Oh, for sure. That's why it's only a flyer at this point. No, flyers turn into starters. You never know. Tariq Cohen, for example. Right. Amir Abdullah, rolled his ankle, didn't sound concerned, said he could come back into the game.

scored in this game on a nice run and actually looked great. He was someone I was targeting last week and I'm targeting this week with, you know, I had been starting to Quiz Rogers. I'm looking for another running back. Maybe you're Dalvin Cook owner. He's not my rising star this week, but he was in consideration. The arrow's pointing up for me. Paul Perkins left the game with the rib injury. You saw Galman Jr. Do you think that Wayne Galman takes over this job? I don't think that, I think it's one of those jobs that.

You're not excited to take over. There is no job to take over. I'm not saying fantasy. We're very excited, but just real NFL, do you think Galman has, will be taking over that job? Looked a lot better than Paul Perkins did. Paul Perkins, when he takes the hand off, he closes his eyes and runs straight. It's just what it looks like. And he hits the butt of his guy. He hits the butt of somebody else. He doesn't matter. He is just trying.

to run straight. Odell Beckham Jr. said he's all right after suffering finger and ankle injuries in week four. He dislocated his finger. He aggravated the ankle injury. He went full. Paul Pierce. He was writhing in pain and then just ran back out for the next play. Should be okay. Yeah, it should be all right. Jack Doyle, concussion left the game. Markey's Goodwin left with the concussion. And then we had the scratch that Mike mentioned. Michael Crabtree didn't play. Galladay, Burkhead, Sneed, they all weren't inactive.

My goodness. All right. Some non-injury news. The Ezekiel Elliott hearing with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled for today. This is why, you know, picking up a McFadner or Morris, just as a flyer as a maybe. Did you offer more 70-yard run? 70? Yeah, I mean, that was, it was ridiculous. It was a little ridiculous. He wasn't able to score. I mean, it was like, you know. You know that, oh, Alf. He was my, he was my pickup on Sunday morning.

if Crabtree had been moved to out in time for our waiver pickups. I was sitting there waiting and waiting. Just a GIC pickup. And, yeah, just in case, you know, have somebody on your roster now. But he'd be a cursory waiver flyer just in case, Ezekiela is suspended. Hey, Mitch. Mitchell Trebisky. Nobody beats Mitch. Hey, you said yesterday that, or last week. Last week, you said Mitch will be starting. Right after the Thursday night game. Sure enough.

He has been named the starter. Mitchell Trubisky, you had alluded to the fact that you were a little worried for Tariq Cohen. I'm neutral on Cohen and I'm excited for Jordan Howard because if the offense can move at all, it just benefits Howard's opportunities to get into the end zone because you need the pass and the run and they've been run only. That's their offense. You need the balance that you saw from Houston. Part of that's the fact that they don't have any wide receivers, though.

I was going to say this is actually tight end watch for me. It's Kendall Wright Watch too. Fair. But just seeing the way that that Trubisky was targeting Adam Shaheen in the preseason, I mean, they already had a connection going on. So whether that's Shaheen getting more playing time, whether it's Zach Miller, it's something I will be keeping my eye on this week. Yeah. Yeah. And Doug Martin, your suspension is over. We'll find out what happened. They play Thursday.

So you're going to get an early indication of their plans with Martin. Do they, you know. He'll be the starter given the complete workload. That is my belief. Interesting. Now, when your suspension's over, that's when you can resume practicing with the team. My thought is if you're going to practice three days this week and play a game, there might be a pretty shared workload. Now it's New England. That might be enough to get it done for fantasy. So I lean that side. You said he gets the full workload.

To Chris Rogers' credit, 5.2 of carry this week. He looked, yeah. He's just so sneaky, man. He's always getting these games. He's always looking good. Some screen passes? Yeah. All right. Quiz. I love him. Week 5 buys. Keep it in your mind. Falcons, Broncos, Saints, Redskins. All right. All right. All right. Before we move on into the stud muffins, we do want to thank a sponsor of today's show, Harry's Razors. All right.

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All right, let's get into the quarterback stud muffins this week. We've talked about Deshawn Watson, but let's give you the numbers, 25 for 34 for 283 and 4 through the air. And then another 4 for 24 in a touchdown on the ground has Kansas City Cleveland and then a by week coming up. All signs point to start with Deshawn Watson. When you have the talent on the outside and what we got from Lamar Miller this week, man, it must. And Will Fuller. I mean, and Will Fuller is not necessarily, I'm going to run out and grab him.

because he had the two touchdowns on whatever, three or four receptions. It's just another weapon for Deshaun Watson. Fuller is a bigger upgrade for the quarterback. Yeah. And he's a burner. He can make a big play. At this point, you've got to stay in the flames with Deshaun Watson. You're starting Deshawn Watson against Kansas City next week? I would be. Will he be in your top 12? I imagine that he will be. Against Kansas City. At home, Kansas City, at home, Cleveland.

Light him up. Yeah, that's a solid two weeks here for Watson. By the way, for all the crap that Chicago got on draft day, this is why you do what you do. Look at the hope that Houston has with Deshawn Watson. Look at the hope that even Cleveland has with Deshaun Kaiser. Now you, look how bad Mike Glyn is. You drafted Mitch Trubesky, and if you hadn't.

You'd be staring down Mike Glenn in the rest of this season. At least now you've got some hope. This is the NFL. You've got to have that young quarterback. Yeah. And, you know, this year's rookie quarterbacks, they've surprised. I think, you know, I'm always worried, okay, Tom Brady's going to retire. Peyton Manning just retired. You know, Drew Breeze, how many years does he have left? Well, the incoming rookie quarterbacks, they're looking like they're going to take over. Yeah. Good. Yeah. So, look, Cam Newton, welcome back. 22 for 29 for 316 and 3.