Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 8 Matchups, The Daily Dose, & TNF Review

He'll get his. That's my thought process, and we'll find out. He could. He's different than the guy's Norman. Norman normally is covering, you know, the 6-4-type guy, you know, and right now he's covering the speedster. So that might work in your favor. I do think my start of the week, Moncrief, is going to have a great game. Yeah, I could happen. Remember, I had my confession. You know, Monkrieff is a real player.

I was feeling that a little bit last night when Richard Matthews caught those two big passes to start the game, but then he dropped a couple. All right. Jonathan Stewart, I heard a stat yesterday. He's the only running back. Now, he's coming off of two really big games. Looks like, you know, 20 carries, 24 carries. He's the only running back with five plus matchups.

in terms of the running defenses, the rest of the season. Do we buy into him continuing to ascend on that offense or at least doing what he's done the past couple weeks? If he's going to get the carries, absolutely. Stewart was a guy, I was tremendously high on coming into the year, and he was performing with the limited work he was getting during the beginning of the season. He was disappointing for fantasy because his touch, he wasn't getting those 20 touch games, and the touchdowns get stolen from him by...

from either Newton or Tolbert. Other people seem to get the goal line carries. But like Andy said, 20 carries, 24 carries. If Jonathan Stewart gets that kind of a volume, he's still a good running back. He's just a fragile running back. But if he gets those numbers, he's going to give you great fantasy production. And with five plus matchups coming up, Stewart is a guy. It might be harder.

to acquire him now that he's had back-to-back good games, but he's still one of those guys, a stretch-run guy that I would like on my team. All right, there's been a bank robbery, and you are the hostage negotiator, and the guy on the other end of the line says he will let a hostage free if you start a wide receiver from the Carolina Panthers. On my own fantasy team? And you tell him... Kill that hostage. No, you know, Ginn Jr. is...

You know, he could have a game. Kill the hostage. Yeah, let's say if it's on my fantasy team. Sorry. I was just more making, you had to make a choice. You didn't, one of the options was not to kill the hostage. I was, I was complete with Jason. That my fantasy team is far more important than the stranger's life. I'm sorry. Greg Olson, does that count? It should. It really should when it comes to contract negotiations. But I'm with Jason. It's Tedgin, Jr. All right. And we're starting, Gore.

Uh, you are, but, you are. All right. You are. We need to, we need to move on. We need to move on and get into our daily fantasy sports segment. You heard us talk about it early on the day. If, uh, if you're not playing Fandual, go to Fandual.com, sign up using the promo code ballers and you'll get 200 free bucks. Oh, that doesn't rhyme. 200 free dollars. Very nice. Yeah. All right. Let's go ahead and get into the Daily Dose. The Daily Dose.

The fantasy footballers are pleased as peas once again to bring back Chris Meaney, the Daily Fantasy Sports expert from the Fantasy Sports Network. How are you doing today? Good sir. Good, guys, good. I had Jerry Ferrer on yesterday to talk about some picks. So if anybody out there is a fan of his work through Entrage, you should check out to our YouTube page, Fantasy Sportsnetwork.com. Yeah, we had Turtle on there. He's a big football guy, huge fantasy guy.

And he told me he had Devante Freeman on his team. He drafted him, but he dropped him after week one. Ouch. Yeah. It's not just me. He's like, I'm feeling pretty good about my team. I'm five and two, but really, like, at the end of the day, I dropped the best player in fantasy, probably. Well, we are thankful to have you back on the show today. You're kind of taking over our Fridays, man. We had a bunch of iTunes reviews that came in, and they were saying how much they appreciated the daily dose segment on Fridays. So keep it coming.

That's awesome, man. I appreciate you guys having me on. I always love to talk football with you guys. And last week, by we, I'm just taking credit for the Chris Meaney picks, of course, smashed it with Michael Floyd, who was extremely cheap, came through in a big way on Monday night.

So let's start at the top, Chris. So let's start at the top. We got Aaron Rogers, the numero uno guy. He's expensive, but he's got a tough matchup against Denver. Are you paying up for him or maybe a luck? Who do you like? Luck was a terrible matchup as well. What's quarterback should he pain for? I'm definitely not paying for Aaron Rogers, guys. I don't really like the matchup. This is in Denver. I saw Aaron Rogers last year struggle in Buffalo.

against a tough defense at the time. Denver's defense has just been, they've been outstanding. We're talking about a Denver team that's 6-0 and really, you know, not getting anything from their quarterback, to be honest. So I'm not paying up for Aaron Rogers, just too expensive for me. He could be a contrarian play in a big tournament, maybe not going to be heavily owned. I would rather play Ryan Fitzpatrick over him, and it's not a joke. I mean, I'm serious about that. I mean, going against Oakland, allowed the eighth most of quarterbacks this season, fantasy points.

Rivers threw 3 36 yards, 3 TDs against them. Flacco had a 384 game against him. McCowan had a 3.41 game against them. The only quarterback that didn't do anything against Oakland was Peyton Manning. So I like Ryan Fitzpatrick, actually. I think that I would rather just, I could save myself a little bit of dough by going Fitzpatrick. I think Phillip Rivers is going to be a popular play at 8-5. I mean, Philip Rivers has thrown the ball 17 times over the last three games, averaging 57 pass-retemps and seven touchdowns.

over the last three games. So it's unbelievable what he's been able to do. And I'm kind of saying away from that, too, because I think he's going to be a popular play. I like Fitzpatrick, and I like Andy Dalton a lot. I really do. He had good games against Pittsburgh last year, over 500 yards, 4 TDs in the two games. At least 18 fantasy points in every single start this season. 18 was the fewest, of course. He's had 21, 28, 31 point performances. So I like him a lot. I mean, he's had 14 touchdowns in six games.

I'm a big fan of that. I also like the Eifford. It's hard to know which receiver you want because Dalton throws it around a lot, and they have two good backs. They're capable of running. So it's hard to figure out if you want A.J. or if you want Jones. But I like Eifford. Pittsburgh has allowed six touchdowns of tight ends this year, too. So I actually like that combo in Dalton. And then with Eiford, you can actually really go ahead.

heavy off the board with wide receivers if you wanted to. So just to clarify people for Rivers, because I'm huge on him this week. If you're in a 50-50 or a cash, are you still comfortable going through Rivers? Yes, absolutely. 100%. I think that's the key. If you're going to do a 50-50 or a cash game, you want to put out your best possible lineup. You don't want to really flirt with guys who are boom and bust players. So Rivers is just, as I mentioned, he's 171 pass attempts over the last three weeks.

just unbelievable. So, yeah, I would feel really comfortable rolling out rivers against Baltimore. 8-5 is a nice price as well. All right, let's talk some running backs. Who are some good value guys that you like to throw out this week? I still like Doug Martin. I think last week I might have told you guys I liked Doug Martin. I still like him against Atlanta who hasn't, they haven't given up a lot of yards, but they've given up a lot of touchdowns at 10, I believe. So I still like Doug Martin at 7-5.

I think maybe no, Vincent Jackson may hurt him a little bit, but not as much. I still feel comfortable playing him. Chris Johnson has been completely steady now since he's got the starting job. I mean, he looks like CJ 2K of old. I mean, this guy is 30, but he's still, like, getting it done. He has a great matchup against Cleveland, giving up a lot of yards per game on the ground per carry as well. Gurley's going to be a popular play. I mean, he was a popular play in the millionaire contest last week, just about 50% own, which is...

which is pretty high, but again, he has a decent matchup against San Fran. His price hasn't jumped all that much. I still like McFadden. I think he's the man in Dallas, so I don't believe in Kristen Michael. I still need to see it to believe in him. I guess it's a tough matchup against Seattle, but I still don't mind it. And Justin Forsett, again, much like Cleveland can't stop the run, San Diego having their issues as well. So I still, I do like Justin Forset. My big play for, I mean, it's not a huge shocker, but Antonio Brown at 8-4.

Seems like a steal, especially if Big Ben's going to play, and it kind of looks like he is. So at 8-4, I mean, if Big Ben was healthy all year and Antonio Brown was there, he'd probably be around a $9,000 mark. So you're saving yourself a little bit of cash if you want to go with Antonio Brown. And I also like Mike Evans. Yeah, we like Evans with Vince Jackson, likely to be out. So let's keep talking about some wide receivers real quick. Aga, I'm huge on this week. Keenan Allen.

going up against to pair him with Philip Rivers. I think Alan may catch the ball 37 times this week and shatter all records. Who are some guys you like? Go ahead. Keenan Allen is obviously a top dog, and this is a great matchup. So I do like that. I mean, we've seen the catches. I mean, nine catches last week, 14 the week before that. So, yeah, I mean, he could flirt with 30 catches. Who knows? But I know that was a joke. But Keenan Allen, for sure, is somebody that I would plug in with confidence.

I still think Stefan Diggs, this guy seems to be for real, guys. He's looked really, really good over the past three weeks. Teddy Bridgewater, a lot of nice things to say about Stefan Diggs. He's got a nice matchup against Chicago, 6, 7. And Michael Floyd, again, I think I mentioned Floyd to you. Last week, doesn't look like John Brown's going to play, and his price hasn't changed. Floyd's got touchdowns in two straight games, and now he's still $4,900 against Cleveland. So I like that matchup a lot. And you know what? Nate Washington. It's just very impressive.

Do you guys like Nasty Nate? We do. Cecil Shorts has been ruled out, and I think you could see an uptaking targets. So 44 targets, that's top 40 in all of NFL. He's missed three games, averaging 11 targets per game. Just say he played those three games, and he got those 11 targets.

He would have the fourth most in football. And we already know DeAndre Hopkins has the most in football. It's because they run 76 plays for game. They just run a lot of plays. They've got no run game now. Nate Washington's price has not jumped all that much. He was the minimum last week. This week, he's $5,400. He's had $2,100 games. He's got a little bit of a revenge game against Tennessee. So I actually like Nate Washington a lot, and especially at these PPR formats. You get half the point for a catch.

If this guy's getting double-digit targets, I feel like he can reel in like at least seven or eight of them. Well, there you have it. Nasty Nate, Chris Meaty's pick of the week. If it wasn't, I just made him the pick of the week for Chris Meaty. That's fine. I like that. It was going to be Austin Fitzfarian Jenkins, but I've heard some bad things from him. It doesn't look like he will actually suit up. Yeah, that's what we're hearing as well. So once again, a big thank you to Chris Meany from the Fantasy Sports Network. Tell them where you can find you on Twitter, Chris.

Yeah, you can follow me at Chris Meanie, M-E-A-N-E-A. Getting a lot of questions. I just hope I'm right, more than I'm wrong, because obviously I'd like to help out anybody out there who has any questions. So feel free to fire away, and I'll get back to you. And good luck with your guys' lineups, everybody out there. All right, we'll talk to you next week, Chris. All right, thanks, guys. Take care. All right, that's some good information for you right there. He's been dependable this year. That's Chris Meany or Mr. Meena, if you're nasty.

Well, you know, he's been so dependable. You might call him Gary Barnage. Right? I got three new nicknames that have been submitted. You want to hear him? Okay. First one, someone said, you got to feel the barn. Okay, going with the Bernie Sanders. Number two, chicken barn you taste so good. And then number three. Well, hold, hold on. Number two. It's not a nickname, though. Yeah, but it's funny, though.

It's very funny, but then this is one of those jokes where if you start thinking about it, that is thoroughly disgusting. Okay. Yeah, we'll move on. Barnageddon. Not bad? Not bad. Keep them coming, people. Barnigan. I heard another one yesterday and, oh, yeah, I heard the barnacle because he sucks up all these targets and catches. Barnacle, yeah. Barnacle. Barnagin, man. Barnagin's not bad. That's not bad.

We'll put it in the repertoire when he has another breakout game. If he does it this week against the Cardinals, I'll be impressed. But if McCown's playing, it certainly helps him. So we've got, let's see if this works today. We've got a voicemail question. Did we hit the drop? Oh, no, we didn't. And it didn't work. So, all right, let's go ahead and get to the mailbag. Mailbag. Yeah. All right, I'm going to try to get to this one, because this was a good voicemail question. I don't know why it's not working.

Tyler, you guys go through these ones. Tyler and Milwaukee. Hey guys, started listening to the podcast about a month ago. I have a bit of a situation at the flex position. Who would you start? Marvin Jones, Michael Crabtree, Golden Tate. This is a PPR. This is for you, Jason. In a PPR league.